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Of the company of twenty-four that came out in the fall of 1829, two returned to Ohio; of the twenty-two who remained only seven died in forty-one years.
John Green and wife, Barbara Grove, came from Licking County, Ohio, in the fall of 1829. He brought the irons for a saw and grist mill by team overland, and millwrights to put them up. Mr. Green lived on the claim bought of Clark, in Rutland, until 1832, when he removed to Dayton. He built a saw mill and put in a run of stone in 1830, and a flouring mill in 1832. He was County Commissioner, and occupied a prominent place in the business and early his- tory of the county ; he died December 17, 1874. aged eighty-four years. He had nine children : Eliza, married William L. Dunnavan, and lives in Rutland; Nancy, married Albert Dunna- van, and lived in Rutland; Jesse, married Isabella Trumbo; he served three terms as Justice of the Peace, and was three years Town Supervisor; in 1849 he led a com- pany of forty-nine men to the then El Dorado, California. David, married Mary Stadden ; served as Town Supervisor several terms ; in com- pany with his brother, Jesse, he ran the large woolen factory in Dayton-the first one run by water in the State. It was built in 1840, and enlarged in 1864. Joseph, died in 1855; Cath- erine, married George M. Dunnavan ; Isaac, born in Illinois, married Rebecca J. Trumbo, and lived on the old farm; Rachel, married George Gibson ; Rebecca, married Oliver W. Trumbo.
Jacob Kite, from Licking County, Ohio, with Green's company, in the fall of 1829. He never married. A sort of Nimrod, he lived by hunting, and went west.
William Stadden, and wife, Elizabeth Hoadley, from Licking County, Ohio, in May, 1830, set- tled on S. 33; T. 34, R. 4; sold to Jonathan Daniels, and moved to Dayton in 1831; built a flouring mill; was twice elected Sheriff of La Salle County, and twice to the State Senate. He was a prominent and useful citizen and died in 1848. Children: Jonathan, married Eliza- beth Long, in Rutland; Mary, married David Green ; William; Elizabeth, married Horace B. George; Richard, married Sallie Sevant.
James McFadden, from Ohio, in the fall of 1831. Kept store in Dayton. He was captain of a company of Home Guards, raised in the county during the Black Hawk war; was shot through
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the ankle by Indians on Indian Creek in 1832; he went to Galena.
George M. Dunnavan, from Licking County, Ohio, in 1830, with David Letts, who settled on section 3 in town of Eden. Mr. Dunnavan re- mained at Cedar Point, as it was then called, till 1835, when he settled on S. 7, T. 34, R. 4, in Buck Creek timber. He married Catharine Green, daughter of John Green. There are ten children : Silas L. ; Louisa Jane, married D. S. Green ; Em- ma, married Andrew Brown; Lucien G .; Frank W .; Mary E .; Charles: Belle; Cora, and Edward.
Thomas Parr, from Licking County, Ohio, in 1834; he married Sarah Ann Pitzer, and settled on S. I. T. 34, R. 3. They had six children : Jesse N., married Anna Cain ; Amanda E., mar- ried Noah Brunk; Joseph B., married Sarah Knickerbocker ; Francis N., married Julia Curry ; Martha . A., married Lyman Cole; William H., married Mary Ruger.
Nathan Proctor bought the store and goods of David Letts, in the spring of 1836; he had a very interesting family, and was himself a genial, able and popular man, and did a prosperous business for about one year, and was noted for his honorable and upright business habits. On his way to St. Louis to purchase goods he was detected in passing counterfeit money. He avoid- ed arrest, but never returned. He was found to be a member of the notorious band that then infested the country from the Illinois to Wiscon- sin, called the Bandits of the Prairies, who were horse thieves, counterfeiters, robbers, burglars, and murderers. Dies and plates for counter- feiting were found in his store, and years after, when the building was torn down, a copper- plate engraving was found behind the plastering. If his former or subsequent history should be written, it is probable that the name of Nathan Proctor would not appear.
RUTLAND.
Rutland was one of the earliest settled towns in the county.
The first settler in Rutland was William A. Clark, from South Carolina; he settled on the N. E. I-4 S. 22, T. 34, R. 4, in the spring of 1829 ; sold to John Green, and moved to near Naperville.
David Grove, and wife, Anna Howser, from Licking County, Ohio, in 1829; one of Green's party ; aided John Green for a year or more, and then settled on S. 22, T. 34, R. 4. Children of
first wife: Samuel, who married Mary Parr, lives at Utica ; George; John, died. Mrs. Grove died in 1849. Second wife: Mary W. Robinson. Her children were: Katharine; Anna, married a Mr. Hoag; Elizabeth, married David Connard ; Isabella, married Daniel Wickwire; Eliza, mar- ried W. H. Chapman, and lives at Freedom.
Reason Debolt, and wife, Emma Grove, from Licking County, Ohio, in 1829; one of Green's party; settled on S. II, T. 34, R. 4; in 1833 sold to Loring Delano, and moved to the N. E. I-4 of S. 16. Mrs. Debolt died in 1843. Chil- dren : Elma, married a Mr. Hupp; Barbara, married David Connard, and died in 1851 ; Lo- vina; George, married Miss Sutton; Jesse, died in the army ; Cyrus, married Elizabeth Dunnavan.
Henry Brumback, and wife, Elizabeth Pitzer, from Licking County, Ohio, in 1829; settled on the N. E. 1-4 S. 13. Children: Lizzie, born in 1830-first birth in town, married Frank Bruner ; and Rachel.
Samuel Grove, from Licking County, Ohio, was one of Green's party. He returned to Ohio, and came back to La Salle County in 1856.
Joseph Grove, from Licking County, Ohio, in 1829 ; one of Green's company. He married Elma Jackson, and settled on S. 22. He died in 1858. His widow died in 1872. Their chil- dren were: Semantha, who married a Mr. Wake- field ; John ; Jeremiah, died in the army; Jesse ; Lewis, married Melinda Pitzer ; Elma married George Pitzer ; David ; Mary, and Clara.
William L. Dunnavan, from Licking County, Ohio, in 1830, made a claim southwest of Peru ; sold to Ish and settled on section 22 in 1831. He was married in the fall of that year to Eliza, daughter of John Green, by David Shaver, Esq., being the first wedding in town. Had six chil- dren : Albert ; Emma, married a Mr. Hite ; John ; Elizabeth, married Cyrus Debolt ; Jesse, married Maggie Burk; James.
Edward Keyes, from Indiana, in 1830; settled on N. E. 1-4 S. 14. T. 33, R. 4; he first stopped with Christopher Long, on Covell Creek, while building his cabin ; moved on his claim in De- cember ; he died of cholera at the land sale in 1835. His widow married Alonzo Walbridge. He left three children: Elias H., married Dor- othy Hanson ; Sarah, married William Johnson ; Emily, died single.
Christopher Long and wife, Miss Booth, from Licking County, Ohio, in 1827, first located on the Drake farm in company with Moses Booth, his brother-in-law, on Covell Creek, and in the fall of 1831 settled on the N. W. 1-4 S. 13, T. 33, R. 4. He died in March, 1846, aged fifty-one, his wife died in 1832; his second wife, Mary
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Alvord, died in September, 1846, aged forty-two. He had five children : Catharine, married Elias Trumbo; Elizabeth, married Jonathan Stadden ; Lewis, married Miss Barbour; Jane, married a Mr. Murphy ; and William.
Matthias Trumbo, and wife, Rebecca Grove, came from Licking County, Ohio, in the fall of 1830. and settled on S. E. 1-4 S. 28, T. 34, R. 4. He died October 1, 1875; his wife died May I, 1873. He had eight children : John, died in 1841 : Lavinia, married West Matlock; Isabella, married Jesse Green ; Elias, married Catharine Long, the first child born in the county ; Eliza, married William Gibson; Barbara, married Jo- seph Jackson ; Elizabeth, married Jacob Strawn ; Anna, married Lewis Robinson.
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David Shaver, and wife, Nancy Grove, came from Licking County, Ohio, in the fall of 1830; settled on S. 2, T. 33. R. 4; was Overseer of the Poor and Justice of the Peace several terms ; he died January 2, 1848. He had nine children : Cyrus, married Betsey Hackett, and settled on the S. E. 1-4 S. 4. Had four children : Harvey, married Sarah Johnson ; David R., mar- ried Margaret Kleiber ; Joseph, married Janet Neff : Harrison, died in 1833, the first natural death in the town; Rebecca, married John Snel- ling ; Barbara, married Joseph Miller; Nancy, married William S. Allen; Catharine, married John K. Spencer.
William Parr, and wife, Sally Trumbo, from Licking County, Ohio, came in the fall of 1830; he settled on the S. E. 1-4 S. 3, T. 33, R. 4. He had five children: Henry R., married Elsa Armstrong: Samuel, married Josephine Arm- strong : Isabella, married Orson Potter; John, married Lucy Milliken : Mary, married Samuel Grove, of Utica.
Samuel Milliken, and wife, Rebecca Williams, from Licking County, Ohio, came to South Otta- way in 1830, and in the spring of 1832 settled on the S. E. 14 S. 5, T. 33, R. 4: sold to M. E. Hollister in 1836, and moved to N. E. 14 S. 10. where he resided till his death in 1864. He had seven children : May, married Levi Zeluff ; Margaret, married John Billman; Comfort, married James Stevenson ; Amanda, married Ed- ward Wightman; Jerusha, married John Kelly ; Samuel, married Sarah Leek; Lucy, married John Parr.
Goodman Hougas came from Norway to New York in 1828; one that came over in the famous sloop ; he married in New York and set- tled in Rutland in 1834. He died in 1850, leav- ing five children.
G. W. Howe, from New York in 1834; settled on N. E. 14 S. 33, T. 34, R. 4; went to Rock Run, Will County, in 1840, and died there.
Widow Barbary Grove, mother of Joseph, came in 1833. She died at the age of seventy- eight. Her son, Elias, came with her and died single in 1845; her daughter Elizabeth was the first wife of N. Madison Letts.
Widow Anna Pitzer, a sister of John Green, came with a large family from Licking County, Ohio, in the fall of 1830, and settled on N. E. 1/4 S. IO, T. 34, R. 4. A woman of much business capacity and decision of character. During the Black Hawk war, few men exceeded her in ef- forts for the protection of the infant settlement. She was a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She died in 1854. Her
children were:
William, who married Sarah Kite, and settled on the old homestead ; Anthony, married Margaret Wagy, he died on the way to California in 1852; James, married Elizabeth Kite; Jessie, died in California; Benjamin, died in the army ; Jacob, married Sarah Kite; Sarah Ann, married Thomas Parr; Rachel, married Thomas Bayley; Elizabeth, married Henry Brumback; Margaret; Catharine, married H. Haman ; Alvah.
Edward Sanders, from Licking County, Ohio, in 1831 ; settled on N. E. 14, S. II, T. 34, R. 4. He served five years in the United States army ; while stationed at Fort Dearborn, he went as a scout to the Illinois and Fox rivers in 1816, and what he saw of the country then, induced him to make it his home. He was a carpenter by trade ; his wife was Margaret Wamsley.
Jacob Anderson, from Norway, to New York, 1825; here. 1834; settled on S. W. 1-4 S. 13, T. 34, R. 4; went to California and died there, one of the first colony.
Andrew Dahl, from Norway, to New York, 1825. in the sloop; here, 1834; settled on S. W. 14 S. I. T. 34, R. 4; died at Salt Lake.
Vetal Vermit, from Canada, 1834, settled on N. E. 14 S. 12, T. 34, R. 4. He married Huldah Walker, daughter of Dr. David Walker, of Otta- wa. Kept hotel for several years, at Vermit's or Vermit's Point; went to Indiana. They had four children.
James M. Philips, and wife, Ann Gillespie, from Pennsylvania, 1834, settled on S. E. 14 S. IO, T. 33, R. 4; moved to Indian Creek, 1835.
John C. Philips, from Pennsylvania, 1834, set- tled on S. W. 14 S. IO, T. 33, R. 4; moved to Newark 1835.
John Weitsell, from Germany, on N. E. I-4 S. 13, T. 34, R. 4.
Rev. John St. Clair, and wife, from Kentucky, on S. E. 14 S. IO, T. 34, R. 4.
William Anderson, from Ohio, 1834, on S. E. 14 S. 3, T. 34, R. 4.
John Harrington, from New York, 1834, on
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S. W. 14 S. 34, T. 34, R. 4; sold to J. F. Keyes, and moved to the western part of the state.
Solomon Channel, and wife, Betsy Wamsley, from Ohio in 1832, settled on N. W. 14 S. 12, T. 33, R. 4; sold to A. D. Butterfield, and returned to Ohio, came back to Illinois in 1840, and died 1875 ; his wife died before him. He had seven children: Joseph; Mary, married a Mr. Bell in Adams; Malvina; Alva; Sarah; John; Jackson. A. D. Butterfield, from Jefferson County, New York. He visited Cuba, New Orleans, and other places South, and came to Marseilles in April, 1835. Kept a hotel one year, then rented his hotel, and in 1836 bought out Solomon Channel, on S. 36, T. 34, R. 4; held the office of Town Supervisor ; had three wives; his first was a Miss Edgar, second Lucy Otis, third Sally A. Rood; had nine children : David, married Julia Young ; P. A., married Sarah Drackby, is in Marseilles ; Julia C., married William A. Seers ; Orvill; Leavitt M., married Ella Parr, of Rutland ; George F., married Mary Allen; Charles W., Susan and Walter.
Ephraim Shaver, born in Virginia, came from Indiana here, in 1839. His wife was Mary E. Murphin, from Ohio. Their children are; Se- mantha, married George Bennett, of Waltham; Mary Lovina, married a Mr. Ross, her second husband Mr. Turple; Margaret, married Henrv Mandeville, of Kansas; Belle, married Henry Bennett, of Deer Park; Dora, married William Munson, Jr .; George W., married widow Wade ; Dolcina, Emma and Peter.
Thomas Tuttle, from Indiana, in 1836, settled on S. II, T. 33, R. 4 ; sold to Garver Gunderson in 1839.
Timothy Corbit, from Pennsylvania, in 1837, settled adjoining A. D. Butterfield.
Walter D. Rood, from Saratoga County, New York, in July, 1838, to Marseilles ; moved onto the Long farm. Went with Green's company in 1849 to California, lived in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana, and returned to La Salle County in 1870. Married Amelia Robinson, and settled on S. 16, T. 33, R. 5, in 1872. Had one child, Olive.
John Gibson, from Ohio, came here in 1840. He was a Lieutenant in the war of 1812, from Pennsylvania ; he died in 1869; his wife died in 1860. Left six children : Martha, married C. Mckinley ; Maria, married James N. Trenary ; Captain William L., married Eliza Trumbo, of Rutland ; George W., married Cynthia Robinson, of Rutland ; John F., married Mary J. Anderson, of Rutland ; Captain Theodore C., married Susan S. Sample, of Ottawa.
Jonathan Daniels, and wife, Mary Channel from Licking County, Ohio, in the fall of 1831,
bought a claim of William Stadden, on S. 33, T. 34, R. 4. They had two children : Elizabeth, married Joseph Kleiber ; Judith, married William Stadden.
Joseph Kleiber, and wife, Elizabeth Daniels, from Licking -County, Ohio, in the fall of 1831, settled on S. 32, T. 34, R. 4. He had eight chil- dren : Melissa, married Henry Funk; Jonathan, married Elizabeth Funk; Mary, married George Hays, and afterward Henry Curry ; Margaret, married David Shaver ; Aaron, married Rosanna McKernan ; William, married Mary Pierce; Stephen and Etta.
Aaron Daniels, and wife, Maria Sanders, from Licking County, Ohio, in the fall of 1831, settled on S. 33.
Albert Dunnavan, from Licking County, Ohio, came with Letts to Cedar Point in 1830; re- mained there one year, then came to Rutland and settled on S. 13; in 1831 married Nancy, daugh- ter of John Green. Has eight children : Samuel, married Miss Munson; David; Isaac; Joseph ; George, married Miss Rogers; Katharine, mar- ried Frank Brandon; Jane, married Aaron Howe; and Anna.
VERMILLION.
Lewis Bailey, the first settler in the town of Vermillion, came from Ohio; first to Indiana, and then to Illinois in 1825. He first came to Ottawa, but located on section 19, at the head of Bailey's Grove, which was called Bailey's Point. His son Augustus is claimed to have been the first male white child born in the coun- ty, while a daughter of Christopher Long was the first. George Galloway, son of James Gallo- way, of Fall River, has claimed the honor of be- ing born before Bailey. The fact seems to be that Bailey's son was a few days the older, but he was born in Peoria, where his parents had gone in a canoe, in anticipation of the event, and soon after returned, having been absent from home eighteen days.
The location selected by Bailey was a romantic one, and he said it was a favorite resort of the Indians, who ever evinced a keen appreciation of the beautiful. Mr. Bailey's neighbors at first were only Indians. He always expressed a high opinion of his swarthly friends, and persistently claimed that they were more honest, friendly and trustworthy than the whites. He was doubtless somewhat misanthropic. He with his family left the county in 1844, and died in Oregon. He had two sons : Augustus and Timothy.
William 'Seeley, a native of Seneca County,
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New York, came to Madison County, Illinois, in 1818, and brought his family in 1820. He came to Bailey's Grove, La Salle County, in the fall of 1828, and brought his family in the spring of 1830; he settled on section 19, just east of Bailey's; he subsequently laid out the town of Lowell, on the Vermillion, and in company with Charles Elliott built the stone mill now stand- ing, a picture of which is given elsewhere; he held the office of Justice of the Peace several years ; was County Commissioner, and prominent among the early settlers; he died March, 1857. His children were: John, who died single ; Wil- liam, married Belle Tylee; Randolph, married Clarissa Ellsworth; Samuel, married Hattie Tylee ; Anna, married a Mr. Knight ; Mary, mar- ried Ebenezer Burgess; Eveline, married Bar- num Newton ; Sarah, married John Seeley.
Mr. Enos came from Sangamon County in 1829 ; settled on Section 18, and sold his claim to Mr. Pate, who came from the same county in 1830, and he sold to Jacob Moon in 1831. Enos and Pate were frontier men, and went west.
Jacob Moon came from Dayton, Ohio, in 1831, and settled on the Enos claim, and in 1833 sold to Joel Alvord ; he moved onto a claim on the Vermillion, just over the line, in what is now Livingston County, called Moon's Point, where he died in 1853.
John Slater, from Ohio, settled in Sangamon County in 1823, came to Bailey's Grove in 1829; he bought a claim of Tracy, a transient claimant, on S. 24, T. 32, R. I ; in 1833 sold his claim to Nathaniel Eddy, and made a claim on S. 19, T. 32, R. 2, where he lived and raised a large fam- ily. He died of cholera in 1848; his first wife died in 1832; his second wife, Mary Warnock. He left seven children : Henry, married Lydia Galloway, he died of cholera in 1848; Harriet, married Jacob Barr; Sally; Olive, married Charles Clark; Jerusha, married J. W. Wells ; B. F., married Louisa Dart.
John Bailey, and wife, Sally Benjamin, came from Windsor, Vermont, in 1831, to Putnam County, and in 1832 bought the claim of War- ren's estate on S. 17, T. 32, R. 2, where he lived till his death in 1842. A good citizen, he always cheerfully bore his portion of the public burden of a new settlement. His widow died in 1854. He left seven children : Sarah Ann, married Nelson Alvord, a Baptist preacher ; Mary, mar- ried William Laughlin ; Rhoda, married Samuel Bullock; Annis, married Bailey Barrass; Maria, married Seth Eaton; Emily, married Frank Wood; William, married Janet Potter, adopted daughter of John Rider.
Leslie Kent, and wife, Huldah Harman, from Conway, Massachusetts, in 1833; settled on S.
18, T. 32, R. 2. Mrs. Kent died. in August, 1840; he died September, 1846, leaving two daughters : Huldah, married Edward R. Williams ; Caroline Mahala, married Wells Alderman.
Daniel Warren, and wife, came from Maine in 1809, to Madison County, New York; he came by wagon, with his family, the whole distance from New York to Illinois in 1830; settled on S. 17, T. 32, R. 2; died there in 1832, aged sixty- four ; his claim was sold to John Bailey. He left eight children : Polly, married Asa Hold- ridge; Nathan, settled in Serena ; Daniel, died in Serena ; Ezekiel, died at Au Sable ; Samuel, died on Indian Creek; Eunice, married Alfred Kel- logg; Betsy married George Sprague; Olive, married Alva O. Smith, and died in Serena.
William Petigrew, from Kentucky, a single man, boarded with Lewis Bailey ; made a claim ; sold to Enos, and went to Holderman's Grove; married a widow with two children, and then re- moved to Indian Creek, where he and his family were all killed in the Indian massacre.
Deacon John Leonard, from near Boston, Massachusetts, in 1831, came with the Northamp- ton colony in company with Mr. Jones; they lo- cated at Bailey's Grove. Jones died soon after, and Leonard eventually married Jones' widow, and settled on S. 18, T. 32, R. 2. He was dea- con and an active member of the Congregational church; a radical Abolitionist, he had the repu- tation of keeping a station on the Underground Railroad; he removed to Galesburg, where he died in 1866; his wife, and two children, Levi and Sarah, died there also.
Levi Jones, from Massachusetts, in 1831, one of the Northampton colony, died the same year ; his widow married Deacon Leonard, left four children : Daniel and Raymond; Mary, mar- ried Daniel Little ; Susan.
Jacob Elliott, and wife, Mehitable Cook, from New Hampshire, in 1839, resided at Lowell. He died in 1841, leaving four children. His son Charles married Lucy Bach; second wife, Har- riet Huntington. He was a partner of William Seeley in the town of Lowell und water-power adjoining. They built the stone mill, and an- ticipated building up a manufacturing town that would not disgrace its namesake in Massachu- setts. It was not a success proportioned to the enterprise of its founders, and the early death of its proprietors put a stop to its further prog- ress. Charles Elliott was for several years a Justice of the Peace and County Commissioner ; he died about 1855 or 1856, and left one son by his first wife, Jacob, who married a daughter of Sergeant Cummings ; Sarah, the daughter of his second wife, married Uriah Painter.
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Jacob Elliott's other children were: Cook, who married Jane Wiswall, and died soon after ; Mary, married Emery Stanford; Sarah, married a Mr. Weber.
Emery Stanford, from Waterloo, New York, came in 1837, a stonemason by trade; he built the stone mill at Lowell for Seeley & Elliott, an enduring monument to the skill and fidelity of its builders. He married Mary Elliott, and moved onto a farm on S. 27, T. 32, R. 2. Was Town Supervisor and held other positions of trust. He had three children: Sarah, married Justin Hall, of Chatworth; Russell, married Mary Hutchin- son ; Frank, went to Livington County. Mr. Stanford had a daughter, Susan, by a former wife, who married Henry Loomis.
Leonard Bullock, from Rehoboth, Massachu- setts, in 1831; he first engaged in teaching and then extensively in farming in company with his brother, Joseph, near Tonica. He married Julia Eames, and died in fall of 1856, leaving three children : Henry, married Fanny Laughlin ; Eliza and Lura.
Henry L. Fulton, millwright, and Emeline Cas- tle, his wife, from Waterloo, New York, came to Lowell in 1837, and moved to Chicago in 1842. They had two children: Juliette, married Thomas C. Whitmarsh; and Franklin, married Amelia Schock.
Joseph Hamar, of Massachusetts, came to Illinois in 1835, in company with Dr. J. S. Bul- lock ; left Massachusetts in October, and came by the way of Albany, Erie canal and steamer to Cleveland, and by canal to Portsmouth, Ohio, and by steamer to St. Louis ; took passage for the Illinois River; was detained by ice near Alton. November 30th left the boat, and Mr. Hamar and Edward Knapp, also from Massachusetts, started on foot through a deep snow and over an unin- habited prairie for his destination in La Salle County. They reached Springfield December 4th, Tremont, on the 7th, and Bailey's Grove on the IIth. Dr. Bullock arrived by boat January 2, 1836. In January, Mr. Hamar went to Dixon on foot to enter land, and was gone ten days. In the spring he was joined by his family and found quarters at the hospitable house of Lewis Bailey. He settled on S. 32, where he built a log cabin the following summer, the first in that locality that ventured to settle away from timber on the open prairie. Mr. and Mrs. Hamar, in common with their neighbors from New England, brought with them a high regard for the church and schoolhouse, which they learned among their native hilis. Mr. Hamar died August, 1846, aged fifty-one. Mrs. Hamar died May, 1876, aged seven-eight, leaving seven children.
Benjamin Washburn, and wife, from Plym- outh County, Massachusetts, in 1835; settled on S. 15. Had four sons : Benjamin; Salmon B .; Gustavus, and Stillman.
Henry Angell, from Rhode Island; left there in the fall of 1835. While on the way was frozen in on the Erie Canal, and wintered in Utica, New York ; arrived here in the spring of 1836, and set- tled at Vermillionville, where his wife died. He married Miss Washburn, and settled on S. 35; he died about 1850; his widow died in 1874. His children by his first wife are : Abbey, who mar- ried John Fry, her second husband is John M. Trout; Henry; Mary Jane; Lydia, married Granville Clark. His children by his second wife are: Washburn and Albert, twin brothers -Albert died; Washburn married Miss Stilwell ; Everett; Ann, married George Enderton; Han- nah, married George Sharp.
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