CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - NELSON FEAUTO ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Carol Tramp. Permission granted by: Rob Dump, Editor, Cedar County News ====================================================================== CEDAR COUNTY NEWS August 30, 1923 Oldest Ex-Editor Of County Passes Away Nelson Feauto Former Editor of The Bulletin Dies in Emerson on Sunday Nelson Feauto, former editor of the Cedar County Bulletin, and formerly county judge of Cedar county, passed away Tuesday morning at his home in Emerson. He is believed to be the oldest editor or ex-editor in northeast Nebraska. Mr. Feauto was born in a log cabin in the city of Dubuque, Iowa in 1843, and was 80 years old at the time of his death. When a young man, he came west; and finally located at Ionia, in Dixon county which was then a thriving town of The Missouri River northeast of where Newcastle is now located. He remained there from 1862 until 1867 when he sold his farm and went to the Black Hills hunting gold. He spent his entire fortune about $3000, a great sum in those days, in developing a place claim, but was finally compelled to abandon it. Returning to Dixon county, he remained there but a short time when he was induced by Lewis E. Jones to located in St Helena, where he joined with a man named Johnston in the purchase of the Cedar County Bulletin from Mr. Jones. The next year, they changed the name of the paper to the Nonpariel. At that time the subscription price of the paper was $2.00 a year, despite the fact that corn was worth only five cents a bushel and hogs were worth about three cents a pound. Advertising then cost about $10.00 a column, or almost double what it now costs. While at St. Helena, Mr. Feauto was appointed county judge, and was later elected for a second term. He was admitted to the practice of law by District Judge Barnes. Mr. Feauto disposed of his interest n the county in 1880 and located in Wayne where he was employed on the Logan Valley Courier. Following a consolidation of the papers there he went to Emerson and again engaged in the newspaper business for a few years. For a number of years past he has been engaged in the dairy business at Emerson, in which he ahs been very successful. In spite of his years he was remarkably well preserved both physically and mentally and took great pleasure in talking over his pioneer experiences. He was ill but a short time before passing away. His son J.R. Feauto is now the editor of the Wakefield Republican.