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army; Mrs. Madge Clark, representing the Red Cross; Bert Tilden,
representing the navy. American Legion Commander Dohlen stands at the left and Prof. Ira R. Hendrickson at the right.
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in 1907 an Educational Fund was estab- lished for the purpose of aiding worthy girls to obtain college education. Over 6,000 girls, including two local girls, have secured loans from this fund, which has grown to over $750,000. Every member of P. E. O. is expected to con- tribute to this fund annually, and to the second major activity of the Sisterhood -Cottey College at Nevada, Mo., which has been owned by P. E. O. since 1927 and is a Junior College for Women.
Chapter CU of P. E. O. was organized at Mount Morris on Nov. 16, 1929, with Mary Wishard as the first president. The charter members were: Frances G. Prendergast, Dorothy Davis Ross, Polly B. Newton, Pauline B. Yoe, Frances T. Bronson, Margaret Crawford, Ada Mitchell, Lorraine Thomas, who was the
second president, Ealy F. Grobe (Mor- ris), the third president, Mary Wishard, Edith E. Kable, Ruth Coffman, the fifth president, Laura Lewis Cratty, and Ber- niece B. Leonard.
At present the members are, in ad- dition to the above: Frances Kent, Anna L. Long, Lola Lizer, Amy Mc- Nett, the fourth president, Dolorus Huffman, Ethyle McNett, Mary Prugh, Helen Stengel, Madge Clark, Margaret Mitchell, Edna Coulson, and Ruth T. Felker
The officers for 1938-1939 are: Presi- dent, Berniece Leonard; Vice-President, Pauline Yoe; Rec. Secretary, Margaret Mitchell; Cor. Secretary, Mary Prugh, Treasurer, Frances Bronson; Chaplain, Edna Coulson; Guard, Frances Kent.
BUSINESS MEN'S LEAGUE
THE Mount Morris Business Men's League was organized November 24, 1931, with the following officers: Paul Kent, president; L. G. Finch, vice-presi- dent; Charles Edson, secretary; Henry Dohlen, treasurer. Since that time the presiding officers have been as follows: 1932-33, D. L. Toms; 1933-34, Maurice Buser; 1934-36, Worthington Thomas; 1936-37, H. Schmucker; 1937-38, Carroll Boston. The present officers are Carroll
Boston, president; Herman Hagemann, vice-president; John Dohlen, secretary; Maurice Buser, treasurer.
The League now has in the neighbor- hood of 40 members and meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. It is a live organization of Mount Morris merchants and business men and it has been an important factor in pro- moting the welfare of the village.
WOMAN'S CLUB
TI HE Mount Morris Woman's Club was organized Oct. 14, 1920, and affiliated with the State Federation Jan. 5, 1921. The charter members of the club were as follows:
Grace Brayton Mabel Miller
Anna Braiden Winifred Nicholas
Olive Ballard
Agnes Price
Jessie Dean
Etta Rittenhouse
Minnie Davison
Emma Shively
Elizabeth Emmert
Fannie Stine Olive Thayer
Addie Hendrickson Margaret Jern June Kelsey Amy White
Elizabeth Krafka
Gertrude Walkup
Rosina Kabele Elizabeth Wishard Pearl Kable Ida West
The club has been very active in local affairs and regular meetings have been held on the first Monday evening of each month, at which time educational and musical programs are carried out.
The Past Presidents of the club since organization have been as follows: Mrs.
John White, 1920-1921; Mrs. H. J. Ka- ble, 1922; Mrs. M. W. Emmert, 1923; Mrs. H. J. Kable, 1924; Mrs. Roscoe Braiden, 1925; Mrs. Ira R. Hendrickson, 1926; Mrs. Hugh Allen, 1927-1928; Mrs. Harvey Long, 1929-1930; Mrs. George Warwick, 1931-1932; Mrs. John Blakley, 1933; Mrs. Chas. Cox, 1934; Mrs. Olive Rohleder, 1935; Mrs. Pearl Kable, 1936; Mrs. Donovan Mills, 1937; Mary Mar- lowe McColl, 1938.
The Officers for 1938 are as follows: Miss Mary Marlowe McColl, president; Mrs. Nelson Rittenhouse, 1st vice-pres- ident; Mrs. Paul Boyle, 2nd vice-pres- ident; Mrs. T. J. Wilson, recording secretary; Mrs. Harold Miller, corre- sponding secretary; Mrs. Olive Rohle- der, treasurer; Mrs. C. J. Price, parlia- mentarian; Mrs. James Watt, Miss Jane Wingard, Mrs. Donovan Mills, directors.
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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
T HE first Boy Scout troop in Mount Morris was started in 1918 with the late Harvey Kable as scoutmaster and Milo Zimmerman as assistant scout- master. This troop was quite success- ful and rendered valiant service to Mount Morris boyhood for several years. A number of prominent citizens of our town were members of this troop.
In 1924, the local troop joined the Blackhawk Area which was located in Dixon. Dr. C. J. Price was the leader of this troop which in 1926 became a part of the Rockford Council and con- tinued the name of Blackhawk in the enlarged scout area.
Troop 66 was sponsored by the Amer- ican Legion at that time, George Pril- ler being scoutmaster and Dr. Price continued as commissioner for Mount Morris. O. T. McCoy also served as scoutmaster and commissioner of this troop.
Troop 78 was sponsored in 1928 by the Lutheran Church with Charles Ed- son as scoutmaster. Succeeding scout- masters were John Thompson, Gerald Powers and J. Harvey Wright. This troop won many competitions and ren-
dered fine service to the boyhood of the church, consolidating with Troop 66 in 1933.
Troop 77 was organized in 1927 by the Christian Church with George Pril- ler as scoutmaster. This troop excelled in scouting events, equaling the Boy Scout record of the entire United States in wall-scaling at a meet in Dixon. Harold Patterson was later scoutmaster, carrying on the fine traditions of the troop until 1930 when the group united with Troop 66.
The Methodist Church sponsored Troop 66 in 1930 with D. Cameron Findlay as scoutmaster. With the aid of the transferred scouts from troop 77, a large troop of four full patrols, capa- ble junior and senior officers was the result. This troop was considered one of the best in the entire area and con- sistently won the county championships and exemplified the Scout oath and laws.
In 1932, the Kiwanis Club built a log cabin on Sunset Lane for a permanent home for the Boy and Girl Scouts. Sol Avey gave important direction to the undertaking, giving the first gift to the fund in memory of his son, Maurice,
GROUP OF BOY SCOUTS who won majority of prizes in contest at Rockford in February, 1928. Front row, left to right, Ray Johnson, Wm. Price, Robert Gloss, Glenn Kretsinger; standing, Russel Colburn, Harry Meader, Harry Conrad, Roy Allen, Ev- erett Dean. Most of these boys later became leaders in Boy Scout work in Mount Morris.
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who was a Scout. Robert Buser and O. A. Hanke also aided the project con- siderably.
In 1933, Troop 78 united with Troop 66 as a town unit being sponsored by the Kiwanis Club with D. Cameron Findlay continuing as scoutmaster and Lynn Elliott as chairman of the troop committee. The troop now had its own home and the Scouts went on to greater achievements.
In 1935, Mr. Findlay resigned to be- come county commissioner and Russell Colburn was appointed scoutmaster. Mr. Elliott also became a commissioner and Dr. M. S. DuMont became committee chairman.
The present scoutmaster, Harry Con- rad, has had charge of the troop for several years with Harold Ivins as as- sistant. A fine group of Scouts are car- rying on the traditions of the troop, meeting regularly each Wednesday eve- ning at the Kiwanis cabin. The present troop committee is composed of Dale Lizer, H. A. Patterson, Leslie Watt, Sol Avey, Harold Knodle and Rev. Manny.
The list of Scouts who have attained the rank of Eagle Scouts, the highest rank in Scouting are Wm. Price, Lyle Meeker, Russell Colburn, D. Cameron Findlay, Ward Zimmerman, Wm. Web- ster, Sherwood Baker, Glenn Kretsing- er, John Yoe and Bryant Zimmerman.
Leslie Watt and Robert Kable at- tended the World Jamboree at Birken- head, England, in 1929. Ward Zimmer- man represented our town at the Jam- boree in Godollo, Hungary, in 1933, and Bryant Zimmerman and D. Cameron Findlay participated in the last World Scout gathering in 1937 at Vogelenzang, Holland. John Yoe and William Chaffee in addition to Zimmerman and Findlay also attended the First National Scout Jamboree in Washington in July, 1937.
The Cub program for boys of 9 to 12 years of age is capably handled in our town by Willard Powers as Cub- master and Richard Dierdorff as assis- tant. The Cubs work under the direc- tion of older Scouts as den chiefs and are interested in handicraft and ele- mentary scouting.
O. A. Hanke is the chairman of the Ogle County district and in a large measure is responsible for the success
of Mount Morris Scouting. His aid and advice has been invaluable and he is deeply interested in the progress of scouting.
Rev. W. L. Manny is chairman of the Scout advancement in Mount Morris and arranges Boards of Review and Courts of Honor events whereby the Scouts increase in wisdom.
D. Cameron Findlay is the county commissioner and has had years of Scouting experience in Mount Morris and elsewhere. Mr. Findlay holds the three highest awards in scouting, the Silver Beaver, the Scoutmaster's Key and the Eagle Scout Badge. Wm. Asp is Assistant County Commissioner.
GIRL SCOUTS
G IRL Scouting was introduced in Mount Morris at the instigation of Mrs. Luce Meeker and Mr. J. W. Robbins, who had been interested in the program of Boy Scouts. During Mr. Robbins' term as president of the Mount Morris Parent-Teachers' Asso- ciation, he made inquiry as to the pos- sibility of establishing a Girl Scout troop in the community. His own daughter was interested in joining such a group if it included older girls.
The troop was officially chartered January 7, 1932, at a regular meeting of the Parent-Teachers' Association. The program of Girl Scouting was dis- cussed with the parents and members by Miss Vivian Carter, director of the Rockford Council of Girl Scouts. Thir- ty-two Tenderfoot pins were presented to these girls, who were the charter members of Girl Scouting in Mount Morris:
Lois Billsborough
Nellie Shoemaker Marjorie Ford
Harriet Miller Ione Gruber Ruth Meeker
Doris Marsh Helen Wallace
Louise McChesney
Leona Ogden
Dorothy Churchill
Betty Phelps
Bernice Chambers Carmen Baker Dorothy Silvius Louise Curley Francine Hilger
Esther Kretsinger Maxine Engstrom Leone Nalley
Harriet Thompson
Doris Zimmerman
Martha Wright
Mary Alice Olsen
Margaret Allen
Jane Devine
Genevieve Miller
The activities of the Girl Scouts have
Dorothy Summers Helen Barnhizer
Clesta May McCoy
Dorothea Wright Helen Holsinger
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been directed by a troop committee, which was originally appointed by the sponsor. Much credit is due the early small committee for its untiring efforts. During their service, training courses were held in Mount Morris, in Byron, and Oregon for the three towns, jointly sponsored by the troop committees of the three towns. The Girl Scouts were included in the Community Chest ap- propriation in Mount Morris, and a cabin was built by the Kiwanis Club and dedicated to the Boy and Girl Scouts. This committee took a keen interest in some of the special projects directed by the Rockford Council. It stimulated an interest in camping, and urged girls to attend the regular ses- sion of camping of the council at Camp Rotary. In 1932, it became interested in the Washington trip directed by the local council, and four Mount Morris girls shared in this experience. In 1933, the committee was interested in the three-day Girl Scout trip to the Cen- tury of Progress Exposition in Chicago. Six Mount Morris Girl Scouts joined the party of 100 girls.
In 1935, a larger committee was formed, representing all of the various interests in Mount Morris-civic, relig- ious and educational. Under this com- mittee's direction, a second troop was chartered, recognizing officially a divi- sion which had actually existed in the direction of the program for two years previous consisting of a troop for grade school girls and a Girl Scout troop for high school girls.
Miss Grace Ritson had been the lead- er of the troop since its institution. She had been assisted by Miss Phyllis Rob- bins and by Mrs. Meeker. In 1937, Mrs. Wendell Schrader, assisted by Mrs. O. Auman, became the leaders of the high school troop, which kept the old number, and Miss Virgil Turner and Mrs. Mamie Knodle became the leaders of the grade school troop.
In the fall of 1937, the third unit of Girl Scouting was established. The Mount Morris Woman's Club was inter- ested in the Brownie program, and through their appointment of a Brownie committee, this program was offered to the 7 to 10-year-old girls. So great was the response, that it was necessary to form a second pack. Two Brownie packs, 17 and 18, are now formed under the leadership of Miss Ruth Barrie, Miss Jane Locke, Mrs. Ross E. Stouffer, Mrs. Gladys Riedl, and Miss Alice Lam- bert.
The present organization of Girl Scouting in Mount Morris includes a registered troop committee of nine members, of which Mrs. Harry Schmucker is chairman, Girl Scout Troop 34, Girl Scout Troop 44, and Brownie Packs, 17 and 18, the leaders of which are mentioned above. The Brownie committee members are: Mrs. Wendell Schrader (chairman), Mrs. H. G. Kable and Mrs. C. J. Price.
At the close of the 1938 season the Girl Scout and Brownie units have ex- actly one hundred girls enrolled and registered at National Headquarters.
MOUNT MORRIS TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, NO. 681
M OUNT MORRIS Typographical Union, No. 681, was organized Feb. 6, 1911, with 12 employees of Kable Brothers composing room as charter members. Its aims are to increase the skill in workmanship of its members, and to maintain a reasonable and equitable scale of wages for composing room work.
The organization now has an active membership of 112. Of the original 12 charter members only four now belong
to the organization. They are Jess Allen, U. B. Pittenger, W. I. Prugh, and Clyde Walkup. Only one (U. B. Pittenger) can claim continuous active member- ship since 1911, the other three having been separated from the local union at some time or other.
Present officers include R. W. Abbott, president; A. L. Ivins, vice president; J. Harvey Wright, secretary-treasurer; W. J. Krieg, recording secretary; and W. W. Mackay, sergeant-at-arms.
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ELECTROTYPERS UNION
THE Mount Morris Stereotypers and Electrotypers Union was formed in 1917. The members held their cards with the Chicago local for a while, and later with the local in Rockford.
In 1925, the local charter No. 141 was granted, with a charter membership of nine members. Five of those members -- Otto Hudson, Frank Aufderbeck, George Crocker, Lloyd Unger and
George Priller-are still members of the local union.
The Local now has an active member- ship of 25. The present officers are: President, Henry Frank; Vice-President, Lawrence Geroux; Secretary-Treasurer, Otto Hudson; Sergeant-at-Arms, Ralph Trout; Executive Board, E. R. Hollinger, Fred Park and Burton Avey.
PRINTING PRESSMEN AND ASSISTANTS UNION
T HE Mount Morris Printing Press- men and Assistants Union No. 124 was chartered December 16, 1912, hav- ing as members twelve employees of Kable Brothers Company pressroom. The objects of the organization are to sustain the highest quality workman- ship, to promote the welfare of press- room workers and to maintain an har- monious relationship between employer and employee.
The present membership is 150, which
includes pressmen, assistants and fold- ing machine operators. Of the charter members, four are still active in the or- ganization, and all have held continuous membership from its inception. They are O. R. Herzfeldt, H. H. Sprecher, H. C. Sprecher and Carl Withers.
The present officers are Ralph Mahoy, President; J. S. Logan, Vice-President; Ben McHenry, Secretary-Treasurer, and Louis McFerran, Recording Secretary.
JOGGERS AND PAPER HANDLERS UNION
T HE Mount Morris Joggers and Pa- per Handlers Union, No. 372, was organized in June, 1935, with forty-five employees of Kable Brothers Company as charter members.
The object of the organization is to maintain better understanding between employees and employer. The better- ment of working conditions as well as
a uniform wage scale for the different branches of work which it encompasses have made its members work together more harmoniously.
The present officers include: Alvin Brinker, President; Preston Rowland, Vice-president; Joe Newcomer, Secre- tary-Treasurer; Wm. Saunders, Ser- geant-at-Arms.
BOOKBINDERS UNION
N APRIL 11, 1923, the Mount Morris Bookbinders Union No. 65 was or- ganized and consisted of 41 employees of Kable Brothers Company-both men and women-of the bindery department. The objects of this union are to preserve the rights of the members, maintain a fair remuneration for labor, and to bet- ter the skill and condition of the book- binding trade.
The bindery department was later
divided, making a bindery and a mail- ing department, both of which come under the jurisdiction of Bookbinders Union No. 65.
The membership of this union has steadily increased until now there are 182 active members. Twenty-two of these are original charter members. The present officers are Ray J. Avey, Presi- dent; Homer Davis, Secretary-Treas- urer.
Chapter 18 MEN AND WOMEN OF YESTERDAY
I N this chapter are segregated short sketches of prominent men and women who have lived their lives in our community and have passed on to the Great Beyond, leaving behind them the results of their labors in the old home town which they loved. Many of these men and women were old settlers in the township or village, and endured the hardships of a new community long before any of the present modern con- veniences were available or even ex- isted.
Because of a lack of information, the names of many former residents had to be omitted, but this list includes most of those who attained some degree of prominence in the affairs of the com- munity during the hundred years since the village was founded.
ROBERT Q. ALLEN, son of A. Quinby and Elizabeth (Swingley) Allen, was born on the Allen homestead south of Mount Morris. He attended Rock River Semi- nary and later studied law and was ad- mitted to the bar. He established an office in Mount Morris and besides his law prac- tice he dealt in real estate and loans. His principal occupation, however, was that of auctioneer. His wife, Mary B. Allen, died Oct. 13, 1875, at the age of 23 years and he never remarried.
ALBERT M. BAKER, son of James A. and Catherine (Fleming) Baker, was born in Pine Creek Township, Dec. 7, 1847, and died in Mount Morris, March 7, 1928, aged 81 years. He engaged in farming south of town for many years and then spent his remaining years in Mount Morris. His brothers, Amos and Edward, preceded him in death several years. On Feb. 14, 1869, he married Nellie Whitman and they had one son, Fred, who was accidentally killed in 1898, and a daughter, Lillie, who died on Feb. 27, 1931. Mrs. Baker passed away on Nov. 18, 1930.
AMOS N. BAKER, son of James A. and Catherine (Fleming) Baker, was born in Pine Creek Township, Nov. 8, 1853, and died at his home in Mount Morris, Oct.
24, 1924, aged 71 years. He operated his farm for many years and moved to Mount Morris a few years preceding his death. In 1886, he married Ellen J. McCoy, and they had two children: Charles W. (mar- ried Helene Mae Swift), and Elizabeth. Mrs. Baker died July 7, 1935.
OTHO W. BAKER was born at Bakers- ville, Md., Oct. 26, 1850, and died March 30, 1928, aged 77 years. In 1878, he mar- ried Mary E. Wilson and moved to Mount Morris, where he resided the remainder of his life, engaged principally in truck farming. Eight children were born to them, four of whom died young. Those surviving were Harry W., Isaac, Charles O., and William F. Mrs. Baker died in February, 1933.
SAMUEL H. BAKER was born Jan. 24, 1841, at Bakersville, Md., and died in Mount Morris June 26, 1892. He married Sarah Jane Moninger of Fairplay, Md., in 1869, and they had a large family of nine children. The family moved west at an early date, and the children grew up in Mount Morris. Their names are as as follows: Minnie Nora (deceased), mar- ried Fred Funnell; Frank M., married Grace Watts; Elmer, who married Ida Wallace (died in 1910) and Ida Snader; Susan L., who married Frank Tice; Otho, who married Lilly Nelson; Harry K., married Hilda Johnston; Adella May, married Frank Sells; Urilla, married Cur- tis Lazier; Jennie E., married Theo. Ull- mark, and Mary Ellen (deceased), mar- ried Frank Shugart. The mother died Sept. 20, 1910.
WILLIAM S. BLAKE, son of Rev. Bur- dine and Mary (Simpkins) Blake, was born April 25, 1821, at Martinsburg, Pa., and came to Ogle County in 1869. In 1843, he married Catherine Gerhart, and they had seven children: Albert M., Clara E., Wilbur, Mrs. Geo. S. Kennedy, Millard F., William G., and Franklin G. His occupa- tion was that of farmer and the Blake homestead was located a half mile west of Mount Morris. He passed away June 8, 1899, aged 78 years.
DAVID M. BOCK was born at Mer- cersburg, Pa., Dec. 28, 1858, and died at Mount Morris, July 17, 1925, aged 661/2 years. He came to Mount Morris when 21 years of age, and for many years was a
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successful farmer north of town. He was married to Viola Marshall in 1888 and they had four children: Reuben D., Matilda, Guy E., and Harry C.
JAMES W. CARR died Jan. 10, 1918, aged over 72 years. He was born in Ful- ton County, Pa., Sept. 4, 1845, where he grew to manhood and was married to Elizabeth Rowe in 1868. The following spring they came to Ogle County, near Mount Morris, where he engaged in farm- ing for a number of years and then moved to town. Four children were born to them: Charles, Harvey, and two daugh- ters who died young. The mother died in 1878, and in 1879 he married Catherine Angle, who died in 1898. They had six children: Mrs. Mina Huffman, Mrs. Ver- nie Knodle, and four sons, who died in infancy. He was married a third time in 1903 to Mrs. Clara Baldwin.
CHAS. H. ALLEN, son of Isaac and Eve- line Allen, was born at Keedysville, Md., August 1, 1846, and died Dec. 9, 1925, aged 79 years. He came to Mount Morris when a boy and lived in this community for over 70 years. He taught country schools during most of that period and hundreds of pupils came under his instruction. For more than thirty years he was assessor of Mount Morris Township and thus be- came well acquainted with the property owners of the township. In 1878, he mar- ried Ella Wolfe and seven children were born to them: Mrs. Ada Kohl, who died in 1907; Raymond H., of Crawfordsville, Ind .; Jesse, of Mount Morris; Florence Watt, deceased; Edward, who died in 1918; Earl, who lives near Oregon; and one child who died in infancy.
EDWARD C. BUTERBAUGH was born near Leaf River July 8, 1863, and died June 30, 1928, aged nearly 65 years. The greater part of his life was spent on his farm 21/2 miles north of Mount Morris. He moved to town about 20 years prior to his death. In 1882, he was married to Mary E. Bopp, and four children were born to them, of whom two remain, Mrs. Ralph Thomas and Pearl. The mother died in 1921.
EDWIN J. ALLEN, died Feb. 15, 1920, aged 67 years. He was the son of A. Quin- by and Elizabeth (Swingley) Allen and was born Oct. 22, 1852, on what is known as the McClure farm, one mile south of Mount Morris. In November, 1895, he was married to Louise Seise, and three sons were born to them: Edwin, who died in infancy, Ralph who died at age 14, and Harry who is now a Lutheran minister. Mr. Allen had a rare gift of wit, and he was a successful auctioneer, conducting public sales in and around Mount Mor- ris for many years.
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EDWARD F. BAKER, son of James A. and Catherine (Fleming) Baker, was born in Pine Creek Township, March 5, 1849, and died July 30, 1920, aged 71 years. He attended the Pine Creek school, Cornell College and Rock River Seminary. He engaged in farming in Pine Creek Town- ship until 1913, when he moved into Mount Morris. In 1873, he married Ida B. Hammer, and six children were born to them: Mattie M. (Mrs. Calvin Fulton), Ira J. (died in infancy), Harry A., Bert A., and Ray J. and Roy J., twins.
OLIVER W. COFFMAN, son of Harrison and Lydia (Wagner) Coffman, was born in Lincoln Township, Dec. 30, 1865, and died March 26, 1926, aged 60 years. He lived in or near Mount Morris his entire life and engaged in the live stock busi- ness. In 1891, he married Martha New- comer, and a daughter, Mrs. Perley J. Brenner, was born to them. Mrs. Coffman passed away in 1893. He was again mar- ried in 1916 to Miss Mae Ankney, who survives him.
DANIEL BLECKER, son of Jacob and Barbara Blecker, was born at Boonsboro, Md., April 16, 1843, and died in Mount Morris in September, 1937, aged 94 years. At the time of his death, he was the old- est person in Mount Morris. In 1867, he married Catherine Antsbarger. There were two children, Alva and a daughter who died in infancy. Mrs. Blecker died and in 1875 Mr. Blecker came to Ogle County and settled on a farm near Mount Morris. He married again, in 1879, to Eliz- abeth Ann Miller, to whom were born three children: Harry, Mrs. Olin Young and Mrs. Arthur Stouffer.
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