Anniversary Notice for Mr. and Mrs. Byron J. MOSIER (m.1871), Washington Co., MN
Byron MOSIER and Clara MASON
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Newspaper clipping found in the bible of Norma Neressa Glidden Newton c.
1931 reads:
Hearth of Youth Calls Stillwater Pair for 60th Anniversary of Wedding
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Soldiers Home Adjutant and Wife Hold Open House in Old Home
To celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage, Mr. and Mrs.
Byron J. Mosier journeyed Sunday from the Minnesota Soldiers Home, where
they have spent the past five years to the old-fashioned rambling house
in Stillwater which for almost 60 years has been the family home.
There in the house they came to as a young married couple in 1871, Mr.
and Mrs. Mosier, who have been allied closely with civic life in Stillwater
for more than half a century, held open house on the afternoon and evening
for their hundreds of friends in the community.
Mr. Mosier has been an outstanding leader of the Democratic party in
Minnesota for years and at present is adjutant of the Minnesota Soldiers
Home, where he now lives.
Sixty years ago, January 5, 1871, Byron Mosier, a husky farmer just 23
years old, was married to Clara Mason, a granddaughter of Judge L. Mason
of New York, in the parlor of the Mason home in Ottawa, Ill. Three months
later they moved to Stillwater to live.
Life in Minnesota Attractive
Although their early backgrounds were very different, life in a small
Minnesota town attracted them. Mr. Mosier was born in Walworth, Wayne
County, New York, in 1847. Mrs. Mason was born in Ottawa, Ill., which
was considered the West of those pioneer days.
When he was 17 years old Mr. Josier joined Company H., 194th Volunteer
Infantry, and marched off to the battlegrounds of the Civil War. He
served as a corporal and at the end of the struggle determined to take
up farming in the West.
During these years, Clara Mason, who had been born in the West, was sent
East by her father to live with her grandmother, the wife of Judge Mason,
in New York. While she was away from her home in Illinois she attended
Miss Aiken's school for girls in Connecticut. She returned to her home
just at the time young Mosier made up his mind to try life in the
pioneer country.
Mr. Mosier's first attampt at farming was made in Wyne County, Michigan,
where he worked for three years. Then he moved to Illinois and at Ottawa
met the girl he married some time later.
Met at Church
"Those were the days of the singing school," Mr. Mosier said. "I saw my
wife for the first time in church but we really became acquainted at singing
school. Three months after we were married we moved to Stillwater to a
house which we have occupied for almost 60 years. It will be 60 years in
March, I believe."
The Mosiers lived in Stillwater in the colorful days of the logging
industry when the little river town was alive with lumbermen and traders.
They knew the town when it was served by river boats and when people
still belived that it would grow to be one of the greatest towns on the
river.
After ten years in the painting business Mr. Mosier started a cigar
business in Stillwater which is operating today under his name. During
these years he became well known arund the state and came to be called
"By". His home at 616 West Olive Street was one of the finest in the
town and all kinds of people were entertained there. He and his wife
took an active part in the business and social life of Stillwater.
During the years Mr. Mosier has held many offices. He was member of
the City Council for six years and served as Mayor of Stillwater for
two years. He is a member of Stillwater Post No. 1, G.A.R., and is a
past commander.
Appointed Postmaster
For two years during the administration of Governor John Lind, he was
surveyor general of logs and lumber at Stillwater and when John a Johnson
made his first campaign for governor he was the Democratic nominee for
state treasurer, but was defeated.
Woodrow Wilson appointed him postmaster of Stillwater during his first
administration. He was at one time treasurer of the Democratic State
Central Committee.
Today Mr. and Mrs. Mosier continued the open house in receiving their old
friends of the past 60 years. From 3 to 5 P.M. and from 8 until 10 P.M.
they willbe at home to their friends. There will be no formal receiving
line or any other planned entertainment but the three children of Mr. and
Mrs. Mosier will be there.
Two daughters, Mrs. John W. McPike, 1809 Dayton Avenue, St. Paul, and
Mrs. Marjie McMillan of Stillwater , and a son, Edwin M. Mosier of Stillwater,
will be with them in the old home.
Since Mr. and Mrs. have been living at the Minnesota Soldiers Home in
Minneapolis Mrs. McMillan, their daughter, has lived in the family home
at Stillwater and it is there that the sixtieth wedding anniversary of
the couple will be celebrated.
***Note from submitter:
Any further infomration on this couple would be very much appreciated.
Thank you, Lori
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