College. and upon leaving the same took charge of the commercial department of the McKendree University. where he pursued privately the regular scientific course, and in due time was honored with the usual degree. He taught two years in this institution with perfect satisfaction to himself and pupils.
   Upon the 7th of September, 1881, our subject became the husband of Miss Elizabeth Morrison, a lady of education, culture, refinement and womanly grace, thereby effecting a union most happy and beyond regret. Their home has from that time proved the fact that their marriage was a union of kindred and congenial spirits, and is one of those instances where there is left nothing of purest unalloyed happiness to be desired, a manifestation of that complete and perfection of union which this relation was originally designed to embrace. Mrs. Roose is the daughter of H. B. and Margaret Morrison, of Quincy, and was born Oct. 21, 1859.
   In 1882 our subject removed with his wife to Brazil, South America, to fill a twofold engagement for six months as a teacher in the Collegio Americano, at Pernambuca, and the following six months as Secretary to the United States Consul, in the same city. At the conclusion of this engagement he accepted the position of Auditor of the Recife a Cazanga Railway Company, and occupied the position for nearly one year, when he was compelled to resign and return North, owing to the inroads being made upon his health by the continued heat of the tropical climate. Upon leaving Brazil he received from the Railway Executive Board the following letter, which speaks more than any complimentary eulogium: "Mr. F. F. Roose filled the vacancy of accountant for this railway, and I have much pleasure in stating that he has acquitted himself satisfactorily, displaying marked ability in mastering the details of the accountant's duties, and in matters requiring careful auditing has proved himself thoroughly reliable.W. W. OSTLER,
   "President of Trilhos Urbanos de Recife a Caxanga Railway, Pernambuco, Brazil, South America."
   Upon arrival at home Mr. Roose decided to make his abode in Nebraska, whither he made his way, and located in 1884 at Lincoln, where he founded the Lincoln Business College, one of the most successful institutions of its kind in the Northwest. Its popularity was such that after a period of ten months our subject found it necessary to have assistance, and received as a partner Prof. D. R. Lillibridge, an experienced and practical educator. Our subject is the author of a well-known and valued book on "Modern Book-keeping," which has from the date of issue been recognized with increasing popularity as a standard text-book in this most important department of commercial education.
   In the year 1886 Mr. Roose was honored by the Iowa Wesleyan University conferring upon him the degree of A. M. In the same year he was selected by the Camp, of which he was a member, as a delegate to the Head Camp of the Modern Woodmen of America, where he was elected assistant clerk, and before the session was over, Head Adviser, which is the second highest office in the fraternity. He is also connected with the Northern Relief Association, as Secretary and Treasurer. He is the editor and publisher of a monthly paper, the Western Workman, the official organ for the well-known fraternity, Ancient Order of United Workmen. Subjoined is a list of offices held by our subject in different societies and business interests, which will convey some idea of the popularity, recognized talent, large business capacity. manhood, rectitude and high character of Mr. Roose: Principal of the Commercial Department of the Nebraska Wesleyan University; member of the Lincoln Press Club; publisher of the Western Workman, A. O. U. W., and Lincoln Monthly; Secretary and Treasurer of the Western Railway Company; Head Adviser of the Modern Woodmen of America; Secretary and Treasurer of the National Union of Business Colleges; Secretary and Treasurer of the Northern. Relief Association, A. O. U. W.; Lieutenant Commander of Legion No. 8, S. K.; Chancellor Commander of Capital City Lodge No. 68, K. of P.; Past Master Workman of Upchurch Lodge No. 15, A. O. U. W.; Trustee of Capital City Camp No. 190, M. W. A.; Vice President of the A. O. U. W. Improvement Association; Corresponding Member of the Phi Delta Theta.
   From the above it will be seen that Mr. Roose is an active, enterprising, liberal and patriotic gentleman, of the highest type of manhood, and in every

regard worthy the name of a representative American citizen. His intelligent and careful study of the questions before the country has led him to associate himself with the Republican party, but in every case his suffrage is dictated by principle and not party.

ILLIAM W. W. JONES. This gentleman is a resident of Lincoln, although a native of Illinois, having been born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, of that State. His father. John G. Jones, was a native of Pennsylvania, where he was born in the year 1795, and Joshua Jones, his father, and grandfather of our subject, was born in 1760, also in the Keystone State, and for the greater part of his life followed the occupation of farming about ten miles from the city of Philadelphia. On this homestead the father of our subject was reared, and learned to operate the farm.
   As a young man Mr. Jones, Sr., joined the Baptist Church, and followed closely the teachings thereof, but after a few years he transferred his membership to the Christian or Disciple Church, and became a preacher of his denomination. He labored in the duties of the sacred office in his native State, at Cincinnati, and Jacksonville, Ill., and then for some years was engaged as Cashier in Ayers' Bank in that city. Returning to the pulpit, he served at Eureka of that State. The maiden name of his wife, the mother of our subject, was Emma Woodward, who was born in Philadelphia, and died in Jacksonville, leaving behind her the memory of a life literally crowded with words and deeds of kindness, and purest Christian living.
   The subject of our sketch received his education in the halls of Eureka College, graduating from that institution with the class of '66. He engaged in teaching at Tremont, Tazewell Co., Ill., continuing for two years. He then emigrated to Nebraska City, where he arrived on the 4th of August, 1868. It was not long before he obtained a position as teacher, and by his marked ability soon became Superintendent of City Schools, which position he retained for six years. In 1874 he came to Lincoln. and filled a similar position, continuing until 1880, when he was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Nebraska, and served six years, that is, for three consecutive terms, a fact that speaks eloquently, both in regard to his ability and the esteem in which he is held.
   In the year 1871 our subject was united with Anna Cinnamond in marriage, the event being celebrated on the 28th of December. They have become the parents of two children, to whom have been given the names Woodward and Edith L., respectively. The wife of our subject was born in St. Louis; her father, however, David Cinnamond, who was a native of Ireland, was born near Dublin, accompanied his parents to this Country in his boyhood, and lived with them upon the farm in Allegheny County, Pa. He was apprenticed to a machinist, and afterward went to St. Louis, where he became acquainted with the lady who afterward became his life companion. In 1859 he settled in Nebraska City, and engaged in the lumber business, where he resided until his death in 1877, at the age of sixty-nine years.
   Mr. and Mrs. Jones are very devout and consistent members of the Christian Church. Socially, our subject is connected with the G. A. R. and the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Lincoln Lodge, and also of the Delta Lodge of Perfection, 14th degree.

OHN B. STEFFENS. Buda Precinct has many true and worthy citizens within its borders, among whom should be mentioned the subject of this writing, residing on section 6. He is a native of Germany, and was born in that country on the 27th of December, 1842. He is the only child born to Bernard and Helen Steffens, who are also natives of the Fatherland, where they have always lived.
   The subject of our sketch emigrated to America in 1870, landing in Baltimore fifteen days after leaving the port of Bremen. He came on direct to Nebraska, and spent two years in farming in Otoe County; he removed to this county and homesteaded eighty acres of land, upon which he settled and devoted his energies to its improvement. That he has been successful is established beyond dispute,

by the fact that he now owns 280 acres of highly cultivated agricultural and pastoral land.
   Mr. Steffens joined the "benedicts" March 5, 1875, when he was united in marriage with Eliza Dittmer, a compatriot. There have been given to them eight children, six of whom are living, namely: John H., Herman L., William F., Louisa M., Helen and Bernard. Mr. and Mrs. Steffens are members of the Lutheran Church, in which they were brought up front the time of their baptism and confirmation, and have never left. In political matters our subject, ever since becoming a citizen, has been an affiliate of the Republican party.

OHN W. CASTOR. Among the few who came to this section of country in its early days and at once recognized the possibilities which would spring from a proper cultivation of the soil, and the encouragement of those elements tending to elevate society, the subject of this sketch stands prominent, and his career lifts been such that he is held in universal respect and esteem. For years he has been recognized as one of the most extensive farmers and stock-raisers in Lancaster County, operating on its western line, in Middle Creek Precinct. He came to Nebraska in 1873, and since that time has been closely identified with the interests of this section of country.
   The Castor family is of an old and honorable line of descent of Irish ancestry, the first representative of which crossed the Atlantic prior to the Revolutionary War. In this conflict the great-grandfather of our subject actively engaged, and after the independence of the Colonists had been established, he settled in Virginia, where Indians were more plentiful than white men. Many were the shifts and turns he made to evade the treacherous foe, and secrete from them his wife and children, at times when their lives and property were threatened, He had twenty-six sons, and each of these sons had a sister. As far as known he spent his last days in the Old Dominion.
   John Castor, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Virginia, whence he removed to Pennsylvania, and from there to Ohio, being one of the earliest pioneers of Wayne County, in the latter State. The removal was made before there were either canals or railroads, they going across the country with ox-teams. The wife and mother died in what was then Wayne, but is now Holmes County, in 1819. John Castor subsequently removed to Richland County, where he sojourned until 1834, then changed his residence to Hardin County, where he was one of the early settlers of Pleasant Township. At the time of his arrival there were but three or four log cabins on the present site of Kenton, now the county and the last four miles of the way he had to cut a path with his ax through the heavy timber. He entered three quarter-sections of land from the Government, and put up first a temporary log cabin, building later a substantial log house.
   The grandfather of our subject was a man of brave and courageous spirit, and labored undaunted by the terrors of the wilderness, which abounded in savage beasts, panthers, wolves and bears, while with his trusty rifle he brought down numbers of deer and wild turkeys, so that whatever else the family larder lacked, it was always supplied with choice wild meats. He lived to see the country settled up about him by a prosperous class of people, who developed the wilderness into productive farms and prosperous villages. After reaching advanced age of ninety-four years he passed quietly away at his home in Ohio, in December, 1881.
   Paul Castor, the father of our subject, was quite young when his parents removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and upon reaching manhood purchased a tract of timber land on section 14 of Pleasant Township, Hardin County, where he put up a log house without nails, the roof being kept in place with weight poles. In that humble dwelling the subject of this sketch was born, Oct. 19, 1837. He grew up amid the wild scenes of pioneer life, when the embryo cities of Columbus and Cleveland were the nearest markets to which the produce of the farmer was laboriously transported, more often by ox-teams than by horses. Flour was a luxury in those days, and the nearest mill was at Kenton, four miles away.
   After improving eighty acres of his land Paul

Castor sold out and moved to his other eighty acres, which, after improving, he also sold, their retired from active labor, taking up his residence in Kenton, where he passed to his final rest in July, 1886. The parents of our subject were married in Ohio, Dec. 27, 1836, the mother being Miss Eleanor, daughter of Reading and Nancy (Bergen) Hinline. Her father's family consisted of ten children. To Paul and Eleanor Castor there were born ten children. four of whom are living, namely: John W., our subject; George B., William P., and Mary J., the wife of H. L. Holmes. The father was a good man in the broadest sense of the term, a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a Democrat in politics. He was a Director of the County Infirmary three years, and held various other offices of trust and responsibility. The mother was in all respects the suitable companion and helpmate of such a man, and is still living at the advanced age of seventy-two years, in Kenton, Ohio.
   The early education of our subject was carried on in the primitive log school-house, with the slab benches and puncheon floor, its huge old-fashioned fireplace, and its chimney built outside of earth and sticks. He assisted in the development of the new farm, and upon reaching his majority purchased forty acres of land from his father, and which was a part of the grandfather's old homestead. He did not settle there then, but worked his father's farm two years after his marriage. He then purchased a farm in Montgomery Township, Marion County, where he took up his abode with his family, residing there until 1868. In the spring of that year he sold out his possessions in the Buckeye State, and removing to Dodge County, Minn., settled upon a tract of prairie land near the little town of Mantorville. Fifty acres of his purchase had been cleared, and he continued there, making some improvements, until 1873. In the spring of that year he came to Southern Nebraska and purchased 160 acres of land on section 16, in Middle Creek Precinct, this county, and which is included in his present farm. Forty acres of this were in a productive condition, and after bringing the balance to the same state, he purchased eighty acres additional, and in the summer of 1886 erected the present dwelling. In addition to general agriculture he makes a specialty of fine stock, breeding Short-horn cattle, Percheron horses and Poland-China swine.
   Mr. Castor was united in marriage with Miss Sophronia E. Potter over twenty-seven years ago, April 4, 1861. Mrs. C. was born in Manlius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., in May, 1842. Her father, Josiah Potter, a native of Montgomery County, that State, was born near the town of Johnstown, where he was reared to manhood, and whence he removed to Onondaga County, and from there to Ohio, during its pioneer days. The journey was made via canal and lake to Sandusky, and thence overland by teams to Wyandotte County, where he lived a few years, then purchased 160 acres of land in Hardin County, fifty of which were improved. There he built up a good homestead and still resides. The mother, formerly Miss Mary A. Mills, was born in the State of New York, and was the daughter of William and Anna (Powell) Mills, who spent their last years in New York State. She departed this life in Hardin County, Ohio, about 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Castor are the parents of two children--Rosetta N. and Curtis H.
   Mr. Castor identified himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1858, in which he has served as Class-Leader, Steward, Trustee and Superintendent of the Sunday-school. He assisted in organizing the society and building the church at Pleasant Dale, also the church at Emerald, and has been foremost in the various enterprises calculated for the general advancement of the people. The County Agricultural Society has found in him one of its chief supporters, he having been a member of the Board of Directors six years, and standing by it through storm and sunshine. In 1882 he was the candidate of the Anti-Monoply Society for the State Legislature, and, although expecting defeat, made a fine showing, Coming within 100 votes of being elected. Upon the two occasions when the county voted on the question of township organization, he was elected to represent Middle Creek Precinct in the County Board of Supervisors, and in 1887 was elected Justice of the Peace, the duties of which office he is discharging in a creditable and satisfactory manner. He also filled the same office for one term some ten years ago.

   The parents of our subject had a family of ten children, six of whom grew to mature years. Of these John W. was the eldest; George B. is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, connected with the Northern Ohio Conference; Jacob during the late war was a member of the 64th Ohio Infantry, being under command of Gen. Sherman, with whom he marched to the sea. Just before the close of the war he was detailed to take a company of prisoners to Rock Island, Ill., and while guarding them at Governor's Island, was seized with fatal illness and died at his post of duty. His was the first tombstone erected to a soldier in the Rock Island Cemetery. Mary E. became the wife of H. L. Holmes, and lives in Hardin County, Ohio; Alice is deceased, and W. P. resides on the old homestead in Hardin County, Ohio, which was made from the wilderness by the paternal grandfather, and is a man prominent in the affairs of his county, having filled the various local offices.
   Mr. Castor, in all the relations of life, has acquitted himself in a manner which has gained him the esteem and confidence of all who know him, being of irreproachable character, and possessing those instincts which have ever led him to scorn a mean action, and to adjust his line of conduct by the high-minded principles inherent in his nature, and which have shed their influence upon all around him.

VERT M. UPHOFF. This thrifty and industrious young farmer of Highland Precinct, is cultivating successfully 160 acres of land on section 21, which comprises the homestead, and eighty acres on section 28, the whole of which yields him a handsome income. His land is mostly in productive condition, and his experience in agricultural pursuits dates from his boyhood. He takes delight in noting the development of the seed to the harvest time, and has the true conception of what agricultural life should be, taking pride in putting forth his best efforts and with the results which do him great credit.
   Woodford County, Ill., was the early tramping ground of our subject, and where his birth took place under the modest roof of the parental dwelling on the 9th of October, 1866. It will thus be observed that our subject is young in years, especially so considering the large interests which he has in charge. His father, Frank Uphoff, was a native of what was formerly Hanover in Germany, and was of pure German ancestry, belonging to the better class of his nationality. He was reared to farm life until reaching his majority, and then enlisted in the service of the Government, as a private soldier in the regular army, for a period of seven years.
   The father of our subject after receiving his honorable discharge from the military service, emigrated at once to the United States, and located first in Peoria County, Ill. There also he was first married, but his wife died four years later, leaving no children. He then returned to his native land, and was married the second time, to a maiden of his own country, Miss Kazena Miners, and they at once crossed the water and settled in Woodford County, Ill., where Mr. Uphoff resumed farming and where their five children were born.
   The subject of this sketch was the second son and third child of his parents. While residents of Woodford County the second child died, and the parents, in 1870, with their four remaining children came to Nebraska, and settled in Highland Precinct, this county, upon a tract of land now included in the homestead of our subject. The country at that time was practically undeveloped, but the father of our subject, with the industry and enterprise characteristic of his German ancestry, labored perseveringly until there began to grow up around them all the comforts of a modern home. Here the two younger children of the family were born, but with the exception of our subject and his sister Maggie, all were taken from the home circle by death. The latter is now the wife of J. R. Renken, and they live on their own farm of 160 acres in Highland Precinct; they have an interesting family of four children--William, Herman, Martin W. and Anton.
   Mr. Uphoff, our subject, completed his education in the district schools of Highland Precinct, and when a lad of fifteen years started for California. He reached the Pacific Slope in safety, and was there a short time. Later he migrated to Linn County, Ore., where for a period of four years he

worked on a farm the greater part of the time. This experience had the effect of restoring his somewhat impaired health, and developed in him a strong and robust constitution, so that in returning to his home in 1886 he was amply prepared for the work which lay before him.
   Our subject after making suitable arrangements for the establishment of a home of his own, took unto himself a wife and helpmate, Miss Ida Hayem, their marriage being celebrated at the home of the bride in Highland Precinct, Nov. 6, 1887. Mrs. Uphoff was born in Woodford County, Ill., June 7, 1868, and came with her parents to Nebraska when about eleven years of age. She completed her education in the schools of Highland Precinct, and under a course of careful training by an excellent mother, was well fitted to assume her future position in life as the wife of a good man. Of this union there has been born one child--Reakey.
   The father of our subject departed this life at his home in Highland Precinct, on the 1st of June, 1881, after a short illness. He was fifty-one years of age. The mother died March 7 of the following year, of inflammation of the brain, at her home in Highland Precinct, at the age of forty-three. They were good people in the broadest sense of the term, and worthy members of the Evangelical Church. With this church our subject and his estimable wife are also connected. Politically, Mr. Uphoff, like his father before him, is a stanch supporter of the principles of the Democratic party.

OHN W. IVERS. In the subject of this sketch we find a worthy citizen. Mr. Ivers was born in the neighborhood of LaFayette, Ind., Nov. 8, 1829, and was the second child of eight born to Samuel and Sarah (McJimpsey) Ivers. The former was born July 15, 1802, at Columbus, Ohio, and was the third in the family of nine which comprised the home circle of Richard and Deborah (Leslie) Ivers. The family record inscribes their names in the order of birth as follows: Lottie, William, Richard, Samuel, Maria, Mahala, Elizabeth, Elzy and Sarah. Samuel Ivers spent the days of his boyhood and youth in Miami County, Ohio, dividing his attention between his school duties and the occupations of the farm, which, as the years went by, succeeded those of the school. This continued until after he find attained his majority. Shortly after his marriage he removed to the neighborhood of LaFayette, Ind., and settled on a farm, where he remained for about two years, when he returned to Ohio, which State became his residence for the next three years when the attractions of the Hoosier State again determined him to return. Accordingly he took up his residence in Elkhart, Ind., for it period of three years. The next four years were spent in Montgomery County, Ind. At the end of that period another removal was effected, this time to Thorntown, Boone County. From there he went to Clintown County, and after one year in that district made his home in Jasper County, near Rensselaer. This was in the year 1844, and was his home for eight years.
   The broad prairies of the Hawkeye State pressed their claims in a manner not to be resisted; accordingly, in the year 1852, Mr. Ivers removed from Indiana to Jones County, near Rome, in that State, but after a residence of one year another removal took the family to Princeton, Mo. After a period of about twelve months this home was vacated in favor of one in Nebraska City. At that time (1855) there was only one brick house in that city. At the close of his first year's residence he bought some Government land in Otoe County, and for the subsequent nine or ten years continued with success the occupation of farming. This was followed by a return to Iowa and residence, first in Bartlett and latterly in Glenwood. From there the family passed to Baxter Springs, Kan., where he purchased a farm and met with considerable success. Thence, in December, 1881, he removed to Nebraska, and died on December 11, a few days after his arrival. His remains were laid away by his family and friends in Lincoln Cemetery.
   The many removals and constant change of home are accounted for by the fact that Mr. Ivers was a trader and, as rapidly as possible, after purchasing a property he would improve it, place it upon the market, and, as soon as it was profitably disposed of, would move on to a new home. In this way

he accumulated a large competency, by which he was enabled to assist his children to make a good start in life. He was a true pioneer of the Far West, and took part in many stirring scenes incident to border and new country life. He was a most exemplary man and honorable citizen. During his residence in Nebraska he assisted materially in the settlement of the troubles originating in the passage of the Kansas and Nebraska Bill. At the time of the Indian outbreak, when Nebraska City was threatened with annihilation, Mr. Ivers, then Lieutenant in a militia regiment, by prompt measures, bold and decisive action, assisted in averting the danger.
   The mother of our subject was born in Miami County, Ohio, near the city of Troy, on the 8th of July, 1805, and was the youngest child of Robert and Mary (Waugh) McJimsey. Her parents were originally from Philadelphia, went West when Ohio was a Territory, and settled in the above county, upon a section of Government land, which was rapidly improved. Upon this farm was born the child who grew up, also amid these surroundings, until she reached the years of womanhood, then, Aug. 13, 1824, was married to Mr. Ivers, the father of our subject.
   Among the great needs of a newly opened and undeveloped country, perhaps the chiefest would be men and women capable, mentally, physically and financially, to take things is they found them, in all their crudeness, and so shape events that the wilderness may become a garden, its hidden resources brought into the light and developed, and institutions worthy of our great Republic, homes, schools and churches, might be set up and established. The father and mother of Mrs. Ivers were in this sense pioneers. After the death of his wife at Troy, which occurred the same day as was fought the battle of Tippecanoe, the father went on a visit to Pleasant Hill, Ind., where he, too, lay down to his last rest.
   Bearing in mind the family from which Mrs. Ivers came, the environment of her youth and young womanhood, the influence of those parents, such as hers were, must have upon a developing life and character, we are fully prepared to expect to see reproduced in her a like nobility of purpose and completeness of life, throughout the long years of journeying hither and thither, wandering from State to State, passing from home to home, in all of which she accompanied her husband, excepting the time when he discharged the duties of Indian trader in Kansas City.
   Until the year 1853 our subject resided with his parents in different locations in the Hoosier State, but at that time he was married and commenced life in his own home. In 1860, from Jasper County, Ind., he removed to Otoe County, Neb., purchasing 350 acres of wild land; for some of this he paid $10 per acre, for others $25, and others so much as $37. Here he remained some eight years, when he removed to Glenwood, Iowa, purchased 420 acres of land, and was very successful for eight years, when he again sold out and removed to Lancaster County, Neb., purchased 416 acres in Waverly Precinct, and after a residence of three years was enabled to sell to advantage. He did so, and bought 100 acres near University Place. Here he continued to reside for a period of three years, and again sold his property, repaired to Lincoln, and erected the houses still owned by him in that city, upon V street. He has always been a devoted admirer and strong adherent of the Republican party, and an energetic worker for his party when occasion demanded. In the Christian Church, of which both himself and wife are members, he is held in the highest esteem. He has frequently been called upon to fill local offices, and in every instance where he has done so has received the commendation and approval of his fellow-citizens. In 1861 he was enrolled in the Home Guards at Nebraska City, and in the social organization of Odd Fellows has for many years been a member.
   On the 3d of February, 1853, our subject was joined in matrimony to Sophronia H. Grant, daughter of Smith and Ivy (Dillon) Grant; she was the fifth child of the family, which included ten children. The father was a native of Virginia, and resided in Fleming County until his parents removed to Lexington, Fayette Co., Ky., which event transpired while he was yet in his teens. Here he was married in after years, and continued to reside until after the birth of his two eldest children, when he proceeded to make his home in Wabash County,

Ind., upon a homestead farm of 120 acres. In this occupation he was very successful, and before many years owned several other farms in the vicinity. This continued to be his residence until his family had grown up.
   Jasper County, Ind., was the place decided upon for the new home. Mr. Grant effected a profitable sale of his farm property, and purchased 460 acres in the above county, and engaged in stock-raising his death, in the year 1855. In this occupation, as in that of agriculture, previously followed, his vigilance, large outlook and efficiency, made him successful. He was for many years a member in good standing and Elder in the Christian Church, an organization which aims to restore the original simplicity and purity of the Church of Christ, as in the age of the Apostles. He was a true and ardent supporter of the Whig party, although thinking most strongly on the temperance question, and absolutely opposed to the liquor traffic.
   Mrs. Grant, mother of Mrs. Ivers, was born in Lexington, Ky., where also she was reared, and continued to reside until she arrived at womanhood and was married. She was a devoted Christian woman, always interested in the work of the church, actively engaged in efforts for the alleviation of distress, and meeting the needs of the destitute; her pleasure seemed to be to live for others, and in making others happy she herself drank at the same stream. She was for many years a member of the Christian Church.
   Until her marriage with our subject Mrs. Ivers made her home with her parents. Although unaccustomed, to any great extent, to work at household duties, she bravely began the battle of life, entering with spirit into his plans and projects, and has since, with him, been enabled to rejoice in what has been accomplished, for to-day they are surrounded with all that is needed for their comfort and happiness in life. Like her mother and father, she is a consistent and active member of the Christian Church, in which communion her children have been brought up. To this highly respected family have been given eleven children, who were born as follows: Leslie, July 25, 1855; Willis, Aug. 10, 1858; Ella M., Dec. 28, 1860; Amelia and Delia (twins), Jan. 11, 1862; Aurelius, Dec. 31, 1864; Arabella B., born Dec. 10, 1866, died July 27, 1888; Ivy M., born Aug. 18, 1869; Sadie M., Oct. 10, 1870; Lottie A., Oct. 11, 1873, and Samuel, Aug. 13, 1876. With the exception of the twins and Arabella B., all are living. Amelia died Feb. 15, 1862, and Delia Sept. 27, 1863. Ella has become the wife of Cramer Beyette; Belle is now the wife of George Keefer, and Ivy M. is now Mrs. Frank Kauffman.

W. GRISWOLD. The grandfather of our subject, Daniel Griswold, was born about the year 1740 in England, and came to America, where he settled and lived in Herkimer County, N. Y., until the time of his death, about the year 1835. He was a farmer and came to America before he was married, his wife being a native of New York, who died about the year 1820. The father of our subject was John Griswold, who was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., about the year 1794, where he lived until he was twenty-five years old, when he went to Jefferson County, and thence to St. Lawrence County of the same State, remaining there until the time of his death in 1827. The mother of our subject was Lucy (Watson) Griswold, a daughter of William Watson, formerly of Scotland, and she died in the year 1885. There was a family of six children, five sons and one daughter, three of whom are now living. They are: N. W. Griswold, the subject of this sketch; William, a carpenter living at Lincoln, and Rosaloo, of North Bluff, Lancaster County.
   Our subject was born on the 17th of September, 1817, in Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y. At the age of three years he was taken to Jefferson County, thence to St. Lawrence County, where he remained five years with his parents, and at the end of that time he returned to Jefferson County, where he staid until 1855 in the town of Black River. In that place he learned the trade of wool-carding and cloth-dressing, and in 1855 he went to Angola, Steuben Co., Ind., where he worked for a time at his trade and also at carpenter work. In the fall of 1868 he removed from Indiana to Ashland, Saunders Co., Neb., at which place he remained