Biographical Sketches
Herman Westover
HERMAN WESTOVER, was born at Ontario, Canada, February 27, 1848. He removed to Wisconsin in 1861, to Minnesota in 1862, and to Valley County, Nebraska, in the fall of 1876. He acquired his education at the high school and State Normal of Nankato, Minnesota. He studied at an office at Nankato and was admitted to the bar in 1877. In 1862 he was an eyewitness of the Indian Massacre in Minnesota and served in the State militia in defense. The offices which he has held are those of County Superintendent, County Judge and member of the twenty-first session of the State Legislature. He is now Commissioner of the Board of Insanity and is allied with the Republican party. In 1873 he married Miss Abbie DeWolf of Minnesota.
Source: Transcription from the book, Semi-Centennial History of Nebraska, by A. E. Sheldon, published in 1904; located on the website, Library of Congress (http://loc.gov), accessed 26 December 2025.
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