BOOK - HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY, MN. PUBLISHED IN 1909
John C. Pfeiffer, veteran of the Civil War and of the Indian outbreak in Minnesota, now cabinet maker for the Red Wing Manufacturing Company, has the unusual record of having worked for over a quarter of a century at the same bench and in the same employ.
He was born March 1, 1837, a son of Carl Pfeiffer, a native of Germany. Carl went to Sweden in 1820, and there narried Indla Nordling, a native of that country. After arriving in Sweden, Carl Pfeiffer had charge of a large estate and remained,at this vocation until his death in 1868. Thus, born of German and Swedish parentage, John C. received his education in the Swedish schools and then learned the cabinet making trade, following this until 1858, when he entered the army for two years. While in the army he heard many stories of the success which his fellow countrymen were attaining in the American Northwest, and in 1861 he decided to try his fortunes in this country himself.
His first location was at Lake City, Minn., where he arrived in the spring of 1861. The country was soon in the throes of the great Civil War, and Mr. Pfeiffer's soldier blood stirred within him as he heard the stories of the conflict. Accordingly, in the fall of that year he came to Red Wing and September 21, 1861, enlisted in Company D, 3rd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, which was mustered in at Fort Snelling October 1, 1861, with Captain Hans Mattson and Colonel C. C. Lester. January 1, 1864, he re-enlisted and served until September 16, 1865, making in all four years of service. During the last year he was promoted to corporal. Mr. Pfeiffer was captured at Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 13, 1862, but was held in captivity only a short time. At the Indian outbreak he was sent north to Minnesota, and participated in the battle of Wood Lake, September 23, 1862. In January, 1863, he was again sent south with his company, first going to Cairo, Ill., and thence to Columbus, Ky. He participated in the battles of the siege of Vicksburg, and was detailed to the battery of the 11th Ohio Artillery during the battle of Little Rock, September 10, 1863. Corporal Pfeiffer was never wounded, but as the result of a fever contracted at Pine Bluff during the fall of 1864 he lost his hearing, an affliction which he has borne since that date.
After the war he returned to Red Wing, and on October 20, 1865, left for a trip to his native land. July 14, 1866, he again arrived in this city, bringing with him his mother.
Stair building and carpentering occupied his attention until 1874, during which time he erected his present residence. In 1884 he resumed his former trade of cabinet making, and entered the factory of the Red Wing manufacturing Company, where he has been for the past twenty-five years.
He belongs to the A. E. Welch post, G. A. R., No. 75, subscribes to the Lutheran faith, and in politics is an independent Republican.
Mr. Pfeiffer was married at Red Wing November 19, 1867, to Alice Olson, daughter of Haken and Hannah Olson, natives of Sweden, who came to America in 1854, locating at St. Charles, Ill., until May 5, 1855, when they came to Red Wing, where the father followed his trade of cabinet making until 1878, when he retired. The father died January 5, 1898, and the mother January 4, 1856.
Mrs. Pfeiffer was born in Sweden March 15, 1846, and has borne to her husband six children: Rosemnund E., born October 1, 1868, died October 16, 1880; Arnold A., born May 20, 1871, died February 23, 1872; Hannah M., born December 17, 1872, died January 2, 1908. She was the wife of Rev. J. J. Clemmlons, now of La Crosse, Wis., to whom she bore one daughter, Alice Marie. Henry J., born September 14, 1875, married Josie Whittemore. of Elk River. Minn., and is now
assistant cashier in the bank at Havana, N. D. Alice E., born February 28, 1880, died October 28. 1887. Carl E., born April 8, 1886, is a dentist at Ashton. Ill.
John C. Pfeiffer, veteran of the Civil War and of the Indian outbreak in Minnesota, now cabinet maker for the Red Wing Manufacturing Company, has the unusual record of having worked for over a quarter of a century at the same bench and in the same employ.
He was born March 1, 1837, a son of Carl Pfeiffer, a native of Germany. Carl went to Sweden in 1820, and there narried Indla Nordling, a native of that country. After arriving in Sweden, Carl Pfeiffer had charge of a large estate and remained,at this vocation until his death in 1868. Thus, born of German and Swedish parentage, John C. received his education in the Swedish schools and then learned the cabinet making trade, following this until 1858, when he entered the army for two years. While in the army he heard many stories of the success which his fellow countrymen were attaining in the American Northwest, and in 1861 he decided to try his fortunes in this country himself.
His first location was at Lake City, Minn., where he arrived in the spring of 1861. The country was soon in the throes of the great Civil War, and Mr. Pfeiffer's soldier blood stirred within him as he heard the stories of the conflict. Accordingly, in the fall of that year he came to Red Wing and September 21, 1861, enlisted in Company D, 3rd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, which was mustered in at Fort Snelling October 1, 1861, with Captain Hans Mattson and Colonel C. C. Lester. January 1, 1864, he re-enlisted and served until September 16, 1865, making in all four years of service. During the last year he was promoted to corporal. Mr. Pfeiffer was captured at Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 13, 1862, but was held in captivity only a short time. At the Indian outbreak he was sent north to Minnesota, and participated in the battle of Wood Lake, September 23, 1862. In January, 1863, he was again sent south with his company, first going to Cairo, Ill., and thence to Columbus, Ky. He participated in the battles of the siege of Vicksburg, and was detailed to the battery of the 11th Ohio Artillery during the battle of Little Rock, September 10, 1863. Corporal Pfeiffer was never wounded, but as the result of a fever contracted at Pine Bluff during the fall of 1864 he lost his hearing, an affliction which he has borne since that date.
After the war he returned to Red Wing, and on October 20, 1865, left for a trip to his native land. July 14, 1866, he again arrived in this city, bringing with him his mother.
Stair building and carpentering occupied his attention until 1874, during which time he erected his present residence. In 1884 he resumed his former trade of cabinet making, and entered the factory of the Red Wing manufacturing Company, where he has been for the past twenty-five years.
He belongs to the A. E. Welch post, G. A. R., No. 75, subscribes to the Lutheran faith, and in politics is an independent Republican.
Mr. Pfeiffer was married at Red Wing November 19, 1867, to Alice Olson, daughter of Haken and Hannah Olson, natives of Sweden, who came to America in 1854, locating at St. Charles, Ill., until May 5, 1855, when they came to Red Wing, where the father followed his trade of cabinet making until 1878, when he retired. The father died January 5, 1898, and the mother January 4, 1856.
Mrs. Pfeiffer was born in Sweden March 15, 1846, and has borne to her husband six children: Rosemnund E., born October 1, 1868, died October 16, 1880; Arnold A., born May 20, 1871, died February 23, 1872; Hannah M., born December 17, 1872, died January 2, 1908. She was the wife of Rev. J. J. Clemmlons, now of La Crosse, Wis., to whom she bore one daughter, Alice Marie. Henry J., born September 14, 1875, married Josie Whittemore. of Elk River. Minn., and is now
assistant cashier in the bank at Havana, N. D. Alice E., born February 28, 1880, died October 28. 1887. Carl E., born April 8, 1886, is a dentist at Ashton. Ill.
BOOK - HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY, MN. PUBLISHED IN 1909
John C. Pfeiffer, veteran of the Civil War and of the Indian outbreak in Minnesota, now cabinet maker for the Red Wing Manufacturing Company, has the unusual record of having worked for over a quarter of a century at the same bench and in the same employ.
He was born March 1, 1837, a son of Carl Pfeiffer, a native of Germany. Carl went to Sweden in 1820, and there narried Indla Nordling, a native of that country. After arriving in Sweden, Carl Pfeiffer had charge of a large estate and remained,at this vocation until his death in 1868. Thus, born of German and Swedish parentage, John C. received his education in the Swedish schools and then learned the cabinet making trade, following this until 1858, when he entered the army for two years. While in the army he heard many stories of the success which his fellow countrymen were attaining in the American Northwest, and in 1861 he decided to try his fortunes in this country himself.
His first location was at Lake City, Minn., where he arrived in the spring of 1861. The country was soon in the throes of the great Civil War, and Mr. Pfeiffer's soldier blood stirred within him as he heard the stories of the conflict. Accordingly, in the fall of that year he came to Red Wing and September 21, 1861, enlisted in Company D, 3rd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, which was mustered in at Fort Snelling October 1, 1861, with Captain Hans Mattson and Colonel C. C. Lester. January 1, 1864, he re-enlisted and served until September 16, 1865, making in all four years of service. During the last year he was promoted to corporal. Mr. Pfeiffer was captured at Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 13, 1862, but was held in captivity only a short time. At the Indian outbreak he was sent north to Minnesota, and participated in the battle of Wood Lake, September 23, 1862. In January, 1863, he was again sent south with his company, first going to Cairo, Ill., and thence to Columbus, Ky. He participated in the battles of the siege of Vicksburg, and was detailed to the battery of the 11th Ohio Artillery during the battle of Little Rock, September 10, 1863. Corporal Pfeiffer was never wounded, but as the result of a fever contracted at Pine Bluff during the fall of 1864 he lost his hearing, an affliction which he has borne since that date.
After the war he returned to Red Wing, and on October 20, 1865, left for a trip to his native land. July 14, 1866, he again arrived in this city, bringing with him his mother.
Stair building and carpentering occupied his attention until 1874, during which time he erected his present residence. In 1884 he resumed his former trade of cabinet making, and entered the factory of the Red Wing manufacturing Company, where he has been for the past twenty-five years.
He belongs to the A. E. Welch post, G. A. R., No. 75, subscribes to the Lutheran faith, and in politics is an independent Republican.
Mr. Pfeiffer was married at Red Wing November 19, 1867, to Alice Olson, daughter of Haken and Hannah Olson, natives of Sweden, who came to America in 1854, locating at St. Charles, Ill., until May 5, 1855, when they came to Red Wing, where the father followed his trade of cabinet making until 1878, when he retired. The father died January 5, 1898, and the mother January 4, 1856.
Mrs. Pfeiffer was born in Sweden March 15, 1846, and has borne to her husband six children: Rosemnund E., born October 1, 1868, died October 16, 1880; Arnold A., born May 20, 1871, died February 23, 1872; Hannah M., born December 17, 1872, died January 2, 1908. She was the wife of Rev. J. J. Clemmlons, now of La Crosse, Wis., to whom she bore one daughter, Alice Marie. Henry J., born September 14, 1875, married Josie Whittemore. of Elk River. Minn., and is now
assistant cashier in the bank at Havana, N. D. Alice E., born February 28, 1880, died October 28. 1887. Carl E., born April 8, 1886, is a dentist at Ashton. Ill.
John C. Pfeiffer, veteran of the Civil War and of the Indian outbreak in Minnesota, now cabinet maker for the Red Wing Manufacturing Company, has the unusual record of having worked for over a quarter of a century at the same bench and in the same employ.
He was born March 1, 1837, a son of Carl Pfeiffer, a native of Germany. Carl went to Sweden in 1820, and there narried Indla Nordling, a native of that country. After arriving in Sweden, Carl Pfeiffer had charge of a large estate and remained,at this vocation until his death in 1868. Thus, born of German and Swedish parentage, John C. received his education in the Swedish schools and then learned the cabinet making trade, following this until 1858, when he entered the army for two years. While in the army he heard many stories of the success which his fellow countrymen were attaining in the American Northwest, and in 1861 he decided to try his fortunes in this country himself.
His first location was at Lake City, Minn., where he arrived in the spring of 1861. The country was soon in the throes of the great Civil War, and Mr. Pfeiffer's soldier blood stirred within him as he heard the stories of the conflict. Accordingly, in the fall of that year he came to Red Wing and September 21, 1861, enlisted in Company D, 3rd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, which was mustered in at Fort Snelling October 1, 1861, with Captain Hans Mattson and Colonel C. C. Lester. January 1, 1864, he re-enlisted and served until September 16, 1865, making in all four years of service. During the last year he was promoted to corporal. Mr. Pfeiffer was captured at Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 13, 1862, but was held in captivity only a short time. At the Indian outbreak he was sent north to Minnesota, and participated in the battle of Wood Lake, September 23, 1862. In January, 1863, he was again sent south with his company, first going to Cairo, Ill., and thence to Columbus, Ky. He participated in the battles of the siege of Vicksburg, and was detailed to the battery of the 11th Ohio Artillery during the battle of Little Rock, September 10, 1863. Corporal Pfeiffer was never wounded, but as the result of a fever contracted at Pine Bluff during the fall of 1864 he lost his hearing, an affliction which he has borne since that date.
After the war he returned to Red Wing, and on October 20, 1865, left for a trip to his native land. July 14, 1866, he again arrived in this city, bringing with him his mother.
Stair building and carpentering occupied his attention until 1874, during which time he erected his present residence. In 1884 he resumed his former trade of cabinet making, and entered the factory of the Red Wing manufacturing Company, where he has been for the past twenty-five years.
He belongs to the A. E. Welch post, G. A. R., No. 75, subscribes to the Lutheran faith, and in politics is an independent Republican.
Mr. Pfeiffer was married at Red Wing November 19, 1867, to Alice Olson, daughter of Haken and Hannah Olson, natives of Sweden, who came to America in 1854, locating at St. Charles, Ill., until May 5, 1855, when they came to Red Wing, where the father followed his trade of cabinet making until 1878, when he retired. The father died January 5, 1898, and the mother January 4, 1856.
Mrs. Pfeiffer was born in Sweden March 15, 1846, and has borne to her husband six children: Rosemnund E., born October 1, 1868, died October 16, 1880; Arnold A., born May 20, 1871, died February 23, 1872; Hannah M., born December 17, 1872, died January 2, 1908. She was the wife of Rev. J. J. Clemmlons, now of La Crosse, Wis., to whom she bore one daughter, Alice Marie. Henry J., born September 14, 1875, married Josie Whittemore. of Elk River. Minn., and is now
assistant cashier in the bank at Havana, N. D. Alice E., born February 28, 1880, died October 28. 1887. Carl E., born April 8, 1886, is a dentist at Ashton. Ill.
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