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George W. Marsden was born at Galena, Jo Daviess Co., III., Jan. 11, 1853, and is a graduate of the Galena High School. After school days were over. he, with his brother, worked the father's farm, after which they removed to their present home. The house on section I is the property of our sub- ject ; it is by far the finest residence for many miles around, and might stand beside some of the city houses without a blush. It isan ideal country resi- dence, 32×40 feet, and if wanting in some modern tricks of architecture, it is not without its excellen- cies, even from a professional standpoint. It is elegant and commodious, and is built with the idea of its being a home. In addition to the residence, the farm is supplied with an extensive and com- modious barn and other farm buildings, the lum- ber for all these buildings being shipped from Burlington, Iowa. The farm possesses another im- portant property which we may not overlook, viz: It contains some of the best water that can be found in the whole district, both spring and well water. Great attention has been given to procuring the finest grade and varieties of fruit and shade trees, which have been set out by the hundreds, and these, besides being valuable property, go far to make the
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residence so exceedingly pleasant. Words are in- adequate to do justice to the matter, but the artist in the accompanying illustration does much to bring before the mind some of the beauties of this ele- gant home, and it will, we are assured, be welcomed in proportion as it does so. Our subject is still unmarried; his sister Priscilla has the care of their home, which lies within a half mile of the city lim- its. Mr. Marsden, Sr., is the only member of the family who has filled civic office. When a resident in Galena, he was Assessor for a considerable pe- riod. The family is worthity placed in the frout rank of citizens of this county, and commands the highest respect and esteem. Mr. Marsden has a herd of thoroughbred Short-horns, and high-grades. The farm is most elegantly situated in the county. Twelve years ago it was purchased for $12 per acre, and now the entire tract could be sold for $100 per acre, or $64,000. This illustrates the rapid im- provement of the county. In polities Mr. Marsden is a stanch Republican.
OSHUA PERRIN. Among those who came at an early day to the southern part of this county, the subject of this biography has occupied no unimportant position. He has carried on farming and milling combined, and by bis industry and prudence has accumulated a good property, which he is now permitted to enjoy, sit- ting under his own vine and fig tree, and having about him all the comforts and many of the luxu- ries of life. He ranks among the honored pioneers of Southern Nebraska, and has built up one of its most desirable homesteads, working up from first principles and struggling with the soil in its earliest stages of cultivation.
As President of the Roca Roller Milling Com- pany, the name of Mr. Perrin is widely and favor- ably known throughout Saltillo Precinct and the vicinity, these mills gathering in the bulk of the patronage from the people in the southern part of the county. The farm property of our subject is located on section 9, with good buiklings, improved farm machinery, and all the appurtenances for the prosecution of agriculture after the most approved
methods. As a homestead it is all that could be desired in point of health, comfort and convenience, with its pure air, and fertile fields yielding for the sustenance of man those products which conduce to health of body and of mind alike.
The history of Mr. Perrin is one of more than ordinary interest, he being the offspring of an ex- cellent old family who have been represented in the Keystone State for three generations, and who trace their ancestry to Germany. Amos and Elizabeth (Bennett) Perrin, the parents of our subject, were natives respectively of Alleghany County, Md., and Bedford County, Pa. The paternal great-grand- father was Thomas Perrin, who, upon emigrating from the Fatherland. settled near Oldtown, Md., and subsequently served in the French and Indian Wars, being in the Federal service under Gen. Washington and witnessing Braddock's defeat. Later, his son Thomas, the grandfather of our sub- ject, carried a musket in the Revolutionary War.
After their marriage the parents of our subject located on a farm in Bedford County, Pa., where the father carried on agriculture successfully, and accumulated a fine property, which, however, he lost, being the victim of misplaced confidence in becoming a bondsman for some of his friends. In 1847, hoping to mend his broken fortune, he left Pennsylvania, with his wife and three children, our subject being the youngest, and crossed the Alle- ghanies into West Virginia, settling about twelve miles from the city of Wheeling. There he re- mained about one year, then removed to Wood County, and commenced farming near Parkersburg. On the 15th of July, 1850, he was seized with chol- era, and in the space of nine hours had breathed his last, at the age of fifty-three years. The mother succeeded in keeping her children together, and our subjeet remained with her until his marriage.
Joshua Perrin was born June 4, 1835, in South- ampton Township, Bedford Co., Pa. At the time of his father's greatest prosperity he was a mere child, too young to commence his education in school, and when he might have done this the family was in straightened circumstances, and he consequently was required to make himself useful about the home. In addition to this, upon the re- moval of the family to West Virginia the schools
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were few and far between, our subject attending one of these institutions only about six months during his entire life. At the time of his father's death he was a boy of fifteen years, and was obliged to exert himself in assisting to keep the wolf from the door. Ile rented a farm which he operated for a period of eight years, and then, in 1858, went into the woods of West Virginia, and began the estab- lishment of a home of his own. Hle put up a log house into which he moved his mother and sisters, and they kept house for him until the time of his marriage.
On Christmas Day, 1856, Mr. Perrin celebrated the occasion by taking unto himself a wife and helpmate, Miss Lucinda Deem, who was born in that region, and whose parents spent their last years there. The young people commeneed life together under the roof which our subject had provided, but after the birth of two children Mrs. Perrin died, in 1861, at the age of twenty-two years. Their eldest daughter, Clarissa, died at the age of seven years; Clarinda grew up and continued with her father until her marriage, being now the wife of Ira P. Mells, of Custer County, this State; she is also the mother of two children-William J. and Bernard.
Our subject was married the second time in West Virginia, Dec. 29, 1863, to Miss Sarah M., the daughter of Edward R. and Rebecca Leach. Mrs. Perrin was the seventh of a family of nine children, and was born March 3, 1839, in Marshall County, W. Va., where she received a common-school educa- tion, and continued with her parents until her mar- riage. In 1865 Mr. Perrin, with his mother, his wife and his children, removed to Jackson County. Ohio, where he purchased 112 acres of land, and carried on farming for a period of ten years. In 1875 he disposed of his property, and gathering together his family and his personal effects, started for the farther West. Hle determined to visit South- ern Nebraska, and if he did not like the place, to move on to Oregon, Hle contemplated, if every- thing was favorable, settling in Lincoln, and being pleased with the looks of the country upon arriving in this county, he purchased 320 acres of land on section 9, in Saltillo Precinct, from the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company. There being no buildings upon it, he bought a little house and
moved it to his premises. This sheltered the fam- ily, they making themselves as comfortable as pos- sible until they could do better.
Our subject now commenced in earnest his strug- gle with the uncultivated soil, and his experience was that of many of the other pioneers whose early career in Nebraska has received ample recognition in this work. While carrying on the cultivation of his land, he planted an orchard of 100 trees, besides the smaller fruits, and added those other embellish- ments to the homestead upon which the comfort and happiness of their family to such a great extent depended. He put upa barn and other out-buildings, as his means justified, enclosed his fields with good fences, and in 1876 erected a very fine frame dwell- ing with a stone basement, and two stories in height. Gradually he gathered a goodly assortment of live stock on his place, cattle, horses and swine, and keeps of the first mentioned usually a herd of about forty head.
Mr. Perrin became interested in milling in 1887. In 1887 the mill at Roca was destroyed by fire, and he then purchased a half-interest in the ground upon which it stood, where he ereeted a fine flouring-mill, 36x40 feet, and four stories in height, supplying it with a full set of the Short roller system, with a capacity of fifty barrels per day. This machinery was calculated to manufacture the best flour in the world, and approaches very nearly to what is claimed. The mill when fully completed will prove a valuable addition to the business interests of Sal- tillo Precinct, and due eredit is given Mr. Perrin for his enterprise.
To our subjeet and his estimiable wife there have been born five children, namely : William, Amos, Frank, Winfield and Charles. The eldest son is a young man of more than ordinary capacities, studi- ous and fond of literature, and is now the editor of the Alliance Argus, in Box Butte County. He acquired an excellent education, being graduated from the University of Nebraska with honors in the class of '87, Amos and Frank are also attend- ing tins institution, the former being in the class of '92, and the latter in the class of '93t; he younger sons are at home with their parents.
Mr. Perrin is a stanch Republican, with leanings toward Prohibition, and both he and his wife are
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members in good standing of the Methodist Epis- copal Church at Roca. He has been quite promi- nent in local affairs, liberal and public-spirited, and while on the building committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, also donated 8500 for the erec- tion of the building.
AMES B. HIALE. The property of this well-to-do farmer of Saltillo Precinct is finely located on section 30, and embraces 280 acres of land which was homesteaded by his father, in 1866, while Nebraska was a Territory. The latter, Amos Hale, was a native of St. Lawrence County, N. Y., and the scion of an excellent old family who traced their origin back to Sir Robert, a brother of Sir Matthew Hale, who in years gone by was the Chief Justice of England. The latter was noted for his erudition, gentleness of disposi- tion, and his high sense of justice, which enabled him to render his decisions in a manner which re- flected honor upon a long and prosperous career. The first representatives of the family in this coun- try crossed the Atlantic about the year 1650. Some of them returned to England in the reign of Charles II.
Amos HIale in early manhood was united in mar- riage with a very estimable lady, Miss Mary J. Major, a native of Davis County, Ind., and they settled in Lawrence County, where the father fol- lowed his profession of civil engineer and also operated as master mechanic. He was a man of more than ordinary capabilities, and arose to the position of Superintendent of the Indianapolis & Madison Railroad, which he held until resolving to seek his fortunes west of the Mississippi.
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The father of our subject upon securing the land which we have already spoken of commenced at once to make improvements, and at the time of his death five years later, had laid the foundation of a valuable homestead. He rested from his earthly labors June 6, 1871, at the age of fifty-one years. The mother is still living. and now a resident of Roca, being sixty-eight years old. Their household
included nine children, three sons and six daughters, of whom James B., our subject, was the second born. Hle first opened his eyes to the light Oct. 25, 1847, in the town of Springville, Lawrence Co., Ind. The educational facilities of that time and place were extremely limited, and the boy chiefly learned to plow and sow and gather in the harvest. Ile was a young man twenty-four years of age at the time of his father's death, but had already for a year or more been manager of the homestead. On the 25th of January, 1870, he brought a bride beneath its roof, having been married to Miss Lucy A. Sanford, the daughter of an excellent family, whose parents moved from Virginia to Indiana at an early day, and whose father, John C. Sanford, traced his ancestry directly to Gen. George R. Clark, of Virginia.
John C. Sanford, the father of Mrs. Hale, was a farmer by occupation, and was married to Miss Hannah Eads, an own consin of the celebrated civil engineer, Capt. James B. Eads, of St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Sanford spent his last years in Indiana, dying at the homestead in Davis County, Dec. 1, 1877, at the age of fifty years. The mother is still living there. Mrs. Ilale was the eldest of a family of five sons and four daughters, and was born Dec. 19, 1849, in Davis County. Ind. Of her union with our subject there are eight interest- ing children, namely : Robert M., John C., Emma Josephine, Amos Ilix, Eric Edgar, Edith S., Bessie and Stuart Grant. They all continne under the home roof, and will be educated in accordance with the means and position of their parents.
The property of Mr. Hale includes 560 acres of land, with handsome and substantial farm buildings, a tasteful dwelling, good barns, sheds and other outhouses, an orchard of 600 apple trees, the smaller fruits, and all the other appurtenances which go to make up the complete rural home. Ile is a man liberal and public-spirited, and while a boy became very much interested in political matters. By the reading of Uncle Tom's Cabin he became thor- oughly imbned with anti-slavery doctrines. and from the first was a Lincoln man. At an earlier period he had hurrahed for Gen. John C. Fremont, and since the organization of the Republican party, in 1856, has remained one of its stanchest ad-
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herents. Although it is true, having something to begin upon at the outset of his career, it has re- quired good judgment and forethought to look after his property and increase his talents, like the wise man of Scripture. This he has done in a tenfokl degree and is worthy of much credit that he has perpetuated the estate which his father inaugurated, and is adding to its value as the years pass, build- ing up for both father and son a memorial which will descend in honor to their children. The pat- ronymic was formerly and correctly spelled Haile, but changed to the shorter method of spelling by Amos IIale, the father of our subject, on account of his known habit of always taking the shortest and most direct cut to everything.
The following very interesting family record of the IIale family was prepared by Andrew J. Haile, the uncle of James B., and we print as furnished :
Nathaniel, Richard and Nathan Haile came from England to America about the year 1650. Richard, your great-great-great-grandfather, settled in Swan- sea, Mass. Walter Haile, your great-great-grand- father, was born in Swansea, Nov. 16, 1707, educated for a physician, removed to Warren, R. I., where he practiced his profession. Mary Luther, wife of Walter Ilaile, was born June 2, 1706.
Children of Walter Haile: Richard, born May 29, 1729; Nathaniel, Dec. 1, 1731; Anna, Dec. 23, 1734; Nathan, Oct. 23, 1736; John, April 23, 1739; Joseph, May 16, 1741; Amos, Aug. 27, 1743; James, Oct. 30, 1745; Lydia, Feb. 15, 1748; Mary, April 8, 1750; Eliza, Dee. 18, 1752. Eleven in all.
Nathan remained on the homestead in Warren. Jaines Ilaile, your great-grandfather, was born at Warren, R. I., Oct. 30, 1745, died May 5, 1808. flannah, his wife, was born in Rehoboth, R. I., May 17, 1740, died May 15, 1812. They removed to Putney, Vt., 1772.
Children of James Haile: Richard, born Aug. 14, 1769, died Nov. 5, 1847; Hesekiah, born Aug. 7, 1770; Mary, horn Jan. 15, 1772, died in March, 1843; Nathan, born March 17, 1774 ; Desire, Jan. 21, 1775, died in August, 1777; Hannah, born April 20, 1776; Anna, April 18, 1779; John, Feb. 11, 1781 ; James, March 16, 1782. Nine in all; James, the youngest of this family, was your grandfather.
James Ilaile, yonr grandfather, was born March 16, 1782. Tabitha Johnson, your grandmother, was born Jan. 12, 1784. They were married June 3, 1802.
Children : Diantha Aldridge, born Jan. 28, 1804; James Bradley, Ashbel Bradford (twins), May 29, 1806; Mason Ward, March 3, 1811; Jane Porter, Aug. 5, 1814; Laura Bigelow, Feb. 22, 1816; Amos Hix (your father), March 30, 1818; Andrew Jackson, July 5, 1819; Louis Johnson, Nov. 3, 1823; Cornelia A. Wellington, Feb. 25, 1827. Ten in all.
Diantha marrigl Hesekiah H. Smith, Dec. 20, 1820; Laura died when thirteen months of age; Jane died in Brookville, Ind., in 1860; James B. died in Louisiana, Sept. 9, 1836. This is the unele after whom you are named.
James Bradley Haile, your uncle, was born May 29, 1806. Studied law in Rochester, N. Y., went to Brookville, Ind., in 1830; commeneed the prae- tice of law, and in a few years was elected Chan- cellor of the State. Married Catherine Jacobs, Aug. 25, 1833. James B., only child of your uncle, was born Ang. 6, 1834, died Jan. 21, 1835. Ash- bel Bradford (twin brother of the above), graduated at Yale College; studied medicine. Married Mary H. May, Oct. 31, 1843. His wife was born in Sa- vannah, Ga., June 10, 1816. Gertrude, daughter of Ashbel B. and Mary H. Haile, was born Sept. 29, 1850. Your uncle, Ashbel B., is a practicing phy- sician in Norwich, Conn.
Ashbel Johnson, your great-grandfather on your grandmother's side, was born May 22, 1750. Jane Porter, his wife, was born April 6, 1755, married Jan. 4, 1772.
Children: William, born April 16, 1773; David, Feb. 6, 1775; Ebenezer, Feb. 14, 1777; Lucy, Dec. 6, 1778; Pattie, March 29, 1780; Ashbel, June 30, 1782; Tabitha (your grandmother), Jan. 12, 1784; Ezekiel, Nov. 20, 1785; Nabby, Nov 2, 1788; Samuel, Dec. 29, 1789; Polly, March 14, 1792; Ward, Nov. 20, 1793; Stephen, Feb. 3, 1796. Thirteen in all.
This family lived in Dummerston, Vt. Your grandmother when young was a great beauty. She was noted far and wide for her beauty and splendid teeth. She was regarded as the most daring and
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graceful horseback rider in all New England. She was a very intellectual woman; retained her beauty to old age; was large and fleshy.
Andrew Jackson Haile, your uncle, was born in Gouverneur, N. Y., July 5, 1819. Married to present wife, Annie Deborah Harlan, July 29, 1848.
Children : Willie James, born May 30, 1851, in Kentucky; Charles Horatis. Jan. 30, 1854, in Mis- souri; Walter Frank, June 9, 1856, in Tennessee ; Andrew Johnson, Nov. 12, 1868, in Tennessee.
Your aunt Annie was born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 30, 1832. She is of a distinguished Mary- land family. Her grandfather og her father's side was at one time Governor of New Jersey; and her grandfather on her mother's side was Governor of Maryland.
Remarks: Hesekiah Ilix married Desie Carpen- ter, who were your great-great-grandparents on your grandfather's side in the female line. That is, your grandfather's mother's maiden name was Hix, hence your father's middle name (flix). The correct spelling of our name is Haile. It is an English name and ought not to be corrupted. The English Hailes were always loyal to the Crown. The cmi- gration took place during the civils and during Cromwell's usurpation.
Charles the First, King of England, was beheaded by Cromwell's friends Jan. 30, 1649, Fearing a like fate many of his adherents left England. Upon the restoration of Charles the Second in 1660, after Cromwell's death, many of them returned to En- gland and were received with great favor by the King. Some had patents of nobility issued to them. Among those were some of the Hailes, our ances- tors. Sir Matthew Haile, the distinguished Chief Justice of the court of King's Bench, was one of our ancestors. In English works his name is spelled Haile.
David Haile was another who was created a noble, and the title of Lord Dalrymple conferred upon him. Haile is still a distinguished name in England. The Hailes are eminently an agricultural or a liter- ary people. Very few ever engaged in trade or the mechanical arts. The Hailes are also a moral and religious people. There is not known an instance of a Haile ever being a drunkard or convicted of an infamous crime.
The Hales are an entirely different stock of peo- ple. John P. Hale. of New Hampshire, Eugene Hale, of Maine, noted politicians. are no relatives of ours. I do not know why your excellent father dropped the "i" out of his name, unless it was in ac- cordance with his known habit of taking the short- est and most direct cut to everything.
We, the Hlailes, are proud of our names and our ancestry. Let us do nothing to detract from our high position, not even so much as the dropping of a letter from our name. The compiling of these records has cost a great deal of time, trouble, cor- respondence, searching old records, etc. I got a part of them from your uncle, Ashbel B., of Nor- wich, Conn., and hunted up the balance myself. All, every name and date, are absolutely correct.
I could write a book full of interesting matter from these records, partly from personal knowledge of persons named and from history and tradition.
Amos Hix Haile, father of James B. Haile, was born at Gouverneur, N. Y., March 30, 1813. Mary J. Major, his wife, was born at Washington, Ind., July 10, 1820. Married Sept. 19, 1844. Children : Eliza Ann, born April 17, 1846; James Bradley, Oct. 25, 1847 : Laura Etta, March 30, 1851 ; Robert Major, Oct. 19, 1852; a son, born and died April 14, 1855; Susan Jane, born Dec. 11, 1856; Mary Amelia, Sept. 6, 1859: Lincona Bellmont. Nov. 8, 1860; Emma L., Feb. 3, 1863. Nine in all. Eliza married to William L. Dunton, in November, 1884; at the present time on a homestead in Elbert County, Col. Laura E., married Oct. 24, 1875, to Friend Buel, one of Lancaster County's thrifty far- mers and stock-growers. Susan J., married to William H. Seaverns, Oct. 13, 1881; now on a thriving homestead in Wallace County, Kan. Mary A., married to Charles E. Borg, Oct. 11, 1881. Emma L., married to James W. Rouse, Feb. 3, 1882, now living at Hiawatha, Brown Co., Kan. James W. Rouse is an excellent railroad conductor now in the employ of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. Amos Hix Haile died June 6, 1871. He came to Nebraska and settled on Salt Creek, Nov. 3, 1866, while the present State was yet a Territory.
James B. Ilaile was born at Springville, Ind., Oct. 25, 1847. Lucy A. Sanford, his wife, was born
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at Washington, Ind., Dee, 19, 1849. Married Jan. 25. 1870. Children: Robert Major, born Dec. 26, 1870; John Clark, Aug. 23, 1873; Emma Josephine, Nov. 22, 1874; Amos Ilix, May 1, 1877 ; Erie Ed- gar. July 16, 1879; Edith Susan, Dec. 11, 1881; Bessie B., July 30, 1883; Stuart Grant, Oct. 22, 1885.
MOS GREENAMYRE, proprietor of the well-known South Side Fruit and Stock Farm on section 34, in Grant Precinet, has distinguished himself as one of the stirring and energetic men of this region, who started out in life dependent upon his own resources, and who, by the exercise of industry and perseverance, has accumulated a fine property and secured for himself an enviable position among his fellow-citi- zens. lle owns 320 acres of some of the choicest land in Lancaster County, where he has erected a fine set of farm buildings and effeeted the other im- provements in keeping with the means and tastes of one of its leading citizens. In his operations as a stock-grower he has been especially successful, deal- ing mostly in Short-horn cattle, Poland-China swine and Norman horses. In horticulture he han- dles mostly the smaller fruits. The artist enables us to offer a clear and helpful picture, and presents a faithfully executed view of the elegant residence and fine out-buildings of this property, and also some of its immediate and picturesque surroundings.
Our subjeet is the offspring of an excellent fam- ily of German extraction, his father being Solomon Greenamyre, a native of Mahoning County, Ohio. The mother, who in her girlhood was Miss Mary Best, was a native of the same eounty as her hus- band, where she spent her entire life, and died about 1817. The father later removed to Princeton, Bu- reau Co., Ill., where he was a resident for a period of thirty years. In March, 1887, he came to Lin- coln, this State, where his death took place about six months afterward, on the 6th of August.
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