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Fred Hyde, late prosecuting attorney, was born in Hartford County, Conn., July 25, 1832, and in infancy was taken to the State of New York by his parents, where he was reared. He took a three years’ course at Oberlin College, Ohio, and in 1860 began the study of law at Cleveland. He moved to Minnesota in 1862, and was admitted to the supreme court the same year. He enlisted in the Minnesota Mounted Rangers as sergeant, and afterward enlisted in Brackett’s battalion, serving until April, 1866, being in the Indian War in the west, throughout the entire war. In 1867 he was married to Ella R. Lane, a native of Centreville, Iowa, and then located at Unionville, Mo., and practiced his profession. In 1869 he was elected circuit attorney for a term of four years, and in 1872 was elected county attorney for a term of two years, and in the fall of 1886 was elected prosecuting attorney, which office he held at the time of his death, September 25, 1887. He owned a farm in Elm Township, but resided in Unionville. Four sons and two daughters were born to his union with Miss Lane, all of whom are living. Jasper Hyde, the great-grandfather of our subject, was born in England, settled in Connecticut, and married a Scotch lady. John, his son, and the grandfather of Fred, lived and died in Connecticut. Fred Hyde, our subject’s father, was born in Norwich, Conn., in 1800, and married Emily Lewis, a native of the same State, and born in 1797. The father died in Chenango County, N. Y., in 1852, and the mother in Cuyahoga County in 1867. Fred, the subject of this sketch, was the fifth of seven children born to them - four sons and three daughters, all of whom lived to maturity. One son, Ira, served in the same regiment as our subject. One brother and one sister have died. Ira B. has been a member of Congress one term.