Johann was also known as John/Little John. He married Hilka Maria Remmers on July 26, 1842 in Wiesede, Hanover, Germany. They immigrated from Germany, lived in Illinois for a while (where he was naturalized Oct. 6, 1856), and settled in the German settlement of Febing in Nemaha Co., NE. Their children are: Diedrich, Anna Catharina, John, Herman, Henry E., Christena, Christian, Maria (Mary) and Johanna. He is buried in the Old Stone Church Cemetery, Headstone inscription; 13 December 1813-8 ___ 1884.
BIOGRAPHY: Nebraska State Geneological Society, A RESEARCH GUIDE TO GENEOLOGICAL DATA IN NEMAHA COUNTY, NEBRASKA; ; ; pp 5-9; ; Place Names and Towns -- Dog Town. Douglas Twp. The first settlement in Nemaha County may have been Dog Town. In the winter of 1852-53 seven families built crude shacks on Longs Branch, three miles west of the present B & M depot in Auburn. Their principal diet was wild grapes, prairie chicken, deer, elk and buffalo meat. Early in the spring the men in the party had gone on an exploration tour. Reaching the top of a hill, they saw a hundred Indians quietly sleeping on the side of the next hill. When nothing happened after several men gained enough courage to investigate they found their sleeping Indians were only rocks. With warm weather there were plenty of Omaha Indians along the Nemaha River, and when a band came up Longs Branch, the settlement was deserted. JOHN DIRKS is the only inhabitant of the town that there is a record of. He and his sons became bull whackers and made many trips from Nebraska City to Denver and return, walking beside six yoke of oxen. When the county became safe for settlers, JOHN DIRKS returned to Nemaha County.
BIOGRAPHY: Nebraska State Geneological Society, A RESEARCH GUIDE TO GENEOLOGICAL DATA IN NEMAHA COUNTY, NEBRASKA; ; ; pp 5-9; ; Place Names and Towns -- Dog Town. Douglas Twp. The first settlement in Nemaha County may have been Dog Town. In the winter of 1852-53 seven families built crude shacks on Longs Branch, three miles west of the present B & M depot in Auburn. Their principal diet was wild grapes, prairie chicken, deer, elk and buffalo meat. Early in the spring the men in the party had gone on an exploration tour. Reaching the top of a hill, they saw a hundred Indians quietly sleeping on the side of the next hill. When nothing happened after several men gained enough courage to investigate they found their sleeping Indians were only rocks. With warm weather there were plenty of Omaha Indians along the Nemaha River, and when a band came up Longs Branch, the settlement was deserted. JOHN DIRKS is the only inhabitant of the town that there is a record of. He and his sons became bull whackers and made many trips from Nebraska City to Denver and return, walking beside six yoke of oxen. When the county became safe for settlers, JOHN DIRKS returned to Nemaha County.
Johann was also known as John/Little John. He married Hilka Maria Remmers on July 26, 1842 in Wiesede, Hanover, Germany. They immigrated from Germany, lived in Illinois for a while (where he was naturalized Oct. 6, 1856), and settled in the German settlement of Febing in Nemaha Co., NE. Their children are: Diedrich, Anna Catharina, John, Herman, Henry E., Christena, Christian, Maria (Mary) and Johanna. He is buried in the Old Stone Church Cemetery, Headstone inscription; 13 December 1813-8 ___ 1884.
BIOGRAPHY: Nebraska State Geneological Society, A RESEARCH GUIDE TO GENEOLOGICAL DATA IN NEMAHA COUNTY, NEBRASKA; ; ; pp 5-9; ; Place Names and Towns -- Dog Town. Douglas Twp. The first settlement in Nemaha County may have been Dog Town. In the winter of 1852-53 seven families built crude shacks on Longs Branch, three miles west of the present B & M depot in Auburn. Their principal diet was wild grapes, prairie chicken, deer, elk and buffalo meat. Early in the spring the men in the party had gone on an exploration tour. Reaching the top of a hill, they saw a hundred Indians quietly sleeping on the side of the next hill. When nothing happened after several men gained enough courage to investigate they found their sleeping Indians were only rocks. With warm weather there were plenty of Omaha Indians along the Nemaha River, and when a band came up Longs Branch, the settlement was deserted. JOHN DIRKS is the only inhabitant of the town that there is a record of. He and his sons became bull whackers and made many trips from Nebraska City to Denver and return, walking beside six yoke of oxen. When the county became safe for settlers, JOHN DIRKS returned to Nemaha County.
BIOGRAPHY: Nebraska State Geneological Society, A RESEARCH GUIDE TO GENEOLOGICAL DATA IN NEMAHA COUNTY, NEBRASKA; ; ; pp 5-9; ; Place Names and Towns -- Dog Town. Douglas Twp. The first settlement in Nemaha County may have been Dog Town. In the winter of 1852-53 seven families built crude shacks on Longs Branch, three miles west of the present B & M depot in Auburn. Their principal diet was wild grapes, prairie chicken, deer, elk and buffalo meat. Early in the spring the men in the party had gone on an exploration tour. Reaching the top of a hill, they saw a hundred Indians quietly sleeping on the side of the next hill. When nothing happened after several men gained enough courage to investigate they found their sleeping Indians were only rocks. With warm weather there were plenty of Omaha Indians along the Nemaha River, and when a band came up Longs Branch, the settlement was deserted. JOHN DIRKS is the only inhabitant of the town that there is a record of. He and his sons became bull whackers and made many trips from Nebraska City to Denver and return, walking beside six yoke of oxen. When the county became safe for settlers, JOHN DIRKS returned to Nemaha County.
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