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dening and flower growing. He is affiliated with the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston, and while not a member assists financially and otherwise, with the work of the Salvation Army. He is a York Rite Mason and Knight Templar, an Odd Fellow, Rebekah, and member of the Eastern Star. His historical and educational organizations include the Parent-Teachers' Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Nebraskana Society and the Greater Nebraska Club. Residence: Lincoln. (Photograph in Album).
John Wesley Miller
Born at Waterloo, Iowa, June 10, 1860, John Wesley Miller is the son of William and Lydia (Fike) Miller. His father, a native of Myersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, born September 26, 1827, was a pioneer farmer in Iowa. His death occurred at Waterloo, January 10, 1908. Lydia (Fike) Miller, also born at Myersdale, on May 9, 1829, died at Waterloo, March 18, 1862.
John Wesley Miller received his education in country schools, and soon thereafter engaged in farming, for some time in Iowa. On September 28, 1882, he was united in marriage to Celia Emily Nedrow, at Waterloo. Mrs. Miller was born at Preston, Minnesota, April 8, 1863.
There are four children living, and two deceased: Franklin I., born May 16, 1884, who married Maud E. Snyder, died April 2, 1928; Cuthbert R., born May 16, 1886, married Cordie B. Snyder; Ephraim G., born January 21, 1889, married Olive J. Keim; Lulu M., born February 22, 1891, married William W. Keim; Ethel F., born September 28, 1895, died Stpember (sic) 8, 1899; Gladys Marie, born January 15, 1898, married Oscar L. Bower.
During most of his forty years' residence in Nebraska Mr. Miller was a farmer. At the present time he is retired. Residence: Davenport.
Max Arnold Miller
Max Arnold Miller was born at Beatrice, Nebraska, February 1, 1896, the son of Edwin Stanton and Ida (Arnold) Miller. His father was born at Myersdale, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1865, and his mother at Ashland, Ohio, February 13, 1866.
Mr. Miller was graduated from the Lincoln High School, and for three years was a student at the University of Nebraska, where he was elected to membership in Phi Kappa Psi. Since 1917, he has been connected with the Miller Cereal Mills, and is now vice president of this organization.
During the World War he served as a sergeant in the United States Army. He is a member of the American Legion, Omaha Club of Omaha, the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.
His marriage to Phebe Folsom was solemnized at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, October 6, 1917. Mrs. Miller was born at Lincoln, May 19, 1895. They have two children: Morris F., born March 17, 1919; and Edwin Stanton, born April 16, 1920. Residence: Omaha.
Oscar George Miller
Oscar George Miller, insurance executive, banker and real estate dealer, was born at Crete, Nebraska, April 27, 1888. He is the son of Theodore Henry and Mary (George) Miller, the former born at Lengede Ampt Peine, Germany, April 8, 1846. He came to America on January 21, 1867, and enlisted in the 36th United States Infantry on the way to For Kearney, serving later at Salt Lake City. He received his honorable discharge in 1870. He was president of the Crete State Bank, served as mayor two years, councilman four years, and was a member of the school board. He died at Palo Alto, California, July 7, 1928.
Mary, his wife, was born at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, March 30, 1847, and died at Palo Alto, November 16, 1920. She was a member of the German Lutheran Church at Crete, and of the Old Settlers Club. Her father, Ludwig George, was born in Bergen, Saxony, June 1, 1809, and died there in September, 1887; her mother, Hannah Elihardt, was born in Gesper, Saxony, April 26, 1808, and died there February 1, 1891.
Oscar G. Miller attended the Crete elementary schools, Doane College and the Lincoln Business College. On June 24, 1914, he was married to Grace Florence Holbrook at Firth, Lancaster County, Nebraska. Mrs. Miller attended Firth High School and Peru, State Normal, and afterward taught school in Firth and. Lincoln. She also attended the Nebraska School of Business in Lincoln. She is past historian and former vice president of the Nebraska chapter of Daughters of Founders and Patriots, a member of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and of the Mayflower Society of Massachusetts. Her father, Enos Holbrook, was born at Vesta, Johnson County, Nebraska, May 13, 1858, and died December 11, 1928; her mother was Harriett (Goldsby) Holbrook, born March 20, 1861, died December 5, 1924. Enos Holbrook was the first white child born on Yankee Creek, Johnson County, Nebraska. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller are members of the Congregational Church at Crete. They have one son, Robert, born August 17, 1915. He was graduated from the 8th grade in Crete, in 1929, and was his class president. He is a member of Crete chapter, Children of the American Revolution, and was its organizing chaplain. He attended school in Hollywood, California, in 1923, Los Angeles, in 1926, and Beverly Hills, in 1931. He is an expert rifleman, and a member of the National Rifle Association and the Junior Rifle Corps.
Oscar George Miller has resided in Nebraska 43 years, and since manhood has engaged in business there. He is engaged in the general insurance business, is the owner and supervisor of stores, office buildings and lands at Crete, and a director of the Crete State Bank. During the World War he served in France with the Medical Corps, and is a member of the American Legion. He is a member of the Crete Chamber of Commerce, the Knights of Pythias and The Nebraskana Society. He enjoys golf, while his hobbies are travel and beautifying his home grounds. His clubs include the Eastridge Country Club, Fifty-Fifty Dancing Club, and the Art Club, all of Lincoln. Residence: Crete.
Stephen Daniel Gear Miller
Stephen Daniel Gear Miller, prominent farmer and director of the Shickley State Bank, was born at Marshalltown, Iowa, May 18, 1877, son of Albert Martin Townsend and Mary Catherine (Price) Miller.
Albert M. T. Miller was born in Clear Springs, Maryland, November 22, 1847, and was a farmer and clergyman until his death at Beatrice, December 17, 1901. His grandfather, Samuel S. Miller, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mary Catherine Price was born at Oregon, Illinois, September 28, 1845, and died at. Pickrell, Nebraska, September 1, 1894. She was a teacher, an active church worker and a writer. Her family were German farmers.
Mr. Miller attended public school in district 57, of Gage County, and from 1897 until 1899, was a student at McPherson College, Kansas, graduating from the commercial department in June, 1899. He was also a student at Nebraska State Agricultural College.
On October 5, 1904, he was married to Clara Edith Stouffer at Mount Morris, Illinois. Mrs. Miller was born at Polo, Illinois, August 13, 1879. Her father was a farmer and clergyman, and her grandfather a clergyman, both in the Church of the Brethren. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have three children, Ruth, born June 20, 1907, who was graduated from McPherson College and is teaching in Bruning High School; Albert, born September 18, 1910, who is a farmer, while Pauline is a freshman in college.
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er County Farm Bureau. He is a member of the Bethel Church of the Brethren, the Red Cross, and the Nebraskana Society. From 1901 until 1920, he was a member of the school board of district 57 of Gage County, and from 1924 until 1930, was a trustee at McPherson College. Residence: Carleton.
William Peter Miller
On May 29, 1880, William Peter Miller was born at Polk Nebraska, the son of Henry Peter and Matilda (Jones) Miller. His father, a farmer, was born in Sweden, and died at Polk, Nebraska, in October, 1918. Matilda Miller was born in Sweden, and died at Polk, in June, 1899. William P. Miller received his education in a country school.
His marriage to Anna Louise Rydson took place February 11, 1903, at Stark, Nebraska. She was born at Stark, February 3, 1882, and to their union two children were born: Orlie, born March 19, 1903; and Floyd, born October 18, 1904. Both reside on the homestead.
Mr. Miller, a life resident of the state, has engaged in farming many years. He served as treasurer of his school district during all the time he resided on the farm, taking the office from his father. His son, Orlie, now holds the office. He is a Mason, a life member of The Nebraskana Society and is a Republican. Residence: Polk.
William Forsyth Milroy
For the past 48 years William F. Milroy has been engaged in the practice of medicine in Nebraska. He was born at York, Livingston County, New York, December 28, 1855, the son of James and Sarah Ann (Cullings) Milroy. His father, who was a farmer, was born at Cambret, Scotland, August 4, 1818, came to America in 1819, and died at York, New York. His mother, whose Scotch ancestors settled at Schenectady, New York, before the Revolution, was born at York, September 7, 1827, and died there September 18, 1908.
Dr. Milroy received his early education at York, and in 1879 was graduated from the state normal school at Geneseo, New York. He was a student at the University of Rochester, 1879, Johns Hopkins, 1880, and Columbia Medical School in New York, where he was graduated with M. D. degree in 1883. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha and Delta Kappa Epsilon.
He is ex-president of the Nebraska State Medical Association, past president and member of the Missouri Valley and Douglas County Medical Societies. He is a member of the American Therapeutic Society and the American College of Physicians. He is visiting physician at Immanuel Hospital, and has been on the staff of the Clarkson Memorial Hospital, and Douglas County Hospital. He is professor of clinical medicine at the college of medicine at the University of Nebraska. He is serving as president of the Nebraska Children's Home Society.
Dr. Milroy is the author of numerous articles published in medical periodical journals, the most important of which is: An Undescribed Variety of Hereditary Edema, 1892, which was later known in the medical world as Milroy's Disease. He was a member of the medical advisory committee in connection with selection by draft for army service during the World War. He is a member of the American Medical Association. He holds membership in the Happy Hollow Club and the University of Omaha. He is affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church of Omaha; is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association; and is a member of the Nebraskana Society. He is a Republican.
He was united in marriage with Lillian Barton at Baltimore, Maryland, April 27, 1886. Mrs. Milroy, whose ancestry is French and Dutch, was born at Baltimore, July 9, 1858. They have two children: Isabelle, who married LeRoy C. Dunn, residing in Des Moines, Iowa; and Katharine, who married Melvin Uhl residing at Longbeach, California. Residence: Omaha.
Edward Allen Miner
One of the leading business men at Broken Bow, Nebraska, is Edward Allen Miner, who has resided in this state continuously for the past 39 years. He was born at Pleasantville, Iowa, September 13, 1876, the son of James and Margaret (Kamp) Miner. His father, who was a furniture dealer until 1878 and later was a farmer, was born in Indiana, July 16, 1842, and died at Pleasantville, Iowa, April 30, 1916; he served in Company K, Third Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, during the Civil War. His mother was born in Holland, December 5, 1845, and died at Pleasantville, June 14, 1930.
Mr. Miner attended a rural school in Marion County, Iowa, and later was a student in the public schools of Greeley County, Nebraska. He taught school from 1896 to 1901, worked for a mercantile establishment from 1902 to 1904, and from 1905 to 1909 was employed in a real estate office at Wolbach, Nebraska. He was cashier of a bank in Wolbach, Nebraska, 1908-09, and since 1917 has been engaged in the real estate and insurance business independently. He is secretary of the Coffman Farms Company and the Corn Belt Realty Company.
Mr. Miner is a member of the Public Service Club at Broken Bow, is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Red Cross, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. He is a Republican, but votes independently on local issues.
His marriage to Sena Madsen occurred at Central City, June 16, 1909. Mrs. Miner was born in Denmark, March 4, 1887. They have a son, Verdon McClure, born May 21, 1913, who is a student at the University of Nebraska. Residence: Broken Bow.
Henry Rufus Miner
Early in the 17th century Thomas Miner came from England and settled in the Plymouth Colony. Since the early days in American history members of the family have been prominent in civic and business affairs in this country. Ephraim Miner, pioneer business man and public leader of South Dakota, was the son of Rufus Miner and the grandson of Thomas Miner. Born at Scriba, Oswego County, New York, April 5, 1833, he was a member of the Dakota territorial legislature and was one of the founders of Yankton College in South Dakota. He was one of the organizers of a company to put down the first artesian well in the Dakotas, and organized the first electric light company in that territory. He died at Yankton, March 26, 1912. His wife, Amanda P. (Stock) Miner is descended from German ancestors who came to America in 1700. One branch of her family is Scotch, and several members served in the Revolution. Born at Marticville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, November 16, 1837, she went to the Dakotas where she took an active part in church and educational affairs, and was one of the founders of the First Congregational Church there. She was a life long student and was especially interested in the study of geology. She brought the first piano into the Dakotas on a Missouri River steamboat. She died at Yankton, April 7, 1917.
Henry Rufus Miner, son of Ephraim and Amanda Miner, was born at Yankton, September 27, 1869. His elementary education was received in the Yankton public schools, and in 1891 he was graduated from Yankton College with the degree B. S.; he was awarded the master's degree in 1900. His M. D. was received at the Chicago Homeopathic Medical School, 1894, and Hannemann College, Chicago, 1902. While he was in the army he was sent to post graduate school at Harvard University studying the special army course in bone and joint surgery for overseas assignment; and he had a six months course in the Children's Orthopedic Hospital at Harvard, 1920. He continued his post-graduate work for three months at the
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University of Lyons, France. While in college he won the championship in 50 and 100 yard dash and high jump, and was a tennis enthusiast.
He was admitted to the practice of medicine at Fairfield, Clay County, Nebraska, in June, 1894, since which time he has practiced medicine constantly except for a brief period during the war when he served in the army. He is the author of many articles on medical subjects for various state societies and for the Nebraska State Medical journal, among them: Rehabilitation After Infantile Paralysis, which was copied by the International Clinical Medicine at Baltimore, 1928. At the present time he is a member of the staff of the Falls City Hospital, Falls City, Nebraska, in the department of surgery.
He was united in marriage at Lincoln, Nebraska, October 17, 1899, to Maude I. Rathburn, who was born at Cleveland, Ohio, July 24, 1871. Mrs. Miner was graduated from St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago in 1897. She answered the first call for nurses in the Spanish American War and was among the first seventeen trained nurses to take the field in America. She is a cousin of Thomas Edison, famous inventor, and is related to the Marsh family and Commodore Perry. Their three children are, Dorothy, born March 21, 1901, studied at Nebraska and Wisconsin Universities, and was graduated from the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts and the Paris School of Fine and Applied Arts. Jean, born April 15, 1903, received her B. A. degree from the University of Nebraska and attended Sorbonne University in Paris, one year, specializing in French. She is now instructor in French at the University of Nebraska. Henry Richard, born May 9, 1910, was graduated from Shattuck Military Academy of Faribault, Minnesota, in June, 1930.
In the World War Dr. Miner was chief surgeon in the orthopedic service, Base Hospital 123, Mars-Sur-Allier, Rhone, France, with the rank of captain. He is a member of the American Legion and in 1922 was post commander. He is a member of the local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and is local president of the Reserve Officers Association. He is president of the Richardson County Medical Society, and is a member of the state, tri-state and national medical associations.
In 1916 he was elected a member of the Falls City school board, serving three years, and in 1929 was again elected for a three year term. He is a member of the American Medical Editors and Authors Association of New York. In 1903 he was president of the Nebraska State Homeopathic Medical Society. He is a member of the Rotary Club and of The Nebraskana Society. A Master Mason, he is a member of the Army Consistory No. 1, Forth Leavenworth, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Scottish Rite at Salina, Kansas. He is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World, Royal Highlanders, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Elks. He is a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
Dr. Miner's social clubs are the University Club, and the Elk's Country Club, at Falls City. His favorite sports are golf, hunting, fishing, and tennis. Keeping fit in the out-of-doors is his hobby. Residence: Falls City. (Photograph on Page 832).
Evelyn Mills Minier
Born at Neosho, Missouri, December 24, 1884, Evelyn Mills Minier is the daughter of James Marshall and Lucy Alice (Portlock) Mills. Her father, who was born at Peoria, Illinois, July 17, 1852, was a farmer and later a hotel manager, whose family came from England. They included professional people, especially clergymen. Lucy Alice Portlock, who was born at Table Grove, Illinois, May 26, 1866, comes from a family of German farmers.
Educated first in the public schools of Galesburg, Illinois, Mrs. Minier was graduated from Galesburg High School in 1901. She also attended country school in Rawlins County, Kansas, and upper grades in Table Grove, Illinois. In June, 1906, she received her A. B. from Knox College. During the summer of 1908, she attended the Columbia School of Expression at Chicago. Since her college days she has been interested in debate and dramatics. She received scholastic honors and was president of her junior class at Knox College.
During 1906-07, she taught in the country schools of Galva, and in 1908, the seventh grade city school; during 1909 she taught seventh and eighth grades at Wolsenburg, Colorado, and during 1909-10-11, taught English and expression at the Whitewater, Wisconsin High School. Returning to Missouri, in 1911, she was teacher of English and expression in Central High School, at St. Joseph.
On August 14, 1914, she was united in marriage to W. E. Minier, at Monmouth, Illinois, and has since resided in Nebraska. A Republican she was vice-chairman for Nebraska of the Hoover-Curtis Clubs in 1928.
Active in club work, she was president of the Oakland Woman's Club 1917-19, Third District Federation president 1919-21; president of the Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs 1925-27; director 1927-29, and community service chairman of the General Federation of Women's Clubs 1928-32. She was secretary of the Oakland Chapter of the Red Cross 1917-30, is a member of the Oakland Methodist Episcopal church and a member of the Oakland Library Board (1920). She has served five years as superintendent of the Sunday School, and three as president of the Ladies' Aid Society. Residence: Oakland.
Thomas Alexander Minier
Thomas Alexander Minier, son of George Washington and Sarah (Ireland) Minier, was born in Minier, Illinois, November 25, 1858. George Washington Minier, a farmer, clergyman and president of the American Forestry Association, was born at Milan, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1813, and died at Austin, Illinois, February 18, 1902. George W. Minier came to Illinois in 1837, and was employed by the government to survey the Illinois River from Ottawa to the junction with the Mississippi. He was an intimate friend of Abraham Lincoln. His wife, Sarah, was born in Clark County, Virginia, November 19, 1819, and died at Minier, November 22, 1897.
Educated in the public and high schools of Minier and Atlanta, Mr. Minier received his LL. B. from Wesleyan University at Bloomington, Illinois, where he practiced law for one year, and in November, 1880, came to Nebraska. There he farmed and became a breeder and importer of Hereford cattle. He engaged in the banking business in 1907, and was president of the First National Bank of Craig, for 24 years.
On June 26, 1884, he was united in marriage to Mary Elizabeth Pumpelly, at McLean, Illinois, her birthplace. Her father, Thomas Bennett Pumpelly was born at Turner, Maine, July 1, 1828, and died February 12, 1912. Her mother, Harriet Eliza Pumpelly, was born at Windham, New Hampshire, July 31, 1836, and died January 27, 1927. They were married at Maysville, Kentucky, in 1856, coming from there to McLean, Illinois, where they purchased a farm on which they resided until their deaths.
There are three children living: William, born June 28, 1885, who married Cora Clark; Nan, born, December 5, 1886; Ella, born November 22, 1888, who married David Thurber; and Imogen, born June 28, 1885, twin of William, who died April 25, 1916, at San Antonio, Texas.
Mr. Minier is a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a Mason. During the World War period he was extremely active in civilian war measures, participating in all Liberty loan drives, and serving as chairman of both war fund drives in 1917-18. He also served as treasurer of the Burt County Council of Defense, and as a member of the Food Conservation committee. His hobby is reading. Residence: Craig.
Clarence Minnick
One of the outstanding physicians and surgeons of Furnas County, Nebraska, is Clarence Minniek, who has
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engaged in the practice of his profession since 1905. He was born at Republican City, Nebraska, August 17, 1879, the son of John Thomas and Caroline (Callum) Minnick, the former a retired farmer who was born in Ohio, October 6, 1852. His mother, who was born in Ohio, January 3, 1859, is a devoted homemaker.
Dr. Minnick was graduated from the high school at Cambridge, Nebraska, in 1901, and received the M. D. degree at Northwestern University Medical School in 1905. He has been in active practice of medicine, and surgery for over 26 years, at Indianola, Curtis, and Cambridge, Nebraska, respectively. At this time he owns and manages The Republican Valley hospital at Cambridge.
He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Nebraska State Medical Society, the Missouri Valley Medical Society, and the Furnas County Medical Society. Dr. Minnick is a 32nd degree, Scottish Rite Mason, and holds membership in the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce. His sports include fishing and hunting. During the World War he served as captain in the Medical Corps and at this time is a member of the American Legion.
On April 22; 1908, he married Flossie V. Andrews at Lebanon, Nebraska. Their children are: John C., born November 7, 1912; and Jim S., born December 18, 1919. John is a student at the University of Nebraska. Residence: Cambridge.
Roy Logan Minnick
Roy L. Minnick, dentist, was born June 9, 1884, in Frontier County, Nebraska. He is the son of John Thomas and Carrie Elizabeth Minnick, the former born in Kentucky, October 30, 1852, a retired farmer. Carrie E. Minnick was born in Springfield, Illinois, January 10, 1862.
Upon his graduation from Cambridge High School in 1905, Dr. Minnick attended the University of Nebraska where he received the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1910. He is a member of Xi Psi Phi fraternity.
A resident of Nebraska his entire life, he was admitted to practice his profession in 1910; located in Stromsburg and has been in the same office continuously. He has served as mayor of Stromsburg and has been chairman of the Republican county central committee two terms. He served in the legislature during the years of 1929 and 1930, elected on the Republican ticket. In the legislature he served on the medical, the agricultural and the finance and ways and means committees. Dr. Minnick holds membership in the following clubs and organizations: National Dental Association, associated with the state of Nebraska; the Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen of America, Commercial Club, City Improvement Club, and The Nebraskana Society. Fishing and hunting are his hobbies. On September 4, 1909, he was united in marriage to Gertrude Light Rosenfelt at Beaver City, Nebraska. To this union three children were born: John, born July 1, 1910; Robert, born May 19, 1914; and Roy, Jr., born December 4, 1917. John is attending the University of Nebraska, studying to become a doctor. Residence: Stromsburg.
Harry Joseph Minor
Harry Joseph Minor, rancher, was born at Hyannis. Nebraska, July 14, 1899, son of Joseph Henry and Elissa (Allison) Minor. The father was born at Atwood, Kansas, March 5, 1869, and is an influential rancher and banker. His wife, Elissa, was born in Illinois, May 16, 1860, and died at Lincoln, March 24, 1924.
Upon the completion of his public school education, Mr. Minor attended the University of Nebraska, two years, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma. At the present time he is vice-president of J. H. Minor and Son, vice-president of the Stock Growers Lumber and Supply Company, and a director of the Bank of Hyannis.
On April 27, 1921, he was married to Neva Dahlstrom at Lincoln. She was born at Stromsburg, Nebraska, May 16, 1900, of Swedish parentage. They have one, son, Richard, born October 21, 1930.
Mr. Minor is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Lincoln, and of the Masons. His favorite sport is flying, and he has an airship which he uses for covering his ranch when he is in a hurry. Residence: Hyannis.
August Ferdinand Mischnick
August Ferdinand Mischnick, pioneer farmer, was born in Rummelsburg, Pomerania, Germany, February 23, 1866. His father, John Mischnick was a native of Falkenhagen, Pomerania, born January 24, 1839. He died at Nebraska City. February 18, 1921. He was married to Lottie (Zulske) Mischnick, who was born in Pomerania, November 17, 1841; she died at Nebraska City, on October 20.
Mr. Mischniek's first marriage was to Minnie Werner, and was solemnized at Avoca, Nebraska, March 21, 1889. Mrs. Mischnick was also a native of Pomerania. She was born July 18, 1867, and died at Cortland, March 25, 1905. The following children were born to this marriage: John Carl, born December 29, 1890, married Alta Kuhn; Ernest August, born May 2, 1892, who married Etta Mischnick; Lydia Ida, born November 14, 1893, is unmarried, and is a nurse in Chicago; Carl Herbert, born December 22, 1894, is unmarried; William Paul, born March 19, 1896, married Mildred Land; August Ferdinand, born October 27, 1897, married Hulda Lund; Hugo Herman, born February 28, 1899, married Marie Menken; Kurt Carl, born April 23, 1900, was accidentally shot to death on August 18, 1908; Minnie Lottie, born March 27, 1902, married John Broers, Jr.
On August 20, 1908, Mr. Mischnick was married to Louise Knees who was born in Holstein, Germany, in 1878. They have the following children: Walter, born March 22, 1907; Louise Anna, born September 3, 1909; Anna Margaret, born November 11, 1910, a teacher; Esther Dorothy, born September 6, 1913; Arthur Henry, born March 27, 1916, and Alfred John, born January 30, 1921. In all, fifteen children have been born to Mr. Mischnick, of whom fourteen are living.
Mr. Mischnick is a firm believer in the golden rule. He is a member of St. John's Lutheran Church at Sterling. For about 9 years he was director of school district 141, and for six years of district No. 11. He is a member of the Parent-Teachers' Association also. His fraternal organizations are the Modern Woodmen of America and Royal Highlanders. He is a Republican, but votes for the candidate he thinks best. Residence: Sterling.
John Ferry Misko
John Perry Misko was born at Ord, Nebraska, October 12, 1904, the son of James and Katie (Hellbig) Misko. His father, who was born in Bohemia, September 26, 1863, is vice president of the First National Bank of Ord; he arrived in this country in 1886 and served as president of the First Trust Company and mayor of Ord. His mother, who was born in Chicago, June 22, 1872, is president of the Ord Woman's Club.
Mr. Misko was graduated from the Ord High School in 1921, received the Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Nebraska, 1929, and in 1930 was awarded the Bachelor of Laws degree at that institution. He was a student at Nebraska Wesleyan, 1921-22, the University of Colorado, 1925, and the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, 1924-26. His fraternities were Phi Alpha Delta and Phi Chi. At this time he is a member of the law firm Hardenbrook & Misko at Ord.
On August 23, 1931, he married Mae Lee Puder-
