months, he removed to Nebraska in the latter
part of 1868. The date of his birth is February 12, 1848.
His parents, George and Annie Kressen, remained in the
old country. He is engaged in the implement business, has
been Councilman and is at present serving his first term
as Mayor of Nebraska City. He is a Democrat and was
married in 1872.
CHARLES WILDER
PIERCE was born in the City of New York, February 21,
1824. In 1849 he came to Nebraska. He was educated in
Yates Academy, Orleans County, New York. By profession he
is a civil engineer and is the present County Surveyor of
Otoe County and City Engineer of Nebraska City, He is a
member of the Democratic party.
PAWNEE COUNTY.
The altitude of
Pawnee County is from 900 to 1,000 feet above sea level.
The greater part of the surface is made up of uplands and
bottom lands, which are usually divided by low hills. The
soil is exceedingly fertile, and looks like rich garden
mould. Ninety per cent of the land is tillable and the
remainder makes good orchard and grazing land. Land has
increased over one-third in value since 1897, and the
highest price is paid for farm land, which sells as high
as $70 an acre. The people are engaged in farming,
dairying, stock feeding and fruit raising, while the
principal resources are in the cereals and tame grasses.
There are many orchards and vineyards, and also quite an
amount of native timber, which grows along the North and
South Nemaha Rivers and other smaller waters. In 1900
live stock amounted to $1,691,721, 38,290 hogs and 7,675
cattle being included in this valuation. Good building
stone and a good quality of brick clay are found here.
Several coal veins have been worked here quite
successfully. The first settlers were Ohio men, who
settled at Cincinnati, about fourteen miles from. Pawnee
City. They were Judge Christian Bobst, Robert Turner,
Jacob Adams and Robert Archer. They experienced all the
hardships of pioneer life They were compelled to go a
long distance into Missouri for supplies. In the midst of
other trials came the severe winter of 1856 and 1857. In
the spring of 1856-7 the first buildings were put up in
Pawnee City. Hon. David Butler of Indiana moved to Pawnee
City in 1858. In 1861 he served in the territorial
Legislature, in 1862 as a member of the Senate, and in
1866 as the first Governor of Nebraska. P. Linning, born
in 1857, was the first native of Pawnee City. The
"jayhawkers," who were bands of men sworn to punish
rebels, made all sorts of trouble for the non-unionists
and others as well. Horse thieves and rogues of every
description claimed to be jayhawkers in self-defense.
"Rosin Weed" Seminary, just west of Pawnee City, was the
first school in the county, and was taught by Miss Sarah
H. Ball.
OLIVER H. LOCH
is a Nebraskan, his birthplace being Pawnee County, the
date August 3, 1875. He lived on the farm until eighteen
years of age, when he came to Pawnee Academy, pursuing a
course there and later engaging in the farming and
mercantile business. He has always been an active member
of the Republican party and has served his constituents
as County Treasurer since 1901.
GEORGE L. LORE
is a native Nebraskan, having been born in Pawnee County,
October 25, 1869, where he lived on his home farm until
1893, when he engaged in the hardware business at DuBois,
During that same year he married Miss Atkinson, and they
have one son and one daughter. He received the foundation
of his business education at Western Normal College,
Shenandoah, Iowa. He is one of the prominent Republicans
of the county and has served the county as Clerk for two
terms.
G. R. MARTIN was
born in Washington County, Indiana, January 14, 1845,
where he lived until 1851, when he came with his father
to Illinois, and fourteen years later to Nebraska,
engaging in farming. He received his education in the
Illinois and Nebraska public schools, and entered the
mercantile business in Pawnee City. From 1889 to 1891 he
was a member of the Board of Commissioners and is now
serving as Sheriff of Pawnee County.
FRANK A. BARTON
was born December 15, 1861, in Randolph, Pennsylvania. He
is a graduate of the Northwestern Normal School,
Endiboro, Pennsylvania, and also of the Law Department of
the University of Nebraska. He came to Pawnee County in
1885, engaging in school teaching until 1889. From 1889
to 1893 he was Superintendent of Pawnee County
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