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SCHOOL DISTRICTS
EARLY SCHOOL BOARD AND DISTRICT OFFICERS
COLFAX COUNTY, NEBRASKA


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: A special thanks to the Colfax County Superintendent's office for supplying the following information.


There is no actual list of school board members in the early years. However, the following list was recorded in a record book as the name of the director to whom the school's monies were paid on June 18, 1874:

    District	Name of Director

	1	Isaac Albertson
	2	C. P. Furay
	3	Newell Wheeler 
	4	Alva G. Skinner
	5	J. P. Maple
	6	William Draper
	7	Pat Murphy
	8	Washington Fulton
	9	G. W. Rose
	10	Henry D. Slayton
	11	J. N. Waid
	12	Robert L. Payne
	13	Levy Eby
	14	Joseph Svoboda
	15	J. P. Smith
	16	James A. Fraser
	17	John F. Sobota
	18	A. W. Darling 
	19	John Nieman
	20	J. L. Cushman
	21	William M. Luke
	22	James Hughes
	23	John Kellen
	24	Fred Fisher
	25	John Tideswell
	26	J. A. Harr
	27	George Edmison
	28	Nelson Hartgrove
	29	Jesse Hall
	30	William Tylle
	31	Joseph Smith
	32	Thomas Walker
	33	Peter Schad
	34	J. P. Strong
	35	George Spence
	36	H. Oscar Van Shuts
	37	J. B. Sindelar
	38	John Novotony
	39	B. W. Valentine
	41	Gerhard Schutte
	42	Burton Tompkins
	44	Joseph White
	45	R. D. McKee
	46	John Cook
	47	John Folda
	55	A. G. Otto, Dodge Co.


The first complete list of School District Officers as of 1890:
     District	Name			Name of Office

	1	Thomas Groat	  	Director
		Andrew Gless	 	Moderator
		James Coventry	 	Treasurer

	2	E. L. True	 	President
		E. T. Hodsdon	 	Secretary

	3	Sidney Tivey	 	Director
		Henry Pehner	 	Moderator
		J. P. McCullough	Treasurer

	4	J. C. VanHousen	 	Director
		Frank Abart	  	Moderator
		John Smith	 	Treasurer

	5	James Haney	 	Director
		Thos. Lyons	 	Moderator
		James A. Hall	 	Treasurer

	6	Murty Tighe	 	Director
		Jacob Lockwood	 	Moderator
		E. J. Ernst	 	Treasurer

	7	O. B. Halstead	 	Director
		William Pollard	 	Moderator
		R. H. Goodeje	 	Treasurer

	8	J. H. Plugge	 	Director
		G. W. Erb	 	Moderator
		M. Sattler	 	Treasurer

	9	Mrs. C. F. Beutley	Director
		Frank Wheeler	 	Moderator
		John Ryan	 	Treasurer

	10	Anson VanHousen	 	Director
		Henry Gaitshow	 	Moderator
		K. VanHousen	 	Treassurer

	11	Robert Smith	 	Director
		Pat Chaplin	 	Moderator
		M. J. Ritsdorf	 	Treasurer

	12	George Hoagland	 	Director
		Fred Bamholdt	 	Moderator
		J. J. Hansen	 	Treasurer

	13	John Schuldt	 	Director
		E. H. Corsen		Moderator
		Carl Wittenberg	 	Treasurer

	14	T. Cech	 		Director
		Frank Lodl	 	Moderator
		Anton Schultz	 	Treasurer

	15	P. M. Higgins	 	Director
		J. Stenky	 	Moderator
		Joseph Jonas	 	Treasurer

	16	W. H. Wood	 	Director
		O. F. Brown	 	Moderator
		P. Finnagan	 	Treasurer

	17	Oscar Enger	 	Director
		Joseph Sobota	 	Moderator
		A. Sinamark	 	Treasurer

	18	Chris. Funk	 	Director
		L. Paden	 	Moderator
		George Moore	 	Treasurer

  	19	Henry Kohn		Director
		Carl Sehase		Moderator
		Mina Wieman		Treasurer

	20	John L. Cushman		Director
		H. P. Moore		Moderator
		Henry Bridges		Treasurer

	21	Joseph Sousek		Director
		Henry Kroeger		Moderator
		John Massa		Treasurer

	22	John Fritton		Director
		Ph. Frease		Moderator
		Chr. Weeces		Treasurer

	23	Truman Coman		Director
		Ed. Ketchmark		Moderator
		William Brockelsby	Treasurer

	24	William Tennant		Director
		Oscar Shedd		Moderator
		Thomas Gerrard		Treasurer

	25	Gus. Schmidt		Director
		B. R. Briggs		Moderator
		G. W. Moore		Treasurer

	26	C. A. Morian		Director
		Garret Waters		Moderator
		William Luckey		Treasurer

	27	Conrad Huhn		Director
		John O’Connell		Moderator
		August Herde		Treasurer

	28	Charles Schafer		Director
		Clif VanHousen		Moderator
		R. W. VanHousen		Treasurer

	29	Frank Evert		Director

	30	Louis Friedl		Director
		John J. Novotney	Moderator
		Henry Huff		Treasurer

	31	Joseph Smith		Director
		Frank Suche		Moderator
		Thomas Hyland		Treasurer

	32	J. W. Allen		Director

	33	Conrad Knipping		Director
		Martin Koreski		Moderator
		Anton Hagaman		Treasurer

	34	John Seltzer		Director
		J. P. Strong		Moderator
		James Langley		Treasurer

	35	Vaslav Hruska		Director
		Joseph Mejstrick	Moderator
		Frank Semerad		Treasurer

	36	Ferd. Burger		Director
		Joseph Glodovsky	Moderator
		Adam Parr		Treasurer

	37	John Sinderlav		Director
		Joseph Svoboda		Moderator
		Frank Hajek		Treasurer

	38	William Mitchell	Director
		Mark Moore		Moderator
		Wensel Telucky		Treasurer
 
	39	H. A. Vail		Director
		V. W. Graves		Moderator
		F. J. Smith		Treasurer

	40	Thomas McCurdy		Director
		J. A. Barrett		Moderator
		P. F. Barrett		Treasurer

	41	John Rickert		Director
		Lud. Machaelson		Moderator
		C. W. Comwell		Treasurer

	42	William Cate		Director
		George Church		Moderator
		Charles Church		Treasurer

	43	William Snyder		Director
		Ed. Bame		Moderator
		W. F. Millisack		Treasurer

	44	J. P. Maple		Director
		Jonas Blust		Moderator
		John O’Bryan		Treasurer

	45	R. D. McKee		Director
		O. G. Collins		Moderator
		J. D. Bowers		Treasurer

	46	Frank Eller		Director
		L. L. Guthrie		Moderator

	47	John Folda		Director
		John Ciha		Moderator
		Frank Lodl		Treasurer

	48	A. Bohac		Director
		H. G. Braucht		Moderator
		Joseph Dudek		Treasurer

	49	William Connolly	Director
		O. P. Martin		Moderator
		John Mitchell		Treasurer

	50	W. C. Perry		Director
		Frank Telucky		Moderator
		Ernst Rosburg		Treasurer

	51	J. T. Chilcoat		Director
		William Taylor		Moderator
		W. B. Moore		Treasurer

	52	Frank Swoboda		Director
		J. H. Zrust		Moderator
		Joseph Tepley		Treasurer

	53	Filip Mrsny		Director
		Frank Sterba		Moderator
		John Petr		Treasurer

	54	James W. Cook		Director
		E. L. Mathew		Moderator
		James Overstreet	Treasurer

	55	John Gallagher		Director
		John Dickerson		Moderator
		W. R. Black		Treasurer

	56	George Schlemmer	Director
		Charles McLaughlin	Moderator
		Stephen Schuessler	Treasurer

	57	James H. Leeson		Director
		Henry Heitzmann		Moderator
		Frank Mundil		Treasurer

	58	Joseph Hajek		Director
		John Blotz		Moderator
		Joseph Fajmon		Treasurer

	59	J. H. Melding		Director
		B. Dunkle		Moderator
		J. B. Sindelar		Treasurer

	60	C. H. Smith		Director
		S. S. Smith		Moderator
		H. W. Smith		Treasurer


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