HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG0933.AM: Frederick E. Dalrymple, 1852-1921
Papers: 1864, 1879, 1921, n.d.
Kearney and Buffalo Counties, Nebraska: Physician
Size: One folder
BACKGROUND NOTE
Born in New York on April 2, 1852, Frederick E. Dalrymple came to Nebraska sometime between 1870 and 1880. The 1880 census shows he was practicing medicine in Dawson County, Nebraska. He married Kate Jayne in Dawson County on January 12, 1880. By 1900, the couple had moved to Buffalo County, Nebraska. In 1910, the Dalrymples were living in Plum Creek, Pawnee County, and by 1920, Dr. Dalrymple had retired and moved to Lincoln, Nebraska. Dr. Frederick E. Dalrymple died on December 23, 1921. He is buried next to his wife in Wyuka Cemetery at Lincoln, Nebraska.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection contains a few pieces of correspondence and miscellaneous other items relating to Dr. Frederick E. Dalrymple and his family. Included are three letters from Fred’s brother, Asa Manning Dalrymple dating from 1864. The letters tell of Asa’s life in the New York 1st Dragoons and include information about war prisoners, deserters, and raids. Another (undated) letter in the collection is from Dalrymple’s sister Elizabeth, from Hastings, Nebraska. The remainder of the collection consists of several obituaries and memorial notices for Dr. Dalrymple and a ticket of admittance to the execution of Stephen D. Richards at Minden, Nebraska, on April 26, 1879.
ADDITIONAL OR RELATED MATERIALS
The archives also contains a photo collection relating to Stephen D. Richards [RG2908.PH].
Subject headings:
Bates, Elizabeth C. (Dalrymple), 1836-1918
Capital punishment — Nebraska
Dalrymple Family
Dalrymple, Asa Manning, 1845-1864
Dalrymple, Frederick E., 1852-1921
Richards, Stephen Dee, -1879
United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865
Revised TMM 05-19-2008