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Mr. Seger, since his first coming to Nebraska, has been a popular man in his community, whichi is due, most likely, to his many sterling qualities as a man, and his pleasing, friendly manner. He has held about all the township offices in his community, and has been assessor for eleven years. He is a republican in politics.
Mr. Seger was united in marriage in 1877 to Miss Hulda Anderson, and Mr. and Mrs. Seger are the parents of seven children, whose names are as follows: David; Charles; Esther, who is the wife of Charles Berg; Elsie, Edith, Ernest and Oscar.
Mr. and Mrs. Seger and family are members of the Swedish Lutheran church at Wansa.
LOUIS N. FOLTZ.
This gentleman is among the best known resi- dents of Boone county, his successful farming operations being the outcome of many years of faithful labor and judicious management. Mr.
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Foltz is one of the early settlers of Manchester precinct, and his elegant farm of two hundred and forty acres, situated one and a half miles north of Albion, is one of the best equipped for stoek and grain raising in the locality.
Louis N. Foltz was born near Hagerstown, Washington county, Maryland, on June 29, 1848, and had the good hick to be the seventh son of seven sons in the family of Jacob and Nancy Foltz, the former a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and the mother of Washington county, Maryland.
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Our subject received his edueation in the common sehools of his native county, and later attended the State Normal School of Pennsyl- vania, also the normal school in Lebanon, Ohio. In his nineteenth year, he taught school several months, and after attending college for a short time, began teaching in Maryland, and contin- ned for six years, afterwards teaching in Ohio for eight years.
Mr. Foltz was married to Miss Mary C. Ben- choff in Washington county, Maryland, on the twenty-ninth day of December, 1874. A son was born to them there, and in 1884, the family came to Boone county, Nebraska. Mr. Foltz purchased railroad land on section fifteen, township twenty, range six, and this has been his home since that time, he now being owner of a fine farm of two hundred and forty acres. Here the family have gone through all the changes that have come to Boone county, often experiencing disappointment in the failure of crops, etc., but have finally be- come prosperous and successful.
Mr. Foltz has been identified with the educa- tional progress of his adopted eounty and state since locating here, being, during a large part of that time, engaged in teaching in the schools in addition to carrying on his farming operations.
Mr. and Mrs. Foltz have two children: C. Fred Foltz, born February 4, 1876, who married Lois Barber, lives on the farm adjoining his fath- er's place. They have three children, Catherine, Uneille and Frederick Donald. A daughter of our subject, Lum B., married Dr. L. T. White on June 2, 1909, and they live in California.
ROBERT S. M. FOX.
Another well-known and highly esteemed old settler of northeast Nebraska is found in the per- son of the gentleman whose name heads this arti- cle. He has made this region his home since February, 1883, coming to Antelope county from Seward county in December, 1885, and during the time he has resided here, he has acquired a splendid property and a competence for himself, and in doing so, he has aided materially in the development and advancement of the commun- ity.
Mr. Fox is a native of Indiana, where he was born, October 4, 1838, a son of Jonas and Naney Fox. Of five children born to his parents, he
is the only one now living. His parents and grandparents died within a period of three months, and when Mr. Fox was a small child, he was taken by friends to Cass county, Michigan. It was in 1839 that he went to Cass county, Mich- igan, and he remained there until 1861. At this time the Civil war broke out, and Mr. Fox promptly enlisted, joining Company A, Twelfth Michigan Infantry. He served through the entire war, and was under General Sherman until Sherman made his historical "March to the Sea." His first battle was at Pittsburg Landing, after- wards partieipating in battles at Jackson, Mis- sissippi; Vicksburg, Shiloh and Middleboro, Tennessee, besides a campaign with heavy marching in the southwest. He enlisted October 2, 1861, and received an honorable discharge, November 7, 1865, making for himself a eredita- ble war record of four years' duration. In Mareh, 1866, Mr. Fox went to Knox county, Illinois, where he resided for four years.
Mr. Fox was united in marriage, February 21, 1864, to Miss Emma Drew. Mr. and Mrs. Fox are the parents of three children, named as fol- lows: Frank; Linifred, who is married to Miss Harriet Gatenby; they have two children, Mary and Robert. May, the other daughter, resides at home.
Mr. Fox settled in Antelope county, Nebraska, taking up a homestead in section two, township twenty-four, range seven, on which he built a sod house, and lived there two years; then re- moved to near Neligh, where he rented land, living there nine years, and later bought the land where he now lives, which is located in section thirty-six, township twenty-six, range six. He owns one hundred and sixty acres of good land, and is surrounded in his pleasant home by a host of kind and loving friends and neighbors.
Mr. Fox has always been a prominent and popular man in his community, and during the year 1892, was elected to the office of county commissioner, which office he creditably filled to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. Mr. Fox also served as town clerk while living in Elgin township.
ELLIS W. GIVEN.
The Given family is one of the oldest in Custer county, and its members have always been identi- fied with the best interests of their county and state. Ellis W. Given was born in West Virginia, February 10, 1866, seventh of the ninth children of Robert and Mahulda (Jordan) Given. A sketch of the father appears in this work. He was an original homesteader in Custer eounty, and a highly-respected and prominent eitizen of the county until his death. April 3, 1899. The family moved from West Virginia to Whiteside county, Illinois, in 1867, coming to Fillmore county, Nebraska, in 1878, and about six years later located in Custer county, where many of
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its membershave been well known in various movements for the progress and development of central Nebraska.
In his eighteenth year, Ellis W. Given accom- panied his parents to Custer county, having prev- iously removed with them to Illinois, and later to Fillmore connty. He turned his attention to farming, and is one of the prosperous young men of his part of the state. He is a pioneer, and has made his own way, through energy and ability, in his line of work. He now lives on one of the best farms in Custer county, a short distance north of Merna, on the southeast quarter of section twenty-nine, township eighteen, range twenty- one, where he has a large, modern home of eight rooms and bath, besides numerous elosets. The house was erected in the fall of 1907, and was ocenpied in December of that year, Christmas dinner being the first meal in the new house.
On Christmas day, 1895, Mr. Given married Kate Jacquot, a native of Illinois, born near Saunemin, Livingston county. She is a daughter of Nicholas and Josephine (Mitchell) Jacquot, pioneers of Custer county. Both parents are natives of Paris, France. The father, when about seventeen years of age, came to America about 1860, and the next year enlisting in a regiment of Illinois cavalry, served through the entire war. Mr. Given and wife have an interesting family of three children, all born in Custer connty : Brooks, Ardetta and Robert. The fam- ily is active in various public movements, and well known in social and educational eireles.
Mr. Given was in the fields at the time of the coming of the famous blizzard of January 12, 1888, but soon made his way to the house, where he remained until the storm was spent.
Mr. and Mrs. Given are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal church. In polities he is a dem- ocrat, and is a member of the Royal Highlanders.
RALPH C. CANNON.
Ralph C. Cannon, one of the younger men among the early settlers of Custer county, is well and favorably known, and a progressive and suc- ยท eessful farmer. He is a native of Nebraska, born at Union, December 9, 1877, son of Samuel L. and Lottie T. (Young) Cannon, natives of Mis- souri and Iowa, respectively, and now living in Broken Bow. He was the third of their five children, and has a brother, Elmer, living in Cus- ter county ; two brothers, Cleon and Joseph, living in Broken Bow, and one sister in that city. . In his early childhood, the family lived for one year in California, and thence he was brought by his parents to Custer county, and there reached ma- turity. He was educated in the local schools, and, after reaching his majority, purchased land, and engaged in farming on his own account.
On December 25, 1902, Mr. Cannon was mar- ried in Custer county, at the home of her parents,
to Miss Daisy Thornton, a native of Iowa, who came to the county with her parents in 1884. . She is a daughter of William and Flora (Goode) Thornton, who came to Custer county in 1884. The father, a native of Scotland, who came to Ameriea in 1863, died March 24, 1902, and his widow still resides on the old home farm in Cus- ter county. Besides Mrs. Cannon, there are two sons, Walter and Frank, and five daughters ill the county. Mrs. Cannon was a teacher in the publie -schools before her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Cannon now live on his father's homestead, on section thirty-one, township seventeen, range eighteen, of which we are pleased to show a view on one of the illustrated pages.
Mr. and Mrs. Cannon have four children, three of whom survive: Mildred, died in 1907; Grace Mabel, Ralph Dean and Samuel Leland. Mr. Cannon is a patriotic son of Nebraska, where his entire life has been spent, and has a good standing in his community, where he is recognized as an enterprising and public-spirited citizen, interested in everything pertaining to the general welfare, and ready to do his part to advance any worthy cause. He and his wife have a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
Mr. Cannon and his brothers were at school the day of the January blizzard of 1888, their father coming for them, and conducted them safely home. Mrs. Cannon, then a little girl, was returning from a visit in Iowa with an unele. They reached Lineoln, and remained there until the storm was over.
In politics Mr. Cannon is a republican. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
DWIGHT PIERCE. (Deceased.)
Among those who materially aided in the development of the state may be mentioned the Pierce family. They have been in Nebraska sinee 1878, and consequently took part in the common struggle with the wilderness and the forces of nature, which ended with the triumph of progress and civilization. . Two generations of this family have nobly aided their country in time of war. The elder Pierce, now deceased, was a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted in February, 1865, in Company H, Forty-seventh Wisconsin Infantry, serving seven months. Falling ill from exposure, he returned home on a hospital boat, after the close of the war. The son, George, was a member of Company B, Second Nebraska Vol- unteers, in the Spanish-American war. He con- tracted fever at Camp Chickamauga, and, after transfer to the hospital at Omaha, was a conva- lascent there several months before being strong enough to return home.
Dwight Pierce, the principal subject of this sketch, was born in Cortland county, New York, on February 11, 1832, a son of Seril and Betsey (Peckham) Pierce. He remained here until he
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was about eight years of age, when the family moved to Cattaraugus county, New York. He learned the trade of blacksmith here, and in 1851 returned to Cortland county. Four years later, he joined the movement to the west, and went to Rock county, Wisconsin.
On January 27, 1857, he was married in Clin- ton, Rock county, Wisconsin, to Miss Sarah E. Northway, a native of Cardif, Onondaga eounty, New York, a resident of this vicinity. Her par- ents, Dyer and Abagail (Kirk) Northway, lived in Syracuse until about 1850, when they moved to Rock county, Wisconsin, when Sarah was about twelve years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce made their home in Wisconsin for many years, but in May, 1878, Mr. Pierce chartered a car through to Grand Island, Nebraska, and loaded in their household goods, farming implements, teams and stock, and, with his son, Louis, started for the west.
The remainder of the family joined him in June, on the farm he purchased, in Springdale township, on the north side of Loup river. Here he resided, giving his time and attention to the cultivation of his farm, and the raising of fine stock, up to the time of his death, which ocenrred on the twenty-second of January, 1906. The old farm is still in the hands of the Pierce family, being now the residence of the son, Louis D. Pierce, with whom the mother makes her home.
Mr. Pierce was an ardent republican, and was a local leader in his party, and, although he would never accept political preferment, he was always a prominent worker for the party's candidates and cause. State and national officials always sought his counsel in local matters, and his influ- enee helped other men into coveted public office.
The younger son, George, was married in North Lonp, Valley county, on the thirteenth of April, 1904, to Miss Nora Miller. He was a resi- dent of Valley county from 1888 to the time of his death in November, 1908, with the exception of a year spent in California. His wife and two children, Merrill and Mona, are residents of Ord.
The older son, Louis D., was born in Rock county, Wisconsin, on November 10, 1861. He lived in Wisconsin until he was seventeen, when he made the memorable trip to Valley county with his father. He was married in New York state on December 26, 1888, to Miss Mary Curtis. a daughter of Luther and Wrexaville (French) Curtis, both of whom died in New York. Mr. Pierce and his bride made their home in Nebraska until 1891, when they removed to New York, residing in that state until 1909, when they again came to Valley county. They now live on the old farm in seetion twenty-six, township nineteen, range thirteen, of which we show a sketch on another page. The dwelling, perehed on a hill, gives a commanding view of the North Loup and the valley, and is known as River View Farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Pierce have three children, Luther D., Dorothy Curtis and Abigail Northway.
Mr. Pierce joined a party of Burlington sur- veyors while they were employed in Valley county, and spent a year with them, from the spring of 1887 until the spring of 1888, loeating the lines of the road in the Black Hills.
The first five years in Nebraska, the Pierce family lived in a large log dugout, which was known far and wide as the best furnished and best kept dwelling of the kind in all the Loup country. This is also a subjeet of illustration in our work. There were many deer in the valley when the family first settled here, herds of them sometimes being seen from the door.
MARTIN H. LEAMEY.
Martin H. Leamey, one of the leading mem- bers of the Pierce eounty bar, first came to Plain- view, Nebraska, early in August, 1887, to become superintendent of the Plainview schools, which were under his efficient management for two years, after which, for two years more, he con- tinued to teach in the county. He then, in April, 1891, became cashier of the Bank of Plainview, and remained in that position until December, 1894. 'At that time, he went to Omaha, and entered the law school there, became connected with the law office of Brome & Burnett, and was admitted to the practice of law in Nebraska, January 25, 1895, and opened an office in Plain- view in November of that year. From January 1, 1897, to January 1, 1899, he served as county attorney.
In Deeember, 1899, he removed to Blair, Nebraska, and two years later to Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he remained in practice four years. He next located in Clark county, South Dakota, and in 1906, returned to Pierce county, since which time he has been giving strict attention to his growing practice at Plain- view. On March 1, 1910, he removed to Pierce, succeeding to the practice of W. W. Quincy when the latter removed to western Nebraska, adding that clientage to his own.
Mr. Leamey was born at Gardener, Massachu- setts, November 10, 1860. He is a graduate of the high school at Petersham, Massachusetts, and Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York. He also took a course at Campbell Normal University at Holton, Kansas, and the Western Normal at Shenandoah, Iowa. He taught one year each at Prineeton and Petersham, Massachusetts, before coming west. His parents, Michael and Honora (Harty) Leamey, were na- tives of Ireland.
Mr. Leamey was married in Plainview, Ne- braska, December 23, 1897, to Miss Emma Wal- radt, a native of Cass eounty, Nebraska, daughter of George and Laura (Stocking) Walradt, natives of Cherryville, New York, and Lansing, Michi-
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gan, respectively. The grandfather, Moses Stock- ing, was one of the earliest pioneers of Nebraska. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Leamey, whose names are as follows: Mary, Harold, Florence and Manota.
Mr. Leamey is an independent republican in polities, and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge at Plainview.
Our subjeet was teaching in Nebraska during the severe blizzard of January 12, 1888, and was prudent enough to keep the children at the school house all night. Though they might be hungry, they were kept safe and warm. There was in- tense suffering and many deaths all over the west in this storm, because of the lack of forethought to remain indoors.
NIELS JENSEN.
Prominent among the self-made men of How- ard county, Nebraska, is the gentleman above named, who is a prosperous farmer and stock- man of Dannebrog precinct. His farm is situated on section thirty-three, and is improved with a good residence, farm buildings of all kinds, and other improvements that go to make up a model country place.
Niels Jensen is a native of Denmark. He was born February 1, 1842, and spent his boyhood there. His parents spent their entire lives in their native land, dying there quite a number of years ago.
In 1872, our subject came to America, his first location being in Racine, Wisconsin, where his brother, Johan Jensen, had settled a short time before, and he spent six years in that locality, working as teamster, etc.
In the spring of 1878, Mr. Jensen and his wife came into Howard county, Nebraska, where the former purchased eighty acres of railroad land. He erectel a rude shanty, and began to develop a farm, which for quite a long time was very up- hill work, as there were no conveniences in the way of machinery, the seasons were often dry, and erops would not do well, and they saw much hardship and privation before they were able to make any headway, barely being able to make a living for themselves. However, as conditions became more favorable, Mr. Jensen was able to accumulate considerable property, occupying the original homestead since first coming here, besides purchasing other land, all of which he has put in first-class shape. He now owns two hundred acres, all in Dannebrog precinct.
Mr. Jensen was married at Racine, Wisconsin. to Carrie Rasmussen, and of this union one child was born, both mother and child now being dead.
In June, 1882, our subjeet was married the second time to Dorothy Caroline Jorgensen, and to them have been born six children, namely . Kornerup, Harriett, Elinor, Joshua, Ebbe and Adelaide. They are all bright and intelligent
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young people, the two eldest daughters being teachers in the public schools of Howard county. The family have a pleasant home and a large circle of friends in their community.
WILLIAM H. H. RAMSEY.
William H. H. Ramsey, retired farmer, who resides in Ord, Nebraska, where he has a pleasant home, and is surrounded by a host of good friends and acquaintances, is a son of John P. and Eliza (Garison) Ramsey, and was born in Bergen county, New Jersey, February 13, 1840. He was fourth in a family of eight children, and has one brother living in Pennsylvania, two brothers and three sisters in New Jersey, and one sister is deceased. The parents were of German descent, the father having died in 1883, and the mother passed away one year later, in 1884, both deaths occurring in New Jersey.
Mr. Ramsey grew to manhood on the farm in his native state, and when seventeen years of age, was bound out for three years to learn masonry, and followed his trade thereafter for a number of years. On August 2, 1861, he married Sarah L. Williams, who was born in Rockland county, New York state.
On April 26, 1864, Mr. Ramsey enlisted in Company A, Fifth New Jersey Infantry, serving until close of war. He received his honorable discharge, November 28, 1865, in New York City, with a creditable war record of his year's service. He participated in the battle at Cold Harbor, where he was wounded and unfitted for field service. Later he did duty at Castle Garden, New York, and was then made warden in the hospital at Fort Schuyler, New York. After the war, he returned to his home in New Jersey, working at his trade until a few years later, when he moved to La Grange, Michigan, engaging in mercantile business for nearly six years.
In the fall of 1877, Mr. Ramsey came with his wife and six children to Valley county, Nebraska, homesteading one hundred and sixty acres, also pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres adjoin- ing, which remained the home place for over thirty years. This farm was located on the north- west quarter of section thirteen, township nine- teen, range sixteen. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey, namely: Mary, wife of J. H. Capron, they having two children, and reside in Ord; William, who is married, lives in Ord, and has two children; Truxton, married, has three children, and lives in Idaho; Margaret, who is the wife of J. A. Wentworth, resides in Ord, and has four children; Angeline, wife of Ernest Orcutt, has one child, and lives in Ord; John, who is married, also has one child, and resides in Ord; Edna, wife of Charles Jackson, lives in South Dakota; one daughter, Eliza, died in infancy. The Ramseys are among the early settlers of Valley county, and are widely and favorably known.
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Mrs. Ramsey's father, Truxton Williams, lives in Rockland county, New York, at the ad- vanced age of ninety-one years. Her mother, Angeline (Springsteen) Williams, died in 1897, in New York state. Mrs. Ramsey has one brother residing in Jersey City, New Jersey, and another brother and one sister are residents of New York state.
Mr. Ramsey is a prosperous, successful man of affairs, owns a fine four-hundred-and-eighty-acre stoek farm in Noble township, Valley county, this being a well-improved and equipped farm. He also owns considerable western land in Colorado and Idaho. In 1904, Mr. Ramsey retired from the farm, and moved to Ord, where he built a good home, where they now live, although they make their summer home in Idaho, near the Hot Springs.
JOHN M. GILTNER.
Among the men who have helped in the devel- opment and success of northeastern Nebraska, the gentleman above named occupies a prominent place. He has built up a pleasant home and good property of five hundred and sixty aeres in Madi- son eounty, where he resides on section five, town- ship twenty-two, range two, west. For the past twenty-seven years, Mr. Giltner has been closely identified with the development of Madison county, and his labors to this end are well known to all in his community.
Mr. Giltner is a native of Bourbon county, , county, and daughter of David and Sarah (Pow- Kentucky, his birth oeeurring March 1, 1854. He is a son of Martin and Martha (Penn) Giltner, who were also natives of old Kentucky. Mr. Giltner comes from a good family, beth on the maternal and paternal side. Henry Giltner, our subjeet's great-uncle, was the first Presbyterian minister to hold services in Nebraska. On the maternal side, Mr. Giltner can trace his ancestry baek to William Penn, a faet of which he is justly proud.
In April of 1883, Mr. Giltner eame to Nebraska from Marysville, Missouri, making his entry into the state by mule team, he having driven the entire journey by this means. After arriving in Nebraska, he purchased the Alden Dudley home- stead. He has steadily improved this land, until now he has a good farm and home, where lie is surrounded by many good friends.
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