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Frederick P. H. Rabeler, junior, was born in Germany, December 28, 1872, coming to America with his father and family in August of 1882, when the family located in Stanton county, Ne- braska. Here our subject grew up on the farm, and in connection with his schooling in Germany, received the usual school advantages. In 1903, Mr. Rabeler went out in life for himself, becom- ing connected with the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Leigh, Nebraska, in June of 1903. This bank has been merged into the First National Bank with a capital of fifty thousand dollars. The Farmer's and Merchant's Bank was first or- ganized in 1886. In May of 1910, the Farmers' & Merehants' Bank of Leigh, and the Maple Val- ley State Bank of Leigh, Nebraska, were consoli- dated into the First National Bank, with the fol- lowing officers: Thomas Mortimer, president; J. H. Wurderman, viee president ; F. Rabeler, senior, second vice president ; F. Rabeler, junior, cashier ; R. J. McNary, assistant cashier, and J. E. Spof- ford, assistant cashier.
Mr. Rabeler, junior, was married to Miss Flor- enee Bowers, June 3, 1908, in Omaha, Nebraska. Mrs. Rabeler is a native of Colfax county, and the Bowers family is one of the first pioneer fam- ilies of Colfax county. Mr. and Mrs. Rabeler have two children, Florence Margaret and an in- fant.
Mr. Rabeler is one of the prominent young business men of Leigh, Nebraska, where he is prominent in business and social circles.
RESIDENCE AND FAMILY GROUP-ALEX. MATHESON.
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N. P. JOHNSON.
The gentleman mentioned above is one of the sturdy sons of Sweden, who came to the new world with a brave heart to carve out a name for himself and establish a home in the west, and well has he succeeded in his determination, now be- ing proprietor of a good ranch, and has also be- come one of the prominent citizens of his locality. He resides on section twenty-four, township twenty-five, range eight, Clearwater township, Antelope county, where he owns a good farm of five hundred and twenty acres, making a fine home.
Mr. Johnson is a native of Skone, Sweden, born April 8, 1861, and is the son of Olaf and Helen (Pierson) Johnson; both natives of Sweden; the father is still living at Elgin, and enjoys the ripe age of seventy-six years. In 1880 our subject and his father came to America, sailing on the White Star Line steamship from Liverpool, landing in New York City, August 23, 1880. After reaching New York they started at once for the west. Mr. Johnson, our subject, went to Kansas City to pro- cure work, he being then full grown to manhood, and able to care for himself. He worked as a laborer in Kansas City for eight years, saving enough money to enable him to come to Antelope county, Nebraska, and start farming. In 1900, he bought a farm of three hundred and sixty acres, and here he has built up a beautiful home for his family, he having married while residing in Kansas City.
Mr. Johnson was married April 5, 1884, to Miss Elise Akstrom, a native of Skone, Sweden, and a daughter of John and Johannah (Pierson) Akstrom. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are the parents of six children, whose names are as follows : Roy ; Almer; Oscar; Esther; Mabel ; and Mildred.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and family are held in high regard in their community, and Mr. John- son is prominently known as a most estimable and upright citizen.
MACK C. WARRINGTON.
Mack C. Warrington is numbered among the pioneers of Custer county, Nebraska, and has al- ways been ready to do his part to advance the general welfare and prosperity. He was born at Guthrie Center, lowa, October 29, 1864, a son of William and Julia (Cooper) Warrington, and fourth of their six children. The father, a native of Yorkshire, England, came to America about 1852 and located at Hartford, Connecticut. He died at Guthrie Center, July 31, 1907. The mother, a native of Tipperary, Ireland, came to America in 1848 and died in Guthrie Center in 1901. They were pioneers of Iowa and erected the first house in the town where both died. Of their children, one son, Bert, lives in lowa; a (laughter. Mrs. Ann Holster, lives in Mason City, Nebraska ; another daughter, Mrs. T. J. Campbell.
lives in Colorado ; Mack C., is given further men- tion below, and two are deceased.
Mack C. Warrington reached manhood in his native state, receiving his elementary education in local schools. Later he attended Cornell col- lege, at Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and after leaving school he learned the printers' trade. In August, 1886, he located at Mason City, Nebraska, becom- ing a member of the staff of the first paper pub- lished there, the Mason City Transcript. He be- came proprietor of this periodical in 1887, and has since edited it under the original name. It is an organ of the democratic party and widely read throughout Custer county. Mr. Warrington is a wide-awake, enterprising man, and regarded as an upright, useful citizen. He helped to organize the village and the school district; served eleven years on the school board, some time as chairman of the town board, and during Cleveland's admin- istration served as postmaster. He is now serving as justice of the peace. He is well known in fra- ternal circles as a charter member of the local Masonic order and as one of the organizers, and also belongs to the local camp of Modern Wood- men of America.
Mr. Warrington was married at Broken Bow, October 4, 1893, to Miss Mena Mengel, who was born in Springfield, Illinois, where her childhood was spent. They are well known socially and have a wide circle of friends. Mr. Warrington erected their present comfortable home in 1898.
ALEXANDER MATHESON.
It has been said with truth, that "America is the melting pot of the nations," and the same can be said of almost any state in the Union. It ap- plies to Nebraska, most certainly, for although all of the early settlers are Americans now, yet in many instances, they were born under other colors than the stars and stripes, and even if American born themselves, one generation back. or at the most, two, will almost invariably take ns across the water to the Old World.
Alexander Matheson, one of the most promi- nent retired farmers of Stanton county, was born in Walworth county, Wisconsin, March 8. 1848, but his parents, Murdoch and Eliza (Mckenzie) Matheson, were natives of the Scottish Highlands, near Loch Elsie. His grandsire, John Matheson, died in "bonnie Scotland," but the grandmother. Jessie McRae Matheson, then joined her son's family in Wisconsin, where she lived to an ad- vanced age.
Alexander Matheson grew up on the Wiscon- sin farm, and in 1867 started out for himself. working as a farm hand in Stark and Henry coun- ties, Illinois. In 1869, he made his first trip to Nebraska, and purchased half of section eight. township twenty-four, range four, in Cuming eounty, and then returned to Illinois. He retained possession of this land until about 1878, when he
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sold it at a price which is about one-tenth of its present value.
In the fall of 1869, Mr. Matheson went to South America to work on a sugar plantation of a thousand acres near Georgetown, in British Guiana. The climate was very unhealthy and he returned to Illinois in the following spring. In the fall, he filed claim on a homestead in section nineteen, township twenty-four, range three, in Stanton county, on what is known as the upper Humbug Creek. He lived here for one year, in a small dugout with a neighbor, but later built a slab shanty.
In December, 1872, he rented this farm and went back to Illinois, where he worked at farm labor for a time, then farmed on rented land for himself for three years, making his home mean- while with a very wealthy farmer, whose lack of education enabled Mr. Matheson to assist him very materially in the keeping of accounts, etc. Mr. Matheson's third trip to Nebraska was made in 1878, when he rented the Captain Butler farm near Pilger for some time.
In the spring of 1880, he realized the need of a helpmeet and returned to Illinois, where he was married at Elmira, Stark county, to Miss Mary M. Oliver, a daughter of Thomas and Jean Oliver, natives of the Scottish Lowlands.
As soon as Mr. Matheson came to Nebraska with his bride, he at once took steps to improve his homestead by erecting a comfortable house, barns and outbuildings, planting orchards and groves, and cultivating the land. He finally de- veloped as fine a farm as can be found in the county. In 1893, he rented the farm, coming to town to live, but in three years was again back on the farm. He sold it, however, in October, 1909, and decided to locate permanently in town, and is now enjoying his ease in a comfortable home in the west part of Stanton.
All of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Matheson are living. They have all received a good education, the younger ones being still in school, and all are destined to take a prominent part in social and educational affairs. Jennie, Mary Luella and Barbara graduated from the Wayne normal college and are successful teach- ers. Earl has taught for some time and is now studying in the state university at Lincoln. An- other daughter, Zula Elzora, is also teaching, and the other children, Oliver, Maude, Donald and Lola are attending the schools in Stanton.
Originally, Mr. Matheson was a democrat, but he joined the populists in their reform movements and at present is an independent, voting for the man whom he thinks is best qualified for the of- fice, regardless of party affiliations.
Mr. Matheson was away from the state for a considerable length of time after first taking up a claim, and has consequently escaped some of the hardships of the early settler's life, yet he took up his residence here early enough to suffer some of them, He was away during the years of the
grasshopper plague, but was living in the state during some of the worst blizzards.
He has been a farmer all of his life, and now, having won a competence from the soil, is enjoy- ing the fruits of a life-time of industry and thrift, surrounding himself and family with all the com- forts heart could wish. A picture of the family and residence is presented on another page of this volume.
DR. W. T. KILE.
Dr. Kile first saw northeastern Nebraska in the fall of 1883 when he came to the region of Plainview with his father, Ransom Kile, to select a tract of land. The father, Ransom Kile, pur- chased the relinquishment to a quarter section in Antelope county, four miles west of Plainview, and filed on it under the homestead law, taking possession in the spring of 1884. Here he pros- pered and resided until 1900, when he bought a residence in Plainview and moved to town. In the fall of 1909, he rented his house and has since made his home with a son in Creighton.
Ransom Kile was a native of Knox county, Ohio, moving thence to Lake county, Indiana, not far from Chicago, and in 1879 secured a farm in Cass county, Iowa, where he resided until moving to Nebraska in 1884. He was married in Lake county to Miss Mary Powers, a native of Provi- dence, Rhode Island, her parents moving to Lake county while she was a small child. She died on the home farm in Antelope county, Nebraska, in 1897.
Doctor W. T. Kile was born in Lake county, Indiana, August 18, 1857, and lived on a farm there and in Cass county, Iowa, until attaining his majority. He taught school, and read medi- cine with Doctor Wilder of Atlantic, Iowa, until entering the medical department of the State University at lowa City, from which he graduated in 1885. On receiving his diploma, he formed a partnership with his old preceptor, and for seven years was engaged in practice at Atlantic and vicinity. In 1889 he removed to Plainview, opened an office here, and was at once recognized as a physician of more than usual skill. He soon built up a large practice and has sustained his excellent reputation as a healer. In the fall of 1909 he discontinued his practice, moved to a farm he had purchased in Knox county, and en- deavored to get some respite from his arduous labors in the profession ; but the social and educa- tional privileges were not such as his family had been accustomed to, so three months later he re- turned to Plainview and at once resumed his practice, much to the satisfaction of his old patrons and friends.
Doctor Kile was married at Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 28, 1890, to Miss Amy D. Halsey, who was born in Genesee county, New York. She is a daughter of George W. and Thankful (Wil-
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cox ) Halsey, both born in the state of New York, whence they removed to Cass county, lowa, about 1870.
Of the children born to Doctor and Mrs. Kile seven are living, named as follows: Mary, Ruth, Esther, William, Martha, Kenneth and Dwight, Grace and Miriam, the fourth and seventh chil- dren have passed away.
Doctor Kile is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and of the Masonic Order, the Odd Fellows, the Woodmen, the Workmen, and others. In politics he is a republican on national questions, and independent in local contests, vot- ing for whom he considers the best man regard- less of political affiliations.
Doctor Kile was living in Iowa at the time of the well known blizzard of January 12, 1888; but in that of January 28, 1909, he had several hours' struggle in getting to shelter; so bad was the storm, blinding the horses and at times stopping them, that the doctor and his driver were nearly two hours making the mile and a half to a dwell- ing, the nearest to them when the storm broke. No one who has not encountered or witnessed a western blizzard has any conception of what such a storm really is.
Doctor Kile is a genial, courteous gentleman, one who wins and holds the confidence of those whom illness throws into his keeping, and this is half the secret of his success.
FARMER W. CREW.
Farmer W. Crew, a pioneer real estate man of Howard county, Nebraska, was born in Bel- mont county, Ohio, December 28, 1847. He was a son of Acquilla and Rachel (Farmer) Crew. the former born in Belmont county and the latter in Jefferson county, Ohio. In religious views both parents were Quakers. They were married in Ohio and their children were all born in Bel- mont county where the father owned and operat- ed a farm. This continued to be the family home until 1863 when Acquilla Crew sold and removed with his family to Linn county, Iowa, and there purchased a farm where he and his wife resided until their deaths.
Farmer W., was the fifth child in a family of eleven, of whom three brothers and two sisters are still living. He received his education prin- cipally in the common and Quaker schools of Ohio and when sixteen years of age accompanied his parents to Linn county. Iowa.
On November 20, 1867, Mr. Crew was united in marriage to Carrie E. Foree, daughter of Cap- tain Jacob A. Force, at the latter's home in Linn county, lowa. Mr. and Mrs. Crew continued to reside in Linn county until 1873 when they came to Howard county, Nebraska. The first two years here Mr. Crew followed farming, living near St. Paul.
In 1875 he was elected sheriff of Howard
county on the republican ticket, and held that office for six years, he being the second man to serve in that capacity in the county. During his service he met with many difficult and trying events. In those days it took more than ordinary nerve and bravery to successfully fill the office, as well as tact and good judgement, in none of which Mr. Crew was lacking. One instance in particular was when in connection with the sheriff of Hall county he accomplished the arrest of the famous outlaw, Doc Middleton, who with a gang of cattle rustlers and thieves had for some time been terrorizing the western states, and after a desperate battle between the outlaw and officers was finally captured and placed under arrest.
After his term as sheriff had expired Mr. Crew was in the United States government ser- vice, acting as Deputy United States Marshall for three years and also was a revenue officer for two years, during the latter time being stationed in the Black Hills. He returned to St. Paul in 1886, and is now engaged in the real estate busi- ness there, being among the pioneers in that line of work. He was a member of the city council of St. Paul during 1889 and 1890, and was mayor of the city in 1891. In the earlier years Mr. Crew was active in establishing the schools in his vicin- ity, and served on the district board.
Mrs. Crew died in St. Paul in 1895, survived by her husband and a daughter, May, who mar- ried Chas. A. Robinson, and now resides in Denver, Colo. In 1897 Mr. Crew was married the second time, to Mrs. Clara E. Corliss. They have a beautiful home, and are among the leading members of the social and educational set in their community. Mr. Crew is a gentleman of far more than the usual ability, a foremost member of the business life of his region, and has been respon- sible in a large degree for the prosperity enjoyed in his locality. He has always taken a leading part in the political life of his county and state.
JARED PIERCE FORD.
Jared P. Ford, an energetic and enterprising young farmer and stockman of Valley county, is known as a progressive and upright citizen. in- terested in all that pertains to the welfare and upbuilding of the community. He was born at Bloomfield, Iowa, February 26, 1862, sixth of the eight children of Ivan S. and Elizabeth (Fry) Ford, who were parents of five sons and three daughters. When Jared Ford was but six weeks old the family moved to Madison county, lowa, and he was reared on a farm there, receiving a common school education. He lived on the home farm until the time of his marriage. on Christ- mas day, 1886, to Minnie Cora Smith. After their marriage they lived in Madison county, and March 1, 1887, Mr. Ford and Mr. M. Cocklin (a young married man), shipped their household goods and some stock to Loup City. Sherman
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county, Nebraska. Mr. Ford rented a farm eight miles north of that town, and soon afterward his wife and Mrs. Cocklin joined their husbands. A sister of Mrs. Ford's came with her, but remained only a short time.
Mr. Ford now resides on a leased farm on sec- tion thirty-one, township seventeen, range four- teen, where he operates four hundred acres of well improved land that is well adapted to grain and stock raising. He has a fine herd of cattle and has met with fair success, keeping on hand usually about twenty-five horses and three times as many head of cattle.
Mr. Ford's father and mother are both de-
ceased. His brothers, William McMillan and Richard C., live in Iowa, as does his sister, Sarah E. (Mrs. William Smith), and his sisters Laura May, (Mrs. James Harlan Everly) of North Loup, and his sister Eliza Ann, (Mrs. Everett O. Cool), of Alliance, are the only members of the family beside himself who came to Nebraska to live. Mrs. Ford's sister, Estella Maud, (Mrs. Charles Edward Trump), lives at Bradshaw, Nebraska. She is a daughter of John and Mary (Mclaughlin) Smith, who had four children; the mother died February 9, 1890, while the father is still living at Marshalltown, Iowa. The only child living besides Mrs. Ford is Mrs. Trump, above mentioned; a half-brother, John J. Duby, lives in Boulder, Colorado, he is a son of John Duby, who was killed during the war.
To Mr. Ford and wife three children were born: Beulah Maude, Achsa May and Loyal Jared. For the past twenty-five years Mr. and Mrs. Ford have helped in the advancement of the educational and other movements for the good of their portion of the state. He is a director of school district number forty-seven, and in former years held the office of treasurer of Yale town- ship. He is recognized as a man of strict integ- rity and square dealing, and is held in high re- spect by all who know him.
In politics Mr. Ford is a democrat; he is a member of the Ancient Order of United Work- men, being a charter member of the North Loup lodge organized in 1893.
A. G. REED.
Located very pleasantly in section thirty-five, township twenty-one, range four, is to be found the genial gentleman whose name heads this per- sonal history. Mr. Reed is one of the well known and highly esteemed old-timers of the region, and has had considerable to do with the development and growth of Madison county, having come to the county about 1887. He has endured the usual hardships and privations experienced by those hardy spirits who braved the terrors of the fron- tier in the hopes of carving out for themselves a name and fortune from the soil.
A. G. Reed is a native of Smoland, Sweden,
born December 28, 1866. He was the youngest child in a family of six coming to bless the union of John and Christene Reed, who were farmers in that country. He grew up there to the age of fourteen years, receiving a scanty education while assisting his parents on the home place.
May I, 1880, Mr. Reed left his birthplace, going to Gottenburg and there taking passage on the White Star Line steamship bound for New York, and landed safely in that city after a voy- age of eight days. He first went to Illinois, se- curing work in a factory at Sterling, Illinois, and remained there for seven years, then came on west, arriving in Madison county, March 11, 1887. Here he shortly afterward bought the old Olson Sholes homestead, which was a rather rough and unimproved tract, and required a great deal of hard work to put in shape. He went to work faithfully and soon had it in good running order, and in spite of the fact that he had some hard luck occasioned by crop failures, storms, etc., he rapidly forged to the front as a successful farmer and stockman, and at the present time is classed among the well-to-do men of his section.
Mr. Reed was united . in marriage May 2, 1894, to Miss Anna Wedergreen who was born and raised in Sweden. Mrs. Reed died July 11, 1894.
JOHN R. LONGFELLOW.
John R. Longfellow, one of Custer county's early settlers, who has passed through many per- iods of Nebraska history. He has large land in- terests in the state and is a successful farmer and stoekman. He was born in Dewitt county, Illi- nois, eldest of the eight children of R. M. and Melinda (Bright) Longfellow, the date of his birth being July 11, 1855. He has two brothers in the state of Washington, and his two sisters- Mrs. Mary Thomas and Mrs. Ella Bryan, live in Custer county. The father and mother were born in Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively, and lo- cated on a homestead in Custer county in 1882. Both parents died in Custer county, the father in 1892 and the mother July 26, 1902.
Mr. Longfellow grew to manhood on the Illi- nois farm, receiving his education in local schools, then engaged in farming on his own account. In the spring of 1882 he accompanied his father and the rest of the family to Custer county, Nebraska, and himself secured one hundred and sixty acres of land on section thirty-two, township seventeen, range twenty-one, which is still the home place. He also secured a tree claim of like size. He was married at Aurora, Nebraska, to Miss Catherine Phillipson, a native of Illinois, and daughter of John J. and Mary A. (Stone) Phillipson, the for- mer born in Danzig, Prussia, and the mother in Wabash county, Illinois. Mr. Phillipson came to America in early childhood, in 1839, and in 1886 secured a homestead near Broken Bow, Custer county. Both he and his wife died in Custer
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county, he May 3, 1911, and she in 1893. Mrs. Longfellow was the first born of fourteen chil- dren, nine of whom survive: William, of Blaine county, Nebraska; Edmond, of Logan county ; John J., of Idaho; Mrs. Lizzie Dagan and Mrs. Irene Hanna, of Custer county; Mrs. Rosetta Hanna, of Blaine county ; Mrs. Augusta Harget, of Milford, Nebraska ; Mrs. Anna Brown, of Dewey, Wisconsin ; and Mrs. Longfellow. Mr. and Mrs. Longfellow have seven children, namely : Charles P., at home; Daisy, wife of George Kindness, of Custer county, has one child ; Lilly, Alice, Johnnie R., Florence and Esther, at home. Mr. Longfel- low is widely and favorably known in Custer county as an enterprising and public-spirited citi- zen, interested in the progress and welfare of the region. He is an able and ambitious farmer and has made his own way in life, attaining a very fair degree of success in Nebraska. He has a well improved farm in Custer county and also land interests in the state of Wisconsin. He was instrumental in the organization of school dis- triet number seventy-four, and for several years served on the board of same. Mrs. Longfellow also served several years as director of the board. Both are well known in many circles and have many friends.
ROBERT MARSHALL SEARS.
Among the sturdy sons of Old Albion who have found their way to Nebraska and hy thrift and energy secured a competency for thineselves, may be mentioned Robert Marshall Sears.
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