Biographical directory of the tax-payers and voters of McHenry County : containing also a map of the county, a condensed history of the state of Illinois, an historical sketch of the county, its towns and villages, an abstract of everyday laws of the state, a business directory, officers of societies, lodges and public officers, a department of general information for farmers, dairymen, etc., etc, Part 25

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Publication date: 1877, c1876
Publisher: Chicago : C. Walker
Number of Pages: 370


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DAWSON, JAMES, Blacksmith.


GARRISON, J. M., Cheese and Butter Manufacturer.


PHILBRICK, J. J., General Merchant.


THOMPSON, A. C., & CO., Cheese and Butter Manufacturers.


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HARTLAND TOWNSHIP.


ALLEN, WM. B., Farmer, Sec. 26; Woodstock P. O.


ALLEN, J. C., Farmer, Sec. 23; Woodstock P. O.


AUSTIN, C. J., Farmer, Sec. 28; Woodstock P. O.


AUSTIN, E., Rents farm of Darling, Scc. 34; Woodstock P. O.


BARRETT, PATRICK, Farmer, Sec. 5; Harvard P. O .; born in County Cork, Ireland, 1806; came to. this county in 1842 ; owns 146 acres of land. Married Margaret Shields in 1853, who was born in County Galway, Ireland, 1817; has six children living.


BARRY, PETER, Renter of farm of E. Goggin, Sec. 8; Harvard P. O. BARRY, DAVID, Farmer, Sec. 28; Woodstock P. O.


BASSETT, WM., Farmer, Sec. 33; Woodstock P. O.


BAUDER, DANIEL, Farmer, Sec. 7; Harvard P. O .; born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., January 22, 1816; came to this county in March, 1865; owns 10 acres of land. Married Nancy M. Purdy, November 7, 1841, who was born in the State of New York, October 10, 1825 ; has six children living.


BRADY, EDWARD, Farmer, Sec. 16; Harvard P. O.


BURKE, MICHAEL, Farmer, Sec. 18; Harvard P. O .; born in County Mayo, Ireland, 1839 ; came to this country in 1868; owns 120 acres of land. Married Hannah Harrity in 1867, who was born in County Mayo, Ireland, 1847; had five children, two living.


BUTTS, THOMAS, Farmer, Sec. 18 ; Harvard P. O.


CARMACK, GEORGE, Renter, Sec. 6; Harvard P. O.


CARROLL, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 12; Woodstock P. O .; born in County Limerick, Ireland, 1821 ; came to McHenry 1853; owns 220 acres of land. Married Ann Dalunty in 1854, who was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, 1822, and died in McHenry Co. in 1868; has seven children.


CAUGHLIN, A., Farmer, Sec. 4; Harvard P. O .; born in Cork Co., Ireland, 1836; came to this county in 1851; owns 60 acres of land. Married Catharine Toomey in September, 1862, who was born in Cork Co., Ireland, in 1841; has six children living.


CAVIN, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 30; Woodstock P. O.


CATING, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 5 ; Harvard P. O.


COKELY, DAVID, Farmer, Sec. 29; Woodstock P. O.


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COKELY, DENNIS, Farmer, Sec. 29; Woodstock P. O.


COLBY, E. G., Farmer, Sec. 6; Harvard P. O.


COLLINS, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 8; Harvard P. O .; born in county of Cork, Ireland, May, 1799 ; came to this county in 1844. Married Hannora Murphy in 1823, who was born in Cork Co. in 1794 and died in 1862; has three children living. ·


COLLINS, TIMOTHY, Farmer, Sec. 10; Harvard P. O .; born in county of Cork, Ireland, in 1841; came to this county in 1861. Married Mary Halcy in 1868; she was born in Illinois in 1843; has three children.


CONKLIN, WILLIAM G., Farmer, Sec. 34; Woodstock P. O .; born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., April 2, 1830; came to this county in 1854; owns 180 acres of land; has been Deputy Postmaster of the town of Hartland for three years, Road Commissioner nine years ; acted as Justice of the Peace five years. Married Hannah C. Bliss in January, 1854, who was born in Broome Co., N. Y., December 4, 1834 ; had seven children, six living.


CONNER, DANIEL, Farmer, Sec. 10; Harvard P. O.


CONARTY, M., Farmer, Sec. 15; Harvard P. O.


COONEY, R. D., & BROS., Farmers, Sec. 24; Woodstock P. O .; they own 710 acres of land; R. D. Cooney was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., October 4, 1845; came to McHenry Co. in 1846; has been Town Collector one year, Justice of the Peace four years and Supervisor seven years ; one of nine brothers ; two dead ; all born in McHenry Co .; their father, Martin Cooncy, was born in County Galway, Ireland, in 1814, and came to this county in 1844 and died in 1866. He married Mary McKenna, of the county of Monaghan, Ireland, December 21, 1843.


CRAIGHEAD, JAMES, Farmer, Sec. 11; Woodstock P. O .; born in Forfar Co., Scotland, June 20, 1813; came to this county in May, 1855 ; owns 92 acres of land. Married Elizabeth West, January 19, 1838; she was born in Forfar Co., Scotland, February 14, 1820 ; has five children living.


CRATON, JOHANNA, Sec. 7; Harvard P. O .; born in county of Kerry, Ireland, in 1836 ; came to this county in 1855; owns 40 acres of land. Married in 1855 ; has one child, Richard, born in 1859.


CURRY, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 10; Harvard P. O .; born in county of Kerry, Ireland, in 1816; came to this county in 1874. Married Mary Long in 1856, who was born in county of Cork, Ireland, in 1820; have two children-Johanna, born in 1848, and Ellen, born in 1856.


CROWLEY, CHARLES, Farmer, Sec. 5; Harvard P. O. ; » born in county of Cork, Ireland, in 1826; came to this county in 1858; owns 39 acres of land. Married Ellen Murray in 1854, who was born in county of Cork, Ireland, in 1831 ; has ten children living.


DACY, JERRY, Farmer, Sec. 9; Harvard P. O .; born in county of Cork, Ire -. land, in 1823; came to this county in 1855; owns 40 acres of land. Married


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. Hannah O'Neil in 1855, who was born in county of Cork, Ireland; had ten chil- dren, eight living.


DACY, M., MRS., Farmer, Sec. 31; Harvard P. O.


DELHARTY, WILLIAM, Tenant of M. Madden, Scc. 5; Harvard P. O.


DEMING, HOMER, Farmer, Sec. 6 ; Harvard P. O .; born in Hartland Town- ship, McHenry Co., in 1845; owns 10 acres of land. Married Rosanna Bauder, September 4, 1866, who was born in Erie Co., N. Y., June 17, 1843 ; has three children-C. Frederick, born April 8, 1864 ; Edna L., born November 19, 1869, and Alice C., born May 6, 1875.


DESMOND, WILLIAM, Farmer, Sec. 29; Woodstock P. O. DESMOND, DANIEL, Farmer, Sec. 29; Woodstock P. O.


DEVITT, DANIEL, Farmer, Sec. 9; Harvard P. O .; born in Cook Co., Ill., in 1840; came to this county in 1836; owns 80 acres of land. Married Fannie Kelly in 1861, who was born in county of Cork, Ireland, in 1844 ; has six children living.


DONAHUE, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 10; Harvard P. O .; born in county of Kerry, Ireland, in 1826; came to McHenry Co. in 1853. Married Mary Sullivan in 1849 ; she was born in county of Kerry, Ireland, in 1833; had thirteen chil- dren, eleven living.


DRISCOLL, PATRICK, Farmer, Sec. 23; Woodstock P. O. DUGGAN, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 21; Woodstock P. O.


DUFFY, OWEN, Farmer, Sec. 10; Woodstock P. O. DUGGAN, WILLIAM, SR., Farmer, Scc. 29; Woodstock P. O. DUGGAN, WM. JR., Farmer, Sec. 9; Harvard P. O. EGAN, H., MRS., Farmer, Sec. 35; Woodstock P. O. EPPEL, FREDERICK, Farmer, Sec. 32; Woodstock P. O. EVANS, WALTER, Farmer, Sec. 22; Woodstock P. O.


FERGUSON, WM., Farmer, Sec. 18; Harvard P. O .; born in Louisville, Ky., January 1, 1855 ; came to this county June, 1876.


FORREST, ROBERT, Farmer, Sec. 33; Woodstock P. O. GALISE, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 36; Woodstock P. O.


GAFFNEY, FELIX, Farmer, Sec. 2; Alden P. O .; born in Cavan .Co., Ire- land, May, 1843; came to McHenry Co. 1852. Married Ellen Brady, July, 1863; she was born in Lynn, Mass., in 1844 ; has five children.


GILLISPY, THOMAS, Farmer, Sec. 10; Woodstock P. O .; born in Mayo Co., Ireland, 1838 ; came to this county in 1865. Married Mary Mockler, in 1869; she was born in Pennsylvania, in 1841 ; has four children.


GLANCY, EDWARD. Lives on farm of Wm. Lambert, Scc. 21; Woodstock P. O. GLASBY, THOS., Renter of J. Reardon, Sec. 10; Harvard P. O. GOGGIN, ROBERT, Farmer, Sec. 19; Harvard P. O.


GRADY, N., Farmer and Justice of the Peace, Sec. 32; Woodstock P. O.


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GRIEBES, MICHAEL, Farmer, Sec. 33; Woodstock P. O.


GUTH, GEORGE, Farmer and Commissioner of Highways, Sec. 28; Wood- stock P. O.


GUTH, JACOB, Farmer, Sec. 27 ; Woodstock P. O. ; born in Germany, October, 16, 1802; came to this county 1851; owns 120 acres of land. Married Tairasea Ralf in 1828, who was born in Germany in 1808; had eleven children, nine living.


HALLISY, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 22; Woodstock P. O.


HALEY, DENNIS, Farmer, Sec. 31 ; Harvard P. O.


HAKES, H. G., Renter of H. Harman, Sec. 34; Woodstock P. O.


HALEY, WILLIAM, Farmer, Sec. 32; Woodstock P. O. HAMMOND, N. B., Farmer, Sec. 5 ; Harvard P. O.


HAMMOND, JAMES U., Farmer, Sec. 7; Harvard P. O .; born in Susque- hanna Co., N. Y., January 19, 1824 ; came to this county in 1866; owns 10 acres of land. Married Arminda Wooldridge, June, 1847, who was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., 1832 ; had twelve children, eight living.


HARRISON, WILLIAM, Farmer, Sec. 36; Woodstock P. O. HEATON, J. H., Farmer, Sec. 35; Woodstock P. O.


HAYES, EDWARD, Farmer, Sec. 13; Harvard P. O. HAYES, OWEN, Farmer, Sec. 12 ; Harvard P. O. HAYES, MICHAEL, Farmer, Sec. 1; Woodstock P. O. HICKEY, MARTIN, Farmer (Renter), Sec. 12; Woodstock P. O. HOAR, MORRIS, Farmer, Sec. 17; Harvard P. O. HOOD, ANDREW, Farmer, Sec. 11; Woodstoock P. O.


HOWARD, THOMAS, Farmer, Sec. 12 ; Woodstock P. O. ; born in Clare Co., Ireland, 1819 ; came to McHenry Co. November, 1849; owns 40 acres of land. Married Mary Fleming, July, 1852 ; she was born in Monnerher Co. Ireland, 1816 ; has five children.


HUGHES, C. M., Farmer, Sec. 35; Woodstock P. O .; born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., August 23, 1811; came to this county in the spring of 1846 ; owns 100 acres of land. Married Betsey Shimmens Nov. 14, 1860, who was born in the Isle of Man August 26, 1826 ; one child, Corral M., born May 15, 1864.


HUGHES, EDWARD, Farmer, Sec. 17; Harvard P. O. HURLEY, JAMES, Farmer, Sec. 30; Harvard P. O. JOHNSTON, J. C., Farmer, Sec. 27; Woodstock P. O. KANE, HUGH, Farmer, Sec. 13; Woodstock P. O. KANE, FRANK, Farmer, Sec. 13; Woodstock P. O. KANE, JAMES, Farmer, Sec. 13; Woodstock P. O.


KANE, DANIEL, Farmer, Sec. 9; Harvard P. O .; born in Cork Co, Ire- land, 1836 ; came to this county in 1856 ; owns 116 acres of land. Married Nancy Sullivan in 1860 ; she was born in Hartland Township, McHenry Co., Ill., in 1846 ; has seven children.


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MICHAEL, KELIHEN, Farmer, Sec. 20 ; Harvard P. O .; born in Kerry Co., Ireland, in 1816 ; came to this county in 1849; owns 40 acres of land. Married Ellen Conners in 1845, who was born in Kerry Co., Ireland, in 1823; had eight children, six living.


KEEFE, A., Farmer, Sec. 13; Woodstock P. O .; born in Kilkenny Co., Ireland, 1831; came to this county in 1856. Married Bridget Davis January, 1858, who was born in Kilkenny Co., Ireland, in 1835 ; has nine children living.


KENNEDY, JOHN A., Farmer, Sec. 28; Woodstock P. O .; born in Bank st., New York City, March 21, 1821 ; at that time and for some years after there were farmers adjoining Bank st., on the north ; came to this county in September, 1843; owns 236 66 acres of land. Married Louisa Smith September 13, 1846, who was born in New York State August 4, 1828; ten children living ; my father, Duncan Kennedy, was a merchant in New York City and New Orleans ; he was married to Margaret Stayley, August 11, 1809, by the Rev. Mr. Fenwick ; George Stayley, father of Margaret Stayley, married to Ann Gemmel, by Rev. Mr. Rankin, September, 1790.


KING, JAMES, Farmer, Scc. 9; Harvard P. O .; born in Galway Co., Ireland, 1824; came to this county in 1856; owns 80 acres of land. Married Eliza O'Brien in 1851, who was born in Sligo Co., Ireland, in 1826 ; has six children.


KING, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 19; Harvard P. O .; born in Galway Co., Ireland, in 1826 ; came to this county in 1874. Married Hannah Tulley in 1856, who was born in Galway Co., Ireland, in 1840 ; had eight children, six living.


LEONARD, TIMOTHY, Farmer, Sec. 1; Woodstock P. O.


LAWLER, T. & M., Farmers, Sec. 20; Harvard P. O.


LEHY, THOMAS, Farmer, Sec. 3; Harvard P. O.


LONG, JERRY, Farmer, Sec. 4; Harvard P. O .; born in Cork Co., Ireland, in 1823; came to this county in 1856; owns 40 acres of land. Married Mar- garet Callahan in 1836, who was born in Cork Co., Ireland, in 1798; no children.


LONG, DENNIS, Farmer, Sec. 4; Harvard P. O .; born in Cork Co., Ireland in 1823; owns 260 acres of land. Married Mary King October 1852, who was in Cork County, Ireland, in 1826; has eight children.


LONG, DENNIS, Farmer, Sec. 15; Woodstock P. O .; born in Cork Co., Ire- land, in 1804 ; came to this county in 1840 ; owns 149 acres of land. Married Ellen Carney in 1821, who was born in Cork Co., Ireland in 1804; has five children.


LOVE, WILLIAM, Renter of E. Murphy, Sec. 11; Woodstock P. O.


LUSH, I. S., Farmer Scc. 6; Harvard P. O.


MACK, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 20; Harvard P. O.


MAGUIRE, PATRICK, Farmer, Sec. 3; Woodstock P. O. ; born in Fermanagh Co., Ireland, in 1820; came to this county in 1850 ; owns 120 acres of land. Mar-


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ried Mary McConnell in 1859, who was born in Fermanagh Co., Ireland, in 1831 ; had seven children, five living.


MAHAN, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 17; Harvard P. O .; born in Made Co., Ireland, in 1808; came to this county in 1844; owns 90 acres of land. Married Mary Dully in 1839, who was born in Longford Co., Ireland, in 1808; has seven children.


MASSEY, JOHN, Renter of J. Cating, Sec. 5 ; Harvard P. O.


MCCARTHY, CHARLES, Farmer, Sec. 8; Harvard P. O.


MCCARTHY, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 9; Harvard P. O.


MCAULEY, JAMES, Renter of Stone, Sec. 13; Woodstock P. O.


MCCABE, PATRICK, Farmer, Sec. 10; Woodstock P. O.


MCCARTHY, FLORENCE, Farmer, Sec. 18; Woodstock P. O .; born in Kerry Co., Ireland, in September, 1805; came to this county in 1850; owns 160 acres of land. Married Eliza Morrthy in 1864, who was born in Kerry Co., Ireland, in 1838; had two children.


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MCCARTHY, J. C., Farmer, Sec. 29; Woodstock P. O; born in County Kerry, Ireland, June 3, 1834 ; came to McHenry Co. in 1847 ; owns 240 acres of land ; value of property, $6,000 ; went to California in 1854, and returned to McHenry Co. in 1866. Married Mary Du Harte, July 18, 1872; who was born in Cinhm, Cleas, France ; has three children.


MCCAULEY, JAMES, Farmer, Sec. 13; Woodstock P. O .; born in Fermanagh Co., Ireland, in 1823; came to this county in 1865. Married Margaret Leonard in 1854, who was born in Fermanagh Co., Ireland, in 1828; has twelve children living.


MCELROY, JOHN, Railroader, Sec. 15; Harvard P. O.


McGUIRE, WILLIAM, Farmer, Sec. 5 ; Harvard P. O.


McGEE, S., Farmer, Sec. 36; Woodstock P. O.


McGUIRE, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 2; Woodstock P. O.


McGEE, DENNIS, Farmer, Sec. 36; Woodstock P. O .; born in McHenry Co. April 16, 1846 ; owns 40 acres of land. Married Sarah Gillies November 3, 1875, who was born in McHenry Co. February 23, 1847.


MILES, JOHN, Renter of Mrs. Wall, Sec. 1; Woodstock P. O. MULLINS, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 19; Harvard P. O.


MULDOON, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 1; Woodstock P. O. MULLINS, PATRICK, Farmer, Sec. 33; Woodstock P. O. MURPHY, PATRICK, Farmer, Sec. 31 ; Harvard P. O. MURPHY, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 9; Harvard P. O. MURPHY, JERRY, Farmer, Sec. 9; Harvard P. O. NEWMAN, G. W., Farmer, Sec. 6; Harvard P. O. NEWMAN, ALEX., Farmer, Sec. 6; Woodstock P. O. NEWMAN, GRANVILLE, Farmer, Sec. 6; Harvard P. O. NIHAN, JERRY, Farmer, Sec. 31 ; Harvard P. O. NIHAN, DANIEL, Farmer, Sec. 31 ; Harvard P. O.


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NOLAN, MARY D., Farmer, Sec. 14; Woodstock P. O.


NOLAN, THOMAS C., Farmer, Sec. 14; Woodstock P. O .; born in Hartland, McHenry Co., in 1855 ; Patrick B. Nolan, father of Thomas C., came to this county in 1843; owns 250 acres of land. Married Mary Nolan in 1843, who was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland ; had nine children ; eight living. 1 NOLEN, T. B., Farmer, Sec. 3; Woodstock P. O.


NOLEN, D. MARY, MRS., Widow of P. Nolen, Sec. 14; Woodstock P. O. NOLEN, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 4; Harvard P. O.


NOLEN, T. L., Farmer, Sec. 11; Woodstock P. O .; born in County Fermanagh, Ircland, in 1816; came to McHenry Co. in 1836; owns 160 acres. of land. Mar- ried Catherine McGee in 1847 ; she was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1826; has four children.


NUGENT, RICHARD, Farmer, Sec. 6; Harvard P. O.


O'BRIEN, THOMAS, Farmer, Sec. 7; Harvard P. O .; born in Kings Co., Ireland, in 1826; came to this county in 1864; owns 40 acres of land. Married Mary Maguire in 1867, who was born in Fermanagh Co., Ireland, in 1841 ; has one child.


O'CONNOR, THOMAS, Farmer, Sec. 20; Harvard P. O.


O'BRIEN, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 19; Harvard P. O.


O'LEARY, DANIEL, Farmer, Sec. 31; Harvard P. O.


O'LEARY, WILLIAM, Farmer, Sec. 15; Woodstock P. O .; born in Tippe- rary Co., Ireland, in 1803 ; came to this county in 1836 ; owns 120 acres of land. Married Hannora Dwyer in 1829, who was born in Tipperary Co., Ireland ; had twelve children-five living.


O'NEIL, MICHAEL, Farmer, Sec. 4; Harvard P. O.


OSBORNE, O. A., Farmer and Broom Maker, Sec. 36; Woodstock P. O.


PERLET, A., Farmer, Sec. 6 ; Harvard P. O .; born in Canada, March 27, 1844 ; came to this county October 1, 1874 ; owns 73 acres of land. Married Mary Col- lins September 6, 1863, who was born in Scotland, January, 1845; had three chil- dren ;. William L., born November 17, 1865; M. Fletcher, born March 2, 1869, and J. Franklin, born July 24, 1872.


PHILPS, LIBBENS, Farmer, Sec. 6; Harvard P. O. PIERCE, J. S., Farmer, Sec. 26; Woodstock P. O.


QUINLAN, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 26 .; Woodstock P. O.


QUINLAN, DENNIS, JR., Farmer, Sec. 22; Woodstock P. O. QUINLAN, M .; Lives with mother, Sec. 23; Woodstock P. O.


QUINLAN, H., Farmer, Sec. 24; Woodstock P. O. QUINLAN, DENNIS, SR., Farmer, Sec. 14; Woodstock P. O. QUINN, M. F., Farmer, Sec. 2; Harvard P. O. QUINN, John, Farmer, Sec. 28; Harvard P. O. RAFTER, THOMAS, Lives with M. O'Leary, Sec. 2; Alden P. O. ROE, PHILO, Farmer, Sec. 27; Woodstock P. O.


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RIORDEN, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 8; Harvard P. O .; born in County of Kerry, Ireland, in 1830; came to this county in 1855 ; owns 80 acres of land. Married Johanna Conner in 1855, who was born in Kerry Co., Ireland, in 1862 ; no children. RIORDEN, PATRICK, Farmer, Sec. 17 ; Harvard P. O .; born in Kerry Co., Ireland, 1826; came to McHenry Co. in 1870. Married Catherine Sullivan in 1865 ; she was born in Cork Co., Ireland, in 1831 ; has six children.


SCHOFF, MICHAEL, Farmer, Sec. 34; Woodstock P. O.


SCULLY, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 12; Woodstock P. O.


SCOTT, WILLIAM, Farmer, Sec. 18 ; Harvard P. O.


SCHWAMB, ANDREW, Lives on farm of (). W. Curtis, Sec. 34; Woodstock P. O.


SCHULTZ, CHARLES, Farmer, Sec. 8; Harvard P. O .; born in Germany, October 27, 1831 ; came to this county June 22, 1876; owns 120 acres of land. Married Wilimina Schmidt July 19, 1864, who was born in Germany June 11, 1859; has two children.


SHEAHAN, DENNIS, Farmer, Sec. 8; Harvard P. O .; born in Cork Co., Ireland, in 1826; came to this county in 1853 ; owns 80 acres of land. Married Mary Mccarthy in 1858, who was born in Cork Co., Ireland, in 1836 ; has seven children living.


SHEAHAN, MICHAEL, Farmer, Sec. 7; Harvard P. O .; born in Cork Co., Ireland, in 1834; came to this county in 1853; owns 80 acres of land ; married Margaret Barrett in 1864, who was born in Lockport, Ill., in 1842 ; has five children.


SHEAHAN, DANIEL, Farmer, Sec. 7; Harvard P. O .; born in Cork Co., Ireland, in 1816 ; came to this county in 1836; owns 80 acres of land. Married Margaret Moran in 1841, who was born in Kerry Co., Ireland, 1816 ; no children.


SPLAIN, DANIEL, Farmer, Sec. 7; Harvard P. O. ; born in Cork Co., Ireland, 1824 ; came to this county in 1857 ; owns 30 acres of land. Married Eliza Barry in 1851, who was born in Cork Co., Ireland, 1824; no children.


STUPPEL, BENJAMIN, Lives on farm of D. Barry, Sec. 28; Woodstock P. O. SULLIVAN, J. D., Farmer, Sec. 16; Harvard P. O.


SULLIVAN, C., Lives with father, Sec. 19 ; Harvard P. O.


SULLIVAN, DENNIS, Farmer, Sec. 13; Woodstock P. O .; born in Cork Co., Ireland, in 1829; came to McHenry Co. in 1865. Married Marry Hennessy in 1858, who was born in Cork Co., Ireland, 1833; has six children.


SULLIVAN, HENRY, Farmer, Sec. 16; Harvard P. O .; born in Hartland Township, McHenry Co., October 15, 1843; owns 200 acres of land. Married Elizabeth McCarthy, January 19, 1864, who was born in Buffalo, N. Y., 1843 ; has five children.


SULLIVAN, MAURICE, Farmer, Sec. 16; Harvard P. O .; born in Kerry Co., Ireland, 1813; came to MeHenry Co. 1840; owns 120 acres of land. Mar- ried Ellen Sullivan in 1835, who was born in Kerry Co., Ireland, in 1813; has five children.


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SULLIVAN, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 12; Woodstock P. O .; born in Cork Co., Ireland, in November, 1825 ; came to McHenry Co. in June, 1857 ; owns 158 acres of land. Married Catharine McCarthy in September, 1857, who was born in Cork Co., Ireland, 1826 ; has four children.


SWEENEY, D., Farmer, Sec. 16 ; Harvard P. O .; born in Cork Co., Ireland, in 1834 ; came to McHenry Co. May 20, 1869; owns 20 acres of land. Married Mary Donnovan in 1864, who was born in Cork Co., Ireland, in 1846 ; had seven chil- dren, four living.


TARNOW, WILLIAM, Lives on farm of F. & M. Lawler, Sec. 21 ; Woodstock P. O. TOOMEY, TIMOTHY, Farmer, Sec. 4; Harvard P. O .; born in Cork Co., Ireland, 1813 ; came to McHenry Co. in 1857; owns 60 acres of land. Married Bridget Connell in 1846, who was born in Cork Co., Ireland, 1826 ; has four chil- dren living.


WALLACE. THOMAS, Lives on farm of Jos. Boh, Sec. 28; Woodstock P. O. WELCH, DAVID, Farmer, Sec. 19; Harvard P. O.


WELCH, WILLIAM, Farmer, Sec. 30; Harvard P. O. WELCH, H., MRS., Farmer, Sec. 30; Harvard P. O. WILLIAMS, H., Farmer, Sec. 13; Woodstock P. O.


WHOLAHAN, M., Farmer, Sec. 27; Woodstock P. O.


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HEBRON TOWNSHIP.


ADAMS, C. S., Farmer, Sec. 7; Hebron P. O. ALEXANDER, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 11 ; Richmond P. O. ANDREWS, S. G., Farmer, Sec. 1 ; Richmond P. O. ARCHIBALD, SAMUEL, Farmer, Sec. 32 ; Richmond P. O. AUSTIN, R. L., Lives with father, Sec. 30; Greenwood P. O. AUSTIN, R. H., Lives with father, Sec. 30; Greenwood P. O. AUSTIN, W. M., Farmer, Sec. 32; Greenwood P. O. AUSTIN, RUFUS, Farmer, Sec. 30; Greenwood P. O. AYRES, JOSEPH, Farmer, Sec. 16; Hebron P. O. BAIRD, FRANKLIN, Farmer, Sec. 30 ; Hebron P. O. BENEDICT, H. E., Farmer, Sec. 23; Hebron P. O. BEGUN, V. R., Farmer, Sec. 19; Hebron P. O. BEGUN, RUSSELL, Farmer, Sec. 20 ; Hebron P. O.


BENEDICT, H. E., Farmer, n. e. Sec. 23 ; Richmond P. O,; born in Madison Co., N. Y., April 29, 1842; came to McHenry Co., February 15, 1871; owns a farm of 160 acres; valuation of property, $7,000; volunteered in the Thirty-third Regt. Wis. Inf., under Captain Walter Cook ; served three years. Married Hattie E. Gibbs, in Randall, Wis .; she was born May 30, 1845; had three children.


BLODGETT, D. S., Harness Maker ; Hebron. BOYD, JACOB, Farmer, Sec. 32; Greenwood P. O.


BRIGHAM, E. M., Farmer, Sec. 7; Hebron P. O. BRIGHAM, E. W., Blacksmith ; Hebron. BROWN, J. F., Farmer, Sec. 15; Hebron P. O. BRUSH, WALTER, Laborer ; Hebron.


BROWN, G. W., Farmer, Sec. 25 ; Greenwood P. O.


BROWN, S. W. & J. S., Farmers, Sec. 25; Greenwood P. O.


BROWN, J. F., Farmer, Sec. 15; Hebron P. O .; born in Dutchess Co., Dover Plains, N. Y., November 7, 1842; owns 80 acres; valuation of property, $7,500; came to McHenry Co. in the fall of 1850. Married Eveline Rotnour, in Genoa, Wis., November 22, 1855; she was born July 15, 1845, in Manlius, N. Y. ; had three children, two living.


BROWN, S. W., Farmer, Justice of the Peace, Deputy Surveyor and Notary Public of McHenry Co., Sec. 25; Greenwood P. O .; owns 200 acres; born in Rockingham Co., N. H., April 27, 1811; came to McHenry Co. May 3, 1849 ; Justice of the Peace twenty-five years, Supervisor six years, Assessor one year and


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Collector one year. Married Sophia Cogswell, of Boscawen, N. H., August 18, 1840; she was born June 9, 1822, in Boscawen, N. H .; had four children.


BROUGHTON, S. O., Blacksmith ; Hebron.


BROUGHTON, WM. O., Blacksmith ; Hebron.


BUCHANAN, EDWIN, Farmer, Sec. 18; Hebron P. O.


BURGER, PETER, Farmer, Sec. 25; Greenwood P. O.


BURGETT, JAMES, Farmer, n. e. Sec. 2; Richmond P. O .; born November 11, 1829, in Steuben Co., N. Y. ; came to McHenry Co. December 22, 1854 ; owns 260 acres; valuation of property, $15,000; School Director six years ; was in Cali- fornia four years ; returned 1854 to McHenry Co. Married Edna Ann Harrison, January 1, 1855, in Bloomfield, Wis .; she was born in Climax Co., Mich., May 3, 1838; had eight children, five. boys and three girls.


CARNEY, MARTHA, Widow, Sec. 16; Hebron P. O. CASTERLIN, EDWARD, Farmer, Sec. 9 ; Hebron P. O.


CHARLES, THOMAS, Farmer, Sec. 27; Hebron P. O.


CHAPMAN, WM., Blacksmith ; Hebron ; was born in Lincolnshire, England, December 16, 1833; came to America in the spring of 1849; settled in Racine, Wis., with his parents ; came to McHenry Co. in spring of 1863; valuation of property, $3,500. Married Hiliam Newberry, in Lynn, Walworth Co., Wis., Octo- ber 31, 1856 ; she was born in New York, November 23, 1834; had five children ; she died May 10, 1876. Mr. Chapman has worked at blacksmithing ever since he was 12 years old.


CLARK, HAZLEWOOD, Farmer, Sec. 13; Richmond P. O. CLARY, D. A., Renter of S. W. Mead, Sec. 9; Hebron P. O. CLOTHIER, W. M., Farmer, Sec. 23; Richmond P. O. COAKLEY, WILLIAM, Farmer, Scc. 12; Richmond P. O. COFFEY, T. W., Farmer, Sec. 33; Greenwood P. O.


COUCH, W. H., Renter of A. Martin, Sec. 24; Richmond P. O. COLE, MELVIN J., Farmer, Sec. 21 ; Hebron P. O. CONNELL, THOMAS, Farmer, Sec. 28; Hebron P. O.




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