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HESS, SIDNEY J., township collector and proprietor of restaurant ; son of Willoughby and . Mary Hess ; born June 11, 1870, in Leaf River township. His education was acquired in public school and later he took the shorthand and typewriting course in Mount Morris Col- lege. In 1897 he purchased the restau- rant stock of Ed. Mullendore and to the present time has worked up a good patronage. Mr. Hess was elected town- ship tax collector in 1898 and has held the office with credit since that time. A portrait of Mr. Hess appears in Chap- ter XV.
IIEDGES, W. H., well driller; born November 20, 1849, in Hedgesville, Berk- ley county, W. Va. ; unmarried.
HERLYN, LUCAS, farmer ; was born in
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Germany March 15, 1853; married in 1881 to Frouke Anderson.
HEFLER, C., college janitor; born March 26, 1858, at Danville, Pa. ; mar- ried in 1898 to Ellen Holsinger.
HERSHEY, DANIEL, carpenter ; born December 29, 1845, in Pine Creek town- ship ; married in 1866 to Barbara John- son ; four children-Minnie Katherine, who married Prof. W. R. Young, princi- pal of the Idaville public schools ; Mar- tha, who married Prof. G. W. Furrey, of Mount Morris College; Pearl, who
Jonathan Hiestand, J. P.
is at home, and Orney, who is in Cali- fornia.
HIESTAND, T. M., farmer; born in Leaf River township August 14, 1852; married September 11, 1879, to Laura J. Pond ; two children, one dead.
HIESTAND, JONATHAN, justice of the peace and notary public ; son of Henry and Elizabeth Hiestand, who settled in section 4 in 1837. He was born in Mount Morris township November 21, 1842, and gained his early education in the district schools, and during the '60s
attended Rock River Seminary. His early life was spent on the farm, but he came to the village of Mount Morris in 1885. He has taught school several years and acted as town clerk one year ; has traveled extensively over the United States and visited Europe in 1891. Mr. Hiestand has literary tastes and keeps well informed on topics of the day. Ile is unmarried.
HILGER, JACOB, retired farmer ; born in Germany December 21, 1820; mar- ried in 1852 to Apelonia Deitrich ; two children.
HILGER, FRED, farmer; born March 17. 1859, in Mount Morris ; married in 1891 to Hannah Berge ; four children.
HITT, HON. ROBERT R., member of Congress from this district, is the most distinguished and highly respected citi- zen of Mount Morris. Ever since there has been such a place as Mount Morris, closely connected with it has been the name of Hitt: and, in fact, one of the very first white men to set foot in Mount Morris township was Samuel M. Hitt, an elder brother of Rev. Thomas S. Hitt, father of the subject of this sketch. After the planting of the Mary- land colony, as narrated in Chapter I, so- called because of the number of settlers from that state who had migrated to nothern Illinois, Rev. Hitt, upon the solicitation and advice of his brother, decided also to locate in the new country and accordingly with his family, includ- ing Robert, he started overland for Mount Morris from Urbana, Champaign county, Ohio, where he arrived in the fall of 1837. Upon his arrival the family occupied a house west of the present village on the Lohafer farm; but later he purchased a tract of land containing one thousand acres, located about two and a half miles south. He soon re- moved, however, to a tract reserved for him by his brother, Samuel, comprising what is now the Railroad Addition to the village and the farm immediately northwest, now being cultivated by Gera Watts. It was here that this illustrious family grew in manhood and woman- hood. The father, Thomas S. Hitt, a portrait of whom appears on page 177 of this volume, was a Methodist minis- ter, and was a man of fine physique and mental training. More is said of him on page 176. Robert, the second son, was
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born at Urbana, Ohio, January 16, 1834, and was therefore but three years of age upon arriving with his father at Mount Morris. He received his first learning under A. Quimby Allen, a teacher who had charge of a private school established by a number of the early settlers. Later Mr. Hitt continued his education in classic old Rock River Seminary, which has turned out so many noble men and women. After several years' preparation there he entered As- bury University, Greencastle, Ind., where he graduated in 1855. He was exceed- ingly fond of books and at the time of his graduation he had not only acquired an excellent all-round education, but was also an expert at shorthand, an art lit- tle known at that early day. He began his active career, after a year's rest at home, as a law reporter and newspaper writer. While thus employed in the courts in Chicago he became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln, who was at that time practicing law in Illinois. Subse- quently he accompanied Mr. Lincoln as reporter upon that remarkable speech- making tour of the state in 1858, begin- ning at Ottawa, August 21, and closing at Alton, October 15. It was during this time that occurred the famous Lincoln- Douglas debate, and Mr. Hitt was as- signed to report it, which he did with credit. To this work of Mr. Hitt the country is indebted for the complete re- ports of this remarkable campaign, which brought the most marvelous man of the age for the first time to the knowledge of the nation. During the legislative sessions of the Assembly of Illinois, in 1858, '59 and '60, Mr. Hitt was the official reporter employed by the state. In 1863 he was engaged in the Senate of the United States as secre- tary of a committee examining into the naval expedition of Burnside and Banks
In 1865 he accompanied a board of
treaty commissioners to the Northwest, ascending the Missouri river a distance of 1.500 miles for the purpose of nego- tiating with the Indian tribes in what was then a wilderness. Most of the fol- lowing year he passed at Washington
and at Raleigh, N. C., as recorder of military courts. In 1867-8 he made an extensive tour of Europe and Eastern countries, during which time he visited Switzerland, Scotland, Italy and Egypt.
In 1871 he went to Santo Domingo with three commissioners who were sent to that island by President Grant to in- quire into its resources and affairs, with a view to its annexation to the United States. In the latter part of this year and in 1872 he was busily engaged as reporter of the noted Kuklux committee of the two houses, and wrote a large por- tion of their report of thirteen volumes. For some time after this he acted as private secretary of Senator O. P. Mor- ton, who afterward became vice-president of the United States. In 1873, Rock River Seminary at Mount Morris had failed financially and Mr. Hitt, not for- getful of the deep interest taken in it by his father, bought it, put it in re- pair and started it again, but sold out after six years, as previously narrated in Chapters V and VI of this book. On the 28th of October, 1874, Mr. Hitt was united in marriage to Miss Sallie Rey- nolds, of Lafayette, Ind., a beautiful and highly educated woman, who has always had her heart in the work of her hus- band. For a wedding tour they sailed for Europe and while absent Mr. Hitt was appointed secretary of the legation at Paris, in which position he was con- tinued under President Hayes. While in France, two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hitt-Robert Reynolds and William Floyd. Returning to this coun- try in 1880, and while at his home in
Mount Morris, Mr. Hitt received an
urgent telegram from Secretary of State James G. Blaine to come to Washington. Upon arrival there he was offered the position of Assistant Secretary of State, which he accepted and filled with credit. IIe proved a keen-witted and clear-
sighted diplomatist and an excellent man for the place. The duty which he en- tered upon included the superintendence of over 500 consular officers, scrutiniz-
ing their work and giving them direc- tions and aiding the Secretary in pass- ing upon the questions that arose in in- tercourse with foreign nations. He re- signed the position after the death of President Garfield. Some time after this, two days before the Republican convention to nominate a candidate to represent the Sixth Illinois District in
Congress. Hon. R. M. A. Hawk, the pro- posed candidate, died and upset all
plans. A committee asked Mr. Hitt if
lets
Partial View of the Premises and Residence of Congressman R. R. Hitt.
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it might present his name and upon his consent nominated and elected him to the position. He has since been success- fully elected each term until the present time, and it never enters the public mind to do otherwise than send him to the national capital to represent our inter- ests in the making of laws for this great nation. His congressional work has been chiefly done in the committee on foreign affairs, of which he is chairman. He is a positive and systematic protectionist and an advocate of sound money. In
approached upon the subject.
HOLSINGER, J. P. clerk ; born in Bed- ford county, Pa., October 17, 1864; mar- ried November 17, 1887, to Minnie O. Biddle ; two children.
HOLSINGER, LEVI, laborer; born in Blair county, Pa., October 20, 1840; married in 1865 to Harriet Cheesman ; five children ; married second time No- vember 2, 1875, to Mary Grosnickle ; three children.
HOUSEHOLDER, PETER, painter ; born August 10, 1835, at Williamsport, Md.
Premises of Capt. Peter Householder.
1895 Mr. Hitt underwent a very severe spell of sickness, from which his friends despaired of his recovery. It took two years to gain his usual good health. Mr. Hitt enjoys the friendship of the greatest men in the country, in- cluding President Mckinley. He and his good wife spend a portion of each sum- mer at their pleasant Mount Morris home, and near the close of the recent campaign Mr. Hitt favored the people with a sound discussion of the issues of the day. He is probably the best in- formed man alive on the early history of Mount Morris and talks freely when
He gained his education in the country school. He came to Illinois in 1838, and spent his life on the farm until Septem- ber 7, 1861, when he enlisted in the army from Mount Morris and was mus- tered into the United States service at Camp Butler as sergeant of Company H, 34th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, under Captain J. M. Miller and Colonel E. N. Kirk, to serve three years or during the war. The regiment was assigned to the 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 14th Corps, Army of the Cumberland, and partici- pated in engagements at Shiloh, Tenn., April 6 and 7, 1862; Corinth, April 30;
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La Vergne, November 27; Knob Gap, December 26; Stone River, December 31; Liberty Gap, June 25, 1863 ; Chick- amauga, Ga., September 19 and 20; Re- saca, May 13 to 16, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, June 9; Atlanta, July 28 to September 2; Jonesboro, August 31; Sherman's march to the sea, November 15 to December 10; Bentonville, March 19 to 21, 1865. Mr. Householder was promoted to First Lieutenant December 27, 1862, and to Captain September 12, 1863. He was wounded in left side and spine at Stone River December 31, 1862, and through both thighs by canister shot at Resaca May 14, 1864. He re- signed on account of disability November 6, 1864. Mr. Householder was married November 28, 1869, to Annie A. Sheets. Six children have been born-Claude, William, Roy, Earl, Melvin and Blanche.
HOUSEHOLDER, CLAUDE, laborer ; born June 4, 1871 ; unmarried.
HOUSEHOLDER, WILLIAM, professional baseball player ; born in Mount Morris township July 8, 1873 ; unmarried.
HOUSEHOLDER, ROY, photographer ; , was born July 4, 1876, the one hun- dredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. His parents are Peter and Anna Householder. He completed the prescribed course of study in the Mount Morris public school in 1891 and several years later became apprentice to J. M. Hosking, photographer. He con- tinued in Mr. Hoskin's employ until the sudden death of that gentleman. Mr. Householder conducted the business for two months until J. M. Rinedollar pur- chased the gallery, when he spent some time as a painter in the employ of the Burlington Railroad and did work in many places along that railroad. The painting trade he had previously learned of his father. March 1, 1899, Mr. House- holder purchased the photograph gallery of J. M. Rinedollar and entered into business for himself. He has since worked diligently at the art and does an excellent class of work. He is now serving his first term as village treasurer. He is unmarried.
HOUSEHOLDER, EARL, drug clerk. IIe was born April 4, 1878, in Mount Morris, being the son of Peter and Anna House- holder. IIe obtained his education in the Mount Morris public school, and on Nov. 25, 1896, entered the employ of
A. W. Brayton as clerk in his drug store. He is unmarried.
HOLSINGER, CHARLES R., student and school teacher. He is the son of Levi and Mary Holsinger, and was born in Jewel county, Kan., December 9, 1879. He came with his parents to Ogle coun- ty, Ill., in 1880, and gained his early education in the district and public schools of Mount Morris township. Later he attended Mount Morris College sev- eral years. Ile has taught four terms of school and worked some at the printer's trade.
HOLSINGER, DAVID S., stonemason ; born in Blair county, Pa., August 20, 1853; married in 1875 to Sarah E. Mondabaugh, deceased ; married again in 1885 to Annie E. Wolfe, who is also dead ; married a third time, November 28, 1894, to Belle Lizer.
HOLSINGER, W. S., laborer; born in Pennsylvania August 10, 1855 ; married in 1891 to Florence O. Knodle; one child.
HOLLAND, JOHN, laborer; born Feb- ruary 4, 1852, in Franklin county, Pa. ; married : three children.
HOSSACK, GEORGE, retired farmer ; was born in Canada, November 3, 1833 ; unmarried.
HORST, GEORGE, SR., farmer ; born in Germany, April, 1823 ; married.
HORST, GEORGE, JR., farmer ; born in Germany, August 18, 1855; married in 1880 to Sarah Rebman ; six children.
HORST, KONRAD, farmer ; born in Ger- many, March 29, 1850; married in 1876 to Louisa Tohefer ; four children.
HOPPE, JOSEPH, farm hand.
HOWLAND, GEORGE P., unmarried.
HOLLINGER, SAMUEL, farmer ; born in Dark county, Ohio, April 12, 1876 ; mar- ried December 27, 1899, to Ellen Metzger.
HUFF, O. E., farmer ; born in Leaf River township, December 23, 1871 ; mar- ried in 1892 to Elsie Marks ; one child.
HERBERT, FRED, farm hand; born in Washington county, Md. ; unmarried.
IRVIN, A. C., railroad mail clerk ; born at Chicago, Ill., March 28, 1858; mar- ried in 1883 to Julia S. Weller; one son.
JACKSON, D. A., retired ; born July 29, 1826, at Fairfield, N. Y .; married September 19, 1848; three children.
JACKSON, WILLIAM HI., butter manu- facturer ; born in Salisbury, N. Y., Feb-
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ruary 27, 1856 ; married March 12, 1878, to Carrie H. Hyde ; three children.
JANSSEN, EILDERT, farmer; born in Germany, July 1, 1840 ; married July 7, 1868, to Lena Brinkema ; four children.
JANSSEN, MEINT, farmer ; born in Ger- many, February 16, 1845; married in 1873 to Hattie Anderson ; eight children, two dead.
JANSSEN, DIRK, farmer; born in Ger- many, September 13, 1878; unmarried. JACOBS, GEORGE A., teacher ; portrait on page 133 ; biography on page 132.
JIMMERSON, EDWARD, SR., laborer ; born in Knox county, Ohio, September 15, 1852 ; married July 4, 1874, to Mary Gossler ; three children.
JIMMERSON, JOHN J., carpenter ; born in Mount Morris township, January 17, 1876; married September 1, 1898, to Georgia Watts; one child.
JIMMERSON, EDWARD OTTO, laborer ; born in Mount Morris township, May 25, 1879 ; unmarried.
KABLE, JOHN A., carpet weaver. He was born in Dauphin county, Pa., June 27, 1847, and was the son of Christian and Esther Kable. He obtained his edu- cation in the district schools of Dauphin county. He came west with his parents to Carroll county, Ill., in April, 1866. Before coming west Mr. Kable spent a number of years working in a coal mine. While in Carroll county he operated a threshing outfit and farmed several years. Later he learned the carpet- weaving, and located at Mount Morris in the spring of 1882, and has built up an enormous business. He weaves thousands of yards of durable carpet every year for people living twenty miles on every side of Mount Morris. Mr. Kable was united in marriage June 27, 1872, to Elizabeth A. Speicher, daughter of Christian and Anna Speicher of Tanark. Eight children have been born-Minnie M., August 6, 1873 ; Allie E., March 20, 1875; Lulu E., September 7, 1877 ; Harry G. and Harvey J., July 15, 1880 : William, September 15, 1883 ; Hazel, May 25, 1891 ; Ruth, January 14, 1894. All are living except William, who died in infancy.
KANODE, JOHN T., farmer ; born August 29, Frederick county, Md .; married in 1876 to Sarah C. Wetzel; one child.
KANODE, HARRY L., carpenter ; born March 27, 1866, in Frederick county,
Md. ; married in 1890 to Emma Glasgow ; three children.
KEEFER, M. C., farmer ; born in Ogle county, July 28, 1866; married in 1889 to Hannah Skiles ; three children.
KEEDY, F. C., engineer ; born in Wash- ington county, Md., August 8, 1869; married in 1899 to Altha A. Coffman; one child.
KEEDY, WILLIAM H., liveryman ; born in Washington county, Md., June 5, 1867; unmarried.
KENDEL, SAMUEL, farmer; born in Washington county, Md., August 29, 1823 ; married in 1863 to Abbie A. Haz- zard ; eight children, one dead.
KENDEL, DANIEL, farmer ; born in For- reston township.
KENDEL, TRUMAN W., farmer; born March 28, 1875.
KEPLINGER, W. F., laborer ; born July 4, 1846, at Keedysville, Md. ; married in 1870 to Fannie M. Hedrick ; seven chil- dren, six dead.
KINSEY, S. C., carpenter ; born July 10, 1844, in Washington county, Md .; married December 5, 1869, to Nancy C. Funk ; two children, one dead.
KONIG, CHARLES, farmer ; born in Ger- many March 13, 1877; married in 1896 to Henrietta Fischer; two children.
KONIG, FERDINAND, farmer; born in Germany, May 10, 1827; has two chil- dren.
KNODLE, J. A., wood worker; born October 10, 1823, in Washington county, Md. ; married in 1848 to Anna C. Little ; one child ; married second time in 1867 to Hannah Wagner.
KNODLE, F. F., music composer and engraver ; born April 29, 1853, in Mount Morris township ; married January 3, 1877, to Cora B. Crowell ; one child.
KOONTZ, N. T., blacksmith; born in Maryland.
KOONTZ, W. W., farmer; born in Mount Morris, Ill., May 22, 1870 ; mar- ried in 1898 to Sarah A. Domer.
KUMP, DANIEL, laborer ; born in Wash- ington county, Md., October 31, 1875; married in 1896 to Rilla Slifer; two children.
LAMPERT, GEORGE, laborer ; born in New York City, November 18. 1869 ; mar- ried August 18, 1892. to Licia Bain; three children .
LAMBING, JOHN H., blacksmith ; was born November 18, 1876, at Weeping
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Water Neb., being the son of George W. and Sarah Lambing. He attended the high school at Weeping Water, and at the age of seventeen commenced to learn the blacksmith trade under his father, and worked at the business three years. He belonged to the Volunteers of America and spent two years at mission work. He came to Mount Morris June 1, 1899, and worked at his trade for A. C. Look- abaugh for ten months, at the end of which time he purchased himself a set of new tools and started up in business
LINDSAY, F. J., grain buyer; born June 9, 1869, at Seneca, Ill .; married Margaret Fogle in 1899; operates the south elevator for the Neola Elevator Company.
LEHNER, J. C .; born in Germany, September S, 1831; married August 20, 1856, to Louisa Krell; one child.
LIPE, L. L., pastor of Lutheran church ; biography and portrait on page 188.
LIZER, JEREMIAII, laborer ; born Jan- uary 9, 1846, in Washington county,
Residence of Frank Keedy, Built in 1900.
for himself. Mr. Lambing was married November 15, 1898, to Lydia Muller of New York City. They have one son, Donald George, born March 17, 1900.
LAWSON, FRED, farmer ; born in Ogle county, March 21, 1854 ; married Jan- uary 18, 1882, to Eva D. Wood; three children.
LIGHT, J. FRANK, farmer ; born August 22, 1875, in Leaf River township ; mar- ried Mary E. Sprecher in 1898.
LINK, GEORGE II., farmer ; born July 5, 1865, in Lincoln township ; married Augusta Bicker in 1888; four children, three living.
Md. ; married and has eight children, five living.
LIZER, JOHN, laborer ; born July 9, 1840; married in 1865 to Mary Lloyd ; ten children, three dead.
LIZER, LUTHER E., drayman ; born August 29, 1864, in Franklin county, Pa. ; married Laura Speilman in 1SS8; four children living.
LOHAFER, WILLIAM, SR., farmer ; born in Germany, May 10, 1838 ; has six chil- dren.
LOHAFER, HENRY F., farmer; born December 8, 1865, in Mount Morris township ; married Mary E. Haney in
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1893; two children.
LOHAFER, WILLIAM, JR., farmer; un- married.
LONG, ERNEST, farmer; married to Olive Felker.
LONG, FRED, liveryman ; married in 1900 to Grace Davis.
LONG, ANDREW J., liveryman ; born October 15, 1841, in Washington county, Md. ; married to Louisa V. Weller in 1867 ; two children ; second marriage, to Susan Miller, in 1887.
LONG, SAMUEL E., farmer ; born August 15, 1868, in Mount Morris township ; un- married.
LONGMAN, JOHN, janitor ; born Novem- ber 24, 1838, in Frederick county, Md. ; married and has three children ; served in Civil War, in the 1st Md. Infantry, and saw much hard fighting.
LONGMAN, HARRY F., laborer ; born in Washington county, Md., December 29, 1872; unmarried.
LONGMAN, HERLOCK E., carpenter ; born October 28, 1875, in Washington county, Md. ; married Elsie V. Looka- baugh in 1899.
LOOKABAUGH, JOHN F., laborer ; born January 28, 1853, in Franklin county, Pa .; married Anna Winters in 1890.
LOOKABAUGH, JAMES, laborer; born October 17, 1857, in Franklin county, Pa .; married September 29, 1889, to Mrs. M. Schelling ; worked some at carpenter trade.
LOOKABAUGH, ALBERT C., blacksmith ; born January 11, 1855, in Franklin county, Pa. ; married in 1878 to Mary Delila Davis ; four children living.
LOOKABAUGH, JACOB, laborer ; born May 16, 1825, in Franklin county, Pa. ; married Rachael Buzzard in 1848; eight children.
LOOKABAUGH, JACOB D., magnetic heal- er ; born March 28, 1863, in Armstrong, Pa .; married Effie Morford in 1890; three children.
LUTZ, J. M., retired farmer ; born March 29, 1839, in Franklin county, Pa .; married Sarah Garber in 1865; eight children, five living.
MARVIN, EDWARD H., farmer; born October 3, 1872, at Franklin Grove, III. ; married Mary Donaldson in 1900.
MARSHALL, IRA W., farmer and dairy- man. He is the son of Ruben S. and Matilda Marshall, and was born August 24, 1859. He was married December 17,
1897, to Delia Smith, daughter of Stephen and Lydia Smith, of Mount Morris, who had previously attended the Mount Mor- ris public school and college and taught school a number of years. They have two children-Bessie, born March 26, 1881; and Jesse, born July 29, 1882. Mr. Marshall was engaged in farming in Leaf River township for a number of years and during five years conducted a butcher shop in Leaf River, doing the butchering himself at his home and hire- ing a man in Leaf River to run the shop. He also had a branch in Byron for one year. After selling his Leaf River and Byron shops, he moved to Rockford, and conducted a shop there for one and a half years. In 1895 Mr. Marshall pur- chased his present farm, north of town, of Daniel Smith, and in 1897 established the milk route in Mount Morris, which now has grown to be a large and pros- perous business. Mr. Marshall was elected road commissioner for a term of three years in 1890, to succeed his father, R. S. Marshall, who had filled the office for many years. He is also a mem- ber of the Board of Education of the Mount Morris public school. Mr. Mar- shall is now having a fine new residence erected.
MARSHALL, REUBEN S., farmer. He is one of the pioneers of Mount Morris township, as is mentioned on page 19; his portrait is also found on that page. Mr. Marshall was born October 4, 1827, in Clinton county, New York, and was the son of Caleb and Louisa Marshall. His birthplace was on a farm near Platts- burg ; his father having participated in the memorable battle of Plattsburg, which occurred near the old homestead. In November, 1834, his father's family started for the wild frontier in Illinois. At Cleveland, Ohio, hearing such alarm- ing reports of the deeds of hostile Indians in Illinois they stopped until hostilities were over. In February, 1837, they left Cleveland by team for Oregon, Ogle county, and reached their destina- tion after about four weeks of driving. They were compelled to remain in Or- egon about three weeks before being able to cross Rock river, on account of unsafe ice. They then proceeded to their claim, northeast of the present site of Mount Morris, and erected a very rude log cabin, 12x14 feet, into which the family moved.
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As soon as the frost was out of the ground five acres of ground was broken and their first crop in Illinois planted. It consisted of 2 acres of wheat, 1 acre of oats, 11% acres of sod corn and 16 acre of potatoes. The subject of this sketch was but ten years of age when his father's family thus established them- selves in Mount Morris township. He attended school until seventeen years of age, during the winter term of school, which at the most was only twenty-one days in length. On leaving school he settled down to a life of hard work. and during the sixty years and more since that time has done far above the aver- age in the work of developing this great State. Mr. Marshall always man fested an interest in politics, and has ably served his township in a number of offices. He has served as school director for thirty years, road commissioner thirty-six years, two terms as a member of the Board of Supervisors. While rep- resenting his township as supervisor he did invaluable service as one of the building committee for the erection of our present courthouse in Oregon. Mr. Marshall was married January 13, 1852, to Matilda Steffa, who died February 24, 1875. They became the parents of twelve children, ten of whom are living. Those living are Wm. C., born March 6, 1853: Emma May, born May 25, 1855 : Ira W., born August 24, 1857; Albertus S., born July 27. 1861 : Frank E., born June 12, 1863 ; Ida C., born February 3, 1866 : John C., born September 10, 1867 ; Grace A., born April 24, 1869: Viola, born December 11, 1870; Oliver E., born March 21, 1873. One son and one daughter died in infancy.
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