The History of McLean County, Illinois; portraits of early settlers and prominent men, Part 133

Author: Le Baron, Wm., Jr. & Co., Chicago, Pub
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : W. Le Baron, Jr.
Number of Pages: 1092

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ANDREW J. LUCAS, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Randolph; born in White Co., Ill., Nov. 7, 1818. His father, William Lucas, was born in North Carolina, April 15, 1787. He emigrated to Illinois and located in White Co. at a very early day, and located in Blooming Grove in 1824, where he died, Dec. 16, 1839. He married Gooden Hendricks ; she was born in North Carolina, Jan. 26, 1794, and died in McLean Co., March 26, 1840. They were the parent- of ten children, three of whom are now living-A. J., born Nov. 7, 1818; Dorcas, Jan. 19, 1829, now Mrs. Dr. Reeder, of Lacon, Ill .; Benjamin L., Jan. 9, 1831, living in Bloom- ington. The subject of this sketch removed with his parents to Blooming Grove in 1824, and is among the earliest settlers of McLean Co,, and one of the oldest living settlers of the county. He remained with his father until his death, and, within a period of two months, lost by death his father, mother, two brothers and a sister. In the spring of 1840 he commenced farm- ing for himself, which he continued for two years ; then he farmed on shares for three years. His marriage with Elizabeth Simmons was celebrated Dec. 28, 1844; she was born in Virginia, Feb. 5, 1819. They were the parents of six children, of whom four are deceased. The living are-Wilburn E., born July 9, 1847 ; Benjamin W., July 27, 1852; married and live at home. Mr. Lucas has lived in McLean Co. a period of fifty-five years. He removed upon his present place in January, 1879, where he has 217 acres of land under a good state of cultivation, upon which he has good farm buildings. Mr. L. has been a member of the Christian Church for forty-six years, Mrs. L. and both children being members of the same Church.

JOHN L. McCOMB, farmer ; P. O. Heyworth; born in Indiana Co., Penn., April 22, 1820; he was the second son of James McComb, who was born in the same county and State on Oct. 14, 1785, where he followed farming until his decease, which occurred April, 1865. He was united in marriage with Jane Laughlin in 1813 or 1814; she was born in Indiana Co., Penn., April 27, 1788; they were the parents of eight children, of whom five are now liv- ing. The subject of this sketch lived upon the home farm until 45 years of age, when, at the decease of his father, he disposed of his interest in Pennsylvania and emigrated to Illi- nois, locating in Knox Co. in the spring of 1866; here he engaged in farming one year, and, in the spring of 1867, he came to McLean Co., and settled on Sec. 6, Town 21, when he pur- chased 160 acres of land on Secs. 6 and 7, where he then located and where he has since con- tinued to reside. In politics, Mr. McComb is a Republican, having identified himself with the Republican party upon its organization, and has since labored for the success of the same. He is a strong temperance advocate ; and has never made use of tobacco in any form. He has been a member of the Presbyterian Church for a period of thirty-five years, his wife joining two years previous. ITis marriage with Rachel Kelly was celebrated Nov. 7, 1843; she was born in West- moreland Co., Penn .. in December, 1819: eight children were the fruit of this union, of whom one died in infancy : the living now all reside within a circle of four miles of their parents, four of whom now live at home ; the living are-Addison J., born Aug. 13, 1844 ; William HI., May 22, 1846; Camden W., March 23, 1849; Cyrus C., June 15, 1853 : Millard, Sept. 18, 1855; Harriet, April 30, 1858 ; Lizzie, November. 1860. Of the above, Addison J. and William Il. served in the 206th Regt. P. V. 1. during the last year of the war.

GEORGE H. McCOMB, farmer and blacksmith, Section 5. Town 21; P. O. Heyworth ; born in Indiana Co., Penn., July 16, 1822. Ile was a son of James McComb, who was born Oct. 14, 1785, in the same county and State, where he followed farming until his decease, which occurred April, 1865, upward of 80 years of age. He was married to Jane Laughlin in 1813 or 1814: she was also born in the same county, April 27, 1788: they were the parents of eight children. of whom five now survive. The subject of this sketch attended the common school until 18 years of age. when he learned and worked at the blacksmith trade

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until 1869, at which time he emigrated West and located upon his present place where he has sinee lived ; he first purchased eighty acres of land upon Sec. 5, to which he has since added by purchase until he now owns 160 acres of good prairie land, which he has accumulated by his own hard labor, energy and industry, in which he has been nobly assisted by his amiable wife, to whom he was united in marriage on the 10th day of March, 1847; she was born in Armstrong Co, Penn , Jan. 8, 1829 ; her maiden name was Caroline Irwin ; they are the parents of nine children-Corydon I., born Dec. 16, 1847 ; Mary A., Sept. 23, 1850; Emma V .. May 31, 1853 ; James B., Oct. 31, 1855 ; Thomas R., May 27, 1858; Elmer E., Aug. 20, 1861, died Sept. 13, 1869 : George W., born May 31, 18 :4, died Aug. 14, 1870 (killed by being thrown from a horse) ; Carrie J., born Nov. 24, 1866, died March 5, 1870; Annie Bell, born Oct. 1, 1869. Mr. McComb was an old-line Whig, and joined the Republican party upon its organization, and has since labored for the success of the same He is a strong temperance advocate. He has been a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church since 1848; his wife became a member about the same time ; three of the elder children are also members of the same Church.

CORYDON 1. McCOMB, farmer and blacksmith, Sec. 32; P. O. Ileyworth ; born in Indiana Co., Penn., Dec. 16, 1847. lle is the eldest son of George H. McComb, whose sketch appears among the biographies of Downs Township. The subject of this sketch attended the common school until 16 years of age, when, on Aug. 5, 1864, he enlisted in the 206th Regt. P. V. I., and went forward to battle for the Union ; he was forwarded to the Army of the James, under Grant, with Gen. Ord as brigade commander ; he was first engaged in front of Petersburg, and was afterward transferred to the front of Richmond, until the evacuation, when he, with the army, followed in pursuit of Lee until his surrender in April 1865; he then did guard duty at Lynchburg, after which he went to Richmond and Baltimore, and returned home, being mustered out of ser- vice, and received his discharge in July, 1865. He then returned home and learned and worked at the blaeksmith trade until 1869, when he emigrated to Illinois, and located upon Sec. 5, Town 21, Downs Township, McLean Co., where he followed blacksmithing and farming until 1872, when he opened a blacksmith shop at McLean, where he followed his trade three years. He located upon his present place in 1878, and engaged in farming and blacksmithing. His marriage with Emily Ellsworth, was celebrated Nov. 24, 1875 ; she was born in St. Clair Co., Ill., Jan. 2, 1855. They are the parents of two children-Minnie E., born Feb. 22, 1877, and an infant, born April 14, 1879. Mrs. McComb is the eldest daughter of William and Mary Ellsworth, whose sketch will be found among the biographies of Downs Township. The business card of Mr. McComb appears in the business directory of the township, in another part of this work.

JOHN McCONNELL, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Le Roy ; born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, April 9, 1832; his father, William McConnell, was born in Pennsylvania April 12, 1788. He married Catharine La Fever ; she died in 1834; Mr. McC. died in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Oct. 2, 1876 ; he first came to Ohio upon a flat-boat down the river, early in the present century, and was offered for his boat a large tract of land upou which the city of Cincinnati now stands ; of their children, which were twelve in number, only four now survive; the rest all died of con- sumption. The subject of this sketch attended the common schools in his youth, and finished his studies at the Farmers' College, located upon College Ilill, near Cincinnati, Ohio, where he attended two years ; in 1854, he came to Illinois and purchased 160 acres of land, at $4.50 per acre, upon Sec. 35, Downs Township. McLean Co., and the following year located upon the same, and which he has since brought from its wild prairie condition to its present high state of improvement by continued hard labor ; he now owns 327 acres in his home farm and fifty acres of timber in Empire Township. Mr. McConnell was clerk of the meeting called to organize Downs Township, and assisted in the organization of the same; township and school offices have been his in plenty, often holding two offices at the same time; he has held the offices of Justice of the Peace fourteen years, Assessor two years, and Highway Commissioner, School Director and Trustee, one of the Executive Committee of the County Grange, and is now Master of the Downs Grange, No. 1163, and the present Supervisor of Downs Township, and Director of the County Insurance Company. His marriage with Martha Buck was celebrated June 17, 1862; she was born in Mclean Co., Ill., Dec. 14, 1838; they have three children by this union- Anna Belle, born March 18, 1863; Hiram E. and William M. (twins) Oet. 25, 1866; Mrs. McConne l is a daughter of Hiram Buck, whose biography appears among the sketches of Empire Township, in another part of this work. When Mr. McConnell purchased his land, there were but few settlers upon the prairie; he commenced breaking prairie in 1856, with & team of eight oxen, six of which were perfectly wild and were handled with great difficulty. He commenced school-teaching in 1855, and taught for nine winters ; he has been a hard-work- ing, industrious farmer, and by his correct business habits has placed himself among the large land-holders and successful farmers of McLean Co.

NELSON McDANIEL, farmer, See. 20; P. O. Downs ; one of the old settlers of McLean Co., Ill .; born in Monroe Co., Va., Nov. 26, 1815; his father, William McDaniel, was born in Virginia, where he followed farming until 1832, when he emigrated to Indiana and located in Boone Co. and followed farming there until his decease, which occurred in 1853. He was mar- ried in Virginia to Nancy Gore; she was born in Shenandoah Co., Va .; she died in Indiana about the year 1841 ; they were the parents of ten children, of whom six are now living. The

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subject of this sketch emigrated to Indiana when 17 years of age, and made his home with his father until 25 years of age. when, upon Dec. 16. 1840, he was united in marriage with Lucinda Gapen ; she was born in Boone Co., Ind., Nov. 16, 1822; she died September, 1855, leaving seven children-Parisade, Daniel, William S., Zachariah, Sarah N., Joseph N., Lucinda Le Roy ; his marriage with Naomi Matthews was celebrated September. 1856; she was born in Virginie in 1827 ; they have three children by this union-Mary F., Caroline and Charles S. Upon the marriage of Mr. McDaniel, he farmed upon land given him by his father. for twelve years, when he emigrated to Illinois and located upon Scc. 2. Downs Township. in April, 1852. coming all the way in company with Eber Hornor by team, the trip consuming eleven days ; upon arriving here, he commenced farming upon his present place, where he has since lived ; he now owns 160 acres, all of which is under good cultivation. Of town and school offices, he has had his full share, having been elected the second Supervisor of Downs Township, which he held for two years ; he held the office of Town Collector some four years, and School Director seven years, and other petty offices ; he was the first Collector in Downs Township, and as Collector he has successfully handled the funds of Downs Township for four years.

G. J. MCGINNIS, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Le Roy; born in Lawrence Co., Penn .. April 14, 1842. He attended the common schools in his youth and assisted his father upon the farm until 18 years of age, when, on the 10th of September. 1861. he enlisted in Battery B, 1st P. V. A .; he served in the army of the Potomac under Mcclellan, Burnside, Hooker, McDowell, Meade, Pope, and lastly, Grant. He was in many hard battles, among which we mention Mechanicsvillle, June 26 and 27, 1862; Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862; New Market Cross Roads, June 30, 1862; the second battle of Bull Run, Aug. 28, 29 and 30, 1862; South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14. 1862: Antietam, Md .. Sept. 16 and 17. 1862; Fredericksburg, Va .. Dec. 13. 1862: Fredericksburg, April 30 and May 1, 1863, U. S. Ford, May 6, 1863; Gettysburg, July 1, 2 and 3, 1863 : battles of the Wilderness, and the last one near Petersburg, in August, 1864. After serving his full time of three years, he received his discharge on the 10th of September, 1864. Mr. McGinnis hal a brother in the same company, who died from sickness contracted while in the army. Ile personally was sick but one week during his whole term. Receiving his discharge, he returned home, and in the spring of 1865, emigrated to Illinois, and located in Woodford Co., where he purchased eighty acres of land, upon which he lived one year, when he sold out and purchased eighty acres in Marshall Co., and farmed eight years, and again sold and purchased his present place of 160 acres, in the winter of 1874, where he has since lived. His marriage with Nancy B. McCord, was celebrated Dec. 8, 1865: she was born in Lawrence Co., Penn., Aug. 7. 1840; they were the parents of six children, of whom two are deceased : the living are-William J., horn June 23, 1867; John D., May 14, 1872; Bessie M., Oct. 28, 1876: Robert S., Sept. 23, 1878. The deceased died in childhood. Mr McGinnis is a member of the M. E. Church, having become a member in 1859, his wife having been a member since 13 years of age

JOSEPH MARSHALL, physician, Sec. 31; Heyworth ; born in Fayette Co., Ky., June 24, 1832. He attended the common school until he was 17 years of age, when he went to St. Louis and entered the St. Louis University, where he attended three years, and from which he gradu- ated in the spring of 1853, from both Medical and Literary Departments. He then returned to Kentucky, and engaged in the practice of medicine, in Fayette Co., until the fall of 1872, when he located in Bloomington, McLean Co .. and practiced medicine until March, 1874, when he removed upon his present place, where he has since lived and followed his profession, having a good practice, which is yearly increasing. His marriage with Martha M. Goodwin, was cele- brated Sept. 25. 1855 ; she was born in Fayette Co., Ky., March 9, 1838. They have six chil- dren by this union-Ella J., Ida E., Rachel J., Robert, Sallie R., Edmund S. Mr. Marshall was a son of Robert Marshall, who was born in Fayette Co., Ky., Jan. 1, 1800. Has always success- fully followed farming, and is now living, in the 80th year of his age, in full possession of all his faculties, and able to attend to some light work. He was married to Elizabeth Evans ; she was born in the same county, in 1804. and she is still living, and daily performs her household duties.

SOLOMON MASON, farmer, Sec. 18: P. O. Downs ; one of the early pioneers of McLean Co., Ill .; born in Jessamine Co., Ky., Oct. 13, 1801 ; he removed with his parents to Ohio in 1805, and located in Montgomery Co., where he followed farming with his father until 19 years of age, when he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Fryer. August. 1820; she was born in Kentucky Nov. 25, 1799 ; she died Dec. 31, 1850. leaving eleven children of whom six are now living, viz., George, John W., Eliza, Sarah, Daniel and Mary. His marriage with Elizabeth Brooks was celebrated in 1854; she was born in Indiana August 31, 1815; they had four chil- dren. of whom three are living-Samuel B., William H .. Charles A. Upon the marriage of Mr. Mason, he farmed upon rented land for twelve years in Preble Co., Ohio, when he purchased eighty acres, upon which he lived until 1839, when he came West and located in McLean Co., Ill .: he settled upon his present place in 1840. where he has since continued to live during a period of thirty eight years; Mr. Mason commenced in life without capital : he had $100 left him only ; he has raised a large family, and now owns 240 acres of land upon his home farm, with good farm buildings, and 200 acres in Cropsey Township, Sec. 31, all of which he has accumulated by his own hard labor, energy and industry ; he has suffered all the privations and

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hardships of frontier life, and, although now in the 78th year of his age, is in possession of all his faculties, and daily attends to the chores about his place. Hle has been a member of the United Brethren for a period of thirty years.

D W. MASON, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Le Roy ; one of the early settlers of McLean Co .; born in Preble Co., Ohio, April 15, 1833; he emigrated with his father, Solomon Mason, and located in what is now Downs Township, MeLean Co., Ill., in the fall of 1839; his father now lives upon the same place upon which he located upward of forty years ago; his biography also appears among the sketches of this township in this work. The subject of this sketch attended the common schools in his youth, and assisted his father in farming until 23 years of age, since which time he has been engaged in carpentering and farming for himself. His marriage with Susan Richardson was celebrated Aug. 14, 1860; she was born in this county July 28, 1843; they are the parents of five children, four of whom are now living, viz., Orville II., born Aug. 23, 1861; Cornelia, June 24, 1863; Mary E., June 13, 1865, and Stanley L., Sept. 12, 1876. Mr. Mason removed upon his present place in 1877, where he has since lived ; he owns 120 acres with good farm buildings. He is a Republican in politics ; his first vote was for Judge David Davis. Mrs. Mason is a daughter of S. P. Richardson, one of the early pioneers of McLean Co., and is now making his home with his son-in-law, D. M. Funk, at Bloomington.

SAMUEL MILLER. farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Downs; born in Randolph Township, McLean Co., Nov. 17, 1845; he is the oldest living son of M. H. Miller, usually known as Hagar Miller, one of the early settlers, and whose sketch appears among the biographies of Randolph Township in another part of this work. The subject of this sketch lived with his parents and followed farming until February, 1864, when he enlisted in the 94th Regt. 1. V. I., and went forward to battle for the Union. He joined the regiment at New Orleans, and went to Mobile Bay, where he was engaged in the siege and capture of Ft. Morgan, Blakely and Spanish Fort, by which Mobile fell into the hands of the Union army ; he was then forwarded to Galveston, Tex., where he was transferred to the 37th I. V. I., and was on detailed service until May, 1866, when he was mus- tered out of service at Ilouston, and received his discharge at Springfield in May, 1866, having served in the Union army two years and three months ; he then returned home and engaged in farming, which business he has since followed ; he removed upon his present place in 1872, where he has 160 acres of land upon which he has good farm buildings. Ilis marriage with Emma Passwater was celebrated March 9, 1871; she was born in Randolph Township, McLean Co., and is a daughter of Clement Passwater, one of the early pioneers of McLean Co .; they have three children by this union-Rebecca E., Cora C. and Franklin H.

JAMES MONTGOMERY, physician and surgeon, Downs; born in County Tyrone, Ireland, Ang. 28, 1837, where he attended the subscription schools until 16 years of age, when he went to Manchester, England, and, after serving an apprenticeship of three years in a fancy grocery store, emigrated to America, landing in New York Nov. 1, 1856; after consuming the entire winter in New York and adjoining cities vainly seeking for employment, he purchased a drover's tieket, for $8, to Indianapolis, and upon arriving there continued his journey to Danville, Ill., where he arrived with $3 and a good wardrobe; the following day, he obtained employment with Dr. Fithian upon a farm, at $15 per month, and after working one year invested his earnings in young stock, calves and yearlings, which he held one year and sold at a profit of 100 per cent ; he then engaged in farming and stock-raising, until the spring of 1860, when he came to MeLean Co. and purchased a farm near what is now Downs, and, after farming one year, commenced the study of medicine, and in August, 1862, enlisted as a private in Co. F, 94th Regt. I. V. I., and served as such through the campaigns of Missouri and Arkansas, siege and capture of Vicks- burg, capture of Yazoo City, after which he went to Port Hudson, where he was appointed Assist- ant Hospital Steward, and upon arriving at Brownsville, Texas, in 1863, was appointed General Hospital Steward, and continued his study of medicine under Dr. E. A. Carothers until 1864, when he went to New Orleans and passed examination before the Examining Board of the Army; and was appointed Assistant to the Medical Purveyor of the Department of the Gulf, which position he held until the close of the war; while located in New Orleans, he attended the lectures of the Medical College, and the practical experience received while here, in surgery, has proved of more value than years of study and practice in civil life. At the close of the war, he returned to McLean Co. and engaged in the practice of medicine, and for two years contin- ued his studies in medicine and dissecting under Dr. William Hill, of Bloomington ; he has con- tinued the practice of medicine in Downs and neighboring townships since 1865, during a period of fifteen years of constant increase in his practice. lIe is a member of the McLean County Medical Society, and is appointed a member of the State Medical Society at their Con- vention, to be held at Lincoln during the summer of 1879. His marriage with Mary J. Savidge was celebrated May 12, 1861 ; she was born in McLean Co., Ill., Aug. 31, 1842; they had six children, of whom three are now living-James E., born Feb. 9, 1862; Margaret E., July I, 1867; Matilda F., Nov. 14, 1871. Mrs. Montgomery is a daughter of James N. Savidge, one of the early settlers of McLean Co., who located here in 1834, and now lives in Old Town Township.

THOMAS B. NULL, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Le Roy ; one of the old settlers of McLean Co. Ill. ; born in West Virginia Dec. 4, 1829. His father, Levi Null, was born in Lancaster City,

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Penn., April 26, 1794 ; he emigrated with his parents to West Virginia when six years of age, where he was raised, upon the Pan Handle, a name given a narrow strip of land Virginia reserved to her own territory ; in 1852, he removed to Licking Co., Ohio, where he died Jan. 4, 1875. The subject of this sketch attended school and assisted his tather in farming until 23 years of age, when he emigrated to Ohio, and upon the 22d day of November, 1854, he was united in marriage to Anna Keith ; she was born in Licking Co., Ohio, Jan. 5, 1837 ; they were the parents of six children, of whom five are now living-William C., born Sept. 27, 1855: Levi A., Dec. 24, 1857 ; Mary O., Nov. 8, 1860, died Nov. 24, 1862; Charles J., born July 17, 1864; Ella A., Dec. 6, 1866 : Gussie L., April 9, 1877. Upon the marriage of Mr. Nuli, he commenced farming for himself in Ohio, which business he followed nntil he emigrated to Illinois and located upon Sec. 7, Downs Township, McLean Co., in 1858, where he rented land of L. Downs for six years, and, in the spring of 1865, purchased his present place, upon which he then located and where he has since lived ; he now owns 160 acres in his home farm, with good buildings, all of which he has made by his own hard labor. When he first came to this State, he was entirely without capital ; he did his plowing with one horse; he then purchased another horse upon time, and in this way obtained a team, and for three years he battled against poverty without making a dollar ; during the fall of 1858, money was very scarce, and to obtain cash for labor was impossible : he, with his team, worked thirty-five days for seventy bushels of frost- bitten corn.

REV. SYLVESTER PEASLEY, farmer ; P. O. Downs : one of the early settlers of McLean Co .; born in Grayson Co., Va., Aug. 31, 1823. His father, Isaac Peasley, was born Aug. 30, 1798, in North Carolina. He was married in Grayson Co., Va., to Rachel Holsey. She was born in Vir- ginia in 1803. They were the parents of eight children, of whom four are now living. Mr. Peas- ley died Oct. 16, 1851. His widow died in the spring of 1865. The subject of this sketch emigrated with his parents to Illinois and located in MeLean Co. in the fall of 1834. They lived in a log cabin with stick-and-mud chimney ; it had a puncheon floor and was in all respects a rude structure. They lived in this cabin for two years, when they built one of their own. Mr. Peas- ley lived with his parents several years, and upon the 3d of November, 1842, he was united in marriage with Mary Stillman. Six children were the fruit of this union, of whom one is deceased ; the living are-Granville, born Oct. 14, 1845 ; Rachel S., Oct. 29, 1848; Isaac, Oct. 24, 1851 ; John, July 16, 1854; Esther C., Oct. 13, 1859; and one who died in infancy. Mrs. Peasley died Oct. 2, 1863. His marriage with Mrs. Susan Crosby was celebrated April 6, 1864. One- child was the fruit of this union, who died when upward of three years of age. Mr. Peasley has endured all the privations of frontier life ; he has made frequent trips to Chicago ; has been out twenty-six days in succession, exposed to the coldest of weather ; has waded the Kankakee River when his clothes were frozen as soon as he came out, and has slept on brush which he- cut to protect him from the mud in the rainy weather. He has taken a deep interest in the cause of religion, having devoted a large part of his life to the cause, and has attended five churches. He has been an ardent worker in the cause of the Sabbath school, and still continues his good work. He was elected the first Supervisor of Downs, in 1858, which office he held for twelve years in succession. He was the first Postmaster in Downs Township, which office he held twelve years. He is now President of the McLean County Fire Insurance Company, of which he was a charter member. Mr. Peasley is a Republican in politics, having joined the party npon its organization, and has since labored in support of the same. He has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1840, of which he was an ordained minister, but was forced to discon- tinue preaching on account of weak lungs. He removed upon his present place in 1847, where he has since lived during a period of upward of thirty years .- Mrs. Peasley remarks about the sudden change of 1836. The weather had been mild for some time; rain had been falling, changing the snow to slush, when suddenly a cold wind-storm came and changed the tempera- ture nearly sixty degrees in a very short time ; the face of the country was changed from water to ice immediately, and, as Rev. Mr. Peasley remarked, appeared like a picture of the polar regions.

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The History of McLean County, Illinois; portraits of early settlers and prominent men, Part 133

Author: Le Baron, Wm., Jr. & Co., Chicago, Pub Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Chicago : W. Le Baron, Jr. Number of Pages: 1092

Author: Le Baron, Wm., Jr. & Co., Chicago, Pub
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : W. Le Baron, Jr.
Number of Pages: 1092