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M. H. Sage, farmer and stock-raiser, Under- wood, Neb. A stranger in passing over this por- tion of Hall County can not but admire the many beautiful places to be seen on every hand-places which indicate by their appearance the abode of men, leaders in matters pertaining to husbandry. M. H. Sage belongs to this class. The owner of 160 acres of land, he is actively and successfully engaged in farming, conducting all his operations according to the most advanced ideas. This place is an excellent stock farm, and upon it are to be found good graded animals. Mr. Sage came orig- inally from Genesee County, N. Y., born in 1838, and is the younger in a family of two children born to the union of Hezekiah and Charlotte (Hins- dale) Sage, natives of Connecticut. At an early day, the father went to New York, was married there and there remained until his death, which occurred about 1841. He was a mechanic by trade. His wife died in June, 1887. The paternal grandfather, Moses Sage, was a native of Con- necticut and a sailor. He was in the War of 1812, was taken prisoner and confined in Dartmouth prison, England, and was shot through the knee while in prison by Capt. Shortland ordering the guards to fire on the prisoners. Later he returned to Connecticut, where his death occurred. The great-grandfather Hinsdale was in the Revolution- ary War, and had three sous in the War of 1812. The Hinsdale family were among the early settlers of this country, coming here some time in the co- lonial period. M. H. Sage was reared in McLean County, Ill. (whither his mother had moved when he was about seven years of age), and was educated in the schools of Bloomington. He was one of the first students in the Wesleyan University under President Andrews and Prof. Goodfellow, the college being in the basement of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Sage attended two years and then went on the lakes as a sailor. After this he was on salt water, belonging to Admiral Dupont's fleet. In August, 1861, he enlisted for three years, or during the war, in Company C, Thirty- third Illinois Infantry, and was assigned to the Western department in Missouri, under Gen. Fre- mont. He was in the battle of Fredericktown
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and was discharged at Black River, Ark., in 1862 on account of pneumonia. As soon as able, Mr. Sage went to Chicago, and July 9, 1862, joined the United States navy for one year on the flagship, " Wabash," commanded by Admirals Dupont and Dahlgreen. He went to Hilton Head and along the coast. and was then discharged froin the navy, by reason of expiration of bis term of service. In October, 1863, he returned to Mc- Lean County, Ill., and in January of the following year enlisted in Company I, Third Illinois Cavalry, for three years, and was assigned to the Western de- partment. He went to Memphis, and was in the battle of Tupelo and Okolona. He then returned to Memphis and was there ordered on a five-days' scout, serving in that capacity in Kentucky for five months. He joined the regular army prior to the battle of Nashville, serving through that campaign under Thomas, then went into quarters, and in 1865 went to St. Louis, thence to St. Paul, Minn., and in July, 1865, was ordered across the country westward, after the Sioux Indians. October 10, 1865, be was honorably discharged from service from Fort Snelling, and returned to McLean County, Ill., where he continued farming in that and Livingston Counties. He was married in Gen- esee County, N. Y., in July, 1867, to Miss Elmira E. Hinsdale, a native of Genesee County, N. Y., and to them was born one child, Charley H. Mr. Sage is a member of A. J. Smith Post No. 65, Doniphan, Neb., and his son is a member of the Sons of Veterans. Mr. Sage is a member of the South Platte Alliance, and is one of the represent- ative men of the county. He has taken quite an interest in politics, but votes now independent of party. A number of times he has been a delegate to conventions. Mrs. Sage is a member of the relief corps. Mr. Sage is the oldest settler in Upland Township, and there were but seven voters in the township at the time he first settled here.
James H. Salter, farmer and stockman, Shelton, Neb. Of the many citizens of foreign birth now residing in Hall County, none are more deserving of mention than Mr. Salter, who owes his nativity to Marseilles, France, where he was born in 1846. His father, John W. Salter, was a native of Eng-
land, and was married there to Miss Mary A. Nash, a native of England. He was a contractor and a brickmaker by trade, and went to Southern France, where he followed his trade until the religious war broke out, when he returned to England. After this he came to America, settled in St. Joseph, Mich., and there followed farming until his death, in 1888, when about seventy three years of age. The mother is still living, and her home is in Three Rivers, Mich., but at present she is in Fort Wayne, Ind. To this marriage were born fifteen children, eight of whom lived to maturity, and our subject is the third in order of birth. The latter grew to manhood in Three Rivers, Mich., and attended the common schools. He was married to Miss Mary M. Preston, a native of New York State, born in 1850, but who was reared in Michigan, where she received her education. Her father was a native of New York, and was a resident of Flowerfield Township. He bought government land close to Three Rivers, and owns a farm there. He is still alive, and is about seventy years of age. He came. west in 1868, and now resides in Brown County, Neb. John W. Salter enlisted as a soldier in the Union army, Company E, Eleventh Michigan In- fantry, and served three years in the Western army, participating in the battles of Stone River, Chick- amanga, Buzzard's Roost and others. His son, James H. Salter, entered Company G, Thirteenth Michigan, and was under Gens. Buel, Rosecrans and Sherman. He served two years of his first enlistment, then re-enlisted for three years, and served as corporal until the close of the war, taking part in the battles of Perryville, Pittsburg Land- ing, Mission Ridge, Chickamauga, Savannah, and was taken prisoner before the battle of Bentonville, N. C. He was a prisoner at Salisbury one month and twenty-seven days, and saw Jefferson Davis on the run through the town. Mr. Salter managed to escape, was caught again, but was only retained a very few days. He returned to Michigan after the war, and farmed in that State until 1878, when he caine to Nebraska, and bought railroad land. He is now the owner of 160 acres of land here, and has a half section in cultivation in Washington County. He went to Colorado two years ago, and
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took a homestead. He is a member of the G. A. R., and is a Republican in politics. His wife is a Seventh-day Adventist. In the year 1887 he en- listed in Company F, Regiment of Nebraska Na- tional Guards, as second sergeant, and served one year and four months. Upon removing to Colo- rado he received his discharge. He had two brothers in the late war. Silas Salter enlisted in 1862, at the age of fourteen years, and died soon after the war was over. George Salter enlisted in 1864, and died at Louisville, Ky.
Samnel M. Schisler. Like many of the repre- sentative citizens and farmers of Hall County, Neb., Mr. Schisler is a Pennsylvanian, his birth occurring in York County, March 2, 1844. His par- ents, John and Martha (Myers) Schisler, were also born in York County, Pa., and the former was a farmer by occupation, and died in his native county in 1861, his wife having passed from life in 1846. Samuel M. Schisler enlisted from his native county in the Federal army in the fall of 1864, becoming a member of the Two Hundred and Second Pennsylvania Infantry, and served until July, 1865, having participated in a number of skirmishes, and rising from the ranks to the posi- tion of corporal. After his return to York County, he worked at the shoemaker's trade for about two years, then moved to Hartford City, Ind., where he was employed for three and a half years, but since 1871 has been a resident of Nebraska. He took up a soldier's claim in Hall County, but after residing on it for several years he sold out and pre empted the claim where he now lives, be- ing at the present time the owner of 320 acres of land, on which are fair buildings and other im- provements. Mr. Schisler is a Republican in politics, and has held a number of local positions of honor and trust, such as supervisor, justice of the peace, etc. He became a member of the Masonic order while a resident of Indiana, in 1867, and is now a Master Mason, and has held all the chairs in the I. O. O. F. He was married in Illinois in June, 1869, to Miss Mary E. Wingert, who was born and reared in Pennsylvania, a daughter of Peter Wingert, now of Hall County, Neb. This nnion has resulted in the birth of
six children: Lillian, Ruth, Edith, Edward, Rosa and Pearl.
Mrs. L. J. Schooley, Shelton, Hall County, Neb. This intelligent and highly esteemed lady, who owes her nativity to Indiana, where her birth occurred in 1844, removed with her parents, S. D. and Nancy (Lowry) Jones, to Illinois, when quite young. The father was a native of the Blue Grass State, born in 1817. He accompanied his parents to Indiana when a boy, there grew to manhood, and followed farming in that State. He was mar- ried in 1838 to Miss Lowry, subsequently moving to De Witt Connty, Ill., where he was justice of the peace and school director, etc. He removed to Nebraska in 1878, and from there to Southern Kansas in the fall of the same year, where he now resides. He is a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a Union man in prin - ciple during the late war. He is not, nor has he ever been a strong man physically. His wife was born in 1819 in the Blue Grass State, and is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were the parents of fourteen children, thirteen of whom grew to maturity. Mrs. L. J. Schooley was the fourth child in order of birth. She arrived at womanhood in De Witt County, Ill., where she re- ceived her education in the common schools. In 1874 she was married to A. D. Schooley, a native of De Witt County, born in 1841, and who died June 10, 1881. He emigrated west in 1872, entered land, and in the fall of 1874 returned to Illinois, where he was married to Miss L. J. Jones. Then he brought his wife west. They were eaten out by grasshoppers in the fall of 1876 and re- turned to Illinois, where they remained nutil 1877, when they returned to Nebraska. Mrs. Schooley is the owner of 160 acres of excellent land, lives but three miles from Shelton, and rents her farm herself. Her sister, Miss Ada Jones, resides with her. Mr. Schooley was a soldier in the Union army, Com- pany I, One Hundred and Seventh Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in at Camp Butler September 4, 1862.
Fred Schroeder, farmer and stock-dealer, Alda, Neb. The name that heads this sketch is that of one of the well-known residents of Alda Township,
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who, like many other settlers in the county, came originally from Prussia, where his birth occurred in 1840. His parents, Fred and Mary (Schmidt) Schroeder, were also natives of Prussia, and the father was a teacher by profession. The parents remained in . Germany all their lives, the father dying in 1843, and the mother in 1872. Fred Schroeder, Jr., was reared and educated in his native country, and was there married in 1862 to Miss Sophia Lepp, a native of Prussia, who bore him eight children, five now living: William (mar- ried, and resides near his father), Charley, Henry, Lizzie and Otto. After his marriage Mr. Schroeder worked at farm labor until 1867, when he left his mother country and set sail for America. He first settled in Syracuse, N. Y., where he worked at the stone-mason trade, and afterward clerked in a whole- sale store. He came to Hall County, Neb., in 1871, entered 160 acres of land, and there remained until 1874, when he returned to Syracuse, N. Y. He there followed farming for six years, but in 1881 returned to Hall County, Neb., settled on the home- stead which he has owned ever since 1871, and is now the owner of 488 acres of good land, all well improved. He has a good farm-house, good barns, ontbuildings, etc., and has planted a good orchard. He also raises a good grade of Durham stock, and feeds from seventy-five to one hundred head yearly. He is not active in politics, but votes with the Re- publican party. Mr. Schroeder is a self-made man, having accumulated all he has by his individual efforts. He is always active in assisting all enter- prises for the good of the county, and as a citizen and neighbor is held in high esteem.
Hans H. Schroeder. Hall County has long had the reputation of being one of the best farming counties in the State, and her farmers are men of intelligence, industry and enterprise. The gentle- man whose name beads this sketch has done his full share in advancing every interest of the coun- ty, and although a native of Holstein, Germany, he is now a faithful subject of "Uncle Sam." He was born in 1840, and is a son of Hans and Cath- erine (Jess) Schroeder, also natives of Holstein, Germany, the father a farmer by occupation, who died in his native land in 1864. His widow sur-
vives him, and makes her home with the subject of this sketch, with whom he came to America. Hans H. Schroeder has been familiar with farm life from his earliest youth, and his early education was ob- tained in the schools of Germany. He served in the German army in 1864, and the War of 1870-71, after which he began farming for himself, opening up a good farm of sixty acres in Holstein. He was married there, in 1867, to Miss Anna Gulk, a daughter of George and Maggie (Frahm) Gulk, who were well-to-do farmers of that land, both be- ing now deceased. Mr. Schroeder left the old country in 1881, and came to the United States, first settling in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, but in October, 1881, came to Hall County, Neb., rent- ing land for one year. In 1883 he purchased 160 acres of land, partly improved, and soon after mak- ing his purchase began setting out an orchard and otherwise improving his property. He erected a good one and one half story house with an ell in 1887, and has also good barns, granaries, etc., and on an average feeds sixty head of cattle annnally. He votes with the Democratic party, and has served as treasurer two years. He is at present township clerk. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church, and are the parents of three children: Catherine (Mrs. Robey), George and Hans.
John D. Schuller is a farmer and gardener of Washington Township, Hall County, Neb., and was born in that part of France which now belongs to Germany, September 5, 1830, being a son of John D. and Catherine (Fuchs) Schuller, both of whom died in France. They had but two chil- dren, of whom the subject of this sketch was the elder. The other is a daughter and resides in the old country. John D. Schuller was reared to man- hood in his native country, and during the winter months attended school until he was twelve years of age, his leisure hours being spent in laboring on the farm. In 1854 he determined to seek his fortune in the New World, and for some time worked on a farm and canal work in the State of New York, but was afterward engaged in laboring in the vicinity of Indianapolis, Ind., for about one year. The six months following he was engaged in chopping wood in Tennessee and Mississippi,
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after which he went to Burean County, Ill., and worked on a farm and in a brick yard for six months longer. He next went to Kankakee, Ill., and after farming on shares for one season he spent about twelve months at market gardening, but in 1859 left Kankakee County and made a trip throughout the West and Southwest, from New Mexico to Pike's Peak, and in this latter place was engaged in digging gold from April until August, 1860. Returning East through Nebraska he spent two months at hay-making near Fort Kearney, after which he spent several months on a ranch, coming in 1862 to Hall County and locating on 160 acres of land just south of the present city of Grand Island, which place is now a beautiful and well improved farm. The post-office of Grand Island was at one time held in Mr. Schuller's house, this being from July, 1862, until January, 1867, dur. ing which time he was postmaster, the name of the office being Grand Island City. He was post- master until February, 1868, but it had in the meantime been moved to the station of Grand Island. He was the third postmaster, the first being Richard Barnard, and the second, Albert Barnard. Mr. Schuller finally resigned in favor of C. W. Thomas, who was then appointed to the position. He was married August 15, 1873, to Miss Sophia Frederica Rohlf, who was born in Holstein, Germany, March 7, 1849, she being a daughter of Joachim Christian and Anna Christena (Bolk) Rohlf, with whom she came to America in 1873. On reaching this country the family came directly to Hall County, Neb., and here the father is still living, but the mother is deceased. Of a family of six children born to them Mrs. Schuller was the second, and only three are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Schuller have reared a family of four children: Ernst (born June 13, 1874), Carolina (born March 5, 1878), John (born June 23, 1883), and Dora (born May 12, 1885). Ernst is the only child deceased. Mr. Schuller is now the owner of 240 acres of fine land, and is considered one of the prosperous and intelligent farmers of Hall County, and he and wife are among its best citizens.
John Schwyn, cashier of the bank of Doniphan, Neb. This bank was established in 1886, and the
board of directors are as follows: S. N. Wolbach, C. F. Bentley, W. J. Burger and John Schwyn. In 1887 their building was destroyed by fire, and in 1888 they built up a good brick building. They have exchange with Grand Island, St. Joseph and New York. John Schwyn located in Doniphan in 1886, and has been a resident of that city since. He was born in Switzerland in 1855, and was the son of John and Anna (Keller) Schwyn, natives also of Switzerland, where they are now residing, engaged in farming. John Schwyn, Jr., was edu- cated in his native country, and in 1875 emigrated to America, settling in New York State, where he remained until 1879. He then returned to Switzer- land, but soon again made the trip across the ocean to Amerian soil, and located in Hall County, Neb., where for some time he was engaged as a farm hand. After that he was in a country store, for a while, later engaged in teaching, and then accepted a position as book keeper for Wolbach in Grand Island, with five branch houses, and Mr. Schwyn having all to look after. He remained with this house until he engaged in the banking business at Doniphan. Mr. Schwyn was married on Grand Isle, Lake Champlain, Vt., to Miss Hat- tie Hoag, a native of Vermont, and daughter of Henry and Catherine (Vantine) Hoag, natives of Vermont and New York, respectively. The father followed farming, but is now deceased. The mother is living and makes her home with Mr. Schwyn. To Mr. and Mrs. Schwyn were born two children: Bessie and Anna. Socially Mr. Schwyn is a member of Doniphan Lodge No. 86, A. F. & A. M., and is senior warden in the same. He is a member of the Lodge of Perfection No. 1, A. A. S. R., and is a member of the Doniphan Lodge No. 76, A. O. U. W. He is also a mem- ber of the M. W. A., Doniphan Lodge No. 1033. Mr. Schwyn is one of the progressive men of the county.
Samnel S. Shultz, farmer and stockman, Doni- phan, Neb. John R. and Eliza (Armstrong) Shultz, the parents of our subject, were natives, respect- ively, of North Carolina and New York. The father went to Wisconsin in 1827, was married there, and in 1865 moved to Polk County, Iowa, where he
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remained until 1872, when he emigrated to Hall County, Neb. There his death occurred the same year. The mother died in 1874. Samnel S. Shultz passed his boyhood days in assisting on the farm and in attending the common schools of Wisconsin. He came with his parents to Nebraska in 1872, a single man, and pre-empted land that year, taking a timber claim of 160 acres. He was married in Hall County in 1879 to Miss Mattie E. Thorne, a native of Indiana, and the daughter of Albert R. and Annie M. (Roat) Thorne, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively. Mr. Thorne was a farmer and came to Hall County in 1871, locating in Doniphan Township, but later moved to Howard County, Mo., where he resides at the present time. His wife died in Dawes County, Neb., in August, 1889. After his marriage Mr. Shultz settled on his farm in 1872 in Hall County, and now has a fine place. He is at present engaged in the butcher business at Doniphan, and makes his home in that city. He is quite active in politics and votes with the Republican party. He is super- visor of the township and was county commissioner in 1882. He is now serving his third term as supervisor. He has also been assessor. To his marriage have been born two children: Earl and Mabel. Mr. Shultz has witnessed the complete growth of the country south of the Platte River, and is one of the pioneers. He has survived three grasshopper raids and the terrible Easter storm of 1873, and notwithstanding all this, likes the coun- try and expects to make Nebraska his permanent home.
Thomas E. Smith is a well-known and success- ful dairyman of Hall County, Neb. , his home being in Center Township, west of Grand Island. He was born in Connecticut, October 9, 1830, and is a son of Samuel and Lucy (Wheeler) Smith, who were also natives of the "Nutmeg State." The mother died when the subject of this sketch was about nine years old, having borne a family of nine children, of whom Thomas E. was the seventh, five of whom are now living. After her death, Mr. Smith wedded Jemimah Johnson, but both are now deceased. Thomas E. Smith was reared to man- hood in his native State, and after his mother's
death made his home with an elder brother, during the greater part of his youth boing employed in different ways. When abont eighteen years of age he eame to the fertile prairies of Nebraska, and for one year was employed in a brick yard. At the end of this time he went to Iowa and was engaged in teaming near Glenwood for a few months, after which he went to Pike County, Mo., where he was in the livery business for several years. While there on January 24, 1865, he was united in mar- riage to Clara E. McQueen, a daughter of John A. L. and Samaria (Nevel) McQueen, the former a native of Lonisville, Ky., born March 14, 1788, and the latter born in Albemarle County, Va., February 27, 1806. Mrs. Smith was the eleventh of their thirteen children, five now living, and was also born in Albemarle County, Va., Feb- ruary 24, 1840, and when a small child was taken to Memphis, Tenn., where she grew to woman- hood and where her father and mother both died, the former February 14, 1861, and the latter Feb- ruary 18, 1861. Mrs. Smith had been married in early life in Memphis, Tenn., to Wesley L. Pad- gett, by whom she had two sons, Calvin and George, both of whom died in childhood. Mr. Padgett died on October 18, 1861, the date of his marriage to Mrs. Smith having been September 16, 1856. After marriage they resided in Pike County, Mo., and this continued to be her home until 1869 when she and her husband, Mr. Smith, located on a farm in Merriek County. Since 1879 they have resided in Hall County, Neb., and after a residence of one year in Grand Island they located on their present property and have since given their attention to farming and the dairy business, the latter enter- prise being conducted in quite an extensive manner for the past six years. His dairy, which is known as the Platte Valley Dairy, is among the principal ones in the vicinity of Grand Island, and his farm, which contains 160 acres, is splendidly improved. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of three ehil- dren: Samuel Edward, Lucia L. and Geraldine. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their two daughters are members of the Episcopal Church, and in his po litical views he is a Democrat. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Smith were Thomas H. and
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Elizabeth McQueen, who were born, reared and married in the highlands of Scotland, and in an early day emigrated to the United States and set- tled in Kentucky. The maternal grandparents, Samuel and Samaria (Sutherland) Nevel, were born, reared and married in England, and on com- ing to America settled in Albemarle County, Va.
S. E. Smith, lumber merchant, Wood River, Neb. This prominent business man is a native of this State, his birth occurring in 1860, and is the son of John M. and Jessie (Bisset) Smith, both natives of Scotland. His father is a farmer, also a thorough musician, living within one mile of North Bend, Neb. S. E. Smith passed his boy. hood days in Nebraska, received the rudiments of an education in the common schools and when prepared to go to college, having the choice of this or to learn the banking business, he chose the latter, and kept books in a bank and grain office combined at North Bend. After learning book- keeping, having no situation, he went to Buford, W. T., where he learned telegraphy. He was in the employment of the Union Pacific and North- western Railroad Companies for six years. On account of poor health he left this business and learned the trade of carpenter, which he soon after left to enter the employment of S. R. Howell & .Co., lumber merchants, of Chicago. He had charge of the lumber business at North Bend for a year and a half, and was then moved by the company to Wood River. This is the only lumber yard in the city, and Mr. Smith has the entire charge of it. He is a member of the Building and Loan Association, and of the M. W. A. In politics he is an adherent to the Republican party. Mr. Smith has been married twice; first in Schny- ler, Neb., in 1881, to Miss Mary Allen. To this nnion was born a daughter, Miss Jessie B. Smith, the mother dying of child-birth. Mr. Smith's second marriage was in Fremont, Neb., in 1888, to Miss Kate Forsyth, a native of Pennsylvania, and to this union were born Evan F. and Roderick M. Smith. Mr. Smith is a good business man and the lumber trade of this section has given the city an importance in this branch of business, exceeded by that of no other industry, and one which has
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