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Atkinson, Henry Morrell

soldier, lawyer, public official, was born Sept. 9, 1838, in Wheeling, W. Va. He removed to Ohio in 1846, with his parents; was educated chiefly at the Denverson university, Ohio, and in Connecticut; moved to Nebraska in 1857, and engaged in the land agency business; studied law and came to the bar in 1861. He served as adjutant of cavalry, and in 1864 became provost-marshal for southern Nebraska. From 1867 to 1871 was register of the land office in Nebraska; subsequently turned his attention to the law and railroad building; in 1873 was appointed a special commissioner to Mexico; and in 1875 was appointed commissioner of pensions in Washington.