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THOMAS DAWS, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P. O. Lena ; born July 14, 1815, in Sussex, England ; in 1844, he came to Stephenson County; he owns 200 acres of land ; has been School Director and Road Commissioner the past nine years. Married Char- lotte Nevis in 1835; she was born in England; had thirteen children, ten living- Thomas, Mary Ann, Henry, Alfred, Sarah, Margaret, Caroline, Elias, Charlie and Adie. He is a Baptist.
GEORGE W. DELATE, deceased; late husband of Lucy A. Delate, Sec. 3; P. O. Nora ; he was born in 1822, in Maine ; died August, 1867; he came to Stephenson County in or about 1860. He married Mrs. Lucy A. Wilbur, in 1865 ; she was born in Schenectady, N. Y. ; have one son, George G .; she has also one son by a former marriage, William E. Wilbur ; he had three children by a former mar- riage, one son and two daughters; she owns 160 acres of land.
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SAMUEL J. DODDS, attorney-at-law and notary, Lena; born Oct. 1, 1835, in Logansport, Ind. ; in 1838, he came with his parents to Lena; he has been engaged several years in merchandising; has been Assistant Postmaster ten years ; he com- menced reading law in 1869; was admitted to the bar in 1871 ; he was elected County Surveyor in 1872; held this office till 1876 ; has been Township Clerk. Married Miss E. V. Rounds, September, 1858 ; she was born in Broome Co., N. Y. ; they have five children-Homer M., Milton T., Della M., Mary A. and Katie D. Presbyterian in religion.
J. T. H. DOBBLER, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Nora ; worn March 27, 1829, in Lycoming Co., Penn. ; in 1853, he came to Stephenson Co. ; he owns 200 acres of land, also a storchouse in Nora. Married Maria Hartzell, in 1849; she was born in Lehigh Co., Penn .; had eight children, seven living-Mary E., Sarah B., Clara A., John E., Eliza M., Cora E. and George F. Attend the M. E. Church ; Republican in politics.
ANTHONY DOLL, farmer, Sec. 30 ; P. O. Lena ; born June 17, 1840, in Canada; when a child, he came with his parents to Stephenson County ; he owns 310 acres of land, also land in Iowa. He married Margaret Wendling, in 1867 ; she was born in Canada ; they have six children-William M., John E., Rosetta, Olive M., Albert and Emma Mary. His father was born in Germany in 1799; came to Canada in 1834; he has lived on this farm since coming to the county.
B. DOLL, livery, Lena ; born in 1836 in Baden ; in 1851, he came to Stephen- son County ; he owns 200 acres of land, his stables and other property in town. Mar- ried Catharine Hater in 1862 ; she was born in Pennsylvania ; they have three children, one son and two daughters.
A. M. DURKEE, farmer, Sec. 34 ; P. O. Howardsville; born June 3, 1811, in Cayuga Co., N. Y .; in 1842, he came to Jefferson Co .; there engaged in farm- ing and merchandising till 1854, when he came to Stephenson Co .; he owns about 900 acres of land-250 acres of this land in Stephenson Co .- valued at $40 per acre ; he was appointed Postmaster in 1857 ; he has been Township Trustee and School Director. Married Miss Esther C. Stevens, September, 1843; she was born in Jeffer- son Co., N. Y. ; they have five children-Augusta J., now Mrs. Durkee ; Delaney M., Milton E. and Agnes E. and Willie R., twins ; their son, Delaney M., enlisted in July, 1862, in Co. B, 71st I. V. I .; served four months ; he attended the Eastman Commer- cial College, Chicago, and graduated from this institution ; he is now studying medicine. The family are Baptists.
J. P. FAIR, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Lena; born June 15, 1843, in Indiana Co., Penn .; in 1857, he came to Stephenson Co .; he owns 288 acres of land; he enlisted in 1862 in Co. H, 67th I. V. I .; served four months ; has been School Director the past four years. Married Martha A. Montague in 1870 ; she was born in West Point Township ; they have one child-Newel M. Republican in politics.
FRANK D. FITTS, farmer, Scc. 33; P. O. Lena ; born March 14, 1854, in Cooper, Mich. ; when a child he came with his parents to Chicago; at the age of 16 he graduated from the Chicago High School; he then secured employment in the Franklin Bank; he was afterward promoted teller, with full charge of the Savings Department ; held this position about three years ; he was then employed by the M. C. R. R. about eighteen months; afterward book-keeper for G. B. Swift & Co., and also had charge of the Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company ; held this position till 1878, when he came to his present farm, consisting of 352 acres of land.
A. F. FOLL, capitalist ; Lena ; he was born March 25, 1835, in Bedfordshire, England ; in 1858, he came to Lena ; he first worked on a farm at $12 per month; he continued farming until 1860, when he removed to Lena; he then secured employ- ment with Mr. Perrin, working in his warehouse; in 1862, he engaged in the grain trade ; carried on this business till 1864; he then sold out and commenced the lumber trade in 1865 ; he again returned to the grain trade, and followed till 1870, when he started in the banking business; firm of Foll, Corning & Co .; they continued till
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1877 ; he owns a farm of 120 acres ; also a large amount of property in town, and has always been very successful in all his business enterprises. He married Miss Jennie Parris in 1863; she was born in Pennsylvania ; they have four children-Adie, Wil- liam, John and Frederick. Presbyterians in religion ; Republican in politics.
J. D. FOWLER, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Lena; born June 19, 1814, in Springfield, Rutland Co., Vt .; May 21, 1838, he came to his present farm ; he owns over 500 acres of land, part of which he entered ; he has been Justice of the Peace, School Director, etc ; in coming West they came by canal and lake, and occupied twenty-one days in the journey. He married Rachel Montague in April, 1838; she was born in Massachusetts, April 12, 1813; in about 1828, she came to Edgar Co., Ill., with her father and two brothers, remaining there several years ; she then returned to Bennington Co., Vt., and then was married as above stated ; she died Nov. 28, 1855. They had eight children, five living-Mary A., Horace W., Jelina, Eunice, Charles N .; Merritt died in infancy ; James D. died Oct. 6, 1875, aged 25 years ; Julia died Jan. 22, 1878, aged 38 years. Mr. Fowler is a Free Methodist in religion.
THOMAS S. FRENCH, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Lena; born July 10, 1814, in Sullivan Co., Ind .; in 1813, he came to Wisconsin and engaged in mining ; in 1834, he came to Stephenson Co. and entered 320 acres of land ; he then returned to Wisconsin, and followed mining there and in Jo Daviess Co. until 1837, when he returned to his present locality ; he owns 400 acres here, also 160 acres in Wisconsin. Married Miss Mary Kirkpatrick, April 16, 1840 ; she was born in Sangamon Co., Ill., May 20, 1820; they have eight children-George W., William K., Sterman, Joseph B., Eliza J., Mary, John H. and Perry; George W. and William K. served in the late war. Presbyterian in religion; Republican in politics.
D. W. FRISBY, farmer and fine stock- raiser ; P. O. Lena ; born Sept. 15, 1832, in New York City ; at about the age of 19 he went to California and followed mining until 1856, when he returned to New York and followed merchandising about two years; he then went to Texas in 1860; he returned to New York in 1862. He enlisted in the 133d N. Y. V. I. and served to the end of the war ; soon after entering the service he was promoted to Second Lieutenant, then Adjutant, which position he held to the end of the war ; he then returned to Brooklyn, and soon after was appointed clerk in the Quartermaster's department, under Maj. Henry Inman, Chief Q. M. at Ft. Harker and Ft. Dodge, under command of Gen. Sheridan, during the Indian war in 1868. Mr. F. is well qualified to hold the positions which have been intrusted to him, he being well informed and an excellent penman ; he has a large and well-selected library, and also a valuable collection of curiosities ; he came to Lena in 1869 ; he owns 60 acres inside the corporation. Married Miss Elizabeth Dodds, in December 1869 ; she was born in Indiana in 1832 ; they have one child-Otis Inman, aged 8 ycars. Presbyterian in religion ; Republican in politics.
REV. A. S. GARDINER, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Lena ; born July 19, 1824, in Sag Harbor, Suffolk Co., N. Y .; in 1842, he attended the Clinton Academy at East Hampton, N. Y., under the instructions of Howland Davis ; in September, 1843, he went to the University of the city of New York, concluding his studies at this institution in 1847; he then went to the law office of George Wood, Esq., of New York, and was admitted to the Supreme Court of New York in 1848 ; he then practiced law in New York City, Long Island and Fond du Lac, Wis .; during the winter of 1850-51, he was licensed and ordained by the Presbytery of Milwau- kee to preach the Gospel ; he then returned East in 1852; he accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church at Cold Spring, on the Hudson, where he continued a period of twelve years ; he then came to Rockford ; in 1878, he came to Lena, and became Pastor of the Presbyterian Church ; he also has charge of the church at Winslow ; he has been continuously engaged in the work since 1851. He married Miss {'aroline F. Williams, December, 1852 ; she was born in New York City, Dec. 18, 1827 ; they have three children-Mrs. Charles H. Goffin, of Upper Mont Clair, N. J., a graduate of Rockford Seminary ; Miss Julia Evangeline, now attending the same institution, and Irving L. Hommedieu.
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SAMUEL GUNSAUL, proprietor Lena Hotel, Lena ; born Feb. 2, 1812, in Montgomery Co., N. Y .; he was engaged there in merchandising ; in 1842, he came to Stephenson Co., where he has since lived ; he owns a farm of 160 acres in Winslow Township, also the Lena Hotel; he has kept hotel the past twenty-nine years; in 1876 he removed to Lena and took charge of this hotel.
W. W. HALL, retired, Lena ; born Nov. 8, 1822, in Genesee Co., N. Y .; in May 1847, he came to Stephenson Co., where he has since resided ; he has owned about four hundred acres of land, which he has improved and since sold ; he now owns 80 acres, and property in Lena, and other lands ; he has been President of the Town Board, Assessor, etc .; is a deacon of the Baptist Church, and has been an active member of this denomination since he was 18 years old. He married Sarah A. Goddard, in Stephenson Co .; she was born in Vermont; they have five children-Anna E., Albert W., Carrie E., Nellie and Mary L. Republican in politics.
JOHN HARRINGTON, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Waddams Grove ; born in June, 1816, in Ireland ; in 1836, he came to Quebec, thence to New York; in 1838, he came to Chicago; in 1842, to Carroll Co .; in 1846, he removed to Stephenson Co .; he owns 140 acres of land. He married Julia McNamara in 1850; she was born in Canada, and came with her parents, when a child, to Illinois. They have eleven children-Francis, John (who has prepared himself as a teacher, and has been teaching school for the past five years; he is now teaching in Durand), Mary (also a teacher), Daniel, Julia, Edward, James, Eliza, Kate, Honora and William. Catholics.
JOSEPH HICKS, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Lena; born Aug. 24, 1820, in Ashtabula Co., Ohio; in October, 1840, he came to Stephenson Co., where he has since lived ; he first entered 160 acres of land and improved it, then sold this farm ; he now owns 110 acres; he has been School Director, etc. Married Lora E. Bailey in 1849; she was born in Cortland, Co., N. Y .; they had four children, two living- Edward L. and Frank C .; lost two children in infancy. Lutheran in religion ; Repub- lican in politics.
HON. ANDREW HINDS, Lena ; born July 25, 1822, in Lamoille Co., Vt .; in 1847, he came to Iowa Co., Wis .; in January, 1848, he removed to Stephen- son Co .; he commenced reading law in 1844, with Solomon Wires, in Johnson, Vt .; was admitted to practice in 1847; he then completed his studies with Jerome Beardsley, and, in the following June term, was admitted as a partner ; in 1848, he taught school in Oneco Township; in 1855, he was elected County Treasurer, and has held the office of County Superintendent about twenty years ; he was elected County Judge in 1869, one term ; in 1878, he was elected a member of the Legislature; he has held some other minor offices ; he owns about 500 acres of land, and also property in Lena. He married Sarah Gibler in 1849; she was born in Highland Co., Ohio; they have eleven children-William, Ella, Laura, Louis, Frank, Jennie, James, Mary, Idella, Thomas and Joseph B. Christian religion ; Democratic in politics.
B. J. HOLLEY, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Lena; born Sept. 1, 1820, in Washington Co., Penn .; in 1844, he came to Cook Co., Ill .; in 1846, to Lake Co .; in 1853, he came to his present farm; he owns 220 acres of land, and also one-half interest in 100 acres, occupied by his son ; has been Commissioner of Highways; is Township Trustee. He married Mary Holbrook in 1843 ; she was born in Washington Co., Penn., in 1818; they have two children-George M. and Alice E .; he has been a member of the Baptist Church for the past forty years.
F. HOUSER, dealer in produce, Lena; born Sept. 11, 1842, in Mifflin Co., Penn .; when about 8 years old, he came with his parents to Stephenson Co .; he engaged in farming till 1872, when he commenced his present business. He married Miss M. E. Dobbler in 1863; she was born in Pennsylvania ; they had three children, one living-Henry C. Lutheran religion ; Republican in politics.
G. L. HOWARD, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Lena; born Oct. 11, 1822, in Jefferson Co., N. Y .; in 1839 he came with his parents to Stephenson Co .; his father lives on the farm he entered, and built the first house on this prairie, this house he still
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occupies, it was built in about 1841; he owns 55 acres of land improved, having built a stone house and other improvements ; he has been Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of Highways, Assessor ; has been Township Treasurer about 15 years. Married Harriet E. Bedford, in 1848, she was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y .; they had six children, two living-Christie Ann and Parker L. Mr. Howard is a member of the M. E. Church ; he is a Republican.
MARTIN HOWARD, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Howardsville ; born Aug. 10, 1820, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1837 ; he came with his parents to Stephenson Co. ; he owns 143 acres of land, which he entered ; he was the first Road Commissioner in this township; his father named this Post Office Howardsville, and was the first Post- master here. Married Elizabeth A. Stevens, in 1848 ; she was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., they have five children-Nettie, Walter A., Helen, Charles F. and Edith. Mr. Howard is a member of the Baptist Church.
WARD B. HOWARD. farmer, Sec. 34 ; P. O. Howardsville; born June 27, 1822, in Jefferson Co., N. Y .; in 1835 he came to Rockport, Ohio ; in 1837 he came to Stephenson Co., Ill. ; he owns 184 acres of land, which he entered. Married Malinda Kelly, in 1849, she was born in New York ; they have two children-Fayette A. and Ruth.
GEORGE W. HOYMAN, agricultural implements, wind-mills, pumps, etc., Lena ; born Oct. 2, 1838, in Somerset Co., Penn .; in 1855, he came to Stephenson Co .; he carried on the butchering business and farming till 1872, when he commenced his present business. Married Miss Catharine Bowers in 1858; she came with her parents to Stephenson Co. when a child ; they have six children-Arthur, Lucy, Vinnie, William, Charles and Susan. Republican ; Lutheran.
P. H. KAUFMAN, grain dealer, Lena; born June 5, 1827, in Shenandoah Co., Va .; when a boy he came with his parents to Missouri ; in 1834 they removed to Stephenson Co., where he has since lived ; there were but three white families in the county when they came here; he has always been engaged in farming till about 1870, when he commenced the grain business ; he owns 230 acres of land and property in Lena; his father died in 1850, aged 53 years. Married Phebe Clark, July 10, 1854; she was born in Canada ; they have three children-William H., Elsie and Bertie S. Mr. Kaufman is a Lutheran in religion.
P. S. KERLIN, agent Illinois Central Railroad and American Express Company, Lena; born Aug. 27, 1837, in Center Co., Penn .; in 1851, he commenced a general merchandise business in Fillmore, Penn .; he continued this business about fifteen years ; March, 1868, he was appointed to his present position. Married Susan D. Bike in 1860 ; she was born in Center Co., Penn .; have four children-Willliam, Henry, Fannie and Charles.
Dr. W. W. KERLIN, physician and surgeon; P. O. Waddams Grove ; born April 9, 1839, in Northumberland Co., Penn .; at about the age of 19 years he commenced studying medicine with Dr. P. R. Weggenseller; he graduated in Phila- delphia in 1855, from the Pennsylvania Medical College; since then he has been in constant practice; in 1867, he came to his present locality ; he owns a farm of 160 acres. Married Miss A. E. Smith, in 1856 ; she was born in Snyder Co., Penn. ; they have two children-George B. and Anna. He enlisted in the 61st Penn. V. I. ; had charge of a battalion ; afterward appointed Assistant Surgeon; was at the battle of Richmond and others.
ADAM A. KRAPE, Superintendent of Schools of Stephenson Co., Lena ; is a native of Center Co., Penn., and was born Jan. 10, 1843 ; his parents came to Illinois and located in Stephenson Co. in the spring of 1846; he grew up and attended school, and completed his education at the Wisconsin State University at Madison in 1862 ; since then has been mostly engaged in teaching ; in 1877, he was elected Superintendent of Schools, and since then has occupied that position. In the spring of 1877, he was united in marriage to Miss Lucy R. Wasser ; she is a native of Ohio, but grew up in Center Co., Penn .; they have one daughter-Lucy Catharine.
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J. T. LEAMON, firm of Leamon & Emrich, furniture and undertakers, Lena; he was born March 23, 1822, in Union Co., Penn .; in 1857, he came to Stephenson Co .; in 1866, he removed to Lena, and engaged in painting about four years ; he then commenced his present business ; he owns 100 acres of land in Kent Township, valued at $50 per acre. Married Caroline Pauling Nov. 26, 1846 ; she was born in Dauphin Co., Penn .; they had ten children, six living-Anna M., now Mrs. Emrich ; Alveretta, now Mrs. Weary ; Robert B., Belle, now Mrs. Wilson ; Kate and George. H. S. Emrich, of the above firm, was born March 28, 1842, in Center Co., Penn .; in 1865, he came to Stephenson Co., engaged in merchandising till 1876, when he commenced in this business ; he owns 90 acres of land, valued at $50 an acre, also 160 acres in Dakota Territory. He married Miss Anna M. Leamon Dec. 22, 1870 ; she was born in Union Co., Penn. ; they have three children-Birdie, William and George L.
JACOB LECKINGTON, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Lena ; born July 21, 1810, in Juniata Co., Penn .; in 1852, he came to Stephenson Co .; he owns 175 acres of land. Married Jane Acker in 1833 ; she was born Nov. 17, 1812, in Juniata Co., Penn. ; died May, 1852 ; have seven children-Anna, Elizabeth, Rudolph, Amelia, Ephraim, Mary and Henry. Second marriage to Barbara Hater, in 1857; she was born in Germany ; have three children-Wilmet, Isaiah and Emma.
J. C. LOHR, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Lena; born July 29, 1834, in Fayette Co., Penn .; in March, 1870, he came to Carroll Co .; in 1877, he came to his present farm ; he owns 120 acres of land. Married Mary A. Gerhart, April 16, 1855 ; she was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn .; they had seven children, five living-John F., Will- iam W., Albert W .. Edwin G. and Leroy O. L. He is a Presbyterian in religion, and a Republican in politics.
H. LOOMIS, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Lena ; born April 29, 1816, in Litch- field Co., Conn .; when a child he came with his parents to Geauga Co., Ohio ; in 1840, he came to Stephenson Co .; in the spring of 1841 he returned to Ohio ; he bought a farm of 100 acres ; in about 1852, he sold this farm and returned to this county ; he now owns 242 acres of land. He married Miss A. Kelly, July -, 1873 ; she was born in New York ; they have four children-Warren E., Sarah R., C. H., and Henry Charles.
W. W. LOWIS, editor Lena Star, Lena ; born Feb. 10, 1846, in Spauld- ing, Lincolnshire, England ; in 1850, he came with his parents to Janesville, Wis .; in 1852, he came to Freeport, Ill., and commenced the printing business ; he was foreman of the Bulletin office ten years ; in 1875, he went to Lanark, Carroll Co., and published the Carroll County Gazette ; in 1878, he came to Lena, and has edited the Lena Star since then. He married Miss M. J. Newcomer, Jan. 6, 1870; she was born in Freeport ; they had one child-Oristes, who died in 1875, aged 4 years.
JOHN McCULLOCH, firm of J. McCulloch & Son, foundry and machine shop, Lena ; born Oct. 23, 1830, in Franklin Co., Penn .; in 1858, he came to Stephen- son Co., and settled on a farm, where he remained until April, 1867, when he came to Lena and commenced their present business ; his brother, Henry H., enlisted in 1861, in the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was killed at the battle of Richmond in 1864. He married Miss Margaret Bupp in July, 1852; she was born in 1833 in Pennsylvania, and died in 1867 ; they have three children-Emma, George H. and Ella; his second marriage was to Miss Susan Aul, in 1868; she was born in Ohio; they have four children-Isabella, James, Charles and Nina. Lutheran in religion.
DR. J. McFATRICH, physician and surgeon, Lena ; born Feb. 20, 1829 ; in Mercer Co., Penn .; in 1846, he attended college at Meadville, Penn .; in 1848, he commenced a regular course at the Eclectic Medical College, and graduated in 1852; he then came to Monroe, Wis .; in 1854, he came to Rockford; in 1857, he removed to Waterloo, Iowa, and thence to the Rocky Mountains, where he remained until 1859; in 1861, he came to Lena, where he has since resided; he has been County Super- intendent two years. He married Miss Martha J. Tittsworth, in 1854; she was born in Aurora, Ill .; they have three children-James B., now attending the Upper Iowa
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University, Fayette, Fayette Co., preparing for the medical profession ; Mary E. and George W. The family attend the Presbyterian Church.
A. J. MACOMBER, general merchandise, Waddam's Grove ; born April 4, 1852, in Winslow Township; his parents came to Stephenson Co., in 1835, and still reside in Winslow Township; at about the age of 20, he commenced teaching school, which he continued for about three years ; in 1878 he came to Waddam's Grove and engaged in the stock business, then engaged in his present business. Married Miss Elizabeth Bell, Fcb. 10, 1878 ; she was born in Hazel Green, Ill .; they have one child -Juna.
JOHN MAHON, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Nora ; born March 24, 1836, in Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1855 ; he came to Stephenson Co .; he then removed to Jo Daviess, remained there eight years ; in 1878 he came to his present locality ; he owns 440 acres of land ; when he left Ohio he first removed to Green Co., Wis. ; on his arrival in Wisconsin he had but $20. He married Amelia Tilton, Feb. 20, 1860 ; she was born in 1842, in Rochester, N. Y. ; they have seven children-George, Mary, Ida, Cora, Nellie, Effie and Charles.
JOHN MASTERS, carpenter and farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Lena; born Sept. 30, 1843, in Washington Co., Md .; in 1854 he came to Louisa Co., Iowa; in 1857 he came to Stephenson Co., Ill ; he owns 80 acres of land; he has been working at the carpenter trade since 1854. Married Miss Kreitzer, Dec. 1879; she was born in Lee Co., Ill.
JOHN METZ, druggist, Lena ; born 1829, in Germany ; July, 1843, he came to New York, thence to Wisconsin, with his parents ; there he commenced the boot and shoe trade ; in 1868 he removed to Lena and commenced his present business ; when in Wisconsin he was Superintendent of the Poor House for eight years, this position he resigned ; he has also been County Superintendent there three terms ; has been three years Justice of the Peace, is now Town Treasurer. Married Johanna Hoffman, in 1852; she was born in Bavaria ; they have five children-Lydia, Carrie, Bertha, Robert and Cora. Mr. Metz is a Lutheran in religion.
D. C. MILLER, farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. O. Waddam's Grove ; born May 27, 1840, in Clarion Co., Penn. ; in 1850 he came to Stephenson Co., with his parents, where he has since lived ; he owns 180 acres of land, which he has well improved. Married Miss Rosetta Schudt, in 1860, she was born in Germany ; they have three children- George, Augustus and Oscar. Mr. Miller is a Lutheran in religion, and a Democrat in politics.
MRS. ELVIRA MONTAGUE, Sec. 6 ; P. O. Waddams Grove ; she was born Dec. 2, 1822, in Renssalear Co., N. Y .; when about 12 years old she came with her parents to Rochester, N. Y .; in 1856, she came to Stephenson County. She mar- ried Myron Ferguson in 1838; 'he was born in 1814; died in February, 1857; they have four sons and one daughter. Her second marriage was to Luman Montague ; he died Oct. 6, 1875, in his 73d year ; she owns 80 acres of land, where she now resides.
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