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MELVIN G. SCUDDER.
Melvin G. Scudder, an enterprising and pros- perous citizen of Central City, Nebraska, is a young man of sterling character who commands the respect and esteem of a large circle of ac- quaintances.
Mr. Scudder was born in Merrick county, Ne- braska, July 22, 1873, on the old homestead farm, where he grew up to his young manhood days, re- ceiving a district school education until the last few years when he took up higher branches of study. He also has had a wide and varied ranch and stock experience.
In 1896 Mr. Scudder became an employee of the Creamery Company, and was with them two years. In 1898 he became a traveling salesman for the Standard Stock Food Company of Omaha, with headquarters at Hastings, Nebraska. In May, 1899, he returned to Central City and for some six months was salesmanager of Tyndale & Warner, dealers in groceries and shoes. In 1889 our subject's father and self took over the stock, moving to the Hutchins building, continuing the business as a grocery store, increasing the stock, and the volume of business. Mr. Scudder re- mained with his father until 1903, when in the fall of that year he was elected clerk of the district court for a four year term on the republican ticket. In January, 1908, Mr. Scudder became a traveling salesman for the Raymond Brothers- Clark Company of Lincoln, Nebraska, who were in the wholesale grocery line, and continued with them six months. In July, 1908, Mr. Scudder purchased the E. H. Bishop grocery and queens- ware business in Central City, taking possession September 1, and is still engaged in this business, having a large and complete store in this line.
December 31, 1896, Mr. Scudder was united in marriage to Miss Manie Baird at the Baird homestead farm in Merrick county. Mrs. Seud- der was also born in Merrick county, the Baird family being pioneer settlers. Mr. and Mrs. Scud- der have four children : Claire Maurice, Vera Dean, Melva and Prudence.
Mr. Scudder is one of the hustling young busi- ness men of Central City, a Merrick county boy who has made good.
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Mr. and Mrs. Scudder and family enjoy the respect and esteem of a large circle of friends.
L. J. JOHNSON.
Among the leading old settlers of Knox county, Nebraska, the gentleman whose name heads this personal history is entitled to a fore- most place. Mr. Johnson is a man of public spirit, who has always given his support and aid in bet- tering conditions in his community. His home is in Columbia precinct, where he has a well im- proved farm and valuable estate.
L. J. Johnson is a native of Sweden, born at Kolmerlen, May 22, 1846. He grew up there, following farming as a young man, and also spent one year in the army.
His father, John Peterson, was a farmer. About ten years after his son, L. J., came to Ne- braska, his father joined him, and here remained until his death in September, 1900. When our subject was about twenty-two years of age he left home to seek his fortune in foreign coun- tries, going first to Guttenberg, and from there to Liverpool, where he took passage for America. On landing in the United States he went directly to Henry county, Illinois, remaining there about eight months. He then came on west, arriving in Cuming county, Nebraska, in 1869. There he filed on a homestead, built a sod shanty, and began to improve his land. He went through many hardships while living in that vicinity, ex- periencing drouths, grasshopper raids, hail- storms, etc., but succeeded in developing a very good farm and saved some money.
Mr. Johnson came to Knox county in 1901. He purchased a half section of land which was improved to some extent, and since his residence on the place has fitted it up with every modern convenience in the way of buildings, machinery, etc., and has the reputation of being one of the most successful and prosperous agriculturalists in this section.
March 11, 1876, our subject was united in mar- riage to Miss Emma Newman, a native of Swe- den, at West Point, Nebraska. Eight children have come to bless their union, namely: Oscar, Albin, Joseph, Theodore, David, Gust, Minnie and Elmer.
Mr. Johnson and his entire family belong to the Swedish Mission church at Wausa.
OLIVER HANSON
To the pioneers of a country is due most of the credit for the prosperity enjoyed there in after years. Among the early settlers who came to Stanton county, Nebraska, and have remained to enjoy prosperity, a prominent place is accorded the gentleman here named. He braved the hard- ships of the pioneer's life, and despite losses and discouragements, worked steadily and earn-
estly, and is now one of the substantial citizens of this locality. He has not only witnessed the growth of the agricultural resources of the re- gion, but has been a potent factor in bringing about the same, and well merits his success and high standing.
Mr. Hanson is the son of Ans and Carrie (Olson) Hanson, and was born in 1859, in northern Sweden. His parents were small farmers of the vicinity, and the subscriber remained at home helping them until 1870. He was only a young boy when the parents decided to cast in their fortunes with America.
. After arriving in New York, they proceeded on to the west until they reached Dodge county, Nebraska, where they remained for two months. They then came to Stanton county, where the father took up a homestead on section five, town- ship twenty-four, range two. The dugout, twelve by twelve, which was put up at that time, served as a dwelling for the family for sixteen years. At this time, it was replaced by a com- fortable frame house.
The family met with many discouragements at first, and were forced to contend with many hardships. About all the work and traveling was done by means of oxen, and as their market was at Wisner, many miles away, a trip to town was always a matter of considerable time. They were plagued by grasshoppers and every winged pest possible, it seemed. They were in peril by prairie fires in summer and by blizzards in winter. This time of privation had an end, however, and they have long since begun to reap the fruit of their labors.
In 1890, Mr. Hanson was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Matson. Six children have been born to them, upon whom they have bestowed the following names: Minnie, Mabel, Herman, Henry, Attie and Elfie.
Mr. and Mrs. Hanson have many friends in the community who esteem them for their many good qualities and sterling worth.
J. KILPATRIC.
J. Kilpatric, one of the early settlers of Ne- braska, who has passed through all the pioneer experiences of the early days in the west, is now prosperous and successful as a result of many years of labor and persistence. He resides in section thirty-five, township twenty-seven, range six, where he enjoys the respect and high regard of all who know him.
Mr. Kilpatrie is a native of County Derry. Ireland, born January 30, 1856, and is the son of John and Jane (Hannah) Kilpatric, both natives of County Derry, Ireland. In coming to America. in 1873, Mr. Kilpatrie sailed from Glasgow, Scot- land, to New York, thence to McLean county, Illi- nois, and from there came to Phelps county, Ne- braska, in 1884, where he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land from the Union Pacific
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railroad company, and on this land built a sod house, later on putting up a good frame residence and improved the farm. In the first days of his residence in Nebraska, Mr. Kilpatric went through many hardships and inconveniences, one year losing his entire crops by hail; and when wood was scarce and hard to get our subject burned hay and corn to keep warm by. Later he sold out in Phelps county and moved to Ante- lope county.
Mr. Kilpatric was united in marriage Angust 30, 1892, to Miss Mary Snodgrass, and Mr. and Mrs. Kilpatric are the parents of four children, whose names are as follows: Fern, Floyd, de- ceased, Claud and Clara, (twins). They are a fine family, and enjoy the respect and high esteem of all who know them, and their friends are many.
In 1903, Mr. Kilpatric came to Antelope county, Nebraska, and bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in section thirty-five, township twenty-seven, range six, from Mr. Bittney. Here our subject is well known as a progressive stock- man and farmer, and has a well improved farm and a beautiful grove. Mr. Kilpatrie is one of those substantial citizens whose integrity and industry have added so much to the material growth of Nebraska.
He is a Presbyterian in religious affiliations, and an independent in politics.
JAMES HARVEY LEWIN.
James Harvey Lewin, owner and operator of a fine grain and fruit farm, is one of the very early settlers of Custer county and in his earlier years there passed through the many trials and discouragements incident to pioneer life. He met these troubles undaunted and has trinmphed over them to a gratifying degree. For the first three years of his residence in the state the grasshop- pers ate most of his crops, for several years he was the victim of severe drouth, and he also suffered much from the destruction of crops by hail storms.
Mr. Lewin was born in Louisa county, Iowa, December 4, 1848, eldest of the seven children of John A. and Lucretia (Blake) Lewin. The father was of English parentage and born in the Shenandoah valley, Virginia. He served in the Civil war as a member of Company G. Third lowa Infantry, and died in Andersonville prison. The mother, also of English extraction, born in Zanes- ville, Ohio, died in Elko, Nevada, July 12, 1884. while en route for California.
Mr. Lewin grew to manhood on the home farm in Iowa, receiving his education in local schools, and later engaged in farming. He was married in Warren county, Iowa, March 26, 1874, to Miss Julia Guthrie, a native of Frank- fort, Kentucky, and soon afterward they came west, making their first home in Adams county, Nebraska, and three years later, in the spring of 1878, coming on to Custer county. Mr. Lewin
had hunted and trapped over that part of the state and was very favorably impressed with the prospects for obtaining good land in Custer connty, deciding to locate there. He secured a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of land and a timber claim of the same size adjoin- ing, on section twenty-four, township nineteen, range seventeen, in Woods Park, which was the home place for a number of years. He did much to help in the early upbuilding and development of the region and became successful in his personal enterprises. He helped organize school district number six, serving as the first director of the school board. In 1892 he sold out and purchased two hundred acres of land on section twenty-three, township nineteen, range seventeen, which is now the home place, being well improved and equipped for raising grain and fruit. He has found this line of farming very satisfactory and is one of the proserous men of the community.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewin have six children living : Newton A., of Arcadia, is married and has one child; Forest E., of Custer county, has four children ; Lillian Edna, married Ernest Fuller, of Antelope county, Nebraska, and they have two children; Kate, wife of Bert Clark, of Comstock, has one child; William, of Comstock, and Nellie, at home. Mrs. Lewin's father, William P. Guthrie, was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, and served during the civil war as a captain of Company G, Thirty-fourth lowa Volunteer In- fantry. He located in Nebraska in 1877, in 1878, located in Custer county, and now is a resident of Frontier county. He married Susan Hodges, a native of Kentucky, who died on the homestead in Custer county in 1882. Mrs. Lewin has a brother, James Guthrie, in Sargent ; a sister, Mrs. Wallace Dye, in Custer county, and another brother, William B., of Broken Bow.
NATHANIEL GEORGE CLEMENT.
A list of the prominent citizens of Ord would be incomplete without the name of Nathaniel George Clement, the owner and manager of Wil- low Dell Stock Farm. This is one of the finest and best equipped stock farms in this section, and its Hereford cattle and Poland China hogs, prize winners at all the fairs, are in great demand.
Mr. Clement, born on December 26, 1839, in Sidney, Shelby county, Ohio, was the eldest of eighteen children, nine sons and nine danghters, born to Benjamin and Lyda Ann (Baker) Cle- ment ; all of this large family grew to maturity, and until recently all were living, there being but one death in the family in forty years. The father was from Berkshire, England, and the mother a native of Ohio. She died in 1857. In the next year, Mr. Clement left home and went to Clinton county, Iowa, and in October, 1859, came to Richardson county, Nebraska, near what is now the town of Humboldt, staying there for some time with an old acquaintance.
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On his way back to Ohio, Mr. Clement travel- ed through Missouri about the time of the elec- tion of 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was the nominee, but as Mr. Clement shrewdly remarks, but few people in Missouri were in favor of Lincoln at that time. Soon after Lincoln was inaugurated, the war broke out, and Mr. Clement enlisted in the Thirteenth United States Infantry, and was assigned to Company A, First Battalion, under Captain Charles E. Ewing, of Ohio. He was in the following engagements: Chickasaw Bayon, Arkansas Post, Black Bayou, Champion Hills, and in the Siege of Vicksburg and the as- sanlt upon the fortifications of Vicksburg, May 19, 1863. He was promoted to the position of sergeant of his company and was discharged on August 14, 1863, at Camp Sherman, Mississippi, with an honorable war record. After the close of the war he settled for a time in Fayette county, Illinois, and later removed to Clinton county, Iowa, following his trade of carpentry in both localities.
Mr. Clement was married to Sarah E. Platts, of Milton, Wisconsin, in May, 1865. Mrs. Cle- ment was with him in the south some five or six months prior to his discharge from the regular army, and they both returned to Clinton county, Iowa, where Mrs. Clement died in Octo- ber, 1871. Two children, Carl C. and Paul P., were born of this union.
In September, 1873, Mr. Clement was married in Clinton county, Iowa, to Mary E. Hurley, a native of Shelby county, Ohio, whence her parents, Leven, and Sarah (Babcock) Hurley. moved to lowa about 1854.
In 1874 Mr. Clement and his family came to Valley county, Nebraska, where he filed on the southeast quarter of section twenty-two, town- ship eighteen, range fourteen. He made home- stead entry on same about six months later and still resides on the original homestead, on which the first little shack they occupied is still stand- ing. They now occupy a fine, comfortable, modern dwelling, surrounded by one of the neat- est, best laid out lawns in central Nebraska. The arrangement of the farm buildings in a crescent is Mr. ('lement's original idea, and the planning of the house and other buildings is original with him. A view of this well arranged farm home is to be found ou one of our illustrated pages, and is one of the best in the entire work.
Mr. Clement has followed his trade of car- penter and builder for nearly thirty years, being engaged most of the time on government work. lle drove the first nail at Fort Niobrara and was there at the time Lieutenant Cherry was killed. Ile was employed at. Fort Robinson seven years. and took part in the building of all the posts in Nebraska, Wyoming and Utah, being top man in all these works. lle built the first house and also the first school house erected in Ord. In 1903 he retired from active work at his trade and is now engaged entirely in the management
of his great stoek farm. It may be mentioned that a steer from this farm was entered hy the Nebraska University at the Chicago stock show in the winter of 1909, and that a Poland China sow from his farm took the sweepstakes at the Nebraska and Kansas state fairs in the same year. As has been said before, Mr. Clement is one of the most prosperous farmers in the state; yet, when he came here in 1874, his entire capi- tal was about eighty-five dollars in money. Wil- low Dell Stock Farm comprises four hundred acres of as fine land as may be found in the west. Mr. Clement also has a tract of forty acres near North Loup.
Mr. and Mrs. Clement have four children, Guy G., who occupies part of Willow Dell Farm, of which he is the business manager; Clara, Ava B., and Hugh H. The family are widely known and highly respected. They worship with the Seventh day Baptists, and Mr. Clement is a repub- lican in politics.
Mr. Clement has tasted many of the hardships and privations of the frontier. While at work at Fort Hartseff he walked home, a distance of seventeen miles, nearly every Saturday night, and returned on foot Sunday afternoon to be ready for work Monday morning. One time when he was detained three weeks, Mrs. Clement, becom- ing uneasy, walked to Ord to learn if the Indians had massacred the inmates of the post. Here she found him finishing a piece of work in town, the work at the post having detained him longer than anticipated. While at Fort Hartseff he lived in a dugout some six months, and endured other hardships that young men of today would seek to avoid.
ISAAC PEED. (Deceased.)
Isaac W. Peed, deceased, was a native of In- diana, born near Lafayette, February 28, 1846, where he followed farming as he grew to man- hood. He emigrated to Iowa, settling in Warren county, and was married near Indianapolis, in 1869, to Mary A. Reed, the second member in a family of ten children born to Benjamin and Delilah Reed.
After his marriage, Mr. Peed and his bride lo- cated in Boone county, lowa, for a number of years, and came to Nebraska in the summer of 1879, he coming on in advance of the family and looking about for a suitable location. He met them at Yankton in July, 1880, and drove across the country to their new home at Bazile Mills, Nebraska. When the party reached the ferry a favorite dog was afraid to cross the stream, and the children were fearful that they would have to lose their pet, but he finally gathered courage as the boat was leaving the bank, made a jump and got aboard, much to the joy of the small people. They reached their destination on July 4, in time to take part in the celebration, and get
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acquainted with their neighbors. Five years were spent there engaged in farming, and Mr. Peed also did freighting to the Black Hills a part of the time. He ran a livery barn for some time, and made a little money at these various occupations.
In 1884 our subject removed with his family to Pierce county, purchasing the relinquishment on the southwest quarter of section thirty-four, which remained his home to the time of his death, November 12, 1909. Mrs. Peed died in March, 1901. They were the parents of seven children, six of whom attained their majority. They are named as follows: Benjamin (deceased), Amanda (deceased), Enna E., wife of Ben M. Jones ; Ella J., first wife of Ben M. Jones, who died in 1907; Zoe, now Mrs. John A. Aird, of Center, Knox county ; Earl, of Jonesville, South Dakota ; and Fern, who lives with a sister, Mrs. Aird, at Center, Nebraska.
Mr. Peed was a republican, and a good citizen and neighbor. He was the platter of Peed's ad- dition to the town of Plainview, and helped in many ways to improve the community. He passed through all the early Nebraska times, and the family is widely known among the pioneers of that part of the state in which they have made their home for so many years, and in his demise Mr. Peed was deeply regretted by the citizens of his town and county.
NIELS C. PETERSEN.
Niels C. Petersen was born in Denmark on October 16, 1867. His parents were Carl F. and Mary Petersen, and their family consisted of six children, our subject being the second in order of birth. When the latter was a babe, the family emigrated to America, landing in New York City in June of 1869, and coming directly across the states to Grand Island, Nebraska. There the father secured employment in the railroad shops and they remained for two years, then settled on a farm in Hall county and lived there for one year. In the spring of 1872, he came to Howard county, took up a pre-emption claim and lived on the land for a year and a half, returning to Hall county at that time and there followed farming for about seventeen years. He next went back to Howard county, locating in the town of Dannebrog and made that his home until the time of his death, which occurred in December, 1894. His widow occupied the family residence for a number of years, then went to live with her son Niels C., junior, on the farm, where she died, on March 2. 1909.
Niels C. Petersen, who is the only living son of our subject, started for himself in his sixteenth year, following different occupations in the vicin- ity of his home for several years. He learned the carpenters' trade and worked at it for about seven years, and in the spring of 1890 begun working as a clerk in a general merchandise store
at Dannebrog, continuing in that line of employ- ment for four years, when he left Nebraska and went to Green River, Wyoming, where he engaged in business for himself, operating a general store for five years. From there he returned to How- ard county and again went on a farm, taking up the old pre-emption claim of his father's, situated on section eight, township thirteen, range eleven, and later purchased one hundred and sixty acres in section nine, which now forms his home farmn. Here he has been very successful, building up the place in fine shape, now having a well improved farm and comfortable home. Since coming to his present home, he sold the pre-emption claim for- merly owned by his father. Besides this tract of land, he owns one hundred and sixty acres in sec- tion thirty-six, Cleveland precinct, and twenty acres in the same precinct, section nine, all being choice lands, acquired by Mr. Petersen through hard labor and good management.
Mr. Petersen was married on January 9, 1896, to Miss Katrina Christensen, who is a de- scendant of an old Howard county family, the event occurring at Dannebrog. Mrs. Petersen's parents were Peter and Annie (Petersen) Chris- tensen. Mrs. Petersen died February 18, 1902, on the homestead farm, leaving a family of three sons, namely : Charles, Peter and Alfred.
In 1905 our subject was married again, to Sophia Olesen, in Dannebrog, and of this union three children have been born: Alma, Delia and Earl. The family are among the prominent mem- bers in their community, and enjoy a large circle of friends. Mr. Petersen has been active in local affairs, serving as precinct assessor during 1892 and 1893, and has also held minor precinct offices.
NED POWERS.
Ned Powers is one of the younger generation of farmers to attain success in Nebraska and takes an active part in the measures in his community that are calculated to advance the best interests of the county and state. Mr. Powers was born in Polk county, Iowa, September 26, 1874, the fourth of the five children born to Francis M. and Louisa (Phillips) Powers. The father, whose im- mediate ancestors were from Pennsylvania, was of Dutch descent, and was himself a native of In- diana. He died in Valley county in 1906. The mother, a native of Ohio, is now living in Benton county, Arkansas, with two of her sons.
In 1886, having received his primary educa- tion in the schools of his native state, Mr. Powers accompanied his parents to Garfield county, Ne- braska, and two years later to Valley county, where he reached maturity and later engaged in farming on his own account. He was married February 23, 1910, to Mrs. Ellen Berridge, a na- tive of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, whose father S. P. Conner, settled in Valley county in 1884. An extended notice of Mr. Conner appears else-
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where in this work. Mrs. Powers was first mar- ried to Samuel Berridge, by whom three children were born: Elsie, Winnie and Samuel, junior, called Uel. Mr. and Mrs. Powers reside on a farm eight miles northeast of Arcadia. He raises stock and pays considerable attention to grain culti- vation. He has spent his entire active life in agri- cultural operations and carries on his work in an intelligent, progressive manner that insures his financial success. He is well known and has many warm friends in his vicinity
All he raised in 1894, "the dry year," was eight or ten bushels of potatoes; they wintered their cattle in Cherry county where hay was more plentiful. Mr. Powers and an uncle weathered the blizzard of January 12, 1888, in an old sod house twelve miles northeast of where Burwell now is, in which three other men had sought shelter. Mr. Powers is a democrat in politics and a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
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