JOHN WALLACE.
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JOHN WALLACE.
John Wallace, Chief Door-keeper of the House, 28th Session, was born in Scotland, in 1841. He came to America in 1856 and settled in Knox county, Illinois, where he worked as a farmer until 1861, when be enlisted in Company C, 42nd Illinois Infantry, and served in the army for four years and five months. After the war he resumed farming which he continued until 1881, when he came to Nebraska and entered the employ of the Union Pacific railroad company as a blacksmith. Mr. Wallace is a member of the Masonic order, the G. A. R. and Blacksmith's Union. No. 50, of Omaha. He was married in 1866 to Mary H. Wood and has a family of five daughters.
JAMES H. HAZLETT.
James H. Hazlett, Assistant Door-keeper of the House, 28th Session, is a native of Ireland. In his childhood days he came to America with his parents and passed his youth in Illinois, where he received his education. Early in his teens he enlisted in Company D, 9th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry, and served more than four years during the Civil war and was mustered out in October, 1865. with the rank of First Lieutenant. In October, 1872, he came to Nebraska and located in Clay county, where he commenced farming. For three terms he served as a member of the Board of Supervisors of Clay county. His home is at Edgar, Nebraska. Mr. Hazlett is a Republican. He was married in 1866 to Miss Mollie Mizener, and has four children, two sons and two daughters.
E. A. WARNER.
Edward A. Warner, Postmaster of the House of Representatives, 28th Session, was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1842. In 1862 he enlisted in the 5th Michigan Cavalry and served until the close of the war. In 1877 he located in York, where he engaged in coal, ice and feed business and which is still his home. A year ago he retired from active business life and supervises the management of a few farms he owns in York county. Mr. Warner is a Republican. He was married in 1868 to Philie Harrison, and has one daughter.
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