​INDEX TO BIOGRAPHIES IN
“PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF DICKINSON,
SALINE, MCPHERSON AND MARION COUNTIES

Contributed by Mary Douglass
Original

Dickinson County
Ayres, Dr. Thomas     285
Baker, L. C.     367
Baker, Silas     357
Ballantyne, David     252
Barber, Elphalet     326
Barber, William H.     567
Barten, Christopher     169
Baxter, John B.     433
Bell, Clements     223
Bertschinger, Adolph     186
Bethe, Henry     196
Betts, Mrs. Ann     585
Blanchett, Alexis D.     540
Bollinger, Rev. Abraham     603
Boyland, A. E.     206
Brechbill, Abraham H.     346
Bricker, Samuel     386
Brown, John W.     330
Buhrer, Godfrey     262
Buhrer, J. F.     184
Butt, Jacob     340
Campbell, Lewis B.     238
Case, Charles M.     199
Chamberlain, Wm.     214
Clemons, James J.     598
Coffenberger, David     229
County Poor Farm     605
Crary, A. M.     350
Cromer, Sebastian B.     273
Day, Wesley W.     304
Dillon, Albert     493
Dowling, Peter     597
Dunlap, Wm. R.     283
Ehrsam, J. B.     342
Eikenberry, Dr. Aaron     461
Engle, Noah H.     602
Evers, Alonzo L.     233
Eyth, A. G.     211
Freeman, George W.     537
Gibson, Edward     166
Gibson, John W     282
Gorman, Thomas F     284
Grovier, Isaac C     345
Hall, George B     535
Harshman, John B     383
Hawley, William N     405
Henderson, Isaac     413
Henry, William     325
Herington, Monroe Davis     163
Herr, George R     174
Hoffman, Charles     547
Hoffman, Christian B     165-183
Hoffman, Eli     345
Hoffman, Michael     240
Hollinger, Abraham Lincoln     302
Hollinger, Charles R     328
Hollinger, Joseph     536
Hollinger, William H     564
Hoover, John W     489
Hosie, James W     172
Jaderborg, L. O     340
Jones, John R     512
Jones, Mrs. Sarah     301
Kandt, Henry W     439
Kenney, Robert     538
King, George W     421
Klingberg, August     524
Koepke, Charles H     608
Kraybill, Christian S     393
Lacy, John     329
Lesher, Abraham     333
Leslie, A. M.D     227
Lewis, Elmer Ellsworth     537
Lewis, Walter     581
Lexon, John     564
Livingston, George F     193
Long, Lorin H     482
Lowe, Isaac N     312
Major, David     472
Matteson, David     400
McKee, Rev. C. U     173
McRill, Wm. C., M.D     503
Meek, J. Stubbins     203
Meek, William E. A     575
Merillat, Christian     186
Merrill, Clarence S     589
Merrill, George     546
Meserve, True W     583
Moser, M. H     306
Mustard, Hugh     456
Mustard, Thomas     565
Norman, John     417
Orr, James P     279
Packard, Augustus     554
Peck, Benjamin W     603
Probasco, George     371
Reaugh, Hiram M     411
Reel, John     276
Roach, John     245
Robson, John W     414
Rohrer, Christian     402
Rumold, Jacob J     601
Sandow, William     472
Scott, Reuben A     374
Scripter, Samuel D     493
Seidel, Caleb C     274
Seidel, John Joshua     408
Sexton, James T     568
Sheets, Rev. John     569
Sheets, Tobias M     532
Sherwood, Charles C     178
Sherwood, William M     294
Stein, Simon     233
Taylor, Clarence     518
Taylor, Cornelius     500
Taylor, John     492-556
Thayer, Henry W     498
Thisler, Otis L     437
Thomas, Jacob     458
Tolbert, Albin A     383
Tolbert, Alonzo N     230
Vickers, Alonzo R     185
Vickers, James     256
Wagner, David Porter     202
Waterstradt, Julius     341
Weaver, Daniel     216
Weller, Joseph, DD PHD     295
Whitley, Henry     167
Wilsey, George W     205
Wilson, James R     194
Wilson, Thomas S     325
Winteroth, Henry     414
Woolverton, Jessee T     324
Woolverton, Nathaniel S     327
Young, William     598
     
Saline County     
Addison, David J.     179
Alley, John H.     584
Alley, Lewis G.     584
Amos, Hon. J. Wayne     335
Anderson, Olaf     214
Barker, Frank G.     171
Bean, Benjamin Swan     547
Beard, Wm. H.     228
Berg, Henry     292
Brewer, Wm. (county unknown)     484
Brown, Manuel Jay, M.D.     395
Burke, John W.     592
Burr, Henre     510
Claflin, A. M.     531
Coffman, Marshall W.     590
Coleman, James     599
Conway, Thomas     305
Cunningham, James     191
Currie, George S.     180
Danell, Charles G.     571
Danielson, John M.     567
Daum, John (county unknown)     490
Dewees, Wm. B. (doctor)     249
Divelbiss, Simon     358
Dolon, Hon. Patrick H.     473
Donmyer, Louis     267
Donmyer, Simon P.     459
Emitt, David     507
Fahring, George R.     326
Fahring, John C.     323
Forsee, Eric     192
Forsee, Olaf     192
Grider, Henry C.     189
Hahn, Charles Christian     374
Hamilton,  Oliver Perry     572
Hiller, Charles A.     209
Hillman, Prof. Alden C.     500
Hoyne, Timothy     604
Humbarger, Daniel     190
Humbarger, Thurston     512
Jay, George R.     164
Johnson, John H.     221
Jones, Wm.     529
Jorg, Philip     546
King, David E.     489
Kouns, Wm. A.     440
Larson, John A.     196
Lawrence, Thomas H.     201
Magnuson, Andrew G.     582
Malmgren, Jacob     480
Martin, J. S.     555
McAuliff, Maurice     571
McPhail, Alexander     539
Miller, Albert     215
Miller, Jacob C.     580
Miller, Sven A.     497
Miller, Thomas N.     314
Morrison, Andrew R.     202
Mortimer, James     446
Muir, Wm.     446
Padgett, John H.     559
Parsons, Luke F.     527
Pattee, Judge Albert C.     534
Pehrson, Peter M.     434
Phillips, Wm. H.     462
Pierce, Alex K.     480
Reeves, James R.     551
Roggendorf, Frederick     168
Rose, Edward R.     423
Schippel, Gotthart     352
Sharp, Evan E.     460
Shirar, James R.     481
Spencer, Richard     299
Spohn, Jeremiah     243
Stein, Christian L.     390
Stelson, Daniel C.     422
Stimmel, Benjamin B.     200
Sullivan, Dennis     435
Sullivan, Peter     521
Swedlund, Peter     594
Tinkler, Jonathan     541
Tinkler, Thomas     588
Toll, Wm.     533
Tressen, Mrs. Minnie     452
Tressin, Otto E.     444
Underwood, Charles R.     519
Weaver, Judge Jonathan     250
Wheaton, Charles O.     579
Whitmore, James W.     330
Yockers, John     508
     
McPherson County     
Achilles, Henry     212
Arnold, Philip     179
Aschman, Christian     504
Aurell, John     320
Baldwin, Wilbur C     334
Banks, Elisha     195
Barnes, Fernando C     386
Bartels, Herman     401
Bean, James W     384
Bengston, B. F     412
Bishop, David P     269
Bonney, Byron S     569
Bornholdt, Joachim     280
Bowker, Clarence B     483
Bruce, Harvey Elmer     407
Burk, Swan     523
Carpenter, Philip S     451
Cheney, William Thomas     434
Clark, Charles     223
Clark, Theodore     291
Cludas, William     465
Compton, David     565
Coons, Henry N     245
Cooprider, Rev. Mathias     449
Cornelius, John     213
Davis, Carlton B     222
Dole, John P     595-601
Duncan, Benjamin F     349
Dunsford, John     389-576
Eakins, James A     455
Eberhardt, George E     491
Freeborn, John W     552
Ganson, W. L     591
Goering, John C     550
Grant, Charles Oscar     236
Grant, John P     574
Gray, Benjamin A     467-521
Gray, William O     293
Hamilton, Jedediah, M.D     237
Harrison, Webber Morrow     313
Haury, Samuel Schmidt     319
Hawkinson, Frank G     270
Hawkinson, Otto E     428
Helstrom, Hens     380
Hendry, Hiram A     210
Hetzke, Herman     502
Hill, John W     372
Hill, Peter     281
Hoehman, Adam     560
Hoffines, Williams A     251
Hoffman, Philip     363
Hoffsommer, John     424
Hughes, John F     361
Jackson, Fred     549
Jackson, John B     377
Johnson, Francis     356
Johnson, Pehr A     462
Johnson, Silver     368
Jones, Stephen     172
Kaufman, Napoleon R     551-600
Kingsley, Andrew J     235
Koogle, William J     497
Krehbiel, Daniel     240
Lamer, Cyrus     557
Lamer, John     438
Lane, Alexander M     396
Lawson, James     405
Lay, Thomas S     391
Lellilan, John     351
Lindell, Claus S     418
Luty, Charles O     576
Matthews, Royal     443
Maudlin, Edmund     482
McNeely, Francis     578
Mead, S. G     427
Miller, Bishop Samuel     459-577
Morris, James F     244
Murray, Joseph     280
Nelson, John     553
Nichols, Thomas J     391
Norris, Stephen     520
Norstrom, Claus F     436
Norton, George N     422
Oakes, Abraham     370
Patten, Lionel D     532
Powers, George H     300
Randall, John     291
Reese, Lowell     364
Richey, John     170
Ricketts, John B     517
Ritz, Ulerich     511
Robinson, George A     530
Rupp, John J     542
Russell, Junius T     478
Sandberg, Nils O     479
Scheurer, George     563
Schlatter, Jacob K     513
Schlatter, Joseph     445
Schmidt, Daniel E     424
Schmidt, Jacob A     239
Scott, Hiram     303
Sellberg, Charles A     502
Shields, Samuel D     318
Simpson, Mathew P     528
Simpson, Matthew P     596
Speece, Thomas B     369
Spencer, O. H     487
Starks, Benjamin     504
Stevens, George     450
Stromquist, C. J     362
Stromquist, John P     227
Strope, William     348
Swenson, Swem     328
Swensson, Rev. C. A., A.M     289
Tretbar, Julius Gustav     501
Tyler, Ebenezer Clark     255
Vogt, Henry     373
Walden, William H., M.D     301
Waldorf, William C     468
Walker, Charles L     558
Waugh, Albert F     474
Way, Charles H     471
Wedel, Jacob, Jr     457
Wendt, Christian     406
Wendt, John Henry     401
West, William     586
Wiegand, Fred     566
Willard, John S     258
Williams, Robert     379
Wyman, Edward C     510
Wynn, Chambers S     593
Yoder, David D     355
Yoder, Jacob D     606
Zimmerman, John     378-587
     
Marion County     
Brewer, William Wells     484
Brown, Oliver     399
Burkholder, Ezra R     259
Carter, John F     336
Cochran, William     444
Cooper, George H     260
Cowman, Fred     573
Cowman, James     584
Daniel, John H     285
Donaldson, Alvin J     177
DuVall, Virginius     339
Ehrlich, Jacob     451
Ehrlich, John     451
Gilbert, John E     369
Gordon, N. W     260
Hannaford, Joseph N., M.D     385
Harrison, David     393
Hill, Manly I     509
Hirschler, John S     347
Hoch, Edward W     477
Knowles, Robert W     261
Kraft, John     429
Maddox, John B     317
McCormick, William H     430
Mollohan, Charles     607
Mollohan, Cyrus     605
Musick, Rev. J. M     488
Osborn, Edwin H., M.D     491
Pinkney, Col. Bertine     415
Porter, E. J., M.D     466
Rath, John Christopher     428
Roberts, William H     494
Robinson, Benjamin M     394
Sellers, Col. W. H     268
Sharp, Walter     392
Smyser, Alexander E     430
Sumner, Thomas C     499
Vaughan, Charles M     269
Williams, James K     178
Williams, James W     246
Wingert, Henry     552
Wise, Thomas J     275