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Patent Type:  Homestead
Claimant: David H.  Powell
Buried: 
Pomona Cemetery and Mausoleum, Pomona, CA
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Land Office: North Platte
Application
5985
10/15/1884
Occupied Date
10/15/1884
Final Certificate
2417
1/3/1890

Legal Description
SW¼ of Sec 24 T9N R25W in Dawson county, Nebraska  (160 Acres)
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All information below from testimony taken at final filing

Lived Previous
Illinois
Age
35
Post Office
Farnam

Marital Status
Married
Children
3

House
sod  20x36
Well Depth
351’

Notes
first occupied the land 2/1875 (pg. 2 of claimants testimony)

Witness
James M. Grooms
Age
34
Post Office
Farnam
John Hirschmiller 34 Eustis
Thomas Colligan Farnam
Edward Mallett Farnam

Notice of filing published in
Farnam Caprice

Affiant
J. Wilkes Moore
Editor




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

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