office on the School Board. With his neighbor, Mr. Shane, he has seen the development of the country from its primitive state into the fine and well-cultivated farms of to-day. Coming here with but little available means, he engaged in the business of cattle raising, by which he has secured large receipts, enabling him to amass by careful management his present wealth. His diligence and prosperity are but the natural and rightful reward that should follow the continued efforts of an honest and earnest man.
   An esteemed member of the Christian Church, W. Denton has so conducted himself in a business and social way as to win the respect of his fellowmen and associates in business. He is liberal-minded and public-spirited, and lends his influence to the advancement and improvement of society and State, and in politics he lends his voice in favor of the Republican party. Too much cannot be said of the influence for good which the conduct of these earlier members of the community has upon that of the younger portion of society. Their example is altogether worthy of imitation and their loyalty gains for them universal esteem. For over twenty years Mr. Denton has lived in this community, indeed the community has grown up around him. As one who has done much hard work and given much valuable aid to the county and the molding of the character of the people, his memory should be cherished and preserved. It will live in the minds of those who know him personally as long as they live, but the generations to come will know nothing of his labors, his trials and good works, unless some means are taken to hand down to them a record of his life.

HARLES BUNCE, M. D., is pleasantly located on section 27, Waverly Precinct, which has been his home since 1862. He is the owner of 320 acres of good land, containing valuable improvements, to which he devotes much of his time and attention, as his health does not permit the practice of his profession.
   Our subject was born in Middlesex County, Mass., Oct. 13, 1835, and is the son of Elisha and Priscilla (Wright) Bunce, also natives of the Bay State. He traces his paternal ancestry to a clergyman named Robinson, who died in Holland, and whose family one year later came to America, and settled, in Massachusetts one year after the arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers. and our subject can be traced in direct descent from this gentleman. The father of Dr. Bunce was engaged in the nursery business in his native State, and the mother worked for many years in a cotton factory at Waltham, and then went to Lowell and superintended the adjustment of the spinning, machinery in the first cotton factory of that city. She died in her native State while the father of our subject, who was born in 1801, died Aug. 13, 1888, in Middlesex County. There were born to them eight children, of whom six still survive, as follows: Louis is a teacher at Anna, Ill.; Augustus is engaged in farming in Massachusetts, on the old homestead; Charles; William resides at Worcester, Mass., and is disabled for life, the injury being received in the attack on Ft. Donelson; Maria and Caroline are book-keepers at Lowell, Mass.
   Charles Bunce resided in his native State until 1850 and received such education as was obtainable in the district schools. He then came to the West, and entering Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., in 1853, was graduated from that institution four years later. He then engaged in the study of medicine with his uncle, Dr. James Bunce, of Galesburg, and in 1861 was graduated from the Rush Medical College, Chicago. He then started out in life for himself as a physician in Henderson, Knox Co., Ill., but in October, 1862, entered the United States service as Assistant Surgeon of the 59th Illinois Infantry. In September of the next year he was promoted to the office of Surgeon of the regiment, and served until the 59th was mustered out at San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 8, 1865. Returning to Illinois, Dr. Bunce located in Woodhull, Henry County, where he resided until he came to this State, and he then settled on the farm upon which he has since bestowed his energies.
   Dr. Bunce was united in marriage, in October, 1871, with Miss Amanda, daughter of Orson H. Patterson, and their union has been blessed by the birth of four children, two of whom, William O. and

Grace, still survive. In politics, the Doctor is a stanch Republican, though he has avoided the duties of office, as during his period of good health he had no time to spare from the practice of his profession. He is a ripe scholar and a man of good judgment, honored and respected by all the families with whom his professional career has brought him into intimate relationship. He and Mrs. Bunce are active members of the Congregational Church, while socially, the Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

OUIS FAULHABER, one of the most thrifty German farmers of Stockton Precinct, owns and occupies a fine estate, embracing 320 acres of land on sections 3 and 4, his residence being on the latter. The homestead is noticeable for its good improvements, and especially the large number of fruit and ornamental trees, which he has planted to the extent of about 700, besides a large quantity of grapes. Like most of the enterprising men about him, he makes a specialty of stock-raising, and has acquired a fine property, besides surrounding himself and family with all the comforts of life.
   The first years of our subject were passed on the other side of the Atlantic, in the little Kingdom of Bavaria, where his birth took place Nov. 18, 1826. When a child five years of age his parents emigrated to America and settled in Seneca County, Ohio, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Louis remained on the farm until a youth of fourteen years, and was then apprenticed to learn the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for a period of nine years. In the meantime he had been married, and in June, 1850, turned his face toward the farther West, and crossing the Mississippi, accompanied by his wife, took up a tract of land in Manitowoc, Wis., where he lived until the spring of 1875. His next removal was to this county, when he took up the land which he still occupies.
   The wife of our subject, to whom he was married in Tiffin, Seneca Co.. Ohio, March 1, 1848, was in her girlhood Miss Helen Sauter, a native of the same country as her husband, and born April 1, 1830. She was a little child three years of age when she came to America with her parents, and they settled first in Tiffin, Ohio. Later they removed to Wood County, that State, where the father died about 1856. The mother still survives. and is living at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio.
   Of the thirteen children born to Mr. and Mrs, Faulhaber, the record is as follows: Their eldest son, John, died when one and one-half years old, in 1849; Louis is on the police force of the city of Lincoln; William is farming in Stockton Precinct, this county; Mary is the wife of John Lemke, and lives in Stockton Precinct; John is traveling salesman for a firm in Milwaukee; Theodore is farming in Brown County, this State; Charles and Henry are residents of Cherry County; Phillip, the youngest, is engaged in farming for himself in Stockton Precinct; Frederick and Emma are at home with their parents, and Clara, is the wife of Frederick Retzlaff, of Stevens Creek Precinct.
   Mr. Faulhaber, politically, is a conscientious Democrat, and a man who keeps himself well posted upon matters of general interest. He was particularly fortunate in his choice of a wife and helpmate, having a lady who looks well to the ways of her household and those little matters which have so great an influence in the happiness of a home. They have labored industriously in acquiring their fine property, and are now in the enjoyment of the fruits of their early toils, while surrounded by hosts of friends who have learned to value them at their true worth. They were reared in the precepts of the German Lutheran Church, to which they still loyally adhere, together with their children.

OHN W. CRIST is one of the leading farmers of Lancaster County, and his beautiful farm on section 29, Lancaster Precinct, which by his persistent industry he has reclaimed from the unbroken prairie, is classed among the finest in the whole precinct. He is engaged in diversified farming and pays some attention to dairying, and, we may add, with success, and is reaping a good income. Our subject comes of a prominent family, and he and his wife occupy a high social position in this community.

   Mr. Crist's grandfather, John P. Crist, a native of Frederick County, Md., born June 23, 1774, was an early settler of Warren County, Ohio, settling there in 1802, and there made his home until his death, Feb. 21, 1849, being actively engaged in farming. The Crist family originated in Germany, Michael Crist, the great-grand father of our subject, being the first member of the family to cross the waters and take up his abode in this country, coming in 1760, when he was in middle life. His son, John P., married Margarette Mong in 1797. She was born Nov. 12, 1775. and died Aug. 5, t851. They had a family of nine children, four of whom were sons. Our subject had an uncle who went to California during the exciting times in 1849, and he remained a resident of that State until his death, having been prosperously engaged in mining. Two uncles of Mr. Crist lost their lives in the Mexican War.
   David Crist, father of the subject of this sketch, was the oldest of that family, and was born Sept. 30, 1799, in Frederick County, Md., and a few years later left the home of his birth with his parents to accompany them to their pioneer home in the wilds of Warren County, Ohio. He lived under the parental roof until he was thirty-one, when he married and established a home of his own, Eveline Leach, daughter of Edward and Magdalena (Abracht) Leach, becoming his wife and devoted helpmate. She is likewise a native of Frederick County, Md., having been born there Sept. 26, 1810. She comes of good old English stock, her father having been a native of England, while her mother came of an old Maryland family. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Crist spent their entire married life in Warren County, Ohio, Mr. Crist's death occurring there July 21, 1875, when the community in which he had lived for so many years was deprived of one of its most valuable citizens, as he was in all respects a man worthy of the highest respect and consideration. His good wife still makes her home on the old homestead in Franklin, Warren County. Ten children were born of their union, seven sons and three daughters; five of whom the following is the record, are still living: Edward P., a furniture dealer in Franklin, Ohio; David L., a farmer in the same town; J. W.; Minerva lives with her mother on the old homestead, Adeline married Albert Bloss, of Weatherford, Tex., and is now a widow.
   J. W. Crist was born May 20, 1841, at Franklin, Warren Co., Ohio, and during his boyhood and youth attended the common schools of his native place, and assisted in the farm work, remaining at home until 1872. In that year he came to Nebraska, and bought a farm of eighty acres of wild land three miles from Lincoln, and, notwithstanding the years of discouragement that followed. when all his hard labors seemed to come to naught, he has finally become very prosperous. When he first came here times were hard, owing to monetary panics. and it was a difficult thing to manage one's affairs with the necessary skill so as to avoid failure. In 1874 and 1875 the grasshoppers devastated the harvest fields, and they also came the following year, but did but little damage. There were, besides, some losses by hailstorms, everything looked dark and gloomy, and some of the settlers, fairly worn out by so many reverses, returned penniless to their Eastern homes. Not so our subject, with the true American grit and energy that have always characterized him he courageously faced every trial has wrested victory from defeat, so to speak, and has established in this part of what was once considered the "Great American Desert," a pleasant and permanent home.
   The year following his arrival here Mr. Crist returned to Franklin, Warren Co., Ohio. to solemnize his marriage with Miss Jane Burns, daughter of Philip T. and Martha (Funk) Burns, of Franklin, Ohio. She was born Aug. 31, 1841. Her father was born in Harper's Ferry, Va., in 1810, went to Ohio when he was a young man, and made his home there until his death many years later, which took place Jan. 4, 1873. Her mother, who now makes her home with Mrs. Crist, was born in Frederick County, Md., Sept. 27, 1818. She had three daughters, all of whom are living, namely: Ellen, wife of Benjamin Eberhart, a farmer of Warren County, Ohio; Jane, wife of our subject, and Elizabeth; wife of Henry Piper, a butcher of Warren County, Ohio.
   Mr. Crist is influential in public affairs, and as a public-spirited and wide-awake citizen has done all

that lay in his power to promote the social and material welfare of the county in general, and of this community in particular. He has held the office of Assessor for three years, and has been a member of the School Board for twelve years, and it is needless to add that he has discharged the duties devolving upon him in public life with the utmost fidelity Ind greatly to the satisfaction of his fellow-citizens. In his political relations our subject has been a stanch supporter of the Democratic party ever since he was old enough to cast a vote.

OSES BRINTON, who with his son owns 400 acres of the best land on section 33, Oak Precinct, occupies the same in the interest of general farming, the dairy and the raising of blooded stock. His grandfather, after whom he was named, was born in the year 1761, and died in 1844. He was a native of Pennsylvania, and from the time of his birth on through the years of manhood he continued to reside in the Piqua Valley, near the Gap in Lancaster County of that State. Our subject was born upon the same place in 1817, on the 25th of August.
   Caleb Brinton, the father of our subject, was born at the home of his parents, April 7, 1793, in the above county, and was also reared there, and obtained his education in its district schools. This completed to the extent of his opportunity, a school education, he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, in which calling he has continued all his life, and upon the home farm. He was united in marriage with Ann Fox, and they were the parents of two sons and five daughters. By a second wife the family circle was still further enlarged by the addition of three sons and two daughters. In the great conflict, the late Civil War, Caleb Brinton lost two sons, the one fell in battle in South Virginia, the other died in Andersonville. His wife also was taken from him at the early age of thirty-five years, dying on the 29th of August, 1829.
   Our subject is one of the prominent pioneers who labored for the development of Nebraska. and those who have followed him reap in many ways the result of his labors, and look with gratitude to him.
   He did not come to the county until he was sixty-two years of age. He came with small means, effected a settlement, and can truly say he has never had occasion to regret his journey. His farm is well worked and in a high state of cultivation. He is quite extensively engaged as a dairyman, and is proprietor of some of the finest cattle for quite a large distance around, and in addition has done much for the improvement of the stock. He has a large capital invested in this branch of the business, and to him is due, and is as readily accorded, the hearty appreciation of those interested in the evolution to the more improved and higher classed stock. A new country needs just such men and they are a source of great strength to it, and a benefit to every agricultural community, and even the cities derive more advantage than would be perhaps at first supposed.
   March 9, 1843, our subject and Margaret A. M. Hallowell entered the partnership of life by marriage, the lady is a native of Delaware, near Wilmington. Their union has been blessed and their home brightened by the birth of ten children, of whom, however, but five are living: Jesse H.; Allie, now Mrs. Pennington, of Chicago; Caleb W.; Lizzie and Channing. Of these the youngest and Caleb W. are still residing at home.
   Margaret A. Hallowell was born in Chester County, Pa., March 7. 1824. She is the daughter of Jesse and Jane Hallowell, of the same place. Her father by occupation was all his life a farmer.
   Mr. Brinton is a member of the Society of Friends, in which society he has continued for many years, he has been called upon in civil affairs to fill the office of Supervisor, and has also occupied the seat of Justice of the Peace with that dignity and impartiality which was generally appreciated in the community. He has always been a pronounced Republican and a prominent supporter of that party. In the community at large our subject is held in the highest possible regard by reason of his manly, upright character, his social status, and his well-known efforts for the development of the county and the elevation of society.
   Caleb W., the son of our subject, who is a partner with his father in the farm, is a man of flne principles and considerable talents; straightforward in

business, and a most respected citizen. He was married, in May, 1886, to Lorena Foxworthy, of Lincoln, daughter of Hezekiah Foxworthy, an attorney of Lincoln. They have one child, Margaret. Jesse married Lydia Wood, of Doran, Chester Co., Pa.; their family comprises four children; he resides near Philadelphia.
   The farm of our subject and his son, as above stated, contains some 400 acres of very fine land, eight acres of which are occupied by the apple orchard; besides this a large part is devoted to the culture of grapes and various fruits, and he has also set out and brought to fair maturity over 2,000 forest trees. Such men are among the benefactors of the country, and may justly rank as representative.

REDERICK KOEHLER. The characteristics of the people of Europe are too well known to need any remark: directly the Frenchman is spoken of, the figure is before the mind of a polite, communicative, vivacious and mercurial person, who can seize the airy nothings and give them definite shape, form and substance, On the other hand, his neighbor across the Rhine is always represented as stolid, thoughtful, ever seeking by slow mental process to evolve from the inner consciousness of his being some new theory or explanation of some already accepted theory, truth or mysticism. In the department of actual labor there is seen the same slow but continuous, though ponderously persevering, effort, at the same time this is undoubtedly the great reason why, in our new Territories and States, settlers of this nationality--we had almost said invariably--come to the front and are most successful. In the present biography is presented an outline of the life of a native of Prussia, one of the oldest settlers of Centerville Precinct, prosperous as a farmer, highly esteemed as a citizen.
   Our subject, whose property is situated on section 27 in the above precinct, was born on the 3d of February, 1829, in the town of Greston, Prussia. He is a son of Michael and Mary (Bron) Koehler, and was the third child of seven which comprised their family, whose names are here appended--Wilhemina, William, Frederick, Fredericka, Amelia and Frank; also one child who is deceased. Out subject is well educated in his own language, having attended the schools of Germany continuously until he was of sufficient age to commence work. He emigrated to America when about twenty-two years of age, and took passage at Hamburg on a sailing vessel, which occupied four full weeks in the Atlantic trip. He landed in New York in the year 1851, and proceeded direct to Milwaukee, and there remained for about twelve months. At the end of that time he removed to LaPorte, Porter Co., Ind., and for fifteen years this was his residence, and in this time he was engaged in farming with steadily increasing prosperity.
   In the month of October, 1859, our subject was wedded to Henrietta Reatman, a lady of many natural and acquired virtues and graces, one capable of making his home all that heart could wish, and by her wealth of affection become a practical exponent of the wealth of meaning residing in the words, "faithful wife and true mother." The delight of home has been greatly augmented by the birth of five children, of whom four are living. Their names are here given as in the family record: Frank, Julius, Philena, George, and Amelia (deceased). His first wife died in August, 1870. He was again married in January, 1883, to Mary Schmitskee, who has presented him with a son, Alfred W. by name.
   It was in 1865 when Mr. Koehler came to Lancaster County. He then took a homestead claim of 160 acres, his present residence. The farm was at that time in all the beauty of its natural wildness; not a furrow was turned, not a fence erected, or a home built. Our subject began upon the bare ground, but by the exercise of his intelligence and experience and the putting forth of manly efforts he very speedily made a great change. His comfortable and cheery home was built and furnished, and before long the golden grain stood in all its beauty, and the corn tassels hung glistening in the sunlight, out on the broad acres. He has watched with pride and gratification the development of the precinct and county, has seen the towns spring up and grow into cities, the iron horse come bounding over the prairies, and innumerable other nineteenth century

triumphs in mechanics and art in daily use throughout the country.
   What has been accomplished by our subject is the resuIt almost entirely of his own effort. He is a man who believes that honestly is the best policy, and is strictly so in all transactions. conscientious and painstaking to a degree. In politics he is an affiliate of the party founded by Jefferson, and endeavors to discharge to the best of his ability every responsibility which comes to him as a citizen. He is at present serving as Moderator of District No. 77, an office he has continued to hold for some time. Religiously, he is an adherent and consistent member of the German Lutheran Church, the same communion in which he was reared in his native land.

UDLEY W. BOWERS is a fine representative of the stock-growing and farming interests of Lancaster County as embraced in the precinct of Yankee Hill, where, on section 31, he owns a good farm, the fertile soil of which is admirably adapted both to raising cereals and stock. Mr. Bowers is a native of Long Island, born Nov. 28, 1842, to Joseph and Maria (Stephens) Bowers, of whom further mention is made in the sketch of A. E. Bowers, of Yankee Hill Precinct.
   Our subject was reared to manhood on a farm, and then removed with his parents to Indiana. He received a rudimentary education in the district schools, which he has still further increased by reading standard works and by observation and experience, so that there are but few among his friends and associates who are better informed on all topics than he, or can more readily form in intelligent opinion on any of the questions that are agitating the public to-day. On the 20th of Angust, 1862, being then but nineteen years of age, he laid aside the ambitious and hopes of youth to join his noble comrades who had gone forth to fight their country's battles on the Southern battlefields, and, if need be, die in her defense. He became a member of Company K, 5th Indiana Cavalry, the same regiment to which his brother, Arthur E. Bowers, belonged. He was most of the time detailed as teamster in the Quartermaster's department, but he took an active part in several battles. being engaged in the one at Walker's Ford, and in many minor engagements. He was at Knoxville when Burnside was besieged, and with the cavalry was kept outside to annoy the rebels. He was in Sherman's campaign from Dalton to Atlanta, and was under fire much of the time. He served bravely and faithfully until after the close of the war, receiving his discharge June 15, 1865.
   After retiring from the army our subject returned to his old home in Jackson County, Ind., where he remained for about a year, when he went to Tennessee, where he had taken stock to sell. He remained in Memphis some fourteen months, and at the expiration of that time proceeded to Kentucky, where he was engaged on a stock farm in Bourbon County the succeeding four years. He then returned to Tennessee, and after remaining there nearly a year, again went back to his Indiana home, and from there came to Lancaster County, Neb., in the spring of 1874. drawn hither by the many marvelous reports that he had heard concerning the great fertility of the soil, its amazing productiveness and the healthfulness of the climate. He located on the southwest quarter of section 31, Yankee Hill Precinct, where he has since resided. This part of the country was then comparatively newly settled, and much of the land was unbroken, this being the condition of the tract purchased by our subject. In the years of toil that have followed since then he has developed from the raw prairie a beautiful farm, which, on account of the many improvements, is classed among the most valuable in the township, its 160 acres being under excellent tillage. Mr. Bowers is in many senses of the word a self-made man, owing much of his success to his own persistent efforts. He also owes much to the good wife. who since their marriage on that April day (the 27th) in 1875, has stood by him faithfully in storm or sunshine, and has shouldered her share of the burdens of their common life.
   Mrs. Bowers, formerly Lucy G. Miller, was born May 6, 1848, in Butler County, Ohio, being a daughter of Alfred and Emily (Guild) Miller, natives respectively of Virginia and Ohio. Her father

passed away from the scenes of earth in 1870, and the mother in 1875. Six children had been born of their union, namely: Emily M., wife of W. H. Snodgrass of Clark County, Ind.; Lucy G.. wife of our subject; Edmund, of Jackson County, Ind.; Alpha, of Clark County, Ind. Alfred and Thomas are the names of the two children who died. Mr. and Mrs. Bowers are the parents of two boys: Herbert M., born Sept. 17, 1876, and Norman G., July 30, 1878.
   Our subject and his wife are prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, where he has served very acceptably as Class Leader for a number of years. The singularly upright and blameless life of our subject has won for him the confidence of the entire community. He is a quiet, unostentatious man, who without wealth or influence has won for himself an honorable position in the history of this county. He is a man of earnest and intelligent convictions, and with his whole soul supports the cause of temperance in his advocacy of the Prohibition party in politics. He has faithfully followed the educational interests of his township as School Treasurer of his district.
   A view of Mr. Bowers' homestead is presented in this ALBUM.

R. ISAIAH R. COOKE, a retired physician of Lancaster County, is widely known and respected for the noble example of his pure life, which has undoubtedly wielded a great influence for good in his community. He is a man of broad culture, a fair and judicial mind, and is generous and considerate in his relations with others. He lives with his family in one of the most beautiful of the many elegant suburban homes that may be found within a short distance of the capital of Nebraska; it is very finely located in East Lincoln, and is appropriately named Roselawn. The names of various members of the Cooke family appear in the annals of our country from the very earliest Colonial times, even from the arrival of the "Mayflower," on board which historic vessel were some of their representatives, who came with the Pilgrims to found a nation on the stern and rock-bound coast of New England, and from that time they took a prominent part in the public affairs of Colony and State. They came of an ancient English family, and are entitled to the coat of arms borne by Gregory Cooke, of Yorkshire, England, who was the immediate ancestor of the American branch of the family. He was a cloth manufacturer, which business was changed by his descendants to the manufacture of woolen and worsted goods. Our subject traces his descent from this illustrious family through the following members: The first one to come to this country, of whom we have any authoritative account, was likewise named Gregory; he was a shoemaker by occupation, and was born about 1647, in England, We are not told when he left the ancestral home to come to this country, but surmise that it was after his marriage and in the year 1665, which was the date of his settlement in Cambridge, Mass., where he lived until 1690. His sound judgment and great force of character made him influential in the councils and deliberations of his fellow-townsmen, and he held the office of Selectman of Cambridge from 1669 to 1678. He died Jan. 1, 1691, and the house where he made his home in Cambridge was occupied by some of his descendants until the Revolution. Among his children was a son named Stephen, who was born in England, and came with his father to Cambridge, Mass., when a young man. He was a farmer and settled in Newton, where he was much looked up to on account of his superior practical wisdom; he served as Selectman of that town in 1697, 1698, 1708, 1716; he married, in 1679, Rebecca Flagg, daughter of Thomas Flagg, of Watertown. His death occurred in 1738, and among his children was a son named John, great-great-grandfather of our subject, who was born in Newton, Mass., March 15,1867 or 1868. He settled in Preston, Conn., in 1710, as a farmer, and took a conspicuous part in Colonial affairs, serving as a Selectman, and as Deputy of the General Assembly of the Colony; he died Aug. 22, 1762, leaving ten children.
   Among the children of John Cooke was James, great-grandfather of our subject, who was born, in Preston, Jan. 1, 1717, and later in life was there engaged as a farmer and clothier; the date of his death is unknown. His son Isaiah, one of six children, was born in Preston, Feb. 16, 1741. He was