county. He was called to join the silent majority in about 1865, having lived a little over sixty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Tilman find in the communion of the Baptist Church, of which they are members, that which is in accord with their religious sentiments, and endeavor to make their lives eloquent with their consistent devotion. This fact, coupled with that of their deep interest in the affairs of their neighborhood and county, and their readiness at all times to sustain any well-directed effort for the well-being of the community, has given them a warm place in the hearts of the community it large, by which they are most highly esteemed.

DWARD WARNES. The county of Norfolk, England, was the birthplace of the subject of this sketch, who has the distinguished honor of being the first settler of Lincoln. He located, in the latter part of March, 1862, on the present site of the city, and has continued his residence within its limits since that time. A Mr. Levender and Jacob Dawson had previously selected land in that vicinity, but did not settle upon it until the following year, residing in the meantime in Nebraska City. Each was assisted by Mr. Warnes in the building of his house.
   Our subject began life April 20, 1822, and is the son of William and Mary (Dawliman) Warnes, being the third of their nine children and the only one emigrating to the United States. Of this comparatively large family there are only three living: a brother, John, resides in London, and the sister, Miss Mary Ann Warnes, at Kings Lynn, Norfolk County.
   Mr. Warnes was reared and educated in his native county, and afterward was employed in teaming there. Not infrequently while thus engaged he drove four, six, eight, ten, and sometimes even thirty-six horses, as his load demanded, frequently transporting railway engines froth one point to another. These journeyings often encompassed long distances, the trips frequently involving several days and nights upon the road. The largest number of horses driven by Mr. Warnes at one time was probably when he assisted in the transportation of the first locomotive from the city of Lynn to London at the head of a construction train. This was conveyed from Peterboro to Downham, a distance or fifty miles, with thirty-six horses, and the engine placed upon the track; the tender was drawn by eight horses.
   Always wide-awake and ambitious, young Warnes at an early stage in his life had set his mark high, but it was not until he was a man of forty-four years that it appeared desirable for him to change his residence from the Eastern to the Western Hemisphere. In the spring of 1866 he set sail from Liverpool, and after a voyage of six weeks' duration landed at Castle Garden. Thence he made his way to Chicago by way of the lakes, there expecting to meet an old friend. Failing, however, to find him, he proceeded to Peoria, and there worked in a brick yard for a Mr. Peacock. Later, crossing the Mississippi, he spent two years in Wyoming, Neb., employed as a farm laborer, and upon his next change of residence located in Nebraska City. From there he came to the present site of Lincoln and homesteaded 160 acres of land on section 35, all of, which now lies within the city limits.
   Our sturdy pioneer immediately erected a log cabin upon his new property and otherwise set himself to work to open up a farm. Not being the possessor of a horse or plow. He spaded up one acre for a garden and truck patch, and at the end of that summer rejoiced in the products of a good garden, from which he sold, among other things, $70 worth of onions, destined for Ft. Kearney. When the capital was located at Lincoln, Mr. Dawson, referred to above, gave a tract of land to the city, and Mr. Warnes replaced this by giving eighty acres of his land to Mr. Dawson, thus giving, though indirectly, that amount to the State. Our subject had followed agricultural pursuits until the capital was located; then he platted nearly all his land and sold the same for town lots, reserving for his own use one of those most pleasantly situated. Upon this he erected a very handsome dwelling, commanding an excellent view of a large portion of the city and surroundings.
   The matrimonial experiences of Mr. Warnes are necessarily a recital in three chapters. for he has had the sorrowful trial of bereavement twice repeated in his history. He was first married to Miss Anna

Crockett, who died before he left his native England. Subsequently he became the husband of Charlotte Jeckell, of Norfolk, and after a happy union of twenty-five years she too was removed by death at her home in Lincoln, in 1876. The year following Mr. Warnes led to the altar Miss Hannah Hubbard. a native of England, and the daughter of James and Lydia Hubbard.
   Mrs. Hannah Warnes came to the United States in May, 1876, and resided with her brother, John Hubbard, at his farm, just south of the city limits of Lincoln. Mr. Hubbard is now a resident of Germantown. Mr. and Mrs. Warnes are the parents of one beautiful daughter, who bears the name of Mary Ann, and was born Aug. 16, 1880. She is the light of the household in one of the most beautiful homes of the city, whose hospitable doors open for the entertainment of hosts of friends whom our subject and his excellent wife have gathered around them.
   The Christian religion found in Lincoln's first settler one of its bravest defenders. The first prayer meeting, the first regular service and the first Sunday-school which marked an epoch in its career, was at the instance of and in the house of Mr. Warnes. He was never more pleased than when opportunity offered to serve the cause which lay very near his heart. He has for many years been a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, contributing freely of his time, means and influence for its advancement in the hearts of the people. At an early period he set aside one of his lots for church purposes, and erected at his own expense, about seventeen years ago, a neat frame edifice, in which services are now held by the Episcopalians. He has perhaps derived more genuine comfort from his benefactions to religious and educational institutions than all his efforts in other directions. Considering his whole career, it is hardly necessary to say that he is respected alike by young and old, by rich and poor. He has filled many positions of trust and responsibility and those where great principles were at stake. He has never swerved from what he believed to be right, and has been brave in the expression of his opinions, while careful of giving offense.
   The ALBUM of Lancaster County would by no means be esteemed complete were the pictured features of this pioneer settler, and now venerated citizen, excluded from its pages; we therefore take pleasure in giving his portrait, which will be looked upon with unfeigned interest by those who have been in any way identified with the early history of Lancaster County.

ERMAN MAY. The subject of this writing is a native of the Fatherland, where he was born May 27, 1830. He continued do battle most manfully in his native country, but the conditions were such that while his heart remained closely knit to the old associations, he finally determined to launch out to where the possibilities of success to well-directed energies were greater than they could ever be in his native land. Hence, in the year 1870 he came to America, landing in New York, and went at once to Minonk, Woodford Co., Ill., engaging at different times in various occupations for some five years in the the endeavor to make a start. At this time he was enabled to rent a farm in Woodford County, and so continued for four years. In January, 1879, he gave up his farm and went west to Lancaster County, Neb., where he rented a farm in Nemaha Precinct, and continued to reside there until the year 1885.
   Our subject now began to realize that "nothing succeeds like success." He had purchased some four years previous 160 acres in the neighborhood, but now he was enabled to cease renting and purchase the same farm he had been working under rental, and has since continued to make it his home. He to-day owns over 880 acres of good land, and is engaged in stock-raising. In this he is very successful and takes great pride. He seldom has less than 100 head of cattle, besides teams and from 200 to 300 hogs.
   Mr. May was married while in Germany to Minnie Ricketts, who was born Oct. 20, 1834. Their family comprises six children, living: Frank, Henry, Gustave, Lena, Otto and Emma. They have buried in all five children, three boys and two girls. Both Mr. and Mrs. May are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics our subject affiliates with the Republican party. Although not prominently be-