Bio of Thomas T. Sargent (b.1828 d.1916), McLeod Co., MN USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: A.J. Myers **If you have a connection with this family please contact A.J. Myers.** Historical - Dr Albert Peppard - Devils Lake, North Dakota From History of McLeod County, Minnesota published by H. C. Cooper Jr & Co., Chicago and Winona, 1917 and submitted by A. J. Myers, 15 Campden Circle, San Antonio, Texas, 1998. Thomas T. Sargent, whose death, February 28, 1916, deprived the city of Hutchinson of one of its oldest and most respected residents, was born in Parkersburg, W. Va., August 22, 1828 son of Henry and Mary (Steel) Sargent. In his younger days Mr. Sargent was captain of the "Tom Scott" a steamer on the Ohio river, and at Louisa, Ky., met Rachel Myers, to whom he was married March 20, 1854. She was a daughter of William and Matilda (Gividon) Myers. They located at Catlettsburg Ky., where thcy remained ten years, during which time Capt. Sargent pursued his occupation on the river. In June, 1864, he gave it up, on account of his health, and came to Minnesota, taking a homestead in Hutchinson township, where he remained four years. He then moved his family to the village of Hutchinson and opened a cooper shop. He also conducted a drug store for several Years, was postmaster of Hutchinson eight years and served as probate judge eight years, retiring from active life in 1900. At his death, 16 years later, he had attained the advanced age of 87 years. His career had embraced two widely different phases of American life. From riverman in the South under the old regime, to farmer, merchant and public official in one of the great and then largely unsettled Northwestern states, was a sudden and radical change, but was beneficial, and Mr Sargent soon found his place in the new community and made his strength and influence felt. He and his wife had four children: Wilbur, who died at the age of five years; Jettie, born July 15, 1862, who graduated from the musical department of Hamline University, taught music eight years in Hutchinson and is now Mrs. L. 0. Peppard, of Minneapolis; Lulu, wife of Harry Kline, a farmer of Dickinson, North Dakota, and Mary. Lulu was first married to A. E. Martin, a contractor in Minneapolis, who died in 1912. Of this marriage there is one child, a daughter, Jettie. Mrs. Thomas T. Sargent, who survives her husband, lives with her daughter, Mrs. Peppard. Lemuel 0. Peppard, railroad contractor and bridge builder, was born at DeBert, Nova Scotia, March 17, 1862, son of John and Mary (Davis) Peppard. Coming to Minneapolis in 1881, he worked as carpenter seven years and then engaged in his present business of contracting. He was married March 16, 1886, to Jettie Sargent of Hutchinson, and they have one child, Albert, born December 6, 1887. Albert Peppard graduated from the medical department of the University of Minnesota in 1912, spent one year in the city and county hospital at St. Paul and then practiced 14 months with Dr. Head in the Donaldson building, Minneapolis. He moved to Devil's Lake, North Dakota, September 1, 1915, and is now engaged in medical practice there. He married Elizabeth Shrader, of Springfield, Minn., December 4, 1912, and they have one child, Lemuel, born August 25, 1915.