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 ;<;i HISTORY OF GOODHUE county English. She married Gilbert P. Murphy, a traveling salesman, and makes her home in Zumbrota.- Edwin Woodbury, deceased, was a sturdy figure of respect and honor in Zumbrota for nearly four decades, and passed to the Great Beyond surrounded by the love and regard of those with whom he had for so long been associated. He was born in Ver- mont. April 9, 1846. and there received his education. It was in 1865, at the age of nineteen years, that he came west to Minnesota and located in Mazeppa. Two years later he moved to Zumbrota township, purchased 160 acres of land, which he broke and im- proved, and carried on general fanning for many years. In 1888, having acquired a comfortable income, he rented his farm and moved to Zumbrota village, occupying his time in buying and selling real estate and stock. This line of business he followed until his death, June 8, 1906. During his active days he served as president of the village council, as a member of the school board and in other public positions. lie was an enthusiastic Avorker for the cause of .Masonry, and was known by the members of that fraternity throughout the state. Mr. Woodbury was mar- ried December 11. 1869. at Mazeppa, Minn., to Roseltha Judd, daughter of George W. and Amanda (Emmons) Judd, natives of New York, who moved to Mazeppa in 1855. There the father conducted a blacksmith establishment until 1889, when he retired and came to Zumhrota. remaining here until the time of his death, in September, 1900. His wife is also deceased. James Cram came to Zumbrota in 1856 and for many years after his arrival followed his trade as a joiner. He worked on many of the earliest dwellings in the village, and assisted greatly in the material upbuilding of the place, hi 1878 he purchased a stock of furniture and started in the retail business, which he has since followed very successfully, building up a large trade. More recently he has added an undertaking and funeral directing de- partment to his store. After establishing himself here he married Lucinda D. Dickason, daughter of Elbert and Obedience Dicka- son, who were among the earliest settlers of Columbia, Wis. The father died in Wisconsin in 1849 and the mother in California in 1901. Three children have crowned the happy marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Cram. Marion L. was born February 7, 1867. Florence J. was born August 5, 1868, and married D. C. Pierce, of Goodhue. Clyde M.. born April 11, 1882, is an army engineer for the government at San Francisco. Mr. Cram is a Republican in politics, has taken an active interest in public affairs, and lias served on the village council and school board. The family faith is embodied in the religion of the Congregational Church. Mr. (fain was born in Scotland. June 18, 1836. His father, who bore the same name, brought his family to America in 1840. and im-