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George L. Lore, who has been serving as county clerk of Pawnee County, Nebraska, since his election in 1901, is one of the popular county officials and a resident of Pawnee City. He is a native son of the county, and has lived within its boundaries all his life, so that he deserves mention as well for his own honorable career as also for the fact that he is a son of a pioneer homesteader and long-established citizen of the state.
His father, John P. Lore, after a long and useful life, has retired from active business affairs and is now enjoying the fruits of his labors, being a retired resident of Dubois, Pawnee County. He was born in Wayne County, Ohio, where he was reared and educated. Lie afterward moved to Missouri, where he married Sarah A. Liggett. After their marriage they left Missouri, and, with firm belief in the future of the then Territory of Nebraska as destined to become one of the great commonwealths of the Mississippi valley, settled in South Fork township, Pawnee county, where he took up a homestead and developed a fine farm from the prairie. He has been a Republican most of his life, and served acceptably as county commissioner for three years, and also held various other offices. Four children were born to himself and wife: Charles F., of Emporia, Kansas; Mrs. Alice Potts, of Dubois, Nebraska; George L.; and Mrs. Nellie Bailey, of Carroll, Nebraska.
George L. Lore was born in South Fork Township, Pawnee County, Nebraska, October 25, 1S69. He was reared in the same locality, and enjoyed the advantages of a common school education, which was supplemented by a course at the Iowa Normal College. After he finished his scholastic career he was for ten years located at Dubois, this county, but after election to the office of county clerk in 1901 he moved to Pawnee City. He has always taken an active part in local politics, and during his incumbency of the present office has discharged his duties faithfully, conscientiously and ably, and has made friends among all classes of people.
In 1892 Mr. Lore was married to Miss Katherine Atkinson, a daughter of Albert G. and Mary Atkinson, who are now living retired in Dubois. Mr. and Mrs. Lore have two children. Eugene A. and Mildred T. Fraternally Mr. Lore is a popular member of the Knights of Pythias, belonging to the local lodge, No. 94, and has served as a delegate to the general lodge on several occasions. He is a member of the Methodist church. Upright in principles, pleasant in manner, able and well fitted for the duties of his office, Mr. Lore is justly regarded as a representative of the best interests of Pawnee County.
A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska - Volume 1 - 1904 Transcribed and Contributed by: Vicki Hartman
Mr. C. F. Nye was reared
upon his father's farm and was early taught that industry, thrift and integrity
are essentials to real success.
His education was an excellent one; he had the advantage of a course at the
university at Burlington, Vermont,
but he left that institution to enlist a few days after Fort Sumter
was fired upon and entered the First Vermont Regiment for ninety days. At the
expiration of his term of service he returned to the University, but his
patriotism would not allow him to remain there, and after a year enlisted, in
September, 1862, in the Tenth Vermont Volunteer Infantry, Colonel A. B. Jewett
and Captain H. Platt commanding. Among the battles participated in by our
subject may be mentioned Locust Grove, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold
Harbor, Cedar Creek and the campaign in the Shenandoah Valley. He participated
in the battle of Petersburg
and was wounded at Monocracy, July 9, 1864; his wound proved a very serious one
and he was confined to the hospital for some time. Later he participated in the
battle of Cedar Creek under General Sheridan's command with the Sixth Army
Corps and was again wounded and forced to go to the hospital. He enlisted as a
private both times and after his second enlistment he was promoted in the
Wilderness to captain and continued in
He graduated in law at St. Albans, Vermont, in 1867, after which he came west to Pawnee City and practiced law for some time, associated with Captain George M. Humphrey. In 1893 Mr. Nye was elected treasurer of Pawnee County and served two terms with great credit to himself and the satisfaction of his constituents. Of late years he has lived upon his beautiful farm on Turkey Creek, Clay Township, where he owns six hundred and forty acres of the finest land in Nebraska, on which he carries on general farming and stock-raising. He makes a specialty of blooded cattle and hogs. Plots of blue grass surround his beautiful home, in the rear of which there is an excellent orchard.
In 1871 Mr. Nye was married to Maggie B. Dorrance, who was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of William Dorrance, a native of Pennsylvania of Scotch-Irish descent, whose wife, Mary Jane (Duncan) Dorrance, was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Dorrance went to Tazewell County, Illinois, where the father died at the age of forty-seven years. He was a hatter by trade but followed farming. In politics he was first a Whig and then a Republican. The wife died September 11, 1894, aged seventy-nine years. They had five children, as follows: Ellen North, of Marshall. Kansas; Marian Wagner, of Pawnee City, Nebraska; J. G., of Clay Township; Mrs. Margaret Nye and J. W., of Pawnee City, Nebraska Mr. and Mrs. Nye have five children, as follows: W. Nelson, a well known citizen of Clay Township; Laura M., wife of L. R. Dillon, of Peru, Nebraska; Jane Ellen, wife of Arthur Pelton, of Dubois, Nebraska; Chester Gilmore, and Florence Elizabeth. Mr. Nye has been a Republican ever since he cast his first vote and be is a prominent blue lodge and chapter Mason. He and his wife are members of the Eastern Star. His wife is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. He is genial, courteous and pleasing in manner and both as a private citizen and public official has made himself highly respected throughout community.
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He was born at Richmond. Walworth County. Wisconsin, in 1841, and is a son of Elijah Belding, Jr., who settled in Walworth county in 1836.
Elijah Belding was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and was a son of Elijah Belding. Sr.. of Massachusetts. The Belding family settled in Massachusetts and Connecticut in 1730. Elijah. Sr.. died in Marquette county. Wisconsin, in 1852. His wife bore the maiden name of Miss Pease. Elijah. Jr.. was reared and educated in the cast and married Mary James, who was a native of Rhode Island and a daughter of Thomas and Dorcas (Perry) James, of Welsh ancestry. Both died in Walworth County, Wisconsin. In polities Elijah Belding. Jr.. was first a Whig and later a Republican. Elijah. Jr.. died in 1882 and his wife is still living and makes her home in Pawnee City with our subject. She has attained the venerable age of eighty-one years. She is a member of the Baptist church. Eleven children were born to herself and husband, namely: G. T.; Mary E., deceased: Emily D., of Delavan, Wisconsin: Eugene M., of Minnesota: Elvira, deceased: Mary E., of St. Paul: Frances H.. deceased: Charles F.. of St. Charles. Missouri: Lulu Tumey. who lives at Camden. Arkansas: Bertha, died at the age of sixteen years: and one who died in infancy.
Mr. G. T. Belding' was reared in Walworth County on a farm,where he remained until 1862. and was a school teacher from 1858.
He enlisted August 12. 1862. in the Twenty-second Regiment. Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Company D. serving three years. Colonel Utleys and Captaih A. D. Kellam in command. Our subject was attached to the Twentieth Army Corps in General Ward's Third Division, participating in the famous march to the sea. He was mustered out of service at Milwaukee. Wisconsin. June 29, 1865. Mr. Belding was taken prisoner at Spring Hill, Tennessee, and held twentv-five days in Libby prison, suffering many privations. When he returned to his old home at Delavan, Wisconsin, he married Miss Cetta M. Jones, of the same place in October. 1865, and for several years remained in the county of his birth.
In 1870 he located at Pawnee City. Nebraska; was elected county judge in 1879 and for twenty years served as county judge of Pawnee county, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of the law.
During his practice he has been the attorney for several estates and served as attorney for various parties outside the state; in all demonstrating his ability and shrewdness as a lawyer. Ever since locating in Pawnee county Mr. Belding has made many friends, and he is justly regarded as one of the leading representatives of the bar of this locality.
A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska - Volume 1 - 1904 Transcribed for Nebraska Genealogy Trails by: D. Whitesell
August Eckhardt, who resides on section 33, Clay township, Pawnee county, Nebraska, is one of the old settlers of this locality and an ex-soldier of the Civil war. He was born in Germany, December 5, 1840. His father was a sergeant in the German army for twenty-five years. He married Elizabeth Wasmann, and their children were as follows: Lillie, who died in the United States; Anna, of Illinois; and August.
August Eckhardt was educated in Germany until he was thirteen years of age, when he came to the United States, and after a voyage of eighteen days landed upon American soil. He at once proceeded to
Cook County, Illinois, and thence went to Tazewell County, Illinois. In 1872 he removed to Pawnee county, Nebraska. On September 5, 1861, he enlisted at Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, in Company H, of the Fourth Illinois Cavalry, Colonel Hoyd Dickey, of Ottawa, and Captain Wimple, of Pulaski, commanding. The regiment was sent to Belmont, Kentucky, and later to Forts Henry and Donelson, still later to Shiloh, and finally Mr. Eckhardt was placed on the body guard of General Grant, and participated in the wonderful campaigns of the famous general. At Corinth he had a horse shot under him. The animal fell upon Mr. > Eckhardt, injuring him so seriously that he has never fully recovered, and will always suffer from the effects of the terrible wound. On account of it, after a long siege in the hospital, he was honorably discharged and returned to his Illinois home.
On February 12, 1867, Mr. Eckhardt was married at Delavan, Tazewell County, Illinois, to Rachel F. Wertz, a daughter of John and Catherine (Hauk) Wertz, natives of St. Thomas, Pennsylvania, who removed to Illinois in 1864, where both died. Mr. and Mrs. Eckhardt are very well and favorably known and have many friends not only in Clay township, but throughout the County.
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Philip Jenkins, one of the well known and much esteemed citizens of Pawnee City, Nebraska, was born December 6, 1821, in Onondaga County, New York, and is a son of Christopher and Minnie (Howard) Jenkins, both of whom were born in New York. The father descended from three brothers of the name who came to America from England, prior to the Revolutionary war. The father died in 1847 at Lacon, Illinois, aged fifty-two years, the mother dying in 1840, in Morgan County, Illinois. By trade Christopher Jenkins was a carpenter. He lived an honest, upright life and died respected by all who knew him. Our subject's parents had a family of nine children, four of whom still survive.
Philip Jenkins was reared to manhood in his father's home, in 1839 coming with his parents to Morgan county, Illinois, and later to Woodford County. He was one of the loyal citizens who responded to the call of President Lincoln for troops, and enlisted for service on August 13, 1862, in Company C, Seventy-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel D. P. Grier. His term of service covered eighteen months, and during that period he participated in the Yazoo expedition, was at the siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, New Orleans and in the movements of the army on the Texas coast. On one occasion, when the flag bearer was struck down, Mr. Jenkins gallantly seized the banner and carried it in the face of the enemy. For his bravery on the field of battle he was promoted from second to first lieutenant, and doubtless would have received further recognition had not domestic trouble caused him to resign and return to his home. During his absence two of his little children were taken sick and died, both being buried in the same grave. The prostration of their mother caused such serious illness that her devoted husband felt that his place of duty was at her side.
Mr. Jenkins was married in Woodford County, Illinois, February 1, 1846, to Miss Malinda Sweet, who was born in Morgan County, Illinois. She is a daughter of Phelig and Abigail (Bardeen) Sweet, natives of New York, who settled in Illinois, where both died. The three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins are: E. M., of Byron, Thayer County, Nebraska; Lola M., wife of Niel Duncan, of Pawnee city; and Myrtle, wife of J. H. Phelps, of Wilsonville, Nebraska. The two children who died in Illinois were: Abraham Lincoln, aged three years, and Philip J., a babe.
Mr. Jenkins came to Nebraska in 1878 and located in Brownville for eighteen months, then went to Alexandria and remained until 1883. For the following two years he was at Tobias, and in 1885 located in Ohiowa, Fillmore County. From 1878 to 1893 he successfully followed the lumber business. In 1894 Mr. Jenkins came to Pawnee city. He is a Republican in politics and is the oldest member of the John Ingham Post No. 95, Grand Army of the Republic, of Pawnee city. For forty-eight years he has been a Mason. He belongs to the Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins celebrated their golden wedding in Pawnee city in 1896.
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Swen A. Isaac, one of the prominent citizens of Turkey Creek precinct, Pawnee county, Nebraska, is a native of Sweden, where he was born March 20. 1837. In his native land he was known as Isaacson, but he dropped the last syllable after locating in the United States. His parents bore the names of Isaac and Katrina (Johnson) Lorson, and both were born and died in Sweden. The father was born in 1800 and the mother in 1813, and their deaths occurred in 1852 and in 1901 respectively. Among the most cherished possessions of our subject is the old family Bible, in which there is recorded that these parents had eleven children. One died in infancy; another was evidently killed in the Civil war, as nothing was ever heard from him after the battle of Chickamauga, September 21, 1863. Our subject, a brother and three sisters, are the only survivors.
Swen A. Isaac was reared upon his father’s farm and commenced learning the trade of shoemaker, but never followed it. His education was very limited, and he came to the United States in July, 1857, settling first near Galesburg, Illinois, where he assisted in laying the very first foundation for a dwelling house in that vicinity. When the war broke out he was among the first to respond to the call for soldiers and enlisted, August 21, 1861, in Company A, Forty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Northrop, for three years, and after the expiration of his time he re-enlisted and was honorably discharged at Springfield, Illinois, at the close of the war. He lost his left arm at the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, in November. 1864, and at the same time received two other bullets in his body, either one of which the surgeons thought would cause his death. He was taken prisoner and confined in the Confederate prison, and through ignorance on the part of the physicians his arm was amputated when through proper care it might have been saved. He pleaded with the physicians to make the amputation below the elbow, for he knew he possessed a very strong constitution, but as this would have necessitated more trouble and the surgeons believed that his death was certain, the arm was taken off at the upper muscle. After he had been exchanged and discharged he returned to Illinois and located in Chicago, thinking he would be given a chance in the soldiers' home to go to school, but as it was full he determined to make his own way in life. Going into the country, he worked by the day and month, studying as opportunity offered. All during the war he had carried a spelling book and an arithmetic with him, and studied every spare hour, and when in the prison and in the several hospitals. About 1866 Mr. Isaac took a trip to Kansas and Nebraska. Returning to Illinois, he entered the Prairie City Academy, where he remained until spring, when he removed to Pawnee county and homesteaded a claim in Plum creek precinct just south and adjoining his present home town Turkey Creek precinct. He filed his claim in June of 1866 and after his return to Illinois he purchased his team and wagon. Then after his term in the academy he drove through to Nebraska as railroad facilities terminated eighteen miles northwest of St. Joseph, Missouri. He came west in company with two brothers, who also took up adjoining homesteads. Later he took up three hundred and twenty acres more. During the fall and winter of 1868-1869, he taught school, but as he felt his lack of proper pronunciation of the English language he decided not to follow teaching as a business.
He was married on March 12, 1868, to Louisa Shewey, who was born in McLean County, Illinois, August 26, 1850. She is a daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Beaver) Shewey, the former of whom was born in Ohio, but died in Kansas aged seventy-six years, and the latter was born in Indiana and died near the home of her son-in-law, Mr. Isaac, aged sixty-seven years. She and her husband were old pioneers of the county and settled in Plum Creek precinct. Mrs. Isaac was one of a family of eight children, all yet living.
About 1870 Mr. and Mrs. Isaac moved into a little log cabin on the northern part of their land in Turkey Creek precinct where they lived and labored until 1880, and at that time erected their present comfortable home, one of the finest houses in Pawnee county. Five years later their fine barn was finished, and the two structures cost over $10,000. A good deal of the work Mr. Isaac did himself, as he hauled all the lumber from a half-dozen different towns in the county and helped the various workmen in the construction.
Both he and his excellent wife are active members of the Baptist church at Burchard, of which he has been a deacon for over thirty years, while Mrs. Isaac is equally prominent in the ladies society. They both have been workers in the church of Burchard since its organization and contributed largely towards the erection of the imposing church structure. Mr. Isaac was one of the first to join the G. A. R. post in Illinois and is at present commander of the William A. Butler Post No. 172, of Burchard and he was one of its charter members. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows local lodge and of the grand lodge of the state. His first vote was cast for General Grant in 1868, and he has since that time continued a staunch Republican. He has held about all the local offices, for six years was county commissioner and was first nominated when he was away from home, without his knowledge or consent. He is also one of the old justices of the peace.
The career of Mr. Isaac has been a most remarkable one, for he came to this country absolutely penniless, and soon after his arrival entered the service of his adopted land, and in defense of the Union was maimed for life. In spite of a calamity which would have utterly prostrated an ordinary man he has gone steadily ahead ever working upward, and is now one of the leading men of Pawnee county. His great ambition in life, however, has been to educate himself, and he never has lost a single opportunity of acquiring knowledge. He is an upright and honorable man, a kind neighbor, a loving and devoted husband.
A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska - Volume 1 - 1904 Transcribed and Contributed by: Sandra Davis
A. D. Andrews, who owns a beautiful farm of three hundred and fifty-two acres in Clay township, Pawnee county, Nebraska, was born in Somerset county, Maine, June 9, 1848. He is a son of James Andrews, who was born in Maine. James Andrews was a son of Dudley Andrews, a soldier of 1812, born of English parents. James Andrews was a carpenter by trade, a good workman and one who was very successful in life. He married Frances Haines, daughter of Thomas Haines. In 1857 James Andrews and wife moved west to Floyd county, Iowa, where during the Civil war James enlisted in an Iowa regiment. He later went to Texas, near Dallas, where he died at the age of sixty, having been a firm Republican and a prominent Mason. He left two children, A. D. and Adelia F. Lepley, of Nemaha County, Kansas. The mother still survives and is now eighty years of age and a consistent member of the United Brethern church.
A. D. Andrews was reared upon the farm in Iowa and educated in the pioneer schools of his locality. At the age of fourteen he came to Nebraska, settling in Pawnee county, where on December 31, 1868, he married Sarah Elizabeth McCoy, who was born in Michigan, a daughter of Allen and Julia (Harless) McCoy, the former a native of Virginia and now a resident of New Mexico. These parents had the following children: George W., a soldier in the United States army who lives in New Mexico; Almirtha Jane; James Allen, a soldier in the state militia of Nebraska, but who lives in New Mexico; Sarah E.; Cyntha Ann; Letitia; Harvey, New Mexico; Charles Robert; Lydia Zella; and three who died in infancy
Mr. Andrews settled in South Forks township in 1862, but in 1875 he came to his present farm, which is one of the best in the state. He has his farm fully equipped with all modern appliances, and it is appropriately called Pleasant Hill. Mr. Andrews devotes his land to general farming and stock-raising. The fields are surrounded by hedge fences. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrews are as follows: Mrs. Almirtha Byers; Minnie Gertrude Hutton; Mary Agnes; and Zella Mabel, the last three of whom are popular teachers of Pawnee county and were all educated at the Nebraska State Normal School; Levi James; Edith R., is a student of the State Normal School; Lillian Grace, and Clinton Lyle. Mr. Andrews is a very popular Republican, and the family are all connected with the United Brethern church, of which he is a trustee.
A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska - Volume 1 - 1904 Transcribed and Contributed by: Sandra Davis
Fred. S. Hassler, editor and proprietor of The Pawnee City Press, is one of the oldest and best known newspaper men of the state of Nebraska, having been connected with the profession in this state for a full third of a century. The Press is one of the influential papers of southeastern Nebraska, ably edited and conducted in the interests of progress and public welfare. The plant is number one in all its equipment, and perfect workmanship marks the paper throughout. Mr. Hassler has been very successful in the conduct of The Press for the past fifteen years, and has made it an organ for good and social uplift throughout the county.
Mr. Hassler arrived in Pawnee City when it was a mere village, coming from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he had been engaged in work on the Chronicle and the Gazette. He had learned his trade on the Greensburg (Pennsylvania) Herald, and subsequently worked on the Meadville Republican, the first daily paper started in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He came to Pawnee City on the first day of November, 1870, and immediately associated himself with the late Judge J. L. Edwards in the publication of the Pawnee Tribune, which name was afterwards changed to the Pawnee Republican, under which title it is still published. Mr. Hassler sold this paper to his brother and uncle, and then bought the Pawnee Banner, which he ultimately sold, buying the Table Rock Argus. In 1886, when the town of Dubois was started in Pawnee county, he established the Times in that place, but eventually sold both this and the Argus to purchase the Beaver City (Nebraska) Tribune, which he conducted until 1889, then selling it to F. N. Merwin, now private secretary of Hon. George W. Norris, congressman of the Fifth Nebraska district. Mr. Hassler then returned to Pawnee City and became the owner of The Press, which he has published ever since.
Mr. Hassler's two oldest children, William Nessley and Walter Earle, are now connected with the Livingston (Montana) Post. His three daughters, Mabel, Hazel and Helen, are at home with their parents, at their residence on Western avenue. Mrs. Hassler is a cousin of the late ex-Governor David Butler, and her father was an early pioneer Nebraskan, and a member of the legislature which removed the state capital from Omaha to Lincoln. Mr. Hassler is a brother-in-law of Hon. W. B. Raper, and an uncle by marriage of County Attorney John B. Raper, of Pawnee City, both well-known residents of southeastern Nebraska.
Mr. Hassler was the first city clerk when Pawnee City was incorporated, and served in that capacity for two terms. He has endeavored to give his best influence for the good of county and state, and instances might be mentioned where these efforts have been highly appreciated by his fellow citizens.
A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska - Volume 1 - 1904 Transcribed and Contributed by: Sandra Davis
Cyrus C. Meader, one of the prosperous farmers of section 25, Clay township, of Pawnee County, Nebraska, owns a beautiful home of three hundred and twenty acres. He was born in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, August 26, 1844, and is a son of Gideon Meader, who was born at Farmington, Vermont, a son of James Meader, also a native of Vermont. Gideon Meader was reared on a Vermont farm, and when he attained to maturity moved to Montreal, Canada, where he married Louisa Purrington, a daughter of Elijah Purrington. Francis Cook, a relative of Louisa Purrington, came to this country on the Mayflower. In the year 1841 Gideon and his wife went to Waukesha county, Wisconsin, and later to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and from there to Nemaha County, Nebraska, where he died at the age of fifty-two years. For a number of years he was a successful farmer and in politics was a sturdy Republican. The mother died at the age of seventy-nine years and both were Quakers in their religious persuasion. The children born to these parents were as follows: Nathan; Cyrus C.; Anna Maria, of Elmo, Missouri; Curtis, of Seattle, Washington; Eunice Parker, of Victor, Montana; Joshua, a merchant of Elmo, Missouri.
Cyrus C. Meader was reared in Fond du Lac County on a farm and early learned the meaning of hard work. He never had many educational advantages. On May 4, 1864, he was married to Josephine Martin. She was born at Jericho, Vermont, a daughter of Porter Martin. Porter Martin was born in Vermont and reared near the old home of Colonel Ethan Allen. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Porter Martin married Margaret Griffith, also a native of Vermont, who died at the age of forty-seven years. For many years he was a sailor on the lakes. In politics he was a Republican. Six children were born to Porter Martin and wife, Josephine; Myron; Betsy; Fannie, of Smith county, Kansas; Giles, of Lincoln, Nebraska; Clarence, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
In 1864, Mr. and Mrs. Meader went to Polk County, Iowa, and remained there one winter. In 1865 they removed to Nebraska and lived in Nemaha County until fall of 1868, then moved to Pawnee county, Nebraska, on one hundred and twenty acres, which they sold and later bought three hundred and twenty acres. They now have a beautiful rural home in Clay township, on which they have erected a house at a cost of one thousand and three hundred dollars. On the south side is a fine bearing orchard. He makes a specialty of raising hogs and cattle.
Mr. Meader has always been a good Republican and has strongly espoused the cause of good roads. He has served as road supervisor for sixteen years. He is a member of the United Brethren church and is one of the trustees and an ex-superintendent. Genial, kind-hearted, industrious, always ready to give to those in need, Mr. Meader is held in highest esteem by his fellow townsmen and has many friends throughout the country.
The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Meader are: Bertha Dickinson, of Puyallup, Washington; Lillian Edgerton, of Puyallup, Washington; Gideon, of Snohomish, Washington; Harry, of Clay township; Blanche, school teacher; and Herbert, the two latter residing at home.
A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska - Volume 1 - 1904 Transcribed and Contributed by: Sandra Davis
Robert T. Scott, proprietor of the Green Dale stock farm and the owner of the best herd of shorthorn cattle in Southeastern Nebraska, was born in Roxburyshire, Scotland, in 1840. He is a son of Matthew and Kittie (Temple) Scott, both of whom died in Scotland, the father when our subject was small.
At the age of fourteen years Mr. R. T. Scott came to America and went to live with his uncle, Henry Scott, at Toulon, Stark county, Illinois, and grew to maturity on the farm. In June, 1861, he enlisted for service in the Civil war, in Company B, Nineteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and participated in many of the important battles of the war, the most important being Stone River, Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca and Nashville, and serving under some of the most distinguished and gallant officers. His record is an honorable one and he was honorably discharged in 1864.
Mr. Scott then came to Pawnee county, Nebraska, and located five miles southwest of his present home, but thirty years ago he sold that property and came to Green Dale. Here Mr. Scott owns a fine estate of six hundred and sixty acres, rich bottom land, and no better can be found in the state. It is watered by Turkey creek and Johnson's creek, and thus he overcomes the greatest drawback to farming or stock-raising in Nebraska. The abundance of water also insures plenty of shade, and in a fine grove of walnut, oak and box elder the old settlers of this locality meet to tell of early experiences and to greet old friends. Mr. Scott has a blue grass pasture which rivals those of Kentucky, and his meadows and corn fields put those of Illinois to shame. Mr. Scott has spent many thousands of dollars in making improvements here and in introducing his fine herds, but he has also realized many thousands on account of their value. Mr. Scott has here an ideal country home, his residence and other buildings being adornments to the landscape. He is the pioneer breeder of shorthorn cattle and owns a herd of one hundred registered animals. He also breeds Poland China hogs. He has done much to raise the standard in cattle and other stock in this section.
On March 10, 1866, Mr. Scott was married to Anna P. Rogers, who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was a daughter of the late P. M. and Sarah (Beeler) Rogers, old settlers of Pawnee county. Mrs. Scott died January 27, 1902. She was a most estimable lady and possessed the grace and hospitality of her southern birth. The children of this marriage were: Mrs. Sadie Wheeler, of Montesano, Washington; Katie; Effie; Charles M.; Robert; Frank; John T. and George C. Five are deceased, one of these, Harry S., being a young man of great promise. Burr died at the age of four years. Matthew died aged two years, John died at the age of sixteen, and an infant died aged one year.
Mr. Scott has served Paw nee county as commissioner for nine years and has also been assessor, filling every office with efficiency. He belongs to John Ingham Post No. 95, Grand Army of the Republic. He is one of the most public-spirited and progressive men of this section and is liberal in his support of education and church work. Few men of this county are more universally esteemed.
A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska - Volume 1 - 1904 Transcribed and Contributed by: Sandra Davis
John A. Ward, ex-manager of rural mail route No. 4, of Pawnee city, Nebraska, is a well-known and respected citizen. He was born May 18, 1847, near Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, and was a lad of eleven years when he came to the territory of Nebraska, on April 11, 1858. He is a son of David Adison and Sarah (Harrah) Ward, the later of whom was born in Indiana and was a daughter of Dr. John Harrah, a native of West Virginia. She was her husband's second wife.
David A. Ward was born in Greenbrier county, West Virginia, and he married first a Miss Reeves and had three children: James O., Susan L. and David A. He died in 1851 and left his widow in McLean County, Illinois, with two children: John A. and Joseph R., who died in Ottawa county, Kansas. The mother later married John N. Burge, and in 1858 they came to Nebraska and took up a claim in Pawnee county. Here Mr. Burge died and his widow made her home in Pawnee county with her step-children, Lydia and Lucinda. Later she married Reason Ball and she died at the age of fifty-five years. She was a true pioneer woman and possessed all the endurance and many virtues of that courageous class. She was beloved in life and mourned in death.
In June, 1862, Mr. John A. Ward enlisted in the army, entering Company I, Fifty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was on duty at Frankfort, Richmond and Lexington, Kentucky. In 1863, after his honorable discharge, he visited his mother in Indiana and then returned to Pawnee city, after spending two years at Minneapolis, Ottawa county, Kansas. At the age of twenty-five years he was married in Pawnee county to Hannah Gallagher, a most estimable lady. She was born near Zanesville, Ohio, and is a daughter of Davis and Elizabeth (Morrison) Gallagher, early settlers of Pawnee county, who lived through the early Indian troubles in Nebraska. Her father was the first blacksmith in Pawnee city and lived to the age of eighty-four years. He was a strong Republican. He died in 1896.
The mother died in 1879. Both parents were much respected and belonged to the hospitable and kind and neighborly people of this community. Their children were: Mrs. Ann Syrung; Mrs. Mary Stall: Mrs. Hannah Ward; Mrs. Susan McKee, deceased; John; and James, of Pawnee city. Both Mrs. Ward and Mrs. McKee were among the first teachers in Pawnee county. Mr. Ward served for six months under Colonel Mason, on the plains, in the Indian war.
On November 15, 1900, Mr. Ward began his service on the rural mail route and continued in that service for thirty-two months. His services were satisfactory in every particular and he had hosts of friends. His daughters are both capable business women, the elder, Lenie, being a teacher and also the manager of the Girl's Industrial School at Geneva, Nebraska, and the other, Susie, being a popular clerk in this city. Mrs. Ward and daughters belong to the Christian church. Mr. and Mrs. Ward have taken little Fern Burlingame to rear and educate.
In politics Mr. Ward is a Republican and is the youngest ex-soldier member of John Ingham Post No. 95, of the Grand Army of the Republic.
A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska - Volume 1 - 1904 Transcribed and Contributed by: Sandra Davis
Lewis H. Dean, who is one of the old settlers of Pawnee county, Nebraska, coming to Clay township in 1878, is a highly respected citizen and an honored survivor of the Civil war. He was born March 5, 1838, at Xenia, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph Dean, who was born in Kentucky, in 1804, and a grandson of Daniel Dean, who was born in county Down, Ireland. The family was established in Kentucky shortly after the settlement of Daniel Boone.
Joseph Dean crossed the river into Ohio, in young manhood, and there married Hannah Boggs, who was born in Gallia county, Ohio, a daughter of Samuel Boggs, who later moved to northwestern Indiana. Joseph Dean and wife took up a homestead farm in Ohio and lived there all their lives engaged in farming, both passing away when about eighty years old. Mr. Joseph Dean was a Whig in politics. The Dean family was Presbyterian in religious belief, while the Boggs's were Methodists. These parents had children born to them as follows: George Washington died in Ohio; Mrs. Julia A. Struthers died at Monmouth, Illinois; Daniel, of Cedarville, Ohio; Louise and Willis both died young; Lewis H.; Anna Oldham lives in Xenia; Joseph N., of Xenia, was a member of Company B, Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and for years after the war served as probate judge; Mrs. Mary C. Wright lives in Dayton, Ohio; Samuel S. is a prominent man in Green county and lives on the old homestead; and Eliza J., wife of Rev. Renwick, died in Henderson County, Illinois.
Lewis H. Dean grew up in Ohio and attended the district schools. On April 16, 1861, he enlisted in defense of his country's flag just four days after Fort Sumter had been fired upon, entering the Twelfth Ohio Infantry for ninety days. His second enlistment was on August 12, 1862, with Company H, Ninety-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and his faithful service continued until the close of the war. He served under Generals Rosecrans and Thomas and took part in many of the leading battles of the war, among these being Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and Bentonville, later going with Sherman to the sea; marching through the Carolinas and triumphantly to the grand review at Washington city. Mr. Dean came out of the service unharmed and had never been incapacitated for duty. He has a record of which he may justly be proud.
On November 5, 1861, Mr. Dean was married to Miss Panetta Haines, who was born in Greene county, Ohio, and is a daughter of Samuel P. and Rebecca (McFarland) Haines, an old Tennessee family, and a brother of Alfred A. Haines, who was a soldier in the Eighth Ohio Cavalry and now lives in Texas. In 1867 Mr. Dean removed to Clay county, Illinois, but in 1878 came to Pawnee county, Nebraska. He secured a farm of two hundred and forty acres, but this he sold in 1901. He went to California in 1893 and spent eighteen months there. Mrs. Dean died May 26, 1895, aged fifty-seven years. She was the beloved mother of these children; Mrs. Lula M. Albro died at Pasadena, California; Mrs. Florence McCall, of Washington, Kansas; Lida Gertrude died at the age of eleven years, at White Hall, Illinois, on the journey to Nebraska; Rena is Mrs. Frankenfield of Pawnee city; Mrs. Cora Lobaugh, of Washington, Kansas; Willis is a successful physician of Sioux City, Iowa; Clara E. is the wife of Dr. A. P. Fitzsimmons, of Tecumseh, Nebraska; Frank A. is a dentist at Colville, Washington; Joseph Calvin, a bright young man, was accidentally killed in 1890.
On October 28, 1896, Mr. Dean married Mrs. Harriet A. Stephenson, who is a daughter of William and Senath (Powers) Farrow, of Axtell, Kansas. She had two brothers in the Civil war, Gideon, a member of an Iowa regiment, and William, a member of an Illinois regiment.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean have a home in Pawnee city and own two valuable farms in Washington county, Kansas, and one of one hundred and ninety-six acres near Emmons. In politics Mr. Dean is a Prohibitionist and he belongs to the John Ingham Post No. 95, Grand Army of the Republic. They have several articles of great historic values in their home, one a table one hundred and ninety-three years old, and a goldsmith's mortar formerly used to crush gold.
A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska - Volume 1 - 1904 Transcribed and Contributed by: Sandra Davis
O. H. Loch, county treasurer of Pawnee County, Nebraska, is one of the well known and popular citizens of this part of the state. He was born August 3, 1875, in Pawnee County, and is a son of the late Walter Loch, an early settler here and a native of Scotland. In that country Walter Loch married Isabella Rutherford, and in 1859 they came to the United States and settled in Henry County, Illinois. Fourteen years later they came to Pawnee County, Nebraska, and settled in West Branch Township, where Walter Loch operated a farm. He died there at the age of seventy years. He became a man of prominence in his township and held many positions of trust and responsibility. In politics he was a Republican and served many times as delegate to conventions and for three years was a county commissioner. The mother of our subject died at the age of sixty-five years. Both parents were most estimable Christian people. They had a family of eleven children born to them as follows: Mrs. Jennie Scott; Mrs. Ellen Welch; George; James; Walter C.; assistant county treasurer; Mary Loch; O. H.; W. T.; A.R.; Bessie died at age twenty years; Mrs. Katie Reece died aged twenty seven years.
O. H. Loch was reared on the old homestead and developed a fine physique in the active outdoor life of the farm. He was educated in local schools and spent two years at the Pawnee Academy. He then engaged in the drug business for a time then served three years as assistant cashier in the First National Bank. His eminent qualifications and his popularity made him the choice of his party and the public for the office of county treasurer, to which honorable position he was elected in 1901, having a majority of seven hundred and sixty-three.
On August 23, 1900, Mr. Loch was married to Miss H. M. Kelly, and they have one son, Oliver H. Fraternally Mr. Loch as an Odd Fellow, also a member of Pawnee Lodge No. 23 A.F. and A.M.
He has the distinction of being the youngest county treasurer in the state.
A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska - Volume 1 - 1904 Transcribed and Contributed by: Erny Long
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