quarters at Lexington; Minnie is the wife of Dr. O. F. Lambertson, of Lincoln; May and Grace continue at home with their parents. Mrs. Johnson is a very intelligent and amiable lady, admirably fitted for the position which she occupies in the community. Their children have been well reared and educated, and like their parents are highly respected members of society. Our subject, politically, votes the straight Republican ticket, having abundant faith in the principles of the party, and when less engrossed with the details of an extensive business, took an active part in political affairs. Socially, he belongs to the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Friendship Lodge No. 7, at Cortland.

ON. CHARLES H. WILLARD, a distinguisted citizen of Nebraska, of which he is State Treasurer, is a native of New York, where, in the town of Trenton, he was born March 25, 1843. He is the only child of Charles A. W. and Abbie (Hall) Willard. His father is also a native of Trenton, was born in 1816, and is still making his home in that town. He is a lineal descendant of the famous Col. Simon Willard, of Massachusetts, who came to this country from England, and was one of the first settlers of the Colony of Massachusetts.
   The father of our subject was reared on a farm, and was engaged in agriculture in the early part of his life. He was also a stone contractor for many years, being the proprietor of the Blue Limestone Quarries, of Trenton, N. Y., and furnished building material for many of the noted charitable and publie institutions of New York. He was very successful in his business career, and is living in retirement in a pleasant home in his native town in the enjoyment of an ample income. He is widely known through his business connections, and has always commanded thorough confidence in all with whom he came in contact; he is a man of unblemished honor, charitable disposition, and is broad-minded and progressive in his views. When a young man he belonged to the Whig party, but since the organization of the Republican party he has been one of its firmest supporters. Religiously, he is a Unitarian, and is, indeed, a pillar of strength to that church, his heart, hand and mind, ever being open to any calls that may he made upon him for the good of a liberal faith. His wife, likewise a native of Trenton, was born in 1816, and was educated and grew to womanhood in her native town, and lived in the home of her parents until tier marriage in 1841. Since that time, for nearly half a century. she has been the light and blessing of her husband's home, respected and loved by all who have come under her benign influence.
   The early days of our subject were passed in the parental home until he was eighteen years old. He received the advantages of a liberal education at the Whitestown Institute. In March, 1865, he went to Titusville, Pa., as a mechanical engineer in the employ of the Granite State Oil Company, under the superintendency of A. H. Hatch, of New York. He retained that position for about a year, and was then appointed to a clerkship in the County Clerk's office, where he remained through two administrations, covering a period of four and a half years. In September, 1869, Mr. Willard became connected with Michael P. O'Brien, of Richmond, Staten Island, who was a contractor on public works. Mr. Willard was general manager for three years. He threw up his business in the East, and came to Nebraska in the winter of 1870, and purchased some Government land in Thayer County. He soon established himself in the real-estate business at Beatrice, Neb., and in January, 1873, he received the appointment as Deputy Auditor of State, under Jefferson B. Weston, and held that position for six years. After that he was appointed Deputy State Treasurer, under Hon. G. M. Bartlett, and held that office for four years. Mr. Willard was subsequently admitted to the bar, having read law with Hon. C. J. Dilworth, ex-Attorney General. He then retired from public life to Hebron, Neb., where he engaged in the banking business for two years. In the November election of 1884 he was elected State Treasurer, was re-elected to that position in 1886, and is still an incumbent of that responsible office. His wide experience in public life and in business, his acknowledged superiority as a financier, his great practical sagacity, and his undoubted integrity, rarely qualify him for the performance of the re-

sponsible duties of the important office that has been intrusted to him by the suffrage of his fellow-citizens. His genial and pleasant disposition, and his kind and courteous treatment of all with whom he has to deal, render him very popular.
   Politically, Mr. Willard is a stanch Republican. He is prominently identified with a number of social organizations, as follows: He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Lancaster Lodge No. 54, of which he has held the office of W. M. for two terms; he belongs to Lincoln Chapter No. 6, R. A. M.; and is a member of the Council of Royal and Select Master Masons; he is Post Eminent Commander of Mt. Moriah Commandery, No. 4, K. T.; he is Secretary of the Scottish Rite Lodge, A. & A. S. R.; the Most Wise of the Scottish Rite, Rose Croix; he is a member of the Sesostris Temple of Mystic Shrine; is Chief of Pilgrim Knight Masons, and is a member of the K. of P.
   Among the portraits of leading and representative men given in this volume, may be found that of Mr. Willard, given in connection with this sketch.

ENRY FREYE, deceased. In Hanover, Germany, upon the 8th of April, 1828, there was born to Ernest H. Frye and his wife a son, who was christened by the name Henry, and a sketch of the more salient features of his life are herein offered. Our subject was reared in his native country until he reached his eighteenth year, receiving his education in its schools, and afterward being employed as a farmer, and continued in the same until he reached his eighteenth year, when he came to this country and located for a time in Jackson and Scioto Counties, Ohio, and followed the pursuits of agriculture upon land which he took up from the Government.
   Our subject was married, in March, 1844, to Eleanor Shaffer; she, like himself, was a native of Hanover, and was born in that country in the month of March, 1832, and was the daughter of Adam and Gertrude Shaffer; she came to this country with her parents in the year 1843, and settled in Ohio, reinaining in the home of her parents until her marriage. She was the fifth child of six children born to her parents, of whom two are living--Mrs. Freye and her brother, Joseph H.
   To our subject and wife there were born ten children, who are recorded as follows: Catherine, the wife of Lewis Willman; Mary, the wife of Frederick Steinmyer, of Gage County; Eliza, the wife of William Wessel; Henry, William, Frank, Matilda, Lena, Emma and Ida, all at home.
   In the spring of 1868 our subject emigrated to Lancaster County with his family, and settled upon the farm which is situated on section 22, in Centerville Precinct, and which, since his death, has been operated by his wife. Our subject departed this life Dec. 31, 1873, after a long illness, from typhoid and lung fever, and left behind him many friends to mourn their loss, for his life and character had been such that he was everywhere held in the highest estimation, and greatly respected. He did not leave much of worldly goods beyond his actual property, by which is meant the farm buildings, residence and farm, which was well cultivated, tillable land, well stocked, and provided with the necessary implements and much of the machinery required for the proper working of a property of that size.
   Our subject was a large-hearted, public-spirited man, inclined to lend his influence and energies in any and every enterprise calculated to help forward the community of which he was a resident. He was, as a citizen, true and loyal to the responsibilities incident thereto, patriotic and loyal; his home was the scene of true domesticity, and in the relations of husband and father he was most faithful, affectionate and true. He was a member for many years of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which communion his family continue. For many years prior to his demise our subject was Steward of the church, and was devoted to the interests of the society. In political questions he usually gave his support to the Republican party, although he was swayed in his decisions rather by principle than policy, as became his general character.
   Mrs. Freye, despite the trials incident to life under the most favorable circumstances, and the great affliction that is hers in the loss of her husband, has always met these difficulties and troubles with womanly spirit and Christian heroism and resigna-