Researching the following family and related surnames:
Frederick Franz (F. F.) GUTHMANN family of Seward. Wife, Sophia (nee FINKE). Children: Katherine, Lydia, Augusta, Fred W. C., Clara (later HAUCK) and Helen (later COMPTON).
Also interested in history of the early downtown, specifically the COURTHOUSE SQUARE. F.F. GUTHMANN had a couple of businesses around the square prior to 1893.