. Omaha illustrated : a history of the pioneer period and the Omaha of today embracing reliable statistics and information, with over two hundred illustrations, including prominent buildings, portraits, and sketches of leading citizens . ce of his profession, 01 as the leadei of a record which estab-lished for him a repu-tation as an able law-jer. Retiring fromhis office he devotedhimself to civil prac-tice, in which heproved as capable ashe had been in theprosecution of crim-inal cases. Mr. Con-nell was appointedCity Attorney inApril, 1S83, and heldthe office for fouryears,serving throughthe
. Omaha illustrated : a history of the pioneer period and the Omaha of today embracing reliable statistics and information, with over two hundred illustrations, including prominent buildings, portraits, and sketches of leading citizens . ce of his profession, 01 as the leadei of a record which estab-lished for him a repu-tation as an able law-jer. Retiring fromhis office he devotedhimself to civil prac-tice, in which heproved as capable ashe had been in theprosecution of crim-inal cases. Mr. Con-nell was appointedCity Attorney inApril, 1S83, and heldthe office for fouryears,serving throughthe administration ofMayor Boyd. saved theuty hundreds ofthousands of dollarsby his successful de-fense of suits for dam-ages and by his soundlegal advice on im-portant questions. Hewas mainly instru-mental in devising acharter for the cityunder which all thepublic improvementsthat have wroughtsuch a wonderfulchange in this citybecame all theseyears he has been anactive and honorablepolitician, a publicrluiii- Vt the uni. time he has advanced steadily in his profession,r of thib city and State His leputation is that of a persistent fighter,polit cil fiction, 01 as the champion of any cause m which he may be. interested. As a parliamentarian he has few equals. Mr. Connell was married on the 24th of September, 1872, at St. Johnsbury,Vermont, to Miss Mattie Chadwick, and five children have been born to them —Helen, Ralph S., Karl A., Marion and Hazel. Hishome, Hillcrest, occupies a beautiful and commanding location on St. Marys avenue.—A. s.] Among the early settlers who came to Omaha prior to i860 are the following, the listincluding many who came here during the years 1855-56: A. J. Hanscom, the Creightons, C. , Herman Kountze, James G. Chapman,* J. K. Ish,* O. F. Davis,* John Green, PeterWindheim, the Beindorfs, Cam Reeves, the Reeses, Richard Kimball, St. John Goodrich,*Charles S. Goodrich, Ezra Millard,* Joseph H. Millard, the Barkalows, t
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