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County Residents and
Early Settlers
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Arrival
|
Name
|
Date
|
Notations
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1873 |
Frank
Bitney |
July
13 |
|
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Herman
Hoxsie & Sons |
July 13 |
|
| |
H.
H. McEvony |
July 13 |
|
| |
John
T. Prouty |
July 13 |
|
| |
E.
H. Thompson |
July 13 |
|
| |
Wilson
Thompson |
July 13 |
|
| |
Harry
Thomspson |
July 13 |
|
| |
David
Wisegraver |
Autumn |
|
| |
Sam
Wolf |
Autumn |
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1874 |
Robert
Alworth |
|
|
| |
J.
B. Berry |
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With family |
| |
T.
H. Berry |
|
Bachelor |
| |
Wm.
T. Berry |
June |
|
| |
Neil
Brennan |
May |
|
| |
Patrick
Brennan |
May |
|
| |
Thos.
Cain |
May |
|
| |
Henry,
Carry |
May |
|
| |
Thomas
Connelly |
May |
|
| |
Michail
Dempsy |
May |
|
| |
Rody
J. Hayes |
November 1 |
|
| |
Thos.
N. J. Hines |
May |
|
| |
Patrick
Hughes |
May |
|
| |
Patrick
M. Karney |
May |
|
| |
Thos.
Kelly |
May |
|
| |
M.
H. McGroth |
May |
|
| |
Timothy
O'Connor |
May |
|
| |
General
John O'Neill |
May 12 |
|
| |
John
Reddy |
November 1 |
|
| |
Jas.
Ryan |
November 1 |
|
| |
Eli
Sanford |
Spring |
|
| |
John
Stanford |
Spring |
|
| |
Ralph
Sullivan |
May |
|
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1875 |
Emery,
Belezure |
|
With family from Iowa |
| |
John,
Cantlin |
May |
|
| |
Michail
Castello |
May |
|
| |
Patrick
Hagerty |
May |
|
| |
Clement
Lamereaux |
|
Arrived sometime in 1875 or later |
| |
John
J. O'Neill |
May |
Nephew of General
O'Neill |
| |
Thomas
O'Neill |
May |
Nephew of General
O'Neill |
| |
D.
P.
O'Sullivan |
May |
|
| |
Wm.
T. O'Sullivan |
May |
|
| |
Ryland
Parker |
. |
Arrived from Wisconsin with wife,
two sons and daughter |
| |
Michael
Ryan |
May |
|
| |
Herman
Strasburg |
May |
|
|
|
|
|
A Post
Office was established |
|
|
|
|
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|
1876 |
Mrs.
Patrick Murray |
|
Living here July 1876 |
|
|
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|
|
No Date |
Father
Bedard |
|
Combination priest, farmer &
pedagogue in Frenchtown |
| |
John
O. Cowan |
|
Defense attorney from Omaha for Kid
Reed |
| |
Patrick
Fahy |
|
|
| |
Barney
Kerns |
|
Sheriff of Holt County. Murdered by
Kid Reed |
| |
Robert
Morrison |
|
O'Neill
grocer |
| |
Chas
O'Neill |
|
|
| |
Red
Hugh O'Neill |
|
Patrick Fahy claims town of O'Neill
was named for this person who came from Ireland during the reign of
Queen Elizabeth |
| |
A.
S. Paddock |
|
Pioneer and early Statesman, after who Paddock was
named when it was changed from Troy |
| |
Stanford
Parker |
|
First active County Clerk |
| |
W.
A. Paxton |
|
Ranchman living in Omaha |
| |
Snyder
O. O. & Co. |
|
O'Neill
Business Firm |
| |
Wilcox Lumber Co. |
|
O'Neill Lumber Company |
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Nebraska
State Genealogical Society - Vol. 2., No. 3, page 113 - Winter 1980
Contributed
by: Verdeen Guzman
Transcribed
by: Frances Cooley
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