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LEE L. NAUENBURG

Lee L. Nauenburg, Mayor of Columbus, was born in Platte County, August 25, 1900, the son of Chris and Katherine Yeiter Nauenburg. His grandfather, Louis Nauenburg, came to Platte County on May 13, 1873, from Russia. Chris, son of Louis, was born December 23, 1871, in Germany, and came to Platte County with his father. He died in Columbus, September 11, 1942. Lee's mother was born April 10, 1873, in Platte County, and died in Columbus, April 16, 1918. Lee has six brothers and sisters: Rachel, Mrs. W. S. Egger; Esther, Mrs. Floyd Messenger; Mable, Mrs. Dale E. Brown; Margaruete, Mrs. Walter Ingold; Ray and Carroll.

Lee Nauenburg attended the Third Ward Lincoln Grade School and the Columbus High School. He has been engaged in work connected with railroading for several years during which time he has been associated with the Railway Express Agency and the Union Pacific Railroad.

On July 10, 1922, in Columbus, he was married to Lola Lentz, the daughter of Andrew J. and Mary E. Lentz. Andrew Lentz, Columbus painter and paperhanger, was born in Illinois, January 25, 1867, and died in Columbus, September 1, 1932. Mrs. Lentz, born October 25, 1877, in Brooklyn, Missouri, died December 9, 1939, in Columbus. Lola Lentz Nauenburg has three sisters: Eunice, Mrs. Ernst Hurner; Gladys, Mrs. Bernard Drake; and Arline, Mrs. Carl Pueschel.

Lee and Lola Nauenburg have two daughters: Theola Jean, born July 9, 1923, at Kearney, and Dorothea Ann, born November 2, 1925, in Columbus.

Mr. Nauenburg is a Republican and has been active in politics, was appointed Mayor of Columbus in August, 1947, and elected to that office in April, 1949. He is a member of Lebanon Lodge 323 A.F. and A.M., Harmony Chapter Thirteen, Eastern Star, F.O.E., Columbus Chamber of Commerce, the Union Pacific Old Timers, the Izaak Walton League, the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, and is an honorary member of the Nebraska Volunteer Fire Department. He is also a member and past president of the Keyston Class, and the Brotherhood of the Methodist Church. He is a member of the Methodist Church.

E. H. NAUMANN, D.D.S.

Doctor Emil Herman Naumann, son of Adolf and Henrietta Herring Naumann, both natives of Saxony, Germany, was born in Saxony, Germany, on February 17, 1863, and died at Mission, Texas, May 10, 1948.

Doctor Naumann received his early education in the schools of Saxony, and at the age of twenty-one, immigrated to the United States. Upon arriving in this country, he located at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in 1884. He studied dentistry at the State University of Iowa at Iowa City, where he received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree, in 1890. He practiced at Oxford junction for one year, and then located in Columbus, Nebraska, in 1891, where he practiced for forty-five years.

In 1937, he moved to Mission, Texas, where he had a citrus farm. He resided there until 1948.

He was prominent in community affairs in Columbus; He served on the Board of Education, the Y.M.C.A. Board and on the Chamber of Commerce committees. He was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, and was active in the State and National Dental Society work.

In Mission, Texas, Doctor Naumann continued his interest in affairs through membership in his church, the Masonic Lodge, the Lions Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Citrus Growers Union.

In June, 1894, Doctor E. H. Naumann was married to Clara Martin, of Columbus, the daughter of Joseph Martin, of Pennsylvania. Her family in this country dates back to her great-grandfather, Charles Martin, who served in the Revolutionary War. Her grandfather, William Martin, served in the War of 1812.

After their marriage, Doctor and Mrs. E. H. Naumann established their home in Columbus. Doctor Naumann made several trips to Germany and on one of his trips, his niece, Marguerite Naumann, and his nephew, Walter Naumann, returned with him to make their home here. They were the children of his brother, Richard, of Dresden, Saxony.

Marguerite and Walter attended the Columbus schools and were graduated from Columbus High School. Marguerite was married to L. R. Taylor, of Mound City, Missouri, and Doctor Walter Naumann was married to Rena Burgess. He practiced dentistry in Columbus where he was associated with his uncle, in the Becher, Hockenberger and Chambers Building, on Thirteenth Street.

WALTER R. NAUMANN, D.D.S.

Doctor Walter R. Naumann was born in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, on June 1, 1894. He is the son of Richard and Marie Weber Naumann, natives of Germany.

His uncle, Doctor E. H. Naumann, brought him from Dresden to Columbus, when he was a small boy. His sister, Marguerite, is Mrs. L. R. Taylor of Mound City, Missouri.

Walter R. Naumann was graduated from Columbus High School in 1912, attended Colorado College at Colorado Springs, Colorado, from 1912-1913, and Doane College at Crete, Nebraska, from 1913 to 1914. He was then enrolled at the Iowa State College, at Ames, Iowa, where he received a degree of B.S.C. in Horticulture, in 1916. From 192! to 1923, he was Pathologist at the A. and M. College, at Las Cruces, New Mexico.

In 1923, he entered the Creighton University Dental College in Omaha, where he was graduated in 1927, with a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree.

From 1927 to around 1943, he practiced dentistry in Columbus. For ten years of this period, he was associated with his uncle, Doctor E. H. Naumann. Upon the retirement of Doctor E. H. Naumann, Doctor Walter Naumann continued his practice until he was forced to


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give it up, due to an injury to his right arm. He then returned to the field of horticulture, and in 1945, was on the faculty of the University of Washington, at Seattle.

On April 2I, 1930, at Omaha, Nebraska, Doctor Walter R. Naumann was married to Rena White Burgess, the daughter of Doctor and Mrs. Burgess of Cedar Rapids, Nebraska. Doctor and Mrs. Walter Naumann established their home at 2911 Nineteenth Street, where they built a Cape Cod style house.

While in Columbus Doctor Walter Naumann held memberships in the State and National Dental Societies, and the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. His hobbies are horticulture and music.

JAMES NAYLOR

James Naylor and his wife, Nancy, came to Columbus in 1865, from Ontario, Canada. They settled on a farm one mile east of Duncan, Nebraska.

The Naylors had two sons and four daughters: Lizzie, James, Fred, Nell, Anna, and Maude.

In 1886, the Naylor family moved to Columbus, where James Naylor opened a blacksmith shop, located between Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Avenues, across from Frankfort Square. Later, he did only fancy horse-shoeing for doctors and race horse owners, at the Naylor Stable, on the corner of Fifteenth Street and Thirtieth Avenue.

Nell Naylor was born in August, 1863, in Ontario, Canada. She came to Columbus with her parents at the age of three and grew to young womanhood on the Naylor farm. She then went to New York where she learned to be a milliner. On her return to Columbus she was married to A. M. Covert.

Mrs. Arthur P. Wilson of Columbus is Velma Mary Covert Wilson,. daughter of A. M. and Nell Naylor Covert.

James and Nancy Naylor were Presbyterians.

BEN L. NELSON

Ben L. Nelson, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Nelson, was born in Woodville Township, February 8, 1879. His father was born June 3, 1833, in Warborg, Sweden, and died at Wattsville on May 4, 1915.

Ben L. had four brothers and four sisters, all now deceased except Augusta: August, John A., Edward, Frank, Hannah, Anna, Oliva, and Augusta, who is Mrs. William Schelp of Columbus, Nebraska.

Ben L. Nelson attended District School 59, and in 1900, moved to Wattsville with his father, where they first lived on the John Dack farm, now the Sliva farm.

On October 25, 1905, at the Congregational Church in Columbus, Reverend H. Munroe officiated at the wedding of Ben L. Nelson and Hattie May Keeler, the daughter of John and Mary E. Keeler, of Wattsville. Mrs. Nelson had two sisters and one brother: Nellie, deceased; Mrs. Edith Johnson and Fred Keeler, both of Monroe, Nebraska. Hattie Keeler Nelson was born in Wattsville, August 9, 1876.

After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Nelson made their home on the old Robert Nickelson farm, a half mile from the Keeler place, where Mrs. Nelson was born. The Nickelson farm holds historic interest for the Wattsville community, as the first church services in that community were held there, in 1871.

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Nelson celebrated their forty second wedding anniversary in 1947.

Ben L. Nelson served as Director of School District 20 in Wattsville for fifteen years.

Mrs. Nelson is a member of the New Hope Cemetery Association. She has served as Wattsville correspondent for the Monroe paper for many years.

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Nelson are members of the Union Church in Monroe, Nebraska, and Mr. Nelson has served as a trustee of that church for many years.

NELS NELSON

Nels Nelson was born at Leigh, Nebraska, on July 10, 1890. His parents were Nels and Anna Person Nelson, both born in Sweden, and pioneers to Nebraska. The elder Mr. Nelson, a butcher, was born May 1, 1849, and died in Leigh, on December 15, 1895. Anna Nelson was born May 8, 1851, and died in Columbus, on April 23, 1909.

Nels Nelson has two brothers and six sisters: They are Axel Nelson, Joel Nelson, Selma, Mrs. Grubb; Esther, Mrs. Hardy; Anna, Mrs. Kibler, Inez, Mrs. Ruth; Agda, Mrs. Knudson; and Alva, Mrs. Moeller. Two brothers, Anton and Ernest, are deceased.

Nels Nelson received his education at the Leigh and Columbus public schools. He came to Columbus from Leigh in January, 1902. During World War I, he served in the United States Army for eleven months. He was stationed at Camp Dodge, Iowa, and saw service overseas with the A.E.F. in France.

On November 20, 1917, he was married to Stella Kummer, the daughter of Otto and Lana Marion Kummer, in Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson are the parents of one son and three daughters, all born in Columbus. Pamelia, Mrs. David Peppler, is a graduate of Kramer High School and of the Chillicothe Business College at Chillicothe, Missouri. Prior to her marriage, she was employed as a stenographer in Columbus. Donna Lucille, a graduate of Kramer High School, attended the University of Nebraska for two years. She taught school at Gothenburg and at Columbus. Helen Jean Nelson was graduated from the Kramer High School and attended Doane College in Crete. Dale Richard was born on September 1, 1931. He attended Kramer High School.

Mr. Nelson is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Wayside Country Club, and also served on the Mid-Nebraska Exposition Board. He has acted


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as a representative from the First Ward on the Columbus City Council. He is a cabinet maker and works at the Columbus Planing Mill. He is a member of the American Legion and is affiliated with the Democratic Party. The Nelsons, who are Congregationalists, are members of the Federated Church in Columbus.

REUBEN P. NELSON

Reuben P. Nelson was born on January 2, 1900, at Pender, Nebraska. His father, John Peter Nelson, a farmer, was born on May 28, 1858, in Smoland, Sweden, and died March 16, 1900, in Omaha. His mother, Anna Johnson, was born October 13, 1865, at Mendahl, Sweden. Reuben Nelson has two brothers and two sisters: Walter O., Hilmer E., Mabelle, Mrs. W. I. Strehle, and Stella, Mrs. A, J. Romberg.

He arrived in Platte County on August 29, 1919, with his mother. He spent his childhood in Pender and West Point, Nebraska, and received his education in the West Point and Columbus public schools. During World War I, he served from May 2, 1917-April 25, 1919, with the United States Army. He trained at Camp Cody, New Mexico, and served overseas in France.

On October 22, 1920, he was married to Mary Sheldon, at Winner, South Dakota. Mary Sheldon Nelson was the daughter of Charles Clarence Sheldon, a farmer, who was born on May 29, 1871, at Clifton, Illinois, and Blanche Patrick Sheldon, who was born on July 1, 1877, at Rigdon, Indiana. Mary Sheldon has one sister, Helen, Mrs. H. D. Hunter, and two brothers, Charles Henry Sheldon of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Chauncey Clarence Sheldon of Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

Reuben and Mary Sheldon Nelson are the parents of five children: Jean Elizabeth, who was born on April 29, 1921 Doris, Mrs. Edward F. Siegenhardt, who was born on June 26, 1922; Dorothy, twin sister of Doris; Mary Ellen, who was born on August 8, 1931, and who died on November 10, 1944; and Chauncey, who was born on July 3, 1933.

Mr. Nelson has been engaged in the farming, welding, and produce business. He is affiliated with the Congregational Church and is a member of the American Legion.

ROBERT NEUMEISTER

Robert Neumeister, for many years a Columbus merchant, was born at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on February 18, 1860, and died in Columbus on December 20, 1939. His wife, Marie Schneider Neumeister, was born at Sheboygan on May 25, 1860. They came to Genoa in 1898.

Upon his arrival in Genoa, Mr. Neumeister was employed by the Stocks and Spear General Store. After one year there, he moved to Monroe, where for three years, he managed the general store owned by John R. Williams. Moving to Columbus at the end of that time, he was associated with the Hulst and Adams store on Eleventh Street. He later managed the dry goods department of the Gray Mercantile Store. Following the discontinuance of the Gray store, he set up his own business, the "Silk and Hosiery Shop," at the Thurston Hotel Building. He operated this store until a few years before his death.

Robert and Marie Neumeister had one daughter, Dora, who is employed at the Central National Bank in Columbus.

Robert Neumeister was affiliated with the Democratic Party and was a member of the Modern Woodmen, the Sons of Herman, and the German Reformed Church.

REVEREND RICHARD WILHELM NEUMARKER

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Reverend Richard W. Neumarker

Reverend Richard Wilhelm Neumarker, active for fifty-five years in the ministry, was born in Sprottau, Saxe-Weimar, Germany, November 6, 1844, and died March 31, 1928, in Columbus. His father was Pastor William Neumarker, of Blankenhain, Saxe-Weimar. His mother was Ottilie Carl Neumarker.

He received his early education in the Blankenhall schools and under the tutorship of his father. He then entered the Gymnasium, a classical school, at Weimar, where he studied from 1860 to 1865, graduating with highest honors. From 1865 to 1868, he studied theology at the Universities of Jena and Halie. In 1868, he passed his examination as a candidate in theology. During the next two years, he was an assistant professor at the Gymnasium, at Meiningen, in the duchy of Saxe Meiningen. He also served as tutor to Prince Karl of Hesse-Phillipsthal and to Prince Henry of the Netherlands.

During the Franco-Prussian War, Reverend Neumarker was a field deacon with the Red Cross at Metz, Sedan, and Strassburg. In October, 1870, he was recalled from the battlefields and ordained Vicar of the Court Church, at Weimar. In 1872, he became pastor of the Evangelical Church, at Luxembourg, and from 1882 to 1884, he was pastor of the church at Mihla, in Saxe-Weimar.

On September 14, 1875, at Lissa, Posen, Germany, Reverend Richard Wilhelm Neumarker was married to Elisabeth Roth, the daughter of Pastor Carl August Roth, of Sonnenburg, Brandenburg, Germany. They had two sons: William, a physician, of Columbus, Nebraska; and John, a professor in New York City; and one daughter, Emma Elisabeth, who married A. C.


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Flatow, of Fontanelle. Mr. Flatow is deceased and Emma Neumarker Flatow lives in Columbus.

In the spring of 1884, Reverend Neumarker was called to the pastorate of St. Peter's Evangelical Church, at Barada, Richardson County, Nebraska. After serving there for ten years, he went to St. John's Evangelical Church, in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he served until 1899. At that time, he was called to the pastorate of the Evangelical Protestant Church, in Columbus, and occupied that pulpit until October 25, 1925, when he was forced to retire from the active ministry because of failing eyesight.

At the time of his retirement, Reverend Neumarker estimated that in his fifty-five years in the ministry, he had baptized more than fifteen hundred persons, performed more than four hundred marriage ceremonies, and officiated at more than five hundred funerals. During his pastorate in Columbus, the membership of his church grew from thirty families to more than a hundred fifty families, and the Sunday-school membership increased from thirty to one hundred twenty.

For many years, he was a prominent member of the German Nebraska Synod of the United Lutheran Church. For eight years, he served as president of the Synod. He was among the oldest of the pastor-members. In recognition of his great service, Midland College, then at Atchison, Kansas, granted him the degree of Doctor of Divinity.

In addition to being a lifelong student of theology, Reverend Neumarker Was also a talented musician. While he was a young man in Weimar, he studied the piano under the great Hungarian master, Liszt. Although he seldom performed in public, his interest in music continued throughout his life. Even in his later years, when his impaired eyesight prevented him from reading music, he persisted in playing the compositions he had learned in his earliest years. He possessed one of the finest private libraries of music in the city.

WILLIAM RICHARD NEUMARKER M.D.

Doctor William Richard Neumarker, a physician, was born May 18, 1878, in Luxembourg. His father, Reverend Richard Wilhelm Neumarker, was born in Sprottau, Germany, November 6, 1844, and died March 31, 1928, in Columbus. His mother, Elisabeth Roth, was born May 26, 1840, in Sonnenburg, Germany, and died May 30, 1923, in Columbus.

Doctor Neumarker had two brothers, John and Ernst, and one sister, Emma Elisabeth, married to A. C. Flatow. Ernst died in 1883.

William R. Neumarker received his early schooling in St. Joseph, Missouri, while his father served as pastor of St. John's Evangelical Church there. He then completed a course at Midland College, in Atchison, Kansas, and entered St. Joseph Medical College. He later spent an additional year abroad in study at the University of Berlin. He began the practice of medicine in Edgemont, South Dakota, where he remained until he came to Columbus in 1909. From 1911 to 1913, he served as Platte County physician.

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On February 26, 1908, he was married at Columbus to Metta Hensley, the daughter of William N. Hensley, who was born December 18, 1844, in Kentucky, and died June 30, 1929, in Columbus, and Margaret McAllister Hensley, who was born November 6, 1854, in Council Bluffs, and died November 2!, 1929, in Columbus. Metta Neumarker had two brothers and one sister: William, James, and Laura Ruby.

Doctor and Metta Neumarker had two children. William Hensley Neumarker was born April 3, 1909, in Columbus. He attended Columbus High School, the University of Nebraska, and Colorado College. He is married to Marcelle Kane and lives in Omaha. He is a Civil Engineer. Richard James was born on November 23, 1915, in Columbus. He attended Columbus High School, the University of Nebraska, and Doane College. He was stationed in India during World War II and later was a representative of the American Rubber Company in India. William and Marcelle Kane Neumarker have three children: Nancy, Richard and James.

Dr. W. R. Neumarker is a past president of the Platte County Medical Society and a member of the Protestant Evangelical Church, the American Legion, the Shriners, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Lions. He is affiliated with the Democratic Party. His hobbies are horticulture and football.

During World War I, Doctor William R. Neumarker served overseas as Lieutenant Colonel of Sanitary Train 313 of the Eighty-eighth Division.

HARRY NEWMAN

Harry Newman was born December 7, 1857, in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Columbus, April 8, 1939, at the age of eighty-one.

Left an orphan at an early age, he lived for a time with his paternal grandparents and for a time in an orphanage. When he was sixteen, he came to Columbus to join his brothers, Clarence and Edward Newman, who had arrived earlier. His first employment was on Clarence Newman's homestead, ten miles north of Columbus. He lived there in a sod house and performed the farm duties for his brother, who was employed in Columbus.

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Hardware Store, and then became Deputy Sheriff, under Dan C. Kavanaugh. After two years as deputy sheriff, he entered the business field as a horse buyer and seller. Fifteen years later he opened a coal office in partnership with L. W. Weaver. Following this partnership, Mr. Newman's brother-in-law, Robert Welch, bought out Mr. Weaver's interest, and he and Harry Newman operated the business together.

Harry Newman was also in the real estate business, in Columbus. After he left the coal business he gave his full attention to the acquisition and management of his city and rural properties.

On March 5, 1889, in Columbus, he was married to Henrietta Welch, the daughter of Jonas Welch, a Platte County pioneer. Harry and Henrietta Welch Newman had two daughters: Mary, Mrs. Albert Lutz, of Columbus; and Henriette, Mrs. M. F. Kielion, of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Newman celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on March 5, 1939. Harry Newman died on April 8, 1838, and Mrs. Newman died January 16, 1943.

JULIUS S. NICHOLS

Julius S. Nichols, the son of H. W. and Ellen Delight Boyden Nichols, was born in Livingston County, Michigan, on April 22, 1872. His father was born at Ann Arbor, Michigan, on January 22, 1838. He served with Company A, Tenth Michigan Infantry, Second Division of the Fourteenth Army Corps, and received the rating of captain.

Julius S. attended the district school in Michigan and worked on the farm. When he was twenty-five years old, he came west to Omaha, Nebraska. In 1903, five years later, he came to Columbus.

In Columbus, he was interested in real estate, and owned land and business buildings. He also manufactured bricks. Through purchase, in the early 1930's, he became the owner and operator of the Weaver Coal Company, located on Twenty-fourth Avenue.

On April 26, 1905, in Columbus, Julius S. Nichols was married to Lottie Metz Hockenberger, the daughter of Henry F. J. and Millie Metz Hockenberger. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols had one daughter, Ellen Delight, married to George Rambour, Jr. George and Ellen Delight Rambour had four children: Nancy, George Nicholas, Joan and Ruth Rambour.

Julius Nichols served as mayor of Columbus for terms, during the years Mr. and Mrs. Nichols lived at 2222 Fifteenth Street and on Eleventh Street. Later they bought the R. H. Henry home at 1556 Twenty-sixth Avenue, where they lived for several years. J. S. Nichols bought the Nichols Flats, located at Fifteenth Street and Twenty-eighth Avenue, now the home of Mrs. Nichols.

Julius S. Nichols died September 24, 1945.

GEORGE LOUIS NICOLAS

George Louis Nicolas, farmer and stockraiser, was born in Butler County on July 1, 1881. His father was Frank Nicolas, a farmer, who was born on July 15, 1851, in Lorraine, France, and who died on November 16, 1926, in Polk County. His mother was Sophie Fischer, who was born on December 18, 1858, in Spring Bay, Illinois, and who died on October 22, 1914, in Bellwood.

Mr. Nicolas attended the Butler County schools. He has lived in Bellwood, Edison, and Columbus, having come to Platte County from Butler County on March 1, 1939.

In addition to George, there were four other sons and three daughters in the Nicolas family: Frank, who married Lizzie Schmit; Peter, who married Anna Besch; Joseph, who married May Demuth; Louis, who married Rose Zwiener; Nellie, who married Harold Cockson; Mary, who was born on October 24, 1888, and who died on September 3, 1889; and Katie, who was born on November. 23, 1892, and who died on March 21, 1895. All the brothers are farmers and all except Louis live in Butler County. Louis lives in Polk County.

On March 2, 1908, George Louis Nicolas married Valarie Schmid at St. Joseph's Church in Butler County. Valarie Schmid Nicolas' father was Robert Schmid, who was born on January 28, 1852, in Irinsdorf, Austria, and who died in April, 1940, at Columbus. Her mother was Sophie Zwiener Schmid, who was born on December 26, 1858, in Tornasdorf, Austria, and who died on June 28, 1900, in Butler County. There were several brothers and sisters in the Schmid family: Rudolph, who married Agnes Schrier; Emil, who married Rose Shields; Frank, who married Emma Janicek; Ronald and Joseph, who died in infancy; Sophie, who married John Vetter and who died on February 19, 1943; Nattalie, who married Ferd Alt; and Minnie, who married Adolph Kosch.

George and Valarie Nicolas have one daughter, Viola, who was born on August 16, 1914, in Butler County. She attended school in District 41, Butler County, and at the Kramer High School in Columbus. She was a beauty operator before her marriage to James J. Rush, a druggist of Omaha.

George Louis Nicolas is a member of St. Bonaventure's church and of the Highlander Lodge. His hobbies were baseball and motion pictures. Mrs. Nicolas is a member of Father Flanagan's Club at St. Ann's Society.

PETER NIEDZWIECKE, JR.

Peter Niedzwiecke, Jr., son of the veteran Polish farmer, Peter Niedzwiecke, Sr., was born in Poland on June 27, 1891. He journeyed with his parents from his native land, and arrived in Platte County, August 14, 1893. Peter Sr., a native of Tarnov, Poland, was born June 29, 1857, and died at Duncan, Nebraska, November 1, 1932. His wife, the former Anastasia Dudek, was born in Poland, June 29, 1857, and died February 19, 1942, in Duncan. Peter and Anastasia Niedzwiecke had four sons and three daughters: Josie Niedzwiecke Jarecke; Mary Niedzwiecke Sutko; Victoria Niedzwiecke Bradley; John; Mike, who died November 2, 1930; Leo; and Peter Jr.

Peter Jr. attended the St. Stanislaus Parochial School in Duncan. On November 11, 1930, he was married to Agnes Staniec, the daughter of Bartley and Mary


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