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P. S. FLITCROFT is a native of St. Lawrence county, N. Y., and was born near Ogdensburg, on the St. Lawrence river, September 4, 1837. He is a son of James and Bricea (Snider) Flitcroft, both of whom were also natives of New York. His mother died in 1868 and his father in 1873.

When Mr. Flitcroft was twenty-one years old he embarked in the boating and lumbering business on the St. Lawrence river and followed his business quite successfully for several year. He piloted the rapids for about eight years, and subsequently worked at the mason trade in Illinois for some years. He also spent four years in Butler county, Iowa, and came to Franklin county, Nebr., in the fall of 1874 and took a homestead in Lincoln township. He was among the first settlers, not a tree or a house being in sight. Wild game was plentiful, and he could see from two hundred to five hundred antelope in a drove. The times were hard but the people in those days were plucky, happy and contented. He was married January 3, 1857, to Miss Helen Call, a native of Jefferson county, N. Y., and born in 1837. Seven children have been born to this union — Charles, Emma, Augustus, Edward, Oscar, Annie and Jane, all deceased except Edward. The second marriage of Mr. Flitcroft took place April 5, 1879, to Rebecca E. Jackson, daughter of Robert and Lucy Jackson. She was born in Illinois, June 25, 1863. Two children have resulted from this marriage — Helen J. (deceased) and Byron D. Mr. Flitcroft has one hundred and sixty acres of choice land, all under good cultivation. He was elected county commissioner in the fall of 1877 and served three years. He organized and named several of the townships in the county, and was one of the most active and popular officials the county has had for some time. He is a republican and a prominent and active member of the Farmers’ Alliance.