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NEBRASKANA

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF NEBRASKA MEN AND WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED LIFE MEMBERSHIP IN THE NEBRASKANA SOCIETY

Edited by SARA MULLIN BALDWIN and ROBERT MORTON BALDWIN

HEBRON, NEBRASKA

THE BALDWIN COMPANY

1932

The names and information that is below is for:    A — H
Henry Altschuler                         John David Barnett
Cass Grove Barns                     Charles Cecil Barr
Irwell Montgomery Dawson       George Martin Dudley
Ralph Stevenson Finley            James Willis Gillette
Charles Hartner

The following are listed under H — W
John Hoaglund                           Frank Jensen
Reuben A. Johnson                  George Edward Kennedy
Clyde Lauren Krause                Orlando Bidwell Manville
Harry D. Miller                           Frederick Homer Price
Hardin Sherman Tennant         Edwin Carlos Warner
Frank Austin Warner                John Wesley Warrick
Marie O’Donnell Weeks           Bernard Whitwer

 

Henry Altschuler

Born at Madison, Nebraska, January 21, 1883, Henry Altschuler is the son of Solomon and Mary (Wertheim) Altschuler. His father, who was a farmer, was born near Posen, Germany, and died at Omaha, Nebraska, July 21, 1899; he came to this country in 1855. His mother, who was of Jewish descent, was born at Darmstadt, Germany, and died at Omaha, December 17, 1928.

Mr. Altschuler is a merchant at Madison, Nebraska. He has been a director of the Nebraska Federation of Retailers, is a director of the Nebraska Mutual Burglar Insurance Company, and vice president and director of the Associated Stores Wholesale Company, Inc. He holds membership in the Madison County Historical Society, the National Geographic Society, the Madison Country Club, the Traveling Men’s Protective Association, and the Nebraskana Society.

He is district chairman for the Boy Scouts, is a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner, has served as president of the Community Club, and has been treasurer of the Madison County Fair Association. Prior to the World War period he was a first lieutenant in Company H, 4th Nebraska Infantry, and later was county chairman and state director of Near East Relief. His hobby is reading, and his sports include hunting and fishing.

His marriage to Ada Nathan occurred at Des Moines, Iowa, December 27, 1906. She was born at Oskaloosa, Iowa, January 25, 1880, daughter of Moses A. and Hattie Nathan. Residence: Madison. (Photograph in Album).

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John David Barnett

A resident of Stanton County since January 5, 1882 John David Barnett was born in Clinton County, Indiana, September 11, 1851, son of John Mathias and Elizabeth (Whitcomb) Barnett.

 John Mathias Barnett was a farmer, born in Hardy County, Virginia, March 4, 1823, who died at Michingtown, Indiana, December 18, 1880. His wife, Elizabeth Whitcomb, was born in Clinton County, Indiana, February 8, 1829. The genealogy of her family is traced to 1630, when John Whitcomb and his wife came to America on the Arabella. He has a direct line to the time of Henry IV, and is entitled to the arms of Berwick Whitcomb, Elizabeth Whitcomb was eligible to the Colonial Dames, and a direct descendant of General James Cudworth, whom history states was a noted man. She was also eligible to the Daughters of American Revolution under Asa Whitcomb, John Whitcomb and William Parmenter.

John David Barnett attended country school, and upon moving to Nebraska took up farming. Starting with little, he reared a fine family, and is an extensive landowner. He was married to Margaret William Denney, daughter of James Maxwell and Susan (Marty) Denney, at Monticello, Illinois, December 31, 1881. Mrs. Barnett was born at Sunfish, Ohio, December 18, 1855. There are seven children: Blanche Dora, married Charles Lyle Dittman; Jessie Elizabeth, married Louis F. Zander; Campsia Pearl married Maurice G. Barr; Georgia Fern, married Dr. Leonard Collins; Hazel Grace is unmarried; Flonnie Irene, married Edward J. Kerbel; and Leilah Alberta, married Lorence F. Raabe.

Mr. Barnett is a Democrat, and a member of the New England Congregational Church at Stanton. He has always been a great hunter and fisherman. Residence: Stanton.

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Cass Grove Barns

Born on an eighty acre farm in northern Indiana, October 1, 1848, much the youngest of seven children, Cass Grove Barns is the son of Cyrus and Eliza (Elliott) Barns. His father. born in Onondaga County, New York, April 11, 18_8, died in La Porte County, Indiana, May 23, 1883. His mother, born in Onondaga County, May 28, 1809, died in La Porte County, on February 8, 1887.

Tradition assigns his nationality to England, with a mixture of Scotch-Irish ancestry, which was continued in America by intermarriage. An ancestor, Thomas Barns, of Hartford, Connecticut, came to America about 1680, where he joined a party going west to the Connecticut Valley. He participated in the first great Indiana wars, and was given a six acre tract of land in the city of Hartford, and a farm in the country. After peace was proclaimed he was married and his benign neighbors executed his wife for alleged witchcraft. He married again and from that union the entire line descends directly to Cass Grove Barns, he being the seventh generation. Members of the family participated in the Revolution, and the War of 1812. On the maternal side Mr. Barns’ lineage is traced to participants in the two wars also, an uncle having lost his life in filibustering expeditions in attempting to take Canada from England.

Reared on a farm, Cass Grove Barns attended district school when possible and taught in country schools several terms He later became a medical student with an active physician, a custom which antedates the internship of the present day. After graduation he practiced in the thickly populated neighborhood where he grew up, later removing to the county seat where there were fifteen or twenty old doctors. He served as township physician 1879-80, and was appointed county physician, having charge of the county hospital, the poor house, jail and out door poor, which gave him a job in addition to his regular practice.

Having bought wild land in Boone County, Nebraska, he succumbed to the western fever and moved to Albion, in April, 1881. For five years the family lived on their faring where Dr. Barns supervised the farming and cattle feeding and practiced medicine in Albion. In 1886, he moved into town where he engaged in the drug business with another doctor. After a few years business interests interfered with his medical practice and he ceased answering sick calls. However, he has never been clear of practice, and is still a registered physician.

Dr. Barns has served on the United States Pension Board, has been medical examiner for the Modern Woodmen of America, chief surgeon for the Nebraska National Guard, and in 1922 freshened up a bit at Tulane University. To his credit are several years as a member of the school boards of Albion, and rural districts, as well as several terms as president of the Albion Board of Education.

He was drafted to take charge of the Boone county fair, donating his services, and for a period of six years, during the depression and loss of crops of the nineties, was secretary of that organization. The fair was dying under a heavy debt, and as its secretary he was given complete control. In 1898 he left the organization entirely, out of debt.

Dr. Barns is a Democrat, and from 1894-98, was postmaster of Albion. In 1897 he had a newspaper to edit, a farm to operate, a fair to manage, post office work to do, and in addition was obliged to assume management of the Albion Flouring Mill doing commercial work with a branch store in Omaha, another in Chattanooga, smaller ones here and there. He directed also a traveling salesman. After a year he sold the Albion Argus, left the fair, and being an offensive partisan, was let out of the post office by McKinley. Thereafter for a period of twenty-two years he operated the milling business, which earned him a lot of money at first. At one time he owned and operated a small mill at Petersburg, Nebraska, but traded it for land in Kimball County.

In 1908, he purchased a large department store in Albion, operating it two years. In 1911, he again bought the Argus, selling it in 1917, because of the dearth of labor due to the war. From 1890 to 1904, Dr. Barnes did much Sunday School work and otherwise supported and assisted the Methodist Church.

When his daughters were students at the University he bought the historic D Street home of William Jennings Bryan, where his family lived two or three years, while he remained in Albion. His wife desiring to return to Albion he built a new home there where the family remained until 1928. At that time he purchased the Madison Star-Mail, moving to Madison, where he built another home. He sold the paper in April, 1981. Being idle during the past summer he has devoted much of his time to assembling a 75,000 word fiction story of pre-Civil War times.

The World War period injured the milling business greatly. Dr. Barns was assigned to about all the local war projects that did not pay–he was appointed to organize the County Council of Defensane, securing an admirable organization with county officers and precinct chairmen. To this was added a staff of many auxiliary workers. Among them he organized 18 home guard companies, got their officers commissioned and many companies drilled. No Nebraska Red Cross was functioning and he was chosen to organize it in the county. He became temporary county chairman and secured an excellent permanent one. He circulated food pledge cards, and then grow wheat one year, distributed two carloads of seed and the next year sent away for 65 single orders of seed Dr. Barns carried on war construction alone, denying some and forwarding requests for others. He was called upon to support the sale of bonds, and held meetings for food saving.

Dr. Barns was appointed chairman for Taft’s League to Enforce Peace, and then to find jobs for returning ex service men. He announced that he desired to get over seas where things would he peaceful and quiet, and his application for work in the Red Cross, Salvation Army and Young Men’s Christian Association went as far as preparing his passport. He was given many recommendations, which apparently were cancelled by other statements that he was worth more at home.

In addition to the foregoing he was government appeal agent between county and district draft boards. He helped recruit a company of infantry which was camped at the fair grounds and inducted into service. He was responsible for the support, which amounted to consider able, but was later paid by the Albion Commercial Club. The camp was given his name.

Prominent in political life over a long period of time, Dr. Barns was twice elected county commissioner of Boone County. In that capacity he opened most of the hilly roads surrounding Albion, and made many dry run bridges. His brother commissioners backed his leadership, and when a cash basis was attained Dr. Barns quit the job. He was nominated for lieutenant governor in 1920, and was defeated; was unsuccessful candidate for state senator from Boone, Antelope and Greeley once by six votes, which on the recount was reduced to three. On the no license ticket he was candidate for mayor of Albion three times, was defeated twice and elected once. Prior to that he had served as chairman of the village board.

On June 24, 1871, Dr. Barns was united in marriage to Isabelle Smith, in Berrien County, Michigan. Mrs. Barns, who was born in London, England, February 21, 1852, came to New York State with her parents as an infant. They lived there until she was about thirteen, when they removed to La Porte County, Indiana. Of this marriage there are four children: Frank Milan, born July 5, 1877, who married Ruth Burch; Viola Florence, born August 28, 1885; Ruby Eliza, born February 12, 1889, who married Samuel C. Waugh; and Donald Grover, born May 21, 1892, who married Margaret McGregor.

Dr. Barns desired his children to become farmers, but it was not to be. Frank graduated in both medicine and dentistry and became professor of head surgery in the Omaha Dental College. He practiced in Omaha, some years, and entered war service as a lieutenant. Promoted to captain and later to major, he was transferred from the base hospital at Houston, Texas, overseas as general surgeon. There he had command of surgical unit No. 7 which followed the battle front and operated on those sent back from the lines. He was in advance sector from Memorial Day to Armistice Day, and thereafter had charge of hospitals in different parts of France. Returning, he was married and settled in Albion, where he enjoys an extensive clinical practice. They have a son and a daughter.

Viola is professor of history at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. She has four degrees, three from Nebraska, and her Doctor of Philosophy from Yale. After majoring in composition in music, and receiving her Bachelor’s degree in English, she became an instructor in history at the University of Nebraska. She was a Phi Beta Kappa there, and winner of scholarships, is the author of a history book The Dominion of New England, and has several others now in preparation. For several years she was abroad engaged in research work, mostly in London. She has had several fellowships, from June, 1930, to September, 1931, being employed in research work in London, on furlough from college. She has also had a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship.

Ruby received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Nebraska, taught one year in Nebraska schools, and married Samuel C. Waugh, a college classmate. He is now trust officer for the First Trust Company of Lincoln. They have a thirteen year old daughter.

Donald was a Phi Beta Kappa student at Nebraska, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree and a scholarship to Harvard. There be received his Master’s and Doctor’s degrees. He taught for a time in the Milton Academy in Boston, and has spent several years in research work in London. In 1922, he was given a traveling fellowship, spent many months at the University of London, the University of Paris, and Cambridge University, finishing at King’s College. In 1929 he was given at Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, and has a book in preparation. He was professor of history several years at the University of Oregon, and this year is filling the same position at the University of Washington. His wife, Margaret McGregor of Northhampton, Massachusetts, was also a college worker at the University of Oregon.

Dr. Barns has written several hooks, the best known being The Sod House, published in 1930, His first newspaper work began in 1885, when he became owner of the Albion Argus. He was a charter member of the first national bank established in Boone County, and served as director in the First National Bank of Albion 37 years, and about 10 years as vice president. He is a Mason, a Modern Woodman of America, a member of the Nebraska State Historical Society and a life member of The Nebraskana Society. Residence: Madison.

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Charles Cecil Barr

Charles Cecil Barr, physician and surgeon of distinction in Madison County, Nebraska, has been a resident of this state for the past 24 years. He was born at Akron, Iowa, July 12, 1884, the son of David and Sarah Barr His father, who was born at sea in 1845, and died at Sioux City, Iowa, in 1928, was a merchant; whose ancestry was Scotch. His mother died at Waterloo, Iowa, in 1912.

Dr. Barr was graduated from the Sioux City High School in 1903, received the Doctor of Medicine Degree at Sioux City College, 1907, and was awarded membership in the American College of Surgeons in 1930; he held a fellowship in the American College of Surgeons and is a member of Theta Kappa Psi.

At this time Dr. Barr is chief of the surgical staff a Tilden Hospital, Tilden, Nebraska. He is the author of various articles published in medical journals: Report of a Case of Diabetes Insipidus With a Peculiar Complication, Nebraska State Medical Journal (1924) ; and Carcinoma of Stomach in Young Adults, Nebraska State Medical Journal (1928).

He holds membership in the Tilden Country Club, the Public Library Board, the Lions Club, Red Cross, and the Nebraskana Society. He is a Master Mason, holding membership in the Shrine and Scottish Rite bodies, and is a member of the Odd Fellows and Elks. His professional organizations include: Five County Medical Society; Nebraska State Medical Society; Elkhorn Medical Society; American Medical Association; and the American College of Surgeons. His favorite sport is golfing, and his hobby is wood work and cabinet making.

For many years Dr. Barr has been very active in civic affairs of his community, having served on the town board and as mayor for tour years. During his term as mayor, the village of Tilden was made a city of the second class, mainly through his efforts.

On May 15, 1908, he married Rosa Belle Long, of Sioux City, Iowa. at Dakota City, Nebraska. Mrs. Barr, who was born at Lyons, Nebraska, February 26, 1882, is the daughter of native Missourians. They have four children: Dorothy C., born January 3, 1910; Gwendolyn G., born June 13, 1912; Carl Cecil, born June 21, 1915; and Robert Earl, born February 24, 1920. Ruth, who is an adopted child, was the daughter of Mrs. Lucy Collins, a sister of Mrs. Barr; she was graduated from the University of Nebraska, in 1930. Dorothy received the R. N. degree at the University of Nebraska in 1930. Mrs. Barr holds membership in the Eastern Star and Royal Neighbors, besides other local clubs. Residence: Tilden.

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Irwell Montgomery Dawson

A resident of Nebraska for the past 61 years, Irwell Montgomery Dawson was born near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of George Wolstenholme and Alice Ann (Wolfenden) Dawson. His father, born at Nuttal Lane, England, January 12, 1827, died at Duluth, Minnesota, September 19, 1908. He was a farmer and was especially interested in horticulture and landscape gardening. His mother was born at Oldham, England, June 13, 1824, and died at Blair, Nebraska, February 21, 1871.

Mr. Dawson attended the public school of Blair, and was a student at Elliot’s Business College at Burlington, Iowa. He served as post office clerk at Blair, was associated with the Crowell Lumber & Grain Company for several years, and for the past 35 years has been land manager and local representative of the Stuart Investment Company of Lincoln. He is a director of the Madison County Building & Loan Association at Madison, and secured the site of the Carnegie Library.

He is a member of the Madison Community Club, the Madison County Historical Society, and the Nebraskana Society. He was formerly a member of the Kiwanis Club, and for over 16 years was a trustee and treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church. He is a Mason and a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. During the World War he served in loan drives and Liberty bond sales. In the face of adverse opinion as to the value of sweet clover as a ground builder Mr. Dawson was a firm believer in its value and staunchly advocated us use. The universal opinion now prevails that there is no better soil builder.

His marriage to Florence Nightingale Crawford occurred at West Point, Nebraska, July 12, 1899. Mrs. Dawson, who was born at Bangor, Pennsylvania, was formerly a teacher in public schools, and is now a piano instructor. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the P. E. O. Her ancestral line is that of George Wolf who was seventh governor of the State of Pennsylvania, and the founder of the public school system of Pennsylvania. They have a daughter, Alice, born June 11, 1912, who was graduated from Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, where she was a member of Phi Theta Kappa, an honorary society, and while a student there she was honored with a scholarship. She is now a student at the University of Nebraska, where she has affiliated with the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. Residence: Madison. (Photograph in Album).

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George Martin Dudley

George Martin Dudley, president of the Dudley Laundry Company, was born near La Porte, Indiana, February 17, 1873, son of George and Mary Anna (Reynolds) Dudley. The father, who was a liveryman, was born November 24, 1843, and died at Norfolk, April 24, 1916. Mary Anna Reynolds, daughter of Louis and Matilda (Wooster) Reynolds, was born August 9, 1842, and died at Norfolk, October 14, 1893. George Dudley served during the Civil War as a member of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry.

Mr. Dudley attended public school at Norfolk, and thereafter from 1901 until September 1, 1916, operated a transfer business there. On January 2, 1925, he incorporated under the name of the Dudley Laundry Company, with himself as president, the laundry business which he started on a small scale in 1916. At the present time forty persons are employed by this company, which also operates a linen and towel supply service, and a dry cleaning service.

Of his marriage to Hattie Louisa Boeck, there are two children, Darrel Darus, born at Norfolk, November 27, 1901; and Bonita Charlotte, born October 5, 1907. Darrel who is secretary-treasurer of the Dudley Laundry Company, married Joanna Roberts, at Norfolk, September 24, 1924, they have two sons: George Robert, born August 7, 1927, and Darrel Douglas, born July 15, 1928. Bonita Charlotte married Frank Roy Denton, at Lincoln, October 28, 1927; they have one daughter, Louise Ann, born September 1, 1928. Mrs. Dudley was born in Germany, February 17, 1877, daughter of John and Louisa (Schultz) Boeck.

Mr. Dudley is a Republican. He has resided in Nebraska since 1887, and has been prominent in civic affairs at Norfolk for some time. He is affiliated with the Trinity Episcopal Church, is a member of the Chamber of Commerce (director 3 years), the Rotary Club, and is a life member of The Nebraskana Society. He served as president of the Nebraska Laundry Owners Association  in 1925. Residence: Norfolk. (Photograph in Album).

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 Ralph Stevenson Finley

Born at Kingsville, Missouri, February 17, 1884, the son of Theodore Thomas and Sarah Ellen (Stevenson) Finley, Ralph S. Finley has been prominent in public affairs at Norfolk, Nebraska, since 1913. His father, who was a retired farmer and merchant for several years before his death, was born at Sparta, Illinois, September 8, 1851, and died there August 7, 1925; his grandfather, who was of Irish descent, was a native of South Carolina, and moved to Sparta, in 1820. His mother was born of English parentage at Elkhorn, Illinois, April 5, 1855, and died at Norfolk, December 16, 1929; her father, John Stevenson, settled at Sparta, in 1829.

Mr. Finley attended high school at Sparta, where he was active in football and baseball. He was salesman for T. M. James & Sons of Kansas City, Missouri, 1905-10; for Niles & Moser Company of Kansas City, 1910-18, and has been engaged in the grain and coal business in Norfolk, since 1920. He is the owner and manager of the Finley Coal, Grain & Ice Company at Norfolk, is a stockholder in the State Bank of Norfolk, and is chairman of the board of the Nebraska State Bank Liquidation Corporation.

A Republican, he served as a member of the Republican State Central Committee in 1928, and has been a member of the city and county committees several times. For the past eight years he has acted as a member of the Norfolk Public Library Board, is past director, secretary, and president of the Rotary Club, was a member of the National Waterways Committee, and served on the Board of Appraisal of the University of Nebraska. He has been a director of the Chamber of Commerce for five years; has been a member of the board of trustees of the Salvation Army for five years, and at this time is local treasurer of the Red Cross. Mr. Finley is a Mason, (Royal Arch, Consistory, Knights Templar, and Shrine) and an Elk. He is affiliated with the Norfolk Country Club and holds membership in the Norfolk Congregational Church. His sports include golfing and football.

During the World War he served as warehouse and supply manager for the Young Men’s Christian Association at Winchester, England. His marriage to Florence Buford Rees, occurred at Norfolk, October 2, 1917. Mrs. Finley, whose parentage was Welsh and Irish, was born at Norfolk, December 6, 1892, and died there August 31, 1923. One child was born to them: Ted, born February 18, 1923.

On July 6, 1925, Mr. Finley was married at Norfolk, to Irene Eide, daughter of Ole E. and Hannah (Finstad) Eide. She is of Norweigian descent, and was born at Chaseburg, Wisconsin, August 25, 1899. Residence: Norfolk.

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James Willis Gillette

One of the leading business men of Norfolk, Nebraska, James Willis Gillette has lived in the state all of his adult life. He was born at Newman Grove, Nebraska, March 8, 1887, the son of W. Stephen and Blanche (Hoffman) Gillette. His father, a physician and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, was born at Fairfax, Vermont, July 28, 1844, and died at Worcester, Vermont, May 21, 1902.

His grandfather, C. Willis Gillette, a marble carver, lived in Stowe, Vermont, where he died in 1896. The first American ancestor of the Gillette family was Jonathan, a French Hugenot, who escaped from France to England with William the Conqueror, and came to America about ten years after the Mayflower, settling in Massachusetts.

Mr. Gillette’s mother, whose ancestry was German, was born in New York, and died at Newman Grove, June, 1901. She was for years one of Newman Grove’s most prominent and beloved residents, and in the early days served as postmistress there.

Mr. Gillette attended Goddard Seminary at Barre, Vermont. For a number of years has been the owner and manager of the Gillette Creamery Company at Norfolk, Nebraska, which he founded January 1, 1917. He holds membership in the Chamber of Commerce, is a Mason, (Scottish Rite and York Rite), and during 1929 and 1930 was treasurer of the Young Men’s Christian Association. He is very active in Boy Scout work.

His marriage to Birdie C. Kuhl occurred at Norfolk, September 15, 1915. Mrs. Gillette, whose ancestry is German, was born at Norfolk, October 15, 1891. She is the daughter of Gus and Emma (Kluckhohn) Kuhi. They have three children: Richard Willis, born January 9, 1918; Mary L., born October 11, 1919; and J. Stephen, born August 2, 1927. Residence: Norfolk. (Photograph in Album).

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Charles Hartner

Since 1915 Charles Hartner has been prominent as a physician and surgeon at Madison, Nebraska. He was born at Leonardville, Kansas, June 21, 1889, son of Paul and Pauline Hartner. His father, who was a farmer, was born in Germany, October 23, 1863, and now resides at Clay Center, Kansas. His mother, Pauline Frederike (Brodt) Hartner, was born in Germany, December 18, 1868.

Dr. Hartner has six brothers and three sisters, Paul, of Riley, Kansas; Fred, of Clay Center, Kansas; Will, of Clay Center, Kansas; the Reverend Henry, who is pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church of Lincoln; Ernest and Herman of Clay Center; Minnie Hartner Kahre of Clay Center; Rose Hartner Tonn of Clay Center; and Pauline Louise, a teacher of music at Holywood California.

Dr. Hartner attended night school where he received the equivalent of a high school education, and was later graduated from the American School of Osteopathy with the degree of Doctor of Osteopathy. Receiving his degree in 1915, prior thereto and in 1911 Dr. Hartner entered York Business College where he attained further education and where he discovered his adaptability for penmanship. He is a member of the Sillonian Club.

During 1927, 1928, and 1929, Dr. Hartner was a member of the Trinity Lutheran School board at Madison and was chairman of Trinity Lutheran Church, 1929. He was its treasurer from 1924 until 1926 inclusive. He is a member of the Madison Community Club, the Lions Club, the Nebraskana Society, and the Red Cross. His professional organizations include the following: the American Osteopathic Association, the Nebraska Osteopathic Association, and the Northeast Nebraska Osteopathic Association. He is affiliated with the Trinity Lutheran Church at Madison, and is a member of the Madison Country Club.

He was married to Alma Dorothy Whemhoff at Clay Center, Kansas, April 22, 1915. Mrs. Hartner, whose parents were German, was born at Clay Center, Kansas, March 25, 1892. Their children are: Lawrence, born March 30, 1916; Helen, born June 10, 1917; and Gerald, an adopted child, born May 11, 1929. Lawrence and Helen are students in high school.

For a period of ten years Dr. Hartner has been secretary and treasurer for the local branch of the Aid Associations for Lutherans as well as their local medical examiner. Residence: Madison.

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1889 Norfolk Business Directory

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Abstracts of Title     
Peck & Rowe,, 409 Norfolk ave.

Agricultural Implements
Brueggeman, H. G., 124 Norfolk Ave.
Pasewalk, H. A., 105 Norfolk ave.

Architects
Morrison, A., Odd Fellows building
Stitt, J. C., Mast’s building, rm. 10
Tracy, T. H., at E. H. Tracy & Co.

Attorney’s-at-Law
Barnes, J. B., Mast’s Building
Durland, A. J., Richard’s Block
Holmes & Hays, rm. 1, 2, Mast’s building
Mapes & Licey, Norfolk National Bank building
Tyler, M. D., Mast’s building
Wigton & Whitham, Odd Fellows building

Bakeries
Fouts, J. W., 426 Norfolk ave.
Freythaler, John, 4th, 1st door s. of Cotton.s new block
Schoregge, E. J., 215 Norfolk ave.
Swaynie Bros., 428 Norfolk ave.

Banks
Citizens National Bank, Mast’s block
Norfolk National Bank, se cor 2d and Norfolk ave.
Norfolk State Bank, sw cor 4h and Norfolk ave.

Barbers
Higley, J. M., 110 Norfolk ave.
Rouse, C. E., 224 Norfolk ave.

Billiard Hall
The Pacific Annex. – Reynolds & Son, 502 Norfolk ave.

Blacksmiths
Buckle, Otto, Norfolk ave., east of 1st
Pasewalk, A. 308 Norfolk ave.
Stannard, Geo., se cor 3d and Braasch ave.
Pribernow, A., ne cor 1st and Madison ave.
Walter, B. C., cor Braasch ave. and 4th

Boots and Shoes
The Palace . F. T. & F. A. Campbell, 406 Norfolk ave.
Mayer, Morris, 225 Norfolk ave.
Moldenhauer, W. A. 109 Norfolk ave.

Books and Stationery
Peyton & Smith, 212 Norfolk ave.
Tracy & Co., 306 Norfolk ave.

Churches
Congregational church, nw cor 9th and Norfolk ave., Rev. J. J. Parker, pastor.
Catholic church, sw cor 5th and Madison ave., Rev. F. Lechleitner, priest
Episcopal church, Holy Trinity, ne cor 9th and Madison ave.,                                                                         Rev. W. T. Whitmarsh, pastor
Lutheran, Christs, 5th betw. Park and Pasewalk aves., Rev. I. A. Mayer, pastor
Methodist church, First, nw cor 4th and Philip ave., Rev. J. W. Martin, pastor.

Cigar Manufacturers
Berner, W. G., 209 Norfolk ave.
Kohout, W., 5th, rear of Pacific House

Civil Engineer
Latimer, Geo. A., Mast’s building, rm 10

Clothing
Boston Clothing Store . M. Franklin, 203 Norfolk ave.
Mayer, Morris, 225 Norfolk ave.
U.S. Clothing Co. . Kuhl & Linderman, 504 Norfolk ave.
Marple & co., 314 Norfolk ave.

Commission Merchants
Storey, P. C., 325 Norfolk ave.

Confectionery and Fruits
Chrisman, H. W., 327 Norfolk ave.
Emmons, James, 205 Norfolk ave.
Hoober, E., 430 Norfolk ave.
Schoregge, E. J., 215 Norfolk ave.
Swaynie Bros. 428 Norfolk ave.

Crockery
Jonas, B. W., 421 Norfolk ave.

Dentists
Cole, Dr. H. G., Norfolk State Bank block

Dressmakers
Lawson, Mrs. M. E., nw cor 3d and Norfolk ave.
Miller, Miss M., over H. Goodrich’s
Weaver, Miss S. L., nw cor 2d and Norfolk ave.

Druggists
Bryant, F. A., 2 3 Norfolk ave.
Daniel, D. R., 108 Norfolk ave.
Koenigstein, D. J., sw cor Norfolk ave., and 5th
Leonard, A. K., 410 Norfolk ave.
Moore, O. S., 415 Norfolk ave.

Dry Goods
Baum Bros. 322 Norfolk ave.
Mayer, Morris, 225 Norfolk ave.
The Johnson Dry Goods co., 318 Norfolk ave.
Prichard & Kethledge, 508 Norfolk ave.

Express Co.
Wells, Fargo & Co., 416 ½ Norfolk ave.
Pacific, office at U. P. depot

Fancy Goods and Notions
Chesney, Mrs. E., 217 Norfolk ave.
Mayer, Morris, 225 Norfolk ave.

Flour and Feed
Batte & Dellingder, 204 Norfolk ave.

Flouring Mills
Birchard, Bridge & Co., Norfolk ave., east of 1st

Furniture and Carpets
Johnson, C. H., 424 Norfolk ave.
Rees, D., 323 Norfolk ave.

General Merchandise
Asmus, Carl, ne cor 3d and Norfolk ave.
Olney, J. E., nw cor Norfolk ave and 1st
Shurtz, P. A., 407 Norfolk ave.

Grocery
Cobb & Overholser, 434 Norfolk ave.
Collamer, J. M., 408 Norfolk ave.
Goodrich, H., 220 Norfolk ave.
Jonas, B. W., 421 Norfolk ave.
Kenyon, E. B., se cor 3d and Norfolk ave.
McClary & Co., nw cor 3d and Norfolk ave.
Schoregge, E. J., 215 Norfolk ave.
Witter, A. T., Norfolk ave. betw. 7th and 8th

Guns and Locksmiths
Wetzel, L., 120 Norfolk ave.

Foundry
Hogelin & Co., near Creighton depot

Hardware
Degner, Albert, 222 Norfolk ave.
Eiseley, C. F., nw cor 2d and Norfolk ave.
Wiley Hardware Co., 506 Norfolk ave.

Harness and Saddlery
Hopkins, D. a., 404 Norfolk ave.
Oesterling, John, Norfolk ave., east of 1st
Winter, H. W., 122 Norfolk ave.

Hotels
Atlantic, ne cor 6th and Madison ave.
Elkhorn Valley House, Chas. Illgen. Prop. 112 Norfolk ave.
Norfolk House, F. Wegener, prop. 115 Norfolk ave.
Pacific House, Locke & Tipple, prop.s, sw cor 5th and Norfolk ave.
Tillenburg House, H. Tillenburg, prop. ne cor 5th and Norfolk ave.

Insurance
J. L. Pierce & Co., 4th, Norfolk State Bank building.

Insurance Agents
Durland, C. B., Richard’s Block, rm 1 and 2
Lowe, W. H., 220 Norfolk ave.
Widaman & Washburn, 315 Norfolk ave.
Wyman, H. O., Mast.s block, rm 10

Jewelry
Blair, R. N. & Co., 312 Norfolk ave.
Hayes, c. S. 320 Norfolk ave. Marquardt, C. F. W., 221 Norfolk ave.

Laundries, (steam)
Gillett & Dexter, News building, 15 so. 4th

Laundries (hand)
Elkhorn Valley Laundry, – Peter Lyttle, Philip ave. betw. 4th and 5th , 2-h-s-side

Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
Batte, T. H., 3d, betw. Norfolk and Madison aves.
Box, Geo. W. se cor 5th and Braasch ave.
Dudley, Geo., 3d, betw. Norfolk ave and Braasch ave.
Hale, W. M., nw cor 4th and Braasch ave.
Morton, Edw. C., 4th betw. Norfolk and Braasch ave.
Seiler, G. R., nw cor 3d and Braasch ave.

Loan Agents and Brokers
The Durland Trust Co.  A. J. Durland, president, C. B., Durland, vice-president,                                                    C. B. Burrows, treasurer, Richard’s block, rm 1 and 2
Farmers Loan and Trust Co. . S. E. Simpson, special agent, office with                                                               Widaman & Washburn.
Western Loan and Trust Co. . LJ. L. Pierce, manager, 4th, in Norfolk State Bank                                                 building.

Lumber Dealers
Chicago Lumber Co. . M. J. Garcelon, manager, Norfolk ave., 2 doors west of 5th
Edwards & McCulloch . W. A. Emery, manager, 2d betw. Norfolk and Madison aves.
Mittelstadt, L. C. Norfolk ave. betw 7 and 8
Wyman, D. F., sw cor Norfolk ave. and 6th

Hack and Baggage Line
Brown, Chas., Telephone No. 72

Marble and Granite Works
Stannard & Cox, 4th betw. Norfolk and Braasch aves.

Meat Markets
Glissman, H. E. 208 Norfolk ave.
Karo, August, 405 Norfolk ave.
Semmler, H., 420 Norfolk ave.
Shafer, Max, Main, betw, 1st and 2d ave.

Merchant Tailors
Madsen, C., 422 Norfolk ave.
Marple & Co., 314 Norfolk ave.
Ostin, L. J., 211 Norfolk ave.

Milliners
Chesney, Mrs. E., 217 Norfolk ave.
Durland, J. & E., 324 Norfolk ave.
Grinnell, Miss J. P., 306 Norfolk ave.

Musical Instruments
Gale, W. H., 17 So. Fourth

News Depot
Tracy, E. H. & Co., 305 Norfolk ave.
Anzeiger, H. Brummund, basement of Pacific block.
Herald, F. M. Claflin, Odd Fellows building
Journal, Wm. Leavitt, 2d street.
News, (daily and weekly), W. Huse & Son, News building, 13 So. Fourth.

Nurseries
Hammond, E. D., Park addition, next to Fair Ground.
Norfolk Nursery and Seed Co. . C. P. Michael, general manager,                                                                         ne cor 4th and Norfolk ave.

Paints, Oils and Window Glass
Leonard, A. K., 410 Norfolk ave.

Photographer
Macy & Doughty, 326 Norfolk ave.
Tillotson & Thompson, ne cor 3d and Norfolk ave., up stairs

Physicians and Surgeons
Bear, Dr. Alex., 321 Norfolk ave.
Daniel, Dr. D. R., 208 Norfolk ave.
Fuller, Dr. E. G., Odd Fellows building
Hagey, Dr. W. H. H., 323 Norfolk ave.
Macomber, Dr. A. L., 11 So. Fourth
Richards, Dr. G. B., Richards Block
Tashjean, Dr. A. B., nw cor 5th and Madison ave.
Verges, Dr. E. G., Odd Fellows block

Planing Mill
Wheaton, T. W., Norfolk ave., east of 1st

Plumbers
Rembe, L. l. 226 Norfolk ave.

Poultry Breeders
Correvon, Geo., Prospect ave. betw. 11th and 12th

Real Estate Agents
Allen, E. B., 428 ½ Norfolk ave.
Durland, A. J., Richard’s block rm 1 and 2
Lowe, W. A. 220 Norfolk ave.
Peck and Rowe, 409 Norfolk ave.
Pilger & Schwenk, 214 Norfolk ave.
Rome Miller & Co., basement of Mast’s building
Widaman & Washburn, 317 Norfolk ave.
Wilson & Miller, 416 Norfolk ave.

Restaurants
Grant, S. A. 432 Norfolk ave.
Moore, G. D., 315 Norfolk ave.

Saloons
Eble, C., 216 Norfolk ave.
Flynn, J. W., 423 Norfolk ave.
Klentz, F. W., 116 Norfolk ave.
Kyner Bros., sw cor 3d and Norfolk ave.
Machmiller, A., ne cor 2d and Norfolk ave.
Marquardt, C. F. A., se cor Norfolk ave and 5th
McCombs & Riley, 312 Norfolk ave.
Schelly, Fred, 414 Norfolk ave.
Schwertfeger, Ernst, 113 Norfolk ave.
Wilde, Albert, 219 Norfolk ave.

Second Hand Stores
Bucholz, Anton, 210 Norfolk ave.Walter, J. F., 418 Norfolk ave.

Sewing Machine Agency
Domestic:  H. G. Brueggeman, 126 Norfolk ave.
Singer:   J. D. Sturgeon, 118 Norfolk ave.

Shoemakers
Hoefs, H., 117 Norfolk ave.

Taxidermists
Sessions & Bell, over Peyton & Smith’s

Telegraph Co.
Western Union . M. Yount, manager, rm 9, Mast’s block

Tin Shop
Laubsch, Carl, 114 Norfolk ave.

Wagon Makers
Lierman, G. F., Norfolk ave., east of 1st
Walter B. C., Braasch ave. betw. 4th and 5th

Wall Paper Dealers
Tracy, E. H. & Co., 306 Norfolk ave.
Wilson & Daniel, 104 Norfolk ave.

This concludes the 1889 Business Directory

Norfolk & Madison County City Directory 1913–1914

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1913–1914   Keiter Directory Co.’s                                         Norfolk City & Madison County,
Nebraska Directory

The following are extractions for those listed as a widow in this book.   Wid is abbreviation for widow. The husband’s name follows. Then in some places it listed occupation or with whom she was living at that time.

Battle Creek population listed as 715

Allberry, Elizabeth, (wid Caleb C.);
Armstrong, Phoebe, (wid Milton C.);
Avery, Rose F., (wid John L.);
Barnes, Hannah (wid Wm. A.);
Cartney, Bridget, (wid George);
Clark, Sarah A., (wid James);
Gardels, Bertha, (wid John R.);
Haman, Clara, (wid Charles);
Hansen, Ida E., (wid Conrad);
Hoover, Josephine, (wid John D.);
Jackson, Xantippe, (wid Jefferson);
Ludwig, Sophie, (wid Wm.);
Pratt, Frances, (wid George J.);
Scheerger, Karlina, (wid Fred), Proprietor Battle Creek Roller Mills;
Scott, Lillie M., (wid Robert D.);
Senske, Bertha, (wid Paul), milliner;
Severa, Anna, (wid Joseph);
Simmons, Mary, (wid D. B.);
Willis, Rachel L., (wid Frank);
Zimmermann, M. Eva, (wid Charles), boards at F. E. Martin;
Zohar, Johanna, (wid Joseph).

Meadow Grove population listed as 444

Higbee, May, (wid Isaac), boards at Milan Saltz;
McFarland, Anna, (wid Simon I.).

Newman Grove population listed as 995

Anderson, Betsy, (wid Erick);
Brager, Marit, (wid Sever A.);
Dagsgaard, Magnhild, (wid Lars), boards at C. J. From;
Doty, Lucinda, (wid John);
Hauge, Anna, (wid John M.);
Huseby, Margaret, (wid John), boards at J. O. Huseby ;
Johnson, Christina, (wid Ole M.);
Johnson, Hilda, (wid Alfred);
Johnson, Larine, (wid Andrew), boards at H. O. Johnson;
Johnson, Nellie, (wid John);
Larson, Annie, (wid Ole), boards at Ole Larson;
Long, Mary, (wid Sven);
Murdock, Margaret, (wid George), boards at H. B. Murdock;
Olson, Clara, (wid Nels W.);
Olson, Mary, (wid John);
Olson, Ragna, (wid Hans);
Peterson, Hulda, (wid John);
Rasmuson, Gunild, (wid Samuel);
Rosenberg, Betsey, (wid John J.);
Rustad, Ingborg, (wid Gustav);
Swanson, Alice, (wid Peter);
Torgerson, Julia, (wid Enoch).

Emerick population was not listed                                                        No widows listed.

Enola population listed as 48                                                                    No widows listed

Tilden population listed as 996

Ashburn, Jane, (wid Jerd);
Bentley, Nell E., (wid Thomas), Mrs. Nell E. Bentley and Mrs. Anna L. Dunlevy,                            Proprietors of Hotel Tilden;
Childs, Inez A., (wid Edwin);
Danes, Nettie, (wid Charles E.);
Delts, Celia, (wid Gilbert), boards at Mrs. Ella Thornton;
DeWolf, Helen E., (wid John A.);
Draube, Caroline, (wid August), boards at Bernard Whitwer;
Erskine, Jane, (wid Nesbit);
Graham, Betsey E., (wid John), boards at O. W. Beebe;
Hannah, Mary, (wid John);
Hough, Margaret, (wid John), boards at Wm. Corrin;
Kierstead, Cordelia, (wid James H.);
Lovergren, Anna, (wid Lars M.), boards at C. W. Kunzmann;
Mackey, Daisy F., (wid George S.), boards at H. W. Frink;
Mason, Mary, (wid Henry C.);
Nelson, Margaret, (wid John);
O’Callahan, Bridget M., (wid John H.);
Page, Ellen E., (wid George W.), boards at W. H. Page;
Rockofellow, Emma, (wid Wm.);
Saxton, Abbie, (wid Jay);
Scott, Jane, (wid James), boards at John Scott;
Springsteen, Lydia E., (wid Lewis K.);
Stanley, Mary, (wid Leroy);
Thornton, Ella, (wid George W.);
Utley, Helen C., (wid Charles A.);
Warren, Charlotte, (wid Seth H.), boards at E. E. Crue;
Whitney, Mary A., (wid Daniel W.);
Whitwer, Amelia, (wid Peter);
Whitwer, Annie, (wid Nicholas);
Whitwer, Mary, (wid Ulrich).

Madison population listed as 1,993

Adelman, Annie V., (wid Joseph);
Annuschat, Minnie, (wid Julius);
Baker, Carrie, (wid Sextus), dressmaker;
Barlow, Jane, (wid Henry);
Bauch, Ollie M., (wid Philip N.);
Besk, Caroline F., (wid Wm.);
Brannian, Ida M., (wid Benjamin F.), librarian Madison Public Library;
Bussard, Emma, (wid Aaron), boards at I. M. Dawson;
Christianson, Anna C. (wid Henry);
Clark, Elizabeth M., (wid Charles);
Cloyd, Matilda, (wid Joseph);
Collins, Sarah C., (wid Marion M.);
Dittberner, Annie, (wid Charles), boards at Fred Comrock;
Friederichs, Sophia, (wid Gustav), boards at Emil Hiille {typed as found in book}; Gibbs, Nancy C., (wid James B.);
Hamilton, Mary, (wid Leonard D.), boards at Mrs. E. M. Johnson;
Hide, Elizabeth, (wid Thomas R.), boards at J. R. Hide;
Hille, Sophia, (wid Christian), boards at Emil Hille;
Hoffmann, Annie, (wid Fred), boards at J. F. Hoffmann;
Irwin, Jennie, (wid W. George);
Jacque, Mary, (wid Myron L.), dressmaker;
Jenkins, Josephine, (wid Charles D.);
Johnson, Christina, (wid August);
Johnson, Emma M., (wid Wm. D.);
Johnson, Regina, (wid Christian);
Lauver, Mary, (wid Samuel);
McKay, Margaret, (wid Frank);
Malony, Lydia A., (wid Richard A.);
Martin, Sadie, (wid Frank);
Maurer, Phoebe, (wid Henry);
Mead, Martha P., (wid Walter);
Moran, Adelia, (wid Michael);
Mossman, Thirza, (wid Alexander), boards at S. J. Arnett;
Mott, Sarah M., (wid Aaron J.), boards at Wm. V. Allen;
Moyer, Anna L., (wid Morris J.);
Oline, Mary, (wid Olaf), boards at Rev. Henry McClenaghan;
Palmer, Mary, (wid Samuel H.);
Polensky, Bertha, (wid Gotlef C.);
Ramsier, Mary, (wid Charles);
Remender, Ellen, (wid Fred), boards at H. C. Lowman;
Rowlett, Mary E., (wid Edwin);
Schwank, Alvina, (wid Christian);
Schwartz, Katherine (wid Andrew);
Trine, Cynthia, (wid Wm.);
Utter, Mary, (wid Wm. H.);
Wahl, Johanna, (wid Jerard);
Ward, Mary, (wid Charles P.);
Williamson, Martha J., (wid Stephen B.), boards at D. T. Hodson;
Wilson, Dorothy E., (wid Rensaeller);
Wyatt, Mary A., (wid John E.);
Young, Nancy J., (wid Claus);
Zessin, Ernestine, (wid Herman);
Zumbrunn, Bertha, (wid Matthew).

Kalamazoo        A discontinued country post office,
located in Kalamazoo precinct.

Kent’s Siding        A siding on the C. & N. W. Ry., 5 miles northwest of Norfolk.

Warnerville population not listed     A station and post office on the                                                                 Union Pacific Ry., 5 miles southwest of Norfolk.

1913–1914 Keiter Directory Co.’s                                                           Norfolk City & Madison County, Nebraska Directory

The following are extractions for those listed as a widow in this book. Wid is abbreviation for widow. The husband name follows. Then in some places it listed occupation, her residence, address of or name of person she was living with at that time.

In addition to the widows listed below. The death dates of some of the individuals are also listed below.

The publisher of the book also wrote about spellings of surnames. Here are the ones they wrote that may have a different spelling: Clevitter, see Klavitter; Deering see also Duehring; Duehring, see also Deering; Harrington, see also Herrington; Herrington, see also Harrington; Jung, see also Young; Liese, see Lease; Miller, see also Moeller and Mueller; Mueller, see also Miller and Moeller; Olson, see also Ohlson; Reardon, see Riordan; Reuss, see also Rice; Rice, see also Reuss; Schaefer, see Shafer and Shaffer; Schmidt, see also Smith; Schneider, see also Snider and Snyder; Snider, see also Schneider.

Widows and Deaths in Norfolk, Nebraska

Anderson, Fredericka, (wid Aaron C.), residence 514 Hastings Ave.

Anderson, Minnie, (wid Julius), boards at 401 S. 2nd.

Apfel, Mary, (wid Charles), residence south side Grove 2 house east of 4th.

Asmus, Louise, (wid Charles), residence 434 S. 5th.

Barney, Louise, (wid George L.), boards at 1216 Koenigstein Ave.

Barrett, Mary D., (wid Burt W.), residence 401 S. 8th.

Barritt, Sarah E., (wid Lawler), residence 1104 Blaine.

Beal, Mary, (wid Sparks R.), boards at 434 S. 4th.

Beemer, Levi S., Died March 17, 1912, Age 78.

Beemer, Mary C., (wid Levi S.), residence 210 Braasch Ave.

Benish, Anna, (wid Carl), boards at 214 S. 9th.

Benson, Matilda, (wid James A.), boards at 610 S. 9th.

Best, Viola, (wid John W.), residence 700 S. 1st.

Black, Ella, (wid Adam), boards at H. J. Rohwedder.

Bleakney, Jeanette A., (wid George W.), boards at 1103 Madison Ave.

Bley, Susannah, (wid August), residence 700 S. 7th.

Boeck, Bertha L., (wid John F.), boards at 50 Madison Ave.

Bondurant, Mathilda, (wid John), boards at 1200 S. 4th.

Brandenburg, Wilhelmina, (wid August), boards at August Brandenburg.

Brandenburg, Wilhelmina, (wid August, Jr.), boards at August Brandenburg.

Briggs, Myra, (wid Robert), residence 1103 Park Ave.

Brown, Sarah J., (wid John H.), residence 1100 Cleveland.

Burton, Etta, (wid Joseph), residence 112 S. 13th.

Burton, Joseph, Died Dec. 27, 1911, Age 59.

Cantwell, Mary, (wid Thomas C.), residence 202 N. 8th.

Cantwell, Thomas C., Died April 15, 1911, Age 57.

Carberry, Margaret, (wid Patrick H.), residence 300 S. 12th.

Carrabine, Elizabeth, (wid Thomas), residence 609 S. 10th.

Chapman, Annie, (wid Amasa E.), boards at 312 S. 5th.

Chesney, Margaret, (wid David), residence 106 N. 8th.

Chester, Evelyn, (wid Uriah), boards at 910 Madison Ave.

Clark, Henry C., Died June 18, 1912, Age 56

Clark, Nora, (wid Henry C.), residence 707 S. 3rd.

Creamer, Delia, (wid John), boards at 715 Norfolk Ave.

Crew, Lissie E., (wid Arthur), music teacher, 1216 Taylor Ave, residence same.

Davenport, Mary E., (wid George), residence 109 N. 9th.

Davidson, Ella M., (wid Charles W.), dressmaker, 305 S. 11th, residence same.

Davis, Dora M., (wid Nelson J.), boards at 505 S. 8th.

Davis, Ellen, (wid Samuel), boards at 717 S. 1st.

Dean, Minerva, (wid George W.), residence 1103 Madison Ave.

Degner, Julius, Died Nov 4, 1911, Age 77.

Degner, Wilhelmina, (wid Julius), boards at 418 S. 5th.

Delahoyde, Amanda E., (wid Wm. H.), residence 421 S. 3rd.

Demmon, Anah M. C., (wid George H.), boards at 605 S. 9th.

Desmond, Elsie, (wid Daniel), residence 910 Nebraska Ave.

Dick, Martha, (wid Jonas S.), residence 707 S. 4th.

Donnar, Albertina, (wid Wm.), residence 609 S. 5th.

Doughty, Mary J., (wid Harrison), boards at 604 S. 9th.

Duehring, Wilhelmina, (wid August), boards at 37 Madison Ave.

Eberly, George T., Died Jan. 31, 1911, Age 73.

Eberly, Lydia, (wid George T.), residence 1 block north of E. Norfolk ave. [Park Add.].

Eccles, Martha V., (wid Robert J.), residence 1000 Cleveland.

Eccles, Robert J., Died April 4, 1912, Age 49.

Endres, Bertha, (wid Michael), residence 611 S. 10th.

Everett, Mary J., (wid Robert), residence 424 S. 3rd.

Ferguson, Emma J., (wid Thomas), rooming house 1208 S. 1st, residence same.

Fix, Geeske, (wid Joseph), residence 215 N. 7th.

Forrest, Laura, (wid John), residence 204 S. 8th.

Foster, Marilla, (wid George W.), boards at 214 S. 12th.

Fowler, Mary J., (wid Wm. A.), residence 75 Philip Ave.

Fry, Barbara, (wid Andrew), boards at 1006 Blaine.

Gaylord, Irene, (wid L. Marion), residence 403 Philip Ave.

Gildea, Nellie, (wid John), residence 419 S. 5th.

Gillette, Elizabeth, (wid Nathaniel N.), residence 309 Philip Ave.

Goodell, Rose T., (wid George), boards at 412 S. 4th.

Groom, Hattie, (wid Alfred E.), residence 1005 Philip Ave.

Haase, Augusta, (wid Ferdinand), boards at 205 S. 10th.

Haase, Lizzie, (wid August), residence north side 8th 2 south of Victoria Ave.

Hagey, Wm. H. H., Dr., Died Oct. 8, 1911, Age 70.

Hancock, Alice, (wid Samuel W.), housekeeper, 406 S. 8th.

Hastings, Mary A., (wid Oliver P.), boards at 1211 Nebraska Ave.

Heckmann, Carolina (wid Gottlieb), boards at 720 S. 1st.

Heitzman, Belinda, (wid Samuel F.), residence 813 S. 8th.

Hewins, Adelia A. (wid Sheldon E.), residence 305 S. 12th.

Hicks, Ottillia, (wid Wm.), dressmaker 408 Park Ave., residence same.

Hills, Clara M., (wid George W.), residence 311 S. 12th

Hull, Annie E., (wid Philip W.), residence 434 S 3rd.

Huntsberger, Meta A., (wid John W.), residence 303 N. 11th.

Hurford, I. Mae, (wid Louie C.), boards at 1308 Norfolk Ave.

Illgen, Charlotte, (wid Charles), proprietor Atlantic Hotel, 111 S. 6th.

Jansen, Herman, Died Feb. 14, 1912, Age 72.

Jansen, Julia, (wid Herman), residence 312 S. 11th.

Johnson, Julia, (wid Herman), residence 312 S. 11th.

Johnson, Margaret M., (wid A. J.), boards at 1101 Koenigstein Ave.

Kampman, Annie, (wid Conrad R.), restaurant 1211 Cleveland, residence 1224 S. 1st.

Kampman, Conrad R., Died Oct. 14, 1911, Age 45.

Kanzler, Katherine, (wid Fred), residence 715 S. 4th.

Kayl, Ricka, (wid John), residence 600 S. 4th.

Kendall, Mary E., (wid Arthur B.), boards at 210 3d ave. {Ed. Note: is this 3rd ave or

3rd street and then north or south 3rd street?}

Kenerson, Mary, (wid Charles), residence 1212 S. 1st.

Kiepke, Lena, (wid Carl), residence 310 S. 12th.

Kierstead, Susan, (wid George), boards at 601 S. 8th.

King, Ada, (wid Alonzo), helper Oxnard Hotel, boards at 207 S. 10th.

Klentz, Christina, (wid Carl), residence 605 S. 4th.

Knohl, Lena, (wid Vincent), residence 410 Lincoln Ave.

Kummetz, Katherine, (wid Christian), boarding house 126 S. 5th.

LaFarge, Clara E., (wid George W.), clerk Fair Store, boards 1100 Prospect Ave.

Lamb, Julia, (wid Silas), boards 1108 Taylor Ave.

Law, Wm. H., Died June 15, 1911, Age 79.

Lenz, Bertha, (wid August), residence 700 S. 3rd.

Leu, Bertha, (wid Ferdinand), residence Cottonwood St. [Park addition].

Lidtka, Fredericka, (wid Frederick), boards at W. F. Ahlman.

Light, Joseph A., Died April 4, 1911, Age 57.

Loucks, Eda V., (wid Robert), boards at 601 S. 10th.

Lunbeck, Margaret, (wid Lemuel S.), boards at 508 S. 9th.

McCarthy, Elizabeth, (wid Justin), residence 500 S. 14th.

McCaslin, Ora, (wid Cyrus S.), residence 1105 Hayes Ave.

McChestney, Margaret, (wid David), residence 106 N. 8th.

McGhan, Mary A., (wid James F.), residence 1202 Madison.

McGrane, John F., Died march 9, 1912, Age 40.

McGrane, Vina M., (wid John F.), residence 1109 Cleveland

McMillan, Martha A., (wid Jesse), residence 207 N. 9th.

McNeely, Wilhelmina, Mrs., Died May 27, 1912, Age 52.

Maass, Amelia, (wid Wm.), boards at 705 S. 4th.

Maass, Wm., Died April 9, 1911, Age 75.

Machmueller, August C., Died Jan 25, 1912, age 51.

Machmueller, Minnie, (wid August C.), residence 1102 Blaine.

Madsen, Anna M., (wid Christian), boards at 410 Madison Ave.

Maher, Ella, (wid Timothy F.), boards at 401 S. 8th.

Mallory, Mary, (wid Charles), boards at M. C. Jewett.

Mapes, Lucinda D., (wid Wm. E.), boards at 515 N. 10th.

Masters, Sarah, (wid Samuel), boards at 402 S. 4th.

Mather, Lucy, (wid Samuel), residence 104 S. 1st.

Mathewson, Mary G., (wid Joseph), boards at 1102 Norfolk Ave.

Meister, Anna, (wid George T.), residence 407 N. 11th.

Meister, George T., Died Jne 21, 1912, Age 45.

Mills, Mary C., (wid Harvey), boards at 400 S. 6th.

Mittlestadt, Emelia, (wid Julius), boards at 201 N. 12th.

Moldenhauer, Amelia, (wid August W.), residence 116 Norfolk Ave.

Montague, Mary, (wid John), boards at 507 S. 9th.

Napier, Pearl M., (wid Robert), clerk S. K. Brown, boards at 408 S. 10th.

Nenow, Mary, (wid August), residence 416 S. 6th.

Nethaway, Louise L. (wid Ezer), residence 401 S. 3rd.

Nichols, Sarah B., (wid Joseph), boards at 800 S. 4th.

O’Brien, Mary, (wid Michael), residence 504 S. 7th.

O’Brien, Michael, Died Aug. 13, 1911, Age 74.

O’Donnell, Catherine E., (wid James), boards at 1307 Norfolk Ave.

Osborn, Mary H., (wid Albert), residence 206 S. 6th.

Page, Cordelia, (wid Zeno D.), residence 408 S. 10th.

Pahn, Louise, (wid Martin), residence 409 S. 11th.

Parker, Flora, (wid George C.), residence South 1st beyond city limits.

Parker, Olive G., (wid Wm. T.), residence 1101 S. 1st.

Pilant, Christina, (wid Joseph; Pilant & Kingsley), residence Pacific Hotel. {Ed. Note:                                   Pilant & Kingsley, (Mrs. Christina Pilant, Welch A. Kingsley),                                          Proprietors Pacific Hotel 5th southwest corner Norfolk Ave

Powers, Elvira, (wid Isaac), boards at 200 N. 9th.

Rader, Lizzie, (wid Albert E.), residence 307 S. 12th.

Rainbolt, N. A., Died Feb. 21, 1912, Age 70.

Recroft, Jane, (wid Thomas), boards at 510 S. 7th.

Reeson, Martha K., (wid Samuel), residence 207 S. 5th.

Reuss, Letie, (wid Joseph), boards at 304 S. 9th.

Revolon, Helen M., (wid Gus), furnished rooms 0233 Norfolk Ave., residence same.

Robertson, Anna G., (wid Wm. M.), residence 301 S 4th.

Rock, Anna, (wid Reuben A.), residence 512 S. 1st.

Roeske, Anna, (wid Charles), residence 603 S. 4th.

Rojahn, Anna, (wid Fred), residence 208 Madison Ave.

Romine, Helen, (wid James), residence 310 Braasch Ave.

Rozalez, Katherine, (wid Juan), boarding house 300 Philip Ave., residence same.

Rudat, Augusta, Mrs., Died Jan. 21, 1912, Age 54.

Salmon, Mary J., (wid Wm. H.), residence 301 S 3rd.

Sanders, Mary, (wid John), boards at 305 N. 11th.

Satterlee, Ann, (wid George), boards at R. W. E. Boyd.

Schelly, Regula, (wid Frederick), residence 109 N. 7th.

Schmer, Elizabeth, (wid Philip), residence 400 S. 14th.

Schmidt, Henrietta, (wid Carl), housekeeper 208 S. 5th.

Schmode, Augusta, (wid Carl), boards at 201 N. 12th.

Schram, Charles, Died July 2, 1911, Age 60.

Schram, Minnie, (wid Charles), residence 506 S. 3rd.

Schultz, Wilhelmina, (wid Carl), boards at 501 S. 4th.

Schwartz, Albertine, (wid Wm.), boards at 201 S. 1st.

Schwertfeger, Emila, (wid Ernest R.), residence 120 Norfolk Ave.

Searle, Ida M., (wid Wheeler J.), boards at 210 S. 12th.

Selling, Augusta, (wid Wm.), residence 402 S. 1st.

Shapley, Jennie L., (wid Carl), boarding house 420 S. 5th, residence same.

Shaw, Clarence F., Died March 21, 1912, Age 42.

Shaw, Frances E., (wid David), boards at 600 S. 1st.

Shaw, Grace A., (wid Clarence F.), residence 613 S. 8th.

Shorten, Eliza, (wid James), residence 421 S. 3rd.

Show, Levi, Died June 15, 1911, Age 89.

Shurtz, John S., Died May 12, 1912, Age 83.

Siecke, Charles L., Died Jan. 7, 1911, Age 73.

Siecke, Dora M., (wid Charles L.), residence 407 Lincoln Ave.

Smith, Dora E., (wid Eli), boards at 608 S. 9th.

Smith, Lucretia, (wid John L.), boards at G. D. Smith.

Southwick, Ina R., (wid Bert), dressmaker 311 park Ave., residence same.

Spaulding, Mary E., (wid Henry L.), residence 304 S. 9th.

Spencer, Martha, (wid Wm. B.), boards at 405 S. 5th.

Stamm, Emma J., (wid Wm. E.), housekeeper 811 Cleveland.

Stegelman, Elizabeth, (wid Adolph), residence 313 S. 10th.

Stein, Augusta M., (wid Albert T.), residence 402 Park Ave.

Stolzenburg, Charlotte, (wid Frederick), residence 106 N. 10th.

Tappert, Emma, (wid Otto F.), residence 607 S. 10th.

Taylor, Lida, (wid Edgar B.), residence 1119 S. 4th.

Teal, Mary, (wid Andrew), residence 615 S. 4th.

Thompson, Anna, (wid Charles), residence 704 S. 3rd.

Trennapohl, Fannie, (wid Fred), domestic 1102 Koenigstein Ave.

Trowbridge, Jennie, (wid Frank), boards at 200 S. 10th.

Truelove, Maria, (wid Wm.), furnished rooms 101 Norfolk Ave., residence same.

Tubbs, Maude, (wid Charles), clerk Fair Store, boards at 112 S. 13th.

Uecker, Martha, (wid Gustav), residence 1103 Philip Ave.

Uecker, Minnie, (wid Theodore), residence Park Addition.

Van Every, Almira C., (wid Peter McK), boards at 1006 Prospect Ave.

Walters, Mary, (wid Frederick G.), boards at 601 S. 8th.

Warnstedt, Emma, (wid Theodore C. A.), residence 418 S. 3rd.

Warnstedt, Theodore C. A., Died July 18, 1911, Age 48.

Warrick, Harriet E., (wid James), boards at 907 Norfolk Ave.

Weekes, Anna, (wid James), boards at 1307 Norfolk Ave.

Weills, Helen, (wid Rev. John C. S.), boards at 700 S. 9th.

Weills, John C. S., Rev., Died June 30, 1912, Age 65.

Werner, Louise, (wid Fred), boards at 414 S. 5th.

Westervelt, Amelia A., (wid Ira G.), residence 400 S. 6th.

Widaman, Wm. H., Died June 18, 1912, Age 72.

Wille, Bertha, (wid Frederick), residence east side 7th 3 north of Elm.

Witters, Olga F., (wid Fred L.), residence 429 S. 5th.

Zastrow, Amelia, (wid Wm.), residence 417 S. 4th.

Zastrow, Wm., Died May 16, 1911, Age 70.

The Genevan 1921

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Geneva High School Annual

Geneva, Nebraska

 

Fillmore County

Senior Class Members

Florence Mulligan, President

Vernon Martin, Vice President

Joe Hranac, Secretary and Treasurer

Glen Thulin                    Lawrence Buehrer                    Evelyn Heath
Mabel Rumsey              Marguerite Hourigan                  Glenn M’Coy
Lyle Ertel                       Bert Nelson                               Glenn Hill
Edna Griffin                  Clarence Weinerth                    Raymond Dondlinger
Caroline Reinsch         James Matejka                          Elsie Sole
Nelson Potter               Ethel Ford                                 Joe Coleman
Eita Griffin                    Glenn Richards                          Esther Bordner
John Katheiser             Ray Willy

Junior  Class Members

Walter Hourigan, President

Bernard Rowlison, Vice President

Lee Biester, Secretary-Treasurer

Clarice Saunders                    Eleanor Nittler                    Margaret Borland
Virginia Bumgarner                 Gaylord Spear                    Thora Mowry
Edith Converse                       George Koehler                 Jack Mulligan
Agnes Hourigan                      Wayne Delaney                  Irene Anderson
Eleanor Owens                       Harry Frantz                      James Loghry
Beulah Wells                          Dean Hill                            Louise Acker
Verl Peterson                         Cecil Richards                   Alice Vavra
Claude McDonald                  Egenia Ogg                        Loyd Russell

Sophomore Class Members

Gladys Anderson, President

Lucille Nicholson, Vice President

Rose Peterson, Secretary-Treasurer

Blanche Bobbitt                    Frances Fiegenbaum                    Clyde Gewecke
Islea Held                             Velma Kuhns                                  Robert Manning
Eva Myers                            Helen McPeck                                Verna  Nelson
John Pittard                         Maud Rumsey                                Darrell Scott
Velma Stansberry               Edmund Weis                                Gale Walton
Alva Ward                           Josie Bures                                     Leonard Goold
Gerald Geis                        Lula Ingels                                       Rose Komarek
Elton Martin                        Carol Myers                                     Mildred Moore
Bernice Pangle                  Fred Picard                                     Genevieve Rock
Lula Russell                      Waldo Schupbach                           Vincent Willy
Donald Warner                  Irene Bauer                                     Frank Bates
DeVee Hafer                     Lena Hanlin                                     Howard Davis
Ira Whipple                       Clyde Yates                                     Ada Myers
Margaret Janing               Alice Kohler                                     Merna Myers
Cecilia Griffin                    Louise Crawford                            Jessie Richards
Kenneth Wilson,              Fannie Potter                                  Bernice Nachbor
Mildred Clawson              Pearl Walker                                   William Kretke
Frank Uldrich

Freshman Class Members

Ralph Reeve, President

Dorothy Skinkle, Vice President

Edith Hranac, Secretary-Treasurer

Francis Ackland                    Willard Ainsworth                    Archie Anderson
Paul Bordner                        Lela Brown                               Arthur Bass
Zola Bedford                         Hazel Black                             Condra Clark
Leonard Case                      Melva Chesshir                        Retta Davis
Irene Eddy                            Mildred Eavey                          Harry Eaton
Zola Fogle                            Kenneth Fisher                        Velma Frantz
Georgia Gunn                      John Gewecke                         Dale Hill
Mildred Huston                    Wilma Hess                             Harry Hilton
Harold Helton                      Walter Isley                               Marie Janing
Anthony Katheiser               Merton McCartney                   Maude Owens
John Ogg                             Florence Palmer                     Marion Peterson
Rolland Propst                    Fred Rhoda                             Beulah Roles
Pearl Ray                            Glen Stoldorf                           Carl Sole
Robert Sheldon                   Norma Scott                           Joy Strong
Ruth Williams                     Madeline Wythers                   Howard Watmore
Goldie Van Patten               Hazel Van Patten                    Raymond Linderman
Ben Bruce                           Russell Battle                         Loree Waggoner

 

 

 

 

Honoring Our Heroes

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This article appeared in the newspaper “Norfolk Daily News” on Saturday, May 25, 2013, page 6.

Honoring Our Heroes                                                                 Veteran’s story reflects experiences of many others by Kelsie Higgins is about Marcus “Jim” Anthony Hans who grew up on a small farm outside of Wynot, Nebraska.

 

 

 

Nebraska Counties and Towns

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The following list shows the COUNTY with the towns in each county listed.  All of the towns listed may not be in existence today.  The county seat is in CAPITAL letters for each county..

ADAMS Co.     Ayr     Brickton     Hansen     HASTINGS     Holstein     Ingleside     Juniata     Kenesaw     Pauline    Prosser      Roseland

ANTELOPE Co.     Brunswick     Burnett     Clearwater     Copenhagen     Elgin     Frenchtown     Glenalpine     Hord Siding     Jessup     NELIGH     Oakdale     Orchard     Royal     Saint Clair     Tilden     Vim

ARTHUR Co.     ARTHUR     Braden     Carman     Collins     Cullinan     Lena     Read     Rice

BANNER Co.     Ashford     Bighorn     Epworth     Flowerfield     Freeport     Gary
HARRISBURG     Heath     Hillside     Hull     Kirk     Loraine     Van

BLAINE Co.     BREWSTER     Cooper     Dunning     Edith     Lucy     Purdum
Scheding

BOONE Co.     ALBION     Boone     Bradish     Cedar Rapids     Loretto     Petersburg     Primrose     Raeville     Saint Edward

BOX BUTTE Co.     ALLIANCE     Berea     Birdsell     Burbank     Burns     Carpenter     Girard     Hashman     Hemingford     Letan     Nonpareil     Nye     Willey     Yale

BOYD Co.     Alford     Anoka     Baker     Bristow     BUTTE     Gross     Lynch     Mankat Marple     Monowi     Naper     Rosedale     Spencer

BROWN Co.     AINSWORTH     Alkali     Altai     Beardwell     Enderslake     Giles    Huffman     Johnstown     Lakewood     Long Pine     Mary     Midvale     Pike
Raven     Sunnyside     Spragg     Winfield

BUFFALO Co.     Amherst     Buda     Denman     Elm Creek     Gibbon
Glenwood Park     KEARNEY     Luce     Majors     Miller     Nantasket     Odessa       Optic     Peak     Pleasanton     Poole     Ravenna     Riverdale     Saint Michael     Sartoria Shelton     Sweetwater     Watertown

BURT Co.     Argo     Basford     Bertha     Craig     Decatur     Golden Spring     Lyons     Oakland     Peak     TEKAMAH     Zion

BUTLER Co.     Abie     Bellwood     Brainard     Bruno     DAVID CITY     Dwight     Garrison     Linwood     Loma     Millerton     Octavia     Rising City     Surprise     Ulysses

CASS Co.     Alvo     Avoca     Cedar Creek     Eagle     Elmwood     Greenwood     Louisville     Manley     Murdock     Murray     Mynard     Nehawka     PLATTSMOUTH     Rockbluff     South Bend     Union     Wabash     Weeping Water

CEDAR Co.     Aten     Belden     Bow Valley     Coleridge     Constance     Fordyce    HARTINGTON     Laurel     Magnet     Menominee     Obert     Randolph     Saint James  Saint Peter     St. Helena     Wareham     Wynot

CHASE Co.     Best     Champion     Chase     Enders     IMPERIAL     Lamar     Wauneta

CHERRY Co.     Arabia     Banner     Big Creek     Brownlee     Burge     Calf Creek  Capwell     Cascade     Cashswan     Cherry     Chesterfield     Cody     Crookston     Curlew     Eli     Elsmere     Elizabeth     Enlow     Erik     Ethel     Fern     Gilaspie      Harmony     Hire     Irwin     Kennedy     Kilgore     King     Kinneyville     Lackey     Lake       Lavaca     Lewanna     Lund     Martindale     Merriman     Middle Prong     Nenzel     Newton     Oasis     Prentice     Pullman     Reeves     Riege     Rita Park     Rolf     Roxby   Simeon    Soudan     Sparks     Survey     Thatcher     Trouble     VALENTINE     Vian     Wood Lake    Wells

CHEYENNE Co.     Brownson     Clara     Colton     Dalton     Dye     Henry     Herndon     Higgins     Ickes     Leafdale     Lodgepole     Lorenzo     Margate     Potter     Sextorp     SIDNEY     Sunol     Weyerts

CLAY Co.     CLAY CENTER     Deweese     Edgar     Eldorado     Fairfield     Glenvil     Harvard     Inland     Ong     Saronville      Springranch      Sutton     Trumbull    Verona

COLFAX Co.     Clarkson     Howell     Leigh     Praha     Richland     Rogers     SCHUYLER

CUMING Co.     Aloys     Bancroft     Beemer     Bismarck     Cuming     Germanville     Monterey     WEST POINT     Wisner

CUSTER Co.     Anselmo     Ansley     Arnold     Berwyn     BROKEN BOW
Callaway     Climax     Comstock     Cumro     Dale     Elton     Etna     Gates     Huxley      Lillian     Lodi     Lomax     Mason City     Merna     Milburn     Milldale     Oconto     Ortello      Sargent     Walworth     Weissert     Westerville     Yucahill

DAKOTA Co.     Covington     DAKOTA CITY     Goodwin     Homer     Hubbard     Jackson     Nacora     Sioux

DAWES Co.     Antelope     Belmont     Bordeaux     CHADRON     Crawford               Dakota Junction     Dunlap     Esther     Fort Robinson     Hough     Ida     Manchester      Marsland Pine Ridge     Vista     Wayside     Whitney

DAWSON Co.     Buffalo     Buzzards Roost     Cozad     Darr     Doss   Eddyville      Farnam     Gothenburg     Josselyn     LEXINGTON     Overton     Simonds     Sumner      Willow Island

DEUEL Co.     Barton     Bigspring     CHAPPELL     Day     Froid     Perdu     Ralton

DIXON Co.     Allen     Concord     Dixon     Emerson     Ionia     Limegrove     Martinsburg Maskell     Newcastle     PONCA     Wakefield     Waterbury

DODGE Co.     Ames     Crowell     Dodge     Everett     FREMONT     Hooper    Ihno        Leavitt     Mapleville     Nickerson     North Bend     Pleasant Valley     Rawhide       Ridgeley     Scribner     Snyder     Uehling     Winslow

DOUGLAS Co.     Bennington     Benson     Dodge     Elk City     Elkhorn     Florence     Irvington     Lane     Mercer     Millard     OMAHA     Ralston     Sarpy     Seymour     Valley   Waterloo

DUNDY Co.     BENKELMAN     Calvert     Haigler     Hiawatha     Max     Parks     Sanborn

FILLMORE Co.     Burress     Carlisle     Exeter     Fairmont     GENEVA     Grafton  Milligan     Ohiowa     Sawyer     Schickley     Strang

FRANKLIN Co.     Bloomington     Campbell     FRANKLIN     Hildreth     Macon     Naponee     Riverton     Upland

FRONTIER Co.     Centerpoint     Colebank     Curtis     Earl     Eustis     Freedom     Havana     Hunt     Maywood     Moorefield     Orafino     Osborn     Quick     Saint Ann     Stevens     STOCKVILLE

FURNAS Co.     Arapahoe     BEAVER CITY     Cambridge     Edison     Hendley     Holbrook     Hollinger     Oxford     Wilsonville

GAGE Co.     Adams     Barneston     BEATRICE     Blue Springs     Clatonia     Cortland   Cropsey     Ellis     Filley     Freeman     Grandview     Hanover     Hoag     Holmesville         Kinney     Krider     Lanham     Liberty     Odell     Pickrell     Rockford    Townsend     Virginia     Wymore

GARDEN Co.     Hartman     Hutchinson     Kowanda     Lewellen     Lisco     Lutherville      Moffitt     Mumper     Orlando     OSHKOSH     Pawlett     Rackett

GARFIELD Co.     Ballagh     Blake     BURWELL     Deverre     Dumas     Erina     Gables Rosevale     Sheridan

GOSPER Co.     Ceryl     ELWOOD     Gosper     Smithfield

GRANT Co.     Ashby     Duluth     Elva     HYANNIS     Lucky     Valley     Whitman

GREELEY Co.     Belfast     Brayton     GREELEY CENTER     Homestead     Horace     Parnell     Scotia     Spalding     Wolbach

HALL Co.     Abbott     Alda     Cairo     Doniphan     GRAND ISLAND     Spencer     Schauppsville     Underwood     Wood River

HAMILTON Co.     AURORA     Giltner     Hampton     Hordville     Marquette
Orville City     Phillips     Stockham

HARLAN Co.     ALMA     Carter     Huntley     Mascot     Orleans     Oxford Junction         Republican City     Stamford

HAYES Co.     Hamlet     HAYES CENTER     Marengo     Norris     Rain     Robert     Strickland     Thornburg     White

HITCHCOCK Co.     Beverly     Cornell     Culbertson     Meeker     Palisade     Poe  Rupert     Stratton     TRENTON

HOLT Co.     Agee     Amelia     Anncar     Atkinson     Badger     Biscuit     Blackbird    Bliss     Brodie     Catalpa     Celia     Chambers     Chelsea     Cleveland     Deloit     Dorsey     Doty     Dustin     Emmet     Emporia     Ewing     Grand Rapids     Gravel Pit    Greenvalley     Hainesville     Harold     Hay Point     Inez     Inglis     Inman     Josie     Joy Kola     Laura     Lavinia     Leonie     Little     Lucerne     Maple Grove     Martha     Meek     Middlebranch     Mineola     O’NEILL     Opportunity     Paddock     Page     Phoenix     Ray Redbird     Saratoga     Scottville     Stafford     Star     Stuart     Swan     Tonawanda     Tonic     Turner

HOOKER Co.     Donald     Dunwell     Eclipse     Hecla     Kelso     Moore     MULLEN       Weir

HOWARD Co.     Boelus     Coatesfield     Cushing     Dannebrog     Elba     Farwell  Nysted     Saint Libory     SAINT PAUL

JEFFERSON Co.     Daykin     Diller     Endicott     FAIRBURY     Gladstone     Harbine      Helvey     Jansen     Kesterson     Meridian     Plymouth     Powell     Reynolds           Steele City     Thompson

JOHNSON Co.     Cook     Crab Orchard     Elk Creek     Graf     Saint Mary     Sterling      TECUMSEH     Vesta

KEITH Co.     Belmar     Bertha     Brule     Keystone     Lemoyne     OGALLALA     Oren   Paxton     Roscoe     Sarben

KEYA PAHA Co.     Brocksburg     Burton     Carns     Eclipse     Enterprise     Jamison     Marlbank     Meadville     Mills     Norden     Pinecamp     Riverview     Simpson     SPRINGVIEW

KIMBALL Co.     Beacon     Bethel     Bushnell     Crossbar     Dix     Gifford     Hodges       Kauffman     KIMBALL     Oliver     Owasco     Parker     Smeed     Troy

KNOX Co.     Bazile Mills     Bloomfield     Blyville     CENTER     Creighton     Crofton Jelen     Knoxville     Le Blanc     Millerboro     Niobrara     Pishelville     Reidsville     Santee Sparta     Venus     Verdel     Verdigre     Walnut     Wausa     Winnetoon

LANCASTER Co.     Agnew     Arbor     Belmont     Bennett     Berks     Bethany     Burnham     Cheney     Cobb     College View     Cushman     Davey     Denton     Emerald Firth     Hallam     Havelock     Hickman     Holland     Jamaica     Kramer     Lancaster     LINCOLN     Malcolm     Martel     Normal     Panama     Prairie Home  Pecks Grove     Pella     Princeton     Raymond     Roca     Rokeby     Saltillo     Sprague  Summit     University Place     Walton     Waverly     West Lincoln

LINCOLN Co.     Arna     Bignell     Birdwood     Brady     Denmark     Dexter     Dickens     Echo     Gannett     Garfield     Hershey     Hindrey     Ingham     Maxwell     Myrtle     Nichols     NORTH PLATTE     O’Fallons     Somerset     Spannuth     Spear     Sutherland Vroman     Wallace     Wellfleet     Whittier     Willard

LOGAN Co.     Ford     Gandy     Gem     Hoagland     Kirsch     Logan     STAPLETON     Wagner

LOUP Co.     Almeria     Calamus     Ferguson     Gracie     Moulton     Ovitt     TAYLOR     Valleyview

MADISON Co.     Battle Creek     Burnett     Emerick     Enola     Hope     Kalamazoo Kent Siding     MADISON     Meadow Grove     Newman Grove     Norfolk                       South Norfolk     Tilden     Warnerville

MC PHERSON Co.     Brighton     Chandler     Flats     Forks     Lemley     Lilac     Mayflower     Nesbit     Ney     Omega     Ringgold     Summit     TRYON     Valyrang

MERRICK Co.     Archer     CENTRAL CITY     Chapman     Clarks     Elvira    Palmer     Silver Creek     Sunrise     Worms

MORRILL Co.     Angora     Atkins     Bayard     Bonner     BRIDGEPORT     Broadwater   Chimney Rock     Cleman     Colyer     Goodstreak     Guthrie     Lynn     Northport     Redington     Silverthorn     Simla

NANCE Co.     Belgrade     FULLERTON     Genoa     Kent     Merchiston     Northstar

NEMAHA Co.     Aspinwall     AUBURN     Brock     Brownville     Glen Rock     Howe Johnson     Julian     Nemaha     Peru     Saint Deroin

NUCKOLLS Co.     Abdal     Angus     Bostwick     Cadams     Hardy     Lawrence     Mount Clare     NELSON     Nora     Oak     Ruskin     Sedan     Smyrna     Superior

OTOE Co.     Burr     Douglas    Dunbar     Lorton     Minersville     NEBRASKA CITY  Otoe     Palmyra     Paul     Syracuse     Talmage     Unadilla     Wyoming

PAWNEE Co.     Armour     Bookwalter     Burchard     Du Bois     Lewiston     Mayberry     PAWNEE CITY     Steinauer     Table Rock     Tate     Violet

PERKINS Co.     Brandon     Elsie     GRANT     Madrid     Pearl     Phebe     Venango

PHELPS Co.     Atlanta     Bertrand     Funk     Haydon     Holcomb     HOLDREGE     Loomis     Sacramento     Westmark     Williamsburg

PIERCE Co.     Breslau     Hadar     Lucas Siding     McLean     Osmond     PIERCE  Plainview

PLATTE Co.     COLUMBUS     Cornlea     Creston     Duncan     Humphrey    Lindsay     Monroe     Oconee     Platte Center     Tarnov

POLK Co.     OSCEOLA     Polk     Shelby     Stromsburg     Swedehome

RED WILLOW Co.     Banksville     Bartley     Boxelder     Danbury     Indianola     Lebanon     Marion     MCCOOK     Perry     Red Willow     Shippee

RICHARDSON Co.     Arago     Archer     Barada     Dawson     FALLS CITY    Fargo     Humboldt     Middleburg     Nims     Preston     Rulo     Salem     Shubert     Stella     Straussville     Verdon

ROCK Co.     BASSETT     Buell     Butka     Cuba     Duff     Hammond     Horsefoot  Kirkwood     Malvern     Mariaville     Newport     Perch     Pony Lake     Rock     Rose     Selden     Shebesta     Sybrant     Thurman

SALINE Co.     Crete     DeWitt     Dorchester     Friend     Plato     Pleasanthill     Shestak Swanton     Tobias     Western     WILBER

SARPY Co.     Bellevue     Chalco     Fort Crook     Gilmore     Gretna     La Platte   Meadow     Melia     PAPILLION     Richfield     Springfield

SAUNDERS Co.     Ashland     Cedar Bluffs     Ceresco     Colon     Ithaca    Leshara     Malmo     Mead     Memphis     Morse Bluff     Plasi     Platte River     Pohocco     Prague   Rescue     Sand Creek     Swedeburg     Touhy     Valparaiso     WAHOO     Wann     Weston     Woodcliff     Yutan

SCOTTS BLUFF Co.     Bradley     Brockhoff     Caldwell     Covert     Dorrington    GERING     Haig     Henry     Heyward     Hope     Larissa     McGrew     Melbeta     Minatare     Mitchell     Morrill     Roubedeau     Scottsbluff     Sedan     Snell     Toohey    Woodrow

SEWARD Co.     Beaver Crossing     Bee     Cordova     Garland     Goehner    Milford     Pleasant Dale     SEWARD     Staplehurst     Tamora      Utica

SHERIDAN Co.     Adaton     Albany     Antioch     Bingham     Clinton     Ellsworth    Gordon     Grayson     Hay Springs     Hilton     Hunter     Lakeside     Long Lake     Marple Mirage     Moomaw     Peters     RUSHVILLE     Schill     Spade     Strasburger     Whiteclay

SHERMAN Co.     Ashton     Austin     Hazard     Litchfield     LOUP CITY    Rockville     Schaupps

SIOUX Co.     Agate     Andrews     Ashbrook     Bodarc     Coffee Siding     Curly     Glen   HARRISON     Kelley     Malinda     Montrose     Mud Springs     Orella     Story     Unit

STANTON Co.     Bega     Haymow     Pilger     STANTON

THAYER Co.     Alexandria     Belvidere     Bruning     Byron     Carleton     Chester   Davenport     Deshler     Friedensau     Gilead     HEBRON     Hubbell     Kiowa     Stoddard     Williams

THOMAS Co.     Halsey     Natic     Norway     Seneca     THEDFORD

THURSTON Co.     Macy     PENDER     Rosalie     Thurston     Walthill     Winnebago

VALLEY Co.     Alta     Arcadia     Elyria     Geranium     Lee Park     Miracreek
North Loup     ORD

WASHINGTON Co.     Admah     BLAIR     Bowen     Coffman     Cuming City    Dale     De Soto     Fontanelle     Fort Calhoun     Herman     Kennard     Washington

WAYNE Co.     Altona     Apex     Carroll     Hoskins     Sholes     WAYNE     Winside

WEBSTER Co.     Bladen     Bluehill     Cowles     Guide Rock     Inavale
RED CLOUD    Rosemont

WHEELER Co.     Arden     BARTLETT     Cumminsville     Ericson     Francis   Headquarters     Lisle     Newboro     Pibel     Sheridan     Wheeler

YORK Co.     Arborville     Benedict     Bradshaw     Charlestown     Gresham     Henderson     Houston     Lushton     McCool Junction     Thayer     Waco     YORK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Durham Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

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The Durham Museum’s Photo Archive contains over 700,000 images spanning from the 1860s to the 1990s. They document the fascinating history of Omaha from its early days as a young frontier town to a unique and sophisticated city.

To view this collection and other information that is available you can go to this website.

http://www.durhammuseum.org/experience/photo-archive.aspx

 

Searching for a Nebraska location

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If you are searching for a location in Nebraska you may want to check out this website.  It has locations by name that cover the state.  However, not all locations in Nebraska are listed.  So this is a resource that can be used but remember that some locations may have been left out.  Example is Norfolk, NE., is not on the list and others may have also  been left out.

http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localSearch.php?searchStr=+Enter+a+community+name&parseMethod=phrase&state=28&submit=Search

 

 

 

Boone County communities

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Source:  “The Scout” from Boone–Nance County Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 231, Belgrade, NE 68623-0231, Volume 18, No. 3, January 2012, published quarterly

The following article was cited as from “Argus” Nov. 11, 1936.

Lost ! Eleven Communities from the map of Boone County past 60 years

For those skeptics who think that Boone county has little community history, for those pioneers who know of the history, we ask:  What has become of 11 communities which at one time dotted the map of Boone county during the past 60 years?

Students of local history will find the subject interesting and replete with pioneer and historical lore, for at one time no less than 22 communities were located in all parts of the county and their names while familiar to pioneers will make a few of the historically inclined new generation, curious.

In the files of The Argus and on a map of the county given us by County Attorney Wm. Keeshan, we find the following communities and list their locations and a little history as we have been able to discover.

“Arden,” located near the Beaver, in the very northwest corner of the county was a trading post in the early ’70’s.  Later following modern transportation it became no longer necessary for the distribution of the mails.  Arden vanished, who knows its history?

“Akron” was once a post office, and while it yet remains on the map, it is today what it was then, a trading center for the convenience of those who reside a distance from the larger towns.  Today, however, it is still a progressvie community on the map.

“Dublin’s” history is quite well known to Primrose.  Dublin’s usefulness as a community vanished when Primrose was established and became organized.  Another community lost from the map, but it remains today, for  located there is now what it called the Dublin cemetery.

“Primrose,” founded by David Primrose who located in the Cedar valley in the late ’70’s, is a progressive community in the western part of the county.

“Cedar Rapids” enjoys a position of prominence on the map today, but at one time enjoyed rivalry with the community of “Dayton.” the first community in Cedar Valley established by Jas. Robinson in the ’70’s.  Dayton vanished from the map when Cedar Rapids was granted a charter in 1884 and the post office moved to that place.

“Garner,” like Arden was a community center and trading post.  It’s history is unknown, but it vanished with the loss of its post office. It was located about four miles west of Petersburg.

“Roselma” was located on Plum creek, in the N 1/2, Section 2, T19, R7, about seven miles from Albion.  It also was a mail point and trading center until its usefulness disappeared.  Its history is also unknown.

“Raeville,” founded by and named after the Rae brothers, does not appear on the map we were given but is a comparatively old community,  This community is also a progressive center on the chart.

“Petersburg” has been one of the prominent communities in this county for a number of years.  Like “Loretto,” to the south, it has a history almost as old as that of the county.

The residents of the county are acquainted with the history of “Albion” which is also discussed in this issue.

Directly south of “Albion” on the county line in S22, T18, R6, was once located the community center “Neoma.”  No doubt it was a trading center but no trace has been left of its history.

Another community center that has vanished from the map is “Olnes.”  Located on S22, T21, R6, it, like the others that have been lost, was a mail point and is now among the missing.

In our files we found mention of “Orford,” presumably located near “Raeville,” it is not listed on the map and its history is unknown.

“Closter” still exists as an active community in the northeast corner of Boone county and may be still found named.  It, like “Akron.” serves the people of that section.

In S34, T21, R6, was at one time located the mail point and trading center which went under the cognomen of “Coone Prairie.”  It is also among those whose history and existence is probably forgotten.

To the south and west of the above community will be found “Bradish,” a railroad and mail point today, an active and progressive community.

The the east of “Bradish” and  on S13, T20, R5, was once located a community with the high sounding name of “Sandalia.” Its history would be interesting, but it also is no more.

Southeast of “Albion” is located “Boone,” also a postal and railway point, once a bitter rival of “Hammond” (now Albion) for the location of the county seat.  Today it represents a community active and progressive.

In the days of the early ’70’s, “Waterville” was a flourishing community on the banks of the Beaver in the southeastern corner of the county.  With the advent of settlers and the establishment of “St. Edward,” “Waterville” vanished, while “St. Edward” grew to be the second city of the county.

Thus the pages of time have turned with Arden, Dublin, Dayton, Garner, Roselma, Olnes, Neema, Orford, Coone Prairie, Sandalia and Waterville lost in the settlement and progress of the county.  Settlers and pioneers of the county who know a little history of any of these communities are urged to write letters for publication to this newspaper, for the part these communities played in the building of the county was, no doubt, important and should be preserved for those of the new generations.

Our historian, Mr. F. M. Weitzel, has promised The Argus a story on how each of the more important communities left there mark, today 11 communities remain and “survival of the fittest” seemed to play an important part.

 

 

Battle Creek Inventor

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John W. Kovalek gets patent for machine

Is to adjust wagon Axles

Hubs and Axles of Wagons and Buggies can be Rigidly tightened by the new device of the Madison county Blacksmith Has Another

Battle Creek has an inventor.  John W. Kovalek is that same.  He has just received notice from Washington from his attorneys, C. A. Snow & Co., that his patent on a device for adjusting hubs and axles on buggies and wagons, was granted a week ago today, January 10, 1905.  Mr. Kovalek was in Norfolk yesterday. The machine which has been reeled out of the brain of the Madison county man at Battle Creek is so arranged that, by tightening up screws that adjust the axles, any loosed hubs are immediately pulled rigidly together, saving rattling and unnecessary wear and tear.

Mr. Kovalek invented the machine last year and applied for his patent on August 20, 1904. Since that time is has been going through the course of events in officedom at Washington. The machine will either be sold by Mr. Kovalek or it will be manufactured by himself and sold. He is pleased with the success of the device and his friends in the county are glad for him. He has another patent pending, which will likely be ready before long. Mr. Kovalek is a blacksmith at Battle Creek and has lived there for years. On the patent sheet the names of T. M. Morris and Herman Hogrefe appear as witnesses.

Source: The Norfolk Daily News, Tuesday January 17, 1905 on page 3.