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Lewis
Anderson
Was
born in Bedford County, PA, April 15, 1833. Married
to Miss Sarah A. Edwards, of Huntington County,
PA, April
7, 1853. Moved to Fulton County, Ill., in
1864, and to Seward County in the spring of 1866,
and made settlement
on his present farm.
There were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Anderson seven children, four of whom are
now
dead, Viz, Edson and Lewis died while they were
very young; Susan, who became the wife of Norman
A. Smith,
died in 1880; and Wilson, who had been a cripple
for many years, died in the spring of 1887. Those
living
are Lizzie, now Mrs. John Metz; Clra, now Mrs. E.
A. Butler, of Ansley, Nebraska; and Bell, yet with
her parents.
Mr. Anderson joined the I.O.O.F. the day her
was twenty-one, and takes great intgerest in the
Order.
Is
a working member of the U. B. Church and is among
our most highly respected citizens.
G.
Babson, Jr.
Is
our oddity, As a business man he has not superiors.
He is especially gifted with the knack of
being everywhere
at once. He is on the fly, and always up to
his eyes in business. Runs the leading implement
business
of the county, is manager of the Morris Lock Company,
and has a leading hand in the canning factory,
and also the electric light company. Always
to the front in all public enterprize, and free
with his money
in every laudable undetaking.
Mr. Babson is
a native of Massachusetts, where he received a thorough
education. He has taken an active interest
in thepublic schools of our city, and was for many
years a
member of our board of education. He has a
bright, intelligent family. With all his oddities,
we could wish we
had many more like him.
Mr. Babson's wife
died during the early spring, and thus leaves the
home of
our friend desolate and his young family without
a mother.
John
W. Batchelder
Was
born in Sullivan County, N. H., in 1828. When
he was ten years old his father's family moved
to Washington County,
Ill., near Rockford, where he continued his residence
for thirty-two years.
Married in 1852 to Miss
Louisa
M. Whitwood. To them were born five children,
four of whom are still alive.
Mr. Batchelder
moved to Seward
County in 1870, and located in "B" precinct,
where he still resides. His wife died in 1878,
and in 1885 he married
Mrs. Mary J. York. Mr. B. is a member of the
United Brethren church, and ine of its leading members
in this
county. He has improved his farm in a very
creditable manner, and has a very fine orchard
of the various
fruits.
John
Dunbaugh
Is
the oldest man in Seward County, and was born in
Lancaster County, PA., October 22, 1798. He
claims to have
been a playmate of James Buchanan. The old
gentleman lives with his son Elijah, and seems quite
robust.
Somewhat
deaf, but retains his eyesight reasonably well,
he can read coarse print. His descendants
are becoming a
great host and are composed of four generations.
Having at least four great-great-grandchildren.
He has
resided
at Seward since the summer of 1873.
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