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James Washington Pogue

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James Washington Pogue

Birth
Greene County, Ohio, USA
Death
24 Oct 1919 (aged 74)
Seward County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Polk County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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James Washington Pogue was born July 3, 1845 at Bellbrook, Ohio to Preston Patrick Pogue and Aner Sackett Pogue. He married Matilda Jane Berryhill on October 3, 1867.

After marriage, James and Tillie moved westward to the Clarence and Stanwood area of Iowa, where they farmed and had the first two of ten children. In 1871, they moved to the Nebraska prairie and homesteaded in the Northwest corner of Seward County. The farm was right at the corner of Seward, York, Polk and Butler counties and was one of the first homesteads in the 4 counties. On March 1, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed Homestead Certificate No. 7800 granting James W. the land on which he lived and had improved.

Their children are:
Lily May Pogue Barbee, B. Aug. 11, 1868
Perry C. Pogue, B. July 19, 1871
Alice Leota Pogue Raikes, B. May 1, 1873
Frank Preston Pogue, B. July 20, 1875
Alex Lyle Pogue, B. August 15, 1877
Ruth Fontaine Pogue Ruddock, B. July 29, 1879
James Edwin Pogue, B. March 22, 1883
Wesley Berryhill Pogue, B. January 23, 1885
Mary Edith Pogue Lance Ross, B. November 30, 1888
Aner Catherine Pogue Graft, B. August 4, 1890
James Washington Pogue was born July 3, 1845 at Bellbrook, Ohio to Preston Patrick Pogue and Aner Sackett Pogue. He married Matilda Jane Berryhill on October 3, 1867.

After marriage, James and Tillie moved westward to the Clarence and Stanwood area of Iowa, where they farmed and had the first two of ten children. In 1871, they moved to the Nebraska prairie and homesteaded in the Northwest corner of Seward County. The farm was right at the corner of Seward, York, Polk and Butler counties and was one of the first homesteads in the 4 counties. On March 1, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed Homestead Certificate No. 7800 granting James W. the land on which he lived and had improved.

Their children are:
Lily May Pogue Barbee, B. Aug. 11, 1868
Perry C. Pogue, B. July 19, 1871
Alice Leota Pogue Raikes, B. May 1, 1873
Frank Preston Pogue, B. July 20, 1875
Alex Lyle Pogue, B. August 15, 1877
Ruth Fontaine Pogue Ruddock, B. July 29, 1879
James Edwin Pogue, B. March 22, 1883
Wesley Berryhill Pogue, B. January 23, 1885
Mary Edith Pogue Lance Ross, B. November 30, 1888
Aner Catherine Pogue Graft, B. August 4, 1890


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