Obituary

The Hooper Sentinel
July 30, 1914

Oswald Uehling Dead

Oswald Uehling, a pioneer of this city, and vicinity for many years,
passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Albert Fritz of
Hooper, Monday morning. Cause of death being a paralytic stroke. Mr.
Fritz was with his father-in-law until 12:00 o'clock, Sunday night
and when Mrs. Fritz went to her father at 7, Monday morning, she
found him dead in his bed.

Mr. Uehling was born at Saxon Meinige, Germany, July 12, 1835 and
was 79 years old this month. He came to America with his parents in
1852, first locating at Watertown, Wis., where he resided thirteen
years. He was married at that place to Miss Elizabeth Keller in
1862. They with a number of other families came to Nebraska from
Wisconsin by the ox team route in 1864. He homesteaded on a farm
near the Wolf school house north east of our city. Later he
purchased an other farm with the money received from the sale of the
ox team that brought him here. He conducted a blacksmith shop on his
homestead in the early days. He also had the first steam engine in
this part of the country and used it for threshing and shelling.

In 1870 Mr. Uehling and family moved into Hooper and he built the
mill and conducted it until a few years ago when he exchanged it for
a ranch in Cherry county. He lived on the ranch until about a year
ago when he suffered his first paralytic stroke when he gave over
its management to his two sons, John and Joe. He then came to Hooper
and had since made his home with Mrs. Fritz. He was sick all winter
but was some better lately and was able to be up and around as late
as last Saturday. Sunday, however, he was confined to his bed. He
was also a sufferer from asthma for a good many years.

Mrs. Uehling died Dec. 15, 1896. Twelve children were born to them,
ten of whom are living. They are Mrs. Wm. Heller, Mrs. Albert Bott,
of South Omaha, John M. and Joe, of Cherry county, C. H. Uehling,
Mrs. Bernard Monnich, Mrs. Albert Fritz, Mrs. C. G. Fritz, Hooper,
Mrs. Chester Forbes, Howells, Mrs. C. T. Miller, Woodlake. He is
also survived by four sister, and two brothers. They are Mrs. John
Raasch, Mrs. August Wagner, Mrs. John Meyer of our city and Mrs.
Ehrhard of Stewartville, Minn., John Uehling of Tustin, Calif., and
Martin Uehling of Fremont.

Funeral services will be held from the Albert Fritz home at 1 p. m.
today and from the Lutheran church at 2 p. m., Rev. Schrader
conducting the services. Interment in the Hooper cemetery. The
relatives have the sincere sympathy of their many friends in their
bereavement.hhw
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The Hooper Sentinel
December 18, 1913

Well Known Men of Hooper

Oswald Uehling was born July 12, 1835 at Saxon Meinige, Germany, and
with his parents came to America in 1852, landing in New York and
going to Watertown, Wis. where he lived thirteen years. He worked on
the first railroad built from Milwaukee west. In 1864 Mr. Uehling
came to Washington county, Nebr. later the county line being
changed, thus throwing him in Dodge county. He took a homestead now
the Schutt farm near Wolf school house northeast of Hooper. In early
days on the farm, Mr. Uehling had a blacksmith shop and not only
done the work for the surrounding settlers but for settlement at
Norfolk, as they passed back and forth to Omaha. He states that all
coal used for his work had to be hauled from 80 miles over in Iowa.
His first blacksmith work was done for Mr. Himebaugh, who died a few
years ago. Mr. Uehling sold the ox team that brought him to Nebraska
and with the money bought an 80 acre farm.

Oswald Uehling was married to Elizabeth Keller in 1862, to which
union 12 children were born, 10 of whom are now living as follows:
Mrs. Wm. Heller, Mrs. Albert Bott of South Omaha, John M. Uehling of
Cherry county, C. H. Uehling, Mrs. Bernard Monnich, Mrs. Albert
Fritz, Mrs. C. G. Fritz, Mrs. Chester Forbes of Howells, Mrs. C. T.
Miller of Wood Lake, J. G. Uehling of Cherry county. Mr. Uehling's
wife died Dec. 15, 1896. In 1870 Mr. Uehling came to Hooper and
built the mill which he ran until nine years ago when he traded it
for Mr. King's ranch in Cherry county, moving there and assumed
active management of same until a year ago when he turned it over to
his boys to run it for him. Mr. Uehling had the first steam engine
in this section of the county, using it for threshing and shelling
purposes.hhw
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History of The Elkhorn Valley 1892
Page 567

Oswald Uehling, one of the pioneers of Dodge County, settled in
1864. He first took a homestead on one hundred and sixty acres, upon
which he placed improvements, including a half sod and half board
house, straw stable, provided a good well of water, and remained on
that place seven years, and then built a house 18x28 feet, two large
barns, 26x100 feet. He also set out an orchard and an artificial
grove. He added to his land until he claimed four hundred and eighty
acres, three hundred acres of which are under the plow. He lived on
this place twenty-eight years and still owns it. When he came to
Dodge County his earthly possessions consisted of a set of
blacksmith tools, two ox teams and eleven dollars in money. But he
had an abundance of courage and went in to win. In 1888 he built the
roller mill at Hooper in company with Mr. Briggs. He is also
interested in general merchandising and several branches of
manufactures. Mr. Uehling is a native of Germany, born July 12,
1835. He is the son of John and Lizzie Uehling, who had thirteen
children; Margaret, Crateliza, Andrew, Oswald, Barbara, John,
Rosena, Martin, Elizabeth, Christena, Henryetta, Fred, Catharine.
Our subject remained in Germany until sixteen years of age, when he
came to America, landing in New York City, and from there went to
Wisconsin, where he remained until 1864, at which time he came to
Nebraska. He had a common school education, and was united in
marriage October, 1862, to Elizabeth Keller, the daughter of John
and Margaret Keller, whose four children were August, Elizabeth,
Christena and William. Mr. and Mrs. Uehling are the parents of
twelve children, all living but one; Christena, William (deceased),
Lizzie, Elizabeth, John, Conrad, Barbara, Lottie, Martha, Susie,
Rachel and Joseph. Mr. Uehling stands well in the community in which
he has lived and labored so long and has been one of the potent
factors in building up the village of Hooper. Politically, he
affiliates with the Demorcatic party, and in religious matters is a
believer in the Lutheran faith. He belongs to the Masonic Lodge of
Hooper, No. 72, and Odd Fellows Lodge at Omaha, No. 8.hhw
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The Oswald Uehling Family
1876-1976 Centennial History of Hooper
Page 215

By Charlotte M. Darling

My maternal grandparents came from Germany, settled in Wisconsin for
a time and 1864 traveled by wagon train to Nebraska. In this group
were the Uehlings, Hellers, Schwabs and Wiegles.(1) The Oswald
Uehlings settled east of Hooper near where the Elkhorn River and
Logan Creek meet, but I did not learn much of their activities in
the early days as they did not discuss it. My Grandmother Uehling
died quite young, therefore, I wasn't old enough to be close to her,
however, I remember that my Grandfather and a Mr. Briggs built a
mill on Logan Creek.(2) After some time on the farm the Uehlings
moved to town and Grandfather built a mill near where the present
gasoline station is located at the intersection of the cemetery hill
road and Highway 275. They built their home just south of the mill.
It still stands and is the second house in this block. The rest of
the block was orchard and garden. Across the street west they built
homes for their children which numbered eleven. One died in infancy,
the rest were: Christina - married to Henry Bayer; Elisa - married
to William Heller; Elizabeth - married to Albert Bott; John -
married to Emelia Wagner; Barbara - married to Bernard Monnich;
Court - married to Emelia Stroh; Martha - married to Chris Fritz;
Charlotte - married to Albert Fritz; Susan - married to Chester
Forbes; Rena - married to Charles Miller; Joe - whose wife was named
Bertha After the family was grown, Grandfather traded the mill for a
ranch in Cherry County, Nebraska and he, the boys and one grandson
moved there to live.hhw

(1) (A) See the item by Rose Wagner Stecher in a "Historical Sketch
of Logan Mills Community" in the Hooper, Nebraska Sentinel of
October 2, 1930. The Schwab and Wagner families came together from
Wisconsin to Nebraska in 1861. (B) The Weigle family moved from
Illinois to Nebraska in 1857. (2) See the article "Historical Sketch
of Logan Mills Community" in the Hooper, Nebraska Sentinel of
October 2, 1930. The first mill on Logan Creek was built by Dennis
Dean and Harvey J. Robinson in 1859.hhw