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JOSEPHI S. SUYDAM, farmer ; P. O. Chenoa. Republican ; Presbyterian. Has eighty acres of land on Sec. 11, valued at $40 per acre ; he was born in Middlesex Co., N. J., Feb. 17. 1815, and came to Tazewell Co. in 1854, and to Marshall Co. in 1862, and to this place in 1868. He married Catharine De Graw, Dec. 13, 1838, in Philadelphia ; she was born in New Jersey, Dee., 1815, and died Sept. 23, 1872; they have four children living -Abraham D., Jane E., Catharine L., John B .; lost three-George V., died in New Jersey, 1849 ; Mary and Frank died in Tazewell Co. the same week in 1859. Mr. S. is an intelligent man, well informed, has seen much of the world and society, is a good farmer, held several offices in town, loves books and the current literature of the day ; has a fine family ; the decline of life is sweetened with the thought that the world has been made better for his having lived in it.
SILAS H. SUTTON, farmer ; P. O. Chenoa. Republican; Quaker. Has 160 13
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acres of land on Sec. 25, valued at $50 per acre ; he was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., April 3, 1834, and came to this place May, 1857. He married Mary Gager, Dec. 29, 1865 ; she was born in Troy, N. Y., Nov. 10. 1847; they have four children-Mattie G., Anna H., Jennie G. and Edwin A. Mr. Sutton bought his farm of Mr. Leonard Baker, the first farm settled in town, and the house being the first one built in the township ; it must have been built in 1853; Mr. Sutton is now the oldest settler in Pike ; has one of the best farms, is a good farmer, has been engaged for years dealing in stock and hogs. Has been Supervisor for many years, and also Treasurer for nine years ; he is one of the most capable business men, and has always been a leading spirit in the enterprises of the town.
THOMAS SHAFFER, farmer ; P. O. Ocoya. Republican ; Evangelical. Has 240 acres of land on Sec. 1, valued at $45 per acre ; he was born in Columbia Co., Penn., Dec. 26, 1826, and came to Ste- phenson Co., March, 1862, and to this place in 1866. He married Elizabeth Kettner, Aug. 7, 1854; she was born in Clinton Co., Penn., Oct. 18, 1831 ; they have six children living-Henry J., Susanna C., William F., Emanuel F., John B. and Emma Jane ; Harvey E. was killed by the running away of a horse, in Feb., 1873, aged 12 years ; Nina T .; died in infancy, in 1867. Mr. S. is one of the successful farmers of the town ; has one of the best farms, and knows how to keep it so; his buildings and improvements are very good ; he has a family of intelligent, industrious and good children, and all together they live to enjoy the good things of this life, as well as of the life to come.
PETER VERCLER, farmer; P. O. Chenoa. Independent and Christian. Has 240 acres of land on Secs. 21 and 33, valued at $50 per acre; he was born in Lorraine, France, April 12, 1827, and came to Peoria, Ill., in 1852, and to this place in 1865. He married Anna Detweiller, in Peoria, in 1856 ; she was born in Lorraine, France, in 1830; they have three children -Cattie, Andrew and Anna. Mr. V. is exceptional in the taste shown in improve- ments on his farm, his buildings, and his orchard; has a fine grove; his farm is one of the best in the county ; he
came to this country with small means, but has been very successful in his business and farming; he is very agreeable in his manners, has good practical judgment, and is a very highly esteemed citizen of the town.
STEPHEN WOODING, farmer; P O. Ocoya. Republican, and his family are Methodists. Has 126 acres of land on Sec .. 12, valued at $50 per acre; he was born in Northampton Co., Eng., Feb. 11, 1830, and came to Salem, N. J., in 1851, and to Fulton Co., Ill., in 1854, and to this place in 1867. He married Sarah Humphrey, of Fulton Co., March 1, 1862; she was born in Indiana, and died Dec. 28, 1873; they had four children, two living-Benj. F. and Charles S. He married for his second wife Susana Cheney Myer, widow of M. H. Myer, Oct. 4, 1874; she was born in Alleghany Co., Md., July 3, 1837 ; she had by her first husband three children - Eli B., Adelia and William T. S. ; the last two live with their mother, Mrs. W. Mr. W. is one of those thoroughly quiet, unpretending men whom you must know well to appreciate ; he has a finely situated and cultivated farm, and is a very sys- tematic farmer ; he has a beautiful resi- dence, an interesting family, and everything looks like thrift and contentment ; he had $2.50 when he came to this country, so what he has, he has made and saved.
DAVID WATSON, farmer; P. O. Chenoa. Democrat and Christian. Has eighty acres of land on Sec. 6, valued at $40 per acre ; he was born in Bennington Co., Vt., Aug. 16, 1806, and came to Chautauqua, Co., N.Y., in 1833; to Brown Co., Ohio, in 1839; to Woodford Co. in 1851; to Peoria Co. in 1866 ; to Marshall Co. in 1871, and to this place in 1876. He married Betsey Briggs Oct. 6, 1836 ; she was born in Massachusetts Jan. 25, 1816 ; they have five children living- Edwin B., William L., Mary C., David and Francis. Mr. W. is one of the very worthy and best of men ; has lived a long and eventful life ; has raised a fine, intelli- gent family of children, and now, in the sunset of life, he and his kind companion live to enjoy their society and be a bless- ing to them. Wm. L. was born in Chau- tauqua, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1841. Was a member of the 108th Ill. Vols. for three years, from Woodford Co., and received an
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honorable discharge. He owns the farm with his father, and, being single, they live together ; he is one of the most manly, honorable young men you can find.
WILLIAM WOODING, farmer ; P. O. Ocoya. Republican. Christian. Ilas 134 acres of land on Secs. 12 and 13, valued at $50 per acre ; he was born in Northampton Co .. England, Nov. 17, 1832, and came to Philadelphia in 1851, living in New Jersey until the Fall of 1856, when he came to Fulton Co., Ill., and in 1869 he came to this place. He married Amanda Humphrey in Fulton Co., Dec. 25, 1859 ; she was born in Washing-
ton Co., Ind., July 26, 1841 ; they have three children-Mary A .. Lucy L. and William H. ; Jesse died in infancy. Will- iam H. Fellingham, nephew of Mrs. W., is a member of their family. Mr. W. had barely means enough to get to America, and it required much hard work and many self-denials to get a start ; but by dint of perseverance he has conquered, and now he has a beautiful farm and residence and other improvements, rendering his home one of the best ; he is a good farmer, thoroughly honest, and is one of the capa- ble men of the town.
WALDO TOWNSHIP.
JAMES ANDREWS, Jr., farmer, Sec. 32 ; P. O. Gridley ; born in Lincoln- shire, town of Stamford, Eng., April 15, 1846; came to the United States when nine years old, stopping in La Salle Co. for a short time prior to locating permanently in Waldo Tp., his present home, where he located in 1862. Has eighty acres of well-improved land, valued at $45 per acre. Mr. Andrews married Miss Marga- ret Murray ; she was born in Scotland, April 22, 1850. He has filled the office of School Director, and is highly recom- mended by all who know him. They are the parents of three children-Mary J., born March 16, 1873; Ida M., born Sept. 22, 1874 ; James G., born Dec. 21, 1877.
D. C. BENEDICT, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Gridley ; was born in Volney, Oswego Co., N. Y., April 28, 1834 ; at the age of 9, he re- moved with his parents to Delaware Co., Ohio ; after four years, he returned to N. Y., locating in Jefferson Co .; in 1849, he was apprenticed with H. P. Pratt, contract- or and builder, and served three years ; came to Illinois in 1855, locating in Ken- dall Co., where he remained about eight years, then came into Livingston Co., lo- cating where he now resides; has engaged in contracting and building quite ex- tensively since he came into this county ; he owns eighty acres of land, valued at $45 per acre ; is Supervisor, and a man of energy and industry and much respected
by all who know him. He married Miss Clarrisa A. Sleezer, Ang. 21, 1853; she was born in Saratoga, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1834. They are parents of five children-Abra- ham D., born April 8, 1856; David H., born Dec. 21, 1857 ; Diademia E., born Aug. 22, 1859 ; Ellsworth D., born Sept. 28, 1864 ; George J., born Sept. 8, 1868.
RICHARD BREESE, coal and stock merchant, Gridley; was born in Cam- bridgeshire, Upwell, near Wisbach, Eng., Aug. 26, 1824 ; came to United States in 1852, locating in Butler Co., Ohio, near Hamilton, remaining there until 1857 ; from there, to Illinois, where he located in Livingston Co., town of Waldo, Sec. 10, living there eight years, then moving to Sec. 28, where he retained a homestead of 280 acres, though carrying on business in Gridley ; value of land, $45 per acre. Mr. Breese married Miss Sarah Flanders, of Wasborn, Huntingtonshire, England, Jan. 16, 1851; she was born Oct. 30, 1828. Mr. Breese has one child-Eliza, born Jan. 7, 1848; she married Mr. Christian Nearhauser, Dec. 19, 1864.
W. H. CORNWELL, farmer and stock, Sec. 1; P. O. Gridley ; the subject of this sketch was born in Prince- ville, Peoria Co., Ill., Jan. 14, 1844 ; living there twenty-five years, laboring on a farm and attending district school until 15 years old, then entering the Academy at Prince- ville, attending two years and one month,
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leaving school and enlisting in the war of the rebellion, Sept. 25, 1861, in the 11th Ill. V. C .; leaving the State March 15, 1862, was engaged in several battles and taken prisoner at the battle of Corinth ; was paroled at Vicksburg, Oct. 15, 1862, going to St. Louis, where he was in parole camp until the March following, going to Jackson, Tenn., remaining until September, 1863; re-enlisted Dec. 25, 1863; was wounded and taken prisoner, tasting the sweets of Andersonville for four months ; discharged under a general order from the War Department, July 25,1865. Returned home, where he married Miss Elizabeth C. Thomson, of Peoria, Ill., Feb. 28, 1867 ; she was born Oct. 24, 1848; then moving to their home in Livingston Co., Feb. 22, 1869. He owns 320 acres, valued at $40 per acre; is Justice of the Peace for the second term. They have three children -Albert W., born Sept. 18, 1868 ; Lester P., born Nov. 24, 1872; Charles A., born Jan. 27, 1877.
ROBERT ROBERTS, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Gridley ; was born in Tazewell Co., Ill., March 3, 1846, living with his parents until 21 years of age, attending school Winters and farming the remainder of the time; he located in Waldo Tp. in 1867, buying 160 acres of land, now val- ued at $45 per acre. Mr. Roberts married Miss Virginia Watts, of Weston, McLean Co., Aug. 1873; she was born 1853; they are the parents of two children-Charles, born Dec., 1874; Luther, born Oct., 1876.
HENRY E. SIEBERNS, general merchandise ; Gridley ; was born in Germany, March 23, 1825; came to this country in 1853; stopping for a time in New Orleans, thence to Louisville, Ky., where he engaged at the trade of cabinet making, which he followed two years, after which he removed to Canada. While there he married Miss Caroline Niergarth, of Germany, May 28, 1857; she was born May 1, 1834. He owns 880 acres of land, well improved, and a fine residence ; he is a man of energy and industry, through which he has accumulated a large property ; has held the office of Town Clerk and Col- lector ; also Postmaster. He has a family of nine children-Juliette and Juliana, born Dec. 31, 1858 ; Mary R., born Sept. 22, 1860; Walter H., born Aug. 19. 1862 ; Wilhelmine C., born July 3, 1864; John
R., born Oct. 21, 1868; Otto, born Feb. 15, 1872 ; Carl D. E., born May 10, 1874: Henriette E., born March 2, 1877.
A. L. SMITH, farmer and stock, Secs. 23 and 24; P. O. Gridley ; he was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, March 27, 1835, where he lived until 18 years of age, at- tending school Summer and Winter until 14 years old, afterward attending Winters only until 18 years old ; leaving Ohio, with his brother Elias C. Smith, coming West to Tazewell Co., Ill., where they hired by the month. He married Miss Mary E. Ayres, of Somerset Co., Penn ; she was born March 27, 1842 ; soon after marriage they moved to Livingston Co., where they now reside, settling on the wild prairie with no means; their old home is deserted for a more elaborate one, bespeaking better times; he cast the first vote in Waldo Tp. election ; has held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Assessor, Collector, Constable, Highway Commissioner, which places he has filled with honor to himself, and is respected by all who know him. He owns eighty acres, valued at $45 per acre ; he once sold forty bushels of corn to buy his wife a calico dress. They are the parents of four children-Lucy E., born March 16, 1861; Syrena, born Nov. 27, 1863 ; Mary F., born Jan. 7, 1869 ; Frank E., born June 29, 1877.
GEORGE W. STOKER, farmer and stock, Sec. 32; P. O. Gridley ; born in Mason Co., Ky., March 11, 1827, where he remained with his parents until 25 years of age, engaged in farming ; he then went to California, remaining only three years ; his health failing, he returned home, where he remained only one year ; thence to Liv- ingston Co., where he has remained ever since, engaging in farming, and has accu- mulated a good property. He married Miss Mary E. Jewett, of Belfast, Me., May 2, 1860; she was born at Belfast, Me., Nov., 1833; they are the parents of two chil- dren-George P., born Ang. 21, 1861; Mary B., born May 2, 1863.
EDSON WILDER, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 19; P. O. Gridley ; born in Windham Co., Vt., March 13, 1809 ; living there with his parents and attending school until 9 years of age; then moving with them to the town of Washingtonville, Os- wego Co., N. Y., where he remained with them until their death, leaving there four
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years later for Illinois, locating in Peoria Co. in Oct .. 1856, where they lived until May, 1865; moving from Peoria to Waldo, where he purchased 256 acres of land, which he has improved with good build- ings and fine stock. Has been elected Justice of the Peace several terms, and is held in high esteem by all who know him.
He married Miss Susan Titus Feb. 9, 1835 ; she was born in the town of Sandy Creek, Oswego Co., N. Y., Jan. 29, 1811; they are the parents of four children- Martial D. F., born May 17, 1836; Mal- colm D., born May 15, 1838; Edson L., born Aug. 15. 1840 ; Mary A., bor. Nov. 29, 1848.
GERMANTOWN TOWNSHIP.
NICHOLAS FROEBE, farmer ; P. O. Chatsworth; was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany, May 26, 1826, and is the son of Christoph and Kate ( Berg) Froebe ; his father was a millwright; he entered a factory owned by Philip Goemble, to learn a trade in the manufactory of Damerest ; here he remained for seven years; he was drafted to serve in the regular army, where he remained for five years ; in 1849, in company with Amelia Goemble and mother, emigrated to America and landed in New Orleans, being seven weeks in making the trip; then to Peoria, via St. Louis ; remained here two years; settled in Livingston Co., January, 1856, in Ger- mantown Tp., on the farm that he now lives on; purchased 104 acres, at $8 per acre ; to-day, owns 184 acres. Married Amelia C. Goemble, of Germany ; she was born March 30, 1835 ; they have six chil- dren. Mr. Froebe is one of the oldest and highly respected farmers of German- town Tp .; has held the office of Township Clerk for seven years, and School Director. Is liberal in his politics, and a member of the Lutheran Church.
WM. PHILIP GOEMBEL, farmer ; P. O. Chatsworth; the subject of this sketch is one of the first settlers of Ger- mantown Tp., having made his home here Aug. 20, 1856 ; was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany, Feb. 20, 1833, and is the son of Philip and Carolina (Streber) Goembel; his father was engaged very extensively in the manufactory of Damerest ; here Mr. Goembel was engaged in selling his father's goods ; he came to America and landed in New Orleans. thence to St. Louis, then to Peoria, engaged in selling goods manu- factured by his father, in Germany ; near
Peoria, he set out in farming. and remained there until 1856, when he came to Liv- ingston Co., and settled on the farm that he now lives on. Mr. Goembel was the first Supervisor of Germantown Tp., which office he filled with credit to himself and to the people he represented, for six years. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, and is a Democrat in polities. Married in 1863, to Elizabeth Schroen, of Germany ; they have eight children.
JOHN LEGGATE, farmer, P. O. Melvin, Ford Co .; was born in Scotland, Aug. 25, 1816, and is the son of James and Margaret (Dalgleish ) Leggate ; his father was a weaver by trade, who died in 1837 ; mother died when he was very young. Mr. Leggate married Miss Eliza- beth Fleming in 1837 ; in 1849, with his wife and four children, emigrated to Amer- ica and landed in New York City ; here he remained for six years, engaged in weaving, which trade he learned in Scotland ; he then went to Ontario, Canada ; here he was engaged in the Summer months in the manufacture of brick, and in Winter at his trade of weaving ; remained here two years ; then to Illinois, in 1857, and settled in Livingston Co., on the farm that he now lives on, having purchased eighty acres from the Illinois Central Railroad Com- pany, at $8 per acre ; to-day, he owns 160 acres. Squire Leggate is one of the most prominent men of Germantown Tp. : has held several offices of trust ; is Justice of the Peace, which office he has held for twelve years. Is a member of the Presby- terian Church. and a Republican in politics. Squire Leggate had two sons in the lite war-John, was born in Scotland, Sept. 11, 1841, enlisted in the 89th Ill. V. I.,
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Co. D, for three. years or during the war ; participated in some of the hard-fought battles; at Chickamauga, he was struck five times by flying bullets from the enemy, also at Rockyface, and Nashville ; here, at Nashville, he received a very severe wound in the wrist, from which he has a crippled hand ; was honorably discharged ; now liv- ing in Chicago, engaged in a cotton manu- factory; Robert, was born in Scotland, July 23, 1845 ; enlisted in the 89th Ill. V. I., Co. D, for three years ; then in the 59th, in Texas; was honorably discharged ; re- turned home at the end of the war, and now lives in Harrison Co., Iowa.
ALBERT B. MINNERLY, farmer ; P. O. Chatsworth ; the subject of this sketch is one of the best known and highly respected farmers of Livingston Co .; was born in Canandaigua Co., N. Y., Dec. 3, 1815, and is the son of James and Hannah ( Knapp) Minnerly ; his father was a farmer and was born in Westchester, N. Y., May 6, 1790; came West to Ohio in 1838, then to Illinois in 1854; he died of typhoid pneumonia at Van Orin, Ill., April 13, 1876, being a member of the M. E. Church ; his mother is now living in Mendota Ill., 82 years of age. Mr. Minnerly came West with his parents, and settled in Ohio, then to Illinois ; engaged in farming in Bureau Co., also working at his trade, blacksmith- ing, which trade was learned in New York ; then to Livingston Co., and settled in the place he now lives on, in the Spring of 1867; here Mr. Minnerly has remained ever since ; has held several offices of pub- lic trustin Germantown Tp. ; Justice of the Peace, Town Treasurer and Supervisor of Tp., this office for the last five years; all of these offices he has held with honor and credit to himself and to those he has repre- sented. Has been a strong Republican ever since the organization of the party, but of late years he has been working very hard for the National Greenback party, and is recognized as one of the leading men of this party of Livingston Co. Was married Feb. 3, 1841, to Miss Eliza J. Cox, of Vir- ginia ; born in 1812, and is the daughter of Joseph Cox; six children ; member of the Universalist Church, and a hard worker in the temperance movement.
DANIEL D. MOORE, farmer ; P. O. Chatsworth : was born in Pulaski Co., Ind., Sept. 19, 1849, and is the son of A.
J. and Catherine (Long) Moore of Ohio ; his father was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., and a miller by trade ; of late years engaged in farming; Mr. Moore remained with his parents engaged in farming ; in 1862 his father died ; he then was engaged out as a farm hand, working in Cass and Warren Cos., Ind. ; then came to Bureau Co., Ill., and remained here for two years, then to Livingston Co., and settled in Ger- mantown Tp. ; here he purchased a farm ; owns a fine improved farm of 126 acres. Married, in 1870, to Miss Dorcas Britton, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Moore is a Green- backer in politics.
EDWARD PHILLIPS, farmer; P. O. Melvin, Ford Co., Ill .; the subject of this sketch was born in La Salle Co., Ill., Ang. 1, 1843, and is the son of William and Martha J. (Ray) Phillips, who were among the early settlers of La Salle Co., having made their home there in 1841 ; his father was a farmer ; Mr. Phillips was raised on the farm ; when he was but 3 years old his mother died, and when 6 years old his father died ; he was bound out to his uncle, George Phillips, and remained with him until the breaking out of the late war ; he enlisted as a private in Co. B, 104th I. V. I., and participated in some of the most severe battles during the war ; was with Gen. Sherman's march to the sea ; through the swamps of the Carolinas to Washington, D. C., on the grand review ; was mustered out June, 1865 ; he returned to La Salle Co., and commenced farming ; he then came to Livingston Co., and settled in Germantown Tp. in 1867 ; owns a fine improved farm of 400 acres. Mr. Phillips married in 1870. to Miss Malindia J. Graves, of Ill. ; three children ; has held the office of School Trustee. and is Green- backer in politics.
PHILIPP RUPPEL, farmer; P. O. Chatsworth ; was born in Germany, Aug. 5, 1825, and is the son of Ernest and Annie E. (Gerbracht) Ruppel, of Germany; his father was a carpenter by trade, and was born March 13, 1803, and is now living in Germantown Tp. ; mother was born December, 1797, and died May, 1872. Mr. Ruppel remained in Germany until he was 25 years of age, engaged with his father in the carpenter business ; in 1850, with his father, mother, one brother and sister emigrated to America, and landed in New
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York City, then to Buffalo, N. Y., thence West to Tazewell Co., Ill. ; here they purchased a farm and were engaged in farm- ing in Tazewell Co. about twelve years ; then to Livingston Co. ; here Mr. Ruppel first purchased eighty acres, at $12 per acre ; to-day owns 320 acres of fine im- proved land. Married, in 1850, to Miss
Elizabeth Rohrbach, of Germany ; born May 28, 1832, and is the daughter of John Rohrbach, of Germany ; both her parents are dead ; mother died when she was 82 years old ; father died some ten years ago ; have had nine children. six living. Evan- gelical Church.
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WILLIAM BROUGHTON, farmer ; P. O. Dwight. Republican. /Has 960 arres of land, very well improved ; he was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., Dec. 6, 1826 ; came to Broughton May 1, 1852, after living in Ohio several years. He married Miss S. E. Smart, in Medina Co., Ohio, Dec. 6, 1849; she died Oct. 26, 1868. They had three children-Alvira, Arville and Elmer. Mr. B. came to this Tp. three years before any other man ; has worked hard to improve his farm, has been successful, and now has some of the best lands and farms in the town ; he was the first Supervisor and held the office several years, is now and has been for many years the Assessor ; he is an active political man, always being very zealous for what he thinks to be right. The Tp. was named in honor of him. He is one of the lead- ing men in the county ; he was on the lake for many years, and for several years commanded the vessel ; so this is his first farming, and he has succeeded well.
ALBERT HARRIS, farmer ; P. O. Dwight. Republican. Has eighty acres of land on Sec. 8, and valued at $40 per acre ; he was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., July 3. 1838, and came to La Salle Co., in 1853 and to this place in 1868. He married Laura Reeder, daughter of Joseph Reeder, Nov. 12, 1861 ; she was born,in Wiscon- sin. Sept. 22, 1842. They have four children-Nora, Edna and Edwin (twins), and Luella. Mr. II. has a good farm, is a Very intelligent man, and has a very prom- ising family of children. He was in the 104th Illinois Vols., from La Salle Co .; made a good record as a faithful soldier ; he was with Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea, in the 14th Army Corps, and served three years.
HENRY JUSTUS, farmer ; P. O. Dwight. Republican. Has eighty acres of land on See. 17, valued at $40 per acre; he was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., Dec. 9, 1822, and came to La Salle Co. in 1854, and to this place in Fall of 1861 ; has two children-Alonzo H. and Clarence E. Mr. J. is one of a class of men who live for the good of living, not only for himself, but for others. He has a beautiful home in a beautiful grove, and one of the very nicest of farms, and well knows how to enjoy it ; he has been a prosperous farmer, and is a man universally esteemed.
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