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Descendants of John Minder


Generation No. 2


2. NATHAN2 MINDER (JOHN1)11 was born 1820 in Rockland Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania12,13, and died 24 January 1888 in Frankfort Township, Pepin County, Wisconsin14,15. He married SARAH WORKING16 1841 in Centre County, Pennsylvania17, daughter of GEORGE WORKING and ANNA ANSPACHT. She was born 18 August 1824 in Pennsylvania18, and died 26 December 1905 in Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota19.

Notes for NATHAN MINDER:
Nathan was found on the Iowa and Pennsylvania 1850 Census. After talking with some family members we have come to the conclusion that since these Census' were taken some months apart that he was probably in Iowa scoping out the land and then had gone back to Pennsylvania to get his family and move them to Iowa to be by his family.

After moving to Wisconsin Nathan became a farmer. On December 15, 1868 a homestead record was found for Nathan Minder in Pepin County, Volume 112. Section 35, Town 24, Range 14, general land office.

On the 1880 Census from Lake City, Minnesota it is noted that Nathan and Sarah ran a boarding house.

Pepin County Courier, Durand, Wisconsin, Friday, January 27, 1888, Section 1, column 2, page 5: "Nathan Minder, who settled in this county some twenty years ago, but who for some years has resided at Lake City, Minnesota, died at the residence of his son John in the town of Frankfort on Tuesday last. Deceased had a stroke of paralysis three weeks ago while visiting with his son and gradually failed until his death. His remains were taken to Lake City for interment."

Lake City Graphic Sentinal, January 31, 1888: "Nathan Minder, an old resident of this city, while engaged at his work in Wisconsin, died suddenly last week of paralysis. His remains were brought here and buried on Friday last. The funeral took place at the house."

Notes for SARAH WORKING:
Sarah Working was born in Pennsylvania on 18 August 1824 to George and Anna Marie (Anspacht) Working. She died from gall stones and senility at the age of 81 on 26 December 1905 in Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota she is buried in the Lakewood Cemetery, Lake City, Minnesota.

Sarah and Nathan ran a boarding house in Lake City. After Nathan's death Sarah continued to run the boarding house on her own with the help of her children.

Family history has it that Sarah and Rebecca (David's wife) were sisters and married brothers. Their father George Working is buried in the Frankfort Township Cemetery.

I have in my files a copy of Sarah's Final Decree, dated December 18th, 1908. In this final decree she left her personal property to her children and grandchildren.



Marriage Notes for NATHAN MINDER and SARAH WORKING:
We do not have an exact date of marriage for this couple. We have come up with 1841 and Centre County, Pennsylavnia.
     
Children of NATHAN MINDER and SARAH WORKING are:
10. i.   ELIZABETH3 MINDER, b. 1843, Pennsylvania.
11. ii.   MARY JANE MINDER, b. 24 December 1846, Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania; d. 10 January 1880, Deerfield, Steele Couty, Minnesota.
12. iii.   CAROLINE MINDER, b. September 1848, Centre County, Pennsylvania; d. 08 October 1874, Frankfort Township, Pepin County, Wisconsin.
13. iv.   JOHN HENRY MINDER, b. July 1853, Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa; d. 25 March 1933, Durand, Pepin County, Wisconsin.
14. v.   SARAH JANE MINDER, b. 05 June 1854, Iowa; d. 15 December 1928, Maxville, Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
  vi.   CLARISSA MINDER20, b. February 1857, Iowa; d. 01 December 1873, Frankfort Township, Pepin County, Wisconsin21.
  Notes for CLARISSA MINDER:
Clarissa was just a teen when she died. We do not know the cause of death. She is buried in the family cemetery in Frankfort Township, Wisconsin.

15. vii.   JOSEPHINE MINDER, b. 1862, Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa; d. Unknown.
  viii.   FRANK MINDER22, b. 186423; d. 1905, Minnesota.
  Notes for FRANK MINDER:
From the 1895 Lake City Census Frank was listed as 29 years of age and a laborer still living at home. From his mother's will he was living in Stewartville, Minnesota in 1905.

  ix.   THEODORE MINDER24, b. 186925; d. Unknown.
  Notes for THEODORE MINDER:
On the 1895 Lake City, Minnesota Census he was listed at age 24, butcher, still at home.

16. x.   WILLIAM MINDER, b. 1870, Wisconsin; d. Unknown.


3. ELIZABETH2 MINDER (JOHN1)26 was born 08 February 1826 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania27, and died 08 October 1895 in Kent, King County, Washington28. She married HENRY FLETCHER29 1845. He was born Abt. 1812 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and died Unknown in Minnesota.

Notes for ELIZABETH MINDER:
Extracted from The White River Journal, Kent, Washington, Saturday, October 12, 1895. Volume 6 No. 41. Pages are unnumbered, however this obituary appears on the third page. Extracted from the newspaper mirco-film copy at the Kent, Washington Library on 18 May 1985 by Donna Grothaus, South King County Genealogical Society.

Fletcher-In Kent, Tuesday night, October 8th. Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher, age 69 years. Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on 8th of February, 1826, and lived there until her 21st year, (this is not correct as they lived in Iowa in 1850 when she was 19) her maiden name having been Minder. She was married in 1845 (again not correct) to Mr. Henry Fletcher and in 1847 she emigrated with her family to St. Louis (again not correct). After a short stay the family removed to Wisconsin and lived in various parts of that state and Minnesota for twenty years. She roughing it with her husband and family as pioneers during the settling up of those states. Among the places lived in by the family were Eau Claire and Danville in Wisconsin and Moorehead and Abercrombie in Minnesota.

Mrs. Fletcher kept the first hotel ever kept in the city of Eau Claire, being patronized almost entirely by the lumbermen of Wisconsin, there being very few women in the country at the time and those few scattered widely.

Mrs. Fletcher was the mother of ten children, five boys and five girls, eight of whom arrived at maturity. There are now living of her immediate descendents 6 children, 22 grand children and 2 great-grand children.

She arrived in Kent in December 1889 where she resided until her death last Tuesday night.

Family history has it that Elizabeth died from blood poisoning caused by a razor cut she inflicted while paring her corns.

Notes for HENRY FLETCHER:
Henry Fletcher was born 1812 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was a wagon maker. He died in Minnesota at an unknown date.

Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH MINDER and HENRY FLETCHER:
Henry Fletcher and Elizabeth Minder were married according to family members in 1845 (which could not be possible as she was on the 1850 Census with her parents and listed as single, age 19). We do know that they were married and had eight living children, five girls and three boys.
     
Children of ELIZABETH MINDER and HENRY FLETCHER are:
17. i.   ELIZABETH3 FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1846; d. Abt. 1893, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
18. ii.   AMANDA FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1848; d. 1880, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
19. iii.   JOHN FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1853, Wisconsin.
  iv.   GEORGE FLETCHER, b. Abt. 1858, Wisconsin; d. Seattle, Washington.
  Notes for GEORGE FLETCHER:
George Fletcher never married and was a carpenter by trade. He died in Georgetown (a suburb of Seattle), Washington.

20. v.   HARRIET FLETCHER, b. 22 August 1859, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin; d. 1938, Hillsboro, North Dakota.
21. vi.   SUSAN HENRIETTA FLETCHER, b. 09 September 1863, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin; d. 11 April 1929, Seattle, Washington.
22. vii.   JANE FLETCHER, b. Wisconsin.
23. viii.   WILLIAM FLETCHER, b. Wisconsin.


4. BENJAMIN2 MINDER (JOHN1)30 was born 26 November 1828 in Centre County, Pennsylvania31, and died 18 February 1893 in Maiden Rock, Pierce County, Wisconsin32. He married LAVINA LONG33 19 February 1848 in Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa34. She was born 15 July 1830 in Centre County, Pennsylvania, and died 1901 in Maiden Rock, Pierce County, Wisconsin35.

Notes for BENJAMIN MINDER:
Benjamin moved with his family from Pennsylvania to Iowa.

He and Lavina had eight children, four boys and four girls. They moved from Iowa to Wisconsin. Living in Frankfort Township and then moving to Maiden Rock Township in Pierce County, where he died.

This article appeared in the Maiden Rock Weekly Press on 25 February 1893: Died - Benj. Minder, died February 18, age 65 years. Funeral took place on Monday. The deceased has resided in this vicinity for about fifteen years and was respected by all who knew him. The Pierce County Herald on 9 March 1893 states: Died at Maiden Rock, Sat., 18 February 1893, Benjamin Minder, aged 65 years. The funeral took place on Monday, Rev. Doughty officiating.

Inscription on Benjamin's tombstone in the Maiden Rock Cemetery:
We miss thee from home dear, We miss thee from thy place, a shadow o'er our lives is cast, We miss the sunshine of thy face, We miss thy kind and willing hand, Thy fond and earnest care, Our home is dark without thee, We miss thee everwhere.

Notes for LAVINA LONG:
She lived with her family in Iowa and then moved to Wisconsin where she resided until her death.

Her obituary states that Lavina Long married Benjamin Minder at the age of 18. They moved west to Iowa. In 1867 they came to Shoo Fly in Pepin Co. Six years later they moved to Lake City, Minnesota and two years later to Maiden Rock. Benjamin died eight years ago and son George died five years ago.

Lavina is on the 1990 Wisconsin Census, Maiden Rock Township, listed as living with her daughter Anna Otis. Anna and her husband, John Otis lived in Warrentown, Pierce County, Wisconsin. Warrentown used to be a town but was flooded out by the Mississippi River. It was never rebuilt as a town but some of the houses remain to this day. It's still known by the old timers as "Warrentown." I (Twila Payne) live about one mile northwest of Warrentown.

Marriage Notes for BENJAMIN MINDER and LAVINA LONG:
Old Fort Genealogical Society, Inc. Fort Madison, Iowa from the book of Early Marriages-Benjamin Minder and Lavina Long were married on 29 February 1848 by H. Salmon, Justice of the Peace. She and Benjamin had eight children, four girls and four boys.
     
Children of BENJAMIN MINDER and LAVINA LONG are:
24. i.   GEORGE WILLIAM3 MINDER, b. 09 August 1851, Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa; d. 02 May 1897, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin.
25. ii.   WILLIAM ELI MINDER, b. 14 February 1854, Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa; d. 09 April 1937, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
26. iii.   MARGARET MINDER, b. 12 November 1855, Pennsylvania; d. 27 January 1908, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
27. iv.   ETTA MINDER, b. 20 February 1858, Pennsylvania.
28. v.   HENRY LONG MINDER, b. 23 May 1859, Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa; d. 25 March 1930, Granstburg, Burnett County, Wisconsin.
29. vi.   KENNER COLLINS MINDER, b. 08 November 1864, Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa; d. 09 December 1932, Maiden Rock, Pierce County, Wisconsin.
30. vii.   ELIZA MINDER, b. 31 March 1868, Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa; d. Unknown.
31. viii.   ANNA MARIE MINDER, b. 12 April 1869, Maiden Rock, Pierce County, Wisconsin; d. Unknown, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.

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