Compendium of history, reminiscence, and biography of Nebraska : containing a history of the state of Nebraska also a compendium of reminiscence and biography containing biographical sketches of hundreds of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of Nebraska, Part 149

Author: Alden Publishing Company
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago : Alden Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1402


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Mr. Stichler is an active man of affairs, and always ready to do his part toward the develop- ment of Valley county ; he has served as township treasurer, and also as a member of the township school board. Mr. Stichler and family have a wide acquaintance and many friends. He is in- dependent of the party lash, voting for the man best fitted for the office, regardless of the ticket on which he may be running, and affiliates with the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Ord.


When Mr. Stichler came to Nebraska, Scotia was the terminus of the railroad. Not a sod had been turned on his place when he settled there. He has passed through the "soddy" days, having had two dwellings of that construction, using the second one until 1906, when he built a fine, large frame house, with the usual conveniences. A view of the home with its large barns and ac- companying outbuildings, is presented on another page of this work. An orchard of one and a half acres gives a varied supply of good fruit.


JOSEPH W. MALY.


Among the representative farmers and stock raisers of Pierce county, Nebraska, who have aided materially in the development of that re- gion, and also of the northeastern part of the state in earlier days, striving to advance the best interests whenever possible, a prominent place is accorded Joseph W. Maly, who resides on his well improved estate in section eighteen, Thompson township. He is a gentleman of energetic char- acter, and well merits his high standing.


Joseph W. Maly, son of Joseph and Fanny (Morage) Maly, was born in the village of Chas- lavi, Bohemia. He has three brothers, Warren, Frank, and John, and two sisters, Mary and Anna, all of whom are residing in Saunders county, Nebraska. His father was born in 1828, in Chaslavi, while the mother was born in 1829; and both are still living on the old home place in Saunders county.


The parents, with their family, came to America in 1872 and settled in Saunders county, Nebraska, where the father homesteaded land. Here our subject passed his boyhood days, at- tending the country school, which was held in a sod school house, when not assisting in the farm work at home.


Mr. Maly, when a boy, experienced all the hardships endured by the early settlers in those days, when people lived in sod houses and dug- outs, and hay and corn were used for fuel. Our subject and family experienced the two great blizzards of 1873 and 1880; they lived thirty-five miles from a railroad, and had to drive to market with ox teams, the journey taking about a week to go and return.


Mr. Maly was united in holy wedlock to Miss Anna Proaski, and to this union six children have been born, whose names are as follows: Emma, Bessie, Millie, Tillie, Olga, and Ella, all of whom are living at home.


Mr. and Mrs. Maly came to Pierce county, Nebraska, from Saunders county, in 1892, buying land from Tom Moore, remaining on this place up to the present time. Mr. Maly owns one hundred and sixty acres in section eighteen, Thompson township, and he and his family are highly respected by all who know them. In religious faith, they are Catholic.


CHARLES E. TAYLOR.


Charles E. Taylor, prominent in official cir- cles of Howard county, Nebraska, is also one the substantial citizens in the commercial life of that region. He is cashier of the Citizens National Bank, and for two years held the office of mayor of St. Paul, filling the office to the satisfaction of the entire community, gaining many friends in every walk of life. Mr. Taylor is a very young man to hold the different offices to which he has been elected, and in every instance


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has filled the same in a most creditable manner, possessing a remarkably keen and pleasant per- sonality and winning the regard of all with whom he comes in contact by his integrity and straight- forward business principles.


Mr. Taylor was born in Ashton, Illinois, De- cember 9, 1872, and is a son of John and Susan Taylor. When a lad of seven years old, the fam- ily moved to Sherman county, Nebraska, and there Charles attended the local schools, later going to the St. Paul high school for two years. During 1892 and 1893, he was a student at the Western Normal College, at Lincoln, returning to Ashton, Sherman county, in the latter year, where he entered the employ of Taylor & Conklin, store- keepers of that place.


Mr. Taylor first came to St. Paul in August, 1895, going into the county clerk's office as deputy clerk, and on January 1, 1898, became deputy county treasurer, and served for two terms. In the fall of 1901 he was elected county treasurer of Howard county and held the office for four years. In January, 1906, Mr. Taylor be- came connected with the St. Paul State Bank, was appointed cashier of the institution the fol- lowing month, and remained in this position until November, 1909, when he was appointed cashier of the Citizens National Bank, of St. Paul, which office he is now filling. During 1907 and 1908, Mr. Taylor was mayor of St. Paul, and as such discharged all the duties of the office with tact and ability.


On June 17, 1901, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Vera Force, who is a daughter of one of the pioneer families of Howard county. Mrs. Taylor is a charming young woman, and they have two beautiful little daughters, now about six years of age. They occupy one of the handsome residences of their city, and are among the prominent and popular members of society.


CHARLES J. ROOD.


Charles J. Rood, born on July 4, 1851, the fourth child of Charles P. and Marianne Rood, bears the distinction of being the first white child born in his township in Waushara county, Wisconsin.


Mr. Rood grew to manhood years on the Wis- consin farm, receiving the usual school advan- tages of that time and place, and for some time taught school in his home county.


On April 3, 1872, Mr. Rood and his brother, George, left Wisconsin, starting overland for the Loup Valley in Nebraska. Their party was only one of several that left Waushara county that spring, all bound for the North Loup Valley. The two Rood boys, with Oscar Babcock and a Mr. Jacobs, who had joined them at Grand Island, reached the Valley on May 13.


Charles and George Rood took a homestead on the east half of section thirty-four, township eighteen, range thirteen, and the former, the


principal subject of this sketch, has thus been a resident of Valley county since the date of the first settlement. Mr. Rood has followed farming and stock raising, and has also given much of his attention to the agency business, represent- ing the McConnon's Remedy Company since 1903.


Mr. Rood has been closely identified with the progress and development of Valley county, especially along educational lines. He taught school in district number one, in 1874, and the following year taught in the first frame school house opened in Ord district, Mrs. Haskell hav- ing previously taught in a dugout.


Mr. Rood was married to Rosa P. Furrow at the home of her father, John Furrow, (one of the original settlers of the Valley) on October 30, 1875. To them were born ten children, named as follows: Bertha Alice, Byron R., Nina, Esther A., Marianne, Marcia, May, Carrie, Bayard A., Elsie Lee, and Eunice Pauline.


Mr. and Mrs. Rood have resided in Valley county since the date of the first settlement and have thus become identified with the develop- ment of this beautiful region. They are highly respected and esteemed by many friends.


FRANK TANNEHILL.


Frank Tannehill, who resides on section twen- ty-five, township twenty-three, range one, Madison county, Nebraska, is proprietor of one of the most valuable estates in Madi- son county, and has been a resident of that county for a number of years. He is promi- nently known throughout the section where he resides as one of the foremost farmers and stock men, and is one of the prosperous men of his locality.


Mr. Tannehill is a native of Indiana, being born in that state February 15, 1862; he is a son of August and Amanda (Potter) Tannehill. The father was born in Indiana, the mother's birth occurring in the same state. Our subject's father served in the civil war, enlisting in Com- pany C, One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Indiana Volunteers, and saw active service as captain of his company from 1862 to 1865, until the close of the war. Mr. Tannehill's father is a descendant of the illustrious poet Tannehill, and comes from a good family. He went to Pike's Peak in 1854, with an ox team, during the rush to the gold fields, and altogether has had quite and eventful life.


In 1883 the father, with his family, came from Indiana to Madison county, Nebraska, where he bought three hundred and twenty acres of fine land, known as the B. E. Reed homestead. When he purchased this farm there was a log house on the land, which has since been replaced by a frame structure.


In the pioneer days of settlement in Nebraska, elk, deer and antelope were plentiful, and were


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often seen in herds throughout the country; prairie fires were a great source of anxiety and danger when the family first came here, and many times they fought the rolling mass of flames to save their home, lives, and property. Our subjeet well remembers these incidents, and took active part in building up the foundation for a prosperous and resourceful country.


In 1883, Mr. Tannehill, our subject, was united in marriage to Miss Lucrettie Loney, a native of Indiana, and Mr. and Mrs. Tannehill are the pa- rents of seven children, whose names are as fol- lows: Mande, Eva, Clyde, Esther, Allen, Josephine, and Joseph, deceased. They are mem- bers of the Christian church (Campbellites) and Mr. Tannehill is a democrat.


Mrs. Tannehill's parents came to Cuming county, Nebraska, from Indiana, in the year 1867, and are old settlers of the state, highly esteemed and respected by all.


AUGUSTUS MORROW.


Augustus Morrow and family are well known among the older settlers of Custer county, where they have aided in furthering the cause of educa- tion and other progressive movements. Mr. Mor- row was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1835, third child of the four sons and three daughters of Wilson J. and Barbara (Metz) Morrow. Both parents were natives of Penn- sylvania, where they were married, and both are deceased. In 1855 the family left Pennsylvania and located in Peru, Illinois, and Mr. Morrow has a sister and two brothers still living in that state. In 1856 he worked on river boats, having charge of ice barges that were being shipped to southern states. He was also employed as a watchman on steamboats, and in similar capaeities.


At the time of the civil war Mr. Morrow en- listed in an Illinois regiment, being mustered in at Chicago in June, 1862, as a member of Company A, Sixty-ninth Volunteer Infantry. He served on gunboats and transports during most of his term of service and also served on detached guard duty. He was mustered out in the fall of 1864 and returned to Pern, where he again worked for the ice company during the winter months.


In January, 1870, at Peru, Mr. Morrow mar- ried Esther Robinson. and they began living on land he owned on the river bottom near that vil- lage. Ile carried on farming during the summers and worked on the river in the winters. In the fall of 1883 he came to Custer county to look the country over for a suitable place to loeate, and took a homestead on the southeast quarter of sec- tion twenty-two, township seventeen, range twenty-five, returning to Illinois to spend the winter. In March, 1884. he came to Nebraska again, bringing a car of household goods, three horses and a cow. The journey was made by rail to Cozad, and then across country to the new


home. In June of the same year his wife and five children made the trip to the homestead, and the family have continued since to make that their home, except for five years spent on a Kincaid homestead in Logan county. Thus Mr. Morrow became a homesteader a second time. This second home was located eleven miles northwest of Ar- nold. He is one of the few original homesteaders still in possession of their farms and has made a splendid success of his years in Nebraska. He has done his share in promoting the general welfare and progress and is recognized as an enterprising and public-spirited citizen. Mrs. Morrow died on the homestead February 4, 1904, sadly mourned by her family and friends and missed in the com- munity where she had lived so many years.


Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Morrow, of whom six now survive: Martha, at home ; Dr. John H., a physician and surgeon, mar- ried and living in Merna, has five children; George W., Augustus J., Charles R., and Wilson E., at home. The last-named is the only one born in Nebraska. Martha and Charles R., also own Kineaid elaims in Logan county.


HON. NEIL M. NELSON


Honorable Neil M. Nelson, county commissioner of Pieree county, Nebraska, is one of the most prominent men of affairs in that portion of his state. He has always taken an active interest in the welfare of his county and state, has served in various offices of trust, and has invariably per- formed his duties faithfully and well, thereby gaining the highest esteem of all


Our subject was born on March 18, 1855, near the village of Horsens, province of Jutland, Den- mark, a son of James and Anna (Paulson) Nelson. The elder Nelson learned years afterward that as a soldier in the Danish army, he had opposed his venerable friend, Christian Hecht, of Plainview, a German soldier, in the battle of Idstedt.


In the latter fifties, James Nelson, with his family, embarked at Keil on the "Humbolt," an emigrant ship bound for the United States, and after a stormy voyage of six weeks landed in New York.


Their first permanent location was made at Omaha, where Neil attended his first school. Mr. Nelson was one of a hand of Mormon proselytes on their way to Salt Lake City, Utah, but not un- til reaching Florence, six miles north of Omaha, did he learn that polygamy was one of the tenets of the Mormon faith. He left the colony here. and returned to Omaha, where he secured employment at his trade of wagonmaker, and followed that work until 1868. Moving to Dakota, he spent a short time in looking over the state before re- turning to Nebraska to buy a farm near Pilger, Stanton county. Here he prospered wonderfully, soon being able to add a half-section to his origi- mal quarter. He lived on that homestead until


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1902, when he died at the advanced age of seven- ty-seven years.


Our subject attended the country schools as a boy, eagerly seeking after knowledge, soon becoming sufficiently proficient in the English lan- guage to enable him to teach, which profession he followed for several years. In 1881 he went to Plainview where he had secured a position as manager for William Ragan in the grain and lumber business, and took charge of their office at Creighton, when that station was opened for business, selling the first lumber and unloading the first car of it to arrive there. The business was sold to Holbrook & Frees, our subject being retained as manager, until the following year, when in partnership with F. E. Baxter, he opened a hardware store in Plainview. Eighteen months later his father purchased Mr. Baxter's interest and changed the firm name to N. M. Nelson & Company. Several years afterwards Neil pur- chased his father's interest and became sole owner. He sold the hardware business in 1902 and the implement business in the fall of 1903, prior to assuming the duties of county treasurer.


Mr. Nelson has been a lifelong republican. He served many years on the town board as district treasurer, and for eight years as justice of the peace, in one election receiving every vote cast except his own. In 1888 he was elected to the state convention to nominate delegates to the na- tional convention. In 1902 he was elected to rep- resent the nineteenth district in the state legis- lature, and the following years was elected coun- ty treasurer, being the first republican to succeed to the office. He was re-elected the following term. He settled in Pierce in 1904, and in 1908 was elected county commissioner. In every in- stance he has filled the office to which he was elected, with excellent judgment, gaining the con- fidence and esteem of the entire country by his upright character and honest dealings.


Mr. Nelson is a member of the Masonic lodge in Pierce, a prominent Knight of Pythias, Odd Fellow and Workman, and, taking it altogether, is one of the best known and most highly esteemed men of the entire state of Nebraska.


Mr. Nelson was married at Plainview, Decem- ber 24, 1882, to Miss Lydia A. Howell, who is a native of Peoria, Illinois, and to them have been born seven children. six of whom are now living, namely : Charlotte, wife of L. C. Tonner, deputy county treasurer ; Chester A., in the auto business in Pierce ; Edith, wife of C. W. Ulrich, residing in Montana : Benjamin. Leonard, aud Bernardine, all following honorable careers in Pierce county.


JUDGE JOIIN L. MARTIN. (Deceased.)


The gentleman above named was for many years one of the leading citizens of Merrick county, and to his efforts were due much of the prosperity enjoyed in that region. Ile was a 23


man of strong character and during his lifetime enjoyed the esteem and respect of all with whom he came in contact, and his memory is cherished by a host of warm friends throughout the coun- try.


John L. Martin, deceased, son of John and Catherine (Lutz) Martin was born in Pennsyl- vania, May 12, 1813, and was second in the family of eight children, all of whom are deceased. He received his schooling in the home state and later went with his parents to Ohio. While living there he was married to Miss Rebecca Casky who was born in Ireland. Seven children were born to this union: Henry, deceased, survived by a wife and several children; Impertus, died when young ; Mary J., who is married to D. Callanan, lives in Laramie, Wyoming; Sarah, married to James Vieregg; Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, Grand Island, Nebraska; Charles, and John, who resides in Ne- braska. Mrs. Martin died in 1872, in Nebraska.


Judge Martin was one of the original forty- niners who went to seek gold in California, where he remained three years, when he returned to Ohio and engaged in blacksmithing. In 1860, our subject came to Nebraska, locating in Schuy- ler, where he worked at his trade two years, then coming to what was known as Platte county, later surveyed and organized as Merrick, Mr. Martin being one of the organizers. Here he home- steaded land and purchased considerable railroad land.


On February 26, 1874, Mr. Martin was married to Elmira Cunningham who was born in Ontario, Canada, but at the time a resident of Polk county, Nebraska. Judge and Mrs. Martin had four chil- dren born to them: James G. Blaine Martin, who lives on the home place; Roscoe Conklin Martin, who resides in Omaha; and George Edmunds Martin, who is residing at home; and Mabel May, wife of Mert Beanblossom, who lives in Des Moines, Iowa.


Judge Martin was very closely identified with all the interests of his county. He was the first teachers' examiner in the county, justice of the peace nine years, served his county as judge two terms, and also practiced law, and was instru- mental in organizing school districts. He was also a surveyor and did a good deal of work in that line. He was one of the most prominent men of his locality standing for all pertaining to the upbuilding of his state and county, and was widely and favorably known. He died March 15, 1893.


Mrs. Martin is still living on the old home- stead, surrounded by a large circle of friends. HIer father, Stephen Cunningham, died in 1888 in Polk county, Nebraska, and her mother died in 1904 in the same county. She has one brother re- siding in Polk county, Nebraska : one in the state of Washington; another in Ontario, Canada, and still another, who resides near Kearney, Nebraska. She has a sister residing in Underwood, Iowa; one in Ontario, Canada, and another in Rolla, North Dakota.


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MARTIN CHRISTENSEN.


There is no more contented and happy a couple in Spencer than the venerable Martin Christensen and his good wife who are, now living, retired from all activities of busy farm life, in a cozy cottage nestling on the hillslope in the east part of Spencer.


As their name would indieate, Mr. and Mrs. Christensen are natives of Denmark, his birth oe- curring in Langelong Island, May 9, 1842. He married in Denmark November 3, 1865, Mrs. Christensen being at the time Miss Minnie Han- sen. They emigrated to America in 1871, sailing first from Copenhagen to Keil, thence by land to Hamburg, whence they crossed the North Sea to Hul]. By rail they proceeded to Liverpool and from there began the real voyage to America. They landed in New York in May and came direct to Cedar Falls, Iowa, which they reached on the 24th of the month. In the vicinity of the town they rented four years, and then Mr. Christensen took the contract of feeding cattle on a large farm near by, and lived here until their coming to Nebraska in 1880. They settled on Turkey creek in Holt county, reaching their claim on the 27th of April at one o'clock in the afternoon. He pre-empted a quarter section and filed on a home- stead, making a half section of fine land. In 1901 he bought an additional quarter. For twenty- nine years this industrious conple lived on their farm retiring to their present cottage home the first of September, 1909.


After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Christen- sen remained in the old country as long as the parents of either lived; they having given a prom- ise to Mother Hansen that they would remain, before she gave her consent to their union and her blessing. Of their seven children, four are living. They are: Christian, a bridge builder of Spencer; Carrie, wife of Rudolph Jeppsen ; Laura, wife of Sherry Leslie; and Charlie. The three younger ones are in Gregory, South Dakota, on elaims.


Mr. Christensen is an independent in polities with a leaning towards the republicans. For gen- erations their ancestors have been of the Lutheran faith.


During the first years of life in the west, Mr. Christensen occupied a log house. Deer and ante- lope were plentiful, as many as nine being seen at one time, and wild turkeys were still to be l'ound in the canyons. Indians were to be seen in large numbers on the reservation north of the Ni- obrara, and frequently crossed to the south side to trade, giving their clothes at times for chick- ens or pork, and returning to camp with nothing but a blanket and breech-elout.


Above his cottage in Speneer, Mr. Christensen has a fine spring which is run into reservoirs and piped into the house.


Cheerful and happy, Mr. and Mrs. Christensen are found to be good neighbors and friends, a do- sirable acquisition to the citizenship of any town.


JULIUS G. WAGNER.


Among the prosperous farmers of Staunton county, Nebraska, who have grown up in this local- ity, we may mention the name of Julins G. Wag- ner, owner of a most valuable estate in section one, township twenty-two, range two.


Mr. Wagner was born in 1867, and enjoys the distinction of being one of the first white children born in this county. His father was a German. who came to America in the early days of western settlement, and was a pioneer successively in Wis- consin, Iowa and Nebraska. The trip from Wis- consin to Council Bluffs was made with a yoke of oxen, but the latter pilgrimage was made by means of horses. The subscriber's mother left Prussia when she was only ten years of age. She came from a family who enjoyed some distinc- tion, as her father was a carriage-maker who worked for the king. They were married at Watertown, Wisconsin. After coming to Staun- ton county, Nebraska, they took up a homestead seven miles from where the town of Staunton is now situated. Their first home here was in a dug- out, and it served the family as a dwelling place for several years.


Having never known what life would be in one of the thiekly settled and sheltered portions of the country, Mr. Wagner grew up in an atmos- phere of self-reliance and endurance and hardy courage, and he has proven himself worthy of his early training. Although still in the prime of life, he may be counted among the oldest settlers of the region. He remembers many interesting details of the life of the pioneers which could not help being more interesting in retrospection than when it was endured. For a long, time their nearest neighbors in Nebraska were more than ten miles away, and Omaha was their nearest market and postoffice.


In 1889, Mr. Wagner was married to Miss Mattie Starliper. But one child has been born to them, Pehi A.


LEWIS SHOEMAKER.


Among the prosperous citizens of Antelope county who have spent many years in this lo- cality, is the subject of this personal review, Lewis E. Shoemaker, owner of a valuable estate in Verdigris township. He is prominently known throughout the northeastern part of Nebraska as one of the foremost farmers and stockmen of that section, and after many years' hard labor in building up his business is now prepared to en- joy the remaining years of his life in peace and comfort. Ile still personally superintends his farm, and takes an aetive part in all neighbor- hood affairs of publie welfare.




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