Rock County, Nebraska; Biography, Ora Vance Harlan

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Title: Rock County, Nebraska, Centennial, 1888-1988.

Published by Centennial Book Committee - 1987
Copyright 1987 by Rock County Centennial Book Committee and Rock County 
Historical Society

 Ora Vance Harlan Biography
 
 Ora Vance Harlan was born to James Evans and Mina Sybrant Harlan in
 1894. He was the oldest of 4 children.  He spent his entire life in Rock
 County.  Orie was a musician, playing the violin. He loved ranching and
 working with the animals.

 He was united in marriage to Margaret Brown on April 26, 1916 at
 Bassett.  Margaret was the daughter of Walter Franklin and Lilly
 Elizabeth (Dickerson) Brown.

 Orie and Margaret were the parents of 9 children:  Calvin Lyle, Esther
 May, Elmer leroy, Levi Duane, Neva Arlene, Alta Marie, Violet Loraine,
 James Otis and Helen Ione.

 For a number of years Orie and Margaret ran the Sybrant Store and Post
 Office, started at an early date by the Sybrant brothers.  Later, when
 they no longer ran the store but sill lived in the building, they held
 weekly dances, with Orie providing part of the music and Margaret
 providing their family's share of food.

 Orie passed away March 2, 1968 in the Rock County Hospital and Margaret
 passed away February 20, 1982 at the Rock County Hospital.  Both are
 buried at the Bassett Memorial Cemetery.
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