History of Nemaha County, Kansas . phan county, and also engaged inthe grain and live stock business with his brother, John B. Severin, atBendena, Kans., until his marriage in 1895. After his marriage he lo-cated in Nemaha county and bought 160 acres of land in section 17,Marion township. This farm was poorly improved with a small houseand a typical Kansas pioneer barn, built of poles and roofed with hayand straw. It is needless to state that Mr. Severins farm is well im-proved at the present time with a good farm residence and well builtoutbuildings ofa modern type. During the twenty years he
History of Nemaha County, Kansas . phan county, and also engaged inthe grain and live stock business with his brother, John B. Severin, atBendena, Kans., until his marriage in 1895. After his marriage he lo-cated in Nemaha county and bought 160 acres of land in section 17,Marion township. This farm was poorly improved with a small houseand a typical Kansas pioneer barn, built of poles and roofed with hayand straw. It is needless to state that Mr. Severins farm is well im-proved at the present time with a good farm residence and well builtoutbuildings ofa modern type. During the twenty years he has beenin Nemaha county, industriously applying his talents, fortune has smiledupon this West Virginia gentleman and he has accumulated a total of720 acres of land, 240 acres of which are in his home farm in Nemahacounty, 160 in Marshall county, Kansas, and 320 acres in Osborn county,Kansas. He is an extensive live stock raiser and has made a success ofraising Duroc Jersey hogs for market. > g H 3H2OH O o CO H?H M 02 H<!. HISTORY OF NEMAHA COUNTY JT^i Mr. Severin was united in marriage with Miss Nancy Gray, of Don-iphan county, Kansas, on February 20, 1895, and to this union have beenborn the following children: Ethel, Erwin and John, at home with theirparents. Mrs. Nancy Severin was born on a farm in Doniphan county,February 29, i860, and is a daughter of James and Hanora (Kirwin)Gray, natives of Ireland, and early pioneer settlers in Doniphan a history of the Gray family in Kansas, the reader is referred to aHistory of Doniphan County, written and published in 1905, byPatrick Gray, a brother of Mrs. Severin. Mr. Severin is allied with the Democratic party, but has neversought political preferment of any kind. Mr. and Mrs. Severin are mem-bers of the Catholic church and contribute of their means to the supportof this denomination. William D. Calder, owner of a fine farm of 160 acres in Reilly town-ship, was born in Marshall county, Illinois, September 29, 18
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