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CONRAD FYE, farmer and carpenter, Eleroy ; born in Bedford Co., Penn., on Aug. 2, 1800; his father moved to Cambria Co., in 1805, and there during the winter lost all their animals ; but they persevered and made a home there in the woods. In 1824, March 24, he married Miss Temperance Plummer ; they had two children- Susanna and Jacob ; he helped clear his father's timber land, with the promise of 100 acres, but, being taken ill, giving up hopes of recovering, his father reclaimed his son Conrad's farm, who on recovering his health moved to Stephenson Co., in 1846, and rented a farm of Tom Gatliff, for two years, and bought 160 acres on Sec. 1, Loran Township; lived there 27 years, then moved to his present home in Eleroy. He married Miss Sarah Rumbarger, of Pennsylvania, Feb. 13, 1834; their children were, Elizabeth, now Mrs. Rees; John, deceased ; Josiah, in Nebraska ; Benjamin, Daniel, David, Lewis, Sarah, Jeremiah, Jerome. He is a Republican, and belongs to the United Brethren in Christ Church, Eleroy.
VALENTINE GILMAN, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Eleroy : born in Union Co., Penn., Aug. 7, 1829 ; his father, Daniel Gilman, brought his family to Stephen- son Co. in 1840 ; they were Elizabeth, Phoebe (now Mrs. Strong), Jacob (deceased), Catharine (now Mrs. Rosenstiel); Valentine, the subject of this sketch, living on the old homestead, where some of the old buildings still stand; Andrew, living in Eleroy ; Ellen, in Kent ; Esther, a widow, in Lanark. Daniel died in 1857, and his wife in 1853 ; they were natives of Pennsylvania. Valentine, at the age of 22, went on to an 80 acre farm of his own, and in 1855, March 15, married Miss Elmira Ruthrauff, of Pennsylvania ; the ceremony took place in Eleroy; they have a family of seven chil- dren-Alta V., now Mrs. F. Jones ; Emma I., married Rev. Rowel Harwood, M. E. minister in Orangeville. Mr. Gilman is a Republican, and belongs to the M. E. Church at Lena. He now owns 210 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre. Mrs. Gilman's mother is now living with her at the advanced age of 73.
CHARLES GOSSMANN, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Eleroy ; born in 1840 ; came to America in 1842, with his father's family of three children-Charles, Louisa, and Hermena; his father was married again to Wilhemina Henke, and his second family was Henry, William, Matilda, Paulina, Edward, Anna and Amelia ; his second marriage was in 1847 ; he is now living, aged 66. This family was one of the first to leave for America from that part of Germany, and, on arriving in Stephenson Co., settled on a rented place near Bobbtown, afterward on Sec. 12, Erin, and finally bought on Sec. 1. Charles farmed until 1862, when he enlisted in the 92d I. V. I., Co. A ; he came out of the army with impaired health. In 1866, he married Miss Louisa Miller, of Germany ; they had one child-Alfred. He was married again in 1870, Feb. 14, to Miss Mary Lesemann, and had a family of five-Josephine, Alvine, Flora, Daniel and Menetta. Mr. Charles Gossmann has been Commissioner and Assessor. He is a Republican, and belongs to the United Evangelical Church of Erin ; he bought
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his farma on Sec. 11, of 102 acres, in 1872, and has not had a failure of a single crop.
L. M. GRIGSBY, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Lena; born in Kentucky April 20, 1820. Aaron, his father, was born in Virginia, came to Kentucky, and finally moved into Indiana, from there to Edgar Co., Ill., in 1829; then to Iroquois in 1835 ; he left and came to Stephenson Co. in the spring of 1836; of the family, there was William, killed at Prairie Grove, Ark .; Matilda, deceased ; Lewis M., living on the homestead ; Nancy, now Mrs. DeGraff; Jeremiah, and Aaron, Jr., now in Kansas. Lewis M. struck out for himself when 18 years old, and in 1839 or 1840, plowed where part of the city of Freeport now stands. In coming to the county in 1836, he met with an accident ; one of the wagon-wheels run over his leg; if not for this, he could have jumped over the only house in Freeport, it was so small. There was Mr. Denyós and another family by the name of Bloss, accompanied them to Freeport ; those parties went over the river, while the Grigsbys passed up on this side; saw Preston's cabin, and Martin's, and settled on a school section, and had to move when his father took one on Sec. 36, in Waddams, on which he died in 1860. In 1840, Lewis M. rafted lumber down the river, and had, in 1835, brought a boat down with 100,000 pounds of lead on board, from Hamilton's diggings, in Wisconsin. In 1843, he married Miss Harriet Pickard, who died in 1849, leaving one child, Sarah J., now in Kansas; he remained in Waddams until 1846, and then moved to Sec. 1, Erie ; he owns 260 acres ; he has been Justice of the Peace, and held other township offices. He is a Repub- lican ; was Abolition in 1841, on the principle that slavery should be confined within certain limits. He belongs to the M. E. Church. In 1852, March 10, he married Miss Livina M. Chaddock, of Genesee Co., N. Y ; the children are Frank, Harriet M., William S. and Lewis A. Frank is married and now in Waddams; Hattie married, and is now at Mt. Morris.
HOFF BROTHERS, merchants, Eleroy ; their father has been engaged in mercantile pursuits since coming with his family to Stephenson Co., Ill., and John and Charles have grown right up in the business, and since coming to the county in 1856, have been successful ; the store in Buena Vista has just been closed, and William H Hoff has now retired from active life ; his family consists of four-John, Lewis J ., William H., Jr., and Charles M. John, the oldest, and Charles represent the house now in Eleroy, which is the leading store of that busy and flourishing village. The Hoff Brothers carry a stock of $5,500, all new and of latest patterns, and, although just starting, are doing a paying business, with increasing sales every day, and their trade spreading out through a section of the finest agricultural country in the county. John Hoff is married and has one child
HENRY HOLLIS, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Eleroy ; born in England June 6, 1811, now 67 years old; when he was 32 years of age he came to the United States, having labored up to that time with his father ; he is one of a family of twelve children, and the only one now alive. Mr. Hollis bought the farm which he now owns, in 1846, and consists of 120 acres, on Secs. 34 and 35; being a man without a family, he got a partner named Richard Clark, who stayed with him some seven or eight years, but went West in 1872 and married, and in 1879 he died; his widow now lives in Miami, Kan. Mr. Hollis is a Democrat.
REV. M. J. HORGAN ; P. O. Lena; now presiding over the Dublin Circuit ; he was born in Ireland, in 1850, and came to America in 1851; while a boy, attended school in Rockford, Ill .; commenced studying for the ministry in 1864; attended college in Indiana, and after three years in Chicago, went to the Suspation Seminary of Baltimore, and then was ordained in 1876 ; he was assigned to his present mission in 1879; this church building was erected in 1849; it is a stone structure 60x30 feet on the ground, and 20 feet high ; it is nicely finished, and furnished with an organ, and has a seating capacity of 300; the membership now numbers sixty families. This organization of the Dublin Church is the oldest in the county. In 1841, a log church was erected by some twenty persons, and the first priest was Father Devlin ;
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the congregation growing, a second building under Father John Cavanaugh was erected in 1846, but, not proving sufficient for their growing settlement, the present building was commenced under Father Mclaughlin, and was finished under Father McO'Gara, costing in the neighborhood of $4,000. Mr. Doyle gave 2 acres on which the church buildings stand.
D. H. IDE, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Eleroy ; born in Ripley Co., Ind., Aug. 23, 1844 ; he went to Onondaga Co. and worked for Mr. Anthony, and went to school winters ; worked for one man from 14 to 22 years of age; left Onandaga Co. in 1866 with Mr. Anthony, and came West to Stephenson Co .; worked till 1867 with him ; in 1868, Mr. Anthony died. Mr. Ide then worked the place for two years, and then went into the mercantile business, which he carried on for three months, and then moved on to his present farm in November, 1871 ; he owns a fine residence and 26 acres of land ; raises stock and grain, which he markets in Eleroy. He is a Republican and has been Township Clerk, and held school offices. In November, 1871, he married Mrs. Anthony ; their family is Ruhama, Ferry and four children-Jennie, Abbie, Willie and Emma ; of his father's family two sisters live in Michigan, two brothers and one sister live in the East.
H. S. JONES and Elizabeth G. Jones settled in Eleroy, Stephenson Co., in June, 1846 ; he was the first Postmaster, appointed in 1847, and gave the place its name; bought a stock of goods in 1846, and continued the hotel and mercantile busi- ness eighteen years ; he built a large stone hotel in 1848. Hiram S. Jones was born in Vermont Dec. 24, 1804 ; Elizabeth G. Jones was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., March 31, 1826 ; they were both raised in New York, and came from there to Illinois. H. S. Jones' father's name was John Jones; Elizabeth G. Jones' father's name was Isaac Evans. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had six children, all born at Eleroy ; the eldest, Edwin Eugene, is now living at Lena, Ill .; the next that is living is Florin, L., a merchant at Freeport ; the third, a daughter, Mrs. Carrie B. Hoff, whose husband is a merchant at Eleroy ; the other three are dead. H. S. Jones moved to Lena in 1864, and practiced law there until his death, in April, 1865.
HERMANN KLAAS, farmer and carpenter, Sec. 15; P. O. Eleroy ; born in Germany on Sept. 27, 1836; came to America in 1859 ; his brother, who is now in Kansas, came over in 1857, and when Hermann arrived here he at once went to his brother's farm, with whom he stayed ten years; he has a brother (William) on the same section ; Hermann bought, in 1862, about 22 acres to begin with, and now has 102 acres, valued at $50 fan acre, on Secs. 10 and 15. He belongs to the Evangel- ical Synod, and married, in 1862, Miss Rech, of Germany ; they have six children- Henry, Hermann, Lewis, Mina, Clara and Paul.
CARD LEVICA, farmer and stone-mason, Sec. 15; P. O. Eleroy ; born in Lippe-Detmold, Germany, Jan. 14, 1830 ; came to Stephenson Co. in November, 1854 ; came to Freeport and worked for a man named Hincklemeyer ; was taken sick, and intended going home in the spring, but is here yet ; in 1855, he went to work on Gil- man's House, and when he had $300 bought his first 20 acres ; he now owns, in Secs. 10 and 15, about 200 acres, valued at $50 an acre, which he now farms, having given up his trade. In 1856, he married Miss Frederica Tegles, of Germany, and they have a family of five children-Mina (born April 6, 1861), Louisa (born 9th of July, 1862), Card H. (born Nov. 3, 1864), William (born March 20, 1868), and Henry (born March 26, 1871).
JOHN MANLOVE, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Eleroy ; born in Montgomery Co., England, fifteen miles from Saulsbury, May 24, 1820 ; left his native land in 1841 and went to Canada, where he was engaged in cutting wood for limekilns for two or three years, near Moulton ; in 1845, he came down to Chicago, which was a small place then, and then to Stephenson Co .; at this time the country here was infested with horse-thieves, and the farm that he now owns he bought of Thomas Hotchkiss, who, at that time, was connected with the gang, and Mr. Manlove was obliged to keep a shot- gun ready to protect his rights ; his first house was of logs, and built entirely of oak ; the one he now lives in was put up in 1848; he owns 380 acres, valued at $40 an acre,
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on Sec. 34. He is a Democrat, and in May, 1841, married Miss Mary Pritchard ; they have four children-John W. (now in Lincoln, Neb.), Edward (at home, Pathmaster), Thomas (deceased) and Mary A. (at home). Mr. Manlove has a brother (Thomas) now living in merry England.
LUDWIG NEAMIER, farmer, Sec 10; P. O. Lena ; born in Germany in 1823 ; served as a soldier in the old country for one and one-half years, and was engaged as a farmer before coming here ; left Germany in 1855, when 32 years of age, and came to Stephenson Co. and bought this farm of 120 acres on Sec. 10, valued at $50 an acre. In 1858, married Miss Wilhemina Hoffmeister, of Rock Grove ; they have five children- Frederick (deceased), Henry, Anna, Pauline, Charles (deceased), Mina and John.
DR. E. H. PLASCH, Eleroy ; born in Germany 23d of June, 1832; he lived in his native country until 1854, when revolutionary struggles drove him to America ; while at home he was engaged in the study of medicine, living in Goething- gen, Hanover, and attending the university of that place ; on coming to this country he went almost immediately to Wisconsin, where he practiced medicine for ten years, and, having cultivated a fine ear for music, gave instruction in that art. In 1867, moved to Jo Daviess Co., where he taught and practiced until coming to this county, and located in Eleroy ; he is now engaged solely with his practice, and is increasing in favor. In 1858, April 21, married Miss Georgeanna Wurm, of Germany ; they have eight children- Anna, Jennie, Oscar, Ida, Herman, Emil, Lillie, Delia ; Anna is married to Mr. Joseph Lersch.
WILLIAM RADERS, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Yellow Creek; born in Prussia, Germany, March 10, 1854; came to America when 14 years of age with his father, August Raders, who was born in 1818, and had a family of eleven children- Mary, Charlie, August, Louise, Tracy, Joseph, Lizzie, William (the subject of this sketch ), Pauline (deceased), Mina, Tillie. William farms 182 acres, valued at $35 per acre. He married, in 1878, Miss Sophia Rees, of Illinois, and has one child ; he is a Democrat and belongs to the Catholic Church. August was a soldier and served in France when that nation and Prussia adjusted their difficulties.
ABEL J. REES, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. O. Lena ; his father was born in Penn- sylvania in 1802, and died on the farm here in Erin in 1855 ; he visited La Salle Co. as early as 1835 ; in 1836, he came to Stephenson Co. and brought his family out in 1837 ; they were Daniel J., now in Kansas ; Abel J , here on the farm ; Lucinda, now Mrs. Kaufman ; George W., in St. Paul ; John, now in Kent, and Martha Jane, deceased ; the family settled at Rock Run, and Abel's father worked at the cooper's trade; sold his quarter-section there and came here in 1847; he bought of J. D. Hinckley ; in 1855, Abel took the farm and now owns 160 acres on Sec. 10. Mr. Rees
was born in Pennsylvania, Sept. 12, 1834 ; received an education at district schools ; has held township and school offices; is a Republican. In 1864, he married Miss Phoebe Denur-, of Canada, and has four children-U. Grant, George E., Flora M., Abel M. and one deceased ; he had three brothers in the service-Daniel J. belonged to the 15th I. V .; George E., to the 92d I. V. I., Co. G; John, to the 146th I. V. I.
JOHN M. REES, farmer, Sec. 24 ; P. O. Eleroy ; born in Pennsylvania, Nov. 13, 1834 ; came to Stephenson Co. in 1850, with his father, Simeon Rees, and family of seven children-Catherine A., deceased ; John M., here ; James M., a minister of Free- port ; Enos S., also a preacher out in Kansas ; W. H. Ludwick, deceased ; Abbot G., farming on Sec. 36 ; Joshua F., deceased, and Eleanor L., now Mrs. Lemon, of Monti- cello, Iowa. The family lived in Loran, and then moved on an 80-acre piece which was the first part of what is now called the Rees estate, consisting of 227 acres ; his father had this all purchased by 1857, and in 1863, he died; Abbot G. now holds part of the old estate together with W. H. Ludwick's widow, he having died in 1870. John M. moved to his present home in 1861; he owns 160 acres on Sec. 24 ; has held township and school offices ; is now serving as Road Commissioner ; is a Democrat. In 1858, he married Miss Elizabeth Fye, of Pennsylvania ; they have seven children-Elea- nor ; Charles W., deceased ; Daniel F., James M., Herbert V., William H. and Sydney J.
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Mr. Rees belongs to the Lutheran Church, called Babb's, in charge of Rev. Peter Gheen ; their Sunday school numbers 60 members, of which Mr. Rees is the Superintendent ; the church building is 45x60, and 65 feet high to top of steeple ; it was erected in 1861.
HENRY ROSENSTEIL, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Lena; born in Ger- many Aug. 22, 1827; his father's family was Louisa, now Mrs. Gossman; Charles, Christian, Henry and Frederick ; Charles was in Stephenson Co., in 1840, and the rest of the family came in 1842 and settled on Sec. 12, northwest half, and entered nine forties ; of this, Henry owns 160 acres, valued at $50 per acre. In fall of 1848, he married Miss Jane Picard, of New York, and has seven children-Lorenzo, now living on part of the old farm ; Loran, deceased; Lewis, now in Kansas; Harlow, at home ; Her- man, Josephine and Charles O., now at home. Mr. H. Rosensteil is a Republican ; belongs to the M. E. Church of Lena. His brother Fred lives on east half of Sec. 12 ; John has been here since 1840, and is in the sugar-factory south of the city of Freeport.
J. V. SNOW, P. O. Freeport ; grain and stock dealer at Eleroy ; was born in Loran, Mass., June, 1837 ; the family moved to Stephenson Co. in November, 1837, when he was but 5 months old; his father kept Silver Creek House, just east of Freeport, in 1840, and farmed; had 640 acres on Sec. 1; in 1859, being tired of farm- ing, he rented the farm and moved into Freeport, where he died, in 1866; his wife, J. V. Snow's mother, died previously, in the year 1856, on the farm ; his father lived on his income till death ; the old family consisted of nine children-Malvina, married to Mr. Taylor, now living in Freeport; Oscar, died on the farm, in 1859; Marion, now in Freeport ; Nicholas Mortimer, died 7 years of age in Freeport; two died without names ; then Charles, who now lives in Freeport, engaged as a traveling man, and Ellen, who was married to Mr. Babcock, and died in 1854. Mr. Snow, in early life, commenced by learning his a b c's of his brother-in-law, Mr. Taylor, who also taught his brother Charles and sister Ellen ; he attended school when 8 years old, and lived at home with his father and farmed until he was 22 years of age, when the farm was rented to Green and Edmund-, and the family came to Freeport. J. V. Snow at this period of his life engaged in the lightning-rod business, and, in June, 1879, went into his present occupation, buying grain and stock at Eleroy,which has developed by his energy into as busy a grain point as any in the county. Mr. Snow is a Republican, and, in April, 1865, married Miss Julia E. Hitchcock, of Glen's Falls, N. Y.
JOHN STOUT, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. O. Eleroy ; born near Reading, Berks Co., Penn., Sept. 23, 1805 ; he worked on the farm and went to school; in 1818, moved to Union Co .; at 18 years of age learned tanning, but afterward went to distilling ; his health then failing, he returned to school and then clerked until 1832, when he married Miss Sarah Kryder, of Pennsylvania ; in June, the 15th, he engaged in tanning until 1848, having run a tannery of his own fourteen years; he came West and bought land of James Murphy ; he still holds his farm of 200 acres, valued at $50 an acre ; has held the office of Justice, Clerk, Assessor and Commissioner ; is a Democrat and has belonged to church since 16 years of age; now attends the Lutheran. His family consists of three sons-R. G. is now on the old homestead farming, and is Supervisor of Erin ; H. E. is now in Iowa, and Robert C. is a pharmacist and now teaching school. Of his father's family, there were Susan, Jacob, David, Samuel, Catherine and John, being the elder.
FRANK R. TOWER, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Lena ; born Aug. 4, 1845, on the homestead ; Frank's father, Reuben Tower, was born in Massachusetts in 1796; came to Stephenson Co., in 1844 with his family, and took up a claim of 160 acres on Sec. 2; his children were Marcus, now in Warren ; Amasa, in Richland, Wis .; Corne- lia, deccased ; Angeline, deceased ; Catherine, now Mrs. Brewster ; Mary, deceased ; Frank R., Sarah N. and Dorothea D. Frank R., on Dec. 12, 1859, married Miss Mary L. Bacon, of Wisconsin, and has one child-Rose E., born Sept. 29, 1870 ; he has held township and school offices. Is a Republican ; owns 40 acres of the homestead ; his father, Capt. Reuben Tower, died April 3, 1880, at home ; during his eventful life he had lived in Vermont in 1815, in Norwalk, Ohio, 1818, in La Porte, Ind., 1824, in
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McHenry Co., Ill., in 1843, and, among other things, ground twenty bushels of buck- wheat in a coffee-mill ; in 1867, he joined the Baptist Church of Lena, and was a stanch Republican.
MRS. CATHERINE WEISEN; P. O. Eleroy ; born in Ireland ; in 1836 ; came to Stephenson Co. in 1856 ; she here met and married Mr. Kennedy, in August, and then moved out to his farm on Sec. 22; he was a good scholar, having taught in Cork College, in Ireland, and being Notary Public, also, School District Treas- urer ; her maiden name was Catherine Monogue, of Calvin, County Kilkenny ; she now owns 160 acres, valued at $50 an acre. The Kennedy family consisted of four children -James, at home; John, near Savannah ; Catherine, now Mrs. F. Maha, and Mary Ann. In 1867 she married again, Mr. J. Weisen; they were married on the farm ; by the second marriage she had one child, named Joseph E .; Mr. Weisen was born in Germany, and worked in this country on his father's place till his father's death, when he fell heir to some 20 acres ; by trade he was a blacksmith.
JOHN WINTERS, blacksmith, Eleroy ; born in Lebanon Co., Penn., Dec. 29, 1834; came to Stephenson Co. in 1847, with his father's family, and stayed in Oneco for two years, then moved on to Sec. 35, Erin, where his father, Christopher Winters, died Feb. 28, 1878 ; his mother is now 78 years of age. The old family con- sisted of some fourteen or fifteen children ; his brother Cyrus now lives on the old homestead, which he now owns; and John, who was 13 years of age on coming to the county, farmed until 1855, then learned the trade of blacksmith, and had his shop on Sec. 35, from 1859 to 1863; then came here in Eleroy, and has by his skill and strict attention to business established himself. On Sept. 24, 1857, he married Miss Cornelia Johnson, of Ohio, and has seven children-John A., Flora P., Ida B., Christopher, Archie, Gertrude and Maude. Mr. Winters was a soldier in the war of the rebellion ; he belonged to the 42d I. V. I., Co. G; five of his brothers were serving during the entire war.
E. H. WOODBRIDGE, Eleroy ; born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Nov. 11, 1821 ; he stayed with the family till 1835 ; and, having learned the carpenter's trade at 14 years of age, went to Ohio, and worked at his trade in Franklin, Portage Co .; from there he moved to Wisconsin in 1843, and engaged in making brick, teaming and other things ; he then moved to Eleroy, in Erin Township, in the month of June, 1847 ; here he lives on his own property, and when not engaged in farming is serving the public in different offices ; he is now Assessor of Erin; has been Township Clerk, Col- lector and Constable. He is a Democrat ; and on Sept. 1, 1844, married Miss Eliza Denure, of New York ; they have three children-the eldest is dead-the next is Cora A., and the last child Fannie May.
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JOHN W. BAUMGARDNER, with Deal & Swartz, Orangeville ; born in Stephenson Co., Ill., Nov. 27; he went to Western- College, at Western, Lynn Co., Iowa, took a classical course, and graduated in 1878; then he went into busi- ness there, but closed out and came to Orangeville, and went in with Deal & Co., gen- eral merchandise, and has been here since. In 1876, Aug. 17, he married Miss Fran- ces Owen, of Pennsylvania, who was born in April, 1854; their child is named Katie C. Mr. Baumgardner is now studying for the United Brethren ministry ; his father died in 1855; his mother, Catharine, while a widow living at Buckeye Center, married Martin Bender, who died in 1876, in the fall ; she is now living with her sister on the old estate.
D. L. BEAR, farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. O. Orangeville ; born in Lehigh Co., Penn., May 21, 1834; came to Stephenson Co. in 1842, with father, mother, his sister Mary (now Mrs. Shipton), and brothers John G., Willoughby and Peter J. D. L. Bear settled on Sec. 33 in 1863 ; owns 235 acres. May 6, 1858, he married Miss Susanna Wohlford,
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of Pennsylvania, who was born in Center Co. March 15, 1836 ; their family consists of six children-Lucy A., Aaron Willard, Peter D. L., Christ Benjamin, John H. and David E. (twins). Mr. Bear has held township and school offices, belongs to the United Brethren Church, and is a Republican in politics.
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