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Patent Type:  Homestead
Claimant: M. James  Tufts
Buried: 
Farnam Cemetery, Farnam, NE
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Land Office: North Platte
Application
3692
5/11/1883
Occupied Date
9/9/1883
Final Certificate
2826
7/1/1890

Legal Description
SW¼ of Sec 20 T9N R25W in Dawson county, Nebraska  (160 Acres)
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All information below from testimony taken at final filing

Lived Previous
Pennsylvania
Age
57
Post Office

Marital Status
Married
Children
2

House
frame  26x28
Well Depth
390’

Notes
oil producer in Pennsylvania; Frame house two-storied 26x28 ft, painted in and out, 9 rooms plastered, 14 doors and 12 windows - $1700; Well drilled iron casing, and pump and windmill, $550 - Total value $3120

Witness
Robert Thompson
Age
64
Post Office
Farnam
Elijah D. Johnson 50 Lexington
Alfred I. Woodsum Farnam
Abraham Parsons Farnam

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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