Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1901 — Wx-Gov»rnor Pillsbury Is Da*4L [ARTICLE]

Wx-Gov»rnor Pillsbury Is Da*4L

John 8. Pillsbury, formerly ijovernor ’of Minnesota and one of the state’s foremost citizens, died of Bright’s dsease at 2:38 Friday morning In Minneapolis. All members of his family were with Senator Fred B. Snyder and a few other immediate friends. During the time while Governor Pillsbury was conducting the affairs* of state his private interests were not neglected. At that time was being laid the foundation of the great PLlsbury milling interests, the fame of which is known around the world. He also engaged heavily in lumbering and real estate, and became identified with the construction of railroads, holding the office of director in the Minneapolis & St. Louis and the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault St. Marie. He had been a director in several of the leading Minneapolis banks, and the Minneapolis Stock' Yards Company.