1864, removing to Brian County, Iowa, in 1881,
and settling in Holt County, Nebraska, two years later,
where he has since resided. He received his education in
the Lincoln Normal and the Fremont Normal College. In
1902 he married Miss Elizabeth Beck and has one son. He
is a Democrat and has served two terms as County Judge.
E. S. GILMOUR is
a native of Maryland, having been born in Cecil County,
April 14, 1850. When a young man he removed to Delaware,
later to Omaha, Nebraska, and in 1888 to Holt County, his
present home, following his trade of harnessmaker. He
married Miss Virginia Groves in 1875 and has five
children. He is a member of the Republican party, and has
been twice elected County Clerk.
R. E. SLAYMAKER
is a native of Minnesota, having been born in Wabasha
County, March 30, 1859, where he was brought up and
educated. When twenty years of age he came to Nebraska
with his father, who took a tree claim in 1879, and he
himself took a homestead the next year in Greenvalley
precinct, his present home. He has been a teacher in Holt
County for eighteen years, was County Supervisor in 1895
and 1896, and has been elected County Superintendent on
the Fusion ticket.
JOHN A. HARMON
was born in Kent County, Michigan, 1863, and remained
there until a young man of twenty-one, when he came to
Holt County, where he settled permanently. He graduated
from the Law Department of the University of Michigan in
1892. He was united in marriage to Miss Margaret
McLaughlin in 1901 and has two children. Under
Cleveland's second Administration he was Register of the
U. S. Land Office at O'Neill and has also served his
constituents as Mayor of O'Neill and as Clerk of the
District Court.
W. B. COOPER is
a native of Illinois, his birthplace being Kankakee, the
date September 7, 1857. There he was brought up and
educated in the public schools. March of 1888 found him
in Nebraska, where he has since made his home. In 1882 he
married Miss Rachel Doherty and has seven children. He is
affiliated with the Republican party and has been County
Supervisor for two terms and is now County Assessor.
P. J. O'DONNELL
was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, August 12, 1877,
whence he came to Nebraska when but a small child, his
father taking a pre-emption and later a homestead in Holt
County, where he has lived until the present time. He
received his education in the O'Neill public schools and
went to clerking. He has always been identified with the
Democratic party and has been appointed Deputy Treasurer
of Holt County.
J. J. HARRINGTON
is a native of Canada, having been born in Lindsay,
Ontario, October 29, 1868, whence he removed to Nebraska
while still a young man. He was educated at Lindsay,
Ontario, and the Omaha Commercial College, and graduated
from the Law Course of the University of Michigan in
1894. In 1898 he married Miss Minnie Daly, and they have
one daughter. He is a member of the Populist party and
has been elected to a second term as District Judge. At
the time of his first election he was only thirty-one
years of age, probably the youngest judge on the bench in
Nebraska.
M. F. HARRINGTON
is a native of Canada, his birthplace being Lindsay, and
the date November 7, 1859. He was born on a farm and was
educated in the Collegiate Institute at Lindsay and the
Normal College of Ottawa, Canada, later studying law in a
law office. In 1884 he came to O'Neill, Nebraska, and was
admitted to the bar there in 1885, since when he has been
practicing at O'Neill, where he has an extensive
practice, extending over Northern Nebraska. Mr.
Harrington was married to Miss Maggie McEmery, of
Cornwall, Canada, in 1887 and they have three sons and
two daughters. He is a member of the Populist party, but
has never sought office.
ARTHUR F. MULLEN
was born near Kingston, Ontario, May 31, 1873. He
attended the public schools of Canada for a few years,
then removed with his parents to Holt County, where his
father located on some government land. He attended the
public schools of Holt County for several years and then
the Fremont Normal School, graduating in 1891, and
graduated from the Nebraska Normal at Wayne, Nebraska, in
1892. He taught school for three years, was clerk in the
County Treasurer's office for two years, Deputy Treasurer
nearly three years, resigning the position in 1898. He
studied law under M. F. Harrington and in the fall of
1898 entered the University of Michigan, graduating from
the law department in 1900. Returning to O'Neill he
entered the practice of law in the office of
