Omaha City (part 9 of 26)

The family removed to Nebraska in 1888 and George M. Tunison attended the public schools of Cozad, graduating therefrom in 1899. Later he entered the State University and was graduated therefrom in 1906 on completion of the classical course. He next took up the study of law at the State University and won his professional degree upon graduation in 1908. He located at Omaha on the I St of January, 1909, and became associated with the firm of Jefiferis & Howell, consisting of Albert W. Jefiferis and Francis S. Howell. When the latter was appointed United States district attorney for Nebraska in 1910 Mr. Tunison entered the firm under the style of Jeft'eris, Howell & Tunison. In 191 1 and 191 2 he was engaged in determining heirs of deceased Indian allottees in Nebraska and Wyoming as special attorney for the secretary of the interior. In such capacity he passed on the titles to over four hundred estates, comprising some of the most valuable agricultural lands in Nebraska. The present firm of Jefferis & Tunison was formed October i, 1912. They are attorneys for the Shoshone tribe of Indians of Wyoming, in the presentation of matters before congress and the interior department. Their general practice is important and extensive and Mr. Tunison has won an enviable position at a bar which numbers many distinguished attorneys.

On the 4th of August, 191 5, in Portland, Oregon, Mr. Tunison was married to Miss Otis Wakefield Hassler, a daughter of John N. Hassler, and a lineal descendant of a signer of the Declaration of Independence. They are members of the Dundee Presbyterian church and Mr. Tunison is also a Master Mason, a member of the Commercial Club, the University Club and the Barristers Club. He exercises his right of franchise in support of the principles and candidates of the republican party. In the campaign of 1908 he managed the speakers bureau for the republican state committee at Lincoln and since then has actively assisted in the work for party success. Office holding, however, has had no attraction for him as he has preferred to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his professional interests, and in that field he has won a creditable place.

Robert F. Kloke

Robert F. Kloke, president of The Kloke Investment Company, handling farm lands arid loans at Omaha, was born in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, in i860. His father, Frederick Kloke, was born in Westphalia, Germany, in 1810 and there married Elisabeth Fobbe. In 1848 they came to the United States, establishing their home in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, where they lived for two decades and then removed to Cuming county, Nebraska. After residing there for several years upon a farm they took up their abode in Westpoint, the county seat of that county, and there the father passed away in 1873, while the mother's death occurred in 1903.

Robert F. Kloke was a little lad of but eight years at the time of the removal of the family to this state, so that his education was largely acquired in the public schools of Westpoint, although later he attended a business college at Green Bay, Wisconsin. Returning to Westpoint, he there embarked in the real estate and farm loan business in 1881 and remained active along that line for twenty-four years. In 1887 he organized the Cuming County Bank at Westpoint, of wdiich he became the president. In 1889 the name of the institution was changed to the N^ebraska State Bank and its capital was increased. Following the reorganization Mr. Kloke continued as the president and remained in that position until he disposed of his interests there and removed to Omaha in 1905, seeking the broader field of labor ofifered by a larger city. He still continues in the investment business and is now president of the Kloke Investment Company, dealers in farm lands and loans. A liberal clientage has been accorded and the business is extensive, while the methods of the house ensure absolute fidelity to the interests of the clients.

In September, 1884, at \\'estpoint, Mr. Kloke wedded Miss Amelia Rosenthal, a daughter of Charles and Theresa Rosenthal, both natives of Austria but now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Kloke have a daughter, Mona M., the wife of Louis S. Clarke, of Omaha, and they have one child, Robert Louis, born July 10, 1911.

The family attend the Congregational church, and Mr. Kloke holds membership with the Elks, the Rotary Club, the Omaha Country Club and the Commercial Club. He is a stalwart advocate of republican principles and has been more or less active in political affairs. While at Westpoint he served for fifteen years as -a member of the school board and was its president during seven or eight years of that period. He was also mayor of Westpoint for one term and in 1893 became a member of the state legislature, representing Cuming and two other counties. He has also been a member of the republican state central committee and his opinions have carried weight in the councils of his party. He studies closely the vital questions and issues of the day and his opinions are discriminating, while his loyalty to the party is unfaltering.

John D. Weaver

John D. Weaver, secretary of the Knights of /Vk-Sar-Ben, at Omaha, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, July 5. 1851, a son of John and Sarah Ann (Miller) Weaver, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of the Buckeye state. They were married in Ohio and their last days were spent in Indiana.

With the removal of the family to Terre Haute, Indiana. John D. Weaver became a pupil in the public schools of that city and afterward continued his education at Indianapolis. His early manhood was devoted to newspaper work in Peoria and in Quincy, Illinois, until 1887, when he came to Omaha, where he secured a position with the Herald, now the W'orld-Herald. He was afterward connected with the Omaha Bee but resigned his position with that paper in 191 1 to enter upon his present relation with the Knights of the Ak-Sar-Ben, of which he has since been the secretary. This is an organization composed largely of ]^Iystic Shriners whose purpose is both social and civic. They are putting forth every effort to advance Nebraska's interests and upbuilding and each year they hold in Omaha a parade and fiesta similar to that of the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. As secretary of the organization Mr. Weaver largely manages its business aft'airs and his previous newspaper experience and his personal qualities render him well qualified for the work wdiich he has undertaken in this connection.

On the 13th of April, 1876, in Terre Haute, Indiana, Mr. Weaver was married to Miss Louise Sattler, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and they have two daughters: Cora Louise, the wife of Ralph E. Hayward, of Omaha; and Carrie May, who married Guy L. Smith.

Mr. Weaver is a republican in his political views. He belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and he is likewise associated with the Carter Lake Club and the Omaha Athletic Club. Genial in manner, he is always approachable and he has the tact which enables him to readily understand others and place them at their ease. He is particularly capable in his present position and is regarded as a most worthy Knight of the Ak-Sar-Ben.

Hon. Edward Everett Howell

Hon. Edward Everett Howell, a member of the Nebraska state senate and well known in business circles of Omaha as head of the firm of E. E. Howell & Son, coal and insurance, and vice president of the National Security Fire Insurance Company, was born in Ontario, Canada, in i860, a son of Samuel James and Anna (Everett) Howell, who were also natives of that country. The "father's birth occurred in Ontario in 1834 and in the year 1869 he left that country and with his family crossed the border into the United States, establishing his home upon a farm in Cass county, Nebraska, where he resided until 1874. He then came to Omaha and was actively engaged in the insurance business in this city up to the time of his death in 1892 as a member of the firm of S. J. Howell

The educational opportunities of Edward \L. Howell were somewhat limited as it seemed necessary that he provide for his own support when a youth of fourteen. He secured employment as driver of a milk wagon and spent three years in that way. He then entered his father's insurance office and has since been continuously connected with the insurance business, steadily working his way upward until he now occupies a most prominent position in insurance circles. He conducts a general insurance business and has been elected to the office of vice president of the National Security Fire Insurance Company of Omaha. In 1880 he broadened the field of his labors by taking up the business of retailing coal and in that connection has built up a trade of large and gratifying proportions. Since 1908 his interests have been conducted tmder the hrm style of E. E. Howell & Son.

On the 15th of December, 1887, at Weeping Water, Nebraska, Mr. Howell was united in marriage to Miss Anna L. Gilbert, a daughter of the late Elias Gilbert, a native of New York, who served with a New York regiment throughout the period of the Civil war. Mrs. Howell died July 12, 1896. Two children, Samuel James and Helen Frances were born to this marriage. On September 2, 1900, Mr. Howell was again married at Crete, Nebraska, to Pauline Burri, daughter of Jacob Burri of that place. Four children have been born to them, Bessie Marie, Amy, Edward E., Jr.. and John Searle.

Mr. Howell is a member of All Saints' Protestant Episcopal church. In politics he is a democrat and in 1891 he was elected to the city council of Omaha from the seventh ward and served for two consecutive terms as alderman. In 1896 he was elected to the state senate and in 1897 was the democratic nominee for mayor of Omaha but was defeated. In 1903 he was again nominated by his party for that position but again met defeat. In 1908 he was elected state senator and served for one term and in 191 4 and 19 16 he was again called to that position, thus taking an active part in making the legislative history of the commonwealth. From 1896 until 1904 he was chairman of the Douglas county central committee and he has long been a recognized leader in the ranks of his party in Nebraska's metropolis. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World. He belongs also to the Carter Lake Club and is connected with the Commercial Club and the x\k-Sar-Ben, two organizations which were formed primarily for the benefit, upbuilding and advancement of the city. He is actuated in all that he does by a public-spirited devotion to the general good and he has ever placed the general welfare before partisanship and the interests of city and state before self-aggrandizement.

William Joseph Hotz

William Joseph Hotz, whose ability in the practice of law is attested in court records, which bear evidence of his successful conduct of many important cases, was born in Iowa City, Iowa, October 15, 1885, a son of William J. and Matilda (Ward) Hotz, who were also natives of Iowa City, where the mother still resides. There they were reared and married, and the father, who was born July 7, 1853, passed away April 9, 1901. At the time of his death he was engaged in the manufacture of lubricating oils in Iowa City. For a number of years he filled the office of c.^erk" of the district court of Johnson county, Iowa, and at the time of his demisf was a candidate for the nomination for congressman in the second Iowa district on the democratic ticket. He had served for several years as a member of the city council and w^as recognized as a democratic leader in the eastern part of the state.

William J. Hotz

In the public schools of his native city \\ illiam J. Hotz pursued his early education, which he supplemented by study in the Iowa State University, winning the Bachelor of Arts degree on graduation with the class of 1908. The following year he was also graduated from the law department of the same institution. He afterward traveled for about a year and in the latter part of 1909 came to Omaha, where he has since remained in active practice, having been admitted to practice in the state and federal courts. He maintains his law offices at 1530-35 City National Bank building. For about three years prior to the annexation of Dundee to Omaha, Mr. Hotz was attorney for the village, during which period improvements to the value of more than one million dollars were made, and in connection with other public officials Mr. Hotz worked untiringly to bring about ideal conditions in the method of carrying on the work of public improvements, so that the Dundee municipal bonds always found a ready market. He has been connected with much important litigation that has established his ability and resourcefulness as a practitioner before the courts. He appeared as attorney in the United States court in litigation involving the Sherman anti-trust law and obtained for his clients large financial results, demonstrating the practicability of the Sherman law as a method of obtaning relief from unfair competition in interstate business. He was also active in securing the evidence in the election contest case, which introduced into the legislature of 19 13 the written evidence and proof of existing election conditions in Omaha, the result of which was the passage of the present laws governing elections in cities of the metropolitan class. He is spoken of in the highest terms by his professional colleagues and contemporaries, who recognize him as a foe worthy of the steel of the ablest.

On the 17th of April, 191 2, in Sioux City, Iowa, Mr. Hotz was married to Miss Florence Josephine Lynch, a datfghter of J:-M. Lynch. Mr. Hotz belongs to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a college fraternity',' and his; interest in community affairs is indicated by his membership id. tkti.CoMm'erciiali Club of Omaha. He is likewise a member of the Athletic Club of the city, the American Bar Association, the Barristers Club, and the Omaha Bar Association. He has always been most careful to conform his practice jto. a. high standard of professional ethics and his ability is most widely recognized. ..,^ ^

William D. Brown

No history of Omaha would be complete without extended mention of William D. Brown, who came to this section of the country on the 3d of June, 1850. He was born in Kentucky on the 19th of February, 1813, and afterward became a resident of Illinois, where he resided until he established his home in Iowa. He first located in Mount Pleasant, Henry county, of which county he was elected the first sherifif in 1837, and from that point removed to Fort Des Moines. He started westward, however, with the intention of going to California but on reaching this section of the country established his home in Council Bluffs and aided in laying out the townsite of Omaha. He saw that there was money to be made in operating a ferry across the Missouri river to aid the emigrants en route for California and Utah. He believed that there was more money to be made in that way than in hunting gold on the Pacific coast and accordingly he established the Lone Tree ferry, so called because of a solitary tree near which he landed his boat on the Nebraska side of the river. He operated this ferry under a charter obtained from the commissioners of Pottawattamie county. Iowa, and the undertaking proved very profitable to him, so that he continued active therein from 1850 until 1854. At the same time he engaged in the hotel business in Council Bluffs, becoming half owner of the Blufl:" City House. But the beautiful site across the river impressed him and he and some others on the 23d of July. 1853, became the organizers of the Council Bluffs & Nebraska Steam Ferry Company. Their intention was to secure the tovvnsite of Omaha as soon as Nebraska was organized as a territory, which occurred May 23, 1S54. Mr. Brown then became one of the original townsite owners of Omaha, i le had previously been a pioneer resident of Galena, Illinois, and of Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and wending his way westward, he became an active factor in the upbuilding of the new city. In 1854 he took up his abode on land that is now within the city limits and in time became a very large property holder here, giving his attention to his real estate after abandoning his ferry. He was the owner of several valuable farms and Brown's Park of South Omaha was named in his honor.

Mr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss Martha Patterson, of Indiana, who sur\ived him until March. 1888, and they became the parents of three daughters and a son : Helen A., who became Mrs. Alfred Van Camp and is now deceased; Mary R., the wife of Alfred Sorensen ; John; and Mrs. Emma N. Mackenzie.

Mr. Brown had great faith in Omaha and was active in everything that pertained to its welfare and the community lost one of its most valued citizens when at the early age of fifty-five years he passed away on the 3d of February, 1868. He was a man of very strong character and left the impress of his individuality for good upon the community and he gave an impetus to the pioneer development of the city which has not yet ceased to be felt. His name is closely interwoven with the records of Omaha, which in a measure stands as a monument to his business foresight and his public spirit.

John N. Baldwin

Death often calls from our midst those whom we can ill afford to lose, and thus it was when John N. Baldwin passed away, leaving a vacancy in the ranks of the legal profession and in the citizenship of Omaha that it has been most difficult to fill. He was in the prime of life when called from the scene of earthly activities on the 19th of April, 1908. He was born in Council Bluffs, July 9, 1857, a son of Caleb and Jane (Barr) Baldwin. His father was a distinguished lawyer and jurist of Iowa who was born near Washington, Pennsylvania, April 3, 1824. He had reached the age of twenty-two years when he became a resident of Fairfield, Iowa, and while residing there for a period of eleven years he served as prosecuting attorney of Jefferson county and later was elected judge of his district. In 1857 ^^^ became a resident of Council Bluffs and two years later was made a member of Iowa's supreme court for a four years' term, serving as chief justice during the last two years of that period. He then resumed the private practice of law and ever maintained his position as one of the distinguished members of the Iowa bar. In 1864 President Lincoln appointed him United States district attorney of Iowa, which position he filled until after the assassination of the president. In 1874 he was made a member of the Alabama claims commission by President Grant and so continued to serve until his death on the 13th of December, 1876.

His son, John N. Baldwin, was a worthy successor of his distinguished father. After mastering the branches of learning taught in the schools of Council Bluffs he became a student in the State University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1873, devoting three years there to collegiate work. In 1876 he entered the Columbia Law School at Washington, D. C, and after a year returned to the Iowa State University, in which he completed the law course by graduation with the class of June, 1877. His initial professional step was made as junior partner in the law firm of Rising, Wright & Baldwin, his associates being A. J. Rising and Hon. George F. Wright. His ability was soon manifest in his careful and capable handling of his cases. The senior partner of the firm retired in 1880 and the firm then remained Wright & Baldwin until 1889, when George S. Wright, son of George F. Wright, was admitted. The death of the father occurred on the 13th of December, 1906, but Mr. Baldwin maintained his professional association with the son until his own death. In 1904, however, he removed from Council Bluffs to Omaha, in which year he was made general solicitor for the Union Pacific Railway Company. A contemporary writer has said of him: "Mr. Baldwin was recognized as one of the ablest lawyers in the middle west. He was retained in connection with much important litigation. He was one of the counsel in the suit of James Doyle vs. James F. Burns, one of the most famous cases heard in the courts of Iowa. His firm represented railroad companies in Council Bluffs and throughout the west and his ability and experience in railway litigation led to his appointment as general solicitor for the Union Pacific on the death of William R. Kelley, who held that place, and in that capacity Mr. Baldwin continued until his demise, having in the meantime removed to Omaha to better facilitate his work. He was thoroughly informed in all departments of the law and was particularly capable in the field of corporation and railway law, his ability in that connection winning him wide recognition throughout the middle west. Although he established his home in Omaha, he continued an active member of the firm of Wright & Baldwin of Council Bluffs. He was an orator of rare eloquence and his services as a public speaker were in constant demand during political campaigns. He was always active in politics, taking a leading part in every campaign, and he was selected to present the name of Senator William B. Allison, of Iowa, to the republican national convention in St. Louis in 1896 as a candidate for the presidential nomination."

In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in December, 1878, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Baldwin and Miss Lilla G. Holcomb of that city, and they became parents of a daughter and a son : Genevieve ; and John N., who was admitted to the bar in 191 1 and is now a member of the firm of Keegan & Baldwin with offices in the World-Herald building in Omaha. Mr. Baldwin was deeply interested in all the vital questions and problems of the day affecting the welfare of city, state and nation and he supported many measures which were advanced for the upbuilding of the cities in which he lived."^ He was famous as a toastmaster, in which connection his gifts of oratory and his rare wit had full play. He possessed a most genial nature and he won the warm friendship of all with whom he came in contact. His life was purposeful and resultant and he achieved that distinction which comes only in recognition of superior talent and ability.

Ralph B. Weller.'

. Ralph B. Weller is engaged in the lumber business at Omaha as president of the firm of Weller Brothers, in which connection he is active in the control of one of the extensive and important commercial interests of the city, for their volume of trade has reached large proportions. He was born upon a farm in Richardson county, Nebraska, in 1870, and is a representative of an old Pennsylvania family, his grandfather, Frederick Weller, having spent his entire life in Westmoreland county, that state. It was upon the old homestead farm in Pennsylvania that his father, Henry D. Weller, was born and reared and ere leaving Pennsylvania he was married to Miss Mary J. Campbell. At the time of the Civil war he responded to the country's call for troops, enlisting in 1861 in the Eleventh Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until the close of hostilities. He was mustered out with the rank of first lieutenant, being in command of his company at the time of the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. He participated in the Grand Review in Washington, D. C, where the victorious Union army marched down Pennsylvania avenue, over which was suspctulcd a banner bearing the words: "The only debt which the country owes that she cannot pay is the debt which she owes to her sokHers." In 1869 Henry D. Weller came to Nebraska and for a time was identified with agricultural interests in Richardson county. He took an active interest in local and state politics and was called to represent his district in the Nebraska general assembly, where he did much to shape legislation during that period. He died ill 1910 and is still survived by his widow.

Ralph P). Weller attended school at Stella, Nebraska, and in 1889, when a youth of nineteen years, came to Omaha. Through the intervening period he has been identified with Imsiness interests of the city, gradually working his way upward, each advance step bringing him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. In 1903 he embarked in the lumber business at Nebraska City but in 1907 removed the general offices of the company to Omaha and in January, 1914, the business was incorporated under the style of Weller Brothers, with R. B. Weller as president; D. C. Weller, vice president; A. W. Weller, treasurer; and F. M. Weller, secretary. They control an extensive trade in lumber and building materials and the progressive policy of the house insures a continued success.

On the 17th of June, 1896, in Omaha, Mr. Weller was united in marriage to ]\liss Clarissa M. Wilhelmy, a daughter of the late John F. Wilhelmy. Their children are four in number, namely; Ruth W., Frederick H., Dorothy L. and Robert A. Mr. Weller is a loyal supporter of the republican party and his interest in the city's upbuilding is shown in his membership in the Commercial Club. He is an active and prominent member of the English Lutheran church, serving as a member of the council and also as treasurer of the synodical missionary and church extension committee of the Nebraska Synod. He takes a most active and helpful interest in the work of the church, doing everything in his power to promote its growth and extend its influence, and at no time has he allowed his business affairs to so monopolize his attention as to preclude the possibility of his cooperation in work for the moral progress of city and state.

Colonel Mathewson T. Patrick

Colonel Alathewson T. Patrick, who contributed to the upbuilding of Omaha through his real estate operations, passed away in this city, February 21, 1899. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 7, 1834, and was quite young when the family removed to Uniontown, Pennsylvania. His parents were John and Matilda (Erskine) Patrick, the latter a native of Windsor, Massachusetts. The father, too, was born in America although both of his parents were of Irish birth.

Colonel Patrick acquired his education in the common schools of Uniontown and became a merchant of that place, where he remained until 1856, when, at the age of twenty-two years, he came to Omaha. Llere for a short time he was connected with the lumber trade and was always active in the affairs of the city. He obtained a grant of eighty acres of land from the government, extending from Patrick avenue and Saunders, now Twenty-fourth street, to Maple street, and on this he platted sixty acres, selling it as town lots. With the growth of the city the value of his property largely increased. He also had other realty holdings in Omaha and from time to time he erected houses on his land, thus contributing in substantial measure to the improvement of the city.

At the outbreak of the Civil war Colonel Patrick, aroused by a spirit of patriotic devotion to his country, raised and organized Company A of the First Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry, and upon its organization in August, 1861. he was elected and afterward commissioned captain of one of the four companies of this cavalry. With his command he was ordered to St. Louis barracks and under war department orders these companies were consolidated with four companies of cavalry from Minnesota, three from Iowa and one from Illinois, the newly formed regiment being called the Pifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry. Of this command Mr. Patrick was commissioned lieutenant colonel. After being drilled at Benton barracks the command was sent to Fort Henry and to Fort Donelson. Later the regiment garrisoned these two forts in company with infantry regiments and were engaged for scouting duty in western Tennessee. Subsequently the command moved to the front and participated in various battles extending from Chattanooga to Atlanta. Colonel Patrick commanded the brigade under General Rousseau in the raids through Alabama and Georgia and in the vicinity of Chattanooga and Atlanta. He was a brave and fearless officer. His was never the command of the tyrant to go but the call of the leader to come and his own loyalty and fearlessness inspired his men with much of his courage. He retired from the army with honors and received from his commanding officers, Generals George H. Thomas and Rousseau, letters which highly commended him for his bravery.

Colonel Patrick was afterward appointed agent for the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, which position he filled for a few years, and from 1869 until 1873 he was United States marshal for the territory of Utah. In 1876 his brother, A. S. Patrick, and a Mr. Salsbury became associated with him in operating a stage line from Sidney, Nebraska, to Deadwood, Dakota, at that time a very important line. Pie sold out to Mr. Salsbury in 1878 and later he and his brother operated a stage line from Rock Creek on the Northern Pacific Railroad to Forts McKinney and Custer on the Yellowstone river. While thus engaged Colonel Patrick maintained his residence in Omaha. He owned^ a large farm near Fremont. Nebraska, and the P. K. ranch near Sharon; Wyoming. His broad and varied experience made him thoroughly familiar with pioneer life, and development in the west. He lived upon the frontier and his activities contributed in substantial measure to the work of general progress and improvement.

At Worcester, Massachusetts, Colonel Patrick was united in marriage on the i6th of August, 1881, to Miss Eliza S. Burdett, a daughter of Charles Burdett, author and critic. The children of this marriage were : Rose Howard, who died in infancy; Mary Jessie, who has also passed away; Edith Mathewson, now the wife of Myles Standish, of Omaha; and Marjorie Erskine, who is deceased.

Colonel Patrick was a stalwart republican in his political views, and the Masonic fraternity found him a worthy exemplar and follower of the craft. His entire life was guided by patriotic devotion to his country and when he passed away in 1899 Omaha lost one of its earliest settlers, for he foiind only a little village when he left the east and made his way to Nebraska in 1856. From that time forward until his death he contributed in many ways to the upbuilding and development of the district in which he located and Omaha numbered him among her honored and worthy citizens.

John G. Rosicky

John G. Rosicky, president of the National Printing Company and president of the National Building Company, had as the basis of his business advancement thorough educational training, supplemented by laudable ambition and unfaltering determination, and thus it is that he has come to the head of the two important business enterprises in which he is now a controlling factor. Omaha claims hmi as a native son. He was born December i, 1881, his parents being John and Mary (Bayer) Rosicky. The father was born in Humpoletz, Bohemia, and after his arrival in this city wedded Miss Bayer, a native of Klatovy, Bohemia. It was in 1867 that he crossed the Atlantic to the United States, arriving in Omaha in 1872. The following year he was put in charge of the Bohemian weekly paper known as the Pokrok Zapadn, which was established by the late Edward Rosewater. Mr. Rosicky purchased the paper in 1874 and conducted it continuously until 1900, when he sold out. lie established the Hospodar in 1895 and it is today the paper of largest circulation among Bohemian publications in the new world. In 1901 he began to jniblish the weekly Kvety Americke, which three years later he consolidated with the Osveta, which was first published in 1884. The new publication became known as the Osveta Americka and in Sei)tember. 1916, the name was changed to the Kvety Americke, under which it is still continued. Mr. Rosicky remained an active factor in the publication of these papers until his death, which occurred April 2, 1910. His widow survived until August 15, 1912, when she, too, passed away in Omaha.

In the schools of his native city John G. Rosicky pursued his early education and afterward spent two years as a student in the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio, where he pursued the electrical engineering course. Through the succeeding thirteen years or until 19 10 he was employed by the Nebraska Telephone Company and in January of that year he became president of the National Printing Company, which had been organized by his father in 1872 under the name of the Pokrok Zapadu Printing Company. This was incorporated in 1889 as the National Printing Company and Mr. Rosicky succeeded to the business on the death of his father in 1910, becoming president of the company. The Kvety Americke has a sworn subscription list of twenty-five thousand seven hundred and eleven and the Hospodar of thirty-one thousand and eight. The latter is America's only Bohemian farm paper and it has a wide circulation among the Bohemian speaking agricultural class throughout the entire country. Every department of the business is thoroughly organized and the wide circulation of these papers make them an excellent advertising medium. They are therefore accorded a liberal advertising patronage and, moreover, the papers have special representatives in various sections of the country obtaining subscriptions and advertisements. The business has been thoroughly developed along the most progressive lines and the work instituted by his father is now being ably conducted and broadened by John G. Rosicky in keeping with the spirit of modern progress. He is also the president of the National Building Company and in that connection controls important business interests.

On the 2d of April, 1905, in Omaha, Mr. Rosicky was united in marriage to Miss Emily B. Maystrick, by whom he has two children, Mary Bertha and John. Politically Mr. Rosicky is a republican. Fraternally he is connected with the Woodmen of the World, the Western Fraternal Bohemian Association and the Tel Jed Sokol Association. He is likewise identified with the Commercial Club and is a progressive, enterprising business man of the city, thoroughly alive to the opportunities in newspaper publication, and the wise utilization which he has made of his time and talents has brought him to a creditable place in journalistic circles.

Thorough training in schools of recognized standard in America, supplemented by study abroad, has admirably qualified Dr. Newell Jones for the duties of medical practice, and in Omaha, where he now resides, he has won success, especially in the field of children's diseases, in which he specializes. He was born on a farm near Malvern, Iowa, October i, 1881. His father, Norvel Jones, was born near Galesburg, Illinois, in 1846 and there enlisted for service in the Civil war, going to the front with the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with which he remained for about six months. He was a son of Daniel Jones, a native of Canada, who spent his last days in Galesburg, Illinois. In early manhood Norvel Jones wedded Ella Mason, who was born in Sweden, and in 1887 they removed to Madison county, Nebraska. The father is now a resident of Galesburg, Illinois, but the mother has passed away.

Dr. Jones acquired his early education in the country schools of Madison county and afterward attended the public schools of the city of Madison. Later he pursued a course in pharmacy at Highland Park College in Des ^Moines, Iowa, but made this only an initial step for other professional training, entering the Illinois Medical College at Chicago, from which he was graduated in 1905. He then began practice at Central City, Nebraska, where he continued until 191 2, when, in order to further equip himself for his chosen life work, he went to London, where he pursued his studies for a year, specializing in diseases of children, in which he displays much more than ordinary skill.

On the 4th of September, 1907, in Grand Island, Nebraska, Dr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Winifred Reynard, her father being the late Rev. John Reynard, a Presbyterian minister. They have two children, Frances and Reynard Newell.

Dr. and Mrs. Jones hold membership in the Westminster Presbyterian church, in which he is serving as an elder and in the work of which church he takes an active and helpful interest. He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party and he belongs to the Athletic Club of Omaha. His time and attention, however, are principally devoted to his professional interests and that he keeps abreast with the trend of modern thought is indicated in his membership in the Omaha-Douglas County iMedical Society, the Missouri Valley Medical Association, the Nebraska State Medical Association, the American Aledical Association and the Central States Pediatric Society. He possesses a ready sympathy that enables him to quickly understand his patients and to, win the confidence, goodwill and faith of the children whom he treats. His work in that field has been particularly successful and his skill has carried him far beyond the point of mediocrity to a place where he enjoys a most deserved reputation as a successful physician.

Frank J. Burkley

Frank J. Burkley, president of the Burkley Envelope & Printing Company, has throughout most of his life been actively connected with the printing and newspaper business and along the line of orderly progression has made steady advancement until he is now at the head of a growing and profitable business concern of Omaha, his native city. He was born October 24, 1857, of the marriage of Vincent and Theresa (Stelzer) Burkley. The former was born in Germany in 181 8 and came to the United States in 1837, at which time he established his home in Columbus, Ohio, where he engaged in the clothing business until 1855, when he came to Omaha. For a quarter of a century he was a representative merchant of this city, being widely known as proprietor of the ]\Iorning Star Clothing House, which was first situated on Farnam, between Tenth and Eleventh streets. There he built, owned and occupied the first two story brick business block in Omaha. Later he removed to Farnam, near Thirteenth street, and a picture of his establishment is one of the illustrations in this work, a large star in front of his business house indicating the name under which he conducted his interests. He was very prominent in the public life of the community as well as in commercial circles and served as a member of the first school board of Omaha and also as a member of the city council. He was likewise chosen to represent his district in the first territorial legislature of Nebraska and thus he left the impress of his individuality in large measure upon the history of the state and its development. His political allegiance was always given to the democratic party. In Columbus, Ohio, he married Theresa Stelzer. a native of

Germany, and on Uk- 4lh of Jnly, 1898, he passed away, while the death of his wife occurred in iyo8. Jhey were the parents of two sons and four chiughters, all of whom are now (ujK")) living. Three of the daughters - Mrs. Louisa M. Leary, the widow of Cornelius A. Leary ; Mrs. Andrew F. ]>ethge and Miss Antoinette ikirkley, are residents of Omaha. The fourth sister, Mrs. Cecelia Lurkhard, the widow of John A. Ikirkhard, resides in Missoula, Montana. The two sons of the family are Frank J. and Harry \'., both residents of Omaha. The latter was married on the 30th of September, 1896, in Council BlulTs, to Miss Angela VVickham and they have four children: Ilarry \'., Robert W., Eleanor and Francis ).

Frank J. Lurkley, whose name introduces this review, passed through consecutive grades in the public schools of Omaha to the high school, but at the age of seventeen years put aside his textbooks in order to make a start in the business world. He began learning telegraphy with the Western Union Telegraph Company at Omaha and remained with that corporation for seven years. He afterward spent two years as government operator at Fort Omaha, on the expiration of which period he became connected with the Omaha Herald in the business office, having charge of foreign advertising. Two years were devoted to that work and in 1884 he, with G. M. Hitchcock and others, established the Omaha World. For seven years he remained as business manager of that paper and then sold his interest to Mr. Hitchcock, after which he and his brother Harry incorporated the job printing business which the latter had been conducting for a year prior to that time. Their interests were organized under the name of the Burkley Printing Company and on the ist of January, 1916, the business was reincorporated as the Burkley Envelope & Printing Company, of which F. J. Burkley is the president and Harry V. Burkley the secretary and treasurer. Since they united their interests they have developed a business of large and gratifying proportions and their activities have resulted in the attainment of well merited success.

Mr. Burkley has two daughters, namely : Agnes, who is now the wife of Jesse McMillan Harding, of Omaha; and Mary. The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church and Mr. Burkley has served as a member of the building committee of St. Cecilia's Cathedral. He is also a member of the board of the Associated Charities of Omaha. He belongs to the Omaha Club and the Omaha Country Club - associations which indicate something of the nature of his recreation. That he is deeply concerned in the public welfare is indicated in his active membership in the Omaha Commercial Club. His political allegiance is given the democratic party and in 1893 he was elected a member of the city council from the eighth ward and was reelected, serving until 1903. The varied interests of his life are well balanced, making him a strong and resourceful man and one whose cooperation is counted upon as of value in all the lines into which he directs his efforts.

Fred Lorin Tubbs

Fred Lorin Tubbs, president of the Alamo Engine & Supply Company of Omaha and also president of the Alamo Farm Light Company, was born at Port Byron, Illinois, on the 5th of May, 1881. His father, James Jeptha Tubbs, was born in Ohio in 1849 and in Port Byron, Blinois, wedded Mary Agnes Rowe, who was a native of that city. They are now residents of Hillsdale, Michigan. During the latter part of the Civil war Mr. Tubbs, who was then a youth in his teens, joined the army as a member of the Sixty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and did duty at the front until the close of hostilities.

Fred L. Tubbs was reared in Port Byron. Illinois, to the age of six years, after which he accompanied his parents on their removal to Rock Island, Illinois, where he attended school. The military spirit manifested by his father is also strong within him, for in May, 1898, soon after the outbreak of the Spanish-x\merican war, he enlisted at Moline, Illinois, in the United States Navy and was assigned to the United States Steamship Newport, a gunboat of the first class, as bugler. Thereon he served until September i, 1898, when he was honorably discharged. The ship was sent to Cuba and saw service at Havana and Mariel. Leaving the navy, he spent two years in learning the pattern making and machinist's trades at Rock Island, after which he became a marine engineer on the Mississippi river, devoting two years to that work. In 1904 he was made chief of the fire department of Rock Island and so continued for two years. On the 17th of July, 1907, he came to Omaha and was sales manager for a gasoline engine company for two years, while his next step in business was at the head of an enterprise of his own. It was in March, 1909, ihat he organized the Alamo Engine «& Supply Company, of which he became and is still the president. He further broadened the scope of his activities and interests in December, 191 5, in organizing the Alamo Farm Light Company, of which he is the president. He is an enterprising and progressive business man and has in his Farm Light project an enterprise that promises notable success for the future. He is bending every energy to the development and conduct of these business interests and his patronage has now reached extensive proportions.

On the 3d of April, 1907, in Omaha, Mr. Tubbs was united in marriage to Miss Emily M. Dunn and they have one child, Edna Mae. Mr. Tubbs is a Congregationalist, while his political faith is that of the republican party. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to the Scottish Rite bodies and to the Mystic Shrine, and he is also enrolled among the members of the Omaha Field Club, the Rotary Club, the Athletic Club of Omaha and the Commercial Club. He is alert, ready at all times for any condition or emergency that may arise, and his ready recognition and utilization of opportunities has been an important element in his growing prosperity.

Charles John Lyon

Charles John Lyon, general manager and one of the incorporators of The Travelers' Health Association, was born in Trumansburg, New York, in 1861, and is descended from an old New England family. Nehemiah W. Lyon, his great-grandfather, was born August 16, 1759, and passed away on the 31st of August, i860, when one hundred and one years old. He was a resident of Danbury, Connecticut, and participated in the War of 1812. His son, Samuel Lyon, born August 27, 1780 died in August, 1876. He also lived in Danbury, Connecticut, and took part in the War of 1812. Charles Lyon, the father of Charles John Lyon, was born in Danbury, Connecticut, October 17, 1825, and in Trumansburg, New York, wedded Miss Mary Teeter, a native of the Empire state. She died in Cleveland Ohio, in 1896, having for many years survived her husband. Charles Lyon in 1861 enlisted at Trumansburg, New York, for service as a drummer in the Forty-ninth New York Regiment of Volunteer Infantry and was discharged in 1863 with the regimental band. He reenlisted later in 1863, in the Twenty-first New York Cavalry, and was captured in Georgia, after which he was sent to Andersonville prison, where he died February 10, 1865, from starvation and exposure. He was wounded in the battle of Piedmont in the Shenandoah valley of Virginia in 1864, was taken prisoner and was confined in two different prisons before being taken to Andersonville. Prior to the war he had devoted his attention to the business of shoe manufacturing. He left a family of four sons and two daughters, but the daughters are now deceased.

Charles J. Lyon is indebted to the public school systems of Trumansburg, New York, and of Manchester, Michigan, for the educational advantages which he enjoyed. In 1875 ^^'^ removed with his widowed mother to Manchester, where her eldest son, the Rev. Frank S. Lyon, a IJaptist minister, was then located. After completing his education in the high school of Manchester, Charles J. Lyon accepted a clerkship in a general store there, spending two years in that connection. In 1878 he went to Kansas City. Missouri, where for twelve years he was emi)loyed hy a wholesale firm, acting as a traveliiig salesman upon the road for the house during the last three years of that period. Later he took up the business of selling insurance for the New York Life Company in Kansas Citv and was so employed for three years. He afterward became department manager with the Emery- Uird-Thayer Company, the leading dry goods house of Kansas City, spending two years in that connection. In December, 1897, he came to Omaha and was associated with the McCord-Brady Company, wholesale grocers, as manager of a department until December, igo8. In the meantime, or in 1904, he had become one of the incorporators of The Travelers' Health Association, of which he was made secretary, and in 1908, on leaving the McCord- Brady Company, he was made treasurer of the association and also became general manager, which position he still fills. He is also a director and the vice president of the American Merchants' Syndicate, a wholesale mail order house of Chicago. Thus he has come into important business connections, gradually working his way upward from a minor position to one of prominence.

In Kansas City, Missouri, on the ist of November, 1888, Mr. Lyon was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Sophia Pasmore, a daughter of James Pasmore, a native of England. The children of this marriage were: Edith May, the wife of Myron C. Buck, of Waterloo, Iowa; Hazel Emma, who married Reuben Elwood Pratt, of Omaha; and Helen, who died in 1906, at the age of twelve years.

Mr. and Mrs. Lyon hold membership in the First Baptist church, in the work of w^hich they are actively and helpfully interested, Mr. Lyon serving as moderator and trustee. While a resident of Missouri he served for three years, from 1884 to 1887, as a private in the Seventh Regiment of the Missouri National Guard. His political allegiance has always been given to the republican party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. Fraternally he is a Knight Templar jNIason and also a member of Tangier Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He belongs likewise to the Happy Hollow Club, to the Commercial Club and to the Ad Club and he is interested in all those forces which make for the material, intellectual, social, political and moral uplift of the community. His influence has always been on the side of progress and improvement and his entire career has been actuated by a spirit of advancement.

Charles Wilber Sears

Charles Wilber Sears, w4io in the practice of his profession has been prominently identified with corporation law, was born at Onawa, Monona county, Iowa. May 5, 1872, and traces his ancestry in direct line back to one of the earliest of the American colonists - Richard Sears, who was born in 161 3 and was one of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1630. He died in the year 1676. His son Paul, born in 1637, died in 1707, and from him the line comes down through Paul Sears II, who was born in 1669 and died in 1740, Paul Sears III, who was born in 1695 and passed away in 1771 ; Nathaniel Sears, who was born in 1738 and died in 1816; Silas Sears, who was born in Massachusetts in 1762 and died in 1838; to Leonard Sears, who was born in 1802 and died in 1859. He was the father of Stillman Foote Sears, who was born in New York in 1842 and in 1864 was married in Onawa, Iowa, to Margaret A. Searle, who passed away in 191 5. They were the parents of Charles Wilber Sears of Omaha.

Charles W. Sears

In the schools of his native city Charles W. Sears pursued his early education, graduating from the high school with the class of 1891. He acquired his collegiate education in the State University of Iowa, winning the degree of Ph. B. with the class of 1897. He next entered the Nebraska State University at Lincoln and was graduated from the law department in 1900. Nine years before he had become a resident of Omaha and in 1893 had entered the law office of Rich & Sears, the junior partner being his brother. As clerk and student he there remained until 1897, when he entered the employ of the F. E. Sanborn Company of Omaha, while the following year he went to Lincoln as cashier of the branch house of The Cudahy Packing Company in the capital city. In 1900 he returned to Omaha and for about a year was associated m practice with Arthur N. Ferguson, now deceased. Later he returned to his native city, where he remained for a year, at the end of which time he again became a representative of the Omaha bar and from 1903 until 191 1 he was attorney for The Cudahy Packing Company, devoting his entire time to the legal interests of that corporation. In the latter year he opened a law office for the private practice of law, in which he has since continued, and his clientage is now extensive and important.

On the 27th of February, 1901, at Onawa, Iowa, Mr. Sears was married to Miss Louise A. Boesche and to them have been born two children, Mary Emma and Melvin Leonard. Mr. Sears is a Knights Templar Mason and also a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of Phi Kappa Psi college fraternity and the Phi Delta Phi law fraternity. He likewise has membership in the Athletic Club of Omaha and the Seymour Lake Country Club. His religious faith is manifest in his membership in St. Martin's Episcopal church, of which he is a vestryman, and' his interest in local progress is evidenced in his loyal support of the Commercial Club. In politics he is a republican and in 1913 was appointed by Governor Morehead as the republican member of the special commission on revenue and taxation in Nebraska, the commission having been provided for by the legislature of 1913. In 1914 he was nominated for attorney general of Nebraska. While undoubtedly not without that laudable ambition which is so valuable as an incentive to faithful service in public life, he nevertheless regards the pursuits of private life as in themselves abundantly w^orthy of his best efiforts and his developing powers in the practice of law have gained him distinction as an able lawyer, well qualified to handle intricate and involved legal problems. His mind is analytical and logical in its trend and his deductions are sound and convincing.

Dr. A. Johnson, a distinguished Omaha physician, has specialized in mental diseases, concerning which his opinions are largely accepted as authority in his adopted city. He was born in Sweden, April 2, i860, a son of John and Anna Johnson, who were also natives of that country but came to the new world, establishing their home in Moline, Illinois, on the 4th of July, 1870. In 1876 they removed to Polk county Nebraska, where the father was engaged in farming until death called him in 1891. His wife survived until 1898 and died at the age of seventy years.

Dr. Johnson was the youngest in their family of eight children and he began his education in the country schools of Illinois, continuing his studies in Polk county, Nebraska. He afterward entered the Luther Academy at Wahoo, Nebraska, where he completed a literary course by graduation with the class of 1885. He next became a student in Augustana College at Rock Island, Illinois, and, having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he then entered the Omaha Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1890, winning his professional degree. He entered upon practice as a physician for the Union Pacific Railway Company under Dr. Galbraith, chief surgeon for that company, and continued in that service for eight years, during which time he was located at the coal mines at Ilanna, Wyoming, for three and a half years and for four and a half years was located in Omaha as the company's physician and surgeon. Subsequently he engaged in private practice in Omaha, and during that period he was appointed by Governor Dietrich to the position of superintendent of the Home for the Feeble-Minded at lieatrice, Nebraska, continuing to occupy that position under Governors Savage, Mickey and Sheldon, after which he resigned to resume private practice. Later he was appointed by Governor Aldrich superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane at Norfolk, Nebraska, and continued in that position of responsibility for two and a half years, when he resigned, desiring to devote his time and energies to the private practice of medicine, in which he continues at the present day, being recognized as one of the eminent physicians of Omaha. He has long and closely studied mental and nervous disorders and is a recognized authority upon diseases of the mind. He keeps in close touch with the trend of modern professional thought and scientific investigation through his membership in the Douglas County Medical Society, the Nebraska State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Aside from his profession he is a member of the board of directors of the Lutheran International Insurance Company and is also its medical director. Since 1910, Dr. Johnson has been a member of the board of directors of Augustana College at Rock Island, Illinois, this being the oldest and largest institution of learning in America controlled by the Swedish Lutheran church.

In Chariton, Iowa, on the 20th of November, 1890, Dr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Sophia Sandahl, of Chariton, Iowa, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Sandahl, of Chariton, who were pioneers of that state but are now deceased. Dr. and Airs. Johnson have two children : Julius A., who was born in Omaha August 25, 1891, and was graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1912, since which time he has been pursuing a medical course in the university, class of 1917; and Olga, who was born in Hanna, Wyoming, in 1893 and is a graduate of the high school of Norfolk, Nebraska. At the present time she is a teacher in the Home for the Feeble-Minded at Glenwood, Iowa.

Dr. Johnson belongs to the Commercial Club, a fact which indicates his interest in matters of public moment. He is also enrolled as a member of the Noonday Club. He stands for all those forces and interests which are of greatest value as factors in physical, mental and moral development and progress and his worth is widely acknowledged in professional connections, his constantly expanding powers bringing him to prominence in professional circles.

Clinton D. Orcutt

Clinton D. Orcutt, who was the owner of large landed interests in the middle west and was widely and favorably known in various localities, was called to the home beyond January 27, 1905. His birth occurred in Naperville, Illinois, in 1840 and at a very early day his parents had become residents of that state, removing from New York to the middle west.

Following the acquirement of a public school education Clinton D. Orcutt took up the study of law and prepared for the bar, gaining a comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence. Removing to Davenport, Iowa, he there engaged in the practice of law and also conducted a real estate business, meeting with splendid success in both undertakings, so that his labors were attended with a substantial reward. At length he retired from active business life and in 1888 removed to Omaha, establishing his home at No. 550 South Twenty-sixth street. In 1901, he was appointed a trustee of the Nebraska Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and also of the Institute for the Blind, while subsequently he was made president of the board of trustees. He took a very deep and helpful interest in that work, doing everything in bis power to promote the efficiency of the institutions in their work to alleviate the hard conditions under which their inmates were suffering. He reached out in sympathetic understanding of their needs and did much to promote the standards of both schools. While Mr. Orcutt lived retired from business during the period of his residence in Omaha he owned and managed large real estate interests in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas and from his property holdings received a most gratifying annual income.

In Davenport, Iowa, in 1870, Mr. "Orcutt was married to Miss Anna D. Dutton, a native of New Haven, Connecticut, and to them were born five children: Lewis D. and George D., both of whom are now deceased; Miriam Edith, who is the widow of Alfred J. Beaton, and has two children, Orcutt and Anna Jane; Anna Ri, the wife of Louis Jaques, of Chicago, and the mother of three children, Anna Ri, Abbie Jane and Lois; and Jane Clair, the wife of Arthur Keeline, of Omaha.

Mr. Orcutt was a Mason and exemplified in his life the beneficent spirit of the craft, but he never sought to figure prominently in public connections, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business and upon the interests of his home, where he found his greatest happiness. He was, however, not in the least degree narrow or contracted in his interests and activities and in all matters of citizenship gave his substantial support on the side of progress and improvement.

Harlan Albert Scott

Harlan Albert Scott, president of the Scott & Hill Company, engaged in the real estate, contracting and fire insurance business in Omaha, was born on a farm in Monona county, Iowa, in 1877, and is descended from one of the old American families. His grandfather was Samuel Scott, a native of Connecticut. His father, George Marion Scott, was born in Medina, Ohio, in 1835 and in early manhood removed to western Iowa. His early life was devoted to agricultural pursuits, but later he became a merchant of Little Sioux. Iowa. In that state he wedded Maria Cobb, a native of Chautauqua county. New York, and his death occurred in 1913. His widow survives and yet makes her home in Little Sioux, Iowa.

It was during the infancy of Harlan A. Scott that his parents removed to Little Sioux, where he largely pursued his education in the public schools, although later he was graduated from a business college at Shenandoah, Iowa, with the class of 1895. He next went to Ottumwa, Iowa, where he spent two years in the employ of a wholesale drug firm, and later he entered the office of the superintendent of the Chicago Great Western Railway in Des Moines in the capacity of a stenographer. After a year and a half there spent he returned to Little Sioux and for a year was associated in business with his father, who conducted a general store there. In 1900 H. A. Scott removed to St. Louis and was private secretary to L. W. Wakeley, then general passenger agent of the Missouri lines and now general passenger agent of the Burlington lines west of the Missouri river. Mr. Scott remained in St. Louis for about six months and in June, 1901, came to Omaha, where he accepted the position of private secretary to the traffic manager of the Cudahy Packing Company, continuing in that position until August, 1907, when he turned his attention to the real estate business and to contracting, while soon afterward he added a fire insurance department. In 191 3 he incorporated his interests under the name of the Scott & Hill Company and has continuously been its president. He has operated largely in the field of real estate dealing and building and fire insurance is also an important branch of his interests. His patronage is extensive and his interests are constantly broaden-

On the 2d of October, 1901. in Des Moines. Iowa, Mr. Scott was united in marriage to Miss Winifred May, daughter of Caleb M. Stafford. They have two children, Viola Madeline and Eugenia Winifred. Politically Mr. Scott is a republican but without aspiration for office. He attends the Church of the Latter Day Saints and something of the nature of his recreation is indicated in the fact that he is a member of the Automobile Club. He has gained a wide acquaintance during the period of his residence in Omaha and his sterling worth has won for him the respect and goodwill of many with whom he has been lirought in contact.

Wayne E. Sawtell

\\'ayne E. Sawtell, an Omaha attorney who has practiced in this city since November, 1912, was born in Hartwick, Iowa, in 1881 and is a representative of an old New England family. His ancestors originally were French and at the lime of religious persecution in that country fled from France to England with other Huguenots. The immigrant ancestor in America came from England in 1636. James Prescott Sawtell, the grandfather, was born in Chester, Vermont, and the father, Frank A. Sawtell, was born in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1861, which facts indicate that the family was following the trend of western emigration. The last named wedded Maria Jones and in 1893 they became residents of Des Moines, Iowa, where they are now living.

Wayne E. Sawtell was a youth of six years when the family removed from Hartwick to Des ^Moines, where he continued his education in the public schools and later entered Drake University of that city, from which he was graduated on the completion of the law course in 1910. He was then appointed private secretary to the Hon. Judge Smith McPherson and occupied that position for five months. He next located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and in November, 1912, removed to Omaha, where he has since practiced. He is a close student and furthermore recognizes the fact that indefatigable industry is just as essential in successful law practice as in the trades or in commercial life. He therefore prepares his cases with great thoroughness and care and this constitutes one of the strong elements of his growing success.

On the i8th of June, 191 3, Mr. Sawtell was married in Council Bluffs to Miss Florence Harwood Keith, a daughter of Jonas Harwood Keith, who was born in Massachusetts. There is one daughter of this marriage, Jeanette Harwood. The parents hold membership in the Congregational church and Mr. Sawtell gives his political support to the republican party, keeping well informed on the questions and issues of the day.

Isaac Newton \'ogel, president and general manager of the Big 4 Realty Company of Omaha, was born at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, in 1874. His father, Isaac Sylvester Vogel, was born in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, and his parents came from Germany to the United States. The family home was established in Pennsylvania and the father was there residing at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. In full sympathy with the Union cause, he enlisted as a soldier of Company D, Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, with which he served from the outbreak of hostilities until the close. He was captured at Harpers Ferry and sent to Andersonville, where he was incarcerated for nine months, and on his release he was mustered out, the war having then been brought to a successful termination. He never recovered from the effects of his imprisonment, however. From 1866 until 1884 he was engaged in the manufacture of lumber at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, and from the latter year until five years prior to his death continued in the same line of business at Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, his last years being spent in retirement. He married Miss Emma E. Parson, a native of the Keystone state.

It was in the schools of Port Allegany that Isaac N. Vogel pursued his education and in July, 1901, when a young man of twenty-seven years, he came to Omaha, where for seven years he was engaged in the life insurance business. In 1908 he turned his attention to the real estate and fire insurance business under the name of the Vogel Realty Agency and operated under that 'name, negotiating many important realty transfers and building up a business which reached large and profitable proportions. On December 11, 1916, he organized the Big 4 Realty Company.

Mr. \^ogel has been twice married. On the 26th of December, 1895, in Portville, New York, he wedded Miss Mittie Strang, who passed away December 29, 1900, leaving two children, Helen B. and Millard O. On the 22d of March, 1905, in Neligh, Nebraska, Mr. V^ogel was again married, his second union being with Frances Elizabeth Myers, by whom he has three children : Sylvester .William, Georgianna E. and Gretchen R.

Mr. A^ogel belongs to the Woodmen of the World and to the Fraternal Aid Union. Politically he maintains an independent course, casting his ballot according to the dictates of his judgment. He is interested in all matters of progressive citizenship and cooperates in well defined plans and measures for the public good.

A friend of Abraham Burbank characterized his life work in the following manner: "He started out with a shoestring and now ownis a tannery." Back of this is the story of indefatigable effort, unfaltering perseverance and laudable ambition, which has brought him through the steps of an orderly progression to a prominent position in the business circles of Omaha, where he is now managing the Fontenelle Hotel. He was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, February 4, 1878, a son of William Pomeroy and Harriett R. (Merrill) Burbank, the former a native of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and the latter of New York. Both have now passed away, the father's death occurring in 1913, while the mother was called to her final rest in 1912.

Spending his youthful days in his native city, Abraham Burbank attended the public schools and afterward became a student in the Friends' school at Providence, Rhode Island. His father and grandfather were both hotel men and when in 1896 Abraham Burbank started out in the business world he entered the employ of Swift & Company, remaining with that corporation until 1904 at Chicago, Boston and New York, occupying the position of traveling auditor, but his early experience and environment undoubtedly influenced his later business activity. He was as it were "to the manner born," and in 1905 he turned to the business of hotel management, going to Moosehead Lake, Maine, as manager of the Mount Kineo Hotel. Since that time he has successively managed the W. E. Woods System of Restaurant Hotels, the Whitcomb Hotel at Rochester, New York, the Ten Eyck Hotel at Albany, New York, the Virginia Hotel at Columbus, Ohio, the Hotel Vermont at Burlington, \^ermont, and the Hotel Broezel at Buffalo. New York. He afterward joined with his brother, William R. Burbank, who died April 10, 1915, in the management of the Fontenelle Hotel in Omaha, of which he has since had charge, and he has made this a popular hostelry, con- ducted according- to the most modern methods of hotel management. He is acquainted with every detail of the business, thoroughly studies every point connected with its control and gives to the public a service that ensures a continued patronage.

Mr. Burbank attends the Congregational church and he belongs to the Omaha 1-Meld Club and to the Commercial Club. His political support is given to the republican party, but the honors and emoluments of office have no attraction for him. He enjoys the well merited reputation of being one of the most alert, keen-sighted and discriminating business men in Omaha and his success is the legitimate and deserved reward of persistent and intelligently directed effort.

Mrs. Mary Manning H. Cormack

Since 1862 Mrs. Mary Cormack has been a resident of Omaha. On the ist of June of that year she arrived in this city with her mother, who brought her family of seven children to Nebraska, making the trip by boat from Dubuque, Iowa, to Omaha. They were three weeks en route owing to the fact that the boat was continually getting stuck on sand bars. They came to make their home with Mrs. Cormack's uncle, Joseph D. Manning, who had made the trip from Indianapolis by wagon in ^lay, 1854. He was employed as watchman in the First National Bank and while serving in that capacity successfully frustrated an attempt at bank robbery. He made judicious investment of his savings in real estate and afterward became very active in real estate dealings. He took over most of the Mitchell estate at Florence and at one time there were few men in Omaha whose property interests exceeded his. He owned land where Forest Lawn cemetery is now situated and he was the first owner of the property at Fifteenth and Farnam streets, where the World-Herald building now stands. In many ways he contributed to the progress and improvement of the city. He removed buildings many from Florence to Omaha and with ox teams moved one to his property at Fifteenth and Farnam streets. He also brought a building from Bellevue, Nebraska, and established it at Eleventh and Jackson streets. His activities were of a most modern character, contributing in substantial measure to the upbuilding of the city, and "Sir. Manning remained an honored and valued resident of Omaha to the time of his death, which occurred in 1893, when he was about ninety years of age.

Mrs. Cormack was one of the tirst pupils of the Omaha high school, which she entered in 1872. This was a most notable year in the history of the school, as there were many in the class who became prominent in later years, among the number being Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Easterbrook, Arthur Huntington, Blanche Deuel, Mrs. Bertha I. McConnell, Stacia Crowley, Addie Gladstone, Esther Jacobs, Wilber Hawes, Alfred Ramsey, Charles L. Saunders, and Dr. Philip Hall, of Lincoln.

Mrs. Cormack took up the profession of teaching and for many years was a principal in the Omaha schools. She possessed marked ability as an educator, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that she had acquired, and she was continually studying in order to make her work more effective. Her cooperation has always been sought as an element of strength in promoting any interest with which she has become connected. She is now secretary of the Douglas County Pioneers Association, a position she has occupied for three years, and she is also a member of the Territorial Memorial Association.

It was in 1877 that Mary Manning became the wife of William Hay, superintendent of bridges and building for the Union Pacific Railroad Company, in which connection he built much of the road. Mr. Hay was a very active republican and was a prominent representative of the Masonic fraternity. He attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and was also a member of the

Mrs. Mary M. H. Cormack

Mystic Shrine. He was also an officer in the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen from its organization until his death. He died November 28, 1900, leaving a daughter, Anna D., now the wife of George F. Krelle. They are parents of two children, Marie F. and William Hay Krelle. In 1903 Mrs. Hay became the wife of Captain Thomas Cormack, who arrived in Omaha in 1878, removing to this city from Boston. For years he was connected with the police department as captain and later he organized the Cormack Detective Agency, with which he remained in active association until his death, which occurred on the 15th of April, 1913, when he was only fifty-six years of age.

Mrs. Cormack has reared several nieces, among whom are Helen, the wife of E. R. Stilphen, and Miss Hester Olive Lane, both of whom were born and reared in Omaha, where they have always resided. They were daughters of Edmund Lane, who was a civil engineer and chief of the engineering corps of the Union Pacific Railway from the time of its construction until his death in 1888. Their mother was a sister of Mrs. Cormack. Miss Hester O. Lane is following the profession of teaching, the same as that of her aunt, and is a teacher in the Omaha schools.

Mrs. Cormack is the only surviving member of her mother's family of seven children, who came to Omaha in an early day. She is past senior vice president of the Woman's Relief Corps and for years has been very active in that organization. She is now treasurer of the Omaha Suffrage City Central Committee and has been very prominent in the movement for many years. In a word, she has taken a helpful part in many interests which have been promoted for the benefit of the community or for philanthropic purposes. She has labored along the lines of social service and her work has brought good results. There are few of Omaha's residents who can claim longer connection with the city, for through fifty-five years she has here resided and there is no phase of the city's development and progress with which she is not familiar.

Harry Ored Steel

Harry Ored Steel, general agent for the Union Central Life Insurance Company, was born February 8, 1876, in the city of Omaha, where he still makes his home, and has always resided here. The name of Steel has been a synonym of activity and progressiveness in insurance circles in Omaha for many years. His father, John Steel, was born in Sweden in 1848 but came to Omaha in early manhood, arriving about 1868. Here he was married to Hannah Pierson, who died in July, 1914, but Mr. Steel now makes his home in Parma, Idaho, and is the owner of a fruit ranch in that state. While living in Omaha he served in 1892 and 1893 as a member of the city council from the seventh ward. Attracted by the opportunities of the growing northwest, he went to Idaho in the spring of 1 91 2 and there now owns a large ranch on which he is raising apples and prunes. To him and his wife were born three children : Lillian A., the wife of George A. Loveland, of Lincoln,. Nebraska, who there occupies the position of United States weather observer; Harry O. ; and Alvin Arthur, who has a fruit ranch in Idaho and who married Ethel Kiefer, of Colon, Nebraska.

Harry O. Steel pursued his education in the Omaha schools and in 1896, when twenty years of age, became connected with the life insurance business, in which he has since engaged. In this respect he is following in the footsteps of his father, who for thirty-five years was state agent for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee. Harry O. Steel has put forth every possible effort to develop his business, with the result that he has created a large and profitable agency at this point for The Union Central Life Insurance Company, this agency being one of their largest and ranking among the largest of its kind in Nebraska.

On the 24th of January, 191 1, in Omaha, Air. Steel was united in marriage to ]\Iiss Frances Weber, her father being Anthony Weber, a native of Alsace- Lorraine. They have a (laughter, Jane. In 1896, tv^o years previous to the Spanish-American war. Mr. Steel joined Company G of the Second Regiment of Nebraska National Guard. He served that command for two years and with it went to Chickamauga, Tennessee, in the spring of 1898. He returned in October of that year and was mustered out in December, and in the meantime he suffered an attack of ty])hoid fever. Mr. Steel votes with the republican party, believing tirmly in its principles as effective factors in good government. He is a Knights Templar Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine and is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Along more strictly recreative lines he belongs to the Omaha Field Club, the Omaha Auto Club, the Athletic Club of Omaha and the Noon-Day Club and he has membership in the Commercial Club. Mr. Steel's life has its worth in the community as a factor in that substantial progress which results from the efforts of the reliable and enterprising business men who recognize and meet their duties of citizenship while successfully controlling individual interests.

Kelso A. Morgan

Kelso A. Morgan, an attorney practicing at the Omaha bar, was born in Lewis, Cass county, Iowa, November 11, 1883, and began his education in the schools of his native city and completed a high school course by graduation with the class of 1902 when he was eighteen years of age. He afterward spent nearly four years as a student in the University of Nebraska and later entered the University of ^Michigan as a law student, being there graduated with the class of 1909. Immediately afterward he came to Omaha for the practice of law and for one year was in the office of F. A. Brogan but since that time has continued alone in the general practice of his profession.

On the 24th of April, 191 5, in Omaha, Mr. JMorgan was united in marriage to Miss Beatrice Mary Louise Tancock, a daughter of Dean James A. Tancock, of Trinity Cathedral. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan are Episcopalians in religious faith, holding membership in Trinity Cathedral. His political support is given to the republican party and the only office that he has held has been in the path of his profession, for he became city attorney of Florence, Douglas county, on the 1st of May, 191 3. At the outset of his career he recognized the truth of the old maxim, "There is no success without labor," and was willing to win success at the price of earnest, self-denying effort. Closely applying himself to his chosen calling, he has ever thoroughly prepared his cases and his devotion to his clients' interests has become proverbial.

John Abraham Horbacr

The trend of development and modern progress in Omaha was largely shaped and colored by the efforts of John Abraham Horbach and his name deserves a prominent place on the pages of the city's history. A native of Pennsylvania, he was born near Greensburg, in Westmoreland county, on the 9th of November. 1 83 1, and his life record compassed the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten, for he passed away on the 26th of November, 1901. Flis parents were Abraham and Catharine (Lobengier) Horbach, and in the conduct of his business of farming the father won a substantial measure of success. Through the period of his early boyhood John A. Horbach attended the public schools of his native county and afterward matriculated in Greensburg College. Early in his business career he spent three years in a clerical position in the United States land office in Omaha, which he opened before the arrival of his superior, Colonel Addison R. Gilmore. He thus early became identified with the development of this city and for many years was a prominent factor in its business circles. Later he opened a forwarding and commission business in Omaha, which was then one of the important points for the transfer of freight destined for the interior, from the steamboat to the wagon train. At that period Omaha was still a frontier town, an outpost of civilization, and with the subsequent development and upbuilding of the city Mr. Horbach was closely associated. Soon after taking up his abode here he entered a claim of one hundred and sixty acres lying immediately north of the original city limits, and as the population of the city increased and he saw that its growth would furnish a demand for his property, he platted his claim as Horbach's first and second additions to Omaha. The additions began north of Nicholas street, extended a quarter of a mile north, and from Twenty-fourth street on the west to a point near Eleventh street on the east.

In 1866 and 1867 Mr. Horbach filled the position of local agent with the Alerchants Union Express Company, the predecessor of the American Express Company. He eagerly welcomed every enterprise that would ccfntribute to the welfare and progress of the community and cooperated in many plans for general improvement. He became one of the stockholders on the organization of the Omaha & Northwestern Railway Company and was elected vice president and general manager, continuing to serve in those capacities vmtil the road was taken over by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapohs & Omaha Railway Company in 1880. He fully realized the value of railroad building in the development of a new district and he thus became an active factor in the promotion of transportation interests. At one time he was a director of the Merchants National Bank before its reorganization under the present name. In 1888 he became identified with the Omaha Motor Railway Company as a stockholder and he likewise aided in the organization of the Omaha & Grant Smelting Company, now operating under the name of the American Smelting & Refining Company. The spirit of initiative and enterprise which he manifested, combined with' his keen insight into the possibilities of business situations, caused his cooperation to be eagerly sought in the conduct of important commercial and industrial concerns. He was also extensively connected with cattle raising in the west, beginning operations along that line in 1874, and at one time he had extensive ranch interests in southwestern Kansas.

It was before he left Pennsylvania that Mr. Horbach was married in Allegheny, that state, on the 12th of December, 1854, to Miss Sarah Wallace. They began their domestic life in the east but in April, 1856, removed to Omalia. They became parents of a son and a daughter : Paul W., a well known resident of Omaha; and Mary F., the widow of Captain John G. Bourke, of the United States army. Mr. Horbach was in Wyoming at the time of his demise. His widow survived him until October 18, 191 1. From the time when she came from Pennsylvania with her husband in 1856 she took a prominent part in the social life of the community. In this connection the Omaha Excelsior, followmg her death, said : "Her bright, cheerful disposition and a keen sense of humor made her a charming companion who was always missed at any social gathering from which she was absent, a disposition that endeared her to many a woman ni the early days of Omaha when life was not easy and a laugh and a light heart were valuable assets in the community." Both Mr. and Mrs. Horbach greatly endeared themselves to the community in which they lived and had a very extensive circle

While Mr. Horbach was never an active political worker, his fellow townsmen called upon him to represent his ward in the city council in 1870 and 187 1, at which time the construction of a system of city waterworks was under consideration He was appointed a member of the committee selected by the council to visit eastern cities and examine and report upon the water systems in use in different localities. While not a politician, he was a most public-spirited citizen and his endorsement of any measure drew to it a large following, for people recognized his devotion to the general good and the soundness of his judgment in business affairs, whether of a private nature or of moment to the municipality. In a review of the history of Omaha it is readily seen that Mr. Horbach played an important part in i)romoting the development of the city, lie had qualities of leadership and his business discernment and initiative placed him in the foremost rank.

Edward Leonidas Bradley

Edward Leonidas Bradley, who won second honors on graduating from the law department of the University of Omaha in 1896, since which time he has practiced his profession in Omaha, being now a partner in the firm of Bradley & Brandley, was born in Springfield, Illinois, in 1870. His father, Leonidas H. Bradley, was a native of Patriot, Ohio, born in 1841, and married Abigail Manley, a native of Illinois, and a daughter of Judge Uri Manley of eastern Illinois, who during his early days was associated with Abraham Lincoln in the trial of many cases. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley resided in Illinois for a number of years but in 1886 came to Omaha, where the father spent his remaining days, passing away in 19^3. The mother is still living.

At the usual age Edward Leonidas Bradley became a public school pupil in Springfield, Illinois, and eventually entered the high school at Omaha, from which he was graduated with the class of 1891. He acquired his legal education in the University of Pennsylvania and in the law department of the University of Omaha, from which he was graduated in 1896. He began practice as a member of the law firm of Bradley & De Lamatre and upon its dissolution became a member of the firm of Bradley & Bradley. He now has a good clientage and in his law practice has proven his ability to cope with intricate and involved legal problems. Few lawyers have made a more lasting impression upon the bar of Omaha, both for legal ability of a high order and for the individuality of a personal character which impresses itself upon a community. Of a family conspicuous for strong intellects, indomitable courage and energy, he entered upon his career as a lawyer and such is his force of character and natural qualifications that he has carved his name high on the legal arch.

On the 17th of June, 1903, in Omaha, Mr. Bradley wedded Luna May Powell, a daughter of the late George S. Powell, and their children are George H. and Edward L. Mr. Bradley belongs to the Episcopal church and he is a York Rite and a Mystic Shrine Mason. He is also identified with the Moose and is a member of the Omaha Athletic Club. His political support is given to the republican party but he is not active along that line. His interest concentrates rather in fraternal insurance societies and he became chairman of the law committee of the Fraternal Aid Union and a justice of the supreme forum of the Loyal Order of Moose.

Clinton Joy Sutphen

Clinton Joy Sutphen, well known in theatrical circles as business manager of the Brandeis theatre of Omaha, was born November 2, 1884, in the city in which he now resides. His paternal grandfather, DeWitt Clinton Sutphen, was one of Omaha's pioneer residents, arriving in 1854, when the Nebraska metropolis was but a tiny hamlet on the western frontier. He served as a sutler with the

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Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry during the Civil war and for many years he was proprietor of a gun store on Farnam, near Thirteenth street, in Omaha, but his last days were passed in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, where he departed this life in 1908. His son, Charles DeWitt Sutphen, a native of Omaha, dealt in real estate in early life and subsequently engaged in the manufacture and sale of carriages. Afterward he again concentrated his efforts upon the real estate business and at the present time he is conducting two moving picture theatres in Waynesville, North Carolina. He was married in Omaha to Miss Ollie Rasmussen, who died in June, 1903.

Clinton Joy Sutphen passed through consecutive grades in the Omaha public schools until graduated from the high school with the class of 1903 and in the same year he became assistant treasurer of Boyd's theatre, being thus employed for six months. He was then transferred to Sioux City, Iowa, where he was treasurer of the Grand Opera House, owned by the same people who had charge of the Boyd theatre of Omaha. After three months spent in Sioux City he was transferred by the same company to St. Joseph, Missouri, as treasurer of the Tootle theatre, of which he had charge for six months. Returning to Omaha for the summer of 1905, he was later manager for the Woodward Stock Company on the road for a season, and in the spring of 1906 he traveled ahead of a musical show for three months. This stranded, however, in Marquette, Michigan, and soon afterward Mr. Sutphen obtained the position of advertising agent for the Sun Brothers Circus. He occupied that position for seven months, terminating his connection therewith in Florida in the winter of 1906. He spent the winter in Macon, Georgia, and next obtained the position of advance agent of a repertoire show company, traveling through the south. In ten weeks he managed to save enough money to get back to Omaha, where he accepted a clerkship in the cigar store owned by his brother-in-law. The following fall he was again upon the road and in 1907-8 he was in Council Bluffs as manager of the New Theatre and the posting plant there, owned by A. B. Beall of Sioux City. In March, 1910, he returned to Omaha as business manager of the Brandeis theatre, which position he has since occupied. He possesses dynamic force and never waits for a position to come to him but goes after it, and if he cannot get what he wants, takes the next best. He is resolute, energetic and determined and he is a popular and well known figure in theatre circles.

On the 14th of August, 1913, in Omaha, Mr. Sutphen was united in marriage to Mrs. Irene Mowes, nee Matters, daughter of Thomas H. Matters. By her former marriage Mrs. Sutphen had three children: Thomas H., Gertrude Irene and Frank. Mr. Sutphen attends the Episcopal church and he belongs to the Rotary Club. In politics he maintains an independent course, voting according to the dictates of his judgment in relation to the situation.

Fred G. Moore

Fred G. Moore, well known in commercial circles in Omaha as secretary of The Yetter-Moore Company, wholesale and retail dealers in wall papers, draperies and decorative materials, has in the conduct of his business directed his efforts along modern commercial lines of enterprise, resulting in successful achievement. \ native of Iowa, he was born at Laporte City, September 20. 1877, and comes of an old Puritan family of New England. His great-grandfather in the paternal line was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, while his grandfather served American interests in the War of 1812. The earliest records show John Moore to have been a member of the Massachusetts Bay colony. Later members of the family removed to New York and to Pennsylvania, while settlement was subse- (luently made in Ohio and in Indiana. It was in the last named state, near South Bend that Andrew Y. Moore, father of Fred G. Moore, was born September

25, 1833, and his life record covered the intervening years to the 7th of November. 1907, when he passed away at the age of seventy-four. He was an alternate from Michigan to the republican national convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for the jjresidcncy. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Lavina Vore and was born January 23, 1843, 's still living.