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Battalion, a part of Twelfth Corps of the Third Army. For his service he was awarded the Bronze Star. James W. and Darleen Ann Douglass have a son, James W. Douglass Jr. born in March, 1948, and a daughter, Anne Lynn born in December, 1949.

While residing in Sherman Township, the Michaelsens were members of St. John's Lutheran Church. In Columbus they attended Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Mr. Michaelsen served as township treasurer; and was a member of the school board at the District 46, Boheet School.

Anna Hembd Michaelsen died January 27, 1947.

On March 6, 1948, George Michaelsen was married to Margaret Hunteman. George Michaelsen was a charter member of the Boheet Farmer's Union.

VICTOR W. MIELAK

Victor W. Mielak, Columbus painter and decorator, was born April 5, 1891, in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is the son of John and Anna Marfica Mielak. John Mielak was born May 25, 1861, at Tarnov, Poland. Anna Marfica Mielak was born September 27, 1870, in Poland, and died November 30, 1940, in Columbus.

Victor Mielak came to Columbus from Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1893 with his parents. He had six brothers and one sister: John, Mike, Joe, Peter, Lonny, Frank, and Mary.

Mr. Mielak received his education in the St.. Bonaventure's Parochial School in Columbus, and was employed on the farm a short while before entering the United States Armed Forces in World War I. Four of his brothers served in the Armed Forces during that war, and the John Mielak family held the distinction of being the only one in Platte County with five sons in the service of their country.

Victor Mielak was a member of the Eighth Signal Battalion of the Fourth Infantry Division and took part in the battles of St. Mihiel and the battle of Metz. After the Armistice was signed he was with the army of occupation at Coblenz, Germany, from December 16, 1918, until September 12, 1919. He received his discharge at Camp Dodge, Iowa, September 24, 1919.

Victor is engaged in the painting and decorating business with his brothers in Columbus.

On March 14, 1925, he was married to Mrs. Maudie Esleys Harbottle, daughter of John and Clara Carlstrom Esleys, at Logan, Iowa. Mr. Mielak has two stepchildren, Vivian and Lee. Both are married. Vivian was a school teacher and Lee was a Boy Scout executive.

Mr. Mielak is a member of the American Legion, and is a Democrat.

FRANK J. MIELAK

Frank J. Mielak was born April 25, 1908, in Columbus, Nebraska. His parents were John and Anna Marfica Mielak. Frank had six brothers and one sister: Victor, John, Mike, Joseph, Peter, Lonny and Mary.

He attended the Columbus public schools and the St. Bonaventure Parochial School, and was then employed in the painting business with the Mielak Brothers. He later became associated with Smith's Dairy in the distribution department.

On October 11, 1932, at Duncan, Nebraska, he was married to Miss Hildegard C. Liss, daughter of John F. and Veronica Torczon Liss. John F. Liss was born in Platte County in 1881. Veronica Torczon Liss was born in Platte County near Tarnov in 1887. Mrs. Mielak attended the St. Bonaventure's High School in Columbus.

Frank J. and Hildegard Liss Mielak had two daughters: Jane Ann, born December 20, 1941, and Mary Kay, born September 17, 1947.

Mr. and Mrs. Mielak are members of St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church in Columbus.

REVEREND HERMAN MIESSLER

Reverend Herman Miessler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Miessler, was born June 6, 1861, in Michigan, where his father had gone as a missionary among the Chippewa Indians. I 11 (sic) health caused his father to resign from this position in 1869, and the family moved to Chicago, where Gustav Miessler studied medicine, and later graduated and practiced his profession in Chicago.

Reverend Miessler attended grade school in Michigan, high school in Chicago, was graduated from the Concordia College, at Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1880, and then entered the Concordia Seminary, at St. Louis, Missouri, where he completed his course in theology in 1883.

In the fall of 1883, he came to Columbus and founded the Immanuel Lutheran Church. At that time, there were only ten families in his congregation, but in the forty-five years he served as pastor, the church developed until there were well over six hundred communicant members. He was a young man of twenty-two when he came to Columbus, and, fired with the zeal of youth, was not content to confine his labors to one congregation. For the first twenty-two years of his calling, he supplied the pulpit for the small congregation in Platte Center, and organized the church there, April 6, 1902. He continued as its pastor until the church was on a self-sustaining basis and could call a pastor of its own.

Another of his cherished congregations was the one he formed among the Lutheran families residing on "The Island," six miles southwest of Duncan, where he visited every other Sunday, alternating with the Platte Center Mission. Among some of his best loved par-

ishioners were the Island congregation. He never permitted weather conditions to interfere with his work in these two small communities. As an instance of his determination, it is related that at one time, when the Platte River bridge had been closed as unsafe because of high water, he took along an axe with which to remove the boards placed at either end of the structure, in order that he might make his accustomed visit to the Island church.

After the organization of the Immanuel Church here, in 1883, the old Presbyterian Church was rented for the purpose of holding services. In 1885, the new church was erected at the corner of Fourteenth Street and Twenty-fourth Avenue. The building was enlarged around 1908, and the present church edifice built in 1931. In the early 1890's, Reverend Miessler founded the Immanuel Lutheran Parochial School.

On October 5, 1884, in St. Louis, Reverend Herman Miessler married Clara Von Wurmb, daughter of Theodore Von Wurmb, who was born in Africa, where his father was a missionary. Mr. Von Wurmb was a druggist in St. Louis. Clara had two brothers, Theodore and Albert Von Wurmb, of St. Louis.

Reverend Herman and Clara Miessler had three sons and three daughters: Walter; Eugene T.; Elmer; Adele; Olga; and Marcella, Mrs. Paul H. Insinger. They are all of Columbus.

Reverend Miessler was a member of the Missouri Synod of the German Lutheran Church, and was active during his lifetime in the work of the Northeast Nebraska District Synod. For years, he was a member of the teachers' board of the Lutheran Seminary at Seward, and served as the Board's secretary.

In recognition of the completion of forty years of active service as pastor of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Reverend Miessler was accorded a surprise jubilee by members of his congregation and nearby churches, in October, 1923. Nearly eight hundred persons attended the services held during the day and the banquet in the evening, in his honor.

Mrs. Miessler, an accomplished musician, was instrumental in organizing the church choir, and acted as leader of the choir for twenty-five years. She was also active in organizing the Sunday school and the Ladies Aid Society of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, in Columbus. Mrs. Miessler died May 12, 1930.

Reverend Herman Miessler died April 16, 1928.

WALTER T. MIESSLER

Walter T. Miessler, son of Reverend Herman and Clara Von Wurmb Miessler, was born February 19, 1886, in Columbus. He attended the Immanuel Lutheran Parochial School and the Columbus High School. He was graduated from high school in St. Louis in 1904, and from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 1906.

Before going to St. Louis, he was employed in the C. B. Stillman Drug Store, now the Miessler Drug Store, on Thirteenth Street. In St. Louis, he first worked in the drug store established by his grandfather, Theodore Von Wurmb.

From 1907 to 1931, he owned and operated a drug store on Eleventh and Salisbury Streets, in St. Louis. In 1920, he established a store at Jefferson and Cass Streets, and in 1931, he opened a drug store at the corner of Union and Delmar in the same city, and continued its operation until 1939.

Walter Miessler disposed of his interests in St. Louis in 1947, and came to Columbus to become associated with his brother, E. T. Miessler, in the Miessler Drug Store on Thirteenth Street, where he first worked for C. B. Stillman early in 1900.

On June 2, 1909, in Columbus, Walter T. Miessler was married to Emma Schreiber, the daughter of Louis and Anna Asche Schreiber. Mr. Schreiber was an early implement dealer in Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Miessler had three children: Walter, Jr., Sidney, and Mildred, all born in St. Louis. The children were all graduated from high school in St. Louis.

Walter Jr. was born February 20, 1910. He is married to Helen Apostle. They have two children, Janice, born December 30, 1943, and Robert, born December 15, 1946.

Mildred is the wife of Delbert Nash. They have a son William, born October 17, 1947.

Sidney came to Columbus in the spring of 1947.  He is the manager of the Miessler Book Store. He attended Beaumont High School in St. Louis and Concordia College at Fort Wayne, Indiana. He served both in Europe and the Philippines in World War II.

Walter Miessler is a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church.

EUGENE T. MIESSLER

Eugene T. Miessler, son of Reverend Herman and Clara Von Wurmb Miessler, was born April 30, 1893, in Columbus. He attended the Immanuel Lutheran Parochial School, and the Columbus High School. He was graduated from high school in St. Louis and from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 1915. He is a registered Nebraska pharmacist.

On August 23, 1928, in Columbus, Eugene T. Miessler was married to Clara Schroeder, the daughter of Louis and Amelia Lachnit Schroeder. Eugene and Clara Miessler have one daughter, Clara Ruth, who was graduated from Kramer High School in 1948. Clara Ruth attended a girls' school at Gulfport, Mississippi. Her hobbies are music, riding and swimming.

From 1915 to 1918, Eugene Miessler worked with his brother, Walter, in the Miessler Drug Store in St. Louis. In 1918, he returned to Columbus and worked for a year for H. J. Horstman, at the Purity Drug Store, on Twenty-sixth Avenue. E. T. Miessler purchased the Purity Drug Store from Mr. Horstman in 1919, and until 1926, was owner of the store.

In February, 1922, Louis Schreiber and Mr. Miessler bought the Charles H. Dack Drug Store, on Thirteenth Street, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Avenues. A short time later, E. T. Miessler bought the interest of Mr. Schrieber and changed the name of the store to the Miessler Drug Store. He then bought the Hahn

Drug Store, on Eleventh Street, which was a successor to the Hinching Drug Store, once owned by Doctor A. Heintz. Later, he moved this business to the building at the southeast corner of Eleventh Street and Twenty-fifth Avenue.

From 1937 to 1949, Mr. Miessler was a director of the Loup River Public Power District.

He is a member of the Rotary International, and the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. He is active in the Lutheran Laymen's League, the Lutheran Educational Association, the Board of Christian Education, the Northern Nebraska District of the Synod of the Lutheran Church, and succeeded his father, The Reverend Herman Miessler, on the Seward Board of Control of the Board of Concordia Teachers' College. The Miesslers are members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, and Mr. Miessler was formerly a member of the church choir.

The Miesslers have traveled extensively. In 1947 Mr. and Mrs. Miessler and Clara Ruth in company with Mr. and Mrs. Otto Walter visited all of the South American countries.

E. T. Miessler's hobbies are travel, riding, and music. He is the owner of pure-bred saddle horses. Politically he is affiliated with the Republican Party.

ELMER ARTHUR MIESSLER

Elmer Arthur Miessler, son of Reverend Herman and Clara Von Wurmb Miessler, was born August 29, 1898, in Columbus. His father, born June 6, 1861, in Michigan, died April 16, 1928, in Columbus. His mother, born August 4, 1864, at St. Louis, Missouri, died May 12, 1930, in Columbus. Elmer has two brothers and three sisters: Walter, Adele, Ollie, Eugene T., and Marcella, who is Mrs. Paul H. Insinger.

Elmer attended the Immanuel Lutheran Parochial School and was graduated from the Columbus High School.

He was twice married. His first wife was Gretchen Saeger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Saeger, of Fremont. Gretchen was born January 6, 1902, was graduated from the Fremont High School in 1921, and married Mr. Miessler on November 6, 1927. They had one son, Saeger, born March 29, 1937. Gretchen Saeger Miessler died April 3, 1937.

On August 26, 1945, Elmer married Eileen Hanssen, daughter of Henry and Martha Sarah Yonkie Hanssen, of Richland, Nebraska. Mr. Hanssen, born August 4, 1878, at Hooper, Nebraska, was manager of a lumber yard and elevator at Richland. Mrs. Hanssen was born March 14, 1881, near Richland, in Colfax County. Eileen has one sister, Bernice L., Mrs. Jerome Schroeder, of Columbus.

Elmer and Eileen Miessler have one daughter, Sara Sue born April 16, 1948.

From 1919 to 1921, Elmer Miessler was associated with his brother, E. T. Miessler, in the Buick and Chevrolet business, in the building now occupied by the Nielsen Chevrolet Company.

He and his brother dissolved partnership in 1921, and he remained in the automobile business for several years. In the 1930's, he took over the management of the Miessler Drug Store on Eleventh Street, and has continued in that capacity.

Mrs. Miessler studied music and. taught piano in Columbus previous to her marriage. Mr. Miessler's hobbies are fishing and hunting.

He is a member of the Izaak Walton League and the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and also a member of the Lutheran School Board and church choir, and the Laymen's League. The family attend the Immanuel Lutheran Church. Politically, Elmer Miessler is affiliated with the Republican Party.

CHARLES CLAYTON MILLER

Charles Clayton Miller, the son of Doctor and Lydia Miller, was born in Spencer, Ohio, in 1853. He came to Columbus with his parents in 1860, when he was seven years old. Doctor Miller was a direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant and was originally from Pennsylvania. Charles had one brother, Alonzo Vivian. Both Charles and his brother "Lon" attended the Columbus schools.

"Charlie," the elder, studied telegraphy and was engaged as a telegrapher and station agent for a number of years. Later he owned a stock ranch in Wyoming, in partnership with his brother.

In 1882, they both returned to Columbus from Wyoming and Charles met Alma G. Rice there in 1884.

In 1885, Charles Clayton Miller and Alma Rice were married in Columbus by Reverend O. V. Rice. At the time of their marriage, Charles was thirty-two and his wife was eighteen years old.

After their marriage, Charles bought the old Gillett place west of Columbus, which extended from the Union Pacific Railroad tracks south along the bend of the river to the old Loup River wagon bridge. He built a new wing on the Gillett house and a large barn, with the addition of an office and bunk rooms for the hired men. The barn was equipped with box stalls.

Mr. Miller raised horses, cattle and hogs. Misfortune overtook his enterprise when his cattle died of black-leg and his hogs died of cholera. He then disposed of his farm interests and went into the hotel business in Columbus, where he operated the Grand Pacific Hotel. He was not happy as a hotel man, however, so he soon went back to work for the railroad, working as a telegrapher from Wyoming to Mexico. Upon leaving Old Mexico, he became the station agent at Prescott, Arizona.

There he became interested in mining and was successful. He sold two copper mines fifteen miles from Prescott to the United Verde Copper Company for seventy-five thousand dollars.

After working as an agent for the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Santa Fe Railroads, Charles Miller retired and moved to Los Angeles, California, where he died in 1943, at the age of eighty-seven.

Charles and Alma Rice Miller had three children: Alonzo Vivian, a railroad man; Sarah Lydia, a telegraph operator; and Gertrude Ada, Mrs. Matheny.

Gertrude Ada Miller Matheny was born in Columbus on February 9, 1888. She attended schools in Prescott, Arizona. Her hobbies were historical pioneer scrapbooks, music and travel. She visited the Chicago Exposition, Niagara Falls, the New York World's Fair, the San Francisco and Dallas, Texas, fairs and centennials. She was the New Mexico delegate to the Pan-American Convention held in Cuba.

In 1910, Gertrude Miller was married to Samuel Miller, of Tempe, Arizona. They had two children, Gertrude D. and Paul R., both of whom are married. In June, 1924, she was married to E. R. Matheny, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Matheny live in Silver City, New Mexico, where Mrs. Matheny is active in club work. She is a member of the Pan-American Round Table, the Federated Woman's Club, the Silver City Music Club, and the Eastern Star, of which she is a past worthy matron. She is a member of the Methodist Church of Silver City and a soloist in that church.

ALBERT RUDOLPH MILLER

Albert Rudolph Miller, organizer and president of the Miller Allied Securities Company, was born March I, 1874, in Calmar, Iowa. He is the son of Henry and Eliza Herklotz Miller. Henry Miller, a native of Germany, was born March 1, 1839, and, came to the United States in 1842. He settled in Calmar, Iowa, and in later years founded the Miller Wagon Company. He died at Calmar in April, 1920. Eliza Herklotz Miller died several years ago.

A. R. Miller has one sister, Bertha, who formerly lived in Columbus, and was associated with the Miller Allied Securities Company. A sister, Carrie, who also had lived in Columbus, is deceased. Another sister, Mrs. Clara Miller Petersen, died in Columbus in 1935.

Rudy Miller was graduated from Calmar High School. He then went to the Upper Iowa University at Fayette, Iowa, from 1889 to 1890.

On May I, 1891, he came to Columbus from Calmar and became associated with the First National Bank. In 1900, he moved to Fullerton, Nebraska, where he was cashier of the Fullerton National Bank. In 1908, he returned to Columbus and again became affiliated with the First National Bank, remaining with that bank as cashier and vice president until 1926 when the Miller Allied Securities Company was organized.

On May 25, 1905, he was married to Miss Mertie Park in Fullerton, Nebraska. Mrs. Miller is a native of Vestal, New York. The Millers have one son, Leonard, who is associated with his father in business.

A. R. Miller has been retained in an advisory capacity by the Lincoln Highway Association since its inception. He served on the Board of Directors of the Loup River Public Power District from 1933.

Mr. Miller holds memberships in the Wayside Country Club, the A.F. & A.M., the Columbus Chamber of Commerce of which he is a past president, and the Columbus Volunteer Fire Department. He served as secretary of the Forward Columbus Fund, and is a Republican.

The Millers are Presbyterians and members of the Federated Church of Columbus.

LEONARD S. MILLER

Leonard S. Miller was born in Fullerton, Nebraska, September 12, 1906. He is the son of Albert R. and Mertie Park Miller. His father was born in Calmar, Iowa, March 1, 1874. His mother was born in Vestal, New York, May 8, 1871.

Leonard Miller attended the Columbus Schools and was graduated from the Columbus High School. He attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and was then associated with his father in the Miller Allied Securities Company.

On June 2, 1930, he was married to Miss Laura Brunken, daughter of J. Louis and Lina Schneider Brunken of Columbus. J. Louis Brunken was born at Passaic, New Jersey, September 30, 1873. Lina Schneider Brunken was born at Duncan, Nebraska, February 25, 1876, and died March 2, 1929.

Leonard S. and Laura Brunken Miller have two sons: Thomas, born in Columbus, February 28, 1932; and David, born in Columbus, September 6, 1938.

Leonard S. Miller plays golf and is interested in football, amateur radio and flying. He was active in the organization of the Civil Air Patrol in Columbus. As a member of the Federated Church, he has served that church as elder.

Leonard S. Miller holds membership in the Wayside Country Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, and is a Republican.

LAWRENCE EDWARD MINETTE

Lawrence Edward Minette, born January 5, 1905, at Sauk Centre, Minnesota, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Minette. His father was born July 6, 1876, at Sauk Centre. His mother was born November 23, 1871, at Winsted. Lawrence E. Minette had three brothers and three sisters, all of whom live in Minnesota.

Lawrence E. Minette attended school in Pine River, Minnesota, and was graduated from the Pine River High School. He then took a course in business management and was employed in the management of hotels and bus stations. On April 14, 1936, he came to Columbus from Fort Dodge, Iowa, as agent for the Greyhound Bus Lines.

On June 22, 1936, Lawrence Edward Minette was married to Miss Angela Ellen Kelley, daughter of Doctor C. J. and Catherine Ellen Queeney Kelley, at Anselmo, Nebraska. Angela Ellen Kelley, one of a family of seven, was a registered nurse. She took her training at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital at Fort Dodge, Iowa. Her father, a doctor of medicine, was born May 5, 1860, at Webster County, Iowa, and died July 3, 1945, at Anselmo, Nebraska. He was a graduate from Keokuk, Iowa, and received his medical degree from the Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, where he also took

post-graduate work in eye, ear, nose, and throat. Her mother, Catherine E. Queeney, was born in Whiteside County, Illinois, April 3, 1872.

Lawrence E. and Angela E. Kelley Minette have six children: Dennis J. Minette, born May 18,1937; Joan C., Mary E.; Lawrence J., born May 4, 1942; Dorothy F.; and David Michael, born May 27, 1947. All were born in Columbus and attended the St. Bonaventure Grade School.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Minette are members of St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church. Mr. Minette is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and the Columbus Chamber of Commerce.

JOHN HENRY MOELLER

John Henry Moeller, Columbus businessman, was born June 17, 1886, at Papillion, Nebraska. His parents were Otto and Margaret Anna Warn Moeller. Otto Moeller was born in Berlin, Germany, February 22, 1834, and died October 26, 1910, at Leigh, Nebraska. Margaret Moeller was born November 22, 1844, in Germany, and died May 5, 1929, at Leigh.

John H. Moeller has one brother and four sisters: Fred Moeller of Iroquois, South Dakota, who married Emelie Wurdeman; Anna, Mrs. Henry Schadendorf of Long Beach, California; Doris, Mrs. Fred Vierregger of Papillion; Mary, Mrs. John Brock of Leigh; and Augusta, Mrs. Fritz Miller of Leigh.

John Moeller received his education in the Leigh schools and the Fremont Normal in Fremont, Nebraska.

On June 29, 1915, he was married at Leigh, Nebraska, to Miss Alva Elvira Nelson, daughter of Nels and Anna Sophie Nelson, natives of Sweden and pioneers in Platte County.

Mr. and Mrs. Moeller had one daughter, Lois Ann, who married Derold D. Abbott and lives at Shelby, Nebraska. Derold D. and Lois Ann Moeller Abbott had one son, John Derold Abbott.

From 1907 to 1916, Mr. Moeller conducted a general merchandise business at Leigh. He was then cashier and director of the First National Bank for many years. He came to Columbus in February, 1935, as one of the organizers of the Columbus Bank and served as cashier of that institution. In August, 1935, he sold his interest in the bank to Ben B. McNair.

In 1939 Mr. Moeller bought the Columbus Credit Bureau, which he sold to Fred Gruenhage in 1946. He has operated a general insurance business, and the Consumers Finance and Loan business in Columbus since 1941.

Mr. Moeller has been in civic and organizational affairs in Columbus, and has devoted much time to patriotic work. He served as county chairman of the United War Fund for two years, and was county chairman of the American Red Cross for one year. He has been on the board of directors and a treasurer of the Y.M.C.A., served on the Community Chest Board, and is a member of the Lions International and a past president of the local organization, and is an active member of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. He was the first secretary of the Platte County Agricultural Association.

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Moeller are members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Columbus. Mr. Moeller is a Democrat.

THEODORE MOERSEN

Theodore Moersen was born on May 12, 1858, at Hannalpel, Westphalia, Germany, and died in Columbus, on February 16, 1937. He was educated in Germany and studied music there.

On January 25, 1883, in Bucholt, Westphalia, he was married to Mary C. Schulten, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schulten. Mrs. Moersen was born August 12, 1856, in Bucholt, Westphalia, Germany, and died in Columbus, February 18, 1931.

For a year following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Moersen remained in Germany. In 1884, they immigrated to the United States, and went first to Algona, Iowa, where they lived for a short time. They then moved to Portland, Oregon, where they remained until August, 1892, when they came to Columbus, Nebraska.

Theodore and Mary Schulten Moersen had three daughters and four sons: Elizabeth, Mrs. Dennis Sullivan; Sophia, Mrs. J. B. Ternes; Louise, Mrs. Herman Hanforan; Theodore, Jr., William, Frank, and Leo, of Columbus. Theodore, Jr. and Leo ate deceased. William operates the Moersen Barber Shop, on Eleventh Street, and Frank is a district salesman for a drug firm.

Theodore Moersen founded the Moersen Barber Shop, on Eleventh Street, in 1892, when Eleventh Street was the main business thoroughfare. The barber shop has been at the same location for forty years.

Mr. Moersen had the distinction of rendering tonsorial services to the oldest settlers in Platte County. When a young man, he shaved William McKinley, who later became President of the United States. During the Gay Nineties, bartering was done for barber services. Items such as ducks, turkeys, corn, hay and other farm products were exchanged for a shave and a hair cut.

Theodore Moersen was the director of the St. Bonaventure's Church Choir for several years. He was a member of the Catholic Knights of America and of the St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in Columbus.

He was also a director of the Columbus Land, Loan, and Building Company, and was one of the organizers of the Globe Savings Company. Politically, he was affiliated with the Democratic Party.

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