Married to Mary Wunder on 2-19-1884.∼Mr. and Mrs. Bender farmed for one year at Henry, Illinois, and then came to Humphrey, Nebraska, in 1885, settling on a homestead east of the town. On March 22, 1889 Mr. Bender received 80 acres (w 1/2 se ¼ 22-20-1 w) from his father, and then added to his holdings until he owned 900 acres in Platte and Boone Counties. He bred and raised full-blooded Poland China hogs. He helped to organize the First National Bank in Humphrey in 1900 and was its first vice president.
Hi Loren, Could you add the following to his Find a Grave #3144754
For two years he served as road supervisor, for five years as assessor in Humphrey Township, for four years as township treasurer, for six years as justice of the peace, and for three years as a police judge. He was a member of the Democratic Central Committee for eight years, and was twice elected to the State Legislature in 1903 to fill out the unexpired term of D.A. Becker and in 1904 for a full term of two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Bender lived for 25 years on the farm near Humphrey. In 1920 they retired to a home in Humphrey that stood in the midst of a five-acre plot north of St. Francis Church.Thanks to Dennis Bender for this Bio.
Married to Mary Wunder on 2-19-1884.∼Mr. and Mrs. Bender farmed for one year at Henry, Illinois, and then came to Humphrey, Nebraska, in 1885, settling on a homestead east of the town. On March 22, 1889 Mr. Bender received 80 acres (w 1/2 se ¼ 22-20-1 w) from his father, and then added to his holdings until he owned 900 acres in Platte and Boone Counties. He bred and raised full-blooded Poland China hogs. He helped to organize the First National Bank in Humphrey in 1900 and was its first vice president.
Hi Loren, Could you add the following to his Find a Grave #3144754
For two years he served as road supervisor, for five years as assessor in Humphrey Township, for four years as township treasurer, for six years as justice of the peace, and for three years as a police judge. He was a member of the Democratic Central Committee for eight years, and was twice elected to the State Legislature in 1903 to fill out the unexpired term of D.A. Becker and in 1904 for a full term of two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Bender lived for 25 years on the farm near Humphrey. In 1920 they retired to a home in Humphrey that stood in the midst of a five-acre plot north of St. Francis Church.Thanks to Dennis Bender for this Bio.
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