kind neighbor, a good husband and a devoted father. He is a man of solid, practical sense which, with his industrious habits, has contributed largely to his prosperity. He is an open-hearted, genial man, whose admirable traits of character have gained him many warm friends. He is public-spirited and readily contributes to and encourages the various schemes for promoting the advancement of the precinct. As Supervisor of Roads he has labored hard to have good highways, and keep them in fine order. In the affairs of this great Republic, which, as a soldier, he helped to save from disintegration, he is keenly interested, and votes as he fought, to uphold the policy of the Republican party.

SA E. HEYWOOD. Prominent among the very earliest pioneers of Pawnee County is the subject of this brief personal narrative, who has been a property holder here since the fall of 1856, when he settled on the land where he now lives. His homestead comprises 120 acres of arable land, which at that time was in its virgin state, not a furrow having been turned. There was a small log house on the place, occupied by the Hintons, into which he moved, and the following spring he commenced breaking up and improving the land. He has set out a good orchard, fenced his entire farm, and has it now all under good cultivation, excepting fifty acres of fine timber land. In 1859 Mr. Heywood built a good frame house in Table Rock, where he lived for some time, but which he subsequently moved to this place. In 1860 our subject visited Ohio, and on his return freighted farm produce from here to Denver. He afterward bought a ranch twenty-two miles west of Ft. Kearney, on the Platte River, where he carried on an extensive ranch business, furnishing meals and feed for stock, and having stable room for 300 horses. After living there two years he was driven out by the Indians, who stole his property and killed some of his neighbors, he being obliged to evacuate his premises on a few moments' warning. He left on the stage, traveling in it until he met the soldiers, when he returned with them, and for two weeks assisted in burying the dead and hunting the savages. After leaving Ft. Kearney our subject went to Omaha, thence to White Cloud, Kan., where he engaged for one year in the mercantile business. In 1865 he returned to his homestead, and has since that time devoted himself to agricultural labors. Since coming here Mr. Heywood has had the same obstacles to combat that beset other early settlers of this beautiful State, having been visited by grasshoppers that for two or three years reaped his harvests for him, and having his crops blighted by drouth during the season of the Nebraska-Kansas famine, no rain falling the entire summer with the exception of two slight showers. Our subject, however, felt that he had no grounds for complaint, as he raised twenty bushels of corn to the acre in spite of the unfavorable season. He carries on general farming on an extensive scale, feeding his large annual crop of corn to his cattle.
   The subject of this sketch is a native of Ohio, born June 11, 1838, on a farm near Troy, Miami County, where he was reared and educated. Wesley Heywood, the father of our subject, was born in New England, and after living there many years moved to Ohio, where he subsequently met and married as his second wife Miss Amanda Elliott. After a few years of pleasant married life Mr. Heywood died in 1847, leaving his widow with three children. She reared and educated her family by her own efforts for a few years, and then remarried, and subsequently removed to Nebraska, where her death occurred June 30, 1880.
   When Asa E. Heywood, of whom we write, came to this county he was accompanied by his mother, his step-father Nathan Heywood, one brother, one sister and two half-sisters. The sister and brother have since died, he being the only surviving member of the family of Wesley Heywood. For the greater part of the time since making his home in this precinct Mr. Heywood has taken a prominent part in educational matters, having been Moderator of the school district, and one of the men who assisted in building the present school-house. Previous to its erection the only schools in the precinct were one taught by Mrs. Bull of this district in a log house of her own, and one taught by Miss Frances J. Mumford (now the wife of our sub- 

ject) in the village of Table Rock, in a log school-house that had formerly been used as a dwelling, that being one of the first schools in the county. It was a select school where each pupil paid his own tuition; she had thirty scholars enrolled, and made $25 a month. Mrs. Heywood while a young lady was a student of Arrow Rock prior to teaching in Table Rock. She gave up the calling of teacher to become the wife of our subject. Their marriage was consummated April 17, 1860. She is a native of Wayne County, Pa., born March 16, 1839. Jerry Mumford, her great-grandfather, was one of the very earliest settlers of Wayne County, where he spent his last years. His son Thomas, grandfather of Mrs. Heywood, spent his entire life in that county, and there his son Martin J., the father of Mrs. Heywood, was born Feb. 26. 1808, in Mt. Pleasant Township. He was reared and educated in his native town, receiving a good education, and teaching school there until twenty-two years of age. He then moved to Susquehanna County, where he married, in July, 1829, Miss Maria Tracy, by whom he had twelve children, five of whom grew to maturity, and three are still living. Mr. Mumford settled on a farm in that county, and remained there until 1856, when he disposed of his property and came to Nebraska with his family. He became one of the orginal (sic) settlers of Table Rock Precinct, and at once identified himself with its interests, taking a prominent part in public affairs. He was the first Justice of the Peace ever elected in that part of the county, and held the office for thirty years, from 1856 to 1886. He served as County Assessor for one year, and has also been a conveyancer. He is a worthy representative of the stalwart pioneers of the early days, who, with their energetic and industrious characteristics, sound common sense and excellent business tact, leave so well advanced the interests of their communities. He has retired from the active labors of life, having by assiduous toil amassed a sufficient sum to enable him to spend the remainder of his years free from care. Mrs. Mumford, who died Feb. 23, 1885, was born in Connecticut, Nov. 18, 1801, and is the daughter of Jeremiah Tracy, a farmer of that State, who subsequently moved to Wayne County, Pa. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mumford communed at the Methodist Episcopal Church after coming to Nebraska, although in Pennsylvania they had been members of the Presbyterian Church.
   The union of our subject and his wife has been blessed by the birth of eight children, four of whom are living, namely: Albert L. was married, Jan. 10, 1889, to Miss Mary A. Harrison, and they reside in Table Rock Precinct; Elliot M., Katie M. and Wilma. The three latter are at home and are receiving the benefit of a good education.
   During his long career as a pioneer and citizen of Pawnee County our subject has ever displayed most excellent business qualities and discriminating judgment, and has proved it most valuable counselor in all matters pertaining to the welfare of this township. Both he and his wife are people of high consideration in social circles, and are much esteemed for their courtesy and geniality. Politically, Mr. Heywood formerly was it Republican, but is now a Prohibitionist.

EORGE W. COLLINS. The medical fraternity of Pawnee City recognizes in the subject of this record one of its most worthy and efficient representatives. Like many of his compeers, he emanated from the Prairie State, having been born in Grandy County, June 26, 1837. Theron Collins, his father, was a native of New York State, born in Dutchess County, in 1809. The mother, whose maiden name was Van Dalfsen, was also born in New York State. The paternal grandfather, Joshua Collins, was also a native of the Empire State, and of Irish extraction. The Van Dalfsens originated in Holland.
   Theron Collins in his early life followed the sea a period of twenty years, but finally settled upon terra firma, and carried on farming a number of years in Grundy County, Ill. He finally crossed the Mississippi into Kansas, where his death took place at Parsons, in 1883. The wife and mother survived her husband two years, her death taking place also at Parsons. Their family consisted of four sons and four daughters, all of whom are living. George W. was the second born, and after

leaving the primary schools entered the academic department of Lombard University, where he completed a thorough course of instruction and developed into a teacher. He followed this profession four years while at the university.
   Upon retiring from the duties above mentioned Dr. Collins began the study of law in the office of W. W. Stevens, of Joliet, Ill., and was admitted to the bar in the Supreme Court of Illinois. He also attended a course in the Chicago University. In the fall of 1865 he came to Pawnee City, and thereafter for a period of ten years gave close attention to the practice of law. He had also in the meantime given much attention to the study of medicine, while pursuing his law studies, and his researches in this direction induced him to look favorably upon the homeopathic system of practice. He is now in the enjoyment of a generous patronage, having all the calls to which he can possibly give attention.
   Our subject while a resident of Illinois established matrimonial and domestic ties, being united in marriage with Miss May J. Randall, of Grundy County. This lady became the mother of four children, one of whom, George W., died at the age of four years. The survivors are Edward L., Hattie V. and Kate A. To his present wife, who was formerly Miss Anna Agnew, he was married in Pawnee City, in 1873, and they have three children--Maggie L., Walter H. and Glenn W.
   The excellent medical capacity and integrity of Dr. Collins have received ample recognition from his fellow-citizens in his selection for various offices of trust and responsibility. He was, in 1870, elected to represent Pawnee County in the Nebraska Legislature, which position he filled acceptably two years, and later was elected Speaker of the House. In respect to political issues he is classed with the Republican party, and was one of the Presidential Electors in the campaign of 1880, at the time of the candidacy of Garfield and Arthur. He has frequently officiated as Chairman of important committees and as a delegate to the various conventions of his party. In religious matters he belongs to the Presbyterian Church, and socially, is a member of Pawnee Lodge No. 23, A. F. & A. M.; Kearney Chapter, R. A., and Mt. Hebron Commandery No. 12, K. T. He has stumped the State twice in the interest of his party, once for Garfield and upon another occasion for E. K. Valentine, the Republican candidate for Congress from the Third District.

ENJAMIN HEER. Among the early settlers of Pawnee County, who by their enterprise, thrift and good business ability, have added largely to the development and progress of the several townships, are many who were born in an Empire across the sea and sought independence in the territory protected by the stars and stripes. Prominent among the number is the subject of this sketch, who is a native of Germany, born Aug. 20, 1844. He is a son of John Heer, who still lives, and carries on farming in the Fatherland.
   Under the strict school laws of his native land our subject obtained a good education, and from his father practical instruction in tilling the soil. At the age of twenty years he determined to emigrate to America and see what life had to offer to him in this country, and coming to the United States he made Illinois his first stepping place. He remained in that State about three years, and then sought new fields of labor in Nebraska, and for some years was employed in a nursery in Brownville. During this time our subject worked steadily, and by prudence, economy and thrift saved some money, and became the owner of forty acres of land in Richardson County. Disposing of that in 1878 Mr. Heer came to Pawnee County, and pre-empted eighty acres of wild prairie land on section 16 of Table Rock Precinct. He at once began breaking up the land and developing a farm, one of his first improvements having been to build a substantial house 16x20 feet, it being decidedly better than the average dwelling of the early settlers of the State. By his energy, industry and perseverance, coupled with good business tact and sagacious judgment, our subject has since made many other improvements, having set out an orchard and forest trees, added another tract of land adjoining his original claim. and has now a fine, rich and productive farm of 120 acres, second to none of its size in the locality.

He has it well fenced, and has erected good outbuildings, stable and barn, and has all the appliances for carrying on general farming and stock-raising. He pays considerable attention to the latter branch of agriculture, and has a fine lot of cattle and hogs.
   In all public affairs Mr. Heer evinces a good deal of interest, especially in matters relating to the training and education of the young, and when building the school-house in his district, No. 49, his fellow-citizens found no one more willing to assist, and for seven years thereafter he served with ability as Treasurer of the district. In politics our subject is a stanch Republican, firmly upholding the principles of that party. He is an honest, honorable man in every particular, one whose word is as good as his bond, and is such he has the esteem and goodwill of the entire community in which he resides.
   Mr. Heer has been twice married. His first wife, to whom he was married in 1871, was Miss Mary F. Buck, of Richardson County. After a happy married life of four years she passed away, leaving two children, John and Katie. The second union of our subject, which occurred in September, 1878, was to Miss Martha McNeil, of this county. She is a native of Missouri, born Dec. 31, 1855, and is a daughter of William and Ellen McNeil, who reared a large family of children, and moved some years ago from Missouri to this State.
   Of this marriage seven children have been born to our subject and his wife, six of whom are still living, namely: Marion, Aloise, Ellis, Charles, Frank and Nancy T. M.

HARLES NEADER, an industrious, progressive and practical farmer of Sheridan Precinct, may well be called a pioneer of Pawnee County, notwithstanding that he was a lad when he came here in 1868, as he has greatly assisted in its development. He is of German lineage, born in Boone County, Mo., Dec. 30, 1859. His father, William Neader, was a native of Germany, and when a young man came to America, settling in Illinois, whence he removed to Rockport, Mo. Living there until 1861, he at that time returned East as far as Illinois, and for some years was a resident of that State. In 1868 he removed to this State, and first located in Sheridan Precinct, where he rented a small farm. He subsequently engaged in farming in Clear Creek Precinct, remaining there until his death. He was a man of sterling worth, whose honesty, integrity and probity justly entitled him to the high respect in which he was held by all. The maiden name of his wife, mother of our subject, was Martha Shadham. She was born in Virginia. To her and the father of our subject there were born seven children, six of whom are now living. The mother of our subject is now living in Idaho, she having married a Mr. Wicks, and subsequently moved to that Territory.
   Charles Neader was but two years of age when his parents moved to Illinois, and a boy of eight years when he came to this county, where he has since lived, this being practically the only home he has known. Here he received his education in the public schools of the township, in the intervals of school attendance assisting his father in the labors on the farm. While living in Clear Creek Precinct our subject had the misfortune to lose his father, and being the eldest of the children, the support of the family depended on him and his mother. He bravely shouldered his share of the burden, and being a lad of more than ordinary courage, manliness and self-reliance, he was of great assistance in providing for the wants of the household. He remained on the farm which his father had rented until 1883, when he purchased his present homestead, consisting of eighty acres of rich and fertile land on section 23, Sheridan Precinct. Not having sufficient ready money to make a cash payment of $2,100, Mr. Neader has labored hard, and with excellent management, has been enabled to make the payments as they fell due, and now has the farm nearly cleared from indebtedness. The land at the time of the purchase was partly improved, groves of forest trees and an orchard having been set out, and our subject has in the interim made many other valuable improvements, having it now well fenced and under a good state of cultivation. Mr. Neader is interested in stock-raising, and has already started a herd on his farm. He is one of the promoters of the new system of dehorn-

ing cattle, and having the instruments for so doing, has dehorned his own and those of many other farmers in the vicinity.
   Mr. Neader was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Fellers, Dec. 28, 1882. Mrs. Neader was born not one mile from her present home, in Pawnee County, Aug. 12, 1864, and is a daughter of Andrew Fellers, a well-known pioneer of Table Rock. To gladden the hearts and brighten the home of our subject and his wife have come two children, Frank and Katie.
   Mr. Neader is a wide-awake, public-spirited citizen, ready and willing to advance all worthy enterprises for the benefit of his township. He is doing efficient service in the cause of local education as Moderator of this district. In politics he is one of the most earnest supporters of the Republican party. He is a generous, high-minded man, careful and considerate in his dealings with others, and, with his estimable wife, occupies a position of social prominence in this community.

UBBARD S. JENKINS. The profession of builder and contractor is one of the most important in the industrial world, and of this the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch is a most finished and reliable representative. He cast his lot with the people of the Far West June 12, 1856, and has sojourned in Nebraska since that time, but for six years was temporarily absent for shorter or longer periods fighting across the plains, making fourteen round trips to Denver.
   Madison County, N. Y., was the early tramping ground of our subject, where his birth took place June 12, 1833. The family of his parents, Robert and Laura C. (Coley) Jenkins, consisted of six children, of whom our subject was the fourth in order of birth, and of whom five survive. Robert Jenkins was a carpenter by trade, and the parents, leaving the Empire State in 1843, took up their abode in Morgan County, Ill. Our subject there remained a member of the parental household until attaining his majority, in the meantime learning the trade of carpenter. Two years later, in May of 1856, he crossed the Father of Waters, and until 1859 carried on farming in Table Rock Precinct, this county. It is hardly necessary to say that this region at that period was peopled by only a few adventurous settlers. Markets and mills were remote, and the pioneer agriculturist experienced all the difficulties of life in a new country.
   Young Jenkins in November of the year above mentioned determined to push on toward the Pacific, and accordingly crossed the plains and for six years was engaged in freighting, as above stated. He then resumed work at his trade at Table Rock, from the year 1867 to 1869. He had been married, on the 14th of September, 1854, in Waterloo, Ill., to Miss Louise Horine, who was born Feb. 3, 1837, the daughter of Matthew T. and Mary (Bryant) Horine, who were natives of Kentucky and Ohio respectively. Both are now deceased. They have four children living, namely: Frank Albert, a resident of San Francisco, Cal., and occupied as a harness-maker; Clarence Morrison, in Sioux City, a tobacconist; Nellie and Jessie L. are at home. Willie died in Illinois; May died in Nebraska; Mathias H. died at Lincoln in 1886.
   The principles of the Democratic party Mr. Jenkins claims are good enough for him, while in social matters he is identified with Interior Lodge No. 9, I. O. O. F. Otherwise than serving as a Judge of Elections, he has carefully avoided the responsibilities of office.
   David W. Bryant, grandfather of Mrs. J., and cousin of William Cullen Bryant, was a Colonel in the Black Hawk War.

EORGE W. DAVENPORT forms one of the leading representatives of the real-estate and insurance business in Pawnee City, in which he established himself in 1883. During his six years' residence here he has also established himself in the esteem and confidence of the people, and is filling his niche worthily as an exponent of some of its most important business interests.
   The Empire State furnished to our subject his first impressions of human life, he having been born

there April 13, 1843. He was the fifth in a family of seven children, all of whom with one exception are living. That one was a favorite brother who surrendered his life in his country's cause during the late war. The father, Elijah J. Davenport, also a native of New York State, was born in 1816, and is stiil (sic) living, being a resident of this county. During the active years of his life he was engaged in mercantile pursuits, and was quite prominent in his native county, serving as Sheriff, a post for which he was peculiarly well fitted, being of strong and courageous disposition and resolute spirit. He had many a tussle with the rough element of Putnam and adjoining counties.
   Mrs. Phebe A. (Haight) Davenport, the mother of our subject, was a native of the same State as her husband and son, and the daughter of George Haight. The Davenport family removed to Illinois, where they lived seven years, and in the fall of 1858 came to this county, settling on a tract of land ten miles southeast of Pawnee City, near the town of DuBois. The boyhood days of our subject were spent in Illinois and Nebraska, in each of which he attended the district school, and when not engaged at his books assisted his parents around the homestead. His business career began in the grocery business there with the firm of Shellhorn Bros., general merchants, and he was engaged in trade until 1885, spending in the meantime one year in Kansas. He became interested in the insurance business in 1885, as the agent of some of the best companies in the East.
   The year 1864 marked a very interesting epoch in the life of our subject, namely, his marriage with Miss Mary J. Shellhorn, which was celebrated at the home of the bride in Richardson County. They are now the parents of nine children, namely: Charles R., Edward J., Lizzie P., William A., Mamie M., Eva A., J. Guy, Bessie I. and Hallie. Mr. Davenport, politically, votes the straight Republican ticket, and socially, belongs to Lodge No. 9, I. O. O. F., also the Encampment of the same order, the Modern Woodmen and the G. A. R.
   The outbreak of the Civil War found our subject one of those most ready to respond to the call for troops, he becoming in 1862 a member of Company G, 2d Nebraska Cavalry, the duty of which consisted in guarding the frontier from the depredations of the Indians. He fought the savages at White Stone Hill, near Devil's Lake and other places, and his brother Charles, who was a member of the same regiment, was shot by an Indian. Mr. D. served throughout his full time, and received his honorable discharge in 1864.

OSEPH B. BROOKS, Clerk of the District Court, and having his headquarters in Pawnee City, impresses the average citizen as a man of more than ordinary ability, and one who takes pride in the conscientious performance of his duties. His native State is Ohio, and he was born in Highland County, near the town of Hillsboro, the county seat, June 1, 1841. Of the six children comprising the family of his parents only two are now living, his sister being a resident of Fayette County, Ohio.
   Ansel and Ann (Smith) Brooks were natives respectively of Vermont and North Carolina. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Moses Smith, who settled in the Scioto Valley white the Indians still lingered in that region. Ansel Brooks was born in 1816, in Vermont, and his wife, Ann, in 1814. The former officiated as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church from 1838 to 1881. He is still living, and a resident of Good Hope, Fayette Co., Ohio. The mother is deceased.
   The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood in Highland and Ross Counties, Ohio, attending first the district school and thin becoming a student of South Salem Academy, where he attended about one year. Later he occupied himself as it teacher for several winters following. He turned his steps westward in 1870, and sojourned for a time at Marshalltown, Iowa, in the employ of the Iowa Central Railroad Company, in the construction of their telegraph line from Albia to Northwood. In 1872 he migrated to Iola, Kan., and was engaged some time at the drug business. Later we find him in Troy, Kan., and in 1880 he came to Nebraska, and entered the employ of J. M. Spates, of Pawnee City, as clerk in a drugstore.
   During these years Mr. Brooks had made the