R. D. HENDRICKSON was born April 15, 1885, at Metamora, Franklin County, Indiana. Since his residence at Loup City he has been engaged in school teaching and farming. He was elected County Sheriff of Sherman County in 1892 and held that position for four years. In 1901 he was County Superintendent and was re-elected in 1903.

      L. A. WILLIAMS was born May 7, 1843, in Lawrence County, Illinois. In 1885 he came to Sherman County, Nebraska. He was a private in the Seventh Wisconsin Infantry and a member of the famous "Iron Brigade," and later became a Lieutenant in the Forty-third Wisconsin Infantry, Company B. He served until the close of the war, having engaged in fifteen battles. Mr. Williams is a Republican, was Deputy Sheriff in Wisconsin, Deputy United States Revenue Officer and from 1886 to 1891 was City Marshal of Loup City. He is now serving as Sheriff of Sherman County.

      H. M. MATTHEW is a native Englishman, having been born in London, October 30, 1854. Mr. Matthew came to Chicago in 1872, homesteaded in Valley County, Nebraska, in 1878, and settled in Sherman County in 1883. Mr. Matthew graduated from Eastbourne College. England, in 1871, preparing himself for the army, and in that course received training in the common law. He was admitted to the bar in Nebraska in 1891 and has been engaged in active practice since.

      J. S. PEDLER was born May 30, 1857, in the province of Ontario. In March, 1879, he removed to Newton, Iowa, and in 1880 came to Sherman County,. Nebraska. He was married to Miss Mary A. Thompson of Newton, Iowa, in 1880. Mr. Pedler is associated with the Republican party and was Sheriff of Sherman County for four years, during which time he studied law and was admitted to the bar in December, 1890. He was elected County Attorney in 1902.

      J. A. ANGlER was born May 21, 1842, at Hardwick, Vermont. In 1879 he came to Loup City, Nebraska, and farmed. He graduated from the high school at La Moille, Illinois, and was married May 21, 1863, to Miss Olive H. Smith. Mr. Angier is a Populist and is serving his third term as Judge of Sherman County.

      GEORGE H. GIBSON was born October 7, 1857, in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He came to Iowa in 1877 and the next year to Loup City, Nebraska. He married Miss Louvenia F. Barnes of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in 1876. Mr. Gibson is affiliated with the Republican party and is serving his second term as Clerk of Sherman County. He is a printer at present, but was formerly engaged in the furniture and undertaking business.

      S. N. SWEETLAND was born in Liverpool, England, July 17, 1855. In 1879 he came to the United States and located six miles south of Loup City, Nebraska. He was married in 1885 to Miss Lucinda Goodwin of Sherman County. He is a Populist and is serving his second term as Treasurer of Sherman County.

      D. C. GROW was born August 31, 1847, at Batavia, Illinois. He received his education in Chicago and came to Sherman County, Nebraska, in 1876. He was married to Miss Hattie Reuniff of Bloomington, Illinois, in 1870. Mr. Grow now operates a flour and feed store at Loup City, is a Republican and Chairman of the Board of County Supervisors. His father served two terms as Clerk of this county.

      EDNA MINSHULL was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, January 12, 1883. She attended the Litchfleld High School and graduated from the high school at Loup City in 1899. In 1902 she graduated from Doane Academy at Crete, Nebraska, and was appointed Deputy County Treasurer January 1, 1903, having been an assistant in the County Clerk's office two years prior to this.

      J. I. DEPEW was born September 23, 1867, in Allen County, Indiana. He came to Sherman County in the spring of 1887 and was married to Miss Elsie J. Smith of Sherman County in 1892. Mr. Depew is a Republican and was chairman of the town board for eight years, chief of the fire department three terms, member of the school board and is now Mayor of Loup City.

      E. G. TAYLOR was born December 12, 1867, at Ashton, Illinois, and came to Sherman County, Nebraska, in 1879. His father is a veteran of the Civil War. Mr. Taylor attended the high school at St. Paul for two years, graduated from the Grand Island Business College in 1889 and that same year married Miss Lydia H. Brown. He has been engaged in the grain business for the last eight years and prior to this was in the mercantile business at Ashton, Nebraska.

      WILLIAM R. MELLOR was born in Porter County, Indiana. He clerked in a dry goods store for ten years and was employed as

a traveling salesman three years. In 1883 he was married to Miss Ammie Pyke of Michigan City, Indiana, and they came to Nebraska in the spring of 1885. He located at Loup City June 2, 1885, and formed a partnership with Joel R. Scott, an attorney, in 1889, and attended to the real estate and insurance part of the business; was admitted to the bar in 1894, but has continued to give especial attention to the buying and selling of real estate. He was elected a member of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture in 1898, has served four years on its Board of Managers, and was elected President of said Board in 1904.

 

      This county was almost the last hunting ground occupied by Nebraska Indians, and they were very hostile to intruders. Two military posts, Fort Robinson and Camp Sheridan. were stationed here to keep the Indians in check. By the treaty of 1876 the Sioux Indians, through fear of forcible expulsion, relinquished their right to this land Most of the early settlers had squaws for wives. This vast tract of 2,046 square miles was organized in 1886. It has a population of 2,055, and Harrison is its county seat. There are twenty-four school districts, among which the 576 children are divided. Eleven districts have terms of from six to nine months' duration. There are twenty-three school buildings, twelve of which are frame and eleven log. Five thousand one hundred and thirty-one dollars is the average amount which is annually expended for teachers' wages. The surface is composed of prairie land and sand hills, together with the valleys of the Niobrara and other smaller streams. One thousand four hundred and thirty-three acres are irrigated by eighty-four miles of ditch at an expense of $5.52 per acre. In 1899 the crops produced on irrigated land amounted to $32,332. Hay is the leading crop, and good pasturage is to be found anywhere. Land has increased 40 per cent in value since 1897. A large number of the inhabitants are employed in the raising of cattle, horses, and sheep, and just now there is a great demand for ranges. In 1900 live stock was valued at $1,664,155, and cattle supply the greater part of the stock market. Oats cover 1,079 acres, which is a larger area than that of any other farm products. There is quite an extent of government land yet open for settlement here.

      M. J. O'CONNELL was born in Syracuse. New York, August 3, 1859. From there he went to Minnesota and then came to Sioux City, Iowa. He settled in Sioux County, Nebraska, in 1886 and took part in the organization of the county. He received his preparatory education in Port Byron Academy, New York, and studied law in an office at Harrison, Nebraska, and at the University of Nebraska. He was admitted to the bar before the Supreme Court of Nebraska in 1898. August 6, 1899, he was married to Miss Emma Serres of Sioux County, and they have three children. Mr. O'Connell is Chairman of the Republican Central Committee in Sioux County and is serving his third term as County Attorney.

      ALEX LOWRY is a native of Illinois, having been born July 15, 1856, where he received a public school education. In the spring of 1877 he came to Iowa and in 1892 homesteaded in Sioux County, Nebraska, where he has since resided. He was married to Miss Alice Corwin of Rockport, Illinois, in 1876, and they have three children living. Mr. Lowry has been elected for the third term as Sheriff of Sioux County on the Fusion ticket.

      J. H. WILHERMSDOFER, County Judge of Sioux County, is a native of Illinois, having been born in Henderson County, October 16, 1867. In 1873 he came with his parents to Southwestern Iowa, and moved to Western Iowa in 1894. Mr. Wilhermsdofer came to Sioux County in 1901 and in 1904 took a homestead under the Kinkaid law. He was married to Miss Zua Bowman in 1893 and they have one son. He is a watchmaker by trade and a Republican in politics, and is now the Judge of Sioux County.

      CARL M. LUX was born in Germany, February 6, 1852. In 1883 he came to America and after working in Kansas one year came to Butler County, Nebraska, and settled in Sioux County in 1884, homesteading there and engaging in farming and stock raising. His education was gained in the public schools of Germany. He was married to Miss Rena Feller of Sioux County in 1887 and they have

seven children. He is associated with the Democratic party, was a Justice of the Peace for six years and is now serving his first term as County Treasurer of Sioux County.

      E. F. PONTIUS is a native of Ohio, having been born in Chillicothe, December 18, 1849. In 1880 he came to Oakland, Nebraska, where he was employed as station agent for the Northwestern Railroad. Later he filled the same position at Oakdale and Humphrey and in 1892 was transferred to Harrison, where he. has since lived. In 1873 he married Miss Belle Bloom of Shelby, Ohio, and they have four children. He homesteaded in Sioux County in 1901 and has mining interests in the Black Hills region, being the Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Lucky Hunters Mining Company. Mr. Pontius is a Republican and is serving his first term as County Clerk of the District Court.

      JOHN BORKY is a native Nebraskan, having been born in St. James, Cedar County, January 27, 1881. In 1888 he came to Sioux County, Nebraska, with his parents and took a homestead in 1902. He is a graduate of the Hozledell public schools and attended high school at Hot Springs, South Dakota, and the Junior Normal at Alliance, Nebraska. Mr. Borky is a Republican and is serving his first term as Superintendent of Sioux County. He was formerly engaged in railroad work, but now has ranching interests aside from his duties as County Superintendent. His father homesteaded in Sioux County in 1888, being one of the early settlers.

     G. M. LACY, Deputy Sheriff of Sioux County, was born in Canada, January 28, 1874, but lived there scarcely a year, removing with his parents to Story County, Iowa. In 1888 they removed to Ida County, Iowa, and Mr.