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      Alonzo Herbert Copsey, Representative from the Twenty-sixth District, composed of Custer and Logan counties, was born in Dane county, Wisconsin, August 18, 1852. He settled in Nebraska in 1883, taking up a farm near Westerville, in Custer county, where he still lives and where he has since successfully carried on general farming and stock-raising. He was one of the pioneers in his locality in introducing the culture of alfalfa and fall wheat. He has always taken a prominent part in agricultural matters intended for the advancement of Nebraska in general. He has been active in politics, has always been a Republican and has served as chairman of the County Republican committee. For two terms he was a member of the County Board and the satisfaction given in this office was evidenced at the election of 1902, when he practically received the unanimous support of the citizens of his township, irrespective of party, having a majority of eighty-nine votes over all opponents.

      Mr. Copsey was married in 1874 to Miss A. M. Wallin, and has a family consisting of five sons and four daughters. During the session he served as chairman of the Committee on Medical Societies, Sunday Laws and Regulations. His post-office is Westerville, Nebraska.

      Joseph M. Cravens, Representative from the Second District, Pawnee county, was born in Highland county, Ohio, March 19, 1855. When he was a child his parents removed to Knox county, Illinois, and there he received his education in the common schools. In 1882 he went to Kansas, where he remained until 1893, when he purchased a farm in Pawnee county, Nebraska, which is now located at the crossing of the K. C. & N. W. R. R. and the B. &. M. R. R. Here he platted and laid out the town of Armour, which is his home and where he is engaged in the general merchandise business.

      Mr. Cravens was postmaster of Armour from 1897 until 1902, resigning upon election to the Legislature. He was married in Knox county, Illinois, December 5, 1878, to Miss Hattie L. Smith, and has two children, one son and a daughter. He is a Republican.

      Daniel B. Cropsey, Representative from the Thirty-sixth District, composed of Thayer and Jefferson counties, was born in Ohio, October 12, 1848. He received a thorough education in the schools of his native state and of Illinois. In 1868 he removed from Fairbury, Illinois, to Lincoln, Nebraska. He served two terms as city treasurer of Lincoln and in 1882 became a resident of Fairbury, Nebraska, his present home. There he engaged in the banking business, and at the present time is the president of the First National Bank of Fairbury, Nebraska, and also president of the National Bank of Wilber, Nebraska, and the Exchange Bank of Steele City, Nebraska. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge of Fairbury, and has served as mayor of that city.

     The father of Representative Cropsey was a colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War, and served as a member of the Illinois Legislature and later was a member of the Nebraska State Senate. Representative Cropsey was married in 1873 to Miss Myra CaIdwell, and has one child, a daughter. Mr. Cropsey is serving as chairman of the House Committee on Insurance.
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