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GEORGE STENNETT, a prominent and influential farmer of Phelps county, was born in Edwards county, Ill., March 5, 1839, and is a son of John and Mary (Fowler) Stennett.

Mr. Stennett’s parents moved to Logan county, Ill., when he was a lad about fourteen years of age, and in that county he was reared and began the race of life. He was brought up on the farm and selected farming as his life work. He married in Logan county on reaching his majority, the lady whom he selected for a wife being Elizabeth, a native of that county and a daughter of John Houston, one of its earliest settlers. Mr. Stennett moved to Nebraska in 1885 and settled in Phelps county, where he has since resided. He owns 320 acres of fine land two miles north of the town of Holdrege, most of which he has under cultivation. He has his farm well improved, having bestowed upon it much labor and thoughtful attention. He is recognized as one of the best farmers of his community, being thoroughly alive to the responsibilities as well as the possibilities of his calling. He is more than a mere tiller of the soil; he is a reading and thinking man. He is well respected and regarded as a man of intelligence and sound judgment. He has a pleasant home and a family of interesting children, whom he is rearing to lives of industry and usefulness. These are John H., Charles H., Louetta H., Frank H., Hattie H., Florence H. and Albert H. Stennett.