Webster, Illinois

David C. Eastburn, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, is a native of Sheldon township, this county. He was born August 12, 1845, and lived at home until 1862, when he enlisted in the 76th 111. Vol., and remained in the service until the close of the war. He was in the battles of Sabine Cross Roads, siege of Vicksburg, Mobile, and the other engagements of the regiment. After the war he returned home and engaged in farming. April 21, 1866, he was married to Miss Annie E. "Webster, of England. They have h' ve children, Francis H., Edith C., Barton T., John C. and William P. In 1868 he moved to his present place and has lived here since. He owns 200 acres of land, which he has earned mostly by his own labor and management.

Passage source: History of Iroquois County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, Private and Official Correspondence, and Other Authentic, Though, for the Most Part, Out-of-the-way Sources, published 1880.

Isaac H. Eastburn, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, was born in Lawrence county, Ohio, December 5, 1833, and with his parents settled in Iroquois county, Illinois, in 1835. He lived with his parents until he was twenty-four years of age. February 1, 1857, he was married to

Passage source: History of Iroquois County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, Private and Official Correspondence, and Other Authentic, Though, for the Most Part, Out-of-the-way Sources, published 1880.

Dr. David Greenlee, justice of peace, Sheldon, was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, September 7, 1807, and lived there fifteen years. He then moved to Ross county, Ohio, with his parents. He lived there until 1837, and studied medicine under Dr. S. Burnham, a classmate, at Harvard, of Daniel Webster. He afterwards moved to Highland county, and began the practice of medicine, and then moved to Adarns, thence to Defiance, and thence to Henry county. In 1869 he came to Sheldon, Illinois, and began the practice of medicine. February 24, 1847, he graduated at the medical branch of the Ohio Hudson

Passage source: History of Iroquois County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, Private and Official Correspondence, and Other Authentic, Though, for the Most Part, Out-of-the-way Sources, published 1880.

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