Portrait and biographical album of Lancaster county, Nebraska . >? m^^®..o* IJ-AS GARBER. This dis-tinguished and well-known cit-izen of Nebraska served theMate most acceptably as itsCiovernor for the two terms,fiom 1874 to 1878. He wasburn in Logan County, Ohio,21, 1833. There he passedloj hood days, attending thecommon schools and developinginto a sturdy and promising youngman. At the early age of seven-teen years he was determined tostrike out for himself and see whathe could do toward making his ownliving. He was ambitious, yet wevery much doubt whether the beard-less jc>ung m;in
Portrait and biographical album of Lancaster county, Nebraska . >? m^^®..o* IJ-AS GARBER. This dis-tinguished and well-known cit-izen of Nebraska served theMate most acceptably as itsCiovernor for the two terms,fiom 1874 to 1878. He wasburn in Logan County, Ohio,21, 1833. There he passedloj hood days, attending thecommon schools and developinginto a sturdy and promising youngman. At the early age of seven-teen years he was determined tostrike out for himself and see whathe could do toward making his ownliving. He was ambitious, yet wevery much doubt whether the beard-less jc>ung m;in who turned his face Westward ever had the remotest idea that he wouldhiniself some day be at the head of a great com-monwealth, that would be created still furthertoward the setting sun. At that time he came intoIowa, which was receiving such floods of emigrantsfrom the older settled States. He located in Clay-ton County and engaged in agricultural pursuits,the occupation which has done so much toward de-veloping some of the best men our Nation hasproduced. His life fo
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