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THE ILLUSTRATED DEE.
fJanuary 17, 1004
Ten Old-Timers of York County
w
ITIAT thore arc trn persons at Mc-
C'miI, York county. Nob., who are
ov r 80 yours of ugu la a remarkay
lilo fact am) Is something that
not many towns of the same pop
ulation can boaet of. Tho oldest Is Judge
Jlrower, whi) whs 81 on April 7, K03, and
the youngfct Ls Urandpa l'rrst, who panned
the ilKhliclh milestone on thp 12th day of
December. Judge lirower wan born In Ful
ton county. New York. Whin 12 ytnrs of
ago ho tnvd with his parents to Ashta
bula county. Ohio, where he studied law
and was admitted to the bur. In 1852 he
moved to Pontine, 111., win re he practiced
law Burcessfully for a number of years and
recelvfd tho tltlo which est I II clings to him
and which he bears with dignity, lie 8:111
possrssrs the gold-headed cane which the
members of the Livingston county I ar
prepcnti-d to him. Although In his eighty
fifth year Judg.; grower Is ub!e to read
without gliosis. Oirrge Fair came to Ne
braska In the fall of 1171. After living ono
year' at Crete ho moved to York county,
whero he has since resided, most of the
time on a f;irm near McCool. He was 13
on the 27th day of December, fncle J tin
Hush was born In Fayitte county, Penn
sylvania, October 13, 1)C2. He litis lived In
York county thirty-one yraig. Mr. Rush
Is a veteran of tho civil war ard tins a
record of which ho Is Justly proud. Ha
was marrl.d May 7, 11.!, to Miss Susin
Btnnton. They recently ol.l.ratid the six
tieth iinnivermry of their wedding. Aunt
Simnn waa born March lii, 1J-2 . and li
therefore In her eighty-fourth year. Mr.
Michael McMullen was born at l.lmirlck,
Ireland, April 8, came to Amirlca hi
1848 and lived In New York. In lSi9 he was
married and moved to Wisconsin, r msiln
Ing there two years: from there he went to
llllnolH, whero he was for neveral years In
the employ of the Chicago & Alton lie II
road company. Tiring of thin, he tried '
farming 'nnd finally, In 1S1, he i aiie to
York county, Nebraska, where he has slncj
resided on a farm one mile west of Mo
Cool. Richard Prest was N) ycin old on
the 12th day of December, lie was torn
In Now Jersey. Ills parents were slave
holders In New Jersey, nr.d when the eman
cipation was declared they necessarily lost
a great deal of their personal prrperty.
Since leaving New Jerpey Mr. l'rest has
lived. In Now York, Minnesota and Ne
braskn. He came hero In IKS I. He erjoys
rood health. Aunt Sylvia Porter was born
September 10, 1821, and Is a native rf New
Hampshire. She came to Nebraska from
Champaign county. Illinois, in the wlnler
of 1878, and has been a rcslJcnt of York
county ever since.
Colonel H. Cralb Is one of the best
known men In southeastern Nebraska, He
waa born In Madison county, Ohio, Octo
ber 29, 1821. where he lived on the farm
leven years and received a common school
education. In 1841 he with his father en
raged in the mercantile business, and from
"41 to "43 he studied medicine. Owing to
poor health he was obliged to give up
the study of medicine. In 1848 he resumed
the study of medicine, graduating from the
Starling Medical college. Columbus, O. He
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GROl'P OF OLD RESIDENTS OF YORK COUNTY. NEBRASKA.
practiced In both Ohio and Iowa. In 183S
he was appointed first sergeant of a light '
Infantry company, and in 1810 waa elected
captain; later limit mint colonel of a rlllo
battalion, and then brigadier general of
the First brigade. Thirteenth division, Ohio
militia, which ho resigned In ISIS. lie built
a nle.wn flour mill In Mndlson county, and
also one in Clark county, Ohio. Colonel
Crabb Joined the Methodist church In 1843
and was an ofllclul member until moving
to York In 187S. He was made Master
Musmi In lMfi, a Royal Arch Mason In
1849, at Columbus, O.; a. Knight Templar
and R. S. M. in 1857 at Muscatine, la. Ha
moved to Muscatine In 1SS6, and to 'Wash
ington county in 1857. where he engaged in
the h.itel business. In IStil he raised a
company and Joined tho Seventh regiment,
Iowa Infantry. He fought In the battle
of Hclmont nnd was made a prisoner on
the retreat to the boats. He was a pris
oner just eight months, and on his return
home assisted In raising several regiments
In 1802. He was made colonel of the Nine
teenth regiment, Iowa Volunteer infantry,
and commanded the post at Springfield,
Mo., during the winter of 18i!2 and lN.i.1.
participating in the battle of Springfield
January 8, 1.8;3. The general In command
being wounded. Colonel Crabb successfully
commanded the whole army against Gen
eral Marmaduke, and defeated him, nnd
that distinguished Missourlan's flag of
truce Is now in Colonel Crabb's possession.
The colonel resigned on account of dis
ability and was mustered out March 16,
1863. He then moved from Iowa to Ne
braska In 1873, and engaged in the furni
ture business in Lincoln, where he again
built a water mill In 187ti. He moved to
York in 1878 to engage in the hotel busi
ness. He bought the McCool roller mills
In 1899 and moved there. Colonel Crabb
was married a second time In Lincoln In
18S8 to Ruth Mills, who was born .In Mad-
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COLONEL. AND MRS. B. CRABB OF YORK, Neb.
Ison county, Ohio, November 7, 1820, and
was for many years a successful teacher.
She Joined the Baptist church In the
spring of 1843.
Soldier of Three Wars
On the United States pension roll of the
Topeka agency is the name of a man who
has served In three wars and is 100 years
old. He is Thomas E. Sauls of Webb
City, Mo., where ho conducts a little shoe
shop and makes a living In spite of his
hundred years. He was born In Ten
nessee In 1S03. He was a soldier In the
Seminole, the Mexican and the civil wars.
In the civil war he was a sergeant of the
Sixth Kansas cavalry. That was after he
had passed 60. After the Mexican war he
.represented the county of his nativity In
the Tennessee legislature. While he lived
In Tennessee he was a lawyer. His pen
sion is $30 a month and was granted by a
special act of congress.
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