The History of Livingston County, Illinois : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 68

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JOHN McNICHOL, manufacturer of boots and shoes. Pontiac; was born in County Tyrone, in the north of Ireland, in 1833 ; he came to the United States in 1851, being then nearly 18 years of age ; after spending about two months in Phila- delphia, he came west to Adrian, Mich., where he learned his trade, and afterwards went to Indiana ; in 1856, he came to Liv- ingston Co. and worked in the shoe shop of his brother, James McNichol, until 1862; he afterward entered the employ of W. B. Lyon, till 1874, since which time he has been doing business for himself. He was married Nov. 15, 1858, to Mrs. Rachel Meyers, of Pontiac ; her maiden name was Rachel Cook ; she was born in Clinton, Ind., Sept. 30, 1838; they have four children living-James H., John B., Charles and Maud.

G. D. NEWCOMB, of the firm of Pierce & Newcomb, contractors and build- ers, proprietors of the Pontiac Planing Mill and manufacturers of building materi- al, Pontiac ; was born in Waldo Co., Me., May 2, 1834 ; he received an academic education at the Freedom Academy, and then went to Boston, where he learned the machinists' trade; in 1855, he went to Zanesville, Ohio, and followed his trade until the beginning of the war, the last two years having charge of the Muskingum Valley Works, manufacturing portable engines and saw-mills; in Dec., 1861, he entered the 62d Ohio V. I., Co. I, and served nearly four years ; he participated in sixteen en- gagements, and was wounded during the night assault on Fort Wagner, on Morris Island, July 18, 1864. He came to Pon- tiac in 1866, and a few years later went to Rock Island, Ill., where he had charge of the building of the stairs in the govern- ment works ; returning to Pontiac in 1875,

he engaged in his present business. He was married Dec. 28, 1865, to Miss Lucy Humphrey, of Zanesville, Ohio; they have three children living-Lulu M., Carrie F. and George D.

JAMES NELSON, SR., retired, Pon- tiac ; was born in Pennsylvania, March 4, 1789 ; his parents removed to Bourbon Co., Ky., when he was about 1 year old, and about three years later, to Hamilton Co., Ohio ; after the death of his father, the family removed to Brown Co. He en- tered the war of 1812, serving six months under Gen. Harrison. He afterward re- moved to Fountain Co., Ind. He was married Nov. 20, 1810, to Miss Rebecca Montgomery, who was born in Pennsyl- vania, Sept. 17, 1786, and died Sept. 17, 1833, leaving eight children- Eliza, Mary, John, James, Jane, Susanna E., Clarissa and William P. ; all but two of whom, Eliza and Clarissa, are still living. Mr. Nelson was thus left with six children, the oldest two being old enough to start for themselves, and he had not over $250 in property ; packing up his few household effects in a wagon, he started with his chil- dren to Kane Co., Ill., reaching his desti- nation on the 9th of Dec., 1833; he un- loaded his goods in a grove since known as Nelson's Grove; he erected a rude log cabin, covering it with strips of timber split out with a froe, and stopping the crevices in the walls by driving pieces of wood be- twcen the logs; in this, he and his six children spent the Winter, an unusually severe one, and by planting time he had the rails split and forty-four acres of land fenced ; and after putting in his crop, he fenced forty acres more for a neighbor ; he sold this claim in the Fall for $700 ; he then bought half of it back, improved it and sold it for $1,200, and afterward in- proved another claim, which he sold for $1,000; he then removed to Walworth Co., Wis., and in 1848 came to Rook's Creek Tp., Livingston Co., where he re- sided until his removal to Pontiac in 1868. He was married again May 4, 1849, to Miss Marcie R. Middleswart, who died Aug. 22, 1861 ; he was married a third time, June 19, 1862, to Mrs. Ann Rey- nolds, who was born in Brown Co., Ohio, May 19, 1810, and came to Livingston Co. with her former husband, Mr. Joseph Rey- nolds, in 1846.

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H. H. NORTON, firm of Geo. W. Rice & Co., manufacturers and dealers in furniture, Pontiac ; has been a resident of Livingston Co. since 1854 ; he was born in Farming- ton, Franklin Co., Me., May 23, 1829 ; he was raised on the farm, and after re- ceiving a common school education, he en- tered the Farmington Academy, remaining several terms; in 1849, he went to Massa- chussetts, and there learned the carpenters' trade, and two years later, returned to Maine, and in the Fall of 1852, came to Illinois, and after spending about two years in various places, settled in Pontiac in May, 1854, where he has resided most of the time ever since. He was married April 28, 1855, to Miss Catherine Suteliff, of Amity Tp., Livingston Co .; she was born near Sheffield, Eng., Aug. 19, 1829, and came to this country in 1849; they have two children living-Rufus W. and Emma S., now Mrs. N. J. Caldwell, of Chats- worth ; shortly after coming to Pontiac, he built a sash and door factory, carrying it on about three years under the name of H. H. Norton & Co .; in 1866, he superin- tended the building of the public school building, and a year or more later, of the Odd Fellows' Hall, besides other prominent buildings ; in Jan., 1872, he became a partner in the furniture firm of Bertram & Norton, and they continued the business until July, 1874, when they were burned out with the balance of Union Block ; dur- ing the next year, he carried on the furni- ture business at Cornell, and in June, 1875, became a member of the present firm. - Mr. Norton is a member of the City Council ; he served on the Board of Trus- tees previous to the organization of the city, and also served three years as School Director.

J. O. PERRY, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Pontiac ; was born in Miami Co., Ohio, Sept. 16, 1823; he was raised to agricultural pursuits, which he has followed all his life to the present time; in the Winter of 1862 and '63, he came to Liv- ingston Co., and purchased his present farm. In 1867, he returned to Ohio, and was married on the 17th of January, to Miss Emma Dowle, of Miami Co., Ohio; she was born there, on the 8th of March, 1843 ; they have three children living- Lida Belle, Orrin Bruce and Benton. He then settled permanently in Pontiac ; he

owns 210 acres of land, valued at $10,- 000. Mr. Perry served about nine years as School Director.

W. L. PAYNE, farmer, P. O. Pontiac ; was born in Kentucky, Oct. 16, 1852; he is a son of Capt. M. L. and Sarah (Barkley) Payne ; his parents moved to Livingston Co., in 1853, and settled on a farm in Eppard's Point Tp., and after living there ten years, came to Pontiac. He was married March 13, 1877, to Miss Fannie A. Collins, daughter of E. B. Col- lins, of Chicago; she was born in Coving- ton, Ky., Jan. 24, 1854; they have one child-Matie.

W. W. PERRY, Janitor of Court House, Pontiac ; was born in Miami Co., Ohio, Dec. 19, 1841; his father, Dr. James M. Perry, removed, with his fam- ily, to Livingston Co., in 1852, and after practicing medicine here for twenty-two years, died in 1874; his mother died in 1860, after suffering eight years with a cancer. Mr Perry enlisted in the Summer of 1862, as a member of Co. A, 129th I. V. I., and soon after reaching the front, was put upon detached service with the medical department, to care for the sick and wounded, and in that capacity served till the close of the war. Returning to Pontiac, in June, 1865, he was married ou the 24th of December following, to Miss Mary A. Malott, who was born near Wabash, Ind., in 1847, and died Dec. 12, 1875, leaving one child-Hattie O. He was married again July 10, 1876, to Miss Melissa E. Gambel, of Pontiac; she was born in Lexington, Ill., May 12, 1858.

A. J. PIERCE, of the firm of Pierce & Newcomb, contractors and builders, and proprietors of the Pontiac Planing Mill and manufacturers of builders' material, Pontiac; was born in York Co., Me., March 7, 1838; he was raised to his present business, his father being a builder; in 1856, he removed with his father's family to Davenport, Iowa, and in 1861 he enlisted in the 2d Iowa V. I., Co. E; was promoted to Orderly Sergeant, and served till the close of the war in the Army of the Mississippi and the Army of the Ten- nessee, taking part in all the battles of the Army of the Tennessee, and was never off duty for a day. On the close of the war, he settled in Pontiac ; he started the Pontiac Planing Mill in 1871, and in 1875

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Mr. Newcomb became a partner in the firm. He was married March 11, 1865. to Mrs. Julia E. Humphrey, of Daven-

1 port, Iowa, and has one child-Mark.

HON. N. J. PILLSBURY, Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, Pontiac; was born in York Co., Me., October 21, 1834. In 1850, he entered the employ of the York Corporation, a manufacturing company at Saco, Me., where he remained until 1855, when, broken down in health, he came to Illinois, and, in 1858, removed to Livingston Co. and opened a farm, on which he resided until 1863; he then entered the law office of Samuel L. Flemming, at Pontiae, and after completing his studies, was admitted to the bar in May, 1864, and began the practice of his profession ; in 1869, he was elected one of the delegates from the Forty-fourth Distriet to the Constitutional Convention. At the first election for Judges, under the new constitution, in June, 1873, he was elected Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Illinois ; under the act of 1874, establishing the Appellate Courts of Illinois, he was selected by the Supreme Court as one of the Appellate Judges for the Second Distriet.

FRANK E. PACKER, painter ; Pon- tiac; was born in South Valley, Otse- go Co., N. Y., May 6, 1854; he is a son of Rev. Jedediah and Rhoda A. Packer; when he was a year old his par- ents came to Stark Co., Ill., and a year later removed to Princeville, Peoria Co .; from that place they went to La Prairie, Marshall Co., thence to El Paso, Wood- ford Co., and again to Princeville ; they afterward removed to Sandwich, De Kalb Co., and in 1865, came to Pontiac. Mr. Packer received a public school education in these various places, and afterward spent a year and a half in the High School in Dayton, Ohio. He was married Oct. 25, 1877, to Miss Hannah D. Payne, daughter of the late Capt. Morgan L. Payne, of Pontiae; she was born in Eppard's Point Tp., Livingston County, Sept. 14, 1857 ; she was educated in the public schools of Pontiac, and in 1872 began teaching in the schools of the county.

CAPT. MORGAN LEWIS PAYNE, deceased, was born near Goshen, Orange

Co., N. Y., April 20, 1805; he was named after Hon. Lewis Morgan, then Governor of New York. In 1813, his father removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1818, to Rising Sun, Ind. Mr. Morgan was married in 1828 to Miss Rebecca Adams. By this marriage he had six children, four of whom are living-James P., George W., Artemisia (now Mrs. Me- Cready, of Michigan ), and John A. (now a Lieutenant in the 19th Regt. U. S. A). He removed to Illinois in 1831, and became a resident of Danville; in May, 1832, he became Captain of the local mili- tary company of Danville, which was attached to the 9th Ill. State Guards. On the breaking out of the Black Hawk war, a company of volunteers was raised from that regiment, and Capt. Payne was elected Captain. Here were first displayed those soldierly qualities which afterward distinguished him. On arriving at Naper- ville, he was placed in command of that post, where he erected a fort and remained during his term of service ; he afterward lived some years at Greensburg, Ind. ; he was in Texas on the breaking out of the Mexican war, and at once took command of a company of Texan Rangers, and served with bravery until after the capture of Monterey, when, his time having expired, he returned to Indiana and raised a company of volunteers for the war, and returned to the front, where he served till the elose of the war. Returning, he was married on the 9th of December, 1849, to Miss Sarah Barkley, who was born in Grant Co., Ky., Aug. 27, 1828 ; they had seven children, all of whom are living -- William L., Lydia H., Hannah D. (now Mrs. Frank E. Packer, of Pontiac), Anna E., Burnett H., Jane E. and Belle. Capt. Payne removed with his family to Livings- ton Co. in 1853, and settled in Eppard's Point Tp., and after ten years, removed to Pontiac. In 1862, he entered the Union army 'as Captain of Co. D, 53d Il. V. I., and served a year and a haf, when, owing to ill health, he resigned and returned home. In 1871, he was elected Constable, and, in 1872, was ap- pointed Deputy Sheriff. holding both offices until the Spring of 1877 ; he was a man of remarkable energy and force of character. Hle died April 29. 1878, hon- ored by all who knew him

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S. O. PILLSBURY, foundry and ma- chine shop, Pontiac ; born in York Co., Me., Aug. 23, 1837; when he was about 14 years of age, his father removed to Saco, and four years later, came to Illinois, spend- ing two years in Bureau Co., and settling in Livingston Co., in 1857. In the Fall of 1862, Mr. Pillsbury enlisted in Co. H, 77th I. V. I., serving until the following Spring, when he was discharged by reason of ill health. In 1865, he came to Pontiac and engaged in the grocery business, and about a year and a half later, engaged in the foundry business ; he is a member of the grocery firm of Hunter & Pillsbury, which was formed in February, 1873. He was married Ang. 9, 1862, to Miss Helen Parmeter, who was born in Kennebec Co., Me., Sept. 6, 1837; they have two chil- dren-Maud and Guy. Mr. Pillsbury served one year on the Town Board of Trust- ees, and two years on the Board of Edu- cation.

F. F. POST, land agent for the M., K. & T. R. R. Co., Pontiac ; was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., June 13, 1825 ; his father was a manufacturer of carriages, and he learned the trade when quite young, and worked in his father's shop until 1844 ; he received an academic education ; in 1844, he went to Madison Co., Ky., where he en- gaged in merchandising for some five years ; he afterward spent two years in teaching ; and then purchased a large farm, with a saw and grist-mill, which he carried on two years more. While in Madison coun- ty, he was elected Justice of the Peace, serving until his removal from the county. He was married Jan. 18, 1849, to Miss Eliza J. Moberly, of Madison Co., Ky .: they have six children living-Mary C., Alice L., William W., Harry A., John F. and Thomas A .; in 1857, he removed to Bloomington Ill., and followed the grocery business until 1863, when he came to Pon- tiac, where he was engaged in the grain business until 1877; he is now the agent of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Co., for the sale of their lands in Kansas. He served two terms on the Board of Trustees of Pontiac.

O. F. PEARRE, attorney at law, Pon- tiac ; a native of Clermont Co., Ohio ; born on the first of June, 1836 ; he received an academic education, and at the age of 16 years, he began teaching, following it dur-

ing the Winter, and attended the academy during the Fall and Spring terms; in 1859, he came to Illinois and entered Eureka Col- lege, in Woodford Co., from which institu- tion he graduated in 1871 ; he then came to Livingston Co., and took charge of the New Michigan Academy in Newtown, as Principal, remaining two years; he next spent two years as Principal of Public Schools of Dwight; in 1865, he was elected School Commissioner for the county, serving in that capacity for two years, in the meantime reading law with Samuel L. Flemming of Pontiac ; he was admitted to the bar in April, 1866, and has been en- gaged in practicing ever since ; he makes a specialty of collecting, having an extensive business in that line ; he has been Local Ed- itor of either the Free Trader or Pontiac Sentinel most of the time during his resi- dence in Pontiac. He was married Oct. 20, 1860, to Miss Elizabeth Alden, of Cleve- land, Ohio, and has six children-Frank, Luke, Victor, Maud, Pearl and Daisy. Mr. Pearre was appointed United States Inter- nal Revenue Collector in 1864, serving un- til 1869; he has also served as Police Mag- istrate since 1866.

WILLIAM PERRY, proprietor of the Perry House, Pontiac ; was born in Miami Co., Ohio, Aug. 25, 1818; he was raised on the farm. Was married Aug. 9, 1839, to Miss Catherine N. Mathews, who was born in Frederick Co., Md., May 29, 1818; they have eight children living-John B., William H., Augustus L., Evans A., Ar- nold D., Emma G. (now Mrs. W. H. Jen- kins), Sarah E. and Carrie; their oldest daughter, Orelia (wife of W. H. Clel- and), died in 1872. Mr. Perry removed to Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1843, and en- gaged in the manufacture of cheese, which he followed seven years; he came to Liv- ingston Co. in 1857, settling on a farm in what is now Eppard's Point Tp. ; in 1865, came to Pontiac and took a contract in grading the Chicago & Paducah Railroad ; after which he built the Perry House, which he has kept ever since. He was elected Assessor in 1870, holding the office four years, and was again elected in 1877; he was a member of the Board of Aldermen five years from the organization of the city until 1877.

MRS. ELVIRA RUDD, farming, Sec. 17; P. O. Pontiac; was born in Clay,

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Onondaga Co., N. Y., July 26, 1835. She was married on the 6th of October, 1853, to the late Wm. Rudd, who was born in Lysander, Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 23, 1828; the same year they were mar- ried they came to Illinois and settled in Joliet, where they resided until 1864, when they removed to Livingston Co. Mr. Rudd died on the 13th of November, 1875, leaving four children-Daniel, Flor- ence E., Ida L. and William L. Mrs. Rudd owns 200 acres of land, valued at $9,000.

JACOB W. RIGHTER, farmer and stock raiser ; P. O. Pontiac; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., March 10, 1832 ; he came to Illinois in 1855, and settled in Joliet, Will Co., where he followed farm- ing and contracting and building until the breaking out of the rebellion. In the Spring of 1862, he entered the service of the government, and spent one year in constructing bridges over the Cumberland River at Chattanooga, Tenn .; in 1863, he removed to Saunemin Tp., Livingston Co., where he resided until his removal to Pon- tiae in the Spring of 1878. He was mar- ried Dec. 24, 1855, to Miss Martha J. Reed, of Lockport, Ill. ; they have three children-William H., Rose Etta and Frank. Mr. Righter has served one term on the Board of Supervisors and several years as School Director. On the organi- zation of the Saunemin Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Company in 1876, he was chosen Treasurer, and held the office until he removed from the township.

B. E. ROBINSON, Sheriff of Liv- ingston Co .; P. O. Pontiac; was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, May 24, 1836, and came with his parents to MeLean Co., Ill., in 1859; in May, 1861, he went, with others, to Missouri, and enlisted in Capt. Wilson's independent company, and served nearly a year, after which he entered Co. I, 95th Ohio Vols., at Columbus ; was pro- moted to Second Lieutenant, and served in the army of the Mississippi; he was wounded at Vicksburg May 22, 1863, and again at Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864 ; he was taken prisoner at the latter place, and, with eleven men of his company, taken to Andersonville, where he remained about five weeks, and was then taken to Macon, Ga .; he was afterward removed, with about 500 officers, to Charleston, S.

C., and placed under the fire of the Union guns, in an open jail yard, for two months, during the bombardment of the city ; they were then taken to Columbia, S. C., from which place he made his escape, and attempted to join Sherman's army, but, after twenty-six days, was re-captured, and after being taken to several Southern cities, was finally exchanged at Wilmington, N. C., in March, 1865. On the close of the war, he came to Fairbury, where he was married, March 27, 1867, to Miss Sarah E. Finch, of that town; they have two children-Lucy J. and Charles L. Mr. Robinson was elected Sheriff in 1872, and removed to Pontiac; he was re-elected in 1874 and '76. He is Captain of Co. A, 10th Bat. Nat. Guards, which was called out in the Summer of 1877 to quell dis- turbances at Braidwood, and was under orders twenty-one days.

GEO. W. RICE (of the firm of G. W. Rice & Co.), manufacturers and dealers in furniture; Pontiac; was born in Penobscot Co., Me., Dec. 20, 1834 ; when he was about 10 years of age he came with his parents to Illinois, and after spending one year in Kendall Co., came to Livingston Co. in 1847. His father, E. G. Rice, resided in Esmen Tp. until 1871, and removed to Alexander Co , in the ex- treme southern part of the State. Mr. Rice made his home in Esmen Tp. princi- pally, until 1872, when he removed to Pontiac; he engaged in his present busi- ness in 1874. In September, 1861, he entered the Union army as a member of Co. D, 52d Ill. Vols., serving in the Army of the Tennessee ; he was with his regi- ment in all its engagements, the principal ones being the battle of Shiloh, both bat- tles of Corinth, siege of Atlanta, and on Sherman's march to the sea; he was promoted to Second Lieutenant just pre- vious to his discharge, in July, 1865. He was married in March, 1860, to Miss Ade- line Smith, of this county, who died July 24th of the same year; he was married again Jan. 2, 1870, to Miss Charlotte Norton, of Pontiac, and has four children -Elbridge W., Mary O., Charlotte N. and Georgia. Mr. Rice is at present a member of the Board of Education, to which he was elected in April, 1877.

M. A. RENOE, publisher and printer, Pontiac ; was born in the Province of On-

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tario, Sept. 29, 1833; when about 10 years of age, he left home and went to Detroit, Mich., where he learned the print- er's trade, graduating on the Detroit Free Press ; he came to Pontiac in June, 1855, and became proprietor of the Livingston County News, which had been started about fourteen weeks before; in 1859, he sold out to Albe Bros., and engaged in farming, which he followed two years, and then returned to Detroit ; in 1865, he came again to Pontiac, and for two years had charge of the Pontiac Sentinel; in 1867, in company with his brother-in-law, H. C. Jones, he established the Free Press, which they continued until 1869, and then purchased the Pontiac Sentinel, and com- bined the two under the title of the Senti- nel and Press ; the same year they dropped the Press and continued the Sentinel, until 1871, when he withdrew and carried on the job department, Mr. Jones continuing in charge of the paper ; in 1872, he pur- chased a half interest in the Free Trader, which he retained until July 1, 1877 ; since which time he has been engaged in the drug business. He was married in August, 1857, to Miss Eliza Jones, of Pontiac ; they have two children-Edward E. and Stella M. Mr. Renoe is a member of the Board of Aldermen, to which he was elected in March, 1877.

S. RICKETSON, dealer in hogs and proprietor of Ricketson's feed yard and Ricketson's restaurant, Pontiac ; was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., April 8, 1814 ; he followed farming there until 1854, when he removed to New York City and engaged in the milk business ; there he lived four years, coming to Livingston Co. in 1858; he settled in Pike Tp .. about two miles from Chenoa, and engaged in farming; in 1861. he came to Pontiac and started the first restaurant in the city, which he has con- tinued ever since. He was married Oct. 27, 1837, to Miss Mary Barmore, who was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., in Sep- tember, 1816; they have two children- Annie (now Mrs. Wm. Barker, of Henne- pin, Ill.) and Susan (wife of John J. An- derson, of Pontiac).

EDWARD REILLY, of the firm of E. Reilly & Co., proprietors of the Pon- tiac Steam Mill, Pontiac ; was born in County Meath, Ireland, May 23, 1823; his father was a farmer, and he was raised

to that calling and followed it until he came to the United States in 1848 ; he received in English education in the pay schools of his native county ; arriving in this country, he spent one year in the State of New York in making brick ; he then came to Illinois, spending one year in Chicago, and settled in Peoria in 1850; removed to Bloomington in 1858, and Pontiac in 1869 ; engaged with the late Stephen C. Crane in the brick making business; Mr. Crane died in 1877, since which time Mr. Reilly has carried on the business alone ; he por- chased the Pontiac Steam Mill with Wm. Byrne in 1875; Messrs. S. Denslow & Son becoming partners in Jan., 1878. Was married in May, 1855, to Miss Bridget Quinn, of Peoria ; they have four children- Rose A. (a teacher in the Pontiac public schools), Thomas (now in the brick busi- ness with his father), Mary and Maggie (both of whom are engaged in teaching in the county). Mr. Reilly is a member of the Board of Education of Pontiac.

THOMAS J. RANKIN, school teacher, Pontiac ; was born in Washington Co., Penn., March 25, 1845 ; his father was a manufacturer of salt, and he assisted in the business a portion of his time, but spending most of his time in school ; at the age of 15 years, he engaged in teach- ing, which he followed during the Winter seasons for two years, in Western Pennsyl- vania; in February, 1863, he came to Pontiac, and on the 29th of September, the same year, he enlisted in the 3d I. V. C., Co. A, serving until July, 1865 ; he took part in the battle of Franklin, Tenn., the siege of Nashville, and in the series of engagements between Gens. Thomas and Hood, during the retreat of the latter from Nashville. Returning to Pontiac, he learned the mason's trade, which he has continued to the present time, teaching during a portion of each year. He was married Oct. 4, 1866, to Miss Winnifred Ryann, of Pontiac; she was born in the Province of Ontario ; they have one child -Eva May.

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The History of Livingston County, Illinois : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 68

Author: Publication date: 1878 Publisher: Chicago : W. Le Baron Number of Pages: 884

Author:
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Chicago : W. Le Baron
Number of Pages: 884