naturally fell the duty of welcoming the homeless and of ministering to the rest in their sickness and needs."

"In 1873 her husband proved up on his claim and took another across the line in Nuckolls County, where he was elected the first County Clerk, 1875; elected to represent the counties of Thayer and Nuckolls in the Constitutional Convention of 1875."

Mrs. Garber died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. E. Tait, at Red Cloud on April 26, 1909, and was buried there.

With every phase of the development of Webster County, Nebr., Joseph and Catharine Garber, known to all old-timers alike as "Aunt Addie", were identified. They removed to Red Cloud in 1876 and from 1877 until 1905 lived on the farm one mile out, when they moved to town.

At the stockade Mrs. Garber gathered the children together and taught them, and throughout her whole life she ministered to the sick and needy, cooked for public "feeds" and was active in the W. R. C.

The two so impressed their personality upon the community that during their last years seats of honor were always reserved for them at all kinds of public gatherings, and they were ceremoniously escorted to the place of honor. No other woman in Webster County grew as close to the hearts and lives of the old-timers of the whole county as Mrs. Garber and no other man was so missed from G. A. R. Circles as Joseph Garber, who up to the day of his death helped the committee of the Interstate Reunion make that affair a success, a few days later.

Joseph Garber was appointed by William H. James, Secretary of State, May 1, 1871, the first Justice of the Peace of Webster County; was delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1875, where he and Silas worked together for a greater Nebraska; County Commissioner of Webster County; member of the Red Cloud school board; one of the directors of the early Webster County Fair Association; a G. A. R.; the local community speaker, and writer of the obituaries of the old-timers. His geniality and fairness developed with age and made him in demand in all public functions, whether Old Settlers' Reunion, Fourth of July picnic, Memorial Service, or whatnot. He was a member of Company "D," 27th Iowa Infantry in the Civil War.

To Joseph and Catherine Garber were born six children:

1--Cora, b Dec. 18, 1871, at Guide Rock, Nebr.

2--Daniel Martin, b Apr. 3, 1875, at Nelson, Nebr.

3--E. Grace, b July 11, 1877, at Red Cloud, Nebr.

4--Lucy A., b Dec. 14, 1879, at Red Cloud, Nebr.

5--Joseph S., b Mch. 10, 1881, at Red Cloud, Nebr.

6--Lawrence A., b Apr. 4, 1885, at Red Cloud, Nebr.

1--Cora A. Garber was the second living white girl born in Webster County, Nebr. She was graduated from Red Cloud High School and from the University of Nebraska in 1902 with a B. A. and Professional Educational Degrees.