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 884 EISTOEY OF GOODHUE COUNTY subsequent to which he purchased eighty acres of land, across the road from his father's farth, and engaged in general farming and dairying, which he still continues, making a specialty of raising sheep of which he owns a flock of over 100. Mr. Miller was married in 1882 to Edith Vanguilder, daughter of Stephen and Caroline (Knowlton) Vanguilder, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Boston. They came to Cannon Falls* in 1855, where the father engaged in his trade of carpenter. He died in 1897 and the mother in 1906. They had eight children: Ida, Ira. Edith. John, Cecil. Mabel, and Stephen. Two children died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have five children: Inez, married to AYilliam Moorehouse, of Stanton; Beatrix, Archie, Beryl, and Herschel. who are at home. Mr. Miller is a Republican, but has never sought or held public office. James Pollard, of Stanton township, was born in Manchester, England, January 22, 1828, son of Thomas and Ann (Cosgrove) Pollard, the former a native of England and the latter of Ire- land. They were married in England in 1827, one year later came to America, landing at New York, where they remained a short time, afterward living near Hudson, N. Y., and at North Adams. Mass.. the father being a calico manufacturer. In 1812 they located in .AYatertown, -Icfferson county, AYiseonsin, and engaged in farming until the father's death in 1816. The mother died in Hastings, Minn. James Polland was an only child. In 1856 he came to Minnesota and located in Stanton township, and is consequently believed to be the oldest living resident of the township. Upon his arrival here he pre-empted 160 acres of land, which he broke and improved, using horses at first and later oxen. For two years he and his wife lived in a small board shanty, later adding a small room. In 1876 the present residence was built. In February, 1865, Mr. Pollard enlisted in Company I, First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, under Captain Thomas Carney. He served in the Army of Cumberland and Tennessee, and was discharged October 11, 1865. October 11. 1850, he was married to Margaret M. Gibson, born in County Clair, Ireland. July 4, 1832, daughter of Peter and Ellen Gibson, also natives of County Clair, Ireland, who came to America in 1847 and settled in AYatertown, Jefferson county. Wisconsin, living on a farm in Alilford township, in the same county, until 1859, when they came to Stanton. James and Margaret Pollard were the parents of twelve children : John, now of Dunbar, Ohio ; James, of Alinnesota ; Ella E.. of Spearfish, S. D. ; Henrietta, of South Da- kota; Adeline (deceased); Benjamin, a railroad man of Alin- neapolis; AYilliam H., of Idaho; George C, of Rochford, S. D. ; Eugene (deceased) ; Thomas (deceased) ; Francelia, of Boise, Idaho; Margaret, of Spearfish, S. D. Airs. Pollard died August