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 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNT1 1027 D, Third Infantry, Minnesota National Guard, for thirteen years, and held all the offices up to captain. He also served with Com- pany 13, Fourteenth .Minnesota Volunteer infantry, during the Spanish-American war. in March, 1905, he was elected village recorder and served three years. He was married to Elizabeth Morgan in June, 1905. Mr. Davis is an ideal village editor. He understands the publishing business from writing editorials to running a press, and his paper has a wide influence in the com- munity. Possessing those qualities of good fellowship and kindly consideration which are so desirable in any man. he adds to this good business judgment, a capacity for hard work, and an able and fluent pen. Being yet a young man. his friends predict for him a still more successful future. Charles E. Friedrich, in building up a large and successful business, has contributed in no small degree to the general pros- perity which has made Red Wing an example for all citizens of similar size in the United States. He is a native of this city, born June 1, 1862, when the early pioneers were still in their prime and some of the old log cabins stood within the limits of what is now the city of Red Wing. He has literally grown up with the town. The parents, John M. and Anna C. i Kempe) Friedrich, the former of German birth and the latter a native of Sweden, came to America in the early fifties, the father locating for a short time at Wacouta, later coming to Red Wing and engaging in the merchandise business which the father followed all his life. He died October 12, 1887, and his widow now resides in Red Wing. Of the family of three children, Charles was the oldest. Helen A., the next child in the family, lives in Red Wing. The youngest son was John H. Friedrich, lieutenant colonel in the Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, in the Spanish-Ameri- can war, who died soon after his return from that conflict. Fur- ther mention of Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich will be found in the military history of the county, which appears elsewhere in this volume. Charles received his education in the public schools of Red Wing, and even as a boy took an interest in the mercan- tile business. After leaving school he engaged in the wholesale and retail grocery business with his father, John M. Friedrich, under the name of C. E. Friedrich & Co., until 1894, when the present company was incorporated, the company now being known as Friedrich & Kempe Company. Of this company, Mr. Friedrich has continued as president and manager. Its success may be learned from the description found in the account of the mercantile houses of this city, appearing in this volume. Mr. Friedrich was married December 12, 1894, at Red Wing, to Catherine A. Wolff, daughter of Henry and Am alia (Bottenus) Wolff, natives of German, who came to America in the early