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the World War was food administrator for Gage County. His favorite sport is golfing.
He was united in marriage with Sarah Elizabeth Gilliland, October 10, 1888, at La Harpe, Hancock County, Illinois. Mrs. Kidd, whose ancestry is English, was born at Littleton, Illinois, December 10, 1862, and died at Beatrice, June 10, 1926. They have two daughters: Dora Aldona, born January 18, 1890, who married Harold E. Shelley; and Norma Josephine, born January 12, 1893, who married Roy M. Green. Both daughters are graduates of the University of Nebraska and now live in Lincoln. Residence: Beatrice.
Grace Geneva Kidder
Grace Geneva Kidder, clubwoman, educator, and music teacher, was born at Weeping Water, Nebraska, November 11, 1897, the daughter of Thomas Fremont and Mary Louise (Hobson) Jameson. Her father, who was born at Warren, Ohio, April 2, 1858, is an architect and contractor who resides at Lincoln, Nebraska; he built and planned over half of the buildings of Weeping Water. Her mother, who was a club librarian for a number of years, was born at Mount Pleasant, Nebraska, April 15, 1864, and died at Lincoln, January 29, 1925.
Mrs. Kidder was graduated from the Weeping Water High School in 1917, received the A. B. degree at the University of Nebraska in 1921, and attended Columbia University in New York, 1926. She was valedictorian of her high school graduating class and was a member of Kappa Phi at the University of Nebraska. She taught at University Place, Nebraska, during 1921 and 1922. and was a teacher in the high school at Sargent, Nebraska, from 1924 to 1928.
She is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church of Sargent, holds membership in the Order of Eastern Star and the Nebraskana Society, and was formerly county president of the Woman's Club. She likes to hike, and her chief interest is music. Politically, Mrs. Kidder is a Democrat.
On December 28, 1927, she was married at Murray, Nebraska, to William Ralston Kidder, who was born at Elmo, Missouri, January 18, 1893, of Dutch ancestry Mr. Kidder is manager of the Dierks Lumber and Coal Company of Sargent. Residence: Sargent. (Photograph in Album).
Henry Grant Kiddoo
Henry G. Kiddoo was born on a farm in Mercer County, Illinois, November 17, 1865, the son of William and Mary Appaline (Edgar) Kiddoo. His father, who was a farmer, was born in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, July 26, 1841, and died on a farm in Adair County, Missouri, December 20, 1914; his Scotch grandparents were born in Pennsylvania early in 1800. His mother was born in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, October 20, 1848. She was a farm woman who reared 9 children to maturity; eight children are still living.
Mr. Kiddoo, who has lived in Nebraska for the past 32 years and is a prominent business man at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, attended district school and took a short course in a business college. He is now treasurer and local manager of the Byers Brothers Company, Livestock Commission Corporation. A Republican, he served two terms as clerk of Logan County, Kansas, 1892-96. He was a former member of the Omaha board of education, and is a member of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, the Red Cross, and the Nebraskana Society. A 32nd degree Mason, he is also a member of the First Christian Scientist Church of Omaha. His hobby is old fashioned fiddling.
On April 13, 1887, he married Nora Alma Dodson at Joy, Illinois. Mrs. Kiddoo was born on a farm in Henderson County, Illinois, November 25, 1869. They have two children: Guy C., born February 26, 1889, who married Helen Sorenson; and Edgar D., born July 5, 1895, who married Esther Todd. Guy C. is an assistant vice president of the First National Bank of Chicago. Edgar D. is connected with the American Union Life Insurance Company of Omaha. During the World War Mr. Kiddoo served as a member of the Home Guards of Nebraska. Residence: Omaha.
Doane Fred Kiechel
Doane Fred Kiechel, lawyer and publisher, was born at Johnson, Nebraska, June 16, 1900. The son of Fred and Emma Alvina (Donze) Kiechel, his father a native of Alsace, Germany, born January 10, 1856. A farmer and business man, he has banking and grain elevator interests, and has always been prominent in Republican state and local politics. Coming to America in 1860, he settled immediately in Nebraska, where he was identified with every worthwhile pioneer movement.
Emma Alvina Donze, born at Bascow, Illinois, May 14, 1861, traces her ancestry to the nobility of France. Her family was among the first settlers of the French colony at Rock Creek in southeast Nebraska. She underwent the rigors of early pioneer life in the state, and recalls many of the early hardships incident to life here in the first days of the state. At the present time she is active in club, church and social life, and is presidenl of the Cemetery Association and others.
Educated in the Clifton School at Johnson from 1906-1913, Doane Fred Kiechel was graduated from the 11th grade at Johnson High School in 1916, and the 12th grade at Auburn High School in 1917. A student at the University of Nebraska from 1917-22, he was graduated from its law school with the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1922. A member of Phi Alpha Delta, he served as its marshal, and was chief justice of The Squires (senior law organization). He was on the staff of the junior play, on the staff of the Awgwan and was president of his senior law class.
On June 16, 1923, Mr. Kiechel was united in marriage to Mary Elizabeth Boyd at Trenton, Nebraska. Mrs. Kiechel, who was born at Yuma, Colorado, is a graduate of Peru State Teachers College and the University of Nebraska, and a successful high school teacher. She is of Scotch-Irish and German descent. Their three children are: Barbara Donze, born at Superior, February 1, 1925; and Doane Frederick and Donna Elizabeth, twins born at Superior December 20, 1927.
A Republican, Mr. Kiechel has never been a candidate for elective office, but served two terms as city attorney of Superior, by appointment.
A member of the firm of Reeker and Kiechel, lawyers, at Norfolk, from 1922-24, he has been a member of the firm of Agee, Kiechel and Boyd, from January, 1924, to date. From March 10, 1926, to September 1, 1930, he edited the Superior Express. Among his contributions to literature are Four Years in the Saddle (poetry and prose); A Bird's Eye View of the American Bankruptcy Law; The American Flag, besides various poems and short stories.
During the World War Mr. Kiechel was a private in Company C., Student's Army Training Corps of the University of Nebraska, and at the present time he holds the rank of second lieutenant in the Infantry Reserves, and is on the executive board of the American Legion. A former member of the district, state and national bar associations, he is present member of the National Editorial Association, the Nebraska Press Association, and is past president and present counsellor of the Southern Council of the Nebraska Press Association.
In March, 1931, Mr. Kiechel retired from three years service as secretary and treasurer of the Superior Chamber of Commerce. Since he joined the Kiwanis Club in 1924 and is now its secretary. A Mason, he is a member of the York Rite bodies, and is past master of his lodge.
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He is also an Elk and a Yeoman. Since the organization of the Superior Historical Society he has been secretary of that body, and since 1928 has been a member of the Superior Library board. A member for some years of the Superior University Club, Mr. Kiechel is past president and present secretary of the club. His religious affiliation is with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is interested in all sports as a fan, but not as a participant. Residence: Superior.
Ita Elisabeth Casey Kiechel
Ita Kiechel was born at Johnson, Nemaha County, Nebraska, October 19, 1886, the daughter of Daniel and Laura Clementine (Noland) Casey. Her father, who was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, October 13, 1853, and died at Johnson, Nebraska, September 18, 1925, was a merchant and farmer. He organized and was the first president of the First National Bank at Johnson; and was a member of the county board of commissioners for several terms. His parents came from County Cork, Ireland, and died in America leaving him an orphan when he was two years old, after which he made his home with the Patrick family, pioneers of Holt County. An uncle, Thomas Landers, was a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church.
Her mother, who was born in Holt County, Missoui, August 10, 1856, was descended from the Noland family who came to Missouri from Kentucky with Daniel Boone. Delilah Briggs, mother of Laura, traced her ancestry to a pre-Revolution family in Maryland.
Mrs. Kiechel received her elementary education in the Johnson public and high schools, and was graduated in 1905 from the Nebraska Wesleyan University and taught in Sedalia College of Music at Sedalia, Missouri; and taught in the Jefferson City High School, Jefferson City, Missouri. From 1905-07, 1907-09 she was head of the department of expression of Cotner College, Lincoln, Nebraska.
She married Walter Kiechel at Johnson, Nebraska, June 30, 1909. Mr. Kiechel, who is a farmer, was born at Johnson, September 1, 1886. (See Nebraskana). There are three children: Mary Elizabeth, born August 8, 1910, a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan, who teaches at Brock, Nebraska; Frederic Casey, born April 23, 1916; and Walter, Junior, born August 3, 1920. The two boys are in public school.
She is chairman of the drama division of the Nebraska Federation of Woman's Clubs; and is now president of the first district of this organization. Her political preference is the Republican Party. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Johnson, Nebraska, a number of social and fraternal societies, and a member of the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Johnson. (Photograph on Page 651).
Walter Kiechel
On September 1, 1886, Walter Kiechel was born at Johnson, Nemaha County, Nebraska. His father, Frederic Kiechel, was a pioneer farmer and business man of western Nemaha County, and was vice president of the First State Bank. He is descended from a German family who traces its history to the 11th century. Born at Alsace, Germany, January 10, 1856, he came to America with his widowed mother when he was but three years of age. Arriving in Cass County they came to Nemaha in 1862.
Emma Alvina (Donze) Kiechel, mother of Walter, was born at Hancock, Illinois, May 14, 1860. She was a member of a French family who came to America a few weeks before her birth. The Donze family came to Nebraska in 1867 and became a part of the French colony in northern Nemaha County.
Mr. Kiechel, who is a farmer in Nemaha County, was educated in the country school and the public school at Johnson, and later was graduated from the high school at Auburn, Nebraska in 1903.In 1908 he was graduated from the Nebraska Wesleyan University with his A. B. degree. From 1904 to 1906 he served as principal of the Johnson (Nebraska) schools; and from 1908 to 1911 was superintendent of schools at Tecumseh, Nebraska. A Republican, Mr. Kiechel was a member of the Nebraska senate from 1913-17; was candidate for lieutenant governor in 1916; and was candidate for Congress, from the first district, in 1928. A resident of Nebraska all his life he has been a farmer and stockman since 1911.
He was united in marriage with Ita Elisabeth Casey, at Johnson, June 30, 1909. Mrs. Kiechel was born at Johnson, October 19, 1886, and is a member of one of Nemaha County's prominent pioneer families. They have three children. Mary Elisabeth, who was born August 8, 1910, was graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan in 1930 and is teaching in the high school at Brock, Nebraska. Frederic Casey, was born April 23, 1916. Walter, Junior, was born August 3, 1920.
Mr. Kiechel is a Mason, Shriner, and an Elk, and a charter member of the Kiwanis Club, at Auburn, Nebraska. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Johnson, Nebraska, Residence: Johnson. (Photograph on Page 653).
Samuel Max Kier
Samuel Max Kier, son of Samuel K. and Minerva E. Kier, was born in Lincoln, September 19, 1895, and attended Lincoln High School and the University of Nebraska.
On July 4, 1918, he was united in marriage with Frances J. Duffy at Lincoln. They have one daughter, Mary Frances, who was born August 3, 1919. Mr. Kier is a Republican, and has been prominent in Nebraska politics for several years. He was s member of the house of representatives during the sessions of 1927, 1929 and 1931; during the 1931 session he was elected speaker of the house.
During his various political campaigns Mr. Kier has not neglected his law practice, and he has a wide reputation as a capable and conscientious member of the bar. He is a member of the law firm of Perrin & Kier, with offices at 502 Little Building, in Lincoln, at present.
For the duration of the World War Mr. Kier served as a lieutenant in the Air Service. He is a member of the American Legion, the Presbyterian Church, Cosmopolitan Club, and the Elks. A Mason, he is a member of the Scottish Rite and Shrine.
Mr. Kier has been active in supporting the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce for a number of years. He holds membership in the Lancaster County Bar Association and the Nebraska State Bar Association. Aviation is his hobby. Residence: Lincoln.
Theodore Alexander Kiesselbach
Theodore Alexander Kiesselbach, educator at the University of Nebraska, was born in Polk County, Nebraska, March 14, 1884, the son of Alexander and Caroline (Bayrhoffer) Kiesselbach. His father, who was a farmer, was born in Germany and died at Shelby, Nebraska, in 1887. His mother was born in Germany and died at Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1901.
Dr. Kiesselbach attended the public schools of Michigan and Nebraska, and in 1903 was graduated from the Lincoln High School. He received his A. B. degree at the University of Nebraska, 1907; B. S., 1908; A. M., 1912; and Ph. D., 1919. He is a member of Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Zeta, and Phi Sigma.
He was an instructor at the University of Nebraska in 1909, and since 1912 he has been professor of agronomy at that institution. He is the author of several experiment station bulletins and articles published in technical journals pertaining to crop production and improvement. He holds membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society
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of Agronomy, the Nebraska Academy of Science, and the Nebraskana Society.
His marriage to Hazel Hortense Hyde was solemnized at Lincoln, June 30, 1909. Mrs. Kiesselbach, whose mother was born at Cornwall, Illinois, and whose father was born at Sturbridge, Massachusetts, was born at Park River, North Dakota, August 19, 1886. They have four children: Theodore, born October 19, 1910; Max. born November 18, 1912; Katherine, born February 25, 1922; and Helen, born November 22, 1923. The two boys are students at the University of Nebraska. Residence: Lincoln.
Hubert Leo Kildare
Hubert Leo Kildare, lumberman, was born at Ogallala, Nebraska, March 5, 1892, son of John Joseph and Mary Elizabeth (Kavanagh) Kildare.
His father, a native of County Mayo, Ireland, born December 24, 1858, came to the United States in 1870. He was a farmer until his death at Ogallala, Nebraska, February 8, 1904. His wife, Mary was born in Arklow, County, Wicklow, Ireland, May 24, 1870, and is still living, and resides at Ogallala.
Upon the completion of his public school education, Mr. Kildare attended business college. For the past twenty-two and a half years he has been in the retail lumber business, and at the present time is the owner of the Kildare Lumber Company at Paxton.
On September 1, 1912, he was married to Christine Meyer at Paxton, Nebraska. She was born there on November 20, 1886, and is of German descent. She is a member of St. Patrick's Church, and the American Legion Auxiliary. Six children were born to them, five of whom are living, Veronica, on January 30, 1915; Mary Huberta, November 12, 1916; Hubert Bernard, November 17, 1919; Lawrence James, September 15, 1922, who died August 8, 1925; Christine, April 28, 1926; and Dorothy, born February 5, 1929.
Mr. Kildare is a Democrat. He was a private in Company B, 355th Infantry during the World War, and is a member of the American Legion. His religious affiliation is with St. Patrick's Catholic Church. He is a member of the Elks, the Knights of Columbus, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Nebraskana Society, the Hoo-Hoo Club, the Lumber Merchants Association, and the Commercial Club. His favorite sports are fishing and hunting. Residence: Paxton.
Albert Henry Kilmer
Albert H. Kilmer was born at Bellvue, Nebraska, August 25, 1869, the son of John H. and Emma (Hodgson) Kilmer. His father, a farmer, was born in Columbia County, New York, September 22, 1833, and died at Winnebago, Nebraska, February, 1914; his ancestry was German. His mother, who was of English descent, was born at Winterset, Iowa, in 1847, and died at Persia, Harrison County, Iowa, January 31, 1877.
Mr. Kilmer has lived in Nebraska for 30 years and has always been vitally interested in the progress of his community and state. He is a member of The Nebraskana Society, and is a Mason.
On April 16, 1895, he was married to Amelia Jane Chapman at Yorkshire, Harrison County, Iowa. Mrs. Kilmer, who was born at Florence, Nebraska, is of English descent. They have a son, James Cornelius, born June 4, 1906, who married Helen Brassfield. Residence; Winnebago.
George Monroe Kilmer
George Monroe Kilmer was born at Shank, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, July 27, 1848, and died at Western, Saline County, Nebraska, on October 3, 1927. He was the son of George and Hannah (Battin) Kilmer, both pioneer settlers in the middle west. George Kilmer a native of New York, was born March 9, 1813, and died at Western, March 17, 1888. He was of German and Irish descent. Hannah, his wife was born in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, November 12, 1816, and died at Western, September 19, 1876. She was of Scotch and Irish descent.
The earliest record of George Monroe Kilmer's public service was in 1862 and 1863 when at the age of fourteen, he carried mail from Canton in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, to Eaglesmere on top of the Allegheny Mountains. It is recorded that New Years Day of 1863 was the coldest on record at that time, and he made the entire route which covered fifty miles, on that day.
It was on May 1 of that year that his parents, together with their two sons and two daughters left their home and started by train for Pella, Iowa. It is a notable coincidence that the family reached Springfield, Ohio, at the time Abraham Lincoln's body was lying in state. However, George and his father were unsuccessful in an attempt to force their way to the bier before their train started. The family crossed the Mississippi on a steamboat, landing at Keokuk, where the father purchased a farm near Galesburg. After five years spent on this farm they moved to Nebraska, where the father and his two boys homesteaded.
While living in Iowa Mr. Kilmer had met and wooed Mary Jane Fisher, and they were married at Galesburg, April 12, 1870. Mrs. Kilmer was born in Southport, Indiana, January 28, 1854. There are eight children of this marriage, all of whom are living except one: Murry Orran, born March 19, 1870, who married Jennie Olive; Marion Adett Leslie, born November 27, 1872, who married Cora Alma; Clara May, born January 3, 1875, who died June 25, 1877; Maurice Ithamer, born February 9, 1877, who married Elizabeth Cruckchank; Morton Trueman, born August 20, 1879, who married Lydia Witt; Milo Jethro, born January 20, 1883, who married Mabel Francis Wilson; Myrtle Donzella, born February 5, 1886, who married Earl Alexander Wintermute; and Mabel Lillian, born January 29, 1890, who married Elra Wilson Miner.
Shortly after their marriage, on the 13th day of May, they arrived at Beatrice where they camped with hundreds of settlers. After securing maps at the government land office Pat Farrel, Charles Lee, Theodore Kilmer and George Monroe Kilmer started for Nuckolls County. While at Meridian they were warned to protect themselves against the Indians. On May 16 they camped on Spring Creek, near Hebron, when they were ordered back by soldiers, who told them they were in danger of being scalped. While talking with the soldiers there appeared to the north across the valley what appeared to be a string of covered wagons and horsemen, which were ascertained to be men who had been searching for a horse which had strayed during a buffalo hunt. After they had crossed Spring Creek our party found themselves surrounded by thirty-five hostile Indians. At the command of the sergeant the soldiers shot down their horses for breast works. In the skirmish, which lasted about an hour the sergeant wounded one Indian and killed another, after which the Indians left.
Afterward Mr. Kilmer and his party drove down to Spring Creek to prepare their dinner, and while so engaged Mr. Kilmer noticed something circling around the vicinity of the direction the soldiers had taken. He asked Mr. Correll, deputy surveyor of Nuckolls County, what it was and he said it was elks playing. Later they learned that the soldiers and Indians had had a fight. Mr. Correll directed the party to leave the creek and follow the ridge back, for their own protection. As they were making their way they perceived some objects but were unable to tell whether they were the Indians or the soldiers. They soon picked up the soldiers and took them along, and shortly thereafter found out that they were following the trail of the Indians. A little farther down the ridge the soldiers left the wagons and went north to Kiowa, while the wagons went on to the homestead of
