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Pennsylvania, February 8, 1826, and died at Atkinson, May 17, 1914. She was primarily a devoted wife and mother, and reared seven sons and one daughter to maturity. Her father was Scotch and her mother was of Holland-Dutch descent.
In the year 1870, James B. Sturdevant with his son, Joseph, came to Nebraska, where the father purchased ten quarters of land in the Silver Creek Valley of Saunders County. They purchased a team for $400.00, broke the sod on one tract of land 12 miles south of Fremont, hired the rest broken, and in the spring of 1871 had 180 acres ready for a crop. That spring James Sturdevant brought his wife and eight children to Nebraska, crossing the Missouri on a ferry, there being no bridge at that time. The crops that year were excellent, wheat bringing a $1.00 a bushel at Fremont.
The following year they raised more than 8000 bushels of corn, and had a fine wheat and oats crop. Corn was low, bringing only ten cents so they used it for fuel in place of coal. The next two years came the grasshoppers which took all the corn, and the hogs had to be fattened on wheat.
A band, called the Sturdevant Band, was formed, and James Sturdevant and his seven sons with one or two others, constituted it. The boys did not seem to take to farming, and after securing an education drifted into different professions and lines of business. The father sold out in Saunders County, opening a photograph gallery, and in 1883 moved to Atkinson.
The family of James Sturdevant, on the paternal side, is traced through the Reverend Samuel to Blackwalnut, Pennsylvania, he having purchased a large tract on the Susquehanna River bottom, that was timbered with black walnut. These lands were handed down each generation, the father selling his after he got settled in Nebraska. James Sturdevant's grandmother on the paternal side was Fannie Jones, who was of Irish descent. His maternal grandfather was George L. Mowry, a Scotchman, and his wife was Hannah M. Hellenback, of Holland-Dutch descent. James and Josephine Sturdevant left twenty-four grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren.
Brantly E. Sturdevant attended public and high school at Blackwalnut, but did not graduate, as he was needed to help on the new land in Nebraska. He did however take his brothers to the University in Lincoln, when there was only one little building. He was married to Ellen Ilivia Smith at Silvai, Pennsylvania, on August 24, 1876. She was born at Spring Hill, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1850, daughter of Charles and Jane Ann (Martin) Smith.
Their children are as follows: LaZelle Brantly, born June 4, 1879, who was the only one of 15,398 students who earned five degrees from the University of Nebraska. He is married and they have a daughter, Bobbette M., born September 18, 1912. She is in junior college in Los Angeles. Dr. Sturdevant, who is a practicing physician and surgeon, held the rank of major in the Medical Corps during the World War.
The second son, George Otis, was born December 25, 1882. He is married to Effie May Smoot, and is engaged in dental practice at Lincoln. The only daughter, Olivia Zoe, was born March 9, 1891. She married Dr. N. P. McKee, who is a physician at Atkinson. They have two children, Mary Ellen, aged 12, and Neal Sturdevant, aged 9.
Mr. Sturdevant has resided in Nebraska since March 10, 1871. He helped survey the Union Pacific Railway from Columbus to Norfolk, and opened up the Shelby Station for that railroad in July, 1879. Continuing as their agent for about three years and a half, he was then transferred to David City. There he remained until December 15, 1895, when he resigned to go into the mercantile business at Atkinson. He was in that business for twenty-five years, when he became active in politics, and represented Holt and Boyd Counties in the house of representatives 1919-23. He was state senator from 1923-25, for the 22nd Nebraska district. He has served on the Atkinson school board 12 years, was county supervisor one term and was register of the United States Laud Office nine years. Since leaving the senate Mr. Sturdevant has been engaged in insurance, real estate and farm loans. He is connected with the following corporations in the capacity of director: Lloyd Oil Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas; the United Oils Company, Fort Worth, Texas; the North American Mining Company of Denver, and the Hermosillo Copper Company of Columbus, Ohio.
At the age of 79 he is extremely busy and in good health. He sings solos at the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he has been affiliated for many years. He has been superintendent of its Sunday School, and is now a teacher of the Men's Bible Study class. He is a member of the Red Cross, holding two life memberships and for more than forty years has been a member of the Commercial Club. Always active in that organization, he has represented the Atkinson district at many state and district meetings. He was consul of the Modern Woodmen of America for about eighteen years, and has been a member of the Royal Highlanders and the Royal Neighbors.
Mr. Sturdevant is a Republican in politics, and a prohibitionist, believing that sobriety is a necessity to prosperity. He has served as a member of the city council and was mayor of Atkinson two terms.
He is a member of the State Historical Society and the Nebraskana Society, and is looked upon as one of the most outstanding figures in his community. Residence. Atkinson. (Photograph on Page 1160).
Andrew Frederick Sturm
On February 8, 1863, Andrew F. Sturm, son of Andrew and Minnie (Stoll) Sturm, was born at Nehawka, Nebraska. His father was born at Alsace, France, in 1832, came to America in 1855, and died at Nehawka, in 1905. He was a farmer. His mother was born in Germany, in 1834, and died at Nehawka, 1921.
Mr. Sturm received his elementary education in country schools, and for a time attended college at Nebraska City. Today he owns and operates a lumber concern at Nehawka. A Republican, he was a member of the state senate from 1919 to 1921.
He married Lola M. McCarthy at Wyoming, Otoe County, Nebraska, March 3, 1890. Mrs. Sturm, whose ancestry is Scotch-Irish and French, was born at Wyoming, October 17, 1869. Four children were born to this union: Victor A., born August 18, 1892, a lawyer and writer; Gertrude, born July 19, 1894, who married John O. Yeiser; Ralph M., born September 17, 1896, an oil geologist and engineer; and Justin C., born April 21, 1899, who married Katherine McCormick, and is a writer.
Mr. Sturm was a four minute speaker in the World War. He is a member of the Red Cross; is president of the Nehawka Commercial Club; is president of the Chautauqua organization; and for 18 years has been president of the local school board. He is a Mason, 32nd degree and Shrine; and a member of the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows. He is interested in mechanics, is fond of reading, and is a member of the Lutheran Church and the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Nehawka.
Chester Dwight Sturtevant
Chester D. Sturtevant was born at Chicago, August 5, 1877, son of Frank Hills and Lillian Chester (Keyes) Sturtevant, Frank Hills Sturtevant was a native of Chicago, born in 1849, who died there in March, 1893. He was a wholesale grocer, and a member of the firm of C. E. Robinson and Company. Of English descent, his first ancestor in America was Samuel Sturtevant who settled at Plymouth in 1640.
Lillian Chester Keyes was born at Chicago on May 1. 1858. She is still living. Chester D. Sturtevant was a
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student at Oak Park High School in Chicago from 1892-93 and received his LL. B. from the Chicago Law School in June, 1900. From 1893 to 1906 he was a clerk in the offices of Charles Counselman and Company of Chicago, and Des Moines, Iowa, and from 1906 to 1916 was secretary of the Cavers-Sturtevant Company of Omaha. Since 1916 he has been secretary of the Trans-Mississippi Grain Company, and since 1924 has been its president. He was admitted to the practice of law at Chicago, on December 31, 1900, and at Omaha, June 8, 1929. He is the author of numerous articles on the economics of grain distribution.
He was married to Augusta Marian Hall at Oak Park, Illinois, January 29, 1900. Mrs. Sturtevant was born at Kansas City, Mo., February 13, 1879, and is of English descent. They have three children, Austin D., born June 18, 1904, who married Catherine Bradley; Marian A., born August 16, 1908, who married W. H. Cox, and Elizabeth Jane, born February 26, 1917.
Mr. Sturtevant is a Republican. He has been especially active in his commercial organizations, and served as president of the Grain Dealers National Association two years, 1927 and 1928, president of the Omaha Grain Exchange in 1925 and president of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce one year, 1928-29, and has been elected to the board of governors of Ak-Sar-Ben, 1931. He attends Trinity Cathedral.
His clubs are the Omaha Club, the Omaha Athletic Club, the Omaha Country Club and the Union League Club of Chicago. He enjoys reading. Residence: Omaha.
Frank Lee Sturtevant
Frank L. Sturtevant, a resident of Nebraska for the past 28 years, was born at Dover, New Jersey, November 7, 1867, the son of Francis Davis and Jennie (Lee) Sturtevant. His father, who was a hotel man, was born at Rockaway, New Jersey, June 4, 1837, and died at Kansas City, Missouri, May 15,1930; he was a Civil War veteran whose ancestry was Holland Dutch. His mother who died in 1902, was Irish.
Mr. Sturtevant attended school in Missouri, and served for five years in the Iowa national guards. He is now treasurer of the Lininger Implement Company of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. He is a member of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, a former member of the Rotary Club, an Elk, Modern Woodman, and a Mason. His favorite sport is golf, and his hobby is reading. He is a Republican.
On May 15, 1895, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Bassett at Bedford, Iowa; she was born at Bedford, March 4, 1871, and died at Omaha, March 4, 1902. He was married at Kansas City, Missouri, November 28 1917, to Gertrude Snook. Two children were born by first marriage: Katherine, born July 28, 1919, who married Dr. E. W. Bantin; Elizabeth, born January 9, 1921, who married Clayton S. Nickols; and one child born by second marriage; Mary Virginia, born July 3, 1929. Residence: Omaha.
Blanche Alphaola Stutevoss
Blanche A. Stutevoss, clubwoman, was born in Cerro Gordo, Illinois, July 6, 1871. Her father, Robert Wilson Willett, was born at White Plains, Maryland, July 16, 1837, descended from Scotch and English settlers, some of whom came to America in 1666, and some at a later date. His mother was Elizabeth Adams, of the family of Samuel Adams; John Quincy and Samuel Adams were cousins. Until his death at La Place, Illinois, on April 10, 1890, Robert Wilson Willett was a farmer and mechanic.
Mary Elizabeth Cox, wife of Robert Wilson Willett, was born in Norfolk County, Virginia, July 16, 1847, and died at Fairbury, November 1, 1926. A teacher and homemaker, she was a writer of short stories and a student of literature. Her family was originally English and settled in North Carolina and Virginia prior to the Revolution, where they were plantation owners.
Educated under private instruction in North Carolina, where she spent her girlhood, Blanche A. Stutevoss came to Nebraska in 1889, and on June 5, 1890, was united in marriage to Henry Stutevoss at Fairbury. Mr. Stutevoss was born at Muscatine, Iowa, February 15, 1859, of pioneer parentage. His father and mother came directly from Germany to Iowa, where Mr. Stutevoss grew to manhood and became a contractor and builder. He died at Fairbury, August 21, 1927. There are two children: Albert Henry, born September 19, 1891, who married Lois Estelle Mayhew, and who is a general contractor at Marysville, Kansas; and Florine, born October 7, 1896, who married Walter Cleveland Meyer. Both children served in the World War, the daughter at Washington, D. C., where she was employed in the War Department.
With the exception of the years 1911-17, Mrs. Stutevoss has been a continuous resident of the state since 1889. During the World War she participated in Red Cross work, and during 1922-27 served as supervisor of relief for her city and county, under appointment of the board of county commissioners. During her residence in Fairbury, she has always been a member of the Woman's Club, and was its president in 1909-10. She is a member of the Parent-Teacher Association, and from 1929-31, was a member of the Fairbury School Board. At the present time she is. president of the Fairbury Board of Education.
For a number of years Mrs. Stutevoss has been active in local Republican politics, and has filled the offices of treasurer and vice chairman of the Republican County committee. She is a Rotary and a member of the Christian Church, and the Young Women's Christian Association, and in the latter organization served as its first president, and held the same office from 1928-31. Mrs. Stutevoss enjoys working around her home, and is especially devoted to reading history. Residence: Fairbury.
Louis Suess
Louis Suess, owner of the C. L. Decroff Department Store and president of the McCook Milling Company, was born near Decorah, Iowa, April 1, 1870, son of William and Katherine (Barth) Suess.
The father was born in Baden, Germany, and was a clergyman of the German Congregational Church who came to the United States in 1867. He died at Crete, Nebraska, February 6, 1906. His wife, Katherine, also born in Baden, died at Crete, July 12, 1926.
Mr. Suess attended public country schools and the academy then located at Crete. He has been in the general merchandise business since 1888, 42 years in the same location. In 1930 he was elected a master merchant of a class of ten in Nebraska. He is a Republican.
On August 16, 1892, he was married to Catherine Schmidt at McCook, Nebraska. She was born in Germany, August 8, 1871, and died at McCook, February 5, 1899. There are two children of this union, Gertrude, born June 19, 1893, who is the librarian at the Oregon State College at Corvallis, Oregon; Martha, born December 4, 1895, who is a student in music at the Juilliard School of Music in New York.
On September 24, 1902, he married Ethel M. Oyster at McCook, Nebraska. To this union one child was born, Eleanor Louise, on April 4, 1912. She is living with her sister Martha, in New York.
During the late war Mr. Suess was active in liberty loan drives. He is a member of the Congregational Church, the Red Cross, the Chamber of Commerce (president, 1922, was former member of the board of directors), the Rotary Club (president, 1932, was former member of the board of directors), the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Southwestern Nebraska Historical Society, and the Young Men's Christian Association (which has
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been established six years and of which he has been president five years). Mr. Suess has served 11 years on the school board and for a number of years as a member of the library board. He is an extensive land owner in southwestern Nebraska. His hobby is Hereford cattle. Residence: McCook.
William Suhr
William Suhr was born at West Side, Iowa, January 31, 1886, the son of Hans and Dorothy (Bendixen) Suhr. His father, who was a lumberman and contractor, was born in Germany. Mr. Suhr attended high school at West Side, studied law at the University of Nebraska, and the University of Michigan, and is a member of Phi Delta Phi.
He has been engaged in the practice of law at Grand Island, Nebraska, since his admission to the bar in 1914, and was county attorney of Hall County for three terms. He is chairman of the Hall County Red Cross, is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club, and holds membership in the following professional organizations: Hall County Bar Association; Nebraska State Bar Association; and American Bar Association.
Mr. Suhr is a member of Masonic Orders, Elks, and the University Club. Politically, he is a Democrat. Residence: Grand Island.
Thomas Earl Sullenger
One of Nebraska's leading educators is T. Earl Sullenger, head of the department of sociology at the University of Omaha. Mr. Sullenger was born at Irma, Crittendan County, Kentucky, November 19, 1893, son of James Ely and Clara (Perry) Sullenger. His father, also a native of Irma, was born February 9, 1867. He is a civil engineer. Clara Perry Sullenger was born at Tolu, Kentucky, February 15, 1874. She was a music teacher prior to her marriage. She died at Marion, Kentucky, March 4, 1914.
T. Earl Sullenger was graduated from Marion High School in 1915. He received a life state certificate in 1915, from Western Kentucky State Teachers' College; in 1920 he received his B. A. degree and M. A. degree from the University of Oklahoma, where he majored in sociology, psychology and education; a scholarship entitled him to attend the University of Chicago, where he took sociology and social work in the Graduate School of Social Service Administration the summer term of 1924. During the second semester of 1927-28, another scholarship enabled him to study sociology at the University of Wisconsin, and he received his Ph. D. from the University of Missouri, in 1929. During this time he held a teaching fellowship in the department of sociology.
On June 5, 1921, he was married to Flora Dorcas Fleming, at Norman, Oklahoma. Mrs. Sullenger was born in Monticello, Kentucky, February 20, 1892. During his teaching career, Mr. Sullenger has held the following positions: principal of public schools of Kentucky and Oklahoma, three years; instructor, Universty (sic) of Oklahoma, 1920-21; lecturer on methods of social research, Richmond, Virginia School of Social Work, 1921-23; and at the same time was executive secretary of Y. M. C. A. of Virginia State Medical College; professor and head of department of sociology, University of Omaha, 1923, and dean of men.
He is the author of A Study of Divorce and its Causation in Douglas County, Nebraska (1927); Social Ministry in an American City--A Recreational Survey of the Churches of Omaha (1924); Social Determinants in Juvenile Delinquency (1930); A Syllabus and Notebook for the Study of Social Psychology (1929) ; Educational Survey of Crittenden County, Kentucky (1915) ; A Study of the Juvenile Delinquent in Omaha (1925).
Mr. Sullenger is co-author of the following: Cause and Extent of Crime Among Foreigners in Omaha (1924); A Survey of Illiteracy in Omaha (1925) ; Survey of Johnston County, Oklahoma (1920) ; Social Legislation in Nebraska, and Private and Public Welfare in Omaha (1931). In addition he has written many published articles.
From May 4, 1918, until July 11, 1919, he served with the U. S. Navy, in recruiting work for six months, and psychiatric work which was pertaining to tasting and observing shall shock cases, for nine months. He is a member of the First Christian Church of Omaha, and is a Republican. He is a golfer, and is interested in gardening. His professional organizations include: The American Association of Social Workers, the American Sociological Society, the American Association of University Professors, the Society for Social Research of the University of Chicago, the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He is a member of Alpha Pi Zeta, Alpha Kappa Delta, Kappa Delta Pi, and of the Omaha Council of Social Agencies; Omaha Social Worker, and is a director of Bureau of Social Research. Residence: Omaha.
James P. Sullivan
James P. Sullivan, a resident of Nebraska for the past 40 years, was born at Morrow, Kansas, January 10, 1889. His father, Patrick Sullivan who was born at Indianapolis, March 17, 1850, has lived in this state for the past 64 years; his ancestry is Irish. His mother, Nora (Rakes) Sullivan, was born at Rock Bluff, Nebraska, June 27, 1856; her father of German and English descent, and her mother was German and Irish. Mr. Sullivan is secretary of the South Omaha Merchants Association; is vice president of the Omaha Tanning Company; proprietor of Sullivans' Sanitary Towel Supply Company; and secretary of the Nebraska-Iowa Truckmen's Depot. He is editor of The Spook. A Democrat, Mr. Sullivan has been active for many years in the civic and political life of the state. Ha served as secretary of the South Omaha Board of Education from 1911 to 1914.
His marriage to Viola Morearty was solemnized at Omaha, on January 31, 1919. Mrs. Sullivan, who is of Irish descant, was born at Omaha. They have three children: James P., Jr., born September 27, 1923; Robert J., born September 10, 1924; and Ruth Eulalia, born November 8, 1926.
Mr. Sullivan was a corporal in the Field Artillery during the late war. He is a member of South Omaha Post 331, of the American Legion, the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, South Omaha Merchants Association, and the Nabraskana Society. He is an Elk, and an Eagle, and is affiliated with Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church of Omaha, and the Knights of Columbus. He is a member of Carter Lake Club. Residence: Omaha.
John Edward Summers
John E. Summers, distinguished physician and surgeon of Omaha, was born at Fort Kearney, Nebraska, January 2, 1858, the son of John Edward and Caroline Jane (Stuart) Summers. His father, who was born January 24, 1822, and died October 1, 1908, was a member of an old Virginia family, and was a collateral descendant of Sir George Summers of Bermuda Islands fame; his ancestry was English; he was a surgeon in the United States Army, 1847-1886, and at the time of his death was a retired brigadier general in the United States Army.
His mother, who was born at Albany, New York, in 1827, was descended from the Stuart, Grant, and McKay families of Inverness-shire, Scotland. With her four sisters she was graduated from the Albany Female Academy. She died at Omaha, March 28, 1902.
Dr. Summers received most of his early education in private schools and was a student at the United States Military Academy at West Point, for over two years. He was awarded the M. D. degree at the Columbia University of Physicians and Surgeons, 1881, and the LL. D. degree at the University of Nebraska. For two years he took
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post-graduate work in Vienna, Austria, and later in other continental cities and those of the British Isles.
He is a fellow of the American Surgical Association, which is an honor for an American surgeon, since the membership is limited to one hundred and fifty surgeons of the United States and Canada, also a member of the Societe Internationale de Chirurgie. He is a member and past president of the Western Surgical Association, The Nebraska State Medical Society, The Douglas County Medical Society, and the Missouri Valley Medical Society. He has been in active practice at Omaha, since 1885, professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Nebraska College of Medicine; surgeon to the Clarkson and University Hospitals; surgeon and chief of staff of the Douglas County Hospital; consulting surgeon of St. Catherin's Hospital, and formerly, for a number of years, chief surgeon of the Immanuel and Wise Memorial Hospitals.
Dr. Summers served as Surgeon General for the Nebraska National Guard on the staff of Governor J. E. Boyd, and as colonel on the staff of Governor A. J. Shallenberger. From 1881 to 1883, he was acting assistant surgeon in the United States Army, and in 1890, held this position again. He is a member of the Military Surgeons of the United States. He holds membership in the Omaha Club, and the Country Club, and was formerly a member of the Omaha Library Board. He is a member of the Nebraskana Society.
The book, Modern Treatment of Wounds published in 1899, was written by Dr. Summers, in addition to numerous articles on surgical subjects appearing in Transactions of various Societies. He was a contributor to Bionic's Treatise on Regional Surgery. Dr. Summers' sport is hunting, and his hobby is bird dogs. He is an Episcopalian, and politically is an independent Democrat.
On April 24, 1895, his marriage to Laura Marion Hoagland was solemnized at Omaha. Mrs. Summers, who was born at Omaha, January 2, 1868, is of Dutch and English descent; her ancestors were early settlers in Massachusetts and Long Island. They have two children: John Hoagland, born July 11, 1896, and Stuart Wyman, born October 15, 1903. Residence: Omaha.
Pearle Ellis Summers
Pearle Ellis Summers, county superintendent of schools at Rushville, was born at Denison, Iowa, August 8, 1876, daughter of Camp Edward and Viola (Hawley) Ellis.
Her father was born in New York State, May 24, 1853, and was a merchant at Crawford, Nebraska, until his death there September 2, 1895. Her mother, Viola Hawley, was born in New York State, October 28, 1853, and is still living.
Mr. Summers attended Denison, Iowa, and Crawford, Nebraska, public schools and was graduated from high school at Crawford in 1895. Thereafter she attended Lincoln Normal University and Chadron State Teachers College. For nine years she was a grade teacher in rural schools at Crawford and Rushville. She has been county superintendent of schools fifteen years. Mrs. Summers is a Republican.
She was married to Harvey E. Summers at Crawford on January 1, 1900. They have one son, Paul, born January 19, 1902. Mrs. Summers is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is president of the library board at Rushville, and superintendent of the Sunday School and a steward of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Residence: Rushville.
Gustav Sumnick
Gustav Sumnick, son of Michael and Rosella (Stude) Sumnick, was born in Hammer, Germany, May 5, 1865, and has resided in Nebraska for the past forty-six years. He came to Nebraska in 1884, at the age of twenty. His parents were natives of Germany, where his father died in 1869, and his mother in 1919.
Mr. Sumnick attended the public schools, and afterward became successively farm hand, renter and land owner. At the present time he is the owner of an extensive acreage in Douglas County, and is a stockholder in the local elevator company. He is a director of the Douglas County Farm Bureau, and has served as treasurer of the local school board for eighteen years.
On March 1, 1891, he was united in marriage to Mary Nettie Kenneway at Fremont. Mrs. Sumnick was born at Waterloo, Nebraska, September 12, 1872. Their children are as follows: Leo, William, Gustav, Jr., Hazel Ruth, Rose, John, Helen, Francis, Kathryn, Marie, and Alfred. The boys of the family are engaged in farming with their father on his 1200 acres.
As stated in a newspaper story of Mr. Sumnick's achievements, after his return from a trip to Germany, "It is no wonder that his friends in the old country consider him a very rich man. For he is even more, he is wealthy, wealthy not only in lands and property, but in having a fine large family, many friends and last, but not least, good health. His German friends were surprised to find not an old man, but a man truly in his prime."
During the World War period Mr. Sumnick was active in Liberty loan drives, and in donations to the Red Cross, and still maintains his membership in the latter. He is a member of the Four H Club, the Modern Woodmen of America, and a life member of the Nebraskana, the latter in recognition of his achievements. Mr. Sumnick is a Democrat, and active in local politics. His hobbies are ancient history, geography, archeology and astronomy.
Gustav Sumnick has made two trips to Germany, since first coming to America, one in 1901, and one on May 7, 1929, where he visited point of historical interest. His old home is near Schneidemuhl, in Germany. Residence: Waterloo. (Photograph in Album).
Peter Albert Sundbury
Peter Albert Sundbury, a distinguished physician of Phelps County, Nebraska, was born at Stockholm, Sweden August 14, 1867, the son of Pehr and Johanna (Bjerstedt) Sundbury. His father, who was a farm estate manager in Sweden, was born February 8, 1844, and died May 22, 1910. His mother was born in Sweden March 16, 1839, and died there December 15, 1909.
Dr. Sundbury received his education in a Swedish gymnasium and through private tutors. He has been United States pension examiner, local surgeon for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad since 1898, and is successfully engaged in the practice of medicine at Holdrege, Nebraska. He is president of the local school board, is a member of the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce, and at one time was a director in the Red Cross.
He holds membershipi (sic) in the Phelps County Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Holdrege, and The Nebraskana Society. His fraternal organizations include the Masons, Modern Woodmen of America, and the Royal Highlanders.
Dr. Sundbury was married at Keokuk, Iowa, May 19, 1893, to Iona Belle King. Mrs. Sundbury, whose ancestry is English, Irish, and German, was born at Powhattan, Ohio, March 10, 1872. To them were born two children: Anna Elizabeth, January 13, 1895, who married Louis John Brazda; and Paul William, April 13, 1900, who is a merchant at San Francisco, California. Residence: Holdrege.
James Albert Sunderland
For 48 years James A. Sunderland has lived in Nebraska and taken part in the business and civic life of the state. He was born at Jamestown, Chautauqua County,
