aka: The Magic City - Porkopolis - South"O" Douglas County, Nebraska

THE INCORPORATION OF SOUTH OMAHA 1886

The Second Petition 16 October 1886

Two petitions for the Incorporation of South Omaha were presented to the Douglas County Commissioners. The first petition was followed by several remonstrances, one claiming that a large number of the signers were non-residents. Following are the signers for the second petition that did not have the claim of non-residents:

Petition for the Incorporation of South Omaha.
To the Honorable, the County Commissioners, Douglas County, Nebraska:
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned, hereby petition your honorable body for the incorporation of the village of South Omaha, Nebraska.

Union Stock Yards Co. S. B. Fenno C. H. Moody D. H. Reynolds C. M. Carson F. W. Biddle C. H. Bradrick J. H. Wallwork L. B. Gorham F. S. Dewey F. W. Gasmann D. Smith Joseph H. Nash L. Rothschild D. R. Scott E. A. Stearns Daniel O'Connell J. R. Grice G. W. Klingaman E. E. Bosworth J. W. Lowe John E. McCann Richard A. Haga W. G. Sloane Sloane & Saxe W. S. Anderson D. L. Holmes F. M. Smith E. K. Wells John Lacey Thomas Hennessy John Hartnett R. T. Maxwell Dr. E. L. Ernhout E. M. Overton J. Nigh W. L. Sears E. D. Weirs J. H. Jacobs Charles Clapp Thomas P. McDowell J. W. Ridings John Nelson John Hogan

J. D. Jones L. Carpenter M. J. DeGraff & Co. Larue Williams Axel Kallstrom Andro Janson Thomas Hoctor H. Sullivan J. M. Glasgow J. H. Johnson M. F. Anderson E. C. Dries Lee Dries Martin Lynn John York George Zenor William Saunders Moses C. Livingstone William McCraith F. McLaughlin E. F. Crowley W. Kane John Sistor Patrick Sweeney Charles Jones Dudley Sullivan John N. Burke Patrick Rice Daniel P. O'Connell Charles Segebart James Edney John Hemming F. J. Sliter Geo. E. Heis R. R. Keller V. Pivonka J. Patek Edward Goodman T. Geary Charles Lear P. Mooney J. W. Smith John Carey J. Cook

L. C. Gibson P. M. Livsy John A. Doe S. K. Krigbaum Fr. Pivonka C. M. Hunt Ziba Crawford A. J. Stoll M. Barnhart John Hedeman Patrick Lynch John Clay George Gibbons J. D. Robinson Charles W. Glynn John H. Wallwork G. Reuther M. Meyer M. Reichenberg Charles H. Rich William Moore S. L. Caldwell E. C. Deckson D. Kratzer A. Winegard J. M. Eversole Isaac Myers W. E. Haines James S. Brown C. H. Urquhart Jacob Levy R. B. Sarles C. W. Sumner A. C. Shepard David Hoban P. McMahon Jim O'Gorman John Kenney Joe Moly John Lee O. E. Shannon Willmore Davis F. Williamson

Omaha, Saturday, October 16, 1886.--
The (Douglas County) board met this day, pursuant to adjournment; present, F. W. Corliss, Geo. E. Timme and R. O'Keefe. This day came up the incorporation of South Omaha, and the following was offered and adopted:       "Resolved, that the Village of South Omaha be, and is hereby declared incorporated, as petitioned for..."

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