CHEYENNE County
has one of the most colorful histories of any
Nebraska region. Its past was marked by fierce
Indian battles the development of a huge cattle
industry and the collapse of that business in favor
of farming. During the evolution of the county, the
Mormon, the Overland and the Oregon Trails were
pounded into its soul by thousands of wagon wheels.
The county was the headquarters for the construction
of two railroad lines and just beyond its borders
were the sites of two great government forts.
In 1867, a few years prior to
organization of Cheyenne County, the Union Pacific
railroad was built across the county at a time when
few white men lived in this territory. It was
inhabited entirely by Indians except for soldiers
and traders stationed at Fort Laramie and Fort
Sedgwick, a few soldiers stationed at the telegraph
stations of Pole Creek Crossing about four miles
east of Sidney, Mud Springs (now Simla) and Fort
Mitchell, and a few ranchers along the trails who
supplied stock to freighters and stage lines. Among
the latter were Charles and Jim Moore, who had a
ranch on the North Platte at Cedar Creek and one on
the South Platte south of Sterling. The Coad
Brothers had ranches on the North Platte at the
present site of Gering and on the South Platte south
of Sterling; John Bratt ranched at Julesburg, and Ed
Creighton had ranches on Pumpkin creek and Horse
creek.
Construction of the Union Pacific
diverted almost all the freight and passenger
traffic from the great trails along the North and
South Platte rivers to the railroad and to the new
trail which followed it up the Lodge Pole valley. As
a consequence, the Lodge Pole valley began a period
of great activity. The town of Sidney was
established as a division point by the railroad and
named after its New York solicitor, Sidney Dillon,
who later became president of the line.
Indians were a constant source of
danger and trouble during the settling of Cheyenne
County. The Grattan massacre occurred in the
vicinity of the northwest border of the county in
August, 1854. The Ash Hollow massacre took place
near the present site of Lewellen in September,
1855. Julesburg was attacked and burned in January,
1864. That same year, the station at Mud Springs and
many of the ranches in the county were attacked and
many ranchers killed. On April 29, 1868, Sidney was
attacked and before the Indians could be driven
away, Thomas Cahoon, a conductor on the railroad,
lost his scalp and William Edmondson, another
conductor, was killed. In April, 1869, Daniel
Richardson, a section man, stationed at Sidney, went
to the creek for water and was surprised and killed
by the Indians. It was not safe to venture on the
prairie alone in those days. Ranchers were
continually troubled by Indians stealing their
horses. And it was not until after the Battle of
Wounded Knee in 1891 that the settlers could breathe
freely and have no further fear of Indian raids.
To protect the Union Pacific builders,
the government stationed a company of soldiers at
Sidney in 1867. This company first established a
post at the top of the hill just north of the town.
It consisted of nothing more than a tent camp and a
blockhouse. Later the camp was moved to a location
south of the tracks, using the blockhouse on the
hill for a lookout station. The following year,
1868, the fort was built and four additional
companies of soldiers were transferred to it from
Fort Sedgwick.
The fort was located to the south and
east of the town and covered quite a large area.
Among the troops stationed here at various times
were the Third and Fifth cavalry, the Ninth,
Twenty-first and Twenty-third infantry, Major North
and his Pawnee Scouts and another company of
Indians. The Twenty-first infantry, with Col.
William Morrow in command, was stationed here when
the fort was abandoned June 1, 1894.
Not long after the building of the
railroad and the founding of Sidney it was
discovered that this country was especially well
adapted to cattle raising. Soon many ranches were
established and thousands of cattle were driven up
from Texas. Naturally, this meant more rapid
settlement of the country and a great increase in
white population.
Ed Creighton was the first to stock his
ranches with Texas cattle. They were driven up the
Chisholm Trail to Ogallala in 1869. The following
year Coad Brothers purchased 10,000 head of Texas
cattle and put them on their ranches on the south
side of the North Platte near Scottsbluff and at the
head of Pumpkin creek. About this time H. V.
Redington brought in several thousand head of Texas
cattle and located on Lawrens Fork, near the present
town of Redington, which was named for him. With
John Adams as a partner he also established a large
ranch on the Lodgepole, near the present town of
Potter. Charles and Jim Moore stocked their ranches
on both the North and South Platte rivers. Soon
other men were entering the cattle business. Tom
Kane located an eight thousand acre ranch south of
the North Platte river, which was taken over later
by Coad Brothers. The Bosler Brothers started on the
north side of the North Platte, with headquarters
about where Lewellen now stands. Part of their large
ranch was occupied by Boyd Brothers. One of these
brothers, James E. Boyd, later became a Nebraska
governor.
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Bill -Paxton of Omaha located a ranch
near Ogallala. In 1871 the Power Brothers of Texas
ranched on the north side of the North Platte river
about where Scottsbluff now stands. They sold their
land in 1873 to Dennis Sheedy, who later sold to
William Paxton. Tom Kane and an English syndicate
established a ranch with headquarters about four
miles west of Sidney. Henry Neumann had a ranch near
the present town of Sunol. Another large ranch was
south of Sidney in the Sterling neighborhood.
Sheidley Brothers were large operators on the North
Platte from Cedar Creek to Ogallala. Laing Brothers
and Ed Doran had ranches on Lawrens Fork above the
Redington ranch. Walrath Brothers operated in the
Big Spring area. M. A. Bordwell claimed the range on
the Lodgepole creek from Sidney to Lodgepole. Tusler
Brothers were located on Greenwood and claimed the
range from Sidney to Camp Clarke. Other large
ranchers of the county were Seth Mabry, C. McCarty,
D. B. Lynch; John W. Griffin, Pratt & Ferris,
Wheeler & Merchant, Mayberry & Millett, Van
Camp & Tenbrook, Van Tassell, Gun, and Keeline.
By 1870 the population had increased to
such an extent that those living here felt they
should be incorporated into the political activities
of the state and be governed by organized law.
Thomas Kane was sent to Lincoln to lay the matter
before the governor. In August of 1870, Gov. David
Butler issued a proclamation setting forth the
boundaries of the new county of Cheyenne,
designating Sidney the county seat and appointing
the following officers: Thomas Kane, treasurer; John
Ellis, sheriff; D. Kelliher, judge; H. L. Ellsworth,
Fred Glover and Charles Moore, commissioners, and H.
A. Dygart, clerk, who held the office only a short
time. The vacancy was filled by D. A. Martin.
At the first regular election held in
October, 1871, the following officers were named:
Dennis Carrigan, commissioner; George C. Cook,
sheriff; George W. Heist, judge; James A. Moore,
treasurer and L. Connell, clerk.
The new county was 70 miles wide and
108 miles long. It covered the entire south half of
the Panhandle and contained 7,560 square miles or
4,838,400 acres. The north half of the Panhandle was
then unorganized territory and was attached to
Cheyenne County for judicial purposes. Thus,
literally, Cheyenne County was the entire Panhandle
until 1885, when the counties of Sioux, Dawes and
Sheridan were formed in the unorganized territory
and jurisdiction of Cheyenne County officers ended
there.
As the population of the county
increased, towns sprang up in different sections.
Big Spring, Chappell, Lodgepole, Potter and
Antelopeville (Kimball), established as telegraph
stations on the Union Pacific railroad, gradually
grew to importance. Harrisburg, Gering, Redington,
Bayard and Mitchell were small towns in the north
end of the county.
Because of the long distances between
many of these towns and the county seat, it became
necessary to divide the county. So, in January,
1889, the present counties of Kimball, Banner and
Scotts Bluff were formed from the western third of
the county, with Kimball, Harrisburg and Gering
their respective county seats, and the east third
was cut off to form Deuel County, with Chappell the
county seat. In November, 1908, the north portion of
the remaining third was taken away to form Morrill
County, with Bridgeport the county seat, leaving
Cheyenne County with its present area of 1,194
square miles, approximately thirty miles wide and
forty miles long--a little more than 15 percent of
its original area.
The first school district in. the
county was organized at Sidney in the fall of 1871.
Some half dozen voters organized the district,
electing C. E. Borquist, moderator; Dennis Carrigan,
director, and Joseph Cleybourne, treasurer. The
first school was taught in the winter of 1871-72 by
Mrs. Irene Sherwood, at her residence. Some ten or
twelve pupils attended.
The first white child known to have
been borne (sic) in the county was Fanny Fisher,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fisher. She was born
at Sidney in 1869. It is quite reliably stated that
a white child was born in Sidney before the Fisher
girl's birth, but who the child was cannot be
learned. The story is that during an Indian attack
shortly after the railroad was built, the populace
sought refuge within the roundhouse and the baby was
born there during the attack. The story of the birth
cannot be proved, but bullet holes in the brick
walls and heavy wooden doors of the old roundhouse,
before it was torn down in 1935, were evidence of
the attack.
The first marriage of white persons in
the county was that of Henry Neumann and Miss May
McMurray, who were united at Sidney in September,
1869.
Sidney, the county seat of Cheyenne
County; was laid out by the Union Pacific when the
railroad was being constructed. Outside of the
railroad buildings, the first building in Sidney was
of logs. It had been the ranch home of one "French
Louie" at Lodgepole Crossing about four miles east
of Sidney. Frequent Indian raids and stealing of his
stock had discouraged Louie from ranching, so he
moved his log building to Sidney and sold liquor and
supplies to the railroaders. The history of this
building is not clear, but it is believed to have
stood on the present Courthouse block, facing Tenth
Avenue. It was used for some years as a jail but has
long since been torn down.
The first settlers at Sidney, besides
French Louie and those connected with the railroad
and the fort, were Charles and Jim Moore, Dennis
Carrigan and Tom Kane. The Moore brothers had been
active ranchers and traders in this territory before
the advent of the railroad and when Sidney was
founded.
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Charles built a large building on Front
Street in which he conducted Sidney's first hotel
and general store. Jim built a large structure
opposite the fort, where the present East Ward
school stands and did business with the soldiers.
About the same time Dennis Carrigan and Tom Kane
each erected large buildings on Front Street in
which they conducted general stores. All these men
played an important part in the history and
development of Sidney and Cheyenne County.
In the fall of 1873 Lawrence Connell, a
young attorney, established The Sidney Telegraph. It
was the first newspaper in the vast territory
covering western Nebraska, northern Colorado,
western Dakota, Wyoming and Montana. Although the
ownership of this newspaper has changed hands
several times, it is still being published and today
is the oldest business institution in western
Nebraska. It has played a large part in the
development of Sidney and Cheyenne County and now is
one of the outstanding newspapers in the state. Its
owner and publisher since 1921 has been Guy V.
Doran, who was born at Sidney in 1883.
In August, 1876, the first bank in the
county, The Cheyenne County Bank, was established by
William Raynolds of Central City, Colo., and A. H.
Wallace of Omaha. It was temporarily located on
Front Street and later erected a new building on the
present site of The American National Bank.
Though prosperous as a frontier town,
Sidney's population numbered approximately 500 until
after the discovery of gold in the Black Hills in
1875. Being the closest town on the railroad to the
Black Hills, it naturally had an advantage over
other towns in securing the trade and travel of that
district. Coupled with this, an enterprising
gentleman by the name of Henry T. Clarke built a
bridge across the North Platte, on the Sidney-Black
Hills route, which assured passage over the river at
all seasons. This not only made Sidney the logical
distributing point for the Black Hills, but also for
all the military posts and Indian agencies to the
northwest, including the Big Horn and Powder River
districts. The bridge opened for travel May 6, 1876.
Large freighting outfits established
headquarters at Sidney, running trains of six and
eight bull or mule teams to the hills and the
northwest. Large and commodious business houses were
erected and stocked. Wholesale houses did a
tremendous business in supplying this great
territory. It was not uncommon for a million pounds
of freight to leave Sidney daily. The freighting
firm of Pratt & Ferris handled the larger share
of this business. Other freighters who shared in the
trade were C. A. Moore, H. T. Clarke, Hugh Behan,
Kelley & Harmes, Daugherty, Kelly & Co.,
Parrott & Campbell, W. T. Eubanks, Charles
Trognitz, John Pantenburg and others. Among the
prominent wholesale firms in Sidney were Adams,
Redington & Haas, C. A. Moore, Dennis, Carrigan,
H. T. Clarke, Oberfelder & Co., Kellner &
Co., Kennard & Simpson, Samuel Burns, G. W.
Dudley, M. Urbach, H. McFadden, L. H. Essig, A. S.
Brown, John McDonald, Henry Gantz & Son, A. J.
Haskell, C. E. Borquist, Haas, Persinger & Co.,
P. J. Cohn & Co., John Cameron, I. Rubel &
Co., Doran & Tobin, L. H. Bordwell, R. S. Van
Tassell.
In February, 1876, J. H. Dear
established a stage and mail line between Sidney and
the Black Hills and in August of the same year, H.
T. Clarke instituted a pony express service over the
route. The stage line did an enormous business.
Hundreds of strangers, transferring from railroad to
stages, thronged the streets of Sidney daily. Sidney
grew by leaps and bounds and, at the height of the
Black Hills rush, had a population of approximately
five thousand.
This mushroom growth which brought in
hundreds of roving toughs and the fact it was
located on the frontier resulted in lawlessness.
Everything was "wide open"--there was gambling,
saloons and dance halls. There were eighty-seven
places where liquor could be purchased legally.
There was a bar in almost every hotel, restaurant,
billiard parlor and dance hall. Drug stores and
grocery stores sold liquor. It was the gathering
place of cowboys for hundreds of miles; it was
headquarters for hundreds of bull-whackers and
mule-skinners; it was the rendezvous for desperate
characters from over the world; it was a garrison
for a dissolute class of soldiers. When these things
are considered, it is understandable that many
fights, killings and lynchings occurred. In 1882
there were some 200 persons buried in "Boot Hill"
cemetery. Few had died a natural death. Some were
killed by Indians, many were killed in drunken
brawls and several met death at the end of a rope.
One of the lynchings, described in the
Telegraph, was that of Charles Reed, in May, 1879,
for the murder of Henry Loomis. Another was the
hanging of "Red" McDonald because he was a gambler
and refused to leave the city when ordered to do so
by a self-appointed committee of reformers. This
occurred in the year 1881 and was the county's last
lynching. Though murder was frequent, not a single
legal hanging took place in the county until May 21,
1886, when Jim Reynolds paid the penalty for the
murder of James and John Pinkston.
In describing Sidney conditions in
1882, the Western Historical Company's History of
Nebraska comments: "Sufficient is to say that the
town is becoming more moral in its tone, there now
being only four murderers in jail here, and their
crimes were all committed outside of the town."
Many famous and notorious characters
were frequent visitors or residents in Sidney during
these days. Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) was a
frequent visitor. Wild Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane,
Sam Bass, Butch Cassidy and "Doc" Middleton once
made this town their homes. Major North and his
Pawnee Scouts were stationed here. "Doc" Middle-
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ton is said to have committed his first crime here.
In a fight with a number of soldiers, he killed one
in self defense, then fled to the unsettled country
in the north and became an outlaw.
While much has been written as to the
roughness of the town, not all its citizens were
that type. The greater number were fine people. They
were hardy, fearless and adventurous. They had come
to wrest a fortune from a wild and untamed country,
to build homes and raise families and leave a rich
heritage. Severe measures were necessary at times
and while drinking, gambling and carousing were
countenanced, dishonesty or disrespect for women was
met with stern punishment. If the stranger attended
to his own affairs and kept away from drinking and
dance houses, he was perfectly safe. Business houses
were as free from quarrels as they are today. The
class that made trouble was not the residents, but
characters drawn together from all parts of the
world, who, when they came into town, proceeded to
have a good time in their own fashion, and
disturbances were generally confined to saloons and
dance halls.
After the building of the Northwestern
railroad, which cut the Black Hills and the
northwest trade from Sidney, the town settled down
to a humdrum existence, living on the trade of the
ranchers. When the fort was abandoned in 1894, the
town was dealt another severe blow. Construction of
the Burlington railroad across the county from north
to south, again gave Sidney a period of prosperity
and excitement. Four saloons furnished entertainment
for the graders, with music and gambling running day
and night.
The population of Sidney in 1900 was
1,001; today it has a population estimated at
between 3,500 and 4,000, with an assessed valuation
of $3,125,950. It has a beautiful stone courthouse,
built in 1911 at a cost of $100,000; a magnificent
city hall and auditorium, built in 1930 for
$130,000; a modern $100,000 high school building,
built in 1931; three grade school buildings; three
parks, with band shell, shelter house, swimming
pool, and five miles of paved streets, with storm
sewers in the business district. Fire at various
times has destroyed practically all the original
business buildings of the city and they have been
replaced with modem, fireproof structures of either
brick or native stone.
Sidney today is one of the most
important points in the state for the distribution
of farm machinery and oil products and is the
trading center for some twenty thousand people. It
has six churches-Catholic, Christian, Episcopal,
Presbyterian and two Lutheran. There is a large
Catholic academy and a smaller Lutheran school.
Present Sidney officers are Dr. Riley E. Roche,
mayor; Carl Jones, clerk; Leslie Neubauer,
treasurer; Roy Thomas, George Thompson, Tom Kokjer,
Ernest Blome, Patrick Ells and Jack Heavrin,
councilmen.
During the early period of the cattle
industry in Cheyenne County, it was not necessary to
own a large tract of land in order to be a rancher.
The range was free. All a cattleman needed in the
way of deeded land was a small tract on a running
stream, which he usually could homestead. A house,
some sheds and a corral were sufficient
improvements. He then claimed the range adjacent to
his land and turned his stock loose on it. Each
rancher respected the claim of other ranchers to
their adjacent ranges and it was rather unhealthy
for a. newcomer to attempt to "squat" on range
already claimed.
Although each rancher turned his cattle
onto his own range, in time they would drift to
other ranges, sometimes many miles from home. Thus,
it was necessary each spring and fall to stage a
roundup, in which all the cattlemen participated. In
the roundups, the entire country was scoured
systematically by cowboys, the cattle separated and
driven back to their own range. The calves were
branded and the stock which was ready for market was
cut out and driven to the railroad for shipment.
Hundreds of men participated in these roundups,
which lasted from three to six weeks.
Because of the free range and small
expense to raising cattle, the business was very
profitable. The fortunes of the Creightons, the
Coads and the Paxtons of Omaha, the Sheidleys of
Kansas City, the Iliffs and the Sheedys of Denver
were built up in Cheyenne County.
By 1882 there were more than 200,000
head of cattle in the county and no one knows how
many hundreds of thousands had been shipped out. The
reputation of the county as a cattle raiser's Utopia
had traveled far and wide. Eastern and English
capitalists formed syndicates to purchase and
consolidate ranches in the county, paying enormous
prices for them. One of these, the Bay State Cattle
Co., paid 750,000 in 1882 for the Creighton ranches
and stock, and in 1883 paid Coad Brothers $912,853
for their property. Other ranches were soon acquired
by this company, until it controlled practically the
entire range south of the North Platte river. In the
mean time, ranches of the Bosler Brothers, William
Paxton, Boyd Brothers and others on the north side
of the river were being consolidated into the
Ogallala Land & Cattle Co. the Rush Creek Land
& Cattle Co. absorbed most of the ranches
between the two Platte rivers from Sidney east.
About 1884, eastern farmers got the
idea that farming in this country would be
profitable. Free 160 acre homesteads could be had
from the government. There followed a period of
migration and settlement. "Grangers," as they were
called, settled on ranges of the big cattle
companies and began to till the soil. Cattle men
first considered this only a foolhardy venture. They
did not think farming could be carried on
successfully here and, if a farmer should raise
anything, the cattle would destroy it. There were no
herd laws in those days, and the farmer had no
recourse. However, the
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grangers kept coming in such numbers that soon the
range was dotted with dugouts, sod houses and plowed
fields. This led to bitter times between cattle men
and grangers, with an occasional shooting scrape.
The cattle barons fenced their ranges and did
everything they could to discourage settlement, but
to no avail. The grangers took their case to court
and forced the cattle companies to remove their
fences from government land. They then succeeded in
getting a herd law passed which required the herding
of stock and made the owners liable for damage done
by stock. This began the breaking up of the great
cattle companies and cattle industry of Cheyenne
County. However, stock raising continued to be the
principal industry of the county for many more
years, until 1910 or 1915.
The history of the grangers and their
fight for existence in the land of the cattle kings
would cover many pages. They not only had to fight
the cattle men, but the elements and pests as well.
Most of them were poorly financed, had little
farming equipment and none of them knew how to farm
this semi-arid country. They knew nothing of summer
fallowing or other moisture conserving methods. They
planted corn or spring grains and expected them to
grow without further attention. Grasshopper plagues
and the drouth of 1893, '94 and '95 made many of
them leave the country. A number, however, were
better financed and were more able farmers. By
combining stock raising with farming they weathered
the bad years and some became wealthy. Many still
live in the county and are numbered among its most
substantial citizens. They have increased their land
holdings, built fine homes and reared excellent
families.
It was not until 1908 that a real
effort was made to settle farmers in the county.
After the Kinkaid law was passed April 28, 1904,
allowing 640 acre homesteads, all of the government
land in the county was immediately filed upon. With
free government land off the market, land agents
began to bring in farmer-buyers from eastern
Nebraska and Iowa. Quite a boom in land sales was
experienced from 1908 to 1911 and many new farmers
arrived. By this time they had learned how to farm
this country, and knew that by conserving moisture
and planting winter wheat, farming could be made
profitable. Land at this period sold for from $5 to
$30 per acre.
The World War with its higher wheat
prices caused another rush of settlers to the county
in 1915 to 1920. Good land without improvements sold
for as much as $100 per acre at this time. The
county today is completely settled and farming is by
far its chief industry. Some stock raising is still
conducted in the valleys and the rough, hilly
country bordering them. Farm homes dot the county
and highways are laid out on almost every section
line. There are sixty-eight schools in the county,
eight of them high schools. There are five thriving
towns in the county besides Sidney.
The county today is one of the greatest
winter wheat producing areas in the world. Other
grains such as oats, barley, rye and corn also are
raised but wheat is the principal crop of the table
lands. In the valleys pump irrigation is developing
rapidly and some of the wells flow at more than
2,000 gallons per minute. Land under these wells
produces excellent crops of sugar beets, potatoes,
corn, grain, garden truck, etc. It is estimated
there are 50,000 irrigable acres in the county.
The valuation of the county today is
$20,000,000 and it has a population of 12,000.
Blessed with such an abundance of good land,
residents of this section expect to continue their
contributions to the nation's bread basket.
ACKERMAN, WILLIAM
PRESCOTT: Real Estate & Insurance Agent;
b Omaha, Neb Aug 6, 1895; s of William F
Ackerman-Rosa Prescott; ed Havelock HS; U of N;
Sigma Phi Epsilon; m Lenore Cartwright Sept 1917
Bridgeport (dec Feb 1920); m Marie G Castner Aug
1922, Fort Collins Colo; s William P Jr; Robert J;
d Joline Marie, Joanne Lenore; 1917-20 real est
& ins agt, Bridgeport; 1921-26 owner & mgr
of Ackerman orchestra, playing in middle west;
1926-37 in real est & ins bus, Bridgeport;
1929-37 RFD carrier, Bridgeport; during World War
1917-19 with 323rd aux remount OTS, sgt; past comm
Amer Leg post 29; 1937- dist comm Amer Leg 4th
dist Dept of Neb; Rotary; C of C; Country Club;
past master AF&AM 285; Scot Rite 32o;
hobbies, fishing, hunting; off 937 Jackson; res
1646 Newton, Sidney.
BAKER, ROSCOE STANLEY:
Dental Surgeon; b Holstein, Neb May 9, 1904; s of
Madison 0 Baker-Ida May Bates; ed Goshen Co Wyo
& Sidney; U of N, DDS 1931; one of three to
receive hon membership in Omicron Kappa Upsilon
1931; Delta Sigma Delta; m Mathilde Margaret
Hansen May 25, 1928 Sidney; 1926-28 tchr Jr HS
Sidney; 1931- dentist, Sidney; W Dist Dental Soc,
Neb St & ADA; AF&AM; 1st VP Lions, past
secy-treas; mbr bd of vestrymen Episc Ch; hobby,
fishing; off 930 Tenth; res 1725 Osage, Sidney.
BARLOW, GEORGE WILLIAM:
Bank Cashier; b Lodgepole, Neb June 24, 1895; s of
Lewis R Barlow-Clara Bates; ed Lodgepole; m
Winifred Johnson Aug 10, 1927 Cheyenne Wyo; s
Charles R, George W; 1914-17 with First State
Bank, Lodgepole; 1919-34 cash Farmers State Bank,
Sunol; 1935- cash Dalton State Bank; 1936- mbr
town bd; during World War 1917-19 sgt in 2nd co
Tampa coast arty corps; Amer Leg; AF&AM; Meth
Ch; hobbies, livestock, ranching; res Dalton.
BARLOW, ROBERT ANDREW:
County Judge; b Fulton Co, Ill Aug 29, 1883; s of
Frank M Barlow-Jennie R Carter; ed Fulton &
Peoria Co Ill; Grand Island Bus Coll; m Grace T
Hart July 14, 1907 Sidney; s Robert A Jr; d Grace
Virginia (Mrs Harold Chesebro), Gretchen Marian
(Mrs Donald Sample), Marjorie Ann; 1904-18 cash
Amer Bank, Sidney; 1918-21 cash Liberty State
Bank, Sidney; 1921- 32 real est & ins bus,
Sidney; 1932- Cheyenne Co judge; 1930- US commr
Neb dist; 1934 pres Neb St Vol Firemans Assn; past
chmn of Cheyenne Co Dem Central Com; Cath Ch; res
1136 14th Ave, Sidney.
BARSTOW, LOUIS COLEMAN:
Dentist; b Council Bluffs, Ia Jan 5, 1897; s of
Guy E Barstow-Jessie Williams; ed Council Bluffs
Ia. HS; Creighton U, DDS 1919; m Shirley S
Philbrick Dec 22, 1924 Kansas City Mo; 1919-36
dentist, Fullerton: 1936- dentist, Sidney; during
World War priv in inf; 1st lt ROA; past comm. Amer
Leg post 151; Neb St & ADA; VP C of C; Presby
Ch; hobby, hunting; off 1001 10th; res 1724
Newton, Sidney.
BATES, JOHN ALBERT:
Real Estate Agent; b Wayne Co, N Y Dec 28, 1866; s
of George W Bates-Ellen V Rice; ed Wayne Co N Y; m
Bell Scanlon June 18, 1888 Cheyenne Wyo (dec
1934); s William LaVern; d
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Ruby, Bertha (Mrs Frank Kucera), Doris (Mrs Harold
Rowin), Nellie (Mrs Howard Hayden); 1887-88 clk in P
0 & drug store, Lodgepore (sic); 1888-1927
homesteader, ranching & livestock dlr, Cheyenne
Co; 1927- in real est bus, raising & training
saddle horses; past mbr town bd; MWA; AF&AM;
Presby Ch; hobby, horses; res Lodgepole.
BLOME, ERNEST
ROBERT: Auto & Implement Dealer; b
Bancroft, Neb June 22, 1898; s of August Blome-
Lydia Daiss; ed Bancroft; Fremont Normal; Midland
Coll; m Myrtle Hamer Oct 19, 1934 Los Angeles Cal;
s Gordon James; d Constance Rita; 1919-23 farmer
Cheyenne Co; 1923- ptr Scherer & Blome
Automobiles & Farm Impls, Sidney & Dalton;
during World War enl 1917 in regular army attached
to 33rd div, 1918 with AEF in Neb base hosp 49
Allerey France; past post comm & past co comm
Amer Leg post 17; mbr Sidney city coun; C of C;
AF&AM; Trinity Luth Ch; hobby, children; off
1040 Forest; res 1204 13th Ave, Sidney.
BRETERNITZ, WILLIAM:
Merchant; b Rochester, N Y Feb 4, 1872; s of Louis
Breternitz-Magdeline West; ed North Platte; m
Annie Lensen Dec 1900 North Platte; s Edwin C, Ray
H; d May Louise (Mrs Earl Hayworth); came to Neb
1884; 1889-96 assoc with Urbach & Schuff
bakery, North Platte; 1913 owner & opr
Breternitz & Co bakery, Sidney; past mbr city
coun 16 years; AF&AM; Scot Rite 32o;
Shrine; Luth Ch; hobby, civic work; off 931 Ill;
res 1430 Linden, Sidney.
BRUCKNER, OSCAR ROBERT:
Merchant; b Saline Co, Mo Nov 19, 1889, s of
Samuel Bruckner-Bertha Winkelmeyer; ed Saline Co
& Higginsville Mo; Browns Bus Coll,
Higginsville; m Fern Hoerer Aug 26, 1919 Kansas
City Kas; 1912-17 with brother in stores, Slater
& Louisiana Mo; 1920-22 in merc bus Kas City
Mo; 1922-35 owner & mgr Bruckner Variety
stores, Humboldt & Pawnee City Neb; 1935
owner, mgr Bruckner's Ben Franklin Store, Sidney;
1907-11 with USN on USS Kentucky; during World War
1917-19 in 42nd or Rainbow div AEF stationed in
France; C of C; Rotary; AF&AM; hobbies,
hunting, fishing; res 1444 King, Sidney.
BUSH, FRED ALFRED:
Owner of Laundry; b Ontario, Canada July 16, 1880;
s of Jacob Bush-Margaret Rumohr; ed Schuyler; m
Tessie Jack Dec 25, 1900 Lyons; s Harvey D, Jarvis
C, Stuart K; d Lela (Mrs Robert Bickham), Olive
(Mrs William Wunsch), Ruth; 1901-06 with Orchard
& Wilhelm, Omaha; 1906-11 ptr & mgr,
Council Bluffs Rug Mfg Co; 1911-14 owner & mgr
Bush Upholstering Co, Kearney; 1914- owner &
mgr Sidney Laundry & Dry Cleaning est; 1916-20
mbr sch bd, Sidney; 1928-34 mbr city coun; Presby
Ch; hobbies, hunting, fishing; res 1112 Grant,
Sidney.
CAMPBELL, DAN: Clerk
of District Court; b Hamilton Ontario, Canada Aug
31, 1868; s of Joseph Campbell-Hannah
Featherstone; ed Champaign Co Ill; m Dorothea
Wright Apr 10, 1901 Melbourne Australia; s Rupert
Daniel; d Elvira (Mrs C G Olson); 1890-1902 with
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co, Ia, Chicago &
Melbourne, Australia; 1904-34 field man for John
Deere Plow Co, Sidney; 1934- clk of dist court,
Sidney; past mbr town bd; Lions; dir, Country
Club; AF&AM; Scot Rite 32o; Shrine;
Episc Ch, mbr vestry bd; hobby, outdoor sports;
off Courthouse; res 918 7th, Sidney.
COOK, HULL ALDEN:
Physician & Surgeon; b Washington, D C Apr 10,
1911; s of Leroy Wilson Cook- Hazel Hull; ed
Boulder Colo,, U of Colo, MD 1936; Phi Beta Pi; m
Ruth Muirhead June 30, 1939 Moose Wyo; 1936-37
interne Robert G Breen Memorial Hosp, San Antonio
Tex; 1937- prac med Sidney Neb; 1939- Cheyenne Co
phys; 1939- part owner & mgr of Taylor Hosp,
Sidney; Cheyenne-Kimball-Deuel Co Med Soc; Neb St
& AMA; hobby, mountain climbing; off 828 10th
St; res 1321 Maple, Sidney.
DEAVER, CHARLES N:
Grain Dealer; b Gilead, Neb Oct 30, 1893; s of
Hugh James Deaver-Mary Louise Smith; ed Thayer Co;
m Anna Novotny May 29, 1917 Fairbury; s Keith C; d
Valora, Marcelyn; 1914-19 farmer, Thayer Co;
1919-20 with Neb St Bank, Milligan; 1920- grain
dlr, Colton, Lorenzo & Potter; pas mbr sch bd
dist 64; Cath Ch; res RFD Sidney.
DeBRUNNER, J LOUIS:
Pioneer; b New York City, N Y May 21, 1865; s of
Marcus DeBrunner-Anna ___; ed Lincoln; m Addle
Fushia Sept 4, 1894 Lodgepole; s Francis (dec),
Ernest, Dewey; 1874 came to Neb; 1885-93 farmer
& stockraiser Cheyenne Co Neb; 1893- in
building trade, Lodgepole, 1924 chmn town bd; Cath
Ch; res Lodgepole.
DEMERS, JOHN CLARENCE:
Grain & Lumber Dealer; b Jefferson, S D Mar
16, 1890; s of Louis F Demers-Maryann Ryan; ed
Emerson Neb; m Merle Francis June 30, 1917 Denver;
s John D, Raymond F, Donald; d Joyce Elaine;
1910-13 constructed grain elevators, Western;
1913- grain & lbr dlr, Sunol; past mbr sch bd;
Neb Grain Dlrs Assn; hobbies, hunting &
fishing; res Sunol.
DORAN, GUY V:
Publisher; b Sidney, Neb Oct 26, 1883; s of Edmund
Doran-Catherine Behan; ed Sidney HS 1899; LBC
1902; m Mabel Gapen Dec 12, 1909 Grand Island; d
Helen Catherine (Mrs J C Bush); 1899 rural sch
tchr; storekeeper UP RR Sidney; 1901 tchr Sidney
sch; 1904-08 steno & clk for various firms in
Seattle & Toppenish Wash, Omaha & Chicago;
1909 Cheyenne Co dep clk; 1910-21 in retail auto
bus Kansas City Mo; 1921- owner of controlling int
in The Telegraph publishing co, Sidney; The
Telegraph a semi-weekly indep paper, owner of 3
large buildings, one housing the Telegraph, also
owns 4 Cheyenne Co farms; 1932 Dem nominee for
congress; defeated by 42 votes, 1934 again
candidate but unsuccessful; has participated in
development of Cheyenne Co, advocates development
of Lodgepole Valley & Sidney Draw through pump
irrigation; C of C; Rotary; Sidney Country Club;
hobbies, travel & golf; off Telegraph Bldg
11th & Ill, res 1525 Linden, Sidney.
DORAN, HENRY THOMAS:
Realtor & Abstractor; b Waddington, N Y Sept
30, 1871; s of Edmund Doran-Catherine Behan; ed
Waddington N Y Sidney; m Katharine M Bettendorf
Oct 26, 1896 Sidney; s Goldwin H; d Evelyn M (Mrs
Earle E Winter); 1887-96 with E Doran & Son,
Sidney; 1896-1905 owner mgr of H T Doran store,
Sidney; 1905-07 dept mgr Simon Fishman Dept store,
Sidney; 1907 elec Cheyenne Co clk & ex-officio
clk of dist court; reelec 1909, 1912; 1907 owner
& mgr Cheyenne Co Abstract Co, Sidney; past
mbr town bd; C of C; Cath Ch; res 1926 Illinois,
Sidney.
ECKERT, SAMUEL WOLFORD:
Rancher & Farmer; b St Paul, Ind Sept 4, 1886;
s of Jacob Eckert-Nancy Poffenberger; ed Cheyenne
Co; m Temple Broughton Dec 8, 1909 Sidney; s
Vernon E; d Ella (Mrs Harold Buckingham), Jessie
(Mrs Vernon Sanders), Maxine, Ada Mae, Charline;
came to Neb 1886; 1906 with UP RR; 1907- rancher
& farmer; Cheyenne Cc; past mbr sch bd dist 70
J; dir Dalton Co-op Soc; res RFD, Dalton.
FENSKE, ALBERT ANDREW:
Livestock Raiser; b Lodgepole, Neb Apr 1, 1892; s
of Emil Fenske-Anna Newman; ed Lodgepole; Toland
Bus Coll, Nebraska City; m Lois Harriet Booth Jan
18, 1920 Sunol; s Albert, jr; d Ruth, Naomi,
Glenis; 1910-15 with Otoe Brewing Co, Nebraska
City; 1915-16 grain buyer for Trans-Mississippi
Grain Co, Colton; 1916-28 grain, lbr, hdw &
impl dlr, Penske Bros, Sunol; 1928- owner &
opr Penske Bros farm machinery & livestock,
Sunol; 1932- Cheyenne Co comm; past secy of sch bd
dist 12; past master AF&AM 306, Lodgepole;
BPOE; German Luth Ch; res Sunol.
FOSTER, JOSEPH HERBERT:
County Assessor; b Coles Co, Ill Apr 9, 1873; s of
Josiah H Foster-Susan Frances Hayden; ed Douglas
Co Ill; m Edith Maud Davison Dec 6, 1897 Sidney; d
Frances Mary (Mrs C L Corkins); 1888 with father
homesteaded north of Potter; 1894-98 tchr Cheyenne
Co schs; 1898-1920 homesteader, rancher &
stock raiser in Cheyerme Co; 1920-29 pres &
gen mgr Farmers State Bank, Dalton; 1929- with
Merc Ins Co of Amer, Cheyenne Co; 1934, 1938-
Cheyenne Co assessor; past mbr sch bd dist 91,
Dalton; AF&AM; IOOF; Meth Ch: res 1832 Maple,
Sidney.
GAPEN, HENRY ELI:
Retired; b Jefferson Co, Penn Sept 19, 1863; s of
William E Gapen-Helen Minor; ed Bloomington Ill;
studied law in off of Gapen & Ewing,
Bloomington, Ill; 1892 adm to Neb Bar; 1885-87 clk
in U S land, law & abstract off Deadwood S D;
1887-94 chief clk US land off Sidney; 1894-1922
prac law, Sidney; 1895-1905 Cheyenne Co atty;
1895-1918 ptr of brother in Sidney Telegraph;
1918-21 owner & publisher Sidney Telegraph;
1922- ret; past Cheyenne Co judge two terms; past
master AF&AM; Presby Ch; Rep; res 1625 Linden,
Sidney.
GEHRIG, WILLIAM EDWARD:
Mortician; b Morgan Co, Colo Nov 10, 1899; s of
Joseph Gehrig-Veronica Meenan; ed Brush Colo;
studied undertaking with Edwards, Gamish &
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Heath, Los Angeles; m Hazel Alfreda Kent July 3,
1920 Fort Morgan Colo; s William Edward; d Marjorie
Lee, Luetta, Verna, Hazel Marie, Virginia (Mrs Rolan
Robison); 1916-25 with Olinger Mortuary, Denver;
1925- owner & mgr Gehrig Mortuary, Sidney; past
vice comm Amer Leg post 17; Neb & Natl Funeral
Dirs Assns; Lions; C of C; KC; Cath Ch; hobby,
baseball; res 1140 10th Ave, Sidney.
GOODWIN, FRANCIS le BARON
FIFTH: Farmer; b Malvern, Ia Dec 18, 1888; s
of Francis le Baron Goodwin-Sarah Ann Aistrop; ed
Malvern Ia; Boyles Bus Coll, Omaha; WSTC; m Ruth
Wyant Mar 13, 1916 Malvern Ia; s Francis le Baron
VI; d Ruth Maxine (Mrs LaVern Thomas), Frances
Dorothy, Lois Jane (dec), Helen Alice Ann,
Geraldine Viola; 1909-13 in real est bus, Kimball;
1913-15 with U S Rubber Co, Omaha; 1915- owner
& opr wheat farm, Cheyenne & Kimball Cos;
1931-35 supvr of loans for Lincoln Nat Life Ins
Co, Fort Wayne Ind; past mbr dist 77 sch bd;
AF&AM; Meth Ch; hobby, agriculture; res 1328
Maple, Sidney.
GRABILL, ISAAC E:
Grain Dealer; b Lancaster Co, Penn May 1865; s of
Jacob Grabill-Katherine ___ ; ed Lancaster Co
Penn; m Amanda Friable Oct 1892 Lime Springs Ia; s
Elmer, Blaine; d Beulah (Mrs Beulah Findlandson),
Katherine (Mrs Kenneth Sutherland); 1886-1904
grain buyer, Hudson S, D; 1904-07 rancher,
Cheyenne Co; 1907- grain buyer, Sidney; past
mayor, 3 terms; secy-treas Cheyenne Co Trading Co,
Sidney; past mbr town bd; past master AF&AM,
Hudson S D; Presby Ch; res 905 Linden, Sidney.
GREENLEE, ANDREW KEITH:
Merchant; b Crossingville, Penn Oct 25, 1860; s of
Albert Greenlee-Martha Barnes; ed Springboro Penn;
Edinboro Penn Normal; Ind Normal, Valparaiso; m
Elizabeth McAllister May 20, 1888 Sidney; s Albert
D, Roy E; d Martha R (Mrs LeRoy Jones), Catherine;
1881- 83 assoc with Higgernell Bros store,
Higgernell Penn; 1884 with York Rolling Mills,
York; 1886-92 homesteaded & farmed in Cheyenne
Co; 1893-94 owner & opr variety store, Sidney;
1895-1909 ptr in Greenlee & Benson Store,
Sidney; 1909-20 secy Sidney Merc Co; 1921 pres
& gen mgr Sidney Merc Co; 1922- pres & gen
mgr Greenlee's Inc, Sidney; past mbr sch &
town bds; 1902-06 Cheyenne Co treas; C of C;
Sidney Country Club; AF&AM; Past noble grand
IOOF 91; past sr warden, Episc Ch: hobbies,
hunting & fishing; off 845 10th; res 1340 12th
Ave, Sidney.
GRIMM, BENJAMIN HAYES:
Physician & Surgeon; b Wilber, Neb May 6,
1910; s of Joseph Lee Grimm- Sadie Kimport; ed
Wilber & Gering; U of N, BSc 1934, MD 1936;
Alpha Omega Alpha; Delta Upsilon; Phi Rho Sigma; m
Evelyn Haase Feb 1, 1936 Emerson; 1927-28 tchr
dist 49 Scotts Bluff Co; 1929- 30 tchr Jr HS
Minatare; 1936-37 interne Presby Hosp., Denver;
1938- prac med Sidney; 1939 part owner & mgr
Taylor Hosp, Sidney; Cheyenne-Kimball-Deuel Co Med
Soc; Neb St & AMA; Lions; AF&AM; Presby
Ch; hobby, photography; off 930 10th; res 1206
18th, Sidney.
GUNDERSON, GEORGE H:
Blacksmith; b Florence, Neb Jan 9, 1875; s of Hans
Gunderson-Dorothy Hansen; ed Florence Neb; m
Gertrude Frederickson Sept 15, 1898 Kimball; s
George C, Leroy; d Ida (Mrs George Earlywine),
Helen (Mrs Ray Matthison), Alice (Mrs Clarence
Findlay); 1896-1908 sheep raiser, Kimball Co;
1909- ornamental iron worker & blacksmith,
Potter; past mbr town & sch bd; Western Neb
Assn of Blacksmiths; IOOF; Luth Ch; res Potter.
HAGEMEISTER, WILLIAM:
Farmer & Grain Buyer; b Germany Aug 28, 1876;
s of Frederick Hagemeister-Louise Stermer; ed
Hamilton Co; Omaha Comml Coll; m Rose Ely Aug 17,
1898 Aurora; s Dean W, Lee D, Bruce F; d Doris
Rose (Mrs. Lloyd Juelfs); 1897-1900 owner &
mgr Elmwood Mill; 1900-05 owner & mgr Farmers
Valley Mill, Henderson; 1905-11 mgr William
Krotter Co, Butte, former mgr S A Foster Lbr Co,
Arcadia; 1914-20 mgr Benedict Lbr & Fuel Co;
1920-30 mgr Home Lbr & Grain Co, Potter; 1930-
owner & opr grain elevator, feed mill &
farm, Potter; past mbr town bd & sch bd;
secy-treas Comml Club; Meth Ch, bd mbr since 1920;
hobby, travel; res Potter.
HAHLER, JOSEPH: Auto
Dealer; b Wurzberg, Germany Aug 6, 1880; s of
Joseph Hahler-Marie Bruckner; ed Wurzberg,
Germany; m Ellen Johnson Nov 1906 North Platte; s
Julius, Joseph; d Katherine (Mrs C A Bradley),
Marie (Mrs E E Layton), Helen; 1903 came to Neb;
1903-06 with Central Market, North Platte; 1906-04
owner & mgr Central Market, Sidney; 1914-16
ptr in Hahler & Treinen auto agcy Sidney;
1916- owner & mgr of Hahler Motor Co; Neb Auto
Dlrs Assn; WOW; Cath Ch; hobby; fishing; off 1117
Illinois; res 1701 Newton, Sidney.
HARDY, ARTHUR SHERBURNE:
Furniture Dealer; b Cleveland, 0 July 13, 1882; s
of Edwin Clement Hardy-Margaret Spath; ed Omaha; U
of N, BA 1908; Kappa Sigma; m Clare Boydston Mar
13, 1909 Ord; s Arthur Boydston; d Lois (Mrs
Robert Clark), Florence Lucille, Betty Jo Ann;
1909-10 with Omaha Light & Power Co; 1911-12
mgr Sidney Electric Service Co; 1912-14
constructed municipal light plant, Sidney; 1916-
owner & opr Comml Hotel, Sidney; 1932- owner
& mgr Hardy Furn Store, Sidney; past mbr town
& sch bds; ch mbr Sidney Country Club, past
mbr bd of dirs; C of C; Rotary; AF&AM; Presby
Ch; hobby, electrical machinery; off 1021 10th
Ave; res 728 Illinois, Sidney.
HEATON, PATRICK JAMES:
Attorney; b Central City, Neb Mar 17, 1904; s of
Patrick S Heaton-Ada Huniscote; ed Central City;
Neb Central Coll; BA 1926; Creighton U, LLB 1929;
Cath U, Washington DC, LLM 1930; Gamma Eta Gamma;
m Katharine Guting July 7, 1930 Fremont; s Patrick
J, James L, Michael P; d Catherine Ann, Margaret
Mary; 1930- prac law, Sidney; 1935-39 Cheyenne Co
atty; 1934- Dalton city atty; Western Neb, Neb St
& Amer Bar Assns; C of C; Riciboni Ronian Law
Seminar; state advocate KC; Cath Ch; past VP Dem
State Central Com, 1937- secy exec com; past pres
Y D Club of Neb; hobby, hunting; off 840 1/2 10th
Ave; res 1906 Maple, Sidney.
JOHNSON, CLARENCE WILLIAM:
Merchant; b Banner Co, Neb Oct 11, 1892; s of
Charles W Johnson- Ellen Nelson; ed Potter; m
Edith Challburg June 12, 1918 Redwood City, Cal; s
Byron M; d Marjorie; 1913- owner & mgr
Johnsons Store, Potter; 1936- mbr sch bd dist 9
Potter; AF&AM 32o; OES; Meth Ch;
res Potter.
JONES, CARL CONANT:
City clerk & water commissioner; b Oneida, Ill
Oct 6, 1882; s of Charles Leonard Jones-Octavia
Howard; ed Hastings; Hastings Bus Coll; m Ellen
Burgess (dec), m Lucy Irene Howard Oct 5, 1914
Sidney; s Robert L; d Catherine (Mrs Burnett
Atkins), Helen L, Alice Janette; 1903-07 with C L
Jones & Son, Hastings; 1908-09 farmer,
rancher, Nuckolls Co; 1910-15 ptr in St George
Ranch, Cheyenne Co; 1915-16 with Sidney Lbr Co;
1917-19 mgr Farmers Lbr & Supply Co, Gurley;
1919-21 with John Deere Impl Cc; 1923-29 with UP
RR, Sidney; 1929- city clk & water commr; past
mbr Gurley town bd; pres C of C; past master
AF&AM 75; Meth Ch; hobby, gardening; res 404
12th Ave, Sidney.
JORGENSON, ALBERT JAMES:
Banker; b Council Bluffs, Ia Jan 18, 1886; s of
Christian Jorgenson-Anna Fredericksen; ed Council
Bluffs Ia; Western Bus Coll; m Mary Ann Draper
Sept 12, 1907 Council Bluffs; s Donald William; d
Gwendolyn; 1904-07 with Charles E Walters &
Co, Council Bluffs; 1907-10 with Travelers Ins Co.
Council Bluffs; 1910-13 real est bus with J C
McNish Land Co Sidney; 1913-16 ptr in real est
firm of Jorgenson & Jones; 1916-21 ptr in real
est firm of Osborn & Jorgenson; 1921-25
receiver & liquidation agt for state guaranty
fund, Kimball & Cheyenne Cos; 1925- pres of
Amer Natl Bank, Sidney; 1918-28 mbr city coun;
1938- pres of Neb Bankers Assn; Amer Bankers Assn;
Izaak Walton; Lions; C of C; Sidney Country Club;
AF&AM; past worthy patron OES 108; bd mbr
Light Memorial Presby Ch; hobbies, trap shooting
& hunting; res 1344 Dodge, Sidney.
KAHSE, WILLIAM THEODORE:
Clergyman; b Hanover, Germany June 27, 1870; s of
Fredick Kahse- Wilhelmine Kolkohorst; ed Hanover;
Midland Coll 1Atchison, Kas, BA 1902,
West Theol Seminary, Atchison, Kas; Chicago
Theological Seminary, Maywood, Ill; Midland Coll,
DD 1923; m Amelia Jaedicke Messall May 24, 1933; s
Luther W, Paul T, Victor R; d Ruth A, Irene V;
1905 ordained as minister; 1903-08 pastor St
Pauls, Grand Island; 1908-11 pastor First Luth Ch
of Colorado Springs Colo; 1911-13 field secy
Midland Coll; 1913-22 missionary supt Luth synod
of Neb; 1922- pastor Trinity Luth Ch, Sidney;
1926- dean of Lodgepole Ministerial Alliance; pres
Sidney Ministerial Union since 1930; secy Rocky
Mountain synod 1910;
1 Midland
Coll was first located at Atchison, Kas. Fremont
Normal of Fremont Neb later became defunct &
Midland was moved to Fremont about 1919.
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del to natl ch conv 4 times; 1927 att world conf on
Faith & Order, Lausanne Switzerland; Rotary; C
of C; hobby, bee keeping; res 1129 10th Ave, Sidney.
KEPLER, RICHARD PROUDFOOT:
Attorney; b Davenport, Ia. May 10, 1872; s of John
Kepler-Ann Douglass ed Scott Co Ia; Western Coll,
Toledo Ia, BSc 1892; U of Ia, LLB 1896; m Bertha
Davis Mar 15, 1898 Gladbrook Ia; s Kenneth D,
James Hollis, Richard Gene (dec); 1896 prac law
Toledo Ia; 1897-99 ptr in law firm Hitchcock &
Kepler, Traer Is; 1899-1900 prac law Gladbrook Is;
1900 & 1904 co atty Tama Co Is; 1905-20 prac
law Toledo Ia; 1920- prac law Sidney; Cheyenne Co
atty, 1922, 1930 & 1938; former city atty
Sidney; mbr Western Neb & Neb St Bar Assns;
AF&AM 32 degree; Sidney Country Club; hobby,
betterment of youth; off 940 10th Ave; res 1045
King, Sidney.
KOKJER, THOMAS EDGAR:
Auto Dealer; b Clarks, Neb Dec 18, 1891; s of Hans
Kokjer-Malina Hartwell; ed Clarks; U of N, BSc
1915; Sigma Phi; m Isabelle Hawkins July 13, 1921
San Antonio; s Carter Hines, Thomas Lorton; d Ann
Eleanor; 1915 with Neb Soil Survey; 1916-17
farmer, Merrick Co; 1924-32 assoc with A H Jones
Chrysler Agcy, Alliance; 1932- owner & opr
Kokjer Motor Co; mbr town bd; during World War
1917 2nd lt, flying instr Kelly Field Tex; Amer
Leg; Neb Auto Dlrs Assn; Country Club; Lions; C of
C; AF&AM; mbr vestry bd, Episc Ch; hobbies,
mountains & travel; off 1200 Jackson;. res
1342 Maple, Sidney.
KRATZ, EARL RUFUS:
Attorney; b Onawa, Ia, Sept 7, 1885; s of George
Kratz-Olive Coats; ed Lyons; Omaha Law Sch;
admited to Neb Bar 1925; m Kathryn Sharmer July
1918 San Francisco; 1907 owner & opr land
investment & abstract bus, Sidney; 1925- prac
law, Sidney; Western Neb Bar Assn; Neb St Bar
Assn; Amer Title Assn: C of C; past pres Rotary
Club; 1920-35 secy Sidney Country Club; AF&AM;
hobbies, hunting & fishing; off 940 10th Ave
res 1500 Jackson, Sidney.
KRATZ, GOLDEN PAUL:
Attorney; b Randolph, Neb Sept 14, 1892; s of
George Kratz-Olive A Coates; ed Lyons; U of N, LLB
1916; Phi Alpha Delta; m Clara Paper Nov 1, 1919
Linncoln (sic); s Kent P, Dean G; 1916-17 with
West Publishing Co, New Orleans La; 1919-20 real
est dlr in Colo. Neb & Kas; 1920-21 with West
Publishing Co, Charleston W Va; 1922- prac law
Sidney; 1929-32 Cheyenne Co judge; former dep co
atty; during World War 1917-19 with 39th div,
stationed at Camp Beauregard La, with 37th div
stationed at Camp Shelby Miss; 1933-34 dept comm,
Amer Leg, 1936-37 natl exec committeeman from Neb;
Western Neb, Neb St & Amer Bar Assns; Lions;
Sidney Country Club; AF&AM; 1932-33 grand
chancellor KP; off 932 Jackson: res 1532 Maple,
Sidney.
LADEGARD, NIELS WILHELM:
Pharmacist; b Custer, Neb Mar 8, 1889; s of
Knudson H Ladegard-Minnie A Paulson; ed Sherman
Co; Creighton U, PhG 1912; m Mayme L Adamson Aug
25, 1916 Loup City; d Thelma C, Wilma Jane;
1912-16 pharm in W T Chase Drug Store, Loup City;
1916- owner & mgr Western Drug Co, Sidney;
1925 mbr sch bd dist 1, Sidney; dir Sidney Fed
Savings & Loan Assn; Sidney Country Club; C of
C; ch mbr Lions; past master AF&AM 75; Shrine,
Scot Rite; bd mbr Meth Ch; hobbies, hunting,
fishing; off 836 Tenth Ave; res 504 Jackson,
Sidney.
LARSON, W LeROY:
Postmaster; b Bertrand, Neb Oct 11, 1889; s of
Richard P Larson-Harriette Hurd; ed Bertrand;
Creighton U, PhG; m Mabel Edna Buckles Feb 5, 1917
Denver; s William LeRoy Jr; d Virginia (Mrs Ralph
Witters), Jeanette; 1911-15 with drug stores in
Mont, Ida, Wash, Ind & Cal; 1915-18 owner
& mgr of Potter Drug Store; 1916-23 owner
& mgr of Larson Music Co, Sidney; 1923-33
owner & mgr of Neb Land Co; 1934- P M Sidney;
helped org & was first pres of Cheyenne Co
Real Est bd, also Parents Music Assn; past mbr
town bd & sch bd Stapleton; past dir Neb Real
Est Assn; Neb ch Natl Assn of P Ms, Rotary; Cath
Ch; Dem; hobby, chemistry; res 1300 11th, Sidney.
LINDLEY, HARVEY ANDERSON:
Merchant; Warren Co, Ill Dec 22, 1878; s of Levi
Lindley-Anna Amann; ed Jefferson Co; m Elizabeth
Grebe Jan 1, 1901 DeWit; s Glenn, Allen, Harry,
Cecil; d Fern (Mrs James Cox), Ruth (Mrs H F
Bolla); 1900-10 farmer, Jefferson Co; 1911-12
farmer, Deuel Co; 1912-18 with Farmers Lbr &
Hdw, & Chappel Lbr & Hdw, Chappell;
1918-23 with Lodgepole Lbr & Grain Co; 1923-
owner & mgr H Lindley & Son, Lodgepole;
past mbr town bd Lodgepole, Chappel 2 terms; past
regent Deuel Co HS; RNA; AF&AM; Meth Ch; res
Lodgepole.
LINK, ANTON:
Clergyman; b Provdence of Hessen-Nassau, Germany
Feb 6, 1883; s of George W Link-Katherine Mueller;
ed Hessen-Nassau; philosophy & theology,
Freiburg U, Switzerland, BA 1910; ordained 1910;
1910-13 priest in chg of St Patricks Parish,
Prairie Center; 1913- priest in chg of St Patricks
Parish, helped erect ch rectory & estab St
Patricks Acad, Sidney 1927- state chaplain, KC; KC
4th degree; res 1020 13th Ave, Sidney.
LOWE, JOHN HAVENS:
Editor; b Sidney, Neb Sept 1, 1908; s of Lester G
Lowe-Helen Garner; ed Sidney, Los Angeles; U of N;
Kappa Sigma; m Wilmena Kennedy Nov 14, 1936
Sterling Colo; d Sally Dee; 1929- editor &
advertising mgr Sidney Telegraph; secy C of C
since 1937; Lions; Episc Ch, mbr bd since 1934;
res 1429 Jackson, Sidney.
MCINTOSH, MRS MAYME:
Homemaker; b Philadelphia, Penn Dee 26, 1873; d of
Hugh McFadden-Sarah Dougherty; ed Sidney; Madames
of the Sacred Heart, Omaha; m John Thomas McIntosh
Oct 25, 1899 Sidney; s James Clifton; d Jean
Heelan; 1874 came to Sidney; 1912- mbr Sidney lib
bd; past pres Womans Club; PEO; Cath Ch; hobby,
books; res 1240 12th Ave, Sidney.
MALEY, SAMUEL A: Wheat
Grower; b Warren Co, Ill July 18, 1869; s of
Augustus W Maley-Mary Jane Acheson; ed Stanwood
Ia; m Anna Robinson Feb 13, 1889 Mechanicsville Ia
(dec); s Oran G, Samuel R; d Doris (Mrs Arthur
Daugherty); m Louise McGlaughlin Mar 4, 1935
Hollywood Cal; 1889-1916 farmer near Stanwood Ia,
one of the largest stock buyers in Ia; 1916- wheat
grower Cheyenne Co, one of the largest wheat
growers in western Neb; 1917-18 with US govt as
purchaser of horses for US army; United Presby Ch;
hobby, livestock; 1244 16th Sidney.
MARTIN, PAUL LEROY:
Attorney; b Sidney, Neb July 4, 1891; s of Leroy
Martin-Margaret Hines; ed Sidney HS; U of N, LLB
1915; Delta Chi; m Dorothy Stephens June 12, 1918
Long Beach Cal; s Paul Stephens, Douglas Logan; d
Patricia Lee, Jane Alison; 1915-17 secy to Moses P
Kinkaid, US congressman; 1918- prac law Sidney;
1939- Sidney city aty; during World War in OTC,
2nd lt inf Camp Pike Ark; past comm Amer Leg post
17; VP Amer Natl Bank Sidney; past pres Cheyenne
Co & Western Neb Bar Assns; Neb St Bar Assn;
past pres U of N Alumni Assn; AF&AM 32 degree,
Shrine; Episc Ch, mbr of bishopric & coun
missionary dist of Western Neb Prot Episc Ch; Rep;
hobby, hunting; off 834 10th Ave; res 1614 Maple,
Sidney.
MELTON, HARVEY B:
Pioneer; b Harrison Co, Ind Jan 22, 1854; s of
James H Melton-Katherine Snyder; ed Harrison Co
Ind; 1876 came to York Co; 1876-86 farmer &
stock raiser, York Co; 1886-1921 farmer &
stock raiser, Cheyenne Co; 1921- ret; AF&AM;
Meth Ch; res Lodgepole.
MINCHELL, G E:
Postmaster; b Sidney, Neb May 11, 1882; s of
William E Minchell-Rachael Brown; ed Cheyenne Co;
m Helen Petteys June 22, 1910 Chappell; s George
William; d Frances, Doris; 1903-14 with UP RR in
Neb & Wyo; 1914-21 owner & mgr Lodgepole
Tele Co; 1921-36 owner & mgr gen store,
Lodgepole; 1936- P M, Lodgepole; past treas sch
bd; Neb Ch Natl Assn of P Ms; 1929- secy AF&AM
306, past master 306 & 205; Meth Ch; res
Lodgepole.
MOORE, GEORGE WASHINGTON:
Merchant; b Danville, Wis July 14, 1880; s of
George W Moore-Jane Sweet; ed Dodge Co Wis; m
Julia A Sanders May 27, 1903 Sidney; s Clifford A,
Kermit Lee; d Inez (Mrs Raymond Maley); 1900-16
owner & opr barber shop, Sidney; 1916-29 paint
contr, Sidney; 1929- owner & opr Sidney Glass
& Paint store, Sidney; past mbr city coun;
AF&AM 32o; Shrine; Meth Ch; res 842
10th Ave, Sidney.
NEUBAUER, LESLIE:
Secretary Savings & Loan Association; b Fort
Scott, Kas Sept 30, 1872; s of Julius
Neubauer-Marie Sievert; ed Sidney; m Lena L Jessen
April 10, 1924 Greeley Colo; 1893-1900 with
Bassetts Drug Store, Sidney and others in Wyo
& Neb; 1900-05 in co clks off; 1912-21 bkkpr,
asst cash & cash First Natl Bank, Sidney;
1921- secy Sidney Fed Savings & Loan Assn;
treas sch dist 1 since 1926; city treas since
1926; past village clk, 1st city clk of Sidney;
past master AF&AM 75; Scot Rite 32o;
hobby, gardening; off 820 10th Ave; res 1924
Forest, Sidney.
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OLDERSHAW, EDITH: County
Superintendent of Schools; b Sidney, Neb; d of John
Oldershaw-Susannah Edis; ed Sidney HS; KSTC; U of
Colo; U of Iowa; San Diego Cal Tchrs Coll; 1918-39
prin of Frances E Willard School, Sidney; 1938-
Cheyenne Co supt of schs; YWCA; Royal Neighbor;
Sidney Womans Club; Episc Ch; hobbies, gardening,
industrial arts; off Courthouse; res 1317 Forrest,
Sidney.
OLSON, OSCAR ALBIN:
Stockman; b Laramie, Wyo Mar 11, 1897; s of Nels W
Olson-Matilda Berg; ed Cheyenne Co; Neb Coll of
Agr; m Viola Chambers Oct 2, 1918 Sidney; s
Kenneth Calvin; d Hazel Helen, Florence Marjorie;
1918- farmer & stock raiser, Cheyenne Co;
1934- secy Farmers Union local 443, 1934
introduced pump irrigation in Cheyenne Co also
first in co to raise sugar beets; 1934 mbr bd of
dir Cheyenne Co Fair Assn; leader 4-H Beef Club in
Cheyenne Co since 1935; mbr Sidney sch bd Dist 1
since 1929; Rotary; bd mbr Meth Ch since 1916;
Rep; hobby, travel; res Sidney.
O'NEIL, JOHN HUGH:
Investment Broker; b Gothenburg, Neb June 22,
1887; s of James I O'Neil-Winifred M Burns; ed
Gothenburg; Creighton U; m Carey C Hartway Feb 8,
1921 Sidney; d Winifred Margaret, Rosemary L; 1910
with P F Collier Co, Omaha; 1911-13 with CB&Q
RR, Omaha; 1913-18 with Noble M Anderson
Gothenburg; 1918-30 ptr in HartParr Co, Sidney;
1930- in investment bus; 1918 in SATC Lincoln;
Amer Leg; past grand knight KC 4th degree: bd mbr
St Patricks Cath Ch; res 1442 Linden, Sidney.
OSBORN, CHARLIE JOE:
Retired Farmer & Stockman; b Montgomery Co,
Ill June 20, 1862; s of Samuel Osborn-Lydia
Kendrick; ed Montgomery Co Ill; m Iva L Bewley Nov
2, 1883, Hillsboro Ill; s Leo Earl, Sidney R
(dec), Maynard W, Jesse R, Clifford J; d Tina Ruth
(dec), Viola (Mrs N S Miller); 1885-1921 rancher
& stockraiser Cheyenne Co Neb; 1921-ret;
1893-94 Cheyenne Co clk & clk of dist court;
past mbr dist 77 sch bd; Farmers Union, past bd
mbr, past state pres, past mbr natl bd; past dir
Farmers Union Co-op Ins Co, Omaha; helped org
farmers livestock& grain commissions
throughout middlewest; Meth Ch; hobby, cabinet
work; res 917 Maple, Sidney.
OSBORN, MAYNARD WALDO: Auto
Dealer; b Cheyenne Co, Neb July 16, 1888; s of
Charles J Osborn-Iva L Bewley; ed Cheyenne Co; m
Winifred Bixby 1908 Sidney, Neb; d Ruth (Mrs
Harold Dolph), Jean Helen (Mrs Arthur Mudge); m
Jessie L Huff Dec 11, 1923 Sidney; 1904-12
journeyman painter & contractor in Wyo, Colo
& Neb; 1907-10 owner & mgr Osborn Paint
& Glass store, Sidney Neb; 1910-12 with
Brennen Drug store, Alliance; 1913- owner &
mgr M W Osborn Motor Co, Sidney; 1928-29 traveled
in Europe, Asia & Africa; C of C; Lions; Neb
Aut Dlrs Assn, dir since 1937; Sidney Country
Club; AF&AM; 32o Shrine; past
chancellor comm KP 98; hobbies, Indian artifacts
& saddle horses; off 1136 Illinois; res 1106
Maple, Sidney.
PANKAU, JOSEPH BERNARD:
Physician & Surgeon; b Doniphan, Neb Jan 3,
1910; s of John P Pankau- Mary ___; ed Doniphan
HS; Creighton U, MD 1925; Phi Chi; m Margaret
Miller Nov 7, 1936 Denver Colo; 1925-26 interne St
Margarets Hosp, Kansas City, Kas; 1926-27 prac med
Kimball; 1927-28 prac med McCook; 1928- prac med,
Dalton; 1928- owner & mgr of Pioneer Memorial
Hosp, Dalton; mbr bd of health; past pres
Cheyenne-Kimball-Deuel Co Med Soc; Neb St &
AMA; Episc Ch; res Dalton.
PETERSON, ANDREW CLAIR:
Banker; b Deuel Co, Neb Nov 19, 1899; s of Andrew
Peterson-Tillie Ellison; ed Deuel Co &
Chappell; Grand Island Bus Coll; in Mae Lowder Aug
17, 1924 Broken Bow; d Barbara Ruth, Shirley Mae;
1918-21 with Chappell State Bank; 1921- cash First
State Bank, Lodgepole; city clk since 1923; pres
sch bd since 1932; AF&AM; Meth Ch; hobby,
photography; res Lodgepole.
PETTIBONE, MILTON ESBY:
Dentist; b Iowa Co, Ia Sept 24, 1882; s Of Byron
Pettibone-Emma Mahannah; ed Iowa Co; Creighton U,
DDS 1909; m Maude Davis Sept 14, 1910 Madison;
1909-11 dentist, Butte; 1911-20 dentist, O'Neill;
1920- dentist, Sidney; 1937- instr in gold foil
study club, Denver; past secy & pres Western
Neb Dental Soc; ADA; AF&AM; Presby Ch;
hobbies, scientific dentistry; off 828 10th Ave;
res 1145 King, Sidney.
PINDELL, ISAAC LEE:
County Clerk; b Laconia, Ind Feb 10, 1888; s of
James W Pindell-Mary C Steepleton; ed Laconia Ind;
Transylvania U, Lexington Ky BA; Kentucky U; U of
Chicago; m Editha B Sixta Aug 1922 Schuyler; d
Jacqueline E; 1915-16 prin of Central Sch,
Somerset Ky; 1916-17 prin Sidney HS; 1920-34 P M
Sidney; 1934-36 editor & publisher of Cheyenne
Co Record, Sidney; 1935 Cheyenne Co clk; during
World War 1918-19 in 355th inf Co K 89th div AEF;
Neb Assn of Co Commrs, Co Clks, Co Registers of
Deeds & Co Highway Commrs; AF&AM; hobby,
books; off Courthouse, res 1312 10th Ave, Sidney.
PORTER, ROBERT JAMES:
Oil Dealer; b Lincoln, Neb Aug 13, 1889; s of
William Porter-Anna Seivers; ed LBC; m Sadie
Johnston 1919 Sterling (dec); d Lois; m Sigrid
Montgomery June 1933, Littleton Colo; 1906-13 with
Kilpatrick Bros & Collins, Beatrice; 1914-20
with Marshall Oil Co, Marshalltown Ia; 1920- owner
& opr Porter Oil Co, Sidney; during World War
1917-19 served in QMC; AF&AM; off 1401 10th
Ave; res 1333 10th Ave, Sidney.
RADCLIFFE, CLAYTON SAMUEL:
Lawyer & Stockman; b Ogallala, Neb Mar 16,
1889; s of Mack Radcliffe-Bertie Gast; ed Sidney
HS; U of N, LLB 1913; Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta
Phi; m Myrna Swatzlander May 1918 Sidney; d
Josephine, Barbara; 1913- prac law Sidney; 1915-20
Cheyenne Co atty; 1914 rancher, stock raiser &
buyer, Cheyenne Co; Western Neb Bar Assn; Neb St
Bar Assn; Sidney Country Club; AF&AM; BPOE;
chmn of Cheyenne Co Dem Central Com; hobby,
horses; off 834 10th; res 1031 Linden, Sidney.
REEVES, KENNETH EVERETT:
Clergyman; b Billings, Mont Feb 10, 1909; s of Roy
E Reeves-Lucille I Walker; ed York HS; Hastings
Coll, BA 1931; Auburn Theological Seminary, BTh
1934; London England Sch of Economics; Pi Gamma
Mu; m Helen Richmond Capen Oct 27, 1934
Indianapolis Ind; s David C; 1934- pastor Dalton
Presby Ch; pres Lodgepole Valley Ministerial Assn;
hobbies, boys, athletics; res Dalton.
ROBISON, BRITTON F:
Editor and Publisher; b Iowa Falls, Ia Oct 17,
1867; s of R F Robison-Eliza Ann ___; ed
Marshalltown Ia. HS; m Anna Fleming July 2, 1900
Shenandoah, Ia, (dec); s Ralph C (dec), Fred L; d
Mrs. J A Fischer, Mrs. J M Jensen, Mrs. Andy
Stark, Mrs. Phil Quinn; KP; off & res
Lodgepole.
ROCHE, RILEY EDWARD:
Physician & Surgeon; b Friend, Neb May 16,
1891; s of Edward W. Roche- Katherine Riley; ed
Scottsbluff; Kimball; Creighton U, MD 1916, PhG
1911; Phi Rho; m Julia Schulte Aug 20, 1919 Elgin;
s Jason B; 1911 with Fred Morgan Drug store,
Kimball; 1916-17 interne Douglas Co Hosp, Omaha;
1919- phys & surg,, Sidney; past Cheyenne Co
phys; 1934- owner & mgr of Roche Hosp, Sidney;
1917-19 during World war with base hosp 81, San
Antonio Tex, Camp Pike base hosp, Little Rock Ark,
disch as capt in MRC; 1934- mayor, Sidney;
Cheyenne Co Med Soc; Neb St & AMA; Lions;
Country Club; KC, past dist dep, Panhandle dist;
hobby, golf; res 1646 Maple, Sidney.
SCHERER, RALPH LIPE:
Auto Dealer; b Cheyenne Co, Neb June 23, 1893; s
of John N Scherer-Etta A Lipe; ed Cheyenne Co
& Denver Colo; m Claire Armuth June 23, 1914
Dalton; s John H; d Marguerite R (Mrs. William
Schwarz), Mary E (Mrs Everett Dahlinger), Frances
C; 1914-27 rancher, Morrill Co; 1927- ptr &
mgr of Scherer-Blome Chevrolet Co, Dalton; 1937-
mbr town bd; Cath Ch; hobby, travel; res Dalton.
SCHULTE, MRS GRACE
McINTOSH: Homemaker; b Sidney, Neb; d of
James J. McIntosh-Mary Ann Kelly; ed Sidney; 4
years Duchesne Coll: Omaha; m B W Schulte Oct 19,
1939; 1903-18 with father as asst cash Amer Bank,
Sidney; 1918- owner & mgr various holdings in
Cheyenne Co: Sidney Country Club; coun of Cath
Women; Kings Daughters; hobby, executive work;
father came to Neb from Cornwall, Canada 1869,
mother came to Neb from Va; res 816 Illinois
Sidney.
SHERRERD, EARL SCOTT:
Optometrist; b Wood River, Neb Oct 2, 1889; s of
Samuel A Sherrerd-Cora Shick; ed Wood River HS;
Hastings Coll; McCormick Med Coll, Chicago, OD
1911; m Elizabeth Crist Mar 3, 1920 Denver; s
Marvin C, Robert Samuel; 1911-17 optometrist, Wood
River-, 1917- optometrist & owner & mgr
gift shop, Sidney; during World war 1917-18 with
depot brigade Camp Funston; Amer Leg; Rotary, past
pres; AF&AM; Presby Ch; hobby, photography;
off 932 10th; res 1515 Maple, Sidney.
SCHULZ, WILLIAM:
County Sheriff: b Adair Co, Ia July 25, 1894; s of
Otto Schulz-Christina Leuers; ed Adair Co, Ia; m
Laura Lowe Feb 16.
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1916 Madison Co, Ia; d Wilma, Lucille, Ada; 1915-20
farmer in Madison Co, Ia; 1920-29 with Griswold
Recreation Parlor, Sidney; 1929-30 Cheyenne Co dep
sheriff; 1930- Cheyenne Co sheriff; Neb & Colo
Sheriffs & Peace Ofcrs Assn; IOOF; off
Courthouse; res 1145 Elm, Sidney.
SHAW, GUY SUMMERFIELD: Farmer;
b York Co, Neb Mar 28, 1880; s of John Shaw-Hester
Denny; ed York Co; m Maud Huffman Feb 21, 1906
York; d Ruth (Mrs. Walter S Cork), Esther Jane;
1901-13 farmed York Co; 1913- farmer, Cheyenne Co;
past mbr dist 33 sch bd; 1930- Cheyenne Co commr;
Farmers Union; Meth Ch; res 1530 Jackson, Sidney.
SHEAFF, JOHN JAMES:
Clergyman; b Plymouth, England Aug 9, 1889; s of
George Sheaff-Elizabeth Pengelly; ed in England: m
Violet Venning Sept 6, 1915 Plymouth, England; s
Norman G, Alfred Roy, Francis Eugene; 1908-14
probationer Wesleyan Meth Ch, England; 1920
transferred to Neb Conf of Meth Ch, 1920-26 pastor
Meth Chs, Crounse & Malcolm; 1926-34 pastor,
Epworth Meth Ch, Lincoln; 1934- pastor of Meth Ch,
Sidney; 1914-20 with British Navy as an artificer;
Lions; C of C; OES; IOOF; AF&AM: RAM; KT; Meth
Ch; hobby, metal work; res 1034 King, Sidney.
SIMODYNES, JOSEPH:
Owner Recreation Parlor; b Wahoo, Neb Feb 18,
1889; s of James Simodynes-Mary Novatny; ed Wahoo
Neb; m Grace Virginia King Oct 11, 1914 Sidney; d
Betty Jean; 1907-17 professional &
semi-professional baseball player Neb St League:
1917- owner & mgr of Simodynes Rec Parlor
Sidney; during World war 1917-19 with AEF 89th div
stationed at Saarburg, Germany & Grand France,
army of occupation; Amer Leg; VFW; dir Sidney
Country Club; C of C; hobbies, hunting, fishing;
off 1009 Illinois; res 1007 6th Ave, Sidney.
TAYLOR, KATHRYN ALLEN:
Homemaker; b Freeport, Ill July 3, 1894; d of
Edward H Allen-Mary Gertrude DeWalt; ed Freeport
Ill HS 1911; registered nurse St Lukes Hosp,
Chicago; m Dr James Rudolph Taylor Feb 12, 1919
Sioux City Ia (dec); d Gertrude Anne, Harriett
Louise; formerly lab technician Wabash RR Hosp,
Decatur Ill; 1919 until husband's death anethist
& gen supvr in his hosp; OES, past ofcr; PEO,
past pres several years; hobbies, gardening,
outdoor life; res 1645 Illinois, Sidney.
THOMAS, DWIGHT ROY:
Lumber Dealer; b Council Bluffs, Ia Aug 24, 1883;
s of Henry Burt Thomas-Julia Woodbridge; ed Tabor
& Garden Grove Ia; Capitol City Bus Coll, Des
Moines; m Elizabeth Frederick July 15, 1905
Riverdale; s Gerald F, Weldon H, LaVerne D; d
Maxine Elizabeth; 1903-19 mgr for Gilchrist Lbr Co
in Poole, Oconto & Overton; 1919-21 owner
& mgr of Thomas-Daul Lbr Co, Overton; 1921-
pres & gen mgr Thomas Lbr Co, Sidney; past mbr
sch bd; mbr city coun since 1933; Rotary, ch mbr;
Sidney Country Club; past master AF&AM 267:
Presby Ch; Rep; hobbies, hunting & golf, res
731 Illinois, Sidney.
TOBIN, FRANK BENJAMIN:
Retired; b Nebraska City, Neb Oct 14, 1872; s of
Michael H. Tobin-Fannie Bourlier; ed Nemaha Co; m
Elizabeth Walters Oct 5, 1898 Rock Springs, Wyo; s
Harold F, Gordon R, Kenneth (dec); d Elizabeth
(dec), Hazel (dec); 1881 came to Sidney;
1893-1896, 1897-1915 with Doran & Tobin,
Sidney; 1896-97 with UP RR, Rock Spring, Wyo; past
police judge, Sidney; Episc Ch; res 1140 King,
Sidney.
UPTEGROVE, EDWARD LOVELL:
Land Owner; b Lincoln Co, Mo Apr 12, 1875; s of
Edward L Uptegrove- Elizabeth McKinsey; ed
Middletown & Watson Mo; Brownville; PSTC 1897;
m Laura Kime June 1, 1900 Unadilla (dec 1930); d
Mary Elizabeth; Margaret Alma; 1898 supt of schs,
Virginia; 1899 supt of schs, Weston; 1899-1907
owner & mgr Corner Drug store, Peru; 1907-10
rancher Cheyenne Co; 1910-35 owner & mgr
Uptegrove Farm Impl Co, Sidney; 1918 Cheyenne Co
food administrator; past Sidney mayor, two terms;
past pres sch bd dist 1; first chmn Cheyenne Co
AAA program; Farmers Union; past pres Rotary; past
pres Sidney Country Club; AF&AM, 32o;
Shrine; Rep, past chmn Cheyenne Co Central Com;
Presby Ch; hobby, fishing; res 1505 Linden,
Sidney.
WALFORD, JOHN ALBERT:
Retired; b Peoria Co, Ill Feb 25, 1863; s of
Charles Walford-Martha Gregg; ed Peoria Ill; Adams
Co Ia; 1886 came to Cheyenne Co; 1886- farmer and
rancher Cheyenne Co; past pres Dalton Bank; mbr
sch bd dist 19 30 years; Presby Ch; Rep; res
Dalton.
WASEM, LOUIS: County
Treasurer; b Madison Co, Ill Nov 21, 1864; s of
Phillip Wasem-Mary ___; ed Madison Co, Ill;
Johnson Comml Coll, St Louis Mo; in Verna
Underwood April 7, 1892 Sidney; 1886- 90
homesteaded Cheyenne Co; 1890-1918 with Doran
& Tobin, Sidney; 1918-32 with Cheyenne Co
Trading Co, Sidney; 1932- Buffalo Co treas; Neb
Assn of Co I Treas; IOOF; off Courthouse; res 1131
King, Sidney.
WORDEN, ERNEST DURWARD:
Cashier Freight Office; b Conquest N Y Mar 31,
1880; s of James Franklin Worden-Margaret Ann
Snyder; ed Cheyenne Co; m Gertrude Sanders Aug 30,
1904 Sidney; d Elizabeth Margaret (Mrs C J
Jolliff); 1898- cashier, UP RR, freight depot,
Sidney; 1911- dir Sidney Fed Savings & Loan
Assn; 1917- mbr lib bd;; Brotherhood of Railway
& Steamship Clks, Freight Handlers, Express
& Station Employes; past pres Sidney Country
Club; MWA: AOUW; Cath Ch; res 551 Illinois,
Sidney.
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