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Countryman Company with the subject of this review as president. They have the largest store in Dixon, occupying two floors, fifty by one hundred and fifty feet and employing from fifteen to twenty- two people. The steps in the orderly progression which mark the life record of E. J. Countryman are easily discernible. With marked ability to plan and perform, he stands as one of the con- spicuous figures in commercial circles in Lee county and his busi- ness activity has found an even balance in his honorable methods.
In 1894 Mr. Countryman was united in marriage to Miss Alice Sheaff, a native of Ogle county. They are well known socially in Dixon, their home being the abode of a warm-hearted hospitality. Mr. Countryman holds membership with the Masonic fraternity and the Elks, and at no time has he ever been neglectful of the duties of citizenship. For four years he was a member of the board of education and for two years acted as its chairman, during which time a new high-school building was erected. He is one of the organizers and charter members of the Union State Bank and one of its directors. Anyone meeting Mr. Countryman would know at once that he is an individual embodying all the elements of what in this country we term "a square man;" one in whom to have con- fidence, a dependable man in any relation and any emergency. His quietude of deportment, his easy dignity; his frankness and cor- diality of address with the total absence of anything sinister or anything to conceal, foretoken a man who is ready to meet any obligation of life with the confidence and courage that come of conscious, personal ability, right conception of things and an habit- ual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activities.
HELMERSHAUSEN
A. THE HELMERSHAUSEN FAMILY IN WEIMAR
I. Jonas Helmershausen and Catharine Niedlingen.
II. Georg Casper Helmershausen and Barbara Rosen, daughter of Johann Rosen and Anna Catherine Rheinfrancken.
III. Georg Friedrich Helmershausen and Anna Clara Stammen- cenz, daughter of Franciscus Eustachius Stammencenz and Catherine von Seelen of Leipsic.
IV. Dr. Georg Franz Friedrich Helmershausen and Maria Hen- rietta Scheibe, daughter of Johann Benedicti Scheibe and Charlotte Mosher, of Weimar.
Henry 1816 1901
Harrison 1818 1905
Charles 1822 living 1914
Sylvanus 1825 1912
Norman 1831 1908
HELMERSHAUSEN PIONEER BROTHERS OF FRANKLIN GROVE
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V. Dr. Heinrich Friedrich Helmershausen, eldest son of Dr. Georg Franz Friedrich, born 1751, in Lobenstein, Reuss, died 1831, in Jefferson, Maine.
VI. Henry Frederick, Jr., of Maine. VI. Henry Charles Frederick of Maine and Illinois.
B. THE HELMERSHAUSEN FAMILY IN MAINE
I. Dr. Henry Frederick Helmershausen, 1751-1831. Anna Marsh, his wife, 1751-1825.
II. Henry Frederick Helmershausen, 1784-1865. Lydia McLintock, his wife, 1794-1873.
III. Rev. Edwin Adams Helmershausen, 1818-1873. Maria (Mrs. Capt. Eber Montgomery), 1820-1892. Nancy (Mrs. Elijah Averill), 1821-1897. Robert McLintock Helmershausen, 1825-1831. Eleanor (Mrs. Moses Tibbetts), 1827-1899. William Henry Helmershausen, 1830-1902. Charles Frederick Helmershausen, 1833-1892. Jane Elizabeth, 1835-1897.
II. Henry Charles Frederick Helmershausen, 1789-1869. Jane Hilton, his wife, 1790-1878.
III. William Henry Helmershausen, 1816-1901. Harrison Helmershausen, 1818-1905. Harriet Mathilda (Mrs. William Clark Robinson), 1820-1872. Mary Jane Frederica, 1822-1892.
Henry Charles Frederick Helmershausen, Jr., 1822-living in 1914.
Sophia Henrietta Charlotte Frederica (Mrs. Thomas Elliott), 1824-1901.
Sylvanus Cobb Helmershausen, 1825-1912.
These were born near Bristol, Bremen township, Lincoln county. The first three in Massachusetts, the last four in Maine.
Faustina Maria (Mrs. Truman Townsend), 1827-1910.
Catherine Henrietta (Mrs. Charles Twombly), 1829-1855. Norman Helmershausen, 1831-1908.
Eliza Dorothea Frederica, 1834-1834.
These were born near Bangor, Penobscot county, Maine. 74. 1-
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C. THE HELMERSHAUSEN FAMILY IN ILLINOIS
Henry and Harrison moved to what is now Lee county in 1838. The father came in the summer of 1840. The mother and younger children in December, 1840.
IV. Children of Harrison.
Ann Loucetta (Mrs. Thomas Wertman).
Harrison.
Frederick Henry.
IV. Children of Harriet.
Henry Clinton, dead.
Sophia (Mrs. Robert McCoy).
George Russell, dead. Georgiana Harriet, dead.
IV. Children of Charles.
Harriet Augusta (Mrs. Ferrie Ramsdell), dead.
George Charles Frederick, dead.
Adella Johanne Frederica, dead.
Maud Minnie Adella.
Frank Daniel.
Homer Chase.
Floyd Thayer.
Alice Ada Dorothea.
- Charles Bryant Edwin, dead.
Henry Warren Frederick.
IV. Children of Sylvanus.
Ida Catherine (Mrs. Frank Moulton).
Charles Frederick.
Lillian Alice (Mrs. Lorin Townsend).
Grace Edna (Mrs. Simon Remley). May Edith (Mrs. George Brown).
IV. Children of Faustina.
Frederick Eugene.
Charles B., dead. Clara Josephine, dead.
William Henry, dead. Francis B. Lorin J. Carrie Adella (Mrs. William Cosey).
IV. Child of Catherine. Ida Catherine (Mrs. Howard Myers). ..
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IV. Children of Norman. Adella J., dead. Gratia Mabel, dead. Jennie.
V. Children of Ann Loucetta. James Clark, dead. Albert Jesse.
V. Children of Harrison, Jr., called "Hal.". Pearl. Harry. Clarence. Esther: Helen.
V. Child of Frederick Henry. Winifred Armine.
V. Children of Henry. Harriet Mathilda. Alden Clark. Roscoe Otto. Elmer Charles. Mary Ellen.
V. Children of George. ..
Lucy Viola. William Clark, dead. Frank, dead. Albert George. Roscoe.
V. Child of Georgiana. William Clark.
V. Children of Harriet (Charles). Katherine Belle (Mrs. John Cover). Charles Luther. Robert Willard.
V. Children of Floyd. Charles Bradstreet Earl. Alice Eva Blanche. Mildred Evelyn Lois. V. Children of Ida. Guy Ernest. Ruth. Violet
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Inez Lydia, dead. Infant, dead. V. Child of Charles Frederick. Bessie.
V. Child of Lillian. Ethel Blanche.
V. Children of May. Marguerite Harriet. Lucile.
V. Children of Frederick Eugene. Florence, dead. Lillian, dead. Others.
V. Child of Francis. Olive Faustina.
V. Child of Lorin.
Ethel Blanche.
V. Children of Ida Catherine (Catherine). Bessie Catherine. Julia Mae.
HENRY CHARLES FREDERICK HELMERSHAUSEN, JR.
April 19, 1822-living, 1914
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
My grandfather was Dr. Henry Frederick Helmershausen. My grandmother was Anna Marsh. My father was Henry. Charles Frederick Helmershausen, who was born August 12, 1789, and died March 20, 1869, aged seventy-nine years, seven months, eight days. My mother was Jane Hilton, who was born March 21, 1790, and died December 4, 1878, aged eighty-eight years, eight months, twelve days. Both were born and brought up in the same town. My brothers and sisters were: Henry, Harrison, Har- riet, Jane, myself, Sophia, Sylvanus, Faustina, Catherine, Norman, Eliza, eleven in all. Seven were born in Bremen township, Lincoln county, Maine, and the four youngest in Glenburn township, Penobscot county, Maine.
Eliza died in Glenburn township, Penobscot county, Maine, about two miles from Bangor, when she was a little girl.
HARRIET MATHILDA (HELMERSHAUSEN) ROBINSON January 19, 1820-April 10, 1872
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The family moved to Penobscot county from Lincoln county when I, Charles, was four years old and Sylvanus was ten months old. Bought one hundred and twenty-five acres of land, the second farm from Bangor township line over north into Glenburn town- ship. The city of Bangor covered the township of Bangor. We were twelve miles from Old Town. Built a log house and a log barn, and then a frame house. We lived there fourteen years, then moved to Illinois. Henry and Harrison came in 1838, father came in the summer of 1840, and mother, I, Sylvanus, Faustina, Cather- ine and Norman came in November and December, 1840. Took Captain Parker's boat "The Saunup" down the Penobscot river to New York city; came up the Hudson river to Albany, across Erie canal to Buffalo; took the old "General Wayne," a boat, to Toledo; came on a corduroy railroad to Adrian, Michigan, and stopped to see Silas Sears, who had moved a year before from Glenburn. He was a neighbor and a great friend of father's. We rented a house of a man named Bachelor and remained a month. I girdled trees while waiting. As soon as Mr. Penfield (who lived where Miles Bahen did later, on the road from Franklin Grove to Amboy) came for us with one team, the household goods were repacked and the. family came to Illinois the latter part of December. I (Charles) and Sylvanus walked all the way. Catherine rode, and in a jolt fell off, but grabbed the horse's tail and saved herself an injury. The horses stood still until she got safely into the wagon. It was very cold, but I kept warm walking. The others were warmly wrapped up, as mother had brought much bedding. We arrived Thursday night at Lee Center, where mother remained all night at Russell Linn's house, while I, with Sylvanus, walked over to Colonel Nathan Whitney's frame house and he directed us to "the Noe House" near Franklin creek. We were very glad to see father and he was very glad to see us. The next day (Friday) I walked to what is now the village of Franklin Grove and shot a wild turkey. On Monday I went out and helped Colonel Whitney. In the spring we set out trees in his nursery. We planted the "old orchard." He was a fine man and I had many pleasant and profit- able conversations with him. We began to buy land and farm it, enduring the usual hardships of pioneers. We slept in the loft of the cabin, and when we arose in the morning often brushed away a snowdrift. We were happy and contented. We teamed to Peru and to Chicago. We had solid silver spoons, large and heavy, which our mother had from her family, the Hiltons. She had also a string of gold beads which were from her family, and which each
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baby had worn. The marks of my first teeth are on them yet, as I was the only child, mother said, who bit the beads. We went to "singing schools," "spelling schools," on winter evenings, driving often many miles. We were not annoyed by wolves or wild ani- mals. There were no Indians in our vicinity.
In 1853, thirteen years after, I went back alone, attending the Great Fair at New York city, which was a very celebrated fair at that time. Uncle Frederick, who was five years older than father, had married Miss Lydia McLintock, of a Scottish family. They lived at Jefferson on a farm. They used "Helmershausen" in full. Rev. Edwin Helmershausen, William and Charles were my three cousins, each Uncle Frederick's son; and the four girls were Maria, Nancy, Eleanor, and Jane. One son, Robert, was dead. Maria, who married Captain Eber Montgomery, was a large, intel- ligent woman of strong and ready mind, and my father esteemed her highly. Jane never married but lived with Charles, her brother. She kept the data and traditions of our family. She had a pair of silver knee-buckles which General Washington gave our father's father in the Revolutionary war; and a pair of cuff-links he used to wear marked "C." She kept the knee-buckles and gave me the cuff-links, thus dividing the two pieces of silver which grand- father cherished between his two sons' sons. There was grand- father's crest and coat-of-arms, but not used in our country. I visited my mother's mother. She was "Grandmother Peaselee" by name, for after Grandfather Hilton's death she married Mr. Jonathan Peaselee. She had two sons, Jacob and Riley, whom I saw. She also had Reuel. They were my mother's half-brothers, both Baptists, and she lived with Jacob. She was dark, lean, tall, and although nearly ninety years of age, was vivacious and sensi- ble to converse with. She sat up firm and straight and walked one-half mile from Jacob's home to the Baptist church and back on each Sabbath day unless very inclement weather prevented. She had had Jane, John, Samuel, Enoch and James and Hannah Hilton, Jacob, Reuel and Riley Peaselee. I think she was differ- ent from mother, and that mother favored her father, the Hiltons, and that my uncle John Hilton favored his mother, for Uncle John was tall, dark and handsome. Grandmother lived at the forks of the road near Jefferson, Riley lived a half mile farther on. Her daughter Jane, my mother, married Charles Helmershausen. James Hilton was lost at sea and deeply mourned. John Hilton lived in Augusta. His wife was Aunt Catherine Hilton, for whom my sister, Catherine Twombly, was named. They had fire children,
MARY JANE FREDERICA HELMERSHAUSEN April 19, 1822-April 16, 1892
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who were my full cousins: Charles, Eugene, Faustina, Catherine and a babe. Uncle John was a chaise-maker at Augusta, and owned three shops (iron shop, wood shop, trimming shop), so he could make all the parts of a chaise. They were very elegant conveyances in those days. He afterwards died and his family came west, stopped and visited us, and went on to Nebraska to settle. My people were "Pilgrim" people of England; that is, my ancestors were Puritans, they said, on my mother's side. I went back the second time, 1858, and in June, 1885, the third time, and visited William at East Jefferson, and Charles. I saw the same old knolls, hills and waters. The house father built was standing in Glenburn township, and Norman, who was with me, went in and said, "I was born in this room." The house was in excellent condition, being shingled to the ground. Harrison, Norman and I went in 1885. I went to a little schoolhouse in Glenburn township on William Sher- man's farm. Years ago we spelled in Webster's Speller and we had much mental arithmetic. I used to spell the school down, for I worked in school. Some of our neighbors in Glenburn township were the families of Samuel Dole (who had ten children) and lived opposite our house; Silas Sears, Andrew Merrill, Martin White, William Sherman; also the Websters, Abbotts, Clarkes, Merrills. I read in a Bangor paper this week that Olive Merrill was dead, aged eighty years. She was a schoolmate of ours in that little red schoolhouse. There is no one left; if I should go back, there are only the old hills and trees and rocks, but it is strange how plainly I can see them all, distinctly and perfectly, and yet it is a great while ago-a great while. My grandfather fought under General Washington; my father was in the 1812 war; I am here and there has been a great deal of history since we three lived; great history; it comes back and I remember them. It is strange one remembers his youth so long!
Signed and written down, Sabbath evening, April 9, 1905.
HENRY CHARLES FREDERICK HELMERSHAUSEN, JR.
1. Jonas Helmershausen, of Weimar
2. Georg Casper Helmershausen
3. Georg Friedrich Helmershausen
4. Dr. Georg Franz Friedrich Helmershausen
5. Dr. Henry Frederick Helmershausen
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6. Henry Charles Frederick Helmershausen
7. Henry Charles Frederick Helmershausen, Jr.
1. William Hilton, of Hilton Point, Dover
2. William Hilton, of York, Maine
3. Lieut. William Hilton
4. Stilson Hilton
5. Samuel Hilton
6. John Hilton
7. Jane Hilton
ADELLA HELMERSHAUSEN.
Authoress of the adopted school song of Lee county ; Daughter of the American Revolution, Dixon Chapter; Daughter of the Illi- nois Daughters of 1812; graduate of Franklin Grove High School, class of 1885; of Dixon College, 1891, later A. M .; Northern Illi- nois State Normal School at De Kalb, 1900; upper senior in Uni- versity of Chicago. A native of Lee county. The first members of her family moved to Illinois in 1838, a year before Lee county was organized. By profession a city school teacher of sub-normal pupils; friend of the newsboys and unfortunate children of the streets.
A PLEA FOR A SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
In Lee County, to Stand in The Court House Square.
Ay, lift the noble shaft to fame Revere the soldier dead ! Their warfare and their valor name Where freedom and where glory claim The conquest which they led. The battle-legions of the free. The sires and sons of loyal Lee.
Some sleep beneath the southern sun Where cypress copse is green; Some sleep where Shiloh waters run, Where coast sands sift from grey to dun The hemlock hills between. The battle-legions of the free The sires and sons of loyal Lee.
CATHERINE HENRIETTA (HELMERSHAUSEN) TWOMBLY November 30, 1829-March 30, 1855
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Near Father Dixon's cabin home Where Ogee's ferry crossed, Where wild gulls soar to heaven's dome, Where waters whiten into foam By boulders grey and mossed; Ay, lift the noble shaft on high To earth and river, wood and sky.
From Sangamon brave Lincoln came In early Illinois, He saw the settler's roof in flame, The tomahawk, the scalping shame The redman's savage joy. His comrades then in bravery The sires and sons of loyal Lee.
O lovely Lee, at Franklin Grove, The sylvan woodlands by, The wild deer there no longer rove, The birch canoe no more in cove, The creeks and waters nigh, There wood doves call in twilight gloam, There white gulls soar to heaven's dome.
Ay, lift the noble shaft! In tears Recall the loved at home. The wife of all the widowed years, The soldiers' orphans. In their cheers Is sob at twilight gloam. Their sacrifice no meagre part. The aching hunger of the heart.
My uncle fell at Perryville That dark October day. "First sergeant missing" (war news ill) "Missing" his mother whispered still When old and bent and gray. Unknown. In Nameless Graves. Ah me! The sires and sons of loyal Lee.
Ay, lift the noble shaft to fame. Revere the soldier dead! Call muster, speak each honored name.
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Where glory and where valor claim The conquest which they led. Sound "Taps"! Ay, lift the shaft on high To earth and river, wood and sky!
THE COUNTY LEE.
Words by Adella Helmershausen Music by Henry C. Work. (Tune-"Marching Through Georgia.")
For the benediction of the heavens overhead; For the dauntless courage where our fathers fought and bled; For the grace and glory where our brothers on have led, Hail to our loyal Lee County!
Chorus : We hail in song the Beautiful and Free, A song of cheer, O loved and Loyal Lee, Forth thy starry banner floats for Law and Liberty Over thine altars forever.
From the blue Rock River with its vanishing canoe, From the grove and thicket where the deer have skirted through, From the open prairie with the cabin still in view, Hail to our loyal Lee County !
Dost thou dream O county loved, of "Lighthorse Harry" Lee, How his dashing cohorts rode as legions of the Free, How he crowned our Washington with deathless eulogy ? Hail to our loyal Lee County!
Where the Dixon Ferry ran above the river's swell, Where the menaced shadow of the chieftain Black Hawk fell, Where the saintly Lincoln fought, once more the battle tell, Hail to our loyal Lee County!
In the lofty rigging where the winds are whistling sweet By the soldier's campfire where his comrades often meet Sailor lad and soldier lad "three cheers" afar repeat, Hail to our loyal Lee County!
HENRY WARREN FREDERICK HELMERSHAUSEN August 9, 1878
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Wake the chiming chorus, touch the great bells everywhere, Swell the joyful music in the Illinoisan air, With our watchword "Victory !" and "Peace" our battle prayer, Hail to our loyal Lee County !
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HENRY WARREN FREDERICK HELMERSHAUSEN.
Youngest son of Henry Charles Frederick Helmershausen, Jr., and his second wife, Mary, daughter of Major Daniel Moore Brad- street, born August 9, 1878, in Franklin Grove, Illinois; graduate of the Northern Illinois State Normal School at De Kalb, class of 1903; junior in the University of Chicago; principal of public schools in Erie, 1903-1904; principal of public schools at Coal City, 1905-1906; teacher in James Monroe school, Chicago, 1906- 1914.
CHARLES W. WAGNER.
Charles W. Wagner, giving his time and attention to the development and cultivation of a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section 8, Bradford township, is a native son of Lee county, born May 13, 1865. His parents, Jacob and Sophia (Reis) Wagner, were natives of Germany and came to America in 1855. The father farmed in Lee county for a number of years and he is now living retired in Dixon, having survived his wife since 1883.
Charles W. Wagner was reared upon his father's farm and assisted in its operation until his marriage, at the age of twenty- three. He then rented land in his locality and after several years purchased the property upon which he still resides. He has one hundred and sixty acres on section 8, Bradford township, and he has provided this with substantial barns and modern machinery. He has also tiled the farm and made a great many other improve- ments, the property being today one of the most productive and valuable in this section of the state.
Mr. Wagner married Miss Anna Bower, a native of Lee county, Illinois, and a daughter of Wolf G. and Christina Bower. Mr. and
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Mrs. Wagner have become the parents of a daughter, Nellie Deloras, born May 24, 1895. The parents are members of the Evangelical church, in which Mr. Wagner serves as trustee. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is now township assessor, filling this office with credit and ability. He is well known in Bradford township, where he has spent his entire life, and he has won a place among representative agriculturists and useful citizens.
EDWARD E. WINGERT.
Edward E. Wingert, an active practitioner at the bar of Lee county, his ability finding ready recognition in a large and dis- tinctively representative clientage, was born in Lee county No- vember 13, 1866, his parents being Walter J. and Mary C. (Emmert) Wingert, natives of Ohio and of Maryland respectively. It was in the year 1852 that the father came to Illinois, settling in Lee county, where he reared his family.
Edward E. Wingert obtained a public school education in Dixon, while his professional training was received in the Uni- versity of Michigan, being graduated from the law department with the class of 1889. He taught language in the Northern Illi- nois Normal school for two years and was also a teacher in a law school for three years. He has since practiced in Dixon and has gained a creditable place among the representative members of the bar. His ability is pronounced and comes from his careful preparation of cases, his thorough analysis, his close reasoning and his logical deductions. He has been connected with many important suits that have been heard in the courts and has won many verdicts favorable to his clients.
In 1892 Mr. Wingert was married to Miss Bessie Boardman, and they have become the parents of four children: Marjorie, Bessie, Edward B. and Mary Constance. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal church of which Mr. and Mrs. Wingert are members. In politics he is republican, well informed concerning the questions and issues of the day. He has never sought nor held office, however, outside of the strict path of his profession. In 1890 he was elected city attorney and served for three years, when in 1902 he was again chosen for that position, which he filled for two years. He regards the pursuits of private life as abundantly
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worthy of his best efforts and his close conformity to the highest professional standards have brought him the warm regard of his fellow members of the bar and of the general public.
J. F. BETZ.
Probably no man in Lee county is better known as a stock breeder and dealer than J. F. Betz, who owns and operates a fine farm of four hundred acres lying on sections 17, 19 and 20, Wyo- ming township, specializing in the development of his stock-rais- ing interests. He is a native son of this part of Illinois, born in Wyoming township, December 30, 1870, his parents being the late Jacob and Margaret (Pope) Betz. The father was a native of New York state and came to Lee county in 1857, making the journey with his parents. After he grew to manhood he became connected with agricultural interests here and was also active in public affairs. He died in 1894, at the age of forty-nine, and was sur- vived by his wife until 1909, her death occurring when she was sixty-nine years of age. Both are buried in the Four Mile Grove cemetery in LaSalle county.
In the acquirement of an education J. F. Betz attended public school, laying aside his books at the age of sixteen. He afterward assisted his father with the work of the farm until he was twenty- one and then rented the homestead, operating it for a number of years thereafter. In 1907 he purchased a farm of two hundred and forty acres and upon his mother's death inherited another tract of one hundred and sixty acres. His land lies on sections 17, 19 and 20, Wyoming township, and constitutes one of the most valuable farms in this locality. Mr. Betz makes a specialty of pure- blooded live stock and has been successful from the beginning, his animals commanding always a high price and a ready sale. The first time he entered exhibits at the International Live Stock Expo- sition of Chicago he won four ribbons on pure-bred Clydesdale horses and he has since met with widespread recognition in his special field. In addition to this he is president of the First National Bank of Compton and well known in financial circles as a man of ability and enterprise.
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