The Anderson Grove Cemetery Project

Heinrich “Henry” Peter Iske – 24 January 1829 – 23 NOV 1906

Henry, as he was known, was born in Prussia, in what today would be Hanover, Germany, to Wilhelm and Sophia (Fogel) Iske. He emigrated to the United States in the 1850s and stopped in New Orleans, Louisiana before heading north to Davenport County, Iowa.

On October 15th, 1856, Henry married Maria “Mary” Augusta Schuemann, a fellow Prussian immigrant. The first three of their eleven children were born in Iowa, then the family headed west to settle Sarpy County, Nebraska. The 1870 US Census shows the family, now with five children, on their farm near Larimer Mills Post Office on the banks of the Platte River. By 1880, with all but one of their eleven children born, Henry is listed as owning over 460 acres of land, valued at well over $10,000. In 1900, Henry is noted as a naturalized citizen of the United States. While Mary’s citizenship is not listed, it was the law at the time that women’s citizenship was tied to that of their husbands.

In October of 1906, the Iske’s celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with over sixty guests in attendance. Just six weeks later, on November 23rd, Henry passed away at home at the age of 77. His obituary reads in part, “…and although the weather was very bad, one of the largest concourses of friends and neighbors that had ever assembled in Sarpy County, turned out to pay their last respects…”

*As his obituary appeared in two local newspapers in November 1906, we are confident that the year inscribed on his marker is in error and was perhaps placed well after his death.

📸:FindAGrave contributor – Christina Atkinson
📰:”Bellevue Gazette”, 30 Nov 1906, Bellevue, NE, pg 6

Anna (Isaac) Gledhill Daniell – 7 Jan 1832 – 21 NOV 1900

Anna was born to Richard and Anna (Bacon) Isaac in Lincolnshire, England, the oldest of their four children. In 1848, the family boarded the Nathaniel Hooper in Liverpool, England, bound for New York Harbor. They arrived on May 30th, and soon settled into farm life in small Ridgeway, New York, near Lake Ontario.

In the early 1850s, Anna married John Gledhill. The couple had three sons before John’s death. By 1860, Anna and her children had moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she met and married fellow English immigrant, Richard Daniell. She became a stepmother to Richard’s son and then welcomed her fifth and final son to their blended family.

In 1867, the family moved south to settle and farm in Sarpy County, Nebraska. Anna remained here, raising her sons, keeping the home, and becoming the matriarch of a large extended family until her death at the age of 68 in 1900.

📸 : FindAGrave contributor: Shelley

Thomas Richardson* Daniell – 9 Nov 1865 – 16 NOV 1942

Thomas was born to Richard and Anna (Isaac) Daniell in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was welcomed by four half-brothers from his parents first marriages.

The family moved south to establish a farm in Nebraska when Tom was just a toddler, pioneers of Sarpy County. Tom grew up here and married Ruth Gates, the daughter of another pioneer family, in 1889. The couple went on to welcome eight children of their own.

Tom became one of Sarpy County’s wealthiest farmers and stockmen, with an accumulation of hundreds of acres of farmland as well as cattle. Additionally, he was the director of the Packers National Bank. The attached articles tell the story of a man who lived a long and prosperous life.

*As we often find in tracing an individual in the late 19th and early 20th century, the spelling of Mr. Daniell’s name fluctuates. His middle name is reported on various documents as either “Richard” or “Richardson”. Per the custom of the time during his adulthood, he often was referred to as simply “T.R. Daniell”. His 1889 marriage certificate, which he would have self-reported on, lists his full name as “Thomas Richardson Daniell”.

📸: Find a Grave contributor- Shelley
📰: (1) “Papillion Times”, 19 Nov 1942, pg. 1
📰: (2) Omaha World-Herald, 16 Jul 1937, pg. 5