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Patent Type:  Homestead
Claimant: Dora F.  (Tufts)  Johnston
Buried: 
Farnam Cemetery, Farnam, NE
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Land Office: North Platte
Application
3689
5/11/1883
Occupied Date
6/15/1883
Final Certificate
2368
12/10/1889

Legal Description
NW¼ of Sec 20 T9N R25W in Dawson county, Nebraska  (160 Acres)
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All information below from testimony taken at final filing

Lived Previous
Pennsylvania
Age
32
Post Office

Marital Status
Married
Children
1

House
sod  24x36
Well Depth
352’

Notes
Sod house 36x24 ft. Plastered inside and cemeted outside. Shingle roof. Floored & 4 rooms 5 windows 5 doors. $500; filed application as Dora F. Tufts; married 5/28/1884

Witness
Robert T. Thompson
Age
64
Post Office
Farnam
Abe Parsons 38 Farnam
Samuel Parker Farnam
Harry Hall Farnam

Notice of filing published in
Gothenburg Independent

Affiant
F. M. Springsteen
Publisher




County Plat Publication Dates: Lincoln—1907; Dawson—1904; Frontier—1905

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