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| | Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska - Thayer Co. - Part 6 |
 | | In 1871, returned East to Illinois, then to Ohio, and came to Nebraska in the spring of 1872, pre-empted 160 acres in Carleton Precinct, Thayer County, on which he resided, and was engaged in farming for six years. |
 | | JAMES F. GREEN, farmer, was born in Geauga County, Ohio, February 25, 1832, and reared on a farm, and at twenty-eight years of age took a farm for himself, which he conducted until he came to Nebraska, and in connection with his farming pursuits, for some years carried on a dairy and cheese factory. |
 | | DAVID OLDS, general merchant, was born in Elmore, Washington County, Vt., in 1824, and reared on a farm; at sixteen years of age he went to Lowell, Mass., and was employed in a cloth factory for a few years, after which he was employed and engaged in mercantile business in various States for seventeen years. |
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