John Hopwood Mickey (September 30, 1845 – June 2, 1910) was an American banker and Republican politician who served as the 13th Governor of Nebraska from 1903 to 1907. Life and career Early life and ancestors He was born near Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, on September 30, 1845, a son of Oliver Perry Mickey, a pioneer in Iowa, locating there from Pennsylvania in 1836 and Betsy Ann Davidson. Education In 1847, his parents moved the family removed to Louisa County, Iowa, and it was there his education was attained in the Iowa public school system. After being mustered out of the service, he returned to his Iowa home and for two years was a student at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Upon leaving college, he engaged in school teaching and during the vacation periods he devoted himself to farming. Military service In 1863, he enlisted as a private in the Union Army, in Company D, 8th Iowa cavalry, and served until the close of the war. His regiment was in service in eastern Tennessee and with William Tecumseh Sherman in his Atlanta Campaign until the successful surrender of Atlanta on September 2, 1864. He also served in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign. He was honorably mustered out of service in August 1865. Marriage and family He married as his first wife, on September 10, 1867, at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, Morinda McCray, born April 8, 1849, at Fayette, Indiana, the daughter of James McCray and Mary Harlan. She died on December 23, 1886, at Osceola, Polk County, Nebraska and is buried in Osceola Cemetery. John and Morinda were the parents of 5 children. He married, as his second wife, on December 8, 1887, at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Osceola, Polk County, Nebraska, Flora Cinderella Campbell, the daughter of Benjamin Crawford Campbell and Elizabeth Ann Scott. She was born on November 16, 1861, in Iowa and died on January 16, 1938, at Osceola, Nebraska. She is buried next to her husband in Osceola Cemetery. John and Flora were the parents of 4 children. Career He moved with his young bride and child to Polk County, Nebraska, arrived on September 3, 1868, and homesteaded. He moved to the town of Osceola in 1872. In May 1879, the Osceola Bank, with a capital stock of $5,000 was opened by Mr. Mickey. Ever since its organization Mr. Mickey has been its