Abstracts from THE ELKHORN TIMES (Douglas Co.)
Submitted by: Ralph Wilson, Waterloo, NE

4 Sept. 1835: Funeral of Bayard T. THOMPSON

The funeral services of Bayard T. THOMPSON, of this place, took place on Sunday last. Services by Rev. HICK at the Presbyterian church. The Masonic order was in charge. Pallbearers: 0. WHITNEY, F. W. CORLISS, G. W. ?HILL, W. J. ROBINSON, Wm. KORNER, Chauncey P. COY. The ritual services of the order (Masonic) were executed with great credit to the members of this new lodge, it being the first effort to administer the burial ceremony.

It is estimated that fully 300 persons went to Brittain cemetery, where the remains were consecrated beside his beloved wife's remains.

Mr. L. S. SMITH expresses his sincere thanks for all the kindness during the illness and burial of Mr. THOMPSON.

(WATERLOO GAZETTE)

13 Sept. 1985 (Friday): Funeral of Mrs. Hatie KORNERMAN

Died, near Elk City, Sept. 5, 1885, Mrs. Hatie KORNERMAN, wife of D. KORNERMAN, aged 28 years.

Mrs. KORNERMAN, native of the German Empire, came to Nebraska with her husband in the spring of 1884. Member of the Christian church.

"Close upon her death followed that of her infant son, and both mother and son were buried in one grave; while the father alone remained to mourn his irreperable loss." Burial in the Stiner cemetery.

Pall bearers: F. CLARESON, D. VERTMARTE, D. F. LOGERMAN and H. STINER. Assisted by: A. WITTE, Rug. WITTE Jr., P. BRAKMAN Jr. & others.

9 Oct. 1885: death of Frederick MOHN

Frederick MOHN died Tuesday at the residence of Win, R. TURNER, Elk City, Neb. He was age 62. Funeral today (Wednesday) at the residence of Mr. TURNER, services by Rev. John N, ZIMMERIS Pall bearers: Win, DODSON, Arthur DODSON, James W. SHUMAKER, Hiram CULP, Frank GELSTON & John KNOX.

25 Sept. 1885: Presbyterian Church services at Waterloo

On Sunday, 4 Oct. Rev. HICK will preach on the death of children, a funeral sermon on the characters of Mr. HIEMBAUGH's and Mr. REPASS' children, who died last August.

18 Dec. 1885: death of Daniel 6. WILLIAMS

Daniel 6. WILLIAMS, aged 20 yrs 4 months. Services at the Presbyterian Church. Burial at Byers Cemetery.

8 Jan. 1886: death of Aven ASKWIG

Died, 30 Dec. 1885, Aven, aged 1yr 7mo. 24 days, youngest son of A.E. & E.M. ASKWIG. Little Aven had been in poor health until Thursday (when he died).

Rev. 3. W. PLUMMER of the M.E. Church preached the funeral at the residence on New Years day. Remains buried in the family cemetery on the premises.

(WATERLOO GAZETTE)

5 March 1886: death of Clinton A. WORLEY.

Clinton A. WORLEY died at the home of Preston REEVES on Feb. 10, 1886.

The deceased was born in Spurville, Lehigh Co., Penn. on Dec. 22, 1861. In 1878 he came to Nebr. where he made his home for the greater part of the time with Mr. REEVES. Leaves a brother and Mr. & Mrs. REEVES who loved him as a son. Mother in Penn.

Services by C. N. BARNES of Waterloo on the Lord's day, Feb. 21, at the residence of Mr. REEVES.

(Typist notes from Douglas Co. Cemetery book:

Prospect Hill/Elkhorn Cemetery: H��nraett REPASS died 2 Aug 1885 age 9y 1m 29d Olive REPASS d 27 July 1885 age 7y 29d, children of E.A. & M. REPASS. Also John E. REPASS, son of E.A. & M. REPASS, d 13 June 1688 age 3 days. Mary REPASS, no dates.)

Valley Cemetery: Daniel E. WILLIAMS d 18 Dec 1885, aged 20y 4m. On same stone: on west side: son of J.M. & _. A. WILLIAMS; on south side, Adelbert G. WILLIAMS d 10 Oct 1881 aged 26y 26d; Daniel on north side.

Prospect Hill/Elkhorn Cemetery: ASKWIG, Aven E. d 20 Sept 1899 age 64y1m7d Susan M. d 16 Sept 1872 age 26y 9m 14d; Edwin d 7 Sept 1878 age 2y 5m 2d; Thorton d 14 July 1881 age 2y 4m 13d; Aven E. Jr. d 30 Dec 1885 age 1y 6m 20d; Anora d 25 Jan 1873 age 2y 11m 22d; Malinda d 25 May 1879 age 1y 4m 5d)

THE ELKHORN EXCHANGE 29 April 1927:

Joseph BUTRICK died at Lister hospital on Friday, April 22, from injuries received by a car in Waterloo the previous Tuesday. The little fellow suffered a badly fractured skull. Services at Waterloo on Saturday in the Presbyterian church with Rev. John PATTISON officiating; He is survived by his parents Mr & Mrs Charles BUTRICK and two little sisters, Gladys & Esther.

Burial at Prospect Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers: Forrest MOORE, Russel SHARPE, Charles REYNER & Lawrence MOHATT.

Robert Leroy KEISER small son of Mr. & Mrs. W. F. KEISER of Elkhorn, died Tuesday, April 26. He as born Feb. 22, 1921 and was 6y 2m 4d at his death. He' attended school at Dist. 41.

Besides his parents, he is survived by 2 bros. & a sister: Harold, 11; Betty, 5, and Laverne, 3 years old.

Funeral held today (Friday) at the KEISER home, 4 1/2 miles NW of Elkhorn. Services by Rev. P. W. EBRIGHT of Omaha; burial Prospect Hill Cemetery, Pallbeearere (sic) are 6 schoolmates: Elden SCHULDT, Leonard EGGERS, Donald LAMB, Raymond SEITZ, Leonard FALLON & Henry DOLL. Several girl schoolmates will act as flower girls.

(Parents William F. 1892-19--- and Minnie A. 1895-1968 are buried beside him in Prospect Hill.).

NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS      NEBRASKA STATE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

(NOTE: Tekamah is in Burt County.)

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FRONTIER COUNTY REGISTER OF PIONEERS 1935

FRONTIER COUNTY REGISTER OF PIONEERS 1935 Continued.

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GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
C/o Blair Public Library
Blair, Nebraska 68008

Can you help us locate someone interested in having a photo album which was left at my house, which surely must include pictures of members of a family which resided in Blair for a number of years? The album was brought to me as a member of WCGS after the death of the neighbor at whose home it had been stored for decades. We have contacted a number of older persons in Blair and had an article printed in the local newspaper. While a few persons have remembrances of the family (there were a number of children), no one knows where family members might be.

HEALEY Seeking relatives of Catherine HEALEY. The family--parents and several children--lived near Blair from about 1915 for possibly ten years or more. An unmarried teacher, Catherine lived here with her father until 1952 or later. Have her photo album, 1917-26, left with a neighbor when she moved. It was brought to WCGS to locate someone interested in having it. Clarice HEALEY was in Blair H. S. sophomore class of 1916-17. Also have commendation for military service to Anthony F. HEALEY from Nebraska governor, 1921. This was forwarded to Casper, Wyo. from Blair. Pictures were taken at various places in Nebraska as Tekamah, Creighton, Stockville, Kearney State Teachers College, and in Colorado, Wyoming, Florida, Arizona. Pictures are partially identified by first names, year and/or location. If interested, please contact .

Clarice Andersen
555 South 16 St.,
Blair, NE 68008

NEW BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY

Members of NSGS may order no more than three books from this listing at one time at two dollars per book. On a 3 x 5 card write your name, address and membership number along with the titles of the books you select. Incluse (sic) a SASE. Send your order to the NSGS Librarian, Route 2, Box 28, Exeter, NE 68351. A "Catalog of Library Holdings" is available from the same address for six dollars.

DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY:

WESTERN-THIS WE REMEMBER 1872-1972 donated by Leah (Loren) Moore of Upland, CA in Memory of Zola Steel and Mable Buler Moore who were cousins, a 23 page soft cover book, has stories and informative memoirs written by 31 residents about their personal experiences of Western, a town in Saline County Nebraska.

1976 SALINE COUNTY AUTO LICENSE DIRECTORY donated by Rose Marie Hulse of Exeter, is a 100 page booklet listing the names and town of vehicle registrants and business advertisors.

FOUR GENERATION PICTURES OF BOWDY DEIKAN EHLER of SCOTTSBLUFF donated by his great grandmother, Doris (Earl) Smith of Scottsbluff has 3 pages of newspaper photos along with his family group sheet.

FORT CALHOUN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 75th ANNIVERSARY 6 May 1979, donated by ClariceAndersen of Blair, NE, is a 20 page booklet with history of the church from its beginning in 1904. A listing of ministers, first parishoners (sic), honored members by years of membership, officers and names of Session and Deacons from 1979 to 1981.

SUTHERLAND CENTENNIAL HISTORY BOOK 1891-1991 donated by the Sutherland Centennial Committee, a 627 page hard bound book without index or table of contents has a history of the town, high school alumni directory, burials in Riverview, Frontier and old Sutherland Cemeteries, 23 pages of military veterans photos and stories and 300 pages of family histories. Many very old photos are included.

FAMILY TREE HACKERS SURNAMES 1993, donated by Esther Blair Radcliffe of Newark, CA, is a 60 page spiral bound book listing names, birth, death, marriage dates and location along with spouse name and submitters names and addresses. This is a listing of names being researched by the 23 members of this society, all living in California.

SMALL SIBLINGS VOLUMES I II AND III donated by Pioneer Publications of Black Eagle, MT, each contains 25 pages with an every name index with information from records used by genealogists. The names and addresses of submitters is included.

CEMETERY RECORDS OF GREEN COUNTY ALABAMA AND RELATED AREAS donated by Heritage Books of Bowie MD, is a 142 page soft bound book with index of tombstone inscriptions from 47 cemeteries in Green County and 5 located across the state line in MS. Mary Marshall added additional personal data.

PERSPECTIVES: WOMEN IN NEBRASKA HISTORY 3 copies donated by Ruth McClurkin of Grand Island, is a 240 page soft bound book tells the biographies of 18 women who, were prominent in Nebraska History. The library has this book but an extra one sold very well at the annual meeting. Ruth asked if she could donate more books to sell in order to help the library. Anyone is free to give us an offer.

Donations continued:

Ray and Ellen DeVRies of Lincoln donated the following four items:

CASPER CHRONICLES, a 108 page soft bound book has the tales and reminiscences of early Casper Wyoming as remembered and told by parents or members of the Casper Zonta Membership in 1964 for the Diamond Jubillee (sic). Casper became an incorporated town before Wyoming became a state in 1890.

LOOKIN BACK-BIG HORN COUNTY MONTANA a 336 page soft bound book with index. This book published in 1976 has a history of the county along with 244 pages of family histories. Reminiscense stories with a lot of photos add to the book.

THE HISTORY OF PEAVINE BAPTIST CHURCH AND ITS PEOPLE 1836-1988 located in Rock Spring, GA, is an 100 page soft cover book of history in story and pictures, 35 pages of family histories, tombstone inscriptions from the Peavine Cemetery and an appendix which contains the list of pastors, those ordained, early lay leader, 1875 roll, officers, etc.

FRONTIER HERITAGE IN NEBRASKA LITERATURE AND ART a 48 page spiral bound book of essays from the program series in 1986 on Swedish and Danish ethnic literature; Czech history, arts and letters; Indian reconstruction; Frontier literature, poetry, fiction, folktales, folksongs, art and architecture. A listing of publications are listed for each chapter and the bibliography.

RHODE ISLAND GENEALOGY REGISTER April 1985, donated by the Rhode Island Families Association of Princeton, MA, is a 100 page soft cover book with index includes wills, cemetery, land, bible and genealogies from various locations in RI.

U.S MILITARY RECORDS-A GUIDE TO FEDERAL AND STATE SOURCES donated by Ancestry of Salk Lake City, Utah, a 441 page hard bound book with index, describes records available at the National Archives, Veterans Administration, State Archives, libraries, historical and patriotic organizations. Much of the sources are recorded by state making the book easy to use.

Phyllis S. Stevens of Hughesville, PA donated the following three items:

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE WELLS BUCKLIN 1876-1963 a 45 page soft cover book written by George in 1948 telling of his birth in WI to several locations in MN, spending time in NE with wife, Abby and daughters, Clarissa and Madeline from 1919 till 1943 as a commercial photographer. He worked for the Lincoln Star during the building of the state capital, veteran's hospital, Cornhusker Hotel, Buick, Stewart and Sharp buildings and Bryan Hospital. Both daughters attended UNL and were married in Lincoln. They moved to Dayton, Ohio from Nebraska.

EIGHTY YEARS OF MEMORIES BY JOHN R SMITH 1870-1958 written by John who was born in WI, moved near Plainview, NE in 1882, married in 1899, moved to Norfolk than to Lincoln where he opened an architectural office building churches. Their 3 children attended UNL. Mrs. Smith died and John remarried in Lincoln. John traveled retiring at age 83 in Denver, CO where he died in 1958.

INDEX TO NEBRASKANA a 52 page index compiled by Phyllis, from the 1374 page book, NEBRASKANA, that contains biographical sketches of Nebraska Men and Women of achivement (sic) who have been awarded life membership in the Nebraskana Society. This book was copyrighted in 1932. We have the book in our library.

GENEALOGY BULLETIN the 48 page newsletter of the American Genealogical Lending Library has a section of 3000 queries with submitter's names and addresses.

Ruth Anna Hicks of Lincoln donated the following 25 publications:

BOWMAN FILES INDEX T0 DESCENDANTS OF MAYFLOWER PASSENGERS a 264 page soft cover book consists of two sections: Descendant and Spouse, generation number, first 3 letters of surname along with film number. The index was compiled by Bowman to identify all descendants of the Mayflower Passengers.

More of Ruth Anna Hicks donations:

HISTORY OF McLEAN COUNTY ILLINOIS 1879, a 1179 page hard bound book with index has a history of the county, each township, biographical sketches of patrons living in each township. Portraits of the old settlers are found through the book.

McLEAN COUNTY CEMETERIES-Volume I-DAWSON TOWNSHIP, a 48 page soft cover book has tombstone inscriptions and maps from 7 cemeteries in the county. Names are in alphabetical order in each cemetery.

McLEAN COUNTY CEMETERIES-Volume 2-EMPIRE TOWNSHIP, a 74 page book contains inscriptions from 4 cemeteries, Same as above.

McLEAN COUNTY CEMETERIES-Volume 3-BLOOMINGTON TOWNSHIP, a 57 page book contains inscriptions from 3 cemeteries plus a listing of soldiers who have no markers.

McLEAN COUNTY CEMETERIES Volume 4-ALLIN TOWNSHIP, a 32 page book contains inscriptions from 3 cemeteries.

EARLY RECORDS HAMPSHIRE COUNTY VIRGINIA now West Virginia a 170 page hard bound book with index, includes wills up to 1860; deeds up to 1800; marriage records 1824-1828; 1782 and 1784 state census and Revolutionary War soldiers pensions for 1835, etc.

TALBOT COUNTY MARYLAND LAND RECORDS 1765-1771 Book 12, a 136 page soft bound book with index lists date, names of Grantor and Grantee and witnesses. Many transactions included the slaves and property.

SOME KANAWHA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA CEMETERIES-Volume I a 212 page soft cover book with index, includes tombstone inscriptions from 121 small Family Graveyards. Directions to the cemetery are included.

NEW ENGLAND GENEALOGY-A RESEARCH GUIDE WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT,, a 28 page soft cover book is based on a lecture delivered in 1974. The states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island are also included but not in detail like the first two.

MASSACHUSETTS CONNECTICUT RHODE ISLAND-THEIR COUNTIES TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNS, a 44 page soft cover book has maps of each state and county along with the names of towns in each county.

1860 GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK a 752 page hard bound book published in 1860 has an index of geographical names and subjects. The book has a general history of the state, every county, city, town, village and locality with full tables of statistics.

GALLATIN COUNTY-GATEWAY TO THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY, a 153 page soft bound book is a history of the county and its towns, especially Shawneetown, the gateway to the southern section of the state which was the river port for 50 years.

EARLY MARRIAGES OF COLES COUNTY ILLINOIS 1830-1850 a 63 page soft cover book is an alphabetical listing of male and female, date and name of official performing the marriage.

1850 COLES COUNTY ILLINOIS FEDERAL CENSUS a 176 page spiral bound book with index is recorded by Precinct with name of everyone in the household, age, sex, state of birth, occupation and financial status.

INDEX To 1880 MORTALITY SCHEDULE OF KANSAS a 145 spiral bound book listing the names and county in which they died. Included is the address of where to write to receive mortality schedules by county, number of pages in the book and cost.

1880 MORTALITY, SCHEDULE OF ATCHISON COUNTY KANSAS, a 27 page soft cover book with index lists names from each township, age, sex, birthplace, father's and mother's birthplaces, occupation, month of death, length of residence in county and cause of death.

MARRIAGE BONDS OF BEDFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA 1755-1800 a 99 page book with index lists the names of bride, groom and surety along with date of marriage and name who gave consent when needed.

More of Ruth Anna Hicks donations:

FIRST MARRIAGE RECORD OF AUGUSTA COUNTY VIRGINIA 1785-1813 a 75 page soft cover book with index lists marriages by date and by whom solemnized. Names of bride, groom and date are included.

SUPPLEMENT TO FIRST MARRIAGE RECORD OF AUGUSTA COUNTY VIRGINIA 1785-1813 a 32 page booklet with index includes corrections, additional information taken from church records, etc. and a listing of ministers.

SECOND MARRIAGE RECORD OF AUGUSTA COUNTY VIRGINIA 1813-1850 a 139 page soft cover book with index has the same information as the first book of marriage records.

1776 LANCASTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA DIARY a 120 page soft bound book with index has excerpts from diaries, day-books, journals, newspapers and court records of the daily life of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1776.

INDEX T0 WASHINGTON COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA WILLS 1781-1900 a 74 page soft cover book lists the names in alphabetical order, volume and page numbers with year of probate.

INDEX TO ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA WILLS 1789-1869 a 39 page book with names in alphabetical order, same as the Washington County book.

NARRATIVES OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA WEST NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE 1630-1707 a 476 page soft bound book with index contains early accounts of the exploration and settlement of Delaware Bay and River written by explorers, governors and Dutch, Swedish, German, Welsh and Quaker settlers.

Books Received in Exchange with Clark County Washington Genealogical Society

CLARK COUNTY DEATH RECORDS 1891-1903 a 29 page soft cover book has deaths taken from courthouse records, listed in alphabetical order by name, sex, death date, location, age, cause of death, birthplace, parents names, and name of person who filled out the death form.

CLARK COUNTY MARRIAGES Volume I 1852-1896 a 244 page soft cover book with surname index lists grooms name, age, brides name, age, date of marriage and witness.

CLARK COUNTY MARRIAGES Volume II 1897-1904 a 289 page book same as above.

CLARK COUNTY MARRIAGES Volume III 1905-1908 a 300 page book same as above.

CLARK COUNTY PIONEERS-A Centennial Salute is a 760 page hard bound book with full index and some photos. It has stories of the early pioneers in the county.

CLARK COUNTY PIONEERS-Through the Turn of the Century, a 911 page hard bound book with index is the same as above.

BOOKS PURCHASED BY THE THE SOCIETY

SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CHURCH KRAKOW PARISH 1893-1993 a 262 page spiral bound book tells the history of a Polish Catholic Church, school convent and cemetery in Nance County. There are 14 pages of family histories, 5 pages of young men and women who became priests and sisters, soldiers who gave their lives in World War II, those who served in the wars, names of those taking first communion, names and addresses of parishoners (sic). Many photos make up the book.

THE WAR YEARS-WORLD WAR II AND THE PEOPLE OF CHERRY COUNTY a 100 page hard bound book with index contains photos and short autobiographies of men and women who seved (sic) in World War II and Vietname (sic) Veterans. Gold Star Veterans are featured in a special -section.

FULLERTON'S FIRST 100 YEARS 1879-1979 a 188 page soft cover book includes a biography of the found, the Ku Klux Klan with 96 pages of family histories,.

NEBRASKA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION COMMEMORATIVE HISTORY 1894-1994 a 208- page hard bound book lists past presidents, officer of the year since 1974 and Hall of Fame. Each county has two pages which includes a list of sheriffs, photos and other items of interest.