I would like to clarify a point since I've received lots of e-mails from all of you nice people. The book I'm copying from is "Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa," 1891. It's not actually, as some thought, a history of Nebraska. Rather, sometimes in the text of a bio about an Iowa resident, it references their having lived in Nebraska, or other family members in Nebraska. So, I can't do any "Nebraska look-ups" specifically for anyone. Sorry. That said...........here's the next batch. Happy reading! Mona (Page 386) JOHN C. DAVIS, b. Menard Co, Illinois, June 26, 1860, son of George H. and Emma Jean (Shephard) Davis, natives of Illinois and of Kentucky parentage. George H. was a breeder of fine Hambletonian horses. They had five children: Elijah; John C; Mary E; Cora L; and Amos A. John C. Davis, our subject, married Mary F. Ruckle on July 4, 1882; daughter of Peter Ruckle, native of Maryland. Mary F. Ruckle was born August 26, 1861 and was reared in Avoca, Iowa. After marriage, John Davis remained in Knox Township for half a year and then went to Neola Township before selling out. He then "made a prospecting trip into Nebraska" but returned and bought 80 acres in Neola Township. Children of Mary and John Davis are: Bertha May, Floyd Orville, and Leta M. (Page 387) JAMESON BROS. (W.J. and C.O.) own the "Hotel Jameson" since October 1889. It is under the direct management of C.O. Jameson. C.O. was born in New Brunswick, 1857, son of Charles S. and Jane (McIntyre) Jameson of Scotch and Irish extraction. In youth he learned the carriage trade until his present business which he first engaged in 1873 in Council Bluffs for one year, then in Creston, Iowa, for five years, then three years at Hastings, Nebraska. He was married in 1884 to Miss Minnie Boslough of Mendota, Illinois, who was born Oct 1, 1861. (It doesn't say what hotel he managed in Hastings.)