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Patent Type:  Homestead
Claimant: James W  Hiles
Buried: 
Gothenburg Cemetery, Gothenburg, NE
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Land Office: North Platte
Application
2901
12/24/1881
Occupied Date
12/1/1881
Final Certificate
1215
1/7/1887

Legal Description
SW¼ of Sec 10 T10N R25W in Dawson county, Nebraska  (160 Acres)
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All information below from testimony taken at final filing

Lived Previous
Kokomo, Colorado
Age
46
Post Office
Gothenburg

Marital Status
Separated
Children
1
Notes
boy

House
frame  26x30

Notes
was a miner in Colorado; deals in horses, selling them at Gothenburg; wife filed for divorce, living in Chicago with her mother; 350 head of horses, owns 100 horses in Colorado; $195 personal property taxes

Witness
Henry W. Volck
Age
49
Post Office
Humpback
Henry Starry 75 Humpback
Edward Marcott Humpback
Charles W. Decker Humpback

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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