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and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. He is a Democrat.

On February 23, 1914, he was united in marriage with Charlotta Fredricka Peterson, at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. Mrs. Barry was born at Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, March 17, 1887. They have two children: Willard, born September 20, 1915, and Donald, born November 13, 1922. Residence: Weston.

Richard August Barry

Richard August Barry was born at Malmo, Nebraska, March 27, 1891, the son of Barney Elof and Anna (Johnson) Barry. His father, a farmer, was born in Sweden, April 24, 1853, and died at Malmo, October 26, 1914. His mother was born at Stockholm, Sweden, September 8, 1852, and died at Wahoo, on January 8, 1921,

Mr. Barry is a farmer near Malmo, and is now serving as director of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Malmo. He is a director of the school board, is affiliated with the Red Cross, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. He is a member of the Masons.

On November 28, 1917, his marriage to Pearl Verna Roslund was solemnized at Omaha; she was born at Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska, December 23, 1898. To this marriage two children were born: Wayne, born June 23, 1921; and Eileen, born January 10, 1923. Residence: Malmo.

Frank A. Barta

Born at Pishelville, Nebraska, December 3, 1876, Frank A. Barta is the son of John and Anna (Schiner) Barta, the former a blacksmith and farmer and a homesteader in Nebraska in 1874. His father was born in Czechoslovakia, January 15, 1847, and died at Pishelville, September 29, 1915. His mother was born in Czechoslovakia, November 28, 1851, and died at Pishelville August 16, 1926.

Mr. Barta attended rural school and in 1903 was graduated from Wayne Normal School with the B. S. degree. He received the LL. B. degree at the University of Nebraska Law School in 1906, where he received letters in football and baseball, and was a member of the athletic board. He taught school in Knox County, Nebraska, for five years, was engaged in the hardware and implement business for a time, and since then has been a lawyer at Center, Nebraska, in the firm Peterson & Barta.

He was vice president of the Knox County Bank at Verdigre, Nebraska, is attorney for the village of Center, and is a member of the village council. He is city treasurer, was secretary of the Knox County Republican Club for eight years, and during the World War was a member of the committee on liberty loan drives, was a member of the Home Guards, and served on the registration board.

He holds membership in the Northeastern Bar Association, the Nebraska State Bar Association, and the Masons. His chief recreations are tennis and bridge. He was married to Rose A. Shimanek at Wilber, Nebraska, November 21, 1906. Mrs. Barta who is secretary in the law office of Peterson & Barta, was born at Crete, Nebraska, February 14, 1881. To them two children were born: June Ona, June 1, 1913, who is a teacher; and Janice Ann, April 1, 1916. June is Women's Tennis champion of northeast Nebraska. Residence: Center.

Fred Bartels

Fred Bartels, a farmer and livestock feeder in Dakota County, Nebraska, for the past 50 years, was born at Wenden-Wienburg, Germany, June 1, 1867, the son of Henry and Wilheminia (Herman) Bartels. His father, who was born at Wenden-Wienburg, in April, 1830, and died at Dakota City, Nebraska, July 26, 1910, was a livestock farmer of prominence at the time of his death. His mother, who was an ardent church worker, was born in Germany, May 10, 1843, and died at Dakota City, August 28, 1920.

Mr. Bartels began farming in a drainage district in Nebraska his aim being to drain swamps and divert flooding creeks to the nearest point into the Missouri River. This problem was kept in the courts for twenty years, and in 1916 he succeeded in winning the case in the United States Supreme Court. He has served as a member of the Drainage Board for many years, and through this plan has succeeded in producing the best products of the west. He delivered the first sheep and hogs to the Sioux City Stock Yards, fattened the first sheep in northeastern Nebraska, and has always been successful in stockraising.

He traveled all over the United States in his youth buying sheep and cattle. In 1928, together with his wife, he made a tour of Europe where he investigated farming conditions in England, Belgium, France, and Switzerland; his conclusion, based on observation in those countries, was that northeastern Nebraska farm products are vastly superior to those of other lands.

Mr. Bartels is a member of the German Lutheran Church, has been a member of the local school board at Hubbard, Nebraska, for 22 years, and has had charge of the Taylor Cemetery since 1904. On March 6, 1890, he married Rica Ostemeyer at Dakota City. Mrs. Bartels, whose ancestors have lived in Germany many generations, was born at Bilefield, Germany, January 7, 1871.

These children were born to them: George, born August 10, 1893, who married Frieda Wendte; Minnie, December 20, 1890, who married Charles Heikes; Lena, March 1, 1892, who married Thomas Renz; Mabel, born January 30, 1895; Gertrude, June 12, 1897, who married James Hefferman; Elmer, born July 16, 1899, who married Nell Maloney; Roy, born November 30, 1901, who married Marie Ochlerking; Freddie, February 6, 1906, who married Camilla Hartnett; Ollie, November 11, 1903, who married Catherine Larson; Melvin, August 24, 1908; and Dorothy, October 28, 1909. Residence: Hubbard.

William Sylvester Bartholomew

Born in Bellevue, Nebraska, January 4, 1877, William Sylvester Bartholomew is the son of Arthur Corwin and Charlotte (Florkee) Bartholomew. His father was born in Harpersfield, Ohio, May 24, 1841, and was a carpenter and farmer, He died at Lebanon, Nebraska, August 23, 1925. His ancestry can be traced to English and Welsh settlers in America prior to the Revolution.

Charlotte Florkee was born in Indiana, on January 20, 1848, and died at Lebanon, May 29, 1915. She was the daughter of a Methodist Episcopal minister who came to eastern Nebraska in 1856. A devoted wife and mother, she was an early western mid-wife, eligible to register as a physician at the time the law was passed in Nebraska making registration necessary.

Educated in the country schools of Red Willow County, William Sylvester Bartholomew attended the Wilsonville High School and obtained his remaining credits by examination at the Lincoln Academy in 1903. He attended Cotner University, and received his medical degree from the Lincoln Medical College on April 23, 1907, there he was a member of Tan Alpha Epsilon.

Dr. Bartholomew has been in practice since 1907, and from 1907 until 1918 practiced at Marion, Nebraska. Since 1920 he has been in practice at Lebanon. He is now specializing in obstetrics and gynecology. He is the author of an article on physical examination for marriage licenses published in 1912, and one on sex published in 1931.

From 1918-20, he held the rank of first lieutenant in the Medical Corps, attached to the 37th Infantry United States Army. Prior to entering the service he was a captain in the home guard, and assisted in loan drives. Dr. Bartholomew is a member of the American, Nebraska State and Red Willow County Medical Associations, the

American Legion and the First Presbyterian Church. He Is a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a Modern Woodman of Americ, a member of the Eastern Star and the Independent Order of Foresters. His hobby is construction.

On December 12, 1907, he was married to Beatrice Alms Whited at Cozad, Nebraska. Mrs. Bartholomew was born in Harrisonville, Missouri, September 29, 1886, and is a practical nurse. She is a member of the Eastern Star, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Independent Order of Foresters, and active in co-operative extension work in agriculture and home economics, sponsored by the University of Nebraska. There are four children, Lois Irene, born October 19, 1908, at Marion, Nebraska, who is a registered nurse; Arthur Thomas, born June 16, 1911, at Marion, who was a letterman in basketball four years in high school at Lebanon, and in football and basketball his first year in McCook Junior College; Kent Albert, born March 17, 1914, at Marion, who lettered in basketball his second year in Lebanon High School; and Roland Burrdette, born April 8, 1921, at Lebanon. Residence: Lebanon.

Arthur Monroe Bartlett

Arthur Monroe Bartlett, prominent farmer and ranchman, was born at Prescott, Massachusetts, December 26, 1860, and has been a continuous resident of Nebraska, since May 19, 1884. He is the son of Alfred Esery and Rebecca Leah (Putnam) Bartlett. The father was born at Amherst, Massachusetts, February 27, 1837, and died in Audubon County, Iowa, April 10, 1897. He was a farmer descended from Josiah Bartlett who came to America in the Mayflower. Rebecca, his wife, was born at Amherst, October 7, 1840, and died at Los Angles (sic), April 27, 1915. She was a graduate of the Ladies' Seminary at Wilbraham, Vermont. The Putnam family was English.

Mr. Bartlett attended common school and has since been a farmer and rancher. A Republican, he served three years as commissioner of Dawes County, four years as sheriff of Dawes County, and twenty years as president of the Dawes County Farm Bureau. Mr. Bartlett was a delegate to the Republican national convention in Kansas City, in 1928.

On December 15, 1880, he was married to Ada Linetta Shrauger at Exira, Iowa. She is the daughter of John and Anna (Olmstead) Shrauger. Mrs. Bartlett was born at Rock Island, Illinois, March 6, 1863, of German descent. They have one son, Alfred, born August 21, 1882. Residence: Chadron.

William Allen Bartlett

William Allen Bartlett, retired farmer and business man, prominent in Valley County for many years, was born at Montour, Iowa, November 4, 1872. He is the son of Daniel Simpson and Hannah Miranda (Ford) Bartlett, the former a soldier in Company H, 12th Vermont Volunteers in the Civil War.

Daniel Simpson, born at Litchfield, New Hampshire, November 8, 1835, died at Grinnell, Iowa, June 28, 1912. A carpenter and cabinet maker, he came to Tama County, Iowa, in 1866, and to Valley County, Nebraska, in 1880. He traced his ancestry to the early settlement of New Hampshire, and is said to have been descended from Josiah Bartlett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Hannah M. Ford, his wife, was born at Newberry, Vermont, May 3, 1835, and died at Ord, January 11, 1 887. She was active in the work of her church. Her father, Ross C. Ford, was born at Fairfax, New Hampshire, June 7 1793, and served in the War of 1812. Her mother, Reuben Leighton's daughter, was born March 7, 1796, and died in Lowell, Massachusetts, in February, 1879.

William Allen Bartlett attended country school, Ord High School and the Western Normal College at Lincoln 1892-93. He taught in the rural schools of Valley County for about 9 years, and until he was elected county assessor in 1914, farmed in Valley County. He was county assessor 1914 and 1915, was elected county clerk and recorder of deeds two terms 1916-17, 1918-19, was postmaster at Ord 1920, 21, 22, and 23, and served as mayor two terms. He is a Democrat.

His marriage to Susan Una Hull was solemnized at Ord, Nebraska, November 10, 1897. She was born at Atkinson, Illinois, September 1, 1879. She is the daughter of William C. and Susan (Benedict) Hull. There are four children, Ida Blanche Gilmore, born October 24, 1901, who lives in Lincoln; Helen Una Nelson, born August 20, 1903, who resides at Omaha; Murl May, born April 21, 1906, who lives at Ord; and Daniel Clarke, born June 17, 1908, editor of the Arcadia Weekly.

Mr. Bartlett was clerk of the Selective Service Board during the World War, and is a life member of the Civil Legion. For the past fifteen or twenty years he has been a member of the Knights of Pythias, and for many years he has been a member of various school and township boards. He is affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church of Ord, and is a life member of The Nebraskana Society. Baseball as a spectator is his favorite sport. Residence: Ord.

William Clarence Bartlett

Born at Centerville, Iowa, January 7, 1879, William Clarence Bartlett has resided in Nebraska for twenty-eight years, and during all of that time has been a physician and surgeon in private practice.

He is the son of Abner Mathew and Julia Ann (Wright) Bartlett, the former, a farmer, born in Cardington, Ohio, March 13, 1850. He is of Scotch and English descent, his ancestors having come to America prior to the Revolution. The mother, born in Centerville, Iowa, August 11, 1849, died at Larned, Kansas, August 7, 1914. She was of Irish descent.

Dr. Bartlett attended common school until 1895, and thereafter was a student at Central Normal College and Kansas Wesleyan University. He received his medical degree from Central Medical College in 1904, and came directly to Alma where he has since practiced, with the exception of the time spent in army service. He was a member of the Medical Corps, U. S. Army, with the rank of first lieutenant July 10, 1917, promoted to captain May 14, 1918, and was discharged April 18, 1919. Dr. Bartlett was in command of Section "F", U. S. Army Base Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas. He is local surgeon for the C. B. & Q. Railroad at present.

He is a member of the American Legion, the American, Nebraska State and Harlan County (secretary) Medical Associations and the Railway Surgeons Association. A director of the Lions Club, he is also a member of the city council, and was delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Houston in 1928. For three years he was a member of the Alma School Board.

On December 26, 1906, Dr. Bartlett was married to Grace C. Sturdevant at Tecumseh, Nebraska. A school teacher before marriage, Mrs. Bartlett was born at Atkinson, Nebraska, October 12, 1885, of pre-Revolutionary ancestry. They have two daughters, Helen, born February 9, 1909, a graduate of the University of Nebraska School of Journalism; and Marian, born September 5, 1911, who is specializing in dietetics at the University. Residence: Alma.

James Earl Bartley

Born at Powhatan, Kansas, January 27, 1890, James Earl Bartley is the son of William Randall and Sarah Ann (Ranshaw) Bartiey. His father, a farmer, was born in Virginia on May 8, 1863, and his mother in Kansas on April 7, 1868.

James Earl Bartley attended public school in Kan-

sas until 1906, and for a time was a student at the Jennings, Kansas, High School. He completed his course at Nebraska Wesleyan Academy, and in 1925 received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University. His Master of Arts degree was awarded by the University of Nebraska in 1930. Mr. Bartley was a member of the Wesleyan male quartet four years, was a member of Pi Gamma Mu and the Botany Club. He was graduated in music in 1916.

His marriage to Neva Leona McNiel was solemnized at Otoe, Iowa, August 16, 1916. Mrs. Bartley, a native of North Loup, was born December 8, 1893, of Scotch and Irish parentage. They have two sons, Ernest Randall, born May 11, 1919, and Richard Lee, born January 11, 1923.

Mr. Bartley's entire career has been devoted to teaching, with the following exceptions: He was city treasurer, elected on the Republican ticket, of University Place 3 years; bookkeeper of the First National Bank a year and a half; assistant cashier five and a half years, and cashier 3 years, of the Citizens State Bank of Lincoln. Junior high school principal during 1924-25, Mr. Bartley was principal of the Burke, South Dakota, High School the year 1925-26, and superintendent of schools at Bennet, Nebraska, from 1926-28. During 1929-30 he was the holder of a scholarship in business research at the University of Nebraska. At the present time Mr. Bartley is head of the department of business at Dana College.

During the World War Mr. Bartley had charge of the sale of Liberty Bonds, and held the rank of first sergeant in the Nebraska Home Guard. He is a member of the Nebraska State Teachers Association, the Symposium of University Place, and from 1920-23 he was school treasurer. His religious affiliation is with the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Lincoln.

Mr. Bartley's hobbies are music and the industrial arts, while his favorite sports are baseball and tennis. Residence: Blair.

Neva Leona Bartley

Neva Leona Bartley, daughter of Levi and Minnie (Foutts) McNiel, was born at North Loup, Nebraska, December 8, 1894. Her father, who was of Scotch-Irish descent was born at Withville, Virginia, November 2, 1860, and died at Lincoln, October 22, 1927. A Methodist minister for more than forty years, he was a graduate of Athen's School of Theology. His wife, who was born in Iowa, February 5, 1870, is of English and French extraction.

Educated in the public schools of Nebraska, Missouri, South Dakota, Minnesota and Oregon, Mrs. Bartley was graduated from the eighth grade at Wakonda, South Dakota, and from the Stromsburg, Nebraska, High School. In 1916 she was awarded her Bachelor of Arts degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University, where she was secretary of her class. A member of Alpha Epsilon, now Beta Phi Alpha, she was its president in 1916.

On August 16, 1916, she was united in marriage to James Earl Bartley at Otoe, Iowa. Mr. Bartley, who is a teacher, was born at Powhatan, Kansas, January 27, 1890. There are two sons, Ernest Randall, born May 11, 1919; and Richard Lee, born January 11, 1923.

Mrs. Bartley has taught for several years, serving as head of the English departments in the junior and senior high schools at Burke, South Dakota, and principal of the Bennet, Nebraska, high school. She has been a teacher in the Daily Vacation Bible School in Lincoln, and is now part time teacher at Dana College.

She is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Lincoln, the Red Cross, Eastern Star and The Nebraskana Society. Her social clubs include the Monday Afternoon Club of Blair, and the Dana College Faculty Women's Club of Blair. Residence: Blair.

Frank W. Bartos

Frank W. Bartos, one of the state's most prominent lawyers, has lived in Nebraska for the past 47 years and since 1900 has been engaged in the active practice of law. He was born in Bohemia, August 1, 1878, the son of Frank and Katerina (Bauer) Bartos. His father, who was a tailor, was born in Bohemia, and died at Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska.

His mother was born in Bohemia and died at Wilber.

Mr. Bartos was graduated from the Wilber High School June, 1896, and later was a student at the University of Nebraska College of Law where he received his LL. B. degree and was admitted to the bar at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, June 7, 1900. He began the practice of law alone and a little later organized the firm Bartos, Bartos & Placek, of which he is senior member.

He is a director of the Home Guardian Life Insurance Company of Lincoln, and is a director of the Bank of Wilber. A Democrat, Mr. Bartos served as state senator in 1909 and 1911. During the past decade he has become known as one of Nebraska's most eloquent orators and has at this time a legal practice extending over the entire middle west.

His marriage to Anna Svacina was solemnized at Omaha, October 21, 1903. Mrs. Bartos was born at Omaha, January 21, 1879. They have two children: Camile, born January 12, 1905, who married Otto Placek; and Helen, born July 30, 1909, who married Victor Dvorak. Residence: Wilber. (Photograph on Page 87).

Stanley Bartos

For the past 45 years Stanley Bartos has lived in Nebraska, and since 1907 he has been engaged in the practice of law. He was born in Czechoslovakia, June 29, 1883, the son of Frank and Katerina (Bauer) Bartos. His father, who was a tailor, was born in Czechoslovakia, August 10, 1834, came to America in 1885, and died at Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska, September 6, 1915. His mother was born in Czechoslovakia, November 19, 1843, and died at Wilber, June 15, 1923.

Mr. Bartos was graduated from the Wilber High School in 1902, and from 1904 to 1907 was a student at the University of Nebraska where he received his LL. B. degree. He was elected to membership in Theta Kappa Mu. He was a country school teacher for two and a half years, and practiced law as the junior member of the firm Bartos & Bartos until 1927, when the firm changed to Bartos, Bartos & Placek.

His marriage to Theresa Othelia Beck was solemnized in Gage County, Nebraska, October 29, 1907. Mrs. Bartos, who was born in Saline County, September 25, 1881, is prominent in social affairs at Wilber, and has taken an active part in various local theatricals. They have five children: Theresa, born October 24, 1908, who was awarded the A. B. degree at Lindenwood College, St. Charles, Missouri, and who is teaching in the Wilber High School; Blanche, born August 8, 1910, who is a student at the University of Nebraska; Stanley F., born February 1, 1913, who is a student at Wentworth Military Academy at Lexington, Missouri; Dorothy, born December 2, 1916; and Mary, born April 14, 1921.

Mr. Bartos is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Nebraskana Society. He served as a member of the Wilber school board, 1921-22. His hobby is raising flowers. He is a Republican. Residence: Wilber. (Photograph on Page 88).

John E. Baruth

John E. Baruth was born at Alexandria, Nebraska, December 3, 1885. He received a common school education in District No. 10 in Jefferson County, and was graduated in 1905.

Frederick Baruth, father of John E. Baruth, was born in Germany, and came to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, when he

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