Claimant: Updike, Edwin S.; Application Date: 1901-11-26

  • Claimant Name: Updike, Edwin S.
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Merna, Custer County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 39
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Iowa
  • Application Number: 2569
  • Application Date: 1901-11-26
  • Application Land Office: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Shankland, George W.
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Swanson, Herman
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 1631
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1906-12-01
  • Legal Description: S2 SW4
  • Section: 20
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 23W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 80
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1907-03-29
  • Clerk: E. D. W.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1907-05-09
  • 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)
  • Miscellaneous

    Characters of the Land

  • Grazing