Bio of LILLIBRIDGE, Horatio F. (b.1836), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 196-199
H. F. LILLIBRIDGE (Horatio F. Lillibridge)
The record of H. F. Lillibridge is one that proves most conclusively what can be
accomplished through individual effort, as he was truly a self-made man and
worked his way upward entirely through his activity and determination, becoming
proprietor of one of the largest bakery establishments of the northwest. A
native son of New England, he was born at Wilmington, Todd county, Connecticut,
on the 6th of May, 1836, and spent the first eighteen years of his life in that
section of the country, after which he made his way westward to Minnesota,
believing that he might find in this great and growing section of the country
the opportunities which he sought for busi­ness development and advancement. In
the year 1854 he took up his abode in Monticello, where he turned his attention
to merchandising, becoming an employe but working his way upward to a
partnership and eventually becoming sole owner of the business. This he
accomplished within a period of eight years. In 1865 he sold his interest in the
store at Monticello and removed to Minneapolis, of which city he remained a
resident thereafter to the time of his death. Here he was variously connected
with business interests until eventually he turned his attention to the line in
which he won notable success. He at first owned an interest in the old Pacific
mill, which was situated a little above the present Union depot, and there he
engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds. Later he sold his interest
in that business and became book­keeper for the Dean lumber mill. In 1873,
however, he changed the nature of his business by purchasing the Gardiner
bakery, located on Washington avenue. A little later this was removed to the
present site of the Lillibridge-Bremmer Company and with the passing years the
bakery was developed into one of the largest and most important in the northwest
ere it was sold to the National Biscuit Company. In the conduct of the business
Mr. Lillibridge maintained the highest standards in the bakery goods
manufactured and handled and in the treatment accorded patrons. His busi­ness
methods would at all times bear the closest investigation and scrutiny and his
energy and determination enabled him to overcome all difficulties and obstacles
in his path and work his way steadily upward to success.
In 1857 Mr. Lillibridge was united in marriage to Miss Cynthia A. Jenks, who
passed away in 1904. The three children of that marriage were: Edward F., now
deceased; Mary, who is the widow of Edward H. Cobb; and Bertha, the widow of
Albert Young Merrill.
Mr. Lillibridge always voted with the republican party and was deeply interested
in the political questions and issues of the day but without ambition for public
office. He belonged to the Wesley Methodist church and he was one of the
builders and pro­moters of Minneapolis and her greatness by reason of his
intense activity in business and his support of all those measures which look to
the betterment of the city. His name is inseparably interwoven with its history
and no record of Minneapolis would be complete without reference to H. F.
Lillibridge.