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 910 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY store was continued until 1906, when Mr. Danielson changed his line of business and became a furniture dealer. Aside from a full line of fine furniture, the store carries musical instruments. An undertaking establishment, which is one of the departments of the store, is conducted conscientiously, Mr. Danielson being a licensed embalmer. A branch store at Zumbrota, owned by Mr. Danielson, is managed by John A. Boraas. The subject of this sketch is a Democrat in politics, and belongs to the Modern Woodmen, the United Workmen, the Modern Samaritans. He is president of the Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Associa- tion and chairman of the co-operative buying committee. He was married June 9, 1891, to Eva J. Westman, of Cannon Falls, by whom he has one child, Laverne N., born April 22, 1895. Mr. Danielson is a sagacious business man, thoroughly upright and honorable, having in his nature ;i vein of kindly considera- tion for others which makes him a great favorite in the village. John and Christine L. (Magnuson) Danielson. natives of Sweden. and parents of Charles Danielson. came to America in 1865. lived in Illinois one year and in Ottumwa, Iowa, five 1 years, coming to Cannon Falls in 1871. Here the father entered into partnership with G. Westman in the general marcantile business. In 1889 tin' interesl of Mi-. Westman was sold to Charles Danielson. and the company became John Danielson & Son, until the father's death, April 8, 1903. The mother .lied April 16. 1907. H. E. Conley, M. D., of Cannon Falls, is one of those men who fulfill the highest ideals of one of the highest of callings. While choosing to attend quietly to his duties rather than to act in public office, the call to service has nevertheless reached him in so importune a manner as to make it almost impossible for him to decline the positions of trust and responsibility that have been thrust upon him. He is a trustee of the Cemetery Association, health officer of the village, and ex-president of the village coun- cil, having previously served four terms as an alderman and eleven years on the school board. He is president of the Good- hue County Medical Association and a member of both the state and national bodies also. Fraternally he associates with the Masons, in which he has taken a number of high degrees, the Modern Woodmen, the United Workmen, the Royal Neighbors, the Independent Foresters and the Modern Samaritans. Taking an interest in the industrial growth of the village he has become a trustee in the Cannon Falls Canning Company, and also has other financial holdings,. Dr. Conley was born in Palo, Iowa, July 11, 1855, and received his education in the common schools, in the academy at Kossuth, Iowa, and in the Iowa State Uni- versity at Iowa City, Iowa, graduating in 1884. At once after leaving college he took up the practice of medicine in his native