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There he was engaged in merchandising for seven years but afterward took up the occupation of farming, removing to a tract of land of one hundred and twenty acres on section 7, Oak precinct, which is a part of his father's estate. There he carries on general farming and has a nicely improved place, equipped with all modern machinery and the accessories known to modern farm life in the twentieth century. His work is carefully and systematically done and large crops reward his well directed labor.
Mr. Schweitzer was united in marriage July 6, 1904, to Miss Johanna Springer, who was born in Germany, and they have become the parents of five children, Dorothy, Clara, Willie, Dietrich and Henry. The family is well known in this part of the state and the hospitality of the best homes is accorded to Mr. and Mrs. Schweitzer by their friends and neighbors, who recognize their sterling worth. In politics he maintains an independent attitude, not wishing to be bound by party ties, and his religious faith is that of the German Lutheran church.
ELMER F. DOVE.
Elmer F. Dove, who is successfully operating a quarter section of good land in North Bluff precinct, is the second in order of birth in a family of six chil- dren born to John and Eliza (Smith) Dove. The father was born in Fountain county, Indiana, on the 9th of March, 1844, and the mother in Tennessee on the 5th of April, 1847. They removed to Missouri in 1877 and ten years later came to Nebraska, locating near Walton, Lancaster county. Subsequently they removed to a farm situated between Davey and Raymond and there the father followed agricultural pursuits until his death on the 31st of May, 1913. In carly man- hood he taught school in Indiana but the greater part of his life was devoted to farming. The mother is still living in Raymond.
Elmer F. Dove, who was born in Fountain county, Indiana, on the 30th of November, 1869, received his education in the public schools and remained with his parents until he attained his majority. For two years thereafter he worked for others and then engaged in farming on his own account in Little Salt pre- cinct, this county. After four years he went to Missouri, where he remained for an equal period, and then returned to Lancaster county, locating near Ray- mond, in which locality he has since resided. In 1908 he took up his residence upon his present farm, which comprises one hundred and sixty acres of land in North Bluff precinct belonging to Mrs. Cynthia A. McCreary, of Lincoln. His well directed labors are rewarded by good crops and he has also met with a substantial measure of success in raising horses, cattle and hogs.
Mr. Dove was married on the 25th of February, 1903, to Miss Blanche Bart- lett, who was born in Fremont county, Iowa, and whose parents, Frank and Hattie (Banks) Bartlett, were natives respectively of Kansas and of Illinois. They located in Little Salt precinct, in the early 'Sos but subsequently removed to Kansas and are now living, near Concordia,-Cloud county, that state. The father is still actively engaged in agricultural pursuits. HIGHASGUMY. and Mrs. Dove have been born three children, Clarence E., Ralph J. F. and Hattie Yvonne.
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Mr. Dove is a democrat and loyally supports the candidates and measures of that party at the polls but has never sought office as a reward for his fealty. Fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America at Davey and he is popular both within and without that organization. He has concen- trated his energies upon farming and now ranks among the up-to-date and efficient agriculturists of his precinct.
GEORGE BAUM.
George Baum was a successful farmer residing in Nemaha precinct and his death was sincerely regretted by his many friends. He was bc county, Maryland, on the 25th of January, 1823, a son of Geo ( Heiser) Baum. The first American ancestor emigrated from settled in Maryland before the Revolutionary war. He thoroug his interests with those of the colonists and fought throughout t' as a member of Washington's army. He passed away in Maryla .ature Baum, Sr., received his education in his native state and after react ir years began farming on his own account there. At length he remove to Michi- gan and purchased a farm in Springport township, Jackson county, which he operated for many years, or until he was called by death. He was married in Maryland to Miss Kate Heiser, who was born in Germany but came to America and located in Maryland when a girl. She also died in Michigan.
George Baum of this review was reared in Carroll county, Maryland, and in carly manhood farmed within thirty miles of the city of Baltimore. He accompanied his parents to Michigan and resided there until 1864, w " he went by wagon to Jones county, Iowa. He engaged in farming near An. sa for a year but at the end of that time removed to Nemaha county, Nebr ska, where he remained during the winter. In the spring of 1866, however, he drove with his family to Lancaster county and took up a homestead of eight - acres on section 28, Nemaha precinct. The place was totally unimproved wh it came into his possession, and the first house which he erected thereon was a dugout walled with logs. Ile broke the virgin prairie and in time brought his land to a high state of cultivation. He was recognized as a careful and efficient farmer, and in time he gained a competence which enabled him to retire from active life in 1890. Subsequently he lived with his children and he died on the Ist of March, 1914, at the home of a daughter near Dover, Kingfisher county, Okla- homa. He is buried in a cemetery two miles east of Hickman, Lancaster county, Nebraska.
In 1847 Mr. Baum was married in Columbiana county, Ohio, to Miss Mar- garet Iloppengardner, who was born in Stark county, that state, July 15. 1828, Her parents, John and Rebecca ( Wilson) Hoppengardner, were both natives of Ohio, where the father engaged in farming during his active life. Mrs. Baum was reared and educated in her native state. She passed away on the 26th of January, 1800, on the Baum homestead on section 28, Nemaha precinct, Lan- caster county, Nebraska, and-was buried in- emetery two miles east of Hick- man. To Mr. and Mrs. Baum were born eight children: Ephraim; David, who
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was killed in a runaway accident ; Harvey, deceased ; Emma Jane, the deceased wife of William R. Jordan, a farmer of Logan county, Nebraska; Milton, deceased; Alva, who is operating the homestead; Frances Amelia, who married Sam A. Cochran and following his death became the wife of J. W. Shatto, a farmer of Kingfisher county, Oklahoma; and Chancey, who is associated with his brother Alva in the operation of the home place.
Mr. Baum supported the democratic party at the polls but did not seek office as a reward for his fealty. He was a man of high principles, and his sterling worth gained him the unqualified respect of all who knew him.
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I Chancey Baum, who are operating the Baum homestead in part- .cognized as energetic, practical and up-to-date farmers and they arif income from their well directed labor. Alva Baum was born , Jackson county, Michigan, August 31, 1861, but when three years ,redwas taken to Jones county. Iowa, and thence was brought to Lan- caster cou., y in 1866. He was reared upon the homestead and was early trained in agricultural work. He worked under his father until 1890, when the latter retired and Alva Baum took charge of the operation of the farm in part- nership with his brother Chancey, who was born upon that place on the 9th of August, 1875. According to the terms of the father's will each of the brothers was to get forty acres of the homestead. They engage in general farming and Chancey is also a chicken fancier, raising Rose and Single Comb Rock Island Reds, Goldei Wyandottes, Silver Comb Buff Orpingtons and Partridge Cochins. He also ses Mammoth Pekin ducks, Toulouse geese and White African guineas. Hs exhibits his fowls at the Hickman show and in 1915 took five first prizes, four second prizes, two third prizes, one fourth prize, two special ribbons and one silver cup, a total of fifteen prizes on twenty entries. At the Bennet sl « he exhibited five birds and took first, second, third and fourth prizes. He has found a wide market for his fowls, which he sells for breeding purposes, and also gets high prices for the eggs.
Both brothers are democrats in politics but are not blindly partisan, consid- ering the qualifications of the candidate as well as his party affiliation. They are members of the Farmers Union at Bennet and Chancey is serving on the board of managers of the Hickman Poultry & Grain Association.
REV. HENRY M. CHAPIN.
Rev. Henry M. Chapin, whose life was a strong influence for good with the people among whom he lived, was for a considerable period actively engaged in home missionary work. He was born in Woodstock, Vermont, in April, 1825, and was a son of Walter and Hannah Chapin, who Were natives of the Green Mountain state. The father was a Congregational minister in Vermont
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and during much of his life was pastor of the church of that denomination at Woodstock. Both he and his wife have long since passed away.
Rev. Henry M. Chapin was reared and educated in Vermont, attending Dartmouth College and also the Andover Theological Seminary. After teaching school in New England for a year he went to Wisconsin to enter the missionary field and later removed to North Minnesota, where he continued to engage in preaching the gospel throughout his remaining days. He acted as missionary to the Indians under the administration of President Grant and lived in Minne- sota when there were only five white families in the locality and eight thousand Indians, his home being at White Earth. Ile died in July, 1879, after an illness that lasted but five days.
It was in 1850 that Mr. Chapin was married to Miss Mary Leonard, a daughter of Gaius and Eunice (Spaulding ) Leonard, who were natives of Connecticut. The father successfully engaged in school teaching and was one of the first teachers of the Spencerian system of writing. Both he and his wife have passed away. Their daughter, Mrs. Chapin, became quite a noted artist, especially in oils, and did some of her work in the studio of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the famous author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. To Rev. and Mrs. Chapin were born four children, as follows: H. Edward and Mary, both of whom are deceased ; Howard A. and Leonard, who are florists conducting business in Lincoln under the firm style of Chapin Brothers. The mother came with her family to Lincoln in 1880, erected her present home at No. 1028 South Sixteenth street and has here since resided. The family is now widely and favorably known in Lincoln, the representatives of the household occupying an enviable position in social circles.
CHARLES CHRISTIAN BETTENHAUSEN.
Charles Christian Bettenhausen, the popular and efficient cashier of the Princeton State Bank, was born in Princeton on the 4th of July, 1888. a son of Christian and Katherine ( Hein) Bettenhausen. The father came to the United States with his parents when fourteen years of age and the family located upon a farm in Will county, Illinois. In early manhood he farmed for some time in Benton county, Iowa, but in 1879 he came to Lancaster county, Nebraska, having purchased one hundred and sixty acres on section 12, Buda precinct, the year previous. The place was originally railroad land but he bought it from Henry Schraeder, who had made some improvements thereon. Mr. Bettenhausen brought all of the land under cultivation as soon as possible and is still engaged in farming there. His wife came to America in girlhood and they were married in Benton county, Iowa. She, too, survives.
Charles C. Bettenhausen was educated in the district schools of Buda precinct and gave his father the benefit of his labor until the fall of 1915, when he was chosen cashier of the Princeton State Bank, which position he has since filled. He has fully demonstrated his fitness for the place and under his careful management the bustics Cof the bank has grown steadily. He recognizes that the first essential of successful banking is to safeguard the interests of depositors
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and stockholders and thus merit the confidence of the public, and his policy while progressive has been tempered with conservatism. His brother, Fred J. Bettenhausen, is now serving as assistant cashier of the bank. Charles C. has recently opened a lumber yard in Princeton and is meeting with success in this new venture.
Mr. Bettenhausen is independent in politics, voting for the best candidate without regard to his party affiliation. In religious faith he is a German Lutheran. He occupies an important position for one of his years and his continued success seems assured.
CALVIN WARD.
Calvin Ward was a practical and enterprising farmer of Waverly precinct, and his demise was deeply regretted by all who knew him. His birth occurred in Virginia, on the 25th of May, 1831, and his parents were Jacob and Nancy (Landreth) Ward, who emigrated from the Old Dominion to southern Illinois where the mother passed away. About 1868 the father came to Nebraska, but subsequently returned to the Prairie state where his death occurred.
Calvin Ward attended the public school but his education was limited as he had to devote the greater part of his time in his youth to assisting his father. Before reaching his majority he left home and began working for others, care- fully saving his money with the aim of purchasing land. At length he became the owner of a good farm in southern Illinois, but in 1868 disposed of that prop- erty and became a resident of Cass county, Nebraska. The following spring he located upon a farm in this county and in 1870 homesteaded a tract of land in Waverly precinct. He then homesteaded an eighty acre tract of land on section 25, but after living there for about ten years and making a number of improvements upon the place, found that it was within the limits of the railroad grant and was compelled to purchase it from the railroad. He continued to reside there during his remaining years and concentrated his energy upon the cultiva- tion of the soil and care of his livestock. He was industrious, followed practical methods and received a good income from his labors. He passed away on the 24th of December, 1904.
Mr. Ward was married, on the 23d of August, 1857, to Miss Sarah Jane Debard, whose birth occurred in Warren county, Indiana, on the 11th of March, 1839, and whose parents were George and Martha ( Brush) Debard. the former a native of Tennessee and the latter of Kentucky. However, their marriage occurred in Indiana. The father engaged in farming until the outbreak of the Civil war when he became a member of an Illinois regiment of volunteer infan- try and went with his command to the front. He took part in much hard fighting and died while in the service in Tennessee, on the 4th of February, 1885. Mrs. Debard resided for some years in Nebraska but passed away near Manning, Iowa.
To Mr. and Mrs. Ward were born nine children, as follows: George Thomas, whose birth occurred on the 12th of September,/1858:and whois now engaged in farming and blacksmithing at Pretty Rock, North Dakota: Albert, who was Vol. II-31
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born December 24, 1860, and is engaged in farming the home place; Solomon Elmer, who was born on the 3d of August, 1865, and died on the 12th of Febru- ary, 1879; Nancy Caroline, who was born December 22, 1866, and is now the widow of William Kent, a Civil war veteran, her home being at Eagle. Nebraska ; Martha Ann, who was born on the 24th of June, 1868, and died in January, 1880; William Jackson, who was born on the 9th of March, 1871, and is now farming in Stevens Creek precinct ; Mary Della, who was born on the 6th of June, 1873, and died in January, 1880; Samuel Wilson, who was born February 3, 1876, and is farming in Stevens Creek precinct; and Silas Frank, who was born on the 28th of August, 1878, and is assisting his brother Albert on the homestead.
Mr. Ward gave his political allegiance to the democratic party and in religious faith was a Methodist. He did not take a very active part in public affairs, preferring to concentrate his attention upon his agricultural interests and in so doing he not only gained a competence but also contributed to the development of his township along the lines of farming and stock raising. He was a man of sterling worth and his memory is still honored by his friends. His wife sur- vives and resides upon the homestead.
FRANK KRULL.
Frank Krull was a well known and prosperous farmer of Centerville precinct and his death, which occurred in 1911 when he had reached an advanced age, was deeply regretted. A native of Mecklenburg, Germany, he was born in 1834, one of a family of eight boys and two girls, and remained in the fatherland until he was eighteen years old. receiving in the meantime a thorough education. On leaving Germany he emigrated to the United States and located near La Porte, Indiana, where he worked by the month. He carefully saved his earnings and at length invested his capital in farm land. Subsequently he accompanied his brothers and sisters to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they purchased a farm and there he was married. Later he became a resident of Dubuque county, lowa, and worked as a farm hand near the city of Dubuque. He came to Lancaster county in 1876 and, after renting land for a time, bought a quarter section of school land in Centerville precinct which he operated for about nine years. He then sold that place and purchased one hundred and sixty acres on section 33, where he engaged in farming until called by death in 1911. Ile was seventy-seven years of age at the time of his demise, but retained his health and vigor in .remarkable degree until a short time before his death. His widow holds title to eighty acres of the farm and their son Fred owns the other eighty acres.
Mr. Krull was married at St. Joseph, Missouri, to Miss Adaline Turow, who was born in Salina. New York, in March, 1840. When about ten years of age she was taken to St. Joseph, Missouri, and there she lived until her marriage. Following Mr. Krull's death she removed from the farm to the town of Sprague, where she bought a residence and where she still lives. She rents the eighty acres which she owns and derives therefrom a comfortable income. Mr. and Mrs. Krull had ten children, five sons and five daughters, but only three are now
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living : Lena, the wife of Frank Spellman, a retired farmer residing in Sprague ; Frederick, who is farming in Lancaster county ; and Lula, the wife of Arthur Spellman, a farmer of this county.
Mr. Krull gave his political allegiance to the republican party but was not an aspirant for public office. He was a man of high principles and his many admirable qualities won him a warm place in the regard of his fellow men. When he came to this country he was practically penniless, but by hard work and careful management he accumulated more than a competence. His widow is a member of the United Presbyterian church and is highly esteemed by all who know her.
DAVID HENDRICKS.
David Hendricks gained a competence through the cultivation of his land and was enabled to spend his last years in honorable retirement from active life in the town of Bennet. He made many friends throughout the county and his demise was sincerely mourned. His birth occurred in Delaware county, Indiana. on the 13th of February, 1838, and he was a son of Hiram and Sicily ( Thomp- son ) Hendricks, natives respectively of Kentucky and Virginia. When David Hendricks was twelve years of age the family removed to Illinois, whence they went to Iowa, and in 1856 they came to Nebraska, settling near Douglas, where both parents passed away. To them were born eleven children, of whom three are still living, namely : Joseph, a resident of Atkinson ; Hiram, who is living in Bladen ; and Mrs. Hickok.
David Hendricks was reared under the parental roof and during his boyhood and youth acquired a common school education and also became familiar with the various phases of agricultural work. On beginning his independent career he decided to follow the occupation to which he had been reared and engaged in agricultural pursuits near Douglas until 1882, when he removed to a farm two miles east of Bennet. He devoted his time and energies to the operation of that place and as the years passed made many excellent improvements thereon. He was very efficient at farming, seldom failed to harvest good crops and as he managed his business affairs well his resources steadily increased. At length he removed to Bennet and resided there for six years, or until his demise on the IIth of June. IoII.
Mr. Hendricks was married in 1872 to Miss Hannah M. Allstot, who was born in Indiana and is a daughter of George and Nancy Ann ( Morton ) Allstot. Iler father was born in Kentucky and her mother in Virginia but they removed to Nebraska in 1870 and passed the remainder of their lives upon a farm here. Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks were the parents of ten children: Nellie N., deceased : John V. : Septa F., the wife of E. A. Wilkinson ; Blanch M., who married Roy Hutton : Osa G .; Clara C., deceased ; Jessie N., the wife of A. Pierson : Claud, deceased ; Finis M., a graduate of the local high school and still at home : and Lottie L., the wife of L. K. Buckley.
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Mr. Hendricks supported the democratic party at the polls and was never remiss in any of his duties of citizenship although he did not take an active part
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in politics. His industry and sound judgment enabled him to win financial success and his many sterling qualities gained him the esteem of his fellow men. He reached the advanced age of seventy-four years and his record was one of obligations fulfilled, of resultant activity and of loyalty to high standards. He was laid to rest in the Bennet cemetery. His widow still owns the home farm of one hundred and sixty acres and the family residence in Bennet and personally attends to the management of her business affairs. She has the respect of all who know her and her personal friends are many.
FRANK M. TYRRELL.
Frank M. Tyrrell, member of the Lincoln bar, first came to this city Feb- ruary 1, 1886, from Stockton, Jo Daviess county, Illinois. His birth had occurred upon a farm in that county and there he was reared. His father, Francis Tyrrell, was a pioneer settler of that county, to which he was taken by his parents in 1836, when three years of age. His birth occurred in Hancock, Hillsboro county, New Hampshire, March 12, 1832, but in his infancy he was taken by his parents, Samuel and Anna B. (Cram) Tyrrell, to Winchendon, Massachusetts, where they remained until 1836 and then removed westward to Illinois. Francis Tyrrell was married in Freeport, Illinois, on the 31st of December, 1859, to Caroline C. Bixby, who was born in Springfield, Vermont, June 28, 1840, a daughter of Abel and Chloe (Taylor) Bixby, who removed to Jo Daviess county, Illinois, in 1855. There they spent their remaining days and were eventually laid to rest, and Samuel and Anna B. Tyrrell, the paternal grandparents of F. M. Tyrrell, also lie buried in Jo Daviess county. The great- grandfather, Samuel Tyrrell H, a native of Weymouth, Massachusetts, was a Revolutionary war soldier and participated in the battle of Lexington. Frank M. Tyrrell is also a great-grandson of Adonijah Bixby, a Revolutionary war soldier who served for five years and rose to the rank of lieutenant. Three of his brothers also aided in winning American independence. The death of Francis Tyrrell occurred February 1, 1892, while his wife survived until Feb- ruary 27, 1897, when she was laid to rest by his side in the cemetery at Plum River, Joe Daviess county. They are survived by three sons : Frank M .; Dr. George M. Tyrrell, a physician of Scales Mound, Illinois; and Herman B., a farmer and stockman of Jo Daviess county.
Frank M. Tyrrell attended the rural schools of his native county until sev- enteen years of age and then began teaching, which profession he followed for five years, spending the summer months as a student in the Illinois State Normal University at Normal, Illinois. When twenty years of age he was principal of the schools of Nora, Illinois, occupying that position for two years. He also studied law while acting as principal there, his reading being directed by David and Thomas J. Sheehan of Galena, Illinois, the county seat of Jo Daviess county, and about twenty-eight miles from Nora, where he was teaching. For two years he continued his reading under the direction of Sheehan Brothers and in 1886 came to, Lincoln., For a year thereafter he acted as a traveling salesman and collector and in 1887 was admitted to the bar at Aurora. At once
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