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CHARLES FREDERICK DIEDERICH

born at Llanally, Wales, February 26, 1890. They have a daughter, Ruth Louise, born October 16, 1917.

Mr. Dierks is a life member of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Nebraska Art Association, and the Nebraskana Society. He is a Mason, Blue Lodge Number 19, Scottish Rite, York Rite, and Shrine, all of Lincoln, Nebraska. He is a member of the Lincoln University Club, the Lincoln Country Club, and the Shrine Country Club. He is affiliated with St. Matthew's Episcopal Church. His hobby is fishing. He is a Republican. Residence: Lincoln.

John Merton Dierks

John M. Dierks, lawyer of Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska, was born on a ranch in Holt County, Nebraska, November 6, 1902. His father, Merton Henry Dierks, who was born at Joliet, Will County, Illinois, July 10, 1872, is a livestock ranchman at Ewing, Nebraska. His father came to America from Germany, in 1859.

Letha Lula Glassburn, his mother, who was a teacher for several years in rural schools, was born at Valparaiso, Saunders County, Nebraska, November 1, 1876. Her father, who was of German descent, was a teamster in the Civil War, and was a county judge and county clerk of Wheeler County, Nebraska. Her mother was French.

Mr. Dierks received his elementary education in the public schools of Holt County, and was graduated from the Ewing High School in 1919. He was awarded his A. B. degree in 1923, at the University of Nebraska; he received the degree LL. B. at the Harvard Law School in in 1926. He was admitted to the bar at Lincoln, Nebraska, July 2, 1926, and to the Missouri bar at Jefferson City, Missouri, November 23, 1926. In the fall of 1926, he was associated with the firm Bowersock, Fizzell & Rhodes of Kansas City, Missouri. From February 19, 1927, to December 20, 1927, he was in law practice with D. W. Livinston at Nebraska City.

Mr. Dierks has lived all his life in Nebraska. He was elected county judge of Otoe County on the non-political ticket, November 6, 1928, having previously filled the unexpired term of his predecessor by appointment of the county board. On February 1, 1931, he resigned this office on which date he formed a law partnership with Paul Jessen under the firm name of Jessen and Dierks. He is a Republican.

He was united in marriage with Mary Antoinette Mullen, at Lincoln, Nebraska, August 21, 1926. Mrs. Dierks was born at O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, July 3, 1902. Her mother is of Irish descent and her father is English. They have a son, John Merton, II, born April 16, 1927.

He was in R. O. T. C. work at the University of Nebraska while attending there. He is a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association, the Otoe County Bar Association, and the Nebraska City Chamber of Commerce. He is associated with the Red Cross, and from June, 1929, to June, 1930, was president of the Nebraska City Lions Club. He is a member of the Nebraskana Society, and is affiliated with the Methodist Church. His social club is the Nebraska City Country Club. His favorite sport is hunting. Riding is his hobby. Residence: Nebraska City.

Carl Everitt Diers

Carl Everitt Diers, born February 6, 1893, in Ulysses, Nebraska, is the son of Henry Diers, born in Clayton County, Iowa, October 1 1859, and Winifred (Towner) Diers who was born February 7, 1869, in Ulysses, Nebraska.

Mr. Diers attended grade school until 1906, when he entered Ulysses High School, graduating in 1910. In 1911, he attended the State University and 1912-13, was a student at Northwestern Dental College. He received the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery at Northwestern University in 1913, and belongs to Xi Psi Phi, also Theta Nu Epsilon.

On September 18, 1919, at Ulysses, Nebraska, Mr. Diers married Luetta Emma Gubser. She was born December 4, 1891, in Rising City, Nebraska. They have three children: Donald Dean, born April 23, 1922, and Catherine M., born June 11, 1927, and Robert R., born September 26, 1928.

Dr. Diers practiced dentistry in Hastings, Nebraska. in 1915, managed a general merchandise store in Scottebluff, Nebraska, 1919-20, and at present is owner of a general store in Ulysses, Nebraska.

He held the rank of sergeant, first class in Service Park Unit No. 350 of the Motor Transport Corps and participated in one major military operation, Vittoria Venita. He is a member of the American Legion and is chairman of the Ulysses Chapter of American Red Cross. He is affiliated with the Church of Christ in Ulysses, the Elks Lodge, the Odd Fellows Lodge and is an Ancient Free and Accepted Mason. He is a member of Ulysses town board and the Board of Education and the Democratic party. Raising rabbits is Dr. Dier's avocation. Residence: Ulysses.

Louis Henry Diers

Louis Henry Diers, county treasurer of Seward County, was born at Seward, September 16, 1875, son of Herman and Anna Diers. He was graduated from Lincoln Medical College in 1897, and from the College of Physisians (sic) and Surgeons of Chicago, in 1899. A Democrat, he has served as mayor, councilman, township clerk and township assessor, as well as county supervisor.

On June 18, 1905, he was married to Blanch Foster Gordon at Logansport. She was born at Spencer, Indiana, November 18, 1879. There are two children, Gordon, born May 18, 1915; and Muriel, born March 21, 1920.

Dr. Diers is a member of the Seward Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association and holds the rank of first lieutenant in the Nebraska National Guard (Medical Corps). Residence: Seward.

Theodore Carl Diers

Theodore C. Diers, prominent educator and business man of Nebraska, was born at Seward, December 4, 1880, the son of Herman and Annie Catherine (Schulte) Diers. His father, who was a merchant, was born at the province of Oldenburg, Germany, March 23, 1845, and came to America with his parents Johan Heinrich and Margarette (Schfken) Diers, in 1854; he died at Seward, December 25, 1924. His mother, the daughter of Henry and Marie (Waterman) Schulte, was born at New Bremen. Ohio, December 8, 1849.

Mr. Diers attended the Seward city schools; was a student at Concordia Seminary at Seward; and in 1899 was graduated from the Lincoln Business College at Lincoln, Nebraska. He was a student at Chicago Musical College, 1903-05; was awarded the B. O. degree there in 1925; and in 1931 received the B. F. A. degree at the University of Nebraska. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha, professional music fraternity.

He has held the following positions: assistant cashier, First National Bank at Seward; cashier and president, Clearmont State Bank, Clearmont, Wyoming; and cashier of the Citizen State Bank, Sheridan, Wyoming. He is now director of radio and instructor in radio broadcasting at the University of Nebraska.

Mr. Diers is the author of the song, My Nebraska, published in 1929, and various poems and articles. He is the editor of the Rotary Propelor, at Lincoln. A Democrat, he has taken an active part in state and national politics for many years and has served in the following capacities: member of the Wyoming house of representatives, 1911; member of the state senate, 1913-15; chairman of the Democratic State Convention in Wyoming, 1920; delegate to the National Democratic Convention, 1920; alternate, Democratic National Convention, 1924. During the war he served as a member

of the Wyoming State Council for the National Defense, and was federal food administrator for the state of Wyoming.

Mr. Diers was a professional actor for four years, supporting such notables as Joe Weber, Aubrey Boncicault, K M. Holland, and James K. Hackett; he acted as stage manager for the latter. He is secretary of the Nebraska Writers Guild; is a life member of the Red Cross; and from 1918 to 1924 was a member of the board of directors in both the Red Cross and Salvation Army, at Sheridan, Wyoming. He is past exalted ruler of the Elks; is past potentate of Kalif Temple of the Shrine, and holds membership in all Masonic bodies. He holds membership in the Native Sons and Daughters, the Nebraskana Society, and is a member and director of the Rotary Club. From 1920 to 1924 he was a member of the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association at Sheridan. His hobby is reading.

His marriage to Sylvia Jeanette Cole was solemnized at Lincoln, September 25, 1929. Mrs. Diers, who is a voice teacher, was born at Lincoln, August 15, 1903, the daughter of John D. and Marie Cole. Residence: Lincoln.

Charles N. Dietz

For the past fifty years Charles N. Diets has been a figure of prominence in Omaha. He was born at Oneonta, Otsego County, New York, July 18, 1853, of the ancient house of Dietz in Nassau, Germany.

At one time the family name was pronounced von Diez, as is attested by a painting which now hangs in the Dietz home in Omaha. It portrays an incident in Thirty Years' War, done by one von Diez, an ancestor of Mr. Dietz. The family settled in the Mohawk Valley where his father, Gould Price Dietz was born February 17, 1828, and passed away in December, 1902, at Omaha. His mother, Leonora Cook, was born of English parents at Oneonta, New York, May 5, 1834, and passed away in October, 1920, at Omaha.

It was in the late fifties that the Diets family moved to Anamosa, Iowa, and afterward when Charles N. Diets located in Omaha, the family also came to Omaha. In 1868, Mr. Dietz became a student at Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa, and was the first student to enroll in this institution. He was graduated with a B. S. degree. He has been active in civic and business affairs in Omaha since 1880, and has won an enviable measure of success.

Fifty years ago Mr. Dietz organized the C. N. Dietz Lumber Company, which continued in business until January 1, 1931, at which time the outstate yards were sold to the Rivett Lumber and Coal Company of Omaha, the retail Omaha yard was sold to the Carmichael Lumber Company of Omaha, and the wholesale business is now being liquidated.

In 1889, Mr. Dietz organized the Sheridan Coal Co., with mines at Dietz, Wyoming, which company he directed until 1903, when he sold his interest.

He served as president of the Omaha Public Library Board for a period of fifteen years and upon his retirement in 1930, the city council created the position of president emeritus of the library board and conferred the title upon Mr. Dietz for life.

Mr. Dietz is a life member of the American Forestry Association and the National Geographic Society. He is a member of the Academy of Political Science and the National Aeronautic Association. He belongs to the Omaha Club, the Omaha Country Club, the Omaha Athletic Club, the University Club, and is also a member of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, and Ak-Sar-Ben. His lodge memberships include a life membership in the Elks, and Masonic Order; and he is a charter member of the Mystic Shrine of Lincoln and Omaha. In politics Mr. Dietz is a Republican.

His marriage was solemnized at Nashville, Tennessee, July 21, 1880 to Nettle Fowler Woodford. Mrs. Dietz, whose ancestors were New Englanders, was born at Burlington, Wisconsin.

Reading and traveling are Mr. Dietz' hobbies. His home contains a very large and well selected library, and also many interesting souvenirs and paintings which were collected during his extensive travels. Residence: Omaha.

John A. Dietz

John A. Dietz, farmer and insurance dealer of Broken Bow, Nebraska, was born at Jordan, Wisconsin, July 25, 1864, and for the past 15 years has lived in Nebraska. His father, Jacob Dietz, was born at Danville, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1831, and died at Monroe, Wisconsin, November 21, 1927; he was a farmer and merchant who served in the Civil War, and during his younger days was a school teacher. His mother, Frances Elizabeth (Meacham) Dietz, was born at Ellicottville, New York, August 25, 1841, and for a number of years was a rural school teacher; she died at Monroe, January 18, 1917. Her ancestry was Scotch and English.

Mr. Dietz has been both a farmer and insurance man at Broken Bow and is now retired. He served as a member of the Nebraska state legislature from 1925 to 1927, and was a member of the rural school board in his community for over 30 years. He holds membership in the Grange, and was master of the State Grange in 1927. He belongs to the Farmers Union Association, the Publie Service Club of Broken Bow, the Odd Fellows and Masons. His hobby is the study of nature.

His marriage to Jessie May Taylor was solemnized at Kearney, Nebraska, January 7, 1888. Mrs. Dietz, whose parents were English, was born at Jordan, December 11, 1869, and died at Broken Bow, January 19, 1921. Their children are: Eva L., born May 13, 1889; C. L., born December 31, 1891, who married Marguerite Holden; Stacy T., born February 27, 1894, who married Mamie Warring; Elsie F., twin of Stacy T., born February 27, 1894; Howard, born March 31, 1896, who married Jessie May Wilson; Donald F., born June 11, 1904; and Delma L., born September 15, 1909, who married Charles Watts of Broken Bow; C. L. was graduated from the University of Nebraska, was a soil analyist for the government at the University of Missouri for three years, and is now farming with his father. He has been master of the State Grange, 1930-33. Residence: Broken Bow.

Miner Calvin Dill

Miner Calvin Dill, insurance man, farmer and educator, was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, July 29, 1852, son of William Harrison and Mary Ellen (Kellogg) Dill. The father was born in Ross County, Ohio, February 13, 1815, and died at Belvidere, June 19, 1893. He was descended from David Dill (born in Scotland, 1605), Francis Dill (born in Scotland, 1648), John Dill (born in Ireland, 1671), and Matthew Dill (born in Ireland, 1698,). Matthew came from Ireland in 1710, to southeastern Pennsylvania. He was a captain in the French and Indian Wars, while his son, Matthew was a colonel in the Revolution.

Mary Ellen Kellogg was born in Dayton, Ohio, January 12, 1822, and died at Belvidere, on February 20, 1898. Her family came from the Netherlands.

Miner Dill attended country school, and was a student for a short time at the Universalist University at Logansport, Indiana. He has resided in Nebraska fifty-two years, and for thirty-seven years has been president of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Thayer County. A Bryan Democrat, he was unsuccessful candidate for state representative.

On December 28, 1880, he was married to Lydia Ann Busard at Logansport. She was born in Pulaski County, Indiana, February 23, 1861. They celebrated their golden wedding on December 28, 1930, with 150 guests. Their children are: Bertha M., born November 1, 1881, who married Charles A. Phelps; Earl P., born November 19, 1883,

who married Nell Trumble; Clara E., born January 5, 1886, who married J. C. Bartel; Richard E., born February 5, 1889, who married Rebanis Sisler; Ethel B., born April 21, 1891, and Besse M., born November 27, 1896, who married Joe E. Bowen.

Mr. Dill is a member of the Church of Christ, the Red Cross, and the Nebraskana Society. For a number of years he was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and from 1884, until about 1914, was a member and treasurer of School District No. 48. Residence: Belvidere.

Lucia Wolcott Dillenbach

Lucia Dillenbach, clerk of the district court of Adams County, was born on the banks of the Kalamazoo River, in Michigan, the daughter of Daniel and Emily (Hawes) Dillenbach. Her father, whose paternal ancestors came with the Palatinites to the Mohawk Valley, was born at Sprakers Basin, New York, August 9, 1818. His mother was a granddaughter of Sir Thomas Ansley of England. Prior to his death in Hastings, April 12, 1905, Daniel Dillenbach had won for himself a reputation as a farmer and stockman. A strong and fearless man, he was the first to introduce alfalfa in his section of Nebraska, and one of the first to plant ornamental and fruit trees about his farm.

Emily Hawes, wife of Daniel Dillenbach, was born at Carlisle, New York, August 7, 1883. She was a direct descendant of Roger Wolcott, Jr., judge of the superior court of Connecticut, a major general and one of the censors of the laws of the colony; he was born in 1704, married Mary Newberry and his death occurred in 1758. She was also related to John Burroughs, the naturalist, and to Mary J. Holmes, the novelist, and the Lord family of New York. Her death occurred at Hastings, April 8, 1905, seven days before the death of her husband.

Lucia Wolcott Dillenbach received a business education, and at the age of fifteen began her work in the commercial world. She was bookkeeper and stenographer for the Clarke-Buchanan Company for many years. She completed a home course in short story writing with Columbia University, and is now taking a lyric course there. She had completed a course in dramatic art under private tutelage. All of this study has been carried on after office hours. In 1921 Miss Dillenbach was elected on the Republican ticket to the office of clerk of the district court, which position she still fills. She is a member of the board of commissioners of insanity of Adams County. She is the author of various unpublished works, including one novel and numerous short stories, and enjoys writing poetry also.

Miss Dillenbach is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and is eligible to the Colonial Dames. Her civic and cultural organizations include the Business and Professional Women's Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Order of Eastern Star of which she is a former chaplain, the National Geographic Society, the Nebraskana Society and the National Travel Club of New York City. She is a member also of the First Presbyterian Church of Hastings, the Red Cross, the Young Women's Christian Association and the Woman's Club. Her favorite sport is hiking, and her hobby is flowers.

The books and records of Miss Dillenbach's office are kept in perfect condition and the accountants have stated that her work is not excelled by any similar office in the state. Miss Dillenbach believes that every person should assert his own personality and develop his own abilities, cultivating the art of self expression, rather than basing his beliefs and actions on the thoughts of others. It is part of her philosophy that an unexpressed thought is nevertheless real, that it carries with it a reflection of the mood and is communicated by facial expression and actions; in this way bright colored thoughts lend their enthusiasm to others. Residence: Hastings. (Photograph on Page 380).

Forest Earl Dillman

Forest Earl Dillman, investment banker, was born at Curtis, Nebraska, September 8, 1887. He is the son of Clarence Benton and Maren (Whitham) Dillman, the former of whom was born at Wenona, Illinois, January 30, 1855, and died at Curtis, Nebraska, January 7, 1931. He was a farmer, whose ancestors came to America from Germany during the Revolutionary tunes. Maren Whitham was born at Elk Grove, Wisconsin, December 3, 1862, and is still living. Her ancestry is Scotch and English.

Mr. Diilman attended public and high schools at Curtis, and was graduated from the latter in 1903.

On May 28, 1913, he was married to Blanche M. Taylor at Curtis, Nebraska. Mrs. Diliman was born at Raymer, Colorado, January 18, 1891, and is of English and Irish descent. Their children are, Dorthy E., born June 1, 1914, at Curtis, Nebraska; Blanche Elinor, born July 25, 1915, at Curtis, Nebraska; and Forest Earl, Jr., born May 20, 1921, at Oshkosh, Nebraska.

A banker most of his life, Mr. Dillman began as assistant cashier of the Security State Bank of Curtis, which position he held ten years. Later he was cashier of the First State Bank of Traer, Kansas, for five years, and for eight years was assistant cashier of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank of McCook. Two years thereafter he was manager, secretary and treasurer of the McCook Finance Company. He is at the present time holding that position and is also manager of the McCook Credit Association, and is associated with Dillman and Burke Agency, Insurance, Loans, and Investments.

During 1917 and 1918 Mr. Dillman was active as a member of Kansas Council of National Defense. He is a member of the Associated Credit Bureaus of Nebraska, the National Retail Credit Association of St. Louis, Missouri, the McCook Chamber of Commerce, the Southwestern Nebraska Historical Society, and the Nebraskana Society. He is affiliated with the First Congregational Church at McCook, a member of the lied Cross, and the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, (senior warden of McCook Lodge No. 135).

Mrs. Dillman is a member of the Order of Eastern Star and the Parent Teachers Association.

He is fond of hiking, hunting, and fishing, while his hobby is work. Residence: McCook.

Forest Ray Dilts

Forest Ray Dilts, who has lived in Nebraska for the past 48 years and has been a successful farmer there, was born at Tipton, Iowa, July 6, 1881. His father, Levi Dilts, also a farmer, was born at Mansfield, Ohio, January 10, 1842, and died at Wakefield, Nebraska, December 24, 1915; his ancestry was German. His mother, whose ancestry is also German, was born at Tipton, February 19, 1859.

Mr. Dilts received his education in the rural and publie schools of Dixon County, and in 1898 was graduated from the Wakefield High School. He is a member of the Nebraskana Society, is a Mason, and holds membership in the Republican party. His hobby is reading. Residence: Wakefield. (Photograph in Album).

Charles Edwin Dinsmoor

Charles Edwin Dinsmoor, flour milling executive, was born at Coolville, Ohio, December 26, 1865, and has resided in Nebraska for the past forty-one years. He is the son of Charles and Fannie (Wells) Dinsmoor, the former a native of New Hampshire. Charles Dinsmoor was a farmer, whose death occurred at Coolvile, in 1879. Fannie Wells was born at Oxford, Ohio, June 29, 1834, and died at Hastings, in August, 1926.

On July 12, 1921, Mr. Dinsmoor was united in mar-

Nelson--Hastings LUCIA WOLCOTT DILLENBACH

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