“PERLEE W. SCOTT (seventieth district), born at Kirksville, Iowa, 1860. Father was Irish and mother Pennsylvania Dutch. Attended Garden Grove Academy (Iowa) and Parsons College (Iowa). Worked on farm when a boy and young man. Taught school, and studied law. … Continue reading
FLANAGAN, JAMES WINRIGHT (1805-1887). James Winright Flanagan, Texas lieutenant governor and United States Senator, was born in Gordonsville, Albermarle County, Virginia, on September 7, 1805, the son of Charles and Elizabeth (Saunders) Flanagan. In 1815 the family moved to Boonesboro, … Continue reading
“ANSON WARE, one of the oldest settlers of Barry County, is now living on section 32, Castleton Township. Here he has eighty acres of good land, on which a large frame house was built in 1873, at a cost of … Continue reading
“Many elements figure in the success of one who gains prominence at the bar. He must possess not only accurate and comprehensive knowledge of the law, but discrimination in applying its principles and ability to clearly and cogently present his … Continue reading
“Walter W. Ware, one of the foremost agriculturists of Putney, is a man of great enterprise, good judgment and undoubted ability. He was born in Townshend, Vermont, in 1855, a son of the late William W. Ware. Joseph Ware, his … Continue reading
John Rudolph Ware was my great grandfather. Little is known about his personal and private life and he has been a mystery man to me, you might say, until recent years when I discovered that after his first wife died, … Continue reading
“Joseph C. Carden, the assessor of Green township, Nodaway county, elected in 1889, is one of the most popular and best known citizens of the county. He was born April 5, 1868, on the homestead farm of his father, J.W. … Continue reading
“George Crow , said to be the oldest living resident of Nemaha county, has enjoyed a life of many years and of much honor. Being now in his eighty-third year, he has a retrospect which takes in the most important … Continue reading
“Stephen Wilkenson Kennedy, deceased, was for many years a Methodist Episcopal minister and a farmer, but during the last eleven years of his life lived retired at Auburn. He came to his farm in Nemaha county, Nebraska, from Buchanan county, … Continue reading
“Among the men of sterling wort and strength of character who have made an impress upon the life of the locality in which they live, no one has achieved a larger meed of popular respect than John E. Free, a … Continue reading
