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ganized the county of Madison, was born there, October 29, 1873, and died at Norfolk, March 15, 1925. Three children were born to them: Doris F., July 14, 1904; Mary A., January 14, 1907, who married Ray Garvin; and Irmabelle, October 25, 1913. Both the Thatch and Davis families were among the leaders in Madison County in pioneer days, and held important offices in the community government.

Mr. Davis married Clara Louisa Kaul, August 5, 1928. She was graduated from Madison High School, and for 23 years was employed in various county offices, acting as clerk in the office of the county judge, clerk of the district court, and county treasurer.

Doris F. Davis was graduated from the University of Nebraska, and is now a teacher at Madison. Mary A. Davis was graduated from the Madison High School, served in the post office as a clerk, and was deputy register of deeds in Madison County. Residence: Madison.

Gladys Irene Davis

At Elk Creek, Johnson County, Nebraska, Gladys I. Davis was born October 17, 1894, the daughter of Edgar Thomas and Etta Alice (Young) Parker. Her father was born at Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois, February 16, 1863, and died at Pawnee City, Pawnee County, Nebraska, September 15, 1900. Her mother, who was a clubwoman was born at Elizabeth, Jo Davis County, Illinois, March 23, 1863.

Mrs. Davis attended the Pawnee City grade school, and in 1913 was graduated from the Pawnee City High School. In 1913 and 1914 she was a student at the Lincoln Business College. From 1914 to 1916 she served Pawnee County as clerk of the county court; from 1916 to 1926 she was bookkeeper and stenographer for Wherry Brothers, at Pawnee City. A Republican, she is a member of the Republican Central Committee.

On June 16, 1926, she was married at Pawnee City, to Cecil Albert Davis who is a car salesman for Wherry Brothers at Pawnee City. Mr. Davis was born at Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas, February 16, 1897.

During the World War she was a member of the Florence Nightingale Red Cross, and at the present time she is a member of the Pawnee County chapter of Red Cross, where she served as a member of the executive committee. She is a member of the Nebraskana Society, the Twentieth Century Club, and the Methodist Episcopal Church of DuBois, Nebraska. She is a member of the Rebeccas and the Pythian Sisters. Residence: DuBois.

Grover Cleveland Davis

Grover Cleveland Davis has lived in Nebraska all his life and has taken an active part in civic and political affairs in his community. He was born at Homer, Dakota County, Nebraska, October 17, 1884, the son of Josiah Willard and Mary Josephine (Ockander) Davis. His father, who was born at Guilford, Maine, June 2, 1826, and died at Homer, February 21, 1915, was a miller, merchant, hotelman, and postmaster; he moved to Dakota County in 1860, and was prominent in Nebraska as a county commissioner, 1873-76; was a member of the legislature in 1862; was also a candidate for the senate in 1882, on the Democratic ticket, but was defeated by a narrow margin. He was of New England Puritan ancestry, and a veteran of the Mexican War.

His mother was born at Gothland, Sweden, March 1, 1845, and died at Homer, December 8, 1928.

Judge Davis attended business college for two years, was connected with the Western Union Telegraph Company for a year, was a barber for 20 years, and engaged in the insurance business for six years. He served as sport writer for the Homer Star for a year, and is now a member of the firm O'Dell & Davis, Real Estate. He is mayor of Homer, is president of the board of health, and is a member of the Progress Club. A Democrat, Judge Davis served as village councilman for sixteen years, and served as judge of the justice court for six years. He is now a candidate for the legislature on the Democratic ticket.

He holds membership in the Masons, Yeoman, Red Cross, Homer Fire Department, and the Nebraskana Society. He was registration clerk in draft department during the World War, and was a member of the National Home Guards. His hobby is the study of current events.

His marriage to Mattie Luella Miles was solemnized at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, December 22, 1910. Mrs. Davis, whose ancestry is Irish and German, was born at Prosper, Fillmore County, Minnesota, December 22, 1891. To this marriage three children were born, two of whom are living: Woodrow, born January 18, 1913; Mildred, born January 14, 1918, who died February 15, 1921; and Lois, born August 9, 1924. Residence: Homer. (Photograph in Album).

Horace Mansell Davis

Horace Mansell Davis, editor and author, was born on the homestead of his father near Scotia, Greeley County, Nebraska, September 14, 1873, the second white child to be born in the county. His parents, Mansell and Mary Matilda (Rood) Davis, were pioneer settlers in Nebraska. His father, who was born at Fredonia, New York, December 5, 1848, was a teacher, surveyor and farmer of Welch stock who represented the 3rd generation of his family in America. He died near Scotia, November 6, 1917.

Mary Matilda Rood was born at Richford, Wisconsin, August 27, 1853, and resides at North Loup, Nebraska. A teacher, and president of the Woman's Club at North Loup, she was the first woman to settle on a homestead in Grceley County, in 1872, having come by ox team from Wisconsin. Of English descent, her grandfather, George Thorngate, came to America as a British soldier in the War of 1812.

Until 1891 Mr. Davis attended country and high school at North Loup, and during 1893-94 and 1895-96 was a student at Milton College (Wisconsin). During the summers of 1896 and 1897 he attended the University of Nebraska, and received his B. A. from Lincoln Normal University in 1898. At Milton he was a member of the baseball team.

Mr. Davis was married to Besse June Fackler at Ord, Nebraska, July 18, 1901. Mrs. Davis was born at Astoria, Illinois, June 17, 1881, of early Virginia stock. They have three sons, Mansell F., born April 30, 1902, who married Frances Carrothers; he is associated with the National Board of Fire Insurance Underwriters, and resides at Columbus, Ohio. Keith T., born May 25, 1907, was a graduate in engineering from the University of Nebraska in 1929, and married Jcnnie McClung, June 5, 1931. H. Richmond, born November 12, 1911, is a student at the University.

Mr. Davis' career has been varied. For several years he taught school, and later was editor of many papers and magazines, including the Omaha New-Nebraskan, the Ord Journal, Broken Bow Herald, Greeley Leader-Independent, and the Nebraska Highways. A Democrat, he was from 1901-03 clerk of the district court of Valley County, and in 1909 was clerk of the Nebraska senate. Postmaster at Ord from 1915-18, he was clerk of the house of representatives 1911, 1913, 1915 and 1917. For eight years he was publicity director for public utilities and part owner in several publications. An extensive landowner, he does some farming and is a director of the Capitol Fire Insurance Company, the S. E. Nebraska Development Company, and the Nebraska Publishing Company (secretary).

During the World War he was active in the Council of Defense, a four minute speaker and chairman of the lied Cross. His professional associations include the Nebraska Press Association, and the Professional Men's Club.

He is a member of the Masons, Elks, and Knights of

Pythias, the Knife and Fork Club, the Nebraskana Society and the Nebraska Pioneers and Nebraska State Historical Society. His clubs are Eastridge Country and Antelope Golf Clubs. Residence: Lincoln.

Ida Woolsey Davis

Ida Woolsey Davis was born of pioneer Nebraska parents December 30, 1875, at Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska. Edmund Elting Woolsey, her father, who was born at New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, March 16, 1834 and died at Nebraska City, June 20, 1919, was a farmer and landowner who came to Nebraska, in 1857. He was of English descent.

Her mother, Helen M. (Tuxbury) Woolsey, of English ancestry, was born at Windsor, Vermont, April 15, 1838, and died at Nebraska City, December 24, 1917.

A lifetime resident of Nebraska, Mrs. Davis has taken an active part in civic and religious affairs for many years. Her education was received at St. Kathrine's Hall, Davenport, Iowa, where she was graduated in 1892.

On October 20, 1906, she was married to William Curtis Davis, at Nebraska City. Mr. Davis, who is a farmer, was born at Nebraska City, October 27, 1879. There are three children: Helen, born May 3, 1908; William Woolsey, born September 9, 1911; and Florence Josephine, born January 30, 1917.

Mrs. Davis is a member of the Does. She is affiliated with the St. Mary's Episcopal Church, and is a member of various church organizations. Among them are: Girl's Friendly Society; Episcopal Auxiliary; and the Episcopal Guild. Her social clubs are the Nebraska City Country Club and the Bridge Club. Her favorite sport is golf.

Joseph Franklin Davis

On April 25, 1878, at Brinkley, Monroe County, Arkansas, Joseph F. Davis was born, son of John Wesley and Saphronia Angeline (Dodson) Davis. His father, who was born at Paducah, Kentucky, December 20, 1836, and died at Brinkley, February 12, 1880, was of Welsh descent. He was a cabinet maker.

His mother, who was of Irish ancestry, was born at Summerville, Fayette County, Tennessee, March 13, 1853, and died at Texarkana, Texas, March 24, 1915. She was active in church work.

Mr. Davis was graduated from high school in 1896, after which he attended Ouachita College where be was a member of the Philomathean Society, and was active in athletics. Mr. Davis' career has been an interesting one, and his progress in the business world has been steady. He has been a clerk in the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company; a section laborer; section foreman; construction foreman; and brakeman. In the Missouri Pacific Railway Company he was gang foreman; roadmaster; general roadmaster; division engineer; and assistant superintendent. Today he is superintendent of the Omaha-Northern Kansas division of the Missouri Pacific lines, at Falls City, Nebraska.

He was united in marriage with Kathryn Keevil, at Beemis, Woodruff County, Arkansas, on May 3, 1903. Mrs. Davis, who was born at Clarendon, Monroe County, Arkansas, June 11, 1882, is of Irish and English ancestry. There are two sons, Joseph, born December 13, 1908, who is a machinist's apprentice; and John, born February 24, 1915, who is a student in the Falls City High School.

In the late war Mr. Davis was an active participant in the Victory Loan, and Liberty Loan drives. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Falls City, the Rotary Club, and the Traffic Club of St. Joseph, Missouri. He is a Mason, Shriner, member of Blue Lodge, 32nd degree Scottish Rite, Grotto. He is a Republican and a member of the Baptist Church. (Photograph on Page 307).

Russell Arnell Davis

Russell Arnell Davis, abstracter, was born at Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska, December 7, 1893. He is the son of J. Monroe Davis and Jane Elizabeth (Arnell) Davis, the latter born in LaSalle County, Illinois, November 5, 1854, and who taught school before her marriage. She is a direct descendant of the English Wolcotts of Revolutionary fame; and is president of the Nebraska section of the Wolcott Society of America. J. Monroe Davis was born in Indiana, July 1, 1852, of Welsh parentage. He is a bonded abstracter.

Mr. Davis was graduated from the Fairbury High School in 1911. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Wesleyan University, in 1915, and was president of the local fraternity, Everett. He married Maria Dawson, at Bennet, Lancaster County, Nebraska, October 14, 1915. Mrs. Davis was born in Bennet, on October 14, 1.895. Their son, J. Monroe Jr., was born September 13, 1920, at Fairfield, Idaho.

Russell Davis was elected alternate delegate to the presidential convention of the Republican party in 1924, was city clerk in 1917, and has been a councilman since 1926.

He is editor of the Davis' Daily Abstract. He learned the abstract business under his father, with whom he was in partnership from 1915-17. He has been manager of the business since 1920. He was, from 1919-20, manager of the Camas Abstract Company, at Fairfield, Idaho, and was secretary of the Fairbury National Farm Loan Association, 1929-30. He is connected with the New York Title and Mortgage Company, and has authority to issue title insurance.

Mr. Davis is affiliated with the Methodist Church, the Masons, (Consistory, and Shrine) and the Eastern Star. During the World War he was quartermaster in the United States Army, from October 4, 1917, to December 20, 1918, stationed at Ft. Logan, Colorado, Madison Barracks, New York, and Ft. Myer, Virginia. He is a member of the American Legion, and has been a service officer of Jefferson County, Post No. 24 since November 16, 1927.

Secretary of the Nebraska Title Association in 1921-22, he has been president since 1929, and is a member of the executive committee in the Abstracters Section of the American Title Association. He is a member of the following organizations; the Young Men's Christian Association, the Chamber of Commerce (president 1923), the Rotary Club, and the Nebraskana Society. He is a member of the Fairbury Country Club. Golf, tennis and swimming are his favorite sports. Residence: Fairbury.

Searl S. Davis

Searl S. Davis was born at Murray, Cass County, Nebraska, June 10, 1887, the son of Stephen Meek and Mary Lucina (Minford) Davis. His father, who was born in Andrew County, Missouri, July 24, 1847, and died at Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska, February 10, 1904, was a farmer and landowner in Nebraska; he was a Civil War Veteran; his Welsh ancestors came to Surrey County, North Carolina in pre-Revolutionary days.

His mother was born at Webster, Scioto County, Ohio, April 17, 1861. She has always been interested in church activities. She is of Scotch-Irish descent on the paternal side and Swedish and English through the maternal line; William White, who came to America on the Mayflower, was an ancestor.

Mr. Davis attended the rural schools in Cass County, and in 1905 was graduated from the Lincoln High School He was awarded the A. B. degree in 1909 from the University of Nebraska, and was a graduate student at University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin. He was a member of the German Club, cadet bank, class debating team, dramatic club, and the conservatory orchestra.

He served as instructor and professor in rhetoric at the University of Nebraska, 1910-17; was engaged in farming and raising livestock, 1917-22; and since 1922 has been in the investment business. A Republican, he was

JOSEPH FRANKLIN DAVIS

secretary of the County Central Committee. He was the editor of the Cass County Farm Bureau News.

Mr. Davis is a member of the Red Cross, and has held the following offices in civic organizations; president of the Chamber of Commerce, 1923-26; president of the Plattsmouth Rotary Club, 1927; president of the Plattsmouth School Board, 1924-27. He is a member of the above and the following: Parent-Teachers' Association; City Council of Plattsmouth; Nebraskana Society; State Young Men's Christian Association; University Club of Lincoln; and the Shrine Country Club of Lincoln.

During the World War he was a four minute speaker and was chairman of the Liberty loan committee for his precinct. He is a Mason, Scottish Rite, 33rd Degree. He is affiliated with the Christian Science Society of Plattsmouth. His sport is hiking. His hobbies are: reading, and livestock.

Mr. Davis was married at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, September 29, 1917, to Leila Frances Corbin. Mrs. Davis was born at Vandalia, Ohio, February 2, 1888. Her ancestors of Scotch-Irish descent, were early settlers in Pennsylvania. They have three children: Stephen Meek, September 17, 1918; Corbin James, April 14, 1923; and Elizabeth, June 22, 1928.

Troy L. Davis

Troy L. Davis, mayor of Weeping Water, Nebraska, was born near Murray, Nebraska, August 5, 1873. His father, Stephen Meek Davis, who was a Civil War veteran, was born at Savannah, Missouri, July 24, 1847, and died at Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska, February 10, 1904. He was a farmer, and took an active interest in politics, educational and church work.

Jane Davis, mother of Troy Davis, was of Irish and German extraction. She was known and loved throughout her community for her kindness and helpfulness to everyone. She was born in Ohio, July 19, 1851, and died near Murray, November 27, 1876.

Mr. Davis attended a country school, and was a student at the University of Nebraska in 1892, and the Fremont Normal School in 1893. From 1894 to 1897 he was a farmer, after which he entered the clothing and shoe business in Weeping Water. In 1899, he sold his store and returned to the farm for three years. In 1902, he started in the hardware and furniture business, selling this in 1905 when he engaged in milling. In the same year he moved to Lincoln, and there was active in real estate, building houses to sell. He returned to Weeping Water, in 1909, and has remained there since that date.

He served as state representative from Cass County, from the sixth district, in 1923, 1927, and 1929, and 1931. He has been mayor of Weeping Water for the last eight years.

He married Ella Estella Stevens at Bethany, Harrison County, Missouri, August 22, 1894. Mrs. Davis, who was a school teacher before her marriage, was born near Bethany, October 17, 1873. She is of English descent.

Mr. Davis is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, having been its president for several years; and a member of the Nebraskana Society. He is affiliated with the First Church of Christ, Scientist. His hobby is reading.

William H. Davis

William H. Davis, abstracter, was born at Wilber, Nebraska, September 5, 1869, where he attended elementary school and completed his high school course.

He is the son of Samuel D. and Mary A. (Young) Davis. Samuel Davis, a lawyer, was born in Licking County, Ohio, and his father was born in Wales, Great Britain. Samuel Davis died at Wilber, Nebraska, January 13, 1907. Mary A. Davis who is of German descent, was born in Licking County, Ohio, and died October 7, 1924, at Wilber, Nebraska.

On October 14, 1889, Mr. Davis was united in marriage to Edith M. VanDuyn, who was born in Wilber, December 21, 1871. Before her marriage she was a school teacher. Their children are Lillian F., Eva., Rena D., Letha M., and William V.

During the sixty-one years that Mr. Davis has lived in this state he has been active in the business world. He first held the position of bookkeeper until he became interested in abstract work. Later he enlarged his business and added insurance and loans. He is now the president and owner of the Gage County Abstract Company at Beatrice, Nebraska.

Mr. Davis has done much toward the betterment of his community. During the World War he participated in loan drives and took an active part in Young Men's Christian Association work. He was secretary of the school board at Wilber, from 1907 to 1909, and is a member of the First Christian Church of Beatrice. His membership in numerous organizations is also a mark of the interest that he shows in his community. They include the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Masons, Modern Woodmen of America and the Highlanders. He is also a member of The Nebraskana Society.

Joseph Horn Davison

Joseph Horn Davison, farmer and rancher, and also president of the Citizens State Bank, was born at Oxford, New Jersey, June 30, 1860, son of Lewis and Mary (Horn) Davison. His father was born in Oxford, in 1828, and was a farmer of Scotch descent. His wife, Mary, was born at Riverton, Pennsylvania, and died at Butzville, New Jersey, September 10, 1874.

Mr. Davison attended common school, and in November, 1883, settled in Nebraska. Beginning as a day laborer, he was later a butcher, and then a coal dealer and operator of a grain elevator. For a number of years he was a livestock buyer, rancher and stock breeder, and implement dealer. He still maintains his interest in farming and ranching, and is president of the Citizens State Bank of Ainsworth, Nebraska.

On November 16, 1889, he married Idora Rathburn at Ainsworth. Mrs. Davison was born at Cairo, Ohio, August 10, 1870. To them were born seven children, all of whom are living, Lewis Augustus, born October 8, 1891, married Faith Ravenscroft; Vivian Katrina, born March 7, 1893, married Frank Dodds; William J. Bryan, born November 27, 1896, married Fern Cheny; John Dewey, born October 5, 1898; Mary Susan, born September 22, 1906, married Leonard Swett; Joseph Horn, born October 3, 1908; and Sara Helen, born December 24, 1909.

Mr. Davison has always been an influence in his community. Recently he was elected to life membership in the Nebraskana Society in recognition of his interest toward the advancement of his community and state. Residence: Ainsworth. (Photograph in Album).

Irwell Montgomery Dawson

A resident of Nebraska for the past 61 years, Irwell Montgomery Dawson was born near Milwaukee, Wisconson, the son of George Wolstenholme and Alice Ann (Wolfenden) Dawson. His father, born at Nuttal Lane, England, January 12, 1827, died at Duluth, Minnesota, September 19, 1908. He was a farmer and was especially interested in horticulture and landscape gardening. His mother was born at Oldham, England, June 13, 1824, and died at Blair, Nebraska, February 21, 1871.

Mr. Dawson attended the public school of Blair, and was a student at Elliot's Business College at Burlington, Iowa. He served as post office clerk at Blair, was associated with the Crowell Lumber & Grain Company for several years, and for the past 35 years has been land manager and local representative of the Stuart Investment Company of Lincoln. He is a director of the Madison County Building & Loan Association at Madison, and

secured the site of the Carnegie Library.

He is a member of the Madison Community Club, the Madison County Historical Society, and the Nebraskana Society. He was formerly a member of the Kiwanis Club, and for over 16 years was a trustee and treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church. He is a Mason and a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. During the World War he served in loan drives and Liberty bond sales. In the face of adverse opinion as to the value of sweet clover as a ground builder Mr. Dawson was a firm believer in its value and staunchly advocated us use. The universal opinion now prevails that there is no better soil builder.

His marriage to Florence Nightingale Crawford occurred at West Point, Nebraska, July 12, 1899. Mrs. Dawson, who was born at Bangor, Pennsylvania, was formerly a teacher in public schools, and is now a piano instructor. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the P. E. O. Her ancestral line is that of George Wolf who was seventh governor of the State of Pennsylvania, and the founder of the public school system of Pennsylvania. They have a daughter, Alice, born June 11, 1912, who was graduated from Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, where she was a member of Phi Theta Kappa, an honorary society, and while a student there she was honored with a scholarship. She is now a student at the University of Nebraska, where she has affiliated with the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. Residence: Madison. (Photograph in Album).

Reuben Alwin Dawson

Reuben Alwin Dawson, one of Cedar County's leading educators, was born in Big Stone City, Roberts County, South Dakota, on July 18, 1893. He is the son of Joseph Frederick and Elizabeth (McDonald) Dawson. His father was born in Wisconsin, August 15, 1857, followed the occupation of a millwright, and died in Lynch, Nebraska, May 15, 1916. His father migrated to the United States from England. Elizabeth M. Dawson, was born in Canada, on January 3, 1862, of Scotch and English parentage and died in Lynch on August 4, 1930.

Reuben Dawson was graduated from the Corona, South Dakota, public school in 1907, then attended Windam Institute in Montevideo, Minnesota, until his graduation in 1911, at which time he entered Yankton College where he continued for one term. After his first year of college at Yunkton it was necessary for Mr. Dawson to remain at home until 1915, assisting his father. The finances for his additional college work were obtained through his own efforts. He recalls that he washed dishes, waited table and did many other odd jobs to earn his board and room.

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree at the Nebraska Teachers College in 1921, and in 1930, he became a Master of Arts at Columbia University in New York City. During tire time he attended Yankton and Wayne he received letters for football, basketball, and track in both schools.

Elsa Johnanna Mildner became Mr. Dawson's wife on July 22, 1919, in Wayne, Nebraska, where she was born, March 2, 1895. She was a teacher of German descent. They have two sons: Richard, born January 12, 1925, and Robert C., born May 26, 1930.

Mr. Dawson was superintendent of schools in Brunswick, Nebraska, 1916-17, 1919-20; was superintendent in Battlecreek, Nebraska, 1918-19; was an instructor in the Osmond, Nebraska, High School 1920-21 and served as Instructor at Wayne College during the summer of 1921. Since 1921 he has been in the employ of the Randolph School and has been superintendent since 1923.

Mr. Dawson was first sergeant in the United States Army in 1917, and second lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps from 1918-23. He is a member of the American Legion.

He is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, is a Republican, a member of the Nebraska State Teacher's Association and treasurer at the present time of the third district. His fraternal organizations are the Lions and the Masons. He is a member of the Nebraskana Society and the Red Cross. Golf is his favorite spot and mechanics is his hobby. (Photograph in Album).

William Albert Dawson

One of the foremost of Wymore citizens is William Albert Dawson, who was born in Stark, Illinois, November 28, 1872, son of Lusian Dawson, born in Ohio, September 9, 1842, and Elizabeth (Taylor) Dawson, born in Lancashire, England, February 5, 1850. John L. Dawson was in the Civil War three years and was a successful farmer. His wife came to this country from England at the age of five.

William Dawson was educated in the Wymore elementary and high schools. In 1895, he went to Lincoln Business College. He farmed until he was thirty-one years of age and engaged in the mercantile business until recently. At present he is retired from business.

Mr. Dawson married Francis Mae Chapman, who was born in Illinois, July 19, 1876, and died in Wymore, Nebraska, November 4, 1915. They were married February 28, 1900, in Wymore. Their two children, Loren and Irene, born November 6, 1901, and April 3, 1909, have both been graduated from the Nebraska University. Loren has completed a civil engineering course.

William A. Dawson is director of the Farmers and Merchants Bank and the Wymore Building and Loan Association. He belongs to the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Nebraskana Society, and has lived in the state for forty three years. Residence: Wymore.

Carl Eugene Day

Carl E. Day was born at Weeping Water, Cass County, Nebraska, October 9, 1876. His father, Eugene Ithamer Day, who was a farmer, was born at Sheffield, Loranin County, Ohio, April 12, 1847, and died at Weeping Water, July 5, 1894. He is descended from early American settlers who came from Rivee Dee, near Chester, England; Robert Day, a Puritan of Hartford, Connecticut, was one of his ancestors.

His mother, Mary Louis (Carter) Day, was a teacher before her marriage. Of English descent, she was born at Sheffield, June 9, 1848, and died at Weeping Water, October 4, 1929.

Mr. Day studied during his childhood under a private tutor, after which he was a student in the Weeping Water High School, and the Weeping Water Academy. In 1897-98-99, he attended Tabor College, Tabor, Iowa, and in 1900 received his A. B. degree from Oberlin College. He was engaged in athletics, baseball and football, while at Tabor.

A resident of Nebraska for 54 years, he has always engaged in farming and stockraising, and often makes speeches before farm bodies. He holds land in Florida. Mr. Day is vice-president of the Grain Growers' Association; was vice president of the County Fair Association; has been a member of the local school board since 1915, and is now president of that organization. He is a trustee in the First Congregational Church.

He married Ida Laura Cowles, October 6, 1903, at Cambridge, Nebraska. Mrs. Day, who was born at Marshalltown, Iowa, September 24, 1874, is a musician. There are two children: Eugene, born December 19, 1904, who married Lenora Kruse; and John R., born April 29, 1912. Mr. Day is fond of football and golf. He is a Republican.

Day-Hebron C. E. DAY

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