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COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY. published in 1899.
Hopefully this is your Jacob "Jake" Hiner.
JACOB L. HINER, the proprietor of a neat and well kept farm on section 20,
West
Blue township, York county, is one of the men in whose coming to the
state all good people of Nebraska might well rejoice. He has devoted his
life to agriculture, and his career should teach the boys to stand by the
farm. When he came to the state he had a span of old horses, and five
dollars in money. Three of these dollars went to pay the cost of preemption
and the other two bought eight bushels of corn. And from this exceedingly
unpromising condition he has won a modest fortune.
Mr. Hiner was born in Ripley county, Indiana, January 31, 1845, and
was a son
of George and Margaret (Funkhouser) Hiner. His father was a native
of Indiana, but his mother came from Pennsylvania. They moved to Appanoose
county, Iowa, in 1849, and settled on prairie land. She died there, but he
lived until 1887, when he died in Nebraska.
Jacob Hiner was born and bred a farmer. He attained his majority on
the Iowa
farm, and began a career for himself by working out among the
neighboring farmers. He wedded Miss Susan Ford in 1870. She was a native of
Vermillion county, Indiana, where she was born October 2, 1849. Her parents
were Jacob and Catherine (Jordan) Ford, and her father was a native of Ohio,
and her mother of Kentucky. He brought the family to Iowa in 1853, and died
in August, 1897, at Exeter, Nebraska. Her mother is still living, and is
tenderly cherished by her children and grandchildren. In 1872 Mr. and Mrs.
Hiner came into Nebraska, and settled where they are now to be found. There
beginnings were humble, and such as fitted in with the simple life of the
community. For seven years they lived in a sod house, and in 1880 moved into
their present comfortable and pleasing residence. In 1872 Mr. Hiner raised
some sod corn, and the next year quite a crop of wheat. He rented a quarter
section and r!
aised corn on it. In 1874 he raised a large crop of wheat, and had
the
best intentions regarding corn, but the grasshoppers anticipated his purpose
in that direction, and cleaned out the corn fields thoroughly. He now owns
two hundred and forty acres, of which one hundred and eighty is under
thorough cultivation. He carries on general farming, and is interested in
Durham cattle and Poland-China hogs. Mr. and Mrs. Hiner have seven children
now living. Mary Styer is the oldest daughter, is married, lives in Thurston
county, and is the mother
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COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY. 577
of two children, Elsie and Willard. John W., the oldest son, is unmarried.
Minerva
Lafferty has her home in York county, and is the mother of one
daughter, Zelma. The other younger children are Clerinda, Nevada, Amy and
Vertie. One child, Florence, died in early life. He and his wife are members
of the Christian church, of which he has been an official and a devoted
member for many years. He advocates free silver, and belongs to the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Exeter. He has. been road supervisor,
and is a member of the school board of district No. 7. He is regarded as an
honorable man, and is respected throughout the country.