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online version of a book published in
1895: History of the Welsh in Minnesota, Foreston and Lime Springs, Ia.
Gathered by the Old Settlers. Edited by Revs. Thos. E. Hughes and David
Edwards, and Messrs. Hugh G. Roberts and Thomas Hughes.
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Some of the significant dates in the founding and
evolution of the Welsh settlements, taken from "The History of the Welsh
in Minnesota, Foreston and Lime Springs, Ia. Gathered by the Old Settlers.
Edited by Revs. Thos. E. Hughes and David Edwards, and Messrs. Hugh G. Roberts
and Thomas Hughes. 1895"
(This chart is not found in the original book - we
have put it together from various sections)
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24 July 1850
On the morning of the 24th July, 1850, the
first steamboat passed the mouth of the Blue Earth up the Minnesota river.
It was called the "Yankee," and on board was
an excursion party from St. Paul. Among this company of pleasure-seekers were
P. K. Johnson, Col. Robertson, Henry Jackson and Daniel Williams, who were so
impressed with the great beauty of the country and with the location of the
great bend of the Minnesota as the natural key to this vast region, that they
determined to build there a town.
31 January 1852
On January 31, 1852, P. K. Johnson, Daniel Williams and John Jones left St.
Paul with a team to locate the new city. About a mile below the mouth of the
Mahkato, or Blue Earth, [Note: the English name is
a translation of Lakota / Dakota maká = earth, to = blue], there was a
good boat landing on the Minnesota, and here our adventurers determined to
found their city, and at once began by putting up a long shanty.
01 August 1853
David C. Evans (born Rhosyglasgoed, Meifod, Sir Drefaldw˙n). He left
LaCrosse for the Great Bend of the Minnesota, which he reached August 1st,
1853, and became one of the proprietors of South Bend, being the first Welshman
to locate west of the Blue Earth.
14 October 1855
As it was a Congregational society, and Mr. Jenkins
(Rev. J. Jenkins) a minister of that denomination, to him was accorded the
honor of organizing this, the first church in the town of Judson, the first
denominational church west of the Blue Earth, and at present the oldest Welsh
church in the state. The organization took place October 14, 1855, at the house
of John Watkins... Immediately after organizing this church, Rev. J. Jenkins
returned to Illinois to prepare for moving out to the settlement in the spring.
08 April 1856
April 8, 1856, on petition of Rev. Wm. Williams, Robt. Patterson, Chester
D. Hill, Owen Roberts, and others, a new election precinct was established, to
comprise all the territory west of South Bend precinct to the county line. At
the suggestion of Robert Patterson, the new precinct was called
"Judson," in honor of the great Baptist missionary of that name.
19 April 1856
April 19, David Y. Davis returned to the settlement, bringing John
Llewellyn, John Phillips and Richard Thomas with him from Pomeroy, O., but none
of these made claims except Richard Thomas, who staked out the present David
Morris farm in Cambria. He, however, did not tarry long...
05 May, 1856
David C. Evans (born Rhosyglasgoed, Meifod, Sir
Drefaldw˙n), South Bend: On May 5th, 1855, he married Jane, daughter
of Thomas and Mary Morgan, of Palmyra, O.
10 May 1856
Early in May, John Shields and family arrived from
Pomeroy, O. and settled in Cambria. On the 10th of May, 1856, the much talked
of colony from Jackson, O., landed at South Bend, after a tedious journey of
four weeks. There were 121 souls in all, and they came with their baggage in
one large boat, which was much too large for the narrow winding stream of the
Minnesota. At St. Paul they had been joined by David E. Evans and David Lloyd
and families from Pomeroy, O. Rev. John Williams, also, met them there, and it
was expected and planned that he should go with the colony as their minister,
but having lost courage he turned back to Illinois, to the great disappointment
of the colonists.
12 May 1856
About the 12th of May, J. T. Williams, Esq., landed at South Bend and
opened a surveyor's office in the village...
Early in May, John Shields and family arrived from Pomeroy, O. and settled in
Cambria
25 May 1856
The first religious service in the Big Woods was held at the house of
Edward Evans, Sr., on Sunday, the 25th of May, 1856., when a number
of Jackson people were there viewing the land.
02 June 1856
On the 2nd of June, this contingent of the Jackson colony returned to
LeSueur with their families.
25 December 1856
On the 25th of December, 1856, three Bible Societies were
organized; one in South Bend, at the house of Evan D. Evans; one in the
Cottonwood, at the house of David P. Davis; and one in the Big Woods, at David
E. Evans' house. The first officers of the South Bend society were: President,
Rev. R. D. Price; Vice President
05 January 1857
On the night of the fifth of January, 1857, one Wm. Hughes and his
son-in-law, - Thomas, when returning from the village of New Ulm, were frozen
to death, and their bodies found next day where the old Fort Ridgely road
crossed Bennett creek, on the present farm of Jas. D. Price, Esq., in the town
of Cambria. These are the only cases of death by freezing in the history of the
Blue Earth and Le Sueur county settlements.
03 October 1857
On the 3d of October a new church was organized by Rev. Richard Davies, at
the house of John Jones, (Maes Mawr) and called the "Seion Church of South
Bend."
09 October 1857
(Seion Church of South Bend) The service was interrupted by a great prairie
fire, which caused all the people to run to their respective homes to save
their houses, sheds and grain from the destructive element, and desperate was
the fight that afternoon around many a cabin home.
20 May, 1858
Hugh Evans born at South Bend, Minn
17 June, 1858
William H. Williams born at South Bend, Minn
11 October 1859
October 11, 1859, D. C. Evans, Esq., was elected to the State Senate to the
great rejoicing of the Welsh, who held a jollification meeting at South Bend November
29, on Mr. Evans' departure for the Legislative halls.
11 December 1859
December 11, 1859, a Congregational church was organized at a vacant log
house, belonging to E. Evans (Pant), in South Bend village. Rev. Jenkin
Jenkins, assisted by Henry Hughes and David T. Davis, conducted the
organization. The first deacons elected were Wm. W. Davis and Thos. Evans. In
1861, this society erected its present house of worship at a cost of $700.
15 August 1862
August 15, 1862, twenty-one Welshmen enlisted together in Com. E. 9th
Regiment Minnesota Volunteers.
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