FAMILY STORIES

Chris Lindquist Family. Back Row: Oscar, Harland, Dorthis, Anton; Middle Row: Clarence, Ted, Hildur, Florence; Front Row: Chris, Rosalind, Clara, Lawrence, Alice.

   Chris and Alice had 11 children. Dorthis -- married Gladys Hiltcher and farmed near Ceresco. Anton -- farmed near Swedeburg, retired to Wahoo. Harland -- married Mary Ellen Gardner -- worked for Cushman in Lincoln; children -- Burneil, Clair. Clara -- married Rudolph Johnson and farmed near Malmo. Rudie died 1960. Clara married Alvin Nelson in 1964, a Western Motors salesman in Wahoo. Al died Feb. 1, 1979. Oscar -- married Ellen Carlson, was a trucker, milk route, owned and operated Sanitary Disposal Route, Ceresco and Lincoln; daughter -- Janet. Clarence -- farmed -- died in 1933. Theodore -- married Ruth Hanke; farmed near Swedeburg, owned and operated Coast-to-Coast Store in Wahoo; children -- Patricia, Marvin, Jeanine. Florence -- married Kenneth Brodd; Insurance Inspector at Shreveport, Louisiana; children -- Kathy, Kirk, Brian. Hildur -- married Paul Benting, worked at White Sands Missile Base, Las Cruces, New Mexico; children -- Larry, Allan Stuart. Rosalind -- married Stanley Dokulil, barber in Wahoo. Rosie owned and operated Friendly Fashion Dress Shop, Wahoo; children -- Linda, Lyle. Lawrence -- married Colleen Mendenhall, farmed near Swedeburg; son, Daniel.

   Christmas was always a special occasion at the Lindquist home. The children and grandchildren happily remember the one long table extending through the dining room, narrower through the double doorway, widening into the living room, laden with Christmas goodies, with Swedish specialties of lutefisk, lingonberries, brown beans, and rice pudding. It was not unusual to have 25 to 30 around this table. Submitted by Ted Lindquist

   Lawrence Lindquist was born in Saunders County in 1922, and his wife, Colleen, was born in Harrison County, Iowa in 1928. They have one son, Daniel, born May 26, 1958. Lawrence and Colleen purchased the Lindquist family farm in 1958. It was originally purchased in 1886 by Lawrence's grandfather, Ola Lindquist.

   Colleen's parents (Lester and Mamie Mendenhall) moved from Dunlap, Iowa to Wahoo, Nebraska in 1941 after purchasing the cleaning shop from Lee Sawyer.

   Lawrence and Colleen have been active in community and church affairs. Lawrence has served on the church council, cemetery board and Swedeburg school board. Colleen has served as Sunday School teacher and secretary of various church groups.

   Daniel attended the University of Nebraska and now works for Eastern Ambulance in Lincoln, Nebraska. He also farms 160 acres next to the family farmstead.

   Marvin T. Lindquist was born April 24, 1945 in Wahoo to Theodore (Ted) and Ruth (Hanke) Lindquist. He attended Swedeburg Elementary School, Wahoo High School, and University of Nebraska, where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He was an accountant for King's Food Host, U.S.A., worked for Miller and Paine in Lincoln, for University of Nebraska as Student Loan Officer, was a Vista Volunteer to Oklahoma, where he helped Native Americans set up small businesses of their own, and he worked with the Boy Scouts of America. He has enjoyed skiing, fishing, and softball. He looked forward to the annual fishing trips to Minnesota and Canada with his dad. One summer Marv drove his van, loaded with 9 Junior High students and 3 adults, to Galeana, Mexico (approximately 50 miles south of Monterey) where they helped build a massive Mission Building on the side of a mountain. They lived in another Mission in Galeana while there. The Mission Project was sponsored by Friends of Mexico, an interdenominational organization.

Marvin, Jacki, Arthur, and Daniel Lindquist

   Jacki Sue Ludwig was born Sept, 2, 1950 at West Point to Wilber and Ella (Suhr) Ludwig. She attended St. John's Parochial School in Beemer, Wisner High School, and Nettleton Business College in Sioux City, Iowa. She worked at Cengas in Lincoln where she met Marv. She has enjoyed sewing, crafts, softball, and other sports.

   Marv and Jackie were married Aug. 20, 1977 at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Wisner. They lived in Lincoln at first, then moved to Portland, Oregon in 1978, where they purchased a new solar home. Presently, Marv is in Investments and Jacki works in the Personnel Department for Northwest Natural Gas Company.

   They have a son, Arthur Christian, who was born on Easter Sunday, April 11, 1982 and Daniel Eric born June 1, 1983.

   They believe Saunders County is a better place to have their sons grow up, so they are considering returning.

   Theodore Arthur Lindquist, son of Christian and Alice Anderson Lindquist, was born March 4, 1913 on their farm on the northwest edge of Swedeburg. He attended Swedeburg School and was confirmed in the Grace Lutheran Church. After his father's death in 1931, he helped farm the home place. He was catcher on the Swedeburg Softball Team. He enjoyed pitching horseshoe and bowling and won many trophies.

Ted and Ruth Lindquist 40th Wedding Anniversary

   Ruth Alberta Hanke was born at Ithaca on January 12, 1920, daughter of Rudolph and Marie Hageman Hanke. In 1922, her parents moved to a ranch near Fort Robinson. Her first memory is living in a rural school with her mother and brother, Harold, while her mother taught school. Curtains partitioned off a living area for them. Her dad came to get them for the weekends. In 1924, they moved to Fort Robinson where her dad worked for the government. In 1925, Ruth started school in Crawford which was 3 miles away. The school bus was a covered wagon pulled by mules. Winters were very cold and the children often ran behind the wagon to keep warm. In 1928, they moved to a farm a mile south of Ceresco. Ruth attended Ceresco School, played clarinet in the band and orchestra, graduated in 1937 and attended school on a Regents Scholarship, then taught school. Her first school was Dist. 24 near Malmo at $55 per month. She also taught at District 100 and later (1957-1960) at District 29.

   Ted married Ruth June 1, 1941 at the Swedeburg Covenant Church. Their first home was 2 miles northwest of Ithaca. They bought their own farm one mile south of Swedeburg and moved there January, 1943. The first years were depression years. They took eggs to town to buy groceries, mentally added as they shopped, so the egg money would cover the groceries with $1 left over to buy gas for the car and other necessities.

   They have 3 children. Patricia Ann, born Oct. 24, 1942, attended Swedeburg School, Wahoo High School, and UNL, receiving a BS in Teachers College, and is still teaching. She married Roger Poppe of Cook June 18, 1965. They farm near Cook and have 2 sons, Gregg Lynn, born Nov. 5, 1967, and Eric Kent, born Dec. 20, 1968.

   Marvin Theodore was born April 24, 1945, attended Swedeburg School, WHS, and UNL, receiving a BS in Business College. He married Jacki Ludwig of Beemer, August 20, 1977. They live in Portland, Oregon and have a son, Arthur Christian, born April 11, 1982.

   Their youngest daughter, Jeanine Annette, was born July 11, 1960. She attended Wahoo Public School, WHS and Nebraska Wesleyan University on a scholarship, majoring in Accounting. She is working in the Accounting Department of First Mid America in Lincoln. She married Warren Paul Cline on July 1, 1983.

   Ted and Ruth farmed until 1960, when they rented out their farm and bought the Coast-to-Coast Store in Wahoo. They enjoyed meeting and serving their customers. They later started Lind-

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quist Furniture. They moved to Wahoo in 1962 and joined the Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Ted retired in 1975. Then they bought older homes in Wahoo to completely remodel as their time and energy permitted.

   Ted has served as church treasurer, trustee, and church Council member. He is a volunteer for driving the Busy Wheels. He enjoys fishing and has gone to Canada to fish each year for over 35 years. They enjoy traveling and touring overseas. When they come back, they always feel "there is no place like Saunders County!" They participate in the Friendship Force Exchange Program and have had house guests from Korea, Japan, and Australia.

   Ruth has served as Sunday School teacher for many years, S.S. Superintendent, Swedeburg School Board, organized the Wahoo Garden Club in 1964, has served as State President of the Nebraska Garden Clubs, and Rocky Mountain Regional Director. At the present, she is a national chairman on the Board of National Council of State Garden Clubs, where she has been serving for 14 years, is President of Nebraska Flower Show Judges Council, judges at State and County fairs, is serving as LCW President, Historical Society Board member, Wahoo Woman's Club Treasurer, and Saunders County History Book Chairman.

   Lewis Linebaugh was born March 7, 1869 in Fulton Co., Illinois. His ancestors came to America in 1723. The earliest definite knowledge we knew of his family were Heinrick Leinback and Barbara Lerch, married in 1672 in the Evangelical Church, Lagensbeld (Prussia), Germany. Her parents were Johannes and Eva Lerch. Heinrich's son, Johannes, (church organist), and Elizabeth Kleiss were married in Altenhaszlau, Germany, Oct. 2, 1700. Johannes and Elizabeth came to Philadelphia in 1723 and bought 240 acres of land in Berks Co., Penn. The children were Frederick, Henry, John, Maria, and Barbara.

Lewis and Matilda Linebaugh Wedding, Feb. 14, 1889

   The beautiful claw foot Chippendale chair used by John Leinback in the Colonial Assembly, of which he was a member in Philadelphia in 1735, is now owned by an ancestor grandson.

   Lewis Linebaugh's ancestor grandfather, Fredrick, married Elizabeth Fry in Penn. in 1737. They moved to Fredrick Co., Maryland, and anglicized the name to Linebaugh. Great-grandfather Jonas married Susanna Wise in Virginia; then moved to Ohio. In Ohio, the grandfather of Lewis, named Simeon Sr., died in 1841. His widow, Elizabeth, married Jacob Lockard and moved to Fulton Co., Illinois, taking young Simeon Jr. along. The father of Lewis Linebaugh (Simeon Jr.) died young in 1872 when Lewis was 3 years old, leaving his mother, Margaret, with Lewis and daughter, Emma, (Mrs. Henry Rogers). His mother married Peter Kingery, moving to Saunders Co., Nebr. in 1875. His stepsisters were: Mrs. Florence Bihain, Mrs. Clara (George) Rogers. His half-brother was Loren Kingery, and his half-sister was Mrs. Bersha Belle Faye (Wm.) Lyons, and Mrs. George (Delia) Finch. Loren married Maggie Wilson.

   Lewis stayed in Illinois with paternal grandfather, Resin Prather. At age thirteen, Lewis hitched a train ride to Saunders Co. He lived with the Wm. Miller family, worked and attended Parmenter School. Families from Illinois migrated between Memphis and Mead to the old Plainview Christian Church area. The men built the church on the corner of David Wagner's land. Lewis married Matilda Wagner, Feb. 14, 1889 (b. Apr. 17, 1871), Keithsburg, Illinois, daughter of Louisa and Andrew J. Wagner. They moved to Grant, Nebraska for a few years. There, Myrtle (Mrs. Ira Lehr) and Grace (Mrs. Emil Larsen) were born. They moved back to Saunders Co., buying land bordering the town of Wann, Nebr. Both were very active community workers, and always anxious to help anyone. Many years men from the State Penitentiary, treated as members of the family, lived out their probation in the Linebaugh home. Mrs. Linebaugh was the first president of the Wann Ladies Aid, where another Christian Church was built.

   Lewis organized an active band with Charles Prokop, Wahoo bandmaster, and was active in all county and state projects that concerned the community. He was active on Governor's committees and was often called for jury duty because of his fairness and honesty. The Linebaughs opened their home and big yard for the Wann 4th of July picnics, horseshoe and baseball games for many years. Their island and the house on it, a mile east of the farm home, was always open. Their children were Myrtle and Grace born in Grant, Simeon, Harold, Rosella (Mrs. Hugh Sanders), Sylvia (Mrs. Chester Sandberg), and Lucille (Mrs. Elmer Yates), all born on the farm where the family lived 50 years. Myrtle, Sylvia, Harold, and Lucille survive them. Submitted by Mrs. Elmer Yates

   Saunders County natives, Edward and Hattie Lipke, both deceased, were wedded at Omaha in 1918; and enjoyed 46 years together. For ten years after their marriage, they resided on a farm southeast of Ithaca. Daughter Dorothy was born there in 1920.

Edward and Hattie Lipke, 1962

   Edward was born in Ithaca on September 22, 1883, the son of Fred and Emma (Cornell) Lipke, natives of Germany. Other siblings were Lidia, Carl, Lui and Paul. Fred was a railroad laborer. Edward's parents are buried in the Ithaca Cemetery.

   Before Ed's tenth birthday, he worked as a farmhand, and soon put aside his textbooks for full-time employment to support his ailing mother and brother, Paul. During those years he won the respect and high esteem of all who knew him. He was honest, hard-working, a hundred bushel per day corn picker, a skillful baseball player, and he retained a keen memory for facts and dates. His friends and family never heard him utter a swear word. At age 81 he owned six quarters of farmland, still farmed his land, and never regretted his occupational choice.

   Hattie Mays, only child of William and Kittie (Verrell) Mays, was born north of Memphis, Nebraska on October 21, 1892; she attended school at District #16. Her father, William Mays, was landowner, farmer, veterinarian, carpenter and blacksmith. William's birthplace was Illinois and Kittie's was New York. They are buried in the Ashland Cemetery.

   Five ancestors of Hattie's were early settlers in Saunders County and are buried in cemeteries there. A maternal grandmother returned to her New York birthplace where she died.

   Hattie first married Fred Schlotz. Their son, Robert, was born in 1909 at her parents' home near Memphis. For a while the family lived in the Sand Hills. Then Hattie and Robert returned to the Mays home. Five years after the divorce, Hattie married Edward.

   Following the death of Emma Lipke in 1923, Paul stayed with Ed and Hattie, living with them for forty-one years.

   In February, 1928, Ed, Hattie, Dorothy and Paul moved to a Cheyenne County farm; Robert remained in Lincoln. In June, a daughter, Margaret, was born.

   Depression years in the Nebraska Panhandle were financially and physically difficult. The final land payment was made in 1944. Eventually, Ed purchased other land which soon produced oil. Their marriage had begun on a shoestring, but through patience, perseverance and hard work, they gained financial independence.

   On October 19, 1964, Edward, age 81, died suddenly at home. Ten days later, Paul, age 76, who was hospitalized for a paralytic stroke, died, never knowing that Ed was dead.

   Later, Hattie purchased a house in Sidney, Nebraska which was her home for sixteen years. Sewing and crocheting were her favorite pastimes. She crocheted an afghan for each descendant, plus many others. On March 8, 1981, Hattie Lipke, age 88, died in a Scottsbluff Hospital. Surviving was her son, Robert Schlotz of Utah; two daughters, Dorothy Nelson and Margaret Johnson, both of Potter, Nebraska; six grandchildren; and eighteen great-grandchildren.

   Ed, Hattie and Paul are buried in Sidney, Nebraska's Greenwood Cemetery. Submitted by Margaret Lipke Johnson

   As we crossed the Missouri River at Omaha that May morning in 1947, I was reminded of the pioneers who had come west in covered wagons. I was curious about the country ahead, having never been west of the Mississippi, and anxious to stop and

Dr. John D. Little Family

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