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JOHN HENNINGS, tenant farmer; P. O. Wilmington; occupies a farm of the Whitter estate; born in Denmark Dec. 2, 1823; married Catherine Youngson in Denmark Oct. 1854; they cmigrated to the United States in 1854, locating in Will Co., where he has still remaincd ; have eight children, Frank, Catherine, Dory,
Mary, John, George, Willie and Fred; Mrs. Hennings died here, Nov. 23, 1873. Mr. Hennings enlisted in 39th Ill. V. I., Co. A, March 8, 1864, was wounded simul- taneously on the head and right shoulder while in the conflict before Richmond, from the effects of which he was confincd to the hospital three months; at the ex- piration of said time joined his regiment again ; was captured by the enemy in the morning of the day on which Gen. Lee sur- rendered.
JOHN HEYDON, SR., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 12; P. O. Elwood ; owns 665 acres of land, valued at $55 per acre; born in Carlow Co., Ireland, March 15, 1814. Married Hannah Kinsler, in Car- low Co., in 1834; she was born in said county in 1814; they emigrated to the United States in 1834, and located in Ken- nebec Co., Maine, where they lived for seventeen years ; then moved to Illinois in 1851, and located in Joliet, where they lived three years ; thence to the place which he now owns, in 1854; have five children. living, Daniel; Thomas, married Margaret Byron; John, Jr., married Bridget Bergan ; Catherine, widow of the late P. Tulley, and Hannah. When Mr. Heydon came to this county, his finances were very limited, but by industry, care and economy, he has accumulated a competency, and is one of" the most extensive farmers in Will Co .;. he has given to those of his family, who are doing for themselves, a good start in. the world; Thomas got 160 acres of land on Sections 8 and 17, and to John, Jr., he- gave 180 acres of land on Secs. 11 and 12; besides having, as above stated, 665 acres in reserve, in a high state of cultivation, in a beautiful location. Such is the reward. of industry. Daniel and Hannah reside with their parents on the old homestead.
DELANCY M. JACKSON, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Elwood; owns 160 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre ; Highway Commissioner, one term, and School Di- rector over twenty years ; born in Corn- wallis, Nova Scotia, Sept. 3, 1823, and came here with his father, as will be seen in the general history. Married Harriet. Gould Feb. 4, 1849; she was born in Houndsfield, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1830, and emigrated to Ohio with her parents ; thence to Illinois, in 1845, and located in Wesley Township; have five children, Andrew M.,
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Aaron E., Albert J., Arthur D. and James I.
CHARLES JACKSON, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Wilmington ; owns eighty acres of land, valued at $50 per acre; born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, March 18, 1815 ; left his native place for the West in 1850, stopped one year in Boston, where he worked at the carpenter trade; then set out for the West again, and arrived in Illinois in May, 1851, and located in this (Florence Tp.), Will Co. Married Martha E. Cating in this county, Nov. 6, 1851; she was born in Ross Co., Ohio, Oct. 30, 1825, and came herc with her sister Vernelle (now Mrs. Charles Dille); have five children living, and one deceased ; Hannah dicd Sept. 28, 1854; Fannie, Malcolm, Estella, Margaret and Josephine. Mr. Jackson's residence has been in Florence Township ever since he came to Illinois in 1851; purchased his present farm in 1856 ; traded and repurchased the same in 1869.
THOMAS LACEY, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Wilmington ; owns 240 acres, valued at $50 per acre; born in Tipperary Co., Ire- land, in 1812; he emigrated to United States, landing at New York, May 27, 1840, and located in Oneida Co., N. Y., where he resided about four years. Mar- ricd Catherine McCarty in Útica, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1844; she was born in Cork Co., Ireland, and emigrated to this country with an uncle-M. Crimmins-when she was about 4 years old; they (Mr. and Mrs. Lacey) cmigrated from New York to Ver- mont, where they kept boarders on a line of railroad ; thence to Michigan, where they were about two years; thence to Chicago, Ill., two years, where he had charge of the grading of streets ; thence to Aurora, where he had charge of the grading of the first sec- tion on the C., B. & Q. R. R. Before he left Chicago, although working for 75 cents per day, he went to Joliet and bought eighty acres adjoining the city limits for about $10 per acre. He has resided in and in the vicinity of Will Ce. for the last thirty years, and came to his present home in March, 1873, from Grundy Co., where he had been for two years previous. His wife died in La Salle in 1854, and was buried at Joliet ; left three children-Annie, born in New York Nov. 22, 1850; Nellie, March 10, 1852, and John J., March 12,
1854. Married second wife, Rosa A. Con- lin, at Joliet ; she was born in Longford Co., Ireland, in 1826, and came to the United States with a cousin in 1840. Two chil- dren by second marriage-Jerry, born Oct. 25, 1857 ; Thomas, born Dec. 30, 1858.
WILLIAM MARTIN, dairying; P. O. Wilmington ; owns 240 acres, valued at $40 per acre ; born April 30, 1849, where he now resides. His father, James Martin, mother, Catherine Graham (Martin), both born in Ireland ; emigrated to the United States at different periods. Were married in Rochester, N. Y., in 1836, and emigra- ted to Will Co. in 1837, locating in Wil- mington, where he lived for about ten years ; thence to the farm now owned by William in 1847. There were eight children, three living-Mary (now Mrs. T. Baskerville) ; James W. and William. Mr. Martin, Sr. went to California, the overland route, in the spring of 1850, where he died the succceding fall. . Thomas enlisted July, 1862, in Co. A, 100tlı Ill. V. I., and died of disease contracted by exposure June, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Two died in infancy - Edward died here in 1864; John died January, 1870.
JAMES W. MARTIN, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Wilmington ; owns 240 acres, valued at $40 per acre. Was elected County Treasurer in November, 1873, and re-elected in November, 1875, and served until Dec. 5, 1877. Was born in Wilming- ton, this county, Feb. 22, 1846. Married Viola M. Linton Jan. 13, 1875 ; she was born Jan. 23, 1846, in Montezuma, Ind., and came to Illinois with her parents in 1862. One child-Charles H.
DANIEL MCINTYRE, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Wilmington; owns 248 acres, valued at $45 per acre. Been Highway Commissioner three years and School Director three terms. Born Sept. 26, 1841, in this township, on what is now the Selah Morey farm, Sec. 28. Married Roselma Thornburg Feb. 19, 1862; she was born March 15, 1843, in Channahon Tp., this county ; her father, Robert Thornburg, and mother, Clorinda Wright, were among the earliest settlers of Channa- hon Tp., as will be seen in the general history. Mr. McIntyre's father was one of the earliest settlers of Wesley Tp., and subsequently into Florence in 1837. Have six children living and one dead-Clorinda
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L., William, Danicl J., Margaret E., Jolın R. (deccased), Martha A. and Jessa.
MRS. LUCINDA MCINTYRE, farmer, Scc. 5 ; P. O. Wilmington ; widow of the late Duncan McIntyre ; owns 172 acres, valued at $60 per acre ; she was born in Orleans Co., N. Y., Nov. 2, 1827, and came to Wesley Tp., this county, with her father, Joseph Hadsall, and family, as will be seen in the general history, at a very early datc ; her husband D. McIntyre, was born Dec. 13, 1807, in Perth, N. Y .; he settled in Wesley Tp., also at a very carly datc, but subsequently moved to Florence Tp. in 1837, where he purchased a farm on Sec. 28; had the family of Nelson Wright, formerly of Ohio, keep house for him ; and one Lutz also lived with him some time. Was married Sept. 8, 1840, in Wesley Tp., at her father's, J. Hadsall ; had seven children, four living-Daniel, John, Annie E., deceased, Thomas R., deceased, Archibald D., James W. and Margaret E., deceased. Mr. McIntyre, wife and two children, went to Perth, Fulton Co., N. Y., in 1844 ; they purchased the farm which they now own, and returned in 1855. Mr. McIntyre died here Nov. 3, 1858.
WILLIAM MCGINNIS, farmer; P. O. Wilmington ; owns 270 acres here, valued at $50 per acre, and 400 acres in Livingston Co., valued at $35 per acre ; born in Rochester, N. Y., in 1826 ; they moved to Boston when he was very young ; thence to this county with his mother in 1837, his father having died in New York ; they located at Joliet, where they resided until 1849, at which date he went to California, and returned to Joliet in 1851 ; he left Joliet in 1852, and settled in Reed Tp., where he lived until 1870; thence to Livingston Co. four years ; thence to his present residence in 1874. Married Eliza Palmer Nov. 11, 1855, in this county; she was born in Orange Co., Vt., Fcb. 29, 1840, and came to this county with her parents in 1850; have four children living -Margaret, died Sept. 15, 1872; John, Frank, Mary and Gertrude ; William, died Nov. 30, 1872.
S. R. MOREY, farmer, Scc. 17 ; P. O. Wilmington ; owns eighty acres, valued at $40 per acre. Has held the offices of Township Clerk, School Treasurer and Road Overseer. Born May 7, 1830, in
Clearfield (now Elk) Co., Pa .; came to. Will Co., with his father's family Dec. 31, 1847. Married Louisa H. Smith in Oswego Tp., Kendall Co., Ill., Jan. 3, 1861; she was born March 15, 1840, in Connecticut, and came to Kane Co., Ill., with her parents in 1852 ; thence to Ken- dall Co. in 1853; four children-Emelinc, Grace, Horace and Selah. His two brothers, Vinal and Chiarles, enlisted in the late rebellion in 1862; Vinal, in the 88th I. V. I., was in thic service until the close of the war, and Charles, in the 100th I. V. I., was in the service until 1864, at whichi time he was discharged, on account of sickness ; he died at home Nov. 4, 1865 ; Oscar also enlisted Feb. 24, 1864, and served until December, 1865, at which datc he was discharged.
WILLIAM NELSON, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Wilmington ; owns eighty acres, val- ued at $40 per acre; born Nov. 8, 1816, in Sterlingshire, Scotland ; emigrated to Canada in 1830; thence to the United States in 1833 ; located at Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y .; remained there four years ; thence to Joliet, Will Co., Ill., remain- ing about six months ; thence to what is known as the Five-Mile Grove, Manhattan Tp., and remained there one year ; there were only two habitations in the township, both owned by Perkin Bros., one of which Mr. Nelson rented ; being so sparsely settled in that vicinity, Mr. Nelson prc- ferred to go to New Lenox Tp., which was then better populated ; there he lived with A. Francis for about four years ; in partnership he bought a farm with Asa McDonald, wherc lie lived three years ; sold to McD., and returned to Five-Mile Grove, where he lived until 1860. Mar- ricd Mary A. Rudd in 1846, in New Lenox Tp .; she was born in New York Statc, and came to Illinois with her parents in 1845 ; have five children living -Mary E. (now Mrs. W. Cook), William W., James (deccased), Nettie (now Mrs. C. Faut), Olive Z. and Leonard. Mr. Nelson was Supervisor of Trenton (now Manhattan Tp.), also Assessor of Trenton and Florence, which office he now holds in Florence; in March, 1860, he moved to his present residence.
JOHN J. OHLHUES, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Wilmington ; owns ninety- three acres, valued at $50 per acre ; born
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in Holstein, Germany, Oct. 19, 1837 ; emigrated to the United States in 1859, with his father's family, which consisted of parents, Jacob Ohlhues and Margaret Graf (Ohlhues) and their three sons John, Peter and Henry, besides their daughter and son-in-law Mrs. and Mr. Reils. John married Mary Schultz, at Joliet, in Sept., 1867; she was born in Hanover, Ger- . many, July 24, 1843, and came to this country with her parents in 1857 : have five children-Magdalena, Henry, Edward, Emma and Mary. His brother Henry en- listed in February, 1864, in Co. E, - Ill. V. I., and was killed while pursuing the enemy at Fort Gregg, Va., on April 8, 1865. He was married to Ellen Neiman, here, in November, 1864; left no children. Peter Ohlhues resides with his brother-in- law, Mr. J. Reils.
DENIS RIORDEN, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Wilmington; owns 160 acres, val- ued at $50 per acre; born in McCrome, Cork Co., Ireland, 1817; when about 20 years of age, he went to England, and was employed by Pratt & Sewil, contractors, for five years in London ; then he went to Shetlam, Scotland, where he worked eighteen months; thence to Gravesend, where he worked two years; returned to London, and took pas- sage on the Christiana, Capt. Ham- mond, and was seven weeks on the ocean ; landed at New York; went to Bridgewater, Mass., and worked there for the Mount Hope Iron Work Co. fifteen years ; eleven years of said time was night work ; at the expiration of said time he moved to Illinois, and located in Florence Tp., Will Co., where he worked by the day, and rented farms on the share for about nine years; then purchased the farm which he now owns, for $35 per acre. Married Sarah Moran, daughter of Paul Moran, of Leitrim Co., Ireland ; she came to the United States about the year 1843; have three children- Hannah, Timothy and Mary. . Mr. Riorden's brother Timothy enlisted in the late war in the 69th Mass. V. I., and was captured by the enemy, and died in prison at Salisbury, N. C.
JOHN REILS, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Wilmington ; owns ninety-four acres, valued at $50 per acre ; held the office of School Director for four years, which office
he still holds ; born in Holstein, Germany, Dec. 15, 1827. Married Catharine Ohl- hues Nov. 1, 1856, in Holstein ; she was born March 13, 1832 ; they emigrated to the United States in 1859, and came di- rect to Florence Tp .; he rented various farms for about six years, then purchased the farm which he now owns, for $23.25 per acre, in 1869; have three children- Charles, Alice and Sarah. Mr. Reils, like many of the people who began life in the West, had nothing to begin with but good health and willing hands ; he now owns a a very nice and comfortable home.
JAMES SIME, farmer, stone-mason and bricklayer ; P. O. Wilmington ; owns. 160 acres, valued at $50 per acre ; born in. Fifeshire, Scotland, March 15, 1847 ; emigrated to the United States in 1869, with his father, James Sime, Sr .; his mother and rest of the family followed soon after ; they all located in Plainfield Tp., this county ; there his mother still resides ; his father sustained injuries in his own house which proved fatal, from one John Wiley, who was giving them unnecessary disturbance while in a semi-drunken and epileptic fit, Oct. 2, 1876. Married Mag- gie Douglas March 30, 1875, in Chicago; she was born in Newark, N. J., Oct. 21, 1853, and came to Wilmington, this coun- ty, with her parents in 1872; have one child-James. Mr. S. worked on the building of the Iron Works at Joliet for six years ; four and a half years of said time he was foreman on the building ; also built the masonry along the line of the D. between the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers.
ALLEN SMITH, farmer, Sec. 16 ; P. O. Wilmington ; 100 acres, valued at $50 per acre, owned by his sons Oscar and Silas. Silas married Mary Niece in March, 1878. Mr. Smith, Sr., was born in Franklin Co., Vt., Oct. 24, 1809. Married Annie Bell in 1831, in Vermont; she was born in Franklin Co., Vt., and died there in 1833. Married for his second wife Annie Rice; she was born May 15, 1811; they emi- grated to Illinois in 1857, and located in this neighborhood ; had eleven children- all by second marriage-ten living-Elvira, Olive (deceased), Warner, Edgar D., Ed- nah R., Laura M., Joseph A., Ezra W., Oscar L., Silas C. and Emma R., all born in Franklin Co., Vt. Warner enlisted in 1861 in Co. I, 100th Ill. V. I .; Edgar D., in 1861
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in Co. A, 100th Ill. V. I .; both served un- til the closc of the war. Elvira is now Mrs. Philo Draper, of Minnesota ; Ednah is now Mrs Andrew Baird, of Iowa ; Laura is Mrs. W. Baskerville, of this county ; Emma is Mrs. Alex. Niece, of this county.
JOSEPH SHIRK, farmer and stock dealer, Sec. 29; P. O. Wilmington ; owns 318 acres, valued at $30,000; born Aug. 17, 1819, in Washington, Penn .; moved with his parents and family to Franklin Co., Ind., in 1824 ; thence to Parke Co., Ind., in 1828, with all his father's family, consisting of seven boys and seven girls. Married Margaret Linton July 18, 1841, in Parke Co., Ind .; she was born in Craw- ford Co., Ill., in 1824; they moved to Will Co., Ill., in 1854; had five children -David L., Emily J., Joseph N., Sarah O. and William H. Mrs. Shirk died here March 5, 1854. Married for his second wife Mary A. Brown Dec. 15, 1854 ; she was born in 1829 in Parke Co., Ind .; had four children by second marriage-Andrew J., Alice, Albert and Isabell. Mr. Shirk's grandfather was born on the Alps, Switzer- land, and emigrated to this country on the breaking-out of the Revolution with fifteen of his relatives, who settled in what is now Washington Co., Penn .; he was in the Revolution, participating in the battles of Trenton and Yorktown, at the latter being wounded in the heel so as to cripple him for life. At Mr. Shirk's residence may be seen the discharge from service of his grandfather in Gen. Washington's own hand-writing ; he died in Franklin Co., Ind., at the advanced age of 81 years. Mr. Shirk's father (David) was a soldier in the war of 1812, under Capt. Arm- ·strong, whose discharge Mr. Shirk has also as a relic ; he (David) died in Parke Co., Ind., at the age of 73 years.
LAURANCE TINSLAR, farmer ; P. O. Wilmington ; owns 161 acres of land, valued at $10,000 ; born June 19, 1823, in Madison Co., N. Y. Married Delia S. Marsh Nov. 9, 1847, in Alleghany Co .; they moved to Skaneateles, Onondaga Co. ; thence to Auburn, where he was superin- tendent of the spinning department in the Auburn Woolen Mills for three years ; gave up said position with the intention of going to California, but finally abandoned the idea. From Rochester, N. Y., they came to Illinois, located at Braceville,
Grundy Co., where they resided until November, 1866, at which date they moved to Wilmington, Will Co., where he cstab- lished a meat market, which he conducted one year; disposing of his interest in that, he opened a similar establishment in Braid- wood, which he owned for two and a half years ; at the end of said period, he opened a boot and shoe store in Braidwood, which business he was in about one year, then sold, and purchased the establishment (boots and shoes) of Arnold & Sisson, of Wilmington, which establisnment he owned three years, thien traded it for his present farm. Children by first marriage are Lu- cian W., Eva A. and Esther A. Mrs. Tins- lar died in Braceville, Ill., 1866 ; marricd second wife, Katie McCabe ; she was born in Malone, Franklin. Co., N. Y., June 2, 1842; children by second marriage are Laurance (deccased), Hiram, Delia, Lau- rance (deceased), and Katie B.
JAMES WHITE, farming and dairy ; P. O. Wilmington ; owns 133 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre ; born Oct. 26, 1842, Lycoming Co., Penn .; came to Wilmington, Will Co., with his parents when about 2 years old. Married Sarah Hazard Dec. 26, 1865, in this county ; she was born Dec. 15, 1844, in Madison Co., N. Y., and came to this county with her parents in 1853 ; have four children- Clarence E., Fannie E., Florence A., Charles A. His father, Adam White, and mother Margaret Watson (White), were natives of Scotland, and emigrated to the United States in 1833; they had twelve children, five living-John M. (mentioned elsewhere), Mary, Adam, Robert and James.
JOHN M. WHITE, farmer, Sec. 28: P. O. Wilmington ; owns 300 acres of land in this county, and 413 acres in Kan- kakee, valued at $35,600. Held office of Collector two years, Supervisor one term, in 1865, and Township Trustee for eight years, which office lie now holds ; born Dec. 23, 1823, in Glasgow, Scotland, and came to this country with his father's family in 1833; they located in Living- ston Co., N. Y .; thence. to Ontario Co., two years later ; thencc to Williamsport, Penn. All the family, consisting of his father (Adam White), mother (Margaret Watson White), five brothers and two sisters, located within two miles of Mr.
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White's present residence in 1844. Mr. White married Margery McIntosh, daugh- ter of D. McIntosh, Jan. 20, 1853; she was born in Little Falls, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1834; have six children-William W., Daniel M., Ida S., John B., Frank E., Arthur R .; William W., married Juliette Nelson April 1, 1874 ; Daniel M., married Sarah A. Nelson Dec. 25, 1876. Mr. White went to California across the plains in the spring of 1850; remained about two years, then returned to this Township to the farm where he now resides, and on which he has remained ever since.
HENRY WARD, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Wilmington ; owns 120 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre." School Director one term ; was re-elected in 1878. Born in Norfolk Co., England, Nov. 29, 1832; emi- grated to the United States in 1850, with his brother John, who located in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and married Jane Thompson ; she died in 1859, leaving one child-Mar- tha J .; he married his second wife, Mar-
garet Robinson. John died in New York, in 1868 ; Mr. Ward stopped in St. Law- rence Co., N. Y., where he lived about six years ; then moved to Peoria, Ill., in 1856, where he lived four years. Married Diana Pratt in Peoria in 1860; they moved to Will Co., this township, where they have have lived cver since; she was born in Pcoria Co. April 14, 1841. Mrs. Ward's parents came to Peoria, Ill., from Mass. in 1838 ; like many pioneers of the West, they suffered much discomfort, privations, and even sustained heavy loss, his entire effects being lost during the voyage on the lakes ; he and his wife and one child crossing the country by stage and canal, as they suited the location and circumstances; it took four months to make the trip from Massachusetts to Pcoria, Ill., which may now be accomplished in so many days. have five children-Myron H., Arthur J., Julia E., Mary and Carric F .; one dead, a girl, a twin with Mary.
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ANDREW AMEND, farming, Sec. 28 ; P. O. Joliet ; was born in Germany in the spring of 1829. He married Miss Suzan Zipf in 1848; she was born in Bavaria in 1816 ; they have one adopted daughter, viz., Suzan. He left Germany when quite young and came to the United States with his parents, who settled in Huron Co., Ohio, and engaged in farming; remained until 1850, when he went to Iowa and remained a few months, when he came to Will Co., Ill., and settled in Plainfield ; remained two years; thence to Sec. 1 of Joliet Tp., and lived there four years; he then moved on the Plankroad and re- maincd some ten years ; he then went to Ohio and engaged in grocery and saloon ; remained until 1865, when he came to Joliet and engaged in saloon and boarding- house ; he also acted as Constable some ten years ; in 1878, he came to his present place ; he started in poor circumstances, and now owns 101 acres here, besides some residence property in Joliet. His mother dicd in Ohio in 1855, and his father died in Canada in 1860.
GEORGE A. BUCK, farmer and stock- raiser ; Sec 17 ; P. O. Joliet ; the subject of this sketch was born in Berkshire Co., Mass., Sept. 10, 1829. He married Miss Helen C. Wolcott May 12, 1856 ; she was born iu same place, and died April 16, 1857. His present wife was Miss Sarah H. Baker, married March 22, 1859 ; she was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Oct. 20, 1836 ; they had ten children, six living, viz., Helen C., Laura C., Werden, Jennie T., Kate F. and Fred A. He lived in Massa- chusetts until 1856, being engaged in farming and general merchandise, also teaching ; he then came West and settled in Lake Co., Ill., where he remained about six months, and then came to Will Co., and settled on his present place, part of which he bought in 1854, while here on a visit ; he o ns 640 acres in this township, and has improved over 3,000 acres. He has been Town Clerk, Supervisor and Town Treasurer.
CLARK BAKER, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Joliet ; the subject of this sketch was born in Hoosick, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.,
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March 3, 1796. He married Miss Lucina Welsh Dec. 20, 1826; she was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., Aug. 28, 1806; they had five children, two living -- Mary E. and John C. He lived in New York until 1850, being engaged in farming and surveying ; he then came West and settled on his present place ; while in New York, he served in the militia of that State in the 1812 war; he came West in poor cir- cumstances and at present owns over 1,200 acres, mostly in this township. He has been Supervisor some ten years. and Jus- tice of the Peace for twenty-five years.
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