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 196

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


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HALL B. SCHNERINGER.


One of the best known citizens of Custer county is Hall B. Sehneringer, who has always been close- ly identified with the cause of progress and ad- vancement along all lines. He was born in Jeffer- son county, Iowa, September 1, 1849, eldest of the four children of Frederick and Rachel (Van Horne) Schneringer. The other children are: Mark, of Callaway; Frederick, of Lincoln; Mrs. Strong Billingsley, of Belleville, Kansas. The fa- ther was born in Germany and the mother in Ohio. He served in the German army, and came to Amer- ica when a young man, locating first in Maine. He died in 1872 and his wife in 1860, both in Iowa. She was of Irish descent.


Mr. Schneringer grew to manhood on the farm in Iowa and received a common school education, later engaging in farming. On August 20, 1868, at St. Louis, Missouri, he was united in marriage with Miss Missouri J. Mendenhall, a native of that state, and they made their first home on the old homestead in Towa. In February, 1877, they came to York county, Nebraska, and lived there three years, coming with their four children to Custer eounty in the spring of 1880. They took a home- stead and tree elaim aggregating three hundred and twenty acres of land on section eight, town- ship fifteen, range twenty-three, which remained


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the home place for a period of thirty-one years. On January 8, 1905, Mrs. Schneringer died on the home farm, survived by her husband and eight children : Charles G. and Jennie, twins, the for- mer living in Perkins county, and the latter, the wife of James Baldwin, of Forest Grove, Oregon, has two children ; William E., of Custer county, is married and has three children; Mark lives in Custer county ; Rachel Bell, wife of Lawrence Rotten, of Lineoln, has three children; Arthur, living near Cozad, Dawson county, Nebraska, has one child; Roy, of Callaway; Ada May, married, and living in Oregon.


In the fall of 1880 Mr. Sehneringer was instru- mental in organizing school district number three, which was supported for a time hy private funds, and for several years he served on its board. In 1887 he was elected county supervisor, served three years, and was again elected in 1904, serving two years. He has also served as justice of the peace and at present is assessor of Delight precinet. In Mareh, 1910, he retired from the farm and purchased his present comfortable home in Callaway. He was a progressive and energetic farmer and stockman and is now the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of well-improved and equipped farm land. He is highly regarded as a public-spirited and useful citizen and has a large number of friends. He is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity.


On October 5, 1905, Mr. Schneringer married Mrs. Mary (Hougland) Rhodes, a native of In- diana, and a daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Tur- heville) Hougland. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Schneringer appear on another page of this work.


JESSE G. BARNETT.


Jesse G. Barnett, whose finè farm in Pierce county is a credit to his loeality, is a man of nn- tiring energy, and is classed among the wealthy and substantial agriculturists of that county. Although not an old settler of Pierce county, he has lived in eastern Nebraska some years, and en- joys the esteem and respect of many.


Jesse J. Barnett was born September 6, 1867, in Barton county, Missouri, and is the son of James and Jane (Knowles) Barnett, of Irish de- scent. His father was a Union soldier in the Civil war, serving four years and a half in Com- pany K, Thirty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry ; among the engagements in which he participated was the siege of Vicksburg. He settled in Mis- souri soon after the war, and here and in Ap- panoose eounty, lowa, reared his children. He came to Saunders county in 1882, where he rented a farm for a time. He later owned land, retiring in 1905 to make his home in Fremont.


Jesse J. Barnett began for himself in 1890, renting two years, and then bought a farm in Saunders county, opposite Fremont. In 1907 he bought the southwest quarter of section ten, and the southeast quarter of section nine, township


HALL B. SCHNERINGER.


MRS. HALL B. SCHNERINGER.


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twenty-seven, range three, in Pierce county, which was improved with good buildings. He has since added much to the number of trees growing on the place when purchased. This farm is now his resid- ing place.


Mr. Barnett was married in Fremont to Miss Maggie Larson, a native of Morgan county, near Jacksonville, Illinois. She is a daughter of Chris- tian and Hanna (Peterson) Larson, who emigrated from Denmark about 1870. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Barnett, whose. names are as follows: Earl, Hazel, Leo, Delbert and Floyd.


Mr. Barnett was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and has always east his vote for the republican ticket. He takes an active interest in neighborhood affairs, and is liked and respected by all who have the pleasure of knowing him.


During the blizzard of January 12, 1888, he was out in the storm for some time, looking after cattle, but his father's farm being surrounded by a large grove, he suffered little inconvenience. During the drouth of 1894, they gathered but ten bushels of corn per acre-much more, however, than other families secured.


ALFRED L. BALIMAN.


The above named gentleman is a young man, widely known and highly respected for his sterl- ing character and industrious habits. He is a successful and prosperous agriculturist and stockman of Howard county, where he has spent his entire life.


Alfred L. Baliman was born on March 5, 1879, on the original Baliman homestead in sec- tion twelve, township fourteen, range eleven, his parents having settled in this county in the month of April, 1871. He received his early education in the distriet schools, afterwards attending the St. Paul high school, and for three years was a student at the St. Paul College, being the first pupil enrolled in the college. After leaving school, he engaged in different lines of work, spending nearly all of his time in St. Paul, where he accomplished a large measure of success, but finally returned to the farm, and for the past number of years has given his entire attention to agricultural pursuits. At the present time he is the owner of a fine property, consisting of one hundred and twenty aeres, and in connection with this place he operates his father's home- stead of two hundred and forty aeres. He engages in mixed farming and stock raising, having a thoroughly equipped farm, and is rapidly hecom- ing one of the foremost members of the younger agriculturists of his vieinity.


Mr. Baliman was married at Loup City, Ne- braska, on October 15, 1902, to Miss Pearl Dad- dow, who is a native of Iowa, and came to Nebraska with her parents when a very young


child, her father, Samuel Daddow, being one of a family of six brothers who located in Sherman county as pioneers, and remained to see that region develop from a practically barren plain to a productive farming country and thriving business center. Mr. and Mrs. Baliman have one child, Perey La Clair, who is a bright and interesting youngster. The family have a very pleasant home, and a host of warm friends in the community. Mr. Baliman is treasurer of school district number eight.


HENRY H. WAGGONER.


Among the most prominent citizens of Arcadia, Nebraska, is Henry H. Waggoner, who has for many years been identified with the interests and development of Valley county as business man and farmer. He is one of the older residents, and during the many years that have passed since he first came to the county, he has done much toward the upbuilding of the town of Areadia and the welfare of the surrounding country. He is a native of Freedom, Ohio, born October 22, 1847, a son of Samuel and Louisa (Ferguson) Waggoner, being the eldest of their three ehil dren-two sons and one daughter. The Waggoner family migrated to Davenport, lowa, in Novem- ber, 1864, and in the following spring removed to a farm near Roek Island, Illinois. In 1867, the father sold his farm near Rock Island, and located in Mercer county, Illinois, where he died in November, 1868. His widow passed away at Perry, Iowa, in February, 1902. Their only daughter, Lonisa, married Abraham Maus, and they live six and one-half miles southwest of Lincoln, Nebraska. The son, George, has inter- ests in Iowa and Oklahoma.


Henry H. Waggoner accompanied his par- . ents on their various removals until they came to Roek Island. Illinois, and when about eighteen years of age, started out for himself. IIe learned the trade of harness-maker at Davenport. lowa. where he lived some time. He was married in that city, at the home of her parents, February 9, 1869, to Ella Forney, and they lived in Daven- port until 1877. In that year they moved to Museatine county, Iowa, and spent four years on a farm. In May, 1881, in company with his wife and two children, Mr. Waggoner located in Lan- caster county, Nebraska, and engaged in farming and stock-raising. Ile spent seven years there. and in the fall of 1888 moved to Areadia, where he established a harness shop, and seenred a homestead on the southeast quarter of section twenty-three, township seventeen, range sixteen, which was within the corporate limits. He con- dueted his harness shop for seven years, and at the same time operated and developed his land, and conducted his business until May, 1908. Hc then came to his present farm on the southeast quarter of section ten, township seventeen, range


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sixteen. He is a successful man, and owns con- siderable land. He is actively interested in pub- lic affairs, and is well known in Valley county.


Two children were born to Mr. Waggoner and wife, Belle and Florence. Belle is the wife of Frone Ring, of Calhoun county, Iowa, and they have four children. Florence married (first) A. J. Benitt, and they had two children, both of whom are living. She and her second hus- band, Frank Roach, live in North Dakota; a son was born to them, August 8, 1911, and named Franklin Waggoner Roach. Mrs. Waggoner died in Arcadia, May 6, 1906, and Mr. Waggoner mar- ried (second), April 24, 1907, Mrs. Martha Dun- kin.


Mr. Waggoner is a republican in politics, and a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Royal Highlanders.


H. C. TWING.


H. C. Twing, one of the pioneers of north- eastern Nebraska, is known throughout Madison county, where he has lived for the past twenty. seven years, as a prosperous and energetic agri- culturist. He has been closely identified with the development of this region since his coming in! 1883, and his name will occupy a place in the making of history in this part of the country. He resides on section thirty-six, township twenty. two, range one, west, where he owns a good home and land.


Mr. Twing is a native of Fon du Lac, Wis- consin .. born May 1, 1844, and is a son of Marcus and Eliza (Clark) Twing, both of whom were horn in the state of Ohio. He is a descendant of Italy, his ancestry dating back to the year 1600, when the original Italian Twing left his native soil, and emigrated to England, and then came to the United States of America. Onr subject's great grandfather, Calvin Twing, served in the Revolutionary war.


Mr. Twing remained in his native state until reaching the age of twenty-four years, when, in 1868, he moved to Boone county, Iowa, where he lived several years. In 1883, he came to Madison county, Nebraska, where he bought railroad land and put up a dugout. This farm was west of Battle Creek, and remained the home of Mr. Twing until 1890. In 1891, he bought the Harry Heath homestead, his present home, and improved same. He now owns one hundred and twenty acres of fine land, two and a half acres of which are given to trees and orchard.


ID 1874, Mr. Twing was united in marriage to Miss Susan Flower, and they are the parents of six children, whose names are as follows: Nettie, Lizzie, Norah, Edward, Agnes and Edith.


Mr. and Mrs. Twing and family are highly respected in their community, and enjoy the good will and esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances.


JAMES A. FISK.


James A. Fisk, one of Custer county's earlier settlers, is well known as a successful man of affairs, and has been able to retire from active life with a well-earned competency. Mr. Fisk is a native of St. Lawrence county, New York, born November 27, 1849, son of James and Betsey (Pool) Fisk, the only one of their three children now living. Both parents were natives of New York, where the father died in 1849, and the mother died in Wis- consin in 1893. At the age of ten years, James A. Fisk accompained his mother to Wisconsin, where he completed his education in the public schools. Upon reaching manhood, he engaged in farming and lumber business.


November 13, 1887, Mr. Fisk married Mrs. Viola (Wood) Gaylord, a native of Wisconsin, and in the spring of 1889, they removed to Custer county, where they have since resided. They pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of land near Westerville, and, after living for a time on each of several farms, purchased a stock and grain farm of one hundred and sixty acres, three miles from Ansley, their home for several years. Since 1905, they have lived in Ansley, where Mr. Fisk purchased twenty acres of land adjoining the city limits, and he has retired from active work. He took an intelligent interest in local affairs while living on his farm, and served some time as clerk of school district number ninety- six, also promoting every measure for the good of the community.


Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fisk : Alberta M., who married Sidney Hughes, lives at Alliance, Nebraska, and Etta L., at home. By her former marriage, Mrs. Fisk has two children: Grace A., wife of W. D. Bonner, lives in Canada, and has one child ; and Floyd Gaylord, of Seattle, is married, and has one child. Mrs. Fisk has always been actively interested in educational matters. She formerly served as treasurer of school district number ninety-six, and is now a teacher in the Ansley schools. Her father, Hiram Wood, a native of Connecticut, served in the Civil war, and died in Iowa in 1880. Her mother, whose maiden name was Priscilla Hugoboom, was born in New York, and died in Wisconsin. Mrs. Fisk has three brothers and a sister living in Wis- consin, and a brother in Idaho, and two of her brothers served in the Civil war. She is a woman of culture and taste, takes an intelligent interest in all matters affecting the future and well-being of the region, where she has spent so large a part of her life, and is one of the most efficient teach- ers in the county.


K. H. MEYER.


Among the old settlers of Wayne county, there are none who are more prominent than the gentle- man whose name heads this article. He has been


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for many years a resident of the county, and has been among those who have labored long and faithfully to bring about its present prosperity and wealth. He has always had the better inter- ests of the community at heart, has remained through diseouragements and disappointments, and now enjoys a comfortable home, after many years of persistent labor.


Mr. Meyer was born in Oldenburg, Germany, in 1852, and was the son of John Meyer. Both his parents died when he was only six years old, and he was brought up by his aunt. His child- hood was spent in Germany, but as soon as he was able to shift for himself, he went to sea, and for years was a sailor. He also served two years and eight months in the German navy, most of the time being spent on the coast of China.


In 1881, he abandoned his sea-faring life, and leaving his ship at Baltimore, came west to Mills county, Iowa, where he remained for three years. He then came to Wayne county, Nebraska, where he bought his present farm of one hundred and sixty àcres, and proceeded to improve it. The farm is now a picture of thrift and good manage- ment, with all necessary buildings, fences, and its well-cultivated fields. He has an unusually fine, thrifty orchard of two acres, all the trees having been planted by himself. Mr. Meyer now owns two hundred and eighty acres of land.


In 1888, Mr. Meyer was united in marriage to Miss Wilhelmena Hagen, an old-time sweet- heart, of Germany. After his years of roving and hard work, Mr. Meyer had succeeded in mak- ing a good start in the west, and at once sent for his former sweetheart. They are the parents of five children : Fred and Willie, twins; Emil, Emma and Ernest.


Mr. and Mrs. Meyers and family are members of the German Lutheran church.


GEORGE A. ROPER.


Among the representative pioneer families of Custer county, that of George A. Roper deserves a prominent place. Mr. Roper is one of the orig- inal homesteaders of the county, and one of those who have justified their faith in the future devel- opment of central Nebraska. He was born in Oakland county, Michigan, October 28,1856, fourth child of Thomas and Charlotta (Appleton) Roper, who were parents of four sons and six daughters. The parents, natives of England, came to the United States with their two eldest children about 1851, and eight of their children were born in this country. The father and mother reside in Wayne county, Michigan, both eighty-four years of age, having been married sixty-four years. Six of their children are living: Andrew J., George A. and Mrs. James Rutner live in Custer county, and William in Dawson county, Nebraska, while Mrs. Anton VanDyke and Mrs. Lottie Reed live in Michigan. Four children are deceased.


Mr. Roper was born and reared on a farm in his native state, and was married in Livings- ton county, Michigan, December 31, 1880, to Miss Mary Compton, and in 1882 they moved with their one child, Emil, to Jefferson county, Kansas. In January, 1884, they came to Custer county, Nebraska. George Roper, with his brothers, Andrew and William, James Rutner and Michael Franey, came with horses from Kansas to Kear- ney, their families and a car of household goods coming by rail to that city. The men each took up a homestead in Nebraska. George A. Roper took up the south half of the northwest quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter of section thirty-five, township fourteen, range nine- teen and he and his family still reside on the old homestead farm, which now contains four hundred acres of well-improved and equipped farm land. They have a comfortable home, and are exten- sively engaged in raising grain and stock. Mr. and Mrs. Roper have had five children: Emil, at home; Arthur W., married, and living in Blaine county, Nebraska, occupies a Kineaid homestead ; Gladys, wife of W. C. Wheeler, of Custer county, has one child; Thomas C. and Thyra live at home. Mr. and Mrs. Roper passed through the early years of pioneer hardships and privations, and doubly appreciate their present success and pros- perity. They have a wide circle of firm friends, and are well regarded by all who know them.


Mr. Roper is independent in politics, a mem- ber of the Christian church, and fraternizes with . the Modern Woodmen of America.


The first ten years in Nebraska were spent in a soddy, and in 1893 their present frame dwelling was erected. Cornstalks were used for fuel for a time, and later a hay-burner was installed. The dry year, 1894, was one of hardship, two hats full of potatoes being their entire crop.


RAYMOND HAMPL.


Of those who for four decades have found success and a home in Nebraska, Raymond Hampl, of Spencer, is one.


A native of Bohemia, his birth occurred near the famous town of Pilsen, January 7, 1854. His father, Leopold Hampl, was a miller, and Ray- inond learned the trade, and worked with his father until his twentieth year, when the family set sail for the new world. Embarking at Brenien in the fall of 1872 on the German vessel "Berlin," they landed in Baltimore, and came direet to Mil- waukee. The elder Hampl brought with him some six thousand dollars, an amount few immigrants possess, which kept them from want while find- ing a location. Raymond Hampl and his brother found work in a trunk factory through the win- ter, and in the spring of 1874, all came to Nebras- ka, reaching West Point in May. The father rented a house in town for immediate use, and later bought a farm, five miles west of town,


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where he died in 1877. The mother, who was Mary Triner in maidenhood, is now living at Clarkson, Nebraska.


In 1877, Mr. Hampl married, and set up for himself, renting a farm for one year, and then returned to his trade for a livelihood, working in the mill near Schuyler for three years. Western Kansas was attracting settlers at that time, and Mr. Hampl joined the exodus to that region. He filed on a homestead in Trego county, built a house, and began the cultivation of his land. A succession of dry years followed, in which the farmer failed to recover even his seed, and disaster followed the settler year after year. Relinqiushing his homestead rights, Mr. Hampl returned to Nebraska, and was associated with his father-in-law for a period of one year. The two succeeding years he was employed by the Becker & Wright Company, grain and lumber dealers, in Schuyler, running the engine of the elevator. Buying a store in Schuyler, Mr. Hampl suceeeded in losing upwards of three hundred dollars in six months, and, having no . great amount of cash to lose, sold the business, and went to Linwood, intending to open a saloon, but after erecting a building, he could get no license. Hav- ing tied up all his money in the property, he saw only disaster staring him in the face, and, to re- trieve, he got a government license, and sold wet goods on the quiet until he could get a good ten- ant for the place, and a year later sold it.


Returning to Schuyler, he bought land, two miles south of town, paying eleven dollars an acre, and, after residing on the tract three years, he sold it for twenty-five dollars an acre, and came to Boyd county, locating at Spencer in 1893. Two dry years followed, and his crops were a failure. He later relinquished, and bought a half section of fine farming land, one mile west of town, on which he has good tenant farmers. The property is worth, with cattle and machinery, upwards of ten thousand dollars. He owns a com- fortable home in Spencer, where he has resided since 1901.


Mr. Hampl was married at West Point, Nebraska, October 2, 1877, to Miss Anna Henzl. Their three living children are: Lillie, wife of Otto Johnson, a traveling man, of Ord, Nebraska ; August, a merchant of Spencer; and Stella, still under the parental roof.


Mr. Hampl was residing near West Point during the years of the grasshopper pests, and saw crops, ready for the harvest, ruined in a day. Wheat was cut off just below the heads, which dropped to the ground, and eorn was devoured, leaving but the blackened, leafless stalks. One season they destroyed a coat belonging to Mr. Hampl, which he had left in the field while at work. Nothing was safe from their ravages. One year nine hundred bushels of wheat was all that was saved from one hundred and twenty acres that an hour before gave promise of as fine


a erop as one could wish to see. This was kept to feed their teams, as the price was low, and corn not to be had.


Mr. Hampl knows the life of the pioneer, having been on the frontier much of his life. The first three years in Boyd county, Mr. Hampl lived in a sod house, and found it a comfortable dwelling. His barns and other outbuildings were constructed of the same material.


He is now, while still in the prime of life, taking life easy, and enjoying the fruits of his early toil and privations. The west is kind to those who endure her hardships and persevere to the end.


Mr. Hampl is a republican in politics, and a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.


HENRY ARMBRUST.


Among the leading old settlers and public- spirited citizens of Stanton county, Nebraska, who have aided materially in its development and advancement, a prominent place is accorded Henry Armbrust, who resides on his well-improved estate in section thirty-one. He has been a resi- dent of this county for over twenty years, and for twelve years before that, was a resident of Douglas county, still in this state. He has an extensive acquaintance, and is held in the high- est esteem by all.


Mr. Armbrust is a native of the province of Holstein, Germany, where he was born in 1862. His parents were John and Opel Armbrust, the father being a farmer. The mother died when Mr. Armbrust was but an infant.


The subscriber remained at home until 1876, when he came to America by way of Hamburg. After arriving in New York, he came direct to Douglas county, Nebraska. He remained here for a considerable length of time, most of this period being spent on a rented farm. In 1888, he removed to Stanton county, where he bought a farm, which he still occupies. He has made the best of his opportunities and observation, and has met with great success as an agriculturalist. He has steadily added to the improvements on his farm, until now it is a picture of thrift and good management. He has a very fine orchard and grove of about four acres, whose thrifty growth attracts the attention of all passers-by.




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