Platz of David City, on October 2, 1965. Their children are Jeffrey Richard, Steven Paul and twins, Susan Marie and David James. They live in Tucson, Arizona.
   Barbara Jeanne was born on May 29, 1945 and was married to Ronald Trofholz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trofholz of Bellwood, on September 8, 1962. They have two children, Mark Edward and Christine Marie. The family lives in Bellwood.
   Harry Hiller was a farmer and rented the Ira Williams farm, one and one-half miles east of Bellwood, where he and his wife lived during their married life. He passed away in 1946 when only forty years of age. Mrs. Hiller and the four children then moved to Bellwood where she raised the family.

   Peter Hiller was born December 17, 1882 at Bellwood, Nebraska. Rose (Hilger) Hiller was born September 9, 1885. They were married November 23, 1906. To this union were born eleven children: Harry, Eva, Florence, Francis, Edward, Mary, Veronica, Anthony, Chris, Paul and Rose Ann.
   Harry married Edna Peck in 1936. Four children were born to this union: Donald, James, Richard and Barbara.

Harry passed away in 1948 at the age of 40.
   Eva married Paul Meysenburg in 1929. To them were born three sons: Gerald, John and Norbert. Paul passed away in 1978 at the age of 73.
   Florence married Walter Demuth in 1937. Three children were born to this union Michael, Rose Mary and Judith. Walter passed away in 1961 at the age of 56.
   Francis married Florence Mlnarik in 1945. They are the parents of five children: Katherine, Karen, John, Susan and Diane.
   Edward married Charlotte Kirchner in 1939. Six children were born to this union: Theresa, Thomas, Mary Jane, Carol, Gerald and Patricia. Edward passed away in 1974 at the age of 59.
   Mary married Marlin Scholz in 1938. They are the parents of six children: Rita, Frances, Joseph, Patricia, Kenneth and Gregory.
   Veronica married Robert Becker in 1941. They are the parents of four children: James, Robert, William and Mary Ellen.
   Anthony married Bette Michael in 1947. Nine children were born to this union: Connie, Michael, Kathryn, Jeanne, Peter, Beth, Margaret, Lori and Janet.
   Chris married Lois Treadway in 1946. They are the parents of three children: Linda, Steven and Daniel.
   Paul married Lila Selzer in 1946. Five children were born to this union: Pamela, Paula, Patricia, Timothy and Penny. Paul passed away in 1962 at the age of 38.
   Rose Ann married Robert Moran in 1947. They are the parents of eight children: Patrick, Margaret, Steven, Michael, James, Timothy, Jeffrey and Jeanne.
   Peter Hiller was the son of Jacob and Anna (Reisdorf) Hiller. He was the brother of William, Margaret (Sister Monica), John, Joseph, Nicolas, Anna, Jacob and Mary (Sister Aloysia).
   Jacob was born July 25, 1844. He came to this country from Austria with his parents. Anna was born October 23, 1850. Jacob and Anna came to Bellwood, Nebraska from Chicago where William, their oldest child, was born. In 1893 they bought the farm east of Bellwood. In March, 1906, they moved to Hebron, Nebraska. Peter stayed in Bellwood to operate the farm.
   Jacob passed away December 28, 1925 at the age of 81. Anna passed away October 17, 1927, at the age of 76.
   Rose was the daughter of Henry and Anna (Victor) Hilger. She was the sister of Joe, Leo, Victor, Harry, Albert, Julia and Theodore.
   Henry was born in 1855 and passed away in 1926. Anna was born in 1856 and passed away in 1928.
   Following Peter's death in 1932, at the age of 49, Rose remained on the farm to raise their family. Tony took over the family farm in 1947 following his marriage. Rose moved into Bellwood the following year. Rose passed away May 10, 1964 at the age of 78.
   Tony purchased the farm in 1965 and at present it is still being operated by Tony and Bette Hiller.

   Mathias Hoshor came to Butler County with his young sons: Clarence, Ora, James, and William from Spring Bay, Illinois in 1890. They first lived southwest of Bellwood on a farm and the boys grew to manhood.
   James Hoshor married and lived in David City.
   William married Matilda Platte and moved to Montana. After a few years, they moved back to Nebraska where they operated a filling station and cafe just south of Columbus.
   Ora never married. After his father died, he lived with Clarence and his family. When Clarence passed away, his son, John, moved to the farm and Ora lived with John's family until his death. Ora was an outdoorsman. He loved hunting and fishing and spent a lot of his life at the river. He loved sports also and managed many Bellwood baseball

teams in the Mid-State and Butler County leagues. He also worked many years for Dr. J. M. McNally.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hoshor.

   Clarence E. Hoshor married Anna Rose and they farmed first northwest of Bellwood until their deaths, Anna in 1954 and Clarence in 1956. Seven children were born to this union: Corrine, Joe, Fern, Erma, Walter W., John P. and one child who died at birth. Corrine died at the age of 18 during the diphtheria epidemic. Joe died about age 8 from lock jaw, Fern and Erma when they were toddlers. Walter W. and John P. are the only living children. They both went to Bellwood grade school and graduated from Bellwood High School. Walter was on the basketball team when Bellwood was State Champions in 1934. They both farmed with their dad and Ora after high school. Walter then left the farm and went to work for the railroad. In 1942, he enlisted in the United States Naval Reserves in the Construction Battalion (Seabees). He spent three years overseas in the South Pacific. He was one of the first to return after the war ended.

On January 29, 1945, Walter married ClarabelIe Treadway in Oakland, California. Upon returning home after World War II, they settled in Bellwood and using his experience received in the service, he became a carpenter and contractor. He built the Farmers Co-op Grain Co. office, the Co-op Service Center buildings and the lumber yard buildings. He has built several homes in the community and has done extensive repair and remodeling to others.

In 1947, Walter and his father-in-law formed the Bellwood Lumber Co. and built an office and the present lumber shed. They continued in business until 1961 when they sold out to the Farmers Co-op Grain Co. Also in 1961, Walter and Clarabelle bought an acreage just east of the Catholic Church and built their home. Since then they have divided the land into lots and now there are six homes in this addition. The latest is the one built by Ray and Meraldean Hough. They moved into this home in the spring of 1980. Walter is now

semi-retired.
   Clarabelle has been active in several organizations in the community. She was charter member and first president of the American Legion Auxiliary which was organized and was first president of the Just Neighbors Extension Club which existed for 26 years. She is a member of Rebekah Lodge since 1947.
   The Hoshors are members of the Bellwood United Methodist Church. They became the parents of their son, Keith, who became a member of their family at the age of 3 1/2 months. He graduated from David City High School and University of Nebraska and lives at Monroe, NE, where he is manager of a fertilizer plant.
   John Hoshor, youngest son of Clarence and Anna Hoshor, married Orletha Hopkins and farmed with Clarence and Ora south of Bellwood until their deaths. They continued to farm until the McNally farm where they lived was sold. They were one of few families that took their house along when they moved. The house was moved to an acreage along the river northwest of Bellwood and they moved into it again. John now works for Gerhold Sand and Gravel Co.
   John and Orletha are the parents of four children: Patricia (Lostroh) of David City, NE, Vicki (Loomis) of Grand Island, NE, Bill who lives here in Bellwood, and Cindy at home. Bill and his wife, Cindy (Drozd) have two children - Colby and Jeremy. Both he and his wife work in plants at Columbus, NE.
   All the men in the Hoshor family have been avid sportsmen. They have loved hunting and fishing. They have spent much of their leisure time on the banks of the Platte River. When they weren't there they were playing ball.

   Talbot Hoshor, Sr., farmer and stock-raiser in Spring Bay, Illinois, came to Bellwood with his second wife in 1891. He amassed considerable money and land and continued farming in this area until his death in 1911.
   Talbot's son, Charley, and his family followed Talbot, Sr. to Bellwood and farmed east of town until 1919. Charley's older son, Talbot, Jr., came to Bellwood in 1899, at the age of 16. In 1902, he married Cora Peck. At that time he took up painting and paper-hanging, learning the trade from his wife's step-father. He then continued in this occupation until shortly before his death in 1964. Cora bore him six children, three of whom died in childhood. The remaining three made Bellwood their life-long residence. Charley, named for his grandfather, married Laura Peters in 1930. Of this union two daughters, Cora Ann and Carol, were born. Charley passed away of heart disease in 1953.
   Alfred married Erma Creathbaum in 1939. To them were born four children. Annabel, first-born, lives now in Tempe, Arizona, with daughter Penny, son Kelly and mother, Erma.
   Mary Margaret lives in Kansas and is the mother of two daughters and a son. Alfred, Jr. married Pat Smith of David City. They now live in Beaver Lake, near Plattsmouth, Nebraska, with adopted twin sons.
   David, the youngest son, also lives in Kansas.
   Alfred, Sr. was a day laborer and he worked in and around Bellwood until his death in 1975.
   Margaret, Talbot Jr.'s daughter, lives in Bellwood since her retirement in 1972. Margaret attended Midland College and Kearney State Teachers College for a short time and got her B.S. degree from Columbia University in 1939, majoring in special education. She was a teacher of normal children for seven and one-half years, and a teacher of multi-handicapped children for thirty-eight years. She taught in Redington, Nebraska, Watertown, Massachusetts, at the Nebraska School for the Blind in Nebraska City, and in New York City. She is now teacher and companion to deaf-blind Helen Siefert.

   One of the pioneers of Bellwood was Henry Jacob who arrived in Bellwood with his parents, Carl Jacob and Francisca Zimmer Jacob, from Irmsdorf, Austria, March 23, 1878, at age eight.
   Henry's father, Carl, was a farmer and grain buyer after his arrival in Bellwood. He was manager of the first Farmer's Elevator in Bellwood and helped organize same.
   As a boy, Henry herded cattle in the hills, fighting off many a rattlesnake. He enlisted in the U. S.. Infantry April 26, 1897, serving in the Philippine Islands during the Spanish American War in Company E, Nebraska. After his discharge as a Quartermaster Sargeant, he came home to Bellwood and married Nellie Elizabeth Hoshor at the Catholic Church.
   Three sons were born to this union, Carl Henry, Henry Talbot and Jasper (now deceased), all of whom grew to adulthood, married and made their homes in Bellwood.
   Carl Henry married Sara E. McGarvey and their children are: James Francis; twins, Marvin and Mervin, who died at birth; Elizabeth Dell, Henry Carlin and Dennis Bruce.
   Henry Talbot married Lucille May Glasby and their children are: Nellie Ellen (now deceased), Marie Ann.
   Jasper married Dorothy Louise Regel. Their children are Marilyn Jean, Roger Jay, Sandra Kaye, Kenneth Francis and Larry James.
   Carl Henry, Henry Talbot and Marie Ann live in the Bellwood vicinity at this time.
   The senior Henry Jacob died Jan. 4, 1937, and along with his parents is buried in Bellwood Cemetery.

   Frank Janicek and Karolina (Hermethora) Janicek and their seven children, the youngest six weeks old, came over from Austria in 1877. They settled in Butler County, 11 miles north and four miles west of Shelby, on a farm.
   Ten years later St. Joseph Church was built one and one-half miles south of the homestead. Their children were all born in Austria.
   Frank, Jr., the oldest son, married Anna Jaax and they had five children: Lucy married Gus Zipper, John, Anna Tena married William Bruckner, Frank, and Gustie married Hubert Alt.
   Alouisa married Alois Kosch and they had nine children: Herman married Loretta McGowen, Anna married George Zeller and later Baltus Hornung, William married Julia Hilger, Alois D. "Louie" married Bertha Thielen and later Regina Messing, Rudolph died at the age of 15 years, Henry married Angie Shields, Louisa "Lizzy" married George McGowen, Charlotte married Frank Zimmer and Adolph married Minnie Schmid.
   Wilmonia married Anton Hiemer and they had four sons and two daughters: Clementine married a Hexton, Anna married Carl Wells, John married Edith Alt, Anton married Ellen Blevins, Adolph, and Otto died in infancy.
   John married Mary Thanel and they had three children: Rudolph, Frank and Anna, who married Peter Beringer.
   Christina married Frank Langhammer and they had four children: Frank, Jr. married Gertie Miller, Arthur, Leo and Anna married a Harder.
   Adolph married Lucy Seberger and had five children: Emma married Frank Schmid, Albert married Helen Kirchner, Hattie married Peter Schmid, Leo married Loretta Schmit, Fredora married Bob Swanson.
   Rudolph married Justena Flaxell and six children were born to them. Lloyd died in infancy, Camilla married Roy Grossnicklaus, Sylvester married Leona Sipes, Isabelle died at 10 years, Cyrus married Emma Nebosis and after her death is now married to Erma Romanek, Verona married Harold Ebel.
   The Janicek farm has been in the family since 1877. It was first owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Janicek and family, next by Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Janicek and family, in 1923 by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Janicek, in 1927 by Mr. and Mrs. Leo Janicek and sons and is now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Janicek and family since 1963.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Janicek, Sr.