the next to plant a spot of ground with that which would yield most readily for their necessities. The. first few years were spent in true pioneer fashion, which has been so often described in this volume, and as time passed on he began to realize the rewards of toil and sacrifice. He was particularly fortunate in his choice of a location, and has been enabled to put up a residence which commands a fine view of the surrounding country. In the distance is seen the Missouri River, and portions of Nebraska City, five miles away. His own fields too, which have been brought to a high state of cultivation, and which yield in abundance the rich crops of this section of country, form a feature of the landscape delightful to contemplate. He has good buildings, all the requisite farm machinery for prosecuting agriculture successfully, and a fine assortment of live stock. For a man who came to this section with little except strong hands and a courageous heart, his career has been one upon which he should reflect with satisfaction. He has withdrawn partially from active labor and is in the enjoyment of a competency.
   Our subject was born in Orange County, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1807. and one looking upon his well-preserved frame to-day could scarcely realize that he is eighty-one years old. He has been a man of strictly temperate habits, and has implicit faith in this as a means of prolonging his life and health. In addition to this he comes of a long-lived race. His father, William Anderson, also a native of New York State, was born in Sullivan County, where he carried on farming, and spent his entire life, dying when middle aged. He had been a man prominent in his community and active in every good work, living honestly, and truly earning his bread by the sweat of his brow. The mother. Mrs. Zilpah (Martine) Anderson, was of French ancestry. Her paternal grandfather emigrated from France to this country during the Revolutionary War, and in time to participate with the Colonists in their struggle for liberty. Like his great countryman, Gen. Lafayette, he sympathized entirely with the cause of American freedom, and served valiantly to bring this about. His daughter Zilpah lived to be an old lady, and spent her last days in the vicinity of Ft, Jarvis, Orange Co., N. Y.
   The paternal grandfather of our subject was William Anderson, a native of the North of Ireland, and of Scotch-Irish ancestry. He married a lady of the same section of country, and of Holland birth and parentage, and also emigrated to America in time to serve as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The grandmother's maiden name was Isabella Newkirk. After the independence of the Colonists had been established they located in Sullivan County, N. Y., where they spent the remainder of their lives in agricultural pursuits, Grandfather Anderson dying in Sullivan County, and the grandmother in Tompkins County. He was not connected with any religious organization, but Grandmother Anderson was a devout member of the Presbyterian Church.
   The parents of our subject had a family of six sons and three daughters, of whom Daniel M. was the second child. He lived with his parents both in Orange and Sullivan Counties, N. Y., their home being on the dividing line between the two counties, and near the Chewanda River. At the time of his father's death he was but thirteen years of age, and two years later set about to earn his own living. He was first employed with a company of surveyors, at the time of marking out the line of the Hudson and Delaware Canal, for a length of thirty miles. He was a well-developed lad, and about the time of reaching his majority distinguished himself in athletic exercises and hunting, and on account of his agility and strength was given the title of Captain, which has clung to him ever since.
   Capt. Anderson subsequently engaged in the butcher business, which he followed in Wurtsboro, N. Y., for a period of eighteen years. In 1838 he was married, in Sullivan County, to Miss Mary Thompson, who was born there in 1805, and was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Her parents were natives of New York State, and her father, Hugh Thompson, with his wife Mary, spent his entire life in Sullivan County, engaged in farming. Of this union there was born one child. a son, James N., who married Miss Nancy Hale, and is farming in Wyoming Precinct. Mrs. Mary (Thompson) Anderson departed this life at the homestead in the year 1839.
   In 1876 Capt. Anderson contracted a second

marriage, with Mrs. Hannah Rundberg, who was born in Sweden in 1829, where she was reared and first married to John Rundberg. The latter died in his native Sweden after he had become the father of two children, William and Axel. The sons and their mother came to the United States, and at once located in this county. They are now assisting Capt. Anderson in the management of the farm.
   Our subject cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. Jackson, and is a lifelong Democrat. He is a man of sound principles, decided views, and one whose opinions are generally respected. He keeps himself well posted upon current events, and has watched with the warmest interest the growth and development of his adopted State, contributing as opportunity has occurred to the advancement of the people around him.

OHN F. MARTIN, whose beautiful and highly cultivated farm of 165 acres is situated on section 26 of Wyoming Precinct, is one of the older citizens, and is widely known and that most favorably throughout the county. He has lived upon his present property ever since he pre-empted it in 1856. He first came to the county when the Otoes were still in full force, and land was in its primitive condition. His experiences have therefore been varied, and not altogether without a spice of danger, nevertheless he has come through them prosperously, and rejoices in the well-nigh unparalleled progress that has been made by the State of his adoption.
   The subject of our sketch was born in Venango County, Pa., on the 29th of March, 1822. There he grew up to manhood, in its schools was educated, and subsequently engaged in farming as his chosen occupation. His father being a farmer trained him to those habits of industry and honesty that are usual in agricultural communities.
   The parents of our subject, John and Polly (Foster) Martin, were born in Maryland, and were married in Pennsylvania. The father was a young man and unmarried when he went to that State with his father, John Martin, Sr., a native of Maryland. They settled in Venango County, which continued to be the home of his father until his death. The maiden name of his wife, the grandmother, was Katharine Mumford, who was a native also of Maryland. They were representatives of a good old Christian family, and for very many years held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In the Revolutionary War John Martin, Sr., allowed himself a patriot in every sense of the word, fighting bravely and well under the flag of liberty. Like many others he exchanged all his property for Continental money, only to find that he had lost all by the money becoming worthless. He, however, survived, and when his turn came to cross the silent river he was again well-to-do, and was one of the honored and esteemed members of the community wherein he dwelt.
   The father of our subject was a Captain in the War of 1812, and, like his father before him, from whom doubtless he received the inspiration, was a soldier worthy the country and cause for which he drew his sword. After his marriage he, with his wife, settled to the peaceful pursuits of agriculture in Venango County, where both continued to make their home until their death, which occurred when they were about seventy years of age.
   When he became of age our subject started life by hiring out as a farm hand, and has worked his way up from that first round of the ladder. While yet in the home county he was united in marriage with Miss Maria Reynolds, who was born there on the 6th of June, 1829. They continued their life in the county for some time after marriage, and then removed to Mercer County, Pa., and lived there nine years, coming thence to this State.
   There were twelve children born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin. Two of these died in infancy unnamed, and a third, Hiram A., died when about four years of age. The surviving members of the family are as follows: Fantley, who was married to Mary A. Giles, resides in Washington Territory; Anna, the wife of Robert Delard, and now living in Fillmore County, this State; Mary J. is married to Washington Giles, one of the live, wide-awake farmers of Wyoming Precinct; Lasetta is happily married to James Fort, a prosperous farmer in Thomas County, Kan.; Sarah is the wife of Stuart Heath, a grain dealer in Frontier County: Julia is

married to Mr. John Boyd, also of Wyoming Precinct; Albert, unmarried, lives in Washington Territory; George W. L. is at present on his homestead in Thomas County, Kan.; Hiram B. is still at home, and is the "best man" of our subject in his farm work.
   Mrs. Martin departed this life at her home in Wyoming Precinct, on the 17th of March, 1881. She impressed all who knew her with the beauties of her character, and the happiness of her disposition. She was a noble woman and true mother, and in every way a helpmate to her husband. Throughout all their married life she was the same in her devotion and true faithfulness to her husband and family. She was the daughter of Hiram and Jane H. (Nickinson) Reynolds, who were among the worthy citizens of Venango County, Pa., where they commenced life together, and continued to live until their death. Hiram Reynolds was born in Genesee County, N. Y., and went to Pennsylvania when a young man, There he made the acquaintance of, and was married to his wife, who was a native of the Keystone State. Both were firm and devout members of the Methodist Church for many years.
   The subject of our sketch is, religiously, a Methodist, and in politics has all his life been a Whig and Republican, taking the greatest possible interest in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the country, especially that section of it in which is situated his home. He is a man of large reserve force, determination and energy, in character upright, and of unimpeachable honor, everywhere respected and by all esteemed.

ENRY A. BUTT, Cashier of the Bank of Unadilla, is one of its most active business men, and has been largely, instrumental in the building up of the town. He is Clerk of the Village Board, Notary Public, and is always in some capacity or other performing the duties of a useful citizen, and one warmly interested in the welfare of his community. He has been particularly fortunate in the choice of a wife and helpmate, Mrs. Butt, the presiding genius of the household, being a finely cultured lady, of good education, and an ornament to the social circle. Their home is one of the most attractive in the place, and is the frequent resort of a host of warm friends.
   Our subject until the spring of 1878 was a resident of the Province of Hanover, Germany, where he had spent his boyhood and youth, and where his birth took place Jan. 13, 1862. His father was a farmer in modest circumstances, and Henry A., in common with the children of Germany, received a thorough education in his native tongue. After completing his studies in the High School at Bassum, where he attended three years, he studied the English language and the Classics, and was in school most of his time until a lad of sixteen years. He then determined to seek his fortunes on the other side of the Atlantic.
   On the 28th of April, 1878, our subject set sail from the port of Bremen, and after a two-weeks voyage landed in New York City. Thence he proceeded to Hoboken, N. J., where he procured employment in a store of general merchandise as clerk, and where he remained ten months. In March, 1879, he turned his steps westward, and soon afterward we find him engaged as clerk in a grocery store in Nebraska City.
   The year following, our subject was so well pleased with America that he returned to his home and kindred, resolved to bring his father's family to this country. To this the latter were agreed, and not long afterward set sail, and our subject reached Nebraska City a second time on the 15th of May. The father located on a tract of land in Otoe Precinct, and Henry A. staid with him until the 1st of September. Then returning to Nebraska City, he entered the employ of H. H. Bartling, with whom he remained two years, engaged in general merchandise and the grain business.
   Our subject had always been of studious habits and ambitious to learn, and in the fall of 1882, going to Burlington, Iowa, attended the business college there a term of six months, and perfected himself in bookkeeping. He was now prepared to take a good position, and returned to his old employer, with whom he remained this time six months. He next changed his residence to Syracuse, becoming bookkeeper for the First National Bank, with

which he was connected for four years following. In the spring of 1888 he took up his abode in Unadilla, and assisted in organizing the Bank of Unadilla, becoming a partner and also cashier. This institution is now in a flourishing condition, and patronized by the leading business men of Russell Precinct and vicinity.
   The evening of the 18th of May, 1887, witnessed the marriage of our subject to Miss Katie I. Woods, who was born in Weston, Mo., May 12, 1863. Mrs. Butt is the daughter of John S. Woods, the latter a native of Kentucky. He and his wife removed from the Blue Grass regions to Missouri at an early day, where the father, as a builder and contractor, operated successfully in that region, and later put up the first building in the now flourishing city of Council Bluffs, Iowa. He is still a resident of Weston, and in good circumstances. The wife and mother died at her home in Missouri. The six children of the parental family were named respectively: William, John, Perry, Lee, Katie and Sadie. They are residents now of Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. Mrs. Butt received a good education, completing her studies in the High School at Weston. MO. Later she learned dressmaking, which she carried on successfully before her marriage. She is a member in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while Mr. Butt, who was reared in the doctrines of the German Lutheran Church, remains loyal to the teachings of his honored parents. Politically, he is a stanch Democrat, and has been quite prominent in local affairs, serving as Clerk of the Village Board, and occupying other positions of trust and responsibility. On the 16th of January, 1888, he was appointed Notary Public by Gov. Thayer for a term of six years, and has his office at the bank. In all the leading enterprises of the community, social, moral or religious, he bears a prominent part, and is a citizen respected by all.
   Henry Butt, Sr, the father of our subject, was born in what was then the Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, in 1826, and there married Miss Anna Borchers, a native of the same Province. He carried on farming very successfully upon his native soil until the year 1880, then sold out preparatory to joining the fortunes of our subject in America. Upon arriving in this county he purchased 160 acres of good land five miles south of Nebraska City, where he has since carried on farming, and still lives with his excellent wife, his age being sixty-two years, and that of the mother fifty-five. Their eight children were named respectively: John H., William J., Mary, Henry A., Catherine, Sophia, Frederick W. and Annie. Three are married, and all are living in this county, being numbered among its most substantial and honored citizens.

AMES C. WHITE. This gentleman is one of the old settlers and prominent farmers and stock-raisers of Russell Precinct. He is the owner of 560 acres on sections 5, 6 and 7. His father. Anderson White, was born in Albemarle County, Va., on the 4th of July, 1794. His mother, Lucinda White, was born in Orange County, Va., in 1802. The family upon the father's side is of English descent. John White, the grandfather of our subject, served as Captain in the Revolutionary War, and has left quite a good record in that connection. The maternal side of the family is of German ancestry.
   Mr. Anderson White was by occupation a farmer, and also owned a large plantation, upon which he raised chiefly tobacco. The War of 1812 broke out when he was about eighteen years of age, and he served throughout the war as a private. In the late war he lost nearly all his property and otherwise suffered. He died in the year 1882, aged eighty six years, and was survived about two years his wife; both were for many years members of the Baptist Church. There were nine children in the family circle, all of whom came to mature years. Their names are as follows: Susan, Agnes, John (deceased), Cornelia, James C., William, Newton, Franklin and Lucinda. William, Newton and Franklin were each in the late war and served in the same regiment. Franklin died of a fever two weeks after the battle of Bull Run. Newton and our subject served in the same regiment and company.
   Like his father, our subject was born in Albemarle County, Va., on the 29th of August, 1829. His education is good and the foundation of it was laid in the common schools of his native place

After leaving the school-house as a scholar he was accredited worthy to return to it as a teacher. This he continued to do for seven years, and then gave his attention to farming and became an overseer. He. bought some land, but shortly after sold it again, retaining his position until he went into the Confederate Army, enlisting in the year 1861. The first year he served in Wise's Legion; the second year he was one of Company F, 10th Virginia Cavalry, and served under J. S. Davis. He took part in the Canawale Valley skirmishes, was at Little Sewell Mountains against Rosecrans; in 1862 he was at the battles of Yorktown and Williamsburg, and took part in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac and Virginia. He was wounded at the battle of Julesburg, being shot in the upper part of the arm, the shot going completely through it. Although he was only laid up one month he was unfitted for cavalry service, and until the close of the war discharged the duties of Quartermaster. He was fifteen miles from Gen. Lee when the order came to disband, upon which he returned to his home and more peaceful employment.
   For three years after the war Mr. White continued in the old home county, and then removed to Nebraska, arriving on the 28th day of November, 1868. He remained in Nebraska City for about a year, then went to Russell Precinct and homesteaded eighty acres of prairie land. He found a rich but wild soil that required much labor to subdue. This he supplied, and with the buildings and other improvements he put upon the property he soon had a splendid farm. He set out large groves, had an orchard that covered three acres, besides other works in proportion.
   In 1883 our subject engaged in the grocery business at Palmyra, in partnership with J. N. Foster. However, he did not like the trade as much as he had supposed he would; he then went back to farming and took the place he now owns. He is now chiefly engaged in raising stock, which he does upon a very extensive scale, buying, raising and feeding cattle of all kinds. He is now raising mules extensively and almost exclusively.
   Mr. White was married on the 22d of October, 1850, while still a resident of Virginia. The lady who came to share his life was Mildred A. Hill, the estimable daughter of William H. and Sarah (Tut) Hill, both of whom are now deceased. She was the eldest of the following children: Mildred A., Betty J., Susan, Fannie, Silecia, Eddie J., Robert and William, both deceased, and J. P.
   Mrs. White was born in Culpeper County, Va., on the 10th of June, 1826, and died on the 21st of January, 1886. She was the mother of five children, who are still living, viz.: Alice Susan, James A., William H., Edgar E. and Sarah S. Alice S. is now the wife of W. S. B. Chamberlin, of Grant County, who follows the dual occupation of farming and merchant; they are the parents of four children -- Bertie, Abbie, Bessie and Bertha. James A. was married to Miss Mollie Martin; they have three children, who are named Cornelius, Floyd and Glenn. William H. is in Portland, Ore.; Edgar resides in Russell, and is married to Miss Jenny Koons; they also have two children, Lena and Bertie; Sarah still remains at home.
   For four years Mr. White served upon the School Board. While at Palmyra he served upon the village board as Councilman, and has been spoken of for several other offices. For many years he has been a member of the Baptist Church, and is affiliated with the A. F. & A. M., holding his membership in Palmyra Lodge No. 45. Politically, he is with the Democratic party at all times, willing to do what is in his power in the interests of the same. He has seen much of both the ups and downs of life, but is a man of stamina and character, respected by all who know him in the various circles and departments of society.

ON. M. L. HAYWARD is one of the leading lawyers of the State of Nebraska and Nebraska City, and is enterprising and successful. He was born at Willsboro, Essex Co., N. Y., Dec. 22, 1840. His grandfather, David Hayward, was a native of New Jersey, but removed to New York State with his parents when quite a little fellow, and distinctly remembers walking the greater part of the journey to the new home, carefully carrying a little tree he desired to transplant, and which has now grown to noble pro-

portions. Subsequently he was extensively engaged in the lumber trade and agriculture. He died in 1832. The maiden name of the grandmother of our subject was Lucretia Chapman. She also was a native of Essex County.
   The father of our subject was reared and married in his native county, engaged in the lumber business, and also operated a farm. In 1865 he moved to Wisconsin, and made his home at White Water, continuing there until 1872, when he removed to Kellogg, Iowa, and engaged in the lumber business, removing to Davenport in 1877, where he now resides. The maiden name of his wife, the mother of M. L., was Betsey Leland, who was born in Essex County, N. Y., to Thomas and Priscilla Leland, in August, 1820. This is a New England family, and its representatives may be traced for several generations. Of this marriage there were born four children -- Henry, M. L., Eugene B. and Frank.
   M. L. was reared in his native county, and was educated in the district schools, and afterward attended Ft. Edward Collegiate Institute, Ft. Edward, N. Y. In 1861 our subject was among the first to answer the call for defenders of the Union, and enlisted in Company I, of the 22d New York Infantry. He was subsequently transferred to the 5th New York Cavalry, and served until December, 1862, when he was discharged owing to disability. He had seen much service, and took part in the several actions up the Shenandoah Valley under Banks and Pope. In the spring of 1863 he entered the Ft. Edward Institute, being graduated in 1866, when he went to Wisconsin and read law at White Water. Upon being admitted to the bar in 1867 he came to Nebraska City, and formed a partnership with T. B. Stevenson, which was continued until December, 1875, after which he continued his business alone.
   Mr. Hayward celebrated his marriage with Miss Jennie Pelton June 14, 1870. This lady was born at Cold Springs, Putnam Co., N. Y., to E. A. and Almire (Clark) Pelton, who were natives of Connecticut. She was carefully trained at home and received a good education, and was eminently fitted to take her place either in the home or in society, and is much esteemed by all who know her. There have been born to them three children, whose names are subjoined, viz: Edwin P., Mattie and William H. Mrs. Hayward is a member of the Baptist Church and she is there very highly respected. Mr. Hayward is a stanch Republican, and has always taken an active interest in political affairs. He was appointed to fill a vacancy of Judge of the District Court, in the year 1886, and continued the office until 1887. He was a member of the State Constitutional Committee of 1875, was sent as a delegate to the State Convention on several occasions, and upon three occasions has been Chairman of the Republican State Convention. He is a man of fine character, a clear thinker, energetic worker, genial and popular.

ARL H. KORFF has been for many years prominently identified with the leading business interests of Otoe County, he being a pioneer of Nebraska City, where he is engaged as a merchant. He has also dealt largely in real estate. and has improved a number of farms in Eastern Nebraska. He is a native of the principality of Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany, his birth occuring there Jan. 29, 1830. His father, Charles V. Korff, was born in the same locality, and there grew to manhood and married, Sophia Reines becoming his wife. In 1846, accompanied by his wife and five children, he started for America, setting sail at Bremen in October, and landing at New Orleans in the following December. From there he ascended the Mississippi River to St. Louis, where he and his family lived until 1852. He then turned his attention to agriculture, at first renting a farm in Sheridan County, Mo., and later buying one, on which he resided until his death, his wife also dying there. They were people of irreproachable character, whose integrity won the respect and confidence of all about them, and by their industrious perseverance and prudence they gained a competency, and, built up a comfortable home in their adopted country. The record of their children is as follows: Carl H. is our subject; Caroline is the wife of Henry Neemeyer, and they live in Sheridan County, Mo.; Sophia is the wife of Harmon H. Meyer, of Sheridan County, Mo.; Christine is also married; Frederic,

the third child, was a gallant soldier during the late war, and died a few years later in Sheridan County, Mo.
   Carl Korff, of whom we write, attended school quite steadily in Germany, and acquired a substantial education. Soon after coming to America with his parents, he engaged in a foundry in St. Louis, being employed as assistant engineer, and later, with other parties there as engineer. From that city he went to Minnesota, and assisted in building mills at the mouth of the St. Croix River, remaining there two years, ere his return to St. Louis. During that time, with wise economy and forethought, he saved his earnings, and with this capital purchased an interest in a grocery store, with which he was connected about eighteen months. He then sold out and engaged as a shipping and delivery clerk with a commission house, continuing in that capacity for the same firm until 1859. In that year he caught the gold fever, then so prevalent, and started for Pike's Peak, crossing the wild prairies of Kansas and Colorado. When he arrived there he found that there were but few chances to enter on the road for wealth, and with many other disappointed gold hunters, he started to retrace his across the plains, and on the 22d day of June, 1859, he arrived in Nebraska City. Being very favorably impressed with the country and the climate, he decided to locate here, and has ever since been a resident of this city. At that date the settlements in Nebraska were few and far between, simply along the streams, and but little attention had been paid to agriculture, Nebraska City, however, was a thriving town, being the headquarters for expeditions and trains going west across the Plains, and boats made regular trips up and down the Missouri River, there being no railway communication is then in this part of the country. Our subject very judiciously invested his money in real estate, purchasing 160 acres of unimproved land in Nemaha County, a quarter-section in McWilliams Precinct, Otoe County, pre-empting a quarter-section in the same Precinct; and he also purchased city property, comprising one lot on Lower Main street, three on Sixth street, one on Main, near Seventh street, and three on Ferry street. Having thus invested all his money, Mr. Korff engaged as a clerk in the establishment of Charles Vogt, who kept a full line of groceries, iron and steel, and also dealt in wool, leather and hides. In 1866 our subject formed a partnership with John H. Arends, and opened a store on the corner of Tenth and Main streets, his present location. The partnership continued until 1877, when Mr. Korff became sole proprietor. He has built up a large trade, and is regarded as one of the moneyed men of Nebraska City. Notwithstanding the care of his mercantile business absorbs much of his attention, our subject has found time to deal in real estate to a considerable extent, and he has also improved several farms, among which may be mentioned the following: a quarter-section in Nemaha County; a quarter-section in Wyoming Precinct, Otoe County; a quarter-section in Delaware Precinct, and three-quarters of a section in Russell Precinct. Mr. Korff has likewise dealt largely in grain.
   Our subject was married, in 1866, to Miss Tolka Mary Arends, to whom he is greatly indebted for encouragement, and for making home pleasant and comfortable. She was born in Hanover, Germany, and came to America with her parents, Richie and Tolka Arends, when she was six years old. Their marriage has been blessed to them by the birth of five children, namely: Lillie S., Maurice, Annie, Charles R. and Judia.
   Both as a business man and as a private citizen, Mr. Korff is justly held in high regard, as he is in every respect an upright, Christian man, and, with his good wife, is a stanch member of the Lutheran Church. Politically, our subject favors the Republican party, firmly believing that its policy, if carried out, would be for the best interests of the country.

ILLIAM HUNT is a most worthy representative of British-American citizenship in that which pertains to character, enterprise and prosperity. He is the son of John and Mary (Poop) Hunt. They were both born in Devonshire, England, as was also their son William. The chosen occupation of Mr. Hunt was that of a blacksmith and wagon-builder. After living and working in Torrington for about thirteen years