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Dorla Dee Roth

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{{Infobox person
| name = Dorla Dee Roth
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|2|5}}<ref>[[Lindstrom Book]]</ref>
| birth_place = Elm Creek, Nebraska
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Larry George Lindstrom]]|November 27, 1960|}}<ref>[[Lindstrom Book]]</ref>
| children = [[Kevin Wade Lindstrom]] [[Nathan Charles Lindstrom]]
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Elm Creek, NE]]|1937|}}
| parents = [[Chris Roth]] [[Lelah Henry]]<ref>http://www.sunblade.com/genealogy/gen00086.html</ref>
| relatives =
}}

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

Larry George Lindstrom

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{{Infobox person
| image = LarryLindstrom.jpg
| name = Larry George Lindstrom
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1937|12|4}}
| birth_place = Elm Creek, Nebraska
| death_date = {{dda|2019|10|8|1937|12|4|}}
| resting_place = [[Moses Hill Cemetery]], Phelps County, Nebraska
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Dorla Dee Roth]]|November 27, 1960|}}
| children = [[Kevin Wade Lindstrom]] [[Nathan Charles Lindstrom]]
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Elm Creek, NE]]|1937|}}
| parents = [[George Delphin Lindstrom]] [[Aline Kleone Vaughn]]
| relatives = [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] (Brother)
}}

Larry's and [[Dorla Dee Roth|Dorla]]'s farm is just east of [[Gustaf Lindstrom]]'s original homestead. See [[Locating Gustaf Lindstrom's Homestead]] for a comparison of locations.

== Military Service ==

Larry entered the navy during peace time in the 1950s. He was based at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base Guantanamo Bay] and served on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Intrepid_(CV-11) USS Intrepid]. Larry recalls the Intrepid cruising up to the Arctic Circle, down to the Panama Canal and back. The Intrepid was decommissioned in 1974 and was moored in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard awaiting scrapping. In 1982 it was re-opened as a museum, docked in the Hudson River near New York City's Times Square.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)</ref>

== Obituary<ref>https://www.nelsonbauerfh.com/obituary/larry-lindstrom</ref> ==

<blockquote>Funeral Services for Larry G. Lindstrom will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at the Holcomb Evangelical Free Church in rural Phelps County, Nebraska with Pastor Randy Simmons officiating. Flag presentation and Taps will be provided by the United States Navy Funeral Honors Team at the conclusion of the services at the church. Interment will be held in the Moses Hill Cemetery in rural Phelps County, Nebraska. 

Larry George Lindstrom, 82 years of age, of rural Elm Creek, Nebraska, passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at Holdrege Memorial Homes. Larry was born April 12, 1937, in Holdrege, the third child born to George D. and Aline K. (Vaughn) Lindstrom. He attended school at Snowball Dist. #66 for the first eight grades, and then attended Holdrege High School, where he graduated with the class of 1955. 

After high school, Larry and a very good friend, Roger Peterson were inducted into the U.S. Navy on February 13, 1956. While in the service, they were assigned to an Aviation Fighter Squadron VF-33. The home base was N.A.S. Oceana, Virginia. His squadron was also assigned to the Air Craft Carrier, U.S.S. Intrepid. Larry was honorably discharged on December 7, 1957, attaining the rank of 3rd Class Ordanceman Plane Captain. 

After his military obligation, Larry began farming with his parents. 

On November 27, 1960, Larry was united in marriage to his life-long sweetheart, Dorla Dee Roth. Larry liked to say that Dorla was his right arm, clear to his shoulder. To this union two sons were born: Kevin Wade and Nathan Charles. The family of four had much enjoyment working together on the farm. They also made many trips to Idaho to visit Dorla’s sister and brother-in-law: Rita and Harold Carlson. These were special times. 

Larry loved farming the land. Even in his later years he was still involved with working the land. The rows had to be straight, weeds sprayed and the grass mowed. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, passing on the love of the outdoors to his sons. Larry also enjoyed photography, and the many softball games he pitched. 

He was involved in the community by serving on the R-4 School Board; Holdrege CO-OP Equity Board; Dist. #6 Rural Fire Board; Phelps County Extension Board; Phelps County 4-H Council; Phelps County Fair Board; the Nebraska Prairie Museum Board; was a member of the Nebraska Rural Radio Association; and was named Outstanding Young Farmer/Rancher in 1971. 

Larry was very active in the Holcomb Evangelical Free Church serving as: Chairman; Secretary; Deacon; and Sunday School Superintendent. He enjoyed singing in the church choir for many years. The time and service he gave to the church and to his Lord was his greatest and most valued treasure in life. His favorite Bible verse was Romans 8:28. 

Besides his parents, Larry was preceded in death by his sister, Shirley who died in infancy; and a brother-in-law, Paul Roth. 

Larry is survived by his wife of almost 59 years, Dorla Lindstrom of rural Elm Creek; two sons: Wade Lindstrom and his wife, Terri of McHenry, Illinois; Nathan Lindstrom and his wife, Jeanette of rural Elm Creek: six grandchildren: Brittany Lindstrom; Melanie Ullrich; Erin Lindstrom; Becky Lindstrom; Malina Lindstrom; and Cooper Lindstrom; his brother, Dean Lindstrom and his wife, Jan of Kearney, Nebraska; sisters-in-law: Rita Carlson and her husband, Harold of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Carol Roth of Kearney; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many, many friends. 

Visitation will be held on Friday, October 11, 2019, from 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. with the family greeting from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege. 

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established in Larry’s honor, and kindly suggested to: Holcomb Evangelical Free Church; the Nebraska Prairie Museum; or donor’s choice.</blockquote>

== Historical Records ==

* [http://phelpsdeeds.gisworkshop.com/PhelpsDeeds/servlet/DeedReport?instrumentnum=200700966 Deed] to some of Larry's land
* [http://phelpsdeeds.gisworkshop.com/PhelpsDeeds/servlet/DeedReport?instrumentnum=200901748 Deed] to some of Larry's land
* [http://phelpsdeeds.gisworkshop.com/PhelpsDeeds/servlet/DeedReport?instrumentnum=200901747 Deed] to some of Larry's land
* [http://phelpsdeeds.gisworkshop.com/PhelpsDeeds/servlet/DeedReport?instrumentnum=200901492 Deed] to some of Larry's land

==See Also==

*[[Veterans|Index of Veterans]]

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

File:LarryLindstrom.jpg

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Larry Lindstrom (1937-2019)

Randall Eugene Lindstrom

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{{Infobox person
| name = Randall ("Randy") Eugene Lindstrom
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|9|5}}
| birth_place = [[Lawrence, Kansas]], USA
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Jill Marie Linn]]|August 2, 1976|2002}} {{marriage|[[Marcia Laudick]]|c. February 14, 2004|c. January 1, 2006}} {{marriage|[[Claudia Butz]]|March 8, 2008|}}
| children = [[James Brian Lindstrom]] [[Eric Jacob Lindstrom]]
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Beijing, China]]|2006|2013}} {{lived_at|[[Bettendorf, Iowa]]|2013|}}
| parents = [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] [[Peggy Jeanette Schneider]] [[Janice Lois Schepler]] (Step-Mom)
| relatives =
}}

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

Jacob Booher Linn

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{{Infobox person
| image = Jacob_booher_linn.png
| name = Jacob Booher Linn
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1839|3|10}}<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=186735</ref>
| birth_place = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]], USA
| death_date = {{dda|1893|12|26|1839|3|10}}<ref>[[:File:SBLPage4.jpg|Samuel B. Linn's Family Bible]]</ref>
| death_place = [[Blair, Nebraska]], USA
| resting_place = [[Shelby Township Cemetery]]<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=186735</ref>, Shelby, Iowa, USA
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Hester Ann Chilcoat]]|October 13, 1864}}<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p464 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref><ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=linn&GSiman=1&GScid=431918&GRid=21820056&</ref>
| children = [[Ambrose Burnside Linn]] [[McKendree Linn]] [[Monroe Linn]] [[Anna Laura Linn]] [[Walter McKnight Linn]] [[Franklin Bryce Linn]] [[Willie Linn]] [[Hugh Harrison Linn]]
| parents = [[James Linn]] [[Nancy Booher (1798)|Nancy Booher]]
| relatives = [[Caspar Booher Linn]] (brother) [[John Linn]] (brother) [[James W. Linn]] (brother) [[Jane Linn]] (Sister) [[Hugh Linn (1832)|Hugh Linn]] (Brother) [[Samuel Brierly Linn]] (Brother)<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p464 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref>
}}

== Clan Linn Book Entry==

Jacob Booher Linn was born March 16, 1839 in [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Huntingdon%20County,%20Pennsylvania&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Huntingdon,%20Pennsylvania&gl=us&ei=61uhTJ3nBYKdlgefxbG8BA&ved=0CB0Q8gEwAA&ll=40.480381,-78.00293&spn=4.545618,9.876709&t=h&z=7 Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania] and reared on a farm until 1859, when he entered the Rainsburg Academy, Blair County, Pennsylvania. He remained there until President Lincoln issued his first call for troops, when he enlisted, April 23, 1861, for three years in the Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry. He served in the Peninsula campaign; in the seven days' fight before Richmond under General McClellan; was taken prison, June 27, 1862, and spent sixty days in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libby_Prison Libby prison] and on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Isle_(Virginia)#Civil_War Belle Island]. Unfit for duty when exchanged, he was sent to a hospital, but, impatient to be in active service, he took "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_leave French leave]," and joined his regiment in time to be at the battle of Antietam. He was also at the battle of Fredericksburg, in 1863. He was honorably discharged at Spottsylvania Court House, and mustered out at Pittsburg, May 23, 1864.

Returning home in June, he soon after bought a farm, where he remained until 1874, when he moved with his family to near Shelby, Iowa, and bought 120 acres, which he improved. He left his farm in the hands his son, McKendree, in 1881, and moved to Hand County, South Dakota, where, taking up 480 acres, he remained four years. He then placed Dakota lands in the hands of his sons, Ambrose and McKendree, who now own 800 acres and control about 3000 acres more as a ranch. Returning to Shelby, he remained there until his decease, in 1893, which occurred suddenly. He had gone to [[Blair, Nebraska]], to a reunion with two of his old army messmates. Each had read a paper on his army experiences and observations, and when done knelt in prayer before parting. He began to pray, saying 'We thank Thee, O Lord, that we as comrades have been permitted to meet again. We pray Thee to help us to live that we may all meet in heaven.' As he finished the last sentence, he fell back into the arms of his messmates, gasped twice, and his spirit took its flight."<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p526-25 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref>

Note: Jacob's photo (right / above) shows his Civil War veteran's ladder badge,Company F., 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1041168042/photo/6d76e5c0-bec6-44ea-bbc1-459eff4d6aa5?src=search</ref>

== Biography in [http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalhist00wsdu#page/520/mode/2up Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties, Iowa (1889)] ==

JACOB B. LINN is one of Shelby County's honored citizens and an ex-soldier. He was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1839. He is a son of James, a soldier of the war of 1812, and Nancy (Hooker) Lynn [(Booher) Linn]. He is the youngest of seven children. He received a fair education in the public schools of Pennsylvania, and was attending college in order to gain an education that would be sufficient for a profession, when the war broke out.

In answer to Lincoln's call for 50,000 men he, in company with seven class-mates, enlisted, April 23, 1861, in the Eighth Pennsylvania Reserves, Company F. He intended to enlist for three months, but he served three years in the same regiment. He was under fire at Gainesville and took an active part in the second battle fought on the Potomac, and in the seven days' fight on the Peninsula; he was taken prisoner June 27, 1861, and sent to Libby Prison; he spent sixty days here and at Belle Isle, experiencing all the horrors of these terrible prisons.

After his discharge he was unfit for duty and was sent to the United States hospital in New Jersey, but he took French leave and joined his regiment at Sharpsburg, Maryland. He took an active part at Sharpsburg, Antietam, battle of Fredericksburg under General Burnside, the battle of the Wilderness and in the seven days' battle before Richmond. He was honorably discharged at Spottsylvania Court-House, and mustered out of the service at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1864, as Sergeant.

He returned home and took charge of his two brothers' farms, they still being in the service. He was married October 7 [13], 1864, to Hester Ann Chilcote, of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Alva and Catharine (Booker) [(Booher)] Chilcote. He lived in Pennsylvania until 1874, when he came to Shelby County. He settled on wild land and was one of the first on the prairie; he improved his land in good style, and has a substantial house, and barn for stock and grain. The farm consists of 120 acres of rich land, two and a half miles from Shelby.

Mr. and Mrs. Linn have seven children, six sons and one daughter--Ambrose B., McKindre, Anna Laura (a successful teacher), Monroe, Walter M. C., Franklin, and Hugh L. Mr. Linn is a Republican. He has served as township clerk for three years, as a member of the school board, and is the present assessor of the township. He has filled all these offices with credit to himself and to the best interest of the public. He is a member of the G. A. R., Dick Yates Post, No. 364; was a charter member of the first post of Shelby County. He is a member and class-leader of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Linn and four children are also members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Linn has ever taken an active part in religious and educational affairs, and is always a liberal supporter of any enterprise that has for its object the advancement of the best interests of the community. He is cordial to all, upright in business, and one of Shelby County's most valuable citizens.

== 1915 Shelby County History Book Entry ==

"Jacob Linn, was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1839. He is a son of James, a soldier of the war of 1812, and Nancy Hooker Lynn. He received his education in the public schools of Pennsylvania, and was attending college in order to gain an education that would be sufficient for a profession, when the war broke out. In answer to Lincoln's call, he enlisted, April 23, 1861, in the Eighth Pennsylvania Reserves, Company F, he served three years in the same regiment. He was under fire at Gainesville and took an active part in the second battle fought on the Potomac, and in the seven days' fight on the Peninsula; he was taken prisoner June 27, 1861, and sent to Libby Prison; he spent sixty days here and at Belle Isle, experiencing all the horrors of these terrible prisons. After his discharge he was unfit for duty and was sent to the United States hospital in New Jersey, but he took French leave and joined his regiment at Sharpsburg, Maryland. He took an active part at Sharpsburg, Antietam, battle of Fredericksburg under General Burnside, the battle of the Wilderness and in the seven days' battle before Richmond. He was honorably discharged at Spotsylvania Court-House, and mustered out of the service at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1864, as Sergeant.

He was married October 7, 1864, to Hester Ann Chilcote, of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Alva and Catharine (Booker) Chilcote. Mr. and Mrs. Linn have seven children, six sons and one daughter -- Ambrose B., McKindre, Anna Laura (a successful teacher), Monroe, Walter M. C., Franklin, and Hugh L."<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=linn&GSiman=1&GScid=431918&GRid=21820056&</ref>

== Handwriting ==

[[James Frank Linn]] has a copy of Jacob's original handwriting. Although the content is inconsequential (elementary school exercises or something similar), this is the oldest known surviving example of Linn handwriting.

==Ninth Child==
The north side of Jacob's tombstone indicates Jacob and Hester had a ninth child: born May 12, 1878; died May 16, 1878. This seems impossible, however, given, Hugh Harrison's birth only six months later.

==Locating Jacob's Farms==
*Shelby, Iowa: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=41.537183,-95.481953&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.598824,79.013672&ie=UTF8&ll=41.537109,-95.479774&spn=0.139029,0.308647&t=h&z=12 41°32'13.86"N, 95°28'55.03"W] (This farm was passed down to son [[Franklin Bryce Linn]] and then to grandson [[Leslie Leonard Linn]]. It remained in the family until the 1990s and Les was awarded a Century Farm award by the State of Iowa.
*Northeast corner of [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=hand+county,+south+dakota&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Hand,+South+Dakota&ll=44.496505,-99.008789&spn=8.477637,19.753418&t=h&z=6 Hand County, South Dakota]
:Land of Jacob Booher Linn: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=44.810458,-98.917753&sll=44.80898,-98.91775&sspn=0.001029,0.002411&ie=UTF8&ll=44.809122,-98.909912&spn=4.216442,9.876709&t=h&z=7 44°48'37.65"N, 98°55'3.91"W] (SE & SW Quarters of Tract 32, Linn Township)
:Land of [[Ambrose Burnside Linn]]:[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=44.797444,-98.902747&sll=44.794441,-98.902715&sspn=0.016476,0.038581&g=44%C2%B047'50.80%22N,+98%C2%B054'9.89%22W&ie=UTF8&ll=44.793531,-98.898926&spn=4.217581,9.876709&t=h&z=7 44°47'50.80"N, 98°54'9.89"W] (SW quarter of Tract 4, Carlton Township)
:Land of [[McKendree Linn]]: [http://maps.google.com/ 44°48'17.12"N, 98°56'1.97"W] (NW Quarter of Tract 6, Carlton Township)

==Photos==

{| class="imageframe"
| [[File:Jacob booher linn family.png|250px]] || [[File:Cpl jacob b linn.jpg|130px]] || [[File:Jacob_b_linn_GAR_photo.jpg|250px]]
|-
| Jacob B. Linn and family || Corporal Linn (later First Sergeant) of Company F, 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry || Jacob B. Linn (Company F, 8th PA Inf)at left border pasted in, brother Samuel B. Linn (Company A, 9th PA Cav) fourth row from front, fourth from right.
|}

==Historical Records==

* Jacob's service is listed in the database, [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=jacob+booher&gsln=linn&msbdy=1839&msbpn__ftp=Huntingdon%2c+Pennsylvania%2c+USA&msbpn=1423&msbpn_PInfo=7-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3244%7c41%7c0%7c1423%7c0%7c0%7c&msrpn__ftp=Iowa%2c+USA&msrpn=18&msrpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c18%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&msidy=1961&msipn__ftp=Pennsylvania%2c+USA&msipn=41&msipn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3244%7c41%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&msbdd=10&msbdm=3&msidp=1&pcat=WAR_CIVIL&h=1299536&recoff=5+6+7&db=NPS_civilwarsoldiers&indiv=1 U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865]. That database contains more information on the [[Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (37th Volunteers)]]
* Jacob filed for his Civil War pension as an invalid in 1881 (or '91?). Hester re-filed as a widow in 1894. [[:File:Jacob Booher Linn Papers.jpg|Image]] ([http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=4654&iid=T288_284-0502&fn=&ln=Jacob+B.+Linn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=860093 Source])
* Jacob (age 31) and Hester (age 35) are living in Springfield Township, Huntingdon County, PA, along with Ambrose (age 4), McKendry (age 3) and Monroe (age 1) in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=jacob+booher&gsln=linn&msbdy=1839&msbpn__ftp=Huntingdon+County,+Pennsylvania,+USA&msbpn=1423&msbpn_PInfo=7-|1652393|2|3244|41|1423|&msddy=1893&msdpn__ftp=nebraska&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=41233806&recoff=1+2&db=1870usfedcen&indiv=1 1870 Federal Census]
* Jacob is listed in the [[:File:Jacob booher linn 1880 shelby iowa census.png|1880 Census for Shelby, Iowa]]. (Also listed are Samuel B Linn and James W Linn.)
* Jacob (age 45) and Hester (age 49) are living in Shelby, Iowa along with Ambrose (19), McKendree (age 17), Monroe (age 15), Annie (age 14), Walter (age 13), Frank (age 11), and Hugh (age 6) in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=jacob+booher&gsln=linn&msbdy=1839&msbpn__ftp=Huntingdon+County,+Pennsylvania,+USA&msbpn=1423&msbpn_PInfo=7-|1652393|2|3244|41|1423|&msddy=1893&msdpn__ftp=nebraska&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=6784649&recoff=1+2+3&db=IAstatecen&indiv=1 1885 Iowa State Census]
* Jacob is listed in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6247&iid=95270241&fn=Jacob&ln=Linn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=44855 1885 Census for South Dakota Territory] in Hand County.
* Jacob and brother [[Samuel Brierly Linn]] are listed in the Shelby County Iowa 1892 Farmers Directory (p. 4)<ref>http://iagenweb.org/shelby/history/1892%20Farmers/1892%20Shelby.htm</ref>

==See Also==

*[[Veterans|Index of Veterans]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

Jacob Booher Linn

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{{Infobox person
| image = Jacob_booher_linn.png
| name = Jacob Booher Linn
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1839|3|10}}<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=186735</ref>
| birth_place = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]], USA
| death_date = {{dda|1893|12|26|1839|3|10}}<ref>[[:File:SBLPage4.jpg|Samuel B. Linn's Family Bible]]</ref>
| death_place = [[Blair, Nebraska]], USA
| resting_place = [[Shelby Township Cemetery]]<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=186735</ref>, Shelby, Iowa, USA
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Hester Ann Chilcoat]]|October 13, 1864}}<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p464 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref><ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=linn&GSiman=1&GScid=431918&GRid=21820056&</ref>
| children = [[Ambrose Burnside Linn]] [[McKendree Linn]] [[Monroe Linn]] [[Anna Laura Linn]] [[Walter McKnight Linn]] [[Franklin Bryce Linn]] [[Willie Linn]] [[Hugh Harrison Linn]]
| parents = [[James Linn]] [[Nancy Booher (1798)|Nancy Booher]]
| relatives = [[Caspar Booher Linn]] (brother) [[John Linn]] (brother) [[James W. Linn]] (brother) [[Jane Linn]] (Sister) [[Hugh Linn (1832)|Hugh Linn]] (Brother) [[Samuel Brierly Linn]] (Brother)<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p464 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref>
}}

== Clan Linn Book Entry==

Jacob Booher Linn was born March 16, 1839 in [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Huntingdon%20County,%20Pennsylvania&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Huntingdon,%20Pennsylvania&gl=us&ei=61uhTJ3nBYKdlgefxbG8BA&ved=0CB0Q8gEwAA&ll=40.480381,-78.00293&spn=4.545618,9.876709&t=h&z=7 Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania] and reared on a farm until 1859, when he entered the Rainsburg Academy, Blair County, Pennsylvania. He remained there until President Lincoln issued his first call for troops, when he enlisted, April 23, 1861, for three years in the Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry. He served in the Peninsula campaign; in the seven days' fight before Richmond under General McClellan; was taken prison, June 27, 1862, and spent sixty days in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libby_Prison Libby prison] and on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Isle_(Virginia)#Civil_War Belle Island]. Unfit for duty when exchanged, he was sent to a hospital, but, impatient to be in active service, he took "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_leave French leave]," and joined his regiment in time to be at the battle of Antietam. He was also at the battle of Fredericksburg, in 1863. He was honorably discharged at Spottsylvania Court House, and mustered out at Pittsburg, May 23, 1864.

Returning home in June, he soon after bought a farm, where he remained until 1874, when he moved with his family to near Shelby, Iowa, and bought 120 acres, which he improved. He left his farm in the hands his son, McKendree, in 1881, and moved to Hand County, South Dakota, where, taking up 480 acres, he remained four years. He then placed Dakota lands in the hands of his sons, Ambrose and McKendree, who now own 800 acres and control about 3000 acres more as a ranch. Returning to Shelby, he remained there until his decease, in 1893, which occurred suddenly. He had gone to [[Blair, Nebraska]], to a reunion with two of his old army messmates. Each had read a paper on his army experiences and observations, and when done knelt in prayer before parting. He began to pray, saying 'We thank Thee, O Lord, that we as comrades have been permitted to meet again. We pray Thee to help us to live that we may all meet in heaven.' As he finished the last sentence, he fell back into the arms of his messmates, gasped twice, and his spirit took its flight." p526-25, The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, taken from The Clan Linn.

Note: Jacob's photo (right / above) shows his Civil War veteran's ladder badge,Company F., 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1041168042/photo/6d76e5c0-bec6-44ea-bbc1-459eff4d6aa5?src=search</ref>

== Biography in [http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalhist00wsdu#page/520/mode/2up Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties, Iowa (1889)] ==

JACOB B. LINN is one of Shelby County's honored citizens and an ex-soldier. He was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1839. He is a son of James, a soldier of the war of 1812, and Nancy (Hooker) Lynn [(Booher) Linn]. He is the youngest of seven children. He received a fair education in the public schools of Pennsylvania, and was attending college in order to gain an education that would be sufficient for a profession, when the war broke out.

In answer to Lincoln's call for 50,000 men he, in company with seven class-mates, enlisted, April 23, 1861, in the Eighth Pennsylvania Reserves, Company F. He intended to enlist for three months, but he served three years in the same regiment. He was under fire at Gainesville and took an active part in the second battle fought on the Potomac, and in the seven days' fight on the Peninsula; he was taken prisoner June 27, 1861, and sent to Libby Prison; he spent sixty days here and at Belle Isle, experiencing all the horrors of these terrible prisons.

After his discharge he was unfit for duty and was sent to the United States hospital in New Jersey, but he took French leave and joined his regiment at Sharpsburg, Maryland. He took an active part at Sharpsburg, Antietam, battle of Fredericksburg under General Burnside, the battle of the Wilderness and in the seven days' battle before Richmond. He was honorably discharged at Spottsylvania Court-House, and mustered out of the service at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1864, as Sergeant.

He returned home and took charge of his two brothers' farms, they still being in the service. He was married October 7 [13], 1864, to Hester Ann Chilcote, of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Alva and Catharine (Booker) [(Booher)] Chilcote. He lived in Pennsylvania until 1874, when he came to Shelby County. He settled on wild land and was one of the first on the prairie; he improved his land in good style, and has a substantial house, and barn for stock and grain. The farm consists of 120 acres of rich land, two and a half miles from Shelby.

Mr. and Mrs. Linn have seven children, six sons and one daughter--Ambrose B., McKindre, Anna Laura (a successful teacher), Monroe, Walter M. C., Franklin, and Hugh L. Mr. Linn is a Republican. He has served as township clerk for three years, as a member of the school board, and is the present assessor of the township. He has filled all these offices with credit to himself and to the best interest of the public. He is a member of the G. A. R., Dick Yates Post, No. 364; was a charter member of the first post of Shelby County. He is a member and class-leader of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Linn and four children are also members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Linn has ever taken an active part in religious and educational affairs, and is always a liberal supporter of any enterprise that has for its object the advancement of the best interests of the community. He is cordial to all, upright in business, and one of Shelby County's most valuable citizens.

== 1915 Shelby County History Book Entry ==

"Jacob Linn, was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1839. He is a son of James, a soldier of the war of 1812, and Nancy Hooker Lynn. He received his education in the public schools of Pennsylvania, and was attending college in order to gain an education that would be sufficient for a profession, when the war broke out. In answer to Lincoln's call, he enlisted, April 23, 1861, in the Eighth Pennsylvania Reserves, Company F, he served three years in the same regiment. He was under fire at Gainesville and took an active part in the second battle fought on the Potomac, and in the seven days' fight on the Peninsula; he was taken prisoner June 27, 1861, and sent to Libby Prison; he spent sixty days here and at Belle Isle, experiencing all the horrors of these terrible prisons. After his discharge he was unfit for duty and was sent to the United States hospital in New Jersey, but he took French leave and joined his regiment at Sharpsburg, Maryland. He took an active part at Sharpsburg, Antietam, battle of Fredericksburg under General Burnside, the battle of the Wilderness and in the seven days' battle before Richmond. He was honorably discharged at Spotsylvania Court-House, and mustered out of the service at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1864, as Sergeant.

He was married October 7, 1864, to Hester Ann Chilcote, of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Alva and Catharine (Booker) Chilcote. Mr. and Mrs. Linn have seven children, six sons and one daughter -- Ambrose B., McKindre, Anna Laura (a successful teacher), Monroe, Walter M. C., Franklin, and Hugh L."<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=linn&GSiman=1&GScid=431918&GRid=21820056&</ref>

== Handwriting ==

[[James Frank Linn]] has a copy of Jacob's original handwriting. Although the content is inconsequential (elementary school exercises or something similar), this is the oldest known surviving example of Linn handwriting.

==Ninth Child==
The north side of Jacob's tombstone indicates Jacob and Hester had a ninth child: born May 12, 1878; died May 16, 1878. This seems impossible, however, given, Hugh Harrison's birth only six months later.

==Locating Jacob's Farms==
*Shelby, Iowa: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=41.537183,-95.481953&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.598824,79.013672&ie=UTF8&ll=41.537109,-95.479774&spn=0.139029,0.308647&t=h&z=12 41°32'13.86"N, 95°28'55.03"W] (This farm was passed down to son [[Franklin Bryce Linn]] and then to grandson [[Leslie Leonard Linn]]. It remained in the family until the 1990s and Les was awarded a Century Farm award by the State of Iowa.
*Northeast corner of [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=hand+county,+south+dakota&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Hand,+South+Dakota&ll=44.496505,-99.008789&spn=8.477637,19.753418&t=h&z=6 Hand County, South Dakota]
:Land of Jacob Booher Linn: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=44.810458,-98.917753&sll=44.80898,-98.91775&sspn=0.001029,0.002411&ie=UTF8&ll=44.809122,-98.909912&spn=4.216442,9.876709&t=h&z=7 44°48'37.65"N, 98°55'3.91"W] (SE & SW Quarters of Tract 32, Linn Township)
:Land of [[Ambrose Burnside Linn]]:[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=44.797444,-98.902747&sll=44.794441,-98.902715&sspn=0.016476,0.038581&g=44%C2%B047'50.80%22N,+98%C2%B054'9.89%22W&ie=UTF8&ll=44.793531,-98.898926&spn=4.217581,9.876709&t=h&z=7 44°47'50.80"N, 98°54'9.89"W] (SW quarter of Tract 4, Carlton Township)
:Land of [[McKendree Linn]]: [http://maps.google.com/ 44°48'17.12"N, 98°56'1.97"W] (NW Quarter of Tract 6, Carlton Township)

==Photos==

{| class="imageframe"
| [[File:Jacob booher linn family.png|250px]] || [[File:Cpl jacob b linn.jpg|130px]] || [[File:Jacob_b_linn_GAR_photo.jpg|250px]]
|-
| Jacob B. Linn and family || Corporal Linn (later First Sergeant) of Company F, 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry || Jacob B. Linn (Company F, 8th PA Inf)at left border pasted in, brother Samuel B. Linn (Company A, 9th PA Cav) fourth row from front, fourth from right.
|}

==Historical Records==

* Jacob's service is listed in the database, [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=jacob+booher&gsln=linn&msbdy=1839&msbpn__ftp=Huntingdon%2c+Pennsylvania%2c+USA&msbpn=1423&msbpn_PInfo=7-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3244%7c41%7c0%7c1423%7c0%7c0%7c&msrpn__ftp=Iowa%2c+USA&msrpn=18&msrpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c18%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&msidy=1961&msipn__ftp=Pennsylvania%2c+USA&msipn=41&msipn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3244%7c41%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&msbdd=10&msbdm=3&msidp=1&pcat=WAR_CIVIL&h=1299536&recoff=5+6+7&db=NPS_civilwarsoldiers&indiv=1 U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865]. That database contains more information on the [[Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (37th Volunteers)]]
* Jacob filed for his Civil War pension as an invalid in 1881 (or '91?). Hester re-filed as a widow in 1894. [[:File:Jacob Booher Linn Papers.jpg|Image]] ([http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=4654&iid=T288_284-0502&fn=&ln=Jacob+B.+Linn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=860093 Source])
* Jacob (age 31) and Hester (age 35) are living in Springfield Township, Huntingdon County, PA, along with Ambrose (age 4), McKendry (age 3) and Monroe (age 1) in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=jacob+booher&gsln=linn&msbdy=1839&msbpn__ftp=Huntingdon+County,+Pennsylvania,+USA&msbpn=1423&msbpn_PInfo=7-|1652393|2|3244|41|1423|&msddy=1893&msdpn__ftp=nebraska&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=41233806&recoff=1+2&db=1870usfedcen&indiv=1 1870 Federal Census]
* Jacob is listed in the [[:File:Jacob booher linn 1880 shelby iowa census.png|1880 Census for Shelby, Iowa]]. (Also listed are Samuel B Linn and James W Linn.)
* Jacob (age 45) and Hester (age 49) are living in Shelby, Iowa along with Ambrose (19), McKendree (age 17), Monroe (age 15), Annie (age 14), Walter (age 13), Frank (age 11), and Hugh (age 6) in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=jacob+booher&gsln=linn&msbdy=1839&msbpn__ftp=Huntingdon+County,+Pennsylvania,+USA&msbpn=1423&msbpn_PInfo=7-|1652393|2|3244|41|1423|&msddy=1893&msdpn__ftp=nebraska&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=6784649&recoff=1+2+3&db=IAstatecen&indiv=1 1885 Iowa State Census]
* Jacob is listed in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6247&iid=95270241&fn=Jacob&ln=Linn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=44855 1885 Census for South Dakota Territory] in Hand County.
* Jacob and brother [[Samuel Brierly Linn]] are listed in the Shelby County Iowa 1892 Farmers Directory (p. 4)<ref>http://iagenweb.org/shelby/history/1892%20Farmers/1892%20Shelby.htm</ref>

==See Also==

*[[Veterans|Index of Veterans]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

Jacob Booher Linn

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{{Infobox person
| image = Jacob_booher_linn.png
| name = Jacob Booher Linn
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1839|3|10}}<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=186735</ref>
| birth_place = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]], USA
| death_date = {{dda|1893|12|26|1839|3|10}}<ref>[[:File:SBLPage4.jpg|Samuel B. Linn's Family Bible]]</ref>
| death_place = [[Blair, Nebraska]], USA
| resting_place = [[Shelby Township Cemetery]]<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=186735</ref>, Shelby, Iowa, USA
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Hester Ann Chilcoat]]|October 13, 1864}}<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p464 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref><ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=linn&GSiman=1&GScid=431918&GRid=21820056&</ref>
| children = [[Ambrose Burnside Linn]] [[McKendree Linn]] [[Monroe Linn]] [[Anna Laura Linn]] [[Walter McKnight Linn]] [[Franklin Bryce Linn]] [[Willie Linn]] [[Hugh Harrison Linn]]
| parents = [[James Linn]] [[Nancy Booher (1798)|Nancy Booher]]
| relatives = [[Caspar Booher Linn]] (brother) [[John Linn]] (brother) [[James W. Linn]] (brother) [[Jane Linn]] (Sister) [[Hugh Linn (1832)|Hugh Linn]] (Brother) [[Samuel Brierly Linn]] (Brother)<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p464 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref>
}}

== Handwriting ==

[[James Frank Linn]] has a copy of Jacob's original handwriting. Although the content is inconsequential (elementary school exercises or something similar), this is the oldest known surviving example of Linn handwriting.

== Clan Linn Book Entry==

Jacob Booher Linn was born March 16, 1839 in [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Huntingdon%20County,%20Pennsylvania&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Huntingdon,%20Pennsylvania&gl=us&ei=61uhTJ3nBYKdlgefxbG8BA&ved=0CB0Q8gEwAA&ll=40.480381,-78.00293&spn=4.545618,9.876709&t=h&z=7 Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania] and reared on a farm until 1859, when he entered the Rainsburg Academy, Blair County, Pennsylvania. He remained there until President Lincoln issued his first call for troops, when he enlisted, April 23, 1861, for three years in the Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry. He served in the Peninsula campaign; in the seven days' fight before Richmond under General McClellan; was taken prison, June 27, 1862, and spent sixty days in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libby_Prison Libby prison] and on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Isle_(Virginia)#Civil_War Belle Island]. Unfit for duty when exchanged, he was sent to a hospital, but, impatient to be in active service, he took "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_leave French leave]," and joined his regiment in time to be at the battle of Antietam. He was also at the battle of Fredericksburg, in 1863. He was honorably discharged at Spottsylvania Court House, and mustered out at Pittsburg, May 23, 1864.

Returning home in June, he soon after bought a farm, where he remained until 1874, when he moved with his family to near Shelby, Iowa, and bought 120 acres, which he improved. He left his farm in the hands his son, McKendree, in 1881, and moved to Hand County, South Dakota, where, taking up 480 acres, he remained four years. He then placed Dakota lands in the hands of his sons, Ambrose and McKendree, who now own 800 acres and control about 3000 acres more as a ranch. Returning to Shelby, he remained there until his decease, in 1893, which occurred suddenly. He had gone to [[Blair, Nebraska]], to a reunion with two of his old army messmates. Each had read a paper on his army experiences and observations, and when done knelt in prayer before parting. He began to pray, saying 'We thank Thee, O Lord, that we as comrades have been permitted to meet again. We pray Thee to help us to live that we may all meet in heaven.' As he finished the last sentence, he fell back into the arms of his messmates, gasped twice, and his spirit took its flight." p526-25, The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, taken from The Clan Linn.

Note: Jacob's photo (right / above) shows his Civil War veteran's ladder badge,Company F., 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1041168042/photo/6d76e5c0-bec6-44ea-bbc1-459eff4d6aa5?src=search</ref>

== Biography in [http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalhist00wsdu#page/520/mode/2up Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties, Iowa (1889)] ==

JACOB B. LINN is one of Shelby County's honored citizens and an ex-soldier. He was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1839. He is a son of James, a soldier of the war of 1812, and Nancy (Hooker) Lynn [(Booher) Linn]. He is the youngest of seven children. He received a fair education in the public schools of Pennsylvania, and was attending college in order to gain an education that would be sufficient for a profession, when the war broke out.

In answer to Lincoln's call for 50,000 men he, in company with seven class-mates, enlisted, April 23, 1861, in the Eighth Pennsylvania Reserves, Company F. He intended to enlist for three months, but he served three years in the same regiment. He was under fire at Gainesville and took an active part in the second battle fought on the Potomac, and in the seven days' fight on the Peninsula; he was taken prisoner June 27, 1861, and sent to Libby Prison; he spent sixty days here and at Belle Isle, experiencing all the horrors of these terrible prisons.

After his discharge he was unfit for duty and was sent to the United States hospital in New Jersey, but he took French leave and joined his regiment at Sharpsburg, Maryland. He took an active part at Sharpsburg, Antietam, battle of Fredericksburg under General Burnside, the battle of the Wilderness and in the seven days' battle before Richmond. He was honorably discharged at Spottsylvania Court-House, and mustered out of the service at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1864, as Sergeant.

He returned home and took charge of his two brothers' farms, they still being in the service. He was married October 7 [13], 1864, to Hester Ann Chilcote, of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Alva and Catharine (Booker) [(Booher)] Chilcote. He lived in Pennsylvania until 1874, when he came to Shelby County. He settled on wild land and was one of the first on the prairie; he improved his land in good style, and has a substantial house, and barn for stock and grain. The farm consists of 120 acres of rich land, two and a half miles from Shelby.

Mr. and Mrs. Linn have seven children, six sons and one daughter--Ambrose B., McKindre, Anna Laura (a successful teacher), Monroe, Walter M. C., Franklin, and Hugh L. Mr. Linn is a Republican. He has served as township clerk for three years, as a member of the school board, and is the present assessor of the township. He has filled all these offices with credit to himself and to the best interest of the public. He is a member of the G. A. R., Dick Yates Post, No. 364; was a charter member of the first post of Shelby County. He is a member and class-leader of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Linn and four children are also members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Linn has ever taken an active part in religious and educational affairs, and is always a liberal supporter of any enterprise that has for its object the advancement of the best interests of the community. He is cordial to all, upright in business, and one of Shelby County's most valuable citizens.

== 1915 Shelby County History Book Entry ==

"Jacob Linn, was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1839. He is a son of James, a soldier of the war of 1812, and Nancy Hooker Lynn. He received his education in the public schools of Pennsylvania, and was attending college in order to gain an education that would be sufficient for a profession, when the war broke out. In answer to Lincoln's call, he enlisted, April 23, 1861, in the Eighth Pennsylvania Reserves, Company F, he served three years in the same regiment. He was under fire at Gainesville and took an active part in the second battle fought on the Potomac, and in the seven days' fight on the Peninsula; he was taken prisoner June 27, 1861, and sent to Libby Prison; he spent sixty days here and at Belle Isle, experiencing all the horrors of these terrible prisons. After his discharge he was unfit for duty and was sent to the United States hospital in New Jersey, but he took French leave and joined his regiment at Sharpsburg, Maryland. He took an active part at Sharpsburg, Antietam, battle of Fredericksburg under General Burnside, the battle of the Wilderness and in the seven days' battle before Richmond. He was honorably discharged at Spotsylvania Court-House, and mustered out of the service at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1864, as Sergeant.

He was married October 7, 1864, to Hester Ann Chilcote, of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Alva and Catharine (Booker) Chilcote. Mr. and Mrs. Linn have seven children, six sons and one daughter -- Ambrose B., McKindre, Anna Laura (a successful teacher), Monroe, Walter M. C., Franklin, and Hugh L."<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=linn&GSiman=1&GScid=431918&GRid=21820056&</ref>

==Ninth Child==
The north side of Jacob's tombstone indicates Jacob and Hester had a ninth child: born May 12, 1878; died May 16, 1878. This seems impossible, however, given, Hugh Harrison's birth only six months later.

==Locating Jacob's Farms==
*Shelby, Iowa: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=41.537183,-95.481953&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.598824,79.013672&ie=UTF8&ll=41.537109,-95.479774&spn=0.139029,0.308647&t=h&z=12 41°32'13.86"N, 95°28'55.03"W] (This farm was passed down to son [[Franklin Bryce Linn]] and then to grandson [[Leslie Leonard Linn]]. It remained in the family until the 1990s and Les was awarded a Century Farm award by the State of Iowa.
*Northeast corner of [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=hand+county,+south+dakota&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Hand,+South+Dakota&ll=44.496505,-99.008789&spn=8.477637,19.753418&t=h&z=6 Hand County, South Dakota]
:Land of Jacob Booher Linn: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=44.810458,-98.917753&sll=44.80898,-98.91775&sspn=0.001029,0.002411&ie=UTF8&ll=44.809122,-98.909912&spn=4.216442,9.876709&t=h&z=7 44°48'37.65"N, 98°55'3.91"W] (SE & SW Quarters of Tract 32, Linn Township)
:Land of [[Ambrose Burnside Linn]]:[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=44.797444,-98.902747&sll=44.794441,-98.902715&sspn=0.016476,0.038581&g=44%C2%B047'50.80%22N,+98%C2%B054'9.89%22W&ie=UTF8&ll=44.793531,-98.898926&spn=4.217581,9.876709&t=h&z=7 44°47'50.80"N, 98°54'9.89"W] (SW quarter of Tract 4, Carlton Township)
:Land of [[McKendree Linn]]: [http://maps.google.com/ 44°48'17.12"N, 98°56'1.97"W] (NW Quarter of Tract 6, Carlton Township)

==Photos==

{| class="imageframe"
| [[File:Jacob booher linn family.png|250px]] || [[File:Cpl jacob b linn.jpg|130px]] || [[File:Jacob_b_linn_GAR_photo.jpg|250px]]
|-
| Jacob B. Linn and family || Corporal Linn (later First Sergeant) of Company F, 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry || Jacob B. Linn (Company F, 8th PA Inf)at left border pasted in, brother Samuel B. Linn (Company A, 9th PA Cav) fourth row from front, fourth from right.
|}

==Historical Records==

* Jacob's service is listed in the database, [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=jacob+booher&gsln=linn&msbdy=1839&msbpn__ftp=Huntingdon%2c+Pennsylvania%2c+USA&msbpn=1423&msbpn_PInfo=7-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3244%7c41%7c0%7c1423%7c0%7c0%7c&msrpn__ftp=Iowa%2c+USA&msrpn=18&msrpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c18%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&msidy=1961&msipn__ftp=Pennsylvania%2c+USA&msipn=41&msipn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3244%7c41%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&msbdd=10&msbdm=3&msidp=1&pcat=WAR_CIVIL&h=1299536&recoff=5+6+7&db=NPS_civilwarsoldiers&indiv=1 U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865]. That database contains more information on the [[Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (37th Volunteers)]]
* Jacob filed for his Civil War pension as an invalid in 1881 (or '91?). Hester re-filed as a widow in 1894. [[:File:Jacob Booher Linn Papers.jpg|Image]] ([http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=4654&iid=T288_284-0502&fn=&ln=Jacob+B.+Linn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=860093 Source])
* Jacob (age 31) and Hester (age 35) are living in Springfield Township, Huntingdon County, PA, along with Ambrose (age 4), McKendry (age 3) and Monroe (age 1) in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=jacob+booher&gsln=linn&msbdy=1839&msbpn__ftp=Huntingdon+County,+Pennsylvania,+USA&msbpn=1423&msbpn_PInfo=7-|1652393|2|3244|41|1423|&msddy=1893&msdpn__ftp=nebraska&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=41233806&recoff=1+2&db=1870usfedcen&indiv=1 1870 Federal Census]
* Jacob is listed in the [[:File:Jacob booher linn 1880 shelby iowa census.png|1880 Census for Shelby, Iowa]]. (Also listed are Samuel B Linn and James W Linn.)
* Jacob (age 45) and Hester (age 49) are living in Shelby, Iowa along with Ambrose (19), McKendree (age 17), Monroe (age 15), Annie (age 14), Walter (age 13), Frank (age 11), and Hugh (age 6) in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=jacob+booher&gsln=linn&msbdy=1839&msbpn__ftp=Huntingdon+County,+Pennsylvania,+USA&msbpn=1423&msbpn_PInfo=7-|1652393|2|3244|41|1423|&msddy=1893&msdpn__ftp=nebraska&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=6784649&recoff=1+2+3&db=IAstatecen&indiv=1 1885 Iowa State Census]
* Jacob is listed in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6247&iid=95270241&fn=Jacob&ln=Linn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=44855 1885 Census for South Dakota Territory] in Hand County.
* Jacob and brother [[Samuel Brierly Linn]] are listed in the Shelby County Iowa 1892 Farmers Directory (p. 4)<ref>http://iagenweb.org/shelby/history/1892%20Farmers/1892%20Shelby.htm</ref>

==See Also==

*[[Veterans|Index of Veterans]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

Eric Olson

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| children = [[Anna Christine Olson]] (1895 - 1973) [[Elmer E. Olson]] (1898 - 1949) [[Ethel A. Olson]] (1891-1946) [[Tennis R. Olson]] (1900 - 1902) [[Theodore W. Olson]] (1903 - 1904)
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Eric was born in Sweden in 1850. In 1861, Eric's family immigrated to America, settling initially in Goodhue County, Minnesota, then relocating to Holdrege, Nebraska. Eric remained in Phelps County until his death in 1915, and is buried at Moses Hill Cemetery.<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1959690/person/-1594811862</ref>

== Biography<ref>From [http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1959690/person/-1876055937/media/4 A History of Phelps County, Nebraska], Phelps County Historical Society, 1981, p. 433</ref> ==

Eric Olson and brother [[John O. Olson|John]] were born in Sweden. They came first to Minnesota, then to Phelps County.

Each took a homestead. Eric married Ellen Marie Anderson, who had come from another part of Sweden. Converting prarie land to farmland was a termendous struggle. Evidence of those meager days is shown by some soupspoons Eric had hand-carved of wood for his family's use. Eleven children were born, nine growing to maturity. The first six children were girls. They all grew up doing their part to help their parents develop that homestead into a productive farm.

Clara married Oscar Vaughn. They had five children: Lulu, Vernon, Ellen Marie, Raymond and Marshall. They farmed near Overton.

Minnie remained single doing domestic work in homes of the wealthy in Denver, Chicago, and Beveryly Hills, California.

Alice married Frank Edlund. They had five sons: Darryl, Kermit, Lincoln, George, and James. Frank and Alice later purchased the Olson homestead.

[[Ethel A. Olson|Ethel]] married [[Edward Phillip Vaughn|Ed vaughn]], brother of sister Clara's husband. Their four children are Irving, [[Aline Kleone Vaughn|Aline]], Kenneth, and [[Lee Vaughn|Lee]]. They farmed north of Westmark Church, where [[Lee Vaughn|Lee]] now lives.

June married C. Lawrence Hanson. Their son died in infancy. They farmed near Emmaus Church.

Anna married Harry Ostgren and had one daughter, Dorothy. After farming near the old Orphans Home they moved to Colorado. The first son, Elmer, worked for the Union Pacific Railroad at North Platte. He had no family. He died in Colorado from an illness incurred while railroading.

Palmer went to Colorado. He went into the grocery business with his uncle Oscar Anderson. His daughter died in infancy and his widow lives in Denver.

Two more sons, Tannis and Theodore, died in their early youth.

Gladys went to nurses' training in Chicago, where she married a postman, James Lawler. They had two sons, Tommy and John. After moving to Colorado for their sons' health, Gladys retired from nursing and is now widowed and living in Littleton. The courage and perseverance of the Olson family has been an inspiration to me, a great-granddaughter. (Mary Anne Miller Ghumm)

== Photos ==

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| Eric and Ellen Marie Olson with Clara, Minnie, Alice and Ethel in her mothers lap.
| Photo of Anna Christine, Elmer and June Olson. Children of Eric and Maria Olson
| From left to right. Eric and Maria Olson. Children Clara Josephine, Hannah Wilhemina, Alice Marie, Ethel Adina, June Matilda, Anna Christine, Elmer Edward, Theodore Palmer Roosevelt and Gladys Catherine Olson
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== Historical Records ==

* Eric was born on May 2, 1850, according to the [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=2225&path=G%C3%A4vleborg.Hassela.F%C3%B6dde+(Births).1775+-+1853+(C%3a3).176&sid=&gskw= Swedish Church Records]. It looks like Eric's parents' names are spelled Per Olofson and Carin Ericsdotter. Per seems to be indicated as a "husman" ([http://www.bookpump.com/upb/pdf-b/1128088b.pdf meaning]: living on a small plot of land) and Carin is listed as "hustru" (wife).

* Eric (age 50) and Maria (age 37) live in Westmark, Phelps County, Nebraska with children Clara (age 14), Minnie (age 12), Alice (age 11), Ethel (age 8), June (age 6), Annie (age 4) and Elmer (age 2) in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=32819066&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t1959690_p-1594811862_kpidz0q3d-1594811862z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid 1900 Federal Census]
* Eric (age 59) and Ellen (age 46) live in Westmark, Phelps, Nebraska, with children Ethel (age 18), June (age 16), Anna (age 14), Edmer (age 12), Palmer (age 5), Gladys (age 2), and unknown August Monguson (age 46) in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=150443993&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t1959690_p-1594653527_kpidz0q3d-1594653527z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid 1910 Federal Census]
* [[:File:Eric olson death certificate.jpg|Eric's death certificate]] (1915)

* 1915<ref>http://genealogy.hollymillrun.com/Default.asp?Page=FGS&Individual=17828</ref> Feb. 27: Eric Olson died from a cerebral hemorrhage. His death certificate is on file with the Nebraska Bureau of Vital Statistics (Register #2727). His death certificate indicates that he was born in Sweden, that his father was Peter Olson and that his mother was Karen Ericson. He was a farmer. His brother, John Olson, was the informant for the death certificate. From the Holdrege Citizen:
** Mr. Erick Olson of Westmark township passed away suddenly at 3:15 o'clock last Saturday at his home from cerebral hemorrhage while doing chores about the barn. He was immediately discovered and taken to the house in a dying condition. Coroner Palmer was called and pronounced his ailment and cause of death. Mr. Olson was a highly respected farmer of the neighborhood and leaves a very nice estate. He leaves to mourn his death, the wife, two sons and seven daughters, a brother John, living near his home and other more distant relatives. Mr. Olson was in his 65th year, was born in Sweden, May 2, 1850 and came to America in 1861 and to Phelps County in 1878, was married in 1886. To this union were born 11 children, two of whom have preceded the father. Short services were held at the home at 12 o'clock and the church services were held at Holcomb, last Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Ohlson. Burial was made at Moses Hill.
** NOTICE OF PETITION. Estate No. 533 of Erick Olson, Deceased, in County Court of Phelps County, Nebraska. The State of Nebraska. To all persons interested in said estate, take notice that a petition has been filed for the appointment of Ellen Olson as administratrix of said estate, which has been set for hearing herein on Monday, April 5th, 1915, at ten o'clock a.m. Dated March 17th, 1915. L.C. Barr, County Judge.

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* 1923<ref>http://genealogy.hollymillrun.com/Default.asp?Page=FGS&Individual=17828</ref> Mar. 19: Maria Helena (Ellen Maria) Anderson Olson died at 1:10 a.m. in Holdrege (Phelps), NE. Her death certificate is on file with the Nebraska Bureau of Vital Statistics. From the Holdrege Citizen:
** Ellen Maria Olson, nee Anderson was born Sept. 25, 1865, in Vrigstadsocken, Smaland, Sweden. In 1884 she immigrated to America, residing first in Illinois for one year, after which she came to Nebraska and to Phelps County. In 1886 she was united in marriage to Eric Olson on Sept. 22nd. To this union were born eleven children, of whom two are dead. Her husband preceded her to the great beyond some nine years ago, having been buried March 2nd, 1915. Her health has been failing for some over ten years, but she has been about her daily duties till just a few days prior to her death. On Thursday before her death she was in town, but took suddenly sick on her way home and grew worse till the end came. On the 19th of March at 1:10 a.m., she passed away at the Holdrege hospital, where she had been taken with the hope of saving her life. She had attained the age of 58 years, 5 months and 24 days. To mourn her departure are left nine children: Mrs. Oscar Vahn, Minnie Olson, Mrs. Frank Edlund, Mrs. Ed. Vahn, Mrs. Lawrence Hanson, Mrs. Harry Ostgren, Elmer and Palmer Olson and Gladys; her aged father, Jonas Anderson; one brother, Oscar Anderson of Eaton, Colo.; other relatives and a host of friends.

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Residents of Moses Hill Cemetery]]

Peter Olson

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| death_cause = Arteriosclerosis
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| death_place = Holdrege, Nebraska, USA
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| children = [[Olof P. Olson]] (1848 - 1931) [[Eric Olson]] (1850 - 1915) [[Anna Olson]] (1853 - 1889) [[John O. Olson]] (1858 - 1929) [[Frank Olson Miller]] (1862 - ?)
| parents = [[Olof Olofsson Stål]] (1786 – 1878) [[Anna Jonsdotter]] (1787 – 1862)<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1959690/person/-1660461061</ref>
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Peter Olson and his family moved from Sweden to the United States in 1861, settling briefly in Minnesota and then moving to Nebraska. Several of Peter Olson's descendants (son [[John O. Olson]] and his son [[Frank Samual Olson]]) later moved from Nebraska to Richvale, California.

== Photos ==

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== Historical Records ==

* Peter immigrated to the US in 1861<ref>[[:File:1900 census nebraska phelps.png|1900 Federal Census]]</ref>
* Peter (age 72) lives with son Olie (Olof) in Holdrege, Nebraska in the [[:File:1900 census nebraska phelps.png|1900 Federal Census]]. Peter has been widowed at this point. The record states he immigrated in 1861.
* A [[:File:Westmark township.png|1903 Atlas of Westmark Township, Nebraska]] shows what appear to be plots owned by Peter, Eric, and John
*[[:File:Peter olson death certificate.jpg|Peter's 1909 death certificate]]

Other records:<ref>http://genealogy.hollymillrun.com/fgs.asp?Individual=229</ref>

* 1848 Oct. 21: Olof Olson was born in Hassela, Gälveborg, Sweden in Halsingland. [From Olof Olson's obituary]
* 1850 May 2: Eric Olson was born in Hassela, Gälveborg, Sweden in Halsingland. [From Eric Olson's death certificate, on file with Nebraska Bureau of Vital Statistics]
* 1853: Anna Olson was born in Hassela, Gälveborg, Sweden, in Halsingland.
* 1858 Apr. 12: John (aka Jonas) Olson was born in Hassela, Gälveborg, Sweden, in Halsingland.
* 1861: In this year Peter, Karin, Olof, John, Anna and Eric immigrated to the United States, probably settling in Goodhue County, Minnesota.
* 1862 Dec.: Frank Olson was born in Vasa Twp. (Goodhue), MN.
* 1865 Jun. 1: Minnesota State Census for Vasa Twp., Goodhue County, taken by Nels Ofelt: Family 94 consists of Pehr Olson (M), Ola Olson (M), Erik Olson (M), Anna Olson (F), John Olson (M), Cari Peterson (F). Family 95 consists of Pehr Olson (M), Sissa Olson (F), Cari Olson (F), Martin Olson (M). Family 96 consists of Gustaf Peterson (M).
* 1869: Karin Ericson Olson died in Goodhue Co., MN. Her name does not appear in the 1870 Mortality Index for the Federal Census, which means that she must have died between 1 January 1869 and 30 June 1869. After putting together all of the pieces, it appears that following the death of his mother, Frank Olson was raised by his sister, Anna Olson. On 10 Apr 1875, Anna Olson married John Miller and her brother began using the surname of his sister's husband, becoming Frank Miller.
* 1870 Feb. 7: Olof Olson married Kristine Svenson probably in Cannon Falls (Goodhue), Minnesota.
* 1870 Aug. 12: The Peter Olson family was enumerated in the 1870 Federal Census in Vasa Twp. (Goodhue), Minnesota, by Frank Slocum (dwelling 122/family 138). The family consisted of Peter (age 42, farmer, $3500 total worth, $800 property worth, b. in Sweden), Anna (age 17, keeping house, b. in Sweden), Erick (age 20, farm laborer, b. in Sweden), Jonas (age 12, at home and attending school, b. in Sweden), Frank (age 6, at home, b. in Minnesota), Ole (age 22, farmer, b. in Sweden) and Christine (age 20, b. in Sweden). The census also indicates that Ole and Christine were married in February of the census year. Since Frank Olson was born in Minnesota, Peter's wife, Karin, must have come to the United States and must have been living in 1862. Her absence in 1870 suggests that she might have died prior to the taking of this census.
* 1871 Jun. 5: Peter Olson purchased land in S 21, T 112N, R 16W, Vasa Township (Goodhue), MN for $900.00.
* 1878 Nov. 8: John Olson married Caroline Ulrika Asplin in Phelps Co., NE.
* 1880: The John Miller family was enumerated in Goodhue Co., MN (National Archives Film T9-0620 page 221D). The family consisted of John, Anna Olson Miller, two daughters and two sons. It appears that Peter Olson was living in the next house with a widow:
** Name ,Relation,Marital Status,Gender,Race,Age,Birthplace,Occupation,Father's Birthplace,Mother's Birthplace
** Peter OLSON , Self , W , Male , W , 52 , SWEDEN , Farmer , SWEDEN , SWEDEN
** Lizzie ANDERSON , Other , W , Female , W , 52 , SWEDEN , Keeping House , SWEDEN , SWEDEN
** Christine SELIN , Dau , S , Female , W , 11 , SWEDEN , At Home , SWEDEN , SWEDEN
* 1886: Frank Olson Miller (son of Peter) was living in Iowa by this time because his oldest daughter was born in Iowa in 1886.
* 1886 Sep. 22: Eric Olson married Maria Helena (Ellen Maria) Anderson in Holdrege (Phelps), NE. (Continued on their own family group chart)
* 1889 Nov. 8: Anna Olson Miller died in Vasa Twp. (Goodhue), MN. She is buried in the Miller family plot, Lot 19, Swedish Methodist Cemetery, Vasa (Goodhue), MN.
* 1892: The Olsons moved from Minnesota to Nebraska according to Peter Olson's obituary.
* 1899 Jun. 15: Peter Olson purchased lots 1 and 2 in the first addition to the town of Holdrege (Phelps), NE, from the Lincoln Land Company for $235.00.
* 1900 Jun. 1: Peter Olson, widower, living in Holdrege (Phelps), NE, sold his land in S21 T112N R16W in Vasa Twp. (Goodhue), MN, to his son in-law, John Miller.
* 1900 Jun.: John Olson was enumerated in the Federal Census near Eric Olson's family. The enumeration indicates that John's wife was Carolina U. (b. 9/1854 in Sweden, immigrated in 1872), his daughters were: Lily O. (b. 9/1879 in NE), Hattie M. (b. 5/1885 in NE), Effie C. (b. 4/1897 in NE), and Louisa C. (b. 10/1896 in NE), and his sons were: Frank S. (b. 12/1892 in NE), and Roy S. (b. 2/1900 in NE).
* 1900 Jun. 9: Frank Olson Miller (son of Peter Olson) was enumerated in the Federal Census in Beaver Twp. (Dallas), IA, ED 4, S 4, L 29, with his wife Libby (b. Nov. 1868 in PA), and children Josie B. (b. Feb. 1886 in IA), Fern B. (b. May 1888 in IA), Mabel (b. Mar. 1894 in IA), and Harold (b. Apr. 1896 in IA).
* 1902 Sept. 22: Peter Olson purchased the NE ¼ of S 8, T 7N, R 19W of 6th P.M. consisting of 160 acres from John and Christine Applin for $3000.00. Recorded 27 Sept. 1902. I wonder if "Applin" is really "Asplin" or vice versa and if John and Christine are the parents of John Olson's wife.
* 1909 Dec. 7: Peter Olson died from "senility with arteriosclerosis" in Holdrege (Phelps), NE. Death certificate is on file with Nebraska Bureau of Vital Statistics. According to his death certificate, he was born in Sweden, his father was Olof Sthol and his mother was Anna Johansdotter. His wife preceded him in death. His occupation was listed as "retired." (Register number 299)
* 1909 Dec. 9: Peter Olson's obituary in the Holdrege Citizen:
* PETER OLSON. The funeral of Peter Olson, who passed away Tuesday afternoon at the home of his son, O.P. Olson, will be held tomorrow at 11 o'clock. The services will be held at the Swedish Mission church and will be in charge of Rev. J.C. Olson, the pastor. Interment will be in the Moses Hill cemetery. Peter Olson was born in Hassle-Helingsland, Sweden, January 14, 1828 and came to America in 1861, settling at Red Wing, Minn. He came to Holdrege in the year 1892. He was married in 1847 and Mrs. Olson died in 1865. Five children were born to them, four of whom are living. His sons, John and Erick, live at Westmark, Frank lives at Woodward, Iowa, while O.P. Olson is a resident of Holdrege. The deceased had lived with his son "Ole" in this city for 18 years. During the past two years he has been confined to his bed most of the time, old age having gradually undermined his constitution.
* 1910 Aug. 8: Decree of final estate settlement for the estate of Peter Olson was filed in the County Court of Phelps County, Nebraska, (Record book H, p. 489). Heirs listed are: O.P. Olson (age 61, son of deceased), Eric Olson (age 58, son of deceased), Hattie Miller Anderson (over age 21, granddaughter of deceased), Edwin Miller (over age 21, grandson of deceased), Frank Miller (over age 21, grandson of deceased), John Olson (age 51, son of deceased), and Frank Miller (age 46, son of deceased). John Olson was the executor of the estate.
* 1931 Jun. 27: Olof Olson died in Phelps Co., Nebraska. According to Olof Olson's obituary, he was survived by two brothers, Eric in Phelps County, Nebraska, and Frank in Woodward (Dallas), Iowa.
* Anna: Children: Hattie (b. MN, m. ? Anderson), Edwin (b. MN), Frank (b. MN). Harlan J. Johnson, 528 19th St. NW, Rochester, MN, is a descendent of Anna Olson Miller.
* John: Carolina Ulrika Asplin (b. 9/1854 in Sweden, immigrated in 1872); Children: Lily O. (b. 9/1879 in NE), Hattie M. (b. 5/1885 in NE), Frank S. (b. 12/1892 in NE), Louisa C. (b. 10/1896 in NE), Effie C. (b. 4/1897 in NE), and Roy S. (b. 2/1900 in NE).
* Frank: Libby ? (b. Nov. 1868 in PA), Children: Josie B. (b. Feb. 1886 in IA), Fern B. (b. May 1888 in IA), Mabel (b. Mar. 1894 in IA), and Harold (b. Apr. 1896 in IA).

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Immigrants]]
[[Category:Residents of Moses Hill Cemetery]]

Eric Jacob Lindstrom

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Eric Jacob Lindstrom

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Eric Jacob Lindstrom

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Larry Glen Schroeder

2013-09-26T14:25:17Z

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{{Infobox person
| name = Larry Glen Schroeder
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|6|13}}
| birth_place =
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Rhonda Jean Moda]]|November 10, 1979|}}
| children = [[Derek Glen Schroeder]] [[Dustin Lee Schroeder]] [[Danielle Jean Schroeder]]
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Wilcox, Iowa]], USA||}}
| parents = Glen and Addie Schroeder
| relatives =
}}

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

Derek Glen Schroeder

2013-09-26T14:20:51Z

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{{Infobox person
| image =Derek Glen Schroeder.jpg
| name = Derek Glen Schroeder
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1980|11|6}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{dda|2013|9|22|1980|11|6}}
| spouse =
| children =
| residence =
| parents = [[Rhonda Jean Moda]] [[Larry Glen Schroeder]]
| relatives = [[Dustin Lee Schroeder]] (Brother) [[Danielle Jean Schroeder]] (Sister)
}}

==Obiturary==
''Kearney Hub'', 9/24/2013:<ref>http://www.kearneyhub.com/obituaries/local/derek-schroeder/article_66d411d9-045f-56ef-8898-29811190f8c2.html</ref><blockquote>
LINCOLN — Derek Glen Schroeder, 32, of Wilcox died Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln. 
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hildreth with the Revs. Steve and Patti Byrne officiating. Burial will be at Hildreth Cemetery. 
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Jelden-Craig Funeral Home in Hildreth. 
He was born Nov. 6, 1980, in Kearney to Larry and Rhonda (Moda) Schroeder. 
—— 
Survivors include his parents of Wilcox; brother, Dustin Schroeder of Holdrege; sister, Danielle Schroeder of Wilcox; grandparents, Glen and Addie Schroeder and Dean and Janice Lindstrom, all of Kearney; aunts, uncles and cousins; Melinda Eltiste, a very special friend; and so many friends. 
He was baptized on Jan. 25, 1981, at First United Methodist Church in Kearney. He was confirmed on June 4, 1995, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hildreth. 
Derek graduated in 1999 from Wilcox Public School and continued his education at Southeast Community College at Beatrice until he was hospitalized in 2002. Derek had endured a tragedy that would make many people mean and bitter toward the world. Derek was nothing of the kind. He was strong and kind regardless of the constant reminder of his tragic accident. Derek overcame obstacles that many of us wouldn’t have the strength to approach. 
He had such a kind heart and sweet smile. He left his mark on everyone he encountered. His strength and kindness were contagious. Derek was hurt in one of the worst ways, and you couldn’t tell even on his worst days. If you were having a bad day, he would make sure you left with a smile. He was so selfless and loving. He was such an inspiration to all. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. 
He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Francis Schroeder; and great-grandparents and great-uncles and great-aunts. 
Memorials are suggested to the family.</blockquote>

==Notes==
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File:Derek Glen Schroeder.jpg

2013-09-26T14:19:41Z

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[[Derek Glen Schroeder]]

Derek Glen Schroeder

2013-09-26T14:18:11Z

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{{Infobox person
| name = Derek Glen Schroeder
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1980|11|6}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{dda|2013|9|22|1980|11|6}}
| spouse =
| children =
| residence =
| parents = [[Rhonda Jean Moda]] [[Larry Glen Schroeder]]
| relatives = [[Dustin Lee Schroeder]] (Brother) [[Danielle Jean Schroeder]] (Sister)
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==Obiturary==
''Kearney Hub'', 9/24/2013:<ref>http://www.kearneyhub.com/obituaries/local/derek-schroeder/article_66d411d9-045f-56ef-8898-29811190f8c2.html</ref><blockquote>
LINCOLN — Derek Glen Schroeder, 32, of Wilcox died Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln. 
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hildreth with the Revs. Steve and Patti Byrne officiating. Burial will be at Hildreth Cemetery. 
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Jelden-Craig Funeral Home in Hildreth. 
He was born Nov. 6, 1980, in Kearney to Larry and Rhonda (Moda) Schroeder. 
—— 
Survivors include his parents of Wilcox; brother, Dustin Schroeder of Holdrege; sister, Danielle Schroeder of Wilcox; grandparents, Glen and Addie Schroeder and Dean and Janice Lindstrom, all of Kearney; aunts, uncles and cousins; Melinda Eltiste, a very special friend; and so many friends. 
He was baptized on Jan. 25, 1981, at First United Methodist Church in Kearney. He was confirmed on June 4, 1995, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hildreth. 
Derek graduated in 1999 from Wilcox Public School and continued his education at Southeast Community College at Beatrice until he was hospitalized in 2002. Derek had endured a tragedy that would make many people mean and bitter toward the world. Derek was nothing of the kind. He was strong and kind regardless of the constant reminder of his tragic accident. Derek overcame obstacles that many of us wouldn’t have the strength to approach. 
He had such a kind heart and sweet smile. He left his mark on everyone he encountered. His strength and kindness were contagious. Derek was hurt in one of the worst ways, and you couldn’t tell even on his worst days. If you were having a bad day, he would make sure you left with a smile. He was so selfless and loving. He was such an inspiration to all. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. 
He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Francis Schroeder; and great-grandparents and great-uncles and great-aunts. 
Memorials are suggested to the family.</blockquote>

==Notes==
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Veljean Schepler

2013-09-25T00:19:36Z

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{{Infobox person
| name = Veljean D. Schepler
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1927|9|12}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| resting_place =
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Harold Emil Jurgens]]|September 15, 1946|July 13, 1990}} (b. 1924 d. 1990), Hildreth, Nebraska<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=32020011&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6224</ref><ref>http://www.eltiste-kaiser.com/Torbeck/HaroldJurgens.htm</ref>
| children =
| residence =
| parents = [[Albert Johann Hye Schepler]] [[Anna Sophia Albers]]
| relatives =
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==Notes==
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Anna Sophia Albers

2013-09-25T00:14:33Z

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{{Infobox person
| name = Anna Sophia Albers
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1909|1|20}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60603286</ref>
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{dda|1994|1|1|1909|1|20}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60603286</ref>
| resting_place = Hildreth Cemetery, Hildreth, Nebraska<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60603286</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Albert Johann Hye Schepler]]||}}
| children = [[Janice Lois Schepler]] [[Veljean Schepler]]
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==Notes==
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Albert Johann Hye Schepler

2013-09-25T00:14:21Z

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{{Infobox person
| name = Albert Johann Hye Schepler
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1902|1|1}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Schepler&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=31&GScnty=1834&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=60603251&df=all&</ref>
| birth_place = Wilcox, Nebraska, USA
| death_date = {{dda|1982|3|12|1901|1|1}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Schepler&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=31&GScnty=1834&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=60603251&df=all&</ref>
| resting_place = Hildreth Cemetery, Hildreth, Nebraska<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Schepler&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=31&GScnty=1834&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=60603251&df=all&</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Anna Sophia Albers]]||}}
| children = [[Janice Lois Schepler]] [[Veljean Schepler]]
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Wilcox, Nebraska]], USA||}}
| parents = [[John Friedrich Wilhelm Schepler]] [[Minnie Heien]]<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13161568/person/-114976701</ref>
| relatives =
}}

The 1920 federal census of Franklin County, Nebraska recorded the John & Minnie Schepler household, along with children Albert, Chester, Hilda, Leo, and Bernice.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=78504646&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442
</ref>

By 1930, the Albert and Anna were living together with their baby, "Veljene D.," and boarders Violet Riley (a public school teacher, ~20) and Chester Schepler (~26).<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=107107813&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442</ref> Albert and Chester were farming.

The 1940 federal census recorded Albert and Anna living in a rental home with their daughters, "Velgene" and Janice.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=58842872&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6061</ref> Albert was farming.

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

Albert Johann Hye Schepler

2013-09-24T23:58:30Z

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| name = Albert Johann Hye Schepler
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1902|1|1}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Schepler&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=31&GScnty=1834&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=60603251&df=all&</ref>
| birth_place = Wilcox, Nebraska, USA
| death_date = {{dda|1982|3|12|1901|1|1}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Schepler&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=31&GScnty=1834&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=60603251&df=all&</ref>
| resting_place = Hildreth Cemetery, Hildreth, Nebraska<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Schepler&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=31&GScnty=1834&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=60603251&df=all&</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Anna Sophia Albers]]||}}
| children = [[Janice Lois Schepler]] [[Valgene Schepler]]
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Wilcox, Nebraska]], USA||}}
| parents = [[John Friedrich Wilhelm Schepler]] [[Minnie Heien]]<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13161568/person/-114976701</ref>
| relatives =
}}

The 1920 federal census of Franklin County, Nebraska recorded the John & Minnie Schepler household, along with children Albert, Chester, Hilda, Leo, and Bernice.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=78504646&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442
</ref>

By 1930, the Albert and Anna were living together with their baby, "Veljene D.," and boarders Violet Riley (a public school teacher, ~20) and Chester Schepler (~26).<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=107107813&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442</ref> Albert and Chester were farming.

The 1940 federal census recorded Albert and Anna living in a rental home with their daughters, "Velgene" and Janice.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=58842872&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6061</ref> Albert was farming.

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

Albert Johann Hye Schepler

2013-09-24T23:57:31Z

Elindstr:

{{Infobox person
| name = Albert Johann Hye Schepler
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1902|1|1}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Schepler&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=31&GScnty=1834&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=60603251&df=all&</ref>
| birth_place = Wilcox, Nebraska, USA
| death_date = {{dda|1982|3|12|1901|1|1}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Schepler&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=31&GScnty=1834&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=60603251&df=all&</ref>
| resting_place = Hildreth Cemetery, Hildreth, Nebraska<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Schepler&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=31&GScnty=1834&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=60603251&df=all&</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Anna Sophia Albers]]||}}
| children = [[Janice Lois Schepler]] [[Valgene Schepler]]
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Wilcox, Nebraska]], USA||}}
| parents = [[John Friedrich Wilhelm Schepler]] [[Minnie Heien]]<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13161568/person/-114976701</ref>
| relatives =
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The 1920 federal census of Franklin County, Nebraska recorded the John & Minnie Schepler household, along with children Albert, Chester, Hilda, Leo, and Bernice.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=78504646&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442
</ref>

By 1930, the Albert and Anna were living together with their baby, "Veljene D.," and boarders Violet Riley (a public school teacher, ~20) and Chester Schepler (~26).<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=107107813&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442</ref> Albert and Chester were farming.

The 1940 federal census recorded Albert and Anna living in a rental home with their daughters, "Valgene" and Janice.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=58842872&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6061</ref> Albert was farming.

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

John Friedrich Wilhelm Schepler

2013-09-23T00:44:42Z

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| name = Johan ("John") Friedrich Wilhelm Schepler
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1878|01|26}}<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13161568/person/-114976673 (note that this source is a member ancestry tree without citations)</ref>
| birth_place = Rochelle, IL<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13161568/person/-114976673</ref>
| death_date = {{dda|1944|03|07|1878|01|26}}<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13161568/person/-114976673</ref>
| resting_place = St Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Franklin County, Nebraska<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61425293</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Wilhelmine Heine]]|February 13, 1901}}<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13161568/person/-114976673</ref>
| children = [[Albert Johann Hye Schepler]] (1902-1982) [[Chester Schepler]] (1904-1964) [[Hilda Schepler]] (1906-1976) [[Leo Schepler]] (~1910-) [[Bernice Schepler]] (~1915-)<ref>1920 Census http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=4313275-00469&fn=John+F&ln=Schepler&st=r&ssrc=&pid=78504644</ref>
| parents = [[John Schepler (1841)]] [[Charlotte ___]]<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13161568/person/-114976673</ref>
| relatives = [[Henrietta (Etta) Schepler]] (1875-1952) (Sister)
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==Records==
*John Schepler (1878) appears in the 1880 census record for Rochelle, Ogle County, Illinois. Household consisted of: John (39, Laborer) and Mary (40) of Prussia, William (13), Anna (10), Etta (4), John (2).
*John Schepler (1878) appears in the 1900 census record for Lincoln Township, Franklin County, Nebraska. John is listed as living with his parents, in a 3 person household. John's parents were born in Germany, and immigrated in 1864. John's father is listed as the owner of a farm.
*John Schepler (1878) appears in the 1920 census record for Lincoln Township, Franklin County, Nebraska, with wife and children (all born in Nebraska): Albert (17), Chester (15), Hilda (13), Leo (10), Bernice (4.5)<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=78504644&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6224</ref>
*John Schepler (1878) appears in the 1930 census record for Hildreth, Nebraska. Recorded in his household were his wife Minnie (48) (born in Illinois), son Leo (20), and daughter Bernice (14). John is listed as a retired farmer, and Leo was a carpenter.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=107107599&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442</ref>
*John and Minnie appear in the 1940 census for Hildreth, Nebraska.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=58848184&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6482</ref>

*Chester<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61425402</ref> and Hilda<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61425569</ref> are also buried in the St Johns Lutheran Cemetery south of Wilcox, Nebraska.
*Albert is buried in the Hildreth Cemetery with his wife's parents.<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=schepler&GSiman=1&GScid=100769&GRid=60603251&</ref>

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

Albert Johann Hye Schepler

2013-09-23T00:29:43Z

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| birth_place = Wilcox, Nebraska, USA
| death_date = {{dda|1982|3|12|1901|1|1}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Schepler&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=31&GScnty=1834&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=60603251&df=all&</ref>
| resting_place = Hildreth Cemetery, Hildreth, Nebraska<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Schepler&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=31&GScnty=1834&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=60603251&df=all&</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Anna Sophia Albers]]||}}
| children = [[Janice Lois Schepler]] [[Valgene Schepler]]
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Wilcox, Nebraska]], USA||}}
| parents = [[John Friedrich Wilhelm Schepler]] [[Minnie Heien]]<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13161568/person/-114976701</ref>
| relatives =
}}

The 1920 federal census of Franklin County, Nebraska recorded the John & Minnie Schepler household, along with children Albert, Chester, Hilda, Leo, and Bernice.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=78504646&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442
</ref>

By 1930, the Albert and Anna were living together with their baby, "Valjene," and boarders Violet Riley (a public school teacher, ~20) and Chester Schepler (~26).<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=107107813&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442</ref> Albert and Chester were farming.

The 1940 federal census recorded Albert and Anna living in a rental home with their daughters, "Valgene" and Janice.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=58842872&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6061</ref> Albert was farming.

==Notes==
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Derek Glen Schroeder

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Talk:Alcide Marie Treille

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The 1851 census of Availles-en-Châtellerault (Dep: Vienna) lists:
-Last Name: La Treille veuve Azile (widow of Azile)
-First Name: Marguerite
-Profession: Domestique
-Age: 17?

Marie-Jeanne Guernier

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| birth_place =
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| children = [[Robert Clyde Seiwell, Jr.]] [[Peggy Jean Seiwell]]
| residence =
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Marie-Jeanne Guernier

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Talk:Mark Anthony Moda

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*Mark Anthony, July 28, 1958
:Married Peggy
::Misty , July 30, 1972 (married Rick Aranjo, October 31, 2008) (Dixon, MO)
:::Children of Misty & ___ Steinbach: Kirsty Steinbach (March 4, 1991); Sydney Sklar Steinbach; Jordan Douglas Steinbach; Hunter Steinbach
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::Cerissa Welsh (c. 1979) (Crocker, MO)
::Dennis Welsh
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::Matthew Moda, Sept. 08, 1981

Mark Anthony Moda

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Mark Anthony Moda

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| name = Mark Anthony Moda
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|7|28}}
| birth_place =
| spouse =
| children = [[Misty ____ Steinbach]] [[Cerissa ____ Welsh]] [[Dennis ____ Welsh]] [[Matthew ____ Moda]]
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Roby, Missouri]], USA||}}
| parents = [[_____ Moda]] [[Janice Lois Schepler]]
| relatives =
}}

*Mark Anthony, July 28, 1958 (Roby, Missouri)
:Married Peggy
::Misty , July 30, 1972 (married Rick Aranjo, October 31, 2008) (Dixon, MO)
:::Children of Misty & ___ Steinbach: Kirsty Steinbach (March 4, 1991); Sydney Sklar Steinbach; Jordan Douglas Steinbach; Hunter Steinbach
:
::Cerissa Welsh (c. 1979) (Crocker, MO)
::Dennis Welsh
:
::Matthew Moda, Sept. 08, 1981

==See Also==

*[[Veterans|Index of Veterans]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

Pierre Guernier

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| birth_date = 1898
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| death_date = 1958
| death_place =
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Marguerite Leontine Coste]]|September 19, 1922}} (b. 1897 - d. 1925), Besançon, France {{marriage|[[Louise Leone Deliot]]|?}} (b. 1908 - )
| children = [[Marie-Jeanne Guernier]] (b. 1923) [[Gisele Guernier]] (b. 1930) [[Charles Guernier]] (b. 1932) [[Claude Guernier]] (b. 1935)
| residence =
| education =
| parents = [[Charles Edmond Guernier]]
| relatives =

}}

Pierre Guernier

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| children = [[Marie-Jeanne Guernier]] (b. 1923)
| children = [[Gisele Guernier]] (b. 1930) [[Charles Guernier]] (b. 1932) [[Claude Guernier]] (b. 1935)
| residence =
| education =
| parents = [[Charles Edmond Guernier]]
| relatives =

}}

Charles Edmond Guernier

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| residence =
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| children = [[Marcel Guernier]] [[Yvonne Guernier]] [[Pierre Guernier]]
}}

Pierre Guernier

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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Marguerite Leontine Coste]]|September 19, 1922}} (b. 1897 - d. 1925), Besançon, France {{marriage|[[Louise Leone Deliot]]|?}} (b. 1908 - )
| children = [[Marie-Jeanne Guernier]]
| children = [[Gisele Guernier]] (b. 1930) [[Charles Guernier]] (b. 1932) [[Claude Guernier]] (b. 1935)
| residence =
| education =
| parents = [[Charles Edmond Guernier]]
| relatives =

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Pierre Guernier

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| children = [[Marie-Jeanne Guernier]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Louise Leone Deliot]]|?}} (b. 1908 - ),
| children = [[Gisele Guernier]] (b. 1930) [[Charles Guernier]] (b. 1932) [[Claude Guernier]] (b. 1935)
| residence =
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Charles Edmond Guernier

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Charles Edmond Guernier

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Yvonne Guernier

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| name = Yvonne Marie Julia Guernier
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1893|9|11}}
| birth_place = Besançon, France
| death_date = {{dda|1949|1|11|1893|9|11}}
| death_place = Sorgue, France
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Marcel Treille]]|February 1, 1919}}, Besançon, Jura, France
| residence =
| education =
| parents = [[Charles Edmond Guernier]] [[Mary Julia Cupillard]]
| relatives =
| children = Claude Treille (1919-1920) [[Suzanne Lucie Isabelle Treille]] Claude Treille (1924-1929) [[Marcel-Pierre Treille]]
}}

Yvonne Guernier

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| death_place = Sorgue, France
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| residence =
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| parents = [[Charles Edmond Guernier]] [[Mary Julia Cupillard]]
| relatives =
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Suzanne Lucie Isabelle Treille

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| birth_place = Algiers, Algeria
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| death_place =
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Roger Camous-Romette]]|1950}}, Alger, Algeria
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Marcel Treille

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| death_place = Alger, Algeria
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Cecile Weaver]]|April 7, 1904}} (d. 1908), Alger, Algeria 
{{marriage|[[Yvonne Guernier]]|February 1, 1919}}, Besançon, Jura, France
| residence =
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| parents = [[Alcide Marie Treille]] [[Lucie Sarradin]]
| relatives =
| children = Claude Treille (1919-1920) [[Suzanne Lucie Isabelle Treille]] Claude Treille (1924-1929) [[Marcel-Pierre Treille]]
}}

Platte Valley Cemetery

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{{Infobox cemetery
| name = Platte Valley Cemetery
| other_names = Pioneer Cemetery, Holmes Cemetery
| location = Phelps County, Nebraska
| active_years = c. 1881<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36506871&</ref> - present
| maintained_by = Platte Valley Cemetery Association
| leg_descip = SW1/4 20-8-19 Williamsburg<ref>http://phelps.deeds.gisworkshop.com/#</ref>
}}

The Platte Valley Cemetery, also known as simply as Pioneer Cemetery, is located four miles west and two miles north of [[Gustaf Lindstrom|Gustaf Lindstrom's]] original sod house. The cemetery was deeded from the Hardinger family to the Platte Valley Cemetery Association in 1899.

Sometime in the mid-twentieth century, participation in the Platte Valley Cemetery Association thinned, and Nona Kirkpatrick assumed primarily management of the cemetery. In approximately 1968, Nona Kirkpatrick transferred management of the cemetery to [[Aline Kleone Vaughn|Aline Lindstrom]]. Aline managed the cemetery until about 2002, when ailing health required her to transfer management to her son, [[Dean Randall Lindstrom|Dean Lindstrom]]. In 2011, Dean reorganized a meeting of Platte Valley Cemetery Association, which elected Larry Lindstrom to serve as Chairman of the association. Since 2011, the Platte Valley Cemetery Association has made substantial efforts to revitalize the cemetery, including clearing brush, trimming trees, and erecting a new front fence and entrance gate.

== Location ==
* Postal Address: 746 Rd (btw H RD & G Rd); Phelps County, NE, 68958
* GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 40.642442, Longitude: -99.503397

<display_points geoservice="geonames">
40.642442,-99.503397
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== List of People buried in the Platte Valley Cemetery ==
{{#ListCategoryMembers:Residents_of_Platte_Valley_Cemetery}}
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=101139 List of burials] (Find a Grave.com)

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Cemeteries]]

August J. Vaughn

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{{Infobox person
| name = August J. Vaughn (born August Johnson)
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1854|2|8}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501752&</ref>
| birth_place = Vestergatland or Smaland, Sweden (Source Conflict)<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/a/Darlene--J--Doane/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0165.html</ref>
| death_date = {{dda|1947|1|7|1854|2|8}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501752&</ref>
| resting_place = [[Platte Valley Cemetery]] in Phelps County, Nebraska
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Matilda Swan Peterson]]|Dec 18, 1877}}, Illinois<ref>[[:File:August johnson marriage application.JPG|1August's and Matilda's marriage license]]</ref>
| children = [[Oscar Albion Vaughn]] (1878-) [[Ira Clarance Vaughn]] (1882-1969) [[Alice Irene Vaughn]] (1884-1925) [[Edward Phillip Vaughn]] (1886-1975) [[Henry Carroll Vaughn]] (1888-1974) [[Fred Walter Vaughn]] (1890-1955) [[Alvin August Vaughn]] (1893-1986) [[Ernest Harold Vaughn]] (1896=1983) [[Togue Thedford Vaughn]] (1898-1976) 
Carroll
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Sweden]]|1854|1868}} {{lived_at|[[Illinois, USA]]|1868|1878}} {{lived_at|[[Phelps County, Nebraska, USA]]|1878|1947}}
| parents = Maybe: [[John G. Johnson]] Maybe: [[Johanna Johnson]]<ref>[[:File:Illinois census 1870 geneseo city.png]]</ref>
| relatives =
}}

== Biography of August J. Vaughn<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]+</ref> ==

[[File:A J Vaughn Biography.png|thumb|left]]
August J. Vaughan [sic], a successful farmer and stock-raiser of Williamsburg township, Phelps County, was born in Sweden, February 8, 1854. He was reared on a farm and attended school for about seven years. He landed in New York City, after a somewhat stormy voyage, on August 3, 1868, and came west as far as Oneinda, Knox County, Ill., where he remained for 10 years, working out by the month on a farm.

Mr. Vaughan came to Phelps County, Nebr., in July 1878, homesteading the southeast quarter of Section 32. There was plenty of antelope and other wild game, but very few actual settlers in that locality then. Mr. Vaughan was a young man and came here with a very limited means, having only three horses and about $50 in money. He built a sod house and at once set about laying the foundation for his future home. He underwent all of the hardships of frontier life, was compelled to haul water three miles for his stock, being unable to have a well dug, and was subjected to many other inconveniences. He has worked hard, early and late, however, until the once wild and desolate prairie homestead has been transformed into a productive and beautiful farm.

Mr. Vaughan was married to Miss Matilda S. Peterson on December 31, 1877 (sic: see marriage license, below). She was born in Sweden in 1856 and came to America in 1868. This union has resulted in the birth of five children, namely -- Oscar, Ira (deceased), Alice, Eddie, and Carroll. Mr. Vaughan has 320 acres of improved land, all fenced and under a good state of cultivation. He is a progressive man and believes in keeping well-bred stock of all kinds. He has some as fine standard-bred Hambletonian horses as anyone would wish to see, and his Short-horn cattle and Poland-china hogs are among the best to be found in Phelps County. He is regarded as one of the most successful stock-raisers in the county, and his example is well worthy of emulation.

Both Mr. Vaughn and his estimable wife are members of the Christian Mission church. In politics he is a republican, and a man who stands high in the estimation of his fellow men.

(Note: This was published in 1890, at which point A.J. and Matilda did only have 5 children. Children 6-9 were born after this book, in the 1890s. -- [[User:Jim.lindstrom|Jim.lindstrom]])

== Account of A.J. Vaughn's Emmigration by [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]]<ref>Email from [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] to [[Eric Jacob Lindstrom| Eric Lindstrom]], 9/30/2010.</ref> ==

<blockquote>This is the story that my mother, Aline, and my uncle, [[Lee Vaughn]], have told me about the origin of the Vaughn name taken by their grandpa, August J. Vaughn, sometime in the 1880's when he came from Illinois to Phelps County, Nebr.: At age, 18, my great grandfather, August Johnson came from Sweden in the early 1880's and worked for a few years for a Swedish farmer in Illinois with a last name of Vaughn. He appreciated the job opportunity in Illinois and admired his employer, Mr. Vaughn. August Johnson was later convinced by someone to move to Phelps County, Nebraska and homestead 160 acres about 2 miles south of the pioneer cemetery, which we now call [[Platte Valley Cemetery]]. Upon arriving in Phelps County and doing the homestead claim he discovered that the county had many families with the name of Johnson who were not related to him and made it confusing. (or maybe there was another reason or two) I have not examined the real estate title or homestead document at the Phelps County Clerk's office to see how the name is recorded, but, at some time during the 1880's when he first came to Phelps County, he assumed the name of A. J. Vaughn. His wife, 8 sons, and all of male offspring have used the Vaughn name ever since. A.J. and his wife, Matilda, and 4 of their sons, Togue, Fred, Ernest, and Carroll, are buried at the [[Platte Valley Cemetery]]. A.J. & Matilda had 4 other sons and a daughter who were married were buried with their families in Holdrege & Overton, Nebr. and near Akron, Colo. My grandfather, Edward P. and wife, Ethel A. are buried in [[Moses Hill Cemetery]] northwest of Holdrege where my parents are buried.</blockquote>

== Timeline ==

{| class="wikitable"
| 1854
| August was born<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref>
|-
| 1868
| August came to Oneida, Illinois, at age 14<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref>
|-
| 1877
| August married [[Matilda Swan Peterson]], in Galesberg Illinois, on Dec. 18, 1877.<ref>[[:File:August_johnson_marriage_license.JPG|August's and Matilda's marriage license]]</ref>
|-
| July 1878
| August and Matilda moved to Phelps County, Nebraska<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref> (possibly accompanied (or later followed) by Matilda's parents, [[Carl J. Peterson]] and Maria Sophia Peterson)
|-
| 1878
| 1st child, [[Oscar Albion Vaughn]] was born. (The 1880 census, below, says Oscar was born in Nebraska.)
|-
| 1882
| 2nd child, [[Ira Clarance Vaughn]] was born
|-
| 1884
| 3rd child, [[Alice Irene Vaughn]] was born
|-
| 1884
| A J became a naturalized US citizen<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=004313292_00014&fn=Togue&ln=Vaughn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=107465986 1920 Federal Census]</ref>
|-
| 1886
| 4th child, [[Edward Phillip Vaughn]] was born, in Westmark, Nebraska
|-
| 1888-1898
| 5th through 9th children are born, in Nebraska
|-
| 1915
|Matilda dies (buried in Platte Valley Cemetery)
|-
| 1947
|August dies (buried in Platte Valley Cemetery)
|}

== A.J.'s Phelps County Farm ==

In an email<ref>Email from [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] to [[James Brian Lindstrom| Jim Lindstrom]], 10/6/2010.</ref>, [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] writes:
<blockquote>Great grandpa homesteaded in northern Phelps county. [...] The land that he homesteaded is about 16 miles northwest of Holdrege in Westside Township with a legal description as follows: The Southeast quarter of Section 32, Township 8, Range 19 West of Principal Meridian, Phelps County, Nebraska. The county recorder's office doesn't have the old real estate deeds inserted on their computerized database, so I will have to go to Holdrege sometime and walk in the Phelps County Recorders Office and find the original or microfilmed recorded deed from United States of America to A.J. Vaughn, August J.Vaughn, August Johnson, or whatever name he used back in the 1880's when he first homesteaded it. The landowner now on that place is Ryan C. Vaughn, who is my cousin, Stanley Vaughn's son, who now owns and farms the land which is identified as parcel ID # [[http://phelps.gisworkshop.com/PhelpsIMS/servlet/Report?pid=004357.00&proptype=res 004357.00]] by the Phelps County Assessor, and, contains 165.44 acres more or less. You can see the parcel description on the Phelps County Assessor's records, and, [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=H%20Rd%20&%20744%20Rd,%20Loomis,%20Phelps,%20Nebraska%2068958&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FTyzawIdltgR-g&split=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.875,57.630033&hq=&hnear=H%20Rd%20&%20744%20Rd,%20Loomis,%20Phelps,%20Nebraska%2068958&ll=40.620044,-99.50562&spn=0.017721,0.038581&t=h&z=15 view] the parcel map on Google Earth if you wish. There is no house or farm buildings on the farm now. and, it is used only for farmland for corn and soybeans.</blockquote>

<blockquote>I can remember when A. J. Vaughn raised registered Hereford cattle on the farm. My uncle [[Lee_Vaughn|Lee]] says that in the early 1900's A.J. Vaughn (his grandpa) sold high quality registered Hereford (red & white) bulls and bred cows to other ranchers and producers at auction at the farmstead on an annual basis. My mother, [[Aline Kleone Vaughn|Aline]], when she was a young girl, used to help her grandparents by helping to cook meals at harvest time or on special occasions when they needed to feed extra farm workers. A.J. Vaughn and his wife, Matilda raised 8 sons and 1 daughter. Great Grandpa Vaughn loved his trotting horses and had a race track behind his horse barn where he trained the "trotting gait" to his horses. My uncle [[Lee_Vaughn|Lee]] says that he remembers the horses in training wore a harsh metal appliance on the horse shoulders and legs which would cause them to bleed until they learned the special gait to make them a trotter. Then they were used to race with a two wheel cart which had bicycle-like tires.</blockquote>

The address of the above map is "H Rd & 744 Rd, Loomis, Phelps, Nebraska 68958".

== Historical Records ==

Immigration:
* Possible match for August in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=EmigrantenPopular&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn=august&gsln=johansson&msady=1868&msady_x=1&msadm_x=1&msadd_x=1&msapn__ftp=New+York%2c+USA&dbOnly=_F0003E02|_F0003E02_x%2c_F000279A|_F000279A_x%2c_F0003E08|_F0003E08_x%2c_F0003CE4|_F0003CE4_x%2c_F0003B28|_F0003B28_x%2c_83004005|_83004005_x&uidh=uv6&msadm=8&pcat=IMG_PASSLISTS&fh=0&h=1166060&recoff=&qid=91675414adaf4ca29e672b937a9c94f6 Swedish emmigration records], arriving NYC on Aug 12, 1868.

It is unclear where and with whom A.J. lived during the 1870s in Illinois. One possibility is that he lived on his own, in Knox County (as the biography above suggests), and perhaps lied about his age to seem older. This version fits with the story that A.J. would take someone else's last name. Possible sources matching this version:
*The [[:File:August johnson 1870 illinois census.JPG | 1870 Illinois Census]] lists A.J. in Ontario Township, Illinois, just north of Galesburg: Johnson, August. 18 M. White. Sweden. Knox County. Ontario Township. ([http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=august&gsln=johnson&msrpn__ftp=Oneida%2c+Knox%2c+Illinois%2c+USA&msrpn=37703&msrpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c1624%7c37703%7c0%7c&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=uv6&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=15477075&db=1870usfedcen&indiv=1 Ancestry link]). This August is a workman on Robert McKee's farm in Sections 16 and 21 of [http://knox.illinoisgenweb.org/maps/1870ontario.jpg Ontario Township], just outside Oneida.
* Another August (age 16, which is the expected age for an 1854 birth) was working on Alonzo Miller's farm in Ontario Township in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=august&gsln=johnson&msrpn__ftp=Oneida%2c+Knox%2c+Illinois%2c+USA&msrpn=37703&msrpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c1624%7c37703%7c0%7c&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=uv6&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=15528936&db=1870usfedcen&indiv=1 1870 Census]

Alternatively, A.J. might be this individual who immigrated from Sweden with his father John and mother Johanna and younger brother Charles. This A.J.'s birth year matches. And he exits this family at the right time to get married and show up in Nebraska in the 1880 census. But it's not clear why this individual would pick a new last name if his father were in the country. And this version has some weird holes. Where, for example, is Charles in the 1870 census?
* The [[:File:Illinois census 1870 geneseo city.png|1870 Census for Geneseo City, IL]] contains an August Johnson, living with parents John G Johnson and Johana Johnson. What makes this likely to be A.J. is that August is the right age, he's listed as a day laborer (could fit Dean's story of August working for a Vaughn), it's in the area where we know he married Matilda, and his father's immigration year is listed as 1868, which matches the immigration date for August, given in that biography (Aug 3, 1868).
* The 1877 book [http://books.google.com/books?id=yXUUAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA496&ots=JLIODaAbob&dq=john%20g%20johnson%20%22henry%20county%22%20illinois&pg=PA201#v=onepage&q=%22johnson,%20august%22&f=false The History of Henry County, Illinois] (p201) lists August, Charles, and [[John G. Johnson|John]].

In either case, August and Matilda's marriage is documented in a marriage license application and marriage license still on file in Knox County, Illinois:
{| class="imageframe" style="width:340px;"
| [[File:August johnson marriage application.JPG|150px]] || [[File:August_johnson_marriage_license.JPG|150px]]
|-
| August's and Matilda's application for a marriage license || August's and Matilda's marriage license
|}

By the time A.J. shows up in Nebraska, their trail is much clearer:
* August (age 24), Matilda (age 24), and Oscar (age 1) lived in Williamsburg, Phelps County, Nebraska, in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6742&iid=4242036-00720&fn=August&ln=Vaughan&st=r&ssrc=&pid=48229225 1880 Federal Census].
** The [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1276&iid=31641_217933-00069&fn=August&ln=Vaughn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=991988 Agricultural Schedule] says the Vaughns owned 40 acres of tilled land, and 120 acres of unimproved land. They valued their farm (buildings & land) at $400, their equipment at $20, and their livestock at $400.
** They spent $50 building and mending fences in 1879.
** They had 4 horses. 3 milk cows, 5 poultry.
** 20 acres of Indian corn produced 200 bushels. 5 acres of oats produced 100 bushels. 10 acres of wheat produced 80 bushels.
* Matilda Vaughn (age 28), husband A.J., and children Oscar (age 6), Ira (age 3), and ? (age 1) lived in Westmark, Phelps County, in the [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1668&path=1885.Phelps+and+Pierce.267 1885 Nebraska Census].
** That census's [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1668&path=1885.Phelps+and+Pierce.277 Schedule 2 (Agricultural Production)] lists the Vaughns as having 110 acres of improved land and 50 acres of unimproved land.
** It values their farm (land and buildings) at $3,000, their equipment at $85, and their livestock at $580. In 1884, they spent $50 on fences, $200 on farm labor (for 32 weeks of help). Their farm productions for 1884 were $1,500.
** As of June 1885, they had on hand: 20 horses (compared to the 3-5 each neighbor had), no mules, 7 milk cows, and 18 other animals. During 1884, they "dropped" 4 cows and sold 5 (living). They made 300 lbs of butter. They had 115 swine and 35 chickens. During 1884, they produced 100 dozen eggs.
** 5 acres of barley produced 100 bushels. 38 acres of Indian corn produced 1800 bushels. 16 acres of oats produced 660 bushels. 25 acres of wheat produced 500 bushels. 8 acres of broom corn produced 4,000 lbs. 3 acres of Irish potatoes produced 300 bushels.
* This [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nephelps/phsummer98.html Directory Listing, 1889 Phelps County Map (Phelps County Museum)] lists A.J. in Nebraska in 1889:
** VAUGHAN, A. J. Occupation: FARMER. Post Office: WESTMARK. WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP, PHELPS COUNTY, NE.
* August J Vaughn (age 46), Matilda Vaughn (age 44) live with children Ida (age 18), Alice (age 16), Eddie (age 14), Carol (age 11), Fred (age 9), Alvin (age 5), Ernest (age 3) and Taggie (age 2) in Williamsburg, Phelps, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=ewdard+phillip&gsln=vaughn&msbdy=1886&msbpn__ftp=Westmark,+Phelps,+Nebraska,+USA&msbpn=59079&msbpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3248|30|2340|59079|&msddy=1975&msdpn__ftp=Nebraska,+USA&msdpn=30&msdpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3248|30|&msfng0=august&msfns0=vaughn&uidh=uv6&mssng0=ethel+a&mssns0=+olson&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=32818216&db=1900usfedcen&indiv=1 1900 Federal Census]
* A [[:File:Williamsburg township.png|1903 Atlas of Williamsburg Township, Nebraska]] shows A.J.'s plot of land
* August J Vaughn (age 56), Matilda Vaughn (age 53) live with children Eddie (age 23), Fred (age 19), Alvin (age 16), Ernest (age 14), Tagon (age 11), and Alice (26) in Williamsburg, Phelps, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=ewdard+phillip&gsln=vaughn&msbdy=1886&msbpn__ftp=Westmark,+Phelps,+Nebraska,+USA&msbpn=59079&msbpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3248|30|2340|59079|&msddy=1975&msdpn__ftp=Nebraska,+USA&msdpn=30&msdpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3248|30|&msfng0=august&msfns0=vaughn&uidh=uv6&mssng0=ethel+a&mssns0=+olson&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=150442477&db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=1 1910 Federal Census]
* The [[:File:Vaughns nebraska 1910 census.JPG | 1910 Nebraska Census]] lists A.J. in Phelps County:
** VAUGHN, August J. 56, male, white. Birth Place: Sweden. Phelps County. Williamsburg Township.
* Togue Vaughn (age 21), Ernest Vaughn (age 23), A J Vaughn (age 66), and Olga Thuline (age 27) lived in Wiliamsburg, Phelps Co, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Togue+Thedford&gsln=Vaughn&mswpn__ftp=nebraska&msbdy=1898&msidy=1943&msddy=1976&msfng0=august&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=107465986&db=1920usfedcen&indiv=1 1920 Federal Census]. (Matilda had died 5 years earlier.) A J is listed as a farmer, and Togue and Ernest are listed as laborers on that farm.
* A J (age 74), Togue (age 30), and E H (age 32) live in Williamsburg, Phelps Co, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=NET626_1289-1119&fn=T+Togy&ln=Vaughn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=107593425 1930 Federal Census]. A J is still listed as a farmer, with E H and Togue laboring on the farm.

==Relationship to Olga J. Thuline==

According to Dean and Larry Lindstrom, August had his wife, Matilda, committed to a medical facility prior to her death in 1915. Some of the older Lindstroms (e.g., Aline Lindstrom & Lee Vaughn) seem to have believed that August committed Matilda despite Matilda's absence of any serious illness. Around this time, perhaps because August's household was without a housekeeper, [[Olga Thuline]] moved into the August household and became the housekeeper. Olga is buried among the Vaughns in the [[Platte Valley Cemetery]], and her tombstone reads "Niece & Cousin."

Olga is identified in the 1920 and 1930 Federal Censuses of Phelps County as living with August. <ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Olga+J.&gsln=Thuline+&msbpn__ftp=Illinois%2c+USA&msbpn=16&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=107465987&db=1920usfedcen&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2</ref>
<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Olga+J.&gsln=Thuline+&msbpn__ftp=Illinois%2c+USA&msbpn=16&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=107587447&db=1930usfedcen&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1</ref>

An eight-year-old "Olga J Thulin" was identified in the 1900 Federal Census of Galesburg, Illinois, as living with mother, Hannah Thulin, and father, Olof Thulin.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=885695&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6224</ref> This seems like a very likely match for Olga, given the first name and middle initial, the correct age, and the location, which corresponds to the region of Illinois in which we believe August, himself, lived prior to his moving to Phelps County. "O.J. Thuline" is also listed in the 1907 Galesburg city directory.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Olga+J.&gsln=Thuline+&msbpn__ftp=Illinois%2c+USA&msbpn=16&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=348265173&db=USDirectories&indiv=1&ml_rpos=10</ref> According to the Illinois Death Index, the father of Hannah Thulin (b. 9 Oct 1851 (Sweden) - d. 27 Dec 1916) was Swan Johnson---a family name that could connect Olga to August.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=hannah&gsln=Thulin&gsln_x=NS_NP_NN&msbdy=1844&msbpn__ftp=Sweden&cpxt=0&uidh=uv6&msbdp=2&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=998296&recoff=6+7+18&db=FSIllinoisDeath&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1</ref>

Olof and Hannah immigrated to the US from Sweden in approximately 1883, and are buried in the Linwood Cemetery in Galesburg, Illinois.<ref>http://www.ci.galesburg.il.us/services/cemetery_database/</ref>

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Immigrants]]
[[Category:Residents of Platte Valley Cemetery]]

August J. Vaughn

2013-09-06T21:10:40Z

Elindstr: /* Relationship to Olga J. Thuline */

{{Infobox person
| name = August J. Vaughn (born August Johnson)
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1854|2|8}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501752&</ref>
| birth_place = Vestergatland or Smaland, Sweden (Source Conflict)<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/a/Darlene--J--Doane/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0165.html</ref>
| death_date = {{dda|1947|1|7|1854|2|8}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501752&</ref>
| resting_place = [[Platte Valley Cemetery]] in Phelps County, Nebraska
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Matilda Swan Peterson]]|Dec 18, 1877}}, Illinois<ref>[[:File:August johnson marriage application.JPG|1August's and Matilda's marriage license]]</ref>
| children = [[Oscar Albion Vaughn]] (1878-) [[Ira Clarance Vaughn]] (1882-1969) [[Alice Irene Vaughn]] (1884-1925) [[Edward Phillip Vaughn]] (1886-1975) [[Henry Carroll Vaughn]] (1888-1974) [[Fred Walter Vaughn]] (1890-1955) [[Alvin August Vaughn]] (1893-1986) [[Ernest Harold Vaughn]] (1896=1983) [[Togue Thedford Vaughn]] (1898-1976) 
Carroll
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Sweden]]|1854|1868}} {{lived_at|[[Illinois, USA]]|1868|1878}} {{lived_at|[[Phelps County, Nebraska, USA]]|1878|1947}}
| parents = Maybe: [[John G. Johnson]] Maybe: [[Johanna Johnson]]<ref>[[:File:Illinois census 1870 geneseo city.png]]</ref>
| relatives =
}}

== Biography of August J. Vaughn<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]+</ref> ==

[[File:A J Vaughn Biography.png|thumb|left]]
August J. Vaughan [sic], a successful farmer and stock-raiser of Williamsburg township, Phelps County, was born in Sweden, February 8, 1854. He was reared on a farm and attended school for about seven years. He landed in New York City, after a somewhat stormy voyage, on August 3, 1868, and came west as far as Oneinda, Knox County, Ill., where he remained for 10 years, working out by the month on a farm.

Mr. Vaughan came to Phelps County, Nebr., in July 1878, homesteading the southeast quarter of Section 32. There was plenty of antelope and other wild game, but very few actual settlers in that locality then. Mr. Vaughan was a young man and came here with a very limited means, having only three horses and about $50 in money. He built a sod house and at once set about laying the foundation for his future home. He underwent all of the hardships of frontier life, was compelled to haul water three miles for his stock, being unable to have a well dug, and was subjected to many other inconveniences. He has worked hard, early and late, however, until the once wild and desolate prairie homestead has been transformed into a productive and beautiful farm.

Mr. Vaughan was married to Miss Matilda S. Peterson on December 31, 1877 (sic: see marriage license, below). She was born in Sweden in 1856 and came to America in 1868. This union has resulted in the birth of five children, namely -- Oscar, Ira (deceased), Alice, Eddie, and Carroll. Mr. Vaughan has 320 acres of improved land, all fenced and under a good state of cultivation. He is a progressive man and believes in keeping well-bred stock of all kinds. He has some as fine standard-bred Hambletonian horses as anyone would wish to see, and his Short-horn cattle and Poland-china hogs are among the best to be found in Phelps County. He is regarded as one of the most successful stock-raisers in the county, and his example is well worthy of emulation.

Both Mr. Vaughn and his estimable wife are members of the Christian Mission church. In politics he is a republican, and a man who stands high in the estimation of his fellow men.

(Note: This was published in 1890, at which point A.J. and Matilda did only have 5 children. Children 6-9 were born after this book, in the 1890s. -- [[User:Jim.lindstrom|Jim.lindstrom]])

== Account of A.J. Vaughn's Emmigration by [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]]<ref>Email from [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] to [[Eric Jacob Lindstrom| Eric Lindstrom]], 9/30/2010.</ref> ==

<blockquote>This is the story that my mother, Aline, and my uncle, [[Lee Vaughn]], have told me about the origin of the Vaughn name taken by their grandpa, August J. Vaughn, sometime in the 1880's when he came from Illinois to Phelps County, Nebr.: At age, 18, my great grandfather, August Johnson came from Sweden in the early 1880's and worked for a few years for a Swedish farmer in Illinois with a last name of Vaughn. He appreciated the job opportunity in Illinois and admired his employer, Mr. Vaughn. August Johnson was later convinced by someone to move to Phelps County, Nebraska and homestead 160 acres about 2 miles south of the pioneer cemetery, which we now call [[Platte Valley Cemetery]]. Upon arriving in Phelps County and doing the homestead claim he discovered that the county had many families with the name of Johnson who were not related to him and made it confusing. (or maybe there was another reason or two) I have not examined the real estate title or homestead document at the Phelps County Clerk's office to see how the name is recorded, but, at some time during the 1880's when he first came to Phelps County, he assumed the name of A. J. Vaughn. His wife, 8 sons, and all of male offspring have used the Vaughn name ever since. A.J. and his wife, Matilda, and 4 of their sons, Togue, Fred, Ernest, and Carroll, are buried at the [[Platte Valley Cemetery]]. A.J. & Matilda had 4 other sons and a daughter who were married were buried with their families in Holdrege & Overton, Nebr. and near Akron, Colo. My grandfather, Edward P. and wife, Ethel A. are buried in [[Moses Hill Cemetery]] northwest of Holdrege where my parents are buried.</blockquote>

== Timeline ==

{| class="wikitable"
| 1854
| August was born<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref>
|-
| 1868
| August came to Oneida, Illinois, at age 14<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref>
|-
| 1877
| August married [[Matilda Swan Peterson]], in Galesberg Illinois, on Dec. 18, 1877.<ref>[[:File:August_johnson_marriage_license.JPG|August's and Matilda's marriage license]]</ref>
|-
| July 1878
| August and Matilda moved to Phelps County, Nebraska<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref> (possibly accompanied (or later followed) by Matilda's parents, [[Carl J. Peterson]] and Maria Sophia Peterson)
|-
| 1878
| 1st child, [[Oscar Albion Vaughn]] was born. (The 1880 census, below, says Oscar was born in Nebraska.)
|-
| 1882
| 2nd child, [[Ira Clarance Vaughn]] was born
|-
| 1884
| 3rd child, [[Alice Irene Vaughn]] was born
|-
| 1884
| A J became a naturalized US citizen<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=004313292_00014&fn=Togue&ln=Vaughn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=107465986 1920 Federal Census]</ref>
|-
| 1886
| 4th child, [[Edward Phillip Vaughn]] was born, in Westmark, Nebraska
|-
| 1888-1898
| 5th through 9th children are born, in Nebraska
|-
| 1915
|Matilda dies (buried in Platte Valley Cemetery)
|-
| 1947
|August dies (buried in Platte Valley Cemetery)
|}

== A.J.'s Phelps County Farm ==

In an email<ref>Email from [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] to [[James Brian Lindstrom| Jim Lindstrom]], 10/6/2010.</ref>, [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] writes:
<blockquote>Great grandpa homesteaded in northern Phelps county. [...] The land that he homesteaded is about 16 miles northwest of Holdrege in Westside Township with a legal description as follows: The Southeast quarter of Section 32, Township 8, Range 19 West of Principal Meridian, Phelps County, Nebraska. The county recorder's office doesn't have the old real estate deeds inserted on their computerized database, so I will have to go to Holdrege sometime and walk in the Phelps County Recorders Office and find the original or microfilmed recorded deed from United States of America to A.J. Vaughn, August J.Vaughn, August Johnson, or whatever name he used back in the 1880's when he first homesteaded it. The landowner now on that place is Ryan C. Vaughn, who is my cousin, Stanley Vaughn's son, who now owns and farms the land which is identified as parcel ID # [[http://phelps.gisworkshop.com/PhelpsIMS/servlet/Report?pid=004357.00&proptype=res 004357.00]] by the Phelps County Assessor, and, contains 165.44 acres more or less. You can see the parcel description on the Phelps County Assessor's records, and, [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=H%20Rd%20&%20744%20Rd,%20Loomis,%20Phelps,%20Nebraska%2068958&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FTyzawIdltgR-g&split=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.875,57.630033&hq=&hnear=H%20Rd%20&%20744%20Rd,%20Loomis,%20Phelps,%20Nebraska%2068958&ll=40.620044,-99.50562&spn=0.017721,0.038581&t=h&z=15 view] the parcel map on Google Earth if you wish. There is no house or farm buildings on the farm now. and, it is used only for farmland for corn and soybeans.</blockquote>

<blockquote>I can remember when A. J. Vaughn raised registered Hereford cattle on the farm. My uncle [[Lee_Vaughn|Lee]] says that in the early 1900's A.J. Vaughn (his grandpa) sold high quality registered Hereford (red & white) bulls and bred cows to other ranchers and producers at auction at the farmstead on an annual basis. My mother, [[Aline Kleone Vaughn|Aline]], when she was a young girl, used to help her grandparents by helping to cook meals at harvest time or on special occasions when they needed to feed extra farm workers. A.J. Vaughn and his wife, Matilda raised 8 sons and 1 daughter. Great Grandpa Vaughn loved his trotting horses and had a race track behind his horse barn where he trained the "trotting gait" to his horses. My uncle [[Lee_Vaughn|Lee]] says that he remembers the horses in training wore a harsh metal appliance on the horse shoulders and legs which would cause them to bleed until they learned the special gait to make them a trotter. Then they were used to race with a two wheel cart which had bicycle-like tires.</blockquote>

The address of the above map is "H Rd & 744 Rd, Loomis, Phelps, Nebraska 68958".

== Historical Records ==

Immigration:
* Possible match for August in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=EmigrantenPopular&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn=august&gsln=johansson&msady=1868&msady_x=1&msadm_x=1&msadd_x=1&msapn__ftp=New+York%2c+USA&dbOnly=_F0003E02|_F0003E02_x%2c_F000279A|_F000279A_x%2c_F0003E08|_F0003E08_x%2c_F0003CE4|_F0003CE4_x%2c_F0003B28|_F0003B28_x%2c_83004005|_83004005_x&uidh=uv6&msadm=8&pcat=IMG_PASSLISTS&fh=0&h=1166060&recoff=&qid=91675414adaf4ca29e672b937a9c94f6 Swedish emmigration records], arriving NYC on Aug 12, 1868.

It is unclear where and with whom A.J. lived during the 1870s in Illinois. One possibility is that he lived on his own, in Knox County (as the biography above suggests), and perhaps lied about his age to seem older. This version fits with the story that A.J. would take someone else's last name. Possible sources matching this version:
*The [[:File:August johnson 1870 illinois census.JPG | 1870 Illinois Census]] lists A.J. in Ontario Township, Illinois, just north of Galesburg: Johnson, August. 18 M. White. Sweden. Knox County. Ontario Township. ([http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=august&gsln=johnson&msrpn__ftp=Oneida%2c+Knox%2c+Illinois%2c+USA&msrpn=37703&msrpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c1624%7c37703%7c0%7c&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=uv6&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=15477075&db=1870usfedcen&indiv=1 Ancestry link]). This August is a workman on Robert McKee's farm in Sections 16 and 21 of [http://knox.illinoisgenweb.org/maps/1870ontario.jpg Ontario Township], just outside Oneida.
* Another August (age 16, which is the expected age for an 1854 birth) was working on Alonzo Miller's farm in Ontario Township in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=august&gsln=johnson&msrpn__ftp=Oneida%2c+Knox%2c+Illinois%2c+USA&msrpn=37703&msrpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c1624%7c37703%7c0%7c&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=uv6&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=15528936&db=1870usfedcen&indiv=1 1870 Census]

Alternatively, A.J. might be this individual who immigrated from Sweden with his father John and mother Johanna and younger brother Charles. This A.J.'s birth year matches. And he exits this family at the right time to get married and show up in Nebraska in the 1880 census. But it's not clear why this individual would pick a new last name if his father were in the country. And this version has some weird holes. Where, for example, is Charles in the 1870 census?
* The [[:File:Illinois census 1870 geneseo city.png|1870 Census for Geneseo City, IL]] contains an August Johnson, living with parents John G Johnson and Johana Johnson. What makes this likely to be A.J. is that August is the right age, he's listed as a day laborer (could fit Dean's story of August working for a Vaughn), it's in the area where we know he married Matilda, and his father's immigration year is listed as 1868, which matches the immigration date for August, given in that biography (Aug 3, 1868).
* The 1877 book [http://books.google.com/books?id=yXUUAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA496&ots=JLIODaAbob&dq=john%20g%20johnson%20%22henry%20county%22%20illinois&pg=PA201#v=onepage&q=%22johnson,%20august%22&f=false The History of Henry County, Illinois] (p201) lists August, Charles, and [[John G. Johnson|John]].

In either case, August and Matilda's marriage is documented in a marriage license application and marriage license still on file in Knox County, Illinois:
{| class="imageframe" style="width:340px;"
| [[File:August johnson marriage application.JPG|150px]] || [[File:August_johnson_marriage_license.JPG|150px]]
|-
| August's and Matilda's application for a marriage license || August's and Matilda's marriage license
|}

By the time A.J. shows up in Nebraska, their trail is much clearer:
* August (age 24), Matilda (age 24), and Oscar (age 1) lived in Williamsburg, Phelps County, Nebraska, in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6742&iid=4242036-00720&fn=August&ln=Vaughan&st=r&ssrc=&pid=48229225 1880 Federal Census].
** The [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1276&iid=31641_217933-00069&fn=August&ln=Vaughn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=991988 Agricultural Schedule] says the Vaughns owned 40 acres of tilled land, and 120 acres of unimproved land. They valued their farm (buildings & land) at $400, their equipment at $20, and their livestock at $400.
** They spent $50 building and mending fences in 1879.
** They had 4 horses. 3 milk cows, 5 poultry.
** 20 acres of Indian corn produced 200 bushels. 5 acres of oats produced 100 bushels. 10 acres of wheat produced 80 bushels.
* Matilda Vaughn (age 28), husband A.J., and children Oscar (age 6), Ira (age 3), and ? (age 1) lived in Westmark, Phelps County, in the [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1668&path=1885.Phelps+and+Pierce.267 1885 Nebraska Census].
** That census's [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1668&path=1885.Phelps+and+Pierce.277 Schedule 2 (Agricultural Production)] lists the Vaughns as having 110 acres of improved land and 50 acres of unimproved land.
** It values their farm (land and buildings) at $3,000, their equipment at $85, and their livestock at $580. In 1884, they spent $50 on fences, $200 on farm labor (for 32 weeks of help). Their farm productions for 1884 were $1,500.
** As of June 1885, they had on hand: 20 horses (compared to the 3-5 each neighbor had), no mules, 7 milk cows, and 18 other animals. During 1884, they "dropped" 4 cows and sold 5 (living). They made 300 lbs of butter. They had 115 swine and 35 chickens. During 1884, they produced 100 dozen eggs.
** 5 acres of barley produced 100 bushels. 38 acres of Indian corn produced 1800 bushels. 16 acres of oats produced 660 bushels. 25 acres of wheat produced 500 bushels. 8 acres of broom corn produced 4,000 lbs. 3 acres of Irish potatoes produced 300 bushels.
* This [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nephelps/phsummer98.html Directory Listing, 1889 Phelps County Map (Phelps County Museum)] lists A.J. in Nebraska in 1889:
** VAUGHAN, A. J. Occupation: FARMER. Post Office: WESTMARK. WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP, PHELPS COUNTY, NE.
* August J Vaughn (age 46), Matilda Vaughn (age 44) live with children Ida (age 18), Alice (age 16), Eddie (age 14), Carol (age 11), Fred (age 9), Alvin (age 5), Ernest (age 3) and Taggie (age 2) in Williamsburg, Phelps, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=ewdard+phillip&gsln=vaughn&msbdy=1886&msbpn__ftp=Westmark,+Phelps,+Nebraska,+USA&msbpn=59079&msbpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3248|30|2340|59079|&msddy=1975&msdpn__ftp=Nebraska,+USA&msdpn=30&msdpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3248|30|&msfng0=august&msfns0=vaughn&uidh=uv6&mssng0=ethel+a&mssns0=+olson&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=32818216&db=1900usfedcen&indiv=1 1900 Federal Census]
* A [[:File:Williamsburg township.png|1903 Atlas of Williamsburg Township, Nebraska]] shows A.J.'s plot of land
* August J Vaughn (age 56), Matilda Vaughn (age 53) live with children Eddie (age 23), Fred (age 19), Alvin (age 16), Ernest (age 14), Tagon (age 11), and Alice (26) in Williamsburg, Phelps, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=ewdard+phillip&gsln=vaughn&msbdy=1886&msbpn__ftp=Westmark,+Phelps,+Nebraska,+USA&msbpn=59079&msbpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3248|30|2340|59079|&msddy=1975&msdpn__ftp=Nebraska,+USA&msdpn=30&msdpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3248|30|&msfng0=august&msfns0=vaughn&uidh=uv6&mssng0=ethel+a&mssns0=+olson&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=150442477&db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=1 1910 Federal Census]
* The [[:File:Vaughns nebraska 1910 census.JPG | 1910 Nebraska Census]] lists A.J. in Phelps County:
** VAUGHN, August J. 56, male, white. Birth Place: Sweden. Phelps County. Williamsburg Township.
* Togue Vaughn (age 21), Ernest Vaughn (age 23), A J Vaughn (age 66), and Olga Thuline (age 27) lived in Wiliamsburg, Phelps Co, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Togue+Thedford&gsln=Vaughn&mswpn__ftp=nebraska&msbdy=1898&msidy=1943&msddy=1976&msfng0=august&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=107465986&db=1920usfedcen&indiv=1 1920 Federal Census]. (Matilda had died 5 years earlier.) A J is listed as a farmer, and Togue and Ernest are listed as laborers on that farm.
* A J (age 74), Togue (age 30), and E H (age 32) live in Williamsburg, Phelps Co, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=NET626_1289-1119&fn=T+Togy&ln=Vaughn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=107593425 1930 Federal Census]. A J is still listed as a farmer, with E H and Togue laboring on the farm.

==Relationship to Olga J. Thuline==

According to Dean and Larry Lindstrom, August had his wife, Matilda, committed to a medical facility prior to her death in 1915. Some of the older Lindstroms (e.g., Aline Lindstrom & Lee Vaughn) seem to have believed that August committed Matilda despite Matilda's absence of any serious illness. Around this time, perhaps because August's household was without a housekeeper, [[Olga Thuline]] moved into the August household and became the housekeeper. Olga is buried among the Vaughns in the [[Platte Valley Cemetery]], and her tombstone reads "Niece & Cousin."

Olga is identified in the 1920 and 1930 Federal Censuses of Phelps County as living with August. <ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Olga+J.&gsln=Thuline+&msbpn__ftp=Illinois%2c+USA&msbpn=16&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=107465987&db=1920usfedcen&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2</ref>
<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Olga+J.&gsln=Thuline+&msbpn__ftp=Illinois%2c+USA&msbpn=16&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=107587447&db=1930usfedcen&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1</ref>

An eight-year-old "Olga J Thulin" was identified in the 1900 Federal Census of Galesburg, Illinois, as living with mother, Hannah Thulin, and father, Olof Thulin.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=885695&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6224</ref> This seems like a very likely match for Olga, given the first name and middle initial, the correct age, and the location, which corresponds to the region of Illinois in which we believe August, himself, lived prior to his moving to Phelps County. "O.J. Thuline" is also listed in the 1907 Galesburg city directory.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Olga+J.&gsln=Thuline+&msbpn__ftp=Illinois%2c+USA&msbpn=16&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=348265173&db=USDirectories&indiv=1&ml_rpos=10</ref> According to the Illinois Death Index, the father of Hannah Thulin (b. 9 Oct 1851 (Sweden) - d. 27 Dec 1916) was Swan Johnson---a family name that could connect Olga to August.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=hannah&gsln=Thulin&gsln_x=NS_NP_NN&msbdy=1844&msbpn__ftp=Sweden&cpxt=0&uidh=uv6&msbdp=2&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=998296&recoff=6+7+18&db=FSIllinoisDeath&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1</ref>

Olof and Hannh immigrated to the US from Sweden in approximately 1883, and are buried in the Linwood Cemetery in Galesburg, Illinois.<ref>http://www.ci.galesburg.il.us/services/cemetery_database/</ref>

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Immigrants]]
[[Category:Residents of Platte Valley Cemetery]]

August J. Vaughn

2013-09-06T21:01:24Z

Elindstr: /* Relationship to Olga J. Thuline */

{{Infobox person
| name = August J. Vaughn (born August Johnson)
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1854|2|8}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501752&</ref>
| birth_place = Vestergatland or Smaland, Sweden (Source Conflict)<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/a/Darlene--J--Doane/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0165.html</ref>
| death_date = {{dda|1947|1|7|1854|2|8}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501752&</ref>
| resting_place = [[Platte Valley Cemetery]] in Phelps County, Nebraska
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Matilda Swan Peterson]]|Dec 18, 1877}}, Illinois<ref>[[:File:August johnson marriage application.JPG|1August's and Matilda's marriage license]]</ref>
| children = [[Oscar Albion Vaughn]] (1878-) [[Ira Clarance Vaughn]] (1882-1969) [[Alice Irene Vaughn]] (1884-1925) [[Edward Phillip Vaughn]] (1886-1975) [[Henry Carroll Vaughn]] (1888-1974) [[Fred Walter Vaughn]] (1890-1955) [[Alvin August Vaughn]] (1893-1986) [[Ernest Harold Vaughn]] (1896=1983) [[Togue Thedford Vaughn]] (1898-1976) 
Carroll
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Sweden]]|1854|1868}} {{lived_at|[[Illinois, USA]]|1868|1878}} {{lived_at|[[Phelps County, Nebraska, USA]]|1878|1947}}
| parents = Maybe: [[John G. Johnson]] Maybe: [[Johanna Johnson]]<ref>[[:File:Illinois census 1870 geneseo city.png]]</ref>
| relatives =
}}

== Biography of August J. Vaughn<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]+</ref> ==

[[File:A J Vaughn Biography.png|thumb|left]]
August J. Vaughan [sic], a successful farmer and stock-raiser of Williamsburg township, Phelps County, was born in Sweden, February 8, 1854. He was reared on a farm and attended school for about seven years. He landed in New York City, after a somewhat stormy voyage, on August 3, 1868, and came west as far as Oneinda, Knox County, Ill., where he remained for 10 years, working out by the month on a farm.

Mr. Vaughan came to Phelps County, Nebr., in July 1878, homesteading the southeast quarter of Section 32. There was plenty of antelope and other wild game, but very few actual settlers in that locality then. Mr. Vaughan was a young man and came here with a very limited means, having only three horses and about $50 in money. He built a sod house and at once set about laying the foundation for his future home. He underwent all of the hardships of frontier life, was compelled to haul water three miles for his stock, being unable to have a well dug, and was subjected to many other inconveniences. He has worked hard, early and late, however, until the once wild and desolate prairie homestead has been transformed into a productive and beautiful farm.

Mr. Vaughan was married to Miss Matilda S. Peterson on December 31, 1877 (sic: see marriage license, below). She was born in Sweden in 1856 and came to America in 1868. This union has resulted in the birth of five children, namely -- Oscar, Ira (deceased), Alice, Eddie, and Carroll. Mr. Vaughan has 320 acres of improved land, all fenced and under a good state of cultivation. He is a progressive man and believes in keeping well-bred stock of all kinds. He has some as fine standard-bred Hambletonian horses as anyone would wish to see, and his Short-horn cattle and Poland-china hogs are among the best to be found in Phelps County. He is regarded as one of the most successful stock-raisers in the county, and his example is well worthy of emulation.

Both Mr. Vaughn and his estimable wife are members of the Christian Mission church. In politics he is a republican, and a man who stands high in the estimation of his fellow men.

(Note: This was published in 1890, at which point A.J. and Matilda did only have 5 children. Children 6-9 were born after this book, in the 1890s. -- [[User:Jim.lindstrom|Jim.lindstrom]])

== Account of A.J. Vaughn's Emmigration by [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]]<ref>Email from [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] to [[Eric Jacob Lindstrom| Eric Lindstrom]], 9/30/2010.</ref> ==

<blockquote>This is the story that my mother, Aline, and my uncle, [[Lee Vaughn]], have told me about the origin of the Vaughn name taken by their grandpa, August J. Vaughn, sometime in the 1880's when he came from Illinois to Phelps County, Nebr.: At age, 18, my great grandfather, August Johnson came from Sweden in the early 1880's and worked for a few years for a Swedish farmer in Illinois with a last name of Vaughn. He appreciated the job opportunity in Illinois and admired his employer, Mr. Vaughn. August Johnson was later convinced by someone to move to Phelps County, Nebraska and homestead 160 acres about 2 miles south of the pioneer cemetery, which we now call [[Platte Valley Cemetery]]. Upon arriving in Phelps County and doing the homestead claim he discovered that the county had many families with the name of Johnson who were not related to him and made it confusing. (or maybe there was another reason or two) I have not examined the real estate title or homestead document at the Phelps County Clerk's office to see how the name is recorded, but, at some time during the 1880's when he first came to Phelps County, he assumed the name of A. J. Vaughn. His wife, 8 sons, and all of male offspring have used the Vaughn name ever since. A.J. and his wife, Matilda, and 4 of their sons, Togue, Fred, Ernest, and Carroll, are buried at the [[Platte Valley Cemetery]]. A.J. & Matilda had 4 other sons and a daughter who were married were buried with their families in Holdrege & Overton, Nebr. and near Akron, Colo. My grandfather, Edward P. and wife, Ethel A. are buried in [[Moses Hill Cemetery]] northwest of Holdrege where my parents are buried.</blockquote>

== Timeline ==

{| class="wikitable"
| 1854
| August was born<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref>
|-
| 1868
| August came to Oneida, Illinois, at age 14<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref>
|-
| 1877
| August married [[Matilda Swan Peterson]], in Galesberg Illinois, on Dec. 18, 1877.<ref>[[:File:August_johnson_marriage_license.JPG|August's and Matilda's marriage license]]</ref>
|-
| July 1878
| August and Matilda moved to Phelps County, Nebraska<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref> (possibly accompanied (or later followed) by Matilda's parents, [[Carl J. Peterson]] and Maria Sophia Peterson)
|-
| 1878
| 1st child, [[Oscar Albion Vaughn]] was born. (The 1880 census, below, says Oscar was born in Nebraska.)
|-
| 1882
| 2nd child, [[Ira Clarance Vaughn]] was born
|-
| 1884
| 3rd child, [[Alice Irene Vaughn]] was born
|-
| 1884
| A J became a naturalized US citizen<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=004313292_00014&fn=Togue&ln=Vaughn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=107465986 1920 Federal Census]</ref>
|-
| 1886
| 4th child, [[Edward Phillip Vaughn]] was born, in Westmark, Nebraska
|-
| 1888-1898
| 5th through 9th children are born, in Nebraska
|-
| 1915
|Matilda dies (buried in Platte Valley Cemetery)
|-
| 1947
|August dies (buried in Platte Valley Cemetery)
|}

== A.J.'s Phelps County Farm ==

In an email<ref>Email from [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] to [[James Brian Lindstrom| Jim Lindstrom]], 10/6/2010.</ref>, [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] writes:
<blockquote>Great grandpa homesteaded in northern Phelps county. [...] The land that he homesteaded is about 16 miles northwest of Holdrege in Westside Township with a legal description as follows: The Southeast quarter of Section 32, Township 8, Range 19 West of Principal Meridian, Phelps County, Nebraska. The county recorder's office doesn't have the old real estate deeds inserted on their computerized database, so I will have to go to Holdrege sometime and walk in the Phelps County Recorders Office and find the original or microfilmed recorded deed from United States of America to A.J. Vaughn, August J.Vaughn, August Johnson, or whatever name he used back in the 1880's when he first homesteaded it. The landowner now on that place is Ryan C. Vaughn, who is my cousin, Stanley Vaughn's son, who now owns and farms the land which is identified as parcel ID # [[http://phelps.gisworkshop.com/PhelpsIMS/servlet/Report?pid=004357.00&proptype=res 004357.00]] by the Phelps County Assessor, and, contains 165.44 acres more or less. You can see the parcel description on the Phelps County Assessor's records, and, [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=H%20Rd%20&%20744%20Rd,%20Loomis,%20Phelps,%20Nebraska%2068958&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FTyzawIdltgR-g&split=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.875,57.630033&hq=&hnear=H%20Rd%20&%20744%20Rd,%20Loomis,%20Phelps,%20Nebraska%2068958&ll=40.620044,-99.50562&spn=0.017721,0.038581&t=h&z=15 view] the parcel map on Google Earth if you wish. There is no house or farm buildings on the farm now. and, it is used only for farmland for corn and soybeans.</blockquote>

<blockquote>I can remember when A. J. Vaughn raised registered Hereford cattle on the farm. My uncle [[Lee_Vaughn|Lee]] says that in the early 1900's A.J. Vaughn (his grandpa) sold high quality registered Hereford (red & white) bulls and bred cows to other ranchers and producers at auction at the farmstead on an annual basis. My mother, [[Aline Kleone Vaughn|Aline]], when she was a young girl, used to help her grandparents by helping to cook meals at harvest time or on special occasions when they needed to feed extra farm workers. A.J. Vaughn and his wife, Matilda raised 8 sons and 1 daughter. Great Grandpa Vaughn loved his trotting horses and had a race track behind his horse barn where he trained the "trotting gait" to his horses. My uncle [[Lee_Vaughn|Lee]] says that he remembers the horses in training wore a harsh metal appliance on the horse shoulders and legs which would cause them to bleed until they learned the special gait to make them a trotter. Then they were used to race with a two wheel cart which had bicycle-like tires.</blockquote>

The address of the above map is "H Rd & 744 Rd, Loomis, Phelps, Nebraska 68958".

== Historical Records ==

Immigration:
* Possible match for August in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=EmigrantenPopular&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn=august&gsln=johansson&msady=1868&msady_x=1&msadm_x=1&msadd_x=1&msapn__ftp=New+York%2c+USA&dbOnly=_F0003E02|_F0003E02_x%2c_F000279A|_F000279A_x%2c_F0003E08|_F0003E08_x%2c_F0003CE4|_F0003CE4_x%2c_F0003B28|_F0003B28_x%2c_83004005|_83004005_x&uidh=uv6&msadm=8&pcat=IMG_PASSLISTS&fh=0&h=1166060&recoff=&qid=91675414adaf4ca29e672b937a9c94f6 Swedish emmigration records], arriving NYC on Aug 12, 1868.

It is unclear where and with whom A.J. lived during the 1870s in Illinois. One possibility is that he lived on his own, in Knox County (as the biography above suggests), and perhaps lied about his age to seem older. This version fits with the story that A.J. would take someone else's last name. Possible sources matching this version:
*The [[:File:August johnson 1870 illinois census.JPG | 1870 Illinois Census]] lists A.J. in Ontario Township, Illinois, just north of Galesburg: Johnson, August. 18 M. White. Sweden. Knox County. Ontario Township. ([http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=august&gsln=johnson&msrpn__ftp=Oneida%2c+Knox%2c+Illinois%2c+USA&msrpn=37703&msrpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c1624%7c37703%7c0%7c&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=uv6&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=15477075&db=1870usfedcen&indiv=1 Ancestry link]). This August is a workman on Robert McKee's farm in Sections 16 and 21 of [http://knox.illinoisgenweb.org/maps/1870ontario.jpg Ontario Township], just outside Oneida.
* Another August (age 16, which is the expected age for an 1854 birth) was working on Alonzo Miller's farm in Ontario Township in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=august&gsln=johnson&msrpn__ftp=Oneida%2c+Knox%2c+Illinois%2c+USA&msrpn=37703&msrpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c1624%7c37703%7c0%7c&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=uv6&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=15528936&db=1870usfedcen&indiv=1 1870 Census]

Alternatively, A.J. might be this individual who immigrated from Sweden with his father John and mother Johanna and younger brother Charles. This A.J.'s birth year matches. And he exits this family at the right time to get married and show up in Nebraska in the 1880 census. But it's not clear why this individual would pick a new last name if his father were in the country. And this version has some weird holes. Where, for example, is Charles in the 1870 census?
* The [[:File:Illinois census 1870 geneseo city.png|1870 Census for Geneseo City, IL]] contains an August Johnson, living with parents John G Johnson and Johana Johnson. What makes this likely to be A.J. is that August is the right age, he's listed as a day laborer (could fit Dean's story of August working for a Vaughn), it's in the area where we know he married Matilda, and his father's immigration year is listed as 1868, which matches the immigration date for August, given in that biography (Aug 3, 1868).
* The 1877 book [http://books.google.com/books?id=yXUUAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA496&ots=JLIODaAbob&dq=john%20g%20johnson%20%22henry%20county%22%20illinois&pg=PA201#v=onepage&q=%22johnson,%20august%22&f=false The History of Henry County, Illinois] (p201) lists August, Charles, and [[John G. Johnson|John]].

In either case, August and Matilda's marriage is documented in a marriage license application and marriage license still on file in Knox County, Illinois:
{| class="imageframe" style="width:340px;"
| [[File:August johnson marriage application.JPG|150px]] || [[File:August_johnson_marriage_license.JPG|150px]]
|-
| August's and Matilda's application for a marriage license || August's and Matilda's marriage license
|}

By the time A.J. shows up in Nebraska, their trail is much clearer:
* August (age 24), Matilda (age 24), and Oscar (age 1) lived in Williamsburg, Phelps County, Nebraska, in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6742&iid=4242036-00720&fn=August&ln=Vaughan&st=r&ssrc=&pid=48229225 1880 Federal Census].
** The [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1276&iid=31641_217933-00069&fn=August&ln=Vaughn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=991988 Agricultural Schedule] says the Vaughns owned 40 acres of tilled land, and 120 acres of unimproved land. They valued their farm (buildings & land) at $400, their equipment at $20, and their livestock at $400.
** They spent $50 building and mending fences in 1879.
** They had 4 horses. 3 milk cows, 5 poultry.
** 20 acres of Indian corn produced 200 bushels. 5 acres of oats produced 100 bushels. 10 acres of wheat produced 80 bushels.
* Matilda Vaughn (age 28), husband A.J., and children Oscar (age 6), Ira (age 3), and ? (age 1) lived in Westmark, Phelps County, in the [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1668&path=1885.Phelps+and+Pierce.267 1885 Nebraska Census].
** That census's [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1668&path=1885.Phelps+and+Pierce.277 Schedule 2 (Agricultural Production)] lists the Vaughns as having 110 acres of improved land and 50 acres of unimproved land.
** It values their farm (land and buildings) at $3,000, their equipment at $85, and their livestock at $580. In 1884, they spent $50 on fences, $200 on farm labor (for 32 weeks of help). Their farm productions for 1884 were $1,500.
** As of June 1885, they had on hand: 20 horses (compared to the 3-5 each neighbor had), no mules, 7 milk cows, and 18 other animals. During 1884, they "dropped" 4 cows and sold 5 (living). They made 300 lbs of butter. They had 115 swine and 35 chickens. During 1884, they produced 100 dozen eggs.
** 5 acres of barley produced 100 bushels. 38 acres of Indian corn produced 1800 bushels. 16 acres of oats produced 660 bushels. 25 acres of wheat produced 500 bushels. 8 acres of broom corn produced 4,000 lbs. 3 acres of Irish potatoes produced 300 bushels.
* This [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nephelps/phsummer98.html Directory Listing, 1889 Phelps County Map (Phelps County Museum)] lists A.J. in Nebraska in 1889:
** VAUGHAN, A. J. Occupation: FARMER. Post Office: WESTMARK. WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP, PHELPS COUNTY, NE.
* August J Vaughn (age 46), Matilda Vaughn (age 44) live with children Ida (age 18), Alice (age 16), Eddie (age 14), Carol (age 11), Fred (age 9), Alvin (age 5), Ernest (age 3) and Taggie (age 2) in Williamsburg, Phelps, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=ewdard+phillip&gsln=vaughn&msbdy=1886&msbpn__ftp=Westmark,+Phelps,+Nebraska,+USA&msbpn=59079&msbpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3248|30|2340|59079|&msddy=1975&msdpn__ftp=Nebraska,+USA&msdpn=30&msdpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3248|30|&msfng0=august&msfns0=vaughn&uidh=uv6&mssng0=ethel+a&mssns0=+olson&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=32818216&db=1900usfedcen&indiv=1 1900 Federal Census]
* A [[:File:Williamsburg township.png|1903 Atlas of Williamsburg Township, Nebraska]] shows A.J.'s plot of land
* August J Vaughn (age 56), Matilda Vaughn (age 53) live with children Eddie (age 23), Fred (age 19), Alvin (age 16), Ernest (age 14), Tagon (age 11), and Alice (26) in Williamsburg, Phelps, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=ewdard+phillip&gsln=vaughn&msbdy=1886&msbpn__ftp=Westmark,+Phelps,+Nebraska,+USA&msbpn=59079&msbpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3248|30|2340|59079|&msddy=1975&msdpn__ftp=Nebraska,+USA&msdpn=30&msdpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3248|30|&msfng0=august&msfns0=vaughn&uidh=uv6&mssng0=ethel+a&mssns0=+olson&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=150442477&db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=1 1910 Federal Census]
* The [[:File:Vaughns nebraska 1910 census.JPG | 1910 Nebraska Census]] lists A.J. in Phelps County:
** VAUGHN, August J. 56, male, white. Birth Place: Sweden. Phelps County. Williamsburg Township.
* Togue Vaughn (age 21), Ernest Vaughn (age 23), A J Vaughn (age 66), and Olga Thuline (age 27) lived in Wiliamsburg, Phelps Co, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Togue+Thedford&gsln=Vaughn&mswpn__ftp=nebraska&msbdy=1898&msidy=1943&msddy=1976&msfng0=august&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=107465986&db=1920usfedcen&indiv=1 1920 Federal Census]. (Matilda had died 5 years earlier.) A J is listed as a farmer, and Togue and Ernest are listed as laborers on that farm.
* A J (age 74), Togue (age 30), and E H (age 32) live in Williamsburg, Phelps Co, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=NET626_1289-1119&fn=T+Togy&ln=Vaughn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=107593425 1930 Federal Census]. A J is still listed as a farmer, with E H and Togue laboring on the farm.

==Relationship to Olga J. Thuline==

According to Dean and Larry Lindstrom, August had his wife, Matilda, committed to a medical facility prior to her death in 1915. Some of the older Lindstroms (e.g., Aline Lindstrom & Lee Vaughn) seem to have believed that August committed Matilda despite Matilda's absence of any serious illness. Around this time, perhaps because August's household was without a housekeeper, [[Olga Thuline]] moved into the August household and became the housekeeper. Olga is buried among the Vaughns in the [[Platte Valley Cemetery]], and her tombstone reads "Niece & Cousin."

Olga is identified in the 1920 and 1930 Federal Censuses of Phelps County as living with August. <ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Olga+J.&gsln=Thuline+&msbpn__ftp=Illinois%2c+USA&msbpn=16&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=107465987&db=1920usfedcen&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2</ref>
<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Olga+J.&gsln=Thuline+&msbpn__ftp=Illinois%2c+USA&msbpn=16&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=107587447&db=1930usfedcen&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1</ref>

An eight-year-old "Olga J Thulin" was identified in the 1900 Federal Census of Galesburg, Illinois, as living with mother, Hannah Thulin, and father, Olof Thulin.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=885695&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6224</ref> This seems like a very likely match for Olga, given the first name and middle initial, the correct age, and the location, which corresponds to the region of Illinois in which we believe August, himself, lived prior to his moving to Phelps County. "O.J. Thuline" is also listed in the 1907 Galesburg city directory.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Olga+J.&gsln=Thuline+&msbpn__ftp=Illinois%2c+USA&msbpn=16&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=348265173&db=USDirectories&indiv=1&ml_rpos=10</ref> According to the Illinois Death Index, the father of Hannah Thulin (b. 9 Oct 1851 (Sweden) - d. 27 Dec 1916) was Swan Johnson---a family name that could connect Olga to August.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=hannah&gsln=Thulin&gsln_x=NS_NP_NN&msbdy=1844&msbpn__ftp=Sweden&cpxt=0&uidh=uv6&msbdp=2&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=998296&recoff=6+7+18&db=FSIllinoisDeath&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1</ref>

The Linwood Cemetery in Galesburg, Illinois, lists burials for " Thuline, Olof," "Thuline, O J Mrs," and "Thuline, Swan J."<ref>http://www.ci.galesburg.il.us/services/cemetery_database/</ref>

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Immigrants]]
[[Category:Residents of Platte Valley Cemetery]]

August J. Vaughn

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{{Infobox person
| name = August J. Vaughn (born August Johnson)
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1854|2|8}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501752&</ref>
| birth_place = Vestergatland or Smaland, Sweden (Source Conflict)<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/a/Darlene--J--Doane/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0165.html</ref>
| death_date = {{dda|1947|1|7|1854|2|8}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501752&</ref>
| resting_place = [[Platte Valley Cemetery]] in Phelps County, Nebraska
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Matilda Swan Peterson]]|Dec 18, 1877}}, Illinois<ref>[[:File:August johnson marriage application.JPG|1August's and Matilda's marriage license]]</ref>
| children = [[Oscar Albion Vaughn]] (1878-) [[Ira Clarance Vaughn]] (1882-1969) [[Alice Irene Vaughn]] (1884-1925) [[Edward Phillip Vaughn]] (1886-1975) [[Henry Carroll Vaughn]] (1888-1974) [[Fred Walter Vaughn]] (1890-1955) [[Alvin August Vaughn]] (1893-1986) [[Ernest Harold Vaughn]] (1896=1983) [[Togue Thedford Vaughn]] (1898-1976) 
Carroll
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Sweden]]|1854|1868}} {{lived_at|[[Illinois, USA]]|1868|1878}} {{lived_at|[[Phelps County, Nebraska, USA]]|1878|1947}}
| parents = Maybe: [[John G. Johnson]] Maybe: [[Johanna Johnson]]<ref>[[:File:Illinois census 1870 geneseo city.png]]</ref>
| relatives =
}}

== Biography of August J. Vaughn<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]+</ref> ==

[[File:A J Vaughn Biography.png|thumb|left]]
August J. Vaughan [sic], a successful farmer and stock-raiser of Williamsburg township, Phelps County, was born in Sweden, February 8, 1854. He was reared on a farm and attended school for about seven years. He landed in New York City, after a somewhat stormy voyage, on August 3, 1868, and came west as far as Oneinda, Knox County, Ill., where he remained for 10 years, working out by the month on a farm.

Mr. Vaughan came to Phelps County, Nebr., in July 1878, homesteading the southeast quarter of Section 32. There was plenty of antelope and other wild game, but very few actual settlers in that locality then. Mr. Vaughan was a young man and came here with a very limited means, having only three horses and about $50 in money. He built a sod house and at once set about laying the foundation for his future home. He underwent all of the hardships of frontier life, was compelled to haul water three miles for his stock, being unable to have a well dug, and was subjected to many other inconveniences. He has worked hard, early and late, however, until the once wild and desolate prairie homestead has been transformed into a productive and beautiful farm.

Mr. Vaughan was married to Miss Matilda S. Peterson on December 31, 1877 (sic: see marriage license, below). She was born in Sweden in 1856 and came to America in 1868. This union has resulted in the birth of five children, namely -- Oscar, Ira (deceased), Alice, Eddie, and Carroll. Mr. Vaughan has 320 acres of improved land, all fenced and under a good state of cultivation. He is a progressive man and believes in keeping well-bred stock of all kinds. He has some as fine standard-bred Hambletonian horses as anyone would wish to see, and his Short-horn cattle and Poland-china hogs are among the best to be found in Phelps County. He is regarded as one of the most successful stock-raisers in the county, and his example is well worthy of emulation.

Both Mr. Vaughn and his estimable wife are members of the Christian Mission church. In politics he is a republican, and a man who stands high in the estimation of his fellow men.

(Note: This was published in 1890, at which point A.J. and Matilda did only have 5 children. Children 6-9 were born after this book, in the 1890s. -- [[User:Jim.lindstrom|Jim.lindstrom]])

== Account of A.J. Vaughn's Emmigration by [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]]<ref>Email from [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] to [[Eric Jacob Lindstrom| Eric Lindstrom]], 9/30/2010.</ref> ==

<blockquote>This is the story that my mother, Aline, and my uncle, [[Lee Vaughn]], have told me about the origin of the Vaughn name taken by their grandpa, August J. Vaughn, sometime in the 1880's when he came from Illinois to Phelps County, Nebr.: At age, 18, my great grandfather, August Johnson came from Sweden in the early 1880's and worked for a few years for a Swedish farmer in Illinois with a last name of Vaughn. He appreciated the job opportunity in Illinois and admired his employer, Mr. Vaughn. August Johnson was later convinced by someone to move to Phelps County, Nebraska and homestead 160 acres about 2 miles south of the pioneer cemetery, which we now call [[Platte Valley Cemetery]]. Upon arriving in Phelps County and doing the homestead claim he discovered that the county had many families with the name of Johnson who were not related to him and made it confusing. (or maybe there was another reason or two) I have not examined the real estate title or homestead document at the Phelps County Clerk's office to see how the name is recorded, but, at some time during the 1880's when he first came to Phelps County, he assumed the name of A. J. Vaughn. His wife, 8 sons, and all of male offspring have used the Vaughn name ever since. A.J. and his wife, Matilda, and 4 of their sons, Togue, Fred, Ernest, and Carroll, are buried at the [[Platte Valley Cemetery]]. A.J. & Matilda had 4 other sons and a daughter who were married were buried with their families in Holdrege & Overton, Nebr. and near Akron, Colo. My grandfather, Edward P. and wife, Ethel A. are buried in [[Moses Hill Cemetery]] northwest of Holdrege where my parents are buried.</blockquote>

== Timeline ==

{| class="wikitable"
| 1854
| August was born<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref>
|-
| 1868
| August came to Oneida, Illinois, at age 14<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref>
|-
| 1877
| August married [[Matilda Swan Peterson]], in Galesberg Illinois, on Dec. 18, 1877.<ref>[[:File:August_johnson_marriage_license.JPG|August's and Matilda's marriage license]]</ref>
|-
| July 1878
| August and Matilda moved to Phelps County, Nebraska<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref> (possibly accompanied (or later followed) by Matilda's parents, [[Carl J. Peterson]] and Maria Sophia Peterson)
|-
| 1878
| 1st child, [[Oscar Albion Vaughn]] was born. (The 1880 census, below, says Oscar was born in Nebraska.)
|-
| 1882
| 2nd child, [[Ira Clarance Vaughn]] was born
|-
| 1884
| 3rd child, [[Alice Irene Vaughn]] was born
|-
| 1884
| A J became a naturalized US citizen<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=004313292_00014&fn=Togue&ln=Vaughn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=107465986 1920 Federal Census]</ref>
|-
| 1886
| 4th child, [[Edward Phillip Vaughn]] was born, in Westmark, Nebraska
|-
| 1888-1898
| 5th through 9th children are born, in Nebraska
|-
| 1915
|Matilda dies (buried in Platte Valley Cemetery)
|-
| 1947
|August dies (buried in Platte Valley Cemetery)
|}

== A.J.'s Phelps County Farm ==

In an email<ref>Email from [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] to [[James Brian Lindstrom| Jim Lindstrom]], 10/6/2010.</ref>, [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] writes:
<blockquote>Great grandpa homesteaded in northern Phelps county. [...] The land that he homesteaded is about 16 miles northwest of Holdrege in Westside Township with a legal description as follows: The Southeast quarter of Section 32, Township 8, Range 19 West of Principal Meridian, Phelps County, Nebraska. The county recorder's office doesn't have the old real estate deeds inserted on their computerized database, so I will have to go to Holdrege sometime and walk in the Phelps County Recorders Office and find the original or microfilmed recorded deed from United States of America to A.J. Vaughn, August J.Vaughn, August Johnson, or whatever name he used back in the 1880's when he first homesteaded it. The landowner now on that place is Ryan C. Vaughn, who is my cousin, Stanley Vaughn's son, who now owns and farms the land which is identified as parcel ID # [[http://phelps.gisworkshop.com/PhelpsIMS/servlet/Report?pid=004357.00&proptype=res 004357.00]] by the Phelps County Assessor, and, contains 165.44 acres more or less. You can see the parcel description on the Phelps County Assessor's records, and, [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=H%20Rd%20&%20744%20Rd,%20Loomis,%20Phelps,%20Nebraska%2068958&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FTyzawIdltgR-g&split=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.875,57.630033&hq=&hnear=H%20Rd%20&%20744%20Rd,%20Loomis,%20Phelps,%20Nebraska%2068958&ll=40.620044,-99.50562&spn=0.017721,0.038581&t=h&z=15 view] the parcel map on Google Earth if you wish. There is no house or farm buildings on the farm now. and, it is used only for farmland for corn and soybeans.</blockquote>

<blockquote>I can remember when A. J. Vaughn raised registered Hereford cattle on the farm. My uncle [[Lee_Vaughn|Lee]] says that in the early 1900's A.J. Vaughn (his grandpa) sold high quality registered Hereford (red & white) bulls and bred cows to other ranchers and producers at auction at the farmstead on an annual basis. My mother, [[Aline Kleone Vaughn|Aline]], when she was a young girl, used to help her grandparents by helping to cook meals at harvest time or on special occasions when they needed to feed extra farm workers. A.J. Vaughn and his wife, Matilda raised 8 sons and 1 daughter. Great Grandpa Vaughn loved his trotting horses and had a race track behind his horse barn where he trained the "trotting gait" to his horses. My uncle [[Lee_Vaughn|Lee]] says that he remembers the horses in training wore a harsh metal appliance on the horse shoulders and legs which would cause them to bleed until they learned the special gait to make them a trotter. Then they were used to race with a two wheel cart which had bicycle-like tires.</blockquote>

The address of the above map is "H Rd & 744 Rd, Loomis, Phelps, Nebraska 68958".

== Historical Records ==

Immigration:
* Possible match for August in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=EmigrantenPopular&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn=august&gsln=johansson&msady=1868&msady_x=1&msadm_x=1&msadd_x=1&msapn__ftp=New+York%2c+USA&dbOnly=_F0003E02|_F0003E02_x%2c_F000279A|_F000279A_x%2c_F0003E08|_F0003E08_x%2c_F0003CE4|_F0003CE4_x%2c_F0003B28|_F0003B28_x%2c_83004005|_83004005_x&uidh=uv6&msadm=8&pcat=IMG_PASSLISTS&fh=0&h=1166060&recoff=&qid=91675414adaf4ca29e672b937a9c94f6 Swedish emmigration records], arriving NYC on Aug 12, 1868.

It is unclear where and with whom A.J. lived during the 1870s in Illinois. One possibility is that he lived on his own, in Knox County (as the biography above suggests), and perhaps lied about his age to seem older. This version fits with the story that A.J. would take someone else's last name. Possible sources matching this version:
*The [[:File:August johnson 1870 illinois census.JPG | 1870 Illinois Census]] lists A.J. in Ontario Township, Illinois, just north of Galesburg: Johnson, August. 18 M. White. Sweden. Knox County. Ontario Township. ([http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=august&gsln=johnson&msrpn__ftp=Oneida%2c+Knox%2c+Illinois%2c+USA&msrpn=37703&msrpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c1624%7c37703%7c0%7c&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=uv6&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=15477075&db=1870usfedcen&indiv=1 Ancestry link]). This August is a workman on Robert McKee's farm in Sections 16 and 21 of [http://knox.illinoisgenweb.org/maps/1870ontario.jpg Ontario Township], just outside Oneida.
* Another August (age 16, which is the expected age for an 1854 birth) was working on Alonzo Miller's farm in Ontario Township in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=august&gsln=johnson&msrpn__ftp=Oneida%2c+Knox%2c+Illinois%2c+USA&msrpn=37703&msrpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c1624%7c37703%7c0%7c&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=uv6&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=15528936&db=1870usfedcen&indiv=1 1870 Census]

Alternatively, A.J. might be this individual who immigrated from Sweden with his father John and mother Johanna and younger brother Charles. This A.J.'s birth year matches. And he exits this family at the right time to get married and show up in Nebraska in the 1880 census. But it's not clear why this individual would pick a new last name if his father were in the country. And this version has some weird holes. Where, for example, is Charles in the 1870 census?
* The [[:File:Illinois census 1870 geneseo city.png|1870 Census for Geneseo City, IL]] contains an August Johnson, living with parents John G Johnson and Johana Johnson. What makes this likely to be A.J. is that August is the right age, he's listed as a day laborer (could fit Dean's story of August working for a Vaughn), it's in the area where we know he married Matilda, and his father's immigration year is listed as 1868, which matches the immigration date for August, given in that biography (Aug 3, 1868).
* The 1877 book [http://books.google.com/books?id=yXUUAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA496&ots=JLIODaAbob&dq=john%20g%20johnson%20%22henry%20county%22%20illinois&pg=PA201#v=onepage&q=%22johnson,%20august%22&f=false The History of Henry County, Illinois] (p201) lists August, Charles, and [[John G. Johnson|John]].

In either case, August and Matilda's marriage is documented in a marriage license application and marriage license still on file in Knox County, Illinois:
{| class="imageframe" style="width:340px;"
| [[File:August johnson marriage application.JPG|150px]] || [[File:August_johnson_marriage_license.JPG|150px]]
|-
| August's and Matilda's application for a marriage license || August's and Matilda's marriage license
|}

By the time A.J. shows up in Nebraska, their trail is much clearer:
* August (age 24), Matilda (age 24), and Oscar (age 1) lived in Williamsburg, Phelps County, Nebraska, in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6742&iid=4242036-00720&fn=August&ln=Vaughan&st=r&ssrc=&pid=48229225 1880 Federal Census].
** The [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1276&iid=31641_217933-00069&fn=August&ln=Vaughn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=991988 Agricultural Schedule] says the Vaughns owned 40 acres of tilled land, and 120 acres of unimproved land. They valued their farm (buildings & land) at $400, their equipment at $20, and their livestock at $400.
** They spent $50 building and mending fences in 1879.
** They had 4 horses. 3 milk cows, 5 poultry.
** 20 acres of Indian corn produced 200 bushels. 5 acres of oats produced 100 bushels. 10 acres of wheat produced 80 bushels.
* Matilda Vaughn (age 28), husband A.J., and children Oscar (age 6), Ira (age 3), and ? (age 1) lived in Westmark, Phelps County, in the [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1668&path=1885.Phelps+and+Pierce.267 1885 Nebraska Census].
** That census's [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1668&path=1885.Phelps+and+Pierce.277 Schedule 2 (Agricultural Production)] lists the Vaughns as having 110 acres of improved land and 50 acres of unimproved land.
** It values their farm (land and buildings) at $3,000, their equipment at $85, and their livestock at $580. In 1884, they spent $50 on fences, $200 on farm labor (for 32 weeks of help). Their farm productions for 1884 were $1,500.
** As of June 1885, they had on hand: 20 horses (compared to the 3-5 each neighbor had), no mules, 7 milk cows, and 18 other animals. During 1884, they "dropped" 4 cows and sold 5 (living). They made 300 lbs of butter. They had 115 swine and 35 chickens. During 1884, they produced 100 dozen eggs.
** 5 acres of barley produced 100 bushels. 38 acres of Indian corn produced 1800 bushels. 16 acres of oats produced 660 bushels. 25 acres of wheat produced 500 bushels. 8 acres of broom corn produced 4,000 lbs. 3 acres of Irish potatoes produced 300 bushels.
* This [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nephelps/phsummer98.html Directory Listing, 1889 Phelps County Map (Phelps County Museum)] lists A.J. in Nebraska in 1889:
** VAUGHAN, A. J. Occupation: FARMER. Post Office: WESTMARK. WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP, PHELPS COUNTY, NE.
* August J Vaughn (age 46), Matilda Vaughn (age 44) live with children Ida (age 18), Alice (age 16), Eddie (age 14), Carol (age 11), Fred (age 9), Alvin (age 5), Ernest (age 3) and Taggie (age 2) in Williamsburg, Phelps, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=ewdard+phillip&gsln=vaughn&msbdy=1886&msbpn__ftp=Westmark,+Phelps,+Nebraska,+USA&msbpn=59079&msbpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3248|30|2340|59079|&msddy=1975&msdpn__ftp=Nebraska,+USA&msdpn=30&msdpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3248|30|&msfng0=august&msfns0=vaughn&uidh=uv6&mssng0=ethel+a&mssns0=+olson&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=32818216&db=1900usfedcen&indiv=1 1900 Federal Census]
* A [[:File:Williamsburg township.png|1903 Atlas of Williamsburg Township, Nebraska]] shows A.J.'s plot of land
* August J Vaughn (age 56), Matilda Vaughn (age 53) live with children Eddie (age 23), Fred (age 19), Alvin (age 16), Ernest (age 14), Tagon (age 11), and Alice (26) in Williamsburg, Phelps, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=ewdard+phillip&gsln=vaughn&msbdy=1886&msbpn__ftp=Westmark,+Phelps,+Nebraska,+USA&msbpn=59079&msbpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3248|30|2340|59079|&msddy=1975&msdpn__ftp=Nebraska,+USA&msdpn=30&msdpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3248|30|&msfng0=august&msfns0=vaughn&uidh=uv6&mssng0=ethel+a&mssns0=+olson&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=150442477&db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=1 1910 Federal Census]
* The [[:File:Vaughns nebraska 1910 census.JPG | 1910 Nebraska Census]] lists A.J. in Phelps County:
** VAUGHN, August J. 56, male, white. Birth Place: Sweden. Phelps County. Williamsburg Township.
* Togue Vaughn (age 21), Ernest Vaughn (age 23), A J Vaughn (age 66), and Olga Thuline (age 27) lived in Wiliamsburg, Phelps Co, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Togue+Thedford&gsln=Vaughn&mswpn__ftp=nebraska&msbdy=1898&msidy=1943&msddy=1976&msfng0=august&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=107465986&db=1920usfedcen&indiv=1 1920 Federal Census]. (Matilda had died 5 years earlier.) A J is listed as a farmer, and Togue and Ernest are listed as laborers on that farm.
* A J (age 74), Togue (age 30), and E H (age 32) live in Williamsburg, Phelps Co, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=NET626_1289-1119&fn=T+Togy&ln=Vaughn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=107593425 1930 Federal Census]. A J is still listed as a farmer, with E H and Togue laboring on the farm.

==Relationship to Olga J. Thuline==

According to Dean and Larry Lindstrom, August had his wife, Matilda, committed to a medical facility prior to her death in 1915. Some of the older Lindstroms (e.g., Aline Lindstrom & Lee Vaughn) seem to have believed that August committed Matilda despite Matilda's absence of any serious illness. Around this time, perhaps because August's household was without a housekeeper, [[Olga Thuline]] moved into the August household and became the housekeeper. Olga is buried among the Vaughns in the [[Platte Valley Cemetery]], and her tombstone reads "Niece & Cousin."

Olga is identified in the 1920 and 1930 Federal Censuses of Phelps County as living with August. <ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Olga+J.&gsln=Thuline+&msbpn__ftp=Illinois%2c+USA&msbpn=16&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=107465987&db=1920usfedcen&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2</ref>
<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Olga+J.&gsln=Thuline+&msbpn__ftp=Illinois%2c+USA&msbpn=16&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=107587447&db=1930usfedcen&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1</ref>

An eight-year-old "Olga J Thulin" was identified in the 1900 Federal Census of Galesburg, Illinois, as living with mother, Hannah Thulin, and father, Olof Thulin.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=885695&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6224</ref> This seems like a very likely match for Olga, given the first name and middle initial, the correct age, and the location, which corresponds to the region of Illinois in which we believe August, himself, lived prior to his moving to Phelps County. "O.J. Thuline" is also listed in the 1907 Galesburg city directory.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Olga+J.&gsln=Thuline+&msbpn__ftp=Illinois%2c+USA&msbpn=16&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3247%7c16%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=348265173&db=USDirectories&indiv=1&ml_rpos=10</ref> According to the Illinois Death Index, the father of Hannah Thulin (b. 9 Oct 1851 (Sweden) - d. 27 Dec 1916) was Swan Johnson---a family name that could connect Olga to August.<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=hannah&gsln=Thulin&gsln_x=NS_NP_NN&msbdy=1844&msbpn__ftp=Sweden&cpxt=0&uidh=uv6&msbdp=2&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=998296&recoff=6+7+18&db=FSIllinoisDeath&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1</ref>

==Notes==
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