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John Sargent Pillsbury (July 29, 1828 October 18, 1901) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
, businessman, and philanthropist
Philanthropist

A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable organization....
. A Republican
Republican Party of Minnesota

The Republican Party of Minnesota is the Minnesota branch of the Republican Party . Elected by the party?s state central committee on 11 June, 2005, its current chairman is Ron Carey ....
, he served as the Governor of Minnesota
Governor of Minnesota

The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch. Thirty-eight different people have been governors of the state, though historically there were also three governors of Minnesota Territory....
 from 1876 to 1882.

John S. Pillsbury was born in Sutton, New Hampshire
Sutton, New Hampshire

Sutton is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,544 at the 2000 census....
. In 1851, he opened a store in Warner, New Hampshire
Warner, New Hampshire

Warner is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,760 at the 2000 census. Warner includes the settlements of Davisville and Waterloo....
, partnering with Walter Harriman
Walter Harriman (governor)

Walter Harriman was an United States preacher, merchant, soldier, and politician who served two terms as the Governor of New Hampshire. He was a Brevet Brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
, a future Governor of New Hampshire
Governor of New Hampshire

The Governor of the State of New Hampshire is the supreme executive magistrate of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.The Governor is elected at the biennial state general election in November of even-numbered years....
 and Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
 general.

Pillsbury came to Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
 from the Eastern U.S. in 1855 and settled in St. Anthony (now part of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state's Capital ....
). He married Mahala Fisk the next year on November 3, 1856.






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John Sargent Pillsbury (July 29, 1828 October 18, 1901) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
, businessman, and philanthropist
Philanthropist

A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable organization....
. A Republican
Republican Party of Minnesota

The Republican Party of Minnesota is the Minnesota branch of the Republican Party . Elected by the party?s state central committee on 11 June, 2005, its current chairman is Ron Carey ....
, he served as the Governor of Minnesota
Governor of Minnesota

The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch. Thirty-eight different people have been governors of the state, though historically there were also three governors of Minnesota Territory....
 from 1876 to 1882.

John S. Pillsbury was born in Sutton, New Hampshire
Sutton, New Hampshire

Sutton is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,544 at the 2000 census....
. In 1851, he opened a store in Warner, New Hampshire
Warner, New Hampshire

Warner is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,760 at the 2000 census. Warner includes the settlements of Davisville and Waterloo....
, partnering with Walter Harriman
Walter Harriman (governor)

Walter Harriman was an United States preacher, merchant, soldier, and politician who served two terms as the Governor of New Hampshire. He was a Brevet Brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
, a future Governor of New Hampshire
Governor of New Hampshire

The Governor of the State of New Hampshire is the supreme executive magistrate of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.The Governor is elected at the biennial state general election in November of even-numbered years....
 and Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
 general.

Pillsbury came to Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
 from the Eastern U.S. in 1855 and settled in St. Anthony (now part of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state's Capital ....
). He married Mahala Fisk the next year on November 3, 1856. The entrepreneur
Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of an organization, or venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome....
 tried his hand at several different types of businesses (after his business with Walter Harriman) including hardware
Hardware

Hardware is a general term that refers to the physical cultural artifacts of a technology. It may also mean the physical components of a computer system, in the form of computer hardware....
, real estate
Real estate

Real estate is a law term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, specifically property that is fixed in location., and lumber
Lumber

Lumber or timber is wood in any of its stages from logging through readiness for use as structural material for construction, or wood pulp for paper production....
, though his greatest success came when he founded C.A. Pillsbury and Company along with his family (it is named for his nephew, Charles Alfred Pillsbury
Charles Alfred Pillsbury

Charles Alfred Pillsbury , was a United States of America flour industrialist and the founder & namesake of the Pillsbury Company.Charles Alfred Pillsbury was born December 3, 1842 in Warner, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, first of three children born to George Alfred Pillsbury and Margaret Sprague Carleton ....
).

John and Mahala had two children, Alfred Fiske Pillsbury and Sara Belle Pillsbury. Alfred did not go into business, but instead became an art
Art

Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music and literature....
 collector
Collecting

The hobby of collecting includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector....
. When he died, the works were donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is an encyclopedic fine art museum located in the Whittier, Minneapolis neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota on a campus that covers nearly 8 acres which was formerly Morrison Park....
. Sara Belle married Edward C. Gale, an area lawyer
Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an Attorney at law, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice fraud." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain stability, and deliver justice....
 and son of the area's first real estate
Real estate

Real estate is a law term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, specifically property that is fixed in location. developer, Samuel Chester Gale. Edward Gale was also an art collector and contributed to the MIA as well.

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Pillsbury served as the 8th Governor of Minnesota from January 7, 1876, until January 10, 1882. During the Grasshopper Plague of 1877, Governor Pillsbury called for a day of prayer on April 26, 1877. A subsequent sleet storm killed all the grasshoppers. In Cold Spring, Minnesota
Cold Spring, Minnesota

Cold Spring is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,975 at the 2000 census. It is part of the St....
, a chapel was built to honor the miracle.

Pillsbury was a noted philanthropist
Philanthropist

A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable organization....
 and often anonymously donated funds to causes he favored. In particular, he helped the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public university research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States....
 recover from debt in its early years, and later served as a regent
Regent

A regent, from the Latin regens "reigning", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present or debilitated....
. Since then, he has become known as "The Father of the University." Pillsbury Hall at the University of Minnesota is named in his honor.

Pillsbury's "impulse always was: 'Act; act now; act effectively; act for the greatest good.' He belonged to the type of man who 'does things.'"

Pillsbury is buried at Lakewood Cemetery
Lakewood Cemetery

Lakewood Cemetery is a large private, non-sectarian cemetery located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota. It is located at 3600 Hennepin Avenue at the southern end of the Uptown, Minneapolis area....
 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.