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OBITUARY OF RICHARD L. COTTERELL, DOVER. 



Died, at the old home farm, Dover, Olmsted county, Minnesota, Rich- 

 ard Lloyd Cotterell, horn in the county of Worcestershire, England, Jan- 

 uary 12th, 1815, died April 19, 1891. 



Mr. Cotterell in early life learned the shoemaker's trade, which he fol- 

 lowed for some years in England, then came to America in the year 1846: 

 first settled in the village of Jefferson, Wisconsin, then moved to Dod^e- 

 ville, Wisconsin. In both of these places he engaged extensively in the 

 boot and shoe trade. In the spring of 1856 he sold out his business and 

 with his family of small children started with all his possessions for the 

 young territory of Minnesota, settled upon the nwi section 3, township of 

 Dover, where he and the family have continuously lived to the day of his 

 death. Mr. Cotterell by his industry and perseverance, had out of the 

 wild prairie made one of the finest farms in southern Minnesota. He was 

 one of the first to early engage in the culture of fruit until his place be- 

 came noted, far and near, for its fine fruits. Mr. Cotterell early became 

 interested in the fair held at Rochester, as the State, and later as the 

 Southern Minnesota Fair, and he invariably secured a large per cent of 

 the premiums given for the excellence of the products from his field and 

 orchard. Many throughout the northwest and especially Olmsted county 

 will remember the warm welcome ever accorded to any and all who were 

 privileged to call at his home. They were all warmly welcomed by Mr. 

 Cotterell and family and went away feeling that it would be pleasant to 

 call again. Mr. Cotterell was a life member of the State Horticultural 

 Society; also a member of the Methodist church. He left a large family 

 of grown sons and daughters and a goodly number of grand-children, by 

 whom be will ever be remembered with love. Mrs. Cotterell died two 

 years ago last December. 



