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a hardware and implement store and two years later transferred his business to Howels. In 1889, he filed on a homestead in Wheeler county, thirty-five miles south of O'Neill. This he soon after relinquished and, coming to Boyd county in 1890, filed on a homestead three miles south of Spencer. Here he lived and pros- pered, retiring from aetive labor in 1902 to take up his residence in Spencer. In 1906, how- ever, he felt the need of activity and with a eol- ony from Spencer filed on a homestead elaim near Wall, in Pennington county, South Dakota, and has made this his residence since.
William F. Kloke began life for himself in No- vember, 1897, on a farm five miles west of Spencer, and was engaged in that vocation until 1902, when he spent the season on the road for the Deering Harvester Company under the management of L. A. Fisher. August 31, 1903, in partnership with P. J. Handley, he opened a general store in Spencer, and a year later, on September 10, took over the entire business himself and has since increased his business to a flattering degree. One pleasing fea- ture of business relations in Spencer is the comity that exists between the merchants of the town, ex- ehanging courtesies like the friends they should be, instead of showing enemities.
Mr. Kloke was married in Spencer to Miss Cecelia Griffin, who was born in Shullsburg, LaFayette county, Wisconsin. Two children have been born to them, namely, Cecelia and Helen.
Mr. Kloke is a demoerat, a member of the Cath- olie church, and of the Knights of Columbus. On the organization of the county, Mr. Kloke was elected the first clerk of the district court and served four years.
Mr. Kloke was out with his brother in the bliz- zard of January 12, 1888, and has been witness to the devastation of the severe hailstorms that have swept over this seetion of the west. Like all dwellers of the open country, he has helped fight prairie fires before the land was broken up as it is in the present day.
Mr. Kloke is a good type of the western man- upright, alert and helpful to those in distress.
DAVID CRAIG
David Craig, numbered among the pioneers of Boone county, Nebraska, has built up a substantial fortune by many years of faithful effort and good business acumen. He was formerly proprietor of two hundred acres of farm land situated west of Albion, and was engaged principally in the stock business for many years, making a specialty of the breeding of thoroughbred Poland China hogs, of which he had some fine speeimens. His residence is in Albion.
Mr. Craig was born on March 2, 1866, and is a son of Samuel C. and Margaret J. Craig, old resi- dents of Delaware county, New York. They had a family of seven children of whom our subject
was the eldest, and the entire family settled in Boone county in 1879, one son dying here. Here the father filed on a homestead and carried on the farm with the help of his children.
In 1887 David Craig purchased eighty acres on section nineteen, township twenty, range seven, where he resided up to 1898, at which time he pur- chased ten aeres joining Albion on the south, to which place he moved, and there kept his stock of Poland China hogs and Shorthorn cattle which were raised on his farm previously mentioned. He became well-known as a thorough judge of Poland China hogs.
In December, 1909, Mr. Craig moved to Albion, which has since been his home.
Mr. Craig has been successful in his different ventures, and become possessed of two hundred acres of farm land which he has since sold. Be- sides this he owned a handsome home in Albion, which he has now disposed of.
Mr. Craig was married on September 3, 1901, to Miss Jennie I. Reed, of Iowa, and she died April 25, 1910, since which time Mr. Craig has made his home with his mother.
Samuel C. Craig, father of our subject, was a native of Ireland, born on May 17, 1836, and came to America when he was four years of age, in company with his parents, and two brothers and three sisters, the family loeating in Delaware eounty, New York. He grew up there, and was married in December, 1864, to Margaret Mitchell. Samuel (. Craig died in Boone county, Nebraska, in 1895, survived by his wife, who still resides in Albion, and six children. Samuel Craig home- steaded in Boone county during the very early days of its settlement, taking up a claim of one hundred and sixty acres on section twenty, town- ship twenty, range seven, and that was his home farm until his death.
He became one of the prosperous and suceess- ful agriculturists of his section, and was active in local affairs, helping establish and keep up the schools, and serving for fifteen years as director of his district. He was also Justice of the Peaee for many years.
Four daughters of Samuel Craig survive him, also two sons. The daughters are Mrs. D. R. Jordon, Mrs. Leslie Edwards, Mrs. Frank Cremer, and Mrs. H. M. Nichols, all living in Nebraska, and the sons are the subject of this sketeh, and John, who lives at Fullerton, Nebraska.
OLIVER F. EGGLESTON.
O. F. Eggleston, a prominent farmer and stock man living on section three, township twenty- three, range six, is well-known throughout Ante- lope county as a progressive and suecessful agri- culturist, highly esteemed by all with whom he has had to do. He is one of the oldest settlers in Antelope county, having located here in June, 1874.
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Mr. Eggleston is a native of Lee county, Iowa, born November 14, 1849. His father, Hezika Eggleston, was born in Ohio, and lived to attain the age of seventy-seven years, his death occurring in 1897; our subject's mother, Mary (Barb) Eg- gleston, was also a native of Ohio, and her parents were of German descent; Mr. Eggleston's brother, Norman, served for four years in the Civil war.
In 1874 Mr. Eggleston emigrated from Iowa to Nebraska, he having heard such glowing accounts of this great western country, and particularly of Nebraska; and the cheap lands there, and what better chances there were in this new country for a young man to get a start in life, so came west- ward and settled in Antelope county on a home- stead of one hundred and sixty acres in section thirty, township twenty-three, range six, and here he has succeeded in developing a good farm. Ile is now engaged in mixed farming and stock rais- ing, and owns three hundred and twenty acres of good land. Mr. Eggleston is of the opinion that the average man here is much better off financially than in Iowa, as the land here costs less and crops grow just as well with less labor, one man taking care of one hundred acres as easily as he could fifty in Iowa. Since locating in Antelope county, Mr. Eggleston has had fair success every year, with the exception of 1894, when his crops were destroyed by drouth, and that year every one experienced more or less failure ; but after the ad- vent of the better years he was more fortunate, and has accumulated a nice property. He devotes a good deal of attention to fine stock and now has about seventy-eight head of full-blooded Here- ford cattle, and twenty-four head of high grade Percheron horses.
On December 28, 1880, Mr. Eggleston was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Horn, whose family were among the oldest settlers of Antelope county, coming here in 1871. She was a native of Norfolk, England. When Miss Horn's parents first came to this county, the Indians were quite hostile, on one occasion stealing all their goods, and did a great deal of damage in other ways. Mr. and Mrs. Eggleston are parents of eight chil- dren, named as follows: Bradford, deceased in infancy; IIerbert, Olive, Edith, Freeman, Clif- ford, Fern, and Aleda.
WILLIAM II. PENSE.
William II. Pense, a highly respected farmer of Custer county, was one of the pioneers of cen- tral Nebraska and has done his full share in as- sisting in the development of the region. He has been a resident of Custer county since 1879 and retains possession of the homestead he secured in that year, and on which he makes his home. He was born in Henderson county, Illinois, September 9, 1855, a son of Iliram J. and Nancy ( Moffat) Pense. He was the second of three children, born and reared on a farm in his native state. In No-
vember, 1872, he accompanied the rest of the family to Nebraska and they located in Clay coun- ty, and there the father died in 1893, the mother having died when William was a small boy. His brother George lives at Sheridan, Wyoming, and his sister, Mary, wife of Dan Mealey, lives in Me- Lean county, Illinois.
In 1879 Mr. Pense secured a homestead on the southwest quarter of section twelve, township six- teen, range eighteen, and with the exception of some time during the dry years in Nebraska (when he worked at the carpenter's trade in Iowa), and a few years spent in Box Butte county, Nebraska, he has since resided on this place.
Mr. Pense was married in Custer county, July 3, 1881, to Miss Ezettie Sloan, a native of Illinois, who came with her mother to Nebraska, in 1880. She is the only child of John and Nancy (Gam- mon) Sloan, the latter from a Virginia family. Nine children have been born to Mr. Pense and wife, eight of whom survive: Gertrude, deceased, was born in the homestead; Edna, born in Custer county, is the wife of John McGowan, of Wyo- ming, and they have four children; Nancy, born in Custer eounty, is the wife of George McGowan, and they live in Ansley ; Twila, born in Box Butte county, is the wife of John Barrett, of Lincoln, and they have two children; Clara, born in Custer county, and Ernest, born in Clay county, are at home; Lyla and Ruth, born in Iowa, and Glenn, born in Custer connty, are also at home. Mr. Pense takes an active interest in public affairs, and is now serving as director on the school board of district number sixteen. Ile and his wife are well-known in the county, and have a wide circle of friends. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Pense is a worker in the prohibition party.
One of their earliest hardships was during the blizzard of April, 1873, when they all lay in bed the three days to keep from freezing. To save their horses all were brought into the house, where one died. When the storm abated, Mr. Pense and his brother crawled through a window to get hay for fuel. They had had no fire for three days because the horses had to be tied near the stove. During the dry year, 1894, they raised no corn on seventy-five acres planted; twenty acres seeded to wheat produced ten bushels, and nine bushels of potatoes, were the total crop raised in a large field.
FRANK STRELOW.
Among the representative farmers and stock- men of Pierce county, Nebraska, who have aided materially in its advancement and development, a prominent place is accorded Frank Strelow, who resides on his farm in the southwest quarter of section twenty-nine, and the southeast quarter of section thirty, township twenty-seven, range two, one of the best improved places in that part of the county, where he is a stock raiser and
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farmer. He is a gentleman of energetic character and well merits his success and high standing.
Mr. Strelow was born in the village of Brauns- berg, province of Pommerania, Germany, June 26, 1867, and is the son of Frederick and Wilhelmina (Timm) Strelow, who were married in 1860. The father was born in 1835, and was a laborer in the old country; the mother, who was born in 1836, died in November, 1910. In April, 1882, the el- der Strelow sailed with his family from the Haven of Bremen, Germany, on the steamer "Straus- berg," and upon reaching the New World after a voyage of fourteen days, set his face westward. Reaching Pierce county, Nebraska, he first sct- tled near Hadar, where he rented a farm five years, and then bought the land where he now lives with his son Frank, of this sketch.
In 1892 Frank Strelow was married to Miss Louise Koehn, a daughter of August and Maria (Rodek) Koehn, who was born in Pierce county. She passed away in 1898, leaving four children, Elsa, Hattie, Arthur, and Julius.
Mr. Strelow was married to Miss Amanda Fisher, November 1, 1904. She is a native of Pierce county, and a daughter of John and Au- gusta (Rohloff) Fisher. Three children were born of this marriage, named as follows: Alma, Edna and Amanda.
Mr. Strelow is a democrat and always votes a straight ticket, and is a member of the German Lutheran church. He is one of the substantial men of his locality, and is highly respected. His father is known as one of the prominent old-timers of his locality. Mr. Strelow served his county as assessor for a term, filling the office with honor and credit.
Mr. Strelow's farm is notable in illustrating the contrast of the old world with the new. Nearby his fine ten-room house, a modern dwell- ing of most pleasing architecture, is one of the primitive barns of the place which is covered by a thatched roof, the work of the elder Strelow, such as covers many of the farm buildings of the old world; this served well to exclude the snow and rain until within recent years it has been al- lowed to fall into a state of dilapidation. A view of this fine farmstead with all its buildings is shown elsewhere in this work.
AUGUST BENSON.
Among the Swedish-American citizens who have attained prominence in Nebraska and have become successful business men, 'August Benson, of Val- ley county, deserves special mention. He is well known as one of the earlier settlers of the coun- ty and is interested in everything pertaining to the welfare of his state and county, being one of the most highly respected men in his community. Mr. Benson is one of the stockholders in the Far- mers' Live Stock Association, with headquarters in Arcadia, and is also a stockholder in the Ar-
cadia Creamery Company, besides being an ex- tensive land owner. He was born near Conkasa, Ilorod parish, Sweden, February 24, 1855, the eldest of the three children born to his parents, who spent their entire lives in Sweden. He reach- ed young manhood in his native country and in 1873 came to America, crossing the North Sea from Guttenburg to Hull, and embarked at Liverpool in a White Star liner for New York, landing after a voyage of nine days. He came west to Green Bay, Wisconsin, where for a time he worked on the railroads and in lumber mills.
Mr. Benson's marriage occurred at Stephen's Point, Wisconsin, December 5, 1879, when he was united with Miss Mary Peterson, who was horn in Wisconsin, and in the spring of 1891 he brought his wife and two children to Valley coun- ty, purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of land on section thirty-two, township eighteen, range seventeen, which had been taken as a home- stead by his uncle, John Benson, and this place on which he erected all the improvements, has re- mained the Benson home through many years to the present time. At the time of his coming here there was not a fence between his place and Ord -all was open country over which deer, antelope, and elk in countless numbers ranged. He is a prosperous and successful man of affairs and now owns a well improved and fully equipped stock farm of seven hundred and twenty acres of land. A view of the fine country home with its accom- panying barns and outbuildings is to be found on one of our illustrated pages. He has served twelve years as treasurer of school dis- trict number fifty-nine, and in other ways has proved his public spirit and helpfulness in local interests.
Of the twelve children born to Mr. Benson and wife, but six now survive, namely : John, living in Sargent, Nebraska, has one child; Gustaf, Palmer, Alfred, Martin and Oscar, all at home.
Mr. Benson is independent of party lines in the political world, and fraternally is a member of the Ancient Order United Workmen.
During the first eight years on his farm, the family occupied a sod house in true pioneer style. Many were the discouragements of those days. Drouth burned their crops during 1890 and 1894; hail destroyed all small grain for three sea- sons and one year chinch bugs took all before them. But with all their early misfortunes they have persevered and prospered to an extent that few in the old country ever do.
JACOB WEYHRICH.
In the person of Jacob Weyhrich, mentioned above, we have another of the sturdy sons of Ger- many who left their native land in their young manhood and came to America to carve out for themselves a name and fortune in the land of lib- erty and, freedom. Mr. Weyhrich resides on sec-
RESIDENCE OF FRANK STRELOW.
RESIDENCE OF AUGUST BENSON.
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tion eight, township twenty-seven, range one, Pierce county, Nebraska, coming here in 1893, and has always done his full share in the betterment of conditions throughout the community in which he lives.
Mr. Weyhrich was born in the village of Wes- sau, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in. 1832, and is the son of Philip and Lizzie (Stair) Weyhriels. His father was born in 1793, in Germany, and died in 1867; and the mother was born in 1806 in southern England, and died in 1853. There were three brothers and one sister in his father's family, and our subject received his education in his native land, in early life working on a farm as a laborer in the vicinity of his home. In his young manhood, he served in the German army from 1852 to 1856, inclusive.
When Mr. Weyhrich was twenty-five years of age, in 1857, he left the fatherland and came to America with his father. After landing in New York City, they came west to Pekin, Illinois, where they rented a farm and remained there until 1893, when our subject came to Pierce county, Nebraska, where he bought land and has made a beautiful home. In 1901, Mr. Weyhrich lost all his crops by hail.
Mr. Weyhrich was united in marriage in 1857 to Miss Mary Keblar, and they are the parents of nine children : Phillip, who was married to Miss Ida Eidman in March, 1895, and has three chil- dren, Dick, George, and Albert; Louis, deceased ; George, married to Miss Lizzie Shaffer, has seven children, Harry, Etta, Anton, George, Emma, Sadie, and Dora; and Lizzie, John, Peter, Katie, Eva, and Jacob.
Mr. and Mrs. Weyhrich and family have the respect and esteem of all who know them. In re- ligious faith, they worship at the German Lu- theran church. Mr. Weyhrich is a democrat.
CHARLES ROBERTS.
Charles Roberts, successful farmer and busi- ness man of St. Libory, Howard county, is one of the highly respected pioneers of that region. He has gone through all the early experiences of frontier life, and during his residence in Nebraska has aided materially in the development of the country. He has an interesting family, and all are popular members of the social life of their community, having many warm friends who de- clare their home is one of the pleasant spots in the neighborhood.
Mr. Roberts is a native of Hollenstein, Ger- many, bern October 9, 1837. He was the third child in a family of seven, and is the only mem- her of his family ever to leave their home country. Father, mother, and three sisters are dead, the remainder of the family still living in Germany. At the age of twenty Charles left home and came to America alone, his first location after landing here being at Moline, Illinois, where he secured
employment in a saw mill. There he worked for six months, then began as a farm hand, on the Wesley Kane farm, and remained for three years. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Company M, Fourth Illinois Cavalry, and followed a soldier's fortune for four years and nine months. He, saw hard service, taking part in a number of hard fought actions, the most prominent being the bat- tles of Fort Donaldson, Pittsburg Landing an Fort Henry.
He was also in numerous skirmishes, most of the time under General Grant's command, and, with the exception of about two months which he spent in the hospital, saw active service during his entire enlistment. He was mustered out at Houston, Texas, in June, 1866.
After returning from the war Mr. Roberts went to work in the John Deere Plow shops at Mo- line, Illinois, remaining there for several years, and in 1871 came to Howard county, Nebraska, took up a homestead on section thirty-two, town- ship thirteen, range nine, and proved up on one hundred and sixty acres. He has prospered since that time, meeting at times with discouragement and misfortune, but never giving up hope, and by energy and thrift has become owner of twelve hundred acres of choice land lying in Hall and Howard counties. He is regarded as one of the wealthiest men of the region. His home is on his original farm, on which he has built a handsome dwelling, with all improvements and substantial farm buildings of every kind.
Mr. Roberts was married at Moline, Illinois, December 4, 1867, to Katie Wiese, she being a na- tive of that place, and her father one of the first settlers in Rock Island county. To them have been born six children, namely : Edward, single; Lillie, wife of Robert Kutcher, living in Hall county ; Rose, Harvey, Maggie and Alvin, all at home, and they comprise a very interesting and charming family circle.
Our subject is active in local affairs, and is a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic Post in Grand Island.
JAMES H. EYERLY.
James HI. Eyerly born in Marion county, Iowa, November 11, 1862, was the youngest of ten chil- dren in the family of Samuel and Polly Shearer Eyerly. The family moved to Jasper county, lowa, the year following the birth of James, and six years later, when little James was only seven years old, the father died. The mother and family then moved to Madison county, Iowa, at which place the mother died in the summer of 1902.
The children scattered as they went out in life for themselves and only two of them reside in Ne- braska, namely: James H. (the subject of this sketch) and D. H. Everly. The latter resides near Hershey, Lincoln county, being one of the solid men of that community.
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James II. Eyerly practically started life for himself when he was only fifteen years old, work- ing three years at wage work, then beginning to farm for himself. In August, 1884, he married Miss Laura May Ford, a native of Iowa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Ford, of Madison county, Iowa.
In March, 1886, Mr. and Mrs. Eyerly and their infant daughter, Edna Lenore, came to Sherman county, Nebraska, where Mr. Eyerly leased a sec- tion of land, making this county his home until the spring of 1890. He was eminently successful as a farmer and stockman and at that time moved to his farm in Valley county which he had purchased prior to that date.
In common with many others, Mr. Eyerly passed through the hard years of 1890 and 1894, and although he had done well in his first Nebraska years, his accumulations were needed to carry him- self and family through these trying years. As a final result of the panie of 1894, he was forced to start all over again. It was slow work, but so well did he succeed that by 1905, he was known as one of the most prosperous farmers in Valley county. At that date, Mr. Eyerly and family moved to North Loup to take active management of the New Arlington hotel, with livery and sale barn con- neeted, which property Mr. Eyerly had purchased some little time before. He still runs the hotel and is also largely interested in the real estate business. Another line to which he gives consider- able time and attention, is that of buying and sell- ing horses.
Mr. Eyerly is in every respect a hustler, wide- awake and energetic, whose absolute integrity has won for him a host of friends. He is a democrat in polities, a member of the Methodist Episcopal ehureh and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Mr. and Mrs. Eyerly have six children : Edna, Ada Lenore, Elwin F. Edith Fern, James Bryan and Opal Vivian.
IRA G. WESTERVELT. (Deceased.)
Among the men who helped in the develop- ment and success of the northeastern part of Ne- braska the gentlemen above named occupied a pro- minent place. He became a prominent citizen of Norfolk, Madison county, Nebraska, where he was universally respected and esteemed by his fellow- men.
Ira G. Westervelt was born in Franklin county, Ohio, December 28, 1832, and was the tenth of thirteen children. He received his education in the home state, and later engaged in farming.
On February 8, 1860, Mr. Westervelt was joined in holy matrimony to Miss Amelia A. Grin- nell, also of Ohio, and they became the parents of eleven children, whose names we give as follows : William II., deeeased, survived by his wife and five
children who live in the state of Washington; Edith, married H. T. MeLane, who have one child, and live in Spencer, Iowa; Kate, married to H. HI. Sachtjen, have two children, and live near Hoskins, Nebraska; Lavina, married to Reverend E. T. George, have two children, and live in Neligh, Nebraska; John, married, has four children and lives in Meadow Grove, Nebraska; Alma, married to L. C. Hepperley, have six chil- dren and reside in Norfolk; Lucinda, married to William Martin, four children and live in Port- land, Oregon; Robert, died in infancy, in 1874; Jessie H., married to Swython R. Reynolds, have three children, and live in Denver, Colorado; Jeffery, married, has six children, and lives in Tilden, Nebraska; and Irene A., who died in infancy, in 1880.
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