MonaNAriz@aol.com wrote: > I come from a long line of Union Pacific Railroad employees in Nebraska. To > my knowledge, there is no on-line list of retirees. Due to confidentiality > laws and people always seeking mailing lists, this kind of info is pretty well > protected. > > Union Pacific Railroad has their own web site, however, as does the NARVRE > (National Association of Retired & Veteran Railway Employees, Inc.). And I > know there are NARVRE groups in Grand Island, Lincoln, and Omaha. > > I hope this is helpful to you. > Sincerely, > Mona Knight You might check the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board and Genealogical Information site. It doesn't have any lists posted, but has information about requesting a search for someone: http://www.rrb.gov/geneal.html Connie

> THAT'S ALL FOLKS. NO MORE BIOS. I'M DONE! HIP HIP HOORAY! If anyone finds they want to reread the bios or anything else -- To search any of the list archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl/ If you need to see a list of all the lists available: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/

Hello to the list, Several years ago, I was in the library at West Point NE and found a softcover booklet published for the Bancroft Centennial. It was "Heritage of Bancroft, Nebraska 1884-1984," by The Heritage Book Committee, ISBN 0-88107-015-7, 1984. I understand that the book is now out of print and the only way to get a copy is by chance finding it at an auction. Could I ask any of the subscribers to the list to keep an eye out for this book at any auctions that they or their friends may attend. I would be willing to reimburse anyone for a copy up to a reasonable cost. (Please email me privately for what I consider a reasonable cost.) Thanks, Larry Miller

Kay Harding wrote: > > My grandfather was a railroader in Nebraska for years and would like to find > any site that has a listing of the Railroad Retirees. If anyone knows how > to direct me to this information will really appreciate it. Kay Harding Hi Kay - My grandfather also was a railroad retiree, so if you get a response as to where I could get the same kind of information, I'd appreciate you letting me know. Warm regards from Virginia, Dick -- :-) Dick & Jan Overgard overgard@erols.com (540)347-2954

MonaNAriz@aol.com wrote: > 1891 "Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa" > THAT'S ALL FOLKS. NO MORE BIOS. I'M DONE! HIP HIP HOORAY! I hope > you've enjoyed them and sending them on the list hasn't been too much > of a burden for those not interested. > > Best regards, > Mona Sarratt Knight Dear Mona, I think I can well speak for all of us, that one big round of applause is in order from all of us. Biographies, probate records, VR's and any like sources are never a burden, as these persons are certainly someone's ancestors, and, now on GenWeb, they will be accessible to all their descendants. If a list member has no interest in John Jones or Sarah Smith, that's what "delete" is for, as with any message that doesn't apply to us. But, most people like bios and wills, anyway. People like you that are able to go the extra mile, or in your case, and extra 50 miles, are what make all this happen. A VERY BIG, much deserved, THANK YOU from all of us. <VBG> A BIG HUG, Sandi Goetze Sponsor of Rootsweb Support Rootsweb, <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> Pine Mtn. Club, CA Home to Rootsweb, photos at: <http://www.frazmtn.com/~verhoeff/photo2.htm> ,,, (õ¿õ)) E S R C N ( v )) ~ R E A H I G ~ *~*~*~vvVv*~*vVvv~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Nebraska Descendants of Frontier, Furnas & Lincoln Counties: *CLINE*-------------------------------*FERGUSON*GORDON*FLINT*JONES* *LOCKWOOD*----------*BARRY*CAROTHERS*DOING*JOHNSON*LAND*VANDERVORT* *SANDERS*---------*BROWN*CLINE*HINKLEY*JONES*LARSON*PETERS*SANDERS* -----------*SMITH*SWINYER*WOODRING*BONAR*NICHOLAI*WILSON*WESTBROOK* Also, *SHAW*LYON*

I come from a long line of Union Pacific Railroad employees in Nebraska. To my knowledge, there is no on-line list of retirees. Due to confidentiality laws and people always seeking mailing lists, this kind of info is pretty well protected. Union Pacific Railroad has their own web site, however, as does the NARVRE (National Association of Retired & Veteran Railway Employees, Inc.). And I know there are NARVRE groups in Grand Island, Lincoln, and Omaha. I hope this is helpful to you. Sincerely, Mona Knight

Just a reminder: Use the NEGenWeb Resource Center - lots of links to outside sites as well as information specific to NE. Make sure to read the Andreas Chapter for your county/counties. Read up on the types of records you can find in NE under "Basic Helps". Please EXPLORE - http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/resource.html Try checking the OnLine Library at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/index.html The excerpts from the "Biographical History of Pottawattomi County, Iowa" - each bio has Nebraska connections - can be found under "partial books" at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/Pottawattami/excerpts.html If you have time to type the biography of a Nebraskan copied from a book, please do so and summit with a citation (title, author, publisher, copyright date MUST be 1922 or earlier). The Library includes some books with only 1-2 bios - would be happy to add yours! We'll put your name & email with your donation; makes an "oversize" query about the surname that interests you. If you have an old photo and can't identify the people, submit it to the Resource Center "Lost & Found". Same for a Bible record, etc. Ginger will be delighted to add your "finds". Help us increase the "free data online" through NEGenWeb with both your contributions of information and your $$. Almost all of our Nebraska sites are on RootsWeb, we invite you to make a donation to their continued expansion. Hope you'll ALL assist in paying for more space as NEGenWeb is dedicated to "filling it up" (grin). Visit & subscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html Thanks everybody, Ted & Carole Miller

My grandfather was a railroader in Nebraska for years and would like to find any site that has a listing of the Railroad Retirees. If anyone knows how to direct me to this information will really appreciate it. Kay Harding

I am looking for any information on the WORKER and MUNGER surnames. Col Charles Worker lived in Pierce NE Mungers lived near or around Battle Creek, Meadows Grove Ne any leads. Mungers were Abner and Maggie Barbara

Thank you Mona. It takes people like you who are willing to share that makes for a good list. bev beverly@cyberback.com >>THAT'S ALL FOLKS. NO MORE BIOS. I'M DONE! HIP HIP HOORAY!

Good day to all. Mona, a quiet thank you for a big job acccomplished. I can appreciate your deciacation and "Whoopee!" to end it. Thanks. Okay, the subject line... Am looking for soneone who could help do look-ups for Elk Creek area. The family refers both to Johnson and Nemaha Counties in their information, so there may be two counties in the search focus. Researching the family: NICKELSON which was originally spelled NICHOLSON in the native state of IN. The family descended from William and Margarette Wilson Nicholson of Clark Co IN. My ggr grandfather James Wilson Nickelson, his wife Margaret E. Koons/Coons and their family settled in Elk Creek about 1864 as guessed from the obituary of his son James Augustus Nickelson (1939, Table Rock Argus, Table Rock, NE) Search focus at this time: Looking for information pertaining to M.A. TIBBETS. She and James W. Nickelson are both buried in Mt Zion Cemetery- 7 miles east of Elk Creek. It is presumed, by myself and other family researchers, that MA is Mary Ann (Nicholson) who married Richmond Tibbets in IN. There is a dau. also buried there. Looking to find information on the family group if the presumption is correct. Will share information on the family lines (Nickelson/Nicholson) Thanks to all Carol Nickelson-McQueen Iowa Time frame in the area: abt. 1864 to abt. 1960 Associated Names: NICHOLSON, NICKELSON, NICKLES, WILSON (Step-dau of J. Smith), Eckhart, Super, Medford, Viggers,

Will the person who "maintains" this list please e-mail me. Thank you! Marilyn B.

Hi Everyone, I am trying to find information on my husband's gr-grandfather Floyd Winfield PORTER. He was born somewhere in Nebraska before 1880. That's all we know, unfortunately. Would any of you out there have an 1880 census index in which you could look for him? I would be so very grateful and happy to reciprocate by doing lookups for you on my LDS CDs. Thanks, Lisa

Mona, Thanks for all the bios. Didn't find anything for myself, but then who knows, they may be there and I don't recognize them. I have gleaned a lot of unusual given names for my collection from the bios. I appreciate the time and effort you spent in doing this for us. Jane Tierney

Looking for family of my GGrandmother, Catherine (Katy) Hentges born Illlinois; lived around Gage Co., NE for most of life-died around 1963 in Beatrice, Ne. She had a brother named Ted and a sister who married a Banto (sp); father might have been Charles. She was married to Hanson Day who died in 1917. Any help appreciated. Mar

MONANARIZ@AOL.COM WROTE: >THAT'S ALL FOLKS. NO MORE BIOS. I'M DONE! HIP HIP HOORAY! I hope you've >enjoyed them and sending them on the list hasn't been too much of a burden for >those not interested. Wow, Mona! That was so wonderful of you to type all those bios in. I really enjoyed reading them although I didn't have any ancestors listed in them. I have found ancestors on another website due to the efforts of someone like you who took the time to transcribe an old book's contents in. I think that you've done a great service. Sharon Sharon Kazmierski, Listowner, Latinteach & Latin E-mail Discussion Forums New on LATINTEACH's Website: Classroom ideas from Tiffany Wilson and Rose Williams. Do you have a Latin or Classics Website? Join the LATINTEACH WEBRING! http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/1790/index.html

Hi, I am looking for MILER relatives. My grandfather Orville Alvie MILER married Minnie Alice SHOOPMAN July 2, 1917 in Litchfield Sherman County, Nebraska. bev beverly@cyberback.com

1891 "Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa" (P. 704) THOMAS KEAST, b. Cornwall, England, August 9, 1844, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Talling) Keast. The father died one year after being injured while ditching in England, and the mother still lives in Cornwall, England. Thomas married Eliza Grace Oliver, March 3, 1865, in England, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Mathews) Oliver. In 1877 they came to Iowa; they have 7 children: Emma wife of D.D. Clark of Clay, Nebraska; Samuel of the same place; William; John; Elizabeth; Frank; and Charley. (P. 709) MRS. MARY A. WALDO, b. Windham County, Vermont, Dec 24, 1829, daughter of George W. and Mary (Randall) Allen, of Scotch and English ancestry. Mr. Allen was a nephew of the noted Ethan Allen of Revolutionary fame, and his wife was a first cousin of Hon. Samuel Randall, one of the most eminent statesmen of this nation. Mrs. Waldo was but 15 years old when she received a certificate and taught school for one year, although her father was well-to-do and able to support her without her labor. Being ambitious, she also learned the art of cutting and fitting dresses, and at the age of 20 years, she married Asa Berry Waldo, Nov 8, 1849. He was a blacksmith for 2 years, then came west and joined the Mormons at Nauvoo as they were about to emigrate to Council Bluffs. After several moves, they settled near Crescent City, Iowa, in 1871. Mrs. Waldo now has a neat residence in Crescent City; her children have been - Flora A. and Orpha E. both deceased; Aden M. residing in Omaha, Nebraska; Orpha E.(2) residing in Mills County; Edwin P. and Carrie C. both deceased. (P. 710) AMOS SCOTT CARTER, proprietor of Sunny-Side Farm, b. Guernsey Co, Ohio, 1837, son of Samuel Carter and Susan (Benson) Carter, daughter of Amos Benson. The Carters were Friends or Quakers and their children were reared in that faith. Our subject was reared in Guernsey Co Ohio to farm life. He came to Pottawattamie Co in 1870, and now owns a fine farm of 240 acres. He married in Guernsey Co, Ohio, Sept 1860 to Melinda Hartley, daughter of Noah Hartley and Millicent (Hall) Hartley, daughter of Isaac Hall. Mr and Mrs Carter are the parents of ten children: Millie Jane, wife of James Boileau an architect in Omaha, Nebraska; Noah Elmer, foreman of planing mill in South Omaha; James Thomas Albert a wagonmaker and blacksmith; John William living on the old homestead; Phebe Adaletta wife of Henry H. Crawmer a railroad man of Kansas; Amos Edwin, a mechanic at home; Arthur Elwood also at home; Charles Tilmon; Ruth Minnie; George Alfred. THAT'S ALL FOLKS. NO MORE BIOS. I'M DONE! HIP HIP HOORAY! I hope you've enjoyed them and sending them on the list hasn't been too much of a burden for those not interested. Best regards, Mona Sarratt Knight

(P. 675) EDMOND LATHAN, b. Elk River, Clay Co, Indiana, 1824, son of John and Nancy (Bollarhide) Lathan, natives of North Carolina. Edmond married Nancy Reel, daughter of William A. and Sarah (Reel) Reel, of Irish ancestry. Mr and Mrs Lathan had 9 children, six living, namely: John William in Colorado; Mrs Martha Aldridge in Nebraska; Joseph Riley in Monroe Co Iowa; Mary Etta wife of George Cox of Missouri Valley; Anna wife of Silas Jones of Monona County; Edmond who resides in Nebraska. Mrs Lathan died in 1859 at age 35, and Mr Lathan married again in 1861 to Mrs Jessie Martin, nee Underwood, who was born in Scotland; they have four children: Nancy Ann wife of G.L. Brown in Washington Twp; Samuel engaged in the timber business in Butte, Montana; Harrison at home; and Jessie, also at home. (P. 677) W.S. QUICK, b. Rickingham Co, Virginia, August 1818, son of William Quick and Elizabeth (Trout) Quick. He was 7 years old when his parents removed to Licking Co, Ohio; William and five brothers drew by hand a light wagon loaded with household goods. W.S. married in 1856 and came to Iowa, then went to Pike's Peak with an ox team in search of gold; then freighted from Des Moines to Plattsmouth, Nebraska, to Denver; engaged in the livery business in Omaha, Nebraska. He finally settled to farm life in 1881, with his wife Angeline (Effinger) Quick; they have two children: Elias Jefferson in partnership with his father; and Cornelius S., a banker at Indianola, Red Willow County, Nebraska. Mrs Quick died 1885, and W.S. remarried 1889 to Amelia Hampton, and by this marriage there are 2 children: Gertrude and Howard. Elias J. Quick of Nebraska was born in Licking Co, Ohio, and came to Iowa at age 11 with his parents, and was 14 years old when he went to Denver. He married in February 1873 to Miss Elizabeth Thomas, b. Wales, daughter of John and Elizabeth Thomas, and they have 8 children: Anna Caravena; George; Cornelius; Tilly; William T.; Jay; Elizabeth; and Mabel. (P. 684) GEORGE H. OSBORN b. Frederick Co, Virginia, son of George Osborn and Amelia Gordon Osborn. In March 1846, he married Eliza Grant, daughter of John and Rebecca (Fulton) Grant, from Pennsylvania before the War of 1812. Mr and Mrs Osborn moved to St Joseph Missouri for five years, and in 1865 moved to Iowa. His children are: Ella, wife of William King of Hazel Dell Twp; John L. who also resides in Hazel Dell Twp; Alcinda, now Mrs William Triplet of Buffalo Co, Nebraska; and George C. resident of Hazel Dell. (P. 690) ALEXANDER M. HUFF, b. Henderson Co, Illinois, May 1845, son of Lewis Huff and Susan (Palmer) Huff, grandson of John Huff, a native of North Carolina and father of 22 children. Alexander Huff came to Council Bluffs with his father and was married in Omaha, Nebraska in 1866 to Ella Doran, daughter of John Doran, a native of Nova Scotia. Mr and Mrs Huff had six children: Mary, Lewis, Ford, Eva, Katie and Daisy. (P. 692) ISAAC G. CARTER, b. February 1830, son of Alvin Carter and Nancy (Clark) Carter. To Alvin and Nancy of Muskingum Co, Ohio, were born Isaac G.; Henry B.; Washington; William; Hugh; and Mary A. Mr Carter died very suddenly at the early age of 30 years from exposure; and his wife died within two weeks from exposure in taking care of the stock on the farm. At age 12, Isaac was then left an orphan, and the little family of six orphan children were scattered. Isaac was brought up by William Evans, a wealthy Irishman, who treated him kindly. Isaac married Lucinda Dowell, daughter of George and Grace (Helms) Dowell, of German descent. Mr Carter learned the carpenters trade early in life and followed this profession as a contarctor and builder. (He served in the Civil War, a the text from his discharge paper is included in the bio.) After the War, he lived on a farm in Iowa for 4 years, then went to Platte County, Nebraska, where he lived until 1872, and went to Pottawattamie County, Iowa. He is Chaplain of the Anti-Horse Thief Society at Hancock, Iowa. Mr & Mrs Carter are the parents of 10 children, 7 living: Harry A., Charles, George, Henrietta, Eva, Ida, Jennie, Howard, Flora and Hugh.

(P. 619) S.G. UNDERWOOD, b. Dumfrieshire, Scotland, January 13, 1829, son of William and Mary (Grierson) Underwood. William was the son of James Underwood a native of Scotland, and Mary was the daughter of William and Margaret (Richardson) Grierson. S.G. spent several years at sea on a sailing vessel, as cabin boy, going first to Gibralter, then Capt of Good Hope, St Helena, and other points on the African Coast. He visited almost all parts of the globe. In 1846 he came from Motreal to Chicago, then Indiana, then Illinois, then Missouri, then by ox team to Sacramento California. In 1854 he came to Pottawattamie County. He now sells machine for the McCormick Co. Mr Underwood married in March 1856 to Helen McPherson, a native of Scotland, and daughter of Captain John McPherson and Belle (Nichol) McPherson. Mr and Mrs Underwood have eight children: William, in the stock business in Omaha, Nebraska; Nelly wife of Ed H. Benton of Council Bluffs; Anna at home; John M., Samuel G., Ninie, Herbert, and Fay L. (P. 637) M.P. ELLIS, druggist at Council Bluffs, b. Elkhart, Indiana, March 1856, son of Joel and Emeline (Bailey) Ellis. M.P. Ellis, at age 17, entered the employ of Hill & Kelly, druggists at Elkhart, and became proficient. In 1882, he went to Fairbury, Nebraska, and worked for Hinkle, Carr & Co., where he managed to save means enough to buy a piece of land in Jefferson Co, Nebraska, which he later sold. He later came to Council Bluffs, and on September 10 1889 married Mrs. Alice Wilson of Council Bluffs, she the daughter of W.H. and Matilda (Thompson) Murlin. (P. 641) JOHN H. GOULD, b. Vermont, January 1811, son of Joseph and Susan (Haskin) Gould, natives of the Mohawk Valley, NY. Both the Haskins and Goulds were Dutch. During his youth, John spent time in New York State working on the building of the Erie Canal and was there during the great cholera epidemic in 1833. In 1835 he removed to Illinois, where he married January 29, 1846, to Martha Prunk (b. Virginia, daughter of Daniel and Catherine Prunk). In 1866, they came to Pottawattamie County Iowa. Mr and Mrs Gould have five children: Mary Magdeline Johnson, a widow, residing with her father; George W. of Willow Lake, South Dakota; Daniel W. a resident of Oregon; Addison who lives in Omaha, Nebraska; and Emma Catherine wife of S. Solomon of this County. The great loss of Mr Gould's life was in the death of his beloved wife, January 14, 1889. (P. 654) HENRY F. PLUMER, native of Hanover, Germany, b. October 1828, son of John H. and Mary Plumer, who came to America in 1830. John H. Plumer spent six years in the English Army and was in the battle of Waterloo and served in the French Revolution under the Duke of Wellington. Henry F. Plumer was married August 20, 1849 to Sophia Kinning, b. Mercer Co, Ohio, 1835, daughter of John H. and Mary (Meyer) Kinning, natives of Hanover, Germany who came to America in 1829. Mr and Mrs Plumer have 12 children living, namely: Mary J. wife of Fred Spetman of Omaha, Nebraska; John residing inCouncil Bluffs; William of Iowa; Emeline wife of Fred Ludick of Woodbury Co; Josephine at home; Ferdinand of Woodbury Co; Edward at home; Cornelius; Oscar; Augusta (deceased); Thomas at home; Laura; Henry, and an infant daughter (deceased). (P. 666) WILLIAM BEEZLEY, b. Clarke Co, Ohio, January 1818, son of John Beezley, grandson of William Beezley. William Beezley came to Brown County, Ohio, with Daniel Boone and built the first grist mill on the Little Miami River there. William Beezley, our subject, son of John and Elizabeth (Ellsworth) Beezley, was reared in Ohio, then in Illinois, and served in the Civil War, along with his sons John T. (38th Illinois Infantry); Cassius C. (106th Illinois Regiment and killed at Island 62); and William James (145th Illinois Regiment). Mr Beezley also took two boys to raise, namely James Ferguson (7th Regiment) and Charles Russum (38th Regiment, deceased). William Beezley, our subject, first married in Miami Co, Ohio, to Polly Ann Castle, and having six children, five now living: John at Gerard Kansas; Emeline wife of Newton Boyles of Graham Co Kansas; Cassius C. killed on Island 62; William James, residing in southwestern Nebraska; and Jenny wife of Cornelius Stockton of Hanson Co, Dakota. Mrs Beezley died 1880 and Mr Beezley was again married December 1884 to Anna Fawcett and had three children: Benjamin Roscoe; George Fawcett; and Elmer Smith.