Omaha City (part 12 of 26)

Mr. Riepen is well known in fraternal connections. Since 1897 he has been active in the Modern Woodmen of America, first in a clerical capacity, while in 1899 he became secretary. Since then he has had charge of all important matters of the lodge. He is also connected with various other fraternal organizations in Omaha. In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and he is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He also has membershi]) with the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Douglas County Association of Nebraska Pioneers. He belongs to the German Music Verein, the Plattdeutscher Verein, the Carter Lake Club, of which he is secretary, and the Kountze Memorial church. In politics he is a republican, very active and prominent in local party ranks. He served as secretary of the county central committee in 1908 and during three other campaigns and he has exerted widely felt influence in behalf of the party. By reason of his business interests and his political and fraternal activities he is widely known and his circle of friends is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance.

John Malcolm Dow

Omaha, as a splendid shipping point for the east and the west, has drawn to it many important commercial and industrial concerns which have become factors in the steady growth and progress of the city. Industries of almost every conceivable character can be found in its midst and among the now developing and prosperous concerns is that conducted under the name of the National Roofing Company, of which John Malcolm Dow is the president. He is numbered among the sons of Great Britain who have sought the chance for business progress in the new world and has here found the opportunities which he desired. He was born near Perth, Scotland, in 1865, a son of Andrew Dow, who spent his entire life in the land of hills and heather and there passed away in 1892.

After pursuing his education in the schools of Scotland, John M. Dow began learning the roofing business and in 1886, when a young man of twenty-one years, came to America. He spent two years in Chicago and then removed, to Omaha, where he at once entered the roofing business in connection with his brother Peter, who died in 1893. ^^r more than a cjuarter of a century John M. Dow^ has remained active in that field. He took over a business which under another name began its career in 1878 and which at the present time is one of the largest concerns of the kind in the middle west. In 1900 the National Roofing Company was organized with John M. Dow as the vice president but in March, 1901, he became the president. Following the death of his brother, up to which time their interests had been conducted under the firm style of Dow Brothers, he formed a partnership under the name of Dow & Thomsen and in 1900 they consolidated their interests with those of the Lewis Roofing Company in the establishment of the National Roofing Company. At that same time all interest of the Lewis Roofing Company was purchased by J. M. Dow, A. H. Read and H. Thomsen and since that time the business has continued vinder the management of these gentlemen, with Mr. Dow as president. Starting out as a pioneer industrial concern of Omaha, it has remained continuously at the front among the important commercial undertakings and it has placed roofs on many of Omaha's buildings, big and little. It has had the contracts for roofing the City National Bank, the Douglas county courthouse, the United States National Bank, the World-Herald building, the ]\I. E. Smith twin buildings, the Union Pacific shops and numerous other big structures. It has ever been the object of the company to furnish maximum quality in material and finest workmanship and the execution of the contracts has been entrusted to most careful foremen. In fact their service is of such a kind as brings to them increasing business month by month and about six years ago they extended the scope of their activities to include paving, which has also become an important feature of the firm's business. Employment is furnished to from fifty to one hundred and seventy-five men, according to the season, and thus it makes large contribution to the city's prosperity through its pay roll. As president of the company John M. Dow has carefully directed its interests since 1900 and has made it one of the foremost industrial enterprises of Omaha.

In 1895, in Omaha, Mr. Dow was united in marriage to Lavinia (Elmslie) Dow, the widow of his brother Peter, by whom she had two sons, Norman E. and Andrew G. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Dow have three children, Florence Jessie, Jeannie Isabel and Margaret.

Mr. Dow is a republican, giving stalwart support to the party, but the only office that he has ever filled was that of trustee for the town of Dundee for six years. He belongs to the Presbyterian church, the Happy Hollow Club and the Rotary Club and is a Master Mason. Those who have met him in business and social relations bear testimony to his sterling traits of character, his thorough reliability in business and his progressive spirit in citizenship.

James A. Campbell

James A. Campbell, a member of the Pollard-Campbell Dredging Company of Omaha in which connection he is conducting an extensive business, was born in Douglas county, Illinois, December 7, 1862, ^ son of Allen and Mary (Withers) Campbell. His paternal grandfather, William' CafTipbell, settled near Chesterville, Illinois, in 1830 and became the largest landowner of the county, owning several thousand acres. Allen Campbell was born in Illinois and after arriving at years of maturity wedded Mary Withers, a native of Kentucky, who went to Illinois with her parents when a maiden of fifteen years. Following this marriage they resided upon a farm in Douglas county until after the father's death, which occurred in 1876, when he was forty-two years of age. His widow survived him until January 16, 1917, when she passed away in Champaign county, Illinois, at the age of seventy-seven years. In their family were five children.

James A. Campbell, the second in order of birth, attended the public schools of Douglas county and spent his youthful days in the usual manner of the farm bred boy. Every swimming hole along the Okaw river was familiar to him, and at a recent visit there he identified the old elm under which the boys used to dress. He went to Chesterville to bid upon a contract for widening and deepening the river and said if he got the contract, the old elm would be spared, even if the steam dredges had to make a circuit around it. Before entering upon his present line of work, however, he engaged in farming on his father's land, remaining at home until he reached the age of twenty-four years, when he took up the work of dredging, spending seventeen years in the employ of Pollard, Goff & Company. He then entered into partnership with J. S. and C. R. Pollard in the dredging business, forming the present Pollard-Campbell Dredging Company. In this connection he came to Omaha in 1908 and has since carried on his dredging business, taking contracts all over the central states. He has done drainage dredging on a large scale and the company employs upwards of thirty-five men in various fields. They have two steam dredges at the present time in Arkansas, where they are completing a contract of four million cubic yards. Other extensive contracts have been accorded them _ in various districts and their business has now reached extensive and gratifying proportions.

united in marriage to Miss Minnie Xorviel, her parents being Eli and Susan Norviel, of that place. They have a son, Jack, who was born in Omaha on the 25th of August, 1914. Air. Campbell is a Mason and in his political views is a democrat, but while he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, he has never sought nor desired office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs of growing volume and importance. His ability has been the test of his success and his powers have developed through the exercise of effort until he is recognized as one of the leaders in his line in the middle Mississippi valley.

Leslie H. Kranz

Leslie H. Kranz, lawyer, practicing at the Omaha bar, received the thorough training accorded by the law department of the University of Michigan. He was born in Ida county, Iowa, May 20, 1891, the son of H. G. and Margaret (McKay) Kranz. In 1905 his father, H. G. Kranz, removed with his family, including Leslie H. Kranz, to Omaha, Nebraska, where he has since continued in the lumber and building material business, in which he had been engaged since early manhood. He is now one of the active and substantial business men of Omaha, being president of the Alissouri River Lumber Company and the Bowman-Kranz Lumber Company and regarded as one of the foremost lumbermen of the state of Nebraska.

In his youth Leslie H. Kranz was educated in the schools of Sioux City, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska, until the completion of his preliminary education, after which he studied at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Nebraska. When he decided to make the practice of law his life work he matriculated in the law department of the University of Michigan. There he completed the full course, received his law degree and was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Michigan. He immediately returned to Omaha, was admitted to local practice by the supreme court of Nebraska and the United States courts, and has ever since devoted strict attention to the active practice of his profession. A young man, he has already made a good start and his personal qualities are such as argue for his continued success in the future. He is a member of the Barristers Club, Omaha Bar Association, Nebraska State Bar Association and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He has exercised his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party ever since attaining his majority. Although he is a director in two of Omaha's most enterprising lumber companies, he concentrates his efforts and attention most largely on the many duties incident to his profession of the law, conformably to the requirements of his growing general practice.

Leon J. Millard

Leon J. Millard, president of the Independent Lumber Company of Omaha, is a native of Iowa, his birth having occurred in West Union on the 7th of October, 1881. His father, Milford N. Millard, a native of New York, went to Iowa as a young man and after farming for a time took up railroad work, becoming a conductor.

Leon J. Millard, the elder of two children, acquired a public school education and afterward attended the Upper Iowa University at Fayette. When his school days were over he became connected with the lumber trade at Freeport, Illinois, and later was identified with the lumber trade in Dubuque, Iowa, occupying a salaried position in connection with wholesale and retail establishments.

Subsequently he acquainted himself with the mill end of the business at Drummond, Wisconsin, and in 1899 he removed to Nebraska, entering the employ of the Nebraska Bridge Supply & Lumber Company as buyer and traveling salesman. His connection with that firm continued until 1907, when he organized the Lidependent Lumber Company, of which he became the president and treasurer. The yards and oftkes of the company are at Fortieth and Leavenworth streets, on the South Omaha belt of the Missouri Pacific. Here they have a city block and they carry an extensive line of 'lumber and building materials. The business has had a steady growth through the ten years of its existence and today the company is doing a business of one hundred thousand dollars annually, selling to the local trade. The interests have been developed along progressive lines and the success which has come to Mr. Millard represents the fit utilization of his innate powers and talents. His main lumber shed is three hundred feet long and twenty feet in height and the plant is equipped with an electric derrick of a capacity of three tons, which is used in unloading the lumber from the cars. The lumber is bought in all localities, north, south and west, and there is nothing known to the trade which they do not handle.

In January, 1901, Mr. Millard was united in marriage to Miss Adah Mae Kuns, of Marseilles, Illinois, a daughter of Dr. D. J. Kuns, formerly of Morrison, Illinois. Mr. Millard holds membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is also a member of the Athletic Club and the Omaha Field Club. He is a fine type of the enterprising and progressive young business man. He has made it his purpose to thoroughly acquaint himself with every phase of the lumber trade, so that he knows absolutely the value of the materials which he handles, and the integrity of his business methods as well as his enterprise and determination have gained for him not only success but the full confidence and warm regard of those with whom he has been brought in contact.

Gustav Adolph Meyer

Gustav Adolph Meyer, chemical engineer, engaged also in the building of sugar factories and allied industries, has through his business connections become widely known in various parts of the country where the manufacture of sugar is being developed on an extensive scale. His activities are proving an asset in Omaha's commercial progress, constituting one of those radiating forces which are reaching out to all sections, making this city a center of trade. Mr. Meyer is a native son of Omaha. He was born Alarch 2, 1885. to Henry and Marie Louise (\^on Brandt) Meyer, both of whom were nati\es of Germany but came to America in childhood days, he settling in Omaha in 1867 and she in 1883. They were married in 1884. The father opened one of the first wholesale grocery houses of the city and conducted the business on an extensive scale up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1904. He passed away in Omaha at the age of fifty-eight years. He was interested in many things and cooperated in many projects and movements that were directly resultant in the benefit and upbuilding of the city. He served as a member of the Trans-Mississippi congress and his voice carried weight in other connections afi'ecting Omaha's welfare. His widow still survives and is living in Omaha at the age of fiftyseven years. In their family were four children : G. A. ; Charles A., who is superintendent of the Los Angeles (Cal.) Soap Company; Mrs. Helen Balle, of Denison, Iowa ; and Margaret, now Mrs. Robt. S. Flockhart, of Omaha.

G. A. Meyer, the eldest of the family, attended the schools of Omaha and pursued a course in chemical engineering in the State University at Lincoln. He then went abroad and entered the University of Berlin as a student in the "sugar college." He was graduated therefrom in 1909, after thoroughly mastering all the scientific phases of the business, subsequent to which time he spent four years in various parts of Germany as superintendent of sugar factories. After' thorough training which he received under the strict methods employed in the German factories he returned to Omaha and estahhshed an office with the purpose of building sugar factories and drying plants. He has installed plants in Jamaica, the West Indies, Nebraska, California, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Canada, and many other districts throughout the length and breadth of the western hemisphere. His business is now in a very healthy and growing condition and he is considered one of the authorities on chemical engineering and esi>ecially anything relating to the sugar making industry.

In Chicago, on the 25th of' May, 1916, Mr. Meyer was married to Mrs. Lucy (Gore) Cotton, of Omaha, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Gore, of St. Joseph, Missouri. By her former marriage she had two children, Benjamin Wilbur and Lucy Virginia, twins, born in Omaha.

Mr. Meyers belongs to the Phi Kappa Psi, a college fraternity, also to the Omaha, University and Country Clubs. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, seeking through the exercise of his right of franchise to discharge the duties and obligations which devolve upon him in matters of citizenship. He is one of the best known young men of this city, representing an honored pioneer family, and he has personally attained prominence and honor that are most creditable.

George W. Cooper

One of the highly respected and prominent attorneys of Omaha is George W. Cooper, a man deserving of great credit for what he has accomplished. His life is an illustration of the fact that it is under the pressure of adversity and the stimulus of opposition that the strongest and best in man is brought out and developed. At an age when most boys are in school he was fighting the battle of life, earning his own living by working as a farm hand. He possessed a vast amount of courage, however, combined with the determination to make something of himself, and every spare hour he devoted to reading and study, recognizing that education is the basis of all substantial advancement. His friends speak of him as "one of the brightest minds of the legal profession in Omaha." \\'hen a few years ago, owing to overwork, he had a breakdown, when for a time it seemed as though he could not survive, he had the satisfaction of knowing that already he had accumulated a substantial property through various investments which would enable him to leave his family in very comfortable circumstances.

The life record of George W'. Cooper, with its struggles and its ultimate victories, is indeed an interesting one. He was born in Switzerland county, Indiana, December 25, 1850, a son of Elias and Ellen (Dyer) Cooper, the former a native of Mrginia. At an early period each became a resident of Indiana and ihey were married in that state. Mr. Cooper took up the occupation of farming in Switzerland county and devoted his remaining days to the further development of his fields, passing away in 1902. at the age of seventy-six years. His wife also died in Switzerland county, when seventy-two years of age.

George W. Cooper was the eldest in a family of six children. His educational opportunities were quite limited owing to the fact that in his youth his parents were in somewhat straitened financial circumstances, so that it was necessary for him to work for his father and for others as a farm hand. He was thus employed until he reached his twenty-first year, when he went to Jacksonville, Illinois, and after visiting a number of the lawyers of that place in search of employment he finally secured a position in the office of Judge Dummer, under whose direction he read law. He next went to Kirksville, Alissouri, where he was admitted to the bar and began practice, remaining in that city for twelve years, during which period he was elected city attorney and by reelection was continued in the office for two terms. He formed a partnership with Prentiss & Leslie, distinguished members of the legal profession in Missouri, practicing at Bethany, Harrison county. The firm won a large and profitable practice and the partnership w^as continued for eight years. While the firm had offices at Bethany, Alissouri, Mr. Leslie went to Kingman county, Kansas, and became district judge there. At length Mr. Cooper withdrew from the firm at Bethany and entered into partnership with John \V. Lydecker in Kingman, Kansas, the new arrangement lasting for four years or unt'il March, 1893, when Mr. Cooper came to Omaha, where he opened offices. His career as a lawyer of this city has been notably successful. Almost at once he came into prominence as one of the ablest members of the Omaha bar, capable of conducting litigation of a most important and complex character. He still has a large practice, although for a time he contemplated retirement owing to impaired health. For a long period he was in partnership with L J. Dunn but is now alone in practice.

In 1888 George A\'. Cooper was united in marriage to Miss Clara B. Cooper, of Rising Sun, Indiana, who died in Omaha in 1908. She was a daughter of Mr! and Mrs. Xelson Cooper, well known and prosperous farming people of Rising Sun.

In politics Mr. Cooper is a stalwart democrat and was at one time candidate of his party for the office of supreme court commissioner but was defeated. He belongs to the Omaha and the Douglas County Bar Associations and has the high regard of his professional brethren, who recognize in him one of the ablest attorneys of the city. He has ever been faithful to his clients, fair to his adversaries and candid to the court. In many cases with which he has been connected he has exhibited the possession of every faculty of' which a lawyer may be proud - skill in presentation of his own evidence, extraordinary ability in cross-examination, persuasiveness before the. jury; strong grasp of every feature of the case, unusual familiarity with human .nature and untiring industry.

Dr. Charles Campbell Morison. an Omaha physician specializing in surgery, was born in Sherbrooke, Canada, February 28, 1875, a son of William and Katherine (Campbell) Morison, both of whom were natives of Scotland, born, reared and married in Aberdeen. They crossed the Atlantic to Canada in 1866 and were early settlers of that section in which they lived. The father was a cabinetmaker by trade. In 1881 he came to Omaha and for many years was in the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad Company but is now living retired. His wife passed away in this city in 1896, at the age of fifty-nine years.

Dr. Morison was the sixth in their family of seven children and the public and high schools of Omaha provided him his preliminary educational training, while later he entered the University of Nebraska, from which he was graduated in 1898 with the Bachelor of Science degree. In 1903 he completed a medical course and for several years thereafter was assistant to Dr. A. F. Jonas. He next entered practice on his own account and devotes his attention to professional duties. He is serving now on the stafif of the Methodist Hospital and in addition has a large general private practice, devoting his attention to surgery, in which branch he has attained marked proficiency. He is also medical director of the Omaha Life Insurance Company.

allegiance is given to the republican party. 'J'he elemental strength of his character is indicated in the fact that he worked his way through the university and since that time he has been actuated by a spirit of progress and determination that has made him one of the capable and successful physicians and surgeons of Omaha. He belongs to the Douglas County Medical Society, the Nebraska State Medical Association, the American Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons and thus he keeps in close touch with the trend of modern professional thought and with the researches and discoveries of the profession. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to St. Johns Lodge, No. 25, A. F. '& A. M., of Omaha, and he is likewise a member of the Clan Gordon and the University and Commercial Clubs.

Joseph G. Pflug

Joseph G. Pflug, president of the Wagner Brothers Company of Omaha, was born in Douglas county, Nebraska, December 4, 1863, his parents being Jacob and Margaret (Baiers) Pflug. The father was born in Alsace, France, while the mother was a native of Bavaria. On coming to America in 1856 they settled in Wisconsin, where they were married, and immediately afterward they removed to Douglas county, Nebraska, which was then a pioneer district. The father took up government land and engaged in farming, and subsequently he removed with his family to Sarpy county, Nebraska, where he still continues in agricultural life, being yet active although now more than eighty years of age. During the period of the Civil war he was a member of the Home Guard and participated in several conflicts with the Indians in this state. His wife passed away in Sarpy county in 1896, when fifty-two years of age. In their family were seven sons and two daughters, all of whom are yet living : Jacob, Jr.; Joseph G. ; Amelia, who is now Mrs. William C. Wagner, of Omaha; Charles; Alma, who married Bert Spearman, of Omaha; Arthur; Albert; George; and Oscar.

In his youthful days Joseph G. Pflug was a pupil in the public schools of Sarpy county and afterward attended the Rathbun Business College in Omaha. He then turned his attention to merchandising and was thus engaged in Omaha and Sarpy county for ten years. At length he sold out his interests and bought a fine farm in Sarpy county, where for seventeen years he followed agricultural pursuits, but in 1910 he disposed of his land and bought an interest in the Wagner Borthers Company of Omaha. In this connection he has been steadily advanced from one position to another until at the last election of officers he was chosen president of the company. This concern, which is one of the important business institutions of Omaha, was established in 1885 by Charles and William Wagner, who rented a little place in which they sold the smaller farm implements to the retail trade. Soon their business outgrew the building and they secured larger charters. Seeing the possibilities in this line, they soon started on a larger scale and confined their attention to the retail and transfer trade. The company now handles all kinds of farm implements and needed farm supplies, from a nail up to the largest tractors and automobiles. Their plant covers a quarter of a block at No. 12 15 Leavenworth street and they are considered among the largest individual dealers in farm implements in the state. Mr. Pflug's previous practical experience as a farmer well acquainted him with the needs, wishes and demands of the agriculturist and this knowledge has proven of immense value in the conduct of his present business. He possesses as well marked executive ability, keen sagacity and unfailing enterprise and his dominant qualities are contributing much to the success of the company of which he is now the active head.

Lena C. Mauss, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Mauss, who were pioneers of that county. The father has passed away but Mrs. Mauss is now residing at Murray, Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Pflug have become parents of three daughters and a son: Alabel, who was born in Sarpy county in 1888, married Calvin Leaders, a farmer residing in Mendon, Iowa, and they have four children, Vernon, Lloyd, Gladys and Eileen. Byron who was born in 1890 is a resident of Omaha and secretary of the Wagner Brothers Company. He married Margaret Doyle and they have two children, Katherine and Gregory. Grace, who was born in 1891, is a graduate of the University of Nebraska. Hazel.' born in 1903, is attending school.

Mr. Pflug is an earnest advocate of republican principles and while a resident of Sarpy county was elected county commissioner in 191 1 for a three years' term. He belongs to the Kountze Memorial Lutheran church and in Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and became a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is never neglectful of the outside interests, duties and obligations of life, while at the same time he concentrates his attention largely upon his business affairs and through his close application and indefatigable energy he has attained the creditable place which he now occupies.

Harvey W. Morrow

Harvey W. Morrow, a member of the Omaha bar, was born January 9, 1862, in New Lisbon, Ohio. His father, the late Henry Morrow, was a native of Pennsylvania and a representative of one of the old families of that state of Scotch lineage. Three brothers of the name came to America, one settling in New England, one in Pennsylvania and one in the south. Harvey W. Morrow is a direct descendant of Hugh Morrow, who was an agriculturist and came to America prior to the Revolutionary war. Henry Morrow became a successful manufacturer and farmer. When a boy he crossed the Alleghany mountains at a time when such a trip was considered quite an undertaking. He became a resident of Columbiana county, Ohio, and for many years was identified with commercial and agricultural life in that state. .At the time of the Civil war, however, he put aside all business and personal consideration joining the army as a private of Company K, Fifty-fourth Ohio Lifantry, with which he served for eighteen months, his regiment being on duty with the Eastern Army. He died in 1900 at the age of seventy-three years and was survived for about five years by his widow who passed away at the age of seventy-six. She bore the maiden name of Rebecca Clunk and was born in Ohio. She represented an old Maryland family of German descent. Mr. and Mrs. Morrow became the parents of twelve children, of whom Harvey W. was the seventh.

After attending the public schools of Lisbon, Ohio, Harvey W. Morrow entered the State University at Columbus and there completed his education. His early life to the age of fifteen years was spent upon the home farm. He took up the profession of teaching in his native county when seventeen years of age and with the money thus earned met the expenses of his college training. He taught school for five winters after which he read and studied law in the office of Robert W. Tayler, who afterward became federal judge at Cleveland and who was prominent afterward in the Cleveland street car tangle but at that time was a leading lawyer of Lisbon, Ohio. In 1888 Mr. Morrow passed the bar examination and was admitted to practice, following his profession for two years. He then accepted a position in Washington, D. C, in 1890, doing legal work in the pension office of the United States government. He continued in the government service for twenty-one years and in July, 1897, removed to Omaha in the official capacity of special examiner for the bureau of pensions. He acted in that capacity until February i, 191 1, when he resigned and began l)ri\ate practice, in which he has since been actively and successfully engaged. His desire in boyhood and manhood was to enter upon a life work that would enable him to live out-of-doors but his parents insisted that he become a lawyer, which he did contrary to his own wishes. He was always pronounced in his ideas and of an investigating turn of mind, always wishing to know the whys and the wherefores of everything to which he turned his attention. This habit, wisely developed, has made him a student, a reader and a thinker and he delves to the bottom of every subject in which he becomes interested. This constitutes one of the strong elements of his professional success, for he thoroughly analyzes every case, reasoning back from effect to cause and gaining intimate knowledge of every point that has bearing upon his litigation. He is now conducting a successful general practice and he is a member of the Omaha and Nebraska State Bar Associations.

In 1888. at Lisbon, Ohio, Mr. JMorrow was united in marriage to Miss Bessie Britton, a native of Ohio and a representative of an old family of that state of Irish descent. Mrs. Morrow passed away at Colorado Springs, Colorado, in July, 1905, at the age of thirty-nine years, leaving one child. Mabel L., a kindersjarten teacher in Omaha.

In politics Mr. Morrow is a progessive republican. He is secretary of the ( )hio Society of Omaha, an organization in which he has taken an active interest ; is president of the Economic League and is interested in all those questions which are to the statesman and the man of affairs of deepest import, studying closely the economic, political and sociological problems of the country. His interest in community affairs is indicated in his membership in the Commercial Club. He has always retained his love for outdoor life and never misses an opportunity to avail himself of the enjoyments to be had in the open. He is also a lover of outdoor sports, his chief recreation is golf and he is regarded as one of the best players of the Happy Hollow Club.

Edward Parsons Smith

Edward Parsons Smith, practicing at the Omaha bar since 1890, has long been accorded a position of prominence in a profession where advancement and depend entirely upon individual merit and ability. He was born on a farm near Mount Pleasant, in Henry county, Iowa, in i860 and is a son of Edward and Celia ( Schockley ) Smith. The father was born in New York in 1820 and with his father, Syhester Smith, and five brothers went to Henry county. Iowa, in 1838. There he established his home and later was married. He followed farming throughout his entire active life and passed away in 1882 at the age of sixty-two years, having long survived his wife, whose death occurred in 1865.

At the usual age Edward P. Smith became a pupil in the district schools of his native county and later attended Howe's Academy at Mount Pleasant. Subsequently he entered the law department of the State University of Iowa, from which he w-as graduated with the class of 1885. He was immediately afterward admitted to the bar and in July of that year he opened an offfce in Seward, Nebraska, where he followed his profession until November, 1890, when he came to Omaha, where he has since remained. Almost from the beginning of his residence here he has enjoyed a good clientage and his devotion to the interests of his clients is proverbial, yet he never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. From January. 1901, until January, 1910, he practiced as a member of the firm of Smyth & Smith and later was a partner in the firm of Smyth, Smith & Schall, but since January, 1916, has practiced independently, specializing in the field of interstate commerce law. His practice lias covered a wide territory. He was attorney for the millers of Nebraska when the federal authorities made an effort to prevent the bleaching of flour and, in the trial of the case won a victory for his clients in the United States court of appeals and also in the supreme court of the United States. He is attorney for the Omaha Grain Exchange and his practice is now largely before the interstate commerce commission and relates to matters incident to transportation. He is likewise a director of the Grain Exchange and is the vice president and one of the directors of the Omaha Cooperage Company. His words are ever clear-cut and the trend of his mind is analytical and logical.

On the 29th of November, 1883, in Greenfield, Iowa, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Wertman and they now have three children, Ida B., Lisle W. and Edward Esher. The family attend the Congregational church and upon all questions of significance in the public life of the community Mr. Smith takes a decided stand, his influence being ever on the side of progress and improvement. He is a member of the Ak-Sar-Ben and of the Commercial Club, organizations which have been established largely for Omaha's benefit and upbuilding, and he belongs also to the Omaha Field Club and the University Club, while the democratic party receives his stalwart allegiance at the polls. These are but side interests, however, to the main issue of his life, which is the practice of law, and the ability which he has displayed at the bar is manifest in the court records, which bear evidence to the fact that he has been retained in many of the most important civil cases heard in the Nebraska courts.

Henry Monsky, one of the representative young members of the Douglas county bar, was born in Omaha, February 15, 1890. His parents, Abraham and Bessie Monsky, are natives of Russia but in childhood crossed the Atlantic, the mother coming to Omaha in 1876 and the fd'therin-i88i. They were married in this city, where Mr. Monsky engaged in the wholesale and retail fish business for a considerable period, capably and wisely directing his interests until he is now able to live retired and is enjoying w^ell earned rest at the age of fiftyeight years. His wife has reached the age of sixty-five years. They are the parents of four children: Philip, who is connected with the film business in Omaha ; Mayer, in the same line ; Bessie ; and Henry.

The last named, the eldest of the family, attended the public and high schools, being graduated therefrom in 1907. His law course was pursued in Creighton University and he completed his course by graduation in 1912 as an honor man of his class, receiving the degree of LL. B., cum laude. He at once began practice in Omaha and is a member of the Omaha, Douglas County and Nebraska State Bar Associations. He now has a large practice for one whose identification with the profession covers less than five years and his increasing ability is manifest in his growing clientage.

On the 2d of May, 191 5, Mr. Monsky was married to Miss Sadie Lesser, of Omaha, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Lesser, who were pioneers of this city and are now residents of San Francisco, where the father is engaged in the provision business. Mr. and Mrs. Monsky have one child, Joy, born in Omaha in February, 1916.

Mr. Monsky is a Scottish Rite Mason and also has membership with the Woodmen of the World, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, in all of which he is active. He likewise belongs to the Commercial Club and to the Omaha Athletic Club. He is very active in Jewish charities and is secretary of the Associated Jewish Charities. He is also a member of the executive committee of the local council of the Boy Scouts of America. His political allegiance is given to the republican party. His interests are wide and varied and touch those questions which are of vital importance to the com- inunity and to the commonwealth. He is one of the best known among the }ounger attorneys of his city, practicing in the state and federal courts, and his large clientage connects him with much important litigation, which he ably handles, always presenting his cause in the light of strong reasoning, while his application of legal principles shows his thorough mastery of the law.

G. Samuel Rogers

The name of Rogers has figured in connection with real estate operations in Omaha for more than sixty years and G. Samuel Rogers has carried on business along that line for an extended period. He was born August 13, 1866, in the city in which he still resides, a son of Samuel Evan Rogers, mentioned at length on another page of this work. When he had mastered the branches of learning taught in the public schools he entered the Merchants National Bank, where he was employed for six or eight years, rising to the position of second receiving teller. He spent the succeeding five years in Florida and upon his return to Omaha embarked in the real estate business, in which field he is now active, controlling extensive interests of that character as president of the Rogers Real Estate Company, which has negotiated and conducted many important property transfers. He is likewise a director of the Merchants National Bank.

In October, 1888, in Hillsdale, Michigan, Mr. Rogers was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Proctor, a daughter of Samuel D. Proctor, who is deceased. They have one son, Samuel Evan, who was born October 21, 1890, and is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston.

Mr. Rogers has membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He also belongs to the Commercial Club and he gives his political support to the republican party, but he has never been active in political circles aside from the exercise of his right of franchise, preferring always to concentrate his interests and attention upon his business affairs. His eft'orts along that line have been beneficial as well to the city, for it is a recognized fact that the enterprising real estate dealer has much to do with the substantial development and progress of the community in which he operates.

Franklin W. Corliss

Such a life record as that of Franklin W. Corliss cannot but excite the admiration of all who read it, and it should, in every case, prove an incentive for further effort, showing what may be accomplished through determined and honorable purpose. He has passed the seventy-fifth milestone on life's journey, but though now in the evening of his days he is still active and possesses the physical and mental vigor of a man of fifty years. Old age need not suggest, as a matter of course, helplessness or want of occupation. There is an old age that grows stronger and better mentally and morally as the years go by, and gives out of its rich stores of wisdom and experience for the benefit of others. Such is the record of Mr. Corliss.

A native son of New England, he was born at Richford, Vermont, March 6, 1842, a son of James and Catherine (Whitney) Corliss, who were also natives of the Green Mountain state, where they spent their entire lives. The father was engaged in the cattle business and in farming, and as there were no railroads he drove his cattle to the Boston market. He died in i860, while his widow survived until 1870. In their family were three sons and two daughters, all of whom have passed away save Franklin W. Corliss and Mrs. Joseph Bliss, of Omaha.

G. Samuel Eogers

Mr. Corliss was the fourth in order of birth. After attending the schools of his native town he assisted his father in the cattle business until he left home and went to Cleveland, Ohio. He was afterward in Upper Canada for four years and in 187 1 he arrived in Waterloo, Nebraska, where he engaged in the cattle business and farming, there remaining for eighteen years. During that period he served for nine years as county commissioner and was a prominent and intiuential citizen there, as well as a prosperous and enterprising man. While county commissioner he was the prime mover in the effort to establish a system of drainage to reclaim the swamp lands in the county, and during his tenure of office the lirst ditches for that purpose were constructed by the county.

On coming to Omaha Mr. Corliss entered the creamery business which followed the conduct of a similar enterprise of Waterloo. He also had creameries in Des Moines and in twenty-six other localities. He established the first creamery in the state and had the first cream separator in Nebraska. For many years he engaged in dairy farming on an extensive scale, but in 1910 he disposed of all his invested interests in dairy lines and developed a celery farm instead, his business in that connection having grown to large proportions. He owns extensive and valuable farm lands near Waterloo which are under a high state of cultivation and four of these farms are now rented to tenants. The fifth, as previously stated, is devoted to celery and has been developed into the finest celery farm of the state. The ground is as well if not better adapted for celery raising than the famous farms of Michigan. He has built on the place two fine hot houses and the celery produced therein has been pronounced by experts as fine as any grown in the entire country. This land is now valued at five hundred dollars per acre. He has started several of his nepliews in tiie creamery business, and they are now rapidly becoming well Jviiown m this' connection.

On the 26th of September, 1871, Mr. Corliss -was- married to Miss Eliza Ann Hopper, of Wabash, Canada, a daughter of Andrew and Mary Jane Hopper, who removed from County Tyrone, Ireland, to Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Corliss occupy a fine residence at No. 2912 South Twenty-fourth street in Omaha and accord a gracious and warm-hearted hospitality there to their maay friends. They are members of the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Corliss is a Mason. He became a charter member of the Masonic lodge at W'aterloo and is its oldest representative. For some time he has been gradually turning over his business interests to others so that he may enjoy the rest that he has truly earned and richly deserves. He is one of the best known among the older pioneers of Nebraska, and his activities have contributed in large measure to the upbuilding of the state along many lines.

Dr. Bernard A. McDermott, a surgeon of Omaha, in which city he has practiced for a decade after thorough preliminary college training and hospital experience in Chicago, was born in Maryville, Missouri, in 1881. His grandfather, John McDermott, spent his entire life in County Donegal, Ireland, and it was there that the father, John W. McDermott, was born in 1828. In 1848, when a young man of twenty years, he bade adieu to friends and native country and sailed for America, establishing his home at Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, where he remained for fifteen or twenty years. During that period he married Marjorie Harkins and about 1876 removed to Missouri, settling in Maryville. He became a resident of Council Bluffs, Iowa. During the last twenty-five years of his life he was engaged in stock raising and ranching. His political allegiance was always loyally given to the democratic party. He passed away in Council Bluffs in 1908 and was survived by his widow, who died in December, 1916, in Aurora. Illinois.

Dr. McDermott pursued his education in the schools of Maryville, Missouri, to the age of twelve years and later attended the Christian Brothers College, from which he was graduated in 1898. He also spent two years as a student in Notre Dame University at South Bend, Indiana, and having determined upon the practice of medicine as a hfe work, he matriculated in the medical department of the Northwestern University, completing his course in 1903. Following his graduation he secured an interneship in Mercy Hospital in Chicago, where he remained for two years - a most valuable training and experience. He was afterward assistant to a prominent Chicago surgeon and in 1906 came to Omaha, where he has since continued in the practice of general surgery, in which he displays marked skill. A cool nerve and a steady hand supplement comprehensive knowledge of scientific principles and his efforts have been attended with most excellent results.

On the 3rd of February, 1909, in Omaha, Dr. McDermott was married to Miss Sophia Helen Shirley, a native of Canada, and they now have two children ; Bernard A., born December 12, 1909, in Omaha; and Alice Shirley. The religious faith of the parents is that of the Catholic church and Dr. McDermott is identified with the Knights of Columbus. In politics Dr. McDermott is a democrat and fraternally is an Elk. He belongs to both the Omaha Club and the Omaha Field Club, while along professional lines he has extended membership relations, being a member of the Omaha-Douglas County Medical Society, the Nebraska State Medical Association, the ^Missouri Valley Medical Association and the American Medical Association.

Edwin F. Brailey

Edwin F. Brailey, who is engaged in the undertaking business in Omaha, was born in Bristol, England, April 23, 1869, and the following year his parents brought their family to the new world, making their way to Iowa, where they remained for two years. In 1872 they removed to Boone county, Nebraska, where the father homesteaded and thereafter devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in 1878. His widow continued to conduct the farm with the aid of her young sons until her demise in 1888, after which Edwin F. Brailey and his brother remained upon the farm for three years, keeping bachelors' hall during that period.

In 1893 Edwin F. Brailey came to Omaha and for two years was a student in a commercial college. He also learned the undertaking business with N. P. Swanson, in whose employ he remained until 1901, when, desirous of engaging in business on his own account, he opened undertaking parlors in connection with his present partner, W. H. Dorrance, under the firm name of Brailey & Dorrance. They established their business at Cuming and Twentieth streets and in 1907 they erected their present establishment, a two story brick building, at the corner of Nineteenth and Cuming streets. They are thoroughly equipped to handle their large and steadily growing trade. The offices, waiting room, chapel and embalming rooms occupy the first floor, while the display room occupies most of the second story. There they have a line of caskets in great variety and the finest undertaking materials of all kinds. As they keep open night as well as day sleeping chambers are also on the second floor. Adjoining, in the rear, is a garage, also a brickstructure, and in this are to be found black and gray hearses and ambulances. This firm was the first west of Chicago to secure an automobile hearse and they also put in service the first automobile ambulance used in the west. Their business has been built up through courteous treatment and honorable dealing and today is an extensive and profitable one.

On the 1st of January, 1900, Mr. Brailey was married t3 Miss Eleanor Wright, who was born in Omaha in 1876 and is a daughter of Silas Wright, a respected pioneer of Omaha. Fraternally Mr. Brailey is connected with the Odd Fellows, the Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and in the fall of 1 90 1 he was elected coroner, to which office he was reelected in 1903 and again in 1905, serving for six years. In 1907 he was chosen sheriff and was reelected in 1909. He was a most creditable official and during the street car strike handled the situation with marked skill. His friends, and they are many, entertain for him warm regard, for he has admirable social quahties, is ever courteous, obliging and genial.

A. P. Wood

A. P. Wood, a railroad contracting engineer conducting business as a partner in the firm of Wood, Bancroft & Doty, entered upon his chosen life work after thorough preliminary preparation, being a graduate of the University of Michigan. He came to Omaha more than a half century ago and has since been identified with railroad building in the west. He is still an active factor in his profession although he has passed the eightieth milestone on life's journey. Such a career of usefulness is deserving of more than passing notice and should serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement to others. Mr. Wood was born in Flushing, Belmont county, Ohio, January 24, 1837, a son of Louis and Susanna (Van Pelt) Wood. The father was also a native of Belmont county and in Highland county, Ohio, was married. His wife died in Flushing in 1844 and in 1864 Mr. V/ood removed to Indiana. He engaged in farming and in teaching school during his residence in Ohio. His death occurred in Indiana when he had reached his eighty-fourth year. There were but two children in the family, the younger son being Jesse McKay, who became a soldier of the Civil war, joining the Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Resaca.

A. P. Wood attended the country schools of Ohio in his youthful days and worked upon his father's farm until he left home to enter the University of Michigan as a student in the civil engineering department. He was graduated therefrom in 1866 and on the of July of the same year reached Omaha, then a city upon the outposts of civilization. He entered the construction department of the Union Pacific Railway Company on the second day after his arrival here and continued with the company until the railroad was completed. At the time of his initial connection therewith tracks had been laid only to Lone Tree, now Central City. He later became connected with the Omaha & Northwestern Railroad Company, serving as assistant chief engineer under J. E. House, who was chief of construction and location. He was identified with that company until August, 1872, when he went to San Diego, California, as superintendent of construction with the Texas & Pacific Railway on the Pacific end of the road, continuing on the western coast until after the failure of the road in 1873. He then went to San Francisco and took a contract to lay the track for the North Pacific Coast Road to the Redwood country. When that project was completed he returned to Omaha and contracted with the Union Pacific for the building of branch lines. In 1879 he was appointed chief engineer on the Union Pacific Lines up to Norfolk and also did work on other branch lines from Grand Island to St. Paul and the line from Lincoln, branching out from the Republic Valley Road. In more recent years he has been contracting engineer on various railroads all over the country and the extent, character and importance of his work have been such that he is today one of the well known railroad builders in the country. He is thoroughly familiar with every phase of the work in its practical and scientific branches. He has kept in touch with the trend of modern progress in railroad construction and his broad knowledge and experience have enabled him to correctly solve many of the intricate and involved problems of the profession. In addition to his efforts along that line he became interested in stock raising on an extensive scale, formerly owning a fine ranch in Stanton county, Nebraska, where they bred fine Hereford cattle. In this undertaking he was a partner of George F. Bancroft. Mr. Wood and his son, W.

On the 28th of February, 1872, at Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, Mr. Wood was married to Miss Effie Righter and they have two children, W. Righter and Mary Lewis. The latter, born in 1886, is a graduate of a school for young ladies at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The son. born in San Francisco in 1876, is a graduate of the Agricultural College of Nebraska and is now a partner with his father in the ow^iership of the Arwood Dairy Farm, of which he acts as manager. He married Miss Laura Dale, a daughter of John F. Dale, of Omaha. They have one child, Martha Eleanor.

Mr. Wood has exercised his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party almost from the organization of the party, which came into existence only a short time before he attained his majority. His life has ever been guided by high and honorable principles in conformity with his professions as a member of the first Presbyterian church. He has passed the eightieth milestone on life's journey but "while the snows of winter are on his head, the flowers of spring are in his heart." He is today young in spirit and interests and is a notably well preserved man, alert to the progress of the world in all present day conditions. He is widely known among Omaha's citizens, having been closely associated with municipal development and progress here for a half century, and there are few who are more familiar with the upbuilding of the west and the trend which modern civilization has taken in this great and growing section of the country.

William John Monaghan

William John Monaghan, manager at Omaha for the Bemis Bro. Bag Company of St. Louis, has been continuously identified with this business for more than a quarter of a century and from a humble position has worked his way steadilv upward to his present place of executive control and responsibility. Omaha claims him as a native son for he was here born on the 27th of February, 1874, and is a son of Patrick and Mary (Lyons) Monaghan. The father was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1843 ^^^^ i" early manhood crossed the Atlantic to Montreal, Canada, where he was married. In 1868 he brought his wife to Omaha and their remaining days were spent in this city. For a quarter of a century the father was in the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad Company as foreman of the supply department. He died in October, 1906, having for a year survived his wife, who passed away in October of the previous year.

After attending the parochial schools of Omaha for a number of years William J. Monaghan continued his education for a brief time in Creighton University. However, he had previously made his start in the business world, having secured a position in a job printing office in Omaha when but thirteen years of age. There he remained for six months and in 1889, when a youth of fifteen, he entered the employ of the Bemis Bro. Bag Company at Omaha in a very minor capacity. He afterward mastered the work in its various departments, faithfully performing every task assigned to him, and as the years have passed he has won steady promotion, becoming manager of the Omaha branch of the business in March, 1910. Sheer ability, undaunted pluck and determination and unfaltering industry have constituted the process by which he has advanced to his present place of responsibility and trust. That he has made for himself a most creditable position in business circles is indicated in the fact that he is now a director of the Nebraska Manufacturers' Association and was formerly vice president of the Omaha Manufacturers' Association.

William J. Monaghan

The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church and Mr. Monaghan has membership with the Knights of Columbus. Along recreational lines he has connection with the Elmwood Park Golf Club and the Athletic Club of Omaha. He likewise belongs to the Commercial Club and to the Ak-Sar-Ben and has a wide and favorable acquaintance throughout the county in which his entire life has been passed. He has so directed his efforts that advancement has followed as a logical sequence and his position is now one demanding administrative direction and executive control.

Dr. Gertrude Cuscaden, a practicing physician of Omaha connected with the medical profession of the city since March, 1884, comes to Nebraska from Chillicothe, Ohio, her native city. Her parents were Henry and Mary (Jones) Jones, the former of English and Welsh descent, while the latter came of Holland and Welsh ancestry. The father was born on a farm where three generations of the family lived.

Reared in Ohio, Dr. Cuscaden attended the district schools and afterward entered the Wesleyan University at Delaware, from which she was graduated in 1870. She determined to make the practice of medicine her life work and in March, 1874, was graduated from the medical department of the State University of Michigan, and in June of that year graduated from a pharmaceutical course. For a year thereafter she served as interne in the New England Hospital for women and children, gaining the broad and valuable practical experience that is never obtained as quickly in any other way as in hospital work. She then practiced at Chillicothe until her removal to Omaha.-

Gertrude Jones became the wife of John A;" 'Ctiscaden, a native of New York and a Civil war soldier, who while living in' Indiana served as school superintendent. In Omaha he was employed in the postoffice for twenty-four and one-half years and on the i8th of November, 1914, death called him. In the family were four children, as follows : Robert, a violinist residing in Boston ; Frederick, the cashier of the Merchants National Bank of Omaha; Alexander, the Sunday editor of Hearst's Examiner at Los Angeles, California; and Thomas Scott, a student in Gallaudet College, at Washington, District of Columbia.

Dr. Cuscaden holds to the Society of Friends or Quakers, the church of her father's family, in her religious views. She continues in the general practice of medicine, with office in the Bee building, and is accorded a liberal patronage. She has always kept in touch with the advance of the profession through broad reading and study, and anything which tends to bring to man the key to the complex mystery which we call life is of deep interest to her.

Edward G. Gangestad

One of the men who has assisted very materially in the growth and upbuilding of Omaha and who has started many of the most prosperous business men of the city on the road to success by placing them in suitable lines of endeavor, is Edward G. Gangestad. who, with offices in the Bee building, is conducting a real estate and investment business. He has handled many lines and the nature of his methods is indicated by the entire satisfaction felt by his clients with their investments. He displays notable sagacity and insight into business conditions and situations and his "business chances" have been made worth while to his patrons.

Mr. Gangestad was born in Humboldt county, Iowa. September i8, 1874, a son of E. A. and Anna Bertha Gan^a'stad, both of whom came to this country from Norway in 1868 and settled in Humboldt county, where the father engaged in farming, there remaining throughout his life. He passed away in 1894, at the age of tifty-hve years. His widow is still living at the age of eighty-three.

Edward G. Gangestad was the ninth in their family of ten children. In early life he attended the public schools of his native county and afterward pursued a course in a business college in Minneapolis. He then entered into active connection with the lumber trade at Starbuck, Minnesota, and in 1904 came to Omaha, where for six years he was connected with the Edwards & Bradford Lumber Company as manager. In the year of his arrival he also began dealing in real estate, and with the growth of his business he has given up his connection with the lumber interests and has added a business department to the real estate, handling all kinds of business opportunities and also dealing in all kinds of property.

In October, 1898, in Humboldt county, Iowa, Mr. Gangestad was married to ;Miss Lena Willikson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Willikson. Mrs. Gangestad passed away in October, 1909, leaving three children : Elmer L., bom in Starbuck, Minnesota, in 1900; Olaf W., in Humboldt county, Iowa, in 1901 ; and Marjorie in Omaha, in 1909. At'Council Bluffs on the 2d of January, 1915, ]\Ir. Gangestad was married to Miss Nina Wyant, a daughter of Newton Wyant, a resident of Chambers. Nebraska.

Mr. Gangestad votes with the republican party and his religious faith is that of the Lutheran church. His has been a very active life. He has ever been alert and ready for any chance that has come his way. He has never forced opportimity to knock twice at his door and he has displayed notable insight into business situations, thus winning the success which is creditably and honorably his.

Fred C. Haver

Fred C. Haver, secretary of the Bankers Realty Investment Company, is of German birth, although he has spent almost his entire life in the United States. He was born in 1872, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Karl William Haver. In 1880 the father came alone to the United States and after preparing a home for his family w'as joined by wife and children in 1881. They first settled in Monticello. Iowa, but in 1883 removed to Omaha. For many years the father devoted his life to farming and passed away in 1910.

Fred C. Haver pursued his early education in the country schools of Jones county or the town schools of Monticello, Iowa, and afterward continued his education in the public schools of Omaha but was a youth of only fourteen years when he put aside his textbooks in order to earn his living, entering the employ of the Burlington Railroad as messenger boy at the headquarters in Omaha. He remained with that corporation for eighteen years, winning advancement from time to time until he became assistant chief clerk, which position he resigned on leaving the Burlington service in 1904. He was thereafter engaged in business on his own account for two years and later he engaged in mercantile bookkeeping for two firms, devoting his attention to that work for about six years. In 1912 he was made secretary of the Bankers Realty Investment Company, of which he is also a director, and in this connection he occupies a leading position among the business men of the city.

On the 25th of October, 1898, at Papillion, Sarpy county, Nebraska, Mr. Haver was united in marriage to Miss Martha H. Weiss, her father being Herman Weiss, who is deceased. They have eight children, namely: Richard F., Elmer W., Howard H.. ]\Iabel D., Clarence P., Alice M., Byron A. and Florence M. The religious faith of the family is that of the Lutheran church and in his political views Mr. Haver is a republican but he has always been too busy with other interests to seek ofifice although he is never neglectful in the duties of citizenship and is ever ready and willing to give his aid and cooperation for the advancement of interests and movements of public moment.

Dr. Louis Bernard Bushman, oculist and aurist, has already attained distinction in the field of his specialty that many an older practitioner might well envy. He has studied in various centers of learning, ever embracing to the utmost his opportunities for the attainment of knowledge in his chosen field. Omaha proudly claims him as a native son. He was born in this city March 29, 1877, a son of William M. Bushman, who was born in New York in 1842, came to this city in 1871 and after remaining in active connection with the dry goods business for a time he established warehouse interests with which he is now connected.

After mastering the branches of learning taught in the public schools of his native city Dr. Bushman entered Creighton University and pursued an academic course, being graduated in 1897 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, while later his alma mater conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree. He thus gained broad literary learning to serve as the foundation upon which to build the superstructure of professional knowledge. Having decided upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he continued his studies in the medical department of Creighton University and graduated in 1903. He w-as appointed interne in the Douglas County Hospital and while thus engaged dealt with an immense variety of cases, gaining that broad and valuable experience which only hospital practice can bring. He has become widely known professionally in various parts of the world. In the spring of 1904 he went to Ecuador, in South America, as physician and surgeon for a mining company with extensive interests in that country. For a year he remained in the south and then returned to. Omaha, to enter upon practice in this city. In 1907 he went abroad for post graduate work in London and Vienna, where he largely specialized in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Following his return he became. a m,ember of the firm of Bryant, Burrell & Bushman, specialists of Omaha, and the, partnership has been maintained to the present time, although several changes have occurred iii the personnel of the firm, which is now Bryant, Arnold & Bushman. He again visited Europe in 191 1, spending some time in study in the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital and the London Central Hospital of London and in the General Hospital of the University of A'ienna. Since his return from his second European trip he has been busily engaged in the practice of his profession, limiting his activities to the treatment of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He is now oculist and aurist to St. Joseph's Hospital and St. Catherine's Hospital.

On the 20th of October, 191 5, in Omaha, Dr. Bushman was united in marriage to Miss Evangeline Homan, daughter of William R. Homan, of Omaha. In religious faith Dr. and Mrs. Bushman are members of the Catholic church. Fraternally Dr. Bushman is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Phi Rho Sigma, a college fraternity, and the Knights of Columbus, serving in 1911 as grand knight of the Omaha council in the latter organization. He belongs to the Omaha Country Club and the University Club and he also has membership with the Ak-Sar-Ben. His political endorsement is given to the republican party, but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him, as he has always preferred to concentrate his efiforts and attention upon his professional duties. In addition to a large private practice he is now serving as one of the faculty of the Creighton Medical College, lecturing on diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. His broad professional interests and his high standing are indicated in his extensive professional connections. He belongs to the Omaha-Douglas County Medical Society, the Missouri Valley Medical Society, the Elkhorn \'alley Alcdical Society, the Nebraska State Medical Association and the American Medical Association, and he is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and of the Northwestern Ophthalmo-Oto-Rhinological Society. He is constantly striving by study, research and investigation to broaden his knowledge and promote his eiliciency and his opinions on his specialty have long since largely become accepted as standard by representatives of the profession.

Henry A. Thompson

Henry A. Thompson, well known in the business cnxles of Omaha and a partner in Thompson, JJelden & Company, proprietors of one of the large department stores, has throughout the entire period of his business career been identified with mercantile interests and one of the elements of his success is undoubtedly the fact that he has continued always in a given' field, never dissipating his energies but concentrating upon a single line. His life history had its beginning in Keene, New Hampshire, on the 20th of July, 1848. His father, Joshua Chandler Thompson, was born in Swansea, New Hampshire, in 1821 and was a son of Jesse Thompson, also a native of that state, in which he spent his entire life. He was a carpenter by trade and the same pursuit was followed by Joshua C. Thompson. The latter was married in the old Granite state to Caroline Thompson, who, though of the same name, was not a relative. They left New Hampshire in 1856, going to Girard, Erie county, Pennsylvania, where Mr. Thompson passed away in 1900, having for about ten years survived his wife.

In the public schools of Girard, Pennsylvania, Henry A. Thompson mastered the elementary branches of learning and some of the higher courses. Through the summer months he was employed and thus from a very early age has depended upon his own resources. When a lad of thirteen he entered a general store in Girard and did everything that a boy could do from five o'clock in the morning until late at night. That he was industrious and faithful is indicated in the fact that he remained in that store for eight years. For the first year he received fifty dollars, his board and clothing. After eight years he was given a third interest in the business and continued in connection therewith for nine years longer or until 1878. He then went upon the road for a wholesale dry goods house of Cleveland, Ohio, and spent two years in that connection, during which time his present partner, Charles C. Belden, was also one of the traveling salesmen of that house. Leaving the road together, they were made junior partners in the branch store of E. M. McGillin & Company at Youngstown, Ohio, and there remained until the business was sold. In that year Mr. Thompson and Mr. Belden went to Fremont, Ohio, where they opened a dry goods and carpet store, which they conducted until 1886, when they disposed of their interests there and came to Omaha. Here they began business on a small scale and have since developed a large department store now conducted under the name of Thompson, Belden & Company. Thirty-five years is a long period for two men to remain in active association in business, but the relation between Messrs. Thompson and Belden has always been most harmonious and gratifying. Their acc^uaintance has long since ripened into the strongest friendship and there is no subject which comes up for settlement upon which they find they cannot agree. From the beginning they have been most successful and from time to time have found it necessary to seek larger quarters to accommodate their increasing trade. Their methods have at all times been thoroughly reliable and they have ever recognized the fact that satisfied patrons are the best advertisement.

On the 20th of January, 1875, in Erie, Pennsylvania, Mr. Thompson was united in marriage to Miss Emma O. Fletcher, by whom he had three children, as follows : Frank Fletcher, who was born in Girard, Pennsylvania, November 2,

In poHtics Mr. Thompson is a democrat. He has membership in the Commercial Club, the Happy Hollow Club, the University Club and in the Universalist church - associations which indicate the nature and variety of his interests and activities and establish him as a man of high and honorable purpose, of social disposition and of genuine worth. Looking upon Mr. Thompson as one of the leading and prosperous merchants of Omaha, it is interesting to review his history and note his start. When the war broke out in 1861, many soldiers passed through the town in which he lived and the idea occurred to him - boy that he was - that he might sell them apples while the train was standing at the station. Accordingly he borrowed ten cents of his father, walked some distance out in the country and purchased a peck of apples of ''Grandma Pettibone" for six cents. He carried the fruit back to town, met the next train load of soldiers and sold his apples for a cent a piece, thus realizing seventy-five cents on the transaction. In the course of time he cleared up one hundred and fifty dollars on this his first mercantile venture. Many times since then his profits have not been so large proportionately, but along the legitimate lines of trade he has developed his interests and today his is a most honorable and honored position in the business circles of Omaha.

Sam F. Boord

Sam F. Boord, under the name of the Omaha Bicycle Company, is conducting the largest exclusive bicycle and motorcycle store west of Chicago, and in this connection is controlling a most important commercial concern of Omaha. He was born in Fountain county, Indiana, July 24, 1878, a son of Newton and Sarah Ellen (Dice) Boord, who were also natives of that state. Early generations of the Boord family, however, settled in Virginia, whence a removal was made to Indiana. There Newton Boord took up the occupation of farming and in 1880 he removed to Vermilion county, Illinois, where he engaged in tilling the soil until 1896. He then retired from active farm life and rem.oved to Covington, Indiana, where he passed away in August, 1899, at the age of sixty years. He had a most creditable military record as a soldier of the Civil war, and six of his brothers also enlisted. He became a private of the One Hundred and Fifty-First Indiana Regiment, which was commanded by Captain Dice, his father-in-law. Mrs. Boord is still living at Covington at the age of sixty-five years. In their family were eight children: Mrs. Augusta Livingood, residing at Covington; Harry J., who makes his home in Danville, Illinois; Clarence, assistant states attorney general of Illinois with office at Springfield; Clyde E., residing in Danville, Illinois ; Mrs. Pearl Myers, of Covington, Indiana ; Blossom, also in Covington; and Clifi:"ord M., who is in business with his brother in Omaha.

Sam F. Boord was the sixth member of the family. After attending the high school in Covington, Indiana, he pursued post graduate work in the Indiana Normal College, and then started out in life by becoming a rural mail carrier at Covington. After a year he went to Chicago and for a year and a half was shoe salesman with Marshall Field & Company. He then went upon the road as traveling salesman for the Phelps, Dodge & Palmer Shoe Company, of Chicago, to which work he devoted a year. Tie afterward taught school for a year and m October, 1903, he came to Omaha where he entered the employ of Stultz Brothers of the Omaha Bicycle Company. After remaining in that connection for three years he bought out the business, although he had a capital of but one hundred and twenty-five dollars. From a small start he has built up a business of extensive proportions, handling all makes of bicycles, also the Indian motorcycle, the Smith Motor Wheel, and all makes of accessories and supplies. His trade has steadily grown until he now has the largest exclusive store of the kind west of Chicago. Efficiency has ever been the watchword of the store. A local writer said: "Mr. Sam F. Boord, proprietor of the Omaha Bicycle Company, has made his shop and salesrooms at 323 North Sixteenth street, popular because he himself is more than a merchant. Being an enthusiast who understands his business thoroughly, who can talk bicycle and motorcycle from every standpoint, he is able to advise the owner as to maintenance and care of a machine, how to get the best results, longest service, and greatest comfort and service." He also handles used machines, lets none go out of his establishment until it is put in first class condition, and to every machine he gives his personal inspection. His business methods are of a most progressive and liberal character and, added to his personality, ha\e made him most popular with the purchasing public.

On December 29, 1906, at Veedersburg, Indiana, he married Miss Kathryn Kerr, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Kerr, the former a furniture and hardware dealer of that state. Mr. and Mrs. Boord have a daughter, Frances Maxine, who was born in Omaha, October i, 1909. In politics he maintains an independent course. He belongs to the Omaha Motorcycle Club and is widely known among enthusiasts of the wheel. He manifests a keen and healthful interest in all kinds of clean sports and the bowling teams and baseball team supported by the company have won most of the pennants in their respective organizations. His religious faith is that of the Christian church and to its teachings he is ever loyal, guiding his life by its principles.

Archbishop Harty is the fourth bishop of the Catholic see of Omaha. A man in the early sixties, above medium height, well set up, of markedly alifable manner, yet with the quiet and easy dignity befitting his place and his responsibilities, he has made himself felt, even in the short time he has been in the city, as one of the greatest personal forces in Omaha.

He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, November i, 1853, and spent the greater part of his life in that city. His early education he received from the Christian Brothers, at St. John's School, and later attended the Academy and College of Arts of St. Louis University, in the old location at Ninth and Washington. He studied philosophy for two years and theology for four years at St. Vincent's Seminary, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

On April 28, 1878, in his twenty-fifth year, he was ordained priest by Bishop Ryan, at that time coadjutor of St. Louis, and later archbishop of Philadelphia. The ceremony took place in St. John's church, where he had been baptized, and where his parents had been married. For five years after his ordination he was in rather delicate health, though always able to attend to his duties as one of the assistant pastors at St. Bridget's church. He spent ten years at St. Bridget's, having particular charge of the schools and of the young men of the parish. Looking back over a long and active life that has carried him widely across the world's stage. Archbishop Harty has been heard to say that no part cf it gives him more pleasure in the retrospect than those ten years of work with his young men. He had gathered over two hundred and fifty of them into a Sodality, which by its manly fidelity to the teaching and practice of the church was an inspiration to all the parish.

In the autumn of 1888 he was commissioned by Archbishop Kenrick to found a new parish, St. Leo's, just north of St. Bridget's. His work there was very successful, and when, after fifteen years of service as its pastor, he was called away to Manila, he left behind him an exceptionally well-organized, active parish.

The great opportunity for the exercise of Archbishop Harty's rare administrative gifts was to be given him in Manila. On June 6, 1903, when he was in the ripe maturity of his years, and after twenty-five years of experience as priest and pastor in intimate guiding touch with people, he was notified by cablegram from Rome of his appointment to the see of Manila. Pope Leo XIII invited him to Rome for his episcopal consecration. When he reached Rome the great Leo was dead. The new Archbishop arrived only to be present at the coronation of Leo's successor, Pius X. Archbishop Harty was consecrated bishop August 15th, in the famous Franciscan Basilica of St. Antony.

He returned to his native city of St. Louis on his way to the far east, and there was greeted with an ovation which is still a memorable event and a striking testimony to the regard and affection with which he was cherished. An immense torchlight procession, in which thousands participated, met him at the railway station and escorted him to his old parish house at St. Leo's. He remained in St. Louis a short time to settle his affairs and bid farewell to his many friends, then set out for his new see by way of San Francisco. He landed in Manila on January 7, 1904, to be welcomed most eagerly and with an immense demonstration.

His task in Manila was singularly difficult. The islands, with a Catholic population of some eight millions, had lately come under American domination. As a result, affairs civil, political, and religious were in a rather chaotic condition. Under Spanish rule the Catholic religion was officially sanctioned, and its churches and ministers at least partially supported by government grants. The task before the new archbishop was to reorganize, on a new basis, the religious and educational institutions of the islands, to conciHate good will and submission toward the new civil government, to remedy the internal disorders consequent upon a protracted condition of war, to adjust a hundred clashing interests of race, language, customs, jealousies, suspicions, what-not. How well he accomplished the task is a matter of history, and of very grateful concern on the part of the new government in the islands ; but to chronicle it would carry us beyond the limits of the present purpose. We can say but a few words about it.

He won the affection and complete confidence of the Fihpinos, although he came amongst that jealous people an alien in race and speech. :His tact and excellent judgment smoothed away many a difficulty for officials high and low. His ready affability, kindly concern, and large liberality^ the sympathy and cooperation of his people and made the great w^ofkbefot'e him the common work of all.

A mere resume of his activity in the field of charity, of education, of social reconstruction, is quite astonishing. One wonders how any man could have done so much in thirteen years. He found but one hospital in Manila for his people, and that one much in need of more modern methods. Within a year, he had brought Sisters of Charity from France and established the new Hospital of Saint Paul. Before another year had passed he managed to extend the care of the Sisters to another new hospital, for tuberculosis patients, known as St. Joseph's Hospital ; and under his suggestion and aid the old hospital of St. John of God was wonderfully improved and modernized.

In 1906, he established the College of Saint Scholastica, for girls, under the charge of Benedictine Nuns from Bavaria. A year later he opened an orphanage, directed by some Belgian Sisters, who later conducted an academy for girls, St. Teresa's Hall, and the Free School of the Cathedral, where some three hundred children receive gratuitous instruction. In the same year he aided the Christian Brothers to establish their De La Salle College in Manila. Another work of Archbishop Harty's is a dormitory for students. St. Rita's Hall. His zeal and charity included the needs of all. He founded industrial schools, reformatories for bovs and girls, creches, an asylum for the insane and a refuge for women, the last in the care of French Sisters of the Good Shepherd. In addition he established a great number of grade schools for the children of the city.

He furthered the formation of an abundant clergy for his people by assistmg poor students in the various colleges, and by building a new semmary. He rebuilt sixty-three churches, destroyed during the revolution, and mcreased the number of priests in his archdiocese by one hundred and fifty.

All this was in addition to a watchful care and toil in the interests of his farreaching charge throughout the islands, and the maintenance of his manifold relations with the civil government. It is a sum total of accomplishment which might well have filled scores of years and the devoted activities of a succession of administrators. And in the midst of it all, Archbishop Harty somehow found time to be the personal friend of his people, the confidant of their projects, of their joys and sorrows.

He had been sent to Manila for the special w^ork of adjustment of affairs called for by the new conditions in the islands. When that work was finished, his mission was done. He was recalled to the United States, to his present charge of the diocese of Omaha. He took formal possession of his new see December 21, 1916. No prelate was ever so cordially welcomed to Omaha as Archbishop Harty, with a loyalty on the part of his spiritual charges which goes out to the man as well as to his office, and with a warmth of welcome from the non-Catholics of the city which has provoked admiring comment. The city of Omaha has good reason to be proud in its possession of a great churchman, whose ability, force and sweetness of character, and singular unselfishness have made his name reverenced in the far east, and whose administrative accomplishments have entitled him to a place in the history of the most important island possessions of the United States.

Angus A. AIcLaughlin general attorney for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company in Nebraska, his headquarters being in Omaha since October I, 1912, w^as born near Webster City, Hamilton county, Iowa, May 13, 1868, while his parents, Angus and Katherine (Sells) McLaughlin, were natives of Ohio. The father came to Iowa in 1856, casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers of the state, and in i860 he went to Pike's Peak with an ox team. On leaving the gold fields, however, he returned to Iowa, where he devoted his remaining days to farming, his death occurring in 19 14, when he had reached the venerable age of seventy-seven years. His w^ife died in 1909 at the age of seventy years. She had gone to Iowa in her girlhood and they were married in that state in 1864, becoming the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters, all of whom are yet living, namely : Elisabeth, an osteopathic physician of Los Angeles, California; James J., living in Blue Earth, Minnesota; Angus A. ; Edwin M. S., an attorney of Newton, Iowa ; W. M., who is practicing law in Des Moines ; and Mrs. Maude McGillivray, whose husband is an attorney at Lowden, Iowa.

Reared upon his father's farm, Angus A. McLaughlin spent his youth as a pupil in the country schools of Hamilton county, which he attended to the age of seventeen years, and then matriculated in the state college at Ames, Iowa, where he devoted four years to study, being graduated with the class of 1889. He next entered the University of Michigan as a law student and completed his course at Ann Arbor by graduation with the class of 1892. He was admitted to practice at the Iowa bar on the 5th of October following and opened a law office in Des Moines, where he remained for twenty years. On the ist of March, 1903, he became assistant attorney for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company and continued in that capacity imtil October i, 1912, during all of which time he was engaged in general law practice. At the date mentioned he removed to Omaha to assume the duties of attorney for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway for the state of Neljraska and now devotes his entire time to railway service. He is thoroughly conversant wath all those principles of jurisprudence which bear upon railroads and is most capable of taking care of the legal interests of the corporation which he represents.

on the 23cl of December, 1895, her parents being Mr. and Mrs. John Bennetto, of that locahty. Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin have a daughter, Margaret, born in Des Moines, January 3, 1900, and now attending the Omaha high school.

Mr. McLaughlin belongs to the Omaha and Field Clubs, which shows his appreciation of the social amenities of life, and his interest in community affairs is indicated by his membership in the Commercial Club. Along strictly professional lines he has connection with the Omaha, Nebraska State and American Bar Associations. He holds to advanced professional standards, being careful at all times to confirm his practice to the highest professional ethics, and he enjoys the confidence and respect of colleagues and contemporaries.

Leo A. Hoffmann

Among those who are actively and successfully engaged in the undertaking business in Omaha is numbered Leo A. Hoffmann, whose establishment is located at Twenty-fourth and Dodge streets. He was born in Dubuque, Iowa, December 5, 1880, and is a son of M. M. and Mary (Voelker) Hoffmann, who were also natives of Dubucjue. Both the paternal and the maternal grandfathers came from Germany and cast their lots with the early settlers of Dubuque, where the father, M. M. Hoffmann, is still in business. He, too, is an undertaker and established his business in 1889. He was the first to introduce embalming in Iowa and still continues in that work, his son Alois being his partner. M. M. Hoffmann has long been recognized as a leader among the embalmers of the United States. He is inventive and has made *a. number of valuable improvements on caskets. He is enjoying a substantial measure of success and, moreover, he has always taken an active part in public aft'airs. For fourteen years he held the position of coroner and then refused to longer accept the nomination for the office.

Leo A. Hoffmann, the eldest in a family of nine children, spent his school days in Dubuque, attending the public schools and afterward the Dubuque College. He then received his business training under the direction of his father, with whom he was associated until 1905, when their business relations were terminated and Leo A. Hoffmann came to Omaha, where he opened an undertaking establishment on Sixteenth street. In 19 13 his present building was erected on T\ventyfourth street, near Dodge. This is a two-story brick structure of a most beautiful style of architecture with four large pillars in front. In fact it is one of the most thoroughly modern and artistic buildings devoted to the undertaking business in the country. On the first floor are found the public and private offices and reception parlors, the chapel, two rest rooms, a fireproof preparing room and a disinfecting room with an outside entrance. There are also six display rooms on the second floor with every modern convenience known to the business. He carries an elegant line of caskets and in connection with his sales has introduced an innovation, marking all goods in plain figures, his prices ranging from the highest to the lowest, so as to suit the purse or wants of the purchaser. Mr. Hoffmann has today one of the finest funeral homes in the west. He thoroughly understands his business and gives his personal attention to all cases. He is a man who understands human nature and by his tact and consideration relieves the minds of the mourners. The minutest detail has been carefully studied in relation to the handling of the dead and caring for the mourners. English, German, Polish, Bohemian and Swedish are spoken by employes of the establishment, so that he is able to care for all the different nationalities. All creeds and fraternal organizations are also represented among his employes and the funeral services and rites as desired are perfectly conducted. The business has greatly increased and is still growing, having already reached extensive and gratifying proportions. Mr. Hoffmann is a graduate of the Philadelphia School of Embalming and also of the Barnes Embalming College of Chicago. He is president of the state board of

In May, 1908, Mr. Hoffmann was united in marriage to Miss Veronica Dougherty, of Omaha, and their children are Mary Jeannette, Mary Bernadette, Mary \'eronica and Leo A.. Jr. Mr. Hoffmann is a man of marked public spirit and progress, ever ready to further any movement for the advancement of the city's welfare. Broad in his sympathies, he is deeply interested in the welfare of mankind and his activities in charitable and uplift work, as head of one of the best charitable organizations in the country, manifest his pronounced humanitarian character.

Rev. Francis Xavier McMenamy, president of Creighton College, which is one of the institutions that has gained for Omaha it reputation as a strong educational center, was born in St. Louis in 1872. His father, Bernard M. McMenamy, was a native of Ireland but was a resident of the United States from the age of nine years.