Throughout the years the sad little stone has been cared for by loving and thoughtful folks in memory of "Some Mother's Boy". When I [FAG creator] found the stone someone had put little yellow flowers in front of the marker out of love and respect.
The Dunn County News of 4 June 1878 records the strange and sad passing of this mysterious young man. The article reports that about three weeks prior to this, Rev James Waldron encountered an orphan boy at Maryland in Jackson County, Wisconsin who gave his name as Frank Huggins. Waldron brought the boy home with him, but about ten days hence the boy went missing. No great search was made for him as it was supposed he was used to tramping, having said he spent the winter in St. Paul. On the third of June, Fred Reid was passing by a small, deep lake not far from Waldron's and found the body of the young man in the water. An inquest jury pronounced the death a suicide, and he was taken up and buried in Louisville Cemetery.
Further research from Chronicling America finds him in Minneapolis, Minnesota according to the Princeton Union, April 17, 1878
"He states that his name is Frank L. Huggins, and came to Minneapolis on a freight train from Clear Lake, Mille Lacs county. He says he has no home – his father and mother having separated ... When Frank last heard from his father he was living in the town of Greenbush, Mille Lacs county."
A search of the Census' of 1870 and 1875 finds him living with his parents William and Kate.
The Dunn County News of 4 June 1878 records the strange and sad passing of this mysterious young man. The article reports that about three weeks prior to this, Rev James Waldron encountered an orphan boy at Maryland in Jackson County, Wisconsin who gave his name as Frank Huggins. Waldron brought the boy home with him, but about ten days hence the boy went missing. No great search was made for him as it was supposed he was used to tramping, having said he spent the winter in St. Paul. On the third of June, Fred Reid was passing by a small, deep lake not far from Waldron's and found the body of the young man in the water. An inquest jury pronounced the death a suicide, and he was taken up and buried in Louisville Cemetery.
Further research from Chronicling America finds him in Minneapolis, Minnesota according to the Princeton Union, April 17, 1878
"He states that his name is Frank L. Huggins, and came to Minneapolis on a freight train from Clear Lake, Mille Lacs county. He says he has no home – his father and mother having separated ... When Frank last heard from his father he was living in the town of Greenbush, Mille Lacs county."
A search of the Census' of 1870 and 1875 finds him living with his parents William and Kate.
Throughout the years the sad little stone has been cared for by loving and thoughtful folks in memory of "Some Mother's Boy". When I [FAG creator] found the stone someone had put little yellow flowers in front of the marker out of love and respect.
The Dunn County News of 4 June 1878 records the strange and sad passing of this mysterious young man. The article reports that about three weeks prior to this, Rev James Waldron encountered an orphan boy at Maryland in Jackson County, Wisconsin who gave his name as Frank Huggins. Waldron brought the boy home with him, but about ten days hence the boy went missing. No great search was made for him as it was supposed he was used to tramping, having said he spent the winter in St. Paul. On the third of June, Fred Reid was passing by a small, deep lake not far from Waldron's and found the body of the young man in the water. An inquest jury pronounced the death a suicide, and he was taken up and buried in Louisville Cemetery.
Further research from Chronicling America finds him in Minneapolis, Minnesota according to the Princeton Union, April 17, 1878
"He states that his name is Frank L. Huggins, and came to Minneapolis on a freight train from Clear Lake, Mille Lacs county. He says he has no home – his father and mother having separated ... When Frank last heard from his father he was living in the town of Greenbush, Mille Lacs county."
A search of the Census' of 1870 and 1875 finds him living with his parents William and Kate.
The Dunn County News of 4 June 1878 records the strange and sad passing of this mysterious young man. The article reports that about three weeks prior to this, Rev James Waldron encountered an orphan boy at Maryland in Jackson County, Wisconsin who gave his name as Frank Huggins. Waldron brought the boy home with him, but about ten days hence the boy went missing. No great search was made for him as it was supposed he was used to tramping, having said he spent the winter in St. Paul. On the third of June, Fred Reid was passing by a small, deep lake not far from Waldron's and found the body of the young man in the water. An inquest jury pronounced the death a suicide, and he was taken up and buried in Louisville Cemetery.
Further research from Chronicling America finds him in Minneapolis, Minnesota according to the Princeton Union, April 17, 1878
"He states that his name is Frank L. Huggins, and came to Minneapolis on a freight train from Clear Lake, Mille Lacs county. He says he has no home – his father and mother having separated ... When Frank last heard from his father he was living in the town of Greenbush, Mille Lacs county."
A search of the Census' of 1870 and 1875 finds him living with his parents William and Kate.
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