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Patent Type:  Homestead
Claimant: Rachel A  (Quimby)  Brittingham
Buried: 
Curtis Cemetery, Curtis, NE
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Land Office: North Platte
Application
17861
6/25/1898
Occupied Date
10/1/1898
Final Certificate
6497
8/1/1905

Legal Description
W˝SEĽ of Sec 32 T10N R27W in Lincoln county, Nebraska  (80 Acres)
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All information below from testimony taken at final filing

Where Born
Kansas
Age
44
Post Office
Moorefield

Marital Status
Widow
Children
3

House
sod  10x14  w/dugout add.

Notes
F. W. Cross filed contest to the application stating no house was built on the claim, claim dismissed due to the patent already being issued and no proof given to substantiate claim of fraud

Witness
Charles Brittingham
Age
26
Post Office
Moorefield
Jacob Hankins 44 Moorefield
Frank Dameron Moorefield
I. N. Dempsey Moorefield

Notice of filing published in
The North Platte Tribune

Affiant
Charles Samelson
Foreman




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

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