. A genealogy of the Nye family. E. Redfield, of Salt Lake City, Utah. 4395 Fred Wilson, born Februarv 14, 1866; lives at Clovis,Cal. 4396 Laura Louise, born September 15, 1868; married,March 18, 1894, Andrew J. Proffit, of Lexington, Neb. 4397 Mark Asa, born October 14, 1872; a student (1902)in Omaha Medical College. 4398 Velma Sylvester, born September 9, 1875 ; married,May 16, 1893, Samuel S. Reynolds, of Maxwell, Neb. 4399 Alfred Ancil, born October 7, 1879. 4400 Clara Maud, born September 5, 1882. 4401 Homer Lcroy, born July 22. 1885. 3177—EDGAR WILSON NYE (Franklin,^^ Bart-lett,* Bartlet
. A genealogy of the Nye family. E. Redfield, of Salt Lake City, Utah. 4395 Fred Wilson, born Februarv 14, 1866; lives at Clovis,Cal. 4396 Laura Louise, born September 15, 1868; married,March 18, 1894, Andrew J. Proffit, of Lexington, Neb. 4397 Mark Asa, born October 14, 1872; a student (1902)in Omaha Medical College. 4398 Velma Sylvester, born September 9, 1875 ; married,May 16, 1893, Samuel S. Reynolds, of Maxwell, Neb. 4399 Alfred Ancil, born October 7, 1879. 4400 Clara Maud, born September 5, 1882. 4401 Homer Lcroy, born July 22. 1885. 3177—EDGAR WILSON NYE (Franklin,^^ Bart-lett,* Bartlett,^ Joseph, Peleg,= John,^ Benjamin^), bornat Shirley, Piscataquis County. Maine, August 25, his jioiii dc plume of ■Bill Nye he is known theworld over. According to his own story, when he wasabout two years of age, he took his parents by the handand led them to the West. They went to Wisconsin in1853 ^<^ settled on a farm in St. Croix County, near RiverFalls, where Edgar, as the family called him, grew to man-. Ei)(;.\K X^ EIGHTH GENERATION 541 hood. He was educated in the common schools and at theAcademy at River Falls, worked on the farm, taught schoola few years and studied law. In the spring of 1876 he went into Wyoming Territory,having no financial resources whatever, and located in Lari-mee City, where he took a position on the Larimee CityDaily Sentinel, a paper then published by Mr. soon acquired pronounced local fame which rapidlyspread throughout the West. He was a regular contributorfor some time to the Denver Sunday Tribune, and in themeantime practiced law somewhat, and held the position ofMunicipal Judge. He was also for a time Postmaster atLarimee City. He later organized a newspaper Companyknown as the Boomerang Company, and started the Lari-mee City Daily fioomerang, which for some time, until hishealth failed was widely copied throughout the UnitedStates. In the later part of 1879 or 1880 he met with asickness which finall
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