cided to locate in Lancaster County, and bought a quarter-section of land at a cost of $12 per acre. At the time there was only a small dwelling, 12x14 feet, upon it, and a very few acres under cultivation. He therefore had everything to do in the line of improvement. In the year 1875 he had a very promising outlook for a large harvest, when the pest so much dreaded made its appearance, and he, like his neighbors, lost every particle there was above ground. Every stalk in the field was stripped clean, and even the flower-beds and trees did not escape. Upon the second visitation of the grasshopper, by an ingenious arrangement he was enabled to prevent their incursion and to sustain but slight damage. In order to do this he drew a wind-row between his wheat fields and where they had laid their eggs in the prairie grass, and by the aid of fire placed a barrier between himself and them, and by this means saved his crops. In the year 1878 he sustained another heavy loss; in sixty days over 350 of his hogs died of cholera. But he has not allowed either grasshopper or cholera to come between him and success, and has battled bravely against every adversity until he has achieved the magnificent results patent to the most casual observer. Our subject was called upon in October of 1886 to sustain the heaviest calamity and to bear the hardest blow that can possibly come to a man of his character and disposition. On the 12th of the above month, his wife, who through all the years of their union had stood by him so nobly and encouraged and helped him in every trial and time of darkness and difficulty, was taken from him by death, leaving a family of four children, all of them, however, having attained to years of youth or manhood. The eldest son, Erwin R., was born at Black River, N. Y., June 28, 1869; Dexter T., Nov. 21, 1875; Pearl C., Sept. 1, 1877, and Perry W., Nov. 25, 1878.
   Mr. Jewett is well known in political circles and affiliates with the Republican party. We have already referred in this sketch to the eminently satisfactory and honorable career of Capt. Jewett, the father of our subject, in the War of the Rebellion, and before we close must advert to the service of his brother in the same war. This gentleman was born on the 17th of January, 1842, and enlisted in Company A, 94th New York Infantry, at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., and in March of the same year was ordered to Washington. From there he was sent with his company to join the Army of the Potomac, and took part in many engagements until the second battle of Bull Run, when he was taken prisoner, and for the space of a little over one month "lay in durance vile." he was then paroled and liberated until he could be exchanged.
   On being exchanged Mr. Jewett re-enlisted, in Company M, 5th Regular United States Cavalry, and in that regiment served out his time, acting as Second Sergeant in both instances. He participated in thirty-three battles, part of the time under Gen. Sheridan, and saw many exciting scenes in different, skirmishes. He was wounded near the left ear by a ball which penetrated nearly half way through the head, destroying the hearing and seriously injuring the sight. Owing to this accident he was compelled to go to the hospital and necessarily kept from active service. At the close of the war he was discharged, broken down in health, which he never recovered, and survived his return home only four years.

ARLOS C. BURR was born Aug. 15, 1846, in Kane County, Ill. His parents, Benjamin F. and Adelia S. (Barber) Burr, were natives of New York State, and of English extraction. The father was born Dec. 4, 1821. The curriculum of his education was that of a common school, which, however, he used to the best advantage. He went to Kane County, Ill., in June, 1836, with his parents, who made their home near St. Charles, upon what he afterward made a fine farm comprising 320 acres.
   The grandfather of our subject was Atwell Burr, and the grandmother, Betsey A. (Wheeler) Burr, likewise of New York State. By occupation he was a farmer, and in theology a Universalist. He was born Aug. 26, 1791, and died in Illinois, in March of the year 1852. His wife, who was five years his junior, departed this life Dec. 13, 1881, at the good old age of eighty-five years. They were the parents of nine children--Lucianda B., Mary L., James

O., Martha B., Benjamin F., EIsie A., Olivia. Betsey and Gendensie. Mary L., wife of George P. Harvey, resides in Elgin; Olivia has become Mrs. John Warren; Elsie A. died in the year 1858 or 1859, and Betsy, who became the wife of Dr. John Morse, was laid in her last sleep in 1886. The father of our subject, Benjamin F. Burr, was married Jan. 1, 1844. The home circle contained seven children--Amanzel D., Carlos C., Lionel C., Atwell L., Clara, Lizzie and Marshall.
   At Dixon, Ill., June 28, 1868, Mary E. Smith united her life and interests with those of the subject of this sketch. A simple but impressive service was conducted by the Rev. George Strowbridge, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The lady was of German extraction and was born in Pennsylvania, July 16, 1851. Her father was a farmer, and in 1856, while driving, met with a deplorable accident which resulted in his death, he receiving fatal injuries, following the running away of his team.
   Our subject came here in 1868, for the purpose of practicing law, but the first eight months was occupied sawing wood and doing farm and carpenter work. Upon arrival he was the possessor of about $270, and soon after made arrangements with a carpenter for a house, 16x2O feet, to be built, which was to cost $320; $260 of this was to be cash payment, leaving $60 to be worked out. The furniture, including bedstead, table and stools, was shaped by his own hand. His house being finished he assisted in the erection of a one and a half story frame building where the Lindell Hotel now stands. This building was known as the Townley House. The first Catholic Church erected in Lincoln was another of the buildings upon which he worked while following his trade. For three years he read law in the office of Hon. James K. Edsall, who has served for two terms as Attorney General of Illinois. By the time he had thus far progressed in his studies, the country was in the midst of the turmoil of civil war. He entered the army as a 100-days man, enlisting in Company E, 140th Illinois Regiment. His term expired, and he was honorably discharged Oct. 29, 1864. He had endeavored to enlist several times before, but being too small to pass muster was not received. In May, 1865, in answer to another call for defenders of the old flag he re-enlisted, and served in Company D, 15th Illinois Regiment, from which he was discharged at the close of the war.
   The war being over our subject turned to more peaceful occupations. He was admitted to the bar in September, 1867. Early in the following year he was married as stated, moved to Lincoln, and was called to attend his first lawsuit. The difficulties of starting in a new profession common to all were not omitted in his case, accordingly we find him during the winter supporting himself by chopping wood by the cord as a means of support. At one time he was called upon to prepare the wood for the land-office; this was the means of an introduction, as soon as the spring opened, to a position in that office, which remunerated him some $6 per week. In this he continued about twelve months. From that time until the present his skies have brightened, and in his professional life, official and social career, he has made in exceptionally splendid record. He has always been a man of activity. He was elected Councilman of the First Ward of Lincoln, being the first to occupy that Seat under city government. In August, 1874, he was elected to the Senate from the Eleventh District, and returned to the Chamber a second time in the year 1884. Largely through his influence what is known as the Saline Land Bill was passed. This measure provided for the development of certain salt springs of the city. Again, when the question relative to the removal of the capital was under discussion, the weight of his influence materially aided in its being retained as at present. Also, at various times, by weight of argument and appeal, he has been the means of obtaining needed appropriations for the erection and maintenance of the State buildings in Lincoln.
   In the year 1885 our subject was elected Mayor of the city of Lincoln. In addition to the block which bears his name, situated on the corner of O and Twelfth streets, erected at a cost of over $125,000, he has built and still owns twelve other business blocks. His own residence is one of the ornaments of the city. He, with others, induced the proprietors to extend the Missouri Pacific Railroad to this city.
   There are in the family of our subject four children-- Frank S., Bertie O., Grace and Helen I. Frank is now a promising student at the military

school at Faribault, Minn. His sister Bertie is also at school in Minnesota. Mr. Burr affiliates with the Republican party. He believes firmly in the principles of protection.

IRAM DULING. It is a pleasure at all times to present a biographical compendium of one, who has been a success morally as well as financially, and whose influence, both at home and abroad, is for the highest good. Such is our subject, Hiram Duling, whose standing in the community is above question, whose fine stock farm is situated on section 29, West Oak Precinct, and comprises 160 acres of first-class land.
   Edmund H. Duling, father of our subject, was born Dec. 17, 1825, in Ohio, and in due time was promoted to take his place on the benches of the common school of his native place, there to lay the foundation of his more advanced years. When a young man he went to Indiana, during the summer was active upon his farm, and during the winter engaged in teaching school. He became the husband of Miss Sabina Cole, and they became the parents of eleven children, of whom nine attained their majority. Mr. and Mrs. Duling, Sr., are still living in Owen County, Ind., where they settled on removal from Ohio. Both are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Duling is a daughter of Hiram Cole. and was born in the year, 1831, in Ohio, and lived upon her father's farm until her marriage.
   Hiram Duling, the subject of this sketch, was born Oct. 11, 1854, in Owen County, Ind., and received such practical education as was obtainable in that which might well be called a peculiarly national institution, a common school. From that he took his place upon the farm, and under his father's instruction began to understand and discriminate the multifarious details of farm work, and continued to work for his father until he was about twenty-one years of age, with the exception of the years from nine to sixteen, when he herded cattle. In the month of February, 1880, our subject landed in Nebraska.
   In beginning his life in this county Mr. Duling was assisted somewhat by his uncle, who provided him with stabling room for his cattle, and storage for his other belongings, until the following summer, when the buildings upon his farm were ready for their reception. All the improvements, trees, orchard, grove, stock barn, extensive stabling, granaries and dwelling are the execution of his own thought and labor, and it is difficult to know where to begin in speaking of points more especially worthy of mention. If we turn to the house, which is most pleasant and comfortable, pervaded by an atmosphere of cheery brightness, which of itself makes life worth living; if we pass out among the shade trees and forest giants, or visit our friends in the orchard, we are equally assured of prosperity and thrift. The same is true of the stock in the stables and pastures, while every field speaks of thought and labor bestowed upon it, the whole comprising one of the best situated and most pleasant farms in the entire district. Our subject has given special attention to the raising of stock, and is the owner of some super-excellent animals.
   The year 1876 saw in its latter months the beginning of a new era of things as regards the life of our subject. Largely the old things have passed away and life is seen with rosier tints and in more glowing colors, and the future is all perfumed with the sweetness of affection and thrilled with the harmonies of childish voices. On the 5th of November, that year, the marriage of our subject with Miss Laura A. Bush, of Owen County, Ind., was celebrated. This union was made more completely happy by the birth of five children, who are all living. Miss Bush is a daughter of Thomas Bush, and was born Nov. 4, 1857, and continued to reside at home until her marriage. Her father was by occupation a farmer, but died when his daughter was three years old. After some time her mother married again. Mr. and Mrs. Duling are prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are held in high Christian regard by their follow-members, because of their works of faith and labors of love.
   Our subject is one of the members of the School Board, and has held the position for a long time, performing all the duties of his office in a most conscientious manner. His political principles are

those which form the basis of the Republican party, and his influence and suffrage are given in their support. Whether we shall consider our subject as a youthful student or citizen, or inspect his career in the domestic relations, it would only be with pleasure that we should arise from the inspection, and with the testimony that in every relation and department he has been successful, and will leave the world better because he has lived in it.

ILTON McKINNON, overseer of the Roca Stone Quarry, owned by Messrs. Keys & Bullock, has occupied this position for several years, has become a well-to-do citizen, and is greatly respected wherever known for the true manliness and unquestioned integrity of his character. Mr. McKinnon is also engaged in the stone business on his own account, having opened a quarry on his own premises. Amid the pressure of business he finds time to look after his agricultural interests, and his fine farm, which he purchased in 1887, amply rewards his care and attention. Our subject has risen from the depths of poverty by his own hard struggles, and through years of unceasing toil and noble perseverance, when "Excelsior" seems to have been his motto, he at last conquered the difficulties and disadvantages that beset his youth and early manhood, and has come out on the heights of influence and comparative wealth.
   Cornelius and Elizabeth (Hance) McKinnon, the parents of our subject, were natives respectively of Argyleshire, Scotland, and Morris County, N. J., his mother's people being of Scandinavian origin, she being descended from the Swedes and Finns who first settled Delaware. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon settled in Morris County, where he was engaged in the iron mines, acting as foreman for ex-Gov. Dickerson for thirty years. In 1847 he removed with his family to Sheboygan County, Wis., where he interested himself in agricultural pursuits. In 1870 he and his wife came to Nebraska to spend their declining years with their children, and he died in the home of his son Angus in 1873, at the age of seventy-four. The mother lived to be seventy-nine years old, dying in 1886. They were upright, good and true people in every sense of the words, and richly deserved the respect in which they were held. Following are the names of the nine children born to them: Mary A., Isaac, Angus, Margaret, Milton, Marning, Alexander, Cornelius and George W.
   The subject of this sketch was the fifth child born to these good people, and his birth occurred Dec. 7, 1836, in Randolph Township, Morris Co., N. J. He was eleven years old when his parents removed to Wisconsin, and his education after that was limited, as he lived three and one-half miles from a school, and his services were needed at home. Wisconsin was at the time of his father's settlement there a Territory, and was in a very wild condition, excepting where towns and villages had been planted, and our subject doubtless had to assist his father in clearing away the trees of the primeval forest from his land before it could be cultivated. As he grew toward manhood he became employed as a sawyer in the winter, and worked in the lumber camps in the Green Bay country from the time he was twenty until he was twenty-five. During that time, in 1859, Mr. McKinnon was married to Miss Rachel J. Jones, daughter of William and Martha (Copland) Jones, both of whom were natives of Michigan, who had removed to Wisconsin at an early date. Mr, Jones was a carpenter and a mechanic, and was very successful in both capacities. Mrs. McKinnon was born in Michigan, Sept. 7, 1840, and was a young girl when her parents took up their abode in Wisconsin, where her chances for a good education were limited in those pioneer days. Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon made their home in Kewaunee County after marriage, and were living there when the war broke out, he being engaged as a lumberman. He offered his services to assist in defending his country's flag, five of his brothers having already enlisted, and his brother Isaac and himself, on the same day, became members of the same regiment. joining Company A, 27th Wisconsin Infantry, were mustered into service at Milwaukee, and then left for Columbus, Ky. Our subject distinguished himself in camp and battle for efficiency and bravery, and received deserved. promotion to the rank of Orderly Sergeant. His first encounter with the rebels was at Cape Girard;

afterward he took part in the siege of Vicksburg; was at Helena, Ark.; Little Rock, Pine Bluff, back to Little Rock, and was finally sent back to Wisconsin on detached duty. There, with characteristic energy, he set about recruiting a regiment, the 27th Wisconsin, and as soon as possible departed for the seat of war in the South. His regiment was placed under Gen. Steele, and dispatched to Shreveport to intercept Banks on the Red River, and under that leader they engaged in skirmishing and lost heavily. Our subject continued in the southwestern division of the army until 1865, when it had crossed into Alabama, and had succeeded in taking Mobile. About this time there was danger of foreign intervention, so that the regiment in which our subject was an officer was sent to Point Isabel, Tex., where many of the Federal forces were concentrated. From thence they marched to Rio Grande, and thence to Brownsville, where Mr. McKinnon was honorably discharged in 1865, having faithfully served his country for more than three years. He was mustered out at Camp Randall, and, returning to Wisconsin, resumed his work as a lumberman. He continued to reside in that State until 1867, when he came with his wife and children to Nebraska City, Neb., and took up a homestead of eighty acres, one mile from Hickman, thus becoming a pioneer of Lancaster. He had to experience all the trials that the early settlers passed through, fighting poverty, prairie fires, grasshoppers, and the elements. But roughing it in the lumber camps of Wisconsin, and on the battle-fields of the South, experiencing all the privations and hardships of a soldier's life, had toughened his fibre and strengthened his powers of endurance, morally as well as physically, and he was not the man to yield the battle without a hard fight, although the odds were against him. What he has accomplished needs no further comment than what we have already given. In 1870 Mr. McKinnon sold his farm, and went to contracting on the Burlington & Missouri River Railway. He next contracted with Mr. Keys to excavate a bank for the opening of a quarry. That gentleman was pleased with his work, and he offered him the position of overseer of the quarry, which position he has held since 1887, and by his efficiency and honesty he has rendered his employer invaluable service. This quarry is widely known to contain some of the finest stone for building purposes to be found in the State, and has furnished material for many of the important public institutions, among which are the State University, asylum for the insane, penitentiary, all at Lincoln, and many other buildings. About 200 carloads a month are taken out of the quarry. The stone is a variety of limestone, which will stand more pressure to the square inch than any other stone in the State.
   Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon are the parents of seven children--Anna, Emmett, Zora, Ethel, Gertrude, Viva and Lora. Anna is the wife of John Howard, of Lincoln. and they have two children--Jeanette and Harry. Emmett helps to operate the quarry, and the remaining children are at home with their parents.
   Our subject has taken an active part in advancing the educational facilities of the community, and is now serving is School Moderator. He has been Justice of the Peace for eight years, and has also served as Constable. He has been a firm Republican since the formation of the party, when he cast his vote for John C. Fremont. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and as true Christians are always laboring for the good of others.

ICHAEL A. DE PEEL, an extensive farmer and stock-breeder of Lancaster County, owning one of the largest farms in Nemaha Precinct, on section 21, has met with more than ordinary success in his career as an agriculturist. Our subject is quite proud of his ancestry, which dates back in this country to the time of the old French and Indian War, and to the days of Gen. Montcalm. Farther back than that it is shrouded in mystery, as his great-grand father, who was a soldier in the French army, under the heroic Gen. Montcalm, and was present at the battle of Quebec, fell on the Plains of Abraham while bravely fighting the English. The shock of his death when revealed to his devoted wife was so intense as to cause her immediate death after giving birth to a

child, which afterward became the grandfather of our subject. The little stranger, who was thus so sadly ushered into this world and left without father or mother, was given to Monsieur De Peel, a brave and noble French officer, who adopted and reared him as one of his own, and from whom he took his name. Nothing definite was ever learned concerning the child's parents, but it was thought that the father was a man of rank in the French army and in his native France, as the clothing for the child was of more than ordinary value. Thus the name and history of that gallant soldier who yielded up his life on the Plains of Abraham, so far from his beloved France, on that cool September morning, in 1759, have been lost, and his posterity to this very day bear the honored name of De Peel.
   The grandfather of our subject on his mother's side was a resident of Canada, and when the War of 1812 broke out, he entered the British army. He was in the battle of Lundy's Lane, and was detailed to guard some cattle. For his loyalty to the British Crown he received a grant of 200 acres of land near Queenston, and resided there until his death. The parents of our subject, Alexander and Keziah De Peel, after marriage settled in Bayham, about three-quarters of a mile from Corinth, in the Province of Ontario. They subsequently removed to Yarmouth, where Mr. De Peel rented a farm for several years. In 1850 he left Canada with his family, and crossed over the border into Michigan, where he embarked in the hotel business at Jackson, in which venture he meet with great success. When the Civil War broke out, he offered his services to his adopted country with all the patriotism and fervor of a native-born citizen. As he had passed beyond the age which was the prescribed limitation for enlistment, his services were not available in the army, but he was gladly accepted as an assistant in the hospitals, where he did great good, and was an invaluable aid in caring for the sick and wounded. When his services were no longer required he returned to his home in Jackson, Mich., and there remained an honored and respected citizen until his death in 1882, at the age of eighty years. He was twice married. His first wife, mother of our subject, died in 1853, at the age of forty-five years, while on a visit to Canada, leaving a large circle of friends to mourn her untimely death. His second marriage was to Mary Brothers, and by their union four children were born. Mr. De Peel had the following children by his first marriage: Maria (deceased), Edward, Alexander, Martha, Michael A., Elizabeth, Althea, Melissa, and an infant who died.
   Michael A. De Peel, of this sketch, was born in Bayham Township, Middlesex County, Ontaria, Canada, Nov. 8, 1840, and he still has a faint recollection of his early home in that town, although he was but five years old when his parents took him to Yarmouth to live. He received a common-school education in the latter town, and when not attending school, assisted his father in the labors of the farm as he grew to manhood. He began to make his own way in the world by working-out by the month, Mr. Isaac Mills, by whom he was employed seven years, being his last employer. During that time he met and became acquainted with Miss Catherine Pound., to whom he was afterward united in marriage, the date of their wedding being the 26th of October, 1868. She is the daughter of James and Rebecca (Zavitz) Pound, natives of Canada, her father born in Humberstone, Welland County, and her mother in Bertie. Her father was a farmer in comfortable circumstances. Mrs. De Peel traces her ancestry back to Germany on her mother's side, and to England on her father's side. The ancestry of Mrs. De Peel on the paternal side were named Haycock, and were of pure English stock. Her forefathers were Presbyterians, and her grandfather was an officer in the War of 1812. Subsequently he joined the Quakers and came to believe war to be wrong. For this reason, when he and likewise each of his children would have been given a large donation from the English Government, he would not accept it or allow them to do so. Mrs. De Peel was born at Yarmouth, Canada, March 1, 1846, being the second in a family of seven children, all of whom were brought up together and attended the same school a part of the time. She was twenty-two at the time of her marriage. To her and her husband have been born six children, namely: Rebecca, James (died in infancy), James A., Irena M., Belva A. and Mabel E., all living at home with their parents. The first four children were born in Canada.

   After marriage Mr. De Peel rented a farm in Canada, and also had charge of a cheese factory for one year. He continued to reside in his native country until the fall of 1881, when, in the month of November, he came with his family to the States to make his home here in the future. He now owns a valuable farm of 320 acres in Nemaha Precinct, and has been more than successful in his undertakings since becoming a resident of this State. He has paid much attention to stock-raising with good results, as he has thirty-three cattle, of good breed, 100 hogs, and some fine horses, among which is a fine stallion. It is three-quarter Norman-Percheron, and took the first premium at the Nebraska State Fair, and also at the Lancaster County Fair in 1887.
   Mr. and Mrs. De Peel occupy a warm place in the hearts of the people in this community, to whom they have endeared themselves by their never-failing kindness and geniality, and their carefulness and consideration where others are concerned. The quiet beauty and peacefulness of their daily lives seem to be a true exemplification of the doctrines of the Quaker sect, to which they belong. Mr. De Peel is a man of large, clear thought, and is always prompt in coming to the support of any good work; he is especially interested in the temperance movement and is a radical Prohibitionist.

OHN HARLEY. Among the farmers of Denton Precinct who are entirely worthy of remark, as a pioneer and representative American citizen, is the subject of this sketch, one most favorably known as a man and farmer, whose beautiful farm is situated on section 3. He is a native of England, and was there born Oct. 10, 1841, in the county of Leicester.
   Mr. Harley is a son of Christopher and Epsibbey Harley, both of English parentage. He was the second son born to his parents. His father is deceased; his mother still survives. The education of our subject was received in the parish schools of his native county, and fairly complete in the more common branches of knowledge. From school, with its books and lessons, he went to the farm and became his father's helper. Always deeply interested in stock of all kinds he would get away to the stables, stalls and pastures where they were, and get thoroughly acquainted with them, studying their ailments and difficulties until he became quite proficient as a veterinary surgeon, although he had no opportunity of becoming so excepting the above.
   In the year 1869 our subject determined to leave Leicester, and to launch out in the great world of opportunity on this side of the Atlantic. Accordingly, he proceeded to Liverpool and made arrangements for a passage in a sailing-vessel, which was preparing to leave for the United States. Those who have traveled across the Atlantic in one of the floating palaces of the Canard or White Star Line would hardly care, unless passionately fond of the liquid empire of King Neptune, for the voyage undertaken by our subject. When sung by a chorus of well-trained voices, there is a fascination about the song "Sailing away, o'er the deep, blue sea," but the actual experience is quite another tune, especially when the storm clouds lash the billows in their fury; rolling, pitching tumbling, tossing; never ceasing for a single instant, waking or sleeping, to say nothing of the horrors of the mal-de-mer. It is an experience which, lengthened as was this voyage to a period extending over three months, is sufficient to last a lifetime. But all things have an end, and this moving experience of our subject had its end when he landed in New York City. He remained for several weeks in the city, and then proceeded to Lake County, Ill., where he resided until 1877, and followed his old occupation of farming, each year growing more and more prosperous.
   In the fall of 1877 our subject came to this county and purchased his present farm, then in all the beauty of its original condition; but he has always been an inveterate worker and careful to labor intelligently, being attentive to understand the why and the wherefore of the task undertaken. His eighty acres of land, therefore, speedily began to take on a different appearance, and were brought rapidly under the plow. The house which he has erected has been designed rather to give the. greatest comfort and pleasure to the occupants than to make a show for outsiders, although the ex-

terior is not without its attractions. Naturally Mr. Harley is giving much attention to the raising of stock, for, as we have noticed, he has made many friendships with the four-footed companions of his toil and farm life, and would consider his property incomplete without their presence, a fact that they seem to know and appreciate as well as he.
   Previous to coming to the States our subject had met a lady whose many womanly virtues and charms compelled his admiration and respect, which were not long in ripening into an ardent affection. Apropos to this condition of things, her consent was obtained, and they were united in marriage, and their union, which has proved an unalloyed happiness, has been strengthened and consummated by the birth of five children--Elizabeth, Louisa, Eliza, Abbie A. and Robert. When coming to this country our subject was compelled, and thought it wise, to take the journey alone, and afterward to make arrangements for the reunion of the family at such time as he had provided a home. It was about one year after his departure that this happy event occurred, and his wife rejoined him in this country.
   In political matters our subject finds in the Republican party that which is most congenial to him, and gives his support and suffrage to its ticket.
   In these advanced days of the nineteenth century civilization it is a pleasure to be able to speak of citizens as representatives, as it is possible to do of our subject. He is this because he is in every regard a self-made man, and has worked his way perseveringly and undauntedly from the lowest step of the ladder; and again, because among those who know him in the social and business world, his word is as good as his bond, and he is the recipient, therefore, of their heartiest confidence and respect.

RANKLIN F. ROOSE. Next, perhaps, to the profession of the minister of the Gospel in its importance as bearing upon the interests of the world and civilization, is that of the educator. Accepting the statement of Moses, Prince of Egypt, that man has been made in the Divine image, those who devote themselves to the strengthening, development and manifestation of that higher and spiritual part of man, by which he is distinguished from the animal world, and is most probably that wherein the likeness above referred to is found, are shaping the history of the future and molding the characters, and therefore largely the destinies of man, and through them the future of the world at large.
   In the present sketch we shall aim to present a few of the most salient features in the life of one of Nebraska's best-known and popular educators. The sketch must necessarily be brief and therefore incomplete, and as a result more or less unsatisfactory. To make it otherwise would require a volume in itself. The father of our subject, Samuel Roose, was born at Mt. Union, Ohio, Feb. 17,1829, and was reared to manhood in his native place, and upon arriving at years of maturity married and commenced life in that relation in the same county. He left Ohio and settled in Rock Island County, Ill., in 1854, and engaged in the lumber business, continuing his residence there most of the time until 1882, when he removed to Victor, Iowa, where he purchased a farm, which he has since operated. Samuel Roose was happily united in marriage to Amanda Berger, a native of Pennsylvania. Our subject's grandfather was also born at Mt. Union, Ohio.
   Our subject was ushered into terrestrial scenes at Moline, Ill., on the 3d of July, 1855. The experiences of his early years have, perhaps, nothing to distinguish them from some others. His earlier education was received in the Rock Island common school. At the early age of nine years he left the classes of that institution and began to work in a sawmill in Rock Island, and there remained for six years, when his parents removed to a farm a few miles distant. It was here he was first impressed with the need of a better education. He then began to save sufficient money to carry him through a course of study at the Wesleyan University, at Bloomington, Ill., where he remained two years. He then engaged as a teacher in Chaddock College, at Quincy of the same State, where, as one of the faculty, he became a member of the Board of Trustees, and Secretary of the Executive Board. Shortly after this he graduated from the Gem City Business