Claimant: Cross, Lemuel J. and Cross, Sarah E., minor orphan children; Application Date: 1888-05-08

  • Claimant Name: Cross, Lemuel J. and Cross, Sarah E., minor orphan children
  • Claimant Name (Alternative): Hirsch, Martha E., Guardian
  • Claimant Name (Alternative): Cross, Lemuel deceased
  • Claimant Gender: Female
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Kent, Loup County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 60
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Pennsylvania
  • Application Number: 17609
  • Application Date: 1888-05-08
  • Application Land Office: Grand Island, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Leach, Edward P.
  • Witness 1 (Alternative): Leach, E. P.
  • Witness 2: Gibson, George W.
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 698
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1896-01-14
  • Legal Description: SW4
  • Section: 11
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 18W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 160
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1897-02-24
  • Clerk: C. S. M.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1897-04-06
  • 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)
  • Records of Military Service
  • Miscellaneous

    Characters of the Land

  • Prairie
  • Grazing