American Folk Figure. A native of Ohio, after the passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, he filed for the very first homestead in United States on January 1, 1863 near Beatrice, Nebraska. He would go on to resided on the property there until death in 1908, and served as Sheriff and a doctor in Beatrice. The home he settled in is now a United States National Historic Site, and he is buried at edge of Homestead acreage.
American Folk Figure. A native of Ohio, after the passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, he filed for the very first homestead in United States on January 1, 1863 near Beatrice, Nebraska. He would go on to resided on the property there until death in 1908, and served as Sheriff and a doctor in Beatrice. The home he settled in is now a United States National Historic Site, and he is buried at edge of Homestead acreage.
Bio by: Ron Buchinski
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Born Preble Co. Ohio April 25, 1826
Filed on First Homestead in U.S.A. Jan. 1, 1863
and lived on it until his death Dec. 30, 1908
Soldier, Doctor, Sheriff & Farmer.
A True Pioneer.
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