Mr, Dern was born County, Nebraska, September 8, 1872. After his public school education he became a student at the University of Nebraska. He took active interest in athletics and captained the varsity football team in 1803 when it won the Missouri Valley Conference championship. He mar-Fied Miss Lottie Brown of Fremont, Nebraska. They had seven children Cutting short his education to accompany his parents when they moved from Nebraska to Utah, Governor Dern began his business career as bookkeeper for the Mereur Gold Mining and Milling Company. He devoted himself to a study of the technical: and engineering aspects of the industry.
Sixteen years later, when the concern by amalgamation became the Consolidated Mercur Gold Mining Gallery, Edinburgh, and in the National Portrait Gallery, London. "He also painted a portrait of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, which is now hanging in the Town Hall in Dover, England.—Reuter.
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