History of Richardson County, Nebraska : its people, industries and institutions, Part 116

Author: Edwards, Lewis C
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Indianapolis : B.F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1742

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Mr. Atwood was married in 1897, to Anna Stringfield, who was born

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at Falls Mills, south of Falls City, Nebraska, where she grew to woman- hood and attended school. She is a daughter of William and Parmelia (Brown) Stringfield, natives of Kentucky and Illinois, respectively, and early settlers in Nebraska, who established their home in Richardson county. They maintained their home on a farm south of Falls City for many years, but are now living in Holt county, this state. The father is a veteran of the Civil War. L. H. Stringfield, grandfather of Mrs. Atwood, operated the Falls Mills in early pioneer days. He was a local preacher of the Methodist church in the early days of Iowa and Nebraska. He was born near Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky, and was married to Malinda Moore in 1827. He moved to Pettis county, Missouri, in 1843 when Georgetown was the county seat. In 1853 he removed to Sidney, Iowa. After residing in Sidney for one year he moved to a farm near Glenwood, Iowa, and there entered land costing one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre. Born with the restless spirit that ever characterized the people of the western country, he once more moved westward, this time to the falls of the Nemaha river, in Nebraska, in March of 1863. There he built a mill rigged to saw lumber and grind corn and received in payment a half interest in fifteen acres of land which included the mill site. This mill was afterward turned into a flouring-mill and was operated by Stringfield & Stumbo successfully for several years. Stumbo passed away and Mr. Stringfield died near the falls in 1869, being then fifty-nine years of age. His wife died near Stella in 1896, at the age of eighty-five years. L. H. Stringfield was the father of fifteen children, six of whom are still living, namely: C. C. Stringfield, the eldest, lives on a ranch in western Kansas, and is eighty-nine years old; C. W., the youngest of the family is cashier of a bank in Idaho and is sixty- three years of age; Mrs. Mary Phipps lives in Nebraska City and is aged seventy-three years; Sarah, wife of Rev. L. F. Britt, lives in Chicago and is aged seventy-one years ; John W. lives in Los Angeles and is sixty-one years old

W. H. Stringfield was born on September 30, 1840, in Edmondson county, Kentucky, and moved with his parents to Missouri in 1843, and thence to Iowa in 1853. He drove a team of six yoke of oxen for the freighting firm of White & Marshall, of Leavenworth, in 1859, to Denver, Colorado, returning to Iowa in 1860. H. W. Stringfield enlisted in Com- pany A, Fourth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, on September 4, 1861, and served for a period of four years and twenty-eight days. He was engaged in many battles and skirmishes in which his company participated in Missouri and Arkansas and around to Jackson, Mississippi, and from

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Jackson to Birdsong Ferry on Black river. His company was a part of the Fifteenth Corps under Sherman. He fought during the siege of Vicks- burg and was then engaged in continuous fighting between Vicksburg and Black river. After the war Mr. Stringfield came home to the Nemaha Falls, in October, 1865, and was married to Parmelia Brown on July 4, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Stringfield now live at Ewing, Nebraska.

To Mr. and Mrs. Atwood three children have been born, namely : Loren, Forrest and Margaret, all of whom are at home. Mr. Atwood is a Democrat, but has not been an aspirant for political office.

EDWARD C. VOGELE.

- Edward C. Vogele, one of the progressive young farmers of the precinct of Barada and the owner of a fine place of one hundred and twenty acres in section 23 of that precinct, was born on the farm on which he now lives and has lived there all his life. He was born on February 12, 1884, son of William and Augusta (Schibe) Vogele, pioneers of that section of the county, both of whom are now deceased.

Both William Vogele and his wife were of European birth, natives of the kingdom of Wurtemburg, the former born in 1833 and the latter in 1845, who were married in the city of Buffalo, New York, in 1864, and three years later, in 1867, came to the then new state of Nebraska and settled on a farm in the Barada strip in this county, where they established a comfortable farm home and where they spent the remainder of their lives, William Vogele dying in 1912 and his widow in February, 1913. They were members.of the Lutheran church and their children were reared in that faith. There were eleven of these children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the last-born, the others being as follow: William, now a resi- dent of California ; Charles, also of California; Albert, of Oklahoma; Anna, deceased; Barney, of Minnesota; Lena, wife of P. Voltz, of Oklahoma; August, of Oklahoma; Henry, a farmer of Arago precinct, this county; Robert, who is farming near Rulo in this county, and Rudolph, of Minne- sota.

Edward C. Vogele was reared on the farm on which he was born, receiving his schooling in the neighborhood schools, and from the days of his boyhood was a valued aid in the labors of the home place. After the death of his father he inherited eighty acres of the home farm and has since

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bought an adjoining "forty," thus giving him a farm of one hundred and. twenty acres, on which he has made valuable improvements and which he has brought up to an excellent state of cultivation. In addition to his general farming Mr. Vogele has given considerable attention to the breeding of horses and since 1915 has also been an extensive breeder of mules and is doing very well in his operations.

On December 24, '1907, Edward C. Vogele was united in marriage to Katherine Blieholder, who was born at McCook, this state, and to this union four children have been born, Gladys, Helen, Grace and Edwin L. Mr. and Mrs. Vogele have a very pleasant home and have ever taken an interested part in the general social activities of the community in which they live. Mr. Vogele is a Republican and gives a good citizen's attention to local civic affairs.

CHRISTIAN KAMMERER.

The Kammerer family, of which the gentleman whose name forms the caption of this sketch, is a well-known and respected representative, have been known in Richardson county since the early pioneer days, known as industrious, law-abiding citizens.

Christian Kammerer, who is farming in Falls City precinct, was born on October 30, 1868, in Arago precinct, this county, a son of Karl H. and Christina (Roesch) Kammerer. The father was born, July 10, 1831, in Baden, Germany, where he grew to manhood and made his home until 1868, when he crossed the ocean to America, the trip across the Atlantic requiring two weeks in a sailing vessel, landing in New York City. He then came by sail to St. Joseph, Missouri, thence by steamboat up the Mis- souri river to Arago, in the neighborhood of which place he bought raw land, eighty acres, for which he paid three dollars an acre. He built a frame house from the native cottonwood timber, and began life there in true pioneer fashion, farming there for ten years; then sold out and weut to Nuckolls county, Nebraska, where his death occurred in 1896. He was married in 1858 in Germany, to Christina Roesch, and to their imion seven children were born, namely: Christina, who married August Seover and is deceased; Elizabeth, widow of P. Warner, who is now living at Deweese, Nebraska; William, who makes his home in Los Angeles, California; Karl H., who lives at Flats, Nebraska; Philip, who lives at Deweese, Nebraska; August, who lives in Germany, and Christian, the subject of this sketch.

CHRISTIAAN KAMMERER.

RESIDENCE OF CHRISTIAN KAMMERER.

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The mother of the foregoing children died in 1870. The second marriage of Karl Kammerer took place in 1873, to Wilhelmina Last, a native of Germany, which country she left for America in the spring of 1873. She is now living in Deweese, Nebraska. To this second union nine children were born, namely: Anna, who married Clarence Ranck, editor of publi- cations at Shenchow, Hunan, China, where he was sent by the Evangeli- cal Missionary Society, and has two children, a son and a daughter, both born in China; Mrs. Lina Kahsea, who lives in Arapahoe, Nebraska; Albert, who lives in Vermillion, South Dakota; Otto, deceased; Mrs. Elvenia Class, who lives in Reserve, Kansas; Paul, Emma and Edward, all living in Deweese, Nebraska, and Martha, who lives in Los Angeles, California.

Christian Kammerer was reared on the farm and attended the early- day district schools. When twenty-one years old he began working as a farm hand. In 1894 he began renting land at Preston, Nebraska, and in 1898 bought his present farm of ninety-three acres in sections 24 and 25, Falls City precinct. He also owns eighty acres in Jefferson precinct. making one hundred and seventy-three acres in all. He is carrying on general farming and stock raising, making a specialty of Poland China hogs. There was only a log cabin on the place when he came here. In 1915 he built a modern and commodious home, which he equipped with a hot-water heat- ing plant, electric lights, etc., and he has also built an up-to-date barn and other convenient outbuildings. Mr. Kammerer has made exhibits of corn, wheat, oats and eggs at the farmers institutes at Falls City. He has a productive and well-kept farm, fifteen acres of which is still in native timber.

On February 13, 1896, Mr. Kammerer was married to Louise Hart- man, who was born, March 27, 1871, in Wisconsin. She is a daughter of Frederick and Wilhelmina ( Hoffeins) Hartman, natives of Germany, who came to America on the same ship which carried the parents of her husband to the new land. They located in Wisconsin, where they lived until 1882, when Mr. Hartman came to Richardson county, Nebraska, his first wife having died in Wisconsin. His second wife is now living on the old home place, seven and one-half miles northeast of Falls City, where his death occurred many years ago. Mrs. Kammerer was eight years old when her father brought her to Richardson county, and here she made her home with . her sister, Mrs. John Brecht, until her marriage. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kammerer, namely: Milton, Edgar, Alice E., and Lester L., all at home.

Politically, Mr. Kammerer is an independent voter. He belongs to the German Lutheran church. He has been a member of the school board in

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district No. 55 for the past sixteen years. He has an interesting collection of Indian relics gathered from his farm, including canes, axes, spear heads, etc., among which is one of the largest stone axes in the county.

HENRY F. PRIBBENO.

Henry F. Pribbeno, proprietor of a fine farm of four hundred and forty acres in section 24 of the precinct of Arago, this county, was born on that farm and has lived there all his life. He was born on January I, 1871, son of Charles and Caroline (Thompson) Pribbeno, both of European birth, the former born in Prussia and the latter in Norway, who became sub- stantial residents of this county and here spent their last days.

Charles Pribbeno was born in 1846 and remained in his native Prussia until the days of his young manhood, when he came to the United States and after a sometime residence in Wisconsin went to the mining regions of the West and staked out a number of silver-mining claims. About the year 1865 he came to the then Territory of Nebraska and settled in Richardson county, engaging in freighting from the river landing at Arago over the plains to Colorado and other points West. In the meantime he bought a tract of land in section 24 of Arago precinct and after a while established his home there, becoming one of the most substantial farmers and most extensive stock feeders in that section, remaining there until his death. His wife, who was born in June, 1841, and who was but a girl when her parents came to this country from Norway, died in 1909. Charles Pribbeno and wife were the parents of seven children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the fifth in order of birth, the others being as follow: Charles, of Preston, this state; Sophia. Emma and Sophia (second), who died in infancy ; Mrs. Anna Ernst, a widow, living at Preston, and William, deceased.

Reared on the farm on which he was born, Henry F. Pribbeno received his early schooling in the district schools of Arago and supplemented the same by a course in Campbell College at Holton, Kansas. From the days of his boyhood he had been a valued aid in the labors of developing and improving the home place and after leaving college he settled down on the home farm and began farming there on his own account. renting land from his father. After his marriage in the spring of 1896 he established his home there and in 1902 bought the home place from his father and has since continued to own and operate the same. Mr. Pribbeno has a well-

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cultivated place of four hundred and forty acres, in addition to his general farming giving considerable atention to the raising of Shorthorn cattle, and is doing very well in his operations. Since taking possession of the farm he has made numerous substantial improvements and his farm plant is now one of the best in that part of the county.

On April 16, 1896, Henry F. Pribbeno was united in marriage to Eliza- beth Werner, who also was born in the precinct of Arago, February 6, 1876, daughter of Ernest and Caroline (Miller) Werner, who are now living retired in Falls City, and to this union the following children have been born : Caroline, Fred, Esther, Anna, Elsie, Mary (deceased), Ruth, Emma (deceased), Walter and Florence. Mr. and Mrs. Pribbeno are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church and take a proper part in church work, as well as in the general good works and social activities of the community in which they live. Mr. Pribbeno is an independent Republican. Fraternally, lie is affiliated with the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America and takes an active part in the affairs of the same.

ALEXANDER RANKIN MCMULLEN.

Alexander Rankin McMullen, one of the most substantial and progres- sive farmers and stockmen of the northern part of Richardson county and the proprietor of a fine farm of four hundred acres in the precinct of Muddy, two miles east of Stella, and of one of the finest farm residences in this county, is a native of the old Keystone state, but has been a resident of Richardson county since the days of his young manhood and has done well his part in the labors of developing the northern part of the county. He was born in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, December 6, 1862, son of Dr. Thomas and Rebecca (Swan) McMullen, both natives of that same state and the latter of whom became a pioneer of this county, where her last days were spent.

Dr. Thomas McMullen was born in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, in 1828, a son of Alexander McMullen, of Scottish descent, who had come to this country from the north of Ireland and had settled in western Penn- sylvania. The Doctor married Rebecca Swan, a daughter of the Rev. Samuel Swan, one of the most influential men in that part of the state, and for years was engaged in the practice of his profession at Greenville, Pennsyl- vania, where he died in 1884, at the age of fifty-six years. He and his

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wife were the parents of eleven children, eight of whom are still living, the three eldest being deceased, the survivors, besides the subject of this sketch, the fourth in order of birth, being as follow: Elizabeth Morehead, of Tarkio, Missouri; Genevieve Blanche, also of Tarkio; James Wallace McMullen, of Loveland, Colorado; Dr. Charles Bell McMullen, a member of the faculty of Tarkio College; Richard Bard McMullen, also of Tarkio; Mrs. Jeannette Beatie, of the precinct of Muddy, this county, and Jessie Poe McMullen, formerly a secretary of the Young Women's Christian Associa- tion, and now a teacher in the high school at Tarkio. In 1884, following the death of her husband, Mrs. Rebecca McMullen came out to Nebraska with nine of her children and entered upon possession of a tract of four hundred and eighty acres of fine land in the precinct of Muddy, this county, which Dr. Thomas McMullen had previously purchased, he having made some excellent investments in this state, and here she spent the remainder of her life, her death occurring on November 17, 1908, she then being seventy-three years of age.

Alexander Rankin McMullen was reared at Greenville, Pennsylvania, where for years his father was a practicing physician, and completed his schooling at Elders Ridge Academy. He was twenty-one years of age when he came to this county with his mother and the others of the family and upon him fell the management of the farm which had been left to his mother, and there he continued to make his home until his marriage in 1893, when he established his home on his present place two miles east of Stella, where in the summer of 1903, he erected a commodious new modern house, one of the finest farm residences in Richardson county. Mr. McMul- len is the owner of four hundred acres of land and has two other houses on his place for the use of his farm help. Near his home he has a fine apple orchard of ten acres and in the care of these trees takes much personal interest. For years Mr. McMullen has been a breeder of live stock and formerly gave much attention to the feeding of cattle for the market, in the height of his activities in that direction his operations in live stock reach- ing twenty thousand dollars annually, and he long has been recognized as one of the most substantial farmers and stockmen in the northern part of the county. Mr. McMullen is a Republican and has ever given a good citizen's attention to local political affairs, but has not been a seeker after public office. He was reared a Presbyterian, but he and his family are now attendants at the Lutheran church.

On June 14, 1893. Alexander Rankin MeMullen was united in marriage

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to Nellie Tynan, who was born at Peru, this state, daughter of Andrew Tynan and wife, pioneers of this part of Nebraska and further and fitting mention of which family is made elsewhere in this volume, and to this union four children have been born, namely: Mildred, born on May 3, 1897, who died on June 9, 1915; Richard Andrew, December 29, 1903, and Joseph Rankin and Philip Bard, twins, August 24, 1906.

PATRICK F. MURPHY.

The general appearance of Patrick F. Murphy's farm in Falls City precinct would indicate that a man of thrift and good management was at the helm there. Mr. Murphy was born in Clinton county, Iowa, February 3, 1860, a son of Michael and Ellen (Tobin) Murphy. Michael Murphy was born in Ireland about 1820, but left that country when young with his parents, the family locating in Canada, later coming to Iowa. In 1872 he came to Nemaha county, Kansas, and established his home in Richmond township, one mile and a half west of Seneca. He lived there about five years, then came to Richardson county, locating on a farm northwest of Falls City, in Barada township, and there he engaged in farming and made numerous improvements until 1880, when he bought land in the southwestern part of Jefferson precinct, where he farmed until his death, which occurred in 1885. His wife was also born in Ireland, about 1821. Her death oc- curred in 1880. They were members of the Catholic church. To these parents twelve children were born, eight sons and four daughters. of whom Patrick F., of this sketch, was the ninth in order of birth, the others being as follow : Edward R., a veteran of the Civil War, who now lives in Seneca, Kansas; Mary J., who married P. Casey, and is now deceased; Thomas F., deceased ; James, who lives in Moberly, Missouri ; Ella, wife of John Draney, of Seneca, Kansas; John, who lives in Oklahoma; Lizzie, wife of Jerry Kanaly, a retired farmer and extensive landowner, now living retired in Falls City; Michael D., who lives in Oklahoma; Robert, who lives in Falls City; Margaret, wife of Mat. Kanaly, of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Willian, deceased.

Patrick F. Murphy was reared on the farm and he attended the district schools when a boy. He remained at home with his father until the latter retired from active life in 1885, when the son traded for his present farm of one hundred and sixty-three acres in Falls City precinct. He has made

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many improvements here and has carried on general farming and stock raising. Most of the original buildings on the place were demolished by a tornado. Mr. Murphy is a Democrat and has served as a member of the local school board in district 94. He belongs to the Catholic church and, fraternally, holds membership in the Knights of Columbus and in the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

Mr. Murphy was married on February 16, 1885, to Hannah Moran, who was born, July 10, 1862, in Canada. She is a daughter of John and Mary (Barrett) Moran, who moved from Canada to Missouri and later, in 1870, to Nebraska, and settled on a farm in the vicinity of Rulo, this county. The father later bought land near Preston. He and his wife are both now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Murphy eleven children have been born, namely: Mrs. Mary Stump, who lives in Texas; Thomas, who lives in Falls City ; Paul, Alice and John, at home; Leo, deceased; Grace, deceased; William, a student in St. Benedict College at Atchison, Kansas; Vera, at home: Ruth, who is in a convent in Falls City, and Bernice, deceased.

WILLIAM SANBORN HEWS.

No more progressive and scientific agriculturist could be found in west- ern Richardson county than William Sanborn Hews, of Franklin precinct. He was born on the old Hews homestead just east of Verdon, in this county, a son of Sanborn Smith Hews, who was born in 1828, near Trenton, Ontario, Canada, of Scotch parentage, and who died in 1895. His wife was Alida Longshore, born in 1828, who died in 1880. Their children were named as follow: Joseph, David and Samuel, all three of whom died in Richardson county; William S., the subject of this sketch; Mary Margaret, who died in Iowa, and Abner, who is engaged in farming in Franklin precinct, this county.

Sanborn S. Hews grew to manhood in Canada and when a young man went to Ogdensburg, New York, and was married in St. Lawrence county, that state, in 1850. He later moved to a farm near Wilwaukee, Wisconsin. where he resided fifteen years, or until 1865, when he moved to Newton. Jasper county, Iowa, and purchased a farm. In 1868 he came to Nebraska and bought one hundred and sixty acres east of Verdon, in Richardson county, which he improved and on which he built a comfortable home. After his wife's death he moved to Falls City and engaged in the drug business a while, but several years later he returned to farming.

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William S. Hews received a common school education, but he left school wnen only twelve years old and went to work on the place he now owns, at a wage of eight dollars a month, remaining there three years; then worked on another farm, but later worked here again for two years. In 1892, when twenty-two years old, he began farming for himself, operating a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Franklin precinct for two years. He then rented the Gavitt farm for sixteen years, during which period he saved enough money to buy his present farm of one hundred and sixty acres in section 13, Franklin precinct, and has made many important im- provements on the same. He has a large modern barn, good hog house and other outbuildings such as his needs require. He has a commodious eight-room house, with bath and other up-to-date conveniences. An exten- sive evergreen windbreak is also to be seen on the place. Mr. Hews has been very successful as a general farmer and stockman, having forged ahead by hard work and perseverance, starting from the bottom with nothing. One thing that he is proud of is that his great-grandfather, Joseph Hews, of North Carolina, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Hews is a Democrat, but has never sought the emoluments of public office.

On December 30, 1896, William S. Hews was united in marriage to Minna McDougall, who was born in Porter precinct, this county, May 25, 1873, and who was reared in Humboldt, where she attended school. Her father was an early-day plainsman, having come West in the late fifties. In 1859 he bought land in Porter precinct, this county, and there developed a good farm through hard work and perseverance. During the Civil War he served in the Fourth Iowa Battery, taking part in a number of engage- ments. After his war service he taught school at Monterey school house for three terms. For some time he engaged in freighting with J. K. Cor- nelius and also with Elmore Crow. Mr. McDougall was born in Indiana on January 2, 1841, and his death occurred on January 11, 1908. He was in the army three years, and served for some time as regimental clerk. He was an excellent penman. He crossed the plains three times. His wife, Hattie Barnhart, was born in Ohio, June 2, 1846, and is now living in Hum- boldt. The McDougall family moved to Humboldt in 1875, and there Mr. McDougall engaged in business the rest of his life. His family consisted of but two children, Minna, wife of Mr. Hews, and William, who died in 1912. Mr. McDougall was a member of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic.

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History of Richardson County, Nebraska : its people, industries and institutions, Part 116

Author: Edwards, Lewis C Publication date: 1917 Publisher: Indianapolis : B.F. Bowen Number of Pages: 1742

Author: Edwards, Lewis C
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Indianapolis : B.F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1742