Wauponsee, Illinois

MATTHEW DIX, farmer, P. 0. Verona, is a native of Berkshire, England, born Maj' 4, 1831, son of Charles and Martha Dix, of England. He is the fifth of a fiimily of eight children, and was raised and educated in England. He came to the United States in 1856, in the vessel " Amazon," being six weeks on the passage. He came immediatel)' to Illinois and settled in Kendall Countj', where he engaged in farming for eight years ; came to Grundy County in the spring of 1865. Here he located in Section 22, of Vienna Township, where he owns a farm of 160 acres of well-improved land, and resides one and one-half miles northwest from Verona ; the land is valued at $50 per acre. Mr. Dix was married in Kendall County, September 21, 1864, to Miss Gertrude Cody, daughter of Thomas and Harriet Cody, born in Oneida County, N. Y., July 8, 1843. They have a family of seven children, three of whom are dead - Freddy L., born in Grundy County December 26, 1868 ; Lewis M., December 24, 1870, died of diphtheria December 22,1880; Clara A., born November 2, 1872; MinaG., January 20, 1876, died June 12, 1877 ; Sadie E., born February 3, 1878 ; and Effie !

Passage source: History of Grundy County, Illinois : Containing a History from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... , Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers, Prominent Men, Etc, published 1882.

Hill, one of the passengers of the Mayflower in 1G20. His father, Capt. Alfred Hill, was a seaman, being a captain from the time he was twenty-one 3-ears old until the time of his death, which occurred at the wreck of the steamship Rhode Island, when four days out from Xew York, bound for San Francisco, Cal. His mother's ancestry dates back to the nobility of England. She was lost at sea in the wreck of the steamship Home, seven miles off the coast of Charleston, S. C , her husband saving his life on this occasion by swimming ashore. Subject was raised in Oneida Count}', N. Y., by his grandparents (Lea). He married at Verona, Oneida County, N. Y., March 5, 1856, Miss Sarah E. Overocker, daughter of Jacob E. and Betsey Overocker. She was born in New York January 8, 1832. Thej' have a fomil}' of three children - Annie L., born October 20, 1860, married to E. W. Overocker November 11, 1878; Clara A., born August 18, 1867, and Ada B., born July 20, 1869. Mr. Hill came to Grundy County in March, 1859, and has since been a resident of the county. Since 1866, he has lived in Vienna Township, where he owns a farm of 160 acres in Sections 2 and 11, his residence being Hill's Park Station. Mrs. Hill is a member of the Congregational Church of Wauponsee Grove.

Passage source: History of Grundy County, Illinois : Containing a History from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... , Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers, Prominent Men, Etc, published 1882.

Haj-moud, he a native of Virginia, slae of Kenucky. When subject was only one year old, his parents removed to Illinois, and settled in Kendall County in 1 837, where he received his education principally. He came to this county in 1855, and in 186-i bought a farm in Section 2 of Vienna Township. Here he still lives owning a farm of 122 acres of valuable land with splendid improvements, situated on the west side of Section 2, the land being worth S60 per acre. He was marriea in Grundy County October 10, 1861, to Miss Eliza M. Pangburn, daughter of Moses Pangburn, of "Wauponsee Township; she was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., September 22, 1841. They have a family of two children, one living - Freddie, born in Grundy County December 25, 1865, died May 10. 1866, and Katie May born in this county February 24, 1868.

Passage source: History of Grundy County, Illinois : Containing a History from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... , Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers, Prominent Men, Etc, published 1882.

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