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at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; then at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and later at Camp Carson, Colorado. During his seventeen months of overseas service, he saw duty in the South Pacific Theatre of Operations and was stationed in Bombay, India, in the mule pack Artillery, as a member of the famous Mars Task Force that built the Burma Road. He was 'wounded in action twice, and was awarded the Purple Heart and other military citations. Following this, he was enrolled at the University of Nebraska, where he majored in music.

REVEREND J. MELVIN ELVING

Reverend J. Melvin Elving, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Columbus, son of J. J. and Nettie Olson Elving, was born May 19, 1913, in Union County, South Dakota, across the line from Hawarden, Iowa. His father was born in Brooklyn, New York, October 3, 1870, and his mother was born in Union County, South Dakota, August 23, 1883.

Reverend Elving attended grade school in the rural schools of Union County, and was graduated from the high school at Hawarden, Iowa. He then enrolled at the Sioux Falls College, at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. At the completion of his college work, he entered the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to study for the Baptist ministry.

On June 20, 1939, in Wahoo, Nebraska, Reverend J. Melvin Elving was married to Violet E. Carlson, daughter of Charles J. and Emma Swanson Carlson, of Wahoo. The Reverend and Mrs. Elving have two children: John Charles, born May 18, 1942; and Phyllis Marie, born November 28, 1944.

Reverend Elving has served as pastor of the Baptist churches in Obert, Chambers, and Wahoo, Nebraska, prior to his pastorate at the First Baptist Church in Columbus. He succeeded Reverend Paul Lemke, and has been the pastor here since October 17, 1944.

MRS. CATHERINE ENGEL

Mrs. Catherine Engel was born in Gambach, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, April 16, 1833. She immigrated to America in 1849, at the age of sixteen, and lived first in Cincinnati, Ohio, where, on April 14, 1853, she was married to George C. Engel.

In the early 1870's, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Engel moved to Illinois. They lived there for a number of years and then came to Nebraska, around 1879. On arriving here, they bought a farm seven miles northeast of Columbus, where Mrs. Engel lived until her death, in 1923. Her husband died July 29, 1889.

Their children were: Henry and George, who married the Erb sisters; William, married to Clara Rickert; Anna, Mrs. Anderson; Mary Katherine, Mrs. Fred Luckey; and Mrs. Goetz, of O'Neill, Nebraska. Most of this family are now deceased. George lived at Central City, Nebraska, and William lives in Columbus Township.

Mrs. Catherine Engel lived to know four generations of her descendants. In 1920, she had a portrait taken with a daughter, a granddaughter, a great-granddaughter, and a great-great-granddaughter, the latter being the daughter of Mrs. Earl Kluck.

After her husband's death, Mrs. Engel lived with her son, William, on the old Engel farm.

SIEBERT W. ENGEL

Siebert W. Engel, son of William C. and Clara Rickert Engel, was born in Columbus Township, March 29, 1897. His father was born in Douglas County, Illinois, January r, 1873, and came to Platte County with his parents, in 1879. Mrs. Engel was born in Bissel, Nebraska, Colfax County, December 18, 1876.

Siebert Engel has one sister, Katie, the wife of Otto C. Mueller. Siebert attended school in District 44, and following this, was engaged in farming and stock raising in Columbus Township.

On April 19, 1922, at St. John's Church, in Shell Creek, he married Helen Klug, daughter of John and Lena Luchsinger Klug. Mr. King, a farmer, was born in Colfax County, August 8, 1877, and died in Columbus, September 4, 1945. Mrs. Klug was born in Platte County, August 29, 1883. Helen Klug Engel has one brother, Harold, a Platte County farmer, married to Viola Kasper; and two sisters, both of whom live in California: Vera, married to Richard McKenzie, a salesman; and Genevieve, married to Kay Akers, representative of North American Airlines.

Siebert and Helen Klug Engel have two children: Mary Jane, born August 17, 1923, in Columbus Township, attended the District 44 School, and was graduated from Kramer High School. She then worked in the Triple A. office until her marriage to Walter E. Mueller. Robert, born June 20, 1928, in Columbus Township, attended the District 44 School, and was graduated from Kramer High School. He is engaged in farming. His hobbies are playing basketball and boxing.

Siebert W. Engel was a committeeman for the A.A.A. and inspector for the Platte County Association. His bobby is music. He was a charter member of the Platte County Farmers' Union Quartet.

He is a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, on Shell Creek, and belongs to the brotherhood of that church

WILLIAM B. ENGELBART

William Bernard Engelbart, son of Frederick and Kathaline Lote Engelbart, natives of Germany, was born in Germany, May 1, 1863, and arrived in Platte County from Aldenburg, Germany, February 15, 1888.

William had three half-brothers and two half-sisters: August, George, Ernest, Mary, and Netty. He received his early education in Germany and learned the carpenter trade there. He served in the German Army for two years and ten months, from 1883-1886. After coming to Platte County, he settled on a farm in Creston Township, near the town of Creston.

On June 12, 1896, at Creston, he married Sophie Sander, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sander, of Creston. Mrs. Engelbart had seven brothers and two sisters: Louie, Henry, Frederick, William, Herman, George, Adolph, Gustine and Eliese Sander.

William and Sophie Sander Engelbart had six children: Reinhold, born March 14, 1897; Walter, born February 3, 1899; Alfred, born April 15, 1901 ; Oswald, born November 25, 1905; Theodore, born January 30, 1909; and Elsa, born February 28, 1911.

The five sons and one daughter all attended school in District 45, Creston Township, and are married. The sons are engaged in farming.

Mr. and Mrs. William Engelbart are members of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, in Creston.

JACOB ERNST

Jacob Ernst, Sr., was born in Aarwangen, Switzerland, on April 11, 1830, and died in Columbus, Nebraska, January 22, 1892. He had three brothers who came to Platte County and two sisters: Elisa, Mrs. Nicholas Blaser, of Platte County; Mary Ann, Mrs. Samuel Ernst, of Switzerland; John, who was married to Marie Weiss; Andrew, married to Katherine Guenther; and William also married.

Jacob Ernst immigrated to America in 1855 and settled in Columbus, Ohio, where he worked at his trade of blacksmith. In the spring of 1857, he moved to Columbus, Nebraska. Here he opened the first blacksmith shop in Platte County, which he operated for twelve years.

In the fall of 1869, he moved to his farm, three miles north of Columbus, where his holdings were increased to two hundred and eighty acres of land. He was engaged in farming and stock raising until 1888, when he again moved into Columbus.

In Columbus, Ohio, in 1856, Jacob Ernst was married to Katherine Aebi, who was born at Holderbank, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland, on June 20,. 1832. She came to America when she was seventeen. Jacob and Katherine Aebi Ernst had four children: Albert died in 1864, and Anna died in 1863; Jacob, Jr., who was married to Emma Ogren; and William, married to Anna Reinke. Mrs. Ernst died on July 19, 1919.

The Jacob Ernst family were pioneers in Platte County. Jacob, Jr., was the first white baby brought to Columbus. He was little more than a year old at the time, 1857. Mrs. Ernst was the fourth white woman to come to Columbus to make her permanent home in the frontier town. Those who preceded her were: (Rose Rickly), Mrs. J. C. Wolfel; Mrs. Peter Meyer; and Mrs. Vincent Kummer.

The Ernsts' first home was a sod house near the Loup River. Later, they were flooded out and sought a site for their home farther from the river. Jacob Ernst built a log house, later replaced by a frame cottage, on their lot on Seventh Street, where Jacob, Jr., erected a spacious home in 1898. Their grandson, Earl, son of William, Jr., was the last one of the Ernst family to farm the old family homestead in Columbus Township.

Jacob Ernst was a member of the Wildley Lodge, Number 44, I.O.O.F., and of Encampment Number 9, and belonged to the German Reformed Church.

JACOB A. ERNST

Jacob A. Ernst, son of Jacob and Katherine Aebi Ernst, was born on August 28, 1855, in Columbus, Ohio. His father, who operated the first blacksmith shop in Platte County, was born in Aarwangen, Switzerland, on April 11, 1830, and died in Columbus, Nebraska, on January 22, 1892. His mother was born in Switzerland on June 20, 1832, and died in Columbus, Nebraska, on July 19, 1919.

Jacob, Jr., was brought to Columbus in 1857, when he was a year and a half old. He was the first white baby in Columbus, and his mother was the fourth white woman to settle there. He had two brothers and one sister: Albert and Anna died in infancy; and William, who was married to Anna Reinke.

In his boyhood, Jacob attended the town's only school, which stood on Eighth Street west of Eighteenth Avenue and was later moved to the present site of the First Ward Building. He learned cabinet-making and was an expert in that work.

On May 25, 1881, Jacob Ernst, Jr., was married to Emma Ogren, also a member of a pioneer family, who was born in June, 1862, at Kewanee, Illinois. Jacob and Emma Ogren Ernst had three children: Jacob Lionel died in infancy; Lillian, Mrs. Earl Galley, of Omaha; and Chester. Chester, the second son, was born December 7, 1885, in Columbus, and died on April 10, 1939, in Columbus. On June 23, 1928, at Schuyler, Nebraska, he was married to Mrs. Maudie Coussins, of Columbus. Chester Ernst was employed as a carpenter foreman for the Snyder Electric Company during the construction of the power houses for the Loup River Public Power District, both at Monroe and Columbus.

Emily Ogren Ernst died on February 23, 1952, and Jacob Ernst was married to Mrs. Louisa Bernt Roherich on November 12, 1912.

In 1881, at the age of twenty-four, Jacob A. Ernst went into partnership with his cousin, E. J. Ernst. They conducted a hardware store at Eleventh Street and Twenty-fifth Avenue. Around 1896, Louis Schwartz acquired E. J. Ernst's interest in the business, and in 1898, Jacob Ernst and Mr. Schwartz sold the store to Charles Easton.

Mr. Ernst became recognized as one of the early day business and civic leaders. He served as a member of the City Council from the First Ward for many years. After he retired from active business, when he had disposed of his hardware store, he served for sixteen years as assessor in Columbus.

Jacob Ernst's hobbies were hunting, gun collecting, of which he had the largest collection in this section of the United States. In later years he worked at cabinetmaking and woodworking. Mr. Ernst was a member of the Evangelical Protestant Church. He died on March 4, 1937, in Columbus.

WILLIAM TELL ERNST

William Tell Ernst, son of Jacob and Katherine Aebi Ernst, was born in Columbus on May 26, 1861, and died there on June 27, 1910. His parents were natives of Switzerland who immigrated to the United States in 1855, and were among the second year group of settlers in Platte County, moving there in 1857.

William Ernst attended school in Columbus and then engaged in farming in Columbus Township. He was a successful farmer, and invested in land, the bulk of his estate consisting of more than a section of farm lands which included the Ernst homestead about three miles from Columbus.

On February 25, 1885, in Columbus, William Tell Ernst was married to Anna Reinke, daughter of Carl and M. Murie* Reinke, who were pioneer settlers. Mr. and Mrs. Ernst had five sons and three daughters: Earl, William, two sons and a daughter, Carl, Bernard and Lottie died with scarlet fever around the turn of the century, Walter, Anna, and Katherine. Earl was married and had two daughters. William, Jr., was born in Platte County on July 19, 1888, and was educated in Columbus. In 1912, he was married to Anna Koenig. William, Jr., and Anna Koenig Ernst had two daughters and one son: Mildred, Helen, and William, III. William, Jr., died on April 14, 1919. He and his brother Earl farmed the Ernst land under a partnership arrangement.

William Tell Ernst was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was a member of the German Reformed Church. After his death in 1910, Anna Reinke Ernst was married to Walter Butler, of Lincoln. She died in 1947.

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* Note: "Murie" is overstruck and "Pilling" written above, by hand.

JOHN ERNST

John Ernst was born April 15, 1832, at Aarwangan, Canton Bern, Switzerland, and died February 27, 1922, at Duncan, Nebraska. He had four brothers and two sisters: Jacob, Andrew, William, Elisa, Mrs. Nick Blaser, Sr., Mary Ann, Mrs. Samuel Ernst of Canton Berne, and a brother who died in Switzerland.

John Ernst arrived in Platte County in March, 1863, with his three brothers, Jacob, Andrew, and William. His sister, Mrs. Nicholas Blaser also came to Platte County, and Mrs. Samuel Ernst remained in Switzerland. She was the mother of Caesar Ernst, of Columbus.

Jacob Ernst was the first of the brothers in Platte . He came to America in 1857 and settled at Columbus where he followed the trade of blacksmith. He later turned to farming. He returned to Switzerland and brought back John, Andrew, and William, in the spring of 1863.

John Ernst, his wife and three children homesteaded one-half mile south of the present town of Duncan. They came by train to St. Joseph, Missouri,, and then took the ferry from there up to Omaha, Nebraska. In Omaha, Jacob Ernst bought a team of horses and a wagon for which he had to pay seven hundred dollars. On their way to Columbus, there was only room in the covered wagon' for the women and children of their party, and the men were obliged to walk.

Arriving in Platte County, William and Andrew who were still single found work on farms around Columbus and at Schuyler. William later was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and then homesteaded a quarter of a mile south of John Ernst. Andrew settled nearby, at Schuyler. He was the grandfather of Mrs. Otto Thielen, of Columbus. Andrew learned the trade of bookbinder in Switzerland. William was a cheese maker, Jacob was the first blacksmith in Columbus, and John was an expert silk weaver.

John Ernst lived for the first year in a sod house, and then built a log house, which the Ernst family lived in until 1881. That year John built the Ernst house which still stands today, and is in excellent condition. John's son, Herman, lived in this house until 1927, and when his grandson, Edward, took over the farm it became his home. The house has since been remodeled inside and many modern improvements added, but the original structure was planned by John Ernst.

One of his unforgettable experiences was the time when he and his brother William went across the river to gather some firewood. Somehow, a prairie fire had started, and the Indians camping there were convinced that the Ernsts had started the fire. The Indians took the brothers into their tent and searched them for matches. They found none, so the brothers were turned loose. That was the one time John Ernst was thoroughly frightened. Other than that, he had little trouble with the Indians.

John Ernst was married to Maria Weiss in Switzerland. They had three children; Julia, born in Switzerland, February 14, 1857; Wilhelmina, born in Switzerland, July 21, 1858; and Herman, born in Switzerland, March 26, 1860.

The John Ernst Family is one of the oldest in Butler Township. The Ernsts were members of the German Methodist Church and John Ernst was one of the founders of the church at Duncan.

HERMAN ERNST

Herman Ernst was born on March 26, 1860, at Aarwangen, Canton Bern, Switzerland, and immigrated to America in 1863 with his parents, John and Maria Weiss Ernst, who settled in Butler Township in 1866.

He was one of a family of three children. He had two sisters; namely, Julia Ernst, who was married to Joseph Houser, and Wilhelmina Ernst, who was married to John Engel, both of whom lived near Duncan. Herman Ernst was twice married. In the early 1880's he married Molly Rudat, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rudat, who died several years ago. Herman and Molly Rudat Ernst had three children: Augusta Ernst, Mrs. Louis Rakowsky of Norfolk, Nebaska (sic); Elsie Ernst, Mrs. Paul Hegi of Polk County, Nebraska; and Charles H. Ernst, who is married to Marie Ernst and lives in Butler Township, Platte County.

On October 18, 1894, Herman Ernst was married to Rosalie Mumprecht, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mumprecht, natives of Switzerland.

They were the parents of ten children. Of this family, Albert, Elmer and Martha Ernst are deceased. The others are: John F. Ernst, who married Enola Hall of Columbus; Louis Ernst, married to Flossie Nansel; Ida Ernst, the wife of Martin Zimmerman; Eugene Ernst, who married Clara Schacher; Edward Ernst, married to Meta Wuethrich; Lorena Ernst, who is the wife of Emil Blaser; and Rheinhold Ernst, who married Anna Schupbach.

All of the Herman Ernst family received their education at District No. 7, the Duncan School, and now live on farms near Duncan, except Augusta, Mrs. Louis Rakowsky, who lives at Norfolk, Nebraska.

Herman Ernst was well known in Platte County, where he was a prosperous farmer and a large land owner. During his lifetime, he accumulated over fifteen hundred acres of land in the Platte Valley.

Mr. Ernst was interested in education, and served on the Duncan School Board as treasurer for over thirty-nine years. He was a prime mover in the development of good roads, and served his district as road overseer for many years.

He held membership in the Ben Hur Lodge, and was a staunch Republican. He was affiliated with the German Reform Church of Duncan.

Herman Ernst died March 9, 1938, at Duncan, and Mrs. Ernst died in 1941.

CHARLES HERMAN ERNST

Charles Herman, son of Herman and Molly Rudat Ernst, was born August 29, 1886, at Duncan, Nebraska. His father was born in 1860, in Switzerland, and died in 1938, in Duncan. His mother was a native of Germany. Charles Herman had two sisters: Augusta, Mrs. Louis Rakowsky, of Norfolk, Nebraska, and Elsie, Mrs. Paul Hegi, of Polk County. He also had seven half-brothers and three half-sisters: John F., Louis S., Albert, Ida, Elmer, Eugene, Edward, Lorene, Rheinhold, and Martha.

Charles Herman attended school at District 7, in Duncan, and then learned the business of farming.

On March 12, 1913, at Duncan, he was married to Marie Ernst, daughter of Hans and Rosalie Ernst, natives of Switzerland. Hans Ernst, born June 9, 1857, died there in August, 1918. Rosalie Ernst, born June 22, 1864, lives in Switzerland. Marie Ernst had two brothers and four sisters, all of whom remained in Switzerland.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ernst have one daughter, Irene Ruth, born May 21, 1914, at Duncan. She also attended school at District 7 and was graduated from the Duncan High School. She is married to Harold Krueger.

Charles Herman Ernst's life occupation has been farming and stock-raising. His hobbies are hunting, fishing, and baseball.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herman Ernst are members of the German Reform Church.

EDWARD HERMAN ERNST

Edward Herman Ernst was born on the Ernst homestead in Butler Township, one-half mile south of Duncan, Nebraska, on February 8, 1905, the son of Herman and Rosalie Mumprecht Ernst, both natives of Switzerland. Edward has five brothers and four sisters, a half brother and two half sisters.

The largest early Swiss settlement in Platte County was located in Butler Township, in the Duncan vicinity. This settlement was formed many years before the village of Duncan was incorporated. Edward H. Ernst's grandfather, John Ernst, was among the first of the Swiss settlers in Butler Township. He came in 1866, and homesteaded one-half mile south of Duncan, Nebraska. When he retired from active farm work, his son, Herman, took over his work; and when Herman retired, in 1927, Edward Herman Ernst succeeded his father as manager of the same farm.

The substantial farm house on the Ernst home farm was built in 1881, by John Ernst, and since that time has been modernized to include electricity, bath, and a furnace.

As a boy, Edward attended the Duncan schools, and was graduated from the Duncan High School. His hobby is his wood collection of walnut.

On March 9, 1927, Edward H; Ernst was married to Meta Louise Wuethrich, daughter of Christian and Rebecca Brock Wuethrich. The Wuethrich family were also among the early Swiss families in the Duncan vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Ernst have one daughter, Mary Louise, who attended the District 7 school in Duncan.

The Ernst family holds membership in the Duncan Methodist Church, where Edward Ernst has been

treasurer of the church since 1929, and has been secretary of the Sunday School since 1938.

Edward H. Ernst, like his father, is interested in education, and has served on the Duncan school board since 1932, as moderator. He was re-elected in 1947. He is also active in Butler Township community projects. He is secretary of the Duncan Rural Fire District, which he helped to organize on February 12, 1947. He is a member of the Platte County Pioneer Society, and was elected president in 1949, a member of the Swiss Maennerchor, the Eagles, the Nebraska Farmers' Union, and the Nebraska Farm Bureau. Politically, he is a Republican.

ERNST JULIUS ERNST

Ernst Julius Ernst, the third son of Andrew and Katherine Guenther Ernst, was born in Aarwangen, Canton Berne, Switzerland, on January 7, 1858. His father, a bookbinder, was born in Switzerland and died in Colfax County. His mother was also born in Switzerland and died in Colfax County. E. J. Ernst had two brothers and one sister: Adolf, married to Sophia Blaser, of Gruetli; Otto, and Katherine, who died in infancy.

Ernst Julius Ernst attended the schools in Switzerland. In 1869, when he was eleven years old, he came to the United States with his parents. The family settled in Colfax County.

In 1879, Mr. Ernst moved to Platte County, where he was engaged in agricultural work, farming and stock raising. From 1881 to 1896, he and his cousin, Jacob A. Ernst, conducted a hardware store.

Mr. Ernst was twice married. His first wife was Anna Geiser Ernst, born in 1861, at Canton Berne, Switzerland. E. J. and Anna Geiser Ernst had seven children: William Walter, who married Anna Glur; Edward, married to Ida Born; Lillian, married to Max Scherrer; Martha, who died August 5, 1906; Clara, Arthur, and Albert, who died in infancy in the early 1890's. Anna Geiser Ernst died in January, 1893, in Schuyler, Nebraska.

On May 20, 1894, Ernst Julius Ernst was married to Rosa Schupbach, daughter of Christian and Elizabeth Mary Falb Schupbach. The ceremony took place in Columbus. Mr. Schupbach, a miller, was born on March 15, 1835, in Canton Bern, Switzerland, and died on February 5, 1910, in Columbus. Mrs. Schupbach was also born in Switzerland in 1844, and died in January, 1888, in West Bend, Iowa. The Schupbach family were prominent in the Swiss settlement near Columbus, Mrs. Ernst had six brothers and three sisters: Gottlieb, Anna, Fred, Christian, Lina, Alfred, Elizabeth, Rudolph, and Benjamin.

Ernst Julius and Rosa Schupbach Ernst had seven children: Anna Rose, the wife of Rudy J. Zimmerman; Clara Elizabeth, the wife of Jesse C. Olcott; Roy Andrew; Mabel Ida; Albert Julius, who died in infancy; Werner Milton, who married Alvina Ingold; and Lester Clinton, who married Clara Burmood.

E. J. and Rosa Schupbach Ernst personally knew William "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Mrs. Ernst recalled the drouth of 1894 in Platte County and many of the hardships of pioneer life.

Besides his farm and business interests Ernst Julius Ernst was active in community affairs. He was a member of the School Board at Duncan for many years and was also a member of the city band. Mr. Ernst died in Riverside, California, on March 5, 1914.

Mrs. Rosa Ernst remained on the farm until 1921 when she retired from operation of the farm and moved to 2003 Eighth Street, in Columbus. She is a member of the Swiss Frauen Verein and the Senior Ladies Aid of the Evangelical Protestant Church, of which the Ernst family are members.

WILLIAM WALTER ERNST

William Walter Ernst, son of Ernst Julius and Anna Geiser Ernst, was born March 18, 1883, in Columbus, Nebraska. His father, a farmer, was born at Aarwangen, Switzerland, on January 7, 1858, came to Platte County in 1879, and died in Riverside, California, March 5, 1914. His mother was born in 1861, at Canton Berne, Switzerland, and died in January, 1893, at Schuyler, Nebraska.

William Walter Ernst had six brothers and sisters: Edward, married to Ida Born; Lillian, Mrs. Max Scherrer; Martha, who died August 5, 1906; Clara, Arthur, and Albert, who died around 1892. He has seven half-brothers and sisters: Anna Rose, Mrs. Rudy J. Zimmerman; Clara Elizabeth, Mrs. Jesse C. Olcott; Roy Andrew; Mabel Ida; Albert Julius, who died in infancy; Werner Milton, married to Alvina Ingold; and Lester Clinton, married to Clara Burmood.

William Walter attended the Duncan schools, was graduated from the Duncan High School and the Fremont Business College. His occupation was cement work, finishing, planing mill work and farming. He was associated with the Glur Cement Works for several years.

On August 11, 1911, at Columbus, Nebraska, William W. Ernst was married to Anna Glur, daughter of Jacob and Anna Urech Glur. Mr. Glur, owner and founder of the Glur Cement Works, was born in Weinau, Switzerland, on May 24, 1856, and died December 21, 1913, in Columbus. Mrs. Glur, born 1860, in Switzerland, died September 21, 1944, in Columbus. Anna Glur Ernst has three brothers and five sisters: Elizabeth was married to Hans Egger, and they are both deceased; Bertha is the wife of Gideon Braun; Minnie is the widow of T. F. Askew; John is Married to Clara Geiser; Rose; Lena was married to Louis Criss; Jacob is married to Anna Witt; and Carl is married to Susan Luchsinger. Mrs. Ernst was graduated from the Columbus High School and attended the Kearney State Teachers College. She was a teacher in the Columbus schools previous to her marriage. She later taught as a substitute teacher.

Mrs. William Ernst was a member of the P.E.O., Chapter C.H., of Columbus, and the American Legion Auxiliary. Mr. and Mrs. Ernst are members of the Evan-

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