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In the interior of the country we find yet the real des- cendants of the original French colonists in what is known as the "habitants". They are as a rule in poor circum- stances, uneducated to a certain degree and somewhat un- progressive. Many are utterly ignorant of the great world lying beyond the hill confines of their parish, but their faith in God and trust in man is sublime. Their simplicity, fru- gality and contentment make life easy to live. They live in cabins, low frame structures built irregularly on each side of a winding street. Inside these cabins the spinning wheel, the loom and the carding block still holds sway. Families are invariably large; race suicide is not known. Several generations are peacefully domiciled together; marked respect is always shown to parents and old age and crimes are scarcely known.
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Physical strength and moral endurance fitted the early Canadian to satisfy his yearning for exploration and exploits of daring. That he left his improved estate to his successor and made a new home in an unknown district was perhaps due to the wandering instinct and desire to better himself. Along with agriculture, hunting, fishing, trap- ping and cutting timber were the occupations of the early and subsequent settlers. As a rule the early Canadian set- tlers were blessed with longevity, being of simple and frugal habits.
The Canadian is proverbially fond of outdoor sports, such as hunting, skating, canoeing and tobogganing. Folklore-in which the poetic genius of French-Canada lies enshrined-music and songs originating from the Breton and Norman peasants, fill a humble but cherished part of his life. Whether sung at the fireside of the habitant or elsewhere by the coureur de bois (bushranger) and the brave voyageur, these songs voice the deeper sentiments and emotions of the heart, the Canadian being of a con- genial, sociable and convivial disposition.
The first colonists emigrated from all parts of France, but mostly from Normandy, Brittany, Poitou and Picardy. After 1680 emigration lessened considerably. The differ- ent French elements have greatly influenced the general formation of the character, habits and in no small degree the language in new France. The educated class, govern- ment officials, clergy and teachers always spoke correct French, although their pronunciation showed some differ- ences from the present day French. The common people spoke a French, a composite resulting from the patois of the different original districts in France, and today even the uneducated speak the original French of the time of Louis XIV. The amalgation of the different dialects, influenced by the English idiom, resulted in the so-called Canadian French language-the official French language always hav- ing been the same as in France. When the valley of St. Lawrence was wrested from France by Great Britain the population was preeminently French and the major portion remained so in Canada. At present, although, under Eng- lish rlue, the old French regime and language have survived
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and are very influential in private and public life. The habitants always keep their God, their language and their laws. In Montreal, English and French are spoken; in Quebec and in communities away from the St. Lawrence river English is taught in school but spoken only in the larger cities. Rivers, lakes, cities, villages as a rule bear names of French saints, pioneers, princes, statesmen, mis- sionaries, soldiers and adventurers.
In 1760 the French population of about 70,000 was con- fined to the immediate vicinity of the lower St. Lawrence and its tributaries. In 1791 Upper Canada had about 20,000 inhabitants and Lower Canada about 125,000. In 1861 the total population (exclusive of Indians) was over three million and in 1911 over seven million.
The main resources are agriculture and fisheries, which produce sustenance for a majority of the inhabitants. Favorable hunting grounds for fur bearing animals and waterfowl are more plentiful than in any other country. Lumber is one of the main industries.
Transportation in early days was very difficult. With- in a frail canoe travelers were obliged to hold themselves in painful immobility-the least awkward movement might cause an upset. In winter a long and fatiguing march on snowshoes (raquettes) over the frozen surface of the river was required; then beyond the outpost-an unknown world wrapt in solemn silence. Commerce and interchanging of useful objects for furs was with the Indians.
Politically the Dominion of Canada has been divided, dependent upon geographical position, in groups of pro- vinces, nine in all, each province being again subdivided into counties. The provinces of lower or French Canada (now Quebec) and upper or English Canada (now On- tario) which were the scenes of activities of the first colo- nists, belong to the group of the central provinces. Of the main cities in this part of Canada, Quebec, the cradle of Canadian civilization, must be mentioned, with its air of antiquity and quaintness, favorably comparing with St. Malo, a coast town in France. In the Canadian city we see the same narrow passage ways, picturesque gables, steep roofs. Quebec is famous for its stately terrace, its
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imposing Chateau Frontenac and the cannon belted citadel. The city enjoys the distinction of launching in 1833 the first vessel that ever crossed the Atlantic propelled by steam. Montreal, called thus by Jacques Cartier in October, 1535, is the city of churches-Notre Dame holds 10,000 people. The settlement on its site, directed by the devoted French patriot Maisonneuve, was originally called colony of Ville- marie. Quebec is the military, Montreal the commercial and Ottawa the political capitals of Canada. At the time of discovery the explored districts were under the govern- ment of France with a lieutenant governor. When the val- ley of St. Lawrence was taken over by Great Britain it was made one of the self-governing countries within the British empire, with a governor general, entirely independent so far as its domestic affairs are concerned.
Soon after the discovery of Canada, or New France, zealous priests left their dear country to endure the loneli- ness of exile, if only they could teach the savage. They erected at first modest buildings intended as schools alike for Indian pupils and the children of the French colonists. Later on convent schools and colleges arose. Francois de Laval, first bishop of the colony, established at Quebec a seminary in 1663. The celebrated Laval university was founded in 1852. In the stupendous work of christianizing Canada we also find many noble young self-sacrificing wo- men from la belle France, scores of nuns of different con- gregations, who gave up all that the world deems indispen- sable, to cross the sea in order to teach the Indians and minister to the sick and suffering of an unknown, lonely and savage country.
The pioneer colonists who settled in the deep forests, far from centers of education having to work for their live- lihood received no formal mental training and few only were taught to read and write- this being the case of quite a number who had emigrated to the districts immediately west of Kankakee. It goes without saying that with the improved school system there is now a marked decrease of illiteracy.
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Strong faith and deep religious convictions inherited from their ancestors is a characteristic and distinctive mark of the first French colonists. Religious activities of un- daunted missionaries of different orders, especially the cou- rageous self-sacrificing Jesuits, kept pace with the pioneers through the trackless wilderness and in their zeal to plant the cross of Christ at every vantage they often laid down their lives without a murmur, although subject to the most atrocious tortures known to the worst of savages. At least a passing mention of the names of those courageous men of the gallant French race who were very influential in ad- vancing christian civilization must be given: Cartier, Cham- plain, Maisonneuve, Montcalm, Frontenac, LaSalle and the Fathers Marquette, Breboeuf, Jogues, Garnier, LeJeune. Soon the then known territory in Canada was dotted with small churches of humble pretentions, and soon stately houses of worship, fine hospitals and benevolent institutions were erected with the outlay of great but cheerful sacri- fices. The church in Quebec was the first and practically for a long time the only church in Canadian territory. St. Anne is a favorite name in Canada, but famous as a pilgri- mage is the little village of St. Anne de Beaupre, on the north bank of the St. Lawrence, twenty miles below Que- bec. There the relic (fingerbone sent from France in 1668) of the "Bonne Sainte Anne" is piously preserved. Marvel- ous cures have taken place, as may be judged from the num- erous ex-votos. Many a sailor in early days, as he passed on the broad St. Lawrence on his way to sea, looked to the famous shrine and breathed a fervent prayer in honor of the patroness of sailors.
Such is the interesting history of the country from where our pioneers emigrated to settle in the western sec- tion of Kankakee county. But why this emigration? One of the main reasons, which induced so many to pack all their earthly belonings and say farewell to their beloved mother country, was the legitimate desire to improve and better themselves. Large areas being wooded, this was a drawback for agriculture and hence the saying among the Canadians-the three, there is the enemy. Coming from
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an industrious and prolific race, the rich prairie soil of Illi- nois strongly appealed to them for larger and more com- modious quarters. Mainly instrumental in inducing them to emigrate was Noel Levasseur, of whom mention has al- ready been made, and not a small number were also induced by Father Chiniquy, likewise mentioned previously.
The county of Kankakee is deeply indebted to these colonists for the upbuilding and improving of the land by their untiring industry, unexempled perseverance in their praiseworthy efforts to succeed-which is an accomplished fact. The beaver, widespread in colonial days, and being of a specific type of intelligent industry, has fittingly been adapted as the national emblem of the outstanding char- acteristics of the Canadian people.
St. James Pioneer and Subsequent Settlers.
Irish Colony (North)
EDMOND DAYLOR-Although this pioneer settler did not attend St. James church, some of its members were wont to worship in his log cabin whenever a missionary would say mass there. He was born in Cork county, Ire- land in 1818; came to this country in 1848 and settled at Feeder Dam, Will county, then in Salina Twp. Married to Jane Timney. Children: William, Dennis, Michael, Ed- ward, Mary, Anna, Margaret, Lizzie, Catherine. Two died in infancy. Bought 80 acres at $1.25 per acre from the government. Traded a horse and a cow for 40 acres from a buyer in Indiana in 1849 in Salina Twp., Sec. 9. Mr. Daylor is buried in Wilmington.
James McDermott built the first log cabin, Charles Palmer is supposed to have built the first frame house in the township of Salina.
In early days mass was also celebrated in the following homes : J. Kern's loghouse by Rev. Dr. McMullen in Custer Twp., Sec. 22, in 1860, two years later the loghouse was re- placed by another dwelling place, where Father Riordan celebrated mass. In 1870 Father Lonergan was the second and last priest to say mass therein; Thomas O'Keefe, Dan- iel Hurley, Garrett Fitzgerald, later on occupied by Alec McGillivray, William Dwyer, Ed. Lewis, Bryan Keefe by Father Lonergan, Father McMullen, Father Riordan and others, who came from Wilmington to minister to the pio- neer settlers in Salina township.
EDWARD LEWIS-Born in 1836 in Syracuse, New York. His father was of Welsh descent, his mother of German extraction. Nathan, his father, and his mother (Mary Palmer) were both born in Onondaga county, New York. In the fall of 1843 they came with six children to
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Aurora, Ill., and lived there for five years. In 1848 they 'settled in Salina Twp. and in the fall of 1853 in Goodrich, where Nathan Lewis built the first house, in 1864 owned by Dr. Knott. Edward Lewis, his son, was united in mar- riage to Bridget Fitzgerald. Children: Mary, Rose, Fran- cis, Helen. Bought 80 acres from Hiram Matheson for $800 in Salina Twp. Sec. 1, in 1870; also 80 acres from George Huling. Edward Lewis died in 1914 and is buried in Mount Hope cemetery, Goodrich.
PATRICK JOHNSTON-Born in West Mayo, Ire- land, about 1818. Came to America in 1848 and settled in New York state, then at Twelve Mile Grove, Ill., and finally in Salina Twp. Married to Alice Whalon. Children: James, Mary Ann, and Lawrence. The mother died in 1874, or thereabouts. He entered a second marriage with Anna Cashen, nee Kirk, a widow with five children: Philip, Julia, John, Elizabeth and Ellen. He owned land in Salina Twp., Sec. 10. Died in 1908 and is buried in Wil- mington.
DANIEL HURLEY-Born in Cork county, Ireland, in 1806. Married to Margaret Kennedy, widow of Dennis Murphy, who had two children, Michael and Mary; Mrs. Murphy was born in Ireland in 1816; died June 22, 1900, at the age of 84 years and is buried in Chebanse. Mr. Hurley bought 40 acres of government land in 1853 for $1.25 per acre in Salina Twp., Sec. 15. In 1867 he bought 160 acres in Pilot Twp., Sec. 34 at $8 per acre. His small dwelling place in Salina, because of being painted white, was in those days called the "white house." He died in the district of Irwin on April 21, 1904 ,at the age of 98 and is buried in Chebanse. He was a resident of Illinois since 1822.
JOHN CASHEN-Born in Aghaboe, Queens county, Ireland, in 1827. Came to America when about 20 years or age and settled first in New York state, then in Joliet and Salina Twp. Married Anna Kirk. Children: Philip, Julia, John, Elizabeth and Ellen. Record shows 40 acres bought from Illinois Central Railroad company for $320 in
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1871. Came to the states in a sailing boat, the trip on the ocean requiring six weeks. He died in Salina Twp. in 1877 and is buried in Wilmington.
PATRICK DUNN-Born in Ireland in 1827 and came to America in 1841. Settled in Elgin, Ill. and Salina Twp. Married to Margaret Farrell. Children: John, Margaret, William, Mary. Bought 80 acres of land at $800 in 1867. Died in 1901 and is buried in St. Rose cemetery, Kankakee.
THOMAS O'KEEFE-Born at Fort Covington, New York state in 1840. Settled in Limestone Twp. for two years and then in Salina Twp. Married to Mary Walsh. Bought 160 acres at $16 per acre from Chas. Ostrander. Retired to Chicago. Mr. O'Keefe broke prairie land for seven years with a team of oxen. Rented at first 40 acres at $2 per acre and claims to have made a lordly living.
WILLIAM DWYER-Born at Glenville, Cork coun- ty, Ireland ,on August 1827, the son of Thomas and Jo- hanna (Callahan) Dwyer. Came to America in 1848 after 72 days on the ocean. Settled in the states of New York and Massachusetts until 1853 ,then moved to Chicago where he worked in a car repair shop. In March of 1855 he moved to Kankakee where the trees in the present Court street were just being cut down. In the same year he mov- ed to Limestone Twp., Sec. 17, on William Mensing's farm, where he lived four years in a loghouse. In the spring of 1859 he again moved to where the old Spring Valley cream- ery now stands on Sec. 9 and in March 1864 to the farm in Sec. 2, Salina Twp., where he bought 175 acres from Wil- liam Wormley at $15 per acre. Married Mary Toomey of Piermont, N. Y., in 1858. Children: Amelia, Mary, Jose- phine, William, David and two deceased. Died January 3, 1901 and is buried in Bourbonnais. In early days, Mr. Dwyer, like many others, was obliged to attend divine ser- vice either at Bourbonnais or Wilmington, and later at St. James (Lehigh) and at the old St. James church in Irwin district, still later at Essex and Goodrich. The trip was made with a team of oxen and a lumber wagon.
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DENNIS MURPHY-Born in County Cork, Ireland, about 1811. Left his native country for America in the later part of the 1840's. Located at first near New York for a short time, from where he moved to Chicago and after a short stay bought 80 acres of government land in Salina Twp., Sec. 15, paying one hundred dollars in gold, the sav- ings of previous years for it. Married to Margaret Ken- nedy. Children: John, Michael, Mary. Died on his farm about 1851 and is buried in Bourbonnais, where Maternity church now stands, or nearby. After his death Mrs. Murphy married Daniel Hurley.
MRS. MICHAEL KLEIN-(nee Caroline Haas)- Born in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany and married to Michael Klein, born in Sessenheim, Alsace, who came to America about 1857, and settled in the vicinity of Bonfield, where he bought 80 acres three miles north of Bonfield at $10 per acre in 1875. Died in 1902. Mrs. Klein attend- ed St. James and SS. Peter and Paul's church. She died in 1893.
FREDERIC STEYER-Born near Coblenz, Ger- many, 1832, came to America in 1841 with his parents who located at first in Milwaukee and afterwards 12 miles from that city. United in marriage to Elisabeth Kasper, about 1863. Children: John, Anthony, Anna, Margaret, Henry, Emma and Frank. Settled in Salina Twp. in 1866 and bought 100 acres from William Rowley for $2000 in 1867, in Sec. 12. Died in 1914 and is buried in Mount Calvary cemetery, Kankakee.
BRYAN C. KEEFE-Born in County Wicklow, Ire- land, March 20, 1843, a son of John and Ann (Burk) Keefe. Left Ireland in 1852 and located at first in Otsego county, N. Y. In 1867 he moved to Chicago where he remained a year and then settled in Salina Twp., where he bought 180 acres in Sec. 1. In October, 1863 he was married to Mary Kendlin in Oneida county. New York. Children: Edward, William, Anna, Bernard and Mary. Died on his farm in 1894 and is buried in St. Mary's cemetery, Kan- kakee.
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WILLIAM SCANLON-Born in Middleton, County Cork, Ireland, in 1837. Came to America in 1852. Lived in New York for 10 years, in Chicago one year and in Viks- burg, Ind., then came to Bonfield in 1881, where he found only two houses. Married to Mary Grogan, widow. Children: William and Mary. Served one year during the Civil war. Retired to Bonfield, Ill.
FERDINAND SWEENEY-Born at Spencer, Will county, Ill., in 1860. Moved to Bonfield in 1888. Married to Eleonora Kinny. Children: Catherine, Leona, Mary, James, Harry, Honor, Nellie, Marcella and Howard. Mov- ed to Chicago in 1918.
CORNELIUS LUBY, Sr .- Born in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1826. Came to America in 1852, settled in Brooklyn, N. Y., and then in Bloomington, Ill., in 1855. Moved to Salina in 1889. "Married to . Catherine Hartnett. Children: John, Mary, Cornelius, Joseph, Michael, William, and Edward. Bought 160 acres at $35 per acre. Died August 28, 1910 and is buried at Bloomington, Ill.
IRISH COLONY (NORTH)
EDWARD LEWIS
MRS E. LEWIS nee
FITZGERALD
MRS. WILLIAM DWYER NEE TOOMEY
MRS. PATRICK DUNN NEE FARRELL
DANIEL HURLEY
MRS. D. HURLEY
FREDERIC STEYER
MRS. F. STEYER
FERDINAND SWEENEY
MRS. F. SWEENEY
IRISH COLONY (SOUTH)
THOMAS CLARK SR.
MRS. T. CLARK NEE GROGEN
MICHAEL O'CONNOR
MRS. M. O'CONNOR NEE CASTELOO
MICHAEL DEVINE
MRS. M. DEVINE NEE STOCK
MICHALL MORTELL MRS. M. MORTELL NEE GALLAGHER
MICHAEL O'CONNOR JR.
MRS. M. NEE
O'CONNOR HURLEY
Geneological Table.
DAYLOR BROTHERS
MARY
married David Cotter
Margaret James Edmond 1
Maude
WILLIAM
Caroline
married Mary Glenney
Margaret William
ANNA
Edward William
married Dennis Keefe
James Mary
Rose Lilly
MARGARET married James Callahan- r Anna Edward
Matthew
DENNIS
married Loretta Conner
Edna
LIZZIE
CATHERINE
EDWARD married Anna McGuire
MICHAEL
married Margaret Steyer
Elizabeth Mary Ruth Edward Walter
II.
JOHN married Bridget Lacy
MARY EMMA ALICE BRIDGET JULIA JOHN
MARY ANNE
Daniel Agnes
married Alex McGillivray ) William
Edward
HANNAH
Thomas married Thomas Seery } David
MARGARET WILLIAM JOHN married Mary Shanaky BERNARD married Myrtle Supaine
EDWARD
married Mary Batch
Margaret Joseph Leo Lawrence Lucy
I. EDMOND married Jane Timney
III. DAVID
married Bridget Mullvahill
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Irish Colony (South)
GEORGE O'NEIL-Native of the Emerald Isle, born in Kerry county; came to America in 1852. Settled in New York City for one year, then located in Dixon, Ill., as a mer- chant. From Dixon he moved to Chicago where he re- mained a few years, after which he became a resident of Bloomington, Ill. Then he located for six months in La- Salle county, a year and a half in Beloit, Wis., about a year in Freeport, Ill., and in 1865 settled in Pilot Grove, Kan- kakee county. Married to Honora Leahy. Child: Dennis. Bought 120 acres in 1864 at $8 per acre from Illinois Cen- tral Railroad company. Died in 1889 at the age of about 80 years and is buried in Chebanse.
His son Dennis was married to Mary Murphy. Chil- dren: Honora, Margaret, C. Mary, E. John, E. William and Elizabeth Dennis O'Neil bought 120 acres in Pilot Twp., Sec. 3, west of Pilot Grove, in 1873. Retired to Kankakee.
THOMAS CLARK, Sr .- Born in Lancaster, England in 1827. Came to America in 1845. Settled near Aurora, then in Irwin district in 1867. Married in 1859 to Anna Grogan. Children: Thomas, Francis, Mary, Julia, Anna, George. Records show 80 acres bought from Illinois Cen- tral Railroad company for $800 in Limestone Twp., Sec. 20, in 1872. Died in 1907 and is buried in Chebanse.
JOHN BROWN-Born in Dublin, Ireland , about 1815. Crossed the ocean about 1835. Settled for some time in New York, in Canada, and then in Cook county, Illinois, and in 1867 in Pilot Twp., Sec. 10, where he broke 240 acres of railroad land, bought at $8 per acre. Married Mary Mc- Auley. Children: John, James, George, Mary, Margaret, Agnes, Catherine, Sarah, Frank, Theresia and Harry. Re- tired to Kankakee in 1886, where he died in 1902.
MICHAEL FERRIS-Born in Kerry county, Ireland, in 1833. Came to America in 1854. Worked for the UnionPacific railroad company. Settled in Utica, LaSalle county, Ill., where he was married to Mary O'Connor. Children: Michael, Mary Anne, Thomas, John, Johanna, William, Elizabeth, Anna and Maurice. In 1868 he set-
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tled in Otto Twp., Kankakee county, where be bought 84 acres from Theodore F. Andrews for $975. After he had accumulated sufficient income to live in comfort for the balance of his life he retired to Irwin in 1895, where he died in 1911 and is buried there in St. James cemetery.
CORNELIUS O'CONNELL-Born in Summit, Cook county, Ill., in 1843. His father came from Cork, Ireland, and his mother from Tipperary. In 1868 he settled in the Irwin district, having bought 320 acres in 1867 from the Illinois Central Railroad company at $8 per acre in Pilot Twp., Sec. 36. Married to Honora Shea. Children: Brid- get, Edward, John, William, Cornelius, Johanna, James, Mary, Patrick and Joseph.
JOHN DEVANEY-Born in Letterkenny, Donegal county, Ireland, in 1837. Emigrated to America in 1863 with his wife and child. Located at first in Chicago for six years. In 1867 he bought 80 acres at $8 per acre from the Illinois Central Railroad company in Pilot Twp., Sec. 36. Married to Anna McClosky. Children: Mary, John, Annie, Margaret, Catherine and James. In 1886 he moved to Lake Benton, Minn., but returned again to his farm, where he stayed until he died in 1914. He is buried in Kankakee.
MICHAEL O'CONNOR, Sr .- Born in Dingle, Kerry county, Ireland, in 1806. Struggling under the heavy bur- den of taxation he resolved to seek better opportunities across the Atlantic. Having saved enough money for the trip he sailed for the United States in 1852, crossing the ocean in six weeks and three days. A year later he was joined by his wife, and still later by his children ,on a farm near Lexington, Ky. In the spring of 1854 the family mov- ed overland to the village of Utica, LaSalle county, Ill., re- maining there until the spring of 1868, when they located on a farm of 160 acres in Otto Twp., Kankakee county, Ill., which had been bought the previous fall for $19 per acre from Fisher Ames. Married to Mary McMahon. Chil- dren: Thomas, Michael, Johanna, Mary, William, Timothy, and Morris. Michael O'Connor died Feb. 21, 1884 and is buried in Chebanse, Ill. His wife died May 9, 1893.
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MICHAEL DEVINE-Born in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland, in 1816. Emigrated to America in 1847 with his entire family. Lived in Massachussetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut for about ten years. From this latter state he went to Alexandria, Virginia, then to Utica, Ill., on April 18, 1866 and finally he settled in the Irwin district in February, 1869 where he broke 80 acres of school land bought for $35 per acre. Later he bought an- other 80 acres at $20 per acre from a land speculator of Danville, Ill. Married to Elizabeth Stock who was born in Dingle. Children: Patrick, John, Daniel, Michael, Thomas and Ellen. Retired about 1898 to Irwin, where he died in 1903 and is buried in St. Joseph's cemetery, Chebanse. Ill.
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