
E. J. SHELLHORN.
E. J. SHELLHORN, member of the lower
house from the thirtieth representative district, Lancaster
county, it is needless to say, is a Republican. He was born
February 12, 1837, in Knox county, Ohio, removed to Missouri
in 1850 and to Nebraska in 1854, and has lived in Lancaster
county since 1893. He is married and has a family of three
girls; is a merchant by occupation. Mr. Shellhorn is not a
politician, but has served as county commissioner and county
treasurer. He has lived in the states of Washington, Idaho,
and Florida, but never voted outside of the state of
Nebraska.
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LOUIS SMITHBERGER.
LOUIS SMITHBERGER, Republican, from the
seventeenth representative district, comprising Wayne and
Stanton counties, was born in Iowa, August 20, 1859, and
came to Nebraska from that state in the year 1869. He was
married to Minnie Zahn, February 14, 1888. Resides in
Stanton and is engaged in the stock business. Served eight
years as county clerk of Stanton county, and is now serving
his second consecutive term in the Legislature. Mr.
Smithberger was educated in the Stanton public schools and
spent one year in the Iowa City Commercial College. He is
popular with the people, and his re-election to the
Legislature marks him a leader in that section of the
state.
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