Our annual meeting was held Sunday, March 22 and was well attended by the public. The meeting was called to order at 2:00 by one of our co-chairman Steve Renz who gave a summary of our activities over the last year. He highlighted the video interviews being conducted by Ken Scroggins and stated that we will be continuing to document our living history in the coming year. The minutes of last year's meeting were read by our secretary Camie Kroeger and our treasurer Dave Healey

Civil War, Corporal Co. I 114th IL Inf Job Allen Job Allen was born on January 1st, 1840 in Wabash County, Indiana to Job and Clarissa Allen. He was the sixth of eight children, having one brother and six sisters. As a young man he moved to Illinois with his parents and siblings and in July of 1862 he enlisted in Company I of the 114th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He mustered in at Camp Butler on September 18th and on November 8th left with his regiment for Memphis, Tennessee

Spanish American and Philippine Wars, Private Co. H 1st NE Inf William Otto Kustenborder, a promising young man ready to serve his country. William Otto Kustenborder was born on March 4th, 1879 in Centre County, Pennsylvania to Levi and Susanna Kustenborder. William had 12 siblings but only four of them would survive into adulthood and although he was not the only son, he was the only one to make it out of infancy. In 1882 William, or Otto as he was often called, moved with h

A while back the Nuckolls County Historical Society and Museum was contacted by an organization named the Sons of Union Veterans of the...