CIVIL WAR VETERAN
Ener was a member of the Sauk County Riflemen of the 6th Wisconsin Company A for three years. He re-enlisted in Company G, 30th Indiana and served one year. He belonged to the Iron Brigade of the Potomac.
ENER BIRUM KILLED
Mr. Ener Birum, of North Redwood, one of the most prominent figures in the history of Redwood County and one of the most respected citizens of the county, met with a terrible accident while attempting to catch a train in Minneapolis last Monday morning. The news first reached here about ten o'clock Monday in a telegram announcing the serious accident addressed to Mrs. Birum, and shortly afterwards, passengers on the west-bound train announced that he died shortly after the accident took place. In the afternoon the GAZETTE'S Minneapolis correspondent corrected the error by writing as follows:
This morning, Ener Birum, a miller at North Redwood, was struck by an express train near the St. Louis station. He was running out to catch the westbound train, when the inbound Lake train came in on him, hurling him to the side track with his head frightfully cut. He was picked up in an unconscious condition and taken to St. Mary's hospital, where he now lies very low.
From Conductor Hand, of the westbound St. Louis that day, the GAZETTE reporter learned that Mr. Birum had missed his train about thirty seconds, and with the hopes of catching it at one of the crossings where the train is obliged to stop, Mr. Birum ran for a distance of about fifteen rods, until he reached the bridge over the tracks just west of the depot. Here, Mr. Birum evidently gave up the attempt, and in turning to come back, crossed over to the incoming track. The Lake Minnetonka train No.7, which is due at the Minneapolis depot two minutes after the Redwood train pulls out, came down the track at a yard rate of speed, but owing to the confusion of bells and whistles and switching in that vicinity, Mr. Birum did not hear it, and before he was aware the engine struck him in the manner detailed in the above telegram.
Mrs. Birum, Herbert Birum, Andrew Birum and Dr. J.A. Beard took the first train out of the city for Minneapolis, and later in the evening a telegram was received that Mr. Birum was badly hurt about the head but was resting easily at that time. On Tuesday noon the GAZETTE received a message from St. Mary's Hospital, stating that Mr. Birum was still living, but there were no hopes of recovery.
There is something strangely pathetic connected with this pathetic closing of the career of Mr. Ener Birum. Politics alone made him enemies, and as the dark angel hovers over him political deeds can be forgotten, and the man judged as he should be judged. A rich friend, indeed, was Mr. Birum,for he was a good friend, true and loyal to his friends. There was an inborn warmth about him that was ever beaming; a sun that was ever shining, a cloudless sky darkened only by a starry night. In dark business years he arose above the heights of ill-fortune, and with a determined will to conquer he was just witnessing Dame Fortune smile upon him when ran down by the awful wheels of steam.
His career needs no enconiums. His love for his adopted country has been manifested on eleven battlefields of the Civil War; his devotion to his country, and his faith in this section, has ever been manifest; his own peculiar love for the narrower locality in which he resided will be missed by the residents of that locality. But his truer manhood is shown in his intense love for the family he leaves behind him, which has always been uppermost in his mind, and over which he has exercised more than a usual paternal spirit of kindness and teaching.
Ener Birum was born in Norway, November 14th, 1839. He came to Baraboo, Wisconsin, with his parents in 1844. In 1861 he enlisted for three months, but was rejected; he afterwards enlisted in the 6th Wisconsin, Company A, and served three years; he re-enlisted in Co. G, 30th Indiana, and served one year. He was in eleven battles. Mr. Birum remained in Wisconsin, farming for three years after the war, then came to Redwood Falls and in 1868 he built a saw mill on the site of his present flouring mill. This he continued until 1879, when the saw mill was remodeled into a flouring mill with two runs and with a capacity of two more. Later another change was made and with his present partner, Mr. A.J. Anderson, the present magnificent roller mill at North Redwood was constructed and now running profitably.
Mr. Birum has been chairman of the town board of supervisors of the old town of Redwood Falls and also of the town of Honner, and has several times ran for the legislature, but never being a successful candidate, although very near it once or twice. In October 1872, he married Annie Ortt in St. Peter, and leaves his wife and four children, Millie M., Herbert L., Arthur A., and Ella.
Redwood Gazette
Redwood Falls, Minnesota
Thursday, October 19, 1893
Ener was a member of the Sauk County Riflemen of the 6th Wisconsin Company A for three years. He re-enlisted in Company G, 30th Indiana and served one year. He belonged to the Iron Brigade of the Potomac.
ENER BIRUM KILLED
Mr. Ener Birum, of North Redwood, one of the most prominent figures in the history of Redwood County and one of the most respected citizens of the county, met with a terrible accident while attempting to catch a train in Minneapolis last Monday morning. The news first reached here about ten o'clock Monday in a telegram announcing the serious accident addressed to Mrs. Birum, and shortly afterwards, passengers on the west-bound train announced that he died shortly after the accident took place. In the afternoon the GAZETTE'S Minneapolis correspondent corrected the error by writing as follows:
This morning, Ener Birum, a miller at North Redwood, was struck by an express train near the St. Louis station. He was running out to catch the westbound train, when the inbound Lake train came in on him, hurling him to the side track with his head frightfully cut. He was picked up in an unconscious condition and taken to St. Mary's hospital, where he now lies very low.
From Conductor Hand, of the westbound St. Louis that day, the GAZETTE reporter learned that Mr. Birum had missed his train about thirty seconds, and with the hopes of catching it at one of the crossings where the train is obliged to stop, Mr. Birum ran for a distance of about fifteen rods, until he reached the bridge over the tracks just west of the depot. Here, Mr. Birum evidently gave up the attempt, and in turning to come back, crossed over to the incoming track. The Lake Minnetonka train No.7, which is due at the Minneapolis depot two minutes after the Redwood train pulls out, came down the track at a yard rate of speed, but owing to the confusion of bells and whistles and switching in that vicinity, Mr. Birum did not hear it, and before he was aware the engine struck him in the manner detailed in the above telegram.
Mrs. Birum, Herbert Birum, Andrew Birum and Dr. J.A. Beard took the first train out of the city for Minneapolis, and later in the evening a telegram was received that Mr. Birum was badly hurt about the head but was resting easily at that time. On Tuesday noon the GAZETTE received a message from St. Mary's Hospital, stating that Mr. Birum was still living, but there were no hopes of recovery.
There is something strangely pathetic connected with this pathetic closing of the career of Mr. Ener Birum. Politics alone made him enemies, and as the dark angel hovers over him political deeds can be forgotten, and the man judged as he should be judged. A rich friend, indeed, was Mr. Birum,for he was a good friend, true and loyal to his friends. There was an inborn warmth about him that was ever beaming; a sun that was ever shining, a cloudless sky darkened only by a starry night. In dark business years he arose above the heights of ill-fortune, and with a determined will to conquer he was just witnessing Dame Fortune smile upon him when ran down by the awful wheels of steam.
His career needs no enconiums. His love for his adopted country has been manifested on eleven battlefields of the Civil War; his devotion to his country, and his faith in this section, has ever been manifest; his own peculiar love for the narrower locality in which he resided will be missed by the residents of that locality. But his truer manhood is shown in his intense love for the family he leaves behind him, which has always been uppermost in his mind, and over which he has exercised more than a usual paternal spirit of kindness and teaching.
Ener Birum was born in Norway, November 14th, 1839. He came to Baraboo, Wisconsin, with his parents in 1844. In 1861 he enlisted for three months, but was rejected; he afterwards enlisted in the 6th Wisconsin, Company A, and served three years; he re-enlisted in Co. G, 30th Indiana, and served one year. He was in eleven battles. Mr. Birum remained in Wisconsin, farming for three years after the war, then came to Redwood Falls and in 1868 he built a saw mill on the site of his present flouring mill. This he continued until 1879, when the saw mill was remodeled into a flouring mill with two runs and with a capacity of two more. Later another change was made and with his present partner, Mr. A.J. Anderson, the present magnificent roller mill at North Redwood was constructed and now running profitably.
Mr. Birum has been chairman of the town board of supervisors of the old town of Redwood Falls and also of the town of Honner, and has several times ran for the legislature, but never being a successful candidate, although very near it once or twice. In October 1872, he married Annie Ortt in St. Peter, and leaves his wife and four children, Millie M., Herbert L., Arthur A., and Ella.
Redwood Gazette
Redwood Falls, Minnesota
Thursday, October 19, 1893
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
Ener was a member of the Sauk County Riflemen of the 6th Wisconsin Company A for three years. He re-enlisted in Company G, 30th Indiana and served one year. He belonged to the Iron Brigade of the Potomac.
ENER BIRUM KILLED
Mr. Ener Birum, of North Redwood, one of the most prominent figures in the history of Redwood County and one of the most respected citizens of the county, met with a terrible accident while attempting to catch a train in Minneapolis last Monday morning. The news first reached here about ten o'clock Monday in a telegram announcing the serious accident addressed to Mrs. Birum, and shortly afterwards, passengers on the west-bound train announced that he died shortly after the accident took place. In the afternoon the GAZETTE'S Minneapolis correspondent corrected the error by writing as follows:
This morning, Ener Birum, a miller at North Redwood, was struck by an express train near the St. Louis station. He was running out to catch the westbound train, when the inbound Lake train came in on him, hurling him to the side track with his head frightfully cut. He was picked up in an unconscious condition and taken to St. Mary's hospital, where he now lies very low.
From Conductor Hand, of the westbound St. Louis that day, the GAZETTE reporter learned that Mr. Birum had missed his train about thirty seconds, and with the hopes of catching it at one of the crossings where the train is obliged to stop, Mr. Birum ran for a distance of about fifteen rods, until he reached the bridge over the tracks just west of the depot. Here, Mr. Birum evidently gave up the attempt, and in turning to come back, crossed over to the incoming track. The Lake Minnetonka train No.7, which is due at the Minneapolis depot two minutes after the Redwood train pulls out, came down the track at a yard rate of speed, but owing to the confusion of bells and whistles and switching in that vicinity, Mr. Birum did not hear it, and before he was aware the engine struck him in the manner detailed in the above telegram.
Mrs. Birum, Herbert Birum, Andrew Birum and Dr. J.A. Beard took the first train out of the city for Minneapolis, and later in the evening a telegram was received that Mr. Birum was badly hurt about the head but was resting easily at that time. On Tuesday noon the GAZETTE received a message from St. Mary's Hospital, stating that Mr. Birum was still living, but there were no hopes of recovery.
There is something strangely pathetic connected with this pathetic closing of the career of Mr. Ener Birum. Politics alone made him enemies, and as the dark angel hovers over him political deeds can be forgotten, and the man judged as he should be judged. A rich friend, indeed, was Mr. Birum,for he was a good friend, true and loyal to his friends. There was an inborn warmth about him that was ever beaming; a sun that was ever shining, a cloudless sky darkened only by a starry night. In dark business years he arose above the heights of ill-fortune, and with a determined will to conquer he was just witnessing Dame Fortune smile upon him when ran down by the awful wheels of steam.
His career needs no enconiums. His love for his adopted country has been manifested on eleven battlefields of the Civil War; his devotion to his country, and his faith in this section, has ever been manifest; his own peculiar love for the narrower locality in which he resided will be missed by the residents of that locality. But his truer manhood is shown in his intense love for the family he leaves behind him, which has always been uppermost in his mind, and over which he has exercised more than a usual paternal spirit of kindness and teaching.
Ener Birum was born in Norway, November 14th, 1839. He came to Baraboo, Wisconsin, with his parents in 1844. In 1861 he enlisted for three months, but was rejected; he afterwards enlisted in the 6th Wisconsin, Company A, and served three years; he re-enlisted in Co. G, 30th Indiana, and served one year. He was in eleven battles. Mr. Birum remained in Wisconsin, farming for three years after the war, then came to Redwood Falls and in 1868 he built a saw mill on the site of his present flouring mill. This he continued until 1879, when the saw mill was remodeled into a flouring mill with two runs and with a capacity of two more. Later another change was made and with his present partner, Mr. A.J. Anderson, the present magnificent roller mill at North Redwood was constructed and now running profitably.
Mr. Birum has been chairman of the town board of supervisors of the old town of Redwood Falls and also of the town of Honner, and has several times ran for the legislature, but never being a successful candidate, although very near it once or twice. In October 1872, he married Annie Ortt in St. Peter, and leaves his wife and four children, Millie M., Herbert L., Arthur A., and Ella.
Redwood Gazette
Redwood Falls, Minnesota
Thursday, October 19, 1893
Ener was a member of the Sauk County Riflemen of the 6th Wisconsin Company A for three years. He re-enlisted in Company G, 30th Indiana and served one year. He belonged to the Iron Brigade of the Potomac.
ENER BIRUM KILLED
Mr. Ener Birum, of North Redwood, one of the most prominent figures in the history of Redwood County and one of the most respected citizens of the county, met with a terrible accident while attempting to catch a train in Minneapolis last Monday morning. The news first reached here about ten o'clock Monday in a telegram announcing the serious accident addressed to Mrs. Birum, and shortly afterwards, passengers on the west-bound train announced that he died shortly after the accident took place. In the afternoon the GAZETTE'S Minneapolis correspondent corrected the error by writing as follows:
This morning, Ener Birum, a miller at North Redwood, was struck by an express train near the St. Louis station. He was running out to catch the westbound train, when the inbound Lake train came in on him, hurling him to the side track with his head frightfully cut. He was picked up in an unconscious condition and taken to St. Mary's hospital, where he now lies very low.
From Conductor Hand, of the westbound St. Louis that day, the GAZETTE reporter learned that Mr. Birum had missed his train about thirty seconds, and with the hopes of catching it at one of the crossings where the train is obliged to stop, Mr. Birum ran for a distance of about fifteen rods, until he reached the bridge over the tracks just west of the depot. Here, Mr. Birum evidently gave up the attempt, and in turning to come back, crossed over to the incoming track. The Lake Minnetonka train No.7, which is due at the Minneapolis depot two minutes after the Redwood train pulls out, came down the track at a yard rate of speed, but owing to the confusion of bells and whistles and switching in that vicinity, Mr. Birum did not hear it, and before he was aware the engine struck him in the manner detailed in the above telegram.
Mrs. Birum, Herbert Birum, Andrew Birum and Dr. J.A. Beard took the first train out of the city for Minneapolis, and later in the evening a telegram was received that Mr. Birum was badly hurt about the head but was resting easily at that time. On Tuesday noon the GAZETTE received a message from St. Mary's Hospital, stating that Mr. Birum was still living, but there were no hopes of recovery.
There is something strangely pathetic connected with this pathetic closing of the career of Mr. Ener Birum. Politics alone made him enemies, and as the dark angel hovers over him political deeds can be forgotten, and the man judged as he should be judged. A rich friend, indeed, was Mr. Birum,for he was a good friend, true and loyal to his friends. There was an inborn warmth about him that was ever beaming; a sun that was ever shining, a cloudless sky darkened only by a starry night. In dark business years he arose above the heights of ill-fortune, and with a determined will to conquer he was just witnessing Dame Fortune smile upon him when ran down by the awful wheels of steam.
His career needs no enconiums. His love for his adopted country has been manifested on eleven battlefields of the Civil War; his devotion to his country, and his faith in this section, has ever been manifest; his own peculiar love for the narrower locality in which he resided will be missed by the residents of that locality. But his truer manhood is shown in his intense love for the family he leaves behind him, which has always been uppermost in his mind, and over which he has exercised more than a usual paternal spirit of kindness and teaching.
Ener Birum was born in Norway, November 14th, 1839. He came to Baraboo, Wisconsin, with his parents in 1844. In 1861 he enlisted for three months, but was rejected; he afterwards enlisted in the 6th Wisconsin, Company A, and served three years; he re-enlisted in Co. G, 30th Indiana, and served one year. He was in eleven battles. Mr. Birum remained in Wisconsin, farming for three years after the war, then came to Redwood Falls and in 1868 he built a saw mill on the site of his present flouring mill. This he continued until 1879, when the saw mill was remodeled into a flouring mill with two runs and with a capacity of two more. Later another change was made and with his present partner, Mr. A.J. Anderson, the present magnificent roller mill at North Redwood was constructed and now running profitably.
Mr. Birum has been chairman of the town board of supervisors of the old town of Redwood Falls and also of the town of Honner, and has several times ran for the legislature, but never being a successful candidate, although very near it once or twice. In October 1872, he married Annie Ortt in St. Peter, and leaves his wife and four children, Millie M., Herbert L., Arthur A., and Ella.
Redwood Gazette
Redwood Falls, Minnesota
Thursday, October 19, 1893
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Sophia Josephine Birum Braley
1837–1915
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Carlos C. "C.C." Birum
1842–1927
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Andrew Birum
1842–1919
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Lucretia Jane Birum Klein
1844–1918
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Eliza Cornelia Birum Elliott
1848–1922
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Albert George Birum
1850–1927
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Charlotte Amelia "Lottie" Birum Graves
1853–1898
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Josephine Ella Birum Holah
1856–1936
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Sara Almeda Birum Welch Baumann
1858–1946
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