Elba Minnesota

Oliver Smith Todd of Glenister Canada

Oliver Smith Todd8, (Addison E.7, Eli6, Solomon5, James4, James3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Aug. 14, 1861, in Elba, Winona County, Minn., married Dec. 6, 1906, Jane M., daughter of William and Mary Jane (Mckeown) Watts, who was born in Saratoga, Winona County, Minn., Sept. 11, 1878. The following spring they moved to Glenister, Province of Alberta, Canada, where he bought a farm which he has since operated. He has always been a farmer, except about ten years, when he was a herder in Wilma, North Dakota. The children were all born in Glenister, Alta., Canada. Children: 2296. Mary Isabella, b. April … Read more

Lorenzo U. Todd of Elba MN

Lorenzo U. Todd7, (Eli6, Solomon5, James4, James3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Nov. 16, 1832, died Feb. 7, 1906, married in Elgin, Minn., March 3, 1859, Nellie, daughter of Hiram and Adassa (Wilson) Preston, of New York, who was born Aug. 31, 1836, she having moved to Minnesota a year or two prior to her marriage. Her older sister accompanied her to Minnesota but later she removed to Walla Walla, Wash. Mrs. Todd died March 14, 1906. “He had a little better educational advantages than his elder brothers (Addison and Dexter J.) having finished his studies at an academy. He engaged in … Read more

Dexter Josiah Todd of Elba MN

Dexter Josiah Todd7, (Eli6, Solomon5, James4, James3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Sept. 22, 1828, in Charlemont, Mass., died March 24, 1886, of Pneumonia at his home in Fairwater, Minn., married in 1858, Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Zenas and Julia (Smith) Elmer, who was born July 17, 1835, in Ashfield, Mass., died April 5, 1909, in the old home in Fairwater, Minn. He left the old home in Charlemont, Mass., when he was about twenty-two years of age. For the next four years he worked in the woods, most of the time getting out “shook.” In the spring of 1854, he with … Read more

Herbert P. Todd of Elba MN

Herbert P. Todd8, (Lorenzo U.7, Eli6, Solomon5, James4, James3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born March 14, 1860, married March 2, 1887, Mary Gilmore, of St. Charles, Minn. He has a large farm in Elba, Minn., where he and his sons are engaged in stock raising, having a herd of about forty head of registered Shorthorn cattle, including a bull that weighed about twenty-four hundred pounds. They also raise Poland China swine, of which they have forty head. Their farm is located about eleven miles west of the Mississippi River. On their farm is grown on the average, about 80 acres of oats … Read more

Addison Eli Todd of Elba MN

Addison Eli Todd7, (Eli6, Solomon5, James4, James3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born July 22, 1821, in Charlemont, Mass., died Sept. 14, 1878, married, March 22, 1860, Isabella Ball, who was born Feb. 13, 1833, in Greenfield, Mass., in which town they were married. Mr. Todd lived the first twenty-one years of his life in Charlemont, Mass., assisting his father with the work on the farm. Attaining his majority, he started for the west. Arriving in Michigan, he found employment in the saw mills of Lenawa County for several years. Returning to Massachusetts, he purchased a piece of timber land and began manufacturing … Read more