good use of his time that he became qualified for a teacher, and pursued this calling for a time, and later was in the employ of a publishing house as their agent at New York. Soon after the outbreak of the late war he enlisted, in July, 1861, in Company E, 10th Illinois Infantry, as a private, going first to Cairo, Ill., and later to the South with his regiment. They were assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, under command first of Gen. Grant and afterward under Gen. Pope. Mr. Mundorff saw much active service, being present at the siege of New Madrid and Island No. 10, besides meeting the enemy in various other important battles and skirmishes. He fought at the siege of Corinth, and after being transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, was at the battles of Mission Ridge and Stone River, although not actively participating in the latter, his corps being held in reserve. He did not receive any wound in battle, but was hurt in the left foot while returning to Chattanooga from the Knoxville campaign, and was confined in the hospital from December, 1863, to April, 1864. His term of enlistment now having expired, he received his honorable discharge, and returning to Henderson County, Ill., engaged in the lumber business until the spring of 1869.
   Our subject now resolved to cross the Mississippi, and took up his abode on a farm in Madison County, Iowa, where he continued three years. In 1872 he homesteaded a tract of land in Osceola County, that State, which he occupied five years, then came to Nebraska and settled on his present farm, in Yankee Hill Precinct. He made the journey hither from Iowa with his family in a wagon drawn by one team of horses and two ox-teams, the journey consuming twenty-six days. Rain fell the greater portion of this time and they camped out wherever night overtook them. Upon their arrival here they slept in their covered wagon until October, when Mr. Mundorff put up a small house.
   Mr. Mundorff, upon coming to this county, purchased eighty acres of land from the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company, for which he paid $10 per acre. Some discouraged settler had broken a few acres and then abandoned it. Aside from this there had been no attempt at improvement. Our subject before leaving Illinois had been married in Henderson County, Oct. 26, 1865, to Miss Sarah J. Graham, who was born there Sept. 3, 1840. Her parents, William M. and Jane (Popham) Graham, were among the earliest pioneers of that region. They were natives of Kentucky, and the father, by two marriages, was head of a family of twelve children, ten of whom are living: Andrew R., in Illinois. Robert C. and Thomas, in Kansas; William and Joseph, in Iowa; John, in Kansas; Mary, Mrs. William Graham, in California; Samuel, in Kansas; Sarah J. and Martha A., in Warren County, Ill. William M. Graham departed this life at his home in Iowa, in 1882, and the mother is still living in that State.
   Mr. and Mrs. Mundorff began the journey of life together in Illinois. The birth of their four children is as follows: Florence C., Nov. 15, 1866; David F., July 28, 1869; William M., Nov. 15, 1871, and Arthur A., June 23, 1873. They all, with their parents, are identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and respected members of society.
   Mr. Mundorff, politically, is a stanch Republican, which party he has supported since its organization, casting his first vote for Gen. John C. Fremont, in. 1856. He has held the various local offices, serving as School Director in his district, and while in Iowa was County Commissioner. He deservedly ranks among the honored pioneers of this county, and although many men in this region commenced poor in purse, there are few who can recount the trials through which he passed, and out of which he came master of the situation.

AJOR GILBERT BOHANAN, senior member of the firm of Bohanan Bros., occupies a good position among the business men of the city of Lincoln, carrying on a lively trade in fresh and salt meats, fish, poultry, etc. He is a gentleman in the prime of life, having been born March 14, 1842, and a native of Peoria. Ill. His parents, Edward and Mahala T. (Wilber), Bohanan, were natives respectively of New York State and Massachusetts.
   The father of our subject was born Jan. 2, 1809, and emigrated to Illinois when a young man twenty-

three years of age. For many years he was engaged as a butcher, meeting with success, and is now living in retirement in Peoria, Ill. The lady to whom he was first married became the mother of seven children, and died at her home in Peoria, Feb. 17, 1865, at the age of fifty years. Their fourth and fifth born died in infancy; Major G., our subject, was the first child; Franklin H., Walter G. and Edward G. are residents of Lincoln, Neb; Lavinia M., Mrs. Gatewood Lock, is a resident of Kansas City.
   Mr. Bohanan spent his boyhood and youth in his native city, attending first the common schools and later took a course at the Coles Commercial College, from which he emerged reasonably well fitted for his future career. He came to this county in April, 1868, and in June following established himself in business, in which he has met with success. He became associated with his brother in 1865. He was married, on the 29th of October, 1872, to Miss Lydia S. Rakestraw, who was born in Coles County, Ill., Oct. 7, 1855, and is the daughter of Isaac and Dicy Rakestraw, who were natives of Ohio. The father is now a resident of Kansas and the mother is deceased. Of this union there have been born four children, namely: Edward I., Myrtle A., Clarence O. and Franklin Leroy. The family residence is pleasantly located at No. 927 M street, Lincoln, and is in all respects the home of comfort and refinement Mrs. B. is a lady greatly respected in her community, and a member in good standing of the First Baptist Church.
   Bohanan Bros. represent a large amount of property in this county, including farm lands and city lots. They put up the business house which they now occupy in 1872. It is a substantial two-story brick building, and the portion devoted to their market operations is finely equipped and fitted up with every convenience and they give employment to seven men. In addition to this they erected a fine block at the intersection of Tenth and N streets, which occupies an area of 100x106 feet, and is also three stories in height. It contains the largest public hall in the State and two smaller ones. They have also a livery barn of ample dimensions, a fine brick and stone structure 36x130, which is an ornament to the business part of the city. The business of this they also conduct in addition to their market operations, having a fine lot of vehicles and horses, the latter including some of the best driving stock in the State. The stables were established in 1876, and command a fine patronage.
   Bohanan Bros. have also invested a large amount of capital in a number of residence buildings in the city. Considering the fact that they commenced business with $89 and a few tools, their career is something remarkable. Major G., socially. is a member of the I. O. O. F., while his estimable wife is identified with the Daughters of Rebecca. She is a member of the society of the Home of the Friendless; she is a member of the Baptist Church, and also of the society for the benefit of the poor of the church. Mr. B., politically, is an uncompromising Democrat, and an active member of the Board of Trade in the city of Lincoln. The brothers purchased, in 1882, the first omnibus line in the city, which had been established a short time before, and have also facilities for undertaking, including ten double teams of fine gray horses and all the requisite paraphernalia for funerals and weddings alike. They are connoisseurs in horseflesh, and their stables include two valuable imported Clyde stallions, besides other valuable stock.
   Mrs. Bohanan is an artist of fine talent and has produced some very fine oil paintings.. Their handsomely furnished residence bears upon its walls many specimens of her taste and skill, and which evidence a love of and rare adaptability to this art. The family have a large circle of friends and acquaintances among the cultivated people of the city, where they occupy a leading position and command the influence which always goes hand in hand with intelligence, mental capacities and business talent.

HEODORE C. MILLER is a native of Fayette County, Pa., and was born Feb. 5, 1830. He is a son of Nicholas and Frances Miller, natives of the same State. The family is of Scotch-Irish extraction. His father has been twice married, and has had seven children, although five only are living--Theodore, John T., Sophronia, Elvira and Clarinda. Of these our subject is the eldest. John T. is a resident of Rock Island. Ill.;

Clarinda is the wife of Henry Shuster, of Beaver Falls, Pa.; Sophronia married Elijah Starrett, of the same place, and Elvira is now Mrs. H. M. Myers, also of Beaver Falls.
   Until manhood our subject remained at home, and was educated in the public school of the district. In it he received an education which, although not so extensive and erudite as might have been obtained in larger institutions, was sufficient for all practical purposes until he should enter the school of experience. He has always been a careful, extensive and retentive reader, so that he is well versed in a large range of subjects, and is enabled to grasp not simply the outline but very many of the details of the more stirring questions of the times. He has devoted much time to traveling in the following: New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Colorado, Minnesota and Dakota Territory. These journeyings, while usually originating in some business cause, have been made to yield much pleasure and instruction.
   When thirteen years of age our subject engaged as a clerk in a store, and by business tact, diligence, and attention to the details of business, he won the confidence of his employer, and passed from one position to another until he was eligible to enter into mercantile life upon his own account. If we could have seen him as he performed the duties of his first clerkship, and could have followed him in the various positions he was called upon to fill, have accompanied him through the years when he was the employer instead of employe, we should naturally expect that whatever he might undertake and however be employed, it would be his business to succeed.
   In the spring of 1879 Mr. Miller left the store and desk for the farm. He began to use the plow, the harrow and the cultivator instead of the pen, the balance and the measure. He settled in this county, where he continues to reside. He is the owner of 160 acres of fine land, which has become, under his good management and untiring industry, one of the best farms in this section. He was married, May 20, 1853, to Asenith Stantz, a native of Fayette County, Pa. She was the daughter of Thomas and Susan Stantz, who were also natives of the same State. Their marriage has been blessed by four children, although the eldest, Alvin, is deceased. The others are John C., Arthur M. and Harry W. Our subject has for many years been recognized as a true and worthy brother, and member of the A. F. & A. M., and, doubtless, the lessons learned in the blaze of the great light before the Masonic altar have enabled him, with more honor to himself and charity toward all others, to walk along the level of time, and will continue so to do until he shall cross the "bourne from which no traveler returns."
   Mr. Miller, from the time when he cast his first ballot until the present, has been an enthusiastic Republican, and is a firm adherent to the principles of that party. Mr. Miller's wife died on the homestead Dec. 29, 1884.

ILLIAM R. EGGLESTON. In the pleasant town of Grantham, in Lincolnshire, England, situated about twenty-two miles from the city of Lincoln, was born, Feb. 16, 1824, the subject of this sketch, now a prominent and prosperous farmer in Elk Precinct, his property there comprising eighty acres of good land in excellent condition, and exhibiting in its various parts an excellent knowledge of husbandry, not only possessed but put into actual use.
   George Mercer Eggleston, father of our subject, is likewise a native of England, born in Newark in Nottinghamshire, as was also William L. Eggleston, the grandfather, and William Eggleston, the great-grandfather of our subject. While quite a young man, the grandfather of our subject ran away from home in an excess of patriotic ambition, and enlisted in the Coldstream Guards, one of the crack infantry of the English army. After a faithful service as private and Corporal he was promoted to the position of Sergeant. After the death of his father he bought his discharge from the army, and having nothing but an excellent and honorable record, this was obtained, and he setttled (sic) in Grantham and opened business as a baker and confectioner. He

afterward carried on the same in London and Stamford; in the latter place he died in 1830.
   George M. Eggleston, son of the above, was reared in Lincolnshire, where he also obtained his education in the British schools, and afterward learned his father's business and continued as his assistant, and carried on the business at Grantham until his death, in 1837. He was a member of the first lodge of I. O. O. F. ever organized, and at his death the obsequies were conducted under the auspices of that fraternity. He was the husband of Maria Watson, a native of Hull, a large and important seaport on the eastern coast, the most important shipping point in Yorkshire; she died in Grantham in the year 1858. She was the mother of three children: George, who now resides in Grantham, William R., and Mary A., now deceased.
   William R. Eggleston was the only member of his family to come to this country. He was reared to manhood in his native town, and there also was married and continued to reside until about twenty-six years of age, when he emigrated to America. He set sail from Liverpool on the 1st of August, 1850, in the "Western World," a sailing-vessel, and was consequently much longer upon the voyage than a steamer. After five weeks tossing and tumbling upon the Atlantic rollers he landed in New York. On this voyage he was accompanied by his wife and son George W. H. The family immediately proceeded to Ohio, and settled in Cayahoga Falls, where he continued to live for nearly six years, occupied in gardening. He then removed to Peoria County, Ill. There he rented a farm and continued with increasing prosperity until 1861, when he removed to Cedar County, Iowa, and in the fall of the same year went to the mountains of Colorado, performing the journey by the aid of a four-mule team and wagon, and until the year 1863 was employed in mining. He then returned to Cedar County via Omaha, where he remained until 1870, when he came to this county.
   Eighteen years ago Nebraska, as would be expected, presented a very different appearance to what it does to-day. Then the land which is so fertile, where corn, wheat and other grains flourish in rich profusion, where are homesteads dotting the whole landscape, where are now extensive orchards extending their fruitful invitation to refreshment, and gems of horticulture perfuming the air with a myriad deliciously delicate scents, then was nothing but the wild, rolling prairie, occupied only by the buffalo, wolf, elk and antelope, with here and there a little claim shanty or dug-out or possibly an Indian wigwam. Here, with a few men of like spirit, and doughty pioneers he settled, entering a homestead, his present property, built his house and farm buildings, and lived for two years, which were crowded with work of various kinds for the improvement and cultivation of his farm, and in this he was so successful as to be enabled to erect his present dwelling, a comfortable and substantial frame house.
   About two years before Mr. Eggleston left England, in the year 1848, he was united in marriage to Sarah Bavin, a native of Grantham. In the year 1859, during their residence in Peoria, the bands were severed by her death, which occurred after a short illness. She left two children; George, who came with them from England, and Lucy Ellen, born in Cayahoga Falls. The former is now a prosperous grain-dealer at Bennet, and Vice President of the bank there. (See sketch.) Lucy has become the wife of Lycurgus Pearson, and is living in Cedar County, Iowa. Our subject was married again in July, 1880. His present wife is Rosa (Harford) Whitlock.
   Mrs. Eggleston was born in Birmingham, England, in September, 1844; her father, John Harford, was a native of Worcestershire, and was by trade a tanner, which he afterward changed to that of wine merchant on his removal to Birmingham, where he continued to reside until his death. The maiden name of his wife, mother of Mrs. Eggleston, was Mary A. Field, a native of Birmingham, in which city the greater part of her life had been spent, This marriage was happily blessed by the birth of nine children, five of whom afterward came to America. He afterward married a second time, by which marriage there were seven children. Rosa Harford was first married to Thomas S. Whilock, also of Birmingham; they came to Nebraska in 1868 and settled in Nebraska City, and after a residence of nine years removed to Lincoln, where, the year following, Mr. Whilock died, in the month of

December. By her first husband she became the mother of five children, of whom four are living--Frances R.. Mary E., Thomas H. and Louisa. Her union with our subject has been blessed by the birth of two children--William and Clara.
   Mr. Eggleston has always held a high place in the estimation of his fellow-citizens, both on account of his personal character and eminent respectability, his social status and large intellectual caliber. He has always taken the deepest interest in educational and school matters, and has several times served on the District Board, and is a careful student of all the questions which are before the nation, especially such as look toward the educational department. He was elected the first Justice of the Peace in Elk Precinct, and while occupying that seat, his careful investigation and discrimination, linked with his impartial decisions, gained for him the admiration of every friend of justice. In politics he is a Democrat.

AMES A. McNABB, Among the younger members of the farming community of Yankee Hill Precinct, few have a more prosperous outlook than the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. Besides being enterprising and industrious, he is a good financier, investing his proceeds judiciously and looking after his business affairs in a manner which would do credit to one of many more years experience. He operates a good farm of eighty acres on section 16, where he has good buildings, live stock and machinery, and all the appurtenances of a well-conducted rural home. His family consists of an intelligent wife and four bright children, the latter born as follows: Hattie B., Dec. 24, 1881; Ethel, Feb. 13, 1883; Archibald, Dec. 29, 1884, and Jessie, Jan. 1, 1887. The McNabb family is of Scotch ancestry, and was represented on this side of the Atlantic probably in the Colonial days, although the branch from which the parents of our subject sprang continued in their native Highlands. The latter, John and Margaret (Morrison) McNabb, emigrated to the United States before their marriage. The father was one of the earliest settlers of Putnam County, Ill., where he still resides, and where James, was born Feb. 22, 1856. The mother died there March 13, 1880. The parental roof sheltered seven children, six of whom are living, namely: Daniel, John, Robert and Orsilla, residents of Putnam County; our subject and Jane, both residents of Yankee Hill Precinct, this county.
   The subject of this biography spent his early life after the manner of most farmers' sons, learning to plow, sow and reap, and acquiring his education in the district school, mostly during the winter season. He left the parental roof it the time of his marriage, in March, 1881, being then a little past twenty-five years of age. The lady chosen to share with him the vicissitudes of life was in her girlhood Miss Antoinette Laughlin, a native of his own county, and a daughter of James and Julia (Smith) Laughlin, who are now residents of Bureau County, Ill.
   Mr. and Mrs. McNabb began life, together in Illinois, and came to Nebraska in 1883, settling at once upon his present farm. Here he has eighty acres of productive land, the condition of which he is improving each year, keeping up the buildings in good shape and gradually adding those conveniences which are essential to the comfort and prosperity of the progressive agriculturist. He gives very little attention to political affairs, although keeping himself well posted upon matters of general interest, and uniformly votes the Republican ticket. Aside from serving as Treasurer in his school district, he has refrained from the responsibilities of office, although amply qualified by habits and training to assume the duties which too many undertake with questionable results.
   The father of our subject during the Civil War distinguished himself as an earnest advocate of Union principles, not only in his own immediate neighborhood., but often delivered public speeches, including also in the maintenance of an undivided country the principles of freedom to all men, believing that the institution of slavery was one unauthorized by the Creator, and in direct opposition to right and justice. He was a man of decided views, and presented his sentiments in that clear and forcible manner which bore conviction with

them, and stamped him at least as a man thoroughly in sympathy with the words he uttered, and which placed him upon record during those stirring times as a true patriot. Our subject was then a little lad, but he remembers many of the incidents of those stirring times, and it is not to be wondered at that he is a Republican of the first water, politically, and thoroughly in sympathy with this progressive age of freedom and enlightenment.

UCIUS H. COMPTON. Among the pioneer settlers of Buda Precinct must be mentioned the subject of this sketch, who was, however, by no means unacquainted with pioneer life at the time of his settlement, for he was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, on the 5th of April, 1845. he is a son of William and Mary A. Compton. His father was a native of New Jersey, and of Scotch-Irish extraction, as was also his mother. They were among the first settlers of Muskingum County, and settled there over fifty years ago, and had reared a large family of children upon their farm, of whom the following survive: Martha, Lucius H., Amelia, William F. and Orington J.
   The father of our subject had practically grown up with the settlement in the above county, and being energetic, intelligent, and anxious to see the country develop, took a prominent part in almost everything that looked to that end. He was widely known and respected throughout the county, and upon his death, May 4, 1888, the community seemed to realize that they had lost one of the pillars of their social structure. At the funeral, as evidencing the above fact, there were 110 carriages at the house and about thirty at the grave. His wife had preceded him in this last journey by thirty years, having departed this life March 18, 1858. The names of their children deceased were John L., Phebe C., Elizabeth E., Orpha J., Mary P. and Ida C.
   In the above home and its surroundings our subject was reared to manhood, and bore his full share of the hardships, trials and difficulties of pioneer life. What education he received was obtained at the Stony Point public schools. He taught school for three terms in Lancaster County, the remainder of his time being devoted to farming. In 1870 he came to this county to settle, homesteaded eighty acres of land and set to work. For the first few years before he settled upon his farm he procured work among the farmers, often, as occasion permitted, teaching during the winters, frequently having quite a large number in attendance and meeting with good success. By his previous labors he had been enabled to procure sufficient to stock his farm, at least to some extent, and also purchase the necessary implements. As the years have passed by he has grown increasingly prosperous, and is now one of the representative well-to-do citizens of the district.
   Our subject has been for many years a strong Republican, and has consistently voted the ticket of that party. Although not an office-seeker, he has at times been called upon to fill some position, and is at present School Director of District No. 114. He is, in every sense of the word, a self-made man, and the success that has crowned his efforts in life is the result of his continued efforts intelligently directed, and inspired by laudable ambition, Both he and his wife are active members of the Congregational Church at Cortland, and are very highly esteemed, not simply within the church circle, but throughout the entire community, as those whose faith. and practice are every day consistent.

OSEPH E. STOCKWELL. The manufacturing interests of Lancaster County have in the person of the gentleman whose biography is here briefly recited, a most admirable and worthy representative. This gentleman, like the greater number of the best American citizens, has made his own way in life, beginning in comparatively humble fashion, gradually accumulating and progressing as the result of undeviating rectitude and intelligent industry. He is one of the leading manufacturers of brick, tiling and terra cotta in the State of Nebraska, and is the proprietor of very extensive works and brickyards, which are situated in Yankee Hill Precinct. The artist has very faithfully portrayed in the illustration accom-