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Mr. Marshall is also prominent in fraternal circles and since 1879 has been identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1805 he organized the Panama lodge and later was instrumental in securing the consolidation of the Douglas lodge with that of Panama. He was the first noble grand of the Panama lodge and has served as district deputy for several terms. He has also been a Mason for many years and aided in organizing Cubit Lodge. No. 237. of which his brother Charles served as the first master and he as the second master. Ele is identified with Lincoln Consistory, No. 2, A. & A. S. R., Sesostris Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Lincoln, and with Carnation Chapter, No. 160, O. E. S., of which he is a charter member and to which his wife also belonged. He is likewise affiliated with Midland Dodge/No/12, K) P., at Bennet, in which he has held minor offices. He has been a member of the Presbyterian church for
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twenty-seven years and for a quarter of a century has served as elder and also as superintendent of the Sunday school. He is one of the leaders in church work in Panama and in fact in the county and no movement making for righteous- ness and justice lacks his hearty support, while in his daily life he exemplifies the teachings of Christianity. A man of more than usual energy and a natural ' leader, he also possesses marked public spirit, and his life has been an important factor in the advancement of his community along various lines of endeavor.
LEMON CANFIELD.
Lemon Canfield, who was formerly engaged in farming for a considerable period, is now living in Bennet and is dealing in horses quite extensively. He was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, on the 27th of July. 1844, a son of Uzal and Mary ( Hunt ) Canfield, both natives of Sussex county, New Jersey. There they grew to mature years and their marriage occurred in Brantsville, that county. The father devoted his attention to dealing in stock and remained in his native state until 1877, when he removed to Ohio, where he resided for ten years, his death occurring in Trumbull county when he was seventy-five years old. His wife had passed away in Brantsville, New Jersey, in 1857.
Lemon Canfield was reared in Huntington county, New Jersey, and when but a boy was bound out to a farmer, his term of service to continue until he was twenty-one years of age. He was deprived of educational advantages as he had to work hard even as a small boy and when fifteen years of age he ran away from the man to whom he was bound and went to Sussex county, New Jersey, where he secured work as a farm hand. He remained there until he was seventeen years of age, when the Civil war having broken out, he enlisted in Company K. First New Jersey Cavalry, which was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. He took part in the second battle of Bull Run, in the engagement at Mount Jackson in the Shenandoah valley, in the battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg, and the battle of the Wilderness, in which he was wounded. He was taken to a hospital at Washington, D. C., where he remained for nine months. He was in the military service for four years and nine months and during that entire time was in the Army of the Potomac. He made an excellent record and rose from private to sergeant. In 1865 he was honorably discharged and returned to civil life. For two years he worked on a railroad but in March, 1868, he came west, making the trip by rail to Omaha and thence by stage to Sod City, a settle- ment which at that time existed in Stockton precinct, Lancaster county. He homesteaded eighty acres of raw land on section 8, Nemaha precinct, and resided thereon for a year. making a number of improvements upon the place during that time. He then sold his claim for four hundred and fifty dollars and pur- chased an eighty acre tract on section 5, that township, which he developed and cultivated for ten years. He then disposed of that place also and bought three hundred and twenty acres on section 22, Stockton precinct, which he operated for twelve years, meeting with gratifying success in that connection. At the expiration of that period he frented his land and removed tof Bennet, where he has since dealt in horses. His business affairs are well managed and he derives a
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gratifying income from his activities. About twelve years ago he sold his three hundred and twenty acres on section 22, Stockton precinct, but he still owns a quarter section of unimproved land in Lincoln county, this state, and also his home in Bennet, a fine two story residence.
Mr. Canfield was married on the 3Ist of November. 1873, to Miss lda M. Bowersock, a daughter of Jesse and Rebecca ( McBride) Bowersock. Her father was born in Pennsylvania and in his early life engaged in farming but later turned his attention to merchandising. He resided in Ohio for a number of years but subsequently removed to Muscatine county, Iowa, whence he went to Cali- fornia, where he enjoyed a period of rest and leisure. He passed away in 1881, in the Golden state. Mr. and Mrs. Canfield have become the parents of twelve children, namely: Emmor, deceased; Alice B., the wife of Fred Melick, a farmer of Hemmingford, Nebraska ; Wilma Fern, who married Leslie Lodwig, a minister of the Christian church, stationed at Lacona, Iowa; Sadie Clare, the wife of Frank Kelsey, a farmer of Bennet, Nebraska; Lemon J., a railroad telegrapher of Spokane, Washington; Genevieve Goodrich, the wife of Arthur Vance, a school teacher of Hermannsville, Missouri; Kern H., who is farming in Sioux county, Nebraska ; Clarence Uzal, an insurance man of Bennet ; Mar- garet, George Ivan and Jennie Delphine, all of whom are deceased; and Ida May.
Mr. Canfield is a stanch republican and for two terms served as director of school district No. 8. He has displayed in times of peace the same patriotic spirit which prompted him as a youth to go to the defense of the Union and has always been willing to subordinate private interests to the general welfare. He finds much pleasure in associating with his comrades of the '6os and is a member of Elizabeth Upright Post, No. 62, G. A. R., in which he has held all of the offices and in which he has been commander for the past six years. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian. When he arrived in this county forty-eight years ago there was little to indicate that it would soon be a highly developed and pros- perous agricultural section but he recognized the fact that its rich land must some day become valuable and accordingly decided to cast in his lot with this district. He contributed to the agricultural advancement of his locality and has also had a part in furthering its civic and moral interests.
HENRY W. FROHN.
llenry W. Frohn, a representative of a well known pioneer family of Lan- caster county, was born in the city of Lincoln on the 18th of October. 1871, and has passed his entire life in this county, which he believes offers opportunities to the farmer the equal of those found elsewhere. He is operating one hundred and twenty acres in Centerville precinct, which he owns, and is in comfortable circumstances. A sketch of his father, William Frohn, appears elsewhere in this work.
Our subject grew to manhood upon the Frohn homestead and through assist- ing his father as acboyj and youth gained valuable training in agricultural work. Hle attended the public schools in the acquirement of an education and after
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putting aside his textbooks farmed for several years in partnership with his brother, Hubert Frohn, also represented in this work. He saved his money carefully and at length purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land on sec- tion 20, Centerville precinct, where he has since lived. He engages in both grain and stock raising and finds both branches of his business profitable. He is very industrious, giving careful attention to his work, and as he is also pro- gressive and practical, he ranks among the successful farmers of his locality
Mr. Frohn was married in Lincoln to Miss Lena Sears, who was born near Rushville, Indiana, on the 19th of November, 1879, and is a daughter of George and Amanda ( Newhouse ) Sears. Her mother died in Indiana when Mrs. Frohn was a child, and the latter was reared by an uncle, William Demicks, until she was seven years of age. The father then remarried and she returned home. The family came to Nebraska in 1884 and took up their residence near Hickman. Sears died in 1904 in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Frohn have become the parents of five children, namely : May Viola, Lewis W., Raymond Henry, and Alvin and Malvin, twins.
Mr. Frohin gives his political support to the democratic party and takes a commendable interest in the affairs of local government but has never aspired to hold office. He has few outside interests, concentrating his energies upon his farm work and thus not only gaining individual prosperity but also advancing the agricultural interests of his township. He has gained a wide acquaintance throughout the county and his personal friends are many.
CHARLES HENRY HEUPEL.
Among the highly respected residents of Hickman is Charles Henry Heupel, who is living retired after many years devoted to agricultural pursuits. His birth occurred on the 14th of April, 1857, in Lancaster, Grant county, Wisconsin, and his parents were John Adam and Eve Dorothy ( Aupperle ) Heupel. The former, born in Hesse, Germany, on the 19th of June, 1819, received a good edu- cation in the public schools of that country and served his term in the German army. In his youth he learned the harnessmaking trade but following his emi- gration to America he worked as a farm laborer in Huntingdon county, Penn- sylvania. In 1852 he removed to Lancaster, Wisconsin, where he was similarly employed and where he was married on the 23d of November, 1852. He resided there until 1868, when with his family he removed to the vicinity of Fennimore, Grant county. He engaged in farming there on his own account for eleven years but in 1878 came to Saltillo township, Lancaster county, and purchased an improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section 26. In 1882 he bought an adjoining one hundred and sixty acre tract on section 27 and later acquired title to one hundred and sixty acres on section 14 and three hundred and twenty acres on section 22, all in Saltillo township. With the help of his sons he cultivated his farms and derived a handsome income from his land. In 1800 he retired and built a fine residence in Hickman, where he passed away on the 19th of July. 1893. His remains avere interred at Hickmant (Fle so arranged his affairs that at his death each of his four children received a quarter section
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of land. Ilis wife was born in Switzerland on the 14th of January, 1827, but in 1832 was brought by her parents to America. They first settled in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, where the father engaged in farming for many years, but later removed to Lancaster, Grant county, Wisconsin. She passed away at Hickman on the 26th of November, 1906, and is buried in the cemetery here.
Charles H. Heupel is indebted to the common schools of Grant county, Wis- consin, for his education and to his father for his thorough training in agricul- tural work. When twenty-one years of age, or in 1878, he came with his parents to Lancaster county, Nebraska, and continued to give his father the benefit of his labor until 1889, when he was married .. Some time previously he and his brother had purchased three hundred and twenty acres on section 14, Sal- tillo township, and following his marriage he operated that place until the 21st of November, 1914. On that date the residence burned and as he had accumu- lated more than a competence he decided to make his home in Hickman. Eleven years before, or in 1903. he had purchased several town lots and a small resi- dence in Hickman and in 1914 he remodeled the house and has since resided in town. llis farm in Saltillo township comprises three hundred and twenty acres of fine land and he derives a good income from the rent of that place. He also owns forty acres in the Louisiana oil fields, two hundred and forty acres near Wilcox, Nebraska, a part of which is under cultivation, and twelve lots in Ilickman. He assisted in organizing the First State Bank of Hickman, of which he is a stockholder, and all of his interests have proved profitable.
Mr. Heupel was married in the vicinty of Hickman on the 18th of December, 1890, to Miss Ida Alice Fulk. Her parents, John and Barbara ( Lydil) Fulk, were both natives of Ohio and Mrs. Heupel's birth occurred in that state, on the 15th of January, 1863. She resided in her native state until 1890, when she removed to Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Heupel have had six children : one who died in infancy : Ruth Eva; Edith Matilda, deceased; and Esther Alice, Leah Ellen ; and Selina Ina, all at home.
Mr. Ileupel has always discharged to the full the duties devolving upon him as a citizen. For two terms he was school director of district No. 25, Saltillo township, but resigned on his removal to Hickman. He holds membership with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, at Hickman and has been door-keeper and furniture committee man. lle has thoroughly identified his interests with those of his town and county and can be depended upon to promote the public welfare in every way possible. His salient characteristics are those that invari- ably command regard and esteem and his friends are many.
EDOM SITTLER.
Among the successful farmers of Centerville precinct is Edom Sittler, who owns and operates one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 7. Ilis birth occurred in Adams county, Illinois, on the 16th of March, 1876, and he is a son of John A. and Caroline A. (Volrath ) Sittler, the former of whom is deceased. while the latter is now living at No; rr34 Plum street, Lincoln.
Edom Sittler was reared upon the family homestead in Centerville precinct,
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as he accompanied his parents on their removal to this county in 1877. He is indebted for his education to the public schools and for his knowledge of agri- cultural methods to his father. When twenty-one years of age he began farming on his own account and now owns a quarter section of land which formerly belonged to his father. The farm is situated on section 7. Centerville precinct, and compares favorably in its improvements with other places in the locality. He raises both grain and stock and receives a good income from his farming operations.
In 1902 Mr. Sittler was married to Miss Emma Grimm, a native of Lan- easter county and a daughter of Henry Grimm, a sketch of whom appears else- where in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Sittler have two children, namely, Evelyn and Melvin.
Mr. Sittler is a republican in politics and is deeply interested in the general welfare but has not been an aspirant for office. tle holds membership in the Wesley chapel and the teachings of the Methodist church guide his conduct in the various relations of life. lle is in comfortable circumstances, and his home is modern and attractive. He values his material prosperity but values still more highly the confidence in which he is held by all who know him.
CLARENCE R. PIERSON.
Among the highly esteemed and substantial citizens of Lancaster county is Clarence R. Pierson, who is farming two hundred and eighty acres of excellent land on section 20, Nemaha precinct. A native of this county, he was born near Bennet on the 13th of July, 1884, a son of Justin and Elizabeth ( Beddell) Pierson. He is a representative of an old American family, as some of his ancestors came to America on the Mayflower. A mirror, which was brought over at that time and is still in good condition, is yet in the possession of one of the family. Justin Pierson was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, on the Ist of May, 1844, and attended the country schools and the schools of Mount Vernon. In early manhood he taught in that vicinity, for some time, and later in McLean county, Illinois, whither he had removed about 1870. He devoted the winter months to teaching and the summers to farm work as he was very enterprising and desirous of advancing his interests as rapidly as possible. In 1880 he came to Lancaster county, and first located near Lincoln but later removed north to Bennet, where he bought an improved farm of eighty acres in Stockton precinct. He operated that place until 1886, when he took up his residence upon one hun- dred and sixty acres on section 29, Nemaha precinct, which he purchased at that time. He devoted his attention to the cultivation of that tract of land until 1904, and made his farm a highly improved place. In that year he retired from active life and removed to Normal, whence in 1908 he came to Bennet, where he pur- chased town lots and erected a fine modern home, in which he still resides. Aside from the farms mentioned he also owns another one hundred and sixty acres on section 29, and a quarter section on section 20, Nemaha precinct, and all of his land is rented with the exception of the homestead-on section 29, which is 2 operated by C. R. Pierson. "Justin Pierson was married in Bloomington, Illinois, VMVICIOSU
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to Miss Elizabeth Beddell, who was born near Albany, New York, on the 5th of November, 1854, and grew to womanhood in the Empire State. She also survives.
Clarence R. Pierson completed the course offered in district school No. 26, Nemaha precinct, attended the College View high school and graduated from a business college in Lincoln, completing his course in 1904. In 1910 he took charge of the faimly homestead, and has since concentrated his energies on general farm- ing, finding that more profitable than specializing in either stock raising or grain farming, and in all that he does is both progressive and practical. He thoroughly understands everything connected with farm work and as he is alert and ener- getic receives a good financial return from his labor.
Mr. Pierson was married in Stockton precinct, on the 21st of September, 1910, to Miss Martha Carolina Pederson, a daughter of John and Sophia ( Nel- son) Pederson, the former born in Denmark on the 21st of March, 1849. He grew to maturity there and worked as a laborer on the island of Luland for some time. He was married in his native country and in 1881 came to America with his wife, landing at Boston, Massachusetts. They at once made their way to Bennet, Lancaster county, and Mr. Pederson worked on a railroad and in a stone quarry until 1885. He then bought eighty acres of school land on section 16, Stockton precinct, which he brought under cultivation and otherwise improved. He purchased a building at Bennet which had been used as a drug store and moved it to his farm, remodeling it as a residence. He farmed his homestead for many years, and is still living thereon, but is now practically retired, renting the land to others. His wife was born in Denmark on the 11th of May, 1851, and grew to womanhood in that country. She is still living. Mrs. Pierson was born in Bennet, on the 10th of July, 1883, attended school in Bennet and completed a course in a business college at Lincoln in 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Pierson have two children, both born on the homestead: Lowell Kenneth, whose birth occurred on the 17th of June, 1911, and Luella May, born May 31, 1913.
Mr. Pierson is an advocate of republican principles and has always taken interest in public affairs although not an office seeker. His wife is an active worker in the Presbyterian church at Bennet and his influence can be counted upon to strengthen the forces that are working for moral advancement. He is still a young man but has gained a measure of success that many of his seniors might well envy.
HON. F. CHARLES SEVERIN.
Hon. F. Charles Severin, former member of the state legislature and a retired farmer living in Hallam, was born in Germany, on the 7th of August, 1848, a son of John C. and Elizabeth (Lindekugel) Severin, who came to the United States in the summer of 1856, casting in their lot with the pioneer settlers of Clayton county, Iowa. In the spring of 1869 they became pioneers of Lancaster county, Nebraska, settling in the Buda precinct, where the father homesteaded eighty acres. He afterward extended the boundaries of his farm by the pur- chase of other land, upon which he lived to the time of his death.
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F. Charles Severin was reared on the old homestead in lowa and acquired his education in the public schools nearby and also in a night school in Chicago. lle went to that city when about eighteen years of age and there secured a posi- tion as clerk in a mercantile establishment. It was during this period that he attended night school, and after several months spent in that city he returned home. In the spring of 1869 he left lowa and came to this county, where his parents arrived some months later. He took up a pre-emption claim of eighty acres in Buda precinct, and after perfecting his title to that property, he obtained a homestead claim of eighty acres adjoining. He afterward purchased other land and developed an excellent farm, which he continued to cultivate and im- prove until 1913, when he put aside the active work of the fields and removed to Hallam. He retained the ownership of that property, however, until 1916, when he sold out. He still has eighty acres in Buda precinct and three hundred and twenty acres in Chase county, Nebraska, and from his farm holdings derives a substantial annual income. In all his farm work he was practical and pro- gressive, converting his land into richly productive fields, from which he annually gathered good harvests.
In 1872 Mr. Severin was married to Miss Gesine Albers, of Buda precinct, and to them have been born twelve children, nine of whom are yet living : William, a resident of Lincoln; Minnie, the wife of William C. Schultz of Fre- mont, Nebraska; Richard, also residing in Lincoln: Carl, who is upon his father's farm in this county ; Albert, of St. Joseph, Missouri; Hubert, a farmer of Idaho; Fred, a carpenter of Hallam; George, who is operating a grain ele- vator in Hallam; and Edna, the wife of Glen Porter of Lincoln, Nebraska.
In his political views Mr. Severin has ever been an earnest republican. He served as assessor and justice of the peace for several years in the early days and for more than twenty years was a member of the school board, doing every- thing in his power to advance the interests of education in this locality. In 1889 he was elected to represent his district in the state legislature and in 1891 was returned to the office, serving with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents, his course being characterized by marked devotion to the welfare of the state. Fraternally he has been connected with Friendship Lodge, No. 47, I. O. O. F., of Firth, for more than thirty-five years, and he belongs to the American Order of Protection. He is one of the well known and highly es- teemed citizens of Lancaster county, having labored in many ways, and most effectively for the interests and upbuilding of this section. He has been actu- ated at all times by a public-spirited devotion to the general good and whether in office or out of it is a most loyal citizen.
EUGENE HALLETT.
Eugene Hallett is a pioneer jewelry merchant of Lincoln, who arrived in this city in 1871. Although now seventy-seven years of age, he is still hale and hearty, strong and vigorous, and. gives, much of his personal attention to his jewelry business on O street, which was established on the list of September, 1871, and is today the oldest mercantile house in Lincoln, which has had a con-
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tinuous existence without change for forty-five years. There have been no exciting chapters in his life record and he claims no unusual talents, but he is fortunate in possessing character and ability that inspire confidence in others, and the simple weight of his character and ability has carried him into important commercial relations with the city and has brought him the high regard of her citizens.
Mr. Hallett was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, December 7, 1838, a son of Allen Hallett, who was a contractor and builder and hardware and lumber merchant of that place for many years. He was born at Cape Cod, Massa- chusetts, and in young manhood married Miss Hepsabeth Rand, who was known as "Hepsy" Rand. She, too, was a native of the old Bay state, and by her mar- riage became the mother of five children, of whom four reached years of matur- ity, although only two are now living-Mrs. Emeline R. Kirkley, a widow, now eighty years of age, living with her brother Eugene. Prior to the Civil war Allen Hallett removed to Leavenworth, Kansas, where he spent his last years, there passing away in 1864 at the age of fifty-four. His wife also died in Leavenworth several years before her husband's demise, being forty-nine years of age at the time. She was of Scotch lineage, while the Hallett family comes of English ancestry.
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