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W ESTON, J. F., farmer; P. O. Kaneville.
WOODWARD, MRS. SOPHIE
J. (widow of the late J. P. Woodward), P. O. Kaneville ; Meth. ; born in 1829, in Cayuga Co., N. Y .; came to this county with her parents in 1846; Mr. Woodward was born in 1817, in Rut- land, Vt., and came to this county in 1845 ; they were married in this town- ship in 1860; Mr. Woodward died here in March, 1875 ; her father, Benj. Jen- kins, died here in 1867; her mother died here in 1850 ; two brothers, Daniel and Joseph Jenkins, enlisted in the late war of the rebellion ; Daniel was in the 124th I. V. I., and participated in many engagements ; while in front of Vicks- burg, he was taken sick; got home on a furlough, but soon returned to the regiment ; he had been with the com- pany only a short time when he was seized with congestive chills, of which he died, at Vicksburg, in 1864; Jos. M. enlisted in the 23d I. V. I. ; he was one of the prisoners captured at Lex- ington, Mo .; had various narrow es- capes ; one brother, Benj. F. Jenkins, resides with Mrs. Woodward.
Watson, J. F., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville. Withey, J. C., far. ; P. O. Blackberry. Watson, I. S., farmer; P. O. Lodi. Watson Chas., farmer ; P. O. Lodi. Wheeler, Thos., farmer; P. O. Kaneville. Weber, Jacob, farmer; P. O. Lodi.
Wamsley, J. W., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville. WELLS, HORACE A., Sec. 22;
farmer; P. O. Kaneville; Rep. ; non- sectarian ; owns 1223 acres of land, valued at $60 per acre ; born April 26, 1831, at Pittsfield, Mass .; his parents moved from Massachusetts to New York when he was about two years of age ; he came to this county in 1866, and married Harriet E. Graves in 1870 ; she was bom in 1854, in New Hudson, N. Y., and came to this county with her parents in 1867 ; have three children living: Royal H. (de- ceased), Emma L., Martha M., Lettie H. ; Mr. Wells has held the office of Highway Overseer for several terms. Wolf, Daniel, farmer ; P. O. Kaneville. Williams, J. E., far. ; P. O. Kaneville. WHITE, HARRY, retired farmer ; P. O. Kaneville; born April, 1804, in Caledonia Co., Vt .; Rep .; non-sectarian ; owns 400 acres of land, valued at $20,000, besides property in the village ; was elected to various township offices ; married Lucina Scott, April 5, 1831, at Antwerp, N. Y .; she was born in May, 1809, at New York ; had seven children : Ann, Jane, John (he died in New York), these three were born in New York; Harry, Julia (deccased), Mary and Martin O., all born in this State ; Mrs. White died Aug. 3, 1866 ; he married his second wife, Lois N. Withers, in 1873; widow of the late Mr. Winder ; she was born in Pennsyl- vania ; had two children by her first husband, Elias C. and Jennie Winder ; when Mr. W. was about ten years of age, his father, Judge White, and his mother, Prudence Snow, moved with their family of five children, four besides himself-Guy, George, Louisa and John -from Vermont to New York ; Harry, being a mechanical genius, applied him- self to the millwright trade, which called him to various parts of the State ; after acquiring a thorough knowledge of the above named business, he became an extensive contractor of all kinds of
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buildings, at the same time moving to various places ; he lived one year at Greenbush ; thence to Chenango Co., where he lived thirteen years; thence to Jefferson, where he lived about eight years ; thence to Chicago, Ill., with his wife and two children, Ann and Jane ; they arrived at Chicago, Jnne 6, 1835 ; Mr. W. was delighted with the appear- ance of the country, and was deter- mined to purchase, if possible, a piece of land which he might begin to im- prove ; fearing that the squatters' claim was not reliable, he attended one of the first land sales in Chicago, thinking to make a purchase and procure a reliable title ; he had been there only a short time when he was convinced that pri- ority of occupation was the only sure method of getting a desirable loca- tion, as every squatter was ready and waiting to buy his own claim ; and still more convincing proof of the supremacy of the squatters' rights was to see how suddenly and unceremoniously a gentle . man fell just as he had bid a dollar and a half per acre for the claim on which some squatter had located, one dollar and a quarter being the actual selling price ; the gentleman above referred to regained his upright position after being hurled down a flight of stairs, and in- stantly, for the sake of harmony, proposed to pay the extra twenty-five cents per acre, which he had over bid, and con- sider the squatter the rightful owner ; Mr. W. hired a man in Chicago to move him and his family to the country ; the team was three yoke of oxen ; the party traveled several days and came to what now is Blackberry Township ; there they stopped ; himself, wife and two children camped on the openprairie while he was building a cabin ; ere his cabin was com- pleted he had only $5 in cash on hand, and $300 in debt; he took a claim of 400 acres, which he owns to this day ; he was the first one in this part of the country who attached trucks to a plow, and gave the first order for a reaper in the State of Illinois ; his brother George came here with him, but soon after locat- ing sold his claim ; his mother and re- mainder of the family came to this State after his father died in New York ; his mother died at Chicago.
Wheaton J., farmer ; P. O. Kaneville. WOODWARD, REV. JONAS,
P. O. Kaneville; pastor Bapt. Ch .; born in Stratton, Windom Co., Vt .; married Eliza S. Davis in 1830, in New York. She was born in 1805, Saratoga Co., N. Y .; had four children-Frank J., Henry D., Mary E., Fidelia (de- ceased) ; Mrs. W. died in April, 1871, in Kendall Co. Their only surviving daughter-widow of the late Rev. H. Montgomery Howie, who visited Scot- land and died there Dec. 5, 1866-re- sides with her father. When Mr. W. was 12 years of age, his parents moved with their 12 children from Vermont to New York ; there he prepared for the ministry, and was ordained pastor of a church in 1831, in Monroe Co., N. Y., where he remained 24 years and six months, thence to the State of Iowa as a missionary, and through due respect for one of such sterling merit he was given the privilege of choosing his loca- tion in that State. Accordingly he chose Cedar Rapids as the center of his field of labor. There he established the Baptist Church and worked zealous- ly for four years ; since that time he has labored in this State, beginning here at Kaneville in 1859, thence to Dundee, where he remained 5 years, thence to Bris- tol, where he remained 6 years ; thence to Tamaroa, Perry Co, for two years, when in consequence of sickness he con- cluded to resign his pastoral charge at that place, at the same time being re- called by the church of this place, which he accepted, and here we find him at the ripe age of 73 laboring vig- orously and cheerfully, imbued with the spirit of his work, to which he has al- ways given his undivided attention. The high esteem in which the aged and worthy pastor is held, not only by those who are identified with the church, but all who have been favored with his ac- quaintance, is only equaled by the heart- felt gratitude of himself and household. As facts worthy of historic record would say that he is the oldest minister in ac- tive service in the Northwest ; he never went on trial with a view to locating but what he obtained the place, 'and during these many years of ministerial life he has never passed a Sabbath without
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a pastoral charge. His sister, Mary, re- sides with them; she was born 1803; is the widow of David Woodworth ; he was born in 1799, in Charleston, N. Y .; they were married in 1822; he had 6 children, Mary, Jacob, Jerome (de- ceased), Calina, and John M .; he is supervising surgeon of the United States Marine Hospitals since 1870; Frank died in 1862 at Washington, D. C., of disease contracted in the army; Mr. W. died in 1850; his was the second in- terment in Kaneville Cemetery ; he was one of the first pioneers of the county, settling in Blackberry Tp., as early as 1838; and was one of its most enter- prising farmers.
Y OUNG, F. L., P. O. Kaneville; farmer ; born December, 1828, at Strafford, Vt .; Ind .; non-sectarian; owns 450 acres ; value of entire property about $20,000; he married Bettie B. Patterson ; was married in 1857; she was born in 1831 in Vermont; had two children, Jennie M. and Frank P. ;
Mrs. Young died Nov. 3, 1871 ; he mar- ried second wife, Eliza E. Patterson- then widow of Eli Annis-May, 1873; she was born in 1828, in Strafford, Vt. ; Mr. Y. was elected Road Commissioner in 1857 for a term of 3 years, and eleet- ed Assessor in 1858-9; elected Justice of the Peace in 1874; has held the two last named offices ever since he was elected ; his father, Nathan Young, born 1792 in New Hampshire, and his mother, Hannah Smith, born 1749, in Vermont, came here with them; they had four children, George, Nathan, F. L. and Marcella, in 1843; and were obliged to borrow means wherewith to bring the family here ; the eldest son, Peleg, had preceded them five years, and stopped in Wisconsin, but finally came to this State; pressed pecuniarily, as they were, on coming here, the old folks were spared to see their children enjoying in abundance the fruits of their own econo- my and industry.
ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP.
A LCOTT, J. D., farmer ; P. O. St. Charles.
Anderson, Aug., far .; P. O. St. Chasles. Axleson, Aug., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Anderson, A. J., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Abrahamson, Jno., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Arndt, Fred., far .; P. O. St. Charles. ALCOTT, J. B., farmer and dairyman; P. O. St. Charles ; Rep .; Meth .; has 100 acres of very finely improved land on Sec 31 ; valued at $100 per acre, with new and very elegant and sub- stantial buildings ; he was born in Mad- ison Co., N. Y., Dec. 23d, 1819, and came to Illinois Oct. 16, 1856, and settled where he now lives; he married Deborah A. Shaw in Annsville, Oneida Co., N. Y., Jan. 18th, 1844 ; she was born in Renssalaer Co. March 6th, 1820; they have two sons-Adelbert D., born May 11, 1849, in Oneida Co., N. Y., and Jared D., born Nov. 13, 1850, in same place.
Ames, A. J., far .; P. O. St. Charles.
Atherton, Stephen, far., P. O. St. Charles. Allen, Robt., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Austin, I. O .; P. O. St. Charles. Allen, Wm., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Aldridge, Eliza, far .; P. O. St. Charles. Allen, E. A .; P. O. St. Charles. Anderson, John, far .; P. O. St. Charles. ADAMS, SAMUEL L., grocery- man ; P. O. St. Charles ; Rep .; Uni- versalist ; was born in Cavendish, Vt., June 16th, 1820, and learned the tan- ners' trade, and for several years was an extensive tanner and leather dealer ; in March, 1860, he came to St. Charles and bought a small farm of forty aeres, within the corporation, valued at $4,000, and devoted his time on the farm and in attending to business out- side ; his health failing him, he sold his farm in 1876 and took his family to the Centennial, and in 1877 he engaged in the grocery business ; he married Betsey M. Parker in Cavendish, Vt., May 17th, 1823; they have an adopted
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niece, Ella D. Howard, born May, 1865 ; Mr. A. since coming here has been Su- pervisor for three years; during the war having the distribution of the fund for soldiers' families ; he was Highway Commissioner for six years, and as such was highly instrumental in the build- ing of our confessedly best iron bridge on Fox River ; he has always been an uncompromising temperance man, and as such, while President of the Vil- lage Board, he enforced the anti-license law, and was instrumental in closing every saloon in town; Mr. A. is a thorough scholar, and a very practical man.
Anderson, David, far .; P. O. St. Charles. Andrus, J. H., painter ; P. O. St. Charles. Ainsworth, Nathan, P. O. St. Charles. Alexander, F. W., carp .; P. O. St. Charles. Atkinson, Sarah, P. O. St. Charles.
Alexander, F. L., mer .; P. O. St. Charles. Anderson, A. G., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Albio, Ira, far .; P. O. St. Charles.
Ainsworth, N. J., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Allen, Mrs. Eletha, P. O. St. Charles. Atkinson, A., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Alexander, Sarah A., P. O. St. Charles. Alexander, H. H., far .; P. O. St. Charles. LANCHARD, ELIZABETH, P. BI O. St. Charles.
Burley, J. H., carp .; P. O. St. Charles. Belzer. Chas., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Baldridge, Mrs. E. S., P. O. St. Charles. Banks Joseph, far .; P. O. St. Charles.
BURR, ALGERNON A., farmer, feeder and dealer in stock ; P. O. St. Charles ; has 240 acres of land on Sec. 7, well improved, valued at $15,000 ; he was born Aug. 11th, 1846, in St. Charles ; he married Cornelia L Bart- lett Oct. 30th, 1872 ; she was born in Hartford Co., Conn., Nov. 17th, 1846 ; they have one son-Arthur J., born Jan. 13th, 1875 ; Mrs. B. and her sis- ter, Mrs. Clark Burr, came from Con- necticut and engaged in teaching ; they were very finely educated.
Brown, Jarvis, far .; P. O. St. Charles. Barnes, Eliza, P. O. St. Charles. Bromhold, G., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Boardman, Orso, far .; P. O. St. Charles. Bunker, Sarah A .; P. O. St. Charles. Blanchard, C. L., clerk; P. O. St. Charles. Baker, Theron, farmer; P. O. St. Charles. Blanchard, Z. A., far .; P. O. St. Charles.
BURR, CLARK C., farmer, stock and grain; P. O. St. Charles; Ind .; Liberal; has 382 acres of choice land, located by his father, the late J. C. Burr; his residence and other improve- ments are among the best in the county, and is valned at $20,000; he was born March 1, 1842, on the same place. He was married to Ellen Bartlett, Jan. 11, 1871; she was born in East Wind- sor, Hartford Co .. Conn., March 4, 1840; they have two children-Henry James, born Jan. 31, 1874; Charles Clark, born June 24, 1876.
Barry, W. D., attorney ; P. O. St. Charles. Barnes, C. E., P. O. St. Charles. Balis, William, farmer; P. O. St. Charles. Bamford, Robert, far .; P. O. St. Charles. Baremore, George, far .; P. O. Wayne. Bergreen, John, far .; P. O. St. Charles
BISBY, MARK H., farmer, feeder and dealer in all kinds of stock; P. O. St. Charles; Ind .; Cong .; has 240 acres of the finest land in the county; his residence, buildings aud improvements are of the finest class in the State, and are valued at $20,000; he was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 13, 1828, and came to this State with his father (Jarret Bisby), in 1837, and in 1839, settled where he now lives. He mar- ried Hattie S. Mead, of McHenry Co., Sept. 25, 1860; she was born in Rut- land Co., Vt., Nov. 22, 1838; have four children-Addie E., Etta L., Lina A. and Mary H .; he went to California in 1852, and returned in J859; in 1861, he joined the 8th Ill. Cav., commanded by Col. J. F. Farnsworth; he was First Battalion Quartermaster of the reg- iment; they were in the Peninsular Campaign, and participated in all its battles.
Burr, A. A., farmer; P. O. St. Charles. Baldwin, Mrs. E., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Blanchard, A. H., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Billings, Charles, far .; P. O. St. Charles. Blanchard, H. G. S., far. ; P. O. St. Charles. Blanchard, G. P., mech. ; P. O. St Charles. Brownell, E. A., paper infr. ; P. O. St. Charles.
Brannon, M., far. ; P. O. St. Charles. Bentley, Sam'l., brk. yrd ; P. O. St. Charles .. Brooks, Adelia L., P. O. St. Charles_ Bushell, W. H., P. O. St. Charles. Beach, E. W., far .; P. O. St. Charles.
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BLANCHARD, AARON, far., ma- chinist and blacksmith, Sees. 16 and 17; P. O. St. Charles : Rep .; Swedenborgian ; has 240 acres of land, worth $60 per acre; he was born in Danville, Caledonia Co., Vt., Mareh 5, 1804, and came to St Charles March 2, 1838, and bought his claim, improved it, and built a house in town, and worked at his trade ever since. He married Annie Stonnor May 22, 1828; she was born in Madison Co., N. Y., July 20, 1809; have four children-Zara A., born September 20, 1829; Gustavus, born Aug. 17, 1831 ; Geo. A., born May 13, 1834, and Nel- son L., born Dec. 24, 1837. Nelson enlisted in the 8th Ill. Cav., and went to Alexandria, Va .. and was taken sick and died Feb. 18. 1862; George A. was in the 85th Ill. Vol .: was taken prisoner at Peachtree Creek, Georgia, and was in prison for nine months; he suffered every thing but death, and was liberated by Sherman; he contracted a disease, which finally caused his death in May, 1875.
BISBY, JARED, P. O. St. Charles, farmer, wool carder and cloth dresser ; Rep .; Bapt .; has a farm in Kansas. Has sold his farm here to his son Mark ; bought a place in town, and living at his ease ; was born in New Haven, Addi- son Co., Vt., Sept. 22, 1798 ;and came to St. Charles in June, 1839 ; and bought the farm where his son Mark now lives. He was in low circumstances when he settled here, but by his own success in business, he has retired in good circum- stances. He married Almira Harvey, August 26, 1824, in Herkimer Co., N. Y., where she was born Dec. 8, 1807; they have three children-Mark H. Julius F., Emily F .- all born in N. Y. Mr. B. came from Herkimer Co., and brought his family in a covered wagon ; Mark and J. Frank went to California ; J. Frank left California ; visited Colorado, and has finally located in New Mexico, where he is engaged in silver mining. Bowen, A. G., P. O. St. Charles. Brannhold, G., P. O. St. Charles. Boardman, O. S., butcher; P. O. St. Charles. Baird, J. C .. cashr. bank ; P. O. St. Charles. Brown, R. B., carp .; P. O. St. Charles. Brown, J. B., lab ; P. O. St. Charles. Burley, J. H., carp. ; P. O. St. Charles.
BARBOUR, LYMAN L., P. O Chicago, Ills., Lumber st., foot of Canal st. ; lumber merchant ; was born in Far- mer's Village, Seneca Co .. N. Y , in 1838; he passed his youth at New London, Conn., and New York City ; he came to Battle Creek, Mich., in 1863, and en- gaged in the mercantile business ; he married Helen Minard, only daughter of the late Ira Minard ; he went to Fari- bault, Minn., in 1865, and engaged in the dry goods business for four years, when he came to Chicago, and became interested with Ira Minard in the lum- ber business, which he continued after Mr. Minard's death. He has four children -Alice Minard, born in Battle Creek, Mich., in 1864 ; Jennie Law, born in Faribault, Minn., in 1866; Minnie Townsend, born in St. Charles in 1871 ; William Earnest, born in St Charles in 1874.
Bignall, S. L. & Co., hardware ; P. O. St. Charles.
Bowman. F. H., hardware; P. O. St. Charles.
Baird, J. E., lab. ; P. O. St. Charles.
Bagley, C. V., carp. ; P. O. St. Charles.
Baird, O. C., carp. ; P. O. St. Charles.
Baxter, Chas. ; P. O. St. Charles.
Bosworth, D. S. ; P. ‹ . St. Charles. Banks, Robt., trav. agt .; P. O. St. Charles. Bross, E. A., conductor ; P. O. St. Charles. Baker, Edw., mer. ; P. O. St. Charles. Barber, Mrs. M. G .; P. O. St Charles. Bristol, Edw., lab. ; P. O. St. Charles. Blengrist, Alex., far. ; P. O. St. Charles. Ballard, N., farmer ; P. O. St. Charles.
BLACKMAN, E. W. farmer and dairyman ; Sec. 8; P. O. St. Charles ; Rep. ; Meth. ; has 200 acres of land, worth $12,000 ; milks from 25 to 35 cows; he was born in Toronto, Canada, June 18, 1825, and came with his father to this State, and settled where he now lives in 1848 ; he married Sarah Jane Switzer, May 2, 1852, and moved into Cook Co .; and, after living there 8 years, he traded farms with his father, and returned to the old homestead ; she was born in Toronto, Canada, Dec. 4, 1834 ; they have seven children-Salina M., Frank M., Emma M., Mary E., Allen Ray, Amelia J., and Philo M. ; Salina M. married L. A. Hovey, Dec. 14, 1875.
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Bartlett, Edw. ; far. ; P. O. St. Charles. Baldwin, Mrs. H. E .; P. O. St. Charles. Bisby, Mark H., far. ; P. O. St. Charles. Baird, J. C., banker ; P. O. St. Charles. Butt, Wm. H., farmer ; P. O. St. Charles. Butler, Hattie, P. O. St. Charles.
Brennan, H., farmer, P. O. St. Charles. Bowers, A. G., farmer ; P. O. St. Charles. YREEBER, WM., laborer; P. O. St. Charles.
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Carleson, Peter, shoemaker ; P. O. St. Charles.
Colson, John, shoemkr. ; P. O. St. Charles. CRAWFORD, H. M., M. D. ; P. O. St. Charles; was born in Belfast, Ire- land, Sept. 20, 1820; received his col- legiate and medical education in Belfast, Glasgow, Dublin 'and Edinburgh, and then came to N. Y. in 1848, and to St. Charles the same year. He commenced a practice here which has continued and grown into one of the largest in the State; he went into the army as Sur- geon, and soon rose to be a Medical Director and one of the prominent act- ing Surgeons ; and since his return has done very much of the surgery in this county ; he married Margaret P. Mc- Willams, Oct., 1855; she was born, also, in Belfast, Ireland, Jan. 1, 1834 ; they have three children-Henry M., born Oct. 28, 1856; Minnie E., Dec. 28, 1858; Margaret Hypatia, Jan. 9, 1860. Coughlin, Pat., farmer ; P. O. St. Charles. Clark, P., tinner ; P. O. St. Charles.
CHOVIN, CHARLES, far., Sec. 35; P. O. St. Charles ; Rep .; attends the M. E. Church ; he has 823 acres of land in the city limits, called worth $10,000 ; was born in Wayne Co., Mich., Dec. 17, 1823, and came to Chicago Feb. 22, 1838, and remained there twenty-one years, and came to this place in 1859. He married Lizzie S. Piffer, of St. Charles, in 1860; and she was born in Venango Co., Pa., and died in 1865, leaving two children-Charles F. and Lizzie. His second wife was Mary Wilson ; they were married in 1868; she was born in Canada, in 1842; they have one child-James Wilson ; he spent several years in the mercantile business, in Chicago, and, also, in St. Charles ; he was elected an Alderman, at the organization of the city, and dis- charged his duties very acceptably.
Cooley, Geo., laborer; P. O. St. Charles. Crandal, A., P. O. St. Charles.
Cassidy, Barny, laborer ; P. O. St. Charles. Cavanagh James, far. ; P. O. St. Charles. Clark, Ed., farmer ; P. O. St. Charles.
Cary, John, livery ; P. O. St. Charles. Connor, Samuel, lab. ; P. O. St. Charles. Cutler, John, farmer ; P. O. St. Charles. Connor, 1 .. S., painter ; P. O. St. Charles. Christian, J. S., tailor; P. O. St. Charles. Caldwell, Chas., laborer ; P. O. St. Charles. COLTEN, MOSES W., farmer and dealer and breeder of Ayrshire cattle ; has 160 acres of land, valued at $75 per acre; was born in Hubbardston, Vt., March 18, 1827. Married Betsey J. Perry, of Castleton, Vt., July, 1853; she was born June 20, 1827, in Castle- ton ; he came to St. Charles in 1864, after living several years in Kalamazoo Co., Mich. ; they have three children- Carroll M., born Oct. 12, 1866; Helen E., born July 5, 1867 ; Tinny, born in 1869, and died in infancy.
Carr, Bryant, laborer ; P. O. St. Charles. Caldwell, O., butcher; P. O. St. Charles. Clark, H. M., Justice ; P. O. St. Charles. Commicle, Henry, lab. ; P. O. St. Charles. CONKLIN, W. G., has been a miller and dealer in grain for many years; P. O. St. Charles ; he was born in Eastern N. Y., and came to this place among the very first.
Collins, Thos., laborer ; P. O. St. Charles. Clark, Joseph, laborer; P. O. St. Charles. Culverson, Wm., livery ; P. O. St. Charles. Chamberlin, Mrs. B., P. O. St. Charles. Clark, J. B., P. O. St. Charles.
CLARK, GAROME, farmer and dairyman ; Dem .; Meth .; has 162 acres of first-class land on Sec. 17; first-class new buildings and farm well improved, valued at $12,000; is a very successful
- farmer ; was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Oct. 14, 1835, and came to this State in the Fall of 1847 and settled where he now lives. He married Arabel A. Minard, June 9, 1856 ; she was born May 29, 1836 ; they have three children-Mary Lorette, born Oct. 24, 1856; Frank M., born Aug. 7, 1862; Sherman. born Aug. 11, 1865.
Conklin, Mrs. M. A., millinery ; P. O. St. Charles.
Culverson, Alex., wagon mfr .; P. O. St. Charles.
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Costin, W. R., mason ; P. O. St. Charles. Coller, E., P. O. St. Charles. Clute, M. V., minister; P. O. St. Charles. Cable, M. A., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Cable. M. C., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Cree, Mary H., P. O. St. Charles.
CRANSTON, H. I., farmer, dairy- man and dealer in Norman horses ; P. O. Elgin ; Rep .; Meth .; has 134 acres of land on Sec. 6, valued at $50 per acre ; he was born in Roxbury, Del. Co., N. Y., Jan. 10, 1825, and came to this State in 1863; he married Adaline Guptill, April 24, 1850, in Fentonville, Mich. ; she was born in Clarke Co., O., April 23, 1831 ; they have three chil- dren-Judson G., born Dec. 23, 1852, in Cook Co., Ill .; Frank H., born in Mich., Liv. Co., Sept., 15, 1858; Mar- tha Inez, born Dec. 5, 1873; Frank and Martha are taking a regular course of study at the Elgin Academy.
Colson, Peter, far .; P. O. St. Charles. Carswell, Robert, far .; P. O. St. Charles. Castin, Chas. H., far. ; P. O. St. Charles. Crawford, H. M., far .; P. O. St. Charles. Chambers, J. C., P. O. Geneva.
COLMAN, SUMNER, farmer and dairyman ; P. O. South Elgin ; Dem ; Universalist; born in Ludlow, Windsor Co., Vt., Sept. 17, 1819, and came to Washington Co., N. Y., in 1834 and re- mained there until 1868, when he came to St. Charles and bought a farm of 280 acres on Sections 2 and 3, valued at $17,000, he has a dairy of 50 cows, and has 150 fine Vermont sheep ; he married Marriett W. Campbell, Oct., 1843 ; she was born in Rutland, Vt., Dec. 6, 1823-they have 9 children-Mary H., born Jan. 12, 1846; Chas. J., born May 18, 1848; Geo. S., born Jan. 4, 1851; Henry E., born June 25, 1853, and died Nov. 23, 1867 ; Sumner M., boru May 13, 1855; Fred W., born Sept. 22, 1857; Am- nietta J., born Dec. 9, 1859; Eliza, born Oct. 8, 1862; Franklin A., born March 4, 1865; Jas. H., born July 16, 1866; Henry H. married McCeu July 30, 1866; Geo. S., to Libbie Arnt, 1874; Sumner M., to Lottie Clarkson, Dec. 25, 1877.
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