1889 HISTORY OF LINCOLN NEBRASKA - Chapter Twenty-five

(346) The great men and women of this nation have generally been pioneers, or the descendants of pioneers. Abraham Lincoln, General U. S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, James A. Garfield, and Benjamin Harrison, are examples of pioneer manhood. It takes a man or woman who has the constancy and courage of heroes to go to a wild and unsubdued region and battle with nature, Indians, poverty, years of hard labor, and deny themselves the luxuries of organized society, for the purpose of earning a home and competence for their declining years. The pioneers are among the heroes of progress and civilization, to whom society will ever be indebted.

Their hardships develop a spirit of fraternity among them, and when the conflicts of the wilderness are over, they take delight in forming associations to commemorate the deeds done in conquering the wilderness and creating a new State. They recount the history of the past, smile at early hardships, recall situations of terror and distress with grim humor, and sing "Auld Lang Syne" with a zest and brotherly warmth that is the very spirit of eloquence.

The time is now ripe for an Old Settlers' Association in Lincoln and Lancaster county, and such an association is now in existence, probably for a long life, to gratify the pioneers, and to record their history while engaged in the work of erecting this splendid commonwealth on the site of the coyote's den, and making way for the flying palace car in place of the Indian trail of 1860.

An attempt was made to organize a permanent association in 1882, but the time did not seem ripe, and it was a failure. Twenty-five old settlers then met, on July 4th, and drafted a constitution and signed it, and elected officers.

The signers at that convention were the following well-known gentlemen: (347)

The officers elected were as follows: President, J. W. Prey; Vice President, E. T. Hudson; Secretary, Austin Humphrey; Treasurer, N. C. Brock. The meeting of July 4th adjourned to meet July 15th, but only four persons were present at that time, and an adjournment was taken to September; but the organization never had another meeting.

But the attempt to organize an association the present year has been very successful, owing very largely to the untiring and enthusiastic efforts of Mr. M. G. Bohanan, who has kept it constantly before the minds of the pioneers, and by personal solicitation has secured nearly four hundred names for membership in the association. The meeting for organization took place at the council chamber, at the northwest corner of Q and Tenth streets, on April 23, 1889. Mr. A. J. Sawyer was called to the chair, and Mr. J. P. Hebard was chosen Secretary. A committee was appointed to draft a constitution for the association, the same to be reported at a future meeting. This committee consisted of Messrs. A. W. Field, Levi Snell, S. C. Elliott, N. S. Harwood, M. Tower, and A. J. Sawyer. A committee for each township in the county was selected, whose duty it would be to augment, the membership, and generally promote the interests of the association. It was agreed that eligibility to membership should be based on a residence in the county dating as early as 1875.

The next meeting was held at Bohanan's hall, on the southwest corner of Tenth and N streets, on May 11, 1889. Captain L. W. Billingsley was called to the chair and Mr. J. P. Hebard was continued as secretary. Nearly one hundred of the pioneers were present, and a complete organization was effected.

(348) Mr. A. J. Sawyer, for the committee appointed to draft a constitution for the association, reported a set of by-laws and rules for the government of the organization, which were adopted. The basis of membership was made a fifteen years' residence in the county, so that the continuance of the association may be perpetual. It was also arranged that a general rally at Cushman park should take place on June 19, 1889. Various committees were named to prepare the programme for that occasion.

Most of the old settlers present signed the constitution. The committee appointed to nominate permanent officers for the association recommended the following persons for the positions specified:

VICE PRESIDENTS -- Oak Precinct, J. S. Hermance; Denton Precinct, E. T. Hudson; Little Salt Precinct, Mat. Maule; Yankee Hill Precinct, Ans. Williams; West Oak Precinct, L. B. McFarland; Centerville Precinct, D. E. Prey; Highland Precinct, Nicholas Bahl; Elk Precinct, J. W. Smith: Buda Precinct, H. C. Reller; Grant Precinct, J. S. Umangst; South Pass Precinct, Phil Burling; Lancaster Precinct, Phil Hacker; Waverly Precinct, J. P. Loder; Stevens Creek Precinct, J. H. Wilcox; Olive Branch Precinct, Henry Holman; North Bluff Precinct, John Dee; Middle Creek Precinct, J. W. Castor; Panama Precinct, O. N. Hazleton; Nemaha Precinct, Wm. Roggencamp; Mill Precinct, John Dale; Stockton Precinct, Charles Retzliff; Saltillo Precinct, W. E. Keys; Garfield Precinct, Ed. Garfield; Lincoln, First Ward, Patrick Hayden; Second Ward, F. H. Bohanan; Third Ward, Amasa Cobb; Fourth Ward, C. M. Parker; Fifth Ward, H. T. Davis; Sixth Ward, W. W. Carder.

The meeting adjourned to meet on June the 8th to complete the arrangements preliminary to the rally at the park on June 19th.

The picnic was a great success, the day was beautiful, and the old settlers assembled by hundreds from all parts of the county. The number of pioneers present were estimated at 600, and with their children and friends, perhaps had an aggregate attendance of fifteen hundred people.

The exercises began at 11 o'clock with prayer by Rev. H. T. Davis. Then the principal address of the day was delivered by Mr. C. H. Gere. This was made up of historical reminiscences of the principal events in the founding of the city, and settling the county, between the years 1867 to 1871 inclusive. After singing "Auld Lang Syne" Mr. J. V. Wolf, the association poet, read a set of rhymed collections. (349) Judge S. B. Pound spoke on "Lincoln, Law, and Groceries," referring to the years of 1866 to 1868, when he was engaged in both occupations without great inconvenience to himself. Colonel J. E. Philpott followed with some remarks on "The Missouri as a Highway to Nebraska in 1867," detailing some river experiences of the very early days, and the importance of the river routes in reaching the interior of the great west.

After further vocal music, Mr. Stewart McConiga detailed how the settlers rushed in for claims at "The United States Land Office Twenty Years Ago," at which he was the Register. Mr. A. J. Sawyer recounted the years of trial during which the grasshoppers scourged this region, the period being from 1874 to 1876. Rev. H. T. Davis related some entertaining reminiscences of the early churches.

Then followed a "basket dinner" and social among the pioneers. After dinner, the feature which first attracted attention was the exhibition of a Lancaster county pony twenty-six years old. The animal was then and there declared a member of the Old Settlers' Association and was decorated with a badge. The horse was the property of S. W. McKesson. It was ridden across the sight of Lincoln before the town was laid out, by John C. Fremont. McKesson, who was on hand, explained the circumstance fully. The pony was nimble enough to clamber up into the speakers' stand, a feat which not many horses can be induced to attempt.

Colonel George B. Skinner told about having been auctioneer for the lot sales of 1869. He received $1,500 for five days' work, and when he took the money said to T. P. Kennard that he would not give that roll of bills for the whole town and the whole county of Lancaster. But he has radically changed his mind since. Mr. John S. Gregory then told of the early days on the Salt Basin and the village of Lancaster, in a racy and entertaining manner. Mr. Levi Snell recalled some reminiscences of the State lot sales. Elder E. T. Hudson closed the programme with some stories of the very early settlements. Then the old settlers were photographed in a body, and the first Congress of the Old Settlers adjourned. The meeting was just such a wholesome, happy, affair as affords joy to the heart of a pioneer.

Not all present on this occasion have joined the association, but the record of those who have is a valuable part of the history of this county and city, and is therefore appended in full.

(350) Here is the Old Settlers' Association, as its roster appeared in July, 1889, the native State and year of coming to this county being also given:

ROLL OF OLD SETTLERS
A. S. Godfrey, Massachusetts, '70	H. Schultz, Germany, '66
Louie Meyer, Austria, '70	George A. Mayer, Germany, '63
E. E. Brown, New York, '70	F. S, Wittstruck, Germany, '65
C. B. Beach, Ohio,'69	J. C. Clarke, Vermont, '71
A. B. Beach, Ohio, '70	Ed. Bingham, England, '67
W. H. Dobson, Ontario, '72	J. P. Walton, Ohio, '74
B. Cox, Virginia,'72	C. C. Pace, Kentucky, '74
Mrs. E. B. Cox, Ohio, '72	Mrs. M. P. Husted, Michigan, '67
John Schuller, Austria, '74	W. J. Turner, Ohio, '69
S. B. Hohmann, Pennsylvania, '69	W. E. G. Caldwell, New Hampshire '70
S. Peckham, England, '74	W. J. Cooper, New York, '69
James B. Hale, Indiana, '66	John Currie, Pennsylvania, '72
J. W. Smith, Indiana, '73	Chris Fossler, Germany, '69
John Y. EIlenburg, Germany, '73	M. Bowden, Ireland, '68
R. J. Williams, Pennsylvania, '68	R. S. Browne, England, '79
J. H. Painter, Pennsylvania, '73	W. C. Burke, Ohio, '68
Dr. A. K. Painter, Pennsylvania, '74	Fred Schmidt, Iowa, '70
J. N. T. Jones, Kentucky, '69	H. H. Blodgett, New York, '69
Adelia Boyd, Sweden,'70	J. S. Lefferdink, Holland, '71
A. H. Wilson, New York, '66	H. Heffner, Germany, '69
W. Flanigan, Canada, '71	G. M. Blodgett, New York, '69
M. V. Radford, Illinois, '70	J. H. Myer, Hanover, '69
N. G. Franklin, Ohio '71	Fred Funks, Germany, '74
H. E. George, Illinois, '70	D. L. Graham, Ohio, '70
E. Duling, Ohio, '79	George Sexton, Ohio,'75
Luther Batten, Wisconsin,'70	J. Farmer, New Jersey, '70
H. L. Andrews, Wisconsin, '71	Thomas Morrissey, Ireland, '69
O. M. Druse, New York, '71	J. A. Morrissey, Tennessee, '66
P. Hayden, Ireland, '70	J. D. Kleutsch, Prussia, '72
H. Wittman, Germany, '73	C. G. Bullock, New York, '73
H. Malberts, Germany, '65	E. G. Bohanan, Illinois, '75
D. L. Peckham, Michigan, '67	W. R. Horn, Illinois, '70
J. L. Porter, Virginia, '66	Thomas C. Mawe, England, '72
L. N. Haskin, New York, '63	H. S. Gordon, Massachusetts, '74
James Gilmore, Indiana, '72	C. A. Tucker, Nebraska, '71
Wm. Frohn, Germany, '70	A. Chandler, Pennsylvania, '69
W. W. W. Jones, Illinois, '74	A. C. Ricketts, Ohio, '72
A. E. Hargreaves, England, '72	W. B. Hargreaves, England, '70
J. W. Castor, Ohio, '73	J. D. Johnson, Sweden,'70
Charles Hichewick, '67	A. Keens, England, '72
Robert Pickel, Illinois, '67	W. L. Gorton, New York '70
J. K. Honeywell, New York, '68	I. N. Leonard, Ohio,'70
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H. Oehlchlager, Germany, '74	Eddie L. Bohanan, Nebraska, '74
F. Claus, Germany, '69	Isaac Whited, Ohio, '71
Thomas Price, Ireland, '69	J. F. Schultz, Germany, '67
George W. Prey, Wisconsin, '56	C. C. Morse, Vermont, '72
Wm. Charlton, Iowa, '73	A. C. Munson, Nebraska, '71
H. F. Mitchell, Ohio, '73	Mat Maule, ----------, '71
H. F. Warner, Iowa, '64	D. C. Brown, Missouri, '72
A. G. Warner, Iowa, '64	R. W. Kent, Illinois, '73
J. S. Howard, Ohio, '72	W. H. Schmale, Germany, '67
Adna Dobson, Wisconsin, '72	C. A. Porter, Iowa, '66
T. R. Prey, Massachusetts, '56	H. Perkins, Indiana, '69
L. H. Meyer, Iowa, '68	M. B. Donahue, Iowa., '68
W. H. Meyer, Iowa, '72	M. Cobb, Wisconsin, '71
Henry Bartells, Germany, '73	Harry Abbott, England, '71
Silas Sprague, Ohio, '68	J. A. Snyder, Indiana, '62
M. Oppenheimer, Germany, '68	Wm. Bohanan, Illinois, '69
Joseph Oppenheimer, Missouri, '70	C. F. Retzliff, Germany, '58
John Thompson, '71	E. L. English, Illinois. '70
Robert M. Manley, Ohio, '68	A. G. Kellum, Massachusetts, '71
Robert Mitchell, England, '71	Henry Alberts, Germany, '65
J. H. Kellum, Massachusetts, '71	H. H. Schaberg, Wisconsin, '70
Cornelius Moran, Lincoln, Neb., '61	T. E. Longstreet, New York, '70
M. G. Bohanan, Illinois, '68	A. W. Stutheit, Iowa,'66
E. T. Roberts, New York, '73	S. C. Blasier, New York, '68
H. D. Hathaway, Ohio, '72	John Lundgreen, -------- '73
George Sherrer, Germany, '72	L. B. McFarland, Ohio. '74
Maurice Dee, Nebraska, '60	G. A. Spencer, New York, '71
N. D. Smith, Ohio, '71	C. G. Beams, Ohio, '74
E. R. Sizer, Illinois, '74	Sam McClay, Ohio, '67
A. W. Field, Illinois, '63	James Burcham, Ohio, '68
N. C. Abbott, New York, '71	John Fisher, Pennsylvania, '69
T. C. Fern, Indiana, '72	Phil Bohanan, Nebraska,'71
Wm. Roggenkamp, Friezen, '60	E. Warnes, England, '62
H. W. Hardy, New York, '71	E. Warnes, Maryland
J. A. Bailey, Ohio, '68	George A. Nandichle, New Jersey, '69
Timothy Kelley, Ireland, '69	J. J. Robinson, New York, '71
Ed. A. Church, England, '68	G. E. Cox, Nova Scotia, '71
J. B. Trickey, Illinois, '70	T. D. Moulton, Illinois, '75
Mark Howe, Ohio, '70	L. N. Fuller, Massachusetts, '70
R. H. Corner, England, '73	E. S. Reed, New York, '72
H. H. Grimes, Ohio, '74	W. M. Oyler, Missouri, '75
W. E. Wittman, Indiana, '70	Jacob North, England, '72
W. J. Marshall, Vermont, '70	Wm. McClain, Indiana, '65
C. H. Foxworthy, Indiana, '74	A. M. Davis, Indiana, '67
J. H. Foxworthy, Indiana, '73	H. J. Walsh, Ireland, '69
M. Shay, Ireland, '59	John Schmidt, Bavaria, '71
Ellen Shay, Ireland, '59	Eli Bates, Ohio, '74
E. B. Hyde, Illinois, '69	J. R. Bing, Ohio, '72
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C. M. Leighton, Maine, '68	L. P. Fisher, New York, ' 70
Dennis Merriman, Ireland, '68	C. J. Heffly, Pennsylvania, '67
W. H. Boyer, Ohio, '68	M. L. Hiltner, Pennsylvania, '69
Wm. Hopkins, Delaware, '71	R. Schneider, Switzerland, '71
Chris Rocke, Atlantic Ocean, '70	A. G. Barnes, Ohio, '74
C. E. Hedges, Illinois, '73	E. A. Morgan, New York, ' 70
J. F. Bishop, Indiana, '70	A. G. Hastings, Connecticut, '69
J. W. Hedges, New York, '73	J. P. Loder, Ohio, '57
J. W. Rees, Ohio, '70	Robt. McCartney, Illinois, '69
A. H. Masterman, West Indies, '74	J. M. Meyers, Ohio, '69
Adam Bax, Germany, '68	J. M. Tiger, New Jersey, '67
W. W. Wilson, Pennsylvania, '71	Oscar Lau, Pennsylvania, '67
John Reed, Wisconsin, '71	Hiram Polly, New York, '74
W. E. Keys, Ohio, '63	W. J. Harris, Ohio, '65
Eleanor G. Keys, Canada, '63	A. S. Williams, Massachusetts, '68
J. J. Butler, Newfoundland, '69	Henry Townson, England, '74
W. F. Little, Pennsylvania, ' 72	W. D. Gulick, New Hampshire, '72
A. N. Burd, Pennsylvania, '65	J. E. Philpott, Indiana, '67
C. O. Strickland, Illinois, '69	J. H. White, England, '69
John Michael, Pennsylvania, '56	L. B. Treeman, New York, '73
W. L. Wilcox, West Virginia, '70	B. F. McCall, New York, '66
I. M. Raymond, New York, '71	J. Wheeler, Ohio, '68
O. P. Davis, Ohio, '73	P. O'Shea, Canada West, '71
W. H. Goodrich, New York, '70	Gottlieb Meyer, Germany, '73
R. P. R. Millar, Missouri, '84	D. D. Helweg, Germany, '73
M. D. Henry, Ohio, '67	James Kane, Ireland, '71
W. E. Field, Massachusetts, '74	J. H. Ames, Vermont, '69
C. H. Hohmann, '69	E. C. Ames, Nebraska, '75
T. J. Dickson, Scotland, '71	Kate Martin, Ireland, '67
A. L. Frost, Iowa, '68	W. J. Lamb, New York, '68
C. C. Munson, Connecticut, '70	C. C. Burr, Illinois, '68
H. Gardner, England, '73	M. W. Sargent, New York, '74
J. R. Clark, Ohio, '74	W. C. Davis, Indiana, '70
J. H. North, England, '73	W. T. Scott, England, '72
F. A. Hovey, New York, '69	J. N. Larsh, Indiana, '70
G. F. Hodges, Iowa, '67	D. E. Prey, New York, '56
S. K. Hale, Ohio, '75	Wm. Krueger, Iowa, '69
Nels Westover, Canada, '70	V. A. Markle, Canada, '68
C. H. Castor, Ohio, '73	R. R. Tingley, New Jersey, '68
J. H. Bullock, New York, '73	Laurena Tingley, New York, '68
H. Vanderpool, New York, '72	Jackson Johnson, Tennessee, '69
W. E. Hardy, New York, '71	F. R. Denton, Ohio, '67
W. G. Bohanan, Illinois, '69	W. M. Seeley, Illinois, '73
T. H. Hyde, Vermont, '68	S. G. Owen, Ohio, '70
W. G. Roberts, New York, '73	Thos. Carr, Ireland, '74
J. F. Cadman, Illinois, '59	W. C. Spencer, Vermont, '69
G. R. Wolf, Prussia, '73	Frank Chaffee, Ohio, '73
J. S. Gregory, first permanent settler, Vermont, '62
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Cyrus Carter, Ohio, '65	M. L. Trester, Indiana, '69
George Wornholz, Germany, '68	J. O. Carter, Ohio, '72
S. W. Gettier, Pennsylvania, '69	J. H. Harley, Nova Scotia, '71
S. J. Douglass, New York, '75	J. H. Barrett, Vermont, '70
John Thompson, England, '71	Jacob Rocke, Germany, '69
F. C. Zehrung, Iowa, '74	W. S. Latta, Pennsylvania, '73
Palmer Way, Pennsylvania, '68	J. C. McBride, Ohio, '74
G. M. Lambertson, Indiana, '74	D. B. Howard, Indiana, '74
J. D. Macfarland, Pennsylvania, '71	W. M. Leonard, Illinois, '74
M. F. McWilliams, Ohio '69	M. B. Cheney, New York, '69
R. Wallingford, Ohio, '58	O. C. Bell, Indiana, '72
Jerome Shamp, Ohio, '66	J. J. Deck, Wisconsin, '68
J. D. Monell, New York, '68	W. C. Griffith, Pennsylvania, '69
D. E. Bomgardner, PA, '70	T. M. Marquett, Ohio, '74
W. C. Rohde, Germany, '74	F. M. Hall, Illinois, '76
L. Barr, Europe, '74	A. J. Guthridge, Ohio, '68
O. N. Humphrey, Ohio, '69	Lewis Gregory, Connecticut, '75
John Sheedy, Ireland, '70	W. A. Cadman, Illinois, '59
T. J. Noonan, Missouri, '70	E. Hallett, Massachusetts, '71
J. J. Lichty, Pennsylvania, '73	H. J. Byam, New York, '70
S. P. Ritchy, Kentucky, '71	J. R. Webster, New York, '69
G. H. Simmons, England, '74	D. G. Courtney, New York, '74
C. D. Jewett, New York, ' 71	S. M. Melick, New Jersey, '70
H. W. Keel, Germany, '66	J. H. McMurtry, Indiana, '71
P. H. Sudduth, Ohio, '66	C. E. Loomis, New York, '71
Amasa Cobb, Illinois, '69	W. E. Stewart, Indiana, '60
G. S. Foxworthy, Indiana, '74	T. H. McGahey, Pennsylvania, '72
S. B. Pound, New York, '61	J. J. Imhoff, Pennsylvania, ' 72
P. E. Beardsley, New York, ' 71	Eugene Woerner, Germany, ' 71
Nellie M. Beardsley, Iowa, '71	H. A. Ensign, Iowa, '70
J. P. Beardsley, Nebraska, '74	A. D. Baker, Ohio, '74
W. A. Doggett, Massachusetts.'75	M. E. Chevront, Virginia,'72
W. Lee, Illinois, '71	E. P. Childe, New York, '75
L. Stewart, Pennsylvania, '68	J. P. Lyons, New York, ' 74
G. B. Skinner, Connecticut, ' 70	Wm. Brokelmeyer, Germany, '74
L. C. Pace, Virginia, '75	J. T. Beach, Ohio, '68
H. C. Meadows, West Virginia, '70	B. Ringer, Ohio, '68
W. W. Webster,Ohio, '69	A. Bolar, Ohio, '68
L. H. Robbins, Illinois, '69	Carl Funke, Germany, '68
T. W. Lowrey, Illinois, '71	C. Wisner, Holland, '68
F. W. Krone, Germany, '69	Charles Philpott, Nebraska, '75
H. A. Poston, Virginia, '75	H. D. Pierson, Indiana, '68
J. A. Wallingford, Ohio, '54	Ed. Franklin, Ohio, '72
David May, France, '69	John Franklin, Ohio, '72
C. F. Damrow, Indiana, '68	Flora Frost Snell, Iowa, '68
Geo. Leavitt, England, '70	Mrs. C. Paine, England, '73
L. J. Bumstead, Connecticut, '71	S. C. F. McKesson, Illinois, '67
D. N. Syford, Pennsylvania, '74	S. W. McKesson, Pennsylvania, '67
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E. Eisler, Germany, '73	Mrs. J. C. Johnston, New York, '75
Almon Tower, Minnesota, '68	John F. Wittstruck, Illinois, '70
-------- Waltemade, Germany, 71	H. H. Leavitt, Missouri, '74
John Gieser, Germany, '69	Oren Snyder, Wisconsin, '62
Mrs. E. C. Martin, England, '71	Major Moore, North Carolina, '74
S. W. Knight, Ohio, '74	John G. Stine, New Jersey, '68
H. C. Foster, Pennsylvania, '69	George Seifert, Germany, '72
John Burke, Ireland, '70	Pat McGerr, Ireland, '69
D. W. Huff, Michigan, '70	R. J. Campbell, Ohio, '72
Wm. Hogan, Illinois, '70	Sam Arbuckle, Illinois, '75
Theo. Benninghoff, PA, '69	Celestine Theibeaut, France, '71
T. J. Crawford, Ohio, '66	G. H. Butler, England, '71
W. T. Shuckman, Pennsylvania, '70	R. H. Oakey, New York, '70
Wm. Wilson, Massachusetts, '71	Andrew Bayless, Tennessee, '72
B. H. Hollister, New York, '73	W. P. Phillips, Ohio, '71
A. Ward, Maryland, '69	N. S. Harwood, Michigan, '71
James Brown, Kentucky, '72	P. J. Grant, Ireland, '69
George Bosselman, Germany, '72	Charles W. Woodward, Iowa, '74
Mary G. Cochran. Ohio, '67	J. F. Egger, Switzerland, '71
R. P. Beecher, New York, '69	Wm. B. Harlow, New York, '72
Wm. Wilson, England, '78	Mrs. Jennie May, New York, '67
G. H. Exley, England, '71	H. T. Davis, Ohio, '67
J. Burkendorf; Missouri, '72	G. H. Augdin, West Virginia, '75
Zack Hammel, Ohio, '71	J. P. Munson, Kentucky, '66
L. Leavitt, Ohio, '71	John Naderhoff, Illinois, '70
Howard W. Caldwell, Ohio. '74	James Giles, England, '69
Allen Barber, Rhode Island, '73	E. S. Hudson, England, '69
D. A. Gilbert, New York, '72	Solomon Kirk, Tennessee, '57
Mrs. H. A. Tuttle, MA, '71	W. E. Bates, Michigan, '74
Mrs. A. C. Clark, Illinois, '71	John Lemke, Wisconsin, '59
George C. Spencer, England, '71	S. Westerfield, Missouri, '72
E. E. Gillespie, Nebraska, '69	G. W. Pleasant, North Carolina, '74
Charles F. Joers, Germany, '74	John Gesler, Iowa, '68
Manuil Davey, Illinois, '64	Joel N. Converse, Ohio, '70
A. Hitchcock, Canada, '70	S. J. Dobson, '71
Mrs. Duke Beal, New York, '75	M. W. Griswold, New York, '69
Anthony Gregg, New York, '71	Herman M. Reeves, New York, '70
C. W . Pierce, New York, '71	Dr. W. Queen '60
C. S. Cadwallader, Ohio, '66	W. J. Knowlton, '69
W. J. Weller, Ohio, '69	Henry Waterman, '70
W. L. Hermance, Nebraska, '74	Wm. Robertson, '71
C. C. Waldo, New York, '75	Myron Tower, '68
Isaac Oppenheimer, Germany, '70	W. W. Carder, '67
Rev. D. Kinney, Ohio, '71	Thomas Hornby, '74
Henry Veith, Germany, '69	W. Smith, '70
Mrs. H. V eith, Germany, '72	A. L. Pound,'66
Katie Veith, Lincoln, '74	G. C. Hickox, '72
Henry Veith jr., Lincoln, '72	J. J. Hunt, '69
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P. H. Cooper '65	Michael Noonan, '69
John Hermance, '72	H. H. Wilson, '73
L. W. Billingsley, '69	J. P. Hebard, Connecticut, '69
N. Carpenter, '69	E. W. Rykert, '67
F. H. Bohanan,'68	Levi Snell, '69
D. A. Cline, '70	John W. Prey, '56
T. R. Burling, '68	E. G. Clements, '69
John W. Crist, '71	Alexander Buchanan
Isaac Johnson, '71	C. H. Gere
W. W. English, '71	George Gardner
M. D. Tiffany, '70	L. J. Byer
Wm. M. McLaughlin, '68	W. W. Holmes
John Morrison, '69	Louis Helmer
J. L. McConnell, '58	D. J. Hunt
C. Rellar, '69	J. A. Leonard
John Dee, '56	J. F. Erecson
Thomas Maloy, '67	Ira J. Hunt

As an interesting addendum to the foregoing roster of the old settlers, Mr. T. H. Hyde, editor and founder of the Lincoln Daily News, on June 20, 1889, printed a list of the business and professional men of the city who were engaged here prior to 1875, and still so continue.

This list will be exceedingly small in ten years from this time, but the work of the old settlers will live on in the generations to come, when not a man now on the roster shall live to answer at roll call.

For more information about any of the sites please contact Pam Rietsch at: pam@livgenmi.com

Levi Snell	T. M. Ganter
M. G. Bohanan	J. M. Young
F. H. Bohanan	John McManigal
Stewart McConiga	D. Banghart
T. P. Kennard	C. H. Gere
Louis Helmer	J. O. Young
S. B. Galey	R. R. Tingley
J. W. Prey	H. G. Jessup
E. T. Hudson	W. W. Carder
Sam McClay	L. H. Robbins
J. L. Porter	O. N. Humphrey
Wm. Mills	Austin Humphrey
A. G. Hastings