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Judge Rose is a member of the American Bar Associations, Nebraska State Bar Association, Lancaster County Bar Association, and the Community Chest, of Lincoln. He is a member of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce; is a director of the Nebraska State Library Board; and a Modern Woodman of America. He is an attendant and supporter of the First Presbyterian Church of Lincoln, a member of the University Club and the Eastridge Club. His sports are playing golf, horseshoes, and checkers. His hobby is law. He is a Republican. Residence: Lincoln.
William Henry Roselius
William Henry Roselius, head of the department of mathematics and the coach of Hebron College and Academy, was born at Pyrmont, Ohio, January 30, 1897, son of Henry and Anna (Purnhagen) Roselius.
His father was born in Bremen, Germany, December 10, 1845, and resides at Eaton, Ohio, where he is engaged in farming. His father's father was a Frenchman. Anna Purnhagen was born in Germany, May 13, 1862, and died at West Alexandria, Ohio, April 17, 1911. She was descended from German peasants.
Mr. Roselius attended the public schools of District No. 4 in Preble County, Ohio, until 1911, and was graduated from West Alexandria High School in 1915. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Capitola University at Columbus, and at the present time is working on his Master's degree at the University of Nebraska. During 1927, he studied at Ohio State University, and during 1923, 1926, 1930, and 1931, was a student at the University of Nebraska. He lettered in football three years, basketball two years, and baseball two years at Capitola University.
From 1920 until 1922, Mr. Roselius was an instructor at Hebron College and Academy, and since then has held his professorship. He has served as a member of the city council of 1lebron, since 1929. He is a Democrat.
On June 18, 1921, he was married to Grace Koffer at West Alexandria, Ohio. Mrs. Roselius was born at Bachman, Ohio, June 26, 1897. Her father was German and her mother English, her grandfather served in the Civil War. They had two children, Marjorie Jane, born July 1, 1922, died January 14, 1931; and Roland Henry, born September 26, 1924.
Mr. Roselius is a member of the Nebraska State Teachers' Association, S. N. S. M. C., the Hebron Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis Club, and the Grace congregation of the Lutheran Church of Hebron. His sports include golf, tennis, baseball, football, and basketball. He is a member of the Hebron Country Club. Residence: Hebron.
William B. Rosenbaum
Born at Blair, Nebraska, December 15, 1878, William B. Rosenbaum has lived in the state all his life. He is the son of William and Helen (Weinbrandt) Rosenbaum, the former of whom was born in Germany, December 4, 1846, and came to America about 1870. He was a pioneer farmer and blacksmith in Washington County, and died at Blair, on April 13, 1886. Helen, his wife, was born in Slesvig, Holstein, Germany, October 5, 1859 and died in Blair, October 5, 1914.
William B. Rosenbaum was educated in Rose Hill School, and since youth has been engaged in farming. For some time he has been president of the Farmers Grain and Lumber Company. He is a Republican and active in party politics, and has been treasurer of his school district since 1915. His religious affiliation is with the Danish Lutheran Church.
On January 11, 1899, he was married to Anna Johanna Nelsen at Kennard. Mrs. Rosenbaum was born there March 15, 1878. There are ten children, as follows: Leslie, born February 19, 1900; Helena, born February 23, 1901, married H. F. McDonald; Chester, born April 17, 1903, married Dora Dierks, and is a farmer; Marie, born July 17, 1905; Frieda, born September 10, 1906, married Herman Kruse; Clyde, born November 22, 1908, married Dorothy Widener; Walter, born April 30, 1910; Gladys, born January 17, 1912; Selma, born January 12, 1914; and Lola, born March 30, 1916. There was one child, Donald, born February 18, 1920, who died March 15, 1922. Merritt, born September 1, 1926, is an adopted grandchild. Residence: Kennard.
Charlotte Wilhelmina Rosencrans
Charlotte Wilhelmina Rosencrans was born at Nehawka, Nebraska, December 14, 1888, daughter of John George and Magdelena Caroline (Carsten) Wunderlich. Her father was born at Mechlenburg, Germany, July 2, 1867, and was brought to America by his widowed mother at the age of 12 to escape military duty. His wife, Magdelena, was born at Nehawka, December 26, 1867, and is of French descent.
Mrs. Rosencrans was graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan Elementary Normal School in June, 1906. While in school she played basketball three years. From 1906 to 1907, she taught school at Avoca, and from 1907-08, at Nehawka. She taught at Union, from 1908 to 1912, Eagle, 1912-13, and at Nehawka, 1913-14. On September 30, 1914, she was married to Clayton Arthur Rosencrans, at Plattsmouth. Mr. Rosencrans was born at Salladasburg, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1886, and descends in the line of General Rosencrans. They have one son, William Elsworth, born October 21, 1919.
Always active in the civic life of her community, Mrs. Rosencrans has capably filled many offices. She is School Attendance and Probation Officer of Cass. County, having held this office three years and at present has six boys paroled to her from juvenile court. She is Department president of the American Legion Auxiliary, and secretary and treasurer of the Associated Charities. During the World War she was chairman of knitting in Cass County, and county inspector of surgical dressings, receiving her instruction and permit from the Omaha division. In the past she has served as secretary (1922-24), president, district secretary (1922-24), district president (1926-28.), state chairman of rehabilitation (1929-30), of the American Legion Auxiliary. She is a member of the Women's Relief Corps, and secretary of the American Red Cross of Cass County, being the only woman on the executive board since 1918, and since 1926, has been a member of the Parent-Teachers' Association. She is a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. She was a member of the Degree of Honor 1906-17, Rebekahs, 1910-17, and since 1919, has been a member of the Order of Eastern Star.
She is a baseball and basketball enthusiast, and is interested in horse races. Her favorite recreations are reading and automobile driving. Mrs. Rosencrans is a Democrat. Residence: Plattsmouth. (Photograph on Page 1031).
George Walter Rosenlof
Since 1927, George Walter Rosenlof has been director of secondary education and teacher training in the State Department of Public Instruction. Mr. Rosenlof, who was born at York, Nebraska, January 16, 1891, is the son of Charles K and Augusta Matilda (Magnusson) Rosenlof, both natives of Sweden.
Charles A. Rosenlof was born at Munka Ljungby, Sweden, May 31, 1863. A carpenter and builder, he came to America in the late 1800's, and settled in Nebraska. His death occurred at York, on June 3, 1905. Augusta, his wife was born at Smaland, Sweden, May 21, 1865, and died at York, on September 10, 1922.
Upon his graduation from York High School in 1910, George W. Rosenlof attended Hastings College, receiving the degree of B. Sc., in 1916. He attended York College during the summer of 1913. In 1922 he received his master's degree at the University of Nebraska, and in
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1929, his doctor's degree from Columbia University. At Hastings, he was a member of the Debating Society, and won many honors both in oratory and debate. He was also a member of the Glee Club and Chorus. His fraternities are Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi and is also a member of the Tawse Club of Columbia University Teachers College.
The educational experience of Dr. Rosenlof has been long and varied. He was a teacher in Nebraska rural schools from 1910-13; principal and superintendent of Chase County High School at Imperial, Nebraska, 1916-18; superintendent of schools at Nelson, 1918-21; instructor in the department of history and principles of education at the University of Nebraska, January, 1922, to September, 1927; instructor in summer sessions at the University of Nebraska, 1922-1927; associate in normal school education, Teachers' College, Columbia University, 1926-27; and director of secondary education and teacher training, 1927 to date.
He is the author of Library Facilities of Teacher-Training Institutions.
In addition to numerous educational articles he has written or co-operated in the writing of some twelve bulletins or courses of study published by the state department of public instruction. As secretary of the Nebraska High School Manual Revision Commission, he edited and assisted in preparing materials for the High School Manual, published under the joint authorization of the University of Nebraska and the State Department. He has written several articles appearing in current periodicals, among the most recent ones being Why is a Library, Supplementary Study of Library Facilities of Teacher Training Institutions, appearing in the tenth year book of the American Association of Teachers' College; Rural Teacher Preparation in the Agricultural Midwest, Status of the Teacher in the Accredited High School of Nebraska, both of which appear in the 31st biennial report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for January, 1931.
Dr. Rosenlof was married to Edna Mayo Lowry at Pawnee City, Nebraska, June 6, 1917. Mrs. Rosenlof was born at Wahoo, October 12, 1890. She is a musician and teacher, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Lowry. They are members of the First Presbyterian Church in which he is an elder. He is a member of the Scottish Rite Masons and Eastern Star lodges, and the American Inter-Professional Men's Institute. Mrs. Rosenlof is a member of the Eastern Star and of the P. E. O. Sisterhood. Due to physical disability, Mr. Rosenlof was discharged from draft at Camp Funston, Kansas, in August, 1918; he was a four minute man and director of War Savings activities in the public school of Nebraska, during the war period. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers, the Nebraska State Teachers Association, the National Educational Association, the National Society of College Teachers of Education, the North Central Association Commission of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the American Educational Research Association. He is also a member of the Order of Yellow Dogs, the Nebraska Writers' Guild and The Nebraskana Society.
Gardening is Mr. Rosenlof's hobby, and he enjoys golf and tennis, bowling, fishing and hunting. Residence: Lincoln.
Stanley M. Rosewater
Stanley M. Rosewater, lawyer, was born at Omaha, Nebraska, June 24, 1885, the only son of Andrew and Frances M. Rosewater.
He was graduated from the Central High School in 1903, and received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Michigan in 1908. His marriage to Barbara Hamilton McAlvay was solemnized October 7, 1912 at Lansing, Michigan.
Mr. Rosewater is a Republican. He is a member of the American, Nebraska State and Omaha Bar Associations, the Chamber of Commerce (various offices), the Ad-Sell League, the Ak-Sar-Ben, the Elks, the Masons, and the Eastern Star. His clubs are: the University, the Professional Men's, the Carter Lake and the Omaha Tennis Club. Residence: Omaha.
James Abner Ross
Born at Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1875, James Abner Ross is the son of Daniel Newcomer Ross and Laura Katherine Ross. His father, who was a carpenter and potter, was born at Waynesboro, January 11, 1845, and died there, November 1, 1926; he served as a private in Company B., 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, for a year; his ancestry dates to James Ross who came to this country from Scotland. His mother, the daughter of James Abner and Elizabeth Jam Hays, was born in Washington County, Maryland, August 17, 1841, and died at Waynesboro, May 25, 1925; her parents, who were of German and English descent, were inn keepers.
Mr. Ross, who has lived in Nebraska for the past 23 years, has been a telegraph operator for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company since 1901. He has served as a member of the school board at Long Pine, Nebraska, for the past 20 years, was mayor of the city, 1923-24, and has been a member of the Parent-Teachers' Association for over 2 years. He was a charter member and one of the organizers of the Chamber of Commerce and the Nebraska Good Roads Association in which he has been extremely active for a number of years.
He is assistant chairman of the Red Cross, has been a member of the Order of Railway Telegraphers since 1901, and holds membership in the following fraternal organizations: Elks; Woodmen of the World; Modern Woodmen of America; Masons; and the Civil Legion, of which he is a life member. Mr. Ross served in the Spanish-American War as a private, 1898-99. He acted as chairman of the Council Defense, was a Four Minute Man, and served as captain of the Home Guards, during the World War. He is now Commander of the United States War Veterans, Pine Camp Number 22, at Ainsworth, Nebraska.
He was united in marriage with Marietta Powell at Polo, Illinois, June 27, 1901. Mrs. Ross, who was a seamstress before her marriage, was born at Oregon, Illinois, June 20, 1874. Four children were born to this marriage: James K., June 10, 1903, who married Constance E. Eberly; Ardath, November 14, 1904; and Daniel U., April 11, 1906. James K. is an electrical engineer at Cincinnatti, Ohio. Ardath is a teacher in the public schools of Long Pine. Mr. Ross died January 20, 1932. (Photograph in Album).
George Scott Round
Born at Page County, Iowa, January 7, 1867, George Scott Round is the son of Solomon and Rebecca (Dean) Round. His father, who was a farmer, was born at Maryland, Ohio, in 1826, and died at Clarinda, Iowa, in 1906. His mother, who was born at Indianapolis, Indiana, February 4, 1828, and died at Alliance, Nebraska, in December, 1918, was the mother of 13 children, and was the daughter of Robert Dean of Kentucky, who fought with Jackson at New Orleans.
Mr. Round has served for four consecutive terms as sheriff of Valley County, Nebraska, and is active in the civic affairs of Ord. He is a member of the Ord Community Club, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Odd Fellows, and the welfare board of the Red Cross. He is affiliated with the Methodist Church of Ord, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society and the Republican party. He likes football and baseball.
On December 24, 1893, be was married at Aurora, Nebraska, to Linda Jackson who was born of Scotch-Irish parents at Clarinda, Iowa, January 28, 1872. Five children were born to their marriage: Beulah Marie, May 3, 1896, who married W. D. Roberts; Tamar, April 11, 1900;
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Alice Jane, January 9, 1905, who married F. S. Campbell; George, August 21, 1907, who is a senior in the University of Nebraska; and John, January 5, 1910, who is studying medicine at the University of Omaha. Residence: Ord.
Edwin Lincoln Rouse
Edwin Lincoln Rouse, educator, was born in Greenwood, Nebraska, May 27, 1868, son of John De Cullum and Fannie Sophia (Gilbreath) Rouse.
The father was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, November 6, 1842, and died at Peru, Nebraska, May 26, 1917. He served in the Civil War from 1861 until 1864, and later farmed in Nebraska. His wife, Fannie, was born in Heinzburg, Vermont, October 16, 1845, and died at Grand Island, on October 15, 1927. Her parents were both born in Ireland, while her husband's ancestry was pre-Revolutionary Dutch.
Upon the completion of his elementary education in the rural schools of Cass and Nuckolls Counties, Edwin Rouse attended Fairfield Academy. He received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Cotner College in 1910; his Masters degree from the University of Nebraska in 1919; and the degree of Doctor of Laws from Cotner College in 1923. During the summer of 1913 and 1915, he attended Columbia University. He is a member of Phi Delta Kappa.
After three years as a rural school teacher, Mr. Rouse was high school principal for the same period of time at Hebron, Nebraska. He was city superintendent of schools for 16 years at Weeping Water, Plattsmouth, and Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and for 15 years taught at Peru State Teachers' College. At the present time, he is director of college instruction of Chadron State Normal College.
On August 24, 1892, he was married to Rhoda Sarah Tunnicliffe at Shenandoah, Iowa. Mrs. Rouse was born at Kewanee, Illinois, August 14, 1869, of English and Scotch ancestry. Mr. and Mrs. Rouse have four children, Philip L., born July 13, 1893, who is an engineer and is married to Helen Houston, and is a veteran of the World War, with rank of first lieutenant; Laurance T., born March 27, 1901, who is a teacher. He is married to Elizabeth White. Marjorie, born February 15, 1909; and Kenneth E., born March 31, 1910.
During the late war, Mr. Rouse was conductor of the Student Army Training Corps at Peru. A member of the Council of Defense, and a four minute speaker; his professional organizations include the National Educational Association (life member), the Nebraska State Teachers' Association, and the Parent-Teachers Association. He is a member of the Disciples of Christ Church, the Red Cross, the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club (Scottsbluff,-Chadron), and from 1907 until 1916, was a member of the Peru school board. His favorite sport is golf. He is a Republican.
Mrs. Rouse is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is a member of the P. E. O. Sisterhood, and has been active in Federated Women's Club. Residence: Chadron.
Dave D. Rowe
Born in Clay County, Nebraska, August 5, 1877, Dave D. Rowe is the son of Joseph and Mary (Whatton) Rowe, who were pioneers of Nebraska. Joseph Rowe was born in Leicester, England, May 20, 1835, a shoemaker and merchant. He died at Stockham, Nebraska, February 14, 1907. His wife, Mary Whatton, was born in Leicester, December 12, 1835, and died at Stockham, April 23, 1904.
Dave D. Rowe attended public school, Fremont Normal College and Lincoln Business College. A Republican, he served as a member of the Fremont school board 18 years. An organizer of the Fremont State Bank, now the Stephens National Bank, serving as cashier and now vice president. For thirty years an officer and director of the Nebraska State Building and Loan Association, of which he is now president and manager. He is also vice president of the Fremont Mortgage Company and president of the State Securities Company of Fremont.
On September 19, 1905, he was united in marriage to Mary E. Cameron at Stockham. Mrs. Rowe was born in Hamilton County, Nebraska, November 12, 1884, of Scotch pioneer parents. There are three children, Leicester, who is with the Fremont State Company; Grace, is attending Midland College; and Edythe is in the public school.
Always active in civic affairs, Mr. Rowe has been a director of the state and local Young Men's Christian Associations for twenty years, and at the present time is president of the Fremont Chamber of Commerce. A four minute speaker during the World War, he was active in loan and other drives, and is a member of the Red Cross. His religious affiliation is with the First Presbyterian Church, of which he has been an elder twenty-five years. A Rotarian, he is chairman of the student loan fund committee, and is an Elk and Mason. His favorite sports are golf and volley ball, and his club is the Fremont Country Club. Residence: Fremont. (Photograph in Album).
Edward Winfield Rowe
Edward Winfield Rowe, physician and surgeon, was born at Roberts, Ford County, Illinois, June 21, 1881, son of Clement Edward and Margaret Elizabeth (Alexander) Rowe. Clement Rowe, who was born at Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland, November 25, 1842, came from Ireland to America in 1865. He was a clergyman of English ancestry, and died at Lincoln, in April, 1916.
Margaret, wife of Clement, was born at Linneus, Missouri, in August, 1853, and died at Gresham, Nebraska, in January, 1905. Her grandparents were of Scotch-Irish descent, the original members of the family in America having settled in Virginia about the time of the Revolutionary War.
Dr. Rowe was graduated from the Palmyra, Nebraska, High School and received his B. Sc. from the University of Nebraska, in 1903. His M. D. was from Northwestern University in 1905. In 1918, he took post graduate work at Cornell Medical College. He is a member of Sigma Xi and Alpha Kappa Kappa.
On December 14, 1905, he was married to Sarah Belle Harper, at Randolph, Nebraska. Mrs. Rowe, who was born at Marengo, Iowa, January 18, 1878, is of Scotch, Irish, French and Dutch forebears (sic) who came to America in Revolutionary times. Their daughter, Gertrude born November 7, 1906, received her B. A. and B. F. A. from the University of Nebraska. She is married to Charles F. Adams, and resides at Aurora, Nebraska.
Dr. Rowe has been in active practice since 1905, and is a member of the Lincoln Clinic, and chairman of the staff of Bryan Memorial Hospital. He is also medical director of the Midwest Life Insurance Company, and member of the following professional organizations: American, Nebraska State and Lancaster County Medical Associations, the American Roentgen Ray Society, the American College of Radiology, and the Radiological Society of North America.
He entered the World War as a captain in the Medical Corps in 1918, with nearly two years service. He is a major in the Medical Reserve Corps, saw overseas service, and was roentgenologist in Camp, evacuation and Base Hospitals on the western front and in Germany with the Army of Occupation. He is a member of the American Legion, the Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club, American Society for the Advancement of Science, and a former president of the Lincoln Board of Education. He is a Republican and a Mason. His church is Trinity Methodist Episcopal at Lincoln, and his club is the University. He enjoys reading and orcharding. Residence: Lincoln.
Ruben Lee Roy
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Arthur County, was born in Frontier County, Nebraska, October 24, 1896.
His father, Joseph Roy, was born in Quebec, Canada, December 11, 1856, of Norman French descent. He was secretary and treasurer of the Nebraska Conference of Seventh Day Adventists. His wife, Eva, was born at St. Anne, Illinois, November 18, 1870, of French Canadian descent. At the present time his parents are residing at Lincoln.
Mr. Roy attended rural schools in McPherson County until 1911, and was graduated from Culbertson High School in 1916. In 1929 he received the Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska. While in high school he was valedictorian of his class, and a member of the basketball and baseball teams. Starting as a rural teacher, Mr. Roy was later a high school teacher and principal, and since 1928 has held his present position of county superintendent. He is Independent in politics.
He is a member of the Nebraska State Teachers Association, the Red Cross, the Masons and the Nebraskana Society. During the late war he was a member of the Students Army Training Corps.
On June 28, 1921, he was married to Irene Minnie Webb at Seward. Mrs. Roy was born at Tecumseh, February 23, 1900, of English descent. They have one daughter, Donna, born July 31, 1923. Residence: Arthur.
Abraham S. Rubnitz
Abraham S. Rubnitz, physician, was born in Russia, January 28, 1885, son of Meyer and Ann (Kushser) Rubnitz. He was graduated from the gymnasium of Slutzk, Russia, in 1908, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska in 1915. In 1916 he received his medical degree from the same university.
He was married to Esther M. Yonich in Russia, on November 24, 1909.
Among Dr. Rubnitz's professional organizations are, the American, Nebraska State and Douglas County Medical Associations, the Missouri Valley Medical Association, and the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. Residence: Omaha.
Orla Oscar Rucker
Orla Oscar Rucker, purebred stock farmer, was born at Chadron, Nebraska, October 20, 1887, son of Warren and Amanda Jane (Crayton) Rucker.
The father, born in Summerfield, Ohio, February 27, 1841, died at Chadron, June 12, 1926. He was a farmer, who served in Company D, 42nd Ohio Infantry in the Civil War. He was a prominent citizen of Dawes County, served as county assessor, a member of the school board, and an active Sunday school worker. He was the son of Lemuel and Lucy Rucker, pioneers in Ohio. The family moved from Virginia where they had settled during the Revolutionary perod (sic). The grandfather of Lemuel Rucker was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Rucker came with her parents from the Blakes, from Maine. She was a devout, industrious, pioneer mother.
Amanda Jane Crayton was born at Eureka, Illinois, January 14, 1851, and is still living. She was a Mehodist (sic) clergyman, and president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Chadron and Crete. Her father was of Irish descent, an elder in the Christian Church. Her mother came from a well established family in Illinois.
Upon the completion of his early education in the city schools of Chadron, Mr. Rucker attended Chadron Academy and Doane Academy at Crete. During 1914-15 he was a student at Doane College, and during the year 1917 attended the University of Nebraska. He was a student at Iowa State College in 1919. Mr. Rucker was active in debating, a member of the Glee Club, and the Young Men's Christian Association Cabinet, and at Chadron played football and basketball, while at Doane College he was active in football and track.
Mr. Rucker is a Republican. He is the director and treasurer of the Chadron Stock Pavilion Association, a member of the Chadron Hereford Breeders Association, the Northwest Nebraska Hereford Breeders Association, and is affiliated with Chadron Community Congregational Church.
Recently Mr. Rucker was elected to life membership in the Nebraskana Society. He is a Mason, and a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was first president of the County School District Officers Association, and from 1919 until the present time has served as treasurer of the rural school board. From 1910 until 1916 he was a member of the Young Men's Christian Association at Doane College, and from 1926 until 1929 was president of the Dawes County Sunday School Association. His hobbies are singing and reading. Residence: Chadron.
James Archie Ruddock
James Archie Ruddock, editor and publisher of the Gazette at Gresham, York County, Nebraska, has resided in this state for the past 40 years. He was born at Sergeant Bluffs, Iowa, September 20, 1880, the son of Thomas Henry and Albertina Elvira (Scovell) Ruddock. His father, who was a railroad man, was born in England, May 17, 1844, came to this country in 1861, and died at Boone, Iowa, August 1 1906; he was a soldier in the English Army and later served in the Civil War.
His mother was born in Iowa, July 19, 1853, and died at Sioux City, Iowa, January 7, 1925.
Mr. Ruddock attended the Gresham High School, and immediately entered the publishing business. He is a member of the Royal Highlanders, is affiliated with the Democratic party, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. For the past 17 years he has served as village clerk at Gresham and is now township clerk there. His sports include fishing and hunting.
He married Ruth Fontaine Pogue in Seward County, January 5, 1905. Mrs. Ruddock was born near Gresham, July 29, 1879. They have a son, Walter Donald, born December 10, 1905. He was graduated from the college of pharmacy at the University of Nebraska and is now a druggist at Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska. Residence: Gresham.
Charles Ruden
Charles Ruden, son of Ole and Christena (Anderson) Ruden, was born in Knox County, Nebraska, March 16, 1871. His father, born in Sweden, October 29, 1831. Coming to America he engaged as a farmer and stockman, served as postmaster and operated a hotel. His death occurred at Bloomfield, Nebraska, August 31, 1903. The others of his family, with the exception of a sister who died at Seattle, remained in Europe. His mother, born in Sweden, August 10, 1845, died at Omaha, April 18, 1927.
Educated in country schools in Knox County, Charles Ruden attended Hartington High School. In 1889 he entered the employ of the Union Pacific at Omaha as a clerk. Removing to Bloomfield in July 1891, he worked in a lumber yard a year and a half, and was then associated with the Edwards and Bradford Lumber Company four years, as yard manager, two years of this period, and as collector two years.
In 1897 Mr. Ruden entered the implement business in Bloomfield and in 1900 was elected county clerk and register of deeds for six years, conducting a farm at the same time. From 1906 to 1908 he was cashier of the Farmers. State Bank of Crofton, and then became postmaster of Crofton for six years. Since that time he has engaged in the real estate loans and insurance business, manages his own farm and others.
On May 5, 1897, Mr. Ruden was married to Anna
