Hamilton County NEGenWeb Project
Hamilton County Early Settlers
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The Cowards never started. The weak died on the way.
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This is a list of early settlers in Hamilton County Nebraska. You are welcome to submit your ancestor to this list. If your ancestor settled in Hamilton County before 1900, please let us add them to the list. If you have a web page devoted to that family, we will post a link to it with the surname. Send your submission to David Gochenour. Please include "Hamilton Co. Early Settler" in the subject line. |
| Early Settlers | Earliest Date | Researcher Email | Web Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURDICK | 1892 | Rex Salmon | Burdick info (on this site) |
| CAMERON | 1869 | Rex Salmon | Cameron Info (on this site) |
| CAMPBELL Robert Marvin and Lucinda (Mason) Lyman, Estella, Rosella, Wilson, Edgar, Milton, Maybelle, Elva | 1872 west of Aurora | Glenda Odell | |
| COLLETT William F. and Theresa J.A. (Rohde) Franz, Louisa, William, Richard and Herman (Children born in Nebraska before 1900) Bradshaw, York & Valley Precinct | 1871 | Martin Collett | Family Web site |
| COX Harrison Cox and wife Matilda (Cox) | Sept. 1889 | Caroline Schoch | |
| DARRIN, Clifton A. |
1880 Monroe |
John Wolfe | |
| DETAMORE | 1882 - 1885 | Rex Salmon | Detamore info (on this site) |
| HARRIS John E. Settled in 1865 |
1865 | Debby Hisey | |
| HOPP John T. Hopp and Sophie M.D. (Dose) John C and Wilhelmine (Minnie) Otis Precinct | 1883 | Martin Collett | |
| HUNT, Joseph M., Ella, Charles, Maude, Hubert |
1880 Monroe |
John Wolfe | |
| JOHNSON Peter M., Lottie, Axel E, Tillie, Amos, Ellen M., George, Amanda | 1878 near Hordville | Barbara Holsapple Hancock | |
| KARK Christian V. and Mary (Dose) Wilhelmine (Minnie), Louise and Mary** (** Child born in Wisconsin and moved to Nebraska before 1900) Otis Precinct | 1877 | Martin Collett | |
| KUEHNER, Carl Deepwell Precinct "This farm is still in our family." | September, 1881 | Ron Kuehner | |
| McMAHON, Owen and Julia (Turley) | 1871 near Stockham | Mona Sarratt Knight | |
| MAGERS, Elza and Lizzie (Patterson) | 1884 near Giltner | Mona Sarratt Knight | |
| MUELLER MUELLER, Fred and Caroline (Stach), immigrated from Mecklenburg, Germany about 1874, settled in Valley Twp. Children Amos Miller and Otillie Miller Rahrs also born in Germany. Many descendants still in the area. |
1874 | Mona Houser | Family information |
| PITTS | 1892 | Rex Salmon | Pitts info (on this site) |
| RATCLIFF William Ratcliff along with his son, William Henry Ratcliff Beaver Precinct | 1872 | Judy Schoch (need new email address) | |
| REED James Willis Reed Emza (Cox) Reed | 1889 | Caroline Schoch | |
| RUTHERFORD | 1870 | Rex Salmon | Rutherford info (on this site) |
| SALMON | 1868 | Rex Salmon | Salmon info (on this site) |
| SAULS Joel Henderson Sauls and wife Rachel From Illinois | 1873 | Caroline Schoch (need new email address) | |
| SITTNER Adam Sittner and his family are found in Farmer's Valley, Hamilton County,NE in the 1880 Census. The family included the following: Adam Sittner and his children, Johann Adam, Peter and Emma. Adam's son William and his wife Rosina and their children George, Catherine, Phillip and Parvel Adam's daughter-in-law Catherine (married to his by then deceased son Conrad) and her children Johann, Conrad and Catherine This family were Germans from Russia, from the village of Huck, who came to the USA in about 1875. | 1880 | Leah Siebert | |
| SMITH Frederick Smith and wife Sarah (Sauls) Smith From Illinois | 1873 | Caroline Schoch | |
| SMITH Issac Sylvester Smith married Mary Ellen Smith | 1885 | James C. Jeffery III, P.E. PO Box 872 Sacramento, CA 95812-0872 | |
| SPAFFORD | 1870 | John Walker | S.W. Spafford history & photos (on this site) |
| Whitney Ward Vespasian, Margaret, William, Harriet (Hattie), Elizabeth Ellen (Ella), Elmer and Ellis | Bef. 1880 Scoville | Sandie | |
| WILLEM (WILLIAMS) Emigrated with his father and 9 siblings from South Russia in 1875. He married Margaretha Huebner in 1877 in Cottonwood Minnesota and they settled in Hamilton County Nebraska before 1878. (His first daughter Margaretha was born in Hampton in 1878.) The 1880 Census indicates he was a farmer in Beaver, Hamilton, Nebraska. The US Indexed County Land Ownership Maps shows the 160 acres (T10N, R5W) he owned in Beaver. Johann and Margaretha had 6 children all born in Hampton County. Johann died in 1905 and is buried in the Beaver Valley Cemetery. Margaretha died in 1921. Only one daughter Anna, who married Franz Jantzen remained in Nebraska. They farmed in Hamilton County until 1930 when they relocated to Logan, Keith Nebraska. | Bef 1878 | Karen Williams | |
| WILSON | Bef 1882 | Wilson Family Web page | |
| WOLF Jacob C. Wolf and Agnes, children George, Clara, Edward, Frank, Virgil living in Phillips, Hamilton County in the 1900 census. |
1900 | Carol Wolf | |
| YOUNG | pre 1900? | Joy Francine KIRK Little | |
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