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CHARLES F. ELIAS AND FAMILY
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employe from 1817 until 1874, holding different positions. This made his service in behalf of his government cover a period of forty-three years. He never came to the United States but always remained a resident of his native land and in the district in which he lived enjoyed the high regard, confidence and good will of all with whom he had been associated as well as the trust of his superior officers. He was an active member of the German Lutheran church.
Charles Frederick Elias is the youngest in a family of nine children and is the only one now living. His mother died in 1854 when he was but nine years of age, after which he was placed in a government military academy, in which he remained until he reached the age of fifteen years. At that time he began to learn the butcher's trade and in 1869, when a young man of twenty-four years, he came to the United States, settling first in Delaware county, New York, where he worked for a brief period as a farm hand. He then went to Indianapolis, Indiana, and enlisted in the Twenty-second United States Infantry, serving for five years. He was with that regiment when it acted as guard for the surveyors and builders of the Northern Pacific Railroad between Bismarck, North Dakota and Boise, Idaho. In December, 1874, he returned to Dresden, Saxony, on a visit. He again came to the United States and once more joined the army as a butcher with the First United States Infantry. While acting in that capacity and also as clerk in the commissary department he also had to do soldiers duty and participated with his command in many skirmishes with the Indians. In 1879 he was honorably dis- charged from the United States army and now draws a pension from the government.
After leaving the army Mr. Elias made his way to Columbus, Nebraska, which was then a town of about two thousand inhabitants. All of the town lay south of the Union Pacific Railroad. With the interests of the little city he became identi- fied, building a packing house, since which time he has engaged in packing smoked and cured meats, doing a considerable business for farmers of the surrounding country.
On the 8th of April, 1875, Mr. Elias was married to Miss Paulina Hansch, who was born at Gross Schoenau, Germany, and was married at Sioux City, Iowa. She is a daughter of John Gottlieb and Johanna Maria (Strobach) Hansch. Her father was a cabinet maker and a very fine workman. He was, however, retiring in disposition and modest and unassuming in manner. He belonged to the German Lutheran church. Mr. and Mrs. Elias have become the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are still living: Alice, the widow of Bond Speice, of Columbus, and the mother of three children; Max, who is acting as baggagemaster for the Union Pacific Railroad Company at Columbus, and who is married and has two children; Hedewig, the wife of William Moran, who is stationary engincer, making his home in Omaha, and by whom she has one daughter; Pearl, the wife of August Wagner, an attorney of Columbus, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work; Fred, who is in the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad Company at Omaha; Gertrude, the wife of Dr. A. G. Lueschen, of Columbus, who is also mentioned elsewhere in this volume; and Paulina, the wife of W. Clayborn, a lawyer of San Francisco, California.
In his fraternal relations Mr. Elias is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World and has held offices in both local lodges. In politics he is independent. He has served as a member of the council since 1908 and is still the incumbent in office, in which he exercises his official preroga- tives in support of many progressive projects for the benefit of the city. He stands
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at all times for those interests which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride and is regarded as one of the valued residents of Platte county. He is widely known as a man of sterling worth, active in all affairs of the community. The same loyalty which characterized his military service is manifest in his devotion to the interests of civic life, and there is no more loyal adherent of American interests in Columbus than C. F. Elias.
JOHN ADOLF GROTELUSCHEN.
John Adolf Groteluschen is one of the most prominent farmers and stock- raisers in Sherman township, his home being on section 34. His place is notable in many respects and is the visible evidence of a life of well directed thrift, enter- prise, determination and business sagacity. He represents one of the old pioneer families of the county and was born December 29, 1871, in Bismark township, on the old homestead farm of his parents, John and Anna (Loseke) Groteluschen. The father was a native of Oldenburg, Germany, and became one of the early residents of Platte county, arriving a year later than the Loseke family, who were among the first to penetrate into this region and plant the seeds of civilization on Platte county's soil. His experiences covered all that is implied in the term pioneer life. Around him stretched broad, unbroken prairies. Few roads had been laid out and the work of development seemed scarcely begun. He entered one hundred and sixty acres of land from the government and on his land, like other tracts, there had been no furrow turned nor an improvement made. He broke the sod, harrowed the fields, planted the seed and in due time gathered substantial harvests, and as his financial resources increased he added to his holdings until at his death he was the owner of an excellent farm of six hundred and forty acres in Colfax county. He had long been a resident of Nebraska when in 1907 he passed away.
John Adolf Groteluschen was educated in German Lutheran schools, spending his youthful days upon the home farm of his father, where he was instructed not only in the work of the fields but in life values, being taught industry, honesty and those things which are most worth while. That his lessons have borne fruit in the years which have since come and gone is manifest in the high regard which is enter- tained for him and the success which he has achieved. He is now the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of rich land on section 34, Sherman township, the half section being a valuable tract, fertile and productive. One of the notable features of his place is a flowing well sunk to a depth of eighty feet. The water gushes forth in an eight-inch stream. It has mineral properties that make it of value medicinally and there is a seemingly inexhaustible supply of the water. Mr. Groteluschen maintains important stock-raising interests, handling shorthorn cattle, Percheron horses and Poland China hogs, and this branch of his business is proving very profitable. On his home place he has eighty acres of timber and ten acres are covered by the creek.
In 1891 Mr. Groteluschen was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Wilkie, who passed away on the 11th of April, 1909, leaving five children, namely: Arthur, a youth of seventeen years; Ernst, who is fifteen years old; and Paul, Clara and
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PAST AND PRESENT OF PLATTE COUNTY
Elmer, who are thirteen, eleven and nine years of age respectively. In 1911 Mr. Groteluschen was again married, his second union being with Katrina Finke, by whom he has a son, Harold, who is three years old.
Mr. Groteluschen is a democrat in his political views, having supported the party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He has filled the offices of township clerk and justice of the peace and has made an excellent record as a public official, discharging his duties with promptness and fidelity. In matters of citizenship he manifests the same progressive spirit and labors for the advance- ment and welfare of the community just as earnestly and just as effectively as he does for his individual success. His worth is widely acknowledged wherever he is known and he has a very wide acquaintance in the county.
JOHN DAYTON STIRES.
For twenty-five years John Dayton Stires has been a representative of the bar at Columbus, and his ability has gained him distinction in his chosen field. He docs not fear that laborious preparation which must always precede the strong presenta- tion of a case in the courts and his clear reasoning, his logic and his correct citation of principle and precedent are salient features in his success.
Mr. Stires is a native of Hunterdon county, New Jersey, which was also the birthplace of his parents, John Taylor and Eleanora (Krymer) Stires. The father became a farmer and followed that occupation throughout his entire active life. He was a son of Jacob Stires, who was of Scotch-Irish descent. John Taylor Stires continued to engage in general farming for many years and passed away in his native county in 1912, after having survived his wife for four years, her death occurring in 1908.
Upon the old homestead farm in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, John Dayton Stires spent his boyhood and youth and the country schools afforded him his educa- tional privileges. After a year spent at Pennington Seminary near Trenton he attended a preparatory school for Princeton University. On the expiration of that period he went to lowa City, Iowa, and was there graduated on the completion of a law course in the State University with the class of 1882. Following his graduation he went to Red Oak, lowa, where he opened an office and engaged in practice for two years. He next removed to Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, where he practiced law and organized the Cedar Rapids Bank, a private banking institution, if which he was the president. He continued at that place until 1890, when he disposed of his interests and came to Columbus, Nebraska, where he has since followed his profession. Along with those qualities indispensable to the lawyer- a keen, rapid, logical mind, plus the business sense and a ready capacity for hard work-he brought to the starting point of his legal career certain rare gifts, including eloquence of language and a strong personality, marked strength of char- acter, a thorough grasp of the law and the ability to accurately apply its principles, all of which are factors in his effectiveness as an advocate.
On the 10th of March, 1880, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mr. Stires was married to Miss Helen H. Lamb, a daughter of Charles Carswell Lamb. To Mr. and Mrs. Stires have been born two sons. The elder, Ferdinand Taylor, was born
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in Red Oak, Iowa, in 1882. He is a graduate of the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania and is now engaged in practice in Philadelphia that state. The younger son, Harrison LeRoy, was born in Philadelphia, in 1885. He is now chief clerk in the claim department of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com- pany at Baltimore, Maryland. He wedded Miss Bertha Chapin, a daughter of Charles Chapin, of Platte county, Nebraska, and they have one son, Charles Chapin.
The religious faith of the family is that of the Episcopal church and in his political belief Mr. Stires is a republican, but while he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day he does not seek nor desire public office. He is prominent in Masonry, having taken the degrees of the York Rite and of the Mystic Shrine and his life measures up to the standards of the church and of the fraternity. In a word his salient characteristics are such as command respect and confidence everywhere and during the period of his residence in Columbus he has won the high regard and friendship of the majority of those with whom he has been brought in contact.
INDEX
Abart, J. A. . 432
Bisson, E. R. 300
Abts, H. W.
227
Blaser, Hector 522
Aerni, Albert.
.567
Blaser, John 442
Aerni, Clara R.
72
Blaser, Nicholas 44
Aerni, Frank
474
Boettcher, August 207
Aerni, Jacob 61
Boettcher, W. L. C. 52
Ahrens, Edwin 125
Boning, Fred 250
Ahrens, Herman
.482
Borcher, George 184
Ahrens, John
521
Borer, Joseph 413
Albers, P. H.
Borg, J. A. 472
Albert, I. L. . 43
70
Braun, H. J. 351
Allenburger, C. A.
301
Braun, Joseph 363
29
Anderson, Anders 435
Brock, Isaac
27
Anderson, A. C.
40
Brock, J. H.
333
Anderson, G. C. .
580
Brock, J. R.
418
Anderson, J. P.
589
Brockhaus, Frank
639
Anderson, O. H. .395
Brockhaus, Joseph
145
Andreasen, Hartvig 459
Brockhaus, J. M.
617
Anson, Frank 111
575
Bruckner, Max
102
Asche, B. H. .388
Brugger, M.
166
Buhl, Jens
414
Bunker, John
275
Burch, R. P
334
Burke, J. J
265
Burke, Mark
98
Burrows, James
285
Barrett, William, Sr
.312
Baumgart, Carl
.237
Baumgart, Fred
97
Becher, D. A
188
Camphell, C. V. 644
Campbell, R. M. 259
Carlson, C. J. 359
Carlson, P. A. 406
Carrig, J. F. 93
Carstenson, L. P. 579
Chambers, E. H. 653
Chapin, C. E. 545
Cherry, John 451
473
Bender, G. H.
Clark, A. W.
158
Bender, H. C.
276
Clark, M. J. 199
12
Bender, J. W
41
Clayburn, Henry
424
Bender, Peter
.234
Cloeters, Alhert 201
292
Benham, A. A 574
121
Columbus Club House
139
Bennett, A. M
Connelly, Edward
.492
Benning, Gustav
446
Connelly, J. W. 362
Bergman. E. C. 280
Cooney, M. E. 165
Bering, F. R. 408
283
Berney, George
.624
Berney, J. F.
.630
Craig, John 405
355
Cronin, T. J. 133
Betterton, C. W
. .
49
Bakenhus, John 481
Baker, J. A .477
Baker, O. L .. .341
Becher, G. G.
570
Becher, G. G., Jr
404
Becker, J. P. 267
Becker, William 25
Behle, Henry .148
Behlen, Frederick
.594
Belknap, F. E.
.603
Beller, Anton
408
Beller, J. A
.340
Christensen, Martin
159
Bender, Joseph
135
Clarke, H. A.
Bender, S. P
.361
Cloeters, August
Buss, Henry 463
Byrnes, J. C. 85
665
Boyer, John 10
Alderson, W. A
Alpers, Henry
.611
Braun, W. P
Brown, J. L. 326
Arndt, Edward
Aschler, J. C. .212
Backes, H. J.
.. 371
Cossairt. J. E
666
INDEX
Cruickshank, H. H ..
.179
Graf, John, Sr . 30
Graham, E. T 552
Gray, A. M .. 177
Green, W. A. 460
Greig, James .429
Greisen, Jacob 257
Grotelueschen, Otto
213
Dieke, L. D.
284
Dickey, C. L.
656
Dickinson, R. S
622
Diers, L. D .. 34
Disterhaupt, J. F
174
Dixon, W. S.
169
Dodds, W. F
77
Drinnin, J. H.
555
Dunn, Martin 457
Dussell, E. P
.637
Eagle Cafe 245
Edwards, Edward .211
.224
Eisenmenger, Anthony
546
Elias, C. F. 658
Engelhorn, G. G. .225
5
Heibel, Johnnie
58
Evans, J. C.
452
Heibel, Siebert
263
Heinen, John
104
Held, Emil
514
Hellbush, August
585
Helleberg, John
576
Hemmer, N. J. 410
373
Heuer, O. E
105
Hiekok, C. G ..
58
Feye, J. F.
157
Fifield, N. S.
526
Fischer, Ernst
63
Fleming, S. T. 315
Hill, Hugh
493
Flink, A. S 407
Foltz, William 264
Franklin, Lytton 620
498
Frey, W. R.
137
Fritz, G. H ..
84
Fuchs, Conrad
638
Fuchs, Ferdinand
81
Fuchs, J. F
233
Galley, A. J. .92
Galley, G. W
.565
Galley, J. H.
221
Galley, J. J.
190
Garlow. C. J. .194
Gass, Henry 170
380
Gates, Ira E. 573
Jaoggi, R. F. L. 160
James, John 483
Gehr. Valtin
288
Gerharz, F. J.
306
German, F. S
537
German, S. L.
643
Gerrard, E. A 479
Gerrard, F. H. 447
Gerrard, Leander 246
Gertsch, Charles 91
Gertsch, Paul 657
614
Johnson, Lauritz
437
Gietzen, Henry 94
Glodowski. A. J. 241
Glur, Jacob 183
Godbersen, Peter 387
Gorman. D. B. 54
Karges, Martin, Jr. 543
Kavanaugh, D. C. 322
472
Hill, F. C .. .645
Hill, Thomas .517
Hobbensiefken, Henry 577
Hockenberger, H. F. J. 127
501
Hollingshead, C. W 612
Holloran, Morris 403
Holm, E. C. G. 542
Howard, Edgar
129
Hugg, J. E ..
21
Huntemann, Henry
586
Hutmacher, F. J
51
Hydo, Adam
143
Imig, J. H.
64
Jacobs, Charles 409
Jaeggi, Adolf 336
Gates, L. A 192
Janicek, John 128
Jansen, C. F. 302
Jarosz, Andrew 189
Jaworski, C. S 465
Jenkinson, D. W 352
Jenkinson, E D. 428
Jenny, Melchior 108
Johnson, Edward 198
Johnson, J. G. 243
Johnson, T. H. 632
Jones, Owen 602
Jorgensen, Peter 456
Groteluschen, J. A. 662
Gruenther, C. M. 466
Haferland, William 149
Hagel, G. J. .280
Halm, E. C. .138
Ham, T. F. 299
Hanke, Albert 607
Harms, Diedrich 150
Harrington, D. H. 516
Hart, C. O. .655
Hauser, J. A. . 417
Haverland, W. J. 172
Hecker, Joseph 404
Heesacker, Cornelius 307
Hefley, J. M. 342
Hefti, David 646
Evans, C. D.
Evans, W. S
114
Ewert, C. F. 267
Ewing, S. E.
205
Fairchild, George .120
Fangmann, F. F 350
Herchenbach, William
Fellers, Ezra 458
Fennel, C. J 601
Higgins, Edmond
524
Hill, C. W .. :
Frese, Adolph
Hoefelmann, W. H
Grabe, George 600
Curtis, J. W. .. 353
Dack, J. E. 415
Dawson, J. C. 651
Denninger, Ernest 81
Deyke, Henry
238
Eggers, J. W.
Gass, Samuel
Gibbon, John
INDEX
667
Keeler, Fred
471
Martyn, D. T. Jr. . .231
Kehoe, J. A.
330
Matson, A. E. .566
Kelley, .I. M.
464
Matzen, T. K .. . 83
Kelly, P. L.
245
Meleher, Joseph .286
Klassen, Thomas 297
Meyer, P. H. L. .140
Kluever, Henry .294
Meyer, Theodor. .202
Klug, William 144
Mieek, C. G. 379
Knight, Henry 397
Knight, William
.244
Miessler, Herman
122
Kopietz, Charles
329
Miller, H. B.
.311
Kozlowski, Peter 558
Moffett, John 35
Krebs, Jacob 18
Moore, C. G. .647
Krzyeki, John 527
587
Morris, G. H. .528
146
Kurtenbach, Joseph
316
Mueller, Carl
356
Kurth, Albert 618
Mueller, F. H.
400
Mueller, G. F. F
191
Mueller, Otto
578
Lachnit, H. C. 116
Mneting, Ferdinand
.308
Lachnit, Joseph 62
Mueting, J. G.
187
Lammers. Herman
236
Miller, Friedrich
177
Lauesen, Valdemar. 385
Murdock, Daniel
513
Laun, Fred .328
134
Murie, George 398
494
Leonard, F. W
285
Lerager, J. J.
608
Naumann, E. H .. .291
Nelson, Swan 384
Neumaerker, Richard 432
Lips. F. R ..
291
Lobinski, Knute
510
Newman, E. E
500
Loeffler, Anton
398
Newman, R. A
500
Lohans, Bernard
Nichols, J. S. .
632
Long, Grover
33
Nicholson, Erwin
489
Loseke, Edward G.
33
Nissen, S C. B.
610
Loseke, E. Gerhard
33
Noonan, James
78
Loseke, E. G.
445
Loseke, E. W
445
Loseke, Fritz
509
Loseke, Gerhard
112
Loseke, Herman
197
Loseke, Wilhelm
502
Lonis, G. J.
568
Olmer, Richard
106
Luhischer, Peter
.173
Luehsinger, Peter
536
Ludtke, C. G.
364
Palmateer, H. A .369
Palmer, R. S. 171
Parker, B. L. .305
Parker, I. H. 590
Parry, Owen 445
Pearson, A. O. .619
557
Luesehen, Henry G. 560
Pearson, Peter
490
Lueschen, Herman G .518
Pearson, S. E. 455
Person, H. G. 76
438
Petersen, Christian
441
Petersen, Eske
439
Petersen, P. J
488
Peterson, C. A.
319
MeCully, W. G. .215
Peterson, Claus
.342
MeDermott, .James .232
Phillips, G. W 609
Phillipps. L. F 130
Pinson, Rohert 374
Madura, Jacob .551
Plagemann. A. F
143
Maher, J. E
193
Poesch. W. H. L.
.308
Maier, Louis
69
Pohl, Emil 327
Politis, J. P. 61
Marty, S. E. 155
Pollard, W. M. 534
Martyn, D. T. 11 Pollock, C. E. 310
Nunnally, J. P. 599
533
Olk, Jacob 147
Louis, .Jacob .573
Olmer, William 200
Osten, August 531
Lueders, F. W.
192
Luedtke, E. E.
53
Luedtke, H. W ..
13
Luers, Henry
538
Luesehen, A. G. .588
Luesehen, G. G. . .560
Pearson, Nels
Luschen, J. R. .182
Lund, C. L. . .377
Lusienski, E. F. 440
MeAllister, Janet C 137
MeAllister. W. A 318
McDonald, P. M. .279
MeElfresh. C. N
60
Noonan, Peter 251
North, L. H. 255
Murdock, H. I 487
Leach, F. M.
Lee, J. G .. 182
Murray, Patrick
Liebig, Adolph
544
Lightner, Louis
69
Neumärker, W. R 343
Kurt, William
365
Morrow, F. H.
Moran, R. C. 378
Kunnemann, H. L
Kurzer, Florentius 22
Michaelsen, George .403
Marty, Gottfried 96
Petersen, Carsten, Sr.
Nyffeler, Fred
115
668
INDEX
Post, A. M.
20
Strother, W. T. 470
Potter, Charles .623
Potter, John .449
Swanson, A. F. 549
Swanson, H. T. 613
Swanson, Peter 491
Ramaekers, J. W. .321
Ramaekers, J. W., Sr. 393
Ramaekers, M. J. 386
Rambour, George 299
Ternus, John 258
Ternus, P. J. 269
Terry, S. O .. 569
Reed, H. B. 103
Reeder, J. G. 50
621
Thomas, G. H.
86
Ripp, F. H.
26
Ripp, Peter
.226
Robert, Lonis
19
Rohde, Carl
208
Rosche, Gerhard
372
Rothleitner, M. M.
14
Van Ackeren, Joseph .535
Van Ackeren, J. M .. 214
Veik, J. M .. 57
Viergutz, G. W 305
178
Sander, F. H. .396
Schad, Peter 399
Wagner, August
28
Walter, O. F. 48
Walter, W. J. 366
Walters, O. H. 241
Schmidt, Peter
383
Schmitt, Peter
648
Weber, F. A. . 645
101
Schmocker, John
206
Weidner, E. J.
365
Scholz, F. W
.550
Weidner, M. J.
.370
Scholz, John
.508
Weiser, Daniel
126
Schroeder, G. A
Welch, Jonas
344
Schurr, S. V.
293
Wemhoff, Clemens
.542
Schwantje, Fred 499
497
Whitmoyer, Michael
67
Sheldon, C. H.
274
Wieser, Vincent 563
Sissle, Henry
515
Wiley, R. E. 423
Sivers, Alfred
524
Wilken, Louis 235
Sivers, Carl
513
Wille, Fred 596
.422
Smith, F. J.
Wilson, Mathias
478
Smith, G. M
Windolph, O. A
317
Smith, H. L.
436
Wittler, G. A. 189
Smith, J. N.
156
Wunderlich, Christ 640
335
Sokol, J. P
484
Sorensen, John
450
Spriegel, Friedrich
559
Steffes Brothers
309
Zavadil, J. A. 339
Steffes, J. T ..
119
Zeller, A. J. 181
Stempel, Cyriac
252
Zuerlein, Bruno 231
Zuerlein, Joseph 242
Stires, J. D .. 663
488
Zybach, Edward 604
Stone, Charles
Trojan, W. J. 75
Tsehndin, Jacob 416
Umland, J. N. 634
Rozmarin, L. J
320
Runge, August .260
501
Runge, A. G.
Salestrom, T. E. .633
Vogel, Anton
Schelp, William .595
Schmidt, Henry 107
Schmidt, Joseph
68
Webb, R. B 360
Schmitz, Toney
266
Weber, William
Wenk, William
394
Shaffer, T. W.
354
Smcall, P. G.
385
228
Smith, J. W.
180
Wurdeman, Frank
Wurdeman, J. H. 36
Wurdeman, R. H. 47
Stenger, F. G 523
Talbitzer, C. W. 270
Taylor, Elbert .448
Rasmussen, Andrew .586
Read, F. A .532
Thelen, Frank 298
Thelen, M. J. 311
Regan, Denis
Thomazin, William 430
Prieb, G. R. 278
Svoboda, J. W. .325
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Williams, D. T.
216
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