JOHN SARGENT PILLSBURY

Eighth Governor of the State of Minnesota, was born in Sutton, N. H., July 29, 1827, and died in Minneapolis, Minn., October 18, 1901. He was a Territorial Pioneer of Minnesota; became one of the foremost business men, in lumbering and flour-milling, in the world; and was preeminent for his service to the State University. He was Governor of Minnesota from January 7, 1876, to January 10, 1882.