BOOK - HISTORY OF WINONA, OLMSTED & DODGE COUNTIES, MN., PUBLISHED IN 1884.
EDWIN F. WAY, farmer and merchant, is one of the pioneers of Claremont, Dodge county, and one of the best known of its citizens. He was born in Lempster, New Hampshire, in 1831. George Way, his grandfather, and wife, came to Lempster from Connecticut on horseback, and made a claim there upon which they resided during life. This lady, the grandmother of the subject of our sketch, was of the Douglas family, from whom Stephen A. Douglas descended, and from her a " wee bit" of Scotch blood is inherited. She was a child of thirteen in New London, Connecticut, when it was burned by Arnold during the revolutionary war. She died about 1852.
Gordon Way, the father of Edwin, married Abigail Perley, and was an active business man, following farming and potash manufacturing. He also engaged in what would be now called the shipping business, but which in those days, and even now in New Hampshire, would entitle a man to the name of "drover "-buying and driving or shipping stock to Boston.
When Edwin was twelve years of age he removed to Claremont, New Hampshire. Edwin received a common-school education, and also attended a few terms at the academy. In 1852 he married Ann A. Stevens, a daughter of Henry and Dorothy Stevens, of Claremont, New Hampshire. After his marriage, Mr. Way worked both in a cabinet shop and at the cutlery trade, until he started in 1855 for Minnesota, where his three brothers had preceded him. He arrived on August 15. Alonzo G. Way died the next fall-or that of 1856- and Edwin took the claim which he had pre-empted, and has resided upon it ever since. At present, however, he is living temporarily in Claremont village.
The children are: George E., who died in Claremont, New Hampshire; George H., born in Claremont, New Hampshire, attended the Faribault high school for quite a while, and was afterwards employed as its principal. Since 1878 he has been a Methodist Episcopal preacher, and is at present located at Preston, Minnesota. He was married in 1877 to Mary L. Nutting. Osmon F., now a medical doctor, received his medical education at the Iowa State University, and is now a practicing physician in Claremont. Eugene Gordon, deceased, had been in attendance at the Owatonna academy for some time previous to his death. Edmund Perley, deceased; Mabel S., who has taught some in the county.
Mr. Way has been town supervisor for several terms, and is at present chairman of the board; has also been justice of the peace for twelve years. In 1877 he was elected to the legislature. Mr. Way and wife, as well as all of the children, are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He votes the republican ticket. In August, 1861, Mr. Way enlisted in Co. E., 3d Minn. Vol. Inf., in which he was a corporal, and served in Kentucky and Tennessee for a little over a year. He was discharged on account of sickness, and after his return was commissioned captain in the 15th Minn. State Militia, and afterwards lieutenant-colonel. Mr. Way is a man whose character and abilities are a credit to the community in which he lives.
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EDWIN F. WAY, farmer and merchant, is one of the pioneers of Claremont, Dodge county, and one of the best known of its citizens. He was born in Lempster, New Hampshire, in 1831. George Way, his grandfather, and wife, came to Lempster from Connecticut on horseback, and made a claim there upon which they resided during life. This lady, the grandmother of the subject of our sketch, was of the Douglas family, from whom Stephen A. Douglas descended, and from her a " wee bit" of Scotch blood is inherited. She was a child of thirteen in New London, Connecticut, when it was burned by Arnold during the revolutionary war. She died about 1852.
Gordon Way, the father of Edwin, married Abigail Perley, and was an active business man, following farming and potash manufacturing. He also engaged in what would be now called the shipping business, but which in those days, and even now in New Hampshire, would entitle a man to the name of "drover "-buying and driving or shipping stock to Boston.
When Edwin was twelve years of age he removed to Claremont, New Hampshire. Edwin received a common-school education, and also attended a few terms at the academy. In 1852 he married Ann A. Stevens, a daughter of Henry and Dorothy Stevens, of Claremont, New Hampshire. After his marriage, Mr. Way worked both in a cabinet shop and at the cutlery trade, until he started in 1855 for Minnesota, where his three brothers had preceded him. He arrived on August 15. Alonzo G. Way died the next fall-or that of 1856- and Edwin took the claim which he had pre-empted, and has resided upon it ever since. At present, however, he is living temporarily in Claremont village.
The children are: George E., who died in Claremont, New Hampshire; George H., born in Claremont, New Hampshire, attended the Faribault high school for quite a while, and was afterwards employed as its principal. Since 1878 he has been a Methodist Episcopal preacher, and is at present located at Preston, Minnesota. He was married in 1877 to Mary L. Nutting. Osmon F., now a medical doctor, received his medical education at the Iowa State University, and is now a practicing physician in Claremont. Eugene Gordon, deceased, had been in attendance at the Owatonna academy for some time previous to his death. Edmund Perley, deceased; Mabel S., who has taught some in the county.
Mr. Way has been town supervisor for several terms, and is at present chairman of the board; has also been justice of the peace for twelve years. In 1877 he was elected to the legislature. Mr. Way and wife, as well as all of the children, are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He votes the republican ticket. In August, 1861, Mr. Way enlisted in Co. E., 3d Minn. Vol. Inf., in which he was a corporal, and served in Kentucky and Tennessee for a little over a year. He was discharged on account of sickness, and after his return was commissioned captain in the 15th Minn. State Militia, and afterwards lieutenant-colonel. Mr. Way is a man whose character and abilities are a credit to the community in which he lives.
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BOOK - HISTORY OF WINONA, OLMSTED & DODGE COUNTIES, MN., PUBLISHED IN 1884.
EDWIN F. WAY, farmer and merchant, is one of the pioneers of Claremont, Dodge county, and one of the best known of its citizens. He was born in Lempster, New Hampshire, in 1831. George Way, his grandfather, and wife, came to Lempster from Connecticut on horseback, and made a claim there upon which they resided during life. This lady, the grandmother of the subject of our sketch, was of the Douglas family, from whom Stephen A. Douglas descended, and from her a " wee bit" of Scotch blood is inherited. She was a child of thirteen in New London, Connecticut, when it was burned by Arnold during the revolutionary war. She died about 1852.
Gordon Way, the father of Edwin, married Abigail Perley, and was an active business man, following farming and potash manufacturing. He also engaged in what would be now called the shipping business, but which in those days, and even now in New Hampshire, would entitle a man to the name of "drover "-buying and driving or shipping stock to Boston.
When Edwin was twelve years of age he removed to Claremont, New Hampshire. Edwin received a common-school education, and also attended a few terms at the academy. In 1852 he married Ann A. Stevens, a daughter of Henry and Dorothy Stevens, of Claremont, New Hampshire. After his marriage, Mr. Way worked both in a cabinet shop and at the cutlery trade, until he started in 1855 for Minnesota, where his three brothers had preceded him. He arrived on August 15. Alonzo G. Way died the next fall-or that of 1856- and Edwin took the claim which he had pre-empted, and has resided upon it ever since. At present, however, he is living temporarily in Claremont village.
The children are: George E., who died in Claremont, New Hampshire; George H., born in Claremont, New Hampshire, attended the Faribault high school for quite a while, and was afterwards employed as its principal. Since 1878 he has been a Methodist Episcopal preacher, and is at present located at Preston, Minnesota. He was married in 1877 to Mary L. Nutting. Osmon F., now a medical doctor, received his medical education at the Iowa State University, and is now a practicing physician in Claremont. Eugene Gordon, deceased, had been in attendance at the Owatonna academy for some time previous to his death. Edmund Perley, deceased; Mabel S., who has taught some in the county.
Mr. Way has been town supervisor for several terms, and is at present chairman of the board; has also been justice of the peace for twelve years. In 1877 he was elected to the legislature. Mr. Way and wife, as well as all of the children, are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He votes the republican ticket. In August, 1861, Mr. Way enlisted in Co. E., 3d Minn. Vol. Inf., in which he was a corporal, and served in Kentucky and Tennessee for a little over a year. He was discharged on account of sickness, and after his return was commissioned captain in the 15th Minn. State Militia, and afterwards lieutenant-colonel. Mr. Way is a man whose character and abilities are a credit to the community in which he lives.
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EDWIN F. WAY, farmer and merchant, is one of the pioneers of Claremont, Dodge county, and one of the best known of its citizens. He was born in Lempster, New Hampshire, in 1831. George Way, his grandfather, and wife, came to Lempster from Connecticut on horseback, and made a claim there upon which they resided during life. This lady, the grandmother of the subject of our sketch, was of the Douglas family, from whom Stephen A. Douglas descended, and from her a " wee bit" of Scotch blood is inherited. She was a child of thirteen in New London, Connecticut, when it was burned by Arnold during the revolutionary war. She died about 1852.
Gordon Way, the father of Edwin, married Abigail Perley, and was an active business man, following farming and potash manufacturing. He also engaged in what would be now called the shipping business, but which in those days, and even now in New Hampshire, would entitle a man to the name of "drover "-buying and driving or shipping stock to Boston.
When Edwin was twelve years of age he removed to Claremont, New Hampshire. Edwin received a common-school education, and also attended a few terms at the academy. In 1852 he married Ann A. Stevens, a daughter of Henry and Dorothy Stevens, of Claremont, New Hampshire. After his marriage, Mr. Way worked both in a cabinet shop and at the cutlery trade, until he started in 1855 for Minnesota, where his three brothers had preceded him. He arrived on August 15. Alonzo G. Way died the next fall-or that of 1856- and Edwin took the claim which he had pre-empted, and has resided upon it ever since. At present, however, he is living temporarily in Claremont village.
The children are: George E., who died in Claremont, New Hampshire; George H., born in Claremont, New Hampshire, attended the Faribault high school for quite a while, and was afterwards employed as its principal. Since 1878 he has been a Methodist Episcopal preacher, and is at present located at Preston, Minnesota. He was married in 1877 to Mary L. Nutting. Osmon F., now a medical doctor, received his medical education at the Iowa State University, and is now a practicing physician in Claremont. Eugene Gordon, deceased, had been in attendance at the Owatonna academy for some time previous to his death. Edmund Perley, deceased; Mabel S., who has taught some in the county.
Mr. Way has been town supervisor for several terms, and is at present chairman of the board; has also been justice of the peace for twelve years. In 1877 he was elected to the legislature. Mr. Way and wife, as well as all of the children, are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He votes the republican ticket. In August, 1861, Mr. Way enlisted in Co. E., 3d Minn. Vol. Inf., in which he was a corporal, and served in Kentucky and Tennessee for a little over a year. He was discharged on account of sickness, and after his return was commissioned captain in the 15th Minn. State Militia, and afterwards lieutenant-colonel. Mr. Way is a man whose character and abilities are a credit to the community in which he lives.
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