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Submitted: 7/30/16 • Approved: 7/30/16 • Last Updated: 8/2/16 • R302036-G302036-S3
German immigrant ancestors buried in Purple Cane plus an article about the early town from "Rural Electric Nebraskan" magazine... the immigrants, John and Christina landed in NYC with a bunch of kids; one of the boys, George, married a Mormon woman, Anna Thrush, trekking from persecution in Illinois to that religion's promised land, Salt Lake City in Utah. Instead she married George Kern and they had three sons - my grandpa Charlie the oldest. George disappeared when Charlie was 11 or 12, Charlie recalled his Dad leaving and realized later those final departing words may have been "good bye". Charlie grew up quick and worked as a cowboy for a big operator Nebraska rancher until he heard rumor of Indian land in Boyd county for settling... he rode a train to Stuart NE and rented a horse and buckboard and brought his Mom and two brothers with him to Boyd County...
Contributed on 7/30/16 by maylonkern
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