As related elsewhere, he settled on Lawrence Fork in 1889. He was a man of unabating energy and industry, and left a comfortable estate. His widow, one son and three daughters succeed him, each of which is doing duty in the various walks of life. Joe Niehus lives on the home place at Redington, Mrs. Theodore Scoville lives at Bushnell in Kimball county. Mrs. Will Borden resides at Bayard, and the other daughter, Mrs. R. H. Willis lives at Bridgeport.

Still another name that is familiar in the storv of Morrill county and Bridgeport, is that of Beerline. John Beerline, who came to the North Platte valley in 1896, and was married to Lilly Ewing three years later, has gone on to the New Land, yet the land that is ages old. Mike Beerline of Bridgeport, and George Beerline of Broadwater are brothers of the de-

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ceased. These three brothers have stamped their names indelibly upon the history of the communities in which they made their home.

Frank Schram is another American who came to this country from Germany, three years before Nebraska became a state. In order to get permission to leave the land of his nativity, he had to promise to return in case he was needed for military duty. A year or so before the outbreak of the World War, he was injured in a runaway, the final result of which was his demise after five years of ill health. He came to the North Platte valley in 1888; and resided here, on his farm and in the city of Bridgeport since. Mrs. Schram was formerly Mrs. Margaret Mueller.