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N ORTON, DELOS, P. O. St. Charles. Norton, John, P. O. St. Charles. Nelson, F. A., far .; P. O. Gray Willow. Nilson, Andrew.
NORTON, GARRIT, farmer and dairyman, See. 24; P. O. St. Charles ; Rep. and an honest man; born in Dutehess Co., N. Y., Oct. 17, 1802, and lived in Rensselaer Co. until 1838, when he came to Du Page Co., where he lived until 1849; when he came to this place, he bought 350 acres of land on Sec. 24, and afterward bought 280 acres more. After supplying his children with farms, he now has 250 acres of most splendid land, valued at $65 per acre. Married Mahala Blakley, March 8, 1827 ; she was born April 18, 1806, in Pawlet, Vt .; had eight children-Ann Eliza, George, John, Selden, Margarett, De- loss, Janie and Emma; Selden died Nov. 3, 1854 ; Janie died Sept. 13, 1870. Mr. N. has been a very pros- perous farmer, having saved, by econ- omy, a large property, and feels a great degree of satisfaction in knowing, that in his dealings he has always intended to do right. While in Du Page Co., he sold the first load of wheat in Chicago ever drawn in from the West.
O UTHOUSE, G., far .; P. O. Black- berry.
Outhouse, R., farmer ; P. O. Blackberry.
Outhouse, Wm., farmer ; P. O. Campton. Outhouse, James, far., P. O. Blackberry.
P
ARSONS, Joseph, far .; P. O. Gray Willow.
Probert, Chas., far .; P. O. Gray Willow. Potts, Julius, P. O. Elgin. Peterson, Alfred.
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KANE COUNTY : CAMPTON.
Peterson, J. A. Plummer, Dan'l, P. O. St. Charles. Partlon, Jas., P. O. St. Charles.
PECK, WILLIAM, farmer and dairyman ; Sec. 17; P. O. Campton ; Rep .; Meth .; has 162 acres, valued at $50 per acre ; he was born in Granville, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1799; came to Oswego and Cayuga Counties, and remained until he came to this county, where he now lives, in Oct., 1844 He married Mary Elizabeth Coppanoll Feb. 3, 1838; she was born near Johnstown, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1806; they have had eleven children (five died in infancy)- Catherine, born Dec. 6, 1828; Louis A., born Feb. 24, 1831 ; Andrew, born March 4, 1836; Harriet and Henrietta (twins), born Nov. 23, 1839; William R., born May 14, 1845; William R. married Cynthia Holden, Sept. 5, 1868; divorced in 1874 ; they had three chil- dren-William H., born July 21, 1869 ; Mary E., born Feb. 10, 1871; Louis A., born Feb. 19, 1874; Mary died Sept. 8, 1873. His second wife is Lu- cretia L. Crissy ; married Nov. 30, 1876.
Pollard, J. K. Peterson, Gust.
Powell, James, farmer ; P. O. Campton. Plane, Albert, far .; P. O. Gray Willow. PERRY, MARQUIS L., farmer and dairyman ; Sec. 12; P. O. Elgin ; Rep .; Cong .; has sixteen acres of land, valued at $50 per acre ; he was born on this farm (it being the old homestead ), Jan. 6, 1842. He married Hattie Ladd, July 3, 1865; she was born at Plato, March 4, 1843; they had one child, Ella G., and one adopted child, John E., born March 28, 1873. George Perry, father of the above. was born in Newbury, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1789, and died Oct. 11, 1865; he came to this county in 1836 and bought 700 acres of land, and came with his family, con- sisting of his wife and ten children, the next year; his wife was Catherine Schultz; they were married in July, 1814, in Onondaga Co., N. Y .; she was born near Skaneateles, N. Y., July 14, 1795; they had eleven children-Lu- ther, David, Nancy, Israel, Frederick, Lewis, Horace, George, Hiram, Jerome and Marquis L.
Plane, Geo., farmer; P. O. Gray Willow. Peck, Roselle, farmer ; P. O. Campton. Plummer, P. W., far .; P. O. Gray Willow. Powell, M. W., farmer ; P. O. Campton. Peterson, Victor, farmer ; P. O. Campton.
R ICHMOND, M. C., P. O. La Fox.
Richmond, A. D. Ryan, John, P. O. St. Charles.
Read E., farmer ; P. O. Campton.
RUDDOCK, GEO., Sec. 23; P. O. St. Charles ; has 240 acres of fine land, well improved.
Ruddock, Erwin, P. O. St. Charles.
Renwick, Frank.
Reynolds, D.
Root, G.
RICE, JOSEPH, (deceased); was born in Henniker, N. H., Jan. 12, 1790; and came, with his family, to Campton in 1842, and located the farm where his son, Jas. C., now lives. He married Sarah Caldwell in Henniker, N. H., Dec. 1818; she was born in Warc, N. H., Nov. 15, 1796; he died Sept. 29, 1872 ; they had six children-Nancy D., born May 4, 1820 ; Jas. C., born April 15, 1823 ; Lenora, born Jan. 9, 1827 ; Dana E., born Aug. 1, 1829; A. Viana, born Dec. 9, 1831; Llewellyn, born Aug. 1, 1836.
RICE, JAMES C. (son of Joseph Rice), farmer, dairyman, Sec. 23 ; P. O. St. Charles; Dem .; has 163 acres of fine land, valued at $50 per acre; he was born in Henniker, N. H., April 15, 1823, and came to Erie Co., N. Y., with his father's family, in 1827, and re- mained there until 1842, when they came to Illinois and located on the farm where he now lives; he married Maria L. Bogue, of Plato, April 18, 1852; she was born in Ashtabula Co., O., April 21, 1833; they have three children- Emma A., born Feb. 24, 1853 ; Hattie E., born Aug. 28, 1857 ; Llewellyn J., born April 4, 1861. Mr. R. lost his house and nearly all its contents, by fire, Dec. 26, 1872 ; he has since built a fine residence on the site of the old one.
STEWART, A.
Sharp, S., P. O. Blackberry.
Shafner, Wm., farmer ; P. O. Gray Willow. Signey, L., farmer ; P. O. Gray Willow. Sturges, Robt., farmer ; P. O. Campton.
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Shaw, Mrs. D., P. O. Blackberry. Swinyer, S. J., farmer ; P. O. Campton. STEWART, JOHN, Secs. 20 and
21; P. O. Blackberry ; has a farm of 642 acres; one of the finest farms in the county.
Shettler, G. A., farmer ; P. O. Campton. Smith, A. J .. farmer ; P. O. Campton. Shoburg, Jno., farmer ; P. O. Campton. Stoneham, Jno., farmer ; P. O. Campton. Shields, Mrs. S. J., farmer ; P. O. Campton. Shaver, J., farmer ; P. O. Campton.
STEVENS, DE VALOIS W.,
farmer and dairyman ; P. O. Elgin ; Rep .; Bapt .; has 153 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre ; he was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., March 22, 1843, and came to Illinois March 15, 1866 ; he married Amelia M. Hayden Aug. 18, 1862 ; she was born in Cay- uga Co., N. Y., June 13, 1843; they have six children-John M., born Nov. 20, 1864 ; Cyrenus E., born Aug. 25, 1866 ; Mable R., born Sept. 6, 1868; Edith E., born Nov. 23, 1870; Lottie H., born Sept. 28, 1874 ; Fred C., born Sept. 10, 1876. He was a member of the 122d N. Y. Infantry, and, after ranking honorably for 23 years, was dis- charged Jan. 18, 1865, on account of wounds received in battle.
Shaver, S., farmer ; P. O. St. Charles. Shepherd, Joseph.
Stevens, E. W., P. O. Elgin.
Strong, G. W., P. O. St. Charles.
Sharp, C. F., P. O. Blackberry.
Shaw, C. H., P. O. Blackberry.
Stalker, Thos., far .; P. O. Gray Willow. Smith, John.
Samuelson, C.
Scott, L. B., far .; P. O. Blackberry.
Stephens, D., P. O. Gray Willow.
Swanson, John, farmer ; P. O. Campton. Switzer, Stephen J., far .; P. O. Campton. THORNTON, EDWARD, far .; P. O. Blackberry.
Taswell, Mrs. Tucker, R. C.
TUCKER, JOHN R., deceased ;
Margaret Tucker, his widow, farmer and dairy ; P. O. Gray Willow ; Meth .; he had a splendid farm of some 800 acres, which has been divided by law ; he was born near Boston, June 22, 1806, and moved with his father's family to Green- briar Co., W. Va., and came to this
county in the Fall of 1842. He mar- ried Jane Thompson, Sept. 15, 1831, who died in the Fall of 1841, leaving four children-Charles H., John T., Hannah W. and Robert C .; he married Margaret Thompson, of Greenbriar Co., W. Va., for his second wife, Sept. 11, 1845 ; after a lingering fever he died, March 10, 1867 ; he left by the second marriage nine children-Mary D., Sarah E., Loretta J., Henry S., Jefferson T., Joseph W., Adella M., John R. and Jesse M .; Mary D., died May 7, 1873, aged 26 years ; Sarah E. died July 12, 1873, aged 24; Mrs. T. has 209 acres of beautiful land, and has the care of it and the family ; he was a capable and useful citizen in the community.
Tucker, J. T., far .; P. O. Gray Willow. Tucker, M. A., far .; P. O. Gray Willow. Tucker, L. J., far .; P. O. Gray Willow.
V ANDERHOOF, E., farmer ; P. O Gray Willow.
Vanderhoof, L., far .; P. O. Gray Willow. ILSON, D. A. W
Webb, Oscar, far .; P. O. Gray Willow. WARNE, GIDEON W., farmer ; Sec. 31, (old homestead) ; P. O. Black- berry; has 211 acres. Married Ann Willis in 1864 ; they have two children -Carrie Bell and Henry Willis; his father, Henry Warne, was among the first and leading citizens of the county ; was born in New Jersey, Feb. 8, 1791 ; came to Campton, Nov. 1838, and located where his sou Gideon now lives; he built a large log house at once, and commenced keeping hotel ; this being the half-way house from Chicago to Oregon on that road and continued the business for many years ; he was one of the parties who laid out the Chicago and Oregon road, and was always among the first to assist in all the enterprises inci- dent to a new country. He married Charity Stiles, May 25, 1816; she was born in New Jersey, Jan. 6, 1795 ; they had nine children-Susan, Daniel, John, Henry Jr., Lucinda, Eliza, Elisha, Isa- bella and Gideon; he died March 29, 1865 ; Mrs. W., died Feb. 26, 1864.
Webb, Harriet, far .; P. O. Gray Willow. Walker, Franklin, far .; P. O. Gray Willow. Walker, Eugene, far .; P. O. Gray Willow. Walker, Mrs. L., far .; P. O. Gray Willow.
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WATKINS, FRANK W., farmer and dairyman, Postmaster ; Sec. 9; P. O. Gray Willow ; Rep .; Meth .; he was born June 6, 1841, in Campton ; he has 81 acres of fine land ; value, $75 per acre. He married C. E. Wiltse, of St. Charles, Oct. 10, 1865; she was born July 27, 1844, in Paris, C. W .; they have two children-Harry W., born Oct. 17, 1866, and Lilyan H., born Oct. 16, 1869; he enlisted in the 52d Ill. Inf., and was out four years ; until the end of the war; Franklin Watkins, his father, was born in Hins- dale, Mass., June 4, 1804, and came to Illinois in Jan., 1836, and purchased 220 acres of land on Sec. 9. He married Arvilla Carpenter, in Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y., April 15, 1826; she was born in Russia, N. Y., June 1, 1807 ; they had three children-Dorcas S., born June 25, 1826; Hiram F., born June 25, 1830 ; Frank W., born June 6, 1841 ; Mr. W. died May 16, 1867 ; Mrs. W. lives on the old home- stead with her son Frank W., and is enjoying the fruit of her toil and labor. Whitney, Melvina, P. O. St. Charles. White, William.
WHITNEY, DANIEL, (son of John), farmer and dairyman ; Sec. 14; P. O. St. Charles ; independent in poli- tics and religion ; has 132 acres of ex- cellent land; value, $45 per acre ; he was born Jan. 3, 1840, in Campton. Married Althea Babbitt, Feb. 16, 1863 ; she was born Oct. 18, 1844; they have three children-Mertell, born Oct. 16, 1865; Merrill, born Jan. 18, 1867 ; Merritt, born May 24, 1872; Mr. W., although young, has been elected to the most important positions in town, and has discharged their duties well.
WHITNEY, MELVEN, farmer and dairyman ; Sec. 14 (old homestead); P. O. St. Charles ; is independent in politics ; lives with his mother, Mrs. John Whitney, and they together have 175 acres of fine land ; value, $50 per acre; he was born in Campton, Feb. 20, 1852. Married Adella Miller, Nov. 11, 1875 ; she was born Jan. 24. 1859 ; they have one child-Lottie M., born born Oct. 11, 1877 ; John Whitney, deceased, father of Daniel and Melver, was a farmer and one of the earliest settlers in the county ; he was a Demo- crat and Baptist ; was born in Orange, Franklin Co., Mass., Aug. 18, 1804; came to DuPage Co. in the Fall of 1833, and to this county in 1835, in the Fall, and purchased 280 acres of land and put up good buildings at an early day, and opened a hotel, it being on the great Chicago and Galena route. He married Rachel Ward, of Wyoming Co., N. Y., Dec. 7, 1826 ; she was born in Genesee Co., and died in 1837, leaving two children-Seymour and Alden ; married Maria Blood, of Wyoming Co., N. Y., Feb. 7, 1839 ; she was born June 28, 1812, in Tompkins Co., N. Y. ; they had seven children-Daniel, Rachel C., Mary Ann, John, Maria, Melvin and Charlotte.
Worth, John, far .; P. O. Campton.
Warne, G. H., P. O. Blackberry. Westgarth, John, P. O. Gray Willow.
Wilkinson, Alex., far .; P. O. Campton.
Ward, J. D., P. O. St. Charles. Walker, Hiram, far .; P. O. Campton.
Walker, J. N., far .; P. O. Gray Willow. Walker, E. M., far .; P. O. Gray Willow. Walker, L. P., far .; P. O. Gray Willow.
Walker, O. M., far .; P. O. Gray Willow.
KANE VILLE NTOWSHIP.
A MES, CHAS., farmer ; P. O. Kane ville.
ANNIS, DAVID W. (deceased), farmer; P. O. Kaneville; born Sept. 10th, 1812, in Strafford, Vt .; Dem .; non-sectarian ; owned 1,794 59 acres, estimated value of personal and real
estate, $155,000; married Prudence M. Morrill, Sept. 6, 1835 ; she was born Sept. 12, 1812, in Strafford, Vt .; had five children-Frank M., born Dec. 1, 1839 ; Sarah E., born Sept. 14, 1841 ; Jos. W., born Jan. 22, 1845; Chas. M., born Feb. 13, 1848, he died Oct.
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8, 1849 ; Jeddie N., born ,June 7, 1852 ; all in this Co .; Mr. Annis died Sept. 14, 1877. In early life Mr. A. con- ceived the idea that the Western prai- rie was the proper place for those in- clined to agricultural pursuits ; resolved to visit the West in search of a location where he might, in the early future, make a home; with above determination he left his native State Sept. 27, 1836 ; arrived in Chicago late in October, the same year; journeying westward, he came to what now is Blackberry Tp .; there he met Messrs. West and Hall, purchased of them a claim of 366 acres for $365; the only improvements on said claim was a small log cabin, after- ward used by Mr. A. as a residence. Here the land had not been offered for sale by the Government, consequently the only title to it was priority of occu- pation ; but as soon as it was offered for sale, Mr. A. bought, and got deeds patent for, the claim he was then hold- ing by actual residence ; Mrs. A. did not come here with her husband, but followed one year later, and joined him in their new home Sept. 10, 1837 ; they were amongst the first white settlers of Kane Co., and, like many of the pioneers, had nothing of importance in value wherewith to begin life, but were not lacking in two very essential elements to those who will succeed-hope and courage ; their culinary department was considered well furnished when they had procured one kettle or pot in which to do the entire routine of cooking-all other departments of the house furnished in proportion ; the first year they bought a yoke of oxen, which was quite an advance, both in a labor and financial view ; the second year they ventured to purchase a horse, as an improvement on the first, but they had only taken the animal in possession when it died, which was, in those days, no light disappoint- ment and loss.
AMES, AVERY, farmer (rents farm of F. Young); Rep .; non-sectarian ; owns 13 acres in village of Kaneville, valued at $400; personal property valued at about $3,000; born 1828, in Rutland Co., Vt .; married Esther P. Davis in 1852; she was born in 1835, Rutland Co., Vt ; have eight children-
Fredrick A., born 1854 ; Edwin L., born 1856; Chas. D., born 1858; Eleanor E .. born 1860; all in Vt .; Hiram, born 1862, in N. Y .; Janette, born 1865, in N. Y .; Annis, born 1867, in Kaneville; Katie S., born 1870, in Kaneville ; Mr. A. moved from Vt. to N. Y. in 1860; enlisted Dec. 25, 1861, in the 194th N. Y. Ind. V .; was discharged Dec. 1862 ; came to this Co. in 1866, without any property ; is now worth in all about four thousand dollars.
Ames, D. C., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville.
ARTMEERS, N., farmer; P. O. B Lodi.
Bartmeers, J. F., farmer ; P. O. Lodi.
Bartmeers, E. H., farmer ; P. O. Lodi. Berogan, J., farmer ; P. O. Lodi.
Blass, S., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville.
Benton, Chas., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville.
Benjamin, M. D., far .; P. O. Kaneville. Bowdish, P. S., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville. Bent, John, farmer ; P. O. Blackerry. Belden, F. W., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville. Bradley, J., shoemaker ; P. O. Kaneville. Beach, J. L., farmer; P. O. Kaneville. Benton, Wm., farmer; P. O. Grouse.
Benton, Russell, far .; P. P. Kaneville.
CHAMPLIN, E., far .; P. O. Kaneville.
Crane, Mrs. J., farmer ; P. O. Lodi.
CARY, BELA, prop. hotel and stage line; P. O. Kaneville; Dem .; non-sec- tarian ; born Oct. 17, 1811, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. Married Mary Odgen, Jan. 1835, in Monroe Co., N. Y .; they had five children - Eliza, Alvin, Susan, Abram (deceased), Clara (deceased) ; all lived to maturity and had families ; Mr. Cary lived in Monroe and Orleans Counties, N. Y., till May, 1847 ; then moved West, locating in Lake Co., Ill .; thence to La Porte Co., Ind., in Aug., 1853 ; thence to Northwestern Missouri by wagon, in March, 1860, but returned in the Fall of the same year, and located in Kane Co., where he has resided ever since ; his son (and partner), Alvin Cary, was born Jan. 16, 1837, in Or- leans Co., N. Y .; came with his parents to Illinois in 1847 ; married Kate Val- entine, Oct., 1858,. in St. Joseph Co., Ind .; they had four children, two living -Charles, Frank (deceased), Mattie, Bela (deceased); Alvin has resided in Kane Co. since 1860.
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Clarey, J., farmer ; P. O. Lodi.
Conlon, Charles, farmer; P. O. Kane- ville.
CORNWELL, WILLIAM, far .; Scc. 22; P. O. Kaneville ; born Nov. 27, 1827, in Canada West ; Dem .; non- sectarian ; owns 153 acres ; value $70 per acre ; was elected School Director in 1875. Married Persis N. Roberts, 1852, in this town ; she was born in 1831, in Middletown, Ct., and came to this State in 1852; children-Lazelle C. H., Charles (deceased),. Henry W., Clarie, Albert, Eddie and Gracie; his father, Henry, was born 1795, in Rens- selaer, N. Y .; moved to Canada with his parents in 1811 ; his mother, Abigail English, was born 1798, in County Armagh, Ireland ; emigrated with her parents, when quite young, to Canada ; they were married in 1822, in Oxford Co., Canada, and remained there until 1845 ; then they came here and pur- chased the farm, or part of it, where William now lives ; Mrs. Cornwell's father, Wm. Roberts, and her mother, were natives of Connecticut; her father died in 1870, in Connecticut ; her mother still lives there; Mr. Cornwell still lives with William; Mrs. C., Sr., died in Feb., 1873.
Coffee, T., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville. Champlin, H. N., far .; P. O. Kaneville. Cook, J. C., farmer ; P. O. Aurora.
Chambers, J., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville. CARLISLE, J., farmer ; Sec. 36 ; P. O. Kaneville; born in 1820, in Phila- delphia, Pa .; Liberal; non-sectarian ; owns 127 acres ; value, $50 per acre. Married Lucy Drake in 1845, in New York ; she was born in 1823, in Rut- land, Vt .; had four children, none of them living; Mrs. C. dicd Jan., 1867 ; he married for his second wife, Sallie Cleaveland, widow of the late Luther Seavey, Oct., 1867 ; she had three chil- dren by her first husband-George, Mary J. and Mark L .; when about 14 years of age, Mr. Carlisle moved from Pennsylvania. to New York, where he lived three years ; thence to this State, and lived here about ten years; thence to Michigan, stayed two years ; thence to Iowa, and lived there two years; then returned to this county, where he has lived ever since ; his father, Jabesh, was
born in 1785, in Deerfield, Mass .; his mother, Catherine Heins, was born in 1788, in Germantown, Pa .; were mar- ried in 1818, in Pennsylvania ; moved to New York; from there to Michigan. in 1845 ; they had 13 children-Cath- arine, Jonathan, Javish, William, George, Joseph, David, John, Henry, Samuel, Ebenezer, etc; Mr. Carlisle, Sr., served in the war of 1812; he died in Michi- gan in 1867.
Caldwell, T., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville. Cleveland, S., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville. Coy, John, farmer ; P. O. Kaneville.
Coy, M. A., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville. Crosby, James, far .; P. O. Blackberry. Coy, W. W., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville.
OOLEY, MICHAEL, far .; P. O. D Batavia.
DAUBERMAN, J. S., farmer, Sec. 35; . P. O. Kaneville; Dem .; non-sec- tarian ; owns 180 acres of land, valued at about $11,000; he was born in 1850 at Center Co., Pa. ; married Mary Mer- rill in March, 1874; she was born in New Hampshire, in 1851, and came to this township with her father's family ; have one child, George; Mr. Dauber- man's parents were born in Center Co., Pa .; his father, George, in 1825, and his mother, Matilda Spangler, in 1831; they came to this county with their family, three children-J. S., Ellen and Ida ; Mrs. D. died December, 1856; Mr. D. married second wife, Ann Harter; she was born in 1832, in Pennsylvania ; she had three children-John, McLelland and Mary ; second wife died in Septem- ber, 1871.
Dadd, Mrs. E., P. O., Kaneville.
DAUBERMAN, MRS. LUCY
A. (third wife and widow of the late George S. Dauberman), resides Sec. 26 ; P. O. Kaneville; Meth .; owns 170 acres, valued at $60 per acre ; she was born in 1831, at Center Co., Pa .; her parents moved to Sandusky Co., O., in 1833, where her father, Jacob Wise, still resides ; her mother, Magdalene Spangler, died there Dec. 18, 1860; Mr. and Mrs. Dauberman were married June 22, 1872; no family; she is guardian of the younger children of Mr. Dauberman's previous wife. Mr. Dauberman died March 20, 1874, aged 48 years, 5 months and 9 days.
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E VANS, E. R., farmer; P. O. Kane- ville.
EBERLY, WM., rents farm of J. Price ; P. O. Hinckley ; born Jan. 10, 1854, in De Kalb Co., Rep .; Evan- gelical ; owns about $1,000 worth of personal property ; married Cynthia M. Smith April, 1873 ; she was born 1853, in N. Y .; came here with her parents ; they have one child-Jennic M. ; Mr. Eberly's parents came to this State from Ohio in 1851.
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LANDERS, P., far .; P. O. Kane- ville.
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FINK, NORRIS A., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville; born 1845, in Oneida Co., N. Y .; came to this State in 1850; owns 156 acres, valued at $9,000; Dem .; non-sectarian ; married Mary Perry Jan., 1868; she was born July 18, 1848, at Lee Center, N. Y .; have four children-Clarence, born Dec. 13, 1868; Maud E., born July 20, 1870; Mary, born May 1, 1872 ; Henry L., born July 7, 1877; Mr. F. enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 8th I. V. C .; was promoted to Commissary Sergeant Sept., 1863; mustered out July 4, 1865; dur- ing the campaign he participated in forty-threc engagements, and, haply, never got even the slightest wound ; was elected Assessor in 1874 and '5 ; was elected Road Commissioner in 1877, which office he now holds.
FINK, J. A., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Kancville ; born 1814, in Madison Co., N. Y .; Rep .; Bapt .; owns 207 acres, valued at $15,000; married Nancy B. Norris June, 1838, in Madison Co., N. Y .; had three children-John N. (de- ceased); Marilda and Nancy ; Mrs. F. died Sept. 1843, in N. Y .; married second wife, Mary A.' Norris, in 1844 ; she had two children-N. A. and Fran- cis (deceased); Mrs. Fink, second, died in 1858, in this Township ; he married third wife, Louisa Coy, in 1859; she was born 1827, in Chenango Co., N. Y .; had three children-Frankie, Marcia (deceased) and Julia; in 1839 Mr. Fink moved from Madison Co. to Onon- daga Co .; lived there till 1851; thence to the place where he now lives, in this Township; he was not amongst the first settlers of this Township, but is one of its enterprising farmers.
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Fuller, I., farmer ; P. O. Lodi. Fish, J. M., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville.
FREDERICK, WM., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Kaneville ; Dem .; non-sec- tarian ; owns 360 acres, valued at $75 per acre ; he was born Feb. 15, 1825, in Johnstown, Fulton Co., N. Y .; mar- ried Elizabeth Hathaway, March 15, 1853; she was born July 10, 1835, in Jefferson Co., N. Y .; came to this Co. with her father's family ; have seven children-Mary, Artimus, Margaret C., William, Agnes, Charles and Burt ; Mr. Frederick left N. Y. April, 1846, and arrived at Chicago May 1, the same ycar ; thence to Montgomery, Kanc Co, and lived there till the Spring of 1852 ; then purchased one hundred and twenty acres of the farm he now owns, and on which he has resided ever since ; besides the natural advantages of his farm, it is well improved.
Flanders, T. P., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville. FRACE, J. M., farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. O. Blackberry ; Dem. ; non-sectarian ; owns 260 acres, valued at $45 per acre; born Feb. 22, 1820, in Morris Co., N. J .; married Sarah Vorhees ; she was born Nov. 26, 1824, in Warren Co., N. J .; have three children-Elsie, Albert 1). and Elizabeth ; Mr. Frace came here in 1848, returned to N. J. in 1856; married and returned again to his loca- tion in Kane Co., where he has resided ever since.
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RANGER, E., farmer; P. O. Kane- ville.
Gardner, H. S., farmer ; P. O. Lodi. Gardner, R. M., farmer ; P. O. Lodi. Guerin, Mary, farmer ; P. O. Lodi.
GORHAM, H. C., farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. O. Kaneville ; born 1826, in Rut- land Co., Vt .; Rep. ; non-sectarian, (Protestant); owns 156 acres, valued at about $10,000; was elected Highway Commissioner in 1859 ; held that office nine years ; married Susan A. Davis in 1851; she was born 1832, in Clerndon, Vt .; had seven children-Augusta, Ella, Helen (deceased), Ira, George, Frank (deceased), and Charles; Mr. Gorham came from Vt. to this Co. in 1856; his mother, Lydia Hawkins, died at their old home in Vt., in 1834 ; his father, Ira Gorham, came with him, and died here in 1871.
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