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Mason and a member of the Swedish Historical Society, the Burt County and Nebraska State Historical Societies, the American Sons and Daughters of Sweden, and the parent-Teachers' Association. His hobby is writing. Residence: Oakland. (Photograph in Album).
Allen Alfred Strong
Allen Alfred Strong, postmaster and prominent Republican, was born at Canadice Town, New York, May 9, 1884, the son of William Henry and Emma Cretta (McFarland) Strong.
The father, born at Victor, New York, April 30, 1845, was a farmer and ranchman whose grandparents came from Ireland about 1800. He died at Gordon, January 15, 1902. His wife, Emma, was born at Canandaigua, New York, May 27, 1850, and died at Gordon, June 4, 1930. Her grandparents also came from Ireland about 1800.
Mr. Strong was educated in school district number 90, of Sheridan County, graduating in 1899. He was graduated from high school at Gordon in 1902, and from that time until 1904 was a school teacher. From 1904 until 1909 he was a bookkeeper. He then entered the mercantile business continuing until 1922, when he was appointed postmaster.
Mr. Strong has held many political and public offices including, member of the city council at Gordon, 1916, 1917; member of the board of education at Gordon, February 1919-1922 (president one year) ; police judge, Gordon, 1918-1922; postmaster, Clinton, 1909-1910. Mr. Strong will retire as postmaster soon and has filed as Republican nominee for state representative from the 93rd district.
His marriage to Alyce Mary Leverenz was solemnized at Grand Island, Nebraska, September 5, 1916. She was born at Antigo, Wisconsin, June 7, 1890, and is a music teacher. Her father was born in Wisconsin of German descent, and her mother in Kansas of Bohemian descent. Mr. and Mrs. Strong had five children, four of whom are living, Ardath Marie, born January 16, 1918; Rex LeRoy, born June 19, 1920; Leland Dean, born December 8, 1921; and Allen Elwood, born September 24, 1926. An infant boy, born March 27, 1923, died the same day.
During 1917 and 1918, Mr. Strong was a member of the legal advisory board, and chairman of war saving societies in Sheridan County. Baptized into the Baptist Church at the age of 11, he now attends the Methodist Episcopal Church. For many years he has been a member of the Red Cross. He is a member of the Odd Fellows (Encampment branch), Kolo Sanctorum, and the Ancieint (sic) Free and Accepted Masons. Recently he was elected to life membership in The Nebraskana Society. His hobbies are Indian curios, gardening, and fishing.
Mrs. Strong is the daughter of John and Mary (Benish) Leverenz, Mrs. Strong is a prominent teacher of piano. She is a member of the Rebekah, (past noble grand and past district president). She is also a member of the home and educational department of the Woman's Club. Residence: Gordon.
Maurice Dickinson Strong
Maurice Dickinson Strong, who was born at Muncy Valley, Pennsylvania, November 9, 1881, is the son of Nehemiah Smith Strong and Charlotte Augusta (Mead) Strong. His father, a tanner, was born at Sullivan, New York, in 1838, and died at Wilcox, Nebraska, September 21, 1898. His mother, a teacher, was born at Liberty, New York, in 1844, and died at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1920.
Dr. Strong was graduated from the Wilcox High School, and later was a student at Franklin Academy, Franklin, Nebraska. He was a student at Kansas City Veterinary College, and since 1904 has been a farmer, cattle feeder, and veterinarian. He has been a member of the local school board for three years serving as president for one year, and for six years has served as councilman at Stromsburg. He is a member of the Commercial Club at Stromsburg, and is affiliated with the Methodist Church.
He married Grace Fisher at Falls City, Nebraska, April 25, 1905. Mrs. Strong was born at Christenson, Illinois, in May, 1880, and died at Stromsburg, Nebraska in 1918. The following children were born to them: Helen, June 4, 1906, who married George Inness; Carol, March 24, 1908; Maurice, April 2, 1912; and Wallace, April 5, 1918.
Mr. Strong was married to Lois Browning Standing, April 20, 1919. She is the daughter of George Washington and Addie (French) Standing of York County. She was born in York County, April 2, 1892, and is eligible to the Daughters of the American Revolution. She served as Red Cross nurse at Camp Dodge, Iowa, and Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and is a former member of the American Legion. Their two children are Kenneth, born September 20, 1923; and Marilyn, born July 17, 1926. Residence: Stromsburg.
Roy Mead Strong
Born at Jeffersonville, New York, March 11, 1877, Roy Mead Strong is the son of Nehemiah Smith and Charlotte Adgate (Mead) Strong. His father, who was foreman for the Union Tanning Company, was a soldier with General Grant during the Civil War with the first New York Mounted Rifles. He died at Wilcox, Nebraska, September 21, 1898.
Mr. Strong attended the public school at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, finished a college preparatory course at Dickinson Preparatory School in 1897, and attended Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the following year, where he held membership in Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Upon his arrival in Wilcox in 1898 he started farming south of Wilcox for a period of nine years, when he moved into town. He is a dealer in livestock, a farmer and stock feeder, and is the originator and proprietor of the Holdrege Sales Pavilion and Stock Yards, Incorporated at Holdrege. He is one of the largest shippers and feeders of livestock in the county.
He has served on the Wilcox city council for two terms, is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and holds membership in the Methodist Church. His hobby is reading. Of his marriage to Maude Jennie Sargent in May, 1903, two children were born, Charlotte, September 6, 1905, who married Clive Lantz; and Louise, November 9, 1906, who married Carl Hinrichs. Mrs. Strong died at Wilcox, Nebraska, in November, 1928.
On April 21, 1930, Mr. Strong married Esther Molly Olson at Wilcox, Nebraska. They have one son, Joseph Mead, born March 7, 1931. Esther Molly Olson, daughter of Olof and Bertha (Johnson) Olson, was born September 14, 1892, at Axtell, Nebraska. Before her marriage she was a graduate nurse. Residence: Wilcox.
Ralph William Strotheide
Ralph William Strotheide, hardware merchant and farmer, has lived in Nebraska all his life. He is the son of William Frederick and Louisa A. Strotheide.
His father was born in Germany, November 21, 1853, and came to the United States in 1860. He was a farmer until his death at Hay Springs, on February 5, 1931. His wife, Louisa, was born in Minden, Germany, in 1856. She is still living.
Mr. Strotheide attended rural school and the Agriculture College at Lincoln. He has been owner and manager of the Hay Springs Hardware Company for 16 years, is an extensive land owner and director of the Northwestern State Bank. He is a Republican.
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Heaton at Peters, Nebraska. She was born at Moomaw, Nebraska, February 5, 1893, and at the time of her marriage was assistant cashier of the Northwestern State Bank. There are two children, Donald Gene, born August 9, 1928; and Ralph William, born August 5, 1929.
Mr. Strotheide is a member of the Red Cross, the Hay Springs Commercial Club, the Odd Fellows, the Masons, and Order of Eastern Star. Residence: Hay Springs.
Carl Kennedy Struble
Born at Reinbeck, Grundy County, Iowa, Carl Kennedy Struble has been a resident of Nebraska for more than 37 years. He is the son of Riley and Alice A. (Kennedy) Struble, the former born in Trumbull County, Ohio, August 26, 1844. Riley Struble, a farmer, enlisted in the Civil War at the age of 18 with Company B, 26th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out in 1865. He participated in the Siege of Vicksburg and Sherman's March to the sea. He was of Dutch descent, the first member of the family, Adrian Struble having settled in New Jersey. Riley Struble died at Maquoketa, Iowa, January 1, 1911.
Alice Kennedy Struble was born in Beaver, Pennsylvania, in 1847, and died January 11, 1911. Before her marriage she was a teacher. Her ancestry was Irish. Carl K. Struble attended the rural schools of Iowa and Nebraska, and York High School. He attended York College 1896-99, and received his D. O. from the S. S. Still College of Osteopathy in June, 1902. In June, 1919, he received his M. D. from the Kansas City University of Physicians and Surgeons, and in 1920 took post graduate work at Tulane University, and in 1921 at the Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital.
From 1902 to 1923, he practiced at Hastings, removing on the latter date to Fremont. He began the parctice of eye, ear, nose and throat exclusively a 1920, and has confined his work to that branch since then. He is a member of the National Osteopathic and American Osteopathic Associations, the American Society of Opthalmology and Oto-laryngology, etc. On April 17, 1898, he enlisted in Company A, 1st Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection. During the World War he was on the Red Cross board and active in loan drives. He is a member of the United Spanish War Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. A member of the Hastings Board of Education for some time, he served as its president four years. He is a member of the board of the local Red Cross and Salvation Army, and is a member of the Retail Merchants Association, Kiwanis Club, Boy Scouts of America (board of directors), the Nebraskana Society, and the Young Men's Christian Association. He enjoys hunting, fishing, hiking and golf.
On June 24, 1903, he was married to Evelyn May Gilbert at Waco, Nebraska. Mrs. Struble was born at Waco, December 14, 1881, and is of English and Irish descent. Among her ancestors is Bishop Hugh Latimer, martyr (1490), who had an M. A. from Cambridge, and is buried in the public square at Oxford. There are five children: Dorothy, born April 26, 1905, who received her A. B. from the University of Nebraska, and is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta; Gilbert, born November 23, 1907, married Marion Margaret Coleman and received his B. S. and M. D. from the University of Nebraska. He is now a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps. Hazel, born July 28, 1909, is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, and received her B. A. from Nebraska, in 1930. Helen, her twin sister, received her B. S. in 1930, and is a Phi Beta Kappa at Nebraska. Elizabeth, the youngest, was born June 10, 1913. She is a junior at the University of Nebraska, and is also a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Residence: Fremont. (Photograph in Album).
Herman Strumpler
Born in Strobe; Germany, May 14, 1869, Herman Strumpler has been a resident of Nebraska for the past forty years. He is the son of Christ and Sophia (Summan) Strumpler, both natives of Strohen, the latter born November. 15, 1845. Christ Strumpler died on May 18, 1909 and his wife on November 28, 1926.
During his entire residence in Thayer County Herman Strumpler has been a landowner and farmer, and is at the present time the owner of an extensive acreage. He was married to Clara Marie Thieme at Hebron, on May 18, 1893, and to them were born eight children, seven of whom are living.
Amelia, born November 15, 1895, married Walter Werner; Martin, born October 21, 1894, married Katherine Saberhorn; Matilda, born. March 4, 1896, married Adolph Thurman; Johanna, born August 12, 1897, married Herman Hebbenhorst; Herman, born May 18, 1899, married Dorinda Bickoff; Emma; born September 15, 1900, married Rudolph Bartels, and, died October 18, 1928; Hilda, born August 4, 1907, married Emil Malchow; and Edwin, born February 26, 1911, married Adalia Kellner.
Mrs. Strumpler was born at Decatur, Indiana, January 1, 1871, and came to Nebraska in her youth. They attend the American Lutheran Church, and Mr. Strumpler is a member of the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Hebron.
Herman John Struve
Herman John Struve, merchant and manufacturer, was born at Olean, Indiana, March 8, 1857, son of Wilhelm and Maria Marguretha (Fisse) Struve. The father and mother were natives of Hanover, Germany.
On November 28, 1880, Mr. Struve was married to Mathilda Nehrig at Friedensau, Nebraska. She was born at Lafayette, Indiana, and died at Deshler, Nebraska.
Mr. Struve came to Nebraska fifty-five years ago, and engaged in the general merchandising, manufacturing and banking business all of his life. At the time of his death he was president of the Deshler Broom Factory and vice president of the National Lutheran Educational Association of the United States.
He was a member of St. Peters Lutheran Church, and the Commercial Club.
William Struve
William Struve, prominent lumber dealer at Deshler, Thayer County, Nebraska, has lived in this state for the past 52 years. He was born at New Orleans, Louisiana, October 16, 1850, the son of William and Margaret (Fisse) Struve. His father, who was a farmer, was born at Hanover, Germany, came to America in 1850, and died in Ripley County. His mother was born at Hanover, came to this country with her husband, and died at Deshler, Thayer County, Nebraska.
Mr. Struve is affiliated with the Freidensay Lutheran Church at Deshler, and for many years has been a leader in community affairs at Deshler. He holds membership in the Red Cross, is a member of the Democratic party, and is a member of the Red Cross. His favorite recreations are croquet and cards.
His marriage to Emilie Hellmer was solemnized at Deshler. They have five children: William, Jr.; John; Anna; Albery; and Walter. Residence: Deshler.
Hird Stryker
Hird Stryker, son of the late Arthur Franklin Stryker, was born at Omaha, April 5, 1892. His father, who was born at Galena, Illinois, October 2, 1868, was of English and Dutch descent. He came to Nebraska when a young man, and was one of the organizers and prominent in the development of the Omaha livestock market. He was secretary of the Omaha Live Stock Exchange for twentyone years, and during the World War served as a dollar a year man for the government. He married Barbara
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Hird, born at Hazel Green, Wisconsin, in 1869. Mrs. Stryker is of English descent, and is active in civic and church work.
Hird Stryker was graduated from South High School in 1910; he attended the University of Nebraska from 1911-13, and received a Ph. B. from the University of Chicago in 1914. He studied at Harvard Law School during the year of 1915, and returning to the University of Chicago, was awarded his J. D. in 1916. During 1911-12 and 1912-13 he was active in basketball at the University of Nebraska. He is a member of Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Phi and Theta Nu Epsilon.
Since his admission to the bar of Nebraska in 1916 he has been associated with and a member of the law firm of Crofoot, Fraser, Connally & Stryker. On January 20, 1918 he was married to Ruth Estey Baume, at Galena, Illinois. Mrs. Stryker was born at Galena, April 15, 1894, and is of English descent. They have three children, Hird, Jr., born December 11, 1918; James Baume, born October 30, 1924, and Barbara Ruth, born February 19, 1928.
From May, 1917, until January, 1919, he served as captain of the 338th Field Artillery, and saw service in France. He was commander of the Omaha Post of the American Legion in 1923, that post being the largest in the world.
He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Mason, and a Republican. His membership in professional organizations includes the Omaha-Douglas County Bar Association, the Nebraska State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is a member of the board of regents of the Municipal University of Omaha. He is fond of golf, and his clubs are the Omaha, and the Omaha Field Club. Residence: Omaha. (Photograph on Page 1157).
Dale K. Stuart
A leading professional man at Stuart, Nebraska, is Dale K. Stuart, who has been engaged in the practice of dentistry there since 1916. He was born at Springview, Nebraska, November 24, 1894, the son of David M. and Jennie (Boardman) Stuart, the former a business man and rancher who was born in Vermont, October 15, 1853. His mother, whose ancestry was Scotch and English, was born in Stark County, Illinois, March 3, 1856.
Dr. Stuart was graduated from the Stuart High School in 1913 and in 1916 received the degree Doctor of Dental Surgery at the University of Nebraska where he was a member of Xi Phi Psi. He is local committeeman for the Republican party at Stuart, is past master of the Masons, and is serving as vice president of the Parent Teachers Association there. He is treasurer of the school board, is chairman of the Village Board, is acting as vice president of the local Commercial Club. He holds membership in the American Dental Association, the Northern Nebraska Study Club, and the Red Cross. His social clubs are the Stuart Golf Club of which he is president, the Atkinson Golf Club, and the Rod and Gun Club. His hobby is entomology, and his sports are hunting and fishing.
He served as adjutant of the American Legion in 1920, was commander in 1921, and since 1922 has been finance officer of that organization. He served in the Dental Corps during the World War as first lieutenant.
On February 28, 1920, his marriage to Frances Emily Wefso was solemnized at Atkinson. Mrs. Stuart, whose ancestry is German, was born at Stuart, August 12, 1896. They have three children: Olline Mae, born December 12, 1921; Mary Ellen, born August 26, 1923; and Dale Brook, born January 31, 1931. Residence: Stuart.
Chresten Andersen Stub
Chresten A. Stub, educator and editor of Washington County, Nebraska, was born at Elk Horn, Iowa, February 26, 1891, the son of Jens and Maren Laurine (Kristensen) Anderson. His father, who was born at Stubberup, Denmark, and died at Elk Horn, October 4, 1897, was a farmer. His mother, who was born at Dolbey, Denmark, August 11, 1858, is still living. Her father served as a member of the first Danish district, signed the Danish constitution of 1848, and Dannebrogsmand, an order of merit.
Mr. Stub was graduated from the Elk Horn Academy in 1913, and in 1921 received the Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Minnesota. He was publisher of the Nordic Press, serving as treasurer and manager, 1927-29, was editor of Unydom, 1925-29, and was editor of Ugebladet, 1927-29. He has held the following educational positions: principal of the Elk Horn High School, 1921-23; teacher in Dana College, Blair, Nebraska, 1923-24; teacher in Dana College, (head of the department of Danish and the department of mathematics), since 1930. From 1915 to 1917, and from 1924 to 1927 he was a teacher in Grand View College, Des Moines, Iowa.
He is a member of the American Sociological Society, Sociology Discussion Club at the University of Minnesota, the Saturday Luncheon Club of Minneapolis, and the Nebraskana Society. He served as secretary of the D. S. U., 1915-21, and as district president of this organization, 1925-6. His hobby is reading.
During the World War Mr. Stub served in the air service, 1917-18. He was married to Anna Juhl at Minneapolis, April 3, 1921. Mrs. Stub was born at Hammerum, Denmark, November 16, 1888. To their marriage two children were born: Holger Richard, December 2, 1923; and Helen Elizabeth, May 26, 1925. Residence: Blair.
Roy Franklin Stuckey
A leading banker of Dawson County, Nebraska, is Roy Franklin Stuckey, who has lived at Lexington all his life. He was born August 18, 1873, the son of Henry Clay and Ida (Boblits) Stuckey, the former a stockman who was born at Bedford, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1844, of French and Dutch ancestry. His mother was born at Emmaville, Pennsylvania, February 7, 1853, of German parentage.
Mr. Stuckey attended rural schools in Dawson County and was a student at Hastings College during 1891-92. He is president of the Lexington State Bank, is president of the Dawson County Irrigation Ditch Association, and holds ranching interests in Dawson County.
He is a member of the Red Cross, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Kiwanis Club of Lexington, and served eight years on the school board at Lexington and on the First Library Commission which erected the Carnegie Library. He is affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church, holds membership in the Country Club and the Young Men's Christian Association, and is a member of The Nebraskana Society. His hobby is reading.
On June 18, 1901, he married Grace Winona Kennedy at Lexington. Mrs. Stuckey, who was a teacher before her marriage, was born of Scotch-Irish parentage at Osceola, Iowa, November 30, 1872. The following children were born to this marriage: Harold, December 9, 1904, who died June 21, 1918; Paul, October 11, 1906, who married Grace Pressley, who is manager of the Dawson County Irrigation Ditch Association, and Lyman, May 26, 1912, who is employed in the Lexington State Bank. Residence: Lexington.
Paul Frederick Stuefer
A resident of Nebraska sixty-eight years, Paul Frederick Stuefer was born at Watertown, Wisconsin, February 3, 1860, son of Martin and Johanna (Schweifel) Steufer. His father, who was born in Germany, in 1818, came to America and became a United States citizen in 1849. A merchant for some years in Wisconsin, he later came to Nebraska, where he was elected on the Republican ticket as state representative in 1865. His wife, Jo-
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hanna, was born in Germany in 1819, and died at West Point, in 1879. Her husband survived her for twenty years, and died at West Point in 1898.
Paul Frederick Stuefer attended rural schools and has been a farmer since maturity. He was married to Julia Clara Wostoupal, at West Point, Nebraska. Mrs. Stuefer was born at Chicago, February 14, 1875. There were four children born to this union: Ruth, who died in 1910; Blanche, who married C. H. Kamrath, and Adah and Lulu.
Mr. Stuefer is a Republican and active in local politics. He is a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. His hobby is horses. Residence: West Point.
Frederick Ames Stuff
Frederick A. Stuff, noted educator and clergyman of Nebraska, has been a resident of this state for the past 45 years, and since 1894, has been prominent in religious and educational fields. He was born at Dixon, Illinois, June 18, 1865, the son of George Lynch Spencer and Elizabeth Naomi (Woodruff) Stuff. His father, who was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, April 21, 1822, was a clergyman. He served as chaplain of the 42nd regiment of the Illinois Volunteers with the rank of captain of cavalry, in the Civil War. His Dutch colonial and Revolutionary ancestors came to America in 1750; their names are on the muster rolls of Pennsylvania of the American Revolution. He died at Elgin, Illinois, May 7, 1893.
His mother, who was born at Burlington, Vermont, August 4, 1838, was a teacher in the public schools of Buffalo, New York, and Rockton, Illinois. Her ancestors came to Massachusetts in 1630, where the descendants served in the Indian wars and the Revolution. She died at Poplar Grove, Illinois, January 13, 1875.
Professor Stuff received his elementary education in the public schools of Illinois, and is 1893 was graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University with the degree A. B. In 1900 he was awarded his A. M. degree at the University of Nebraska. The honorary degree, Litt. D O., was granted him in 1911 by Nebraska Wesleyan University. He was a student during the summer session at the University of Chicago, 1902, and Harvard University, 1908. He was elected to Phi Kappa Phi.
Principal of Nebraska Wesleyan Academy, 1894-96; he was pastor of Emmanuel Methodist Episcopal Church at Lincoln, 1896-98; professor of English, serving as chairman of the department of English at Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1898-1902; adjunct professor, assistant professor, and later associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska, 1902-1911; and in 1911 he was advanced to the rank of professor of English at the University of Nebraska. He was chaplain of the Hospital for the Insane at Lincoln, 1903-24. At the present time he is professor of English at the University of Nebraska. Since 1922, he has been a member of the board of trustees of Bryan Memorial Hospital at Lincoln.
Professor Stuff is the author of: Pedagogy of College English; Proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the Nebraska State Teachers' Association, (1899) ; Induration of the Sensibility in Teaching Literature, published in The Monthly Review, September, 1914, at Calcutta, India; Sonnets to the Memory of James Thomas Lees, published in the Nebraska State Journal, June, 1926; Epic Quality in Neihardt's Songs of the Indian Wars; Present Day American Literature, April, 1928; Editor of Nebraska Studies in Instruction in English, 1922-25.
His marriage to Minnie Julia Moore was solemnized at Lincoln, September 8, 1890. Mrs. Stuff was born at Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois, August 23, 1866, Her Dutch ancestors came to America and settled in New York in 1624; her English colonial ancestors fought in the Revolution. Four children were born to this union: Freda Naomi, born January 30, 1893; Emily Marguerite, born March 27, 1897, who died March 28, 1897; Grace Hermione, born October 7, 1899; and Marjorie Ann, born July 14, 1906. Freda Naomi married James Benedict Spaulding, and is a teacher of art in the public schools of Rochester, New York. Grace Hermione is a member of the national staff of the Young Women's Christian Association, serving in the Girl Reserve Division in New York City. Marjorie Aim is a graduate student at Bryn Mawr College.
During the World War, Professor Stuff was active in every loan drive and other patriotic affairs. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and is serving as director of correspondence and public safety of this organization. In 1931, he was made state president of this society. He is a member of the following professional and educational organizations: American Interprofessional Institute, serving as vice president of the Lincoln Chapter, 1929, and president, 1930; American Association of University Professors; Nebraska Writers Guild; American Oriental Society; and Modern Language Association of America, and American Folk Lore Society. He is a member of the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and the Nebraskana Society. He is a member of the Lincoln University Club, and is affiliated with Elm Park Methodist Episcopal Church. His favorite sport is fishing. He is a Republican. Residence: Lincoln.
Archibald Brantley Sturdevant
Archibald B. Sturdevant was born at Weston, Nebraska, December 22, 1895, the son of Edward Payson and Melissa Ellen (Smith) Sturdevant. His father, a railway station agent on the Union Pacific, was born near Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, in 1860, and died at Osceola, Nebraska, November 9, 1929. His ancestors were English and Dutch settlers who came to America in 1700. Melissa E. Sturdevant was born at Racine, Wisconsin, October 12, 1863. She is the mother of ten children, and the seven that are living are all Nebraska University graduates. Besides Dr. Sturdevant, the others are: Mary Louisa, 1907; Charles Francis, 1909; Ralph Smith, 1912; Roger Edward, 1916; Florence Bertha, 1926; and Margary Ilene, 1929.
Mr. Sturdevant attended public school at Weston, and. was graduated from Osceola High School in 1914. He attended the Dental Collage of the University of Nebraska, and received the degree of Dental Surgery in 1917. He is a member of Xi Psi Phi, professional fraternity.
Dr. Sturdevant has resided in Nebraska his entire life with the exception of seven months while he was in the Dental Department of the United States Army. He practiced dentistry at David City, from July, 1917, to July, 1918, at Lincoln, from January 22, 1919, to May 1, 1921, and since that time at David City, Nebraska. He holds membership in the American Legion, Modern Woodmen of America, Knights of Pythias, and The Nebraskana Society.
On May 22, 1918, he was united in marriage to Violet Frieda Ruckert, at Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born at Lincoln, September 9, 1895. To this union three children were born: Archibald born December 15, 1919; Keith, born February 12, 1921, and Virginia, born October 15, 1922. Residence: David City.
Brantly Elijah Sturdevant
Born at Blackwalnut, Pennsylvania, December 11, 1852, Brantly Elijah Sturdevant is the son of James Benedict and Josephine Louisa (Mowry) Sturdevant.
James Benedict Sturdevant was born at Blackwalnut, May 24, 1824, and died at Atkinson on June 4, 1917. He was a teacher of voice and instrumental music as a young man, and later was an artist. His grandfather, the Reverend Samuel Sturdevant, was a soldier in the Revolution, who lived in Connecticut. His grandfather came from London, England, as a boy.
Josephine L. Sturdevant was born in Meshoppen,
