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 48

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


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Rasmus Mortensen was born in Denmark on November 27, 1846, and his boyhood was spent on his father's farm. In his boyhood he was ap- prenticed to a miller, and learned that business thoroughly. He was married at the age of twen- ty-four years, to Josephine Neilsen, also born and reared in Denmark, and one son was born to them. In 1872 he brought his little family to America, joining the Danish colony which had been established in Howard county, and in part- nership with Peter Hansen, purchased homestead rights of Paul Anderson, this land situated six miles northwest of Dannebrog, the consideration being $1,000. After acquiring this property the joint owners "drew straws" to decide which one should live on the place, our subject being the fortunate man, and his partner immediately fil- ing on another homestead near by, together car- rying on both farms, each furnishing part of the equipment necessary and dividing the work be- tween them. Mr. Mortensen was successful in developing his farm in good shape, and accumu- lated considerable property, although he met with the usual obstacles during the early days. He became interested in the milling business at Dannebrog for a short time, and at the time of his death was owner of six hundred and eighty acres of fine farming and grazing land.


Mr. Mortensen was a staunch democrat, and took a deep interest in the politics of his county and state, although never sought publie prefer- ment.


Mrs. Josephine Mortensen, widow of our sub- ject, has given up active farming since the death of her husband, having rented the place and moved to Dannebrog, where she purchased a fine home and has with her two of her children. She is a capable business woman, managing the large estate left her in a most successful manner, and since Mr. Mortensen's death has added consid- erable to her income by the purchase of large holdings in South Dakota. She is the mother of nine children, who are named as follows: Chris- tian, who married Anna Obermiller, parents of four children, they carrying on farming on the old homestead, of which Christian has purchased two hundred and forty acres; N. Peter, who with his wife and two children, lives in Cushing; J. Christina, who, with her husband, Thomas Thompson, are both practicing dentists in Dan- nebrog, and meeting with much success in their chosen profession; Sophia C., wife of James Irvine, Jr., they living in Howard coun- ty on a farm, with their four children; Emma, wife of Fred Sorensen; they have three children and reside on a fine farm near Nysted; A. Louise, living with her mother; Mary, wife of W. Welch, mother of two children, they residing on a farm


RASMUS MORTENSEN, DECEASED.


MRS. RASMUS MORTENSEN.


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near Farwell, in Howard county ; Lillian M., wife of Wesley Scott, farmers near Palmer, and Min- nie M., also remaining at home with her mother. The entire family is well known and highly es- teemed, being numbered among the representa- tive pioneer citizens of their county. We are pleased to present portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Mor- tensen on another page of this volume.


HIRAM E. COLBORN.


Hiram E. Colborn, residing in Palmer, Mer- rick county, Nebraska, is one of the oldest set- tlers in eastern Nebraska, and by his efforts he has aided materially in the development of the agricultural and commercial resources of his county. Mr. Colborn is a gentleman of most esti- mable character, highly respected in the commu- nity and one of the leading old-timers of the sec- tion.


Mr. Colborn was born in Sank county, Wis- consin, December 11, 1855, and was fourth in a family of Abram and Mary (Comfort) Colborn, who had seven sons and four daughters.


Mr. Colborn was a farm boy, and in the fall of 1876 he came to Merrick county, Nebraska, taking up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres on section twenty, township fourteen, range eight, where he and his family have lived continuously all these years. This farm is now finely equipped, and a comfortable home is built thereon.


Mr. Colborn was married to Miss Mary Good- rich, on the Goodrich farm in Merrick county, March 3, 1886. The Goodrich family came to Merrick county in 1872 and were a prominent pioneer family. Mr. and Mrs. Colhorn have seven children : Benny, Mary Gertrude, wife of Lowell Smith, of San Francisco, California ; Lysle, Etoile, Avery. Katie, and Jessie, all of whom are living under the parental roof, except Mrs. Smith and Benny, both of whom are in California.


Mr. Colborn and brothers, John and Benjamin. reside almost on adjoining farms. The Colborn family for over thirty years have been prominent in this portion of Nebraska, and have been strong factors in building up and making this section the improved and advanced country it is to-day.


ANTON K. LAMMERS.


No family, either foreign born or native, has left a deeper impress in the financial and business institutions of Cedar county than that of the Lammers. John Lammers, father of A. K. Lam -. mers of Hartington, first came to Nebraska in the spring of 1861, and from the beginning gave evidence of unusual financial and business acumen. He was frugal, industrious and honest. a triology of virtues that made him the most successful man the county has ever known.


John Lammers was a native of the kingdom of Hanover, born July 5, 1839, and came to


America in early life. He came up the rivers to Cincinnati, later resided in Dubuque and Davenport, where he had been living some years when he migrated to the plains of Nebraska. Ten families formed a colony and drove through Iowa with ox teams; crossing the river at Sioux City they diverged to West Point, but made no settlement until reaching St. Helena. Mr. Lam- mers filed on a homestead in the Bow, near St. Helena, Nebraska, and later a timber claim; these tracts were the nucleus of an estate that amounted to upwards of three thousand acres before he was stricken down in 1896. He was in- terested in business enterprises of various sorts, and his financial ability made them a success. He was married to Miss Mary Stratman, a native of Westphalia, and to them were born eleven chil- dren.


Anton K. Lammers was born in Cedar county, Nebraska, June 23, 1871, and attended the conn- try schools during the short winter terms. He attended the Hartington schools one year, and the following year, the winter of 1886-7, took a course in the schools of Quincy, Illinois; the win- ter of 1889-9 he attended a commercial college in Omaha, fitting himself for a position in the business world. His father had taken an interest in a lumber yard in Hartington and Mr. Lammers became one of the office force. In 1895 the firm was dissolved and the business continued under the firm name of J. Lammers & Son; after the death of the father Mr. Lammers purchased the mother's interest in the estate, and has since con- ducted the business under his sole management. He carries a full line of lumber, together with paints, oils, brushes, etc., and other timber acces- sories. His genial nature and square dealing win for him a good share of the trade of Hartington and the surrounding country.


Mr. Lammers was married in Hartington, May 22, 1900, to Miss Clara Walz, a native of Iowa. Her parents, Anton and Dorothea (Kruse) Walz, are natives of Germany. They came to America and settled in Iowa for a number of years, then came on west to Nebraska. To Mr. and Mrs. Lammers three children were born, namely : Eurelia, Gertrude, and Dorothy.


Mr. Lammers has a vivid recollection of some of the blizzards of the early years; in that of October 14 to 16, 1880, he had ridden his pony over to a married sister's, and the storm break- ing, he was compelled to remain there three days; had there been telephones in those days, he could easily have relieved the anxiety of his parents; as it was they had to rest contented with the thought that he was safely housed. In that short, sharp storm of January 12, 1888. in which so many lives were lost, Mr. Lammers happened to be in town and kept within doors until the storm abated.


He saw the flood of the spring of 1881, when at its highest so many homes were swept away ; and remembers when big game was still to be


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found on Antelope creek; wild turkey frequently formed the main part of prairie banquets in those days, and nothing in later days can surpass the dinners served when Cedar county was on the frontier. For two seasons his father's crops were devastated by grasshoppers, and young as he was Mr. Lammers well remembers their flights.


Mr. Lammers has inherited a good name from a worthy sire, and well is he upholding it. He is recognized as one of the substantial and pro- gressive business men of the county, and with his family holds a prominent place in the social life of his home town.


Mr. Lammers has been a life-long democrat, is a member of the Catholic church, and of the Knights of Columbus.


AUGUST SCHUETT.


Among the leading old settlers and public spirited citizens of Knox county, Nebraska, the gentleman above mentioned deserves a prominent place. Mr. Schuett has aided in no slight degree in building up the schools and commercial re- sources of this region, and has done all in his power for the betterment of conditions in his community, socially and politically.


Mr. Schuett is a native of Germany, being born in the province of Prussia, April 26, 1847. He is the son of John and Bertha Schuett, both natives of Prussia, who died in their native land. When but nineteen years of age, Mr. Schnett came to America, and after landing in the United States, went to Wisconsin, where he remained for six years, having been married in the mean- time.


In 1872 Mr. Schuett, with his family, drove from Wisconsin to Knox county, Nebraska, tak- ing up a homestead on section thirty-two, town- ship thirty, range five, and four years later a tim- ber claim on section twenty-nine, township thirty, range five. They first built a dugout in which the family lived three years, and then built a good frame house. During the first years of res- idence in this section of the county. Mr. Schuett and family experienced many hardships and fail- ures. He suffered losses through the grasshopper raids in which the entire crops were destroyed, and in 1894 the drouth destroyed all the crops, the hot winds burning them in the ground.


Mr. Schuett now owns eight hundred and eighty acres of well improved land, and has twenty acres of fine trees, some of which is a good orchard.


Mr. Schuett was united in marriage June 18, 1868, to Miss Bertha Neno, and Mr. and Mrs. Schuett are the parents of three children, named as follows: Robert, who is married to Miss Minnie Wenters; William, married to Miss Minnie Gustman, and Tillie, who is the wife of Henry Kriemeier.


JOHN W. LUDINGTON.


In the person of the gentleman above men- tioned we have another of the prosperous and successful farmers of Nance county, who is now retired from active labors. Mr. Ludington is one of those substantial citizens whose integrity, thrift and economy have added largely to the ma- terial wealth and growth of the state of Ne- braska. Agriculture and stock raising forms the basis of wealth and prosperity in the west, as indeed, in most sections of the United States, and it is, therefore, of great importance that the class of people who inhabit the farming regions of the country should represent those elements of ster] ing worth so prominently displayed by the pio neers of a great west, and which we find in the largest measure in our subject.


John W. Ludington was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, April 22, 1842. When a small child he accompanied his parents into Iowa, where his father, John N. Ludington, became in- terested in farming, and there John Jr., grew to manhood. He was married in 1865 to Rebecca E. Newman, who came from Indiana, the event tak- ing place at Adel, Iowa, and the young pair made their home in that vicinity for about nine years, then decided to try their fortunes in Nebraska, so started out to drive the entire distance in a covered wagon. They spent two weeks on the journey, landing in Merrick county, Nebraska, where Mr. Ludington homesteaded a quarter sec- tion on section seven, township fifteen, range eight, and there they succeeded in developing a good farm, making it their home for eight years, then sold the place and purchased two hundred acres, sixty of which was in Nance county. This he built up in good shape, prospering in a marked manner, engaging extensively in mixed farming and stock raising, and continuing on the farm up to 1901, at which time he moved into Fullerton, where he purchased a fine home. During his residence on the farm, he ran a sorghum factory for twenty years, and some years made as high as two thousand gallons of the molasses in a season, for all of which he found a ready market at profitable prices. He also was the owner of a threshing outfit during the early days here, and made quite a nice little income from this source. In 1877 he put in a cable ferry across the main Loup river just west of Fullerton, and ran this ferry for about six years. He had also established another cable ferry at Fullerton, and these fer- ries were kept in continuous use up to the time the bridges were built. While he operated these ferries all wagou freight was obliged to cross the river in this way, and Mr. Ludington ferried all the traffic which came his way. In 1882, he took the mail route between St. Paul and Fuller- ton, which was a distance of thiry-five miles, and for four years traveled this route, making the trips in all sorts of weather, and having a fine


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record for promptness and strict attention to duty.


Mr. and Mrs. Ludington have had six chil- dren, as follows: Lnella, who married Samuel Pritchett, mother of five children, residing in Cody, Wyoming; Mary E., wife of James Rus- sell, parents of three children, making their home in Fullerton ; Kate, wife of Edwin Russell, they having three children, also living in Fullerton ; John N., married and living with his three chil- dren in Cushing, Nebraska; Mattie, wife of Wal- lace Gorby, mother of two children, residents of Nance county; Ida May, wife of Bob Dopf, the latter editor of a local paper in Belgrade, Ne- braska, where they make their home. The family are all well known and enjoy a large circle of acquaintances in this section of the state. They have all passed through the pioneer experiences, meeting all the discouragements and trying times in establishing their home, and during the years of the grasshopper raids throughout the country were compelled to depend entirely upon their sor- ghum factory for their living as the pests swept their crops completely away.


Mr. Ludington has at different times held local office, and exhibited a truly public-spirited view of affairs in his county and state. He is a veteran of the civil war, having enlisted in Com- pany K, Fifteenth lowa Regiment of Infantry, in 1864, and was with the Seventeenth Army Corps, serving until the close of the war. He saw much hard service, and received his honorable dis- ยท charge at Davenport. Iowa, in June, 1865. He was with General Sherman on his march to the sea and took part in several engagements. He participated in the grand review at Washington, D. C., at the close of the war.


A. L. STEARNS.


That success may be won in the golden west if one but has the energy and perseverance to take the hard knocks that come his way, make the best of them. and keep on trying, is fully proved in the career of A. L. Stearns, of Spencer, Ne- braska. Mr. Stearns was early thrown on his own resources, having made his own way since the age of eleven years.


Mr. Stearns was born in Blue Earth county, Minnesota, December 1, 1879. His parents were also natives of that state, and came to Nebraska in 1890, settling on a homestead near Spencer. and it was about that time of their removal here that the boy started to support himself by work- ing on farms and ranches. He was at various cimes employed around livery barns caring for horses, and in this way became thoroughly fa- miliar with every detail of the livery business. at which he has made such a success. During 1904 he located in Gregory and Dallas, South Dakota, for three years running a livery barn in both towns, returning to Spencer in 1910. Here he purchased a well equipped livery establish-


ment, built up a good trade, and through strict attention to business, a thorough knowledge of the country and splended ability in his line of work, he became one of the dependable men of his community. February 25, 1911, he sold his liv- ery business, since which time he has been em- ployed by Dr. H. A. Skelton.


Mr. Stearns was married in Hurley, South Dakota, November 20, 1903, to Miss Mina Pel- mulder, and to them have been born three chil- dren, namely: Carmon M., Richard F., and Har- rold. They have a very pleasant and comfort- able home, and are worthy members of society, having a host of warm friends in Spencer and vicinity.


Mr. Stearns has always been a staunch repub- lican. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World, and the National Benevolent Society of Spencer.


The greater part of Mr. Stearn's life has been spent in the frontier countries. While living in Minnesota wolves were plentiful, the big grey wolf, black wolves and numerous coyotes being found in considerable numbers in their section. Also, black bear were occasionally killed, while deer were not infrequently seen. At times the family had as a dwelling the primitive dugout and sod house. They knew privation and hard- ship, as did most of the pioneers who pushed out west from the far eastern towns and thicker set- tlements, but were of a hardy stock who never let trifles bother them, and kept happy and light- hearted through tronble and discomforts.


WILLIAM W. HAVENS.


William W. Havens, now deceased, for many years a well-known member of the farming com- munity of Boone county, departed this life on March 18, 1907. He was born in Cleveland, Lin- coln county, Ohio, July 1, 1827, a son of Jesse and Rebecca Havens. the entire family settling in Illinois, where he grew up and' was educated. He was married on October 14, 1847, to Mary Ash- burn, of Tennessee. and the first several years of their married life was spent in Illinois, they going to lowa in 1853. where Mr. Havens follow- ed farming for about twenty-four years, he being one of the pioneer farmers of their section of Iowa.


Mr. Havens settled in Nebraska in February of 1877, homesteading in Boone county, and prov- ing up on the claim, also filing on a timber claim of one hundred and sixty acres, the land lying one mile west of the townsite of Loretta. This remained the home farm for thirty-two years, our subject succeeding in building up a fine home and accumulating a comfortable property by dint of good management and thrift. He retired from active farm life in 1902, removing to Albion, where he built a pleasant home and passed the declining years of his life. He was survived by his widow and three children, Walter, a sketch


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of whom appears in this volume; Isadore, who married George Whiting and lives in Albion, and William L., and Loretta. Mrs. Havens occupied the family home in Albion until the advanced age of eighty-two years and died October 30, 1910. Her brother, James Ashburn, lives in Spencer, Iowa.


DAVID CUNNINGHAM.


While Pennsylvania has not contributed so much to populating the west as New York and other eastern states, the sterling sons of the Keystone state who have come here have made their presence known. David Cunningham, re- tired, of Wayne, was born in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, December 16, 1838, and was reared in his native county. Of the ten children born to David and Agnes (Lyon) Cunningham, David, junior, was ninth in order of birth.


On attaining manhood, he married and began farming in Juniata county, in which calling he was engaged at the time of his migration to the west in the spring of 1882. Coming to Marshall county, Iowa, he rented land for a year, and in the fall came ont to Nebraska, selected and pur- chased one hundred and sixty acres of land three miles southeast of Wayne, and returned to Iowa for the winter. In March, 1883, he came into possession of his new purchase, to which he later added one hundred and twenty acres, making a farm of two hundred and eighty acres of as fine land as any that lies in the west. He gave his principal attention to stock farming, buying in- stead of selling grain, thereby adding to the fertility of the land instead of depleting it. For over twenty years he resided on the place, erect- ing good buildings, sheds and fences, planting orchards and groves. In 1904, he built a large eight-room dwelling on the north hill in Wayne and furnished it in keeping with his surround- ings; here he is enjoying the ease and comfort earned by a well spent life, years of toil in his earlier days and of unceasing thought in the man- agement of his stock and farm.


Mr. Cunningham was married in Lost Creek Valley, Juniata county, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1862, to Miss Virginia Reynolds Christy, also a native of Juniata county, and daughter of John and Mary (Reynolds) Christy. To Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham have been born eight children, five of whom are living: Kate, wife of W. H. Gilder- sleeve, lives southeast of Wayne; Lillie, wife of Charles Gildersleeve, who is farming nine miles southeast of the county seat; Ellen and her hus- band, Reverend Charles D. Gearhard, a Congre- gational minister, live in Burwell, Garfield coun- ty, Nebraska; Lloyd lives in Marion, Kansas, where he fills the pulpit of the Presbyterian church; and William, the youngest, occupies the old home farm. The children who are deceased are: Edward Holmes, David Ross, and Virginia


May. Mrs. Cunningham's death occurred March 27,1911.


Leaving a young wife when the life of the na- tion was imperiled, Mr. Cunningham enlisted August 25, 1864, in Company B, Two Hundred and Second Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and saw service in Virginia. His regiment was em- ployed mostly in guarding the railroad to keep open the line of supplies, heading off Early and keeping Moseby and his guerillas on the move. Part of the time they were on duty in the outer defenses in Washington, and were at Fairfax when the joyful news of Lee's surrender reached them; and here, too, the sad tidings of Lincoln's death was read to the regiment, by the colonel, from the first paper that found its way into camp. He was in service until August 3, 1865, when he was discharged and sent home to his family. Mr. Cunningham soon adapted himself to the west, which in spirit and custom is so widely different from the east.


The latest of the notable blizzards swept the west since Mr. Cunningham settled in Nebraska, that of January 12, 1888. Two of his sons were at school, and as he was contemplating going for them, William came in, having ridden to a neighbor's in his sleigh, and then found his way home along the willow grove. Lloyd remained to come home with the teacher and later found his way home in the same way, but until both were beneath the roof it was a source of distress and worry, so severe was the raging storm. Mr. Cunningham has witnessed some of the destruc- tive hail storms that have pelted the plains, and has seen a promising crop of corn cut to the ground in a short space of time.


Nothing but praise for the west is Mr. Cun- ningham's sentiment for the land in which he has prospered so well and in which he has found so many cordial and congenial neighbors and friends. Mr. Cunningham is a member of the Presbyterian church and of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is affiliated with the republican party.


CHARLES BUCHE.


Charles Buche, residing on section fifteen, township twenty-seven, range five, Antelope county, Nebraska, is regarded as one of the leading citizens of his locality. He has always been one of the important factors in the up- building of his region, aiding materially in its development and growth from the time of its early settlement.


Charles Buche was born in Kankakee connty, Illinois, November 13, 1872, and was raised by his grandparents. John and Margaret (Frahm) Buche both natives of Germany. The grand- father was born in 1822 and died in 1903; and the grandmother was born in the year 1824 and died in 1897.


Our subject's grandfather and grandmother


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left Germany and came to America and lived in the state of Wisconsin a short time, thence moved to Illinois, and in the year 1885, Mr. Charles Buche came to Antelope county, Ne- braska, where he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in section three, township twenty- seven, range five, which he highly improved and then sold it and went back to Illinois. Our sub- ject's father served three years and three months in the civil war, enlisting in Company D, Forty- third Illinois Regiment, and during his participation in said war received a slight wound.




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