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ISAAC F. STONE. farmer ; P. O. Mason City ; one of the old settlers of Mason Co., born in Chenango Co., N Y., where he lived until 14 years of age. at which time he came to Illinois with his parents, and located in Menard Co., and engaged in agricul- tural pursuits, until he attained his majority. In 1852, he went by ox teams overland to California, crossing the Rocky Mountains at South Pass ; he followed mining in Califor- nia, until 1858, when he returned and purchased 80 acres upon Sec. 32, Town 21, Mason Co., to which he has since added until he now owns 635 acres, with good farm buildings, where he has resided for a period of twenty years. He married Maria P. Freeman in 1558; eight children were born to them, of whom Lettie M., John F. and Walter now survive.
WILLIAM STEFFAN, merchant tailor, San Jose ; was born in Babenhausen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Sept. 6. 1834; he learned and worked at the tailor trade in Germany. He landed in New York City June 14, 1853; arrived at Chicago the next week ; settled at his trade at Blue Island, Cook Co., Ill. ; came to San Jose, where he resides, in October, 1875. He married Catharine Elizabeth Baner, at Crown Point, Ind., March 27, 1859 ; she was born in Newark, N. J., Nov. 27, 1837 ; her father and mother were born in Germany, and married in Jersey City, N. J. ; her father, George Baner, died in Sandwich, Ill., Nov. 6, 1875; her mother, Catharine E. Bauer, resides in Blue Island, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Steffan have had four children-Catharine E., born March 22, 1860, died Jan. 6, 1873; George W., born April 13, 1862; Frederick Adam, Oct. 31, 1876, and Samuel Christian, Dec. 16, 1878. He owns a house and lot in San Jose.
BENJAMIN W. TAYLOR, Supervisor, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Mason City; was born in like Co., Ind. Oct. 20, 1840; came to Allen's Grove, with his parents in April, 1851. He has followed farming and stock-raising, mainly, fine horses and swine. In April, 1865, he went into the mercantile business in Mason City, but not finding it altogether to his liking, and too contining for his health, he sold ont in the fall following ; he married Harriet E Hill Sept. 13, 1865; she was born in Scott. Co., Ill., Ang. 6. 1850, and came to Mason Co., with her parents ( who now reside in Mason City ) in 1860. They have five children-Harry W., born Sept. 18, 1866 ; Reason A., Sept. 18, 1869 ; Charles L., July 11, 1871 ; Benjamin W .. Jan. 25, 1873, and Bessie, Dec. 25, 1875. Mr. Taylor was elected Supervisor in April, 1879; has filled the office of School Dircetor for six years, Clerk of the Board three years; also Commissioner of Highways six years, and Clerk of that Board, also Treasurer. As a gentleman he com- mands the respect and confidence of all who know him. He owns 460 acres of land, and a fine home in Allen's Grove Township, where he resides.
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WILLIAM F. AUXIER, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Mason City; was born in Floyd Co., Ky., Jan. 26, 1834 ; from the age of 14 to 18 years, he followed boating on the Big Sandy and Ohio Rivers ; all the schooling he received, he got in about three months, under immeasurable difficulties, though he is now a well-informed, self-edu- cated man, having an excellent faculty of expressing and elucidating any subject, on any and all occasions ; in business, he has always been successful; in 1852, he came to Mason Co., and worked here and there farming and herding cattle for wages, until 1855 ; he then commenced on his own account, and in 1856, he took his first lot of fat cattle to New York City, being the first ever shipped by ears from Salt Creek Town- ship. Oct. 25, 1859, he married Mary A. Denham ; she was born in Hamilton Co , Ohio, in 1839 ; they have three children-Emma, born March 20, 1861; Clark, Dec. 27, 1863; Cora, Dec. 15, 1865. He owns 400 acres of good land in Salt Creek Town- ship.
ISAAC BELLAS, farmer ; P. O. Mason City ; was born in Luzerne Co., Penn., March 2, 1820 ; his advantages for a common-school education were fair for those days; several winters he engaged in teaching district schools, and in the summer worked at farming. Before he moved West, Nov. 21, 1846, he married Miss Dorcas Bens- coter ; she was born in the same county March 17, 1827; they moved to Mason Co., Ill., in April. 1854 ; he worked by the day, farming, until fall, when he put in a crop of wheat for himself; the next spring, he bought the place where he now resides, in Salt Creek Township ; he has never taken any active part, politically, but has held some township offices-twice Assessor, Collector six years, and School Director ten years ; was elected Justice of the Peace once, but declined the office; they have had eight children-James, born Oct. 4, 1847, died Sept. 15, 1849; Monemia C., born Sept. 6, 1849, died Oct. 8, 1852; Dyson B., born Jan. 17, 1853, died April 1, 1862; Susanna E., born May 5, 1857 ; Sarah A., Dec. 28, 1860, died April 8, 1869; Mary J., born Aug. 7, 1863; Ross, Feb. 25, 1866; Rosa A., Nov. 19, 1868. He owns a nice farm of 120 aeres; is a Republican, and belongs to the Order of Red Men, in Mason City.
AARON A. BLUNT, President of the First National Bank of Mason City, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Mason City ; was born in Hart Co., Ky., Feb. 21, 1831, and moved to Field's Prairie, in what is now Bath Township, Mason Co., with his parents, Dec. 6, 1833 ; since his early youth, he has given his attention mainly to farming and stock-raising; has been a Director in the First National Bank of Mason City since its organization, and was elected its President in February, 1879. IIe married Martha Ann Trailor Feb. 26, 1852; she was born in Springfield, Ill., June 23, 1831; they have had nine children-Laura, born Dec. 12, 1852, died Sept. 18, 1853; Hiram M., born March 2, 1854, died June 20, 1855 ; Stephen L., born Sept. 25. 1856; Sinai E., Jan. 3, 1859; Franklin D., Feb. 23, 1861, died Sept. 30, 1863; Lydia A., born May 9, 1863; Mary I., Nov. 6, 1865; Juliette A., Sept. 21, 1868, died Aug. 10, 1870; Alonzo A., born March 23, 1872. Mr. Blunt united with the Baptist Church Dec. 16, 1849; was ordained to the ministry, and has held the pastorate of several churches. His father, Thomas F. Blunt, was born in Kent Co., Md .. July 24, 1800, and moved to Kentucky in his boyhood. Feb. 26, 1822, he married Sinai F. Alderson, of Hart Co., Ky .; they had eight children, four of whom are living-Aaron A., the subject of this sketch, Lydia F., Hiram and Thomas R. In the fall of 1831, he moved to Cal- away Co., Mo., and in 1832, to what is now Mason Co .; Dee. 6, 1833, he was an organic or charter member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, and is the only male char- ter member now living in the county ; in 1849, unaided and alone, he built a house for school and church purposes, and at his own expense provided a teacher for the ensuing winter ; he bought and used the first power threshing machine, also the first reaper ever used in Mason Co .; the 17th of August, 1872, had an attack of palsy of his right
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side. from which he has never recovered. Though infirm and aged, he is living happy and contented with his youngest son, Thomas R., at Field's Prairie, in Bath Township, Mason Co.
HENRY C. BURNHAM, farmer ; P. O. Mason City ; was born in Hampton, Conn, Jan. 30, 1526. He was educated at home, and also furnished the advantages of high schools and academies abroad At the age of 19, he moved to Champaign Co., Ohio, and engaged in teaching school for awhile, and finally entered the mercantile bus- in">, which being too confining, he sold out and returned to Connecticut. He there married Miss Angeline Currier Dec. 16, 1817. She was born in Genesee Co .. N. Y., Dec. 16, 1825. Her father, Elisha Currier, married Mary Blaisdell Oct. 9, 1817, in New Hampshire, and, in 1823, they moved to Naples, N. Y. Her mother died in Woodstock, Ohio, May 15, 1865, aged 73 years; her father still resides in Woodstock, in the Sith year of his age. Mr. Burnham came to Illinois in the fall of 1852, and settled in Salt Creek Township; he is a member of and Master of Mason City Lodge, No. 108, A. F. & A. Masons ; he has been Associate Justice of the County Court ; Treasurer of the school fund many years; is Supervisor ; though in no sense has he ever been an office-socker. They have seven children-Lora M., born Oet. 16, 1848 ; Alonzo F., June 29, 1853 ; Rose A., Oct. 8, 1855 ; James E .. January 9, 1857 ; George T., Ang.220, 1560 ; Henry P., Dec. 7, 1862, and Caroline A., July 4, 1866. He owns a fine farm of 320 acres, and a good substantial home with modern improvements and com- forts.
ABRAM CEASE. farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Mason City ; was born in Luzerne Co .. Penn., June 6, 1824 ; he followed farming and lumbering. Married Ellen Wandel Feb 13, 1847 ; she was born in the same county Dec. 28, 1826. Her father, James Wandel, was also born in that county May 3. 1790, and married Lucy Tilbury, who died May 22, 1854, aged 61 years 10 months and 26 days. She was buried in Penn- sylvania Township. James Wandel died, in Luzerne Co. while on a visit to his old home, Feb. 18, 1874. During his lifetime in the Eastern wilds, and on the Western prairies, he was a great hunter ; many a noble buck, bear, wolf, catamount and fox, and smaller game have succumbed to his unerring aim. Mr. and Mrs. Cease moved to Mason Co. in May, 1849 (her parents came a year later), and entered land in what is now Pennsylvania Township. In the spring of 1851, they moved a granary building ( thirteen miles), which was 10x 12 feet, on to their farm on Pennsylvania Lane, in which they ( family of five persons ) lived while they erected a house, which was the first built on Pennsylvania Lane. They moved into it Sept. 15 following. That season they raised corn; in the fall suwed wheat : so they were comfortably fixed in their pioneer home. In 1867, sold their farm and moved to Mason City, and, in 1878, moved to their farm where they now reside, in Salt Creek Township. They have had ten children-Elvira, born March 5. 1848, she married Schuyler J. Ross ; Eliva, Ang. 28, 1849, she married William Stickler ; Emma JJ., Nov. 16, 1850, she married Simon Stickler; Henry B., born Sept. 21, 1852, died Nov. S, following; Mary M., born April 8, 1854, died Nov. 14, 1855; Charles W., boru June 26, 1855; Frances L., Nov. 29, 1857, she married Isaac W. Hendry ; George A., March 2, 1860; James P., born Feb. S, 1863, died Nov. 26, fol- lowing ; and Oscar J., born JJune 16. 1865. They own a fine farm of 240 acres, also two houses and lots in Mason City. In politics, he is a Democrat.
GEORGE W. ELY, farmer ; P. O. Mason City; was born in Batavia, Clermont Co .. Ohio, Feb. 11, 1820, where he followed market gardening. He married Lydia C. Noble July 27, 1846. She was born in Bethel, the same conuty, Feb. 26, 1826. They moved tu Cass Co., Ill., in the spring of 1854, and to Mason Co., where he now resides, in the fall, on to his own farm. His father, George Ely, was born in New Jersey, and married Mary Maunt in New Jersey. They moved to Clermont Co., Ohio, at an early day ; he bought land, and laid out Batavia on his farm ; he kept a hotel, and was Sheriff of the county a number of years. Mr. G. W. Ely commenced farming here nuder a cloud of unfavorable circumstances, largely owing to the breaking-out of the rebellion, being in debt, having to pay exorbitant interest (18 per cent;, his corn bringing only 8 to 10 cents per bushel, but energy and perseverance have enabled him to overcome and
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rise above all these troubles, and place him and his in comfort and independence. They have five children-Sarah J., born July 6, 1846; Eugene B., Dec. 4, 1848; George C., Nov. 8, 1851 ; John H., Sept. 9, 1861; James N., May 24, 1863. The first three were born in Newtown, Ohia, and the other two in Salt Creek Township. He owns a fine farm of 304 acres, and a good home. In politics, is a Republican.
WILLIAM P. FAULKNER, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Mason City; was born in Dearborn Co., Ind., Dec. 23, 1825 ; with his parents, he went to Fulton Co., Ill., Nov. 30, 1838, and, in February, 1839, to Mason Co. In the spring of 1851, he began farming on his own account; not being worth a dollar, yet his credit enabled him to buy forty acres prairie land on time, and live in a shanty until they could do better. He married Melissa A. Virgin March 20, the same year ; she was born in Ohio Dec. 4, 1831. They had five children-Thomas J., born Dec. 27, 1852, and died March 8, 1853; Eliza J., born Feb. 25, 1854, died Aug. 3, 1873; Arabella E., born Feb. 28, 1856, died April 15, 1857; Belle A., born Nov. 6, 1860, died April 28, 1865, and Francis R., born Dec. 16, 1863. Mrs. Faulkner died March 22, 1877. His second marriage was celebrated Sept. 5, 1877, with Mrs. Mahulda Phillips, of Mason Co. ; she was born May 24, 1855. She has, in her union with John M. Phillips, deceased, two children-Walter R., born Sept. 4, 1873, and William K., born Jan. 13, 1875. By this second marriage, they have one child-Ora May, born Feb. 19, 1879. Mr. Faulkner now owns 604 acres of as good land as there is in Mason Co.
DAVID W. HILYARD, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Teheran ; was born in Cumberland Co., N. J., April 1, 1827. Married Catharine F. Tomlinson, of the same county, Sept. 4, 1851 ; her birthday occurred March 9, 1833; they moved to Mason Co., Ill., in March, 1855, and opened a general country store in Salt Creek Township, but sold it out in the fall of 1856; in the spring of 1857, moved to the farm where they now reside; Feb. 17, 1867, their house was entirely destroyed by fire, and so sud- denly, though at midday, they found it impossible to save anything except a very little bedding and personal clothing. They have had twelve children, viz., Mary E., born Oct. 15, 1852 (she married Lorenzo F. Chester, and resides in Cass Co., Iowa) ; Han- nah H., born Sept. 11, 1854; Preston J. P., June 4, 1856 (lives in Cass Co., Iowa) ; Emer E., Aug. 26, 1858, died Sept. 23, 1859; Lincoln Hamlin, born Aug. 26, 1860 ; Edmond F., Aug. 15, 1862; Robert F., March 2, 1865; Emer E., Dec. 10, 1867; Charles B., Sept. 9, 1869; George H., Nov. 2, 1871, died Aug. 14, 1872; Walter R., born Feb. 16, 1874, died July 31. 1874, and Joseph L., born Sept. 30, 1876, died Oct. 27, 1876. In New Jersey, Mr. Hilyard was a member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is a Republican ; he owns a good farm of 160 acres, and a nice home.
MICHAEL MALONEY, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Mason City ; was born in Westmade Co., Ireland ; in the fall of 1854, he landed in New York City ; there he worked at his trade-stone-cutting-until the next summer; he then went to Mason Co., Ill., where he worked at farming about a year and a half for wages, then he rented farm land ; in 1867, he made a small land purchase where he now resides, in Salt Creek Township. He married Sarah E. Hadlock, of Mason Co., in 1861; they had two children, viz., Mary A., born Aug. 4, 1862, died March 18, 1866; Edward F., born March 9, 1864, died Sept. 24, 1864; Mrs. Sarah E. Maloney died Aug. 19, 1866. His second marriage was celebrated March 26, 1867, with Mrs. Sarah A. Ansier ; she was born near Swing's Grove. in Mason Co., Dec. 13, 1840; she had four children by her marriage with Samuel W. Auxier, vid., George W., born July 19, 1855, died Oct. 22, 1864; Mary L., born April 3, 1857, died Sept. 10, 1858; John, born July 8, 1860, and Samuel L., born March 26, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Maloney have five children, viz., Anna Virgin, born Jan. 31, 1868; Elizabeth E., Nov. 16, 1870 ; Emma D., March 31, 1872; Thomas L., April 20, 1874, and Sarah May, June 8, 1876. Mr. Malony is serving his second term as School Director, and second year as Commissioner of High- ways; he belongs to the " Modoc Tribe of Red Men," No. 14; he owns a fine, well- improved farm, containing 305 acres.
GEORGE W. MOSLANDER, farmer; P. O. Teheran ; was born in Sangamon Co., Ill., May 13, 1844; son of James and Elizabeth Moslander ; they move i to Mason
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Co. in 1845. He married Frances E. Douglas, of Fulton Co., Ill, Nov. 11, 1869 ; she was born in Clark Co., Ill., Feb. 12, 1848; they have had three children, viz., Law- rence, born July 29, 1871, died July 31, 1872; Ida May, born Oet. 12, 1873; Louis, June 28, 1875. In August, 1862, Mr. Moslander enlisted in Co. C, of the 85th I. V. I., for three years' service ; was engaged in the battles of Perryville, Ky., Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, and at the siege of Atlanta, Ga .; July 27, 1864, was taken prisoner and taken to Andersonville : in three months, was removed to the prison in Millen, Ga. ; kept about three months, then to Savanna, Ga., about six weeks; he was then taken back to Andersonville, where he was kept till April 29. 1865; was then sent to Jacksonville, Fla., and exchanged; he was given transportation from there to Annapolis, Md .; thence to St. Louis, Mo .; thence to Springfield, Ill., where he got his discharge, in June, 1865. When he entered Ander- sonville prison, he weighed 145 pounds; when he left it, his weight was reduced to 65 pounds. Comment is unnecessary here. Ile then returned to his farm in Salt Creek Township, where he now resides, and owns a fine home and farm of 160 acres.
WILLIAM MCCARTY, farmer and breeder of blooded Holstein and Jersey cattle and Yorkshire swine; P. O. Mason City ; was born in Menard Co., Ill .. Dec. 11, 1845; is the eldest son of Thomas McCarty, of Mason City. He married Sarah J. Ely, daughter of George W. Ely, of Salt Creek Township, Dec. 16, 1866; they have four children, viz., William E., born Sept. 11, 1867; George T., March 14, 1870 ; Malinda J., Sept. 25, 1873, and Francis Otis, Feb. 19, 1878. He is working one of his father's farms in Salt Creek Township, of 240 acres, and has a pleasant home.
JOHN MCCARTY, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Mason City; was born in Clark Co., Ohio, April 19, 1836; came to Menard Co., Ill., with his parents in the fall of 1838; in 1839, moved to Mason Co., where he now resides; has always followed farming and raising stock ; his father and mother moved from North Carolina to Ohio. Mr. McCarty married Anna Josephine Beck November 14. 1867; she was born in Shelby Co., Ohio, March 9, 1847. Mr. MeCarty began life with nothing and never had a cent given him ; he now owns a fine home and 1,066 acres of land in Salt Creek Township and ten acres inside the corporation of Mason City. Is a Director in the First National Bank of Mason City ; was Commissioner of Highways nine years, but declined the honor in 1878. He belongs to Modoe Tribe of Red Men, No. 14, of Mason City. They have two children-Onie Bell, born May 7, 1869, and Ida Dell, born Jan. 10, 1873.
JACOB F. MULFORD, farmer ; P. O. Mason City : was born in Dearborn Co., Ind., Aug. 12, 1838; came to Mason Co., Ill., in November, 1847. Ang. 1, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, 28th I. V. I., for three years' service; previously, he enlisted for the ninety days' call, but was not ordered out until after he re-enlisted, as above stated ; he received a bullet in his leg at the battle of Shiloh that laid him up about two months; he was in many other and some serious engagements ; he re-enlisted Jan. 1. 1863, for another three years or during the war, and remained in the service almost a year after the surrender of the last rebel; was discharged at Brownsville, Texas, April 14, 1866; what were left of their regiment disbanded at Springfield, Ill. He married Miss Clarinda MeCarty May 27, 1866; she was born in Salt Creek Township March 18, 1845; they have had nine children-Thomas E., born April 28, 1867 ; Carrie I., Dec. 5, 1868; Norman O., March 7, 1870; Etfie M, Sept. 14, 1871 ; Rosie E., Jan. 29, 1873; Jacob E., Ang. 22, 1874, died Dec. 26, 1877 ; John H., born June 14. 1576 : William L., Nov. 4, 1877, and the baby, March 12, 1879. Sept. 12. 15744, they moved to Missouri and remained three years, and then returned to the farm where they now reside in Salt Creek Township.
ALPHEUS P. ROLL. farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Teheran; was born in Sangamon Co. Ill .. Sept. 17, 1830; moved to the place where he now resides in Salt Creek Township in 1851. His father, William Roll, was born in Essex Co., N. J., June 16, 1786, and marriel Mary Eddy, of the same place; she was born Feb. 18, 1793 ; they moved to Singamon Co., Ill., in 1830; he died Aug. 11, 1819, and she died Dec 6, 1876. Alphens P., the subject of this sketch, married Mary E. Moslander April 6,
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1850, at Bath, Mason Co., Ill .; she was born in Cape May Co., N. J., Jan. 12, 1828; her father, James Moslander, and her mother, Elizabeth, were born in Cape May Co., N. J., he in 1795, she in 1806; they moved to Sangamon Co., Ill., in 1840, and to Mason Co. in 1845 ; he died in April, 1849 ; she died Nov. 24, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Roll have had seven children-L. G., born Sept. 21, 1850, died Ang. 28, 1851; James M., born Oct. 7, 1851, died Aug. 24, 1853; John E. and Mary E., born Sept. 14, 1853 ; Rosa R., April 26, 1859, died Nov. 15, 1862; Charles H., born Sept. 13, 1863 ; Sidney R., March 19, 1866. John E. married Phoebe D. Roll; they reside near his father. Mary E. married William Peterson and resides in Cass Co., Iowa. Mr. Roll owns 360 acres and a very fine home and surroundings complete, also a house and lot in Mason City.
JOHN Y. SWAAR, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Mason City; was born in Scioto Co., Ohio, March 17, 1816 ; from 1829 to 1836, he was engaged in boating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers; moved to Illinois in 1837 ; although he has ever since lived within five miles of his present residence in Salt Creek Township, has lived in Sangamon, Menard and Mason Cos. He married Sarah R. Powell, of Menard Co., Aug. 20, 1840 ; she was born in Ross Co., Ohio, June 4, 1822; her father and mother moved from Kentucky to Ohio, and from there to Indiana, and to Menard Co. in 1825 ; they have had twelve children-Henry M., born Aug. 9, 1841 ; Harriet E., Aug. 27, 1843 (married Edward S. Hibbard and lives in Kansas); William M, Nov. 3, 1845 ; George H., Oct. 6, 1847 (married Mary E. Engel (deceased June 10, 1879, aged 19 years 4 months and 3 days); Sarah K., born April 6, 1850 (married William Mark- well); Aley J., born Feb. 20, 1852; Samuel P., Sept. 1, 1854, died Sept. 14, same year; Amanda I., born Nov. 26, 1855 ; John C., Dee. 21, 1857; Oratia N. and Letitia A., Sept. 12, 1859 ; Abigail, Oct. 4, 1863. Mr. Swaar and his sons own 640 acres of fine land in Salt Creek Township.
PULASKI SCOVIL, farmer; P. O. Teheran; was born in Litchfield Co., Conn., January 28, 1808; in 1826, he went to Livingston Co., N. Y., bought a saw- mill and 300 acres of timber, which he soon sold at an advance, and went to Broekport, in company with a silversmith and jeweler ; but he soon had the business alone, and manufactured silverware and sent out peddlers of his wares and jewelry until 1831, when he moved to Geneva, N. Y., continuing in the same business, with the addition of dry goods and notions. In July, 1831, he married Sarah Jerome; she was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1813, and deceased in 1840. In the fall of 1832, he took his broken stocks to Buffalo, N. Y., and opened an auction store; it took three months to dispose of all the goods; he then went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and commenced the man- facturing of silverware and the jewelry business in general, which he continued success- fully five years : in the spring of 1837, he moved to Havana, in this county, where he owned an interest in a steam saw-mill, bought the balance of the mill, and went to hun- bering generally ; this mill burned down in 1841 ; he then went to Waterford, Fulton Co., Ill., and bought an old mill and fitted it up, and, in 1845, he built another ; both of these were destroyed by fire in 1850-uninsured ; he then went to Salt Creek Township, where he now resides, and has since followed farming ; the first year, with the help of one man, he broke 120 acres of prairie, from which he got his first erop of fall wheat- 3,500 bushels, which may be considered a good yield. The issue, living, of his union with Sarah Jerome are Louisa, Ellen, George W. and Emily. His second marriage was with Olive Cross, of Havana, Ill., in the fall of 1842; she died in 1845; he then married for his third wife Anna Bordwine, of Fulton Co., Ill., in 1847 ; by this union. they have one son living -Benjamin F. His fourth marriage was with Caroline N. Button, of Connecticut, in 1855 ; she died in 1860 ; he then married Mrs. Hannah Jones June 23, 1862; she was born in Washington Co., Ohio. Dec. 29. 1832; they have, by this issue, five children living-Katie S .. Pulaski .J., Oliver H., Martha L. and Arthur A. By her marriage with Greenberry Jon s. she has four children living-William E., Abner. Mary E. and Cornelia Jones. Mr Scovil owns 565 acres of splendid land in Salt Creek Township, and a fine home and surroundings, and 400 acres in Missouri.
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