(Page 332) JOHN R. BOULDEN, b. Miami Co, OH, 11/20/1825, son of William L. and Nancy (Patterson) Boulden, natives of Maryland and Delaware, Scotch and Irish ancestry. William died Sept 18, 1830, leaving wife and children: Lewis, William, Joseph, Mary Ann, John (of this sketch); Maria. John Boulden learned the shoemaker's trade, and at age 24 he married MARY MILLER daughter of Elias and Catherine (Moore) Miller, natives of New Jersey. John and Mary Boulden had children: Charles W. of Missouri Valley, IA: John F. at home; George W of Seattle Washington; Martha C. wife of James Garrison of Los Angeles; Catherine A. wife of Charles Wiltfong of Council Bluffs, IA; Eva now Mrs Richard Thornton of Fremont, NE; Benjamin Thurman; Emma; Maggie M.; Aldezara (deceased); Joseph Orra (deceased) and Louis E. (Deceased).

(Page 327) DAVID DEVOL, b. Chatham, NY, 11/27/1805, son of Joshua and Martha (Gifford) Devol, of French extraction, and natives of Massachusetts. David was youngest of five children and the only one to survive to adulthood. David married Oct 20, 1830, in Canaan, NY, to Delia Roby, who was born in NY in 1812. They came west to Nauvoo, IL, then moved to Iowa in 1846. Children of David and Delia Devol are: George, deceased; Harriet wife of William N. Green of Council Bluffs, IA, died 1889; P.C. in Council Bluffs; Emily, Martha, David, Charles all deceased; Delia, wife of W.R. Vaughan of Omaha, Nebraska; and William, deceased. (Page 327) P.C. DEVOL, b. 1/10/1836, son of David and Delia (Toby) Devol. P.C. formed a partnership in 1883 with W.S. Wright, opening a jobbing house for 2 years, after which they entered into a stock company under the firm name of Rector, Wilhelmie & Co., at Omaha, Nebraska, transferring the jobbing department from Council Bluffs to Omaha, and leaving a tin and stove store in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mr Devol is president of the company and Mr Wright the secretary. They carry a large stock of hardware, tinware and stamped ware, and employ a large force of men in the jobbing house and on the road. P.C. Devol married in 1868 to Miss Catherine Swobe, b. NY state, daughter of Michael Swobe. They have 5 children: Hattie, Mary, Paul C., William Roy and Arthur (deceased). Mrs Devol was a teacher before her marriage. (Page 329) A.W. JOHNSON, b. Hillsboro, Washington Co, Pennsylvania, June 25, 1832, son of William and Mary (McFadden) Johnson, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania respectively, and of Puritan and Irish ancestry. The father belonged to the old Johnson family of Indian war fame and was a soldier in the War of 1812. His kinsman was Colonel Richard M. Johnson of historical fame. A.W. Johnson was the 9th of 10 children of this family. He became a glove maker and tanner until 1870 when he moved to Iowa to farm. A.W. Johnson married in Ohio, Oct 4, 1854, Miss Ellen Harl, daughter of Tramel and Elizabeth (Wilson) Harl, natives of Virginia. Ellen Harl was born October 10, 1836, in Mt Vernon, Ohio. A.W. and Ellen Johnson are the parents of: Hamilton, deceased; Richard M., who died at age 19; George W a resident of Pottawattamie Co; William T. a resident of the same county; Charles M. b. May 15, 1865 and now residing in Custer County, NE; and Mary E. b. Feb 14, 1876 and is at her parental home. (Page 330) L.G. JONES, farmer of Rockford Township, b. Putnam Co, Indiana, Aug 8, 1841, son of Nathan and Abigail (Dewese) Jones, natives of Kentucky. L.G. Jones was the fifth child and youngest son of the family. L.G. married Elizabeth Martin on June 18, 1863, daughter of Raleigh and Elizabeth Martin, natives of Indiana who removed to Adair Co, Missouri and died there. Mrs. L.G. Jones was born Sept 5, 1841 and married L.G. at the age of 20. L.G. and Elizabeth had children: Elizabeth; Abigail b. Oct 21, 1866, wife of O.L. Lucas in Clay Center, Nebraska; David Walter, b. Feb 29, 1876, died 7 weeks after; and Melvil Curtice, b. Jan 3, 1879. (Page 331) JOHN G. TIPTON, attorney at law, Council Bluffs and Omaha, b. Fulton Co, Illinois 1849. Educated at Abingdon in Illinois graduating college in 1871. He went to the Black Hills and was there when the first court was held in that district, at which court Judge Bennett presided. He located at Council Bluffs immediately on his return, and has been engaged in law in this city and in Omaha, Nebraska. John G. was the son of John Tipton (killed by a falling tree March 23, 1869 in Fulton Co). His mother Eliza Crawford Tipton died in Pottawattamie County July 21, 1879 while visiting her children. John G. Tipton had siblings: Samuel S. Tipton a publisher in NY City; Thompson Tipton in Chicago; Mary Tipton Swigert in Illinois; Hannah Tipton Combs in Burlington Kansas; Sarah Tipton Swigert and Lydia Tipton Ramsey in Illinois; and sister Mrs N.H. Meeker in Greenwood, Nebraska. John G. married Annetta Bryant, daughter of William Bryant and niece of Judge A.S. Bryant.

In a message dated 1/17/99 9:56:36 PM US Eastern Standard Time, srose@jeffnet.org writes: << NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com >> The book was published in 1891 by The Lewis Publishing Company. So the biographies are written as of that year. I can't say what years the bios cover; it depends on when the person was born and what they remembered, I'm afraid. As for an index, I'd rather go through the book and extract those connected to Nebraska. However, the Miller's have agreed to collect my e- mails and put the data on the Nebraska GenWeb resource page. I'll provide the index names when we do that. In the meantime, just e-mail me if you have specific names to want to know about, and I'll check the index of surnames and reply directly to you. Best regards, Mona Sarratt Knight

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_916672220_boundary Content-ID: <0_916672220@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Yes, there are a significant number of "easterners" in this book, most coming from New York or the Ohio River Valley. I have researched some of the migration patterns during my own genealogy research and am not surprised that many people from, NY, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois moved into Iowa and Nebraska. Since the eastern states were settled very early in the history of our country, by the early 1800's the farm land was starting to "give out" and more and more immigrants were moving in. So many people sold their farms and started moving west. My own ancestors migrated from Virginia into Kentucky, up to Illinois, and then into Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and points west. Mona --part0_916672220_boundary Content-ID: <0_916672220@inet_out.mail.wcoil.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <wajalew@wcoil.com> Received: from rly-yc03.mail.aol.com (rly-yc03.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.35]) by air-yc03.mail.aol.com (v56.22) with SMTP; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 21:31:27 -0500 Received: from smtp.wcoil.com (smtp.wcoil.com [206.230.70.9]) by rly-yc03.mail.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id VAA01162 for <MonaNAriz@aol.com>; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 21:31:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from wcoil.com (pm11-26.wcoil.com [208.10.2.186]) by smtp.wcoil.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id VAA02816 for <MonaNAriz@aol.com>; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 21:31:09 -0500 Message-ID: <36A29D8E.DE7C753A@wcoil.com> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 21:33:50 -0500 From: warren lewis <wajalew@wcoil.com> Reply-To: wajalew@wcoil.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) To: MonaNAriz@aol.com Subject: Re: [NEBRRoots-L] More Names References: <12e90188.36a2952e@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit What a noble gesture! You are an angel! Our Edgar Beghtel seemed to move around Nebraska although he finally settled in the Southwest corner. Anything about him in the book? Thanks! Jane p.s. I have done a lot of genealogy in New York State and all the NY emigrants to Nebraska is an interesting twist I had never known. --part0_916672220_boundary--

These BIOS's are so interesting to read! Thank you for putting them where people can actually use them. If you come across the GOODRICH surname, let me know. They lived in Tilden, NE. from 1850 to 1905. Susan

Can anyone tell me where Carson Township is? Is it near Nebraska City? I have a Carson Grant LEWIS that I am looking for b) abt 1860-70 d) 1942-43 Nebraska City. NE. Barb ----------------------- Page 308, HARRISON MONTGOMERY, b. Ohio 9/27/1839, son of Moses and Elizabeth > (Jones) Montgomery. In 1857 Harrison married Mary Jane Mills, daughter of > William and Elizabeth (Burkhalter) Mills of Indiana and then Jasper Co, Iowa. > Harrison and Mary Jane had children: Ella, wife of John Walker of Carson > Township;

Can you tell us what years the biographies cover? Also, would it be possible for you to list a surname index for it? Sarah srose@jeffnet.org

Thank you for all the neat information. I'm sure I will use it. Gloria Daum ---------- > From: Carole <susieque@pacbell.net> > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NEBRRoots-L] NEGenWeb On-Line Library > Date: Sunday, January 17, 1999 3:38 PM > > >May I ask how to access the NEGen Web On-Line Library, please? > > Hi Gloria, > > Visit the NEGenWeb Resource Center at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/resource.html > > The On-Line Library is a piece of the RC, you'll find it at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/index.html > > If you have an old book (written 1922 or earlier) - we'll do everything > we can to get it posted for you - page by page is fine. > > If you have a newer book (written 1923 or later) and can get a copywrite > RELEASE - please let us know! > > Visit your Library - the collection is small, but growing. Pam Rietsch > is purchasing OLD books to be added as time permits. > > All contributions welcome. > > Ted & Carole Miller > > PS - While you're visiting the Resource Center, consider contributions to > "Lost & Found", and all the other departments that Ginger maintains. We > try to find a home for every bit of info.

>May I ask how to access the NEGen Web On-Line Library, please? Hi Gloria, Visit the NEGenWeb Resource Center at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/resource.html The On-Line Library is a piece of the RC, you'll find it at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/index.html If you have an old book (written 1922 or earlier) - we'll do everything we can to get it posted for you - page by page is fine. If you have a newer book (written 1923 or later) and can get a copywrite RELEASE - please let us know! Visit your Library - the collection is small, but growing. Pam Rietsch is purchasing OLD books to be added as time permits. All contributions welcome. Ted & Carole Miller PS - While you're visiting the Resource Center, consider contributions to "Lost & Found", and all the other departments that Ginger maintains. We try to find a home for every bit of info.

May I ask how to access the NEGen Web On-Line Library, please? Gloria Daum ----------

Hi Nebraska friends, here is a site that many of you may find interesting. Go see, if you can. Best wishes, Gloria Daum ---------- > Hi All, > > Well just to distract me from the diversion of physical therapy I decided > to put up another map site, must be crazy <grin>...anyway this one still > has tons to go but the R.R. maps that are up are pretty cool. There are > about 20 of them covering all parts of the country. They are taken from an > 1891 Grain Dealers and Shippers Gazetteer I got recently from an old book > dealer and thought this might help people. Again, these are rather large > images, so take your time, drink your beverage of choice and enjoy. > > http://www.LivGenMI.com/1891shippersgaz.htm > > Pam > prietsch@ismi.net .com/rootsweb/contributors/ !

Looking for info on Cora TETER b abt 1878 in NE m (Bud) William H. Stockwell moved to Kansas City, MO. Linda (Bookrdr001@aol.com)

>I recently obtained an 1891 book "Biographical History of Pottawattamie >County, Iowa" which contains biographies of pioneers, some with Nebraska >connections. I will periodically try to post here names and dates of the >Nebraska surnames in the hopes that it will be of help to someone. I would >also do look-ups for anyone interested. Here are the first Nebraska >connections I came across (the book is quite large, 712 pages, so be patient >with me, please): Dear Mona (?), We'd be happy to provide a "permanent home" for these paragraphs. If you're willing, will post your excerpts on a page in the NEGenWeb On-Line Library with an email link to you as lookup contact. As the book is beyond copywrite protection limit, the entire content of these articles can be posted if you have the time to type them! Please let us know, Ted & Carole Miller

Hi Mona, I think this is a very generous thing for you to do. Thank you. May I ask you to look for any O'HARA families in your book. My grnd.father Albert O"HARA was born there abt. 1882. I do not know what town or county. Best wishes, Gloria Daum Encinitas, Calif. ---------- > From: MonaNAriz@aol.com > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] Biographies w/Nebraska connections

MonaNAriz wrote: >If this information is helpful, please let me know. How nice of you to do this Mona. Yes, please continue as you are able. Judy in New York Researching Behrens, Michaelson/sen, Becher, Mohlmann, Sandhagen, Eilers, Schefcick/Szewcyzk, Knopik

(Page 314) GEORGE WRIGHT, deceased, former farmer of Hazel Dell Township, b. Thurcaston, Leicestershire, England, 4/12/1819; married 1/16/1842 to Elizabeth Woolenton, b. Thrusinton, Leicestershire on May 30, 1821. George was employed after marriage as a gardener and florist. Emigrated to America in Dec 1847, locating first at St Louis. "In a few years, he removed to Genoa, Nebraska, whence he was driven two years later by the Indians back to the Missouri River." (He didn't actually stay in Nebraska, but I thought it interesting that the Indians drove him out! I guess that Iowa looked good after that experience!) (Page 315) B.F. HARBERT, b. July 6, 1853, Peoria Co, IL, son of Parcus Harbert, native of Johnson Co, Indiana, and of English and Scotch ancestry. Parcus Harbert married Mary Ann Hulick; came west to Iowa in 1854. Parcus and Mary Ann Harbert reared 5 children: America, wife of Joseph Cramer of Wayne Co, Nebraska; B.F. the person of this sketch; Katie wife of J.M. Coons of Macedonia Twp Iowa; Michael of Mills Co; John of Carson Twp. B.F. Harbert married Cynthia A. Cramer on March 4, 1880, daughter of John and Elizabeth (McMullin) Cramer.

Looking for information on George Taylor family lived in Maple Creek & Fremont area from 1883-1990's Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank You, Tedd Taylor

(Page 309) WILLIAM DeWITT Jr, b. Montgomery Co, NY, 11/29/1826, son of Willard DeWitt Sr who was born in Massachusetts and lived to be 105 years old. His mother was Elizabeth Mosier DeWitt. William Jr married Delphia Montgomery on 1/18/1850 in Winnebago Co, IL. She was daughter of William and Elizabeth (Jones) Montgomery, natives of Pennsylvania. William Jr and Delphia had 5 children: James Willard DeWitt, married with 3 children and living in Cedar Co, Nebraska; George Lincoln at home; Leticia wife of M.F. Price; P. Grant who is married; John Harrison at home. Four children died in infancy: Antionica age 12; John H. age 10; William H. age 5; Cora May 13 months. Page 311, DANIEL B. CLARK, b. Batavia, NY, 1/4/1819, son of Eli K. and Eunice (Brown) Clark, both of Connecticut. Daniel B. Clark married Eleanor Bates at Ridgeway, Orleans Co, NY, 10/4/1840. Eleanor b. Madison Co, NY, 12/22/1819. Daniel and Eleanor have 10 children, only 4 living: Edwin J. died 1/30/1873 at age 32; Ora is a farmer of Red Willow Co, Nebraska; Emma J. wife of George W. Bartlett of Red Willow Co, NE; and Samuel W. is a resident of that same county.

I'm looking for info on my line of BETTS. Is there anyone else researching this line of BETTS? I'll gladly share any info I have. Thanks Devorah Ingwerson Smith My email is devorah@mail2.quiknet.com Report Betts, Isaac,Sr August 15, 1794 Sussex Co, Delaware April 3, 1863 Burnt Corn, Alabama May 13, 1813 Jasper Co, Georgia Natural Father Married Male Elizabeth Betts, Sarah Elizabeth August 9, 1834 Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex Co, Delaware November 3, 1905 Avoca, Cass Co., Nebraska 1864 Illinois Natural Father, Natural Mother Married Female Harshman, George Washington,Sr

Page 299, GEORGE BOLTON, b. in the Territory of Wisconsin (now Iowa), 12/9/1840, son of William Bolton, grandson of HenryBolton. George married Hannah M. Pierce (of Ohio) daughter of Dennis and Mary (Polick) Pierce. George and Hannah had children: Charles E.; A.W.; Ida M., wife of D.W. Magee sheriff of Banner Co, Nebraska; Nellie G., Albert, and James A.; Luke, Minnie and Frank all died of diptheria. (this bio is actually for George Bolton) Page 300, JOHN E. WILLIAMS, b. South Wales, 10/22/1841, son of Daniel and Margaret (Evans) Williams; came to America in 1856. John Williams married Elizabeth Peterson, a native of Sweden, brought to America at age 4. "As of this writing, Mrs Margaret (Evans) Williams resides in Merrick Co, Nebraska, and is 74 years of age." Mrs. Margaret (Evans) Williams had siblings Daniel Evans; John E; Ruth; Margaret; Samuel Evans now residing in Grand Island, Nebraska; Annie, now Mrs John Robinson of Clarkesville, Nebraska. (this bio is actually for John E. Williams) Page 308, HARRISON MONTGOMERY, b. Ohio 9/27/1839, son of Moses and Elizabeth (Jones) Montgomery. In 1857 Harrison married Mary Jane Mills, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Burkhalter) Mills of Indiana and then Jasper Co, Iowa. Harrison and Mary Jane had children: Ella, wife of John Walker of Carson Township; Emma, wife of Thomas Marshall, Lincoln, NE; Hatty, wife of Charles Wood, Grove Twp; Irvin, living in Sarpy Co, NE; Casin; Sadie; Tillie May; John; Pearly; Laura; and Clarence L., all at home. Two children died in infancy.