718 HISTOEY OF GOODHUE COUNTY He was then appointed provost marshal and served until the close of the war. From that time until about 1872, he occupied a farm of 160 acres which he had previously purchased in Belle Creek township, this county. Later he moved to Lac cpii Parle county, where he farmed for a time, afterward going to Dawson, Minn., where he spent his declining years until his death, in No- vember, 1906. His widow still makes her home at Dawson. Enos F. received his education in the public schools, and in the high school at Ottawa. 111. After leaving school he engaged in the livery business with bis father, continuing the same until April 20. 186L when he enlisted in Company F, First Minnesota Volun- teer Infantry, as a private. He was promoted to corporal, and although wounded at Savage Station, while participating in Mc- Clellan's change of base from Chickahomony to the James river, took part in every engagement of the regiment as follows : First Bull Run. July 21. 1861; Edwards Ferry, October 22, 1861; York- town. May 7. 1*62; Fair Oaks, June 1, 1862; Peach Orchard. June 29, L862; Savage Station. June 29, 1862; Glendale, June 30, 1862; Nelson's Farm, June 30, L862; .Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862; Vienna, September 2, 1862; Antietam, September 17, 1862; First Fred- ericksburg, December 11, 12 and 13, 1862; Second Fredericks- burg. May 3, 1863; Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, 1863, and Bristow Station. October 14. 1863. After his discharge he returned to Illinois, where lie farmed four years. In 1868 he came to Red Wing, farmed with his father one year and was then appointed deputy sheriff, a capacity in which he served until 1879. He later entered the railway mail service, his first run being on the C, M. & St. P. R. R. from Minneapolis to Chicago. His present run is on the Chicago Great Western, between Rochester and Minne- ■ apolis. On national questions, Mr. Grow votes the Republican ticket. On local and state questions he votes independently. In the Odd Fellows he has held all the chairs, and has also occupied several offices in the Masonic order. The family attends the Baptist Church. Mr. Grow was married August, 1872, to Sophia F. Wilson, whose father was a stationary engineer, and came to America in 1851. He located in Red Wing in 1868, and carried on truck farming until his death at the home of Mr. Grow, November 6, 1896. To Mr. and Mrs. Grow were born two daughters. Jennie W. married E. A. Gustafson, of Red Wing. Florence C. married G. W. A. Buell, also a resident of Red Wing, assistant road mas- ter of the C. M. & St. P. R. R. Fred O. Green, a successful general contractor and house mover, of Red Wing, is a native of this state, born September 23, 1872, in Kandiyohi county. His parents were Peter and Marie (Johnson) Green, the former of whom was a cappenter by trade who settled in Welch township, this county, in 1852, and became
