History of La Salle County, Illinois, Part 27

Author: Hoffman, U. J. (Urias John), b. 1855
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1286

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Jason Wiswall made a trip from Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, spring of 1833. by way of Ohio, Mississippi and Illinois rivers, and by Chicago. In 1835, in company with Enos Thatcher, came through from Pennsylvania by wagon, with his wife, Sally Stanley, and family, and settled on S. 12, T. 32, R. 2. He died in 1875, aged ninety-two, a quiet, honest, worthy man. His wife died 1852. His children were : Jason P. and William; Emily, wife of Matthew R. Coon; Jane, wife of Cook Elliott and after- wards of Harvey Kingsley.

Jason P. Wiswall, son of above, and wife, Julia Dimmick, came from Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, by way of Chicago, fall of 1833, made a farm on S. 10, and in 1835 sold claim to E. and R. B. Williams and located on sections 12 and 13. T. 32. R. 2; Justice of the Peace for several years, and Town Supervisor. His chil- dren were: Adaline, who married Jacob Cad- well; Hannah, married Alfred Symonds ; Caro- line, married M. McMillan ; Harriet, married Alexander Cadwell: Julia, married O. Paine : Jerusha married James Garrison : Edwin.

William Wiswall, brother of Jason P., and wife, Louisa Case, from same place, came by the rivers in the fall of 1834; settled on S. 12, T. 32, R. 2. His wife died in 1856. With his two sons, Bruce and Ferris, and daughter Sarah, moved to Colorado.

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Jedediah Beckwith, and wife, from Wayne County, Pennsylvania, in 1833 came to Hennepin, Putnam County, and to Deer Park in 1834; made a farm on S. 13, T. 32, R. 2; died, 1838; leaving two children : Horace, married Miss Collins ; Emily.

Bradish Cummings, and wife, Sophia Sergeant, from Ware, Massachusetts, in 1834, settled on S. II, T. 32, R. 2. His wife died in April, 1835. He married Betsey Hatch, from Connecticut, in 1836. Sold his farm to Nathan Applebee, and moved to Brooklyn, Iowa. His children were: Sergeant, who married Mary Hays; Henry, mar- ried Mary Peck ; William, married Susan Crusen ; and Charles ; all four settled in Iowa; Sophia, married Samuel J. Hayes; Frances, married Moreland Francis ; Almira and Maria, children of the second wife, went with their parents to Iowa.

Camp Hatch, and wife, Miss Ambler, from New Preston, Connecticut, in the spring of 1834, settled on S. 9, T. 32, R. 2. He died in the fall of 1835. His widow married Jabez Whiting.

Jabez Whiting, from England, came to Ver- millionville in 1836; married the widow of Camp Hatch, and in 1869 or 1870 moved to Iowa. Held the office of Justice of the Peace one term. Had two sons : Adolphus and John-all in Iowa.

Matthew R. Coon, and wife, Emily Wiswall, from Pennsylvania, in the fall of 1834, with Wil- liam Wiswall, came by the rivers, and settled on S. 12, T. 32, R. 2; moved to Iowa about 1845, and from there to California, where he died, leaving four children.

Enos Thatcher, and wife, A. Case, came from Pennsylvania in wagons, with Jason Wiswall, in 1835, and settled on S. 12, T. 32, R. 2; served as Constable for several years; a teacher and leader of sacred music. His wife died in 1838; his son. Henry, and daughter, Elizabeth, who married Godfrey Lincoln. Mr. Thatcher married a second wife, who, with their children, George and Celia, went to Livingston County.

Ephraim Dimmick, brother of Isaac Dimmick, and wife, Jerusha Dunham, from Wayne County, Pennsylvania, in the fall of 1833, and settled on S. 33, T. 32, R. 2. His wife died in 1848. His children were one son and three daughters; Franklin, who married Harriet Hubbard, and settled on S. 26, T. 33, R. 2-was a joiner by trade, and a successful farmer-he died in 1866, leaving eight children : Julia, married J. P. Wis- wall ; Sophia, married Lewis Rugg ; Minerva, married James M. Leonard-died in 1875.

Rev. Thomas Powell, a Baptist clergyman, and his wife, Elizabeth Day, came from Saratoga.

New York, in June, 1836, and located on S. 14, T. 32, R. 2, but resided and preached at Ver- millionville ; was pastor of the church at that place nine years ; he was the pioneer Baptist of this re- gion, and formed a large number of churches in La Salle and adjoining counties; he was a faithful and earnest worker, and the denomina- tion owes him a debt of gratitude for the work he has accomplished. His children were: Euphe- mia, widow of Mr. Foote; Barbara Ann, married Mr. Jacoby ; William T .; Mary E., married H. C. Strawn; Sarah P .; Benjamin R .; John D .; Truman S .; Isaac W.

Livingston Jenks, and wife, came from Brad- ford County, Pennsylvania, in 1838; settled at Vermillionville ; served as Justice of the Peace for several years ; he died at Tonica in 1870; his widow died in 1872. His children were: Oliver, a physician ; Chancellor, a lawyer ; Charles : Mor- gan and John; Cynthia, is the widow of L. W. Dimmick ; Nancy, is married ; Sarah, married Mr. Shed ; Abbey ; Olive, married Dr. Jennings.

Ira L. Peck came from Saratoga, New York, and settled in Vermillionville. In 1835, he mar- ried Miss Allen, and subsequently a second wife ; he is deceased; his family is in Iowa. His children were: Mary, who married Henry Cum- mings; Ira, is married; Jane, Wayland, and Julia ..

David Clark, and his wife, Debby Ann Gorbet, came from Clermont county, Ohio, in 1836, and settled at Vermillion, where he worked at his trade for several years, then removed to Utica.

Andrew Kirkpatrick, and his wife, Ann Le- fevre, came from Champaign County, Ohio, in the fall of 1837, and settled on S. 8, T. 32, R. 2 ; was a potter by trade ; and for several years car- ried on the manufacture of stone ware; he died in the spring of 1866, and left five sons and two daughters : John, married Rebecca Brant, second wife, Mary Mays, went to Texas; Na- thaniel ; Sarah Ann, married Lloyd C. Knapp, and died January 6, 1857 ; Cornwell, and Wallace,

manufactured stone ware, at Anna, Union Coun- ty ; Andrew, married Anna Woodward, and died in 1853: Murray, married Diantha Baldwin, and lived at Lowell; Mary Jane, married Alfred Slater, and lived at Metropolis, Illinois.

James M. Leonard, came from Middleborough. Plymouth County, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1834, and settled at Vermillionville. He mar- ried, second wife, Minerva Dimmick. In com- pany with Seth Eaton, he erected a dam and saw mill on the Vermillion, in April, 1835, and completed a flouring mill in 1836; the company kept a store, and for several years did a heavy business in the flouring mill, but were unfortunate

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in losing their dam several times. Mr. Leonard died in 1852, leaving one son and two daughters by his first wife, and one son and one daughter by his last wife, who died in 1874. Manning Leonard, son of above, married Miss Sumner, and died at Tonica, in 1870; Eliza Ann, married Charles Todd, who died of cholera at La Salle in 1852; Fanny, died in 1852.

Seth Eaton, came from Middleborough, Ply- mouth County, Massachusetts, in September, 1834, and settled at Vermillionville ; was partner with James M. Leonard, in a store, saw and flouring mill ; his wife, Miss Allen, died, and he afterward married Maria Bailey. His son Frank, was killed in the battle at Fort Donelson. The children of his last wife were: Clarence, Sarah, Belle, and Anna.

John Beeson, and his wife, came from Eng- land to New York, and to Illinois in 1835, and settled on S. 5, T. 32, R. 2. He was a radical Abolitionist, and lectured upon anti-slavery, tem- perance, and other reforms; removed to Oregon, and espoused the cause of the red man; became a missionary to the Indian, laboring to get justice done to the poor Indian ; an honest, true, but zeal- ous friend of humanity, and doubtless found wrongs enough to be righted, to occupy the remainder of his life. He had one son, Welburn.

William Wheatland, and his wife, came from England, to Urbana, Ohio, and from there here in 1835, and settled on S. 3, T. 32, R. 2 ; he was a local Methodist preacher ; he filled a humble place as a preacher among the few early settlers, which without him, would have been vacant; both he and his wife have long since gone the way of all the earth. He had one son, Isaac.

Edward R. Williams, came from New Milford, Connecticut, in the summer of 1835. He was educated as a cadet, at West Point, and served as a lieutenant in the United States Army for five years, when he resigned, and came to Illi- nois. He settled on S. 34, T. 33, R. 2. He married Huldah Kent, and had four children.

Robert B. Williams, brother to Edward R., from the same place, and came at the same time, and settled on S. 10, T. 32, R. 2. He married Miss Allen ; after her death, he married Sarah Herrington, who lived but a short time ; his third wife was the widow Beach, from Connecticut, who also died in 1872. He had two children : Jehiel, who married Lucy White, and lived in Deer Park; and Henrietta, who married a Mr. Holeman.

William Clayton, and his wife, Elizabeth Punt- ney, came from near Wellsburg, Virginia, and settled on S. 28, T. 33, R. 2, in 1834. He bought the claim of Esdell, who bought of Vro-

man. V'roman bought his claim of Reynolds, and sold to Esdell, who got badly frozen on the prairie, and died at Martin Reynolds'. His ad- ministrator, Josiah Seybold, sold the claim to William Clayton. Mr. Clayton had held the office of Justice of the Peace, and Town Supervisor, but had little taste for office, preferring the quiet of his farming operations, in which he was very successful, accumulating a handsome property. His wife died in 1875. His children were: James who married Sarah Clayton, and settled on S. 21 -removed to Colorado, and was murdered while out prospecting ; Caroline, married James C. Rey- nolds : Sarah, married David Dick, who lived on S. 22; William, married Miss Ostrander, and lived on S. 32; John, married Julia Suydam, and lived adjoining William-both were successful and prosperous farmers ; George, went to Colo- rado, and while taking a drove of cattle and horses from New Mexico to Colorado was mur- dered-probably by his Mexican assistants-his body was found unburied with the fatal bullet hole in his head ; Manning, served in the volunteer service in the war of the Rebellion, and died soon after his return from the army; Ellen.

Alexander Eaton, from Middleborough, Massa- chusetts, in April, 1836; married Dorcas Little, from Plymouth, New Hampshire, and settled on S. 8, T. 32, R. 2; a farmer. His children were : Charles L., married Abby L. White; Julius A., married Rosa White ; Nellie R., married Homer Palmer, in Deer Park; William, and Lucia T.

John Wood came from Wayne County, Penn- sylvania, November, 1833, and settled at Vermil- lionville ; married Esther Dimmick, daughter of Judge Isaac Dimmick. He was the first Post- master at Vermillionville; for several years was Deacon of the Baptist Church. His wife died in December, 1856, after which he married the widow Emma J. Lockwood. His first wife left two children : Newton, who married Miss Esmond ; Sarah, married a Mr. Mitchell.

George Bronson, from Connecticut, first came to Illinois in 1834, to where Streator now is. Visited Michigan, Ohio, California, and in 1853 married Priscilla A. German, from New York, and settled in Deer Park.

Robert Brown, and wife, Anna White, from England, came in 1838, and settled in Vermillion- ville in 1839, and both died in the same year, leaving three children : Mary B., married Wil- liam Gray, and resided in Deer Park ; Emma, mar- ried a Mr. Davis-her second husband was Mr. Haines ; Robert, died of cholera.

William Gray came from Rhode Island, in 1837 ; a carpenter by trade ; married Mary Brown, and settled on S. 2, T. 33, R. 2. They had two

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children : Arthur, who married Belle Bane ; after- ward Candace Fuller-removed to Streator ; Fanny, married James Chase.

Job G. Lincoln came from Middleborough, Massachusetts, with William Gray, in 1837; a carpenter by trade. Married Elizabeth Thatcher, and settled on S. 2, T. 32, R. 2; removed to Oregon.

John Clark, and wife, Sarah Cook, from Grafton, New Hampshire, came in 1839, and set- tled on S. 10, T. 32, R. 2. Mrs. Clark died in 1845 ; he died in September, 1872, leaving five children : Charles, married Olive Slater, and went to Missouri: Moody, died single; John, married Rachel Merritt, and lived in Bureau County : Lydia, married William Ellsworth, and lived on the old farm; Sarah, married John Elliott, and lived in Vermillion.

Ebenezer Little, and wife, Phebe Palmer, from New Hampshire, in 1838, and settled on S. 9, T. 32, R. 2. He died in September, 1839; his widow died in February, 1864. They left seven children : George, married, and removed to Southern Illinois; Charles, a graduate of Hamilton College, came west, in 1840, and died soon after ; Moses, married Miss Cook, died in Iowa; Fernal, lived in Southern Illinois ; Mary became the wife of C. Dryer, and lived at Lowell ; Dorcas D., married Alexander Eaton; Sarah, married Henry Thatcher, and lived in Oregon; Elizabeth B. became the wife of John Morehead, of Vermillionville; Alice, married E. Leaven- worth, and died in Southern Illinois.

Luther Woodward, and wife, Sarah Knapp, from Taunton, Massachusetts, came in 1836, and settled on S. Io, T. 32, R. 2 ; he built a dam and saw-mill on the Vermillion ; became involved in an unfortunate lawsuit with the firm of Seeley & Elliott in relation to the water privilege, which crippled and injured the usefulness of both firms. Woodward went to California in 1850, and returned in 1853, and died in 1857; his wife died in 1842. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for several terms. He left eight chil- dren : Sarah, married John Wilson, of Deer Park: Lucinda, married Alonzo Beardsley, of Sterling ; Anna, married Andrew Kirkpatrick, her second husband was Asa Holdridge, of Ton- ica; Martin S., died young; Oliver Cromwell, was killed in the battle of Hartsville; Emma, married Frank McCall; Jane, married and went to California ; Helen J., married J. Burgess.

Sheldon Cadwell, from Middletown, Connecti- cut, and wife, Aphia Van Valkenburgh, from Greene County, New York, settled at Vermillion- ville, in 1836; he was a tinner by trade ; he moved onto S. 29, T. 33, R. 2, in 1839, and followed farming until his death, in 1853, aged sixty. His

widow died in 1876, aged eighty-one, leaving six living children : Cushman, married Maria Greenfield, and removed to Kansas; Charlotte, married Dr. Thomas W. Hennesey, of La Salle ; Alexander, married Harriet Wiswall, they re- moved to California ; Sheldon became a Baptist clergyman, married Martha Adams, and lived in Deer Park ; Jacob, married Adeline Wiswall, they went to California; Lyman, married Cordelia Brown; George, married Mary Elizabeth King, and occupies the old homestead.

Michael O'Connor and wife, Sarah Lane, from Ireland to New York, from there to La Salle, and on to S. 36, T. 33, R. 2, in 1838. Four sons, John, Thomas, Michael and Martin, were born in Ireland ; Elizabeth, married ; Elias, May. Mr. O'Connor is deceased. He gave each child eighty acres of land; to William, who was in- sane, one hundred and sixty ; to the widow and two youngest children, one hundred and sixty. He died about 1866.

Obadiah Brown, from Vermont in 1837 or 1837. Settled on S. 26, T. 33, R. 2. Moved west about 1840.

Peter Trout, and wife, Leah Brady, from Ohio in 1840. Was here about five years ; went to Wisconsin, and died there.

Jacob Roan, from Ohio in the fall of 1840. Married Phebe M. Trout.

Hiram Trout, from Ohio, in 1839.

William Turner, from Kentucky in 1839. Set- tled on section 35. He married Nancy Argu- bright. They both died of milk sickness near the same time, leaving nine children : Fletcher, Arthur, Elizabeth, Jane, Melissa, James, John, Martha, and George.

Alva Lee, from Pennsylvania. Settled near Lowell, and ran the Lowell saw-mill. He went to Utica, and then down the river.

Mr. Argubright, from Ohio. Settled in the west part of Deer Park about 1837 or 1838. He died soon, leaving several children : Andrew, married Catharine Trout, and died in 1847; Jacob; Nancy, married William Turner; and James.

Micah Pratt, from Massachusetts about 1838. Manufactured brick near Lowell, and then set- tled on section 20, where he died in 1870. One daughter, married Abner Gray ; one son, Delbert, died in the army.

Mr. Ellis. from Canada, made a claim on sec- tion II in 1833, and sold to Norris. Norris made a small improvement, sold, and left. Ellis died soon after, and his widow became insane.

Mr. McCoy came to Vermillionville in 1834, and then settled on S. 31, T. 32, R. 3. He sold his claim and went to Livingston County.

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George Basore, a native of Virginia, made a farm in the forests of Alabama, another in the heavy timber of Indiana, and from there moved to the prairie, and settled on S. 24, T. 31, R. 3, in 1831. Mr. Basore had a physical organiza- tion and powers of endurance that admirably fitted him for frontier life, and a genius and busi- ness capacity that did him good service when living isolated from society on the frontier. He was a successful farmer; his family manufac- tured all their clothing from cotton and wool, when at the South, and of flax and wool at the North, all of their own raising; he made his sugar and molasses from the maples on his farm, and with honey from his apiary, supplied all his wants in that direction ; he tanned the hides of his own raising, and from the leather thus pro- duced, made his harness, boots and shoes; he owned a blacksmith shop and tools, did his own

blacksmithing, and much for his neighbors. He was more independent of the rest of the world than civilized man often is. This capacity for all kinds of business was, from necessity, to some extent, acquired by all the pioneers. Mr. Basore married, for his second wife, the widow of John Wood ; he died in 1860.

Calloway Basore, son of the foregoing, mar- ried Sotter's sister, and died of cholera, just after returning from the land sale, in 1835. His widow married William Rainey, and after his death, she married Isaac Painter.

William Morgan, from Fayette County, Penn- sylvania, came in 1833, and made a claim on the north part of S. 4, T. 31, R. 3. In the spring of 1834, he sold his claim to Gaylord Hayes, and moved to the south part of the same section. In the winter of 1835-6, when returning from Green's Mill, at Dayton, he was benighted on the prairie, and the next day was found frozen, by his neighbors, within two or three miles of his home.

John Morgan, son of above, settled in 1833, on S. II ; went east in 1838, and returned in 1842, and finally removed to Iowa, where he died.

Mary Morgan, daughter of William, married William McCormick. A sister of above, mar- ried John McCormick, and Ann, married Rush Mackey. Eliza, married Thomas Sturgess.

Nathan Morgan, brother of William, from the same place, a bachelor, came in 1835; he died in 1836.

Thomas Sturgess, from Fayette County, Penn- sylvania, in 1834; went to Wisconsin.

John and David Sotter, from Indiana, in 1834; John died soon, and David returned to Indiana.

William Rainey, from Kentucky, first came to

Ohio, from there here in 1833, and settled on S. 25 ; married Sotter's sister, widow of C. Basore. He died many years since.

Norton Mackey, from Fayette County, Penn- sylvania, in 1833, settled on S. 13. In 1836, in company with his brother, Samuel Mackey, and John Morgan, laid out the town of Van Buren on his farm, which, like many others laid out about that time, exists on paper only, the blocks, lots and streets are all obliterated by the farmer's plow.

In company with Samuel Mackey, he built a saw-mill on Otter Creek. He married Eliza- beth McCormick; has six children : Libbeus, married Elizabeth Law; Charles, married Sarah Morgan; Norton, Jr., married Jane Barnhart ; Mary, married Thomas Simpkins; Jane, married Samuel Barnhart; Winfield, married Sarah Law.

Rush Mackey, brother of Norton, came from Pennsylvania at the same time; he married Ann Morgan. He had five children : Burton ; Wil- liam; Howard ; Rush; Norval, married Christina Morse.

Benjamin Mackey, brother of Rush, from Fay- ette County, Pennsylavina, came in 1833, and set- tled on section 9. He married Mary Shepherd. He had eight children : Joseph, married Harriet Trout; George, married Mary Morse; James, Rebecca, Jane, Mariette, William, and Ella.

William Donnell, born in Ireland, came to New York in 1835, and to La Salle County in 1837, and settled on section 4; married Miss T. Mackey. Their chldren were: Agnes, Porter, Margaret, Alice, Mary, and Ross.

Widow Agnes Mackey, mother of Morton, Samuel, Benjamin and Rush, came from Penn- sylvania with her sons in 1833, and lived with them until her death, December 15, 1866.

Norton Gum, from Rockingham County, Vir- ginia, in 1834; died in the summer of 1835.

Reuben Hackett, from Indiana, came in 1836, and settled on section 9; sold to Samuel D. Wauchope, and removed to Ottawa and then west ; served one term as Justice of the Peace.

Samuel D. Wauchope, from Ireland, bought Esquire Hackett's farm, in 1837; sold his farm, and located on section 2; soon after, he married Elizabeth Hamar, of Vermillion ; died about 1860, leaving eight children : Sarah, married Winley Stasen, of Farm Ridge; Samuel, married Mary Wilson; William John, married Jane Wilson ; Thomas; Joseph, married Olive McCormick; Arabella, married Mr. Sexton; Jane, married Ward King; Andrew, married Martha Ward.

William Reddick, and wife, Eliza Collins, from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, came in 1835, and settled on section II. He was elected Sheriff of the county in 1838, and served as

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Sheriff eight years, after which, he resided in Ottawa. A leading politician-he was a member of both houses of the State Legislature, a suc- cessful merchant and farmer. He was wealthy, but had no children to inherit his estate. He pre- sented his palacial home to the city for a public library, also gave a farm to the county to sup- port its poor.

Gaylord Hayes, and wife, came from Bark- hamstead, Litchfield County, Connecticut, to Hennepin in 1833, and moved on to S. 4, T. 31, R. 3, in the spring of 1834. He died in 1837; his widow died several years after. He left five children: Humphrey, married Miss Ells- worth and removed to California, now dead; Mary, married Sergeant Cummings; Samuel J., married Sophia Cummings, lived in Farm Ridge ; Philip C., married Miss Johnson, of Ohio ; he was elected to Congress from the Seventh Illinois District ; E. Timothy, lives in Marseilles ; James H., of Cornell, Livingston County.

William Bronson came from New Preston, Connecticut, in 1837; he settled on section 25. He married Eliza Fulwilder, was Justice of the Peace, and had five children : William mar- ried Miss Walworth; Mary, died; George; Frank and Ida.

John Fulwilder came from Richland County, Ohio, in 1833, and made a farm on section 25. He died in 1867, leaving three children : Jackson, married Jane Benedict, of Livingston County ; Eliza, married William Bronson ; John, deceased.

George L. Densmore, and wife, Maria Bron- son, came from Woodbury, Connecticut, in 1840, lived in Ottawa one year, and then went on to section 25; he served one term as Justice of the Peace, and died in 1872.

Isaac Painter came from Columbus, Ohio, in 1837; he married Nancy Springer; his second wife was William Rainey's widow. He was a Justice of the Peace for several years, and died about 1870, leaving six children : Andrew, married Miss Quigley; Sarah A., married Adelbert Osborne; Uriah, married Sarah Elliott ; Jane, married Willis Baldwin; Isaac, married T. L. Freer ; Joseph H.

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Nathaniel Richey, and his wife, Susanna Kirkpatrick, came from Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1830; came through the wilderness, by wagon, and settled on sections 3 and 4, T. 32, R. I. Mr. Richey sympathized with the slave, and had the reputation of kindly entertaining the sable sons of Africa when traveling towar t the North star, and freedom. He was a Justice of the

Peace for several years; he raised a large fam- ily, and his descendants are numerous. His children were: Sophia, who married James Rob- inson, now deceased, leaving eleven children ; Mary, married Joseph Robinson, has six chil- dren: David, married Margaret E. Evans, had three children; "Sarah, married John Hopkins, and had seven children; Margaret, married George B. Holmes, had five children ; James, married Anna Hamilton, and had three children ; Susanna, married J. F. Evans, and had three children ; John married Nancy Hall, and had seven children; Esther Ann, died young ; Eliza- beth, married A. P. Landers, and had five chil- dren ; Nathaniel, married Bertha E. Wilson, had one child.

Dr. David Richey, brother of the above, came from the same place, at the same time: was here three or four years, then removed to Put- nam County, and resided for several years in Livingston County. He died August, 1877.

David Letts, and wife, widow Dunnavan, from Licking County, Ohio, in 1830; made a farm on S. 4, T. 32, R. I; kept a store at Dayton, and at Ottawa. He was School Commissioner of the county ; removed to Louisa County, Iowa, and died there, in 1852.

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History of La Salle County, Illinois, Part 27

Author: Hoffman, U. J. (Urias John), b. 1855 Publication date: 1906 Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1286

Author: Hoffman, U. J. (Urias John), b. 1855
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1286