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    Claimant Name: Smith, Oliver G.
    Claimant Name (Alternative):
    Claimant Gender: Male
    Claimant Race: Not available
    Address: Merna, Custer County, Nebraska
    Marital Status: Head
    Citizenship: Native
    Age: 26
    Country of Origin or State of Birth: West Virginia
    Application Number: 15383
    Application Date: 1889-11-21
    Application Land Office: North Platte, Nebraska
    Witness 1: Buskirk, Samuel Van
    Witness 1 (Alternative):
    Witness 2: Swick, Osborn C.
    Witness 2 (Alternative):
    Final Certificate Number: 637
    Final Certificate Application Date: 1895-05-04
    Legal Description: NW4
    Section: 10
    Township: 18N
    Range: 21W
    Principal Meridian: 6th
    Acres: 160
    Final Certificate Approval Date: 1895-07-06
    Clerk: C. S. M.
    Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
    Division: C
    Patented Date: 1895-08-30
    Patented Status: Approved

Initial Documents

    Application
    Affidavit
    Receiver's Receipt(s)

Final Application Type

    Homestead Proof

Final Documents

    Proof of Publication with Newspaper Clipping
    Certificate as to Posting of Notice
    Final Certificate
    Final Affidavit
    Receiver's Receipt(s)

Characters of the Land

    Prairie
    Grazing
    Farming