Obituary&7 y - o r r ' an Yox-drawn lumber } - wagon. - - Thep:
unty s Last Resident Since ,daylight lnwhich camel through y twb:
r :windows. A bed made of tamarack'
Territorial Days Passes On. ,poles; wooden stools, an iron stove
and a crossleg table were the furai9h
19icu2ee4 (?a&RJ
• Sags. .
FIRST DAYS IN MINNESOTA In this meager habitat young Mary
Wood started the life of a pioneer; -
SPENT IN MEAGER CABIN :child. She attended the .district-�
'OF COGS IN`s WILDERNESS - .school and had a term or two in the
FTxcelsior school. She considered h_ er-v'�
♦ - `:elf fortunate in ived in: having reee-
`The last Carver county resident 'structions from several able -and cul -i-'
remaining from the now far removed' -lured New England teachers. In tarn`:
daya when Minnesota wae;just'a ter she taught several terms in the' '
ritofy rather than:a state joined the 'schools of Eden Prairie, Laketotvn,'
long, procession of pioneers -when Mrs.' Chanhassen, and Excelsior. .
Henry<Aspden breathed her'last•Mon-_ ' During her early life :she had num "i
'day.-. - erous experiences with Indians, who l:
Her age _was ninety-two years; five: occasionally -stopped at the -Wood,;
home- .: Vivid In her memo were then:'
ntahYhs and,ssven days- She Ys bei ri
t*t td h"aye been'the oldest tent Iscare--whish accompanied the. New ;
pioneer-.contimlatly a resident-' .;Ulm massacre, the curemonles which
of the county. — - - preceded. the battle of :Shakopee, and
1s, As .other incidents.
Aden, gee Mary Ann Wood , 7 On the twenty-ninth day of Novem
was: bora "1n Thorndyke; 'Massa .Iber, 1886, the Rev. C.B. Sheldon Der
chnsetts April -6 1846- Whena eblldP dig
Ma44
Last Tuesday was a uotewarth-
day in the -life of Mrs. Henry Aspden
of r- Chanhassen - township, Carve
countyis only territorial pioneer. Or
that day she marked her ninety-sec-
ond birthday anniversary.
This -venerable Woman came to the
county w-Ith'her mother in 1854, step-
ping oft a Minnesota river steamboat
at Yorkville, the landing place just
east of this city. Throdgh- succeeding
years she has had many interesting
experiences and has watched the
Wilderness of the big woods turned
Into a thriving land.
Henry i,
;5'it r
( . matters that was truly remarkable.
tions. At 'Galena sten boarded at i ,]n erment will be in the Chanbassen-
Mrrsdd- to : river' steamboat ;trans 4 , township :•cemetery this 'afternoon,
-ferred to another boat P iris 3' a,f �W66neadiy,'at two -thirty, a spot near:
and: landed'at..Yorkville prairiejustp the family 'home. right Inth9 region'
east of the -Chaska .City limits of -to-k? -
day... ' - p where Mary Wood Aspden watched
Tpey;'caught the _prat- glimpse o[! the transformation of a territorial
their new home, a sixteen by,twentywilderness into a land of highly de -
foot cabin of Toga, as the y' approached iveloped agriculture
the -clearing in ` the '.wilderness=.atnn -
3MS.HENSY ASI'DEN.- slie went with her famiily to'Wau
Mrs." Henry: Aspden, nee Mary kesha, Wis. The family settled it
Ann Wood, -92, bitlieved to. be the a malarial ditriet and returned %k
oldest territorial, pioneer -continual. Massachusetts,In 1954 her fgthq
ly 'a resident in Carver county, came to the territory of Minaesofa
_ died at bet home in- Clumlianea and located on what`ls --now tht
township Manday. She was'horn Larson farm on Lake Mlnnewashta
in Thorndylst..Mass.,- llpril':6 AM., The -following yew the rest of jlu
and when she was two yim,.cld amity, joined htm. - Mra. Aspden
. .. , taufa the schools of Eilei
Yrslrie, town; Ctianhassin` g7!
lor.` She - was axed ' Novem-
y tier 29, :1998. to Mr. Aspden
died 22- years ago. A 1ew-
j after their merriage, the c ?
oup
moved jo a farm on ^which -116s.
Aspde :was to live the"iemalndef
_F of ber life. She is survived by; a
son, IV -It. Aspden of Cha
a granddaughter, Mrs. S. R�?
of Browosdale. Minn.. ind two
i Aspden
ices will be at the home V610%
day at 2:39 R to... with.. Intermei
in the Chanhassen tgwMblp-eente
tery-
of two ahs seen mpanled'*. her parentsr -'
formed the Feremony In which Miss,
Wood and Henry Aspden
Abel and Margaret:Jaekson -Wood, to({
were joined.
marriage. A few --
Wadkesha, : Wlaconsin.: They settledt
,.�In years later.,t. ey
In.a malerial district and after severaht:
-
moved onto the Chanhassen township -
farm which was to their borne
members nf'the'. family became 311-`---
,be _---
kith'. ague; they -returned to Massa `]through
.the remaining yeara,.of their - .
- ..
ebusetts, -. -.
-lives• ..... - ,
Here, in the gleam of sun - coming
1n1854Mr.:Wood came to the ter -
Mr. Aspden passed away twenty-,-
three years ago. Surviving are a son,
through the windows and beside the
ritor o1 Minnesota and iodated on.",
'
H. H- Aspden, who operates the home-
As
plants she loved; Mrs. Henry Aspden,
what is now the Larson farm on Lake:
-
stead farm; a granddaughter, Mrs.
territorial pioneer, spent many of._the•
e autumn days her life -of
Minnewashta. The-' following,. yeari-
the. rest of the family: including. young],,
,.
S. E. Hillier, ..of. Brownadale, and two .
of reading.
a world far removed from that of the
Mary, joined him.. -
great-grandchildren- -
` days when she came to Carver county
The mother and daughter traveled!_,
Eves to the last days of. her earth- -.
-
ly. life, Mrs...Aspden had.remained -,
-- nearly -three quarters of a Center .y
from ..Massachusetts to. Galena, Jilt
hots, on a `had
a
student of he world's alfaire. _:She `.-
ago-.
. pattle -Bain which
been.equippedStitjt pTanka'placed on[ -.'{read
-widely and hada knowledge: of` -`
•___.�__� -
top., of kegs for seating-` accommoda'.;�current
social, economic,, "d rpollticalE
Ma44
Last Tuesday was a uotewarth-
day in the -life of Mrs. Henry Aspden
of r- Chanhassen - township, Carve
countyis only territorial pioneer. Or
that day she marked her ninety-sec-
ond birthday anniversary.
This -venerable Woman came to the
county w-Ith'her mother in 1854, step-
ping oft a Minnesota river steamboat
at Yorkville, the landing place just
east of this city. Throdgh- succeeding
years she has had many interesting
experiences and has watched the
Wilderness of the big woods turned
Into a thriving land.
Henry i,
;5'it r
( . matters that was truly remarkable.
tions. At 'Galena sten boarded at i ,]n erment will be in the Chanbassen-
Mrrsdd- to : river' steamboat ;trans 4 , township :•cemetery this 'afternoon,
-ferred to another boat P iris 3' a,f �W66neadiy,'at two -thirty, a spot near:
and: landed'at..Yorkville prairiejustp the family 'home. right Inth9 region'
east of the -Chaska .City limits of -to-k? -
day... ' - p where Mary Wood Aspden watched
Tpey;'caught the _prat- glimpse o[! the transformation of a territorial
their new home, a sixteen by,twentywilderness into a land of highly de -
foot cabin of Toga, as the y' approached iveloped agriculture
the -clearing in ` the '.wilderness=.atnn -
3MS.HENSY ASI'DEN.- slie went with her famiily to'Wau
Mrs." Henry: Aspden, nee Mary kesha, Wis. The family settled it
Ann Wood, -92, bitlieved to. be the a malarial ditriet and returned %k
oldest territorial, pioneer -continual. Massachusetts,In 1954 her fgthq
ly 'a resident in Carver county, came to the territory of Minaesofa
_ died at bet home in- Clumlianea and located on what`ls --now tht
township Manday. She was'horn Larson farm on Lake Mlnnewashta
in Thorndylst..Mass.,- llpril':6 AM., The -following yew the rest of jlu
and when she was two yim,.cld amity, joined htm. - Mra. Aspden
. .. , taufa the schools of Eilei
Yrslrie, town; Ctianhassin` g7!
lor.` She - was axed ' Novem-
y tier 29, :1998. to Mr. Aspden
died 22- years ago. A 1ew-
j after their merriage, the c ?
oup
moved jo a farm on ^which -116s.
Aspde :was to live the"iemalndef
_F of ber life. She is survived by; a
son, IV -It. Aspden of Cha
a granddaughter, Mrs. S. R�?
of Browosdale. Minn.. ind two
i Aspden
ices will be at the home V610%
day at 2:39 R to... with.. Intermei
in the Chanhassen tgwMblp-eente
tery-