Gage County, Nebraska

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Nebraska Ancestree Winter 1987 Volume 10 No.3, pg. 93
Transcribed by Kathie Harrison November 11, 2000
By permission of the Nebraska State Genealogical Society
HISTORY OF GAGE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, by Hugh J. Dobbs
Submitted by Mrs. Cecil Holland, Filley, NE 68357
Company C of the Second Brigade, First Regiment Nebraska Militia (cavalry), raised in Pawnee and Gage Counties, NE, was mustered into the service of the state at Pawnee City, 1 Sept. 1864. The Gage Co. members of the company were:
Levi ANTHONY (second lieutenant), John FARRETT, William ALEXANDER, James GRANT, Isaac CLAIBORNE, William AIKENS, Nelson ADAMS, Alvah AYERS, William T. BROWN, Charles BAILEY, Charles BUSS, Edward CARTWRIGHT, Henry CORLETT, William J. DOBBS, John H. DUNN, Josiah EASTMAN, David K. FISHER, John J. McMANIS, Joel T. MATTINGLEY, Joseph MILLIGAN, Francis M. REESE, D. M. SHELLANBERGER, Horace M. WICKHAM, James A. WYMORE.
Nebraska Ancestree Winter 1987 Vol.10 No.3, pg. 97
Transcribed by Kathie Harrison November 15, 2000
By permission of the Nebraska State Genealogical Society
The Daily Nebraska City News - 2 July 1887
reprinted from the Liberty Journal, Gage County, Nebraska
A. L. CLAYPOOL, private secretary to J. W. BOOKWALTER was in town Saturday. He informed us that the Omaha & Southwestern surveyors were in the vicinity of the proposed town on the BOOKWALTER land & was confident the road will be built. It is also generally conceded, we believe that the Wyandotte will give BOOKWALTER a town at the crossing of the 2 roads. The town will be east of WALKER’S store & about 10 miles from Liberty. It is BOOKWALTER’S intention to improve all of his land out near the proposed town site, to build a house on every eighty-acre tract & make other needed improvements.
Nebraska Ancestree Winter 1987 Vol.10 No.3, pg. 119
Transcribed by Kathie Harrison - November 19, 2000
By permission of the Nebraska State Genealogical Society
HISTORY OF GAGE COUNTY, NEBRASKA - by Hugh J. Dobbs
Submitted by Mrs. Cecil Holland - Filley, Nebraska
The Brownville Office of the Nemaha Land District was operated from 3 March 1857 until 7 July 1868. Then the office was moved to Beatrice until 15 September 1887, when the district was combined with the Lincoln District. At Brownville the officials were:
George H. NIXON, Register, 9 April 1857, temporary; 16 April 1858 permanent.
Charles B. SMITH, Receiver, 11 April 1857, temporary; 16 April 1858 permanent.
Richard F. BARRETT, Register, 27 May 1861, temporary; 26 July 1861 permanent.
I. Edward BURBANK. Receiver, 27 May 1861, temporary.
George F. WATTON, Receiver, 21 June 1861, temporary; 26 July 1861 permanent.
Sewell R. JAMISON, Receiver, 10 March 1862, permanent.
Charles G. DORSEY, Register, 25 July 1865, temporary; 16 May 1866, permanent.
Theodore W. BEDFORD, Register, 5 Nov. 1866, temporary.
Henry M. ATKINSON, Register, 7 March 1867, permanent.
John S. CARSON, Receiver, 15 April 1867, permanent.
At Beatrice the officials were: Hiram W. PARKER, Register, 2 June 1871, temporary; 27 Dec. 1871, permanent. 22 Jan. 1876 permanent; 29 Jan. 1880, permanent.
Nathan BLAKELY, Receiver, 10 Aug. 1869, temporary; 28 Dec. 1869, permanent.
Robert B. HARRINGTON, Receiver, 10 Sept. 1875, temporary; 17 Dec. 1875, permanent. 22 Dec. 1879, permanent.
Hugh J. DOBBS, Register, 7 March 1884
William H. SOMERS, Receiver, 24 March 1881
Joseph HILL, Receiver, 9 June 1885, temporary
Edward R. FOGG, Receiver, 24 May 1886, permanent
Nebraska Ancestree Winter 1987 Vol.10 No.3, pg. 120-121
Transcribed by Kathie Harrison November 21, 2000
By permission of the Nebraska State Genealogical Society
Company C, 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment
HISTORY OF GAGE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, by Hugh J. HOBBS
Submitted by Mrs. Cecil Holland - Filley, Nebraska
Captain Albert H. HOLLINGSWORTH BREWSTER, Charles L. REEDY, William H.
First Lieutenants BROWNELL, Mike ROLLER, John S.
ARCHER, Harry L. BALL, Louis RIORDAN, John J.
STORCH, Joseph A. BOWLING, George I. RUNGAN, Charles
Second Lieutenants BARRY, Joseph J. SHULTZ, Hugo D.
McLAUGHLIN, Warren I. BLOODGOOD, Edwin E. SCOTT, Marion F.
WHEEDON, Burt P. CAMPBELL, Robert SMITH, Elmer W.
DUNGAN, William B. CAMPBELL, Roy C. SPOTT, Thomas
COLEMAN, Garrett F. CLARK, Frank M. STAKER, Will C.
First Sergeants CONDON, William STERNE, William A.
WADSWORTH, Andrew S. COOK, Fred TATMAN, Harry E.
REEDY, William H. DAVIS, Everett THOMPSON, Earl W.
Quartermaster's Sergeants DRAKE, Neal C. A. TUCKER, Luther I.
BETHOUD, Logan L. DRUIGMAN, William F. TYSON, Jesse
JOHNSON, Hans DUDLEY, Howard S. WATTS, Bert W.
Sergeants FIELD, Charles WILLEY, Frank
CURTIS, Orrin T. FOLDEN, Charles F. WILSON, John E.
GEDDES, George L. FOLDEN, James R. C. Recruits
HALL, John A. GABLE, Louis M. ACKERMAN, Paul August
MURDOCK, Harry S. GASHAW, Nelson S. AVEY, Sherman H.
EVANS, William J. GRIFFETH, Norman BURNHAM, Lyvenus S.
PETERS, Lehman C. HALL, William G. BOOMER, George R.
JOHNSON, Hans HALL, Sherrill W. BISHOP, Fred W.
DUDLEY, Howard S. HILEMAN, Wilbert S. CHEVROUT, James W.
Corporals HOLBERT, Andrew S. EPP, Henry Martin
EVANS, William J. HUTSON, Edward J. FRANKLIN, C. M.
COOK, Erastus HARRIS, Frank LOGSDON, William
PICK, Frederick JOHNSON, Hans MILLER, Julius G.
BLOODGOOD, Edwin E. JOHNSON, William MORRIS, Robert B.
LANGDON, Oliver H. JONES, Charley C. NELSON, Julius M.
HOLBERT, Andrew F. JONES, Sherman PILLSBURY, John W.
JONES, Sherman KNOUSE, Frank M. ROWLAND, Ira C.
TRUAX, George Lester KUHN, Fred C. SALISBURY, Clayton L.
HALL, Sherrill W. LANGDON, Oliver H. SHAW, Herman C.
TYSON, Jesse LITTY, Fred L. SMOCK, Harry O.
BAIRD, Jesse P. MACY, Bruce E. STAMBOUGH, William H.
SCHULTZ, Hugo D. MEEKER, Orrie A. STOUT, Ira P.
PUTT, Philip C. McHUGH, Joseph D. STOUT, Walter I.
PETERS, Lehman C. McDANIEL, Charles L. TILTON, Winfield S.
HALL, William G. McDONOUGH, Michael L. TRUAX, George Lester
Musicians NELSON, Linus C. WARD, Peter
STEVENSON, Arthur E. OLINGHOUSE, Henry I. WOODBRIDGE, William E.
BAIRD, Jesse P. OWEN, Frank
ROLLER, John S. OZMAN, Roscoe C.
TUCKER, Luther I. OSSOWSKI, Paul
McHUGH, Joseph D. PENROD, Jesse C.
General Roster PETERS, Lehman C.
ASHENFELTER, James L. PETERS, Martin L.
ASHLEY, Clifford L. PINSON, Will H.
BEAL, Eugene POWERS, Mark
BUTLER, Charley C. PUTT, Phillip C.
BICK, John W. QUEIN, John R.
BOWLING, William W. RAGLAND, Simeon W.
BRADSHAW, James A. RAY, Alpheus
PROMOTED
Harry L. ARCHER, First Lieutenant, Regimental Adjutant.
W. R. McLAUGHLIN, Second Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster.
Bert D. WHEEDON, Second Lieutenant, Regimental Adjutant.
Andrew S. WADSWORTH, First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Company B.
Orrin T. CURTIS, First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Company L.
DEAD
William G. EVANS, Sergeant, died of blood poison, at Cavit, P. I., 24 July 1898.
George L. GEDDES, Sergeant, died of spinal meningitis, at sea, 21 June 1898.
Bruce E. MACY, wounded in action at Marilao, P. I., 29 March 1899, died 20 April 1899.
Julius G. MILLER, died of spinal meningitis, at Honolulu, 20 October 1898.
Frank KNOUSE, drowned in Pasig River, 15 December 1898.
WOUNDED
A. H. HOLLINGSWORTH, Captain, wounded in right forearm and right thigh, near Mariquina, P. I., 17 February 1899.
J. A. STORCH, First Lieutenant, wounded in right arm, at San Francisco del Monte, P. I., 25 March 1899.
B. D. WHEEDON, Second Lieutenant, wounded in right hip, near Mariquina, P. I., 17 February 1899.
W. G. DUNGAN, Second Lieutenant, wounded near Quingua, P. I., 24 April 1899.
Orrin T. CURTIS, First Sergeant, wounded in right hand, at Santa Mesa, P. I., 4 February 1899.
Jesse P. BAIRD, Corporal, wounded in left hand, at Marilao, P. I., 29 March 1899.
Chas. BREWSTER, Corporal, wounded in right foot, at Calumpit, P. I., 25 April 1899.
John S. ROLLER, Artificer, wounded in left arm, at Quingua, P. I., 23 April 1899.
Henry EPP, wounded in left shoulder, at Santa Mesa, P. I., 5 February 1899.
Fred C. KUHN, wounded in left thigh, at waterworks, P. I., 6 February 1899.
Roscoe C. OZMAN, wounded in right forearm, at San Francisco del Monte, P. I., 25 March 1899.
Roy C. CAMPBELL, wounded in left ankle, at Guiguinto, P. I., 29 March 1899.
George R. BOOMER, wounded in left forearm, at Guiguinto, P. I., 30 March 1899.
Lyvenus S. BURNHAM, wounded in left shoulder, near Guiguinto, P. I., 30 March 1899.
William LOGSDON, wounded in right lung, near Guiguinto, P. I., 30 March 1899.
Bert W. WATTS, wounded in left thigh, near Guiguinto, P. I., 30 March 1899.
Nebraska Ancestree Winter 1987 Issue Vol.10 No.3, pg. 122 - 125
Transcribed by Kathie Harrison November 27, 2000
By permission of the Nebraska State Genealogical Society
HISTORY OF GAGE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, by Hugh J. Dobbs, 1918
Submitted by Mrs. Cecil Holland - Filley, Nebraska
Members of the Nebraska Association, who became the first settlers of Beatrice, Nebraska:
KINNEY - husband John PITCH - b.7 April 1816, New Haven, NY - d. 17 August 1902 San Diego, CA. Wife Hannah D. (HALL) - b. about 1816 - d. 1895 San Diego, CA. Daughter Julia Beatrice - b. 29 October 1839, Ohio - m. Julian METCALF. (The town was named for this young woman)
McCONIHE - husband John - b. 4 Sept. 1834, Troy, NY - d. battle of Cold Harbor, Civil War. Buried, overlooking the Hudson, near Troy, NY.
TOWLE - husband Albert "Pap" - b. 1817, IL - d. 8 March 1879 Beatrice, NE. Wife Catherine (HOLT) d. about 1889, Beatrice, NE. Daughter Helen - m.Jefferson B. WESTON - d. before 1918. Daughter Emer - m. Joseph SAUNDERS, 1868 - d. before 1918. Daughter Adelia - m. Richard C. DAVIS - d. 1916, Chicago, IL. Daughter Mary - m. Dr. John G. DAVIS. Daughter Katie -m. George M. AYRES - d. 28 March 1890, age 32 - first white child born in Gage County.
NELSON - husband Joseph Rutherford - b. about 1836 - alive in WA in 1918. Wife Mary (EASTMAN) m. 8 Sept. 1869, Wayne, WI. Five children were born to this union, of whom only one is living, a son Amos A.
HEWETT - husband Judge Obediah Brown - b. 18 Sept. 1828, Hope, ME - d. 10 Nov. 1898 Chino, CA. Wife Mary W. (TURNER) m. Oct. 1857, Brownville, NE - d. 22 March 1891, Hastings, NE. Son, James H. H.; daughter Katherine L. - m. ____DAVIS; son, C. William; second wife - Mrs. Mary NANCE - d. shortly after 1898; married 1893, Riverside, CA.
WESTON - husband - Jefferson BURNS -b. 23 March 1821, Bremen, ME - d. 15 Sept. 1905, buried Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, NE. Wife Helen (TOWLE) - d. 1917; m. 30 April 1860; son Ralph A.; daughter Elizabeth N.; daughter Katherine - d. before 1918, buried Evergreen Cemetery, Beatrice, NE.; son Herbert T. Husband's parents - Eliphaz and Elizabeth (LONGFELLOW) WESTON - both b. ME. Wife's parents - Albert and Catherine (HOLT) TOWLE.
BRODHEAD - husband - William H. - b. 25 August 1832, Pike County, IA - d. 21 Oct. 1898, Hailey, ID ; wife - Eliza (AVERY), m. 11 June 1867, Honesdale, Wayne County, PA; son - W. A.
MUMFORD - husband - Isma P. b. MD - d. 6 miles west of Nebraska City, NE 1873; wife Elizabeth (MALLOCK) - b. 1830, Adams County, OH - d. March 1897, Nodaway County, MO; son - Rev. James; six more sons and two daughters were born to this couple. Wife's father - "bore arms for his country in the War of 1812." Wife's grandfather - "A Revolutionary soldier."
MATTINGLY - husband - James B. - b. 8 April 1818, Harden County, KY - d. 19 Oct. 1907, in a little town in northern WA. Wife _____________; son Joel Thomas (m._____) - father of Polly JONES.
JONES - husband - Samuel - b. 1826, Grayson County, VA - d. 8 Feb. 1872, Gage County, NE buried on the hill a quarter mile south of the old stone dwelling on the northeast quarter of section 15, Midland township, Gage Co., NE. Wife - Rebecca - d. 1901, Gooding, ID; seven children d. before 1918 - this couple gave life to 14 children. Son - William R., daughter Sarah A. - m. Lorenzo L. DREW; son John T.; daughter Elizabeth - m. ______DWYER; son - Leroy C.; son - Albert; daughter - Rebecca - m. ________PETHOUD.
PADDOCK - husband Algernon Sidney - b. 9 Nov. 1830, Glens Falls, NY - d. about 1897. Wife - Anna L. (MACK) - alive in 1918, m. 22 Dec. 1859. Son - Daniel - d. at an early age; daughter Susan - d. at an early age; daughter - Harriet - m. O. J. COLMAN; daughter - Francis Amelia - d. before 1918; son - Franklin Algernon; husband's father - Ira A. PADDOCK; wife's father - Daniel MACK.
GALE - husband George - b. 17 May 1828, Columbia Co., NY - d. 9 Jan. 1899, Gage Co., NE. Wife - Margaret M. (SHAW), m. 26 March 1850; son - Edward B.; daughter - Mary A.; son - Charles F.; daughter - Margaret. Husband's parents - Alonzo and Phoebe (PECK) GALE, both natives of Dutchess Co., NY. Husband's sister - Carrie - m. Louis T. GRIGGS, mother of George, Clifford, Albert, Kirk, and Mollie GRIGGS. Wife's father - Stephen P. SHAW.
TINKHAM - husband - Rev. Albert L. - b. circa 1800 - d. Beatrice, NE, age 78. Wife - Sarah (WILSON); son - Gilbert - d. Beatrice, NE, 1859; daughter - Wealthy - m. Joseph HOLLINGSWORTH; son - Elias; daughter - Margaret Constance (m. Nathan BLAKELY); son - James Leroy; son - Thomas; daughter - Alice; son - Edward; son - Albert.
REYNOLDS - husband - Dr. Herman Myer - b. 1832 - d. 26 April 1875, Beatrice, NE. Wife - Naomi (BARCUS) - alive in 1918, m. 20 Oct. 1861. Daughter - Josephine; daughter - Ruth - m. Corey C. FARLOW; daughter - Elsie - m. ________LOEBER; daughter - Mollie - m. George RANDALL; daughter - Hermina - m. Harry E. SACKETT.
BLAKELY - husband Nathan - b. 26 July 1824 Roxbury, CT - d. 26 July 1906, Beatrice, NE. Wife - Margaret Constance (TINKHAM) - d. 6 Dec. 1908, Beatrice, NE, buried Beatrice, NE - graves unmarked in 1918. Married Nov. 1868. Prior to her marriage Mrs. BLAKELY had been one of the active and successful teachers of Gage County. Her first school was at Blue Springs, and her pupils were: Carter C. COFFINBERRY and Hugh J. DOBBS, John SHAW, Thomas JOHNSON, James JOHNSON, Richard JOHNSON, Martha JOHNSON, Maria KNIGHT (who m. Louis WEHN), Retta ANTHONY (who m. F. M. GRAHAM), Isaac ANTHONY (brother of Retta ANTHONY - both children of Dr. Levi ANTHONY), Sarah FISHER (daughter of King FISHER).
EMERY - husband Charles N. - b. 15 August 1836, Industry, ME - d. "when venerable in years." Wife - Mary (BENSON) - d. 6 Jan. 1907, m. 4 May 1858, Lawrence, KS. Son - George E.- b. Lawrence, KS; son - John C. - b. Lawrence, KS.
HOLLINGSWORTH - husband Joseph - b. 2 Nov. 1836, Melbourne, Derbyshire, England - d. 23 Oct. 1914, Portland, OR; wife - Wealthy (TINKHAM) - alive 1918. Son - Arthur; son - Thomas; son - George; son - Albert; son - Archie; daughter - Alma; daughter - Arvilla; daughter - Aimee. Husband's parents - James and Elizabeth HOLLINGSWORTH; husband was youngest of twelve children. Brothers and sisters: James, Henry, Robert, Elizabeth (m. William WILD), and Frances (m. Francis SHELLEY).
LOOMIS - husband - Gilbert T. - a young man in 1857; wife - sister of Thomas W. BROWN.
MILLIGAN - husband - Joseph - d. TX, many years before 1918 - of Irish descent; wife - d. TX, many years before 1918 - of Irish descent.
COOK - husband - Harrison F. - b. 4 Nov. 1830, Norridgewock, ME - d. 17 Jan. 1908, Beatrice, NE. Wife - Lucinda H. (HARVEY) - b. Stafford Hollow, CT - d. before 1918; m.15 March 1860, Stafford Hollow, Tolland Co., CT
WISE - husband - Dr. Bayard T. - b. about 1835 - d. 16 May 1908, Indianapolis, IN. Wife - d. before 1918. Husband and wife buried Elmwood Cemetery, Fort Madison, IA; son - Edward P.; son - Frederick T.; son - Gus M.
PIKE - husband - Bennett - b. 6 Jan. 1829, Cornish, ME - d. 15 July 1892, Arcadia, MO; husband's parents - John and Elvira (CHECK) PIKE.
TOWNSEND - husband - Oliver - b. about 1834 - d. April 1914, Gage Co., NE; wife Kate (MONCE) - alive in 1918; m. 1880, Nebraska City, NE. Daughter - Jean; daughter - Ruth; daughter - Catherine; sons - three died in infancy; husband's sister - Jennie.
PARKER - husband - Hiram W. - b. 17 Dec. 1827, Worcester, MA - d. 1899, Beatrice, NE; wife - Almira T. (DOLE) - b.OH - d. before 1918; m. Oct. 1852, Austinburg, OH.; buried old Evergreen Cemetery, Beatrice, NE. Son - Franklin H.; son - Louis C.; two children died before 1918; both buried in old Evergreen Cemetery, Beatrice, NE.
DORSEY - husband - Charles G. - d. Kansas City, MO; wife - Mary E. (MAJORS), m.Autumn 1871, Peru, NE. Son - William C.; daughter - Edith; son - Harry - d. Beatrice, NE a number of years before 1918; husband's brother - George; wife's father - S. P. MAJORS; wife's brother - Colonel Thomas J. MAJORS.
ROPER - Fordyce - d.Bakersfield, CA, a few years before 1918.
WICKHAM - husband - Horace M. - b. 2 Sept. 1832, Licking Co., OH - d. 4 Sept. 1906; wife - Lavinia (YOUNG), d. Southpark, CO, 7 Aug. 1860; m. 8 May 1859, Gage County, NE - The couple was m. by Nathan BLAKELY, then acting probate judge of this county, since no minister was in that part of the country at that time. Second wife - Mrs. Isabelle BEEBE, d. 1873; m. St. Joseph, MO; daughter - Clarissa; son - Franklin P.
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