Atlas Info (1885 - 1922): Otoe Co. NEGenWeb

Farmer’s Directory of Otoe County Atlas
Published by Anderson Publishing Co.
Des Moines, Iowa.
Copyrighted by G. W. Anderson, 1922

A word from the transcriber:  This atlas is part of a large collection of 
books that I saved from the trash in 1978 after the death of my grandfather, 
Frank C. Schwab, who lived in Otoe Co. for a large part of his life.  I was 
only 13 years old at the time and just wanted them because they were old and 
I loved old stuff, even then.  The books belonged to his parents, Charles E. 
and Mary C. (Klaurens) Schwab.  They are listed in this atlas in Wyoming 
Precinct.  Most of the books were old school texts as my great-grandmother 
was a country schoolteacher.  But some of them were farm manuals and 
government farm reports and my two county atlases.  I also have one for 
Cass County.  (My Schwab ancestors were some of the first to settle in Cass 
Co., near Kenosha; that would be my great-great grandparents, John Schwab 
and Delilah (Rakes) Schwab.)  Little did I know that 20 years later, these 
books would become very useful, not only to myself, but to other genealogy 
enthusiasts.  Thank goodness my father and I had the sense to box them up 
and take them home.

In addition to the Farmer’s Directories I am transcribing, the atlas also 
contains maps of each township in the county, maps of the state of Nebraska, 
the United States and the World.  It also contains an “Analysis of the System 
of U.S. Land Surveys.”  There are also advertisements in the back of the 
Atlas of “Leading Business and Professional Men of Otoe County, Nebraska.”  
I will list these as well, as they give names of managers and business owners 
that might aide in your research.  I have transcribed names in the atlas 
just as they were typed at the time, such as abbreviations for names.  Under 
the title heading for each precinct, I have included the page number from the 
atlas for source purposes.  I have highlighted heads of households, anyone 
by a different name living there and the owner of the property if it is 
different.  Some of the information may seem to not be there, such as, some 
people do not have anything showing how long they have lived in the county.  
I believe this may come from them living there less than a year, but the 
Atlas does not explain this lack of information.  Researchers also need to 
realize that this is only a listing of people who owned or rented farm 
property.  Some of the owners listed did not live on the property and probably 
lived in a nearby town.  I hope this transcription can help lots of people 
find their family.  Good luck on your research.

Marie Schwab-Sellers
1118 W. Elm
Morrisville, MO  65710
maries64@msn.com

Following is a transcription of the “Table of Contents” as it is listed on 
page 1 of the Atlas.

Table of Contents
Precinct Maps

										Page
County Outline Map								3
Belmont	Precinct	Twp.	8 N.	Range	13	E. of	6th	P.M.	23
Berlin		"	"	9	"	12	"	6	"	7
Delaware	"	"	8	"	12	"	6	"	21
Four Mile	"	"	8	"	14-15	"	6	"	25
Hendricks	"	"	7	"	9	"	6	"	37
McWilliams	"	"	7	"	12	"	6	"	31
North Branch	"	"	9	"	11	"	6	"	9
North Palmyra	"	"	9	"	9	"	6	"	13
North Russell	"	"	9	"	10	"	6	"	11
Osage		"	"	7	"	11	"	6	"	33
Otoe		"	"	7	"	14-15	"	6	"	27
Rock Creek	"	"	7	"	13	"	6	"	29
South Branch	"	"	7	"	10	"	6	"	35
South Palmyra	"	"	8	"	9	"	6	"	15
South Russell	"	"	8	"	10	"	6	"	17
Syracuse	"	"	8	"	11	"	6	"	19
Wyoming		"	"	9	"	13-14	"	6	"	5
State Map of Nebraska								40-41
United States Map								44-45
Map of the World								48-49
U.S. Survey System								52-53

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