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took place. The news of the assassination of Pres- ident Abraham Lincoln reached us there. On this occasion the army was in a most desperate, sullen and gloomy mood, and would have fought with desperate valor. After the surrender of Gen. Johnston to Gen. Sherman we started for Wash- ington, D. C., and passed through Richmond on the way. We remained at Washington a while and went through the grand review on Pennsyl. vania Avenne, and were then sent to Louisville, Ky., being discharged from service on July 8, 1865. I served through the war as a private and non-commissioned officer, being mustered out wearing the stripes of sergeant. We were then sent to Springfield, Ill., and there disbanded. I then went to Quincy, Ill., and engaged to work in a machine shop for the firm of Sylvester & Warlell. In the fall of 1865 I went to Andrew County, Mo., and purchased 327 acres of land for myself and brothers, Charles H., Robert R. and Thomas C. I worked in the city of St. Joseph in the winter of 1865-66, in company with a Mr. Dempsey part of the time, and then in the wagon factory of E. Dutton. In the spring of 1866 I returned to Hiram, Portage County, Ohio, and engaged in black- smithing, remaining there until the spring of 1868, and returned to Missouri, with the wives of my brothers, Robert R. and Charles H., Thomas C. remaining in Ohio. In the fall of 1872 I re- moved to Clay County, Neb., and homesteaded my present farm, and have remained here ever since." Mr. Chapman now owns besides his home place the southeast quarter of Section 29, the north half of the northeast quarter of Section 32, in this township. March 6, 1874. he was married to Selonna A. Newcomb, born August 4, 1845, in the same county of her husband's birth, a daughter of Timothy J. and Frinda (Goodell) Newcomb, both natives of Ohio, and, not having any children of their own, adopted the daughters of Thomas G. Chapman, their father and mother both being dead. Their names are Mariam F. and Lncy I. Chapman. Mr. Chapman is a Prohibitionist; he was formerly a Republican and held the office of school director for several terms. Both himself and wife are members of the Christian Church at Fairfield.
Mr. Chapman is a member of the Farmers' Alli- ance. He was one of the early settlers of this county, and it is by his own endeavors and hard work that he has accumulated his possessions. His home is large and comfortable; his barn and granaries are large and well filled. He has a good bearing orchard of 150 apple trees. He planted a large peach orchard of 1,000 trees, which died owing to the excessively cold winters. His home is encircled by a beautiful grove, containing 8,000 shade trees, and the 400 acres of land which he possesses is all tillable and well watered and easy to cultivate.
Hon. Samuel W. Christy, attorney at law, Ed- gar, Neb. This profession is the most momentous and important of human callings, and he who takes upon himself the practice of it assumes the weightiest responsibilities that the confidence and trust of his fellow men can put upon his shoul- ders. It brings into play the most brilliant tal- ents, the most extensive knowledge, the strongest sentiments, moral, spiritual, material, and its power for good or evil is vast and invincible. As a gentleman whose career has been above criticism and whose ability places him in the front rank of the western bar is Mr. Christy. He was born in Keokuk County, Iowa, June 20, 1856, a son of Samuel and Margaret A. (Harper) Christy, natives of Harrison County, Ohio. Hon. S. W. Christy was reared on a farm in his native State and county, and in his youth secured an excellent En- glish education. In 1873, with the energy which had ever characterized his actions, he came west -. ward, and until 1875 was a resident of Nemaha County, Neb., after which he moved to Clay Connty and worked at manual labor and attended school until 1877. In the fall of 1878 he commenced the study of law with a view to making it a pro- fession, and began his studies in the law office of M. S. Edgington, of Edgar, Neb., and was admitted to the bar November 17, 1880, and was a law part- ner of Mr. Edgington until 1884, since which time he has remained alone. He is considered one of the able lawyers of the State, and displays much ability and sagacity in the management of the cases which come under his control. He has
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always been a stanch Republican in politics and has takeu an active and prominent part in the polit- ical affairs of Clay County, and in 1888 was elected by his party as one of the representatives of the Forty-second district to the State Legislature, and served with honor and distinction in the Twenty. first General Assembly of that body. He was chair- man of the committee on miscellaneous subjects and served on other important committees. March 22, 1879, he was united in marriage to Miss Jen- nie Ellis, a native of Ohio, by whom he is the father of three children: Pearl M., Winnafred and Gwendoline. Mr. Christy is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the I. O. O. F. and the A. O. U. W., and has held prominent positions in each of these orders.
Elijah Post Church (deceased). On January 13, 1888, there died at his home in Clay County, Neb., Elijah Post Church, a man who had gained for himself a reputation which left no doubt as to his standing and character as a citizen. He was born in Trumbull Township, Cortland County, N. Y., September 25, 1818, and removed with his parents to Ashtabula County, Ohio, when twelve years of age. There he spent his youth and early manhood, and there he was married on October 14, 1840, to Miss Caroline Wilcox, a native of Honeoye Falls, N. Y., born on March 17, 1821. During his res idence in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Mr. Church gave his attention to farming, and in about 1853 or 1854 removed to Toledo, then resided in Michigan for a few years, then in Chicago, and a few years in Mattoon, Ill. While in Toledo, Ohio, and Mich- igan he followed the drug business, in Chicago the commission business, and in Mattoon he was the proprietor of a hotel and also did a notion bus- iness. In 1866, on account of his daughter's poor health, he removed to Anoka, Minn. Re- turning to Illinois in 1870 he located in Watseka, but in 1872 came to Nebraska and settled in Beatrice, where he embarked in the furniture bus- iness. In August, 1873, he moved to Sutton, where for eight years he was the proprietor of the old Clark House, a very popular hotel at that place. In November, 1881, he removed to Harvard, where for one year he was proprietor of the Metropolitan
House, and afterward was engaged in the drug bus- iness, which he carried on until his death. llis wife's death occurred on June 6, 1881. Three children were born to their marriage. The first two were each called Cordelia Emogene, the first having died before the second was born. The second one bearing that name married Rev. Thomas Walter Brookbank, a graduate of Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Ill., and a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Brookbank subsequently served as county superintendent of schools in Clay County, Neb. His wife died Jan- uary 15, 1877, leaving an only child named Belle Hurlbut, who is now a young Indy of fifteen. The third and only living child of Mr. and Mrs. Church is Miss Mira Rosalthe, who occupies the family residence in Harvard. Mr. Church was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and was one of the oldest Odd Fellows in the State. In politics he was a Republican. He possessed a genial nature and had a large circle of warm friends, there be- ing probably no man in Clay County more exten- sively or favorably known in the county. His life was one worthy of emulation and his memory is cherished by the public. He together with his wife and daughter are interred at Sutton, Neb.
Martin V. B. Clark. M. D., third son of David and Ximena Clark, was born in Parma, Cuyaho- ga County, Ohio, April 28, 1840, of Connectient parentage. He commenced his education at the district school and pursued it during the winters at Baldwin University, and in the summer studied and worked on the farm. He enlisted under Lin- coln's first call for three years' troops as a private in Company C (Oberlin company), Seventh Regi- ment Ohio Volunteers, on June 20, 1861, going di- rectly from his father's corn-field into the regiment at Camp Dennison, Ohio, with which he marched a few days afterward for Virginia. He was later transferred to and was honorably discharged as sergeant of artillery of the Eighth Ohio Independ ent Battery. At the close of the war he returned to farm life, and was married on July 1, 1866, to Miss Mary D. Henry, eldest daughter of Robert W. and Francis C. Henry, of Parma, Ohio. Their children were Allie E., Mamie I. (deceased), Edith
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and Ruth. Dr. Clark graduated in pharmacy at Baldwin University on February 4, 1867, receiving the degree of bachelor of medicine, and graduat- ing in medicine in the Cleveland Medical College on February 28, 1869. He was professor of phar- macy and toxicology at Baldwin University, Ohio, for a period of five years, and was a member of the convention to revise the United States Pharmaco- poia for 1870. Subsequently he emigrated to Nebraska, and with his brother bonght out the town of and settled at Suiton, Neb., on November 25, 1871. He is one of the pioneer physicians and druggists of Clay County. In the year 1873 he was elected coroner, served six years, and has held the office of United States pension surgeon, com- missioner of insamty, and was one of the first five trustees of the village of Sutton, being twice re- elected to the last named office. He was post commander of the Sutton Post of the G. A. R., and president of the Sntton board of education. In July, 1881, he made the chemical analysis for the State vs. Anderson, for the poisoning of J. S. Johnson with arsenic, which occurred near Sutton. Subsequently he was employed by the State in the following cases of criminal poisoning: State vs. Lee, Saline County, for poisoning with strychnine; State vs. Rath, for poisoning with strychnine, Clay County; State vs. Morse, Gage County, for poison- ing with strychnine, which resulted in a conviction of murder in the first degree, but owing to an in- formality in the verdict a new trial was granted. A second trial resulted in a disagreement of the jury, and the third trial is now pending; the State v8. - , Nuckolls County, corrosive sublimate, wherein a Miss Carrie Eisley was supposed to have been poisoned by mistake of a druggist; in all five cases. Dr. Clark was elected to the York, (Neb.) Seminary- afterward college-as lecturer on nat- ural science; is a member of Nebraska State Medi- cal Society, and the Nebraska State Railroad Sur- geons' Society. He has been chairman of the for- mer in the section of medical jurisprudence and toxicology, and a member of the section in surgery. He is the assistant surgeon at Sutton for the Bur- lington & Missonri River Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad. Dr. Clark is a careful and safe
physician and surgeon, and one of the first chem- ists of this portion of Nebraska.
Orville C. Clark. Prominent among the estab- lishments of Harvard, Neb., which add strength and importance to her already enviable reputation, is the grocery house belonging to Mr. Clark, and although he is a young man and has only been in business here since the fall of 1888, he is already well known in mercantile establishments. He was born in Shelby County, Ky., on the 11th of August, 1852, and is a son of Drury and Amanda (Camp- bell) Clark, the former born in Shelby County, Ky., and the latter in Ripley County, Ind. They were married in the latter county in 1851, and became the parents of the following children: Orville C., Sallie, Kansas, Eva, Rosa J., Charles M. and Oda A. The father of these children was twice married, their mother being his second wife. His first union resulted in the birth of three chil- dren: John W., Thomas and William H., the first named being the only one now living. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, died in Hen- dricks County, Ind., February 17, 1875, but his widow survives him and makes her home in Har- vard, Neb., with her son, Orville C. When the latter was but two years of age his parents re- moved to Hendricks County, Ind., and here spent his boyhood and youth on a farm. His early edu- cation was received in the district schools, and in early manhood he learned the plasterer's trade. When twenty-one years of age he went to Indian- apolis, Iud., and for one year was employed as a clerk in a dry goods establishment, after which he returned to Hendricks County, where he followed farming for a few years. He next engaged in mercantile pursuits in the town of Pittsboro, Ind., but after remaining there two years he came to Harvard, Neb., and after working in a dry goods establishment here for about five years he clerked in a grocery store for some nine months, and in the fall of 1888 opened an establishment of his own, being associated in business with his brother- in law, James S. Catterson, the firm name being Clark & Catterson. They keep a full and excel- lent line of goods, and are in a position to meet all competition and make prices as low as the lowest.
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Mr. Clark was married in Hendricks County, Ind., October 17, 1874, to Miss Romera Jesse, a native of Shelby County, Ky., born May 5, 1853. They have four children: Nora, born September 20, 1876; Guthrie D., born April 12, 1879; Claud, born December 3, 1886, and Raymond, born June 27, 1888. Mr. Clark has always been a Republican in his political views, and as a citizen no less than as a business man he has won many warm friends.
William E. Close is a native of Michigan, his birth occurring at Three Rivers in 1834, he be- ing the eldest son of Teris and Hannah (Gray) Close, both natives of the State of New York. They were both reared and married in that State, and shortly after their marriage, which occurred when Mr. Close was about twenty-three years of age, he moved to Michigan, and here gave his at- tention to tilling the soil. The fruits of his mar- ried life were two children: William E. and Sarah E., the latter dying at about the age of six years. After residing in this State until about 1845 they returned to their former home and there he spent the rest of his days. He was an active Republican in politics. William E. Close obtained a fair knowledge of books in York State, and when sev- enteen years of age began life for himself as a farm hand in Wisconsin. On the opening of the Civil war he dropped all work to enlist in Company I, First United States Sharpshooters, and was an act- ive participant in the battles of Yorktown (Va.), Big and Little Bethel, Chickahominy Swamp, Seven Pines. battle of the Wilderness, and many others. He was wounded at the second battle of Bull Run, in the left hip, which resulted in permanent injury, and was discharged at New York City in 1863, hav- ing been in the service nearly two years. In 1865 he was married to Miss Mary A. Pester, a daughter of Josiah and Mariah Pester, and to them a family of five children have been born: Adelbert, Willie, Frank M., Charley and Martha. After the war Mr. Close turned his attention to farming in Wisconsin, and in the fall of 1870 came to Clay County, Neb., and took up his present farm under the homestead law. His land is in an excellent state of cultivation, and he is quite extensively engaged in breeding Short-horn cattle and Poland China hogs. He is
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also a successful fruit-grower and is much pleased with the result of his labors in Nebraska. He is a Prohibitionist in politics, is one of the school board of his district, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Frank M. Coleman is the efficient publisher of the Edgar Post, which is one of the most intlu- ential papers in this section of the country, hav- ing been in existence since April 10, 1884. Mr. Coleman was born in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, October 20, 1859, and is the third of eight children boru to Dr. William F. and Jane (Grout) Coleman, who were born in the "Green Mountain State" and Canada respectively. His early ad vantages were of the best and he acquired an ex- cellent education in the Decorah Business College, graduating in 1878. Being very fond of and having a natural aptitude for music he determined to make that his calling through life, and after de- voting much time to the study of this branch and becoming very proficient he began teaching, com- mencing his professional career by organizing the now famons Decorah Drum Corps, which carried off the blue ribbon in the contests at Waterloo, Dubuque and Des Moines, Iowa, and Nashville, Tenn., Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans, La. Mr. Coleman was next on the road for three years with a theatrical company, but finally in 1887 settled in Minneapolis, Kas., where he engaged in contract- ing, painting and band-teaching. but left that place in April, 1889, and purchased the Edgar Post which has since been under his management, it being now one of the representative journals of the West. On July 18, 1888, he was married to Ada L. McCumber, a daughter of E. R. and Eliza (Youngman) McCumber, who were born in Ohio and Indiana, respectively, his wife's birth occur- ring on November 7, 1868. Mr. Coleman is a Re- publican in politics, in the interests of which party he edits his paper, and he is an intelligent and popular gentleman and keeps fully apace with the times.
William Combs, farmer and stock-raiser, Sut- ton, Neb. There are many citizens represented within the pages of this volume but none more de. serving of mention than Mr. Comhs, who is closely
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associated with the interests of Clay County, in every worthy particular. He was born in Wilkes County, N. C., on April 23, 1821, and is the fourth in a family of fourteen children, the result of the union of John and Elizabeth (Bell) Combs, natives of the same State as subject. The latter received limited educational advantages and re- mained on his father's farm until nineteen years of age, when he left North Carolina and went to Tennessee. One year later he moved to Rush County, Ind., where he remained for nine years, when he became desirous of moving farther west, and consequently, in 1839, he moved to Cole County, Mo. After remaining there one year he moved to Bond County, Ill., and four years later to Tipton County, Ind., thence four years later to Rush County, and Keokuk County, Iowa, in 1853. There he remained for nineteen years and was quite successful. In 1872 he moved to Miami County, Kas., where he remained for one year, and then moved to Clay County, Neb., where be purchased 160 acres from the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad. In 1844 he mar- ried Miss Margaret Legg, a native of Fayette County, Ind., and the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Ammon) Legg, natives of the Keystone State. To Mr. and Mrs. Combs were born thir- teen children, eight of whom died in Keokuk, Iowa, of diphtheria, and within twenty-one days. Those deceased were named: Samnel H., Rebecca, Harriet E., Margaret, Wesley, Cecelia, Alice and Emma. The ones living are named: Thomas F., William H., Newton J., Nina L. (widow of Wal. ter S. Wilson), and Mary R. (wife of Richard Mc- Donald). When Mr. Combs and family first came to Nebraska, it was in its natural, wild condition, and his residence was the sixth house in the town- ship. He now has a comfortable residence, large and substantial sheds, numerous granaries and wind mills, and his was the first deeded farm. He has 130 acres under cultivation and the balance in pasture. He has planted a large number of trees around his farm and has a fine place. He is a vet erinary surgeon and has followed this profession in the different localities where he has made his home. John H. Croft, Sr., is a pioneer farmer of Lone
Tree Township, Clay County, Neb., having come here in 1874 from Iowa. He was born in Bedford County, Pa., March 31, 1819, and is a son of Daniel and Margaret (Hipple) Croft, natives of Pennsylvania, where they lived and died. John H. was reared to manhood in his native State, and was there married in the month of September, 1840, to Miss Elizabeth Teeter, who was also born there, and about 1845 removed westward to Iowa, and was engaged in grist and saw milling in that State for many years, coming to Clay County, Neb., in the year above named. He purchased 120 acres in Lone Tree Township, and by earnest and persistent endeavor has achieved a place among the agriculturists of this county, which is by no means an inferior one. He has always iden- tified himself with all feasible enterprises, and has contributed liberally of his means in their support. Although formerly a Whig in his political views, he has been a Republican since the organization of the party, and his first presidential vote was cast for William Henry Harrison. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren Church, and their union has been blessed in the birth of nine children: Mary A. (wife of Lindon Coltrain), Mar- garet (wife of Jacob Hager), Barbara E. (wife of Andrew J. Clark), John H., Caroline (wife of Nathaniel Graham), Eli, William T., Edward, and Isabel (wife of John Kirkpatrick).
John H. Croft, Jr., is entitled to a prominent place in the history of Clay County, for he has been usefully and prominently identified with its farming and stock-raising interests and with its advancement in every worthy particular. He was born in Van Buren County, Iowa, March 16, 1850, and is a son of John H. and Elizabeth (Teeter) Croft, whose sketch appears above. He was reared to manhood and learned the milling busi- ness of his father in his native State, but at the age of eighteen years he started out for himself as a farmer, and in 1873 came to Clay County, Neb., and entered 320 acres of land in Sections 20 and 29 of Lone Tree Township, which he still owns. Farming has been his chief business, and the energetic manner in which he has taken advantage of all methods and ideas teuding to
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enhance the value of his property has had a great deal to do with obtaining the competence he now enjoys. Like his father he is a Republican. politi- cally, and socially he belongs to the Farmers' Alliance. He is now treasurer of his township, and is the present road supervisor of his district. His estimable wife was formerly Miss Isadore F. Masterton, born in Spencer County, Ind., No vember 15, 1846, their union taking place on May 14, 1868. She is a daughter of Clark and Susan (Woolen) Croft, natives of Indiana, and by her he has three children: Adella J. (wife of Charles K. Spear), Alpheus M. and James R.
Peter Cruickshank, postmaster, Clay Center, Neb. Mr. Cruickshank, a resident of this county for over sixteen years, is a worthy descendant of an old and highly respected Scotch family. He, himself, is a native of the grand old commonwealth of Scotland, his birth having occurred there May 12, 1846, and is the son of James and Anna (Iron- side) Cruickshank, natives also of Scotland. Peter Cruickshank was reared to manhood and secured a liberal education in his native country. He took passage for the United States in 1874, reached that continent in safety, and located on a farm in Clay County, Neb., where he remained until in July, 1879, when he removed to Clay Center. Since then he has been in the postoffice. Mr. Crnick- shank was married April 23, 1874, to Miss Sophia Lawrie, a native of Scotland, who has the appoint- ment of postmaster, or rather postmistress, al- though Mr. Cruickshank fulfills the duties of the office. To this union were born three children: James A., William S. and George S. Mr. Cruick. shank is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the K. of P. He is a member of the Congrega- tional Church and is an enterprising and esteemed citizen.
Sherwood Culver. Prominent among the agri- culturists of Clay County, Neb., whose careers have been both honorable and successful, is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Morris County, N. J., December 13, 1827, and is a son of William and Re- becca (Culver) Culver, also natives of New Jersey, and of German parentage. Sherwood Culver was reared to manhood in his native State, and there
his early youth and manhood were spent in attend- ing the common schools and in learning the brick and stone mason's and plasterer's trades, these oc cupations being his chief means of livelihood for a number of years. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-seventh Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, und was a faithful serv- ant of "Uncle Sam" until July, 1863. In 1868 he settled in Bureau County, Ill., and there worked at his trade for some time, investing his savings in real estate, and in time became the owner of a small farm. He disposed of this property, however, and in March, 1885, he came to Clay County, Neb., and purchased his present fertile farm which he has been engaged in tilling ever since. Mr. Culver is a Democrat in politics and an anti-monopolist, and socially is a member of the Farmers' Alliance and the I. O. O. F. In the month of February, 1849, he was married to Miss Arminda Nichols, a native of the same place as himself, but he was called upon to mourn her death in May, 1883, she having borne him nine children: Hugh M., George C., Elizabeth (wife of Henry M. Harris), Jesse H., Adaline, Clara (wife of Louis Renfrew), John N., Erie, and May (wife of James Ridge- way). Mr. and Mrs. Culver are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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