LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR EZRA P.
SAVAGE.
EZRA
P. SAVAGE, Nebraska's Lieutenant-Governor, the second of
five children, was born at Connorsville, Ind., in 1842, and
began to make his way in the world at an early age, his
mother having been left a widow. Mr. Savage began work on a
farm. His recollections of early education consist mostly of
a log school house, slab benches with no back or desk, and
winter terms of two or three months each, before he was
sixteen. At that age he went to Davenport and attended the
high school until he graduated, supporting himself by
attacking woodpiles armed with saw, sawbuck, and axe, with
which he had supplied himself. In the same manner he earned
his own way in the Iowa College until it was moved from
Davenport to Greenville, but worked on farms during the
summer months. In addition to this collegiate education, Mr.
Savage has studied law for recreation, and has been admitted
to practice in both state and Federal courts. In March,
1879, he came to Nebraska, locating in the northeastern part
of Custer county, where now is located the town of Sargent.
In those days Grand Island was the market town, and the
railroad was ninety miles away. For a time Mr. Savage lived
in Lincoln on account of the educational advantages to his
children, and later, when the South Omaha stock yards were
opened, went there and began commission business with George
B. Green. The business was successful, but owing to their
generosity in loaning money to shippers they were compelled
to go out of that business. In 1893 he returned to the
ranch.
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