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Dr. and Mrs. Rice are members of the Con- gregational Church. Their ancestors were Quakers. He is identified with the Repub- lican party, and is a Master Mason of the A. F. & A. M. fraternity.
O. D. RICHARDS, Wyanet, was born in Erie County, N. Y., April 4, 1819. He is the son of John M. and Mary (Foy) Rich- ards, both natives of Vermont. His father was born September 10, 1788, and died in Whiteside County, Ill., November 6, 1867. His mother was born June 10, 1793, and died May 26, 1821, when our subject was only two years old. The Richards family originally came from Wales and settled near Boscawen, N. H., at a very early date. John M. Richards was a soldier in the war of 1812. Our subject spent most of his life previous to 1844 in Cattaraugus County, N. Y. When his parents first settled there, together with two other families, their nearest neighbor was ten miles away, and they experienced all the privations incident to pioneer life. Iu 1844 Mr. Richards went to Kendall County, where he remained two years, then moved to DuPage County, and afterward to Prophets- town, Whiteside County, twenty-five miles from the nearest market, Sterling. In 1864 he bought his present farm of 110 acres, and has resided on it since 1865. October 1, 1844, he was married, in Kendall County, Ill., to Mercy Bullock, who was born March 9, 1821. She is the daughter of Jesse and Annis (Rodman) Bullock. They made their home in western New York, though they were natives of the eastern part of the State. Jesse Bullock was born January 22, 1783, in Delaware County; he died Septem- ber 14, 1842. His wife was born in Colnm- bia County, February 22, 1789, and died January, 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Richards have four children living, viz .: Aras O. (born October 28, 1849; he lives in What Cheer, Keokuk Co., Iowa), Hester (wife of Perry Allen, of Manowa, Ill., born December 26, 1852), Ansel D. (born October 28, 1860, lives at home), Fanny A. (born July 2, 1863, at home). Four children died when small. Mr. Richards is a Republican, and for six- teen years was Justice of the Peace in Whiteside County. For many years he has been a member of the church, first of the
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Methodist Protestant, but in later years of the Congregational.
WILLIAM RILEY, the pioneer of Min- eral, was born July 30, 1824, in Licking County, Ohio. His parents, Paul and Eliza- beth (Laughrey) Riley, were native of Penn- sylvania. They farmed many years in Ohio. In 1835 they immigrated to Concord Town- ship, Bureau Co., Ill., where Sheffield now stands. At that time Bureau County was a mere wilderness, scarcely vacated by the red man of the woods. They eventually removed to Mineral Township, where both died. They were both members of the United Brethren Church, and reared twelve children, viz .: Mary (deceased), Susan, Ellen (deceased), William and James (twins), Rachel, Sylva- nian, Elizabeth and Margaret (also twins), Cyrns, Emma and Perry. Mr. Riley came to Bureau County with his parents. In 1842, shortly after he was married, he re- moved to Mineral Township, where he now resides. He has been a successful farmer, and now owns 331 acres of land He is the founder of the village of Mineral, and was the first station agent, which position he fills to the present day. Mr. Riley was married in the spring of 1842 to Eveline Baker, a daugh- ter of Andrew Baker, and a native of Ten- nessee. This union was blessed with eight children, viz. : Mary, Ellen (deceased), James, Charles, Jane (deceased), Wilson, John and Frank. Mr. and Mrs. Riley are both mem- bers of the church. Politically he is a strong Republican.
JOSEPH RILEY, Bureau, was born in Garrett County, Md., September 24, 1834. His father, Stephen Riley, was of Irish descont, though the family had lived in Maryland for generations. His wife, Cath- erine (Whetstone) Riley, was of German descent, but was born in Garret County, Md., where she is yet living. Her husband died there. They were the parents of eight children, six of whom are living, onr subject .being the only one in Bureau County. Joseph Riley was reared on a farm, and educated in the schools of Garrett County. Soon after reaching his majority he went into the west- ern part of Virginia, and for five years worked for a Baltimore company getting out ship lumber, barrel staves, etc. June, 1861,
he entered the army in the Second Virginia Infantry, and served for two years, and was then changed to the Fifth Virginia Cavalry, and served one year. During his service of three years he did not receive a wound, although he was in many engagements-at Huntersville, second battle of Bull Run, etc. He was mustered out at Wheeling, W. Va., in June, 1864. In the fall of 1864 Mr. Riley came to McLean County, Ill., but a year later returned to Virginia and worked for the Baltimore company. In 1866 he came to Bureau County, Ill., and has since been engaged in farming. He now owns 160 acres in northeast Section 13, Bureau Township. He was married, in this county, December 31, 1868, to Miss Huldah Codding- ton, a native of Garrett County, Md. Her father, Jonathan Coddington, was born in Maryland in 1799, and came to Bureau County in 1853, residing here until his death in IS79. His wife, Rebecca Frantz, was born in Pennsylvania in 1811, and is living on the old homestead in Bureau Township. Of their five children, four are residents of this county, viz .: Mrs. Elizabeth Shugart, John W. Coddington, Mrs. Huldah Riley, Sarah A. Coddington. Asa F. is in Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Riley have five children, viz. : William C., John H., Cora May, Bertha D., James G. In politics Mr. Riley has been a stanch Republican since the breaking out of the war. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
HARRY C. ROBERTS, Princeton, was born November 6. 1851, in Peru, LaSalle Co., Ill. He is a son of Abraham Roberts, born December 7, 1804, in Waterford, Ire- land. He came to the United States in 1833, aud for some years lived in Pittsburgh, Penn. In 1836 he went to Vicksburg, Miss., where he lived till, 1842, when he went to St. Louis, Mo. After a three years' residence in the latter place he went to Peoria, Ill., and in 1848 came to Dover, Bureau Co., Ill., where he kept a general store, having fol- lowed the mercantile career most of his life. He died May 2, 1869. His father, John Roberts, was also a native of Ireland, where he was an attorney by profession. The mother of our subject was Elizabeth (Zear- ing) Roberts. She was born August 20, 1822,
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in Shiremantown, Penn., and died February 23, 1882, in Princeton, Ill. She was a daughter of Martin Zearing, deceased (see sketch). She reared four children, of whom Harry C. and his sister, Mrs. Lizzie Colton, are now living. Harry C. was educated at the Dover Academy. Iu early life he clerked three years in Foster's book store, and then weut to Ackley, Iowa, where he was a book- keeper in a bank for eight months. He then returned to this place, May 27, 1872, and began clerking in the First National Bank, with which he has been connected ever since. August 26, 1875, he became Assistant Cashier, and on January 9, 1877, he was elected Cashier.
Mr. Roberts was joined in matrimony, May 16. 1878, in Philadelphia, Penn., to Miss Emma Steckel, born September 13, 1852, in New York City. Her parents, Solomon and Emeline (Heinley) Steckel, are both natives of Pennsylvania. Her father was a merchant by occupation. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts are active workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a member, and is Superintendent of the Sunday-school. He is an A. F. & A. M., Princeton Lodge, No. 587, of which he has been Secretary three years, and is now J. W. In politics he is a Republican. His father was a strong Aboli- tionist, although at one time he owned slaves.
DR. F. C. ROBINSON. Wyanet. Millard Robinson, grandfather of the above named gentleman, was born November 13, 1792, and his wife Electa (Grimes) Robinson was born May 28, 1795. Both were of Scotch descent and were natives of Edinburg, Saratoga Co., N. Y. They early settled on a farm in Pom- pey, Onondaga Co., N. Y., rearing a family of fifteen children, eight boys and seven girls, thirteen of whom survived them. Mr. Robinson died August 19, 1867, and his wife October 9, 1863. Nathaniel Robinson, sec- ond son of Millard Robinson, was born in LaFayette, Onondaga Co., N. Y., February 26, 1813, and now resides at Paw Paw, Lee Co., Ill. His wife, Dorcas (Wallace) Robin- son, was born in Fabius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., August 24, 1817, and died at Paw Paw, Lee Co., Ill., February 24, 1SS3, cherished in the memories of her children and the com- munity where she had lived, for her many deeds of Christian kindness, love and benefi-
cence. Her father, Elijah Wallace, was born in Vermont April 23, 1781, and died in Pom- pey, N. Y., December 25, 1866. He was a descendant of Sir William Wallace, of Scot- land, and for forty-five years had resided on the farm where he died. His wife, Dorcas (Burdick) Wallace, was born January 21, 1781, and died September 22, 1822. Fer- nando Cortez Robinson, son of Nathaniel and Dorcas Robinson, was born in Pompey, Onondaga Co., N. Y., January 9, 1837. He was the oldest son in a family of eight, and has two brothers and two sisters living. Hen- ry and George are farmers in Dakota, and Sarah Anna a milliner in Wyanet. Seven years of the Doctor's childhood were spent in Pompey, and seven in Otisco, N. Y. His father's farm was on the west shore of Otisco Lake, and near by was the old schoolhouse where he first learned to read. When he was fourteen years old his parents moved upon a dairy farm in Tully, where he lived four years. He received his education in the academies of Onondaga and Cortland and at East Paw Paw Seminary, De Kalb Co., Ill. At the age of sixteen he taught his first school in Cardiff, N. Y., (where the Cardiff giant was found and exhibited as a specimen of ancient art till the fraud was discovered). In March, 1855, he came to Paw Paw Grove, Lee Co., Ill., and during the next three years worked on a farm or at the carpenter's trade in summer, and taught school in the winter at Paw Paw and at Four Mile Grove, LaSalle County. In the spring of 1858 he rode through Bureau County on horseback to Galesburg and thence to Canton, Fulton Conn- ty, where he was engaged in teaching for two years, one term in a select school, assisted by W. H. Haskell. School Commissioner, and President of State Teachers' Association. Dr. Robinson commenced the study of medi- cine in 1860, reading in the office of Dr. J. W. Edwards in Mendota, and attending three courses of lectures in Rush Medical College, Chicago, graduating February 23, 1863. He then settled in Wyanet for the practice of medicine and now resides there, enjoying the confidence and respect of the community. In 1865 he became a member of Wyanet Lodge, No. 231, A. F. & A. M., was three years Master and several years Secretary.
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In politics he is a stanch Republican and has voted for every Republican President since the party was organized. He has held corporation and town offices and in 1880 was elected Coroner of Bureau County. July 15, 1865, he was married to Mary E. Hall. She was born near St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., Ohio, December 29, 1846, and came to Wyanet with her widowed mother March 4, 1861. Her father, Jacob Hall, was of En- glish descent, and born at Village Green, Chester Co., Penn., April 3, 1814, and died at St. Clairsville, Ohio, October S, 1855. He was a Quaker in religious belief, well-edu- cated, a successful merchant, and high officer in the Masonic fraternity. The farm where he was born has been in the Hall family 156 years, and the manor house where his nephew resides was built more than 100 years ago. Margaret Hall, wife of Jacob Hall, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, October 3, 1813, and now resides with her eldest son, James. Her sons Hibbert and Jesse were born April 17, 1843. the former a blacksmith in Centra- lia, the latter a wagon-maker in Wheeling, W. Va. Lambert, the youngest, was born in St. Clairsville, Ohio, February 24, 1851, and is a guard in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet. Dr. and Mrs. Robinson have two children: Henry H. was born in Wyanet April 29, 1866, and at this date, June, 1884, has just completed his junior year in Mon- mouth College, taking first-class honors; Amy A. was born in Wyanet September 25, 1868.
J. H. ROBINSON, Indiantown, was born November 14, 1817, in Licking County, Ohio. His father, Martin Robinson, was born December 2, 1792, in Virginia, and when a young man went to Ohio with his father, Stephen Robinson, also a native of Virginia. In Ohio he farmed till 1845, when he came to Morgan County, Ill., and the next year settled in Concord Township, Bureau County, where he died February 25, 1852. He was married to Christina Hass, who was born November 10, 1791, in Virginia. Her father, John Hass, was of German descent. She was the mother of the following children : John H. Robinson, Mrs. Sarah Johnson and Harrison Robinson. She died June 11, 1876. Our sub- ject came Westin the fall of 1844. He stayed in Missouri till the following March, then went
to Wisconsin and then to Cass and Morgan Counties, Ill., then through Indiana to Ohio, returning to Illinois in October, accompanied by his parents. He was married here April 15, 1847, to Hannah Zink, born March 4, 1825, in Pennsylvania. She is a daughter of Samuel and Catharine (Hanawalt) Zink, natives of Pennsylvania. The latter is yet living among her children, a wide awake, intelligent woman, aged ninety-five years, born August 26, 1789. The number of her descendants is 122, including great-grand- children. Mrs. Hannah Robinson is the mother of eight children now living, viz .: Mrs. Christina K. Howland, Mrs. Mary S. Scheottler, Mrs. Lucy J. Horney, Samuel S., Owen J., Emma S., Abraham L., Christ C. Mr. Robinson has filled township offices, being connected with the Republican party. At present he resides in Indiantown Town- ship, where he has a farm of 190 acres.
J. H. ROBINSON, Princeton, was born November 6, 1846, in Bureau County. He is a son of Joseph Robinson, a native of Pennsylvania. He came to this county in 1834, and settled in Berlin Township. He was married in 1841, to Jemimah A. Britt, a native of Bureau County. Her father was Obadiah Britt. Mr. Joseph Robinson died in this county. He was a farmer by occu- pation, and was the father of the following children, viz .: Martha J., wife of Peter Nevious; Mary A., wife of Jacob Fisher; James H., our subject, and Ella. After the death of Joseph Robinson his widow mar- ried Isaac N. Montgomery, May 9, 1854. This union was blessed with the following children: Lenora, Janetta C. and Theodore J. (deceased). Our subject worked on a farm till he was eighteen years old, and then obeyed the call of his country to protect the stars and stripes, and enlisted February 22, 1864. in the Thirty-fourth Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was always ready to do his duty in camp as well as on the battle-field, suffering all the hardships of a soldier's life. He participated in the battles of Rockyface and Resaca, Ga. At the latter place he was wounded, and lost his left arm in the defense of his country. He was honorably discharged December 22, 1864. After the war our subject sought to gain a
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better education, and went to Mount Vernon, Iowa, where he studied nearly one year, and after he returned to Bureau County he taught seven terms of school. He served three terms as Town Clerk of Walnut Township, where he also served one year as Collector and twelve years as Constable. In the winter of 1881-82 he was elected and served as Door- keeper in the House of Representatives of the Thirty second General Assembly. In November, 1882, he was elected Sheriff of Bureau County, which office he at present fills. He was married July 2, 1870, to Miss Sarah A. Kimmell, born October 25, 1852, a daughter of Amos and Nancy (Hummell) Kimmell. Mrs. Robinson is the mother of three children, viz .: Joseph, born February 26, 1873; Ettie and Nettie, who are twins, were born March 4, 1875. Mr. Robinson is a strong supporter of the Republican party, and a member of the G. A. R. Mrs. Rob- inson's father, Amos Kimmell, was born May 15, 1813. He was married January 15, 1837, to Nancy Hummell, who was born February 10, 1815. She died January 14, 1862. She was themother of fourteen children, of whom a number are yet living in this county: Oliver P., Catharine, Hannah, Elizabeth, Kisia, Margaret, Mary C., Alden A., Hattie E., William B., Joseph H., Marshall M. and Sarah A. (who are twins), and Louisa.
JOHN S. ROBINSON, Macon, was born in Somerset County, Me., April 11, 1828. He is the son of Josiah and Hannah C. (French) Robinson. The mother was reared in Cornville, Me., and the father was born in Hallowell, Me., but both died in Corn- ville, she in 1850, and he in 1856. They were the parents of four children, viz .: John S .; Richard J., who resided on the old home- stead in Maine; Mrs. Judith A. McDaniel, widow of C. C. McDaniel, of Cornville, Me., and George H., a resident of Illinois. In early life John S. Robinson lived on the farm, and received such an education as the common schools then afforded, after which he attended Bloomfield Academy for three terms. Before leaving his native State, his occupation was that of a farmer and lumber- man, working either in the woods, on the river or in the ship-yards. In 1852 he came to Bureau County. Ill., and bought land in
Macon Township, but afterward went into the lumber regions of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and did not locate perma- nently in Bureau County till 1855, since which time he has resided on his present farm and engaged in farming and stock- raising. His farm now contains 406 acres of land; but Mr. Robinson has accumulated his property since coming to this county. In IS57 he was united in marriage to Miss Rosilla Bigelow. She was also born in Som- erset County, Me., April 13, 1834, but came to French Grove, in this county, in October, IS52, her father, A. Bigelow, having come the year previous. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have three children, viz .: Lottie May. wife Charles Norton, of Neponset, Arthur M. and ;R. W., both on the ; farm. Arthur is
married to Miss E. C. Aldrich. The parents of Mrs. Robinson, A. and Rebecca (Bray) Bigelow, were both natives of Maine, he being reared at the foot of Mt. Bigelow. Both died in this county, he September, 1859, and she February, 1882. They were the parents of seven children, five of whom yet survive. Only Mrs. Robinson resides in this county. Mr. Robinson is an active member of the Democratic party.
S. F. ROBINSON, Princeton, was born May 13, 1823, in Williamstown, Orange Co., Vt. He is a son of David Robinson, who was born June 10, 1782, in Vermont, and died July 17, 1863, in Bureau County, Ill., to which he had come in 1835, settling on a farm east of Princeton. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was at Detroit when Gen. Hull surrendered. The mother of our subject was Lenda (Farnsworth) Robinson, a native of Vermont, where she was born Jan- uary 10, 1795. She is yet living, as are also five of her younger brothers. She is a daugh- ter of Thomas Farnsworth, of English ex- traction, whose great-grandfather came over to this country in the "Mayflower." Thomas Farnsworth was born in Connecticut; he was a farmer by occupation and died in New York State aged eighty-four years. He married Demus Ladd, who died in Alden, Erie Co., N. Y., aged nearly ninety-four years. She was a daughter of Lemuel Ladd, who was of Scotch descent and a soldier in the Revolu- tionary war. Mrs. Lenda (Farnsworth) Rob-
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inson reared nine children, viz .: Mrs. Elvira Sherwin; George, now a resident of Colora- do; Solomon F., our subject; David, a resi- dent of Chicago; Mrs. Laura Smith; Mrs. Eliza D. Baker, who died in California; Mrs. Ellen R. Thompson; Prentis J., a resident of Montana Territory, and Thomas M., a resi- dent of Colorado. Our subject received a limited education partly in the East and part- ly in Bureau County, Ill., to which he came with his parents. Here he farmed till the spring of 1865, when he removed to Prince- ton. He was married September 3, 1879, to Sarah A. Norton, who was born April 27, 1839, in Cummington, Mass., where she was an efficient teacher for many years. She died September 15, 1883, in the prime of her life. She had the faculty of making and retaining many friends, who will ever revere her mem- ory. She was a daughter of Warner and Esther (Narramore) Norton, both natives of Massachusetts and farmers by occupation. Both died in Cummington, Mass. Mr. Rob- inson was Marshal of Princeton for two years, and Constable for about nine years. His mother is living with him. In political matters he has been identified with the Dem. ocratic party.
W. H. ROBINSON, Princeton, born May 28, 1856, in Bureau County, Ill. He is a son of William Robinson, M. D, who was a native of Pennsylvania. He was educated in the East and practiced his profession in this county, where he was also a druggist. He died August 24, 1881. His parents were John and Eleanor Robinson, of Lancaster County, Penn. Dr. Robinson was the father of the following children: John H., Ameri- ca V. (deceased), James M., Eleanor L. and William Helmer, our subject. The mother of our subject was Sarah (Zearing) Robinson. She was married May 4, 1845. She is a daughter of Henry and Maria E. (Rupp) Zearing, both of German descent. The Rnpp family is a very old family, but the Zearing family is still older. Henry Zearing was a great-grandson of Ludwig I., who was a na- tive of Baden, Germany, from which he ein- igrated about 1725, settling in Peunsylvania. More in regard to the family appears else- where. Our subject was educated in this county, where he has followed the occupation
of a farmer for the last five years. He was married May 1, 1879, to Miss Belle Booth, who was born here February 12, 1859. She is a daughter of Hiram and Caroline (Hos- mer) Booth, both natives of Massachusetts and yet living in this county, to which they came in 1853. The parents of Mrs. Booth are Luther and Abiah Hosmer. Two chil- dren are the result of this union, viz. : Edna, born September 14, 1880, and Ava, born Oc- tober 23, 1882. Mr. Robinson is identified with the Democratic party.
H. G. ROSINE, Lamoille, is a native of Hanover, Germany, where he was born Au- gust 10, 1854. His parents, John and Mary (Brunell) Rosine, were natives of Hanover, where the father is yet a large and well- known merchant. The mother died there in 1877. She reared a family of five children, viz. : John Rosine, Mrs. Mary Blanck, Mrs. Lizzie Rewinkel, William Rosine and Henry G. Rosine, our subject. He received his primary education in Hanover, and then attended the University of Goettingen two years. After this he came to the United States, landing in New York. From there he went to Chicago, where he lived about one year and made himself more familiar with the English language. From Chicago he went to Morrison, Ill., where he clerked five years, and then came to Lamoille, where he clerked three years for A. E. Porter & Co. Abont this time he, in partnership with two other men, bought ont the old firm, but since August 8, 1881, he has been sole proprietor and conducts the largest general store in the town to the entire satisfaction of his numer- ous patrons, who realize that he always keeps choice goods. Thus has this enterprising young Hanoverian, step by step, risen in the world. Mr. Rosine was married, 1882, to Emma A. Williams, who was born here October 14, 1862. She is the mother of Myron Howard Rosine, born April 2, 1883. Her parents are Onam and Mary A. (Mills) Williams. Mr. Rosine made a trip to Europe in 1867, returning the following spring. Politically he is a Republican.
ANDREW ROSS, Ohio, was born in Tus- carawas County, Ohio, May 28, 1823, and is the son of Rev. William and Jane Ross. (See sketch of James Ross.) Mr. Ross lived
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on a farm in his native county and State till 1845, when he came to this county and set- tled in Ohio Township, and is the oldest set- tler in the township, with one exception, that of Mrs. Bearnard Kirk, formerly Miss Melvina Abbott. Mr. Ross entered the land on which he settled and which is now a part of the home farm. October 20, 1846, he married Hannah Randall, the daughter of William and Rebecca Ran- dall, of Ohio. Mr. Randall was a soldier in the war of 1812. Hannah Randall was born January 5, 1825, in Indiana, and came to this county immediately following her mar- riage, where she died August 25, 1856. In 1857, January 18, Mr. Ross married his present wife, Miss Selina Ireland, the dangh- ter of Jonathan and Eliza Ireland, of Vir- ginia. Mrs. Ross was born February 8, 1822, in Harrison County, Va., and came to this county with her parents in 1834. The mother died in 1860. The father, Jonathan Ireland, died in 1873. Of the first marriage there is a family of five children, all now living: George R. Ross, born August 23, 1847, a merchant in Ohio, Ill .; Sarah J. Ross, boru May 27, 1849, now Mrs. W. S. Mayhall, of Ohio, Ill .; Margaret C. Ross, born March 18, 1851, now Mrs. Milton Mat- son. of Ohio, Ill .; Mary A. Ross, born De- cember 29, 1852. now Mrs. John Walter, of Ohio, Ill .; Joseph A. Ross, born February 15, 1855, farmer and stock-raiser, at Cook- ville, Woodson Co., Kan. Of the second marriage there is a family of four children, three of whom are now living: Franklin F. Ross, born December 28, 1857, farmer, Ohio, Ill .; Hannah E. Ross, born April 24, 1859, Ohio, Ill .; Campbell Ross, born May 11, 1862, died in infancy; Juliet Ross, born January 10, 1864, Ohio. Mr. Ross occupies a prominent place in the settlement and or- ganization of his township and in the church and political history of this county. He was the first class-leader of the Methodist Protestant Church established at Limerick, and is now an ordained Elder in the Church of Christ. In politics Mr. Ross is Repub- lican, and during the late war, without wait- ing the result of a draft, he hired a man to go into the ranks of his country, though himself not subject to conscription at that
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