pany, and went forth to defend the frontier. At the close of the Rebellion he took up his residence in St. Joseph. Mo., and there his last years were passed. His good wife had preceded him many years before, dying in 1841. There were six children born of their marriage, five of whom grew to maturity, but our subject is the only one now living.
   The latter was in his eleventh year when he was deprived of the care and instruction of a kind, wise mother, and shortly after that sad occurrence his father broke up housekeeping, and the little lad was thrown on his own resources. But the plucky, self-reliant boy soon found employment as a driver of horses on the towpath of the Miami Canal. He subsequently engaged in boating on Lake Erie one season, and two seasons on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. He worked on the canal until the railway came, and continued his residence the fall of 1857, when he came to Nebraska City. by way of the canal from Toledo to Terre Haute, Ind., from there to Alton, Ill., by rail, and thence by team to this State across Missouri and a corner of Iowa.
   During his residence in Ohio Mr. Thomas had married, in 1851, Miss Louisa Newhouse, a native of Switzerland, Her father, William Newhouse, was likewise of Swiss birth, and passed his entire life in his native land. After his death his widow, with the seven of the eight children born to her, came to America, the other child coming later. She located in Madison County, Ill., and bought a tract of land, which her children farmed for her, and she resided there until her death. The pleasant wedded life of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas has been blessed by the birth of three children, as follows: George H; Ada, the wife of John Myers, and Solomon J., all of whom reside in Nebraska City.
   The first winter of his stay in this part of the country Mr. Thomas was employed in a sawmill on the Iowa side of the boundary line. In the spring of 1858 he rented a farm five miles from Nebraska City. He had taken up a homestead claim the first winter that he was here, and broke a few acres and built a small house thereon, but early in 1860 he went to the mountains to drive a team with a load of powder for the mines, and while he was gone some rascal jumped his claim. After that he employed his time wholly in teaming in Nebraska City for three or four years. Suhsequently he engaged in a wholesale grocery house shipping goods for about two years. After that he was employed in the store of Hawke Brothers for some time, and was then elected City Marshal. He served in that responsible office for eight years, and during that time the city was greatly indebted to him for the preservation of peace, and for its general prosperity, as he was a faithful and efficient officer. Since retiring from office he has confined his attention strictly to the transfer business, from which he derives a good income. He is a man of much force and energy, of sound principles, and is trusted by all who know him.

OHN PETERSON. This gentleman, a resident of Russell Precinct, hails from Denmark and was born at Le Mark on the Place Moen, Feb. 20, 1830. He was the eldest of nine children born to Peter and Christine Peterson; the former died in 1876, being seventy-one years of age, and the latter, whose years told the same number, in 1879. The names of their children are as follows: John, Lors, Peter, Frederick, Hans P., Mary C., Sophia, Karn C. and Christian. I.
   The subject of our sketch remained upon the home farm until he was twenty-two years of age, and then had to serve four years in the regular army, after which he returned to the farm, remaining until 1862, when he determined to emigrate to America, and set sail from Hamburg for New York City. The voyage lasted eight weeks and four days. The tiresome and not altogether pleasant journey over, he found work in a brickyard at Perth Amboy, N. J., where he worked three months. He next went to Buffalo to work upon the railroad, at which he continued throughout the summer. From Buffalo he emigrated to Bedford County, Pa., and before long found work there also.
   On the 22d of September, 1864, the Civil War being in progress, Mr. Peterson enlisted in Company B, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, which became

part of the army under Sheridan. He was mustered in at Chambersburg, and from there went to Washington and took part in nearly every one of the larger battles of the campaign, besides doing duty in reconnoitering and skirmishing. He was mustered out and discharged at Alexandria, June 9, 1865, after a service of nine months, in which time he had fought in many of the important battles of the war. Upon leaving the military service our subject went back to Pennsylvania, and worked in a foundry until 1867; he then repaired to Chicago, Ill,, and thence to Iowa City. continuing at work in various foundries in these places until 1877, when he came to this State and settled in Russell Precinct, purchasing eighty acres of land on section 12. This he at once began to improve, and succeeded in his labors beyond his expectations.
   Finally, in 1884, receiving what he believed to be an advantageous offer for his farm, our subject traded it for his present property, and moved onto it. The house, barns, groves, orchard, and in fact all the improvements, have been made since that time, Mr. Peterson having prospered greatly. He is an esteemed member of the community, a consistent adherent of the Lutheran Church, and active in the ranks of the Democratic party, the principles of which he has defended since becoming a citizen of this Republic.
   It is gratifying to note the results of a persistent industry, and the view which is shown of the Peterson homestead, perhaps, is the most forcible illustration of this which could be presented. It forms a reminder which will stand for years to come and do him honor.

HOMAS DEWEY, the owner of 240 acres of fine farming land on section 32 in Palmyra Precinct, is a very intelligent English gentleman of good education, who seldom meets his equal in matters of history and general practical information. Among his many excellent qualities is the careful attention which he gives to the education of his children and his strong advocacy of temperance, he being a pronounced Prohibitionist. A native of Dorsetshire, England, our subject was born March 25, 1819, and is a son of George and Margaret (White) Dewey, who were also of English birth and parentage, and the father a local politician of considerable note, holding the office of High Constable, Court Bailiff, etc. He lived to be seventy years of age, and, with his excellent wife spent his entire life upon his native soil. The father survived his wife, she being seventy-three years old at the time of her death. Their family consisted of two sons only, Charles W., and Thomas, our subject. The former is now deceased.
   Young Dewey grew up amid the quiet scenes of country life, and at the age of twenty years commenced to learn the trades of carpenter and wheelright. These he pursued in the cities of Lynn, Southampton, Portsmouth, Brighton, Sussex, Seaford and other places. He developed rare genius as a machinist, and in due time was given a position in the civil engineering department of the Government.
   Mr. Dewey when twenty-nine years of age was married, March 4, 1848, to Miss Mary Ann Howell, who was born in Sussex, Sept. 17, 1830, and whose grandfather was a native of Wales. She was the eldest of four children and the daughter of Richard and Mary (Elphick) Howell, who were natives of England, and spent their last years there. Their family consisted of seven children, four now living.
   Our subject and his wife began the journey of life together in the city of Lewis, England, where they lived until after the birth of four children. Mr. Dewey then decided to seek his fortune on another continent, and with his little family set sail from Liverpool on the 1st of May, 1867. Soon after landing upon American soil he made his way directly across the Mississippi to the newly admitted State of Nebraska, and bought 160 acres of land in Hendricks Township. Two years later he homesteaded eighty acres of his present farm, upon which he has lived now for a period of nineteen years. The household circle after the emigration to America was enlarged by the birth of one more child. George, the eldest son, when about twenty-eight years old, went to Montana, and was murdered by the Indians; Margaret is married; Charles died in England at the age of six years; Annie is married; Thomas, a bright and promising youth, is a