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H. S. FERRAR.

      Henry Stafford Ferrar, Representative from the Forty-seventh District, Hall county, was born in Belfast, Ireland, July 10, 1850. He is of one of the oldest families of Ireland that originated from French blood along in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and a lineal descendant of Nicholas Ferrar, who was deputy treasurer of the Virginia Company of London, whose first expedition reached Cape Henry, in Virginia, on April 26, 1607, and founded the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia. Representative Ferrar was educated at the Royal Academical Institution of Belfast, and when fourteen years of age went to Germany and attended the military and agricultural school at Neuwied-on-the-Rhine, where he studied for three years. In 1871 he came to America and resided in New York City until 1884. He then went to Florida, where he spent some years engaged in horticultural, agricultural and fishing pursuits. He came to Nebraska in 1891 as superintendent of agriculture for the Oxnard Beet Sugar Company of Grand Island. Soon after he assumed charge of the factory, of which he has been manager since 1893. Since 1895 Representative Ferrar has been a member of the Grand Island School Board; is now the vice-president of the same; is president of the Library Board, and is one of the directors of the Y. M. C. A. He is also a member of the G. A. R. Committee for the Better Observance of Decoration Day. Representative Ferrar has the distinction of being the only beet sugar man known to have been elected to any legislative position in the United States. He is a Republican. He was married in 1872 to Miss Frances A. Veitch, a member of one of the oldest families of County Cavan, Ireland. Representative and Mrs. Ferrar are the parents of three daughters.

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GEORGE C. FISHBACK.

      George C. Fishback, Representative from the Forty-second District, composed of Clay county, was born in New York state, October 19, 1855. When an infant his parents removed to Kee county, Illinois, and there he received his early education in the public schools. His early days were spent at school and at work at the carpenter's trade with his father. He acquired a knowledge of agriculture that has assisted towards his success in life after he came to Nebraska in 1885, when he settled in Clay county, near the town of Harvard. He never held any office excepting that of member of the Board of County Commissioners, which he resigned upon his election to the 28th Session of the Nebraska Legislature. Mr. Fishback is a Republican and has always taken an active interest in the affairs of his party. He was married January 20, 1881, to Miss Kate E. Engle, and has a family consisting of three children, one son and two daughters. Mr. Fishback is chairman of the County Boundaries, County Seats and Township Organization committees, and is also a member of a number of other committees of the House. His post-office is Harvard, Nebraska.

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HARVEY FORD.

     Harvey Ford, Representative from the Thirty-fifth District, composed of Thayer county, was born at New Washington, Indiana, March 22, 1842. His father, Joseph H. Ford, died when Harvey Ford was nine years of age, he having been left motherless a year before. Left an orphan, he was placed in the care of a distant relative, J. L. Jones, who gave him the advantages of a common school education, in Cass county, Illinois, to which they removed in 1851, and in Lucas county, Iowa, where they took up their residence two years later. In May, 1861, Harvey Ford enlisted in a military organization which afterwards became known as Co. B, 6th Iowa Infantry. He served with this noted regiment throughout all its campaigns marked with honor and bravery. At the battle of Mission Ridge Mr. Ford was wounded through the right arm and later lost the index finger of his right hand by a gunshot wound while carrying the flag in front of Atlanta. He was with Sherman in his march to the sea and on to Washington. He was a first sergeant when mustered out in July, 1865. He then returned to Lucas county, Iowa, spent two years at school, but never completed his contemplated course. February 14, 1872, Mr. Ford was married to Miss Elisabeth S. Strahan, near Chariton, Iowa, and for some years afterwards was a farmer near Dallas, Iowa. In March, 1883, he settled on a farm near Hubbell, Neb., where he has since resided and where he has been successful as a farmer and stock-grower. He has always been a Republican, but never found a-fishing for office. His nomination for the Legislature came without being sought for, and his election was by a pleasing majority. Mr. and Mrs. Ford have four living children. His post-office address is Hubbell, Nebraska.

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