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Representative Clara Humphrey

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Clara_Humphrey_Nebraska_Blue_Book_1926_P250CLARA C. HUMPHREY (Republican). Ninety-first district. Born in Custer county, Nebraska, November 10, 1885. Graduate of the Broken Bow high school. Married October 30, 1910, to A.G. Humphrey. Has three children. Has been a school teacher. Homesteaded in Hooker county. was postmaster at Mullen, Nebraska, for four years. Affiliates with the Episcopal church. Member of the O.E.S. and is past worthy matron of Winifred chapter at Mullen. Address: Mullen.

Source:
Nebraska Blue Book, 1926
Page 250

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Note:
Clara’s younger brother, Carl Jeffords, was also a Nebraska Legislator from 1943-1946.

Legislator Carl Jeffords

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CARL P. JEFFORDS Thirty-ninth District. Member of the Legislature in 1943 and of the special session in 1944. Born at Broken Bow, November 12, 1888. Ancestry Dutch, Irish, Scotch, Welsh and English. Married Myrtle Gard, May 4, 1918; two children. Attended Broken Bow public schools and the University of Nebraska. Has been a school teacher. Is a stockman and farmer. Has served on the school board and as justice of the peace. Is a member of the American Legion. Address: Mullen.

Source:
Nebraska Blue Book, 1944
Page 208

CARL P. JEFFORDS. Thirty-ninth District. Member of the Legislature in 1943, 1945 and of the special sessions in 1944 and 1946. Born in Broken Bow, November 12, 1886. Ancestry Dutch, Irish, Scotch, Welsh and English. Married Myrtle Gard, May 4, 1918; two children. Attended Broken Bow public schools and the University of Nebraska. Has been a school teacher. Is a stockman and farmer Has served on the school board and as justice of the peace. Is a member of the American Legion. Address: Mullen.

Source:
Nebraska Blue Book, 1946
Page 207

Note:
The 1944 entry incorrectly shows Carl’s birth date as November 12, 1888, and is later corrected in the 1946 entry showing November 12, 1886.

Note:
Carl’s older sister, Clara (Jeffords) Humphrey, was also a Nebraska Legislator from 1925-1927.