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Elias Walker "EW" Jeffres

7 Dec 1851 – 19 Jul 1908

Birth7 Dec 1851
Death19 Jul 1908
CemeteryMount Hope Cemetery
Scotia , Greeley County , Nebraska , USA
Added byStarlight on 28 May 2013
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7 July 1870 - US Census - Monroe Township, Fremont, Iowa Household ..........Sex ......Age Birthplace William Jeffres ...Male ....46 ..Ohio Elizabeth Jeffres Female 46 ..Ohio Elias Jeffres ........Male ....18 ..Ohio Perry Jeffres .......Male ....15 ..Ohio Albert Jeffres ......Male ....12 ..Ohio George Jeffres ....Male ....9 ....Ohio John Jeffres .......Male.... 5 ....Iowa Elizabeth Jeffres Female 24 ..Missouri 12 June 1880 - US Census - Scotia Election Precinct, Greeley, Nebraska Household ..........Role ......Sex ......Age Birthplace Elias W. Jeffers ....Self .......Male ....29 ..Ohio Maria E. Jeffers ...Wife ......Female 28 ..Missouri Albert M. Jeffers .Son .......Male ....9 ....Iowa William F. Jeffers Son .......Male ....7 ....Iowa Clarence Jeffers ..Son ......Male ....5 ....Iowa Perry Jeffers ........Brother Male ....24 ..Ohio James A. Jeffers ..Brother Male ....22 ..Ohio On Aug 1, 1883 Elias received his first land patent in Greeley County, Nebraska. 11 June 1885 - Nebraska State Census Household .........Role Sex ......Age Elias Jeffries ........___Male ....35 Mariah Jeffries ...Wife Female 34 Albert Jeffries .....Son Male ....14 William Jeffries ..Son Male ....12 Clarence Jeffries Son Male ....10 1890 - US Census - Destroyed in 1921 census fire The Horace Post Office opened in April 1890 with Elias as the post master. Elias and his brothers, Al, John and Perry were early residents in the Horace vicinity. The Tilden News, Friday, November 2, 1894 pg 5 The Last Call . . . E. W. Jeffres, our candidate for state senator, is a farmer and business man and not a politician or orator. He is well informed and has clear and comprehensive views of public affairs, and is eminently fitted to take the oversight of the peoples' interest in the legislature. . . . Elias was elected State Senator in the November 6, 1894 election on the People's Independent party ticket. The Omaha Daily Bee, Friday Morning, November 9, 1894 pg 1 CONFIRMING THE BEE'S COUNT. . . . ANTELOPE COUNTY - Complete vote gives: . . .; Jeffres, populist, 977. . . . On January 3, 1895 Elias was appointed as one of the members for the Nebraska Senate Rules Committee. A few days later he has committee assignments to Agriculture, School Lands and Funds and Mines and minerals. By January 8th Sen. Jefferes has introduced the following bills: SF 52 - To establish a maximum price for selling stock in public stock yards. SF 53 - For the destruction of thistles. In 1895 the Nebraska US Senators were still selected by the State Legislature. In the mist of January Sen. Jeffres was involved in pushing William Jennings Bryan as the Nebraska US Senator but it was already known that the Republicans, who controlled the NE Legislature, were going to pick their own person and Bryan lost the vote. In February 1895 the Great Blizzard had started in Nebraska and other western states and per newspaper accounts on the senate floor "Senator Jeffres read some letters from Greeley county imploring immediate supplies, and in response Senator Hahn quoted the report of the (relief) commission show that a large quantity of supplies had been sent into that county." The senate then had the most spirited session with the senate directing the Governor take immediate action on the part of the relief commission in getting out shipments of supplies. According to Elias's great granddaughter, Dorothy Cashatt, family tradition says Elias was called the "The Prairie Coyote". Howard, W. A.. Biographical sketches of the Nebraska Legislature and national and state officers of Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb.: Press of J. North & Co., 1895. Page 44 HON. E. W. JEFFRES, HORACE, NEBRASKA Is one of the members of the senate who prides himself on being a staunch populist. He was elected last November to represent the ninth senatorial district, which consists of Antelope, Greeley, and Boone counties. Mr. Jeffres was born in Mercer county, Ohio, December 7, 1851, and was brought up on a farm, acquiring a common school education in the time he could get from his busy day in the field and among the stock under his care. In June, 1863, at the age of twenty years, he moved to Mills county, Iowa, and it was in Iowa schools that his education was received. January 30, 1870, Mr. Jeffres was married. It was seven years later, in 1877, when he became a resident of Nebraska, having moved in that year to Greeley county, where he has lived ever since. He is a hard working member of the senate, and has a place on the committee on agriculture, the committee on school lands and funds, and the committee on mines and minerals. 16 June 1900 - US Census - Wallace Creek Election Precinct, Greeley, Nebraska Household ..............Role ..................Sex .....Age Birthplace Birth Date Elias Jeffres ............Head ................Male ....49 ..Ohio ..........Dec 1851 Elizabeth M Jeffres Wife ..................Female 50 ..Missouri ....Jul 1850 Cecil Jeffres ...........Granddaughter Female 10 ..Nebraska ..Feb1890 Archie Jeffres .........Grandson .........Male ....8 ....Nebraska ..Feb 1892 Rene Jeffres ...........Granddaughter Female 6 ....Nebraska ..Apr 1894 Elmer B Jeffres .......Grandson ........Male ....4 ....Nebraska ..Sep 1896 The Greeley Citizen, Greeley, Nebraska · Friday, March 13, 1908 pg 5 Local News Notes . . . E. W. Jeffres came up from the capital city Monday night to build a new house on the old Clarence Jeffres place, the old house having burned up on Wednesday of Last week. . . . The Greeley Citizen, Greeley, Nebraska · Friday, July 03, 1908 pg 5 LOCAL NEWS NOTES . . . John Jeffres drove to Scotia last Friday and from there took the train for Lincoln, his brother being seriously ill. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jeffres, of Wallace Creek, went on the Burlington Saturday. . . . The Greeley Citizen, Friday, July 24, 1908 pg 5 DIED. JEFFRES - At his residence in Lincoln, 1029 M street, about 8 p. m. Sunday, July 19, 1908, of Bright's disease, Elias W. Jeffres, aged 57 years, 7 months and 12 days. Deceased was born December 7, 1851, in Celina, Mercer county, Ohio, where his early boyhood was passed. In 1863 the family moved to Fremont county, Iowa. January 30, 1869, he was married to Marie E. Quall, who died March 21, 1902. Of this two sons are living - William F. Jeffres, of Scotia and Clarence Jeffres, of Garfield county. Mr. Jeffres came to Greeley county in May, 1877, and settled on a homestead in Wallace Creek precinct, where he resided until a few years ago. He has lived in Lincoln for nearly three years, following his trade as a carpenter. Mr. Jeffres was well known throughout this county, and was at one time a leader of the Populist movement, representing this district in the senate in the 24th session 1895. He was also a member of the Workmen and Ben Hur orders and a worker in both organizations. The remains were brought up from Lincoln Tuesday, and Wednesday the funeral services were held at the Methodist Church, the Workmen having charge of the services and performed the rites of the order at the grave. The burial was at Scotia and a large number of old friends and brother members of the Workmen and Ben Hur attended from this vicinity. The Lincoln Star NE, August 4, 1908, Tuesday, pg 2 Card of Thanks To all those who have sympathised and so kindly assisted us during the last sickness of our loved one, Mr. Elias W. Jeffres, we would extend our heartfelt gratitude. MRS. LOUISE CORNER AND SON, ELMER Independent Farmer and Western Swine Breeder, Lincoln, Nebraska · Thursday, August 13, 1908 pg 5 Notice of Probate. Estate No. 2457 of Elias W. Jeffres, deceased, in County Court of Lancaster, Nebraska. The State of Nebraska, To all persons interested in said estate, take notice that a petition has been filed for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and for appointment of Clarence Jeffres and J. A. Jeffres as executors thereof, which has been set for hearing herein, on September 9, 1908, at 9 o'clock a. m. Dated August 8, 1908. P. JAS. COSGRAVE, (Seal) County Judge. By WALTER A. LEESE, Clerk

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