half years service. While serving in the infantry Mr. Hall was made regimental and brigade quartermaster and upon his transfer to cavalry he was made Captain. At the close of the war he enlisted in an expedition which went, under command of General Sheridan, to the Mexican border and guarded the boundary during the diplomatic correspondence between the United States and Mexico. At the close of his military service he returned to Wisconsin and was united in marriage to Helen D. Long in August, 1866. He came to Burt county, September 2nd, 1866, and located on a homestead in Riverside township which is still his home. Mr. Hall has served three terms as county supervisor, one term as member of the House in the Nebraska state legislature of 1901 and the succeeding term he represented this and Cuming counties in the State Senate, acquitting himself with honor and ability in both positions.
HENRY M. HOPEWELL was born March 17th, 1850, in Monroe county, Indiana. ln 1856 he accompanied his parents upon their removal to Gentry county, Missouri. In 1873 he left home and went to Salem, Oregon, where for two years he engaged in teaching in the public schools. November 30th, 1875, he arrived in Tekamah, Burt county, Nebraska, where he has since been a continuous resident. When first coming to this city he entered the "Exchange Bank" of M. R. Hopewell's, as bookkeeper and clerk, in which capacity he remained until 1876, when he became a partner. Later, James P. Latta became a member and the firm became known as Hopewell, Latta & Co. After two or three years Mr. Latta withdrew and Wellington Harrington became a member of the firm to be then known as Hopewell, Harrington & Co. A few years later M. R. Hopewell withdrew and in September, 1892, the bank was incorporated and organized into a State Bank, known as the "Burt County State Bank" with Henry M. Hopewell as cashier.
