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Helen Louise Cather. Edwin S. Garber, son of Abram Garber,
is an honored citizen of Webster County, Nebr., where he was
twice elected county clerk.
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3--Gov. Silas Garber--6007--b
in Logan County,
Ohio; died and was buried
at Red Cloud, Nebr., in 1905.
He was elected the third and
fourth Governor of Nebraska,
1875-79, upon the issue
of a larger representation
for Western Nebraska.
During his first term he was
occupied with the revision of the
state constitution, standing firmly
for the broad principles of
education which have resulted
in the wonderful development of
the University of Nebraska and
its co-ordinate public school system,
and for closer organization
of western Nebraska to accord
with his ideals for the future of
the state.
He with Joseph and Addie
Garber, Abram Garber, and
three others settled at Guide
Rock, Nebr., on May 20,
1870. There were but three
men ahead of them, in the
first settlement of Webster Co., with the development of which
his life was very closely linked.
He served one year in the 3rd Missouri Union Regiment during
the Civil War, then organized Company D, 27th Iowa Inf., and was
its Captain. He laid out the townsite of Red Cloud and named the
town; was the first Probate Judge of Webster County; was in the
9th and 10th sessions of the State Legislature; was register of the
U. S. Land Office at Lincoln, 1873-1874; was a farmer, merchant and
banker at Red Cloud. On Mch. 25, 1857, he married Roselle Dana,
niece of Chas. Dana, journalist, and a son, William S., was born in
1863, the mother dying. He married Lyra C. Wheeler on July 1,
1875, and they, together with Governor Garber's official staff, represented
Nebraska at the Centennial of 1876 at Philadelphia, Pa., where
they received many special honors.
1--William Seward Garber, son of Gov. Silas Garber and
Roselle Dana Garber, came to Guide Rock, Nebr., with his
father's party May 20, 1870. He served the state a number of
years as Secretary of the Nebraska State Board of Transportation;
was a banker and business man at Red Cloud. He had
three daughters--Gladys, Frances and Charlotte.
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