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 182

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


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In the fall of 1877, Mr. Hanmont went into Iowa, and worked in the coal mines at Moingona and also near Des Moines. He worked for a time on the Northwestern railroad, and in the fall of 1879, returned to Hall county, and went on to Custer county, taking a homestead on the north- east quarter of section three, township eighteen. range nineteen, but he and his family now reside on his wife's tree claim on the southeast quarter of section thirty-four, township seventeen, range nineteen. He was married in Grand Island, September 15, 1879, to Mary Severyns, and in the following spring (March 27) came to his home- stead in Custer county.


Joseph Severyns came to America in April, 1875, and in July of that year he was joined at Moingona, Iowa, by Tom Severyns, Mary Sever- yns and Jules Ilaumont, who had just reached America. Joseph and Tom Severyns came to the Wood river district, in Hall county, in 1875, and took up timber claims, returning to Iowa to work in the mines and on the railroad. In 1879, Joseph, Tom and Mary Severyns came to Custer county, and took homesteads, Mary securing a timber claim as well. When they came to Custer county, Jules and Edmond Haumont came with them, the journey being made with a covered wagon, and they were the first settlers on the tableland just off Clear creek valley. Tom Severyns returned to Belgium in 1886, and still resides there. Joseph Severyns lived in Custer county until 1893, then moved to California, where his death oceurred in April, 1901.


Mrs. Edmond Haumont proved up on her


homestead, and (as mentioned above) Mr .. and Mrs. Ilanmont, with their family, live on her timber claim. Mrs. Haumont is a woman of strength of character and determination, and is a pioneer settler of the county. Mr. Haumont was appointed postmaster of the post-office at Elton, October 10, 1881, being sworn in by County Judge Armour, and holding office until April, 1899. The present incumbent is Albert Kleeb, who married a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hau- mont. Both Mr. Haumont and his wife passed through the severe trials and hardships of pioneer life, and well remember the days when grain was sometimes ground in a coffee mill to make bread for the family. They lived some time in a sod shanty, and had to pass through years when the crops were ruined by drouth or a seourge of grasshoppers, but have been triumphant over all difficulties, and have come to a time of prosperity and success. They have twelve hundred acres of choice land, with a fine home and comfortable surroundings. The family have been prominent and progressive along educational lines and the general progress of Custer county, and are well known for their public spirit.


Mr. Hanmont and wife have had three chil- dren, of whom but two survive: Paul J. and Sylvia. The former was born on the homestead in 1880, lives in Custer county, and was married to Eva Bokingharn, and they have three children. Sylvia was born on the homestead farm, October 10, 1882, is now the wife of Albert Kleeb, post- master at Elton, and they live on the original Joseph Severyns homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Kleeb have three children.


WILLIAM H. BALIMAN.


William H. Baliman, a prosperous and much- respected farmer of Howard county, well deserves the abundant suceess that has come to him as a reward of industry, economy and thrift.


Mr. Baliman was born in Clinton county, Pennsylvania, on February 17, 1844. When an infant, three months old, his parents moved to Dupage county, northern Illinois, where he grew up, and was educated, attending the common . schools. May 24, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served with his regiment for over three years, engaging in the following principal battles: Chickasaw Bayou, fought on December 27, 28 and 29, 1862; the engagement at Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863; Jackson, Mississippi, May 4, 1863, and July 10 to 17, 1863; Siege of Vicks- burg, which engagement was begun on May 18, and lasted until July 4, 1863; also was in the battle of Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863; Mission Ridge, fought on November 25, 1863, where there were more prisoners taken than there were men in the regiment; Ringgold Gap, Georg- ia, November 27, 1863, and Madison, Alabama,


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May 18, 1864. Besides these encounters, Mr. Baliman participated in many minor skirmishes, and, strange to say, passed through all these battles withont even receiving a scratch.


At the close of the war, Mr. Baliman returned to his home in Illinois, and clerked in a store for about two years, from there coming to Omaha, where he became interested in the mercantile business, and remained for four years. He then came into Howard county, landing here in the spring of 1871, and filed on a homestead on section twelve, township fourteen, range eleven, which he proved up on, and out of which he developed a good farm. He built his first house, which was a frame structure, on the table-land, and there passed through all the old Nebraska times. Many and exciting were the encounters he had with the different tribes of Indians, who infested that region, and he also went through the grasshopper raids, drouths, etc., but through all these trying times, never once thought of abandoning his claim. He has been well repaid for his sufferings and discouragements, in the possession of the ele- gant farm he now owns, which consists of two hundred and forty acres of choice land, and com- prising one of the most valuable estates of How- ard county.


Mr. Baliman is one of the very first settlers in his locality, widely known for his aid in build- ing np the region, and is a man who has always stood for the best interests of the county along educational and commercial lines.


Mr. Baliman was married on May 18, 1869, to Miss Mary LaClair, at the home of her parents in Naperville, Illinois, her father and mother dying there some years ago. Our subject was the second member in a family of fourteen children, but six of whom are now living, one brother now in Chi- cago, Illinois, another in Omaha, and the balance in different parts of the country. Mr. and Mrs. Baliman are the parents of four children, one of whom is dead, the other three named as follows: Will E., of St. Libory; Ada M., wife of W. B. Connor, of City Point, Wisconsin, and Alfred L., on the home farm. Carrie J. died October 15, 1905. She was the wife of D. A. Geil. The fam- ily are prominently known throughout their sec- tion of the state, and are among the worthy and substantial residents of their respective localities.


SAMUEL LEROY GLOVER.


Samuel Leroy Glover is well known through- ont central Nebraska as a successful farmer and ranchman, having large interests in Custer county. He owns a large tract of land, well developed and equipped in every respect, and one of the most charming homes in the county. He was born in Otsego county, New York, July 4, 1832, third child of Ezra Jarvis and Hannah (Mudge) Glov- er, and the only one of his family now surviving. His parents were natives of New York, and mar-


ried in Otsego county, and three sons and three daughters were born to them. The father was a shoemaker by trade, and at different times the family lived in various small villages in the conn- ties of Otsego, Tioga and Chemung, and also lived for a short time in Bradford county, Pennsyl- vania, but returned to Owego, Tioga county, where the death of the father occurred in 1844. After his death, the widow returned with the children to Otsego county.


After the death of his father, Samuel L. Glover lived with an uncle for abont a year, then went with his mother and the other two surviving chil- dren, Henry and Mary, to the neighborhood of Hope factory, three miles south of Cooperstown. The three children were sent to work in the fac- tory. Later they removed to Oneida county, and the two boys worked in a woolen mill. The latter factory paid cash to their employes instead of requiring them to trade out their earnings at the company store, and about 1850, the family were able to move to western Pennsylvania, where they had purchased a small farm. Samuel remained there until twenty years of age, then left home to go out in the world for himself. He went to work in a country store and post-office. Although his father had lived in several different places he always located in a village where his children could have educational advantages, and Samuel was an apt and ambitions pupil, making the best of his opportunities. After spending abont a year as clerk in the store, he began teach- ing in the local school during the winter months, and in the spring resumed work as clerk.


On October 18, 1854, in Erie county, Pennsyl- vania, Mr. Glover was united in marriage with Martha Jane, danghter of John M. T. and Mary (Greenlee) Dunn. They lived in Erie county after marriage, and Mr. Glover worked in a store until the spring of 1855. They then moved . to Erie City, where he engaged in the retail grocery trade about one year, then moved to LaSalle county, Illinois, where he rented a farm from the spring of 1857 until the spring of 1861, when they removed to Livingston county, Illinois, and car- ried on a farm Mr. Glover owned, until their removal to Custer county, Nebraska, in the spring of 1886.


During the previous fall, Mr. Glover had made a trip-to Butler county, Nebraska, where his brother, Henry, and his son, Henry Bion, were living, and the latter came overland with him into Custer county, where he purchased land. In the spring, Mr. Glover brought his wife and three children to their new home on the ranch, which had been purchased in the fall. During the win- ter of 1885 and 1886, the sons, Bion and Percy, and daughter, Deett, remained on the home farm. They have steadily prospered, and the firm of Glover & Sons have a fine herd of cattle, and over six hundred and forty acres of land in the home farm. They have a modern home, well-


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kept lawn, and trees and flowers. Although he and his wife have been married fifty-seven years, both are active and in robust health. The sons practically manage the farm work, and Mrs. Glover has her daughter, Mrs. Potter, to help in the home. They have six children: Deett, Mrs. J. W. McRae, of Harlan county, has two children ; Mary Emily, Mrs. Potter, living with her par- ents; Grace, wife of E. V. Sparks, of eastern Colorado; Henry Bion, interested with his father in the farm and stock business, lives on section thirty-five, township eighteen, range eighteen, and is married; Percy D., married, and living on his fine Custer county farm, has fifteen children ; Sid- ney L., married, and living on section twenty- four, Westerville township. They are a repre- sentative family, and active in furthering the best interests of the community. Mrs. Glover is the only surviving member of her family, as Mr. Glover is of his.


LEONARD WEIGAND.


Leonard and Theresa (Meyer) Weigand, of whom a sketch appears on another page of this review, parents of Frank Weigand, of Bloom- field, were natives of Germany. The father was born in the village of Genetzheim, kingdom of Bavaria, January 6, 1824. He learned the cabinet maker's trade, and was employed in a number of cities in Germany in his young manhood. He was residing in Berlin at the time of his emigra- tion to America with his wife and son, Frank. Embarking at Bremen in a sailing vessel the last day of September, 1854, they landed in New York, November 11, and proceeded to Cleveland, where the father found work at his trade.


In 1858, hearing glowing accounts of the opportunities in the west from F. L. Meyer, his brother-in-law, Mr. Weigand disposed of his household effects, and started for Nebraska. The railroad at that time extended only to Fort Dodge, Iowa, whence they traveled by stage to Sioux City. Here Mrs. Weigand's brother met them with an ox wagon, and, crossing the Mis- souri river, March 17, slowly carried them to his squatter holding on what is now known as Ames creek, near St. James, Cedar county, the land not yet at that time having been thrown open to settlement. Here they lived together until the Pike's Peak exodus, when Mr. Meyer joined the gold-seekers, leaving his claim to Mr. Weigand. When the land was thrown open to settlement, Mr. Weigand was deprived of his claim through a perversion of law, and had to seek further for land, on which he could file.


For a time, the family lived near St. James, and finally, in March of 1862, Leonard Weigand selected a quarter section, thirteen miles north of where Bloomfield now stands, and fifteen miles southeast of Santee Agency, and filed on it under the homestead law. When he began, he had thir- teen head of cattle and fourteen cents in money-


a small beginning, truly. When he retired a few years ago, he had accumulated one thousand acres of fine land, besides a large holding of per- sonal property. In 1904, be began spending his winters in the west, and, two years later, became a permanent resident of Oakland, California, the climate there agreeing with him. Far along in the eighties, Mr. Weigand is hale and hearty, with a light springy step, such as a man half his age might envy. His mind is bright and active, and he takes a keen interest in current events and the political conditions. The post-office of Wei- gand was established through his influence, and the village of Weigand, in the northern part of Knox county, was named for him.


His good wife died, June 15, 1901, at the age of seventy-one years, five months and sixteen days.


His first dwelling on the homestead claim was a dugout, with an entrance between two log cribs, built into the bank, where the dwelling was made. The only window was a small sash in the roof, on the south slope. Indians were plentiful, and at times a dozen of their tepees were set up around Mr. Weigand's home place, and the red brother made himself useful in helping gather corn, dig potatoes, and in many other ways. During the first years, the nearest neighbor was an old baeh- elor, six miles distant, and beyond that there were no neighbors for many miles.


VICTOR VAN CAMP.


This gentleman is practically a native Nebras- kan, having settled here with his parents when but four years of age, and his entire career since boyhood has been spent in this region. He is a man of fine mind and superior education, is prom- inent in local affairs, and has served Boone county in various capacities for the past several years.


Victor Van Camp was born in Sauk county, Wisconsin, on October 4, 1867, being the eldest child in the family of Garrett and Laura Van Camp, who had, beside our subject, one daughter. When Victor was but four years of age, his par- ents came to Boone county, the father being a pioneer homesteader of the county. Our subject obtained his early education in the country schools, afterwards attending the Neligh Acad- emy for four years. He also spent one year in the law department of the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, and then returned to Boone county, where he embarked in the farming and stock-raising business on his own account. He has done con- siderable for his locality in the way of helping build up the schools, etc., and is a leading citizen in local and county politics. During 1906 and 1907, he served as deputy sheriff of Boone county, and was deputy county clerk during the follow- ing four years.


Mr. Van Camp was married on June 1, 1898, to Miss Mabel Pierce, who is a native of Minne- sota, but has spent practically her entire life in


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Boone county, her parents being early settlers here. Mr. and Mrs. Van Camp have four children, all at home, and named as follows: Myrtice, Pierce, Laura and Eunice. The family have a pleasant home, and are among the popular mem- bers of society in their community. Mr. Van Camp is a member of the school board of Albion.


PRESTON SARLES.


Preston Sarles, retired farmer of Spencer, has been a resident of Nebraska, since March, 1886, when he settled in Dixon county, and lived for six years on a rented farm. He came to Boyd county in May, 1892, filed on a homestead four miles north of Spencer, and bought a quarter section, which cornered with his homestead, and here he developed a highly productive farm. He resided here for about fifteen years, and, renting to his son-in-law, retired from active farming. He sojourned nearly two years in Colorado, help- ing his son, Walter, secure an eighty-acre tract of fruit land under the Gunnison ditch in Delta county. He then returned to Spencer in Febru- ary, 1909, and since that time has lived a quiet life here.


Mr. Sarles was born in Floyd county, Indiana, November 30, 1852. His parents, Henry and Susan (Mccutcheon) Sarles, lived their entire lives on a farm in the state of Indiana, where they were born. He started out in life for himself at the age of twenty-two, and the year following, he married, and lived for a year or two on a rented farm. Later he bought forty acres in Crawford county, on which he lived until coming west at the time stated above.


Mr. Sarles was first married in August, 1875, to Martha E. Jenkins, a native of Indiana, and daughter of Samuel Jenkins. Three children were born to them: Walter, who lives on a fruit farm in Delta county, Colorado; Cora, wife of William Wilkerson, a bridge-builder and house-mover of Spencer; and Homer, who has remained under the parental roof.


Mr. Sarles was married a second time in Dixon county, Nebraska, in December, 1889, the bride being Martha Jane Goodson, a native of Crawford county, Indiana, and daughter of Jasper Good- son. Three children have blessed this union, namely: Lula, who is married to Frank Wilker- son, who holds a lease on the homestead; Leora, who, with her husband, Eby Ross, lives in Mont- rose county, Colorado.


The first six years of life on his homestead, Mr. Sarles and family occupied a sod house, and, like all other settlers, found it a most comfortable dwelling, more so than the new frame residence that was its successor. Mr. Sarles had the oppor- tunity to feel the edge of the blizzard of January 12, 1888. His children were at school, three- quarters of a mile distant, and he and the hired man found their way to the school house, and


got the children safely home, though the man with Mr. Sarles' brother's children missed the house, and ran into a granary before finding their way into the house, which they occupied jointly. He has fought prairie fires, both in Dixon county and in Boyd county, and knows something of the peril the early settlers encountered in changing the open prairies into fertile farms.


Mr. Sarles is a republican in politics, and is a member of the Spencer clan of Royal Highlan- ders.


In September, 1909, the Independent Lumber Company of Spencer, was organized, and Mr. Sarles became a stockholder. In the spring of 1910, he was elected vice president, and holds this office at the present time.


THEODORE FRISCHKORN.


Theodore Frischkorn, a self-made man and successful farmer of Custer county, Nebraska, came to the county with but a dollar or two in money, his chief asset being his ambition to suc- ceed, which was reinforced by energy and phys- ical strength. He was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, August 1, 1852, the second of four children born to Adam and Christina Frischkorn, three of whose children were sons. His parents, of German birth, came to Pennsylvania in youth. One son, John, came to Custer county about 1884, and another son came to the state with Theodore.


In April, 1877, Theodore Frischkorn and his brother, Joseph, left Pennsylvania, and went to Iowa, where they spent one year, removing the following April, with two young teams and wag- ons, from Iowa to Nebraska, crossing the river on the transfer at Omaha. After spending a short time in Grand Island, they came on to Custer county, and secured a homestead on section eight- een, township seventeen, range eighteen, Theo- dore securing the south half of the northeast quarter and the north half of the southeast quar- ter. He is one of the very few homesteaders to retain possession of his original homestead, and he still occupies the sod shanty he erected when he first came here, at a time when the region was very sparsely settled, there being but one cattle ranch between his homestead and Broken Bow. Hle has lived in his present home continuously since 1878, and has passed through the years of drouth and other hardships. He is now one of the most prominent stockmen in the central part of the state, and is a progressive and well-read man. He also secured a timber claim in the same section, and has now four hundred acres of land in the home farm, besides three hundred and twenty acres adjoining on the southwest, making a farm of seven hundred and twenty acres, which is one of the best in central Nebraska, and which he devotes to grain and stock raising. He also owns three hundred and twenty acres in Dry valley. With all his large interests, and the time


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necessary to look after his estate, he manages to keep abreast of the times and the progress of events in the world outside.


He has been actively interested in public affairs in his county, and in early days served some time as justice of the peace. He has his farm well fenced, and has quite a growth of timber, which he set out himself, and which adds much to the value and appearance of his place.


Mr. Frischkorn's brother, Joseph, who came with him to Nebraska, now lives in Washington county, Colorado, where he was a pioneer set- tler.


VINCENT J. STEDRY.


Vincent J. Stedry has for many years been influential in advancing the cause of progress in Custer county and central Nebraska, and is accounted a public-spirited, useful citizen. He was born in Bohemia, May 5, 1846, a son of Joseph and Mary Stedry, who had four sons and four daughters, he being the fourth-born child. The parents came to the United States with their six children in 1854, and first settled in Baltimore, Maryland. The father served during the Civil war as musician in the Third Regiment, Maryland Volunteer Infantry. After serving two years, he received an honorable discharge on account of physical disability. The Stedry family resided in Baltimore until about 1870, then moved to Watertown, Wisconsin, and the father died there in 1883. The mother died in California in 1909.


Vincent Stedry came to Saline county, Ne- braska, in 1879, and his first work was when he was employed as clerk in the post-office at Crete. He had received a good common school educa- tion, and took a college course, attending the University of Wisconsin before he came west, and he taught in the public schools of Saline county about eleven years, and while a resident of the county, served some time as deputy registrar of deeds and in other positions in the court house, in connection with his school work. He was there married on September 3, 1883, to Annie Karten.


In 1884, Mr. Stedry took up a homestead on the southwest quarter of section three, township sixteen, range twenty-one, returned to Saline county, and lived there during the years 1885 and 1886, and then came baek to his homestead, which has been his residenee continuously ever since. He now owns a section, but the orig- inal sod shanty on the old homestead continued to be his home, and he is one of the few settlers in his neighborhood who continue to live on their original homesteads. During the past year, he has been connected with county work, and in 1899 served, under Governor Poynter, as state oil inspector. He often aets as interpreter for his fellow countrymen, newly arrived in America, and is one of the best known and most popular men in his county. He has always been especially interested in educational measures, and is known


as one of the most progressive farmers in his part of the state.


Three children were born to Mr. Stedry and wife: Vincent, Ruby and Oliver, all at home. Mrs. Stedry died on the home farm, September 30, 1909, having been a faithful wife and mother, and deeply mourned by her many friends. An interesting picture of the Stedry family will be found on another page.


FREDERICK DEDLOW.


Frederick Dedlow is one of the thrifty Ger- man citizens who have come to Nebraska by way of Wisconsin. He was born in the village of Ihlenfeld, Mechlinberg-Sterlitz, September 27, 1842, and lived here until he was in his twenty- second year. Sailing with his sister from Ham- burg on the "Teutonia," in 1864, he landed in New York, after a voyage of eighteen days. Pro- ceeding directly to Wisconsin, he found work in Jefferson county, where he labored at what- ever his hand found to do-sometimes on farms, sometimes hauling to the railroad, but always industrious, always busy, until 1871, when he migrated to Nebraska, and settled on a home- stead, one mile east and south of Plainview, later filing on a timber claim.




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