Portrait and biographical album of Lancaster county, Nebraska, Part 52

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Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Chicago, Chapman brothers
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Subsequently our subject began the practice of his profession at Macedon, Ohio, during which time he led to the altar Miss Jennie Wallingford, a daughter of Lieut. Absalom and Martha Ann (Me- Donald) Wallingford. Mrs. Blizzard was the sec- ond of three children born to Lieut. and Mrs. Wallingford, the date of her birth being April 2, 1849. Taking advantage of the very good educa- tional facilities offered her she cultivated her mind, and at the time of her marriage was eminently

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fitted to adorn the home of the rising young physi- cian whom she honored with her hand. After their marriage the young couple removed to Ft. Recov- ery, Ohio, where the husband entered into the prac- tice of his profession, meeting with great success. He then attended the Bellevue Medical College for six months, during the winter of 1877-78. He also took a course of private instruction under Edward G. Janeway, M. D., at the Bellevue Hospi- tal. As a testimony of his appreciation of the good work of the young student, and as a prize for cor- rectly diagnosing a complicated case of heart dis- ease, this eminent physician presented Mr. Blizzard with a stethoscope. From all the schools which he attended he graduated with honors, having in his possession three diplomas from as many celebrated medical colleges. These bits of vellum are of vastly more worth to the owner than would appear to a casual observer, representing as they do long terms of diligence and unceasing application.

At Ft. Recovery our subjeet continued to prac- tice for over twenty years, a grand compliment to his ability and success. By the urgent request of friends he was induced to leave that place, and re- moved to Hickman, Neb., at which place he arrived on the 22d of February, 1887. Having since then continued his practice in that place, he has risen rapidly in esteem and favor, and enjoys the best patronage of any physician in the southern part of Lancaster County, and his practice is constantly in- ereasing. He has a son, William E., a graduate from the Omaha School of Telegraphy in the class of '88, and a daughter, Miss Carrie, a teacher in the primary department of the Hickman Union School. Mrs. Blizzard is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, of Ft. Recovery, Ohio.

While our subject is entitled to honorable men- tion with the gallant soldiers of the Civil War, and in the first rank of the medical profession, he has also distinguished himself as a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. He retains his membership in the Ft. Recovery Lodge No. 458, and has successively borne all the honors conferred by the various degrees, having been a delegate to the Grand Lodge in Ohio. He is a Republican in polities, and is a member of the North western Ohio Medical Association, of Mercer County, also of the

Indiana District and Jay County Medical Societies. Such a mind as his, stored as it is with knowledge, and the genial disposition and temperament which it is his good fortune to possess, can yield only suc- cessful fruits.

ENRY SCHAAL, of the firm of Esser & Schaal, editors and proprietors of the Ne- braska Staats Inzeiger, and successors to Peter Karberg, deceased, is an enterprising, energetic young man, of much native ability and fine business talent. He is a native of Illinois, born in Belleville, the county seat of St. Clair County, Nov. 25, 1857, being the eldest son of Philip and Elizabeth (Roth) Schaal. His father was a butcher and followed that trade in that city.

The subject of this sketch passed his early life in his native town, receiving a good education in its public schools. He was an industrious lad, earnest in his endeavors to establish himself in some work which should be, not only lucrative, but congenial to his tastes. After trying his hand at various kinds of business he determined to become a printer, and at the age of seventeen years entered the employ- ment of a publishing house in Belleville, where he learned the printer's trade, acquiring a full knowl- edge of the details of every department during the four years he was connected with that establish- ment. After attaining his majority Mr. Schaal left Illinois, and going to Dubuque, Iowa, commenced work for Peter Karberg, editor of the Nord Iowa Post, with whom he remained until the following year, when he was sent by Mr. Karberg to Lincoln, Neb., to establish the present Staats Anzeiger, work- ing as a compositor on the paper eighteen months. He then pushed farther west, and in Denver, Col., secured work as foreman on the Colorado Courier. While there the death of Mr. Karberg occurred, and our subject, returning to Lincoln, took charge of the Staats Anzeiger. Subsequently forming a partnership with August Esser, he purchased the paper from the administrator of the Karberg estate, and has since continued its publication. It is a thirty-six column quarto sheet. 28x44 inches, and is a neat, well-conducted paper, devoted to the interests

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of the locality, and gives all the important domestie and foreign intelligence. It is Republican in poli- ties, and has a large circulation in the city and county. Mr. Schaal is a practical printer, and his partner attends to the editorial department.

Mr. Esser was born in Germany, at Gladbach on the Rhine, where he received a fine education. In 1882. desiring to improve his financial condition, he emigrated to America, and made his way to Iowa, coming thence to Lincoln in 1883. 1Je secured a position as associate editor and traveling agent for the Nebraska Staats Inzeiger, subsequently forming his present partnership with Mr. Sehaal. Under their joint management the paper has taken a leading place among the sheets published in this section of the country, and exerts a good influence throughout the State.

UDGE STEPHEN B. POUND, ex-Judge of the Probate Court, first President of the Laneaster County Bar Association, and a successful practicing attorney of the city of Lincoln, became identified with the people of South- ern Nebraska soon after the Territory was trans- formed into a State, and when the present city of Lincoln was the village of Lancaster. Ile was for a time engaged in mercantile business, but having already a good knowledge of law, and the profession being in consonance with his tastes. he sold out and associated himself in partnership with the able at- torney, Seth Robinson, with whom he continued until his election in the fall of 1869 to Judge of the Probate Court.

The Empire State, which has so generously con- tributed of her sons to the settlement of the Great West, contained the early home of our subject, he having been born in Ontario County, Jan. 14, 1835. When quite young, his parents changed their resi- denee to Wayne County, that State, where his father, Nathan K. Pound, looked his last upon the seenes of earth. Stephen B. remained there with his mother until reaching manhood, and assisted in the various labors of the farm, upon which the father had died, and where the mother also spent the remainder of her life. She passed away about

1882. They were natives respectively of Massa- chusetts and Connecticut, the mother being in her girlhood Miss Hannah G. Lane, and the families of both were of English deseent.

Upon leaving the distriet school young Pound be- eame a student of Walworth Academy, and subse- quently of Macedon Academy, and thus prepared himself for a college course. This latter he entered upon in Union College, in Schenectady, from which he was graduated with honors in the year 1859. Immediately afterward, at Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., he entered the law office of Judge Sherwood, who was County Judge Surrogate, and for whom he officiated as clerk, copying legal documents and attending to eourt business until 1863. By this time he had gained a knowledge of common law, and after a ereditable examination was admitted to practice. In 1864, at the expiration of Judge Sher- wood's term of office, he was admitted to partner- ship with his tutor, which lasted until the death of the latter in 1866. In the fall of that year Judge Pound came to the West, spending one winter in Platteville, Wis., and during the following year taking up his residence in this State.

In the fall of 1869 Judge Pound returned to the Empire State, and was there married, in Wayne County, to Miss Laura B., daughter of J. S. and Olivia Biddlecome. She was born in 1841, in Ontario County, N. Y. The newly married pair returned at once to Lincoln, which has since been their home. On the expiration of his term of office as Probate Judge, he, in January, 1872, formed a law partnership with C. C. Burr, which continned three years, until his election to be District Judge. In 1872 he was elected State Senator for the district composed of Lancaster and several adjoining coun - ties. He was elected a member of the Constitu- tional Convention which convened in the spring of 1875, for the purpose of forming a new Constitution, which also established a new judicial system. In the fall of 1875 he was elected Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit, composed of the counties of Lan- caster, C'ass, Otoe and Nemaha, of which oflice he was the incumbent for three successive terms, and until the fall of 1887. At this time Judge Pound resigned, and associated himself in a law partnership with C. C. Burr, the firm of Pound & Burr still

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existing. They command an extensive practice throughout this and adjoining counties, and are both men of standing, possessing ripe judgment and a large experience. Being free from scheming or trickery they enjoy the patronage of the most in- telligent class of people within their jurisdiction.

The home of Judge Pound embraces a fine resi- dence, with ample grounds, where, in the compan- ionship of an intelligent wife and hosts of friends, he is in the enjoyment of sufficient of this world's goods, being surrounded by all the comforts of life. His property embraces this home and other real estate in Lincoln. His family includes a son and two daughters, the first mentioned of whom is Roscoe, a bright and promising young man, and a graduate of the State University, where the daugh- ters, Emma L. and Olivia, are now both students. Judge Pound has been prominently identified with the legal profession at large in Southern Nebraska, taking a lively interest in maintaining its standing and reputation, and is inseparably connected with its history.

ACOB LAHM, whose extensive farm is situ- ated upon section 28, Buda Precinct, is a native of Bavaria, and one of whom it is a pleasure to speak, because he has sought to understand the institutions of his adopted country, gather its ideas and make them his own, with the happy result that there are few who better under- stand or more appreciate them. He was born in the Kingdom of Bavaria. on the 7th of July, 1842, and is the son of Phillip and Catherine Lahm. He is their only son, and has received every advantage in their power to give. His education in his native tongue was extensive and thorough, and since com- ing to this country he has made considerable prog- ress in his study of English. At fifteen years of age he was apprenticed to learn the trade of black- smith and iron worker, and continued to follow it until he was about twenty-two years of age, when he joined the Bavarian army and served five and one-half years in the heavy cavalry, and was the blacksmith of his company. Ile was in the Austro- Prussian War in 1866, fighting on the side of Austria.

In the second battle in which he participated he was wounded in the right ankle by a grenade; this left him unfit for service, and he was honorably dis- charged, and subsequently received a pension of $5 per month.

In 1868 our subject emigrated to America, tak- ing passage at Havre, and after a voyage of seven- teen days landed from the steamer that had been his floating home for that period, in the city of New York. Having recovered somewhat from the effects of the voyage he made his way to St. Lonis, which was his home for about a year. He then went to Shelbyville, lil., and for three years worked by the month upon a farm; subsequently rented a property and went to work upon his own account, and was very successful in this venture, and before very long was in a position to purchase a farm.

The Western World had sent forth its invitation for settlers, and onr subject was one to accept, and in February of 1883 he came to this county, and has resided here ever since. His farm comprises eighty acres of excellent land for agricultural pur- suits, and he has gone to work heartily to make every possible improvement upon it. He is quite a student in regard to husbandry, and is one of the founders of the Buda Agricultural Society, which has for its object the improvement of the stock and produce of the farm. He has held the office of President of the society.

In political affairs our subject is deeply interested though not an office-seeker, and decides upon the question of who shall receive his votes rather by the character of the candidate than the question of his party. Although not a member of any church our subject is a most respected eitizen because of his regard for a high state of morals, personally and in the community. He was one of the founders of the German Family Club, of Cortland, and has been President of the club from the commencement, with the exception of two years.

One of the most important steps in the life of our subject was taken upon the 25th of December, 1867, when he became the husband of Miss An- gelica Kime, a lady of culture, refinement and womanly grace, who has since stood with him, at once the brightness and inspiration of his life. Our

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subject represents the ideal German-American citi- zen. Since coming to this country he has carefully studied its institutions and is deeply imbued with its ideas, with the result that he is most cordially in sympathy with the same and heartily attached to the land of his adoption.

ILLIAM MAXWELL REED, who has been a resident of this county since April, 1875, belongs to that large class of rugged far- mers who have come from the Buckeye State and assisted so materially in the development of this section of country. Mr. Reed was born in Licking County, Ohio, March 13, 1827, and is the son of Nelson and Jane (Maxwell) Reed. The mother of our subject died in her native State, leaving six children, of whom William Maxwell is the only son. The father subsequently married Mary Cockrell, and in 1852 the family migrated to Illinois and settled in Fulton County, which ten years later they exchanged for Knox County. The father finally removed to Southeastern Illinois, and con- tinued to reside there until his decease. which oc- curred in 1865.

The subject of this biographical notice was reared to farm life and received a common-school educa- tion, which he has broadened by reading and ob- servation, until he is a well-informed man, abreast of his age, on the subjects of the day. On the 25th of March, 1852, he was united in marriage with Mary A. Snare, a native of Lieking County, Ohio, and spent the next ten years in Fulton County, 111., engaged in the ocupation of farming. In 1862 they removed to Knox County, and on the 14th of August, of the same year, Mr. Reed enlisted in the Union Army, and was mustered into the service with Company B, 103d THinois Infantry. Ile entered the army as a private, but he became a non-com- missioned officer, and saw much active service in his three years' experience. Ile participated in the battles of Kennesaw Mountain. Mission Ridge, At- lanta and other places, and was present at the siege of Vicksburg. Ile was honorably discharged from the army July 7, 1865, after earning a good war record as a brave and capable soldier, and returning

to Knox County, Ill., converted his sword into a plowshare, and resumed his peaceful vocation. Ten years later he sold his Illinois property, and coming to Nebraska rented land, which he operated until able to secure a tract of his own. Ile now owns eighty-five acres of well-improved land, pro- vided with comfortable buildings for the successful prosecution of his calling.

To Mr. and Mrs. Reed has been born a family of six children, whose record is as follows: Ma- hala is the wife of Samuel Walker, and Nora, of George Anderton: William D., Otis, Effie, and Huldah, the wife of Elmer Mattox. The political views of our subject find their best exponent in the Republican party, whose candidates for office he uniformly supports, while socially, as might be ex- pected of a soldier, he is a member of Mitchell Post No. 28, G. A. R., at Waverly.

6 REDERICK A. STROCKEY. There is no nation upon earth more given to journeying than the American people, unless it be the nomads of North Africa, and the difference is so great as to make it hardly worthy of mention. In the civilized world America has no equal in this regard. In every clime and upon every sea, the American tourist isrecognised by his shrewd, clear- cut business air, and the intelligence of his inquiry and research. At home the same restlessness is noted, and as a people we live away from home, whether in the interest of pleasure or business, to an unprecedented degree. Upon these journeyings the traveler has learned to appreciate in the propri- etor of his stopping-place those qualities which lead him to make his hostelry as homelike as a public place can be. In Princetown, Neb., just such an one is found in the subject of the present sketch, whose hotel has quite a reputation in reference to these characteristics of hotel management. In addition to the above our subjeet is engaged in general mer- cantile pursuits, and by his capacity for business is successful in the same. Mr. Strockey was born on the 6th of August, 1844, in Stephenson County, Ill., and is the son of Christian and Caroline Strockey. who were both natives of the Fatherland. Our

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subject received a somewhat limited education in the public schools of his native district, and subse- quently went to farm work, and continued at the same in his native county until he arrived at man- hood. In the spring of 1868 he came to Nebraska and located in Gage County. continuing his resi- dence there until the spring of 1887, when he re- moved to this county. In Buda Precinct he owns eighty acres of good land, which is well cultivated.

During his residence in Gage County our subject was united in marriage to Jane Nichols, a native of that county, their wedding being celebrated on the 3d of October, 1870. Their family includes four children, whose names are subjoined: Charles, Olive. Chester and Milton F. The wife of our subject is a native of Wisconsin, and was born there on the 7th of March, 1852; she is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Nichols.

Mr. Strockey has always desired to have a home of his own, and has constantly striven to that end. He went into his store business about April, 1888, and has been increasingly prosperous. It is one of the most extensive in the district, and the store proper is very commodious, measuring 18x40 feet, and is occupied by just such a stock of general merchandise as would be carried by a country store. He embarked in the hotel enterprise on Aug. 1, 1888, and it is now the leading hotel of Princeton and the entire district, and its business is by no means injured by his large popularity. The religious home of our subject is in the United Brethren communion, and he serves the local organi- zation in the capacity of Steward. In political mat- ters he usually devotes his energies to forwarding the interests of the Republican party, and gives to it his suffrage.

MOS EAGER. In the present biography is offered a brief outline of the life of one who has developed a special aptitude for and delight in stock farming, and has linked with this a carefully cultivated mental power and a large capacity for work, with the result that there are few in his precinct or county whose farms are more nearly perfeet in point of agriculture and gen-

eral cultivation, or who are more successful in the breeding and raising of various kinds of stock, per- haps, more especially restrieting that word as applied to cattle. The property of our subjeet is situated upon section 34 of Rock Creek Precinct, upon which he settled in the year 1871.

Mr. Eager is the son of William and Caroline (Northrup) Eager. His father was a native of Oneida County, N. Y., and was born in the year 1799. Ile continued to make his home there until 1855, when he removed to Rock County, Wis., and there continued until his death. Ilis chosen life occupation was husbandry, and he was more than successful. He was married in the year 1826; his wife was a native of Allegany County. N. Y., and was born in the year 1808. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Eager comprised nine children, five of whom are sons. They are recorded as follows: Cynthia is the wife of Mr. Blaine, of Rutland, Rock Co., Wis .; Amy, now Mrs. Peter Case, whose husband is one of the prosperous merchants of Fredericks- burg, Chickasaw Co., lowa; Almeron M., a capitalist and manufacturer of Rock County, Wis .; Aellia, the wife of John Case, of Fredericksburg; Alvin, an extensive farmer of Grand Island, Neb. ; Amos, the subject of this sketch; Rinda, happily married to John Ellison, another of Fredericksburg's farmers; and De Witt, a merchant at Beaver Crossing, in this State.

Our subject was born on the 30th of May, 1845, in Oneida County, N. Y., and continued to live at home, passing through the usual phases of boyhood and youth, occupied with play and lessons, judi- ciously intespersed with chores and lighter labors, until the arrival at such an age and development of strength and musele as to permit of larger duties and responsibilities. In 18GI, upon the outbreak of the war, he enlisted in Company D, 7th Wiseon- sin Infantry, on the 18th of August. On the 1st of September following, he proceeded with his regiment to Washington, and was stationed in that city dur- ing the winter. The following March he was ordered to Fredericksburg, remaining there until August, when the regiment marched to Cedar Mountain, and the first battle for this regiment was fought; afterward our subject was one of the active combatants at the battles of the Rappahannock and

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RESIDENCE OF H. C. FUSON , SEC. 3, WAVERLY PRECINCT.

CITY RES. 835| 145T. LINCOLN, NEB.

FARM AND CITY RESIDENCEOF A.S. EAGER, SEC. 34. ROCK CREEK PRECINCT.

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Gainesville. In the last battle he was severely wounded, being shot through the wrist and ankle, and from the effects of these wounds he was honor- ably discharged April 18, 1864.

Upon returning home our subject attended for one year the seminary at Evansville, Wis., and at the end of that time left the State and made his home in Iowa for the subsequent three years, occu- pied during that period in farming. In 1868 he came to Omaha of this State, and remained one year, then went to Saunders County and pre-empted eighty acres of land and remained upon it one year, and then came to Lancaster County. After some prospecting he homesteaded eighty acres of land in Rock Creek, which has since been extended, until to-day he possesses there quite a large estate. In 1873 a new farm of 160 acres of land was purchased from the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company, at $6 per acre, situated on section 27. Seven years after another quarter-section was pur- chased, situated upon section 33, for which he paid $1,200. In 1882, for the same amount, an ad- ditional eighty aeres was bought. Five years after, i. e. in 1887, another eighty acres changed hands and became the property of our subject, for which $1,750 was paid, so that he owns altogether about 560 acres in Rock Creek Precinct.

Our subject was married, in the year 1871, to Ellen Saffer, a daughter of George W. and Mary (Riderman) Saffer. Her father was born in the Hoosier State, in the year 1824, and made it his home for about forty-two years, and then went to Fulton County, Ill. This he made his home until the year 1870, and then came to Saunders County, Neb., where he still resides. Mrs. Saffer was born in Indiana in 1832, and departed this life in 1865. Their family cirele included five daughters, of whom the wife of our subject was the third-born. This important event occurred April 23, 1855. Our subject and his wife are happy in having four chil- dren, three of whom are sons. Their names are Frank, Carl, Earl and Pearl.

Mr. Eager continued with undiminished vigor and assiduity to carry on his farms until the close of the season of 1887, when he removed to the city of Lincoln, retired from active labor, in order to enjoy the fruit of previous years of toil. Never-the-

less he has not entirely severed his connection with the farm, but still superintends with keen interest. more especially giving attention to his stock and cattle breeding. Ile is the owner of an exception- ally fine herd of high-grade cattle of the best varieties, devoting special care to this department.

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Portrait and biographical album of Lancaster county, Nebraska, Part 52

Author: Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Chicago, Chapman brothers Number of Pages: 812

Author:
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Chicago, Chapman brothers
Number of Pages: 812