Mellen Prentiss Larrabee ³⁹⁸

   Cause of his death was Bright's disease.

Duluth News-Tribune
Duluth, Minnesota
Thursday, March 30, 1911
Volume: 42
Issue: 329
Page: 2

M.P. LARRABEE DIES AT CHIPPEWA FALLS

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis., March 29 - M.P. Larrabee, aged 60 years, well known in timber and mining circles throughout the northwest, died today from bright's disease.

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Eau Claire Leader
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
March 31, 1911
p. 2

Funeral of M.P. Larrabee

The remains of M.P. Larrabee will reach Chippewa Falls from New Auburn Friday morning at noon and will be taken to the Presbyterian Church where funeral services will be held at [--?--] this Friday afternoon. Masons Lodge will take charge of the services at the grave.

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Eau Claire Leader
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
March 31, 1911
p. 8

To Attend Funeral

A large delegation of Masons from Eau Claire will attend the funeral of the late M.P. Larrabee this afternoon. They will leave for Chippewa Falls on the 1 o'clock car.

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Eau Claire Leader
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
March 31, 1911
p. 8

Eau Claire Masons Invited

The funeral of the late M.P. Larrabee will take place this afternoon at 1:30 under the auspices of the Chippewa Falls Masonic Lodge. Eau Claire Masons attending will leave at the 1:00 car.

  Events

• He worked as a surveyor, real estate dealer and "capitalist".

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Carroll, Penobscot County, Maine. He lived in the household of his parents.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Big Bend, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. He was a boarder in the home of James Walker and lived next door to his brother, Henry H. Larrabee.

• He appeared on the census in 1895 in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. He appeared on the state census. Three males and one female lived in the home.

• He appeared on the census in 1900 in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. He was head of household and property owner.

• He appeared on the census in 1910 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. He was head of household and property owner. A Swedish servant named H. Hanson lived in the home.

Mellen married Carrie Agnes Sutherland, daughter of Francis J. Sutherland and Sophia Emerson, 6 June 1887 in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin.¹²⁷⁰ (Carrie Agnes Sutherland was born about August 1860 in McDill, Portage County, Wisconsin ¹²⁷⁴ and died 8 August 1912 in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin ¹²⁷².)