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Francois Xavier “Frank” Rihn

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Birth	:	14 Nov 1852 France
Death	:	31 Aug 1928 Gurley, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Union Valley Cemetery, Gurley, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.3513985, -102.9156036
Description	:	Son of Johannes & Barbara (Zimmerman) Rihn. Married Minnie Branger Feb 16, 1882 in Illinois. From the 1909 History, Reminiscence and Briography of Western Nebraska p. 1020-1021: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/cofhar/index.html FRANK RIHN. Frank Rihn, a highly respected citizen and old settler of western Nebraska, is among the prominent farmers of Union Valley precinct, Cheyenne county, where he owns a valuable estate. He resides on a fine farm and ranch of six hundred and forty acres, a large part of which is under good cultivation; he merits the success which has come to him from his labors and the high station which... Read More	Son of Johannes & Barbara (Zimmerman) Rihn. Married Minnie Branger Feb 16, 1882 in Illinois. From the 1909 History, Reminiscence and Briography of Western Nebraska p. 1020-1021: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/cofhar/index.html FRANK RIHN. Frank Rihn, a highly respected citizen and old settler of western Nebraska, is among the prominent farmers of Union Valley precinct, Cheyenne county, where he owns a valuable estate. He resides on a fine farm and ranch of six hundred and forty acres, a large part of which is under good cultivation; he merits the success which has come to him from his labors and the high station which he holds as an agriculturist and worthy citizen. Mr. Rihn was born in the village of Westhouser, Alsace, Germany, then a part of France, November 15, 1853, and lived to the age of fourteen years in his native province. Then with two older brothers he came to America, sailing from Havre, France, in September, 1868, landing in New York after a voyage of nineteen days. Our subject was the eighth in a family of nine children, six boys and three girls, born to their parents who lived and died in Alsace. The three boys settled first near St. Jacobs, in Madison county, Illinois, where our subject lived with and worked for an uncle for one year; then he was employed for two years by William Faires, a well known farmer of that region. Later he spent one year in St. Louis driving a delivery wagon for a brother who was engaged in the bakery business. He then returned to Illinois, entering employ of his uncle again. He remained in the employ of his uncle for some years, during which time he sowed ten acres of wheat on his own account. having in the meantime bought a horse. For the following five years he worked for Nicholas Michaels, in whose employ he remained until he came west in 1884. In the fall of 1884, he came to Nebraska and filed on a homestead and tree claim, near Sidney. He remained in Nebraska but a short time, however, returning to Illinois. In the spring of 1885 he settled with his family permanently in Cheyenne county. He was the first settler on the North Divide, passing through all the experiences of the early period of Nebraska settlement. He saw settlers come into the region, strive hard to build up homes, fail and abandon their homesteads, while others were more successful and remained through the early years and secured a competency. He was one of the latter class, and although he had a hard time to get along during some years when crops were failures, and there seemed to be no way to make a living, yet he stuck bravely to his farm and is now one of the well to do men of his locality. He has a good farm, with a complete set of substantial buildings, located in section 30, township 16, range 49, and farms about one hundred and sixty acres, running about seventy head of cattle and fifteen horses. An especially substantial stone dwelling has replaced the old sod house in which the family at first resided. A large and convenient barn was built in 1907. A view of the place will be found on another page in this work. Mr. Rihn was married to Miss Minnie Branger, born in Madison county, Illinois, the wedding taking place on February, 16, 1882. Together they went through pioneer times in Nebraska, and raised an interesting family of eight children, who are named as follows: Mary, Katherine, Lena, William, Edwin, Julia, Emma and Joseph, all living at home at the present time. Katherine and Lena are successful teachers in the county. Our subject has always been active in local and county affairs, having been the first assessor of his precinct, and also served as justice of the peace for a number of years. and was county commissioner during the years 1903-1904 and 1905, proving a faithful and efficient public official. For many years past he has been a member of the school board in district No. 138. Politically he is a Democrat. In religious matters he was reared in the Catholic church.

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Francois Xavier “Frank” Rihn death on 31 Aug 1928 in Gurley, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 41.3513985
Longitude: -102.9156036

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Wilhelmina “Minnie” Branger Rihn

(1858 - 1920)

Siblings

Children

Mary Emelia Rihn Forward

(1882 - 1972)

Katherine Annie Rihn

(1884 - 1969)

Magdaline Louise “Lena” Rihn Carrier

(1887 - 1918)

Edwin Albert Rihn

(1891 - 1983)

Alice Addie Rihn

(1892 - 1893)

Julia M. Rihn McRoberts

(1894 - 1974)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Union Valley Cemetery
Gurley, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3513985, -102.9156036

2. Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery
Dalton, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4028015, -102.9630966

3. Dalton Cemetery
Dalton, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4030991, -102.9649963

4. Gurley Cemetery
Gurley, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3014000, -102.9733000

5. Salem Cemetery
Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3081017, -103.0410995

6. Weyerts Cemetery
Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3226700, -102.7242355

7. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery
Sunol, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2952000, -102.6865000

8. Barrow Pit Cemetery
Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1485275, -102.9208933

9. Greenwood Cemetery
Sidney, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1497002, -102.9569016

10. Green Mound Cemetery
Bridgeport, Morrill County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5389500, -103.0229500

11. Boot Hill Cemetery
Sidney, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1491000, -102.9727000

12. Silverthorne Cemetery
Morrill County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5264015, -102.7530975

13. Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery
Gurley, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3154000, -103.2045000

14. Sanders Cemetery
Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4085999, -103.2157974

15. Archibald Chitwood Gravesite
Broadwater, Morrill County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5670300, -102.7748700

16. Grand Prairie Cemetery
Sidney, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1060982, -102.9719009

17. Lisco Memorial Cemetery
Lisco, Garden County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4844017, -102.6247025

18. West Lisco Cemetery
Morrill County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5176300, -102.6559000

19. Pleasantview Cemetery
Lodgepole, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2080994, -102.6299973

20. Rose Hill Cemetery
Broadwater, Morrill County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6067009, -102.8488998

21. Smyrna Cemetery
Potter, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3078000, -103.2785000

22. Pioneer Cemetery
Lodgepole, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1534000, -102.6337000

23. Czech Slovensky Cemetery
Sunol, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0642014, -102.7431030

24. Trinity Lutheran South Divide Cemetery
Sidney, Cheyenne County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0316500, -102.9076500