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Post Office Politicians in Nebraska

Albert Franklin Alder (1896-1977) — also known as Bert Alder — of Taylor, Loup County, Neb. Born in Stockton, Cedar County, Mo., August 8, 1896. Republican. Farmer; school teacher; postmaster; lawyer; Loup County Judge, 1929-34; Loup County Attorney; chair of Loup County Republican Party, 1940. Died in June, 1977 (age 80 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Simon Alder and Nancy (Leeper) Alder; married, February 13, 1916, to Roxie Campbell.   Jack Robert Gage (1899-1970) — also known as Jack R. Gage — of Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyo.; Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo. Born in McCook, Red Willow County, Neb., January 13, 1899. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school teacher; Wyoming superintendent of public instruction, 1935-38; postmaster; secretary of state of Wyoming, 1959-63; Governor of Wyoming, 1961-63; defeated, 1962. Episcopalian. Member, Rotary. Died March 14, 1970 (age 71 years, 60 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Will Vernon Gage and LaVaughn (Phelan) Gage; married, September 29, 1922, to Leona Switzer.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier   William J. Halderman (1840-1917) — of Mission Creek, Pawnee County, Neb.; Burchard, Pawnee County, Neb.; Pawnee City, Pawnee County, Neb. Born in Butler County, Pa., April 13, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; merchant; postmaster; banker; member of Nebraska state house of representatives, 1877; Pawnee County Treasurer; member of Nebraska state senate, 1899. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died January 30, 1917 (age 76 years, 292 days). Interment at Pawnee City Cemetery, Pawnee City, Neb.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Halderman and Margaret (Kohlmeyer) Halderman; married 1873 to Ida Fulton (sister of Charles William Fulton and Elmer Lincoln Fulton); father of Jacob Fulton Halderman.   Political family: Fulton-Halderman family of Pawnee City, Nebraska (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Ingebert J. Thomsen (b. 1873) — also known as I. J. Thomsen — of Minden, Kearney County, Neb. Born in North Albid, Denmark, August 4, 1873. Republican. Farmer; inventor of Nu-Matic horse collar; Kearney County Clerk, 1916-23; postmaster; real estate dealer; abstractor; chair of Kearney County Republican Party, 1940. Presbyterian. Danish ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Peter H. Thomsen and Marie (Johansen) Thomsen; married, November 18, 1903, to Hedvig E. Holstein.   Margaret Wildrick (1917-2000) — also known as Margaret Tripp — of Weeping Water, Cass County, Neb.; Bell Gardens, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Omaha, Douglas County, Neb. Born in Nebraska, June 17, 1917. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1944; postmaster. Female. Died in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., February 4, 2000 (age 82 years, 232 days). Interment at Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.   Relatives: Daughter of Fred Clarence 'Bud' Tripp and Myrtle (Tomlinson) Tripp; married to George S. Wildrick.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Tilford Albert Willmore (b. 1869) — also known as T. A. Willmore — of Hebron, Thayer County, Neb. Born in Clinton, DeWitt County, Ill., November 18, 1869. Democrat. School teacher; postmaster; real estate and insurance business; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1932. Christian. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Charles Willmore and Sarah J. (Wright) Willmore; married, September 14, 1893, to Maude Woodward.

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