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Most
of the men and women of our county, whose heroism made it possible for the
lines of civilization to be advanced upon these western prairies, have long
since passed away.
Many are now unrepresented here by posterity
or near relatives. As far as possible, it is the design of the author of this
history to rescue from oblivion in this chapter of his work the names of the
territorial pioneers of Gage County.
In a few instances names will be found here of
those who were in the territory many years before they became residents of Gage
County.
Appended
to the list of names will be found brief biographical sketches of some of these
heroic dead, who, by public service, position in the county, or from worth of
character, are entitled to a place in any history of the county.
It
is a regrettable fact that no accurate catalogue of the names of these pioneers
is now in existence. The most reliable evidence is afforded perhaps by the
records of the United States land office.
As
far as possible the writer has supplemented these records from the minutes of
the meetings of the Old Settlers' Association of Gage County, the early
district court records, the minutes of the county commissioners, and the
recollection of a few pioneers still amongst us.
Nebraska
was admitted to the great sisterhood of states March 1, 1867. Though pioneer
conditions still prevailed in many portions of the state, it may reasonably be
said that with railroads built and rapidly building throughout Nebraska,
fairly accessible markets for the bulk of the population, steadily rising land
values, rapidly accumulating wealth, a growing independence on the part of the
entire population and the political freedom which under our system of
government statehood always confers, the pioneer days were at an end when
Nebraska ceased to be a territory.
In compiling the following list of names,
where the date on which the residence of the pioneer began in our county is
known it is given; where unknown, the date on which the pioneer is shown to
have entered public land in the old Brownville-Beatrice land office is given as
the year to which residence of the party is credited.
Names
appear in this roll regardless of the fact that they are found elsewhere in
this history.
It is hoped that as time advances, the years
may render more and more apparent the value of this Roll
of Honor.
Beatrice
Alexander,
T. J., 1859
Alexander,
William, 1859
Ashby,
William H., 1865
Ayers,
James L., 1860
Ayers,
Patience M.
Blakely,
Nathan, July 17, 1857
Blakely,
Margaret Constance (Tinkham)
Blakely,
William, 1857
Burke,
Patrick, 1858
Burke,
Mary E., 1858
Brown,
Thomas W., 1860
Brown,
J. L., 1860
Brown,
Sidney, 1860
Bonham,
G. W., 1857
Coulter,
Theodore M., 1859
Cartwright,
Edward, 1860
Cook,
Harrison F., 1857
Chandler,
Luther B., 1865
Chase.
J. E., 1860
Cox,
M. D, 1867
Davis,
Richard C, 1860
Dorsey,
C. G., 1856 (Brownville)
Dunbar, John J., 1866
Emery,
Charles, 1860
Emery,
Mary E., 1860
Emery,
Carl, 1860
Favor,
Filetus M.1859
Gilbert,
John, 1858
Griggs,
L. T., 1865
Griggs,
N. K. 1867
Hewett,
Obediah B. 1857
Hulburt, George V. 1864
Hamma,
Peter, 1865
Harrington,
Silas B., 1857
La
Selle, Henry A., 1866
Loomis,
Gilbert T., 1857
LePoidevin,
Nicholas, 1865
LePoidevin,
Thomas, 1866
Latham,
John W., 1864
Latham,
Diana, 1864
Latham, Asa, 1864
Mumford,
Isma P., 1857
Mumford,
Elizabeth, 1857
Mack,
Eugene, 1866
Maxfield,
James B., 1860
Nelson,
Joseph, R., 1857
Parker, Hiram
W., 1857
Pike, Bennett,
1857
Paddock,
Algernon Sidney, 1857
Pethoud, Andrew J., 1857
Reed,
Israel
Roper, Fordyce, 1857
Roper, Frederick E., 1857
Sage, A. D., 1863
Stevens,
Orrin, 1857
Stevens,
Amasa. 1864
Sibier,
Frederick, 1866
Shaw,
Jacob, 1866
Shaw,
Julia, 1866
Shaw,
John, 1866
Stoner,
William Henry. 1860
Saunders,
Joseph, 1855
Saunders,
Emer, 1857
Steer,
William H., 1866
Snow,
A. L., 1866
Snow,
Emilie, 1866
Towle,
Albert, 1857
Towle,
Catherine, 1857
Tinkham,
Albert L., 1862
Tinkham,
Sarah, 1862
Tobbey,
G. H., 1857
Townsend,
Oliver, 1857
Weston,
Jefferson Burns, 1857
Weston,
Helen (Towle), 1857
Elm Township
Mudge,
William E., 1866
Stebbins,
Austin E., 1866
Worden,
William A., 1866
Blakely Township
Alexander,
John W., 1863
Badley,
John W., 1863
Ball,
Lucy A., 1865
Bailey,
Asa F., 1863
Benjamin,
James H., 1861
Blakely,
William, 1857
Blakely, Cornelia,
1863
Claybaugh,
John H., 1866
Claybaugh,
Reuben. 1866
Claybaugh,
Rebecca, 1866
Claybaugh,
Joseph. 1866
Clyne,
Thomas, 1859
Clyne,
Joseph, 1859
Clyne,
Margaret, 1859
Dibble,
Richard, 1865
Dolen,
Benjamin, 1864
Freeman,
Daniel, 1866
Graff,
Joseph, 1863
Jakes,
John, 1862
Kilpatrick,
Samuel. 1859
Kilpatrick,
Rachael, 1859
Kinzie.
John, 1866
Myers,
Mary, 1863
McCleve,
William H.. 1864
Odell.
Hiram S.. 1859
Rogers,
Washington N., 1865
Rogers,
Wilber S., 1865
Rossiter,
Richard, 1862
Scheve,
Henry, 1865
Scheve,
John, 1866
Scribner,
Irving S., 1866
Sopher,
Elijah, 1866
Suiter,
Agnes E., 1865
Wells,
Joel, 1863
Wells,
Christian, 1865
Wells,
Leon, 1863
Wells,
James, 1863
Wells,
Darius, 1863
Wells,
Cyrus, 1863
Wells,
B. E., 1863
Wright,
Amos L., 1866
Wickham,
Horace, 1859
Grant Township
Barrett,
John, 1858
Buss,
Charles, 1859
Carnahan,
Thomas, 1866
Carnahan,
George, 1866
Claibourne,
1865
Claibourne,
1865
Creed,
George, 1865
Gaston,
George W., 1866
Grant,
George, 1858
Grant,
John, 1858
Grant,
James, 1865
Haddlock,
Alva R., 1865
Harvey,
David, 1865
Kinsey,
James, 1861
Kinsey,
William, 1861
Lull,
H. M., 1865
Nicholas,
Robert, 1860
Plucknett,
William, 1861
Van
Clief, William, 1863
Clatonia Township
Albert,
Henry, 1866
Kloepper,
Henry, 1866
Pitzer,
Frederick, 1866
Steinmeyer,
William, 1866
Steinmeyer,
Henry, 1866
Steinmeyer,
Frederick, 1866
Sicily Township
Harvey,
Oliver J., 1866
Harpster,
Daniel J.. 1862
Lott,
James L„ 1864
Stebbins,
Austin E., 1861
Riverside Township
Crites,
George B., 1866
Holt,
C. B., 1866
Parker,
John C, 1864
Shelley,
Francis, 1862
Midland Township
Brick,
Henry, 1866
Buchanan,
Joe, 1865
Bull,
Stephen, 1866
Barney,
Joseph, 1866
Conley,
Michael, 1866
Dixon,
Ira, 1858
Jones,
Samuel, 1857
Jones,
William, 1859
Jones,
Isaac, 1857
LePoidevin,
Thomas, 1866
Loomis,
Gilbert T., 1857
Martin,
Joseph, 1860
Pierce,
H; J., 1857
Pethoud,
John, 1857
Pethoud, John, Jr., 1858
Pethoud,
F. M., 1857
Pethoud,
Thomas, 1858
Pethoud,
James K. P., 1858
Sherrill,
Thomas, 1860
Holt Township
Austin,
Edward C, 1857
Austin,
Homer B., 1857
Barnhouse,
John, 1866
Chesney,
Warren, 1865
Highland Township
Michael,
Weaver, 1866
Blue Springs
Armstrong,
Thomas, 1860
Anthony,
Levi, 1862
Chambers,
Joseph
Desert,
George
Elliott,
Martin, 1857
Elliott,
William, 1857
Elliott,
Henry, 1857
Elliott,
Stephen, 1857
Hager,
Adam, 1859
Hager,
Margaret, 1859
Hager,
John, 1859
Fisher,
King, 1862
Fisher,
Fred, 1862
Gary,
Patrick R., 1859
Graham,
F. M, 1859
Johnson,
James H., 1857
Johnson,
Martha M. 1857
Johnson,
Rankin, 1859
Knight,
Lynus. 1860
Knight,
Jane A., 1860
Lott,
James, 1860
Max
Nichols.
James H., 1864
Noyes,
Reuyl, 1857
Poff.
Jacob, 1857
Shaw,
Samuel, 1859
Sargent,
True, 1859
Sargent,
Wright, 1859
Summers,
J. M., 1859
Tyler,
William B., 1859
Tyler,
Rebecca (Woodward), 1859
Wilson,
Robert A., 1861
Rockford Township
Adams,
John, 1865
Andrews,
Miles, 1863
Barnum,
H. S., 1859
Breese,
Robert,. 1860
Coffee,
Philip B., 1865
Coffinberry,
C. C, 1858
Davis,
Carroll, 1859
Davis,
William, 1859
Dixon,
James, 1858
Dobbs,
F. H., 1858
Dunn,
John H., 1860
Elerbeck,
James, 1866
Freeman,
Humphrey P., 1863
Graves,
H. J., I860
Hendy,
Eli B., 1859
Hollingworth,
James, 1862
Hollingworth,
Henry, 1862
Hollingworth, Joseph, 1862
Hollingworth,
James, Jr., 1862
Hayden,
Stephen, 1863
Hayden,
Amos, 1863
Lily,
Henry D., 1863
Mattingley.
James B., 1857
Milligan,
Joseph, 1857
Montgomery,
John, 1860
Miller,
David, 1863
Miller,
Catherine, 1863
Mudge,
Louis C, 1866
Mudge, Franklin, 1865
Nyghart,
Stodgell, 1866
Potterton,
John, 1859
Schullenberger,
Jacob, 1859
Schullenberger,
Henry, 1859
Schullenberger,
William McK., 1859
Shaw,
Harley, J., 1865
Slocumb,
Charles H„ 1866
Surk,
George W., 1858
Tidier,
John, 1859
Webber,
Cyrene, 1865
Weigle,
Gabriel, 1863
Welsh,
Alex, 1864
Wild,
William, 1862
Van
Boskirk. Asher, 1863
Van
Boskirk, William, 1866
Logan Township
Armstrong,
William, 1865
Chrisman,
David, 1863
Chrisman,
Marion, 1863
Chrisman,
Joseph, 1863
Graves,
Abraham, 1860
Graves,
Louis, 1860
Graves,
Enoch, 1860
Graves,
Henry, 1860
Hadley,
Isaac N., 1862
Mumford,
J. W., 1865
Mumford,
J. B., 1865
Pheaster,
Johnathan, 1865
Rogers,
John, 1863
Smith,
Duncan, 1866
Smith,
Archibald, 1866
Tanner.
John, 1865
Williams,
Thomas, 1865
Williams,
Evan, 1865
Zimmerman,
Thomas, 1862
Zimmerman,
Class, 1862
Nemaha Township
Sykes,
George, 1865
Liberty Township
Cain.
Nathaniel D., 1865
Dunn,
William B., 1865
Dunn,
John C, 1865
Evans,
Stephen, 1866
Fisher,
Sylvester, 1859
Goin,
James K., 1856
Jimmerson,
Allen, 1866
Jimmerson,
John J., 1866
Muchmore,
L. M., 1856
Muchmore,
James, 1866
MacMains,
A .P., 1858
Palmer,
David, 1855
Palmer,
John, 1866
Sharp,
Johnathan, 1865
Sharp, Louis, 1865
Sharp,
George, 1865
Wymore,
Cornelius S., 1866
Island Grove
Bolinger,
Peter, 1866
Buckles,
Peter, 1864
Brown,
Joel, 1866
Dewey,
Timothy, 1859
Dewey,
William F., 1859
Fishbaugh,
John, 1864
Garaer,
James I., 1866
Irby,
James, 1864
Mangus,
David, 1866
Marion, Tipton,
1864
Stuteman,
Thomas, 1866
Tibbitts,
Samuel A., 1864
Tibbitts,
Thomas D., 1864
Tibbitts.
Edward, 1864
Willis,
Scott, 1864
Willis,
Cornelius, 1864
Wymore,
Cornelius, 1864
Wymore,
James, 1864
Wymore,
Frederick, 1863
Sherman Township
Anderson,
Asa, 1865
Martin,
Thomas, 1865
Smith, Abraham B., 1866
Wilkinson,
George, 1866
Filley Township
Bendernagle,
Andrew. 1866
Bendernagle,
Philip. 1866
Blakely,
Benjamin F., 1862
Dunn,
James W., 1859
Franklin,
George W., 1863
Kees,
John F., 1866
Norton,
Noah, 1866
Reese,
Levi M., 1864
Scott,
Wilson D., 1865
Hooker Township
Fuller,
George W., 1863
Fuller,
John, 1863
Fuller,
Mary A., 1863
Hillman,
John, Sr., 1860
Hillman,
John, Jr., 1860
Hillman,
Thaddeus, 1860
Krause,
William, 1865
Williams,
Thaddeus, 1863
Adams Township
Adams,
John O., 1857
Adams,
Nelson, 1857
Barmore.
Henry, 1865
Curtis,
William, 1860
Drown,
George W., 1863
Golden,
Henry, 1857
Gale,
Alfred, 1857
Gale,
George, 1858
Hildebrand,
Jacob P., 1858
Hildebrand,
Leroy, 1857
Hickock,
Charles, 1860
Mathews.
William, 1856
Moore,
B. F., 1859
Noxon,
George, 1857
Lyons,
John, 1857
Reynolds,
H., 1857
Shaw,
Stephen P., 1857
Shaw,
William, 1857
Shaw,
John, 1857
Shaw,
James I., 1857
Shaw,
Stephen V., 1857
Silvernail,
James, 1857
Silvernail,
William, 1857
Stafford,
John, 1857
Shaw,
Egbert, 1857
Whyman,
Charles, 1866
Source:
History of Gage County,
Nebraska
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