History of Bureau County, Illinois, Part 71

Author: Bradsby, Henry C., [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Chicago, World publishing company
Number of Pages: 776

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RICHARD EDWARDS, LL. D., Prince- ton, was born December 23, 1822, in Lledrod Parish, Cardiganshire, Wales. His father, Richard Edwards, son of Hugh Edwards, was born in Wales in 1799. He immigrated to Ohio in 1833, where he followed the occu- pation of a stone-mason. In 1849 he moved to Oshkosh, Wis., and engaged in farming. He died in that State in 185]. His wife, Ann Jones, was born in Wales in 1802, and died in Wisconsin in 1876. She was the daughter of David and Margaret Jones,

natives of Wales, and was the mother of nine children, viz .: Richard, David, Eliza- beth, Isaac, Margaret, Mary, John, William and Hugh; of whom four are now living. Richard Edwards spent his early life on a farm in Wales. In that country he learned to read the English and Welsh languages, the latter in the Sunday-schools. At the age of ten years he came to Ohio with his parents. He began teaching school in Oc- tober, 1844, but after one term of teaching he entered the State Normal School at Bridgewater, Mass. In 1847 he became a student and teacher in the Rensselaer Poly- technic School, of Troy, N. Y., where he re- mained one year. In May, 1848, he returned to Bridgewater, Mass., and was engaged in the Normal School as instructor in As- tronomy, Physics, Geography and Map- drawing. After five years' successful labor in the Normal School he became Prin- cipal of the Boys' High School in Salem, Mass., where he remained one year. He was then appointed visitor of the State Board of Education, and afterward Prin- cipal of the State Normal School in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1857 he was chosen Prin- cipal of the city Normal School of St. Louis, Mo., where his fame as an instructor had preceded him. He filled this position until 1861, when he was elected Principal of the High School of that city. By this time Mr. Edwards was well known through the West as an efficient instructor, and trustees of the State Normal University near Bloomington were anxious to secure his services as Presi- dent of that institution. Accordingly, in the spring of 1862, he was elected to the chair of Mathematics, and in June of the same year became President of the Univer- sity, and occupied that position till January, 1876. During that time the number of stu- dents increased from 285, then on the cata- logue, to 780. After his resignation had been accepted Dr. Edwards was chosen pas- tor of the Congregational Church of Prince- ton, having been ordained in 1873 in Normal, Ill. He received the degree of A. M. from Harvard College, and the degree of LL. D. from Shurtleff College, Alton, Ill. Dr. Edwards resigned his position as pastor of the Congregational Church in the summer of

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1884 and accepted the financial agency for Knox College. He was married July 5, 1849, in Pembroke, Mass., to Miss Betsey J. Samson, horn February 27, 1825, in the above named place. Her father, Thomas H. Samson, a moulder and farmer by occupa- tion, was born in Massachusetts in 1798, and died in 1882. His wife, Eleanor Josselyn, was born in 1799 in Massachusetts, where she yet resides. Dr. and Mrs. Edwards have reared nine children, viz .: Annie, wife of N. C. Dougherty, Superintendent of Schools, Peoria, Ill .; Richard A., Assistant, Cashier of the First National Bank, of Peru, Ind .; Ellen S., a teacher in Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Col .; Mary C., wife of D. C. Tyler, M. D., of Clifton, Kan .; Rev. Nicholas T., pastor of the Congregational Church, of Wyanet, Ill .; George H., a com mercial traveler of Chicago, Ill .; Walter A., teacher of Latin and Greek in the Peoria High School; Owen M. and Florence M .- twins-are students in the Princeton High School. Although Dr. Edwards' life has been a busy one, yet he has found time to leave us a few works, the result of careful study and research. In 1866 was published his "Analytical Series of Readers " compris- ing seven books; and shortly afterward his ' Student's Readers" in four books. In 1862 his inaugural address, entitled "Herit- age of Culture," was published in pamphlet form, as was also "Universal Education; " in 1865. "Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln:" in 1872, " Decennial Address." The Memoirs of Nicholas Tillinghast ap- peared in 1856 in Hartford, Conn .; they were first published in the American Journal of Education.

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GEORGE ELDRIDGE, Walnut, was born in Loraine County, Ohio, May 1, 1840. He is the son of Richard and Elizabeth (Sharon) Eldridge; the father was a native of New York and the mother of l'ennsylvania, but her family was among the early settlers of Ohio. In 1850 Richard Eldridge removed to Lee County, Ill., with his family, but returned to Ohio a few years later and died there. His wife survived him many years and died in Michigan. George Eldridge was reared in Ohio, and came to Illinois with his parents, afterward returning to Ohio. In

1854 he again came to Illinois, and settled in Bureau County, first in Ohio Township and in 1868 in Walnut Township, on his present farm. It was then raw prairie and all the lowland was covered with sloughs of water. His farm is now all in an excellent state of cultivation, with good improvements; it con- tains 280 acres in Sections 23 and 24. He has accumulated all of his property in this county, as he came here with 50 cents, and for his first month and a half's work received $15. Mr. Eldridge was married in Ohio Township, Bnreau Co., Ill., January 26, 1861, to Emily Hensel, who was born in Tuscara was County, Ohio, August 2, 1839. Her parents, John and Rachel (Barton) Hensel, were both natives of Somerset County, Penn., and died in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Mrs. Eldridge came to Bureau County in 1857. She is the mother of five children, viz .: Ed- gar R., born June 6, 1863; Walter S., born January 12, 1865; Ernest A., born November 24, 1866; Albert R., born Jannary 19, 1870; Ralph R., born September 23, 1876. In pol- ities Mr. Eldridge is Republican.

J. S. ELDRIDGE, Neponset, was born June 21, 1833, in Canaan, Me. His parents, Winthrop and Dorcas (Adams) Eldridge, were natives of Maine, where the former was born March, 1801, and yet resides. The latter was born in 1806, and died there in 1854. She was the mother of eight children, of whom five are now living, viz. : Joseph G., our sub- ject; Mrs. Irene L. Marriot, a resident of La. moille; Roselthe, Mrs. Phoebe Tibbetts, and James H. Our subject was educated in Skowhegan, Me. He settled in Sheffield, Burean Co., Ill .. November 9, 1855, and there worked one year for Adam & Hale. The same year he bought 160 acres of land where he now resides, but did not improve it till 1858, nor settle on it till 1860. Between the years 1858 and 1860 he was in the lum- ber business, in Wisconsin. Mr. Eldridge was joined in marriage. in Princeton, to Mary Bowen, born October 19, 1841, in Yorkshire, England. Her parents were George and Sarah (Moocroft) Bowen. She is the mother of six children, viz .: George, Jennie, Rosel- the, Harriet, Josephine, Mary and Trew. Mr. Eldridge is a member of the A. F. & A. M. fraternity, Kewanee Chapter, K. T. Polit-

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ically he has so far been identified with the Republican party.

GEN. I. H. ELLIOTT, Princeton, was born in Bureau County, Ill., January 25, 1837. He graduated from the University of Michigan in the class of 1861, and served through the war of the Rebellion in the Union Army.

JOHN ELLIOTT, deceased, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, June 6, 1806. In 1834 he came West and settled in Dover Township, Bureau County. Two years later he returned to Clermont County, Ohio, and was married to Mary Hughes, with whom he returned to his prairie home in the West. In 1851 he moved to Princeton, where he resided until his death, August 8, 1881. His widow and four children survive him: Gen. I. H. Elliott, Mrs. George W. Stone, and Mrs. A. J. Washburn are residents of Princeton, and Charles P. Elliott resides in Creston, Iowa. John Elliott was a thoughtful, quiet man of great force of character, clear-headed, strong- hearted, noble in every impulse. For forty years he was an active member of the Chris- tian Church of Princeton, and among his many Christian virtues benevolence took a prominent place.

HON. SIMON ELLIOTT, Princeton, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, February 10, 1827. He is the son of Simon and Maria (Robinson) Elliott, both of Irish de- scent. The father was born in 1788, and died in 1854 in Ohio. The mother was born in 1799, and died in this county May, 1881, but her remains were taken to Ohio for burial. They were the parents of six children, viz. : John, who resides on the old homestead in Ohio: Samuel and Simon residents of this county; Arthur, deceased; J. F., a resident of Manson, Iowa, and Mrs. Margaret Hoover, who lives near Lacon, Ill. The occupation of the surviving members of the family is that of farming. Simon Elliott, Sr., served in the war of 1812, and received a land- warrant from the Government. At the time of his widow's death in 1881, she was a pensioner of the Government. John Elliott, the grandfather of our subject, came to Amer- ica at an early date in a vessel called "Lazy Mary." Some time after this the father, two sisters and three brothers of John Elliott

started for this country in the "Faithful Steward," which vessel was wrecked off the American coast, and of this family only two of the young men were rescued, their wealth of gold and goods also being lost. Mr. Elliott's early life was spent on the farm, and in attending the district schools; in later years he had the advantages of Cler- mont Academy, Ohio. In 1848 he and another young man came to this county, driving across the country in a buggy, Mr. Elliott furnishing the buggy, and his friend the horse. In 1856, April 21, he was mar- ried in Woodford County, Ill., to Miss Sarah A. McCoy, who was born in Brown County, Ohio, and is the daughter of William Mc- Coy, deceased. This union has been blessed with the following-named children: Edwin F., now in the railroad business in Kansas; Kate, Lillie and Minnie; also Alfred S. and Nora, deceased. Mr. Elliott's farm, which lies seven miles from Princeton, contains 200 acres. The first quarter section that he bought cost him but 75 cents per acre, as he had bought a land-warrant. During the first year of his farming in this county he gave most of his attention to the raising of grain, but in later years he has given nearly his entire attention to the growing of hogs, and to dealing in stock. Mr. Elliott has ever been active in developing the agriculture of the county, and in advancing the farmer's interests. In November, ISTS, was elected as the representative of the National Green- back party to the Thirty-first General Assem- bly of Illinois, and served through his term of office with credit. He is now Chairman of the Central Committee of his party for the Seventh Congressional District.

ABBOTT ELLIS, Dover, was born in Albemarle County, Va., June 22, 1812. He resided in his native county till September 29, 1830, when he removed to Springfield, Ill., remaining in Sangamon County until July, 1833, when he again removed to Bureau County, where he has since resided. The first winter he lived in a cabin on Section 27 in Dover Township. In 1838 he built on his present farm and occupied it in 1839. He is the son of Dabney and Frances (Watson) El- lis, who came to Illinois in 1830, and to Bu- reau County in April, 1834. They lived in

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Dover Township until their deaths. He died in August, 1840, she May 20, 1881, at the age of ninety-one years. They were the par- ents of seven children, of whom two sons and three daughters yet survive. Miletus died in Sangamon County, Ill .; Demarcus is liv- ing in Lawrence, Kaufman Co., Texas: Ab- bott, living in this township; Ezbon died in Humboldt, Kan .; Pyrena, wife of Henry Clapp, of Grundy County; Frances, wife of M. Studyvin, of Dover Township; Martha Ann, wife of William Harford, Dover. Abbott Ellis, the subject of our sketch, had only the most limited chances for gaining an educa- tion, but obtained much practical knowledge at home. When he came to the county he had nothing, and all that he now has he ac- quired here. He entered 160 acres of land by pre-emption a short time before the land sale, and now owns 330 acres. In politics

Mr. Ellis is Republican. For fifteen years he was Road Commissioner in this township, and has held other offices. He was married in this county, September 19, 1839, to Matil- da E. Durham. She was born in Kentucky, a daughter of John and Morning (Burris) Durham, and came to this county in 1836 from Sangamon County, Ill. Mrs. Ellis died June 21, 1869. She was the mother of three children: Miletus, who died in Castle Rock, Col., leaving a wife and four children; Lucy, wife of Perry Waldren, of Berlin Township; John, who lives at home and has a wife and two children.

JAMES H. ELLIS, Princeton, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, November 25, 1845. He is the son of Joseph and Sarah (Stillings) Ellis. The father was born in Ohio in 1808; his occupation has been during life that of a farmer, in which business he has been suc- cessful. He is now a hale old gentleman of seventy-six years. He has always been an active worker in educational matters, and es- pecially in giving his family all the advanta- ges of schools. His wife was born in Win- chester, Va., in 1809, and died in 1871. She was the mother of eleven children, eight of whom reached maturity, viz .: Calvin, now in the hotel business in Ohio; William and George, stock growers in York County, Neb .; John, a Presbyterian minister of Los Ange- les, Cal. ; Mary, wife of Calvin Vanniman.

an extensive farmer in Ohio; Allen A., who died in 1878, after completing nine years of study for the ministry in the Methodist Pro- testant Church; James H., the subject of this sketch; and Melissa, who died in 1874. James H. Ellis was mostly reared iu Greene County, Ohio, on a farm: however, at the age of fifteen years he began attending the public schools of Xenia, Ohio, where he remained for two years, after which he spent eighteen months in the schools of Springfield. In 1864 he enlisted in Company B, One Hun- dred and Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infan- try, and served till the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. During most of his service he was in West Virginia fol- lowing Gen. Early in his retreat, and was in the battles of Monocacy Junction, July 9, 1864, and also at Winchester. Dur- ing the latter part of his service he was taken sick with the typhoid fever, and was sent home to die, but he finally recovered, but not till the war was about over. He then attend- ed school again, going to the Dayton schools for one and a half years, and then to com- plete his education he went to Xenia, to the school of Prof. Story, where he remained till June, 1868. The school year of 1868-69 he taught in a graded school at Cedarville, Ohio, and then came to Bureau County, Ill. For one year he taught at Limerick, then the Mal- den schools for one year, and then three years the Neponset schools. In 1876 Mr. Ellis entered into partnership with Mr. Jacob Miller in the real estate and insurance business. This partnership continued for one year when Mr. Ellis opened an office for him- self, and has continued in the real estate and insurance business since, however during the winter he is employed in teaching, and is now engaged in the schools at New Bedford, this county. Most of the lands he has for sale are in southern Minnesota and north- west Iowa, and belong to the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul, and the Sioux City & St. Paul Railroads. During his life Mr. El- lis has been a close student, and has made his study very comprehensive in extent. For two years, 1870 and 1871, he read medicine during his spare time with Dr. Kaull; and since he has been in the land business he has given his leisure hours to the reading

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of law, which profession will finally receive his entire attention. In politics he is inde- pendent. He and wife are members of the Methodist Protestant Church. October 26, 1871, he was married in this county to Miss Sarah E. Linaberry, daughter of William and Sarah (Weise) Linaberry, both natives of New Jersey, but now residents of Bureau County, Ill. They are the parents of the fol- lowing-named children: Adam, a farmer in this county; William, a physician near Du- buque, Iowa; Mrs. Ellis; and Mrs. Piencoskey, widow of Robert Piencoskey. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis have one daughter-Eva May-born April 2, 1874.

JUDGE JESSE EMERSON, Buda, was born in Newburyport, Mass., March 20, 1824. He is the son of Jesse and Mary (Stevens) Emerson. The father was born in Hollis, N. H., and the mother in Canterbury, of the same State. In 1836 they came to Bureau County, Ill., and settled at French Grove, or what is now Buda. In the fall of 1838 he died at Tiskilwa, having removed there, after first settling at French Grove. At the time of his death Mr. Emerson was but fifty-three years of age. His widow survived him till about the vear 1875, and at her death was seventy-five years of age. She was the mother of ten children, seven of whom yet survive, viz. : Abby, now a resident of Galesburg, Ill., and wife of Augustus Lyford; Mary S., a resident of Sheffield, this county, and is the wife of Alfred Lyford; Jesse, whose name heads this sketch; Roxana, wife of George H. Ward, of Peoria, Ill .; Josephine. a resi- dent of Buda, and widow of W. Hamner; William E. Emerson, of Buda, and George S., of Havana, Mason Co., Ill. During the residence of Jesse Emerson, deceased, in this county, his occupation was mostly that of farming, but before coming West he had been a cattle-buyer and drover. When coming to this county, it was in company with his two brothers in-law, Moses and Thomas J. Stev- ens, and others. Judge Jesse Emerson was educated in the district schools of this coun- ty, and then in private schools of Princeton. His early life was spent on the farm, and he has always been interested to some extent in agricultural pursuits, but since 1858 he has given most of his attention to the practice of

law. During life Judge Emerson has been a close student, and an observer of things and men. In early life he had begun read- ing law at his leisure. While teaching school, or in the mercantile business, he always found some time to devote to the law, and when, in 1858, he applied for admission to the bar, he passed his examination readily. November 1, 1850, after having clerked in a store for some years, he opened a stock of goods on his old homestead, and continued to sell goods there till 1860, when he closed out his stock, and has since given almost his undivided attention to the practice of law, and with success. In the fall of 1873 he was elected Judge of Bureau County, and filled that office for four years, when he again returned to his practice. He was married in this county in November, 1851, to Miss Sarah M. Cushing. She is the daughter of Caleb Cushing, and was born in Massachusetts, near Providence, R. I. Caleb Cushing came to Illinois in 1835 on a prospecting tour, but returned to his native State and organized a colony, and in 1836 was sent out by the colony to locate lands and lay out a town. This trip he came into Bureau County, and located in Indiantown, where he laid out the village of Providence. In the fall of 1836 he returned again to Massachusetts, and brought his family to the new county the following year. Mrs. Emerson is the mother of three children, viz .: George, who died at the age of about one year; Charles W. and Minnie F. In politics Judge Emerson is a stanch Democrat.

W. S. EVANS, Princeton, was born March 8, 1816, in Nottingham, N. H. His father was Samuel Evans, a native of Strafford County, N. H .; he was a blacksmith by oc- cupation, and died in Nottingham. His grandfather, Samuel Evans, Sr., was a native of England. The mother of our subject was Hannah (Woodman) Evans. She was a na- tive of New Hampshire, and died in Notting- ham. She was the mother of six children: Alva A., William H., Winfield S. (our sub- ject), Samuel P., Sophronia (wife of G. W. Norton), and Eleazer R. Mr. W. S. Evans was educated in Epping. N. H. He lived on a farm till he was twenty-one years old, and then worked two years with his brother, Alva

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A., at the currier's trade in Salem, Mass., after which he went to Boston, where he worked in a bank some time, then engaged in the mercantile business, and after that teamed for the Bay State Iron Mills, carting ore, run- ning from eight to ten teams. In 1856 he sold out and came to Bureau County, Ill., where he bought a farm in Berlin Township, and for many years was one of our most successful and enterprising farmers. Sep- tember 1, 1876, he removed to Princeton, where he at present resides, enjoying a pe- riod of rest after a well-spent life. He was married in Boston to Sarah J. Langley, a daughter of Jonathan Langley. She was a native of Nottingham, N. H. She died April 29, 1880. Only one child blessed this union -George P. Evans-who was born February 6, 1845; he has been a farmer and merchant by occupation, but at present resides with his father in Princeton. His wife, Belle M. Mohler, is a native of Bureau County, Ill. Her parents were Samuel and Caroline (Zear- ing) Mohler. She is the mother of three children: Carrie J., Samuel S. and Harry A. Mr. George P. Evans is a Knight of Pythias. Our subject, Mr. W. S. Evans, is politically identified with the Republican party, and be- fore its existence was a stanch Whig.

CASPER FABER, Clarion, was born De- cember 19, 1828, in Baickheim, Bavaria, Ger- many. He is a son of Johann and Apolonica (Fisher) Faber, natives of Germany, where they died. They were the parents of eight children, of whom the following came to the United States: Mrs. Barbara Bopp {of Albany, N. Y.), Peter and Casper Faber. The latter came to Mendota in July, 1856. He worked out two years; then rented one year, and then bought forty acres of land. He has been a hard worker; hates hypocrisy in every form, and has been a successful farmer. He has now 380 acres, of which 150 acres were entered by Capt. L. Scammon. Our subject was married here November 16, 1865, to Kun- igunda Winder, who was born June 22, 1844, in Hainweiher, Bavaria, Germany. She is a daughter of Johann and Barbara (Weit) Win- der, who died in Germany. Politically Mr. Faber is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church, and are

the parents of the following children: Mar- garetha S., George A., Lisabetta C., and Catharina E. Faber.

FRED FABER, Clarion, is a native of Bureau County, where he was born in Febru- ary, 1853. He is a son of John and Christine E. (Recdenbaugh) Faber. They came here over thirty years ago and are the parents of six children, viz. : Mrs. Maggie Wendel; Fred, our subject; William, of Lee County, Ill .; Sarah, wife of Rev. John Zellhoefer; Mary (deceased), and J. G. Faber of Adair County, Iowa. John Faber died March 19, 1877, aged fifty-nine years; Mrs. Christine E. Faber is yet living with her youngest son. Fred Faber was married here March 15, 1883, to Mary Gruber, who was born here October 30, 1863. Her father was Nicholaus Gruber. She is the mother of Ezra G. Faber, who was born January 30, 1884. Mr. Faber has a farm of 163 acres, which is kept in a high state of cultivation.

PATRICK O. FARRELL, deceased, was a native of County Longford, Ireland. He came to America when a young man and railroaded several years in the South. Event- ually he came North and was a contractor on the Michigan & Illinois Canal for many years. After the completion of the canal he bought 240 acres of land in Hall Township, Bureau County, but soon after became a con- tractor on the Illinois Central Railroad, and after that, settled on his farm, which he improved and on which he died, July 6, 1882, aged eighty years. He was married twice; his first wife, Catharine Kennedy, deceased, a niece of Capt. M. Kennedy, was the mother of the following children: James, of Boone County, Iowa ; Mrs. Elizabeth O'Riley, of Westfield Township; Anna (deceased), and John Farrell. His second wife, Mrs. Bridget Cavanaugh (nee Dempsy), a native of County Wicklow, Ireland, died in St. Louis, Mo., April 1, 1875, aged fifty-six years, She was the mother of six children, viz .: Michael and John Cavanaugh (the latter deceased) by her first husband. and Maggie, Frances, Joseph and Bridget Farrell. Joseph Farrell is farming the homestead, and is identified with the Democratic party, as was also his father.

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ELISHA FASSETT,* Canon City, Colo- rado. This old pioneer of Bureau County was born October 20, 1792, in Fitzwilliam, N. H. He is yet living in Colorado, and only as late as last summer gladdened the hearts of his relatives and many friends by visiting Bureau County, where a warm welcome awaits him at all times. He has now passed his four score and ten, and although time has . dealt gently with him and bids fair to let him become a centenarian, yet many of his Bureau County pioneer friends, when they pressed his hand in sad farewell, felt that the shadows of life were gathering around him, and that it might be the last time they looked into his kindly eyes. The following is a brief sketch of his life: He was a cooper and far- mer in his native State, where he was married to Lovina Angier, a daughter of Abel Angier, and a native of the above place. She died in Lamoille Angust 1, 1837; she was the mother of Mrs. Nancy Frank, Mrs. Rosilla Phelps and Elisha W. Fassett. Our subject, accom- panied by his family, Abel Angier and sons. Reuben and Philip Angier, Cyrus Stone and Louis Monroe, who were sons-in-law of Abel Angier, all came to Putnam, now Bureau County, Ill., in June, 1835. They settled in the northeast part of the county, where Abel Angier's two sons-in-law, Jonathan Holbrook and Moses Bowen resided, who had come there in July. 1834, and settled in the vicin- ity of what is now Lamoille. Elisha Fassett bought a claim of Leonard Roth, for $350, Roth keeping half the claim. Mr. and Mrs. Fassett found none of the comforts of an Eastern home in the new country and bravely endured the privations of pioneer life. They would go thirty miles to Green's Mill on the Illinois River, and at one time, in 1835, were compelled to camp out in a cold night on the prairie near Lost Grove. Mr. Fassett farmed in Burean County till 1849, when he went to California, where he mined and merchan- dised. Before going to California he was married a second time to Mrs. Mary J. Cole (nee Jenkins), now deceased. In 1851 he re- turned to Bureau County, where he resided many years and eventually went to Canon City, Colo., where his two daughters reside.

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History of Bureau County, Illinois, Part 71

Author: Bradsby, Henry C., [from old catalog] ed Publication date: 1885 Publisher: Chicago, World publishing company Number of Pages: 776

Author: Bradsby, Henry C., [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Chicago, World publishing company
Number of Pages: 776