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 974 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY Both parents are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Lunde have had eight children: Hilda. John, Mary, and Norman, of Roscoe township ; Susie, married to Albert Peterson, of Red Wood county: Carl, Gunda, Josephine and Karen Martha, deceased. Mr. Lunde is a Republican, and he and his family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran Synod church. Josiah Lothrop, formerly of Roscoe township, now of Zum- brota. retired farmer and veteran of the Civil War, is of New England parentage, but a native of Canada, born in the province of Quebec October 15, 1839, son of Howard and Olive (Leavitt) Lothrop, the former born in Massachusetts and the latter in New Hampshire. The parents went to Canada in 1817, and there the father engaged in farming until 1852, when they returned to Somersel county, Maine, and farmed until 1856. From that year until 1860 they lived on a farm near La Crosse. Wis. In Good- hue county, where they next located, they took up a quarter- section on section 10, Roscoe township. They soon had this wild land broken and cultivated and in fine shape for general farming, an occupation which they followed for the remainder of their lives. The father laid down the duties of life May 15, L883, and the mother August 10, 1880. Josiah Lothrop received his education in Wisconsin and Minnesota, working as a farm hand with his father until 1865, when he took charge of the home plaee. He assisted his father with the developments, and after the latter's death built a new home and made other im- provements. While still working for his father he enlisted in the Union army, August 15, 1862. After signing his enlistment papers in St. Paul he was assigned to Company H, 8th Minne- sota Volunteer Infantry, with which company he served until mustered out as corporal, July 25, 1865. He returned to St. Paul under arms, and was discharged July 25, 1865. Among the scenes of bloody carnage in which Mr. Lothrop participated were the battles of Kill Deer Mountain, August 28, 1864; Bad Lands (three days' engagement) ; Murfeesboro, December 5, 1864; Nolanville Pike, December 7, 1864; Kingston, N. C, March 8, 1865. Returning from the war, he again took up life on the farm. He retired in July, 1908, and purchased the pleasant home in Zumbrota village where he now resides. Mr. Lothrop was married December 29, 1867, to Sarah E. Libbey, daughter of Charles W. and Mary J. (Mayberry) Libby, early settlers of Roscoe township. They migrated from Maine, their native state, to Boone county, Illinois, in 1847, and engaged in farming there until 1856, when they came to Roscoe township and farmed until 1865, when they went to Wisconsin. After three years there they removed to Kansas in 1868, remaining until the end of their days, August 5, 1885, and February 7, 1900, respectively. To