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Patent Type:  Homestead
Claimant: Benjamin F.  Sherwood
Buried: 
Rose City Cemetery, Portland, OR
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Land Office: McCook
Application
1923
11/4/1884
Occupied Date
4/2/1885
Final Certificate
1161
12/31/1889

Legal Description
E½NW¼ & E½SW¼ of Sec 25 T7N R26W in Frontier county, Nebraska  (160 Acres)
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All information below from testimony taken at final filing

Lived Previous
Oxford, Nebraska
Age
26
Post Office
Orafino

Marital Status
Married

House
sod  18x22
Well Depth
131’

Notes
previous occupations: railroading, teaching school 11/30/1885 to 3/1/1886 at Arapahoe, Nebraska; married 5/8/1889

Witness
James K. Young
Age
42
Post Office
Russell
John N. Snyder 35 Earl
William Marlin Orafino
Alac Kyle Orafino

Notice of filing published in
Frontier County Faber

Affiant
C. A. Warner
Editor




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

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