and progressive ideas at once commended him to the people of this section as a man worthy of distinction, and after filling other positions of trust and responsibility, he was selected as the candidate of the Republican party to represent the Thirtieth District in the State Legislature. He served his term with credit, and has also discharged the duties of various local offices in the village. He became identified with the Masonic fraternity in 1876, is also a member of the I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W. In these he has held about all the offices, and in the latter is a Master Workman. He has been Vice President of the Citizens' Bank since its organization. He cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. Grant, and uniformly supports the principles of the Republican party. To the various enterprises which have for their object the advancement of the people, he lends, a substantial support. He is a man looked up to in his community as one of the conservators of its interests, and closely identified with its progress, socially, morally and financially.
   The home of Mr. Eggleston comprises a neat and substantial dwelling, with attractive surroundings, and his family consists of an accomplished wife and four bright children, the latter named George W., Jr., Frank, Howard and Charles. The eldest is eleven years of age and the youngest three. The wife of our subject was formerly Miss Edith Gorham, and they were married in Bennet, Oct. 10, 1870. Mrs. Eggleston is the daughter of George W. Gorham, who is now a resident of Kansas. Our subject and his family occupy a good position socially, and are surrounded by all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life.

EORGE W. HEADRICK, a prominent farmer and representative citizen of Lancaster County, has resided within its borders since 1865. He secured his land under the Homestead Act, and located on section 10, Waverly Precinct, claiming the southeast quarter of said section. He has brought his land to a high degree of improvement, but he has reduced its area to 100 acres, having given the remainder to his son. He is now in the enjoyment of a life of comfort, as the result of well-directed effort, and has before him the prospect of a long and happy life.
   The subject of this biographical notice is a native of Brown County, Ind., where he was born Oct. 4, 1829, and is the son of Daniel and Mary (Harris) Headrick, natives of Kentucky. The parents were married about 1827, and migrating to Indiana, settled in Brown County and resided there until 1847. They then removed to Davis County, Iowa, and there passed the remainder of their days and died esteemed and respected by all who knew them. Their family included ten children, all of whom attained their majority, and the following is their record: Nancy became the wife of James Hillman; John, George W., Charles; Sarah became the wife of Jacob Barnhart, and died in Illinois, while Lovina, Mrs. Amos Burton, died in this State; Daniel; Joseph died in Iowa; Mary Ann is deceased; Elizabeth J. became the wife of James Tarrence and is now deceased.
   The boyhood days of our subject were spent uneventfully, alternating between the district school and the farm, and he reached a vigorous manhood. He accompanied the family to Iowa, and there made the acquaintance, that finally ripened into more intimate relations, of Miss Diana Bunnell, the ceremony that united their destiny taking place in 1849. Mrs. Headrick was born in Indiana, and is the daughter of Stephen and Lucinda (Ward) Bunnell. She was reared to womanhood with her parents, and while receiving an education in the public schools of her township was instructed by her judicious mother in those duties which have made her such a valuable helpmate to her husband in their life work. During the first six years of married life Mr. Headrick engaged in the manufacture of brick, and for a short time acted in the capacity of "mine host," while he also operated a steam sawmill, and was engaged in merchandising for one year. In 1865 our subject came to Nebraska, and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits, with the exception of three years, during which he resided in Waverly and conducted a general store. In addition to his farm property Mr. Headrick also owns two houses and three lots in Waverly, and is classed among the solid men of Lancaster County.
   Our subject and his excellent wife have had

born to them six children, one of whom died in infancy. The names of the survivors are as follows: Charles, James, Mary, Sarah and Frank. In politics our subject was formerly a Republican, but his feelings on the subject of temperance are of such a nature that he considers it should be made a National question, and following the dictates of his conscience he has had the courage to cut loose from his party and unite with the Prohibitionists. His upright life and good practical sense have not gone unnoticed by his fellow-townsmen, and he has been elected to several of the local offices, including that of Justice of the Peace, in which his decisions show good judicial ability. He and his good wife are consistent members of the Christian Church, and no movement looking toward the well-being of Waverly Precinct lacks the support and encouragement of this worthy family. Mr. Headrick is the father of the first twins born in this State; they are both young ladies and living at home.

OHN C. SEVERIN, JR., is a well-known farmer and stock-raiser of Buda Precinct, residing on section 26. He was born on the 3d of May, 1843, in Prussia, Germany, and is a son of John C. and Elizabeth Severin, also residing in this precinct. They were early pioneers of Lancaster County, and further mention will be made of them in the sketch of F. Charles Severin, a brother of our subject. The gentleman of whom we write came to America with his parents in the fifties, and located with them in Clayton County, Iowa, where he reached the years of manhood. When he was about sixteen years old he began to learn the trade of a cooper and followed that business for about six years, afterward learning the trade of a machinist. For a short time he engaged in the latter occupation, and the remainder of his time has been spent in farming.
   On the 17th of October, 1865, our subject was united in marriage, in Ft. Wayne, Ind., with Miss Mary Siedschlag, and they gathered about them a family of thirteen children, eleven of whom are living as follows: Henry, Frank (both of Chicago, Ill.), Anne, Augusta, Alexander, Bertha. Christian., Harmon, John, Arnold and Otto. With the exception of Henry and Frank, the children are at present all at home.
   Our subject with his family came to Lancaster County in the year 1869, and homesteaded eighty acres and pre-empted eighty acres, making him the owner of 160 acres of land, on which he has made substantial improvements. There has been a great deal of hard work necessary to bring this amount of uncultivated land to a state of usefulness, and it was only by perseverance and untiring energy that its present cultivated condition was secured. Mr. Severin call well afford to gaze upon his fine fields and indulge in a feeling of gratification, knowing that by his own labors he has brought about their fine appearance and utility.
   Mrs. Severin was born on the 1st of April, 1848, in Prussia, and is a daughter of Herman and Augusta Siedschlag, with whom she came to America when she was fifteen years old. For a time she lived in Chicago, Ill., and then moved to Ft. Wayne, Ind., at which place she was married. Her father died in 1864, and her mother now lives in Ashland, Neb., with Prof. A. S. Mansfield, of Omaha College, he being her son by a former marriage. Mr. Severin finds time aside from his duties on the farm which he can devote to the interests of his community, having served as School Treasurer for several terms, and as Road Supervisor for a number of years. He takes an active interest in public affairs, and is glad to see the improvements which have been brought about in the past few years. In politics he has joined himself to the Republican organization, and enjoys the esteem of those whom he is socially called to meet.

SWELL D. COOLEY, engaged in agricultural pursuits, resides on section 22, Waverly Precinct, where he settled in 1867, homesteading the west half of the southwest quarter. In 1879 he sold this property and settled on the northeast quarter of the same section, while he also owns eighty acres of land on section 36. Here he pursues the even tenor of his way, making a comfortable living and comparatively free from cares. Mr.

Cooley first saw the light in Trumbull County, Ohio, Feb. 21, 1838, and is the son of Sherman and Diana (Day) Cooley, natives respectively of Massachusetts and Vermont. After their union, which took place in Connecticut, the parents removed to Ohio, and, in 1857, to Grant County, Wis., where they located near Platteville. The father died in February, 1888, at the ripe old age of eighty-two years, and his was the first death in the family; the mother and their eight children still survive.
   Roswell D. Cooley is the fourth in order of birth in the parental family, and was reared to farm pursuits, at the same time receiving a common-school education. He accompanied the family to Wisconsin, and continued a resident of the Badger State until he came to this State in 1867. He was united in marriage, in 1874, with Miss Mary, daughter of Leonard and Susan (Thompson) Kile, natives of New York. The parents of Mrs. Cooley were residing in Canada at the time of her birth, which occurred Feb. 18, 1843, and they removed from that country to the State of Ohio in 1847 and settled in Ashtabula County, where they resided until their decease, and left a family of eleven children, of whom eight are still living, and the wife of our subject is next to the youngest.
   The union of Mr. and Mrs. Cooley has been blessed by the birth of two children--Carrie and Edward L. Carrie was born Dec. 17, 1876, and the son was born June 11, 1880. In politics, our subject is found in the ranks of the Republican party, and is ever ready to promote its interests.

ILBERT D. ROBERTSON is a son of John and Jane (Watson) Robertson, who were born in Hamilton, Scotland. His father was a butler, and in that capacity he served the Duke of Hamilton from the time he was a boy until he became a young man. Then, until old age was approaching, he served as butler to Sir James Stewart, Baronet of Coldness. He died it the age of seventy-five years, and his wife died at the age of seventy-nine years. There were seven children of this family, all of whom lived to enjoy a good age, but one by one they have passed away in the order in which they were born into the world, excepting one, our subject, who is the youngest child, none having attained less than seventy years.
   Our subject, an honorable, elderly gentleman, was born on the 19th of May, 1813, at Douglass Park, Bothwell Parish, Lennoxshire, Scotland. He enjoyed a good common-school education, and at the age of fifteen he left home to serve an apprenticeship as stone-cutter and builder. He served in that capacity for three years, and then continued to work at the trade in Scotland, and there he was married to Miss Elizabeth Davidson, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Calhoun) Davidson.
   The parents of Mrs. Robertson were natives of Lennoxshire, Scotland, the father being engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died at the age of seventy-five years, and the mother at the, age of seventy-nine years. There were seven children in this family, one boy and six girls, the wife of our subject being the youngest, her birth occurring on the 17th of June, 1817, at Wusha, Lennoxshire, Scotland. She also enjoyed the advantages of the common schools in the place in which she was brought up, until the time of her marriage.
   After his marriage Mr. Robertson continued to work at stone-cutting and building until January of the year 1849, when he decided to come to America. Together they sailed from Glasgow, arriving at the harbor of New York in safety, after which he worked at his trade in the navy yard for one year; then he moved to Indiana and assisted in the building of a factory at Cannelton, at which place he continued for three years, and then going, to Iowa, he purchased some land in Clayton County.
   Then our subject took leave of his wife and went to Nashville, Tenn., where he was engaged in stone-cutting for the State capitol. There he worked for one season, and in the following spring he went to Alcade, where he resided for three years, hiring men to carry on the farm work during his absence. The farm continued to prosper, and our subject worked abroad at his trade most of his time. in May of 1872 Mr. Robertson and his family came to Nebraska, where they bought a great deal of land. He now owns 120 acres of well-improved land in Panama Precinct, which he has beautified and utilized

by setting out with his own hands groves and fruit orchards. In common with the other older settlers of the community he has experienced the different phases of pioneer life.
   To Mr. and Mrs. Robertson have been born seven children--Elizabeth, Jeanie, John, Margeret, Barbara, Agnes and Isabella. Elizabeth marrried (sic) Brooks Flanningan, residing at Elkhorn, Neb., and is the mother of seven children, as follows: John Gilbert, Alice M., Bruce, Valina, Ralph, Frank and Maggie J.; Jeanie is the wife of O. S. Hazleton; John resides in Panama Precinct, having been married to Miss Isabella Dickson, and having one child, Gilbert D.; Margaret married David McPherson, a prosperous farmer living in Otoe County. They have three children--John G., Elizabeth and Isabella J.; Barbara died in Iowa at the age of seventeen years; Agnes, the wife of Thomas Dickson, is the mother of three children--Lizzie M., Edward and Clinton D. Isabella, the wife of Thomas Hedges, also has three children--Ira, Gilbert D. and Elizabeth.
   Our subject and his wife are devoted Christian people, but they have not joined any religious denomination. While it is often an advantage to a Christian to be identified with one of the religious denominations it is not absolutely necessary to the living of an exemplary life, and sometimes, as is the case, at present, we find those who make the least profession to be the busiest workers in the Master's cause, proving by their every-day lives that "actions speak louder than words," and that the real merit lies not in words but in deeds.

ILLARD RULIFFSON has for nearly a decade been prominently identified with the agricultural interests of Lancaster County, and as the result of his toil and superior management he is now the owner of one of the most productive of the many valuable farms for which Eastern Nebraska is so noted. It is very finely located on section 15, Lancaster Precinct, is well tilled, and is amply supplied with substantial farm buildings, and with machinery of the most approved manufacture, and everything about the place indicates that the possessor is a man of more than average ability and practical knowledge as a farmer.
   Our subject is a son of Harmon Ruliffson, and was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., in 1798, and there made his home until he was sixty-five years old, when he moved to Chenango County, from whence he afterward removed to Monroe County, where his death occurred in 1886. He was reared to the life of a farmer, and always prosperously engaged in that calling. At an early age he married Susanna Wellman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ariah Wellman. She was born in Chautauqua County, where she now lives. Her parents reared their family in Schoharie County, and her father died about 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Ruliffson had eleven children, five sons and six daughters, of whom the following is recorded: Hannah is the wife of Stephen Clark, a farmer of Schoharie County;. Philetus is a farmer, living in Monroe County, N. Y.; Willard; Mariette is the wife of Seth Wells, a farmer of Monroe County, N. Y.; Eugene is a lumber and oil dealer, of Portville, N. Y.; Harmon W. is a farmer of Steele County, Minn.; John M., who served in the late war as a member of the 13th New York Cavalry, was promoted to the rank of Captain, and transferred to the 15th New York Cavalry; he is now a nurseryman in Mobile, Ala.
   Our subject spent his early life in Schoharie County, N. Y., where he was born June 17, 1829. He obtained a sound education in the public schools, and remained under the parental roof, assisting in the farm labors until he was twenty-one. At that age he commenced to work on a farm by the month, and after a few years' steady employment in that line he had accumulated enough property to warrant his marrying and establishing himself in life, and on the 16th of January, 1855, his wedding with Miss Ellen M. Morgan was celebrated. She is a daughter of the late Joseph and Talatha (Delano) Morgan. Her father was born Oct. 28, 1791, in Monroe County, N. Y., and her mother was born April 5, 1795. Mr. Joseph Morgan was the first male white child born west of the Genesee River. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan died in Monroe County, where their entire lives had been passed, he dying Dec. 31. 1869, and she March 7, 1876. They had a family of twelve children, five of whom were

sons and the remaining seven were daughters; five of the children are now living, as follows: Bradford is a farmer in Smith County, Kas.; Mary A. married Jeremiah Knapp, a mason, of Centreville, Mich.; Harriet married James E. Tunison, a farmer, of Monroe County, N. Y.; Ellen M. is the wife of our subject; Lucy lives at Scottsville, Monroe Co., N. Y. Mrs. Ruliffson was born Sept. 4, 1830, and remained at home with her parents until she was married, receiving a careful training from her good mother in the management of a household.
   After marriage Mr. Ruliffson carried on a farm in New York for a number of years, and he subsequently bought a farm in Monroe County, which he managed very successfully for some time. In 1876 he sold his property in New York, and in April, 1879, removed with his family to Lincoln, Neb., having been very favorably impressed with the glowing accounts that he had heard concerning the wonderful agricultural resources of the State, and wishing to take advantage of its rich soil and fine climate. He brought all of his household goods and farm machinery with him, having chartered a car for that purpose. He purchased a farm of 160 acres in Lancaster Precinct, paying $12.50 an acre for it, and at once commenced its improvement, doing his first day's work upon it June 17, 1879. He immediately erected suitable buildings, and has in many other ways greatly increased the value of the place. until now he has one of the pleasantest homes in Lancaster Precinct, replete with all that is cheerful, attractive and pleasing, and the lawns are beautifully laid out and ornamented with an abundance of forest and fruit trees.
   The wedded life of our subject and his amiable wife has been blessed to them by the birth of six children, three sons and three daughters, only four of whom are living and the following is their record: Etta, born Dec. 13, 1855, is the wife of Charles F. Adams, of Riga, Monroe Co., N. Y.; Emily E., who married George W. McKinnon, of Lincoln, Neb., died Aug. 10, 1887; Willie M., born June 7, 1859, died July 28, 1882; Joseph H. was born Aug. 11, 1866; Hattie V. was born Sept. 18, 1868; Selden J. was born April 9, 1870. The three youngest children make their home with their parents. The members of this happy household are people of true refinement, and their cosy home is the center of a warm and generous hospitality, which is extended not only to those of their large circle of friends who may chance to cross the threshold, but also to the stranger within their gates, their cordial welcome making him feel that he has indeed found friends. All of the family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Lincoln.
   In all the relations of life in which he has been placed our subject has shown himself to be a manly, trustworthy, strictly honorable man. In his family he is a devoted husband and affectionate father; toward his neighbors he is always genial and helpful. He is a clear-headed thinker, is firm in his religious views, and in his political opinions is a strong advocate of the Prohibition party.

ORNELIUS H. STUTHEIT is an admirable young farmer and stock-raiser of Centerville Precinct, residing on section 33. He is a native of Clayton County, Iowa, the date of his birth being June 29, 1857. He is a son of Henry and Caroline Stutheit, who were early settlers of this county, and of whom further mention is made elsewhere in this ALBUM. When he was quite young our subject came with his parents to Nebraska, living for perhaps two years in Johnson County before coming to Lancaster County. He has been reared to manhood in this county,. having received the advantages of education that were afforded by the district schools in his younger days.
   The young men of a generation or two ago in a newly settled country, enjoyed so few of the educational privileges and advantages which are now offered to the young of their communities, that it becomes a, matter of wonder how they can so successfully compete with younger men in their business. We have but one answer to give to such an inquirer, and that is, the school of experience in which the earlier settlers were taught might have been a very hard one but it was a thorough one, and from its walls were sent out men not always proficient in the sciences and languages of our modern colleges, but thoroughly well acquainted with the laws of social, moral and mental develop-

ment, and with a good fund of sound common sense, which enabled them to meet the requirements of a business life.
   Our subject was engaged in farming from his boyhood days, and thus he became thoroughly well acquainted with the art of tilling the soil, so that when he became the owner of 160 acres of land, he knew just what was required for its improvement, as is quite evident to an observer who visits his place. On the 26th of April, 1885, he was united in marriage with Mary Duehming, a native of Wisconsin, her parents now living in Seward County, Neb. Mrs. Stutheit is a daughter of Ferdinand and Henrietta Duehming, the date of her birth being the 13th of August, 1864. When she was nine years old she came with her parents to Nebraska, remaining with them in Seward County, where her parents were early settlers, until she became a young woman. Her parents have had a large family of children, of whom the following seven survive: Otelia, Amelia, Anne, Theresa, Frank, William, and Mary, the wife of our subject.
   Our subject and his wife are the parents of two children: Walter C., who was born on the 27th of January, 1886; and Alma, who was born on the 21st of May, 1887. Mr. Stutheit is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and leads a consistent, Christian life, while in matters of political interest he is identified with the Republican party, advocating and supporting the institutions by which the general good and welfare of the country and the Community in which he lives are secured.

AMUEL WALKER, dealer in grain and live stock, in the village of Waverly, settled in Lancaster County near the above mentioned village in 1865. Mr. Walker is a native of Albion, where he first saw the light Nov. 2, 1844, in Lancashire. He is a son of Samuel and Christian (Hayes) Walker, of English birth and ancestry.
   The parents of our subject were people of ambition and enterprise, and feeling circumscribed in their sea-girt home, concluded to try their fortune in a foreign land, and their choice fell upon this country. Putting their design into execution, they embarked for the United States about 1852, and first settled in the State of Rhode Island. In his native land the father had been engaged in the mercantile business, and had also followed dyeing cotton goods, and upon his arrival in this country he found employment in the bleaching department of a muslin factory, and remained thus employed until 1857. He then removed to Manitowoc County, Wis., which became his home for eight years, after which he joined the procession moving toward the setting sun, and finally reaching this State, settled in Lancaster County. Here the parents found scope for their best energies, and they remained diligently employed in making a comfortable home for their family until their decease. Their children, seven in number, were born in England, and their record is as follows: Solomon resides in Lewiston, Me.; James, in California; Thomas, in Janesville, Wis.; Alfred, in California; Peter H., in Waverly, while Alice is the wife of Lewis Loder, and Samuel is the youngest of the family.
   In early life the services of young Walker were utilized in the bleaching department of the muslin factory with his father, while he secured a fair education in the excellent schools of Rhode Island. In 1865 he came to this State, and turning his attention to agricultural pursuits, was pleasantly employed as a tiller of the soil for about twelve years, at which time he established his present business. He owns a tract of 280 acres of well-improved land, besides some good town property, and considering that his residence in this county has been little more than twenty years, he may look with pardonable pride on what he has achieved in two decades by industry, integrity and good judgment.
   In Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Neb., 1878, our subject entered into a matrimonial alliance with Miss Mahala Reed, who was born in Knox, Ill., and is the daughter of William and Mary Ann Reed. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Walker has been brightened by the advent of four interesting children: Cora, Samuel Hayes, Allison R. and an infant unnamed, and they have a good prospect of entering upon the arena of life for themselves with more favorable environments than those with which their parents