C. SCHINSTOCK.
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C. SCHINSTOCK.
Christian Schinstock, Representative from the Fifteenth District, Cuming county, was born of German parentage in Lee county, Iowa, October 14, 1874. He received a good common school education, and when eighteen years of age came to Nebraska and settled in Cuming county, and for some years worked for his brother. He is one of the younger members of the House and was elected on the Democratic and People's Independent party ticket. He has never before held office, He is engaged in the live stock and grain business at West Point, which has been his home for the past ten years. He is a member of the firm of Schinstock Bros., who have been heavy shippers of live stock, shipping more cattle to the South Omaha stock yards the past three years than any firm in the state. They feed yearly from 1,500 to 2,500 head of cattle at their feeding yards at West Point, and are large dealers in draft and coach horses. Representative Schinstock was married in 1896 to Miss Katie Stelp, of West Point, and is the father of one child, a son.
WORTHIE SHIPLEY.
Worthie Shipley, Representative from the Sixty-seventh District, composed of Hancock, Hayes, Dundy and Chase counties, is one of the Fusion members and is now serving his first term in the House. He was born in Northern Indiana, in Kosciusko county, December 2, 1854. He was reared on a farm and received his education in the common and private schools. In 1883 he came to Nebraska and settled on a farm near Palisade, where he still resides and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. In 1888 Mr. Shipley went to the Puget Sound country in the State of Washington, and remained there two years, then returned to Palisade, and is engaged in stockraising and farming. Mr. Shipley is a member of Palisade Lodge, No. 216, A. F. and A. M., of which he is an active member. He was married in 1883 to Miss Gertie Brandenburg, and has a family consisting of three sons and one daughter. Mr. Shipley's postoffice is Palisade, Nebraska.
HERSCHEL SMITH.
Herschel Smith, Representative from the Thirty-third District, composed of Saline and Gage counties, is one of the numerous Republican members of the House. He was born in Wayne county, Pennsylvania, in 1849. When he was a child his parents removed to Lee county, Illinois, where he spent his boyhood days on a farm and in attendance at the district schools. When nineteen years old he returned to Pennsylvania, and for some years was engaged in railroading as engineer and fireman. He came to Nebraska in 1877 and settled on a farm in Olive precinct, in Saline county, where he has since resided, and has given his attention to farming and stock-raising. Mr. Smith, while always a good American citizen and a Republican, never held office, other than county commissioner of Saline county and member of the local School Board. He was selected by the Republicans of Gage county for float representative and was elected by a large majority. He is the chairman of the Committee on Fees and Salaries. Mr. Smith was married in 1874 to Miss Jennie Cleland, and has a family consisting of three sons and one daughter. His post-office address is Tobias, Nebraska.
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