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strum came to Sutton, Neb. Here he has since continued, and has a complete line of merchant- tailoring stock. His patronage is not confined to Sutton, but takes in a large scope of country. None but experienced hands are kept, and no gar- ments are allowed to leave the store which are not carefully inspected and entirely satisfactory to the customer. As a consequence this house has re- ceived a high popularity, not only in this immediate section, but from patrons at a distance. He was married in 1887 to Miss Emma Johnson, a native of Sweden, born in 1864, and to this union was born one child, Edna C. In his political views Mr. Linstrum is an independent Republican, and so- cially is a member of the K. of P., Sutton Lodge No. 75, and the A. O. U. W., No. 156. He has always been thrown upon his own resources, and through his energy has succeeded, and is doing a prosperous business.
Hugh B. Louden, a successful agriculturist of Clay County, Neb., is of Scotch ancestry, although his birth occurred in County Antrim, Ireland, Octo- ber 21, 1850. His parents, Daniel and Margaret (Beard) Louden, were born in Scotland. Hugh B. spent his youth and early manhood in his native county, and there learned the details of farm-work of his father, an occupation which continned to re- ceive his attention after starting out in life for him- self. In 1871 he came to the United States and located in Livingston County, N. Y., but three years later came west as far as Kankakee County, Ill., and in March, 1877, settled on an eighty-acre tract of land in Clay County, Neb. Three years later he purchased eighty acres more, and here he has resided up to the present time, his farm being one of the most fertile and best kept in the county. His marriage to Miss Clara Hager, a native of Ap- panoose County, Iowa, born August 11, 1864, was consummated January 5, 1882, she being a daugh- ter of Jacob and Margaret (Croft) Hager. Mr. and Mrs. Louden have an interesting family of five children: Margaret B., Carl E., Bertha M., Ger- trude and James N. Mr. Londen has always been a Republican in politics and is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, believing firmly in the principles of that organization. He is a Master Mason and
a member of the K. of P. He has held several local offices of trust, being constable of his district, and is considered by all a man of excellent principles and a useful citizen.
Rev. J. L. Lower, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Williamsburg, Pa., July 14, 1829, and attended the common schools of his native State, after which he entered college, the means for pay- ing his tnition and board being obtained by teach- ing music. He graduated from the Princeton (N. J.) Theological Seminary April 26, 1859, and be- gan his ministerial labors in Ohio and Indiana, and later in Nebraska. On August 24, 1861, he was married to Miss Susan T. Chase, a daughter of William Chase, of Massachusetts. His wife was born March 17, 1830, and graduated from Gor- ham Female Seminary, at Gorham, Me., in 1856, and she and Mr. Lower became the parents of five children: Maggie A. (born in 1862 and died in 1881), Wallace B. (born in 1864 and died in 1868), Ralph L. (born July 5, 1866, and is residing in Denver, Colo.), Albert P. (born May 14, 1868) and William H. (born February 15, 1871). On coming to Clay County, Neb., Mr. Lower settled on a farm of eighty acres in Harvard Township, in 1887, pur- chasing his land from the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company, and this place he set im- mediately to work to improve. In 1883 he was elected by the board of directors of the Presby- terian College at Hastings as financial secretary of that institution, and this position he held one year. His first pastoral charge was held in Hamilton County, and for about five years he preached the Gospel at Harvard, Clay County. In 1887 he went to Colorado and located a claim`at Otis, and at the same time took charge of a church at Akron, where he now resides. He is a Prohibitionist in politics, is interested in all things for the improve- ment and development of the county, and is a man whom all respect and esteem, for he is an earnest follower of the Golden Rule. His son, Albert P. Lower, is residing on his father's farm in Harvard Township, and here he is quite extensively engaged in the raising of horses and hogs, the latter being of the Poland-China breed. After he had attended the schools of Harvard for a number of years he
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entered the Presbyterian College at Hastings, which institution he attended one year. He has since been devoting his energies to his calling, and is meeting with marked success in his business ventures. Like his father, he is thoroughly public- spirited and a Prohibitionist in his political views. He also belongs to the A. O. U. W.
Horace G. Lyon, publisher and proprietor of the Edgar Times, of Edgar, Neb., was born in Pierceville, Van Buren County, Iowa, December 27, 1858, being the youngest of five children born to John and Sarah (Canfield) Lyon, natives of the State of New York. Horace G. received excellent advantages for acquiring an education and besides attending Howe's Academy at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, for some time, he took a course in the Mis- souri State Normal School at Kirksville, Mo., which institution he attended three years. He next en- tered the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, and after a one-year's course graduated in scientific and business courses, being then admira- bly fitted for the profession of teaching. After re- turning to his native State from Ohio, he accepted the position of principal of the Quaker Academy in Dallas County, Iowa, and afterward accepted the same position in the public schools of Van Meter, continuing here until 1883, when he came to Clay County, Neb., and started a private normal school, consisting of a three-year's course. Some time later he purchased the Times of Kautzman & Barrington and has since continued to publish the journal with the greatest success, it being considered one of the ablest edited and best-paying papers in this sec- tion of the country. Mr. Lyon has proved a cap- able newspaper man, and his progressive ideas are reflected in every corner of his paper and in its management. During his work here he has ac- cumulated considerable property and has built up his paper to its present admirable proportions. He was a very successful educator and reluctantly abandoned that calling. He is a Republican in his political views and socially is a member of the A. O. U. W. and the M. W A. He and wife. whom he married in 1882, and whose maiden name was Neva Semans, are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She is a daughter of J. B.
und Hannah (Vale) Semans, natives of Indinna, and her union with Mr. Lyon has resulted in the birth of three children: Horace T., Orin Raymond and Opal N.
Samuel McClure, farmer and stock-raiser, Glenville, Neb. Mr. MeClure is a man who has risen to considerable prominence in the affairs of Clay County. not less in agricultural matters than in other circles of active business life, and is a re- spected, intelligent and progressive citizen of the community in which he makes his home. He owes his nativity to Butler County, Ohio, where his birth occurred on May 7, 1835, and is the second of eleven children born to the union of John and Sarah (Mitchell) MeClure, natives of Kentucky and Ohio, and born in 1794 and 1804, respectively. Their children were named as follows: Mary, Mar- tha, Samuel, Catherine, Lonisa, Thomas, Robert, Mitchell, Elizabeth and Jeanette. Not being of a studious nature or disposition, Samuel neglected what advantages he had for an education, but as- sisted his father on the farm until twenty-one years of age when he started out to fight life's battles for himself. He first engaged in agricultural pursuits. which he continued in Ohio until 1859, when he emigrated west to Marshall County, Iowa, and there continued his former occupation. After re- maining there for sixteen years he moved further west and settled in Clay County, Neb., in 1874. While in Ohio, in 1858, he married Miss Rebecca McClure, a native of Butler County, Ohio, and the danghter of Robert and Nancy (Gibbs) MeClure. To this marriage were born four children: Flora, B., Samuel Calvin, Carrie May and Frederick. Mr. McClure is a stanch liepublican and has always taken an interest in the welfare of his county and township. His first presidential vote was cast for a Whig candidate and he has since fol- lowed his early convictions, never voting from his .party. Although a prominent worker and an ac. knowledged leader in his party he has never occu- pied any office, believing he could better serve the interests of the same by doing service at the polls. During the presidential campaigns he was one of the foremost to form campaign clubs and worked most zealonsly to elect his candidates. He and
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family are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Glenville. By his hard work and care- fnl habits he has acquired a large and handsome farm of 320 acres in the west half of Section 3, all the result of his own individual labor, assisted by his faithful wife. He has added to his stock until his farm stands among the foremost in the township and county.
James McCormick is a tiller of the soil, and is known over a large region of country tributary to Verona, and his reputation is that of a man hon- orable and reliable in every walk of life. He may be truly said to be a self-made man, for he started out in life with little or no means, and is now far beyond the reach of want. He was born in Pais- ley, Scotland, December 20, 1840, and is a son of William and Margaret McCormick, natives, re- spectively, of Ireland and Scotland. James Mc- Cormick came to the United States with his par- ents in 1845, and was bronght up in Philadelphia, Pa., where he learned the occupation of garden- ing. In the spring of 1872 he came to Clay County, Neb., and homesteaded the quarter sec- tion of land on which he is now living, and since 1879 has been a permanent resident of this coun- ty, and has followed the occupations of farming and . stock-raising very successfully. When the war, which had so long threatened this country, became an assured fact, Mr. McCormick quit the plow to enlist in Company D, Sixth Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and was a faithful servant of Uncle Sam for twenty-one months. He is now a member of the G. A. R., and is one of the county's enterprising and successful citizens. He has held various local offices of trust, and at the present time is school director in his district. On July 2, 1872, he was united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss Mary Ann Daugherty, a native of the " Blue Hen State," and by her he is the father of three children: Mamie, William and Annie. Mr. McCor- mick is a Democrat in his political views, and is a member of the Catholic Church.
John McCune, farmer and stockman, Glenville, Neb. Mr. McCune is recognized as a careful, ener- getic agriculturist of this community, and by his advanced ideas and progressive habits has done no
little for the farming element hereabouts. Orig- inally from Cumberland County, Pa., where his birth occurred in 1840, he is the eighth in a family of eleven children born to Robert and Nancy (Gibbs) McCune, natives of the Keystone State, the father born in 1804, and the mother in 1806. The parents were married in their native State, and in 1855 emigrated to Marshall County, Ill., where they followed farming. There the father died in 1877, and the mother one year later. Both were members of the Presbyterian Church, and the father was a Republican in politics. Their children were named as follows: Ellen J., Rebecca, Mar- garet, Elizabeth A., Hugh, Mary, Caroline, John, Susan, Bethsheba and Robert S. Yonng John McCnne in his boyhood days attended the common schools of Pennsylvania for a short time, and yet, with this limited education, he has by subsequent study and observation gained such excellent knowl- edge that no one would imagine at this time that he enjoyed other than the most liberal educational opportunities. He emigrated with his parents to Illinois, and there started out in life for himself as a farmer, which occupation he continued in Mar- shall County, of that State, from 1862 to 1877. He was married in 1868 to Miss Johanna Heoly, daughter of William Heoly, and a native of Illinois, born in 1847. She was left an orphan when but a child. Mr. McCnne emigrated to Nebraska in 1877, settled on the open prairie, and bought 160 acres of railroad land, which is his home tract. He has 160 acres in Glenville Township, and eighty acres in Linn Township-400 acres altogether. To his marriage have been born eight living chil- dren, six sons and two daughters: Robert E., Will- iam J., Hugh, John H., Elizabeth, Fred, Martha and Ralph. Rena Ellen died in January, 1890, at the age of ten years. Mr. McCune has been snc- cessful since he started out for himself, and has made all his property by honest, earnest endeavor. He has always adhered to the Republican party, and is interested in all public enterprises. He has a large grove on his place, a good orchard, and about the finest place for a residence in the county.
Hugh McCune is a well-known and highly es- teemed resident of Clay County, Neb., and was
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born in Cumberland County, Pa., on July 16, 1838, being the eldest son of eleven children born to Robert and Nancy (Gibbs) McCune, natives of Pennsylvania, born in 1804 and 1806, respectively. The schools of those days were not as good as at the present time, and Mr. McCune only obtained the advantages of the common schools, and during the vacations he assisted his father in tilling the soil, moving in 1852 with him to Ohio, and settling in Butler County. After making that State their home for about four years, they emigrated, to Marshall County, Ill., from which county Hugh McCune enlisted in the Union army, in March, 1862, in Company C, Sixty-fifth Illinois Infantry. He served in the Shenandoah Valley in the spring and summer of 1862, was captured at Harper's Ferry, Va., under Col. Miles, September 16, 1862, and exchanged in January, 1863. He served, in the spring and summer of 1863, in Eastern Ken- tucky, accompanied Gen. Burnside into East Ten- nessee in autumn of 1363; was through all the battles and siege of Knoxville, and re enlisted at Straw- berry Plains, Tenn., in April, 1864. After spend ing thirty days at home on veteran furlough, he rejoined Gen. Sherman's army near Dalton, Ga., and served through the campaign, till the fall of At- lanta, following Hood when he started north on his raid to Tennessee. The corps to which he belonged (the Twenty-third) was then detached and sent back to Nashville under Gen. Thomas, after which Mr. McCune participated in the fighting at Colum- bia, on Duck River, the battle of Franklin, the siege and battle of Nashville, which terminated in the almost total annihilation of Hood's army. The Twenty-third Corps was then transferred via Wash- ington City to Fort Fisher, N. C .; was engaged in the fighting at Fort Anderson, Cape Fear River, the fight at old Town Creek and capture of Wil- mington, and rejoined Gen. Sherman at Golds- borough, N. C., and served through the operations of that army, which terminated in the surrender of Gen. Johnston's army and the downfall of the Sonthern Confederacy. He was discharged from the United States service the latter part of July, 1865, at Greensborough, N. C. After receiving his discharge, Mr. McCune returned to his home
in Illinois, and in the spring of 1873 emigrated to Clay County, Neb., where he took up a homestead claim. January 23, 1869, he was married to Eliza- beth, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Stephens) Whitton, natives of Scotland. Mrs. McCune was born in 1843, and her union with Mr. McCune has resulted in the birth of nine children, eight of whom are living: Laura (wife of William H. Haight), William, John C., Margaret N., Thomas Francis, Carrie E., Arthur and Bertha M. Gracie is de- ceased. Mr. McCune is a Republican in politics, is a member of John A. Jordan Post No. 239, G. A. R., of Clay Center, and was elected to the office of junior vice-commander. He owns a fine farm of 320 acres, and is engaged in farming and stock raising.
Hugh H. McKee, farmer and stock-raiser, In- land, Neb. Mr. McKee is one of those sterling men of Pennsylvania nativity, so many of whom are met with in this portion of the State, who possess such qualities of character as make them successful and prominent almost without exception wherever their lot is cast. He was born in Wash- ington Connty, Pa., in 1834, and is the only child reared by his parents, Thomas and Martha (Hamilton) McKee, natives also of the Keystone State. The father was born in 1808 and died in his native State in 1839. He was a tailor by trade. The mother also died in that State in 1846. Hugh McKee's early life was divided between attending school and in assisting at farm labor. He emigrated to Illinois in 1850, was there married to Miss Sarah Jones, daughter of John Jones, in 1834, and remained in that State engaged in farm- ing for about thirty years. He owned a fine farm in this State, which he sold in 1880 and moved to Clay County, Neb., where he bought his present fine property, which now consists of 320 acres of land in Section 27, Township 8, Range 8. This is all under cultivation, and his residence, barns, outbuildings, and, in fact, all necessary conven- iences, indicate the quality of farmer that he is. His success is owing to his good management and honest, hard work. He is a Democrat and is interested in political events; also takes a decided interest in all matters relating to the public good,
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especially religious and educational affairs, and is a first-class citizen. He expects to make Nebraska his home, and aside from his farming interests is engaged in stock-raising, having a large number of Poland China hogs and about 100 head of cattle.
H. L. Mckibben, grain shipper for L. But- terfield & Co. of Denver City, is located at Saron'- ville, Neb., and is one of the prominent business men of the place. He was born in Stephenson County, Ill., in 1866, and is the son of J. L. and M. J. (Kerr) Mckibben, both natives of the Key- stone State. The father came to Illinois when a young man, located near the present site of Chi- cago and followed farming. He distinctly remem- bers that at one time he got stuck with a yoke of oxen in the streets of Chicago. He raked after the first reaper (a J. P. Manney) that was ever taken West. He emigrated to Nebraska in 1887, and is now a resident of Saronville. The mother is also alive. They are the parents of ten children, and are members of the United Brethren Church. The McKibbens are of Scotch Irish descent. The paternal grandmother was a Kilpatrick and the maternal grandmother was a Murry. H. L. Mc- Kibben passed his boyhood days in Missouri and Illinois, and received his education in the common and high schools of Stephenson County, Ill. He has been a machinist the principal part of his life, and worked in Chicago for the Northwestern Rail- road for three years. He came here and worked first under Patrick Eagan, present minister to Chili. At present he is in the employment of L. Butterfield & Co., works on a salary and does an immense business. He was married No- vember 28, 1888, to Miss Addie Ohlson, a native of Nebraska. Mr. Mckibben is a Democrat in politics, and is a prominent man. He shipped about 250 car-loads of corn during the year 1889.
William A. McLean. In giving a sketch of the lives of the valuable and successful residents of Clay County, Neb., mention should be made of Mr. McLean, who is one of the leading farmers and stockmen of this region. He was born in Montgomery County, Ill., November 25, 1838, being one of three surviving members of a family of five children born to Joseph and Abigail (Pais-
ley) McLean, who were natives of the "Old North State." William A. McLean resided in Montgom- ery County, being engaged in attending school and farming until the opening of the Civil War, and April 9, 1861, volunteered to serve in the Union army, in the Ninth Illinois Regiment, under Capt. J. J. Phillips, and served until the time of enlistment had expired, when he returned home, remaining until August 9, 1862, when he re-en- listed, this time becoming a member of Company B, ,One Hundred and Seventeenth Illinois, under Capt. Robert Mc Williams. He was shot in his right arm in a skirmish near Champion's Hill. and was a participant in the following engagements: Pleasant Hill, Tupelo, Nashville, Forts Spanish and Blakely, and was in a number of skirmishes near Mobile. He was in about thirty-three en- gagements in all, and served until August 5, 1865, when he was given an honorable discharge. He then returned to his Illinois home, but in the spring of 1872 he came west and pre-empted a claim in Clay County, Neb., which now makes him a com- fortable home. He was married in the spring of 1862 to Miss Eliza Minor, by whom he has a fam- ily of three children: Abigail E (wife of John Cruickshank), Hattie and Cora. Mr. McLean was called upon to mourn the death of his wife August 6, 1871, her death being caused by consumption, and after remaining a widower until June, 1885, he espoused Miss Margaret J. Dawson, a daughter of Matthew and Hannah (McCandless) Dawson. She was born in Illinois August 18, 1855, and by Mr. McLean is the mother of three children: Will- iam L., Earle H. and Earnest M. Mr. McLean is a Republican politically, and since his sojourn here has been elected to till a number of positions of trust, being elected to the position of constable in 1884. He is a member of John A. Jordan Post No. 239, of the G. A. R., in which he is senior vice- commander, and he also belongs to the Farmers' Alliance. Himself and wife are members of the Clay Center Congregational Church, and he has a farm which comprises 320 acres of land, well im- proved with buildings and in an excellent state of cultivation.
George R. McMaster, farmer and stockman.
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Of the many citizens of foreign birth now residing in Clay County, none are more respected or held in higher esteem than the subject of this sketch. He was born in Scotland in 1848, and his parents, John and Anna (Strouther) McMaster, were na- tives of the same country. They emigrated to the United States in 1860, settled in the State of Illi- nois, and there received their final summons, the inother in 1885 and the father in 1888. George R. McMaster came with his parents to the Uni- ted States, settled with them in Illinois, and .was married in Knox County, of that State, to Miss Blanche Shear, the daughter of Henry D. and Elizabeth Ann (Moulter) Shear, both now living and residing in Knox County, Ill. To Mr. and Mrs. McMaster were born six children: Blanche, John H., Jeanette, Frank, George A. and Clara E. In 1885 Mr. McMaster came to Nebraska, settled in Lincoln Township, Clay County, and is now the owner of 200 acres of excellent land. all the result of his own exertions. He has also been very successful in raising fruit, and is considered one of the substantial and progressive farmers of the connty. He is a stanch Republican in his political views and takes quite an interest in poli- tics. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Capt. George W. Martin is the present popular and efficient postmaster of Harvard, Neb., and is a highly esteemed and worthy citizen of that place. He was born in Ohio County, W. Va., about four- teen miles southeast of Wheeling, July 22, 1827. and was a son of Samuel and Susan (Sisson) Mar- tin, who were born in Wheeling, W. Va., and Baltimore, Md., in October, 1797, and in May, 1804, respectively. The paternal grandparents, Alexander and . Mary (Williamson) Martin, were natives of Ireland and came to America with their respective parents and became acquainted and were married in West Virginia. The mother of Capt. Martin was the daughter of Lewis and Frances (Powell) Sisson. the former a Virginian and the lat. ter born in Maryland. Their parents were born in England. Samuel Martin and his wife were married in Washington County, Pa., about 1820, and be- came the parents of nine children: Maria, Frances,
George W., Sarah, Eliza Aun, Alexander, Mar. thu, Lewis L. and Susan C., all of whom are liv ing except Maria. The father of these children was an energetic tiller of the soil, and died in Scott County, Ill., November, 1845, his wife dying in the same house in February, 1866. When the subject of this sketch was between six aud seven years of age, or in the spring of 1834, his parents moved to that part of Morgan County, Ill., that has since become a part of Scott County, Ill., and there his boyhood and early manhood were spent in farin work and in attending the common schools. On March 18, 1847, he was married in Greene County, Ill., to Miss Augeline Conway, a native of Madison County, Ill., born March 12, 1829, being a daughter of John and Hannah (Renfro) Conway, the former a Kentuckian and the latter a native of Madison County, Ill. In the fall of 1848 Mr. Martin removed with his wife and one child to Dallas County, Tex., where he gave his attention to farming for ten years, and there his wife died on March 8, 1855. December 22, 1856, he esponsed Miss Rachel M. Harris, who was born in Madison County, Ill., December 25, 1828, being a daughter of John and Rachel (Ramsey) Harris. Mr. Martin was so unfortunate as to lose this wife also, her death occurring in Dallas County, Tex., October 29, 1857. Shortly after her death Mr. Martin, accompanied by his two children, re- turned to Illinois and located in Scott Conuty, which had been formed in 1839. There he was married, on April 10, 1860, to Miss Cornelia M. Richmond, of Madison County, N. Y., born De- cember 28, 1837, a daughter of Tragen Hoyt and Lydia Maria (Kazier) Richmond. While residing in Scott County, on Angust 9, 1862, Mr. Martin enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty - ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until September 21, 1864, when, ou account of impaired health, he was honorably discharged at Atlanta, Ga. He had enlisted as a private, but upon the organization of his company, he was elected its captain, and served in this capacity dur. ing the whole time he was in the service. He commanded his company in the battles of Resaca, Ga., the Dallas Woods fight and the battle of
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