Robert and George are at home with their parents; John and Fenton died it the homestead in Highland Precinct, when nine days and fourteen days old, respectively.
   Mr. Strelow will not be confined within any party lines, but reserves the right to support the men whom he considers best qualified to have in charge the interests of the people. He has held the various local offices of his township, and is a man whose opinions are uniformly respected, being possessed of strong good sense and that integrity of character which holds in scorn a mean action. He has also officiated as Road Supervisor for a period of three terms. Both he and his excellent wife were reared in the doctrines of the Lutheran Church, and usually attend services with the society in Highland Precinct.

DWARD MARSHALL, a prominent farmer, whose property is situated upon section 11, Denton Precinct, is a scion of a Virginian family whose history extends back to the pre-revolutionary period, and whose names are connected with that memorable struggle. His paternal ancestors were English, who, with the desire for larger liberty, both in regard to conscience, and things more palpable to outward sense, came to this country among the earliest colonists. The grandfather of our subject served under Washington throughout the whole of the War for Independence. His maternal ancestors were Germans, and emigrated to America after the formation of the United States. The Marshall family finally settled in Virginia, where the father of our subject was born, reared and married, and in the early part of the year 1834 emigrated to Indiana, which was his home until 1847. He was survived by his wife only about two years.
   Our subject was born at the home in Marion County, Ind., on the 22d of May, 1836. The name of his father was William, and his mother Catherine Marshall. Their family circle included five children: William R., a resident in Miami County; our subject; Anne, now Mrs. Kercher, of Wabash County, Ind., James, of St. Louis, Mo., and Henry M., a successful farmer in Wabash County of his native State. It will be noticed that our subject was only ten years of age when he was left fatherless, and twelve when, as an orphan, he was left to face the cold, unfeeling world alone. Upon the death of his mother he was apprenticed to a blacksmith to learn the trade, and in this business continued until he attained his majority.
   As a young man our subject started out for himself, and opened a blacksmith-shop and shoeing forge in Howard County, Ind. In this he remained for five years, and so faithfully had he worked, and so well had he learned his trade in the days of his apprenticeship, that each year his favorable reputation was extended, with the desirable result that he was enabled to lay by a snug sum against a time of need. After five years our subject engaged in the sawmill business, with W. G. Mulligan as a partner. Their headquarters were situated at Petersburg Ind., and for seven years our subject was even more successful than he had been in his previous business.
   From the creaking bellows and ringing anvil, our subject had gone amid the clatter of machinery and whirr-r-r of the buzz-saw. He now exchanged the latter for the vocation of the farmer under the free canopy of the eternal blue, with the lowing of cattle and the singing of birds. In 1884 he severed his connection with Mr. Mulligan, and purchased a farm in Howard County, Ind. After a period of about three years he determined to follow Horace Greeley's advice, and "go West," and having been so successful in Indiana. argued that, with the larger facilities and the fine climate of Nebraska, he could be even more so, and in 1884 settled upon his present farm, having fourteen years previously spent some time in Nebraska,, prospecting and investing in land, situated about twelve miles north of Lincoln, near the site of Davey Station, which has since grown up in that neighborhood. Here he had purchased 160 acres from the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad, for which he paid $640. This property he afterward traded for his present farm, giving in addition $1,000 in cash.
   Until the year 1859 our subject had been content to bear the loneliness resultant from the death of his parents, but upon the l8th of August, that

year, this was numbered with the things of the past, and he was wedded to Helen E. Couse, a native of New York State, born Dec. 29, 1840. Her father was John Prudence, a resident of New York. This marriage our subject has never had cause to regret; its felicity was assured, but has, nevertheless, been largely, augmented by the appearance from time to time of the little ones given to them. Four of these returned in early life to the home of the Great Father of all. The remaining four have grown up to be honored and beloved in the home, and respected in the larger circles of daily life. Anne B., the eldest, is the wife of G. W. Felton, of Lincoln; Charles, Harry and Hattie are still at home. The names of those deceased are recorded as follows: Ida, Edward, Pearl and William.
   Our subject is a large-hearted, public-spirited man, self-reliant and having large reserve force. Whatever he has acquired, whether in education, property, character or influence, it is his own work, ambition and energy. Such men are indeed worthy of the admiration and respect which we in this grand Republic, as citizens, are so ready to accord.

OHN W. MENLOVE, a wealthy capitalist of Lincoln, Neb., has for many years been prominently identified with its business interests, and has materially aided its growth from a small village to a large and populous city of nearly 50,000 inhabitants. He is a son of John Menlove, who was one of the first settlers of Stephenson County, Ill., and he was born Nov. 17, 1840 in the humble abode that his father had erected on his homestead in the town of Erin. The father of our subject was a native of England, and when he left the home of his childhood and youth to make his own way in the world, he selected Stephenson County, then a wild and sparsely inhabited country, as his future abode, and he became one of the leading pioneers of that county. He took up a tract of land from the Government and built a log house, the roof of which was covered with shakes, which, in lieu of nails, were held in place by the weight of poles. Chicago, 125 miles distant, was the nearest market, and oftentimes, the price of grain being low, the expenses of the journey would consume nearly the price of a load. Mr. Menlove lived to improve a good farm in the town where he made his home, and he also became the owner of a large land valuable farm of 320 acres in Plum River district. He spent his last years on his Stephenson County farm, and died respected and lamented by the whole community. His wife, whose maiden name was Miss Mary Pritchard, was also a native of England.
   John Menlove, of this sketch, received his education in the primitive pioneer schools of his native county, which were constructed of hewn logs and fitted up with rude, home-made furniture. As soon as large enough he commenced to assist his father in the farm work. But the same bold, enterprising spirit that had actuated his father to become a pioneer seemed to have animated him, and in 1867 he determined to go West and seek a location, So in the fall of that year he visited Grundy County, Iowa, and bought a tract of wild prairie land. He then went back to Illinois, and in the spring of 1868 returned to Grundy County with Mr. Ledwith, who had bought land adjoining his, and they built a shanty on their land and kept a bachelors' establishment together. Mr. Menlove's investment proved to be a good one, for in the fall, after having broken forty acres and commenced a house, he sold his land at a good advance, and the money that he thus secured was the nucleus of his present fortune. He returned to Illinois, and a short time after, in 1869, came to Lincoln and bought property on the corner of Eleventh and P streets, and after spending the following winter in Illinois, he returned in the spring of 1870 to this city, and formed a partnership with James Ledwith. They erected buildings on their property on the corner of Eleventh and P streets, and established a feed stable. In a short time they added the livery business, and their means being small they commenced on a humble scale, but they soon increased their stock and did a thriving trade. They afterward added the sale of coal and wood to their business, which they made very profitable. They continued together eight years, when they divided their business and land, our subject taking the livery business and forty-two feet of the north part of the lots. At

the end of a year and a half he leased the barn and went out of the trade. During that time he had bought a tract of wild land in Hamilton County, which he partly improved and he then sold, and bought another tract of 320 acres in Saline County, which he has improved into a fine farm, and still owns. In 1879 he bought lots on Q street, and when Eleventh street was laid out these lots faced that thoroughfare, and he erected a business block on them which he still owns. In 1872 he erected his present substantial, well-appointed residence on Q street, between Eleventb and Twelfth streets, his dwelling now in the heart of the city being then on the outskirts, which well illustrates the extremely rapid growth of the city within the last few years. Our subject came here with limited means, but by the exercise of sound judgment and a shrewd business policy he has placed himself among the moneyed and substantial men of the capital city. He is extensively known through his business connections, and is widely respected as possessing in a large degree those qualities which make him a desirable citizen.
   The home life of our subject is made pleasant by the presence of a devoted wife, to whom he was married Nov. 28, 1872, and their four children--Bessie, Stella, Lulu and Edward. Mrs. Menlove was formerly Miss Mary A. Ledwith, a native of Dover, N. J., and a daughter of James and Mary (Carbery) Ledwith, early settlers of Stephenson County, Ill. Her father improved a valuable farm there, on which he resided until his death. His estimable wife, mother of Mrs. Menlove, still lives on the old homestead.

EON G. ANDRESS. Whatever may be the engagements in life, whatever the sphere, it is assuredly true that, however liberal the education may be, there is not one useless part or adjustment to be found. From the Greek or Hebrew roots, which have been dug with such painful efforts, to the bewildering concatenation of intricacies of Euclid's problems, everything is of use, and the educated man, other things being equal, is the man who is able to engage in new employments or take up new and difficult tasks successfully. True occasionally here and there you will come across am uneducated genius, but his power is cramped and warped as compared with what he would be with the enlarged outlook, and developed mental power and training.
   Our subject, the owner of a beautiful and well appointed farm upon section 3, West Oak Precinct, comprising 160 acres of very fine land, devoted to general farming and stock-raising, is the son of George H. Andress, who was born on the shores of Lake Erie, in Lorain County, Ohio, on the 5th of August. 1834. After a schooling obtained in the common institutions of his native town, his education was completed in Berea College, Ohio, from which he was graduated in due course. From that he entered upon the duties of his chosen calling,. that of farming and stock-raising, giving especial prominence to horse-breeding. He became the owner of 234 acres of ground, all of which was in later years devoted to this purpose.
   Mr. Andress was most happily married to Matilda Elson, who was born Feb. 1, 1831, and their happiness has been completed by the birth of three children, of whom two still live, our subject and his sister Maud, now Mrs. F. Fowler, of Ohio. Mrs. Andress died Jan. 10, 1868. She was the daughter of Joseph Elson, and was born in the town of Vermillion, Ohio. In 1872 the father of our subject was again married, the lady of his choice being Permelia Hutchinson.
   Leon G. Andress was ushered into life in the town of Henrietta, Lorain Co., Ohio, upon the 13th of March, 1865. He was a careful and earnest student while in the common school, and equally so when at Oberlin College, where he went to finish his education. At the conclusion of his studies in that institution, he passed a searching examination, and was graduated with honors. He then returned home, and worked with his father until the 1st of April, 1886, when he came to this State, and purchased his present property, which was but slightly improved. Although our subject is only about twenty-three years of age, he has taken hold of affairs in a very enterprising; and intelligently masterful manner. He has erected a good frame house, put up a large and conveniently arranged barn and stable,

set up all the fences, and has the only windmill in the vicinity. He has eighty acres of corn in, all of which he will require for his stock. He is raising hogs on a very extensive scale, and is the owner of a herd of high-grade Herefords and Short-horns, and has a very excellent dairy. Like his father, he is giving special attention to horses, and is the proprietor of a super-excellent Hambletonian stallion, registered full-blood. Knowing how greatly the eye assists the perceptive powers, we have inserted it view of the above, which we feel sure will be appreciated.
   The grandfather of our subject, Carlo Andress, was a native of New York, and came early to Ohio, following the avocation of agriculture all his life. He departed this life in the year 1871. His son, the father of our subject, was County Treasurer of Lorain in 1886-88, and also Justice of the Peace ever since the earliest recollection of our subject, who bids fair to follow in the footsteps of his honored progenitor.
   Mr. Leon Andress is quite popular with the people around him, and since his coming to this State has shown marked business ability, which has made all competent judges confident that there is a still greater, future before him. He is a man of steady habits, of large intellect and well-trained mental power. In politics he follows the most excellent example of his father and grandfather, and affiliates with the Democratic party, and no one who is acquainted with him, and watched his career, can fail to believe that among the honored names of this State in days not far distant will be found that of Leon G. Andress.

OSEPH W. WAUGH, a prominent farmer of Denton Precinct, residing on section 15, is a native of Steuben County, N. Y. He was born Dec. 25, 1823. His father and mother, Abraham and Martha Waugh, were both natives of Pennsylvania, and both also of Scotch descent. They had nine children, of whom six are now living: Joseph W., our subject; Sarah, wife of D. S. Pryor, of Rockford, Ill.; Abraham M., also in Rockford; Margaret, wife of Lewis Rogers, in Livinston County, N. Y.; Martha E., also in Livingston County, and Adelaide, wife of J. D. Revere, of the same place.
   Our subject was reared to manhood in his native county, and received a rudimentary education afforded in the early schools of that day. Having a great fondness for reading he indulged that liking, and became well informed on general topics of the day. His general knowledge and intelligence have aided him materially to follow the pursuit of agriculture, of which he has made a successful study.
   Mr. Waugh was married in New York State, in 1852, to Diana Woodard, by whom he had one child, Martha, deceased. He was a second time married, in Illinois, to Sarah Martin, who bore him two children: Maggie, wife of Ira Jinders, of Rockford, Ill., and Carrie, wife of E. Drake, of Valley County, Neb. In 1872 he married for his third wife Mrs. Margaret Robinson, she being the mother of Mrs. Frank R. Denton by her first marriage. The fruits of this union were two boys--Edgar and Albert.
   In 1853 the subject of this sketch quitted his native State, and went to Winnebago County, Ill. Thence he came to this county in 1878, where he has since resided. He is essentially a self-made man in the truest sense of the word. By his industry and careful management he has become the owner of eighty acres of well-improved land. He has served with much credit in some of the school offices of his precinct.
   In politics our subject is a Prohibitionist. His views as to general government are liberal and well advanced. He keeps abreast of the times, and favors everything that leads to the improvement and enlightenment of his country. He is public-spirited, and desires nothing so much as the welfare of the people.
   Mrs. Margaret Waugh is a native of Ontario, Canada, the date of her birth being Aug. 8, 1835. She is a daughter of John and Jane Straight, the latter deceased, both natives of Northern Ireland, and of Scotch descent. Her parents emigrated to America early in the thirties, and settled in Canada, where the father still lives. The mother died July 15, 1876. To her parents were born nine children, seven of whom are living: Margaret, Matilda,

Samuel, David, Elizabeth J., Thomas, John, Mary and Eunice. On the 28th of December, 1852, Margaret was married to David Robinson, by whom she had four children, James, John and Mary now living. Shortly after her marriage she removed with her husband to Illinois, his death occurring in that State in 1868. In 1872 she married her present husband, Mr. Waugh. She is an honored member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, well meriting the esteem and good-will of all who know her.

HOMAS HUDDLESTON is one of the farmers of Denton Precinct, without mention of whom this work would be incomplete. He is a native of Lancashire, England, one of the northwestern counties, its coast line washed by the Irish Sea, and as well known throughout the world as the land of the Lancashire clog, whence came the "clog dancers," as from any point of its historical, geographical or commercial importance. The clog will remain identified with Lancashire as the sabot is with France and French peasants.
   The birth of our subject occurred on the 11th day of November, 1855. His parents were George and Elizabeth Huddleston, also natives of the same county. There were seven children included in their family circle, six of whom are still living: Mary, now Mrs. T. A. Corvin; Isabella, wife of Daniel Jeffrey; Sarah, who is married to William Hartley; Jane, who is united to T. J. Wilkinson, all residing in Lancashire. Besides these there are our subject and his brother John, who divides his time and residence between the old country and the new.
   No man can be successful in life whose mind is not developed by some educational process. This may be received in the hard school of experience, as in the case of out, street arabs, and some others who, although belonging to a higher plane of life, have no opportunities for becoming any better acquainted with institutions of learning than may be obtained from the exterior. One of the greatest institutions and blessings of our beloved country is the fact that, whether in the busy city with its teeming thousands of people, or in the country settlements, even in the far-off and newly settled districts, the children find more or less complete instruction in necessary branches under a regime, and by the assistance of school paraphernalia of all kinds, that even a few years ago would have been considered a prodigality.
   Our subject received his education in the common school and continued until he was fourteen years of age. From that time he worked upon the farm until he reached his nineteenth year, when he turned his efforts in the direction of mining iron and coal in different mines in England. This he continued to follow until his emigration to America in 1879. His journey to this country was undertaken without any definite knowledge of future undertaking, but with large hope of prosperity, at least to the extent of becoming his own master and proprietor of his own home.
   The voyage was long and tedious from Liverpool to Quebec, as compared with the rapid coursing of the "Atlantic Greyhounds," for every year witnesses some new invention, some stride forward in the perfecting of the bridge of boats which unites the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Our subject proceeded immediately to Nebraska, and was not long in deciding that Denton Precinct was the place for him, and accordingly he took up his residence on a farm on section 10 for a time, removing in the spring of 1886 to his present property, which is situated upon the second section. His hopes have been realized, for he is to-day the owner of 160 acres, cultivated to the highest efficiency, and yielding him, other things being equal, exceptionally good crops. His home and farm buildings are well built, substantial, comfortable and pleasant. All of this he has acquired by his own industry, with the exception of a small sum given him by his father in order to start.
   The success which has attended our subject has been shared in by his wife, Lois Harley, who is a sister of John Harley, of Denton Precinct. (See sketch.) She has proved to him a most faithful friend and companion through all the varied phases of their life, and now, having been his helpmate in the rush, is his associate in the more quiet but substantial elements of the hush of life. They are upon the high road to solid success, for he is in every way worthy, and if honesty, industry, intelli-

gence and the attributes of manliness count for anything--and they do--he will go on prospering.
   The home of Mr. Huddleston has been rendered more completely happy, and the delectable charm with which his wife has endowed it greatly increased by the presence of their five children, whose names are here given: George E., Harriet E., Herbert E., Flossie D. and Edith. In the communion of the Methodist Episcopal Church there are very few if any members more highly esteemed for their personal worth and higher life and devotion than our subject and wife, and what is true of their religious relationship is equally so in every circle outside its pale. Among friends, neighbors and fellow citizens Mr. Huddleston and his family are accorded the honest admiration and regard which are offered to every honorable man and loyal citizen.

ENRY HAACK is one of the solid and substantial citizens of Yankee Hill Precinct, where he is actively engaged in farming on section 7. He is a native of Mecklenburg, Germany, born Dec, 31, 1842. His parents, John and Dora (Miller) Haack, were natives and lifelong residents of Germany. They were justly esteemed by all about them for the uprightness of their lives and industrious habits. Six children blessed their marriage, namely: Lotta, Mary, Charles, Louis, William and Henry.
   The latter, who is the subject of this biography, received a fair education in the German schools, and remained a citizen of the Fatherland until 1869, when he decided to come to America, as a land offering more inducements for a man to make his way to prosperity than his native country. Accordingly he embarked on a small steamer at Copenhagen, and went to Hull, England, where he took an express train, and was whirled across the island to Liverpool. He there boarded an American-bound steamer, and after a passage of sixteen days on the ocean, found himself in New York City. He worked there about six weeks, and then went to Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., Pa., where he established himself as a carpenter, soon forming a partnership with one Fred Miller as a contractor, which business they successfully conducted for ten years with good financial results.
   While residing in Pennsylvania our subject took upon himself domestic cares, being there married, Sept. 12, 1872, to Miss Mary Oalman, daughter of George and Dora (Schuldts) Oalman, natives of Germany. She was born Sept. 26, 1848. Eight children have been born of this marriage, namely: Emma, William, Louie, Minnie, Henry, Adolph, and Dora and Mary, who are deceased.
   In 1878 Mr. Haack closed up his business in Pennsylvania, having resolved to turn his attention to farming and to take advantage of the splendid agricultural facilities and fine climate offered by the State of Nebraska. Accompanied by his wife and children, he came to Lancaster County and located in Yankee Hill Precinct, where he has ever since been a valued citizen. He now owns a good farm, whose productive soil well repays all his care and cultivation. He has been quite prosperous since coining here, and generously attributes apart of his success to the energetic assistance of his good wife. He is a man whose habits and conduct in life are above reproach, and the sound principles upon which he conducts his business transactions have gained him the confidence of the people with whom he comes in contact. He is a manly and sincere Christian, and a member of the Evangelical Association. In politics he stands firmly by the Republican party, using his influence by voice and vote to advance the interests of the party.

UGUST F. SEVERIN, who is widely and favorably known throughout Buda Precinct, has a very fine farm on section 22. He has distinguished himself by the most persevering industry, and a pleasing and attractive picture is afforded to the passer-by as he glances over the premises, the well-tilled fields separated by rows of good fencing, the pastures dotted here and there with the farm animals roaming at will, while in a pleasant and well-selected spot is situated the