Miss Casindana Brown was born in Watertown, N.Y., Feb. 19, 1824. She was married to Mr. J. F. Remore on Feb. 1st 1848, at Pillar Point, N.Y. Five children were born to them, including Guy H. Remore, of Bemidji, Minn.
Mrs. Remore died at Bemidji, June 3rd, 1899, after a protracted illness. Funeral services were held at Bemidji on Sunday, June 4th, and the remains were taken to St. Charles and interred in Hillside cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Remore came to Minnesota in 1856 and for many years resided in St. Charles. They moved for several years to South Dakota and in 1895 removed to Bemidji.
J. F. Remore was born at Rome, N.Y., Aug. 12, 1822, and died at Bemidji, Minn., Sunday, Sept, 17, 1899. After his marriage, they moved to Racine, Wis., where they resided until 1856, when they moved to St. Charles, Minn..
Mr. Remore was elected and served as senator from Winona county in 1876. They remained there until 1878 when they removed to Marshall, Minn., where for twelve years the deceased was sheriff of Lyon county. In 1895 he with his wife came to Bemidji, where he built the first building, the Grand Central Hotel, on the original townsite. It was later known as the Hotel Remore. After his wife’s death, he failed rapidly and Sunday, Sept. 17, death came. He walked downtown feeling as well as usual and while sitting on the court house steps suddenly fell backward unconscious. Death had occurred instantly caused by heart failure. At the time of his death, he was probate judge for Beltrami County.
His remains were taken to St. Charles for burial beside his wife. The funeral services were conducted by the Masons, of which order he was an honored member, having attained the rank of Knight.