Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-01
YEARS TOLL OF LOCAL DEAD
Prominent People of City and State
Answer Last Summons.
Trimmed RANKS OF PIONEERS
ReerettRbiy Long Roster of Men and
Women Conspicuous In various
Activities of Omaha and
Nebraska.

The names OF the pioneers OF Nebraska
are regrettably numerous in the death
roll of 1914 The record below. neoessa-
rlly incomplete. shows an unusually large
list of men and women whose lives span
the years from pioneer days to the pres
emit Five reach back to the year 1854.
eight to 1856 and nine to 1851. One con-
spicuous pioneer OF 1884, Judge Cow of
Bellevue. outlived a century by two years,
and James G. Russell OF Lincoln crossed
the century mark before the summons
came. Numbers passed the scriptursl
line OF three-score and ten. and the
eighties ana nineties. in less number.
bear silent testimony TO the healthful-
ness OF Nebraska, In the list following
figures indicate age:
Omaha's Noted Dead.
January HAIRY Merriam, S.. manager
5-Wiiiiam A. MeElroy. n. traffic
chief Western Union telegraph office.
Peter Kiewit. 81, pioneer building con-
tractor.
ls-Henry Ic. Nickel. bank tellee killed
2l-Horsoe ID. Carneau, police traffic
officer veteran OF Cuban war.
&1:Mrs. f. m. King. 20. pioneer Of
S-Tohn II. Levy. 50. pioneer business
man beginning 1862.
2s-Wilram @. Wagner. ~, United
a-Rev. ]. w. jennings. 60, former pas
tor Trinity Methodist church.
2S-Thomas Rich, ST. stair builder. pioJ
2s-David b. Trail, IS. expert book
sO-Herry Marks, pioneer Jewish
February 1-wilnam Altstadt C''rittle
RtaDarCkiA 20 fuafiCa Of the mace.
5-Frederick Hergke, 7S. pioneer hotel
man and civil war veteran.
n-Mrs Wilhelmins Fowler Smith. 81
R-Judge e. M. stenbers, IS. pioneer
Swedish citizen.
1s-John M. Muir, Sc. commercial tray-
eer, victim OF tornado injuries
16-George w. Naile. &C. pioneer tels-
2O@Dr james t. Kinsler. u. civil war
surgeon.
22-D. elem beaver -. chief publicity
agent of Burlington railroad land de-
partment; Fred krug, Jr.s manager
Krug Brewing company.
Msrch mrs; Elizabeth miller. g. pio s
capitalist
AZ. r. Appleton. o. electrician: Robert
Nelson, IS, retired railroad man,
lotto l.. Beindorff, S. pioneer baker.
Fired d. Melius, 81, pioneer settler OF
Douglas county.
s-Phiiiip j. Alderman. Al, travelling
1O--Patrick Dore, II. cityIfsreman, fatally
injured in line of duty.
s-William White, So pioneer shopman,
former policeman; Mrs. Eliza Hengen,
seventeen children.
1s-Rev. John /. Mclaughlin, corre-
spending secretary Nebraska Metho-
2-Theodore G. Livingston. n. pioneer
locomotive engineer, Union Pacific
2S~Thomss cask, Sc. widely known
a~Fred j. Baker, 40, Fairbanks. Alaska,
former Omaha railroad man; John
April 9-Dr. Samuel @. McGrew. e. physi-
clan and teacher.
4-Dr. w. M Horton. CO. c.vil war
veteran and physician,
9-samuel Burns. Is. pioneer erockery
l2-Mrs. Albert Mast 50. pioneer set
tier.
1TZRev. Robert Doherty. 70. Episcopal
minister, former rector OF Browneil
hall; John Croft, Y. civil war veteran
and railroad man.
2l-Mrs. Mary l. Patton ~ vile OF
Rev. William ID. Patton.
2-Mrs. Margaret =. Lamar 81. pioneer
of Nebraska. 1854.
man Onion Pa FACING shops SSc sene
May 3-Mrs. Elizabeth ID. Weed, 70,
pioneer resident
il-Hiram G. Andrews. g, veteran
locomotive engineer, Union Pacific
railroad.
1s-s. 4. Jones. ". civil war veteran.
81. o. Brinkerhof. "a. superintendent
Kansas lines, Union Pacific railroad,
formerly OF Omaha.
24-Colonel N. NJ. Howard. 86, civil war
2S-Mrs. S. II. II. Clark. ". 81. Louis.
formerly Of Omaha
Sl-Mrs. Martha Connolly, rs, state
pioneer
June MRS. Genevieve Hart, IS. noted
church worker and singer.