Husband of May Frahm Rix.
#1-Published in the Pilot September 7, 1921
Henry Rix, Washington County pioneer and founder of the Washington County Bank, died at his home in Fort Calhoun, last Friday morning following an operation Wednesday evening for an obstruction of the bowels. He was taken suddenly sick Tuesday morning. The funeral was held at the family home at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, Rev. C. Frank officiating. Mr. Rix was born in Germany February 1st, 1852, and came to this country with his uncle when a lad of 15 years. He worked on the U.P bridge in Omaha for a year and then settled in Fort Calhoun. He first started a small lumber yard, then added a hardware store, then started an elevator, then the general merchandising business and finally the bank, which became his chief interest for the greater part of his active business life.
On July 16th, 1885, he was married to Mis May Frahm and five children were born to them, one dying in infancy. Those surviving him, beside the wife, are Mrs. Elsie Cook, Ernest, Walter and Howard. He is survived by two brothers in Germany. He was a member of the W.O.W. Lodge and carried an insurance policy in that order. The story of his business life is almost a history of the business activities in Fort Calhoun. His sudden death is a source of great grief not only to the immediate family, but to his large number of friends.
#2-8 Sept., 1921 - The Tribune - Henry Rix
HENRY RIX, FOUNDER OF WASHINGTON BANK, DEAD
Henry Rix, founder and president of the Washington County Bank, merchant, alfalfa mill beginner, horticulture and friend to man is dead.
Not since the passing of Elam Clark has Ft. Calhoun felt such a loss as we have in the death of Henry Rix, who died September 2, 1921 after a few days' illness from folding of the bowels after all that could be done for him by Omaha specialists, who operated on him August 31st.
Perhaps 45 years ago a man in the post office was inquiring for Henry Rix, a young carpenter, when Postmaster John R. Kuony said, "You will find him on his uncle, Nicholas Rix's farm. He is too busy a man to spend his time in town."
Soon afterwards his uncle sent him to me to help him write a bid on the Ft. Calhoun Catholic church, which still stands a monument to the work of his hands. Since those days our friendship has been as close as though we belonged to the same family. In pretty much all his successes since he has taken pleasure in telling of them to this writer.
When he was building seven or eight country school houses in Douglas and Washington counties, he one day told me he was going to start a little hardware store for his own convenience, and he put up a little store where the railroad track now is and we helped him mark his goods and put them on the shelves, and when he put up another small building where the old bank now stands and opened a general store, we again helped him put that in order, and as business enlarged and he added coal and lumber he one day on the depot platform said, "Mr. Woods, if I make any money in Ft. Calhoun, I shall spend it here." And he surely has kept his word. And later he opened his bank, and then again he came to tell me he proposed to plant an orchard and grow small fruits to give work to our young people, so many of them would not have to leave home in search of employment, and he bought of us such plants as we had for sale, and had us order trees, etc., for two or three years for this purpose so we could fill a whole Tribune with his labor and patience and kindness of heart.
He often remonstrated with me for living alone for fear I would get sick and be in need of help.
He was the greatest lover of flowers in the city, and often came to see mine and tell me of some rare one he had purchased or was in bloom, busy as his days were.
His love for his family or his neighbors needs no further eulogy from us. It is known to everyone who has ever made his acquaintance. His home, although in the business part of the city, after his marriage to Miss May Frahm, daughter of the late Pioneer Henry Frahm, has been kept the most beautiful in the city.
Henry Rix was born February 1, 1852 at Holstein, Germany, became an American citizen May 25, 1877. He had made his last visit to his parents in 1869. He leaves his wife, three sons and one daughter. Ernest, cashier of the Washington County Bank; Walter, at home; Howard, most of the time at the company mill in Nebraska City; and Mrs. Elsie Cook, who has been seriously ill in an Omaha hospital and was brought home after his death, and one granddaughter.
Although the weather had cleared at the time of the funeral from the home he had so loved and where he had lived so long, the morning shower and threatening sky no doubt kept a very large number away. There were so many from Omaha, Douglas county and Blair and other towns we gave up trying to get the names. Rev. Frank, pastor of the Presbyterian church, preached the sermon, Mrs. Charles Rathjen was at the piano and Mrs. Joe Bolln and Miss Grace Neale sang the anthems.
The pallbearers were Henry Rohwer, Gus Lage, Hans Kay, Jacob Sierk, George Rohwer and James Vaughan, men who have done business with him and respected him ever since he came to the county.
Adding the following we find in our files: Henry Rix was born in Germany of poor parents, so when 17 years of age he came to America and helped to finish the U.P. railroad bridge at Omaha in 1870, then three years helping build depots, etc. for them and then he came to Ft. Calhoun and was a carpenter and contractor for nine years before becoming a merchant.
April, 1916: The father of Henry Rix has just died in Germany, aged 92 years. His wife he married 66 years ago still survives him. Pioneer Nicholas Rix of Ft. Calhoun says one sister died recently at the age of 82. The family of the deceased consisted of ten children and Henry Rix's father was the only child that ever had a doctor called, but not from illness. Nicholas had bought a horse in the market that proved unruly and hurt his brother, so he needed a doctor, and Nicholas says, "I had a hard time selling that horse again on the market, I only got rid of him at the close of the day."
We also learn that his first work in America was cutting brush for his uncle on Deer Creek.
One of his secrets of success was not to worry except in extreme cases. Some years ago when there was a stampede in financial circles he told this writer he had made arrangements to pay every depositor in full as fast as they called and then quit the business.
Ft. Calhoun and Washington county should be proud of such a citizen and his career.
~~~Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file at the Blair Public Library.~~~
#1-Published in the Pilot September 7, 1921
Henry Rix, Washington County pioneer and founder of the Washington County Bank, died at his home in Fort Calhoun, last Friday morning following an operation Wednesday evening for an obstruction of the bowels. He was taken suddenly sick Tuesday morning. The funeral was held at the family home at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, Rev. C. Frank officiating. Mr. Rix was born in Germany February 1st, 1852, and came to this country with his uncle when a lad of 15 years. He worked on the U.P bridge in Omaha for a year and then settled in Fort Calhoun. He first started a small lumber yard, then added a hardware store, then started an elevator, then the general merchandising business and finally the bank, which became his chief interest for the greater part of his active business life.
On July 16th, 1885, he was married to Mis May Frahm and five children were born to them, one dying in infancy. Those surviving him, beside the wife, are Mrs. Elsie Cook, Ernest, Walter and Howard. He is survived by two brothers in Germany. He was a member of the W.O.W. Lodge and carried an insurance policy in that order. The story of his business life is almost a history of the business activities in Fort Calhoun. His sudden death is a source of great grief not only to the immediate family, but to his large number of friends.
#2-8 Sept., 1921 - The Tribune - Henry Rix
HENRY RIX, FOUNDER OF WASHINGTON BANK, DEAD
Henry Rix, founder and president of the Washington County Bank, merchant, alfalfa mill beginner, horticulture and friend to man is dead.
Not since the passing of Elam Clark has Ft. Calhoun felt such a loss as we have in the death of Henry Rix, who died September 2, 1921 after a few days' illness from folding of the bowels after all that could be done for him by Omaha specialists, who operated on him August 31st.
Perhaps 45 years ago a man in the post office was inquiring for Henry Rix, a young carpenter, when Postmaster John R. Kuony said, "You will find him on his uncle, Nicholas Rix's farm. He is too busy a man to spend his time in town."
Soon afterwards his uncle sent him to me to help him write a bid on the Ft. Calhoun Catholic church, which still stands a monument to the work of his hands. Since those days our friendship has been as close as though we belonged to the same family. In pretty much all his successes since he has taken pleasure in telling of them to this writer.
When he was building seven or eight country school houses in Douglas and Washington counties, he one day told me he was going to start a little hardware store for his own convenience, and he put up a little store where the railroad track now is and we helped him mark his goods and put them on the shelves, and when he put up another small building where the old bank now stands and opened a general store, we again helped him put that in order, and as business enlarged and he added coal and lumber he one day on the depot platform said, "Mr. Woods, if I make any money in Ft. Calhoun, I shall spend it here." And he surely has kept his word. And later he opened his bank, and then again he came to tell me he proposed to plant an orchard and grow small fruits to give work to our young people, so many of them would not have to leave home in search of employment, and he bought of us such plants as we had for sale, and had us order trees, etc., for two or three years for this purpose so we could fill a whole Tribune with his labor and patience and kindness of heart.
He often remonstrated with me for living alone for fear I would get sick and be in need of help.
He was the greatest lover of flowers in the city, and often came to see mine and tell me of some rare one he had purchased or was in bloom, busy as his days were.
His love for his family or his neighbors needs no further eulogy from us. It is known to everyone who has ever made his acquaintance. His home, although in the business part of the city, after his marriage to Miss May Frahm, daughter of the late Pioneer Henry Frahm, has been kept the most beautiful in the city.
Henry Rix was born February 1, 1852 at Holstein, Germany, became an American citizen May 25, 1877. He had made his last visit to his parents in 1869. He leaves his wife, three sons and one daughter. Ernest, cashier of the Washington County Bank; Walter, at home; Howard, most of the time at the company mill in Nebraska City; and Mrs. Elsie Cook, who has been seriously ill in an Omaha hospital and was brought home after his death, and one granddaughter.
Although the weather had cleared at the time of the funeral from the home he had so loved and where he had lived so long, the morning shower and threatening sky no doubt kept a very large number away. There were so many from Omaha, Douglas county and Blair and other towns we gave up trying to get the names. Rev. Frank, pastor of the Presbyterian church, preached the sermon, Mrs. Charles Rathjen was at the piano and Mrs. Joe Bolln and Miss Grace Neale sang the anthems.
The pallbearers were Henry Rohwer, Gus Lage, Hans Kay, Jacob Sierk, George Rohwer and James Vaughan, men who have done business with him and respected him ever since he came to the county.
Adding the following we find in our files: Henry Rix was born in Germany of poor parents, so when 17 years of age he came to America and helped to finish the U.P. railroad bridge at Omaha in 1870, then three years helping build depots, etc. for them and then he came to Ft. Calhoun and was a carpenter and contractor for nine years before becoming a merchant.
April, 1916: The father of Henry Rix has just died in Germany, aged 92 years. His wife he married 66 years ago still survives him. Pioneer Nicholas Rix of Ft. Calhoun says one sister died recently at the age of 82. The family of the deceased consisted of ten children and Henry Rix's father was the only child that ever had a doctor called, but not from illness. Nicholas had bought a horse in the market that proved unruly and hurt his brother, so he needed a doctor, and Nicholas says, "I had a hard time selling that horse again on the market, I only got rid of him at the close of the day."
We also learn that his first work in America was cutting brush for his uncle on Deer Creek.
One of his secrets of success was not to worry except in extreme cases. Some years ago when there was a stampede in financial circles he told this writer he had made arrangements to pay every depositor in full as fast as they called and then quit the business.
Ft. Calhoun and Washington county should be proud of such a citizen and his career.
~~~Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file at the Blair Public Library.~~~
Husband of May Frahm Rix.
#1-Published in the Pilot September 7, 1921
Henry Rix, Washington County pioneer and founder of the Washington County Bank, died at his home in Fort Calhoun, last Friday morning following an operation Wednesday evening for an obstruction of the bowels. He was taken suddenly sick Tuesday morning. The funeral was held at the family home at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, Rev. C. Frank officiating. Mr. Rix was born in Germany February 1st, 1852, and came to this country with his uncle when a lad of 15 years. He worked on the U.P bridge in Omaha for a year and then settled in Fort Calhoun. He first started a small lumber yard, then added a hardware store, then started an elevator, then the general merchandising business and finally the bank, which became his chief interest for the greater part of his active business life.
On July 16th, 1885, he was married to Mis May Frahm and five children were born to them, one dying in infancy. Those surviving him, beside the wife, are Mrs. Elsie Cook, Ernest, Walter and Howard. He is survived by two brothers in Germany. He was a member of the W.O.W. Lodge and carried an insurance policy in that order. The story of his business life is almost a history of the business activities in Fort Calhoun. His sudden death is a source of great grief not only to the immediate family, but to his large number of friends.
#2-8 Sept., 1921 - The Tribune - Henry Rix
HENRY RIX, FOUNDER OF WASHINGTON BANK, DEAD
Henry Rix, founder and president of the Washington County Bank, merchant, alfalfa mill beginner, horticulture and friend to man is dead.
Not since the passing of Elam Clark has Ft. Calhoun felt such a loss as we have in the death of Henry Rix, who died September 2, 1921 after a few days' illness from folding of the bowels after all that could be done for him by Omaha specialists, who operated on him August 31st.
Perhaps 45 years ago a man in the post office was inquiring for Henry Rix, a young carpenter, when Postmaster John R. Kuony said, "You will find him on his uncle, Nicholas Rix's farm. He is too busy a man to spend his time in town."
Soon afterwards his uncle sent him to me to help him write a bid on the Ft. Calhoun Catholic church, which still stands a monument to the work of his hands. Since those days our friendship has been as close as though we belonged to the same family. In pretty much all his successes since he has taken pleasure in telling of them to this writer.
When he was building seven or eight country school houses in Douglas and Washington counties, he one day told me he was going to start a little hardware store for his own convenience, and he put up a little store where the railroad track now is and we helped him mark his goods and put them on the shelves, and when he put up another small building where the old bank now stands and opened a general store, we again helped him put that in order, and as business enlarged and he added coal and lumber he one day on the depot platform said, "Mr. Woods, if I make any money in Ft. Calhoun, I shall spend it here." And he surely has kept his word. And later he opened his bank, and then again he came to tell me he proposed to plant an orchard and grow small fruits to give work to our young people, so many of them would not have to leave home in search of employment, and he bought of us such plants as we had for sale, and had us order trees, etc., for two or three years for this purpose so we could fill a whole Tribune with his labor and patience and kindness of heart.
He often remonstrated with me for living alone for fear I would get sick and be in need of help.
He was the greatest lover of flowers in the city, and often came to see mine and tell me of some rare one he had purchased or was in bloom, busy as his days were.
His love for his family or his neighbors needs no further eulogy from us. It is known to everyone who has ever made his acquaintance. His home, although in the business part of the city, after his marriage to Miss May Frahm, daughter of the late Pioneer Henry Frahm, has been kept the most beautiful in the city.
Henry Rix was born February 1, 1852 at Holstein, Germany, became an American citizen May 25, 1877. He had made his last visit to his parents in 1869. He leaves his wife, three sons and one daughter. Ernest, cashier of the Washington County Bank; Walter, at home; Howard, most of the time at the company mill in Nebraska City; and Mrs. Elsie Cook, who has been seriously ill in an Omaha hospital and was brought home after his death, and one granddaughter.
Although the weather had cleared at the time of the funeral from the home he had so loved and where he had lived so long, the morning shower and threatening sky no doubt kept a very large number away. There were so many from Omaha, Douglas county and Blair and other towns we gave up trying to get the names. Rev. Frank, pastor of the Presbyterian church, preached the sermon, Mrs. Charles Rathjen was at the piano and Mrs. Joe Bolln and Miss Grace Neale sang the anthems.
The pallbearers were Henry Rohwer, Gus Lage, Hans Kay, Jacob Sierk, George Rohwer and James Vaughan, men who have done business with him and respected him ever since he came to the county.
Adding the following we find in our files: Henry Rix was born in Germany of poor parents, so when 17 years of age he came to America and helped to finish the U.P. railroad bridge at Omaha in 1870, then three years helping build depots, etc. for them and then he came to Ft. Calhoun and was a carpenter and contractor for nine years before becoming a merchant.
April, 1916: The father of Henry Rix has just died in Germany, aged 92 years. His wife he married 66 years ago still survives him. Pioneer Nicholas Rix of Ft. Calhoun says one sister died recently at the age of 82. The family of the deceased consisted of ten children and Henry Rix's father was the only child that ever had a doctor called, but not from illness. Nicholas had bought a horse in the market that proved unruly and hurt his brother, so he needed a doctor, and Nicholas says, "I had a hard time selling that horse again on the market, I only got rid of him at the close of the day."
We also learn that his first work in America was cutting brush for his uncle on Deer Creek.
One of his secrets of success was not to worry except in extreme cases. Some years ago when there was a stampede in financial circles he told this writer he had made arrangements to pay every depositor in full as fast as they called and then quit the business.
Ft. Calhoun and Washington county should be proud of such a citizen and his career.
~~~Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file at the Blair Public Library.~~~
#1-Published in the Pilot September 7, 1921
Henry Rix, Washington County pioneer and founder of the Washington County Bank, died at his home in Fort Calhoun, last Friday morning following an operation Wednesday evening for an obstruction of the bowels. He was taken suddenly sick Tuesday morning. The funeral was held at the family home at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, Rev. C. Frank officiating. Mr. Rix was born in Germany February 1st, 1852, and came to this country with his uncle when a lad of 15 years. He worked on the U.P bridge in Omaha for a year and then settled in Fort Calhoun. He first started a small lumber yard, then added a hardware store, then started an elevator, then the general merchandising business and finally the bank, which became his chief interest for the greater part of his active business life.
On July 16th, 1885, he was married to Mis May Frahm and five children were born to them, one dying in infancy. Those surviving him, beside the wife, are Mrs. Elsie Cook, Ernest, Walter and Howard. He is survived by two brothers in Germany. He was a member of the W.O.W. Lodge and carried an insurance policy in that order. The story of his business life is almost a history of the business activities in Fort Calhoun. His sudden death is a source of great grief not only to the immediate family, but to his large number of friends.
#2-8 Sept., 1921 - The Tribune - Henry Rix
HENRY RIX, FOUNDER OF WASHINGTON BANK, DEAD
Henry Rix, founder and president of the Washington County Bank, merchant, alfalfa mill beginner, horticulture and friend to man is dead.
Not since the passing of Elam Clark has Ft. Calhoun felt such a loss as we have in the death of Henry Rix, who died September 2, 1921 after a few days' illness from folding of the bowels after all that could be done for him by Omaha specialists, who operated on him August 31st.
Perhaps 45 years ago a man in the post office was inquiring for Henry Rix, a young carpenter, when Postmaster John R. Kuony said, "You will find him on his uncle, Nicholas Rix's farm. He is too busy a man to spend his time in town."
Soon afterwards his uncle sent him to me to help him write a bid on the Ft. Calhoun Catholic church, which still stands a monument to the work of his hands. Since those days our friendship has been as close as though we belonged to the same family. In pretty much all his successes since he has taken pleasure in telling of them to this writer.
When he was building seven or eight country school houses in Douglas and Washington counties, he one day told me he was going to start a little hardware store for his own convenience, and he put up a little store where the railroad track now is and we helped him mark his goods and put them on the shelves, and when he put up another small building where the old bank now stands and opened a general store, we again helped him put that in order, and as business enlarged and he added coal and lumber he one day on the depot platform said, "Mr. Woods, if I make any money in Ft. Calhoun, I shall spend it here." And he surely has kept his word. And later he opened his bank, and then again he came to tell me he proposed to plant an orchard and grow small fruits to give work to our young people, so many of them would not have to leave home in search of employment, and he bought of us such plants as we had for sale, and had us order trees, etc., for two or three years for this purpose so we could fill a whole Tribune with his labor and patience and kindness of heart.
He often remonstrated with me for living alone for fear I would get sick and be in need of help.
He was the greatest lover of flowers in the city, and often came to see mine and tell me of some rare one he had purchased or was in bloom, busy as his days were.
His love for his family or his neighbors needs no further eulogy from us. It is known to everyone who has ever made his acquaintance. His home, although in the business part of the city, after his marriage to Miss May Frahm, daughter of the late Pioneer Henry Frahm, has been kept the most beautiful in the city.
Henry Rix was born February 1, 1852 at Holstein, Germany, became an American citizen May 25, 1877. He had made his last visit to his parents in 1869. He leaves his wife, three sons and one daughter. Ernest, cashier of the Washington County Bank; Walter, at home; Howard, most of the time at the company mill in Nebraska City; and Mrs. Elsie Cook, who has been seriously ill in an Omaha hospital and was brought home after his death, and one granddaughter.
Although the weather had cleared at the time of the funeral from the home he had so loved and where he had lived so long, the morning shower and threatening sky no doubt kept a very large number away. There were so many from Omaha, Douglas county and Blair and other towns we gave up trying to get the names. Rev. Frank, pastor of the Presbyterian church, preached the sermon, Mrs. Charles Rathjen was at the piano and Mrs. Joe Bolln and Miss Grace Neale sang the anthems.
The pallbearers were Henry Rohwer, Gus Lage, Hans Kay, Jacob Sierk, George Rohwer and James Vaughan, men who have done business with him and respected him ever since he came to the county.
Adding the following we find in our files: Henry Rix was born in Germany of poor parents, so when 17 years of age he came to America and helped to finish the U.P. railroad bridge at Omaha in 1870, then three years helping build depots, etc. for them and then he came to Ft. Calhoun and was a carpenter and contractor for nine years before becoming a merchant.
April, 1916: The father of Henry Rix has just died in Germany, aged 92 years. His wife he married 66 years ago still survives him. Pioneer Nicholas Rix of Ft. Calhoun says one sister died recently at the age of 82. The family of the deceased consisted of ten children and Henry Rix's father was the only child that ever had a doctor called, but not from illness. Nicholas had bought a horse in the market that proved unruly and hurt his brother, so he needed a doctor, and Nicholas says, "I had a hard time selling that horse again on the market, I only got rid of him at the close of the day."
We also learn that his first work in America was cutting brush for his uncle on Deer Creek.
One of his secrets of success was not to worry except in extreme cases. Some years ago when there was a stampede in financial circles he told this writer he had made arrangements to pay every depositor in full as fast as they called and then quit the business.
Ft. Calhoun and Washington county should be proud of such a citizen and his career.
~~~Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file at the Blair Public Library.~~~
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