Anna Gideon was born on June 3, 1853 in Illinois. Her parents, Armstead and Albina (Martin) Gideon, were natives of Ohio. The family consisted of three children, Anna, Alice and George. An un-named girl died in infancy. When Anna Gideon was about three years of age her parents moved to Iowa where they remained about six years when they removed to Minnetonka, Minnesota. The family was living at Minnetonka at the time of the Indian outbreak and George Gideon enlisted in the army. He was killed by Indians who ambushed his company while it was being transferred from one camp to another.
There were many horrible deeds committed by the Indians to drive the white people from their hunting grounds. Stories were told of babies being placed in ovens to roast and women's hands nailed to their table with food placed just beyond reach. Every so often the white settlers would be warned of an Indian attack and they would hastily leave their homes and goods and go to an island fort where they could defend themselves from the attacking Indians. The Indians would not appear and the settlers returned to their homes to find their food supplies stolen. These robberies were usually committed by white people but the Indians were of course blamed for them. After the Sioux War Armistead Gideon brought is family to Osakis, Minnesota where he took a homestead in 1866. They came by covered wagon and brought a
few cows with them. At the time Osakis had one store and one restaurant and the next year a school house was built.
Armistead Gideon erected a log cabin from trees on his homestead. He split clap boards from the logs to be used as roofing. These clapboards served admirably for the first winter but during the summer they dried out and warped and that winter the snow always blew into the cabin. But, Anna (Gideon) Richardson says, "We suffered less from the cold than people do now."
Armistead Gideon was a plasterer, broom-maker, and blacksmith all of which trades he used to make a living for his family.
Anna Gideon married for her first husband Tom Hoffman the son of John C. and Mary Hoffman, pioneer residents of Ashley township. To this union were born ten children three of whom are living, viz.: Mary (Hoffman) Evans, of Sauk Centre, Minnesota; Naomi, of North Dakota; Effie (Hoffman) LaRue of
Washington.
Tom Hoffman died at Seattle, Washington, and Anna (Gideon) Hoffman married
John Richardson at Sauk Centre in 1917.
There were many horrible deeds committed by the Indians to drive the white people from their hunting grounds. Stories were told of babies being placed in ovens to roast and women's hands nailed to their table with food placed just beyond reach. Every so often the white settlers would be warned of an Indian attack and they would hastily leave their homes and goods and go to an island fort where they could defend themselves from the attacking Indians. The Indians would not appear and the settlers returned to their homes to find their food supplies stolen. These robberies were usually committed by white people but the Indians were of course blamed for them. After the Sioux War Armistead Gideon brought is family to Osakis, Minnesota where he took a homestead in 1866. They came by covered wagon and brought a
few cows with them. At the time Osakis had one store and one restaurant and the next year a school house was built.
Armistead Gideon erected a log cabin from trees on his homestead. He split clap boards from the logs to be used as roofing. These clapboards served admirably for the first winter but during the summer they dried out and warped and that winter the snow always blew into the cabin. But, Anna (Gideon) Richardson says, "We suffered less from the cold than people do now."
Armistead Gideon was a plasterer, broom-maker, and blacksmith all of which trades he used to make a living for his family.
Anna Gideon married for her first husband Tom Hoffman the son of John C. and Mary Hoffman, pioneer residents of Ashley township. To this union were born ten children three of whom are living, viz.: Mary (Hoffman) Evans, of Sauk Centre, Minnesota; Naomi, of North Dakota; Effie (Hoffman) LaRue of
Washington.
Tom Hoffman died at Seattle, Washington, and Anna (Gideon) Hoffman married
John Richardson at Sauk Centre in 1917.
Anna Gideon was born on June 3, 1853 in Illinois. Her parents, Armstead and Albina (Martin) Gideon, were natives of Ohio. The family consisted of three children, Anna, Alice and George. An un-named girl died in infancy. When Anna Gideon was about three years of age her parents moved to Iowa where they remained about six years when they removed to Minnetonka, Minnesota. The family was living at Minnetonka at the time of the Indian outbreak and George Gideon enlisted in the army. He was killed by Indians who ambushed his company while it was being transferred from one camp to another.
There were many horrible deeds committed by the Indians to drive the white people from their hunting grounds. Stories were told of babies being placed in ovens to roast and women's hands nailed to their table with food placed just beyond reach. Every so often the white settlers would be warned of an Indian attack and they would hastily leave their homes and goods and go to an island fort where they could defend themselves from the attacking Indians. The Indians would not appear and the settlers returned to their homes to find their food supplies stolen. These robberies were usually committed by white people but the Indians were of course blamed for them. After the Sioux War Armistead Gideon brought is family to Osakis, Minnesota where he took a homestead in 1866. They came by covered wagon and brought a
few cows with them. At the time Osakis had one store and one restaurant and the next year a school house was built.
Armistead Gideon erected a log cabin from trees on his homestead. He split clap boards from the logs to be used as roofing. These clapboards served admirably for the first winter but during the summer they dried out and warped and that winter the snow always blew into the cabin. But, Anna (Gideon) Richardson says, "We suffered less from the cold than people do now."
Armistead Gideon was a plasterer, broom-maker, and blacksmith all of which trades he used to make a living for his family.
Anna Gideon married for her first husband Tom Hoffman the son of John C. and Mary Hoffman, pioneer residents of Ashley township. To this union were born ten children three of whom are living, viz.: Mary (Hoffman) Evans, of Sauk Centre, Minnesota; Naomi, of North Dakota; Effie (Hoffman) LaRue of
Washington.
Tom Hoffman died at Seattle, Washington, and Anna (Gideon) Hoffman married
John Richardson at Sauk Centre in 1917.
There were many horrible deeds committed by the Indians to drive the white people from their hunting grounds. Stories were told of babies being placed in ovens to roast and women's hands nailed to their table with food placed just beyond reach. Every so often the white settlers would be warned of an Indian attack and they would hastily leave their homes and goods and go to an island fort where they could defend themselves from the attacking Indians. The Indians would not appear and the settlers returned to their homes to find their food supplies stolen. These robberies were usually committed by white people but the Indians were of course blamed for them. After the Sioux War Armistead Gideon brought is family to Osakis, Minnesota where he took a homestead in 1866. They came by covered wagon and brought a
few cows with them. At the time Osakis had one store and one restaurant and the next year a school house was built.
Armistead Gideon erected a log cabin from trees on his homestead. He split clap boards from the logs to be used as roofing. These clapboards served admirably for the first winter but during the summer they dried out and warped and that winter the snow always blew into the cabin. But, Anna (Gideon) Richardson says, "We suffered less from the cold than people do now."
Armistead Gideon was a plasterer, broom-maker, and blacksmith all of which trades he used to make a living for his family.
Anna Gideon married for her first husband Tom Hoffman the son of John C. and Mary Hoffman, pioneer residents of Ashley township. To this union were born ten children three of whom are living, viz.: Mary (Hoffman) Evans, of Sauk Centre, Minnesota; Naomi, of North Dakota; Effie (Hoffman) LaRue of
Washington.
Tom Hoffman died at Seattle, Washington, and Anna (Gideon) Hoffman married
John Richardson at Sauk Centre in 1917.
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