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father, a native of Philadelphia, born October 10, 1810, was a homesteader in Custer County, who served as postmaster at Pilot, Nebraska. He died at Mason City, May 24, 1894. His wife, Mary, was born near London, England, May 4, 1839, and died at Hastings in August, 1922.
Educated first in the public schools of Illinois, Joseph B. Osbourn was graduated from high school at Waverly, Illinois, in the class of 1881. The following year he came to Nebraska, and on April 19, 1888, was married to Methelide Ager at Kearney. Mrs. Osbourn who was born at Menasha, Wisconsin, November 25, 1970, was of Norwegian descent.
There are five children, Helen Josephine, born October 25, 1889, who married John Herstead; Elsie May, born December 31, 1891, who married E. C. Carothers; Lewis Allen, born December 29, 1893, who is unmarried; Mary Deans, born February 10, 1896, who married D. D. King; and Carl Edley, born February 15, 1899, who married Catherine White.
In the real estate and insurance business most of his life, Mr. Osbourn served as county clerk of Custer County 1900 and 1901. He is a member of the United Brethren Church at Broken Bow, the Broken Bow Public Service Club, the Odd Fellows and The Nebraskana Society. Residence: Broken Bow.
Edward Joseph O'Shea
A printer for more than forty years, Edward Joseph O'Shea was born at Boston, Massachusetts, July 26, 1876, son of William John and Mary Ann (Hughes) O'Shea. The father, born in Manchester, England, April 21, 1834, was a bookbinder, who came to the United States in 1871, and died at Chicago, October 14, 1912. His wife, Mary Ann, also born in Manchester, but on September 29, 1848, died at Lincoln, April 17, 1916. Both were of Irish descent.
Edward Joseph O'Shea attended public and parochial schools at Lincoln, and was graduated from St. Teresa's Parochial High School. On August 27, 1910, he was married to Laura Caroline Cooper at Holdrege. Mrs. O'Shea was born at Bloomfield, Iowa, February 14, 1882. To them were born four children: Frances Ann, born August 13, 1911; William James, born March 4, 1913, died June 20, 1931; Mary Elizabeth, born February 14, 1915; and Edward Joseph, Jr., born August 24, 1918.
During his long career in the printing business, Mr. O'Shea was employed by J. D. Calhoun, Sam D. Cox, J. D. Bushnell and many others, and had considerable early newspaper experience in California, Oregon and Washington. At the present time he is secretary-treasurer and business manager of The Progress Printing Company, and editor of its publication, The Holdrege Progress.
A veteran of the Spanish-American War, Mr. O'Shea served as a musician, Company D, First Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, in the Philippines. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and is now serving as adjutant of George R. Mitchell, Post No. 1365, United Spanish War Veterans.
Mr. O'Shea is a member of All Soul's Catholic Church, the Chamber of Commerce, Lodge No. 139 of the Elks, the Nebraskana Society and the Holdrege Country Club. A charter member of the Rotary Club, he resigned in 1931. He is a Democrat. Mr. O'Shea enjoys golf, while his hobby is mechanics. Residence: Holdrege. (Photograph on Page 909).
Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan
For the past 25 years Eugene D. O'Sullivan has been prominent in civic and political affairs at Omaha, and since 1910, has been engaged in the practice of law there. He was born at Kent, Reno County, Kansas, May 31, 1883, the son of John Edward and Josephine (Kluh) O'Sullivan. His father, who was born at Newport, Rhode Island, September 27, 1853, and died at Kent, December 31, 1892, was a cattle raiser and farmer; he was graduated from high school in Rhode Island, and in 1872, moved from Newport, to Kansas; his ancestors were Irish people who lived in County Cork, Ireland, for centuries, and were chiefly priests, teachers, or scholars.
His mother was born at Hauscourz, Kreis Fulda, Germany, January 20, 1853, and is now living at Omaha. She received her high school education in Germany, and in 1872 came to America with relatives for the purpose of buying land. Her German ancestors were builders and contractors.
Mr. O'Sullivan attended the public school at Kent, and in 1896, was graduated from the grade school there, one of the youngest students to graduate; he was class leader in scholastic honors. In 1903, he was graduated from Christian Brothers College at St. Joseph, Missouri, with class honors of valedictorian; was a student at St. Benedict's College at Atchison, Kansas, 1905-06; and received his LL. B. degree at Creighton University in 1910. He was active in dramatics at St. Benedict's College and contributed to the school magazine.
He received his degree, cum laude from Creighton University where he held the highest class average and was an honor man. He played football and baseball at Christian Brothers College, and at St. Benedict's College, and was a member of the track team at the former. He was admitted to the bar at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, May, 1910.
Mr. O'Sullivan was connected with the law office of Crane and Boucher at Omaha, 1910-11; was a member of the firm Jamieson & O'Sullivan, 1912-22; was a member of the firm Jamieson, O'Sullivan, & Southard, 1922-27; and since 1927 is a member of the firm O'Sullivan & Southard. A Democrat, he has always been vitally interested in the political life of the state. He served as deputy county attorney of Douglas County, 1918-19, under George A. Magney, and served as delegate to the Democratic national conventions at New York, 1924, and Houston, Texas, 1928.
His marriage to Ellen Katherine Lovely, was solemnized at Omaha, June 12, 1918. Mrs. O'Sullivan was born at Omaha, January 26, 1893. Her father was born in Canada, of Irish parentage; her mother was born at Carroll, Iowa, of Irish parentage. They have two children: Eugene Daniel, born December 20, 1919; and Mary Ann, born October 30, 1924.
He is a member of the Omaha Bar Association; the State Bar Association; American Bar Association; the Omaha Chamber of Commerce; and the South Omaha Merchant's Association. He is an Elk and an Eagle. He is affiliated with St. Bridget's Catholic Church, and is a member of the Knights of Columbus. His social clubs are the Lakewood Club and the 20-20 Club. His sports include hunting, fishing, and golf. Residence: Omaha. (Photograph on Page 911).
Lumir Fred Otradovsky
Born in Schuyler, Nebraska, December 13, 1906, Lumir F. Otradovsky is the son of Joseph Henry and Anna (Dudek) Otradovsky. His father, who was born at Caslay, Czechoslovakia, July 22, 1873, has been a grocer in Schuyler, for more than forty years, having come to Nebraska, in May, 1890. His wife, Anna, was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, November 6, 1873, and is still living.
Lumir F. Otradovsky attended Schuyler public and high school and was graduated from the latter in 1924. In June, 1929, he received his LL. B., cum laude, from the University of Nebraska, and was the recipient of the following honors: Order of the Coif, Pershing Award (1928), N Club, and photograph editor of the Cornhusker (1928-29). He is a member of Theta Chi and was president 1927-28, and is a Phi Delta Phi. During 1925-26,26-27, and 27-28, he was a member of the University Rifle Team and was captain the last mentioned year.
From June, 1929, to January, 1931, he was associated in law practice at Schuyler, and was elected county attorney of Colfax County in 1930. He has also served as
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city attorney of Schuyler. He is a Republican. At the present time he holds the rank of second lieutenant in the 355th Infantry Reserves. He is a Mason, a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and the American and Nebraska State Bar Associations. He finds his recreation in golf, hunting and fishing, and his hobby is photography. Residence: Schuyler.
Daniel Lewis Ough
Daniel Lewis Ough, real estate, insurance and farm manager, was born at Green River, Illinois, May 4, 1875, son of John Clemins and Mary Ann (Moore) Ough.
The father was born near Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, August 4, 1855, and died at Benkleman, May 31, 1919. He was a farmer, merchant, and hotel operator, who also served as county treasurer of Dundy County, Nebraska. His father came to America from Cornwall, England. The mother, born at Colona, Illinois, December 25, 1854, is of Irish descent.
Mr. Ough attended country district school, in Illinois and Nebraska, where he had the good fortune to study philosophy, Latin, algebra, surveying, music, and civics, with C. L. Brainard, a graduate of Nebraska University, after which he attended high school at Benkleman, Nebraska.. He has a credit of one year in law, having studied in the law office of Judge J. W. James. During 1898 and 1899, and in 1905 he was associated with the John Roemmich General Merchandise store. He ranched during 1900, 1901, 1902, and 1903 and began a real estate and insurance business in 1910, which he has since conducted. During that time he has managed farms, organized the Farmers Exchange, and served three years as secretary of the County Fair Board. He is president of the local Federal Land Bank Association and has held other offices.
A Republican, he was county treasurer of Dundy County from 1906 until 1910, trustee of Benkleman, 1916-22, and state representative from the 87th district of Nebraska 1925-32, inclusive. He was a promoter of legislation, equalizing the tax burden and the opportunities of school children to obtain an education.
At the present time Mr. Ough is president of the Masonic Temple Association and a member of the depositors committee of the failed Farmers and Merchants Bank. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Grain Company.
For a number of years Mr. Ough has been prominent in every civic development in his community. He has written propaganda putting over the new court house, the Benkleman sewer, the high school, the modern city power plant, and the state highway through Dundy County. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Royal Arch Masons and the Eastern Star. He is past master of Justice Lodge No. 180, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and also past patron of Holly Chapter No. 233, O. E. S. He was state clerk in 1912 of the Modern Woodmen and delegate to the Head Camp of the Woodmen at Toledo, Ohio, in 1914. He is a musician, his hobby is really music, and he plays the violin and sings in the choir of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Benkelman, where he hold, membership. He is secretary of the Dundy County chapter of the Red Cross and a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
He was married on June 5, 1901, to Anna Elizabeth McDonald at Benkelman. Mrs. Ough was born at Marysville, Kansas, September 4, 1874; was a school teacher before her marriage also a teacher of music. She is of Scotch descent. There are five children, all living, Walter L., born March 16, 1902, an automobile mechanic; Marguerite E., born July 19, 1903; Helen R., born March 20, 1906; Melba I., born July 7, 1910; and Genevieve A., born February 24, 1913, all born in Benkelman, Nebraska. All of the girls have taught school, Helen and Melba have life certificates for teaching, Marguarite is a student at the State University of Nebraska, and Genevieve is teaching in Dundy County. Residence: Benkelman. (Photograph in Album).
Albert Bernard Outhouse
Albert Bernard Outhouse was born at Huey, Illinois May 22, 1862, the son of Oliver and Maria (Gerdes) Outhouse, and since 1887, has been a resident of Nebraska. His father, a farmer, was born in Clinton County, Illinois, June 26, 1826, and died there on November 18, 1882. He was the son of Joseph Outhouse (born July 20, 1802; died May 25, 1846), who was the son of Peter Outhouse, a Revolutionary soldier, born in 1757, and who died in 1836.
Marie Gerdes was a native of Hanover, Germany, born December 3, 1834, who came to America with her parents in 1850, settling at Vandalia, Illinois. There she married William Houseman who died in 1858. She married Oliver Outhouse in 1860, and died at Loup City, Nebraska, August 23, 1903.
Albert Bernard Outhouse attended country school in Clinton County, Illinois. In 1877 he entered into the retail merchandise store owned by his father at Huey, Illinois. He came to Loup City, Nebraska, in 1887. Here he organized and incorporated the Keystone Lumber Company, with headquarters at Loup City. From the date of the incorporation he was treasurer and manager. In 1907, he became owner of all the stock. He is now president of the Keystone Lumber Company, owning lumber yards at Loup City, Rockville, Arcadia, and Boelus, Nebraska. In addition he has served as director, vice president, and is now president of the First National Bank at Loup City.
A Republican, Mr. Outhouse has been prominent in local politics, and has held the following offices: member of the city council 1893-94, 1904-06; mayor, 1910-13. He is a member of the Nebraska Lumber Dealers Association (director 1906) ; the Patriarchs Militant, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, (treasurer 1893-1918).
Mr. Outhouse is interested in essays, likes to supervise the management of farms, and has devoted much time to tree planting. He has given more than a thousand trees to the local fair association, and to farmers in the vicinity of Loup City.
On November 28, 1887, he was married to Mary Rebecca Prather, at Huey, Illinois. Mrs. Outhouse, who is a descendant of James Prather, a Revolutionary soldier, was born in Clinton County, Illinois, December 19, 1862. She was a teacher before her marriage. To them the following children were born: Meroe, born August 25, 1889; Emma, born January 22, 1891, who died September 6, 1917; Winifred, born November 26, 1893, who married Frank J. Parr, on November 5, 1921; Orpha, born November 27, 1895, who married William H. Leininger, and who died November 25, 1922; Alberta, born June 1, 1898, who married Milo E. Daily; and A. Raymond, December 16, 1900, who married Louise Goodbrod, on February 11, 1922.
The elder daughters were formerly teachers, Meroe is principal of the high school at Stanton, while Alberta was formerly an active worker with the Red Cross Social Service. A. Raymond is treasurer of the Keystone Lumber Company, having been associated with the firm since 1922. He is serving as mayor of Loup City, and is a member of the local school board. Residence: Loup City. (Photograph on Page 913).
Ira Overstake
Ira Overstake, a merchant at Lebanon for a number of years, was born in Seward County, Nebraska, February 1, 1875, and is the son of Henry and Melissa Jane (Snyder) Overstake, who came to Nebraska in 1871.
The father was born at Hillsboro, Ohio, October 9, 1836, and died at Lexington, Nebraska, November 11, 1913. He was a pioneer Nebraska farmer, of Pennsylvania Dutch descent. His wife, Melissa, was born at
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Hillsboro, Ohio, August 29, 1834, and died at Lebanon, Nebraska, October 20, 1911.
Upon his graduation from high school, Mr. Overstake entered the mercantile business, in which he has since remained.
He was married on November 29, 1912, to Ruth Agnes Waugh at David City, Nebraska. Mrs. Overstake was born at Lebanon, Nebraska, January 17, 1895. They have one son, Henry Dean, born August 15, 1919, at Holdrege, Nebraska.
Mr. Overstake is a Methodist and a Democrat. He is interested in all sports, but his hobbies are fishing and hunting. Residence: Lebanon.
George T. Overton
George T. Overton was born at Laceyville, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1856, the son of Sanford B. and Matilda A. (Cox) Overton. His father, who was born in Bradford County, March 24, 1810, and died at Nebraska City, May 2, 1885, was a farmer. His mother was born in Bradford County, March 6, 1917, and died at Nebraska City, December 26, 1889.
Mr. Overton received his elementary education in the public schools of Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He came to Nebraska in 1880, and has lived in this state for 52 years. A farmer all his life. He is now retired.
He was married to Grace Pendleton at Nebraska City, January 5, 1885. Mrs. Overton was born in Nebraska City, August 14, 1865, and died there June 10, 1929. There are three children: Mabel, born November 9, 1887, who married C. H. Bickel; Carl Pendleton, born January 6, 1891, who married Arminta Nichols; and Ernest Truman, born July 3, 1894, who married Rachel Crow.
Mr. Overton is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Nebraska City. He is a Republican. Residence; Nebraska City.
George Edwin Overturf
George Edwin Overturf, leading merchant and executive of Hastings, was born near Elk Creek, Nebraska, April 20, 1886, and has been a life resident of the state. He is the son of John Lake and Alzina M. (Sheldon) Overturf, the former a farmer, whose German ancestors came to the United States about 1790. John L. Overturf was born in Licking County, Ohio, September 25, 1850, and died at Bird City, Kansas, January 11, 1911. His wife, Alzina, also a native of Licking County, was born July 10, 1853, and died at Bird City, August 12, 1928. Of an early Kentucky family, she was the mother of fourteen children.
Educated in the country schools of Nemaha County until 1904, Mr. Overturf lived on a farm until the age of twenty-two, when he served a period of two years as bookkeeper in the German National Bank. From February, 1912, until January 1, 1919, he was employed in the County Treasurer's Office at Hastings as bookkeeper and deputy county treasurer. The following ten years were spent as secretary and treasurer of the Wolbach and Brach Department Store in Hastings, and for the past three years he has been secretary and treasurer of the City Fuel and Feed Company, Inc., of Hastings.
His marriage to Nellie McDonald was solemnized at Hastings on June 25, 1910, and of this marriage there are three sons, Lee Lake, born January 30, 1912; Donald Sheldon, born July 10, 1916, and George Edwin, Jr., born November 16, 1927. Mrs. Overturf, who is of Scotch-Irish descent, was born in Menard County, Illinois, February 2, 1888.
Mr. Overturf is a Republican, and was unsuccessful candidate for the city council. For five years he was a member of the Hastings school board, and during 1927 was president of the Hastings Lions Club. He. participated in all civilian activities during the World War, and is still a member of the Red Cross. Among his civic and religious organizations are the Chamber of Commerce, the First Presbyterian Church and the Young Men's Christian Association, and he also holds membership in the Hastings Museum, of which he has been secretary and treasurer since 1926, the Knights of Pythias, and The Nebraskana Society. Mr. Overturf is fond of golf, and is a member, of the Hillside Country Club. His hobby is reading. Residence: Hastings. (Photograph in Album).
Leonard Joseph Owen
Leonard J. Owen, surgeon, was born at Topeka, Kansas, November 21, 1892, the son of Ralph Orloff and Anna Elizabeth (Diettrich) Owen. His father, who was born in Shelby County, Indiana, September 21, 1864, has been a railroad man for many years. His Welsh ancestors came to America about 1800, and were pioneers in Indiana. Leonard Owen's mother was born at Topeka, February 23, 1867. Her ancestors were prominent in North Carolina during the Revolution, and were pioneers in Kansas in the pre-Civil War Period.
Dr. Owen was graduated from the high school at Colorado Springs, in 1910. He was a student at Colorado College from 1911 to 1915. In 1920 he was granted the M. D. degree at Washington University in St. Louis. He was active in footbal (sic) while he was in high school and college. He was admitted to the practice of medicine at St. Louis, May, 1920.
For a time he was resident surgeon at the Skin and Cancer Hospilal at St. Louis; has been in private practice for about ten years; and for the last four years has been deputy superintendent of the Lincoln Health Department, and epidemiologist. He is the author of various articles on medical subjects. He has lived in Nebraska for 10 years.
On May 14, 1921, he was married to Ruth LaVerne Anderson at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mrs. Owen, who was born at Girard, Kansas, June 15, 1894, is descended from an old Virginia family that has been in America jor over 100 years. They have three children: Ruth Leota, born September 22, 1924; Leonard Jay, born February 24, 1926; and Lawrence M., born January 1, 1928.
Dr. Owen served in the medical corps during the World War. He is a member of the American Legion; the Lancaster County Medical Society; and the Nebraska State Medical Association; holds a fellowship in the American Medical Association; is a member of the Optimist Club, the Hiram Club, the Young Men's Christian Association, and the Nebraskana Society. He is a Mason, and a Modern Woodman of America, and a member of the training school staff of the St. Elizabeth Hospital. For many years he was a Seventh Day Adventist. He is fond of golf. His hobby is history. He is an independent Democrat. Residence: Lincoln.
Sidney Owen
Sidney Owen, who is supervisor of trade and industrial education for the State of Nebraska, was born at Walnut Grove, Missouri, son of Joseph Henry and Alice (Robinson) Owen. His father was born in Polk County, Missouri, in 1862, and died at Modesto, California, in 1917. He was a farmer and business man in Missouri until 1889 when he removed to California. Of Welsh descent, his ancestors came through Boonsboro, and Owenshoro, Kentucky, and settled in Missouri. Alice Robinson Owen was also a native of Missouri, and is still living.
Mr. Owen received his education in the public and high schools of California, and received his B. S. from the Colorado Agricultural College; afterward he attended the University of Arizona. He was married to Clara Anita Peterson at Phoenix, Arizona, on May 28, 1928. Mrs. Owen was born at Badger, Iowa, May 7, 1901. She
