History of Nemaha County, Kansas . ltes in Kansas was a oneroom house, and the barn which they used was built of prairie hay. Inthis home six of the children were born, and then the elder Nolte boughteighty acres in section i, Center township, and made improvementsaccording to his means, which were still limited. He set out an orchardand otherwise beautified the prairie, and prosperity smiled upon him inthe course of years of ceaseless endeavor and good management, and heeventually became the owner of 320 acres. He became a prominent resi-dent of his township and filled the office of justice o
History of Nemaha County, Kansas . ltes in Kansas was a oneroom house, and the barn which they used was built of prairie hay. Inthis home six of the children were born, and then the elder Nolte boughteighty acres in section i, Center township, and made improvementsaccording to his means, which were still limited. He set out an orchardand otherwise beautified the prairie, and prosperity smiled upon him inthe course of years of ceaseless endeavor and good management, and heeventually became the owner of 320 acres. He became a prominent resi-dent of his township and filled the office of justice of the peace for twoyears previous to his demise on January 9, 1915. Alois Nolte was theson of John and Elizabeth (Trapham) Nolte, who were tillers of the soilin AVestphalia, Germany. The wife of Alois Nolte, and mother of thesubject of this review, was born October 26, 1851, in St. Louis, Mo., andwas a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Hartbeck) Bartka, who werethe parents of six children, of whom three are living. Henry Bartka was. ALOIS NOLTE AND FAMILY. HISTORY OF NEMAHA COUNTY 533 born in Germany and was a laborer who immigrated to America and diedat Quincy, 111., at the age of eighty-four years. The mother of AntonNolte is an industrious, hard working woman, who assisted her husbandin tilling his land, while rearing her large family of fourteen is yet living, and is just as thorough in her work and just as active asin her younger days. Anton Nolte attended the district school and Sts. Peter and Paulsparochial schools at Seneca, Kans., and for some time, has been managingthe family estate. He keeps high grade Durham cattle and Poland Chinahogs, and is an excellent and industrious farmer, who learned the art oftilling the soil from a competent parent. He is a Democrat in politics,a member of the Knights of Columbus, and is unmarried. The remarkable family of fourteen children reared to maturity byAlois and Mary Ann Nolte, are as follows: Henry, working at the Red
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