BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
(ADLE~DILLON)

HON. JOHN ADLE, County Judge, came to Nebraska City in April, 1865, and has lived there ever since, bringing his family here in 1866, until 1872, he worked at house painting then his health failed and he was in no active business until he was elected Justice of the Peace, in the fall of 1873, at which he served four, being for two years also Police Judge. In the fall of 1877, he was elected County Judge, and was re-elected in 1879 and 1881. He was born in Sterling, Cayuga Co., N. Y., June 18, 1825. He lived in that county until 1851, when he removed to Joliet, Will Co., Ill., where he lived until he came to Nebraska. He received his academical education at Red Creek, Wayne Co., N. Y. He was married at Victory, Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1848 to Charlotte M. Neely, daughter of Captain John Neely, a native of Victory. She died in June, 1858, at Joliet, leaving four children, only one of whom John H. now survives. The Judge was married again in 1861, at Joliet, Ill., to Emarilla G. Perry, a native of Speedsville, Tompkins Co., N. Y. They have one child, Charles. Mr. A. is a member of the I. O. O. F., having joined when twenty-one years old, and of A., F. & A. M. since 1864.

H. AIRD & CO., dealers in stoves, hardware, tinware, etc. Business established in 1874, by Mr. Aird. He employs from two to four men in his tin department and carries a stock of $5,000 to $6,000. Mr. Aird was born in Oswego County, N. Y., May 1, 1838. Educated at home, he then learned his trade in Oneida County, N. Y. About 1855, he located in DeKalb County, Ill., from there he went to Missouri, living some years in Howard and Randolph counties, then visited the West--Salt Lake City, etc. In 1864, he settled in Nebraska City, where he followed his trade until 1874. He was married in Nebraska City, May, 1870, to Miss Mary Woodruff of that city, originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. They have four children, Hugh Woodruff, Jean, Mary and an infant unnamed. Mr. A. is a member of the I. O. O. F., Subordinate Lodge and Encampment. Is at present Treasurer of Frontier No. 3. Has held all offices at different times.

H. H. BARTLING, grocer and grain dealer, located at Nebraska City, in April, 1869. He was employed as clerk for F. W. Rottmann for two and a half years, and then engaged in his present business with Henry Homeyer. They were together as partners until the spring of 1875, since which time he has been alone. He deals in all kinds of grain and farm produce. Mr. Bartling has been Alderman for his ward for five years. He was born in Westphalia, Prussia, September 16, 1848, and came to America in the fall of 1865, landed at New York, December 7. He located in Washington County, Ill., working on a farm there, until he came here. He was married at Nebraska City, July 31, 1874, to Frederika Wilhelmina Gaede, a native of Prussia. They have four children; Nellie, Henry, Willie and an infant son. Mr. Hartling does a business of from $70,000 to $80,000 per annum.

ROBERT BAXTER, successor to S. B. Eastman, boots and shoes, was born in England, June 26, 1826. Came to Canada, in 1852, and was engaged in the mercantile line and the furnishing of wood for the different lines of steamboats remaining there until coming to Nebraska City, in January, 1882. He bought his present business April 10. Mr. B. was married in 1872, at Detroit Mich. They have three children living; Frederick R., Charles A. and Thomas.

REV. W. K. BEANS, Pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, June 4, 1847, his parents moved to Grundy County, Ill., about 1852, where they engaged in farming. Mr. Beans' own father was a minister of the Gospel, who died while he was young. The subject of this sketch took his preparatory course of instruction at Aurora, Ill., in the Jennings Seminary. After teaching Latin and Greek one year he entered the Theological Institute at Evanston, Ill., from which he graduated in 1873. He was then attached to the Rock River Conference, and held charges in Wyanet, Bureau Co., Ill., at Oswego, Kendall Co., and Waterman, DeKalb Co. About 1878, he was transferred to the Nebraska Conference, served a full term of three years in Omaha, and October 1, 1881, took charge of his present parish. He was married in Aurora, Ill., June 18, 1873, to Miss Ethel A., eldest daughter of Rev. J. C. Stoughton, a minister of the Rock River Conference. They have one son, Lorenzo Wesley, they lost one child in Omaha. Mr. B. is a member of the A., F. & A. M. and of the Good Templars.

FRED BEYSCHLAG, brewer, came to Nebraska City, in April, 1855, but only remained a short time. In March 1858, he returned and started a brewery, continuing it ever since. In 1881, he manufactured about 2,000 barrels of beer. He was a member of the first Constitutional Convention, in 1864, and served as County Commissioner three years. He was born in Bavaria, May 31, 1832, and came to America, in September, 1854. He located at St. Louis, for a short time. October 14, 1860, he was married at Nebraska City. He has two children; Emma and Theodore. Mr. Beyschlag is a member of I. O. O. F. and K. of P. He gives employment to five men.

WILLIAM BISCHOF, hardware merchant, came to Nebraska City, in the spring of 1855. In September, 1852, he had located in Atchison County. Mo., and lived there until he came here. In the summer of 1855, he returned to Atchison County and in 1856, went to Dakota, where he was employed three years as a clerk. In 1859, he returned to Nebraska City and commenced freighting to Denver, and kept a ranch 300 miles west of Nebraska, continuing this until 1867. He then returned to Nebraska City and engaged in his present business. In 1870 and 1871, he was State Commissioner of Immigration. He was alderman of the Third Ward one term, and is secretary of the Otoe County Old Settlers Association, and President of the School Board. He has been prominently identified with school interests, being one of the trustees of Nebraska College. He was born at Nuremburg, Bavaria, March 14, 1835, and was married at Nebraska City, December 28, 1865, to Miss K. Zimmerer, a native of Wurtemburg. They have seven children; William G., Louisa, Otto A., Eda, Arthur A., Ollie and Lillie. Mr. B. is a member of I. O. O. F.

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[Portrait of A. Bowen, M. D.]

AURELIUS BOWEN. What we have to say in the way of biography of Doctor Bowen, we condense from "The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States," a work edited by Dr. Atkinson, the permanent secretary of the American Medical Association, and from the Lincoln Journal, the leading Republican paper of Nebraska, and of course opposed to the Doctor in politics. Doctor Aurelius Bowen, whose ancestry served in the Revolutionary war, was the son of Dr. Silas Bowen, of Reading, Windsor Co., Vermont, where he was born January 30, 1817. The family was from Woodstock, Conn., and originally of Welsh origin. His classical education was received at Bennington, Vt., where he was a classmate of Rev. E. H. Chapin, the noted lecturer and pulpit orator. He graduated in medicine from Castleton, Vt., Medical College. Dr. Bowen resided quite a time, while yet young, on Rock River, in Northern Illinois, when the country was almost as yet unsettled. In 1855, he was among the early settlers of Kansas, and took part in all the stirring political events of this opening of the struggle, which culminated in the war of the Rebellion. At the Big Springs Convention, September 4, 1855, he was on a committee of thirteen, and in a minority of one in favor of immediate State organization. When the committee reported, Jim Lane rose to his feet and made a rousing speech for organization, which carried by a large majority. In the following winter, Dr. Bowen returned East for his family, and in February, he answered through the columns of the New York Tribune, the proclamation of President Pierce to the people of Kansas. He is a member of the Otoe County Medical Society, and of the Nebraska State Medical Society, and has been president of both. At the request of the latter, he prepared a monograph upon diphtheria, read at the annual meeting in May, 1882. He was Surgeon of the Second Nebraska Cavalry, in the war of the Rebellion; was at the battle of White Stone Hills, in the Sioux war, in 1863, under Gen. Sully and received honorable mention. He was Medical Director of the District of Nebraska, and has been ever since the war an United States Examining Surgeon for Pensions. In the spring of 1856, in attempting to return to Kansas with his wife and children, he was stopped in the highway, just west of Platte City, Mo., by border ruffians and ordered to turn back. As his wife was ill and his children small, he finally listened to the earnest remonstrances of Capt. Leonard, the United States Arsenal keeper, at Liberty, Mo., and turned his steps to Nebraska, where he has since resided. In 1873 and `74, Dr. B. was State Senator from the Third District in Nebraska. He came to Lincoln a few hours before the Legislature convened, and found the twelve other senators divided into two polite but unyielding bodies, numbering six each. This was a source of much more embarrassment than pleasure to the Doctor, as of course, each party had a favorite candidate for every office, from president to page. He selected the most capable from each side for all the prominent offices, and for a wonder, satisfied both. He drew up and introduced the first bill for an institute for the blind in Nebraska, and for the first seven years of its existence, was one of the directors of the Deaf Mute Institute. Mainly through his exertions, the first high school building west of the Missouri River, was erected in 1864, in Nebraska City; and he is at present County Superintendent of Public Schools. The Journal has this is to say of him: "The Doctor is a ready speaker, possesses considerable knowledge of law, as well as physics, and no question can be sprung in the Senate, that he does not know something about. He is quick of perception, and rarely fails to make his point in a discussion. In person, the Doctor is of medium size, complexion light, sharp gray eyes, and in politics a Liberal; though this is not strange, as he is said to be one of the most liberal men in Otoe county. That the Doctor will take good care of the interests of his constituents, there can be no question, and his record in the Senate will be good." Dr. Bowen married April 10, 1846, Arabella, youngest daughter of the late Gen. Abner Forbes, of Windsor, Vt., by whom he has had two sons and one daughter.

J. C. BOYD, County Superintendent of Public Instruction, was born near Knoxville, Tenn., June 10, 1837, and was educated at Marysville College, Blount County, Tenn. He left college in 1860 and commenced teaching and continued in the profession until he came to Nebraska in 1864. He settled in Otoe County and engaged in farming, and also taught school for a time. He had charge of the first school established in Dunbar. In November, 1879, he was elected to his present position. He was married in Blount County, Tenn., July 26, 1860, to Miss Isabella McCullough, of that county. They have seven children. Laura L., Emma E., John W., Charles F., Edward L., Mary E. and Albert L. M. Boyd is a member of the K. of H.

HARRY M. BOYDSTON, City Clerk and book-keeper for D. P. Rolfe & Co., came to Nebraska City in the spring of 1856 with his parents, William L. and Cornelia Boydston, he being at that time an infant. He was born at Paris, Ill., January 31, 1855, and was educated at the Nebraska City schools and at the Peru Normal School, in 1873, 1874-'75. His mother died in 1873 and his father in 1876. After leaving the Normal school he went on a farm near Beatrice for several months. He relinquished all claim in his father's estate to a young sister and determined to make his way in the world on his own merits. Late in 1876 he returned to Nebraska City and entered the County Clerk's office and remained there until January, 1879. He was then employed as book-keeper for W. T. Sloan. In April 1879, he was elected City Clerk, and in the two following years was re-elected. He was with Sloan until March, 1881, and then with the Nebraska city Distilling Company until it failed, four months later. He then entered the Government Engineer's office at this place, as paymaster, and continued in that position until November 14, 1881, when he became book-keeper for D. P. Rolfe & Co. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

GEORGE M. BRINKER, physician and surgeon, came to Nebraska City in February, 1865. In 1875-'76 he resided at Denver, Colo., and for three years he kept a hotel, being proprietor of the Seymour House. He was born in Frederick County, Va., June 27, 1813, and was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1837. He practiced at Strasburg, Shenandoah Co., Va., for seventeen years and then came to Brunswick, Mo., where he lived from 1854 to 1859, engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was married near Strasburg, Va., March 7, 1839 to Mary A. H. Bowman. They have seven children, George I., Mary E., Arthur W., Ella R., Anna V., Lucy B. and Joseph; one son died. The doctor belongs to the Otoe County Medical Association, the Presbyterian Church and A., F. & A. M.

ALBERT ALLYN BROWN, editor and proprietor of the Nebraska Press, was born in Rockford, Ill., December 25, 1856, removed to Sterling, Ill., at a very early age, and in 1863 accompanied his parents to Omaha, Neb., crossing the State of Iowa, west of Des Moines in a stage coach. He remained in Omaha and Council Bluffs until 1865, when he removed to Nebraska City, entering the Public Schools, and subsequently, the Nebraska College. At the age of seventeen he entered the office of the Nebraska Press, assuming the city editorship in 1876, and shortly after full charge of the paper. At this time there were four daily and two weekly papers in the city, the Press being of them all the only Republican sheet yet published. He has been chairman of the Republican City Central Committee for six years.

DAVID BROWN, loan and insurance agent, came to Nebraska City in May, 1859, and remained a short time. That summer he taught school in Nemaha County at ten dollars per month and board. Then he taught school at Mound City Mo., for two and one half hears. Returned to Nebraska City, where he engaged in farming and stock dealing until the fall of 1863. He then spent five years freighting to Denver, Salt Lake, and Montana. Since then he has been in the loan and insurance business, and has been extensively engaged in farming. He was born at Penn's Manor, Bucks Co., Pa., November 8, 1837. When eighteen years of age he went to Philadelphia and entered in the law and conveyancing office, where he stayed until he came to Nebraska. He has been a member of the State Senate and was Postmaster at Nebraska City from July, 1871 to July, 1876. He was married at Nebraska City, December 20, 1871, to Jennie L. Lombard, a native of Michigan but reared in Ohio.

LEWIS C. BURNETT, hide and leather dealer, came to Nebraska City in July, 1878, and has been in his present trade since he came here. He was born in Terre Haute, Ind., October 30, 1848, and lived there until October, 1863, when he moved to Charleston, Ill. There he resided three and one-half years, and moved to Mattoon. From there he moved, in March, 1877, to Champaign, where he conducted a hide and leather business until he came here. He was married at Mattoon, Ill., January 1, 1871, to Emma C. Berry, a native of Ohio. they have three children, Lola H., Lewis C. Jr., and Octavia Maud. Mr. B. is a member of the Methodist Church.

GEORGE H. BURGERT, City Treasurer, came to Nebraska City, September 4, 1857, and was employed as a salesman in a store for about two years. Then he went into the boot and shoe business, which he continued until 1865, when he sold out and became Deputy Postmaster, holding that position nine years. In 1875 he entered James Sweet & Co.'s bank and remained eight months. In September, 1877, he was appointed City Treasurer and was elected in 1878 and re-elected every year since. He was born in Bedford, Coshocton Co., Ohio, February 14, 1830. That was his home until 1852, when he removed to Indiana for six months. Returning to Ohio he located at Cleveland where he sold boots and shoes for Huett & Burgert, wholesale dealers, for a year. He afterwards went to Worthington, Ind. There employed in selling goods for two years and then, after traveling for a few months, came to Nebraska. He was married at Nebraska City, September 13, 1860, to Maria L. Haskell, a native of Princeton, Ill. They have five children living. Minnie Elizabeth, Celia May, Vida Eleanor, George and Susie. Mr. B. is a member of I. O. O. F. and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

CAPTAIN O. BUTT, captain of B. & M. R. R. transfer boat. Was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, near Zanesville, October 14, 1829. October 14, 1843, he crossed the Mississippi River and settled in Burlington, Iowa. In May of the following year he commenced his river life on the steamer Otter as boy at five dollars per month. Since that time he has been engaged in steamboating. Was in all positions on the upper Mississippi up to 1869 when he settled in Plattsmouth, Neb., and entered the service of the B. & M. R. R. as captain of the transfer boat at that point, remaining until May, 1881, when the steamer was sent to Nebraska City. Has been in the service of the B. and M. R. R. over thirteen years, not losing one day. He was married in Burlington, Iowa, June 22, 1854, to Miss Eliza Jane Bailey, of that city. They have six children living, Oliver F., William H., Brick Pomeroy, George, Bonnie Dundee, Capitola.

HON. HENRY F. CADY, lumber dealer, came to Nebraska city, March 1, 1874, and engaged in the lumber trade for himself. Two years later he became manager of the Chicago Lumber Company, having a third interest in their yards at Council Bluffs, Omaha, Nebraska City, Palmyra, Unadilla, Dunbar and Talmage. He is president and one of the directors of the Nebraska City Telephone Company, and a stockholder in the Nebraska City Manufacturing Company. He is also vice president of the Board of Trade. He has charge of the Chicago Lumber Company's business on the line of the B. & M. R. R. Mr. Cady is now a member of the State Senate and has served four years as Alderman and two years as Secretary of the School Board. He was born in Madison, Wis., June 27, 1851. When five years old, his father moved to Iowa, and in 1857 to Kansas City, where Mr. Cady stayed until coming here. He was in the hardware business at Kansas City. He was married at La Cygne, Kan., January 1, 1872, to Ida L. Carman, a native of Madison, Wis. They have three children, Hattie F., Helen D. and Dean. Mr. Cady is a member of I. O. O. F. The sales of the Chicago Lumber Company at Nebraska City, amount to about 1,000,000 feet, or $100,000 per annum, or twenty-five per cent more than in 1874. At the smaller yards which Mr. Cady manages the sales amount to from $25,000 to $35,000 a year, or from 300,000 to 400,000 feet.

J. E. CALDWELL, M. D., physician and surgeon, came to Nebraska City in August 1881. He was born at Iowa Falls, Iowa, February 10, 1855, and graduated from Cedar Valley Seminary in 1877. Then he taught for some time and in 1881 graduated from the Homeopathic Medical Department of Iowa State University. He commenced practice at Center Point, Iowa, prior to coming here. The Dr. was married at Charles City, Iowa, April 21, 1881, to Julia V. Ford, a native of new York. He belongs to the I. O. O. F. He is a member of the Iowa Homeopathic Medical Society and the society in this State. He also belongs to the Baptist Church.

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[Portrait of S. H. Calhoun.]

HON. S. H. CALHOUN, attorney at law, came to Nebraska City in August, 1858. In 1859, he was in the Surveyor General's office. Then he entered the law office of Harding & Blackman and was admitted to the bar in 1861 and has practiced here since. He was Prosecuting Attorney two terms and a member of the first State Senate. He has been Mayor four or five times and chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee. He was born at Boston, Mass., May 27, 1836, and graduated from Williams College in 1857. He commenced the study of law at Harvard Law School, securing the appointment in the Surveyor General's office. He came here in 1858, his uncle, John Calhoun, being Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska. He was married at Nebraska City, August 23, 1864, to Matilda McMechan, daughter of one of the earliest settlers. She was born in Glasgow, Mo. They have four children, John C., Annie, Simeon H. Jr., and Alexander. Mr. C. is a member of K. of H. and of Royal Arcanum. Mr. Calhoun was the first president of the State Bar Association, holding that office for three terms. He is also a member of the Constitutional Convention which framed the present constitution of Nebraska.

JOHN C. CAMPBELL, physician and surgeon, came to Nebraska City in November, 1854, being the first physician here. He was a member of the Territorial Legislature in 1855-56, and four terms thereafter. In 1861-62, he was a member of the Council and in 1863 was re-elected. For six years he served on the Nebraska City School Board. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention which framed the rejected Constitution. He was born near Lexington, Ky., December 22, 1814, and lived there eighteen years. Then he attended Miami University (Ohio) for four years, coming to Iowa in 1836, and locating at Burlington, with Dr. Lowe. In 1840, he graduated from the Medical Department of Kemper College, at St. Louis, now the Missouri State University. He commenced practice at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and in 1846, moved to Wapello. In 1851, he went to Sidney, and remained there until he moved here. While there, he served two years as School Fund Commissioner. He was married to his first wife, Martha Ann Rogers, at Agency City, Iowa, October 22, 1846. She died at Nebraska City, April 25, 1861. Three children by this marriage live--John James, Edward Hugh and William Henry. He was married at Nebraska City, May 12, 1862, to Sarah P. Childs, a native of New York. They have three children--Henrietta, Ezra Theodore and Paul Mason. The Doctor belongs to the State and County Medical Societies, and has held various offices in them both.

MARSHALL SULLIVAN CAMPBELL, attorney, came to Nebraska City, October 13, 1855, as Public Land Surveyor, and served three years. From 1861 to 1871, he was engaged in farming. In 1871, he was elected County Surveyor, and held that office six years. He has been Justice of the Peace for twelve years, in the city and county. He was born at Cornish, Sullivan Co., N. H., January 27, 1820, and was reared in Warren County, N. J. When eighteen years old, he went on a whaling voyage for thirty-two months in the Pacific Ocean. Returning, he went to Norwich, Vt., and attended school there at the University for nearly three years. Then he entered Dartmouth College, but before he graduated, he volunteered in the Mexican war, serving from the fall of 1846 to August 1847, as Sergeant. He was civil engineer on the railroad in Pennsylvania and Southern New York till he came here. He was married at Greenville, Luzerne Co., Pa., July 13, 1850 to Eliza Bond, a native of that county. They have five children--Fennimore C , Edward L., Mervyn, Mary E. and George C. Mr. Campbell is a member of K. of P.

W. T. CANADA, Constable and manager of the Opera House, was born in Kentucky, April 11, 1847. At the time the war broke out, he enlisted in the third Kentucky Regiment, Company K. Served four years; was in almost all the battles of his command. At the time the war closed, he was Second Lieutenant, and but eighteen years of age. After being mustered out, he went to Cairo, and made an engagement there with a firm to sell goods through the South, holding it four years. Then came west, and located at Magnolia, Iowa, studying law. From there he came to Nebraska City. In March, 1869, engaged in the lumbering business with Ballentine & Sons, and remained with them for several years. He then run a cigar store for one year, at which time he was elected to the office of Constable, and at that time assumed the management of the Opera House, both of which he has held ever since. Mr. C. is a member of Frontier Lodge, No. 3, I. O. O. F. He was married in Nebraska City, to Alice McBride, February 19, 1871. They have four children--Willie, Maud, May and Jessie.

W. C. CLARY, veterinary surgeon, was born in Sangamon County, Ill., February 26, 1823. The portion of Sangamon County he was born in was afterward made Menard County. He remained at home until 1858, in which year he settled in Nemaha County, Neb. He engaged in the practice of his profession in Peru, Nemaha County, about three years, then engaged in farming until he moved to Nebraska City in 1877. He was married in Menard County, August 19, 1847, to Miss Elizabeth Watkins of that county. The Watkins were old residents of that section. She died, leaving six children--Robert M., George, Mary F., William M., Henry L., Ann S. He was married to his present wife in Nemaha County, Neb., April 31, 1871. She was Miss Angelina G. Hayes, a native of Missouri. They have four children--Cora E., Martha E., Charles C., Lula E. Mr. and Mrs. C. are both members of the Christian Church.

GEORGE W. CLINGIN, straight goods house, was born in Ohio, March 4, 1843. Leaving there, he came to Illinois, then to Indiana. From there, he went to Pennsylvania, then to Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky, remaining about three years, after which time he came to Nebraska City, in 1865, engaging at once in his present business.

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[RESIDENCE OF ISAAC COE.]

GEN. ISAAC COE, capitalist, came to Nebraska City in June, 1857, and remained until after the land sales, when he located some land warrants and returned East. In 1858 he came back with his family, and has lived here ever since. For the first three years he engaged in the land business, and engaged in the freighting business with Levi Carter to Salt Lake and Montana, until 1868, the firm being Coe & Carter. In 1868 they commenced furnishing ties for the U. P. R. R. Company. Mr. Coe engaged in the cattle business in 1868, bringing 1,500 head from Texas and herding them on Laramie plains. Subsequently Mr. Carter took an interest in the cattle business and they have averaged from 3,000 to 10,000 head of cattle on hand each year, mostly in Nebraska. Two years ago they shipped 6,000 head to Nebraska from Nevada and Oregon. Their average sales are 1,000 a year. They now have from 7,000 to 9,000 head. In 1881 they furnished between 500,000 to 700,000 ties to the railroad for the Utah & Northern and the Oregon Short Line. They have about 60,000 acres of land in Texas, in Wharton, Lavaca, Colorado and Fort Bend counties. Gen. Coe was born in Middletown Conn., May 15, 1817, and lived there until nineteen years old, when he went to Alabama for a few years; then returned to Connecticut, and back to Alabama again and from there to Nebraska. He was elected Brigadier General of the South Platte in 1861. He was married at Middletown, Conn., to Sarah L. Bacon, a native of that town. They have two children T. Eloise, now Mrs. F. P. Ireland, and Frank E.

A. S. COLE, attorney at law, came to Nebraska City, April 9, 1869, and has practiced here most of the time since. From 1869 to 1871 he was Clerk of the District Court. He was born in Mexico, Oswego Co., N. Y., October 8, 1841. When four years old he moved to Burlington, Wis. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; in September, 1862, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant Company H, Twenty-Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; in December, 1862, he was put in the Signal Corps. June 19, 1863, he was commissioned First Lieutenant, and August 19, 1863, made a Captain. During the siege of Chattanooga he served as Chief Signal Officer of the Fourteenth Army Corps. He went with Sherman as far as Goldsboro, N. C., in the Signal Service, and was there assigned as aid to Gen. Howard. He was discharged at Milwaukee, June 29, 1865, having been brevetted Major, June 1, 1865. He came West for a while, and then returned to Kenosha, where he studied law and held the office of Register of Deeds. He was admitted to the bar in February, 1868. He was married at Fabius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., June 2, 1868, to Emiline L. Heffron, a native of Titusville, Pa. They have one child, Frank L., born October 10, 1868

L. F. CORNUTT came to Nebraska City, November 6, 1854, and has lived here most of the time since. Was engaged in mercantile business until he went Colorado in 1860; remained there until the fall of 1864, returning to Nebraska City. In the spring of 1868 he went to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and returned to Nebraska City in 1871. While at Central City and Cheyenne he was in mercantile business and from 1864 to 1868 at Nebraska City. He engaged in freighting. In 1871 he entered the lumber trade and remained in it for three years, since which time he has dealt in coal, lime, cement, and other building material. He was born on Elk Creek, Grayson County, Va., May 22, 1833, and lived here until he came to Nebraska City. In 1854, after a short stay here, he went to Atchison County, Mo., and lived in various towns there. He was married at Nebraska City, January 8, 1856, to Laura J. Hale, a daughter of W. B. Hale, who located here in 1854. They have two children living, William A. and Wiley S; they lost six. Mr. C. was City Treasurer; is now a member of the School Board and Secretary of the Board.

C. E. COTTON, bookkeeper for Tomlin, Duff & Co., grain and stock dealers, came to Nebraska City August 14, 1878, and has since been in the employ of this firm. He was born near Columbus, Columbia County, Wis., February 17, 1858, removed to West Mitchell, Iowa, in 1870, and resided in Iowa until he came here, being at Vinton most of the time. He was married in Nebraska City February 2, 1882, to Ella Ballentine, a native of Brunswick, Mo.

GEORGE W. COVELL, attorney at law, came to Nebraska City, September 16, 1865, and was engaged in teaching a collegiate institute with B. W. Vineyard until June, 1866 in said city. Then he opened a private academy, in which he taught until June 1867, when he was elected principal of the High School, which position he held one year. He was then appointed by the Board of Education Superintendent of the schools of Nebraska City, which position he held a few months, when, in the summer of 1868, he began the practice of the law in Nebraska. He was admitted to the bar, February 18, 1860, by Elijah H. Norton, now on the Supreme Bench of Missouri, at Maysville, Mo., and practiced in Missouri prior to coming to Nebraska. He has been a member of both Houses of the State Legislature. He was born at Hoosick, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., April 2, 1835, and moved to Batavia, N. Y., when three or four years old. There he lived until 1857, when he came to Plattsburg, Mo., and lived there and at Maysville, Mo., until he came here. He was married at St. Joseph, Mo., in September 1865, to Elizabeth M. Hewitt, a native of Baltimore, Md. They have one child, Anna. Mr. Covell is a member of A., F. & A. M., K. of H., and Royal Arcanum.

REV. E. CUSSON, pastor St. Mary's Church, was born in Montreal, Canada, February 14, 1842. He was educated at Montreal in the St. Lawrence College, finishing his studies at Niagara Falls; was ordained March 4, 1871. Shortly after he took charge of the parish at Laramie City, Wyoming; continued there and other points in Wyoming until 1879, when he came to Nebraska City and took charge of his present parish.

L. F. D'GETTE, real estate, was born in Schenectady County, N. Y., September 30, 1841. He resided with his parents until he attained his majority. About 1862 he left home, and lived for a time in Iowa and Minnesota, and in 1863 settled in Nebraska; spent his time in teaching and in looking around until 1867, in which year he settled in Nebraska City. He has been engaged principally in dealing in real estate since 1869. In 1872 he patented an abstract system, now in universal use. He was married in Nebraska City, Neb., December 1, 1870, to Miss Alma Ferrill, of that city. They have two children, John and Mark. Mr. D'Gette's family are members of the Episcopal Church.

SAMUEL T. DAVIES, grocer, came to Nebraska City in May, 1868, and engaged in farming in this vicinity for two years. He then came into town, where his parents resided, and worked at odd jobs for a year. He then commenced clerking in a store, and continued this until he began business for himself, six years ago. Three years ago he discontinued his partnership with Frank Shadsey, and came out with $100 in old stock. Borrowing $500, he started alone, and did a $9,000 business the first year. In 1881 he did about $17,000 in a strictly grocery trade. He was born in Birmingham, England, February 2, 1851, and came to America with his parents in March, 1868. His father was a Baptist clergyman, and preached at Nebraska City and Syracuse for several years. He died here, June 24, 1881. Mrs. Davies survives him, and is successfully practicing medicine here. Mr. S. T. Davies was married at Lincoln, Neb., October 6, 1881, to Ida E. Sargent, a native of Indiana. He is a member of the Baptist Church. He was for one year a member of the School Board, and has been superintendent of the Baptist Sunday school for several years.

M. DERUM, agent B. & M. R. R., in Nebraska, at Nebraska City, was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, December 25, 1846. He came to the United States in 1865 and was connected with different railroads in various capacities, train service principally, until he came to Nebraska in 1871. He located at Plattsmouth and became connected with the B. & M. R. R., in the freight department, came to Nebraska City in 1874 and was appointed to his present position in July, 1880. He was married in Detroit, Mich., in 1872 to Miss Ann Wallace, of that city. They have three children, Kate, Stella and Agnes.

R. H. DICKEY, druggist, came to Nebraska City in January, 1865, and has been in his present business ever since, having begun the drug trade in 1847. He was born in Campbell County, Va., November 10, 1809, and lived there until 1843, then he moved to Brunswick, Mo., and resided there until 1865. He was married in Campbell County, Va., July 10, 1829, to Susan S. Howarton, a native of that county. They have three children, Joseph F., Robert A. and James H.; one daughter, Margaret, died in 1873, aged forty-two. She was the wife of Robert M. Hodge. Mr. Dickey belongs to the Methodist Church and A., F. & A. M., Royal Arch Charter. He has been Probate and County Judge of Otoe County, Neb., for eleven years, from 1866 to 1877.

W. E. DILLON, of the firm of Dillon & Morehouse, real estate and loan agents, was born in Marthasville, Warren Co., Mo., March 1, 1828. He sold goods at Himmes Landing and Rockport, Mo., and St. Deroin, Neb. He came to Nebraska City in 1863 from Rockport, Mo., and engaged in the freighting business on the plains under the firm name of Dillon & Maxon, and at the same time carried on pork packing in East Nebraska City, under the name of Hawke, Dillon & Co. He was in the lumber and livery business from 1869 to 1874, under the name of Monroe & Dillon, then engaged in the mercantile line for about three years, then went into the insurance business and on January 1, 1882, formed a partnership with S. S. Morehouse. He was elected to the Legislature in 1870, served two years as Mayor, and was president and vice-president of the Nebraska City National Bank, for two years each. Mr. Dillon is a member of the A., F. & A. M. He was married in Missouri in 1851, lost his wife in 1861, and re-married in this city in 1863. He has three children living, Ione, Oscar and Lee.

MAX KOHN, wholesale and retail dry goods merchant, came to Nebraska City in February, 1867, and engaged in the dry goods business five years. Then he went to Tecumseh, where he remained for five years, engaged in mercantile trade. After that he came back to Nebraska City and became a member of the firm of L. Wessel & Co. They carry an average stock of $20,000, and do both a wholesale and retail business. Their trade last year amounted to $50,000. Mr. K. was born in Schutiber, Bohemia, March 14, 1850. He came to America October 28, 1866, and located in New York City. From there he went to Newark, where he staid until he came here. He was married at Nebraska City, December 8, 1872, to Carrie Wessel, a native of Haslau, Bohemia. They have three children, Amanda, Rosa and Edgar. Mr. K. is a member of the K. of H., Royal Arcanum, I. O. O. F., A., F. & A. M., and Bnai Brith.

T. T. KOOP, dealer in groceries and hardware, and agricultural implement salesman, came to Nebraska City, May 4, 1870. For two months he was employed as salesman in a store, and then entered the implement trade with Wilhelmy Brothers, being a partner in that house. In 1874, he began traveling for the Champion Mower and Reaper Company, in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, and kept it up for a year, when he went into business again with Wilhelmy Brothers for a year. He is now salesman for Simpson & Draper. He was born at New Bremen, Auglaize Co., Ohio, March 8, 1847, and lived there until he was seventeen years old, when he removed to McGregor, Iowa. Lived there until he came to Nebraska City. He was married at Nebraska City, May 31, 1877, to Eliza Huber, a native of Pine Grove, Schulykill Co., Pa. They have one child, Bessie.

C. H. KORFF, general merchandise, was born January 29, 1830, in Principality of Schaumburg Lippe, Germany. Came to this country in the fall of 1846, first locating in St. Louis, remaining there eleven years, with the exception of two years, when he was at Stillwater, Minn. The first few years in St. Louis, he followed clerking, and for three years ran a grocery store for himself. From there he came to Nebraska City, June 2, 1859. He engaged in clerking for about six years; then went into business for himself and has continued ever since. Mr. K. was Mayor one term and member of the Board of Education four years. He is a member of A., F. & A. M. Was married in Nebraska City, October 28, 1866. They have five children, Lily M., Mamie S., Annie C., Charles R. and Julia A.

C. H. KRESSEN, proprietor plow works, was born in Prussia, February 6, 1847, came to the United States in the spring of 1866, locating in Chicago for the space of eighteen months, then coming to Nebraska City, engaged in blacksmithing for seven years; at the end of which time he started his present business. Mr. K. manufactures and sells over 200 plows every year, and the demand is rapidly increasing. He was married in Nebraska City to Anna Schrider, in April, 1872. They have five children, Emil, Katie, Frank, Emma and Annie. Mr. K is a member of the I. O. O. F.

W. C. LAMBETH & BROTHER, merchants; commenced business in the spring of 1872. They deal in dry goods, clothing, etc., doing some jobbing. Their trade is fully twice as large as it was in 1872. Then they carried a stock of from $10,000 to $12,000; now they have at least $30,000 on hand. They do a business of about $60,000 a year, and give employment to six clerks.

WILLIAM C. LAMBETH came to Nebraska City, in the spring of 1862. Prior to the organization of his present firm, he was with J. Blum & Co., as a partner. He was born at Lexington, Lafayette Co., Mo., August 9, 1846. For a few years prior to his removal to this place, he lived at St. Louis. He was married at Nebraska City, October 18, 1872, to Amanda F. Torbett, a native of Kentucky. They have four children, William R., Kate, Charles A. and Howard A.

GEORGE W. LEIDIGH, meat market, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., February 11, 1850. Leaving there he came to Nebraska City, in May, 1870, and after remaining about five months, took a homestead in Kansas, and resided there three years; then came back to Nebraska City, engaging in the butchering business about a year; then went into the grocery business with S. McConiga, for the same length of time; from that he started his present business. Is a member of the School Board, and also a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. L. was married to Miss Laura McConiga, in September, 1873. They have four children, George Malon, William Aaron, Bessie May and Oliver G.

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[Portrait of N. B. Larsh, M. D.]

N. B. LARSH, M. D., physician and surgeon, came to Nebraska City, April 9, 1859, and has practiced ever since, with the exception of three years' army service, and two years as superintendent of the State Insane Asylum. In 1862, he entered the army as assistant surgeon of the First Nebraska, and served nearly three years. He was a member of the Territorial Legislature in 1861 and 1862, and of the State Senate in 1872. He assisted in the organization of the State Medical Association, and has been president and held other offices therein. He has also held the position of Alderman and other city offices. Dr. Larsh was born in Eaton, Preble Co., Ohio, January 6, 1835, and lived there until 1857. Then he went to Darke County, and practiced at Palestine for two years, when he came here. He graduated from the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, March, 1857. He was married at Nebraska City, December 22, 1859, to Ella S. Armstrong, a native of Ohio. They have seven children, Sallie C., Ella L., John M., Rachel I., Frank B., Paul A. and Gwendellyn. The Doctor is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, of Knights of Honor, and of the Royal Arcanum. He belongs to the State and County Medical Associations.

LEIDIGH & MASOM, ice dealers; supply obtained from the Missouri River. Their houses will contain about 1,800 tons. Business established in 1880. Edwin Masom, of the firm, was born in Northamptonshire, England, June 24, 1849. In 1867, he came to the United States, and settled in Nebraska City, Neb. Engaged in general occupations until present firm was organized. Married in Nebraska City, in 1876, to Mrs. Marien Bevele, a native of Devonshire, England. Mrs. Masom has one child by her former husband.

L. LEVI, proprietor livery stable, came to Nebraska City March 27, 1863, and engaged in mercantile business for five years. He then improved some farms in Otoe County, and was engaged in farming until 1881, when he actively engaged in the present business., he having been connected with it more or less for ten years. He was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, August 7, 1831, and came to America in 1851. He lived in the Southern States most of the time until he came to Nebraska; coming here from Tennessee. He was married at St. Louis, March 12, 1865, to Caroline Aaron, a native of Germany. They have five children: Emma, Flora, Minnie, Robert and Eugene. Mr. L. is a member of the I. O. O. F., and K. of H., and Royal Arcanum. He has been Grand Patriarch of the first-named order for the State.

W. A. LLOYD, grocer, came to Nebraska City first in October, 1865, and stayed here about two years. He then lived in Holt County, Mo., until 1874, when he came back to Nebraska City, and has lived there since. For the last three years he has been in business for himself. Mr. Lloyd was born in Lee County, Va., October 4, 1847, and removed to Missouri with his parents when six years old. He was married near Nebraska City, November 25, 1865, to Luella Burrus, a native of Carroll County, Mo. They have three children: Thomas Preston, Mary Virginia, and Lee Colvin. Mr. Lloyd is a member of the K. of H., and of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

ROBERT LORTON, wholesale grocer, came to Nebraska City in June, 1855. His father, John L., settled in Illinois in 1805, and took part in the Black Hawk war, being captain in the same regiment with Abraham Lincoln; and in 1836 he emigrated to Iowa. In 1854 he was appointed, under Franklin Pierce, Superintendent of the Otoe Indians, which position he held from 1855 to 1861. He moved back to Illinois in September, 1863, where his death occurred some three months later. Robert was employed as a clerk from 1857 to 1866, and in July, 1867, engaged in the retail and jobbing grocery business, which he continued until 1875. He then sold out an account of ill-health, and was out of business until 1879. In that year he engaged in the wholesale and retail grocery trade with Charles L. Potts, under the firm name of Lorton & Potts. September 1, they discontinued the retail trade, and have since conducted a jobbing business in Nebraska and Iowa. Mr. Lorton was born near Burlington, Iowa, October 8, 1837, and lived there until he came to Nebraska. He was married at Nebraska City in 1867, to Henrietta H. Behan, a native of Westport, Jackson Co., Mo. They have three children, Mary W, Ritta, and Edgar Campbell. Mr. L. was one of the original stockholders and directors of the Nebraska City National Bank, and has been vice president thereof for the last six years. Since 1875 he has been interested in cattle-raising in Dundy County, Neb., being a member of the Hour Glass Cattle Co., whose ranch extends into Kansas.

FRANK McCARTNEY, clerk in the County Clerk's office, came to Nebraska with his parents, Allen T. and Ellen D. McCartney, in April 1857. They located near Nebraska City, living there in Wyoming Precinct, Otoe co. Frank lived on a farm until 1878, and then taught school until February, 1880, in the public schools of Otoe County. He was educated in the Otoe County schools and the State University, attending the latter two years. In February, 1880, he entered the County Clerk's office. He was born near Madison, Jefferson Co., Ind., December 12, 1852, and lived there until he came to Nebraska.

GEORGE R. McCALLUM, Sheriff, came to Nebraska City July 1, 1860. He was a student for about a year, and then was employed as a clerk until 1863, when he learned the saddlery and harness business, and continued at it for four years. In 1867 he was elected County Clerk, and re-elected in 1869. During a few years after leaving the Clerk's office he engaged in real estate and insurance until 1874, when he was elected City Treasurer, and in the same year bought the Chronicle, which he ran as a daily and weekly paper for two years. When he disposed of his paper he again engaged in real estate and insurance, continuing until the fall of 1877. In that year he was elected Sheriff, and in 1879 and 1881 he was re-elected. He was born in London, Canada, August 19, 1842, and lived there and in Michigan prior to coming here. He was married at St. Joe, Mo., November 26, 1868, to America Frances, daughter of Judge William Toole. She is a native of St. Joe. They have two children: George W., born March 1, 1870, and Grace Alice, born December 27, 1872. Mr. McCallum is a member of A., F. & A. M., Lodge, chapter and Commandery, and of the K. of P.

JOHN McMECHAN, a merchant of St. Louis, Mo., came to Nebraska Territory April 5, 1854, and the same year laid out Kearney City, south of the site of Nebraska City, and now one of its wards. Since that date he has been actively identified with the interests of Otoe County, residing during the past eighteen years on what is known as the Headwood farm, a fine tract of land near the city, and containing one of the first planted and best producing orchards in the county. Mr. McM. has five sons and three daughters. The eldest of his sons, David B., after engaging in the hardware business for more than twenty years in Kearney City, the first in that line of trade, is now in business in Kansas City, Mo. John H. is manager of the Headwood farm, devoting a large portion of his time to the experimental culture of small fruits and the breeding of fine stock. Andrew C., under appointment of the Hon. Samuel G. Daily, entered the U. S. Naval Academy at Newport, R. I.; the first resident of the Territory receiving such an appointment; he graduated with honor in June, 1868, and is now in the naval service. William B., at present in the practice of law at Kansas City, graduated from Union College in 1872. Ed. E., now in the mercantile business, graduated from the Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa., in 1874; both of these being the first from Nebraska to receive degrees from the respective institutions.

J. P. McPHERSON, pilot of the B. & M. R. R. transfer boat at Nebraska City. Mr. McP. has no positive knowledge of his parentage. His mother went to Schenectady, N. Y., about 1840, and being taken suddenly ill, she died without having any opportunity of making any statement. He at that time was about three years old. It is supposed from words dropped occasionally in the conversation that his mother came from Canada, and had married some sea captain against the wishes of her parents, and was brought to Canada by him. On her death the boy was adopted by the McPherson family, of Schenectady. He was raised partially in that city, and then moved to Galway, Saratoga Co., with his adopted parents. About 1855 he struck out West, and located in Bellevue, Neb. He worked at farming and surveying that winter, and the following spring went to Omaha and engaged with the Ferry Co.; remained during the season, then went to New York on a visit. In the spring returned to Nebraska, and engaged in steamboating on the Missouri River, an occupation he has since followed with the exception of a short time spent in Denver, etc., on a mining trip. He engaged with the B. & M. R. R. in 1879, being located at Plattsmouth on the transfer boat. He removed to Nebraska City in May, 1881. He was married in Plattsmouth, August 10, 1880, to Miss Leesley, of that city. They have one son, Charles.

THOMAS McCULLOCH, dealer in hides and leather, came to Nebraska City in 1864, and remained until 1875. In that year, he went to Champaign, Ill., where he resided until he returned to Nebraska City in the spring of 1878. For a while he was in school here, and afterward entered the newspaper business, being one of the proprietors of the Press. While at Champaign, he was in the hide and leather trade, and has followed the same business since he returned here. He was born at Terre Haute, Ind., March 6, 1846, and lived there until he first came to Nebraska. He was married at Mattoon, Ill., November 25, 1870, to Addie M. Burnett, a native of Terre Haute. They have four children--Edward B., Austin B., Arthur T. and an infant son.

McCULLOCH & BURNETT, dealers in hides and leather, commenced business July 1, 1878. For the last two years they have been doing a wholesale trade, their business being chiefly in Nebraska, though they sell also in Iowa. They now do an aggregate business of $35,000 per annum. Their trade includes hides, leather, findings and saddlery hardware.

R. F. McCOMAS, president of the Nebraska Transportation Company, is a native of Cabell County, W. Va., where he was born, February 14, 1834. His parents were old residents of that section. He remained at home until 1856, in which year he located in Bellevue, Neb., where he engaged in speculations in real estate. In 1858, he settled in Nebraska City, and engaged in freighting between there and Salt Lake City, Denver, etc. He continued in this until the completion of the Pacific Railroad destroyed the business.--From 1867 to 1869 was engaged in the mercantile business in Nebraska City, and in 1870 bought an interest in the Nebraska Transportation Company which he still retains. He was married in Nebraska City, November 12, 1863, to Miss Bettie J. Simpson, of Kansas City, Mo. They have four children--Mary, Eugene, Duke and Rufus.

WASH McCALLUM, Deputy Sheriff, was born in Lambeth, Lancaster Co., Canada, July 4, 1850. His parents moved to Michigan, and from there to Nebraska in 1860, settling in what is now Nebraska City, then known as Kearney. He finished his education at Ottumwa, Iowa High School. From the time he was fifteen years old he devoted his attention to horse dealing, and since 1869 or 1870, to horse training. He has trained a great number of racing horses, among which we may mention "Little Frank," a pacing horse that was king of his circuit for some years. Mr. McC. was married in Greenfield, Adair Co., Iowa, November 5, 1879, to Miss Priddy, of that county.

DONALD MACCUAIG, of E. S. Hawley & Co., came to Nebraska City, June 4, 1857, and engaged in farming in Belmont Precinct. He continued this until he was elected County Clerk, in the fall of 1873, and held the office six years. After a trip to Europe, he became a partner in the firm he is now with, July, 1881. He was born in Argyleshire, Island of Isla, Scotland, February 8, 1835, and came to America in 1856. He spent most of the time at Green Bay, Wis., until he came here. He was married in Belmont Precinct, Neb., December 3, 1862, to Elizabeth Cook, a native of England, near Dudley. They have six children--Duncan A., Andrew, Hannah, Margaret, Lizzie and Florence. Mr. M. is a member of K. of P., K. of H., and royal Arcanum.

J. H. MASTERS, nurseryman, fruit grower and florist, was born in Warren County, Ky., August 15, 1819. His parents removed from there to Springfield, Ill., when he was nine years old, and lived there until 1835; then emigrated to Bureau County in the same State, remaining there until 1852. At this time he went to Missouri, continuing there two years, in expectation of Kansas being opened for settlement. While in Illinois he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. In November, 1854, he came to Nebraska and worked at carpentering in Nebraska City until March, 1855, when he located on his present place. He has the honor of having planted the first orchard in the Territory, as well as the first nursery; this was in 1855. This orchard contains 2,000 apple, about 300 peach, 100 cherry and 100 pear trees. Mr. M. was appointed Justice of the Peace by Gov. Izard, and afterwards elected for one term; was also a member of the Legislature in 1872-3; is a member of A., F. & A. M. He and his son are starting a nursery near Lincoln, and it is his intention to remove his stock to the new location. Mr. M. was married twice in Illinois, and the last time in Nebraska, in 1863. He has four children living, Abbie E., wife of W. H. Wilson; Josephine E., James W. and Alice I.

DR. RODNEY H. MATHEWS, dentist, came to Nebraska City in the spring of 1858, and has practiced dentistry ever since. He did some freighting in early days. Mr. M. was born in Lake County (formerly Geauga), Ohio, February 15, 1822, and was educated at Western Reserve College, and Grand River Collegiate Institute. He graduated from the Cleveland Medical College the first term after its location at Cleveland, and practiced medicine for about ten years. He then began the study and practice of dentistry. He was married at Nebraska City, September 27, 1858, to Amelia Rukenbord, a native of Carrollton, Ohio. They have one child--Mattie Maud, having lost four. His grandfather, Samuel Huntington, was the first Governor of Ohio, and built the first house in Cleveland, a log cabin, situated back of the present American House. He was Paymaster during the war of 1812. Dr. Mathews belongs to the I. O. O. F., and A., F. & A. M.

JULIAN METCALF came to Nebraska City, in July, 1857, and engaged in banking. He was born in Charlestown, Sullivan Co., N. H., in 1833, and lived there until 1855. He then spent two years in Cleveland, Ohio, and then moved to St. Louis, where he staid until he came to Nebraska. He is half owner of the Nebraska City Elevator Company, Mr. Hill owning the balance. They have eight warehouses along the Nebraska R. R. from Nemaha City to Bennet.

JAMES S. MILLER, real estate dealer, came to Nebraska City, in the fall of 1864, and engaged in freighting until 1868. For three years he was Deputy Treasurer, and spent three years in Missouri. In 1875, he engaged in his present business, having been in the mercantile trade in Saline County, while in Missouri. He was born at Danville, Ky., October 10, 1835. In 1837, his father moved to Saline County, Mo., and he lived there until he came to Nebraska, with the exception of six years spent in business at St. Louis. He was married at Nebraska City, in March, 1865, to Celia Bennett, a native of Virginia. Mr. Miller is a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the Temple of Honor and Good Templars.

RICHARD H. MILLER, dealer in real estate, came to Nebraska City, in June, 1857, and engaged in mercantile business, which he continued until 1861. He then took to freighting until 1868, when he entered the lumber trade for four years. The next two years he served as County Treasurer, and has since been in his present business. When he entered the Treasurer's office the floating indebtedness amounted to $235,000, and county warrants were worth only 50 to 70 cents on the dollar. During his two years' term he collected $365,000 in taxes, some of the indebtedness dating way back in the `60's, and all of if from 1860 to 1874. He was born at Danville, Ky., June 2, 1832, and lived in that State five years. Then his father located in Saline County, Mo., with his family. For four years he was in the commission business t St. Louis, and came from there to Nebraska. He was married May 29, 1859, in Nebraska City, to Marietta Craig, a native of Galena, Ill. Mr. Miller is a member of A., F. & A. M., K. of H., and the Presbyterian Church.

HON. J. L. MITCHELL, attorney, came to Nebraska City, in 1875, having lived at Sidney, Iowa, since 1856. He has been in practice since 1858. Mr. Mitchell was born near Belleville, Hendricks Co., Ind., October 28, 1834, and lived in that county until he came to Sidney. He assisted in raising Company E, Twenty-ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, enlisting August 15, 1862, being a member of the Iowa Legislature at the time. He afterwards became Captain of his company and served until August 1864, when he was mustered out on account of wounds received in a battle at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark. He served one term in the Iowa Legislature, was Clerk of the District Court, and in 1879, was a member of the Nebraska Legislature. He was married at Sidney, Iowa, in August, 1861, to Helen E. Hedges, a native of Sinclairville, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. She died in October 1880, leaving two children: Kate and Mary. Mr. Mitchell is a member of the Presbyterian Church and of K. of H.

HORACE MONROE was born in Concord, N. H., May 17, 1837. About 1847, his parents settled in Oshkosh, Wis., where he was brought up and lived until 1859, in which year he settled in Nebraska City, Neb., and engaged in the livery business, in which he has continued since. He was married in Nebraska city, in 1860, to Miss A. E. Hollister of that city. They have four children; Nellie, Frank, Mary and Dana. Mr. M. is a Knight Templar in the Masonic Fraternity.

F. COOPER MORRISON, civil engineer, was born in Washington County, Pa., June 5, 1817. His parents were old residents of that section. He continued on the farm until about 1835, when he engaged in teaching. Three years later he went into the mercantile business first as a clerk and afterward in business for himself. In 1848, was elected Recorder of Deeds of Washington County, Pa., and was re-elected in 1851; on the expiration of that term was engaged in the office of the Clerk of Quarter Sessions, where he continued until 1857, in August, of that year he settled in Nebraska City. In 1858, was elected City Clerk, a position he held for three years. Was two years Assessor and one year Collector of Taxes, and three years City Engineer. Mr. M. was engaged in the land office, at Nebraska City, from 1857 to 1860. In 1861, he was engaged in the Surveyor General's office. After leaving this, was engaged in the mercantile business in Nebraska City, until lately. He was married in Washington County, Pa., March 20, 1845, to Miss Sarah Clark of that county. They have one daughter, Clara. Mr. M. is now in his sixty-sixth year and still continues to follow his profession as surveyor and engineer.

S. H. MORRISON, dealer in jewelry and musical instruments, came to Nebraska City, October 28, 1866. In March, 1867, he engaged in the jewelry business and afterward added a stock of musical instruments. He sells Steinway and other pianos and organs of various manufactures. His sales of musical instruments are in southeastern Nebraska and in Fremont county, Iowa, doing but little jobbing in jewelry. He was born in Washington, Washington County, Pa., April 27, 1834. In 1858 he removed to Wisconsin and lived on Lake Superior for his health for some time. He has earned his living since he was sixteen years old. He was Deputy Recorder at Washington, Pa., and lived a while in West Virginia. Attended commercial college at Pittsburg and then taught penmanship at various points in Pennsylvania. In November, 1858, he went to Lansing, Mich., where he attended an academy and studied surveying and geometry and taught writing to pay expenses. In the spring of 1859 he went to Milwaukee and stayed a year and then to Portage for a year. He enlisted in Company G, Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, April 19, 1861, as a private. After the second Bull Run, where he was wounded, he was appointed Second Lieutenant. He was again wounded at Gettysburg and in January, 1864, he was honorably discharged on account of disability from wounds. In March he was commissioned by Lincoln a Second Lieutenant in the Veteran Reserve Corps and was ordered to Louisville, where he commanded a detachment of unassigned troops at Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, Ind. Two months later he was assigned to the Second Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps commanding the Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Companies until January, 1866. He was also post commander at Jefferson Hospital and military assistant to the surgeon in charge. In January, 1866, he returned to Pennsylvania to await orders and was honorably discharged June 30, 1866. Mr. M. is a member of the a., F. & A. M. Western Star Lodge No. 2, Keystone Chapter No. 2, Mount Olivet Commandery No. 2, also K. of H.

THOMAS MORTON, proprietor of the Nebraska City News, was born in England, March 17, 1829, and came to America with his parents when an infant. They first located at Columbus, Ohio, in 1830, where he lived until 1844, when he went to Louisville, Ky., and learned the printer's trade in the Democrat office, working there until 1849. From there he went to California and stayed until 1853, engaging in mining. He returned to Columbus and stayed a few months, then going to Louisiana, where he remained until 1854. He then returned to Ohio, and in July came out to St. Mary's, Iowa, where he worked on the St. Mary's Gazette until November, 1854, and then moved to Bellevue, Neb., where he took charge of the mechanical department of the Nebraska Palladium, setting the first column of reading matter ever set in the then Territory of Nebraska (November 14, 1854). He remained at Bellevue until March, 1855, when he came to Nebraska City and had charge of the Nebraska City News for a year, when he and J. Sterling Morton purchased it. He did the early territorial printing, and was one of the judges at the first election held at Bellevue. He was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 31, 1859, to Caroline Woodruff, a native of New Jersey; they have three children, Jean, Otoe and Elizabeth. Mr. Morton is Treasurer of the Old Settlers' Association of Otoe County.

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[ARBOR LODGE.--RESIDENCE OF HON. J. STERLING MORTON.]

HON. J. STERLING MORTON was born in Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y., April 22, 1832. The first one of the family of whom there is authenticated record is Richard Morton, a blacksmith by trade, a Scotchman by birth and a Puritan in religion, who moved from Hartford Conn., to Hadley, Mass., and thence to Hatfield about 1668, or `69. Governor Morton's grandfather, Abner Morton, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1799, and his father, Julius Dewen Morton, a native of St. Albans, Vt., was a man of marked ability, having fine business capacity and sound judgment, and being at the time of his death, president of the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Detroit. His mother was Emeline Sterling, a resident of Adams, N. Y., at the time of her marriage, September 30, 1830. Removing with his parents to Michigan, at an early age, the subject of this sketch attended school at Albion, subsequently at the State University at Ann Arbor, and finally at Union College, New York, then under the charge of Dr. Eliphalet Nott, from whom he received his diploma in 1854. Prior to this time he had shown strong predilections toward journalism, being a frequent contributor to the Detroit Free Press, and to other papers of reputation. On October 30, 1854, he was married to Caroline Ion French, of Detroit, with whom he had attended school from childhood and to whom he had been engaged from the age of sixteen. On the same day, accompanied by his wife, he started for Nebraska, arriving at Bellevue early in November, remaining there for some weeks, and then removed to Nebraska City, where he made a contract with the town site company, becoming owner of five town shares and seventy lots on the town site. He received the sum of $50 per month, for editing the Nebraska City News. This he did for about a year, resuming the position in 1857, and doing editorial work at intervals until 1877. In 1855 he was elected to the Territorial Legislature, was again a candidate in 1856, but defeated by eighteen votes in consequence to his opposition to chartering "wild-cat" banks. He was reinstated as a member in 1857, and took an active part in the adjournment of the Legislature to Florence, a struggle as bitter, perhaps, as any in which Nebraska has been interested. He succeeded Thomas B. Cuming as Secretary of the Territory in the spring of 1858, and became active Governor within a few months by the resignation of Governor Richardson, and was succeeded in his position by A. S. Paddock in 1861. In the fall of 1860, he was nominated by Democrats as a Delegate to Congress, his opponent being Samuel G. Daily, with whom he engaged in a series of debates, stumping throughout the Territory. The result of the election showed Morton fourteen votes in the majority, and he was accordingly certified as Delegate. Secession coming on and his party being in the minority, his seat was contested, however, the question being finally decided in favor of his opponent. Morton, at this time but twenty-nine years of age, enlisted in his behalf the strongest intellects on the Democratic side of the House. A labored argument was made by Pendleton, sustained by speeches from Richardson, of Illinois, Vallandingham, Voorhees and John J. Crittenden, the last mentioned moved and successfully insisted upon the passage of a resolution, granting the defeated contestant mileage and pay for the time he was :in Washington. In the course of the debate, Richardson said: "Mr. Speaker, my young friend is one of those men who can make things happen."--a sententious remark frequently and applicably applied to him since. Returning home, Mr. Morton took no active part in politics until the spring of 1866, when he received the gubernatorial nomination, contesting with David Butler, the honor of being the first Governor of Nebraska, as a State. He debated with Butler until the condition of the latter's throat necessitated the substitution of General Thayer, as the Republican champion. In consequent of the alleged irregularities in Rock Bluffs Precinct, Cass County, by which about 160 were thrown out, Butler was declared elected, thus also giving the Republicans a majority of seven in joint legislative ballot. Without a caucus being held Morton received the entire strength of his party for United States Senator, the vote standing twenty-eight to twenty-one in favor of T. W. Tipton. Mr. Morton has declined nominations since. He was appointed to represent Nebraska at the Paris Exposition and was one of the commissioners at the Philadelphia Exposition. He has been a prominent member and President of the State Board of Agriculture and Horticulture, and is the originator of "Arbor Day," a festival adopted by many of the Western States. Coming to Nebraska when it was a wilderness, locating on unbroken prairie land contiguous to Nebraska City, the ambition of Mr. Morton has been less the acquisition of wealth or the praises of fame, then the establishing of a home on the truest and best signification of the term. In this he has been aided, few know how admirably, by his wife. How they have succeeded, the many who have enjoyed the rare hospitality of Arbor Lodge will testify. Of this home, Mrs. Morton was the light, displaying in her family relations true womanhood, that of the sustaining, helpful wife, and the devoted mother. To her rare, artistic taste, and personal efforts are largely due the beauty and harmony of Arbor Lodge. Her duties to her neighbor, she counted as secondary only to the obligation she owed to God. On June 29, 1881, the light went out. There are four children, Joy, Paul, Mark and Carl. The first three of them are in business in Chicago, the youngest is yet in school.

EDWIN J. MURFIN, attorney, came to Nebraska City February 27, 1880. He was born in Manchester England, May 6, 1850, and came to America in infancy. He lived in New York and Jersey City until he came here, January 22, 1872. Was admitted to practice in New York City, and practiced there until he came here. Mr. Murfin saw service during the Rebellion, and has been identified since the closing of the war with the National Guard of New York, being Captain in the Seventy-first Regiment, receiving his discharge in December, 1879.

FREDERICK MUTTON, plumbing, painting and glazing, was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, July 18, 1844. He learned his trade with his father there and at the age of seventeen he went to London and worked at his trade, remaining about eighteen months when he returned home and commenced working for Bell Bros., and staid with them up to within a short time of coming to America. He left home coming direct to Nebraska City, arriving here in May, 1873, at which time he engaged in his present business. Mr. Mutton has been Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of the State of Nebraska, K. of P., 1880-81, and was also Keeper of Records and Seal for Subordinate Lodge, six years. He was married at Cambridge, England, to Lydia Gravestocks, in August, 1865. They have six children living, William Frederick, Alfred James, Emily, Lydia Sarah, Joseph and Annie.

JAMES J. MUTTON, house, sign and ornamental painter, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, December 10, 1846. He learned his trade with his father and worked at it there until coming to this country, taking a through passage from London to Nebraska City, arriving here May 6, 1870, when he at once engaged in his present business. Mr. Mutton is a member of the Equitable Aid Union Insurance. He was married in this city to Ella Austin, of Illinois, in November, 1874. They have two children living, Harry and Florence.

NEILS WINTNER NEILSON, of the firm of Neilson & Koch, plasterers, bricklayer, etc., was born in the village of Sanderkongerslers, Denmark, February 18, 1831. He went at his trade there when he was fifteen years old, and after serving five years as an apprentice worked at it one year, at the end of which time he was drafted and served four years. He was in six battles and received two wounds. After the war ended he worked at his trade again until leaving for this country in 1871. After landing in New York, he came direct to Nebraska City, arriving here in the month of June, and engaged in the present business for himself. In August, 1881, he formed a partnership with H. M. Koch. He built two large schools and numerous other buildings in this city. He was married in Nebraska City, July 8, 1871 to Miss Susannah Huffman, but was unfortunate in losing his wife and re-married July, 1876, in Nebraska City, to Miss Louisa Tilthauser. They have one child, Teny. Mr. Neilson was a soldier under King Fredrick VII.

J. B. NORTHCUTT, dealer in groceries, etc., business established in 1866 by Mr. Northcutt. He was born in Millersburg, Bourbon Co., Ky., January 11, 1835. His parents moved to Missouri about 1839 or 1840, and he was educated in Lexington, Mo., in Masonic College, where he resided from 1843 to 1866. In the latter year he settled in Nebraska City, Neb. Mr. Northcutt was married in St. Joseph, Mo., March 1, 1865, to Miss Toole, a daughter of W. C. Toole, of that city. They have five children, Ebbie, Harry, Jessie, Wilbur and James Oliver. There are three children dead, a girl four years and four months old, named Lulla; a boy, William, one year old, and Rubbie, eleven months old. Mr. Northcutt is a member of the Christian Church, and is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and has held all the Chairs in the Lodge. He is also P. M., of Nebraska City No 12.

HEATH NUCKOLLS, farming, was born in Grayson County, Va., December, 1830, and remained in that section until coming to Nebraska City, in 1854. He left shortly afterward for Richardson County, this State, and resided there up to 1860, at which time he returned to Nebraska City, engaging in the mercantile business and continued until 1875, when he adopted his present occupation. He was Alderman from the Second Ward in 1867. He was married in Nemaha County, July, 1859. They have four children living, John E., Della, Annie and Lulu.

JAMES PALEY, proprietor marble works, was born at Leeds, England, in August 1840; came to this country at the age of eleven, first locating at Baltimore, where he staid one year, then went to Virginia; from there to Boone County, Mo.; then to St. Louis, where Mr. P. learned his trade--that of a stone cutter. From there he went to Atchison County, Mo., and remained until 1863, when he went to the mountains, and from there came to Nebraska City in September, 1865; engaged at stone cutting for two years, after which time he went to Lincoln, and returned to this city again about six months afterwards, and worked at the same business until the fall of 1869, when he went into the marble business with Joseph Butzerin, and continued four years, and two years of the time had a branch shop at Hamburg, Iowa. In January, 1874, Mr. P. bought Mr. B.'s interest, and has carried the business on alone ever since. It is the only works of this description in the city. Was married in Nebraska City, July 18, 1872, to Nancy M. Anderson.

JAMES W. PARKER, M. D., physician and surgeon, came to Nebraska City in September, 1863, and has practiced here since. He was born in Fayette County, Ky., near Lexington, and was educated at the Transylvania University, in the academical and medical departments, graduating from the latter in 1846. he commenced practice in Boone County, Mo., and went from there to Texas, where he remained a year in the Government military hospital in Gen. Worth's Division of the U. S. Army. He returned to Missouri in 1849 and went to California in 1850, returning to Missouri in 1851. In April 1853, he was married in Bullitt County, Ky., to Miss Lizzie Burdett, a native of that county. He then settled in Westport, Jackson Co., Mo., and practiced there until he came to Nebraska. In 1862 had charge of the hospital at Westport, in which he served over a year. In 1866 and 1867 he was engaged in the drug business with Burd Price. He has been examiner for many insurance companies. He is president and treasurer of the Nebraska City Manufacturing Co. For three years he was a member of the School Board. The Doctor is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has been an elder therein for twenty years. He has three children: John William, Peyton Burdett, and Mary Elizabeth. The two boys are at the Westminister College, Fulton, Mo.

J. B. PARMELEE, Superintendent of the State Institution for the Blind, was born in Geauga County, Ohio, March 18, 1845. His parents settled in Dodge County, Wis., about 1850. He received his preliminary education at home, and finished at the State Normal School, at Plattville, Wis., from which he graduated in 1869. He engaged in teaching until 1875, in which year he became connected with the Iowa College for the Blind. In 1877 he removed to Nebraska to take his present position. He was married in Iowa Falls, Iowa, in September, 1873, to Miss Nora K. Moseley, of Iowa Falls. They have two children, Kate and Frances. Mr. P. is a member of the Congregational Church, and of the Royal Arcanum and K. of H. Mrs. P. is the matron of the institution. She is the eldest daughter of Henry and Sarah Moseley, of Iowa Falls, Iowa, and was born in Dodge County, Wis. She was educated at the Carlinville High School, at Carlinville, Ill. After graduating, she taught in the school for about one year, then took charge of the graded school at Alden, Iowa; a position she retained until her marriage.

MAJ. J. W. PEARMAN, a native of Hardin County, Ky., came to Nebraska City, May 16, 1854, where he has resided ever since. He was employed as a day-laborer until elected County Treasurer, in 1856, which position he held until October 15, 1862, when he resigned and enlisted as a private in Company F, Second Nebraska Cavalry. On completion of the regiment he was appointed and commissioned Junior Major, doing service on the Northwestern frontier until mustered out at the expiration of term of service; after which he was commissioned Captain and Assistant Quartermaster U. S. A., and assigned to duty with the First Brigade, First Division, Second Army Corps, Army of Potomac. He was present at the fall of Richmond and Petersburg, Va., and witnessed the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court House. After the Army of the Potomac was disbanded, Captain Pearman was sent to Davenport, Iowa, where he had charge of the Department of that State until 1877, when he was mustered out as an officer of the army, but retained as Quartermaster's agent until 1870. Since 1876 he has been engaged in horticultural and agricultural pursuits and somewhat mixed up in the politics of the State. He was married February 24, 1856, to Mary A. Swift, of Atchison County, Mo., who was a native of Morgan County, Ill. They have had eleven children, nine of whom are now living: Annie N., Alice Lulu, Pinkie Isabelle, Mary Frances, Frederick Lincoln, Horace Stanton, Hugh C., Prudence, Guy Rutledge, Katie and Maggie--twins. The Major is a member of the Odd Fellows, and a stalwart worker in the temperance cause. He was born March 16, 1831, and is now fifty-one years old, and weighs 240 pounds.

WILLIAM PHIFER, wholesale and retail dealer in and manufacturer of cigars and tobacco, was born in Arkansas in 1833, raised in St. Louis, and located in Lexington in the same State in 1852, where he remained one year; then went to California three years, and then returned to Lexington, where he carried on the tobacco business for nine years. Mr. Phifer is a member of the A., F. & A. M. In 1858 he joined (in Lexington) Lafayette Lodge, No. 32, A., F. & A. M. He was married in Plattsburg, Mo., to Miss L. A. B. Willis, August 30, 1859. They have six children living. The first three were born in Lexington, Mo., namely, W. L., Mary R. and O. L. Phifer. The following named, I. N., F. A. and E. W., were born in Nebraska City, Neb. Mr. Phifer came to Nebraska City in January, 1865; bought property and removed here the following May, at which time he started his present business. The family resided from October, 1880, until March, 1882, in Little Rock, Ark., where they lost their beloved son, G. W. Phifer, aged ten years and two days , who died in Little Rock, March 2, 1882, and was buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, Neb., March 7, 1882.

C. W. PHILLIPS, photographer. Business taken charge of by Mr. Phillips in 1877. He has the leading gallery in the city, and does both portrait and landscape work. He was born in Bridgeport, Conn., March 2, 1852; received his schooling there, and commenced the study of his profession in 1870 in New York City. In 1874 he settled in Nebraska City, after spending some time in looking up a location. Mr. P. is a prominent member of several secret societies, also State vice-president of the Photographer's Association of America.

A. S. POTTER, U. S. Assistant-Engineer, in charge of Missouri River improvement here. Came to Nebraska City in September, 1878. Took charge August, 1880. He is a native of Jefferson County, N. Y., and was educated at the Troy Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1876. He was engaged in engineering work in Michigan prior to the date of his coming here.

PHILIP POTTER & CO., jobbers of china, crockery and glassware, organized for business March 1, 1881. The original business was established by Buxton & Brown in 1867, and in 1869 Mr. Potter became interested in the business, continuing it until 1875, when he took charge of it alone. Their sales are principally in Nebraska and Iowa.

PHILIP POTTER came to Nebraska City in April, 1869, and has been engaged in his present business ever since. He has been a member of the Board of Education, and is senior warden of St. Mary's Episcopal Church. He was born at Baltimore, Md., February 14, 1845. Lived there eight years and moved to Vermont, where he was reared, being most of the time at Brattleboro. He was educated at the Cheshire (Connecticut) Episcopalian Academy and at Brown University. Prior to coming to Nebraska he was in mercantile business. He was married in Fort Calhoun, Neb., September 29, 1874, to Fanny M. Clark, a native of La Porte, Ind. They have two children, Abrey and Faith.

J. STILLSON POTTER was born in Baltimore, Md., October 20, 1848. When four hears old his parents moved to Philadelphia, where he lived two years. Then he went to Brattleboro, Vt., and stayed until he was fourteen, when he entered the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut at Cheshire, and remained a year. Went to Yates' Institute, Lancaster, Pa., for a year, and then accepted a place as agent for the Star Union Freight Line at Boston. After two years he resigned and came to Chicago, where he was employed as resident salesman for Hunt, Barbour & Hale, jobbers of dry goods. From there he went back to Philadelphia and became manifest clerk on the P. W. & B. R. R. for four and a half years. After that he was private clerk to the Commissioner of Customs at Washington for a short time, and then spent two years on a plantation near New Orleans. In September, 1874, he came to Nebraska City, and on March 1, 1875 took editorial charge of the Nebraska City News, issuing a daily edition thereof. He continued his editorial charge for six years.

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["BOSCOBEL."--RESIDENCE OF R. M. ROLFE.]

R. M. ROLFE, wholesale and retail grocer, came to Nebraska City, October 15, 1860, and engaged in the present business, being the first man in Nebraska south of Platte to engage in jobbing. In 1867 he sold out, and was engaged in banking from 1868 to 1871; then until 1875 he was employed in improving his lands. In 1875 he and Mr. E. W. Terry again entered the grocery trade, the firm being Rolfe & Terry up to 1879. Since then Mr. Rolfe has been alone, under the name of R. M. Rolfe & Co. He has been largely interested in Otoe County lands ever since he came, and has done considerable farming. He was a member of the syndicate which bought largely of Lincoln property at the time of the location of the capital, and of another for the purchase of lands in Gage County; he is also interested in mining in New Mexico; he was Alderman for one term. Mr. Rolfe was born near Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., October 12, 1830 and lived there until 1857, when he came to Keokuk, Iowa; then he went to Memphis for a year, and then to St. Louis, coming thence to Nebraska City. He has a beautiful residence here called Boscobel. Was married at Springfield, Erie Co., N. Y., June 28, 1859, to Harriet C. Emmons, a native of that place. They have three children, Emmons, Harry and Charles. Mrs. Rolfe is a daughter of Hon. Carlos Emmons, one of the most prominent citizens of Western New York. Mr. Rolfe is a member of the Episcopal Church. He aided in opening the first wagon road to Fort Kearney, and was one of the original corporators and the first secretary of the Midland Pacific Railroad.

CHARLES L. POTTS, of Lorton & Potts, wholesale grocers came to Nebraska City in the spring of 1865; spent a few months in Colorado, and returned here that fall. He was employed as a clerk and in other capacities, and in August, 1873, he engaged in the manufacture of plows and scrapers until his shops were burned, March 6, 1876. from March, 1869 to July, 1873, he was cashier of the Transfer Co. In 1878 he was Deputy County Treasurer, resigning January 1, 1879. September 6, 1879, the present firm was formed. Mr. Potts was born at St. Louis, Mo., December 7, 1848, and was reared in Howard County, Mo. He was married at Nebraska City, February 19, 1873, to Elfreda C. Russell, a native of Lansingville, N. Y. They have one child, Mary Ellen. Mr. Potts is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and of the K. of H.

L. A. PRUE, of the firm of Driscoll, Prue & Co., brick manufacturers, contractors and builders, was born in Toledo, Ohio, September 7, 1853. When he was quite small his parents removed to Illinois and from there to Nebraska City, in 1858. He commenced to learn the trade of brick laying in 1869 and worked as a journeyman until three years ago, at which time he started his present business. He was married in Nebraska City, December 23, 1875. They have three children, Charles Edward, Nellie May and Myrtle Florence.

FRANK T. RANSOM, attorney, came to Nebraska City in May 1877, and has been in partnership with George W. Covell ever since. They do a law, real estate and abstract business. He was born at St. Joseph, Mo., August 13, 1851, and lived there until he came to Nebraska City. He was educated at the St. Joseph High School and at Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H. In 1873 he commenced reading law at St. Joseph and was admitted to the bar about two years later. He was married at Nebraska City, September 13, 1877, to Anna Hewitt, a native of Maysville, DeKalb Co., Mo. Mr. Ransom is a member of the present Legislature and of the Knights of Honor.

RECTOR, WILHELMY & CO., wholesale and retail dealers in hardware, have been established since September, 1871. The original firm was H. Larson and John F. Wilhelmy. They continued until 1876, when the present firm was formed, Mr. Rector purchasing Mr. Larson's interest. In January 1882, Frank B. Hochstetter was admitted to membership. The first year's business of the old firm amounted to $16,000 a year. They are now doing $50,000 a year. They give employment to six men, including the partners.

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[ROTTMANN BLOCK.--F. W. ROTTMANN, PROPRIETOR.]

F. W. ROTTMANN, grocer, came to Nebraska City, April 10, 1858, and engaged in farming for a month. Then he came into town and served as clerk for five years. After that he engaged in mercantile business and has continued at it ever since. He has also been extensively employed in building operations. He has erected six business houses between Ninth and Tenth on Main and has five stores on the opposite side of the same street. He also owns the Grand Central livery stable, and seven dwellings, beside the Third Ward engine house. Mr. Rottman was for three years Alderman for the Third Ward, and for several years a director in the Fair Association. He was born in Westphalia, Prussia, June 3, 1834, and came to America in November, 1857. Prior to coming here he lived at St. Louis. He was married at Nebraska City, October 15, 1865, to Maggie Arends, a native of Hanover, Germany. They have one son, Fred W., born December 3, 1872. Mr. R. is a member of the Lutheran Church and is one of the most enterprising citizens of Nebraska City.

WILLIAM S. RECTOR, came to Nebraska City in November, 1876, and engaged in the hardware business. He built the Excelsior Flouring Mill in 1879-80, and is one of the stockholders of the Nebraska City National Bank and of the Nebraska City Manufacturing Company. He also has a two-thirds interest in the Noelting & Rector Hardware establishment. Mr. Rector was born near Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio, November 1, 1818, and lived there until he came to Nebraska. He was married at Circleville, Ohio, to Emeline Yates, who died in Ohio, leaving two children, Josie, now Mrs. James Reed, of Nebraska City, Druzilla, now Mrs. S. J. Faris. His present wife was Martha Allen, whom he married at Circleville, O. They have two children, Allen T. and William S., Jr. Mr. Rector served one term as Alderman from the Second Ward.

MICHAEL REED, of the firm of James Reed & Bro., wholesale and retail druggists, was born in Birmingham, England, July 26, 1845, and came to this city in 1858. In 1864 he engaged in the drug business and in which he still continues. He was married at Belvidere, Neb., October 4, 1881, to Miss Sallie Hole, a native of Havana, Ill.

JAMES REED, wholesale and retail druggist, came to Nebraska City in September, 1858. He was employed as a clerk in the drug store of D. Whitinger and afterward with Reed, Whitinger & Co., then in the spring of 1867 the firm of Reed Bros., was organized and continued until 1872. On December 1, of that year the firm of James Reed & Bros., was formed and still continues. They are rapidly increasing their trade, having recently doubled their business capacity. Mr. Reed was born in Birmingham, England, July 26, 1845, and came to Nebraska City with his mother and family. He has been in the drug business since his youth. He was married in Circleville, Ohio, March 30, 1871, to Josephine P. Rector, a native of Pickaway County, Ohio. They have two children. Norris Humphey and Dwight James. Mr. Reed is a member of the A., F. & A. M., K. of H., and Royal Arcanum.

F. RENNER, M. D., physician and surgeon, came to Nebraska City about the middle of May, 1856, and engaged in practice until 1861; then he published a German paper, the Nebraska Staats Zeitung. In 1870 he removed the paper to Lincoln, and ran it until 1874, when he returned to Nebraska City. In the fall of 1876 he sold the paper, and since then has been engaged in the practice of his profession. The Doctor was Alderman for three terms. In 1864 he was elected to the Legislature and to the First Constitutional Convention. In 1867 he was appointed Assessor of Internal Revenue for Nebraska, and served until 1870. In 1875 he was appointed Revenue Agent for Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory and Colorado, with headquarters at St. Louis. One year later he resigned and returned to Nebraska City. Since January 28, 1879, he has been U. S. Storekeeper for the Nebraska City Distillery. He was born on the Rhine, Germany, June 16, 1830, and was educated at Wertzburg, Munich and Paris; came to America in 1855, and after spending some time at Boston, Chicago, and other places, came to Nebraska City. He was married at Nebraska City, January 17, 1859, to Christina Melchoir, a native of Germany. She died in November, 1860, leaving one son, Alfred, now in the employ of the Omaha Republican. He was married again in 1861, to Victoria Heilig, a native of Virginia, and daughter of Rev. Daniel Heilig, now of Tecumseh, Neb. She died at Nebraska City, July 21, 1879, leaving seven children, Albert B., now a student at Omaha with his uncle; Lulu and Lily, twins; Percival, Horace, Friel and Daisy. He was again married, at St. Louis, in September, 1879 to Mrs. Louisa Groscurth a native of Germany. The Doctor is a member of I. O. O. F. He was the first vice-president of the Nebraska State Medical Society, and belongs to the American and Otoe County Medical Associations. He is Past Supreme Representative of the K. of P., being a Representative to the Supreme Lodge at Philadelphia in 1876. He delivered a lecture at Nebraska City on Nebraska City and Nebraska in 1866, and by request it was repeated three times.

DE FOREST P. ROLFE, lumber dealer, came to Nebraska City, April 14, 1861, and was engaged in mercantile pursuits from the time of his arrival until 1868, when he went to Chicago, Ill., where he remained two years, and returned to Nebraska City to engage in the lumber business, in which he continued until the fall of 1874, when he became interested in the Reed Plow Manufacturing Company for one year. He was then appointed general agent for D. M. Osborne & Co., manufacturers of harvesting machinery, in which business he remained until the fall of 1879, when he again embarked in the lumber trade under the firm name of D. P. Rolfe & Co., doing business at several places in Nebraska and Western Iowa. He was born at Cooper's Plains, Steuben Co., N. Y., July 20, 1839, and lived in that county until 1859, when he went to St. Louis, Mo., coming from thence to Nebraska City. He was married at Bath, N. Y., to Miss Sue Gilmore, a native of that town, November 6, 1866. They have one child, Mary S. Mr. Rolfe was County Treasurer in 1863. He was elected a member of the last Territorial Legislature, of the first State Legislature, and has been Secretary of the Board of Trade at Nebraska City since its organization, in February, 1882. He assisted in recruiting the Second Nebraska Cavalry for frontier service. He belongs to Western Star Lodge, A., F. & A. M., and to Keystone Chapter, in both of which organizations he has held various official positions, and has been foremost in many enterprises tending toward the advancement of the business interests of Nebraska City.

CHARLES H. ROSELIUS, brickmaker, layer, and contractor, residence Nebraska City. Also inventor and pantentee of Roselius brick drying sheds, patented February 18, 1879, which has been fully tested and proved to be of inestimable value. Mr. R. erected a set of sheds, the first in use in Nebraska City, in 1879, and has nearly completed a set in the town of Syracuse to supply the demand of that town and surrounding country, which he intends running himself. Still intend increasing and erecting sheds wherever there may be an opening. Any information concerning advantages claimed by the patent may be obtained by applying personally or by letter to box 39, Nebraska City.

D. A. SARGENT, proprietor of the Missouri Valley Soap Works. Business under present management since 1880. He employs three men and manufactures both laundry and toilet soaps. Their leading brands in laundry are the Missouri Valley and the White Prussian. D. A. Sargent was born in Cambridgeport, Mass., December 22, 1848. His parents moved to New Hampshire. From there to Indiana and finally settled in Rockford, Ill., in 1853, where he was brought up and lived until he came to Nebraska in 1870. He was married in Rockford, Ill., September 28, 1871, to Miss Mary Scoville of that city. Mr. S. is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

H. K. SCHMIDT, of the firm of Driscoll, Prue & Co., contractors, builders, and brick manufacturers, was born in Germany, February 22, 1838. Came to America in 1854, first locating in New York City, remaining there about five years. Then went to Pennsylvania and remained about the same length of time, working at brick making in both States. From here he came to St. Joseph, Mo., following his trade while there, and in May, 1879, removed to Nebraska City. He engaged in making bricks up to a year ago, when he formed a partnership with Messrs. Driscoll & Prue. Was married in Missouri in 1863. They have three children, Henry, Carrie and Willie.

PAUL SCHMINKE, Postmaster, came to Nebraska City May 1, 1865, and engaged in plastering until the spring of 1874. He then built the Star Flouring Mills and is still interested in the milling business. He was Alderman from the Third Ward in 1872. In 1873 he was elected to the Legislature. In 1875 he was appointed one of the committe to locate and build the Blind Asylum. In 1876 he was again elected to the Legislature, and in 1878 became Postmaster; being reappointed in January, 1882. He was born in Prussia, August 16, 1836; coming to America May 10, 1852. He located first in Pennsylvania, and in 1853 went to Ohio, living in Washington County until he came here. He was married in Washington County, Ohio, December 9, 1859, to Anna Kohlmann, a native of Hanover, Germany. They have eight children; William D., Dora A., Augusta, Emma M., Louisa Paulina, Josephina, Kate and Charles. They lost a son, Paul, who died at the age of three. Mr. Schminke is a member of the I. O. O. F., and the K. of P.

HENRY SCHMITZ, saddle and harness manufacturer, was born in Rhine, Province of Prussia, Germany, June 16, 1839. Came to America with his father at the age of fourteen, first locating in New York City. From there they went to Maryland, and shortly afterward to Lancaster, Pa., staying there one year. While there he commenced his trade. The father had an anxiety to return to the old country and wanted Henry to go also, but this he refused to do, the father being obliged to go alone. Shortly after his arrival in Germany he was urged by his wife to move the whole family to America, which he did in a very short time; Henry meeting them unexpectedly while on a visit to New York. They all came West and settled at Peru. Finished his trade there. He left for Lacon, Ill., following his business. When the war broke out he went to Chicago and worked for the Government, making cavalry equipments; also worked at Quincy, Ill., in the same capacity. From there he went to St. Joe, and after remaining a short time came to Nebraska City in March, 1865, with a full intention of going to California, but things turned out much better than they expected, and they stayed right here. He worked as a journeyman for about four years, when he formed a partnership with E. McCallum, which lasted nearly eight years, after which time he went into business alone and has continued ever since. Was married in Nebraska City, October 28, 1868, to Miss Mary Stebbins. They have one child, Annie R.--three being dead. He buried his wife and three children in a very short time. Mr. Schmitz is a member of the K. of P. and I. O. O. F. lodges.

CHARLES W. SEYMOUR, attorney-at-law, came to Nebraska City, November 14, 1861. He read law with Hon. A. G. Thurman, of Ohio, and continued his study after he came here, being admitted to the special session of the District Court in 1862. Since then he has been engaged in practice here. He was elected to the Legislature in 1862; re-elected in 1863, and served in the House in the winter of 1863-64. He was Master in Chancery of the District Court for six or seven years, and served several months as Prosecuting Attorney for Otoe County. In 1863 he was appointed Captain of the Union Guards, and was commissioned Major of the militia regiment. He has been a Notary Public since he came here, and has been an U. S. Commissioner for the last ten years. He was born at Hartford, Licking Co., Ohio, June 4, 1838. That was his home until 1859. He then lived at Columbus, Ohio, for two years, until he came here. He was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, graduating as A. B. in 1860, and received the degree of A. M. a few years later. He has been admitted to practice in all the States of U. S. courts and in the U. S. Supreme Court on motion of Hon. A. G. Thurman. He was married at Nebraska City July 4, 1863, to Catharine E. Holly, eldest daughter of Judge C. F. Holly, now of Stamford, Conn., but at that time U. S. Judge of Colorado. They have four children; William F., Hugh Augustus, Howard Simeon, and Catherine E. Mr. S. belongs to the A., F. & A. M.; is Dictator of K. of H., and Vestryman of St. Mary's Episcopal Church; also Knight Templar and Chairman of the State Republican Central Committee in 1874.

E. SEYMOUR, proprietor of the Grand Central Hotel, under present management since August 16, 1881. The hotel is of brick, 96 x 120 feet, three stories, and contains forty-nine rooms. Mr. Seymour was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., September 27, 1823. Removed to Huron County, Ohio, with his mother, where he finished his education. He then engaged in mercantile business, studying law at the same time, and engaging in large mercantile and manufacturing enterprises, built up the town of Fairfield, Ohio. Was at one time engaged with his brother in the manufacture of surgical instruments, etc., at Seneca Falls, N. Y. He returned to Ohio, and after holding the position of railroad director of the Clinton Air Line for a time, he bought out two stores at Newark, Ohio, removing the goods to Toledo. Ohio, where from 1861 to 1866 he was engaged in business. In the latter year he bought the Bates House, Indianapolis, Ind., which he managed during the years 1866, 1867 and 1868. In the latter year, his health failing, he sold out and removed to St. Paul, Minn. He there engaged in disastrous mining operations, put up a tin stamp mill in Northern Minnesota, which proved a dead loss. He then sold his property in St. Paul, and accepted the general agency in Indiana of the Globe Mutual Life Insurance Co. Shortly after was appointed secretary and treasurer of the La Porte Chair Manufacturing Co. He then moved to Clinton, Iowa, where he established a large chair manufacturing company. The company afterward was made a joint stock company. Shortly after Mr. S. moved to Chicago and bought the Cornell Watch Co. property; sold out for a large bonus in a few months, and went to Milan, Rock Island Co., Ill., where he established a chair factory, afterward selling out to Taylor & Conon; receiving in partial exchange the St. Charles Hotel, at St. Joseph, Mich. This property he did not retain long. Then located in Chicago for six years, and recently in Nebraska City, Neb. Mr. S. was married in Huron County, N. Y., to Miss Polly Ann, second daughter of Rev. John I. Whitman, a prominent Baptist minister. They have three children; Otto L. Lillie M. (now Mrs. Keim, of Sioux City, Iowa), and Annie. Mr. S. is a member of the Baptist Church, of the I. O. O. F., and is a Royal Arch Mason.

C. W. SHERFEY, nursery and gardening, Nebraska City, Neb., was born in Washington County, Md., July, 1829. In 1837 his parents removed to Burlington, Iowa. He is a graduate of Asbury University, Greencastle, Ind., and also of the law school of Harvard University. In 1857 he came to Plattsmouth, Neb., where he published the Platte Valley Times. Removing to Nebraska City, he established the People's Press, the forerunner of the present Nebraska Press. He was married in Nebraska City, to Miss Irene Spurlock, in 1862. They have three children living, Charles Emory, Irene Belle, and Eulalia. Carrie Rand was the name of the oldest, who died.

H. N. SHEWELL, cashier of the James Sweet National Bank, came to Nebraska in September, 1860. He has been engaged in banking since November, 1865, and for the last ten years has been with the above named bank and its predecessors. He was born in Rootstown, Portage Co., Ohio, and came thence to Nebraska, where he has been engaged continuously in banking except one and one-half years spent as Deputy County Clerk. He was married at Charleston, S. C., in October, 1877, to Jennie T. Taylor, a native of Charleston. They have two children, James T. and Hattie T.

DUKE W. SIMPSON, dealer in farm machinery.

WILLIAM B. SLOAN, druggist, came to Nebraska City in 1874, as agent of the K. C., St. J. & C. B. R. R., but is now engaged in the drug business in company with Samuel Bacon.

WILLIAM T. SLOAN, dealer in agricultural implements, first came to Nebraska City in 1858, and spent part of one season here. He then returned to West Port, Mo., where he lived until he came here permanently in October 1863. In the spring of 1864 he engaged in freighting and continued at it until 1868, going principally to Denver and Salt Lake. In the spring of 1869 he engaged in mercantile trade and continued it for two years, since which time he has been in present business. He has been Precinct and City Assessor for three years, and was in the City Council two years and is now a County Commissioner. He was born in Lebanon Township, Cooper Co., Mo., May 11, 1834, and lived there until eighteen years of age. He then lived in Cass County until 1858, when he came here. From 1858 to 1868, he engaged in freighting. He was married in Shelby County, Ky., July 2, 1862, to Martha Berkley, a native of that county. They have two children, Willie Maud and James R. Mr. Sloan is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, K. of H., Royal Arcanum and Temple of Honor.

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GEORGE W. SROAT, dealer in real estate, came to Nebraska City September 17, 1855, and engaged in building operations until the fall of 1859. In 1860 he was elected Sheriff and served until 1866, then being Deputy for two years. He commenced farming in 1855, and began dealing in real estate. He entered one of the first quarter sections south of the Platte, March 30, 1857, on the southwest one-quarter Section 20, Town 8, Range 14. He served two terms in the Territorial Legislature, prior to the organization of the State. He has been Alderman, Justice of the Peace, City Marshal, etc. Since 1868 he has been engaged exclusively in real estate. He was born near Fisherville, twelve miles east of Louisville, Ky., August 3, 1828. He lived there until seventeen years old and then went to Henry County, Tenn., where he remained three years; then back to Kentucky, until he came here. He was married at Nebraska City October 21, 1860, to Georgenia L. North, a native of Liverpool, England, who came to America when fourteen years old, her parents settling in Nebraska City in 1854. Mr. Sroat has seven children; George N., job printer and publisher of the Phunny Phellow; Grace E., Paul H., Irving H., Bertha E., Edith and Alice. Two died: Arthur and Frederick, both in infancy. Mr. Sroat is a member of A. F. & A. M., and T. of H. He belongs to the first Baptist Church which he helped to organize.

J. R. SOUSLEY, superintendent Nebraska City Transfer Company, was born in Jefferson County, Ky., May 26, 1830. Went to St. Louis in 1843, from there to Booneville, same State, where he learned bricklaying, remaining three years, then returned to St. Louis, engaging in steamboating, his first position being second clerk, from that to carpenter, of another boat, the inducement being better wages, staying in that position two years, on the St. Joseph, Capt. W. W. Baker, and during the same time learned the Missouri river. The first boat he stood watch on was the Cataract, in 1852, continuing for the season. Next season was pilot of the Robert Campbell, on the same river. In 1854 was on the J. M. Converse and Polar Star and on the Polar Star in 1855-56. In 1857-58 he was captain of the Skylark; then captain of Belle Memphis, St. Louis & Memphis Packet lines, about three years. In 1864, had charge of the C. E. Hilman, in the same trade. In 1865 he bought an interest in the Marcella and made a trip to the mountains with her. Next year he had charge of the St. John, and the following year Walter C. Dance, of Fort Benton, and in the summer of 1868 piloted the Ben Johnson, plying between St. Louis and St. Joseph, and in the fall of the same year came to Nebraska City and bought a quarter interest in the company he is still connected with. In 1873 built the James F. Joy, at Madison, Ind., and run it eight years, when it was sold to the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad, in Nebraska. He was married first in Howard County, Mo., 1853, and the second time at Lexington, Mo., in 1858. They have three children living; Belle, Gertrude and Mattie. Mr. Sousley is a member of five different lodges; A., F. & A. M., K. of P., K. of H., Royal Arcanum and I. O. O. F., St. Louis, No. 5.

C. W. STAHLHUT, grocer and grain dealer, came to Nebraska City in the spring of 1869, and was engaged for a year at carpenter work, and for four years at clerking. He commenced the grocery business for himself in 1875. In 1876 he built a grain warehouse, and since 1876 he has dealt in grain. Fred Stahlhut (a milkman) is interested in his business. He was born in Buckeburg, Westphalia, November 26, 1841, and came to America in 1868, locating at Bloomingdale, Ill. He lived there a year, and then came to Nebraska. He was married at Nebraska City in November, 1876, to Anna Wille, a native of Brooklyn, N. Y. They have two children; Emily and Clara. His business amounts to $20,000 a year.

JOHN W. STEINHART, acting cashier of the Nebraska City national Bank; was born in Brunswick, Mo., May 9, 1861, and came to Nebraska City, August 10, 1865. He was a student at the city schools and at Nebraska College, until 1878. In November of that year he entered the Nebraska City National Bank as book-keeper and messenger; and since July, 1881, he has been acting cashier.

J. STEINHART, merchant tailor, came to Nebraska City August 10, 1865, and has been in his present business ever since. When he came here he employed but one man, where he now has five. His business extends to Denver and Colorado Springs, and to Hebron, Neb., Charlton, Mo., and Essex, Iowa. He was born in Germany, October 28, 1832, and came to America in 1853. He first located at Newark, N. J., and then worked in New York City for eighteen months. After that he was in Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans, for a year. During the war he went to Lincoln, Ill., and was there a year, and then came here. He was married at St. Louis, in July, 1858, to Anna Danner, a native of Switzerland. They have four children: Anna Virginia, now Mrs. Stephen Hale, of Nebraska city; John W.; Mary, and Robert E. Lee. Mr. Steinhart is a member of the K. of H. and Royal Arcanum. He is a charter member of the latter and has since been treasurer thereof.

S. J. STEVENSON, attorney, Justice of the Peace and police judge, came to Nebraska City in the spring of 1871, and has practiced here since. He is now serving his second term as Justice of the Peace. He was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., November 4, 1838, and lived there two and one-half years and in Oswego County three years. Then he was in Massachusetts ten years and from 1864 to 1871 in Broome County, N. Y. He was married at Binghamton, N. Y., to Julia F. Stephens. They have two children: Fannie and Emma. Mr. Stevenson is a member of the K. of P.

THOMAS B. STEVENSON, attorney, came to Nebraska City April 2, 1863. He was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., July 28, 1835, and lived there four years; then moved to Canada until he was seventeen, and afterward lived in Green and Miami counties, Ohio. He enlisted August, 1864, in company A., Second Nebraska Battalion, and was captain of that company, serving six months. He commenced practice in the spring of 1865. In 1868 he was a delegate to the Chicago Republican convention, and was elected to the State Senate in 1869-70. He has served five terms in succession as Mayor of Nebraska City. He was married at Sidney, Iowa, March, 1858, to Anna C. Nisewhander, a native of Tazewell, Va. They have five children; Olla; Thomas; John; Nellie, and Harry. Three died. Mr. Stevenson and Judge Mason were partners from the fall of 1863 to June 1867.

JAMES SWEET, president of the James Sweet National Bank, came to Nebraska City May 22, 1857, and engaged in law practice. In September, 1857, he commenced banking under the firm name of Cheever, Sweet & Co., the firm consisting of John H. Cheever, James Sweet, and John W. Kirk. This partnership expired by limitation in three years, when the firm of James Sweet & Co., was organized, composed of Mr. Sweet and Rollin M. Rolfe. This firm lasted two years, the name being then changed to James Sweet & Co. In 1871 J. T. Thompson and H. N. Shewell became partners. Thompson retired in 1874 and the firm then continued as James Sweet & Co., until June 30, 1881, when the present bank was formed, with a capital of $50,000. James Sweet was born at Milford, Ostego Co., N. Y., July 11, 1828. He was educated at Wyoming Seminary, at Kingston, Pa., for three years. After completing his course he returned home and read law for two years. After spending a year at Clarksville, Ostego Co., N. Y., he was admitted to the bar in 1853. He then clerked in a law office and practiced until he came to Nebraska. In 1855 he was married at Utica, N. Y., to Ellen Wood, who died thirteen months later, leaving a son, Everett W. He afterward died in Nebraska at the age of twenty-one. Mr. Sweet was again married at Springville, Erie Co., N. Y., June 1859, to Clementine P. Emmons, a native of that town. They have five children; Carlos E., James, Jr., Arthur C., Will F. and Stella. Mr. Sweet established the banking house of James Sweet & Brock, at Lincoln, in 1868. He was Collector of Internal Revenue from July, 1862, to August, 1867, and served as State Treasurer, from January, 1869, to January, 1871.

ALBERT O. SWIFT, Deputy Postmaster, came to Nebraska City, May 8, 1868, and engaged in farming in Four Mile Precinct. Farmed for two years, since which he has held his present position. He was born in Mercer, Mercer Co., Pa., December 12, 1848, and went to Galena, Ill., in 1858. September 26, 1864, he enlisted in Company D., Forty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out June 3, 1865. On leaving the army he went to Franklin, Pa., where he lived until he came to Nebraska. He has been prominent in the Republican party in this State and has frequently served as delegate to conventions. He was married at Franklin, Pa., July 30, 1871, to Caroline Jackson, a native of Venango County, Pa. They have three children; Amos H., John Richard and Albert Bird. They lost two. Mr. Swift is a member of K. of H.

C. F. S. TEMPLIN, of the firm of N. S. Harding & Co., booksellers and stationers, came to Nebraska City, November 29, 1862, and engaged in the book and stationery business, having been in partnership with Mr. Harding since June 1, 1881. He entered Mr. Harding's store, December 25, 1862, and has been with him most of the time since. He was absent from Nebraska City for a few months on account of ill health, and was in the employ of the Western News Company, of Chicago for a short time in 1871. He was born in Lancaster, Fairfield, Co., Ohio, September 17, 1847, and his parents moved with their family, when he was an infant, to Columbia City, Ind. There remained four years and went then to North Wabash, Ind., where he resided until he came to Nebraska City, excepting sixteen months spent on a farm in Kosciusko County, Ind., in 1856-57-58.

J. M. TAYLOR, plumber and gasfitter, came to Nebraska City in August, 1868, having first located at Omaha March 25, 1860. He staid there a year and went back to Muscatine, Iowa, where he enlisted April, 1861, in Company C, First Iowa Volunteer Infantry, assisting in raising the company. September 9, 1861, he re-enlisted in Company A, Eleventh Iowa, serving three years. On April 10, 1865, he re-enlisted at St. Louis, in Company H, Ninth United States Veteran Volunteer Infantry, being finally mustered out at Indianapolis, Ind., April 9, 1866. After prospecting a few months in Minnesota and Wisconsin he came to Omaha in October, 1866, where he ran a stationary engine for two years. In January, 1874, he commenced plumbing and gasfitting, having been engaged in construction of gasworks before that. His business now is plumbing and dealing in pumps, engines, windmills, gas pipes and fitting. He was born at Vienna, Champaign Co., Ohio, February 3, 1835, and was married at Keokuk, Iowa, September 23, 1866, to Susan M. Davis, a native of Kentucky. They have two children: Katie I., and Belle E. Mr. Taylor is a foreman of the Hook and Ladder Company, having held that position since January 4, 1875. He is now Assessor of Nebraska City Precinct. He belongs to the K. of P., and the Northwestern Firemen's Association.

E. W. TERRY, vice president, James Sweet National Bank, came to Nebraska City in 1862, and was in mercantile business in partnership with William Fulton for eight months. Then he engaged in the wholesale grocery business with R. M. Rolfe, doing a large mountain and ranch trade. They sold out in 1867 to Lorton & Bennett. He then went to New Orleans in 1868 and remained five years in the cotton commission and coffee business with his brother, L. H. Terry. On his return he and Mr. Rolfe bought out Lorton's wholesale grocery in 1875 and discontinued in 1879. July 1, 1880, he became a member of the banking firm of James Sweet & Co., and July 1, 1881, the national bank was formed, and Mr. Terry was elected vice president. He was born at Hartford Conn., February 3, 1835. From 1856 until he came here he lived at Muscatine, being a partner in three wholesale stores, viz: groceries, clothing and boots and shoes. In 1859 Mr. Terry disposed of his interests at Muscatine. He was married at Janesville, Wis., in May, 1878, to Elmina Prentice, a native of that place. They have lost one daughter. Mr. Terry is a member of the Episcopal Church and of the K. of H.

JOHN H. TOMLIN, dealer in stock and grain, came to Nebraska City in February, 1866, and engaged in freighting to Denver that season. In 1867 he engaged in the grain business and has since continued in it. The business is carried on under the firm name of Tomlin, Duff & Co. They have elevators at Nebraska City, Dunbar, Syracuse and Unadilla. They handled 1800 car loads of grain and live stock in 1880. Mr. Tomlin was born in Prince George County, Md., January 19, 1836. In the fall of 1855 he moved to Missouri and lived there until he came to Nebraska, having spent two years mining in Montana, meanwhile. He was married near Brunswick, Mo., January 10, 1863, to Roberta S. Jones, a native of Virginia. They have five children living; Henry Lacy, Walter Moore, Margaret E., Robert Perry and an adopted daughter, Mosella Hutchinson. They lost one daughter in infancy. Mr. Tomlin has been a member of the Board of Education, was Alderman for two years, Mayor for one year and member of the Legislature two years. He belongs to the Southern Methodist Church and the K. of H.

DR. W. S. TOWNSEND, druggist and physician, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 31, 1846. His parents moved to Athens and Washington counties. He was brought up in these counties, educated in select schools, and commenced the study of medicine in Keokuk, Iowa, and under Dr. Baxter, of Wilton, Iowa; then attended lectures at Keokuk and finished his education in the medical department of the Iowa University in 1874-75. He then engaged in practice in Iowa until November, 1881, when he settled in Nebraska City, Neb. He bought out the drug store of P. Heminger and the following month brought out his family. He was married in West Liberty, Iowa, May 23, 1877, to Miss Maggie Null, of West Liberty. They have three children: Charles, Elsie and an infant unnamed.

FRANK M. TURNER, Deputy County Treasurer, came to Otoe County in April, 1863, and located in Four Mile Precinct. Until February, 1881, he was engaged in farming, being then appointed Deputy Treasurer. He was born at Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y., August 1, 1846, and lived there ten years. Then moved to Chenango County, where he resided until 1863. He was married at Unadilla, Ostego Co., N. Y. in September, 1868, to Frances E. Thompson, native of that town. They have five children: M. Jennie, Charles Frederick, William F., Bettie, and John Munson.

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EDWIN F. WARREN, attorney-at-law, came to Nebraska in November, 1868, and has practiced here since. He was admitted to the bar at Buffalo, in May, 1868. He was born in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co. N. Y., September 3, 1841. When four years old he moved to Sinclairville in the same county, and lived there ten years, then he moved to Fredonia, where he lived until he came West. He entered Tuft's College in 1860, and was there two years; going then to Yale College, where he graduated in 1864. Filled the chair of mathematics and natural sciences at Caldwell Institute, Danville, Ky., for one year in 1864-65. In October, 1865, he went to New Orleans as an officer of the Freedmen's Bureau, where he soon became Director of the colored schools of New Orleans and adjacent parishes. Resigning this, he returned to Fredonia and studied law. He was married at Fredonia, September 28, 1869, to Martha A. Wygant, a native of Perry, Wyoming Co., N. Y. They have one child, Gertrude S. Mr. W. is a member of A., F. & A. M., Lodge, Chapter and Commandery and Scottish Rite.

AUGUSTUS WADDINGTON came to Nebraska in the fall of 1870, and located in Palmyra, where he remained until 1873, being employed on a farm. In 1873 he came to Nebraska City and entered the County Clerk's office as clerk. He was soon appointed Deputy, and has held the office over eight years. He was born in Usk, Monmouthshire, England, November 15, 1840, and came to America in 1870, coming straight to Nebraska. He was married at Palmyra, December 17, 1873 to Mary H. Garnet, who was born at Colmar, McDonough Co., Ill. They have three children; Maud P., Ella F., and Irma A. Mr. W. is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. He was secretary of the Chapter two or three years.

J. W. WALDSMITH & SON, dealers in groceries and provisions. Business established in 1871 by J. W. Waldsmith, January, 1872, he took into partnership his son Leslie. They carry a stock of from $4,000 to $5,000. J. W. Waldsmith was born in Mifflintown, Juniata Co., Pa., April 20, 1835. Was educated in his native county and remained there until about 1851, when he moved to Indiana. In 1857 he located in Otoe County, Neb., locating a farm under the pre-emption law. He continued on his farm until 1869, when he moved into Nebraska City. He was married in Otoe County, Neb., April 5, 1860 to Miss Elizabeth Faunce, of Otoe County. They have three children: Leslie, Irene and Amy. Mr. W. is now President of the City Council, and has been for two terms. He is now a member of the Church of the Latter Day Saints; also of the K. of H. and K. of P. societies.

JOHN WALE, proprietor Nebraska City Iron Works, was born at Joliet, Ill., April 10, 1848. Learned his business in Chicago with Sherwood, Walker & Co., and remained there until coming to Nebraska City, December 25, 1870, engaging in the foundry business corner Fifth and Ferry streets; continuing in that place until 1877 when he removed to his present location, Sixth and Otoe streets. Was married in Nebraska City, in March, 1873. They have two children, Effel and an infant not yet named.

HARRY WALES, architect, contractor and builder. Business established in 1874 by Mr. Wales. He is doing the leading business in town, and has constructed most of our prominent business blocks, residences, etc.

JOHN C. WATSON, District Attorney, came to Nebraska City in May, 1873, and has been engaged in practice ever since. He has been District Attorney for the Second Judicial District since January, 1879, being elected in 1878 and 1880. He was born in Memphis, Tenn., September 20, 1850. When a youth he went to Miami County, Ohio, and lived there several years. He then returned to Tennessee, and remained two or three years. He went to Ann Arbor, Mich., and spent two years in the university, graduating in 1869; then spent a year in the medical department, and two years in the law department, graduating in 1873. He commenced practice at Nebraska City, having been admitted to the bar at Detroit, Mich., in 1873.

JACOB WESNER, superintendent iron department Nebraska City Manufacturing Company, was born in the kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, October 17, 1835. Came direct to Buffalo, N. Y., from the old country, at the age of fifteen; learned his trade there, and remained five years, then came west; located at Elgin, Ill., and followed his trade there for two years and a half, leaving then for Lewistown, Minn., where he carried on blacksmithing, etc., for three years; then went to Northfield, same State, staying one year, when he went to Colorado, remaining until July 1865, a term of five years, when he came to Nebraska City, following blacksmithing and machine work for three years; then started plow works of his own. After running the business alone for about three years, he took in a partner, and business increasing so rapidly, compelled them to enlarge their factory, and also to form a larger company; and after continuing for a term of about three years, had the misfortune of being burned out, losing in the neighborhood of $30,000. After the fire the company dissolved. Bur Mr. W. built a shop and started for himself once more alone, and after a period of two years, removed most of his stock to Red Cloud, Neb., and not meeting with the success expected, returned to Nebraska City. After being there about two years, at which time he bought out J. W. Patrick, and carried on the business for one year, then started up a stock company, which is now called the Nebraska City Manufacturing Company, where he holds his present interest. He was married in Colorado, January 28, 1861, to Miss Mary E. Harbaugh. They have nine children-Jennie, Mary, Willie, Katie, Freddie, Birdie, Georgie, Fannie, and Joy.

LEWIS WESSEL, dry goods dealer, came to Nebraska City about 1862, and engaged in mercantile business when he first located here. In 1878, he removed to New York, becoming resident buyer for the house of L. Wessel & Co., of which he is senior partner. He is a native of Bohemia. He has seven children, Julius, Alexander, Josephine, Edgar, Walter, Harry and an infant son.

E. ROSS WHITE, Deputy Clerk of the District Court, came to Nebraska City in December, 1863 and entered the County Clerk's office as Deputy at once. A month later he went to St. Joseph and was clerk in the postoffice at that point until late in 1864. Then he entered the County Clerk's office and served twelve or fourteen years as Deputy. In 1865 he was Deputy Clerk of the Territorial District Court for about a year and Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court for a year. For the last four years he has held his present position. He was born in Louisville, Ky., January 6, 1840 and lived there about five years, going thence to Philadelphia with his parents. Lived there a year and moved to Pittsburgh and from there to Indianapolis where he was employed seven years in the postoffice. Since then he served in the postal department at Dubuque, Chicago, Cairo, and Pittsburg. Altogether he was sixteen years in the Government mail service.

E. M. WHITTEN, M. D., physician and surgeon, came to Nebraska in July, 1876, and remained here one year, on account of his health. He then returned East for a year, and in 1878, finally located at Nebraska City, where he has since resided. He was born at West Bath, Me., June 13, 1837, and lived in Maine and Massachusetts until he came here. He was educated at Bowdoin College, in the literary department, and at Harvard Medical College. After graduating from Bowdoin, he spent a year in the hospitals at `Boston. He commenced practice at Westport, Me., where he remained three years. His wife was Miss Lizzie L. Day, a native of Brunswick, Me. The doctor is a member of the Otoe County Medical Society, the Omaha Pathological Society, the Nebraska State Society, and the American Medical Association. He has been President of the State and County Medical societies, and has held other offices in these societies. He is a member of the K. of H.

THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, proprietor of blacksmith shop, was born near Huntington, England, July 8, 1821, his parents removing to Wales in his infancy; lived there until 1852, when he came to America, first locating in Aurora, Ill. He worked on the first engine ever run on the C., B. & Q. R. R., and forged the first irons to open the cylinder cocks from the cab, on that road; remained in Aurora sixteen years, and was in the employ of the above road for about eleven years. Then came to Cheney, Neb., ten miles east of Lincoln, where he was engaged in blacksmithing and farming for about ten years; afterward resided in Plattsmouth; engaged for one year in making springs for the B. & M. R. R.; then assisted in the construction of the steel railroad bridge over the Missouri River at Plattsmouth, and watched the same for a period of eighteen months. In the Spring of 1881, he came to Nebraska City, where he has since carried on his present business, and is extensively engaged in furnishing work for the government. Mr. W. is a member of the A., F. & A. M. He was married in Wales to Frances Jones, in April, 1843. They have one child, J. S.; he was selected to enter the Naval Academy at Newport, R. I. Owing to his superior qualifications his teacher at Aurora, Ill., recommended him for the appointment.

G. A. WILCOX, proprietor of the Barnum House. The house has been under present management since 1874, with slight exception. It contains forty rooms, and can accommodate 150 guests. Mr. Wilcox was born in St. Louis, Mo., November 27, 1832. In 1852, he settled in Independence, Mo., where he followed the trade of brick mason. Returning to St. Louis for a time, he from there removed to Nebraska; in 1865, settled in Nebraska City, and engaged in contracting and building, and in the manufacture of brick. He has built a number of business houses, among them the Barnum, etc. Was superintendent of construction on the gas works; was engaged in this business some years. Was then for a time in the provision and grocery business, leaving that to take the hotel. He was married in Independence, Mo., in 1856, to Miss Mary E. Roswell, of that city. they have two children living--Ella and Fanny.

J. F. WILHELMY, hardware merchant, came to Nebraska City, July 1, 1869, and was engaged in the agricultural implement business for about three months. He was then employed in a hardware store until he began business for himself in September, 1871. He was born in New Bremen, Auglaize Co., Ohio, December 3, 1846. That was his home until he was nineteen years old, when he removed to McGregor, Iowa. There he lived until he came to Nebraska. He was married at Nebraska City, March 6, 1873, to Minnie Mohrmann, a native of Garnovillo, Iowa. They have four children--Clarissa, Mary, Winifred and Arthur.

WILLIAM L. WILSON, president Nebraska City National Bank, came to Nebraska City in May, 1872, and became cashier of above bank. He served in this capacity until 1877, and since January of that year, has been president of the bank. He was born at Berwick, Pa., March 4, 1840, and lived there until 1856, when he moved to Scranton, and lived there two or three years. In September, 1862, he entered the army, having been appointed Adjutant of the One Hundred and Forty-second Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served in that capacity about three months. He was then made Assistant Adjutant General First Brigade, Third Division, First Army Corps, and served until the spring of 1864. he was then appointed cashier to the firm of Meylert & Co., in New York City, and was there one and one-half years. Then he became cashier of the First National Bank in Plymouth, Pa., staying there until he came to Nebraska. He was married at Scranton, Pa., October, 1864, to Josephine C. Doud, a native of Madison, New haven Co., Conn. they have three children--Henry D., Mary S., Allen B. They lost one son--Barclay Fuller, born December 4, 1879, and died February 17, 1882.

HERBERT R. WODEHOUSE, attorney, came to Nebraska in the spring of 1873, and has lived at Nebraska City most of the time since. The last three years he has practiced law in partnership with J. C. Watson. He was born in Hertford, England, December 15, 1850, and came to America in 1873. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, graduating from the latter institution in 1872. He was married at Nebraska City, in December, 1877, to Sarah Rivett, a native of Bedfordshire, England. Mr. W. is a member of I. O. O. F., K. of H., and Royal Arcanum.

THOMAS WYMOND, proprietor hotel and bakery, was born in New York City, March 1, 1842. His parents came west when he was but a child, locating at Aurora, Ind., in which place he learned the cooper trade, following it until leaving there for Nebraska City, in April, 1856. He had worked as journeyman, notwithstanding the fact that he was quite young, not being much over fourteen years old. After arriving here, he engaged in farming about six years, when he was elected City Marshal, in 1863. Serving a term of one year, then left the city, and was on the plains from here to Idaho, remaining away four years, then returned to Nebraska City, and commenced the pursuit of farming again, for the space of three years, after which time he started his present business. Mr. W. also held the position of jailor one year. Is a member of the I. O. O. F. Was married to Mary C. Wright in Nebraska City, February, 1863. They have two children--Mary and William.

A. ZIMMERER, of the firm of Bischof & Zimmerer, was born in the Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, September 15, 1832. Came to this country in December, 1853, first locating in Madison, Ind., from there to Cincinnati, and after a short stay, came to Nebraska City, April 22, 1857, and engaged in the tailoring business, and carried it on successfully for ten years. In 1868, formed a partnership with Mr. Bischof, in the hardware business, which they have continued ever since. He was a member of the Legislature in 1869. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F. Was elected Grand Master of that order, and held it for one year, filling the office with credit, both to the lodge and himself. In 1876, he was elected , almost unanimously, to represent the order in the Grand Lodge of the United States for two years. The faithful companion of Mr. Zimmerer, is Emma Zeph, former of Pontiac, Ill. They are blessed with a number of bright children.

L. ZIMMERS & BRO., contractors and builders. Business established in 1879. For examples of their work, we may speak of James Wood's residence, Otoe County, and the residence of John Youtz. L. Zimmers was born in Bedford County, Pa., September 18, 1844. He learned his trade partially there and finished it in Bloomington, Ill. In 1861, he enlisted in Company F. Second Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served until mustered out in 1864, participating in all the marches and engagements of his regiment. He returned to Pennsylvania, removed to Bloomington, Ill., and from there moved to Nebraska City, Neb., in 1870. He remained there until 1872 and then returned to Fairbury, Ill., engaged in planing mill and carpentering. In 1879, he returned to Nebraska City, with his brother and established present business. He was married in Bloomington, Ill., December 18, 1868, to Miss Blair, of Bloomington. They have five children--Samuel, Anna Eliza, Mary, George and Alice. Mr. Z. is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and the I. O. O. F.  P. D. Zimmers, of the above firm , was born in Bedford County, Pa., October 3, 1855. In 1865, he removed with his parents to Bloomington, Ill. He learned his trade with his brother, in Fairbury, Ill. where he lived from 1876 to 1879, in the later year removing to Nebraska City, Neb. Mr. Z. is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the A., F. & A. M., Western Star No. 2.

JESSE W. ANDERSON, farmer, Syracuse P. O., was born in Lafayette County, Wis., October 21, 1847. He remained there until 1878, engaged in farming. Enlisted in Company H, Fiftieth Wisconsin Regiment Infantry, February 20, 1865, and was discharged June 27, 1866. Was on the frontier eight years, and was married November 20 1867, to Miss Anna C. McConnell, of Lafayette County, Wis. They have eight children.

MELVILLE ARMSTRONG, proprietor National Hotel, Syracuse, situated on corner Fourth and Mohawk streets. Erected by Frank Hartman, deceased, about 1874; has had several proprietors since that time. Mr. Armstrong took possession in 1877. Being the only first-class house in town, and near the railroad, he gets the most of the transient trade, and has a good livery in connection. Mr. Armstrong was born in Ohio, in 1849, and remained there until 1864, when he and his parents came West and settled for a short time in Nebraska City and engaged in farming in the county. In 1877 gave up farming, and with his father bought the National and engaged in business as mentioned above. He married Mrs. Roberts, in 1878. They have one child. aged three years.

THOMAS H. ASHTON, retired farmer, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Essex County. N. J., November 30, 1797, where he remained only one year, then moved with his parents to Fayette County, Pa., and remained there with his parents until 1807, when they moved to Washington County, Ohio, and remained there four years, and then to Clermont County, Ohio, in 1811, where he remained until 1854; then to Defiance County, and remained there until 1870, following general farm work. He has cleared over 300 acres of land that was well timbered, and is now a hale, hearty old man, owing to strict temperance and good habits. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Cramer, on the 31st day of December, 1818. Miss Cramer was born in Monmouth County, N. J., and came to Ohio and settled in Brown County in 1816. Mrs. Ashton joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1833, and was a consistent member until death overtook her, October 16,1876, aged seventy-five years, four months and ten days. Mr. A. joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1819, and has always led a Christian life. He was the second son of Samuel Ashton, who was of Irish extraction. He has four children: Rachel, born September 18, 1825; Benjamin D., September 15, 1828; William W., June 23, 1834; Elizabeth F., February 16, 1838.

C. A. BARNES, P. O. Syracuse, formerly of Barnes Bros., manufacturers of carriages wagons and buggies. Was born at the town of Orwell, Ashtabula County, Ohio, September 25, 1851, and remained there until 1863, and where he got a common school education. From there to Dunn County, Wis., where he remained and learned his trade--that of a blacksmith. But part of his time he spent in Winona, Minn. From there to Nebraska City and worked at his trade for three years, then in 1877 he came to Syracuse and entered into business with his brother. He was married at EauClaire, Wis., November 22, 1875, to Miss Alice Martin, who was born in EauClaire, Wis., March 4, 1869.

BARNES & SLOSSON, manufacturers of wagons, buggies and carriages; general repairing a specialty. Business established March 15, 1880, under the name and style of Barnes Bros., until June of the same year, when C. A. Barnes retired from the business, and it was carried on by H. A. Barnes until March 1, 1882, when Mr. T. D. Slosson entered into the partnership, and now the business is carried on under the above name. Mr. H. A. Barnes was born in Orwell Town, Ashtabula County, Ohio, October 5 1848, and remained until 1863 and received a common schooling. From there to Peru, Dunn Co., Wis., where he remained off and on eight years, having been part of the time at Winona, Minn., where he learned his trade; then to Nebraska City, and worked at his trade for three years, and in 1877 came to Syracuse and engaged in business, and is now permanently established. Was married in Nebraska City, June 19, 1879, to Ellen Pace. of Jefferson City, Mo. Born in 1861.

F. E. BROWN, Syracuse, attorney at law and notary public, was born in Livingston County, N. Y. Came here in 1878, being the first attorney here. Through perseverance he commands a large practice.

I. F. BROWNELL, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Morrow County, Ohio, July 23, 1842, and in 1857 removed to Nebraska with his parents and settled on Section 23, Otoe County. He has been school treasurer for four years. He was married in 1868, to Anna M. Retherford, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. They have five children. Mr. B. has crossed the Sandy Desert twelve times.

SOLOMON D. BROWNELL, farmer, Syracuse P. O., was born in town of Fisco, Dutchess Co., N. Y., February 25, 1807, where he learned the blacksmithing trade, and in 1828 started to New York City to make his fortune, and remained there five years; and from there to Putnam County, and started business on his own hook at the county-seat for four years. From there to Knox County, Ohio, and bought a farm of 160 acres, and carried on his trade in connection; but not being satisfied, sold his farm and business, and bought in Delaware County; and in 1856 came to Otoe County and took 240 acres, Section 23, Township 8, Range 11. When in Cincinnati, before coming to Nebraska, he thought it would be wise to lay in a good stock of medicines which might be needed in a new country, and found it to be a wise act, there being no physician in this part of the county. He was called upon, and of course he began to read up and practice, and was very successful--he being a man of natural ability, he has gained a practice far and near. He also built a sawmill, the first one in this part of the State, and cut the necessary lumber and built all the bridges within a radius of twenty miles and never charged a cent for his labor. He was married to Miss Susan Brieckerhoff, of Ohio, February 25, 1831. They have seven children.

FREDERICK BRAINERD, farmer, P. O. Syracuse, Section 3, 320 acres. Born July 25, 1857, and came to Nebraska with his mother in 1870 and settled on Section 3, Township 8, Range 11, eighty acres, but have increased to 320 acres. His mother is the relic of the late Gerden Brainerd, who was born in Monroe County, N. Y., August 30, 1822, and settled in Michigan in an early day, and was married in Michigan in 1854. Frederick is an honest, industrious, sober young man and moderate politician.

WILLIAM B. BUXTON, farmer and nurseryman, successor to W. B. Stone; Section 3, P. O. Syracuse. Was born in Rhode Island, December 4, 1825. Learned carriage painting in Springfield, Mass., in 1850, and worked at his trade in different parts, but for a long time was engaged in the Milford Manufacturing Shops at Millford until 1857; then settled in Champaign County, Ill., and took a farm of eighty acres, and remained there until 1882, when he bought 120 acres, the estate of W. B. Stone, on Section 3, Township 8, Range 11. He was married in Rhode Island, in 1850, to Miss Mary L Gooding. They have two children, Lyman L., born October 22, 1855, who is a promising young man, and takes an active interest in the business that they now carry on. They have one of the most flourishing nurseries in the State, and are very attentive to all orders entrusted to them. All orders will be filled and promptly attended to. They have one daughter, Abby G., born May 5, 1870.

H. N. CARPENTER, dealer in lumber, lath, shingles, doors, blinds, windows, coal, lime, cement, etc. Business was established about 1874 by L E. Sinsabaugh, and managed by him until March, 1878, when Mr. Carpenter bought the stock and trade and increased the stock. He now carries a stock of about $8,000. Mr. C. was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., in 1832, where he received a good common school education. Removed to Wisconsin in 1852, and engaged in farming until 1866, when he embarked in the lumber and grain trade in the village of Darlington, Lafayette Co., Wis., until 1878. He was married to Miss S. E. White, of Lafayette County, in October, 1862. They have four sons and two daughters.

J. W. CAYWOOD, dealer in agricultural implements, wagons, buggies. etc., Syracuse. Born in Clinton County, Mich., in 1851, and moved to Hancock County Ill., in 1860 with his parents, where he received a common school education, and came to Nebraska, September, 1878, and engaged in farming for two years, and in 1880 engaged in dealing in farm implements. Through industry and perseverance he has established a good trade.

M. S. CHRISTIE, Syracuse, dealer and maker of heavy and light harness, saddles and horse clothing. Established May, 1872, when, owing to dull times, he sold to Page & Brandhover in 1874, and in 1879 started again, and now carries a full stock of all kinds of furnishings and readymade stock in his line.

E. Y. CORNELL, farmer, P. O. Syracuse, on Section 1. Born in Catskill, N. Y., July 23, 1830, and moved from there with his father to Catskill Mountains, and remained there four years; then to Durham, Greene County, for two years; then to Sherwood, Branch Co., Mich., and remained five years; from there to Bedford, Calhoun County, and remained seventeen years, and in 1860 emigrated to Nebraska, then a Territory, and settled on school land eight miles west of Nebraska City for two years. In 1862 bought and settled on southwest 114, Section 1, Town 8, Range 11, and has lived there since in a quiet and peaceable manner. Was married to Miss Frances H. Talbot, August 24, 1856, and has three children, Dalton T,, of the firm of Dey & Cornell, lumber dealers, Syracuse, and two daughters, Carrie L, now the wife of A. C. Reeve, and Nellie, who is yet single and at home.

W. E. COOK, dealer in windmills and pumps, Syracuse. Has extensive agency for Croft's Patent Windmill, manufactured at Springfield, Ohio, also the Aldrich, manufactured at Keokuk, Iowa. All orders intrusted to Mr. Cook will be promptly filled. He was born in Hancock County, Ill., in 1846, where he got a common school education. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B. Thirty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Fourth Division Seventeenth Army Corps of the Tennessee. Was discharged in September, 1865, when he went back to Illinois, and was married to Miss Maggie A. Staples, of Hancock County, Ill., in 1866. From there went to Johnson County, Mo., and remained there until 1877; was engaged in mercantile business; then to his native county until 1879, when he engaged in dealing in windmills and pumps.

A. L. DAVIS, dealer in stock and agricultural implements, of the firm of Slosson & Davis. Born in Trumbull County, Ohio, September 26, 1837, where he got a common school education. Left Ohio in November, 1856, came to Nebraska in December same year and engaged in farming near Nebraska City, for four years, then he engaged in freighting between Nebraska City and Denver until 1878, when he settled in Syracuse and engaged in the present business. Was married to Miss Media Phelps, in 1880, they have one child.

GIPSON DeLONG, livery, feed and sale stables, Syracuse, situated on Locust street. Keeps fourteen horses and rigs, terms moderate. He was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, March 4, 1835, where he got a limited education, went from there to Will County, Ill., in 1856, and remained until 1866, when he came to Syracuse. He enlisted in August, 1861, in Company K, Third Illinois Cavalry, for the army west of the Mississippi, and was discharged February, 1865. Was married to Miss Marian Page of Somerset County, Me., who was born May 23, 1843, and came to Illinois, in 1860, has two sons and three daughters.

DEY & CORNELL, P. O. Syracuse, dealers in lumber, lath, shingles, doors, sash, lime, cement, plaster, coal, paint, brushes, etc. Business established in May 1879. Mr. E. G. Dey was born in Parma, Jackson Co., Mich., July 9, 1844, remained there until April, 1863, then came to Otoe County, and engaged in farming until the spring of 1869, when he went to Lawrence, Kansas, where he engaged in building for three years. Then moved to Jefferson County, Kan., and engaged in farming for five and a half years. Then went to Concordia and engaged in the lumber business for eighteen months, then to Syracuse and established the above business. He married Miss Sarah J. Talbot, of Michigan, July 25, 1863. They have one child, Mr. D. is a prominent member of the K. of H.

JOHN F. DIENER, dealer in books, stationery, fancy goods, cigars, tobacco, etc., wall paper in great varieties. Established by Mr. Johnston, in 1877, and succeeded by Mr. Dennis, until November, 1881, when Mr. Diener bought the stock and business. Mr. D. was born in Pennsylvania, and came here in 1877, and was engaged in farming until 1881, when he entered in the stationery business. He was married to Miss Louisa E. Landmesser of Luzerne County, Pa., December 25, 1875. He enlisted in January, 1864, in Company F, Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry. Was wounded at Dallas, near Atlanta, Ga., on the 27th of May, 1864, was taken to Atlanta, kept two months, taken to Andersonville, and was there paroled for four months, went home, stayed three mouths and returned to the army and served till the close of the war.

WILLIAM DUNN, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Syracuse. Was born in Lancashire, England, January 11, 1842, emigrated to the United States, in 1854, and settled in Utah, and remained there four years. Then to Nebraska City, and remained there engaged in overland freighting and jewelry until 1868, then he settled on a homestead, on Section 10, Township 8, Range 11, having 160 acres, all of which is under cultivation. He was married in April, 1866, to Miss Sarah M. Warner of Otoe County. They have four children, all daughters. Mr. D. is a staunch Republican. Was connected with the Smithsonian Institute for nine years, as meteorological correspondent, and is secretary of Otoe County Agricultural Association.

PETER FERGUSON, farmer, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Boone County, Ind., December 8, 1840, and remained at home until the age of eighteen, when he worked out by the month for two years. He was married in 1861, to Miss Eliza Ann Biseley of Montgomery County,. where he bought a small farm and started on his own hook. Removed to Otoe County, where he remained for a short time; then went back to Douglas County and engaged in farming for one year. Then returned to Otoe County and took a homestead of 160 acres, on Section 28, Township 8, Range 11, and as he came to this State comparatively poor, he rented a farm and built a small house for which he had to haul lumber from Iowa. He has now one of the finest improved farms in the county. Mr. F. bought and run the first threshing machine ever taken west of Lincoln.

A. P. GROUT, attorney at law and notary public, was born in Lamoille County, Vt., in 1848. Graduated from Dartmouth College in 1873, and removed to Illinois, and was principal of Winchester school for two years. Moved to Nebraska in 1876, and was Superintendent of the Nebraska City schools for one year. After being admitted to the bar in 1877, he engaged in the practice of his profession in Newton, Iowa. In 1878, he located in Syracuse, and engaged in the practice of his profession.

H. C. HANDY, farmer, Section 25. P. O. Syracuse; owns 280 acres. Was born in Franklin County, Mass., October 9, 1841. In 1857, moved to New York City and was engaged in baking until 1863. Went to Chicago and engaged in the wholesale notion business until the great fire of 1871, which whipped his business out. He then traveled a while for Wyley & Russell Manufacturing Co., of Greenfield, Mass., until 1877, and then for C. H. Fargo & Co., by whom he is still employed. He was married in 1866, to Miss Anna P. Deane, of Greenfield, Mass., the eldest daughter of the late Charles Deane, a steamboat Captain of the steamer Lucy Bertram, of St. Louis, and plied on the Mississippi River. Mr. H. is a staunch Republican in politics.

ROCHESTER HEDGES, farmer, P. O. Syracuse. Born in Pickaway County, Ohio, April 13,1827, where he remained until 1861, when he came to Nebraska and settled on Section 20, Township 8, Range 11, situated near the famed nursery hill, where Mr. H. was appointed Deputy Postmaster for a number of years. He was elected to the Legislature in 1864, and served one term. He was also elected Justice of the Peace in 1861, and served one term; then in 1863 re-elected and served one term there; and re-elected in 1874 and served four terms. He has been in public office ever since he has been in the State, and was married to Miss Catherine A. Lowe, a daughter of Jacob J. Lowe. She was born in Ulster County, N. Y., January 7, 1838, and came West with her father. Was a descendant of the French Huguenots.

ADDISON V. HARRIS, born in Rockbridge County, Va., November 11,1857, and remained there until 1878, when he moved to Boone County, Ind., and engaged in blacksmithing, which trade he learned near Lexington, Va., where he remained one year. Then went to Palmyra, Neb., in 1879, where he remained until March, 1882. He was engaged in the dairy business and rented a farm of eighty acres. Was married April 19, 1881, to Miss Mary M. Meacham, of Bennet, Neb., born in Iowa in 1854. M. H. is a staunch Democrat.

CHARLES W. HAYS, deceased, born in the village of Waldin, town of Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y., December 4, 1844, and got a good common schooling, business college training, and engaged in business with his father for three years, and came West in 1868, and took a homestead north of Unadilla, where he was a successful farmer for several years; but owing to ill health went East and engaged in the paint and oil business for one year. Then went West again and engaged in farming until l877, when owing to an attack of the disease which carried him off, he was obliged to give up farming and he turned his attention to a lighter business. He erected a fine building and carried on a billiard hall successfully, until he was prostrated by his lingering but sure disease, which carried him to that country from whose bourne no traveler returns. He was married to Miss Etta Edsell, of Ellenville, Ulster Co., N. Y., the youngest daughter of Levi Edsell, on February 28, 1866, and left her and a widowed mother and four children to mourn his loss. Mr. Hays was a warm friend, a good husband, a kind father and obliging neighbor, charitable and generous to a fault.

GEORGE V. HILL, confectioner and preserved canned goods and restaurant, established February, 1882, takes boarders by the week or day. Was born in Charleston, W. Va., in 1858, and moved from there to Adams County, Ill., in 1861, with his parents, where he received a common school education arid remained until 1878, when they moved to Lyons County, Kas., and remained there a short time and then came to this State and engaged in farming until 1882, when he came to Syracuse and engaged in the above business. His father, Martin F. Hill, was born in West Virginia, and enlisted in the 118th Illinois, Company C, and served seven months and was discharged. On expiration of time, he came to Nebraska, and died with typhoid fever.

D. W. HOTCHKISS, farmer, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Venango County, Pa., March 18,1855 and came to Nebraska with his parents in 1878 and settled in Syracuse and ran a farm of eighty acres which he sold in lots. Then bought 160 acres on Section 10, Township 8, Range 11, which he now works and intends engaging in the cattle and hog business. Was married in 1877 to Miss Mattie Roach of Limaville, Ohio, who was born in 1855 in Ohio. They have two children, Luetta G., born February 25, 1878, Lura M., born January 2, 1881. Mr. H. is a staunch Republican in politics.

C. W. IRELAND, dealer in staple and fancy groceries, Syracuse, Neb. Born in Newburyport, Mass., January 3, 1848, and in 1869 moved to Iowa, to Cedar County, and engaged in general fire insurance for a short time. Then, in 1869, to Syracuse and built a store on the corner of Main and Mohawk streets now occupied by William Buckman, where he carried on a general store for six years and was very successful when he retired from business until 1880 when he started a grocery as above on the west side of Main street. Was married in 1873 to Miss E. B. Stickle, the only daughter of a prominent hotel and livery man at Syracuse. They have one child, Frank, born December 3, 1874.

J. W. JAMES, farmer, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Montgomery County, Ind., December 2,1834, where he remained until fourteen years of age, then came to Mahaska County, Iowa, with his parents, where he remained one year then went to Powesheik County, Iowa, where he remained until 1870, then moved to Nebraska and settled in Lincoln. From there to Saline County, and engaged in farming and milling until 1878 when he bought a farm of 160 acres on Section 17, Town 8, Range 11, Otoe County, and settled there. Was married in February, 1856, to Miss Sarah Jane Sutton, the second daughter of Hannibal Sutton, a prominent farmer, stock-raiser and dealer of Powesheik County, Iowa. They have one son and three daughters. Mr. J. is a prominent member of the K. of H., and of the Grand Army of the Republic.

ALBERT JOYCE, Syracuse, was born in New York City, September 11, 1853, and came to this State in February, 1868. Settled in Syracuse and started the Syracuse Journal, January 25, 1878. When he started the business he had neither funds nor subscriptions, on account of another paper that was about one year in existence and had suspended business and people had lost all confidence. Mr. Joyce being a live man and very ambitious, has succeeded in establishing a good circulation. The Journal is the official paper of Otoe County.

CHARLES A. LANDMESSER, manager for Slosson & Davis, was born in Schuylkill County, Pa., February 19, 1855, and raised in Luzerne County. Received his education in Wilkesbarre, Pa., and remained there until the age of twenty-two years. His father and mother both died, his father when he was eighteen years old and his mother when he was sixteen years old. His father was a foreman in the Delaware and Hudson coal mines at Wilkesbarre for many years. Mr. L. has been engaged in railroading for about five years on the Lehigh Valley R. R. and came to Nebraska in April, 1877, and engaged in farming until July12, 1881, when he engaged as above. Mr. L. is a staunch Republican in politics and a prominent member of the Equitable Aid Union Society, and is a sober, industrious young man.

G. H. LITTLEFIELD, M. D., was born at East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Mass., September 17, 1848, and was fitted for college at the Boys' Classical Academy at Bridgewater. He entered in 1865 and graduated in 1867. Being prepared for Dartmouth College, N. H., He entered in 1867 and graduated in 1871, after which he taught in the Boys' Classical College, corner Broadway and Eighth streets, Troy, N. Y., in 1872, for two terms. During the time he was ever mindful of his chosen profession and was often thrown in contact with the practice of surgery and medicine. From there he moved to Jacksonville, Ill., and was appointed principal of the Third Ward school and retained the position for three years. This time he had a thorough practice of his profession. In the winter of 1876 we find him installed in the Michigan State University, at Ann Arbor, where he finally graduated with high honors, and in 1878 we find him in Syracuse, Neb., practicing, and at this writing he has the best practice in this part of the county. The Doctor is a genial, good-natured gentleman, of temperate habits and rare practical knowledge, liberal in his views and charitable to the poor. We join with the citizens in wishing him success.

CHARLES MARSHALL, Syracuse P. O., dealer in boots and shoes, etc., also carries a full stock of men's gloves and hose. Born in Market Weighton, Yorkshire, England, September 8, 1854, and remained there and served an apprenticeship of six years and received a common school education and emigrated to New York City in February, 1871, and remained there one year and worked at his trade. From there to Archison for one month, then to Nebraska, locating at Weeping Water, and from there to Plattsmouth early in 1872 arid remained there until March, 1880, when he moved to Syracuse and entered into business as above, in which he has been very successful and now controls the entire trade of this flourishing village. Mr. Marshall was married October 8, 1876, to Miss Ellen J. Hollister, who was born in New York State, March 22, 1859. Mrs. Marshall came to Walworth County, Wis., with her parents when a child, but after landing at their destination her mother died, leaving her in the hands of her grandmother who adopted her and gave her an education. She moved to Webster City, Iowa, and from there to Plattsmouth, where she met and married her present husband, Mr. Marshall. They were married by the Rev. T. Baird, a Presbyterian minister. They have one child, a son. Mr. Marshall is a member of the Masonic order and Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

MARSELL BRO, farmer, P. O. Syracuse, born in Canada, Province of Quebec, in 1840, and went to Essex County, N. Y., with his father, and in 1870, left and came to Nebraska, and settled on Section 13, Town 8, Range 11, 320 acres bought from speculators. He was married to Miss Mary Hyme, who lived in New York State, on May 20, 1864, and have three children--William, born April 11, 1875; Jennie, November 3,1870; Lydia, March 27, 1865. Mr. Bro is one of the best farmers in this county, and has one of the finest situated farms.

THOMAS H. NUTT, farmer, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Allegheny County, Pa., February 13, 1841, and came to Jackson County, Ohio, 1852, and was engaged in farming at home until 1879, when he bought a small farm, and commenced on his own account. In 1861, enlisted in Company E, Twenty-seventh Ohio Infantry, and was captured in Jackson County, Mo., same year, and paroled, and then mustered out; then volunteered again in Seventh Ohio Cavalry, September 16, 1862, and was discharged July 8, 1865, and went home again. Was married May, 1868, to Minerva F. Dill, of Jackson County, Ohio, and moved to Nebraska, and settled at Syracuse, and bought eighty acres on Section 28, Town 8, Range 11, and have three children.

MRS. M. E. PATTERSON, P. O. Syracuse, wife of Mr. William Patterson, pattern-maker in the Marsh Harvester Company's works, at Minneapolis. He was born March 18, 1813, in Kent County, Canada, and went from there to friends in Michigan, then to Geneva, N. Y., and learned his trade, and from there to Albany, and married Miss M. E. Warner, the eldest daughter of Ebenezer C. Warner, of Onondaga County, N. Y. She was born September 22, 1822, and moved to Albany, N. Y., when a child, with her parents, and remained there until 1857, and was married, as above stated, in 1840. They engaged in the furniture business in Albany for a number of years, then moved to the town of New Lisbon, Columbiana Co., Ohio, where they engaged in the furniture business, and remained there for twenty years. Then removed to Otoe County, Neb., and settled on 200 acres given to Mrs. Patterson, by her father, on Section 7, Town 8, Range 11. Mrs. Patterson, nearly unaided, has managed to break and cultivate sixty-five acres, and has built a fine two story house 36x20, and all necessary out buildings. She has an orchard of 300 bearing trees, and 150 grapes, and an abundance of small fruit. During these years in Nebraska, they lost a son, who was killed in Texas, while serving as Marshal. They have one son, in the regular army, at present out among the Indians. They have a span of mules, and a fine young horse, eight cows, and twenty head of hogs.

HENRY PECK, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Syracuse, raiser of thorough bred Berkshire hogs and Short-horned cattle, has in stock now the best specimens in the State, and intends carrying on the branch of business extensively. Mr. P. was born in the town of Burland, Tolland Co., Conn., in 1846, and remained there until 1857, where he got a common school education, and learned the machinist trade, then moved to Harrison County, Iowa, and remained for two years, and from there went to Syracuse, where he turned his attention to the carpenters' trade, which proved successful, and remunerative, having been one of the first builders in this county, he has built some of the best buildings in Syracuse, and surrounding country; and is now an extensive farmer and stock raiser, as mentioned above. Was married at Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Miss Ellen A. Smith, of Harrison County, Iowa, who was born in Delaware County, N. Y., State, 1854, and came to Iowa with parents at the age of twelve years. Have five children--Giles H., born July 26, 1873; Phoebe K., December 4, 1874; Jessie M., September 7, 1879; Burton R., March 17, 1881; Laura A., August 24, 1877.

WILLIAM POWELL, carriage and wagon maker, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Stark County, Ohio, March 19, 1843, and moved to Helena, Neb., with his parents in May, 1857, being among the first settlers in Johnson County, then run over by Indians. His father took a claim of 160 acres, on which he lived until his death, in October, 1864. William's mother still lives on the same place. Mr. P. was Justice of the Peace for many years in his precinct. William learned his trade in Helena, Johnson County, and in 1874 started in business in Sterling, same county, and remained there one year. He then went on a farm, in South Branch Precinct, Otoe County, one year, and in 1876, moved to Syracuse, and started business as above. He was married September 26, 1869, to Miss Aurilla Stanley, who was born in Woodville, Ohio. They have three children--Joseph, born September 18, 1870; Angelia, February 13, 1878; Willie, April 5, 1879. He enlisted August 3, 1864, in Company A, First Nebraska Veteran Cavalry, and was discharged July 1, 1866.

H. F. PRICE, blacksmith, P. O. Syracuse. Established 1874; second shop built in Syracuse. Born in Franklin County, Ind., May 10, 1840, and learned his trade in the town of Plattsmouth, Cass Co., Neb., in 1864, and succeeded J. W. Johnston, his former employer, who gave up business on account of being elected Sheriff. Mr. Price ran the business successfully for six years, and then came to Syracuse, and built a shop, then sold out and built again. During the war, he was on the plains. He was married on April 7, 1864, to Miss Martha I. Randal, of Illinois. Have had three sons and one daughter--Charles, born August 7, 1866; Birdie, September 15, 1868; Georgie, March 12, 1872; Frankie, March 14, 1875.

L. B. PRICE, butcher and packer, of the firm of Hartman & Price. Was born in Shawnee, Monroe Co., Pa., October 4, 1832, remained there until 1840, when he moved with his parents to Henryville, same county where he got a common school education and remained there until 1854, then left home, and in 1862, enlisted in the Engineer Department and went to Tennessee and remained there for two years and was discharged in 1864, from there to Kewanee, Ill., and engaged as carpenter and joiner for one year, then to Colodon, Mo., and engaged in contracting and building for a short time, then was traveling for about two years, and settled in Nebraska City for two years, as carpenter, until October, 1881, when he entered into partnership with Mr. Hartman as butcher and packer. Married Miss Ellen Posten of Monroe County, Pa., in 1874, where she was born in 1834. Mr. Price is a prominent member of the K. of H.

E. C. REED, farmer, P. O. Syracuse. Born in Pickaway County, Ohio, July 29, 1857, and came to Otoe County and settled on Section 5, town 7, Range 12, with parents, and remained at home until December 12, 1871, when he was married to Miss Leona Dunbar, the third daughter of John Dunbar, Esq., the founder of the village of Dunbar.

HENRY ROSE, well sinker. Born near Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio, November 7, 1841, then removed to Morrow County with parents at the age of thirteen, and remained until 1861, when he enlisted April 7, and served a term of three months. Re-enlisted and served until August 28, 1865, when he was finally discharged. He was wounded at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 18, 1864, and never done any more active work in the service. Came home and engaged in the sawmill business for five years, when he got married to miss Ella Utley, a sister of Mr. V. C. Utley, Esq., of Syracuse. She was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1844, and have two children; Howard, born March 7, 1872, Charles, born June 31, 1878. Mr. Rose engaged in sinking wells in Johnson, Cass and Otoe counties, about 1871, and has carried on the business very successfully ever since, his charges being reasonable, only sixty-five cents per foot for a thirty-five foot well for labor, and sixty-five cents extra for furnishing material for same kind of well, so the settler can see at a glance that it don't cost much for water.

BURTON H. SHOEMAKER, farmer and carpenter, P. O. Syracuse. Born in Wyoming County, Pa., in March 29, 1834, where he remained until 1842. After serving an apprenticeship at the carpenter trade he went to Delaware County, Ohio, where he engaged at his trade in partnership with a friend for four years, then to Jones County, Iowa, where he engaged at building two years, then back to Wyoming, Pa., where he remained six years, and enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-second Pennsylvania volunteer Infantry, and was discharged on account of disability and in the spring of 1863, came to Nebraska and settled on a homestead in Otoe County, 160 acres, Section 9, Township 8, Range 11, and has been engaged at his trade and farming since settling here. He was married in Delaware, Ohio, to Miss Martha J. Brownell, a daughter of Dr. Soloman Brownell of Otoe County, February 22, 1857. They have one daughter and two sons.

T. D. SLOSSON, P. O. Syracuse, of the firm of Barnes & Slosson, manufacturers of wagons, carriages, buggies, etc. Born in Kalamo, Eaton Co., Mich., February 13, 1857, where he received a common school education, and remained until March 13, 1879, and came to Syracuse, Neb., and has worked for Barnes Bros., at his trade as painter, until entered into partnership. Was married February 15, 1882, to Miss Celestia Babcock, who was born in Kalamo, Mich., December 25, 1857.

W. C. SLOSSON, of the firm of Slosson & Davis, dealers in agricultural implements. Highest market price paid for fat cattle and hogs, baled hay and ear corn. Born in Onondaga County, N. Y., February 13, 1841, where he received a common school education, and in February, 1871, he came to Nebraska and settled in Syracuse, Otoe Co., and engaged in farming until 1879, when he engaged in dealing in agricultural implements, and stock. He was married to Miss Mary F. Eastwood, January 24, 1865. They have three children; eldest named Cora, born October 30, 1867, Fred, born January, 1875, Harry, February, 1877.

PAMELLA G. SMITH, hotel keeper, Syracuse, second daughter of George and Phoebe Passmore, who were Quakers, born in Chester County, Pa., February 7, 1831, where she remained until May 2, 1850. She was married in Mahoning County, Ohio, to Mr. William Gaskill, and remained in Mahoning County four years. Then moved to Jennings County, Ind., where they remained until September 9, 1859, when Mr. Gaskill died. He was born in Salem, Columbiana Co., Ohio, May 25, 1827, and lived there until 1850, when he was married as above. He learned the carpenter's trade and was engaged in the building business until his death. He left a wife and three children. He was an affectionate husband, kind father and an obliging neighbor. His widow after remaining so for over a year, married Hiram Smith, September 11, 1858, in Jennings County, Ind., who was born in Fayette County, Pa., October 25, 1817, and at the age of sixteen took to earning his living by working at farming by the month. He enlisted August 6, 1861, in Company H, Twenty-sixth Indiana Infantry, and served during the war and was noted as a brave and true soldier. He was discharged December 1, 1866, for disability. Then came home and engaged in farming until 1879, when he sold his farm owing to ill health, and came to Syracuse, and is now engaged in keeping a grocery and restaurant. They have two children--Joseph Wilson Smith, was born August 6, 1857; Hiram Chester, born December 31, 1864. Mrs. Smith by her former husband had two children, still living, Charles Gaskill, born August 2, 1854; and George P. Gaskill, born October 3, 1856.

JACOB SOLLONBERGER, farmer, Syracuse P. O. Born in Montgomery County, Ohio, November 25, 1825, where he remained until 1856. Engaged in farming on a rented farm. From there he went to Rockland County, Wis., engaged in carpentering and building, and from there in July, 1857, came to Otoe County, Neb., and pre-empted 100 acres. He was elected to the Legislature in 1860, and served one term; then Justice of the Peace in 1870, and served two terms, and has been on the school board ever since coming to the State. He is a staunch Republican in politics and a prominent Odd Fellow. Married in 1844, to Miss Mary Dunlop, of Shelby County, Ohio, and have seven children.

WILLIAM STANBRO, carpenter, joiner and builder; business established in the spring of 1879, on Lower Fifth street. Then moved to Upper Fifth street. Mr. S. was born at Canal Dover, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, October 20, 1849; moved with his parents to Winchester, Randolph Co., Ind., and remained there a short time, when he went to Union City, Ind., where he received a common school education. Left home and worked on the C. C. & I. C. R. R., between Columbus and Chicago, until the spring of 1871, when he moved to Nebraska City and worked on the Midland Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, for about two years. Then in September 11, 1873, came to Syracuse and engaged in farming and teaming for two years. Then learned the carpenter's trade, and with industry and perseverance has met with success since entering into business for himself. He was married August 20, 1877, to Miss Jennie Tudor, a native of Wales, who died January 1, 1877. He was married May 16, 1882, to Mrs. M. A. Evarts of this county, a native of Canada. They have one son, and one daughter. Mr. S. is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Good Templars, and the T. of H., and has held the office of Constable for some time, to the entire satisfaction of those who elected him.

JONAS SUGDEN, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Keightley, Yorkshire, England, March 7, 1834, where he learned his trade as machinist, and emigrated to this continent in 1855, and traveled over Upper Canada but did not like the country and in 1865 we find him engaged at his trade in Buffalo, N. Y.; but not contented he, with very little money, turned his face westward in search of a location, but never struck anything of a paying nature until he turned his attention to tilling the rich soil of Nebraska. His means were nearly exhausted when he took up a homestead of 160 acres in the center of Otoe County, and had to husk corn on shares and chop wood to earn bread for himself and family. Since then he has worked steadily on, and never has lost a crop since he settled in the State; but had to work and save for the first five years of his settlement. He had to improve his land and to purchase necessaries on credit, but now he is entirely out of debt and contented with his position, which he could not be induced to change. He has an improved farm of 320 acres, 20 acres of planted timber, and an orchard of twenty acres; a good frame house costing $1000, and all necessary out buildings and farm implements of the latest and the best improvements. He ships all his stock to Chicago, which plan has proved successful. Mr. S. was married to Miss Jessie Butchard, of Aberdeen, Scotland. They have nine children. Although he is now able to retire from active life, we find him still in the harness attending to his farm, buying, selling and raising stock and as active as ever. He is ever ready to turn an honest penny. A short time ago he saw an opening for a harness shop, and did not hesitate to put money into the business, and now has a good remunerative business. At home we find him a good husband, a kind father and an obliging neighbor.

G. H. THORP, miller in Mohrman & Co.'s Mills, at Syracuse, Neb., was born in Cuyahoga, Ohio, on November 26, 1850. Moved with his parents to Marshall County, Iowa, in June, 1857; was engaged on a farm; went to Nebraska City in August 1869, where he learned his trade of E. F. Thorp now of Hamburgh, Iowa. Mr. Thorp took charge of the Nebraska City Mills in 1876, and continued until they were burned. Then moved to Syracuse, where he has had charge of the Otoe Mills ever since. These mills are built of stone, 27x37, three stories high, with basement; had two run of buhrs; were erected by Messrs. Boydston & Heth in 1868, and were operated by them until 1870, when G. W. McKee bought Boydston out. Messrs. McKee & Heth operated them until March, 1871, when they were burned. They were rebuilt the same year and operated by them until 1874, when James Wood bought Heth out. Messrs. McKee & Wood operated or leased them until November, 1881, when they were bought by Messrs. J. C. Mohrman & Co., and were rebuilt and fitted up with the latest improved machinery, under the supervision of Mr. Thorp. The mills are now known as the Syracuse Flouring Mils. Mr. Thorp was married in 1875 to Miss Elizabeth Decker.

TOMLIN, DUFF & CO., dealers in all kinds of grain. This business was established in 1872 under the firm name of N. A. Duff & Co., who carried it on until 1877, when Mr. Tomlin entered into partnership, and they built their elevator in 1879. They have three other elevators; one at Unadilla, one at Dunbar, and one at Nebraska City, all of which are doing a good business. They bought and shipped at this point in 1880, 950,000 bushels; in 1881 about 800,000. Mr. Duff was born in Lafayette County, Wis., September 15, 1852; was educated at Notre Dame, Ind., in 1869, and entered into the business as described above. Married Miss Mary Armstrong, of Nebraska City, in May, 1878, and they have one daughter.

UTLEY & BROWN, livery and sale stables, situated on east side of Mohawk street. Established October 20, 1881, with five horses and rigs, and now have increased to eight horses and rigs. Mr. Utley was born in Pagetown, Delaware County, February 16, 1854, and came to Syracuse with parents in 1864, where he was educated. Married to Miss Amelia A. Paterson, of Otoe County, third daughter of the late William Paterson; has one daughter, Adda May, born February 26, 1879.

H. T. VOSE, farmer, Section 13, Township 8, Range 10, and has a stone quarry covering twenty acres, which supplies the surrounding country with building stone, lintels, sills, etc. The stone of which the State Penitentiary is built is largely from this quarry. He has lithograph stone which has been highly recommended by eminent men from Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and other leading cities. We give some of the recommendations received by Mr. Vose. Prof. James Dana, principal editor of Art and Science Journal, of New Haven, says in a recent letter: "The stone sent us by you surpasses anything produced from any quarry in the United States for lithographic purposes, and will come into general use if properly handled." Mr. Everetts, of Philadelphia, says: "My foreman reports that the stone to hand from Mr. Vose, of Syracuse, is hard enough to stand the pressure of lithographic printing, and does well for engraving." Mr. Vose has succeeded in quarrying some very fine and valuable specimens from seven to ten feet long. Mr. Vose settled and recorded the seventeenth entry in Otoe County. He was in the Mexican war, but has settled where he intends spending the remainder of his days. He is a Baptist minister, a good citizen, and moderate in politics.

EBERT J. WARNER, farmer, P. O. Syracuse. Born in Onondaga County, N. Y., June 4, 1852, and came to Nebraska in 1863 with mother and brothers and located here on Section 9, Township 8, Range 11, eighty acres, in 1873. Married in 1873 to Miss Sarah Still, of Otoe County, born in 1852 in Boone County, Ohio, and came here with mother and brothers; have three children, two sons and one daughter. Mr. W. is a staunch Republican in politics.

G. W. WARNER, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Syracuse, was born, February 22, 1831, in Onondaga County, N. Y. In 1856, he went to Black Hawk County, Iowa, for one year, and worked at his trade as carpenter and joiner. Then returned home, and in 1857 returned to Nebraska and pre-empted the old mill site at Nursery Hill, Otoe County, and sold it in 1863 to Samuel Master, Esq. Then bought 240 acres on Section 10, Township 8, Range 11, which is one of the finest farms in Otoe County, there being a large orchard of choice fruit trees, apple, peach, cherries, grapes and small fruit, all of which is in a very thrifty condition. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1861, being the first justice elected in the seven surrounding precincts. He was one of the first settlers in this part of the State. He married Miss Elizabeth Brownell, of this county, who was born in Ohio. They were married in 1858, and have four children.

FERDINAND WITT, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Germany, April 28, 1832, and emigrated to Nebraska July 21, 1865, and rented a farm near Nebraska City for eight years. Then to Section 29, Township 9, Range 11, 160 acres railroad land. Was married in Germany in 1847, to Miss Wilhelmina Beckard, who was born August 24, 1824. they have three sons and three daughters, all living.

M. E. WOLKEN, born in Hanover, Germany, December 8, 1847, and emigrated October 13, 1869, and settled in Nebraska City, and engaged by the month on a farm as a general laborer until 1878, when he bought a farm of eighty acres on Section 5, Township 8, Range 11. He was married in 1873 to Miss Anna Schonheim, who was born in Oldenburg, Germany, February 25, 1855.

JOSIAH YOUNG, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., September 22, 1819, and moved to Onondaga with his parents at the age of two years, and lived at home until 1841. Bought sixty-four acres in Cicero, in Onondaga County, and farmed seven years, and then purchased a steam saw mill, which he ran five years, and then sold out. soon after selling the mill took fire and was burnt. Then Mr. Young bought the site and built again, adding a store, and ran it five years. Then came to Nebraska and engaged as salesman for the Spaulding & Co.'s Nursery, of Springfield Ill. Then worked at his trade for one year, and then went East again and superintended the erection of a steam grist mill and saw mill in Cicero, Onondaga Co., N. Y. Then returned to Nebraska and settled on Section 1, Township 8, Range 11, where he has 325 acres. He was married September 23, 1842, to Miss Mary Cook, of the same county. He is a staunch Republican, and a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity.

O. M. YOUNG, farmer, Section 1, Township 8, Range 11 east, P. O. Syracuse was born in Onondaga County, N. Y. August 27, 1849, and remained at home with his parents until 1872, when they came to Nebraska and settled on Section 1, Township 8, Range 11, for three years. Then settled on 110 acres in Section 1; Township 8, Range 11. He was married October 11, 1874, to Miss E. A. Pound. They have two children: Edith L. aged six years, and Josiah M., four year old. He is a staunch Republican, and a prominent member of the K. of H.

W. H. BAIL, farmer, P. O. Palmyra, was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y. November 4, 1821, where he remained until 1835, when he removed to Crawford County, Penn., for four years, and then to Summit County, Ohio, and farmed for one year, then manufactured shingles for three years, and then carpentering until 1852; and from that time until 1855, traveled and worked at his trade and then settled at Fond du Lac, Wis., where he engaged at his trade until 1858, then traveled until 1861 and came to Nebraska. Traveled again until 1865, then took a homestead on Section 14 and 11, Town 8, Range 9, of 160 acres, built a cheese factory, was elected Justice of the Peace in 1868 and served for two terms, and has been on the School Board and Judge of Elections and Road Supervisor for a number of years. Was married to Miss Eliza Stone, formerly of St. Lawrence County, N. Y., in 1865, who came to Ohio in 1840 and married William H. Stone, of Summit county, Ohio. They have two children who are grown to manhood and womanhood.

FRANKLIN BALL, farmer, P. O. Palmyra, was born June 14, 1824, in the town of Alstead, in Cheshire County, N. H., where he served an apprenticeship at mill-wrighting and carpentering and joiners' trade for over ten years. He was married to Miss Susan L. Bullock, of Richmond, N. H. August 10, 1845 and in 1853 moved to Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa, and employed his time in building mills and elevators along the line of the Rock Island Railroad. He put in the machinery in the Eagle Works at Ottawa, Ill., he helped to build the first reaper that was ever made in Iowa; then he superintended the Reaper and Mower Shops at Fulton, Iowa; from there to Scott County, and engaged in farming for six years. He helped to organize Claona Township, was one of the township Judges, and was Justice of the Peace for four years. He served as one of the deputy police in Davenport, during the German liquor riot. He came to Nebraska City in 1868, then to Lincoln and worked on the State capitol, during its erection. He superintended part of the work of building the insane asylum at Lincoln, in 1870. He was married the second time to Miss Sarah C. Young, of Pike County, Ill., February 24, 1870, and settled on 160 acres on Section 28, Town 9, Range 9, where he has since been engaged in farming.

THOMAS BELL, retired farmer, Palmyra, was born in the village of Marton, County York, England, May 21, 1824, and learned the trade of a tailor, was in business on his own account seven years, in the village where he was born. From the age of eighteen years he was an ardent worker in the temperance cause, and at twenty-one began to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, working with his own hands for his support. At the age of twenty-eight he received a call to the pastorate of the Congregational Church, at Great Broughton, Yorkshire, where he labored until the year 1861, when he removed to Parkhead, County Cumberland, laboring there until 1867, when his health failed him. His physicians recommended him to leave the ministry and seek a change of climate; he resolved to emigrate to America. He came direct to Nebraska, reaching here on the 1st of May, 1867, at the head of a company of about 200 persons. He bought a farm of 400 acres, two miles north of Palmyra: here he preached as opportunity offered, ofttimes two or three times of the Sunday, and rode thirty miles to his appointments. After about four years more of this kind he received a commission from the American Home Mission Society, and labored under them for about five years, when he retired from the regular pastorate; during this time he superintended the erection of the Presbyterian Church, at Palmyra. He was married in the town of Stocksley to Miss Elizabeth Reed, August 9, 1849. They have one son and four daughters and have buried three sons in the old county and two sons and one daughter here. He was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace in 1867, and held the office for two terms.

WILLIAM H. BOTSFORD, farmer and harnessmaker, Palmyra, P. O., was born in Livonia, Livingston Co., N. Y., June 4, 1832, then was taken to Seneca County, Ohio, by his uncle; he remained there until 1848, when he was apprenticed to the harness and saddlery business and worked in Seneca and Sandusky counties until April 16, 1855, but was married October 29, 1854, to Miss Margaret A. Johnston, the second daughter of the late Mr. Johnston, a prominent farmer of Seneca County, Ohio, who was killed by a stroke of lightning while sitting in his house enjoying a social time with his family. April 22, 1855, Mr. Botsford went to West Union, Fayette Co., Iowa, where he rented a farm and turned his attention to farming pursuits until March 1, 1863, when he enlisted in Company F., Seventh Iowa Cavalry, as a private and was mustered into service as Sergeant, serving until May 16, 1865. Discharged at Leavenworth, Kas., when he returned home to Iowa, where he remained until May 11, 1870, when he moved to Otoe County, on Section 22, Town 8, Range 9, on a homestead of forty acres, where he made a dugout and lived with his family. All the money he had was one $10 bill, but being willing to work and having his family about, it was a necessity. He lived there until 1878, when he was able by industry and perseverance to build a neat frame house, where he lived as does his old neighbors, in the land of plenty, having made up his mind all he has to do is trust in providence with a strong arm and a willing heart. After fully deciding to make Nebraska his permanent home he bought eighty acres more of railroad land all of which is under cultivation. He has a family of two sons and three daughters, who are doing for themselves, but two, a daughter fifteen years of age and the youngest son who is in the Lincoln University, where he has been nearly three years. Mr. Botsford is a prominent member of the G. A. R., and ranks as Major and is a staunch Republican in politics. He was one of the charter members of the Mansfield Post No. 54, situated at Palmyra.

GEORGE A. BROWN, farmer, P. O. Syracuse; born in Rhode Island, July 22, 1826. In 1856, moved to Providence; engaged in expressing and draying; then to Albany, and engaged in farming in that vicinity; then removed to Rockport, Ill., and bought 320 acres and improved, and in four years sold; from there to the Rocky Mountains, and landed in Denver, Colo., with a herd of cows with the intention of dairying, but sold and carried on the business of freighting and droving to the far West for seven years, in this time seeing exciting times between the Indians and renegade whites. He took his wife and family one trip. The Indians were bound to have, either by barter or theft, his little son, a boy eighteen months old. Mr. Brown, with a common blacksnake whip, boldly repelled a dozen of the thieves and made his escape. In 1866, came back to Nebraska, and settled on Section 30, Town 8, Range 9, where he has a fine improved farm, supplied with all the necessaries; a good orchard of large and small fruits in abundance. Mr. B. is the only member of his family who ever crossed his native State line. His wife is the only member of her family who ever crossed her State line.

GEORGE DeCOW, blacksmith, Palmyra; born at St. Thomas, Ontario, March 24, 1826; from there to Winneshiek, Iowa, in 1850, and engaged in farming; then traveled until 1871, when he came to Palmyra and built his shop and engaged in business for himself. He was married in Winneshiek, Iowa, to Miss Mary J. Everetts, November 7, 1855. They have four children living, one dead. He is a stanch Greenbacker in politics, and a prominent Odd Fellow.

W. J. DOUGALL, farmer, P. O. Palmyra, was born in Schenectady County, N. Y., September 1, 1842, where he remained until 1861, and enlisted in Company E, Forth-fourth New York Infantry, as a private. On the arrival of the regiment in Virginia, he, with nine others, was detached into Battery D, of the Fifth United States Artillery; was wounded in a fight at Sheppardstown: sent to hospital at Harrisburgh, Pa., and discharged; went to Philadelphia and enlisted in Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, company E; was wounded severely at Fredericksburg; remained in hospital seven months, then returned to his regiment and served to the close of the war; was discharged July 13, 1865, and went home, where he remained until the spring of 1866, when he came to Nebraska and took up a homestead of 160 acres, on Section 22, Town 8, Range 9. Was married to Miss E. F. Chamberlaine, November 29, 1866. Mr. D. is a prominent member of the G. A. R. They have two sons and two daughters.

W. R. FORSHEY, farmer, Section 36, P. O. Syracuse; born in Calhoun County, N. Y., July 17, 1855, and remained at home until 1862; then to Indiana for two years; worked by the month; then to Nebraska. Engaged as an agent for fruit trees for F. K. Phoenix, of Bloomington, Ill., for two years, and was very successful; then back to the nursery at Bloomington as foreman for one year; then back to Nebraska, where he went to school for two years in the graded school in Syracuse, and went to Kansas, buying and dealing in Texas horses; then back to Nebraska, and engaged in farming and teaching school, and bought forty acres of land, where he lives. Was married November 27, 1880, to Miss M. E. Young, of Onondaga County, N. Y., and have one child. Mr. F. is a staunch Republican in politics.

A. H. HALL, farmer, P. O. Palmyra, was born in Nobleboro, Lincoln Co., Me., August 3, 1849, where he remained until 1868, engaged at his trade shoemaking, and from there went to Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Wis.; engaged in a foundry and machine shop one year, and came to Otoe County, Neb., and settled on Section 2, Town 8, Range 9; was elected Assessor in 1879; re-elected in 1880, and again in 1881. Was married in 1870 to Miss MeLora E. Merwin, of Palmyra, who was born in 1842, and died November, 1878. She was the second daughter of Samuel Merwin, of Palmyra. Mr. Hall was married a second time, to Miss Nettie J. Hoyt, the third daughter of Riley Hoyt, a retired farmer of Iowa, on June 27, 1880.

WILLIAM JENKINS, farmer, Palmyra, P. O., was born in Wiltshire, England, May 6, 1835, and emigrated to Canada in 1858, and settled in Gray County, Ontario, where he remained a short time, then to East Flambro, Ontario, where he remained about two years, then to Dorchester and remained two years and from there to West Flambro and engaged in farming for five years and not being satisfied came to Nebraska and took a homestead of 160 acres on Section 35, Town 8, Range 9, of college scrip land. He has been Supervisor of the precinct and School Moderator and Treasurer. Married Miss Sarah Purnell of West Flambro, Ontario, December 27, 1861, and have ten children, four sons and six daughters, Lucy P., born October 29, 1862; Hannah, born September 3, 1864; Thomas J. and Josiah, born September 12, 1866; Matilda, born March 7, 1869; Maria, born December 15, 1870; Sarah J., born April 5, 1872; John W., born March 12, 1874; Charles H., born January 15, 1876; Emily May, born September 26, 1881.

T. P. LLOYD, grocer, Palmyra. Dealer in staple and fancy groceries, fruits, stationery, tobacco and cigars. Established by E. B. Slosson in 1879 and carried on by him until January 1, 1880, when Mr. Lloyd bought the stock, trade and premises. Born in Jonesville, Lee Co., Va., October 2, 1855, and remained there until 1871 when he came to Nebraska City and went to the common graded school and college two years and returned home and remained there until 1876, then returned to Nebraska City and engaged in clerking with Lloyd, Wennie & Co., until December, 1881, and returned home again with the intention of settling affairs at home, selling the farm and moving his mother and younger brothers to his newly adopted home, which purpose he accomplished. The subject of this sketch is the eldest son of the late Dr. James T. and Mary Lloyd. The former was born June 30, 1822 in Johnson County, Tenn., and the latter in Hawkins County, Tenn., January 13, 1822. They resided in Lee County, Va., from the time of their marriage in 1844 till the death of Dr. James T. Lloyd, which occurred on the 28th of August, 1876. James T. was the third son of five of Alexander and Mary Ann Wilson. But little is known of their parents only that his great grandfather was a Welshman and came to America when quite a young man and married a Virginia lady of English descent. Mary J. Reynolds Lloyd, wife of Dr. James T., and mother of the subject of this sketch and parents of William and Jane Moore, who lived in Johnson county, Tenn. until the death of his wife, Mary Owen Lloyd, when he soon after moved to Lee County, Virginia, and married a second time to Miss Elizabeth Wells and lived there until 1853, then to Holt County, Missouri, where he permanently settled and lived to see all his family grown and filling honorable positions in life. Mrs. Lloyd, relict of Dr. James T. Lloyd and mother of T. P. Lloyd has lived to see her family grown to the age of man and womanhood although far from her native home. She is the mother of four children and now lives near Palmyra, enjoying the fruits of a well spent life. Her eldest daughter, Mary Catharine, was born May 15, 1845, and married Dr. P. H. Allan, of Lee County, Va., April 17, 1862. Dr. Allan comes from one of the first families in the State and graduated with high honors and is an eminent man and a skillful physician and well respected by all. Minerva Orlena was born March 20, 1850, and married Thomas P. Carnes, a prominent farmer and stock dealer of Creston, Colo., January 1, 1867. Martha W., born May 24, 1853, still lives at home. T. P. also lives at home, the comfort and support of his widowed mother who lives on his farm, situated about one and one-quarter miles from Palmyra.

SAMUEL MANCHESTER, Postmaster, Palmyra, was born in London, England, July 14, 1852, where he received his education and at the age of seventeen entered the employ of I. T. Wagstaff & Co., dry goods, and served for three years. Then, in 1870, emigrated direct to Palmyra and engaged in the lumber business in 1876 and carried on the business three years. In 1879 bought a fruit farm of ten acres and attended to it three years, until 1881, when he was appointed Postmaster. He was married to Miss Etta Moore, of this place in 1876. They have two children.

J. H. McINTIRE, dealer in agricultural implements, wagons and buggies, Palmyra, was born in Havana, Mason Co., Ill., February 18, 1854, and remained at home until 1876, when he went traveling for the Marsh Harvester Manufacturing Co. for two years. Then to Palmyra, and engaged extensively in the agricultural implement business, as described above, where by industry and perseverance he has accumulated a fine property. He was married to Miss Maria E. Morton, of Maquon, Knox Co., Ill., March 17, 1881. Mrs. M. was born in 1862. She was the third daughter of the late Lieutenant John Morton, of Company G, Eighty-third Illinois, who died at the age of forty in a hospital at Fort Donelson, of typhoid fever. He was an active, energetic man, a good soldier, and much thought of by his acquaintances, where he resided for several years, in Maquon, Knox Co., Ill. It is pleasing to know that his life was given to his country, and that he died as he had lived--an honored--an honored member of the noble army of the Republic. Mr. McI. was elected to the position of Postmaster at the Legislature of the State last time.

J. O. MOORE, of the firm of Hill & Moore, steam and water flouring mill, Palmyra; erected in 1874 by Gault & Powell, and bought by the present firm in 1875. The size of the mill is 50x30, and three stories high; has three run of stone; is a wooden structure set on a stone basement; engine capacity, twenty-five horse power; water-power equal to thirty horse; sixteen feet head. Mr. M. has also the general agency for four insurance companies: the Springfield Fire and Marine, Phoenix of Brooklyn, Hartford, Conn., and New York Life, and the Masonic Northwestern Aid Association, and does a general collecting business. He was born in Fulton County, Pa., in 1844, and has a good common school education. Went to the coal regions, and was in an office as weigh-master until August 7, 1862, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry, and served until May 18, 1863, when he was discharged at the expiration of his time. He was in the battles of South Mountain, Chancellorsville and Antietam, and received a flesh wound at Antietam. After being discharged he returned to his old position as weigh-master until 1865, when we find him in Washington in charge of one of the Government stables until August. From there he returned home and took charge of his father's barn until March, 1868, when he started westward and settled in Gage County, Neb., and remained there until 1871, then moved to the town of Bennet, and engaged in the grain and lumber trade for one year; and then to Palmyra, still in the grain and lumber trade in company with W. E. Hill of Nebraska City, and carried on that branch of the business until the fall of 1875, when they sold their interest in the lumber business and turned their attention exclusively to the milling and grain business with the Nebraska City Elevator Co. at this point. Mr. Moore has charge of the business here. He was elected to the Legislature in November, 1881.

THOMAS P. MORGAN, farmer and builder, Palmyra, was born in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, November 1, 1832, and learned his trade and remained at home until the age of twenty-eight, when he emigrated to New York, where he remained a short time. Then he traveled over the greater portion of the United States and Canadas, and finally settled in Nebraska, on Township 8, Range 9 east, Section 8-- eighty acres, where he has always taken an active interest in the welfare of the country. Where he lives he also takes an active part in school matters. He was elected Justice of the Peace in November, 1881, and has filled that position to the entire satisfaction of those who put their trust in him. He was married to Miss Mary O. Keefe, of London, England, in 1867, and has one son living--William, born May 1869.

W. D. PAGE, hardware merchant; dealer in hardware, tinware, stoves, barbed wire, harness, furniture, wall paper, and undertaking a specialty, Palmyra. Established in 1870 by Mr. Brown as a hardware and stove store in a small building, with limited means. He kept up with the times for a short time, and sold to Mr. W. B. Ronald, who made some changes and enlarged the building, and carried a more extensive stock until July, 1881, when Mr. Page bought the stock, business and property, and now carries on an extensive trade. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk Co., England, December 5 1840, and at. the age of twenty-two learned his trade as a house furnisher in all its departments. He then emigrated to South Africa and engaged in sheep-raising and trading in the interior with the Caffres for four years, then returned to England and engaged in the house-furnishing business for four years, and in 1871 came to Omaha and remained a short time, when he came to Palmyra and engaged in business as above. He was married to Miss Sarah Beamont New, of Penzance, in Cornwall, England, in 1868. They have three children.

R. M. TAGGART, successor to W. D. Page, Esq. Established in 1880, and keeps constantly on hand a choice assortment of dressed and undressed lumber, doors, sash, blinds, building paper and paints. He was born in Macoupin, Ill., in 1848, where he received a good common schooling, and came to Nebraska in 1856 with his parents. He enlisted in 1864 in Company A, First Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Militia, of Nebraska City, and was stationed on the frontier guarding the stage lines from raids made by the Indians, and was discharged at expiration of time. Then went to Chicago, and took a full course at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, and came back in 1866; and in 1867 took a homestead near Palmyra and farmed five years; then got married in 1871 to Miss Ida Seeley, of Palmyra, and moved to Palmyra in 1872, and in 1873 was appointed Postmaster, and held the position until July, 1881, when he took charge of the Chicago Lumber Yard, as above. He is a staunch Republican, and a prominent member of the I. O. O. F., of Palmyra Lodge, No. 30.

HIRAM ADSIT, farmer Section 16, P. O. Syracuse. Born in Greene County, Ohio, March 27, 1849, and came to Nebraska with his parents when this territory was wild. No settlers until 1857 when the settlers began to come in. Mr. A. is a son of Elisha P. Adsit, one of the prominent men of Otoe County.

IRVING R. ANDREWS, farmer Section 18, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., March 8 , 1855, and lived at home with his father Noah Andrews, a brother of Edwin Andrews, Esq., of Section 34, Town 9. He came to Nebraska in April 1878. He was married to Miss Stella M. Jackson, of Onondaga County, N. Y., January 7, 1878. She was the youngest daughter of the late Robert Jackson of the same county. He is a Republican.

ALEXANDER CARPER, proprietor Carper House, Dunbar, was born in Giles County, W. Va., June 10, 1837. At the age of eleven his father died. He then went to Cass County, Ill., and remained until 1853 and worked for an elder brother but never received any schooling, and in 1859 he worked in a saw mill until December 9, 1861, when he got married to Miss Alvira V. Pervines, of Petersburg, Menard Co., Ill. She was born September 7, 1840. Mr. Carper enlisted August 1, 1861, in Company C, One Hundred and First Regiment of Infantry of Cass County. Sent to Cairo and kept on arsenal duty for six weeks, then to Holly Springs, Miss., then to Vicksburg, then back to Holly Springs and was captured and paroled in 1862. The Rebels burned all their provisions and tore up the railroad track so they were on the brink of starvation when the Rebels took pity on them and gave them food from there to Memphis, Tenn. They were knocked about considerably. He arrived home and moved to Weeping Water Falls and remained all winter. In the spring he started to Montana for a short time where he freighted from Ogden City, Utah, to Virginia City, Montana, then back again to Weeping Water Falls, Neb., and engaged in farming, in Cass County, for sixteen years. From there to Otoe County;, farming one year, and June 15, 1881, built his hotel and livery stable. He has five boys and four girls living. One son and two daughters are dead.

G. W. COOPER, Dunbar, of the firm of Parish & Cooper, carpenters and builders. business established in 1881, the first and only shop in Dunbar of the kind. George W. Cooper was born in Washington County, Pa., June 9, 1840. Then moved to Washington County, Ohio, with his parents until 1849, then left home and led a rambling life on water and in the war until 1868 when he went to Portage County, Ohio, and was married to Miss Agnes Frame, September 26, 1868. She was born February 25, 1837, and died March 3, 1874. He was married again in 1875. He enlisted April 25, 1861, in Company G, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged September 29, 1861, and re-enlisted August 4, 1862, and was discharged June 21, 1865. He has been engaged at his trade ever since 1865. They have three sons and three daughters.

E. O. CROCKER, of the firm of Crocker & Francis, Dunbar, was born in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Ind., November 22, 1855, and moved to Dearborn County, Ind., with his parents, and received a common school education remaining there until February, 1881, when he came to Dunbar and entered into business with Mr. Newman in a general store, which was changed May 12, 1882, to the firm of Crocker & Francis. Mr. C. married Miss Nancy Dunn, of Manchester, Dearborn Co., Ind., November 16, 1877. She was born May 17, 1855. She is the only daughter of William Dunn, a builder in the above place. They have two children, Walter H., born April 14, 1879, and Odus Everett, born March 19, 1880. Mr. C. is a staunch Democrat in politics and a Free Mason.

GEORGE DONALDSON, Agency Chicago Lumber Company, agent. Dealers in all kinds of dressed and undressed lumber, paints, lime, cement, doors, sash and blinds and frames. Established in 1879, Mr. Z. Ballman being the first agent and succeeded by Mr. Donaldson, who was born in Milwaukee, Wis., August 23, 1855, and received a common schooling and remained there until 1878 when he went to Iowa Falls, Iowa, and engaged in the sewing machine business where he remained for a short time when he moved to Dunbar.

THOMAS HANLON, Dunbar, proprietor of general store, was born in Ireland, in 1840, and emigrated to Freeport, Stephenson Co., Ill., in 1852. Mr. H. is a practical engineer. He brought the first engine and load of rails to Omaha for the U. P. R. R., and in 1861 engaged on a steam packet on the Missouri River, between Omaha and St. Jo, and continued on the same steamer until 1868. Then bought and ran a farm near Nebraska City; but after ten years we find him in Dunbar in a general store that he leased for one year. Then he built a store, the largest one in town, where he now carries on a good stock and does a good business. He is also a heavy dealer in agricultural implements.

W. P. GILBERT, Dunbar, general blacksmith, north side Nebraska street. Business established July, 1879. Born December 6, 1838, at Philadelphia, Pa., where he learned his trade, and in 1859 moved to Marion County, Ind., until 1861. From there to Delaware County, where he enlisted in Company L, Thirty-ninth Indiana, Eighth Cavalry, in 1863, and discharged June 8, 1865. Then he came back to Delaware County and remained two years; then to Fall River City, Neb., for seven years; then to Dunbar, where he has lived ever since.

WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK, maker and dealer in harness, saddles and horse clothing. Business was established September, 1880, under the name and style of Kirkpatrick & Williams. Mr. K. was born in Atchison County, Mo., March 10, 1857, and learned his trade at Dunbar with Tom Martin, who was and is now his foreman. Was married September 13, 1881, to Miss Eliza J. Williams, who was born in Cass County, Neb., near Weeping Water, on March 4, 1864; is the third daughter of R. S. Williams. Mr. Kirkpatrick is a man full of enterprise, and has started and carries on a branch business at Talmage, a new town situated on the M. P. R. R., running through Otoe and Nemaha Counties.

M. NEWMAN, general store, established on the south side of Nebraska street in 1879, under the name and style of Newman & Francis for a short time, when Mr. Francis retired from the business and Mr. Garrow entered, but only remained for a short time, and in March, 1881, Mr. Crocker entered the business, and now it is carried on under the name and style of Newman & Crocker. They keep constantly on hand a full stock of dry goods, groceries shelf hardware, crockery, glass ware, boots and shoes and fancy goods. Mr. N. was born in Adams County, Ohio, March 30, 1851, and remained there until November 29, 1875; then came to Sutton, Neb., where he taught school for one year, and then to Nebraska City for one year in a grocery store; from there to Dunbar for two years teaching, and was appointed Postmaster while teaching. He then entered into business as above. He was married July 24, 1878, to miss Jennie Nicholson, of Otoe County, second daughter of W. T. Nicholson, of Otoe County. They have one child, born June 16, 1879.

G. H. RIVER, of the firm of Kruse & River, dealers in general hardware, tinware, stoves, barb wire and wagon stock. Standard Singer sewing machines at one-half agents' rates. Formerly a teacher in the common school of Dunbar. Was born in Adams County, Ohio, January 17, 1856, and remained there until June 29, 1881, when he came to Dunbar. He has a good practical education, gained by his own exertions and industry. He was married December 1, 1875, to Miss Delphina Colvin, the eldest daughter of A. R. Colvin, of the same county, Ohio. They have three children, Stella, born October 17, 1876; Adam Clinton, September 25, 1878; and Chester Arthur, November 3, 1880. He entered into the general hardware business on the 20th of April, 1882, with Dietrich Kruse of the same place, where they carry a stock of about $3,000 worth of goods, and are enjoying a thriving trade.

WILLIAM RIDER, farmer and cheesemaker, P. O. Dunbar, was born in Yorkshire, England, October 13, 1843, and emigrated to Oneida County, N. Y., in June, 1849, where he remained until 1873, and worked at cheesemaking, where he had full control until 1868. Then bought a factory in Oriskany, N. Y., and ran it until 1873; then sold out and came to Nebraska, and settled in Otoe County and went into partnership with Mr. James Sweet, in cheesemaking and farming. The farm consists of 960 acres; and they have this year 500 acres of corn planted. Mr. R. was married to Miss Eliza Hinkston, of Oneida County, N. Y., November 19, 1866. They have five children. He enlisted in December, 1863, in Company M, Fifteenth New York Cavalry, and was taken prisoner by Mosby's gang, November 1, at Green Spring Run, W. Va., and kept five months and contracted internal injuries. He was discharged June 28, 1865. He was elected Assessor in 1879 and served three years. He is a staunch member of the K. of P., of Syracuse.

C. J. STONE, proprietor of the grocery, restaurant and boarding house. He keeps constantly on hand a good supply of fruits, oysters, confectionery, tobacco and cigars. He was born in Fayette County, Pa., October 17, 1844, and enlisted in Company A, Seventeenth Illinois Infantry, and was discharged in 1863 for the purpose of consolidation in Company E, Eighth Illinois Infantry. He remained there until the war closed in 1865; then went home and engaged in bricklaying until 1873. Came to Otoe County, October 24, 1879, and engaged in farming until December, 1881, when he settled in Dunbar and started the present business. He married Hester Jane Cox, of Washington County, Pa., October 20, 1868, who died March 4, 1882.

JOHN THOMAS, who represents the firm of Tomlin, Duff & Co., grain buyers of this place, was born in England in 1852; came to Nebraska in 1873. The elevator owned by the above-named firm has a capacity of 15,000 bushels.

AMOS A. WELLER, farmer on Section 7, P. O. Syracuse. Born in Onondaga County, N. Y., May 22, 1841, and remained there until 1869, when he came to Nebraska and settled as above. He enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Eighty fifth New York Infantry, in 1864 and served during the war. He was married in December, 1866, to Miss Ori Young, of Onondaga County, N. Y., and they have two children.

P. E. WELLER, farmer, P. O. Syracuse. Born in Onondaga County, N. Y., June 10, 1837, and lived at home until December 10, 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Fourteenth United States Infantry. Was discharged in February, 1865, when he came home. He was wounded at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House for which he receives a pension. In 1866 came to Chicago, and in 1868 came to Nebraska and bought the farm where he now lives, on Section 6, Township 8, Range 12, where he has 180 acres Was married, September 27, 1879 to Miss Mattie Chapman, of Iowa.

C. R. WILLIAMS, maker and dealer in harness, Dunbar and Talmage, was born in Cass County, Ill., August 13, 1861. Came to Dunbar December 20, 1880, and received his education in Johnson County, Mo. Is a staunch Democrat in politics and strictly temperate.

JOHN WOGIN, farmer, Dunbar, P. O., was born in Kings County, Ireland, November, 1827, and emigrated to New York in 1852, then to Litchfield, Conn., for nine years, then to Nebraska, and was freighting during the war. Was married in 1866 to Mrs. Kate Maloy, and lives on Section 11, Township 8, Range 12.

DAVID BRION, hotel keeper, proprietor of Union Hotel, Unadilla; built by C. B. Todd in 1878, and occupied by him about six months, and succeeded by Mr. Showalter, then B. F. Stone rented the place for a short time, then Mr. Brion leased the house on December 15, 1881, for a term of years. This being the only hotel in town, it was necessary to have the house put in repair to meet the demands of the traveling public, which Mr. Brion did, and now he has the whole custom of the town. Mr. Brion was born in Union County and Uniontown, May 14, 1824, and removed with parents to Tioga County, Pa., and lived there for twenty years; received a common schooling in Campbelltown, Steuben Co., N. Y.; then was married in 1849 to Miss Sarah Reeper, of Lycoming County, Pa.; then kept a hotel at English Centre, Lycoming Co., Pa., for one year; then to Steuben County, and engaged in general mercantile and drug business for five years; then back to Knoxville, Pa., and kept a hotel for five years; then back to Steuben County, and on October 16, 1879, came to Unadilla, Neb., and entered a store as clerk for about a year; then, seeing the need of a hotel, engaged in that business. He was drafted in October, 1862, for nine months, and served his time in Company A, One Hundred and Seventy-first Infantry. He enlisted February 20, 1865, at Harrisburg, in Company A, Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served till war closed.

S. W. BRION, dealer and manufacturer of boots and shoes, Unadilla. Born in Tioga County, Pa., May 20, 1851, and lived there until 1868; then removed to Steuben County, N. Y., and learned his trade; then engaged in business for himself until 1878. Came to Unadilla and has been engaged as above. Was married to Miss Lillie R. Johnson, of Steuben County, N. Y., and have three children.

A. A. BRYANT, farmer, Unadilla, P. O. Born in Jefferson County, town of Ellisburgh, N. Y., April 22, 1851, where he remained until the age of nineteen, when he went to Kane County, Ill., and remained for a short time, working by the month, farming; from there to Barry County, Mich., where he remained three years on a fruit farm; and in 1873, moved to Otoe County, and bought eighty acres on Section 27, Town 9, Range 10, and has since bought an adjoining eighty acres, and is in a fair way to fortune. He married Miss Elizabeth Pell, November, 1878; they have two children, Carrie E., born July 30, 1879, and an infant, born January 3, 1882.

WILLIAM CALLAWAY, P. O. Unadilla; born in Wiltshire, England, September 17, 1822. Emigrated in April, 1867, and took up a homestead of 160 acres, Section 1, Town 8, Range 10, and lived in a dug-out, and second year had his grain burned on account of prairie fire. Was married, 1853, to Miss Mary Ann Penney; has five children, two girls and three boys.

H. S. CLARK, dealer in hardware, stoves, tinware, and farmers' steel goods, Unadilla. Business was established by J. C. Ely, in 1878, and carried on by him until December, 1881, when H. S. Clark succeeded him. He was born in New York in 1827, moved to Wisconsin in 1855, and to Marysville, Kan., in 1869. H. E. Clark, son of H. S. Clark, was born at Fond du Lac, Wis., December 30, 1860, and moved with his parents in August, 1869, to Marysville, Marshall Co., Kan. He remained there until December, 1881, when he came to Unadilla to take charge of the store. In the meantime he graduated at the business college at Topeka.

EDMUND COMLEY, farmer, P. O. Unadilla, was born in Oxfordshire, England, and emigrated to America in August, 1866, and landed in New York, and at once went West as far as Nebraska City, and spent the winter, and in the spring went on farther West and took a homestead of 160 acres on Section 34, Town 9, and Range 10. He was married in 1856 to Miss Harriet Gilman, of Gloucestershire, England, who died in 1876, leaving two children; he married again in 1877, to Mrs. Pegler, a widow lady, a relict of the late Jacob Pegler, of West Hoboken, New Jersey.

CHARLES DORMAN, farmer, P. O. Unadilla; was born in Leicestershire, England, January 16, 1841, and emigrated to America in August, 1866, going to Chicago; where he remained a short time teaming, and in 1867 came to Otoe county, Neb., and took a homestead of eighty acres on Section 34, Town 9, Range 10. In 1875 he was elected School Director, and served six years; and in 1881 elected Assessor for Russell Precinct, and served one term. He now owns 300 acres of land. He was married, January 19, 1860, to Ann Pell; they have six children: Fanny E., born April 17, 1864; William B., born October 13, 1867; Emily J., born October 24, 1871; Charles W., born November 22, 1874; Irene C., born December 23, 1876; Louisa A., born January 3, 1881.

HIRAM DUBOIS, farmer, Unadilla P. O., born in Ulster County, N. Y., April 23, 1831, where he remained until 1852, engaged in farming, and from there to Ross County, Ohio, and rented a farm, and in 1861 enlisted in Company C, Thirty-third Ohio Infantry, and was discharged at expiration of service, in 1864. He was wounded slightly, and after being discharged he returned home again and resumed his farming pursuits until 1867, when he moved to Nebraska and settled in Cass County where he bought eighty acres, and after living there fourteen years he came to Otoe County, and bought 320 acres on Section 35, Town 9, Range 11. Married in 1865, to Miss Marretta Bramblutt, of Ross County, Ohio, who was born June 14, 1841, and have two children, William H., born February 23, 1869, Etta J., born November 4, 1877.

T. S. DUBOIS, dealer in fancy groceries and butter, Unadilla. Established by George Saunders in 1879, and succeeded by Mr. Dubois, who was born in Ulster County, N. Y., July 2, 1837, and in 1878 went to Toledo, Ohio, and was engaged in running a steam saw mill for a short time, when he went to Moniteau County, Missouri, and there learned the butcher business and entered into partnership with John Viniard in the town of Tipton, then back to father's farm for two years, then to Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, where he carried on butchering two years. Was married in March, 1867, to Miss Esther Westmiller, of Gardner, Ulster County, and engaged in hotel business and butchering in connection for four years, and from there to New Belse village, and remained until 1878, when he moved to Southeast Missouri, and from there to Cass County, Neb., on a farm, and from there to Unadilla, and engaged in his old trade in connection with his farm. He has four children living, Ray, born January 24, 1863, Carrie, born 1870, Evaline, May, 1876, Theodora, 1880. In politics Mr. D. is a staunch Democrat and a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity.

DAVID EVEREST, farmer, Unadilla P. O., born in Wyoming County, N. Y., April 3, 1840, where he remained until the age of thirteen when he moved to Rock County, Wis., with parents until 1861, when he enlisted in Company D, Thirteenth Wisconsin, Infantry, and served during the war. He was promoted to First Lieutenant, and was mustered out at San Antonio, Texas, in 1865, when he returned home to Wisconsin and engaged in contracting on a railroad for four years, then came to Otoe County, Neb., in 1868, and rented a farm, then to Russell Precinct, Town 8, Section 23, and rented 200 acres, and married in April, 1869, to Miss Myra Willard, who was born in Vermont. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

H. P. FARNSWORTH, farmer, P. O. Unadilla, was born in Muscatine County, Iowa, October 22, 1845, where he remained until 1864, then went to the University for a short time, then enlisted and served for four and a half months. When he came home he engaged on his father's farm, where he worked in the summers and taught school in the winters until March, 1869, when he came to Otoe County and bought 120 acres on the southeast quarter of Section 4, Town 8, Range 10, Russell Precinct. He has always taken an active interest in the welfare of the State of Nebraska, more especially the part where he lives. He was married in February, 1868, to Miss Helen Burdett, of Muscatine County, Iowa. They have three boys and one girl. He is an active member of the Equitable Aid Union at Unadilla.

JOHN M. FARNSWORTH, farmer, Unadilla, born in Muscatine County, Iowa, December 15, 1853, where he remained until the fall of 1875, when he went to Janesville, Wis., learning the telegraphing where he served seven months, then to Chicago, practicing the telegraphing under instructions until February, 1877, then to Vicksburg for a short time, then a general tramp, partly for health and partly for knowledge, and in July, 1878, arrived home and remained there until 1879. In January, 28, 1880, he was married to Miss Mattie C. Haines, who was born in Newton, Iowa, March 23, 1858, the third daughter of the Rev. Daniel Haines, a Baptist minister of twenty-four years' standing. Mr. F. has one child, born January 28, 1881, named Elmer Ross Farnsworth. Mr. F. is a member of the Knights of Pythias, at Syracuse.

SQUIRE LINE, farmer, Unadilla P. O. Born in Rush County, Indiana, March 28, 1831, when he remained until 1853, then worked out one year and was married in 1854, and went to Edgar County, Ill., and rented a farm until the fall of 1861 when he moved to Wabash County and rented a farm until fall of 1867, then back to Illinois, for one year, then on October 20, 1868, to Nebraska, and took a homestead of eighty acres, he has been in some of the school offices and overseer of highways. He was comparatively poor, when he came to this county, and has got along well. He married Miss Elisa Ann Pearl, born in New York and raised in Indiana.

FREDERICK LUCAS, farmer, Unadilla P. O., born in Northamptonshire, England, October 24, 1838, and emigrated to the United States in 1866, and in 1867 moved to Nebraska and took up a homestead of eighty acres on Section 34, Town-9, Range 10. At that time there were only two settlers in this part of Otoe County. They had to get their provisions and merchandise from Nebraska City, then a small town. When, after coming to this State Mr. Lucas worked a short time in Nebraska City to get enough money to build a small house on his homestead, as his means were very limited and had to pay all the money he possessed for an outfit to get on his homestead and start farming with. He was married in Northampton, England, to Miss Fanny Pell. They had six children, two sons and four daughters.

ELIJAH LUFF, farmer, P. O., Unadilla, was born in Somersetshire, England, on Good Friday, 1833, and came to Ohio, in 1856, and remained for one year. Then removed to Nebraska City and worked by the day for one year, then went West and bought eighty acres of land. After some years he took 160 acres as a homestead more in Section 33, Town 9, Range 10. He was married to Miss Charlotte Mills, of England, in November, 1863. They have six children: George W., born August 15, 1864; Albert J., May 4, 1866; Jane A., March 4, 1868; Elizah T., April 6, 1870; Charles H., May 20, 1876; Alice M., December 14, 1880.

ALEXANDER McINTYRE, farmer, P. O. Unadilla, was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, October 2, 1839, then went to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he served an apprenticeship in a clothing establishment in 1854 two years,. Then went to Worcester, England, in 1856, engaged as a book-keeper and clerk in a wholesale and retail establishment for four years; then went to Dudley, in the same county, for seven years. From Dudley, England, emigrated to Nebraska City in 1867; then to Section 30, Township 8, Range 10, where he took a homestead of 160 acres. He was married in Dudley, Worcester Co., England, in 1863, to Miss Sarah Grainger. Mr. McIntyre has served as Assessor and Enumerator.

S. W. MOHLER & BRO., dealer in hardware, stoves, tinware, paints, oils and painters' materials. Furniture department, they keep constantly on hand a large and well selected stock of furniture of all kinds and latest styles, looking-glasses, mattresses, etc. B. F. Mohler was born in Orrstown, Franklin Co., Penn., January 26, 1851, and remained there until 1860; then he removed to Martinsburgh, Berkley Co., W. Va., where he got a good common schooling and remained there until 1874, and came to Nebraska City April 30, same year; then engaged in farming for four years; then was engaged in mercantile business for two years, and in 1881 he engaged in the hardware business as above.

LOGAN ORRISON, farmer, P. O. Unadilla, was born in Loudoun County, Va., October 6, 1842, and was raised in Frederick County, Maryland, where he remained until 1860 and enlisted in 1861 in Company A, First Maryland Cavalry, and was discharged in 1864, and re-enlisted in the same company and regiment, and served until the close of the war. He was mostly engaged in the valley where he was discharged. He went to Berkeley County, W. Va., where he remained for six years; and came direct from there to Nebraska, and engaged in the hotel business for three years, and from that went to farming. He was married September 21, 1869, and has four children.

EMMER A. PALMER, farmer, P. O., Unadilla, was born in Summit County, Ohio, October 8, 1845, where he remained until 1866, and was married to Miss Jeanette Everest, of Summit County, Ohio, October 17, 1866. He enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Ohio Infantry, and was transferred to the One Hundred and Eighty-first Company A, and was discharged in July, 1865; then returned home and engaged at working for his father for one year; then moved to Nebraska and took up a homestead of 160 acres on Section 18, Township 8, Range 10, Otoe County, where he remained until 1877, when he rented his farm and went to Hamburgh City, Iowa, engaged in farming, but is now occupying his own farm in Otoe County. He is an active member of the G. A. R., and is at present holding the office of adjutant. He has three boys and two girls.

HENRY J. PEGLER, farmer, P. O. Unadilla, was born in Gloucestershire, England, May 17, 1852, and emigrated with his parents in 1854 and settled in West Hoboken, N. J., where he remained until 1873. He was married in 1875 to Miss Nellie Jary, who was born in Waupaca County, Wis. She was the fourth daughter of Robert Jary, a prominent man of Waupaca. They have one son, Frederick J., born May 22, 1877. Mr. P. is an active member of the Equitable Aid Union.

WILLIAM PELL, farmer and carpenter, Unadilla P. O. Born in Leicestershire, England, April 1, 1846, and emigrated to Chicago in 1866 and remained there one year working at the carpenter trade, then came to Otoe County, Neb., and bought eighty acres in Section 34, Town 9, Range 10, and remained on his farm till 1871 when he returned to Chicago and engaged at his trade and butchering until 1877, when he turned his steps westward again and took up farming again and has increased his farm from eighty acres to 520 acres. He had after landing in Nebraska only $1,000 in cash and has now one of the finest farms in the county. Mr. Pell was one of the first settlers in this part of the county.

G. W. PIERSON, farmer, P. O. Unadilla, Neb., was born in Sussex County N. Y., September 1, 1843, and removed from there to Muscatine County, Iowa, in 1848 where he lived until the breaking out of the Rebellion of 1861 when he enlisted in Company A, Seventh Iowa Infantry and served as a soldier during the war when he returned to his home in Muscatine County, Iowa. Was married in the fall of 1866 to Louisa, daughter of Alfred Purcell. Moved to Washington County, Iowa, where he was engaged in farming until the spring of 1872, when he moved to Otoe County, Neb., and bought the southwest quarter of Section 29, Town 8, Range 10, where he has since been engaged in farming and manufacturing sorghum molasses. He has been Moderator on the School Board since 1873, was Road Supervisor in 1875 and 1876, is an active member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R. and also A., F. & A. M., all the above lodges held at Palmyra. Mr. and Mrs. P. have one son and three daughters.

H. F. REMER, livery and feed stables, Unadilla. Born in Herkimer County, N. Y., February 17, 1837, and in 1843 moved to Grand Traverse, Mich., and left in the fall of 1860 for Livingston County, Ill., and in 1861 he enlisted in Company F, Third Illinois Cavalry for three years and was discharged, his time having expired. Was married to Miss M. J. Mannon, who was born in Washington, Pa., in 1857. Married February 10, 1870, and has five children, two sons and three daughters, all living.

WILLIAM SAUNDERS, Unadilla, proprietor of the Unadilla flouring mills, built in 1875 by Saunders & Comley, and carried on under the name and style of Saunders & Comley until 1876 when Mr. Saunders bought out his partner and now controls the business. There are three run of stone and the mill is situated on the Little Nemaha River, is three stories high, 38x40, and is a wooden structure. Mr. S. was born in Buckinghamshire, England, and emigrated to America in 1866 from Northampton, where he lived for fourteen years, and landed in Otoe county about the last week in September of the same year and settled on a homestead. Stayed there for six years. In 1872 he built the first house in Unadilla and there engaged in the grain and lumber business.

N. L. SIMPSON, dealer in agricultural implements, established in January, 1881. He handles the most of his implements from the Pekin Company, Pekin, Ill. Also Kansas wagons and carriages, manufactured at Leavenworth, Kan. Born in Madison County, Ky., July 31, 1831. Left there at the age of seven years with his parents. Then went to Jackson County, Mo., for nineteen years where he received a good schooling and was engaged in farming, and from there to Johnson County, Kan., for eighteen months and was engaged in farming. From there to Otoe County, Neb., in April, 1859, and engaged in overland freighting business from Nebraska City to all points west until the spring of 1867 when he sold to Wells, Fargo & Co., of North Platte. Then he engaged in the milling business in Otoe County where he met the reverses and lost heavily. He was elected to the office of County Treasurer in 1877, and served one term. In 1875 he engaged again in farming on Section 2, Town 8, Range 10, until 1882 when he sold his farm and stock and engaged in the implement business. He was married December 10, 1851, to Miss Maria Meeker, the eldest daughter of Rev. Jotham Meeker, then a missionary in Kansas. She was the first white child born in Kansas. They have nine sons and two daughters. The eldest, Duke, was born September 22, 1852. The youngest was born November 26, 1877.

S. G. SHOWALTER, blacksmith, carriage and wagon manufacturer, Unadilla, was born in Shenandoah Valley, Va., September 16, 1847. Left there in the fall of 1864, being drafted in the confederate army, and went to Cambridge City, Ind., and apprenticed himself to his trade in 1869. Before this he worked on a farm or anything he could get to do, and in 1878 he started on his own account, having traveled through Indiana, Ohio and Illinois, in order to make himself perfect in his business. He married Miss Maggie Copley, of Danville, Ill., May 18, 1876. She was born in New York, and came West with her parents. They have two children, Ferdinand, born January 25, 1877; Silas G., born December 17, 1879. Mr. S. has organized a brass band in Unadilla of twelve pieces, composed all of young men, and we predict a bright future for the enterprise under the able leadership of Mr. S., as he has now eighteen years' experience.

WILLIAM G. TODD, farmer, Unadilla P. O. Born in Franklin County, Ind., January 12, 1845, where he remained until 1874; then came to Nebraska and settled in Otoe County as a farmer on Section 33, Township 8, Range 10, for a short time; then moved further south, and in 1879 came to the farm where he now lives, Section 7, Township 8, Range 10. He married Miss Martha J. Jordan, second daughter of William Jordan, a prominent farmer of Hamilton County, Ohio. She was born in 1845.

GEORGE C. UNDERHILL, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Unadilla, was born in Rockingham County, N. H., March 1, 1852, and remained there until 1870; then moved to Summit County, Ohio, and engaged in farming for nine years; then went to Nebraska and settled in Otoe County, where he bought a farm of Jonathan Strine, northwest quarter, Section 35, Town 9, Range 10, 160 acres. He was married in 1870 to Miss Mary J. Bassett, of Ohio. They have two children, a daughter, born October 3, 1871, and an infant son, Born May 31, 1881.

A. W. VANHORN, farmer, P. O. Unadilla. Born in Jefferson County, Indiana, May 14, 1825, and in 1842, served an apprenticeship as chair and spinning-wheel maker; then was engaged on the river for six years; then engaged in carpentry business for eight years, and moved to Nebraska City, where he lived until 1868, engaged in farming and carpentering, and in 1871 he settled on Section 28, Township 8, Range 11, on a homestead of 160 acres. He was the only settler in this part of the country, and had to go to Nebraska City for everything they used. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Ann Johnston, of Indiana, and have nine children.

MRS. HARRIET WALLEN, farmer, P. O. Unadilla, relict of the late James Wallen, who was born September 16, 1830, in Oakhill, Somersetshire, England, and emigrated to Wayne County, Ohio, July 30, 1855, where he remained one year engaged in farming; then came to Nebraska City and remained there until 1859; then settled on Section 4, Township 8, Range 10, in 1859. Bought about 500 acres more on Sections 29, 30, 32 and 33, Township 9, Range 10. Mr. Wallen was an honest, industrious man, and highly respected by all who knew him. He was a man who was ever ready to help the poor and needy. The new settlers always found in him a friend. He was married May 2, 1858, to Miss Harriet Densley, of Bath, Somersetshire, England, who was born July 31, 1838, and emigrated to Ohio in 1848. They have eight children: Alfred H., born September 29, 1861; Ella L., October 8, 1867; Amy, October 11, 1863; James E., October 22, 1869; William, November 24, 1871; Frederick C., March 12, 1873; George A., March 14, 1875, and Frank I., May 5, 1878. Mr. Wallen died May 1, 1882, at his residence in Russell Precinct, of consumption, after one year's illness.

O. A. WARNER, dealer in grain and agricultural implements, Unadilla, was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., April 9, 1829, and settled in Syracuse, Neb., in 1870. Established the above business in September, 1879. He has been buying grain for the Nebraska City Elevator Co. Enlisted in 1862 in Fremont County, Iowa, Company F, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry, and served three years and was discharged at expiration of time. Was wounded at Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1865. Married Miss Mary Terrill, of Otoe County, in 1875. They have two children: Clyde, born February 28, 1877, and May, born December 16, 1881.

EDWIN ANDREWS, farmer and stock raiser, Section 34, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., N. Y., January 1, 1828, and left there in April, 1869, for Nebraska City. Remained there a short time and finally settled on Section 34 where he now lives. He had $4,000 when he left his native home, but he now has 840 acres of land in a good state of cultivation, one of the finest farms in the county. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1871, and served for one year. He was married to Miss Diana C. Weller, of Onondaga County, in 1852. They have four sons and four daughters, Charles C. born March 4, 1853; Mary P., born April 12, 1854, now the wife of L. E. Sinsabaugh, a prominent merchant of Syracuse, Neb.; George, born April 7, 1858; Warren, September 2, 1859; Albert E., July 25, 1861; Evagene, May 6, 1863; Genave, February 27, 1865; Hannah, June 8, 1867. Mrs. Andrews was born August 24, 1830, in Onondaga County, N. Y.

J. D. HALVORSEN, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Norway, April 22,1845. Emigrated in 1866 to Cook County Ill., and remained two and one-half years. Then in 1868 came to Nebraska, and took a homestead of eighty acres and bought eighty acres besides. He married in 1868, Miss Sophia Swanson, also a native of Norway. They have three children.

J. D. HARMER, North Branch, born in Lancaster County, Pa., February 1, 1847, and remained at home until 1865, when he moved to Mills County, Iowa, and remained there five years, engaged in clerking and teaching; from there to Nebraska, where he bought 120 acres on Section 10 and 15, Township 9, Range 11. Was elected Justice of the Peace, February 1, 1882. Was married November 18, 1871, to Miss Minerva Linville, the youngest daughter of Henderson Linville, of Mills County, Iowa. She was born in 1855. They have four children, three sons and one daughter, all living.

JAMES GOODRICH, retired farmer, Syracuse, born in Canisteo, Steuben County, N. Y., June 15, 1818, and left with his parents for Independence, Allegany Co., N. Y., where he received his education and worked on his father's farm until 1839; and bought fifty acres of wild land and built a log hut, and with a strong arm and a brave heart, commenced to carve out his fortune; but after three years of steady toll he changed his mind and concluded to turn his labor to cash, and try something else. So he sold his farm and married Miss Amanda M. Thorp, third daughter of John Thorp, Esq., of the town of Alford, Allegany Co., where Amanda was born September 19, 1820, and died while being moved from her late home in Fremont County, Iowa, March 12, 1882. Then after selling his land he worked out by the month for two years; but in the winter of `46 returned to his native home to visit his parents, when he met with a serious accident, which crippled him for life; but he entered into partnership with his brother-in-law, in a saw mill, which he managed four years. Then sold to his partner, and bought a farm and again started into farming in the same county; but in three years sold again. In 1856, moved to Fulton County, Ill., and rented a farm, and worked for six years. Then to Knox County, and in April 1866, to Fremont, Iowa, and bought in Fisher Township, Section 26, Range 40, and sold in 1882. Then to Nebraska, and bought 160 acres, which he gave to his son, H. G. Goodrich. He was elected Assessor for 1869, and served on year, and Trustee two years; but has retired from active life.

CARLOS JACKSON, Syracuse P. O., born in Otoe County, near Nebraska City March 22, 1859, and lived at home until 1878, when he worked for Munroe & Dillon for four years. Then worked for Mr. Warner, of Nebraska City. Then to Section 35, Township 9, range 11. Was married April, 1881, to Miss Jennie Cochran, of Shelby County, Mo.

GUSTAVE JACOBSON, P. O. Syracuse, born in Sweden, May 2, 1839. Emigrated in April, 1874, to Nebraska, and settled in Section 22, Township 9, Range 11. Was married in 1867, to Anna Cajsa, born in Sweden. Have three boys and one girl.

JACOB MILCHIVE, P. O. Syracuse, born in Germany, January 25, 1849, emigrated to Nebraska in 1857, and rented a farm near the city, where he lived for two years; then he bought a small garden spot; then came to Section 30, Township 9, Range 11, where he has 160 acres. He was elected School Moderator, and served one term. Married in 1870.

JAMES McELHANEY, farmer, Section 36, Township 9, Range 11, North Branch Precinct, Otoe Co., Neb. Was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, October 29, 1836, moved with parents to Indiana, in 1848, and lived nine years, then returned to Coshocton County, Ohio, where he lived till 1869, then went West and engaged in freighting on the plains for the next three years, when he settled on the present farm with no house in sight, but immigration setting in, it was soon all settled up. From 1873 to 1875, the grasshoppers and drouth nearly cleaned the county out. He was elected Assessor, in 1871, holding the office two years, then retiring for two years was re-elected and has continued in the office ever since. Was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, in 1877, but refused to qualify.

GEORGE RODAWAY, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Syracuse, born in Somersetshire, May 8, 1845; emigrated to Columbia County, Wis., 1861, and worked for two years, and from there to Minnesota, then to Dakota, then to Nebraska City, and worked at his trade, as a stone mason one year; then to Colorado, for two years mining, and was very successful, and in 1866, came to Nebraska, and settled on Section 26, Township 9, Range 11, 160 acres, which he bought . He has broke all his land, and planted and raised an orchard of 300 apple trees, which are in a healthy condition and bearing, besides a choice lot of small fruit, and ten acres of forest. He married Miss Sarah Gentry, of Tennessee, March 10, 1866 and has seven children.

H. E. SACKLEY, farmer, Section 15, P. O. North Branch, was born in Lapean County, Ont., in 1831, and in March, 1845, moved with parents to Ogdensburgh, N. Y., and in 1847, to Chicago for twenty years; then mad a trip west, on a prospecting tour, and engaged in overland freighting business, but found the Indians troublesome, abandoned the project, and turned his face eastward again, and engaged in teaming and peddling in Chicago, but in 1870, settled again in Nebraska, in Saline County, and took a homestead, but owing to reverses and family afflictions, gave up this claim, and went back to Chicago again, and sold his personal effects, and came back to Otoe County, and finally settled on Section 15, Township 8, Otoe County, he being one of the first settlers here. He has been elected to offices of prominence, but would not qualify. He was married to Miss Emma Peira, at Chicago, in July, 1856, who was born at Saint Catherine's Ont., a daughter of Edward Peira, an engineer on the lakes; have had two children--Etta, born 1860, and died of malpractice, 1862; Albert, born 1864, was killed by horse running away in 1871.

ROBERT SACKLEY, farmer, P. O. Syracuse, born in Ontario, Dominion of Canada, September 9, 1840, and removed with parents, in 1845, to Ogdensburgh, N. Y., then to Chicago for a short time, and engaged in expressing, then in 1861, to Nebraska for a short time, then to Chicago for eighteen hears, and in 1879, finally settled in Nebraska. Was married April 20, 1871.

MILTON SMITH, farmer, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Boone County, Iowa, October 25, 1852, and moved with his parents to Nemaha County, where he engaged in farming until 1880, when his brother and mother came to Otoe County, and bought eighty acres, as above. His father was born at Bowling Green, Ky., December 25, 1804, and located in Southern Illinois. In 1864, he and his family moved to Nemaha County, Neb., where he passed away in 1869. He was married to Miss Rebecca Dailey, September 10, 1835. Jacob Dailey, her father, was born in Green County, Pa., January 27, 1791. He was a volunteer in 1812, but peace being proclaimed before he was enrolled, he retraced his steps. Mr. Smith was married in Ohio, in 1814, August 16, to Miss Mary Ann Watson, of Guernsey County, Ohio.

C. D. WALDO, P. O. Syracuse, born in Tolland County, Conn., April 9, 1835, and remained at home until 1850, went from there to Wood County, Wis., a short time, from there to Hancock County, Ill., until 1856, except one year, when he was in the Rockies, mining, and returned poor, back to Illinois, Hancock County, and remained there until 1874, when he came to Nebraska, and settled on Section 31, Township 9, Range 11, eighty acres of Burlington & Missouri land, and has made good improvements. Married Miss Mary A. Cook, of St. Albans, Ill., May 8, 1864. Have three children.

WILLIAM S. WEBBER, farmer, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Genesee County, N. Y., January 14, 1844, and moved to Calhoun County, Mich., in 1856, with his parents, for two years, then to Eaton County, Mich., and remained until 1866, when he came to Nebraska, and remained one year, then to Kane County, Ill., for two years, then removed to Nebraska where he now lives. He was married in 1867, to Miss Amanda C. Ellis, of Eaton County, Mich.

R. S. WILLIAMS, farmer, P. O. Dunbar, born June 15, 1829, in Washington County, Ky., and lived there until 1854; came to Cass County, Ill., and engaged in farming for ten years, when he got married to Miss Amanda Carper, in August, 1859, then in 1863, came to Nebraska, and rented a farm, and followed that business until the present time, on eighty acres, and have nine children.

C. E. WOODS, farmer and stock breeder, Section 34, P. O. Syracuse, born in Westmoreland County, Pa., July 20, 1839. Came to Washington County with parents, when a child, and from there went to Hillsdale County, Mich., in 1852, then to Illinois, with parents, until 1867, then to Omaha, and was engaged in buying and selling stock, and then to Fremont County, Iowa, and engaged in raising Short-horn cattle, and farming until 1878, when he moved to Nebraska, with brother, and settled on Section 34, Township 9, Range 11, still engaged in raising Short-horn cattle, of which he has some fine specimens. His thoroughbred Fanny Allen being one of his best, then his Second Belle of Ashbrough, bred by D. W. Bowers, of Lincoln, Neb., then his thoroughbred Daisy, an eleven year old Short-horn, has had and raised ten calves, which were all sold at high prices.

A. L. YOUNG, farmer, Section 35, P. O. Syracuse. He was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., March 7, 1851, and moved to Nebraska with his parents in 1872, and settled as above mentioned on 160 acres. He was married in 1876, to Miss Louisa Annable, who was born in Winona County, Minn., in 1859. They have two children; Nettie B., born August 5, 1878, and Guy G., born Nov. 23 1880.

HENDRICKS PRECINCT.

J. H. DAVIDSON, farmer, P. O. Hendricks, was born in Taylorstown, Washington Co., Pa., December 3, 1837, where he remained until he was eight years of age, when he accompanied his mother and only sister. His mother marrying a man by the name of Allen McNeal, a very prominent man of his community in Central Ohio, and remained on his farm till he was twenty-one years of age, at that time receiving his share of his father's estate and grandfather's legacy. He went to Page County, Iowa, in the spring of 1858, and purchased 160 acres of land, after making some improvements returned to Ohio, and was married to Miss Margaret J. Dickson, May 23, 1861, second daughter of Isaac Dickson, formerly a miller and farmer of Washington County, Pa., but now a large farmer of Marion County, Ohio. Mr. Davidson was drafted in September, 1862, in the Governor's call for nine months; served six weeks and then hired a volunteer substitute, and was subsequently honorably discharged; was after this elected Second Lieutenant of Company E, Twenty-third Regiment of Flat Foot Militia, and served until all were discharged by proclamation of the Governor. On August 24, 1865, moved with his family, consisting of himself and wife, and two children, by private conveyance to his farm in Iowa. Remained there five years, and during that time was burned out by a prairie fire, whereupon his wealthy uncle, Robt. Davidson, gave him half a section of land in Nebraska, one-half in Otoe County, the other in Nuckolls County, upon the express condition that he sell out in Iowa and remove thither and improve it in Otoe County. The following appeared in the Page County Herald, February, 1870: "Sold out--Mr. J. H. Davidson, our excellent friend of Lincoln Township has sold his farm, and will emigrate to Nebraska during this month. Mr. D. does not move from Page County because he thinks Nebraska a better State, on the contrary, he regards the glorious kingdom of Page standing head and shoulders above all competitors. But he has an uncle, who has kindly given him half a section of land, one-half in Otoe County, and he goes thither to improve it. May good fortune attend him." He has resided here eleven years amid the discouragements of droughts, of grasshopper raids, and is now in easy circumstances, takes a prominent part in every important movement. Was elected Justice of the Peace, in 1878, to fill the vacancy made by the removal of his predecessor; was elected for two successive terms of two years each. He is a prominent member of the I. O. O. F. of Palmyra, and has an excellent education, taking a scientific course at the Ohio Central College, Marion County, Ohio, and is a regular correspondent of six newspapers. After leaving college he taught school for several terms. Was appointed January 3, 1882, Notary Public for six years by Gov. Nance. The family consists of the following names: George A., Mary E., Isaac D., Lizzie M., Jennie C., and J. Brownlee. The two oldest were born in Ohio, the next two were born in Iowa, the two youngest were born in Nebraska.

GEORGE M. DOUGLASS, farmer, Hendricks P. O., born December 4, 1843, Grant County, and town of Platteville, Wis., where he remained until August 11, 1862, then enlisted in Company E. Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Infantry, and was discharged May 15, 1865, and remained there until 1868, when he came to Nebraska and settled and took a homestead on Section 23, Township 7, Range 9, 160 acres. When he came here he had only about $700, including outfit and teams, and is now in good circumstances, and has 220 acres of land. He was married to Miss Margaret A. Rogers, of Grant County, Wis. Mr. D. was elected Assessor in 1874, and has served nine years. He has four children, Clara M., born February 9, 1870, John L., May 21, 1872, Laura J., August 8, 1875, Mary E., September 17, 1878.

HENRY KLAUS, farmer, P. O. Hendricks, was born at Oldenburg, Germany, June 11, 1833, and emigrated to St. Louis, in 1852, where he remained three years engaged in tanning leather, then went to California, where he remained two years, then removed to Knox County, Ill., and engaged in farming, in 1858, where he remained until 1864, then went to Germany on a visit for one season, and in 1866, came to Otoe County and took up a homestead on Section 2, Township 7, Range 9, 160 acres, and has bought 160 acres since. Mr. K. has been successful only as a farmer, and stock feeder. He was married October 7, 1864, to Miss Angeline Kuhlmann of Oldenburg, Germany. They have three children, Katie L., born July 12, 1865; Delia A. born December 3, 1868; Lillie M., born April 9, 1873.

SIMPSON McKIBBIN, farmer, P. O. Hendricks, was born in County Down, Ireland, in May, 1834, and emigrated to America, in 1848, and remained in Oakland County until 1854, then went to Grand County, Wis., and remained there three years, engaged by the month at driving team, then went to Clayton County, Iowa, where he remained one year, and then to Mitchell County, burning lime, and from there to Otoe County, Neb., in 1864, where he took a homestead of 160 acres on Section 2, Township 7, Range 9, where he has since bought 320 acres adjoining. When he came to Nebraska, he had only $500, all told, including his outfit, and now is wealthy, having 480 acres of land well stocked with hogs, cattle and 700 sheep and all necessary implements and machinery and good buildings. He was married March 1, 1860, to Miss Harriet M. Douglass of Mitchell County, Iowa. They have five children, George I., born April 2, 1864; Mary E., born May 24, 1866; Agnes E., born June 25, 1868; John S., born October 19, 1874; Fred L., born October 9, 1878.

OSAGE PRECINCT.

ALBERT ARMSTRONG, farmer, P. O. Syracuse, born in town of Dorset, Bennington Co., Vt., December 1, 1843, from there he went to Milwaukee, Wis., to live with guardians when a boy until the age of fifteen, when he went to Clark County, Mo., where he remained until 1866. Previous to this he enlisted in October, 1861, in Company E, Seventy Missouri Cavalry, and was discharged at Cassville, October 15, 1862, for disability, then took a trip to Denver for health, but finally settled in Otoe County and was married to Miss Mary E. Holladay of Adams County, Ill., and in 1867, bought a homestead on Section 1, Township 7, Range 11, 400 acres.

S. C. BARNES, P. O. Syracuse, farmer, born in Lenox, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, May 11, 1855, and received a common school education and left with parents in 1867, and moved to Dunn County, Wis., and remained there until 1871, when he came to Nebraska and settled on Section 19, Township 7, Range 11, 160 acres, with his father. He married Miss Malica Hoover on July 1, 1876. She was born in Kosciusko County, Ind. They have one son, born July 1, 1878, one daughter, born June 31, 1880.

Z. P. EARLE, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Fulton County, Ill., October 3, 1837, and moved to Keokuk County, Iowa, with his parents, at the age of eight years, where his father died in 1851. Then hired out by the month and went to school, and in 1859 came to Nebraska and started a ranch forty-five miles east of Kearney, on the Platte River, and did a good business until 1864, when the Indians made a raid and took nearly every thing he had. He sustained a loss of $2,000. When he first came to Nebraska he had only $1. His first work was to mow and put up seventy tons of hay. In 1866, he started freighting, in which he was successful until 1868, when he pre-empted 160 acres on Section 18, Township 11, Range 10, in Cass County, Neb. Since that time he has added to it, and has now in Cass and Otoe counties, 640 acres. He was married in February, 1868, to Mrs. Owen, relict of the late William Owen, a merchant of Springfield, Ill. They have six children. Mrs. E. was born in Holidaysburgh, Pa., January 26, 1840, and went to Oregon with her sister, and was married to Mr. Owen.

J. F. FERGUSON, farmer, Syracuse P. O., born in Boone County, Ind., April 16, 1840, and removed in 1862 to Coles County, Ill., and engaged in farming one year, on a rented farm. Then to Otoe County and took a homestead of 160 acres, on Section 32, Township 8, Range 11, where he made good improvements, and in 1880, sold it to John Shepherd, Esq., an extensive farmer and stock dealer. Then he moved to Township 7, Section 8, Range 11, and bought 320 acres. He was married in 1861 to Miss Eliza Ann Davis. They have eight children. He has set out on his new place three acres of choice fruit trees, which are doing well.

JACOB LISK, farmer, Section 17, Township 7, Range 11, post office address Syracuse, born in Seneca County, N. Y., November 28, 1834. Moved to Rochester, N. Y., and engaged in the hardware business for about three years, except six months while at school. Then went back to Seneca and engaged in farming for seven years, and was Deputy Postmaster for one year in Waterloo Post office, same county, and in 1864, moved to Decatur, Van Buren Co., Michigan, and engaged in the hardware business for six years, and was burnt out and left almost penniless. Then engaged in the grocery business for two years. Then in 1872, came to Nebraska and settled in Range 11, Section 17, Otoe County, 160 acres. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1873, and held the office until the present year. Has been Assessor for two terms previous to 1879, when he was elected to the Legislature by the Republican party, and served one term, and is now Deputy County Treasurer and Census Numerator. He was married to Josephine Stephenson, daughter of Sheriff Stephenson, of Waterloo, N. Y., in 1860. Mrs. Lisk was born in 1838. Have one daughter living.

PETER VAN ANTWERP, P. O. Syracuse, farmer, on 160 acres, Township 7, Range 11, Section 18. Born in Province of Quebec, Canada, August 3, 1837, and moved with his parents to Rochester, N. Y., and remained in that State and engaged in farming until 1859, when they moved to Boone County, Ill., and again engaged in farming until 1867. Then leaving his parents, he moved to Nebraska and took up a homestead of 160 acres on Range 11, Section 18, and has made substantial improvements. He is an extensive dealer in and raiser of stock. He feeds an average of 100 cattle, 500 sheep, 200 hogs, and generally ships direct to market. He married Miss Mary Dodge, of Sycamore, Ill., July 4, 1861. Mrs. V. was born June 17, 1844. They have one son born July 20, 1866; one daughter born May 13, 1875. Mr. V. takes a moderate interest in politics and education.

MC WILLIAMS PRECINCT.

MRS. LEVINIA A. R. PARSONS, farmer, P. O. Syracuse, relict of the late Cyrus Reed. Was born in Ulster County, N. Y., December 13, 1822, and came to Pickaway, Ohio, with parents. Was married to Mr. C. Reed, August 2, 1857. Mr. Reed was the son of Elias Reed, one of the first settlers in Ohio. He was a prominent farmer and carried on extensive woolen mills. Mr. C. Reed was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, July 12, 1817, and was an extensive farmer and cattle dealer. Died at his late residence in Otoe County, December 4, 1870, leaving a widow and a small family of five to mourn his departure.

MATHEW G. REED, farmer, on Section 10, Township 7, Range 10, P. O. Syracuse. Born in Marysville, Union Co., Ohio, October 31, 1831. Moved to Iowa in 1856 for two years; then to Nebraska. In 1858, took a pre-emptive claim on Section 11, Township 7, Range 12; then back to Iowa and was married in 1859; and in 1862, came to Nebraska again and took a homestead, where he now lives. He was one of the pioneer settlers of this part of the county. He married Miss Ruth Smith, of Washington County, Iowa, who was born April 4, 1842, who died and left four sons and eight daughters, all living.

BERLIN PRECINCT.

WILLIAM M. BROWN, P. O. Syracuse; born in Indiana, and went with parents to Iowa, where he remained until 1880, then to Nebraska, and bought 120 acres on Section 30, Township 9, Range 12. Married in February, 1876, to Miss Mary E. Beard, of Iowa, and has four children. Enlisted at Davenport, Iowa, in Company E., Thirty-first Iowa Infantry, 1864, and was discharged same year.

AUGUST HEYER, farmer, P. O. Syracuse; was born in Germany, September 4, 1841; emigrated to Lasalle County, Ill., in 1870, where he remained for three years; then moved to Nebraska. He was married in 1873 to Manda Roennan. They have five children.

WARREN MUNN, farmer, Section 4, Berlin Precinct, was born in Ohio, near Wooster, Wayne County, September 12, 1838. Left school when he was twenty-one years old, removing to Davenport, Iowa, and from there to Nebraska City in the spring of 1860, engaging in freighting on the plains and frontier before, during and after the Indian War. He was Master of Transportation for the Government for Colorado and New Mexico, and experienced numerous difficulties in consequence of Indian hostilities and Texas lancers. This was in 1861-2, after which time he was made Yard Master in the Quartermaster's Department, holding the position about three years, when he returned to Nebraska City, where he and his brother took a train to Virginia City with the first supply of drugs that was ever brought here, then loaded up with passengers when Warren brought the trains back. He then made winter trips to Denver, experiencing lots of hardships on account of snow. In the spring he fitted up a train of his own and went to Salt Lake, making the trip in fifty-six days; then took a load from there to the mines of Idaho and returned to Salt Lake and went into quarters on Wisdom River, Montana, encamping with the Ponduray tribe; left in the spring for Helena, sold his outfits, and followed mining there for a short time; then went to Fort Benton and took passage on the Viola Bell for Nebraska City. After arriving here made arrangements with Isaac Coe to transfer some corn from Kearney to Laramie and Cheyenne, then came here and purchased a farm; was sent for shortly afterward to come to Utah and take position of train master to complete a contract by Alexander Majors on the U. P. Road. After getting through, disposed of his stock and outfits and returned to this city once more; went to Ohio, where he and his brother bought a number of horses, and together with their household goods shipped them to this place, and has been ever since on his farm. Was married December 15, 1869. They have six children, Elle K., Adelbert C., Emma J., Eva, Edna and Warren W.

ROBERT SATTERLY, farmer, P. O. Syracuse; born in Devonshire, England, August 17, 1827, and emigrated to Ohio in 1854, and remained three years, when he came to Nebraska and remained three years; then he went to Denver and California Gulch, engaged in prospecting and mining until 1861, and remained two years; then returned to Colorado for two years, where he settled on a rented farm for three years; then in 1868 bought a farm of 160 acres, on Section 19, and has made good improvements. Was married to Miss Mary Whitten, of Otoe County, on April 5, 1865. They have two children: Phoebe Jane, born August 30, 1867; Robert Scott, born November 15, 1871.

MINERSVILLE.

JAMES D. CARMICHAEL, retired; came to Nebraska in July, 1857, and located at Minersville, engaging in the saw mill and lumber business, and keeping a steamboat wood yard. He continued at this business for ten years, and then entered the grain business. In 1868 he moved on to his farm on Section 2, Otoe Precinct. For seven years he was Postmaster at Otoe City, and in 1875, 1876 and 1877, was Postmaster at Minersville, carrying on a mercantile trade at the same time. November 20, 1880, he sold his farm, and in December moved back to Minersville, where he began dealing in groceries, wood and in real estate. He was Justice of the Peace for two years, and Road Supervisor for ten or twelve years. he was born in Wayne Township, Mifflin Co., Pa., August 9, 1812, and lived there until 1845, when he moved to Lafayette, Ind. He lived there four years, and returned to Pennsylvania for a year. After that he spent a short time in St. Louis, going thence to Rock Island; in the latter place he remained until he came to Nebraska. He was married at Derry, Mifflin Co., Pa., March 28, 1837, to Julia A. Layman, a native of Clark's Ferry, Pa., born in 1815. They have on child living, Myra, now Mrs. George W. Brown, of Otoe Precinct, Otoe Co., Neb. Three sons died, Henry, aged nine years; Edwin, aged sixteen; and William L., aged six.

OTOE PRECINCT.

HUMPHREY D. GILBERT, M. D., Otoe Precinct P. O., Nebraska City, was born in Broome County, N. Y., in 1815. He entered the University of New York in 1834, and received his diploma the following year, and commenced practicing medicine at his home, and continued until coming to Nebraska City, in June, 1866. He remained in this city till November, 1867, when he removed to Lincoln, this State, and followed his profession about fourteen years. Mr. G. was one of the first trustees of that town, County Commissioner for six years, and assistant superintendent of the Insane Asylum there in 1872. Mr. G. found his health commenced failing him a few years ago, so he concluded to retire from active life, and bought his present farm and located on it in December, 1880, where he expects to spend the remainder of his days. For two years he was a partner of E. S. Hawley in the hardware line, in Nebraska City. Member of the A., F. & A. M. Was married at Deposit, N. Y., in 1849, to Jane M. Sheldon. They have three children, Martha, Annie and Frederick Allen.

LEWIS LEWIS, farmer, Otoe Precinct, P. O. Nebraska City; was born in Chester County, Pa., September 20, 1831. At the age of sixteen years he went at farming and continued to follow it as long as he remained in that section. He came to Nebraska in April, 1855, and pre-empted his present place in 1857, and has since been engaged in general farming. Was married in Nebraska City to Susan Wright, in 1862. They have seven children; Mary, Rosena, Annie, Ella, Lewis, John and Henry.

HENDRICKS PRECINCT.

J. H. DAVIDSON, farmer, P. O. Hendricks, was born in Taylorstown, Washington Co., Pa., December 3, 1837, where he remained until he was eight years of age, when he accompanied his mother and only sister. His mother marrying a man by the name of Allen McNeal, a very prominent man of his community in Central Ohio, and remained on his farm till he was twenty-one years of age, at that time receiving his share of his father's estate and grandfather's legacy. He went to Page County, Iowa, in the spring of 1858, and purchased 160 acres of land, after making some improvements returned to Ohio, and was married to Miss Margaret J. Dickson, May 23, 1861, second daughter of Isaac Dickson, formerly a miller and farmer of Washington County, Pa., but now a large farmer of Marion County, Ohio. Mr. Davidson was drafted in September, 1862, in the Governor's call for nine months; served six weeks and then hired a volunteer substitute, and was subsequently honorably discharged; was after this elected Second Lieutenant of Company E, Twenty-third Regiment of Flat Foot Militia, and served until all were discharged by proclamation of the Governor. On August 24, 1865, moved with his family, consisting of himself and wife, and two children, by private conveyance to his farm in Iowa. Remained there five years, and during that time was burned out by a prairie fire, whereupon his wealthy uncle, Robt. Davidson, gave him half a section of land in Nebraska, one-half in Otoe County, the other in Nuckolls County, upon the express condition that he sell out in Iowa and remove thither and improve it in Otoe County. The following appeared in the Page County Herald, February, 1870: "Sold out--Mr. J. H. Davidson, our excellent friend of Lincoln Township has sold his farm, and will emigrate to Nebraska during this month. Mr. D. does not move from Page County because he thinks Nebraska a better State, on the contrary, he regards the glorious kingdom of Page standing head and shoulders above all competitors. But he has an uncle, who has kindly given him half a section of land, one-half in Otoe County, and he goes thither to improve it. May good fortune attend him." He has resided here eleven years amid the discouragements of droughts, of grasshopper raids, and is now in easy circumstances, takes a prominent part in every important movement. Was elected Justice of the Peace, in 1878, to fill the vacancy made by the removal of his predecessor; was elected for two successive terms of two years each. He is a prominent member of the I. O. O. F. of Palmyra, and has an excellent education, taking a scientific course at the Ohio Central College, Marion County, Ohio, and is a regular correspondent of six newspapers. After leaving college he taught school for several terms. Was appointed January 3, 1882, Notary Public for six years by Gov. Nance. The family consists of the following names: George A., Mary E., Isaac D., Lizzie M., Jennie C., and J. Brownlee. The two oldest were born in Ohio, the next two were born in Iowa, the two youngest were born in Nebraska.

GEORGE M. DOUGLASS, farmer, Hendricks P. O., born December 4, 1843, Grant County, and town of Platteville, Wis., where he remained until August 11, 1862, then enlisted in Company E. Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Infantry, and was discharged May 15, 1865, and remained there until 1868, when he came to Nebraska and settled and took a homestead on Section 23, Township 7, Range 9, 160 acres. When he came here he had only about $700, including outfit and teams, and is now in good circumstances, and has 220 acres of land. He was married to Miss Margaret A. Rogers, of Grant County, Wis. Mr. D. was elected Assessor in 1874, and has served nine years. He has four children, Clara M., born February 9, 1870, John L., May 21, 1872, Laura J., August 8, 1875, Mary E., September 17, 1878.

HENRY KLAUS, farmer, P. O. Hendricks, was born at Oldenburg, Germany, June 11, 1833, and emigrated to St. Louis, in 1852, where he remained three years engaged in tanning leather, then went to California, where he remained two years, then removed to Knox County, Ill., and engaged in farming, in 1858, where he remained until 1864, then went to Germany on a visit for one season, and in 1866, came to Otoe County and took up a homestead on Section 2, Township 7, Range 9, 160 acres, and has bought 160 acres since. Mr. K. has been successful only as a farmer, and stock feeder. He was married October 7, 1864, to Miss Angeline Kuhlmann of Oldenburg, Germany. They have three children, Katie L., born July 12, 1865; Delia A. born December 3, 1868; Lillie M., born April 9, 1873.

SIMPSON McKIBBIN, farmer, P. O. Hendricks, was born in County Down, Ireland, in May, 1834, and emigrated to America, in 1848, and remained in Oakland County until 1854, then went to Grand County, Wis., and remained there three years, engaged by the month at driving team, then went to Clayton County, Iowa, where he remained one year, and then to Mitchell County, burning lime, and from there to Otoe County, Neb., in 1864, where he took a homestead of 160 acres on Section 2, Township 7, Range 9, where he has since bought 320 acres adjoining. When he came to Nebraska, he had only $500, all told, including his outfit, and now is wealthy, having 480 acres of land well stocked with hogs, cattle and 700 sheep and all necessary implements and machinery and good buildings. He was married March 1, 1860, to Miss Harriet M. Douglass of Mitchell County, Iowa. They have five children, George I., born April 2, 1864; Mary E., born May 24, 1866; Agnes E., born June 25, 1868; John S., born October 19, 1874; Fred L., born October 9, 1878.

OSAGE PRECINCT.

ALBERT ARMSTRONG, farmer, P. O. Syracuse, born in town of Dorset, Bennington Co., Vt., December 1, 1843, from there he went to Milwaukee, Wis., to live with guardians when a boy until the age of fifteen, when he went to Clark County, Mo., where he remained until 1866. Previous to this he enlisted in October, 1861, in Company E, Seventy Missouri Cavalry, and was discharged at Cassville, October 15, 1862, for disability, then took a trip to Denver for health, but finally settled in Otoe County and was married to Miss Mary E. Holladay of Adams County, Ill., and in 1867, bought a homestead on Section 1, Township 7, Range 11, 400 acres.

S. C. BARNES, P. O. Syracuse, farmer, born in Lenox, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, May 11, 1855, and received a common school education and left with parents in 1867, and moved to Dunn County, Wis., and remained there until 1871, when he came to Nebraska and settled on Section 19, Township 7, Range 11, 160 acres, with his father. He married Miss Malica Hoover on July 1, 1876. She was born in Kosciusko County, Ind. They have one son, born July 1, 1878, one daughter, born June 31, 1880.

Z. P. EARLE, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Syracuse, was born in Fulton County, Ill., October 3, 1837, and moved to Keokuk County, Iowa, with his parents, at the age of eight years, where his father died in 1851. Then hired out by the month and went to school, and in 1859 came to Nebraska and started a ranch forty-five miles east of Kearney, on the Platte River, and did a good business until 1864, when the Indians made a raid and took nearly every thing he had. He sustained a loss of $2,000. When he first came to Nebraska he had only $1. His first work was to mow and put up seventy tons of hay. In 1866, he started freighting, in which he was successful until 1868, when he pre-empted 160 acres on Section 18, Township 11, Range 10, in Cass County, Neb. Since that time he has added to it, and has now in Cass and Otoe counties, 640 acres. He was married in February, 1868, to Mrs. Owen, relict of the late William Owen, a merchant of Springfield, Ill. They have six children. Mrs. E. was born in Holidaysburgh, Pa., January 26, 1840, and went to Oregon with her sister, and was married to Mr. Owen.

J. F. FERGUSON, farmer, Syracuse P. O., born in Boone County, Ind., April 16, 1840, and removed in 1862 to Coles County, Ill., and engaged in farming one year, on a rented farm. Then to Otoe County and took a homestead of 160 acres, on Section 32, Township 8, Range 11, where he made good improvements, and in 1880, sold it to John Shepherd, Esq., an extensive farmer and stock dealer. Then he moved to Township 7, Section 8, Range 11, and bought 320 acres. He was married in 1861 to Miss Eliza Ann Davis. They have eight children. He has set out on his new place three acres of choice fruit trees, which are doing well.

JACOB LISK, farmer, Section 17, Township 7, Range 11, post office address Syracuse, born in Seneca County, N. Y., November 28, 1834. Moved to Rochester, N. Y., and engaged in the hardware business for about three years, except six months while at school. Then went back to Seneca and engaged in farming for seven years, and was Deputy Postmaster for one year in Waterloo Post office, same county, and in 1864, moved to Decatur, Van Buren Co., Michigan, and engaged in the hardware business for six years, and was burnt out and left almost penniless. Then engaged in the grocery business for two years. Then in 1872, came to Nebraska and settled in Range 11, Section 17, Otoe County, 160 acres. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1873, and held the office until the present year. Has been Assessor for two terms previous to 1879, when he was elected to the Legislature by the Republican party, and served one term, and is now Deputy County Treasurer and Census Numerator. He was married to Josephine Stephenson, daughter of Sheriff Stephenson, of Waterloo, N. Y., in 1860. Mrs. Lisk was born in 1838. Have one daughter living.

PETER VAN ANTWERP, P. O. Syracuse, farmer, on 160 acres, Township 7, Range 11, Section 18. Born in Province of Quebec, Canada, August 3, 1837, and moved with his parents to Rochester, N. Y., and remained in that State and engaged in farming until 1859, when they moved to Boone County, Ill., and again engaged in farming until 1867. Then leaving his parents, he moved to Nebraska and took up a homestead of 160 acres on Range 11, Section 18, and has made substantial improvements. He is an extensive dealer in and raiser of stock. He feeds an average of 100 cattle, 500 sheep, 200 hogs, and generally ships direct to market. He married Miss Mary Dodge, of Sycamore, Ill., July 4, 1861. Mrs. V. was born June 17, 1844. They have one son born July 20, 1866; one daughter born May 13, 1875. Mr. V. takes a moderate interest in politics and education.

MC WILLIAMS PRECINCT.

MRS. LEVINIA A. R. PARSONS, farmer, P. O. Syracuse, relict of the late Cyrus Reed. Was born in Ulster County, N. Y., December 13, 1822, and came to Pickaway, Ohio, with parents. Was married to Mr. C. Reed, August 2, 1857. Mr. Reed was the son of Elias Reed, one of the first settlers in Ohio. He was a prominent farmer and carried on extensive woolen mills. Mr. C. Reed was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, July 12, 1817, and was an extensive farmer and cattle dealer. Died at his late residence in Otoe County, December 4, 1870, leaving a widow and a small family of five to mourn his departure.

MATHEW G. REED, farmer, on Section 10, Township 7, Range 10, P. O. Syracuse. Born in Marysville, Union Co., Ohio, October 31, 1831. Moved to Iowa in 1856 for two years; then to Nebraska. In 1858, took a pre-emptive claim on Section 11, Township 7, Range 12; then back to Iowa and was married in 1859; and in 1862, came to Nebraska again and took a homestead, where he now lives. He was one of the pioneer settlers of this part of the county. He married Miss Ruth Smith, of Washington County, Iowa, who was born April 4, 1842, who died and left four sons and eight daughters, all living.

BERLIN PRECINCT.

WILLIAM M. BROWN, P. O. Syracuse; born in Indiana, and went with parents to Iowa, where he remained until 1880, then to Nebraska, and bought 120 acres on Section 30, Township 9, Range 12. Married in February, 1876, to Miss Mary E. Beard, of Iowa, and has four children. Enlisted at Davenport, Iowa, in Company E., Thirty-first Iowa Infantry, 1864, and was discharged same year.

AUGUST HEYER, farmer, P. O. Syracuse; was born in Germany, September 4, 1841; emigrated to Lasalle County, Ill., in 1870, where he remained for three years; then moved to Nebraska. He was married in 1873 to Manda Roennan. They have five children.

WARREN MUNN, farmer, Section 4, Berlin Precinct, was born in Ohio, near Wooster, Wayne County, September 12, 1838. Left school when he was twenty-one years old, removing to Davenport, Iowa, and from there to Nebraska City in the spring of 1860, engaging in freighting on the plains and frontier before, during and after the Indian War. He was Master of Transportation for the Government for Colorado and New Mexico, and experienced numerous difficulties in consequence of Indian hostilities and Texas lancers. This was in 1861-2, after which time he was made Yard Master in the Quartermaster's Department, holding the position about three years, when he returned to Nebraska City, where he and his brother took a train to Virginia City with the first supply of drugs that was ever brought here, then loaded up with passengers when Warren brought the trains back. He then made winter trips to Denver, experiencing lots of hardships on account of snow. In the spring he fitted up a train of his own and went to Salt Lake, making the trip in fifty-six days; then took a load from there to the mines of Idaho and returned to Salt Lake and went into quarters on Wisdom River, Montana, encamping with the Ponduray tribe; left in the spring for Helena, sold his outfits, and followed mining there for a short time; then went to Fort Benton and took passage on the Viola Bell for Nebraska City. After arriving here made arrangements with Isaac Coe to transfer some corn from Kearney to Laramie and Cheyenne, then came here and purchased a farm; was sent for shortly afterward to come to Utah and take position of train master to complete a contract by Alexander Majors on the U. P. Road. After getting through, disposed of his stock and outfits and returned to this city once more; went to Ohio, where he and his brother bought a number of horses, and together with their household goods shipped them to this place, and has been ever since on his farm. Was married December 15, 1869. They have six children, Elle K., Adelbert C., Emma J., Eva, Edna and Warren W.

ROBERT SATTERLY, farmer, P. O. Syracuse; born in Devonshire, England, August 17, 1827, and emigrated to Ohio in 1854, and remained three years, when he came to Nebraska and remained three years; then he went to Denver and California Gulch, engaged in prospecting and mining until 1861, and remained two years; then returned to Colorado for two years, where he settled on a rented farm for three years; then in 1868 bought a farm of 160 acres, on Section 19, and has made good improvements. Was married to Miss Mary Whitten, of Otoe County, on April 5, 1865. They have two children: Phoebe Jane, born August 30, 1867; Robert Scott, born November 15, 1871.

MINERSVILLE.

JAMES D. CARMICHAEL, retired; came to Nebraska in July, 1857, and located at Minersville, engaging in the saw mill and lumber business, and keeping a steamboat wood yard. He continued at this business for ten years, and then entered the grain business. In 1868 he moved on to his farm on Section 2, Otoe Precinct. For seven years he was Postmaster at Otoe City, and in 1875, 1876 and 1877, was Postmaster at Minersville, carrying on a mercantile trade at the same time. November 20, 1880, he sold his farm, and in December moved back to Minersville, where he began dealing in groceries, wood and in real estate. He was Justice of the Peace for two years, and Road Supervisor for ten or twelve years. he was born in Wayne Township, Mifflin Co., Pa., August 9, 1812, and lived there until 1845, when he moved to Lafayette, Ind. He lived there four years, and returned to Pennsylvania for a year. After that he spent a short time in St. Louis, going thence to Rock Island; in the latter place he remained until he came to Nebraska. He was married at Derry, Mifflin Co., Pa., March 28, 1837, to Julia A. Layman, a native of Clark's Ferry, Pa., born in 1815. They have on child living, Myra, now Mrs. George W. Brown, of Otoe Precinct, Otoe Co., Neb. Three sons died, Henry, aged nine years; Edwin, aged sixteen; and William L., aged six.

OTOE PRECINCT.

HUMPHREY D. GILBERT, M. D., Otoe Precinct P. O., Nebraska City, was born in Broome County, N. Y., in 1815. He entered the University of New York in 1834, and received his diploma the following year, and commenced practicing medicine at his home, and continued until coming to Nebraska City, in June, 1866. He remained in this city till November, 1867, when he removed to Lincoln, this State, and followed his profession about fourteen years. Mr. G. was one of the first trustees of that town, County Commissioner for six years, and assistant superintendent of the Insane Asylum there in 1872. Mr. G. found his health commenced failing him a few years ago, so he concluded to retire from active life, and bought his present farm and located on it in December, 1880, where he expects to spend the remainder of his days. For two years he was a partner of E. S. Hawley in the hardware line, in Nebraska City. Member of the A., F. & A. M. Was married at Deposit, N. Y., in 1849, to Jane M. Sheldon. They have three children, Martha, Annie and Frederick Allen.

LEWIS LEWIS, farmer, Otoe Precinct, P. O. Nebraska City; was born in Chester County, Pa., September 20, 1831. At the age of sixteen years he went at farming and continued to follow it as long as he remained in that section. He came to Nebraska in April, 1855, and pre-empted his present place in 1857, and has since been engaged in general farming. Was married in Nebraska City to Susan Wright, in 1862. They have seven children; Mary, Rosena, Annie, Ella, Lewis, John and Henry.