The Trinity Episcopal Church, of Lincoln, is fortunate in being able to command the services of Mr. Lillibridge as one of its vestrymen, and clerk of the vestry, which office he has continued to hold for the past three years. Our subject and family are members of this church, and among its most ardent supporters, and receive the highest respect and esteem of those associated with them in this community. Without overstepping in the slightest degree the limits of exactitude, we would add that this is true also to an unusual extent outside the church society, extending to the entire community.
   Mr. Lillibridge's military experience and patriotic loyalty make him an enthusiastic member of the Appomattox Post No. 214, G. A. R., of which he is the Junior Vice Commander. He has also passed by a series of regular steps from the Masonic Altar and the right hand of the Worshipful Master, through the Blue Lodge Chapter, Commandery and Consistory, and in each body is held in the highest fraternal regard. He is very active in the various bodies of which he is a member, although, perhaps, giving special attention to the work of the Asylum and Consistory. From the latter he has received the high Masonic distinction of S. P. R. S. of the 32d degree of A. A. S. R. He is attached in fraternal bonds to the Mt. Moriah Commandery of Knights Templar.  

RMAN J. KING was born in Otisco, Onondaga Co., N. Y., on the 5th of March, 1851. His father, Chauncey J. King, was a native of the same place, and his grandfather, Thomas King, was born in Chester, Hampden Co., Mass., in which place it is supposed his great-grandfather, Apollies King, was also born. Our subject was commissioned Captain in the State Militia by John Hancock, and later as Major by Samuel Adams. The latter commission is now in the hands of our subject. Tradition says "the first ancestor was Phillip King, who came to America in 1620, and settled at Taunton, Mass."
   The great-grandfather of our subject went to Onondaga County, N. Y., to spend his last days with his children. The grandfather of our subject was reared in Massachusetts, and moved from there to Onondaga County, N. Y., about the year 1812, and was one of the early pioneers of that county. His removal took place before the day of railroads and canals, and the journey must have been made with teams and wagons. He bought a tract of timber land on a hill in Otisco, built a log house, and at once commenced to clear land for a farm. Albany was the nearest market for several years, and there he used to draw his wheat for sale. He remained on his farm until the time of his death. The maiden name of his wife was Submit James, who was born in Northampton, Mass. Her ancestors were early settlers of that section, and suffered much from the incursions of the Indians. She also died on the farm in Otisco.
   The father of our subject was reared in his native town, and having been brought up to follow agricultural pursuits, he has always continued in that occupation. He bought a farm in Otisco, a. few miles from the old homestead, where he now resides. He was married to Laura Miller, the mother of our subject, who had been born in Otselic, Chenango Co., N. Y., and was a daughter of Eber and Esther (Pease) Miller. To the parents of our subject there were given seven children, six of whom lived to become men and women: Orman J.; Sophronia, wife of N. D. Rice; Hattie, wife of C. D. Bailey; Carrie, wife of E. C. Collins; Jennie, who is living at home, and Charles H., who died on the 3d of January, 1888, aged eighteen years. For many years the parents have been members of the Congregational Church.
   Our subject was the oldest child of the family, and he received his early education in the district schools, afterward attending the High School at Syracuse. At the age of twenty he began clerking in a general store in Otisco, and nine months later bought a half-interest in the store, continuing in business there for seven years. Then he went to Syracuse and opened a grocery store, thence to Lincoln in 1881, where he began in business for himself. He first commenced with a small stock of goods in a small frame building on the corner of Thirteenth and I streets. He was successful in his transactions from the start, and in 1885 he erected

the handsome and commodious brick block which he now occupies on N street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. Here he has one of the. finest grocery stores in the city in its appointments, and the amount and quality of stock.
   On the 30th of April, 1873, Mr. King married Emma Outt, who was born in Tully, Onondaga Co., N. Y., a daughter of William H. and Catura (Fellows) Outt. They have two sons--Dewitt C. and William H. Mr. and Mrs. King are members of the Congregational Church.  

ERBERT S. BOWERS was born in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N. Y. His father, Joseph Bowers, was born in Billerica, Middlesex Co., Mass., where his father, the grandfather of our subject, had spent his entire life, and had been engaged in farming. The father of our subject grew up to manhood, and was married in that place. He commenced working in a cotton factory when he was quite young, and by close attention to the details of the work, he was advanced in position until he became the foreman in the factory. He moved from Massachusetts to New York, thence to Virginia, about the year 1856, and located a tract of land in Prince William County. There he engaged in agricultural pursuits until the year 1860, when, on account of the possibilities of a war, he sold his land and moved to Indiana, where he bought a farm near Seymour. In that city he lived until 1874, when he came to Nebraska, and settled in Yankee Hill Precinct, Lancaster County. He bought some uncultivated land, but his health being very poor, he was unable to do the hard work required, and his sons attended to the management and improvement of the farm for him.
   The father of our subject was married to Maria Stevens, a native of Chelmsford, Mass. By a former marriage Mr. B. had three children, and there were in all eleven children, ten of whom grew up to the years of manhood and womanhood. The father died on the homestead in 1881, and the mother died in February, 1887, at the same place.
   When his parents moved to Virginia our subject was quite young, and the first school which he attended was in Brownstown, Ind., afterward at Seymour. He received college instruction from the Wesleyan College at Bloomington, Ill., and in 1874 he commenced teaching in Lancaster County, where he taught several country and village schools. In 1879 he was elected County Superintendent of Schools, re-elected in 1881, and again in 1883. In 1885 he went to Pawnee City, and served two years as Superintendent of Schools, then in 1887 he returned to Lincoln to act as Superintendent of the city schools during the leave of absence which was granted the Superintendent. In 1888 he was elected Assistant Superintendent of the Lincoln schools.
   In December, 1881, our subject was united in marriage with Nannie Lehmen, who was a daughter of Derrick and Isabella Lehmen, living in Somerset, Ind. They have one child, named Jessie L. Mr. and Mrs. Bowers are members of the Methodist Church, taking an active interest in the religious welfare of their city, as well as the educational improvements. There is certainly no more useful or noble profession than that in which our subject is engaged, "teaching the young idea," and there is no profession which requires a more upright and honest walk than that which brings one in close relation with the young, who are so eager to criticise and to imitate.

 

OHN MARTIN is a very energetic man and a skillful farmer, who has established for his wife and children a good home, and is the owner of a valuable farm on section 21, Saltillo Precinct. His life is that of an honest, industrious man, whose geniality and friendliness make him popular in this community, and his family is entitled to be classed among the best families of the precinct. He is a son of Lewis and Anna Elizabeth (Warner) Martin. (For parental history see sketch of Casper Martin, brother of our subject.)
   John Martin was born Feb. 4, 1842, in Prussia, the fifth child in a family of seven. He was but four years old when his parents came to America, yet he has a slight recollection of his native land and the voyage across the ocean. They landed in Baltimore, his parents intending to make their home

in Maryland. He had never attended school before coming to America, and his chances of obtaining an education were very poor in the Alleghany Mountain region, where he grew to manhood on a farm, but being an intelligent, wide-awake lad, with good powers of observation, he scarcely needed the aid of books to give him knowledge, and he has become a very well-informed man. He started out in life to make his own way in the world when a mere boy of ten summers, being then put out among strangers, and working for his board and clothes for a year; then he began to receive wages, and continued to earn his living as a farm laborer until he was twenty-four years old.
   Our subject was married, in October, 1863, to Miss Catherine Deahl, daughter of Andrew Deahl. (For parental history see sketch of her brother, George Deahl, on another page of this work.) She was born in Alleghany County, Md., July 23, 1842, and was reared amid the pleasant mountain scenery of her native place; her education was conducted in the common schools, and in the home where she grew to womanhood she was trained to habits of usefulness and industry, and under the instruction of her mother she became a good housewife, and was fully equal to the duties that devolved upon her when she married. The happy wedded life of herself and husband has been blessed to them by the birth of eleven children, namely: Laura (deceased), Matilda E., Sarah A., Rose Ella (deceased), John E., Clara M., George E. (deceased), Mary E., Charles E., Nellie V. and Katie M. Matilda is the wife of George Emerick, a farmer of Saltillo. The remaining children are at home with their parents.
   Mr. and Mrs. Martin spent the first year or two of their married life in their native State, but in the spring of 1865 they removed to Macoupin County, Ill., where her parents, with their family, also went to live at the same time. At first Mr. Martin began farming in that State on rented land, but in the following year (1866) he bought a farm in that county with his brother Casper, and they were soon comfortably located in their new home, although at times they had scant living. Our subject and his brother by much hard labor succeeded in bringing their farm in good shape, and were quite successful in their venture; however, in 1880 they decided to give up their Illinois farm and try the pursuit of agriculture on the rich, coming alluvial soil of Nebraska. Our subject on coming here purchased 120 acres of land, which is now included in his farm, and built a comfortable house the first summer. He has since bought more land, and now owns a very fine farm of 180 acres, on which is a beautiful grove, a good house and comfortable barns; these, even as seen in the artist's picture is presented on another page, are most appreciable, and bespeak the prosperity, enterprise and position of the owner.
   Mr. and Mrs. Martin and their two eldest daughters are among the leading members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Martin belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and also to the Knights of Honor, being a member of a lodge at Shipman, Ill. In his political opinions he is a sound Democrat.

EONARD BEESON, one of the honored pioneers of Lancaster County, began his career in Elk Precinct upon a tract of wild land, his farm stock comprising two horses, a cow and a pig. He has now a valuable farm eighty acres in extent, the land in a highly productive condition and stocked with a choice assortment of cattle, horses and swine. He made his way overland from Indiana to this county, starting on the 16th of September, 1867, with a team of horses and a wagon, bringing with him his wife and all his personal effects. They crossed the Missouri River at Omaha, on the 16th of October, and located upon a tract of rented land in Sarpy County. He met with the misfortune of losing one of his horses the following June, and was obliged to trade his wagon for another horse, and was thus left without a wheeled vehicle.
   The pioneers, however, were fertile and expedient, and in lieu of a wagon Mr. Beeson found other means of transportation until he could obtain one. In the spring of 1869 he settled in Elk Township, building a dug-out, in which he and his family were obliged to live until they could do better. In order to raise a crop that year he was obliged to rent a tract of cultivated land three and

one-half miles distant. He labored with unflagging industry for the betterment of his condition, and each year found him making some headway, his land assuming a fertile condition, and the family exchanging their first primitive dwelling for a more modern residence. The farm of eighty acres is now under a fine state of cultivation, and the farm buildings will compare favorably with anything of the kind in this part of the county. Mr. Beeson deserves great credit for the planting of a variety of shade and fruit trees about his homestead, which add greatly to its comfort and beauty, and the many other features of the attractive rural home which he has from time to time gathered about him.
   The birth of our subject took place about forty-seven years ago, Oct. 12, 1841, in Wayne County, Ind., to which his parents removed from North Carolina. His father, Zachariah Beeson, was born in Guilford County, the latter State, near the town of Greensboro, and was the son of Isaac Beeson, a native of the same locality. Both father and grandfather were farmers by occupation, and the latter left his native State about 1820, to settle in the woods of Dalton Township, Wayne Co., Ind., where he purchased a tract of timber land, and where he lived and labored until his death. Isaac Beeson left North Carolina in 1825, and entered a tract of Government land in Wayne County, Ind. His first dwelling was the primitive log cabin, and he and his young wife commenced housekeeping in a region where bear and wolves were plenty, where Indians still lingered, and where deer and other wild game furnished them many a choice repast. He cleared a farm and erected good frame buildings, which he sold out in 1854 in order to take possession of an improved farm in Jasper County, where he spent the remainder of his life, his death taking place in 1858.
   Mrs. Hannah (Thornburg) Beeson, the mother of our subject, was also a native of North Carolina, and spent her last years at the homestead in Jasper County, Ind. The parental household included fourteen children, ten of whom grew to mature years and of whom Leonard, our subject, was the youngest. He attended the district school until large enough to be of service on the farm, and was a youth of sixteen years at the time of his father's death. He continued on the farm until his marriage and in 1867 came with his family to Nebraska, spending the first year in Sarpy County. In the spring of 1869 he homesteaded the land which he now occupies and where he has since resided. He was reared in the doctrines of the Quaker faith, of which his honored parents were warm adherents. His father was a strong Abolitionist, and his house was one of the depots of the "underground railroad," by means of which many a fugitive was assisted to liberty. In his journey from North Carolina to Indiana Zachariah Beeson was accompanied by his cousin, Isaac Beeson, who owned a cart and he a horse; they hitched the horse to the cart, and put their effects in the latter, and came through in good shape. Mr. Leonard Beeson cast his first vote for Schuyler Colfax as Member of Congress, and the first President for whom he voted was Abraham Lincoln.
   The marriage of our subject with Miss Mary A. Lefler was celebrated at the home of the bride in Jasper County, Ind., Dec. 15, 1861. Mrs. Beeson, the daughter of Michael Lefler, and was born in Jasper County, Ind., Jan. 4, 1841. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania, and her paternal grandfather, John Lefler, also a native of the Keystone State, emigrated thence to Indiana during the pioneer days of Rush County, where he lived for a number of years, then sold out and removed to Jasper County. In 1863 he left the Hoosier State and, accompanied by his family, made his way overland with a team to the Territory of Nebraska. Settling in Sarpy County, he purchased a tract of land, where he spent the remainder of his days, dying at the advanced age of eighty-eight years.
   The father of Mrs. Beeson grew to manhood in Indiana, and going into Jasper County, entered a tract of Government land, where he settled with his wife, their first dwelling being a temporary pole shanty, in which Mrs. Beeson was born Jan. 4, 1841. He soon erected a double log house and later put up a good set of frame buildings. He improved a farm from the wilderness and there spent his last days, passing away in 1875. The mother of Mrs. Beeson was in her girlhood Miss Jane Ann Overton, of Kentucky. She stood bravely by the side of her husband during the vicissitudes of

pioneer life, and is now living with her youngest daughter on the old homestead. Their experiences in those early times were similar to that of the Beeson family, they having for many years, Indians for neighbors and wild beasts all around them.
   Mr. and Mrs. Beeson are the parents of three children: William, born Sept. 22, 1862; Gertrude, Feb. 21, 1867, and Jennie, July 20, 1873. The two eldest are married and have homes of their own with one child each, while the youngest is living with her parents. The family is among the most highly respected in this section of the county.

ENRY ALBERS, JR., of Buda Precinct, was one of the first of its early settlers, and has a good property situated upon section 32. He was born in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, Germany, July 17, 1855, to Henry and Martha Albers. In the year 1856 his parents emigrated to the United States and proceeded direct to Clayton County, Iowa. This continued to be their home until 1865, and during that time the father had established quite a large and prosperous business at blacksmithing. Thence the family removed to this county, and Henry Albers, Sr., homesteaded 160 acres of land on section 32 of what is now known as Centerville Precinct. It was not long before this land was brought to a good state of cultivation, and undergoing constant improvement. At this home the mother of our subject died, in May, 1870.
   Henry and Martha Albers became the parents of six children, of whom three survive, namely: John; Lizzie, the wife of Martin Mattison, and Henry, our subject. The father, who is now about seventy years of age, recently removed to Lincoln, leaving to younger hands the activities of life. He is one of the representative German pioneers of the county, an ardent member of the Lutheran Church, and in political matters a stanch Republican. He is by all accorded sincere and hearty esteem.
   Our subject, having been a resident of this county since 1865, has witnessed the grand transformation scene of a Territory to a state of advanced civilization. Not only has he been an interested witness, but having wrought through the years of his young manhood is intelligently and diligently as any of his fellows, has erected a homestead that will stand as the monument of his industry and. thrift for years to come. His education was such as to give him many advantages, for although there were no schools until about five years after the family settled in the district, upon their establishment he attended them through the full course, and afterward was admitted to the State University. The present site of the city of Lincoln was at the time of his settlement in the county marked by a single log cabin, occupied by a pioneer family. Nebraska City was the nearest trading-point, and hither the farmers transported their marketable commodities, and purchased all their supplies.
   In political matters Mr. Albers has always been a stanch adherent of the Republican party, and is uniformly found in the front rank of its friends and supporters. He is the constant and consistent advocate of good morals, and always ready to exert his influence in every enterprise that promises to advance the best interests of the community. Recognized this and the manliness of his character, his fellow-citizens accord him a large measure of esteem.
   The view of the Albers home and surroundings, carefully penciled by our lithographic artist, presents a pleasing picture of rural life. where plenty abounds and the hand of thrift and industry is on all sides apparent. It should prove a source of encouragement to others who may be entering upon a struggle similar to that experienced by Mr. Albers, and illustrates the results of persistent labor and a resolute will.

N. MAIN is the owner of a most excellent farm of 160 acres on section 30, West Oak Precinct, where he settled in the early history of Lancaster County, when there were only three or four families within a radius of five miles from his dwelling. He is the son of Delos Main, who was a native of Burlington, Otsego Co., N. Y. In that county he received his education in the usual institutions, and afterward was put to the work of the farm, which he made his life avocation.

He became the husband of Miss Jane Hollenbeck, and to them were born three children, of whom two are living; the other sacrificed his life in defense of the Union, at the age of seventeen.
   In 1846 Mr. Main removed to Brown County, Ill., took up a tract of land and improved a farm, upon which he lived about five years. Iowa became the next place of residence for about the same length of time, which was spent in bringing from a state of nature to that of high agricultural perfection another farm. From Iowa the family removed to this State about twenty-five years ago, and settled on Stevens Creek, about ten miles west of the present city of Lincoln, where he was one of the earliest settlers. From there he removed to Seward County, where he died in 1874, aged sixty-two years, having been born in the year 1822. He survived his wife about twenty-six years.
   Our subject was born in Burlington, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1844, and was only a little boy when his parents removed to Illinois, and later to Iowa. His education was received while residing in the two latter States, and was continued until the death of his mother, in Iowa, which was the immediate occasion of the family being broken up, and of our subject being removed from school and sent upon the farm to work. In this he remained until he was seventeen years of age, when he enlisted in defense of the stars and stripes. After being sent to the front he was present at and participated in the battle of Vicksburg, and a large number of minor engagements. The total length of his military service was five years and four and a half months. He was in mustered out at Ft. Benton, Mont.
   The army experiences of our subject being over, he returned to Iowa, where he was united in marriage with Dimerous L. Scott, in March, 1868; they have one child, Maud A. Not long after his marriage he removed to this State, and early in the following year entered a tract of land.
   Our subject has given considerable attention to stock-raising in addition to his general farming, but is rapidly working toward making a specialty of breeding high-grade and blooded horses. He has quite a number of superior animals, and is the owner of an exceptionally fine, large and vigorous Percheron horse. To these he is adding from time to time such as will best serve his interests and advance the reputation of his farm in this department. Mr. Main has not figured largely in civic affairs, although he has for some time held the office of Supervisor of Roads, but he has no special inclination to office, although a good, earnest and energetic Republican, and the recipient, by his party in the community generally, of the highest esteem and regard, not so much on account of what he possesses as what he is.

IMOTHY J. CHARLES. In Erie County, N. Y., was born, on Feb. 5, 1841, in the home of David J. and Ann Charles, one who has since become worthy of a place in this ALBUM as being one of the early pioneers of Yankee Hill Precinct. He is the owner of an elegant farm, situated on section 16. The family of which our subject is a member are of Welsh extraction, and seemed to have in their characters an indomitability partaking somewhat of the characteristics of their native mountain ranges, which through the centuries have resisted every element and force, and would not remove, but still stand with heads towering to the clouds in calm but stern defiance, as proudly as the day when they first sheltered the fleeing hordes of Briton's Aborigines and Druids, in the days of Roman assault.
   Our subject was reared to manhood in his native State, and received in its schools the foundation for his future work and experience. Early in life he began to work upon the farm, and from his father received his introduction to that department of labor, and learned the many diverse and confusing details connected with that occupation. He went to Illinois in 1865, and between five and six years followed with a fair measure of good fortune his chosen calling. In 1871 he left his Illinois home, came to this county, and took up 160 acres of land. The ground was having its own way, and following the bent of its own sweet will; if it wanted to produce wild grass it grew; if flowers or thistles, they found root and sustenance, but now they are under the domination of a master intellect, a will overpowering, an industry determined

to succeed. The result was soon apparent to the most casual observer; acre after acre was brought into subjection, and was taught to produce what was required, and not what chanced or happened to be there, and our subject was not long in bringing his whole farm into a high state of perfection in husbandry.
   In the year 1873 Mr. Charles led to the altar of matrimony Mary M. Horn, the daughter of Rev. W. S. Horn, late of Lancaster County. This lady has ever since the day of her nuptials stood by her husband in the most noble and disinterested manner, through cloud and sunshine, prosperity and adversity, storm and calm, and his success is perhaps largely due to the elevating influences and inspiration she has brought into his life. She has presented him with four children--Artimo J., Herbert H., Ernest H. and Edward.
   Our subject is now in the third term of office as Road Supervisor, and has for many years been School Treasurer of his district. He is by no means an office-seeker, however, and what distinction has come to him along that line has been thrust upon him than otherwise. He is a conscientious worker in any office filled by him, and even at some self-sacrifice will worthily attend to the due performance of such duties as fall to him. He is a Republican of many years standing, an acknowledged friend and supporter of the party, and at all times to be depended upon to do all in his power to advance the interests of his party by any legitimate measure.

ARL B. SLAWSON. The easiest thing in the world to do is to float with the tide; the difficulty begins when the effort is made to breast the waves and to combat the strength of the tide, overcome its force and make progress against it. This is true, metaphorically, as applied to a country, as well as, literally, to the individual. This metaphor is well illustrated in the history of our own beloved land, and also in the life of the subject of this sketch, who has from a comparatively humble beginning labored on until he occupies a position such as is not only worthy of but demands mention in any history which treats of Denton Precinct or Lancaster County.
   Earl B. Slawson, whose farm is situated on section 3 of the above precinct, was born Oct. 26, 1841, in Whiteside County, Ill., and is a son of Jesse and Rachel M. Slawson, both of whom were natives of New York State, and the latter of whom is now deceased. His family is of English extraction, and his ancestors were among the number who made their way to America in Colonial days, and after participating in the struggles of the Revolutionary War had the satisfaction of seeing the ship of State progress upon its voyage with her sails all set to the fair breeze, and the new-formed flag, which has grown so dear to every American heart, nailed to the mast never to be struck down.
   The grandfather of our subject was a soldier in the War of 1812, and received his death wound in the battle of Sackett's Harbor, from which he died shortly after in the hospital at Utica, N. Y. His father, David Slawson, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and took part in nearly every campaign. The family have for several generations been residents of New York State, but about fifty years since the father of our subject removed to Whiteside County, Ill., where he was among the earliest settlers. Seven children of the eight born to them are still living, our subject being the fourth. Their names are here subjoined according to their birth: Andrew E. H. and Jesse D., both of Sherman County, this State; Charles H., a farmer of Crawford County, Kan.; Earl, our subject; Howard, a prosperous farmer in Utica, N. Y.; Albert R., deceased; Seth H., of Sherman County, and Mary L., the beloved wife of Merritt Clifton, of Cook County, Ill.
   In 1856 the parents of our subject came to Nebraska, and the family settled in Otoe County at a time when their nearest neighbors were five miles distant. Mrs. Slawson, Sr., died April 12, 1884, and the father shortly after removed to Kansas, where he still resides with his son Charles, whom, we might here take occasion to remark, had an extensive military experience during the recent struggle, and served is Captain of Company D, 8th Kansas Infantry. His education was very meager, but has been supplemented by a course of reading

that has left him well posted upon all general topics. Our subject returned to Illinois for the express purpose of enlisting, which he did in Company B, 34th Illinois Infantry, in March, 1863. This company became part of the army of Gen. Sherman in the 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 14th Army Corps. His company was engaged at the battle of Lookout Mountain, the siege of Atlanta, Buzzard's Roost and Crab Orchard, and he was in his place with them in that march to the sea, which has become a household word, and lastly, at the grand review at Washington, on the 24th of May, 1865, after which he received an honorable discharge on the 16th of July following. He then returned to Otoe County, Neb., and took up a homestead claim and made it his residence about fifteen years, then went to Palmyra, Neb., and engaged in the grocery business for about twelve months, subsequently engaging in mercantile pursuits at Utica, Neb., for three years. After this he returned to Palmyra, and for two years renewed his old life and occupation. At the close of that period he sold out and returned to his Otoe farm, and in 1884 came to Lancaster County and settled on his present farm, which contains some of the best land in the county, and includes eighty acres, all in an excellent state of cultivation.
   August 24, 1862, was a red letter day in the history of our subject, for he was then united in wedlock with Cordelia M. Brown, who was the daughter of Vivalda and Aura T. Brown, and was born Dec. 27, 1842. The felicity of their married life has been more closely secured and enhanced by the birth of five children, whose names are recorded as follows: Viletta L., Loretta L., Carrie B., Earl R. and Rosella.
   The following brothers of our subject served in the War of the Rebellion: Jesse, who was in the 8th Kansas Volunteers; Charles, in the same regiment; Howard, who served in the 75th Illinois, and two half-brothers, Hiram and Ira G. W. Chase, the former of whom served in the 55th New York, and the latter in the 55th Illinois Infantry. These were sons of Mrs. Slawson by her first husband, Mr. Chase.
   Mr. Slawson is a warm supporter and enthusiastic member of the G. A. R., Farragut Post No. 25, at Lincoln. In politics he is a strong Republican. He has not been very prominent as an office-holder, but has served three years as a constable. Our subject and wife hold a very high place in local society, and are the recipients of the sincerest respect and esteem of their neighbors and friends. Our subject is among that number of our citizens who had to struggle in the early days without much assistance in getting a start. He was opposed by a tide of adverse circumstances, but his position in the community and the record of his service in behalf of his country speak more than mere words could do of the success of his efforts.

DWARD T. HUDSON, Receiver for the United States Land Office at Lincoln, a gentleman of fine abilities and a highly esteemed citizen, was born in Yorkshire, England, in January, 1832. His parents were William and Mary Hudson, the descendants of excellent families, and who spent their entire lives in their native land.
   The subject of this sketch passed his boyhood near the place of his birth, acquiring a practical education in the common schools. About the time of reaching his majority he decided to emigrate to the United States, and in 1853 first set foot upon American soil in the city of New York. From there he proceeded soon afterward to Des Moines County, Iowa, and secured employment on a farm in the vicinity of Burlington. He was thus occupied for a number of years, and acquired a good knowledge of agriculture and stock-raising is conducted in America.
   Mr. Hudson came to this State in 1868, locating upon a farm in Lancaster County, and industriously applied himself to the tilling of the soil. He followed farming continuously until his appointment to his present position. He took up his residence at Lincoln in October, 1886, and on the 1st of December following entered upon the discharge of his duties. He has since held his position, acquitting himself in a most praiseworthy manner and with satisfaction to all concerned.
   The wife of our subject was in her girlhood Miss Hannah Holgate, also a native of England. Of this