A. Juliaette Langley, and four daughters have been born to them, namely: Amelia, wife of W. F. Morrison, who resides in Rochester, N. Y.; J. Amanda, wife of Willard N. Buell, deceased; his widow resides in Plattsmouth; May E., wife of R. D. Gallagher, of Chicago; Frances E., wife of J. N. Wise, Postmaster of Plattsmouth.
   Mrs. Wright was born in Huron, Wayne Co., N. Y., Aug. 31, 1818. Her father, Charles Langley, was a native of Canada. His father was born, reared and married in France. He came to America with his wife and children and settled in Montreal, Canada, where he was engaged as a wholesale merchant. From there he moved to Boston, where he carried on the same business. Mrs. Wright's father went to Utica, N. Y., when he was a young man, and was there married to Bethany Parker. She was a native of that city, and was a daughter of Jared and Temperance (Huestie) Parker. She died in Newark, Wayne Co., N. Y., in 1838. Her parents were among the early pioneers of Utica, and her grandparents died there at the age of ninety-seven and ninety-three years respectively. After marriage Mrs. Wright's father settled in Wayne County, and was busy looking after his shipping interests, is he owned vessels that plied on the lakes. In 1824 he removed with his family from the town of Huron to Newark, where he engaged in the wholesale drug business until his death in 1845. "Chaplin" Wright was buried in Oak Hill cemetery, at Plattsmouth.

L. BROWN, well-known in the city of Plattsmouth as a stirring and efficient business man, associated himself in the fall of 1888 in partnership with Otis H. Ballou, and they are now conducting a very successful general law practice, while making a specialty of real-estate and collections.
   Mr. Brown is essentially a western man, with western interests, being a native of Grant County, Ind., and his birth taking place Oct. 15, 1881. His father, John R. Brown, was a native also of Grant County, and his paternal grandfather a native of Scotland, emigrated to America in the company of his seven brothers at an early period in his life. Making their way to what was then the far West they took up their abode about 1830 among the earliest pioneers of Randolph County, Ind. Grandfather Brown took up a tract of heavily timbered land, cleared a farm in the wilderness and there spent the remainder of his life, dying at the advanced age of eighty-seven years.
   Mrs. Sarah (Rogers) Brown, the paternal grandmother of our subject, also died at the old homestead in the eighty-sixth year of her age. Their son, John R., the father of our subject, was converted in his youth and became a member of the United Brethren Church. Of a thoughtful and serious turn of mind always, he commenced preaching at the age of nineteen years, being one of the first to assist in spreading the Gospel in Grant County and vicinity. He was for many years very active in the ministry, and organized many societies of the United Brethren denomination, officiating also as presiding Elder, and otherwise laboring faithfully in the Master's vineyard; at the same time he combined farming with preaching, becoming possessed of a tract of land in Huntington County, about four miles from the town of that name, and where he is now living, retired from active labor.
   John R. Brown married Miss Rebecca Daly, who was born in Pennsylvania, and was the daughter of Dennis Daly, who moved from the Keystone State to Grant County, Ind., during the days of its early settlement. He also, like Mr. Brown, improved a farm from the wilderness, and there spent the remainder of his life. The parental family of our subject included four children, viz: W. L., Letitia A., May A. and Frances J.
   Our subject, the eldest child of his parents, pursued his early studies in the district schools of his native township, mostly in the winter season, until a youth of eighteen years. He then began teaching, which he followed ten terms successfully in the fall and winter, being variously employed the remainder of the year. In 1877 he commenced the study of law in the office of M. D. Call at Huntington, Ind., and the year following was admitted to the bar. In 1879 he turned his face toward the far West, establishing himself at Plattsmouth, and

inaugurating the practice which he has since carried on so successfully. In 1886 he accepted a position with the Lombard investment Company of Lincoln as Examiner of Titles, but in November, 1887, withdrew and returning to Plattsmouth resumed his regular practice. Mr. Lombard, in answering Mr. Brown's letter of resignation, complimented him highly upon the correctness and efficiency of his work, and the manner in which he had in all respects discharged his duties in connection with the firm.
   One of the most interesting events in the life of our subject took place on the 18th of December, 1884, when he was united in marriage with Miss Matilda Peterson, at the home of the bride. This lady was born in Sweden, and was brought by her parents to America when a girl ten years of age. Of this union there have been born two children.

APT. JONATHAN HATT and his partner, J. W. Marthis, are proprietors of one of the best managed and most extensively patronized meat markets in Plattsmouth. He was born near Leamington, Canada, Dec. 12, 1848. His father, Anthony George Hatt, was a native of England, as was also his father, who was of German ancestry, The latter came to America previous to the Crimean War and joined his children in the Province of Ontario, Canada. He subsequently went from there to Wayne County, Mich., where he died in the home of a daughter, six miles from Detroit. Three of his children came to America: James settled near Leamington, Canada, and there died; Sarah married Joseph Batishill, and died near Detroit, Mich., and the father of our subject is living in Plattsmouth.
   The latter was reared in his native county, that of Essex, England, and in his youth he there learned the trades of wheelwright and carpentry. At nineteen years of age he came to America and located in Buffalo, where he worked at his trade, opening a wagon shop in company with his brother-in-law. They carried on business there a few years, and then our subject bought a tract of timbered land in Mercy Township, near Leamington, Canada, and there improved a farm. He afterward sold it in 1856 and bought another in Colchester, on which he lived until 1861, he then disposed of this property at a good advance on the original cost price, and went to Amherstburg to open a hotel which he managed for two years. At the end of that time he sold his hotel and moved to Windsor, where he engaged in business as carpenter and builder until 1864. He then went to Detroit, and was employed in building in that city about a year. His next move took him to Dayton, Ohio, and he there assisted in building the Soldiers' Home. From there he went to Cincinnati, where he erected several buildings. From that city he went to Chicago and operated there nearly a year. Council Bluffs was his next destination, and after that Omaha, and in both places he was engaged at his trade. He came to Plattsmouth from the latter city to assist in building a hotel here (that building has since been burned). He had been here a short time when he seized a good opportunity to establish a meat-market. He carried on that business with good financial success until 1888, when he sold out to his son Jonathan and partner: Since then he has lived in retirement, having an ample income, and is spending the winter in California. The maiden name of his first wife, mother of our subject, was Ann Batishill, and she was a native of England, coming to America with her parents. She died in 1856, leaving eight children, namely; Emily A., Sarah J., Elizabeth, William, George, Jonathan, Mary, and Charlotte. Mr. Hatt married a second time, Emeline Maples becoming his wife.
   The subject of this sketch is the youngest son of his parents. He was reared on a farm, and remained at home in his native county until he was about sixteen years old. He had an eager desire to become a sailor, and at that age shipped on board a lake vessel. He sailed on the lakes for several years and gained a good practical knowledge of navigation, so that when he was offered the captaincy of a steaming plying on Lakes Erie and Huron he was well fitted for the position and accepted it. He was master of that tug until 1876, when he engaged as mate on the steamer "Fred Kelley," which voyaged up and down Lakes Erie and Huron. He retained his position on board that steamer four years, and then signed as mate of the Mary Jerecki, and occupied that position for one year. He then

succeeded Capt. Shepard as commanding officer on board of a boat that ran on Lake Michigan. In 1883 he abandoned life on the lakes to make his home under Nebraska's sunny skies. In January of that year he came to Plattsmouth, and forming a partnership with I. W. Marthis bought his father's market, and they have ever since carried on the business with signal success.
   Our subject was married, in February, 1885, to Miss Elvira Sharping, a native of Milwaukee. They have one child, John Victor, who is a year old. Their daughter Lilian died in infancy.
   Capt. Hatt's early experience as a sailor on the lakes has been of use to him in various ways; has rendered him independent and self-reliant, and he is keen and prompt in his dealings, yet he is frank and hearty in his manners, and no one is more ready than he to extend a helping hand to those who have been less fortunate than himself. He is eminently sociable and companionable, and these qualities find him favor among his fellow-members of Trio Lodge No. 84, A. O. U. W. Politically he a Republican.

EONARD C. W. MURRAY is a pioneer of Cass County of 1855. The pioneer element of Cass County has no more worthy factor than the subject of this biography, who, with his estimable wife, began housekeeping on an 80-acre farm four miles south of the present city of Plattsmouth in the spring of 1870. They lived there until 1882, then moved to a farm on section 30 in Plattsmouth Precinct, where they have since resided. This embraces 160 acres of good land, which, with the exception of having been plowed, was at the time of purchase destitute of improvement, there being no buildings. Mr. M. has put up a comfortable residence, a barn and other out-buildings, planted an orchard, fenced the fields, and by degrees added the other conveniences necessary for the successful prosecution of agriculture. Besides a large amount of labor involved he has expended over $4,000 in money, and has a homestead at once desirable and attractive.
   Mr. Murray is essentially a Western man, having been born in Moniteau County, Mo., June 6, 1848. His parents were Jonathan and Elizabeth (Berger) Murray (see sketch of his brother Joshua), and were among the very earliest settlers of that part of Missouri, going there with their parents from Tennessee when small children. They were reared and married in Moniteau County, where they lived until 1851, then removed to Mills County, Iowa, where they lived two years, and thence came to Nebraska Territory in 1855. The father selected a tract of land north of the present city of Rock Bluff, where the family lived a number of years, and where their thirteen children were reared to maturity.
   The father of our subject died at the home farm in this precinct. He had been a pioneer of three Territories, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska, in fact his entire life was spent on the frontier. The mother is still living, making her home with her son Alvars, in Smith County, Kan. Leonard was the tenth child of the family, and was a little lad of five years when he came with his parents to Nebraska. There were then many Indians in the vicinity of the present site of Rock Bluff, and probably about six white families. Our subject labored with his father in the development of the Nebraska homestead, and early in life began to form his own plans for the future. A few months after reaching his majority he was married, Sept. 2, 1869, to Miss Rebecca A., daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Wiles, of Plattsmouth Precinct. This lady was born Feb. 1, 1857, in Missouri, and of their union there are eleven children living: Charles A., Clarence, John, Isabell, Laura J., Ida May, Leonard C. W., Jr., David, Florence, Eddie and Christopher C. Cordelia, the second child, died at the age of eighteen months.
   When the father of our subject began life in Nebraska he was without means, and got his first cow and their limited stock of household furniture with money earned by mauling rails at fifty cents per hundred. The mother added to the family income by weaving and spinning. Thus commenced the married life of the young people, in wide contrast to the condition of most of the newly wedded people of to-day, who would consider themselves greatly abused by fate or Providence were they compelled to make the shifts and turns which pioneers cheerfully underwent together. Mr. and Mrs. Murray have gathered around them scores of

friends during their long residence in this county. They are both members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. M., politically, is a stanch Republican.

AMUEL McCLINTIC. This farmer, grain-buyer and public-spirited citizen of Eagle, was born near Fostoria, Hancock Co., Ohio, Jan. 19, 1839, where he lived with his parents until he was thirteen years old, when the family removed to Michigan, where he lived with his father until reaching the age of twenty-eight. One year prior to this time he married, and with his wife lived with his parents for one year, working on the farm. He then went to Black Hawk County, Iowa, in 1867, and rented 400 acres of land, which he cultivated for two years. In the spring of 1869 he concluded renting was not what he wanted, and in search of a better location and better opportunities he went to Arkansas, Kansas and Texas, but in all his journeyings he found nothing that satisfied him. He then came to Lincoln, Neb., where he had a half brother; from that city he came to Tipton Precinct, Cass County, and discovered the land that seemed to meet his requirements, and he filed a homestead claim of 160 acres on section 20. He then went back to Iowa for his family. He came back to Elkhorn in the spring, by rail and stage to Lincoln, and rented a farm near the latter place, for the first season, and began plowing and otherwise improving it. In the fall he homesteaded eighty acres of it, and let eighty acres go. In the spring of 1870 he built his house, which was 14x22 feet; when completed it was the largest house at that time in the Precinct. He hauled the lumber for it from Oak Grove.
   The nearest markets to the home of our subject were Lincoln and Ashland. Neighbors were scarce, trials and hardships many, but our subject stuck right to it, and made a grand success of his venture. Not a hill or a tree were to be seen, to break the monotony of the view, so he set out his trees in groves, which after these years of growth present a fine appearance, and add great value to his homestead, on which he still lives. Himself and brother, in partnership, bought and shipped stock, and in 1873 they shipped to the Chicago market. They purchased land at various times, as opportunity offered, until they owned one entire section of 640 acres, described as the south one-half of section 21, southeast quarter of section 20, and the northeast quarter of section 29. This land they owned and operated in partnership until 1884, when our subject bought his brother's interest, and became the sole proprietor. In 1886 he sold to the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company the quarter-section of section 20, his original homestead, on which to locate the town site. He was very instrumental in getting the road through the Grove, donating the right of way for a mile through his property.
   Mr. McClintic has his farm fenced and cross-fenced in convenient sized fields for the purposes for which they are intended, with substantial wire fences. A large orchard yields a large supply of excellent fruit, and ten acres of cedars, and a number of groves, afford abundant shelter to the large number of cattle which he handles annually. He raises and ships to market from five to six car-loads of bogs, and the same number of car-loads of cattle; He has eighteen head of one-half to three-quarter blood Norman horses, all of which he uses in the cultivation and operation of his farm.
   When twenty-seven years old our subject was married to Miss Harriet McConnell, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Ford) McConnell, Jan. 1, 1866, in Charlotte, Mich. This lady was the youngest of a family of eleven children -- William, Elenora, James, Phoebe, Rebecca, Thomas, John, Mary, Oliver and Elizabeth. William, John, Phoebe, Rebecca and Elizabeth are deceased. Harriet was born in Orange, Ashland Co., Ohio, Oct. 24, 1844. Her brothers Oliver and John served in the Union Army from the beginning of the Rebellion to its close. They enlisted from Michigan, and were honorably discharged. Her father and mother were natives of Pennsylvania; her fathers' family moved to Ashland County, Ohio, where he bought land and improved it. In 1852 he moved to Eaton County, Mich. He was a veteran soldier, serving in the American Army in the War of 1812, having enlisted when he was only sixteen years old. He died in Michigan in the fall of 1860, Her mother

died in 1849, in Ohio. Both were earnest Christians, and were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
   Her grandfather McConnell was of Scotch-Irish descent, and was a soldier in the War of 1812. Her grandfather Ford was a farmer near Mansfield, Ohio; one of his sons, Thomas, was Governor of the State and a Colonel in the army. The father of our subject was George W. McClintic, born in Bradford County, Pa., Feb. 15, 1806. His mother was Elizabeth Daly, born in Guernsey County, Ohio. The father was of Irish descent, and moved to Ohio when a boy, and was one of the very first settlers in Morgan County, in that State. He bought land in the heart of the forest and cleared up a rich farm. He was married there, Miss Mary Lupone becoming his first wife; she died about one year after their marriage. On the 18th of February, 1836, he married Miss Elizabeth Dailey, and then removed first to Hancock County, Ohio, where he was one of the pioneers of that county. There he bought Government land and cleared two farms. In 1854 he removed to Eaton Township, Eaton Co., Mich., where he purchased land and improved it until he had a farm of 240 acres, planting a fine orchard and various other fruits. He was highly respected and honored by all who knew him, hale and hearty until he died. Eight days before his death he was digging ditches; he died Oct. 10, 1884. The mother died in 1885 aged sixty years.
   Our subject's grandfather McClintic was a veteran soldier, he having served in the War of 1812. He was one of the pioneer settlers of Morgan County, Ohio, where he bought and improved land. He was of Irish descent, his father having come from Ireland. Grandfather Dailey was also a veteran soldier, having served in the War of 1812; he was of English descent and his home was in Ohio.
   The parents of our subject had a family of eight children, of whom Samuel was the second oldest. One sister, Margaret, deceased, being the eldest. Mary, Joseph, George, Katharine, Elizabeth and Ida A. being younger. All these children were born in Ohio except Ida A. The home circle of our subject and his estimable wife has been graced with five children -- Maud, Newton, Estella, Grace and Nellie; the two daughters, Grace and Maud, and a son, Newton, have passed away, leaving Estella and Nellie to cheer by their presence the declining years of their affectionate parents. Gentle and loving in their natures, they give great promise of being a source of joy and comfort and of lasting sunshine in their home.
   When a name was sought for a new town it was proposed to name it McClintic, in honor of our subject, but with the modesty born of true merit he declined the compliment, suggesting that it be called by the name of the old post-office, which was accordingly done. The land now occupied by the town of Eagle is his original homestead. He owns a large amount of property in the town, as well as 480 acres adjoining the town. Mrs. McClintic is one of those Indies without whom the world could not well prosper; quiet and unassuming in her manner and hospitable to the fullest extent, she is a source of comfort to all who know and are brought into contact with her. Our subject has been Postmaster at Eagle for four years, has been on the School Board of the town, and aside from this he has filled no public office. In politics he is classed with the Democrats, but does not always vote with them, the man, not party, claiming his suffrage. He voted for Abraham Lincoln, and has been a delegate to State and County Conventions.

ILLIAM T. JOHNSON, a lifelong farmer in good circumstances and one of the prominent men of Rock Bluff Precinct, has recently sold his homestead on section 16, and proposes to retire from active labor. The rest which he proposes to enter upon he has most justly earned by years of industry, during which he has obtained a competency sufficient to keep him in comfort during his declining years.
   Our subject is a Western man both by birth and in all his sympathies, his native place being Montgomery County, Mo., where he began life Oct. 27, 1845, when they all came to this county, and William T., on the 13th of January, 1870, was united in marriage with Miss Mary J. McMurlin. The young people began the journey of life together in Cass County, and Mr. Johnson occupied himself as before

in farming pursuits, which he prosecuted thereafter for a period of nineteen years And until deciding to lay aside its labors and responsibilities.
   Mr. Johnson made his first purchase of land in this township. This comprised 160 acres in extent and was located on section 16, in Rock Bluff Precinct. He battled successfully with the elements of the new soil and after a few years, finding the live-stock business remunerative, gave much of his attention to the raising and feeding of cattle. John and Jemima Johnson, the parents of our subject (see sketch on another page) also reside in this township.
   Mrs. Johnson was born Jan. 27, 1855, in Ohio, and is the daughter of Marshall and Martha (Smith) McNurlin, the former of whom was it native of Huntingdon County, Pa., but reared in Ohio. The parents were married in Indiana in 1848, and remained residents of that State until the year 1865, when they came to this State, settling in Rock Creek Precinct, where the father engaged in farming. His death took place Feb. 11, 1884. Mrs. McNurlin is still living, making her home with her children. Grandfather James McNurlin was also a native of Pennsylvania, where he was reared to manhood sod married Miss Rachel Jefferson, of that State. The paternal great-grandfather was a native of Ireland.
   To our subject and his estimable wife there have been born seven children, namely: Lelia, John A., Lily, Edna, Artie, William M. and Charles C. John died in infancy, March 3, 1872, aged five months and twenty-three days. Mr. Johnson, politically, is an uncompromising Democrat, and his esteemed lady is a member in good standing of the United Presbyterian Church.

ILLIAM J. BALDWIN, a prosperous farmer and thorough lover of horses, is a resident of Ashland Precinct in Saunders County, on the "cut off." His home is situated on the southeast quarter of sections 7, 12 and 9, which was cut off from Cass and annexed to Saunders County, in 1866, when Ashland was made the capital of Saunders County. He was born in Essex County, N. J., seven miles from the Atlantic coast, Dec. 4, 1837. He remained there on the home farm until 1856, when at the age of nineteen he came West and settled in Mills County, Iowa, where he was a pioneer, and for many years was acquainted with and personally knew every inhabitant of the county. When he went there it was with the intention of making it his permanent home, which idea was brought about apparently by his youthful marriage, which took place when he was only eighteen years old, in 1855, when he was united in holy matrimony with Miss Mary E. Van Dorn. She was born in Morris County, N. J., and grew up there. See sketch of Aaron L. Van Dorn elsewhere in this work.
   When our subject came to Iowa his wife accompanied him and bore her share of the cares and hardships of pioneer life, and she has the honor of being among the first white mothers in Mills County. Five children have been born to this worthy couple who are named: Frank, born in New Jersey; W. Roscoe, Anna, Charley and Willie. The son Frank resides in Cass County, where he owns and operates a farm and is married to Miss Adale Wilburn; W. Roscoe married Miss Samantha Corey, and also resides in Cass County; they have two children, Claudia and Cora; Anna is the wife of W. C. Gordon, Esq., an enterprising grain dealer, residing in Ashland; Charley is attending the High School at Ashland, and is in the class of '91; Willie is at home with his parents. Mr. Baldwin came with his family to Nebraska in February, 1880, where he settled on his present farm.
   Mr. Baldwin has been in partnership with his wife's brother, Aaron Van Dorn, since the close of the war, and of late years they have been giving their attention almost exclusively to raising fine thorough bred horses. They have imported and now own the English Shire Stallion "Logan," and the imported Cleveland Bay Stallion, "Sporting Times." Each animal is worth a fortune. The firm have large and comfortable stables in both Cass and Saunders County. They are the first to engage in the business in this part of the State and success has been theirs. In the early years of their venture they met with many discouragements, and were thought by their neighbors to be entering into it business which would re-