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Reason Combs married Mary E. Hickman in 1869, and has had eight children, seven of whom are living; Annabel, Mattie O., Wm. Worth, Susan L. Alice, Harriet E., Reason F., Harvey Homer and Frank. James W. Combs is married and lives in Illinois. Littleton T. is also married. Mary is the wife of C. Gates, and the mother of five children. Jane married John Medlock, and lives in Sangamon township. Thomas J. is not married.
MR. JOHN R. CARRINGTON, farmer, DeLand, is a native of Kentucky, from which state he moved to Fulton county, Illinois, in 1865. He came to Piatt county in 1868, and now owns 120 acres of land in the northwestern part of Goose Creek township. He has put all the improvements on this place and it is all under cultivation. It is hedged all around, some open ditching lias been done, and three or four hundred fruit trees have been planted. The farm has yielded fair crops all the time. Mr. Carrington was married in 1865, to Anna Eliza Rugles, of Kentucky, and has had three children, two of whom are living, Angus R. and Murtie V.
MR. JOHN CARRIER, farmer, De Land, is a native of New York from which state he moved to Ohio, and from there to Fulton county, Illinois, in 1850. He settled in a "shanty" on his present home-farm of eighty acres in Goose Creek township in 1869. He has put all the improve- ments on the place. He has planted over one hundred fruit trees in addition to some forest trees ; also some open ditching has been made and hedges have been planted. A good barn was built in 1875, and in 1877 a ten-room frame house was erected. The farm has yielded average crops. In 1872 and 1876 corn averaged from sixty to seventy bushels to the acre. Mr. Carrier was married in 1853, to Sarah Hoyt, and has three sons, all of whom are at home, E. D. Carrier, W. H. Carrier and C. E. Carrier. The second son, W. H., has attended school at Wesleyan, Bloomington, and at Adrian, Michigan. He shows quite a talent for drawing and should not neglect to cultivate this talent. Mr. Carrier went to the late war from Fulton county in Co. F of the 55th reg. He was orderly sergeant and was in the follow- ing battles : Shiloh, Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission Ridge, Kenesaw Mount, Resaca, Dalton, and in the battles from Atlanta on to the sea.
MR. C. F. CHAMBERLAIN was born in Magog, Canada East, October 7, 1836, of New England parents. He lived in Canada until the breaking out of the rebellion, when he enlisted in a Wisconsin regi- ment, and served three years. He returned to his native country, and married Cynthia A. Currier, after which he moved to Illinois. His
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wife died, leaving two children, Effie May and Ora C. Mr. Chamber- lain was again married in 1882, to Miss Mary Barnes, of Monticello. He is now engaged in the hardware business in De Land.
MR. GEORGE W. CORDER, druggist, De Land, is a native of Ohio, and was reared in De Witt county, Illinois. His father was one of the early settlers of De Witt county, and his mother was born among the Indians, who he thinks were near the Upper Sandusky. Mr. Corder came to Piatt county seven years ago and located as druggist in De Land, where he owns some property. He was married in 1864, to M. Elizabeth Enos, a niece of Dr. Tyler, of DeWitt county. They have one child, Alverda J. Mr: Corder was once constable in Ralls county, Missouri, for four years, and while in this office he was the main officer who arrested the seven Underwood murderers about 1871 or 1872.
MR. HARMON CRESMER, shoemaker, De Land, was born in Ger- many and came to the United States in 1853. He stayed in the East until 1873, when he came direct to Piatt county and settled in Monti- cello. After going to Weldon for two years, he moved to De Land in 1876, and is the only gentleman of his profession in the place. He was married in Virginia, to Mary S. Rock, and has four children, Emmer, Edward, Willie and Bessie. He went to the army from Maryland in Co. C of the 3d Md. reg., and was out four months.
MR. GEORGE DUVALL, farmer, De Land, was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, in 1808. His mother was a native of Ireland, and his father was of German and French descent, and was born in Pennsyl- vania. Mr. Duvall moved direct to Piatt county in 1852, and with his brother Robert settled on the Jno. Marquiss place. He was married in Ohio, to Susan Huffines, and he gave us the following names of their children : Jacob Duvall married Mary Long, has one child and lives in De Witt county ; he was in the late war ; Nancy, the widow of Mr. James Winstead, has one daughter, Anna ; Jeremiah married Miss Johnson, and lives in Monticello township ; Sarah and George Duvall are both dead ; Benjamin, who was in the late war, married Miss McGuffy, and lives in Sangamon township ; William, who was also in the army, married Marietta Dresback ; Margaret married John Aaman, has three children, and lives in Farmer City ; James married Minnie Scott, and has four children, Willie, Harry, Katie and Lulu ; John married Louisa Higgins, has two children, Benjamin and Woodard, and lives in Goose Creek township ; Susie died after being grown. Mrs. George Duvall died about 1866, and Mr. Duvall married Mrs. Amos Griggs. They have one child, George.
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MR. ROBERT DUVALL, farmer, was born in Ohio. When first came to Piatt county he lived on Mr. Jno. Marquiss' farm for a time, and then moved to his farin in Goose Creek township. He married Martha Kerns. Andrew Duvall married Sarah Huffines, and has had eight children, six of whom are living, J. Robert, Jonas N., William, Olen, Olive and Odell. Kate Duvall married Mr. J. Reeves, has one child, and lives near Springfield. Mr. Robert Duvall took for his second wife Mrs. Prine née Nancy Robinson, and has three children.
MR. WILLIAM M. DEWEES, farmer, Monticello, is a native of Ken- tucky, from which state his parents moved to Morgan county, Illinois, when he was seven years old. Mr. Dewees lived in this county a number of years, then moved west, and was in Texas and California a time, returning to Morgan county, from which place lie moved to Piatt county about 1865. He now owns some 580 acres of land in the county. Mr. Dewees' first wife née Mary J. Henderson, died leaving two children. Adala married J. F. Thornton, and has eight children. Henry married Matilda Bailey, has five children, and lives in Iowa. Caroline Henderson became the second Mrs. Dewees, and died leaving three children. 'Of these, Al. is in Leadville; Fannie is the wife of Chas. Marquiss ; and Perry married Lottie Anderson in 1878, and has three children, Willie, Homer and Nellie. In 1856 Mr. Dewees and Elizabeth Brightwell were united in marriage. Four of their six chil- dren are living : Wiley, who married Florence Hubbart in 1881, Charlie, Mettie and Frank H. Mr. Dewees went to the army from Morgan county in 101st reg. He was on a gunboat and ran the blockade at Vicksburg, and was in the battles of Mission Ridge and Resaca.
MR. MICHAEL DOYLE, farmer, Galesville, is a native of Ireland. He moved from his native land to America in 1849 and settled in Wisconsin. He moved to Illinois in 1854, and in 1866 came to Piatt county. He married Ella Gordon, who has one son, Charles F. Mr. Doyle went to the late war in Co. G of the 116th Ill. reg., and was in battles at Raymond, Jackson, Mississippi, Fort Hindman, and the siege of Vickburg. He was wounded at the last named battle, May 29, 1863. Mr. Doyle lives on probably the oldest farm in the north- ern part of Goose Creek township. It was settled about 1850 by Mr. Ingersoll, who sold it to Mr. Geo. Ellwood, whose heirs still own it. The lumber for the house, which is still standing, was hauled from the Wabash. For quite awhile after the place was settled a pole with tufts of grass on the top, served as a guide to travelers in crossing the prairie.
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MR. EDWIN A. DEWEY, farmer, Farmer City, is a native of Ver- mont, from which state he moved to Fulton county, Illinois, in 1827, and in 1871 settled in Piatt county, on the place of 400 acres upon which he now lives The farm is mostly under cultivation and he has made most of the improvements on it. He has done some ditching and has planted some four or five hundred trees on the farm. His highest crop average was in 1872, when his corn average was sixty-five bushels to the acre. Mr. Dewey was married in 1864, to Delphina Lantz and has had six children, five of whom, Charles S., John E., Mary E., Curtis M. and Hattie M., are living. He held the office of school director for three years, and at the present time (1881) is school trustee in town 20. He went to the army from McDonough county, in Co. F of the 55th Ill. reg., and remained ont three years and nine months. The principal battles in which he participated were those of Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Kenesaw Mountain, Jackson, Mission Ridge and Atlanta. He was wounded at the latter place.
REV. SMITHI FITHIAN, formerly a resident of Goose Creek township, was born in 1810 in New Jersey, and moved from Ohio to Piatt county in 1856. After a year's residence he moved to Macon county, where he lived until after the war, when he returned to Piatt county, and lived there until 1880, when he moved back to Ohio. He still owns eighty acres in Goose Creek township, and makes frequent visits to his old home. Mr. Fithian has been a minister in the Christian church (New Light) for about thirty-six years, and has ever been a zealous worker in the denomination. He has organized several churches in central Illinois and has made many converts in the same region. During the war he was an earnest supporter of the Union, and is remembered by his friends and neighbors in the county as a good neighbor and an earnest and upright christian man. Mr. Fithian was first married in Ohio, and to Eliza Carter, who died in Illinois, leaving five children, all of whom are now living. Catharine, the wife of William Marsh and mother of six children, lives in Champaign county ; Sophia lives in Champaign county ; Lou, who married Mr. N. B. Gar- retson, and has three children, also lives in Champaign county ; Arminda married Henry Payne, has five children and lives in Dakota ; Albert H. married Anna Thomas, has one son, Harry, and lives in Monticello. Mr. Fithian next married Susan Varner, who is still liv- ing. They have one adopted daughter, Sarah Hartsock, who is doing her duty to her kind friends.
MR. JESSE. FITZWATER, farmer, was born in Virginia in 1813, and
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is of English descent. His father was in the war of 1812. He moved to Ohio when a young man, and about 1851 moved to Illinois. Upon com- ing to Piatt county settled on what was known as the " Madden farm," and lived there for twelve years. He improved a farm of 350 acres in Goose Creek township, and is now living on a portion of the same. He found the land very wet and a great many ditches had to be made. Just one day's ditching cost him $112. He has put out a good deal of ledge and from one hundred and fifty to two hundred trees have been planted. Mr. Fitzwater was married in Virginia, to Mary Mc- Nett, who is now dead. Six of their seven children are now living. He was next married to Hannah Coffinan, who has one child living. Mr. William Fitzwater married Mary Marquiss, and lives in Sangamon township ; Wesley, who married Hanna Barnes, is dead ; Eliza Jane married Abraham Marquiss, who was killed while assisting in the rais- ing of a building : one of his children, Alice, is still living ; Jane is now the wife of Mr. Harper, a wholesale grocer of Chicago ; Samuel Fitzwater married Elizabetlı Baker, lias two children, Jesse and Pearl, and lives in Goose Creek township ; James H. was married in 1873, to Ellen Barnes, and las five children, Arthur L., Esta M., Martha Daisy, James Roy and Grant B. He has made all the improvements on the 100 acres of land he now lives on, and has all of it, except six acres, under cultivation. Mary Fitzwater is the wife of Philip Baker; Melissa became the wife of Albert Somers, and lias two children ; Charles Fitzwater lives in Goose Creek township.
MR. J. B. GORDON, farmer, DeLand, was born in 1818, in Pennsyl- vania, and is of German descent. He came to Illinois in 1860 and in 1869 settled in Piatt county, and now resides in De Land. He was married in 1838, to Hannah Shull, of Pennsylvania, and has had ten children. Mark married Elizabeth Eury and lives in Logan county ; he went to the late war in the 73d reg .; Susan E. is the wife of Archi- bald Thompson, of Missouri ; Delilah married Geo. W. Gordon, has four children, and lives in DeLand; Jennie married M. S. Thomas, has three children, John W., Orpha E. and Albert, and lives in DeLand; Margaret is the wife of Hiram Merrill, a farmer of Nebraska, and mother of three children ; Ella is the wife of Michael Doyle, of Goose Creek township ; Rufus married Lucy Brown, has three children and lives in Missouri ; Jesse L. is not married, but is an agent on the Midland railroad ; R. W. and Katie are living at home ..
MR. RICHARD HUBBART (deceased) moved from Ohio to Illinois about 1836. Of the children of the family, Sarah married Henry
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Phillips, lived in this county a time, and just after the war moved to Missouri ; Elizabeth married Chas. Marquiss; John C. has been married three times ; James Hubbart died in 1856; William Hubbart (see liis, sketch); Isaac IIubbart died in 1856; Belle died in 1862 ; Harrison is living in Missouri, has been married twice and has two children ; Jacob is married, has five children, and lives in Missouri. Both of the last named persons were in the late war ; the latter was out two years, while the former, who went out as private and returned as 1st lieut., served four years. Mr. Richard Hubbart, who died liere, and his wife, who died in Missouri, were subject to the usual trials and sufferings borne by people in a new country. They patiently tried to make homes for their children, and also did their ample share in supporting religion in the county. For a number of years the itinerant ministers made their home a stopping place.
MR. WILLIAM C. HUBBART, Monticello, Illinois, was born in Pick- away county, Ohio, and was brought to Illinois when but one year old. He was reared in Piatt county, which place is still his home. On November 19, 1857, he and Clarinda Marquiss were married. She died in 1858, leaving one daughter, Florence, who married Wiley M. Dewees, March 9, 1881. In 1862 Mr. Hubbart was again united in marriage, to Mrs. Coon née Lucinda Hamn. Six of their seven children are living, Pelina Edith, Richard B., Jennie M., Oliver S., Della S. and Dwight C. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbart own over 400 acres of land, which is in good farming condition. Mr. Hubbart went to the army in Co. E of the 107th Ill. reg., and was out three years, being in service all the time, principally as division mail carrier. Mr. Hubbart has held some of the offices of his township, and in 1875 was elected to represent this district in the legislature. Mrs. Hubbart's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew Ham, lived about 1851 in a cabin on Mr. Ezra Marquiss' place (see cut of the same). They are now living in Champaign county and have recently celebrated their golden wedding.
MR. MARK HARSHIBARGER, farmer, De Land, is a native of Carroll county, Indiana, from whichi state he moved to Illinois in 1852, and has since lived in Piatt county. He moved to his present farm of over 200 acres about twenty years ago. The farm is in fine order, and one, when in the midst of the groves on the place, almost forgets that he is on the prairie. When Mr. Harshibarger first moved to his farm it seemed to him that he was almost "out of the world." In the winter he sometimes actually feared when leaving Monticello that he would freeze to death ere he reached home. His nearest neighbors were Mr.
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Bryden's and Mr. Drais' families. Although having suffered some hardships upon first moving to his present home, still he does not regret having moved there. In 1857 Mr. Harshbarger and Julia Barnes were united in marriage. Seven of their eight children are living. Edward was married January 20, 1880, to Jennie Wilson and had one son, who died ; Samuel A., Ada B., Mary, Mark M., Gertie B. and Earnest A. are at home. Mrs. Harshbarger's mother's maiden name was Elizabetlı Norris. She first married Mr. Andrew Barnes, who died in this county, having had six children. Of these, Mary married Henry Bender ; Elizabeth married Madison Bradshaw and lives in Macon county ; Susan, who was the wife of James Town, died in 1881; John N. married Eliza McMullen, and Julia was just spoken of as Mrs. Harshbarger. Mrs. Andrew Barnes next married John Miller, who died in Macon county. Mrs. Miller died at the residence of her daughter Julia in the fall of 1882.
MR. ISAAC. F. HOUSMAN (deceased) was a native of Ohio, from which state he moved directly to Piatt county. . He was married in Ohio, to Elizabeth Fisher, and had nine children, seven of whom are now living : Abigail married C. S. Monroe, who is now dead, has two children and lives in Mahomet; John died when twenty-one years of age ; Emily married W. L. Shafer, now of Bloomington, and has three children ; Frances E., the wife of John Withers, lias eight children and lives in Kansas ; Will, who married Miss Freelove, died in the army, leaving one child ; Lydia A. married William Steen, has one child and lives in Kansas ; James Ward is married and lives in Kansas, he was a soldier in the late war ; Isaac married Miss Clara Weedman, has one child and lives on a farm near Farmer City ; Charles, who married Kate Wright and has one child, is a milliner in Champaign.
MR. HENRY HUGHES, farmer, De Land, is a native of Ireland, from which country he came to America and settled in New York in 1851. He moved to Macon county, Illinois, in 1857, and in 1869 settled in Piatt county. He now owns eighty acres of land, upon which lie has put all the improvements. As we interviewed Mr. Hughes we were in a corn-field, and in the center of a piece of ground that was once covered by a large pond. Mr. Hughes' energy has led him to make blind ditches to the extent of 200 rods, and now his land is all in good condition. His corn crop of 1881 averaged fifty bushels to the acre. Mr. Hughes was united in marriage to Mary Finnigan, in about 1869. They have three children, Rosa, Martha and Maggie. During the war Mr. Hughes was in the gold region of California, but he says he " came
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to the conclusion that there was more gold in the soil of Illinois than he could find in California."
MR. J. B. HUTCHINSON,, farmer, De Land, was born in Kentucky, from which state he moved to Missouri. In 1863 he moved to Illinois and in 1870 settled in Piatt county. He now owns 160 acres of land, upon which he has put all the improvements. He was married in 1854, to Saralı F. Robertson and has had seven children, five of whom are living. James married Marietta Kimbroughi, has one child, Joseph, and lives at home. The names of the other children are Charles W., Walter, Mary and Eddie.
MR. WILLIAM JOHNSON, farmer, Weldon, was born in Pickaway county, Ohio. After moving to Indiana, where he lived six years, he came to Macon county, and about 1855 located in Piatt county, where he owns 280 acres of land, upon which he has put all the improve- ments. He was married in 1852, to Anna Barnhart and has had eleven children: Charles, who married Martha Allen ; Ann Elizabeth, the wife of George Allen ; and Jesse B., Mary Catherine, Martha E., John H., Frank L., William C., Lucius O., Fannie and Etna.
MR. JOHN KIRBY was born in Limerick county, Ireland, and came to America in 1850, to Illinois in 1856, and to Piatt county in 1860. For a number of years he has been a stock dealer in the county, and he now lives upon a fine farm, upon which he has erected an elegant ten- room residence. He was married in January, 1873, to Mary E. Mar- quiss, and has had one daughter, Nellie M. Mr. Kirby has been supervisor of Goose Creek township one term. When the war broke out, he enlisted in 1861, in the 2d Ill. Cav., and was veteraned in January 1864, remaining out until 1866. He was second lieutenant the last eighteen months he was out, and served under Grant in all the raids from Cairo to the fall of Vicksburg. He had one horse killed under him, but throughout the war Mr. Kirby was never disabled in any way. After the close of the war he came back to the county, and in 1868 he was elected sheriff, at the end of which term he went into the stock business.
MR. BENJAMIN KESNER (deceased) was a native of Virginia. He came from Indiana to Piatt county about 1855, and settled in Goose Creek township. He next moved to Camp Creek, where he lived until about eleven years ago, when he moved to Missouri, where he died. He was married in Virginia to Margaret Coffman, and had nine cliil- dren, six of whom are living, but only two are in Piatt county : Amy married Abraham Starkey, and lives in Monticello. She has three
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children : Rose, the wife of Ira Robinson and mother of one child ; Jennie and Willie. Lucinda Kesner was married in 1870 to Win. Plot ner, and had one son, Allen. She was married again in 1881, to Reed Baird. Mr. Baird first married Sarah Gotchiall, who died leaving seven children, six of whom are living, Charlie, Charlotte, Susan, David, Mary and Sarah.
MR. SALEM KESLER, farmer, De Land, came from Ohio to Piatt county about twelve or thirteen years ago, and settled on Camp creek. After living a year or two there he moved to Goose Creek township, where he now owns a farm near De Land. He was married in Ohio, to Miss Stebleton, and their union was blessed by seven children, five of whom are living : Wm. Kesler married Ella Troxel in 1880, and is an agent on the Wabash railroad. M. Miranda married E. R. Par- sons, and lives on Mr. Kesler's farm ; Lavina E. is the wife of L. S. Kidd, a teacher of De Land ; Clinton and, Charlie Kesler are both at hone.
MR. J. H. KIRKER, of the firm of " Kirker Brothers," of De Land, is a native of Ohio, from which state he moved to De Witt county in 1866, and in 1876 went into the grain business in De Land. He went into the army in 1864, and was out one year. The principal battle he engaged in was at Nashville.
MR. S. C. LANGDON was born August 16, 1820, in New York, and is of English lineage. His father was from Massachusetts, and his mother from Connecticut. His father died in New York, and his mother née Sarah Allen, was the first person buried in the De Land cemetery (1876). Mrs. Langdon was a descendant of Ethan Allen, and her father was in the revolutionary war. Mr. Langdon moved fron New York to Ohio, where he was married, and from there he moved directly to Piatt county in 1857, and settled at the head of Goose Creek timber. In 1873 he became railroad agent and grain merchant at De Land, was appointed the first postmaster of the place the same year, and still holds the office. Mr. Langdon lias had seven children, all of whom are living: Floronia married J. C. E. McMillen, has five children, Clara, Eva, Lucian, William and Mabel, and lives in Monticello. Lucian, who was a soldier in the 73d regiment in the late war, married Sarah Marvel, has two children, and lives in Girard, Kansas ; Reed married Ida French, and is a grocer in Leadville, Colo- rado ; Elizabeth was married March 16, 1882, to Mr. Harvey Steven- son ; Frank and Octavia live at home ; Josiah is at Portland, Oregon. When Mr. Langdon settled at the head of Goose creek, he was under
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the delusion that nearly all early settlers labored under; he thought he would have grazing ground for stock for a lifetinie. Mr. Langdon has been assessor, supervisor and county treasurer.
MR. LUBBERT LUBBERS, farmer, De Land, was born in Hanover, Germany. He came to America in 1868 and settled in Mason county. From there he moved to Logan county, and in 1878 settled on the place he now lives on in Piatt county. He owns 240 acres of land, upon which he is putting improvements all the time. A new liouse was built in 1881, and over a mile of tile ditching has been done. The entire farm is rapidly growing better. Mr. Lubbers was married in Logan county, to Anna Wiegers, a native of Hanover, Germany. When Mrs. Lubbers came to America hier friends were all sick of typhoid fever, and her mother died on the way. They have five children : Ella M., Reemt, Dinah, Lubbert and Isaac. Mr. Lubbers is a hard working and energetic farmer. In 1881, 150 acres of corn averaged forty bushels to the acre. In 1880 he sold 4,200 bushels of corn, besides feeding some to a good many hogs.
MR. ABRAHAM MARQUISS, SR., was born in Virginia, January 5, 1789. His father, William Marquiss, was of English descent and was born in Virginia, August 9, 1766, and married Sarah Peters, of Irish descent, who was born December 25, 1765. The following names of their children were taken from their family bible : Hannah, born Sep- tember 5, 1787 ; Abraham ; Anna, born 1790, and died in 1791 ; Eliza- beth, who was born June 28, 1792, and died October 1, 1812 ; Saralı, born May 26, 1794 ; Martha, born April 21, 1793 ; Hester, born Feb- ruary 3, 1800 ; Ianna, born February 14, 1803 ; William, born Febru- ary 3, 1807, and Permelia, born July 3, 1809. Of these children, the subject of this sketch, and Permelia, the youngest of the family, came to what is now Piatt county in October of 1833. "Mr. George Barnes, Mr. Marquiss' brother-in-law, came to the county at the same time, with the following children : William, John, Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah. He was again married in 1834 and moved to near where Wm. Foster now lives. By his last wife he had the following children after he moved to De Witt county : Henry, Rebecca, Hannah and George. The children of Mr. Austin Phillips, who married Mr. Marquiss' sis- ter, also canie out west with the families mentioned. They were raised by Mr. Abraham Marquiss. Henry Phillips, born in Decem- ber, 1819, married Sarah Karr, and lived a number of years on the place Frank Lodge lives on ; he now lives in Missouri ; Joseph Phil- lips, born February 13, 1821, married and lived on the place Mr.
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