Nicollet and LeSueur Counties Volume II (biographies) William Gresham 1916 Rudolph Jaeger, of Cleveland, now deceased, was one of the best known and most respected citizens of LeSueur county. He was born in Germany in 1821, and was possessed of a liberal education before he emigrated to this country. He was well versed in both the German and the English language, and was taught the trade of a cabinet-maker. He was a graduate from the Polytechnic Institute in Berlin. Mr. Jaeger came to America in 1846 and landed in the city of New York, where he worked until 1848. In that year he went to Chicago and remained there until 1856 and from there he came to Cleveland, LeSueur county, Minnesota, where he lived until his death in 1898. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in Company K, Seventh Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, when he was honorablv discharged. On December 25, 1865, Rudolph Jaeger was married to Louisa Jane Talbot, who was born in London, Ontario, in April, 1844. She was the daughter of Freeman and Eliza Talbot, who came from London, Ontario, to LeSueur county in 1856. To Rudolph and Louisa Jane (Talbot) Jaeger were born five children: Carrie E., now the wife of Martin L. Flowers, who lives on a farm near Cleveland; Rudolph B., who married Frances Cheadle and who lives on a farm in Otter Tail county; William H., who married Amy R. Darling, of Nobles county, and who is now in the banking business in LeSueur Center, and two daughters who died in infancy. In addition to these children they, reared in orphan girl whose mother died when she was an infant. Cecil Maude Coburn, daughter of Willis and Edith Coburn. The Coburn girl, though never legally adopted, was always considered and treated as one of the family. She is now the wife of George L. Cheadle, Jr., who lives on a farm near Cleveland. Rudolph Jaeger was a quiet, unassuming man of sterling character and was always content to live modestly. He held the office of town clerk of LeSueur Center for seventeen years and was honored by his party with the nomination for the office of probate judge, but was defeated in the final election. He was an active member of the A. K. Sparo Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of St. Peter, Minnesota. (pages 136-137)