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JOHN C. MARTINDALE is one of the active, progressive farmers and busi- ness men of Ustick, whose farm is on section 9, in Spring Valley. He has fre- quently been elected by his fellow citizens to town positions.
HIRAM INGHAM is an old resident of the town, and has grown up with it. Ile has a fine farm on section 18, under the bluffs, and is highly respected as a citizen.
JOSHUA HOLLINSHEAD, DANIEL HOLLINSHEAD, and J. W. HOLLINSHEAD, are sons of John Hollinshead, one of the pioneers of the township, whose biog- raphy appears in this chapter. They are thorough-going farmers, and own lands in sections 6, 7 and 8. J. W. Hollinshead is now a resident of Fulton, and car- ries on the grain trade in connection with his farm.
Among the other farmers and business men in Ustick to whom the town- ship is much indebted for its rapid growth and development, and who take a leading part in its affairs, are: H. L. and S. N. HOUGHTON, on seetions 7 and 8; JOEL W. FARLEY, on section 21; PETER DURWARD, on section 14; A. S. RITCHIE, on sections 15 and 22; A. W. RITCHIE, on sections 15 and 22; J. K. ROBERTSON, on sections 13, 14 and 23; J. N. CANFIELD, on section 16; SETHI STRICKLAND, on section 19; A. C. CROUCH, on section 20; HENRY HOOVER, on section 22; DANIEL SHERMAN, on section 30; HERVEY SMITH, on section 30; R. K. BLODGETT, on section 30; J. J. GALLENTINE, on section 25; J. M. WIL- LIAMSON, on section 9; DAVID, and J. B. GALT, on sections 13 and 24; JAMES MELVILLE, on section 2; MOSES A. GREEN, on sections 1 and 12.
CHAPTER XXVI.
HISTORY OF UNION GROVE TOWNSHIP-BIOGRAPHICAL.
HISTORY OF UNION GROVE TOWNSHIP.
Union Grove township was originally a portion of Union Precinct and derives its name from the grove of timber in that township and Mt. Pleasant, which the original settlers named "Union Grove." The township was organized by the Board of County Commissioners in 1852, after the county adopted the "Township Organization laws." The topography of the township is varied. The eastern part is marked by a chain of gentle bluffs and small groves of tim- ber; the northern, central and south-eastern portions is undulating and level prairie; extending through the western part is a narrow body of low land, known as swamp land, in which are the famous Union Grove Peat Beds. The "cattails," as the body of land is called, is bordered by bluffs on either side, sparsely covered with timber, and by drainage have been mostly reclaimed, and now present the fairest meadows in the county. The peat beds furnish an inexhaustible and excel- lent quality of peat. The peat deposits are fully described in the geological arti- cle. Valuable stone quarries are worked in the eastern part of the township at and near Unionville, and in the Cattail bluffs. The township is watered by Rock Creek, Cattail Creek, and small brooks. Good wells are easily secured. The soil is fertile, producing large crops, principally corn, the farmers being gen- erally engaged in the production of that crop, hay and stock raising. Formerly large crops of wheat were produced, but now the yield is uncertain, and the bus- iness not so lucrative. The first settlers secured excellent crops of winter wheat, but now none is produced.
Among the pioneers of Union Grove previous to 1840, were: J. T. Atkin- son and family, Daniel B. Young and family, Henry Ustick, Sr., and family, Ira Burch and family, Elisha Hubbart and family, John Richards and family, Stephen Jeffers and family, George Garlick and family, J. L. Powell, Benedict Brown, Joseph Town, Elijah Town, Benjamin Burns, J. A. Robertson, John Kent, Porteus Robertson, Silas Mitchell, James Terrell, John A King, J. J. Kellogg, M. L. Atkinson.
The first cabin was built in Union Grove in the spring of 1836, by Joshua T. Atkinson, and his daughter, Anna E., was the first white child born in the present township. She was born in November, 1836. The first death is not now certainly known, but is thought to be that of Payson Ustick. The first person interred in the burying ground near Edward Vennum's was Joseph Town. The first marriage celebrated in the township, was that of Frank Peek and Eliza- beth Brown, J. T. Atkinson, J. P., officiating.
Union Grove Precinet was named by Jonathan Haines, Henry Boyer, and J. T. Atkinson. The claim where Unionville now stands was made by J. T. At- kinson, J. W. Stakes selecting the Morrison side of the creek, the two gentlemen then being in a kind of partnership in the "settlement business." This division of claims was made by Messrs. Atkinson and Stakes in June, 1836, their elaims having been the year previous.
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Miss Mary Jeffers taught the first school. It was in a double log cabin occupied by Henry Boyer, in what is now Mt. Pleasant, but being the school the people of Unionville sent their children to. This was in the summer of 1840. The same year a small frame school house was erected at Unionville, and Miss Augusta Foster, now Mrs. Hubbard, of Moline, employed as teacher. The building is now occupied by Chas. Chesley as a dwelling house. The shingles were rived out and put in place by John Kent and John L. Powell. J. A. Robertson, B. Burns, and I. A. Maxwell, put up the frame. This was a pretentious school house in those days, and the first public school in the town- ship.
Union Grove was very early in her history supplied with gospel privileges. The settlers were first provided with the itinerent and mission services, and the labor of the local preachers. Soon after Unionville came into existence several churches were organized ; with the exception of the Wesleyan Society the his- tory of the Unionville churches will be found under the head of church history in the article on Morrison. The Wesleyans had a church edifice, and until a few years ago it was one of the old Unionville landmarks. There is no church building at present in Union Grove township, the people generally attending church services at Morrison.
In 1839 John A. Robertson and Benjamin Burns built a saw-mill at Un- ionville, and converted a great amount of the timber of the country into lumber. Messrs. Robertson and Burns, and Mr. Kent when afterwards in their employ, "batched" it in a log cabin built on the hillside. This was probably the first residence in Unionville. The milling interests started in this small way was the nucleus of the village.
Unionville was laid out in 1841 by Henry Boyer, Henry Ustick, Sr., John A. Robertson, and M. L. Atkinson. Benjamin Burns was one of the proprie- tors of the town, which became a place of considerable importance, having several stores, shops, churches, schools, postoffice, etc., and was doing a large business, with promise of having a town of considerable size, when the railroad passed to one side, and Morrison sprang up. The stores, churches and many of the dwelling houses, with the principal portion of the citizens, moved over the creek. Unionville occupies a beautiful location and was finely laid out, and but for the circumstances mentioned might have become one of the most beautiful as well as substantial towns in the county.
In 1847 there was a Library Association in Unionville with a membership of over fifty and a considerable amount of property. On the books of the com- missioners' Court of the county the names of the Trustees were recorded September 18, 1847, as Henry Ustick, L. L. Hoag, Edward Vennum, W. C. Snyder, and J. A. Robertson.
The only grist mill now in the township of Union Grove is that known as Annan's Mill, situated on Rock Creek, at Unionville. The mill was built in 1858-'59 by William Annan and John A. Robertson, the work being commenced in the former year, and completed in all of its appointments just before Christ- mas in the latter, so that some grists were ground before New Year's. The building is of stone, two and a half stories high, besides the basement. and in size thirty-two by forty-two feet. It is one of the most substantial structures in the county, and has three run of large stone, and one of small size, called a pony stone, the former being four feet in diameter, and the latter thirty-four inches, and is used principally for grinding shorts, buckwheat, etc., saving a great deal of power. The mill has a capacity of grinding from ten to sixteen bushels of wheat in an hour, equal to two barrels of flour per hour, but as it is used now exclusively as a custom or grist mill, its full capacity is not exerted.
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The present dam is a frame one, and was built in 1862, by Mr. Annan, the one used before that time being made mainly of brush. Mr. Annan came to Union- ville in 1849, and purchased an interest in the saw mill, which then stood on the site of the present grist mill, and carried on the business in connection with John A. Robertson as partner, until timber became so scarce that it would not pay to run it longer, and it was torn down, and the grist mill erected. Shortly after the grist mill was built, Mr. Annan bought Mr. Robertson's interest, and since that time has been the sole owner.
The township has seven school districts, in each of which there is a good school building, well furnished with seats and apparatus. The township school fund is also large. The school building located at Unionville, in District No. 1, is a fine wooden structure, two stories high, standing on an eminence overlook- ing a wide extent of territory, and was erected in 1854-'55, conjointly by the town and school district. At the town meeting in the spring of the former year, it was voted to raise six hundred dollars by tax to erect the structure, pro- vided the district would raise nine hundred dollars. To this the district agreed, and the building was erected, the lower story being used for school purposes, and the upper one for those of the town. In 1856 the town sold its interest in the building to the school district, and from thenceforward it has been devoted to the uses of the school. Within its walls many of the citizens of Unionville, and the surrounding country, received their early education. It has always had a full attendance of scholars, and been presided over by able, experienced teachers. The Directors have spared no pains to make the school complete in all of its appointments. Columbus Vennum is the present Principal.
The first township meeting in Union Grove was held at the house of John A. Robertson, April 6, 1852, in Unionville. Stephen Jeffers was Moderator, and J. N. Vennum, Clerk. D. B. Young, W. C. Snyder, B. Burns, Stephen Jeffers, and Luther Gibbs, were appointed a committee on by-laws. A tax of one cent on each hundred dollars of taxable property was voted for the purpose of purchasing a book for the town. John A. Robertson, John Kent, and Luther Gibbs, were elected Overseers of Highways. The meeting adopted a resolution prohibiting hogs from running at large, and elected the following officers: Su- pervisor, Wm. C. Snyder; Town Clerk, A. P. Young; Assessor, Benj. Burns; Collector, Allen Graves; Overseer of the Poor, Jacob Baker; Commissioners of Highways, John A. Robertson, Edward Vennum, Stephen Jeffers; Constables: A. A. Richmond, J. N. Vennum; Justices of the Peace, D. B. Young, Reed Wilbur. At the regular meeting, April 11, 1853, the committee chosen at the previous annual meeting to draft by-laws, presented the following preamble and resolution: "WHEREAS, The by-laws passed by your town meeting (though said not to be valid in law) have proved all sufficient for the promotion of peace and good will between neighbors, therefore, Resolved, That we pass no other by- laws or restrictions whatever, but abide by the ancient land marks." At the same meeting $35 was voted to pay officers and other incidental expenses of the town for the current year. April 5, 1854, by a vote of twenty-one to two, the town decided to raise by taxation $600 to build a house for the use of the town, at or near Unionville, provided School District No. 1 raise by taxation or other- wise $500, to be used conjointly with the town funds, the upper story to be used by the town for town purposes, and the lower story by the School District for school purposes. In 1855 a tax of $275 was levied to build a bridge across the ereek at Unionville. In 1856 the citizens of the town voted in favor of sel- ling the township's interest in the town house to the School District. In 1864, by a vote of 40 to 2, the town voted a tax for the purpose of paying bounties to soldiers, and in 1865 a further tax for bounties was voted by 32 to 1. In
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1865 the township paid soldiers a bounty of $100, and levied a tax of three- eighths of one per cent. to pay war indebtedness. In 1869 Messrs. J. T. Atkin- son, John Kent, and Edward Vennum, were appointed to take charge of the burial ground of the township, donated by Mr. Brown, and to keep the same in repair. In 1870 the citizens of the township adopted resolutions instructing their Supervisor to oppose any appropriations for the new poor house, and also instructing him to advocate the plan of each town caring for its own poor.
The following have been the town officers of Union Grove from its or- ganization in 1852, to the present:
Supervisors :- 1852-'53, William C. Snyder; 1854, Henry Boyer; 1855, John Kent; 1856-'57, Charles J. Goodwin; 1858, Daniel B. Young; 1859-'65, Joshua T. Atkinson; 1866-'67, Edward V. Lapham; 1868, Henry C. Fellows; 1869-771, G. L. Hough; 1872-'74, James O. A. Bennett; 1875-777, Robert E. Logan.
Town Clerks :- 1852-'54, Aaron P. Young; 1855, A. A. Hulett; 1856, R. E. Benton; 1857-'59, Wmn. R. Baker; 1860'-62, E. G. Topping; 1863, B. K. Jackson; 1864, A. P. Young; 1865, W. F. Twining; 1866-'67, E. G. Topping; 1868-'72, S. R. Hall; 1873, E. G. Topping; 1874, S. R. Hall; 1876, M. D. Strunk; 1876-'77, S. R. Hall.
Assessors :- 1852, Benj. Burns; 1853, Jacob Baker; 1854-'55, Allen Graves; 1856-'57, E. A. Pollard; 1858-'60, Wm. Topping; 1861, Edward Vennum; 1862, J. O. A. Bennett; 1863-'67, A. A. Hulett; 1868-70, A. B. Gibbs; 1871, Ed- ward Vennum; 1872, A. B. Gibbs; 1873, A. M. Teller; 1874-'77, A. B. Gibbs.
Collectors :- 1852, Allen Graves; 1853-'55, A. A. Richmond; 1856, A. A. Hulett; 1857-'58, J. A. Fisher; 1858-'60, E. A. Pollard; 1861-'62, W. H. Pol- lard; 1863, E. G. Topping; 1864-'67, Wm. Lane; 1868, A. B. Tripp; 1869, E. G. Topping; 1870-'72, M. J. Phinney; 1873, J. H. Hulett; 1874, B. L. Able; 1874-77, B. Bonebrake.
Justices of the Peace :- 1852, D. B. Young, Reed Wilbur; 1856, E. V. Lapham, D. B. Young; 1857, Wm. Lane; 1860, Wm. Lane, E. V. Lapham; 1862, E. A. Pollard; 1864, N. S. Green, E. V. Lapham; 1867, E. A. Pollard; 1868, J. Y. Jackson, E. A. Pollard; 1872, J. Y. Jackson, Wm. Topping; 1877, A. A. Hulett, Frank Goodell.
The Assessor's book of Union Grove township for 1877, shows 14,525 acres of improved land, and 7,988 acres of unimproved; improved lots, 20; unimprov- ed, 22. The total assessed value of all lands is $334,715. No. of horses, 397; cattle, 1,385; mules and asses, 18; sheep, 178; hogs, 1,926; carriages and wagons, 121; sewing and knitting machines, 90; melodeons and organs, 29. Value of personal property, $53,983; railroad property, $26,141; assessed value of all property, $422,844.
The population of Union Grove in 1870 was 1,070, of which number 903 were of native birth, and 167 of foreign birth. The estimated population of the township in 1870 is 1,200. Popular vote in November 1876, 247.
Union Grove is ninety-six feet above low water mark in Lake Michigan, and six hundred and forty-five feet above the level of the sea, taking the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad track as the point of elevation.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
JOSHUA T. ATKINSON was born in Newburyport, Essex county, Massa- chusetts in 1810, and has resided only in that State and Illinois. He came to Whiteside county in November, 1834, and passed the following winter above the mouth of Coon creek, in old Prophetstown, occupying a part of a log
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cabin with J. W. Stakes and family. This was known as the McClure cabin, and was built by Bigelow & McClure, of Peoria, who had established a ferry on Rock river near the old Lewiston trail ford on that stream, it being the first ferry between the one at Dixon, and Van Ruff's at the mouth of the river. During a part of the same winter, in addition to the family of Mr. Stakes, and Mr. Atkinson, Messrs. Baxter, Benson, Bennett, and Charles Atkinson, with their families, made a home in the cabin. They had plenty of Indians for neighbors, but they were peaceable and friendly, and fond of fun and trade. Notwithstanding their limited quarters, Mr. Atkinson represents that all passed a pleasant winter, the only drawback being now and then a short allowance of provisions which would necessitate a journey to Fox river, or to Knox county. In the spring of 1835 he went to Round Grove, which by-the-way received its name from him and Mr. Stakes, with the intention of settling there, and in ac- cordance with one of the rules in vogue at that day, "jack-knifed," a claim. As soon as this was done, he started to Henry or Rock Island county to get a team for breaking purposes, and on his return found that he had been ousted by Messrs. Pilgrim, Nance, Jones, and others, who had broken patches all around the grove during his absence. There was nothing to do but submit, and he left there, and in company with J. W. Stakes, made claims to a large amount of land on both sides of Rock creek, in what is now Union Grove and Mt. Pleasant townships. After leaving Round Grove he that summer broke the first seven or eight acres where Morrison now stands. As the claim, or rather claims, made by Messrs. Atkinson and Stakes covered considerable territory, a division was made in June, 1836, Mr. Atkinson taking the part on the west side of Rock creek, and Mr. Stakes the part on the east side. Mr. Atkinson commenced making improvements on his claim, located in what is now Union Grove township, in the summer and winter of 1835, and built the first cabin in the township, and from the fifth to the eighth in the county. In July, 1836, he moved his family tothe claim, and continued to reside there until his removal to Geneseo, Ilenry county, in 1875. He has the honor of making the first prairie or breaking plow in the township, and perhaps in the county. He was assisted in the iron work by Mr. Hubbard, brother of Alexis Hubbard, of Lyndon, and in the wood work by C. G. Wood- ruff, of the same place. The timber for the plow was cut in Union Grove, and considerable trouble occasioned in finding a tree of the right twist for the mould board. The land side bar of the plow was between four and five feet long, and the share between three and four feet, the plow turning a furrow from thirty- two to thirty-six inches. This unique implement of husbandry was constructed in 1836. Mr. Atkinson also brought the first reaper into the county. It was one of McCormick's first manufacture, and was bought in 1837 or 1838. At the election held in the fall of 1836, the first one held in the county after its pre- liminary organization by the General Assembly, Mr. Atkinson was elected Jus- tice of the Peace, and James Heaton, Constable. Mr. Atkinson was ordered to take the returns of the election to Galena, Jo Daviess county, a trip which con- sumed about four days time, at a cost of eight to ten dollars, for the customary fee of one dollar and fifty cents. He had to qualify as Justice of the Peace also at that place, Whiteside county being then yet attached to Jo Daviess for judicial purposes. Mr. Atkinson was always one of the first to assist in push- ing forward any enterprise which looked to the development of the township and county of his adoption, and when the project of building a railroad through the county from Dixon to Fulton, was started, he entered at once heartily into the work, and used all of his influence to obtain aid to construct it. He was elected one of the first Directors of the Company, which was then known as the Mississippi & Rock Biver Junction Bailroad Company. The efforts of this
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company, strange to say, met with strong opposition from many along the pro- posed line, some urging one objection, and some another, while still others con- tented themselves with throwing ridicule upon it. One settler of influence said the road would not help to raise any more corn, pork or beef, and another, that it would be time enough fifty years afterwards to talk about building rail- roads. These objectors are now beneficiaries of the road to a large extent, and would gladly give their thousands rather than have it destroyed, or have the track moved to a different location. Mr. Atkinson took a very prominent part in township and county affairs from the time he first became a resident of Whiteside, and being a man of more than ordinary ability and activity wielded a wide influence in shaping them for the best interests of the people. After the organization of the township under the township organization law, he rep- resented Union Grove in the Board of Supervisors for seven successive terms, and has also held other township offices. He was married in 1831 to Miss Emeline Little, of Plymouth, New Hampshire. Their children have been Anna E .; James W .; Sarah L .; Josiah L .; and George L. Of these, Josiah L. died in Union Grove in 1849, and George L. died in Colorado, in 1876. Anna E. married E. P. Keyes, and lives in Boston, Massachusetts. James W. married Miss Sarah M. Savage, daughter of the late W. J. Savage, of Morrison, and lives in Moline, Illinois. Sarah L. resides with her parents in Geneseo, Henry county. In a letter to the publishers of this work, Mr. Atkinson says: "The intercourse of over forty years with the citizens of Whiteside county has been friendly; their interests, and those of the county, have been my interests. May the future of Whiteside be as prosperous and happy as its past has been energetic and patriotic."
HENRY BOYER was born in Monroe county, Va., September 11, 1805, and died at Unionville, July 22, 1873. He was married in Sangamon county, Illi- nois, July 22, 1830, to Miss Mary Powell, who was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, August 5, 1811. Mrs. Boyer died May 19, 1871. In 1836 Mr. Boyer came to Whiteside county from Sangamon county Illinois, and settled in what is now Mt. Pleasant township near the line between that town and Union Grove, on the west side of Rock creek. A few years later he moved into Union Grove town- ship where he resided until the time of his death. He was a man of strong in- dividuality, and was a prominent and working abolitionist when it cost courage to be one. He had the confidence of his friends and neighbors in an eminent degree in all things, and was prominent in the development of the county. Mr. Boyer was one of the founders of Unionville, and engaged in other enterprises for the advancement of the county. Children : Caroline, born April 29, 1831; Washington F., born July 16, 1832; Lydia A., born January 28, 1834; Eliza- beth Jane, born January 5, 1836; Jacob W., born January 1, 1838; Samuel V., born December 22, 1839; Mary J., born November 7, 1841; Edward P., born August 25, 1843; Abigail, born June 9, 1845; John W., born December 17, 1847; Henry, Jr., born January 18, 1849; Emily, born August 1, 1851; Harriet B., born February 16, 1854. Caroline, and Henry, Jr., died in infancy. Washington F. is married, and lives in Union Grove. Lydia A. married Aaron P. Young, and resides in Mt. Pleasant. Elizabeth Jane married A. B. Lukens, and lives in Jasper county, Missouri. Jacob W. resides in Washington Territory. Samuel V. is married, and lives in Fulton. Mary J. married E. W. Shirk, and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. Edward P. died in the army at Chat- tanooga, Tennessee, April 15, 1865. Abigail married M. M. Confrey, and resides in Jasper county, Missouri. John W. is married, and lives in Detroit, Michigan. Emily married A. C. Johnson, and resides in Chicago. Harriet B. is unmarried.
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DANIEL BEERS YOUNG was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, September 16, 1800. When he was quite a child his parents moved to Knox county, Ohio, and in 1831 he settled in Marion, now Morrow county, in the State. In 1837, he came to Whiteside county, and purchased a claim of six hundred and forty acres in what is now Union Grove township, of J. T. Atkinson, paying for the land and improvements, together with some farming implements, the sum of three thousand six hundred dollars. Mr. Young early took a part in the public affairs of Whiteside, and was elected the first Probate Justice of the county, serving from 1839 until 1842. He was also the first School Commissioner of the county, holding the office from 1840 until 1842. He was at one time elec- ted County Treasurer, but declined to serve. In 1852, he was elected Justice of the Peace of Union Grove, and held the office until 1857, and in 1858 rep- resented the township in the Board of Supervisors. He filled each of these positions with excellent satisfaction, bringing to them the Jeffersonian test, hon- esty, capability, and faithfulness to the constitution. As a man and a citizen, he stands high in the estimation of all. About twelve years ago he settled in Morrison where he now . resides. Mr. Young married Miss Betsey Jackson, November 4, 1824, Miss Jackson was born October 28, 1805. The children by this marriage have been: Emily, born October 22, 1825; Abigail, born April 14, 1827; Charity Ann, born February 25, 1829; Harriet, born December 30, 1830; Jacob Clark, born August 27, 1832; Lucy, born May 18, 1834; Tryphena, born April 27, 1836; Aaron Nelson, born April 3, 1838; Jackson, born Novem- ber 17, 1839; John Mitchell, born February 22, 1843; Sylvia Ann, born Decem- ber 12, 1845; and Emeline Amelia, born December 3, 1847. Emeline Amelia died February 1, 1848. Emily married John A. Robertson, August 7, 1842, and died May 13, 1858 ( see biography of John A. Robertson ). Abigail married Matthew B. Potter, October 20, 1847, and died August 26, 1863; children, War- ren. Carrie, and Matthew. Charity Ann married John P. Potter, March 27, 1849, and resides in Henry county, Illinois; children, Alvina Rose, Bessie, and Noble. Harriet married Elbert Pinney, March 29, 1849, and resides in Preston, Missouri; children, Beers John, May, Lula, Charity, Nettie, and two others. Jacob Clark married Miss Amelia D. Harris, November 3, 1858, and lives at Preston, Missouri; children, Emma, Cora, Leroy, Stella, and one other. Lucy married John W. Jacobs, August 20, 1857, and lives in Carthage, Missouri; children, Ernest, Jay W., Bessie, and Bertha. Tryphena married Willis F. Johnson, January 13, 1859, and lives in Chicago; children, Wealthy May, and Anna Blanche. Aaron Nel- son married Miss Anna M. Corell, March 26, 1867, and lives at Evanston, Cook county, Illinois; children, Albert, Ruth, William, and Paul. Jackson married Miss Lydia L. Lyman, October 2, 1865, and lives at Sioux Falls, Dakota Territory; children, Nelson, Ilomer and one other. John M. married Miss Mattie Mitch- ell, March 25, 1866, and lives in Miller county, Missouri; children, Willis, John Brady, and one other. Sylvia A. married George L. Hutchinson, January 7, 1867, and lives in Colorado; one child, Milford. Mrs. Young died January 13, 1872, and Mr. Young married Mrs. Harriet Allen, October 28, 1873. Mr. Young has forty-eight grand children, and seven great grand children.
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