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 EISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNT! MT the Republican ticket. In 1894, Mr. Boothroyd and his sou, Frank, worked the home farm on shares, and later this son purchased the place. Mr. Boothroyd then moved to Red Wing and took up his residence at 1209 Twelfth street, where he still resides. On the day following Christmas, in 1903, the home was destroyed, from unknown causes, by fire, but Mr. Bootrhoyd, nothing daunted, built a larger and more commodious place in the spring of the following year. Mr. Boothroyd was married June 15, 1858, at Lake City, Minn., to Mary Beavers, daughter of Benjamin and Jane Beavers, natives of England, who came to America and located in Illinois, where Mary was born. May 10, 1855, they came to Red Wing, and here the father and mother both died. The home of the Boothroyds has been blessed with six children — Carrie Jane, Chrles William, Benjamin B., Albert Ross, Frank and Grant. Charles was killed November 3, 1879, in a runaway, while on his way to mill with a load of grain. Benjamin I>. and Albert R. arc married and live in Aberdeen, S. D. Frank is married and lives on the old home- stead in Welch township. Grant died in early childhood. The family faith is that of the Methodist Church. Charles Philip Belin, the genial toll collector at the entrance of the high bridge across the Missisippi, is a familiar figure alike to Red Wing people and to strangers who in taking in the sights of the city invariably walk across the beautiful bridge. He was born in Sweden. April 17. 1845, son of Andrew E. and Annie (Olson) Belin, both natives of that country. The father, a coppersmith by trade, brought his family to Goodhue county. October 22. 1857, and after living for a time in Red Wing, took up farming in the township of Vasa, where he purchased 160 acres of land, engaging in general farming until his death, Sep- tember 24, 1863. The mother sold the farm and came to Red Wing, "where she lived until her death, March 15, 1897. Charles P. received his education in the public and private schools of Sweden and America, and w r orked on the farm with his father until February 11, 1865, when he enlisted in Company I, First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, serving under Captain Thomas Car- ney and Colonel William Colvill until mustered out in October of the same year. About this time he entered the employ of W. L. Webster, the liveryman, for whom he was foreman fifteen years. Later he accepted a similar position with Ed Johnson, and remained in this employ until 1893, when he was appointed on the police force. He proved an efficient officer and many times served as acting chief. June 11, 1907, he was given his present position, receiving at the same time an appointment as special police for the Red Wing and Trenton Transit Company. Mr. Belin is a Republican and a member of the Foresters, the