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Hi all,
Since this may apply to any of us I feel it is worthwhile sharing with
these lists. Good luck.
Linda
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I would have liked to have sent this to the New Jersy List but
it's closed and I'm not subscribed. If someone else is a member
please feel free to foreward this.

Thought someone could use this. I have several others that I
have taken from this Book - I will be posting them too in the
next couple of days. Obviously, I took the ones that were family
so this is family and I'd love to share with anyone interested.

I may not be subscribed to this list so please send any comments privately.

Vicky Drake nee Walker


>From Portrait and Biographical Album of Lancaster County, Nebraska,
containing Full Page Prtraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent
and Representative Citizens of the County. Printed by Chapman Brothers,
Chicago. 1888. In the possession of the Nebraska State Historical
Society in Lincoln. page 261-262

John P. Loder. One of the first settlers in Waverly Precinct
was the subject of this sketch, who entered land in 1857, the only
other settler in the precinct at this time being John Dee, whose
settlement dates from the same period. Mr. Loder was born in
Coshocton County, Ohio, Nov 28, 1828, and is the son of William and
Margaret (Maston) Loder, natives respectively of New Jersy and
Pennsylvania.
The parents of our subject were married in Coshocton County,
Ohio, and there resided until 1853 when they came to Nebraska, and
settled in Cass County. The family circle included twelve children,
ten of who are still living. When all had attained their majority,
they were photographed with the parents in one group, forming a
pleasing and unique picture. The eldest son is John P., the subject
of the writing; Martha, the wife of John R Sheffer, of Cass County,
Neb.; Lewis J., of this county; Aaron, of Greenwood, Cass County;
Rachel is the wife of Martin Kirker, and Nancy. [sic] of C. E. Coleman,
and both reside in Cass County; W Ales, of Lancaster County; Samuel;
Mary, wife of Oscar Laughlain, and Edith each of Cass County.
The early days of our subject were spent upon the frm amid scenes
of beauty and innocent delights, and when of proper age he entered the c
ommon schools of the district, where he soon made his mark. What is
often called drudgery of school life did not seem to effect him; the
school was his pleasure, so much so that when the time came for him to
leave as a scholar, he elected and was found competent to return to it
as a teacher. There is, perhaps, no profession in which respose such
large responsibilities, such unbound opportunities. The teacher is the
potter whose hands day by day, if directed by the intelligence, integrity
and charity of the Christian gentleman, mold the pliant minds and hearts
of the men and women who, presently, will rule in State and home. These
men and women will be largely what their teacher has made them, and will
bear the marks of his training all throught their life's journey. In this
profession our subject continued for seven years, when failing health
warned him that some change must be made. He therefore took a journey
westward, and arrived in Nebraska June 13, 1857. Having carefully
examined the district, he selected a piece of land near the mouth of
Camp Creek. This he chose for his brother, who proposed to follow him
West in the fall of 1857. The conditions of life in the new counry are
not strange to many still living, and yet to those whose lives have been
spent in the great cities it would be more than strange to live where eight
or ten miles must be covered in order to reach the nearest neighbor. This
was the condition of things when our subject settled in Lancaster County,
and even until so late a date as 1863 every man in Lancaster County was
known personally by our subject. Since that time the county has been
more rapidly developed and thickly settled.
In 1858 Mr. Loder pre-empted the land on which he now resides.
He speedily began to improve it and brought it to a high stte of cultivation,
erecting his pleasant residence and the necessary farm buildings for
greater convenience in the prosecution of his chosen pursuits. With the
release from confinement and the return to the farm, with its change of
occupations,
out-door work, his health was speedily restored. About this time the Homestead
Law was passed, and Mr Loder homesteaded eighty acres of land in Lancaster
City. He lived upon this claim during the time required by law, fulfilling
the remaining legal requirements, and in due time received his patent. He
then returned to his old home. His landed estate includes 320 acres of land,
160 of which is siturated close to the town of Waverly, where he maintains
in a high stte of efficiency one of the finest stock farms in the county.
In 1869 Mr. Loder was untied in marriage with Emeline, duaghter
of William and Catherine (Hummer) Tiger, both natives of New Jersey,
where also their daughter Emeline was born, Sept. 8, 1848. This family
moved West in 1855, and settld in DuPage, County, Illinois. Here until
1867, they were very successful in farming. At that time they removed to
Nebaska and settled in Lancaster County. After some years in this new
home the father was taken to his last resting-place, leaving in sadness
and mourning themother, who is still living. Of this union there were
born six children: Sarah E., wife of George W. Dunham; Emeline, John N.,
William S., Isaac J. and Lambert.
The family circle of our subject comprised nine children, only
six of whom survive -- William J., Earl, Lee, Elsie, Maud and John.
Mr. Loder, although affiliating with the Democratic party, is a man who
cannot be confined to the narrow limits of a party. Whenever occasion
required and the issues at stake seem to deman it, he acts independently
of party restraints. The high esteem in which he is held by his fellow
citizens and the confidence they respose in his fitness and integrity is
expressed in that they elected him to be the first County Clerk of Lancaster
County. School matters and everything which pertains to the interest of
the people of the future generations through the present education,
training, and development of youth, always receives his cordial interest
and support. While destitite of adenture and dramaic scenes, his life
presents in many regards a highly gratifying picture and worthy example.
As a child, teachable and engaging; as a scholar, studious; as a teacher,
earnest, painstaking and untiring; as a father and citizen, a true,
courteous Christian gentleman.

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