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Max Joseph Baehr (b. 1858) —
also known as Max J. Baehr —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Zweibrücken, Bavaria, Germany,
August
2, 1858.
Son of Blasius Baehr and Josephine (Forstmair) Baehr.
Republican. Candidate for Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1889; U.S. Consul in Kehl, 1898-99; Magdeburg, 1900-02; Cienfuegos, 1902-14; Berne, 1914-15.
German ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Henry Dietrich (1853-1924) —
also known as Charles H. Dietrich —
of Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., November
26, 1853.
Son of Leonard Dietrich and Wilhelmina Dietrich.
Republican. Banker; Governor of
Nebraska, 1901; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1901-05.
German ancestry.
Died in Hastings, Adams
County, Neb., April 10,
1924 (age 70 years, 136
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
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Albert William Elsasser (1888-1961) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., February
8, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1923-24.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., August 9,
1961 (age 73 years, 182
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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William Ernst (born c.1845) —
of Tecumseh, Johnson
County, Neb.
Born in Prussia,
about 1845.
Republican. Farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1912.
German ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Earl Harrington (b. 1881) —
of University Place (now part of Lincoln), Lancaster
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Delmar, Clinton
County, Iowa, February
6, 1881.
Business
executive; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1923-26.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
and German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen of America; Phi
Kappa Tau.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eric Hass (1905-1980) —
of Oregon; New York.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1905.
Advertising
business; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor of
The Weekly People, 1938-68; Industrial Government candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1949 (Industrial Government), 1957
(Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965 (Socialist Labor);
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),
1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; librarian.
German and Danish
ancestry.
Resigned or expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Community Hospital,
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., October
2, 1980 (age about 75
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Heimrod (1845-1921) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Bad Nenndorf, Prussia (now Germany),
November
30, 1845.
Son of Heinrich Heimrod and Wilhelmina (Leisemann) Heimrod.
Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1887-89; Douglas
County Treasurer, 1896-1900; U.S. Consul General in Apia, 1901-06; Nuku'alofa, 1902-05; U.S. Consul in Apia, 1906-08; Berne, 1908-14.
German ancestry.
Died December
12, 1921 (age 76 years, 12
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Norman A. Otto (b. 1918) —
Born in Gering, Scotts Bluff
County, Neb., July 5,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1955-61; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1960; chief of staff to Gov. Frank
Morrison, 1961-64, and to Gov. J.
James Exon, 1971-79.
Lutheran.
German ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Wayne R. Swanson (b. 1914) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., December
31, 1914.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; excavating
business; plumber;
member of Nebraska
railway commission, 1957-67; Nebraska
state treasurer, 1967-75.
Baptist.
Swedish,
German, and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Eagles; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1975.
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Adolph Eilert Wenke (b. 1898) —
also known as Adolph E. Wenke —
of Stanton, Stanton
County, Neb.
Born in Pender, Thurston
County, Neb., January
22, 1898.
Son of Frederick Wenke and Henrietta (Athen) Wenke.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska,
1936;
district judge in Nebraska 9th District, 1938-43; appointed 1938; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1943-.
Congregationalist.
German ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; American
Legion; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Walter Yeager (b. 1891) —
also known as John W. Yeager —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Richland, Spencer
County, Ind., March 1,
1891.
Son of Wilhelm Carl Yeager and Laura Elizabeth (Barton) Yeager.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in
Nebraska 4th District, 1933-; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1940-.
Presbyterian.
German and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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