James Brady came to Palmer in 1855. He died about 1868.
Joshua Briggs settled in Palmer in 1855, and died there in 1881.
Robert Orrock, for whom the town of Orrock was named, died at his home, at a good old age, January, 1885.
John G. Jamieson died at Elk River in 1869.
A. B. Heath removed to Oregon in 1873, where he still lives.
Dr. B. R. Palmer, for whom the town of Palmer was named, was a resident of Sauk Centre and died there in 1885.
Judge Moses Sherburne, for whom the county was named, died at Elk River in 1869.
Chas. F. George, who settled in Santiago in 1856, is at present chairman of the board of county commissioners.
Royal George, a pioneer of the same date, returned to Vermont, where he died in 1887.
W. L. Babcock, a merchant of Santiago, still resides here.