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Biographies and Obituaries: "L"
Early Residents of Seward Co., Nebraska


Gottlieb and Caroline Lukert family stones in Mound Prairie Cemetery
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Biographies and Obituaries, "L" Surnames

Early Residents of Seward Co., Nebraska

Note: If you have any obituaries, biographies, photos, or stories about early residents of Seward Co., Nebraska, please consider adding them to this website. --Alice

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Biographies and Obituaries "L" INDEX

LANCE, LANDES, LARSON, LAUBER, LEGER, LOGAN, LONG

LANCE, Solomon D., husband of Elizabeth E. (BEEBE). This biography is from W. W. Cox, History of Seward County, Nebraska and Reminiscences of Territorial History, Part Two: Biographical, 1905, page 100:
[Surnames: BEEBE, LANCE]

SOLOMON D. LANCE

    A pioneer of "N" township who has grown up with the country that has come forward by leaps and bounds but Mr. Lance has kept pace with the land of his adoption. He and his good wife pulled out of the mud and brush of old Fulton County, Illinois, with a team, and came all the weary way across Iowa, with a steady eye fixed on Seward County where they landed and set their stakes at the now beautiful home on section 21 in "N" precinct in the spring of 1874 and got ready to welcome the grasshoppers in the following summer.
    Mr. Lance was born July 24, 1849, and was raised a farmer boy. Somehow Solomon strayed away to Aurora, Illinois, and found the young Miss Elizabeth E. Beebe, to whom he proposed in due time and September 14, 1873, they were married at Aurora. She was born in Kane County, Illinois, October 20, 1850. Their children are not yet named. Mr. Lance owns a first class farm of three hundred twenty acres, well improved, with a beautiful dwelling. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Church home of the family is with the Christian church.
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LANDES, Harry D. This biography is from W. W. Cox, History of Seward County, Nebraska and Reminiscences of Territorial History, Part Two: Biographical, 1905, pages 100-101:
[Surnames: LANDES, SCHICK]

HARRY D. LANDES

    Here is a young man that has lived so nearly all his life in Seward County that we can claim him as a product of our own soil, as he was transplanted from Sterling, Illinois, when one year old. Was born [p. 101] July 17, 1878, and came with his parents to Milford in 1879, where the lad grew to manhood. His father was for many years a merchant in Milford. The boy attended the village school and later he completed a course in the high school of Lincoln and graduated with honors, after which in 1899, he graduated from the university of Nebraska and received the degree of B. S. In 1901 he took the law degree of LL. D. and was admitted to practice in all the courts of Nebraska. He immediately came to Seward and opened an office under the firm name of Landes and Schick where it seems a bright future is before him.
    Mr. Landes served as deputy clerk of the supreme court of Nebraska with much credit for six months. He is a member of the Masonic order and also an active member of the Sons of Herman. We are always glad to see our Seward County boys come to the front and here is one that we will more than probably hear from in the years to come.
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LARSON, Cora, wife of Henry HEUMANN: see Cora (LARSON) HEUMANN
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LAUBER, Benjamin, husband of Phoebe (STAUFFER). This biography is from W. W. Cox, History of Seward County, Nebraska and Reminiscences of Territorial History, Part Two: Biographical, 1905, pages 101-102:
[Surnames: LAUBER, STAUFFER]

BENJAMIN LAUBER

    An Illinois boy born in Livingston County, April 5, 1871. He found Nebraska at eleven and found a home in west "O" precinct where he has grown up to manhood and May 21, 1895, he won the hand and heart of Miss Phoebe Stauffer and was married at the Amish church.
    She was born in Livingston County, Illinois, April 15, 1876. They [p. 102] have six children, viz: Adaline, May, David, now dead; Daniel, Mattie and Joseph.
    Mr. Lauber was raised a farmer boy and continues in that honorable calling with success. He is located in that splendid settlement west of Milford. Church home is with the Amish Menonite [sic] people.
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LEGER, Theodore, husband of 1) Augustine (CHOSTEL) and 2) Grace (WINHOUSE). This biography is from W. W. Cox, History of Seward County, Nebraska and Reminiscences of Territorial History, Part Two: Biographical, 1905, page 102:
[Surnames: BAROS, CHOSTEL, LEGER, RUMMELL, WINHOUSE]

THEODORE LEGER

    Was born in old Normandy in France, March 2, 1833. Took a normal course of study in Paris, commencing at sixteen and graduating at eighteen. Then commenced his career as a teacher in the south of France. Married to Miss Augustine Chostel September 6, 1860. Five children, all yet living, were born to them as follows: Theodore A., now a minister in Idaho; Eva, now Mrs. Baros; Bertha, now Mrs. Rummell; Paul H., and Maurice V.
    Mrs. Leger died at the family home in "I" precinct, December 17, 1879. Mr. Leger came to this country in 1866 and made his home in Illinois and came to Seward County in 1873. Married to Mrs. Grace Winhouse in 1883. Five children were born to them, viz: Edgar M., Ida R., Grace X., Robert and Alphonso. The church house of the family is with the French Evangelical Presbyterians.
    Has beautifully improved the farm and has a nice home with fruit, flowers and shrubery [sic].
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LOGAN, Hugh, husband of America A. (BETZER). This biography is from W. W. Cox, History of Seward County, Nebraska and Reminiscences of Territorial History, Part Two: Biographical, 1905, page 101:
[Surnames: BETZER, LOGAN]

HUGH LOGAN

    Born in Ayrshire, Scotland, August 10, 1848, and transplanted to our more fertile and genial soil in 1869, by the banks of the "father of waters" at Keokuk, Iowa. He found Seward in 1880, where a Seward girl attracted his attention and September 2, 1880, he married Miss America A., daughter of our veteran editor, J. H. Betzer.
    She was born in Marion County, Iowa, March 27, 1859. They have four boys and an adopted daughter: James T., William R., Welby H., Donald F., and Alpha M.
    Mr. Logan is a carpenter and builder. Has by industry and frugality built a nice home. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the M. W. A. A very trustworthy and respected citizen.
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LOGAN, James T., son of Hugh LOGAN and America A. (BETZER). This biography is from W. W. Cox, History of Seward County, Nebraska and Reminiscences of Territorial History, Part Two: Biographical, 1905, page 101:
[Surnames: BETZER, LOGAN]

JAMES T. LOGAN

    Son of Hugh Logan and grandson of J. H. Betzer, our veteran editor. Was in California during the Philippine war and enlisted in the regular army August 14, 1900. Was sent to Manilla [sic] and assigned to Company L, 20th U. S. infantry, where he served till March 1902, as corporal. Was then at Fort Sheridan until November, 1902, when he was discharged, but would not stay discharged. Re-enlisted in Company S, 20th U. S. infantry, February 10, 1903, and returned to the Philippines with his regiment and was detailed as clerk in the Adjutant's office. The regiment is yet at the post of duty in our far away islands.
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LONG, Samuel, husband of Permelia (ROGERS). This biography is from W. W. Cox, History of Seward County Nebraska and Reminiscences of Territorial History, Part Two: Biographical, 1905, page 104 (photo scan p.105 courtesy Pat Ryan White):
[Surnames: GOWEY, LONG, NEFF, REYNOLDS, ROGERS, SNOW, THOMPSON, WAIT]


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SAMUEL LONG (Deceased.)

    Was born April 30, 1811, in Virginia and there remained till grown, when he went to Indiana where he married Miss Permelia Rogers, March 1, 1843. She was born about 1820 in Kentucky. They raised six children, viz: Elmyra E., now dead; Levina now Mrs. Snow; Elva S. now, Mrs. William Wait; Simeon A., Loila, now Mrs. F. Gowey and Luena C., now Mrs. I. Neff.
    The old people came to Seward County and located on the farm now owned and occupied by the widow about the 10th of June 1863. Mrs. Long is one of the three oldest living residents of the county that were grown when they arrived. The other two are Mrs. W. J. Thompson of Beaver Crossing and Job Reynolds of Ruby.
    At eighty-four the old lady seems in good health and spirits and yet able to do much housework.
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