Henry Fallon (1864- 1934)
James H. “Henry” Fallon was born in Reedsville, Mass. He came to Bemidji about 1904 to work as a scaler in the lumber camps, and later to work as claim agent for the M & I railroad. He was married in Bemidji on Nov 11, 1907 to Miss Louise Hetland, a sister of Mrs. C. M. Bacon of Bemidji. He was a resident of this city since young manhood. He was a member of the Elks and Masonic lodges. He died Mar 15, 1934 at 315 7th St. Rev. L. P. Warford officiated at the ceremony at the Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Louise (Hetland) Fallon passed away after several weeks of illness at her home at 315 Seventh Street on Nov 19, 1936. She has been a resident of Bemidji the past 35 years, having operated a hat shop for many years, later opening a hat and dress shop on Third Street which she was operating to the last few weeks before her death.
Missed Bank Burglars By Only a Few Minutes (1906) — Henry Fallon of Bemidji Passed Akeley Bank Shortly Before Blowing of Safe. Henry Fallon, scaler for the Red River Lumber company, came very close to bumping into the bank burglars who made their get-away with $8,000 in Akeley Wednesday morning. He arrived in Akeley on a train at about 1:30 a. m, and walked uptown, passing the bank building at 1:40 or 1:45. The explosion took place at just 1:55, so the men must have been working in the bank when he passed. Neither he nor the man who was with him heard any noise nor suspected anything, however. The safe door was blown clear through a partition in the bank, through the side of the bank building and part way through the wall of a building across the alley in which F. G. Farren was sleeping, the man who started to come out of the building and was ordered back in by a man with a revolver. Mr. Fallon says there did not seem to be a great deal of excitement in the town over the burglary. (Sept 13, 1906)