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 EISTOEY or GOODHUE COUNTY 703 1848, son of John P. and Catherine (Miller) Derickson, natives of Delaware, who afterward moved to Hartford county, Mary- land, where the father carried on fanning until his death. The mother is still living in that county, at the age of eighty-four years. J. G. received his education in the public schools, and remained on the farm with his father until reaching his majority, at which time he went to Kansas and took up land in Sedgwick county, where he farmed until coming to Red Wing in 1883. He purchased 165 acres and carried on farming and dairying until his retirement in 1901. He was married in 1874 to Lizzie Arthur, of York county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Nicholas Arthur, of that county. To this union have been born three children. Olive is the wife of George Gove, engineer on the Great AYestern railroad. Harry F. conducts the home farm, and in connection with this manages a milk depot in Red Wing, where he handles dairy products and sells ice cream, confec- tionery, fruit and the like. Elsie, the youngest daughter, lives at ho??3e. For several years past Mr. Derickson has spent his winters in Hot Springs, Ark. He is highly esteemed and well liked. Jesse Mclntire, one of the most prominent men of pioneer Red Wing, was born in Springfield, Mass., August 25, 1821, and there received his boyhood education. At the age of twenty- two years, October 23, 1813, he married Caroline Parker, and together they went to Windsor, Vt., where they remained until 1S56. Three years of life there strengthened them in their determination to seek life amid the wider opportunities of a newer country, and in 1856 they came to Red Wing, then a little settlement under the shadow of Barn bluff. Here the family has since been located. Soon after settling in Red Wing he engaged in the general merchandise business with T. B. Sheldon, under the firm name of Mclntire & Sheldon. In 1861 the partnership was dissolved and the stock sold. Four years later, 1865, in company with a number of friends, he organized the First National bank, and served either as its cashier or president during the entire period of time from that year until the fall of 1905, Avhen he retired from business. His wife died in the winter of 1906, and he followed her to the grave September 3, 1907, having passed his eighty-sixth birthday. At the time of his death it was well written of him: "Mr. Mclntire came here in the very early days of the Red Wing settlement and did not relax his hold on business affairs or in the daily life of those about him until 1905. He was in the prime of life when he eame to Red Wing, and that he for nearly fifty years maintained his place as one of the prominent business men of the city indi- cates something of the force and character of the man. He was