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  John S. Pillsbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Sargent Pillsbury (July 29, 1828, Sutton, New Hampshire – October 18, 1901, Minneapolis, Minnesota) was an American politician and businessman.
Pillsbury was a noted philanthropist and often anonymously donated funds to causes he favored.
Pillsbury is buried at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN.
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Pillsbury after he was elected to the State Senate was to secure the passage of a bill authorizing the regents to sell the lands donated by Congress, compromise and settle all claims, and thus save the university, which would otherwise have been lost to the state.
Pillsbury is a director in five banks of the city, also of three railroads, besides being interested in many other financial as well as educational and charitable institutions, and now, at the age of seventy-three, gives his personal attention daily to the various enterprises with which he is connected.
Pillsbury identified herself with the First Congregational Church and became a worker for its success, which she has seen grow from its weak beginning until it is now one of the strongest in the state.
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 Pillsbury Cake -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Pillsbury once claimed to have the largest grain mill in the world at the Pillsbury A Mill overlooking Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Pillsbury was appointed Midshipman in 1862 and commissioned an Ensign in 1868.
Although Rear Admiral Pillsbury’s attainments as a sailor and a fighting man were noteworthy, he is perhaps best known as having been one of the world’s foremost geographers and as an authority of the Gulf stream.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/117/pillsbury-cake.html   (1272 words)

  
 Did U Kno? ::...
Pillsbury was started by John Sargent Pillsbury (1828-1901), who was a Minnesota Industrialist who attended one of the Ivy League colleges — which is a vital key to linkin' someone with the Illuminati for the Ivy League schoolz serve as the breeding groundz for the Illuminati.
Pillsbury was born in Sutton, New Hampshire, and moved to Minnesota in 1855.
Pillsbury was also a Republic politician who served as governor of Minnesota from 1876 to 1882 and was a state senator from 1863 to 1875.
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 John Sargent Pillsbury (1912- ): An Inventory of His Gubernatorial Campaign Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Pillsbury ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor in 1966.
Pillsbury's great-uncle John Sargent Pillsbury (1827-1901) served as governor of Minnesota from 1876 to 1882.
Photographs include portraits of Pillsbury that were probably used for campaign purposes, and a reprint (1990) of an 1898 photograph of the University of Minnesota football team.
www.mnhs.org /library/findaids/00591.html   (796 words)

  
 MNHS.ORG : Governors of Minnesota | John S. (Sargent) Pillsbury
The decision was fortunate, both for John Pillsbury and for the state to which he brought a combination of business and political savvy and benevolent concern for others.
As Minnesota's eighth governor, Pillsbury was a practical and compassionate administrator, finally resolving a sensitive railroad bond issue and increasing aid to those ravaged by the grasshopper plague.
Pillsbury devoted his final 20 years to commercial and civic projects.
www.mnhs.org /people/governors/gov/gov_10.htm   (344 words)

  
 A History of Minneapolis: Milling
Pillsbury milling complex on the east side of the Mississippi River, June 1974.
The Pillsbury Doughboy and the Jolly Green Giant are known throughout the U.S., and Häagen-Dasz is another well-known Pillsbury brand.
Pillsbury was acquired by London-based Grand Metropolitan PLC in 1989, becoming Diageo PLC in 1997.
www.mpls.lib.mn.us /history/bi1.asp   (1016 words)

  
 Thursday Night Hikes: Washburn-Fair Oaks Hike Architecture Notes
Pillsbury constructed the Pillsbury "A" mill between 1879 and 1881, which was the world's largest mill at the time and set a one day production record of 5,107 barrels of flour in 1882.
John Delaittre's wife was the sister of William Wallace Eastman, a partner in the Minnesota Flouring Mill and the owner of the North Star Woolen Mills.
William John Hahn (1841-1902) was from Wabasha County, Minnesota, was the Minnesota Attorney General from 1881 to 1887, and was a lawyer with a predecessor law firm of Gray Plant Mooty.
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 Parker Pillsbury Papers
Pillsbury began to exert his energies towards the ministry until his disagreements with slavery led him away from the religious platform.
Pillsbury had a tendency to push away friends and neighbors with his extreme radicalism, but Cogswell enjoyed the respect he had earned from the people of Concord.
Pillsbury was also torn drastically by his work responsibilities and family time and Cogswell became an alternate family leader for Sarah and Helen since Pillsbury could be away for more than half a year at a time.
www.colby-sawyer.edu /information/library/archives/pillsbury.html   (951 words)

  
 University of Minnesota Sesquicentennial History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
John Sargent Pillsbury, a hardware merchant who was owed money by the University for locks and nails in the construction of Old Main, became the school's first major benefactor and its rescuer, and he came to be known as "the father of the University."
Pillsbury was ready to sue the regents to collect his debts.
With his growing political stature, Pillsbury persuaded the legislature to pass the University Reorganization Act in 1868, assuring that the fledgling University received the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Act endowment and making it possible to reopen the school.
www1.umn.edu /sesqui/history/features/folwell/feature05.html   (237 words)

  
 The Ancestry of Hattie E. J. Bruce - the Boynton Family
She was a maid servant to Atherton Haulgh or Hough and was admitted to the Boston Church 4 Jul 1641 and dismissed to the Rowley Church 1 Oct 1643.
John is said to have been a tailor by trade,[1] and this is confirmed by the inventory of his estate.
John was chosen overseer of the town with three others in 1652,[7/71] 1654,[7/85] and again in 1655.[7/91] He was chosen overseer for the west end of town in 1665.[7/156]
webpages.charter.net /mroman/boynton.htm   (1554 words)

  
 Minnesota Territorial Pioneers
His father, John Dean, emigrated while he was a child to Canada, and when ten years of age moved to Belvidere, Ill. Here be grew to manhood working on the farm and learning the carpenter's trade.
"John Whittemore Eastman, a resident of Minneapolis for the past forty-five years, a pioneer flour miller and one of the leading men of the city, passed away yesterday morning at his home, 716 University Avenue S. Death was due to paralysis of the heart.
John Ireland, archbishop of the diocese of St. Paul was born in Ireland Sept 11, 1838.
www.pressenter.com /~gregboe/minnesota_territorial_pioneers_biographies.htm   (21925 words)

  
 University of Minnesota TC: Kiosk:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
John Sargent Pillsbury was a hardware merchant to whom the University owed money for locks and nails used to build Old Main.
A shrewd businessman, Pillsbury was ready to sue the regents to collect his debts.
Under Pillsbury’s leadership, the regents freed the school from its burdensome debts through private donations (including Pillsbury’s own), land sales, and skillful negotiations with creditors.
www1.umn.edu /urelate/kiosk/2.00text/presidents.html   (2077 words)

  
 Pillsbury
Three years later, through Pillsbury technology and Totino experience, the company's new crisp crust pizza became the best-selling frozen pizza in the United States.
By the mid-1980s, Pillsbury had acquired another leading brand of pizza and hot snacks, Jeno's®, and was producing almost 300 million pizzas a year — more than one million pizzas for every working day.
In 1979, Pillsbury acquired Green Giant and became one of the largest "processors" of branded vegetables in the world — a leader in canned, frozen, and fresh vegetables and in agricultural research, worldwide sourcing, and distribution.
homepages.rootsweb.com /~julieann/pillsbury.htm   (696 words)

  
 Pillsbury Recipes -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Parker Pillsbury (September 22, 1809 - 1898) was an American advocate for abolition and women's rights.
Pillsbury was born in Hamilton, Massachusetts, he moved away to work on farms in Henniker, New Hampshire while young.
Pillsburys' dislike of slavery led him to leave religion and work for social reform.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/117/pillsbury-recipes.html   (1226 words)

  
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John Goffe's Mill, now part of the motel complex across the road, was built in 1744 by his grandson, Major John, rebuilt in 1834 by his great grandson, Theodore, following a fire, and again in 1939 by another descendant, Dr. George Woodbury.
John Langdon had a long and distinguished career in public life, which included service in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, the New Hampshire Senate, and the Second Continental Congress.
A close friend and advisor of Thomas Jefferson, John Langdon was a delegate of the Federal Constitutional Convention in 1787 and was elected the first president of the United States Senate.
www.orgsites.com /nh/gwrra/Markers.xls   (4194 words)

  
 Movers and Shakers of Minneapolis
He was convicted of slavery in the early 1960's and after serving a short prison sentance, he "retired" to Miami where he and Meyer Lansky operated a real estate empire.
Pillsbury, John Sargent: Born July 29, 1828 in South Sutton, New Hampshire.
Brother of George A Pillsbury, uncle of Charles A. Pillsbury.
www.tholt.com /peop.html   (1304 words)

  
 Ancestry of Abner Coffin of Falmouth, Maine
It is stated that his younger brother John was wounded at the battle of Plymouth Fort and died eight days later.
The law was occasionally enforced and John Gardner (whose gravestone alone marks the spot where the settlers were first interred) complained to Governor Lovelace, 15 Mar. 1676 that a half barrel of rum had been taken from him by Thomas Macy.
He was penalized for the full amount of her estimated value and this after he had parted with all of his property excepting enough for the old age of himself and his wife.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/9210/COFFIN.htm   (6712 words)

  
 E-News, University of Minnesota   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The bronze statue of the University of Minnesota's first major donor, and the man credited with saving the U from closure in its early years, received a new pair of glasses and a thorough cleaning during its first face-lift in more than a century.
Since 1900, the John Sargent Pillsbury statue has stood on Pillsbury Drive in the heart of the U's Twin Cities campus.
Pillsbury was a hardware merchant who served five terms as a Minnesota state senator and three terms as governor.
www.umn.edu /systemwide/enews/072403.html   (2967 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Sargent
Edgewood Cemetery, Nashua, N.H. Sargent, Edward — of Chama, Rio Arriba County, N.M. Republican.
Sargent, Francis Williams (1915-1998) — also known as Francis W. Sargent — of Massachusetts.
Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y. Sargent, Winthrop (1753-1820) — of Ohio.
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/sargent.html   (640 words)

  
 Research of D. G. Weymouth
Stafford, Margaret Hewitt, Descendents of John Thorndike of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1960.
Morse, Howard and Emily W. Leavitt, Morse Genealogy, comprising the descendants of Samuel, Anthony, William and Joseph Morse and John Moss, being a revision of the Memorial of the Morses published by Rev. Abner Morse in 1850., Morse Society, NY, 1903.
Kimball, John, The Joseph Kimball Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Ascendants and Descendants of Joseph Kimball of Canterbury, NH, The Republican Press Association, Concord, NH, 1885, p.
www.weymouthtech.com /Genealogy/ps_src.htm   (13513 words)

  
 Minneapolis History: Minneapolis Relocation Guide
In 1829 a Dakota Mdewakanton village was located on the west shore of a lake that would be known as Lake Calhoun in the area that would become Minneapolis.
One of the fairly early agencies was the John H. Mitchell Advertising Agency.
The land west of the Mississippi was purchased from the Dakotas in the 1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux and opened for settlement the next year.
www.minneapolisrealestatehomes.com /relocation/history.php   (8316 words)

  
 Pillsbury Family Genealogy Forum
Nehemiah Pillsbury married to Calista Letcher in Steubin County, Indiana - 1851 - Sherry 9/16/04
Re: PILLSBURY, WI circa 1800-1900 - Vernon Bowen 12/13/02
Re: PILLSBURY, WI circa 1800-1900 - Vernon Bowen 12/15/02
genforum.genealogy.com /pillsbury/index.html#156   (1593 words)

  
 1971 Pillsbury Company
In 1889, Pillsbury and its five mills on the banks of the Mississippi River were purchased by a British company.
The Pillsbury family reacquired the company in 1923.
The Pillsbury Dough Boy was used by the company for product endorsement during the 1970s and early 1980s, and provided inspiration for the monster in the Ghostbusters movie.
www.thesharegallery.co.uk /1971_Pillsbury.htm   (491 words)

  
 University of Minnesota   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Statue of John Sargent Pillsbury across the street from Burton Hall.
Pillsbury was a U regent at the end of the 1800s, Minnesota's governor, and a state senator.
He donated money for the building which bears his name to be built.
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 Chi Psi Fraternity at Wake Forest
John Gavin, Gamma Delta '52 (Stanford) - Ambassador to Mexico (1981-86); actor ("Psycho", "Destry"), former President of the Screen Actors Guild.
John Wendell Anderson, Psi 1889 (Cornell), Epsilon 1890 (Michigan) - Early backer of Henry Ford; attorney for Ford Motor Co.(1890-1935); endowed professorships at Cornell and Michigan.
John Sargent Pillsbury, Nu '00 (Minnesota) - Chairman of the Board of Pillsbury Flour Mills (1932-52), leader in civic affairs (Minnesota Orchestra, Minnesota Institute of Arts), member of founding family of Pillsbury along with his twin brother Charles S. Pillsbury, also Nu '00.
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Pikiel to Pinchot
Merrimack County, N.H. Father of John Sargent Pillsbury.
Son of Zachary A. Pillsbury and Meda (Burch) Pillsbury; married 1925 to June Lois Merriman; second cousin by marriage of
Pillsbury Avenue in Coldwater was named for him in 1986.
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Pillsbury calls him the "most famous spokescritter" of all.
John H. Stevens had built the first house on the west side of the Mississippi in 1849-1850.
1827 — John Sargent Pillsbury was born in Sutton, N.H. He became governor of Minnesota from 1876 - 1882, and regent of the University from 1863 to his death in 1901.
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 Skull and Bones Membership List (1833-1985)
John Frank Embersits SandB 1958 Alfred Emerson SandB 1834 Christy Payne Emerson SandB 1953 Joseph Emerson SandB 1841 Samuel Emerson SandB 1848 William Beshay English, Jr.
SandB 1975 John Chester Eno SandB 1869 Wiliam Phelps Eno SandB 1882 Alexander Tonio Ercklenz SandB 1959 Thomas Franklin Erickson SandB 1940 Frederick Vincent Ernst SandB 1960 Albert DeWitt Erskine, Jr.
SandB 1949 Richard John Luman SandB 1925 Richard Anthony Lumpkin SandB 1957 Stover Boardman Lunt SandB 1921 Peter A. Lusk SandB 1960 William Thompson Lusk SandB 1924 Karl Evan Lutz SandB 1972 William A. Lydgate SandB 1931 Chester Smith Lyman SandB 1837 Chester Wolcott Lyman SandB 1882 Dennis Patrick Lynch SandB 1964 R.
www.mindfully.org /Reform/Skull-And-Bones1833-1985.htm   (3152 words)

  
 TIME.com: Pillsbury's Best -- Mar. 11, 1940 -- Page 1
Massive, laconic, lantern-jawed Philip Winston Pillsbury, son of the late Director Charles S. of Minneapolis' Pillsbury Flour Mills Co., was known to Yalemates of the class of '24 as Teedyboom.
Recent resignation of Treasurer Alfred Fiske Pillsbury (70) left the family without an officer in the company (John Sargent Pillsbury is board chairman).
Phil Pillsbury quietly took over his father's old walnut chair and rolltop desk, settled into the Pillsbury executive groove.
www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,789707,00.html   (325 words)

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