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Jacob F. Mauk was a mechanic in early man- hood but after the war removed with his family to a farm in McLean county, Illinois. They lived there until October, 1880, when they removed to Custer county, Nebraska, and took up a home- stead, on section ten, township sixteen, range twenty, there being five children in the family when they made this change. The trip was made with teams and covered wagons, and when they reached their destination they lived for some time in a sod shanty. Mr. Mauk lived on his homestead farm until 1897, then moved to Broken Bow and made that his home until his death, August 6, 1910, his wife having died on the farm in 1886. He was one of the honored pioneers of the county, and the family was widely known. Of the seven children born to Jacob F. Mauk and wife four sur- vive them: William H., Frank E., Mrs. C. T. Wright and Mrs. Carl Burdick.
William H. Mauk, the principal subject of this article, came with his parients to Illinois, and there grew to manhood. He made a trip through several of the western states in 1877, using a team and wagon for transportation. He visited the Black Hills, Wyoming, and Colorado, and while at the first named place worked as stock tender for the Black Hills Stage Company. When his father moved to Custer county he left this occupa- tion and came to join the family, taking up a homestead and tree claim on his own account, on sections fourteen and fifteen of township sixteen. range nineteen, in May, 1881. He is one of the very few men coming to the county and securing a homestead at so early a date as 1881 who retains the ownership of homestead and timber claim. After residing on his homestead farm for a period of twenty-four years, he moved to his one hundred and seventy-seven acre farm near Broken Bow. Ile owns other land as well and is a successful and progressive farmer and stockman. He has a well- equipped stock and grain farm and has always stood for the hest interests of his community. He has given his time and means toward the develop- ment of his county and state and is regarded as a public-spirited citizen. In early days he experi- enced the same trials and privations as his neigh- bors, and triumphed over all difficulties. He has
served on the township board and in his earlier years in the county was justice of the peace in his district.
Mr. Mauk was married (first) in March, 1884, and of this union four children were born: Ed- ward, Hattie, Esther, and Oscar, all of whom have received excellent educational advantages. Edward is unmarried and is a homesteader of Brown county, Nebraska ; Hattie J. is a member of the faculty and corresponding secretary of Lin- coln business college; Esther graduated from the high school of Broken Bow with the class of 1911, and Oscar is a student in the high school. In 1905 Mr. Mauk left his farm and located in Broken Bow, so as to afford his children better educational facilities, and that place has since been his home. Ile was married (second) August 15, 1905, to Miss Katie Bushman, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Mauk have a modern comfortable home, and are well-known in social and educational circles.
Mr. Mauk is a member of Masonic orders, and he with his wife, belongs to the Eastern Star.
ADAM F. HANNAWALD. (Deceased.)
The late Adam F. Hannawald, an early settler of Custer county, and well-known as a man of strict integrity and high character, did much to influence the early development of Custer county and central Nebraska, and his death was deeply deplored by his many friends. He was a veteran of the civil war and throughout his life was known as a patriotic, useful citizen. He was born in Utica county, New York, September 28, 1836, a son of Adam and Dorothy (Shingler) Hannawald, and the oldest of their six children. He has a brother in Denver, Colorado, and another brother, Martin, in Bridgeport, Nebraska. Mr. Hannawald grew to manhood on a farm in New York and re- ceived his education in local schools, later engag- ing in farming on his own account. He was mar- ried in Madison county, New York, January 29, 1859, to Anthy L. Owen, also a native of that state. On August 7, 1862, Mr. Hannawald en- listed in Company B, One Hundredth and Fifty- seventh New York Infantry, and owing to physical disability was discharged on February 8, 1863, and then returned to his home, and resumed farm- ing in his native state.
In 1865 Mr. Hannawald brought his family to Oshtemo, Michigan, living there until coming to Hamilton county, Nebraska, in 1883. In 1885 the family came to Custer county and pre-empted one hundred and sixty-four acres of land on section two, township seventeen, range twenty-two, where Mr. Hannawald died February 10, 1898, survived by his widow and four children: Frank, of Cus- ter county, a sketch of whom also appears in this work, has three children; Stella married Merlin Valleau, of Lansing, Michigan, and they have nine
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ADAM HANNAWALD, (DECEASED.)
MRS. ANTHY HANNAWALD.
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children; Ettie M., wife of L. J. Read, of Merna, has two children; Nettie, wife of Archie Meek, lives in Anselmo, Custer county. Mrs. Hanna- wald lives in Merna, but retains ownership of the old homestead. She has resided there some years, owns a pleasant home, and is in close touch with her children and her many friends, thus insuring a large degree of happiness in her later life. The family are highly respected and esteemed, being among the earlier ones of central Nebraska, where they have been identified with various measures affecting the general welfare and prosperity. Por- traits of Mr. and Mrs. Hannawald will be found on another page.
WILLIAM BUSS.
A typical pioneer of northeastern Nebraska is represented by the gentleman above named. He has lived many years in Nebraska, and has been a part of the growth and development of this region, building up for himself a substantial home and fortune by his perseverance and thrift, and has come to be one of the foremost citizens of Pierce county.
William Buss was born in Wisconsin, March 9, 1868, and is the son of August and Wilmena (Krouse) Buss, both natives of the province of Pomerania, Germany, who emigrated to America. After landing in New York, the elder Buss went to Wisconsin where he rented a farm, on which he was living during the Civil war. He enlisted and served a short time, in a Wisconsin regiment, then returned to his Wisconsin farm.
In the spring of 1871, the family came to Ne- braska, settling in Stanton county, driving across Iowa by team, they having the only horses in the train of wagons, the rest having oxen. The claim on which they made settlement was situated one mile from the Wayne county line and three miles from Madison county line. The nearest market place was at Wisner, sixty miles away. On this claim they first built a sod house and later one of adobe, in which they lived for seven years. During their residence there they ex- perienced many hardships and privations, losing all their crops by the grasshopper raids of 1873 and 1874; and also in the blizzards of 1873 and 1888, for fuel they had at times to burn corn stalks and sunflowers.
Our subject came to Pierce county, Nebraska, in 1893, and hought where he now lives, in sec- tion twenty-two, township twenty-six, range three, and has a fine farm well improved; he owns four hundred acres in Pierce county, and three hundred and twenty acres elsewhere in the state.
Mr. Buss was married in 1893 to Miss Bertha May. They have had eight children: Martha, (deceased), Lonis, Albert, Ernest, Arthur, Paul, William and Gustave.
Mr. Buss is a member of the German Lutheran 291%
church and in politics affiliates with the democra- tie party.
PAUL SORENSEN.
Paul Sorensen a prosperous and progressive farmer of Howard county, is owner of a valuable estate in seetion thirty-two, township fourteen, range eleven, who through thrift and energy, aided by a natural business capacity, has gathered about him an ample sufficiency of this world's goods, and is guaranteed immunity from want in his old age.
Mr. Sorensen was born on September 1, 1849, in Denmark, and was the fourth child in the family of Soren and Karn Erickson, who had seven children, four boys and three girls. The mother died in her native land in 1867.
Larke and Celia Sorensen, brother and sister of Paul, came to America in the following year, settling in Chicago, where they remained until 1871, and then came to Howard county, Ne- braska, being among the very first settlers. In 1869, Paul also came over, stopping in Chicago, where he spent a few months, and then went to Minnesota, remaining one year. He then re- turned to Chicago and was in the city during the famous fire of 1871, which he remembers very distinctly, and can tell some interesting incidents connected with the castastrophe.
During 1870, the father of our subject, two brothers, Christ, and Hans and two daughters, Hannah and Annie, also emigrated to this country, the whole family now being here, most of them settled in Howard county, Nebraska, all of the male members having filed on homesteads. In 1872 Panl joined the rest of his family in that region, and immediately took up a claim of eighty acres on sections thirty-two, township fourteen, range eleven, which he has made his home ever since. He now owns one hundred and sixty acres of well improved land. He has a com- fortable residence, and he also has an orchard, etc.
In 1879, Mr. Sorensen was married at St. Paul, Nebraska, to Sine Jensen, and they have had eleven children, nine of whom are living, named as follows: Emanuel, Ethiel, Walter. Ella, An- nie, Holger, Eddie, Violet and Soren, all being intelligent young people who have been a great help to their parents in building up the home.
ROBERT FRANKLIN ROWE.
Although not one of the earliest settlers of Valley county, Nebraska, Robert Franklin Rowe is one of that county's most highly respected and well known citizens. He has been most snecess- ful in agricultural operations there and has been able to retire from active life and enjoy the com- forts earned by his early industry and good management. Mr. Rowe is of New England de-
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scent and both his parents were natives of the state of New York. He was born in Oswego county, New York, October 21, 1853, second of the three children born to Robert G. and Emeline (House) Rowe, being the only one of the family now living. The father died at Beloit, Wiscon- sin, November 27, 1897, at the age of eighty-three years, and the mother died at Marengo, Illinois, in 1891, at the age of seventy-five years.
Mr. Rowe accompained his parents to Dupage county, Illinois, when he was ten years of age, received his education in local schools there and after reaching manhood engaged in farming. On February 1, 1882, he was married, at Marengo, Illinois, to Miss Susan M. Stanford, who was of English birth and came to the United States in early childhood. Her parents, George and Susan Stanford, settled in Illinois on emigrating to America.
In the spring of 1893 Mr. Rowe brought his wife and one child to Valley county and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on the south- east quarter of section thirty-one, township seventeen, range sixteen, which was his home for many years. Mrs. Rowe died there May 6, 1904, survived by her husband and three children: George R., now married and living in Valley county ; C. Stanford, and Richard F., at home.
On March 8, 1907, Mr. Rowe married Miss Mary Strathdee, their union taking place at Ord, Nebraska. She was born at Wilmington, Illinois, of Scotch-Irish parentage. The Strathdee family located in Valley county in 1885. The father, George Strathdee, was born in the parish of Ayrshire, Scotland, came to America in 1850, and died in Arcadia in May, 1910. The mother, whose maiden name was Mary Hurley, was born in Ire- land and now lives at Arcadia. Two children were born of Mr. Rowe's second marriage, Curtis A. and Robert G.
Mr. Rowe is one of the most progressive men in the county and stands for the best interests of its citizens. He is always ready to support the cause of progress and advancement and has many warm friends. He now lives in a comfort- able home in Arcadia and has retired from the farm. He was an extensive stock raiser and made a specialty of Poland China hogs. He owns three hundred and twenty acres of fine farm land in Valley and Sherman counties, which he has de- veloped and improved. For several years he served as school director of district number eleven.
Mr. Rowe experienced the life of a pioneer in a dugout residence in southern Nebraska and in Kansas. In 1894, the year of drouth, he harvested thirty bushels of wheat from forty- five acres and did better then than many of his neighbors. He is a member of the Congregational church and of the Modern Woodmen of America.
In politics he is a progressive republican, though independent of party lines in all but national questions.
OTTO BORCHERS.
Otto Borchers, a leading old-timer in Ne- braska, resides on his well improved farm situated in section five, township twenty-three, range two, Madison county. Mr. Borchers is a typical pioneer, has lived many years in this section of the country, and has been a part of the growth and development of the region, building up for himself a substantial home.
Mr. Borchers is a native of Germany, where his birth occurred August 29, 1838, in Hanover, province of Prussia; he is a son of John and Katie (Borcelman) Borchers, both also natives of Germany, where the father followed the oc- cupation of farming.
In 1863, Mr. Borchers came to America, em- barking on a sailboat bound from Hamburg to New York, and was nine weeks and three days on the sea. After reaching the United States, he proceeded westward, locating in Minnesota where he remained seven years; here he worked as farm hand.
In 1869 Mr. Borchers went to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and from there came to Fremont, Nebraska, where he went by stage coach overland to Madi- son county, locating on his present homestead, where he built a good log house, living in this ten years. During the first years of residence on the western frontier, our subject experienced many hardships and privations; during the first five years the grasshoppers that came every sea- son and destroyed the vegetation were a great source of anxiety and disappointment.
Mr. Borchers was united in marriage in 1869 to Miss Mary Olday, a native of Hanover, Prus- sia, and a daughter of John Olday. Mr. and Mrs. Borchers are the parents of six children, whose names are as follows: Katie, who is the wife of Henry Teke, and resides in Madison county ; Adelia; John, who married Miss Mary Clyde, they residing in Madison county; Mary, who is the wife of Fred Preuner, lives in Madison county ; Carl and Metta. Mrs. Borchers died January 19, 1900, deeply mourned by family and friends.
They are a fine family, and are all active in' forwarding the best interests of their home state and county, and are held in high esteem by all who know them. They are members of the Lutheran church and Mr. Borchers affiliates with the democratic party.
JOHN SIMPSON.
Among Custer county's early settlers, and a man who is widely and favorably known, is John Simpson, now living retired from active life, at
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Ansley, Nebraska. Mr. Simpson is a native of Woolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, born in 1839, and grew up on the farm where his father was employed-the large estate of a lord. Later he worked at mining in his native shire. He is a son of William James and Anna (Wooley) Simpson, also natives of England. He was mar- ried in his native country, in 1867, to Miss Eliza- beth Harris, also of English birth, and about 1869 or 1870 he brought his wife and one son to America. They located sixteen miles from Cleve- land, in Cayhuga county, Ohio, where he car- ried on farming until 1879, when he removed to ITall county, Nebraska, and one year later, home- steaded on one hundred and sixty acres of land on section twenty-three, township sixteen, range eighteen, Custer county, which for many years was the home place. He became a successful farmer and was much interested in local affairs, helping to organize school district number six- teen. He is a good example of what may be ac- complished by energy and thrift, and is a self- made man. He now owns three hundred and forty acres of fine farming and stock raising land, including a quarter section in Montana and twenty acres of fruit land in Oregon, and since 1897 has lived retired from active life, enjoying the fruit of his early toil. He has erected a com- fortable home in Ansley and the family is well known socially.
To Mr. Simpson and wife eleven children were born, of whom eight are now living, namely : William J., married and living in Montana, has seven children; Anna E., who married Louis Duxstad and has one child, lives at Ansley with her father; Alice M. married Newton Draper, lives in Missouri, and they have seven children ; Clyde J., at home; Frederick E. is married and lives four miles northeast of Ansley; Alma .J. married William Burdick, of Custer county, county, and they have two children; Lottie M. married James Van Zant, of Westerville, Custer county, and they have two children; Leah E., at home ; Rose H., who died in 1908, is survived by her husband, Lemuel Clay, and one child; and Alhert E. and Minnie N. are deceased. Mr. Simp- son is a man of stability and integrity and is considered a useful, public-spirited citizen. In polities he is independent of party lines. While in England he was a communicant of the estab- lished church. In Ansley he became identified with the Christian church.
LORENZ ALBERTSEN.
In compiling a list of the self-made men of Wayne county, Nebraska, who have become well- to-do, progressive farmers, and who have aided materially in the development of the agricultural interests of this region, a prominent place is ac- corded the name of Lorenz Albertsen. For many years this gentleman has been located on section
twenty-eight on his valuable estate, and his agri- cultural operations have been extremely sue- cessful. He is known as one of the prominent substantial citizens of that locality and well merits his high standing.
Mr. Albertsen is a native of Schleswig- Holstein, Germany, where he was born in 1840. His parents, Hans and Mary Albertsen, were farmers of that locality, and he obtained from them an intimate knowledge of intensive farm- ing, which is one thing that has made the Euro- pean farmer so successful as a general rule, even under what are considered very poor conditions in our favored land.
Lorenz Albertsen saw military service in the war between Denmark and Germany in 1863 and 1864, and after the war was over could not set- tle down contentedly in the narrow community where he had spent his previous years. About March 1, 1865, he left his native land, and came to America to seek his fortune in this land of golden opportunity. He came first to Davenport, Iowa, where he remained about two years and a half.
He continued his wanderings in 1868, when he went to California and remained about a year and eight months. He then returned to Nebraska and settled down in Saunders county on section sixteen, township sixteen, range seven, where he remained until 1889, when he came to Wayne county, and bought the farm where he now lives.
His years in Nebraska as a settler were not entirely pleasant and encouraging. The grass- hoppers took all of his crops for several years while he was in Saunders county, and the prairie fires in summer, and severe blizzards in winter were also elements to be reckoned with. How- ever, he persevered in his attempt to make a home for himself and his family, and after years of toil is now enjoying the rewards of his labor.
He owns one hundred and sixty acres of land, which is the amount he purchased on coming to Wayne county. He has built his present com- fortable home, barns and other out buildings. IIe has fatted a number of cattle and hogs, but of late has given of hard work, and is taking life easier in his old ge.
In 1879, Mr. Albertsen was nnited in marriage to Miss Ebbie Schultz, and of this union have been born nine children, named respectively: John, Henry, George, Albert, Minnie(now Mrs. Fred Adams). William, Arthur, Elsie, Emma and Fred. Mr. Albertsen is a democrat.
JAMES SMITH.
James Smith a prominent and well known farmer of Custer county, with the exception of a few years spent in Loup county, has been con- tinnously a resident of Custer county since 1878. He was born in Philadelphia September 6, 1853, the youngest child of James and Louise (John-
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son) Smith. The father was born in New Jersey in January, 1800, spent his early years in that state and Pennsylvania, and was married in Philadelphia. Twelve children were born of their union. James Smith, senior, was a master sailor and spent sixteen years on the ocean in com- mand of his own vessel. For five or six years he was engaged in mercantile business in Phila- delphia and for twelve years he worked in the the ship building yards of that city. His first wife died in 1862, and he was married to his second wife in 1865. At the close of the Civil war he took his family to West Virginia, and in 1870 he and his wife and four children, with his eldest son, came to Hall county, Nebraska, locat- ing on a farın. In August, 1878, he took up a homestead in Custer county, comprising the north half of the northeast quarter and the north half of the northwest quarter of section four, town- ship fourteen, range seventeen, which remained the home farm until the time of his death, in September, 1904. He was always an active man and retained his faculties to a wonderful extent in his latter years, at the time of his death laek- ing but a few months of one hundred and four years of age.
James Smith, junior, worked a few years in the ship yards of Philadelphia and came to Hall county with his father in 1870, and on to Custer county in 1878. He took up a homestead com- prising the northwest quarter of section three, township fourteen, range seventeen, and the south half of the southwest quarter of seetion thirty-four, township fifteen, range seventeen. His half-brother, Joseph Smith, lives on the old homestead of their father, so that the homesteads originally taken by James Smith, senior, and James Smith, junior, still remain the property of the family. In 1904 Mr. Smith took a Kincaid homestead in Loup county and made that his home place until it was proved up. Thus he is a pioneer homesteader of both Custer and Loup counties.
On December 20, 1886, Mr. Smith married Annie L. Buekley, and thirteen children were born of this union, twelve of whom are now living: James R., Elmer E., Nora Annie, Maggie Ellen, Louise May, George F., Alfred W., Bernard L., Dale H., Vena, Martha Pearl and Orville. All were born on the home farm in Custer county except Martha Pearl, who was born in Loup county. The Smiths are among Custer county's best known pioneer families and are held in high regard by their many friends and acquaintances. Although a man of retiring disposition and habits, Mr. Smith has always been active along all lines connected with the general progress and pros- perty. He has heen successful in farming and stock raising, his occupation for more than forty years, and now owns a well improved and equip- peu farm in his home place, besides four hundred acres of land in Loup county.
WILLIAM VAN CAMP.
One of the oldest eitizens of Knox county, is the venerable William Van Camp, now retired and residing in Winnetoon, having come to the county in 1872. At that time Yankton was the nearest railroad terminus, and on arriving there one Saturday, Mr. Van Camp learned that the next stage was due to leave the following Tues- day, so in order to save hotel bills as well as stage fare, he started to walk the fifty miles to Bazile Mills, arriving there in good shape, although a trifle weary and footsore. There he batched it with a friend, Oscar Norton, who owned the half section of land on which Winneton now stands, remaining for a short time, then taking possession of a homestead lying three miles south of where Verdigris has since been located. He proved up on the land, and also took a timber claim adjoining, all of which he improved in splendid shape, and made it his home until his retirement in 1905.
On arriving in the vicinity he learned that there was not a teacher for the schools, so he promised the settlers that he could procure one for them, and sent for his wife whom he had left in Wisconsin and she came on and took charge of the district school, being one of the very first teachers in the southern part of the county.
Mr. Van Camp is a descendant of the old Knickerbockers, who settled on the Hudson river in New York state during Holland's reign over the region. He was born in Herkimer county, New York, on January 16, 1828, his childhood being spent in that locality. When he was seven years old his parents moved to Jefferson county, New York, the father purchasing three hundred and sixty acres of land, which at that time was an unusually large tract in that region. This was devoted to dairying, which they carried on for many years. Mr. Van Camp's father died in 1856, at the age of fifty years, while his widow reachcl the ripe old age of ninety, and of their five sons and three daughters, our subject is the last. He was married in Jefferson county, on December 6, 1854, to Harriet Winne who passed away on the home farm in April, 1903, leaving two children, Charles, who is engaged in the elevator business at Winnetoon, and Clara, wife of Willis Brown of Creighton.
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