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WILLIAM E. RICE, corp., b. Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 7, 1894; enlisted at Grand Island, Sept. 19, 1917; Jacksonville, motor transport, Co. A, Train 439, 1st Div .; at Catigney, Aisne, Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne; discharged at Dodge, July 12 1919; now a salesinan at Grand Island; son of William and Mary E. (McCarthy) Rice, Thedford, Neb.
ALVIN E. PALMER, sergt., b. Alva, Okla., Sept. 12, 1895; enlisted at Osborne, May 28, 1918; Funston and Dodge; infantry, Co. B, 351st Reg .. 88th Div .; sector Alsace. Argonne-Meuse; discharged at Funston, June 8, 1919; now farming at Fair- field, Neb .; son of Lanton and Rafe ( Eddy) Palmer. Fairfield, Neb.
JOHN PETERSON, private, b. Chicago, Il1. July 27, 1893; enlisted at Cheyenne, March 11, 1918; Grant and Upton; transportation corps, 45th Co .; discharged at Ft. Russell. June 18; now a brakeman at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Peter and Elisa (Larsen) Peterson, Grand Island.
BERT D. QUACKENBUSH, private, b. Wood River, Neb., July 15, 1899; enlisted at Lincoln, Sept. 1918; S. A. T. C .; discharged at Lincoln, Dec. 13, 1918; son of Oris M. and Theresa M. (Horkman) Quackenbush.
RICHARD H. VON OHLEN. private, b. Mer- rick Co., Neb., Feb. 18, 1891; enlisted at Grand Island, July 22, 1918; Dodge. infantry, Co. 35 Bat. A, 163 D. B .; discharged Sept. 9, 1918; son of Harry and Clara (Grosch) Von Ohlen, Grand Island.
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OSCAR F. ROESER, private, b. Grand Island, Neb., 1890; enlisted in Hall Co., Neb., April 28, 1918; now a car repairer at Grand Island; son of in battles of St. Mihiel. drive and Meuse-Argonne; wounded Nov. 4; discharged at Dodge, May 19, 1919; now a merchant at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Oscar and Minnie (Stolley) Roeser, Grand Island.
HARRY J. NIELSON, sergt., b. Grand Island, Neb., Oct. 27, 1893; enlisted at Grand Island, June 24, 1918; Riley and Parc-De-Prince; medical, Co. F, Provisional Field Hospital ; discharged at Dodge, Ia., June 21, 1919; clerk U. P. railway; son of Sam S. and Ave Nielson, Grand Island, Neb.
CLYDE A. SHEETS, private, b. Oakdale, Neb., July 4, 1895 ; enlisted at North Platte, Aug. 26, 1919; Funston and Benjamin Harrison; engineers, Co. M 147th; discharged at Benjamin Harrison, Dec. 15, 1918; now a car repair at Grand Island; son of Addie M. and Katie E. (Sailor) Sheets.
SIDNEY H. SHOOKMAN, corp., b. Richland Co., Wis., April 17, 1892; enlisted in Jewell Co., Kan., Oct. 3, 1917; Funston; motor transport corps, 347th Motor Transport Co .; discharged May 12, 1919; son of Ellsworth and Reno (Taplin) Shook- man, Grand Island.
C. SMITH, private, b. Edward, Neb .; enlisted at Grand Island, Neb., April 24, 1918; Dodge and Funston; infantry, Co. E, 349th Reg., 88th Div .; discharged at Dodge, Jan. 28; now asst shipping clerk, Grand Island. Neb .; son of James Albert and Francis (Brewer) Smith.
EDWARD L. SWAIN, private b. Grand Island, Sept. 30, 1886; enlisted at Grand Island, July 15, 1918; Funston and Benjamin Harrison; engineers, Co. K, Reg. 147; discharged at Benjamin Harrison, Dec. 13, 1918; now a switchman at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Francis E. (McLeod) Swain, Grand Island.
JOSEPH POWER, private. b. New Castle, Oct. 18, 1888; enlisted at Grand Island, Oct. 24, 1918; Taylor ; F. A. O. O. F. S .; discharged Nov. 29, 1918; now a traveling salesman at Grand Island. Neb.
CIRK POTTS, private, b. Lincoln, Neb .: enlisted Oct. 11, 1891; Deming and Sill; infantry and artil- lery, Co. M, 4th Neb; Bat. 7, 127th F. A., 59th Brigade; in France as instructor at telephone school ; discharged Jan. 22, 1919; son of Wilbur H. and Lillian Potts.
LINN POTTS, sergt., b. Harvard, Neb., June, 1896; enlisted at Grand Island; Funston; infantry, 355th Infantry ; now with army of occupation; son of Wilbur H. and Lillian Potts.
JOSEPH N. PIZER, private, b. Arcadia. Neb .; enlisted at Ann Arbor. Michigan, Oct. 1, 1918; Ann Arbor; infantry, 13th Co .; discharged Dec. 13, 1918; son of J. B. Pizer.
HARRY STOUT, private, b. Doniphan, Neb., June 29. 1889; enlisted at Grand Island, Mar. 4, 1918; Riley and Crane; medical corps, Casual No. 40; dis- charged at Dodge, Feb. 25, 1919; now an auto mechanic at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Alex and Rose (Alexander) Stout, Burwell, Neb.
GUY RANSDELL, seaman, 1st class, b. Friend, Neb .. July 2, 1900; enlisted at Omaha, May 4, 1918; Great Lakes, Hampton and St. Helena; receiving ship; navy, Co. 24, 1st Reg .; discharged at Norfolk, April 15, 1919; now a clerk at Grand Island, Neb .; son of James and Nannie (Cosby) Ransdell, Graf- ton, Nebraska.
DILLMAN SWITZER, private, 1st class, b. Cheyenne, Wyo., March 5, 1887; enlisted at Inde- pendence, Kansas, June 28, 1918; Dodge and Fun- ston; machine gun, Co. C, 339th Bn., 88th Div .; Alsace, Argonne Forest; discharged at Funston, June 16, 1919; now creamery manager at Independ- ence, Kan .; son of George and Lucy E. (Kroft) Switzer, Grand Island, Neb.
FRANK LESLIE SCOVILL, b. Aurora, Neb., Feb. 28, 1892; enlisted at Grand Island, July 22, 1918; Dodge; infantry, Co. 35, Reg. Dep. Bri .; discharged at Chicago, Jan. 15; now a bank teller at Grand Island, Neb., son of Daniel A. and Elizabeth (Leslie) Scovill, Grand Island, Neb.
BURL STOUT, 1s class sergt., b. Walnut Shade, Mo., July 21, 1892; enlisted at Grand Island, Neb., June 24, 1918; Funston Mills and Humphreys; engi- neers, Co. F 210th, 10th Div .; was drill instructor at Humphreys; discharged at Funston, March 20, 1919; now a car repairer at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Charles W. and Eva L. (Stockstill) Stout, Grand Island, Nebraska.
MAT. L. SCOVILLE, bat. personnel sergt., b. Aurora, Neb., Oct. 17, 1895; enlisted at Grand Island, April 29. 1918; Funston, Crook, Nitro and West; infantry, 8th Co., 164th Depot Brigade, Div. 89; discharged at Sherman, Jan. 11, 1919; now a bank clerk at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Daniel A. and Elisabeth (Leslie) Scoville, Grand Island.
HARLAND J. SUTTER, corp., b. Canada Co., Ontario, March 3, 1889; enlisted at Grand Island, March 28, 1918; Funston; signal corps, Co. C 314th Signal Battalion 89th Div .; saw service in battles of St. Mihiel and Argonne; discharged at Russell. June 12, 1919; now an electrician at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Jacob F. and Mary J. (Moore) Sutter, Viking, Alberta, Canada.
JOHN P. SINK, private, b. Hastings, Neb., Jan. 21, 1898; enlisted at Grand Island, May 13, 1918: Humphreys; engineer corps, Co. F Reg. 5, Div. 6; discharged at Dodge, April 18, 1919; now a vulcanizer at Grand Island, Neb .; son of John W. and Jennett (Spitter) Sink, Grand Island.
JOHN C. SCHOENSTEIN, private, b. Philadel- phia, Pa., Dec. 24, 1899; enlisted at Fremont, July 5, 1916; Dix and Cody; signal sorps, Co. B Neb. Signal Bn., 34th Div .; discharged at Dodge, May 26, 1919; now a lineman at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Albert Schoenstein. Grand Island.
HOWARD S. STARR, musician 1st class, b. St. Paul, Minn., July 20, 1898; enlisted at Omaha, Neb., May 15, 1918; Great Lakes, Ill; navy; discharged at Great Lakes, Feb. 10, 1919; now a student in Grand Island; son of Robert P. and Blanch S. (Stanburg) Starr, Ravenna, Neb.
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LOUIS A. SHACHT, private, b. Hamilton, Co., June 8, 1898; enlisted at Grand Island, April 24, 1919; Ft. Logan; motor cycle corps; son of Peter and Emma (Schultz) Schacht, Grand Island, Neb.
RALPH A. SCOTT, seaman, b. Red Cloud, Neb., May 17, 1897; enlisted at Grand Island, June 1, 1918; Great Lakes; navy; discharged Jan. 18, 1919; son of George and Belle (McIntosh) Scott, Grand Island, Nebraska.
GEORGE J. SCOTT, seaman, b. Red Cloud, Nov. 22. 1895; enlisted at Grand Island, Nov. 15, 1917; Charleston ; navy, on Battleship New Jersey; son of George and Belle (McIntosh) Scott, Grand Island.
WM. H. SMITH, 1st sergt., b. North Loup, Neb., June 30, 1888; enlisted at Grand Island, Sept. 17, 1917; Funston and Pike; officer training camp; Hdq. Co. 20th Inf. Div Ist; discharged Nov. 29, 1918; now a barber at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Henry H. and Nellie (Archer) Smith, North Loup, Neb.
BEECHER HENRY WARD, private, b. Sherman Co., May 25, 1899; enlisted at Grand Island, July 11, 1917; Cody; infantry, Co. M 5th Neb, 34th Div .; saw service at Verdun in battle Meuse-Ar- gonne; discharged at Dodge, May 26, 1919; now a laborer, at Grand Island, Neb .; son of John Wm. Ward, Ravenna, Neb.
ARTHUR J. WETZEL, private, b. Boelus, Neb., March 11, 1894; enlisted at Grand Island, May 28, 1918; Dodge; artillery, Battery D, Reg. 338, Div. 88; discharged at Dodge, July 23, 1919; now a clerk at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Mrs. Ann (Schmidt) Wetzel, Grand Island.
ARLOFF WILLIAMS, private, b. Grand Island, Neb., March 14, 1896; enlisted at Grand Island, July 22, 1919; Dodge, infantry band, Co. 35; discharged at Dodge. March 26, 1919; now a student and musi- cian at Grand Island, Neb., son of Mrs. Helen (Bogley) Williams, Grand Island.
WILLIAM M. TUCKER, private, b. Saragorda, Ill., Aug. 29, 1896; enlisted at Grand Island, Sept. 18, 1918; Manhattan; electrical dept .; discharged Dec. 17, 1918; now a moving picture operator at Grand Island, Neb .; son of George and Susan H. (Emmert) Tucker, Grand Island, Neb.
CECIL S. THORPE, private 1st class, b. Waco, Neb .. March 27, 1894; enlisted at York, Neb., Aug. 7, 1917; Cody; heavy artillery, Co. M, Reg. 4th, Neb. Inf., Div. 34; saw service in sector Chateau Thierry; Ainse Marne, Chateau Thierry, Oiseburg, Soissons and Argonne-Meuse; discharged at Dodge. May 19, 1919; now a telephone clerk at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Orien L. and Minnie (Phelps) Thorpe, Waco, Neb.
RAYMOND S. TURNER, corp., b. Covington, Ga., April 16, 1895; enlisted at Grand Island, April 8, 1917; Kelly Field; aviation, 35th Areo Squadron ; saw service in Chateau Theirry, Argonne Forest and second Marne; wounded June 14, 1918; discharged at Dodge, Feb. 10, 1919; now a mechanic at Cairo, Neb .; son of William W. and Anna (Allsover) Turner, Portales, New Mexico.
MILLARD F. THOMPSON, sergt., b. Cairo, Neb., 5, 1917; . Madison Barracks and Mills; quarter- masters, Finance Dept .; discharged at Dodge; now asst. cashier of bank at Cairo, Neb .; son of Dell and Hattie F. Thompson, Cairo, Neb.
JIM THERS. b. Greece, July 20, 1888; enlisted at Funston, April 29, 1911; Funston; infantry, Co. K Reg. 355, Div 89; was in battles Lucy, St. Mihiel and Argonne; discharged at Funston, Jan. 2, 1919; now farming at Grand Island, Neb .; son of Elis and Twott (Burwemilis) Thers, Xelokastron, Korin- this, Greece.
JAMES W. THOMPSON, JR., b. Grand Island, Neb., March 10, 1891; enlisted at Grand Island, Sept. 6, 1917; Funston; infantry, Co. F 355th, 89th Div .; saw service in battles of St. Mihiel; discharged at Merritt, March 16, 1919; now a banker at Grand Island, Neb .; son of James Thompson, Chicago, Il1.
CARL WIESE, private, b. Grand Island, Feb. 9, 1895; enlisted at Grand Island, Sept. 22, 1919; Fun- ston, Cody and Sill; artillery, Battery E, 127th Field Art., Div. 34; discharged at Dodge, Jan. 22, 1919; now a farmer at Grand Island, Neb .; son of John F. Wiese.
GEORGE A. WOODWORTH, private 1st class, b. Grand Island, March 1, 1899; enlisted at Grand Is- land, March 1, 1917; Leavenworth and Logan; sig- nal corps, Co. A 5th Field Bn. Div. 3; was in battles of St. Mihiel and Argonne; shell shocked Oct. 29, 1918; discharged at base hospital No. 26, May 13, 1919; now a telegraph operator at Grand Island, Neb.
DARWIN D. WOOLLEY, private, b. Haskins, Neb., March 16, 1899; enlisted at Lincoln, Oct. 18, 1918; S. A. T. C. at Lincoln; infantry; discharged Dec. 15, 1918; now with Neb. telephone Co. Grand Island, Neb .; son of Lorenzo and Lena (Collins) Woolley, Bollis, Neb.
BRYAN J. WASHBURN, private 1st class, b. St. Paul, Neb., Sept. 23, 1897; enlisted at Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 8, 1918; Paris Island, S. C .; Marines 2d Div .; was assigned to Pennsylvania; discharged at Philadelphia Navy yards, May 17, 1919; now farm- ing at Grand Island; son of Elgine E. and Anna L. (Adkisson) Washburn, Syracuse, Kansas.
LOUIS G. XEROTERES, cook, b. Kastamia, Greece, Aug. 2, 1890; enlisted at Grand Island, June 11, 1917; Ft. Logan, Ft. Douglas and Camp Logan; infantry, Co. B. 43d Reg., 15th Div .; discharged at Dodge, May 31, 1919; son of George and Georgia Xeroteres, Kastamia, Greece.
JAMES XIARHOS, private, b. Messenia, Greece, April 4, 1892; enlisted at Grand Island, Sept. 19, 1917; Funston; machine gun and infantry, Co. B, 341st M. G. Bn. 89th Div .; discharged at Dodge, March 4, 1919; railroad foreman at Grand Island, Neb.
JACOB C. ZEIG, 1st class cook, b. Russia, May 12, 1891; enlisted at Grand Island, June 24, 1918; Funston; Co. M Reg. 69, Div. 10; discharged Feb. 5, 1919; now a brick layer at Grand Island; son of Fredrick and Anna Zieg, York, Neb.
OREN E. CUNNINGHAM, private, b. Nodaway Co., Mo., Aug. 21, 1896; enlisted at Grand Island, May 15, 1918; Humphreys, Va .; engineers, Co. E Reg. 3; still in service; son of William R. and Balsa L. (Peery) Cunningham, Grand Island, Neb.
CLAUD HENDRYX, private, b. Washington Co., Neb., Dec. 31, 1887; enlisted in Hall Co., Sept. 19 1917 ; Funston, Cody, Ft. Sill and Upton; head quar- ters Co. 127th Field Artillery,; discharged Jan. 1919; now a farmer at Grand Island; son of James and Margaret Hendryx, Grand Island, Neb.
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CHAPTER XXVIII
PERSONAL MENTION OF SOME OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PROMINENT IN THE UPBUILDING OF HALL COUNTY
FRED HEDDE, whose name at one time represented some of Grand Island's most im- portant interests, passed out of life in honor- able old age, leaving behind him many mater- ial evidences of business enterprise and efficiency and a record of vigorous and up- right manhood and useful citizenship.
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Fred Hedde was born in one of the provin- ces of Germany, September 11, 1818. He had better educational opportunities than had many in his class in life and was permitted to develop his talents along the lines of his ambition, so that, when he came to the United States, at the age of thirty-six, he was already an experienced practitioner in the law. He was one of the intelligent, thinking men who left Germany in 1854, seeking a wider free- dom in America. After reaching the United States he settled in the city of Davenport, Iowa, but in 1857 he decided on an agri- cultural life and located on a farm in Hall County, near Wood River. The quiet routine however of farm life very soon grew too monotonous for a man of such brilliant mind, and in a very short time he gave up rural activities and came to Grand Island. As he was possessed of capital, and was far-sighted in a business way, he invested in property, buying the corner lot on Third and Locust streets, for which he paid $2,000. On this land he afterwards put up a substantial three- story building, which is occupied by promi- nent business firms on the ground floor, while the upper stories are utilized as business offices. Before leaving Germany, Mr. Hedde had been a contributor to the newspapers; this love for journalism remained with him and when the opportunity came for the pur- chase of the Grand Island Independent, he rescued it from bankruptcy. Subsequently he founded the Daily Independent and conducted this newspaper with ability for many years, finally selling it in 1891 to a stock company. He was a Republican of sturdy type but never accepted political honors of any kind. He was a generous, charitable man, a member and
liberal sustainer of the Lutheran church, but in his religious life as in other ways, he was always liberal-minded. His life was extended beyond that of many of his contemporaries, his death occuring in 1908.
In 1884 Mr. Hedde married Miss Louise Spethman, who was born in Germany and was brought to America by her parents when a child of five years. They were John and Mel- vina (Spethman) Spethman, who settled first in Iowa but came later to Nebraska and both died in this state. Mrs. Hedde is a member of the English Lutheran church. She is a woman of many accomplishments and since the death of Mr. Hedde has developed surprising busi- ness capacity. Disposing of her newspaper interests in the stock company, she took charge of the property and through her practical management and excellent judgment, has added greatly to its value and extension. En- tirely on her own initiative, she has built a large annex to the building formerly mentioned and has fitted it up in first class modern style. making this corner a creditable index of the city's business prosperity. She is interested in many charities and especially in those at the present time connected with- war work, her interest in the same has justly been stim- ulated because seven of her nephews are serv- ing in the United States army. The names of these young heroes are: Albert and Walter Fretag, the former bearing the rank of lieu- tenant, Frank Spethman, Arthur Roeser, Henry Vieregg, and Fred and William Houck. Another military man in the family is Mrs. Hedde's brother. Leopold Spethman, who was a soldier in 1861 in the Union army in the Civil War.
ROBERT J. BARR. - "The boy is the father of the man," is a quotation with which every one is familiar, and impresses one with the importance of giving the boys every ad- vantage in the matter of precept and education. That this was realized in the early days as well
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as at the present time, may be gleaned from the stories told by the early settlers, who, in relating their experiences in the early settle- ment of the county, tell us that the first thing they did after the home was provided was to arrange for a place for the children to attend school. In view of the fact that large sums are expended to provide buildings and equipment, how necessary it is that care be taken to provide competent instructors in our institutions of learning. To have served a community like Grand Island for thirty-seven ยท years as head of its public school system, is at once conclusive evidence of ability and a duty well performed. The subject of this record has been superintendent of the Grand Island public schools continuously since 1882, and we doubt if such a case is known of else- where.
Robert J. Barr is a native of Michigan, and was born at Grand Rapids, October 29, 1849. His parents were Jackson B. and LaMantha (Brink) Barr, and were farming people who spent their entire lives in Michigan. Their son received his education in the public schools of central Michigan, and taught his first school in 1868, when only nineteen years of age. He graduated from the State Normal College in 1873, and from that time to the present day has devoted himself entirely to educational work. After having charge of various schools in his native state, he came to Grand Island in 1882, and has been continuously at the head of the city's public school system since that time. Under his management the schools have taken front rank among the schools of the state, and their reputation has added largely to the attendance from outside districts.
September 4, 1878, Mr. Barr was married to Miss Eva A. Bellows, and they have one son, Dr. Albert S. who enlisted in September, 1917, and, after service in the hospitals of Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and Camp Greene, Charlotte, North Carolina, was over seas in the hospitals in France, where he served a year.
Mr. Barr is a republican in politics and a Mason, belonging to Ashlar Lodge No. 33 A. F. & A. M., Deuel Chapter No. 11, R. A. M., Mt. Lebanon Commandery No. 6 and Tangier Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
He and his wife are members of the Epis- copal church.
HON. OTHMAN A. ABBOTT. - A member of one of the oldest American families, an honored veteran of the Civil War, an ex- member of the Nebraska Senate, first lieu-
tenant-governor of this state, and a leading member of the legal profession, Hon. Othman A. Abbott occupies a distinguished place among his fellow-men and is justly accounted one of the foremost of Grand Island's dis- tinguished citizens. He was born September 19, 1842, at Hatley, County Stanstead, Quebec, Canada, a son of Abiel B. and Sarah (Young) Abbott, and is directly descended from an- cestors who came from England to America as early as 1643. In that year they settled at Andover, Massachusetts, where the old Abbott homestead is one of the famous land- marks of the country, and after two and three- quarters centuries, still remains in the hands of the same family. This family has contri- buted many brilliant and distinguished men and women to the professions, not the least of whom is Othman A. Abbott, of Grand Is- land.
From the home in Canada, where the family had temporarily resided, the parents of Judge Abbott removed to DeKalb County, Illinois, and there the youth divided his time between work on the home farm and attendance at the local schools, including the high school at Bel- videre. He was still residing there at the out- break of the Civil War, and in 1861 enlisted in Company I, Ninth Illinois Cavalry, begin- ning a military career which lasted four years, three months and twenty- nine days, which was crowded with feats of courage, soldierly conduct and absolute fidelity to duty. His early military experiences included participa- tion in the battles of General Curtis' campaign in Missouri and Arkansas, and subsequently his regiment was assigned to the guarding of the Memphis & Charlestown Railway. He was wounded in the right arm at Pontotoc, Mis- sissippi, and was subsequently with General Thomas at Nashville, at which battle he re- ceived his second wound, a gun-shot through the left side. His gallantry and valor had earned recognition even before this, and Feb- ruary 23, 1865 he was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant, his advancement to the rank of first lieutenant coming May 23d fol- lowing. His record throughout the long period of his service was one filled with brave and daring deeds.
While in the army he found time from his duties to commence the study of law, and after receiving his honorable discharge, upon his return to Belvidere he entered the office of Ira M. Moore, where he spent two more years in preparation. He was duly admitted to the bar in 1867, and not long thereafter came to Nebraska selecting Grand Island as his home, a community in which he was des- Digitized by Google
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tined to establish a name and reputation far beyond that of many contemporaries. His ber of the Grand Island bar.
legal acumen and ability soon brought him to the forefront among the younger lawyers of his day, and as he took an interest and active part in republican politics, in 1871 he was elected as a member of the Constitutional Con- vention. The following year he was chosen to complete an unexpired term in the State Senate, and in 1875 he was again elected a member of the Constitutional Convention. By this time he had become a figure of state-wide reputation, and in 1876 was elected as the first lieutenant-governor of Ne- braska, in which office he discharged his duties with dignity and distinguished ability. He has also served as county attorney of Hall County, and numerous other honors have come to him in recognition of his great abilities and splendid personal qualities. For a number of years past he has devoted himself exclusively to the practicing of law, and is ranked among the most capable members of his profession in his part of the state.
Judge Abbott married, February 9, 1873, Miss Elizabeth M. Griffin, of Sycamore, Illi- nois, a woman in every way qualified to be the helpmate of so capable a man. She is a graduate of Rockford (Illinois) College, and a woman of marked intellectuality and liter- ary ability, who has been president of the Grand Island Library Board since its organi- zation. Four children have been born to Judge and Mrs. Abbott: Othman A. Jr., a court reporter ; Edith, a writer and educator of Chicago, and one of the heads of the School of Civics and Philanthropy under the Sage and Carnegie foundations, holding chairs in civics and philanthropy at the University of Chicago, one of whose several books, "Women in Industry," has been favorably received by press and public; Grace, recently an advisor for the War Labor Policy Board, at Wash- ington, D. C. She is a graduate of the College at Grand Island and of the State University, and for many years was superintendent of the League for the Protection of Immigrants established and maintained by wealthy Chicago people. Later she was appointed as assistant of Miss Lathrop to enforce the child labor law, afterward held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States, and is now under employment of War Labor Board in connection with her labor in children's bur- eau. Miss Abbott was sent to Europe by the government with Miss Lathrop and is still in Europe but expects to return soon ; and Arthur G., a graduate of the University of Chicago, class of 1906, who after several years of law
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