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Submitted by D. JoAnn Schiefelbein, Wichita, KS

From Hamilton County "Atlas" (1903)

1903 HAMILTON COUNTY ATLAS

FARMERS VALLEY PRECINCT T 9 N R 5W

1903 Hamilton County Atlas, Farmers Valley Precinct, continued.

*(sic)

1903 Hamilton County Atlas, Orville Precinct, continued.

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Submitted by Mrs. F. Roger Washburn, Lincoln, NE
From "History Huron County, OHIO" by W.W.William 1879, Page 331

     Sampson HAUXHURT & wife Susan came to Fitchville, Huron Co. OH in 1835 from Ulster Co. N.Y.
Of their children, Eleanora LOFLAND & Mary Jane live in Nebraska.
     Matthew LAUGHLIN & wife Nancy came to Fitchville, Huron Co. OH in 1818 from near Mareitta.
Among their children living in Nebraska are Martha Jane, David, Thomas J., and Mary R.

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Submitted by: Mrs. Ruth Anna Hicks, Lincoln, NE

GENERAL INDEX TO PROBATE RECORDS, BOONE COUNTY, NEBRASKA 1873-1909

BOOK 1   1873-1888

Book 2   1888-1909

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Submitted by Mrs. Diane Korten, Omaha, NE

PATENTS TO NEBRASKA INVENTORS
Abstracted from the Omaha Weekly Bee, Wed. 1889

Jan 2 1889: 
James P. BUTTER, Wayne, NE -- pig nurser.
William B,, J.R. & W.B. COFFIN, assignors to T.F. COFFIN, Bliss, NE -- well sinking machine.
Orlando HUFFMAN, Friend, NE -- animal trap.
Fred MUNGER, Alliance, NE -- plow sharpener.

Jan 30, 1889:  
Henry A. IDDINGS & J.P. MEGEATH, Omaha, NE -- door knob attatchment (sic).  
John E. KETCHEM & H.H. & S.E. ANAMOSA -- ditching spade.
C.D. LAPORTE, Carson -- washing Machine.    
Charles SCHOOLHER, Beatrice, NE -- tag fastener.

Feb. 6 1889:   

James G. BERDOW & F.A. PELKEY, Seward, NE -- fire escape.
Frederick H. FULLER, Bladen, NE -- cultivator.
Oliver I. LEWIS, Nebr. City, NE - -plumb level.
John S. PETER, Lincoln, NE  -- oil can nozzle.
Robert V. SNOCKEY, Hastings, NE -- shoulder brace.
Henry THOMAS, Fort Omaha NE -- tent closing device.
Louis VAUGHAN, Blair, NE -- plant propagating next.

Feb. 13, 1889:   
William E. LEONARD, Lincoln, NE -- revolving piston steam engine.
Charles F. SHEDD Fairfield, NE -- combined stall and stock handling apparatus.
Matt SKOW, Omaha, NE -- assignor of 2/3 to L.C. ENEWOLD & E. PETERSON -- harrow.

Feb. 20, 1889:   
William J. HARRIS & W.H. BYER, Steel City, NE -- Bucket for storing and burning trash.

Charles H. HARSHALL, Wood River, NE -- flour holder and sifter.

Feb. 27, 1887:   
Allie BAUGHER, Tobias, NE -- potatoe planter attachment.
James GILBERT assignor of 1/2 to C.E. LEE, Omaha, NE -- gas generating furnace.
James F. THOMAS, Alexandria, NE -- side spring for vehicles.   
Nebraskus H. BARNES, Wahoo, NE -- heating drum or radiator.

March 6 1889:   
Edward C. BARTLETT assignor to J.L. MCCAGUE, Omaha, NE -- seal lock.
Thomas A. STRATTON, Lincoln, NE -- tree planting machine.

March 13, 1889:   
Peter SCHEER & J.G. STATES, Bliss, NE - -handle for sliding doors.

March 20, 1889:   
William BAINBRIDGE, Omaha, NE -- wire coupling.
Martin L. FOGEL, Superior, NE -- tag holder and tag.
Charles GILBERT, Omaha, NE -- oil burner.
Thomas H. McCULLOCK, Omaha, NE -- purifier for water or other liquids..

March 27, 1889:   
William H. TAYLOR, David City, NE -- foot scraper.

April 3 1889:   
Anna O. SCHUCKMAN. Lincoln, NE -- culinary apparatus.
William H.D. LUDLOW, Tecumseh, NE -- tag fastener.

April 17, 1889:   
Frank W. KIRKBRIDE, Stratton, NE -- cultivator.

May 8 1889:   
Richard O. ADAMS, Louisville, NE -- timing apparatus for race courses.
John J. PURSLEY, Hubbard, NE -- churn.
William C. ROBBINS, Broomfield, NE -- harness pad.
Albert J. SHAUL, Pine, NE -- prescription file.
Alexander HOAGLAND, Lincoln, NE -- water elevator.

Patents to Nebraska Inventors, continued.

May 15, 1889:   
C.C. EPP, Bradshaw, NE -- gate.
Thomas J. JOLLY, Ulysses, NE -- device for opening trap door.
William TURNER & J.F. HUDSON, Benkelman, NE -- axel lubricator.

May 22, 1889:    
E. H. GEISLER & M. SIMPSON -- calf weaner.

May 29, 1889:    
John W. HAUGHAMONT, Omaha, NE -- sample holder and box pull.
Charles N. NEWCOMB, NE -- conveyor.   
Henry C. RECTOR, Lincoln, NE -- transparency mark.
Don J. ARNOLD, assignor of 1/2 to H. B. CORYELL, Omaha, NE -- galvanic battery.
Sylvester C. DUNHAM, assignor 1/2 to A.G. LAMBERT, Wilson Springs, NE -- paint.

June 5 1889:
Warren T. REASER, Fairmont, NE -- assignor to Round Valve Co., Chicago, IL -- rolling port for slide valves.
Michael WETZEL, Sidney, NE -- compressed air water elevator.

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submitted by Mrs. Anna May Mossman, Bellevue, NE

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by C.N. KARSTENS

     The following statement by C.N. KARSTENS of Nebraska City and his connection with the underground railway.

In the year 1848 all Europe was ablaze with excitement. The people emigrated to American. My father was an old man but was enthusiastic about coming to this country. On account of my Mothers illness which later resulted in her death, we children induced my father not to start to America.

When I was 14 years old I told my father I was determined to go to America where peoples liberties were not embarrassed by monarchical dictators. I could not quit school until I was 15 years old.unless my father or others of my family migrated.

In 1850 when I was 16 years old I ask my father to furnish means for me to leave. He insisted that I learn a trade as I would be handicapped in a strange land with out it. I saw that he was right and I learned the cabinet makers trade.

After I was 19 years old, I was liable for military duty but had one year before I could enroll When that time came I received my notification I was to report to a military fortress or enlist in the Army. As soon as I received my notification, I made preparation to come to America. I left with a friend, Henry MARTENS from my home town. We were both employed in Hamburg in Cabient building ocean steamers. We made our escape & saled (sic) on an American steamer which bro't us to New York, July 31, 1857 after a voyage of 41 days.

We bot (sic) an emigrant ticket over the Railroad & the emigrant commissioner in Castle Garden ask where we were to locate. We told him "where there was no civilization" so decided to go to the center of the United States, where there would be plenty of buffalo and Indians. They wanted to know and we told them we were adventurers rather than home seekers altho we inteded (sic) to become citizens of the U.S.

We then b't a ticket to St Louis, as the people at Castle Garden could not give us any direction as to where such a place was to be found. After a few days at St Louis we engaged passage on a steamboat going up the Missouri River. This boat went to the bottom in the neighborhood of Jefferson City, Mo.

We were picked up an hour afterwards by another boat. While our tickets were to Omaha, we disembarked at Nebr. City. I located in Nebr. City & Henry MARTENS located in Plattsmouth, Nebr

My father often spoke of Moorens, meaning Negroes & said that the northern part of the U.S. wanted the negroes emancipated while the south wanted slaves. He ask what I would do if war came--I replied "I will fight for emancepation of the slaves--he reached out his hand and said "I hope you will". After I arrived in Nebr. City I learned of a gang called John Brown's Gang would steal negroes or recieve them coming from Missouri tho usually taken to Leavenworth, & conducted up by relays to friends in the cause.

In Nebraska there were many people who sympathized with the cause & from then I learned what was going on in this way of liberating slaves and conducting them to safety.

One of these stations was located near Nebr. City south Table Creek somewhere on northwest of old Wyuka cemetery where at least one three story cave was dug.

Here we secreted our friends & they were taken care of by us while we were watching our enemies the pro slavery element.

We were under oath of secrecy & whenever the slaves were prepared after we fed them--put them in better condition, several would cross the river to a place called Cicil Bend. It was not a town but a string of houses two miles long. It was sometimes called String Town. From there the slaves were conducted East. The next station was a Tabor, Iowa. There our work ended & we looked for a new shipment. We were informed in advance where we were to meet slaves coming from the south. Our work was hazardous & dangerous. We were armed to the teeth with revolvers, shot guns & bowie knives. When the Civil War broke out in 1861 my partner Henry MARTNES (sic) & I were in the contract business, the building of houses--but we threw up our contracts and went to Omaha we enlosted (sic) in the First Nebr. regiment under Colonel Thayer..

The Underground Railroad by C.N. KARSTENS, continued

     Henry MARTENS went to Iowa to get our tools, so missed the notice so he enlisted in the 5th Iowa Cavalry known as Curtis Horse, so we both helped to finish the fight for freedom. Henry MARTENS died June 17, 1898. age 65.

These incidents were related by C.N. KARSTENS to a Journal reporter when he came to attend the funeral of Henry MARTENS. "It is a singular coincident said Mr. Karstens, that about the same hour of the afternoon of the same day, June 19, 1857, precisely forty one years ago to the hour, Henry MARTENS AND I left the port of Hamburg on the American steamship Fanny MacHenry, Capt. Smith of Philadelphia which had been chartered by the same company from which sprang the Hamburg American Packet Co.--to convey emigrants to the new world. The cops were on our heels as we both were liable to Military service, and both had been notified to report. We preferred to go to the land of the rree (sic) and arrived at the port of New York the 31st of July.

Fine weather greeted us and we came in good spirits and good health, determined to work our way thru. Off and on we remained together or in the neighborhood and were always within speaking distance of each other. At the breaking out of the Civil War, we were engaged in the building businees (sic) & had contracts to put up houses in Fremont Co. Iowa. We were to late to get into service under the call for 76,000 three month troops as the lists were over signed before we could finish our work. Shortly afterward Pres. Lincoln made the call for 300,000 volunteers. We finished the homes and went to Omaha and signed the roll of Capt. Baumers Co First Nebr Volunteer Infantry. We were granted ten days furlough to go home and straighten out our affairs. Henry went to Plum Hallow now Thurman, Iowa. I went to Nebr. City. Meanwhile word that absent members should report preparatory to go by steamboat to St. Louis. I got word at Nebr. City but Henry never got the word & was left behind and then he enlisted in Fifty Iowa Cavalry known as Curtis Horse.

I never found out until he and others of my Nebr City acquaintances came on board our steamer at Fort McHenry an hour after our arrival early in Feb. 1862. They were then stationed at Fort Hetman or Hindman on the opposite side of the Tennessee River. we then lost sight of each other and never met again until our discharge. Since then we have visited each other frequently and our families have been good friends. Henry and I were born and raised in Marne, province Holstein Prussia. Four weeks ago my wife and one of our children were up to visit the MARTENS family.

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THE DAILY STATE JOURNAL, Lincoln, Nebraska, Saturday Morning, January 24, 1874

(From ad) Lincoln City Soap may be purchased in Lincoln as usual and at the folling (sic) places:

etc. Also at every store in Plattsmouth and at numerous Stores in Omaha and Council Bluffs.

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MONIA  CEMETERY

Submitted by: Robert E. Malick. Blue Hill, NE

Located 5 & 3/4 miles North of Guide Rock in Webster County

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