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the Western Nebraska Bar Society, the Nebraska State Bar Association, and the American Legislators Association. His marriage to Esther Mae Scott occurred at Gering, Nebraska, September 9, 1927. Mrs. Coulter, who was a nurse, was born at Bridgeport, April 15, 1900. They have one son: Calvin L., born January 4, 1930, and a daughter, Madelyn Ann, born January 18, 1932. Residence: Bridgeport.

Harry Ginter Counsman

Harry G. Counsman was born at Omaha, Nebraska, August 24, 1861, and has lived there all his life. His father, Jacob Miles Counsman, who was born at Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, December 2, 1837, and died at Omaha, December 12, 1926, was a general building contractor. and a member of the Omaha city council 1888-1889. His ancestry was German. His mother, Arabelle (Redman) Counsman, whose ancestors were German, was born at Hollidaysburg, August 10, 1838, and died at Omaha May 26, 1927.

Mr. Counsman received his education in the Omaha public schools. A Republican, he served as county assessor, 1912-16-20-24, and is now Douglas County Commissioner. He is a member of the Red Cross, Chamber of Commerce, Young Men's Christian Association, and The Nebraskana Society. His social clubs are the Omaha Field Club, and the Prettiest Mile Club. He is an Elk, a Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner, and a member of the Woodmen of the World. His sport is golf.

On July 10, 1884, he was married to Yuba Kate Bailey at Council Bluffs, Iowa; she was born at Warren, Ohio, March 10, 1863. Her ancestry is English. They have two children: Harry, who married Dorothy Rice, and who resides at Lexington; and Maude, who married John L. Baumann, and resides at Hastings. Residence: Omaha.

Cecil Calvert Coursey

Cecil Calvert Coursey, prominent architect, was born at Topeka, Kansas, July 12, 1898, son of Fred Washington and Nellie Jane (Onion) Coursey. His ancestry is English and Pennsylvania Dutch.

Mr. Coursey attended public and high schools at Topeka, the Commercial Art School of Chicago, and the American Correspondence School of Chicago.

He was married on November 22, 1921, to Lena Christina Keiser at Alliance, Nebraska. She was born at Alliance, April 22, 1902. They have two daughters, Betty Jane, born February 1, 1923; and Marjorie Ann, born April 21, 1929.

For the past three years Mr. Coursey has practiced at North Platte, Nebraska. He is the designer of the Medical Building at Alliance; the Irrigation Building at Bridgeport, Nebraska; the high schools at Paxton and Ogallala, Nebraska; and the Catholic Church at Paxton.

During the late war Mr. Coursey served in the United States Navy. He is fond of fishing and hunting, baseball, football, and reading. He is a member of the American Legion, the Forty and Eight, Blue Lodge of the Masons, the Elks, the Rotary Club, and the Chamber of Commerce. Residence: North Platte.

William J. Courtright

William J. Courtright was born in Clinton County, Iowa, July 29, 1862, son of Ira F. and Mary (Shirley) Courtright, the former a farmer who died in Clinton County, in 1865.

He was married to Mary Reeves, at Sibley, Iowa, November 27, 1881. Mrs. Courtright was born March 26, 1862. They have two children, Carrol C., born June 8, 1886, who is a hardware merchant, and Marie, born May 14, 1895, who is a nutritionist.

Mr. Courtright is a Republican, and held the rank of major in the 2nd Nebraska National Guards until his resignation about 1891. He has been engaged in the practice of law since his admission to the bar in February, 1888, and is an outstanding member of the legal profession in his part of the state.

He is a member of the Methodist Church of Fremont and former president of the Young Men's Christian Association. His hobby is garden flowers. Residence: Fremont.

William Poppleton Cowan

William Poppleton Cowan, lawyer, was born at Omaha, Nebraska, February 28, 1876, son of John and Celia Maria (Fay) Cowan. He was educated in the public schools of Omaha, and was admitted to the bar of Nebraska on June 16, 1898. He has always resided in Nebraska, and since his admission has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession.

From January, 1906, until July, 1914, he was county judge of Stanton County, elected on the Democratic ticket, and from 1916, until 1922, served as county attorney of Stanton County. He is active in the civic and professional life of his community, and a member of St. Peter's catholic Church. He is also a member of the Nebraskana Society, and during the World War was government appeal agent for Stanton County. Residence: Stanton.

Allen Parker Cowgill

Allen P. Cowgill, retired army officer of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, was born at Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, July 17, 1890, the son of Warwick Miller and Alice Blake (Parker) Cowgill. His father, who was an eye, ear, and nose specialist, was born at Hickman, Kentucky, in 1856, and died at Lincoln, in 1919; his ancestors settled near Philadelphia in William Penn's time. His mother was born at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1864; she is descended from early New England settlers.

Major Cowgill was graduated from the Lincoln High School in 1907; was a student at the University of Nebraska, 1907-09; and was graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1914. In 1916 he was graduated from the Engineer School of the United States Army, and in 1930 was awarded the A. M. degree at the University of Nebraska.

His career is as follows: entered West Point, 1910; was graduated and commissioned 2nd lieutenant, 1914; served in the Corps of the Engineers in the grades of 2nd lieutenant to major, 1914 to 1921; and was retired for disability incident to the service, 1921. He is now a retired major; is a graduate student studying for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in mathematics at the University of Nebraska; and is the owner of the Cowgill Coal Company at Lincoln.

An Independent, Major Cowgill served as councilman and superintendent of streets and public improvements for the city of Lincoln. He is a member of the Engineer's Club of Lincoln, the Society of American Military Engineers, and the Nebraskana Society. A member of the Modern Woodmen of America, he is affiliated with the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity at Lincoln.

His marriage to Helen Mary Schwind was solemnized at Francitas, Texas, September 1, 1915. Mrs. Cowgill was born at Lincoln. They have three children: Mary Allen, born August 9, 1916; Helen Louise, born May 1, 1919; and William Parker, born January 30, 1921. Residence: Lincoln. (Photograph in Album).

George Cowton

Born at Scalby, Yorkshire, England, May 7, 1889, George Cowton came with his parents, James Harold and Emma (Thompson) Cowton, to America on July 1, 1904. His father, born in Yorkshire, England, February 5, 1862, is a cabinet maker. His mother was born in England, January 14, 1864.

George Cowton attended elementary school in Scarborough, England, until he reached the age of fourteen when he left school. After coming to America he at-

tended high school one semester at Hastings, in the junior class.

On June 18, 1913, Mr. Cowton was married to Emma Hass at Grand Island. She is of German parentage, and was born in Grand Island, August 23, 1891. They have one daughter, Jean Ann, born December 27, 1916. She is in her junior year at high school, and makes a hobby of swimming

Upon leaving school Mr. Cowton was office boy for eleven months for an attorney, a Mr. Costello, in Scarborough. The winter of 1904 he was office boy for the American Beet Sugar Factory at Grand Island, and during 1905-06 and part of 1907 was clerk in the store of S. N. Wolbach Sons. The balance of that year he was an insurance salesman for the Wamberg-Underwood Company.

In 1908 Mr. Cowton was a salesman for the Grand Island Real estate and Investment Company, and during 1909, 1910, and until October, 1911, was associated with Henry Allan in the insurance business. In October, 1911, he purchased the agency from Henry Allan. At the same time he was appointed deputy clerk, United States District Court, Grand Island Division, which position he still holds. He is secretary-treasurer of the American Securities Company also.

Mr. Cowton is a Republican. He was a member of the Home Guards and on loan drive committees during the World War, is a member of the board of directors of the local Boy Scouts, president of the Nebraska Life Underwriters Association, 1931-32, immediate past president of the Grand Island Life Underwriters Association 1930-31, past president the Chamber of Commerce 1923-24, and at the present time a member of its board of directors.

He has served as president of the Rotary Club, was chairman of the program committee 1931-32, and is president of the Grand Island High School Athletic Board. He is an Elk, Mason and Knight Templar. A member of the Riverside Country Club, he is a member of The Nebraskana Society, and an admiral in Lieutenant Governor Metcalfe's State Navy. Mr. Cowton enjoys golf and bowling. His hobby is writing insurance, and on September 29, 1925, he broke the world's record by writing 122 life insurance applications in one day. He holds the record in the Equitable Life Assurance Company for writing at least one application for life insurance each week for six hundred and twenty nine consecutive weeks, which still holds. He is a member of the Quarter Million Club, Equitable Life, New York, for 1931. Residence: Grand Island.

Frank B. COX

Frank B. Cox, editor and publisher, was born at Forney, Texas, August 28, 1883, son of M. J. and Lydia A. (Brazeale) Cox. His father, a native of Illinois, was born May 4, 1854, of English parentage. He was one of the best known editors in the South, and died at San Marcos, Texas, in 1920. His wife, Lydia, was born in Arkansas, January 20, 1861, and is living.

Mr. Cox attended publc (sic) school and afterward spent fifteen years on various papers throughout the United States. He was employed on the Omaha Bee and the Omaha Daily News for eight years. He is now the owner and publisher of the Waterloo Gazette, the Elkhorn Exchange, the Bennington Herald and the Millard Courier.

On March 5, 1910, he was married to Blanche Mabel Jesse at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mrs. Cox was born at Des Moines, Iowa, October 24, 1883. There are two children, Frances B., born April 24, 1912, and Frederic, born September 17, 1915.

Mr. Cox is a Republican, and from 1920-28, was secretary of the Douglas County Agricultural Society. He is the of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Nebraskana Society, a charter member of the Nebraskana Society, and is fond of reading and fishing. Residence: Waterloo. (Photograph in Album).

Gilbert Morris Cox

Gilbert Morris Cox, who was born at Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, August 17, 1887, is the son of Jacob William and Elizabeth Louise (King) Cox. His father, a farmer, was born of German parents at Clear Lake, Iowa, May 29, 1861. His mother, who was a teacher for a number of years before her marriage, was born at Dubuque, Iowa, January 11, 1867, her ancestry was Irish.

Mr. Cox has been a farmer near Cedar Rapids for 30 years and is a progressive leader in civic affairs in Boone County. On January 29, 1913, he married Emma Caroline Peterson at Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Cox, who was born at Lindsay, Nebraska, July 17, 1886, is of Danish descent. To them were born: William C., January 31, 1914; Maurice L., May 5, 1916; Margaret A., June 20, 1919; Betty Louise, August 8, 1926; and Edwin F., November 30, 1929. Residence: Cedar Rapids.

Harold Herbert Cox

Born at York, Nebraska, February 1, 1898, Harold Herbert Cox has been engaged in the practice of dentistry and dental surgery for the past ten years. He is the son of Lincoln and Lillie Estelle (Moores) Cox, both of whom are residents of Nebraska. Lincoln Cox who was born at Indian Springs, Indiana, in 1862, is a cement contractor, and is descended from early Scotch-Irish settlers in Indiana. He traces his ancestry to Daniel Boone. His wife was born in Dixon, Illinois, in 1867, daughter of George D. Monres, whose family settled early in that state.

Harold H. Cox attended York public schools, and graduated from high school there in 1916. In 1922, he received the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Nebraska, where he had previously been made a member of Delta Sigma Delta. Before entering the university he studied pharmacy and served as a drug store apprentice.

On September 7, 1921, he was united in marriage to Florence Marie Ankeny at York. Mrs. Cox, who traces her ancestry to Stephen Hopkins, was born at Prescott, Iowa, September 6, 1898. She is a member of the D. A. R. and the Mayflower Society. There are three children: Harold Richard, born October 8, 1922; Barbara Jean, born September 15, 1924, and Marilyn Louise, born June 28, 1927.

During the World War, Dr. Cox was a private in the dental department of the Students Army Training Corps. He is now a member of the American Legion, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Red Cross and Midwest Lodge No. 317 of the Masons. He is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and holds life membership in the Nebraskana Society.

Dr. Cox's hobbies are philately, reading and the scientific study of dentistry. Residence: Hastings.

John Thomas Cox

On August 13, 1869, John T. Cox was born at Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana. Joseph Denise Cox, his father, was born at Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio, October 19, 1840, and died on December 18, 1930. His ancestry was French and English.

His mother, Sarah Rachael (Adams) Cox was descended from English Quakers. She was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1845, and died at Howe, Nemaha County, Nebraska, in 1925.

Mr. Cox received his education in the public schools of Indianapolis, Indiana. He has lived in Nebraska for 33 years, and at the present time is vice president of the Bank of Howe, at Howe, Nebraska.

On January 18, 1892 he was married at Indianapolis to

Jessie Lane Scott, who was born of English parents at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, January 9, 1867. Four children were born to them, two of whom are living. They are Jessie M., born November 29, 1894, who married Chester L. Ames (deceased), and who was graduated from the Lincoln School of Music; Denise A., born July 25, 1900, who died March 15, 1907; John T., Junior, born January 26, 1904, who was awarded the A. B. degree at the University of Nebraska, 1930, and is now geologist for the Ohio Oil Company at Bakerfield, California; and Joseph D., born March 3, 1907, who died in October, 1907.

During the late war Mr. Cox was food and coal commissioner and was active in all loan drives at that time. He is a member of the Red Cross and the Nebraskana Society; has been treasurer of the school board for over 20 years; is a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and the Woodmen of the World. He is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and is a Republican. His favorite sport is golf. Mr. Cox's hobby is the care and producton of flowers. Residence: Howe.

Laurence Madison Coy

Born at Omaha, Nebraska, December 25, 1887, Laurence Madison Coy is the son of Charles Herbert and Amelia Sophia (Madison) Coy. Charles H. Coy was born in West Hebron, Washington County, New York, August 14, 1857, a descendant of Sir Robert Carey of the British nobility. He is a seedsman and the inventor of smokeless powder, and is a graduate of Claverick Military Academy. Amelia, his wife, was born in West Hebron, March 25, 1858, and was graduated from Elmira (New York) College. A former president of the Valley Woman's Club, she is descended in the direct line from President Madison. Her father and her brother practiced medicine together for 110 years at West Hebron.

Laurence Madison Coy was graduated from the 8th grade of the Mary A. Livermore School at Melrose, Massachusetts, in 1901, and from the 9th grade, Washington School at Melrose in 1902. In 1907 he was graduated from Melrose High School, after graduating from the Valley High School the year of 1906. Mr. Coy attended Dartmouth College during 1907-08, and the University of Nebraska 1908-10. At Melrose High School he was a letterman in football, and was a member of the freshman team at Dartmouth, where he was also a Phi Sigma Kappa. At the university he was a member of the Dramatic Club.

On September 8, 1915, he was united in marriage to Margaret Carolyn McCoid of Logan, Iowa. Mrs. Coy was born December 7, 1892, and is descended from Daniel Boone on the paternal side, and on her mother's side of the family is descended from the Purdums, an old English family of ecclesiastics and the nobility. They have one son, Laurence Madison, born August 31, 1916. A first class Boy Scout, he lettered in basketball, football, track and tennis at Valley High School.

Mr. Coy has been a resident of Nebraska thirty years. Formerly secretary of the C. Herbert Coy Seed Company of Valley, he is at the present time manager of the succeeding firm of O. and M. Seed Company at Valley. He is a Republican.

He held the rank of private (sharpshooter) with the 15th regiment of United States Marines during the World War, and is a member of the Marine Corps Reserve, past commander of Claude H. Montgomery Post No. 58 of the American Legion, and past department vice-commander of the American Legion of the State of Nebraska.

Among his civic and professional memberships are the Chamber of Commerce, the American Seed Trade Association, the Western Seedsman Association, and the Southern Seedman Association. He served as president of the Commercial Club in 1917, was a member of the village council seven terms and has been mayor three terms.

He is a past master of the Masons, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mr. Coy enjoys reading, and is fond of golf, tennis, football and baseball. Residence: Valley.

Francis Coyle

Francis Coyle, an early settler and farmer of Merrick County, Nebraska, has lived in this state since 1868. He was born at Athol, New York, March 7, 1848, the son of Patrick and Catherine (Sleven) Coyle. His father, who was born in Scotland, was a farmer. His mother was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, and died at Athol.

Mr. Coyle attended district school and studied in an academy for a year. He was engaged in the livery business at Clarks for two years, and has since been a successful farmer near there. He has lived near Clarks, since 1868, and has played an important part in the progress of his community.

During the Civil War, Mr. Coyle served in the quartermasters department; at the age of 14 he acted as messenger boy in the Union Army. He is affiliated with St. Peter's Catholic Church of Clarks, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. His hobby is reading. Mr. Coyle is now retired. He is a Democrat.

He was married to Isabelle Traynor at Louiseville, Kentucky, November 18, 1863. Mrs. Coyle was born at Louisville, and died at Clarks, April 22, 1869. Of his marriage to Julia Gates, which occurred at Columbus, Nebraska, October 23, 1873, three children were born: Charles, who is engaged in the commission business at Omaha; Francis, who died at the age of 12 years; and Isabelle, who married a farmer near Clarks. Residence: Clarks.

Fred Elias Craig

Born at Strahn, Iowa, September 11, 1878, Fred Elias Craig is the son of John and Emma I. (Parks) Craig. His father, who was a farmer and stockman, was born at Janesville, Wisconsin, March 18, 1851, and was prominent as a member of various educational and religious organizations at Creston, Nebraska; he died at Creston, November 14, 1926; his ancestry was Scotch. His mother, who took an active part in church work, was born at Janesville, May 21, 1856, and died at Creston, September 6, 1927.

Mr. Craig attended the grade and high schools at Creston, and then engaged in farming in Platte County for seven years. He was cashier in the First National Bank at Lubbock, Texas, for seven years, and since 1916, has been a farmer near Creston. He is a member of the Republican party, is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of Creston, and is Past Grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has been secretary of the local school board since 1915.

He married Alpha Marie Nash at Creston, January 28, 1899. Mrs. Craig, whose ancestry is Scotch and English, was born at Pickering, Missouri, November 8, 1879. Three children were born to them, of whom only one is living: Lola, born January 28, 1900, who married Alex McDonald, and who taught school for four years after which she was a student at the University of Nebraska where she held membership in Kappa Delta. Irma, who was born March 27, 1906, died June 10, 1906, and Earl Fred, who was born July 31, 1910, died June 21, 1913. Mr. Craig's hobby is reading. Residence: Creston.

Jesse Vincent Craig

Jesse Vincent Craig was born at Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania, October 13, 1876, son of William and Martha Elizabeth (Gish) Craig, both natives of Pennsylvania. The former was born at Lehigh Gap, April 22,. 1841, son of Thomas Craig, who was born in 1797.

Mr. Craig attended public school at Blue Springs, and was graduated from high school at Wymore. he

attended the Creighton College of Law and the University of Nebraska.

On June 12, 1896, he enlisted in Company C, First Nebraska Infantry and enlisted for service in the Spanish-American War in 1898. He served in the quartermaster department in the Philippine Islands from July 20, 1898, until the following December. He was commissioned captain of Company K, First Infantry, Nebraska National Guard on December 8, 1909, and was honorably discharged, February 28, 1914. On March 11, 1914, he was commissioned captain and assistant quartermaster in the Nebraska National Guard, and on April 16 of that year was commissioned a major and assistant quartermaster of the Quartermaster Corps. On September 16, 1914, he was commissioned Chief of Ordnance of the Nebraska department of the National Guard, and at the expiration of his commission received his honorable discharge on January 8, 1915.

Mr. Craig has been active in the Republican party and has attended several national conventions. He is an honorary member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Shrine.

On November 7, 1901, he was married to Beatrice Crowley Fenton, daughter of Erie W. and Addie Fenton. Arthur C., the only son, was born August 13, 1903, and is a graduate of the University of Nebraska, from which he received the Bachelor of Arts degree and the Bachelor of Laws degree. Rsidence (sic): Lincoln.

Albert Irvin Cram

Born in Clinton County, Iowa, November 16, 1871, Albert Irvin Cram has resided in Nebraska since the fall of 1883. His father, Wilber Irvin Cram was born at Crown Point, New York, August 18, 1846. Until his death at Burwell, March 20, 1918, he was a prominent farmer and stockman.

The family was originally von Cram, the family having come from Germany to England in 1620, and from England to Exeter or Boston in 1637. Honour Elizabeth Filby, wife of Wilber Irvin Cram, was born near Norfolk, Downham, England, December 7, 1845, and died at Burwell, May 17, 1928.

Albert Irvin Cram attended public school until 1891, and thereafter was a student at the David City High School. Entering the banking business in 1893 he continued until 1897, and from 1908 to 1910. He was a bank director 1910-19, and since that time has been president of the Farmers Bank of Burwell.

In the year 1897 he organized the A. I. Cram Company, lumber and coal, which he still operates. Since 1916 he has also been engaged in the building contracting business under the same name, and for the past two years has been taking state highway contracts. He is a Republican, and for the past ten years has been chairman of the Republican county central committee.

Mr. Cram's marriage to Effie Violet Wilson was solemnized at Ballagh, Nebraska, September 1, 1897. Mrs. Cram was born at Knoxville, Iowa, December 14, 1876, and in her earlier years was a teacher. Her father was a native of Ohio, while her mother was born in Indiana.

There are three children living, Besse Iola, born September 22, 1898, married Frank William Bieser, a banker at Steamboat Springs, Colorado; Jay Irvin, born July 23, 1900, died December 20, 1905; Roy Spencer, born February 3, 1903, married Edith Frease; he is a practicing physician at Burwell; Honor Elva, born February 3, 1906, married Charles A. Frease, a physician of Los Angeles. All are graduates of the University of Neraska, with various degrees.

From 1916-23 Mr. Cram was chairman of Liberty loan drives for Burwell, and from 1917-21 he was chairman and from 1921-32 treasurer of the Garfield County Red Cross. He was a member also of the county War Board from 1917-19.

He is affiliated with the First Congregational Church, is a member of the Wranglers Club, the Chamber of Commerce, (1923-32), the Nebraska Lumber Merchants Association (1898-1932), the Masons, Eastern Star, the Nebraskana Society and the National Geographic Society.

From 1907-21 he was a member of the Burwell school board, with the exception of two years 1912, 1913. Since 1916 he has been a member of the Burwell Golf Club. His hobby is building houses. Residence: Burwell.

William Frederick Cramb

William Frederick Cramb, editor, was born at Mendota, Illinois, October 23, 1871, and for the past fifty one years has been a resident of Nebraska. He is the son of James Oliver and Lydia Alphonsine (Kelsey) Cramb, the former a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a farmer and member of the Nebraska legislature. James O. Cramb was born at Parsonsfield, Maine, September 9, 1833, and died at Kirksville, Missouri, in June, 1904. Of New England Yankee descent, his grandfather was a captain in the Revolutionary Army and his father was a farmer.

Lydia A. Kelsey, wife of James, was born in Troy Grove, Illinois, October 23, 1841, and died at Boston, April 17, 1917. The mother of twelve children, ten of whom lived to maturity, she was a college graduate and an ardent student. She was also of New England ancestry, her father a banker and her great grandfather a Puritan minister and head of a church.

Educated entirely through his own effort, Mr. Crumb was graduated from Fairbury High School in 1891, attended the University of Nebraska and its law school and was admitted to the bar in Jefferson County in 1894. Since January 1, 1897, he has been editor of the Fairbury Journal, and from 1894 until 1898 was engaged in the practice of law. At the present time, in addition to his editorial capacity, he engages in farm management, makes loans and acts as consultant in minor matters of law.

His marriage to Cora Helen Garnsey was solemnized at Fairbury on December 26, 1894, and to them was born a daughter, Pauline, on December 10, 1900. She is married to Harold L. Nuckolls. Mrs. Cramb, who was born at Hastings, on November 19, 1874, is descended from New York Yankees, who were probably French and English.

Independent in politics, Mr. Cramb was candidate for the congress and has been a candidate for the legislature and the office of county judge. He is a life member of the Red Cross, former secretary and director of the Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Modern Woodmen and the Nebraskana Society. An ardent hiker, he is the owner of a forty-acre improved camping ground, one of the finest in the state. Hs (sic) hobby is architecture, and he designed and built three of the show places in Fairbury and vicinity. Residence: Fairbury.

Glenn William Cramer

Glenn William Cramer, newspaper editor and publisher of Nebraska, has lived in this state all his life and has been engaged in newspaper work since 1907. He was born at Albion, Nebraska, July 1, 1884, the son of Morris Wesley and Sarah Etta (Leavitt) Cramer, the former a farmer, who died at Boone, Nebraska, in 1896.

Mr. Cramer was graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture in 1907, having completed the high school course at Albion in 1903. He was connected with the firm publishing the Albion Weekly News from 1907 to 1918, and in 1918 purchased that paper from A. W. Ladd. He is an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church, holds membership in the Albion Commercial Club, and is a member of the Nebraska Young Men's Christian Association. He is a member of the Red Cross and the Modern Woodmen

of America. A Republican, he was defeated for the legislature in 1926.

He was married at Albion, July 6, 1909, to Ruth May Moore. Mrs. Cramer, who is a reporter on the Albion Weekly News, was born at Schuyler, Nebraska, May 25, 1891. Residence: Albion.

Mabel Cramer

Mabel Cramer, a lifetime resident of Hastings, Nebraska, was born there on July 27, 1884, the daughter of Alexander Harrison and Ella Elizabeth (Cox) Cramer. Her father, who was a real estate and insurance man, and a pioneer in Adams County, always interested in the growth of Hastings, was born in Herkimer County, New York, January 31, 1852, and died at Hastings, on February 17, 1926. His mother was a New Englander, and his father was of German descent. Ella Elizabeth Cox is of English and Scotch ancestry; her parents, who were Quakers, moved from Indiana to Nebraska, settling in Glenvil.

Edna Cramer Jacobson, only sister of Mabel Cramer, and the wife of Henry F. Jacobson, was born January 24, 1881, and died February 16, 1931. Mr. Jacobson died in 1928, at the age of 51. Their three children now live with Miss Cramer. They are Mary Elizabeth, born March 31, 1909; Helen Leone, born May 27, 1917; and Dorothy Edna, born June 27 1921. Mrs. Jacobson was an accomplished musician, and before her marriage was one of the foremost teachers of piano in Hastings. In recent years she resumed her work and was associated with the Hastings College Conservatory. She was always in demand for programs and recitals.

Miss Cramer was graduated from Hastings High School in 1902, and in 1907 received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska. Until the death of her father she was associated with him in the real estate and insurance business. She has since that time carried on the business in her own name and now has a general insurance, real estate and loan business.

Miss Cramer has always been active in civic and community affairs and has taken an interest in local and national politics. She is a member of the League of Wornen Voters, the Business and Professional Women's Club, the Young Women's Christian Association, and the First Presbyterian Church of Hastings. She is a member of the Nebraskana Society, and during the late war was secretary of the Adams County Red Cross. She is interested in flowers and gardening, and enjoys outdoor life and traveling. Her political affiliation is with the Republican party. Miss Cramer is active in Federated Woman's Club work, and has held various offices in past years. Residence: Hastings.

George Aloysius Crancer

A resident of Nebraska since about 1886, George A. Crancer was born at Saint Louis, Missouri, October 25, 1861. He is the son of Valentine and Catherine (Douglas) Crancer, the former born in Germany. Until his death in 1926 he was engaged in the mercantile business in Saint Louis, having come to America with his parents at the age of two. His wife, Catherine, was born at New Orleans, Louisiana, and died at Saint Louis in 1919. She was the daughter of Hardin Douglas, who emigrated from Scotland, and upon the early death of her parents made her home with her grandfather, Jeremiah Buckley.

George A. Crancer attended the public schools of Saint Louis, afterward removing to Nebraska. On August 12, 1891, he was married to Lillian May Yott at Lincoln. Mrs. Crancer was born at Cleveland, Ohio, February 25, 1873, of Mayflower descent. There is one son, Ray Ayotte, born July 13, 1892, whose three children make their home with their grandparents.

At the present time Mr. Crancer is president of the G. A. Crancer Mercantile Company, and is noted as an international chess problem composer, being the author of Chess Problems and Chess Compositions. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Lincoln Country Club. His favorite sport is golf, and his hobby is chess. Residence: Lincoln.

Ray Ayotte Crancer

Ray A. Crancer was born at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, July 13, 1892, and for some years has been a prominent business executive there. His father, George Aloysius Crancer, who is president of the G. A. Crancer Company at Lincoln, was born at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1862; his ancestry is German and Scotch. Mame Yott (Burkett) Crancer, whose French and English ancestors settled in America in colonial days, was born at Cleveland, Ohio, February 15, 1872; some of her ancestors came to this country in the Mayflower.

Mr. Crancer was graduated from the Lincoln High School in 1909, and was awarded the A. B. and LL. B. degrees at the University of Nebraska in 1913; he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta at the University of Nebraska. He is now vice president and manager of the G. A. Crancer Company and the Central Radio Company; and is connected with the Glenn Crancer Company of Omaha, and Crancers Incorporated. He was admitted to the practice of law at Lincoln, in 1913.

He holds membership in the Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Music Merchants, the Parent-Teachers' Association and the Nebraskana Society. His social clubs are the University Club and the Lincoln Country Club. Included in his sports are golf, tennis and bowling. His hobby is chess.

Mr. Crancer was married to Mamie Anderson at Boise, Idaho, January 29, 1914. Mrs. Crancer was born at Shelby, Nebraska, June 14, 1895, and died at Lincoln, April 25, 1925. Three children were born to them: Catherine, born November 18, 1915; Ray, born December 18, 1920; and George, born July 20, 1922. On December 25, 1928, Mr. Crancer was united in marriage with Jeanne Howard. Residence: Lincoln.

Howard Wallace Crandall

One of Nebraska's leading business men is Howard Wallace Crandall who was born at Bremen, Illinois, June 21, 1875, and since 1884 has been a resident of this state. His father, Albert W. Crandall, who is a retired farmer, was born at Bremen, December 14, 1849, and is descended from ancestors who settled at Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1634. Mary Ann (Stokes) Crandall, his mother, was born in England, July 8, 1854.

Mr. Crandall was graduated from the high school at Creighton, Nebraska, and for a number of years was in the grain and lumber business. He served as county treasurer of Knox County from 1910 to 1914, was in the insurance business for a time, and at this time is assistant receiver in the Nebraska Trade and Commerce Department. A Democrat, he served as county assessor from 1902 to 1910.

He is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Creighton, holds membership in the Red Cross, and is a member of the Nebraskana Society.

On September 1, 1897, he was married to Clara Matilda at Niobrara, Nebraska. Mrs. Crandall, whose ancestry is German, was born at Bloomington, Illinois, January 21, 1876. Their two children are: Lorena Marie, born August 9, 1898; and Leonard Milford, born March 5, 1900. Residence: Winetoon.

Charles Milton Craven

Charles M. Craven, who lived in Nebraska since 1886, was born at Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin, April 30, 1867, the son of Regin and Anna (Miller) Craven. His

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