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Harold Charles Wurdeman was born May 8, 1911, at Columbus, Nebraska. He is the son of Charles and Elise Loseke Wurdeman, both members of pioneer Platte County families. Harold had two sisters: Helen, Mrs. O. F. Smith, who died in 1949 and Adeline, Mrs. H. A. Harmison.
He attended the Columbus grade schools and was graduated from Kramer High School. In 1932 he received a degree in Civil Engineering from Iowa State College at Ames.
On September 19, 1936, Harold Wurdeman was married to Irene M. Miller, Mrs. Wurdeman was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, December 11, 1911. Prior to her marriage, she was employed at the Nebraska Continental Telephone Company in Columbus.
Harold and Irene Miller Wurdeman have three daughters: Gail Irene, born March 26, 1940; Sara Helen, born August 2, 1943; and Susan Kay, born January 10, 1945. Gail, Sara and Susan attended the Columbus city schools.
Mr. Wurdeman is associated with his father, Charles Wurdeman in the Civil Engineering and Architectural firm of Wurdeman & Wurdeman. He is a member of the Izaak Walton League, the Rotary International, and the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wurdeman are members of the Federated Church. Politically, Harold Wurdeman is affiliated with the Republican Party.
Henry Ferdinand Yonkie, well known in farm circles in Colfax and Platte Counties, was born June 2, 1874, north of Richland, Nebraska. He came to Platte County March 1, 1936, when Mr. and Mrs. Yonkie bought the J. H. Drinnin farm. His parents were William John and Albertina A. Kluck Yonkie, early settlers in Colfax County. William Yonkie was born March 1, 1836, in Germany, and died at Richland, Nebraska, December 14, 1924. Albertina Kluck Yonkie was born December 27, 1840, in Germany and died July 25, 1925, at Richland, Nebraska.
Henry Yonkie had two brothers and four sisters: Mrs. Lena Smith, Mrs. Emma Ketchmark, Mrs. Minnie Smith, Mrs. Henry Hanssen, Edward W., deceased; and Fredric.
Henry Yonkie was educated in the Colfax County schools and early in life learned farming and stock raising.
On March 1, 1904, he was married at Columbus to Miss Plessie Mae Drinnin, daughter of Joseph Henry and Harriet Louise Drinnin, who came to Platte County in 1882 from Toulan, Illinois. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Yonkie farmed for thirty-two years in Colfax County. To many the name "Yonkie" will always be associated with the famous "Yonkie" watermelons.
Henry and Plessie Drinnin Yonkie had two sons, Mervin Percy and George Mylo. Mervin Percy, born June 13, 1905, was married to Miss Monica Rozmus. George Mylo, born February 7, 1908, was married to Bernadine Drummond. Both attended school in Colfax County and are farmers.
Doctor George Alexander Young, the son of Richard Rumsey and Anne Sacrest Young, was born in England and received his early formal schooling there.
When he was eight years old his father died and shortly thereafter his mother seeking opportunities for her family embarked with them for America. Upon their arrival at the New York Port the two older daughters remained in New York City where they found employment, one being the governess at the J. P. Morgan home. Later one of them lived in Washington, D.C., at the White House where she was the governess to the children of Theodore Roosevelt.
Anne Sacrest Young, her two younger daughters and her sons, Conrad arid George Alexander, came West to Nebraska where Mrs. Young had purchased land in the North Loup Valley.
The family lived on the farm for awhile, but Mrs. Young, being unaccustomed to that work soon started a millinery shop at Ord, the county seat of Valley County. Eventually the Youngs moved to Omaha where one of the daughters was an instructor at Brownell Hall, and Conrad Young worked for Sir Horace Plunkett.
About the time that G. Alexander Young finished preparatory school, his mother moved East with her daughters, and he entered the medical school at the University of Chicago where he graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Following that he returned to Nebraska as the Pathologist of the State Hospital at Norfolk. From there he went to Lincoln as assistant to the Superintendent at the State Hospital, and there he was instrumental in establishing the school for Nurse's Training, which meant a great deal to the patients in the infirmary.
While in Lincoln, Doctor G. Alexander Young was married to Miss Abigail Keating, the daughter of Thomas and Ellen Sullivan Keating. The wedding ceremony took place at Columbus.
Doctor and Abigail Keating Young had six children, two of whom died in infancy. The others are: Richard Hart, Anne Elizabeth, George Alexander, Jr., and Margaret Abigail.
Prior to her marriage Abigail Keating had two state appointments. One being a teacher of the State School at Beatrice, and the other was at the State Hospital at Norfolk where she met Doctor Young.
On finishing his work at Lincoln in the early 1900's, Doctor Young spent-fourteen months abroad where he took post-graduate study in neuropsychiatry at the University in London, and also studied in Zurich, Switzerland under the famous psycho-analyst, Doctor Jung.
After his return from Europe, Doctor Young received the appointment as Superintendent at the State
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Hospital at Norfolk where he remained until 1910.
He then established a private practice in Omaha, Nebraska, where for several years he has had a suite of offices in the Medical Arts Building. Since the early 1930's his son, Doctor Richard H. Young, a neuropsychiatric specialist, has been associated with him. Previous to World War II Doctor G. Alexander Young, Jr., a specialist in internal and psychosomatic medicine became associated with his father and brother.
In the early 1930's Doctor G. Alexander Young had the distinction of inaugurating a program of neuropsychiatric study in the Hawaiian Islands with a department at the Queen's Hospital in Honolulu. At that time Florence Brugger of Columbus was a psychiatric social worker there.
Doctor G. Alexander Young is on the Staffs of all the Omaha Hospitals, and belongs to the Omaha, the Nebraska, and the National Medical groups, and socially is a member of the Omaha Club.
Anne Elizabeth Young attended the Sacred Heart convent in Omaha, Nebraska and finished Junior College at the Mt. Vernon Seminary. She was graduated from the University of Wisconsin where she majored in social work.
She is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority and the Omaha Junior League. Prior to her marriage to Raymond Hanna she was a social worker.
Raymond and Anne Young Hanna have a daughter Barbara, born in 1934. She attends high school in St. Louis, Missouri. For several years Raymond Hanna has been associated with the Morrell Packing Company at Ottumwa, Iowa.
Margaret Abigail Young was born in Omaha, Nebraska. She attended the Sacred Heart Convent and the Central High School where she was graduated. Following that she attended Sweet Briar in Virginia for a year, and the University of Wisconsin where she received the Bachelor of Arts degree. She is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority and the Junior League. While at the University of Wisconsin she met Vigo Gilbert Nielsen of Evanston, Indiana, to whom she was married in Omaha. Vigo Gilbert and Margaret Abigail Nielsen have three children, Vigo, Jr., Charles A. and Lisa.
Vigo G. Nielsen is in the construction business and has lived in Evanston, Indiana, San Francisco, and in Southern California near Los Angeles.
Doctor Richard Hart Young was born in Columbus, Nebraska in 1903.
He spent many of his early years in Columbus at the home of his maternal grandparents, Thomas and Ellen Sullivan Keating where he attended grade school at the Old First Ward.
Richard was graduated from the Kemper Military Academy at Booneville, Missouri, and the University of Chicago where he received the degree of Bachelor of Science. He then spent a year of study at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and after receiving the degree of Master of Arts entered the medical school in Omaha where he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
Following that he served an internship of eighteen months at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. He then served special internships in neurology and in psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Presbyterian Hospital in New York.
After returning to Omaha Doctor Richard Young, a specialist in neuro-psychiatry, became associated with his father Doctor G. Alexander Young. Doctor Richard H. Young is affiliated with the city, state and national medical groups, and is on the staffs of all the Omaha Hospitals. He is a member of the Phi Gamma Social Fraternity and the Phi Rho Sigma National Medical Fraternity.
Like his maternal great-uncle, Judge John J. Sullivan, Doctor Young possesses the rare gift of dry wit and keen sense of humor.
Doctor Richard Hart Young was married in Omaha to Miss Katherine Doorly, the daughter of Henry and Margaret Hitchcock Doorly of Omaha. Mrs. Young's maternal grandfather was Senator Gilbert Hitchcock, prominent in international politics and the former owner of the Omaha World Herald. Her paternal grandparents were Martin Edward and Katherine Carrington Doorly who lived at Barbados, West Indies, where her father Henry Doorly was born in 1879. Mrs. Young has a brother Gilbert Hitchcock Doorly, editor of the Omaha World Herald and a sister Peggy Doorly, the wife of Benjamin Cowdery of Omaha, formerly of Platte County.
Doctor and Katherine Doorly Young have four daughters: Katherine Abigail, Diane and Daphne, twins, and Susan Sacrest Young.
They all attended Brownell Hall in Omaha and Katherine attended the Westlake School for Girls, at Bel Air in Los Angeles. Mrs. Young is a member of the Omaha Junior League.
Doctor George Alexander Young, Jr., was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1910.
He attended high school in Tucson, Arizona, and was graduated from Central High School in Omaha. He enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and then transferred to the medical school in Omaha where he was graduated with a Doctor of Medicine Degree.
Following that he spent four years in internship and residency at the Ford Hospital at Detroit, Michigan. He practices in Omaha with his father Doctor G. Alexander Young, and his brother Doctor Richard Young and he is a specialist in the field of Internal Medicine and Psychosomatic Medicine.
During World War II, Doctor Young spent four years in the Medical Corps where he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. During his service he was stationed near Indio, California, in this country, and abroad in Wales and in France.
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In 1934, Doctor G. Alexander Young, Jr., was married to Miss Margaret Reynolds. She attended the Emma Williard School in New York and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln where she was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.
Doctor and Margaret Reynolds Young have three children: George Alexander, III, Nancy Ann, both of whom attend school, and Richard Reynolds, born in 1947.
Doctor Young is on the staffs of the Omaha Hospitals and belongs to the Omaha, Nebraska, and American Medical Groups.
He is a member of the College of Physicians and the Phi Rho Sigma, a National Medical Fraternity.
Anton John "Tony" Zabawa, a resident of Platte County since 1901, was the son of Andrew and Victoria Iwieyski Zabawa, natives of Poland. Andrew Zabawa was born November, 1848, in Poland, and died there July 23, 1893. Victoria Zabawa was born in Poland March 14, 1879, and died in Columbus March 1 1920.
The date October 24 appears frequently in the life of Anton Zabawa. He was born in Poland October 24, 1893; he arrived in the United States October 24, 1901 and during World War I, he entered the army on October 24. He had two brothers: Andrew, deceased, and John.
Anton Zabawa attended St. Francis Academy in Columbus. In World War I, he served as an instructor in truck driving in this country, and with the A.E.F. in France. He is an active member of the Hartman Post of the American Legion.
On November 15, 1921, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Jarecki, daughter of Steve and Angela Triba Jarecki, in Columbus.
Anton and Elizabeth Jarecki Zabawa had three sons and one daughter. Robert Ralph, born in Columbus August 11, 1922, attended St. Joseph's College at Westmont, Illinois, and the University of Idaho at Moscow. He is a veteran of World War II, and was married to Marjorie Sticka. They live in Columbus, where Robert, is a salesman for the General Products Company.
Anton Arlo was born in Columbus January 3, 1925, and was married to Miss Philomae Foltz. They have three children: Mary Kay, born April 12, 1946; Daniel Lee, born May 22, 1947; and Anthony Allen, born June 3, 1948. Anton, a graduate of St. Bonaventure High School and a veteran of World War II, is employed by the Consumers Public Power District in Columbus.
Myron Merle was born November 15, 1927, in Columbus. He attended St. Bonaventure's School, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, the Norfolk Junior College at Norfolk, Nebraska, and is a veteran of World War II.
Luella Elizabeth, born December 27, 1931, graduated from St. Bonaventure High School, and is employed at the Mead Lumber Company.
Anton John Zabawa has been engaged in the implement business for several years. He is employed by the Rogers Farm Store in Columbus. The Zabawas are members of St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church, and Mr. Zabawa is a trustee there. He is a member of the Holy Name Society and of the St. Bonaventure Cemetery Board. Politically, he is affiliated with the Democrats.
Joseph Zabawa was born November 19, 1877, at Tarnov, Poland. He had six brothers, Matey, Wojciech, Martin, Ludwik, Stanislaus and Frank; five sisters, Mary, Sophia, Kathryn, Victoria and Anna; and one step-brother, Anton John.
As a boy, Joseph Zabawa worked on his father's farm in Poland, and for a time was employed as a driver for the priests who were doing mission work. He also served three years in the Polish army.
On August 5, 1902, in Tarnov, Poland, he was married to Miss Mary Kozioloicz, who was born May 10, 1880, in Brzyska, Poland. In 1905, they immigrated to the United States, settling near Tarnov, Nebraska, in Burrows Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Zabawa had nine children: Mary, born September 10, 1903, in Tarnov, Poland; Anna, born September 26, 1904, in Tarnov, Poland; Josephine, born September 20, 1906, in Columbus, Nebraska; John, born September 7, 1908, in Tarnov, Nebraska; Louise, born July 10, 1910, in Columbus; Joe, born July 31, 1912, in Tarnov, Nebraska; and Belle, born July 21, 1914, in Columbus. Two are deceased. The others attended St. Michael's Parochial School at Tarnov and the district school near their home.
Mrs. Joseph Zabawa died in Tarnov, Nebraska, April 18, 1926.
Joseph Zabawa's hobbies are baseball, horseback riding and music. He is a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church of Tarnov, Nebraska, and is a Democrat.
Vincent Zach was born January 15, 1865, in Austria. In 1874, he immigrated to the United States and came to Platte County with his parents, Ignatz and Mary Zach, who filed on a homestead in Granville Township. Vincent had three brothers and two sisters: Ignatz. Jr., Frank, John, Julia and Walburga Zach.
Vincent Zach finished nine school grades in Austria and completed his studies at St. Mary's Parochial School in the St. Mary's community, he then engaged in farming and stock raising in the Humphrey vicinity.
On October 12, 1886, at Humphrey, Nebraska, Vincent Zach was married to Miss Bertha Dittrick, daughter of William and Juliana Zimmerman Dittrick, natives of Germany, who died at Battle Creek, Nebraska.
Bertha Dittrick Zach had four brothers and four sisters: Joe, Fred, William, Frank, Julia, Mary, Emma and Louise. Joe, a blacksmith, died at Battle Creek. Julia
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died at Albany, Oregon. Fred, William and Frank are farmers.
Vincent and Bertha Dittrick Zach had eight children. The Zach family are members of St. Francis Catholic Church in Humphrey.
Anton Zack was born May 27, 1848, at Muglitz, Austria, and died February 14, 1924, at Columbus, Nebraska. He came to Platte County December 11, 1911, from Polk County. His parents were Peter and Theresa Zack. He had one sister, Josephine, and two brothers, Ferdinand and Cyrill. All attended school at Muglitz, Austria.
Anton Zack was interested in science and engineering. He worked at tile roofing and farming.
On May 13, 1878, at Osceola, Nebraska, he was married to Anna Benda, daughter of Joseph and Theresia Dimdt Benda. Anna Benda Zack had four brothers, Rhinehardt, Joseph, Leopo!d, and John, and two sisters, Marie and Theresia.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Zack had seven children: Theresia, Cosima, Raymond R., Elsa, Edgar G., Erich A., and Otmar W. All were born in Polk County.
Theresia Zack Hanitz is the wife of Hans Hanitz. She is a graduate of Fremont College, taught in the public schools in Nebraska and in the business college at Rockford, Illinois. She also worked for the Rockford Daily Republic, and since her marriage has resided in Rockford, where she was active in Girl Scout work.
Raymond R. Zack, a graduate of Fremont College, and the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago, is a District Engineer of the Iowa State Highway; he resides in Maroon City, Iowa, and is married to Charlotte Hendrick.
Elsa Zack Kinsely, a graduate of Fremont College, taught school in Omaha, where she resided; she was married to John Buhl Kinsely, and died July 19, 1931.
Edgar G. Zack, a graduate of the civil engineering department of Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago, is manager of the State Product Company of Scheffleld, Illinois, where he lives. He served in World War I and is married to Gertrude Kohler.
Erich A. Zack married Ruth Nobel. He is a graduate of the civil engineering department of Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, and was a highway engineer in Iowa in later years. He is serving in soil conservation work as regional engineer, and lives in Knoxville, Iowa. He served in World War I.
Otmar W. Zack,, a graduate of the civil engineering department of Iowa State College, is the county engineer of Butler County, Iowa. He served in World War I, and in World War II was a government engineer. He lives in Allison, Iowa, and is married to Margaret Lubker of Columbus.
Cosima Zack, the daughter of Anton and Anna Benda Zack, was born in Polk County. She was graduated. from high school and the Fremont Normal College. She was outstanding in the primary field of education in Columbus where she served for several years as primary teacher of the Field School in the First Ward. She retired in 1949.
Cosima Zack attends the Evangelical Protestant Church. She is a member of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Columbus; the Delta Kappa Gamma, a teachers' society; the National Education Association, Nebraska State Teachers' Association, the Platte County Educational Association; and is a Republican.
Right Reverend Monsignor John L. Zaplotnik, pastor of the Holy Family Catholic Church at Lindsay, Nebraska, was born September 19, 1883, in Luze, Carniola, Austria. He is the son of Joseph and Mary Jagodic Zaplotnik, natives of Carniola, Austria. His father died in 1934, and his mother died in 1932. He has three sisters and three brothers living.
Monsignor Zaplotnik received his first formal education in his native city of Carniola. At the completion of preparatory school, he enrolled in the college of Kranj there, where he spent six years in study. In 1902, he came to the United States, where he entered the Catholic Seminary at St. Paul, Minnesota, to study philosophy and theology. He was ordained to the priesthood June 21, 1908, in St. Paul, Minnesota, by the Right Reverend John J. Ireland, Archbishop, and said his first mass June 21, 1908, in St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Over a period of forty years since his ordination in 1908, Monsignor Zaplotnik has served in four parish churches. His first assignment was assistant to the pastor of St. Agnes Church in South Omaha, Nebraska. He remained there nine years, and then organized the Saints Peter and Paul parish in Omaha, serving as its pastor for seven years. During that time, the parsonage and church were built. In 1924, he went to Washington, D. C., where he studied at the Catholic University. He received his degree as Doctor of Canon Law there in 1927. Following this, he served three years as pastor of the Saints Cyril and Methodus Church at Rock Springs, Wyoming.
In 1930, he came to Lindsay, Nebraska, as pastor of the Holy Family Church, and has served in that capacity for more than two decades.
John Zavadil, the son of Ignatus and Blanche Latimer Zavadil, was born at Yankton, South Dakota, on June 21, 1886. He attended the schools of Washington, Missouri, and at Humphrey, Nebraska.
On January 19, 1910, at Humphrey, John Zavadil
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was married to Lillie Karthaus. Mr. and Mrs. Zavadil had one son, Wayne I.
From 1901-1904, John Zavadil worked with F. J. Pratt, publisher of the Humphrey Democrat. From 1904-1907, he was associated with Wyman and Partridge, a wholesale drygoods company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. in 1907, he returned to the Humphrey Democrat, and remained there until 1910, when he went to work for the Fremont Herald.
In 1912-1913, he published the Lindsay Post, at Lindsay, Nebraska. For the past thirty-seven years, from 1913-1950, he has been owner and publisher of the Humphrey Democrat, the paper on which he first began his newspaper career.
In 1919, John Zavadil was the City Clerk of Humphrey. He served as a member of the Humphrey School Board, and as a member of the Humphrey Town Board for twenty years.
He holds memberships in the Nebraska Press Association, the North East Nebraska Editorial Association, and the Knights of Columbus, in which organization he has served as district deputy.
Mr. and Mrs. John Zavadil are members of the St. Francis Catholic Church. Politically, Mr. Zavadil is affiliated with the Democratic Party.
Charles W. Ziegler was born September 1, 1849, in Unity, Ohio, and died in Columbus, Nebraska, in October, 1911. He had two brothers: Chauncey and John, of Unity, Ohio; and three sisters: Mrs. J. W. Schaade, of Middletown, Ohio; Mrs. C. H. Westscott, of Riverton, New Jersey; and Mrs. Elizabeth Zane, of Stockton, California.
From 1870 to 1896, Mr. Ziegler was a business partner of E. A. Gerrard at Monroe, Nebraska, in the feeding of cattle and horses. In the early days it was the custom of the firm to drive its feeders in herds overland from ranches in Texas and Utah. Charles Ziegler made many of these trips.
In 1871, he was married to Miss Avis Gerrard, who died in 1909. She was a member of the pioneer Monroe Joseph Gerrard family and a sister to E. A. and Leander Gerrard.
Charles W. Ziegler lived in Columbus from 1896 to 1911.
Daniel H. Ziegler, publisher of The Monroe Booster, was born at Monroe, Nebraska, on March 28, 1901.
He is the son of Daniel W. and Alvine Hornbastel Ziegler.
He attended the Monroe schools and was graduated from the Monroe High School.
On November 14, 1931, at Newman Grove, Nebraska, Daniel H. Ziegler was married to Mildred Farrar. Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler have two sons, Robert and Gary, and a daughter, Janice. The Ziegler children attended the Monroe schools.
From 1924-1950, Mr. Ziegler was owner and operator of the Monroe Filling Station. He is well known in the newspaper field for his publication, The Monroe Booster, which has a national circulation, and for which he has written many sparkling editorials.
He was interested in Boy Scout work, and in 1937, was leader of Troop 120, of Monroe. Mr. Ziegler has served as Mayor of Monroe and as a commissioner on district legislation. He is a member of the Nebraska Petroleum Industries Board.
Doctor Henry P. Ziegenbein, Columbus dentist, was born February 21, 1903, at Memphis, Nebraska. He is the son of Charles H. and Martha Humboldt Ziegenbein, Charles H., a native of Saxony in Germany, was born February 24, 1868, and died at Memphis, Nebraska, November 8, 1938. All his active years were spent as a farmer. Martha Humboldt Ziegenbein, also a native of Germany, was born May 19, 1870.
Doctor Ziegenbein had seven brothers and three sisters: Emma, wife of Roy Owen, deputy state conservation officer; Harry E., a musician; Ella E., wife of C. C. Lillebridge, D.D.S.; Frank E., D.V.S., a veterinarian; Mary A., wife of B. H. Baer, M.D.; Doctor Oscar H., a dentist; Doctor Rudolph C., also a dentist; James R., a newspaperman; Carl W., a farmer; and Walter, a pharmacist.
Henry Ziegenbein attended the Memphis grade schools and was graduated from the Ashland, Nebraska, high school and the University of Nebraska College of Dentistry with a Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree. In August, 1929, he came to Columbus and began his dental practice.
On July 31, 1938, Doctor Henry Ziegenbein was married to Miss Mary E. Gray, daughter of John M. and Gertrude Eskew Gray. Mrs. Zeigenbein was a teacher in the Columbus city schools for several years prior to her marriage.
Doctor Henry and Mary Gray Ziegenbein had one son, John, born May 7, 1947.
Doctor Ziegenbein is a member of the Wayside Country Club, the A.F.&A.M., the B.P.O.E., the Lions International, the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, the Y.M.C.A. and the Columbus city band. Professionally, he is affiliated with the American Dental Association, the Nebraska State Dental Society and the Columbus Dental Society. The Ziegenbeins are members of the Federated Church of Columbus.
Edward Zybach, the only son of Peter and Marguerite Zybach, was born October 23, 1870, in Platte County near Columbus. He died February 9, 1946. He had one sister, who was married to Louis Hecker. When nineteen years of age, Edward Zybach left home and went to the Southwest, and later to Oregon.
On September 26, 1891, he was married to Miss Lena Liebengut of Platte County, at Lafayette, Oregon. They
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had one daughter and three sons: Alvina, Mrs. Pendrock; Frank L., Edward, Jr., and John.
In Oregon, Mr. Zybach was engaged in logging. On his return to the farm in Nebraska, he remained but a short time and then moved to a farm three miles north of Duncan, where he lived for many years.
Edward Zybach was a member of the German Reformed Church of the Gruetli community and was permanently identified with the early history of the little town of Duncan, doing his part in the development of the community and becoming one of the first automobile dealers in Platte County.
In March, 1919, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zybach left their home near Duncan and moved to a farm near Strasburg, Colorado, where Mr. Zybach engaged in farming with his son, Edward, Jr. In the early 1940's, they moved into Strasburg, Colorado.
Casper Zybach, Columbus Township farmer, was born March 7, 1886, in Canton Bern, Switzerland. His parents were Henry and Anna Kehrli Zybach, who immigrated to America in 1893, coming to Columbus May 15 of that year and establishing their home three and one-half miles northeast of Columbus. Henry Zybach died there January 26, 1898. Anna Zybach and family continued to live on the farm. They later moved to a farm which they bought northwest of Columbus. Mrs. Zybach died May 31, 1936.
Casper Zybach had three sisters and three brothers: Margaret, John, Henry, Adolph, Anna, and Emma, all of Platte County. Margaret, widow of Chris Schupbach, lives southwest of Columbus. John, born October 31, 1882, in Achistein, Canton Bern, lived on a farm northwest of Columbus; he died August 31, 1945. Henry a farmer, died in February, 1950. Adolph, a farmer, born February 6, 1892, came to Platte County when one year old, and was married to Louisa A. Labens October 24, 1924. They had two children, Delores and Earl. Adolph died November 6, 1945. Anna Zybach Rudat, born in Columbus, married Otto Rudat in 1913; they had one daughter. Mrs. Rudat died December 21, 1917. Emma Zybach Lips, born December 4, 1897, in Columbus, married Rudolph Lips in 1917; they had four children. Emma died in November, 1924.
Casper Zybach and his sisters arid brothers attended school in District 44 and worked on the farm.
On January 8, 1914, Casper Zybach was married to Miss Rose Julia Ernst, daughter of Caesar and Mary Eisenmann Ernst, Platte County pioneers. Rose Ernst Zybach had one brother and three sisters: Lydia, wife of Julius Rudat; Julius, married to Anna Schwank; Mary, widow of Emil Lusche; and Martha, of Columbus.
Casper and Rose Ernst Zybach had two children, Walter and Marilyn. Walter, born October 28, 1918, attended the District School 71. In World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Corps, and is married. Marilyn, born October 9, 1932, attended the District School 71 and Kramer High School.
Casper Zybach, a farmer and stock raiser, is a member of the Sons of Herman Lodge and the Evangelical Protestant Church.
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