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Near the end of the war and while on furlough, Mr. Maring lived on the home farm until his mar- riage, then rented land and began farming on his own account. He first made a visit to Nebraska in 1873, and worked one season six miles west of Belleview. At that time Omaha was a compara- tively small town, giving little promise of devel- oping into the present large and important city. In 1879 he rented land in Missouri two years, then purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land near New Town, Missouri, remaining there until his return to Nebraska, which was made in 1884. He has, since that time, been a resident of Holt county and at first pre-empted a quarter section of land four and one-half miles south of Emmet, which he later converted into a timber claim. He also homesteaded one hun- dred and sixty acres of land there, and carried on farming on this land until 1908, when he purchased a house in Atkinson, and moved into it.
Mr. Maring's marriage occurred April 3, 1863, near Centerville, Iowa, when he was united with Miss Lucinda Maring, daughter of Jacob and Rebecca (Bruce) Maring. Six children were born to them, namely: Leander, deceased; Lo- gan is living on a Kinkaid homestead in Garfield county ; Thomas has a ranch eight miles south of Atkinson ; John occupies the home farm, south of Emmet; Joseph, a twin of William (who is
deceased), has a ranch eighteen miles northeast of O'Neill.
In politics Mr. Maring is a republican, and while living nearer to O'Neill was an active and prominent member of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a highly honored citizen, and can look back with pleasure on the record won while in his country's service.
Mr. Maring well remembers the events of the blizzard of January 12, 1888, and was out in the storm most of the afternoon of that day, getting his stock under shelter. After coming to the state, he lived four years in a sod house before erecting a frame dwelling. and he and his wife experienced the usual difficulties and hardships that attended pioneer life there. An- telope were plentiful when they first settled there, and when a boy in Iowa, Mr. Maring frequently saw black wolves, although they had been ex- terminated before he reached maturity. He would consider the wonderful development made in the West since he left his native state as al- most incredible had he not been a witness of it. The open country of the early days has given place to thickly settled communities, and Mr. Maring and his family have contributed their full share in the advancement of agricultural and commercial activity in the region where they now live.
MAT DREESEN.
One of those who has achieved considerable distinction among the old settlers is Mat Dreesen, who is the owner of a fine farm in Cedar county. He has spent many years of unremitting toil, but is now reaping the benefits of his thrift and careful management.
Mat Dreesen was born in Wisconsin in 1870, and in 1873, in company with his parents and brother, he took the long trip across the plains to Cedar county, Nebraska. He still retains possession of the timber claim which the parents took up at an early date.
Many and obvious disadvantages were to be contended with by the settlers at that time. The nearest market towns were Sioux City and Yank- ton, and going to market meant a long and ted- ious trip. Grasshoppers and prairie fires in sum- mer, and blizzards in winter, were also to be reckoned with. Even so late as 1894, the crops were destroyed by the hot winds prevailing throughout the season. However, most of them persisted in their efforts to make a habitable country out of those forhidding plains, and the years have told the story of the success of these tried and true pioneers.
In 1893, Mr. Dreesen was married to Miss Maud J. Suing. Four children have been born to them: Lillian, Frederick, Elmo and Otis. Mrs. Dreesen is a daughter of Bernhard and Magdeline (Kock) Suing. Her parents were
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natives of Germany, and were married in Balti- more, but came to Nebraska in 1886.
Mr. Dreesen is treasurer of his school district. number fourteen.
We present a family group portrait of Mr. Dreesen and family on another page.
E. LORENZO SARGENT.
E. Lorenzo Sargent, one of the prominent business and professional men of Cedar Rapids, Boone county, Nebraska, is possessed of excep- tional ability, and has made a place for himself among the leading residents of his community by his honest efforts and energetic labors.
Mr. Sargent is a native of Lempster, Sullivan county, New Hampshire, born on July 1, 1846, and was the ninth of ten children in the family of Asa and Charity Sargent. He remained on his father's farm until his fourteenth year, as- sisting in the farm work and attending the local school, living, in his early years, the usual life of the New England farm boy. His father died when he was five years old, and the mother kept her family together on the farm until each was ready to start out for himself.
Lorenzo Sargent secured work in the cotton factory, and followed that employment for two years, then went to Oakland county, Michigan. His later education was received in the Utica schools, and in 1864 he enlisted in Company D, of the Twenty-second Michigan Volunteer Infan- try, saw hard service with his regiment. He was mustered out at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on September 8, 1865, going immediately to Mar- shall, Michigan, where he was a teacher in the High School for one term. He then made up his mind that he wanted to enter the mercantile field, and began work in a hardware store, re- ceiving as wages his board and room, soon ad- vancing until he had gained a good position in the line of work he most desired. He remained in Marshall for seven years, then went to Olivet, Michigan, where he started for himself, carry- ing on a successful trade for several years.
He then came to Boone county, Nebraska, and he purchased a piece of land close to what is now the town of Cedar Rapids, building the first house in that place, and was the first white man to settle there. This is now a thriving town, with a population of one thousand people, and is one of the cleanest and most progressive little villages in the whole state of Nebraska.
Mr. Sargent farmed and carried on a success- ful stock business up to 1889, at which time he opened his office and engaged in the real estate, insurance and loan business. He is a member of the Boone County Bar Association, and is con- nected with several lodges, being confidential adviser for numerous non-resident property own- ers, as well as very many of his home people. He has for the past twenty-five years been a member of the school board, has served as vil-
lage clerk, and takes an active interest always along educational and moral lines.
Mr. Sargent was united in marriage in Roch- ester, New York, on June 1, 1870, to Miss Rosa B. Sherman, who was a native of that place, and daughter of former Chief of Police Sherman. To them has been born one son, Winfield R., who is married, and a well-known citizen of Cedar Rap- ids, being connected with the American Order of Protection. He has three children.
HENRY SCHMUTZ.
Through exceptionally good management and persistent labor, the gentleman named above has acquired a well-developed farm, and is enabled to enjoy the comforts of modern farming. He is one of the progressive and successful farmers of this locality, and for many years has been iden- tified with the agricultural development of this section of the country.
Mr. Schmutz is a native of the province of Holstein, Germany, where he was born Septem- ber 29, 1853, the son of John and Margaret Schmutz. He received his education in Germany, and spent the years of his childhood and young manhood in the little village where he was born.
In 1882, our subscriber left his native land for America, believing that here alone he would be able to find the opportunity to make the most of himself. He came first to Iowa, where he re- mained four years, and worked out; then, in 1886, he came to Wayne county, Nebraska, and located, later purchasing the farm which is still his home. He has made many improvements since buying the farm, and it is now one of the best-equipped in the community. Mr. Schmutz owns one hundred and sixty acres of land.
December 14, 1888, Mr. Schmutz was united in marriage to Miss Helen Lage, and they were the parents of five children, named as follows: Emma, Ida, Adele, Henry and John, who died when eight years old. Mr. Schmutz died Novem- ber 2, 1909.
REUBEN DICKINSON.
Reuben Dickinson, retired farmer, resides in Schuyler, Colfax county, Nebraska, where he is one of the foremost and most substantial citizens of the locality. He is one of the oldest settlers of Colfax county, having lived here close to two- score years. He has always been a potent factor in the upbuilding of his home county and state, and has been amply rewarded for his steadfast- ness to the best interests of all, now being a well- to-do, prosperous citizen.
Mr. Dickinson is a native of England, his birth occurring in Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely, April 2, 1846, a son of David and Mary (Wright) Dickinson, natives of Lincolnshire, England. He was fourth in the family of five children, and has one brother residing in England, and a sister in
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Oklahoma. His father died in Colfax county, Nebraska, in the year 1881, and the mother passed away in England in the early fifties.
Mr. Dickinson grew to manhood in his home country, receiving the usual school advantages, and later engaging in farming. In May of 1864, he came with his uncle and aunt to America, locating in Camden, New Jersey, for a few months. He then went to Henry county, Illinois, where he followed farming part of the time, and when not engaged in that, was employed on the railroad.
On December 28, 1865, Mr. Dickinson was united in marriage to Miss Alice Parson, a native of Illinois, her birth occurring in Whiteside county. The marriage took place in Atkinson, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson have had twelve children born to them, whose names are as follows : Mary R., wife of John Clement, they having four children, and residing in Yuma, Colorado; Louisa, also married, she and her husband, Alfred Childrey, and four children being residents of Stanton county, Nebraska; David is married, has seven children, and resides in Stanton county, Nebras- ka; Edward, also married, has one child, and lives in Stanton county ; Joseph resides in Mis- soula, Montana; William, married, lives in Stan- ton county, and has one child; Emily, who re- sides at home, is a student in a Lincoln business college; Alice, wife of Homer Pont, has three children, and resides in Colfax county; Frank is a student at Lincoln University ; and Harry, Beulah and Viola, all of whom are deceased. Mrs. Dickinson died on May 14, 1902, on the home farm, deeply mourned by her husband and family and many kind friends.
In the spring of 1873, Mr. Dickinson came with his wife and three children to Colfax coun- ty, Nebraska, taking up a homestead of eighty acres on the north half of southwest quarter of section eighteen, township twenty, range four, which remained the home place about six years. He then moved on his farm of two hundred and forty acres, which was located one mile east of the old homestead place, living on this farm, which he had purchased, until 1904. Mr. Dick- inson then retired from farming, and moved to Schuyler, where he purchased a good home, and now resides.
On January 27, 1904, Mr. Dickinson was united in marriage to Miss Ann Russell, also a native of England, the marriage ceremony taking place in Atkinson, Illinois.
Mr. Dickinson is a prosperous man of affairs, and owns two hundred and sixty acres of fine farm land, aside from good city property in Schuyler. He has served as school moderator for his district, number thirty-two, in the early days. In the early seventies, Mr. Dickinson helped to organize United Brethren church, and has been active in many other ways in the best interests of his home county and state.
Mr. Dickinson has passed through the many hardships and trying experiences that beset the early settler on the western frontier. He is wide- ly and favorably known.
L. D. MONTGOMERY.
The gentleman above mentioned is counted among the oldest settlers in Holt county, Nebras- ka, and since locating here in 1873 has taken a foremost part in the development of this region, and has one of the most beautiful homes in Holt county. Mr. Montgomery is of the opinion that the average man here is much better off financial- ly than in Illinois, which is his former residing place, as the land here costs less and crops grow just as well with less labor, one man taking care of one hundred and sixty acres as easily as he could fifty acres in Illinois. Since locating here, Mr. Montgomery has had fair success every year, with the exception of 1894, when his crops were burned out by hot winds, and that year every one suffered some loss. Our subject has two hundred and forty acres of good land in Antelope county, and four hundred and eighty acres in Holt coun- ty.
Mr. Montgomery was born April 8, 1858, in Warren county, Illinois. His father, Alfred, was born in 1822 in the state of Kentucky, as was also our subject's mother, who was Nancy Thompson. She died when our subject was a small boy. In the year of 1881, Mr. Montgomery came to York county, Nebraska, and worked there for two years. In 1883, he came to Holt county, where he took up a homestead in section twenty-five, township twenty-seven, range nine, and, buying a log house, moved it on this claim, living in this house five years, and planted twelve acres of fine trees on the land. This claim is still his residing place, where he and his family reside and enjoy the respect and high regard of all who know them.
On October 5, 1887, Mr. Montgomery was united in marriage to Miss Lnella Miller, and Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery are the parents of six children : Alfred; Hugh; Thomas and Theodore H. (twins) ; Frank, and George.
Mr. Montgomery devotes a great deal of at- tention to fine stock, and has a splendid lot of high-grade Shorthorn milch cows, and also about sixteen head of good work horses.
WILLIAM E. BISHOP.
William E. Bishop, a large land-owner of Pierce county, Nebraska, has done his share to- ward the development of the agricultural re- sources of that region. He is a man of wide ex- perience, and his good business judgment and integrity have placed him among the prosperous men of his county. Mr. Bishop has an elegant home in the beautiful little city of Pierce, where
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his family is among the popular members of soc- ial and educational circles.
Mr. Bishop is a native of Guilford, Connecti- cut, and a son of Jonathan and Fannie M. (Gris- wold) Bishop, the former a descendant of John Bishop, who was born in Guilford, Kent county, England, and it was after that town that our subject's birthplace was named. He was born in the first stone house ever erected by the Eng- lish in New England, which was owned by the Bishop family for three generations. His boy- hood was spent in that vicinity, and he was mar- ried there in 1867 to Ellen A. Stone, a daughter of Charles M. and Ellen M. Stone, the former a descendant of James Stone, who was a member of the first colony settling in Guilford, Connecti- cut. The mother of Charles M. Stone was a de- scendant of Governor William Leete, one of the first executives of that state.
In the spring of 1868, Mr. Bishop and his young wife migrated to Linn county, Missouri, where they purchased a farm and cultivated it for ten years, during which time he ran a planing mill for one year. In 1878 they returned to the old home place in Guilford, and spent a year visiting relatives, and rid their bodies of malaria acquired in Missouri. The following year they returned, bringing with them two young men who wished to locate in the west, and, shortly after, they sold their farm, and, loading their goods on wagons, came across the country to Pierce county, Nebraska, being seventeen days on the road, spending the nights camped ont under their wagons, except two or three, when they were able to find lodging with friendly settlers along the way. They reached Pierce on April 1, 1879, the town at that time consisting of just seven buildings, and the population comprising ten men and three women. Mr. Bishop was interested in a tract of thirty-two hundred acres of land, sit- uated eleven miles north of Pierce, which was subsequently made into a fine ranch. Lumber for the ranch house was hauled a distance of sixty-five miles, from Wisner, then the nearest railroad point, and except for the help of a car- penter for one week, Mr. Bishop did the entire work of building. During these first years on the ranch, Mrs. Bishop often spent many days with only a dog for companionship. There were but four neighbors between their ranch and Pierce, and their nearest neighbor north was twenty-four miles away. For a number of years not a friendly light could be seen from their win- dows at night.
They engaged in cattle and sheep raising dur- ing the first years, and later engaged in horse and mule breeding. Remaining on the ranch for eight years, they built a good residence in Pierce, and have made that their home since that time. The ranch has been sub-divided in a number of smaller farms, each supplied with a complete set of buildings, and the entire tract is now under cultivation.
In October, 1880, the country in their vicinity was swept by a terrific blizzard. Mr. Bishop was away from home, accompanied by a neighbor, whose unfinished house was open to the weather. The neighbor's wife and foster danghter, five years old, being in the unfinished house, Mrs. Bishop sent for them, and found the two nearly frozen, with the child in convulsions. She had them brought to her house, and succeeded in get- ting the frost warmed out of them, they coming out of their experience with no serious results.
After locating in Pierce, Mr. Bishop became interested in different enterprises, dealing large- ly in lands, and at times having as much as five thousand acres under his control. He has been one of the leading business men since coming here, and has also held various public offices, serving as county surveyor for twelve years, and precinct assessor for many terms. He is a mem- ber of the Congregational church, while his wife is an Episcopalian. In politics he is a staunch republican. He has been a Mason since March 9, 1886, and is a charter member of Evergreen lodge, number one hundred and fifty-three, which he served several years as Master, and many years as treasurer. He is also a charter member of the Norfolk lodge of Elks.
HANFORD N. SMITH.
Hanford N. Smith, who resides in the beanti- ful and progressive city of St. Paul, is a man who enjoys to the fullest extent the confidence and respect of all with whom he has to do since locating here many years ago.
Mr. Smith was born in Tompkins county, New York, August 7, 1832, making him one of the oldest men in this section of the country. He spent his boyhood in New York state, at the age of twenty-two years going into northern Wiscon- sin, where he spent the winters in the lumber camps, and during the summers sailed the great lakes, having a captain's commission. . He is one of the pioneer sailors, and well remembers the difficulties encountered in navigation during the earlier days. He next went to California, and entered the mining region, spending about two years in the west, then returned to Wisconsin, and again sailed the lakes, following this work up to about 1861.
At the breaking out of the war, Mr. Smith enlisted in the Wisconsin Infantry, Company E, Fourteenth regiment, and served until the close of the struggle. He saw much hard service as a soldier, the principal battles in which he par- ticipated being the battle of Shiloh (after which action he was made commissary sergeant of the Fourteenth Wisconsin Regiment as a reward for conspicuous bravery on the battlefield) ; the bat- tle of Iuka, Corinth, a three-days' engagement, and the battle of Vicksburg, a siege of forty- seven days. After the surrender of Vicksburg, his regiment was discharged, this occurring on
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December 12, 1863, and on the same day Mr. Smith re-enlisted, although his furlough of thirty days was spent in Wisconsin and New York state. He was married in January, 1864, while on this furlough, to Harriet Garrison, of Tompkins coun- ty, New York, and after several days' visit with friends in the vicinity of his birthplace, returned to his post in the army, later taking part in the battles of Fort Duressa, Champion Hill, Yellow Bayou, the engagement with Price and Marma- duke, near Kansas City, Missouri, which resulted in the capture of Marmaduke, and the action at Nashville, Mobile, besides many other minor skirmishes.
After leaving the army, Mr. Smith returned to Wisconsin, taking up his old work on the lakes, and continued up to December, 1872, at which time he had the misfortune to have a bad wreck, and this decided to give up the perilous business of sailing. He looked about for a new location, and finally decided on Nebraska, coming here in February of 1873. He took up a home- stead on section eighteen, township ten, range thirteen, of Howard county, and there remained for several years, succeeding in building up a fairly good farm.
In 1876, he went into the Black Hills, where he engaged in mining, putting in about a year in that region, then returned to Nebraska, settling in St. Paul, where Mrs. Smith died, December 20, 1877.
Mr. Smith has been one of the prominent bus- iness and public men of his region for the past forty years. He has held various high offices of his county, being elected county superintendent of public instruction in 1874, and serving for two years. In 1894 he became assessor, holding office for five years, and after a lapse of ten years was again elected for a two-year term. He has also served as water commissioner for one term. For many years he was justice of the peace, and through these different positions has become fa- miliarly known to every resident of the county, and gained the respect and esteem of all by his straight-forward actions and sterling integrity.
Mr. Smith was married the second time, May 20, 1884, to Mrs. Laura Oglesbee, of St. Paul, and to them have been born three children: Hanford Nelson, Jr., Addie May and Clara. all of whom are married and settled in comfortable homes in St. Paul, where they are surrounded . by a host of warm friends.
JACOB D. KOCH.
Among the early settlers in the eastern part of Nebraska, who came here when the place was still practically a wilderness, and out of its wild state succeeded in building up a good home and valuable possessions, is the gentleman above named. Mr. Koch has spent all but five of his span of fifty-nine years in Nebraska state, which well entitles him to the name of old set-
tler. He is recognized as one of the leading old- timers and worthy citizens of his locality.
Jacob D. Koch, son of Joseph and Mary (Rheinfrank) Koch, was born in Pike county, Ohio, July 18, 1851, and was second in a family of thirteen children. He has six brothers and four sisters residing in Nebraska, the other children being deceased, as are also the parents. The father died on his home farm in Cass county, Nebraska, in February of 1903, the mother also passing away in Cass county, her death occur- ring in the year 1896.
In 1856, Mr. Koch, subject of this sketch, with his parents, drove overland from Ohio to Nebras- ka, locating in Cass county. Here Mr. Koch re- ceived his education, and later engaged in farm- ing. In 1882, he purchased one hundred and twenty acres on Mira Valley of Valley county, in section twenty-one, township eighteen, range fourteen, which is still his home place. He now has two hundred and forty acres in the tract.
In September of 1872, Mr. Koch was united in marriage to Miss Mary Janssen, a native of Germany, born near Marienhoff, East Fresin. In 1869, she came to America with her father, Rein- hardt Janssen, who settled in Cass county, Ne- braska, near Plattsmouth. Her mother was Mary Hoester before marriage. To Mr. and Mrs. Koch were born eight children, two of whom died in infancy : Joseph R., who is married, and has four children; Andrew, also married, has two sons ; Edward, married, has one child, and James, married, has four children, all of Valley county, and Harry and Fred, who reside under the par- ental roof.
In the spring of 1883, Mr. Koch moved, with his wife and children, on the Valley county farm. Mrs. Koch died, June 12, 1889, on the home farm, survived and deeply mourned by her husband and six children.
Mr. Koch is a prosperous, successful man of affairs, owning a fine stock and grain farm of two hundred and forty acres. He makes a spec- ialty of Galloway cattle. Mr. Koch was instru- mental in organizing his school district, number nine, of which he served as director for some years. Mr. Koch has resided in Nebraska for fifty-four years, and has passed through much of Nebraska's history, and is widely and favora- bly known.
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