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MAJOR W. C. TALBOT.
DR. R. C. TALBOT.
COL. V. C. TALBOT.
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a home in town and continued contracting and building for ten years, retiring from active life in 1904, and he and his venerable wife are passing their declining years in comfort, with their chil- dren all doing well in life.
Mr. Alexander was married at Montello, Wis- consin, October 26, 1855, to Miss Ann Me Wil- liams, a native of Belfast, Ireland, born Septent- ber 12, 1838, a daughter of William and Mary (Kearnes) Me Williams, who came to America and settled in Wisconsin.
To Mr. and Mrs. Alexander eleven children were born, ten of whom survive: Margaret, wife of Mr. Christian Lerum, a sketch of whom appears in this work; Jane, married David Miller, and makes her home with her aged parents, of whom she takes the tenderest care; Roderick, farming four miles south of Plainview; Sarah, now Mrs. Albert Borden, lives in Washington; Robert, has a ranch near Bloomfield, Nebraska; Williamli lives on a farm three miles south of Plainview; John, a stock dealer of Plainview; Mary, de- ceased, was the wife of Gus Kemnitz; Rachel, mar- ried Sam Johnson. a baker of Plainview; Alice, is the wife of William Dutcher, who is farming a mile west of Plainview; and Gilbert, the young- est, has remained with his father, and was his mainstay while on the farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander were reared in the Presbyterian faith. In politics, Mr. Alexander is republican.
The family endured many of the hardships of pioneer days. Besides the pest of grasshoppers and the alarms of prairie fires, blizzards, caused them much suffering and many times Mr. Alex- ander has slept out in winter storms with little shelter but a blanket stretched over poles; at times he has weathered a three days' storm in this way. Their fuel was secured along Verdigris creek, and the trip out and back with a load of wood usually consumed two or three days. On one of these trips Mr. Alexander and his com- panions found themselves reduced to the last match, and this a wet one. Mr. Alexander took it, put it within his clothes until the heat of his body had dried it somewhat, and then finally sue- ceeded in striking a light and making a fire to warm them through the night and cook their food.
Mr. Alexander has had a long and useful life of many vicissitudes, but is now in peace and plenty surrounded by his family and friends in the evening of his well spent life.
GEORGE KILPATRICK. (And Family.)
George Kilpatrick, for many years a promi- nent citizen of Howard county, now deceased, was an early settler in that region and became one of the successful and leading men of his locality.
Mr. Kilpatrick was born in Scotland, June 9, 1826, and grew to manhood in that country, com-
ing to America in 1847, his first location being in Michigan. Ile was married at Woodland, that state, on May 13, 1854, to Phoebe Wilson, and they spent the following twenty-five years in dif- ferent states.
Mr. Kilpatrick came into Howard county in 1879, landing here in October, and immediately afterwards purchased six hundred acres of land. Of this original homestead five hundred acres are still owned by the family. They went through all the pioneer experiences met by the early set- tlers in the region, and succeeded in building up a splendid farm and comfortable home, Mr. Kil- patrick finally becoming one of the foremost men of his section in local and county affairs. He was an ordained minister in the United Brethren church. serving as such while living in Michigan, for about ten years, and after locating in Nebraska connected himself with the church here and con- tinued his work along those lines. He traveled on the circuit for many years prior to his demise, visiting in turn Cedar Creek, Cotesfield, Peck District, Woodriver, Alda and Dannebrog, which is known as the Grand Island Circuit. In his death, which occurred on August 26, 1881, the en- tire community suffered a deep loss, as he was an earnest christian of splendid character.
He was survived by his widow and four sons, the former now living in a cozy home near that of her son, Robert's, a bright and cheerful woman, much loved by all for her lovable and charitable nature. She is now in her seventy- sixth year, and still active. Her sons are as follows :
Robert, born in Berry county, Michigan, March 3, 1855. He has spent his entire career as a farmer, has been successful and gained the esteem and respect of all by his integrity and straightforward character. He has been married twice, his second marriage occurring in Cotes- field, on June 24, 1904, when he was wedded to Minnie Evans. They have two children : Isabelle, and Phoebe Melvina. Mr. and Mrs. Kilpatrick have a pleasant home and are among the leaders in educational and social affairs in their com- munity.
Joseph H. Kilpatrick, the second son, was born in Woodland, Michigan, February 23, 1863. He was a lad of sixteen when he arrived in Howard county with his parents, and remained at home until he was thirty-six, although he had done con- siderable for himself in a business way for a number of years previous to that time. In 1899 he purchased a small tract of land on which he erected farm buildings, and is owner of one hun- dred and twenty acres on sections seven and twelve, township sixteen, range twelve, situated but half a mile north of the village of Cotesfield. With the exception of about ten months, when with his wife he visited the parents of the latter in Snohomish, Washington, Howard county, has been our subject's home since 1879. He is rec-
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ognized as one of the prominent pioneers, is a worthy representative of an honorable family, and has an enviable reputation as an individual of fine character and integrity.
Mr. Kilpatrick was married to Maud Ethel Seymour in York, Nebraska, in 1899, at the home of her parents, who are well known old settlers in that vicinity. They have one daughter, Dorothy, now a charming young girl.
Abraham Lincoln Kilpatrick, the third son, was also born in Woodland, Michigan, May 16, 1865, and accompanied the balance of his family to Howard county in 1879. He has made this vi- cinity his home since that time, living at home until he was twenty-one years of age. Several years after the death of his father, the estate was divided among the heirs, Abraham receiving his share of one hundred and twenty acres, which lies on section twelve, township sixteen, range twelve. IIe has made of this a highly improved farm, hav- ing splendid buildings of all kinds, is known equally well with his brothers as a prominent man of the section, and is now successful and prosperous.
A. L. Kilpatrick was married on January 18, 1889, to Addie Josephine Newhall, who was reared in Howard county. Mrs. Kilpatrick died in 1897. They had two children, Frank an.l Harry, the former now deceased, while the latter still lives at home. July 27, 1900, Mr. Kilpatrick was married the second time, to Margaret May Smith, also of Howard county, and she died the following year, leaving one child, Henry, who makes his home with his grandparents in Wheeler county, Nebraska. Mr. Kilpatrick was married again in 1903, to Mary Francis Kafka, in Howard county, and of this union three children resulted, Joseph, now deceased, Francis and Leslie, bright youngsters whose presence makes the home a pleasant one.
Mr. Kilpatrick has always taken an active in- terest in local and county affairs. Ile has served as director of the school board in district number forty-eight, for three years, and is also active in church work in his locality. He is a capable and clear-headed business man, and was appointed administrator of his father's estate.
Stephen D. Kilpatrick, the youngest son of Mrs. Kilpatrick, was also born in Woodland, Michigan, April 2, 1868. On the division of his father's estate, Stephen received one hundred and twenty acres in section twelve of Cotesfield precinct. This place he operated up to 1911, in that year going with his family to St. Cloud, Florida, where he has purchased land and in- tends making his home for the future.
December 24, 1895, Mr. Kilpatrick was mar- ried at St. Paul, to Miss Harriet E. Seymour, and they have two children, Eber and Ivan. Stephen D. Kilpatrick has been prominent in republican
polities, and has filled various school and precinct offices here. Ile still owns eighty acres of the old homestead.
DAVID WIGENT.
David Wigent, an old-timer of Valley county, Nebraska, lives on his fine farm which is situated in section four, township nineteen, range thirteen. He was born on a farm in Berrien county, Michi- gan, August 17, 1859, and was fifth in a family of six children born to John and Rachel ( Meek) Wigent, they having four sons and two daughters. Our subject received the usual school advantages in his native county, where he grew to his young manhood; and in December of 1877 the Wigent family came to Valley county, Nebraska, where the father homesteaded land. The father died in Valley county about 1889; and the mother sur- vived him but three years, her death occurring in Jerico Springs, Missouri. Four of the children are living, two of whom, David and Charles, re- side in Valley county; David lives on his farm in the northeast quarter of section four, town- ship nineteen, range thirteen, and Charles lives in the southwest quarter of section four, town- ship eighteen, range thirteen; Henry Wigent lives in Jerico Springs Missouri, where the mother died in 1892; Marrilla Wigent, now married to R. J. Bronson, also resides in Missouri, near Lockwood.
David Wigent, the principal subject of this sketch, took up a homestead in Valley county in 1880, twelve miles northwest of Ord, living on this homestead about eight years. In 1892 Mr. Wigent went to Missouri and lived there until 1901, returning to Valley county in the fall of that year, purchasing his present farm home on sec- tion four, township nineteen, range thirteen, which is now a fine farm, well equipped in every way. Mr. Wigent is one of the original home- steaders who has always had strong faith in old Valley county.
Mr. Wignet was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Pacas in Valley county, Nebraska, April 22, 1884. Miss Pacas is a native of Moravia, Ger- many, but comes of an old Valley county family. Mr. and Mrs. Wigent have four children, namely : William, Minnie, Frank, and Bessie. They have many friends by whom they are surrounded in their pleasant home.
Mr. Wigent has in various ways assisted in building up Valley county. He is a self-made man, and has made a success by his own energy and thrift and many sterling qualities. He is in- pendent in politics. Mr. Wigent lived in a sod house on the original homestead and for three years on his present place before a modern frame dwelling was built. Deer and antelope had not been driven further toward the mountains when Mr. Wigent came, and he has seen them running wild since settling in Valley county.
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WILLIAM FILSINGER.
Prominent among Madison county's old set- tlers is William Filsinger, who since the fall of the year 1884 has made this region his home, and in every manner possible aided in the develop- ment and progress of the agricultural resources of this section of the country. Ile resides in sec- tion eight, township twenty-one, range three, where he has built up a valuable estate by strict attention to his duties, thrift and perseverance, and also occupies a foremost place in the history of that part of Nebraska.
Mr. Filsinger is a native of Baden, Germany, and was reared on a farm. He was born Novem- ber 18, 1872, his birthplace being near the Rhine river, and was the oldest child in the family of Christ and Barbara Filsinger, the former serv- ing in the French and German war in 1870, and having a creditable record as a soldier, of which his son is very proud.
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The entire family left the old country for America, taking passage on an emigrant ship at Hamburg and landing in New York after an eventful voyage. They immediately struck out for the western states, and landed in Madison county, Nebraska, in 1884.
Our subject at this time was twelve years of age, and he begun working out on farms in the vicinity of his home, continuing up to 1896, at which time his father purchased the farm where he now lives. This has been improved with sub- stantial buildings of all kinds, and is in a high state of cultivation at the present time, well stocked with cattle, horses, etc., and is one of the best grain producing properties in the region.
May 31, 1899, Mr. Filsinger was united in marriage to Miss Emma Nutsman, and to them have been born the following children : William, junior, Christ, Henry, Ellen, and Alma, all sturdy young people and growing up to be of immense help to their parents.
Mr. Filsinger is active in local affairs, and with his family take a lively interest in neighbor- hood matters appertaining to the schools and so- eial doings.
NATIIAN A. SMITII.
Nathan A. Smith, who owns a seetion of land in Custer county, is one of the best known and most popular citizens of his region and has held various township and county offices. Ile was born in Effingham county, Illinois, March 24, 1860, next to the youngest child of John and Mary (Devore) Smith, who had three sons and a dangh- ter. He was reared on his father's farm and lived in his native place until August, 1883, when he came to Custer county, reaching Grand Island by train and making the rest of the journey with a horse. He secured a homestead on the north- east quarter of section twenty-nine, township
eighteen, range nineteen, and in the fall of the same year returned to Illinois.
On January 10, 1884, Mr. Smith was married to Nancy A. Blackwell, daughter of Thomas and Martha Blackwell, who was born in Kentucky. A brother and two sisters of Mrs. Smith at one time resided in Nebraska. Her brother now lives in Oregon; one sister, Mrs. Frank Wooters, lives in Custer county, and the other sister, Mrs. Henry Metzger, lives in Madison county. In May, 1884, Mr. and Mrs. Smith came to their Custer county homestead, where they have since continued to reside, with the exception of four years (1894-97, inelusive) they spent in Broken Bow. He passed through the adverse years of the early part of his residence on the farm and became a successful pioneer farmer, one of the few to retain possession of their original home- steads. He was the only member of his imme- diate family to come to Nebraska, and has a fa- ther and two brothers in Illinois. He has been actively interested in the welfare and develop- ment of his county and state and is recognized as a citizen of public spirit. He served as a mem- ber of the county board of supervisors in 1892- 1893; and was deputy register of deeds for the county from 1894 to 1898, and has been prominent in township affairs, having served as township treasurer and as a member of the school board, besides other local offices.
Mr. Smith and his wife have four children, all born on the homestead : Thomas, married and liv- ing in Custer county: Mary, wife of Sylvester Smith, of Custer county, has one child; Lacy and Tony are at home. Mr. Smith is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
NELS E. ERICKSON.
Nels E. Erickson is one of the leading farmers of his part of Wayne county, and is a representa- tive farmer of his locality. He is well known. and, while not one of the oldest settlers, has many friends. Most of the improvements on his farm have been the result of his own efforts. Mr. Erickson has always performed his part in promoting the general welfare, and has won a high standing as an upright and reliable citizen.
He is a native of Sweden, born March 25, 1854, a son of Eric and Anna Samuelson, who were farmers, and spent their entire lives in Sweden. Mr. Erickson was educated in his native country, and was reared to agricultural pursuits.
In 1880, he left Sweden, sailing from Gotten- burg for Liverpool, and thenee to New York City. Soon afterwards he went west to Illinois, and spent five years in that state. About 1885, he came to Nebraska, and purchased of Charles Johnson his present farm on section two, town- ship twenty-seven, range three, and began to make additional improvements on the same. He has a fine five-acre grove and orchard, which
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greatly enhances the value and beauty of his estate, and has erected various buildings, which were needed for caring for his grain, stock and tools. He uses improved machinery, and is much interested in modern methods and ideas. He carries on general farming, and pays especial attention to the raising of various kinds of stock.
In 1887, Mr. Erickson was united in marriage to Miss Selma Magnuson, who was born in Sweden, a daughter of Peter J. and Tilda Mag- nuson, natives of Sweden, who came to the United States in 1886. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Erickson, of whom three now survive, namely: Anna Matilda, Ruth Leniea and Raymond. Delia died in childhood.
Mr. Erickson and his wife have many friends throughout the county, where both are well known. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
NOAH HEATER.
One of the highest tributes to be paid to a citizen is to say that he is a leading old settler, and the gentleman named here is certainly entitled to this honor, richly deserving a foremost place in the list, having lived in Merrick county, Ne- braska, since 1871.
Noah Heater was born in Pike county, Penn- sylvania, in 1837, and was fourth child in the family of Anthony and Mary (Hoover) Heater, who had six children, four sons and two daugh- ters. Our subject wa sraised on a farm, receiving the ordinary advantages of those days. In 1858, he left Pike county, going to Bureau county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming.
In the fall of 1862, Mr. Heater was joined in wedlock to Miss Sarah L. Huffaker, and three children were born of this union: Annie, who is married, has seven children, and lives in Kan- sas City, Missouri ; Israel, who is married, has two children, and lives in Illinois; and Mary, who is married, and living in the Panama zone district, has three children. Mrs. Heater died in 1866 in the state of Illinois.
On July 11, 1868, Mr. Heater was married to Mrs. Eva Kieser, and in May, 1871, Mr. and Mrs. Heater and their one child, and also the three children of Mr. Heater, came to Merrick county, Nebraska, taking up a homestead about three miles northwest of Clarks, and here they lived until June, 1903, when Mr. and Mrs. Heater moved to the town of Clarks, where they had purchased a comfortable home.
Mr. Heater and his second wife have five chil- dren: Lottie, who is married to Mr. Charles Cosner, lives in Clarks, Nebraska, and has one child; Alta, who is married to Mr. Dell. Brown, has one child, and lives in Idaho; and Sophia, who is married, has one child, and also lives in Idaho ; and Lily and Robert, deceased.
Mrs. Heater died at her home in Clarks, Janu- ary 3, 1910, and Mr. Heater continues to reside in Clarks.
Mr. Heater was one of the first settlers of this portion of Nebraska, and has passed through the different phases of pioneer life. He is a quiet man, not so active in political or public life as some have aspired to be, but always doing his share toward the advancement of his home county and state.
JOHN ANDERSEN.
John Andersen was one of a worthy family that came from the province of Schleswig, in the northwest part of the German empire, in 1880. They settled in Benton county, Iowa, and followed various lines of employment there until coming to Holt county in 1881. Here John Andersen farmed, about seven miles north of Atkinson, but two dry years, in which all his crops were spoiled, drove him back to western Iowa, where he was employed at farm labor during the year 1888. He then returned to Holt county, Nebraska, where he followed farming for the next three years, and then filed on a homestead claim in Boyd county, seven miles southwest from Naper, on which he resided ten years. He opened a saloon in Naper, and was in business here until 1909, when he sold his place, and opened a shoe store, to which he has added a stock of dry goods. He is also buyer for a creamery at Lincoln.
Mr. Andersen was born in the village of Huesby, near the city of Schleswig, in the prov- ince of that name, in the German empire, August 18, 1864. He is a son of Andreas and Margarita (Will) Andersen, who, with their family, includ- ing our subject, came to America in 1880. Andreas Andersen had been a soldier in the old country, serving as a lieutenant in the revolution of 1848 to 1852, and participating in twenty-eight engagements without receiving a wound. The family sailed from Hamburg to Hull, spent three days in London, and then proceeded to Liver- pool, expecting to ship from there, but the steamers were loaded to their capacity. Returning to London, they embarked, and, after twelve days at sea, landed in New York, whence they migrated to Luzerne, Benton county, Iowa, where they resided until coming to Nebraska, as before stated.
Mr. Andersen was married in Holt county in July, 1889, to Miss Cecelia Jansen, a native of Benton county, Iowa, a daughter of John Jansen. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ander- sen, named as follows: Etta, wife of Henry Smith, who is farming east of Naper; August, now clerking, and has finished two terms in the Grand Island Business College; and Herman, a graduate of the ninth grade in the Naper schools, elass of 1910, and who is associated with his father in the store. Five younger children are: Alfred, Otto, Edwin, Vena and Vere.
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Mr. Andersen has witnessed many of the severe storms that have swept the west: The blizzard of January 12, 1888; the cyclone of 1900, when a brother's two children and a neigh- boring family were killed; and severe hailstorms, such as are unknown in the east. During the early days, when fuel was scarce, they burned hay, corn, stalks and "chips" that are found scattered over the prairies.
Mr. Andersen is a republican in politics. He was reared in the Lutheran church, and contrib- uted to the building of two churches, one in Na- per, and one, one and one-half miles west. He is a member of the Sons of Herman lodge, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Encamp- ment. He is a popular, substantial citizen, and is highly esteemed and respected by all who know him.
JACOB LOUIS. (Deceased.)
Jacob Louis was for many years, prior to his death, a leading farmer and prosperous citizen of Platte county, Nebraska. His family still reside in this locality, and are well and favorably known throughout the community.
Jacob Louis was born in Germany, September ยท2, 1834, and in 1852 emigrated to Ohio, and in the spring of 1856 he came to Omaha, Nebraska, where he formed the friendship of several other young Germans, and also became acquainted with a young man by the name of Rausch, who lived in Omaha; and in March, 1856, Fred Gottschalk, Adam Denek, Mike Smith, Rausch and our subject walked from Omaha, and came into the Platte valley, and founded the town of Columbus. Mr. Louis purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, and this farm still remains in the Louis family, and lies adjoining the corporation limits of Columbus, on the east. Mr. Louis, after a resi- dence in the Platte valley for four or five years, returned to Ohio, and on April 2, 1865, was mar- ried to Miss Katherine Engel, in Middletown, Ohio, and soon after, Mr. and Mrs. Louis came to Nebraska, taking up their home on the farm, which Mr. Louis had purchased in 1856.
Mr. Louis was a sturdy pioneer settler, of quiet, industrious habits, and this original farm remained his home place until his death. Mr. Louis was a well-known pioneer settler, always giving of his time and means to the upbuilding of his home town and county. He passed through the pioneer days of Platte valley, and was a suc- cessful farmer, and held the esteem and respect of all who knew him. Mr. Louis died at the home place, October 6, 1909, in his seventy-fifth year, survived by his wife and four children.
Mrs. Louis continues to live on the farm, and with her lives her two sons, Charles Carl and Jacob Louis, eldest and youngest of the children. George Louis was married to Miss Isis Tripp, and
lives on one of the Louis farms, four miles east of Columbus; they have five children: Ruth, George, Katherine, Edward and Carl. Katherine Lonis, the only living daughter, is married to William Stevenson, and they live on their farm, near the George Louis place; they have two daughters, Dorothy and Katherine Elsie.
All the Louis children were born on the old farmu, and the family are one of the few old pio- neer families still residing on the "home place." Mrs. Louis is still active in the management of her home, and is a delightful woman to meet, having a vivid remembrance of people and early settlers' life, and now, in the closing years of her life, enjoys a review of the old days. She has had a busy life, and is widely known.
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