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tion; Nebraska Bar Association; Ak-Sar-Ben; and the Omaha Young Men's Christian Association. He is a member of the First Central Congregational Church of Omaha. Serving in Officers Training Camp, Field Artillery, during the World War, he is a member of the American Legion. He is a Republican.
Mr. Lane was united in marriage at Harvard, Massachusetts, on September 27, 1919, to Frances Marr O'Brien. Mrs. Lane, whose Scotch-Irish ancestors were early settlers in Maine, was born at Somerville, Massachusetts, June 26, 1889. They have a daughter, Marjorie Louise, born May 25, 1927. Residence: Omaha.
George Winders Lang
A resident of Nebraska for the past 57 years, George Winders Lang is the son of James Riley and Rovilla Jane (Foster) Lang. He was born at Corydon, Indiana. February 13, 1874, and came to Nebraska with his parents. His father, who was born at Corydon, February 27, 1852. was a pioneer homesteader in Custer County in June. 1874, where he was a farmer and merchant for many years; his father, Francis Lang, came to America from England, in 1780, and settled in Indiana, in 1826. Rovilla Jane (Foster) Lang was born at Corydon, January 1, 1854. She was the daughter of Samuel Foster who moved to Indiana from Pennsylvania, about 1810, and Esther McCullom, who moved to Indiana from Kentucky in 1826.
Mr. Lang received his education at Muddy Mills, Grand Island, Nebraska, and in the Litchfield High School. From 1892 to 1898 he was engaged in farming, and from 1898 to 1916, was in the general merchandise, implement and hardware business. Since 1910, he has been a Ford automobile dealer and oil and gasoline retailer at Litchfield. He has been elected eight times to membership on the Litchfield School Board, making a total of 15 years service. In 1926 he served as chairman of the Commercial Club at Litchfield, of which he is still a member; and for the past 23 years he has been superintendent of the Christian Sunday School there. He holds membership in the Nebraskana Society, the Red Cross, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Masonic Order. His hobby is baseball. Mr. Lang has served as a member of the village board a number of times since 1898, and still holds office.
On September 2, 1901, he married Mamie Josephine Murphy at Lincoln, Nebraska. Mrs. Lang, who was a school teacher for a number of years before her marriage, was born at Newhampton, Missouri, November 25, 1873, a direct descendant of James Pleasant, Colonial Governor of Virginia, and B. S. Ewell, the first president of William and Mary's College, in Virginia, and whose grandfathers, William Shelton and Pleasant Murphy, served in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. They have three children: Byril, born June 8, 1902, who married Thelma D'Allemand; Ewell J., born December 2, 1903, who married Margaret Monroe; and Erroll F., born July 18, 1912. Residence: Litchfield. (Photograph in Album).
Ella Morgan Langdon
Ella Morgan Langdon was born at Canisteo, New York, January 2, 1866. She is the daughter of Giles and Eliza Nancy (Hallet) Morgan, and was married to John H. Langdon at Rochester, Minnesota, October 24, 1883. There are five children, two of whom are deceased: Annette C., born September 21, 1885, married Henry F. Stahl, and died September 3, 1918; William M., born February 28, 1887, who married Gertrude Conner; Frederick Joseph, born November 16, 1889, died February 24; 1896; John LeRoy, born April 24, 1892, married Mary Thornbrough and Ella Frances, born September 22, 1905, who married Joseph W. Koke.
Since her marriage Mrs. Langdon has acted as her husband's secretary. She is active in the life of her community, and is a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church. She is a third cousin of Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat, and in this connection it is interesting to note that her grandmother, Nancy Fulton Hallett, who was his first cousin, accompanied him on the first voyage of his steamboat in 1807, she being seven years old at the time.
Mrs. Langdon's uncle, Samuel Hallett, built the first 40 miles of the Union Pacific Railroad west of the Missouri River, which was completed in April, 1864. His brother, John Hallett, later built a railroad in Oregon, tunnelling a long distance through the Rocky Mountains. Mrs. Langdon is in possession of a letter of invitation sent by Samuel Hallett to her mother and father to attend the celebration held at Weston, Mo., on June 1, 1864. Residence: Gretna. (Photograph on Page 694).
John H. Langdon
John H. Langdon was born at Forest City, Sarpy County, Nebraska, June 23, 1858, the son of William and Margaret (Thomas) Langdon. His father, who was born at Lacken, Mayo County, Ireland, in 1821, and died at Forest City, August 18, 1884, was a farmer, who held large tracts of land. He was a Democrat. He came to America about 1846.
His mother, who came with her parents from Ireland, was born at Lacken, March 24, 1824, and died at Gretna, Sarpy County, Nebraska, December 21, 1917.
Mr. Langdon attended the public school in the early days when educational facilities were few and the students were placed at roughly hewn benches made of cottonwood. He early entered the business world first engaging in the implement business. Later he moved to a farm and after a time became engaged in general merchandise business. He was one of the organizers of the Bank of Gretna, and at the present time is in the real estate and insurance business at Gretna, Nebraska.
At Rochester, Ramsey County, Minnesota, he was married to Ella Mary Morgan, October 24, 1883; Mrs. Langdon was born at Canisteo, Steuben County, New York, January 2, 1866, the daughter of Giles and Eliza Nancy (Hallett) Morgan; she is a third cousin of Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat. She is secretary to her husband. Five children were born to them, two of whom are deceased. They are: Annette C., born September 21, 1885, who married Henry F. Stahl, and who died September 3, 1918; William M., born February 28, 1887, who married Gertrude Connor; Frederick Joseph, born November 16, 1889, who died February 24, 1896; John LeRoy, born April 24, 1892, who married Mary Thornbrough; and Ella Frances, born September 22, 1905, who married Joseph W. Koke.
Mr. Langdon is a Democrat and a lifetime resident of Nebraska. He is a member of the Red Cross and is affiliated with Saint Patrick's Catholic Church at Gretna. Residence: Gretna. (Photograph on Page 696).
Carl Marcus Lange
Born at Wall Lake, Iowa, January 4, 1900, Carl M. Lange is one of Nebraska's most illustrious soldiers. He is the son of William and Elizabeth (Schwartz) Lange, the former born at Schleswig, Holstein, Germany, April 15, 1878. He came to America as a young man, and died at Hartington, September 14, 1915. His wife, Elizabeth, was born in Andover, Iowa, July 12, 1880.
Carl M. Lange was graduated from public school at Hartington, in 1914, and attended Hartington High School. He has had a varied and interesting career, his first position after leaving school being as cashier with the C. St. P. M. O. Railway. He was thereafter chief clerk to the general yardmaster at Omaha, and chief clerk to the general foreman of bridge and building at Emerson, returning to Hartington in June, 1922, to engage in his present occupation as sales manager of the Ford Agency.
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Bertha June Christiansen, at Hartington. Mrs. Lange was born at Blair, June 6, 1902. There were two children born to them: Gerald, born April 17, 1924; died the same day; and Shirley, born January 5, 1927.
At the age of 17, Mr. Lange enlisted in the United States Army and trained at El Paso, Texas, one of the youngest Nebraskans to enter the World War. Assigned Company B, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, he embarked on June 2, 1917, and landed at Saint Naizaire, France, on June 26, to enter training at Gonderecourt. Mr. Lange's first action was on October 15, 1917, at Sommervile Sector. Thereafter he was in nine major campaigns, Ansauville sub-sector (Toul) ; Sector west of Montdidier (Picardy); Cantigny Operation (Picardy); Montdidier-Noyon Offensive (Picardy); Aisne-Marne Offensive (Soissons); Saizeraise subsector: St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (September 30 to October 12, 1918) and Meuse-Argonne Offensive (November 5-8, 1918). On October 4, 1918, together with another soldier, he brought in about twenty Germans, captured as they worked around behind a machine gun nest which had been causing heavy casualties in the American Forces.
Mr. Lange received the following decorations: the Distinguished Service Cross, Medaille Militaire (two), Croix De Guerre with palm, the First Division Service Medal, the Victory Medal, and the French Shoulder Cord Medal. It is interesting to note that Mr. Lange was with the first group of soldiers to parade in France, and assisted in bringing out Merle Hay, the first American killed in action in France. After the Armistice he served nine months in the Army of Occupation, landing in the United States September 3, 1919.
At the present time a first lieutenant in the 134th Infantry, Nebraska National Guard, he served 1921 and part of 1931 as commander of the Hartington Post of the American Legion, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of the commander. He was Nebraska's only Legion representative to the burial of the unknown soldier in Washington, in 1921.
Mr. Lange is a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, the Chamber of Commerce and the Nebraskana Society. His social club is the Hartington Country Club, his sport is golf and his hobby is the promotion of citizenship activities. Residence: Hartington. (Photograph in Album).
George Henry Lange
Born at Baven, Germany, October 31, 1869, George Henry Lange is the son of Peter Henry Christopher Lange and Mary (Koch) Lange. His father, who was a farmer and landowner, was born at Baven, in 1812, and died there in April 1892. His mother was born at Schmarbeck, Germany, May 7, 1834, and died at Baven, in May, 1919.
Mr. Lange attended school in Germany. He has been successfully engaged in farming and banking in Valley County for 33 years, and is now director in the Ord State Bank and the State Bank of Ord. He has served on the school board at various times, is a member of the Non-Partisan League, and is a member of the Farmers Club of Mira Valley. He is affiliated with St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. His hobbies are reading and stockfeeding, and his favorite sport is baseball.
He was married at Ord, March 2, 1899, to August Wilhelmina Bremer who was born at Davenport, Iowa, July 15, 1878; her father served in the Civil War under General Sherman. The following children were born to them: Ernest, born January 21, 1900, who married Esther Marie Bredthaner; Arthur, December 6, 1901, who married Clara Plejdrup; Bertha, November 24, 1903, who married Russell Acton; Edgar, January 27, 1906; Cora, April 16, 1908; Henry, August 10, 1911; Ella, July 2, 1913. Arnold, an infant son, died in early childhood. Residence: Ord.
Millard Langfeld
Millard Langfeld, superintendent of laboratories for the Cudahy Packing Company at Omaha, was born in Glasgow, Missouri, October 7, 1872. He is the son of Daniel and Yette (Pretzfelder) Langfeld, the former of whom was born in Bavaria, Germany. He was a merchant of the Jewish faith, whose death occurred at Baltimore, Maryland, on January 22, 1894. He came to the United States in 1858. His wife, Yette, was born in Bavaria, and is still living.
Upon the completion of his public school education, Millard Langfeld entered college, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree. He was awarded his degree of Doctor of Medicine from John Hopkins University in 1898. Since that time he has been in active practice, for many years associated with the Cudahy Packing Company.
His marriage to Mathilda Ash was solemnized at Baltimore, on September 22, 1899. Mrs. Langfeld was born at Baltimore, December 22, 1899. There are two children, Daniel, born March 10, 1902; and Millard, born April 29, 1912.
Dr. Langfelt (sic) has served for a number of years as city bacteriologist for the city of Omaha. He is the author of introduction to Infectious and Contagious Diseases. He is a member of various civic, chemical and engineering societies. Residence: Omaha.
James Warren Lanning
James Warren Lanning, manufacturer, was born in Hildreth, Nebraska, January 25, 1888, son of James Edward and Martha (Erasom) Lanning. His education was obtained in the public schools, and in Hildreth High School. Afterward he took advanced work through correspondence and in university short courses.
On December 28, 1906, he was united in marriage to Mary Rebecca Sisler at Denver, Colorado. Mrs. Lanning was born in Bakerfield, Maryland. They have three children, Doris, J. Clair and Richard E.
For five years Mr. Lanning served as superintendent of the Western Brick and Tile Company at Nebraska City, and for a number of years has been plant manager for the Lincoln Brick and Tile Company, of which he is secretary.
Mr. Lanning is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Masons and East Lincoln Christian Church, in the last of which he has served as president of the financing association, chairman of the building committee and member of the official board. Residence: Lincoln.
Daniel M. Langston
Daniel M. Langston, contractor, was born at Kokomo, Indiana, January 5, 1857, son of George W. and Nancy (Willson) Langston. The father was born August 7, 1830, and died from wounds received at the Battle of Shiloh, April 8, 1862. His wife, Nancy, was born May 14, 1831, and died at Casville, Indiana, December 6, 1876. She was an expert weaver and spinner. Daniel M. Langston is the proud possessor of a letter written by his father to his mother on March 9, 1862, while at Nashville, Tennessee.
Mr. Langston attended public school in the vicinity of Kokomo, Indiana, and has been a contractor and farmer, for many years. He is married to Anna Minerva Umphress. She was born at Montpelier, Iowa, April 3, 1868. Their children are as follows, Harra, born October 8, 1886, who married Katherine Riley, and who is an electrician at Taft, California; Clarence, born April 13, 1891, who died May 7, 1891; and Harold, born July 14, 1895. He is a car inspector and is now located at Inglewood, California.
A Republican, Mr. Langston has always been active and interested in party politics. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Oshkosh.
Ronald William Lape
Born at Wymore, Nebraska, November 27, 1890, Ronald William Lape has been a resident of this state all his life and is a leader in community affairs at Lexington, Nebraska, today. William Addison Lape, his father, who died at Wymore, December 28, 1890, was a railway brakeman; his family was of German origin. Phylinda (Stickel) Lape, his mother, who is an active church worker and is prominent in various fraternal and social affairs, was born at Springfield, Illinois, August 2, 1865. Her ancestry is Scotch and Irish.
Mr. Lape attended the public schools of Seward, Nebraska, and studied at night school and through correspondence for a time. In 1925 he was graduated from the American Institute of Baking Technology at Chicago, and for 12 years was a journeyman baker. He engaged in the bakery business for himself at Blue Rapids, Kansas from 1919 to 20, was in business at Garnett, Kansas, 1920-21 and since 1921 has been at Lexington where be is proprietor and owner of the Blue Ribbon Bakery. He is president of the Lexington Finance Company, is president of the Kiwanis Club having served as trustee and vice president previously, and is past president of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce.
He holds membership in the United Commercial Travelers Association, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Masons. His religious affiliation is with the Methodist Episcopal Church and he is a member of the Men's Brotherhood of which he was formerly president. He is interested in golf, tennis, football, baseball, wrestling, and boxing, and is a member of the Lexington Country Club.
He was united in marriage with Adella Evalyn Turner at Bee, Nebraska. Mrs. Lape, whose ancestry is English and Irish, was born at Seward, May 10, 1891. Their two children, who are students in high school, are: Lowell, born June 28, 1916; and Bernice, born February 20, 1918. Residence: Lexington.
Harry H. Lapidus
Harry H. Lapidus, a leading manufacturer and business executive of Omaha, Nebraska, was born at Shavel Kovno, Lithuania, October 10, 1882, the son of Israel Mandel Lapidus and Esther (Rothouse) Lapidus. He came to America with his parents when he was a small boy and for many years has been a leader in the civic, welfare, and religious life of Omaha.
He is president and manager of the Omaha Fixture & Supply Company at Omaha. In 1902 he was united in marriage with Minnie Kooler at Omaha. They have three children: Estelle Joyce, who married Irvin Stalmaster; Lester; and Earl.
Mr. Lapidus is first vice president of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Denver, Colorado; is vice president of the Nebraska Tuberculosis Association; is a director of the Wise Memorial Hospital; is a trustee of the Jewish Community Center. He was made a member of the Boundary Commission created for the settlement of boundary disputes between the states of Nebraska and Iowa; and was chairman of the board of trustees created by the power of congress for the erection of interstate bridges between Iowa and Nebraska.
He was chairman of a committee for raising a fund of $250,000.00 for the Jewish Community Center and served as chairman of District Number 6 in a joint campaign with District Number 2 to raise $400,000.00 for the B'nai Brith Infirmary Building of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver. During the World War he was chairman of the Jewish Welfare Board of Nebraska, and was a member of the executive committee of the United Seven War Campaign.
He is a member of the following organizations: executive committee of the Jewish Welfare Federation; Jewish Social Service Committee; Omaha Lodge of B'nai Brith, of which he was formerly general committeeman of District Number 6, and of which he is past Omaha president; Omaha Hebrew Club; Modern Woodmen of America; Zionist Organization of America; National Conference of Jewish Social Service Work; Jewish Welfare Board; National Jewish Farm School; Jewish Theological Seminary of New York; Hebrew Theological Seminary of Chicago.
Mr. Lapidus is a member of the executive committee of the United Palestine Appeal; the executive committee of Jewish War Relief Campaigns, and director of the Omaha Manufacturers Association. He has won distinction in his community and throughout the country for his services in Jewish welfare work. (Deceased 1931).
Mary Eugenia LaRocca
Born at Brainerd, Minnesota, September 14, 1877, Mary E. LaRocca has been a resident of Nebraska for the past 12 years. She is the daughter of Thomas Chandler Fernald, born at Boston, February 13, 1848. He was a railroad clerk, and operated a trading post at Brainerd. He enlisted as a drummer boy in the Civil War, and was the son of Elihu Fernald, of Irish and English parentage, whose ancestors came to the United States during the Revolution, settling at Boston. He died in Napa County, California, December 22, 1927.
Thomas Fernald married Mary Alice Mills, born at Burlington, Vermont, July 30, 1851. She was the daughter of Asa Smith Mills, who was born on the Isle of Man, Scotland, and of Mary Jane Lyons, of Irish parentage. She died at Omaha, February 1, 1926.
Mary E. LaRocca received her elementary education in the public schools of St. Paul, Minnesota, and attended Garfield High School two years. She attended All Saints College at Sioux Falls, South Dakota four years. She was married at St. Paul, October 14, 1896, and has three children living, Harry B., born October 8, 1897; Richard Eugene, born July 13, 1899, deceased; Thomas Fernald, born January 12, 1916; and Mary Catherine, born May 28, 19i7.
Her business career has been almost entirely with the Woodmen Circle. She helped organize and was first state president of Minnesota for the state convention of the Woodmen Circle. In 1907 she was elected national auditor at Norfolk, Virginia, and in 1911 chairman of national auditors at Rochester, New York. In 1915 she was made vice-president at St. Paul, Minnesota, and since 1919 has served as national president, being elected at the national convention in Chicago, with office in Omaha.
She is chairman of the committee for the Home For the Aged, Members and Orphan Children, and is editor of Monthly Tidings, official organ of the Woodmen Circle. During the World War she was active in Red Cross Work. She is a member of the Women's Relief Corps, the Auxiliary of United Spanish War Veterans, and War Mothers of America. She is eligible to the Daughters of the American Revolution. In religion she is a Congregationalist. The civic organizations in which she holds membership include the Y. W. C. A., the Woman's Club, the women's division of the Chamber of Commerce and the Business and Professional Women's Club. She is a member of the Women of Moose Heart Legion, the Degree of Honor, the Brotherhood of American Yeomen and the Maccabees. Fond of golf and all games, her hobby is reading. Residence: Omaha.
Percie Henry Larrick
A farmer and breeder of registered cattle, Percie Henry Larrick has lived near Bladen, Nebraska all his life. He was born at Bladen, August 22, 1883, the son of David H. and Annie Elizabeth (Richard) Larrick. His father, who was a pioneer farmer and homesteader in Webster County, Nebraska, was born at Winchester, Virginia, August 2, 1843, and died at Red Cloud, Nebraska, August 13, 1927. His mother, also a pioneer in Webster County, was born at Winchester, October 30, 1847, and is still living.
Mr. Larrick is a member of the board of directors
