Compendium of history, reminiscence, and biography of Nebraska : containing a history of the state of Nebraska also a compendium of reminiscence and biography containing biographical sketches of hundreds of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of Nebraska, Part 11

Author: Alden Publishing Company
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago : Alden Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1402

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Pierce county (now Otoe) was bounded as fol- lows: Commencing at the mouth of Weeping Water river on the Missouri, thence westward to its headwaters, thence due west to the west boundary of lands ceded to the United States (one hundred miles), thence south twenty miles to the north line of Farney county, thence due east along the Farney county line to Camp creek and along the north bank of said creek to the Missouri river, thence northward along the river to the place of beginning. The single pre- cinet was located at the house of Major H. P. Downs. The judges were William C. Fowlkes,

Simeon Hargous and Henry Bradford; the clerks were James H. Cowles and James H. Decker.

Forney county (now Nemaha) was bounded as follows: Commencing at the mouth of Camp creek, thence to the headwaters of the same, thence due west to a point sixty miles from the Missouri river, thence due south twenty miles, thence east to the headwaters of the Little Nemaha river, thence along said river to the Missouri, following the Missouri northerly to the place of beginning. One voting precinct, known as Brownville, was established at the house of Richard Brown. Richard Brown, Allen L. Coate and Israel Cum- ing were appointed judges of election, and A. J. Benedict and Stephen Sloan clerks.

Richardson county was bounded as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of the "Half-Breed Tract," thence westerly along the Little Nemaha river, thence westerly to a point sixty miles west of the Missouri river, thence south to the fortieth parallel, the boundary be- tween Kansas and Nebraska, thence east to the Missouri river, thence north along the Missouri and west ten miles to the southwest corner of the "Half-Breed Tract," thence north to the place of beginning. Two precincts were designated -- one at the house of William Level in precinct No. 1, with John Purket, Robert T. Archer and James M. Roberts judges, William V. Soper and John A. Singleton clerks. Precinct No. 2 was at the house of Christian Bobst, with Henry Shellhorn, Henry Abrams and William J. Burns judges, Christian Bobst and W. L. Soper clerks.

Another county designated as Jones county was to be created under the first division of the terri- tory, but certain irregularities in the surveys de- cided Marshal Izard to report adversely to the measure. This county would have included the southernmost section of the territory from sixty miles west of the Missouri river westward, from the north corner of Richardson county as then established along the Platte, to the one hundred and third degree of west longitude, thence along the southwest boundary of Richardson county.

Another county composed of what is now Sar- py (then commonly spoken of as the "burnt dis- trict") was designated under the name of Oma- ha, but for some reason no official promulgation of its creation was made, and the section became a part of Douglas county.

The following apportionment of councilmen and representatives was made in accordance with the census returns of November 20, 1854, viz: Burt county, one councilman, two representa- tives; Washington county, one councilman, two representatives; Dodge county, one councilman, two representatives; Douglas county, four coun- cilmen and eight representatives; Cass county, one councilman and three representatives; Pierce county, three councilmen and five representatives ; Forney county, one councilman and two repre- sentatives; Richardson county, one councilman and two representatives. The first general elec-

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tion for members of the legislature and a delegate to congress was held on December 12, 1854.

The first territorial legislature convened at Omaha January 16, 1855, and the occasion cre- ated intense excitement. The official roster of the first legislature stood as follows:

Council .- Richardson county, J. L. Sharp, president ; Burt county, B. R. Folsom; Washing- ton county, J. C. Mitchell ; Dodge county, M. H. Clark; Douglas county, T. G. Goodwill, A. D. Jones, O. D. Richardson, S. E. Rogers; Cass coun- ty, Luke Nuckolls; Pierce county, A. H. Bradford, H. P. Bennett, C. H. Cowles; Forney county, Richard Brown. Officers .- Dr. G. F. Miller, Om- aha, chief clerk; O. F. Lake, Brownville, assistant clerk; S. A. Lewis, Omaha, sergeant-at-arms; N. R. Folsom, doorkeeper.

House .- Douglas, county, A. J. Hanscom, speaker, W. N. Byers, William Clancey, F. Dav- idson, Thomas Davis, A. D. Goyer, A. J. Popple- ton, Robert Whitted; Burt county, J. B. Robert- son, A. C. Purple ; Washington county, A. Archer, A. J. Smith; Dodge county, E. R. Doyle, J. W. Richardson ; Cass county, J. M. Latham, William Kempton, J. D. H. Thompson; Pierce county, G. Bennett, J. H. Cowles, J. H. Decker, W. H. Hail, William Maddox; Forney county, W. A. Finney, J. M. Wood; Richardson county, D. M. Johnson, J. A. Singleton. Officers .- J. W. Paddock, chief clerk; G. L. Eayre, assistant clerk; J. L. Gibbs, sergeant-at-arms; B. B. Thompson, doorkeeper.

During the first session of the legislature many important matters were provided for. The local machinery of government was provided for, county offices created and the nature and emolu- ments thereof fixed, the offices of territorial audi- tor, treasurer and librarian fixed. The legislature adopted the criminal code of Iowa, with necessary alterations, as the code of the territory. Napol- eon B. Gidding, who had been elected delegate to congress, was instructed to use his influence in securing the passage of a homestead law for Ne- braska similar to that of New Mexico and Ore- gon. Educational affairs received early recogni tion. The Simpson University at Omaha, the Ne- braska University at Fontenelle, and the Nebras- ka City Collegiate and Preparatory Institute were incorporated at this first session. Governor M. W. Izard, who had been appointed governor to succeed Governor Burt, deceased, arrived and took the oath of office February 23, 1855, and de- livered his first formal message to the legislature February 27.

The agitation over the permanent location of the state capital at this time was intense. The efforts of the Omaha men were crowned with suc- cess in the matter of the seat of government. Governor Izard appointed James C. Mitchell as the sole commissioner to locate the capitol build- ing. On the 17th of March Commissioner Mitchell reported to the governor that he had that day se- lected the center of Capitol Square in Omaha City as the site for the edifice.

One of the measures passed by the first legisla- ture was an act adopted March 6, 1855, relative to the claims of squatters. At this time the terri- tory contained hundreds of would-be settlers who were temporarily debarred from becoming legal citizens and at the same time owners of the lands of their choice because at that period the public domain was not fully in the market. The survey was begun and prosecuted as speedily as possi- ble, but not rapidly enough to gratify the ambi- tion of emigrants or the greed of speculators. Those men who were determined to remain and abide their time were known as "squatters," and so numerous was this element that legislation in its behalf was enacted as a protection against the abhorred class called "claim jumpers," or men disposed to violate the unwritten law of the ter- ritory. As in all new countries where expressed laws were inadequate to insure equity and peace, the citizens formed clubs, and through the action of those informal but efficient organizations or- der was maintained. By this act of March 6, 1855, it was provided that each claimant might hold three hundred and twenty acres when a member of a club, which was duly governed by established rules, a copy of which was filed with the registrar of the county. The clubs were vested with certain legislative power for their neighborhood. The constitutionality of this act was not permitted to be discussed. The clubs were a government unto and for themselves, as many a wretched man was able to testify after daring their wrath.

The first formal census of the territory was taken in 1855 in order that a readjustment of legislative representatives might be made. The reports from the existing counties showed popu- lation as follows: Burt county, 85; Cass, 712; Dakota, 86; Dodge, 139; Douglas, 1,028; Nemaha, 604; Otoe, 1,188; Pawnee, 142; Richardson, 299; Washington, 207; total, 4,491. Pierce county ceased to exist. The one now bearing that name dates from 1859. Dakota county was not accred- ited in the legislative proceedings with a repre- sentative.

The second session of the assembly convened in Omaha December 18, 1855. The changes in the council were: John Evans, Dodge county, vice M. H. Clark, deceased; A. A. Bradford, Otoe county (newly-created county), and S. M. Kirk- patrick, Cass county, vice Luke Nuckolls. The council officers were : B. R. Folsom, president ; E. G. MeNeely, chief clerk; M. B. Case, assistant clerk ; C. W. Pierce, sergeant-at-arms. The house roster was: A. D. Kirk, Richardson county; W. H. Hoover, Richardson and Nemaha jointly ; Charles McDonald, Richardson and Pawnee joint- ly. The census gave Pawnee county a population of one hundred and forty-two, and this, it was claimed by some, entitled it to representation. After considerable debate, Thomas R. Hare was accorded a seat, but he resigned January 11 after it became apparent that his presence might in-

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validate the acts of the body since the bill creat- ing the territory stipulated that the house should be composed of only twenty-six members. The remainder of the body was: W. A. Finney, L. A. Chambers, Nemaha county ; James H. Decker, M. W. Riden, J. Sterling Morton, William B. Hail, J. C. Campbell, John Boulware, Otoe county; A. M. Rose, Otoe and Cass jointly ; John F. Buck, William Laird, J. McF. Hagood, Cass county ; George L. Miller, William Larimer Jr., Levi Harsh, W. E. Moore, Alexander Davis, Leavitt L. Bowen, Alonzo F. Salisbury, William Clancy, Douglas county; P. C. Sullivan, Washington county ; William B. Beck, Washington and Burt jointly, and Thomas Gibson, Dodge county.

The organization of the house was perfected by the election of the following officers: P. C. Sulli- van, speaker; H. C. Anderson, chief clerk; I. L. Gibbs, assistant clerk; A. S. Bishop, sergeant-at- arms; E. B. Chinn, doorkeeper. The auditor's first report was submitted which gave a valua- tion of the property, real and personal, in the territory of $617,822, not including the newer counties.

A bill providing that counties in the then un- inhabited regions should be organized with boun- daries of twenty-four miles square without refer- ence to the Platte or other streams, was success- fully passed.

The so-called first report of the superintendent of public instruction was made under date of January 5, 1857, by H. Anderson. The report covers two pages of the journal, and is but a statement of what should be done rather than what had been performed in pursuance of an act entitled "Common Schools," approved Jannary 26, 1856, which act is the origin of the public school system of the state.

January 5, 1857, the third annual session of the territorial legislature began. The following members composed the council: Douglas county, A. F. Salisbury, George L. Miller, S. E. Rogers, L. L. Bowen for the northern district; southern district of Douglas, Washington, Burt and Cum- ing counties jointly, James A. Allen; Otoe coun- ty, A. A. Bradford, Mills S. Reeves; Cass county, S. M. Kirkpatrick; Nemaha county, R. W. Fur- nas; Washington county, William Clancy; Rich- ardson and Pawnee counties, Charles McDonald; Dodge, Cass, Otoe jointly, Jacob Safford; Dakota county, A. W. Puett. The officers were: L. L. Bowen, president; O. F. Lake, chief clerk; T. H. Robertson, assistant clerk; Samuel A. Lewis, ser- geant-at-arms; Patrick McDonough, doorkeeper. The house was organized by the election of I. L. Gibbs, speaker; J. H. Brown, chief clerk; S. M. Curran, assistant clerk; P. Lacomb, sergeant-at- arms; J. Campbell, doorkeeper. The members were: Richardson and Pawnee counties, A. F. Cromwell, N. J. Sharp; Nemaha county, W. A. Finney, I. C. Lawrence, S. A. Chambers; Otoe county, H. P. Downs, I. D. White, H. C. Cowles, J. C. Ellis, I, L. Gibbs, W. B. Hail; Cass county,

W. M. Slaughter, H. C. Wolph, Broad Cole; Cass, Lancaster and Clay counties jointly, J. A. Card- well; Douglas county (southern district), S. A. Strickland, Joseph Dyson, C. T. Holloway, John Finney ; Douglas county (northern district), W. E. Moore, H. Johnson, J. Steinberger, M. Mur- phy, R. Kimball, Jonas Seely, A. J. Hanscom, George Armstrong; Dodge and Platte counties, Silas E. Seeley; Washington county, J. A. Stew- art, William Conner, E. P. Stout; Burt county, G. M. Chilcott.

On December 8, 1857, the fourth session began with no change in the roll of the council members from the foregoing session. Hon. George L. Mil- ler, of Omaha, was elected president; Washburn Safford, chief clerk; S. H. Elbert, assistant clerk; George A. Graves, enrolling and engrossing clerk; John Reck, sergeant-at-arms; Jacob R. Cromwell, doorkeeper.

The house chose Hon. J. H. Decker, of Otoe county, speaker; S. M. Curran, chief clerk; R. A. Howard, assistant clerk; Albert Mathias, ser- geant-at-arms, and Isaac Fisher, doorkeeper.

The roll of the house showed: Richardson and Pawnee counties, A. F. Cromwell, Wingate King; Nemaha and Johnson counties, A. J. Benedict, J. S. Minick, S. A. Chambers; Otoe county, J. Ster- ling Morton, J. C. Campbell, J. G. Abbey, D. B. Robb, W. B. Hail, J. H. Decker; Cass county, E. A. Donelan, T. M. Marquette, L. Sheldon ; Sarpy county, S. A. Strickland, C. T. Holloway, James Davidson, Amos Gates; Douglas county, George Armstrong, J. Steinberger, George Clayes, J. S. Stewart, M. Murphy, A. J. Poppleton, W. R. Thrall, J. W. Paddock; Washington county, J. A. Stewart, P. C. Sullivan, P. G. Cooper; Burt and Cuming counties, William B. Beck; Dakota and Cedar counties, W. G. Crawford, E. C. Jones ; Dodge and Platte counties, J. M. Taggart.

On September 21, 1858, the fifth session of the legislature began. The following members com- posed the council: Richardson and Pawnee counties, Charles McDonald, whose seat was con- tested by E. S. Dundy; Nemaha county, R. W. Furnas; Otoe county, Mills S. Reeves, W. H. Tay- lor; Otoe, Cass and Dodge counties, John H. Chee- ver; Sarpy county, L. L. Bowen ; Douglas county, G. L. Miller, W. E. Moore, John H. Porter; Wash- ington county, George E. Scott; Burt, Washing- ton and Sarpy counties, George W. Doan; Dako- ta county, W. G. Crawford. Hon. L. L. Bowen was elected president; S. M. Curran, chief clerk; John G. Tredway, assistant clerk; John McA. Campbell, sergeant-at-arms, and John Reck, door- keeper.

Iu the house the roll stood: Richardson and Pawnee counties, William C. Fleming, A. C. Dean ; Nemaha and Johnson counties, M. F. Clark, Jesse Noel, S. G. Daily ; Otoe county, John Cassell, O. P. Mason, H. P. Bennett, George F. Lee, W. B. Hall; Cass county, William A. Davis; William J. Young, T. M. Marquette, R. G. Doom; Sarpy county, Charles C. Norwood, Stephen H. Wat-

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tles; Douglas county, James H. Seymour, Clinton Briggs, Augustus Roeder, James Stewart, William A. Gwyer, R. W. Steele, John A. Steinberger, George Clayes; Dodge and Platte counties, Henry W. DePuy; Washington county, C. D. Davis, P. G. Cooper, L. W. Kline; Burt county, David L. Collier; Dakota, Cedar and L'eau Qui Court counties, John Taffe, D. T. Bramble. The officers of the house were: H. P. Bennett, speak- er; E. G. McNeely, chief clerk; Hugh MeNeely, assistant clerk; J. D. N. Thompson, sergeant-at- arms; F. H. Rogers, doorkeeper.

On the 1st of November, 1858, Representative S. G. Daily introduced a bill "to abolish slavery in the Territory of Nebraska." This bill, with various changes and amendments, occupied a great deal of the time of the various sessions of the legislature until January 1, 1861, when a bill prohibiting slavery was passed over the veto of Governor Black. This matter is treated at length in another part of this work.

Governor Richardson's term extended only from January 12, 1858, to the 5th of December of the same year. Secretary J. Sterling Morton as- sumed the functions of executive at that date, continuing as acting governor until the arrival of Governor Samuel W. Black May 2, 1859.

On December 5, 1859, the sixth session of the territorial legislature convened at Omaha. The only changes in the council were: Thomas J. Boykin, of Sarpy county; Thomas T. Collier, of Dakota county, and W. A. Little, of Douglas county, who succeeded Messrs. Bowen, Crawford and Moore respectively. The officers of the coun- cil were: F. A. Donelan, president ; S. M. Curran, chief clerk; E. A. Allen, assistant clerk; J. F. Coffman, sergeant-at-arms, and R. R. Kirkpat- rick, doorkeeper.

The house roll was: Richardson county, Hous- ton Nuckolls, J. F. Burbank, Nathan Myers; Ne- maha county, George Crowe, W. W. Keeling, Jesse Noel, John P. Parker; Otoe county, John C. Campbell, Alex Bain, Truman H. Adams, Stephen H. Nuckolls, Milton W. Reynolds, William H. Broadhead; Cass and Lancaster counties, J. N. Stephenson, William S. Latta, William R. Davis, Samuel Maxwell, T. M. Marquette; Sarpy county, Matthew J. Shields, Silas A. Strickland; Douglas county, A. J. Hanscom, D. D. Belden, Harrison Johnson, George F. Kennedy, George B. Lake, A. B. Malcomb; Washington county, James S. Stew- art, J. S. Bowen ; Burt and Cuming counties, David S. Collier; Dakota county, George A. Hinsdale, Barnabas Bates; Dixon, Cedar and L'eau Qui Court counties, James Tufts. The

officers were : Silas A. Strickland, speaker; James W. Moore, chief clerk; George W. Rust, assistant clerk; J. W. Coleman, sergeant-at-arms ; N. J. Sharp, doorkeeper.

Among the most important legislation of the sixth session was "an act to frame a constitution and state government for the State of Nebraska." The proposition was submitted to the people

March 5, 1860, and decided adversely by a vote of 2,372 against it and 2,094 for it.

On December 3, 1860, the seventh session of the territorial legislature convened. The council stood: Douglas county, John M. Thayer, David D. Belden, W. A. Little; Dakota, Dixon, Cedar and L'eau Qui Court counties, John Taffe; Wash- ington county, John A. Unthank; Sarpy county, Silas A. Strickland; Cass county, T. M. Mar- quette; Otoe county, William H. Taylor, John B. Bennett; Nemaha and Johnson counties, T. W. Tipton ; Richardson and Pawnee counties, E. S. Dundy ; Cass, Otoe and Dodge counties, Samuel H. Elbert ; Burt, Washington and Sarpy counties, John Q. Goss. The officers were: W. H. Taylor, president; E. P. Brewster, chief clerk; D. H. Wheeler, assistant clerk; W. H. James, sergeant- at-arms ; D. C. Slader, doorkeeper.

The house stood : Richardson county, F. A. Tisdel, A. M. Acton, H. B. Porter; Nemaha coun- ty, Thomas R. Fisher, James Hacker, John P. Baker, George Blane; Pawnee county, E. W. Fowler; Johnson, Clay and Gage counties, Hiram W. Parker; Otoe county, Samuel P. Sibley, Alfred Mathias, Adin G. Cavins, Charles H. Cowles, Jacob Sallenberger, Hiram P. Downs; Cass and Lancaster counties, William Reed, E. W. Barnum, W. R. Davis, Lauden Mullen, W. Gilmour; Sarpy county, James Davidson, Amos Gates, William Cleburne; Douglas county, John I. Reddick, S. A. Lowe, J. T. Griffin, Merrill H. Clark, Henry Grebe, Ezra T. Millard; Washington county, Giles Mead, H. W. DePuy; Dodge county, M. S. Cottrell ; Burt county, J. R. Hide; Dakota coun- ty, William T. Lockwood, Thomas Coleman ; Dixon, Cedar . and L'eau Qui Court counties, Amos S. Chase. The officers were: H. W. DePuy, speaker; George L. Seybolt, chief clerk; S. D. Bangs, assistant clerk ; F. M. Virden, sergeant-at- arms ; W. A. Pollock, doorkeeper.

The roster of the eighth session stood: Coun- cil-John Taffe, president; R. W. Furnas, chief clerk; William Lehmer, assistant clerk; J. W. Chapman, sergeant-at-arms; A. J. Warner, door- keeper. The only changes from the preceding session were: F. W. Sapp, Douglas county ; C. Blanchard, Sarpy county; John McPherson, Nemaha and Johnson counties; S. M. Kirkpat- rick, Cass, Otoe and Dodge counties. The house -- A. D. Jones, speaker; George L. Seybolt, chief clerk ; J. W. Virtue, assistant clerk ; F. C. Morri- son, sergeant-at-arms; John Wolfue, doorkeeper. The representation-Richardson county, L. All- gawahr, J. S. Ewing, H. B. Porter; Nemaha coun- ty, A. S. Holladay, George Crowe, William Reed, John Crothers; Pawnee county, David Butler; Johnson, Clay and Gage counties, Nathan Blake- ly ; Otoe county, M. W. Reynolds, J. H. Croxton, J. Closser, W. P. Birchfield, W. Buchanan, N. B. Larsh; Cass and Lancaster counties, S. E. Eiken- berry, Isaac Wilds, James Chalfant, W. F. Cha- pin, E. W. Barnum; Sarpy county, W. D. Rowles, Stephen H. Wattles, Henry T. Clarke; Douglas

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county, James H. Seymour, Joel T. Griffin, A. D. Jones, Merrills H. Clark, Oscar F. Davis, Aaron Cohn; Washington county, John S. Bowen, E. A. Allen; Dodge county, E. H. Barnard; Burt coun- ty, S. T. Leaming; Dakota county, C. O'Connor, Barnabas Bates; Dakota, Dixon and L'eau Qui Court counties, Daniel McLaughlin ; Dixon, Cedar and L'eau Qui Court counties, R. M. Hagaman ; Platte, Green, Calhoun and Butler counties, John Reck; Hall and Monroe counties, Enos Beall.

The ninth session of the territorial legislature assembled at Omaha on January 7, 1864. In the council were: T. M. Marquette, J. E. Doom, O. P. Mason, John C. Campbell, David Butler, William A. Little, John R. Porter, John McCor- mick, E. A. Allen, Frank Welch and A. H. Jack- son. E. A. Allen was chosen president; J. W. Hollingshead, chief clerk; John H. Mann, assist- ant clerk; S. A. Lewis, sergeant-at-arms, and W. B. Dixon, doorkeeper. In the house: Douglas county, John Ritchie, George B. Lake, Daniel Gavitt, Joel S. Smith, B. E. B. Kennedy, Henry Grebe; Otoe county, Henry A. Newman, Francis Sim, F. Renner, C. W. Seymour, W. McLennan, A. T. McCartney; Dodge county, Isaac E. Heat- on; Platte county, John P. Becker; Dakota, Dixon and L'eau Qui Court counties, J. O. Fish- er; Dixon, Cedar and L'eau Qui Court counties, N. S. Porter; Burt and Cuming counties, D. Hobbs; Washington county, J. Evans, H. J. Roh- wer; Richardson county, Lewis Allgawhar, J. C. Lincoln, M. W. Breman; Sarpy county, C. Blanch- ard, Amos Gates, John Whalen; Cass and Lan- caster counties, J. W. Chapman, H. C. Pardee, D. G. Todd, R. D. Hoback, J. S. Gregory, Jr.,; Paw- nee county, George L. Griffing; Nemaha county, G. W. Fairbrother, Lorenzo Rice, C. G. Dorsey, Joseph Dash. The officers were : George B. Lake, speaker; R. Streeter, chief clerk; T. A. Moore, sergeant-at-arms. During the session of congress, 1862-1863, a bill was introduced late in the session, authorizing the territories of Nebras- ka, Colorado and Nevada to take the preliminary steps toward admission into the union as states. This measure did not reach final action during the life of that session. The proclamation of eman- cipation issued by President Lincoln January 1, 1863, was approved by the ninth legislature.

On January 5, 1865, the tenth session of the territorial legislature convened at Omaha. The council was divided into districts for the first time. First, Thomas L. Griffey, Dakota, Dixon, Cedar and L'eau Qui Court counties; second, Ed- win A. Allen, Washington, Burt and Cuming counties ; third, John R. Porter and B. E. B. Ken- nedy, Douglas county; fourth, C. Blanchard, Sarpy and Dodge counties; fifth, Isaac Albert- son, Platte, Monroe, Merrick, Hall, Buffalo, Kearney and Lincoln counties; sixth, J. W. Chap- man, Cass county; seventh, J. G. Miller, Cass, Lancaster, Saline and Seward counties; eighth, O. P. Mason and John B. Bennett, Otoe county ; ninth, Andrew S. Holladay, Nemaha county ;

tenth, Oliver P. Bayne, Richardson county; elev- enth, J. N. McCasland, Pawnee, Gage, Johnson, Clay and Jones counties. The officers were: O. P. Mason, president ; John S. Bowen, chief clerk; W. W. Morgan, assistant clerk; Samuel Gamble, sergeant-at-arms; Charles Bryan, doorkeeper.

The house was composed of: Richardson county, Oliver W. Dunning, F. A. Tisdel, Charles F. Walther, E. H. Johnson; Pawnee county, John Briggs; Nemaha county, William B. Phillips, George Crowe, J. W. Taylor, Samuel Petit; Otoe county, Mason Crouch, R. Hedges, John Beuter, George P. West; Cass county, S. M. Kirkpatrick, Samuel Maxwell, J. T. A. Hoover, J. McF. Ha- good; Johnson county, Milo K. Cody; Lancaster, Seward and Saunders counties, William Imlay ; Sarpy county, Amos Gates, Martin Langdon; Douglas county, E. L. Emry, A. J. Critchfield, Charles M. Conoyer, Charles H. Browne, James W. Pickard; Dodge county, W. H. Ely; Platte county, Guy C. Barnum; Washington county, W. N. McCandish, H. M. Hitchcock; Dakota county, John Hefferman ; Dakota, Dixon, Cedar and L'eau Qui Court counties, Nathan S. Porter; Dakota, Cedar and L'eau Qui Court counties, G. A. Hall; Gage and Jones counties, H. M. Reynolds; Sa- line, Butler, Kearney and Lincoln counties, A. C. Leighton; Lancaster county, John Cadman; Burt and Cuming counties, John D. Neligh. The offi- cers were: S. M. Kirkpatrick, speaker; John Taffe, chief clerk; Walter C. Heydon, assistant clerk; Anson Rising, sergeant-at-arms; Mitchell Fleming, doorkeeper.

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Compendium of history, reminiscence, and biography of Nebraska : containing a history of the state of Nebraska also a compendium of reminiscence and biography containing biographical sketches of hundreds of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of Nebraska, Part 11

Author: Alden Publishing Company Publication date: 1912 Publisher: Chicago : Alden Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 1402

Author: Alden Publishing Company
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago : Alden Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1402