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Joseph C. Stevens, farmer, see. 19; P. O., Chili; was born in this county in 1837, and has spent his life here. He is a son of Joseph and Almira (Dee) Stevens, father a native of New York, and mother of Vermont. In 1860 he married Miss Thamzin McLean, a member of the M. E. Church. He is a Democrat and has been Collector and School Director. His father came to this county in 1833, and died here in 1846. Mr. S. well remembers the experience of pioneer life in the prairie West, the great fires, etc., one of which burned up all his fences, and he let the farm for a term of three years to a party who should replace them.
William T. Stratton, farmer, sec. 10; P. O., Bowen; was born in Connecticut in 1833, and is the son of G. W. and l'atience (Aikins) Stratton, father a native of Massachusetts and of English descent, mother of New York State and of Scottish descent. In 1853 he married Harriet Stevens, and they have 6 children. He came to Illinois in 1855, settling in Knox county, and the same fall moved to Hancock county, settling on the northeast of sec. 10. When he first came to this State he had only $20, but he now owns 200 acres of land. He is a Democrat.
George Thrasher, farmer, sec. 21; P. O .. Bowen; was born in Ohio in 1827, son of Charles and Malinda (Hicks) Thrasher, both natives of Connecticut and of English descent; he was married in Hamilton county April 11, 1852, to Hester Ann Hubbard, and 4 of their 6 children are now living. Both are members of the Congregational Church in Bowen. He came to this county in 1854, and now owns 260 acres of good land. He is a Republican.
Gilbert Tillapaugh, farmer, sec. 5; P. O., Denver; was born in New York State in 1830, and is the son of John and Hannah (Kniskern) T., natives of New York, and of German descent; educated in the common school and at Schoharie Academy; in early life was a school-teacher. April 4, 1855, he married Eliza- beth Machene, and they have 2 daughters living, Hattie L., graduate of Carthage College in 1879, and Helen E., also an attendant at the same college. Mr. T. and wife and eldest daugh- ter are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church at St. Alban's. He came to this county from New York in 1854, settling on sec. 15, and moved here in 1869, locating on sec. 5. He owns 160 acres of well improved land. He is a Republican, and has been
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Clerk of his tp. four years, Collector, School Trustee and Director, and Superintendent of the Sabbath-school at Denver.
David G. Todd, farmer, sec. 30; P. O., Chili; was born in 1835, son of Jonathan and Jemima (Warner) Todd, father a native of Vermont, and mother of Connecticut, and both of English descent. Attended common school and Knox College a short time; has taught school some, but has followed farming principally; came to this county in 1837, where he has lived ever since. He has been moderately successful as a farmer. He is a Republican, and gave Lincoln his first vote. His father was born Sept. 6, 1796, and died in this county in 1843; his mother was born May S, 1798, and is still living with her son David and her daughter Charlotte on their farm, which consists of 100 acres of good land.
David N. Van Brunt, farmer, sec. 25; P. O., Augusta; was born in the State of New York in 1831, son of Isaac and Hannah (Luckey) Van Brunt, natives of the Empire State, the father of Dutch,and the mother of Irish, descent. In1858 he married Irene Campbell, and their 3 children are all living. Mrs. Van B. is a member of the United Brethren Church. In 1862 Mr. Van B. enlisted in Co. K, 119th Ill. Vol. Inft., under Capt. Johnson, and was in all the battles except two in which the regiment was engaged; he was captured at Batford Station in Tennessee; at the close of the war he was discharged at Mobile, and was mnstered out at Camp Butler. He came to this county June 2, 1852,settling on sec. 25, where he owns 80 acres of land and made nearly all the improvements.
Alexander Waggoner, farmer, sec. 20, was born in Fayette county, Pa., in 1840, and is the son of Lewis M. and Mary (McLain) Waggoner, natives of Pennsylvania, father of German and mother of English descent. In 1868 he married Sarah A. Overman, a native of Adams county, Ill., where she was born Oct. 31, 1844. They have 2 daughters,-Aines Ethel, born Ang. S, 1872, and Alma Berenice, Aug. 10, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. W. are members of the M. E. Church, and he is a Democrat. He came to this county with his father from Pennsylvania in 1844, settling near Chili, on sec. 20, where he now resides. His father im- proved the first farm between Chili and Augusta. In 1863.'4 he was in Nevada and Colorado Territories. As a farmer he has been successful.
John William Willhite, farmer, sec. 7; P. O., Denver; was born in Virginia March 4, 1824, and is a son of William and Sarah (Weaver) Willhite, natives of the old Dominion, and of German descent ; he never went to school more than three months. Dec. 14, 1843, he married Eliza Miller, and of their 12 children 11 are living, 3 of whom are boys. Five of the children are married. Mr. and Mrs. W. are members of the Adventist Church at Antioch. He is a Jackson Democrat. He came to this county in 1839, settling on sec. 36 in Harmony tp. As a farmer he has been moderately successful, owning 223 acres of land; located
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on his present place about 1866; when he married he was not worth $50. His daughter Armina has attended Carthage College and is teaching school. Mr. W. was in the Mormon war, and was in Carthage the day the Smiths were killed. He says the Mor- mons ran one way and the citizens the other.
L. S. Worman, farmer, sec. 25; P. O., Augusta; was born in Pennsylvania in 1850, son of D. D. and Catharine (Myers) Wor- man, natives of the Keystone State, and of German descent; he attended the University at Otterbein. Feb. 22, 1877, he married Rebecca S. Smith, and both are members of the United Brethren Church, at Washington Chapel. He came to this county in 1873. Has been a farmer all his life, now owning 80 acres of land.
John H. Wristen, farmer, sec. 10; P. O., Bowen; was born in Christian county, Ky., in 1822. His father, Thomas Wristen, was a native of Kentucky, and his mother, Hannah Boggess, was a native of Virginia. He came to this county in 1851, settling with- in three miles of where he now lives. In 1874 he married Rachel Griffitts, his last wife. Both are members of the Baptist denom- ination at the Providence Church. He is a Democrat, and has been School Director several times, in this district five years. He commenced life with a pair of ponies only, and he now owns 150 acres of good land. He has 9 children living, 7 at home. Thomas C. and William Lee are school-teachers.
Joseph N. Yarnell, farmer, sec. 28; P. O., Bowen; was born in Lancaster county, Pa., in 1841, son of David and Margaret (Nell) Yarnell, natives also of the Keystone State; father was raised a Quaker, mother of remote Irish ancestry. In 1872 he married Mary E. Boshen, and they have two sons and two daugh- ters. Mrs. Y. is a native of Illinois, and is a member of the M. E. Church at Chili. In 1862 Mr. Yarnell enlisted in Co. D, 78th Reg., under Capt. R. M. Black; was discharged in 1865; was on detached service for some time afterward. His politics is Repub- lican. He owns nearly 100 acres of land, all under cultivation, and bids fair to rank as one of the neatest farmers of the township.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Those who served the township in the four leading official capaci- ties are as follows, as completely as the list could be made out from the returns:
SUPERVISORS.
Gilmore Callison. 1850
Albert Holmes 1866
Elisha Worrell.
1851
A. E. McNeall
1867
Levi G. Patchin.
1853
T. C. Clayton. 1868
Elisha Worrell.
1855
Jos. C. Caine. 1870
Milton K. Pomeroy
1856
Eugene B. Davis. 1873
Levi W. Pomeroy. 1858
Henry K. Ramsey .
1874
Joseph C. Caine.
1859
Joseph C. Caine.
1876
George W. Murphy
1863
Mathias McNeall. 1877
Levi G. Patchin.
1864
Joseph C. Caine
1865
Charles Cook.
1878
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CLERKS.
William Sullivan.
1855
George W. Nash. 1870
Nicholas Hanson.
1856
Charles C. Marsh 1873
Jonathan W. Todd.
1858
John F. Williams 1874
Gilbert Tillapaughı.
1862
H. B. Nash. 1876
Joseph Ivins.
1864
Oscar Weisenberg.
1877
L. W. Pomeroy
1865
H. B. Nash.
1878
William Prescott.
1867
T. N. Gillis.
1880
Wm. J. Dimmock
1869
ASSESSORS.
A. T. Dickerson
1855
Levi W. Pomeroy. 1871
Levi Pomeroy.
1856
Daniel Smith 1872
A. T. Dickerson.
1858
Sam'l E. Elliott. 1873
Geo. W. Stevens
1864
Benj. C. Edwards. 1874
D. G. Todd
1865
David Van Brunt.
1876
Samuel E. Elliott
1866
Wm. B. Marvil.
1877
Joseph C. Caine. .
1867
Clark Caine.
1878
A. Holmes.
1868
J. C. Caine.
1880
John J. Worley
1870
COLLECTORS.
A. T. Dickerson.
1855
Jesse Palmer. 1872
Levi Pomeroy.
1856
John F. Williams. 1873
A. T. Dickerson.
1858
David P. Worrell.
1874
Daniel Smith.
1865
J. R. Fordyce. 1875
Gilbert Tillapaugh
1866
C. B. Taylor. 1876
A. T. King.
1867
Oliver Steven 1877
J. A. Cunningham.
1868
Wm. Palmer.
1878
Adam Reeves.
1869
Henry Garner.
1879
Isaac Newland. .
1870
Thomas Tateman.
1880
David P. Worrell.
1871
ST. ALBAN'S TOWNSHIP.
Centrally on the south line of the county lies St. Alban's-num - bered 3 north, 7 west. This township is pretty nearly equally divi- ded between woodland and prairie, -- the former predominating in the west half, and the prairie over the east half. It contains many fine farms and much good farming land, and considerable bluff and broken woodland. This last is to be found on the borders of the Bear creek branches. Its two towns are-
Westpoint-laid out in March, 1856, by David Wigle; and
Stillwell-laid out Dec., 1870, by Wmn. H. Zinn and Arthur Still- well; both on the Quincy, Carthage & Burlington Railroad, and six or seven miles westwardly from Bowen, on the T. W. & W. The former road runs directly south through this township, near its center.
Among the early settlers of the county, and who were here pre- cedent to organization, we have the names of Jolin Harding, and Robert and Aaron (Abel) Harding, who are supposed to have been his brothers or more distant relatives. John Harding transferred his claim, lying due west of and adjoining the village of Chili, to Elisha Worrell, Esq., in 1835, having occupied it for seven years. Through Mr. Worrell we have the statement that this same claim -north half of section 25, St. Alban's township-had been owned and occupied since 1823, by Col. Daniel B. Whipple, late of Ad- ams county, at a date when his nearest neighbors were Fort Ed- wards, Rushville and Quincy. If so, Col. Whipple must have been one among the very earliest settlers in Hancock county-indeed, the earliest of whom we have any account, if we except the officers and people at the fort. Col. W. and his uncle, Barnabas B. Whip- ple, were the patentees of the' claim, having been in service in the war of 1812-'14, with Great Britain.
Among the other early settlers of this township were Garrett Bean and his brother-in-law, Mr. Mills, who came to where Mr. B. now resides in 1836. [For a very interesting narrative of Mr. Bean, see another chapter.] He resides below Stillwell on the county line. Mr. Mills moved to Missouri over 30 years ago, and is now deceased. Other pioneers were, Jonathan Todd, Wmn. Pike, Jesse Richardson, Dr. Cook, Noah Stokes, John Slater, Wm. Bride, Benoin C. Bride, Truman Kinney, Joseph Kinney, James E. Moore, Wm. Owen, Eldridge Renshaw, C. W. Hicks, Alexander McDon- ald, David Wigle, Bradley Hecox, James Knott.
RELIGIOUS PROGRESS.
The well-known Peter Akers is mentioned as among the first itinerant preachers in this township, and is said to have visited and
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preached in private houses as early as 1837 or '3S. The new towns of West Point and Stillwell each have churches, data concerning which we have been unable to obtain.
PERSONAL SKETCHES.
In connection with the foregoing historical sketch we give brief biographies of the old settlers and prominent persons of the town- ship. They will be found to form an interesting feature of this volume.
Garrett Bean was born in Kentucky in 1807. At the age of 20 he emigrated to Pike county, Ill., where he lived one year, then to Galena, Ill., for a short time, and then to Quincy, Ill., where he worked one winter for John Wood, afterward Governor of Illinois, for whom Mr. B. made 4,000 rails and 2,000 shingles. After living in Adams county one year, Mr. B., in 1836, came to Hancock county, Ill .. and located in St. Albans tp., on the farm where he now lives. Although placed in the wilderness with nothing excepting willing hands and a noble wife, he has accumulated a handsome fortune. He has a farm of 346 acres of good timber and prairie land.
He was married in 1831 to Miss Nancy Crow, of Adams county, Ill., and 4 boys and 4 girls were born to this union,-Sarah E., William, John, Martha, Mary A. and Henry are those that are living. Mr. B. has held the office of School Trustee and is a mem- ber of the Methodist Church.
Jesse W. Brown, miller at Stillwell, is a native of the Buckeve State and was born in 1847. His father was Isaac C., native of Ohio and born in 1809. His mother was Rachel Hurt, who was born in Vermont in 1801. Jesse W. remained with his parents till 1864, when he enlisted at Camp Butler in the 32d Ill. Inft., under Col. Logan. He did his first fighting at Kingston, Georgia, where he got hurt and was not able to do any more active service. After returning home he was at Chili, then he went to Burlington, Iowa, where he was engaged in the shingle factory for a short time; then he worked for the C., B. & Q. bridge contractors, and helped build their bridge over the Mississippi river, and then he returned to Chili; then acted as foreman over a company of men who were en- gaged in moving houses for the railroad company. He next was engineer at the mills at Stillwell, Ill., for 23 years, then in the same business at La Harpe, Ill., and has been in the milling business at Stillwell since 1874. He is a Freemason, being a member of Dills Lodge, No. 295; is also a Methodist and a Republican.
N. R. Butler, farmer, was born in Kentucky in 1827. His father. Hezekiah Butler, was a native of Maryland, and was born in 1799; his mother, Margarette, nee Payne, was born in 1808. At the age of 24 he was married to Apphia Seaton, who was a native of Kentucky, and died in 1864. There were 3 children by this union. Mr. Butler came to his present farm in 1852, and has lived there ever since. He owns a farm of 190 acres of land, valued at
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$40 per acre. Mr. B. takes unusual interest in his family, neatness and thrift being manifested in all the surroundings. In educational matters Mr. B. takes great interest in giving his own children the benefits of schools, and also in advancing the interests of education in any way that he possibly can. He was married a second time, to Hannah Clark, of Hancock county, Ill., in 1867, and their 2 chil- dren are Frank and George F.
Henry Clark, farmer, sec. 5; P. O., West Point; was born in 1823, in New York. His father, Calvin Clark, was a native also of New York, and was born in 1799; was weigh-master in the war of 1812, at Sacket's Harbor. His mother's maiden name was Fannie Searles, and she was born in Bennington, Vt., in 1804, and died in 1835. Grandfather Searles was born in 1764, in Rhode Island. His grandmother Searles was born in 1766 in Rhode Island. Mr. C. lived with his parents until 18 years of age, then lived in Oneida connty for the next two years, then emigrated to Wisconsin, remaining till 1858, when he came to Hancock county, Ill., and moved into the same house where he now lives. Before locating on this farm Mr. Clark spent several years clerking in stores. He owns 120 acres of land, most of which is improved. In 1848 he married Gertrude M. Striker (since deceased), who bore him 2 chil- dren. He married his second wife in 1860, Abby B. Striker, a sister of his former wife, a native of New York, and born in 1825. Of the 2 children by this union Ruth E. is living. Mr. C. has been asso- ciated with many Indian tribes in his early history with the West, and can speak several Indian languages. He is a Democrat.
Dr. V. B. Corey, West Point, was born June 3, 1828, in Penn Yan, Yates county, N. Y .; his parents were Joseph A. and Mer- cy (Andrews) Corey, natives of Rhode Island. The grandparents of our subject were Joseph A. and - - (Briggs) Corey, of English descent. The parents of Mercy Andrews were Samuel and Waty (Briggs) Andrews, of Providence, R. I., and of English ancestry. The subject of this notice left home at the age of 14; learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed until 22, but at the age of 20 he commenced the study of medicine, having the use of the library of Dr. Andrew F. Oliver. In 1854 he came West, visited several States, and located first at Quincy, Ill., where he read medicine in the office of Dr. John Parson for two years, when he came and settled at West Point, this county, and established himself in a good practice. Being a strong Republican and a Union man, he enlisted Ang. 28, 1862, as a private in Co. C. 118th Ill. Vol. Inf., to serve three years; the regiment was organized at Camp Butler, Springfield, Ill., and the Doctor was appointed Hospital Steward of the regiment; May 16, 1863, at the battle of Champion Hills, Miss., he was detailed to act as Assistant Surgeon, which position he continued to hold until the regiment was mustered out in Oc- tober, 1865. The Doctor was in the battle of Chickasaw Bluff, Miss., Dec., 1862, and the engagements at Arkansas Post, Jan. 11, 1863; the regiment was then in camp at Young's Point, La., until
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March 9 next, when it was moved to Milliken's Bend, and April 2 it was ordered to the rear of Vicksburg, in the siege of which it participated, under Gen. Grant. May 1 they met the enemy at Port Gibson, then at Champion Hills; but previous to the last the Doctor had been sent back to the hospital at Raymond, Miss. At this place he was taken prisoner, but paroled, and afterwards re- turned to the regiment as Assistant Surgeon, at Black River Bridge, in the rear of Vicksburg. The regiment was transferred to the Department of the Gulf under Gen. Banks, then ordered to Port Hudson, La., in January, 1864, and July following to Baton Rouge, where in October, 1865, they were mustered out. The Doctor then returned to West Point, where he has since resided, in the enjoy- ment of a lucrative practice.
He was married in Quincy, Ill., Oct. 29, 1855, to Miss Mary O. Conyers, a native of Missouri and a daughter of John Conyers, who was a native of Kentucky and of Irish and German descent. The Doctor has had 5 children, of whom 4 are living-Martha J., now the wife of G. G. Lohr, residing at Columbus, Adams county, Ill .; John T .; Charles F. and Agnes A., the last living at home. Dr. Corey is a Freemason, a Republican, and was Postmaster four years in Pike county. His portrait is given elsewhere in this volume.
Francis Egbers, farmer, sec. 23; P. O., West Point; was born in New Orleans, La., in 1835. He was a son of Charles and Magdalen (Amons) Egbers, both of whom were natives of Germany. The former was born in 1800 and the latter in 1812. The subject of this sketch was brought up under the parental roof until his 24th year, when he emigrated to the mountains in the West, and for a year and a half engaged in various kinds of work; in 1860 he returned home and remained one year, and then, in 1861, took unto himself a wife in the person of Elizabeth Wilcox, who was born in 1820 in England. Unto them have been born 4 children, 3 of whom are still living; viz., Wiber S., Robert C. and Guy F. After marriage Mr. E. located on his father's farm in Rocky Run tp., and then on a farm of his own in same tp., where he lived seven years, and then located in St. Alban's, near West Point, and was there until he located in Stillwell, where he was engaged in the flouring business for one year, and then he purchased the farm on which he now resides. His farm of 110 acres is valued at $4,000. Mr. E. and his estimable wife are members of the Methodist Church.
William H. Felgar, farmer, sec. 24; P. O., West Point. In
the subject of this sketch we have one of St. Alban's most active business men. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1841. His parents were from the same State. His father, John Felgar, was born in 1818. During the first 28 years of his successful life he remained at home; then was united in marriage to Mary A. Hardy, of Adair county, Ill., in 1868. They have been blessed with 7 children-May I., John B., Minnie G., Harry H., Oliver H., William S. and Olive A. (dec.). After marriage Mr. F. located on
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his present farm of 240 acres, This home is valued at $10,000. Mr. F. is a Lutheran and a Democrat.
F. L. Fulmer, farmer, sec. 9; P. O. West Point; was born near Niagara Falls, in Canada, in 1840. His father. Jacob Fulmer, was a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in 1804. His mother was a native of New York State, and was born in 1808.
Her maiden name was Mary J. Merrill. After he was 21 years old. Mr. F. came to Jacksonville, Ill., and was employed in the Insane Hospital for two years. He then married Miss Mary J. Bayless and moved to Wisconsin, locating at Iron Ride, Dodd Co., and farmed two years. Then he moved to Hancock county and located near West Point, and has resided here most of the time since. Was in Keokuk two years as bridge-keeper, then in Carthage one year, having charge of the poor farm. Mr. F. owns 110 acres of well improved land. He is one of St. Alban's representative farmers. He is a member of the M. E. Church at West Point. Their chil- dren are Lee D. and Mand.
J. J. Guthrie, grocer, West Point, was born in Kentucky in 1835. He was the son of John and Sarah (Johnston) Guthrie. Mr. G. remained at home until 21 years of age, receiving more than an ordinary education, enabling him to teach school for several terms. He was married in 1858 to Sarah Crampton, who was born in Schuyler county, Ill., in 1837. She has borne him 10 children, 6 of whom are living-Wm. L., Ella, John F., Adie, Charles L. and Henry. Mr. G. owns a beautiful home in the village, besides his well-stocked store. He is a member of the Lutheran Church; has been Supervisor, and for 15 years Justice of the Peace, and is now School Treasurer, which office he has filled with unanimous satis- faction for five years.
Green Harding, farmer; P. O., Stillwell; was born in 1820, in Adair county, Ky. He is a son of Abel and Julia (Bettisworth Harding; his father was a native of Kentucky, and was born in 1798. His mother was born in Virginia in 1791. The subject of this sketch is the eldest of 12 children. He came to Hancock county, Ill., with his parents, in 1831, which makes him one of the earliest settlers in this county. When his father settled here there were only four families in St. Alban's tp. His father lived the rest of his long and useful life in the county. He died in 1861. At the age of 17 Mr. Green Harding left home and lived with an uncle for three years, giving most of his time to hunting. He was united in marriage in 1842, with Miss Sarah A. Stokes, who bore him 9 children, 5 boys and 4 girls. She died in Oct., 1862, He married his present wife, Elizabeth Bucklew, of Hancock county, Ill., in 1871, who was a native of Ohio and born in 1840. Julia R., Weslian G. and Edwin Irvin G. have been born to them. Mr. H. first located on land on which a part of the town of Stillwell now stands. He lived there 20 years, when, in 1863, he sold out and purchased the farm on which he now lives. Mr. H. owns 166 acres of im- proved land. His home surroundings are such as will make his old
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age a pleasant one. He has been School Trustee for 20 years and Justice of the Peace 10 years. He began his Christian life with the M. E. Church, but now he is a believer in the Universalist doctrine.
John Hicks, farmer, sec. 9; P. O., West Point; was born in Pennsylvania in 1844, and was the son of Constant W. and Susanah (Kelly) Hicks. The former was born in Vermont in 1820, and died in 1878. His grandfather Kelly was in the war of 1812, and died in His grandmother Kelly died in 1793. His great-grandfather Kelly was born in 1766, was in the Revolu- tionary war and died in 1850. The subject of this sketch was married in 1874. He began accumulating for himself on the farm where he now lives, and now owns 166 acres of improved land. He enlisted in the late war in 1864, in the 28th Ill. Înft .; was in the battle of Spanish Fort, Ala. His 2 children are, Susanah, born Sept. 13, 1875, and Constant B, born March 16, 1878,
Henry Hinkle, farmer, sec. 14; P. O., West Point; is the son of Andrew and Catharine (Shew) Hinkle, and was born in Pennsylvania in 1827. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and his father is still living at the age of S5. Mr. H. assisted his father until he attained his majority, when he took unto himself a wife in the person of Sophia Frantz, who was a native of the Key- stone State, and born in 1828;,5 of their 9 children are living, Samnel A., Catharine D., Elijah E., Mary M., Franklin A. Mr. H. resided in Pennsylvania till 1858, working at his trade, which was blacksmithing. He then came West and located in Adair county, Ill., where he lived four years, then came to St. Alban's tp. where he has farmed ever since. Mr. H. owns 130 acres of good land, and has the reputation of being one of St. Alban's rep- resentative farmers. He and his estimable wife are members of the Christian Church.
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