Anniversary of Two Notable Nebraskans   

Beatrice, Nebraska, April 12 --  Last Friday at their residence, No. 1522 East Court Street, this city, Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Stoll celebrated their golden wedding with a dinner and reception to friends and relatives.

For usefulness and success few of the sterling Germans who have adopted this country as their home have been more conspicuous than H. C. Stoll.

In February 23, 1830, he was born at Nasfall, Germany.  When he was 16 years of age he migrated to this country and located at New York City, where he married Miss Barbara Schieck, April 18, 1852.  She had come to America in 1818, when about 13 years of age, and was born in Baden near Heidelberg, April 17, 1835  Her parents and five brothers and one sister moved to farms in Will County, Illinois, and to that locality came H. C. Stoll and his wife in 1833.  There he was engaged in the hotel business and was the postmaster.  In 1859 Mr. Stoll built a steam flouring mill at Mokeno, Illinois, which burned out in 1860, causing a loss to him of $10,700.  The financial loss was heavy, but every dollar of it was paid in a few years.

In 1861 Mr. Stoll proceeded westward and settled at Cuba City, Crowford County, Missouri.  During the war he was compelled to keep his family from starving.  A stranger in a new country, his views were with the union side, and at one time he was forced to hide in the brush for twenty-three days to escape death at the hands of the rebels who were pursuing him.  While hiding one day he overheard the conversation of two conspirators and discovered them removing two rails from the railroad track to wreck a carload of soldiers who were going from Rolla, Missouri, to St. Louis.  Rushing through the brush with fleet foot.  He managed to flag the grain in time to prevent its destruction.  After that Missouri became too hot for him, and he was compelled to flee without his family one stormy night, making his way ninety miles to St. Louis, and from there to Will County, Illinois.  He resumed farming which he continued successfully until the fall of 1878, when re moved to Gage County, Nebraska.  There he went into the business of breeding fine hogs on an extensive scale.  His stock farming steadily growing until he possessed a national reputation in his time. 

In 1889, during the fair circuit, Mr. Stool took a grand total of 101 first, 11 second and 13 sweepstakes prizes.  He also invented the “Stoll and Stay There” ear mark for cattle, hogs and sheep.

Mr. Stoll voted for Abraham Lincoln and every republican following him up to Mr. McKinley’s second term, when he effused to switch with the republican party to the side of the imperialism and worked heart and soul for the election of Mr. Bryan.  In view of the republican party's stand today he has been compelled to join the democrats in their fight for the principles of the republic.  “I have never regretted leaving the republican party,” says Mr. Stoll, emphatically.  “And I believe in the business like and honest administration of the affairs of this state, expecting to vote the fusion ticket here this fall.  I would not go across the street to meet a king or a prince, but would walk twenty miles any day to shake hand with President Kruger of the Transvaul”.

Mrs. Stoll presented her husband with twelve bright, health children all of who, survive, exception gone son died three years ago.  Six boys and five girls are living today and all but three are married.   

The Stolls have sold their farm and moved to Beatrice, where they expect to spend the remainder of their lives.  Mr. and Mrs. Stoll are active as most people near the age of 50.

Sunday, World Herald, Omaha, April 29 1902