 Others included Alfred D. Jones, the first postmaster and surveyor; William P. Snowden, the first actual settler and the first auctioneer; Andrew J. Poppleton, the first lawyer; John Logan, the first man married in Omaha; Dr. Lowe, one of the original founders of the town) Dr. Miller, the first physician; John Withnell, who assisted in laying the first brick in Omaha in the old State House; O.B.Selden, who fired the first forge; Colonel A.R.Gilmore, the first U.S. land officer in Nebraska; James Megeath, one of the first merchants in Omaha; H.D.