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 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY 791 bora October 1, 1892. Both arc at homo. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Waters now live on the farm in Minneola township. Mr. Mc- Waters is a man of energy and deserves all the success won l>y him. He is a member of two fraternal organizations, the Red .Men and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a communi- cant of the Lutheran church, and politically associates with the Republican party. Mr. McWaters has served as town clerk and assessor, also as school clerk of district 66. Miner C. Morgan, of Zumbrota township, was horn in Seneca county, NeW York. April 28. 1846. son of Charles and Elizabeth Al a rial t Morgan, natives -of New Jersey. The father was a machinist and patternmaker by trade. Both parents are de- ceased, .Miner received his education in New York state and left school to enlist in the Union army at Trumansburg, N. Y.. in Company A. Fiftieth New York Volunteer Phigineers as artificer, February 13, 1863. He was discharged from the army June 13, isii."). al Fort Barre Ya.. when he returned to New York state, and December, 1865, went to Illinois. In March, 1867, he came with his brothers to Zumbrota township and purchased 160 acres of wild land, which they broke and improved, built a home and other outbuildings, and carried on general farming. In 1S94 he bought his brother's interest in the farm and has since continued to do general farming. December 31, 1884. Mr. Morgan was married to Caroline A. Danielson, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (An- derson) Danielson, farmers of Belvidere township. The father died March 6, 190!). but the mother is still living in Belvidere. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan had no children of their own, but had adopted a boy, Charles Kivett Morgan, who is now a civil en- gineer at Minneapolis. Mr. Morgan is a Republican'in his politics and has served on the town board nine years, being chairman of the township for three years; as well as a member of the school board for fourteen years. He is a member of the A. 0. U. W. and G. A. R. Post No. 121, and he and the family attend the Presbyterian church. John 0. Olsen, one of the prosperous merchants of Zumbrota, first saw the light of day in Chicago, February 8, 1878. His par- ents moved to Zumbrota in 1885, when John 0. was seven years old. He received his education in the public schools of Zumbrota and graduated from the high school. After leaving school he took a position as a clerk, which he retained until 1907, when he started out for himself, opening the City Grocery and Crockery store, in which he has been very successful, he being the sole owner and proprietor,, carrying a full line of goods and enjoying a large village and country trade. He was married June 27, 1904, at Decorah. Iowa, to Marie Fossom, daughter of L. L. and Mollie Fossotn. prominent farmers of Iowa, but now living in Decorah,