Mr Lowrv's son in law Rev Thomas P Calhoun followed later coming to St Cloud in 1857 He brought overland from Tennessee a herd of pure bred Durham cattle these being probably the first blooded cattle ever brought into Minnesota although upon this point I would not venture to speak positively His intention was to go into stockraising on a somewhat extensive scale but in 1859 while crossing a narrow wooden bridge over the deep ravine where now is Fifth avenue south his horse sprang to one side and breaking through the frail railing fell to the hard ground below dragging the sleigh with it Mr Calhoun received injuries from which he died soon afterward while his wife who was by his side was comparatively uninjured His father was a cousin of John C Calhoun the great nullifier but had no sympathy whatever with his political views and after the rupture between Jackson and Calhoun he forbade the latter's name to be ever mentioned on his plantation David T Calhoun the judge of probate of Stearns county is a son of the Rev Thomas P Calhoun