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During the World War he was a member of the South Platte draft board. His religious affiliation is with the Christian Church.
Always active in the educational work of his community, he has been a member of the Nehawka School Board for twenty years, during eighteen of which he has served as president. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, of the Odd Fellows and of the University Alumni Association. Residence: Nehawka.
Fay Hall Pollock
Fay Hall Pollock was born at Collison, Illinois, November 25, 1896, son of Henry William and Azubah (Hall) Pollock. His mother and father are living, and his mother is a descendant of Lyman Hall, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Mr. Pollock attended the public and high schools of Manning, Iowa, and was graduated from the latter in 1915. He attended the University of Nebraska, from which he received his LL. B. in 1921. He is a member of Sigma Nu of which he was commander 1920-21, and of Phi Alpha Delta.
Since June, 1921, Mr. Pollock has been engaged in the practice of law, and in 1925, was state representative from Douglas County (18th legislative district). Coming to Stanton, in 1925, since 1926 he has been county attorney of Stanton County. He is a Republican.
Mr. Pollock was married to Gladys Sharrar, at Sioux City, Iowa, March 18, 1927. Mrs. Pollock was born at Creston, Nebraska, March 31, 1903. There are two sons: James Hall, born February 1, 1928; and Jack Sharrar, born May 22, 1931.
From March 18, 1918, to December 10, 1918, he held the rank of second lieutenant in Air Service. He is a member of the American Legion, and was commander of Stanton Post No. 77, in 1930. His religious affiliation is with the Congregational Church of Stanton, and he is a member of the Masons and the Elks. His professional organizations include the County Attorneys' Association of Nebraska, of which he is president, the State Bar Association, and the Ninth Judicial District Bar Association. His favorite sport is fishing. Residence: Stanton.
Montgomery K. Pollock
Montgomery K. Pollock, who is a retired farmer at Hartington, Nebraska, has lived in this state for the past 65 years. He was born at Sterling, Illinois, April 25, 1863, the son of John and Elizabeth (Burnett) Pollock. His father, who was a farmer, was born at Myrshire, Scotland, December 23, 1824, and died at Fremont, Nebraska, July 16, 1880, his father who was a Scotch clergyman, came to this country at the age of 17 years. His mother was born at Glascow, Scotland, March 9, 1841, and died at Fremont, June 19, 1911.
Mr. Pollock was graduated from grade school in 1876. He has been a farmer until recently. He is a member of the Red Cross, the Nebraskana Society, and the Presbyterian Church. He has been a member of the Modern Woodmen of America for the past 35 years, and holds membership in the Odd Fellows. During the World War he served as a member of the draft board and was active in Liberty loan drives. He is especially interested in stock raising.
His marriage to Isabella Hindmarsh, was solemnized at Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska, December 27, 1886. Mrs. Pollock, who is descended from the Rutherfords of New York, and the Grey family of England, was born at Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, July 6, 1866. Five children were born to them: Alice, born December 15, 1889, who married Ora Ray McColley; John, born November 16, 1892, who married Margaret Lynde; Edward, born March 24, 1896, who died December 24, 1918; Mary, born July 3, 1898, who married William Schwaderer; and Ruth, born April 19, 1901, who married Nim Depue.
Alice is a licensed embalmer in Montana. John is a salesman, and Mary owns and operates a beauty parlor in Nebraska City. Ruth is a school teacher in South Dakota. Residence: Hartington.
Thomas Herbert Pollock
Thomas Herbert Pollock, banker, was born at Kankakee, Illinois, June 6, 1867, son of Thomas and Mary Rennick (Kerr) Pollock. The father was born in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1826, and died at Plattsmouth, October 22, 1913. He was descended from the Pollock family, whose ancestry is traced to Scotland in the 16th century. The mother was born in Florence, Pennsylvania, August 25, 1833, and died at Plattsmouth, January 20, 1914. She was a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College, and taught music in the seminary at Lexington, Kentucky. She was active in the First Presbyterian Church at Plattsmouth.
Mr. Pollock was graduated from high school at Plattsmouth in 1883. He owned and operated large independent telephone interests, built and owned a toll bridge at Plattsmouth, operated the Plattsmouth Water Company and at the present time owns large land interests in Nebraska and eastern Colorado. He is president of the Farmers State Bank of Plattsmouth.
On December 17, 1890, he was married to Lida Walker Patterson at Plattsmouth. She was born at Rock Bluff, Nebraska, February 20, 1870, and is of Scotch and Irish pre-Revolutionary ancestry. There are two children living, Ellen Campbell, born October 17, 1891, who married Lynn Overton Minor; and Alice Mary, born September 13, 1902, who married Virgil W. Perry. Edith Lillian, born March 7, 1909, died May 28, 1909.
For a number of years Mr. Pollock has been a member and director of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a Mason and an Elk, a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and the Omaha Athletic Club. Residence: Plattsmouth.
Daniel Edwin Pomeroy
Born at Avon, Wisconsin, February 2, 1861, Daniel Edwin Pomeroy is the son of Nelson Phineas and Jemima Minerva (Hutcheson) Pomeroy. Nelson Pomeroy was born in New York State in January, 1813. A riverman and lumberman, he was also a carpenter, and an early pioneer homesteader in Nebraska. Of Scotch-Irish and Dutch descent, his grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. His wife was a sister of John Paulding. Jemima Minerva Hutcheson was born in New York State on March 5, 1822, and died at Allen, Nebraska, November 10, 1905. Active in her home and church, she was of Holland-Dutch descent.
Daniel Edwin Pomeroy was educated in country schools and has engaged in farming since reaching maturity. A Republican, he was a member of the quartette which sang campaign songs from 1888-92. On December 16, 1885, he was united in marriage to Ida May Hamlin in Dixon County. Mrs. Pomeroy, who is the daughter of a Civil War veteran, was born in Albertlea, Minnesota, February 6, 1866. There are four children, all of whom are farming. They are as follows: Glenn, born December 26, 1886, married Erma Joyce Green; Madge, born May 20, 1889, married Willard John Brandt; Ray, born December 8, 1890, married Neva Lorine Anderson; Florence, born March 20, 1893, married Paul A. Anderson. Residence: Allen.
Mary Lueta Pool
Mary L. Pool was born at Weeping Water, Nebraska, September 22, 1878, the daughter of James and Sarah Jane (Van Avery) Colbert. Her father was born in
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Huntingtonshire, England, August 19, 1833, and in 1868 came from Michigan in a covered wagon to Cass County, where he homesteaded. He died at Weeping Water, September 5, 1912. Her mother was born at St. George, Canada, February 4, 1844, and died at Weeping Water, October 23, 1919.
On December 27, 1899, she married Clarence Edward Pool, at Wabash, Nebraska. Mr. Pool, who was born at Eight Mile Grove, Nebraska, July 18, 1878, is a farmer, and is president of the Farmers Grain & Supply Company at Weeping Water. He is of English descent. There are two daughters: Florence Eloise, born January 20, 1902; and Hazel Lueta, born February 13, 1904. Both of the girls are school teachers.
In 1928 and 1929 Mrs. Pool was president of the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and from 1922 to 1924, she was president of the Weeping Water Woman's Club. She is a member of the Nebraskana Society, the Eastern Star, and P. E. O., and is affiliated with the First Congregational Church of Weeping Water. Her political preference is the Republican party. Residence: Weeping Water.
Raymond John Pool
Born on a farm in Cass County, Nebraska, April 23, 1882, Raymond John Pool has spent his entire adult life as an educator. His father, William Henry Pool, was born on a farm in Ohio, and died at Weeping Water, Nebraska, October 12, 1912. He was a pioneer farmer and served as county recorder of Cass County. His ancestry was English and Scotch. Mary Louisa Burrows, wife of William Henry Pool, was born on a farm in Michigan. She died at Weeping Water, October 21, 1915, and was of English descent.
Professor Pool was educated in Cass County district school, and was graduated from Weeping Water High School in 1903. He received his A. B. in 1907, A. M. in 1908 and Ph. D. in 1913 from the University of Nebraska. He is a member and past president of the Nebraska chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi, and a member of Theta Nu, Phi Sigma and Alpha Theta Chi.
He was married to Martha Marie Stangland, who was born near Carroll, Iowa, at McCook, Nebraska, June 30, 1909. Since 1907, he has been a professor at the University of Nebraska, and since 1915 has been chairman of the department of botany. He was a member of the federal court commission in Salt Lake City in 1920, and since 1917 has been an investigator of the relation of metallurgical operations to vegetation. He is the author of First Course in Botany, Handbook of Nebraska Trees, Vegetation of the Sandhills of Nebraska, Laboratory Guide in Plant Physiology, Flowers and Flowering Plants, etc. and is the editor of the Botanical Survey of Nebraska.
From 1899-1903 he served in Company D, First Nebraska National Guard, with the ranks of private to first lieutenant. During the World War he participated in the usual civilian activities, loan drives, etc. He is a member of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, the American Interprofessional Institute, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Chamber of Commerce, and University Club of Lincoln. His professional memberships include the American Association of University Professors (president Nebraska chapter 1925), the Botanical Society of America, the American Pytopathological Society, the American Microscopical Society, the Ecological Society of America, the Torrey Botanical Club, the American Museum of Natural History, the Nebraska Academy of Science, the Society of American Foresters. and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of which last he is a fellow. He is a member of the Colorado Mountain Club and the American Alpine Club, and is interested in Alpine vegetation and in mountain climbing. His hobby is the history of the Vikings. Residence: Lincoln. (Photograph in Album).
L. Thomas Poole
One of Sidney's most prominent residents, L. Thomas Poole was born at Riverton, Iowa; November 23, 1875, and in 1878 came to Guide Rock, Nebraska. His father, Thomas Jefferson Poole, was born at Platte City, Missouri, August 12, 1841, and came to Nebraska, locating at Auburn, Nemaha County, in 1855. He was a ranchman, a county politician, and a soldier in Company D, 5th Missouri Cavalry during the Civil War. He died at Sheridan, Wyoming, April 10, 1928. Thomas Jefferson Poole was the son of George Poole, born at Hazel, Yorkshire, England, in 1810. His mother was Catherine Hoover, a native of South Carolina. George and Catherine (Hoover) Poole, whose mother died on the Oregon Train in 1848, near the present site of Lexington, Nebraska, were united in marriage in Macoupin County, Illinois, in 1835.
Marian Maria Lytle, wife of Thomas Jefferson Poole, was born at Greentown, Indiana, August 12, 1845, and died at Sheridan, Wyoming, on March 10, 1922. She was an active club worker. Her father was Thomas Lytle and her grandfather, Francis Lytle, both natives of North Carolina. Thomas Lytle was married to Edith Louder.
Mr. Poole received his early education in country and village schools and afterward attended Chadron Academy. He was born on a farm and later was a cowboy, school teacher, railroad man, merchant, and traveling man. At the present time he is a sales manager and branch house manager for the John Deere Plow Company at Sidney.
His marriage to Minnie Ethelyn Smith occurred at Harrison, Nebraska, on April 4, 1895. Mrs. Poole was born at South Bend, Indiana, July 31, 1876. She is an educator, club woman and politician. Her father, David Rockefeller Smith, was born at Sunbury, Pennsylvania, February 2, 1830, the son of John and Eliza (Rockefeller) Smith. Her mother's maiden name was Clark, the daughter of Aaron Burr and Mary (Randolph) Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. Poole have seven children, Thomas Smith, born November 13, 1896, married Leila Hathaway; Mariarn Jeannette, born August 23, 1898, married Lawrence Hensler; Clyde Harold, born April 3, 1900, married Violet Bayne; Ethelyne Elaine, born January 24, 1902, married Harold Colwell; George Basil, born November 24, 1903, married Virginia Hiett; Sydney Arthur, born August 18, 1905; and Jean Grant, born August 23, 1908.
In 1898 Mr. Poole was a private in Company H, 2nd Nebraska Volunteer Infantry. During the late war, 1917-18, he was vice president of the County Council of Defense. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Red Cross, and the Chamber of Commerce, of which he was president, 1926-1930. He was first president of the Sidney Rotary Club and for 15 years was a member of the board of education. He is a member of the Parent Teachers Association, the Country Club, the Business Men's Club, the Elks, the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Shrine and the Odd Fellows. Residence: Sidney.
Erwin Edward Popcke
Dr. Erwin Edward Popcke, eminent educator, lecturer, and editor of Nebraska, was born at Oxville, Scott County, Illinois, May 24, 1901, the son of William and Helen (Wilde) Popcke. His father, who was born at Berlin, Germany, June 26, 1871, is a clergyman, and is president of the New York Lutheran Synod. His mother was born at Posen, Germany.
Dr. Popcke attended the public schools of Detroit, and New York City, until 1915, and in 1919 was graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School at New York. He was awarded the Bachelor of Arts degree at Wagner College in 1923, where he was captain of the debating team and
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was valedictorian of his senior class; he earned a college letter in tennis. In 1925, he received the Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Berlin.
He has held the following professional positions, head of the classical language department of Luther Academy in New York, 1925-30; lecturer at Lutheran Teachers Conference, New York City, 1927-29, and since 1930, head of the social science department of Dana College at Blair, Nebraska. He is the author of The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner, 1930; and The Germanic Sagas and Their Influence on Modern Literature. He is assistant and advisory editor of The Thinker, a national periodical published and edited in New York.
Dr. Popcke is a member of the New York Scientific Society. His hobbies are book collecting, art, and archaelogy. He is a member of the Nebraskana Society, is affiliated with the Lutheran Church, and is independent, politically.
His marriage to Lillie Clara Weigelt was solemnized at New York City, August 31, 1924. Mrs. Popcke was born at Norwich, Connecticutt. They have one son, Richard, born September 17, 1927. Residence: Blair.
Carey Joseph Pope
Carey Joseph Pope, who has been a clergyman in Nebraska for the past 28 years, was born at Brownhelm, Ohio, January 28, 1858. His father, Josiah Pope, a farmer, was born at Clipston, Northamptonshire, England, August 11, 1833, and died at Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, November 27, 1903; he came to America in 1854. His mother, Phebe Ann Barnes, was born at Remsen, Oneida County, New York, April 29, 1824, and died at Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa. She was a teacher before her marriage. She was directly descended from Samuel Morse.
Dr. Pope attended rural schools, and in 1883, was graduated from Colgate University. He holds the following degrees: A. B., 1883, Colgate University; B. D., 1886, Divinity School, Chicago University; A. M., 1902, Shurtliff College; and D. D., 1920, Colgate University. He was class president at Colgate, in 1882, served as president of Beta Theta Pi, and was manager of the college paper, 1883. He was the holder of the three mile run record in college for ten years.
He was pastor of Valparaiso, Indiana, 1886-89, at Osage, Iowa, 1889-93, at Ottawa, Kansas, 1893-97, at Downers Grove, Illinois, 1900 to 1903, and at Grand Island, Nebraska, 1903-06. He was executive secretary of the Nebraska Baptist Convention, 1906-09, and from 1913 until 1930, when he retired, was Baptist University pastor at the University of Nebraska.
He is a member of the Nebraskana Society. From 1909 to 1930, he served as a member of the Nebraska Baptist Convention, from 1913-27, was trustee of the Grand Island College, and from 1920 to 1926, was a member of the Foreign Mission Board of the Northern Baptist Convention.
Dr. Pope was married to Margaret L. Lyndon at Eaton, Madison County, New York, September 2, 1884. Mrs. Pope was born at Belleville, Ontario, Canada, November 30, 1860. She was graduated from the Hamilton Ladies' Seminary in 1881; and was a teacher before her marriage. Five children were born to this marriage: Lawrence Clement, born April 9, 1887, who died October 27, 1887; Walter Lyndon, born January 26, 1889, who married Luella Platt; Mildred R., born January 8, 1892, who married Carrell Henry Whitnah; Ruth Margaret, born January 13, 1895, who married Roy William True; and Faith, born October 16, 1901, who died January 19, 1902. Walter is professor of law and a practicing attorney at Missoula, Montana. Dr. and Mrs. Whitnah were missionaries in Burma, for ten years, and he is now professor of chemistry at the Manhattan, Kansas, State College.
Dr. Pope is a Republican. His favorite recreations are hiking and reading. Residence: Lincoln.
John Edward Poquette
John Edward Poquette, district superintendent of the Western Public Service Company, was born at Longmont, Colorado, February 18, 1884, son of Mitchell E. and Ella A. (Work) Poquette.
His father was born in Grand Island, Lake Champlain, Vermont, May 8, 1860, and is residing at Las Animas, Colorado. He moved to Colorado in 1879 and homesteaded in Bent County. He was a miller until 1889 and since that time has been engaged in farming. His mother was born in Pennsylvania, April 10, 1862.. His grandparents on his father's side came from Canada and on his mother's side they were Pennsylvania Dutch and Scotch-Irish.
On September 27, 1914, he was married to Nellie H. Holland at Alliance, Nebraska. She is a member of the Methodist Church, the Eastern Star and the Woman's Club. There are two children, Fern Ladle, born November 19, 1918; and Thomas Edward, born July 7, 1921.
Mr. Popuette attended elementary school in Bent County, Colorado, and took a short course in Highland Park College at Des Moines, Iowa, in 1908-09. Taking up electrical work in 1906 and first employed by the Las Animas Electrical Company, he was construction foreman for Marshall Brothers in 1910. In 1911 he was employed by the Laramie Electrical Light and Power Company, Laramie, Wyoming, and was transferred to Crawford, Nebraska, as superintendent in 1914. He was also manager of the Cancy Electric Light and Power Company, 1915-17. In 1917 he came to Sidney as manager of the Sidney Municipal Service which was taken over by the Western Public Service Company in 1929 and he was made district superintendent. Politically he is Independent. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and the Rotary Club. Residence: Sidney.
Justin Edwin Porter
Justin Edwin Porter, lawyer, was born at St. Eleanors, Prince Edwards Island, Canada, December 25, 1866, and in 1894 came to Nebraska, where he has since resided.
His father, James Porter, was born at Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada, January 20, 1835, and died at Victoria, British Columbia, September 19, 1922. He was a manufacturer of leathers, harness, and so forth, whose family came from Aberdeen, Scotland.
His wife, Caroline Alice Brown, was born at St. Eleanors, April 8, 1844, and is still living at Victoria. She is descended from the United Empire Loyalists, who went from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia upon the success of the American Revolution.
Mr. Porter attended common and parochial schools in Prince Edward Island, and was an articled student at law, Manitoba Law Society at Winnipeg. He was an attorney at law, on July 17, 1890, and a barrister on June 14, 1892.
From 1891 to 1892, he engaged in the practice of law at Emerson, Manitoba, and from 1892 until 1894, was a member of the firm of Monkman and Porter, Barristers, Winnipeg. Coming to Crawford, Nebraska, in 1894 he has since engaged in practice. At the present time, he is a director of the Crawford State Bank.
A Republican, active in local politics, Mr. Porter served as county attorney of Dawes County from 1907 until 1911, at which time he was elected mayor of Crawford. He is a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association, the Crawford Chamber of Commerce, the Masons, the Shrine, and the Modern Woodmen of America.
In 1885, Mr. Porter served as a private in the 90th Battalion, Canadian Rifles, in the Northwestern Rebellion, and participated in the battles of Fish Creek and Batoche. During the late war, he was a member of the draft board and a participant in various other war time
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activities. His religious affilation is with the First Congregational Church at Crawford.
On April 30, 1894, Mr. Porter was married to Edith Mabel Bickle at Winnipeg. She was born at Brooklin, Ontario, August 22, 1869, and died at Winnipeg, May 15, 1899. Of this marriage there was one son, Waldo S. B., born May 9, 1895, who was married to Jean G. Karnes and died at Lincoln, February 6, 1930.
On July 1, 1901, Mr. Porter was married to V. Genevieve Meredith, daughter of Dr. George A. Meredith at Crawford, Nebraska. They have two children, Caroline G., born October 25, 1903, who married Lieutenant Earl W. Barnes, United States Army; and George M., born January 6, 1915. Residence: Crawford.
Paul Banta Porter
The Reverend Paul Banta Porter, clergyman of the United Brethren in Christ Church at York, Nebraska, has been a resident of this state all his life. He was born at Culbertson, Nebraska, July 5, 1890, the son of William Lewis and Otie J. (Banta) Porter. His father, a farmer, was born in Illinois, March 17, 1854, of Pennsylvania Dutch and English ancestry, and died at York, February 4, 1924. His mother, who was a teacher before her marriage, was born at Stewartsville, Missouri, February 12, 1860, of English and Scotch-Irish parentage.
Mr. Porter attended country schools in Hayes County, was a student in the public schools of Culbertson, Nebraska, and Sabetha, Kansas, and was graduated from York Academy. In 1915 he was awarded the A. B. degree at York College, and in 1923 received the B. D. degree at Bonebrake Theological Seminary. He served as president of the senior class at York College, was president of the Literary Society there for two semesters, and received letters in football, basketball, and baseball.
He has held the following positions in the religious and educational world; pastor of Swanton, Nebraska, 1915-19; field secretary for York College, 1919-20; pastor, Merna, Nebraska, 1923-29; and college pastor of York College, since 1929. He was ordained to the ministry in 1919.
Mr. Porter is a member of the Young Mens Christian Association, is chairman of the board of Christian Education for the Nebraska Conference of the Church of United Brethren of Christ, and is president of the York Ministerial Alliance. He is a Mason.
His marriage to Nina Gwinn Francis was solemnized at Merna, June 26, 1918. Mrs. Porter, who was a teacher prior to her marriage, was born at Lillian, Nebraska, February 12, 1895, of Scotch and Welch parentage. Four children were born to them: Donald, July 5, 1921; Gordon, June 12, 1922, who died April 21, 1923; Warren, June 21, 1926; and Frances, March 1, 1929.
Mr. Porter is a Democrat. His sports are hunting, fishing, golf, and baseball, and his hobby is bees. Residence: York.
Robert James Porter
Robert James Porter, wholesale and retail oil dealer, was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, August 13, 1889, son of William and Anne (Seivers) Porter. His ancestry is Scotch and German. His father was born at Glasgow Scotland, March 4, 1855, and came to America in about 1873. He settled in Waterloo, Iowa, where he followed the trade of a brick mason. His mother was born at Peoria, Illinois, December 25, 1865. To this union were born four children, William D., born April 4, 1887 at Lincoln; Robert J., born August 13, 1889 at Lincoln; Myrtle Anne, born March 4, 1896 at Lincoln, and George P., born May 25, 1904 at Lincoln. All of whom are living.
Mr. Porter attended public school and business college at Lincoln, Nebraska, and until he entered business for himself on March 15, 1920, was a traveling salesman for the Marshall Oil Company. During the late war he served in Company B, 415th Regiment. He is a member of the Scottish Rite and Shrine bodies of the Masons. His political affiliation is with the Republican party. Residence: Sidney.
John Edward Portwood
John Edward Portwood has been a resident of Nebraska for 48 years and since 1909 has been engaged in the retail business at Nelson. He was born at Macon, Illinois, January 20, 1880, the son of David and Nancy Jane (Culver) Portwood. His father, who was born at Macon, April 13, 1852, and died at Nelson, January 22, 1928, was a merchant and farmer; his German ancestors came to this country early in the history of America. His mother, who was an active church worker and home maker, was born at Zanesville, Ohio, September 15, 1853, and died at Nelson, March 15, 1918. She was of English, Scotch and Irish extraction; her family has been in this country for over a hundred years.
Mr. Portwood attended rural school near Edgar, Nebraska, and later was a student in the Nelson High School. In 1897 he taught school and from 1898 to 1909 was connected with the William A. Voight Mercantile Company at Nelson. Since 1909 he has been in business for himself at Nelson where he is now owner and manager of the Portwood Company. He is president of the Nelson Sewer Company and has insurance and land interests.
He was united in marriage with Alice Orner at Nelson June 25, 1905. Mrs. Portwood, who was a teacher and dry goods clerk before her marriage, was born at Martinville, Indiana, December 27, 1873, of French and German descent. They have four children: Helen Gail, born July 16, 1906; Donald Edward, born December 29, 1908; Joseph Laverne, born October 21, 1911; and Hannah Doris, born April 18, 1913.
Mr. Portwood is a member of the Red Cross, has been a member of the Nebraska Retailers Association for the past 25 years, and holds membership in the Nelson Chamber of Commerce. He served as president of the Nelson Commercial Club from 1924 to 1929, and for over 20 years has been an active member in the young Men's Christian Association. He is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church of Nelson and since 1922 has been a member of Nelson Lodge Number 77 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. His favorite sport is golf.
During the World War Mr. Portwood served as a member of the Four Minute Men, was county chairman of the war saving campaign, and took a prominent part in all relief work. He is a Democrat. His hobbies are reading and travel. Residence: Nelson.
John Frank Pospisil
John Frank Pospisil, superintendent of the University of Nebraska Experimental Station at Alliance, was born at Prague, Nebraska, February 1, 1902, son of Joseph Frans and Anna (Vavak) Pospisil. His father was born in Czechoslovakia, and was captain in the Hungarian Army. He died at Gregory, South Dakota, April 9, 1909. His wife, Anna, was born at Prague, Nebraska, July 25, 1879.
Mr. Pospisil attended the public schools of Wahoo and was graduated from Wahoo High School in 1922. He attended the College of Agriculture of the University of Nebraska three years. While in high school he was a member of the debating team, won three letters in football, four in basketball, two in baseball, and two in track. In college he received three letters in football and three in basketball.
On March 9, 1929, he was married to Bernice Faye Shelmadine at Hot Springs, South Dakota. Mrs. Pospisil was born at Shelby, Nebraska, November 7, 1908.
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They have one son, Dennis Marx, born December 21, 1929.
Beginning as potato inspector for the Nebraska Central Potato Growers at Alliance, Mr. Pospisil was advanced to assistant manager and has since become superintendent of the Box Butte Experimental Farm. He was a member of the cadets at the University of Nebraska and has the necessary discharge papers to entitle him to enter the United States Army with the rank of corporal. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, the Rotary Club (chairman of agricultural committee), and the Odd Fellows. His clubs include the Agricultural Club, the Agronomy Club, Kosinecokey Club. His favorite sports are football, basketball, baseball, and track, while his hobby is reading. Residence: Alliance.
Myron Jay Posson
Myron Jay Posson, county treasurer of Keith County, was born at Hinckley, Illinois, November 13, 1863, and has resided in Nebraska since December, 1885.
His father, Martin Luther Posson, was born in Knox, New York. He located in Joliet, Illinois and later moved to DeKalb County, residing there until his death in the spring of 1897. He was a farmer whose ancestry was Holland Dutch and English. Sophia Esther West, wife of Martin Luther Posson, was also a native of New York State, and died at Hinckley, Illinois, in June, 1868. She was a devoted homemaker of Irish and English descent.
Mr. Posson attended district school in Pierce Township, DeKalb County, Illinois, and high school at Hinckley, Illinois. He was active in football, boxing, and other athletics of the time.
Reared on a farm, he followed that occupation until the summer of 1912, when he accepted the position as cashier of the First National Bank of Hayes Center. He resigned this position in April, 1918 and opened a state bank at Paxton in May of that year. This was merged with the other bank on January 1, 1924. At that time Mr. Posson was elected county treasurer of Keith County on the Republican ticket and still holds that position.
He was married to Agnes Viola Snyder at Eureka, Nebraska, November 21, 1888. She was born at Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1868, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Posson have six children. Rutherford J., born February 27, 1890, married Ruth SinClair; they have one daughter, Joyce. Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford J. Posson are graduates of the University of Nebraska. He is now head of the dairy council residing in Washington, D. C. Zina B., born July 23, 1892, is a graduate of the Minneapolis High School. She is married to Frank L. Chase, who is farming near Montrose, Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Chase have three children, Fannie, Robert and Margaret. Melanethon B., born August 28, 1894, married Roberta Rae Chipperfield; they have one daughter, Shirley Rae, and are both graduates of the University of Nebraska. He spent about seven years as extension agent in the department of agriculture of Lincoln after his graduation and they are now located in Dawes County, near Chadron on a ranch raising pure bred cattle. Esther W., born February 10, 1897, completed two and one-half years in the University of Nebraska and married William V. Lainbert, who is professor of genetics residing at Ames, Iowa. They have two daughters, Marilyn Marie and Carol Anne. Dorothy L., born September 21, 1903 completed two years in the University of Nebraska and married William L. Lozier, who is manager of one of the Krueger Stores of Wichita, Kansas. Evelyn W., born September 1, 1908, completed two years in the University of Iowa and was a member of Sigma Alpha Iota and is married to George R. Friederick, mechanical engineer, employed by the Fisher Governor Company of Denison, Iowa. They now reside at Huntington Park, California.
Mr. Posson is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Ognllala Commercial Club, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Odd Fellows, and the Masons (32nd degree, chapter and consistory). Residence: Ogallala. ( Photograph in Album).
Frank T. Post
Frank T. Post was born at Bloomington, South Dakota, January 19, 1891, the son of Mark T. Post and Emma M. (Sherman) Post. His father, who was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, March 8, 1847, and died at Monowi, Nebraska, March 2, 1931, was a lawyer and served as a member of the Nebraska house of representatives in 1905; he served with General Custer in the frontier warfare with the Indians and was in the Civil War for three years. His mother was born in Nebraska, January 16, 1859, and died at Monowi, December 5, 1926. Her father was of Dutch descent and her mother was of French and Indian descent.
Mr. Post attended elementary school until 1907 and studied law through the American Extension University and later was a student in his father's office. In 1912 he homesteaded in South Dakota, was assistant cashier of the Monowi State Bank from 1917 to 1919, worked in his father's law office in connection with a real estate and insurance business, and since 1927 has been postmaster at Monowi and caretaker for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company.
He has been a member of the Red Cross since 1919, serving as secretary of the local chapter and chairman of various committees at this time. During the World War he served as corporal in Battery C, 338th Field Artillery overseas for five months. He is a member of the American Legion and served as commander of the David R. Morgan Post Number 223 at Veriel, Nebraska in 1928. His hobby is reading. A Republican, he was unsuccessful candidate for county judge of Boyd County in 1924.
He was married at Creighton, Nebraska, June 24, 1919, to Edith E. Witwer. Mrs. Post, who was a teacher before her marriage, was born at Traer, Iowa, August 20, 1890; her Pennsylvania Dutch ancestors were early settlers in Knox County, Nebraska. Five children were born to them: LaVon, April 22, 1920; Mildred, April 8, 1922; Dolores, August 14, 1925; Mary Lou, August 30, 1927; and Kenneth T., March 10, 1929. Residence: Monowi.
Marcus L. Poteet
Marcus L. Poteet, son of Samuel William and Nora L. (Briles) Poteet, was born at Pawnee City, Nebraska, May 25, 1889. His father, who was a native of Ohio, was a farmer. Of French descent his family has resided in Maryland since 1790. He died at Pawnee City, in August of 1906. His wife, Nora, was born at Pawnee City, July 4, 1870, and since the death of her husband has carried on the work of the farm. She is of English and German ancestry.
Upon his graduation from the Pawnee City High School in 1910, Mr. Poteet entered the University of Nebraska, from which he received his B. A. in 1916, and his LL. B. in 1922. During his time in college he was business manager of the 1915 Cornhusker, and of the Daily Nebraskan and the Awgwan. He is a member of the Innocents, the Kosmet Club, the Helmet and Quill and of Phi Alpha Delta, Sigma Delta Chi and Phi Sigma Kappa. During 1915 and 1916 he was in the advertising department of the Lincoln Daily Star. From 1919-20 he was manager of the ship by truck department of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, and was organizing secretary of the stadium building campaign fund 1922-23. Since 1923 he has been engaged in the practice of law.
Mr. Poteet has a long and enviable war record. On May 12, 1917, he enlisted as a private of infantry, and on August 15 of that year was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 166th Infantry with the 42nd (Rainbow) division. He landed in France on October 28, 1917, and participated in the following engagements,
