William B. RAPER, County and District Court Clerk of Pawnee, was born and reared in Greene County, Ind., and came to Nebraska, Pawnee County, in 1858; soon after took up the mercantile business at Pawnee City with which he was connected for eighteen years.
In 1856, he was married to Miss Mary J. Butler of Indiana who passed away from this life in 1864 and is buried in the Pawnee City cemetery. In 1867, he was married again to Miss Elizabeth Coffey of Indiana. He has a family of one son and daughter by his first wife - John and Fannie, now Mrs. Davis of Pawnee City, and three daughters by his second wife - Grace, Myrtle and Lillie.
Mr. Raper is one of the active pioneer men of Pawnee County, in the social, business, military and political life. During the late war, he served as Lieutenant in Company F, First Nebraska Veteran Cavalry, actively until its termination; representing his State in the Legislative Assembly of 1877, and in 1881 he was elected to his present incumbency, besides filling many minor positions of importance and trust in his locality.
--from Andreas History of the State of Nebraska, by William Cutler, published in 1882 by A.T. Andreas, proprietor of the Western Historical Company, Chicago, IL.
In 1856, he was married to Miss Mary J. Butler of Indiana who passed away from this life in 1864 and is buried in the Pawnee City cemetery. In 1867, he was married again to Miss Elizabeth Coffey of Indiana. He has a family of one son and daughter by his first wife - John and Fannie, now Mrs. Davis of Pawnee City, and three daughters by his second wife - Grace, Myrtle and Lillie.
Mr. Raper is one of the active pioneer men of Pawnee County, in the social, business, military and political life. During the late war, he served as Lieutenant in Company F, First Nebraska Veteran Cavalry, actively until its termination; representing his State in the Legislative Assembly of 1877, and in 1881 he was elected to his present incumbency, besides filling many minor positions of importance and trust in his locality.
--from Andreas History of the State of Nebraska, by William Cutler, published in 1882 by A.T. Andreas, proprietor of the Western Historical Company, Chicago, IL.
William B. RAPER, County and District Court Clerk of Pawnee, was born and reared in Greene County, Ind., and came to Nebraska, Pawnee County, in 1858; soon after took up the mercantile business at Pawnee City with which he was connected for eighteen years.
In 1856, he was married to Miss Mary J. Butler of Indiana who passed away from this life in 1864 and is buried in the Pawnee City cemetery. In 1867, he was married again to Miss Elizabeth Coffey of Indiana. He has a family of one son and daughter by his first wife - John and Fannie, now Mrs. Davis of Pawnee City, and three daughters by his second wife - Grace, Myrtle and Lillie.
Mr. Raper is one of the active pioneer men of Pawnee County, in the social, business, military and political life. During the late war, he served as Lieutenant in Company F, First Nebraska Veteran Cavalry, actively until its termination; representing his State in the Legislative Assembly of 1877, and in 1881 he was elected to his present incumbency, besides filling many minor positions of importance and trust in his locality.
--from Andreas History of the State of Nebraska, by William Cutler, published in 1882 by A.T. Andreas, proprietor of the Western Historical Company, Chicago, IL.
In 1856, he was married to Miss Mary J. Butler of Indiana who passed away from this life in 1864 and is buried in the Pawnee City cemetery. In 1867, he was married again to Miss Elizabeth Coffey of Indiana. He has a family of one son and daughter by his first wife - John and Fannie, now Mrs. Davis of Pawnee City, and three daughters by his second wife - Grace, Myrtle and Lillie.
Mr. Raper is one of the active pioneer men of Pawnee County, in the social, business, military and political life. During the late war, he served as Lieutenant in Company F, First Nebraska Veteran Cavalry, actively until its termination; representing his State in the Legislative Assembly of 1877, and in 1881 he was elected to his present incumbency, besides filling many minor positions of importance and trust in his locality.
--from Andreas History of the State of Nebraska, by William Cutler, published in 1882 by A.T. Andreas, proprietor of the Western Historical Company, Chicago, IL.
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