COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY, REMINISCENCE AND BIOGRAPHY. Nebraska. FREDRICK J. DOVER. Fredrick J. Dover, who lives on section eleven, township twenty-two, range one, west, in Madison county, Nebraska, occupies an enviable position among the old-timers and successful agriculturists of the county. He has lived thirty-nine years in Madison county, and has been part of the growth and development of the region, building up for himself a good home. Mr. Dover is a native of Wales, his birth occurring in the year 1858; he is a son of James and Jane (Nicholson) Dover, both natives of England; our subject's father was a Morocco leather dresser in the old country. In 1854 Mr. Dover's father came to America on a sailboat, and later returned to Wales. In short time they came back to America, again in a sailboat, and after landing here they went to Iowa, where they settled and remained until 1872; then came to Madison county, Nebraska, where they took up a homestead and steadily improved same. The family first settled on Shell creek, but the Indians drove them out, and they then moved to section twenty-six, township twenty-two, range one, west, where they took up the homsetad [sic] which is their present home. In the earliest days of settlement, the Dover family endured many hardships and discouragements, which when related, seem almost incredible to all but those who have actually experienced them. Many times they fought prairie fires to save their lives and property; during the years of 1872, 1873 and 1874 the grasshopper pests destroyed every vestige of vegetation and crops; Indians were a great source of anxiety, and many times the little family were afraid for their lives, on one occasion, as related above, they being compelled to move on account of them. Deer and antelope were plentiful on the western frontier in the first days of settlement, and could frequently be seen browsing about. 1014 COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY, REMINISCENCE AND BIOGRAPHY. Mr. Dover was united in marriage in 1891 to Miss Sylvia Groff, and Mr. and Mrs. Dover are the parents of three children, namely: Ruby, Harold, and Laura. They are a fine family, and enjoy the respect and esteem of all who know them. -- Happy Hunting:) Patricia Manson Dover Listmanager Alabama Listmanager ICQ # 35834412--IM pvmtrish http://www.myfreeoffice.com/treeshaker/