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THE NEBRASKA AND MIDWEST
GENEALOGICAL RECORD
Vol. XVII
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, APRIL, 1939
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No. 2
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Edited by RAYMOND E.
DALE
Nebraska Historical Library, Lincoln, Nebraska
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Nebraska, Census, 1856, Lancaster
County
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page 13
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Nebraska Census, 1856, Clay
County
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14
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Nebraska Census, 1856, Dodge
County
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15
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Nebraska Census, 1856, Platte
County
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19
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Nebraska Census, 1856,
Cuming County
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20
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Shoemaker-Long Family
Records
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20
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Slater-Townsend
Record
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22
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Tubbs Family
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22
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John Perkins Family
Bible
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23
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Porter Bible
Records
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24
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Book Reviews
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NEBRASKA CENSUS,
1856, LANCASTER COUNTY
In 1856 Lancaster County
consisted only of the northern two thirds of the present county.
This enumeration was made by S. T. W. Thrapp, who was sworn in
August 1, 1856. The certificate that the returns were correct was
not dated. All the inhabitants were given as living at Chester.
None of them were listed as living in Lancaster County in 1860.
The plat book of the United States government survey shows the
City of Chester on parts of W1/2 of 13 and E1/2 of 14, T 9N, R 6
E, located 1 1/2 miles due south of the
present State Penitentiary site. On January 11, 1856, a bill was
introduced in the territorial legislature to locate the capital of
Nebraska at Chester.
Hiram & Winona Napier(a), b. in
Ky., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 4 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 2 f. und.
16.
Andrew Slan (a), b. in 0., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.;
1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 2 f. und. 16.
Wm. Ranes, b. in Ill., speculator; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 f.
16 up.
(a) Listed in the Cass Co. census,
1854.
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Erastes & Saly Woolcott, b. in Vt.,
farmer; 2 m. 21 up.; 1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 3 f. und. 16.
Vinson Perkins(b), b. in N. Y., merchant;
1 m. 21 up.; 1 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
Robert Boggess, b. in Va., mill wright; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 f.
16 up.
Hoy Bixby (a), b. in Vt., surveyor; 1 m.
21 up.
John Tutt, b. in "Mosura", hunter; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 f.
16 up.
P. S. Traphagin, b. in Va., cooper; 1 m. 21 up.; 1
f. 16 up.
S. T. W. Thrapp(c)(d), b. in 0., mill wright; 1 m. 21 up.;
1 m. und. 16; 1 f.
16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
Wm. Whitmore(c)(e), b. in Ky., mill
wright; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. 16 up.; 3 m. und. 16; 2 f. 16 up.; 1 f.
und. 16.
Wm. Kempton(a)(f), b. in Pa., lawyer; 1
m. 21 up.
James Haas, b. in England (not declared intentions),
merchant; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 f. 16 up.
Charley Cooper, b. in 0., mason; 3 m. 21 up.
Wm. Shafer, b. in "Pensilvany", farmer; 2 m. 21 up.;
2 m. 16 up.; 3 f. 16 up.
Elsa Celham, b. in Pa., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 f. 16
up.
J. Greenwood, b. in Pa., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
B. C. E. Clabon, b. in England, teacher; 2 m. 21
up.; 1 m. 16 up.; 1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
Dr. Woolson, b. in Pa., doctor; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m.
und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
John Sanderson, b. in Vt., laborer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1
f. 16 up.
Thomas Roberts, b. in 0., lawyer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 f.
16 up.
W. M. Norman(g), b. in "No. Cay"
[?], school teacher; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 f. 16 up.
W. H. Stevins(a), b. in Ind., farmer; 1
m. 21 up.; 1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
Washington Spence, b. in Ill., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.;
2 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
(b) Listed in the Cass Co. census,
1855.
(c) When John D. Prey and son were on their way to
Salt Creek to settle, (June, 1856), they met three men from
Plattsmouth, Whitmore, Tames Cardwell and Simon Thrapp, who were
returning from Salt Creek, where they had staked out claims on
which they intended to speculate. They had built a log hut near
where Lincoln is. - Sawyer, Andrew J., Lincoln and Lancaster
County, Nebraska, Vol. I, pp. 17, 338.
(d) S. T. W. Thrapp, b. May 25, 1833, Wayne Co., U.,
came to Plattsmouth in the spring of 1854 and began speculating in
land. In 1855 he was connected with a stock company that laid out
a town on the present site of Lincoln. (See incorporation of City
of Chester in Session Laws, First Territorial Legislature.) Later
he was a hospital steward at Fort Kearney and Fort Randall and
then a contract doctor in the regular army. He settled in Butler
Co. in 1865, where he was known as a physician in 1882. He married
Miss Margarette Reed at Plattsmouth. - Andreas, History of
Nebraska, p. 465.
(e) In the spring of 1856 a family by the name of
Whitmore was driven from their home near the Salt Basin (now
Lincoln) by the Indians. - Ibid, p. 473.
(g) In 1856 William Norman and Alexander Robinson, who
represented a salt company, settled near the Salt Basin, but they
left the next spring. - Sawyer, Vol. I, p. 76.
(f) William Kempton, a member of the First Territorial
Legislature, was one of the three commissioners appointed to
establish a seat of justice in the newly formed Lancaster Co.-
Session Laws, 1855, p. 339. In 1857 he is named as a director
in two different salt companies, incorporated to make salt at the
Salt Basin. - Session Laws, 1857.
NEBRASKA
CENSUS, 1856, CLAY COUNTY
Clay County as formed by the First
Territorial Legislature was twenty four miles square and lay
between the counties of Lancaster and Gage. In 1863 the county was
divided by the legislature. the northern half being added to
Lancaster and the Southern half to Gage. Later the name was given
to a different county
farther west. This enumeration was taken by S. T. W.
Thrapp, who also enumerated Lancaster County. Only the Prey family
is found in the federal census of 1860. All below were listed as
farmers and as living at Salt Creek.
Z. Buflington(a), b. in N. Y.; 1 m. 21 up.; 2
m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 2 f. und. 16.
John B. Prey, b. in Scotland; 4 m. 21 up.; 1
m. 16 up.; 2 m. und. 16; 2 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
[?] [?] pherson, b. in "Ameraca"; 5
m. 21 up.; 1 f. 16 up.
John Sisemore [?], b. in Tenn.; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m.
und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 2 f. und. 16.
James Sisemore [?], b. in Tenn.; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m.
16 up.; 1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 3 f. und. 16.
Wm. Ball, b. in "Pensilvany"; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. und.
16; 1 f. 16 up.
B. Williams, b. in N. Y.; 2 m. 21 up.; 1 m. 16 up.; 1 f. 16
up.; 1 f. und. 16.
(a) Zebediah Buffington and family accompanied John D.
Prey and his son from Council Bluffs, Ia., to Salt Creek in June
1856. With the help of Prey's son he built a log house, but he
abandoned his claim the same year. - Sawyer, Andrew J., Lincoln
and Lancaster County, Vol. I, pp.
338-339.
NEBRASKA
CENSUS, 1856, DODGE COUNTY
Some changes had been made in the boundaries
of Dodge County since the census of 1855. This enumeration, dated
August 1856, was made by Thomas Gibson.
FONTENELLE
[p. 2.] William H. Davis(a),
b. in Pa., hotel keeper; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. 16 up.; 1 m. und.
16; 2 f. 16 up.;
4 f. und. 16.
John Batiey (a), b. in N. Y., farmer; 1
m. 21 up.; 1 m. 16 up.; 1 f. 16 up.; 6 f. und. 16.
John H. Francis (a), b. in Ala., farmer;
1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. 16 up.; 2 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
Lucien Keneday, b. in Ill., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
John Bloomer(b), b. in Ireland, farmer; 1
m. 21 up.; 1 m. 16 up.; 1 f. 16 up.
Mourin Wogan, b. in Ireland, farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 2
m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
Patrick Wogan, b. in Ireland, farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
Samual A. Francis (a), b. in Ala.,
farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 2 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
Thomas Fitzsimmons, b. in N. Y., farmer; 1 m. 21
up.; 1 m. 16 up.; 1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 2 f. und. 16.
Josiah M. Hancock, b. in Pa., merchant; 1 m. 21 up.;
3 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 3 f. und. 16.
William J. Rockwood, b. in N. H., carpenter; 1 m. 21
up.
Jacob Blum, b. in Pa., carpenter; 1 m. 21 up.
John H. Ripley, b. in Pa., carpenter; 1 m. 21
up.
Christian H. Leiser(c), b. in Pa.,
farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
John Evans, b. in Md., land agent; 1 m. 21 up.; 2 m.
und. 16; 2 f. 16 up.; 2 f. und. 16.
Rufus Brown, b. in N. Y., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m.
16 up.; 3 f. 16 up.
(a) Listed in the Dodge Co. census,
1855.
(b) John and Arthur Bloomer took claims near the mouth
of Maple Creek on the west side of the Elkhorn River early in
1856. - Andreas, A. T., History of Nebraska, p. 631.
(c) Listed in the census records for Dodge Co., 1854
and 1855.
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William G. Bingham, b. in N. Y., farmer; 1
m. 21 up.; 2 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
J. W. Richardson(c), b. in N. Y., post
master; 1 m. 21 up.; 2 f. 16 up.
William Kline (c), b. in Pa., carpenter;
1 m. 21 up.
Juleus Brainard, b. in N. Y., merchant; 1 m. 21 up.;
1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
Samuel Whittier(a), b. in Me., farmer; 1
m. 21 up.; 1 m. 16 up.; 4 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
W. W. Keep, jr. (c), b. in N. Y.,
printer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. 16 up.
W. H. Johnson, b. in Md., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Wm. H. Whittier, b. in Me., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
John W. Pattison (a), b. in N. Y., land
agent; 1 m. 21 up.
H. I. Carpenter (a), b. in N. Y., farmer;
1 m. 21 up.
P. G. Carter, b. in 0., carpenter; 1 m. 21 up.
George T. Denton, 1 m. 21 up.
Jacob Canaga, b. in 0., miller; 1 m. 21 up.; 4 m.
und. 16; 2 f. 16 up.; 2 f. und. 16.
Isaac Underwood (a), b. in N. Y., farmer;
1 m. 21 up.
Samuel Barr, b. in 0., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Edward J. Carpenter, b. in N. Y., farmer; 1 m. 21
up.; 1 m. und. 16; 3 f. 16 up.
James H. Peters (a), b. in Va., farmer; 1
m. 21 up.; 3 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 2 f. und. 16.
Michael McDonald (a), b. in Ireland,
farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Albert J. Chapin, b. in N. Y., surveyor; 1 m. 21
up.
John C. Knight, b. in England, hardware man; 1 m. 21
up. (not declared intentions.)
Alfred E. Hibble, b. in England, farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
(not declared Intentions.)
S. D. Prescott, b. in N. H., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1
f. 16 up.
John Nesbit, b. in Pa., blacksmith; 1 m. 21 up.
Willis Karr (a), b. in N. Y., farmer; 1
m. 21 up.
[p. 3.] John Ray, b. in England, carpenter;
1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
Jas. Ray, b. in England, carpenter; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 f. 16
up.
John C. Seely(d), b. in N. Y., farmer; 1
m. 21 up.
Silas E. Seeley, b. in Mich., farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
Hiram Ladd, b. in 0., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. 16
up.; 2 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
John C. Cramer, b. in Pa., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m.
und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
Allen Hall, b. in Tenn., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Edward Corless, b. in England, farmer; 1 m. 21 up.;
1 f. 16 up.
Thomas Waller, b. in England, preacher; 1 m. 21 up.;
4 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
Edward Holmes, b. in England, farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
(not declared Intentions); 1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
Henry Sprick(a), b. in Prussia, farmer; 1
m. 21 up.; 1 m. und. 16.
Henry Stork, b. in Prussia, farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Henry Brinkman, b. in Prussia, farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
William Mosher, b. in Prussia, farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
William Luzing, b. in Prussia, farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
Frederck Habrook, b. in Prussia, farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
Henry Schaeffer, b. in Prussia, farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
(not declared intentions)
(d) John C. Seeley, b. Apr. 3, 1828,
Niagara Co., N. Y., came to Fontenelle, 1855. He was a member of
the legislature, 1875. - Andreas, p. 668.
B. L. Keyes, b. in Vt., cabinet maker; 1 m.
21 up.; 1 f. 16 up.; 2 f. und. 16.
Samuel Strickland (a), b. in Conn.,
farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. und. 16; 2 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
William Saint, b. in 0., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
F. W. Fox (a), b. in R. I., farmer; 1 m.
21 up.
Coe Furman, b. in N. Y., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
W. C. Kitchen, b. in Pa., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m.
und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
James A. Bell, b. in Ill., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 3 m.
und. 16; 4 f. 16 up.; 3 f. und. 16.
J. M. Taggartt, b. in Ky., editor; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m.
und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
J. A. Holton, b. in EL, farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
S. J. Francis (a), b. in Ky., lumberman;
1 m. 21 up.; 2 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 2 f. und. 16.
Charles Walker (a), b. in Vt., lumberman;
1 m. 21 up.
Robert J. Humphry (a), b. in Va.,
merchant; 1 m. 21 up.
Henry C. Lemon (a), b. in Ky., engineer;
1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. 16 up.; 1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
Gustavus Hess, b. in Pa., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
David Bloomer, b. in Ireland, farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
Thomas Gibson (a), b. in England, land
agent; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. 16 up.; 6 m. und. 16; 2 f. 16 up.; 2 f.
und. 16.
ELK HORN CITY(e)
[p. 1.] William Huftalen, b. in Pa.,
hotel keeper; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 f. 16 up.
ELK HORN PRECINCT(f)
[p. 1.] Russell Miller, b. in Va.,
farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. und. 16; 2 f. 16 up.
Henry Munger, b. in 0., physician; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 f.
16 up.
William D. Thompson, b. in 0., farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
------ Ludder, b. in Mass., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
John A. Steinberger, b. in Pa., farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
John Coguland, b. in Pa., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Peter Haas, b. in Pa., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
William Shields, b. in 0., carpenter; 1 m. 21
up.
James Strous, b. in Pa., "millright"; 1 m. 21
up.
Solomon H. Hurd, b. in 0., "millright"; 1 m. 21
up.
Henry Springer, b. in Germany, merchant; 1 m. 21
up.
Egart Rothschilds, b. in N. Y., laborer; 1 m. 21
up.; 1 f. 16 up.
Abraham Dennis, b. in Pa., laborer; 1 m. 21 up.
William Scott, b. in Ill., laborer; 1 m. 21 up.
Samuel N. Fifield (a), b. in N. H.,
farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 f. 16 up.
Henry Wright (a), b. in 0., farmer; 1 m.
21 up.
Benjamin Crogan, b. in N. Y., farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
Morris W. E. Purchase(g), b. in N. Y.,
farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Daniel H. Wright, b. in Va., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Sylvanus Dodge (a), b. in Mass., farmer;
1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. 16 up.; 1 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
Ganville Dye, b. in 0., laborer; 1 m. 21 up.
Dr. Shanks, b. in Pa., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
(e) Incorporated by act of
legislature, Jan. 22, 1856.
(f) The enumerator said in a note that the
returns from this precinct should be deducted from Dodge County,
because he had been informed that it was in Douglas County.
(g) M. W. E. Purchase, b. 1830, Onondago Co., N. Y., a
professional penman, located on the Elkhorn River in 1856, where
he built a steam saw mill. In 1862 he married Miss Electa Barber
of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. In 1874 he removed to Waterloo, Nebr. -
Andreas, p. 814.
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John Brown, b. in Prussia, farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
Adam Studt, b. in Prussia, farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
GOLDEN GATE(h)
[p. 1.] David W. Shelly, b. in Pa.,
farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Rassalus S. Brown, b. in Pa., farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
Theophulus Thompson, b. in Pa., farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
Thomas Rigg, b. in Ill., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Linus Baldwin, b. in N. Y., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Caleb Winch, b. in N. H., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 2 m.
und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
George McNaughton, b. in Scotland, farmer; 1 m. 21
up.; 1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 3 f. und. 16.
James S. Wattson, b. in Ireland, farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
Joseph Oaks, b. in Pa., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Henry K. Benjamin, b. in 0., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1
m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
Isaac Warner, b. in N. Y., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 f.
16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
Odillon B. Whitford, b. in 0., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.;
1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
[p. 4] Andrew S. Bishop, b. in N. Y.,
farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
Coridan A. Whitford, b. in 0., farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
Charlotte Whitford, b. in N. Y.; 1 m. 16 up.; 2 m.
und. 16; 3 f. 16 up.
Thomas Baty, b. in Ireland, farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
-------- Baldwin, b. in 0., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Robert J. Thomas, b. in Wales, farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
Joshua Sabin, b. in N. Y., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
John Mattias, b. in Germany, farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1
f. 16 up.; 3 f. und. 16.
NORTH BEND
[p. 4] Robert Miller, b. in Scotland,
farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 2 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 2 f. und. 16.
William Miller, b. in Scotland, farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
George J. Turton, b. in England, farmer; 1 m. 21
up.
George Young(i), b. in Scotland, farmer;
1 m. 21 up.; 1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 2 f. und. 16.
John Miller(j), b. in Scotland, farmer; 1
m. 21 up.; 1 f. 16 up.
Alexander Miller, b. in Scotland, farmer; 1 m. 21
up.; 1 f. 16 up.
George Emerson, b. in N. Y., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.; 1
m. und. 16; 2 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
David Peters, b. in Pa., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
BUCHANAN
p. 4] Hudson 0. Jopp, b. in 0., farmer; 1 m.
21 up.
John Hufford, b. in Pa., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
James Maxwell, b. in Vt., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Lorin Miller(l), b. in N. Y., farmer; 1
m. 21 up.; 1 f. 16 up.
PLATTE RIVER(m)
p. 4] Abraham McNeal, b. in N. Y., farmer; 1
m. 21 up.; 1 f. 16 up.; 4 f. und. 16.
(h) Golden Gate Precinct was
located on the Elkhorn River between Fontenelle Precinct and
Elkhorn Precinct. - Ibid, p. 636.
(i) George Young, b. Mar. 30, 1823, Scotland,
married there, Nov. 11, 1845, Miss Ann Miller. They came to
America in 1850, living in Illinois in Lake and Clark counties and
came to North Bend in July 1856. The wife died that December,
three weeks after the birth of their fourth child. - Ibid, pp.
631, 665.
(j) John Miller, b. in Scotland, July 12, 1826, came
to America Feb. 1854 and to North Bend July 1856. He married in
Ill., Sept. 17, 1855, Rachael Woodrum, b. Jan. 17, 1833, in Clark
Co., Ill. - Ibid, p. 664.
(1) Mr. Miller, who lived in Omaha, was financially
interested in this settlement.
(m) Platte River settlement was located about two
miles west of the present city of Fremont.
Chauncey Bebee, b. in N. Y., farmer; 1 m.
21 up.; 1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
Wealthy Bebee(n), b. in N. Y., farmer; 1
m. 16 up.; 2 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
P. S. Marvin(o), b. in Ia., farmer; 1 m.
21 up.; 2 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 1 f. und. 16.
W. Peck., b. in Wis., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
(n) Mrs. Wealthy Bebee, widow of
Prentiss Bebee, came to Nebraska from Green Bay, Wis. Her father
lost his life in the blizzard of Dec. 1856. Abraham McNeal was her
son-in-law. - Andreas, pp. 631, 645.
(o) Seth P. Marvin came from Marshalltown, Ia., about
Aug. 1, with his wife and two children. He was drowned in the
Platte River, Apr. 6, 1857. - I bid, pp. 632, 634.
NEBRASKA CENSUS, 1856,
PLATTE COUNTY
Platte County then included much or all of
what is now Colfax County. Buchanan was a few miles east of the
present site of Schuyler. These returns, dated 1856, are signed by
John Reek, who did not list himself in this enumeration.
BUCHANAN
H. 0. Jopp(a), b. in U. S.,
farmers; 4 m. 21 up. (These are probably the four men listed at
Buchanan in the Dodge County census.)
Isaac Albertson, b. in U. S., farmers; 5 m. 21 up.;
5 m. 16 up.; 1 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.
COLUMBUS
Adam Denk(b), b. in Germany, farmer; 1
m. 21 up.
Jacob Gutter(b), b. in Germany, farmer; 1
m. 21 up.
Jacob Lewis(b), b. in Germany, farmer; 1
m. 21 up.
Michael Smith, b. in Germany, farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
Fredrick Godschelk(b), b. in Germany,
farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
John Helt(b), b. in Germany, farmer; 1 m.
21 up. (not decided Intentions)
John Reckley(b)(c), b. in Switzerland,
farmer; 2 m. 21 up.; 3 m. und. 16; 1 f. 16 up.; 3 f. und. 16.
Charles Ranke(b)(d), b. in Germany,
farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
H. Lusche(b)(e), b. in Germany, farmer; 1
m. 21 up.
A. J. Smith, b. in U. S., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
S. F. Burtch, b. in U. S., farmer; 1 m. 21 up.
(a) These are probably
the four men listed at Buchanan in the Dodge County
census.
(b) Settled at Columbus, May 1856.
(c) John Rickley, b. Mar. 19, 1815, Canton of Berne,
Switzerland, came to America in 1834. Me removed to Columbus from
Columbus, 0., in July 1856, his family following in 1857. He was a
member of the territorial legislature. Mr. Rickly was twice
married. - Andreas, p. 1280.
(d) Carl Reinke, b. 1828, Prussia, came to America in
1854 and to Nebraska March 1856. He married, Sept. 20, 1861, Miss
Margaret Pilling, a native of England. - Ibid, p.
1283.
(e) Henry Lusche, b. 1823,
Oldenberg, Germany, came to America in 1852 and to Columbus in
1856. He married there 1858 Miss Katherina Mistedt, also a native
of Oldenberg. - Ibid, p. 1283.
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