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Jefferson County, Nebraska

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Arendt, Bain, Barnes, Blair and 15 others
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Profiles

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    Charline J. Nelson (1916 - 2014)
    Charline J. Nelson, age 97, died on Sept. 21, 2014 in York. She was born on Dec. 13, 1916 in Alexandria to Charles Jacob and Anna (Grimm) Dein. Her grandfather, Jacob Dein, had homesteaded the family f...
  • Henry Conrad Wedeking, ♊ (1906 - 1985)
    Henry Wedeking Services Held Henry Conrad Wedeking, son of Christ Wedeking and Lena Voigt Wedeking, was born on September 29, 1906, in rural Ohiowa, and died May 28, 1985, at his home in Plymouth at t...
  • Gladys (Egbarts) Collison King (1935 - 2021)
  • Esther Sena Egbarts (1910 - 1997)
  • Henry Fred Egbarts (1893 - 1980)

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Official Website

Jefferson County was founded on 26 January 1856, and its governing structure was organized in 1864. It was named for Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States.

Rock Creek Station was a stage and Pony Express station established in 1857, on the Oregon & California Trails, that become notorious one fateful day in 1861. On that July afternoon, James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok killed David McCanles there and began his bloody career as a gunfighter.

Adjacent Counties

Communities

  • Daykin
  • Diller
  • Endicott
  • Fairbury (County Seat)
  • Gladstone
  • Harbine
  • Helvey
  • Jansen
  • Plymouth
  • Powell
  • Reynolds
  • Steele City
  • Thompson

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Nebraska

Wikipedia

Genealogy Trails

NE Gen Web

National Register of Historic Places

RAOGK

Jefferson County Historical Society

Jefferson County Archives

New Horizons Genealogy

Nebraska State Historical Records - Jefferson County


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