AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
NameHenry Augustus Child 
1580
1580Birth16 Aug 1845, Hartford, Oxford, ME31
Death17 Jul 1877, Chaska, MN31
Memosuicide
FatherLewis Washburn Child (1816-1897)
MotherEmily Mandeville Reed (1823-1920)
Spouses
Birth28 Jul 1849, Stoystown, Somerset, PA31
Death26 Feb 1928, Glencoe, McLeod, MN31
Memoheart failure
FatherHenry Little
MotherCatherine Cledenin
Marriage1 Jan 18701584
Military notes for Henry Augustus Child
He served in the Civil War as a musician in Company G, 1st Regiment, Maine Cavalry.31
Notes for Henry Augustus Child
He was elected to the Minnesota state legislature in 1870. Henry moved to Chaska, MN and formed a law partnership with L.L. Baxter. He suffered from paralysis and deep depression which became so unbearable he took his own life by slitting his throat with a razor. His body was found near the river just south of Chaska within sight of his home.1585
From his obituary (The Weekly Valley Herald):
Mr. Child has for the last year suffered greatly from paralysis, and for the last few weeks his disease seemed to grow worse, and he became very sad and gloomy. He often said his suffering was more than he could bear.
On Monday morning after transacting some business with Col. Baxter, his law partner, and Sheriff DuToit, he suddenly left his office, saying that he was going to the Court House, but instead of visiting that place, he at once disappeared from the village. - As he did not return Monday night his wife became alarmed and notified Mr. DuToit of his absence. Search was then at once commenced and resulted in finding his body Tuesday evening near the river just south of this village, and within plain sight of his home and his beloved family.
This terrible tragedy has cast a deep gloom over our village, where Mr. Child was much beloved and highly respected.31
From his obituary (The Weekly Valley Herald):
Mr. Child has for the last year suffered greatly from paralysis, and for the last few weeks his disease seemed to grow worse, and he became very sad and gloomy. He often said his suffering was more than he could bear.
On Monday morning after transacting some business with Col. Baxter, his law partner, and Sheriff DuToit, he suddenly left his office, saying that he was going to the Court House, but instead of visiting that place, he at once disappeared from the village. - As he did not return Monday night his wife became alarmed and notified Mr. DuToit of his absence. Search was then at once commenced and resulted in finding his body Tuesday evening near the river just south of this village, and within plain sight of his home and his beloved family.
This terrible tragedy has cast a deep gloom over our village, where Mr. Child was much beloved and highly respected.31
Notes for Martha Louise “Mattie” (Spouse 1)
Martha came to Minnesota with her parents in 1856. Her family fled through the ‘big woods; in the rain and darkness, along a narrow road , alsmost impassable with mud, to escape an Indian massacre.1585
She was a teacher.31
From her obituary (Glencoe Enterprise):
"She was a woman of high ideals and of a deeply religious nature. She was a charter member of the local Methodist Episcopal church and was an active participant in church affairs. When advancing years forced a more retired life, she nevertheless, maintained an unflagging interest in all work for the betterment of mankind.
"Her family, her friends, her church, political and social questions of the day - all interested her; but not the least of her many interests was her interest in her flowers, and her flowers indeed responded to the magic touch of one who knew them so well and loved them so understandingly.
"She spent so unselfish a life; she was always so full of thought for others that he will live forever in the hearts of the many to whom she had been a friend."
"None knew her but to love her,
Nor named her but to praise."
She was a teacher.31
From her obituary (Glencoe Enterprise):
"She was a woman of high ideals and of a deeply religious nature. She was a charter member of the local Methodist Episcopal church and was an active participant in church affairs. When advancing years forced a more retired life, she nevertheless, maintained an unflagging interest in all work for the betterment of mankind.
"Her family, her friends, her church, political and social questions of the day - all interested her; but not the least of her many interests was her interest in her flowers, and her flowers indeed responded to the magic touch of one who knew them so well and loved them so understandingly.
"She spent so unselfish a life; she was always so full of thought for others that he will live forever in the hearts of the many to whom she had been a friend."
"None knew her but to love her,
Nor named her but to praise."