BOOK - HISTORY OF STEELE & WASECA COUNTIES, MN., PUBLISHED IN 1887. BYRON TOWNSHIP. Mrs. Sarah Tibbets Philbrook was born in Brooksville, Me., May 6, 1807, and was married to William Philbrook in 1835. They came to Waseca County in 1857, and Mr. Philbrook bought the southeast quarter of section 14, in this township, where they lived till in 1865, when he was called from this world "to a mansion not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." The widow still lives on the old homestead. The Philbrook's were the parents of five children, born as follows: Rowena, born in October, 1837; Roscoe, June 16, 1839; Byron, January 19, 1841; Lyman F., February 19, 1842, and George, October 31, 1846. When they settled in this place there was not a house in sight, and their nearest neighbor was a long distance away. Her son, Roscoe, lives with his mother, and carries on the farm, which is a most excellent one, and very productive. On the place is a very neat cottage, and a good commodious barn. Roscoe Philbrook was one of the nation's defenders in the late civil war, enlisting in the United States navy in the autumn of 1864, and served until July, 1865, when he received an honorable discharge.
BOOK - HISTORY OF STEELE & WASECA COUNTIES, MN., PUBLISHED IN 1887. BYRON TOWNSHIP. Mrs. Sarah Tibbets Philbrook was born in Brooksville, Me., May 6, 1807, and was married to William Philbrook in 1835. They came to Waseca County in 1857, and Mr. Philbrook bought the southeast quarter of section 14, in this township, where they lived till in 1865, when he was called from this world "to a mansion not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." The widow still lives on the old homestead. The Philbrook's were the parents of five children, born as follows: Rowena, born in October, 1837; Roscoe, June 16, 1839; Byron, January 19, 1841; Lyman F., February 19, 1842, and George, October 31, 1846. When they settled in this place there was not a house in sight, and their nearest neighbor was a long distance away. Her son, Roscoe, lives with his mother, and carries on the farm, which is a most excellent one, and very productive. On the place is a very neat cottage, and a good commodious barn. Roscoe Philbrook was one of the nation's defenders in the late civil war, enlisting in the United States navy in the autumn of 1864, and served until July, 1865, when he received an honorable discharge.
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