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na. His father was born in Landgrove, Vt., May 4, 1811, and died in Morris May 4, 1881 ; the mother was born in Urbana, Champaign Co., Ill., October 19, 1821, and died March 29, 1868, in Mazon Township. Our subject was educated at Aurora, and afterward took a course at Bryant & Stratton's Business Col- lege, Chicago. He was married October 6, 1869, to Miss Mary R., daughter of William Fuller, of Mazon Township. She was born August 10, 1852, and is the mother of five children-Orma, born December 11, 1870 ; Enid, July 16, 1872; William R., June 5, 1874 ; Stella M., May 9, 1876 ; and Vivian born December 17, 1881. Mr. Gibson owns 385 acres of improved land in Sections 3. 10, 22 and 27 of Mazon Township, also two houses in Mazon. He is filling some of the offices of the township, and is a mem- ber of the Masonic brotherhood and I. O. O. F .; he is a Republican. Mrs. Gibson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
ROBERT GLENN, farmer, P. O. Verona, is a native of County Antrim, Ireland, and a son of Robert and Mary Glenn. He was born Sep- tember 12, 1835 ; came to the United States, June, 1857, in the vessel " Empire State," and settled in this county the same year. He now owns 335 acres of improved land, including one dwelling and 175 acres in Sections 30 and 31 of Mazon Township, and 160 acres in Section 21 of Vienna Township, the land being worth $55 per acre. He was married in Grundy County, December 31, 1866, to Miss Catherine Thomas, daughter of Thomas and Jane Thomas. She was born in Wales September 20, 1845, and came to the United States in 1860. They have a family of three children, all born in this county-Mary, born September 27, 1867 ; Anna E., born December 1, 1870 ; Robert James, born March 11, 1875. Robert Glenn, father of our subject, is now living in Vienna Township, Grundy County.
OREN GIBSON, farmer, P. O. Mazon, was born in Grundy County, Ill., September 24, 1846 ; son of Robert and Elizabeth Gibson, who are among the earliest settlers of this county, coming here in 1836. His mother was among the number whose lives were spared by HENRY HOLDER, farmer, P. O. Verona, is the timely warning of the friendly chief, Shabo- | a son of Henry and Sarah Holder, born March
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24, 1839, in Manchester, England. Ilis par- ents emigrated to the United States in 1848, and settled in Pittsburgh, Penn., where they re- mained two and a half years, then removed to Illinois, and located in Kendall County, near l'lattville, where they lived until they came to Grundy County in 1862. Ilis mother died in Mazon Township February 13, 1866, and his father in February, 1877 ; both are buried in the Ward Cemetery. Our subjeet was edueat- ed in the common schools of Pennsylvania and England. Ile now owns a farm of 160 acres of land in Section 19, Mazon Township, valued at $50 per acre, his residence being located two miles west from Mazon. Ile has a younger brother, William, who was a soldier from Will County, Ill., in the late war. Mr. Holder is Independent in politics.
TURNER B. HOUGII, farmer, P. O. Mazon Center. is a native of Newport, R. I., and was boru April 14, 1850. When he was seven years old, his parents, John and Margaret Ilough, emigrated to Illinois, and settled in Kendall County. In the spring of 1863, they removed to Grundy County, and the next year settled in Mazon Township, where they are now living on their farm of 160 acres, in Section 20. Our subject received a common school educa- tion, and September 18, 1872, married Miss Eda A. Fuller, born in Mazon Township April 1, 1855. They have two sons and a daughter - George T., born July 7, 1873; Nettie C., March 30, 1875 ; and Ilarrie L., May 27, 1876. Mr. Hough owns a farm of 115 acres of culti- vated land in Section 22, Mazon Township, ad- joining the village of Mazon, valued at $75 per acre. Mrs. Hough is a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. Mr. Hongh is a Re- publican.
M. ISHAM. merchant, Mazon, is the fourth of a family of nine children, and was born June 7, 1829, in Chittenden County, Vt. When he was young, his parents, Gersham and Annie Isham, removed to St. Lawrence County, N. Y.,
where they lived until 1844, when they came to Illinois, and settled in Mazon Township, this county. Our subjeet was married, March 4, 1855, to Miss Ellen, daughter of George Jenk- ings, of Michigan. She was born September 13, 1834, and is the mother of six daughters- Rosa, born October 20, 1856, married to George W. Clow, March 19, 1876 ; Alice J., born March 14, 1858, married to Frank Myers, December 25, 1877 ; Nellie V., born February 22, 1860, married to John Wilkinson, March 8, ISS1 ; Almyra, born May 22, 1863 ; Laura MI., born March 6, 1865 ; and Katie V., born April 17, 1869. Mr. Isham has a farm of eighty acres of improved land in Section 28, Mazon Town- ship, worth $50 per aere. lle is engaged in the general mercantile business in the village of Mazon, in which he resides. Ile is a Demoerat.
ZACHI ISHAM, farmer, P. O. Mazon Center, is a native of Vermont, and was born February 11, 1831. When he was seven years old. his parents removed to the State of New York, and settled in St. Lawrence County, where they lived until 1844, when they came to Illinois. They first settled in MeHenry County, where they lived one year, then came to Grundy Coun- ty, and have been residents of Mazon Township since. G. Isham, father of our subject was was born in Vermont March 3, 1801, and died in Mazon Township October 6, 1878. Mr. Isham was married, November 30, 1854, to Miss Susan S. Viner, of Mazon Township. She was born November 22, 1835. They have a family of eight children, of whom but three are living. Mr. Isham now owns 240 acres of land in Sec- tion 21. Mazon Township, the town of Mazon Center being laid out on his land. The value of his farm land is $75 per acre. Mrs. Isham is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mazon. Mr. Isham is one of the solid busi- ness men of his township, combining the in- terests of farming with business of a general character connected with the village of Mazon Center. Ile manifests a public spirit in the
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enterprises of his community, giving liberally to the fund for the crection of the Methodist Episcopal Church building of the village. His mother, Eliza Isham, was born in Hinesburg, Vt., February 22, 1802, and is now living in Mazon with her son, Jehial Isham. The moth- er raised a family of nine children, our subject being the fifth child.
SALEM IRONS, farmer, P. O. Mazon, is a na- tive of Worcester County, Mass., born October 18, 1823. When he was fourteen years old, his parents, James and Phœbe Irons, removed to Rhode Island, where they remained several years. Subject came to Grundy County, Ill., in 1854, and bought land in Mazon Township, where he now owns 145 acres of cultivated land, in Sec- tions 9 and 10, worth $50 per acre. He was married, in Rhode Island, to Miss Harriet, daughter of James Yaw, of Rhode Island ; shc was born in Rhode Island December 15, 1823. They have a family of three children-Henry A., born in Rhode Island June 14, 1850, mar- ried to Miss May Keith ; Maria, born in Grun- dy County May 4, 1855, married to T. H. Rose- man, of Mazon Township ; and Clara I., born October 26, 1858, married to Fred Keith, of Mazon Township. Mr. Irons is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a township offi- cial. His residence is one and one-quarter miles north of Mazon. He is a Republican.
D. C. JACKSON, farmer, P. O. Mazon, is a son of John and Elizabeth Jackson, of the State of New York, and was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., April 4, 1819, in which State he was raised and educated. He was married, in 1844, to Miss Rhoda, daughter of James and Nancy Brown ; she was born in 1823, and died in Albany County, N. Y., in April, 1846. The result of this union was one son, John, born August 4, 1845 ; killed at the battle of Cold Harbor. In 1865, Mr. Jackson came to Illi- nois and settled in Mazon Township, where he owns a farm of eighty acres of land, worth $50 per acre, in Section 29. Subject was married
to Mrs. Elizabeth Traver, widow of David Traver, August 27, 1865 ; she is a native of Schoharie County, N. Y., born February 25, 1830. This union has blessed them with four children-Annie E., born February 6, 1867 ; Laura M., born July 3, - 1872, died March 17, 1874 ; Frank, horn April 10, 1873; and Min- nie B., born March 25, 1875. The family are members of the Wauponsee Grove Congrega- tional Church. Mr. Jackson is a Democrat.
J. C. KELTNER, grain, Mazon Center, was born near Dayton, Ohio, December 10, 1832. When he was quite young, his parents, John and Nancy Keltner, removed to Indiana and settled in Elkhart County, where they lived until the time of their death, and where James C. was raised and received a common school education He came to Illinois and to Grundy County in October, 1854, and engaged at his trade as car- penter and joiner, which he had acquired in Indiana, and at which he worked for ten years. IIe was married, in Grundy County, February 17, 1858, to Miss Sarah A., daughter of James and Elizabeth McKeen, of this county ; she was born April 20, 1839, and is the mother of six children, two of whom are deceased-Ben- jamin F., born February 17, 1859 ; Columbus, July 8, 1862 ; Lulu M., June 18, 1864 ; Will- iam C., January 2, 1866 ; James A., August 7, 1870 ; and Venice, January 3, 1881. Mr. Kelt- ner owns a farm of eighty acres, worth $50 an acre, in Section 23 of Mazon Township ; his residence is one mile east of Mazon Center. He is engaged in the grain trade at the village of Mazon, also in the stock business, in which he is associated with Charles H. Overocker.
PERRY F. LANDPHERE, farmer, P. O. Mazon, was born in Caynga County, N. Y., April 23, 1834. He is a son of Silas and Nan- cy Landphere, of Cayuga County, N. Y., where his father died in 1837. His mother subse- quently married a Mr. Hyslop, and is now liv- ing in Morris, this county, and is sixty-six years old. Subject came with his mother and
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step-father to this county in 1845 ; they settled in the town of Vienna. Mr. Landphere was married, April 28, 1867, to Miss Rhoda Jack- son, born in Guilderland, Albany Co., N. Y., September 15, 1819, and came to Illinois in March, 1867. They have lost one child in in- fancy, born February 21, 1874; the second child, Allen DeWitt, was born August 22, 1882. They have two adopted children. Mr. Landphere owns a farm of 240 acres of valuable land in Sections 18 and 29 of Mazon Township and Section 11 of Vienna Township. They are members of the Congregational Church at Wau- ponsee Grove. In politics, he is Republican.
HIRAM MENAUGH, farmer, P. O. Mazon. During the war of 1812, Mr. Menaugh's parents were living in the southern part of what is now Indiana, then Indiana Territory. They were compelled to tlee into a fort, near Frankfort. Ky., for protection against the Indians, and in this fort our subject was born December 25, 1812. In the year 1811, his brother, Col. John L. Menaugh, was captured by the Delaware In- clians, and was afterward retaken from them at Vincennes, Ind .; be died in June, 1879, after serving the country in various capacities for many years. Hiram Menaugh was married, near Salem, Ind., October 4, 1832, to Miss Martha Patlock, who was born in South Caro- lina November 25, 1813. Mr. and Mrs. Men- augh came to Grundy County in the spring of 1844, when there were but few families in their township. They have a family of live children- Robert ; Elizabeth, married to Charles Nance ; James, who died October 11, 1878 ; Martha, born in Grundy County, married Henry Baird, died April 20, 1876 ; and Ferriday, born in Grundy County, and married to William Howe. of this county. Mr. Menaugh owns a farm of eighty-eight acres, worth $55 an acre, in Section 27 of Mazon Township ; his residence is one and one-half miles southeast of Mazon.
ROBERT D. MENANGHI, farmer, P. O. Mazon, was born in Washington County, Ind.,
July 21, 1833, son of Hiram and Martha Men- augh. They came to Illinois in the spring of 1844, and settled in Mazon Township, where they are still living. Robert was married July 24, 1856, to Miss Harriet J., daughter of Daniel Rowen ; she was born in Ohio, December 4, 1833. Their family consists of nine children -Lora E, born August'1, 1857 ; O L., August 27, 1859; Laura A., March 17, 1861 ; Lida B., June 3, 1863: James M .. March 12, 1865; Robert R., May 12, 1867 ; Luella A .. Septem- ber 1, 1869 ; Hiram A , October 20, 1873 ; and Volany W., December 17, 1878. Mr. Menaugh owns a farm of 240 acres of improved land, worth $45 an acre, in Section 33 of Mazon Township. He is a Democrat.
AUGUSTUS O. MURRAY, grain and lum- ber, Mazon Center, was born February 9, 1832, in Oswego County, N. V. When he was three years old, his parents, Jonathan C. and Perme- lia MI. Murray, removed to Illinois and settled in Mazon Township, Grundy County, seven years before the organization of the county. The father is remembered as one of the first men in the early enterprises of the county. He was drowned in the month of June, 1844; the mother died in Ottawa. Ill., in February, 1870. Subject was married, October 18, 1852, to Miss Lydia A. Isham, of Vermont, born May 15, 1835. They have a family of two sons and five daughters-Louis R., born March 6, 1859, married to Sarah E. Riggall December 25, 1881; Ela L., born December 16, 1860, mar- ried to Fred Kingman December 31, 1879; Hettie P .. born August 24, 1862 ; Frank A., July 10, 1861; Gertie E., September 4. 1868 ; Eva W .. February 16, 1871 ; and Maud. May 22, 1876. Mr. Murray owns 130 acres of cul- tivated land in Sections 23, 25, 26 and 33 of Mazon, also 110 acres in Black Hawk County, lowa. He is associated with O H. Fuller in the grain and lumber trade at Mazon C'enter, of which place he is a resident. Mrs. Murray is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
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the village of Mazon. Mr. Murray is an ultra temperance advocate.
CHARLES H. OVEROCKER. stock-dealer, Mazon, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., October 21, 1838, and educated at Whitestown, N. Y. He was married, November 1, 1859, to Miss Amanda M. Roscoe, of New York. She died in New York October 9, 1864. Subject enlisted, August 13, 1862, in Company A, Tenth New York Artillery, with which he was connected until mustered out in May, 1865. He was engaged at Cold Harbor and Peters- burg. Was in the hospital at Albany, from November, of 1864, until mustered ont. His second marriage occurred December 31, 1867, when he espoused Miss Sarah E. Allison, of Grundy County. Subject has one son by his first wife, and three children have blessed his present union-Milton, born in New York ; John H., Freddie H. and Lenora B., all three born in Grundy County. Subject is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Knights Tem- plar. He cast his first vote for A. Lincoln in 1860.
HORACE H. OVEROCKER, farmer, P. O. Mazon, is a son of Jacob Overocker, born in Oneida County, N. Y., September 28, 1850. In that State he was raised. until sixteen years old, during which time he received a common school education. He is the youngest of a family of six children, and was left an orphan when quite young, after which he was reared by an aunt. With this aunt and his brother C. H. Overocker, he came to Illinois in the fall of 1866. after which he was employed as a farm hand until he attained his majority, sinee which time he has farmed for himself. He was married. November 26, 1874, to Miss Nellie M. Dewey, daughter of S. H. Dewey, of Mazon Township. She was born iu Lewis County, N. Y., May 30, 1852. They have one son, Berton H., born in Grundy County December 11, 1875. He owns a farm of 220 acres of im- proved land in Sections 9 and 10, of Mazon
Township, worth $55 per acre. His residence is located seven miles south from Morris and one and three-quarters north from Mazon. In politics. he is a Republican.
JAMES PAXTON, farmer, P. O. Mazon, is a son of Samuel and Sarah Paxton, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, December 3, 1819, and came to Illinois in the spring of 1848, having married, September 28, 1843, Miss Phoebe A. Keepers, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Jordan) Keepers. They settled in Mazon Township, Grundy County, and bought eighty acres of land, which Mr. Paxton at once improved. To this he added from time to time, and now owns 400 acres-240 in Sec- tion 32 of Mazon Township and 160 acres in Section 5, of Goodfarm Township. This land is worth $60 per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Paxton have a family of eleven children-Sarah B., born June 13, 1844, died August 4. 1846 : Joseph K., August 18, 1846 ; Hannah M., born February 26, 1849, died August 18, 1851 ; Sam- uel J., born September 9, 1851; Harriet L .. born February 23, 1854, married November 23, 1875, to James M. Warnock, of Ohio-he died December 16, 1877 ; Philena J., born July 13, 1856, died August 20, 1859 ; Phæbe E., born February 7, 1859, married November 27, 1879. to Nathan Klinefelter ; James E., born Febru_ ary 7, 1859 ; William E., born July 23, 1861 ; George MI., born October 13, 1866 ; and Mary E .. born October 13, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Paxton and daughter Ifarriet L. are members of the Church of God, of Goodfarm Township. Their residence is situated three and three-quarter miles southwest of Mazon.
GEORGE PAXTON, farmer, P. O. Verona. The subject of these lines is a native of Guern- sey County, Ohio, born June 8, 1834, son of Samuel and Sarah Paxton, formerly of Penn- sylvania. When he was fourteen years old, his father moved to Illinois, his mother having died in Ohio. His father settled in Mazon Township, Grundy County, about 1849. educat-
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ed in Ohio, married November 15. 1855, to | mother, Martha (Wheatley) Preston, was born Miss Martha A. Preston, daughter of Elijah October 3, 1799, and died in Mazon December 17, 1867. The father and mother were mar- ried March 22, 1820. and Martha Preston. She was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, May 9, 1839. They have a family of one son-Elmer E. Paxton, born in Grundy County, Ill., May 13, 1865. Mr. Paxton now owns a farm of eighty aeres in Section 31 ; residence, five miles southwest from Mazon. Samuel Paxton, father of our subject, died in Mazon Township, Grundy County, October 22, 1852. Mrs. Paxton's father, Elijah Preston, died in Grundy County, only two months after their arrival, Angust 15, 1851. Martha 1. Preston died in Grundy County. December 17, 1867.
WILLIAM PRESTON, retired, Mazon, is a native of Ohio, born November 6, 1825 ; was raised principally in Guernsey County, Ohio ; is a son of Elijah and Martha Preston, and is the second of their family of nine children. Was married, in Ohio, May 18, 1847, to Miss Phobe Randall, daughter of Hunter and Mar- garet Randall, of Guernsey County, Ohio. Mrs. Preston was born July 30, 1825. They have a family of five children-Sparks, born June 1, 1848. died May 13, 1858; Nancy Jane, born April 24, 1852, died June 2, 1853 ; Alexander, born November 19, 1851, married to Annic Kagan ; Harlin, born February 23, 1856, mar- ried to Susan Hamilton April 29, 1877; Marion, born June 16, 1858, died August 22, 1860. Mr. Preston came to Illinois, settling in Grundy County in 1849, and bought land in the township of Wauponsee. Hle has since sold this and bought 213 acres of cultivated land located in Section 5, of Goodfarm Town- ship, and Section 32, of Mazon Township, val- ued at $50 per acre. He owns two lots and a handsome residence in the village of Mazon. Mrs. Preston is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Elijah, father of William Preston, was born April 16, 1799. and died of cholera taken at Chicago when hauling lumber for his buildings, August 15, 1851. Subject's
GEORGE B. ROBINSON, farmer, P. O. Morris. The subject of this sketch is a sou of Mitchell and Maria Robinson, formerly of Michigan, born July 18, 1833, in Cass County, Mich. His father, Mitchell Robinson, was a native of Virginia, and died in Michigan, where he had moved from Ohio, in 1832. His mother, Maria (Colwell) Robinson, a native of Ken- tueky, also died in Michigan. Subject was raised and educated in Michigan. Married, in Mazon Township, January 8, 1858, to Miss Margaret E. Rosemn, daughter of Joseph and Tabitha Roseman, born in Guernsey County, Ohio, May 16, 1838. The family consists of ten children, all living with parents, as follows : Vena B., born December 1, 1858 ; Joseph E., December 16, 1850; Rosa M., September 22, 1860; Hettic E., March 15, 1862; Maud E., September 28, 1865 ; Mamie A., April 6, 1869; Eva S., April 12, 1872; Tracy L., March 2, 1876; Clarence M .. April 27, 1878; Ernest, May 31, 1832. Mr. Robinson owns a farm of 160 acres of improved farm land, in Sections 7 and 8 of Mazon Township, and 160 acres in Section 13, of Vienna Township, valued at $60 per acre. His residence is located four miles northwest from Mazon, eight miles southwest from Morris. In politics, he is a Democrat. Mrs. Robinson's parents are dead.
CHIARLES ROBINSON, farmer, P. O. Ma- zon, was born in Chenango County, N. Y .. April 12, 1837. Was raised and educated princi- pally in Michigan and the State of New York. He is a son of Dow AA. and Betsey Robinson, who settled in Kankakee County, Ill., in 1859. They removed, four years after, into this county, and located in Felix Township, where the fa- ther died in February, 1876. After the death of his father. Charles took charge of the busi- ness of the family. Ilis mother died at his
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residence in Mazon Township September 30, 1880. He was married, March 15, 1871, to Miss Elizabeth Flanders, of Vermont. She was born February 22, 1844. Bore him five children-Eugene, .born February 15, 1872, died January 27, 1880 ; Frank, born October 3, 1873; Millie, October 10, 1874 ; Alice, No- vember 12, 1876, and Cora A., December 16, 1877. Subject owns a farm of eighty acres in Section 10 of Mazon Township. His land is valued at $55 per acre. His residence is seven miles south of Morris, and one and three- fourths miles north of Mazon. Mr. Robinson is a Republican.
T. W. ROYAL, farmer, P. (). Mazon, was born in Miami County, Ohio, January 25, 1823; is a son of Charles and Mary Royal, formerly of Virginia. On coming to Illinois, they' set- tled near Newark, now Kendall County, and there our subject was raised and received his education. Mr. Royal was married, March 22, 1845, to Miss Amanda Goodrich, born in Che- nango County, N. Y., March 4, 1824; she is the daughter of Gardner and Nancy Goodrich, who came to this county in 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Royal have five children-G. C., born September 16, 1848, married February 14, 1869, to Miss Sarah Hinkley, of Massachusetts ; George F., born July 25, 1851, died August 23, 1851; A. B., born December 26, 1853, married, September 17, 1879, to Miss Belle C. Jaquith, of Michigan, she was born May 10, 1856, and is the mother of one child-Henry J., born July 6, 1880 ; E. Royal was born De- cember 17, 1857, and was married April 27, 1880, to A. D. Wood, formerly of New York. A. B. Royal was educated in the classical schools of Newark and Morris, is a graduate of Rush Medical College of Chicago, and is prac- ticing in Lyon County, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Royal and their son Dr. A. B., are members of the M. E. Church, in which T. W. Royal has been a local preacher for sixteen years ; he is also a member of the Masonic fraternity.
A. J. ROBB, farmer, P. O. Mazon. The subject of this sketch is a native of Brown County, Ohio, born October 10, 1825, son of James and Rosana Robb, who settled in Wau- ponsee Township, in 1834, being among the first dozen families in the county. Subjeet was then nine years of age, and for many years had no school privileges. The father had a family of six children, of whom A. J. was the oldest ; sometimes employed a teacher to come to his house to teach his children. James Robb, sub- ject's father, died in Wauponsee Township in 1855 ; his wife is still living at Marseilles, Ill., in her seventy-sixth year. Mr. Robb was married, October 18, 1846, to Miss Betsey Hulse, daughter of Henry Hulse. She was a native of Trumbull County, Ohio, born in 1815 and died at their home in Mazon Township January 10, 1880. Mr. Robb has a family of four children-Emery and Emeline, born Au- gust 21, 1848 ; Emery was married in Novem- ber, 1878, to Miss Sadie Pummell, of Grundy County ; Henry W., born February 13, 1850, died December 14, 1850; Wesley W., born February 13, 1857, married February 16, 1879, to Miss Dora Clow, of Grundy County. Sub- ject has a farm of eighty acres of improved land in Section 3, of Mazon Township, two and one-half miles north from Ma- zon and six and one-half miles south from Morris. Engaged in general husbandry. There is but one other settler now living who has been in the county as long as Mr. Robb; that one is Mr. L. W. Claypool, who came here at the same time.
THOMAS RANKIN, merchant, Mazon, is a son of Duncan and Elizabeth Rankin, and was born December 15, 1857, in De Kalb County, Ill. When he was nine years old, he removed with his parents to Morris, where he was principally educated. His father afterward moved to Braidwood, where he is still engaged in business. Subject was married, April 24, 1878, to Miss Ada Lish, daughter of John and
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