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and in 1876 came to the West, settling in Iowa, where he taught school for a time. Afterward he attended Leander Clark College at Toledo, Iowa, and was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1884. During his college days he taught for various periods, and studied law under the professorship of Frank C. Hamie. In 1881 he was admitted to the bar.

After several years practice at Cedar Rapids, he came to Nebraska in 1887, and engaged in practice at Albion. In 1889 he removed to Columbus, where be has since resided.

In 1891 Judge Albert served as county attorney of Platte County, continuing until 1893. In 1898 he was appointed to the bench of the 6th judicial district. From March, 1901, until March, 1907, he was a member of the Nebraska Supreme Court Commission. In 1909 he was retained by the Nebraska State Legislature to write the Bank Guarantee Law. In 1911 he was elected state representative, serving in the sessions of 1911 and 1917, and the special session of 1918.

He was married to Miss Mary Melgum in Iowa. She was born in Canada, daughter of Robert and Eliza Melgum. She died in 1899. Four children were born to them, Daniel, who is deceased; Robert, who is married to Jean Shell and who has two children, Robert M., and Daniel; Frederick C., who was graduated from the University of Nebraska, is a civil engineer; and Mary, who was graduated from the training school for nurses at the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago. She is deceased. She was married to a physician, who is still living and has a child, Gordon Albert.

In 1902 Judge Albert was married to Jean B. Pauley of Toronto, Canada. She is the daughter of John Pauley, a native of that country. They have three children, Ruth J., who is married to Phillip H. Haffenburger of Columbus; Warren G., and Cliffield B. Residence Columbus.

Walter Leonard Albin

Walter Leonard Albin, specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, was at Albany, Missouri, born November 9, 1876. He is the son of John Nelson and Mary Jane (Rund) Albin, the former born at Greencastle, Indiana, in 1838. He was a farmer of Scotch-Irish descent, whose death occurred at Albany, August 6, 1906. His wife, Mary Jane, was born at Shelby, Ohio, July 15, 1838, and is still living. She is of German and early American ancestry.

Dr. Albin attended Central Christian College at Albany, and was graduated in 1898 with an A. B. degree. In 1902 he received his M. D. from St. Louis University, and was an honor graduate. From 1904 to 1907, he was surgeon for the Union Pacific Railroad at Lincoln, and from 1916 to 1919, was city physician of University Place. In general practice sixteen years, he took a year's post graduate work in New York, a year in Vienna, and three months in Berlin, in the study of his specialty. He has contributed various articles to the Nebraska State and Lancaster County Medical Societies of which he is a member. He is also a member of the American Medical Association and the Sioux Valley Eye and Ear Academy and the American Interprofessional Institute. He is a Mason and a Republican.

On June 26, 1913, he was married to Anna Fay Hanson at Crete. Mrs. Albin was born at Berea, Kentucky, September 30, 1880. She is a lineal descendant of Gregorias, Alpine king of the Scotts, is interested in art and hand weaving, and is a member of the Garden Club, the American University Club and other civic organizations. There were two children born to their union, Mary Cathern, born April 9, 1914; and Ann Hollis, born January 22, 1917, who died April 1, 1919. Residence: Lincoln.

John H. Albrecht

Born at Collinsville, Madison County, Illinois, on July 31, 1861, John H. Albrecht is the son of Henry and Maria (Kluge) Albrecht. Henry Albrecht was born February 6, 1830, in Saxony, Germany, and was a tailor by profession. Maria, his wife, was born at Glaskow, Schlesien, Germany, August 17, 1838. Both of them died at St. Paul, Illinois; Mr. Albrecht in March 1897, and his wife in April, 1905.

Coming to Nebraska in 1866, John H. Albrecht settled in the town of Friedensau and started farming. On February 28, 1889, he married Emma Ulrike Liermann at Friedensau. Mrs. Albrecht was born at Caledonia, Wisconsin, on June 11, 1869, her parents coming to Nebraska in 1874 and enduring the hardships of the pioneers of those days.

A resident of Nebraska for forty-five years, Mr. Albrecht has been active in political and civic enterprises. A Democrat, he has been chairman of his precinct, a member of the county central committee, and served as county commissioner for one term. For ten years he was a member of the County Fair Board. During the World War he was a solicitor for the Red Cross, and was active in the Salvation Army and War Savings Stamp work.

Mr. Albrecht has been a member of the mission board of the Southern Nebraska district of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, for ten years, was deacon and treasurer of the Lutheran Trinity Congregation of Friedensau twenty years, and is still affiliated with this church.

John H. Albrecht is a member of the Lutheran Laymens' League, the Lutheran Educational Association, the Good Roads Committee, and the Nebraskana Society. He has a family of eight children: Clara, born December 4, 1889, and married to Paul Thiemann; Emilie, born July 22, 1892, and married to H. C. Schardt; Josephine, born May 27, 1894, and married to Julius Kraft; Emma, born March 10, 1896, and married to Edward Schmidt; Erna, born April 30, 1899, and married to Walter Schardt; Rosina, born July 23, 1901, and married to Fred Behle; Florence, born April 14, 1906, and married to Walter Thieme; and Arthur, born November 26, 1908, who is farming the home place; John, who was born August 18, 1901, died on May 16, 1932. Residence: DeshIer. (Photograph in Album).

Joseph Garfield Alden

For fourteen years Joseph G. Alden has been editor and publisher of the York Republican, at York, Nebraska. A resident of Nebraska for 52 years, he has always been prominent in civic affairs at York. He was born at Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 7, 1876, the son of William Halbert and Mary (Lightfoot) Alden.

His father, who was a general merchant, was born at Lincklein, New York, June 1, 1831, and died at Aurora, Nebraska, February 12. 1915; he was directly descended from John Alden of Puritan fame. Mary (Lightfoot) Alden, who was born at Canandaigua, New York, November 2, 1848, and died at Aurora, July 16, 1927, was a teacher before her marriage. Her ancestry was English.

Mr. Alden acted as postmaster at Aurora for 12 years, was editor of the Aurora Republican from 1899 to 1909, and is now editor and publisher of the York Republican. A Republican, he was director of the Nebraska State Department of Publicity, 1929-31, was supervisor of the 1930 federal census for the 10th Nebraska district; and is now a committee of one on Christian Science publication for Nebraska.

He is affiliated with the First Church of Christ, Scientist at York, and holds membership in the following professional and community organizations: York County Commercial Club; York Rotary Club; National Editorial Association; Nebraska Press Association; and the Nebraskana Society.

On August 29, 1899, he was married to Eloise Shean at Aurora, Nebraska. Mrs. Alden, who was born in Barry County, Michigan, October 9, 1877, is a Christian

Science parctiioner (sic). She is of Irish and Welsh-Canadian descent. They are the parents of two children: Joseph Maurice, born October 20, 1903, who married Ruth Codington; and Marjorie, born September 4, 1907, who married Dr. Gerald M. Hamilton. Residence: York.

Joseph Maurice Alden

Joseph M. Alden was born at Aurora, Nebraska, October 20, 1903, the son of Joseph Garfield and Alice Eloise (Shean) Alden. His father, a newspaper editor and publisher, was born at Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 7, 1876, and was descended directly from John Alden of Plymouth. His mother, a Christian Science practitioner, was born in Barry County, Michigan, October, 9, 1877, of Irish and Welsh-Canadian ancestry.

Mr. Alden was graduated from York High School in 1921, was a student at York College, 1921-23, and attended the University of Nebraska in 1924. He was active in athletics, and was awarded both high school and college letters. He is now advertising manager of the York Republican, at York, Nebraska, is a director of the Chamber of Commerce at York, and holds membership in the York Rotary Club. He attends the Church of Christ, Scientist and is affiliated with the Young Men's Christian Association. His favorite sports are golf and football.

His marriage to Ruth Codington was solemnized a Auburn, Nemaha, County, Nebraska, July 31, 1928. Mr Alden, who is a high school instructor, was born at Auburn, April 9, 1903. They have one son, John, born April 1, 1930. Residence: York.

Bess Streeter Aldrich

Bess Streeter Aldrich, distinguished writer of Nebraska pioneer and modern life, was born at Cedar Falls, Blackhawk County, Iowa, February 17, 1881 Her father, James Wareham Streeter, an early pioneer in Iowa, was born at Champlain, Clinton County, New York, October 26, 1826, and died at Cedar Falls, Iowa March 7, 1907. In 1852, he came to Iowa with his father, Zimri Streeter, who became a member of the first Republican Iowa legislature. He is descended from Revolutionary ancestors, among them Dr. John Streeter and Captain Remember Baker.

Mary Wilson (Anderson) Streeter, mother of Mrs. Aldrich, was born in Quebec, Canada, November 15, 1835, and died at Elmwood, Nebraska, August 16, 1916, She was the daughter of Basil and Margaret Anderson; the former a Scotch aristocrat and landed gentleman, the latter a peasant girl whose romantic marriage has been recorded in A Lantern in Her Hand.

Mrs. Aldrich received here (sic) elementary education in the Iowa public schools and later was graduated from the Iowa State Teachers' College.

On September 24, 1907, she was united in marriage with Charles Sweetzer Aldrich at Cedar Falls, Iowa. Mr. Aldrich, a descendant of colonial ancestors, was a lawyer and banker. He was born at Tipton, Iowa, September 7, 1872, and died at Elmwood, May 3, 1925. There are four children: Mary Eleanor, born February 10, 1909, a graduate of the University of Nebraska and a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, Chi Delta Phi and Pi Lambda Theta; James Whitson, born January 19, 1912, a student at the Chicago Art Institute; Charles Stewart, born September 18, 1913; and Robert Streeter, born June 24, 1920. The two younger children are in public schools.

Mrs. Aldrich is the author of one hundred short stories published in Century Magazine, American Magazine, The Bookman, Ladies Home Journal, Woman's Rome Companion, Delineator, McCalls, Harper's Weekly, etc. Many, of these have resold in England to Cassels, Pearsons, Woman's Pictorial, and Pan. Her story, The Man Who Caught the Weather, published in the Century Magazine, was chosen for the 1928 volume of the O. Henry Memorial Award. Her four books, all published by D. Appleton and Company, are: Mother Mason, published in 1924; The Rim of the Prairie, 1925; The Cutters, 1926; and A Lantern in Her Hand. The last has gone into its thirtieth edition, has been translated into the Dutch, German and Hungarian languages and is considered one of the outstanding novels of this decade. She is a member in the following professional organizations: Society of Midland Authors (Chicago); Nebraska State Press Association; Omaha Woman's Press Club; Chi Delta Phi, national literary fraternity; Theta Sigma Chi, national journalistic fraternity; Altrusa Club; Nebraska State Writers' Guild, of which she is past president; and the Quill Club of Lincoln.

She is a member of the Van Fleet Memorial Methodist Church, the P. E. O., the Red Cross and The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society. She is active in civic and religious affairs. The Kiwanis medal was awarded to her for distinguished service to the state for the year 1929. Her home The Elms, is at Elmwood, Nebraska. (Photograph on Page 18).

Carl Milton Aldrich

Carl M. Aldrich was born at Nebraska City, Nebraska, August 26, 1860. His father, John Aldrich, who was born at Norwich, New York, February 23, 1828, and died at Sidney, Delaware County, New York, December 30, 1909, was a teacher and a farmer. He was descended from the Aldrich family of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, George Aldrich, an ancestor, having come from England in 1635.

Mary Jane (Johnston) Aldrich, his mother, who was born at Sidney Plains, New York, March 19, 1833, and died there April 27, 1909, was active in church and club affairs. She was at one time president of the Iowa Women's Christian Temperance Union, and acted as a national officer in that organization. Her parents were Milton and Delia Johnston.

Mr. Aldrich received his education in the grade and high school at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. During his school days he was interested in rowing and was a member of the Cedar Rapids Boat Club. He has lived in Nebraska for thirty years. Since 1876, when he became an office boy, he has been engaged in the packing house business, and today he is vice president and manager of the Morton Gregson Company at Nebraska City.

His marriage to Corinnie May Tackett was solemnized at Shelbyville, Illinois, December 22, 1885. Mrs. Aldrich, who was born at Shelbyville, May 23, 1866, is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William J. Tackett. She is of early New England and Virginian ancestry, and is past regent of Otoe Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Their four children are Glen Tackett, born December 2, 1886, who married Esther Carlson; Carl Milton, Junior, born April 30, 1889, who married Floy Graves; RaIf Johnston, born February 1, 1891, who married Amy Lumby; and Frances Enfield, born March 23, 1900, who married Clyde L. Pursley.

In the World War Mr. Aldrich was a member of the Nebraska City Home Guards, and was active in Red Cross work. His three sons were in army service. He is a member of the following civic and welfare societies: Red Cross, Nebraska City Chamber of Commerce, Omaha Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, Nebraska Territorial Pioneers Association, the Nebraska State Historical Society, and the Nebraskana Society. He is associated with the Boy Scouts of America, and is a member of the Nebraska State Manufacturers' Association, the Nebraska Mayflower Descendants' Society, and the Tuberculosis Eradication Committee.

He is affiliated with St. Mary's Episcopal Church at Nebraska City, serving as senior warden of this body. His social club is the Nebraska City Country Club. Flower gardening and the study of poetry are his hobbies. He is a Republican. Residence: Nebraska City.

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