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County Information
Founded: February 20, 1862
Named for: Lake Traverse
County Seat: Wheaton
This is Minnesota's smallest county by population
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APRIL 2024
BIOS: transcribed by Robin Line - Franklin William Murphy, J. T. Schain
MILITARY: MN Historical Society Gold Star Vets, submitted by Robin Line - Louis F. T. Kath, Edward Merton Kay, John Albert Larson, Arlo Gilbert Lucus
AUGUST 2023
FAMILIES: Mr. and Mrs. John B. Davidson, Joseph Brown Children
MARRIAGES: News - Clymond-Frantz
NEWS-COMMUNITY: 1878 - Newcomers, 1879 - County Boundaries, 1879 - Unorganized County, 1880 - Farms in Traverse County
NEWS-VISIT: Barto Doty, James Davison, Mrs. J. D. Finley
NEWS-ILLNESS/INJURY: Al. Atkins, Smith Shepperd
OBITS: Mr. Althoff, Mr. Simpson
OFFICIALS: Rosters - 1880 - Commissioners
PEOPLE: John Allison
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