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to Margaret Schmoker was solemnized at Osceola, October 28, 1897. Mrs. Schmoker (sic) was born at Osceola, March 28, 1875. They have three children: Arvilla, born June 16, 1898, who is married to A. J. Manthey; Lloyd, born February 19, 1904, who married Zelda Fentress; and Robert, born October 4, 1914. Residence: Osceola.
Levi Goodsil Todd
Levi G. Todd, farmer, merchant and banker, was born at Three Groves, Cass County, Nebraska, on May 10, 1873. His father, Levi Goodsil Todd, Sr., was born at Stockton, New York, March 22, 1830, and came to Nebraska as a pioneer when a young man. He married Lydia Jones, who was born in Lee County, Iowa, December 4, 1833. She died at Union, August 17, 1908. Levi Todd, Sr., was prominent in the early life of Nebraska, and was candidate for governor on the "Greenback" ticket. He died at Union, February 24, 1906.
Levi G. Todd attended district school and the public school at Union. From 1893-94 he attended Lincoln Normal School. On January 7, 1903, he married Mary Anna Snyder, at Louisville. Mrs. Todd was born at Cedar Creek, Nebraska, March 1, 1880. They have two children, Alice, born January 13, 1904, who married Ernest M. Rathe, who lives at Gordon, Nebraska, and Melvin, born April 22, 1910, who married Ruth Irene Schanot, who live on the old Todd homestead.
Mr. Todd is a Democrat, active in politics, and served as a member of the Nebraska state legislature, the term beginning in 1917. He has been a farmer and merchant all his life, and is former president of the Bank of Union. During the orld (sic) War he was chairman of finance and was four-minute man of Liberty Precinct, Union, Nebraska. He is a member of the Red Cross and of the Union Methodist Episcopal Church. He resides at Union. Residence: Union.
Irl Dentler Tolen
Irl Dentler Tolen was born at Moulton, Nebraska, March 25, 1887, the son of James Edward and Emma Cecelia (Dentler) Tolen. His father, who was a farmer, was born at Indianapolis, Indiana, February 16, 1850, of Pennsylvania Dutch descent. His mother, whose ancestry is German, was born at Rockford, Illinois, October 13, 1856, and died at Ord, January 13, 1911.
Mr. Tolen was graduated from the Ord High School in 1904. He served for seven years with the Koupal & Barstow Lumber Company, was manager of the Dierks Lumber & Coal Company for three years, was owner of an abstract of title company for six years, and was a publisher for five years. He was editor of the Ord Journal from 1924 to 1930.
A Democrat, he has held the following positions: city clerk of Ord, 1911-12-13; treasurer of Valley County, two terms; chairman of the Democratic county committee, and is a member of the Democratic state committee. He has been a member of the state board of agriculture since 1923, is now first vice president of the state board of agriculture, and is a member of the board of managers of the Nebraska State Fair Association. He is past president of the Rotary Club, is a member of the Ord Chamber of Commerce of which he was president in 1921, and holds membership in the Knights of Pythias and the Nebraskana Society. He is affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church of Ord.
Mr. Tolen's chief recreations are reading, golf, and baseball. During the World War he served as a member of the Council of Defense in Valley County. Of his marriage to Katherine Koupal the following children were born: Adrian, October 31, 1914; Robert, July 29, 1918, who died March 23, 1919; and Ruth, July 26, 1923. Mrs. Tolen, whose parents were Bohemian, was born at Ord, August 23, 1886. Residence: Ord.
Earle Ankeny Tolles
Earle A. Tolles, farmer, was born in Cedar County, Nebraska, February 6, 1881. He is the son of Louis Clark and Sarah Augusta (Ankeny) Tolles, pioneers in Nebraska. Louis Clark Tolles was born in Weatherfield, Vermont, November 17, 1847, and homesteaded in Nebraska in 1871. A leader in the development of his state, he died at Laurel on November 17, 1917. He was descended from English settlers in America, first in Connecticut, but prior to the Revolution in Vermont. Sarah Ankeny was born in Illinois, December 10, 1854, and died at Long Beach, California, February 17, 1925. Active in club work, she was a charter member and president of the Laurel Tuesday Club. The Ankeny family were French Huguenots and were among the early settlers of America. The ancestry of both the Ankeny and Tolles family is traceable to Revolutionary times.
Dewalt Ankeny, an ancestor of Sarah Ankeny, came to America from France with his brother in 1756. Millie Bowen, a Mayflower ancestor of Mr. Tolles, the wife of Matthew Walker, was the daughter of John and Mehitable Bowen and was the fifth in descent from Griffith Bowen who emigrated from Wales in 1628; she was fourth in descent from John and Sarah May who came from Mayfield, England, in 1640; and was sixth in descent from John and Margery Johnson who came from England with Winthrop in 1630. Other ancestors of Sarah Ankeny are Daniel and Joanna Brewer who came to this country in 1632. Captain Henry Tolles, from whom Louis Tolles is descended, was a private in Captain William Upham's Company of Vermont Militia. With his son, Clark Tolles, both natives of Weathersfield, Vermont, he served for several months during 1781.
Educated in the public schools of Nebraska, Mr. Tolles was graduated from the Agricultural College of the University of Nebraska in 1903. He has resided and operated on the same farm for the past fifty years. On December 18, 1923, he was married to Mary Ellen Rutherford, of Greeley, Colorado. Mrs. Tolles, who was born October 21, 1892, was of Scotch parentage on the paternal side, and on the maternal side was descended from early Pennsylvania Dutch settlers. There are three children, Mary Fae, born December 21, 1924; Louis Chester, born October 21, 1927, and James Rutherford, born August 16, 1929.
Mr. Tolles is a Republican. He has been a member of the First Presbyterian Church for many years, and an elder since 1918. His fraternal memberships include the Modern Woodmen of America and the Odd Fellows, and he is a life member of the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Laurel. (Photograph on Page 1199).
Edwin Frederick Tonsing
Edwin F. Tonsing was born at Okawville, Washington County, Illinois, February 15, 1886, the son of Frederick and Kathrine (Kerksieck) Tonsing. His father, who is a farmer, was born in Germany, February 27, 1840, and came to this country in 1854.
His mother was born in Germany, October 1, 1844, and died at Okawville, April 13, 1913.
Until he was grown Mr. Tonsing lived on a farm in Illinois, and received his early education in the grade and high schools. In 1906 and 1907 he was a student at the Southwestern Business College at Saint Louis, Missouri. He has lived in Nebraska for twenty-two years during which time he was a carpenter for seven years, and since 1915 has been a mortician and furniture dealer.
He was united in marriage with Clara Schreiner at Syracuse, Nebraska, January 19, 1916. Mrs. Tonsing was born of German parents at Unadilla, Otoe County, Nebraska, June 14, 1886. Five children were born to them, four of whom are living: Homer F., born March 14,1917; Leota M., born April 11, 1918; Clara May, born January 6, 1920, who died January 10, 1920; Lucille M., born No-
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vember 29, 1925; and Kathryn Ann, born September 2, 1927.
Mr. Tonsing is a member of the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce. He is a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and is affiliated with the St. John's Evangelical Church at Syracuse. He is fond of golf. His hobby is reading. His political preference is the Republican party. Residence: Syracuse. (Photograph on Page 1201).
Charles Brother Towle
Charles Brother Towle, son of Phineas Stewart and Mary (Brother) Towle, was born at Clinton, Iowa, September 10, 1875. His father was a native of New York State, born June 8, 1886, who died at Elmira, New York, in June, 1898. A merchant, he served as a major of Marines in the Civil War, and was of English descent. His wife, Mary, was born at Bath, New York, November 21, 1889, and died at Clinton, Iowa, in June, 1916. She was also of English ancestry.
Mr. Towle was graduated from Clinton High School in 1893, and received a B. S. from Rensslaer Polytechnic Institute in 1898. He is a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. On January 4, 1902, he was married to Lucy Bonney Curtis at Clinton, Iowa. She was a native of Clinton, born February 5, 1878, of English descent. They have three children, Mary, born August 24, 1904, who married J. K. Cozier; Priscilla, born November 10, 1905, who married T. T. Varney, Jr.; and Curtis, born February 9, 1909.
Mr. Towle is a Republican. He has been engaged as a manufacturer for the past twenty-eight years in Nebraska, and is vice president of Curtis, Towle and Paine Company, a director of Curtis Companies, Inc., the Curtis and Yale Company, and the First National Bank. A member of various civic and commercial organizations he is a former president of the Chamber of Commerce, Community Chest, Nebraska Manufacturers Association and Lincoln Manufacturers Association. He is a 32nd degree Mason and past potentate of the Shrine. During the World War he was on the Exemption Board, a member of the Council of Defense, and active on the U. S. Employment Board. He was a corporal in the First Volunteer Engineers in the Spanish American War. His clubs are the University (president), Candle Light, Lincoln County Club and the Round Table. Residence: Lincoln.
John Webster Towle
John Webster Towle, civic engineer and executive, was born at Falls City, Nebraska, August 28, 1872. His father, Edwin Sargent Towle represents the eleventh generation from Phillip Towle who came to America from Ulster County, Ireland, about 1660 and settled at Hampton, New Hampshire. Edwin Sargent Towle was born at Mishawakee, Indiana, March 13, 1843, and has been prominent in Nebraska for many years. A lawyer, he was speaker of the Nebraska legislature in 1875, and served on the constitutional convention of 1873. He held the rank of sergeant with Company L, 2nd Nebraska Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. He married Kittie Love Dorrington, a native of Whitestown, New York, born January 27, 1849. Her parents, David Dorrington and Ann Barnard Wood who came from England about 1841, moved to Falls City, Nebraska, in September 1857.
Upon the completion of his grade school education, John W. Towle entered the Falls City High School from which he was graduated in 1889. He later attended the Highland (Kansas) Academy, and received the degree of B. C. E. from Cornell University in 1894. He was a member of the baseball varsity team four years, a member of the Sphinx Head, honorary senior society and was elected to Alpha Tau Omega.
Returning to Nebraska in 1894 he engaged as a civil engineer from that year until 1897 when he became general western agent for the Canton Bridge Company, continuing until 1904. In 1906 he organized the Omaha Steel Works, of which he since has been president. He is the organizer and is connected with various other corporations. He is the president of the Western Securities Company, vice president of the Western Bridge and Construction Company, president of the Towle Realty Company, vice president of the Independent Lumber Company, president of the Nebraska Bridge Supply and Lumber Company, treasurer of the Plattsmouth Bridge Company, etc.
A Republican, Mr. Towle is active in party polities. He was delegate to the Republican national convention of 1912 and delegate at large in 1920. He is the author of the Erection of the Yuma, ArizonaBridge Over the Colorado River.
From 1917-19 he was a member of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, as plant engineer at Hog Island and Wilmington, N. C. He attends the First Methodist Church of Omaha, and is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association. From 1920-25 he was a Rotarian, and for the past twenty years he has been a member of the Elks. He is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Nebraska State Historical Society. His outdoor recreations include golf, swimming, walking and baseball. He is also an ardent chess player. His clubs include the Omaha Club, the Omaha Athletic Club, the Omaha Field Club and the Omaha Country Club.
Mr. Towle was married to Naomi Frances Everts at Geneva, Illinois, on September 3, 1894. Mrs. Towle, who is a direct descendant of William Warner who settled at Ipswich, Connecticut in 1635, was born at Geneva, Illinois, March 19, 1873. To this union three children were born, two of whom are living. Marion R., born July 5, 1895, married D. J. Sibbernsen; Naomi N., born October 6, 1896, married F, H. Bucholz; Everts S., born April 24, 1903, died April 11, 1904. Residence: Omaha.
Max G. Towle
Max G. Towle, lawyer and county attorney of Lancaster County, Nebraska, was born at Annondale, Minnesota, September 9, 1889. Wilber W. Towle, his father, who is a lawyer, was born in Wisconsin, and is the son of W. H. Towle a Civil War veteran who was for many years postmaster at Annondale. His mother is Mae (Niles) Towle.
Mr. Towle attended the Clinton Grade School at Lincoln, and was graduated from the Lincoln High School. From 1909 to 1914 he was a student at the University of Nebraska where he received his LL. B. degree. He was a member of the Alpha Psi Chapter of Kappa Sigma. In 1913 he was captain of the university baseball team, and in 1912-13 he was quarterback on the football team. He was admitted to the bar at Lincoln, June 1914.
A Republican, Mr. Towle was justice of the peace at Lincoln, 1917-18; deputy county attorney, 1919-26; and since 1926 has been county attorney. He has lived in this state for 37 years.
His marriage to Ruth R. Scott was solemnized at Lincoln, November 26, 1917. Mrs. Towle was born at Brookfield, Missouri, January 25, 1895. Her father is a physieiain (sic). Their daughter, Virginia, was born May 4, 1920.
Mr. Towle was in the Naval Aviation Training School at Seattle Washington, during the World War. He is a member of the American Legion. He is a member of the Lancaster County Bar Association, the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, and the Parent-Teachers Association. He is an Elk, a Knight of Pythias, and an Odd Fellow. He holds membership in the local Young Men's Christian Association. He is fond of golfing, swimming and tennis. Residence: Lincoln.
Solon Rodney Towne
Solon Rodney Towne, physician and surgeon, was born at Stowe, Vermont, December 20, 1846, son of Jess and Salome Esther (Seabury) Towne. He was graduated from the Peoples Academy at Morrisville, Vermont, in 1868 and received the A. B., A. M., and M. D. degrees from Dartmouth College.
Since 1888 Dr. Towne has been in practice in Omaha. He was professor of public health, Creighton Medical College 1894-1900 and held the same position at the University of Nebraska 1900-13. He is now retired from active practice.
On July 23, 1873, he was married to Harriet Christiana Somers at Jericho, Vermont. She was born at Greensboro, Vermont, January 13, 1844, and died at Omaha, December 29, 1929. She was the organizer and served as president of the Omaha Woman's Club.
Their children are as follows: Jessie M., born July 5, 1874; Mary Agnes, born April 9, 1876; Robert Somers, born February 22, 1878, married Frances Dashiell and died April 27, 1925; Alice C., born April 3, 1884, married Fred Milo Deweese and died September 2, 1909.
Dr. Townc is a member of First Central Congregational Church, the Nebraska Tuberculosis Association (president 1908-28), the Nebraska Mayflower Society and the Audubon Society. Residence: Omaha.
Clinton Alonzo Townsend
Clinton Alonzo Townsend, president of Townsend Brothers, Incorporated, was born at Newton, Wisconsin, October 1, 1873. His father, Waldron Chaney Townsend, was a native of Zanesville, Ohio, born in 1846. He was a bridge builder, who served with Company C, 18th Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil War, as did his father. He was one of the first commissioners of Holt County. His death occurred at Page on June 14. Ida Alzina Farr, his wife, was born at Malone, New York, July 27, 1856. She is much interested in church work, the Women's Christian Temperance Union, etc.
Mr. Townsend was graduated from public school in 1891, and attended normal school in 1895 and 1896. From 1891 until 1898 he taught school, and since 1899 has been in the hardware and implement business continuously. He is a Democrat, a member of the Nebraska Hardware Dealers Association and the Midwest Implement Dealers Association.
Always active in civic and fraternal affairs, he has been treasurer of the Red Cross since 1920, is a member of the Woodmen of the World, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Odd Fellows, the Masons, the Rebekahs, the Royal Highlanders, Ben Hur, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Low Twelve Club. During the World War he was a member of the War Risk Insurance board, and a member of the advisory board of Holt County. He is a member of the Nebraska State Historical Society, the National Geographic Society and a life member of the Nebraskana Society. He enjoys reading.
On December 27, 1897, he was married to Carrie Helen Gallagher at Page. Mrs. Townsend was born at Lincoln, Illinois, September 16, 1878, and is of Scotch-Irish descent. They have two children, Clinton Alva, born April 10, 1900, who married June Elizabeth; and Helen Independence, born July 4, 1901, who married Franklin Joseph Chemler. Residence: Page.
June Elizabeth Townsend
Born at Sidney, Iowa, June 3, 188, June Elizabeth Townsend is the daughter of Amos N. and Mary Mercy (Moore) Travis. Her father was born of English ancestry at Sidney, and died there in December, 1908. Her mother, whose ancestry was Irish, was born at Sidney.
Mrs. Townsend attended the Sidney grade school and in 1917 was graduated from the high school there. She was a student at Nebraska Wesleyan University from 1917 to 1919, where she was a member of Omicron Rho Omicron and took an active part in athletics. She has held the following positions in Nebraska schools: teacher, Hordville, 1919; teacher, Fremont, 1919-20; teacher, Omaha, 1920-21; principal in the high school, Page, 1921-28.
She is affiliated with the Methodist Church of Page, is a member of the Eastern Star and Rebekah Lodge, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. Her marriage to Clinton Townsend was solemnized at Omaha, November 25, 1920. Mr. Townsend, who is a merchant, was born of English and Irish parents at Page, April 10, 1900. They have an adopted daughter, Patricia Ann. Residence: Page.
Frank Gordon Tracy
Born at Kearney, Nebraska, March 14, 1893, Frank Gordon Tracy is the son of Isaac Smith and Maria Elizabeth (Stowe) Tracy. His father, who was a farmer, was born in Licking County, Ohio, September 1, 1840, and died at Kearney, August 8, 1929; his ancestry was Scotch and Irish. His mother, whose ancestry was Scotch and Irish, was born in Hancock County, Illinois, September 3, 1859, and died in Polk County, Nebraska, October 9, 1912.
Mr. Tracy received his education in the public schools of Kearney. He is chief of police at Kearney, holds membership in the Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the Nebraskana Society. He is a member of Tehama Shrine and Rob Morris Lodge Number 46, of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Buffalo Lodge Number 38 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
During the World War, Mr. Tracy served as first lieutenant in the 127th Field Artillery and at this time is a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. A Republican, he served as deputy sheriff of Buffalo County, Nebraska, 1923-26, and in 1930 was candidate for sheriff of that county.
On August 24, 1922, he married Ethel Edna Madden at Hastings. Mrs. Tracy, whose ancestry is Irish, was born at Minneapolis, Kansas, June 24, 1894. They have one daughter, Gloria Lee, born January 27, 1930. Residence: Kearney.
Thomas Athur (sic) Tracy
A leading farmer in Lancaster County for many years, Thomas Arthur Tracy was born at Wilber, January 9, 1873. His father, George E. Tracy, was a prominent figure in the political and commercial life, of Saline and Boone Counties. He was the general merchandise business, and for twelve years was postmaster at Wilber. Later he served five years as county assessor of Boone County. His death occurred at Albion, July 7, 1919. His wife, Julia Harriet Osborn, died at Wilber in March, 1884.
Raised on a farm, Mr. Tracy had but meager schooling. He was married to Ella May Leland at Valparaiso, Nebraska, on August 12, 1896. Mrs. Tracy, who is a true farmer's wife, was born at Wahoo, March 24, 1877. There are six children: Esther, born November 21, 1899, married Ray Rolfsmeyer; Floyd, born December 23, 1901, married Rose Hermance; Dorothy, born May 11, 1904, married Ervin Broadwater; Thomas E., born November 20, 1909; Fred E., born June 21, 1911; and Helen M., born June 15, 1921.
Mr. Tracy is a Republican. He has always lived in Nebraska, and takes an interested part in every effort for the advancement of his community and state. Recently he was awarded life membership in the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Raymond.
Arthur Ray Transue
Arthur Ray Transue, dentist, was born at Summerfield, Kansas, August 10, 1898, son of George W. and Minnie M. (Manning) Transue. His ancestry is German and English.
Dr. Transue attended the University of Nebraska where he received the degree of Bachelor of Science in Dentistry and the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He is a member of the Lions Club, the Nebraska State Dental Society, the United Presbyterian Church, the Masons, the Odd Fellows and Xi Psi Phi.
On September 15, 1923, he was married to Lela Fay Detweiler at Lincoln. She was born at Summerfield, Kansas, October 4, 1898. There are two children, Arthur Alan, born January 28, 1929; and Donna Jeanne, born March 15, 1926.
Dr. Transue served three months in the World War. He is a life member of the Nebraskana Society. His favorite sports are hunting and golf. Residence: Overton.
Nathan Evan Trego
Nathan Evan Trego, son of Evan and Elizabeth (Rettew) Trego, was born in Cupola, Chester County, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1867. His father was born in Cupola in 1813, and died at Sadsburyville, Pennsylvania in 1873. He was a farmer of English ancestry. His wife, Elizabeth (Rettew) Trego, was born in Cupola, August 24, 1820, died at Sadsburyville, in March, 1908.
Mr. Trego came to North Platte, Nebraska 46 years ago, and worked for W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) until the fall of 1887.
He helped drive a herd of horses to western Iowa and returned to North Platte, where he went to work for W. C. Ritner who was then ranching northwest of North Platte. The following spring Mr. Trego entered the employ of John Bratt and Company, who were large ranchers for that period, and who owned ranches on the North Platte River and in the lake country in the sand hills. The home ranch was located on the South Platte River southwest of North Platte.
In 1895 another cowboy, John Schick, who worked for the Circle Ranch outfit, and Mr. Trego started ranching on a small scale in McPherson County on the old cotton wood ranch in the lake country about 1895. There Mr. Trego is still located with his two sons.
Mr. Trego has always taken an interest in public and community affairs and for 25 years served as a member of the board of county commissioners of McPherson County.
He was married to May Wilson at the Cody Ranch, June 30, 1896. Mrs. Trego was born at Dawson, Illinois, August 31, 1878. Her mother, Elizabeth Wilson, was born April 2, 1858, of Irish ancestry, and resides at Sutherland. Her father died at Sutherland, March 19, 1912. He is also of Irish descent.
To Mr. and Mrs. Trego were born five children, three of whom are living, Harriet, born July 31, 1897, died in August, 1918; Helen, born October 16, 1899; William, born September 23, 1901; and Morris, born January 1, 1904. The other child died in infancy.
A Mason, Mr. Trego is also a member of the Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Sutherland. Residence: Sutherland.
Leonard Wallace Trester
Leonard Wallace Trester was born at Lincoln, Nebraska, March 9, 1895, son of Lewis Henry and Alice (Wallace) Trester. His father is manager of the Trester Mercantile Company and the president of the Trester Wrecking Company of Lincoln. Mrs. Trester is active in musical and club work in Lincoln.
Leonard Wallace Trester received his education in the public and high schools of Lincoln, and attended the University of Nebraska 1916, 1917 and 1918. He is a member of Alpha Theta Chi. He was married to Mary Milda Steele, of Hastings on May 7, 1919. They have two children, Patricia, born June 24, 1920, and Leonard born August 21, 1923.
Mr. Trester has been in the advertising business since leaving the university. Since 1920 he has been secretary-treasurer of the Omaha Outdoor Advertising Company; and since 1926 has been manager of the General Outdoor Advertising Company. He is president of the Outdoor Advertising Association of Nebraska, and a director of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America.
Always active in civic and welfare work, Mr. Trester has served as state chairman of the United States Boys Working Reserve, associate and later state director of the American Red Cross. He was also a director of the Junior Red Cross. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the AdSell League and the Rotary Club. He is a Mason. His clubs are the Omaha, the Omaha Country and the Omaha Athletic Clubs. His sport is golf, and his hobby is garden lilies. Residence: Omaha.
Volney Buchanan Trimble
Born at Clarksburg, West Virginia, October 9, 1856, Volney Buchanan Trimble is the son of Eldrege Clark and Mary Elizabeth (Radcliff) Trimble. His father, a farmer and banker, was born at Clarksburg, Virginia, December 12, 1832. His descent was traced to William Trimble, a Scotchman, who came to America as an officer in the army of Lord Cornwallis. Mary Elizabeth Radcliff was born at Fairfield, Virginia (now West Virginia), December 19, 1833. and died there on May 10, 1917. Eldrege Trimble died at Fairfield in June, 1906.
Volney B. Trimble attended private schools, Flemington (West Virginia) College, and was graduated from Fairmont State Normal School in West Virginia. Soon after his graduation he began teaching, continuing for three years: thereafter, for a period of six years owned and edited the Randolph Enterprise, a weekly newspaper, and The Mystic Tie, a Masonic Monthly. A Democrat, he served as mayor of Beverly, West Virginia, two terms, was delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1881. which nominated Hancock for president, and was admitted to the bar in 1880.
A resident of Nebraska since July 4, 1887, Mr. Trimble was a member of the wholesale grocery firm of Trimble, Blaèkman and Alexander in Hastings from 1887 to 1907, and since that time has engaged in the real estate and investment business. He has also served as a member of the city council and on the Hastings school board.
Of his marriage to Mary Burns Blackman there are two children living and one deceased. Wilfred B., born July 13, 1882, is married to Anna Blake. and is with Libby, McNeil and Libby, in Burbank, California. Estella M., born July 29, 1884, married Charles B. Duer, and died December 17, 1928. Helen M., born October 30, 1887, is married to J. Forrest Sims. They are in the life insurance business at Poughkeepsie, New York.
Mary Burns Blackman, who was born at Beverly, West Virginia, January 29, 1859, died at a hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, December 4, 1914. Of English and Scotch extraction, she was descended from the Reverend Adam Blackman, who came from England and settled in Connecticut in 1636.
Mr. Trimble has been a member of the Hastings library board since the establishement of the city library in 1903, and is at present secretary of the board, having served for a number of years as chairman. He is a charter member of the Lions Club, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and The Nebraskana Society, and is a Mason, Knight Templar and member of the Shrine.
