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WILLIAM SCHULTZ
Forty years a resident of Seward, died at his home in that city, August 9, 1915, aged 76 years, 9 months and 4 days. Mr. Schultz was a dealer in boots and shoes in the city of Seward for many years and was well known by a majority of citizens throughout the county. He left to mourn his loss a wife and several sons and daughters.
NEWTON G. EVANS
An 1868 homesteader in Seward county died January 13, 1911. His wife, Emily J. Evans, who came to Nebraska in 1850 with her parents and settled in Marshall county, survived her husband until June 7, 1915 when she followed him to rest, aged 65 years, 8 months and 4 days. They were the parents of one son an three daughters who survived them.
GEORGE F. HURLBURT
Settled on a homestead in -L- precinct in 1870 and was for several years a prominent figure in the affairs of his town and locality. His wife died at their homestead home, August 7, 1877, aged 44 years, 8 months and 19 days. He moved to Utica in 1881 and engaged in the banking business in which he continued until the close of life, June 2, 1915, aged 85 years, 7 months and 7 days.
THOMAS TIDYMAN,
A pioneer settler in Seward county, died at his home in Beaver Crossing September 26, 1915, aged 75 years, 5 months and 2 days. Mr. Tidyman engaged in the mercantile business in Beaver Crossing with J. F. M. Dim- ery, under the firm name of Tidyman & Dimery successors to Edward Nye who conducted the store opened in connection with the mill by Mr. Smith in 1872. They took charge of the store in 1874 and continued the business about eleven years when they sold their interest and good will to Ernest VanSkike. Deceased left a wife to mourn the death of a kind and loving husband.
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HISTORY OF SEWARD COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
JOHN EVANS Sr.
Who settled on rail road land in -K- precinct in 1877, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Anna E. VanSkike, at Long Beach, California where he was spending the winter, January 9, 1916, aged 83 years. His wife, Louise Evans, preceded him to rest July 23,1901, also two daughters, Mamie Caulder, who died in 1909 and Emma Johnson who died in 1914, four sons and one daughter surviving him. Mr. Evans was engaged in the furniture and implement business with F. H. Roland, under the firm name of Evans & Roland in Beaver Crossing at the time of his death.
JOHN WHEELER
And family settled on a homestead in section two, -L- precinct in 1870 where they resided for many years, finally moving to Florida where he died March 31, 1900, aged eighty-seven years, one month an nineteen days. His wife, Electa Wheeler, died in 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler were both born in the state of New York-he February 2, 1813 and she May 31, 1819. Several daughters survived them.
GEORGE F. DICKMAN
For more than thirty years a resident of Seward county, died suddenly Monday night, March 5, 1916. Death was the result of a stroke of apo- plexy which came upon him wh le at the dinner table Sunday noon, follow- ed Sunday night by a second stroke from which he did not regain con- sciousness. He was sixty-one years of age. Mr. Dickman was in the implement business in Seward for many years and was active in business up till the date of his death. For thirty-five years he was a prominent fig- ure at state fairs. For twenty-three years prior to '04 he was speed clerk of the state fair races, and following the death of Ed Mcintyre that year, he was appointed to a place on the board of managers of the state fair asso- ciation, and was for several of the later years treasurer for the society.
JOHN W. MCCAULLEY
And wife, Eliza Mable McCaulley, were among the first pioneer set- tlers of -M- precinct, homesteading the north-east quarter of section ten in 1869 where they spent many years of pioneer life. They retired from the farm and moved to Beaver Crossing in the early nineties where she passed to her final rest November 27, 1893. Mr. McCaulley remained for twelve years when he answered the call to follow and meet her and other loved ones gone before. He was eighty-five years of age at the time of his death and was one of the few remaining U.S.soldiers in the mexican war. Three sons and two daughters survived them.
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PETER OGILVIE,
An 1868 homesteader in -N- precinct, died at his home in -L- precinct, February 17, 1897, aged 69 years. After several years residence upon his homestead Mr. Ogilvie relocated upon a farm in -K- precinct, later buying the T. H. Tisdale farm in . L- precinct where he resided at the time of his death. His widowed wife remained at the late home until suddenly sum- moned to her heavenly home, April 4, 1901. They left two sons and one daughter, one daughter, Mrs. John Woods ef Seward having died several years previous.
JOHN T. GODDING
Settled upon a homestead just west of the Seward and York county line in 1869, moving from there to Haddam, Kansas in 1880, and relocating at Beaver Crossing in 1890 where he engaged in the restaurant and market gardening business several years. He died at the home of his son in Fair- bury, Nebraska, February 11, 1913, his wife, Rachel Streeter Godding hav- ing preceded him to her heavenly home about two years. They left three sons to mourn their departure.
MRS. F. B. TIPTON.
The citizens of Seward were shocked Sunday morning, June 24 1906 by the announcement that Mrs. Frank B. Tipton had been found dead in bed that morning, the result of heart failure. She had been in her usual health the evening before and had planned with her husband to do some work in the flower garden the next morning. When he went to her room about five o'clock in the morning he found her dead. She was reposing with her head resting upon one arm, her eyes closed, and had apparently passed away while asleep without a struggle. Harriet, their little daughter, just past five years old, nestled at her mother's back fast asleep, unconsious of the sad event which had taken place. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cladius Jones aud came to Seward in 1873 with her parents. Her death was similar to that of her father, previously mentioned. She left to mourn her untimely death, a husband, two sons, one daughter, one brother and two sisters.
JOSEPH JONES,
A pioneer homesteader in -D- precinct in the early seventies and after- wards engaged in the mercantile business in the village of Utica and later beca.ne vice president of the Utica Bank, died at his home, April 23, 1905. Mr. Jones was a progressive business man, well liked by all who knew him and his death was a great loss to Utica.
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HISTORY OF SEWARD COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
WILLIAM J. THOMPSON,
One of the pioneer ranchmen of Seward county, opened a ranch at the Walnut creek crossing of the freight and steam wagon routes, in 1864, and was a member of the first county board of Seward county commissioners, died at his home in Beaver Crossing, July 25, 1895. He left a wife, two sons and one daughter. Mr. Thompson was well known by many people in the south portion of Seward and York counties and the north portion of Saline and Filmore counties as having catered to their needs in the manage- ment for several years of the flouring mill at Beaver Crossing. This mill was a pioneer enterprise which was not entirely a financial success, the dam being constructed upon a bed of quick sand would wash out every time there was a freshet and high water. There is but little doubt that this con- dition was well known by Mr. Smith after he had built the mill and when he sold it to the latter as he did not conduct the business but a very short time after opening it and the sale of it was a surprise to its patrons. How- ever with all the unfavorable conditions Mr. Thompson, with the expense of many times rebuilding his dam and placing plank foundation under the mill and a portion of the mill race, continued to grind out peoples grists. He finally sold the mill to J. F. M. Dimery as previously mentioned. But Mr. Thompson will hold a place in the memory of early settlers as the pioneer miller who patiently sacrificed more good money to maintain a business of public benefit than any other man of the time in Seward county. He had the distinction of having served in the United States navy during what in termed "the Mexican War," which occurred in 1846.
Margaret J. Thompson, wife of Wm. J. Thompson, remained after his death for a period of eighteen years, reaching the age of 88 years. She died Thursday, September 18, 1913 leaving two sons and one daughter, one of the former, B. F., or Frank, followed his mother to rest September 30, 1913, being sick with pneumonia at the time of her death he failed to re- cover. One daughter, Liticia, wife of Horatio Reed, preceded her parents to her eternal home by several years.
JOHN KNOBBS AND WIFE
Pioneer settlers in Seward county, coming in 1873 they spent their re- maining years as residents of the county. Mrs. Knobbs passed to her rest January 23, 1911, aged 74 years, 2 months and 21 days. Mr. Knobbs closed his eyes to the scenes of this world and passed on to meet his wife, November 3, 1915, aged 84 years, 3 months and 3 days.
BENJAMIN WALKER
An 1870 settler in -O- precinct died October 20, 1879. Mr. Walker left a wife to mourn his early departure.
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HISTORY OF SEWARD COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
HECTOR MCCLEAN
Was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, October 24, 1833; came to Canada when three years old and from there to Seward county, Nebraska, in 1870 where he resided until called to his eternal home. He died at Dunning, Nebraska, December 29, 1915, aged 82 years, 2 months and 5 days. He was married in Canada to Jane Whitton with whom he passed along the troubled journy of life for fifty-nine years. The wife, two daughters and one son, Mrs. Donisthorp, of Geneva; Mrs. Garland, of Seward, and Allen McLean of Dunning, survived him.
HON. ADAM SEED,
A pioneer settler in -L- precinct, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. F. Cottrel, in York, Nebraska, April 19, 1916, aged seventy-three years Mr. Seed was elected to the Nebraska state legislature in 1890. Three brothers, Hugh, Andrew J. and Adam Seed were pioneer settlers in -L- precinct. The two former were not married; the older one, Hugh, died at their pioneer home early in the nineties, while Andrew removed to their old home town, Peoria, Illinois, about the year 1900 where he shortly passed to his rest. In memory of the three brothers who helped, in their kindly way to make the trials of early life in Nebraska more pleasant for other people we record our heartfelt sorrow for their passing from among us.
JOSEPH MCCORMICK
An early settler on school land in -L- precinct, died in 1884; his wife, to whom he was married in 1869, died at Lincoln, Nebraska, January 4, 1916, aged sixty-three years, eleven months and two days. To Mr. and Mrs. McCormick there were born four children, two daughters, Martha and Clara, both of whom preceded their mother to rest, and two sons, H. E. and Ira, both living. Mrs. McCormick was remarried in 1888 to J. M. Thornton and to this union there were born three children, William, Harriet and Marie-Harriet dieing in infancy. J. M. Thornton, the second hus- band, preceded his wife to rest in 1900.
JOSEPH HICKMAN AND WIFE
Settled on a homestead in -G- precinct in 1868 where he died October 29, 1876. She remained upon the homestead thirty-six years when she moved to Aurora, Neraska, where she died, October 25, 1914, aged 81 years, 1 month and 20 days. They were the parents of one son who died in infancy and five daughters still living.
W'M. E. LEMMON, an 1872 settler in -N- precinct, died at his home, October 21, 1911. He left several sons and daughters.
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HISTORY OF SEWARD COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
JACOB A. WILSEY
Came to Seward county in 1869, settling at Camden where he built a residence and resided one year, when he moved upon a homestead in West -O- precinct. He remained on the farm many years, making a success of his efforts in the line of agricultural production. But with the approach of age infirmities he abandoned his farm labors and retired to the village of Milford where he died July 25, 1912. aged 84 years. His wife survived him but a short time, passing to her final rest November 11, 1912. Seven chidren survived them-four sons and three daughters.
AUGUST DAEHLING
Settled in the neighborhood of Stplehurst in 1867. He was born in Germany, February 19, 1839 and was married there to Elizabeth Roehrs in 1862, came to America in 1865 and to Seward county two years later. He died Saturday morning, may 6, 1916, aged seventy-seven years, two months and seventeen days, leaving a wife, two sons and four daughters to mourn the departure of a loving husband and father.
JOSEPH H. HUFFMAN,
An carly settler in the vicinity of Beaver Crossing, died at his home in that village, November 1, 1915, aged sixty-seven years and twenty-one days. Mr. Huffman was a well known pioneer school teacher by residents of the south part of Seward county, having been engaged in that profession for about twenty-five years. The last few years of his life were spent in other occupations. He left to mourn his departure, a wife and five sons, one son having lost his life in 1913 by the accidental dischasge of a gun.
RUSSEL SLONICKER 7
Came to Seward county with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Slonecker, who settled in -F- precinct in 1875. He was married at Seward to Clara 1. Wykoff in March 1878 and settled upon a farm west of Seward in -F- precinct where they resided many years. In 1892 he purchased the furni- ture business of D. Blessing at Beaver Crossing which business he con- ducted several years finally disposing of it he returned to the farm where he resided until 1904 when he entered into the mercantile business with I. L. Dermond at Beaver Crossing, retiring from that business at the end of one year moved to Lincoln where he became interested in the basket store business of that city. He died at his home in Lincoln, March 26, 1916, aged 55 years 2 months and 22 days. He left to mourn his departure from this life, a wife, one son and one daughter.
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HISTORY OF SEWARD COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
DR. O. C. RENOLDS
Who spent several years in the practice of medicine in the city of Sew- ard, and was for many years pension examining physician for the boys who wore the blue in the days of the rebellion, moved to Lincoln in 1896, where he died of heart failure in 1911. He left a wife and three sons, two of whom, Drs. N. O. and C. A. Renolds are practicing physicians in the city of Lincoln. It seems the wife, Mrs. O. C. Renolds, was destined to ans- wer the summons through the dark valley of death in the same unexpected manner as that which called her husband to his eternal home and she drop- ped dead at the home of one of her son's in Lincoln, March 30, 1916, aged fifty-nine years.
WILLIAM W. KONKRIGHT
Was born in Milton, Chittenden county, Vermont, December 3, 1829; moved with his parents to Massena St. Laurence county, New York when ten years old, removing to Lake county Indianna in 1342. His first life as a western pioneer began by a settlement at Sigourney, Iowa,in 1852, where he was married to Maria Siverly September 26, 1854. She was born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, February 18, 1830, and became a pioneer settler in Louisa county lowa while that state was yet a territory, removing to Sigourney in 1846. Mr. and Mrs. Konkright made their second pioneer settlement in the west upon a homestead near Cordova, Seward county, in the fall of 1870 where they spent twenty-nine years, retiring from the homestead and moving to Seward in 1899 where she died June 13, 1902, he following her to the great beyond December 23, 1907, aged 78 years and 20 days. They left six children to mourn their departure, John, Lewis Devo of Seward, Eugene, of Dunbar, Nebraska, Mrs. Almena Lull of Cor- dova, and Mrs. F. A. Parsons of Wiggins, Colorado. Two sons died in childhood, Milton aged four years was laid to rest at Sigorney, lowa, and William in Leland cemetery, south-west of Beaver Crossing, Nebraska.
MR. AND MRS. CLAUSE BOCK
Settled on a homested near Germantown in 1874. He answered the summons to the world beyond in 1904, she following him to rest August 22, 1915, aged 72 years, 3 months and 19 days. Mr. and Mrs. Bock were the parents of sixteen children, four of whom preceded them to their eternal home while twelve remained to mourn their parent'e de; arture.
BIRNEY WISE
Was born in Michigan, December 3, 1846; settled on a homestead in -1- precinct, nine miles south-east of Seward in 1875; died at his home in Seward, October 21, 1915, leaving a wife and two sons to mourn his loss.
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HISTORY OF SEWARD COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
Samuel G. Mathews settled in -F- precinct in August 1869 where he resided forty-one years and where his wife departed this life in 1907 after a companionship together of sixty-one years. He died March 28, 1913 aged 90 years, 9 months and 3 days. No children were born to them.
George B. Winterstein, a partner with T. H. Tisdale in the mercantile business at Beaver Crossing in the late seventies, died in Colorado, April 7, 1905. A wife and daughter survived him.
Henry J. Anderson, an 1873 homestead settler in -F- precinct, near the present village of Tamora, died at Oklahoma City, October 15, 1905, aged sixty-eight years, five months and two days, leaving a wife and six children.
John Hand, one of the earliest settlers in Seward county, died at his home two miles west of Goehner, Friday, January 6, 1906, aged sixty-eight years, five months and nineteen days.
James Iler, an early settler on Middle creek in -1- precinct, the founder of Pleasant Dale and its first postmaster, died at the home of his daughter, near that village, December 10, 1905, aged eighty-four years. Mr. ller's wife died several years previous to his death.
Hon. W. E. Ritchie, an 1870 homesteader in -D- precinct, died Mon- day, January 22, 1906, aged fifty-nine years and three months. He left a wife and six sons and daughters. Mr. Ritchie was elected to represent the county in the state legislature in 1890 and was elected in 1896 to represent Seward and Butler counties in the state senate.
R. E. Marshall, a pioneer settler and for thirty-three years a resident of Tamora, died at his home in that village, March 19, 1915, aged sixty years seven months and twenty-four days, leaving a wife, one son and two daugh- ters.
Judge J. H. Wortendyke, one of the earliest settlers in the vicinity of Milford, and Seward county's judge from '69 to '71, died July 26, 1901.
Norman Casler, an 1869 settler on a homestead in -L- precinct was frozen to death in a Kansas blizzard, December 26, 1886. His wife died at the home of her son, Pierce Dygert, south-west of Utica, February 2, 1903, aged seventy-nine years and seven days.
E. L. Ellis, one of Seward county's earliest settlers, who entered a farm of government land just north-west of Seward in 1860, died at Seward March 10, 1914.
Ransom walker, one of the early homesteaders in -L- precinct, coming in 1870, after many years residence on the farm, moved to Lincoln where he answered "the last roll call" October 13, 1913.
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HISTORY OF SEWARD COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
Oren Culver a homestead settler in -L- precinct in 1870 died at his home in Beaver Crossing, July 22, 1893, aged fifty-five years. Mr. Culver was married in Harrison county, Indiana, to Mary J. Stephens in 1857, who followed him to rest August 25, 1913 at Lexington, Nebraska. They left two sons and two daughters.
G. H. Underhill, a pioneer settler, and for many years in business in the city of Seward, died at his home in that city, September 12, 1903, aged seventy-two years. He left three daughters and three sons.
G. Babson, for thirty years senior member of the Babson-Dickman Im- plement Company at Seward, died at his home, October 6,1903. Mr. Bab- son was an enterprising citizen in public affairs and an able business man.
David Roland who settled on rail road land in -L- precinct in 1878, died at his home in 1899. Mr. Roland was married in Kentucky in 1858 to Nancy Jane Houchen, who died at the home of her son, Forest Roland, in Beaver Crossing, September 15, 1804. In an acquaintance with Uncle David and Aunt Jane Roland, as they were familiarly known, for a few of the closing years of their life, we learned to number them among our kind- dest friends and to remember them as the truest and noblest christians. Their hearts were ever filled with the kindly sympathy and brotherly love of the one in whose footsteps they were constantly and faithfully following.
Wm. Cromwell who bought and settled on the John Todd homestead in -L- precinct in 1876, died at his home, Wednesday, April 17, 1901. He left one son and several daughters; his wife preceded him to rest.
Carl Snyder, an -F- precinct pioneer homsteader, died at Hot Springs, S. D. where he had went in hopes of improving his health, Monday July 5, 1915, aged seventy-four years one month and twenty-five days. A wife, one son and four daughters survived him.
George W. Anderson, a pioneer homestead settler two miles south-west of Seward died at his home, Sunday, Jrnuary 24, 1904, aged sixty-six years, eight months and nineteen days.
John Kennett, who settled on a homestead in -L- precinct in 1870, died at his homestead home, March 29, 1915, aged sixty-four years. He left a wife and several children.
John Maurer and wife settled on a homestead in section ten, -M- pre- cinct in 1870. She passed to rest November 26, 1884 and he followed her April 25, 1909, aged eighty-one years, one month and twenty-five days.
Samuel Manning, a pioneer settler in Seward county, died at the home of his son in Seward, Thursday, April 27, 1905, aged eighty-two years.
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HISTORY OF SEWARD COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
Andrew Mickelson settled in -E- precinct in 1872 and died at his home in 1896, He left a wife who remarried C. H. Christenson, another pioneer settler who died in June 1913 leaving her to mourn the second time for the departure of a loving husband. She passed to her rest May 10, 1915.
M. E. Shorey located at Milford in 1870 and later moved to Seward where he was engaged for many years in business. He died suddenly of apoplexy, April 19, 1914, aged sixty-two years, nine months and two days. He left a wife and one son.
Charles Henry Schrader, an 1873 settler in Seward, died May 22, 1915, aged seventy-three years, six months and eighteen days. His wife preceded him to the better world, November 25, 1911. They left to mourn their departure, six daughters and three sons.
Richard R. Schick who entered a homestead near Seward in 1869, died at his home in that city, Monday, May 24, 1915, aged seventy-four years, two months and eleven days. Mr. Schick was married to Elizabeth Whit- comb in Illinois in 1866, who with one son and two daughters survived him.
Fred. J. Struhs a pioneer settler near Germantown, died at his home in that village, July 1, 1915, aged seventy-one years, ten months and twelve days. He left a wife and daughter.
Herman Neitzel, an 1872 settler near Germantown, died at his home Wednesday, September 8, 1915, leaving a wife, 3 sons and 3 daughters.
Frank M. Horton who located on a homestead in -L- precinct in 1870, was found dead in bed at his home in Beaver Crossing, July 31, 1915. Mr. Horton was married in 1871 to Angelina Foster who with one son remained to mourn his untimely departure.
Ernest W. F. Wall, an 1877 settler near Seward, died at his home, April 15, 1914, aged eighty years one month and twenty days. A wife, three sons and four daughters survived him.
James K. Devore was one of the earliest pioneer settlers of Seward county, having located on a homestead in -J- precinct in 1868. Some years after his settlement his wife died at the homestead home when he moved to Seward where he followed her to rest September 15, 1915, aged 72 years.
Daniel P. Sherwood an 1871 homestead settler in the west part of -L- precinct, died at his home in Utica, Saturday, March 22, 1902. He left a wife who passed to her rest a few years later leaving their one son, George, to mourn the departure of a father and mother.
Sprague K. Woods settled on a homestead near Seward in 1868 and died at his home August 12, 1914, aged seventy-seven years, one month and six days. A wife, two sons and one daughter mourned his departure.
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HISTORY OF SEWARD COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
J. N. Roberts, an 1865 homesteader near Seward died at his home in Seward, March 11, 1914.
Robert Walker, an early pioneer in - L- precinct, died at the home of his son James in that precinct, August 12, 1880 aged seventy-seven years. Mr. Walker was the father of Wm. H. and James Walker, the former was an early homesteader in -L- pfecinct and later a lumber dealer.
Fredrick Schumacher settled on a homdstead in · G- precinct, north- west of Seward in 1872 and died at his home, at the advanced age of nine- ty-three years, April 10, 1913.
Ernest Caleb and wife, both born in Germany, came to Seward county and settled in -L- precinct in the early seventies and later moved to Beaver Crossing where she died in 1913 and he in 1914.
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