intelligent and well informed, and no unimportant factor in the building up of its business interests.
   Our subject emigrated from the Fatherland in the spring of 1867, when a young man of twenty-one years, and settled near Bloomingdale, Ill., where he employed himself at whatever he could find to do, mostly working as a farm laborer by the month. He will be remembered as having later been the employe of Joel Draper, a farmer of this county. Since old enough to think he had made up his mind to be a man among men, to have a good home and property, and this resolution closely adhered to, has resulted in what we see around him to-day. He had very little means upon coming to America and nobody to depend upon but himself, but there had been handed down to him from his thrifty German ancestry those qualities of character by which he was enabled to push his way amidst every discouragement, and finally come out a victor in the struggle. He is now the owner of two farms in Otoe County, each embracing a quarter-section of land, and provided with good buildings. He is thus in the enjoyment of a handsome income, with the prospect of ease and comfort in his old age.
   The subject of this sketch was born near Shamburg, in Germany, Jan. 10, 1845, and is the son of Fred and Arnestenia Stahlhut, who spent their entire lives on their native soil, the father dying about 1872, at the age of sixty-four years, and the mother a few years later, in 1878, when sixty-nine. Fred Stahlhut was a carpenter by trade, an honest and industrious man, who made a good living for his family and stood well among his neighbors. The parental household included five children, three sons and two daughters, of whom Frederick was the youngest son born. The others were named respectively: Charley W., Whilem (sic), Arnestenia and Angeline, and are all now in Germany except our subject and brother, Charley W.
   Mr. Stahlhut was reared in the doctrines of the Lutheran Church, to which he still loyally adheres. After attaining a business foothold with a prospect of something for the future, he was married, March 19, 1871, in Nebraska City, to Miss Anna Huberle. Mrs. Stahlhut was born in Manitowoc County. Wis., Oct. 14, 1857, who is the daughter of Joseph and (Barbara) Huberle, who were natives of Germany, and emigrated to the Badger State during its pioneer days. The father engaged in farming, and, with his estimable wife, is still living, being now sixty years old, while the mother is fifty-eight. They were the parents of three children only: Anna and her brother Joseph, and Louie, who died at the age of twenty-seven years.
   The parents of Mrs. Stahlhut left Wisconsin in the fall of 1865, and coming to this county settled in Rock Creek Precinct, where they now live. To our subject and his estimable wife there have been four children born--Horace, Louis, Minnie and Tillie. The eldest is ten years old and the youngest eight months. Mr. S. is a Republican, politically, but meddles very little with public affairs, preferring to give his attention to his business concerns.

OHN BEY. The subject of this sketch stands prominent among the prosperous German farmers of North Branch Precinct. where he owns 240 acres of prime land, 160 on section 14 and eighty on section 11. Thereon he has erected good buildings, and has all the appliances of the model country estate. He is a man well thought of by his neighbors, and when we say this it is enough. He has served as Assessor of his precinct, to which office he was elected in the spring of 1886, and the duties of which he discharged with that conscientious care which is one of the distinguishing traits of his character. He is a man enterprising and liberal-minded, always willing to contribute both time and means to the furtherance of those objects tending to the general welfare of his community. The friend of schools and churches, he is especially interested in their establishment and maintenance. He has for a wife a very amiable and intelligent lady, one who presides over her department of the farm in a most creditable and praiseworthy manner, and contributes her full share in keeping up the reputation of the family and homestead.
   Our subject was born in the Province of Holstein, Germany, Sept. 1, 1851, where he lived with his parents on the farm and received a thorough common-school education, pursuing his studies un-

til a youth of sixteen years. The year following he determined to emigrate to America, and accordingly completed his preparations for the journey. March 17, 1869, bidding adieu to the associations of his childhood, he took passage at the city of Hamburg on the steamer "Saxonia," and two weeks later set foot upon American soil in the city of New York. Thence he came at once to this State, visiting first in Cass County, the home of his uncle, where he staid a week, and then made his way to Avoca Township, Cass County, where he entered the employ of a gentleman with whom he made his home for a period of four years. At the expiration of this time he invested a portion of his capital in a team of horses, with which he broke prairie, thrashed, and was similarly employed for two years following.
   About this time our subject, having made a pretty good start, secured for himself a wife and helpmate, and took up his abode in North Branch Precinct, this county, where he had purchased 160 acres of prairie land, and which is included in his present farm. Upon this not a furrow had been turned and there were neither fences, trees nor buildings. He first provided a shelter for himself and his young wife, and began gradually to cultivate the soil and set out groves, fruit trees and hedge fence. He was fortunate in selecting a piece of land well watered by a branch of North Branch Creek, but his building operations involved large expense, he having to haul material from Nebraska City. After getting his farm under full headway he began raising and feeding stock, and now ships annually a carload each of cattle and swine, and has in his stables some fine specimens of draft horses. About 1893 he added to his first purchase eighty acres of improved land on section 11 adjoining. The accumulation of his fine property has been the result of years of industry and perseverance, and for which he has been indebted to no one, if we may except his sensible and industrious wife.
   The lady above mentioned, and to whom our subject was married in Plattsmouth, March, 30, 1876, was in her girlhood Miss A. Sophia Schoemaker. She, like her husband, is a native of Holstein, Germany, and was born Dec. 9, 1846. She came to America with her brother in 1867. Her parents, Peter and Anna Schoemaker, were natives of Germany. The father spent his last years in Germany, and the mother in Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Bey became the parents of four interesting children--Annie, Freddie, Mathilda (deceased) and Bertha.
   Mr. Bey, after becoming a naturalized citizen, identified himself with the Republican party, of whose principles he is an ardent supporter. He has done good service for his party in this county, and has been sent as a delegate to the County Conventions. He served as Assessor one year in his precinct, and has been a member of the district School Board for a period of nine years. He soon became familiar with the English language, and is a constant reader, keeping himself well informed upon topics of general interest.
   Both our subject and his estimable wife are charter members of the German Lutheran Church at North Branch, in which Mr. Bey has been Trustee a period of ten years. He has also served as Secretary for the past six years. He was instrumental in the organization of the society, and has given liberally of his means for its support. He has made an admirable record as an honest man and a valuable member of the community.

ARIUS BAUMGARTEN, one of the self-made, prosperous and popular. citizens of Nebraska City, is a native of Denmark, and was born on the 24th of November, 1851. His father was Carl Christian Baumgarten. His grandfather, Otto Ludwig Baumgarten, was a native of Prussia, but went to Denmark when a young man, where he followed his business, that of a harnessmaker, settling in Assens, where he lived fifty years, and in fact for the remainder of his life. There also his son, the father of our subject, continued to make his home and engaged in business.
   The subject of our sketch was reared in his native village and learned his father's trade, continuing also to work at home until 1878, when his parent was called to his long home. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Maria Ohlson. She was born in Senderborg, Sleswick, but now resides in

Odense Village in Denmark. She was the mother of seven childrfen, only two of whom now live, viz: Amelia, who lives with her mother, and our subject, who was the only member of his family to come to this country.
   All the education our subject received was in the schools of his native country, and prior to his reaching his fourteenth birthday. He came to America in 1878, on board the steamer from Copenhagen which landed him in New York after a voyages of three weeks. Spending one week in the metropolis, he came on to Chicago, where he remained for about the same length of time, and then went to Sidney, Iowa where he was engaged working for the railroad company for about six weeks, and then he came on to Nebraska City, where he shortly after started as a harness-maker and repairer, with which he presently linked upholstering. After two years he became a house furnisher and upholsterer. and continued thus engaged with constantly growing success. From that has grown up his present business which is both extensive and a splendid financial investment.
   In August of 1881 the subject of our sketch was united in holy matrimony with Hannah Johnson, a native like himself of Denmark. She was born in that country at Hjoring, in the year 1861. They are both members in good standing of the Lutheran Church, and are both able and liberal supporters of the same. He has learned fully to appreciate the institutions and government of his adopted country, and usually votes with the Democratic party.

EV. M. F. CAREY is the founder and President of the Nebraska City Academy, which, although newly established, is one of the important educational institutions of Nebraska. It was opened in January, 1888, with twenty-three pupils, and before the term closed in June there were eighty-five enrolled. The second term commenced in September under the must favorable auspices. A fine corps of talented and highly educated teachers is employed, comprising such notable instructors as Prof. William Valentine, late Superintendent of Schools in Otoe County; Prof. Charles J. Gedge, a graduate of Cambridge University, England; Miss Emma J. Evans, late Principal of the Third Ward School, Nebraska City; Edwin F. Warren, a graduate of Yale College, lecturer on Civil Law; Clyde Watson, M. D., lecturer on physiology, anatomy and hygiene.
   President Carey was born near the lakes of Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, Dec. 23, 1846. His father, M. R. Carey, was a native of the same county, and was a descendant of an ancient English family. He owned quite a large and valuable estate, on which he lived in retirement, spending his entire life there. The maiden name of his wife, mother of our subject, was Mary Fleming, and she was also a lifelong resident of County Kerry. There were six children born to the parents of our subject, three of whom grew to maturity, but our subject is the only one who ever came to America. He was reared amid the beautiful scenery of his native land, and was early sent to school, first attending the National school, and later a private college, where he was fitted for Trinity College, Dublin. He was graduated from that world-famed institution of learning in the class of '69. He was then selected as Principal of a school in the city of Cork, over which he presided for two years, and then resigned to enter the ministry. He was ordained May 1, 1871, as a Deacon in the Church of Ireland, diocese of Kilmore, and located in the parish of Cloone. On the 22d of December, the same year, he was advanced to the priesthood, as curate at Cloone, and while attending to the duties of his curateship was also private tutor to the grandsons of the Grand Marquis of Headford. After three years service in that parish, our subject was assigned to the rectorship of Kilegar, where he remained three years. At the end of that time he returned to Cloone, and was there until 1880, when he came to America and settled in New York City. He was there licensed to preach by Bishop Horatio Potter, and served as a supply in New York pulpits for nearly a year. He then accepted the appointment as rector of St. Thomas' Church, in Falls City, Richardson Co., Neb. At the expiration of three years he came to Nebraska City to fill the position of President of Nebraska College. That institution was discontinued in 1885, and in the month of May, that

year, our subject was installed as rector of St. Mary's Church, and is still acting in that capacity. In 1887 he bought the college property, and in January, 1888, opened his academy, as we have before stated. He also purchased his pleasant and attractive home on the corner of Fifth street and Second avenue.
   Our subject was married, in 1867, to Mary Von Stein, a native of Cork, Ireland. Her father, John Von Stein, was a prominent man in that city, where he spent his entire life. His ancestors were Dutch, and went to Ireland with the Prince of Orange, and became prominent in public affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Carey have two children--Kathleen Alice and Fred Arthur Von Stein.
   The Rev. Mr. Carey is one of the foremost scholars of the West, a gentleman of polish and rare culture. and is eminently fitted to move in the highest social, literary and scientific circles. He is an associate of the Philosophical Society of Great Britain, and Fellow of the Society of Science, Letters and Art of London. As a Christian minister, he is pre-eminent; of acknowledged ability in the pulpit, in his relations with the parish he has not only sustained its character but added to its reputation and influence. It is generally conceded that the institution of learning of which he is the head is of great advantage to the city, the county and the State, as it is conducted under the highest principles, employs the most advanced methods of instruction, and cannot fail to make its mark on the rising generation, and elevate the tone and literary tastes of the people.

APT. ANDREW J. KLEPSER is prominently identified with the industrial interests of Nebraska City as a harness-maker. He has led an active and busy life, and has had a wide and varied experience, having visited and lived in many places in the western and southern portions of our immense country. He took an active part in the Civil War, and attained distinction and promotion as a thoroughly brave, patriotic soldier, and intelligent, capable officer.
   Our subject was born in Salem, Ohio, July 10, 1838, being a son of Jacob Klepser, who was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Oct. 7, 1807. The great-grandparents of our subject were Andrew and Hannah (Mutzer) Klepser, also native Wurtembergers. The great-grandfather of our subject was a life-long resident of the Fatherland, and died at the advanced age of ninety-nine years. The grandfather of our subject learned the trade of tailor, and followed it in Germany until 1817, when he came to America with his wife and five children, landing in Philadelphia in October. He located in Huntingdon, Pa., and opened a shop and pursued his trade there a few years. He then removed with his family to Martinsburg, Bedford Co., Pa., and there continued in the tailoring business until his death in 1844. His wife survived him many years, dying in the same place in 1872, at a ripe old age. They were the parents of eleven children, five of whom were born in Germany, and nine of whom grew to maturity: Andrew, Jacob, Jeremiah, Catherine, Frederic, Daniel, David; Elizabeth, who died in her eighteenth year, and Maynard, who died in his twenty-fifth year.
   Jacob Klepser, the father of our subject, was ten years of age when he came to America with his parents. He had attended school four years in Germany, and after settling in the new home in Pennsylvania he went to the public schools for two years. When he was twelve years old he became a self-supporting member of society, as it that age he went to work on a farm, where he earned at least his board and clothes, although but little more. He continued as a farm laborer until seventeen years of age, and then commenced to learn the trade of harness and saddle-maker, serving three years in Martinsburg for that purpose. He then did journeyman's work there and in Pittsburgh for sometime. In the year 1830 he went to Montgomery County, Ohio, and carried on his business in Salem for twelve years. He then located in Delphi, Ind., removing his family and household goods with teams, as there were no railways in that part of the country. He opened a harness-shop, in Delphi, and was actively engaged at his trade there until 1856, when he sold out and started for the Territory of Nebraska, in June, with two wagons and four horses, accompanied by his wife and three

children. They had cooking utensils, and cooked and camped by the way at night. They made such good progress that on the 25th day of July they crossed the Missouri River at Plattsmouth, Neb. Mr. Klepser selected a suitable site on the prairie twelve miles south of that town, and bought the claim of another individual from the Government, there being forty acres broken, and a log cabin on the place. The family took up their residence in this humble abode, and he at once commenced to improve the land. This was in the very early years of the settlement of Nebraska, and the country was in a wild condition, showing but little signs of its present populous and prosperous condition as a great and wealthy State. The settlements were confined to streams; deers and wolves were plentiful on the prairies, and in the interior and western parts of the State, or Territory as it was then, buffaloes still roamed; the Indians had been removed the year before, but used to revisit their old haunts on the prairies. Mr. Klepser entered land from the Government at $1.25 an acre, and continued to reside in that place until 1865, when he sold out and came to Nebraska City. He immediately established himself in his business as a harness and saddle maker, and has continuously carried it on ever since, meeting with great success, and building up a very profitable trade, as he is a sharp and prudent business man. Mr. Klepser married, in March, 1833, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Tunis Van Clefe, both natives of New Jersey, and of Holland ancestry. Of this marriage four children have been born, namely: Catherine, wife of John D. Simpson, of Plattsmouth; Andrew J.; Letitia, wife of O. F. Johnson, of Plattsmouth; Luella, who was killed by lightning in the sixteenth year of her age.
   Capt. Klepser was quite young when his parents moved to Indiana, and he was eighteen years old when they came to Nebraska City, but although this was over thirty years ago, he can still give a clear and vivid account of that ever memorable journey, and of the hardships and privations of the early years of their life as pioneers. He assisted his father on his farm for awhile, and then went to Plattsmouth as a clerk in his brother-in-laws store remaining with him until 1859. But for his restless, enterprising spirit, an adventurous life in California had great attractions, so on the 1st of May, that year, he started with ox-teams, and crossed the plains and mountains to the "Golden State," arriving at Susanville, Cal., on the 1st of September. From there he went to Marysville, and thence to Sonoma to mine gold, remaining there until the fall of 1861. He then abandoned the hard life of a miner, well satisfied with his gains, and turned his face homeward, starting on his return by the way of the Isthmus and New York, and thence to Indiana, in that State he spent the winter visiting friends. It was while there, in the spring of 1862, that our subject commenced his military career, of which he has modestly withheld the record, all but the most meager details. We learn that he enlisted in the service, and assisted in raising a company which was designated as Company A, and was attached to the 72d Indiana Mounted Infantry. He was in mustered in as Second Lieutenant, and soon went to the front, where he took part in the battle of Stone River; was with Sherman from Chattanooga to Atlanta, taking part in the important battles, and in the siege and capture of Atlanta. After the battle of Stone River he received deserved promotion to the rank of Captain for his cool courage and efficiency on the battlefield. In the fall of 1864, having served his country faithfully for nearly three years, he resigned his commission and retired to private life in Plattsmouth, where he opened a book store. He soon gave up that business, and commenced freighting from Plattsmouth and Nebraska City to Denver and intervening military posts. He continued in that business until 1867, when the Union Pacific road was built, which of course restricted the freighting business, making it less necessary and also less profitable. He then turned his attention to farming in Cass County, and was busily engaged in agriculture there two years. At the expiration of that time he sold that place and bought another farm in Ashland, upon which he resided a year, We next hear of him in Plattsmouth again, where he engaged in the dairy business for a year and a half. From there he went to Kearney and Lowell, where he spent a few months, and thence proceeded to Texas and engaged in railroading for a short time, but a few months later he again made his appearance in his old home in Nebraska City.

He entered his father's harness-shop, and worked with him for three years. But the old roaming propensities were not cooled, he was not really yet to settle down to a quiet, uneventful life, but must be up and off. This time the Territory of Dakota was the chosen scene of his travels, and for awhile he found a home there. He was employed a part of the time at his trade in Yankton, a part of the time was mining in the Black Hills, and part of the time was prospecting and railroading in Northern Dakota. In 1881 he left Dakota and returned to Nebraska. City, where he has ever since resided, and immediately established himself in his present business.
   Capt. Klepser was married, in 1865, to Miss Abbie Buck, a native of Illinois, and their pleasant wedded life has been blessed to them by the birth of three children--Theodora, Elizabeth and John J. The Captain and his wife occupy an honorable position in society in this community. and he is a member of the Western Star Lodge No. 2, A. F. & A. M. After the stirring and adventurous life of his earlier years, he has now settled down to it quiet life, and pays strict attention to his business. which is in a flourishing condition. During all these years while traveling in different parts of the country he has been a keen and intelligent observer of men and things, and has gained a fund of useful and interesting information.

RNST GUENZEL is the proprietor of one of the best managed farms in Nebraska City Precinct; its proximity to a good market in a prosperous and growing city, its well-tilled acres, and its substantial and commodious buildings, render it one of the most valuable estates in Otoe County. A view of his fine place the publishers present on the adjoining page. Mr. Guenzel was born in Schleusingen, Prussia, Oct. 11, 1837. His father, Karl Guenzel, and his grandfather, Christopher Guenzel, were natives and lifelong residents of the same locality, where they followed the pursuit of farming. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Christina Frencel, and she was likewise a native of Schleusingen, Prussia, and is still living there at the advanced age of seventy-eight years. There were five children born to her and her husband, namely; Maria, Ernst, Johanna, Christina and Henry. Our subject and his sister Johanna were the only ones who ever came to America, and the latter, the wife of Peter Scharp, lives in Wyoming Precinct.
   Ernst Guenzel obtained a very good education in the excellent schools of his native land, which he attended from the age of six until he was thirteen and a half years old. After leaving school he devoted three years and three months to learn the trade of shoemaker, and then followed that trade on his own account in his native place for one year. After that he resolved to seek a home in the New World, and in 1855, at the age of eighteen years, set sail from Hamburg in an American bound vessel on the 18th of October, and, after a weary voyage of two months, landed in New York on the 20th of the following December. At that time he had but $11 in his pocket; but he had youth, health and a clear head in his favor, and with high courage he made his way to Dubuque, Iowa, where he worked at his trade in one shop for three years and three months. He subsequently visited Memphis, Tenn., spending two months there, and from there went to Westport, and later to Carrolton, Mo., working at his trade in both places. In Carrolton he established a shop and carried on the shoe business for one year. In 1861 we find him in Nebraska, then a Territory, about to open a store in Nebraska City for the sale of groceries, ice cream and confectionery. He was engaged in that until 1868, when he turned his attention to bottling mineral water. In 1871 he sold out that business and bought his present farm, which comprises forty acres, and has since devoted his attention very successfully to agriculture. He has planted a variety of fruit trees, apple and peach, and now has a fine orchard, from which he derives a good income, and he also has quite a vineyard of choice grapes. Mr. Guenzel has erected a commodious brick house, in which he and his family have one of the pleasantest and coziest homes in the precinct.
   Our subject has been twice married. He was married to Miss Emma Oekle, July 13, 1865; she was a native of Hanover, Germany, and came to