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Mulford M. Haynes was born in Henry county, Illinois, Novem- ber 16, 1867, a son of E. P. and Joanna (Barrows) Haynes. The family came to Nebraska in 1877 from Illinois and settled on a farm where the cemetery is now located. There the father carried on gen- eral agricultural pursuits for a number of years but afterward lived retired. Both he and his wife have now passed away.
Mulford M. Haynes pursued a public school education and after- ward turned his attention to the building business, working at the carpenter's trade. For seven years he was in the employ of W. L. Yetter, a decorator, and in 1900 he and his brother purchased the business of Mr. Yetter and have since continued active along that line. They have done work all over this section of the state and now employ fifteen men. They have decorated the principal buildings in Hastings and also many fine structures elsewhere and their work presents many beautiful and artistic features as well as all that is new and novel in their line. Their patronage is extensive owing to the excellence of their work and their business integrity, their reputation in business affairs being unassailable.
On the 31st of March, 1897, Mr. Haynes was united in marriage to Miss Ida Gilbreth, a daughter of John Gilbreth, of Hastings. To them have been born four children, namely: Gilbert M., Dorothy L., Katherine J. and John W.
In his political views Mr. Haynes is independent, while his religious faith is that of the Christian church. Fraternally he is iden- tified with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Haynes belongs to the Commercial Club and is interested in all the plans and projects for the upbuilding and development of his city. He served for four years as a member of the city council and exer-
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cised his official prerogatives in support of many plans and measures for the general good. He was one of the first to take up the fight against saloons and has always been a stalwart supporter of the cause of temperance. In a word, he stands for anything that is for the bet- terment of the individual or the community and his influence is always on the side of right, reform and progress.
LEANDER E. MAXIM.
Leander E. Maxim engaged in carpentering in Kenesaw for a number of years and his excellent workmanship and good business ability enabled him to gain a gratifying measure of success. For twenty years before his removal to Kenesaw he followed farming in Kearney county and his well directed labors as a farmer also yielded him good financial returns. He was born in Somerset county, Maine, on the 3d of February, 1837, of the marriage of Jesse and Louisa (Pease) Maxim. The father, who was born in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, in 1807, was a direct descendant of Mayflower an- cestry. In 1811, when but four years of age, he was taken by his parents to Maine and there resided until his death.
Leander E. Maxim received what was considered a fair education in those days, but as he was the eldest child and the family were in only moderate circumstances he had to begin work while still a boy. He aided in the cultivation of the home farm and also worked as a hired hand, being so employed until the 5th of November, 1861, when he enlisted in the Union army, becoming a member of Company D, Thirteenth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry. During much of his service he was employed in guarding trains and commissary stores but he took part in considerable fighting, including the Red River campaign. He was mustered out in January, 1865, and returned to Maine, where he followed the carpenter's trade until 1866. In that year he removed to Lewiston and for two years worked in the cotton mills there. He then again turned his attention to the carpenter's trade, which he followed in the east until 1876. That year witnessed his removal to Wisconsin and in 1878 he went to Kearney county, Nebraska. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land there and for twenty years followed agricultural pursuits, but at length sold his farm and removed to Kenesaw, where he worked at the carpen- ter's trade until he retired from active life.
Mr. Maxim was married on the 14th of September, 1868, to Miss
HERVEY U. MAXIM
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MRS. HERVEY U. MAXIM
CLARENCE H. MAXIM
LEANDER E. MAXIM
MRS. LEANDER E. MAXIM
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Cornelia A. Jones, who died in 1874. To them were born two chil- dren, Alma and Hervey U., both of whom are deceased. Mr. Maxim is independent in politics and takes a commendable interest in public affairs. His religious faith is that of the Free Baptist church and he is identified with the Grand Army of the Republic. He is eligible to the Sons of the American Revolution and has proved worthy of his Mayflower ancestry, standing firmly at all times for what he believes to be the right and manifesting a spirit of enterprise and self-reliance.
GEORGE W. LONG.
George W. Long, a progressive and efficient farmer residing on section 6, Denver township, was born in Livingston county, Missouri, on the 10th of October, 1879. His parents, James M. and Martha Josephine (Wilson) Long, were natives of Pennsylvania but resided for many years in Missouri, where the mother passed away. In Sep- tember, 1904, the father came to Adams county, Nebraska, whence he subsequently removed to the state of Washington. After living there for a year he returned to this county and is now living on an eighty acre farm on section 5, Denver township, which is owned by our subject. There were three children in the family, of whom one died in infancy, the others being: George W .; and Marguerite, who gave her hand in marriage to J. L. Fullerton, the owner of a flour and feed store in Hastings.
George W. Long remained in Missouri until he was twenty years of age and is indebted for his education to the public schools of the state. Through assisting his father with the work of the home farm he gained valuable knowledge concerning practical methods of agri- culture and after his removal to Adams county, Nebraska, in 1904, he purchased an eighty acre tract three miles north of his present farm. Subsequently he bought a quarter section in West Blue township which Bentley Brown now owns. After selling that place Mr. Long went to Kansas, where he purchased two farms, which he later dis- posed of. He next bought land in Hamilton county, Nebraska, but after holding it for some time sold out and returned to Adams county, purchasing land in Denver township. However, he resides on a rented farm, which is owned by Edwin A. Carl and which comprises one hun- dred and sixty acres on section 6, Denver township. He has operated this place for five years and his well directed labors are rewarded by Vol. II-5
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good financial returns. He does general farming, raising grain and stock, paying especial attention to the raising of thoroughbred Poland China hogs.
In 1901 occurred the marriage of Mr. Long and Miss Nannie Bruce, who was born in Sheridan county, Missouri, of the marriage of Daniel and Sarah Bruce. Two children have been born to this union, namely: Gladys, born on the 23d of February, 1906; and Alice, seven years old.
Mr. Long supports the democratic party at the polls as he believes firmly in the wisdom of its policies. He is well known in local fra- ternal circles, belonging to the Modern Woodmen, the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, all of Juniata. He is very active in the work of the Methodist Episcopal church at Juniata, to which he belongs, and for three years has served as super- intendent of the Sunday school. His life has been guided by the highest principles of morality and all who have come in contact with him testify to his integrity and regard for the rights of others. In his farm work he is at once practical and progressive and the gratifying measure of success which he has gained is due entirely to his own efforts.
KARL KAUF.
Karl Kauf is the senior partner of the firm of Kauf & Rinder- spacher & Company of Hastings, controlling one of the important commercial and industrial enterprises of the city. Well defined plans, carefully executed, have led him forward to the goal of success and at the same time his business interests have been of a character which have contributed to the general welfare as well as to individual prosperity. He was born in Baden, Germany, on the 16th of March, 1862, a son of Jacob and Selma Kauf. The father, who was a farmer by occupa- tion, has now passed away, but the mother is living at the age of eighty- four years, having for forty-one years survived her husband, who died in 1874.
Karl Kauf was educated in Germany and was a young man of eighteen years when on the 25th of September, 1880, he sailed for the United States. He located first in Newark, New Jersey, and after- ward went to Massachusetts, where he remained for six months. Still later he became a resident of Nebraska City, where he spent three years working for one man. He afterward became a resident of Cali-
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fornia, where he remained for two years, and in 1887 he located at Hastings, where he formed a partnership with Mr. Rinderspacher, since which time they have been associated in business. They started with very little capital and a two by four meat rack was sufficient for their stock of meat. They made it a rule that they would never incur indebtedness and to this day have strictly adhered. Their trade stead- ily grew by reason of their honorable methods and unfaltering enter- prise and after six years they were enabled to purchase their present place of business-a two story brick building now entirely devoted to their trade. They conduct both a wholesale and retail business in meats, shipping to various parts of the state, and they have the best equipped independent meat establishment in Nebraska, conducting their own slaughter house to which a private switch has been extended, having also their own ice house and employing twenty men. In addi- tion to his other interests Mr. Kauf is a stockholder and director of the brewery, also of the canning factory at Hastings and is a stockholder in the foundry.
On the 9th of July, 1885, in California, Mr. Kauf was united in marriage to Miss Selma Rinderspacher, a daughter of Jacob Rinder- spacher. To them have been born four children, namely: Mina, Marie, Selma and Karl.
Politically Mr. Kauf is independent, supporting men and meas- ures rather than party. His religious faith is indicated by his mem- bership in the German Lutheran church, in which he is serving as treasurer. He is a valued member of the Commercial Club and also belongs to the Sons of Herman, of which he was the first president and is now acting as treasurer. He is a most progressive man, recog- nized as a leader in the German-American circles of the city, and not- withstanding the fact that he had but twenty-seven dollars when he arrived in the new world, he has worked his way steadily upward and is today one of the prosperous citizens and substantial business men of Hastings.
GEORGE W. GOSSARD.
George W. Gossard, who is engaged in general farming in West Blue township, was born in Washington county, Maryland, on the 18th of September, 1865, and in his youth attended the common schools until he reached the age of sixteen years, after which he worked
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for three years upon the home farm of his parents, David and Mary (Elliott) Gossard, in whose family were fourteen children.
When nineteen years of age George W. Gossard removed to Mc- Donough county, Illinois, where he remained for two and a half years, working at farm labor for his brother, after which he engaged in the cultivation of a rented farm on his own account for a year. In 1887 he removed to Hamilton county, Nebraska, and following his mar- riage in the same year he homesteaded in Hayes county, Nebraska, where he resided for seven years. In 1894 he went to Hall county, just north of the Adams county line, where he cultivated a rented farm for two years. In 1896 he rented land in Adams county and has since resided in this county with the exception of four and a half months, which he and his family spent in southern California. In 1906 he purchased his present farm.
It was on the 20th of September, 1887, that Mr. Gossard married Miss Ida Radenbaugh, a daughter of Henry Radenbaugh, one of the pioneer settlers of Adams county, who died in the year 1913, while his widow survives and is living in Hastings. Mr. and Mrs. Gossard have become the parents of four children. Guy C., who was born October 30, 1888, married Marie Crabb, of Los Angeles, California, and is now engaged in the practice of dentistry at La Manda Park, California. Ralph, born October 7, 1891, is engaged in farming near Victorville, California. Roy, born June 22, 1894, is at home. Dorothy, born July 2, 1901, is attending school in Trumbull.
Mr. and Mrs. Gossard are well known in their part of the county and are valued members of the Methodist church of Trumbull. Mr. Gossard is also prominent in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen camp and in the former has twice passed through all of the chairs and is now again noble grand. He has served as road overseer for five years but does not seek to figure prominently in political circles and in exercising the right of franchise casts an in- dependent local ballot but at national elections supports the repub- lican party.
CHARLES MORITZ.
Charles Moritz has made a creditable place for himself in busi- ness circles of Prosser and under his able management the Farmers Elevator & Lumber Company has enjoyed a steady growth. He was one of the organizers of the concern, which conducts five elevators
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and which in addition to dealing in grain handles lumber, live stock and coal. A native of Saxony, Germany, his birth occurred on the 3d of February, 1855, and he is a son of Carl and Mary (Stahlhut) Moritz, who emigrated with their family to the United States in 1880. They located in Adams county, Nebraska, where they lived until 1914, when both passed away. They were the parents of six children, namely: Charles; Bertha, the wife of P. L. Boyd, a resident of the state of Washington; William, who is living in San Francisco; Mar- tha, the wife of Rudolph Siebert, of Grand Island, this state; Robert, a resident of Seattle, Washington; and Richard, a high school in- spector of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Charles Moritz was reared in his native land and received a thor- ough general education in an excellent gymnasium in that country. When sixteen years of age he went to sea but after a short time came to the United States in 1871. He at once made his way to the middle west and remained in Stark county, Illinois, until 1878, which year witnessed his arrival in Adams county, Nebraska. He located in Martin township, Hall county, and for fourteen years was promi- nently identified with agricultural interests there. In 1896 he embarked in the grain business at Prosser, organizing a farmers eleva- tor company, which he managed with gratifying success until 1904. In that year he withdrew from that concern and in 1908 it became insolvent. He still remained active in the grain trade and at length organized a new company, known as the Farmers Elevator & Lumber Company, which now conducts five elevators, carrying on business in Prosser, Kenesaw, New Marsh, Hayland and the switch. The com- pany handles a large amount of grain annually in its elevators and also does a large business in lumber, live stock and coal. The presi- dent of the concern is Henry Augustin, Jr., the vice president is Daniel McGowan and, as before stated, Mr. Moritz is the manager. His thorough knowledge of the business, combined with his sound judgment and foresight, has enabled him to develop the company into one of the leading concerns in this field of activity in this part of the state. He is also financially interested in the Hayland Bank, owns a half section of land in Hall county and one hundred and ten acres of irrigated land in Texas near the Rio Grande river.
Mr. Moritz was married in 1885 to Miss Helen Jost, by whom he has three children: Otto, who is associated with him in business; Max, cashier of the Bank of Hayland; and Martha, the wife of J. C. Snavely, of Hastings, Nebraska.
Mr. Moritz supported the republican party in his young manhood, was later a populist and now votes independently, supporting the best
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candidate irrespective of his party affiliation. While living in Hall county he served as supervisor and has always taken the interest of a good citizen in public affairs. He holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and the principles which govern his life are still fur- ther indicated by the fact that he is a prominent Mason. He belongs to the blue lodge at Juniata, to the chapter and consistory at Hastings and to the Shrine at Lincoln, and his wife and daughter are both affil- iated with the Order of the Eastern Star. He is a man of ability and unquestioned integrity and his personal friends are many.
LEONARD E. ISAAC.
Leonard E. Isaac, who is a representative farmer of Blaine town- ship, was born in Bureau county, Illinois, on the 1st of January, 1869. His father. J. W. Isaac, was also born in Bureau county, where his parents, Elias and Mary (Black) Isaac, had settled in 1832 and where they both passed away. He was reared upon the home farm there and followed agricultural pursuits in that county until 1884, when he removed to section 23, Zero township, Adams county, Ne- braska. He took up land and was actively and successfully engaged in its cultivation until 1892, when he retired to Hastings, where he served on the police force from 1893 to 1898. He passed away on the 8th of April, 1898. His wife bore the maiden name of Emeline Hil- debrand and was a daughter of John T. Hildebrand, who settled in Zero township, Adams county, in 1882. He passed away ten years later and was survived by his wife for six years. Mrs. Isaac made her home with our subject from the time of her husband's demise until she too was called to her final rest, and she is buried in Parkview ceme- tery.
Leonard E. Isaac attended the common schools of Bureau county, Illinois, and assisted his father until he was twenty-one years of age. when his marriage occurred. In the meantime the family home had been established in Adams county, Nebraska, and on beginning his independent career our subject began farming on his own account in this county. He has been very successful as an agriculturist and derives a good income from the cultivation of two hundred and forty acres of land on section 32, Blaine township. He raises corn, hay and wheat and also stock and is a practical and progressive agriculturist.
On the 2d of November, 1890, Mr. Isaac was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle Susan Carter, a daughter of W. H. and Malvina
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Carter, of Livingston, Illinois. Her father is deceased but her mother is living and now resides at Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac have two children, a son and daughter. Verna Malvina, who was born on the 17th of March, 1893, married Joseph Daugherty, a son of James and Mary Daugherty, of Denver township, and an efficient young farmer of that township. To this union has been born a daugh- ter, Neva, whose birth occurred on the 9th of January, 1913. Ernest, who was born on the 1st of January, 1898, is still at home.
Mr. Isaac supports the progressive party where national issues are at stake but at local elections votes independently. He belongs to the United Brethren church at Bethel, Denver township, and is identified with the Maccabees. He discharges to the full all obliga- tions resting upon him and his many admirable qualities have gained him the personal friendship of those who have been most closely asso- ciated with him.
FRED BLAKE, JR.
Fred Blake, Jr., who is manager of the Pioneer market and as such is well known in the business circles of Hastings, belongs to that class of enterprising, progressive men whose close application and energy are the salient features of their growing success. He was born in Oxford, England, on the 18th of April, 1870, and is a son of Fred and Emily (Jones) Blake. The family came direct from England in 1874, settling at Hastings, where the father established a meat market, which is today the oldest market in years of continuous exist- ence in the state. The company conducts both a wholesale and retail business and operates its own slaughterhouse and ice plant. They have utilized the most modern machinery to carry on the work and prepare and care for their meats and their shipping facilities are augmented by a private railroad switch which extends to their plant. The father is today numbered among the oldest business men of Nebraska and throughout all the years he has borne an enviable repu- tation for enterprise and diligence in his chosen line.
Fred Blake, Jr., spent his youthful days under the parental roof and acquired a public school education in Hastings, where practically his entire life has been passed. He was trained to the business in which he is now engaged and which has claimed his attention through- out the entire period of his connection with commercial interests. As his ability and experience developed he was intrusted more and more
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largely with the control of the plant and is now manager, thus having direct supervision over the labors of ten employes. The business is one of the important enterprises of its kind in the city and the life record of Mr. Blake has been one of continuous activity, in which has been accorded due recognition of labor, so that he is today numbered among the substantial citizens of Adans county.
On the 12th of September, 1905, occurred the marriage of Mr. Blake and Miss Elizabeth Colby, a daughter of George W. and Addie Colby. They have two children, Mary Jane and Adeline. The re- ligious faith of the family is that of the Methodist church, to which they generously contribute and to the teachings of which they loyally adhere. Mr. Blake is a socialist in his political views and fraternally is connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Eagles. His has been an active and useful life crowned with a substantial measure of success and he is now not only one of the owners of the Pioneer meat market but is also the owner of farm lands in the state and is greatly interested in the development of city and state, never faltering in his allegiance to those interests which have constituted directly resultant factors in public progress and improvement.
FRANCIS NAULTEUS, M. D.
Dr. Francis Naulteus. a well known representative of the medi- cal profession in central Nebraska, practicing in Hastings, was born in Prussia on the 8th of October, 1835. Although he has now passed the eightieth milestone on life's journey, he still remains active in his chosen life work and is specializing in the treatment of dis- eases of the eye, ear, nose and throat and has one of the best equipped offices for the practice of his specialty in Nebraska. His parents, Frederick Francis and Theresa (Wahnschaft) Naulteus, were also natives of Prussia, but the father died at the age of fifty-six years, while the mother passed away at the age of sixty. He served in the army and he studied for the position of head forester. He spent his entire life in the forests, acting as inspector for many years, having an excellent position in the government employ. He had a fine home and was most comfortably situated.
After acquiring his elementary education Dr. Francis Naulteus continued his studies in the gymnasium at Mecklenburg, Saxony, and in the University of Halle. He studied medicine at Heidelberg and at Wurzburg and won his professional degree at Leyden, Hol-
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land. He afterward took post-graduate work in 1886 and 1887 at Berlin, specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He entered upon his military career in 1857 and after a year's service with the volunteers became a lieutenant of the Twenty-seventh Regiment of Mecklenburg Infantry in 1859. In 1864 he served with the Prussian troops against Denmark and in 1866 with the Prussians against Austria. In the former war he was wounded in the leg and in the war with Austria was wounded in the knee. He did not lay off from duty, however, but, his wounds having been bandaged, kept on with the army. On the 2d of July, 1866, in recognition of his bravery, he was advanced to the rank of captain. Some years before this, or in 1857, he had served for six months in the hospital service and from 1866 until 1870 he was military physician with the rank of captain.
In the latter year Dr. Naulteus came to the United States, land- ing at New York. - In 1873 he settled in New Orleans and later removed to Council Bluffs, where he engaged in the practice of medi- cine and surgery until 1878, during which period he served as examin- ing surgeon for the pension board and for the Berkshire Life Insurance Company. While in Toledo, Ohio, in 1872 he was natural- ized and has ever been a most loyal American citizen.
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