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LEWIS W. HAGUE, attorney at-law, member of the Kearney county bar, was born in Fayette county, Pa., January 9, 1853. His parents were natives of the same county and descendants of Scotch and Irish ancestry. His father, Albert G. Hague, after following the business of an iron-worker and merchant for some years in his native state, moved West, and settled in Jefferson county, Iowa, where he took up agricultural pursuits, which he has steadily followed since. In 1861 his father enlisted in the Union army and served until the close of the war. Mr. Hague’s mother, who bore the maiden name of Martha Antram, died in 1860, in her thirty-first year. Four children survived this union, only two of whom, however, are now living. These are — Lewis W., the subject of this notice, and Loretta B., now wife of J. S. Dearth, of Grand Ridge, Ill.

Lewis W. Hague attended the public schools of his native county, but being thrown on his resources early in life, after working on a farm for some time, in order to complete his education, he alternately taught school and went to Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, Pa., the State University of Iowa, and finished his education at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., graduating in the spring of 1880. He read law with Blanchard & Blanchard, attorneys, at Ottawa, Ill., and was admitted to the bar in 1883. He came to Nebraska in February, 1885, and located at Minden, at which place he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. He has held the position of city attorney of Minden two years. In politics he has always been an active republican. In 1887 he married Miss Clara M. Chisler, a native of Wisconsin, a lady of culture and refinement, being a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, and one who is eminently fitted to bear him companionship through life. Mr. Hague is a zealous member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and a prominent communicant of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.