by James Canby | Mar 1, 2022 | SW People & Families
Perhaps no family has had a more long range influence on Langley than the six generations of Furmans who have lived here continuously since Frank Furman and his wife, Anna, arrived in 1898.While the Hunzikers, Howards and McLeods were busy establishing stores, hotels...
by James Canby | Mar 1, 2022 | SW People & Families
David McLeod, Murdock and Lottie’s son, is the one member of the McLeod clan who has lived practically his entire life in Langley since his birth in 1909. From his infancy he was ac-customed to having his relatives involved in town government. He remembers hearing his...
by James Canby | Mar 1, 2022 | SW People & Families
Shortly after Angus purchased his farm and settled on Third Street his brother, Murdock, who originally had located near the present County Fairgrounds, transferred his holdings to a ten-acre tract abutting Angus’ home. He devoted himself to developing his acreage...
by James Canby | Mar 1, 2022 | SW People & Families
Hugh McLeod was one of eight sons of Malcolm and Anne McLeod who had migrated to Nebraska from Skye Island, Scotland, by way of Prince Edward Island. They were a close- knit family and soon after Hugh arrived in Langley he sent word to his brothers in Nebraska that he...
by James Canby | Mar 1, 2022 | SW People & Families
In 1902 a new name was added to Langley’s growing list of leading citizens but this time it was not just one family but almost an entire Scottish clan which arrived. In the vanguard was Hugh McLeod, a successful Nebraska lawyer, and his reason for coming was most...
by James Canby | Mar 1, 2022 | SW People & Families
On a certain bleak day in the spring of 1900, 57 year-old Elizabeth Strawbridge sat in the office of her doctor in Jacksonville, Illinois, and heard him make the chilling diagnosis that she was dying of tuberculosis. Was there any hope, she asked. His response was...
