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gelical Protestant Church, where Mrs. Ernst devoted many years to teaching Sunday school arid working with the choir. Politically, Mr. Ernst was affiliated with the Democratic Party. Mr. and Mrs. Ernst live in Arizona.

LESTER CLINTON ERNST

Lester Clinton Ernst, son of Ernst Julius and Rosa Schupbach Ernst, was born August 6. 1908, in Duncan, Nebraska. His father, a farmer, was horn January 7, 1858, in Aarwangen, Switzerland, and died March 5, 1914, in Riverside, California. His mother was born March 10, 1874, in Canton Berne, Switzerland. Lester Clinton has six 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; and Werner Milton, married to Alvina Ingold. He also had seven halfbrothers and sisters, four of whom are deceased. The others: William Walter, married to Anna Glur, lives in Tucson, Arizona; Edward, married to Ida Born, lives in Columbus; Lillian, Mrs. Max Sherrer, deceased.

Lester C. Ernst was the youngest of the family. He attended the Duncan and Columbus elementary schools and was graduated from Kramer High School. Prior to opening his own grocery store, Mr. Ernst was employed as a bookkeeper and clerk in the Curry Brothers Store. He has been the proprietor of the Ernst Grocery and Market, located at 1922 Ninth Street, since July 5, 1933.

Mr. Ernst was a member of the Columbus Board of Education for five years. During World War II, he served with the United States Navy from April 10, 1944, until January 5, 1946. He was stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.

On June 21, 1933, in Columbus, Lester Clinton Ernst was married to Clara Burmood, the daughter of Charles Carlton and Mattie Zehr Burmood. Mr. Burmood, a farmer, was born June 22, 1872, in Huntsville, Indiana, and died May 6, 1919, at Wood River, Nebraska. Mrs. Burmood was born on December 25, 1888, at O'Neill, Nebraska. Mrs. Ernst has two brothers and two sisters, two half-brothers, and two half-sisters: Lee, married to Ferne Price; Bessie, Mrs. Elmer Hodges; Evelyn, Mrs. Joseph Sock; Russell; Ferne Kiser, Mrs. Lou Birkel; Donald Kiser, married to Margaret Goodwin; Donna Mae, and Jack Kiser. Ferne, Donald, Donna Mae and Jack Kiser are half-brothers and sisters.

Mr. and Mrs. Lester Clinton Ernst have one son, James Julius, born in Columbus on August 17, 1935.

Mr. Ernst is a member of the American Legion, the A.F. and A.M., the Columbus Fire Department, and the Izaak Walton League. Politically, he is affiliated with the Democratic Party. The Ernst family belong to the Evangelical Protestant Church.

WILLIAM ERNST

William Ernst was born in Canton Aarwangen, Switzerland, and died in Platte County. He came to America in 1863 with his brothers: Jacob, Sr., John, and Andrew Ernst. En route to Nebraska, they came from the east coast by train to St. Joseph, Missouri, from there to Omaha by boat, and drove overland from Omaha to Columbus. William Ernst's sisters were: Elisa, Mrs. Nicholas Blaser, of Columbus, and Mary Anne, Mrs. Samuel Ernst, of Switzerland. Jacob Ernst was the first blacksmith in Columbus, in 1857.

William Ernst and his brother Andrew were single when they arrived in Nebraska, and they worked on farms in Platte and Colfax Counties. Later William was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad Company. He homesteaded south of his brother John Ernst, in Butler Township, where he farmed for many years.

William Ernst was married in Platte County. Mr. and Mrs. Ernst had three children: Samuel and Paul, and Emma, Mrs. Peter Luchsinger, who lived on a farm in Columbus Township, died on January 26, 1933, in Columbus.

Samuel, Paul and Emma attended the District 7 school in Duncan. Samuel and Paul were prominent farmers in Butler Township. Mr. and Mrs. William Ernst are deceased.

CAESAR ERNST

Caesar Ernst, a retired farmer, son of Samuel and Mary Ann (Emst) Ernst, was born January 8. 1862, in Aarwangan, Switzerland, and came to Platte County on March 28, 1882. His father, a farmer, died in Switzerland in 1883. His mother died there in 1885. Mrs. Samuel Ernst was a sister of Jacob Ernst, Sr., the first blacksmith in Columbus; John Ernst, William Ernst, Sr., and Mrs. Nicolas Blaser, Sr., of Platte County, and Andrew Ernst, of Schuyler.

Caesar Ernst had one brother and two sisters: Herman, a farmer, deceased; Marie, Mrs. Arnold Gylam, deceased; and Lena, Mrs. Gottfried Wauli.

Caesar attended the village school in Aarwangan, Switzerland, and worked there on his father's farm. His work in the United States has been farming, except for a short time when he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad.

In 1907, Mr. Ernst returned to Switzerland for a visit with his relatives there.

While on the farm driving horses was his hobby, and he was the owner of many fine horses.

On October 11, 1888, at Duncan, Nebraska, Caesar Ernst was married to Mary Eismann, the daughter of John and Marie Gerber Eismann. Mr. Eismann, a farmer, was born November 8, 1826, in Germany and died November 9, 1905, in Platte County. Mrs. Eismann was born in Aarwangan, Switzerland, and died September 15, 1887, in Platte County. Mary Eismann Ernst had six brothers and three sisters: John, William, Jake, Edward, Charley, Ben, Lydia, Anna, and Rose. They were all farmers except Ben, who was a minister. All are deceased except Rose and Jake.

Caesar and Mary Eismann Ernst had five children: Lydia, born October 26, 1889, is Mrs. H. J. Rudat; Rose, born July 29, 1891, is Mrs. Casper Zybach; Julius, born August 9, 1893, is married to Anna

Caroline Schwank; Mary, born January 14, 1900, is the widow of Emil Lusche; and Martha, born November 14, 1903. They all attended the District 5 school.

Mr. Ernst enjoys fishing. He belongs to the Sons of Herman, Lodge 12, and the Swiss Maennerchor. Politically, he is affiliated with the Democratic Party. The Caesar Ernsts are members of the Evangelical Protestant Church in Columbus.

JULIUS CAESAR ERNST

Julius Caesar Ernst, son of Caesar and Mary Eismann Ernst, was born August 9, 1893, in Columbus Township. His father, born January 8, 1862, in Aarwangan, Switzerland, is a retired farmer. His mother was born July 4, 1865, in Aurora, Illinois. Julius has four sisters: Lydia, Mrs. H. J. Rudat; Rose, Mrs. Casper Zybach; Mary, the widow of Emil Lusche; and Martha.

Julius Ernst attended school at District and the Fremont Normal, at Fremont, Nebraska. He learned the business of farming at an early age from his father.

On May 4, 1916, in Columbus, he married Anna Caroline Schwank, daughter of Jacob and Mary Grunder Schwank. Mr. Schwank, a farmer, was born in Wurtenburg, Germany, May 10, 1851, and died March 22, 1922, in Columbus. Mrs. Schwank was born October 8, 1861, in Canton Bern, Switzerland, and died July 25, 1927, in Columbus. Anna Caroline Schwank has three sisters and three brothers: George is married to Emma Mathis; Rose, the widow of Adam Mark; Bertha, the wife of Jacob Gottberg; Fred, married to Minnie Egger; Lena, the wife of Edward Lusche; and Arthur, married to Olga Egger.

Mr. and Mrs. Julius Ernst had two children: Duane Marvin, born March 15, 1919, in Columbus, and Glenn Julius, born August 26, 1924, in Columbus. Both boys attended District school and Kramer High School. They both learned farming. Glenn assists his father on the farm. Duane is married. He operates his own farm.

Julius Ernst's hobbies are fishing, hunting and trapping. His work has always been farming and stock raising. He holds memberships in the Sons of Herman, the F.O.E. (Eagles), and the Swiss Maennerchor Society. Politically, he is affiliated with the Democratic Party.

The Ernsts are members of the Independent Evangelical Protestant Church, in Columbus.

FRED ERNST

Fred Ernst was born in Switzerland on July 31, 1870, of Swiss parentage. He has one sister, Mrs. Charles Huggler, of Inglewood, California.

Fred received his formal education in his native schools and immigrated to the United States when he was seventeen years old. He made his home in Duncan where he lived for five years (1887-1892) with an uncle, John Engel. He then worked at the Frank Stevenson Creamery, in Grand Prairie Township.

In 1897 Fred Ernst and his brother-in-law, Isaac Brock, formed a partnership and bought the Randall Livery Barn in Columbus. Mr. Ernst and Mr. Brock also built the garage at Twentysixth Avenue north of Tenth Street where the Watson Transfer Company is located, and after twenty years in business there, Mr. Ernst retired.

On November 23, 1897, Fred Ernst was married to Rebecca Brock, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brook. Mrs. Ernst was born July 23, 1874, in Morrison, Missouri, and came to Columbus in March, 1897, where she made her home with an uncle, John R. Brook, until her marriage to Mr. Ernst. Rebecca Brook Ernst has two brothers: Isaac, formerly of Columbus and later, of Bellflower, California; and Jacob, of Victor, Idaho. She also has two half-brothers: Ernst Nuetzman, of Columbus; and Louis Nuetzman, of Newman Grove, Nebraska.

Fred and Rebecca Brook Ernst had three children: Herbert, of Columbus, who is associated with the Gass Funeral Home; Milton, of Grand Island; and Esther, Mrs. Schumacher, of Hastings, Nebraska. The Fred Ernsts also have three grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

On November 23, 1947, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ernst celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in Columbus at which their three children, and their families, were present.

For the occasion, open house was held at the Ernst Home on Sunday afternoon, November 23, 1947, between the hours of two and four o'clock. At that time a large number of friends and relatives called and extended their best wishes to the honored couple.

REVEREND JOHN CALVIN EVANS

Reverend John Calvin Evans, the son of William Valentine and Rachel Hammel Evans, was born in Connoquenssing Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, on October 22, 1838, and died in Columbus, Nebraska, on April 21, 1914. His parents were married at Faulkstown, Ohio, on October 2, 1834. He was a brother of Doctor Carroll D. Evans, of Columbus.

John C. Evans attended the schools in Butler County and at Tarentum, Allegheny County, in Pennsylvania. He then attended the Franklin College, at Athens, Ohio, which later became the University of Ohio. He was graduated there in 1861.

He was rejected for army service during the Civil War and studied for the ministry at the Allegheny Theological Seminary of the United Presbyterian Church. He was graduated in 1867, and spent twelve years, 1867-1889, as pastor of the Four Mile Church at Remmington and Oakland, and Presbyterian Churches in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

In 1879, he brought a party of over sixty persons from the neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Columbus. The colony arrived in Platte County on October 17, 1879, Of this group, two families are remembered in Columbus: William Cornelius, an attorney, and William Dodds, a farmer.

At Tarentum, Pennsylvania, on December 23, 1862, Reverend John C. Evans was married to Nancy A. Gilliford, the daughter of Robert and Nancy Gilliford. She was a descendant of early pioneers, and her ancestors served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. She was educated at the Young Ladies' Seminary of Juniata County and an academy. She taught school in Tarentum.

Reverend John C. and Nancy Gilliford Evans had five sons and two daughters: William Samuel, who was a practicing surgeon in Columbus; Robert O., who died in San Diego, California; Charles V., a druggist, who died in Blackfoot, Idaho; Edgar G., a railroad engineer, who died in Denison, Texas; Henry C., a rancher, died in Columbus in 1931; Nancy K., who died in Los Angeles, California; and Rachel H., the wife of Clyde D. Smith, lives in Austin, Texas.

In 1914, shortly before his death, Reverend John C. Evans completed writing a book entitled "History of the Evans Family." Politically, he was affiliated with the Republican Party.

WILLIAM SAMUEL EVANS, M.D

Doctor William Samuel Evans, son of Reverend John Calvin and Nancy Gilford Evans, was born October 17, 1863, in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, arrived in Columbus, Nebraska with his parents in 1879, and died in Columbus, March 29, 1935. His father, son of William Valentine Evans, was born October 22, 1838, in Butler County, Pennsylvania, arrived in Platte County in 1879, and died in Columbus, April 21, 1914. His mother, born July 29, 1840, in Pennsylvania, died in September, 1903, in Columbus,

William Evans attended Columbus High School and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Baltimore, Maryland, where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree.

He was twice married. His first wife was Imogene Williams, who died January 6, 1907, in Columbus. They were married in January, 1890, at Salt Lake City, Utah. William Samuel and Imogene Williams Evans had four children: Robert G., Leland H., Imogene, and Ira Kenneth.

Robert G., born October 30, 1892, in Salt Lake City, Utah, attended Cornell University, at Ithaca, New York. In July, 1918, he married Catherine Hanley. Also, in July, 1918, he enlisted in the United States Army, and served during World War I as a captain in the Infantry, with one. year's service in France. From 1920, until his death, February 20, 1941, Robert Evans was in the heating business, in Chicago. His wife died in June, 1932, in Chicago. They had three children: Catherine Imogene, born in May, 1922, who married Malcolm Anderson, in February. 194I ; Joan, born in October, 1924; and Roberta, born in March, 1928, who married William Dowling, in 1946.

Leland H. Evans, born December 26, 1894, in Salt Lake City, attended the University of Nebraska and the University of Southern California, where he received his Doctor of Dental Science degree. During World War I, he served in France for two years, 1917-1919. In July, 1920. he married Marion Reeder, the daughter of James G. and Lillian Smith Reeder. During World War II, Leland served as a dental officer with the Navy and Coast Guard. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Evans have three children: Mary Imogene, born in October, 1924, married Manley Johnson, in 1945; James, born in August, 1926; and Marion, born in November, 1929.

Imogene Evans, born November 10, 1899, in Salt Lake City, married George Paul Borglum, in December, 1925. They have three children: Imogene V., born in April, 1931; Nancy, born in July, 1935; and Paula, born in March, 1943.

Ira Kenneth Evans, born September 13, 1903, in Baltimore, Maryland, was graduated from the Kemper Military Academy and the United States Military Academy, at West Point, New York, in 1925, and has been with the Army since his graduation. From 1927 to 1929, he served in the Philippines. He has had the rank of Colonel for several years. He received special decorations and citations for service in World War II. Colonel Evans Married Elinor Pickard, in August, 1927, and they have two children: Sally Ann, born in October, 1928; and Kenneth, born in October, 1929.

On September 3, 1908, in Los Angeles, California, William Samuel Evans married Florence Whitmoyer, daughter of Michael and Emma Peckham Whitmoyer. Mr. Whitmoyer, an attorney, born February 12, 1836, in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, died June 7, 1919, in Columbus, Mrs. Whitmoyer, born December 18, 1848, in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, died July 17, 1927, in Columbus.

Doctor William S. Evans' hobby was collecting. He held memberships in the Wayside Country Club; in the Masonic, York Rite, Mystic Shrine., he was a Past Commander of Commandery, at Salt Lake City, and a member of the Elks. He was also a member of the Columbus Medical Society, the Platte County Medical Society, the Nebraska State Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and the American College of Surgeons.

During World War I, he served from 1918-1919, in the United States Army, as a captain in the Medical Corps, at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Doctor Evans practiced medicine and surgery in Columbus from 1904 to 1935, and was highly respected in his profession. He was connected with St. Mary's Hospital, as Chief-of-Staff.

Doctor Evans was a Presbyterian, and politically, he supported the Republican Party.

Mrs. W. S. Evans lives at the Whitmoyer Apartments in Columbus.

CARROLL DANDOLA EVANS, M.D.

Doctor Carroll Dandola Evans, the son of William Valentine and Rachael Hammel Evans, was born in Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on May

26, 1856, and died in Columbus, Nebraska, August 12, 1938. He was a brother of Reverend John Calvin Evans.

The first of the Evans family to come to the United States was with the colony of William Penn, in 1681. In 1683, when Mr. Penn returned to England, he appointed the ancestor of Doctor Evans as deputy governor of the colony. The deputy governor's nephew was Sir Robert Evans, the father of Mary Ann Evans, who wrote under the nom-de plume of George Eliot.

Doctor Evans' parents were among the earliest settlers in Connoquenssing Valley, in Butler County, Pennsylvania. His father adhered to many of the Quaker beliefs. He became interested in polities during the time of the Whigs, and was a delegate to the convention held in the old Lafayette Hall, at Pittsburgh, when the Republican Party was formed.

Carroll D. Evans received his early education in the Tarentum schools and was then enrolled for a business course at Duff's College, in Pittsburgh. Following this, he went to Philadelphia, where he studied medicine. He later studied at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in Baltimore, Maryland, where he graduated in 1882. He took post graduate courses in gynecology and surgery in New York and Chicago.

Doctor Evans practiced for a brief time in Bradford, Pennsylvania. He came to Columbus, Nebraska on May 16, 1882, and soon after his arrival, he was appointed surgeon at the St. Mary's Hospital.

In 1874, Doctor C. D. Evans joined Company H of the Tenth Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard and was commissioned a second lieutanent on January 3, 1877. He served with the regiment in quelling railroads riots and riots in the coal regions, and was discharged on May 30, 1878,

In January, 1901, he was commissioned by the governor of Nebraska as aide-de-camp, with the rating of colonel, and served on the governor's staff. That same year, he was commissioned Surgeon General of the Nebraska National Guards, with the rank of colonel, and in April, 1903, Governor Mickey appointed him general of the State Guards. He served with the United States Army during World War I.

On May 27, 1886, Doctor Carroll Dandola Evans was married to Lorena Rose North, the daughter of James E. and Nellie Arnold North, Doctor and Mrs. Evans had two sons and two daughters: Rachel Nellie; James North; Carroll Dandola, Jr.; and Lorena Rose. Doctor James North Evans practiced in Columbus until 1949. Doctor Carroll D. Evans, Jr. has a practice and private hospital at Oxford, Nebraska. Rose Nellie is the widow of George McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. McHenry had three sons: George, Jr.; Carroll D.; and Dennis. Lorena Rose Evans is the wife C. Randall Bear, of Dearborn, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Bear have one son, C. Randall, known as "Chuck."

Doctor Evans practiced medicine in Columbus for fifty-six years. He was associated with Doctor David T. Martyn, Sr., and later with Doctor David 1'. Martyn, Doctor F. H. Geer and Doctor H. F. Hansen in the medical firm of Martyn, Evans, Hansen and Geer. Around 1910 Doctor Neumarker was associated with him.

Following World War I, in 1920, Doctor C. D. Evans established the Evans Clinic with Doctors E. E. Kocbbe, M. C. James, J. E. Meyer, J. N. Evans, and C. D. Evans, Jr. Their office was in the Friedhof Building. Later this clinic was dissolved and Doctor Evans established an office in the North building with Doctors E. E. Koebbe, j. North Evans and Carroll D. Evans Jr.

In 1913, Doctor Evans was associated with J. C. Echols, Theodore Friedhof, George Scott, and George W. Phillips in the erection of the Evans Hotel Building.

In 1920, he formed a company and built the Evans Hospital, now the Lutheran Hospital.

In 1878, at Tarentum, Pennsylvania, Doctor Evans became a Mason. He was a leader in Nebraska Masonry and prominent in all branches in the order from 1882-1938.

Doctor Carroll Dandola Evans was a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Medical Association, the Nebraska Medical Association, and the Platte County Medical Society.

JAMES NORTH EVANS, M.D.

Doctor James North Evans, son of Doctor Carroll D. and Lorena Rose North Evans, was born in Columbus, March 30, 1890. His father, born in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, May 26, 1856, died in Columbus, August 12, 1938. His mother, a territorial pioneer, was born in Columbus, February 18, 1865. James North has one brother, Doctor Carroll D. Evans, Jr., a practicing physician and surgeon of Oxford, Nebraska, and two sisters; Nell, Mrs. George McHenry; and Lorena, Mrs. C. Randall Bear, of Dearborn, Michigan.

Doctor J. North Evans made Columbus his home until September, 1949. He attended the Columbus schools, the Kearney Military Academy, 1904-1906; the Culver Military Academy, 1906-1909; the University of Nebraska, 1909-1910; the University of Pennsylvania, 1910-1913; and Jefferson Medical College, 1913-1917, where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree. He served internships at Polyclinic Hospital, Philadelphia and the Pittsburgh Hospital.

While at Jefferson Medical College, he married Helen Wall, at Philadelphia. They had three children: James North, Jr., born February 9, 1917, in Philadelphia, is married and in the United States Navy; Edward North, born in Omaha, March 29, 1919, is a

designer in Chicago; and Helen Wall, born in Columbus, March 14, 1925, is married to Lieutenant Mason J. Young, a West Point graduate, and grandson of Colonel M. J. Young, of the United States Army.

On June 18, 1938, in Denver, Colorado, J. North Evans married Mrs. Carrol Edna Hill Williams, daughter of W. and Eula Gates Hill, of Monroe, Nebraska. Doctor and Mrs. Evans had one daughter, Jane Kay, born August 19, 1940, in Columbus.

Doctor Evans served twenty-two years in the Federal and National Guard, 1917-1942. During World War I, he was in the battles of St. Mihiel and Argonne Forest. During World War II, he was on active duty from December, 1940 to February, 1943. He held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Medical Corps. He organized the National Guard Company in Columbus, in 1924.

Doctor J. North Evans is a member of the B.P.O. Elks, the Wayside Country Club, the American Legion, and the Masons. He is also a member of the Platte County Medical Society, the Nebraska State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and is on the staffs of the St. Mary's Hospital and the Lutheran Hospital.

He is a member of Phi Delta Theta, Phi Alpha Sigma, and Theta Mu Epsilon Fraternities.

He is a member of the Grace Episcopal Church, in Columbus, where he has served as a vestryman and junior warden. Politically, he is affiliated with the Republican Party.

CARROLL DANDOLA EVANS, JR., M.D.

Doctor Carroll Dandola Evans, Jr., son of Doctor Carroll D. and Lorena Rose North Evans, was born in Columbus, Nebraska, March 19, 1892.

He was graduated from the Columbus High School in 1909, attended the University of Nebraska in 1910, the University of Pennsylvania in 1910-1915, and the Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia, where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree, in 1916. At college, he was affiliated with the Phi Delta Theta and Phi Alpha Sigma Fraternities.

On April 7, 1918, in Dennison, Iowa, Doctor Evans was married to Margaret McHenry. They had one daughter, Carolyn Jean, who was married to James Rodibaugh in 1947. They live at Southbend, Indiana.

During World War I, in December, 1917, Doctor Carroll D. Evans enlisted in the United States Army and was assigned to the Lafayette Escadrille, One Hundred Third Aero Squadron. He took his medical Officers Training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and served overseas one year. He was discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio, in April, 1919.

While living in Columbus, 1919-1942, Doctor Evans was a member of the City Council, District Surgeon for the Nebraska National Guard, a member of the Platte County Medical Society, the Nebraska State and American Medical Association, and the Columbus Chamber of Commerce.

He is a member of the American Legion and a Past Commander of the Hartman Post No, 84. In Columbus, he was a director of the Lions Club, a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Royal Arch Masons, the R and SM, was grand commander of the Knights Templar, in 1934, exalted ruler of the B.P.O.E. (Elks), from 1924-1938, and was district deputy grand exalted ruler in 1934.

During World War II, Doctor Evans again served in the Medical Corps, and following his discharge, started a medical practice at Oxford, Nebraska, where he has a hospital. His father was a Columbus physician for fifty-six years.

CARL EWERT, SR.

Carl Ewert, Sr. was born at Gross Schoritz, Insel Rusgen, Germany, on July 31, 1850, and died on November 15, 1918, in Columbus. His parents were natives of Germany. He was educated in his native village, where he was also employed.

On July 18, 1875, at Gross Schoritz, Insel Rusgen, he married Caroline Boettcher, daughter of Carl and Katrine Hader Boettcher, also natives of Insel Rusgen. Caroline was born on November 17, 1855. She had a sister, Minnie, Mrs. Julius Hoth; and four brothers: August, Frederich, Carl, and Henry, all natives of Germany who came to Platte County.

In 1883, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ewert, Sr. and their older children came to the United States to join a colony of relatives who had preceded them to Nebraska. They located on a farm in Platte County, twelve miles northeast of Columbus, where they lived for twenty-four years. In 1907, they moved to a farm in Colfax County, eight miles east of Columbus, where they lived for six years. In 1913, they retired from active farm pursuits and moved into Columbus.

Carl and Caroline Boettcher Ewert had thirteen children: Augusta, Alvina, Carl, Emma, Anna, Lena, Otto, August. Edward, Ernest, and Paul. Two daughters died in infancy. Augusta, Mrs. Carl Hoge, of Columbus Township, died March, 1906; Alvina, Mrs. William Honath, of Chicago, died in July, 1911; Edward, of Columbus, married Anna Ebner and died March, 1921

Carl, Jr., of Columbus, married Minnie Hake and died in February, 1927; Lena, Mrs. Emil Jaworski, of Columbus, died in November, 1939; Anna is Mrs. Paul Gaver, of Columbus, Mr. Gaver died in September, 1946; Emma is Mrs. William Gaver, of Columbus; Otto married I. Ida Mueller; August married Mathilda Hake, who died in January, 1927, and he married Mary Widhelm in 1948; Ernest, of Columbus, married Clara Hackbart; and Paul, of Bellwood, married Anna Bell.

Carl Ewert, Sr. died November 15, 1918, and Mrs. Ewert died September 19, 1930.

CARL F. EWERT

Carl F. Ewert, son of Carl, Sr. and Caroline Boettcher Ewert, was born September 26, 1878, at Gross Schoritz, Insel Rusgen, off the coast of Germany, and died in Columbus, February 10, 1927. At the age of five, he immigrated to the United States with his

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