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      Martin L. Friedrich, Representative from the Seventh District, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, August 25, 1854. When fifteen years old he came to America alone, and for a time resided in Illinois, where he was engaged in farming. In 1881 he came to Nebraska and settled on a farm in Cass county, where he has since resided, and has successfully followed agricultural pursuits. Representative Friedrich was a member of the 27th Nebraska Legislature, and was reelected from his district by a good Republican majority. He was married in Illinois January 30, 1879, to Miss Eva Volk, and has a family consisting of four sons and one daughter. His postoffice address is Cedar Creek, Nebraska. He is one of the staunch Republicans of his county. During the 28th Session he served as chairman of the Committee on Public Lands and Buildings.

      Soren M. Fries, Representative from the Forty-eighth District, Howard county, was born in Denmark, September 27, 1861. He came to Nebraska in May, 1880; for one year he worked in Kearney county, and for three years was in the West working as a railroad section hand in Wyoming, a mule driver on the Oregon Short-line in Idaho, and an ore hauler from the mines in southern Utah. In 1884 he located near Dannebrog, in Howard county, where he engaged in stockraising and dairying, which he has continued to follow with success. Representative Fries has always been a busy man and work to him is like rest and recreation, his hardest hours being the ones in which he finds little to do; he has never before held office except that of school director, which he filled for two terms. He was nominated by the Populists and Democrats and carried his district by a good majority. Mr. Fries was married November 13, 1884, to Jacobine F. Koster and has a family of ten children, four sons and six daughters. Mr. Fries' post-office address is Dannebrog, Nebraska.

      Cyrus Calvin Gelwick, Representative from the Twenty-eighth District, Butler county, was born in Carroll county, Illinois, April 15, 1852. His early days were spent on a farm and in attendance at the public schools in his native county, where he acquired a liberal education. He came to Nebraska in 1873 and settled on a farm in Butler county, where he engaged in farming and stock-raising. For four years he was treasurer of Butler county. He has always been a Republican and one of the earnest workers for the general good of his party. This is his first term in the State Legislature. He is one of the leading farmers of his county and takes a lively interest in all matters pertaining to the advancement of Nebraska in a general way and in regards to agriculture particularly.

     Representative Gelwick was married in 1894 to Carrie B. Conarro, of Brainard, Nebraska. His post-office address is Brainard, Nebraska.

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