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school, while the two younger boys are still in school. Both of the older children have attended college.
Mr. Wickersham is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Masons. From 1908 until 1931 he was a member of the school board, and from 1929 until 1931 was president of the Parent Teachers Association. His hobby is reading. Residence: Filley.
Oscar Albright Wickert
A leading merchant in. Rising City, Oscar Albright Wickert, was born at Mertztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1859. He is the son of Charles and Lucretia (Albright) Wickert, the former born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. He died at Geryville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He had engaged in farming in Pennsylvania for many years, and was of Pennsylvania Dutch ancesry (sic). His mother was born at Trexlertown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and died at Spinnerstown, Pennsylvania. Her ancestors were German.
Oscar Albright Wickert attended public school and the Perkiomen Seminary. On November 28, 1895, at Monroe, Wisconsin, he was united in marriage with Medea May Musser, who was born at Orangeville, Illinois, April 18, 1870, of Pennsylvania Dutch parentage. She is a member of the Rebekah Lodge and a member of the Helen Gould Club, and is active in church work.
He is in the general merchandising business as a member of the firm, Wickert and Uhe, at Rising City, Nebraska. A Democrat, he has lived in Nebraska since 1888, and has been in business since that time. Mr. Wickert is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and is a member of the Nebraskana Society. He has served on the town board and the school board for many years. Residence: Rising City.
Edward Wiedel
Edward Wiedel, farmer, was born at Sauk City, Wisconsin, October 13, 1867, son of Stephan and Cathrina (Stutz) Wiedel. The father was born in Germany, and came to Nebraska as an early pioneer farmer. He died at Hebron, Febraury (sic) 26, 1919. His wife, who was born in Germany also, died in Thayer County, June 15, 1927.
Mr. Wiedel attended country school, and has since engaged in farming. He is a Democrat, and at the present time, is a director of the Stoddard bank and of the country school board.
On June 15, 1899, he was married to Rose Geopfrich at Hebron. Mrs. Wiedel was born at Newark, New Jersey, February 25, 1877, and was a country school teacher in her youth. She has resided in Nebraska for 53 years. They have eight children: Bernard, born May 1, 1900; Alvin, born September 6, 1901; Carl, born May 1, 1904; Louis, born April 29, 1906; Frank, born May 23, 1908; William, born March 7, 1911; Gertrude, born March 28, 1914; and Corneilus, born October 8, 1916.
Mr. Wiedel is a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and Mrs. Wiedel is a member of the Hebron Country Club. . Residence: Hebron.
Joseph Wiedel, Sr.
Joseph Wiedel, son of Stephen and Katherine (Stutz) Wiedel, was born at Honey Creek, Wisconsin, May 23, 1874, and came to Nebraska with his parents, who were pioneer settlers. Stephen Wiedel was a native of Germany, who came to America as a young man, and returned to Germany where he died. His wife was born in Germany, and is still living.
Mr. Wiedel attended public school and soon afterward engaged in farming. His interests have always been confined to agricultural pursuits, and to his family of which he is justly proud. He was united in marriage to Katherine Mary Willy at Hebron, on November 19, 1896, and to them were born eleven children, ten of whom are living.
John, born December 12, 1897, married Gertrude Schmidt; Leon, born January 23, 1899, married Grace Dewald, and died in September, 1927; Joseph, Jr., born March 4, 1900, married Agnes Sponsel; Paul, born October 2, 1902, married Florence Shipman; Walter, born November 15, 1904, married Nellie Cooperrider; Marie, born July 14, 1906, is a nun; Albert, born September 3, 1907; Herman, born June 4, 1910; Benjamin, born August 3, 1912; Leona, born March 23, 1914; and Anna, born December 6, 1915.
Mr. Wiedel is a Democrat. He is a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus, and is a life member of the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Hebron.
Fred Conrad Wiegman
The Reverend Fred Conrad Wiegman has been a resident of Nebraska since 1913. He was born at Wellsburg, Iowa, February 15, 1899, son of Frederick Conrad and Bertha (Hammerschmidt) Wiegman.
The father was born in Westphalia, Germany, October 13, 1857, and died at Hastings, September 14, 1917. He was a clergyman who came to America in 1878, and was superintendent of Synodical Missions. His wife, Bertha, was born at Monticello, Illinois, February 3, 1869. She is living at Hastings.
Mr. Wiegman attended the public schools of Newkirk, Oklahoma, and Howells, Nebraska, until 1912; was graduated from Hastings High School in 1916; received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Midland College at Fremont, Nebraska in 1924; and his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Western Seminary in 1927. He was active in debating and dramatics, was a member of the literary society, and was, college president of his senior class in 1924. On June 8, 1927, Mr. Wiegman was ordained to the Lutheran ministry. He is the author of John the Baptist (February, 1928).
Mr. Wiegman was married to Mary Clarinda Rangeler at Fremont, Nebraska, June 8, 1927. Mrs. Wiegman was born at Leipsic, Ohio, April 14, 1902, of German and Scotch-Irish ancestry. They have one daughter, Herma Jean, born October 12, 1929.
In 1916 Mr. Wiegman became a clerk for Wolbach and Brach at Hastings, and in 1917 was a driver for the American Railway Express Company. He was shipping clerk for the Fisk Rubber Company at Hastings in 1917, and billing clerk for the same company at Memphis, Tennessee, 1918-1919. During the same year he was manager of the Kirkendall Shoe Company at Omaha. At the present time he is pastor of the First Lutheran Church of North Platte.
During the World War Mr. Wiegman was a member of the home guard. He is a member of the First Lutheran Church of North Platte, secretary of the English Nebraska Synod and since 1927 has been a member of the Red Cross. He has also been a member of the Boy Scouts during this time and of the Rotary Club. He is a member of the Nebraskana Society, the Parent Teachers Association, and the Young Men's Christian Association. His hobby is mechanics. He is a Democrat. Residence: North Platte. (Photograph in Album).
John Henry Wiese
John Henry Wiese, Sr., father of the subject of this sketch, was born at Kid, Germany, May 6, 1843, and came to America in April, 1860, settling in Nebraska territory. During the early days of the state he was a freighter, and later a surveyor on the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha to the west. He married Anna Catherine Timmerman, who was born in Hamburg, Germany, December 31, 1848. He died near Omaha, October 1, 1890. His wife lived until February 8, 1914, and died at Omaha.
John H. Wiese was educated in the public schools of Douglas County. He married Mary Ernst, born July 8,
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1878, in Douglas County, March 6, 1900. There are three children, Henry, born March 5, 1901; Clarence, born March 9, 1902; and Louisa, born September 18, 1903.
Mr. Wiese is a Democrat, and served as county commissioner of Sarpy County 1926-30, and was re-elected in 1930 for a term of four years. He has extensive farming interests in the county, and is otherwise active. He is a director of the First Lutheran Hospital at Omaha, and a member of the First Lutheran Church of Papillion. He is a member of The Nebraskana Society, of the Springfield Parent-Teachers Association, and in 1928 was elected a member of the board of education of Springfield. Residence: Papillion.
Edwin Charles Wiggenhorn
Edwin Charles Wiggenhorn, distinguished financier and civic leader at Ashland, Saunders County, Nebraska, has lived there since 1870. He was born at Hustisford, Wisconsin, October 18, 1865, the son of Ernest Alexander and Augusta (Niemeyer) Wiggenhorn. His father, who was born in Westphalen, Germany, March 23, 1830, and died at Ashland, September 23, 1904, came to Nebraska in 1867, settling first at Plattsmouth and later moving to Ashland. His mother, who was born in Hanover, Germany, May 4, 1837, and died at Ashland, August 3, 1881, came to Nebraska with her husband in pioneer days.
Mr. Wiggenhorn was graduated from the Ashland High School in 1881, was graduated from Northwestern University at Watertown, Wisconsin, 1884, and in 1887 received the Bachelor of Literature degree at the University of Nebraska. He was awarded the LL. B. degree at Georgetown University Law School, Washington, O. C., 1889, and the A. M. degree in 1890. From 1890 to 1904 he was in government service as field representative and special examiner for the Bureau of Pensions. He returned to Ashland in 1904 and became cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, an institution founded by his father. He subsequently became vice president of the bank and held that position until his retirement from active business in 1928,
He was president of the Fremont Joint Stock Land Bank at one time, was a director in the Lincoln Joint Stock Bank, and was a director in the Midwest Life Insurance Company of Lincoln. A Democrat, he served as mayor of Ashland for four terms and during his administration Ashland streets were paved. He was largely instrumental in securing a Carnegie Library for the city of Ashland. Residence: Ashland.
Theron Leslie Wiggins
Born at Cole, Iowa, June 18, 1883, Theron Leslie Wiggins is the son of Charles Fremont and Emma Jane (Stark) Wiggins. They were married at Sycamore, Illinois, May 1, 1879. The father, who was a farmer and stockraiser, was born at Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1857, and came to Gothenburg about 1902. He died at Grand Island, February 8, 1928. His wife, Emma Jane, was born in Sycamore, Illinois, November 15, 1858.
Mr. Wiggins attended high school in Iowa until 1899, and coming to Gothenburg in 1900 has been connected with the livestock business there ever since. He is a member of the Gothenburg Country Club and has been a director of the school board since 1913. He is a Mason and member of the Scottish Rite and Shrine bodies His hobby is reading.
His marriage to Grace Maude Homer was solemnized at Gothenburg, February 24, 1910. She was born at Mason City, February 10, 1882. Their children are, Harlan, born July 13, 1911; Raymond, born December 7, 1912; Ivan, born October 18, 1914; Dorothy, born July 11, 1917; Frances, born May 3, 1922; and Ruth, born September 3, 1925. Residence: Gothenburg.
Harrison Alonzo Wigton
Harrison A. Wigton has lived in Nebraska all his life and has been engaged in the practice of medicine in Omaha for over 25 years. He was born at Hastings, Nebraska, December 20, 1878, the son of Alonzo L. and Mary (Hunt) Wigton. His father, who was born in Delaware County, Ohio, January 19, 1841, was a newspaper and insurance man. He was a Civil War veteran and a pioneer in Ohio. His Scotch and English ancestors came to America before the Revolution. Alonzo Wigton died December 20, 1919, at Omaha. His mother was born in Delaware County, October 29, 1846, of English, Welch and Holland Dutch descent, and is a direct descendant of Captain Miles Standish.
Dr. Wigton was graduated from the Omaha High School in 1897. In 1900 he was granted the B. E. degree at Hastings College; in 1915, he studied in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School; and in 1905 he was awarded his M. D. degree at the University of Nebraska Medical College. In 1929, Dr. Wigton was made a fellow of the American College of Physicians.
He served as assistant superintendent at the Nebraska Sstate (sic) Hospital for the Insane at Lincoln, 1906-09, is now a specialist in neuropsychiatry and is medical director of the Omaha Life Insurance Company. He is the author of articles on Parkinsonian Syndomes and Epilepsy.
His marriage to Jessie May Mosher was solemnized at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, December 19, 1907. Mrs. Wigton was born at Wessington, South Dakota, August 6, 1885. They have three children: Margaret Ruth, born September 17, 1909; Robert Spencer, born November 1, 1911; and Mary Elizabeth, born June 5, 1917.
In 1918, Dr. Wigton was a member of the Volunteer Medical Service Corps. He holds membership in the following professional organizations: Omaha-Douglas County Medical Society, American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, Missouri Valley Neuropsychiatric Society, of which he is secretary. He is assistant professor of neuro-psychiatry at the University of Nebraska Medical School; is neuro-psychiatrist at Immanuel Hospital, Evangelical Covenant Hospital and Methodist Hospital, and is consultant at Bethphage Mission at Axtell, Nebraska.
Dr. Wigton is a member of the State Historical Society and The Nebraskana Society. He is a member of the Omaha Kiwanis Club; and is a member of the Masons, Scottish Rite and Shrine. He is a Republican. Residence: Omaha.
Elmer Dee Wiley
Elmer Dee Wiley, railroad station agent, was born at Storm Lake, Iowa, March 18, 1896, son of Isaac and Mary Elizabeth (Arndfelt) Wiley. His father, who was born at Deerfield, Indiana, June 4, 1861, is a retired farmer, descended from one of four brothers, John, James, Andrew, and Alexander Wiley, who came from County Down, Ireland, and settled in Rockbridge County, Virginia, during the Revolutionary War. They were farmers, inventors and gunsmiths. James Wiley came west with Daniel Boone and settled at Boonesboro, Kentucky; Andrew was a gunsmith; Alexander invented a ditching machine; and John Wiley, great grandfather of Elmer, was a farmer. One of Elmer Wiley's great uncles served in the War of 1812, and an uncle served in the Civil War. Mary Elizabeth Arndfelt was born in Elizabethtown, Ohio, December 10, 1860, and died at Endieott, Nebraska, February 21, 1927. She was of Irish and Pennsylvania Dutch descent.
Educated in the public schools of Ida Grove, Iowa, and Endieott, Nebraska, Elmer Dee Wiley has been a resident of Nebraska since December 28, 1911. During 1916-17 he was clerk with the Great Northern Railway, and during 1919-20 was a hostler helper with the Union Pacific System. Since 1920 he has been successively sta-
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tion helper, clerk, operator and station agent with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad.
On October 10, 1923, he was married to Elizabeth Elma Gunderman at Denver, Colorado. Mrs. Wiley was born in Gotha, Germany, December 28, 1899. Her uncle, Ernest Gunderman, is a professor at the University of Gotha. They have one daughter, Bonnie Lou, born November 28, 1924.
Mr. Wiley served in the United States Army from September 19, 1917, to July 8, 1919, and was overseas from February 16, 1918 to June 30, 1919. During this time he was in General Pershing's Headquarters, at Chaumont, France, seventeen months. He was successively private, corporal and sergeant, and was recommended for promotion to battalion sergeant major, with Company G, Headquarters Battalion, General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces. He is a member of the American Legion (adjutant 1930-81). He is councilman of the Boy Scouts, and during 1930-31 served as secretary of the Community Club.
Mr. Wiley is a member of the Masons and the Order of Eastern Star, and a life member of the Nebraskana Society. He enjoys golf and football, and his hobbies are reading and woodcraft. He is an independent Republican. Residence: Bennet.
Ray Saunders Wilfley
Ray S. Wilfley, banker, was born in Maryville, Missouri, November 21, 1888. Upon completing his public school work he attended high school at Maryville, Missouri. George Lewis Wilfley, father of Ray, was born at Sedalia, Missouri, August 1, 1858, and has now retired from business. His mother, Jennie R. (Saunders) Wilfley, was born at Maryville, Missouri, in 1861. She is interested in club and community work and is a member of the 20th Century Club.
On November 2, 1909, Ray Wilfley was united in marriage to Naomi Belle Armstrong. She was born in Maryville, Missouri, December 21, 1888; is active in club work and is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Their one daughter, Naomi, born December 28, 1913, is a student at the Fairbury High School.
Mr. Wilfley has been a resident of the state of Nebraska for sixteen years, during which time he was a banker at Steele City, thirteen years, and for the past three years he has been cashier of the First National Bank of Fairbury. He is also director of the Jefferson County Bank of Daykin, Nebraska. He is a Protestant and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Fairbury.
He is chairman of the local board of Newton precinct in Jefferson County, a member of the Jefferson County Council of Defense, the Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club, Masons and the Fairbury Country Club. Residence: Fairbury.
Charles M. Wilhelm
Charles M. Wilhelm, prominent executive of Omaha, has lived in Nebraska for nearly 40 years, and has taken an active interest in the progress of Omaha. He was born at Springwater, New York, November 22, 1858, the son of Benjamin F. and Samantha A. (Towne) Wilhelm. His father, who was owner and operator of a lumber and flour mill, was born at Sparta, New York, April 5, 1823, and died at Springwater, September 14, 1869; his grandfather was killed at the storming of Fort Erie in the War of 1812. His mother was born at Batavia, New York, June 30, 1833, and died at Indianapolis, January 7, 1901. She received her education at Batavia, and later taught school in Livingston County. She was directly descended from William Towne who was born in England, in 1600, and was believed to be the son of Richard Towne of Braceby, who came from England to Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, in 1620.
Mr. Wilhelm attended district school at Springwater, was a student at the Rockford High School in Illinois, and later studied at Genesee Wesleyan College at Lima, New York. In 1919, he was awarded the degree of LL. D. by Bellevue College, in recognition of his service of fifteen years as president of the board of trustees of that institution.
He is now vice president and treasurer of the Orchard & Wilhelm Company, of Omaha. He is a director in the Conservative Savings and Loan Association, and the Metropolitan Utilities District. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Omaha Rotary Club, and the Nebraska State Historical Society. He served as president of the Omaha Community Chest, 1927-28; was president of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, 1907; and was for many years president of the board of trustees of Bellevue College.
He was a member of the board of governors of Ak-Sar-Ben, and was 36th King of Ak-Sar-Ben in 1930. He holds membership in George D. Lininger Chapter of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. He is a member of the Nebraskana Society, and is affiliated with the following social clubs: Omaha Athletic Club; Omaha Club; Omaha Country Club; and the University Club. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Omaha. He is a Republican.
On December 7, 1882, Mr. Wilhelm was united in marrage with Mary Eugenie Stocking at Lawton, Van Buren County, Michigan. Mrs. Wilhelm was born at Roscoe, Winnebago County, Illinois, March 26, 1862. Three children were born to them: Frank E., born September 25, 1883, who married Eugenia Cudahy, and who is vice president of the Cudahy Packing Company; Esther Eugenie, born August 20, 1897, who married Samuel L. Cooper; and Charles Hyde, born July 15, 1899, who died in infancy. Residence: Omaha.
Charles Martel Wilhelmj
Charles Martel Wilhelmj, noted educator, was born at East St. Louis, Illinois, December 17, 1896. He is the son of Charles Fredrich and Emma Elizabeth (Martel) Wilhelmj. Charles Fredrich Wilhelmj was born at Mayestown, Illinois, January 1, 1858, and is a physician and chief of staff of St. Mart's Hospital. He is of the Wilhelmj family of noted lawyers and statesmen, and is a cousin of August Wilhelmj, the German violinist. Emma Martel was born at East St. Louis, in 1875.
Dr. Wilhelmj was graduated from the East St. Louis High School in 1915, and received a Bachelor of Science degree, a Master of Science in Medicine and a Doctor of Medicine degree from St. Louis University. He has been a fellow in medicine and physiology at the Mayo Foundation, and the University of Minnesota. His fraternities include Sigma Xi, Chi Zeta Chi, and Phi Rho Sigma.
On March 8, 1916, he was married to Irene Katherine Mulconnery at East St. Louis. Mrs. Wilhelmj was born at Belleville, Illinois, April 8, 1897. They have one son, Charles, born November 29, 1928.
Dr. Wilhelmj was resident in medicine at the Jewish Hospital at St. Louis, from 1928-24, and instructor in bacteriology at the St. Louis University School of Medicine, 1924-25. He was a member of the permanent faculty of the Mayo Clinic from 1927-30, and instructor in physiology at the University of Minnesota, from 1928-39. From 1927-39 he was also associate in the division of experimental surgery and pathology of the Mayo Foundation. Dr. Wilhelmj has to his credit approximately thirty articles on the various phases of medicine, physiology and metabolism, published in American and foreign journals since 1920.
His professional organizations include the American Medical Association in which he holds a fellowship, the Minnesota State Medical Society, the Association of Residents and Ex-residents of the Mayo Clinic, and the American Inter-professional institute. He is a former member and secretary of the Salerno Club of the Mayo Foundation, and a member of the Nebraskana Society.
Dr. Wilhelmj's club is the University Club of Roches-
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ter, Minnesota. He is an Episcopalian. His favorite sports are hiking, camping and fishing. His hobbies are medical and general history and biography. Residence: Omaha. (Photograph in Album).
Fred Wilkins
Fred Wilkins, farmer and landowner, was born in Hanover, Germany and has been a resident of Nebraska since 1872. He was educated in the public schools of Germany, and since coming to America has continuously engaged in farming. On January 1, 1883, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Eisenberg at Dakota City. Mrs. Wilkins was a native of Germany, and died at Homer, Nebraska, April 26, 1912. There were six children born to this marriage, four of whom are living.
Louis married Alma Eriksen; Minnie married Charles McGraw; Hattie, who married Will Kuhi is deceased, as is Emma; Grace married E. N. Maurice and Clara married Peter Maurice.
Mr. Wilkins has always voted the Republican ticket and is active in local politics. During the World War he participated in loan drives and other civilian war activities. He is a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, the Red Cross and the Independent Order of Foresters. In 1872 he operated a steamboat between Fort Benton and Sioux City on the Missouri, and in 1875 on the Yellowstone. Residence: Homer.
Harry Robert Wilkinson
Harry Robert Wilkinson, banker, was born at Weeping Water, Nebraska, September 9, 1889, and for a number of years has been outstanding in his community.
Robert Scott Wilkinson, the father, was born in Newcastle-On-Tyne, England, in 1850, and came to America with his father, Edward Wilkinson, in 1859. He was a merchant until his death at Weeping Water, November 5, 1906. His wife, Nettle Harriet Pearl, was born in Shepardsville, Michigan, in 1861, daughter of O. M. Pearl.
Educated at Weeping Water, Harry Robert Wilkinson was graduated from high school in 1906, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Doane College in 1912. He was a member of the debating team 2 years, the track team three years, and the football team four years while in college.
From 1912-19 Mr. Wilkinson was high school athletic coach at Wisner, Norfolk, and Curtis, Nebraska, and since June 1, 1919, has been associated with the Curtis State Bank of which he is now vice president. He is also secretary-treasurer of the Curtis Co-operative Creamery.
On August 15, 1916, he was marrier (sic) to Bertha Evalyn Penner at Lincoln, Nebraska. Mrs. Wilkinson is the daughter of Frank and Clara (Hay) Penner. Her father was born in Germany and her mother in America. She is a member of the Eastern Star, and is past worthy matron of the Curtis Chapter, is a member of the P. E. O., and is active in the affairs of the Congregational Church, of which she is a member. There are two children, Robert Scott, born July 2, 1917; and Donald Penner, born October 30, 1923.
Mr. Wilkinson is chairman of the Frontier County Chapter of the American Red Cross, a director of the Chamber of Commerce, vice president of the Rotary Club, and past master of Curtis Lodge No. 168, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. In 1918 he served as a member of the Frontier County Liberty loan committee. Recently Mr. Wilkinson was elected to life membership in the Nebraskana Society. He enjoys golf, trap shooting, hunting and fishing, the last two being his sepeial (sic) hobbies. Residence: Curtis.
Rees Wilkinson
Rees Wilkinson, son of Richard and Sarah (Rees) Wilkinson, was born in Hopkins, Nebraska, October 10, 1884. Richard Wilkinson was born in Dunfanaghy, County Donegal, Ireland, August 5, 1856, and is a retired capitalist (see Nebraskana). His mother was born in Huntington, England, August 6, 1882.
Upon his graduation from Lincoln High School in 1905 he entered the University of Nebraska and studied at the college of law in 1911. On November 25, 1919, he was married to Margaret Freeman. They have two children, Margaret 10 and Rees, Jr., 7.
After his graduation Mr. Wilkinson was associated with the Southern Pacific Railroad in the capacity of private secretary until he entered law school. In 1913 he purchased control of the Automobile Mutual Insurance Company of Omaha which at that time had over ten thousand dollars worth of debts. Mr. Wilkinson took over the company and completely reorganized it, moved it to Lincoln where the name was changed to the Indemnity Company of America, and in less than eighteen months he had over 600 producing agents and was doing a business of a quarter of a million in premiums yearly. This company is still in operation.
In 1916 he organized the National Automobile Insurance Company which has been in active operation since its incorporation and which he is now transforming into a life insurance company to operate under the name of the National Old Line Life Insurance Company. In 1917 in association with Dr. Atkinson, he developed the Frontier Accident Insurance Company, which interests were later sold to Dr. Atkinson. Mr. Wilkinson has holdings in many other Nebraska insurance companies, as well as real estate holdings in the city; He has always taken an active interest in the civic affairs of Lincoln, and gave to the city the pivot ground necessary to make possible the opening of Memorial Drive from South Street to Sheridan Boulevard. Mr. Wilkinson is considered one of the most oustanding (sic) and interesting men in the insurance business in the central west, and it is predicted that he and his company will meet with a complete success.
Mr. Wilkinson is a member of the Lincoln University Club, the Lincoln Country Club, the Lincoln Automobile Club, the Omaha Athletic Club, the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Nebraska Club, the Lincoln Advertising Club, and the Alumni Association of the University of Nebraska. Residence: Lincoln. (Photograph on Page 1284).
Richard Wilkinson
Richard Wilkinson, retired capitalist, was born in Dunfanaghy, County Donegal, Ireland, August 5, 1856,
The son of Robert and Elizabeth (McElhiney) Wilkinson, his ancestry is traced to Richard Wilkinson, his great grandfather, for whom he was named. Robert Wilkinson, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Dunfanaghy, November 8, 1826. A country gentleman, he owned and represented the fourth generation of the Wilkinson family to inherit Rinelivin and surrounding lands in Ireland. The grandfather of Richard Wilkinson was also named Robert and married Catherine Irvine.
Elizabeth McElhiney, mother of Richard, was born at Carrigart, in County Donegal, on October 24, 1928. She was of Scotch ancestry originally, her father, Charles McElhiney, having been a professor and later a successful business man and property owner. She had many philanthropic interests, gave much to charity, and endowed a church at Blencoe, Iowa. Mrs. Wilkinson died at Tryon, Nebraska, 1909. Her husband died at Blencoe, Iowa, the home of the family after its migration to America.
Educated in the public schools of Dunfanaghy and under private tutelage, Mr. Wilkinson did not attend college, but traveled extensively. He came to America
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