MADISON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

P. O. Box 1031 Norfolk, NE 68701

VOLUME S - NUMBER 36 JULY, 1988 4TH QUARTER

Dear Members:

Be sure to note the change of our Society's post office box to Box1031.

I hope during this very warm weather you've managed to keep cool insome library doing your genealogy. I was able to make a trip to KansasCity, Mo. to the National Archives. They have all the Census Records1790-1910. Also Revolutionary Records and Civil War Records.

If you aver get a chance, make a trip to visit the PresidentialLibraries and Museums. Omaha has a beautiful garden where the housestood that Past President Ford was born In. In West Branch Iowa is PastPresident Hoover's home# Library, Museum, and President and Mrs.Hoover's graves. At Independence, Mo., you have Past President Trumanshome, Library, Museaum and President and Mrs. Truman's graves. Thesethree I've seen. Past President Eisenhawer's Is at Abilene, Kansas.Threat yourself to an enjoyable trip into our country's history.

Joyce E. Barlow, President* * * *

TWO ST&TE GENEALOGY AWARDS PRESENTED

Outstanding Genealogical Awards from the Nebraska State GenealogicalAssociation have been presented to Lottie Klein anj. &e_e Se_welL both ofNorfolk. They were acknowledged at the June meeting of our Society.

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U.S. had a state called Franklin. It lasted only four years. h Stateof Franklin became part of eastern Tenn. in 1788. (From 1988 Farmers

ALanac, Vol. 171. LAND MEASUREMENTMany of the units ef measurement which have been, or are being, used are ex-

pressions of the size of commonly accessible objects. The foot came from the• v- • » length of a human foot, the yard was the expression of the distance from the nosein YtrgUHp. U> the tips of the fingers, with the arm extended, the inch was the length of th«

Did you know Jhttany reference made centra! section of the thumb A mile was s thousand paces; «n acre was the areato £ person's having been born or lived in of Sand that one man with a yoke of oxen could plow in on* day; the rod was theVirginia zs early Jii 172S and s« late as width of four oxen abreast.It63t could indicate he was born or Sived LONG OK COMMON LINEAR MEASUREits t-By part of: 1 league = 3 miles.

liiiBoit from 17S1 to 1818 statehood; Its- I mile = 8 furlongs or 80 chains or 320 rods or 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet«l*aa from 1717 U» 1816 statehood. Ken- ! furlong = 40 rods or 220 yards.

•»ueky from S77S to !?92 statehood, Mary- • 1 chain = 4 rods or S6 feet or iOQ links.IsniS from 177S lo 1792 statehood; Nortfe ! rod or pole or perch = SH yards or 16Vt f«*t or 2S links. •Carclin* from 172$ to 1779; Ohio from 1 link = 0.66 feet or 7% inches1778 to S803 statehood; Penu*y!v*aU SQL'AIIE OR LAND MEASUREfrom 1752 to 1786 statehood, Tenaess** I square mile = a regular section or 640 acres.from 1760 to 1S03 statehood, or West VSr- 1 acre = 1 roods or 10 square chains or 160 square rods or C.560 square feet. Angin!^ from 1769 to 1863 statehood. — A7- .acre is about 208'/, fe«! square or about 8 rods wide and 20 rods long, or any areaIan Count/ Lines the product of whose length multiplied by its width in rods is 160. in chains 16.

?ro» An t ique Heeh I ! Apr !988 5 rood = Equal to British V, acre, 40 square rods.i square rod = 30"« square yards or Z72'/4 square feet.1 square yard = 3 square fe*t.i square foot = W square inches—FromSH^LBVANA.SwmjCa C«*a! Sec .Mo M, Juuurj !M7 iod FAMILY TREE MonltoiasryCa Ouj* . OCS, AUGUST IM7.

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Em crick Osarcfe - mla« mflet toatb of Meadow Grave,

EMERICK PRECINCT TOWNSHIP 22NORTH RANGE 4 WEST

Section 1-E"4 - Isacc Carlisle, later to William Mcln-toA; NWV« - W. F. Bohlsoo; SWV4 • J.L. Grant.

Section 2-SEV4 - J. L. Grant; NEV« - Joha Horrocks; NWV* -John BoWsoa; SWV4 - H. E. Wood aad Adam Dorr,

Section 3-SEV« - S. H. Grant; NWV4 - RutJb Robertson aadWilliam Miller; SWV« - W. W, Young and Fr&ni Dittrick;NEV« - A. J. Stafford.

Section 10-SEV* - William Gossan and Allan Robinson, laterto Charie« Schutt and E. Pittack; NEV4 - Anns Robert-son; NWV4 - Franz Dittrick; SWV4 - H. Ubben and alsoHerman Pittack.

Section 11-E1^ - J. L. Grant; NWV* - Mary Reeves; SWV* -Fred Reeves.

Section 14-South part - J. H. Switzar; NWV4 --August Wah-field; East part - R. Clinch aad H. Vogt, also Alfred Bergand Henry Zessin.

Section IJ-SEV4 - J. W. McCallum; NEV4 - C. E. Plasa,NWV4 - Leopold Priez and Carl Berg; SWv4 - H. Mc-Callum.

The Emeriek FloodJune 16, 1891

Written by Ernest Mclntosh,father of Gordon Mclntosh, in June of 1338

Although I was a very small boy and it was a long timeago, forty-five years ago the sixteenth of this month, thetilings that took place that day come to my mind vividly. Ican yet imagine myself standing at the window of that littleschoolhouse and looking out upon that whirling mass ofwater.

The schoolhouse was a little frame building about thesame size of most of the country schoolhouses at that time.It stood on the north bank of the Battle Creek which is a drycre«k except when it rains.

The schoolhous* was one mile west of where the oldEmeriek Store and Blacksmith Shop used to stand, which is

nin® mil« south at Meadow Grov®. -A modern 'and morepreteBtiouB achooihouM now standi on the same site.

It had been raining for several days previous to thisand the ground wa* completely saturated. It started radnin|soon after school called and it came In torrents. The creekstarted to rise and was soon out of its banks. When it cametime for the afternoon receaa, the scboolhou*? wa* in themiddle of a channel of water nearly one-fourth mile wideand it was corning into the building.

Fred Miles, Burt Roman, father of the present countysuperintendent, and myself were about the same size. Wegot in one corner to talk things over, went into & huddle so tospeak. Of course we thought the house was going to float offbefore very long, if the water should keep raising.

There was an attic in the house and Burt or I proposedwe all get up there, but Fred decided against this as he saidif it should tip over we would drown sure. We then agreed totry to get to Burt's home which was one-half mile east.

We went to the door and quietly passed outdoors. Thewater at that time was about waist deep. We didn't get fargoing east aa the water got deeper; we then decided to gonorth. Up untO this time we all had hold of hands.

We did not get far north until we ran into a channel thatwas over our heads. We were all thrown down and floun-dered around for what seemed to be a long time. I finallygot on my feet and FYed aad Burt were on the south oropposite side of the channel. They called to me and saidthey could not cross to where 1 was, and would have to gothe other way.

I remember distinctly Fred waving his hand a*'"saying, ".Good by Era." His body was found about afrom there some time later after the water had gone down

Bert managed to keep his head above the water anddrifted with the stream until he came close to a windmilltower and he caught onto it and climbed to the top andstayed there until help came. I went north to a straw stackand stayed until my folks came for me.

Back at the schoolhouse, the teacher, Miss EvaJohnson, had decided to try and get the rest of the scholarsto higher ground.

Of course the water had been raising all that time andby the time they had gone a short distance, the smallerchildren began to go down. The teacher and Richard (Dick 'Horrocks, Samuel Letheby, Robert Hamlin and a girinamed Johnson who were a little older and stronger thanthe rest, were having trouble to keep the smaller ones fromfloating off.

They then saw the utter uselessness of trying to getaway from the schoolhouse and started back. The olderboys worked like troopers and were getting them back tothe schoolhouse when a little girl, Mary Cox, started to floatoff. Bert Hamlin who was the only child of a widow woman,started after her. He was too late. They both floated awayTheir bodies were also found later.

At the time there was considerable argument pro andcon, and some criticism of the teacher and pupils forleaving the building.

Of course that was true the way it turned out, that •*" ,would have been better to have stayed. But standing in ::<^plittle old shell of a building that day with the flood lashing it.I still think it would b« a hard question for anyone to decide

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Township 22 Worth. Range 4 West. of the 6* Principal Maridian.P R E C I N C T

S H E L L C R E E K P R E C I N C T

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E R I C K P R E C I N C T

Emerick Post Office was located inthe western part of the county,,near the head of Battle Creek. Thefirst postmaster was CharlesLetheaby. The town was establishedin Hay 1873, and was named for alocal pioneer, John Enserick. Thefirst schoolhouse was built here in1874. The first teacher in 1875was L. C. Docker. A store wasopened in October 1880 by J. L.Grant, one of the first settlers inthe place.

The post office was established May24, 1873, discontinued Dec 31,1920.

Emerick Cemetery is located ninemiles south of Meadow Grove. Achurch and parsonage, both gonenow, were just south of thecemetery at one time.

Emerick cemetery had approxi-mately sixty one burials thru 1900.Earliest burial was 1872 - then nomore marked graves until 1877.Seven Civil War Veterans are buriedhere.

The St. Pauls Lutheran MissouriSynod church no longer exists. Itwas closed and moved to anotherlocation. The cemetery is still atthe original location which is Ptof Sec 28, Twp 22N, Range 4W orseven miles north of Newman Grove.First burials were in approx. 1881.This is now listed as TrinityLutheran 12.

Rose Hill Evangelical Free Churchand cemetery are located in the SE.1/4 SW 1/4 of Sec 19, Twp 22N, R4Wor seven miles north and two andone-half miles west of NewmanGrove.

Emerick Churchj

Emerick vicinity had no church in which to wdrship butheld religious services in East and West Emerickschoolhouses alternately. Not satisfied with this ar-rangement, those interested ia 1TO cooperated in gettingtogether a sum of money that, with the help of a few him-*ed dollars from fee Methodist Church extension society,was sufficient to erect a small church. The labor wasdbnated.

James Grant, Sr., now deceased, donated a tract ofland large enough for a church and cemetery. The site was• hill north of Emerick. At that time Emerick consisted of apost office, store, blacksmith shop and two or threedwellings. The church was built on the south slope while thecemetery occupied the broad flat top.

John Mclntosh, S. H. Grant, Will Hoffman, and SamuelHorrocks, all farmers, were the principal carpenters, butmany other farmers assisted in the rough work and hauledthe building materials. Little money was paid for labor.

Some time in 1891 the little church was completed andbecame a regular Methodist Charge with the pastor and hisfamily living in a parsonage nearby oa a farm now ownedby Kenneth Berg. Later a parsonage was located south ofthe church. About 1832 the pastorate was abandoned. The—widespread use of the automobile was largely responsible^^for transporting the people to the larger churches, causingthe demise of Emerick Church. After that the church wasused mostly for community gatherings and funerals. Theparsonage burned to the ground in 1923.

The generation who built the church have all passed on.Mr. and Mrs. Will Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. William Mcln-tosh and "Uncle" Sammy Horrocks have all gone to theirreward.

The younger generation inherited the love for thechurch and took care of it and the cemetery. When moneywas scarce, the church became grey for lack of paint andwas beginning to need repair.

Arwid Eichberg, a Lincoln businessman, who had at-tended Sunday School and church at Emerick when a boy,came to the rescue and furnished outside paint for thebuilding. Twenty men and fourteen women, mostly fromthe Emerick vicinity, did the work. The men painted theoutside and made new steps and a tailing while the womengave the church interior a thorough cleaning and renovatedthe pulpit carpet.

. In 1947 Paul Green purchased the Emerick Church andmoved it to Meadow Grove, north of the highway and justeast of the White Way Cafe. He remodeled it and convertedit into a home.

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REEVES FAMILY HISTORY

The Reeves family comes from Brighton, England which is on thesouthern coast of England and straight south of London,

FRED REEVES was born in Brighton, England. He was married toMARGRET DAWES, also born in Brighton. In 1844 the family movedto Gault, Ontario, Canada for a better life - he was a tenant farmerin England. Children were Luke, John, and Fred. There may havebeen others.

LUKE REEVES was born February 2, 1832 in Brighton, England to FredReeves and Margret Dawes Reeves. He came with his family to Canadawhen he was twelve years old. On May 22, 1861 he married ELIZABETHGINN, daughter of THOMAS GINN and SARA HARLICK GINN who were bothborn in London, England. Elizabeth was born August 28, 1843 inDillingham, England and came with her parents as an infant to Gault,Ontario, Canada, moving to Harriston, Ontario, Canada when she wasten years old. They settled not far from the Reeves family.

Elizabeth came from a very wealthy family and was raised as a ladyand expected to be treated as one. Dorothy said she always did allher work in the morning. In the afternoon she would dress up inher best clothes and would sit in the parlor as if she never hadto work with her hands.

Seven children were born to them while they were still in Canada,John, William, Thomas, Charles, Richard, CARLINDA SARA ELIZABETHHOSHOCKS, and Ellen Halsey.

In June 1878, Luke took his family and traveled to America by trainto Columbus, Nebraska. From there they traveled in a covered wagonto ten miles south of Meadow Grove, Nebraska where he homesteaded.His brothers, Fred and John, also homesteaded in the same area.Luke hauled lumber from Columbus and built a home. In 1886 anotherson, Albert, was born. Albert's youngest son, Richard, still ownsthe farm, Luke died June 22, 1911 with what at the time was calleddropsy - now it would be diagnosed as heart failure. He is buriedat the Emerick Cemetery south of Meadow Grove, Nebraska. Elizabethcontinued to live on the farm with Carlinda (Linnie) Horrocks helpingout several days a week. In the last few months of her life shelived with Linnie. She was bedfast and required a lot of care.She died March 28, 1919 and is burled at the Emerick Cemetery.

CA Ij A RA m_ZA JH_REEyjS was born in Harris ton, Ontario,Canada on June 15, 1874 to Luke and Elizabeth Reeves. She camewith her parents to the Meadow Grove area in 1878, She marriedJROBERT_HORROCKS February 27, 1902.

Proceed to Robert Horrocks.

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HORROCKS FAMILY HISTORY

The Horrocks family came from England with some ancestors fromScotland, They first went to Canada and later to Madison County,Nebraska,

JOHN HORROCKS was born in Edenwith, near Bolton Lane, England in1768. He was the owner of a small quarry. In 1791, he moved toPreston, England and manufactured cotton and long cloth.

(Note) I believe there is one missing generation here as bothreferences I have, state that young John spent much time polishingstones in his fathers quarry, but the next John was born in 1810,long after his "father" left the quarry.

JOHN HORROCKS. son of John Horrocks, was born in Yorkshire, Englandin 1810, He married ISABELLA TAYLOR who was born April 12, 1819 inPerthshire, Scotland to GEORGE and MARY. ANNTAYLOR. George andMary Ann were both born in Scotland, George died in 1880 and MaryAnn in 1860. John and Isabella moved to Canada from London, settlingin the Harriston, Ontario area. They were neighbors of the FredReeves family. They had twelve children, Mary Ann Gilfillian,William, Robert, JOHN, Margaret Montcrieff, George, Sarah Gilbert,Samuel, Richard, Janet Simmie, Duncan and James.

John was a miller by trade. He must have farmed also. He died in1861, probably still in Canada. Isabella later moved to Milton,North Dakota where she died April 15, 1905.

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JOHN HORROCKS was born November 24, 1842 in Pushlinch, Ontario, Canadato John and Isabella Horrocks. He married JANET ALLEN on November 24,1866, Janet was born September 24, 1845 in Edinburgh, Scotland.Janet's parents had died and Janet and her brother, Turnbull Allen,were brought to Canada by their grandmother, ELIZABETH_WILKINSON andher mother's twin brother. No other history of the Aliens is known,John and Janet had five children born in Canada, R£^JT__ALLEN,Isabella Burke, Elizabeth Beal, John and Samuel.

In March of 1879, they came to the United States and homesteaded theNE 1/4 of Section 2, range 4, township 22 of Madison County, Nebraska.Later they bought 160 acres across the road on the north of thehomestead. Until their house was built, they lived with the FredReeves family. Three more children were added to the family, Richard,Albert and Tressa Pearl Dye.

After being a successful farmer for 34 years, his health began to fail.Two sons, Richard and Albert, were pressuring him to move into townand let them purchase the two farms. The pressure of the situationand his poor health caused him to take his own life by slitting histhroat on March 13S 1913. He is buried at the Emerick Cemetery.Janet moved into Meadow Grove while the two sons took over thefarms. She died there on January 7, 1915 and is buried at Emerick.

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ROBERT ALLEN HO RROCKS was born in Canada and came to the Emerick areawhen he was eleven years old. He was married to Ellen Kenny who wasbora in April of 1869. They had a daughter, Alice Miller. Ellen anda son died in childbirth on December 28, 1896.

Robert later married CABLINDA SARA ELIZABETHREEVES on February 26,1902, They farmed in Boone County, Nebraska. While they were livingon the farm they had three children, ELEANOR IRENE_'_SEWELL» BernicePriess and Robert Allen. In 1910 he bought the Emerick Store fromTom Reeves. It was a general merchandise store with groceries,clothing, hardware, a soda fountain and the post office. DorothyBrooks was born while they had the store.

RobertAllenHorrocks

The Emerick Store and Post Office

Robert developed liver cancer and went to Hot Springs and Omaha fortreatments. He died August 6, 1913 and is buried at the Emerickcemetery. A quote from his obituary states "He was a good neighbor,ever ready to lend a helping hand where ever it was needed. Thepatience and fortitude, he displayed in the long and painful illness,which he knew could only have one ending were the wonder and admirationof all who knew him. Thus passes from our midst one of the bestknown and liked men of this district, but his life will for longremain to this community as a fragrant memory".

Linnie, as Carlinda was called, continued to operate the store andpostoffice until 1919. After her mother, Elizabeth Reeves, died,Linnie and her family of young children moved to Norfolk. Shebought a large house at 107 South 8th Street and took in roomersand boarders. She also took in sewing and tailoring. Berniceand Robert both had part time jobs to help out the family. Irenewas not a healthy girl, so she helped out in the house and did

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Evangelical Lutheran Si John's Congregation.Gr««n Garden Precinct, Madison County, Nebraska.

The Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Church i§ situated 6 miles west and1% miles south of Madison. The congregation was organized in 1875. Thefollowing were the members of the congregation: Jacob Gabelmann, A, Gross,John Jung, Ph. Knapp, ST., D. Knapp, Jacob Knapp, Peter Knapp, Ph. Scheer,John Scheer, V. Seheer, Jacob Kalmer and Dari Scheer. Rev. Rupprecht ofNorfolk served the congregation for two years. Then Rev. J. Hoffmann ofKansas was installed aa their first minister and was installed on the 22nd Sun-day after Trinity, 1877. He was succeeded by Rev. E. Denninger. After beinginstalled on the third Sunday after Epiphany, 1888, he served the congregationfor 18 years. Sept. 20, 1891, the cornerstone of the church was laid and thechurch dedicated the first Sunday in Advent. In 1906 Rev. E. Denninger ac-cepted a call to the Lutheran congregation of Bismark township, Platte county,Neb., and the congregation extended a call to the present minister, Rev. E.Just, Ainsworth, Neb., who was installed May 20, 1906. In 1909 the congre-gation joined the "Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States," the first delegatebeing Mr. Henry Sundennann. With the church there is connected a parochialschool in which, besides -religion, all the branches of the common elementaryschool are taught. Many yeers the minister was also in charge of theschool until in 1914 the school was offered to Prof. F. H. Meyer, graduate fromthe Normal School at Seward, Neb. He resigned the same year on account ofsickness and wgg succeeded by Prof. A. F. Meyer. His services proved to bea success. In 1916 the congregation erected a nice modern school buildingwhich was opened September, 1916, with an enrollment of 54 pupils. Prof.A. F. Meyer was called to the colors July, 1918, and Prof. T. J. Lemke wascalled as his successor, who was installed Aug. 25, 1918. At the same time thecongregation built a modern residence for the teacher.

OFFICERS OF THE CONGREGATION: •

Pastor, E. Just; Trustees, E. F. 'Freudenburg, Fr. Schlender, Fr. Scheer;Deacons, Geo. Reeg, C. Demmel, Hr. Maurer; Secretary, Hr. Freudenburg;Treasurer, W. Sundermann.

- Located in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 of Sec 8, Twp 21,R2The firat property of the congregation was a five acre tract of land, a gift

of Mr. Philip Scheer. On November 9, 1892, another acre was purchased; onJuly 3, 1901, another acre; and on April 17, 1915, another four and a halfacres were added, making a total of eleven and a half acres.

In the fall of 1877 the first church, a frame building 18" X 22", waserected. The corner stone of the building was laid September 20, 1877, anddedicated in October of the same year. Immediately following the dedicationof the church, the congregation, built the first parsonage. During the time theparsonage was In building, Rev. and Mrs. Hoffmann and fami ly were qnar - 'tered with Mr. Jacob Gabelman, Sr., \-> mile south and Va m 'le eas^ °^ *'10

church. On January 2, 1878, the pastor and family moved in to the new amicompleted parsonage.

A few years later, the first church, which was also being used for schoolpurposes, proved to be too small for the growing membersh ip . In 1891 thocongregation resolved to build a new church, 28" X 48", and to r e t a in thefirst church for school purposes, The corner stone for th is church was l a i don September 20, 1891, and the church was dedicated on the f i rs t Sunday ofAdvent of the same year.

In 1904 the parsonage received some remodeling- On January 4, 1909, thecongregation voted to purchase a pipe organ and appointed Messrs. E. Freirdenburg, August Mueller, and Oscar Sundermann as a committee to carry outthe resolution. An order was placed with the Kilgen Company of St. Louis.and the new instrument was dedicated on Easter Monday, April 12, 1009.Rev. J. Hoffmann preached the sermon, and Teacher G. Doering served as S h eorganist.

In the New Year's meeting of 1916, the congregation decidnd to build astandard school, 34' X 40' X 12' with an ante-room 8' X 20'. X 12 and a fullbasement. This building was completed during the summer months and wasdedicated on September 3, 1916. Rev. "W. Harms of 'Bancroft and Professor^George Weftler of Seward were the speakers. A f t e r tho dedica t ion of the new ft)school, the old school, which had been the first church, was transformed into J^a bam at the teacherage. In reality, then, the first church building may stillbe seen today- The school building buil t in 1916 is still in use.

, ; » ; < • « V • • • • • "Some Items of Interest

St. John's Congregation was received into membership wi th the Synod ofMissouri, Ohio, and other states, in 1909 while the Nebraska District was insession at Marysville, Nebraska. Mr, Henry Sundcrman served as the firstdelegate.

The 25th anniversary was celebrated on July 25, 1900.

The 50th anniversary was celebrated on June 21, 1925.

The 60th anniversary was celebrated on October 10, 1937-

At the time of this wri t ing the congregation is preparing to celebrate its75th anniversary. It seems that the 25th and 50th anniversaries were celebrat-ed in commemoration of the first beginning of the congregation, rather thanthe actual organization.

.. The first recorded baptism is that of Robert Preusa, son 'of Mr. and iilrsHott l ieb Preuss, on November 11, 1877.

The first confirmation class on record is that of Henry Zessin, GustavKaul , Car! Schi l l ing , Fr ider icka Knapp, El izabeth Knapp, and CarolineCnapp, This class was confirmed on Apri l 14, 1878.

The first recorded marriage is that of Fred Dierlcs and Ernstine IToene onAugust 30, 1873.

The first recorded burial is that of Catharina Maurer, September 22, 1878.'"here are no charter members l iv ing at this time.

St. John's is the mother Congregation of Tr in i ty in Madison. PastorsHoffmann and Denninger preached in Tr in i ty while it was a mission station.

F A I R V I E W P R E C I N T

Geo. Reeg-Jul. KflappFr. KnappFrank GabelmannF. ScheerW. SundermarmO. A. SundermannHr. SundermanW. ScheerRob. ScheerE. FreudenburgHr. FreudenburgW. SchienderFr. SchienderO. LindstedtEd. MoenningTh. TetzlaffM. MeisingerF. MeisingerWm. BlankF. Geyer

VOTING MEMBERS

Ph. P. KnappPh. MaurerJohn KnappJohn ScheerFred GabelmannJ. Gabelmann, Sr.J. Gabelmann, Jr.S. KurpgeweitHr. MaurerC. NieweddeAd. GrossJohn JungPh. ReegGeo. MaorerAlb. BoeJacob KnappW. FreudenbergF. RatruseAug. MueilerWm. DittbernerTheo. Dittberner

L. RakowskyHr. BoysenO. ZessinWm. ZessinJohn KnesterWm. SchwartzPh. SchwartzF. SchwartzPh. DemmelCarl DemmelCar! MaurerJohn MaurerF. MaurerFrank MaurerWm. HarmsF. SattierWm. KnappJohn SchmidtOtto Kaapp

Fairview Methodist Church is located in the NE1/4 NE 1/4 of Sec 18, Twp 22N, R 2W, and iseight miles south and one mile east of BattleCreek. This church is still in existence.This land was donated by Amos T. Riegle.

Fairview Methodist cemetery is located in Pt ofthe SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of Sec 8, Twp 22N, R 2W ant!is one mile east of the church. The earliestburial was in 1871. There are several CivilWar and World War I veterans buried there.

One of their earliest settlersRiegle, born 13 March, 1817,1840, and died 14 July, 1903.

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Riegle came from Clarion County, Penn witholdest daughterf Sarah, with a settlement1865. He went back to Penn and in 1867family came back to Nebraska and settled inFairview Precinct. Pappy named the post officeClarion and also had a little s^ore. TheClarion post office was established 4 Apr 1872and discontinued 23 Oct 1899.

After the post office was gone, Pappy had acreamery. He built a two-story square housewhich had a cupula on the top of his house. Ht?would walk to Columbus. They would put alighted lantern in the cupula so he could findhis way home. This information given byMarjorie Prauner, a descendant of Amos T.Ri egle.

FAIRVIEW PEECINCTThe first settlers in Fairview Precinct who became more a

part of Battle Creek included the following: /James B. Simons, Section 4-22-2; Amos T. Riegel in the SW'/i.

of Section 5; (Mr. Riegel platted a townsite in Section 5 andhad a post office known as "Clarion"). James D. Gibbs, JohnA. Moore, acquired the SE*4 of Section 6 — across the road fromwhere his father-in-law, Amos T. Riegel, had his store and Clarionpost office. Mr. Moore also acquired the NWVi of Section 5 wherehis children were born. Later he sold the quarter to Henry Tiet-p?ii, father of Carl Tietgen, when he bought the Pat O'Neill farmnorth of town where the Paul Moore family now lives. HenryHogrefe acquired the NWVi of Section 7. Mr. Hogrefe was abrother to Herman Hogrefe but his original homestead was inSection 3 of Highland Precinct where Waldo Wisch now lives.

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MADISON COUNTY WORKSHOP

We had about 40 enthusiastic genealogists attend a very good,workshop on May 24. We learned many new things. We were able to searchVolume I and II of the Genealogical Helper's ROOT CELLAR which containsover 600,000 ancestor entries. By attending this workshop we were givena free six month subscription to Genealogical Helper, a large U. S. Mapwith all the counties recorded,half price on an ad we can place in theHelper, and 157. discount on books and supplies we could purchase thateveni ng.

We used the following books as sources for our research of Emerick,Fair view, and Green Garden precincts: Centennial Reminiscing - A Storyof Battle Creek, They Called it Meadow Grove, Perkey's Nebraska PlaceNames, St. Johns Lutheran - Green Garden - 75th Anniv booklet, andDirectory of Our Lutheran Churches.

We plan to provide early historic information on Grove, Hiland, andKalamazoo Precinct in the October, 1988 issue. If you. have any familyinformation or early history of these precinct, please? contact JoyceBarlow or Jeanne Allison.

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