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On June 17, 1920, at St. Bonaventure's Church, he was married to Gertrude R. Herrod, the daughter of Joseph and Katherine Rephausen Herrod. Mr. Herrod, a railroad foreman for the Union Pacific, was born August 23, 1862, in Dayton, Ohio, and died September 26, 1940, in Columbus. Mrs. Herrod, born March 1, 1866, in Omaha, died October 29, 1944, in Columbus. Gertrude Herrod Speicher had four brothers: Lawrence, deceased, was married to Effie Drawbaugh; Leonard, deceased, was married to Frances Hart; Joseph is married to Hazel Johnson; and Carl is married to Mildred Kavanaugh. Lawrence and Carl were railroad men; Leonard, a pharmacist; and Joseph, a salesman and machinist.

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Speicher had two sons: John Martin, Jr., born November 6, 1921, in Columbus; and Joseph William, born June 25, 1923, in Columbus. They attended the Spalding Academy and the University of Nebraska.

John Martin, Jr., an Infantry lieutenant, received his commission at Fort Benning, Georgia, in April, 1943, sailed for the Southwest Pacific in July, and served in the Solomon Islands, at the Battle of Munda, and in New Guinea. On August 3, 1944, Lieutenant Speicher was killed in action at Aitape, New Guinea. At the time of his induction into the army, he was a pre-medical student at the University of Nebraska.

Joseph served in World War II in the Naval Air Corps for four years and three months. He was graduated from the University of Nebraska Law School. On December 30, 1946, Joseph was married to Jean McGowan, the daughter of Doctor Patrick and Marguerite Costello McGowan. They have one son, Joseph William, Jr., born February 24, 1948.

John Speicher is a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, War Dads, the Sons of Herman, and Knights of Columbus. The Speichers are members of the St. Bonaventure Catholic Church, and Mr. Speicher is a member of the Holy Name Society of the church. Politically, he is affiliated with the Democratic Party.

HENRY T. SPOERRY

Henry T. Spoerry was born at Canton Zurich, Switzerland, on January 27, 1845. His mother was born in Switzerland in 1803. She lived with her son, Henry, until her death on November 16, 1888, in Columbus. Henry Spoerry had two sisters and six brothers: Caroline, Mrs. Jacob Bodmer, of Grand Prairie Township; Mrs. L. Meile, of California; and Doctor Edward Hoehen, of Columbus, was a brother.

In 1854, Henry T. Spoerry immigrated to America. He settled first in Massachusetts and later in Wisconsin. In 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Second Wisconsin Infantry, of which he was made first sergeant. On June 30, 1864, he was commissioned a first lieutenant and served in that capacity throughout the remainder of the Civil War.

In 1871, H. T, Spoerry and his mother moved from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Nebraska, where he settled on a homestead in Grand Prairie Township. He was later joined there by the Jacob Bodmers, his sister and brother-in-law, and Doctor Edward Hoehen, his brother.

In 1890, Henry T. Spoerry was married to Rosina Gerber Kummer, Mrs. Spoerry was the widow of Vincent Kummer, one of the original founders of Columbus in 1856. Mr. Kummer died on March 21, 1880. Rosina Spoerry had one sister in the United States, and one brother: Frederick Gerber, Sr., of Columbus. Her sister, Mrs. Gassman, died in California in the 1930's. One brother and two sisters remained in Switzerland.

Mr. Spoerry was noted for his driving horses. He always drove a very fast, well-matched team. He was known to people for miles around his home on Stearn's Prairie, and when they would see him coming over the narrow country roads of that day driving his team, they would say, "Get off the road! Spoerry is coming!"

Henry Spoerry was a resident of Platte County for thirty-one years. He was a successful farmer on his homestead in Grand Prairie Township and resided there until 1888, when he moved into Columbus.

He was always active in local politics and held the positions of justice of the peace, deputy sheriff, and city alderman. He was a member of the Baker Post of the G. A. R., and attended the Methodist Church in Columbus.

Henry T. Spoerry died on January 27, 1902, in Columbus. Rosina Spoerry died there in February, 1912.

JOHN STAUFFER

John Stauffer was born in Switzerland on June 5, 1848, and came to America in May, 1866. He spent the first summer in Olney, Richland County, Illinois, where he engaged in farming. In 1866, he moved to Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, where he attended school and worked as a clerk in a mercantile house.

He moved to Omaha, Nebraska, in 1868, where he was employed for one year as a clerk in a grocery house. In 1869, he moved to what was then the town of Jackson, now Duncan, in Platte County, and built the first store building in that village. He was in the mercantile business there for one year and then moved to Columbus.

In May, 1872, in Columbus, he was married to Elizabeth Blaser, who was also born in Switzerland. John and

Elizabeth Blaser Stauffer had three children: John W., Annie R., and Bertha.

In the fall of 1876, John Stauffer was appointed County Clerk of Platte County for the remainder of that term. He was elected to the same office in the fall of 1877, and twice reelected. In 1882, he served his third term.

He was a stockholder in 1889, and cashier of the Columbus State Bank from 1889 to 1894. He built a home on the north side of Eleventh Street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth Avenues. In the early 1900's, the. John Stauffer family moved from Columbus to Washington State.

John Stauffer was a member of the I.O.O.F. Wildey Lodge 44, and of the Royal Arcanum Lodge. He held memberships in the Columbus Maennerchor and the Columbus Cornet Band. Both Mr. and Mrs. Stauffer died in Washington.

OSCAR A. STEARNS

Oscar A. Stearns, former photographer and dentist in Columbus, Nebraska, was born in 1842, in Washington County, Vermont, where he resided until 1871.

In 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Thirteenth Vermont Volunteers, where he served for a year. He then returned to Vermont, where he engaged in various kinds of business.

On November 1, 1866, at Newport, Vermont, he married Jeanette L. Persons. Mr. and Mrs. Stearns had three children: Mabel A., Pearl B. and Esther J. Stearns.

Oscar A. Stearns was a member of Baker Post Number 9, G.A.R., at Columbus, and a member of the Columbus Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company. He was a photographer here for several years in the 1880's and 1890's.

JOHN THEADORE STEFFES

John Theadore Steffes, prominent stockman, merchant and realtor, was born in Northern Michigan, July 25, 1870. His father, Jacob Steffes, was a native of Germany, where he was engaged in mining. He immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-one, and settled in Michigan, where he worked as a miner. While there, he married Mary Catherine Wagner, a native of Germany, who had come to the United States at the age of three. Jacob Steffes left Michigan in 1874, and settled in Madison County, where he farmed until 1880, when he moved to Humphrey, and started a hotel, livery and liquor business. He remained in this business until his death, February 2, 1888. Mrs. Steffes died November 1, 1904. Mary and Jacob Steffes had ten children: Kate Steffes Maag, Margaret Steffes Eimers, Anna Steffes Eimers, Mary Steffes Pederson, Elizabeth Steffes Tieskotter, John, Joe, Jacob, Henry and Nickolas.

John T. Steffes attended the parochial schools in Humphrey, and the St. Bernard Business College, at Fremont, Nebraska, after which, he worked as a clerk in the store of William Eimers for four years. In 1895, he began dealing in stocks, and continued in this business until 1904, when he entered the employ of P. E. McKillip, a Humphrey realtor. In 1907, he formed a partnership with his brothers, Jacob, Henry and Nickolas, in a general mercantile store. They also had a mercantile store at Cedar Rapids, Nebraska. In 1909, John Steffes established his own real estate business, which was enlarged to include insurance in 1914.

On April 19, 1898, John Steffes was married to Lena Edwards, the daughter of Doctor William and Lena Snyder Edwards of Omaha. John and Lena Edwards Steffes have ten living children, all born in Humphrey: Leona, born December 30, 1898; Viola, born April 2, 1900; Florence, born April 3, 1902; Cecilia, born January 9, 1904; Leonard, born October 9, 1905; John, Jr., born August 9, 1907; Francis, born October 19, 1909, Gerald, born February 10; Dorothea, born April 25, 1918; and Richard, born July 15, 1919. Three Children, Marion, Catherine, and Lorrene are deceased.

Mr. and Mrs. John Steffes and family are members of St. Francis Catholic Church of Humphrey. John Steffes is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, a member of the American War Dads and politically is affiliated with the Democratic Party.

NICHOLAS J. STEFFES

Nicholas Steffes, son of Jacob and Catherine Wagner Steffes, was born June 28, 1881, in Humphrey, Nebraska. His father was born in Coblenz, Germany, and was a hotel keeper. He died in Humphrey. Mrs. Steffes also died in Humphrey, November 1, 1904.

Nicholas had four brothers and five sisters: Kate Steffes Maag, of Orange, California; Margaret Steffes Eimers, of Fullerton, California; Mary Steffes Pederson, of Long Beach, California; Elizabeth Tieskoetter, of Long Beach, California; Anna Steffes Eimers; Jacob, who died March 5, 1943; Henry C., of Cedar Rapids, Nebraska; John and Joe.

Nicholas Steffes has always lived in Humphrey. He attended St. Francis School there and the Fremont Normal, at Fremont, Nebraska. He was a banker, in the real esate (sic) business, and later a merchant.

On November 27, 1919, at Spalding, Nebraska, he was married to Theresa M. Bering, the daughter of Ferdinand and Catherine Bering. Ferdinand Bering was born at West Point, September 5, 1857, and Mrs. Bering, born March 6, 1858, in Germany. She died in Humphrey, March 20, 1940.

Nicholas and Theresa Bering Steffes were the parents of five children: Melvin, Carola, Mary Elizabeth, Cathryn Ann, and Gene. They all attended St. Francis School, in Humphrey.

The Steffes family are members of St. Francis Catholic Church, in Humphrey. Mr. Steffes holds membership in the Knights of Columbus and the Humphrey Commercial Club.

MARTIN STENGER, SR.

Martin Stenger, Sr., was born at Colmar, Alsace, France, on February 26, 1820. His parents were natives of Alsace, France, and died there. He received his education in his native city where he early learned the business of flour milling. Mr. Stenger owned and operated the Stenger Mill at Colmar.

In Alsace, France, Martin Stenger was married to Caroline Reiss. Mr. and Mrs. Stenger had six sons and three daughters, all of whom were born in Alsace, France, except Emilé, who was born in Columbus, Ohio, and died in 1873, in Columbus, Nebraska. The others were: Emma, who died in infancy in France; Martin, Jr., who died June 1, 1876, in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, at the age of twenty-one; Alfred died on September 21, 1880, in Columbus, Nebraska; Albert was twice married. His first wife was Alvina Brugger, who died in 1892. He then married Lina Steiner, who died in 1945; Albert Stenger died on December 11, 1944; Fredrick was married to Caroline Benning. He died June 4, 1945; Ernest, an outstanding civil engineer, was married to Emma Jones. He was the superintendent of the St. Joseph Railroad, and later head of the Street Tramway Company, in Denver, Colorado, where he died on May 28, 1927. Ernest and Emma Jones Stenger had three children: Helen, who was graduated from Smith College, is married and lives in New York; Reiss, a banker, is married and lives in Denver, Colorado; and Elizabeth, who was graduated from the University of Colorado, in Boulder, is deceased. Mathilde Stenger was married to Melchoir Brugger, on June 26, 1884, in Columbus, and they had five children: Albert, Elise, Helen, Melvin, and Florence. Amelie Stenger was married to George DeFord. They had a daughter, Estella, and a son, Ronald DeFord, who was graduated from the School of Mines, at Golden, Colorado, and is an engineer in the mines in New Mexico.

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Stenger and their six sons and two daughters came to the United States and went directly to Cleveland, Ohio. They came to Columbus, Nebraska, from Cleveland on March 5, 1873.

While in France with his son Albert, Martin Stenger, Sr., became ill, and died at Colmar, Alsace, on November 7, 1897. Mrs. Stenger remained in the States with her children. She died in National City, California, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Amelie Stenger DeFord, on April 22, 1904.

The old Stenger home was on the Lovers' Lane Road, southeast of Columbus, from the early 1870's. It was the original John Held claim in 1856, and was occupied by the Smith Dairy for several years previous to 1949.

ALBERT STENGER

Albert Stenger, son of Martin and Caroline Reiss Stenger, was born in Colmar, Alsace, France, May 22, 1856, and died December 11, 1944, at Columbus, Nebraska. He was educated in his native land in the Lycee, which is equivalent here to high school, and about two years of college. He was an accomplished linguist and spoke the German, French and English languages.

At the age of sixteen, he came to the United States with his mother and father, five brothers and two sisters. That first year, 1872, they spent in Columbus, Ohio. From there, they came to Columbus, Nebraska, in the spring of 1873, and Albert lived near Columbus until 1944.

During his residence here, Mr. Stenger made five voyages back to France to visit his relatives.

He was fond of poetry, and could ably quote French, German and English poetry.

Mr. Stenger was a farmer and stock raiser near Columbus. He was also a lover of scenic beauty, and improved his farm by planting trees on either side of the road which extended from his property to more than a mile southeast of the Lover's Lane Road.

Mr. Stenger was twice married. His first wife was Alvina Brugger. They had two children: Katherine, married to Walter J. Charnley; and Cecile, a teacher. Alvina Brugger Stenger died in 1891, in Columbus Township.

On January 1, 1900, Albert Stenger married Lina Steiner, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Steiner. Lina was born December 7, 1875, in Utzenstorf, Canton Berne, Switzerland. In her early twenties, she lived about four years in Italy, traveled widely through Europe, was a tutor to Italian nobility, and an accomplished linguist. She came to the United States when she was twenty-four, to visit an aunt in Columbus, while enroute with friends on a trip to China. However, at that time she met Albert Stenger, and her trip to China was never completed.

Albert and Lina Steiner Stenger had seven children: Madeline, married to William Chamberlain; Alfred; Dollie, deceased in 1908; Marcelle, married to Stephen Mann, died in 1935; Eleanor, married to Milton Wagner; Doris, married to Con Keating; and Eugenie, married to Gordon Wilson.

Albert Stenger belonged to the Presbyterian Church.

KATHERINE ALBERTINA STENGER CHARNLEY

Katherine Albertina Stenger Charnley, daughter of Albert and Alvina Brugger Stenger, was born in Columbus Township. Her father, born May 22, 1856, in Colmar, France, came to Platte County in 1873, and died December 11, 1944. He was a farmer. Her mother, born in Switzerland, died in 1891, in Columbus Township.

Mrs. Charnley has one sister, one half-brother, and six half-sisters: Cecilia, Alfred, Madeleine, Dollie, Marcelle, Eleanor, Doris and Eugenie. Cecilia is a teacher in Minnesota; Alfred is a rancher; Marcelle is deceased; Madeleine, Dollie, Eleanor, Doris and Eugenie are housewives.

Katherine Albertina Stenger married Walter J. Charnley on July 26, 1932, in Omaha.

She attended the Columbus grade schools, the Columbus High School, a girls' school in Nancy, France, the University of Nancy, and the University of Minnesota. She was a public health nurse and worked in the slums of Philadelphia, and in northwest Iowa, prior to her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Charnley live in Omaha, Nebraska.

MARTIN A. STENGER

Martin A. Stenger, III, the son of Fred G. and Caroline Benning Stenger, was born on December 24, 1894, at Columbus, Nebraska. His father, a farmer, was born in Alsace-Lorraine, France, on June 15, 1857, and died on June 4, 1945, in Columbus. His mother was born on July 31, 1861, at Greifswald, Germany. Martin had three brothers and three sisters: Mathilda, Frederique, Ernest John, Fred O., Edward, and Margaret.

Ernest John is deceased.

Martin attended the Columbus schools and was graduated from the Columbus High School.

During World War I, he was a sergeant of Company B, of the One Hundred Ninth Supply Train, and served eight months of overseas duty in France.

On March 7, 1929, in Columbus, Martin A. Stenger was married to Magdalene H. Oehlrich, the daughter of Hugo and Helena Oehlrich. Mr. Oehlrich was a farmer at Clarks, Nebraska. He is deceased. Mrs. Stenger was graduated from Columbus High School and attended Ward-Belmont at Nashville, Tennessee.

Mr. Stenger is employed as an accountant for the Nebraska Public Power System, in Columbus. He is a member of the American Legion, the B. P. O. Elks, and politically, he is affiliated with the Republican Party.

Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Stenger are members of the Trinity Lutheran Church, of Columbus.

FRED O. STENGER

Fred O. "Fritz" Stenger, son of Fred G. and Caroline Benning Stenger, was born May 12, 1899, in Columbus, Nebraska. His father, a farmer, was born June 15, 1857, at Colmar, Alsace, France, and died June 4, 1945, in Columbus. His mother was born August 1, 1861, at Greifswald, Pomerania, Germany. "Fritz" has two brothers and three sisters: Mathilda, Frederique, Martin, Edward, and Margaret.

He attended the Columbus schools and was graduated from the Columbus High School in 1917, and from the University of Nebraska, where he received a degree in Civil Engineering. Following his profession, he worked in the Spanish Honduras and San Blas, Panama. He has also been engaged in farming and ranching.

Fred Stenger was an officer in the Reserves of the United States Army for over twenty years. He served five and a half years actively, during World War II, as an area engineer on construction of the ordinance plant and depot at Milan, Tennessee, and as a Liaison Officer with the Chinese forces in Ramgarh, India. He is now a lieutenant colonel in the regular army.

Besides his army career Colonel Stenger worked five years for Tn-County, at Hastings, Nebraska, for the State Highway Department, at Lincoln, and the Union Pacific Railroad, at Omaha.

On January 1, 1928, at Chanute, Kansas, he was married to Lucille Roberds, the daughter of Earl E. and Jessie Carter Roberds. Mr. Roberds, a blacksmith and horse shoer, was born at Burlington, Kansas, July 25, 1880. Mrs. Roberds was born in Neodesha, Kansas, November 25, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Fred O. Stenger had one son and one daughter: Donald Dean, born December 23, 1928, was a Gunners Mate 3/C in the Navy, at San Diego; Ruth Elaine, born October 12, 1931, attended the Balboa High School.

Mr. Stenger's hobbies are football, baseball, golf, horseback riding, music, reading, and any water sports. He is a member of the Masons and Shrine. The F. O. Stenger family are Presbyterians.

ALBERT F. STENZEL

Albert F. Stenzel, son of A. G. and Wilhelmina Koechel Stenzel, was born in Joliet Township, February 20, 1880. His father was born October 12, 1833, in Prussia, came to Platte County May 26, 1877, from Minnesota, and homesteaded the northeast quarter of Section 30, in Joliet Township, where he engaged in farming. He died there January 9, 1896. His mother was born June 2, 1841, in Germany, and died August 4, 1906, in Joliet Township.

Albert had three brothers and four sisters: Charles married Anna Tessendorf. They had four children and lived in Idaho. He died in June, 1927. Louise, the wife of J. W. Fitzpatrick, a retired railroad engineer, lives in North Platte, Nebraska. They had eight children. Bertha, the widow of George Gamble, a Greer, Idaho, rancher, lives at Spokane, Washington, with an only son. Julia, the widow of James Mangor, lives at Rawlings, Wyoming. The Mangors had four children. Edward married Jessie Pruett. They had four children, and he is the postmaster in Greer, Idaho. Lydia married Edward Taylor, a farmer, of Dunlap, Iowa. They had four children. Louis married Anna Pollard, and is farming near Genoa, Nebraska. They had one son, Gerald, who lost his life during World War II, as a Japanese prisoner, at Bataan.

Albert F. Stenzel attended School District 5,, in Joliet Township, and was an apprentice of farming, stock raising, carpentry, and veterinary medicine. He lived in Joliet Township twenty-seven years, in Phillip, South Dakota, for two years, Idaho State for one year, in Woodville Township fourteen years, and in Monroe Township twenty-five years. His principal work has been farming and stock raising.

On March 30, 1917, at the Palestine Baptist Parsonage, he was married to Jennie M. Nelson, the daughter of J. P. and Rosine Larsen Broberg. Mr. Broberg, Joliet Township farmer, was born in Denmark, April 28, 1847, and died in Joliet Township, February 8, 1909. Mrs. Broberg was born in Denmark, November

17, 1845, and died March 28, 1929, in Monroe Township.

Jennie Nelson Stenzel had five brothers and two sisters: L. Peter, a farmer, married Nora Munson, and lives in Albion, Nebraska; Marion, the wife of C. J. Christensen, a farmer in Walker Township, died in 1946; Nels, a farmer, married Hannah Jensen, of Blair, Nebraska; Mary, the widow of Ben Obrist, lives in Monroe, Nebraska; Fred married Emily Peterson, and farmed in Walker Township; Chris, a farmer, married Christine Edward, and died in 1918; Louis, a barber, married Helen McDonald, of Blair, Nebraska, and they live in Omaha.

Albert and Jennie M. Nelson Stenzel had four children: Willis, born in Woodville Township, November 19, 1918, attended school in District 32, was graduated from the Monroe High School in 1935, and is associated with his father in farming and stock raising; Marguerite, born June 28, 1920, completed the grades in School District 32, was graduated from the Monroe High School, in 1938, took a business course, and worked at the Platte County Court House, prior to her marriage on September 24, 1940, to Wilbert Mohrman, a farmer in Oconee Township; Arlene, born January 8, 1922, went to District 32, was graduated from Monroe High School in 1939, then attended Midland College, at Fremont, Nebraska. She taught three years in District 3, in Platte County, and on November 30, 1942, she was married to Wilbert Kummetz, a farmer of District 3. Vera, born December 23, 1927, attended District 32, graduated from Monroe High School, in 1944, and was married to Hadley Kelly, of Monroe, on April 10, 1946. They live in Columbus.

Albert G. Stenzel's hobbies are baseball, hunting, fishing, horseback riding, and music. He served for eleven years on the School Board in his District, six years on AAA, eight years on the Democratic County Committee, was a member of the Federal Land Bank Board, Township Assessor for six years, road overseer for three years, and a member of the Palestine Cemetery Board for twenty years.

He has membership in the Palestine Baptist Church.

WILLIAM STEVENSON

William Stevenson was born in Colfax County, February 29, 1876. His parents were early settlers in that county. He had three brothers: Burt, deceased, was married to Eliza Drinnin, daughter of J. H. Drinnin; Clinton, deceased, was married to Margaret Reinke, daughter of Carl Reinke; and Frank was married to Anne Engel. Burt and Clinton are deceased.

William attended the District School near his home, in Colfax County, and was then engaged in farming.

On April 26, 1898, he was married to Katherina Louis, the daughter of Jacob and Katherina Engel Louis. After their marriage, they established their home in Columbus Township, three and a half miles east of Columbus, The Stevensons celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on their home farm, in April of 1948.

Katherina Louis Stevenson was born April 20, 1876, when the town of Columbus was but twenty years old. She had one sister and four brothers: Anna, Charles, George, John and Jacob Louis. George lives on his farm in Columbus Township. The others are deceased.

William and Katherina Stevenson had five children: Dorothy, Margaret and William L. Robert and Arthur are deceased. Dorothy is married to Marion Houdersheldt, and they have four children: Donna Lou, Bobby, Raymond and Leon William Houdersheldt. Margaret Stevenson is married to Stanley Jonas. Their children are: Stanley, Jr., Kay Rose, Delbert and Trudy Jonas. William L. Stevenson, Jr., was born May 17, 1913. He was graduated from Kramer High School and served four and a half years in the United States Navy as a technician, fourth grade. He was later employed at the Veterans Bureau in St. Louis, Missouri.

The William Stevensons were members of the Evangelical Protestant Church in Columbus. Mrs. Stevenson was a lifelong member of that church and also a member of the Ladies' Aid Society. Politically, the Stevensons were affiliated with the Republican Party.

Katherina Louis Stevenson died in December, 1948, and William Stevenson died in March, 1949.

ROBERT STEWART

Robert Stewart, early livery, feed and sale stable owner in Columbus, Nebraska, was born in 1845, at Cornwall, Canada, where he lived until he was sixteen years old. He then went to Rochester, New York, and engaged in the business of teaming, until the spring of 1880, when he came to Columbus.

In August, 1871, he married Jennie McKime, a native of Scotland. They had four children: George, Minnie, Fred and Charlie, all of whom attended the Columbus schools.

In September, 188o, Robert Stewart started a livery and sale business in Columbus. He had two stables for that purpose. In one stable, he kept twenty-two head of horses, which he used in the livery business. In his sale stable, he sold several hundred head of horses each year. He was also engaged in the coal business, and was the owner and manager of the Stewart Draying Company, of Columbus.

He owned some very fine horses of the Hambletonian and Clydesdale stock. In 1882, Mr. Stewart was a prominent member of the Columbus Driving Park and Fair Association of Columbus, and served as vice-president of that association.

CHARLES B. STILLMAN, M.D.

Doctor Charles B. Stillman, first physician, surgeon and druggist in Columbus, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1831. In 1834, he moved with his parents to Illinois. He received his early education in the schools there, and was graduated from the Iowa State University Medical School in 1856. He went to Omaha that year, remaining there until March of 1857, when he

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