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John Thomas Weatherhogg was reared under the parental roof and received his education in the schools of Palmyra. He entered school on the ist of April, 1878, and until 1885 attended for five or six months a year but after that date he was only able to attend for about four months during the winter as his help was required with the farm work at other seasons. He continued his study in the high school until March, 1890, and for the following two years devoted all of his time and energy to assisting in the operation of his father's farm a half mile south of Palmyra. He became familiar/will pull branchesof agricultural work, such as plowing the land, cultivating the corn, harvesting the grain and
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putting up the hay and in the winter time was employed in cutting wood. On the 21st of March, 1892, he took charge of a farm belonging to his father, six miles northeast of Albion, Nebraska, raising corn, oats and wheat and also hogs and chickens, but prices for farm produce were so low that he made but small profit. He sold corn for from eighteen to twenty-four cents a bushel, oats from sixteen to twenty-two cents, wheat from forty to fifty cents a bushel and hogs from four dollars to four dollars and seventy-five cents a hundred. He and his wife resided there until November 13, 1893, when they disposed of their stock, implements, household goods, etc., and two days later took up their residence with his parents on the farm. On the 8th of January, 1894, he began the study of telegraphy in a school at Sedalia, Missouri, and on the 30th of April, of that year, went into a railroad office at Palmyra in order to learn the work of agent and operator. During that time he resided with his parents and aided as much as possible with the operation of a farm in that vicinity belonging to his father. On the 8th of December, 1806. he and his family removed to Saltillo, where he was agent and operator until the 6th of the following June. He was then transferred to Turlington, Otoe county, and in addition to serving as agent and operator he also held the office of postmaster and was grain buyer for the Duff Grain Company. On the 26th of October, 1901, he was sent to Tecumseh, Nebraska, as helper, but only remained there until the 18th of November, his wife staying during that time with his parents. On leaving Tecumsehi he became agent and operator at Fortescue, Missouri, where he and his family lived until the 10th of March, 1902. They then removed to Hoag, Gage county, where he filled the position of agent and operator and also worked as grain buyer for the Central Granaries Company. He was there for a little more than four years but on the 2d of July, 1906, was transferred to Thompson, Nebraska, where he was agent and operator until June 7, 1907, when he was given a similar position at Hickman. He has since remained here in the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and is one of the efficient and trusted representa- tives of that corporation.
Mr. Weatherhogg was married on the 31st of December, 1891, at Lincoln, to Miss Elizabeth Ann Stratton, who was born December 31, 1872, in Boston, England. They have become the parents of five children, as follows: Kate L., who was born on the 8th of December, 1893, at Palmyra, Nebraska; Grace V., born August 8, 1895, at Palmyra ; John Thomas, born April 14, 1897, at Pal- myra : Myrtle L., born November 6, 1898, 2t Turlington, Nebraska ; and Archie L., born February 3, 1901, at Turlington. Kate L. and Grace V. Weatherhogg began school at Fortescue, Missouri, on the foth of December, 1901, and attended there until the 10th of March, 1902. Two days later they entered the schools at Hoag. Nebraska, which they attended until May 1, 1906. They then became students in the public schools at Thompson, Nebraska, which they attended until the ist of June, 1907. They were in school at Hickman, Nebraska, until the 26th of May, 1913, when they graduated from the eleventh grade and then entered the summer school of the Nebraska Wesleyan University at University Place, which they attended until the close of the term on the ist of August, 1913. From the first of the following September until the Ist of June, 1914, they were stu- dents in the normal, school at Peru. Grace V. continued her study in that insti- unized tution during the summer term of 1915. "From the ist of September. 1914, to
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May 19, 1916, she taught in district No. 26, six miles east of Hickman. Her sis- ter, Kate L., taught three miles south of l'almyra during the scholastic year of 1914-15, and since September, 1915, has taught three miles south of IJickman in district No. 142. John Thomas attended school at Hoag, Nebraska, from the beginning of the school year in 1902 until the close of the year in 1906, and the following school year 1906-07 he was a student in the schools at Thompson, Nebraska. Then he was in school at llickman until May 21, 1915, when he graduated from the twelfth grade. He next went to the State Normal School at Peru, from June to August, 1915, and from September 1, 1915, to May 31, 1916, attended the State Normal School at Peru and is now going to the summer school there. Myrtle L. entered the schools of Hoag on the Ist of March, 1904, and in the fall of 1906 became a student in the schools at Thompson, where she remained until the following June. In September, 1907, she began attending the schools at Hickman and graduated from the high school here on the 18th of May, 1916. In 1915 she went to summer school at the State Normal, Peru, and is there now. Archie L., the youngest of the family, entered the schools of Thompson on the Ist of September, 1906, and since September of the following year has attended school at Hickman, being now in the tenth grade. None of the children have lost over thirty days' school all told.
Mr. and Mrs. Weatherhogg have traveled extensively over the United States, taking long trips during their vacations. In September, 1903, they went first to Bremer, Kansas, and then started on their trip east, going by way of Albion and Louisville, Nebraska; Red Oak, Iowa; Chicago, Illinois; and Cleveland, Ohio. They visited Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Springboro, Pennsylvania, and then returned home. In November, 1904, they went to the World's Fair at St. Louis, Missouri, and later went to Cleveland, Ohio, New York City, Boston, Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and returned home by way of Chicago. In May, 1906, they visited St. Louis, Missouri ; Buffalo; Niagara Falls; New York City ; Portland, Maine; Chicago; and Denver and Central City, Colorado. In Sep- tember, 1907, they and all of their children went to Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles, Pasadena and Santa Barbara, California. About four years later, or in August, 1911, they and children again took an extended trip, visiting Omaha, Nebraska ; Chicago; Niagara Falls, Rochester, Albany, New York City and Brooklyn, New York ; and Detroit, Michigan. In August, 1913, the family went to Denver, Colorado; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Long Beach, and other California points. In August, 1915, they visited the World's Fair at San Fran- cisco, California, and before returning home went to Santa Barbara, Los An- geles, Long Beach, Pasadena, Sacramento, and other points of that state, and came east by way of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Denver, Colorado.
Mr. Weatherhogg has been a member of Oak Leaf Camp, No. 88, W. O. W., of Palmyra, Nebraska, since the 24th of August, 1895, and since the 5th of March, 1903, has been identified with the Modern Woodmen of America. He was first a member of Hoag Camp, No. 7303, at Hoag, but in August, 1907, was transferred to Hickman Camp, No. 6381. On the 6th of March, 1909, he was initiated into Damocles Lodge, No. 60, K. P., at Ilickman, and has held a number of offices, serving as master. of finance from the IsDof. January, 1910, to January 1, 1915; as vice chancellor from the ist of January, 1915, to January I,
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1916; and as chancellor commander from the beginning of the present year to date. Since the Oth of May, 1903, he has been a member of the Order of Rail- road Telegraphers and he has also been identified with the Masonic order for some time. He was entered in Hickman Lodge, No. 256, A. F. & A. M., on the Ist of July, 1909; passed on the 5th of August of the same year, and raised on the 2d of September, 1909. From the 24th of June, 1910, until the 24th of June, 1913, he was secretary and for the following year served as junior warden, while beginning with the 24th of June, 1914, he held the office of senior warden for a year. Since June 24, 1915, he has been master of his lodge. He is also identified with Rosemary Chapter, No. 240, O. E. S., which he and wife joined on the 4th of December, 1911, and since June, 1915, he has been secretary. His daughters, Kate L. and Grace V., are both also members of that chapter, the former having joined on the 12th of January, 1912, and the latter on the 22d of September, 1915. Kate L. was secretary for three years, beginning with June, 1912. He and his wife are members of the Royal Neighbors of America, joining Kennedy Camp, No. 4477, Hickman, Nebraska, in June, 1910. He is also prominent in the Southern Lancaster County Old Settlers' Association, of which he is now cor- responding secretary. He knows by experience pioneer conditions in various parts of Nebraska as he passed his boyhood and youth in Otoe county, which was then a frontier district. Following his marriage he lived for about twenty months in a sod house with three rooms, such being the residence on his father's farm near Albion, Boone county, which he operated from March. 1892, until November, 1893. He has taken the greatest interest in the development of the state and has always been willing to cooperate in projects seeking the advance- ment of the various communities in which he has lived. The residence which he now occupies is in marked contrast to the sod house of twenty-four years ago as it is a fine two-story frame, of nine rooms and furthermore is provided with all modern conveniences, including hot water heat and hot and cold water. It is located near the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy depot and the grounds cover seven town lots. Ile erected this residence in 1908, and takes great pride in keeping everything about the house and grounds in excellent condition.
JOHN FREDERICK EGGER.
John Frederick Egger, who owns and operates a fine farm on section 31. Saltillo precinct, is giving special attention to raising stock and has a fine herd. of shorthorn cattle. His birth occurred near Berne, Switzerland, on the 28th of October, 1850, and his parents were John and Anna Mary (Gygly) Egger. The father was born in that locality in 1822 and after receiving a public school educa- tion turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. He held title to a valuable tract of land which he cultivated until 1866, when he and his family emigrated to America. They at once made their way to Pekin, Illinois, where a brother of Mr. Egger resided. and arrived there on the 24th of December. He rented land in that vicinitytbut in 1868 went to Cass county, Nebraska, making the journey by wagon. For two years he operated rented land there and in 1870
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took up a homestead on section 34, Centerville precinct, Lancaster county. His place, which comprised eighty acres of raw land, was in time brought under cultivation and he erected a good farm residence, hauling the lumber from Platts- mouth. Later he bought a quarter section on section 3, Buda precinct, from the Burlington & Missouri Railroad. He took up his residence upon that farm, at once beginning to improve and operate it and there passed away on the 11th of February, 1909. He was married on the 24th of October, 1845, in Canton Berne, Switzerland, to Miss Mary Gygly, who died on the homestead in Buda precinct on the 9th of March, 1905. Both are buried in the cemetery at the Stockfeld church near Princeton. Their married life extended over almost sixty years and on the 25th of October, 1895, they celebrated their golden wedding, receiving the congratulations of their many friends.
Jolin Frederick Egger attended the public schools of Switzerland and in 1866 came with his parents to the United States. When the family removed to Nebraska in 1868 he was left in Illinois to husk the corn crop and remained there until the spring of 1869, when he too came to this state. He farmed in partnership with his father until his marriage, when he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land on section 31, Saltillo precinct. He at once built a farm house and as soon as possible broke the land and brought it under cultivation. As the years have passed he has still further improved that place and his home is now one of the most modern and most attractive farm residences in the precinct, while the barns and outbuildings are also substantial and well designed. In 1890 he bought one hundred and sixty acres on section 15, Buda precinct, half under cultivation and half devoted to pasture, and he also now owns an adjoining eighty acres which he rents. From time to time he has pur- chased land and his holdings now comprise one thousand acres of improved land, all in Lancaster county. He formerly raised large numbers of hogs but is now specializing in breeding shorthorn cattle and is recognized as one of the leading cattle raisers of the county.
On the 30th of April, 1880, at Stockfeld church, this county, occurred the marriage of Mr. Egger and Miss Matilda Wilhelmina Grossmann, who was born on the 2d of December, 1860, in Pomerania, Germany, of the marriage of Henry and Mary (Richert) Grossmann, also natives of the fatherland. In 1868 they came to the United States and in 18So located in this county. The father bought and sold a number of farms and gained a gratifying profit from his various trans- actions. Ile passed away in Thayer county, Nebraska, in 1903. Subsequently his wife removed to Los Angeles, California, where she lived until called by death on the 18th of November, 1915. To Mr. and Mrs. Egger ten children have been born. Frederick Albert, whose birth occurred on the 13th of July, 1881, is farming in Lancaster county and is a breeder of Percheron horses and shorthorn cattle ; Emma Mary, born February 28, 1883, is the wife of Henry Nahley, a farmer of this county; Anna Mary, born January 21, 1885, is the wife of William Etmound, also a farmer of this county; Rudolph John Jacob, born November 26, 1887, is farming in this county and is also a breeder of Percheron horses and shorthorn cattle; William John, born January 7, 1890, died March 17. 1896; Alta May was born March 5, 1892; Edith, born on the Ioth of Sep- tember. 1894, is the wife of William- zuWunderlich. a Lancaster county farmer; Bertha Louisa was born December 24. 1897 : a child who was born on the 15th
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of August, 1900, died on the 27th of that month; and Hilda Marie Johannah was born November 17, 1902.
Mr. Egger is independent in politics as he is unwilling to subordinate his judgment to the dictates of party leaders and believes that the qualifications of a candidate should be considered above everything else. In religious faith he is a German Lutheran and no movement for the moral advancement of his com- munity lacks his hearty support. He has also taken a keen interest in educational matters, aided in organizing school district No. 77, near Sprague, also served as a member of the board of that district for ten years and for fifteen years more was on the board of district No. 94, resigning from that position in 1905, after rounding out a quarter of a century of continuous service as a school director. He belongs to Damocles Lodge. No. 60, K. P., of Hickman, in which he has filled all the chairs, and the high esteem in which he is held by his fraternal brethren is indicated by the fact that he was chancellor commander for ten consecutive years. He has been very active in all movements which seek to pro- mote the agricultural interests of the county and to disseminate knowledge con- cerning scientific methods of farming. For years he was a director of the Lancaster County Agricultural Society and he was instrumental in organizing the Southern Lancaster County Fair, held at Hickman, of which he was director and later president. He has exhibited horses and cattle at a number of the state fairs and has won many premiums on his stock. Ile is a member of the Nebraska Live Stock Breeders Association and has done much to improve the grade of stock raised in his county. He has met with signal success in his chosen work and is widely known not only in the county but also in stock raising circles throughout the state. Although he has given the strictest attention to his busi- ness interests, it is evident from the record of his activities that he has also found time to take an active part in various movements affecting the social, civic and educational advancement of his community.
DIETRICH CRAMER.
Dietrich Cramer, who resides on section 27, Buda precinct, formerly concen- trated his energies upon farming but is now giving much of his time to dealing in real estate, buying and selling on commission. He has been very successful in all that he has undertaken and has invested heavily in real estate, holding title to over one thousand acres in Lancaster and Gage counties.
Ile was born in Hanover, Germany, on the 2d of November, 1866, a son of George and Elizabeth Cramer, also natives of that country. The father, who was a farmer and tax collector, died when our subject was four years of age and he was then taken by strangers. Dietrich Cramer grew to manhood in his native country but in 1884 decided to try his fortune in the new world and came to the United States. Ile located in Lancaster county, Nebraska, and for seven years worked as a farm hand, receiving a wage of nine dollars per month. Fol- lowing his marriage he bought eighty acres of land and engaged in cultivating that tract and also in operating a farm belonging to his wife. His thorough knowledge of agricultural pursuits, his industry and his perseverance enabled
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him to prosper from the start, and he is now one of the capitalists of Lancaster county, holding title to over one thousand acres in this county and in Gage county, Nebraska. About 1905 he turned the operation of his land over to others and has since bought and sold real estate on commission. Ilis thorough knowledge of realty values, his wide acquaintance and his keen business sense have made him very successful in this connection.
Mr. Cramer was married in May, 1891, to Mrs. Wilhelmina ( Severin) Ransch, also a native of Germany. He was reared in the Lutheran faith and is still affiliated with that church. He supports the democratic party at the polls but has never taken an active part in politics. When he came to Lancaster county it was still a frontier region and he has watched with interest its rapid development and has the satisfaction of knowing that he has contributed in no small measure to its advancement along agricultural lines.
SAMUEL HENRY GRIFFIN.
Samuel Henry Griffin, who is devoting his time largely to the buying and sell- ing of stock, owns a valuable farm on section 8. Centerville precinct, and receives a good income from his well directed labors. His birth occurred on section 4, in that precinct, on the 20th of September, 1873, and he is a son of Samuel Sylves- ter Griffin, one of the leading citizens of the county. He took up land under the homestead law in the early days of the county and still owns that farm but since 1900 has resided in the town of Martel which he founded in that year. He holds title to the greater part of the town site and also owns and operates the grain elevator there and a well patronized general store. He was married on the 2d of September, 1869, at Savannah, Missouri, to Mary Emma Walker and they became the parents of five children, namely : John Edwin; Samuel Henry, Frederick Earl ; William Lewis, now deceased; and Emma May. The mother died on the 2d of March, 1892, and .in 1893 Mr. Griffin married Miss Selina Livingston. A complete sketch of the father's life appears elsewhere in this work.
Samuel Henry Griffin grew to manhood upon the home farm in Centerville precinct and in the acquirement of his education attended the district schools. He farmed for his father until he was twenty-one years old when he removed to an eighty-acre farm on section 8, Centerville precinct, which was then partly improved. He has erected a good farm residence, barns and outbuildings, and has brought the place to a high state of development. He engages in general farming but pays particular attention to the buying and selling of stock as hie finds that business highly profitable. He watches the market closely, is an excel- lent judge of stock and is able to sell at an advantage.
Mr. Griffin was married on the 29th of September, 1895, at Lincoln, Nebraska, to Miss Maggie Knie, who was born in Gentry county, Missouri, in June, 1870. She is a daughter of William and Mary (Livingston) Knie. The father was a farmer and stock buyer. When a young man of eighteen years he walked from Ironton, Ohio, to the gold fields of California, where he remained for five years. He then walked across the Isthmus of Panama and by way of the Gulf of Mexico returned to New Orleans, whence he went up the Mississippi river and up the
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Missouri to St. Joseph, where he conducted a store for a time. He afterward returned to Ohio to be married and took his bride to his Missouri home, spending the greater part of his life in that state. His wife passed away in 1891 and Mr. Knie died in Oklahoma, January 4, 1916. In their family were twelve children, of whom six are yet living.
Mrs. Griffin was educated in her native county and taught school in Missouri for four years and for two years in Centerville precinct, Lancaster county.
For twelve years Mr. Griffin has been treasurer of the school board of district 29, in which he himself attended school and he always gives his influence on the side of educational advancement as he recognizes the paramount importance of a good system of public schools in a democracy. All obligations resting upon him have been faithfully and efficiently discharged and he is respected for his integrity and public spirit as well as for his enterprise and ability.
JOHN MINEHARD SCHUTTE.
John Minehard Schutte, who is the leading general merchant of Roca, was born in Javer, in the grand duchy of Oldenburg, Germany, on the 9th of Sep- tember, 1878, the son of George and Johannah ( Kartz) Schutte. The father was born in Nyberg, Okdenberg, on the 13th of December, 1844, and received a common school education in his native country. He followed the occupation of gardener until his removal to America in 1884, but after locating in Lincoln, Nebraska, turned his attention to farming in that locality and also devoted some time to railroad work. In 1885 he took up his residence at Roca, and secured employ- ment in the stone quarries there. Subsequently he farmed for five years in Cen- terville precinct and for three years in South Pass precinct, but in 1901 he retired from active life and removed to Roca, where he is now enjoying well deserved leisure. His wife, who also survives, was born in East Friesland, Ger- many, on the 28th of February, 1843.
John Minehard Schutte was four years of age when he was brought to the United States by his parents and received his education in the common schools of Lincoln and in the Roca high school .. After putting aside his text books he engaged in farming with his father for several years, but in 1905 entered the employ of II. J. Beall, a dealer in grain, coal and farm implements at Roca. He remained with him for four years, but in 1909 began working for the Union Lumber & Mercantile Company at Roca. The following year he went into busi- ness for himself, buying the general store formerly conducted by W. H. Hartze. He continued business at the old location until 1912, when he purchased several lots, on which he erected a modern store building. He then removed his large stock to this building and has the finest mercantile quarters in Roca. The old Roca Hotel formerly stood upon the site of his new building. The high quality of his goods and his fair dealing have commended him to the support of the public and his patronage is large and representative.
Mr. Schutte supports the candidates and measures of the republican party at the poles and in/religious faith is a German Lutheran. He is well known in fraternal circles. belonging to Camp No. 1650. M. W. A., in which he has held
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