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graduate of the University of Nebraska, with an A. B. degree, and teaches in the South Sioux City public schools. Residence: South Sioux City.
Clara Elsa Le Hew
Clara Elsa Le Hew, deaconess of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born at Sutton, Nebraska, December 29, 1876, daughter of Joseph Snyder and Ellen (Pier) Le Hew.
Her father, born in Grandville, Ohio, March 14, 1841, died at Denver, Colorado, June 13, 1923. Joseph Snyder Le Hew was a lawyer and a veteran of the Civil War, who moved to Nebraska in May, 1871, homesteading in Filmore County. He was the first county judge of that county, and a first lieutenant and organizer of the Nebraska Militia. He drafted the first Nebraska military code under Governor Nance in 1881, was presented with a sword by the First Nebraska Regiment, and served nine years, at different times, on the governor's staff. He ranked as a colonel under Governor Boyd. The family settled at Fort Royal, Virginia, in 1799, some of them being Revolutionary soldiers under Lafayette.
Ellen Pier was born in Bristol, Ohio, June 20, 1846, and died at Denver, October 23, 1924. She was a teacher, and during the Civil War assisted in publishing a paper at Van Wert, Ohio. In her later years she devoted herself to her home and children, of whom there were nine.
Miss Le Hew attended the public schools of Sutton and McCook, and was graduated from the McCook High School in May, 1894.
She taught about four years in Red Willow County, and was trained as a deaconess in the Protestant Episcopal Church at St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1901 she was admitted to the order at Laramie, Wyoming, under Bishop Groves, and thereafter served as superintendent of the home for children at Utica, New York, and Laramie, Wyoming. At the present time Miss Le Hew is deaconess in charge of St. Joseph's Protestant Episcopal Church at Mullen, Nebraska. She has held several positions in church work under Bishop G. A. Beecher of Hastings.
Miss Le Hew is a Democrat. She is a member of the Order of Eastern Star and the Red Cross, (chairman of nursing activities for Hooper County). She is also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and president of the Inter-county Woman's Club. Residence: Mitchell.
Frank E. Lehmer
Frank E. Lehmer, druggist and postmaster, was born at North Bend, Nebraska, April 24, 1893, son of David G. and Martha M. (Anderson) Lehmer. His father was born at Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1860, and was chief of police and water commissioner of North Bend for twenty-five years prior to his death on March 30, 1928. His wife, Martha, who was born at Dillsburg, August 27, 1863, is living.
Mr. Lehmer was educated in the public and high schools of North Bend, and was graduated from the latter in 1911. He was married to Hortense S. Inks, at Shelby, Nebraska, July 6, 1916. There are two children, Robert F., born April 20, 1918; and Carol P., born March 25, 1922.
A member of the school board, Mr. Lehmer takes an active part in educational and civic affairs, and is a member of the Nebraskana Society, and the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. His favorite recreation is hiking. Residence: Morse Bluff.
Frank Lehmkuhl
Frank Lehmkuhl, county clerk of Saunders County, Nebraska, was born at Wahoo, April 26, 1877, the son of John D. Lehmkuhl and Minnie (Schoppe) Lehmkuhl. His father was born at Neimburg, Germany, October 2-7, 1833, and died at Wahoo, on February 16, 1906. Coming to America, in 1846, he settled in Nebraska, in 1868, where he engaged in stock raising and farming. His mother was born in Germany, on August 15, 1836, and died at Wahoo, January 22, 1908.
Mr. Lehmkuhl attended public school and business college. He was married to Georgia A. Isenberger, May 10, 1900, at Lodgepole, Nebraska. She was born at Kenesaw, Nebraska, November 23, 1879. They have five children: Frances M., born November 25, 1902; Alice L., born March 14, 1907; Doris V., born July 13, 1912; Howard P., born May 16, 1914; and Hillis F., born February 11, 1917. Frances is married to Lewis T. Oaks.
From 1900 to 1904, Mr. Lehmkuhl was cashier of the Peoples' Bank at Lodgepole, Nebraska. A Democrat, he was elected county clerk in 1926, and was re-elected in 1930. During the war he was active in the Red Cross and in Liberty Loan drives.
He is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church at Wahoo, and holds a membership in the Order of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. A resident of Nebraska, since birth, Mr. Lehmkuhl was recently made a life member of the Nebraska Society in recognition of his work for the advancement of his community and state. Residence: Wahoo.
Henry John Lehnhoff
Henry John Lehnhoff was born at Louisville, Nebraska, December 10, 1871, son of Henry and Caroline (Ossenkop) Lehnhoff. The former, who was born at Hajen, Hanover, Germany, on February 12, 1836, came to the United States at the age of 12. He was descended from a line of Hanovarians, and homesteaded in Nebraska. He died at Lincoln, in May, 1908. Caroline, his wife, was also born in Hajen, in August, 1838, and died at Lincoln, in May, 1917.
Dr. Lehnhoff was educated first in district schools and later in the preparatory department of the University of Nebraska. He received his A. B. at Nebraska, and his M. D. at Northwestern University. He was ranking captain of the University Cadets under General Pershing in 1897, and is a member of Delta Tau Delta. Admitted to the practice of medicine in June, 1901, he is a member of the Lincoln Clinic, and has served as president and secretary of the Lancaster Medical Association, president of the Nebraska State Medical Association, and president of the Missouri Valley Medical Society. He is the author of numerous medical articles.
He attends All Soul's Unitarian Church, is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the City Library Board, etc., and is a member of the Lincoln Tuberculosis Society and secretary of the State Board of Medical Examiners. He is a Mason. His club is the University.
Dr. Lehnhoff was married to Challis Ray, at Vienna, Austria, on May 22, 1910. Mrs. Lehnhoff was born at Onago, Kansas, January 10, 1884. They have two children, Henry, John, born September 13, 1912, and Carolyn Elizabeth, born March 14, 1915. Residence: Lincoln.
Francis Marian Leibee
Francis M. Leibee. successful grain and coal operator, was born in Henry County, Illinois, June 23, 1857, and since 1878, has been a resident of Nebraska. His father, John Leibee, who was born in Butler County, Ohio, was a farmer and died as a soldier of the 9th Illinois Cavalry at Inca, Mississippi, in 1865. His mother, Elizabeth (Israil) Leibee, was born in Decatur County, Indiana, and died at Shelby, Nebraska, in 1908.
Mr. Leibee was a grain dealer at David City, Nebraska, in 1878, and the following year moved to Shelby, where he worked for the Omaha Elevator Company until
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1910. He is known as the oldest grain dealer in years of service in Nebraska, at this time. A Democrat, he was county clerk of Polk County from 1910 to 1915, and served as county assessor from 1917 to 1919. He was married to Mary Ann Alberry at David City, Nebraska, September 4, 1883. She was born at Beverly, Ohio, August 5, 1868. Their children are: Margaret, born in August, 1884, who married William Yerty; John Ray, a physician at Beatrice; Venice Lillian, who married James Wilkes; Opal Lillian, who married B. W. Elgin; Deborah Ruth, who is a nurse in New York City; Francis M., who is in the oil business at Exeter; and Thelma, who married Herman O. Anderson, a farmer living near Stromsburg. Mr. Leibee is a member of the Methodist Church at Shelby, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. He is a Mason. Residence: Shelby
Enos R. Leigh
Enos R. Leigh was born at LaPrairie Center, Illinois, June 6, 1873, son of Alvin Lewis and Hannah Jane (Briggs) Leigh. His father was born at LaPrairie Center, October 27, 1851, and died at Bloomfield, Nebraska, November 30, 1927. He was a farmer of English and Scotch ancestry. His wife, Hannah Jane, was born in Duchess County, New York, March 4, 1853, and died at Bloomfield, in May 1919. Her ancestry was English and German.
Mr. Leigh received his elementary education in the country schools of Marshall County, Illinois, and attended the Sparland, Illinois, High School. His family moved to Nebraska in 1893, and he was graduated from the Omaha Commercial College in 1895. From 1897-98 he attended Peru State Normal School; he received his LL. B. from the University of Nebraska in 1900. He is a member of Phi Delta Phi.
On August 20, 1902, he was united in marriage to Etta Vitelle Fisher, at Brock, Nebraska. Mrs. Leigh was born at Glen Rock, Nebraska, December 22, 1877. She is of English descent, her father born in Missouri and her mother in Alabama. There are three children: Dorothy, born September 8, 1904, was graduated from the University of Nebraska with a B. A. degree, and is married to Dr. Edward M. Mark. Eleanor, the second daughter, was born February 7, 1906. She also received her A. B. from the University of Nebraska, and is a high school teacher at Louisville, Nebraska. Lewis, the only son, was born November 3, 1916.
Mr. Leigh was admitted to the Nebraska bar in June 1900, and took up the active practice of law at what was then the city of South Omaha. He is a Republican, and served as assistant city attorney of South Omaha four years; at one time he was deputy county attorney for Douglas County, which position he resigned to follow private practice exclusively. He is a Methodist and attends Grace Methodist Church of Omaha; is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Nebraska State Bar Association and the Omaha-Douglas County Bar Associations. Mr. Leigh is a Mason, Scottish Rite, 32 degree, and is serving as master of Bee Hive Lodge at South Omaha. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and to the South Omaha Business Men's Association. His favorite diversions are reading, raising flowers and attending lodge. Residence: Omaha.
Dean Richmond Leland
Dean R. Leland was born at Pendleton, New York, August 23, 1866. Herman Jay Leland, his father, who was a farmer and business man, was also born at Pendleton, on May 30, 1845, and died at Mayville, New York, April 16, 1907. He was descended from Henry Leland who came to America from England, and settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1652. Amelia (Van Slyke) Leland, his mother, who was born at Halls, New York, April 7, 1848, was of Dutch ancestry.
Dr. Leland was graduated from the Lockport Union School in 1885. He holds the following degrees: A. B., Hamilton College, 1889, at Clinton, New York; A. M., Princeton University, 1908; and D. D., Hamilton College, 1916. He was a student at Princeton Theological Seminary, 1891-1893, and attended Union Theological Seminary at New York City, 1905. In 1889 he was editor of the Hamilton Literary Magazine. He is a member of Alpha Delta Phi, and served as secretary of the Hamilton Chapter, 1888, and president of this chapter, 1889.
He was for a time pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church at Lockport, from 1898 to 1903 he was pastor of the Tyler Place Presbyterian Church at St. Louis, Missouri. He served as professor of history and Bible at Peekskill Academy, Peekskill, New York, 1903-1909. Since 1909 he has been university pastor of the Presbyterian Church at the University of Nebraska. He is the author of The Faith of Our Fighting Men, 1918, and Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech, 1919.
On June 3, 1903, he was married to Clara W. Walsh at Lincoln, Nebraska. Mrs. Lcland, who was born at Lockport, June 2, 1868, is of English and Irish descent. They have two children: Dorothy E., born September 17, 1907, who was graduated from Wellesley College in 1928 with the degree A. B.; and Elizabeth S., born January 15, 1912, who is a student at the University of Nebraska, 1929-1933.
Dr. Leland served as chaplain of the National Service Commission at Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, from April to November in 1918. He is a member of the Red Cross; is a director of the Social Welfare Committee; and a member of the Nebraska City Presbytery Synod of Nebraska. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce at Lincoln, and the Lincoln University Club. Politically, Dr. Leland is independent. Residence: Lincoln.
Clair Leon LeMar
Clair L. LeMar, physician, was born at Aledo, Illinois, November 20, 1872. His father, Irvin Brush LeMar, was born in Indiana, September 9, 1851, and died at York, Nebraska, May 25, 1920. He was a farmer of French descent. Sarah Elizabeth (Dihel) LeMar, wife of Irvin LeMar, was born at Aledo, January 27, 1851, and died at Osceola, Nebraska, April 15, 1927. Her ancestors were early settlers in Virginia, and later in Illinois.
Upon his graduation from Mead High School in 1893, Dr. LeMar attended Wcsleyan University and the University of Nebraska, and was graduated from the College of Medicine of the latter in 1903. He received honorable mention in surgery.
He is a member of the Pension board, is pension examiner for the Veterans' Bureau. He is also a member of the Polk County, Nebraska State, and American Medical Associations, the Osceola Community Club, Modern Woodmen of America, is a Mason, and a member of the board of education. His religious affiliation is with the First Methodist Church of Osccola. Gardening and collecting weapons are his hobbies.
On December 27, 1905, he was married to Helen Frances Dewey, at Des Moines, Iowa. She was born at West Union, Iowa, September 17, 1876, and died at Osceola, September 11, 1927. Three children were born to them: John D., who is a sophomore in the College of Medicine at the University of Nebraska; Carol E., who is in Methodist Hospital nurses training school at Omaha, Nebraska; and Richard B., who is at home. Residence: Osceola.
Anthony Adam Lembach
Anthony Adam Lembach was born at Wurzburg, Bavaria, February 27, 1870, the son of Jgnaz Michael and Mathilda Louis (Nies) Lembach. His father, distinguished advisor to the Bavarian government, was born at Wurzburg, March 17, 1808, and died there November 26, 1885; the first record of his ancestors was in the 16th
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century when members of the family lived in Prague, Bohemia. His mother was born at Bischofsheim, Bavaria, July 7, 1841, and died at Wurzburg, August 14, 1891; she was descended from ancestors who were known as master woodcarvers for many generations.
Mr. Lembach attended private school and the King's Latin School in Germany, until 1885. He has held the following positions in the business world: decorator and floormanager for the F. W. Wurzburg Company at Grand Rapids, Michigan, until 1895; manager of Wolbach and Brach Department Store of Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, until 1914; owner of accessory store at Hastings, until 1930; and at present, representative of the Continental Oil Company at Hastings. He is a stockholder and director in the Polenske Brothers Shellak & Company, brick manufacturers at Hastings.
His civic enterprises and offices include: president of the board of control of the Salvation Army; member of Red Cross; director of Chamber of Commerce for thirty years, and president in 1925; vice president of the Rotary Club at Hastings, 1931; and member of the Young Men's Christian Association since 1896. He is a member of the Nebraskana Society, is interested in theatricals, reading and singing, and holds membership in the Republican party. During the war he was a four minute speaker, and held membership in the Council of Defense.
Mr. Lembach was married on October 14, 1895, at Chicago, to Wilhelmina Knapp, who was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, November 16, 1862. Her parents came to this country from Prussia. Residence: Hastings. (Photograph in Album).
Edward John Lenger
A successful business man at Center, Nebraska, is Edward John Lenger, who has served as county clerk there since 1922. He was born at Niobrara, Nebraska; July 10, 1886, the son of Frank Henry and Caroline Blanche (Ferdinand) Lenger, and has been a lifelong resident of this state. His father, who was born in Bohemia, February 22, 1863, was a cattleman and farmer who served as superintendent of the Niobrara Packing House, was an implement dealer, acted as supervisor in District Two, and was an officer in the Knox County School Board; he is now retired. His mother died at Niobrara, April 11, 1910.
Mr. Lenger attended rural school in Knox County until 1902, was graduated from the Niobrara High School in 1905, and received the Ph. G. degree in 1913 at Creighton University where he took part in orchestra and band activities. He participated in debating during his high school days. After his graduation from high school Mr. Lenger studied business for a short time, was employed by the H. E. Bonestell Company as cashier and bookkeeper, and a little later served as clerk and timekeeper for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company.
A Republican, he served as deputy county clerk of Knox County from 1913 to 1922, and since 1922 has been county clerk there. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of Creighton, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society and the Muscovites. Mr. Lenger was a member of the Young Men's Christian Association from 1905 to 1909, was active in the Center Commercial Club from 1914 to 1919, and was formerly a member of the Creighton Golf Club. He is interested in scientific and mechanical affairs.
During the World War he served as county medical advisory board of Knox County, acted as clerk of the draft board throughout the war, and was a leader in Red Cross and loan drives. His favorite sport is golfing.
He is married to Anna Gertrude Vlasmik, who was born at Rapid City, South Dakota, July 1, 1887. Mrs. Lenger, who was a teacher before her marriage, is of Bohemian descent. They have one daughter, Marie, born December 28, 1914, who was graduated from the Center High School with valedictory honors. She was awarded a county medal for scholastic honors, and is now studying music. Residence: Center.
Frederick William Lentz
Frederick William Leatz, automobile dealer, was born at Burlington, Iowa, October 10, 1897, son of Ludwig Carl and Elsie (Schick) Lentz. Ludwig Leatz, a native of Germany, came to America in 1893; he is a clergyman and is descended from a long line of ecclesiastics. His wife, Elsie, was born in Dixon County, Illinois, August 23, 1876, and her parents were teachers in Germany, prior to coming to America. At the present time she is active in the work of her church, and is president of the Women's Club at Deshler.
Educated in the rural schools of Gothenburg, until 1912, Mr. Leatz was graduated from the Gothenburg High School in 1916, and thereafter attended the University of Nebraska two years. He was a letter man in football and won class honors from high school in 1916.
On November 9, 1921, Mr. Lentz was united in marriage to Marcia Grace Renner, at Fairbury. Mrs. Lentz, who was born at Daykin, Nebraska, June 6, 1897, is the granddaughter of a pioneer physician, soldier and editor in Nebraska, who was a member of the constitutional convention of 1864, the editor of the first German newspaper in Nebraska, and a personal friend of J. Sterling Morton. Mr. and Mrs. Lentz have two children, Norma Arleen, born February 7, 1923, and Donald, born December 15, 1926.
On July 4, 1919, Mr. Leatz organized the Deshler Motor Company at Deshler, and continued in business there until January 10, 1928, at which time the Lentz Motor Company of Beatrice was organized. At the present time he is proprietor and manager of the Lentz Motor Company, and owns an interest in the Deshler Motor Company.
Mr. Lentz served in Section A, Company A, of the Student Army Training Corps at the University of Nebraska, in 1918, and is a member of the American Legion. He attends St. John's Lutheran Church at Beatrice, and is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association. During his residence in Deshler, he was a member of the school board the years 1927 and 1928, but resigned upon his removal to Beatrice. He is a member of the board of directors of the Beatrice Chamber of Commerce and the Beatrice Rotary Club, and holds membership also in the Parent-Teachers' Association and The Nebraskana Society. His hobby is airplanes, but he is interested in any speed machine. His favorite sports are golf and football. Residence: Beatrice.
Edward Joseph Leonard
Edward Joseph Leonard, registered pharmacist and merchant, was born at Tolono, Illinois, April 4, 1873, son of Andrew and Rosa A. (Kelly) Leonard.
Mr. Leonard attended public school, Riverton High School, and Franklin Academy. On December 31, 1901, he was married to Maud Lois Moore at Omaha. Mrs. Leonard was born at Columbia, New York, April 30, 1876. They have two children Edward, born July 2, 1904; and Byron, born November 22, 1911.
Mr. Leonard is a Republican. From 1896 until 1919, he was engaged in the drug and general merchandise business at Ruskin. He operated a grocery store at Sidney from 1923 until 1929, and since the last mentioned date has been in the retail furniture business. Residence: Sidney.
James Edward LeRossignol
James Edward LeRossignol was born at Quebec, Canada, October 24, 1866, the son of Peter and Mary (Gillespie) LeRossignol. His father, who was a merchant,
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was born at St. Mary's Parish, Isle of Jersey, May 7, 1824, and died at Quebec, October 13, 1874. His ancestry was Norman French. His mother, who was of Scotch-Irish descent, was born at Quebec, April 30, 1840.
Professor LeRossignol attended Huntingdon Academy, Prescott High School, and was graduatel (sic) from Montreal High School in 1884. In 1888 he received the A. B. degree at McGill College at Montreal, and holds the following others: Ph. D., University of Leipzig, 1892; LL. D., University of Denver, 1911; and LL. D., McGill University, 1921. He was given a fellowship in psychology at Clark University in 1892. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa; and Alpha Kappa Psi.
Professor of psychology and ethics at the University of Ohio, 1892-94; he was professor of economics, University of Denver, 1894-1911; professor of economics at the University of Nebraska, 1911; was special lecturer in economics at McGill University, 1900; was lecturer in political science at the University of Wisconsin during the summer session of 1903; investigated economic conditions in New Zealand in 1906; was professor of political economy (sic) at the University of Nebraska in 1908 and 1909 during a leave of absence from the University of Denver; acted as professor of political economy at Stanford University in the summer session of 1923; was acting professor of political economy at the University of California, in the summer of 1926. At the present time he is dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska.
Professor LeRossignol is a profound thinker and student. He is the author of numerous books on economic, social and literary subjects, among them: The Ethical Philosophy of Samuel Clarke (1892); Monopolies, Past and Present (1901); Taxation in Colorado (1902); History of Higher Education in Colorado (1903); Orthodox Socialism (1907) Little Stories of Quebec (1908) ; State Socialism in New Zealand (1910); Jean Baptiste (1915); What Is Socialism? (121); Economics for Everyman (1923); First Economics (1926); The Beauport Road (1928); The Flying Canoe (1929); as well as articles on economic subjects and monographs.
He was united in marriage with Jessie Katharine Ross at Montreal, Canada, September 2, 1898. Mrs. LeRossignol was born at Montreal. Her ancestry is Scotch. Two children were born to this marriage: Edward Ross, born October 28, 1903, who married Blanche Marie Simmons; and Helen Marian Henderson, born April 14, 1909.
In the World War Professor LeRossignol was chairman of the Lancaster County Fuel Commission. He has lived in Nebraska for 21 years and has always been active in Lincoln's civic affairs. He is a member of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, and the Lincoln Association of Credit Men, the Rotary Club, the Nebraska Schoolmasters Club and the Nebraskana Society. He holds membership in the following scientific organizations: American Economic Association; American Political and Social Science; and the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business. He served as president of the latter in 1925 and 1926. He is a member of The Club; the Round Table; the University Club, at Lincoln; the Authors' Club, London; the Canadian Authors' Association; and the Nebraska Writer's Guild, of which he is president. He is affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church. Politically, Professor LeRossignol is an independent. His favorite sport is angling, while his hobby is chess. Residence: Lincoln.
Glenn R. LeRoy
Glenn R. LeRoy, retail jeweler, was born at Fairbury, Nebraska, October 3, 1888, son of John H. and Jala F. (White) LeRoy. His father, who was of Holland Dutch descent, was born in Highland, New York, December 7, 1856. He was a jeweler in Fairbury from 1884 until his death on June 12, 1931. Jala F. LeRoy, was born at Princeton, Missouri, March 12, 1862. Her ancestars (sic) were early Southern settlers.
Upon his graduation from the Fairbury High School, Glenn LeRoy attended the University of Nebraska where he received his Bachelor of Science degree. During part of the year of 1918 he attended Princeton War College. He was a member of the senior honorary society, the Innocents, and is a Sigma Chi.
While he is not active in political affairs, he is affiliated with the Republican Party, and has been a resident of Nebraska his entire life. He was an ensign in the United States Naval Reserve Force in the World War, and is a member of the Red Cross and the American Legion. He is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis Club, the Masons, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. His social club is the University Club of Lincoln, Nebraska. He is a member of the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Fairbury.
Elmer Ellsworth Lesh
Elmer E. Lesh has lived :in Nebraska for the past 47 years and has been engaged in business in Fairmont, York, and Lincoln, for many years. He was born at Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1861, the son of George Everette and Mary Margaret Lesh. His father, who was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, was killed early in the Civil War where he was serving in the Union Army. He was a school teacher and printer. His German ancestors came to America in 1709. The name of the family was originally Loesch.
His mother was born at Newport, May 30, 1840, and died at Carrington, Foster County, North Dakota, November 13, 1910. She was a descendent of Balthazar Loesch who emigrated from Germany in 1709, and who was buried at sea before reaching America.
Mr. Lesh was a printer and publisher, 1876-96, in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Nebraska. From 1897 to 1927 he was a traveling salesman for the Carpenter Paper Company of Omaha. In 1929 he was pensioned by this organization and is now retired. Since 1913 he has been a trustee of Nebraska Wesleyan University.
In 1880 he was editor of The Home Guard at Buda, Illinois. A Republican, he served as city clerk of Fairmont, Nebraska, 1887-90.
He was married to Emma Luella Banta at Oquawka, Henderson County, Illinois, October 4, 1880. Mrs. Lesh, who was born at Burlington, Iowa, February 15, 1859, is descended from Eqke Jacobe Banta who emigrated to America from Holland in February, 1659. They have the following children: William Walter, born June 6, 1882, who married Mary Edna Clymer; Luna Mary, born October 1, 1883, who died October 17, 1887; Clarence Banta, born October 7, 1885, who married Ola Frances Barr; Charles Wesley, born March 28, 1889, who married Ethyl Darling; Eva Lucille, born August 15, 1896, who married Henry Morris Jackson; Iva Luella, born July 4, 1899, who married Raymond Dewitt Lemon; and Edna Lucia, born December 3, 1901, who married Blaine Martin Allen.
Mr. Lesh is a member of the local Red Cross; the Nebraskana Society; and the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church of Lincoln, being a lay delegate of the Northwest Nebraska annual conference of the Church to the general conference held in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1916. He served as a member of the school board at Fairmont, 1890-91; has been a member of the Young Men's Christian Association at various times; and is affiliated with the Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen of America. He is a Mason. (Deceased).
Charles Blair Letton
Charles Blair Letton, clerk of the Supreme Court of Nebraska, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, October 25, 1853, son of William Henry and Agnes (Michie)
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