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Guards during the Civil War. Himself a farmer, he was descended from a line of German tillers of the soil. He died at Lincoln, January 17, 1917.
Emily Katharine Beimdick was born in St. Charles County, Missouri, March 27, 1846, and died at Pleasant Dale, Nebraska, November 10, 1901. She was of German descent.
Theophil H. Berg attended the public schools, and was graduated from Lincoln Business College in 1901. In that year he entered the employ of Leach and Plym, architects, and from 1902 to 1904, was associated with H. O. Barber and Sons, grain dealers. During 1905 and 1906, he was a clerk in the office of the city clerk of Lincoln, and during 1907, was assistant secretary of the Lincoln Commercial Club. Appointed deputy clerk of the district court in 1908, he served until 1913, since which time he has been city clerk. He is a Republican. At the present time he is president of the Midwest Savings and Loan Association. From April, 1921, to January, 1926, he was editor of the Nebraska Municipal Review. He is the author of The City of Lincoln, Its Foundation, Development and Government (1916).
Mr. Berg is a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Church, the Red Cross, Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, the Optimist Club, of which he is now president, the National Geographic Society, the Nebraskana Society and the Y. M. C. A. His fraternal organizations include the Masons, Maccabees, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. His favorite sport is bowling, and his hobby is magic.
On September 26, 1906, he was united in marriage to Clara Augusta Kapke, at Lincoln. Mrs. Berg was born at Emerald, Nebraska, April 22, 1884, the daughter of a Civil War soldier. They have two children: Helen, born September 28, 1907, and Harold, born March 22, 1912. Residence: Lincoln.
Ida Wilkens Berger
Ida Wilkens Berger has had an interesting and varied career. She is the daughter of Louis W. and Katherine (Krieg) Wilkens, and was born at DeWitt, Nebraska, June 23, 1884. Her father was born at Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, October 5, 1858, and came to America in 1876. He received his elementary, high school and college training in Germany. In Saline County, Nebraska, he was an extensive landowner, stockman and farmer. He died at DeWitt. February 18, 1909.
Louis W. Wilkens married Katherine Krieg, who was born at Chicago, March 2, 1859. She is still living. She received her elementary education in the public schools of Chicago, came to Nebraska with her parents in 1873 and attended Doane College 2 years. An active member of the Twentieth Century Club at DeWitt, 10 years, she has been a member of the Lincoln Women's Club 10 years, and a member of the Order of Eastern Star since 1911.
Ida Wilkens Berger received her B. S. in home economics from the University of Nebraska in 1921, and a teacher's life certificate at the same time; she attended Peru Normal School the summer of 1901, and the two Fremont Normal School terms 1903-04, besides attending Wesleyan University one semester in 1908. She was a member of the Home Economics Club at the University of Nebraska. Her marriage to Nelson L. Berger was solemnized at Lincoln, April 9, 1924. Mr. Berger was born at Hemingford, Nebraska, September 23, 1888 (See Nebraskana).
A life resident of Nebraska, she was a teacher in the rural schools of DeWitt from 1901-04, and in the primary department of the DeWitt public schools from 1905-08. She taught in the Lincoln public schools 1908-10. From 1910-12 she gave private instruction in water color and china painting. To 1921 she was made assistant county agent of Cass County, continuing until 1924, when she married.
During the World War she served as chairman of the De Witt Red Cross for one year. Since 1911 she has been a member of the Order of Eastern Star. She has held many offices in that order. For the past nine years she has been a member of the Rebekah Lodge and has filled all offices in the Nehawka chapter. She is also a member of the Nebraskana Society, the Nehawka Library Board and was state president of the Home Economics department of Organized Agriculture 1927 and 1928. In 1928 was delegated to the National Convention of Farm Women held at Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, and represented Nebraska and Kansas. She was selected as one of time judging committee by The Farmers Wife Magazine to assist in the selection of master farm homemakers of 1929-30-31.
Among her social and cultural clubs are the Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs, Nehawka Woman's Club. She was a member of the Twentieth Century Club at DeWitt. She was district chairman of the Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs for rural clubs and rural life two years, and appeared on the state program in 1928 with the subject Rural Women and the State Federation, which paper was placed in the state reciprocity bureau. She was president of the Cass County Federation 2 years, and secretary-trasurer (sic) 4 years. During the 7 years she has been a member of the Triangle Club she has held many offices.
She is a lover of nature, and is particularly interested in gardening and flowers. Her hobby is attending conventions. Residence: Nehawka. (Photograph on Page 115).
Nelson L. Berger
A farmer, stockman and landowner, Nelson L. Berger is descended from Jacob and Catherine Berger, natives of Germany, who emigrated to the United States about 1770. John Berger, born about 1775, and who died about 1851, was the son of Jacob and Catherine. He married Margaret Hedrick. Nelson Berger's grandfather was Enos Berger, son of John, born in 1815. He married Elizabeth Wallace, in Indiana, May 18, 1839.
On the maternal side Mr. Berger is the grandson of Nelson McReynolds and Martha Henderson. Nelson McReynolds was born in Abingdon, Virginia, June 6, 1808, and at one time owned three hundred acres of land in Tennesee (sic). This he sold and purchased 500 acres in Carroll County, Mo. In 1865 he came to Nebraska, and at the time of his death owned 400 acres near Nehawka. Mollie L. McReynolds, a daughter of Nelson McReynolds, married John P. Berger, who was born in 1855 and died in 1930. To this union four children were born. Nelson L. Berger, one of the younger of the children, lives on the home place which has been in the family three generations, it being originally owned by his grandfather, Nelson McReynolds, who purchased the land in 1865. In 1929 the home was destroyed by fire and in 1930 Nelson L. Berger built a new nine room house, strictly modern in every respect, with beautiful trees and a well kept lawn, surrounded by an attractive fence bordered with flowers and shrubs, making it one of the most pleasant homes in the county.
Nelson L. Berger has been engaged as a farmer and stockman all of his life. He was born at Hemingford, Nebraska, September 23, 1888. He is a member of the Nebraska Crop Growers Association, of the Agricultural College of the University of Nebraska, and for two years was vice president of the first district. To 1926 he was winner of a silver medal in the Cass County corn yield contest. In 1928 he was the winner of the state prize for the second highest yield of 102 bushels. In 1929 he was made a member of the State 100 Bushels Club, to which only 12 men were eligible. His marriage to Ida Wilkens took place at Lincoln, April 9, 1924 (see Nebraskana).
Mr. Berger is a member of the following secret and fraternal organizations: The Odd Fellows and the Rebekah Lodge of Nehawka, the Knights of Pythias, having held all offices, and of the following Masonic orders: Nehawka Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Scottish Rite, Sesostris Temple, Lincoln, and of the Ancient
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