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 HISTOID OF GOODHUE COUNTY 701 fifteen days, after which he was removed to the convalescent eamp, subsequently being granted a month's furlough, during which he came to Red Wing, landing- June 9, 1862. He thru returned to the army, which he joined at Pine Bluff, Ark., August 7. While on the way to Little Hock, by boat, he narrowly escaped imprisonment or death at the hands of the bands of rebels infesting the banks of the river. He was discharged at Duvall's Bluff, and then resumed his trade in Red Wing. Isaac Lauver was married August 16, 1866, to Helen Swanson, daughter of Ole Swanson. To this union were born four children: Augusta and Minnie are deceased; Lillian and Clyde live at home. The family faith is that of the Methodisl Kpiscopal church. Carl Alfred Lovgren, one of the successful dentists of Red Wing, is a native born son of this city, having first seen the light of day July 11, 1879. He received his education* in the public and high schools, and was graduated in 1901 from the Chicago < allege of Dental Surgery. At once, after receiving his diploma, he opened an office at Ellsworth, Wis., and there practiced with considerable success, in the meantime gaining tnueh experience and adding to his store of knowdedge. November 15, 1907, he came back to Red Wing, and in December of the same year opened an office in the Gladstone block, where he has nicely furnished and well equipped rooms, enjoying a wide patronage, including many of his former patients in Ellsworth. Dr. Lovgren is a Republican in political affiliation and a member of the Foresters and Woodmen, as well as of the blue lodge of Masonry, belonging to River Falls chapter, Xo. 45, R. A. M., and Red Wing commandery, No. 10. He was married June 15, 1904, to Laura Jane Fleming, of Emerald, Wis., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Phillips) Fleming, the former of whom was a lum- berman and conducted a saw 7 mill until his death, in February, 1908. The mother is still living. Barnard Lovgren, father of C. A. Lovgren. was born in Sweden. The mother, Ellen Sander- son Lovgren, was born in New York state. After coming to Red Wing, the father, wdio is now deceased, w r as for a number of years a member of the firm of Friedrich, Kempe & Co. The mother still makes her home in Red Wing. Dr. and Mrs. Lov- gren attend the Episcopal church. Lewis P. Alexander, wdio for several years was chief train dispatcher of the local branch of the Great Western, with head- quarters at Red Wing, first saw the light of day in Morrison, Whiteside county, Illinois, son of Horace and Irene Alexander. The father was a veteran of the Civil War, his occupation being that of wagon painter and decorator. He died in Chicago in 1881. After the death of his mother, at Morrison, 111., in 1875,