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stockholder in various buildings in Auburn, and owned several sections of land in that vicinity.
He was united in marriage with Mamie Frances Guerelle, at Howe, Nemaha County, Nebraska, January 28, 1880. Mrs. Howe, whose ancestry is French, was born in Nemaha County in 1861. There are three children: Barton C., born December 9, 1882, who married Mary Janet Fraser; Hoxie N., born February, 1884, who married Alma R. Kleckner; and John Sedgwick, born December 10, 1897, who attended York College a year and was in the Naval Corps during the World War. He is married to Florence Hetrick.
Mr. Howe was at one time president of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce. He was a 32nd degree Mason, and a member of the Odd Fellows for several years. He was a member of the Episcopal Church at Auburn, and the Auburn Country Club. His favorite sport was golfing. Perhaps his greatest interest was his 50 acre apple orchard, situated outside of Auburn, which he planted 37 years ago and in which he took great pride. On April 7, 1930, he died after a life of service to his state and community.
Francis Singleton Howell
In public life since 1910, Francis S. Howell is an outstanding figure in the legal and political life of Nebraska. Born in Milton County, Georgia, July 17, 1863, he is the son of Singleton Gideon and Agnes Julia (Owsley) Howell. His father, born in Gwinnett County, Georgia, in 1825, was a planter of English and Welsh descent, his father, Evan Howell, having settled in the south in colonial days. He died at Duluth, Georgia, in 1878. Agnes (Owsley) Howell was born at Danville, Kentucky, April 18, 1825. Of Scotch, Irish and English descent, of the Bayne, Finley and Owsley families who came to America in 1652, 1688 and 1694 respectively. Many of her ancestors served in the Revolutionary War. She died May 20, 1898.
Francis S. Howell was graduated from the Atlanta public and high school in 1879, and attended Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, from 1880 to 1882. He is a member of the Phi Gamma and Chi Phi.
On January 9, 1887, he was united in marriage to Clara Julia Jones, at Norcross, Georgia. Mrs. Howell was born at Norcross, November 15, 1865. She was of Welsh and English ancestry, descended from settlers in America in the 16th century, and died at Omaha, September 24, 1927. To their union four children were born, Eunice, born September 8, 1888, married H. S. Pollard; Guy Robert, born July 10, 1890, served in the American Expeditionary Forces, and died on April 27, 1919, at Hoboken, N. J., upon his return to the United States; George L., born November 24, 1893, married Catherine Davenport; he is assistant manager of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in Omaha: Frances Louise, born February 2, 1900, married Miles P. McSweeney.
Admitted to the practice of law at Ord, Nebraska, in May 1884, Mr. Howell has been consecutively member of the law firms of Redland & Howell, North Loup; Howell and Pratt and Howell and Spear, Albion; Davis and Howell, Blair; Jefferis and Howell, Omaha; Smith, Schall, Howell, Sheeban and Howard, Omaha; and Howell, Tunison and Joyner.
In 1910 he was made U. S. district attorney, serving until 1915; from January 3, 1928, to January 3, 1929, he was justice of the Supreme Court of Nebraska, and since January, 1930, he has been special assistant attorney general of Nebraska.
During the World War he was a participant in civilian war activities. He is a member of the American, Nebraska State and Omaha-Douglas County Bar Associations. Reared a Methodist he is not now affiliated with any church. He is a Mason and an Elk, and is a member of the Omaha Athletic Club. His favorite sport is baseball. Residence: Omaha,
Robert Beecher Howell
R. Beecher Howell, United States senator, was born in Adrian, Michigan, son of Andrew and Mary Adelia Beeeher (Tower) Howell. The father was born in New York State in 1828 and died in Michigan in 1904. He was a lawyer, author and judge of the first judicial district in 1842 and died at Omaha in 1914.
Senator Howell attended public school at Adrian and was graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1885. In 1905 he was married to Allice Cullingham Chase at Denver, Colorado. She was born at Omaha in 1874. There is one son, James Sidney Cullingham, born in 1896.
During the Spanish-American War Mr. Howell held the rank of lieutenant junior grade, and during the World War was a lieutenant in the Naval Reserves. He is a member of the American Legion, the United Spanish War Veterans, the Masons and the Elks. He is a Republican and Presbyterian. His clubs are the Omaha Club and the Army and Navy Club of Washington D. C. Residence: Omaha.
Frederick Hamilton Howey
Frederick Hamilton Howey, prominent in the banking business since 1887, has been a resident of Nebraska for the past 47 years. He was born in Ohio, December 9, 1868. His father, John Dagg Howey, who was born in Pennsylvania, November 21, 1831, and died at Lincoln, Nebraska, December 29, 1894, was a minister in the Presbyterian Church;, he studied at Jefferson College in Pittsburg for four years, and was graduated from the Allegheny Seminary in 1858; his ancestry was Scotch Irish. His mother was born in Pennsylvania, August 15, 1835, and died at Beatrice, Nebraska, July 19, 1917.
Mr. Howey attended the public schools of Fairmont, Nebraska. In 1887 he began his career in banking as clerk in the State National Bank at Lincoln, and in 1897 was made vice president of the National Bank of Beatrice. He is now president of the First National Bank, Beatrice the First State Savings Bank, and the State Bank of Liberty, Nebraska.
He served as treasurer of the Kiwanis Club at Beatrice for a number of years, was a member of the city school board for a time, and during the World War took an active part in loan drives. He holds membership in the Masons, Elks, Modern Woodmen of America, the Nebraskana Society, and the Beatrice Country Club. He is affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church of Beatrice and is a member of the University Club of Lincoln. His favorite sport is golfing.
His marriage to Eva Tamblyn was solemnized at Altona, Illinois, October 23, 1894. Mrs. Howey was born at Mason City, Illinois, February 3, 1870; she is descended from Cornelius C. Schoemaker of Revolutionary times. Their children are: Earle, born June 22, 1896, who is vice president of the First National Bank of Beatrice; Katharine, born July 28, 1897, who married Melvin Bekins; and Walden, born March 10, 1900, who married Gladys Sidles. Walden is engaged in the insurance business at Lincoln. Residence: Beatrice.
John M. Howie
John M. Howie, professor of mathematics at Nebraska Wesleyan University since 1924, was born near Bloom field, Iowa, April 10, 1871, son of John and Hannah Olivia (Evans) Howie. John Howie, Sr., was born at Charlottetown, Prince Edward's Island, April 2, 1822, and died at Bloomfield, August 3, 1898. He was a farmer for many years, a member of the 3rd Iowa Cavalry in the Civil War, and a prominent Sunday School worker in his day. His
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father was Scotch, and came to America in 1820; was shipwrecked near the place where the Titantic was sunk, The Howie family has resided continuously since 1178 on the Lochgoin farm near Glasgow. Hannah Olivia Evans was born in Michigan, December 7, 1835, and died at Bloomfield, June 21, 1922. A homemaker, she was interested in art and was a carpet weaver of considerable ability. She was of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry.
John Howie, Jr., attended country school, was graduated from Bloomfield elementary school in 1884, and from Bloomfield High School in 1887. He received his B. A. from Cotner University in 1896 (now Cotner College), his A. M., from the University of Nebraska in 1922, his A. M. from Columbia University in 1924; and an Ed. D. from Cotner College in 1930. He attended Southern Iowa Normal School, 1887-89, and was graduated in 1889, and was a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin in 1897. His fraternities include Phi Kappa phi, Phi Delta Kappa, Pi Ma Epsilon and Kappa Sigma pi, of which he is adviser as well as member. He played on the Cotner football team 3 years, and was captain one year.
From 1887-89, he was teacher at Southern Iowa Normal, from 1889-91, taught in country schools. From 1891-94 he taught at Cotner University. He was half-time instructor of mathematics at the Universities of Nebraska and Wisconsin 1894-95, 1895-97, and during 1897-98 had charge of the mathematic department of O'Clair High School, O'Clair, Wisconsin. He was head of the department of mathematics at Peru State Teachers College 1898-1922. During 1922-23 he was acting head of the mathematics department of Alma College, and since 1924 has been head of the mathematics department of Nebraska Wesleyan University. During the summers of 1923-24, he was professor of mathematics at the State Teachers College of Michigan and Colorado.
Professor Howie was married to Ida May Phillips at Yutan, Nebraska, June 18, 1894. Mrs. Howie was born at Yutan, April 3, 1875, and is of Welsh and Pennsylvania Dutch descent. They have one son, Clarence Alvin, born in 1895. He received his B. A. from Peru in 1916, his LL. B. from the University of Nebraska in 1922. He served as second lieutenant in the World War, and is now in the life insurance business.
Professor Howie is the author of a textbook in geometry. He is a Republican. At the present time he is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Lincoln. During 1918-19, he was active in army Y. M. C. A. work, and is still a member of the organization. His fraternal memberships include the Fraternal Aid Union, the Modern Woodmen of America, Royal Neighbors of America, the Masons and the Eastern Star. He is a member of the Sons of Veterans, the Nebraskana Society, the Nebraska State Teachers' Association, the National Education Association, the American Association of University Professors, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Nebraska Academy of Science, the Mathematical ssociation (sic) of America, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Central Association of Science and Mathematics Teachers and the Symposium. His sports are handball and swimming. Residence: Lincoln.
Charles Edward Hoyt
Charles Edward Hoyt was born in a sod house 13 miles southwest of McCook, Nebraska, June 3, 1900, and is a merchant and farmer in that community today. His father, James Llewellyn Hoyt, who was a farmer and teacher, was born at Syracuse, New York, March 10, 1846, and died at Cambridge, Nebraska, June 11, 1920; he was a member of the 9th Regular Heavy Artillery of New York during the Civil War. His mother, who was a teacher prior to her marriage, was born in Putman County, Ohio, November 30, 1860, of Scotch ancestry.
Mr. Hoyt was graduated from the McCook High School in 1917, received the B. S. of Business administration at the University of Nebraska, 1921, where he won a letter in football in 1918, three letters in wrestling for the years 1919, 1920, 1921 and was captain his last year at Nebraska. Further he won Western Intercollegiate heavy weight wrestling championship at Bloomington, Indiana with 16 universities competing, and for two years was athletic coach in the McCook High School. Immediately following his schooling, he was engaged in the operation of his parent's wheat and cattle ranch at the place of his birth for a period of two years. He has been a successful hardware merchant at McCook for the past seven years, and since 1927 has served as a member of the local Board of Education. He is a member of the executive committee of the Nebraska Alumnae Board, was formerly president of the Chamber of Commerce, and was a member of the Rotary Club. He is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, holds membership in the Nebraskana Society, and is a member of the Elks (exalted ruler 1931) and the Masons.
On August 28, 1924, he was married to Helen Edgecombe at Estes Park, Colorado. Mrs. Hoyt, who was a commercial teacher at McCook High School before her marriage, was born at Geneva, Nebraska, September 27, 1895, of New England parentage. Their two children are: John Edgecombe, born March 28, 1928; and Joan Priscilla, born January 12, 1931. Residence: McCook.
Susan Upson Hoyt
Susan Upson was born at Rockford, Illinois, September 27, 1855, daughter of Lyman Davis and Lucina Jane (Miller) Upson. Her father was born at Camden, Oneida County, New York, October 29, 1825, and died at Reserve, Nebraska, August 7, 1881. He was a lumberman, furniture manufacturer and ranchman, descended from Thomas Upson who came to Connecticut from England in 1632, and helped found the town of Farmington. Lueina Jane Miller was born at Lee, Oneida County, New York, December 23, 1829, and died at Rockford, Illinois, January 13, 1866. She was Scotch and English, a descendant of Thomas Miller who settled in Connecticut in 1634.
Susan Upson attended the Rockford High School, and in 1879 came with her father to Nebraska. She was married to Richard Cleveland Hoyt, at Reserve, Nebraska, June 4, 1884. Mr. Hoyt, was born at Holland Patent, Oneida County, New York, August 9, 1855. He was engaged in the lumber and coal business for many years, and for the past 33 years has been clerk of the United States District Court. They have one son, Edward Lyman, who attended Iowa State College at Ames. He married Marjorie R. Smith on November 9, 1911. They have two daughters.
Mrs. Hoyt is a member of the Colonial Dames of America, and is ex-regent of Omaha chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is president for Nebraska of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots. She is a member of the First Central Congregational Church of Omaha. She has always been active in welfare work, especially the Red Cross, the Old People's Home, the Social Settlement, the Visiting Nurses Association and the Young Women's Christian Association, Residence: Omaha.
William L. Hoyt
William L. Hoyt, prominent retired ranchman, was born at Cleveland, Ohio, May 3, 1863. He is the son of Jacob N. and Mary (Latimer) Hoyt, the former of whom was born at East Concord, New Hampshire, December 14, 1831, and died at Elburn, Illinois, May 7, 1907. He was a farmer.
Mr. Hoyt attended public and high school, and in 1888, came to Nebraska, where he was a rancher, until his recent retirement. He is a Democrat.
On November 18, 1896, he was married to Rosa DeBock at Harrison. Mrs. Hoyt was born at DePier, Wisconsin, November 22, 1870, and died at Harrison, December 20, 1929. There is one daughter, Edith, born January 17, 1900, who is married to John O. Hanson. Residence: Harrison.
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Charles Hrabak
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, December 28, 1858, Charles Hrabak has been a resident of Nebraska forty-eight years. His father, Joseph Hrabak was born there in June, 1830, and died in Dodge, Nebraska, September 22, 1892. He was a farmer. His wife, was born in Prague, in 1832, and died in Chelsea, Iowa, March 14, 1868.
Charles Hrabak attended country school, and entered the mercantile business in Dodge, continuing until his recent retirement. He was married to Josephine Christina Krutka at Wahkeeny, Kansas, November 5, 1879. Mrs. Hrabak was born in Racine, Wisconsin, April 1, 1862. There are five children living and one deceased; Julia, born August 14, 1880; Charles, born June 28, 1882, died October 9, 1918; Will Rudolf, born March 26, 1884; Carrie, born November 18, 1892; Mabel, born March 27, 1894, and Howard, born October 6, 1896.
Mr. Hrabak is a Catholic, and a member of Saint Wencelaus Church. He is also a member of The Nebraskana Society. Residence; Dodge.
Frank Hrdy
Frank Hrdy, merchant, was born in Bohemia, November 14, 1860, son of Anton and Barbara (Sulc) Hrdy, and has resided in Nebraska since March 19, 1894.
On August 23, 1884, he was married to Louisa Stepanek at New York City. There are three children living and one deceased; Mamie, born November 12, 1885, who married J. D. Kopp; Frank, born November 25, 1887, who married Marie Holpuch; Lula, born August 8, 1889; and Vlasta, born April 11, 1899, who died December 25, 1901.
At the present time Mr. Hrdy is senior partner of the firm of Hrdy & Son. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Knights of Pythias, the Sokol, the Z. C. B. ,J., the Bohemian Historical Society, and the Dramatic Club of Milligan. Residence; Mulligan.
Ernest Alfred Hubka
Ernest Alfred Hubka, well-known lawyer at Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, has lived in this state all his life and in prominent in civic affairs in his community. He was born at Virginia, Gage County, Nebraska, August 13, 1897, the son of Joseph S. and Frances Hubka. His father, who is retired, was born at Humboldt, Nebraska, August 18, 1871. His mother was born at Hanover, Marshall County, Kansas, December 4, 1874, and died at Virginia, March 24, 1919.
Mr. Hubka, who is serving as county attorney of Gage County at the present time, attended the public schools of Virginia, and in 1916 was graduated from the Beatrice High School. He was awarded the A. B. and LL. B. degrees at the University of Nebraska, where he held membership in Delta Tau Delta. He was active in football, basketball, track, and baseball at the University of Nebraska.
From 1922-23 he taught in Yuma, Colorado, high school; and from 1923-27 in the York, Nebraska, high school. He is a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis Club, Young Men's Christian Association, and the Nebraskana Society. He is affiliated with the Christian Church at Beatrice, is a member of the Republican party, and holds membership in the Mason, Elks, and Eagles.
He was united in marriage at Blair, Nebraska, July 17, 1929, with Thelma Marie Underwood, who was born at Archer, Nebraska, June 13, 1903. They have one daughter, Mary Frances, born September 10, 1930. Residence; Beatrice.
Joseph S. Hubka
Joseph S. Hubka, prominent banker at Virginia, Gage County, Nebraska, has lived in this state all his life, and has been active as a farmer, grain buyer, implement dealer, and banker. He was born at Humboldt, Pawnee County, Nebraska, August 18, 1872, the son of Albert and Mary (Kovanda) Hubka. His father, a farmer and cattle feeder, was born at Kocin, Plzen, Cechoslovakia, April 12, 1844, and died at Virginia, September 28, 1897; he was a staunch Democrat, and was always active in politics; his ancestors came to this country in the 1860's Mary (Kovanda) Hubka, his mother, was born at Striman, Plzen, Cechoslovakia, May 10, 1844, and died at Virginia, September 28, 1926. She came to this country and settled on a farm in Pawnee County, with her parents, in 1867.
Mr. Hubka attended rural schools. He is now cashier of the Citizens State Bank of Virginia, and has served on the local school board for many years. He is a member of the Virginia Cornet Band, and is affiliated with the Nebraskana Society.
He was united in marriage with Francis Vavruska at Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, November 5, 1896. Mrs. Hubka was born at Blue Rapids, Marshall County, Kansas, November 16, 1876, and died at Virginia, March 28, 1920. Four children were born to them: Ernest, born August 13, 1897, who married Thelma Underwood; Ladimer, born September 26, 1899, who is a graduate of the University of Nebraska, and is a lawyer at Beatrice; Albert, born December 15, 1902, who died August 12, 1909; and Elmer, born September 29, 1909, who is a student at the University of Nebraska. Ernest is a graduate of the University of Nebraska, and is now serving as county attorney of Gage County. All three sons are Republicans. Residence; Virginia.
Thelma Marie Hubka
Thelma Marie Hubka was born in Archer, Nebraska, June 13, 1903, the daughter of William Hewitt Underwood and Hannah Marie (Johnson) Underwood. Her father, born in Hamilton, Illinois, June 30, 1860, was a Methodist minister whose ancestors came from England, in 1770.
Marie Johnson Underwood, born in Christiansand, Norway, April 24, 1869, was active in literary work and belonged to the Eastern Star. Her father was the leader of the King's band in Norway. She died in Lincoln, Nebraska, June 28, 1931.
Thelma N. Hubka attended the Saunders School at Omaha, in 1916, the Blair, Nebraska High School, 1920, and in 1925, received her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Nebraska, where she again attended 1923-25. She is a member of the Delta Delta Delta at Nebraska Wesleyan University which she attended 1920-22. On July 17, 1929, at Blair, Nebraska, she was married to Ernest Alfred Hubka.
Mr. Hubka was born in Virginia, Nebraska, August 13, 1879, and is a lawyer. Mary Frances Hubka, born September 10, 1930, is the only child.
Mrs. Hubka taught in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, 1922-23; taught English and European history in Friend, Nebraska, 1925-28, and was biology teacher at South High School in Omaha, 1928-29. She has resided in Nebraska for twenty-eight years and is a member of the Nebraskana Society.
She is a member of the Centenery Methodist Church in Beatrice, and is on the Young Women's Christian Association board. She also belongs to the Eastern Star. Residence; Beatrice.
Lottie Belle Hudson
A resident of this state all her life, Lottie Belle Hudson is one of Nebraska's few women executives in the busi-
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ness world. She was born at Crete, Nebraska, August 25, 1889, the daughter of Isaac and Myrtle (Miller) Hudson.
Her father, who was engaged in the garage business, was born of German parents at Munsie, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1864, and died at Crete, January 25, 1927. Her mother was born at Valparaiso, Indiana, June 22, 1871, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. She is descended from a family prominent in the early history of America.
Miss Hudson received her education in the public schools of Crete. She was connected with the Bell Telephone Company for five years at Crete, was transferred to the Independent Telephone Company, successor of the Bell Telephone Company, and served as chief operator for nine years. She was associated with the Lincoln Telephone Company for four years, and in 1928 became local superintendent of the Crete and Dorchester offices of the Iowa Nebraska Light & Power Company.
She is a member of the Pythian Sisters and the Royal Highlanders, and is past chief of the Pythian Sisters. She is affiliated with the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Crete, is a member of the Nebraskana Society, and holds membership in the Mizpah Club. Miss Hudson is a charter member and one of the organizers of the Business Women's Club of Crete. Residence: Crete.
Roy William Hudson
Roy William Hudson, business executive at North Loup, Nebraska, was born at Hayes Center, Nebraska, October 3, 1890, the son of William F. and Jane Eliza (Towne) Hudson. His father, who was a pioneer merchant and public leader in his community, was born in Michigan, and died at Kirkville, Missouri, July 6, 1906; his grandfather moved from New York to Michigan shortly after the Revolution. His mother, who was born on a farm near Northwood, Iowa, November 27, 1870, was the daughter of a soldier in the Civil War and traced her ancestry back to the early settlers of Massachusetts.
Mr. Hudson attended the Nebraska Wesleyan Academy, and in 1916 received the A. B. degree at Nebraska Wesleyan University where he was president of Theta Phi Sigma and member of Phi Kappa Phi, and held membership in the Glee Club. He studied at the University of Nebraska from 1916 to 1918, and since 1919 has been secretary-treasurer and manager of the Johnson and Company at North Loup. He has served as secretary-treasurer of the Loup Valley Independent Telephone Company of North Loup since 1926, and is now secretary-treasurer of the North Loup Co-Operative Cheese Company.
He is a member of the Parent Teachers Association, the Young Men's Christian Association, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the North Loup Methodist Episcopal Church. His hobby is electricity, and his sports include golfing, hunting, and fishing.
He was married at North Loup, June 11, 1918, to Anna Ruth Johnson who was born there, November 1, 1894. Their children are: Florence Evelyn, born September 2, 1919; and Edward, born January 25, 1923. Residence: North Loup.
Otto Leonhart Huenefeld
Otto Leonhart Huenefeld was born at Aurora, Nebraska, May 13, 1885, the son of Carl Frederich and Anna Elizabeth (Bald) Huenefeld. His father, who has been a farmer and stock feeder, was born at Veldrome, Germany, October 6, 1853. He came to America in 1854 and in 1878 moved to Hamilton County, Nebraska as a pioneer farmer, breaking the virgin soil with oxen. He was interested in political affairs but has always refused to hold public office, and has given most of his efforts to building up his community. He was for many years secretary of the Hamilton County Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, assisted in building the Prairie Gem Church which was erected on a corner of his farm near Aurora, Nebraska, and helped to secure the first rural free delivery of mail in Hamilton County. In 1901 he served as secretary of the Hamilton County Farmers' Telephone Company during its organization, a company which now owns and operates more than 3000 telephones.
Anna Elizabeth (Bald) Huenefeld, his mother, was born at Liberty, Wisconsin, March 1, 1858, of German parents. She is the mother of eleven children all born and reared on the same farm in Hamilton County. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Frederich Huenafeld are now residing at Augusta, Arkansas.
Mr. Huenefeld attended rural school near Aurora, was a student at York United Brethren College, 1903-34, and attended the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture, 1901-05. He is a farmer and stockman and is the proprietor of the Golden Hoof Farm near Aurora. He is interested in all community activities is president of the Farmers Union Association of Aurora and Marquette, Nebraska, has been secretary of the Farmers Elevator Company of Giltner, Nebraska, since 1918, and since 1920 has been president of the Hamilton County Farmers Union.
A Democrat, he has been a member of the county central committee, served as delegate to the county conventions at various times, has been a member of the election board, and was a delegate to the state convention at Lincoln, Nebraska where the first organized effort toward national prohibition was made in Nebraska.
Mr. Huenefeld has held membership in the Red Cross, and has always been a supporter of that organization and also the Child Saving Institute, the Society for the Friendless, and has taken a prominent part in welfare work in Hamilton County for many years. He holds membership in the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union, the Prairie Gem Community Club, the Nebraskana Society, and the Prairie Gem United Brethren Church. He and his wife are very much interested in religious activities. He specializes in certified small grain seed productions on his farm and woolen goods manufactured from home-grown wool.
On February 3, 1909, he married Nelle May Holmes at Aurora. Mrs. Huenefeld was born at Baylis, Illinois, March 27, 1889. Their three children are: Maynard Everett, born May 25, 1913; Phyllis Irene, born April 13, 1916; and Arnola May, born September 24, 1918. Maynard was graduated from the Aurora High School and the Northwestern School of Taxidermy. All the children are interested in religious and musical affairs. Residence: Aurora.
Lee Huff
Lee Huff is the son of one of Nebraska's foremost public men, the late James Huff. James Huff was born at St. John, Newfoundland, March 20, 1845. At the age of seventeen he came to the United States, and two years later enlisted for service in the Civil War. A clergyman, he served as chaplain of the Nebraska penitentiary. He was justice of the peace, police judge, county judge and clerk of the district court in Dodge County, and later served as a member of the Nebraska State senate. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, his family having settled in Canada, in its early days. He died at Omaha, February 2, 1929.
Laura Ellen Driscoll, wife of James Huff, was born in Sarpy County, Nebraska, June 3, 1849, and died at Omaha, September 24, 1919. She was also of Scotch-Irish descent.
Lee Huff entered the service of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company at Fremont, in 1889, and served as manager of the company at Fremont, Crete, Grand Island and Lincoln, until his resignation in September, 1909. At that time he formed a partnership under which the
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Nebraska Buick Auto Company was organized, for the sale of automobiles and accessories, without change, except in the name which is now the H. E. Sidles Company. Mr. Huff is also vice president of the Union Holding Company of Omaha.
In 1895, he was married to Adelaide Amanda Keasy, who was born at St. Petersburg, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1877, at Council Bluffs. They have one son, Lee, born July 15, 1899. He is married to Rosavere Menagh, and is engaged in the automotive supply business. Mr. Huff is a Democrat. During the World War he was in the United States Secret Service. He is affiliated with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, and is a member of the Rotary Club, the Elks and the Masons. He is a member of the Nebraskana Society. Mr. Huff finds his recreation in golf and swimming. His hobby, however, is upland river navigation. His clubs are the Omaha Athletic Club and Happy Hollow Country Club. Residence: Omaha.
Ellis Harnden Hughes
Ellis Harnden Hughes, farmer in Boyd County, Nebraska, was born in Ontario, Canada, January 19, 1868, the son of Charles Wesley and Emily Louise (Harger) Hughes. His father, who was born in Ontario, December 2, 1825, of English parents, came to the United States in 1837, and died at Edwardsburg, Michigan, April 4, 1884. His mother, whose ancestry was English, was born at Troy, New York, December 13, 1837.
Mr. Hughes homsteaded in Boyd County in 1891, and has been a farmer near Naper, Nebraska, since then. He is affiliated with the Republican party, and is a member of the Masons, the Odd Fellows, and the Nebraskana Society.
He was married to Lida May Briggs at Beemer, Nebraska, May 12, 1925. Mrs. Hughes, who was a teacher and bank cashier before her marriage, was born at Scribner, Nebraska, October 15, 1874. Her ancestor. were New Englanders. Residence: Naper.
Enos Thomas Hughes
Born at Scranton, Pennsylvania, December 1, 1875, Enos T. Hughes, banker, has been a resident of Nebraska for more than fifty-two years. His parents, Dominic and Mary (McDonnell) Hughes, were Irish. Dominic Hughes was born at Bellina, County Mayo, Ireland, in 1832, he died at Gretna, October 24, 1915, having been a farmer in Sarpy County for many years. Mary McDonnell Hughes was born at Corvoderra, County Mayo, Ireland, in 1842, and died at Gretna, February 10, 1915.
Enos Hughes received his early education in the rural schools of Sarpy County, and later attended the State Normal School at Fremont. On July 6, 1908, he was united in marriage to Cora Ellen Raker, at Lincoln, Nebraska. Mrs. Hughes was born at Salladsburg, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1879. There are two children: Gretna, born December 8, 1910, and Clark, born January 31, 1916.
A farmer in early life, Mr. Hughes was engaged as a general merchant from 1898 to 1908. In 1911 he entered the banking business in Platte County. He was one of the organizers of the Bank of Gretna, which handled all war loans during the World War. He is cashier of the Bank of Gretna at the present time.
During the World War Mr. Hughes was very active. He was a member of the committee finding valuations on farmers and others with regard to various war loans, and in the Red Cross of which he has always been a member. He is a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church. He is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and active in all civic matters. He is an Elk. His philanthropic work is outstanding. His recreation is walking, but comes second to working in his peony garden, which is his chief hobby. Residence: Gretna.
Forrest L. Hughes
Born at Red Oak, Iowa, March 1, 1889, Forrest L. Hughes is the son of Lot J. and Martha Victoria (Francis) Hughes. His father, born at Wales, Great Britain August 26, 1866, came to Iowa with his parents as an infant, and has been a farmer most of his life. He is now a clothing salesman, residing at Huntsman, Nebraska. His wife, Martha, was born in LaCross County, of Welsh parents, and resided near Red Oak, most of her life. There she taught school and was married, removing later, in 1895, to the family farm at Carroll, Nebraska. Her death occurred at Carroll, September 14, 1905.
Forrest L. Hughes attended public school and the State Teachers College at Wayne, Nebraska. From 1907-10, he was deputy county treasurer of Wayne County, and from 1910-20, was clerk of the district court of that county. Removing to South Dakota, in 1920, he engaged in banking there until 1926, and during 1927, was connected with the public relations and sales departments of the Northwestern Public Service Company at North Platte. Since 1927, he has been deputy clerk of the district court of Adams County, and engaged in the insurance business at Hastings. He is a Republican.
On June 1, 1915, Mr. Hughes was married to Opal E. Douglass, at Tekamah. Mrs. Hughes who is of English, Scotch and Pennsylvania Dutch extraction, was born at Tekamah, December 29, 1889. To them were born four children, three of whom are living: Forrest Douglass, born April 13, 1916, died April 16, 1916; Robert Forrest, born February 4, 1918; Neil Douglass, born March 10, 1923, and Martha Ellen, born November 30, 1926.
A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Hastings, Mr. Hughes is a member of its official board, and a member of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. During the World War he assisted in the selective draft during the entire period of the war, and was chairman one year of the Red Cross at Wayne. Residence: Hastings.
Frank Elsworth Hughes
A native of Swedeberg, Nebraska, Frank Elsworth Hughes was born December 6, 1889, son of Clinton Dewitt and Georgia Ellenette (Batchelder) Hughes. Clinton Hughes was born at Belmont, Ohio, May 26, 1845, and died at Hastings, August 30, 1906. Of English descent, he was a teacher and farmer, and a veteran of the Civil War. His wife, Georgia, was born in Worcester, Vermont, May 8, 1850, and was a teacher prior to her marriage. She is also of English descent.
Mr. Hughes attended the Wahoo public and high schools, and was graduated from the latter in May, 1906. Since early manhood he has been engaged in farming. He was married to Lola Mae Beaman, at Lincoln, on February 19, 1913. Mrs. Hughes was born at Ceresco, October 1, 1890, of English extraction. Three of their four children are living. They are: Eloise, born March 26, 1914, who was graduated with honors from Ceresco High School in May, 1931; Pauline, February 23, 1916, and Warren, born October 5, 1919. Eloise was valedictorian of her class and received the first scholarship. Pearl, born February 23, 1916, died August 21. 1916.
Music is Mr. Hughes' hobby, and he is leader of the Ceresco Concert Band, and has been leader of the Sunday School orchestra of the Methodist Episcopal Church for some time. He served as director of the School Board of District No. 40 during 1919-21, and is a former member of the Modern Woodmen of America. During 1917-18, he was a member of the Red Cross. He is now a member of the Nebraska Farmers Union and The Nebraskana Society. Residence: Ceresco.
Thomas Bennison Hughes
Born at Sterling, Illinois, August 14, 1888, Thomas Bennison Hughes has been a druggist at Cozad since 1912. His father, John Bamford Hughes, a merchant
