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 158

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


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For some time Mr. Rood had been suffering from a complication of diseases and his death occurred in North Loup on March 17, 1878. Dur- ing life he was best known for his strong relig- ious character. He was an early student of the bible and by the time he had reached the age of sixteen years, had come to believe the seventh day of the week to be the Sabbath and aecord- ingly became a convert to the Seventh Day Bap- tist faith: In after years, while residing in Wis- eonsin especially, he did considerable preaching for this church at Dakota and Berlin, and also


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frequently lectured on the subject of temper- ance. Throughout his long life he proved him- self to be a man of sterling worth.


Mother Rood, now at the advanced age of eighty-seven years, resides in North Loup. She is still quite active and enjoys the love of chil- dren and friends and the reverence and respect of all who know her.


JOHN A. BALLANTYNE.


John A. Ballantyne, one of the most respected citizens of Norfolk, Nebraska, was born in Gouverneur, Saint Lawrence county, New York, April 4, 1853, and was the second of eight chil- dren in the family of Archibald and Margaret Ballantyne, who had four sons and four daugh- ters.


Mr. Ballantyne received his early advantages in New York state, and in 1876 went into the state of Michigan. In the summer of 1878 he came to Knox county, Nebraska, coming overland from Yankton, South Dakota, and walking the entire distance, reaching his new home place, Blyville post office, August 28, 1878, with fifty dollars capital and his chest of tools, as he was a carpenter by trade and followed the occupation of contractor and builder. On December 13, 1878, our subject was joined in Knox county by his father, mother, two brothers and two sisters who came overland via the Yankton, South Dakota, route, and three years later a third sis- ter joined the family. Mr. Ballantyne and his father and brothers became quite extensive land owners in the county of Knox, and the father was known as an old time pioneer in that section. Three members of the family died while residing in Knox county, Mr. Ballantyne's mother, and brother Walter, died in December, 1905, and his father died in December, 1909. At the present time two sons and three daughters survive : Mary, who is married to James Balentine, who reside in Knox county ; Alice, who is married to Henry Weigand, who reside in Knox county ; George B., who is also married and lives in Knox county ; and Agnes, who is unmarried and resides at Hartington, Cedar county, Nebraska.


Mr. Ballantyne, the subject of this sketch, resided in Knox county about four years and then moved to Hartington, Cedar county, Ne- braska, and continued his business of contractor and builder for two years; then was affiliated with the Wilcox Lumber Company in Harting- ton for three years; and then resumed his trade in connection with the furniture and undertaking business. In 1889, our subject became connected with the Edwards-Bradford Lumber Company, going to Osmond, Pierce county, Nebraska, as manager of the yards at that place for eleven years ; he then moved to Norfolk, Nebraska, hav- ing become traveling auditor for the Edwards- Bradford Company, and in February, 1908, be- came resident manager and distributor for their


business in this locality, in their local lumber and coal yards, where he is still located.


Mr. Ballantyne was united in marriage No- vember 25, 1885, to Miss Lyda E. Paddock. Mrs. Ballantyne was born in Ohio, October 27, 1855, and is a daughter of Solomon and Evylin (Whitney) Paddock.


Mr. and Mrs. Ballantyne have a fine family of five children, whose names and histories are as follows: John A., junior, who is married to Miss Jennie Benning, lives in Gregory, South Dakota, and has one child, is also connected with the William Krotter Company; Robert S., who is with the Edwards-Bradford Company in Norfolk; and Byron W., Bernice Evaline, and George W., who reside at home.


Mr. Ballantyne is one of the foremost busi- ness men of Norfolk, where he owns a fine modern


home and all improvements, and he and his family are prominent in the social and church circles of their home town. They are members of the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Ballantyne is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a republican.


JOHN W. McININCH.


Jolın W. McIninch is a native Nebraskan, born in Nemala county, where his parents were original homesteaders, February 17, 1863. He is a son of Benjamin Franklin and Eliza Jane (Kennedy) McIninch. The father, who was a pioneer of pioneers in Nebraska, was a native of Ohio, born in 1833, and was married in Missouri about 1854. In the fall of 1856 he and his wife came to Nemaha county, Nebraska, being prac- tically driven from Missouri by the guerilla war- fare then being carried on there, as he was a union man. They made the trip with a yoke of two year old steers with a wagon and camping outfit and carrying fifteen cents in money. They landed in Nemaha county amongst the Indians, as at that time there were but very few white settlers in that part of the state. They still re- side on the farm where they first located and Mr. McIninch has aided in the development of his part of the state from frontier days, when it re- quired high courage and good common sense to cope with existing conditions. He and his wife spent their first night in Nemaha county in a log cabin owned by a family of Germans who could not speak English. As Mr. McIninch and wife could speak no German their only conver- sation was carried on by means of signs. Neigh- bors were then few and far apart. They deserve great credit for overcoming the many trials and discouragements that come to the first settler in any country and in this way helping to pave the way for later generations. In 1862 Mr. McIninch enlisted in the army for frontier service and passed through the dangers incident to the soldiers who protected the frontier and looked out for the interests of the white settlers. He


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had a comrade who was scalped by the Indians, but who is still living.


At their golden wedding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Mclninch had with them seven of their eight children and six grandchildren, and it is a remarkable fact that at that time there had been no death in their family. They have lived on their original homestead since first coming to Nemaha county and the deed to their land is signed by President Buchanan. It is believed Mr. McIninch is the only man living in Nemaha county who owns an original homestead which was secured at so early a date. His present com- fortable home stands but a few feet from the site of their original log cabin. They have the respect and esteem of a large circle of friends and are a splendid example of the highest class of pioneer families. Mrs. McIninch at one time drove Indians out of the cabin with a stove poker, after which the chief wanted to trade 'squaws" with her husband. She was left alone with a baby and two small children during her husband's frontier service and was not afraid to look after her own interests in order that her husband might give his help in a good cause. Mr. MeIninch and his four sons belong to the Masonic order and he has had canes made for all of them out of a walnut log that was a part of the first log cabin built for the family in 1856, the emblem of the order being engraved on the canes.


Benjamin F. McIninch and wife had children as follows: Sarah, deceased, was the wife of Richard Bryant and left four children; Cora, wife of William B. Waite, of Cairo, Nebraska, a pioneer of the region, has two children; John, principal subject of this sketch; Amos, of Custer county, is married and has one child; Otto, of Mason City, is married; Frances, wife of James Reardon, lives in Nemaha county; Belle, wife of Walter Parker, lives in Nemaha county, Kan- sas; Benjamin, living with his parents, is married and has one child.


John W. MeIninch was educated in his native county and lived on the home farm with his parents until the time of his marriage, at the home of the bride's parents in Nemaha county, March 13, 1888, to Ida Nelson, daughter of Carl and Margaret Nelson, a native of Indiana, who came with her parents to Nebraska in 1885. In April, 1888, the young couple came to Custer county and settled on a tree claim five miles north of Mason City, where they began house- keeping. The family moved to Mason City in 1903, and have since lived there, Mr. Melninch having extensive business interests in that city. He has always been prominently identified with the growth and upbuilding of the region and is actively connected with various business in- terests. He owns considerable farm land and has been a leading stock man in the county. He was one of the organizers of the First State bank of Mason City, which was later absorbed by the 24 12


Mason City Banking Company. He is a repub- lican in politics and is well known in many circles. He is a member of the Masonic order. Two children were born to him and his wife, Amy and Arthur, both at home.


RENO J. MILLER.


Reno J. Miller first came to Nebraska in 1884, reaching Plainview on February 28. He filed on a homestead six miles south of Plainview, where he resided ten years before moving to town. After a year in town, he returned to the country, the meanwhile having sold his home- stead and purchased another farm, five miles southwest of Foster, which he occupied 'until March 1, 1908, making his home since that time in Plainview, leaving his eldest son in charge of the farm.


Mr. Miller was born in Butler county, Iowa, June 24, 1862, where he grew to manhood and followed farming until coming to Nebraska. He is a son of Charles and Catherine (Lewis) Miller, both natives of Pennsylvania. They migrated to Butler county, Iowa, in 1858, where the father was engaged in farming all his life.


Mr. Miller was married in Butler county, Iowa, January 12, 1884, to Miss Ida Berry, a native of that state. Her father, John Berry, was born and reared in England, as was the mother; they emigrated to Canada and later to Iowa, settling near Cedar Falls. Mrs. Miller passed to her reward May 5, 1905. Five children were born to her: Ernest, who married Pearlie Holmes and lives on his father's farm, their son Orville Edward, being the first grandchild; Forest, Arthur, Gertrude and Grace.


Mr. Miller is a republican, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is also affi- liated with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows and Modern Woodmen of America lodges.


Like most of the early settlers, Mr. Miller burned hay, and for two years that was the only fuel they had, except a change to cornstalks or corn. At that time there was not a tree to be seen on the wide prairies, where now groves are so thickly scattered that the landscape looks as if this might have been timbered country. These give the country the appearance of being much older than it is. Mr. Miller witnessed in 1885 a natural phenomenon that few have seen, a sand storm such as may be seen in the desert. He was planting trees when the tawny cloud came up from the northwest, and so thick was sand in the air that he was compelled to quit and seek shelter in the house, and even there the gritty dust found him. There were a few antelope in the country when Mr. Miller first came but they did not remain long, being either exterminated or driven farther out on the frontier. At the time of the blizzard of January 12, 1888, Mr. Miller and his wife had gone to a neighbor's a mile and a half south, she to spend the day while


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the two men went to town. Stopping a moment at Mr. Miller's place to get some letters to mail, he was in the house but a few minutes, and coming out conld hardly see the team. Opening the barn doors so his stock could enter, the two men managed to find their way back to their starting place and here both families spent the night. By good fortune none of their stock was lost. The next morning Mr. Miller assist- ed in getting to their homes the children who had been kept at school all night by the storm. Dur- ing this blizzard it was noticed that there was a strong charge of electricity in the air. Mr. Miller and his neighbor amused themselves with sparks of the fluid that would fly between the poker and the stove when brought close to- gether. Mr. Miller was in the track of the severe hailstorm of June, 1890, and when it had passed, his cornfield was as bare as if freshly plowed. However, he got to work with a cultivator and the beaten sprouts of green came out again and made a fair crop. Neighbors who neglected cultivation had no crops at all.


Mr. Miller has noticed that there has been a change since 1898; the planting of numerous groves and the cultivation of the soil seemingly have caused a greater fall of rain. Land which at that time was a sandy waste is now a region of fertile farms, producing large crops of ex- cellent corn.


Mr. Miller and family enjoy the esteem of all who know them, and Mr. Miller's success is an excellent example of what perseverance and integrity can accomplish.


CYRUS KELLOGG.


Among the old settlers of Nebraska who have spent many years in the work of building up and developing the commercial industries of a new country, the gentleman above named holds a prominent place. He came here in the pioneer days and has watched the growth of this section from its early organization, and his name will occupy a foremost place in the history of Mer- rick county and vicinity.


Cyrus Kellogg, farmer, son of Joseph and Adaline (Corey) Kellogg, was born in Steuben county, Indiana, September 4, 1848, was a twin, and sixth is a family of eleven children. He has two brothers residing in Indiana, one in Michigan, one in Williams county, Ohio, and another in Oklahoma; he has two sisters resid- ing in Indiana, and the other children are de- eeased. The father died December 12, 1876, and the mother on July 3, 1880, both in Indiana. Joseph Kellogg was born in the state of Con- necticut and his wife in New York state. They were married in New York state and emigrated to Indiana in the early days when they had to cut roads through the timber. Cyrus Kellogg received his education in the home schools and later engaged in farming. In September of 1871,


in company with three other men, Mr. Kellogg drove overland to Merrick county, Nebraska, and homesteaded eighty acres in section twenty-four, township twelve, range eight; and timber-claimed one hundred and sixty acres, and also pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres.


On September 25, 1873, Mr. Kellogg was mar- ried to Clarice M. Shoemaker, of Iowa. To Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg eight children were born, six of whom are living: Clarence W., who resides in Keith county, Nebraska; Cora A., wife of H. L. Willard, has four children and resides in Chap- man, Nebraska; Cyrus J., who lives at home; Chester B., resides in Keith county, Nebraska ; Cozetta B., wife of A. Klingenberg, has one child and resides in Merrick county; and Cecil K., who resides at home. Celora and Clyo died in infancy.


Mr. Kellogg has been prosperous and suc- cessful and owns six hundred and sixty acres of land, three hundred and forty acres in Merrick, and three hundred and twenty in Keith county, Nebraska, four hundred acres of which is under cultivation. He is a progressive man of affairs, interested in all pertaining to the welfare of his state and county. He has served as justice of the peace four years; was instrumental in organizing his school district number two, and served as director of same for some years. He is widely and favorably known, and holds the re- spect and esteem of all who know him.


Mrs. Kellogg was a daughter of Jacob and Sarah A. (Brunt) Shoemaker, the former born in Pennsylvania, and the latter in Indiana. They emigrated to Iowa in 1846, and came to Merrick county, Nebraska in 1871. Mr. Shoemaker died in Grand Island, Nebraska in 1896 and his widow is now a resident of that place. Mrs. Kellogg has one brother residing in Merrick county, one in South Dakota, one in Custer county, Nebraska, one in Hall county, Nebraska, and another in Oregon; a sister who resides in Grand Island, one in Fremont, one in Hall county, and another in Norfolk.


Mr. Kellogg and family are now living on the eighty aeres on which he made his orignal settlement. He first built a sod house, in which he kept batch for about a year and then built a one room frame building fourteen by sixteen feet. This is now a part of his present home and later he added another room. In 1898 he erected his present residence. His first year in Nebraska was a good one for him, but after that until 1896 conditions were as a rule very un- favorable and there were times when he burned corn which at ten cents per bushel was cheaper than coal. He has passed through all the try- ing experiences of early pioneer days, and of all the settlers who came at about the time Mr. Kellogg did there are only four left in this lo- cality. Mr. Kellogg has resided continuously on his present place for over forty years.


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T. B. STEINBACH.


Located very pleasantly in section twelve, township thirty-two, range eight, is to be found the estimable gentleman whose name introduces this biographical writing. Mr. Steinbach is well- known throughout the locality in which he re- sides, and highly respected by his fellow men.


Mr. Steinbach is a native of Bohemia, being born in that conntry in the year 1886; and he is the son of Thomas and Eva Steinbach, both natives of Bohemia. When our subject was a small boy, he, with his parents, left the land of their nativity to come to the land of plenty, the new world of which they had heard such promising accounts. The family embarked on the steamship "Columbus" from Bremen, Germany, and after a voyage of six days, landed in Bal- timore, Maryland. After landing on American shores, they immediately started for the west, locating in Saunders county, Nebraska, where they remained one year; later coming to Knox county, where they took up a homestead on which they built a sod house. On this homestead our subject spent his boybood days, attending school, and during vacation times helping his father on the farm. Here the family endured the many hardships and unpleasant experiences incident to those first days of pioneer settlement, and Mr. Steinbach can relate many interesting stories connected with those early days on the western frontier.


Mr. Steinbach was united in holy matrimony in 1909 to Miss Mary Clinch, and Mr. and Mrs. Steinbach have the friendship and good wishes of a. host of friends and acquaintances.


JOHN CALELLY.


John Calelly, proprietor of one of the most valuable estates in Stanton county, Nebraska, has been a resident of that locality for a number of years. IIc is recognized throughout the north- eastern part of the state as one of the foremost farmers and stockmen of that section. After many years of hard labor in building up his busi- ness, he is now prepared to enjoy the remam- ing years of his life in peace and comfort, sur- rounded by a host of friends and acquaintances.


Mr. Calelly is a native of New York state, and was born September 13, 1854, the son of Barnie and Julia ('alelly, both natives of Ireland. The parents came to America in the early days, when ocean traveling was done entirely by means of sailing vessels. Their trips across the ocean consumed forty days. The childhood and youth of the subscriber was spent on the farm in New York state.


The family came west in 1869, and settled in Douglas county, Nebraska. The subscriber remained at home, helping his parents, for some years.


In 1885, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary McInery.


Two years later, in 1887, Mr. and Mrs. Calelly drove from Douglas county to Stanton county, where he took up a homestead, which has been their home ever since. At that time, he put up the frame house which has sheltered them for so many years. Many extensive improvements have been added to the farm since that time, and it is now one of the most valuable estates in the county.


Mr. and Mrs. Calelly are the parents of seven children all of whom are living. They are named as follows: Mary, Blanche, Margaret, Fannie, John B., Theresa and Clarence.


Mr. Calelly is a public-spirited man, of un- tiring energy and perseverance, and enjoys an enviable reputation among the people of this community.


ANDREW HENGSTLER.


No one holds a higher place in the estimation of the citizens of Creighton, Nebraska, than the venerable Andrew Hengstler, now retired from . active management of his broad acres.


He is a native of the village of Aldingen, Wittenberg, Germany, born July 27, 1838. In his native country he followed farm labor until 1864, when he came to the United States and worked in the mines of Michigan three years. Here often a nugget of silver was to be found in the veins of native copper, and Mr. Hengstler has a ring and watch case made from that metal, which he found thus while delving in the mines.


On his first voyage across the ocean, Mr. IIengstler sailed from Bremen and was eighteen days at sea. During the severe storm of their passage the vessel was given up for lost, at times there being eighteen inches of water in the cabin in which our young emigrant with his fellow passengers were battened down. Mr. Hengstler remained in America three years, then returned to Germany for a visit of about six months, and then came back to the United States. On his second trip over, a large party of our subject's fellow villagers, five men and twelve girls, in- cluding his present wife and a number of her sisters and brothers, set sail for the new world. Leaving home the 7th of September, they sailed from Bremen the fourteenth on the "America" and landed on the twenty-eighth in New York.


Sojourning for a time in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. HIengstler joined his future bride and her party at Madison, Ohio, where a brother had preceded her. Together they all came to Nebraska and in November, 1867, found employment in or near the fort at Cottonwood Springs in Lincoln county. Mr. ITengstler worked in the canyons with others getting ont wood, and after their marriage Mrs. Hengstler cooked for the large party of team- sters and wood-choppers of the fort, at which her husband assisted her.


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They next occupied a farm in Saunders county, near Fremont, from October, 1869, until 1872, when they filed on a homestead adjoining Creighton on the south. This Mr. Hengstler Iater sold and moved to a timber claim he had secured on the line of the country a few miles south. Here by industry he prospered and added to his acreage from time to time until he acquired title to four hundred acres of excellent land in Knox county, and one hundred and forty adjoining on the south in Antelope county.


Mr. Hengstler was married at Cottonwood Springs, August 19, 1868, to Miss Martha Zeff, daughter of Lorenz and Brigita (Geijer) Zeff who passed their entire lives in the old country. Mr. Hengstler's parents were Andrew and Ursulla (Fischer) Hengstler who lived all their days on a farm in the fatherland.


To Mr. and Mrs. Hengstler five children were born: Lena, who is the wife of Fred Busch, of Creighton; Andrew, who is married to Miss Ernestine Horn, and who after disposing of a hardware business in Battle Creek removed to Creighton, where he lives on the income of several fine farms he owns situated further down the state; Martha remains with the old folks and gives them her tender care; John, who married Florence Rafferty, and William, whose wife was Bertha Schoenfeldt, occupy the home ranch.


During the early years when times were hard, two cows with their cream and butter were the sole source of revenue to the family; butter was too precious for home use, all had to be sold to provide food; and Mrs. Hengstler being an ex- pert butter maker, they always had a steady demaud at good prices. Vegetables from the home garden were later a source of profit and much larger bunches of radishes and lettuce were given than we can secure now at the same price ; poultry and eggs added their share of the family store. Industry and thrift brought their reward and Mr. Hengstler and family have prospered as they deserve.


In coming to Knox county they drove across the open prairies with a yoke of oxen, from Cedar Bluffs. An old cow and a few chickens were their sole possessions in the way of stock. They lost crops year after year by the grasshop- per raids, the grasshoppers being so revenous they even came into the house and gnawed holes in a coat hanging on the wall; a quilt that was spread over a garden bed to save it disappeared as rapidly as the vegetables it was intended to save. During the blizzard of October, 1880, three of the older children were at school but found their way home by means of a wire fence; the two youngest boys had a similar experience in the storm of January 12, 1888. Mr. Hengstler lost nine head of cattle at this time, a severe loss for him. There were a few antelope on the prairies when they first came, and our subject brought down one of them before they were all driven from the country. During the years of




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