A History of Boon Lake, Renville Co., MN Bios Included ========================================================================= 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. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher Submitted: Janusry 2005 ========================================================================= Excerpted from: "HISTORY OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY, INCLUDING THE EXPLORERS AND PIONEERS OF MINNESOTA" BY REV. EDWARD D. NEILL, -AND — "HISTORY OF THE SIOUX MASSACRE" BY CHARLES S. BRYANT. MINNEAPOLIS: NORTH STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1882. RENVILLE COUNTY. CHAPTER LXXXIII. BOON LAKE Until September, 1870, the territory included in this town was a part of Preston Lake. The first officers to serve were: J. W. Post, clerk; Timothy Cornish, treasurer; E. U. Russell, assessor; I. S. Sheppard, justice and Samuel Chilson, constable. The board of supervisors elected failed to qualify. The first claim taken in the town was by I.S. Sheppard in February, 1865; his family came in June, 1866. E. U. Russell, who came in the summer of 1865, was the first settler. There is a society of Methodists in charge of Rev. George Geer: the first meetings were held in 1874. In 1871 Miss Belle Jewell taught the first school in a building on section 29; there are now five school-houses. Benjamin F., son of I. S. Sheppard, born in August, 1867, was the first birth. There was a post-office called Mahkahsahpah, in charge of E. U. Russell, established in 1868 and discontinued in 1870. Lake Side post-office was established in 1871, with I. S. Sheppard as postmaster. CARRIGAN Owen Carrigan was born in Vermont in 1848. He moved with parents to Walworth county, Wisconsin in 1855 and remained there until 1863 then removed to Houston county, Minnesota. Was engaged in farming and railroading until 1870, when he came to Boon Lake. He has been assessor, supervisor, and county commissioner. Married in 1879, Minnie Buce: they have one child: Ellen. His wife's parents and their four children, were killed by Indians in 1862. EDNER G. S. Edner was born in Jefferson county, New York, in 1842 and in 1856 went to Wisconsin. At La Crosse, in 1861, he enlisted in the 14th Wisconsin infantry, and served until the close of the war. In the fall of 1865 he settled on section 26, town of Boon Lake. Married in 1865 Annie Hogarty who has borne him seven children. EGGERT Frederick Eggert, native of Germany, was born in 1812. He engaged in the lumber business, and in 1853 emigrated to the United States. Lived at Troy, New York, until 1856, then settled in Minneapolis, where he lived fourteen years. Removed to his present home in Boon Lake in 1870. Mary Sanft became his wife in Germany in 1837. Of their twelve children, six are living. KOEPPE Ernest Koeppe was born in Germany in 1838. He was raised on a farm, and in 1857 came to this country; he lived on a farm in Wisconsin until 1878, then located on section 12 of Boon Lake. He married in this town in 1878, Mrs. H. Eggert, who was born in Germany, in 1851. MCEWEN C. D. McEwen was born near Burlington, Vermont, in 1822. In 1841 he moved to New York, and engaged in the dairy business until 1855, then went to Wisconsin: two years later he located in McLeod county, Minnesota, where he carried on a dairy and manufactured cheese. In 1876 he settled in Boon Lake, where he conducts an extensive dairy. Married in 1843 Miss M. Dwinell; the living children are Howard, Bowman, Carlton, Clark L. NEWELL Mrs. J. S. Newell was born in Massachusetts, in 1845, and at ten years of age, came with her parents to Hastings, Minnesota. In the spring of 1866 she was married to Henry T. White, a native of New York. Mr. White was in the army and was taken prisoner and confined in Libby prison, where he lost his health: he died in 1877. In November, 1881, she was married to William J. Newell, native of Kentucky, born in 1849. He was raised in Illinois, and has been engaged in fanning and dealing in horses, nursery goods, etc. PFEIL A. L. Pfeil was born in Germany, in 1831. Learned the carpenters' trade and also engaged in merchandise and saloon business. In 1869 be came to this country and for a time worked at his trade in Minneapolis. Came to his present home in Boon Lake, in 1872. Matilda Butdius became his wife in 1861. They have had twelve children, seven are living.