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member of the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He is a member also of the Omaha Philosophical Society. He is fond of reading and hiking. Residence: Omaha. (Photograph in Album).

Louisa J. Cooper

For the past 47 years Louisa J. Cooper has lived in Nebraska where she has been prominent in educational, civic, and welfare activities. She was born at Newcastle, Laurence County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of James and Cynthia (Dunlap) Tidball. Her father, who was a building contractor, was born at Mahoning, Ohio, June 5, 1805, and died at Moberly, Missouri, September 5, 1883; his ancestry was English and Scotch. Her mother was born at Warren, Ohio, August 1, 1812, of English and Welsh parentage, and died at Crete, Saline County, Nebraska, May 25, 1886.

Mrs. Cooper attended high school at Newcastle and rceived (sic) her higher education through private study. She has been a leader in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for many years, and has always been identified with religious affairs in her community. She served as a member of the Crete Library Board for over 40 years. acting as president of that organization for 17 years, and in 1929 was appointed president emeritus by the mayor and city council. For 43 years she has been a member of the Round Table Club, the oldest organization of women in Nebraska. She was also one of the organizers of the Women's Association of the First Congregational Church where she is a regular attendant.

At one time, as a member of the State Society of the home for the Friendless, she served as state corresponding secretary; she was secretary of the local organization in this society and acted as delegate to various conventions. During the World War she was an active Red Cross worker.

Her marriage to Daniel Cargill Cooper was solemnized at Newcastle, September 13, 1866. Mr. Cooper, who was a Prebysterian (sic) clergyman, was born at Xenia, Ohio. His death occurred at McComb, Hancock County, Ohio, February 9, 1882. His English and Scotch-Irish ancestors were distinguished educators. To this union four children were born: James Walton, who married Lucy Mathews; Carrie Louisa, who married Dr. W. H. Pallett; Edward Cargill; and Alice Mary, who died in infancy. James was awarded the A. B. degree at Doane College, A. M. at Chicago University; Ph. D., at Columbia University. He was professor of romance languages in Whitman College for twenty-one years, and died June 24, 1919. Carrie received the A. B. degree at Doane, and Edward was dental surgeon until his death on October 20, 1930.

Mrs. Cooper was recently elected to membership in the Nebraskana Society. She is a Republican. Her chief recreation is reading. Residence: Crete.

Charles Finney Copeland

Charles Finney Copeland, a prominent author and poet who lives at Holdrege, Nebraska, was born at Clinton, Kansas, March 9, 1863, the son of Jonathan and Serepta (Curi:is) Copeland. His father, who was a home missionary and minister, was born at Charlton, Massachussetts, July 19, 1817, and died at Loma, Colorado, March 17, 1912.

Rev. Jonathan Copeland moved from New York to Kansas in 1857 to help make it free soil territory, and was active in caring for the wounded and dying people after Quantrell's raid on Lawrence, Kansas. He was an abolitionist and an ardent prohibitionist, and believed that politics and religion should be distinctly correlated. He was descended from Lawrence Copeland who came to America on a later trip of the Mayflower; Lawrence Copeland's son married the granddaughter of John and Priscilla Alden. Lawrence Copeland died at the age of 100 years, December 31, 1699.

Serepta (Curtis) Copeland, who was a teacher in public and private schools in New York, was born February 9, 1820, and died at Durango, Colorado, April 8. 1900. Mrs. Copeland was the daughter of Nathaniel Curtis and the granddaughter of Sylvester Finney, a soldier in the Revolution.

Mr. Copeland received his education at home under the tutelage of his parents and attended the public schools of Kansas and Iowa. As a boy he was employed in a printing shop and has been engaged in that business intermittently throughout his entire business career. He is at the present time starting the publication of a small quarterly publication called the Hope and Help Headlight which will contain his own literary productions. He is the author of Poems of Inspiration, which has gone into its second edition, and the Copeiand Genealogy, which is placed in all state historical libraries, and many booklets published in non-commercial form. Because of the wide spread popularity of his poems. Mr. Copeland plans to establish a gift-volume enterprise: which will send his literary works into all parts of the country.

He is a member of the Republican party, and has always been an advocate of prohibition. He was employed in the postal service of the United States Government for many years, and because of the regulations of the government does not enter into political activities. He is a member of the Red Cross, the Anti-saloon League of America, and the Lincoln Branch of the Railway Mail Association. He was a charter member of the American Eugenics Society, is affiliated with the First Methodist Church of Holdrege having been active in that body for the past 33 years, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society.

Mr. Copeland's hobby is literature, and he devotes a great deal of his spare time in seeking expressive phrases and original thoughts. In his younger days he was interested in educational activities and received scholastic honors in every teacher's examination and county test. He strives in all his poems to bring to his public, inspiration and enjoyment.

His marriage to Harriett Gennette Knowlton was solemnized at Springfield, Colorado, May 29, 1890. Mrs. Copeland, who is the daughter of Ellis Augustus Knowlton and Julia Maria (Simmons) Knowlton, was born at Owatonna, Minnesota, July 19, 1870. Their three children are: LeRoy Newton, born November 23, 1895, who is a printer and linotype expert; Bernice, born October 13, 1900, who married James William Young; and Paul LaVerne, born April 13, 1905, who married Gertrude Phelps. Paul Laverno is an instructor in the physics department of the Massachussetts Institute of Technolegy (sic), Cambridge. Residence: Holdrege. (Photograph in Album).

Plenna Reuben Copple

Since 1906 Plenna Reuben Copple has been engaged in the practice of dentistry at Fullerton, Nebraska. He was born near Centralia, Illinois, July 29, 1876, the son of Charles and Lucy Melvina (Jackson) Copple, the former a farmer who was born near Centralia, June 16, 1852, and died at Fullerton, January 16, 1927. His father's ancestors came to this country from Holland in the early days of America and settled at New Amsterdam. His mother was born near Irvington, Illinois, April 17, 1851, and died at Fullerton, March 10, 1893.

Dr. Copple attended school in a sod building in pioneer days, and received his dental education at Northwestern University, Chicago, where he was graduated with the D. D. S. degree in 1902. He had formerly attended Anderson Normal University in Indiana and taught school in Nance County, Nebraska. He was treasurer of the junior class of Northwestern University and was a member of Delta Sigma Delta.

At this time he is a member of the Northwestern

District Dental Society, the Nebraska State Dental Society, and the American Dental Association. He is a Mason and Modern Woodman, is a corresponding member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and is affiliated with the First Methodist Episcopal Church. His sports are golfing and hunting.

On September 10, 1902, he married Grace Tranbarger at Anderson. Mrs. Copple, ancestry is German, was born at Perkinsville, Indiana, September 15, 1880. Residence: Fullerton.

C. E. Corey

For the past 30 years C. E. Corey has lived at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, and acted as manager and treasurer of the Corey & McKenzie Printing Company. He was born at York, York County, Nebraska, May 26, 1872, the son of A. G. and Mary C. (Gilmore) Corey. His father, who was born in Wisconsin, and died at Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1928, was a farmer and merchant, and for many years was postmaster at Fairfield, Nebraska; he was a soldier in the Civil War. His mother was born in Pennsylvania; she is still living.

Mr. Corey attended the public schools and later was a student at Fairfield College. His early years in business were spent in the newspaper field; he was the editor of the Swanton Echo, and the Fairfield Messenger. For the past 30 years he has been manager and treasurer of the Corey & McKenzie Printing Company. He has lived in Nebraska his entire life. He is a Democrat.

On November 31, 1903, he was united in marriage with Virginia H. Peterson at Omaha; she was born at Omaha, August 26, 1880. They have two children: Marjorie, born November 19, 1907, who married K. C. Russell; and Audrey, born February 17, 1909, who married William S. Rush.

He holds membership in the Red Cross; Sales Managers Society; Omaha Concord Club, of which he was president in 1919; and the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, of which he was a director for one year. He was president of the Ben Franklin Club for 8 years. He was Omaha chairman of war saving societies during the war. Residence: Omaha.

Fred Dudley Cornell

Fred D. Cornell was born at Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, July 20, 1869, the son of Dudley Emerson and Annie M. (Speck) Cornell. His father, who was born at Saratoga, New York, January 15, 1837, and died at Kansas City, February 11, 1911, was a general passenger agent for the Kansas Pacific Railroad for many years; he was a major in the Civil War, and served as brigadier general in the Kansas State Militia; and served as mayor of Kansas City, 1885, and 1909; Thomas Cornell, an ancestor, settled in Rhode Island, in 1634. His mother was born at Philadelphia, May 16, 1849, and died at Charleston, South Carolina, April 2, 1928. She was state regent for the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Mr. Cornell was assistant city ticket agent for the Union Pacific Railroad at Kansas City, 1889-94; was passenger and ticket agent for the Missouri Pacific Railway at Lincoln, Nebraska, 1894-1911; was engaged in the real estate and insurance business, 1911-1920; and since 1920 has been secretary of the Scottish Rite Bodies and recorder for Sesosteis Temple of the Ancient and Accepted Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also secretary of the Scottish Rite Educational Welfare Association

In 1915 he was secretary of the Lincoln City Charter Convention. During the World War he was a four minute speaker, and was active in Liberty loan drives and Red Cross work. Mr. Cornell is a member of the Lincoln Country Club; is a life member of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce; and since 1911 has held membership in the Rotary Club. He is a 33rd degree Mason and Shriner, and is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Order of the Eastern Star, and the Nebraskana Society. His sports include golf, football, and baseball. He is a Republican.

On June 26, 1894, he was united in marriage with Eliza Martha Mott, at Independence, Missouri. Mrs. Cornell was born at Independence, September 18, 1871, and died at Lincoln, August 12, 1928. Their daughter, Carol, was born October 29, 1904. Residence: Lincoln.

John Cass Cornell

John Cass Cornell, president of the Cornell Supply Company of Lincoln, was born in Richmond, McHenry County, Illinois, August 6, 1869. His father, Albert Willard Cornell, came from Lancashire, England when a boy, and lived in Illinois, where he followed the dental profession. He also served in the Civil War and died in Illinois, January 23, 1872. He was married to Augusta H. Burrows, daughter of John Smith and Maria (Spory) Burrows.

When Mr. Cornell was 14 years of age, the family established a residence at Ord, and there he completed his education in the public schools. He served an apprenticeship in the coppersmith and sheet metal workers trade, and from 1891 until 1892 and part of 1893 he followed his trade at Grand Island and Fremont. In April, 1893, he went to work in a hardware store at Alliance, and while there he and his brother, Charles D., also engaged in cattle business.

In October, 1899, Mr. Cornell returned to Ord and purchased a hardware store. In 1911 he sold his business and moved to Lincoln. There he founded the Cornell Supply Company, a wholesale plumbing and heating business.

Mr. Cornell is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is a Democrat. He is a Mason, Knight Templar and a member of the Shrine, and in 1925, was elected chief rabban of Sesostris Temple at Lincoln. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and the National Chamber of Commerce.

On October 11, 1898, he was married to Blanche Tupper. They have two daughters, Mary Ann and Charlotte. Residence: Lincoln.

George Corner

George Corner, automobile dealer, was born at Blue Hill, Nebraska, December 2, 1888, son of Martin Beebe and Louisa Mary (Huff) Corner.

His father who was a farmer of Democratic affiliations, was born in Volinia, Michigan, September 5, 1853. His family came to America from England in 1825, His wife, Louisa, was born in Volinia, October 27. 1866, Her father was born in Pennsylvania in 1845 and fought in the Civil War. She is a musical instructor.

Mr. Corner was graduated from the public schools of Cassopolis in 1903, and attended Red Cloud High School. He learned the jewelry business and followed that until the age of twenty-one, when he farmed and raised stock for five years. In the fall of 1916 he took over the Ford Sales and Service organization at Blue Hill. At the present time he is the manager and owner of the Ford garage and the Home Oil Company, distributors of gas and lubricating oils in his immediate vicinity and surrounding territory.

His marriage to Della DeEtte Morrison was solemnized at Red Cloud, on December 29, 1909. Mrs. Corner was born at Ravenna, Nebraska. May 5. 1890, daughter of David Morrison, an Englishman. They have two children. Ellen Geraldine, born January 11, 1913; and James Martin, born August 27, 1920. Ellen is a teacher in Nebraska rural schools.

Mr. Corner is a member of the Blue Hill Chamber of Commerce, the Red Cross, the Woodmen of the World, the Masons and the Eastern Star, and at the present time is serving as president of his local school board. Residence: Blue Hill.

Kenneth Aaron Cornish

Kenneth Aaron Cornish was born at Osceola, Nebraska, May 29, 1896, the son of Walter Adnarm and Georgia A. (Lohr) Cornish. His father, who is a newspaper editor, was born at Ross Station, Indiana, March 31, 1853. His mother was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, June 15, 1858.

Mr. Cornish was graduated from the high school at Shelby, Nebraska, in 1915, and later was a student at the University of Nebraska where he was elected to membership in Phi Sigma Kappa. He served as assistant cashier of the Farmers State Bank at Osceola, from 1921 to 1925, taught one term in a rural school in Polk County in 1915, and is at this time county treasurer of Polk County.

A Democrat, he has twice been elected city clerk of Osceola. He holds membership in the Nebraskana Society, the Osceola Community Club, and the Osceola Methodist Church. He is president and chairman of the legislative committee of the State Associations of County Treasurers of which he was formerly treasurer, served as local treasurer of the Red Cross, 1927-28, and is past commander, past adjutant, and past treasurer of the American Legion Post at Osceola.

His marriage to Ruth Pauline Smith occurred at Osceola, September 15, 1920. Mrs. Cornish was born at Osceola, November 13, 1899. During the World War Mr. Cornish served for 15 months overseas with the United States Naval Forces on the following United States ships: George Washington; Carola; Flag Ship. His chief recreations are golfing, hunting, and reading. Residence. Osceola.

Walter A. Cornish

A resident of Nebraska since 1873, Walter A. Cornish has been engaged in the publishing business for over 25 years, and is today editor and publisher of the Shelby Sun at Shelby, Nebraska. He was born in Lake County, Indiana, March 31, 1853, the son of Aaron and Rebekah Jane (Loomis) Cornish. His father, who was a farmer, was born in Michigan, in 1826, of English ancestry, and died at Blaine, Washington, April 2, 1894. His mother was born in Pennsylvania, in 1832, and died at Everett, Washington, 1918.

Mr. Cornish has served as county surveyor of Polk County since 1922, and was chairman of the village board at Shelby for a number of years. He is a Democrat, is affiliated with the United Brethren Church of Shelby, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. He is past grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

He was united in marriage with Georgia Ann Lohr, February 5, 1882, at Osceola, Nebraska. Mrs. Cornish was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, June 15, 1857. Two children were born to this marriage: Roy A., born August 10, 1884, who died February 26, 1930, and who was married to Viola M. Otter. There are two children of this marriage: Allan and Robert Rex. Kenneth A., the second son, was born May 29, 1896, and on September 15, 1920, was married to Ruth Pauline Smith at Osceola. He is now serving his second term as treasurer of Polk County. Residence: Shelby.

Ulysses S. Cornwell

Ulysses S. Cornwell, who has been engaged in farming in Nebraska for the past 45 years, was born at Medora, Indiana, January 18, 1864. He has lived in this state for 62 years and has been active in the educational and civic life of his community for over half a century, and is county commissioner at the present time. His father, Floyd Cornwell, who was born at Louisville. Kentucky, April 4, 1834, and died at Paola, Kansas, January 18, 1909, was a horse shoer and blacksmith during the Civil War; he had the distinction of shoeing General Grant's horse. His mother, whose ancestry was Scotch, was born at Pea Ridge, Indiana, February 29, 1810, and died at Paola, November 6, 1928.

Mr. Cornwell attended the grade and public school at Blair, Nebraska. He has been chairman of the Red Cross at Walthill, Nebraska. has served on the school board for 18 years, and is a member of the Nebraskana Society. During the World War, he was a member of the Council of Defense, and took part in the sale of Liberty Bonds. He is a member of the Lions Club, is affiliated with the Penticostal Church and is a Democrat. His hobby is reading.

He was married to Susan Thompson at Blair, on December 31, 1890. Mrs. Cornwell, whose ancestry is English, was born at Omaha, March 7, 1873. They have twelve children, all of whom are living: William, born November 29, 1891, who married Alta Chambers; Thornton, born December 5, 1893, who married Elsie Martin; Ethel, born November 4, 1895, who married Ira Snyder; Deforest, born March 20, 1898, who married Vesta Riggs; Elsie, born February 20, 1900, who married George Snyder; Ruth, born October 25, 1902, who married Lester Jacobson; Elmer, born January 7, 1905; Bryant F., born April 28, 1907, who married Violet Morrow; Kenneth, born June 9, 1909, who married Bessie Bahr; Alfred W., born October 25, 1911; Harold, born June 8, 1915; Helen, born September 2, 1917. Resiednce (sic): Walthill.

Earnest Erasmus Correll

One of the outstanding figures in the civic and professional life of Hebron, Nebraska, is Earnest Erasmus Correll, a lifelong resident of that community. He was born at Hebron, October 7, 1871, the son of Erasmus Michael and Lucy Lozier (Wilder) Correll, and for many years has been prominent in political and educational activities there.

Erasmus Michael Correll, a pioneer leader of Thayer County, Nebraska, was born August 14, 1846, and received his early education in the public schools of Rockford, Illinois. He studied at the University of the Pacific, at Santa Clara, California, in 1860, and in 1865 attended Eureka College in Illinois. As a civil engineer he surveyed the site for Hebron in 1869, and in 1871 established the Hebron Journal, which has continued through many years as a newspaper representative of its community. He served as second lieutenant of Company A, First Regiment of the Nebraska State Militia, an organization formed primarily as protection against the Indian attacks.

A man of unusual intellect and versatility, Mr. Correll was a successful lawyer in conjunction with his editorial work, and was instrumental in promoting many constructive movements in Thayer County. He was a staunch Republican, and in 1881 served as representative in the Nebraska State Legislature where he was the author of a woman's suffrage amendment, a bill later defeated at the polls. In 1881 he was elected national president of the American Suffrage Association, in 1892 was elected state senator (elected president of that body). He served as a member of the military staffs of Governors Dawes, Thayer, and Crounse, and later acted as quartermaster general of the Nebraska State Militia.

Lucy Lozier (Wilder) Correll, mother of Earnest B. Correll and the daughter of George and Elmira (Bunker) Wilder, was descended through the maternal line from the Bunker and Breed families, owners of battleground famed in the Revolution. Among her American colonial ancestors were these distinguished statesmen and early settlers; Thomas Rogers and his son, Lieutenant Joseph Rogers, both of whom came from England on the Mayflower in 1620; Assistant-governor Stephen Hopkins who came to this country with his daughter. Constance, on the Mayflower; Thomas Prence, fourth governor of the Plymouth Colony; Assistant-governor William Collier; Captain Benjamin Bunker, of Revolu-

EARNEST ERASMUS CORRELL

tionary fame; and Captain John Fowle of Massachussetts She was a gracious and talented gentlewoman who left an indelible impression on her community and state. She was organizing regent of the Oregon Trail Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, served as state president of the Nebraska Women's Suffrage Association, and was state historian of the Nebraska Daughters of the American Revolution. An able newspaper woman, she gave effective service as assistant editor of the Hebron Journal, and upon the death of her husband became its editor. Through his Holland Dutch ancestors, the Van Der Cooks, Mr. Correll traced the line back to William, Prince of Orange; one of the collateral family lines was that of Reuben, the artist.

Earnest E. Correll received his education in the Hebron schools and the state university, and through association with his father learned the rudiments of the printing and publishing business. The Hebron Journal which is still in the possession of the Correll family since its founding, maintains its high standards and principles under his able management.

Mr. Corrcll has been influential in both county and state affairs throughout his career, has taken an active interest in local political campaigns, and in 1910 was state president of the Roosevelt Progressive Association, He was appointed by the United States Government to membership on the war campaign committee in Thayer County, 1918, and later was made a member of the Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor. During the World War he served as secretary of the Thayer County Council of Defense, and was an enthusiastic worker in advancing patriotic measures.

He is affiliated with Bethlehem Commandery, Knights Templar, of the Masonic Order, and holds membership in the Sons of the American Revolution, the Modern Woodmen of America, The Mayflower Society, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

His marriage to Olive Robbins Hazard was solemnized at Hebron, June 22, 1910. Mrs. Correll, who is widely known in Nebraska through her social and civic attainments, is the daughter of Omar Elisha Hazard, pioneer merchant at Hebron, and Harriet Adeline Robbins Hazard. She has served as treasurer of the state organization of the Daughters of the American Revolution, has held various local offices in the Hebron's Woman's Club, and served as corresponding secretary of the Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs. She acted as chairman of the Women's Council of Defense during the late war, and in 1927 was alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention held at Kansas City. She was again elected to attend the National Convention in Chicago, 1932.

Mrs. Correll is a descendant of colonial American families on both the maternal and paternal side. Her ancestry includes such notables as: Joshua Robbins, who served in the Revolution; Governor Welles of Connecticut; and Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the naval battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Correll have two children, Donald Hazard and Earnest E., Jr. Residence Hebron. (Photograph on Page 273).

Mable Leona Correll

A distinguished educator and business woman at Cambridge, Nebraska, Mable Leona Correll is a lifetime resident of this state. She was born at Cambridge, January 30, 1891, the daughter of Joseph Orange Correll and Jennie Estella (Denney) Correll. Her father, who was born at Silver Lake, Indiana, May 6, 1867, came to Cambridge in 1886, and is engaged in the livestock, insurance and real estate business in Furnas County, Nebraska. He served as a member of the Fuel Administration Committee during the World War. His ancestry is Pennsylvania German, French and English. His wife, Jennie, whose ancestry is German and French, came to Cambridge in 1884. She was born at Warsaw, Indiana, July 27, 1869.

Miss Correll attended the country schools of Frontier County, Nebraska, and in 1910 was graduated from the Cambridge High School. She received the Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Nebraska in 1914, and in 1927 received the Master of Arts degree at Columbia University in New York City. She was valedictorian of her graduating class at Cambridge High School.

She served as a grade school teacher at Cambridge until 1916 when she became instructor of history and English in the high school there. In 1919 she was made principal of the Cambridge schools where she served until 1924 when she entered the high school of Superior, Nebraska, as history and English teacher, and dean of girls. Since 1929 she has been the owner and manager of the Ladies Ready-to-Wear Store at Cambridge.

Miss Correll is a member of the Commercial Club, the Red Cross, the Nebraska Women's Educational Club, the American Historical Association, and the Nebraskans Society. She is a life member of the University of Nebraska Alumni Association, is a member of the Research Club of Cambridge, and holds membership in the Order of Eastern Star and the National Geographic Society. She is affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church of Superior, Nebraska. Her chief recreations are hiking, reading, and gardening. Residence: Cambridge. (Photograph in Album).

Festus Corrothers

Festus Corrothers, leading rancher and outstanding Democrat of Grant County, was born in Taylor County, Virginia, April 9, 1856, son of Samuel and Harriet (Poe) Corrothers.

The father, who was of Scotch descent, was an early farmer and stockman in West Virginia. He died in West Virginia. The mother was born in Taylor County, Virginia, and died there in 1912.

Mr. Corrothers was educated in common schools and has been a stockman almost ever since. At the present time he is the owner and general manager of the Z-0 Ranch. He is a Democrat, and served 18 years as county commissioner of Grant County. He has been a leader in Democratic politics in his community, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1919-20. Mr. Corrothers has been a resident of Nebraska for more than 40 years. He is a Universalist.

Mr. Corrothers married Anzina Isner in September, 1889. She was born April 18, 1864, and died January 8, 1914. They had one son Ney, who died in 1895. Residence: Whitman.

Earl LeRoy Coryell

Born at Brock, Nebraska, August 9, 1899, Earl L. Coryell is the son of George and Myrtle (Brown) Coryell. His father, who was born at Janesville, Wisconsin, April 16, 1864, was president of the Coryell Oil Company at Lincoln. His death came suddenly at Albany, Georgia, December 30, 1928. For many years he was prominent in civic, political and fraternal activities. He was a Republican and a Mason, a member of the Shrine, and served as master of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He was president of the Nebraska Independent Oil Men, a member of the Salvation Army Board, and an active church worker. He was the son of Richard Coryell who homesteaded in Nemaha County in 1867; of French Huguenot ancestry, his forebearers settled in New Jersey and served with George Washington in the Revolutionary War. Myrtle Brown Coryell was born at Brock, Nebraska, May 23, 1875, of English and Scotch descent. Well educated, she is an active clubwoman and church worker, and is a past matron of the Eastern Star.

Earl Coryell attended the Brock public and high schools, being graduated from the latter in June, 1917. In June, 1922, he received his A. B., from the University of Nebraska. Active in student affairs he was manager of the Daily Nebreskan, business manager of University

Week, a member of the Awgwan staff and the Vikings and a member of Phi Kappa Psi.

At the age of 22, during his senior year at the university Mr. Coryell became associated with his father in the operation of retail gasoline service stations under the name of the Coryell Oil Company; in 1927, the properties were sold, and Earl Coryell organized the Earl Coryell Company of which he is sole owner, taking a 99-year lease on one-fourth of the city block at 14th and N streets, in the heart of Lincoln. On this site he has erected the largest gasoline, oil and greasing service station in Nebraska.

On August 12, 1926, Mr. Coryell was married to Margaret Nell Stidworthy at Lincoln. She was born at Homer, Nebraska, September 22, 1902, and until her marriage was a kindergarten instructor at the University.

During the World War he was stationed at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. He is a Mason, and member of Lodge No. 19, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Lincoln, 32nd degree Scottish Rite, Knight Templar, member of Sesostris Temple of the Mystic Shrine and Sesostris Shrine Patrol. A member of the Junion (sic) Chamber of commerce he served as director during 1927-28. He was the first business manager of the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, a Junior Chamber of Commerce activity. He is now a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club, the Hiram Club; member and former president of the Lincoln Automobile Club; president of the Nebraska Motor Club, president of the Lincoln Baseball Association and member of the American Legion and University Club.

His religious affiliation is with the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity, of which he has been vestryman since 1980. Residence: Lincoln.

Jay Timothy Cottingham

Born at Etna, LaFayette County, Wisconsin, April 6, 1886, Jay Timothy Cottingham is the son of Anthony Hunt and Elizabeth Ann (Keating) Cottingham. Anthony Cottingham was born in Bainbridge, Swalesdale, Yorkshire County, England, November 17, 1850, and was brought to America by his parents at the age of four years. He engaged in farming all his life, and died at Mount Vernon, South Dakota, February 7, 1920. His wife, Elizabeth, was born in Etna, June 5, 1858, and is still living. She is of Scotch-Irish descent.

Mr. Cottingham was graduated from the Shullsburg, Wisconsin High School and received his Bachelor of Science degree from South Dakota State College in 1911. During 1910-11, he was editor of the Collegian (weekly), and in 1911, won first place on the debate team, of which he had been a member since 1909.

On August 17, 1918, Mr. Cottingham was united in marriage to Gladys Emma Murray, at Sioux City, Iowa. She was born at Chicago, February 20, 1894. There are three children: Donald, born September 20, 1924; Mary, born November 1, 1926, and Bruce, born September 26, 1928.

Mr. Cottingham entered the employ of the Fullerton Lumber Company at Mount Vernon, South Dakota, as assistant manager in 1912, and was removed to Murdo, as manager for the years 1913-14. He was transferred to Sioux City, Iowa, in 1915, as cashier, holding this position two years. From 1917 to July, 1918, he was cashier of the Newton Lumber Company at Colorado Springs, Colorado. With the exception of two months spent as a private in the United States Army, he served as auditor of the Bonneville Lumber Company at Salt Lake City, during the years 1918 and 1919. During 1920-22, he was manager of the Byers Lumber Company at Hastings, and since 1923, has been joint owner and general manager of the Oliver Lumber Company and its branch yards, with headquarters at Hastings.

Mr. Cottingham is a member of Post No. 11 of the American Legion, is a Scottish Rite Mason, and member of the Shrine, and is a member of the Red Cross. At the present time he is a director of the Hastings Young Men's Christian Association, is a director and past president of the Chamber of Commerce, a director of the Nebraska Lumber Merchants Association, a member of the Kiwanis Club, and director of the Northwestern Retail Coal Dealers Association of Minneapolis. His social club is the Hastings Country Club. Residence: Hastings.

Lewis Emory Cottle

Lewis Emory Cottle, lawyer, was born in Macon County, Illinois, November 11, 1873, and with the exception of four years in Idaho, one in Mexico, and one in France, has resided in Nebraska since 1881.

His father, James Weeks Cottle, was born in Somersetshire, England, November 7, 1841, and came to the United States about 1850. He was a farmer, who served in Company G, 149th New York Infantry during the Civil War. His death occurred at Edgar, Nebraska, May 13, 1912.

Lucinda Jane DeMotte, wife of James Weeks Cottle, was born in Taylorville, Illinois, December 25, 1848, and died at Edgar, December 1, 1923. Her ancestry was French and Dutch.

Upon the completion of his high school education in 1895, Mr. Cottle attended the University of Nebraska in which he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1901, and his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1902.

Mr. Cottle was admitted to the bar of Nebraska in 1902, and that of Idaho in 1904, and since leaving school has practiced law almost continuously. From 1907 until 1910 he was a member of the law firm of Christy and Cottle at Edgar, and from 1919 until 1928 was a member of the law firm of Olsen and Cottle at Gering. Since 1928 he has practiced independently. He is a Republican.

On October 16, 1910, he was married to Daisy Williams at Geneva, her birthplace. Mr. and Mrs. Cottle are members of the First Methodist Church at Gering.

During the Spanish-American War Mr. Cottle was a private in Company M, Second Nebraska Volunteer Infantry. From May 12, 1917, until July 2, 1919, he served in the United States Army. He held the rank of captain in Company D, 317th Service Battalion and served one year in France. For several years he was a major in Judge Advocate General's Reserve. He is a member of the American Legion, and the United Spanish War Veterans.

A Mason, Mr. Cottle is a member of Edgar Lodge No. 67, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Oregon Trail Chapter No. 65 Royal Arch Masons. He is a member of the Red Cross, the Gering Chamber of Commerce, the Nebraska State Historical Society, the Scotts Bluff County and Nebraska bar associations. He is a member of the alumni association of the University of Nebraska and the Gering Golf Club. His sports are fishing and hunting. Residence: Gering.

Bern Raymond Coulter

Born in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, November 13, 1895, Bern Raymond Coulter is the son of Warren B. and Vie I. (Hendricks) Coulter. His father, who is a farmer and rancher, was born in Illinois, April 19, 1863. His mother was born in Illinois, November 24, 1863.

Mr. Coulter attended the rural schools of Cheyenne and Morrill counties, Nebraska, and in 1914 was graduated from the Bridgeport High School. He received the LL. B. degree in 1921 at the University of Nebraska where he was a member of the Order of Coif, and Phi Alpha Delta. Since 1922 he has beeen (sic) engaged in the practice of law as a member of the firm Neighbors & Coulter at Bridgeport. A Republican, he served as a member of the Nebraska House of Representatives, 1925, 1927, 1929, was speaker of the house 1920, 30, and in 1930 was candidate for lieutenant governor of Nebraska.

He is a member of the Morrill County Bar Society,

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