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 181

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


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Her sons, Carl and Jacob, who live with lier on the old farm, are men of sterling character, and are industrious, good citizens. Too much credit cannot be given the old pioneer family, they having passed through the hard times of the earlier period when they feared the Indians, suffered drouths and many other hardships, and are now enjoying success and prosperity.


GEORGE ROBINSON.


George Robinson, an early settler of Antelope county, Nebraska, is one of the most highly re- spected and esteemed citizens of his community. He has a pleasant and comfortable home and val- nable estate in Sherman precinet, and has gained his entire prosperity through industrious effort and honest dealings, supplemented by thrift and good management. Mr. Robinson has been an important factor in the evolution of Antelope county, Nebraska, and now resides in section fourteen, township twenty-eight, range eight, where he and his family are loved and respected by all who know them, and their friends are many.


Mr. Robinson was born in Jackson county, Iowa, November 11, 1863, and when a young man, went to South Dakota, where he was employed by Missouri Southern railroad, where he remained four years, and from thence went to Adams county, Iowa, staying there one year. In 1883, Mr. Robinson came to Antelope county, Nebras- ka, where he took up a homestead in section twenty-four, township twenty-eight, range eight, on which he built a dugout, living in that one year and a half, when he built a frame house, and later he took as a tree claim the northwest quar- ter of section twenty-four, township twenty-eight, range eight. In 1895, our subject sold all of his property, and moved to Berry county, Missouri, living there four years, when, in 1899, he returned to Antelope county, Nebraska, and bought his present farm, which, as before stated, is located in section fourteen, township twenty-eight, range eight.


Mr. Robinson was united in marriage, Septem-


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ber 20, 1885, to Miss Irma Sherman, and Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are the parents of eight children, named as follows: Jessie; Roy, who is married to Miss Ella Harvey; Harry; Charles; Victor, deceased in 1894; George; William, and Edith. They are a fine family, and are highly respected and well thought of in their community, and have a host of warm friends and neighbors.


Mr. Robinson's father, William Robinson, was a native of West Virginia, and his parents came from Scotland. Our subject's mother, Armina (Scherman) Robinson, was born in 1843, in Penn- sylvania. Mr. Robinson's father came to Ne- braska in 1864, and was in the government freighting service, and hauled supplies to all the government forts between Omaha, Denver, and Butte, Montana.


Mr. Robinson is a well-known stock raiser, and he enjoys a wide acquaintance all through this section of the state, and is highly respected by all with whom he has to do.


JAMES EDWIN HURLBURT.


Although comparatively a young man, James Edwin Hurlburt is one of the earlier settlers of Custer county, and he is a citizen who is repre- sentative of the best interests of his community. Ile belongs to a family that has passed through the early pioneer days of Nebraska, and he has a fine stock and grain farm in Custer county, which he operates with gratifying success. Mr. Hurl- burt was born in McDonough county, Illinois, August 4, 1870, son of Alanson P. and Eunice (Robinson) Hurlburt, who were natives of Phila- delphia and Ohio, respectively, he born in 1839 and she in 1832. They were married in Illinois abont 1867, and had three children born in that state, James E. being one of a pair of twins. In 1875, the family moved to a farm near Nevinville, Adams county, Iowa, and in the early spring of 1883, they came by team to Blaine county, Ne- braska, camping for three weeks along the way. Ilere they spent several years on a homestead, but in 1890, they removed to Custer county. The father died on his farm in February, 1903, and the mother died there, October 14, 1906. They were survived by their two sons, Samuel D. and James E. The former is married, and lives in Sherman county.


Mr. Hurlburt was educated in the country schools, and reared on a farm, and he took up a homestead in the east half of the northwest quar- ter of section thirteen, township seventeen, range eighteen, in the fall of 1891, this later being the home of his parents. He was married at Broken Bow, Custer county, November 28, 1892, to Miss Minnie M., daughter of David and Matilda (Cas- teel) Hutchens, who came from Cass county, Illi- nois, to Seward county, Nebraska, in 1880. The Hutches family spent one year in Seward and one year in Hamilton county before coming to Custer


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county, where they secured a homestead. The parents and the four surviving children now. live in the state. Mrs. Hurlburt was one of seven children, but she and her sister, Mrs. Irving Sher- beck, are the only ones who live in Custer county. Three of the children are now deceased. Two brothers, James and Eliphalet, live in McPherson county.


Six children have been born to Mr. Hurlburt and wife, as follows: Goldie, Ruby, Julia, Esther, Fannie and Edwin, all at home. Both Mr. Hurl- burt and his wife are of pioneer stock, and are widely and favorably known in the county. They have a well-developed and equipped farm, and a comfortable farm home. In national elections he is republican, but locally is independent of party lines.


Mr. IIurlburt has had some experience as a hunter of big game, having killed eight deer in Blaine county. He has suffered from the drouth of 1894, and on the sixteenth of July, 1893, hail ruined his entire crop. But the harships of the early days are but a memory, which success and prosperity are fast relegating to oblivion.


EDGAR MINER.


Edgar Miner is one of the upright and reliable citizens of Custer county, who have won success in life after a hard struggle with the hardships and difficulties of pioneer existence. He is a man of retiring disposition, but well known for his willingness to aid the cause of progress and devel- opment along lines beneficial to the community. He is well known among the early settlers, many of whom he helped locate when he came to the county, and is one of the few who have always retained possession of their original homesteads. He was born in the state of New York, October 14, 1847, fifth child of Simeon and Almira (Larra- bee) Miner, who had three sons and seven daugh- ters. Both parents were natives of New York, where they were married.


Mr. Miner spent his boyhood on a farm, and when eighteen years of age, left his native state, and went to see an uncle who lived in Warren county, Illinois. This practically marked the time when he went out in the world for himself. After spending three years in Warren county, he returned to New York for three years, and in October, 1871, married Anna Rodgers, of that state. Soon after their marriage, they removed to Warren county, where they made their home until 1874, when they moved to Union county, Iowa, and in 1880 to Custer county. He had gone overland from Iowa to Custer county in the fall of 1879, but returned to Iowa without selecting a location, and in the following spring took a home- stead and timber claim on the west half of section thirty-five, township seventeen, range nineteen. He erected a frame honse, the first built in that locality, hauling the lumber from Grand Island,


EDGAR MINER.


"SUNNY-SIDE FARM," RESIDENCE OF CHAS. A. MILLER,


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a distance of eighty miles. Mrs. Miner died on the homestead, February 26, 1884.


On June 12, 1886, at Ord, Nebraska, Mr. Miner was united in marriage with Miss Annie Palmer, daughter of Frank Palmer, Her mother and step- father, Mr. and Mrs. L. Miner, eame to Custer county in 1881.


Mr. and Mrs. Miner continued to make their home on the old farm until coming to their pleas- ant residence in Comstock in the spring of 1909. They have always done their part along all lines of progress, and owe their success in life to their own efforts. For a number of years he was direc- tor of school board number six, and held various township offices. He and his wife have five chil- dren : Clarence, married, and living on the home farm; Mabel, wife of R. L. Douse, living on a Custer" county homestead, has two ehildren; Leslie, Chester and Elizabeth. All were born on the homestead farm, and educated in local schools. A portrait of Mr. Miner will be found on another page of this volume.


JAMES B. MILLER. (Deceased.)


The gentleman whose name heads this per- sonal history, now deceased, during his lifetime, held a high position among the leading citizens of Valley county, Nebraska. He was engaged in agriculture many years in that section of the country, made a good suecess at the work, and, while building up a good home and raneh for his family, also aided in large measure in the devel- opment and growth of his locality.


James B. Miller, decased, son of Dudley and Aminta (Wood) Miller, was born in Ontario county, New York, August 7, 1831. He was sev- enth in a family of eight children, all of whom are deceased, as are also the parents, the father passing away on February 14, and the mother on February 17, of 1844, their deaths occurring near Laporte, Indiana.


In 1839, the family had moved to. Indiana, where Mr. Miller grew to manhood, when, in 1854, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Kate Sullivan, a native of Ireland. She died in 1871, survived by her husband and seven children : Franees, wife of Ed. Bressley, they having five children, and re- side in Valley county ; Emily, who is married to William Sehoenemann, and lives in Indiana; Ad- die, wife of Benjamin Bridgford, has one child. and lives in Colorado ; Dudley, who is married, and lives in Burwell, Nebraska, and has five children; Mira, wife of William Meridith, lives in Manito- ba; Charles, now deceased ; and Elmina, who is married to John Wittsehe, and lives in Burwell, Nebraska. In 1872, Mr. Milier was married to Amanda Williams, of Laporte county, Indiana, and of this union one son was born, Silas, who is married, has two children, and resides in Michi- gan.


On February 20, 1879, in Laporte, Indiana, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Charlotte Ames, of that eounty. She is a daughter of Charles and Cynthia (Truell) Ames, natives of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, respectively. The father is descended from Perigine, the first ehild of European parentage born in America. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and a second cousin of William Cullen Bryant, who boarded at his home for a time. In coming west in 1836, he made the entire journey by water, small schoon- ers being the only vessels at that time plying the lakes, On sound, river, canal and lakes, the journey extended over fifty days before it ended at Michigan City, Indiana, after a severe storm on Lake Michigan.


In 1880, Mr. Miller came to Valley county, Nebraska, homesteading one hundred and sixty acres of land four miles north of Ord, where he lived for twenty-one years. In 1901, he moved to Ord, but in 1907, moved on a farm four miles north of Ord, which he had purchased some years before. Mr. Miller died, January 25, 1908, on his home farm, survived by Mrs. Miller and one child, Charles A., who is married, and has a son and daughter. He is living on the home plaee. Edith died in 1887. Mr. Miller was a progressive man of affairs, closely identified with the inter- ests of his county and was widely and favorably known. Mrs. Miller is living on the home farm with her son, surrounded by a large eircle of friends. Mr. Miller was a democrat until 1856, when he voted for Fremont, and continued to support eondidates of the republican party until the latter years of his life, when he became inde- pendent of the party lash. He was a member of the Methodist church, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.


The first five years in Nebraska, the family lived in a sod house, but, better situated than most of the early settlers, their rooms were floored with lumber instead of the bare earth. On coming to their Nebraska home, they left the railroad at Grand Island, driving across the eoun- try from there. Mr. Miller drove in advance in a wagon, while Mrs. Miller followed with the chil- dren in a covered buggy, to which was tethered the cow. Condensed milk was carried for use of the baby on the long trip from New England on the train. One of Mrs. Miller's early experiences in the country may be of interest. Returning from a neighbor's, accompanied by her son and a young girl, the dog started up an animal unknown to them. While the dog held it at bay, Mrs. Miller hurried to the house for the axe and a spade, which she threw at the beast, killing it. She learned later that her game was a badger.


CHARLES A. MILLER.


The gentleman above named, numbered among the leading citizens of eastern Nebraska, resides on his fine farm in section thirty-four, township


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nineteen, range fourteen. Mr. Miller just missed being a native son of Nebraska, his parents mov- ing to that state when he was but two months old.


Charles A. Miller, son of James B. and Char- lotte (Ames) Miller, was born, February 29, 1880, in Laporte county, Indiana, That same year his parents came to Valley county, Nebraska, the father being one of the homesteaders of that county. After receiving his education in the local schools, Mr. Miller, the subject of this sketch, engaged in farming.


On April 17, 1901, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Pearl E. Coonrod, who was born in Iowa. Her parents, Albert M. and Eunice (Denison) Coonrod, are now residents of Nebras- ka. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have two children, Don- ald A. and Olive Gertrude.


In 1906, Mr. Miller and family moved to Ord, Nebraska, where Mr. Miller engaged in the livery business for about a year, but sold, and removed to the home farm of three hundred and twenty acres in section thirty-four, township nineteen, range fourteen, where he and his family still live. A view of the well-built, modern house, large barn, built in 1911, and numerous outbuildings is to be seen on another page of this volume.


Mr. Miller is a young man of affairs, enjoying the prospect of a bright future. He is a member of the Methodist church, a democrat in politics, and fraternizes with the American Order of Pro- tection.


Mr. Miller remembers the family's sod-house days, although he was a very small lad when they moved into the new frame dwelling. He recalls seeing three deer at one time. One winter was spent in a hunting expedition around Swan lake, in Holt county, but aside from that diversion, he has given his entire attention to the farm.


A sketch of Mr. Miller's father appears on another page of this review.


FREDERICK L. LAGESCHULTE.


Frederick L. Lageschulte, proprietor of one of the most valuable estates in Pierce county, Ne- braska, has been a resident of that locality since 1894. He is prominently known throughout the eastern part of the state as one of the foremost farmers and stockmen in Nebraska. After many years of hard labor in building up his farm, Mr. Lageschulte is now prepared to enjoy the remain- ing years of his life in peace and comfort, sur- rounded by a host of good friends.


Mr. Lageschulte was born in Barrington, Illi- nois, December 26, 1871, and is the son of Fred A. and Lizzie (Meinas) Lageschulte, the oldest in a family of four children, three brothers and one sister. The sister, Mrs. S. T. Zuer, is a missionary in China. Our subject's father is a native of Germany, born in 1844, and emigrating to Amer- ica in 1858. The grandfather had a dyeing and cleaning works in the old country, and on coming to the new world, sailed from Hamburg, spending


nine weeks in a stormy voyage to Baltimore. They settled at Barrington, Illinois, and while residing there, our subject's father enlisted in the army, in Company H, One Hundred and Fifty- sixth Illinois Infantry, in 1864, and did gnard duty on a supply train in Sherman's march to the sea, participating in the grand review at the close of the war.


Mr. Lageschulte, our subject, came to Nebras- ka in 1894, and bought the land where he now lives, the east half of section sixteen, township twenty-seven, range one.


In 1897, our subject was married to Miss Lydia Wiseman, of Barrington, a daughter of Frederick and Hannah (Lislartka) Wiseman. To this union two children have been born : Helta and Verdall, and our subject and family worship at the United Evangelical church.


Mr. Lageschulte's maternal Grandfather Meinas, was in Chicago in 1836, when there were but forty houses in the place, and owned eighty acres in what is now Lake View. The land he bought at Barrington was secured from the gov- ernment at a dollar and a quarter per acre, but little of it was broken; the rest was raw prairie land, without a tree or shrub.


HANS N. LAURITSEN.


Hans N. Lauritsen, a prosperous farmer and stockman, residing on the south half of section eight, of Cleveland precinct, is the owner of a fine estate, known as the Union Stock Farm, which comprises one thousand acres, improved with a handsome residence, and every equipment for the conducting of a model farm. Mr. Lauritsen is one of the largest land-owners in his section of the country, being proprietor of over two thous- and acres of choice Howard county land.


Mr. Lauritsen was born in Denmark on the fourteenth of February, 1849, and was the fourth in a family of seven children born to Laurits and Karn Clausen. He grew up in his native land, and at the age of twenty-one, decided to seek his fortune in the new world, landing in America in November, having come all alone across the great sea, and locating at the first in Ottawa county, Ohio. There he spent about five and a half years, then came to Howard county, Nebraska, landing here in April, 1876. He took up some land, and farmed for many years, going through all the pio- neer experiences, homesteading on section four, township thirteen, range eleven, where he suc- ceeded in building up a comfortable home and good farm.


In 1897, our subject came to his present loca- tion, which is admirably adapted to grain and stock raising, and this he has put in the best possible condition, erecting fine buildings of all kinds, planted trees, and has every convenience for the operation of a model farm.


Mr. Lauritsen was married in Ottawa county, Ohio, in 1871, to Jensine Trenkner, who was a


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native of Germany, coming to America in the year of her marriage, and they have had ten children, eight of whom are now living, named as follows: Johannah, wife of Amil Larsen, they the parents of two children, and occupying a farm adjoining Mrs. Larsen's father's estate; Emma, wife of Niels Petersen, they living in Rock Springs, par- ents of three children; Charles, married, farming his own place on section ten, Dannebrog precinct, in Howard county; Thomas, occupying the old homestead ; Eddie, on his own farm in the vicinity of his father's home; Mollie, wife of Peter Peter- sen, farming in Howard county; Willie and George, both living at home, and assisting their father. The two children who died were Louie W., he dying when twenty-six years old, and Sadie, who died at four years of age.


After Mr. Lauritsen had been in this country some time, he was joined by his father, mother and one sister. The mother died in 1893, and the father two years later, both passing away at the home of our subject.


Mr. Lauritsen is active in all local, county and state affairs, and is regarded as one of the leading citizens of his section.


JOHN LUDWIG HENRY LENZ.


John Ludwig Henry Lenz, a man of sturdy German stock, and a citizen who has contributed his share toward the upbuilding and progress of Valley county, has made his own way in the world. He was born in the village of Bromsted, province of Lenneberg-Segelberg, Germany, February 27, 1859, and was the oldest of the six children born to Henry Lenz and wife, who were parents of three sons and three daughters. He was reared like other farmers' sons of his coun- try, and received a parochial school education. In 1880, being then in his twenty-first year, he came to the United States in search of an oppor- tunity to advance his position in life, sailing from Hamburg, November 20, and landed in New York seven days later. He soon after came to Cass county, Nebraska, where he was employed by the month at farm work. In October, 1883, he came to Valley county, and filed on a hometsead on section three, township seventeen, range sixteen. Returning to Cass county, he spent the winter there, and in the following spring returned to the homestead, and has since made his home there. He has improved the farm in many ways, and has developed an excellent property, being now owner of four hundred and eighty acres of land. He has shown himself an able and enterprising farmer, and has won a good standing in his community. Ile is the only one of his family to come to Amer- ica.


Mr. Lenz was married at Ord, Nebraska, May 4, 1884, to Emelia Peters, daughter of Peter and Lena (Shoemaker) Peters. The Peters family were among the early settlers of Cass county,


locating there in 1860. Mr. Peters came to the United States in 1855, located in Cook county, Illinois, and in 1857 there married Lena Shoe- maker. Mrs. Lenz was born in Cass county, and was the fifth of seven children. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lenz, namely: William, married, and living east of the home farm, has one child; the other five, Henry, Fred, Katie, George and Louis, are all at home. The reader's attention is called to a sketch of D. O. Franzen, whose wife is a sister of Mrs. Lenz.


Mr. Lenz and family lived for twelve or thir- teen years in a sod house in genuine pioneer style. Deer and antelope were to be seen in large num- bers on the open prairies. In the blizzard of January 12, 1888, Mr. Lenz was out in it most of the day, helping neighbors save their stock. In polities he is a democrat, and was reared in the Lutheran church.


HIRAM WARNER.


Of the leading old settlers and public-spirited citizens of Madison county, Nebraska, the gentle- man above mentioned deserves a foremost place. Mr. Warner resides on section seventeen, town- ship twenty-three, range one, where he has a pleasant home, and is surrounded by a host of kind neighbors and loving friends. He has aided in no slight degree in the development of the com- mercial resources of this region, and has done his full share in building up the country.


Mr. Warner was born in New York state, his birth occurring August 5, 1839, and is a son of Hiram and Catherine (Miner) Warner, who were natives of Connecticut. At the age of six years, our subject, with his parents, moved to Tazewell county, Illinois, where he received his education, and grew to manhood's estate.


In 1862, Mr. Warner enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Eighth Illinois Infantry, and served in the Civil war until 1865 under General Smith. The battles participated in were the Siege of Vicksburg, Champion Hill, Spanish Fort, and many other skirmishes and engagements. Mr. Warner was wounded while on the way with a small band of soldiers to get provisions, one-half mile from the camp, being surprised by some sharpshooters. Mr. Warner's brother also served his country in the civil war, and, doing active duty, was taken prisoner, and confined at Ander- sonville prison. He weighed one hundred and seventy pounds at the time of his capture, and at the close of war, when he was released from prison, he weighed but sixty-nine pounds, a loss in weight of one hundred and one pounds.


In 1887, Mr. Warner came to Madison county, Nebraska, where he originated the town of War- nersville, building a creamery, a store, a canning factory and lumber yard. He has always been an active factor in the advancement of all the best interests of his home state and county, and, as


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such, is widely and favorably known.


Mr. Warner was united in marriage, August 16, 1862, to Miss Rosalthe L. Amsbury, of French and English descent, and a native of West Vir- ginia. Mr. and Mrs. Warner are the parents of two children, Edward and Guy.


Mr. Warner comes from quite an illustrious family. His grandfather, on the maternal side, M. (. Mynor, served in the revolutionary war. His paternal grandfather, Henry Warner, was a brother of Seth Warner, whose name went down in the history of the commonwealth.


Mr. Warner is a republican.


EDMOND HAUMONT.


Edmond Hanmont, a prominent and successful farmer and stockman of Custer county, is a native of Belgium, born March 9, 1858, the second born of the six children of Joseph and Marian (Howlet) HIaumont. Both parents are deceased, the father passing away in January, 1872, and the mother in October, 1899. Mr. Haumont lived in his na- tive country until coming to America in the spring of 1877, when he came direct 'to the neigh- borhood of Wood river, Hall county, Nebraska, where he joined his brother, Jules, a sketch of whom also appears in this work.




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