Florence Almira Merryman, daughter of David D. and Mary A. Mitchell Merryman, was born in Mercer County, Illinois on 22 September 1853. Florence and David Cool were married 26 March 1874 in Rock Island County, Illinois. Their children Mabel E., LeRoy and Lester H. were born in Illinois.
David filed for a preemption on October 1, 1878 on the NE4 of Section 30, T11N, R15W in
Cedar Township, Buffalo County. The family settled on the land on March 29, 1879. They had a sod and frame house (32X21), a well, and a frame stable (30X18). David later changed the filing to a homestead. By April of 1885 he started the process to file for the final certificate on the homestead and received the patent on February 1, 1889 where it is recorded in Washington Land Office in Volume 14, page 240.
Children Mary M., Levi H., Herbert, Nelson C., Itha Gladys and Linna E. (Florence) were born on this homestead.
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Word was received in the city this morning of the death of Mrs. Florence Cool, at Sterling, Colorado, on Sunday evening. The body will be brought to Kearney for burial, it being planned to hold the funeral some time Wednesday. Mrs. Cool was among pioneer residents of Buffalo county, the family having homesteaded near Prairie Center. She left Kearney in 1919, after a short period of residence here, to make her home with her children. Nels and Freeman Merryman, of this city, are brothers of Mrs. Cool.
Kearney Daily Hub, Monday, April 13, 1931, page 7
David filed for a preemption on October 1, 1878 on the NE4 of Section 30, T11N, R15W in
Cedar Township, Buffalo County. The family settled on the land on March 29, 1879. They had a sod and frame house (32X21), a well, and a frame stable (30X18). David later changed the filing to a homestead. By April of 1885 he started the process to file for the final certificate on the homestead and received the patent on February 1, 1889 where it is recorded in Washington Land Office in Volume 14, page 240.
Children Mary M., Levi H., Herbert, Nelson C., Itha Gladys and Linna E. (Florence) were born on this homestead.
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Word was received in the city this morning of the death of Mrs. Florence Cool, at Sterling, Colorado, on Sunday evening. The body will be brought to Kearney for burial, it being planned to hold the funeral some time Wednesday. Mrs. Cool was among pioneer residents of Buffalo county, the family having homesteaded near Prairie Center. She left Kearney in 1919, after a short period of residence here, to make her home with her children. Nels and Freeman Merryman, of this city, are brothers of Mrs. Cool.
Kearney Daily Hub, Monday, April 13, 1931, page 7
Florence Almira Merryman, daughter of David D. and Mary A. Mitchell Merryman, was born in Mercer County, Illinois on 22 September 1853. Florence and David Cool were married 26 March 1874 in Rock Island County, Illinois. Their children Mabel E., LeRoy and Lester H. were born in Illinois.
David filed for a preemption on October 1, 1878 on the NE4 of Section 30, T11N, R15W in
Cedar Township, Buffalo County. The family settled on the land on March 29, 1879. They had a sod and frame house (32X21), a well, and a frame stable (30X18). David later changed the filing to a homestead. By April of 1885 he started the process to file for the final certificate on the homestead and received the patent on February 1, 1889 where it is recorded in Washington Land Office in Volume 14, page 240.
Children Mary M., Levi H., Herbert, Nelson C., Itha Gladys and Linna E. (Florence) were born on this homestead.
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Word was received in the city this morning of the death of Mrs. Florence Cool, at Sterling, Colorado, on Sunday evening. The body will be brought to Kearney for burial, it being planned to hold the funeral some time Wednesday. Mrs. Cool was among pioneer residents of Buffalo county, the family having homesteaded near Prairie Center. She left Kearney in 1919, after a short period of residence here, to make her home with her children. Nels and Freeman Merryman, of this city, are brothers of Mrs. Cool.
Kearney Daily Hub, Monday, April 13, 1931, page 7
David filed for a preemption on October 1, 1878 on the NE4 of Section 30, T11N, R15W in
Cedar Township, Buffalo County. The family settled on the land on March 29, 1879. They had a sod and frame house (32X21), a well, and a frame stable (30X18). David later changed the filing to a homestead. By April of 1885 he started the process to file for the final certificate on the homestead and received the patent on February 1, 1889 where it is recorded in Washington Land Office in Volume 14, page 240.
Children Mary M., Levi H., Herbert, Nelson C., Itha Gladys and Linna E. (Florence) were born on this homestead.
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Word was received in the city this morning of the death of Mrs. Florence Cool, at Sterling, Colorado, on Sunday evening. The body will be brought to Kearney for burial, it being planned to hold the funeral some time Wednesday. Mrs. Cool was among pioneer residents of Buffalo county, the family having homesteaded near Prairie Center. She left Kearney in 1919, after a short period of residence here, to make her home with her children. Nels and Freeman Merryman, of this city, are brothers of Mrs. Cool.
Kearney Daily Hub, Monday, April 13, 1931, page 7
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