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Spring 1982
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Volume IV, No. 4 |
Submitted by Mrs. Ruth Harms, Valentine NE
CHERRY CO. CEMETERIES
Shackelford Cemetery
About 1910 a cemetery was laid out on Wes SHACKELFORD's homestead.(Sec. 19, Twn. 27 Rng. 38). Gene FRY, who had had some surveying experience, surveyed the lots out and he was the first one buried there. His grave is the one on the northeast. There are at least 9 persons buried there. They are Gene FRY, a RIDGEWAY girl, a Jim MARTIN girl, a woman who lived north-east of Martindale Post Office, Guy JONES' grandmother, Johnnie SNYDER, his father, Joe SNYDER and Ora KING's new born twins. The cemetery is on the OLO summer range at the extreme north. As far as I know, there is no marking and the fence has been taken down .... Archie CHURCH.
North County Cemeteries
Graves on ranches north of Hyannis as listed in Grant County Library Cemetery Records: On the Leo Egan Ranch, Sec. 7 Twn. 25, Rng. 39 Mrs. SWEENEY; On Sec. 32, Twn. 25. Rng. 39 Almond CASTLE born 12-16-1834, died 11-6-1910, father of Frank CASTLE; On the Plummer Ranch, now known as the Dumbell two GODFREY children buried near the site of present buildings; Brennemann Ranch, graves on the Old Farrell Ranch-children of Jim FARRELL, Olive FARRELL 1890-1896 and Owen FARRELL 1894-1896.
Old Mason Cemetery
Also known as Stansbie--Perrett Cemetery, located 14 miles north of Ashby on the Leo EGAN Ranch. Graves listed by name and not as to location in cemetery. Roberta WILSON 2-9-1891; Edithe BUCK 1-9-1895, age 1 mo. 24 days, daughter of Henry and Illa David BUCK. Mrs. Buck, a sister of A. T. DAVIS; unknown grave; WILSON, perished in a blizzard near the cemetery and buried by early settlers; W. S. PERRETT 5-6-1831 - 5-6-1911; Maria PERRETT 6-16-1890, parents of F. L. PERRETT: Louisa E. NEAL 9-14-1867 - 7-2-1894 wife of F. L. PERRETT and mother of Walter PERRETT: An infant son and daughter Vivena 6-30-1894 - 8-14-1894, children of F. L. and Louisa E. PERRETT: An infant son, daughter Marian and son Freddy, children of F. L. and Maria Calahan PERRETT: James STANSBIE 8-11-1889, 60 years old; Minnie BAUGH Aug. 1889, 1 yr. 7 mo. 16 days; Harold BAUGH 2-22-1902, aged 3 weeks, 2 days. Children of Dan and Stansbie BAUGH; Nellie JOHNSON 9-29-1894, 1 yr. 10 mo. 24 days, daughter of Chet and Mary Stansbie JOHNSON: Jane STANSRIE 3-8-1901, 26 yr. 3 mo. 24 days; Several children of Will MASON; SIEGFRIED; Two girls 11 and 13 years old, parents John and Mary COOMBS.
GRANT CO. CEMETERIES
South County Cemeteries
Graves on ranches south of Hyannis as listed in Grant County Library Cemetery Records: Two children of Ancel & Carrie CONNER, buried on Vinton Ranch; An infant daughter of George and Lydia SWIGGART, buried on Vinton Ranch; MALIKOFF infant died 1912, location not listed; Child of Elaine WRIGHT, buried in Spring Valley on Owen WRIGHT's Timber Claim.
Spring Valley Cemetery
Located on the east side of Spring Valley Lake in a grove of trees is a little cemetery marked by two gravestones. Three children are buried there. This land, once owned by Ben WRIGHT and later owned by Merle and Opal (Ben's daughter) REX, is about 20 miles south and east of Hyannis. The first child that was buried there was Howard Wm. GREEN, the son of Ferris and Elaine GREEN. (Howard was a half-brother to Lyle WRIGHT) The stone on his grave reads: Our Loved One, Born July 29, 1923 - Died June 5, 1924. The second baby buried there was Geraldine REX, infant daughter of Merle and Opal REX, Engraved on her stone is: Our Little One, Born Sept. 28 1930 - Died Dec. 27, 1930. The last child to be buried there was the son of Jim and Jewel Latitner. This baby was still born and the date of burial is uncertain.
Ashby Cemetery
The oldest known graves in the Ashby Cemetery are Mary DUNKEL, 1915; and Anna M. DUNKEL, 1916, infant daughters of Ollie and John DUNKEL. The graves of BERNETT, 1910 and 1918, were moved to the BIXBY plot later.
In 1925 a group of Ashby citizens formed the Ashby Cemetery Board. It was filed for record with the County Clerk on June 29, 1926; it set forth - perpetual trusteeship, annual dues of $5.00, and holding annual meetings for reports.
NEBRASKA STATE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY |
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Volume IV, No. 4 |
Grant Co. Cemeteries (continued)
The original trustees were J. Y. CASTLE, S. A. FIELDS, Jas. L. OVERMAN, J. B. KERR and J. A. DUNKEL. C. W. KREAMER was County Clerk and deputy was Howard LICHTY who were to take care of the cemetery. In the late 1930s and 1940s the Ashby Women's Club cared for the graves. In 1969 the Ashby community gathered to clean, trim, mow, fix fence and remove the debris. In 1972 one of the original perpetual trustees, J. Y. CASTLE, came to visit on Labor Day. Known graves were identified and markers installed.
INDEX OF ASHBY CEMETERY
Plot |
Name |
Year of death |
|
Plot |
Name |
Year of death |
36 |
Hugh A. BAIRD |
1925 |
37 |
Alice M. GOSHA |
1918 |
|
17 |
John W. BARNES |
1945 |
30-01 |
Joyce E. HEBBERT |
1962 |
|
15 |
Maggie E. BARNES |
1925 |
18 |
Infant son of Alta HINTON |
1943 |
|
16 |
Wesley D. BARNES |
1918 |
35a |
Ellen E. JOHNSTON |
1956 |
|
12 |
Lee BARR (WWI Vet) |
1924 |
35b |
James M. JOHNSTON |
1935 |
|
25 |
James H. BERNETT |
1918 |
34 |
Baby boy KERR |
1927 |
|
23 |
Mary Eliza BERNETT |
1910 |
33 |
Earl KERR |
1937 |
|
24 |
Mary Jane BERNETT |
1947 |
4 |
Karl KORTH |
1930 |
|
22 |
William BERNETT |
1922 |
27b |
Phyliss KNUTH |
1977 |
|
21b |
Curt BIXBY |
1954 |
26 |
Lula E. MERRILL |
1919 |
|
21c |
Orion P. BIXBY (Cremated) |
1962 |
02 |
NELSON, Infant |
1938 |
|
22b |
O'Ryan C. BIXBY |
1977 |
20 |
Mary NICE |
1924 |
|
26b |
Ima BIXBY |
1969 |
I8b |
Ralph M. MOORE |
1921 |
|
13 |
June E. BLOOD |
1923 |
18c |
Infant HIBBLER |
1921 |
|
19 |
August W. CARLSON |
1943 |
09 |
Harry L. PAIGE |
1977 |
|
21 |
CERVONNI (infant) |
19__ |
02 |
Jack PATTERSON (WWII Vet) |
1956 |
|
5 |
Max CHRISTENSEN |
1942 |
32 |
John RENIK |
1932 |
|
6 |
Melvin CHRISTENSEN |
1930 |
3 |
Anna J. STEVENS |
1937 |
|
27 |
Zella Mae CROUSE |
1933 |
2 |
Infant STEVENS |
1944 |
|
29a |
Ella L. (Ollie) DUNKEL |
1923 |
1 |
Lorentis J. STEVENS |
1947 |
|
28b |
Anna M. DUNKEL |
1916 |
01 |
Margaret A. STEVENS |
1952 |
|
29b |
John DUNKEL |
1960 |
28c |
Andrew JESSEN |
1979 |
|
28a |
Mary M. DUNKEL |
1915 |
13a |
Infant dau. of Charlie |
||
36 |
Elizabeth ELAM |
1918 |
& Mary GIBSON |
- |
||
8 |
Albert C. ELLENWOOD |
1929 |
13b |
JENNY, Infant |
1925 |
|
7 |
Luella ELLENWOOD |
1942 |
13c |
Adeline E. JENNY |
1925 |
|
9 |
Anna M. FIELDS |
1928 |
30 |
Infant SHARP |
1949 |
|
10a |
Daisy B. FIELDS |
1947 |
31 |
LEED's Infant |
- |
|
10b |
Shelly A. FIELDS |
1954 |
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Submitted by Pat Downe, Rockville, Maryland
GRADUATES OF BROWNELL HALL, 1863-1914 - Douglas Co.
Alumnae1868 |
1875 |
Helen HOYT (Mrs. Horace L. BURR) |
Anna HAYDEN (Mrs. Ashbel PATTERSON) |
Helen M. INGALLS (Mrs. Flemon DRAKE) |
Carrie J. LAKE (Mrs. Jay MORTON) |
1871 |
Caroline L. McNAMARA (Mrs. S. D. BARKALOW) |
Nellie CLARKSON (Mrs. F. H. DAVIS) |
1876 |
Ida Virginia CLEGG (Mrs. George TILDEN) |
May CAMPBELL (Mrs. John C. CHADWICK) |
Nellie FLINT |
Meliora S. HALL (Mrs. T. L. RINGWALT) |
1872 |
Jessie MASON (Mrs. Fred Harris) |
Idalyn GWYER (Mrs. Willis YATES) |
Ella WHITE (Mrs. George JONES) |
1873 |
1877 |
Fanny M. CLARK (Mrs. Philip POTTER |
Josie GOODALE (Mrs. W. T. PRICE) |
Edith CLARK (Mrs. Allan FLEMING) |
Mary A. TOWNSEND |
Minnie R. WILSON |
1880 |
1874 |
Carrie BENNETT (Mrs. F. H. WILSON) |
Mellona M. BUTTERFIELD |
May DUNDY (Mrs. E. W. LEE) |
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Spring 1982 |
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Volume IV, No. 4 |
Graduates of Brownell Hall (continued)
Alumnae1880 (cont.) |
1891 |
Margaret Z. MAXWELL |
Amy Frances BARKER (Mrs. C. W. MARTIN) |
Jean MORTON (Mrs. Joseph CUDAHY) |
Edith BRANT (Mrs. John C. DREXEL) |
Fannie WALL (Mrs. F. C. WAXELY) |
Irene LABAGH (Mrs. Charles E. SMITH) |
1881 |
Mary LIONBERGER |
Grace MASON (Mrs. Hiland WHEELER) |
Mary E. SCOTT (Mrs. C. W. PIERCE) |
Lettie M. WELCH |
Carrie M. THOMAS (Mrs. Henry S. WOOLFENDER) |
Henrietta WILSON (Mrs. Daniel BOUGHTON) |
Estella THORPE (Mrs. Alfred Kneeland SMITH) |
1882 |
1892 |
Mamie AMBROSE (Mrs. F. C. REVINIUS) |
Pearl BARNES (Mrs. BOYLE) |
Susan HAGER |
Abba Willard BOWEN |
Mary L. WAGGONER (Mrs. G. W. LOOMIS) |
Jessie CONWAY |
Florence WARE (Mrs. R. S. HALL) |
Naomi EVERTS (Mrs. John W. TOWLE) |
1883 |
Madge MEANS (Mrs. TOLAND) |
Caroline DINSMORE |
Mary MURPHY (Mrs. A. L. CONKLIN) |
Margaret WILSON |
Hattie May ORCUTT (Mrs. BERRY) |
1884 |
Maud Anna PARSONS |
Oslie M. K. ABBOTT |
1893 |
Jennie COOPER (Mrs. George L. WHITTIAM) |
Edith ABBOTT |
Lulu CREMER (Mrs. George GRISWOLD) |
Ellen M. BAIRD (Mrs. Paul PATTON) |
Fannie M. LATHAM (Mrs. Van BUSKIRK) |
Edna ELMER |
Anna J. THOMAS |
Louise RHEEM |
Anna WILSON (Mrs. J. D. McDONALD) |
1894 |
1885 |
Sarah H. BOWEN (Mrs. C. H. YOUNG) |
Hattie DREW (Mrs. Wm. TRUMAN) |
Katherine D. COLLINS |
Daisy M. REESE (Mrs. Charles SANFORD) |
Anna COUCHMAN (Mrs. Henry ROBERTS) |
Leila SHEARS (Mrs. Albert KOCH-ANDRIANNO) |
Mary E. COUCHMAN (Mrs. ARNOLD) |
1886 |
Elizabeth McCRACKEN |
Emma FRIED (Mrs. W. S. CHAMBERS) |
1895 |
Ada McBRIDE (Mrs. G. W. SELLERS) |
Flora Jane BESLEY (Mrs. Roland SPENCER) |
Ida WIGGENHORN (Mrs. W. Arthur MEYER) |
Winifred M. CATTLE (Mrs. Byron R. NEWTON) |
Florence YATES (Mrs. George VOSS) |
Charlotte DIEBOLD (Mrs. Steven LANGWORTHY) |
1887 |
1896 |
Florence AYERS (Mrs. George CARTER |
Helen Morgan BURNHAM (Mrs. J. B. LEWIS) |
Flora CASTELLAR (Mrs. George J. NASH |
May Alice HETZEL (Mrs. Joseph V. DAVIS) |
Mary GANDY (Mrs. A. T. TIMMERMAN) |
Mary Isabel RICE (Mrs. Fred RADCLIFFE) |
Elizabeth HALL (Mrs. Oscar FUNKE) |
1897 |
Alta May ROYCE (Mrs. George Cassells SMITH) |
Lillian McCRACKEN |
Cornelia THOMAS (Mrs. John HALL) |
Alice NELSON |
1888 |
Edith SMITH (Mrs. Clarence Richmond DAY) |
Bell BUCKWORTH (Mrs. Cal. DIAMOND) |
1901 |
Lucy BURGESS |
Luree BEEMER |
Leola C. CARTER (Mrs. Newton BARKALOW) |
Laura CAMPBELL (Mrs. George W. LANDER) |
Minnie COMFORT (Mrs. EDIE) |
Verenice COCHRAN (Mrs. George W. EGAN) |
Carlotte E. CRAWFORD |
Hope HANCHETT |
May CRAWFORD |
Susie L. ROBB |
Ethel DAVENPORT |
Minnie STORZ (Mrs. Edgar A. HIGGINS) |
1889 |
1902 |
Blance BUCKWORTH |
Olga LAMHOFER (Mrs. George CHARTERS) |
Louie B. ROE |
1903 |
1890 |
Alice FRENCH (Mrs. Oliver CARPENTER) |
Winifred BEASLEY |
Elizabeth GOODELL |
Kate E. DRAKE |
1904 |
Angeline HANSEN (Mrs. John L. NEBLE) |
Helen DAVIS (Mrs. Walter ROBERTS) |
Maude L. HAYWARD (Mrs. J. B. WATKINS) |
Isabelle FRENCH (Mrs. George W. JOHNSTON) |
Lulu LORINC (Mrs. A. D. ANNIS) |
Gertrude GRAVES |
Mamie RAINBOLT (Mrs. W. H. BUCHOLZ) |
Katheryne G. McCLANAHAN |
Jessie M. TISHUE (Mrs. Will LONGWORTHY) |
Edith M. PATRICK (Mrs. Myles STANDISH) |
Olive PATTERSON |
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Volume IV, No. 4 |
Graduates of Brownell Hall (continued)
Alumnae1904 (cont.) |
1908 (cont.) |
Mabel PERRY (Mrs. Wm. MICKEL) |
Pauline MILLS (Mrs. W. H. TEMPLE, Jr.) |
Maud PERRY (Mrs. Howard BARNARD) |
Mary MELLOR |
Alice POTTER |
Aurel MURTEY |
Josephine ROCHE |
Carrie PATRICK |
1905 |
Fanny PUTCAMP |
Belle BRYANT |
Annie ROGERS |
Muriel CATTLE (Mrs. W. H. PACKARD) |
Nettie WATTLES |
Katherine Lee GRABLE |
1909 |
Katherine KILPATRICK |
Eunice ARTHUR |
Helen REMGAN (Mrs. Ralph SHEPHARDSON) |
Louise BARNARD |
Dorothy RINGWALT |
Vera BENSON (Mrs. James LOVE) |
Marcia WEBBER |
Ethel BICKFORD |
1906 |
Elizabeth BRUCE |
Carolyn BARKALOW |
Margaret BUCKLEY |
Bess BAUM (Mrs. John ROUSE) |
Mary BUCKLEY |
Margaret BRUCE |
Maude BUTLER |
Shirley CASTETTER |
Mildred BUTLER |
Florence CATTLE |
Margaret DOUGLAS (Mrs. Edwin TURNER) |
Gwendolyn CATTLE |
Lela M. PARIS |
Jean CUDAHY (Mrs. Frank WILHELM) |
Dorothy HALL |
Edith FISHER |
Helen HALLER (Mrs. Wilfred ARNDT) |
Annie C. FRY |
Ruth HAMMER (Mrs. Harold PRITCHETT) |
Elsie FUNKHOUSER |
Ethel IRWIN |
Mona KLOKE (Mrs. Louis CLARKE) |
Helen KOEHLER |
Ada OSTRANDER |
Stella LOVE |
Louise PECK (Mrs. D. BARKALOW) |
Dora McGURK |
Mary RICHARDSON |
Evelyn V. PARK (Mrs. Guy C. CONGDON) |
Letta ROHRBAUGH (Mrs. J. C. CHAPMAN) |
Bernice STEWART (Mrs. George PORTER) |
Ethel TAYLOR |
Marguerite STOWITTS |
Elizabeth WHITTMAN |
Amy THOMAS (Mrs. DICKINSON) |
Eleanor WILLIMAN |
Jessie THOMAS |
Louise YIELLS (Mrs. E. B. LEFFERTS) |
Hattie WELLER |
1907 |
Irma WILLING |
Charlotte FIKE |
1910 |
Alice FRY |
Lois Majorie ALLEMAN (Mrs. Louis ATKINS) |
Lela GALLOWAY |
Katherine M. BEESON |
Margaret GUTHRIE |
Myrna M. BOYCE |
Evangeline HOMAN |
Mary Alice CARTER |
Alice Cary McGREW (Mrs. Wilson AUSTIN) |
Margaret T. CATTLE |
Elizabeth McMILLAN |
Mabel Irene CLARKE |
Denna MELICK (Mrs. J. C. SWETZENBERG) |
Frances P. DAMRON |
Dorothy MORGAN (Mrs. Ralph PETERS) |
Ida Rowena DARLOW |
Gladys PETERS |
Irma M. DOUGLAS |
Elizabeth PICKENS |
Janet Ellen HALL |
Ruth RAINEY |
Ethel K. HOLMQUIST |
Alice L. TROXELL (Mrs. Cyrus BOWMAN) |
Catherine F. THUMMEL |
Gwendolyn WHITE |
Helen Sylvig HUNTER |
1908 |
Ida Belle JONES (Mrs. Boyd BLAKEMAN) |
Ethel ANDERSON |
Violet Carl JOSLYN (Mrs. T. W. MAGOWAN) |
Margaret BUSCH |
Helen Marguerite MATTERS |
Carnelita CHASE |
Zoe MELLOR (Mrs Stanley HUFFMAN) |
Perle EDDY |
Evelyn Bess MILLER |
Helen FORBES (Mrs. McPHERSON) |
Stella MULLIGAN |
Zoe FRIES |
Daphne E. PETERS |
Gladys GRAHAM (Mrs. Joseph BARIAN) |
Hazel RUMSEY |
Gladys IMPREY |
Helen Edith SMITH |
Grace JACKSON |
Margaret SPARGO |
Margaret KOEHLER |
Estella Belle STEPHENS |
Mary LANNING |
Olga A. STORZ |
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GRADUATES OF BROWNELL HALL, 1863--1914, DOUGLAS County, NE
Alumnae1911 |
1913 (cont.) |
Bessie Willifer CATTLE |
Genevieve BROOKS |
Nona Ruth COTTERMAN |
Eva Gertrude HALL |
Bertha DICKEY (Mrs. Blomfield BROWN |
Alice Lucile JAQUITH |
Catherine HUFFMAN |
Trenna Marie CHAMBERLAIN |
Perna JACKSON |
Bess DICKINSON |
Ava G. JOHNSON |
Gertrude DRAPER |
Helen Elaine LETT (Mrs. R.L. TODD) |
Hannah Elizabeth FORBES |
Mildred I. MILES |
Fern Irene GILBERT |
Alma Brooks SEYMOUR |
Gladys Martin KINDRED |
Ruth STREITZ |
Charlotte Eva MELLOR |
Ruth WALES |
Marion Ruth TOWLE |
Glenn WAY |
Florence Ruth WALKER |
1912 |
1914 |
Alice Lucile BACON |
Ruth Allen BEECHER |
Helen BLAKE |
Elizabeth Hartwell DAVIDSON |
Harriet COPLEY |
Lydia Emma DAWSON |
Halcyon COTTON |
Helen Louise EASTMAN |
Mary Alice DUVAL |
Mary Etta HIGINBOTHAM |
Margaret FUGITT |
Ruth Leavitt HOWELL |
Anne Millard GIFFORD |
Jean Margaret HUNTER |
Frances Eunice HOCHSTETLER |
Dorothy Stockett KNITTLE |
Stella Margaret HOLMQUIST |
Frances NEBLE |
Eleanor JOHNSON . |
Dorothy SMITH |
Eleanor MACKAY |
Margery Violet SMITH |
Pauline PAUL |
Mildred Marion TODD |
Margaret Louise SALLADIN |
Naomi Everts TOWLE |
Stella Louise THUMMEL |
Helen Eugenie VAN DUSEN |
1913 |
Isabel VINSONHALER |
Mabel Latham ALLEN |
Eliza Belle YOUNG |
Bishops
Rt. Rev. Joseph Curikshank TALBOT, D.D., 1860-1865 Founder
Rt. Rev. Robert Harper CLARKSON, D. C., 1865-1884
Rt. Rev. George WORTHINGTON, S.T.D., LL.D., 1885-1908
Rt. Rev. Arthur Liewellyn WILLIAMS, S.T.D., 1908
Rev. O.C. DAKE, Rector, 1863 |
Mrs. Louise R. UPTON, Principal,1898-1901 |
Rev. Isaac HAGAR, Rector, 1864 |
Miss Euphan Washington MACRAE, Principal, |
Rev. Samuel HERMANN, Rector, 1864-1869 |
1901-1909 |
Miss Elizabeth BUTTERFIELD, Principa, 1869-1871 |
Miss Edith Dearborn MARSDEN, Principal, |
Mrs. P.C. HALL, Principal, 1871-1876 |
1909-1911 |
Rev. Robert DOHERTY, Chaplain, 1874-1876 |
Miss Euphemia JOHNSON, Principal, 1911- |
Rector, 1876-1897 |
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Submitted by Mrs. Belva Malchow Walker , Houston, TX
The following article appeared in the West Point Republican on June 24, 1937. It was written by Miss Norma Kuester, now Mrs. Hugo Malchow of Wisner, NE. She was then a school teacher in District 4 where the old mill was located.
ROCK CREEK MILL - Cuming Co.
Rock Creek Mill, or Lambrecht's Mill, which was located northwest of the present site of Beemer, was once a popular community and business center; in fact, in pioneer times, a center that bid fair to become the site of a city of more than passing importance.
It was built in 1865 and furnished with machinery and other equipment brought from Council Bluffs, Iowa. Grain was brought to it from far and near some of it hauled from the Platte river valley some 200 miles, to be ground into flour.
It was a combined saw and grist mill and it continued in constant use on its original site for over 20 years. It was run by water power, which was secured by a dam in Rock Creek. This dam was a cause for constant concern during periods of high water in the spring. It was no uncommon thing for all the neighbors to be called in to rebuild the dam after a time of flood water. It was made of brush and dirt.
Nothing remains of the original mill. A stump or two mark the site, but give no hint of its former grandeur and importance in a land of most primitive means of handicraft and every day work.
In 1886 it was replaced by the mill, which is pictured with this story. This building was used for the milling business until 1891. In the picture the elderly man standing on the platform is August LAMBRECHT, owner and builder of the Rock Creek Mill. The other people in the picture are now unknown. The mill faced south and the creek goes through to the north of the building.
In 1891 Beemer had become accepted as the central town of the county and the center of business activity for the secion (sic) and the mill was then moved into it. Mr. and Mrs. LAMBRECHT retired to Beemer, which was their home the remainder of their lives.
Mr. and Mrs. LAMBRECHT grew up in Germany and were married there in 1846. They came to America in 1854 and lived in Watertown, Wisc. for nine years before coming to Nebr. and settling on Rock Creek in 1863.
Mr. and Mrs. LAMBRECHT came overland with ox teams and they homesteaded on the farm on Rock Creek in Elkhorn township. Their capital on arriving here consisted of $75 in cash. The family lived in a dugout for a year, taking possession of that comfortable but lowly structure March 4, 1864. The first meal served Mr. LAMBRECHT in the new earthen residence was shared with six Indians who continued friendly with their host all through his business career.
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Source: Banner County News, Harrisburg, NE, Thursday
June 7, 1934
PLEASANT HILL CEMETERY
One of the pioneer cemeteries of Banner County, the Pleasant Hill cemetery at Hull (also called the Hull Cemetery), is rich in pioneer history. The following account of some of the burials in that cemetery is from an article in a recent Nebraska History magazine, written by Mrs. J. A. GEORGE of Lyman, Ne. The Nebraska History magazine is a publication of the Nebraska State Historical Society.
The cemetery at Hull, known as the Pleasant Hill cemetery, was laid out 1888 by T. D. DEUTSCH and Alex BOOKWALTER, a civil engineer from Kimball. The first person buried there was Mrs. Alfred CALDERWOOD. About 1895 the G.A.R. Post at Hull decided they would like to honor their comrades lying in unknown graves. As times were hard then as now, a monument was out of the question, but nothing daunted the pioneers. A mound of sod about 4 feet in diameter and 3 feet in height was made, decorated with wild flowers in honor of the unknown soldiers. A year or two later a monument of inch boards, painted white with black lettering was made by the members of the post. This served until the spring of 1933 when contributions by the many people interested made it possible to erect a monument of Georgis marble 5 feet high, of regular size and width, gray in color, smooth on the front and rough on 3 sides, bearing the
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following inscriptions: "To our unknown soldiers of all wars; united in glory, re-united by death, 'tis the duty of soldiers, 'tis the fate of the brave"
The following Civil War Union soldiers are buried in Pleasant Hill cemetery: Orange J. BAILEY, George WIECK, John WILSON, A. M. STODDARD, John H. SLINGBAUM, Levi B. SPEAR, Simon RITCHIE, 16th Ill. Vol. Inf. with Sherman. J. S. RICE who was one of the pioneer storekeepers at Dorrington, a P,O. long since discontinued. Clark B. WHIPPLE, Postmaster at Dorrington. George ADCOCK, who when he was discharged in 1865 from Army came to this section and was one of the early cowboys. Hiram AMMERMAN who died shortly after family arrived here in 1886 and was first buried on his homestead but was the 2nd person buried in cemetery. Dr. David C. TREMAIN who was the pioneer doctor of this section and with his saddle bags and white horse brought relief from suffering in many homes of the early settlers. He was a man of noble Christian character and always ready to go where duty called, regardless of the weather. He continued to practice until death called 1906. A loading station on branch line of U.P. is named for him. Warren SALISBURY who was Color Bearer in the Army was at the Decoration Day services. He was also one of the early mail carriers, at one time carrying the mail from Harrisburg to Gering vis Dorrington, Hull, Granger, Mingo and Mitchell, changing horses enroute. Later he carried mail enroute from Alliance to Gering and on his last route from Harrisburg to Hull. Moses W. LOOP was the 2nd Postmaster at Hull, and James FOREMAN. This completes the list of Veterans buried at Pleasant Hill.
The following are some of the early settlers: D. L. LaGRANGE a brother to men whom the town of LaGrange, Wyo. was named. Catherine KESSLER, wife of John KESSLER of LaGrange. Mr. Kessler is one of the earliest settlers of this section. MR NICHOLAS lost his life trying to help fight a prairie fire which swept the area in Spring 1888. The following women were members of W.R.C. at Hull: Martha SALISBURY, Martha BAILEY, Esther WHIPPLE, Sadie SPEAR, Susan RITCHIE, Cordelia LOOP, Hettie FOREMAN. I cannot give these women a record of any sort except to say they were always ready to help in times of sickness or distress, in fact taking the place of nurses, always ready to lend a hand where and when needed. I have merely dipped lightly into the lives of those who are sleeping on Pleasant Hill. I only wish I might tell the stories of self-sacrifice and loving deeds committed by them, and their will to carry on through tragedies and the comedies of their lives. It seems as though many times the former came oftenest. But they forgot the tragedies and laughed at the comedies.
Banner County News, Harrisburg, NE, Thursday March 18, 1937
LONE PINE NEWS
It is now 51 years ago since the first permanent settler located on this end of the divide. It was James Henry McLATCHEY who located on a homestead and tree claim on the N 1/2 Sec 6-17-53 in the spring of 1886. According to his own statement he was born and raised in Nova Scotia. When he was a young man he went to sea and became a sailor, but how long he was before the mast I cannot remember him saying. However, he lived at different places until he finally drifted to this breezy country and engaged in farming and stockraising like the rest of us. At first he lived with his family in a cave, but as soon as he possibly could, built a substantial log house as there was quite a lot of pine logs here in the hills those days, although it was a lot of hard work to cut them and get them home and trim in proper shape for the buildings. A year or so after Mr. McLATCHEY came here Charles TROWBRIDGE and his mother came here and located on the S 1/2 of the same section. A few years afterwards they sold their homesteads to McLLATCHEY so he became the owner of the whole section. Mrs. TROWBRIDGE also had a tree claim in Sec 12-17-54, now owned by J. G. JOHNSON who lives in the same section. In Dec. 1890 Mrs. McLATCHEY passed away shortly after giving birth to twin boys who were named Roy and Ray. She was buried on top of the hill just south of our school house, but about 10 or 11 years later, on Xmas day, the remains were dug up and re-interred in the Lone Pine cemetery. Mr. McLATCHEY was left with 8 children, all at home except his oldest daughter, Ida, who was teaching school. The others in order as near as I can remember are: Annie, Maud, Mabel, Alice, Walter, Roy, and Ray. The twins were taken care of temporarily by Mrs. McLATCREY'S sister who lived at Lexington, NE and was here during the last days Mrs. McLATCHEY lived. A year or two later Mr. McLATCHEY remarried a widow, Mrs. Ella PORTER, who taught school here one term and who proved herself a splendid stepmother to this brood of children. Later she became the mother to 3 children of her own while the family lived here: Florence, May and James. Early in the spring of 1900 McLATCHEY'S house burnt down, but most of the contents were saved. The
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same year or following Mr. McLATCHEY with his family and household goods and some of his livestock moved to Alabama; and his son-in-law, Newton HOGUEWOOD, who married Annie, leased and worked the farm a year or two. By the way, John FADEN married Mrs. McLATCHEY's sister, Clara VANVLEET; and Byron VANVLEET, their brother, married Mr. McLATCHEY's oldest daughter, Ida. These two families went to Arkansas and located, but if they are still there or not I do not know. Mr. McLATCHEY traded off his farm here to one Mr. TURNER of Aurora, Ill., who in turn sold it to C. W. JOHNSON who's estate is still the owner.
After living in Alabama a couple of years or so, Mr. McLATCHEY moved to Woonsocket, S.D. where he and his sons engaged in farming and stockraising. Also owning a ranch in Montana where his son Walter lives, the last I heard. Ray, one of the twins, was killed from the effect of a kick of a horse. Roy was here on a visit a few years ago which I mentioned at the time. Mr. McLATCHEY passed away a number of years ago as was mentioned in these columns, but if Mrs. McLATCHEY is still alive I do not know. Where the balance of the family are located at the present time I do not know. While the family was still living here, Maud passed away at Lexington in the early 90s. I was told that another son was born to the McLATCHEY's shortly after they moved to Alabama, but did not learn his name. This ends my reminiscence of the first homesteader in this neighborhood.
Banner County News, Harrisburg, NE, Thursday December 19 1946
OUT OF OLD NEBRASKA
by James C. Olson
As the Union Pacific pushed across the plains it became necessary to place Forts along the way to protect the construction crews from the Indians, who opposed the invasion of their hunting grounds by the iron horse with all their power. By 1867 the rails had reached into the Nebraska Panhandle, and in December of that year--just 79 years ago this month--the Army established Sidney Barracks at the site of the present town of Sidney, seat of Chayenne (sic) County.
Fort Sidney, as it came to be called, was never a large post, and its history is somewhat overshadowed by the development of Sidney itself, which during the 70's had the reputation of being one of the wildest towns in the wild and wooly west. Indeed, the story goes that at one time there was so much shooting on the streets that the Union Pacific ran its trains through the town without stopping.
Buildings were not constructed at the post until almost 2 years after its establishment, and Sidney Barracks was never a fort in the technical sense of the word. It appears primarily to have been a distribution point for troops and supplies. Some of the troops who had taken part in the Powder River expedition were sent there, and for a time, Major Frank NORTH and his Pawnee Scouts camped near the post. While Major NORTH was there, his old friend, Buffalo BILL occasionally came over from his home in North Platte to hunt jackrabbits. Bill apparently was quite a favorite with the troops.
Fort Sidney was quite a garden spot, largely as the result of an early experience in irrigation. The officer who located the post had dammed Lodge Pole Creek and conveyed the water to the area in an open ditch, which flowed in front of each house, the barracks, and the stables. Trees were planted along the streets, giving the fort the appearance of a park.
There appears to have been a difference of opinion as to the influence of the soldiers upon life in the town of Sidney. The Buffalo County Sun at Kearney once quoted the Omaha Bee as saying that when pay day cane the soldiers, "usually carmined the town," frequently waging battles with the freighters in which bloodshed was not unusual.
A rare old pamphlet, put out at one time by the Chayenne County Real Estate Association gives an altogether different view; "The post, with its fine buildings, dense shade trees, gentlemanly officers, and well-kept grounds, upon which daily concerts are given by the Military Band, make it a delightful addition to the town."
In any event, it is apparent that not all of the soldier's time was taken up fighting Indians. It is not clear from the records available just when the troops abandoned the fort, but for a number of years after their departure it was kept in excellent condition. Finally, in 1899, when the Burlington joined the Union Pacific at Sidney, the buildings were auctioned off, and the parade ground was cut into streets.
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