Edwin T. Bemis, elevator manager of Austin, was born on a farm near this city, son of Oliver and Elizabeth M. (Vandegrift) Bemis, and remained on the home place until twenty-five years of age, since which he has been engaged in the grain business.

He married Alice, the daughter of Leander and Patience Kirkland.

Note: Edwin Bemis died January 8, 1942 and is buried at Oakwood Cemetery.

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Transcribed from History of Mower County, 1911

Submitted to MnGenWeb by Kathy Pike, Oct. 2006