 Marion Boyer, a Civil War veteran, worked at a meat market and ran a dray business in Dassel in 1881.William S. Cox did railroad work until 1881 when he purchased a farm on section 33, Dassel Township, where he farmed until 1885.He moved into town in January 1886, and for a year was a member of the firm of Johnson & Cox, dealers in agricultural implements, until January 1887.