Biography of Dr. Frederick Noah Ripley
…him. His remains have not been, but should he removed to the cemetery at an early day. Previous to Dr. Ripley’s pitching his tent west of the woods in Meeker county, he had pre-empted the East half of the South-west quarter and South-west quarter of the South-west quarter of section 30 and and Lots 7 and 8 of section 31-116-22 This pre-emption bears date October 18, 1855 the public sale taking place October 24th, 1855. Source Smith, A. C., A random historical sketch of Meeker County, Minnesota: from its first settlement to July 4th, 1876,;Litchfield, Minn.: Belfoy & Joubert, 1877….
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