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Herbert Person, youngest son of Herman G. and Sophia Kluever Person, was born July 12, 1902, in Columbus, Nebraska.
He attended the Columbus schools, and after finishing high school was associated with his father in the management of the Person Sport Shop. In 1938, he was elected Platte County sheriff. In 1942 and 1946, he was reelected to the same office.
On December 12, 1923, he was married to Miss Ann Mitera, daughter of Joseph and Teckla Liss Mitera. Joseph Mitera was born at Tarnov, Poland, in 1868, and died in Columbus, March 16, 1940. Teckla Liss Mitera was born in Tarnov, Poland, in 1875.
Herbert and Ann Mitera Person had one daughter and two sons. Norma Mae Mitera was graduated from Kramer High School and attended college at Rapid City, South Dakota, and at El Paso, Texas. She is an X-ray technician, and is married to Ray Rapier. They live in El Paso, Texas. Herman Rudy was born February 21, 1931. Roland Paul was born October 6, 1938. Both attend the Columbus schools.
Herbert Person has always been active in civic and county political affairs. He was elected sheriff on the Republican ticket, and is a member of the Izaak Walton League, the F.O.E., the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and the Nebraska Sheriffs' and Peace Officers' Association.
Like his father, Mr. Person is recognized throughout the state as an expert in the sporting goods field and outdoor sports. He was catcher for the Columbus baseball team for six years. Since the death of his father, he has maintained an interest in the Person Sport Shop.
Mr. Person is a member of the Baptist Church in Columbus.
Andrew Peterson, born November 10, 1860, in Denmark, immigrated to America with his parents when thirteen years old. The family homesteaded near Lindsay in 1873.
A.P. Peterson attended the district school near his home and worked on the farm with his father. On November 18, 1885, he was married to Miss Carrie Christensen.
Andrew and Carrie Christensen Peterson had four sons and five daughters: A. P. Peterson, Lindsay postmaster; Anton, of Lindsay; Albert, of Grant; George, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Lena, Mrs. Knott, of Loretta, Nebraska; Dora, Mrs. Rueb, of St. Francis, Kansas; and Rebecca, Mrs. Hoegerl, of Sansford, Arizona. Two daughters, Alma and Mary, died in infancy.
Mr. and Mrs. Peterson were members of the Bethany Lutheran Church. On November 18, 1935, they celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary.
Andrew Peterson died in May, 1939.
Jonas Peterson, born in Djelkrun, Smaland, Sweden, October 29, 1851, is the youngest son of Peter and Christina Christmansen Jonas. He came to America alone at the age of twenty, joining an elder brother, John, in Cole County, Illinois. He worked there on the railroad and farmed. In 1882, he was married to Rose C. Sailor of Cole County. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson in the same year, came to Platte County, homesteading on a farm a few miles northwest of Monroe. Mr. Peterson resided there until 1927, when he retired and moved into Monroe. His wife, Rose, died January 6, 1894, and Mr. Peterson was remarried December 31, 1894, to Carolina Weber of Monroe, at Platte Center. Two children were born of this latter union: Rose, Mrs. Orville Fleming; and Edward, married to Monica Wandro.
Mr. Peterson often spoke of the blizzard of January 12, 1888. He was hauling hogs to Oconee for a neighbor and was caught in the storm. The snow was so dense, he said, and the wind so strong, it was impossible to see his team in front of him. He arrived home, however, without mishap. All his life, Mr. Peterson was extremely skillful with tools, and greatly enjoyed doing repair work and carpentry, and working in the garden.
Jonas Peterson died November 18, 1939, and Carolina Weber Peterson, who was born in Germany July 24, 1868, died July 27, 1945. Their daughter, Rose Theresa Peterson Fleming, was born September 23, 1895, at Monroe, Nebraska.
Rose Peterson Fleming attended school in District 55, and for thirteen years was employed in postal work.
On September 23, 1914, she was married at Platte Center to Orville Fleming. They had three children: Beatrice E., born August 22, 1915, married Claude Eden; Robert L., born May 4, 1917, married Doris May Burrows; and Bonnie J., born December 29, 1931. All were born at Monroe, and attended Monroe High School. Robert L. is interested in mechanical work. Beatrice E. was employed in library and postal work before her marriage.
Mrs. Rose Peterson is a Catholic and a Democrat.
Peter Albin Peterson, born October 6, 1869, at Calmar, Iowa, came to Platte County in October, 1908.
Mr. Peterson was educated in the public schools at Calmar. He worked first as a pharmacist, and was later a bank clerk.
On January 20, 1900, he was married to Miss Clara Miller, daughter of H. H. and Elizabeth Miller, at Calmar. One son, Paul Miller, was born February 8, 1906.
Paul, an accountant with the Loup River Public Power District in Columbus, was formerly a theatre manager at North Platte and Kearney, Nebraska. He attended the Columbus schools and is a graduate of Kramer High School and the University of Nebraska. His hobbies are football, basketball and music.
P. A. Peterson and his son, Paul, are members of the Federated Church in Columbus, and are both affiliated with the Republican party.
Mrs. Peterson died in Columbus, December 9, 1935.
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Paul P. Pfeifer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Pfeifer, was born June 26, 1894, in Columbus. His father, a farmer, born July 25, 1854, in Germany, arrived in Platte County in 1888, from Tipton, Indiana, and died July 29, 1898, in Columbus. His mother, born November ii, 1859, in North Vernon, Indiana, died April 7, 1944, in Columbus. Paul had one brother and two sisters: Frank F., a partner in Pfeifer Brothers; Mrs. Lena M. Allison; and Mrs. Kathryn Grobe, deceased.
Paul has always lived in Columbus. He attended the First Ward School and St. Bonaventure's School. His hobby is mathematics.
On November 8, 1922, in Columbus, he was married to Marie Weber, the daughter of Peter H. and Mary Weber. Mr. Weber, born October 21, 1846, in Alsace-Lorraine, France, died May 2, 1920, in Columbus. Mrs. Weber, born December 6, 1853, in Illinois, died October 4, 1928, in Columbus. Marie had four brothers and four sisters: Fred August; Alvina K. Weber Ifland; Amanda Weber Webb; Oscar F., deceased; Theobald G., deceased; William, deceased; Emily, deceased; and Laura Weber Thompson.
Paul and Marie Pfeifer have three children, all born in Columbus: Paula Petite, born July 2, 1924, attended Electronic Radio and Television School in Omaha, and was employed as assistant telegrapher by the Union Pacific Railroad, at Clarks, Nebraska. She married John F. Kohl; Charmagne Kathryn, born April 20, 1926, was a stenographer at Consumers Columbus office. She was married in 1948. Yvonne Maria, born December 16, 1930. They all attended Second Ward School and were graduated from St. Bonaventure's School. The hobbies of all three are swimming and skating.
Paul Pfeifer is co-owner with his brother of the Pfeifer Brothers Plymouth Garage at 2201 Eleventh Street. Mr. Pfeifer is a member of St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church. Politically, he is affiliated with the Democratic party. His hobbies are baseball and reading.
During World War I, Mr. Pfeifer served in the United States Army from June 26, 1917, to June 28, 1919, at Camp Cody, Camp Dix, and overseas, as an auto machinist in the 109th Supply Train.
Louis Phillipps, Sr., was born in Baden, Germany, in 1825, and immigrated to the United States in the early 1850's. He was a shoemaker by trade and settled first in Missouri.
In 1857, he came to Columbus by ox-team. He filed on a land claim in Loup Township, not far from the Platte River, where he faced the hardships of pioneer life. He used ox teams to cultivate the soil, and his early home was a dugout with few comforts.
When the grasshoppers destroyed his crops, he moved into Columbus and worked at his trade, shoe-making. In time, he started his own shoe store and later added a stock of groceries. He continued in this business until 1892, when he retired.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillipps had six children: Louis, Jr., H. Alvin; Mrs. Joseph Dodds; Mrs. Gus Plath; Julius; and Mrs. Olcott. Mrs. Phillipps was a native of Switzerland.
Mr. Phillipps was a Catholic and a member of the St. Bonaventure Church in Columbus. He died in 1907.
Mrs. Phillipps died several years before him.
Louis Frederick Phillipps was born December 29, 1863, in Columbus, seven years after the founding of the city. He died July 11, 1930. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Phillipps, pioneers who came to Columbus in 1857.
After attending the city schools Louis, at fifteen, became an apprentice in a painter's and carpenter's shop. He worked at the painting trade until he was twenty-one, then devoted his full time to carpentering and cabinet-making. He helped in the erection of many homes in the city and neighboring countryside.
In 1893, he purchased the Schubert Sport Goods Shop on Twenty-sixth Avenue, near the present site of the Adams Cafe. A true sportsman himself, he prospered from the start. A few years later he moved his store into the building at 1261 Twenty-sixth Avenue, which he purchased.
On June 13, 1895, he was married to Miss Margaret Wellmann. They had one son, Harold L., and one daughter, Catherine, who married A. G. Paxton, of California.
Through investments in city and rural real estate, Mr. Phillipps became independently wealthy and retired from active business in 1909, selling his store to H. A. Phillipps and F. H. Rudat but retaining ownership of the building. He became the owner of three hundred acres of Nance County land and two hundred thirty-five acres of what is known as Buck Island. After the fire which destroyed the Hulst & Adams general merchandise store, he erected three of the business buildings on Eleventh Street. In one is the Gutzmer Grocery Store, which Mr. Phillipps owned at the time of his death.
Mr. Phillipps had a long and honorable career in public service. After serving two years as Water Commissioner, he was a member of the city council from 1900 to 1904. Later, about 1907, he was elected to the board of education, in which capacity he served six years.
In 1912, he was president of the board when the Third Ward school building was erected, and was also chairman of the building committee. As a token of the community's appreciation for his painstaking care in seeing that the building was built just right, the school board voted him an honorarium of one hundred dollars. He promptly turned the money over for the purchase of pictures for the new building.
In the early 1890's, Mr. Phillipps was an active member of the Columbus Fire Department, serving with the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company. An ardent sportsman, he was the prime mover in the organization of the Columbus chapter of the Izaak Walton League, which was formed in February, 1925. Preservation of the
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wild life of field and stream was a hobby with him, and he was one of the original advocates of the creation of federal and state game preserves.
In the Spring of 1925, he secured endorsement of the Cherry County Federal Game Refuge by the local Waltonian Chapter and personally financed the trip of the delegation who accompanied him to Chicago to lay the plan before the national convention. As a result, the convention incorporated the plan in its program.
Mr. Phillipps was a member of the Orpheus Society, the Maennerchor Society, the Knights of Pythias Lodge, the Herman Sons, and Woodmen of the World, and was a Democrat. He was a member of the Lutheran Church.
Harold L. Phillipps was born August 19, 1896, in Columbus, Nebraska. His parents were Louis F. and Margaret Wellmann Phillipps. Harold had one sister, Catherine, who married A. G. Paxton of Oakland, California.
Harold Phillipps attended the Columbus schools, and in 1915 was graduated from the Columbus High School. He was then associated with the Insurance Department of Speice, Echols, Boettcher Company until 1917, and until 1918 with the Commercial National Bank. From 1919 to 1946, he was with the Columbus Post Office.
On November 21, 1930, he was married to Cecelia Hembd, daughter of Otto and Mary Adamy Hembd, in Columbus.
Mr. Phillipps is the owner of Buck Island, near Columbus. He has donated the use of this land to local troops of the Boy Scouts of America.
In World War I, he enlisted in the army and was assigned to Company E, 429 Telegraphers Battalion. He was stationed at Camp Meade, Maryland, and received his discharge at Camp Dodge, Iowa, January, 1919, with a sergeant's rating. Mr. Phillipps is a member of the American Legion, and is a past commander of Hartman Post. He was the Columbus delegate to three national conventions --- San Francisco in 1923, Philadelphia in 1926, and San Antonio in 1928. In 1929, he was a delegate to the 40 & 8 Chef de Gare national convention at Louisville, Kentucky. A member and past president of the Columbus Chapter of the Izaak Walton League, he helped build the beautiful Izaak Walton Cabin on Highway 81.
Mr. Phillipps is a Lutheran, and a Democrat. His hobbies are woodwork, fishing and hunting.
George D. Phillips was born August 31, 1824, in Onondaga County, New York, and died October 20, 1904, in Columbus. He was twelve years old when his parents settled at Dutchman's Point in Illinois, now embraced in the city of Chicago. The journey was made by team and wagon. Mr. Phillips was in Chicago at the time of the great cholera plague which threatened to depopulate the western settlements, and although he assisted in caring for the dead and dying, was not ill a day.
In 1864, Mr. Phillips came by Missouri River steamboat to Omaha. He established his home in the rich farm district of Douglas County, near the settlement called Elk City on the government trail about twenty miles west of Omaha. He resided there until 1898, when he retired from active farming and came to Columbus to live with his only son, Walter.
On May 2, 1854, he was married to Miss Julia A. Jackson at Lake County, Illinois. In 1904, they celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilkinson of Blair, Nebraska. They had one son, G. Walter Phillips, of Columbus, and two daughters who died prior to 1904.
George Walter Phillips, known as Walter, was born in Lake County, Illinois, October 24, 1856, and died in Columbus, February 6, 1933. He was the son of George Dinsmore and Julia Ann Jackson Phillips. His paternal great-grandfather was Nicodemus Phillips, who moved from the state of New York to Illinois in 1840, settling in Chicago. John Jackson, great-grandfather on the maternal side, was born near London, England, and came to America in 1839. George D. Phillips was a native of Onondaga County, New York, and was a miller by trade. In 1864, he came to Nebraska, settling in Elk City, Douglas County, where he lived until 1898. He then came to Columbus and lived with his son, George W. Phillips.
G. W. Phillips lived in Algonquin, Illinois, until he was seven years old. In 1864, his parents came west to Omaha, and George attended school at Elk City until he was thirteen.
On November 26, 1871, he came to Columbus and began learning the cutters' and fitters' trade with M. T. Kenny, working for his board, clothing at twenty-five dollars a year, and the privilege of three months school annually. After three years with Mr. Kenny, he opened his own shop on the east side of Twenty-sixth Avenue, on the site occupied later by the Louis and H. A. Phillipps Sporting Goods Shop. For nine years he sold and manufactured shoes there. In 1883 he became an employee in the county clerk's office under John Stauffer, and in 1884, was appointed deputy county clerk. In 1889, he was elected county clerk on the Democratic ticket, which office he filled through re-election for six years.
In 1896-1897, he was postmaster of Columbus, and in the fall of 1897, was again elected county clerk, serving for six years more, until 1904. He next organized the German National Bank. He erected the building and opened its doors for business in the fall of 1906. Until 1930, he served as president of the bank.
In 1909, he joined a group which organized the Home Savings Bank, where as cashier he was closely identified
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with financial interests in the county. He was also interested in the Columbus Gas Company, was its secretary in 1915, and was connected with the Platte County Independent Telephone Company, and the Evans Hotel Company, being a director of the latter.
On June 26, 1883, G. W. Phillips was married to Miss Louisa E. Hudson, daughter of H. J. Hudson of Columbus. They had three children: Myrtle, who died at the age of five; Milton H., born October 4, 1890, employed as bookkeeper at the Leesburg Mining Company, Salmon, Idaho, was married to Frances Schroeder of Columbus; and Albert J. "Bert," born August 22, 1896, a graduate of Columbus High School in 1915, married to Mary Cunningham. They are of Seattle, Washington.
Mrs. G. W. Phillips died in April, 1897.
G. Walter Phillips was a member of the Masons, Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen of America, Ancient Order United Workmen, B.P.O.E. (Elks), and was treasurer of the Commercial Club (now the Chamber of Commerce), in 1906-1915.
A Democrat, he was mayor of Columbus four different terms. He served as councilman for three terms, and in 1903 was secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee.
G. W. Phillips was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Tom James Eusden Pinson was born November 4, 1868, in Norfolk, England. He is the son of Robert and Susan Pinson, who immigrated in 1869 to Platte County, Nebraska. Accompanying them was Tom's half-sister, Jennie M. Chapin. On their arrival in Platte County, the Pinsons homesteaded on a farm five miles southwest of Platte Center, in Lost Creek Township.
Tom J. E. Pinson attended District School 11, the college at Grand Island, and the Baptist College at St. Joseph, Missouri. He was employed at the post office in Platte Center for four years, was a carpenter four more. By trade he is a gunsmith, and for fifty years followed that line of work.
On August 20, 1892, he was married to Miss Magdalena Scheidel, daughter of George and Kate Siebler Scheidel. Mr. Scheidel was born in Germany, December 25, 1856, and died in Columbus May 6, 1929. Mrs. Scheidel was born in Germany April 16, 1847, and died at Platte Center November 28, 1899. Magdalena Scheidel Pinson was born at Hennepin, Illinois, January 17, 1873, and when a small girl came to Nebraska with her parents. They settled on a farm in Lost Creek Township.
Mrs. Pinson attended District School 11 until her parents moved to Platte Center, where her father operated a hotel and restaurant. She then attended the Platte Center schools. Mrs. Pinson had two brothers and two sisters: George Scheidel, of Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Emma Brodfueher, of Columbus; Henry, deceased; and Mrs. Ida Baumwart, deceased. After finishing school, Mrs. Pinson learned the dressmaking trade which she followed until her marriage. From 1894 to 1936, the Pinsons lived on a farm five miles southwest of Platte Center.
Mr. and Mrs. Pinson had three children, all of Platte Center, Nebraska: Susie K., Mrs. Harold Bower; Mary L., Mrs. Gerhart Bruhn; and Emma, Mrs. Herman Mindrup.
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Mr. Pinson, whose hobbies are taxidermy and collecting relics, has a museum of mounted animals, birds, and relics. When a boy, he spent a great deal of time with the Indians at Genoa and acquired the nickname of "Charlie White Paw." He recalls the day when a part of Columbus north of Thirteenth Street was a prairie dog town. Interested in music from childhood, he has taught a brass band of his own. He also conducted and played in a string band. For some time he was employed on the Cody Ranch, where he enjoyed hunting and fishing.
Mr. and Mrs. Pinson celebrated their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary in 1947. Mr. Pinson is a Republican.
John Lewis Pittman, son of Lewis and Margarette Axtell Pittman, was born in Princeton, Illinois, May 30, 1875, and came to Platte County from Sterling, Illinois, in April, 1887. His father, a farmer, was born April 1, 1850, in Pennsylvania, and died in Columbus, March 17, 19 16. His mother was born in Princeton, Illinois, August 27, 1855, and died in Columbus, March 2, 1912.
John was one of a family of eight children. William, Mary Edith, Ida May, Mrs. Snell, and Charles Walter Pittman are deceased. Clarence Pittman lives in Columbus; Nellie Grace is married; and Laurena Belle is the wife of Charles Hixon, and lives in Hawthorne, California. Ralph Pittman, attended school in Columbus, a son of Charles Walter, and was killed in World War II.
John L. Pittman attended the Illinois and Columbus schools. He remembers the "Blizzard of 1881" when he was compelled to remain overnight at School District 1, known as the Reed School, now District 80.
On April 19, 1898, at Schuyler, Nebraska, John Pittman was married to Mary Guter, daughter of Jacob and Rosa Egger Guter. Mr. Guter was one of the thirteen
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original founders of Columbus. Mary Guter also experienced the "Blizzard of 1881" only she was at the Galley School in District 9 on that day.
John L. and Mary Guter Pittman have three sons and two daughters: Ethel Irene, born in Columbus, is the wife of Luther Maben, and lives in Fremont, Nebraska; Charles Milton, born December 30, 1904, in Columbus, is married to Edna Kummer, and is employed at the United States Post Office in Columbus; Melvin Eugene, born December 12, 1907, in Columbus, is married to Abbie Sweeny, and lives in Sunnyside, Washington; Greta Gertrude is Mrs. Elmer C. Hansen, and resides in El Paso, Texas; John Lewis, married to Ruth Heartel, is now living in Grinnell, Iowa. He was born August 11, 1912, in Columbus. All of the children were graduated from the Columbus High School.
Mr. Pittman has been in the contracting and building business for many years. He was a member of the Board of Education for sixteen years, and holds membership in the Modern Woodmen of America, in the F.O.E., and in the "Sixty Club," a schoolmates club. Politically, he supports the Democratic Party.
On April 19, 1948, John Lewis and Mary Guter Pittman celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. The Pittmans, who are Congregationalists, attend the Federated Church, in Columbus.
Clarence Alfred Pittman, well-known Columbus resident, was born August 27, 1888, on a farm near Columbus, Nebraska. His parents were Lewis and Margarette Axtell Pittman.
Mr. Pittman attended the First and Second Ward schools in Columbus and the Columbus Commercial College. He completed his high school work under a private tutor. also read law under a tutor for eighteen months. From 1902 to 1915, he was engaged in laboratory work with the Columbus Cream Company. From 1915 to 1949 he was a postal clerk and secretary for the United States Civil Service Board.
On March 6, 1910, he was married to Miss Nellie May Standen, daughter of Edward E. and Fannie Conant Standen, in Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Pittman had one son and one daughter. Evelyn Ruth, Mrs. Fred Albert, is a graduate of Kramer High School. Clarence A., Jr., born April 1, 1913, is married to Lillian Ligenza.
A former member of the Columbus Fire Department, Mr. Pittman served as foreman of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company and was a member of the Firemen's Baseball Team. He is a member and past president of the Wayside Country Club. A 32nd Degree Mason, he is a member of the Grand Council of the State of Nebraska. Mr. Pittman, an ardent coin and stamp collector, is recognized as an expert in that field.
Mr. and Mrs. Pittman are members of the Federated Church in Columbus. Mr. Pittman is a Democrat.
Frank August Plageman, born May 20, 1861, at Keil, Wisconsin, came to Platte County in 1871 with his parents, Frederick and Augusta Schulz Plageman, one month before his tenth birthday. Frank had four, brothers and five sisters: William, Fred, Theodore, and Albert; Louise, Mrs. Fred Meedle, of Gruetli; Augusta, Mrs. Herman Leith; Bertha; Mary, Mrs. William Rodehorst; and Lena, Mrs. Henry Seipp.
Mr. F. A. Plageman spent his early childhood at Keil, Wisconsin, later living in Yuma County, Colorado, in Polk County, and in Columbus. He was graduated from the Fullerton schools and attended Wesleyan University.
Frank A. Plageman was married to Miss Amelia Kraus, daughter of Frederick and Sylvia Fritche Kraus. Frederick Kraus was born in Germany, December 24, 1842, and died in May, 1887, in Columbus. He was a carpenter and cabinet maker. Mrs. Kraus was born September 5, 1842, in Germany and died in June, 1900, in Columbus.
Amelia Kraus Plageman had four brothers: William, Fred, Carl and Ernest; and two sisters, Mrs. John Abegglen, deceased; and Mrs. Henry Martens.
Mr. and Mrs. Plageman had nine children: Carl; Clara; Minnie, Mrs. Fred Seipp; Albert; Emma; Edna, Mrs. Don Castle; Erna; Louise, Mrs. G. B. Young; and Della, Mrs. Ben Johnson.
Besides farming, Frank Plageman has devoted much time toward the social and civic betterment of his community. He served for thirty-six years on the District 11 School Board in Polk County, was director of the Polk County Farm Bureau for twenty years, a director on the Polk County Fair Board for seven years, and was president, and vice-president of the Farmers Business Association at Duncan, Nebraska, for twenty-two years. He served as judge and clerk of the Island Election Board in Polk County for thirty-six years, and is a Republican. His hobbies are swimming and hunting.
Mr. Plageman is a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Theodore F. Plageman, born June 2, 1870, at Keil, Wisconsin, came to Platte County April 20, 1871, with his parents, Frederick and Augusta Schulz Plageman. Frederick Plageman was born in Germany, January 28, 1813, and died April 19, 1880, in Polk County. He was a farmer and miller by trade. Augusta Schulz Plageman was born in Germany, February 19, 1832, and died in Columbus, Nebraska, July 16, 1904. Theodore F. had four brothers and five sisters: Louise, Mrs. Meedle; Frank; Augusta, Mrs. Leith; Bertha; Frederick; Mary, Mrs. William Rodehorst; Albert; Lena, Mrs. Henry Seipp; and William. All are deceased, except Mrs. William Rodehorst, Frank and Frederick.
Mr. T. F. Plageman was educated in rural schools on the island south of Duncan, in Polk County, and at Columbus and Creston. He has lived for short periods
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