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was a member of the exemption board of Merrick County. He was also a physician at the Genoa Indian School during the World War.
On February 24, 1886, he was married to Mary Rebecca Brantner at Boonsboro. She was born there on July 26, 1861, and died at Central City, September 1, 1929. She was of Dutch descent, a seamstress and designer of women's clothing. There were three children born to them, Thomas Brantner, born February 28, 1888, who married Clara B. Tyler; Emma Kate, born January 1, 1890, who died June 20, 1890; and Alpha Amanda, born June 15, 1891. Thomas Brantner lives in California, where he is an accountant and painter. He has two girls, the oldest of whom was graduated from Omaha Technical High School.
Dr. Line has been a member of the Nebraska State Medical Association since 1886. He was a former member of the Commercial Club of Marquette, also of the Commercial Club of Central City. He is a Mason, a member of the Royal Highlanders and a former member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Redmen. At one time he was also a member of the State Historical Society. Residence: Grafton.
William Harrison Line
William Harrison Line, county attorney of Sherman County, was born at Diller, Nebraska, January 12, 1893, son of William C. and Jennie L. (Weigle) Line. The father was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, September 27, 1850 and died at Diller, July 26, 1928. He was a farmer and legislator (1905-1907). His wife, Jennie, was born at Plainfield, Pennsylvania, March 25, 1867.
Mr. Line received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska in 1915 and his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1920. He is a member of Phi Alpha Delta.
On June 18, 1921, he was married to Lulu May Gunderson at Omaha. There are two children, William O., born July 19, 1927; and Marjorie Lou, November 29, 1931.
During the World War Mr. Line served as a member of the Pay Corps, United States Naval Reserve Forces June 12, 1917- May 27, 1919. He is a member of the American Legion, the Presbyterian Church, the Nebraska State Bar Association and the Masons. He is a Republican. Residence: Loup City.
Eric P. Lingren
Eric P. Lingren, for many years one of Knox County's prominent farmers, now retired, was born in Calmar, Sweden, March 4, 1851, son of Peter and Marie (Johnson) Pearson. His father, born at Calmar, March 2, 1801, died there on May 25, 1866. His wife, born in Calmar May 4, 1803, died at Calmar on July 2, 1867.
After the death of his parents, Erie P. Lingren set sail for America, landing in Detroit on the 21st of June 1869. Prior to coming to America he taught three years in the country schools of Sweden. Since he took up his residence in Nebraska he has engaged extensively in farming. For nine years he was assessor of Lincoln township in Knox County, for nine years he was chairman of the local school board, and in 1887 was justice of the peace for Lincoln township. He is a Republican.
On December 24, 1885, Mr. Lingren was married to Clara Sophia Nelson at Sioux City, Iowa. Mrs. Lingren was born at Linkoping, Sweden, May 2, 1852. To them were born seven children, as follows: Edna, born October 29, 1886, married Everett Ellingson; Ethel, born Jannary 31, 1888, married Albin G. Johnson; Clarence, born June 9, 1889, married Hildur Wangstrom; Elvera, born February 20, 1891, married Gust Anderson; Ernest, born January 29, 1893, married Eva C. Lindstrom; Harold, born January 31, 1895, married Elna Nelson; and Carl, born July 5, 1897, married Irma Servine. Harold enlisted in the United States Army on July 5, 1917, was wounded in action on August 11, 1918, and honorably discharged on May 10, 1919.
Mr. Anderson served as chairman of the local Red Cross organization two years, is a member of Tabor Swedish Lutheran Church and the Nebraskana Society. He is an ardent baseball fan and now devotes much time to historical readings. Residence: Wausa.
Anton Link
The Reverend Anton Link, Catholic priest, was born at Waldernbach, Germany, February 6, 1883, and came to America in the fall of 1910. His father, George Wilhelm Link, was born in Hansen, Germany, March 29, 1853, and died at Waldernbach, January 8, 1932. He was a merchant. His wife, Catherina Mueller, was born in Waldernbach, in 1856, and died March 7, 1932.
Father Link received his elementary education in the public schools of Waldernbach, and afterward attended the Gymnasium Hadamar and Montabaur in Germany. From 1904 until 1910, he was a student at the University of Freiburg, Switzerland. Father Link came to America in October, 1910, and proceeded immediately to Omaha, where he received, from the Bishop of Omaha, Richard Scannell, the appointment as pastor of Saint Mary's Church at Prairie Center, Nebraska. Father Link was pastor at Prairie Center, until June, 1913, and since that time has been pastor of St. Patrick's Church at Sidney, and superintendent of the St. Patrick Academy.
He is state chaplain of the Knights of Columbus of the Nebraska jurisdiction, a charter member of Sidney Council 1861 of the Knights of Columbus, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Red Cross, and the Sidney Country Club. Residence: Sidney. (Photograph in Album).
Karl Linke
Karl Linke, a lifelong resident of Rock County, Nebraska, has been a stock farmer and rancher near Hammond for many years. He was born at Perch, Nebraska, March 11, 1893, the son of Karl and Mary Elizabeth (Ammon) Linke, the former a stockfarmer and prominent banker at Bassett, Nebraska. His father, who was president of the State Bank of Bassett for a number of years, was born at Ochsenfurt, Germany, January 9, 1858, and died at St. Augustine, Florida, January 14, 1919. His mother was born in Crawford County, Indiana, and died at Bassett.
Mr. Linke was graduated from the Bassett High School in 1910, attended the Fremont College, and was a student at a business college at York, Pennsylvania. He has served as director of the school board at Hammond, Nebraska, since 1919, and is a member of the American Legion post there.
He was united in marriage with Viola Gay Barker at Centerville, South Dakota, January 30, 1918; she was born at Red Oak, Iowa, July 8, 1898. Their children are: Rose Mary, born November 16, 1918; Karl, born October 27, 1923; Marjory Marie, born May 2, 1927; and Francis Juanita, born March 6, 1929. Residence: Hammond.
Joseph William Linkhart
For the
past 49 years Joseph William Linkhart has been engaged in the real estate business
at Coleridge, Nebraska. He was born at Charleston, Coles County, Illinois,
January 13, 1857, the son of Joel and Eliza Frances (Black) Linkhart. His father,
who was a farmer, was born near Cambridge, Ohio, August 26, 1832, and died
at Oxford, Iowa, February 1, 1901; his German and Irish ancestors came to this
country in 1820. His mother was born near Cambridge, July 28, 1827, and died
at Burlington, Kansas, November 5, 1926. She was the daughter of English and
Irish parents; her father was born in Mary-
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land, and served in the War of 1812; her mother was born in England.
Mr. Linkhart attended the public schools of Johnson County, and in 1881, was graduated from the law department of the University of Iowa. He has been associated with the firm of Linkhart Brothers at Coleridge, since 1884; this firm was active in the settlement of northeastern Nebraska, and especially of Cedar County. At this time he is a director in the Coleridge National Bank, is a member of the Nebraska State Historical Society, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. He has been chairman of the Red Cross since 1917, has served several terms as a member of the local school board, and is a member of the Masons and the Eastern Star. He is affiliated with the Coleridge Congregational Church and the Republican party.
He was united in marriage with Salome Rebecca Schaffer at Oxford, October 12, 1881. Mrs. Linkhart was born, of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestors, at Bellfonte, Center County, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1856. To this union three children were born: Anna Mable, born April 21, 1884, who died February 10, 1905; Blanche C., born July 28, 1885, who married James R. Whittier; and Alfred Rae, born January 19, 1887, who married Isa Ford. Mr. Linkhart acted as food administrator for Cedar County during the World War. Residence: Coleridge.
Thomas Jefferson Linn, Sr.
Thomas Jefferson Linn, Sr., farmer and stock raiser, was born at Kimball, Minnesota, October 23, 1885, son of James Edgar and Sarah Catherine (Campbell) Linn. His father and mother were united in marriage near Kimball, Minnesota in 1873. In 1886 they came to Nebraska and homesteaded in Keith County, nine miles southwest of Paxton. His father who was a stock raiser and farmer all his life, was residing two miles west of Paxton at the time of his death, August 7, 1928, and his mother was residing in Paxton at the time of her death, June 13, 1930.
He is married to Helen Etola Terry, who was born at Mercer County, Illinois, the daughter of William and Edna E. (Frank) Terry. Their marriage was solemnized at Ogallala, Nebraska, August 4, 1926. She is a member of the Lutheran Church, the Rebekahs, and the Royal Neighbors of America. They have three children, Thomas Jefferson, Jr., born March 31, 1927; Dorothy Marie and Donna Bell, born September 24, 1929.
A Republican, Mr. Linn has been county commissioner since January 8, 1925. His term expires January 1, 1933. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of which he was secretary 1923-29, and scribe in 1923-28, the Rebekahs, the Patriarchs Militant, and the Modern Woodmen of America of which he was clerk in 1919 and 1920. His religious affiliation is with the Lutheran Church. His favorite sport is huntng (sic). Residence: Paxton.
Louis J. Lintz
Louis J. Lintz, prominent Deuel County farmer, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, August 4, 1861, of French ancestry. He is the son of Michael M. and Magdelena (Schmitt) Lintz. Michael M. came to the United States at the age of 16, and died at Wamego, Kansas, at the age of 92 in 1920.
On March 3, 1891, he was married to Lucile Helen Berlet at Omaha. She was born at Brock, Nebraska, October 15, 1868. They have four children, Alice born December 3, 1891, who married Lawrence Dirks; Opal, born July 3, 1893; Roy Peter, born May 20, 1895; and Mark Michael, born January 23, 1899, who married Irene Johnson of Big Spring, Nebraska, in January, 1926.
Mr. Lintz is a Republican. He has in previous years been engaged as a merchant at Talmage, and banker at Johnson, and is now a farmer. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and has been a resident of Nebraska for 44 years. Residence: Big Spring.
Earle Lester Lionberger
Earle Lester Lionberger, prominent merchant at Superior, was born at Humboldt, Nebraska, April 11, 1890. He is the son of Frederick and Wilhelmina (Speiser) Lionberger, the former a traveling salesman for many years. Frederick Lionberger was born at Humboldt, July 13, 1861, his parents having come to America from Switzerland, in 1840, and having settled in Nebraska in 1857. Wilhelmina Speiser was also a native of Humboldt, born March 24, 1864. Her parents came from Germany, in 1855, pioneering in Richardson County, Nebraska in 1857. Prior to her death at Superior, on December 29, 1925, she took an active part in musical and study clubs, women's clubs, and the Order of Eastern Star of which she was past worthy matron.
Educated in the grade and high schools of Superior, Earle L. Lionberger was graduated in 1908, and in 1912 received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska. He was a member of the University Glee Club and of Alpha Chi Sigma. In 1913, he entered into the retail shoe business, in which he has since continued.
On March 25, 1919, Mr. Lionberger was united in marriage to Ina Marie Roe, at Webber, Kansas. Mrs. Lionberger was born at Superior, May 14, 1897. There is one daughter, Ruth, born September 22, 1927.
During the World War he was a private in the Nebraska detachment of the Provost Marshall Generals Department. He is a member of the American Retailers Association, the National Shoe Retailers Association, and the Superior Chamber of Commerce.
A Mason, and Shriner, he is affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church of Superior, is a member of the Nebraska State Historical Society, the Nebraskana Society, the National Geographic Society and the University Club. His hobby is reading. He is independent politically. Residence: Superior.
Philip Dodridge Littrell
A pioneer Nebraska farmer, Philip Dodridge Littrell has been a resident of the state for more than fifty-eight years. He was born on his father's farm in Mahaska County, Iowa, December 23, 1857, son of James and Margaret (Oldham) Littrell.
James Littrell, who was born of American parents, was of Scotch descent. He engaged in farming all his life, settling in Nuckolls County in its early days. On May 15, 1894, his death occurred at his home farm. His wife, Margaret Oldham, was a native of Indiana, her family having come originally from Kentucky. She died at Oak, Nebraska.
Philip D. Littrell attended country school in Mahaska County, Iowa, and came with his parents to Nebraska in 1873. Two years later, on April 28, 1875, he was united in marriage to Sarah Josephine Wehrman at Nelson. To them were born five children, Edna, born December 19, 1887, who married William Jensen; Jessie May, born September 25, 1892, who married Lloyd Roberts: Irvin J., born January 12, 1894, who married Romaine McVey; Paul M., born September 7, 1898, who married Hazel Mullet; and Verna G., born July 25, 1901, who married W. L. Eckles.
Mr. Littrell, who is now retired, was for many years one of Nuckolls County's most prosperous and successful farmers. He has always taken an active interest in civic affairs, is a member of the Republican party, the Christian Church and the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Nelson.
Guy Ernest Livermore
Guy Ernest Livermore, editor and publisher, was born near Mount Ayr, Iowa, October 17, 1875, son of Millard Filmore and Sophia Estella (Hatch) Livermore. The father was born on a farm in Louisa County, Iowa, August 27, 1850 and died in Custer County, Nebraska, March 13, 1892. The mother was born at Canton, Ohio, April 3, 1854, and died at Sargent, November 4, 1921.
Mr. Livermore attended public and high school and the University of Nebraska the summers 1908-11. In 1910 he obtained a state teacher's certificate. He taught in rural and city schools until 1903, farmed the following year, taught from 1904 until 1916, when he purchased the Sargent News and The Sargent Leader. On April 1, 1916 he combined the two papers, which he has owned and operated since under the name of The Sargent Leader.
On September 1, 1908, he was married to Mary Elizabeth Miller at Broken Bow. Mrs. Livermore was born near Moulton, Iowa, November 12, 1885, They have six children, Leland Clele, June 14, 1909, who married Madge May Coen; Clarice Wauneta, July 7, 1912; Roscoe Luverne, August 14, 1914; Wanda Floy, December 10, 1915; Lucille Marie, June 4, 1922; and Merwyn Miller, August 17, 1925.
Mr. Livermore is a member of the First Methodist Church, the Lions Club, the Odd Fellows and the Nebraskana Society. His hobby is raising flowers and gardening. Residence: Sargent.
Daniel Webster Livingston
A native of Otoe County, Daniel Webster Livingston is an outstanding figure in its legal and political life. He is the son of James and Euphemia (McLeod) Livingston, and was born February 13, 1873. James Livingston was born in Scotland, August 16, 1826, and settled in Indiana. In 1863 he came to Nebraska and homesteaded in Otoe County. He studied for the ministry in Scotland, and later taught school there. He died in Otoe County in 1901. Euphemia McLeod, his wife, was born at Prince Edward Island, Canada, about 1850. She was of Scotch descent. After her children were grown she devoted much of her time to caring for the sick and poor, and was greatly loved in her community. She died at Nebraska City, December 17, 1917.
Daniel Livingston was educated in the public schools of Otoe County, and taught school one year. He attended the University of Nebraska, where he was a classmate of Governor Weaver and other notables, and received his LL.B. in 1896. He was interested in literary work, and made a study of it also, while in school. He was also active in baseball.
On November 7, 1906, Mr. Livingston was married to Emma Schafer at Nebraska City. Mrs. Livingston was born at Nebraska City, January 1, 1874, and is of German descent. There are two children, Lucile Lydia, born December 8, 1907; physical director for girls in the Nebraska City school system; and Dale Wesley, born April 24, 1910.
Since his admission to the bar on June 11, 1896, Mr. Livingston has been engaged in the general practice of law at Nebraska City. He has filled various public offices and was elected city attorney for the term 1904-06; County attorney 1907-11 (2 terms) ; and served as a member of the Nebraska legislature in 1927. As a member of the lower house of the Nebraska legislature in 1927, he was one of the leaders in support of the measure for free bridges across the Missouri river, and in the debate in the lower house was one of those who took a leading Part. He is a Democrat.
During the World War Mr. Livingston was chairman of the Otoe County Council of Defense; served as Governmeat Agent, and was food and fuel administrator. He attends the Presbyterian Church, and is a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association and the Otoe County Ear Association. His fraternal organizations include the Elks, Eagles, Modern Woodmen of America, the Woodmen of the World and the Masons. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the York Rite and Shrine Bodies. He is a member of the Nebraskana Society and the Nebraska State Historical Society. Since 1914 he has been a member of the school board, and was chairman from 1916-30. His favorite sport is football. His hobby is reading the histories of important trials. His club is the Nebraska City Country Club. Residence: Nebraska City.
Henry W. Locke
Henry W. Locke, owner of the Locke Studio at Grand Island, has been a photographer in Nebraska for many years. He has always taken an active part in the affairs of his community and was recently elected to membership in The Nebraskana Society in recognition of his achievements. Residence: Grand Island. (Photograph in Album).
Roy Randolph Lockwood
Roy Randolph Lockwood, son of Wellington Angevine and Marion Euletta (Goodrich) Lockwood, was born at Rock Rapids, Iowa, January 27, 1881. his father, born at Rice, New York, August 27, 1852, was the owner of a general mercantile business at Hebron for twenty-five years. His death occurred at Lincoln on May 22, 1919. Marion, his wife, was a native of Rolling Prairie, Wisconsin, born March 5, 1856. A graduate of Wayland University, she was also the composer of many beautiful poems. She died at Hebron, January 22, 1907.
Educated in the public and high schools of Hebron, Roy R. Lockwood was associated with his father's business in Hebron for ten years, and for fifteen years owned and operated a Ford Automobile Agency at Nelson. He is a Republican, and has served on the city council for eight years
His marriage to Iva Maebell Garmire was solemnized at Hebron on November 22, 1905. Mrs. Lockwood, who was born at Hebron, July 23, 1884, attended Lincoln Business College, and the Nebraska Conservatory, specializing there in piano and voice. Prior to her marriage she was a stenographer. There are two sons, Wilbur, born October 7, 1906, was graduated from Nelson High School in 1925. For two years he was a student at the University of Nebraska, taking a course in business administration, and at present is manager of the Mid West Commercial office at Rapid City, South Dakota. John D., born December 29, 1910 was graduated from Nelson High School. He has attended the University one year, studying medicine.
Mr. Lockwood has always lived in Nebraska, and during the mature years of his life has taken an active interest in all community and civic undertakings. He is a Mason, a member of the Red Cross and the Chamber of Commerce, and is also a member of The Nebraskana Society. His favorite recreation is golf. Residence: Nelson.
Frances Goodhue Loder
Frances G. Loder was born at Whitecloud, Michigan, September 18, 1904. George Harris Goodhue, her father, was born in Wisconsin, and her mother, Nellie Ella (Rockwood) Goodhue, was also born there.
Mrs. Loder received her elementary education in the grade school at Whitewater, Wisconsin. She attended high school at Goodland, Kansas, and in Chicago, and in 1927 was graduated from the Northwestern University School of Speech at Evanston, Illinois, with the degree B. L. She was awarded a diploma in the expression department of Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1926; and is a member of Pi Kappa Delta, Theta Alpha Phi, and
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Phi Mu Gamma. She served as class treasurer during her junior year at Nebraska Wesleyan University; was a member of the grand council of Phi Mu Gamma and served as grand editor of this society, publishing The Tri-Shield.
She is now acting head of the expression department of Nebraska Wesleyan University. Her marriage to James Edwin Loder was solemnized at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, December 23, 1930. Mr. Loder, who is an educator, was born at Waverly, Lancaster County, Nebraska, March, 1904. Mrs. Loder's hobbies are music and reading. She is fond of tennis. She is a Republican. Residence: Lincoln.
Maud Elizabeth Logan
Maud Elizabeth Logan was born at Montello, Wisconsin, February 4, 1882, daughter of Clarence Harvey and Eliza Ruth (Higgs) Pierce. Her father was born in Oneida County, New York, September 22, 1844, and died at Wilsonvilie, Nebraska, August 22, 1904. He was a banker at Wilsonville, from 1886 until 1898. He is descended from the Pierce family, who settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1638.
His wife, Eliza Ruth Higgs, was born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 12, 1848, and died at Lincoln, March 21, 1922. John Riggs, her father, came to Milwaukee from England in 1848. His wife, Sarah Barnette, was of English birth.
Maud Elizabeth Pierce attended Wilsonville High School until 1898, and afterward was a student at the University of Nebraska. There she was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi.
On January 27, 1915, she was married to William Henry Logan at Lincoln. Mr. Logan was born at Queen City, Missouri, September 15, 1882, and is state manager of the Peoria Life Insurance Company. He is descended from William Logan of Jo Daviess County, Illinois and James Powell Logan of Queen City, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Logan have one son, William Pierce, born November 2, 1915.
Mrs. Logan is a Republican. She is a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, the State Historical Society, the State Genealogical Society, the University Club, and the Lincoln Country Club. Residence: Lincoln.
William Henry Logan
William Henry Logan, executive, was born at Queen City, Missouri, September 15, 1882, son of James Powell and Drusilla Mary Logan.
James Powell Logan was born at Elizabeth, Illinois, February 17, 1852, and was a merchant prior to his death at Amazonia, Missouri. His ancestry was Scotch-Irish. Mary Drusilla Logan was born in Greentop, Missouri, February 9, 1859. She is of English descent.
Mr. Logan attended public and high schools, and was graduated from business college at Quincy, Illinois, in 1899. From 1902 until 1904, he was associated with Ludlow-Saylor Wire Company at St. Louis, and with the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company of Ottumwa, Iowa, From 1904 until 1909, he was a traveling salesman for the International Harvester Company, and from 1909 until 1917 held the same position with the Parlin and Orendorff Plow Company. Since 1917 he has been with the Peoria Life Insurance Company, as manager for Nebraska at the present time. He is a Republican.
On January 27, 1915, he was married to Maud Elizabeth Pierce at Lincoln. Mrs. Logan was born at Montello, Wisconsin, February 4, 1882, and is of English descent. They have one son, William Pierce, born November 2, 1915.
Mr. Logan is a Mason, a member of the Hiram Club, the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis, and the Young Men's Christian Association. His religious affiliation is with Westminster Presbyterian Church of Lincoln.
He is a member of the Life Underwriters Association (director 1931), the Nebraska Life Agency Managers Association, and in 1930 served as president of the Nebraska Life Underwriters. His clubs are the University Club, and the Lincoln Country Club. His favorite sport is golf. Residence: Lincoln.
Hugh Latimer Lomax
Hugh Latimer Lomax was born at Cawker, Kansas, October 12, 1877, the son of Commodore Perry and Sarah Elizabeth (Latimer) Lomax. His father, who was born at Abingdon, Illinois, January 28, 1842, has been a farmer for many years, and later was court bailiff at Lincoln. He served in the 7th Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. His mother, who was very active in the work of the Christian Church, was born at Abingdon, March 19, 1844, and died at Lincoln, December 23, 1923; she was descended from Captain Robert Latimer, who came to Boston, on the Hopewell, in 1635, and from William Brewster, who came to America on the Mayflower.
Rev. Lomax attended the public schools of Shenandoah, Iowa, and Bethany, Nebraska, and in 1896, was graduated from the Bethany High School. He received his A. B. from Cotner College, Lincoln, 1905; and was a student at Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky, 1907-08, and the University of Chicago, 1912. He represented Cotner College in four state oratorical contests and the state of Nebraska, in two interstate contests.
He has held the following positions: minister, Highland, Kansas, 1905-07; minister, Auburn, Nebraska, 1907-08; minister, Highland, 1908-13; minister, Abilene, 1913-15; minister of the Budd Park Christian Church, Kansas City, Missouri, 1915-19; field man for Cotner College, 1919-28; evangelist, Kansas Christian Missionary Society, 1928-30; and since that date, minister, Bethany Church of Christ.
Rev. Lomax is a member of the Nebraskana Society; the Bethany Church of Christ; and the Republican Party. He holds membership in Cotner Lodge Number 297, of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Lincoln.
His marriage to Elsie Marie Hammill was solemnized at Bethany, August 3, 1903. Mrs. Lomax was born at Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, September 29, 1881. Their two children are: Louise, born August 18, 1909; and Ruth, born June 17, 1916. Louise was graduated from Cotner College in 1931. Residence: Lincoln.
Francis A. Long, M. D.
Born at Kreidersville, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1859, Francis A. Long is the son of Robert and Sarah Louise (Seip) Long. His father, who was successively a carpenter, miller and farmer, was born in Germany, about 1829, and died at West Point, Nebraska, September 9, 1903. He was descended from a family of note, and was a grandson of the minister to the King of Saxony. His mother was born near Danielsville, Pennsylvania, September 27, 1840, and died at West Point, August 31, 1927. Her ancestors were Revolutionary soldiers.
Dr. Long attended the public schools of Pennsylvania, and in 1878 finished the second year of high school at Moulton, Iowa. He received the degree of doctor of medicine from the University of Iowa in 1882. In 1894 and again in 1901, Dr. Long took post graduate work at the Chicago Post Graduate School and Hospital, and in 1915 received a fellowship in the American College of Surgeons.
Since 1882, Dr. Long has been engaged in general practice, including pioneer surgery, at Madison. He served as a delegate to the American Medical Association meetings at Atlantic City, 1907, Chicago, 1908, and Los Angeles, 1911, and was a delegate also to the Council on Medical Legislation and Education in the years 1909 and 1910. In 1910 he represented the Nebraska State Med-
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ical Association at the Second Conservation congress at St. Paul, Minnesota.
He probably performed the first operation for the removal of the appendix ever performed in north Nebraska, outside of Omaha, in December, 1892, and probably administered the first antitoxin in 1895. Dr. Long holds membership in the following organizations: Madison County Medical Society; Nebraska State Medical Association, and in 1906-07 was president of this organization; American Medical Association; Elkhorn Valley Medical Society; Missouri Valley Medical Society, and American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is president and a charter member of the Madison County Historical Society, and is a member of the Nebraska State Historical Society and the Nebraska Writers Guild.
Dr. Long is vitally interested in the Good Road Movement, and from 1923 to 1931 was vice president of the International Meridian Highway Association. He is the author of a number of articles on medical subjects, and since 1920 has been editor of the Nebraska State Medical Journal, for the creation of which publication Dr. Long was greatly responsible.
He has been president twice of the Madison Community Club, and is a member of the Norfolk Rotary Club.
His marriage to Maggie E. Miller occurred at West Point, Nebraska, December 2, 1884. Mrs. Long was born at Allentown, Pennsylvania, November 12, 1862, of Pennsylvania German parentage. Her ancestors came to America prior to the Revolution. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, has been active in Women's Club work, and is chairman of the endowment fund for the Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs. She always has been active in Sunday School and Church work, and for the past 45 years has been an active Sunday School teacher in the Presbyterian Church, has been a member of the Madison Library Board since its inception, and for ten years during and following the war she was secretary of the South Madison County Chapter of the Red Cross.
Dr. and Mrs. Long have three children, Frances Louise, born September 7, 1885; Harriet Catharine, October 3, 1887; and Margaret Elenore, July 27, 1893. Frances received the Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska, and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Minnesota. She is now engaged in ecological research for the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D. C., at Santa Barbara, California. She is joint author with Dr. Frederick E. Clements of Rubber Content of North American Plants, and Experimental Pollination.
Harriet received the Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska, attended the New York State Library school at Albany, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Library Science. Following the publication in 1925 of a volume on County Library Service she was given the degree of Master of Library Science by the same school. For ten years she was head of the Traveling Library Service of Wisconsin, and in 1931 became state librarian of Oregon, at Salem. During 1918 and 1919 she was in War Library Service, being first stationed at San Antonio, Texas, where she organized a library service for soldiers on the Mexican Border and the gulf coast. Later she was sent overseas and was in charge of the library of the A. E. F. (Doughboy) University at Beaune, France. Following the Army of Occupation into Coblenz, she took over an exclusive German officers clubhouse, and transformed it into a library for the American Army of Occupation.
Margaret, who received the Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska is married to J. Wilbur Whisenand. Mr. and Mrs. Whisenand reside in Peoria, Illinois. They are the parents of three children, one son and two daughters. Residence: Madison. (Photograph in Album).
George M. Long
George M. Long was born at Kriedersville, Pennsylvania, April 9, 1864, the son of Robert and Sarah Louisa (Seip) Long. His father, who was a farmer, was born at Saxon, Germany, in 1829, and died at West Point, Nebraska. His mother was born in Pennsylvania, September 27, 1840, and died at West Point, August 30, 1927.
Mr. Long received his education in the public schools of Pennsylvania, and since 1879, has been a farmer in Cuming County, Nebraska. He is a member of the Congregational Church at Beemer; the Nebraskana Society; and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a Democrat.
His marriage to Agnes Louis Fetzer was solemnized at West Point, July 28, 1888. Mrs. Long was born at Allentown, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1870. Four children were born to this union, two of whom are living: Charles H., born November 11, 1889, who died October 26, 1904; Emma E., born October 18, 1891, who married Percy C. Mellor, and who died June 8, 1930, Harvey V., born April 11, 1893, who married Laura Mae Trahm; and Zora Mae, born May 2, 1906, who is mathematics teacher in high school and a graduate of Hastings College in 1928. Harvery V. is a farmer near Beemer. Residence: Beemer.
John P. Long
John P. Long was born in Bedford County. Pennsylvania, February 19, 1857, the son of Joseph and Catharine (Pote) Long. His father, who was a farmer, was born in Bedford County, January 21, 1821, of Swiss ancestry, and died there October 18, 1892.
His mother, who was of Dutch descent, was born in Bedford County, March 21, 1824, and died there May 1, 1885.
Mr. Long, who is a merchant, has lived in Nebraska for 42 years. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce at Tecumseh, and is affiliated with the Baptist Church there. He is a Republican. Residence: Tecumseh.
Rachel Ann Watkins Long
Rachel Ann Watkins Long, one of the few women physicians and surgeons of Nebraska, has lived in this state for the past 40 years. She was born at Neumedia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Edward and Martha Permelia (Myers) Watkins. Her father, who was a farmer and stockraiser, was born in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, April 20, 1844, and died at Cambridge, Nebraska, August 4, 1922; he was a member of the Pennsylvania National Guards at the age of sixteen and a year later entered the Civil War as a member of Company H, 17th Pennsylvania Calalry (sic).
Her mother was born at Mill Grove, Pennsylvania, July 29, 1846, and died at Holdrege, April 22, 1927. Her parents, whose ancestors came to this country with William Penn from England, were born in Pennsylvania.
Dr. Long received her education in the Lincoln Normal University, and the University of Illinois Medical College where she was graduated in 1906. She was a member of Nu Sigma Phi, the University Club of Illinois, the Writers Club of Chicago, the Speakers Bureau of Chicago; and served as vice president of her class at the University of Illinois.
At the age of 15 years she taught a rural school, was assistant principal at Curtis, Nebraska, served as dean of medicine at Dewey Camp, Washington, D. C., was instructor for the Red Cross from 1917 to 1924, and is now doctor of medicine and surgery at Holdrege, Nebraska, serving two years.
