Lombardville, Illinois

The sewing circle, comprising the ladies of the society and others, raised over i^l,000 for church purposes, Mrs. Alvin Abbott and Mrs. Alfred Foster being the leading workers. The death or removal of members resulted in the fall of this useful part of the church. For

Passage source: Documents and Biography Pertaining to the Settlement and Progress of Stark County, Illinois : Containing an Authentic Summary of Records, Documents, Historical Works and Newspapers Relating to Indian History, Original Settlement, Organization and Politics ..., published 1887.

W. P. Dator., born at Claverack, Columbia county, N. Y.. December 5, 1822, is the son of Philip and Elizabetli (Rowe) Dator, whose ancestors date their settlement on the Hudson to the first Dutch colonies there. His grandfather, also Philip, served throughout the War of the Revolution, and was discharged as a commissioned officer. In 1839 W. P. Dator entered mercantile life in New York City ; returned home after some time, but in 1844 resumed mercantile life in Wayne county, X. Y. In 1849 he married Miss Emma Loretta Soverhill, and subsequently was engaged in farming and store-keeping in that state until 1857, when he sold his interests there, came west, and settled in Marshall county. 111., where he was an agriculturalist for some years. In 1865 he removed to Tiskilwa, Bureau county, and in 1869 to Bradford, where he has since carried on a large general store, and in 1873 established his lumber yards. As shown in the official history of Bradford and in the sketch of the schools, he has taken a full share of the honors of official life. Also in the Masonic and Odd Fellows' history his name finds a- place, while in that of the Baptist church Mrs. Dator is mentioned. Of their children, Anna is the wife of William P. Plummer, postmaster at Bradford ; Elizabeth married Lyman Allen, of Johnson county, Xeb.; Hattie J. married F. P. Wright, now of Furnas county, Xeb.; Sarah is the wife of A. J. Green, a jeweler of Oxford, in that county, while Jennie resides with her parents.

Passage source: Documents and Biography Pertaining to the Settlement and Progress of Stark County, Illinois : Containing an Authentic Summary of Records, Documents, Historical Works and Newspapers Relating to Indian History, Original Settlement, Organization and Politics ..., published 1887.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Osceola Township - it names this place 4 more 4 times.