ing 24x28 feet, and built a comfortable barn for his cattle. He has a large herd of cattle of the Polled-Angus breed, eight or ten horses of fine grade, and keeps a large number of Poland-China hogs.
   On Aug. 3, 1871, our subject was united in marriage to Margaret Mendenhall, in Ridgeville, Randolph Co., Ind. She is a native of that place, born April 15, 1850, being a daughter of Pennel and Mariah (West) Mendenhall. (For further parental history see sketch of D. G. Mendenhall.)
   In the household of our subject and his wife have been born five children, namely: Albert H., Lizzie B., Charlie W., Myrtle B. and Thomas H.
   Mr. Waltz is an ambitious, energetic man, and an influential citizen, always aiding to the full extent of his power all beneficial schemes for the advancement of his town's interests, and is now a member of the School Board and has served as Road Supervisor. He is a member of the G. A. R., Kenesaw Post, No. 123, at Elmwood, also a leading member of the Farmers' Alliance, being President of that society. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and has been delegate to County Conventions. Mrs. Waltz, a woman of lovely character, gentle and unassuming in her manner, shares equally with her husband the esteem of the neighbors, who appreciate her fine qualities of heart and intellect. She is a member of the Baptist Church.

ILBURN L. BARRETT is prominently identified with the stock and dairy interests of Cass County, owning as he does a valuable farm, finely located one and three-fourths miles from the city of Weeping Water, and comprising 200 acres, a quarter of section 25, and forty acres on section 36.
   Our subject was born in Illinois in 1854 to Lockhart and Nancy J. (Carter) Barrett, natives of Jefferson County, N. Y. and Illinois respectively. His father grew to manhood in his native State, and when twenty-one years of age went to Michigan. After living there awhile he took up his residence in Illinois, becoming one of the early settlers of the State, and living to see it developed into an important and wealthy commonwealth. He was a farmer, and took an active part in developing the rich agricultural resources of the Prairie State. He married there, and to him and his wife were born eight children, five of whom grew to maturity. He was a man who was highly respected for his sterling worth, and his death in 1862 was a blow to the material interests of the community where he had spent so many of his years. His widow, a woman of great worth, survived him until June, 1876. Mr. Barrett was much interested in politics, and all his days was a strong advocate of the Democratic party.
   Our subject resided in Jo Daviess County, Ill., until he came here, and on his father's farm gained a good, practical knowledge of agriculture, While there he was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie McGrath, Dec. 22, 1875, being the date of that auspicious occasion. To them have come six children, all of whom are living, namely: Elmer E., Leroy A., Haney F., Jesse D., Jay L., Bulah M. These children are being carefully trained, and will be given every advantage for obtaining an education. Mrs. Barrett was born in the same county as her husband, her birth occuring there in 1856, and she lived with her parents until her marriage.
   Dr. D. D. and Elizabeth J. McGrath, the parents of Mrs. Barrett, were natives of Pennsylvania and Illinois respectively. Her father came to Illinois when a small child, and grew to manhood there. He served as a soldier during the late war, having enlisted Sept. 14, 1861. He held the office of Lieutenant, and was mustered out Oct. 29, 1864. He moved to Kansas, where he practiced medicine for several years. His health failing he went to Florida, and died at Pensacola in 1873. In October, 1875, the mother went to American Falls, Utah, for her health, and in June, 1876, died and was buried there.
   Mr. Barrett came to Nebraska with his family in 1880, and bought his present farm. It was then only slightly improved, and he immediately set about the work that lay before him, to transform it into the valuable estate that it now is. He has put up all the buildings, and has a good and substantial set for all requisite purposes, and has the farm neatly fenced, and keeps it well stocked with all the cattle that it will keep. He has a grove,

apple orchard, and also small fruits of all kinds. He has a windmill that he erected himself, also large hay scales, and all other needed conveniences for carrying on farming profitably. Everything about his place is neat and well kept, and it compares favorably with others in the neighborhood.
   Mr. Barrett is a practical, skillful farmer, as is shown by the high state of cultivation to which he has brought his farm, and the success he has had in raising grain and stock. His neighbors speak highly of him as to his manly, upright conduct in every department of life. He devotes his whole time to his work, and cares not to hold office. He is a true Republican in his politics, and never fails to support his party by voice and vote.

REDERIC GOOS, proprietor and manager of the City Hotel of Plattsmouth, is well known throughout Cass County in the capacity of "mine host," and he is quite popular, as he is always pleasant and obliging, and looks carefully after the comfort of his guests. His hotel is a handsome and substantial brick structure, three stories in height, 44x70 feet in dimensions, with a good basement under the whole; it is supplied with modern conveniences, is neatly and comfortably furnished, and is, in fact, a first-class hotel in all its appointments.
   Mr. Goos was born in Sleswick-Holstein, Germany, Sept. 16, 1829. His father, George Goes, was a native of the same place, where he followed farming, and spent his entire life. His wife, whose maiden name was Celia Gosch, was also born in Sleswick-Holstein. They had three sons who came to America -- Peter, George and Frederich. Peter keeps a hotel in Omaha, and George has a farm two miles south of Plattsmouth. Another son, named Franz, married and reared a family in the old country. After his death four of his sons came to America -- Peter. Franz, Hans and Fred.
   Our subject passed his youth and early manhood in the Fatherland. He gained a substantial education, attending school quite steadily until he was sixteen years of age, and he then commenced life for himself, finding employment in a gristmill, where he worked four years. Then, in accordance with the customs of his country, he had to enter the military service. He was a soldier for four years, and he then retired from the service, and resumed milling at his old home, continuing in that business a short time, and their engaged in farming until 1871. He then resolved to try life in the United States, the Mecca of so many of his countrymen, and see if he could not improve his financial condition by a change. After coming here he was profitably engaged at his old trade of milling the following eight years. He accumulated a goodly amount of property by his industry and prudence, and he then turned his attention to his present business. He bought the City Hotel, which was then a frame building, and was doing very well in his enterprise when, on the 2d day of January, 1882, it was destroyed by fire. Not at all disheartened by such a serious loss, he at once set about the erection of his present building, which he has managed with great financial success since its completion. It is well patronized by a good class of people, and its guests are made to feel at home in comfortable rooms, with their appetites appeased by good and well-cooked food.
   Mr. Goos was married, in 1860, to Miss Mary Turns, a native of Steswick-Holstein, and to her energetic and able assistance in his undertaking he is greatly indebted for his success. Six children have been born to them, namely: Celia, Mary, Katherina, Henry F. and Alvena, George, the third child, died at the age of twenty-two years.

ON. H. C. WOLPH. The subject of this sketch, one of the oldest settlers of this county, arrived here May 27, 1854, and from the first distinguished him self as a man of more than ordinary ability. He has been in every respect a most useful citizen, and one who from the start evinced a warm interest in the growth and development of the county which he had adopted as his future home. He now occupies an enviable position among his fellow citizens by whom he is held in the highest esteem as one who

has been instrumental in the maintenance and establishment of schools, and the encourager of the various other enterprises calculated to advance the general welfare of the people.
   Struggling up through his youth under many disadvantages, Mr. Wolph by his own persevering efforts secured an excellent education, while his natural love of reading and study resulted in the acquirement of a large fund of useful information. He is in fact considered one of the most learned men of Cass County. The bent of his thoughts may be guessed from the fact that as soon as its population and means justified the step, Mr. Wolph began to agitate the question of establishing a permanent institution of learning, the result of which is the well-known Doane College, located at Crete. Over this college he has exercised his fostering care from the beginning, finally renting his farm and moving to that vicinity in order to oversee its management and push the enterprise to a successful issue. He not only gave his time and influence but donated liberally of money, and takes a pardonable pride in its success.
   The people of this county were not slow to recognize in Mr. Wolph those qualities which would be of service to them in public places. He was at an early day called to various positions of trust, serving as County Commissioner and in other offices, and in due time was elected to represent the county in the Territorial Legislature, serving in this capacity also after Nebraska had become a State. In the meantime he invested a large proportion of his capital in land, and is now the owner of a 400 acre farm finely situated on sections ten and fifteen in Tipton Precinct. Here he has effected all the improvements which are beheld with admiration by the passer-by, and which comprise a neat and commodious residence, large and substantial barns and other out-houses, with windmill, water ranks and all the machinery required for the successful prosecution of agriculture. He makes a specialty of live stock, feeding large numbers of cattle and swine, and keeping a number of fine horses. He has ten acres planted to forest and fruit trees and the whole premises comprises one of the most complete country estates in the county.
   Mr. Wolph was born in Richland County, Ohio, March 7, 1823, and is the son of John and Mary (Crum) Wolph who were both natives of Pennsylvania. The paternal grandfather, Sebastian Wolph, was a substantial Pennsylvania farmer during the early days of the Keystone State. The family suffered severely during the progress of the Revolutionary War and became almost extinct, Sebastian being the only one left to perpetuate the name. He lived to be a very old man and spent his last years in Ohio. Grandfather Henry Crum was of German descent and spent his last years on a farm in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
   The father of our subject, when a youth of sixteen years, left his native State, removing with his parents in 1814, to Ohio. The latter was then a wilderness. The elder Wolph took up a tract of Government land for which he paid $1.25 per acre and felling the trees prepared the soil for cultivation. Prior to the removal to Ohio he had preffered his services as a soldier in the War of 1812, but the conflict terminated before he was mustered in. Afterward he occupied his farm in Ohio until the most of his children were grown and had moved to Nebraska. In the fall of 1859, coming to the Territory on a visit, he died at the home of our subject, in Wyoming Precinct, Otoe County, and his remains were laid to rest in the cemetery of Nebraska City. Both parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the father was prominent in its councils. He officiated as Class Leader and contributed liberally to its support. The old homestead in Ohio was familiarly known as "The M. E. Home." The mother about 1859 left the Buckeye State and thereafter made her home with her children in the West, dying in Nebraska City in 1875, at the advanced age of eighty years.
   The parental household of our subject included ten children namely: Eliza who died when about seventy years old; Esther a resident of Nebraska City; Catherine deceased; Henry Clay our subject; Christina and Sebastian both deceased; Sarah and Mary, residents of Iowa; Lucretia of Montana and Hulda of Washington Ty. Henry C., of our sketch, remained at the home farm with his father until twenty-seven years old, his education in the meantime being conducted in the district school about

six weeks in the year. He was seventeen years old when he learned to write his name. During the administration of President Van Buren he worked at all kinds of labor for twenty-five cents per day. It took him two years to save $5, and with his capital in hand he entered Norwalk Seminary, Ohio, through which he worked his way laboriously, but successfully, improving every opportunity to gain useful information and in the meantime, in addition to his school studies, reading the books which would be of the most value to his mental training. Such good headway did he make that he developed into a very efficient teacher, which profession he followed during the winter season, a period of seven years, and in the meantime continued his uses of candle light and books. His summers were employed working for his father on the farm.
   In the spring of 1850 Mr. Wolph was seized with the California fever, and in company with a number of his young associates started for the Pacific slope. They made their way by water to Independence, Mo., then purchased an outfit of thirteen wagons, and between thirty and forty yoke of oven, and proceeded on their journey. They had several narrow escapes from the Indians and at the end of 100 days arrived in Sacramento City. Mr. Wolph spent a few days mining and then purchased the necessary implements and began prospecting in the vicinity of Hangtown. The year following he engaged in butchering and also built a dam to drain the North American River. The meat business, at which he operated with a partner extensively, finally proved a total failure and he lost everything. In addition he was taken ill and unable to do anything for several months. He finally recovered, however, enough to resume mining at which time he made some headway again, but in 1853, resolved to return home. There was more than one reason which drew him Eastward which as he was still a single man, may easily be guessed.
   Mr. Wolph made his trip homeward by water from San Francisco to New York City and thence by rail to Ohio. That summer he provided himself with a wife and helpmate and in the fall started out once more Westward overland for Glenwood, Iowa. He spent the winter in that vicinity, but in the spring of 1854 crossed the Missouri into this county. Prior to this he had intended to settle in Oregon, but the outlook in Nebraska Territory appearing favorable, he finally resolved to locate in this county. He arrived within its limits on the 27th of May, and settled first upon the land now owned by Stephen Hobson, of Liberty Precinct. Here he took a claim of 320 acres, but in the summer of 1856 sold out and purchased 520 acres of land, a part of which lay in Otoe County. He put up a residence on the banks of the Weeping Water and gradually gathered about him the comforts and conveniences of modern life. His land was mostly prairie, although there was considerable timber in places.
   Mr. Wolph in the meantime had interested himself in the welfare of the rapidly developing country in this section and was welcomed by its people as a man worthy of their confidence and esteem. After serving in various other positions of trust, he was, in 1856, elected to the Territorial Legislature, serving his term with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. In his farm operations he found that the feeding of live stock yielded the quickest returns, and accordingly to this gave his principal attention. He lived on his farm until 1872, then rented his land and moved to Crete, being in the meantime a Trustee and one of the builders of Doane College. He purchased a modest home and lived there untii (sic) the spring of 1873. We must not omit to state that after his term in the Legislature; he served as Judge of the Probate Court. Upon leaving Crete in the spring of 1875 he took up his abode in Tipton Precinct, this county, where he had purchased eighty acres of land. In the meantime he had left his children in Crete, resolving that they should receive the advantages of a thorough education and not be subjected to the diffificulties (sic) which he had experienced in his youth.
   The marriage of Henry Clay Wolph and Miss Esther Bevier was celebrated at the home of the bride in Bucyrus, Crawford Co., Ohio, Aug. 14, 1853. This lady, the fourth child of her parents, was born in Broome County, N. Y., April 8, 1822, and received a good education occupying herself thereafter as a teacher for a period of eight years, She is the daughter of Elisha and Rachel (John-

son) Bevier, who are both natives of the Empire State. The Bevier family is of French descent while the Johnsons trace their ancestry to England. The maternal grandfather served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War and after it was over settled on a farm in New York State, where his death took place in 1868, at the age of seventy-three years. His wife is still living, making her home with her son William J. in Ohio, and has now arrived at the advanced age of ninety-three. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church and is able to tell many an interesting tale of pioneer life. The parental family included twelve children, seven of whom are living.
   To Mr. and Mrs. Wolph there were born three children, the eldest of whom, a son, Bucephalus, operates the old homestead both in Otoe and Cass Counties. Bucephalia is the wife of Prof. A. B. Shaw of Doane College. They reside in Crete and have two children, Stewart B. and Esther W. Shasta is the wife of Rev. G. W. Mitchell of Arborville, York Co., Neb., and they have one child, a son, Glendennin W.
   In the fall of 1882 Mr. Wolph was elected to the State Legislature on the Republican ticket, serving a term of two years and introducing various measures calculated to benefit the State at large. Whatever has been his position he has characterized himself as a man of industry and probity, and has labored conscientiously to encourage the enterprises calculated to do the greatest good to the largest number. He assisted in the organization of the Congregational Church at Eagle, being a charter member and for many years was actively engaged in Sunday School work, only withdrawing when the accumulation of years compelled him. Politically, he is a sound Republican and during the war assisted in the organization of the Union League in Otoe County, the object of which was to oppose the workings of the Golden Circle in Nebraska City. He is justly proud of his labors at this period of his iife (sic) and especially of the occasion when less than twenty men, himself among the number, held at bay several hundred of the members of the Golden Circle. He was frequently chosen as delegate to represent his party in the State and County conventions and was ever a cheerful worker in behalf of the principles which he espoused at an early period in his life. In Otoe County he was likewise prominent in public affairs, serving as Commissioner and in the various minor offices. His career has been one eminently deserving of record, and one to which his children will revert with pride in years to come.

EORGE P. HORN. This gentleman, one of the leading farmers of Eight Mile Grove Precinct, crossed the Mississippi from Tazewell County, Ill., in the spring of 1881, and coming to this county purchased 320 acres of land lying on sections 15 and 22 in this precinct, for which he was to pay at the rate of $10.50 per acre. He did not tarry long in Nebraska, however, at this time, considering that he had made a good investment which would naturally increase in value as time passed on. In the course of some seven years, revisiting it, he began making arrangements for its improvement and cultivation, renting it thereafter to other parties a number of years.
   Finally, noting the fact that Nebraska was becoming a State rapidly developing in rich resources and likely to be a desirable place of residence, Mr. Horn left his old home in Illinois and took up his abode here in the spring of 1885. He had the year prior to this erected a substantial residence with other necessary structures, and now took possession. His standing in the community to-day is that of a self-made man, whose thrift and industry have been richly rewarded. He set out in life a young man without means and no resources but his strong hands and courageous heart. Of substantial German ancestry, he was burn in Hesse-Darmstadt, Feb. 6, 1831, and is the son of Peter and Catherine (Kumph) Horn who were natives of the same Province as their son, and who spent their lives on their native soil. Their family consisted of nine children, six of whom are living and located mostly in Illinois and Nebraska.
   Mr. Horn in common with the youth of Germany was placed in school when a lad probably of six years and received a practical education in his native tongue. His father was a farmer by occupa-

tion and George at an early date was trained to habits of industry, making himself useful around their modest home. Upon obtaining his majority, however, he became ambitious for something more than he believed he could attain in the Fatherland, and decided to emigrate to America. Bidding adieu to his early friends and the associations of his boyhood he repaired to Antwerp and secured passsage (sic) on a sailing vessel which after encountering some storms, finally landed him safely in New York City, after an ocean voyage of forty-seven days. Proceeding directly westward he took up his abode in Tazewell County, Ill., where he was somewhat of a pioneer. Not long afterward he purchased a tract of land in Tazewell County and bent his energies to its improvement. In the meantime he made his home with a neighbor, but having formed the acquaintance of a very estimable young lady, finally persuaded her to share his home and fortunes. With Miss Eva Volk he was united in marriage Oct. 9, 1856. Mrs. Horn was a native of the same country as her husband and born Sept. 30, 1836. Her parents, John and Catherine (Meisenger) Volk had emigrated to the United States and settled in Tazewell County at an early day, where she was reared to womanhood.
   Mr. and Mrs. Horn began their wedded life together on the new farm and their mutual labors in the course of years resulted in the establishment of one of the most comfortable homesteads in that region. This most estimable lady became the mother of nine children and departed this life at her home in Illinois, Nov. 11, 1875. She was greatly mourned by her family and friends and her death left a void in the home circle which can never be filled. Of the offspring of this union the record is as follows: the eldest daughter, Catherine, is the wife of George Nickel and lives at Plattsmouth, where also the eldest son, George, makes his home; Henry married Miss Emeline Hild and lives with our subject; Mary, Philip, Jacob, Isaac N. and Conrad continue at the homestead with their father.
   Our subject, while a resident of Tazewell County, Ill., was quite prominent in local affairs, holding the various offices of his township and being closely identified with its agricultural and business interests. In his removal Tazewell County lost one of her best citizens and Cass County has been so much the gainer. Each year adds something to the value and beauty of the Horn homestead, which stretches over a goodly portion of the landscape and with its substantial buildings, its livestock, its groves of forest and orchard of fruit trees presents a picture goodly to the eye. Mr. Horn after becoming it naturalized citizen identified himself with the Democratic party, to which he has since given his support. His has been a large and ripe experience, in which he has made the most of his opportunities and he deserves a position in the front ranks among the solid men of Cass County. About 1870 he identified himself with the I. O. O. F.

ARRY D. REED. The Reed family have for many years been prominently identified with the mercantile interests of Weeping Water and vicinity. The subject of this sketch, a member of the firm of Reed Bros. & Co., is a young man of fine business capacities, and is contributing his full share in keeping up the reputation of the house. He is only a little over twenty-five years of age, having been born Aug, 31, 1863, within the precincts of the town where he now lives, and where he has spent his life thus far with the exception of the two years in school at St. Johnsbury, Vt. Mr. Reed upon leaving school commenced his mercantile career in the store of a brother, in Weeping Water, where he acquitted himself creditably two years, and was then admitted to the firm as a partner. He was married, Oct. 5, 1887, to Miss Antoinette Bierce, who came to this place as a teacher of vocal music about 1886, and followed this profession until her marriage.
   Mrs. Reed was born June 26, 1862, in Tallmadge, Ohio, and is a daughter of the well-known Lucius V. Bierce, of Summit County, Ohio, now residing on a farm near Tallmadge. Mr. Bierce is one of the prominent citizens of that locality, a man of high standing in his community. He is a native of Ohio, and married Miss Hattie Kemp. Their family consisted of six children, all of whom are liv-