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 98

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


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there May 3, 1906. He was survived by one soul, William N. Dean, now occupying the home farm.


Mr. Dean was for many years a loyal sup- porter of the republican party, and was active in the affairs of his county and state. He was a member of the Grand Army of Republic at Pierce, and both himself and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.


JOHN WALL.


In reviewing the history of Howard county, Nebraska, the citizens who have contributed to her welfare must be given special mention, and a prominent place among their number must be accorded the gentleman above named. Mr. Wall is a pioneer settler, coming here in 1877, and is one of the best known and most highly respected men in his region. He is a prosperous agricul- turist and has built up a comfortable home and fine farm.


John Wall, son of George and Ann (Manning) Wall, was born in Canada, March I, 1863, and was fourth in a family of twelve children. He came to Howard county, Nebraska, with his father in the fall of 1877, and during the first year of his residence here he worked for J. F. Frederick. After that Mr. Wall attended school several winters, working on the home farm dur- ing the summer months. On May 16, 1881, he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in the west half of the southeast quarter and the east half of the southwest quarter of section thirty-six, township fifteen, range eleven, which is now the home place, a well improved and choice farm. He came out to this farm to live in Oc- tober, 1889.


On October 9, 1889, Mr. Wall was joined in holy wedlock to Miss Margaret Vincent, who was a native of Canada, being born in Huron county, Ontario. Mrs. Wall came to Howard county, Ne- braska, in March, 1886, with her father, mother, six brothers and one sister. Her parents, William and Margaret Vincent, are still living in Howard county on section four, township fourteen, range eleven.


Mr. and Mrs. Wall have had five children born to them, whose names are as follows: John W., Margaret Ann, William Henry, Agnes Jane, and George Arthur.


Mr. Wall owns two hundred and forty acres joining the home place on the west, which makes a very fine farm of four hundred acres, as all farms lying on Canada Hill are choice tracts. Canada Hill is so called on account of this vicin- ity being settled by people from Canada.


Mr. Wall has passed through the pioneer Howard,county times, and is well and favorably known as a prosperous and successful man.


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THEODORE A. GREENLAND.


Perseverance and diligence are the stepping stones to success. These characteristics, supple- mented by honesty and good citizenship, are among the many attributes possessed by the gen- tleman herein named. Mr. Greenland has resided in eastern Nebraska for the past twenty-one years, and is one of the representative men of the west, highly esteemed by all who have met him either in a business or social way.


Mr. Greenland is a native of the city of Sneek, Holland, born August 31, 1869, and is a son of Andrew and Katherine (DeJony) Greenland. He was second in a family of nine children, and has one sister living in Holland, and another in Ger- many, the other children being deceased, as is also the mother, who passed away November 3, 1880; the father is still living in his home coun- try.


In 1889 Mr. Greenland came to America, sail- ing from Rotterdam to New York in the steamer "Obdam." Locating near David City, Nebraska, he engaged in farming on rented land for two years, and in 1901 came to Valley county, pur- chasing one hundred and sixty acres of land adapted to stock raising. In 1909 he sold this farm and bought a quarter section of good stock and grain land in section thirty-two, township nineteen, range fourteen, which he sold to advan- tage in the spring of 1911, and with the proceeds purchased the east half of section twenty-five, township eighteen, range sixteen, securing pos- session in March, 1912; of this, two hundred acres is arable land, with forty acres sowed to alfalfa. The remainder is devoted to pasture.


Mr. Greenland was married in Butler county on February 18, 1892, to Miss Nellie Kuindersema, who was born in Holland and came to America in 1891.


Mr. and Mrs. Greenland have been blessed with two children, Katie, who resides under the parental roof; and an infant, deceased. Mrs. Greenland's mother lives in Holland, where the father died in 1904; she has one sister, and four brothers living in Holland. Mr. Greenland, in 1909, made a trip to his home country, remaining about three months, visiting his relatives.


Mr. Greenland is one of the younger men among the earlier settlers of eastern Nebraska, and is well known in Valley county, where he has resided for the past eleven years. He is a highly esteemed and progressive citizen, and he and Mrs. Greenland and daughter Katie are sur- rounded by a host of good friends and acquaint- ances. In politics he is a republican.


ALBERT MANTEY.


Albert Mantey, proprietor of one of the most valuable estates in Madison county, Nebraska, has been a resident of that locality for many years. He is prominently known throughout the


northeastern part of the state as on of the fore- most farmers and stock men in Nebraska. Mr. Mantey resides on section thirty, township twenty- four, range two, where he lives in his pleasant home surrounded by a host of true friends and many good neighbors and acquaintances. After many years of hard labor and much discourage- ment and hardship, he is now enabled to live in comfort and peace in the latter years of his life.


Mr. Mantey is a native of Germany, his birth occurring in the province of Posen, Prussia, No- vember 17, 1839 ; he is a son of Martin and Bettie (Volker) Mantey, who also were natives of Ger- many.


Mr. Mantey grew to manhood in his native land, receiving the usual schooling, and after reaching the prescribed age, served as a soldier the allotted time specified in the German Empire ; that each male shall serve three years in the army upon reaching the age of twenty-one years.


In 1866, Mr. Mantey left his native land for America, embarking on the steamship "Ger- mania," and was on the sea two weeks, sailing from Hamburg, Germany, to England, thence coming by way of Southampton to New York City.


After arriving in the United States, he came westward and located in Chicago, Illinois, where he worked in a tobacco factory for three years. In 1868 he came to Omaha, Nebraska, where he worked at whatever his hands found to do, his first employment being secured from the Union Pacific railroad, and later he worked as a plas- terer. He then proceeded still further west, and in 1869 settled in Madison county, Nebraska, where he took up a homestead claim which still remains his home farm. He first built a log house on this land, which has now been replaced by a good frame residence.


In those first days of settlement on the west- ern frontier, Mr. Mantey and family experienced many hardships and discouragements, as did all those brave sons who came to this raw, unsettled country to make a fortune for themselves. The grasshopper pests that devastated that region in 1876 and other years, were about the greatest source of anxiety and privation, they destroying every spear of vegetation to be found for miles around, after their flight leaving nothing but bare ground, where a short time before had been growing and promising crops. Deer and ante- lope were plentiful in those early days and were frequently seen in herds grazing on the open prairies. As late as 1894, our subject lost the entire erops of that season by the hot winds that were a result of the terrible drouth of that year. But those times have passed on to history. and have been replaced by a period of prosperity and plenty and the experiences of the old timers who came to this land and made possible this prosper- ous condition, are scarcely comprehended by the people of these later days.


Mr. Mantey was united in marriage January


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6, 1875, to Miss Adeline Stolle, a native of Olden- burg. They are the parents of seven children, whose names are as follows : Laura, Clara, Martin, Rudolph, Otto, Albert and Edward. They are a fine family, and enjoy the respect and es- teem of all who know them, and their friends are many.


JACOB SAUTTER.


Jacob Sautter, born in Indiana on the 18th of March, 1855, was the third of six children in the family of Michael and Nannie Sautter. The mother died when Jacob was a small boy. The father remarried, eight children being born of this union.


Jacob Sautter was born on the farm and he remained there until his twenty-first year, when he began to shift for himself. He was married on October 17, 1876, to a distant relative, Miss Katie Sautter.


Mr. Sautter, with his wife and son Jacob G., came to Greeley county, October 20, 1879, his brother John, also accompanying him. He took a homestead on the southeast quarter of section twenty-four, township eighteen, range eleven. He also purchased one hundred and sixty acres from the railroad in section eighteen. The original homestead is now owned by his son Jacob G., who is married and living on the old farm.


Greeley county has been the home of Mr. Sautter since he first came here in 1879, and he has therefore been closely identified with the growth and development of the county. He is a successful and prosperous farmer and stock raiser, having extensive land holdings in this county.


Two brothers of Mr. Sautter, John and Mich- ael, came here in the pioneer days; John now re- sides in Scotia, and Michael resides in Spokane, Washington.


Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Santter, Jacob G., Edward, Nannie Bell, now Mrs. Fred Miner, and Ella Florence, now married to Samuel C. Van Skike, of Scotia. Mrs. Sautter died in Scotia on September 14, 1910. Mr. Sautter and family had made their home in that city since 1905, prior to that date having resided on the old homestead.


Owing to his long residence in the North I oup Valley, Mr. Sautter possesses a wide cirele of friends and acquaintances and he holds an en- viable reputation as a citizen. In politics he is a republican ; is a member of the German Metho- dist Episcopal church and of the Modern Wood- men of America.


PHILIP MOST.


A typical pioneer of western Nebraska is rep- resented by the gentleman above named. He has lived in this section of the country for many years


and has been a part of the growth and develop- ment of this locality, building up for himself a substantial home and fortune by his perseverance and thrift. He is the owner of a well improved estate and has gained his possessions entirely by means of his own efforts.


Mr. Most is a native of Germany, having been born in Hesse-Cassel in 1861, the son of Henry and Martha Most. He spent his childhood in Germany, and it was there too that he obtained his education.


In 1865, Mr. Most came to America with his parents, where land was cheaper than in his own country. They came first to Cass county, Iowa, where they remained several years.


Our subject then came to Woodburg county, Iowa, and settled on a farm, but owing to his wife's health he moved to Cedar county in 1888, and bought the farm formerly owned by A. K. Stewart. He at once set about improving it, so that now it is one of the finest equipped estates in the locality. He engages in diversified farm- ing and has also been very successful in stock- raising, to which pursuit he has given consid- erable time during the last few years. His es- tate now comprises a tract of five hundred and sixty acres of excellent land.


Mr. Most was married in 1885 to Miss Maggie Lamb, of Iowa, and they are the parents of five children, named as follows: Edith, now Mrs. Soren Jensen, junior; Floyd, who assists in farm- ing the home place in addition to his own opera- tions; Forest, also a farmer, Ruth and Keneth.


JOHN KALAL.


John Kalal, a prominent farmer and stock- man, living on section three, township thirty, range six, is well known throughout Knox county as a progressive and successful agricul- turist, highly esteemed by all who know him. Mr. Kalal and his parents have done much to improve the agricultural interests of Knox county, and have also been instrumental in bettering the con- ditions of their vicinity; and they are a few of the many sturdy sons of foreign shores who came to this western country when it was but a wilder- ness, peopled by the Indians who roamed the plains. monarchs of all they surveyed.


John Kalal is a native of Bohemia, and was born in 1864, and is the son of Frank and Mary (Kubes) Kalal, both natives of Bohemia. When our subject was but six years old, he, with his parents, left his native land for America, sailing by way of Bremen to Baltimore. After arriving in the United States, the family went to Chicago, Illinois, where they remained three years, and then moved to Knox county, Nebraska, where they took up a homestead in 1874, one-half mile south- east from Verdigris. They also took up a tree claim. They built a log house, and lived on this homestead for a number of years. In those early


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days of the wilderness this little family endured the hardships and dangers that so many of the venturesome pioneers experienced in the first days of settlement of the far west. The grass- hoppers destroyed all their crops the first three years in succession, which was a very discourag- ing start for a settler in a new country. The In- dians were always a source of danger and un- easiness, which fact did not add to the comfort of the early settler; but these experiences have passed to history, and the comparative comforts of modern civilization stand out in great contrast to the hardships and dangers endured by the early pioneers of this western country.


Mr. Kalal grew to manhood's estate on the home farm, and at the age of twenty-two years, in 1884, took up the homestead where he now lives. This homestead he has improved and added to, until he owns three hundred and sixty acres of fine land and a comfortable home.


Mr. Kalal was united in marriage in 1892 to. Miss Josie Franck, and they are the parents of six children, whose names are as follows: Lot- tie, William, Aggie, Bennie, Elmer and Edith. JOHN DELANEY.


John Delaney, well and favorably known as a prosperous and successful farmer of township thirty-five, range twelve, section twenty, in Boyd county, has met with decided success in his chosen career as an agriculturist, and is the proprietor of a pleasant home and a well improved farm. where he and his family live and enjoy the re- spect and esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances.


Mr. Delaney is a native of Pennsylvania, the Keystone state, his birth occurring in the year of 1859. His parents, William S. and Catherine (Sells) Delaney, were farmers by occupation, and our subject was born on a farm. From Penn- sylvania, he, with his parents, moved to Michi- gan, where he remained ten years. Mr. Delaney's father served in the civil war, enlisting in Com- pany H, One Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served from 1861 to 1865. He served in the south, and was wounded at the hat- tle of Bull Run.


In 1881, Mr. Delaney, subject of this sketch, came to South Dakota, where he lived for ten years. In 1891, he moved to Knox county, Ne- braska, where he took up a homestead, on which he first put up a dugout, the usual style of dwell- ing in those days ; he later built a sod house, and this was replaced with a good frame house.


Mr. Delaney now has a good farm on which he has fifteen acres of fine orchard, and he has made good improvements on his land.


Mr. Delaney was united in holy matrimony February 16, 1888, to Miss Minnie Conway, a native of New York City, whose parents were Patrick and Mary (Haley) Conway, natives of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Delaney are the parents of five children, whose names are as follows: Katie, Grover C., Mary, Lillie and Alice, all at


home except the first born, who is in Springfield, South Dakota. Mr. Delaney is a democrat, and a progressive man of sterling qualities. Mrs. Delaney is a member of the Catholic church at Baker.


HUBERT REID.


Hubert Reid, a prosperous agricnlturist and one of the leading citizens of section fourteen, Dublin precinct, is an early pioneer of Boone county, Nebraska. The Reid family is one of the three original families to settle in that part of the county. The home place is one of the most pleasant spots in that section, and has been the residence of the family for over thirty-five years.


Mr. Reid is a native of Ireland, born on Janu- ary 23, 1846, the second eldest of seven children born to Moses and Sarah Reid. Hubert grew up in Ireland, sailing for America in 1869, his first settlement being made in Delaware county, Iowa, and that remained his home for about three years, at which time he came to Boone county, Ne- braska. He was married in Delaware county, Towa, in March, 1872, to Miss Jane West, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States in the same year as Mr. Reid. There were in the party emigrating to Nebraska, Mr. and Mrs. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. John Maxwell and two children, and William Dobson, coming by team and wagon all the way, and all became homesteaders, the first in their portion of Boone county. Mr. Reid's lo- cation was on section fourteen, township nineteen. range eight, and this still remains his home farm. being finely equipped for stock and grain raising, having good buildings of all kinds. The place contains four hundred and eighty acres, besides this Mr. Reid owns six hundred and forty acres of Texas land. He is prosperous and successful, and is one of the truly old time pioneers of west- ern Nebraska. He has taken an active part in the upbuilding of Boone county, and has been a mem- ber of the school board of district number four- teen for a great many years.


To Mr. Reid and his estimable wife have been born the following children: John, Sarah, Eliza- beth, Margaret, Rachel, James. deceased; and Harold, all married but two-Elizabeth and Har- old-the latter attending school. Their oldest child, George, died at eighteen years of age.


HARRY TUCKER.


One of the most prominent and progressive farmers of Wayne county, Nebraska, is Mr. Harry Tucker, who owns a fine farm in section thirty- four, township twenty-seven, range one, east. He is one of the respected citizens of that locality. and is classed among its self-made men. He is now well-to-do and enjoys a comfortable home. surrounded by many of the luxuries of life.


Mr. Tucker was born in Devonshire, England,


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in 1863. His parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Tucker, were both natives of that region, the father following the occupation of a shepherd.


In 1877, it was decided that Mr. Tucker should seek to take advantage of the greater op- portunities afforded the poor man, and although quite young at the time, he came over to America alone. He went first to Mills county, Iowa, where he remained for nine years.


In 1885, Mr. Tucker came to Nebraska and worked at different places and looked for a loca- tion for three years. In 1888 he came to Wayne county, Nebraska, and bought his present home. Since his possession, it has been improved in every way. Many new buildings have been erected, and the farm is under a fine state of cul- tivation. Among the most valuable improve- ments may be mentioned a fine orchard of two acres which he set out. There is also a good growth of timber in a small grove which he planted since owning the place.


Mr. Tucker was married in 1888, to Miss Laura Bell Hill, of Illinois. Four children have been born to them, upon whom they have be- stowed the following names: Mable, Homer, Raymond, and Norene.


Mr. Tucker is awake to the best interests of the community in which he resides, and lends his influence to all measures affecting its best devel- opment and is regarded by all as one of the most influential and substantial citizens.


HENRY SYDOW.


Henry Sydow, a prominent farmer and stock raiser living on section twenty, township thirty- four, is well known throughout Stanton county as one of the progressive and intelligent citizens of the locality. He has extensive land interests here and enjoys a home of great comfort, and is esteemed and respected by all with whom he has to do. He is counted among the younger genera- tion, but has been in this county for nearly thirty years.


Mr. Sydow was born in 1874, in Brandenburg, Germany, his parents, Fred and Henrietta Sydow, being natives of that city.


In 1884, when but ten years old, the subscriber left his native land, with his parents, coming hy steamship from Bremen to Baltimore. They came direct to Stanton county, where they bought a farm, paying twelve dollars and fifty cents per acre. Their first dwelling was a dugout with a straw roof, which was their home for two years. They then built a small frame house, twelve by fourteen feet. Since that time, the little frame house has also been superseded by a beautiful modern home, in which the subscriber still lives.


Coming a little late in the settlement of the county, Mr. Sydow missed some of the hardships which vexed the souls of the earlier settlers, but still he did not entirely escape all discourage-


ments. He has had the opportunity of watching the development of this section from a wild, un- cultivated country with but few settlers, to its present state of prosperity, with tilled fields where before was open range, and thriving com- munities where before was naught but wilderness.


In 1901, Mr. Sydow was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Thieman, of Stanton county. Four children have come to bless their home, upon whom they have bestowed the following names: Mattie, Elsie, Clara and Louise.


Mr. Sydow has always taken a commendable interest in local affairs, and is always to be found in the front whenever any measure tending to the betterment of his community is proposed. He was elected highway commissioner in Dewey township, and is one of its efficient officers.


HENRY BONGE.


Located very pleasantly in section twelve, township twenty-eight, range seven, Antelope county, Nebraska, is to be found the gentleman whose name introduces this biographical sketch. He has been identified with the history of this county from a very early date, and his contribu- tion to the making of northeastern Nebraska; through his industrious habits, honesty of pur- pose, and force of character, has helped mater- ially in its growth. Our subject's desire to live the best American life possible has made him known as one of the leading and influential early settlers of the county.


Mr. Bonge was born October 30, 1858, and is a native of Germany, from which country he sailed for America on a steamboat, embarking from Hamburg when he was a small boy, coming to the state of Illinois with his parents, where his father, Marks Bonge, followed the occupation of gardener near Bloomington, in that state; but in Germany, in the village of Mina, the father had learned and followed the trade of masonry and plastering. He died in the year 1895. The mother is living at the advanced age of ninety- three years.


Mr. Bonge came from Illinois to Antelope county, Nebraska, in 1885, and later bought some land from Mr. Lewis Shoemaker, who had for- merly homesteaded the tract.


Mr. Bonge was married in 1884 to Miss Ma- tilda Speck, who died thirteen months later. On July 21, 1888, he was again married, this time to Miss Sarah Petzal, and they are the parents of five children, who are named as follows: Bertha, Edith, Vera, Earl and George.


Mr. Bonge now owns two hundred and forty acres of good land, which contains eight acres of trees, and where he enjoys a comfortable home and is respected by all who have the pleasure of calling him friend and neighbor. In politics he is a republican, and a German Lutheran in re- ligious affiliations.


AUGUST LUBELEY.


RESIDENCE OF S. G. SCHULTZ.


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AUGUST LUBELEY.


From the German fatherland came many thousands of the sturdiest citizens of the Ameri- can Republic, and many of them have developed the fertile prairies of Nebraska into a highly cul- tivated country, supporting many lines of busi- ness and industry. Among those who left the shores of Germany to better their condition in a new and growing western state, was August Lnbeley, the leading hardware merchant of Hart- ington, a portrait of whom appears on another page.


Mr. Lnbeley was born in the village of Wer- enghausen, near Finnentorp, province of West- phalia, Germany, April 22, 1851. He was ninth in a family of ten children born to Bernard and Gertrude (Knoche) Lubeley, both of whom died in the old country, the former in 1863, and the latter in 1891, a few weeks subsequent to her son August's return to America after a four months' visit to his old home; this visit was opportune, had he delayed another year he could never again have seen her.




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