CHEYENNE
County has one of the most colorful histories of
any Nebraska region. Its past was marked by fierce
Indian battles the development of a huge cattle
industry and the collapse of that business in
favor of farming. During the evolution of the
county, the Mormon, the Overland and the Oregon
Trails were pounded into its soul by thousands of
wagon wheels. The county was the headquarters for
the construction of two railroad lines and just
beyond its borders were the sites of two great
government forts.
In 1867, a few years prior to
organization of Cheyenne County, the Union Pacific
railroad was built across the county at a time
when few white men lived in this territory. It was
inhabited entirely by Indians except for soldiers
and traders stationed at Fort Laramie and Fort
Sedgwick, a few soldiers stationed at the
telegraph stations of Pole Creek Crossing about
four miles east of Sidney, Mud Springs (now Simla)
and Fort Mitchell, and a few ranchers along the
trails who supplied stock to freighters and stage
lines. Among the latter were Charles and Jim
Moore, who had a ranch on the North Platte at
Cedar Creek and one on the South Platte south of
Sterling. The Coad Brothers had ranches on the
North Platte at the present site of Gering and on
the South Platte south of Sterling; John Bratt
ranched at Julesburg, and Ed Creighton had ranches
on Pumpkin creek and Horse creek.
Construction of the Union Pacific
diverted almost all the freight and passenger
traffic from the great trails along the North and
South Platte rivers to the railroad and to the new
trail which followed it up the Lodge Pole valley.
As a consequence, the Lodge Pole valley began a
period of great activity. The town of Sidney was
established as a division point by the railroad
and named after its New York solicitor, Sidney
Dillon, who later became president of the line.
Indians were a constant source of
danger and trouble during the settling of Cheyenne
County. The Grattan massacre occurred in the
vicinity of the northwest border of the county in
August, 1854. The Ash Hollow massacre took place
near the present site of Lewellen in September,
1855. Julesburg was attacked and burned in
January, 1864. That same year, the station at Mud
Springs and many of the ranches in the county were
attacked and many ranchers killed. On April 29,
1868, Sidney was attacked and before the Indians
could be driven away, Thomas Cahoon, a conductor
on the railroad, lost his scalp and William
Edmondson, another conductor, was killed. In
April, 1869, Daniel Richardson, a section man,
stationed at Sidney, went to the creek for water
and was surprised and killed by the Indians. It
was not safe to venture on the prairie alone in
those days. Ranchers were continually troubled by
Indians stealing their horses. And it was not
until after the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1891
that the settlers could breathe freely and have no
further fear of Indian raids.
To protect the Union Pacific
builders, the government stationed a company of
soldiers at Sidney in 1867. This company first
established a post at the top of the hill just
north of the town. It consisted of nothing more
than a tent camp and a blockhouse. Later the camp
was moved to a location south of the tracks, using
the blockhouse on the hill for a lookout station.
The following year, 1868, the fort was built and
four additional companies of soldiers were
transferred to it from Fort Sedgwick.
The fort was located to the south and
east of the town and covered quite a large area.
Among the troops stationed here at various times
were the Third and Fifth cavalry, the Ninth,
Twenty-first and Twenty-third infantry, Major
North and his Pawnee Scouts and another company of
Indians. The Twenty-first infantry, with Col.
William Morrow in command, was stationed here when
the fort was abandoned June 1, 1894.
Not long after the building of the
railroad and the founding of Sidney it was
discovered that this country was especially well
adapted to cattle raising. Soon many ranches were
established and thousands of cattle were driven up
from Texas. Naturally, this meant more rapid
settlement of the country and a great increase in
white population.
Ed Creighton was the first to stock
his ranches with Texas cattle. They were driven up
the Chisholm Trail to Ogallala in 1869. The
following year Coad Brothers purchased 10,000 head
of Texas cattle and put them on their ranches on
the south side of the North Platte near
Scottsbluff and at the head of Pumpkin creek.
About this time H. V. Redington brought in several
thousand head of Texas cattle and located on
Lawrens Fork, near the present town of Redington,
which was named for him. With John Adams as a
partner he also established a large ranch on the
Lodgepole, near the present town of Potter.
Charles and Jim Moore stocked their ranches on
both the North and South Platte rivers. Soon other
men were entering the cattle business. Tom Kane
located an eight thousand acre ranch south of the
North Platte river, which was taken over later by
Coad Brothers. The Bosler Brothers started on the
north side of the North Platte, with headquarters
about where Lewellen now stands. Part of their
large ranch was occupied by Boyd Brothers. One of
these brothers, James E. Boyd, later became a
Nebraska governor.
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Bill -Paxton of Omaha located a ranch
near Ogallala. In 1871 the Power Brothers of Texas
ranched on the north side of the North Platte
river about where Scottsbluff now stands. They
sold their land in 1873 to Dennis Sheedy, who
later sold to William Paxton. Tom Kane and an
English syndicate established a ranch with
headquarters about four miles west of Sidney.
Henry Neumann had a ranch near the present town of
Sunol. Another large ranch was south of Sidney in
the Sterling neighborhood. Sheidley Brothers were
large operators on the North Platte from Cedar
Creek to Ogallala. Laing Brothers and Ed Doran had
ranches on Lawrens Fork above the Redington ranch.
Walrath Brothers operated in the Big Spring area.
M. A. Bordwell claimed the range on the Lodgepole
creek from Sidney to Lodgepole. Tusler Brothers
were located on Greenwood and claimed the range
from Sidney to Camp Clarke. Other large ranchers
of the county were Seth Mabry, C. McCarty, D. B.
Lynch; John W. Griffin, Pratt & Ferris,
Wheeler & Merchant, Mayberry & Millett,
Van Camp & Tenbrook, Van Tassell, Gun, and
Keeline.
By 1870 the population had increased
to such an extent that those living here felt they
should be incorporated into the political
activities of the state and be governed by
organized law. Thomas Kane was sent to Lincoln to
lay the matter before the governor. In August of
1870, Gov. David Butler issued a proclamation
setting forth the boundaries of the new county of
Cheyenne, designating Sidney the county seat and
appointing the following officers: Thomas Kane,
treasurer; John Ellis, sheriff; D. Kelliher,
judge; H. L. Ellsworth, Fred Glover and Charles
Moore, commissioners, and H. A. Dygart, clerk, who
held the office only a short time. The vacancy was
filled by D. A. Martin.
At the first regular election held in
October, 1871, the following officers were named:
Dennis Carrigan, commissioner; George C. Cook,
sheriff; George W. Heist, judge; James A. Moore,
treasurer and L. Connell, clerk.
The new county was 70 miles wide and
108 miles long. It covered the entire south half
of the Panhandle and contained 7,560 square miles
or 4,838,400 acres. The north half of the
Panhandle was then unorganized territory and was
attached to Cheyenne County for judicial purposes.
Thus, literally, Cheyenne County was the entire
Panhandle until 1885, when the counties of Sioux,
Dawes and Sheridan were formed in the unorganized
territory and jurisdiction of Cheyenne County
officers ended there.
As the population of the county
increased, towns sprang up in different sections.
Big Spring, Chappell, Lodgepole, Potter and
Antelopeville (Kimball), established as telegraph
stations on the Union Pacific railroad, gradually
grew to importance. Harrisburg, Gering, Redington,
Bayard and Mitchell were small towns in the north
end of the county.
Because of the long distances between
many of these towns and the county seat, it became
necessary to divide the county. So, in January,
1889, the present counties of Kimball, Banner and
Scotts Bluff were formed from the western third of
the county, with Kimball, Harrisburg and Gering
their respective county seats, and the east third
was cut off to form Deuel County, with Chappell
the county seat. In November, 1908, the north
portion of the remaining third was taken away to
form Morrill County, with Bridgeport the county
seat, leaving Cheyenne County with its present
area of 1,194 square miles, approximately thirty
miles wide and forty miles long--a little more
than 15 percent of its original area.
The first school district in. the
county was organized at Sidney in the fall of
1871. Some half dozen voters organized the
district, electing C. E. Borquist, moderator;
Dennis Carrigan, director, and Joseph Cleybourne,
treasurer. The first school was taught in the
winter of 1871-72 by Mrs. Irene Sherwood, at her
residence. Some ten or twelve pupils attended.
The first white child known to have
been borne (sic) in the county was Fanny Fisher,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fisher. She was
born at Sidney in 1869. It is quite reliably
stated that a white child was born in Sidney
before the Fisher girl's birth, but who the child
was cannot be learned. The story is that during an
Indian attack shortly after the railroad was
built, the populace sought refuge within the
roundhouse and the baby was born there during the
attack. The story of the birth cannot be proved,
but bullet holes in the brick walls and heavy
wooden doors of the old roundhouse, before it was
torn down in 1935, were evidence of the attack.
The first marriage of white persons
in the county was that of Henry Neumann and Miss
May McMurray, who were united at Sidney in
September, 1869.
Sidney, the county seat of Cheyenne
County; was laid out by the Union Pacific when the
railroad was being constructed. Outside of the
railroad buildings, the first building in Sidney
was of logs. It had been the ranch home of one
"French Louie" at Lodgepole Crossing about four
miles east of Sidney. Frequent Indian raids and
stealing of his stock had discouraged Louie from
ranching, so he moved his log building to Sidney
and sold liquor and supplies to the railroaders.
The history of this building is not clear, but it
is believed to have stood on the present
Courthouse block, facing Tenth Avenue. It was used
for some years as a jail but has long since been
torn down.
The first settlers at Sidney, besides
French Louie and those connected with the railroad
and the fort, were Charles and Jim Moore, Dennis
Carrigan and Tom Kane. The Moore brothers had been
active ranchers and traders in this territory
before the advent of the railroad and when Sidney
was founded.
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Charles built a large building on
Front Street in which he conducted Sidney's first
hotel and general store. Jim built a large
structure opposite the fort, where the present
East Ward school stands and did business with the
soldiers. About the same time Dennis Carrigan and
Tom Kane each erected large buildings on Front
Street in which they conducted general stores. All
these men played an important part in the history
and development of Sidney and Cheyenne County.
In the fall of 1873 Lawrence Connell,
a young attorney, established The Sidney
Telegraph. It was the first newspaper in the vast
territory covering western Nebraska, northern
Colorado, western Dakota, Wyoming and Montana.
Although the ownership of this newspaper has
changed hands several times, it is still being
published and today is the oldest business
institution in western Nebraska. It has played a
large part in the development of Sidney and
Cheyenne County and now is one of the outstanding
newspapers in the state. Its owner and publisher
since 1921 has been Guy V. Doran, who was born at
Sidney in 1883.
In August, 1876, the first bank in
the county, The Cheyenne County Bank, was
established by William Raynolds of Central City,
Colo., and A. H. Wallace of Omaha. It was
temporarily located on Front Street and later
erected a new building on the present site of The
American National Bank.
Though prosperous as a frontier town,
Sidney's population numbered approximately 500
until after the discovery of gold in the Black
Hills in 1875. Being the closest town on the
railroad to the Black Hills, it naturally had an
advantage over other towns in securing the trade
and travel of that district. Coupled with this, an
enterprising gentleman by the name of Henry T.
Clarke built a bridge across the North Platte, on
the Sidney-Black Hills route, which assured
passage over the river at all seasons. This not
only made Sidney the logical distributing point
for the Black Hills, but also for all the military
posts and Indian agencies to the northwest,
including the Big Horn and Powder River districts.
The bridge opened for travel May 6, 1876.
Large freighting outfits established
headquarters at Sidney, running trains of six and
eight bull or mule teams to the hills and the
northwest. Large and commodious business houses
were erected and stocked. Wholesale houses did a
tremendous business in supplying this great
territory. It was not uncommon for a million
pounds of freight to leave Sidney daily. The
freighting firm of Pratt & Ferris handled the
larger share of this business. Other freighters
who shared in the trade were C. A. Moore, H. T.
Clarke, Hugh Behan, Kelley & Harmes,
Daugherty, Kelly & Co., Parrott &
Campbell, W. T. Eubanks, Charles Trognitz, John
Pantenburg and others. Among the prominent
wholesale firms in Sidney were Adams, Redington
& Haas, C. A. Moore, Dennis, Carrigan, H. T.
Clarke, Oberfelder & Co., Kellner & Co.,
Kennard & Simpson, Samuel Burns, G. W. Dudley,
M. Urbach, H. McFadden, L. H. Essig, A. S. Brown,
John McDonald, Henry Gantz & Son, A. J.
Haskell, C. E. Borquist, Haas, Persinger &
Co., P. J. Cohn & Co., John Cameron, I. Rubel
& Co., Doran & Tobin, L. H. Bordwell, R.
S. Van Tassell.
In February, 1876, J. H. Dear
established a stage and mail line between Sidney
and the Black Hills and in August of the same
year, H. T. Clarke instituted a pony express
service over the route. The stage line did an
enormous business. Hundreds of strangers,
transferring from railroad to stages, thronged the
streets of Sidney daily. Sidney grew by leaps and
bounds and, at the height of the Black Hills rush,
had a population of approximately five thousand.
This mushroom growth which brought in
hundreds of roving toughs and the fact it was
located on the frontier resulted in lawlessness.
Everything was "wide open"--there was gambling,
saloons and dance halls. There were eighty-seven
places where liquor could be purchased legally.
There was a bar in almost every hotel, restaurant,
billiard parlor and dance hall. Drug stores and
grocery stores sold liquor. It was the gathering
place of cowboys for hundreds of miles; it was
headquarters for hundreds of bull-whackers and
mule-skinners; it was the rendezvous for desperate
characters from over the world; it was a garrison
for a dissolute class of soldiers. When these
things are considered, it is understandable that
many fights, killings and lynchings occurred. In
1882 there were some 200 persons buried in "Boot
Hill" cemetery. Few had died a natural death. Some
were killed by Indians, many were killed in
drunken brawls and several met death at the end of
a rope.
One of the lynchings, described in
the Telegraph, was that of Charles Reed, in May,
1879, for the murder of Henry Loomis. Another was
the hanging of "Red" McDonald because he was a
gambler and refused to leave the city when ordered
to do so by a self-appointed committee of
reformers. This occurred in the year 1881 and was
the county's last lynching. Though murder was
frequent, not a single legal hanging took place in
the county until May 21, 1886, when Jim Reynolds
paid the penalty for the murder of James and John
Pinkston.
In describing Sidney conditions in
1882, the Western Historical Company's History of
Nebraska comments: "Sufficient is to say that the
town is becoming more moral in its tone, there now
being only four murderers in jail here, and their
crimes were all committed outside of the town."
Many famous and notorious characters
were frequent visitors or residents in Sidney
during these days. Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody)
was a frequent visitor. Wild Bill Hickock,
Calamity Jane, Sam Bass, Butch Cassidy and "Doc"
Middleton once made this town their homes. Major
North and his Pawnee Scouts were stationed here.
"Doc" Middle-
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ton is said to have committed his first crime
here. In a fight with a number of soldiers, he
killed one in self defense, then fled to the
unsettled country in the north and became an
outlaw.
While much has been written as to the
roughness of the town, not all its citizens were
that type. The greater number were fine people.
They were hardy, fearless and adventurous. They
had come to wrest a fortune from a wild and
untamed country, to build homes and raise families
and leave a rich heritage. Severe measures were
necessary at times and while drinking, gambling
and carousing were countenanced, dishonesty or
disrespect for women was met with stern
punishment. If the stranger attended to his own
affairs and kept away from drinking and dance
houses, he was perfectly safe. Business houses
were as free from quarrels as they are today. The
class that made trouble was not the residents, but
characters drawn together from all parts of the
world, who, when they came into town, proceeded to
have a good time in their own fashion, and
disturbances were generally confined to saloons
and dance halls.
After the building of the
Northwestern railroad, which cut the Black Hills
and the northwest trade from Sidney, the town
settled down to a humdrum existence, living on the
trade of the ranchers. When the fort was abandoned
in 1894, the town was dealt another severe blow.
Construction of the Burlington railroad across the
county from north to south, again gave Sidney a
period of prosperity and excitement. Four saloons
furnished entertainment for the graders, with
music and gambling running day and night.
The population of Sidney in 1900 was
1,001; today it has a population estimated at
between 3,500 and 4,000, with an assessed
valuation of $3,125,950. It has a beautiful stone
courthouse, built in 1911 at a cost of $100,000; a
magnificent city hall and auditorium, built in
1930 for $130,000; a modern $100,000 high school
building, built in 1931; three grade school
buildings; three parks, with band shell, shelter
house, swimming pool, and five miles of paved
streets, with storm sewers in the business
district. Fire at various times has destroyed
practically all the original business buildings of
the city and they have been replaced with modem,
fireproof structures of either brick or native
stone.
Sidney today is one of the most
important points in the state for the distribution
of farm machinery and oil products and is the
trading center for some twenty thousand people. It
has six churches-Catholic, Christian, Episcopal,
Presbyterian and two Lutheran. There is a large
Catholic academy and a smaller Lutheran school.
Present Sidney officers are Dr. Riley E. Roche,
mayor; Carl Jones, clerk; Leslie Neubauer,
treasurer; Roy Thomas, George Thompson, Tom
Kokjer, Ernest Blome, Patrick Ells and Jack
Heavrin, councilmen.
During the early period of the cattle
industry in Cheyenne County, it was not necessary
to own a large tract of land in order to be a
rancher. The range was free. All a cattleman
needed in the way of deeded land was a small tract
on a running stream, which he usually could
homestead. A house, some sheds and a corral were
sufficient improvements. He then claimed the range
adjacent to his land and turned his stock loose on
it. Each rancher respected the claim of other
ranchers to their adjacent ranges and it was
rather unhealthy for a. newcomer to attempt to
"squat" on range already claimed.
Although each rancher turned his
cattle onto his own range, in time they would
drift to other ranges, sometimes many miles from
home. Thus, it was necessary each spring and fall
to stage a roundup, in which all the cattlemen
participated. In the roundups, the entire country
was scoured systematically by cowboys, the cattle
separated and driven back to their own range. The
calves were branded and the stock which was ready
for market was cut out and driven to the railroad
for shipment. Hundreds of men participated in
these roundups, which lasted from three to six
weeks.
Because of the free range and small
expense to raising cattle, the business was very
profitable. The fortunes of the Creightons, the
Coads and the Paxtons of Omaha, the Sheidleys of
Kansas City, the Iliffs and the Sheedys of Denver
were built up in Cheyenne County.
By 1882 there were more than 200,000
head of cattle in the county and no one knows how
many hundreds of thousands had been shipped out.
The reputation of the county as a cattle raiser's
Utopia had traveled far and wide. Eastern and
English capitalists formed syndicates to purchase
and consolidate ranches in the county, paying
enormous prices for them. One of these, the Bay
State Cattle Co., paid 750,000 in 1882 for the
Creighton ranches and stock, and in 1883 paid Coad
Brothers $912,853 for their property. Other
ranches were soon acquired by this company, until
it controlled practically the entire range south
of the North Platte river. In the mean time,
ranches of the Bosler Brothers, William Paxton,
Boyd Brothers and others on the north side of the
river were being consolidated into the Ogallala
Land & Cattle Co. the Rush Creek Land &
Cattle Co. absorbed most of the ranches between
the two Platte rivers from Sidney east.
About 1884, eastern farmers got the
idea that farming in this country would be
profitable. Free 160 acre homesteads could be had
from the government. There followed a period of
migration and settlement. "Grangers," as they were
called, settled on ranges of the big cattle
companies and began to till the soil. Cattle men
first considered this only a foolhardy venture.
They did not think farming could be carried on
successfully here and, if a farmer should raise
anything, the cattle would destroy it. There were
no herd laws in those days, and the farmer had no
recourse. However, the
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grangers kept coming in such numbers that soon the
range was dotted with dugouts, sod houses and
plowed fields. This led to bitter times between
cattle men and grangers, with an occasional
shooting scrape. The cattle barons fenced their
ranges and did everything they could to discourage
settlement, but to no avail. The grangers took
their case to court and forced the cattle
companies to remove their fences from government
land. They then succeeded in getting a herd law
passed which required the herding of stock and
made the owners liable for damage done by stock.
This began the breaking up of the great cattle
companies and cattle industry of Cheyenne County.
However, stock raising continued to be the
principal industry of the county for many more
years, until 1910 or 1915.
The history of the grangers and their
fight for existence in the land of the cattle
kings would cover many pages. They not only had to
fight the cattle men, but the elements and pests
as well. Most of them were poorly financed, had
little farming equipment and none of them knew how
to farm this semi-arid country. They knew nothing
of summer fallowing or other moisture conserving
methods. They planted corn or spring grains and
expected them to grow without further attention.
Grasshopper plagues and the drouth of 1893, '94
and '95 made many of them leave the country. A
number, however, were better financed and were
more able farmers. By combining stock raising with
farming they weathered the bad years and some
became wealthy. Many still live in the county and
are numbered among its most substantial citizens.
They have increased their land holdings, built
fine homes and reared excellent families.
It was not until 1908 that a real
effort was made to settle farmers in the county.
After the Kinkaid law was passed April 28, 1904,
allowing 640 acre homesteads, all of the
government land in the county was immediately
filed upon. With free government land off the
market, land agents began to bring in
farmer-buyers from eastern Nebraska and Iowa.
Quite a boom in land sales was experienced from
1908 to 1911 and many new farmers arrived. By this
time they had learned how to farm this country,
and knew that by conserving moisture and planting
winter wheat, farming could be made profitable.
Land at this period sold for from $5 to $30 per
acre.
The World War with its higher wheat
prices caused another rush of settlers to the
county in 1915 to 1920. Good land without
improvements sold for as much as $100 per acre at
this time. The county today is completely settled
and farming is by far its chief industry. Some
stock raising is still conducted in the valleys
and the rough, hilly country bordering them. Farm
homes dot the county and highways are laid out on
almost every section line. There are sixty-eight
schools in the county, eight of them high schools.
There are five thriving towns in the county
besides Sidney.
The county today is one of the
greatest winter wheat producing areas in the
world. Other grains such as oats, barley, rye and
corn also are raised but wheat is the principal
crop of the table lands. In the valleys pump
irrigation is developing rapidly and some of the
wells flow at more than 2,000 gallons per minute.
Land under these wells produces excellent crops of
sugar beets, potatoes, corn, grain, garden truck,
etc. It is estimated there are 50,000 irrigable
acres in the county.
The valuation of the county today is
$20,000,000 and it has a population of 12,000.
Blessed with such an abundance of good land,
residents of this section expect to continue their
contributions to the nation's bread basket.
ACKERMAN, WILLIAM
PRESCOTT: Real Estate & Insurance
Agent; b Omaha, Neb Aug 6, 1895; s of William F
Ackerman-Rosa Prescott; ed Havelock HS; U of N;
Sigma Phi Epsilon; m Lenore Cartwright Sept 1917
Bridgeport (dec Feb 1920); m Marie G Castner Aug
1922, Fort Collins Colo; s William P Jr; Robert
J; d Joline Marie, Joanne Lenore; 1917-20 real
est & ins agt, Bridgeport; 1921-26 owner
& mgr of Ackerman orchestra, playing in
middle west; 1926-37 in real est & ins bus,
Bridgeport; 1929-37 RFD carrier, Bridgeport;
during World War 1917-19 with 323rd aux remount
OTS, sgt; past comm Amer Leg post 29; 1937- dist
comm Amer Leg 4th dist Dept of Neb; Rotary; C of
C; Country Club; past master AF&AM 285; Scot
Rite 32o; hobbies, fishing, hunting;
off 937 Jackson; res 1646 Newton, Sidney.
BAKER, ROSCOE
STANLEY: Dental Surgeon; b Holstein, Neb
May 9, 1904; s of Madison 0 Baker-Ida May Bates;
ed Goshen Co Wyo & Sidney; U of N, DDS 1931;
one of three to receive hon membership in
Omicron Kappa Upsilon 1931; Delta Sigma Delta; m
Mathilde Margaret Hansen May 25, 1928 Sidney;
1926-28 tchr Jr HS Sidney; 1931- dentist,
Sidney; W Dist Dental Soc, Neb St & ADA;
AF&AM; 1st VP Lions, past secy-treas; mbr bd
of vestrymen Episc Ch; hobby, fishing; off 930
Tenth; res 1725 Osage, Sidney.
BARLOW, GEORGE
WILLIAM: Bank Cashier; b Lodgepole, Neb
June 24, 1895; s of Lewis R Barlow-Clara Bates;
ed Lodgepole; m Winifred Johnson Aug 10, 1927
Cheyenne Wyo; s Charles R, George W; 1914-17
with First State Bank, Lodgepole; 1919-34 cash
Farmers State Bank, Sunol; 1935- cash Dalton
State Bank; 1936- mbr town bd; during World War
1917-19 sgt in 2nd co Tampa coast arty corps;
Amer Leg; AF&AM; Meth Ch; hobbies,
livestock, ranching; res Dalton.
BARLOW, ROBERT
ANDREW: County Judge; b Fulton Co, Ill Aug
29, 1883; s of Frank M Barlow-Jennie R Carter;
ed Fulton & Peoria Co Ill; Grand Island Bus
Coll; m Grace T Hart July 14, 1907 Sidney; s
Robert A Jr; d Grace Virginia (Mrs Harold
Chesebro), Gretchen Marian (Mrs Donald Sample),
Marjorie Ann; 1904-18 cash Amer Bank, Sidney;
1918-21 cash Liberty State Bank, Sidney; 1921-
32 real est & ins bus, Sidney; 1932-
Cheyenne Co judge; 1930- US commr Neb dist; 1934
pres Neb St Vol Firemans Assn; past chmn of
Cheyenne Co Dem Central Com; Cath Ch; res 1136
14th Ave, Sidney.
BARSTOW, LOUIS
COLEMAN: Dentist; b Council Bluffs, Ia Jan
5, 1897; s of Guy E Barstow-Jessie Williams; ed
Council Bluffs Ia. HS; Creighton U, DDS 1919; m
Shirley S Philbrick Dec 22, 1924 Kansas City Mo;
1919-36 dentist, Fullerton: 1936- dentist,
Sidney; during World War priv in inf; 1st lt
ROA; past comm. Amer Leg post 151; Neb St &
ADA; VP C of C; Presby Ch; hobby, hunting; off
1001 10th; res 1724 Newton, Sidney.
BATES, JOHN ALBERT:
Real Estate Agent; b Wayne Co, N Y Dec 28, 1866;
s of George W Bates-Ellen V Rice; ed Wayne Co N
Y; m Bell Scanlon June 18, 1888 Cheyenne Wyo
(dec 1934); s William LaVern; d
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Ruby, Bertha (Mrs Frank Kucera), Doris (Mrs Harold
Rowin), Nellie (Mrs Howard Hayden); 1887-88 clk in
P 0 & drug store, Lodgepore (sic); 1888-1927
homesteader, ranching & livestock dlr,
Cheyenne Co; 1927- in real est bus, raising &
training saddle horses; past mbr town bd; MWA;
AF&AM; Presby Ch; hobby, horses; res
Lodgepole.
BLOME, ERNEST
ROBERT: Auto & Implement Dealer; b
Bancroft, Neb June 22, 1898; s of August Blome-
Lydia Daiss; ed Bancroft; Fremont Normal;
Midland Coll; m Myrtle Hamer Oct 19, 1934 Los
Angeles Cal; s Gordon James; d Constance Rita;
1919-23 farmer Cheyenne Co; 1923- ptr Scherer
& Blome Automobiles & Farm Impls, Sidney
& Dalton; during World War enl 1917 in
regular army attached to 33rd div, 1918 with AEF
in Neb base hosp 49 Allerey France; past post
comm & past co comm Amer Leg post 17; mbr
Sidney city coun; C of C; AF&AM; Trinity
Luth Ch; hobby, children; off 1040 Forest; res
1204 13th Ave, Sidney.
BRETERNITZ, WILLIAM:
Merchant; b Rochester, N Y Feb 4, 1872; s of
Louis Breternitz-Magdeline West; ed North
Platte; m Annie Lensen Dec 1900 North Platte; s
Edwin C, Ray H; d May Louise (Mrs Earl
Hayworth); came to Neb 1884; 1889-96 assoc with
Urbach & Schuff bakery, North Platte; 1913
owner & opr Breternitz & Co bakery,
Sidney; past mbr city coun 16 years; AF&AM;
Scot Rite 32o; Shrine; Luth Ch;
hobby, civic work; off 931 Ill; res 1430 Linden,
Sidney.
BRUCKNER, OSCAR
ROBERT: Merchant; b Saline Co, Mo Nov 19,
1889, s of Samuel Bruckner-Bertha Winkelmeyer;
ed Saline Co & Higginsville Mo; Browns Bus
Coll, Higginsville; m Fern Hoerer Aug 26, 1919
Kansas City Kas; 1912-17 with brother in stores,
Slater & Louisiana Mo; 1920-22 in merc bus
Kas City Mo; 1922-35 owner & mgr Bruckner
Variety stores, Humboldt & Pawnee City Neb;
1935 owner, mgr Bruckner's Ben Franklin Store,
Sidney; 1907-11 with USN on USS Kentucky; during
World War 1917-19 in 42nd or Rainbow div AEF
stationed in France; C of C; Rotary; AF&AM;
hobbies, hunting, fishing; res 1444 King,
Sidney.
BUSH, FRED ALFRED:
Owner of Laundry; b Ontario, Canada July 16,
1880; s of Jacob Bush-Margaret Rumohr; ed
Schuyler; m Tessie Jack Dec 25, 1900 Lyons; s
Harvey D, Jarvis C, Stuart K; d Lela (Mrs Robert
Bickham), Olive (Mrs William Wunsch), Ruth;
1901-06 with Orchard & Wilhelm, Omaha;
1906-11 ptr & mgr, Council Bluffs Rug Mfg
Co; 1911-14 owner & mgr Bush Upholstering
Co, Kearney; 1914- owner & mgr Sidney
Laundry & Dry Cleaning est; 1916-20 mbr sch
bd, Sidney; 1928-34 mbr city coun; Presby Ch;
hobbies, hunting, fishing; res 1112 Grant,
Sidney.
CAMPBELL, DAN:
Clerk of District Court; b Hamilton Ontario,
Canada Aug 31, 1868; s of Joseph Campbell-Hannah
Featherstone; ed Champaign Co Ill; m Dorothea
Wright Apr 10, 1901 Melbourne Australia; s
Rupert Daniel; d Elvira (Mrs C G Olson);
1890-1902 with McCormick Harvesting Machine Co,
Ia, Chicago & Melbourne, Australia; 1904-34
field man for John Deere Plow Co, Sidney; 1934-
clk of dist court, Sidney; past mbr town bd;
Lions; dir, Country Club; AF&AM; Scot Rite
32o; Shrine; Episc Ch, mbr vestry bd;
hobby, outdoor sports; off Courthouse; res 918
7th, Sidney.
COOK, HULL ALDEN:
Physician & Surgeon; b Washington, D C Apr
10, 1911; s of Leroy Wilson Cook- Hazel Hull; ed
Boulder Colo,, U of Colo, MD 1936; Phi Beta Pi;
m Ruth Muirhead June 30, 1939 Moose Wyo; 1936-37
interne Robert G Breen Memorial Hosp, San
Antonio Tex; 1937- prac med Sidney Neb; 1939-
Cheyenne Co phys; 1939- part owner & mgr of
Taylor Hosp, Sidney; Cheyenne-Kimball-Deuel Co
Med Soc; Neb St & AMA; hobby, mountain
climbing; off 828 10th St; res 1321 Maple,
Sidney.
DEAVER, CHARLES N:
Grain Dealer; b Gilead, Neb Oct 30, 1893; s of
Hugh James Deaver-Mary Louise Smith; ed Thayer
Co; m Anna Novotny May 29, 1917 Fairbury; s
Keith C; d Valora, Marcelyn; 1914-19 farmer,
Thayer Co; 1919-20 with Neb St Bank, Milligan;
1920- grain dlr, Colton, Lorenzo & Potter;
pas mbr sch bd dist 64; Cath Ch; res RFD Sidney.
DeBRUNNER, J LOUIS:
Pioneer; b New York City, N Y May 21, 1865; s of
Marcus DeBrunner-Anna ___; ed Lincoln; m Addle
Fushia Sept 4, 1894 Lodgepole; s Francis (dec),
Ernest, Dewey; 1874 came to Neb; 1885-93 farmer
& stockraiser Cheyenne Co Neb; 1893- in
building trade, Lodgepole, 1924 chmn town bd;
Cath Ch; res Lodgepole.
DEMERS, JOHN
CLARENCE: Grain & Lumber Dealer; b
Jefferson, S D Mar 16, 1890; s of Louis F
Demers-Maryann Ryan; ed Emerson Neb; m Merle
Francis June 30, 1917 Denver; s John D, Raymond
F, Donald; d Joyce Elaine; 1910-13 constructed
grain elevators, Western; 1913- grain & lbr
dlr, Sunol; past mbr sch bd; Neb Grain Dlrs
Assn; hobbies, hunting & fishing; res Sunol.
DORAN, GUY V:
Publisher; b Sidney, Neb Oct 26, 1883; s of
Edmund Doran-Catherine Behan; ed Sidney HS 1899;
LBC 1902; m Mabel Gapen Dec 12, 1909 Grand
Island; d Helen Catherine (Mrs J C Bush); 1899
rural sch tchr; storekeeper UP RR Sidney; 1901
tchr Sidney sch; 1904-08 steno & clk for
various firms in Seattle & Toppenish Wash,
Omaha & Chicago; 1909 Cheyenne Co dep clk;
1910-21 in retail auto bus Kansas City Mo; 1921-
owner of controlling int in The Telegraph
publishing co, Sidney; The Telegraph a
semi-weekly indep paper, owner of 3 large
buildings, one housing the Telegraph, also owns
4 Cheyenne Co farms; 1932 Dem nominee for
congress; defeated by 42 votes, 1934 again
candidate but unsuccessful; has participated in
development of Cheyenne Co, advocates
development of Lodgepole Valley & Sidney
Draw through pump irrigation; C of C; Rotary;
Sidney Country Club; hobbies, travel & golf;
off Telegraph Bldg 11th & Ill, res 1525
Linden, Sidney.
DORAN, HENRY THOMAS:
Realtor & Abstractor; b Waddington, N Y Sept
30, 1871; s of Edmund Doran-Catherine Behan; ed
Waddington N Y Sidney; m Katharine M Bettendorf
Oct 26, 1896 Sidney; s Goldwin H; d Evelyn M
(Mrs Earle E Winter); 1887-96 with E Doran &
Son, Sidney; 1896-1905 owner mgr of H T Doran
store, Sidney; 1905-07 dept mgr Simon Fishman
Dept store, Sidney; 1907 elec Cheyenne Co clk
& ex-officio clk of dist court; reelec 1909,
1912; 1907 owner & mgr Cheyenne Co Abstract
Co, Sidney; past mbr town bd; C of C; Cath Ch;
res 1926 Illinois, Sidney.
ECKERT, SAMUEL
WOLFORD: Rancher & Farmer; b St Paul,
Ind Sept 4, 1886; s of Jacob Eckert-Nancy
Poffenberger; ed Cheyenne Co; m Temple Broughton
Dec 8, 1909 Sidney; s Vernon E; d Ella (Mrs
Harold Buckingham), Jessie (Mrs Vernon Sanders),
Maxine, Ada Mae, Charline; came to Neb 1886;
1906 with UP RR; 1907- rancher & farmer;
Cheyenne Cc; past mbr sch bd dist 70 J; dir
Dalton Co-op Soc; res RFD, Dalton.
FENSKE, ALBERT
ANDREW: Livestock Raiser; b Lodgepole, Neb
Apr 1, 1892; s of Emil Fenske-Anna Newman; ed
Lodgepole; Toland Bus Coll, Nebraska City; m
Lois Harriet Booth Jan 18, 1920 Sunol; s Albert,
jr; d Ruth, Naomi, Glenis; 1910-15 with Otoe
Brewing Co, Nebraska City; 1915-16 grain buyer
for Trans-Mississippi Grain Co, Colton; 1916-28
grain, lbr, hdw & impl dlr, Penske Bros,
Sunol; 1928- owner & opr Penske Bros farm
machinery & livestock, Sunol; 1932- Cheyenne
Co comm; past secy of sch bd dist 12; past
master AF&AM 306, Lodgepole; BPOE; German
Luth Ch; res Sunol.
FOSTER, JOSEPH
HERBERT: County Assessor; b Coles Co, Ill
Apr 9, 1873; s of Josiah H Foster-Susan Frances
Hayden; ed Douglas Co Ill; m Edith Maud Davison
Dec 6, 1897 Sidney; d Frances Mary (Mrs C L
Corkins); 1888 with father homesteaded north of
Potter; 1894-98 tchr Cheyenne Co schs; 1898-1920
homesteader, rancher & stock raiser in
Cheyerme Co; 1920-29 pres & gen mgr Farmers
State Bank, Dalton; 1929- with Merc Ins Co of
Amer, Cheyenne Co; 1934, 1938- Cheyenne Co
assessor; past mbr sch bd dist 91, Dalton;
AF&AM; IOOF; Meth Ch: res 1832 Maple,
Sidney.
GAPEN, HENRY ELI:
Retired; b Jefferson Co, Penn Sept 19, 1863; s
of William E Gapen-Helen Minor; ed Bloomington
Ill; studied law in off of Gapen & Ewing,
Bloomington, Ill; 1892 adm to Neb Bar; 1885-87
clk in U S land, law & abstract off Deadwood
S D; 1887-94 chief clk US land off Sidney;
1894-1922 prac law, Sidney; 1895-1905 Cheyenne
Co atty; 1895-1918 ptr of brother in Sidney
Telegraph; 1918-21 owner & publisher Sidney
Telegraph; 1922- ret; past Cheyenne Co judge two
terms; past master AF&AM; Presby Ch; Rep;
res 1625 Linden, Sidney.
GEHRIG, WILLIAM
EDWARD: Mortician; b Morgan Co, Colo Nov
10, 1899; s of Joseph Gehrig-Veronica Meenan; ed
Brush Colo; studied undertaking with Edwards,
Gamish &
166
Heath, Los Angeles; m Hazel Alfreda Kent July 3,
1920 Fort Morgan Colo; s William Edward; d
Marjorie Lee, Luetta, Verna, Hazel Marie, Virginia
(Mrs Rolan Robison); 1916-25 with Olinger
Mortuary, Denver; 1925- owner & mgr Gehrig
Mortuary, Sidney; past vice comm Amer Leg post 17;
Neb & Natl Funeral Dirs Assns; Lions; C of C;
KC; Cath Ch; hobby, baseball; res 1140 10th Ave,
Sidney.
GOODWIN, FRANCIS le
BARON FIFTH: Farmer; b Malvern, Ia Dec 18,
1888; s of Francis le Baron Goodwin-Sarah Ann
Aistrop; ed Malvern Ia; Boyles Bus Coll, Omaha;
WSTC; m Ruth Wyant Mar 13, 1916 Malvern Ia; s
Francis le Baron VI; d Ruth Maxine (Mrs LaVern
Thomas), Frances Dorothy, Lois Jane (dec), Helen
Alice Ann, Geraldine Viola; 1909-13 in real est
bus, Kimball; 1913-15 with U S Rubber Co, Omaha;
1915- owner & opr wheat farm, Cheyenne &
Kimball Cos; 1931-35 supvr of loans for Lincoln
Nat Life Ins Co, Fort Wayne Ind; past mbr dist
77 sch bd; AF&AM; Meth Ch; hobby,
agriculture; res 1328 Maple, Sidney.
GRABILL, ISAAC E:
Grain Dealer; b Lancaster Co, Penn May 1865; s
of Jacob Grabill-Katherine ___ ; ed Lancaster Co
Penn; m Amanda Friable Oct 1892 Lime Springs Ia;
s Elmer, Blaine; d Beulah (Mrs Beulah
Findlandson), Katherine (Mrs Kenneth
Sutherland); 1886-1904 grain buyer, Hudson S, D;
1904-07 rancher, Cheyenne Co; 1907- grain buyer,
Sidney; past mayor, 3 terms; secy-treas Cheyenne
Co Trading Co, Sidney; past mbr town bd; past
master AF&AM, Hudson S D; Presby Ch; res 905
Linden, Sidney.
GREENLEE, ANDREW
KEITH: Merchant; b Crossingville, Penn Oct
25, 1860; s of Albert Greenlee-Martha Barnes; ed
Springboro Penn; Edinboro Penn Normal; Ind
Normal, Valparaiso; m Elizabeth McAllister May
20, 1888 Sidney; s Albert D, Roy E; d Martha R
(Mrs LeRoy Jones), Catherine; 1881- 83 assoc
with Higgernell Bros store, Higgernell Penn;
1884 with York Rolling Mills, York; 1886-92
homesteaded & farmed in Cheyenne Co; 1893-94
owner & opr variety store, Sidney; 1895-1909
ptr in Greenlee & Benson Store, Sidney;
1909-20 secy Sidney Merc Co; 1921 pres & gen
mgr Sidney Merc Co; 1922- pres & gen mgr
Greenlee's Inc, Sidney; past mbr sch & town
bds; 1902-06 Cheyenne Co treas; C of C; Sidney
Country Club; AF&AM; Past noble grand IOOF
91; past sr warden, Episc Ch: hobbies, hunting
& fishing; off 845 10th; res 1340 12th Ave,
Sidney.
GRIMM, BENJAMIN
HAYES: Physician & Surgeon; b Wilber,
Neb May 6, 1910; s of Joseph Lee Grimm- Sadie
Kimport; ed Wilber & Gering; U of N, BSc
1934, MD 1936; Alpha Omega Alpha; Delta Upsilon;
Phi Rho Sigma; m Evelyn Haase Feb 1, 1936
Emerson; 1927-28 tchr dist 49 Scotts Bluff Co;
1929- 30 tchr Jr HS Minatare; 1936-37 interne
Presby Hosp., Denver; 1938- prac med Sidney;
1939 part owner & mgr Taylor Hosp, Sidney;
Cheyenne-Kimball-Deuel Co Med Soc; Neb St &
AMA; Lions; AF&AM; Presby Ch; hobby,
photography; off 930 10th; res 1206 18th,
Sidney.
GUNDERSON, GEORGE H:
Blacksmith; b Florence, Neb Jan 9, 1875; s of
Hans Gunderson-Dorothy Hansen; ed Florence Neb;
m Gertrude Frederickson Sept 15, 1898 Kimball; s
George C, Leroy; d Ida (Mrs George Earlywine),
Helen (Mrs Ray Matthison), Alice (Mrs Clarence
Findlay); 1896-1908 sheep raiser, Kimball Co;
1909- ornamental iron worker & blacksmith,
Potter; past mbr town & sch bd; Western Neb
Assn of Blacksmiths; IOOF; Luth Ch; res Potter.
HAGEMEISTER, WILLIAM:
Farmer & Grain Buyer; b Germany Aug 28,
1876; s of Frederick Hagemeister-Louise Stermer;
ed Hamilton Co; Omaha Comml Coll; m Rose Ely Aug
17, 1898 Aurora; s Dean W, Lee D, Bruce F; d
Doris Rose (Mrs. Lloyd Juelfs); 1897-1900 owner
& mgr Elmwood Mill; 1900-05 owner & mgr
Farmers Valley Mill, Henderson; 1905-11 mgr
William Krotter Co, Butte, former mgr S A Foster
Lbr Co, Arcadia; 1914-20 mgr Benedict Lbr &
Fuel Co; 1920-30 mgr Home Lbr & Grain Co,
Potter; 1930- owner & opr grain elevator,
feed mill & farm, Potter; past mbr town bd
& sch bd; secy-treas Comml Club; Meth Ch, bd
mbr since 1920; hobby, travel; res Potter.
HAHLER, JOSEPH:
Auto Dealer; b Wurzberg, Germany Aug 6, 1880; s
of Joseph Hahler-Marie Bruckner; ed Wurzberg,
Germany; m Ellen Johnson Nov 1906 North Platte;
s Julius, Joseph; d Katherine (Mrs C A Bradley),
Marie (Mrs E E Layton), Helen; 1903 came to Neb;
1903-06 with Central Market, North Platte;
1906-04 owner & mgr Central Market, Sidney;
1914-16 ptr in Hahler & Treinen auto agcy
Sidney; 1916- owner & mgr of Hahler Motor
Co; Neb Auto Dlrs Assn; WOW; Cath Ch; hobby;
fishing; off 1117 Illinois; res 1701 Newton,
Sidney.
HARDY, ARTHUR
SHERBURNE: Furniture Dealer; b Cleveland,
0 July 13, 1882; s of Edwin Clement
Hardy-Margaret Spath; ed Omaha; U of N, BA 1908;
Kappa Sigma; m Clare Boydston Mar 13, 1909 Ord;
s Arthur Boydston; d Lois (Mrs Robert Clark),
Florence Lucille, Betty Jo Ann; 1909-10 with
Omaha Light & Power Co; 1911-12 mgr Sidney
Electric Service Co; 1912-14 constructed
municipal light plant, Sidney; 1916- owner &
opr Comml Hotel, Sidney; 1932- owner & mgr
Hardy Furn Store, Sidney; past mbr town &
sch bds; ch mbr Sidney Country Club, past mbr bd
of dirs; C of C; Rotary; AF&AM; Presby Ch;
hobby, electrical machinery; off 1021 10th Ave;
res 728 Illinois, Sidney.
HEATON, PATRICK
JAMES: Attorney; b Central City, Neb Mar
17, 1904; s of Patrick S Heaton-Ada Huniscote;
ed Central City; Neb Central Coll; BA 1926;
Creighton U, LLB 1929; Cath U, Washington DC,
LLM 1930; Gamma Eta Gamma; m Katharine Guting
July 7, 1930 Fremont; s Patrick J, James L,
Michael P; d Catherine Ann, Margaret Mary; 1930-
prac law, Sidney; 1935-39 Cheyenne Co atty;
1934- Dalton city atty; Western Neb, Neb St
& Amer Bar Assns; C of C; Riciboni Ronian
Law Seminar; state advocate KC; Cath Ch; past VP
Dem State Central Com, 1937- secy exec com; past
pres Y D Club of Neb; hobby, hunting; off 840
1/2 10th Ave; res 1906 Maple, Sidney.
JOHNSON, CLARENCE
WILLIAM: Merchant; b Banner Co, Neb Oct
11, 1892; s of Charles W Johnson- Ellen Nelson;
ed Potter; m Edith Challburg June 12, 1918
Redwood City, Cal; s Byron M; d Marjorie; 1913-
owner & mgr Johnsons Store, Potter; 1936-
mbr sch bd dist 9 Potter; AF&AM 32o;
OES; Meth Ch; res Potter.
JONES, CARL CONANT:
City clerk & water commissioner; b Oneida,
Ill Oct 6, 1882; s of Charles Leonard
Jones-Octavia Howard; ed Hastings; Hastings Bus
Coll; m Ellen Burgess (dec), m Lucy Irene Howard
Oct 5, 1914 Sidney; s Robert L; d Catherine (Mrs
Burnett Atkins), Helen L, Alice Janette; 1903-07
with C L Jones & Son, Hastings; 1908-09
farmer, rancher, Nuckolls Co; 1910-15 ptr in St
George Ranch, Cheyenne Co; 1915-16 with Sidney
Lbr Co; 1917-19 mgr Farmers Lbr & Supply Co,
Gurley; 1919-21 with John Deere Impl Cc; 1923-29
with UP RR, Sidney; 1929- city clk & water
commr; past mbr Gurley town bd; pres C of C;
past master AF&AM 75; Meth Ch; hobby,
gardening; res 404 12th Ave, Sidney.
JORGENSON, ALBERT
JAMES: Banker; b Council Bluffs, Ia Jan
18, 1886; s of Christian Jorgenson-Anna
Fredericksen; ed Council Bluffs Ia; Western Bus
Coll; m Mary Ann Draper Sept 12, 1907 Council
Bluffs; s Donald William; d Gwendolyn; 1904-07
with Charles E Walters & Co, Council Bluffs;
1907-10 with Travelers Ins Co. Council Bluffs;
1910-13 real est bus with J C McNish Land Co
Sidney; 1913-16 ptr in real est firm of
Jorgenson & Jones; 1916-21 ptr in real est
firm of Osborn & Jorgenson; 1921-25 receiver
& liquidation agt for state guaranty fund,
Kimball & Cheyenne Cos; 1925- pres of Amer
Natl Bank, Sidney; 1918-28 mbr city coun; 1938-
pres of Neb Bankers Assn; Amer Bankers Assn;
Izaak Walton; Lions; C of C; Sidney Country
Club; AF&AM; past worthy patron OES 108; bd
mbr Light Memorial Presby Ch; hobbies, trap
shooting & hunting; res 1344 Dodge, Sidney.
KAHSE, WILLIAM
THEODORE: Clergyman; b Hanover, Germany
June 27, 1870; s of Fredick Kahse- Wilhelmine
Kolkohorst; ed Hanover; Midland Coll 1Atchison,
Kas, BA 1902, West Theol Seminary, Atchison,
Kas; Chicago Theological Seminary, Maywood, Ill;
Midland Coll, DD 1923; m Amelia Jaedicke Messall
May 24, 1933; s Luther W, Paul T, Victor R; d
Ruth A, Irene V; 1905 ordained as minister;
1903-08 pastor St Pauls, Grand Island; 1908-11
pastor First Luth Ch of Colorado Springs Colo;
1911-13 field secy Midland Coll; 1913-22
missionary supt Luth synod of Neb; 1922- pastor
Trinity Luth Ch, Sidney; 1926- dean of Lodgepole
Ministerial Alliance; pres Sidney Ministerial
Union since 1930; secy Rocky Mountain synod
1910;
1
Midland Coll was first located at Atchison, Kas.
Fremont Normal of Fremont Neb later became defunct
& Midland was moved to Fremont about 1919.
167
del to natl ch conv 4 times; 1927 att world conf
on Faith & Order, Lausanne Switzerland;
Rotary; C of C; hobby, bee keeping; res 1129 10th
Ave, Sidney.
KEPLER, RICHARD
PROUDFOOT: Attorney; b Davenport, Ia. May
10, 1872; s of John Kepler-Ann Douglass ed Scott
Co Ia; Western Coll, Toledo Ia, BSc 1892; U of
Ia, LLB 1896; m Bertha Davis Mar 15, 1898
Gladbrook Ia; s Kenneth D, James Hollis, Richard
Gene (dec); 1896 prac law Toledo Ia; 1897-99 ptr
in law firm Hitchcock & Kepler, Traer Is;
1899-1900 prac law Gladbrook Is; 1900 & 1904
co atty Tama Co Is; 1905-20 prac law Toledo Ia;
1920- prac law Sidney; Cheyenne Co atty, 1922,
1930 & 1938; former city atty Sidney; mbr
Western Neb & Neb St Bar Assns; AF&AM 32
degree; Sidney Country Club; hobby, betterment
of youth; off 940 10th Ave; res 1045 King,
Sidney.
KOKJER, THOMAS EDGAR:
Auto Dealer; b Clarks, Neb Dec 18, 1891; s of
Hans Kokjer-Malina Hartwell; ed Clarks; U of N,
BSc 1915; Sigma Phi; m Isabelle Hawkins July 13,
1921 San Antonio; s Carter Hines, Thomas Lorton;
d Ann Eleanor; 1915 with Neb Soil Survey;
1916-17 farmer, Merrick Co; 1924-32 assoc with A
H Jones Chrysler Agcy, Alliance; 1932- owner
& opr Kokjer Motor Co; mbr town bd; during
World War 1917 2nd lt, flying instr Kelly Field
Tex; Amer Leg; Neb Auto Dlrs Assn; Country Club;
Lions; C of C; AF&AM; mbr vestry bd, Episc
Ch; hobbies, mountains & travel; off 1200
Jackson;. res 1342 Maple, Sidney.
KRATZ, EARL RUFUS:
Attorney; b Onawa, Ia, Sept 7, 1885; s of George
Kratz-Olive Coats; ed Lyons; Omaha Law Sch;
admited to Neb Bar 1925; m Kathryn Sharmer July
1918 San Francisco; 1907 owner & opr land
investment & abstract bus, Sidney; 1925-
prac law, Sidney; Western Neb Bar Assn; Neb St
Bar Assn; Amer Title Assn: C of C; past pres
Rotary Club; 1920-35 secy Sidney Country Club;
AF&AM; hobbies, hunting & fishing; off
940 10th Ave res 1500 Jackson, Sidney.
KRATZ, GOLDEN PAUL:
Attorney; b Randolph, Neb Sept 14, 1892; s of
George Kratz-Olive A Coates; ed Lyons; U of N,
LLB 1916; Phi Alpha Delta; m Clara Paper Nov 1,
1919 Linncoln (sic); s Kent P, Dean G; 1916-17
with West Publishing Co, New Orleans La; 1919-20
real est dlr in Colo. Neb & Kas; 1920-21
with West Publishing Co, Charleston W Va; 1922-
prac law Sidney; 1929-32 Cheyenne Co judge;
former dep co atty; during World War 1917-19
with 39th div, stationed at Camp Beauregard La,
with 37th div stationed at Camp Shelby Miss;
1933-34 dept comm, Amer Leg, 1936-37 natl exec
committeeman from Neb; Western Neb, Neb St &
Amer Bar Assns; Lions; Sidney Country Club;
AF&AM; 1932-33 grand chancellor KP; off 932
Jackson: res 1532 Maple, Sidney.
LADEGARD, NIELS
WILHELM: Pharmacist; b Custer, Neb Mar 8,
1889; s of Knudson H Ladegard-Minnie A Paulson;
ed Sherman Co; Creighton U, PhG 1912; m Mayme L
Adamson Aug 25, 1916 Loup City; d Thelma C,
Wilma Jane; 1912-16 pharm in W T Chase Drug
Store, Loup City; 1916- owner & mgr Western
Drug Co, Sidney; 1925 mbr sch bd dist 1, Sidney;
dir Sidney Fed Savings & Loan Assn; Sidney
Country Club; C of C; ch mbr Lions; past master
AF&AM 75; Shrine, Scot Rite; bd mbr Meth Ch;
hobbies, hunting, fishing; off 836 Tenth Ave;
res 504 Jackson, Sidney.
LARSON, W LeROY:
Postmaster; b Bertrand, Neb Oct 11, 1889; s of
Richard P Larson-Harriette Hurd; ed Bertrand;
Creighton U, PhG; m Mabel Edna Buckles Feb 5,
1917 Denver; s William LeRoy Jr; d Virginia (Mrs
Ralph Witters), Jeanette; 1911-15 with drug
stores in Mont, Ida, Wash, Ind & Cal;
1915-18 owner & mgr of Potter Drug Store;
1916-23 owner & mgr of Larson Music Co,
Sidney; 1923-33 owner & mgr of Neb Land Co;
1934- P M Sidney; helped org & was first
pres of Cheyenne Co Real Est bd, also Parents
Music Assn; past mbr town bd & sch bd
Stapleton; past dir Neb Real Est Assn; Neb ch
Natl Assn of P Ms, Rotary; Cath Ch; Dem; hobby,
chemistry; res 1300 11th, Sidney.
LINDLEY, HARVEY
ANDERSON: Merchant; Warren Co, Ill Dec 22,
1878; s of Levi Lindley-Anna Amann; ed Jefferson
Co; m Elizabeth Grebe Jan 1, 1901 DeWit; s
Glenn, Allen, Harry, Cecil; d Fern (Mrs James
Cox), Ruth (Mrs H F Bolla); 1900-10 farmer,
Jefferson Co; 1911-12 farmer, Deuel Co; 1912-18
with Farmers Lbr & Hdw, & Chappel Lbr
& Hdw, Chappell; 1918-23 with Lodgepole Lbr
& Grain Co; 1923- owner & mgr H Lindley
& Son, Lodgepole; past mbr town bd
Lodgepole, Chappel 2 terms; past regent Deuel Co
HS; RNA; AF&AM; Meth Ch; res Lodgepole.
LINK, ANTON:
Clergyman; b Provdence of Hessen-Nassau, Germany
Feb 6, 1883; s of George W Link-Katherine
Mueller; ed Hessen-Nassau; philosophy &
theology, Freiburg U, Switzerland, BA 1910;
ordained 1910; 1910-13 priest in chg of St
Patricks Parish, Prairie Center; 1913- priest in
chg of St Patricks Parish, helped erect ch
rectory & estab St Patricks Acad, Sidney
1927- state chaplain, KC; KC 4th degree; res
1020 13th Ave, Sidney.
LOWE, JOHN HAVENS:
Editor; b Sidney, Neb Sept 1, 1908; s of Lester
G Lowe-Helen Garner; ed Sidney, Los Angeles; U
of N; Kappa Sigma; m Wilmena Kennedy Nov 14,
1936 Sterling Colo; d Sally Dee; 1929- editor
& advertising mgr Sidney Telegraph; secy C
of C since 1937; Lions; Episc Ch, mbr bd since
1934; res 1429 Jackson, Sidney.
MCINTOSH, MRS MAYME:
Homemaker; b Philadelphia, Penn Dee 26, 1873; d
of Hugh McFadden-Sarah Dougherty; ed Sidney;
Madames of the Sacred Heart, Omaha; m John
Thomas McIntosh Oct 25, 1899 Sidney; s James
Clifton; d Jean Heelan; 1874 came to Sidney;
1912- mbr Sidney lib bd; past pres Womans Club;
PEO; Cath Ch; hobby, books; res 1240 12th Ave,
Sidney.
MALEY, SAMUEL A:
Wheat Grower; b Warren Co, Ill July 18, 1869; s
of Augustus W Maley-Mary Jane Acheson; ed
Stanwood Ia; m Anna Robinson Feb 13, 1889
Mechanicsville Ia (dec); s Oran G, Samuel R; d
Doris (Mrs Arthur Daugherty); m Louise
McGlaughlin Mar 4, 1935 Hollywood Cal; 1889-1916
farmer near Stanwood Ia, one of the largest
stock buyers in Ia; 1916- wheat grower Cheyenne
Co, one of the largest wheat growers in western
Neb; 1917-18 with US govt as purchaser of horses
for US army; United Presby Ch; hobby, livestock;
1244 16th Sidney.
MARTIN, PAUL LEROY:
Attorney; b Sidney, Neb July 4, 1891; s of Leroy
Martin-Margaret Hines; ed Sidney HS; U of N, LLB
1915; Delta Chi; m Dorothy Stephens June 12,
1918 Long Beach Cal; s Paul Stephens, Douglas
Logan; d Patricia Lee, Jane Alison; 1915-17 secy
to Moses P Kinkaid, US congressman; 1918- prac
law Sidney; 1939- Sidney city aty; during World
War in OTC, 2nd lt inf Camp Pike Ark; past comm
Amer Leg post 17; VP Amer Natl Bank Sidney; past
pres Cheyenne Co & Western Neb Bar Assns;
Neb St Bar Assn; past pres U of N Alumni Assn;
AF&AM 32 degree, Shrine; Episc Ch, mbr of
bishopric & coun missionary dist of Western
Neb Prot Episc Ch; Rep; hobby, hunting; off 834
10th Ave; res 1614 Maple, Sidney.
MELTON, HARVEY B:
Pioneer; b Harrison Co, Ind Jan 22, 1854; s of
James H Melton-Katherine Snyder; ed Harrison Co
Ind; 1876 came to York Co; 1876-86 farmer &
stock raiser, York Co; 1886-1921 farmer &
stock raiser, Cheyenne Co; 1921- ret; AF&AM;
Meth Ch; res Lodgepole.
MINCHELL, G E:
Postmaster; b Sidney, Neb May 11, 1882; s of
William E Minchell-Rachael Brown; ed Cheyenne
Co; m Helen Petteys June 22, 1910 Chappell; s
George William; d Frances, Doris; 1903-14 with
UP RR in Neb & Wyo; 1914-21 owner & mgr
Lodgepole Tele Co; 1921-36 owner & mgr gen
store, Lodgepole; 1936- P M, Lodgepole; past
treas sch bd; Neb Ch Natl Assn of P Ms; 1929-
secy AF&AM 306, past master 306 & 205;
Meth Ch; res Lodgepole.
MOORE, GEORGE
WASHINGTON: Merchant; b Danville, Wis July
14, 1880; s of George W Moore-Jane Sweet; ed
Dodge Co Wis; m Julia A Sanders May 27, 1903
Sidney; s Clifford A, Kermit Lee; d Inez (Mrs
Raymond Maley); 1900-16 owner & opr barber
shop, Sidney; 1916-29 paint contr, Sidney; 1929-
owner & opr Sidney Glass & Paint store,
Sidney; past mbr city coun; AF&AM 32o;
Shrine; Meth Ch; res 842 10th Ave, Sidney.
NEUBAUER, LESLIE:
Secretary Savings & Loan Association; b Fort
Scott, Kas Sept 30, 1872; s of Julius
Neubauer-Marie Sievert; ed Sidney; m Lena L
Jessen April 10, 1924 Greeley Colo; 1893-1900
with Bassetts Drug Store, Sidney and others in
Wyo & Neb; 1900-05 in co clks off; 1912-21
bkkpr, asst cash & cash First Natl Bank,
Sidney; 1921- secy Sidney Fed Savings & Loan
Assn; treas sch dist 1 since 1926; city treas
since 1926; past village clk, 1st city clk of
Sidney; past master AF&AM 75; Scot Rite 32o;
hobby, gardening; off 820 10th Ave; res 1924
Forest, Sidney.
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OLDERSHAW, EDITH: County
Superintendent of Schools; b Sidney, Neb; d of
John Oldershaw-Susannah Edis; ed Sidney HS; KSTC;
U of Colo; U of Iowa; San Diego Cal Tchrs Coll;
1918-39 prin of Frances E Willard School, Sidney;
1938- Cheyenne Co supt of schs; YWCA; Royal
Neighbor; Sidney Womans Club; Episc Ch; hobbies,
gardening, industrial arts; off Courthouse; res
1317 Forrest, Sidney.
OLSON, OSCAR ALBIN:
Stockman; b Laramie, Wyo Mar 11, 1897; s of Nels
W Olson-Matilda Berg; ed Cheyenne Co; Neb Coll
of Agr; m Viola Chambers Oct 2, 1918 Sidney; s
Kenneth Calvin; d Hazel Helen, Florence
Marjorie; 1918- farmer & stock raiser,
Cheyenne Co; 1934- secy Farmers Union local 443,
1934 introduced pump irrigation in Cheyenne Co
also first in co to raise sugar beets; 1934 mbr
bd of dir Cheyenne Co Fair Assn; leader 4-H Beef
Club in Cheyenne Co since 1935; mbr Sidney sch
bd Dist 1 since 1929; Rotary; bd mbr Meth Ch
since 1916; Rep; hobby, travel; res Sidney.
O'NEIL, JOHN HUGH:
Investment Broker; b Gothenburg, Neb June 22,
1887; s of James I O'Neil-Winifred M Burns; ed
Gothenburg; Creighton U; m Carey C Hartway Feb
8, 1921 Sidney; d Winifred Margaret, Rosemary L;
1910 with P F Collier Co, Omaha; 1911-13 with
CB&Q RR, Omaha; 1913-18 with Noble M
Anderson Gothenburg; 1918-30 ptr in HartParr Co,
Sidney; 1930- in investment bus; 1918 in SATC
Lincoln; Amer Leg; past grand knight KC 4th
degree: bd mbr St Patricks Cath Ch; res 1442
Linden, Sidney.
OSBORN, CHARLIE JOE:
Retired Farmer & Stockman; b Montgomery Co,
Ill June 20, 1862; s of Samuel Osborn-Lydia
Kendrick; ed Montgomery Co Ill; m Iva L Bewley
Nov 2, 1883, Hillsboro Ill; s Leo Earl, Sidney R
(dec), Maynard W, Jesse R, Clifford J; d Tina
Ruth (dec), Viola (Mrs N S Miller); 1885-1921
rancher & stockraiser Cheyenne Co Neb;
1921-ret; 1893-94 Cheyenne Co clk & clk of
dist court; past mbr dist 77 sch bd; Farmers
Union, past bd mbr, past state pres, past mbr
natl bd; past dir Farmers Union Co-op Ins Co,
Omaha; helped org farmers livestock& grain
commissions throughout middlewest; Meth Ch;
hobby, cabinet work; res 917 Maple, Sidney.
OSBORN, MAYNARD
WALDO: Auto Dealer; b Cheyenne Co, Neb
July 16, 1888; s of Charles J Osborn-Iva L
Bewley; ed Cheyenne Co; m Winifred Bixby 1908
Sidney, Neb; d Ruth (Mrs Harold Dolph), Jean
Helen (Mrs Arthur Mudge); m Jessie L Huff Dec
11, 1923 Sidney; 1904-12 journeyman painter
& contractor in Wyo, Colo & Neb; 1907-10
owner & mgr Osborn Paint & Glass store,
Sidney Neb; 1910-12 with Brennen Drug store,
Alliance; 1913- owner & mgr M W Osborn Motor
Co, Sidney; 1928-29 traveled in Europe, Asia
& Africa; C of C; Lions; Neb Aut Dlrs Assn,
dir since 1937; Sidney Country Club; AF&AM;
32o Shrine; past chancellor comm KP
98; hobbies, Indian artifacts & saddle
horses; off 1136 Illinois; res 1106 Maple,
Sidney.
PANKAU, JOSEPH
BERNARD: Physician & Surgeon; b
Doniphan, Neb Jan 3, 1910; s of John P Pankau-
Mary ___; ed Doniphan HS; Creighton U, MD 1925;
Phi Chi; m Margaret Miller Nov 7, 1936 Denver
Colo; 1925-26 interne St Margarets Hosp, Kansas
City, Kas; 1926-27 prac med Kimball; 1927-28
prac med McCook; 1928- prac med, Dalton; 1928-
owner & mgr of Pioneer Memorial Hosp,
Dalton; mbr bd of health; past pres
Cheyenne-Kimball-Deuel Co Med Soc; Neb St &
AMA; Episc Ch; res Dalton.
PETERSON, ANDREW
CLAIR: Banker; b Deuel Co, Neb Nov 19,
1899; s of Andrew Peterson-Tillie Ellison; ed
Deuel Co & Chappell; Grand Island Bus Coll;
in Mae Lowder Aug 17, 1924 Broken Bow; d Barbara
Ruth, Shirley Mae; 1918-21 with Chappell State
Bank; 1921- cash First State Bank, Lodgepole;
city clk since 1923; pres sch bd since 1932;
AF&AM; Meth Ch; hobby, photography; res
Lodgepole.
PETTIBONE, MILTON
ESBY: Dentist; b Iowa Co, Ia Sept 24,
1882; s Of Byron Pettibone-Emma Mahannah; ed
Iowa Co; Creighton U, DDS 1909; m Maude Davis
Sept 14, 1910 Madison; 1909-11 dentist, Butte;
1911-20 dentist, O'Neill; 1920- dentist, Sidney;
1937- instr in gold foil study club, Denver;
past secy & pres Western Neb Dental Soc;
ADA; AF&AM; Presby Ch; hobbies, scientific
dentistry; off 828 10th Ave; res 1145 King,
Sidney.
PINDELL, ISAAC LEE:
County Clerk; b Laconia, Ind Feb 10, 1888; s of
James W Pindell-Mary C Steepleton; ed Laconia
Ind; Transylvania U, Lexington Ky BA; Kentucky
U; U of Chicago; m Editha B Sixta Aug 1922
Schuyler; d Jacqueline E; 1915-16 prin of
Central Sch, Somerset Ky; 1916-17 prin Sidney
HS; 1920-34 P M Sidney; 1934-36 editor &
publisher of Cheyenne Co Record, Sidney; 1935
Cheyenne Co clk; during World War 1918-19 in
355th inf Co K 89th div AEF; Neb Assn of Co
Commrs, Co Clks, Co Registers of Deeds & Co
Highway Commrs; AF&AM; hobby, books; off
Courthouse, res 1312 10th Ave, Sidney.
PORTER, ROBERT JAMES:
Oil Dealer; b Lincoln, Neb Aug 13, 1889; s of
William Porter-Anna Seivers; ed LBC; m Sadie
Johnston 1919 Sterling (dec); d Lois; m Sigrid
Montgomery June 1933, Littleton Colo; 1906-13
with Kilpatrick Bros & Collins, Beatrice;
1914-20 with Marshall Oil Co, Marshalltown Ia;
1920- owner & opr Porter Oil Co, Sidney;
during World War 1917-19 served in QMC;
AF&AM; off 1401 10th Ave; res 1333 10th Ave,
Sidney.
RADCLIFFE, CLAYTON
SAMUEL: Lawyer & Stockman; b Ogallala,
Neb Mar 16, 1889; s of Mack Radcliffe-Bertie
Gast; ed Sidney HS; U of N, LLB 1913; Delta
Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi; m Myrna Swatzlander May
1918 Sidney; d Josephine, Barbara; 1913- prac
law Sidney; 1915-20 Cheyenne Co atty; 1914
rancher, stock raiser & buyer, Cheyenne Co;
Western Neb Bar Assn; Neb St Bar Assn; Sidney
Country Club; AF&AM; BPOE; chmn of Cheyenne
Co Dem Central Com; hobby, horses; off 834 10th;
res 1031 Linden, Sidney.
REEVES, KENNETH
EVERETT: Clergyman; b Billings, Mont Feb
10, 1909; s of Roy E Reeves-Lucille I Walker; ed
York HS; Hastings Coll, BA 1931; Auburn
Theological Seminary, BTh 1934; London England
Sch of Economics; Pi Gamma Mu; m Helen Richmond
Capen Oct 27, 1934 Indianapolis Ind; s David C;
1934- pastor Dalton Presby Ch; pres Lodgepole
Valley Ministerial Assn; hobbies, boys,
athletics; res Dalton.
ROBISON, BRITTON F:
Editor and Publisher; b Iowa Falls, Ia Oct 17,
1867; s of R F Robison-Eliza Ann ___; ed
Marshalltown Ia. HS; m Anna Fleming July 2, 1900
Shenandoah, Ia, (dec); s Ralph C (dec), Fred L;
d Mrs. J A Fischer, Mrs. J M Jensen, Mrs. Andy
Stark, Mrs. Phil Quinn; KP; off & res
Lodgepole.
ROCHE, RILEY EDWARD:
Physician & Surgeon; b Friend, Neb May 16,
1891; s of Edward W. Roche- Katherine Riley; ed
Scottsbluff; Kimball; Creighton U, MD 1916, PhG
1911; Phi Rho; m Julia Schulte Aug 20, 1919
Elgin; s Jason B; 1911 with Fred Morgan Drug
store, Kimball; 1916-17 interne Douglas Co Hosp,
Omaha; 1919- phys & surg,, Sidney; past
Cheyenne Co phys; 1934- owner & mgr of Roche
Hosp, Sidney; 1917-19 during World war with base
hosp 81, San Antonio Tex, Camp Pike base hosp,
Little Rock Ark, disch as capt in MRC; 1934-
mayor, Sidney; Cheyenne Co Med Soc; Neb St &
AMA; Lions; Country Club; KC, past dist dep,
Panhandle dist; hobby, golf; res 1646 Maple,
Sidney.
SCHERER, RALPH LIPE:
Auto Dealer; b Cheyenne Co, Neb June 23, 1893; s
of John N Scherer-Etta A Lipe; ed Cheyenne Co
& Denver Colo; m Claire Armuth June 23, 1914
Dalton; s John H; d Marguerite R (Mrs. William
Schwarz), Mary E (Mrs Everett Dahlinger),
Frances C; 1914-27 rancher, Morrill Co; 1927-
ptr & mgr of Scherer-Blome Chevrolet Co,
Dalton; 1937- mbr town bd; Cath Ch; hobby,
travel; res Dalton.
SCHULTE, MRS GRACE
McINTOSH: Homemaker; b Sidney, Neb; d of
James J. McIntosh-Mary Ann Kelly; ed Sidney; 4
years Duchesne Coll: Omaha; m B W Schulte Oct
19, 1939; 1903-18 with father as asst cash Amer
Bank, Sidney; 1918- owner & mgr various
holdings in Cheyenne Co: Sidney Country Club;
coun of Cath Women; Kings Daughters; hobby,
executive work; father came to Neb from
Cornwall, Canada 1869, mother came to Neb from
Va; res 816 Illinois Sidney.
SHERRERD, EARL SCOTT:
Optometrist; b Wood River, Neb Oct 2, 1889; s of
Samuel A Sherrerd-Cora Shick; ed Wood River HS;
Hastings Coll; McCormick Med Coll, Chicago, OD
1911; m Elizabeth Crist Mar 3, 1920 Denver; s
Marvin C, Robert Samuel; 1911-17 optometrist,
Wood River-, 1917- optometrist & owner &
mgr gift shop, Sidney; during World war 1917-18
with depot brigade Camp Funston; Amer Leg;
Rotary, past pres; AF&AM; Presby Ch; hobby,
photography; off 932 10th; res 1515 Maple,
Sidney.
SCHULZ, WILLIAM:
County Sheriff: b Adair Co, Ia July 25, 1894; s
of Otto Schulz-Christina Leuers; ed Adair Co,
Ia; m Laura Lowe Feb 16.
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1916 Madison Co, Ia; d Wilma, Lucille, Ada;
1915-20 farmer in Madison Co, Ia; 1920-29 with
Griswold Recreation Parlor, Sidney; 1929-30
Cheyenne Co dep sheriff; 1930- Cheyenne Co
sheriff; Neb & Colo Sheriffs & Peace Ofcrs
Assn; IOOF; off Courthouse; res 1145 Elm, Sidney.
SHAW, GUY
SUMMERFIELD: Farmer; b York Co, Neb Mar
28, 1880; s of John Shaw-Hester Denny; ed York
Co; m Maud Huffman Feb 21, 1906 York; d Ruth
(Mrs. Walter S Cork), Esther Jane; 1901-13
farmed York Co; 1913- farmer, Cheyenne Co; past
mbr dist 33 sch bd; 1930- Cheyenne Co commr;
Farmers Union; Meth Ch; res 1530 Jackson,
Sidney.
SHEAFF, JOHN JAMES:
Clergyman; b Plymouth, England Aug 9, 1889; s of
George Sheaff-Elizabeth Pengelly; ed in England:
m Violet Venning Sept 6, 1915 Plymouth, England;
s Norman G, Alfred Roy, Francis Eugene; 1908-14
probationer Wesleyan Meth Ch, England; 1920
transferred to Neb Conf of Meth Ch, 1920-26
pastor Meth Chs, Crounse & Malcolm; 1926-34
pastor, Epworth Meth Ch, Lincoln; 1934- pastor
of Meth Ch, Sidney; 1914-20 with British Navy as
an artificer; Lions; C of C; OES; IOOF;
AF&AM: RAM; KT; Meth Ch; hobby, metal work;
res 1034 King, Sidney.
SIMODYNES, JOSEPH:
Owner Recreation Parlor; b Wahoo, Neb Feb 18,
1889; s of James Simodynes-Mary Novatny; ed
Wahoo Neb; m Grace Virginia King Oct 11, 1914
Sidney; d Betty Jean; 1907-17 professional &
semi-professional baseball player Neb St League:
1917- owner & mgr of Simodynes Rec Parlor
Sidney; during World war 1917-19 with AEF 89th
div stationed at Saarburg, Germany & Grand
France, army of occupation; Amer Leg; VFW; dir
Sidney Country Club; C of C; hobbies, hunting,
fishing; off 1009 Illinois; res 1007 6th Ave,
Sidney.
TAYLOR, KATHRYN
ALLEN: Homemaker; b Freeport, Ill July 3,
1894; d of Edward H Allen-Mary Gertrude DeWalt;
ed Freeport Ill HS 1911; registered nurse St
Lukes Hosp, Chicago; m Dr James Rudolph Taylor
Feb 12, 1919 Sioux City Ia (dec); d Gertrude
Anne, Harriett Louise; formerly lab technician
Wabash RR Hosp, Decatur Ill; 1919 until
husband's death anethist & gen supvr in his
hosp; OES, past ofcr; PEO, past pres several
years; hobbies, gardening, outdoor life; res
1645 Illinois, Sidney.
THOMAS, DWIGHT ROY:
Lumber Dealer; b Council Bluffs, Ia Aug 24,
1883; s of Henry Burt Thomas-Julia Woodbridge;
ed Tabor & Garden Grove Ia; Capitol City Bus
Coll, Des Moines; m Elizabeth Frederick July 15,
1905 Riverdale; s Gerald F, Weldon H, LaVerne D;
d Maxine Elizabeth; 1903-19 mgr for Gilchrist
Lbr Co in Poole, Oconto & Overton; 1919-21
owner & mgr of Thomas-Daul Lbr Co, Overton;
1921- pres & gen mgr Thomas Lbr Co, Sidney;
past mbr sch bd; mbr city coun since 1933;
Rotary, ch mbr; Sidney Country Club; past master
AF&AM 267: Presby Ch; Rep; hobbies, hunting
& golf, res 731 Illinois, Sidney.
TOBIN, FRANK
BENJAMIN: Retired; b Nebraska City, Neb
Oct 14, 1872; s of Michael H. Tobin-Fannie
Bourlier; ed Nemaha Co; m Elizabeth Walters Oct
5, 1898 Rock Springs, Wyo; s Harold F, Gordon R,
Kenneth (dec); d Elizabeth (dec), Hazel (dec);
1881 came to Sidney; 1893-1896, 1897-1915 with
Doran & Tobin, Sidney; 1896-97 with UP RR,
Rock Spring, Wyo; past police judge, Sidney;
Episc Ch; res 1140 King, Sidney.
UPTEGROVE, EDWARD
LOVELL: Land Owner; b Lincoln Co, Mo Apr
12, 1875; s of Edward L Uptegrove- Elizabeth
McKinsey; ed Middletown & Watson Mo;
Brownville; PSTC 1897; m Laura Kime June 1, 1900
Unadilla (dec 1930); d Mary Elizabeth; Margaret
Alma; 1898 supt of schs, Virginia; 1899 supt of
schs, Weston; 1899-1907 owner & mgr Corner
Drug store, Peru; 1907-10 rancher Cheyenne Co;
1910-35 owner & mgr Uptegrove Farm Impl Co,
Sidney; 1918 Cheyenne Co food administrator;
past Sidney mayor, two terms; past pres sch bd
dist 1; first chmn Cheyenne Co AAA program;
Farmers Union; past pres Rotary; past pres
Sidney Country Club; AF&AM, 32o;
Shrine; Rep, past chmn Cheyenne Co Central Com;
Presby Ch; hobby, fishing; res 1505 Linden,
Sidney.
WALFORD, JOHN ALBERT:
Retired; b Peoria Co, Ill Feb 25, 1863; s of
Charles Walford-Martha Gregg; ed Peoria Ill;
Adams Co Ia; 1886 came to Cheyenne Co; 1886-
farmer and rancher Cheyenne Co; past pres Dalton
Bank; mbr sch bd dist 19 30 years; Presby Ch;
Rep; res Dalton.
WASEM, LOUIS:
County Treasurer; b Madison Co, Ill Nov 21,
1864; s of Phillip Wasem-Mary ___; ed Madison
Co, Ill; Johnson Comml Coll, St Louis Mo; in
Verna Underwood April 7, 1892 Sidney; 1886- 90
homesteaded Cheyenne Co; 1890-1918 with Doran
& Tobin, Sidney; 1918-32 with Cheyenne Co
Trading Co, Sidney; 1932- Buffalo Co treas; Neb
Assn of Co I Treas; IOOF; off Courthouse; res
1131 King, Sidney.
WORDEN, ERNEST
DURWARD: Cashier Freight Office; b
Conquest N Y Mar 31, 1880; s of James Franklin
Worden-Margaret Ann Snyder; ed Cheyenne Co; m
Gertrude Sanders Aug 30, 1904 Sidney; d
Elizabeth Margaret (Mrs C J Jolliff); 1898-
cashier, UP RR, freight depot, Sidney; 1911- dir
Sidney Fed Savings & Loan Assn; 1917- mbr
lib bd;; Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship
Clks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station
Employes; past pres Sidney Country Club; MWA:
AOUW; Cath Ch; res 551 Illinois, Sidney.
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