Copied from the Faribault Register - April 7, 1910
One of the very earliest settlers of Faribault County, Minnesota died at his home one and one-half miles south of Blue Earth on the West bank of the Blue Earth River, last Friday morning at the age of 75 years - 1 April 1910. He was sick but a short time and died of heart disease at eleven o'clock that morning.
He came with his father, Moses Sailor, 25 May 1855, from the little town of Bradford, Chickasaw, Iowa and later selected the western side of the South Branch of the Blue Earth River for his homestead, while his brother Jake selected the Eastern slope.
Abel came here with his father and brothers and sisters and he well remembers the large number of friendly Indians that were here when they came to this vicinity. He saw as many as 500 at one gathering. There were no neighbors to visit when he first came here, and the Sailors were maters of all they surveyed, for a time at least.
The first wheat sown was by Alvin Johnson. H.P. Comstons, James Wakefield, George B. Kingsley, and Sam Hibler came in February 1856. They called on Moses Sailor and the next day located the town site of Blue Earth City. The first store was run by Cornelius Garrison and he kept everything needed by the Pioneers, and some things they didn't need. This place of business was in a hued log house erected by Abel and Jake Sailor and stood on the block where C.A.H. Copplin now resides.
During the summer of 1856, claims along the river were pretty well taken up. The first summer Abel and Jake came about the country quite a bit and explored the then unknown settlements. The two boys would occasionally find elk and deer during the year 1855. But none were seen after that year. Corn and wheat were ground in coffee mills in those far off days.
Abel leaves four brothers: Jake, Daniel, William, and Emanuel. He married Mary Jane Harris, sister to Hannah, on 30 June 1867 and there were ten children. Seven are still living: Arthur and Allen of Blue Earth, Perry and Alson, Rebecca Roche of Ledyard, Iowa, Bertha Bechtel and Emma Boether.
There was a very large attendance at the funeral which was held at the home last Sunday forenoon at 10:30. Reverend C.B. Allen, Pastor of the Baptist Church officiating. Mr. Sailor was an old soldier of the Civil War. The GAR took charge of the services at the University.
One of the very earliest settlers of Faribault County, Minnesota died at his home one and one-half miles south of Blue Earth on the West bank of the Blue Earth River, last Friday morning at the age of 75 years - 1 April 1910. He was sick but a short time and died of heart disease at eleven o'clock that morning.
He came with his father, Moses Sailor, 25 May 1855, from the little town of Bradford, Chickasaw, Iowa and later selected the western side of the South Branch of the Blue Earth River for his homestead, while his brother Jake selected the Eastern slope.
Abel came here with his father and brothers and sisters and he well remembers the large number of friendly Indians that were here when they came to this vicinity. He saw as many as 500 at one gathering. There were no neighbors to visit when he first came here, and the Sailors were maters of all they surveyed, for a time at least.
The first wheat sown was by Alvin Johnson. H.P. Comstons, James Wakefield, George B. Kingsley, and Sam Hibler came in February 1856. They called on Moses Sailor and the next day located the town site of Blue Earth City. The first store was run by Cornelius Garrison and he kept everything needed by the Pioneers, and some things they didn't need. This place of business was in a hued log house erected by Abel and Jake Sailor and stood on the block where C.A.H. Copplin now resides.
During the summer of 1856, claims along the river were pretty well taken up. The first summer Abel and Jake came about the country quite a bit and explored the then unknown settlements. The two boys would occasionally find elk and deer during the year 1855. But none were seen after that year. Corn and wheat were ground in coffee mills in those far off days.
Abel leaves four brothers: Jake, Daniel, William, and Emanuel. He married Mary Jane Harris, sister to Hannah, on 30 June 1867 and there were ten children. Seven are still living: Arthur and Allen of Blue Earth, Perry and Alson, Rebecca Roche of Ledyard, Iowa, Bertha Bechtel and Emma Boether.
There was a very large attendance at the funeral which was held at the home last Sunday forenoon at 10:30. Reverend C.B. Allen, Pastor of the Baptist Church officiating. Mr. Sailor was an old soldier of the Civil War. The GAR took charge of the services at the University.
Copied from the Faribault Register - April 7, 1910
One of the very earliest settlers of Faribault County, Minnesota died at his home one and one-half miles south of Blue Earth on the West bank of the Blue Earth River, last Friday morning at the age of 75 years - 1 April 1910. He was sick but a short time and died of heart disease at eleven o'clock that morning.
He came with his father, Moses Sailor, 25 May 1855, from the little town of Bradford, Chickasaw, Iowa and later selected the western side of the South Branch of the Blue Earth River for his homestead, while his brother Jake selected the Eastern slope.
Abel came here with his father and brothers and sisters and he well remembers the large number of friendly Indians that were here when they came to this vicinity. He saw as many as 500 at one gathering. There were no neighbors to visit when he first came here, and the Sailors were maters of all they surveyed, for a time at least.
The first wheat sown was by Alvin Johnson. H.P. Comstons, James Wakefield, George B. Kingsley, and Sam Hibler came in February 1856. They called on Moses Sailor and the next day located the town site of Blue Earth City. The first store was run by Cornelius Garrison and he kept everything needed by the Pioneers, and some things they didn't need. This place of business was in a hued log house erected by Abel and Jake Sailor and stood on the block where C.A.H. Copplin now resides.
During the summer of 1856, claims along the river were pretty well taken up. The first summer Abel and Jake came about the country quite a bit and explored the then unknown settlements. The two boys would occasionally find elk and deer during the year 1855. But none were seen after that year. Corn and wheat were ground in coffee mills in those far off days.
Abel leaves four brothers: Jake, Daniel, William, and Emanuel. He married Mary Jane Harris, sister to Hannah, on 30 June 1867 and there were ten children. Seven are still living: Arthur and Allen of Blue Earth, Perry and Alson, Rebecca Roche of Ledyard, Iowa, Bertha Bechtel and Emma Boether.
There was a very large attendance at the funeral which was held at the home last Sunday forenoon at 10:30. Reverend C.B. Allen, Pastor of the Baptist Church officiating. Mr. Sailor was an old soldier of the Civil War. The GAR took charge of the services at the University.
One of the very earliest settlers of Faribault County, Minnesota died at his home one and one-half miles south of Blue Earth on the West bank of the Blue Earth River, last Friday morning at the age of 75 years - 1 April 1910. He was sick but a short time and died of heart disease at eleven o'clock that morning.
He came with his father, Moses Sailor, 25 May 1855, from the little town of Bradford, Chickasaw, Iowa and later selected the western side of the South Branch of the Blue Earth River for his homestead, while his brother Jake selected the Eastern slope.
Abel came here with his father and brothers and sisters and he well remembers the large number of friendly Indians that were here when they came to this vicinity. He saw as many as 500 at one gathering. There were no neighbors to visit when he first came here, and the Sailors were maters of all they surveyed, for a time at least.
The first wheat sown was by Alvin Johnson. H.P. Comstons, James Wakefield, George B. Kingsley, and Sam Hibler came in February 1856. They called on Moses Sailor and the next day located the town site of Blue Earth City. The first store was run by Cornelius Garrison and he kept everything needed by the Pioneers, and some things they didn't need. This place of business was in a hued log house erected by Abel and Jake Sailor and stood on the block where C.A.H. Copplin now resides.
During the summer of 1856, claims along the river were pretty well taken up. The first summer Abel and Jake came about the country quite a bit and explored the then unknown settlements. The two boys would occasionally find elk and deer during the year 1855. But none were seen after that year. Corn and wheat were ground in coffee mills in those far off days.
Abel leaves four brothers: Jake, Daniel, William, and Emanuel. He married Mary Jane Harris, sister to Hannah, on 30 June 1867 and there were ten children. Seven are still living: Arthur and Allen of Blue Earth, Perry and Alson, Rebecca Roche of Ledyard, Iowa, Bertha Bechtel and Emma Boether.
There was a very large attendance at the funeral which was held at the home last Sunday forenoon at 10:30. Reverend C.B. Allen, Pastor of the Baptist Church officiating. Mr. Sailor was an old soldier of the Civil War. The GAR took charge of the services at the University.
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