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 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY 911 town for a few months, and then practiced with Dr. E. C. Case in Waterville, IVTe., eight months. In November, 1885, he came to Cannon Falls and opened ah office, at once becoming identified with the progress of village events. His office is well equipped and his practice is large in both village and township. Dr. Conley was married August 28, 1884, at the beginning of his professional career, to Sarah L. Dibble, daughter of Alonzo and Louise (Ahlers) Dibble, early settlers and substantial* farmers of Cannon Falls, the father dying July 11, 1891, and the mother March 25, 1869. The Conley home has been blessed with the arrival of five children: Mira V., born September 16, 1885, died April 10, 1892; Emma L., born September 15, 1890, died April 8, 1892; Alonzo D., born May 24, 1892; Ora K., born February 19, 1894, and Lewis E.. born February 16, 1900, all live at home. Lewis and Betsy (Hutchins) Conley. parents of H. E., w^ere born in the northwestern part of New York state, and in the early fifties started west, living for a time in Sugar Grove, < lane county, Illinois, and then locating in Linn county, Iowa. From 1855 to 1871 they lived on a homestead in Mitchell county, Iowa, and then went to Kossuth, Iowa, where the father operated a saw mill, getting out lumber for the railroad. They came to Cannon Falls in, and here ended their days. The father was born in Leroy, Jefferson county, New r York. November 20, 1822, and died January 5, 1900. The mother was born in the same locality, June 3, 1827, and died August 23, 1900. M. D. Fox, of ( "annon Falls village, is one of those thrifty Yermonters who have brought to this state the perseverance and ability of New England ancestry, combined with the progressive and expansive spirit of the "West. He is a supervisor of the township of Stanton, in which he ovnis 640 acres of fine land, president of the Stanton cheese factory, president of the Stanton Elevator Company, and president of the school board. He is not only one of the prominent men of the township, but also of the county, and his name is honored far and wide, standing as it does for honest dealing, integrity, ability and uprightness. M. D. Fox was born in Wilmington, Vt., August 8, 1843, son of I. L. and Unus (Church) Fox, who, after spending their early days in Vermont, came to Goodhue county in 1866 and located in Warsaw township, remaining eight years. They then spent four years in Northfield, and subsequently came to Stanton town- ship, where the father died in 1903. The mother lived to the good old age of eighty-seven, and died August 7, 1909. Of the family of seven children, but two are living, M. D. and E. K. The subject of this sketch received his early education in Ver- mont, and at the outbreak of the Civil "War enlisted in Company E, 11th Vermont Volunteer Infantry, in August, 1862. He was