Seward County, Nebraska Genealogy

Biographies and Obituaries "T" INDEX

    Among the rocky hills and brush of Hancock County, Illinois, Jacob was born January, 1 1869. His parents knew that it would not do to keep the lad in such a country as that and made haste in the fall of 1869, to transplant him in Seward county soil. The boy had all sorts of fun with the prairie dogs and jack rabbits out in "H" precinct. When eight years old we find him in Seward, blowing a horn in the brass band. Was educated in the city schools and graduated in the Class of 1886, and in the University of Michigan in the Class of 1890, in the law department. In August, 1891, he stuck up his shingle in Seward where he has built up a large practice. Elected County Attorney in 1894 and was elected county judge in 1897 and re-elected in 1899. Jacob is getting well to the front and is one of our Seward County lads that we are proud of.
    Our only objection to Jacob is that he seems determined to lead the forlorn life of a bachelor while there are so many excellent girls in and around Seward.
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THOMAS, Walter C.. This biography is from page 217 of the 1967 book On A Bend of the River, posted here courtesy of the author, Jane Ramsay Graff.
[Surnames: THOMAS]

W. C. THOMAS

    Walter C. Thomas was born in Seward, Nebraska on July 18, 1891 and is now residing in the same home in which he was born. He spent most of his life in Seward--served as assistant Postmaster for more than 45 years, retiring on July 31, 1961.
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THOMAS, Wilhelmina "Minnie", wife of J. F. GEREKE. This biography, written by her daughter, is from page 217 of the 1967 book On A Bend of the River, posted here courtesy of the author, Jane Ramsay Graff.
[Surnames: GEREKE, LUHE, THOMAS, WEBB]

THOMAS
                        by Olga Webb

    Wilhelmina (Minnie) Thomas was born in Louisendorff, Germany April 21, 1854, and came to America when she was 5 years old with her mother and older brothers and sisters in the late 50's. Her oldest brother was in the Civil War following which, he with his wife, his mother, and his younger sisters came to Nebraska to take a homestead. They came in 1867 settling near Seward and later moved into town.
    Minnie Thomas married J. F. Gereke Jan. 18, 1882. Four children were born to them Vera Gereke Luhe, Olga Gereke Webb, Rudolph Gereke and Herschel Gereke. Vera Luhe lived in Seward all her life contributing to the culture of the community with her talents until her death in 1958. Rudolph died in 1954. Herschel Gereke died while still in the service in the Navy during World War I in [sic] May 3, 1919. Olga Gereke married Mr. Orie Lee Webb, a school man in Nebraska until his retirement.
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TROYER, Matilda "Tillie", wife of William Joseph MILLER, daughter of Joseph and Magdelena TROYER. See: Matilda "Tillie" (TROYER) MILLER
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