The History of McLean County, Illinois; portraits of early settlers and prominent men, Part 140

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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JAMES RAYBURN, JR., farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Bloomington ; one of the old set- tlers of McLean Co .; born in Madison Co., Ohio, March 14, 1836. He emigrated with his parents to Illinois in 1851. He attended school and assisted his father in farming until 19 years of age, when, upon Dec. 19, 1855, he was united in marriage with Susan Bishop; she was born in McLean Co., June 26, 1836. They have two children now living, viz., Ida May. born May 1, 1858, and Eda Bell, April 10, 1860. He has 280 acres in his home farm, and, aside from farm- ing, is extensively engaged in feeding and shipping stock, feeding about 100 cattle, 150 to 200 hogs, 300 to 500 sheep, and some horses. Besides feeding the products of 250 acres of corn, he last season purchased some 3,000 bushels, which he also fed. He is now feeding sixty bushels of corn per day to his stock, which he ships over the C. & A. R. R. to the Chicago market. He and his wife have been members of the Presbyterian Church for a period of twenty-five years. Mr. Rayburn is the present Supervisor of Old Town Township, which office he has held for ten years in succession, the duties of which he has performed with credit to himself and satisfaction to his township. He is a son of James Rayburn, who was born in Virginia April 6, 1799. He emigrated with his parents to Ross Co., Ohio, at an early day, and followed farming until 1851, when he emigrated to Illinois, and located upon Sec. 30. Old Town Township, where he has lived for a period of twenty-eight years. In 1850, he was a member of the State Legislature of Ohio. Upon the 24th of September, 1816, he was united in marriage with Jane McCoy : she was born in Ross Co., Ohio, July, 1799, and was the first white child born in that county. She died Aug. 15, 1876. Mr. Rayburn now lives upon the home farm with his son, James, Jr. He has been a member of the Presbyterian Church since his youth, and is now one of the Elders of the First Presbyterian Church in Bloomington.

SAMUEL SCOTT, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Downs ; one of the old settlers of McLean Co. : born in County Down, Ireland, March 28, 1836, where he attended the public school until 14 years of age, when he worked at farming and weaving in the linen mills for four years, and, in 1855, emigrated to America, landing in New York Jan. 15, 1856, having been ten weeks and five days making the voyage. Upon arriving in New York, his capital consisted of 7 cents. He then worked at farming in New Jersey two years, when he came to Illinois, arriving in Bloomington in the spring of 1858. He then worked as farm laborer for five years : then he farmed upon rented land two years, and, in 1858, he purchased thirty acres of his present place, upon which he then located, and where he has lived since 1865. He owns ninety acres of well-improved land, which he has accumulated by his own hard labor. He married Maria Jamison in 1858; she was born in Ireland ; she died in Illinois Aug. 27, 1875, leaving one child-John-born Sept. 15, 1860. His marriage with Mrs. Bridget Tulick was celebrated Sept. 22, 1876 : she was born in Ireland. They have one child by this union-Mary J., born Aug. 21, 1877.

PATRICK SAVAGE, fariner and stock-raiser, Sec. 33 ; P. O. Downs ; born in County Kerry, Ireland, March 17, 1827, where he attended the public school until 13 years of age, when he emigrated to America, landing in New York in the spring of 1840. llis father. Jeremiah Sav- age, had preceded him ten years, locating first in Canada, where he lived five years, when he came to Rochester, N. Y., where he followed his trade of mason and stone-cutter, in connection with farming, in Monroe Co., N. Y., until his decease, which occurred in the winter of 1872. His widow survived him, and died in Rochester in April, 1879. The subject of this sketch attended the public schools during the winter in New York until 23 years of age, during which time he was employed in farming and working upon the canal-boats, after which he had

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command of a boat for three years. In the spring of 1851, he emigrated West, and worked in Effingham, Coles and Champaign Cos., getting out timber for the Ill. Cent. R. R., for nearly two years, when he returned to Rochester and remained some three months. Ile then came to McLean Co., and resided in Bloomington one winter, being employed in chopping wood. The following summer, he and his wife were employed upon a farm; then he returned to Blooming- ton and followed farming and teaming some ten years, and, in January, 1866, he removed upon his present place, where he has since lived. He owns, upon his home place, 146 acres of land, with the best of buildings, which he has made by his continued hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted by his wife, to whom he was united in marriage Oct. 1, 1854. Her maiden name was Susan Fagan : she was born in County Down, Ireland, May, 1829; she came to America when quite young. They have seven children now living, having lost one by death. The names of the living are Mary A., born July 3, 1855 ; Ellen, Feb. 23, 1857; Morris S., Dee. 13, 1858 ; Frances, Nov. 8, 1860, died June 13, 1866 ; John B., born Nov. 6, 1862; Thomas, Oct. 17, 1864 ; Susan, Oct. 13, 1866; Elizabeth, Oct. 5, 1868. Mr. Savage came to Illinois without capital ; he had not the means to purchase a bed, and used a tick made by Mrs. Savage, filled with straw, and made upon the floor. They had neither table nor chairs, using for a table a trunk. He purchased his first bedstead with the proceeds of his labor, cutting cord-wood at 50 cents per cord. He has steadily kept at work, until he is now one of the responsible farmers of McLean Co., having nearly 100 acres under fence and a good state of cultivation, and upon which there is no inenmbrance.

JAMES SHIELDS, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Holder; born in Jessamine Co., Ky., Sept. 17, 1816, ; his father, James Shields, Sr., was born in Londonderry, Ireland, May 6, 178] ; he married Martha Paul in Kentucky ; she was born March 24, 1783 ; he emigrated to America the second year of the present century ; he first lived in Virginia, then came to Kentucky, where he was married, and followed farming until his decease, which occurred in Jessamine Co., Ky., June 20, 1865. Mrs. Shields died many years previous in the same State and county ; three of their children by this union are now living-John, Hugh and James. The subject of this sketch lived with his father in Kentucky until 24 years of age, when he was united in marriage with Martha E. Mahan, March 26, 1840; she was born in Jessamine Co., Sept. 29, 1822; they were the parents of five children, of whom four are now living-Archibald, born July 14, 1842; Sam- uel II., Oct. 3, 1844 : Parilee M., March 19, 1846; Milton H., Dec. 1, 1847 ; the deceased, Martha Jane, was born Jan. 16, 1841; she was married to Henry Zeigler, and died Oct. 23, 1873, leaving nine children. Mrs. Shields was a daughter of Elijah Mahan, who was born in Woodford Co., Ky., in November, 1801, and is now living at the advanced age of 78 years. Mrs. Mahan was born in Jessamine Co., Ky .. in March, 1802; her maiden name was Jane Scott ; she died in March, 1877. They were the parents of seven children, six now living. Milton H. Sheilds, the youngest son of James and Martha (Mahan) Shields was born in Montgomery Co., Ind., December, 1847 ; he married Sept. 17, 1874, and is now living at home.

THOMAS TWINING, farmer and stock-raiser, deceased ; one of the early pioneers of McLean Co .; born in Berks Co., l'enn., Feb. 16, 1808; he attended the common schools, and completed his education by a collegiate course of five years, the last two years of which were devoted to medicine; in the fall of 1836, he emigrated to Illinois, and located upon Sec. 32, Old Town Township, and entered some 300 acres of land, and engaged in farming and stock-raising ; he took an active interest in politics, being an Old-Line Whig, until the organization of the Repub- lican party, after which he became an active and prominent member of the same; he had no aspirations for office, but held some township and school offices, and was Justice of the Peace for many years ; he took a deep interest in the affairs of his township, and his influence with the County Court was of good effect ; by his influence and labor the township saved $10,000 in the matter of voting assistance to the L., B. & M. Railroad; upon his locating here, his capital con- sisted of less than $200; he borrowed money to enter his first land, and at the time of his death owned upward of 500 acres of land, besides his personal property. Ilis marriage with Sarah A. Beam was celebrated March 8, 1832; she died July 17, 1845, leaving four children. He married for his second wife Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph Jan. 28, 1849; she was a daughter of Benjamin Cundiff; she was born in Virginia Oct. 15, 1816 ; three children were the fruit of this union, of whom two are deceased. Mr. Twining died upon the old homestead Dec. 6, 1872. C. HI. Twining, the only surviving child by the last marriage, was born upon the old farm Nov. 12, 1852, and has always lived upon the old place and in the same house in which he was born, a part of which is the original house erected by his father forty-two years ago. He owns upon his home farm 280 acres, and aside from farming is extensively engaged in stock-raising. Upon Jan. 6, 1873, he was united in marriage with Mary Savidge; she was born in MeLean Co. Jan. 26, 1854; they have three children now living by this union-Musetta, T. J. and Earl.

JEREMIAH WHITCOMB, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Bloomington ; one of the old settlers of McLean Co., Ill. ; was born in Vermilion Co., Ill., Jan. 10, 1839; his father, Francis, was born in Grafton Co., N. H., Jan. 28, 1786; he emigrated West and located in Indiana in 1814 or 1815, and came to the Territory of Illinois in 1816, and located near Danville, Vermilion Co., where he engaged in the manufacture of salt; after which, he followed farming until 1849, when he located in what is now Old Town Township, McLean Co., where he purchased 300 acres in Sec.

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21, upon which he settled ; he afterward added by purchase until he had accumulated upward of 700 acres in this and Padua Township. He married in Vermilion Co., Ill., to Jane Evans ; she was born in Ohio in 1804; they were the parents of nine children, of whom six are now living. Mr. W. died upon the home farm Jan. 16, 1872. Mrs. W. now lives with her son- Jeremiah, at the advanced age of 75 years. The subject of this sketch came to McLean Co. with his parents in 1849, and has lived upon the home farm for a period of thirty years, where he owns 160 acres with good buildings. He married upon the 27th of February, 1862, Lucinda Rodman ; she was born in Ohio ; they have four children now living-Sylvia A., Lillie M., William A. and Mary F. Mr. W. has had his full share of petty offices ; has held the office of School Trustee for seven years : Town Clerk two years, and is now Justice of the Peace.

GEORGE P. WOOD, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Downs ; born in Pendleton Co., Va., July 26, 1826 ; he is a son of Joshua Wood, who was born in Virginia Nov. 6, 1804. He married in Vir- ginia Anna Hedrick : she was born in Virginia ; they emigrated from Virginia to Illinois and located in McLean Co., in 1850, where they lived until their decease. Mr. Wood died June 3, 1863; Mrs. Wood died March 28, 1865. The subject of this sketch made his home with his father in Virginia and emigrated to Illinois at the same time, where he remained with his father until 27 years of age, and, Aug. 31, 1854, he was united in marriage with Huldah Teter ; she was born in Virginia, Nov. 14, 1831 ; they have six children now living, having buried three ; the living are Charles A., born Dec. 22, 1855 ; Sarah R., born Aug. 18, 1857 : Permelia E., born March 2. 1861 ; Charlotte, born Jan. 30, 1863; Amanda S., born April 18, 1865 ; William D., born June 17, 1867 ; the deceased died in childhood. Upon the marriage of Mr. Wood, he rented land for two years, when he purchased land and improved the same, and sold, which business he repeated six times, when, in 1876, he purchased his present place, upon which he then located, and where he has since lived. He owns upward of 149 acres upon his home place, all of which is under fence and improvement.

JOHN L. YOUNG, farmer, deceased ; one of the old settlers of McLean Co., Ill., born in Clark Co., Ky., Oct. 22, 1829 ; he was raised to farm labor in Kentucky until he emigrated to Illi- nois and located in McLean Co. in the spring of 1852; in 1859, he purchased some land in Sec. 28, Old Town Township, which he settled on and improved until 1864, when he purchased the present place of 240 acres, upon which he located and where he lived until his death ; he also owned eighty acres in Kentucky, and a house and lot in Bloomington. He took a great interest in the affairs of his township, and was one of the prominent men of the township, and Super- visor of Old Town Township, at the time of his decease, which was his fourth year in succession. His marriage with Martha A. Dooley was celebrated Oct. 9, 1851 ; she was born in Nicholas Co., Ky., Aug. 16, 1832 : they were the parents of nine children-Wilton H., born Oct. 11, 1852 ; Lee, Dec. 3, 1854 : Mary E., Aug. 23, 1857 : Clara N., April 27, 1859 ; William F., April 8, 1861; Robert L., May 16, 1863 : Florence B., May 9, 1866 ; Obadiah L., Aug. 21, 1869; Min- erva D., born May 2, 1871, died June 11, 1877. Mr. Young died Jan. 10, 1872; he lies buried in Bloomington Cemetery ; over his grave stands an Italian marble monument, erected sacred to his memory by his loving children. MIrs. Young was a daughter of William Dooley, who emi- grated to Illinois in 1851, and located in McLean Co., in 1852, and was largely engaged in farm- ing and stock-raising, owning some 1,500 acres of land at the time of his death, which occurred June 6, 1869 ; she lives upon the same place upon which she located in 1864.

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JOSIAH ARTER, farmer and stock- raiser ; P. O. Stanford ; was born in Crawford Co., Ohio, April 24, 1834. He came to McLean Co., Ill .. Feb. 17, 1857, and to Dale Township in the spring following, went back to Ohio in December, but returned to Dale Township the next February, and, in the fall of 1858, to Allin Township. He married Martha Ann Van Gorder, Feb. 28, 1867; she was born in McLean Co. May 16, 1843. ller father, Abraham Van Gorder, and her mother, Amanda Disbrow, were born in the State of New York, and moved to Ohio, and from there to McLean Co. in 1842. Mr. and Mrs. Arter have four children-Delilah, born Jan. 10, 1868 ; Cora, Feb. 25, 1871 : John, March 16, 1875, and Ida, March 4, 1877. He owns a farm of eighty acres and a fine home, and in politics is a Democrat.

MILTON BOZARTII, farmer and stock-raiser : P. O. Stanford : was born in Christian Co., Ky., Jan. 15, 1832, and came to Brown's Grove, Allin Township, with his parents, Sept. 10, 1839, where he resided until he married. lIe married Anna Baker April 20, 1859; she was born in Rockingham Co., Va., Feb. 9, 1842. ller father, John Baker, was born in the same county ; also her mother, Sarah Richie. Mr. Bozarth's mother, Cynthia Bozarth, is living in Brown's Grove. Mr. Bozarth moved onto the farm where he now resides, in April, 1859. They have had five children, who all died in early infancy, except Franklin, who was born May 11, 1861, and died July 12, 1871. Mr. B. owns about 270 acres of land in Allin Township, and a fine residence. In politics is a Democrat.

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ABEL BROOKS, broker, Stanford ; was born in Allin Township (formerly Mosquito Grove Township), March 6, 1852. Hle is the second son of Presley T. Brooks. lle married Miss Livonia Summers, daughter of Dr. Andrew Summers, April 2, 1874; she was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, Oct. 10, 1851. They have had two children-Myrtle, born May 19, 1876; died April 9, 1878, and Lee, born Dec. 17, 1878. In addition to his brokerage business, Mr. Brooks is engaged in the lightning-rod business.

MILES BROOKS, Police Justice ; Stanford ; was born in Allin Township Oct. 8, 1845, and is the oldest son of Presley T. Brooks, who is the oldest living settler in Allin Township. and now resides in Eureka, Woodford Co., Ill .; he was born in HIart Co., Ky., Nov. 9, 1821, and came here before the organization of the county of McLean, Dec. 29, 1842. Ile married Eliza Silvay Larrison. In the winter of 1829-30, he entered land now known as Brooks' Grove, and in March, 1830, moved into his log cabin. The Indians, wolves and deer had everything their own way, but the Indians were friendly. Miles Brooks, at the starting of Stanford village, went into the lumber and grain business, and has followed that with stock-buying and shipping ever since. In 1876, he was elected Police Justice, and re-elected in the spring of 1879. He married Miss Sarahı R. Johnson, daughter of Caleb Johnson, of Danvers Township, May 13, 1869. They have two children living-Alpha, born Sept. 27, 1874, and Pearl, July 17, 1877. The eldest died in early infancy, unnamed.

MALVINA B. CAVETT, farming ; P. O. Stanford ; widow of John Cavett ; he was born in Posey Co., Ind., May 22, 1817, and was raised a farmer, and always followed the business. He married Miss Malvina MeReynolds Jan. 11, 1838; she was born in the same county, May 17, 1817, and they moved to McLean Co., Allin Township, in October, 1854; he died Sept. 5, 1870. They have seven children liying-Mary Ann, born Oct. 31, 1844; John A., born March 23, 1846; Thomas W., born April 22, 1848; Margaret J., born Oct. 24, 1850; William W., born Sept. 1, 1855: Josephine S., born Oct. 5, 1858; Charles H. C., born Dec. 26, 1862, and James, deceased ; Nancy E., born Jan. 3, 1842, and died Dec. 31, 1842. They own a fine farm of 200 acres-rolling prairie.

ROSETTA FITZPATRICK, farmer; P. O. Covel, Dale Township; was born in Enniskillen, Ireland, April 25, 1841, and is the widow of James Fitzpatrick ; he was born in Boston, Mass., April 1, 1837. She came to this country with her uncle, John Cox ; landed in New York in 1845; they lived in New Jersey until the spring of 1860, when they moved to Colorado. She married James Fitzpatrick in Denver City Aug. 22, 1860. They moved to Bloomington, McLean Co., Ill., in the summer of 1865, and that fall bought the farm where she resides, in Allin Town- ship. He died Dec. 17, 1873, in Bloomington. They have six children-James F., born in Denver City July 15, 1861 ; Mary E., born in Denver City April 25, 1863; John C., born in St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 5, 1866 : Martin II., born on their farm Aug. 1, 1868; Robert E., born in Bloomington Nov. 26, 1870, and Rosette, born in Bloomington Nov. 25, 1872. She owns a nice home of 160 acres in Allin Township, and a house and Iot in Bloomington.

AMOS W. HARRISON, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Stanford ; was born in Andrew Co., Mo., July 28, 1844; went to Knox Co., Ohio, with his parents, in 1848, and to McLean Co., Ill., in 1851. His father, Abraham Harrison, was born in Essex Co., N. J., Dec. 10, 1815, and married Nancy Kinkade in Knox Co., Ohio, Dec. 23, 1838; she was born in Maryland May 6, 1816. Amos W. Harrison married Miss Alice Ward in Macon Co., Mo., Oct. 20, 1867; she was born in McLean Co., Ill., Feb. 1, 1850. They moved to Allin Township in March, 1878, where they now reside. They have three children-James A., born Aug. 10, 1869; Ethel M., born Nov. 12, 1873, and Bertrand ()., born Feb. 17, 1874. llis brother-in-law, William Paul, and himself, own 238 acres of fine prairie, where he lives. In politics, he is a Democrat.

WILLIAM HILLYARD, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Minier, Tazewell Co., Ill. ; was born in Vermilion Co., Ill., Sept. 25, 1842 ; his father, John Hillyard, was born in Northampton Co., Penn., in 1799, and died in Tazewell Co .. March 11, 1862 : his mother, Sarah ( Hatfield), was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, in February, 1809 ; she resides with William Hillyard, the subject of this sketch, who married Miss Susan J. Colville Nov. 12, 1868 ; she was born in Harrison Co., Ky., June 29, 1839. They have four children-Mary E., born Aug. 25, 1869; John W., May 11, 1873 : Edward A., March 3, 1875, and Sarah Maud, Dec. 11, 1878. Mr. Hillyard is a Republican.

CALEB JOHNSON, retired farmer, stock-raiser and dealer; P. O. Stanford; was born in Monroe Co., W. Va., March 22, 1813. His school advantages were limited to a few months in a log cabin. He followed farming. Sept. 16, 1856, he started out with his family and household goods, all in four two-horse wagons, and eight horses, for his new home in Danvers Township, McLean Co., Ill., where he had bought, the year previous, 560 acres of prairie and timber land. They reached their farm Oct. 13, following. lle married Miss Eliza J. Beard June 27, 1839. She was born in Monroe Co., Va., Dec. 11, 1813. They have six children-Ward P., born June 8, 1840 (he married Elizabeth Deal) ; Madora E., born March 4, 1843 (she married George W. Holland) : Sarah R., born April 11, 1845 (she married Miles Brooks, Esq. ) : James W. was born Aug. 23, 1847 (he married Lois Rowel) : John A. was born March 18, 1851 (he married Julia Lehmann) ; Louise S. was born March 7, 1855 (she married Frank P. Browning). One son lives in Kansas and two daughters in Missouri, the rest here. He now owns, altogether, 406 acres of land and, resides in Stanford. He is a Democrat in politics.

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JAMES JOHNSTON, farmer, stock-raiser and fruit-grower: P. O. Danvers: was born in Greene Co., Ohio, Nov. 15. 1828 ; with his parents, moved to Allen Co., Ind., in 1836 ; he then, as now, followed farming. His early advantages for an education were confined to a rude log building ; but his was one of those persevering spirits that overcome many obstacles that, to many others. appear insurmountable, and for awhile himself taught school, and farmed, and, as his work shows, is not an indifferent carpenter and builder. In 1853, he started with his wife and chattels, in a two-horse wagon. for McLean Co., Ill., for the place or land he purchased in Allin Township in 1852. They were eleven days on the road, camping in their wagon every night. He engaged in farming, and otherwise, so that he did not reach his farm until the spring of 1855. Ile married Miss Eleanor Jane Marrs, of Allen Co .. Ind., Dec. 8, 1852. She was born in Shelby Co., Ohio, June 13, 1830, and went to Allen Co., Ind., with her parents in 1849. They have four boys, viz. : Lucian C., born July 12, 1854 (he married Ellen B. Dickinson Jan. 1, 1878, and lives in Nebraska); Alva E., born March 16, 1859: Milo D., born May 30, 1866 ; Virgil W., born March 15, 1871. The last three are living at home with their parents. They own 165 acres of fine, rolling prairie and a fine house.

JOIIN L. KAUFMAN, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Stanford; was born in York Co., Penn., May 31, 1833 : his father, John F. Kaufman, was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Oct. 11, 1808, and married Elizabeth Legrone June 3, 1828 ; she was born in the same county ; moved to McLean Co., Ill., in 1854; in the mean time, spent two and a half years in Ohio, and from Richland Co., Ohio, drove their own team through ; after they reached Spring Creek, Ill., found but one house in traveling thirty-two miles, to Indian Timber, on their way. For his second wife he married Elizabeth Swinehart, of Montgomery Co., Penn., Aug. 16, 1840: she was born in 1816. John L. Kaufman married Mary Eversole April 16, 1861; she was born in Perry Co., Ohio, Jan. 20, 1834 : her father and mother moved to McLean Co. in 1857. Mr. Kaufman came with his parents in 1854: he had learned the wagon-making business, and worked at his trade in different places, and part of the time farming, until he moved to Allin Township in the win- ter of 1860, and at repairing for a long time after, for there were no blacksmiths-or wagon-mak- ers nearer than Danvers or Bloomington ; has been School-Fund Treasurer three years, and is now Commissioner of Highways and Supervisor. They have four children-William R., born May 9, 1863; Cary B. F., born Dec. 15, 1866 ; Sarah E., born Dec. 30, 1868; Lillie Bell, born Sept. 19, 1872. He owns 400 acres of prairie land and a fine home near Stanford, and no waste land, owing to extensive tilling of all his low, marshy land.

ELISHA S. KEARBY, wagon-maker and blacksmith ; P. O. Stanford ; was born in Madi- son Co., Ky., April 10, 1829 ; his father, Jesse Kearby, in Woodford Co., Ky., in January, 1805, and his mother, Martha B. (Burnam), in Madison Co., Ky., in 1811 ; he died April 4, 1842, and she died in January, 1879. Elisha S. Kearby married Elizabeth Fletcher Sept. 19, 1850; she was born in Garrett Co., Ky., June 5, 1831 ; her father, Thomas Fletcher, was born in the same county in 1792, and died in 1835: her mother, Mary (Lear), was born in Culpeper Co., Va., June 10, 1799, and died Jan. 28, 1873 : Mrs. Kearby's grandfather, David Lear, was born in 1765, and died August, 1841 ; her grandmother, Lucy (Lear), was born in 1767, and died Sept. 20, 1857, aged 90 years and 9 months. Mr. and Mrs. Kearby came to McLean Co., Ill., Dec. 20, 1860, and to Stanford in March, 1867 : they have had nine children-Mary M . born Oct. 16, 1851 (married Joseph N. Tyner Feb. 23, 1870); Lucy E. B., born April 18, 1854: Nancy A., born Aug. 18, 1856; John T., born Dec. 12, 1859 : Sarah A., born Jan. 22, 1863; David F., born May 14, 1866, died March 11, 1870 : Dora C., born Dec. 12, 1868; Jesse M., born Sept. 16, 1871 : Ella May, born March 4, 1874. Mr. Kearby has worked at his trade, without inter- mission, over thirty-five years.

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The History of McLean County, Illinois; portraits of early settlers and prominent men, Part 140

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