improved a farm of 200 acres, put up good buildings, and remained there many years. In 1881, disposing of his property in Canada, he came to Nebraska, and has since lived with his son at Eagle. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and a man of excellent personal character. He married Miss Ellen Broadie, a native of the Province of Ontario, who died there in 1857, when thirty-nine years of age. Her father was born in Scotland, and emigrated to Canada when a young man, and spent the remaining years of his life there. To Mr. and Mrs. McFall were born eight children, namely: Archibald, Ellen, James, Adam, William, Mathew, Margaret and Michael.
   The subject of our sketch was reared in his native town, and remained at home, assisting his father on the farm out of school hours, until sixteen years of age, when he moved with his parents to Ontario. He then worked with his father until he attained his majority. Soon after that auspicious event our subject bought 100 acres of land in Canada, which was covered with a dense forest, and began the arduous task of clearing a farm. He succeeded, put up good buildings, and devoted himself to general farming and stock-raising, wheat having been his staple product. Becoming dissatisfied with the country, Mr. McFall moved from Canada to Nebraska, coming by rail to South Bend, thence to his present farm, which he had purchased the year before. It was in its primitive state and he at once commenced its improvement. He lived in a small house, but has since built a more commodious one, and the first season broke fifty acres of ground. The next season he set out groves of forest trees and an orchard of 115 fruit trees, and fenced his land. His farm is well watered, being crossed by two streams of running water, besides having two wells on the place. Our subject pays much attention to raising cattle and hogs, feeding out the larger part of his grain to them. His herd of cows comprises some fine graded. He also keeps three teams of horses of a fine grade.
   Mr. McFall was married in Perth County, Canada, April 7, 1864, to Miss Ellen, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Mathewson) Morrow. Both parents were natives of Ireland, and soon after their in marriage moved to Canada, where Mr. Morrow engaged in the mercantile business in Quebec. He subsequently bought a farm of 300 acres in the Province of Quebec, on which he lived until his death in 1864. In 1838 he took an active part in the Canadian Rebellion, having enlisted as a volunteer. Mrs. Morrow died on the homestead in 1857. They were the parents of six children, as follows: Rebecca, Sarah, George (deceased), Ellen, John and Gilbert.
   The household of our subject and wife has been brightened by the birth of eight children, seven of whom are now living, namely: Ellen, wife of E. Boyles, of Stove Creek Precinct; Annie, Emma, George, John, Ida and Bertha. Mr. McFall is an intelligent, industrious man, of sound judgment, always interested in local and general affairs, and during his residence in Canada was for many years a member of the Board of Education, a position which he has also filled here to the satisfaction of all, and he has likewise been Supervisor of Roads. Both Mr. and Mrs. McFall are worthy members of the Christian Church at Elmwood, and contributed generously toward building it, and leave since helped to support it. Mr. McFall was naturalized in 1886, and has since identified himself with the Prohibition party.

VERETT E. DAY. As one of the practical business men of Weeping Water and representative citizens of Cass County, it affords us pleasure to place before the reading public a brief commendatory notice of the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch. He is of good New England origin, his great-grandfather, William Day, having been born in Massachusetts, where he spent his entire life. He was President of the first body of men who came together to formulate a petition to Congress praying for the Declaration of Independence. John Day, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Mass about 1770. He married a Miss Austin. and after spending many years of their married life in Massachusetts, they emigrated to Ohio with their family of fourteen children in 1816.
   Judge William Day, the father of our subject,

was born Dec. 15, 1796, in Sheffield, Mass., where he remained until his removal to the Western Reserve in Ohio. When he crossed the Cuyahoga River there were only a few houses on the site now occupied by the city of Cleveland. He settled in Sheffield, Lorain Co., Ohio, where he hewed out a farm from the forest-covered land. His father and Isaac Burrill, afterward his father-in-law, bought the whole township of Sheffield. He being only about twenty years of age at the time of moving to Ohio, remained with his father until he went to New Orleans to take charge of a large hotel for his uncle, and remained there for several years. In 1833 he returned to Ohio, and was soon after married to Miss Augusta, daughter of Isaac Burrill, who was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., in the latter part of the eighteenth century, and moved with his family to Sheffield, Ohio, in 1817, going with an ox-team, and cutting his road a large part of the way. After their marriage Judge Day and his wife settled on a part of his land which he had previously taken up, and he now has a magnificent farm, the homestead comprising five or six hundred acres of land. Besides this he owns other farms, but the larger part of his fortune was made by dealing in white oak lumber. He has been for many years Associate Judge of the District Court of Ohio. He is still living, a hale and hearty old man, leaving the universal esteem of the community, and is a prominent and representative man of his county. He, with a few of the older families, was a founder of the Congregational Church of Sheffield, and has always contributed liberally toward its support. The Judge's estimable wife died Oct. 9, 1887, her death having been the first one in the family since the marriage of herself and husband fifty-four years before. She left seven children and sixteen grandchildren. The record of the children is as follows; E. I. Day lives in Weeping Water; Maria is the wife of Prof. G. F. Wright, of Oberlin College; William is now at the old homestead; Henry lives in Elyria, Ohio; Marietta is now Mrs. Disbrow, of Atlantic, Iowa; Sumner B., also living in Elyria, owns a large farm in Weeping Water, and Everett E. The children were all educated at Oberlin College.
   Everett Day, of whom we write, was born in Sheffield, Lorain Co., Ohio, Nov. 3, 1850, and remained in his native State until through school. After leaving the district school our subject entered Oberlin College, and subsequently pursued his studies for two years at Tabor College, afterward returning to Oberlin for another year. Soon after finishing his education he started for the West, and in 1870 visited Nebraska. He did not, however, make a permanent stay here then, but afterward engaged in business in Atlantic, Iowa, where he remained two years, and in 1881 came to South Bend, Neb., where he bought a bankrupt stock of goods and an elevator, staying there two years. He then built two elevators on the Missouri Pacific Railway, and had Mr. Norton take charge of one. Five years later Mr. Day came to Weeping Water, and continued the stock business which he had before begun., His first investment in stock was the purchase of a carload of Herefords and Jerseys in Ohio, in 1884, and to this, besides the natural accretions and single purchases, he has since added two carloads of fine cattle, so that in his herd he has fully one-half dozen Herefords imported from England, and registered in the American Hereford Cattle Herd Book. He also has thirty-five or forty-five Jerseys registered. "Sir Evelyn, 2d," stands at the head of the Hereford herd. "Miss Barbara," full-blooded. at the age of eight years won the sweepstakes at the St. Louis Fair. "Miss Patti" won the sweepstakes at the Lincoln and Omaha Fairs. "Lilac," a fine imported cow, also won the sweepstakes at the Omaha Fair, and a half-dozen others have taken premiums at various fairs.
   Our subject, besides attending to his stock, is the owner of E. E. Day's dry-goods store, of Weeping Water, and also of three elevators, one at Walton, one at Eagle, one at Weeping Water, and, until recently, one at Avoca; the one that he owned at Wabash he sold about a year ago. His real estate consists of two farms in Centre Precinct, one on section 36 and one on section 35, one half mile west of the town, on which he resides. He also owns another farm in South Bend, one-half mile from the station, all of which are used as stock farms.
   Mr. Day was united in marriage, Dec. 15, 1881,

to Miss Jennie, daughter of G. W. Norton, of whom see sketch on another page of this work. Of this union two children have been born, Harold E. and Mabel Bess. They are yet young, but will receive good educational advantages, both parents believing a good education the best foundation for future success and happiness.
   Our subject is a patriotic, liberal-spirited citizen, and, though avoiding all offices as far as possible, does his duty at the polls, voting consistently and intelligently with the Republican party. Mr. and Mrs. Day are people of good social standing, and during their residence here have made many warm friends and won for themselves an enviable place in the regard of others in the community. Both are highly esteemed members of the Congregational Church, and teachers in the Sunday-school.

BRAM HATHAWAY. Among the old pioneers of Liberty Precinct and Cass County, the subject of this biographical sketch deserves more than passing notice, as by his industry and practical farming he has been an important factor in the development of the rich agricultural resources of this region. The farm that he occupies on section 21, in the Southeastern part of the precinct, is the same which he obtained from the Government by pre-emption in the early days of the settlement of Nebraska, he having been well satisfied with its location and the unusual facilities it afforded for successfully cultivating the land, the soil being exceedingly rich and well watered. The time, care and money that he has expended on it have been well rewarded, and the once wild prairie yields him bountiful returns. The buildings are ample and well arranged, and everything about is indicative of the thrift and wise management of the owner.
   Mr. Hathaway was born Feb. 16, 1813, in Steuben County, N. Y., and his parents were P. D. and Rebecca (Howard) Hathaway, who were also natives of that State. During some period of their married life they moved to Ohio, and some years later to Lake County, Ind., where they died at an advanced age, the father being eighty-two, and the mother, who died some years prior to his death being over sixty. He was a farmer all his life, and with his wife a member of the Methodist Church for many years. In politics he was a sturdy Democrat, and zealously promoted the interests of his party.
   The subject of this sketch was the third child in a family of thirteen children, eight sons and fire daughters. He was reared in his native State until he was fourteen years old, when he accompanied his parents to Ohio, and attained his majority in Shelby County, that State. He afterward lived in Indiana for some years, making his home at different times in LaPorte, Porter, Lake and Shelby Counties. During his residence in that State he contracted a matrimonial alliance with Miss Ann Cannon, a native of the Hoosier State. She was born Oct. 11, 1817, and was a daughter of Abraham and Jane (Thatcher) Cannon, who are both deceased, the father dying in the prime of life in Ohio, and the mother, who had married a second time, dying at a ripe old age in Indiana. Mrs. Hathaway was reared in her mother's home in that State, and was married from there. The marriage of our subject and his wife has been blessed with the birth of twelve children, one of whom is dead, Elizabeth, who was the wife of William Hardy. The record of the others is as follows: Rebecca J., Mary A., Peter D. and Esther, all of whom are married; Bethuel, single; Lewis P. and George, married; Alfred D., Sylvester and Joseph T., single; Charlotta, married.
   Some time after his marriage Mr. Hathaway removed to Kankakee County, Ill., and made his home near the river or the same name for nearly twelve years, and then crossed the Mississippi River to Iowa, and was a resident of Polk County, near Des Moines, until his removal to this State.
   Since coming to Nebraska Mr. Hathaway has crossed the plains to the Rockies, starting on his journey in April, 1850, and after his arrival in the vicinity of Pike's Peak engaging in mining until September of the same year. He then returned to his home in this county, richer in experience if not in pocket, and he has since lived on his farm in contentment.
   Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway are well known and

warmly liked in Cass County as good, honest people, and to their many friends they present examples of busy lives fully rounded by their various experiences into a serene and active old age. Mrs. Hathaway is a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hathaway, although taking a quiet interest in public affairs, has never sought office. In his political sentiments he is a Republican of the first water.

ENRY ENGELKEMEIER. Perhaps no State in the Union has derived greater benefits from the enterprise and industry of the thrifty German citizen, who is represented in such generous numbers along its southern line, than Nebraska. Among them may be mentioned in no unworthy terms the prosperous agriculturist whose name stands at the head of this sketch. He selected his location in the spring of 1880, on section 34, in Eight Mile Grove Precinct, and since that time has been industriously engaged in his farming pursuits, taking little part in the noise and dissensions of the world outside. By this, however, it must not be inferred that he is in any wise an ignorant or uninformed man, for on the contrary the very appearance of his farm indicates his native intelligence.
   Our subject is a direct offspring of the Fatherland, and was born April 10, 1854. The son or Henry and Anna AT. Engelkemeier, he was the fourth of their eight children, seven of whom are still living. William, the eldest, continues a resident of his native Germany; Frederick came to America with friends, and is carrying on farming in Mt. Pleasant Precinct, this county; August lives not far from the brother before mentioned, while Charles is a resident of this county. The parents have been content to remain upon the soil which gave them birth.
   Continuing in his native Province until a youth of eighteen years, our subject received the benefits of a practical education, and in revolving within his mind his plans for the future, decided to seek is fortune on another continent. Accordingly, in the spring of 1872 he bade adieu to his old friends and the associations of his childhood, and embarking on a steamer at the port of Bremen, landed in the city of Baltimore after an ocean voyage of seventeen days. Thence he made his way directly westward to this county. His honest and intelligent face soon secured for him friends and employment, and for about seven years he worked by the month as a farm laborer. He then commenced operating on rented land, and in the spring of 1882 had made such good headway that he was enabled to settle upon a farm which he could call his own. This he still occupies. His first purchase was 160 acres, for which he paid $2,000, and upon which there were no improvements whatever, it being simply a tract of uncultivated prairie, which not long before had been traveled over by wandering bands of Indians.
   The results of energy and perseverance have been finely illustrated in the career of our subject. Beginning as he did from first principles, the task which lay before him was of no small dimensions, but with hereditary perseverance and by laboring early and late, he soon gained a solid footing, and there opened before him the prospect of a home and a competency. In due time he added to his first purchase, and is now the owner of 243 broad acres, which he has enclosed with substantial fencing, and upon which he has erected the buildings necessary for his comfort and convenience and the successful prosecution of his calling. He keeps it goodly assortment of live stock, and avails himself of modern machinery, making of farm work not the drudgery it used to be twenty years ago, but changing it in many respects to a pleasure and a pastime.
   Among the interesting incidents in the life of our subject, none was of more importance than his marriage, which occurred in Cass County, Neb., April 27, 1883, his bride being Miss Lizie Sieker, a native of his own country, and born Oct. 29, 1859. Mrs. Engelkemeier is the daughter of William and Minnie (Engelkemeier) Sieker, the former of whom was a farmer by occupation, and died in Germany about 1858. The mother is now living with our subject. Miss Lizie, when a young lady of twenty-two years, came with her brother. August, in 1881, to America, and located with him

in Woodson County, Kan. Later she came to this county, by herself, making her own living until her marriage. Of this union there have been born two children, sons: William, June 11, 1885. and Charles, Oct. 7, 1886. Both Mr. and Mrs. E. were reared in the doctrines of the German-Lutheran Church, to which they still give their loyal adherence, attending services in this Precinct. Our subject, politically, votes the straight Democratic ticket. He was well educated in his native tongue, and has picked up a fair knowledge of English. After coming to this country he attended school for a time, and this fact in itself indicates his appreciation of those things which tend to the elevation of society and the formation of the useful and worthy member of the community.

AMES INGRAM, a thorough-going Scotch-American citizen, resides on the well-improved farm located on section 30, township 12 north, range 12. in Eight Mile Grove Precinct. He was born March 16, 1826, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and is the son of Adam and Margaret (McGregor) Ingram. His mother was a descendant of the clan McGregor, who were at one time among the bravest of the brave of Scottish clans. His father is now residing in Aberdeen, Scotland, at the ripe old age of ninety years. Our subject is the only child by his father's first marriage. He lived in his native country until he was fourteen years old, when he went to England and worked for three years. He was on railroad work the greater portion of the time, connected with the track-laying department. Subsequently he passed some three and a half years on the Channel Islands, erecting a breakwater for the British Government. It was designed for the protection of their man of war ships.
   During the early years of his life our subject availed himself of all the educational facilities afforded by the neighborhood in which he lived, and has, since leaving his native country, made a careful study of events, until he now possesses a large fund of knowledge. About the year 1847 he took passage at Liverpool, England, on an American sailing-vessel, called the "Florida," bound for the New World. After an uneventful voyage of one month he landed in New York City. Wending his way westward he arrived in Buffalo, N. Y., July 4, and continued his journey via Chicago to Elgin, Ill., where he obtained employment on the Chicago & Galena Railroad, which was then under construction, working a portion of the time at track laying, when he was promoted to the position of foreman. He remained there about six months. He then went to Indiana, and obtained work on the Michigan Southern Railroad, which was then being built, where he remained about six months, when he left, and went on the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, near LaSalle, Ill., for about four months.
   During much of the railroad work done by our subject he was employed by George Armour as a foreman. Armour was a railroad contractor and builder in those days. Growing tired of working for others he concluded to engage in business for himself, when he secured a contract on the railroad, which he completed. Subsequently we find him connected with the Illinois Central Railroad, as a contractor, for about nine months. He then went to Guthrie County, Iowa, and began farming, which he followed for about two and one-half years. In the fall of 1856 he came to Nebraska having heard the country so highly spoken of and as possessing superior advantages. Arriving in the then Territory he located for a short time in what is known at present as Louisville Precinct, where he lived until he finally settled on his present farm in 1865. He "squatted" on 160 acres of land, which he afterward pre-empted as soon as it came into market. There was about one acre plowed when he settled on it. He has improved it since then until he now owns one of the finest improved farms in the country. He now exercises ownership of over 280 acres of land.
   The subject of our sketch and Elizabeth Urwin were married May 16, 1857; the lady was born in England, Nov. 16, 1840. She is a daughter of William and Ellen (Wandless) Urwin. Her father now resides in Cass County, Neb., and is one of the oldest settlers. He was born in Newcastle, England, and when this lady was about eight years old the parents emigrated to America, where they set-

tied for a time in Wisconsin, where her mother died. In the year 1856 her father removed with his family to his present home, where he has resided ever since.
   Mr. and Mrs. Ingram have become the parents of a large family of children, of whom the following named survive: William, Elizabeth, James, Adam, Ellen, Margaret, George, Elsie, Andrew, Adella and Nora. Elizabeth is now the wife of A. Swason, and resides in Kearney County, Neb.; Ellen is the wife of George Palmer, and resides in Cass County; Margaret is Mrs. Isaac Tenant, and lives in Kearney County, and her brother George is a resident of the same county; three children are deceased. They were named: Joseph, Samuel and Mary.
   The improvements that have been made by our subject are of a very substantial and prominent character. The barn and other out-buildings are large and commodious, and well adapted to the purposes for which they were intended. His residence contains many of the improvements that are seldom found outside of older settled communities; the house is roomy, well designed and nicely furnished. His wife is the presiding genius of his home, and is a refined and intelligent woman. She has in every way possible been an assistant to her husband in acquiring the handsome property which they now own. Both husband and wife occupy a prominent place among the pioneer families of the county; they are widely and favorably known for their generosity and hospitality. In politics Mr. Ingram is a Democrat. With the exception of being Treasurer of the School Board for several years he has accepted no public office.

TERLING F. GIRARDET, senior member of the firm of Girardet, Boone & Emens, is, with his partners, conducting a lively trade in dry-goods, groceries, fancy goods, notions, carpets. and an unusually full assortment of everything pertaining to the country or city household. They have as fine an establishment as is to be found in Weeping Water, where the business was inaugurated in January of 1888. Mr. G. is essentially a Western man, the son of one of the earliest pioneers of the county, and was born in Nebraska City, April 28, 1858. He is consequently a young man still, and he has entered upon what at present appears to be an undoubtedly prosperous business career.
   Our subject received a good practical education, completing his studies in the Normal School at Peru, and also attending the school at Tabor, Iowa. He entered upon his mercantile career as the clerk of L. Wessel & Co., of Nebraska City, with which firm he remained continuously for a period of five years at that point. At the expiration of this time, still in the employ of the same firm, he was assigned to the branch of their house at Weeping Water, which they established in 1883, and was manager of this five years. The building, with its contents, being destroyed in the general conflagration of Dec. 19, 1887, the firm withdrew from business there.
   In January of 1888 our subject associated himself with Messrs. Boone & Emens, the latter of whom had been for some time in his employ as a clerk. They opened their doors for business on the 10th of January, 1888, in the new brick block on the south side of I street. They carry a large and finely selected stock, and enjoy a trade which is steadily increasing.
   On the 26th of October, 1887, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Gertrude Potter, the wedding taking place at the home of the bride in Ogallala, Neb. Of this union there is one child, Max, who was born Aug. 3, 1888. Mrs. Girardet, a native of Ogle County, Ill., was born Sept. 17, 1866, and is the daughter of Thomas L. and Urilla (Heistad) Potter, who came to Cass County about 1872 or 1873. They are now residents of Maria, Neb. Mrs. G. is a member in good standing of the Congregational Church, of which her husband is a regular attendant, giving liberally to its support. Our subject, socially, belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the K. of P., in the latter of which he is Vice Chancellor. As a successful business man he has avoided meddling with politics, excepting doing his duty at the polls, when he casts his vote with the Democratic party.
   Jules Girardet, the father of our subject, and a