History of Hall County, Nebraska, Part 138

Author: Buechler, A. F. (August F.), 1869- editor
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Lincoln, Neb., Western Pub. and Engraving Co.
Number of Pages: 1011


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Penney, Minnie Freeman, a heroine, 203 People's Building and Loan Association, 313


Peoples State Bank, 306 Perkins, R. C. gives his remi- niscences of early days in Mayfield township, 154 Physicians, list of, 405 ff. Pike's Peakers, 13


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"Pioneer Days in Western Ne- braska," by J. R. Campbell, 42 Piper, Edwin Ford, poem of, on the grasshoppers, 198 Platt, W. H., early business leader, 266


Platt, William H.) an early attorney in county, 424


Platte River bridge, bonds vot- ed for, 168 Plattsdeutch Verein, 383 Pony Express, 60 Postmaster of Grand Island, 193


Prairie Creek township, 156; notes on its settlement, by Eli A. Barnes, 155 Prairie fire in winter of 1859- 1860, 78


Prince, Willard A., an attor- ney, 426 Presbyterian church : First in Grand Island, 343; at Wood River, 345 Press of county, 395 Public Library of Grand Island, 116


QUACKENBUSH, O. M. writes of the early history of Wood River Valley, 71; gives early history of Wood River, 120; brief biography of, 127


RAINE, JOHN G., early business leader, 266


Rebekah Odd Fellowship, his- tory of, in Grand Island, 373; in Wood River, 375 "Recollections," by Fred Stol- ley, 43 Red Cross organized, 443; Hall County Chapter of, 451; Grand Island Chapter, 452; Women's Executive Committee, 452; membership and financial campaigns, 453 Reese, Norman, reminiscences of, 80 Registers of land office, 194 Republican convention, first ter- ritorial, 182 Roach, John, 124 Royal Highlanders, 380 Runnelsburg, a past trading center, 144 Digitized by Google


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Ryan, Mrs. C. G., gives infor- mation on St. Cecilia Society, 385


ST. CECILIA SOCIETY, 385 St. Francis' Hospital, 409 St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad, bonds voted for, 170 St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad, 325 Salvation Army, 347 Scheffel & Son, monuments, 243 Schauppsville, an extinct town, 144


Schernekau, A., writes of early days in Hall County, 77 ff .; enters Civil War from coun- ty, 433


School Board, members of, 357 ff.


Schools in Hall County, 348; county superintendents, 349; in Grand Island, 359; in Wood River, 360; in Alda, 360; in Cairo, 361; school population , 362; parochial


school, 366


Security National Bank, 304 Seventh Day Adventists, 347 Sheriffs of Hall County, 178 Sherrerd, S. A., 128 Shoemaker Island, 149 Sioux Indians, 38, 46 Soil survey of county, 207 Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, 190; commandants of, 191 Spanish American War, 436 Spanish War. Veterans Post, 436


Sprague, W. L., 125 Stage coaches, 59


Stage routes through Hall County, 82


State Bank of Grand Island, 305 -


State Central Bank, a pioneer institution, 297


Stolley, Fred, gives his recollec- tions of early days, 43; gives account of first school in county, 348.


Stolley, William, gives early remisniscences, 18; asks con-


gress for aid in grasshopper devastation, 32 Stolley school district, 349 Stoltenberg, Claus, 158 Stone, Virgil K., an attorney, 426


Storm of 1873, described by Judge Charles B. Letton, 201 Superintendents of schools, 178, 349 Surveyors of Hall County, 178


THAYER, JOHN M., governor of state, 188 Theosophical Society, 347


Thomas, C. W., early business man, 266


Thompson, Judge John R., testimonial to, 422


Thompson, John R., an early attorney in county, 424 Thomssen, John, gives details of Anderson-Smith massacre, 76 Thorpe, William and Fred, 125 Thummell, George H., member first constitutionl convention, 187


Times, of Grand Island, 400 Topography and soil survey of county, 207 ff.


Trapp, William L. G., 125


Travelers Protective Associa- tion, 386 Trefen, George W., an early attorney, 424 Tully, C. H., manufacturer of woven wire fencing, 243


UNDERWOOD, an extinct trading center, 144


Union Pacific Railway, early history of, 319; local manage- ment, 321; superintendents, 321; mechanical department, 322; list of train and engine- men, 322; station agents, 325; branches, 326


United States Investment Com- pany, 313 United war work, 466


VIEREGG, HENRY, early bottler, 244


WAIT, ADDISON, secretary of state, 190


Wallichs, John, state auditor, 189 War Activities Committee, 462 War Savings Committee, 465 Washington township, 160 Wheel clubs, 382 White Cloud, an early post- office, 74


White, J. R., county agent, 233 Wilkins, Rev. H., gives history of Evangelical Lutheran church, Grand Island, 340 Winn, Major-General Frank L. writes of World War experi- ences, 439


Wolbach Bros., pioneer .mer- chants, 284


Wolf, Father W., 329 Woolley, John H., an early attornev, 425


Woman's Club, 391


Woodmen of the World, 380 Wood River, first settlers, 14; post office, 74; early history of, 120; officers of, 121; early community buildings in, 124; early commercial interests 129; Citizens State Bank of, 308; Methodist church in, 339; Presbyterian church, 345; schools of, 360; Mason- ry in, 372; Rebekah Oddfel- lowship in, 375; lodges of. 385; newspapers or, 403 Wood River Building & Loan Association, 314


Wood River Co-operative Grain Company, 235


Wood River Valley, early his- tory of, 71 World War, activities in Hall County, 441 ff.


Woven wire fence factory, 243


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Association, 387 Young Women's Association, 389


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INDEX TO BIOGRAPHIES


ABBOTT, MARCUS R., 919 Abbott, Othman A., 565 Ahrens, Alexander, 793 Ahrens, Henry C., 785 Ahrens, Mrs. Magdalene, 788 Allan, John, 577 .Anderson, Alfred, 661 Anyan, William H., 689 Arthur, Rev. Lewis A., 821 Augustin, Walter F., 888 Augustin, William R., 890 Augustine, Ernest W., 569


BAASCH, CARL, 820 Baker, Edward H., 730 Baker, George M., 759 Ballenger, Edward L., 622 Ballinger, William J., 942 Barnard, Roger H., 811 Barnes, Eli A., 615 Barr, Robert J., 562 Batterson, Lewis C., 953 Bauer, Christopher, 789 Baumann, George J., 661 Becker August, 691 Becker, Henry, 858 Beers, Wallace D., 890 Benson, Hilmer, 935 Benton, Almond W., 872 Berg, Robert, 811 Bierbower, Charles W., 889 Bitter, John Henry, 866 Bain, William I., 636 Blauvelt, Frank E., 727 Bock, Rudolph W., 630 Boeck, Julius, 574 Boekman, Henry, 828 Boehm, Theodore P., 608 Boltz, Edward, 863 Boltz Emil, 931 Boodry, Leslie, Jr., 874 Boyden, Dr. Henry B., 598 Bradstreet, Thomas E., 573 Broadwell, George W., 745 Brown, Daniel C., 674 Brown, Elmer E., 597 Bryan, Orion, 876 Buchfinck, Fred A., 602 Buchfinck, Joseph, 592 Buddecke, Fred J., 862 Buechler, A. F., 816 Buenz, Richard, 600 Buettner, Henry, 809 Bullock, James C., 873 Burge, William J., 844 Burger, Edwin C., 673 Burkerd, Jesse C., 916


CADY, ADDISON E., 610 Carey, Harry A .. 658 Carlson, Luther M., 683


Carr, George W., 627 Carson, Dr. David H., 677 Carter, John J., 924 Cleary, James, 815 Cleary, John Leo, 814


Clausen, Chris, 761 Clausen, Juergen, 756 Clayton, William E., 597 Conaway, Dr. H. O., 682 Connor, Thomas H., 912


Coon, Rev. Reune R., 712 Coons, John T., 877 Corkins, Francis, 741 Cox, John T., 712 Crawford, George E., 928 Cronin, Martin 14., 950 Cunningham, Benjamin J., 603 Cunningham, Elizabeth M., 673 Cunningham, William R., 957 Curry, Mrs. Catherine, 843


DAHLSTROM, CHARLES A., 956 Dangler, John W., 841 Davison, Earl F., 932


Davison, Henry, 802 Davison, Roy H., 600 Dean, Guy M., 884 Deichmann, Carl, 794 Denman, Albert J., 621 Denman, Augustine C., 807


Denman, John W., 738 Dennon, Purly A., 642 DeSoe, Charles H., 897 Detweiler, William T., 708 Dibbern, Hans A., 877 Dickinson, Nathaniel P., 908 Diefenderfer, Ernest, 923 Dill, James E., 631 Dive, George A., 726 Dodd, Dr. Edward, 728 Dolsen, Nelson B., 580 Drake, A. P., 798 Duffy, Rev. James A., 608 Durtschi, Rudolf, 921


EATON, HARRISON S., 923 Edwards, Albertus E., 778 Egge, Max J., 575


Eggers, Claus, 739 Eggers, Jasper, 839 Eickert, Carl F., 910 Eldridge, Norman J., 906 Elijah, James H., 799 Elliott, Peter, 902 Ellsworth, John, 678 Engle, George A., 748 Engleman, Dr. Wm. T., 678 Ericksen, Jens, 743 Erion, James G., 772 Etting, Albert, 668


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Evans, Charles D., 943 Evans, Virden E., 672 Everhart, Virgil R., 731


Ewing, John A., 911 Ewoldt, Bernhard, 834


Ewoldt, Frank, 837


Ewoldt, Herman, 831 Ewoldt, Julius, 832


FAGAN, PATRICK, 946 Fagan, William, 802 Falldorf, Henry H., 690


Falldorf, John, 763


Farnsworth, Dr. A. H., 674


Farnsworth, Dr. Earl E., 668 Farnsworth, Luther F., 667 Felske, Albert, 855 Finch, Dr. Daniel A., 819 Franz, Elmer Robert, 856 Fraser, Carrie L., 742 Frauen, Paul, 771


Frauen, Henry C., 788 Frazell, George B., 908 Frederick, George, 947 Freeman, Charles B., 609 Fritts, Thomas H., 654 Fritts, T. H., 916


Fulmer, Wilson H., 915


GALLACHER, JOHN, 867 Geer, Lewis T., 622 Geer, Rufus M., 620 Geer, Russell L., 577 Gibson, Ira, 810


Gideon, David C., 891 Glade, Arthur W.,582 Glade, August A., 582 Glade, Filbert A., 582 Glade, Fred M., 582 Glade, Henry, 581 Glass, John B., 672 Glock, Rudolph, 851 Goehring, Herman C., 692 Goehring, Richard, 700 Goehring, Richard, Jr., 691 Goss, Leroy W., 900 Graham, Alexander, 869 Graham, David M., 735 Graham. George, 884 Green, Ray Albert, 894 Greenberger, Max, 694 Griess, Theodore, 825 Guendel, Arthur T., 571 Guendel, Julius, 571 Guhl, Rudolph, 727


HAGGE, WILLIAM A., 750 Hainline, Walker, 641 Haldeman, William L., 847 Hann, John C. C., 773


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Hanna, Arthur D., 784 Hanna, James E., 633 Hanna, James R., 604 Hannon, Michael P., 915 Hansen, Hans P., 633 Hanssen, John M., 791 Harders, John, 625 Harders, Martin, 846 Harding, James A., 866 Harrell, Frederick O., 888 Harrison, Fred L., 616 Harrison, Guy L., 612 Harrison, Ray L., 616 Harrison, Thomas O. C., 576 Harrison, William Henry, 613 Harry, Henry, 648 Hayman, Stephen S., 739 Hayse, John S., 849 Hedde, Fred, 562 Hedde, William, 767 Heflin, William J., 822 Hehnke, Herman, 572 Heidkamp, C. H. Gottlieb, 666 Heimes, Rev. August W., 609 Heitz, Charles J., 885 Henderson, Newton W., 947 Hennings, Peter, 855 Herman, Peter, 761 Hetzel, George D., 607 Heubner, Charles, 930 Hexter, Samuel, 742 Heyde, Albert V. D., 690 Hildebrand, Willard N., 855 Hodges, Melvin L., 903 Hoffmann, Charles A., 738 Homan, Ira T., 734 Hongsermeier, Casper, 784 Horn, Mrs. Elizabeth, 918 Horth, Ralph R., 821 Howe, Lloyd M., 842 Hoye, Patrick, 926 Huffman, Leonard E., 859 Hulett, James H., 898 Humphrey, George F., 567 Hurst, Edwin W., 643 Huston, Samuel C., 607 Hutton, Arthur C., 893


INGALLS, HENRY T., 713


JASPER, FRED H., 620 Jensen, Peter R., 572 Jensen, Wilhelm R., 820 Jessen, Claus Theo., 611 Jobe, Amos W., 806 Jones, Edwin A., 689


Jones, Glenn, 618 Johnson, William, 647 Joseph, Arthur L., 606


KAUFMANN, DAVID. 641 Kearney. Edmond A., 847 Kelley, Dr. P. C., 704 Kingsbury, Raymond D., 645 Klinge, Joseph J., 628 Knickrehm, John. 655 Knuth, Henry, 763 Knuth, Henry A., 764 Knuth, Juergen, 829 Krehmke, William F .. 653 Kroger, Ernest G., 576 Krueger. Carl, 830 Kruse, Adolph, 800 Kruse, K. Henry, 882 Kunze, Frank O., 659


LACEY, NOLAN P., 951 Langman, Arthur H., 585 Lassen, Conrad, 835 Leavenworth, Edgar S., 917


Leiser, Abraham W., 804 Lesher, James B., 682 Leschinsky, Julius P. F., 634 Lilienthal, Frederick, 831 Lilienthal, Herman, 830 Lindsay, William, 876 Locke, Henry, W., 656


Loescher, Frederick E., 791 Loescher, Frederick T., 798 Long, Harry H., 683 Longstreth, James W., 873 Lorentzen, Henry J., 676 Lorentzen, Jacob J., 776 Lowry, Clarence M., 954 Luebs, Albert E., 800 Luebs, Henry F., 805 Luebs, Herman, 803


Luebs, Rudolph H., 801


Luth, Charles, 826


Luth, Fred, 832 Luth, Henry, 828 Luth, William, 830 Lyhane, Daniel, 906 Lyle, James E., 600 Lyons, Harry C., 663


Lysinger, Simon N., 753


MCALLISTER, CHARLES I., 657 McAllister, Robert N., 658 McCollough, Peter F., 931 Mccutcheon, John E., 667


Mccutcheon, Ruben P., 665 McDowell, William H., 864 McElroy, Charles T., 655 McGowan, John C., 956 McGrath, Dr. B. R., 699 McLellan, Albert, 662 McLellan, John, 640 McLellan, William, 654 McMullin, Richard L., 885 McNamara, John L., 887


MAHAFFEY, JOHN W., 894 Mandeville, Frederich R., 611 Martin, Henry N., 860 Martin, William E:, 878


Mathiesen, Frederick, 602


Matthiesen, Julius, 762 Matthews, John F., 603 Matthews, Thomas P., 618 Mattison, Martin, 948 Mattke, Otto L., 663 Mecham, Clinton P., 852 Mecham, Earl A., 841 Mecham, Floyd T., 932 Menck, A. C .. 621 Menck, Carl H., 582 Mettenbrink, Charles H., 793 Meyer. August, 643 Michelman, Rev, Gustav H., 743 Michelson, James. 692 Mieth, August, Sr., 852 Mieth, August L., 858 Mieth, Frederick F .. 803 Miller, Frederick J .. 927 Miller, Ralph B., 870 Minor, David L., 948 Mitchell, James A .. 594 Moeller, Frederick, 794 Moeller, Henry, 863


Moore, Dr. Lewis S., 734 Moore, Richard, 909 Mullen, William C., 856


NAGELSTOCK, ARNY E., 676 Nelson, Herman, 646 Neubert, John C., 764 Neuhalfen, Jacob C., 884 Neumann, Gus E., 569 Newton, Edwin F., 839


.Nielsen, Nels C., 903 Niemoth, Albert J., 781 Niemoth, Frank T., 589 Nietfeld, William D., 679


ODUM, RICHARD A., 740 O'Kane, Daniel, 944 O'Kane, David D., 930 Oldfield, Mary A., 718 Olsen, Frank I., 632 Olthoff, Henry, 888


Omey, Quintes D., 872 Orndoff, James E., 869 Orvis, Henry C., 905


PAINE, BAYARD H., 812 Paine, Ira T., 822 Palmer, Charles J., 657 Palmer, Hiram J., 586 Paulk, Eber, 842


Paulsen, John H., 638 Pearson, Emil G., 938 Perry, Charles C., 680 Peters, Henry, 809 Phelan, Dr. Leo, 671 Pizer, J. B., 660 Potter, Henry W., 592 Preston, Willam E., 717 Prince, Harold A., 814 Prince, Willard A., 811


QUANDT, JOHN, 773


RASMUSSEN, JENS, 735 Rasmussen, Karl A., 901 Rathbun, John W., 887 Rauert, August, 802 Rauert, Charles, 803 Rauert, George N., 801 Rauert, James, 805 Rauert, John C., 807 Rauert, Mattheus, 656 Raven, Grover C., 897 Ravens, George L., 896 Ray, Robert Bruce, 957 Ray, William Wallace, 958 Reed, William M., 907 Reese, Henry, 587 Reese, Julius, 695 Reher, August, 766 Reilly, Dr. John V., 698 Rhoades, Walter, 859 Richard, Charles L., 826 Rickard, George F., 826 Rief, Henry, 757 Roby, Arthur, 759 Roby, Gustav, 837 Roby, John G., 795 Roche, Timothy, 939 Roeser, Oscar, 634 Rosenkötter, Carl, 768 Roth, Fred, 588 Rounds, John E., 929


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Rouse, George L., Jr., 814 Rousey, Harvey B., 625 Ruff, John A., 781 Runge, Hans J., 900 Rusken, John, 850 Ruth, Jesse M., 901 Ryan, William V., 936


ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL, 812 Sallinger, Frank, 749 Sampson, William H., 702 Sass, John, 658 Sass, Detlef, 785 Scheel, Hans, 771 Scheel, Mrs. Lena, 756 Schimmer, August, 796 Schimmer, John, 754 Schimmer, Martin, 767 Schoel, August, 838 Schoel, Fred, 833 Schoel, William, 831 Shattuck, Amos H., 902 Schroeder, Henry, 806 Schroeder, Otto, 828 Schroeder, William, 825 Schuff, Henry, 617 Schumacker, Henry, 710 Schumann, Rev. Herman, 744 Schuster, Arthur A., 677 Sheffel, William, 694 Shehein, John Franklin, 943 Sherer, Cecil S., 936 Sherrerd, Samuel A., 920 Shipton, Robert P., 754 Shoemaker, Jacob, 804 Shultz, Peter, 766 Siek, Hans, 880 Sievers, Gustave, 601 Slusser, Frank E., 604 Smith, Charles W., 777 Smith, James Wyley, 870 Smith, Oscar A., 795 Soper, Dr. Joseph M., 707 Spangenberger, William, 574 Spence, Dr. Edith S., 790 Starkey, Dr. Harvey L., 932


Sterne, Adolph W., 642 Stoeger, Carl, 880


Stoeger, Henry, 874 Stoeger, William, 730


Vieregg, Emil H .. , 588 Vieregg, Henry, 587 Voss, Fred, 645 Voss, Henry J., 637


Voss, Max Jacob, 637


WAITE, WILLIAM B., 720


Walsh, John F., 746


Watson, Dr. E. Arthur, 593 Watson, Harley M., 666


Watson, Isaac K., 934 Wells, Oscar, 707


Wengert, Dr. Henry C., 596


Westphal, Henry, 850


Whitehead, Ervin, 716 Wieck, Franz, 804


Wiese, Fritz, 937


TAGGE, JOHN M., 850


Wiese, Hans, 799


Taggart, Otis, 862 Taylor, Robert, 684


Taylor, Robert Bruce, 684


Teviotdale, Robert, 700


Tharp, Albert, 695


Wiles, Francis M., 849


Wilkens, Herman, 703


Thompson, John R., 638


Thompson, Lloyd G., 593


Thompson, William A., 718


Thompson, William H., 628


Windolph, John L., 755


Windolph, John P., 745


Wingert, George W., 709


Tilley, George A., 777


Tilley, William F., 612


Torpey, John, 580


Wiseman, Daniel E. H., 800


Trent, John H., 646


Wiseman, Martin L., 801


Trumbull, Albert D., 721


Wiseman, Martin L., Jr., 799


Tully, Charles H., 578


Woelz, Rev. Conrad, 749


Wolbach, S. N., 815


Woodruff, Dr. R. C., 596


Wrage, William, 834


YOUNKIN, EDWARD F., 662 Young, Henry G., 864 Yund, James H., 732


ZUEHLKE, LUDWIG A., 647


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Stoldt, August, 780 Stolle, Henry C. J., 776 Stolle, William F., 778 Stolley, Claus, 703 Stolley, Emil, 703


Stolley, Frederick, 714


Stolley, William, 722 Stoltenberg, Ferdinand, 833


Stough, Dale P., 912 Strasser, Julius C., 846 Stratman, Herman L., 680


Sutherland, Dr. J. Lue, 592


Wiese, Herman, 882


Wiese, John F., 810


Wiese, Otto F., 807 Wiese, William, 829


Thomas, G. H., 824


Willard, Carl V., 709 Williams, Edward, 697


Windolph, John H., 753


Thomssen, John, 838 Tilley, Adin D., 782


Wingert, Jeremiah A., 736 Wingert, Milton C., 922


Tuttle, Earl S., 590


Tyler, William O., 859


UPPERMAN, LOUIS E., 659


VALONIS, GUS., 698 Varah, James R., 860 Veeder, Elmer E., 851 . Veit, Louis, 590


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