Fifty Years In The Northwest by William H. C. Folsom

years. In 1851 he was married to Anna Cronk, a native of Prince Edward county, Canada. For four years he published the Tecumseh (Mich.) _Herald_ and in 1854, having removed to Sauk Rapids, established the _Frontiersman_ for Jeremiah Russell. This paper he conducted for three years. He then conducted the _New Era_ for one year. In 1868 he established the Sauk Rapids _Sentinel_, which he conducted four years, when he started the Alexandria _Post_ and also became a member of a company that published the St. Cloud _Press_, with which he was connected one year. In 1872 he re-established the Sauk Rapids _Sentinel_, which he sold to W. L. Nieman, but repurchased after the cyclone of 1886. Mr. Benedict was in the United States revenue service ten years, and served as a member of the state senate one term. J. Q. A. WOOD was born in Chichester, New Hampshire, in 1815. He graduated at Union College, New York, in 1843; studied law with President Franklin Pierce; was admitted to practice in 1846, and made his home at Sauk Rapids in 1854, which has been his home ever since, with the exception of some years spent in Kentucky as editor of the _Southern Kentucky Shield_. This paper was suppressed in 1862. Returning to Sauk Rapids in 1864, he engaged in the practice of law, in which he has since continued. During this period he served eleven years as county attorney, and also a term as probate judge. Mr. Wood was seriously injured in the great cyclone, having been buried in the debris of the court house, from which, with great difficulty, he extricated himself. Mr. Wood is a poetical writer of some reputation, many of his productions having been received with great favor. Among them we may mention "Father is Growing Old, John," "Ode to New Hampshire," and "The Wine of Cyprus." He has one son, a resident of Dakota, and one daughter, the wife of D. C. Roberts of West Superior. WILLIAM H. WOOD was born in London, New Hampshire, Feb. 2, 1817. When he was fourteen years of age his father removed to Tecumseh, Michigan. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1839 and afterward took a course in Union College, New York, graduating in 1843. He then returned to Tecumseh, Michigan, where he studied law with Judge Stacy. In 1845 he was admitted to the bar in Lenawee county, Michigan. During the presidential campaign of the year following he edited a paper in Kentucky, the _Rough and Ready_, advocating the claims of Gen. Taylor for the presidency. In 1848 he located in Greensburg, Kentucky, and in 1849 was married to a lady of refinement, known to the literary world under the _nom de plume_ of "Minnie Mary Lee." In 1849 he removed to Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. He was there editor of the pioneer paper, the _Frontiersman_. He afterward owned, and with his gifted wife edited, the _New Era_, in which he was an ardent supporter of Mr. Lincoln for the presidency in 1860. Meanwhile he practiced his profession and held the office of county attorney for many years. When the land office was established at Sauk Rapids he was appointed receiver and served a number of years. He was a member of the first state legislature. In 1869 he was elected president of the New Athens College, Greensburg, Kentucky, and served a short time, when he contracted the disease that afterward terminated his earthly career. Mr. Wood was a man of more than ordinary ability, an eloquent speaker, a fluent and gifted writer, whose influence will long be felt. He left a widow and three children. MRS. W. H. WOOD has been a liberal contributor to magazines and the author of several volumes, of which a list is here appended: "The Heart of Myrrha Lake;" "Into the Light of Catholicity;" "Hubert's Wife;" "The Brown House at Duffield;" "Strayed from the Fold;" "Three Times Three; or, Basil, Beatrice, Ethel;" "Story of Annette;" "Hazel Green's Rival." A. DE LACY WOOD, son of Mrs. W. H. Wood, edits the Two Harbor _Iron Post_, in Lake county. P. H. WOOD, second son of Mrs. W. H. Wood, edits the Sauk Rapids _Free Press_. REV. SHERMAN HALL was born in Weathersfield, Vermont; was educated at Exeter Academy, Dartmouth College and Andover Theological Seminary. He was married to Betsey Parker in 1831, and ordained the same year as a missionary to the Chippewa Indians at La Pointe. With them he remained until 1854, when he transferred his residence to Sauk Rapids and organized a Congregational church, of which he continued pastor until his death, Sept. 1, 1859. Mr. Hall made a translation of parts of the Bible into the Ojibway tongue. He was greatly beloved amongst his people for his firm, christian demeanor and publicly recognized as a man of integrity and sound judgment. He served the people of Benton county as judge of probate court and county superintendent of schools. JEREMIAH RUSSELL was born in Eaton, Madison county, New York, Feb. 2,