NSGS - Nebraska Ancestree, Vol. 21

NSGS Ancestree

Nebraska State Genealogical Society Journals

NEBRASKA ANCESTREE

Volume 21, no. 2

Fall 1998


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MILLER RESIDENT FIGHTING TO CLEAN UP CEMETERY
Keamey Hub, Aug 3, 1998
By: Carol Fettin, Hub Regional Correspondent
Submitted by: Irene Mollard, Amherst, NE

MILLER - Folded between rolling hills of golden, green prairie grass, fields of hay, and the winding Wood River, rests the few tell-tale signs of an old pioneer cemetery. Within a quiet meadow off a county road stands a plum thicket filled with weeds and goose berries. The lump of growth, covered and surrounded by old hay mounds, hides tombstones that once marked the graves of the earlier pioneers. The stones covered with dirt and old trees bear the names of ARMSTRONG and BOYD. They are the stones of small children and old-timers; some can be read while others are lost to time.

Stories persist about how the tombstones came to be knocked over and piled up. Regardless of the accounts of how it happened, recent records indicate the cemetery should still be standing. In 1885, according to a deed, men named ARMSTRONG and BOYD, working under the Western Home Burying Association, started a cemetery on three acres of land near Miller. Records as recent as 1990 note a cemetery exemption on a nearby landowner's warranty deed. The 1997 Register of Deeds plat map book marks a cemetery in the same area. Yet, to pass the area today, the land bears no signs of the cemetery ARMSTRONG and BOYD established 113 years ago.

Neglected cemeteries around Buffalo County have upset genealogists. One Miller resident said he is equally concerned, particularly about the cemetery created by ARMSTRONG and BOYD near his home. "I've heard about this all my life," said 38 year old Charles DAY. "Is anybody ever gonna care? I think it's time to do something about these cemeteries."

While the three acres of ground designated for use as a cemetery was never given a name, residents in the area refer to it as Watertown Cemetery because it's located two miles north of a place once called Watertown. Once a thriving township, Watertown was established as a regular stopping point for the Omaha and Republican Valley Railway Company where steam locomotives could load-up with water. At one time Watertown was serviced by a post office, established in 1890, and a schoolhouse, formed in 1886. By the 1930's Watertown began to decline.

It's unknown when and how the cemetery was abandoned. Today the area neighbors remember little about the plot of land. Thorny rose bushes make a feeble attempt to rise above gravel and dust that once marked the entrance. Grass and weeds grow tall. With the exception of nearby land owners mowing and haying the field, little attention is given to the cemetery. David FRESE of Miller said he has never plowed up land near the plum thicket because he has heard a cemetery was once nearby.

DAY, who is a captain in the National Guard and active in the American Legion, said he has always known about the cemetery and decided to look into it last May. DAY said he looked through the plum thicket and found one buried headstone containing the names of two small children.


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WATERTOWN CEMETERY (continued)

Without knowing where to turn, DAY took the marker to the Buffalo County Veteran's Service Office. He said he now hopes to bring his concern before the Buffalo County Board of Supervisors. Whether veterans are buried in the cemetery can't be determined, DAY said. But he and 13 other veterans organized a memorial service in May in honor of the people buried there ....

According to historical records, there are approximately 42 cemeteries in Buffalo County, of which 10 are private or family owned. State law provides that counties must, under certain conditions, tend to neglected pioneer cemeteries. Counties can pay to keep up cemeteries if the cemetery:

1 - Was founded or land was deeded to cemetery founders prior to Jan 1, 1900.
2 - Contains graves of people who were homesteaders, immigrants from a foreign nation, prairie farmers, pioneers, sodbusters, first generation Nebraskans, or Civil War veterans.
3 - Has been abandoned and neglected for at least 20 years.
4 - If these conditions are met, the county must help if 35 adults county residents petition to request maintenance.

According to state law, a county can spend $350. a year if a cemetery meets the legal definition of "totally abandoned" or $300. a year for each cemetery deemed "partially abandoned."

In response to concerns about abandoned cemeteries, the county board set up a committee of three members in April to look into the issue. Supervisor Dick PIERCE of Miller already has looked into aspects of Watertown cemetery. Supervisor Jim Anderson of Kearney says we are ready and willing to do something. We just need to identify what needs to be done.

 

MILLER MAN FINDS SUPPORT TO RESTORE CEMETERY
Keamey Hub, Aug 12, 1998
By: Jeffrey ROBB, Hub Staff Writer

For three months, Charles DAY of Miller has tried to revive Watertown Cemetery, a three-acre burial plot whose headstones were pushed in a pile, hidden within a plum thicket, and covered with dirt and hay.

His efforts to right the situation are quickly gaining support. The Buffalo County Genealogical Society is backing DAY. Following a Kearney Hub article last week, DAY encountered a Bertrand woman whose homesteader relative is buried at Watertown. DAY found an ally Tuesday who is a descendant of a cemetery founder.

DAY made a plea for help Tuesday and found only welcoming supervisors. As a first step, the board agreed to have the county survey the land east of Miller. Records at the Buffalo County Register of Deeds office indicate the cemetery land was never sold, though it appears to be part of an adjacent farm. Land records spell out the three acres legal description.

After establishing the cemetery's boundaries, Board Chairman Tim LOEWENSTEIN said DAY can work with the board's cemetery committee on


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WATERTOWN CEMETERY (continued)

cleaning the area, bringing in a Highway Dept. crew to clear headstones and put up a fence.

Watertown cemetery was established in 1885. A revelation Tuesday provides records that a homesteader is buried there. Marcia DAHLKE of Bertrand, who was searching for informaton on her husband's deceased great-grandfather but hitting roadblocks until last week, was present.

DAHLKES relative, Wilhelm DAHLKE, came to the United States from West Prussia in the late 1800's and settled in Buffalo County. Marcia DAHLKE possesses a record of that action. An 1891 homestead form authorized by President Benjamin HARRISON turns over U.S. owned land to her husband's great-grandfather. DAHLKE said she also knew the late Wilhelm DAHLKE was buried in someplace called Watertown Cemetery. It says so on his 1912 death certificate from the state . ...After genealogical research and trips to the former Watertown, DAHLKE said she found no cemetery.

Kearney Hub, Aug 13, 1998

County Supervisor Dick PIERCE of Miller approached the Extension office about sending out a call for help from Buffalo County 4-H clubs. In response to PIERCE'S request, Janele SMITH, Extension assistant for youth, sent out letters to 56 4-H leaders asking for volunteers to help maintain rural cemeteries in Buffalo County.

Other cemeteries in the county are cared for by interested local residents, and 4-H clubs. A 4-H club near Poole cares for the Majors Cemetery located seven miles southeast of Pleasanton. A farmer, Brad ROHRICH, north of Riverdale mows Divide Pioneer and Fairmont Pioneer cemeteries four or five times a year. He has several relatives buried there and says his grandfather kept the cemeteries up for years. Earl and Wanola CLARK said they pledge to protect the Poor Farm Cemetery as long as they live. They would like to see a cemetery marker erected so future generations will know the cemetery is there. Marcia Dahlke of Bertrand said her husband, sons, and grandsons want to help in the restoration of Watertown Cemetery

Kearney Hub, Aug 14, 1998

A Buffalo County surveying crew visited the cemetery east of Miller Thursday and staked out the plot's four corners, County Surveyor Wayne HUMPHREY said. The crew based its work on an 1885 land deed pulled from the Buffalo County Register of Deeds office.

Editor's Note: I have followed these articles in the Kearney Hub with great interest. There is help out there if we know where to ask for it. Hopefully others in need of help in maintaining a cemetery will profit from this information.


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Source: Keamey Hub--Weekend Edition, Aug 1-2,1998
Rural Cemeteries Hard to Locate Among Fields By: Jeffrey Robb Hub Staff Writer

Submitted by Mary Bergsten, Minden, NE

Buffalo County's rural cemeteries are sometimes so invisible that visitors can drive by one time and time again without realizing it. The cemeteries' locations are often known only to a select few - the people who lived next to them for years. With the addition of street names throughout Buffalo County, cemetery sites can be found with less of a search. The following list provides the street locations of many rural cemeteries, so everyone can know where they are.

By no means is the list comprehensive. Historians have recorded 13 private burial grounds, mostly located amid fields. Others may be unknown.

*Amherst - Old Stanley--NE 145th and Odessa Road
Black Hills Creek - SE 385th and Comanche Road
Burgess - SW 235th and Maple Road
Divide Pioneer - 190th between Greenhill-YOC Road
Dove Hill -S 56th and Dove Hill Road
*Dow - East on access road 1/2 mile south of 235th on Keystone
*Elm Creek Catholic -S 56th and Highway 183
*Elm Creek - S 56th and Highway 183
*Fairmont Pioneer - NW Pole Line and Grove
*Fairview - SW 130th and Highway 183
*Gibbon Riverside - SW 85th and Navaho
*lmmanuel Lutheran - 235th between Daykin-Amherst
*Kearney - 44th Street and Avenue I
*Majors - SW 265th and Imperial
*MiIIer-Armada - SW 280 and Highway 183
Old Zion Lutheran - Willow between 280-295
*Peake Lutheran -- Riverdale between Husker-235
*Pleasanton - 310 between Grove-Highway 10
*Pleasant Valley - between Dove Hill-Riverdale
Poor Farm - 100th and Poole
*Prairie Center - NW 160th and Antelope
*Ravenna - NW 370th and Lakota
*Riverdale - Riverdale between 115-Shelton
*St John's Lutheran - SE Husker and Cherry
*St. Joseph - SW Grand Island and Maple
*St. Mary's Catholic of Prairie Center - 190th and Hawk-Antelope
*St. Wencelaus - SE Grand Island and Navaho
Shelton - Hall County
*Sodtown - NE 295th and Range
*Sweetwater - NW 370th and Cherry
Watertown - North on Watertown Road until road bends west. Cemetery is immediately north of turn
*Zion Lutheran - SE Grand Island and Sioux

* Denotes cemeteries with veterans


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Submitted by: Doris Peters, DeWitt, NE
Source: DeWitt Times, Aug 25, 1894

Teachers attending the annual Saline County Teachers' Institute held in DeWitt, NE in 1894. The meeting lasted two weeks, from Aug 20 thru Sep 1, and teachers were boarded in local homes.

SWANTON
W G RIPPETOE E C FROST Daisy VAN METER
Phebe RICE E L KILMER PLATO
Annie ELLERMEIER Mollie BROWN Effie DEWEY
George RICE Bertha MORGAN Sylvia VINCENT
Daisy BROOKS Estella HAMPTON WYMORE
Anna RICE Hepsie ALLPRESS Emma SHALLA
W H MILLS Rose FITZGERALD PLEASANT HILL
TOBIAS B F HOUSTON Merta McCLURE
Laura CRAYS Lillie HICKS Pearl WALKER
Frank WALLACE Paul GOOS Anna LANE
Chas SHIREY L W WHEELER Jennie THOMAS
Annie CLAARK G A GROFTON Lillian TRACE.
S W WITMAN J SCHWINKER Marian TRACE
Mrs Hattie MEAD Lula SAWYER Myrtella MONEYPENY
Anna AINSWORTH J J MURPHY DE WITT
Anna KRISL Dora STORMS C S VAN DYKE
Pearl HADSELL Reuben SAMPSON W I STOUT
Bertha WALLACE WILBER Mattie CHESNEY
Louis UPTON A H KUHLMAN Minnie LINDLEY
R M TYSON Ethel KILGORE Gusta PLUCKNETT
Belle HENRY Agnes BARTA Clora KRIEG
Minnie WILKINSON Lily RUZICKA W D GREEN
Mrs WITMAN Emma LOVE Mary FITZGIBBON
Mora GRIFFETH Beatrice TUCKER Nellie FERGUSON
Alice HANSON Joseph HONZIK Blanche NORTON
Hattie HADSELL Mamie ALLSMAN Grace HOLLINGWORTH
J F NOTTINGHAM Emma MADEEN Adah DAUGHERTY
OHIOWA Mary PACKARD Lelia CHESNEY
Carrie PATTERSON Lillie WEHN Alice MILLIE
NORMAL Grace COMSTOCK Agnes MOORE
W T RYMER Bertie KILGORE Carl KENT
WESTERN Addle ROBERTSON Jennie CLAIR
Lucy BOWEN Chas M TURNER Mrs E VAN DYKE
Bessie ALLPRESS Pearl TUCKER D R SMITH
Mamie MURPHY Claudia TUCKER Clemie DULIN
Ruby STEVENS Libbie ALLSMAN Mattie CARMICHAEL
A J STORMS Emma SLOAN Mary RODABAUGH
L DOANE Nellie ELLIOT W C FARRAND
C J MATHER Hattie PACKARD Gertie DOERING

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SALINE COUNTY TEACHERS' INSTITUTE (continued)

DE WITT    
Vera PEARCE Mayme KENTNER R H DIXON
Bessie DAVIS Map PHELPS Luella HARRIS
J C WILD M J REGON Mary COOLEY
Clara DANN Emma MARSHALL Ida M JONES
Sadie RUPERT Rose HURLBURT W H MERRILL
Mollie HUNT Pearl ANDREWS Sarah R HUNTER
Berdie ARMSTRONG Mrs Mattie DERBY Clara MULLIN
Robt ANDERSON E H DILLEY Belle ATWATER
Judson DANN Mamie MOORE Edith BINGAMAN
Jessie HOWLETT Bertha MOON Minnie PROCHASKA
EXETER Libbie HUMPHREY Carrie M FISH
Ida WALTON Maggie SULLIVAN W J WAUIKE
IOWA Mrs E G WEAVER Mabel GREGORY
William CHRISTIE Lulu MOEHLER Olive HARRIS
FRIEND Libbie DORWART Lillian MULLEN
G T LANGOON Nellie CROWLEY Mae PHELPS
E O OWENS Amy WELLINGTON Mabel BRICK
Lillian MARSHALL CRETE DORCHESTER
Kitty GULLY Carrie MATHEWS Louie DAINTON
Mary MILLER Nellie RHINE R D DEEMS
Bessie FERGUHARSON Clara BULLOCK Gertie MORLEY
Cora BOYNTON Louise WENG Luella HOOVER
Rotta WORK J R ELBRON Nellie STEWART
Mrs ANDREW OIia ROBINSON Flora ARMSTRONG
Nellie MARSHALL Emliy AKSAMIT S H SELL
Nellie FLETCHER Carrie COOPER Mary BEARDEN
Jessie DREHER Alice F SHERRILL L E WHITNEY
Phronie McCROSKEY Loretta LOVELL Minnie DOAN
Jessie B KEPLER
N L CURTIS
Clara C JONES
Maggie HYPOLIGHTNER

We have been constant in asserting that DeWitt was just about the most highly favored (not flavored) spot in a radius of many miles. Substantial proof of this fact is now before us, aye, actually with us and many of her citizens are realizing and appreciating the truth we have so frequently uttered. It is safe to say that 200 schoolma'ams, at least an overwhelming majority are ma'ams are now ensconced within her borders and the pleasant smiles from their beaming countenances are reflected on the faces of our citizens, especially the male portion. As to the work these teachers are doing, it can not be overestimated. Just think! Every little youngster in Saline county, over five years of age, will, no preventing providence, spend the greater portion of his or her young life under the immediate direction and influence of some of these teachers. When we consider that in the public schools of our land, the character of the young, the very man and woman as the future is developed, there must surely come to these young instructors a sense of vast responsibility, the future success or downfall of a grand republic depends to a great extent upon them ....


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Comstock High School Alumni, Comstock (Custer County), Nebraska 68828
Compiled by Terry Drake, Deb Kallhoff, and Janet Gibbons for the reunion in 1995.
Submitted by Margaret Bader, Lexington, NE July, 1997

Comstock High School
1900-1965

At the beginning of the 20th century, when a Burlington Railroad branch was new in the Middle Loup Valley, pioneer W. H. Comstock helped found a village near the eastern edge of Custer County. In time the village grew to 500 residents. School District 28 began with elementary students only, then gradually expanded with the addition of the 9th and 10th grades to become Comstock High School.

By school year 1911-12 Comstock High had all 12 grades under Supt. G. E. Livermore. One of the best-known early four-year high school graduates was Eddie Krikac (Class of 1922), later longtime editor of The Comstock News. The Comstock School reputation for athletic success was matched by a more durable emphasis on academic accomplishment. In 1924-25 Supt. F. E. Brown was one of four faculty members providing instruction to a student body of 80 at Comstock High. The home economics teacher was Paulilne Emily Bergersen; English and Latin instructor was Jessie Marie Cripe; science and math teacher was Elmer Lee Miller. Alva B. and Erabel Cavett taught at Comstock from 1930 to 1934; after which they moved to Gibbon where their son, Dick, the television personality, was born.

The powerful blue and gold clad Comstock Pirates did well in every sport they attempted. In 1939, Coach Earl Dasher led the football team to an undefeated 10-0 season and a No. 1 ranking in Class C. In 1947 Virgil Ferguson helped Comstock claim the No. 1 gridiron ranking again, this time in Class D, a feat also achieved in 1952. Certainly a candidate for one of the best all round squads in history would be the Comstock boys who won the 1940 Class D State Track Meet.

True grit was displayed during the crippling snow storm of 1948 when Dr. Glen Auble of Ord, director of the Red Cross and also Comstock music teacher, flew into the stranded village and conducted band practice in the midst of his other duties. After 1965, when falling enrollment and economic realities dictated closing of the Comstock High School, District 28 teenagers then went to high school at neighboring Ord or Sargent. But great memories remain open, just one of many being the sight of Comstock star Gene Gilmore hurling the javelin to a new state record in 1929. Other outstanding Comstock athletes: the Wells brothers, Lenstrom brothers, B. Griebel, and Walt Gibbons. 1948 Regent Scholarship winner, Laddie Duryea is now a business executive of a large corporation in Atlanta.

"How times have changed," may be one of the exclamation which you have heard made about many of the changes which have taken place since "the good old days." This saying may be applied very emphatically when reisidents of the community are exclaiming about the changes which have taken place since they attended school in the old wooden high school building in Comstock.


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Comstock High School Alumni (continued)

In 1882 the first school building was erected in Comstock on the present site of the V. Krikac home. This frame building consisted of one room and from ten to twelve pupils began their education here.

In 1907 a frame high school and grade school combined was erected by John F. Westcott. Four teachers were employed to educate the 155 students enrolled. This building was constructed for $10,000. The building consisted of 6 rooms, four of which were used for classrooms. Beginning with 1915, six instructors were hired.

In 1923 the present school building began to take form and was constructed at a total cost of $57,000.

The new brick building housed many improvements not boasted by the old one. It contained a gymnasium, a modern metal fire escape, fireproofing between the walls, and a water system. (The old school used an outdoor pump.)

The change in the variety of subjects offered has also been great. In the old days they offered only brain-exerciser subjects which consisted of English, mathematics, science, Latin and history. The various subjects that are offered at present are: English, mathematics, biology, general science, physics, American history, world history, modern problems, junior business, consumer economics, typing, bookkeeping, homemaking, shop, commercial courses, economic geography, world geography, music, dramatics, journalism, driver training, and athletics, including sports for both boys and girls

Classes of CHS
1913
Emma Ellersick Dixon Marvin Gilmore Bertha Shepperd Combs
Jessie Forte Eickenburg Catherine Bangs Boyer Evelyn Stone Stroup
Eva Gibbons Brown Charlotte Bartholmew Peters John Stone
1922 Leonard Comstock John Waldmann
Bernice Brecken Comstock Fern Donahue Nabb 1926
Lilas Cleveland Brandhorst William Dowse Adolph Bartu
Harold Dowse Leonard Dye Milton Brecken
Edward Krikac Howard Granger Angie Cleveland McIntosh
Earl Shafer Charles Krikac Martha Comstock O'MalIey
Don William Edward Rejda Bernice Devore Mattox
1923 Frank Wagner Ellen Fisher Patton
Warren Apperson Minnie Woracek Seig Helen Kamarad Maruska
Myron Comstock 1925 Claude Lewin
Alton Donahue Joanna Allen Theodore Nelson
Opal Dunbar Viola Allen O'Keefe Ray Roth
Lamere Dworak John Cleveland Emma Rousek
Agnes Miller Nettie Hale Apperson Helen SkoIil
Elvin Wait Violet Hovie Thorne John Smolik
1924 Albert Kamarad Marie Smolik Vancura
Evelyn Myers Wilson John Dunbar Leta Wait Ilg
Virginia Apperson Mattox Verna Fretz Holeman Eva Weak Eckert
Luella Granger Travis Eva Woracek Lunberg


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Comstock High School Alumni (continued)

1927  
Edna Allen Moore  
Vivian Allen Hall  
Bernice Bennett  
lola Caddy School Song as recorded in 1931 annual
John Emry   
Harold Gehre Pep is the password of Comstock,
Leonard Gehre Of dear old Comstock High,
Gerene Glovere Where the girls are the fairest,
Faye Hale Smith The boys are the squarest,
Edward Klima Of any old school 'neath the sky,
Ruby Matheson Higgins There is no place like old Comstock
Leona Speer Sleight Where they're all so true,
Edythe Stone Gilmore We'll all stick together
Marion Willard Baker In all kinds of weather,
1928 For colors old gold and blue.
Rosetta Apperson Morrison   
Jerry Bartu School Song as recorded in 1944 annual
Helen Cleveland Myers   
Phillip Dowse Pirates stand together,
Leona Dye Bressley Don't give up the ship.
Teresa Erikson Dunbar Fair or stormy weather
Edwin Leep We won't give up,
Eugene Matheson We won't give up the ship.
Kenneth Myers Friends and pals forever,
Rachel Olms Arnold It's a long, long trip.
Loretta Roth Waldmann If you have to take a lickin'
Emil Sedlacek Carry on and quit your kickin'
Marion Stevens Sorenson Don't give up the ship.
Donald Straight   
Rudolph Vodehnal School Song as quoted by Dennis Krikac
Margaret Heaps Moore   
1929 Comstock High School,
Opal Alexander Hats oft to thee,
Frances Ayres Johnson To our colors,
Charles Bach True we shall ever be,
Evelyn Cleveland Forsyth United as we,
Ivan Conway Rah, Rah, Rah, Rah,
Marion Crawford Rah, Rah, Rah, Rah,
Berta Emry Kromberg Three cheers for Comstock High.
Clara Mathauser Mutter
Irene Panowicz Myers
Ralph Piersol
Alvin Nabb


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Comstock High School Alumni (continued)

Wayne Stone Beulah Luedtke Hines Catherine Emry Phelps
Gene Gilmore Irene Pliva Moravec Pauline Florida Waldmann
1930 Gertrude Prettyman Raymond Jarusek
Alma Allen Rowene Prettyman Smith Martha Kluna Bursik
Leonard Bennet Edward Skolil Maurice Konvalin
Charles Brandt Zelma Stone Brandenburg Veltz Laura Land
Doris Dye Campbell 1934 Anita Straight
Eleanor Erikson Dowse Margaret Arthur Meyers 1938
Glen Granger Evelyn Bussell Bass Robert Bruner
Joyce Havlik Bartu Willard Hill Roger Dowse
Lumir Klima Wendell Hovie Lola Fretz Welte
Wayne Lewin Blanch Luedtke Coakley Robert Haynes
Alice Rousek Bartu Sherman Matheson Jean Herring Smith
1931 Vera Matheson Plock George Hosek
Katherine Arthur George Dan McVay Lydia Hvezda Gregory
Clayton Bishop Arthur Roth Orval Lindell
Wayne Brecken Irene Shepperd Dockhorn Floyd Roth
Marshall Fuller Virginia Shepperd Marsh Darlene Shanks Foresburg
Alice Hvezda Raymond Waldmann Vesper Smith Jarusek
Agnes Hvezda Buckowsl 1935 Walter Tvrdik
Kathleen Morris Kenneth Brecken Josephine West Dowse
Donald Myers Joe Chalupsky 1939
Woodrow Packard Wayne Conaway Dorothy Allen Wells
Mamie Stone Castle Eunice Fowler Wagner Blanch Aubert Barowski
Frank Weverka Joyce Hovie Matheson Sylvester Boro
1932 Edward Hvezda Helen Carpenter Hamilton
Everett Bussell Mildred Luedtke Kermit Dowse
Esther Brecken Covey John Matheson Marjorie Dye Hagopian
Lillian Chalupsky Ruzicki Arnold Berk Curtis Egly
Ellen Dowse Carolilne (sic) Rickett Ayres Opal Fuller Hayden
Lorraine Dowse Eldon Skolil Marjorie Helmick Shore
Marguerite Emry Caudle Anna Weverka Johnny Lukesh
Mae Granger Voss 1936 Lucille Wait Stone
Edythe Kluna Klanecky Leroy Ayres Lucille Roth
Clinton Leep Leslie Shepperd Ted Setlik
Virginia Mutter Fuller William Chalupsky Mildred Stefka Klapal
Paul Waldmann Edna Fisher Livermore Calvin Strickland
1933 Margaret Roth Lorensen 1940
Alvin Ayres Engbert Reudink Robert Brandt
Henry Bartu Gertrude Smith Piersol Doyle Bruner
Elizabeth Carpenter Heber Stone Darlene Chilewski Visek
Cash Comstock lola Straight Walter Haynes
Elna Emry Brady 1937 lnez Hovie Padham
Goldie Grim Pirnie Lillian Bussell Stewart Alberta Janulewicz Coble


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Comstock High School Alumni (continued)

Verna Oxford Doris Shepperd Marsh 1946
Dick Rasplicka Irene Visek Ellersick Geraldine Chilewski
Jay Rasplicka 1943 Gerald Dockhorn
Merola Rickett Sorg Audrey Emry Jones Dorothy Drake Manning
Dorothea Stone Eliassen Richard Kamarad Eric Erikson
Robert Smith Evelyn Kamarad Proskocil Richard Erikson
Elwood Speer Joan Rasplicka Wilson Marilyn Krlkac Laird
Curtis Wells Jean Rousek Marsh Marvin Setlik
Willis Wells Emanuel Sedlacek Marcille Speer Harris
Nathan Leach Richard Stone Wilma West Erikson
Antonia Lebruska Calvin Treptow Betty Plock Hruby
Homer Matheson Robert Tvrdik 1947
Capt. E. L. West (Ret) Eldon Urban Phyllis Chilewski Plock
Jean Janulewicz Hovie 1944 Paul Fisher
1941 Howard Applegarth Darwin Higgins
Verl Ackles Dale Coakley Leonard Kamarad
Arthur Chalupsky Louise Drake Wilson Myron Kamarad
Jacob Drake Ethelyn Hosek Baumeister Elaine Oschner Englert
Wilma Drake Mattox Edwin Hruby Frank Pesek
Keith Dye Donald Leui Twila Reckling Lenstrom
Mark Dye Leonard Moudry lone Sestak Gilham
Dorthea Edwards Vanek Phyllis Packard Johnson Bessie Shepperd Hulinsky
Ted Erikson Mary Plock Brass Ruth Land Applegarth
Velma Florida Chalupsky Marvin Reckling Gayle Lenstrom
Adelaide Leach Ackles James Riddle Wanda Undell
Carolene Leach Braker Robert Sestak Norma Skolil Hunt
Eric Olson Adrian Setlik Betty Petet Duryea
Evelyn Skolil Kriss Iris Wells Tvrdik 1948
Evelyn Strickland Wells Leroy Wells Maxine Anderson Montanye
Emery Treptow Lorraine Zurek Ipson Evelyn Applegarth Cooper
Leroy Visek Vernon Erikson Charles Chilewski
Velma Wagoner Powers Louis Dockhorn Anson Dockhorn
1942 1945 Jurene Drake Holmes
Charles Ackles Eva Chalupsky Wells Ladd Duryea
Al Boro Robert Edwards Ernestine Gawrick Egger
Leatrice Comstock Quick Doris Ellersick Needlecove Walter Gibbons
Norma Chalupsky Panowicz Shirley Florida Uphoff Bernard Griebel
David Egly Doris Kamarad Hurlburt Daryl Lenstrom
Anton Hvezda Gerald Morris Clayton Montanye
Rex Morris Ruth Packard Brown Alvin Moudry
Glen Nelson Hollis Reckling Ethel Plock Fechner
Florence Setlik Zadina Donald Smith Shirley Tobin Land
Clarence Fisher Evelyn Treptow Ritz 1949
George Haynes Donald Waldmann Phyllis Ayres Bowling
Jim Gupton


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Comstock High School Alumni (continued)

Dwain Bartu Ethel Nunn Irene Leska Ellersick
Kathleen Chilewski Mickel David Erikson Lorabelle Minar Kugler
Joan Dockhorn Weber Maxine Gawrick Maret Ted Nunn
Richard Ellersick Raymond Setlik Daniel Setlilk
Donald Griebel Irene Snyder Fisher Leo Zikmund
Dennis Krikac 1953 1956
Robert Nedbalek Arvilla Amos Marvin Bilka
Dixie Packard Bryce Bartu Duane Ash
Elaine Reckling Hyde Dean Brown William Burt
Arwilda Roessler Dockhorn Dyle Buckbee Darr Dockhorn
Joe Setlik Kelvin Dowse Ernest Moravec
Alice Gawrick Applegarth Phyllis Fisher Bartu Carolyn Ritz Moravec
1950 Shirley Griebel Diefendorf Jerry Sestak
Leona Anderson Delores Kinish Amos Laverne Shepperd
Donald Bartu Richard Kirkpatrick James Waldmann
Virginia Chilewski Walker Norman Kriss 1957
Donald Edwards Victor Lenstrom Maxine Bartu Brass
Marian Hovie Ritz Dale Maruska Lewis Dowse
Gordon Hyde Clifford Snyder Shirley Dowse Lein
William Kirkpatrick Hilda Visek Knick Byron Lewin
Gerald Lenstrom David Waldmann Donald Marsh
Betty Packard Schafer JoAnn Waldmann Dehart Einer Nelson
Shirley Plock Hill 1954 R. J. Peterson
Arthur Ritz Joyce Drake Dickman Karen Erikson Waldmann
Thelma Moudry Barnes Dale Dowse Sharon Erikson Setlik
Jim Foral Alvin Nelson Larry Fisher
Bonnie Lee Amos Hanten John Nelson Debris Foster
Morris Fisher Roscella Snyder Baker Barbara Plock Jones
George Land Raymond Stone Jo Ann Sell Bunch
Midge Amos Nelson Larry Waldmann Ray Taylor
1951 Royal Drake Donald Janulewicz
Lois Aubert Ducker Dan Marsh 1958
Milo Dockhorn Rose Lee Visek Novotny Wanda Curlile Rodd
Pearl Dockhorn Norton Darlene Paider Bruha Rose Marie Janulewicz McKeever
Roberta Dowse Hyde 1955 Lana Hall Baillie
Richard Gawrick Vera Marie Bartu Douglas Higgins
John Gibbons George Chilewski Millie Nordstrom Slagle
Gerald Griebel Carol Dowse Dellevoet Richard Rhoades
Bernard Kamarad Dianne Dowse Horst Alvin Zikmund
Evelyn Visek Lenstrom Rosa Drake Edwards Eldon Zikmund
1952 Jerry Gawrick 1959
Doyle Dowse Evelyn Hruby Erikson Keith Copp
Ella Drake Cross John Kolar Verlaine Curlile
Louis Kinish Wanda Kriss Erks Janice Dockhorn Sutton


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Comstock High School Alumni (continued)

Donna Fisher Olson Joe Minar Dana Morse
Charlotte Fricke Carry Norma Nelson Marsh Verlene Snell
Norma Hovie Darnall Alan Waldmann Gaylene Drake Vasten
Sheila Krikac Martin Gary Wells 1967
John Marsh 1963 Judy Riddle Zikmund
Lois Nelson James Babcock Dan Drake
Marianne Lewin Davis Marlene Ayres Amos Pat Waldmann
Maxine Ritz Lewin Eileen Kriss Van Zandt Bernard Kowalski
Shirley Shepperd Barrows Edwin Leska Eileen Erikson Hovie
Judy Waldmann Meadows Ronald Tvrdlk Leslie Manning
Frances Zikmund Stone Angie Kowalski Marsh Cynthia Griebel
1960 Frank Lewin 1968
Sherill Ayres Dory Terry Nordstrom Drake Robin Erikson
Glen Dockhorn James Granger Karen Pesek Borgmann
Raymond Dowse Robert Drake Bob Hruby
Glen Hovie Leah Dowse Crook Janet Lenstrom Regher
Neva Nelson Mattox Karen Leui Dowse Velma Snell
Alvin Leska 1964 John Hovie
Wilma Paider Nagorski Gale Marsh
Leroy Peterson Janice Radil Arnold
Nancy Nelson Jewell Judy Peterson Conder
Gary Radil Louis Ritz
Barbara Waldmann Leska Charles Pliva
Connie Waldmann Cormany Ronald Waldmann
Margaret Waldmann Bader Beverly Shepperd Kiesow
Shirley Hunkins Evans Eugene Vodehnal
1961 Larry Zikmund
Beverly Ash Johnson 1965
Gary Dowse Connie Pesek Hulinsky
Carl Fricke Bill Drake
William Granger Eugene Pesek
Marvin Peterson Bruce Hovie
Larrry Shepperd Jimmy Sorenson
Jasper Slagle Diane Hruby Hunkins
1962 Lyle Hunkins
Cleo Anderson Peterson Dennis Morse
Ronald Dowse 1966
Alan Drake Duane Shanks
Kay Ritz Schuchman Cheryl Glover Thompson
Karen Shepperd Glather Donnie Tvrdik
William Slagle Richard Johnson
Patricia Gitchel Peacock Lyn Wagner
John Glover Tom Drake
Susanne Griebel Schleiger Cynthia Ritz Ogle


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ALBUM OF BIOGRAPHIES FOR BUTLER, FILLMORE, POLK, SEWARD & YORK COUNTIES
Submitted by: Rose Marie Hulse

The following names of Fillmore County pioneers was taken from this book, published in 1900. The book is in very fragile condition, unable to be sent through the mail. The page number follows the name.

NOTE:  The book is now posted on-line - Memorial & Biographical Record ... Butler, Polk, Seward, York & Fillmore Counties ...

 

ALDRICH, CHARLES 1039 JACOBSON, THOMAS 816 RUSHTON, J. H. 1020
ALDRICH, P.M. 918 JENKINS, JOHN D. 1058 SANDBERG, CHARLES 806
ANDERSON, NELS 794 JOHNSON, CHARLES H. 673 SAWYER, SIMEON 980
ANDERSON, NILS 838 JOHNSON, SWAN A. 1091 SCHMIDT, JOHN 960
ARCHER, ELIJAH 341 KAUFFMAN, JOHN B. 1000 SCHWARZ, FREDERICK 965
ARCHER, JOHN 426 KEEGAN, JAMES A. 1046 SHEREONDY, J.W. 858
ARCHARD, JOHN W. 978 KEIM, GEORGE W. 628 SHREFFLER, EDMUND 577
ARMSTRONG, EDWARD 995 KING, ANDREW 747 SKIPTON, FRANKLIN 306
ASHBY, S.F. 884 KRON, PETER 1068 SLOAN, CHARLES H. 376
BADGER, HENRY L. 1098 LABART, JACOB 939 SLOAN, FRANK 813
BADGER, LEWIS H. 1099 LANGHORST, HENRY C. 1116 SMITH, GEORGE W. 614
BAIR, SAMUEL 901 LARSON, SWAN 929 SMITH, HIRAM L. 270
BAKER, FRANCIS A. 775 LEFEVER, D.M. 878 SMITH, WILLIAM E. 1025
BAKER, O.P. 986 LINDGREN, JOHN 1068 SMITH, W.T. 792
BEACH, LYMAN B. 1019 LOGHRY, JAMES 732 SMRHA, CHARLES 1107
BECHTEL, MARY E. 347 MANSFIELD, JOHN 968 SPROUT, WILLIAM F. 664
BELL, JAMES H. 438 MARSH, GEORGE F. 1062 STINES, HAL P. 1100
BENDER, THOMAS J. 1049 MARTIN, E.L. 882 STINES, SHELLY 1036
BENNETT, FREDERICK 1108 MARTIN, HENRY H. 701 STOLLDORF, AUGUST 898
BIVENS, WILLIAM A. 949 MARTIN, JOHN JR. 1075 STOVER, CALVIN S. 1005
BORTNER, JAMES C. 690 MILLER, CHARLES S. 942 STOWELL, RALPH W. 945
BOSSERMAN, WILLIAM H. 1110 MILLER, VALENTINE 920 STRICKLAND, ALVIN N. 290
CARNEY, JOSEPH 1113 MINNEY, CHARLES 965 SWARTZ, GEORGE W. 1088
CHESNUT, LINCOLN 731 MOSHER, JEPTHA 496 SWARTZ, J.A. 1101
CHRISTIE, J.W. 1117 MOOR, JOSEPH P. 744 TALMAGE, Joseph W. 1053
CORY, J.B. 1112 MOUNTS, HENRY C. 872 TAYLOR, CHARLES W. 1017
COON, GEORGE 952 MOZEE, GEORGE 645 THEOBALD, GEORGE 1083
COX, C.W. 821 McCURDY, WILLIAM 957 THOMPSON, CYRUS B. 928
DENMAN, FRANCIS M. 751 McCASHLAND, BENJAMIN C. 390 THOMPSON, NOAH N. 1069
DIXON, N.J. 1093 McFADDEN, JOSEPH 936 TOMLIN, EDWARD A 836
DDMEIER, WILLIAM F. 973 NIPPERT, HENRY W. 735 TUTTY, KIRKMAN 915
DuBOIS, WILLIAM 512 NORTON, FRANCIS W. 969 VENELL, N.J. 904
DURHAM, FRANK 889 OATES, HENRY E. 984 WARD, JOHN N. 450
EASTWOOD, ISAAC 997 OGG, BRIGHT B. 267 WARNER, CHARLES A. 224
FISHER, OLIVER P. 1056 OWEN, J.E. 1002 WARNER, DAVID 323
FLETCHER, DEAL 748 PARDUE, L.F. 1118 WARTHEN, W.E. 785
FRAZIER, JOSEPH 895 PATTERSON, FRED C. 1033 WEIS, JACOB 284
GARRISON, M.F. 769 PERKINS, J.M. 1029 WEIS, PETER D. 406
GARRISON, WILLIAM H. 958 PETERSON, A.W. 987 WELLS, OLIVER C. 763
HAFER, JOHN W. 472 PHILLIPS, CHARLES N. 935 WHEELER, WALLACE 1094
HAINEY, WILLIAM G. 1073 PLAMBECK, FERDINAND 1114 WILSON, OWEN D. jr. 257
HILL, JAMES M. 514 PLUMB, JAMES N. 1051 WITTER, JACOB M. 909
HOEPPNER, JOSEPH 727 POST, WARREN 845 WOODARD, WARREN 1007
HOKOM, JOHN 925 POST, WILLIAM D. 512 ZIMMERMAN, JOHN 831
HORNER, A.M. 982 PROBST, MORGAN 534
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HORTON, JONATHAN 907 PUTLITZ, HEJJ,4UTH F. 238
HUSTON, ARMSTRONG 365 RIPPE, ERNST 976
HUSTON, THOMAS A. 549 ROBBINS, F.F. 1065


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Butler (sic) County Pioneer Biographies Continued:

Hahn, George 573 Mahoney, Michael 854 Roberts, Aurelius 248
Hale, Edwin 246 Maine, Albert W. 407 Rochan, William B. 1099
Hall, Adam 427 Marshall, James S. 670 Roche, Father 837 & 840
Harriger, William G. 933 Martin, Jonathan F. 851 Royce, Philander B. 1022
Haynes, William 921 Matousek, Joseph 639 Sheldon, Charles M. 943
Herrington, John B. 975 Meysenburg, John 492 Shields, William T. 817
Hilger, John 927 Meysenburg, P.N. 626 Shotwell, Eli L. 430
Holderness, Thomas N. 961 Miller, George H. 398 Shrader, Solomon 653
Hookstra, Gayette 294 Miller, Matt 296 Sisty, James H. 900
Hookstra, Tennis 295 Miller, Nicholas 717 Smith, Philip 954
Housel, Josiah V. 553 Miller, William P. 962 Sowers, Lafayette 1070
Howie, Thomas M. 1018 McCoy, James F. 668 Spring, William M. 605
Johnson, Al G. 455 McCoy, William S. 1085 Steiner, Frank 485
Johnson, Frederick C. 750 McDonald, Edward C. 350 Towner, Abraham 981
Johnson, Harman 1004 McKellips, Darwin 567 Trowbridge, A.H. 523
Johnson, Leonard A. 461 McKnight, George W. 381 Turpening, Alfred F. 985
Judevine, Josiah J. 767 McKnight, John T. 787 Vincent, Allen 950
Kaempfer, Albert J. 795 Nichols, George N. 475 Vonderkolk, Sipke 859
Klein, Alois J. 1076 Oehme, Ferdinand A. 998 Walden, Nathaniel J. 826
Knepper, Andrew J. 288 Osterhout, George 537 Walker, John J. 740
Kosch, Louis 756 Palmer, James H. 413 Warren, Lucius 392
Koza, Frank 336 Perkins, Benjamin O. 236 White, Charles D. 312
LaMunyon, Weston W. 331 Reichenbach, S.A. & J.A. 1037 Wolfe, Thomas 326
Lichliter, John J. 698 Ren, Louis C. 524 Wood, Henry 611
Lockwood, Robert 585 Reynolds, Foster M. 1084 Wood, James V. 696
Long, William 884 Richardson, George E. 865 Zahler, George 442
Loomis, Frank F. 263 Rising, Albert W. 974 Zeman, FRank J. 269
Luebker, G.F. 447 Rising, Samuel W. 644
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Newspaper abstractions from "THE OPPOSITION" Wilber, Saline County Nebraska dated 3 January 1884
submitted by Rose Marie Hulse, Exeter, NE.

Dudek, Frank--saloon Gouff, J.N.--carpenter
Montgomery, T.G.--windmill salesman Hardy, J.H.--blacksmith
Forbes, John-shoemaker McGregor, C.B. --hair dresser
Hayes, W.L.--dry goods Grumm, J.H.--attorney
Thayer, F.E.--meat market Alley, S.S.--attorney
Willeford, J.H.--butcher in Western Parker, B.C.--doctor
Castor, B. L. -dry goods in Castor Percy, W. H. --painter
Waldorf, William--hardware Breitling, John--bakery
Jones, B.J.--drug store Hanys, A.J.--tailor
Clark, G.-general merchandise Graham, Dr.--dentist
Davis, S.D.--loans Paddock, Dr.--physician & surgeon
Taylor, H.A.--confections & shoes Wilson, Nellie--millinery
Shearer, D.H.--livery barn Hammond, C.M.--paints, varish & wallpaper
Meisenbach D. & C.--meat market Rodgers, W.F.-Clara Hyatt married
Early, J.F.--insurance & jeweler Mendenhall, Lemuel-Nora Wilson married
Hunt, J.S.--selling sand Meisenbach, Charley & wife born a son
Voiland, Thomas--dry goods Beck, Ed & wife born a child
Ferguston, Ed--stock feed Patterson, Alvern-Nora Dixon married
Luse, S.N.--blacksmith Patton, Jacob died at Garrison, IA

 


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