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Mr. Tank was united in marriage with Rose Knoell, born and reared in Dodge County. Mr. and Mrs. Tank have seven children, as follows: Ernest, Louie, Harold, Marie, Alice, Dorothy and Donald. For fifteen years Mr. Tank served on the school board of his district, and he has also been road supervisor. Interested in the progress of his community, Mr. Tank has sought to secure for it the various
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improvements necessary to bring it up to standard ideas of develop- ment, and among other things was active in promoting the organization of the Dodge County Telephone Company of which he has been a director for twelve years. His personal affairs and public duties have been too arduous for him to form any fraternal affiliations, but he maintains many warm personal attachments among the leading men of this and other counties, and is recognized as one of the representative citizens of Nebraska.
M. R. LIPPINCOTT, a former . county clerk of Washington County and for many years engaged in the lumber and grain business at Blair, represents the third generation of the Lippincott family in Washington County. The Lippincotts were among the first pioneer settlers and the family name has always enjoyed dignified associations with the best interests of the community.
The pioneer was J. C. Lippincott, who came to Nebraska about 1858 and took up a homestead in the vicinity of Blair. He was a very poor man when he settled in Nebraska, and he experienced many of the trials and vicissitudes of pioneering and lived out his life in the county.
His son, Thomas P. Lippincott, was born in Washington County, Indiana, and was a child when brought to Nebraska. He was reared on a farm but for a number of years was engaged in the implement business at Blair. Successful in business affairs, he was also a leader in the life of the community, and was elected on the republican ticket and served one term as county clerk of Washington County. In later years he became a socialist in politics. He was a member of the Episcopal Church. Thomas P. Lippincott died at Blair in 1916, and his widow is still living in that town. He married Hettie Camp, who was born near Buffalo, New York. They were married in Blair, and she had come to Nebraska about 1874. Of their five children three are still living: M. R. Lip- pincott, who was born at Blair in 1877 ; Lydia R., living with her mother ; and Paul Thomas, a locomotive fireman living at Chadron, Nebraska.
M. R. Lippincott grew up in his native town, attended the grammar and high schools, and soon after completing his education went to work in the lumber and grain business. Almost continuously through all the years of his manhood he has been associated with the coal, lumber and grain company, and for a number of years past has been manager of the Blair Elevator and Yards of that corporation. He has given his time and energies to business affairs with marked success, and is known as an able executive and man who accomplishes all that he undertakes.
In 1902 Mr. Lippincott married Augusta Mayle, a native of Blair. Her father, John Mayle, was an early settler at Blair, coming from Penn- sylvania, and for many years was in the confectionery business. Mr. and Mrs. Lippincott have two daughters, Marjorie and Pauline, both attending the Blair schools. The family are members of the Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Lippincott are members of the Eastern Star chapter and he is affiliated with other branches of Masonry. The cause of good government and politics has always interested Mr. Lip- pincott, and he gave a very efficient administration during his term as county clerk. He is a republican.
JOHN G. OSTERLOH. One of the first pale faces to invade that domain of the Indian in Dodge County, the part since christened Logan Township, was the late Gerhard Osterloh, a cabin-dweller who took up Government land and converted the same into a valuable and paying
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property, and who established a precedent of life and labor since maintained by the members of his family. One of the representatives of this worthy and honorable name is John G. Osterloh, a son of the pioneer, who is carrying on extensive operations in Logan Township.
Mr. Osterloh was born in Germany, in 1866, and was two years of age when his parents, Gerhard and Gisine Osterloh, brought him to the United States. The family came at once to Dodge County, where the father homesteaded a tract of eighty acres of Government land, near what is now the Town of Hooper, not then in existence. At the time of his arrival he possessed $200, and his first home was a cotton- wood-board dwelling, through the yard of which the old Indian trail passed. The Indians were still numerous, although they never made serious trouble. Gerhard Osterloh continued to be engaged in farming during the remainder of his life, and at his death, in 1895, was the possessor of about three hundred acres of good land. His widow, now well advanced in years, survives him.
John G. Osterloh grew up on the home farm in section 20, Logan Township, and secured his education in the public schools. As a youth he adopted farming as his life work, and at the age of twenty-four years began farming on his own account. Later he purchased 160 acres of land from his father, and to this he has added from time to time until he is now the owner of 750 acres. He has modern improve- ments on his property, installed by himself, and in every respect his property is up-to-date. He has always carried on general farming, in addition to which he has been a cattle and hog raiser of some prominence. He has numerous business interests, and is identified financially with the First National Bank, of Hooper, and the Logan Valley Bank, of Uehling. He and Mrs Osterloh are consistent members of the Lutheran Church where Mr. Osterloh has served as chairman of the board of trustees for a long time and also has served as Sunday school superintendent for a number of years. As a citizen he has discharged his duties faithfully and conscientiously, and has served as a member of the local board of school directors for a long period and as clerk of Logan Township four years.
In 1891 Mr. Osterloh was united in marriage with Meta G. Behrens, who was born in Germany, a daughter of Gerhart Behrens, who never came to the United States. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Osterloh: Bertha, the wife of Adolph Moeller, a farmer of Dodge County ; Alma, the wife of John A. Schroeder, also engaged in farming in Dodge County; Henry, who is carrying on agricultural operations in Nickerson Township, this county; and Emil, residing at home, who is assisting his father.
A. J. MILLER. Well known in financial circles as a man of keen foresight and much ability, A. J. Miller, of Dodge County, has achieved success in the business world through industry and meritorious work, at the present time being president of the First National Bank, a responsible position which he is filling with credit to himself, and to the satisfaction of the officers of the institution, and of its numerous patrons. A son of the late Vaclav Miller, he was born, in December, 1881, in Dodge County, which he has always claimed as home.
Born in Bohemia, Vaclav Miller immigrated to the United States, the land of hope and promise, in early life, coming to Dodge County, Nebraska, in 1861, soon after his arrival in New York. Taking up a homestead claim, he improved a good farm, which he managed success-
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fully for many years, subsequently living retired until his death, at the age of seventy-two years. To him and his wife, Margaret, whose death occurred in Dodge County, twelve children were born, a goodly number of sons and daughters.
Acquiring a practical education in the Dodge schools, A. J. Miller began the battle of life on his own account at the age of eighteen years, and for four years was employed as a clerk in a general mercantile establishment. In 1903 he began his banking career, accepting a minor position in a local bank, receiving for his work the munificent salary of $25 dollars a month. Faithful to the duties devolving upon him in that capacity, he won promotion from time to time, and at the present time is not only president of the First National Bank of Dodge County, but has an interest in several other banks, and is an extensive and successful dealer in real estate. The bank with which he is officially connected was first capitalized at $10,000, which has been increased to $50,000, and its annual deposits, which were $35,000 the first year of its existence, now amount to $706,000, an increase that bears visible evidence of the safety and popularity of the institution. The building in which it is housed was erected in 1910, and is of modern construction, conveniently arranged for carrying on business.
Mr. Miller married, June 30, 1901, in Omaha, Clara Schulte, who was born and reared in Cuming County, Nebraska, and of their union four children have been born, namely: Nitha, Roma, Gladys, and Imogene. Active in local affairs, Mr. Miller is a member of the parochial school board, and is serving as mayor. Fraternally he belongs to the Catholic Workmen, the Knights of Columbus, and to the Catholic Order of Foresters.
WILLIAM C. WILEY. Conspicuous among the active, wide-awake business men who are contributing so largely toward the advancement of the mercantile prosperity of Dodge County is William C. Wiley, of Fremont, an official member, and general manager, of the Stacey-Wiley Company, wholesale dealers in fruit. A son of John Wiley, he was born, September 23, 1862, at Camptown, Bradford County, Pennsyl- vania, of Irish ancestry.
Born in County Monaghan, Ireland, John Wiley lived there until after his marriage with Jane Dougherty, a native of the same county. Soon after that event he immigrated, in 1848, to America, locating in Pennsylvania, where both he and his wife spent their remaining years. Subsequently buying a small tract of land, he improved a cozy little farm, on which he lived and labored hard in order to support his large family. He was a republican in politics, and both he and his wife were faithful members of the Presbyterian Church. Of the sixteen children, seven sons and nine daughters, eight girls and one boy are living, all being residents of Pennsylvania with the exception of the son, William C.
Having completed his early education in the Camptown High School, William C. Wiley, impelled by the restless spirit characteristic of the Americans, left Pennsylvania in 1881, and coming directly to Nebraska, located in Fremont. Securing a position in the wholesale house of the May Brothers, he continued with that firm three years, after which he was for ten years employed in the freight depot of the Northwestern Railroad Company, and for another ten years owned and operated a dray line. Wise in his savings, and prudent in his expenditures, Mr. Wiley accumulated money, and in 1907 established himself in business as a wholesale dealer in fruits, and met with good success in his venture.
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Admitting Carlos Morehouse as a partner in 1911, he continued the business as head of the firm of Wiley & Morehouse until January, 1920. This firm was then merged into a stock company, and incorporated, with a paid up capital of $100,000, as the Stacey-Wiley Company, of which Mr. Wiley is second vice president and general manager. Under his superintendence an extensive business is being carried on, amounting to $500,000 per annum. In addition to the other employes, four com- mercial salesman are kept constantly on the road, the payroll of this enterprising firm being $2,000 each month of the year, an amount bearing evidence of its volume of business and financial prosperity.
Mr. Wiley married, in 1887, May A. Reynolds, whose birthplace was Devils Lake, Michigan, and of their union five children have been born, namely: Imo, wife of Harry Prater, who is traveling for Mr. Wiley; Nellie, wife of Fred O'Dell, a cigar manufacturer, of Fre- miont ; Hazel, wife of John B. Freeman, of Fremont, a traveling sales- man; Warren C., of Fremont, a traveling salesman, enlisted during the World war in Company B, One Hundred and Ninth Iowa Engineers, and served for two years, one year having been spent in France; and Harold, who is in school. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically Mr. Wiley is a straightforward democrat, and takes an active part in local affairs, having served as a member of the city council six years, and in 1917 was elected mayor of the city, a position for which he was amply qualified, and which he filled most ably and satisfactorily. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed all the chairs of the local lodge, and belongs to the grand lodge; and is like- wise a member of Fremont Lodge No. 513, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Having had but one dollar to his name when he arrived in Fremont in 1881, Mr. Wiley has been in truth the architect of his own fortunes, and the above brief review of his life may well furnish to the rising generation a forcible example of the success to be achieved by persevering industry, thrift and good management.
C. E. CUYKENDALL. Active, enterprising and progressive, C. E. Cuykendall occupies a place of prominence and influence in the indus- trial and business circles of Dodge County, in the management of his large canning factory at Fremont showing excellent judgment and marked ability. A son of E. C. Cuykendall, he was born December 2, 1879, in Milford, Delaware, where his early life was passed.
A native of New York State, E. C. Cuykendall was born in Owasco, Cayuga County, in 1832, and was there reared, educated and married. Moving to Delaware, he was engaged in the drying of fruit for many years, an industry that proved highly remunerative. He is still residing in that state, a venerable and highly respected citizen, now retired from business cares. He married Carolina Roosa, who was born in Owasco, New York, in 1834, and is now a bright and active woman of fourscore and six years. Four children were born of their union, as follows: John W., born sixty-four years ago, is prosperously engaged in the can- ning business at Atlantic, Iowa ; J. R., of Hoopeston, Illinois, is likewise engaged in the canning business; Katherine is the wife of James Kurtz of Dannemora, New York, who has charge of the food supplies for the penitentiary and asylums of the county in which he lives ; and C. E., of whom we write. The father is a democrat in politics and during his active life served in various public offices. He is a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, to which his wife also belongs.
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C. E. Cuykendall received his elementary and academical education in Delaware, and afterwards attended a noted institute in New York, and completed the course of study at the Northwestern University in Chi- cago. In 1895, in partnership with his brother John he embarked in the canning business at Atlantic, Iowa, and during the six years he remained there became proficient in all the details connected with the business. Coming from there to Dodge County, Nebraska, in 1901, Mr. Cuykendall and brother John W. bought the canning factory in Fremont, and in its management has met with unquestioned success. In 1914 the business was incorporated, with a paid-up capital of $50,000, and Mr. Cuykendall was made vice president and manager of the com- pany. The factory, which has been recently modernized as to its equip- ments, is devoted exclusively to the canning of corn, and its annual out- put of 2,000,000 cans finds a ready market, it being extensively and favorably known throughout the great Middle West.
Mr. Cuykendall married in 1908 at Atlantic, Iowa, Bernadette O'Don- nell, a native of Pennsylvania, and they have one daughter, Jean, born in 1913. Mr. Cuykendall is a straightforward democrat in his political affiliations and has rendered his fellow-citizens excellent service as a member of the Fremont City Council. Fraternally he belongs to Lodge No. 445, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, at Atlantic, lowa. He is a member of the Fremont Commercial Club and of the Rotary Club. Religiously he is a Presbyterian and Mrs. Cuykendall is Catholic.
EZRA PHILLIPS. Long years of industry, well-directed management of his affairs, close application to the details of his work, and a thorough and comprehensive knowledge thereof, combined to place Ezra Phillips among the foremost and substantial promoters of agriculture in his part of Dodge County. From the prairies his unaided industry brought forth ample means, permitting his retirement to Fremont in 1908 and his consigning to younger hands the tasks that made up the sum of his existence for thirty-one years. He has a modern and well-furnished home on Broad Street and is regarded as one of the financially strong and morally high retired farmers.
Mr. Phillips was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, August 6, 1852, a son of John M. and Sarah (Reed) Phillips, both of whom are deceased. His father, who was reared in Ohio, passed his active career in agri- cultural pursuits in that state, and was a highly esteemed citizen of his community, where he served twenty-seven years as a member of the Board of Supervisors of Woodford County. He died at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. There were seven sons and seven daughters in the family, but Ezra is the only one now living in Dodge County.
Ezra Phillips was reared on the home farm and acquired his educa- tional training in the public schools, after leaving which he worked for a time with his father, and later for other agriculturists in his home com- munity. Eventually he decided that better opportunities awaited him in the West, and in 1877 made his way to Dodge County and bought 160 acres of land, a part of which has been improved, paying $9.35 per acre. Mr. Phillips went to farming seven miles north and seven miles west of Fremont and his industry gained him success from almost the start. Since his original purchase he has added 120 acres to his holdings, the greater part of this land having been secured at a purchase price of $40 per acre. During the period of his active career he made numerous improvements on his land, adding to its value and attractiveness, and became known throughout his part of the county as a man dependable
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and upright, one who regarded his word as he would his bond, and who ever maintained the highest methods of farming and the noblest ideals of home and community life. In 1908 he retired from active pursuits and moved to Fremont, where he took up his residence at 1137 North Broad Street, where he is surrounded by the comforts that reward the man of industry.
In 1877, in Illinois, Mr. Phillips was united in marriage with Miss Louise Cooper, who was born in the Prairie State, and to this union there have been born seven children: Clifford, who is looking after some of his father's agricultural interests in Dodge County ; Mrs. Effie Bradbury, a resident of Fremont; Earl, who is also a farmer of Platte County ; Mrs. Elsie Olson, living on a farm in this county; Mrs. Nina Richardson ; Mrs. Allie Wagner of Fremont ; and Mrs. Frieda Wallick. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips are faithful members of the Christian Church. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and local republican politics has found a staunch supporter in him for many years. At various times his fellow citizens have made manifest their confidence in him by electing him to office, and he has faithfully . and efficiently discharged the duties of assessor, township clerk and school director, having held the latter position for fifteen years.
D. Z. MUMMERT. A man of versatile talents, possessing a thorough knowledge of law as well as of modern business methods, D. Z. Mum- mert of Blair occupies a place of prominence in the legal and financial circles of Washington County, and in all respects is considered a valuable member of his community. A son of the late S. L. Mummert, he was born in 1867 in Pennsylvania, where his childhood days were passed.
S. L. Mummert, a son of George Mummert, a farmer, was born, reared and married in Pennsylvania, the maiden name of his wife having been Nancy Unger. Continuing in the free and independent occupation to which he was reared, he moved with his family to Illinois, locating in Carroll County, where both he and his wife spent their remaining days. He was a stanch republican in politics, and an active member of the Lutheran Church. His family consisted of three children, of whom two are living, D. Z. of whom we write, and William D., a well-known merchant tailor of South Dakota.
Completing his early education in the Lanark, Illinois, High School, D. Z. Mummert remained on the home farm for awhile, but agriculture seemingly had no charms for him. Coming to Blair, Nebraska, in 1888, he read law under the tuition of Judge W. C. Walton to such good pur- pose that he was admitted to the bar, and in 1890 entered upon the prac- tice of his profession, for which he was well prepared, continuing in it for three years. Opening the Citizens State Bank in 1904, Mr. Mum- mert became its cashier, and successfully managed its affairs for ten years. In 1915 he disposed of his interests in the institution, which he had placed upon a substantial basis, and has since devoted his time and abilities to the management of his financial affairs, being very successful in either loaning or investing money. Mr. Mummert's prosperity in life is entirely due to his efforts, as he came to Blair with a very limited capital, and has since accumulated a handsome property. At one time he was quite an extensive landholder, but he disposed of the last of it in 1918. Although he is practically retired from law, Mr. Mum- mert has charge of the legal business not only of his personal friends but of the Citizens State Bank, and of several corporations. He is iden- tified in politics with the republican party, and he and his family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Mr. Mummert married, in 1890, Mary A. Pound, who was born near Tipton, Iowa. Her father, the late Albert O. Pound, settled in Iowa as a young man, and after teaching school a number of terms bought land, and subsequently carried on general farming until his death. Two children have been born of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Mummert, namely : David, a high school pupil ; and Gretchen, attending the grammar school.
JAMES TILTON YOUNG. One of the foremost osteopaths of Dodge County. James Tilton Young of Fremont has achieved distinction in his especial method of treating the various diseases to which human kind is heir, oftentimes relieving the sufferings of his patients, and effecting a permanent cure when medical aid has been of no avail. He was born March 7, 1874, in Kansas City, Missouri, coming on the paternal side of English ancestry.
His father, the late John Young, was born in 1850 in England, and as a young man immigrated to the United States, settling in Missouri, where he was engaged, principally, in general farming until his death in 1902. His wife, whose maiden name was Kesiah C. Allen, was born in Virginia, but came to Dallas County, Missouri, where they were married in 1872. She is still living, making her home in Fremont, Nebraska, with her son James. She is a consistent member of the Chris- tian Church. John Young was usually a democrat in politics. Five children were born of their union, as follows: James Tilton, of whom we write; Nathan M., of Paris, Missouri, a farmer; Mary E., a grad- uate nurse, living in Fremont : George J., engaged in farming in Cass County, Missouri ; and Harvey A., a newspaper man in Los Angeles, California.
Having acquired his elementary education in the common schools. James Tilton Young attended the normal school at Stanberry, Missouri, and the State Normal School at Warrensburg, that state. Thus equipped, he taught school six years, having served as principal of the first consoli- dated high school established in Missouri. Resigning the position, Mr. Young studied osteopathy in Des Moines, Iowa, and having acquired a thorough knowledge of the art and science thereof located in Superior, Nebraska, where he practiced successfully for five years. Coming from there to Fremont in 1910, Doctor Young has built up a large and lucrative practice in this city. He is active and prominent in professional organi- zations, having served as president of the State Association of Osteopathy for two terms, and was a member of the State Board of Osteopathy, of which he was secretary two years.
Doctor Young married, in 1911, Jeannette Dysart, who was born in Ohio, a daughter of William Dysart, who, in 1881, bought land in Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska, for $7 an acre, and recently sold the same for $116 an acre. He still resides in Superior, being retired from active pursuits. Dr. and Mrs. Young have two children, Jean, born in 1912, and John D., born in December, 1913. Both Dr. and Mrs. Young are members of the Congregational Church. The doctor is usually independent in politics, voting according to the dictates of his conscience. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Pythias and is an active and prominent member of the Rotary Club.
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