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discharge, he came to the United States, where he lived near Fremont, Nebraska. A year later, he returned to Germany on a visit, at the request of his mother. He spent a year there, and on his return stopped in Danforth, Illinois, where he met Miss Alice Johnson. They were married on February 2, 1892. Shortly thereafter, they came to Nebraska, farming a short time in Dodge County, and then moving to a farm in Platte County located one and one-half miles south of Platte Center. Later they bought a farm east of Platte Center where they lived for about twenty years, and then retired and moved to Columbus. In 1936, Mr. Oltmans bought a residence in Columbus at 2510 Eighteenth Street, which has since been the Oltmans' home.
Mr. and Mrs. Oltmans had three daughters: Lena, Mrs. Frank Hilmer; Frieda; and Katherine, Mrs. Schultz of Omaha.
The O. D. Oltmans are members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Rudolph Oppliger, for many years a well-known farmer in the Gruetli neighborhood southwest of Columbus, was born February 20, 1874, in Canton Bern, Switzerland. He came to Platte County in 1883, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Oppliger.
Rudolph Oppliger, Jr. was married June 17, 1909, to Miss Louise Lemp. They had five children: Lillian, Mrs. Mayberger; Esther, Mrs. Coffin; Lawrence, Walter, and Mildred. They all attended the school in District 5, and were graduated from Kramer High School. Lawrence and Walter attended the State Agricultural College at Lincoln.
Rudolph had two brothers, Fred and Ernst, who farmed in the same community as Rudolph, and one sister, Mrs. Walter Jaeggi, of Columbus. He also had two step-sisters: Mrs. Anna Imhof, and Miss Emma Schoene. His father died in 1904, and his mother in 1895. A sister, Mrs. Herman Matthes, died in 1917.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Oppliger were members of the Protestant Evangelical Church.
Mr. Oppliger died July 1, 1927. Until 1948 Louisa Oppliger, widow of Rudolph Oppliger, lived on the farm they improved together in District 5
Mrs. Oppliger is the daughter of Frederich and Anna Tanner Lemp, natives of Switzerland, who immigrated to Gruetli, a Swiss settlement southwest of Columbus. She had two sisters and two brothers. Her sisters were Ida Lemp Tiaden and Minnie Lemp Blaser. Her brothers were Herman, a farmer, and Fred Lemp who died in 1944.
Mrs. Oppliger is a member of the Ladies' Aid of the Evangelical Protestant Church, the Swiss Lodge, the Swiss Auxiliary, District Kensington, and the Swiss Society.
Bernard Anton Otten was born April 22, 1884, in Germany. He received his early education in the schools of his native land, and was employed there until he was thirty years of age. In 1906, he immigrated to the United States, arriving in Platte County on March of that year.
In June of 1922, Mr. Otten was married to Miss Hubertine Borer, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Borer of St. Bernard.
Bernard and Hubertina Borer Otten had five children: Jerome, Ivan, Ewald, Anthony and Odella Marie.
The Otten family live in St. Bernard Township, where Mr. Otten and his sons are engaged in farming. The Bernard Ottens are members of the Holy Family Church at Lindsay, Nebraska.
Charles Elliott Pearse was born April 10, 1883, in Negaunee, Michigan. His parents were Frank E. and Martha Baker Pearse. Frank Pearse, an attorney, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in August, 1859, and died in Marquette, Michigan, in 1929. Martha Baker Pearse was born April 22, 1859, in Brooklyn, New York, and died in New York City in January, 1931. C. E. Pearse has one sister, Helen, of New York City and Columbus.
Charles Pearse attended the Marquette grade schools and was graduated from high school in Chicago. In 1900, Mr. Pearse came to Nebraska, and was associated with the Stanton Breeding Farms Company at Stanton, Nebraska. He then entered the employ of the Hume, Robertson Wycoff Company, a grain, lumber, hardware and flour milling concern at Madison, Nebraska. He was secretary of this corporation from 1902 to 1918. In 1905, he helped organize the Madison Telephone Company and served as its secretary from 1918 until 1929.
In 1929, Mr. Pearse moved to Columbus and became auditor of the Nebraska Continental Telephone Company, later becoming secretary and treasurer, a position he filled until his retirement in September, 1944. He is a stockholder and director of the Central National Bank in Columbus.
On August 14, 1907, at Grand Haven, Michigan, he was married to Miss Myra Hume, daughter of James B. and Emma D. Matthews Hume. James Hume was born April 10, 1850, in County Down, Ireland, and died at Madison, Nebraska, March 7, 1920. Emma D. Matthews Hume was born at East Port, Maine, July 28, 1864, and died at Madison, Nebraska, June 8, 1932.
Charles and Myra Hume Pearse had three daughters, all born in Madison. Margaret, wife of Doctor R. C. Anderson, lives in Columbus. She was graduated from the Madison High School and later attended St. Mary's School at Faribault, Minnesota, and the University of Nebraska. Jean, a graduate of Madison High School, attended Stephens College at Columbia, Missouri, and Grinnell College at Grinnell, Iowa. She is married to Carroll A. Losbaugh and lives in Columbus. Emma, wife of Hanson E. McElfresh of Columbus, attended Stephens College and the University of Nebraska.
Mr. Pearse served as Platte County chairman of the Red Cross drive in 1946. He is a 32nd Degree Mason,
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and holds membership in the B.P.O.E., the Lions International, the. Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and the Wayside Country Club.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Pearse are members of the Federated Church in Columbus.
Anders Pearson was born in 1827 in Skarvangen, Sweden, a village in Central Sweden. In April, 1882, he immigrated to the United States with his wife and family, settling in Monroe Township, where he bought one hundred forty-four acres of land. The first eighty acres cost him five dollars an acre. For the balance, he paid twelve dollars fifty cents an acre.
When Anders was a boy, the Skarvangen area was thickly wooded and filled with logging camps and saw mills. The ground there was divided into small plots where vegetables and grains were raised. The cattle were herded on the open range. Anders herded cattle in the summer. In the fall he made cheese and butter, which were taken to the nearest market fifty miles away.
Anders Pearson was married in Sweden to Sara Nelson, who war born in Skarvangen, May 17, 1840. Anders and Sara Nelson Pearson had five children: Peter, who married Hannah Nelson; Nels, who married Christiana Peterson; Anders O., who married Ida Hedman; Simon E., who married Augusta Peterson; and Beattie, Mrs. Peter P. Peterson.
Anders Pearson died January 3, 1890, at West Hill. Sara Nelson Pearson died April 28, 1925, in Genoa, Nebraska.
Simon Edward Pearson, son of Anders and Sara Nelson Pearson, was born August 27, 1882, on a farm two miles east and four and one-half miles north of Genoa in Monroe Township. This farm was the original homestead of Anders Pearson which he filed on in April, 1882. Anders died January 3, 1890.
Simon Pearson was educated in the country school, and in 1896, at the age of fourteen, commenced farming with his mother on the Pearson homestead.
In 1906, he left the farm and entered the Lincoln Business College, graduating in 1907. He then attended the Highland Park College at Des Moines, Iowa. He was employed later in Omaha with the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
On December 22, 1909, he was married in Omaha to Miss Augusta Peterson, daughter of Carl O. and Eleen Olson Peterson, natives of Sweden. They had five children: Harold E., C. Bernard, Margaret Elaine, Bettie Evelyn, and Dwight Homer.
Harold Edward, born February 11, 1911, at Genoa, Nebraska, attended Genoa schools and was graduated from Monroe High School. He married Helen Wall of Monroe, and is in the oil business with C. Bernard Pearson.
Carl Bernard was born January 6, 1912, at Genoa, and graduated from Monroe High. He married Lucille Mares. After studying accounting at Lincoln School of Commerce, he was made secretary-treasurer of the Monroe National Farm Loan Association. He succeeded his father, S. E. Pearson, who organized and operated the firm from 1920 until 1933.
Margaret Elaine, born May 17, 1918, in Monroe, was graduated from Monroe High in 1935, and from a secretarial course at Dana College at Blair, Nebraska, in 1936. She was secretary for five years to Paul L. Martin, attorney of Sidney, Nebraska. She is the wife of Albert G. Schroeder of Grand Island, Nebraska.
Bettie Evelyn, born May 17, 1921, at Monroe, Nebraska, graduated from Monroe High, then enrolled at Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1938 for pre-nurses' course. She graduated with honors from Nurses' Training Course, St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota, in 1939. She is the wife of Stewart Dennison, St. Paul, Minnesota, and has one son.
Dwight Homer, born June 17, 1923, graduated from Monroe High in 1940, then enrolled at Lincoln Aviation School. Following this he was employed by the Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Company, Buffalo, New York. He worked there until his entry in the army. In 1944, he went overseas. Taken prisoner by the Germans, he was put to work building road blocks and excavating for an underground factory. Food was scarce and without aid from the Red Cross, he would have starved. In June, 1945, he was honorably discharged. After a period of employment with the Pearson Oil Company, he enrolled in the College of Engineering at the University of Nebraska.
Mr. Pearson resigned his position with the Union Pacific to enter the employ of the First National Bank in Genoa, Nebraska, as bookkeeper. After three years with the bank he was promoted to assistant cashier. He remained in that position until. 1915 when he moved to Monroe, Nebraska, and entered the employ of the Bank of Monroe. In 1920, he was elected president of the bank.
In 1931, he was employed by the State Banking Department as assistant receiver, liquidating banks that failed during the depression and drought years. He was engaged in this work for nine years. In 1937, with two sons, Harold E. and C. Bernard, he bought the Monroe Hardware Company. C. Bernard bought his brother's and father's interests in this business in January, 1946, at which time Simon Pearson opened the Pearson Real Estate and Insurance Business in Monroe, Nebraska.
Simon E. Pearson is a member of the Monroe Evangelical Church, and is a Democrat. His hobby is golf.
Clarence A. Pearson, son of Peter Pearson, early Platte County pioneer, was born January 3, 1887, at his father's home near Genoa. Peter Pearson, born in Sweden, January 22, 1860, immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-two. He came directly to Platte
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County, settling on the farm occupied by Clarence. Peter Pearson died December 19, 1940. His wife, Hannah Nelson Pearson, born in Sweden, December 15, 1865, died January 10, 1940, at her home near Genoa.
Peter Pearson had eight sons and two daughters: Mrs. Elsie Johnson, Victor N., Wesley B., Ferdinand P., Mrs. Anna Johnson, Allen T., Floyd H., Dwight S., Donald L. and Clarence A.
Clarence Pearson received his early education at the District 51 rural school. He then attended Grand Island College, and the School of Agriculture at the University of Nebraska.
On June 12, 1912, in Albion, Nebraska, he was married to Miss Anna E. Thomazin, daughter of Thomas Thomazin, Platte County farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson had five children: Leola, born September 17, 1915; Vernon, born July 21, 1918; Dolores, born September 26, 1921; Marjorie, born March 8, 1926; and Carrol, born March 1, 1931.
Mr. Pearson is a Democrat and a member of the Palestine Baptist Church.
Victor Nels Pearson, second son of Peter Pearson, early Platte County pioneer, was born May 5, 1892, at the home of his father in Joliet Township. His mother was Hannah Nelson Pearson, and he is a brother of Clarence A. Pearson.
Victor Pearson attended the rural District School 51, and then went to the University of Nebraska, and was graduated with a degree from the university's School of Agriculture. Extremely interested in the raising of purebred stock, he has attended many live stock expositions, including the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago.
On July 31, 1918, he was married at Norfolk, Nebraska, to Miss Gwendolyn James, daughter of John and Margaret Davis James. John James was born in Wales, December 23, 1861, and died in Joliet Township, April 19, 1936. Margaret Davis James was born November 16, 1867, at Glamorganshire, South Wales. Mrs. Pearson has two brothers and one sister, Ruth, Mrs. C. A. Bearberg; Harold, married to Julia Stone, and Edward.
Victor and Gwendolyn James Pearson had one son, Gordon J., born March 21, 1920. Gordon attended the rural District School 64, and the high school at Newman Grove. He then attended the University of Nebraska. During World War II, he served with the Army Air Forces for forty-three months.
Mr. Pearson is a member of the Palestine Baptist Church, and is a Republican.
Wesley Bernard Pearson, third generation pioneer farmer of Monroe Township, was born August 16, 1894, at his father's home in Platte County. His parents were Peter and Hannah Nelson Pearson. Peter, born in Jemtland, Sweden, January 22, 1860, accompanied his parents, Anders and Sara Nelson Pearson, to Platte County in 1882. He died December 19, 1940. Hannah Nelson Pearson, daughter of Nels and Elsie Nelson of Sweden, died January 10, 1940.
Wesley Pearson attended the rural school, and was graduated from Genoa High School in 1913. In World War I, he served two years as a sergeant in the 38th Machine Gun Company, Third Infantry Division. He saw active duty in the Aisne Defensive, Chateau Thierry Sector; the Marne Defensive; the Aisne Marne Offensive, Vesle Sector; and in the St. Mihiel and the Meuse Argonne campaigns. He also served with the Army of Occupation after the war. After his discharge, Mr. Pearson engaged in farming five miles from Lindsay. He then moved to Monroe Township.
On June 8, 1921, he was married to Miss Helen Grace Busselman, daughter of John and Mary Wieland Busselman, at the West Hill Parsonage. John Busselman was born in Oldenburg, Germany, May 31, 1862, and died in Lindsay, Nebraska, April 21, 1940. He was a blacksmith by trade. Mary Wieland was born December 9, 1869, at Pekin, Illinois.
Mrs. Pearson had three sisters and two brothers: George, a blacksmith, married to Sadie Connelly; Mabel, wife of James Formanek, a carpenter; Garret, a mechanic in California, married to Lillian Swoboda; Hazel, wife of Edgar Thomazin, a store manager; and Della, wife of Victor Meyer, a welder, tinner and mechanic of Crete, Nebraska. Mrs. Pearson, prior to her marriage, taught school.
Wesley B. Pearson, a Republican, is a member of the Methodist Church of O'Kay, and has been superintendent of the O'Kay Sunday School for more than fourteen years. From 1933 to 1945, he served as clerk on the township board.
Ferdinand Peter Pearson, known as "Ferd," son of Peter and Hannah Nelson Pearson, was born November 3, 1896, on the family homestead, in the West Hill community. His father, born January 22, 1860, in Jemtland, Sweden, came to Platte County in the spring of 1882. He was a farmer, and died December 19, 1940, at the family home, in Joliet Township. Mrs. Pearson, born December 15, 1865, at Hesslaholm, Skane, Sweden, came to America at the age of twelve and died January 10, 1940, at Genoa, Nebraska. "Ferd" has seven brothers and two sisters: Clarence A., a farmer, married Anna Thomazin; Elsie S. married Lewis Johnson, a farmer; Victor N., a farmer, married Gwendolyn James; Wesley B., a farmer, married Helen Busselman; Anna V. H. married Raymond Johnson, a farmer; Allen T., salesman for the Skelly Oil Company, of Omaha, married Helen Barnhart; Floyd H., meteorologist with the United States Weather Bureau; Dwight S., foreman at Cudahy's, in Omaha, married Dorothy Ellison; Donald L., secretary in the S.C.S., Washington, D. C., married Edna Bubb.
Ferdinand Pearson, who has always lived in Joliet
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Township, attended the District 5! rural school and the School of Agriculture at Lincoln.
On October 4, 1923, near Lindsay, Nebraska, he married Irene Odetta Thomazin, daughter of William and Mathilda Thomazin. Her father, a farmer, was born June 22, 1869, in Willow County, Illinois, and died March 7, 1943, in Geona (sic), Nebraska. Mrs. Thomazin was born December 20, 1872, in Germany. Irene Odetta's brothers and sisters are: LaVerna, married to John Reeg, a farmer; Edgar, manager of the Farmer's Union Store, married to Hazel Busselman; Charlotte, married to Oscar Christensen; Earl died August 22, 1937, in Lincoln; John R., field supervisor for the Union Central Life Insurance Company, of Grand Island, is married to Marie Larson; William G., owner and operator of "The Bakery," at Lindsay, married Genevieve Winkler.
Ferdinand and Irene Pearson had three children: Howard Thomazin, born November 5, 1925, in Genoa, died November 10, 1925, in Columbus; Roger Ferdinand, born October 14, 1927, in Genoa, enlisted in the Marine Corps in June, 1945, and served in China; Charlotte Ann, born January 5, 1932 in Genoa, collects bottles and is interested in music. The children attended the District 81 rural school, Genoa High School, and were active in 4-H work.
Ferdinand Pearson is a farmer, and his special interests are in Guernsey cattle, Belgian horses and Duroc hogs. His hobbies are music and baseball. In his youth, he was a member of the West Chicago baseball team.
Mr. Pearson was the, leader of the first dairy club in Platte County. He served on the School Board for thirteen years. He is a member of the Bethany Lutheran Church, an officer of that church, and Mrs. Pearson is a Sunday school teacher there.
Albin Cornilous Pearson was born April 16, 1885, in Woodville Township. His parents were Anders and Johanna Bergston Pearson. Anders Pearson, born in Sweden, August 8, 1850, immigrated to the United States in 1882. He came directly to Platte County, arriving here March 7, 1882. A farmer, he lived in Woodville Township for fifty years, and died there April 17, 1932. Johanna Bergston Pearson was born in Sweden in March, 1858, and died in Woodville Township, Platte County, February 17, 1927.
Albin C. Pearson had two brothers, Gilbert and Herbert both farmers.
Mr. Pearson attended District School 27. His outstanding experience was the hardships of the drouth years, 1934-1940
On September 9, 1908, in Woodville Township, he was married to Miss Ruth Greig, daughter of James and Estela Greig of St. Edward, Nebraska. James Greig was born in Canada and died in St. Edward, December 24, 1928. Estela Greig was born in Wisconsin in 1860, and died in St. Edward, Nebraska, April 23, 1920. Mrs. Pearson had four brothers and four sisters. The brothers are all farmers.
Albin and Ruth Greig Pearson had four children: Dorothy, Harold, Winifred and Leon, Dorothy, a teacher, attended Hastings College, and Greeley College at Greeley, Colorado. Her hobby is painting pictures. Harold attended Hastings College and teaches. His hobby is stamp collecting. Winifred was graduated from St. Edward High School. Her hobby is art, and she is interested in church work. All were born in Woodville Township and attended the District School and St. Edward High School. Leon was born in St. Edward and attended St. Edward schools.
Albin C. Pearson, a merchant in St. Edward, Nebraska, is a member of the Community Club and the Baptist Church, and is a Democrat. His hobby is growing flowers.
Herbert Edwin Pearson, a second-generation pioneer of Platte County, was born October 23, 1890, on his father's farm. His parents were Anders and Johanna Bergston Pearson. In 1882, Anders Pearson located on a farm six miles east of what is now St. Edward, Nebraska. The same farm is occupied by Herbert, who, like his father, is a farmer and stock raiser. Anders Pearson was born in Alrum, Sweden, August 8, 1850, and died April 23, 1932. Johanna Bergston Pearson was born in March, 1858, in Helsonburg, Sweden, and died February 17, 1927.
Herbert Pearson had three brothers. Albin Cornilous, married to Ruth Greig, owns and operates a variety and grocery store in St. Edward. Gilbert Arthur lives with Herbert and is engaged in farming. Charles died at the age of eleven months.
Mr. Pearson received his formal education at District 68, the Palestine School, and District 27, the Center School. On June 23, 1920, he was married to Miss Sadie Cherry, daughter of John and Ellen Loftquest Cherry, prominent Joliet Township pioneers.
Mr. and Mrs. Pearson had three children: Lillian Elaine, born February 13, 1922; Ferne Lorraine, born September 22, 1924; and Evelyn Mae, born February 27, 1928. All were born at home, and attended Center School District 27 and St. Edward High School. Lillian taught for three years prior to her marriage to Werner Fittje. Evelyn is teaching school. Ferne was graduated from Midland College at Fremont, Nebraska.
The Pearsons are members of the West Hill Baptist Church, where Mr. Pearson has been treasurer for more than fifteen years. He also served on the District 27 School Board.
John Overly Peck, prominent Columbus banker, was born August 11, 1900, at De Kalb, Missouri. His parents were John William Peck, a farmer at St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sarah Ebling Peck. J. Overly Peck attended the grade schools of De Kalb, Missouri, and was graduated from high school there.
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On June 19, 1926, at Dawson, Nebraska, he was married to Mary Jane Riley, daughter of Martin V. and Katherine O'Grady Riley. Martin Riley was born November 28, 1865, at Norwich, Connecticut, and later moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where he died. Katherine Riley was born February 4, 1873, at Dawson, Nebraska, and died there October 12, 1935.
John Overly and Mary Jane Riley Peck had two children: Josephine Ann, born December 17, 1931; and John Martin, born July 10, 1937, at Norfolk, Nebraska. The Peck family moved to Platte County, April 4, 1943, from Lincoln, Nebraska.
J. O. Peck came to Columbus to assume the presidency of the Central National Bank.
In Columbus, Mr. Peck has been active in civic affairs. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, B.P.O.E. (Elks), Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce, Wayside Country Club, District Bankers Association, and is a past president of the Nebraska State Bankers Association.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Peck are members of St. Bonaventure Church.
Keith Perkins was born April 14, 1889, in Taylorville, Illinois, and died in May, 1948, at North Platte, Nebraska. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Perkins. He had one sister and two brothers, Jean and Merle J. Perkins, deceased.
Keith Perkins was graduated from high school in Taylorville, and then attended a watchmakers' school in St. Louis, Missouri. Following this, for two years he traveled the Pacific Northwest, returning to Illinois to live until 1913. He entered the retail jewelry business in Columbus in 1913. The firm was first known as Anderson and Perkins. Keith Perkins continued in this line until 1927, when he sold his store and became affiliated with C. & A. Richards, of Boston, as traveling salesman in a large territory. He maintained his association with this firm until 1948.
On August 4, 1915, he was married to Miss Ella Bucher at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Bucher, in Columbus. They had one daughter, Polly, Mrs. Robert B. Stricklin of San Francisco; and one son, Keith, Jr., of Fremont. Both were graduated from Kramer High School in Columbus.. Keith, Jr., married lone Schmid, daughter of Walter and Went Schmid. They had one son, Keith III, and a daughter, Kathren, born in June, 1948.
Polly Perkins Stricklin attended the University of Nebraska, where she was a member of the Delta Gamma Sorority.
Robert and Polly Stricklin have a daughter, Sally, born in February, 1949.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Perkins were members of the Grace Episcopal Church in Columbus.
Keith Perkins was active in the Elks, Izaak Walton League, American Jewelers' Association, and the Masons, Blue Lodge No. 323, Orient Chapter No. 18 R.A.M., Gebal Council No. 12 R. and S., and Gethsemane Commandery No. 21, K.T. He was also a director of the Kansas City Gift Association. Socially, he was a member of the Dinner-Bridge Club. His hobbies were hunting, fishing and work.
Herman George Person was born May 9, 1872, at Leer, Ostfriesland, Germany. His parents were Henry Carl and Marie Kluever Person. Henry Person, a veteran of the Franco-Prussian War, was born in Einbeck, Germany, April 4, 1844, and died in Columbus in June, 1924. Marie Kluever Person was born at Ockenhusen, Germany, February 16, 1845, and died April 23, 1943, at Newport, Nebraska.
Herman Person had three brothers and five sisters: Lydia, Mrs. Charles Gretsch*; John; Minnie, Mrs. Martin Baumfalk; Carl, who married Johanna Krings; Lena, Mrs. J. J. Lindermann; Zena, Mrs. John Eihlers; Dick, who married Mattie Wright; and Albertina, Mrs. Max Utter.
Mr. Person was educated in his native land and in 1892 immigrated with his parents to the United States, coming directly to Columbus. During his first two years in Platte County, he worked on farms, and for one year in a wagon shop in Concordia, Missouri. Upon his return to Platte County, he operated his own farm for four years, then moved to Columbus and opened the Person Blacksmith Shop. In 1904, agricultural implements were added to his business. In 1918, the business became Person's Auto Shop, and in 1928 it was changed to Person's Sport Shop.
On October 19, 1896, at Columbus, Mr. Person was married to Miss Sophia Kluever, daughter of Henry and Johanna Bargman Kluever. Mr. and Mrs. Kluever were natives of Germany and pioneers in Platte County.
Mr. and Mrs. Person had three sons: Henry George, Rudolph Carl, and Herbert. Rudolph died September 24, 1930.
Mr. Person was a member of the Baptist church in Columbus, and for twenty years held the office of Sunday School Superintendent. He also held memberships in the I.O.O.F., the Knights of Maccabees, the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and was a Republican.
Herman G. Person died in Columbus January 8, 1942.
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* Surname should be Gertsch.
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