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 296 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY one of the pioneer public school teachers of the county, and dur- ing her three decades of teaching many of the boys and girls who have since become well-known residents of the state passed under her tuition. She was born at Walled Lake, Oakland county, Mich- igan, September 23, 1838, daughter of Harmon and Tamizen (Dunning) Pettibone. The father was a native of Bennington, Vt'., and the mother of Saratoga Springs, N. Y. They moved to Walled Lake, Mich., and there the father was proprietor of a hotel. In June, 1854, they located in Red Wing, Harmon Petti- bone having made a trip here in the spring of the previous year. He built a mill on the present site of Charles Betcher's mills and became associated in the milling business with Ruben Knapp, under the firm name of Pettibone & Knapp. Later the firm be- came Freeborn & Pettibone, with William Freeborn as partner. In 1858 Mr. Pettibone sold out his interests here and moved to Hastings, this state, where he ended his days, in June, 1869. His wife died March 25, 1882. Sarah E. received her early education at Walled Lake, Mich., and graduated from the Hamline Univer- sity, at that time located in Red Wing, in 1861. While still a student, she started teaching, in 1857, her private school being soon afterward converted into a public school. From that date until July 1865, she taught school in Goodhue, Dakota and Hen- nepin counties. Later she again resumed that profession, teach- ing in all for the long period of thirty-three years. She was mar- ried December 11, 1865, at Hastings, Minn., to Samuel J. Hasler. Mr. Hasler was born at Harrisburg, Penn., March 18, 1831. He studied law at St. Paul, and came to Red Wing in 1855, his first employment being that of carpenter and ship builder. He joined the Union Army in 1861, enlisting at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in Co. G, 20th Ohio Vol. Inf., serving under General Logan. He was promoted from private to captain, and commanded his company on the famous march through Georgia, under Sherman. Soon after his return to Red Wing he was elected justice of the peace, holding this office from 1866 until his death, June 6, 1887. He was an influential citizen of the early days and took a prominent part in the negotiations which ended with the building of the county court house. He was a Republican in politics, a Methodist in religion, a member of the Masonic order and of the G. A. R. To Mr. and Mrs. Hasler were born six children. Heman P., born August 3, 1866, is preparing to become a veter- inary surgeon at San Francisco, Cal. Maude B., born July 29, 1868, married Joseph Batlo, and lives in Minneapolis. Wil- helmina T.. born October 10, 1871. married George Woodfill, a Minneapolis merchant. Frank J., born April 9, 1874, married Anna P. Ellingson, and lives in Rod Wing. Emma J., born March 25, 1876. died January 25. 1881. Susie G., born March 26, 1878,