NEBRRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > NEBRRoots-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 19 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [NEBRRoots-L] More names with Nebr [MonaNAriz@aol.com] > #2 [NEBRRoots-L] More Iowa bios with [MonaNAriz@aol.com] > #3 [NEBRRoots-L] Marshall/Carpenter/L [Ladyh19777@aol.com] > #4 Re: [NEBRRoots-L] Seward County bi ["Cheryl" <cwhitnah@netmeg.net>] > #5 [NEBRRoots-L] LAUBY FAMILY [B1316@aol.com] > #6 [NEBRRoots-L] Re: NEBRRoots-D Dige ["rose" <rose@nternet.net>] > #7 [NEBRRoots-L] Furnas Co. 1827, Nic [CNickmc@aol.com] > #8 [NEBRRoots-L] George Washington Gr [TMccord450@aol.com] > #9 [NEBRRoots-L] Grand Masonic Lodge ["Karen" <kdyer@jps.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NEBRRoots-D, send a message to > > NEBRRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] More names with Nebraska connections > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 18:33:50 EST > From: MonaNAriz@aol.com > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > > (Page 340) ARTHUR I. MITCHELL, physician and surgeon of Macedonia, Iowa; b. > Decatur Co, Indiana, 1847, son of Dr James H. and Nancy (Irmlay) Mitchell, > natives of Kentucky. Dr James Mitchell practiced in Decatur Co, Indiana; in > 1853 he moved the family to Iowa and remained 13 years and also spent three > years in Seward Co, Nebraska, before settling in Pottawattamie Co, Iowa. James > died about 1886 while visiting his son BRUTUS MITCHELL at Axtell, Kearney Co, > NE, the age of 66. James and Nancy Mitchell had 6 children, A.I., our > subject; Mary wife of Henry Davison of Axtell, Nebraska in the livery and > harness business; Brutus I. also in the livery business at Wilcox, Kearney Co, > NE; Lewis E. Stryker, in company with Brutus at Wilcox; E. Summer (deceased); > and Delia, wife of Henry Kennedy. Arthur I was a druggist in Macedonia. > Married April 10, 1869 to Annie Efner, daughter of Dr William H and Sarah C. > (Johnston) Efner. Arthur I. and Annie had one son, Sumner and Frank who died > as an infant. > > (Page 342) M.S. ROOP, contractor and builder, b. Ohio in 1851, son of John and > Mary (Mills) Roop, natives of Pennsylvania. M.S. Roop "spent some time in > Nebraska in the stock business." In 1887 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, he turned > to contracting, and in connection with this business he also keeps a quantity > of and manufactures all kinds of bee supplies, such as veils, comb > foundations, hives, etc. He married in Carson City, Michigan, January 1874 to > Nellie J. Dolson. They have 4 children: Cortez Leo, Francis Ethel, Miles > Archie, and Raymond Wilber. > > (Page 344) JOHN COOL, b. Coburg, Province of Ontario, 1824, son of Benjamin > Cool who was born 1795 on the Mohawk River and was of Holland Dutch descent, > wife Phoebe Hillenboldt, daughter of Adolphus Hillenboldt. Benjamin and > Phoebe Cool had 9 children: Lucinda, John, Richard, William, Ellizabeth, > Albert, Charles, Seymour, and one who died in infancy. Benjamin died in Iowa > in 1878, age 83. "At this writing, Mrs Cool is still living, at the age of 90, > with her son ALBERT COOL in Nebraska. John Cool, of this sketch, married in > 1847 to Sarah Carleton, daughter of James and Julia Carleton. John and Sarah > had one chld, Mary, now the wife of Malcolm Howe of Illinois. Sarah Cool died > 1865 and in 1867 Mr Cool married Margaret Fowler, daughter of Dr Thomas E and > Marilla Fowler, and of this marriage there were 2 sons, Benton and Daniel. > > (Page 347) DAVID DUNKLE, farmer of Crescent City, b. Fayette Co, Ohio, 1834, > son of William and Mary (McMullen) Dunkle, natives of Virginia. David Dunkle > enlisted Nov 4, 1864, in the 13th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged > May 1865. He was married Dec 22, 1852, to Margaret McMullen, daughter of > William and Catharine McMullen, natives of Virginia. She was b. Fayette Co, > Ohio 1834 and died July 1883, leaving 4 children as follows: David William > Dunkle who resides in Florence, Nebraska; Martha A. wife of W.H. Cafferty in > Omaha, Nebraska; Sarah A. wife of John Daggett of Florence, Nebraska; and John > W. at home. > > (Page 348) F.M. LEWIS, Franklin Co, Indiana, 1846, son of Samuel Lewis who was > born in the same county in 1812 and was a son of Daniel Lewis a native of > Pennsylvania. Our subject's mother was Martha (Richardson) Lewis, b. Ohio, > daughter of Nathaniel Richardson, a native of Connecticut. "The mother now > lives in Madison County, Nebraska." F.M. Lewis married Lizzie Devore in 1877 > in Iowa; she born Bartholomew Co, Indiana, daughter of Levi and Rosetta > ((Osborne) Devore, Levi the son of Ben Devore, and Rosetta the daughter of > Jonathan Osborne. F.M. Lewis and Lizzie have 4 children: Tonny Benton, Mary > Elva, Charles Earl, and Irvin. > > (Page 348) WILLIAM BROWN, son of Nathan Brown, who was born in Pike Co, Ohio > in 1813. Nathan Brown married Filinda Odell, daughter of Thomas Odell, and had > 8 children: Johnnie (deceased), Sarah (deceased), Alvira (deceased age 26); > Hattie wife of Dr James Welsh of NY City; Johnson, "still unmarried"; Minor > married to Fannie Parker; William our subject; and Jessie who married Henry > Crommett (deceased) formerly a real estate dealer in Omaha, Nebraska. William > Brown b. 1858; married Allie Irwin in 1882, daughter of J.D. and Emily (Downs) > Irwin; they have 4 children, Leslie, Ira, Jessie and William. > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] More Iowa bios with nebraska connections > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 18:43:23 EST > From: MonaNAriz@aol.com > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > > (Page 356) WILLIAM McKEOWN, b. Upper Canada, March 1828, son of William and > Jane (Lucas) McKeown, natives of Ireland but of Scotch ancestry. William > McKeown was born after the death of his father William McKeown in Oct 1827. > Jane McKeown married second James Kilfoyle and moved to Iowa in 1848. William > mcKeown left home at age 12 "with the consent of his mother and worked as a > laborer, his earnings going to her support." He married Eliza Jane Hall in > 1848 in Iowa, daughter of Joseph and Johanna (Chillis) Hall, natives of NY > State. Eliza Jane Hall b. Indiana July 10, 1826. William and Eliza are > members of the Latter Day Saints; Eliza died 1870 leaving 11 children: William > Alfred of Pottawattamie Co; Thomas Allen "now living in Nebraska," Joseph Hall > of Pottawattamie Co; Mary Elizabeth wife of William Brotherton of Iowa; Robert > Henry "now living in Nebraska"; a girl who died in infancy; Martha Jane wife > of Peter Acton of Pottawattamie Co; Johanna "now living in Nebraska;" Eliza > Ellen (deceased); David Albert resides in Utah; George Wesley who also resides > in Utah. After the death of his wife, Mr McKeown married Jennet Kirkwood, > daughter of Robert and Mary (Muir) Kirkwood whose history is found on another > page. By this last marriage, there were children: Arthur Lee; Agnes Belle; > John Robert; Grace May; Susan Janet; Violet; Margaret; Alice Annye; and Emma > Melissa. (In total, it appears Mr McKeown had 20 children!!!) > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] Marshall/Carpenter/Lewis--Friend, Saline Co, NE > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:09:45 EST > From: Ladyh19777@aol.com > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi all, > I'm looking for info on the families of Frank Marshall, Thomas Marshall, Ether > Lewis, Branson Lewis, Mark Connell Carpenter and Harry Carpenter. They or > their children were all in Friend, NE from about 1870 through about 1940 > (There may still be some family members living in the area??) Anyone who has > ties to the above families please contact me. I have a lot of info about them > and their descendants but unfortunately not much info on their parents. Any > help will be welcome. > > Thanks! > Alinda Lewis Miller > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [NEBRRoots-L] Seward County biographies; Businesses, etc. > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:43:00 -0500 > From: "Cheryl" <cwhitnah@netmeg.net> > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > > I recently poured through all that data on the NE gen web page and Seward > County pages. I got lot of good info on my surnname Whitnah, including > references to a "Whitnah & Bros general store" and an E.C. Whitnah in the > farmer's gazetteer (BTW, what is a "Gazetteer"?). My Whitnahs lived in > Utica in the 1890's and must have moved to Beaver Creek by 1900, where my > gramps and his bros and sister are listed as being born. He, in Utica. > > I would like to find earlier references of Whitnahs, there, and more > information on the general store in Utica, which apparently existed in 1890, > and, it seems that his dad (Charles) must have had a brother or two around > there - i.e., E.C. Whitnah (unles that was a woman, its possible, Carrell's > sister was named "Evelyn" and the family does pick names of recent other > relatives to pass along, especially female maiden names and first names, to > preserve their lineage, as my mom carried "Evelyn" after her aunt, above, as > a middle name, and my uncle has "Cary" as a middlle name to remember his > mom's father's name, "Cary Pope". My goodness. I was just handed an email > that told me that Charles, my grandpa's dad, well, HIS dad (grandpa's > grand-dad) was named "Eli" Whitnah. I guess that's the E.C. Whitnah, farmer, > in the gazetteer. > > I sure would like to peruse any other Seward county references from 1870 > through 1950, as some of my family has been around all that time, and might > even still be. > > Also, Lincoln is in Lancaster county? My grandmother came back from Burma > to give birth to my Aunt Margaret in 1924 in Lincoln NE, and then had my mom > back in Burma, 1926, and I am guessing she stayed with family in Lincoln. I > am looking, therefore, for Whitnahs in Lincoln, NE, around 1920-1930, unless > they all came back for a spell and went to Burma again, and therefore I > might find "Carrell and Mildred Whitnah" in Lincoln at that time. > > Any resources or newspapers or church gossip would be great... > > Cheryl > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] LAUBY FAMILY > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:49:40 EST > From: B1316@aol.com > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > > Seeking decendants of :Matthew LAUBY/Helena MAYERS > Children: Clemans, William,Michael,Agnes,Edward,Joseph,Henry,John. > One listed as born in Nebraska City, most passed away in Lexington. > I am a decendant of Nicholas LAUBY, brother of Matthew Lauby, born > in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Anyone with information on this family, please > contact me at B1316@aol.com Thank you! > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] Re: NEBRRoots-D Digest V99 #17 > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:53:16 -0500 > From: "rose" <rose@nternet.net> > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > > unsubcribe > -----Original Message----- > From: NEBRRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com <NEBRRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: NEBRRoots-D@rootsweb.com <NEBRRoots-D@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, January 18, 1999 9:39 AM > Subject: NEBRRoots-D Digest V99 #17 > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] Furnas Co. 1827, Nicholson > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:03:12 EST > From: CNickmc@aol.com > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > > Greetings! > Am looking for assistance in locating information on a Nicholson who > homesteaded in Beaver City, NE and died in 1827- "buried in his own yard" > said to have 8 graves there. The information shared with me, by a family > researcher, refers to this individual as Uncle Bill and also as T.J. > Nicholson......same fella? Uncle Bill had brothers- Zacharias and Harvey of > Iowa So, I'm fishing a bit in this branch as I/we try to reconnect it. > > There is a William Nicholson listed on the Rootsweb- Nebraska Civil war > Veterans site. Location confirms the Beaver City location and indicates that > the information came from the 1893 Vet Census. William enlisted in Iowa, no > rank given. Following that up on another Rootsweb site for Iowa, I found a > James B Nicholson in the roster of the 24th Iowa Inf. > > Puzzle pieces not quite matching... > Are William and Uncle Bill one and the same? I am supposing so, until > otherwise enlightened. > Is T.J. the James of the 24th Iowa? > > Is there anyone researching the Nicholson family in NE that could help me out > from afar? > Will share info and connections to other Nick... family researchers... > > Thanks in advance! > Carol Nickelson-McQueen > Iowa > > -In addition to the aforementioned line.. > Searching Nebraska for Nicholson/Nickelson family lines (Spelling changed at > some point...) Nemaha Co and Johnson Co, NE for desc of James W. > NICHOLSON/NICKELSON of Elk Creek, Table Rock area. Associated names: > SUPER/SUPERS, WERT/WART/WARD, KOONS/COONS, SHAW, MEDFORD, VIGGERS **** for > starters. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Persistence and curiosity on the net paid off this summer when I was able to > locate parent and sibling info for GG Grandpa James Wilson > NIcholson/Nickelson. > Good luck to all in 1999! > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] George Washington Grandstaff > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:09:07 EST > From: TMccord450@aol.com > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > > Looking for information about the George Washington Grandstaff family. > > George Washington Grandstaff married Mathilda A. Kirby who was born in > Illinois. Mathilda was the daughter or William Kirby and Mary Ellen (Unknown). > Mathilda also married Rev. Robert Benton Curtis in Nebraska. Mathilda died 2 > NOV 1929 in Nebraska. Her body was interred 4 NOV 1929 in Otoe County, > Nebraska, Camp Creek Cemetery. > > George Washington Grandstaff and Mathilda A. Kirby had the following