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The approach of the dates of the old settlers' re-union each year reminds us that the pioneers are being called away, and at every reunion we miss familiar faces. The past few years the death record includes a number of the old settlers as well as some of middle age, and from the old settlers' register and The Ledger files we find the following record of deaths of people who had resided in or near this village, also date of death: |
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| Joshua Lynn | Feb. 29, 1896 |
| John Ervin | Mar 13, 1896 |
| Fleming W. Robb Sr. | Apr 10, 1896 |
| Silas Sherwood | Aug 27, 1896 |
| Mrs. Jane McCarroll | Aug 29, 1896 |
| Mrs. Mareta Du Bois | Mar 25, 1897 |
| Abram Hathaway | April 9,1897 |
| Milton Wolfe | Dec 20, 1897 |
| Mrs Laticia Engell | Mar 4, 1898 |
| John O' Donnell | July 4, 1898 |
| Mrs Catherine Hargus | Jul 29, 1898 |
| Mrs Maria Young | Sept 3, 1898 |
| Mrs Nancy Burris | Sept 22, 1898 |
| David Hickman | Sept 25, 1898 |
| Isaac Dye Sr. | Oct 6, 1898 |
| Mrs Sarah J Davis | Nov 2, 1898 |
| Mrs Emily Garrison | Dec 13, 1898 |
| Evander W Barnum | Dec 26, 1898 |
| Simon Young | Jan 14, 1899 |
| Mrs Ravina Ervin | Mar 8, 1899 |
| Claiborne F Davis | Mar 27, 1899 |
| Aquilla D. Johnson | May 4, 1899 |
| Wm J Young | Oct 12, 1899 |
| Jacob Surface | Dec 12, 1899 |
| William A Pell | Jan 1, 1900 |
| Mrs Eva Dysart | Feb 26, 1900 |
| John Everett Sr | Mar 21, 1900 |
| Mrs May McClaflin | April 15, 1900 |
| Harrison McClaflin | Sept 14, 1900 |
| Arthur A Gifford | Sept 16, 1900 |
| Ezekiel P Davis | Oct 2, 1900 |
| Robt O Hoback | Oct 26, 1900 |
| Albert Eaton | Oct 30, 1900 |
| John Smith | Nov 8, 1900 |
| Barnett L Reynolds | Nov 19, 1900 |
| Mrs Sarah Hickman | Jan 23, 1901 |
| Geo W Pell | Jan 27, 1901 |
| Eleazer Bales | april 3, 1901 |
| Mrs Sarah A Johnson | April 9, 1901 |
| Soloman L Comer | June 281901 |
| John F Buck | Sept 1, 1901 |
| Dr Robt B Wallace | Sept 16, 1901 |
| Eugene Pickett | Jan 15, 1902 |
| Mrs Sarah McQuin | Mar 24, 1902 |
| Thomas Lindsey | Mar 26, 1902 |
| Mrs mary Chilcott | July 23, 1902 |
| Arthur Shoemaker | Oct 16, 1902 |
| Hiram DuBois | Dec 15, 1902 |
| John Stine | Jan 19, 1903 |
| James Chase Sr | Mar 28, 1903 |
| Mrs Ann Hathaway | June 5, 1903 |
| Nicholas Trook | July 7, 1903 |
| Mrs Theodora Taylor | Nov 6, 1903 |
| Henry F Taylor | Dec 4, 1903 |
| Mrs Lottie Barkhurst | Feb 10, 1904 |
| Mrs Annie Austin | Mar 5, 1904 |
| Mrs Sobrina Rose | May 22, 1904 |
| Glenn Douge | June 18, 1904 |
| Mrs Emma J mills | Aug 29, 1904 |
| Franz Bauer | Sept 18, 1904 |
| John Eaton Sr | Nov 2, 1904 |
| Mrs Jane Folden | Nov 25, 1904 |
| Mrs Arella Bramblet | Dec 14, 1904 |
| J I Simmons | Jan 26, 1905 |
| Henry Wolfe Sr | Mar 10, 1905 |
| Walker Jones | Mar 27, 1905 |
| Henry J Davis | May 9, 1905 |
| Nathaniel Harless | April 17, 1905 |
| Mrs Ellen Trook | May 11, 1905 |
| Nicholas Young | July 13, 1905 |
| Mrs Catherine Wilson | Aug 6, 1905 |
| Perhaps a few names may have been omitted in making the above list, and for the purpose of having ing [sic] it accurate and complete it will be published again next week with such additions as may be reported. | |
The annual business meeting of
the Old Settlers Association was held Monday evening, at which time
much enthusiasm was on tap and everything indicated that this year we
are to have a splendid celebation on Friday and Saturday, August 19
and 20. W.B. Banning was chairman of the meeting and C.L. Graves was
secretary. There was some difficulty in finding a gentleman who was
willing to accept the position of president of the association this
year, as it is well known that that officer has a heavy load to
carry, but after several had pledged their best efforts to assist in
the work the following officers were elected:
All the above officers are
enthusiastic and propose to take hold of the business with a view of
making this the best re-union ever held here, and if they succeed in
doing this they will be "going some" from start to finish. It is
desired that every citizen now get busy and "boost" right along to
help in the work as well as encourage the officers. These re-unions
have done more than anything else to make a good name for our
village, and every business man profits by the advertisement it gives
it, and we should all unite forces to make this a record-breaker in
the way of a celebration. Everybody get busy and be a "booster."
[Submitted by Becky Applegate, July 2001]
Mrs. Minnie Anderson, who is a native
born Cass county pioneer, having been born at Plattsmouth on October
16, 1856, reached her 80th birthday last October, and is able to
recount many incidents of early Cass county history, having resided
in the county throughout the years of her life. Her parents were Rev.
and Mrs. A. L. Folden, the father being an early day circuit riding
minister, who made the rounds of his parishioners on horseback,
preaching in homes and pioneer schoolhouses. Mrs. Anderson well
recalls the days when Indians were plentiful about Plattsmouth and
over-land trains were being outfitted there to make the trip to
California, where gold had been discovered.
She is happily located in a small
apartment in the east part of town, where she does her own
housekeeping. She has made brief visits outside the county and lived
for a short time in California, but to her, Cass county is and always
has been home. She likes it here better than anywhere else she has
ever been and is happy and contented among the old time friends and
acquaintances of this vicinity.
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