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of 240 acres of improved land in Section 4, Mazon Township, worth $G0 per acre. He is a Republican, and has been repeatedlj- elected to tlie offices of his township. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. The two elder children were educated at the Cook Countj' Normal Institute. John and Sarah (Fellows) Burleigh, parents of J. F., were married at Salisbury, N. H., December 14, 1810 ; he was born in New Hampshire April 2(i, 1789, and died in the State of New York May 27, 186G ; she was born in New Hampshire December 4, 1794, and died in the State of New York July 18, 1865. They raised a family of five children - John L., Catherine, Harriet, Joseph F. and Elizabeth A.

ISAAC N. CLITHERO, farmer, Mazon, was born in Monroe Countj-, Ohio, January 13, 1833, and was raised and educated in his native State ; he is a son of John D. and Jemima Clithero. He was first married, March 5, 185G, to Miss Sarah Taylor, who was born in Ohio September 24, 1835, and died April 2, 1858. They had one daughter - Mary V., born Julj- 27, 1857, and died June 14, 1858. Mr. Clithero came to Illinois, and settled in Mazon Township. Grund}' County, in December, 18G2. He now has a farm of 140 acres of improved land, worth $60 per acre, in Sections 28 and 29. January 28, 18G9, Mr. Clithero married Miss Jane E., daughter of William and Jane Pool, of Ohio. She was born December 23, 1843, in Monroe County, Ohio ; the result of this union was three children - -William T., born April 16, 1872; Addie V., born February 5, 1876, and an infant, born August 8, 1882. The famil3' are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mazon. Mr. Clithero is a Republican. John D. Clithero, father of our subject, was born November 25, 1803, and died March 9, 1880 ; Jemima Clithero, mother of our subject, was born March 6, 1806, and died June 14, 1881.

Carter came to Illinois from Ohio in Juue, 1851, and settled in Mazon Township, Grundy County. The family consists of ten children - Abraham Carter, born in Belmont Couutj-, Ohio, October 17, 1818, and died in Mazon Township, March 2, 1876; his wife, Margaret Ann (Preston) Carter, a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, born June 14, 1826, is now living with her sons on the old homestead, which is controlled by the eldest son, Melvin, who was born in Guernsej- County, Ohio, November 17, 1845 ; Sarah M., was born March 27, 1849, married to Alex Lee, November 11, 18G7 : Martha A., born October 21, 1851, died December 24, 1854 ; Lora and Flora were born March 29, 1854 - Lora E. was married, June 27, 1876, to George W. Satterlee. Flora B. married September 1, 1879, to Marion Mecham ; Amanda J., born August 27, 1857, married to El wood Randal, October 9, 1880 ; Douglas P., born June 29, 1860 ; William H., born February 6, 1863 ; Amos A., born JIarch 11, 1865 ; Frank B., born August 17, 1867. The Carter estate consists of 354 acres of valuable land in Sections 26, 27, 34 and 35, of Mazon Township, his residence being situated two and a half miles southeast of Mazon. Melvin Carter owns a farm consisting of a quarter section, in Sections 22 and 27, including dwelling house and other improvements, the land being valued at §60 per acre. He is among the solid farmers of Grundy County, and is engaged in stockraising.

JOHN DRESSER, farmer, P. 0. Mazon, was born in Stockbridge, Mass., December 12, 1813. While he was quite young, his parents, Samuel and Nancy Dresser, removed to Portage County, Ohio, where John was raised and received a common school education. At an early age he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, at which he worked for several j-ears. He was married in Februarj', 1841, to Miss Betsey Morse ; she was born in Massachusetts March 16, 181G, and died in Mazon Township

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September 28, 1854. Soon after they were married, Mr. and Mrs, Dresser moved to Miller County, Mo., where the3- lived till 1851, when they came to Illinois, and located in Mazon Township, Grundy Co,; there in Section 4, Mr. Dresser owns eiglity acres of improved land valued at $50 an acre, Mr, Dresser's second marriage occurred May 6, 1855, when he married Mrs. Betsey Jones, of Missouri, formerly of Ohio. She was born March 13, 1829. Mr. Dresser had by his first wife two children - Jacob, born in October, 1843, died in September, 1848 ; Mary, born May 7, 1849, died in October, 1871. By his second wife Mr. Dresser had the following children - Isaac M., born May 13, 1857; Martha E,, born August 20, 1860 (married in November, 1877, to William Holmes); John E., born April 30, 1865, and Alma B,. born September 5, 1867, died March 10, 1SS2. John Dresser cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson and has adherred to the same principles since,

S. H, DEWEY, farmer,?, 0, Mazon Center, was born in Lewis County. N, Y,, August 21, 1821 ; was ra'sed and educated in New Y'ork, from whence, in 1855, he came to Illinois, and settled on the present site of the village of Verona, Grundj- Co. In May, 1851, he married Miss Malissa Fisk, of Booneville, Oneida Co., N. Y. She was born November 24, 1828. At Verona Mr. Dewey bought a farm of eighty acres to which he added extensively in after years, owning at the present time 485 acres of farm land, worth $50 an acres in the townships of Mazon and Good farm of this countj'. Mr. Dewej' is now a resident of the thriving village of blazon Center, where he has lately erected a substantial dwelling. From 1872 to 1877, he was a resident of Morris, and being an ardent advocate of temperance, he was run for Maj'or on the temperance ticket. In politics, he is a Republican, and has taken an active part in the business of the county. He served from 1873 to 1877, on the State Board of Equalization ; also served several terms as Supervisor, and is now Justice of the Peace. Mr, and Mrs, Dewey have a familj^ of six children - Ellen N., born in New York, (married to Horace H. Overocker); Alice E., born in New York, (mariied to Rev. D. W. Frances, of Pennsylvania) ; Milton S., born in New York (married to Miss Maggie Dewey, of Grundy County) ; Mary J., born in Grundy County ; Lester S,, born in Grundy County (married to Miss Dora Smith), and Flora born in Grundy County,

G. W. DANIELS (deceased) was born in Vermont June 8, 1818, and was married in New York January 9, 1843, to Miss Fidelia Belding, a native of Vermont, born August 17, 1816. By this union five children were born - Charles E., born November 6, 1846, married January 1, 1873 ; Sarah A., born April 20, 1849 (married June 10, 1873. to James Foster, of Indiana); L. E,, born March 4, 1851 ; Ellen A., born December 1, 1854 (married Februarj' 8, 1875, to DeWitt Hinkle, of Iroquois Countj% Ills.), and William A,, born xMarch 5, 1856. The second son, L. E., has a farm in Section 16, Mazon Township. Mr. Daniels died October 20, 1882, from paralysis of the heart ; he was a man highly esteemed in the community in which he resided, and figured prominently in the enterprises of his county. At the time of his death he owned a farm in Section 16, Mazon Township, worth $75 an acre, a portion of the village of Mazon Center being on his land. Mr. Daniels taught school for some time, and held the office of School Treasurer. He was a Democrat and a member of the Masonic fraternity, Blue Lodge and Knights Templar.

J. K. ELY, farmer, P. 0. Mazon, son of James G. and Rebecca E. Ely, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., December 2, 1837. He was educated in Rock River Seminary, became qualified for teaching, which he followed in LaSalle and Grundy Counties for seven jears. He enlisted at Chicago on the 12th of August, 1862, in Company H, Eighty-eighth Illinois

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Volunteer Infivntry, with which he continued until dischnrged at the close of the war. Took part in the battles of Stone River, Chickainaugua, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge and Dalton, and marched with Sherman to Atlanta, Ga.,where he was) wounded Julj- 20, 1864, after which he saw no more field service. September 5, 1864, he married Miss Lovina J. Mossraan, daughter of William and Marj' Mossman, of Iowa. She was born .\pril 12, 1845. They have a family of two sons and four daughters - Ruble M., Lena G., May K., Nellie V., John M. and William Ray. Mr. Ely owns 320 acres of valuable lantl in Sections 4 and 5, of Mazou Township. His father, James Ely, died in 1844, his mother, Rebecca, is now living with our subject. He is a Republican and Justice of the Peace of Mazon Township. Mrs. Elj' is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Ely first settled in Nettle Creek Township in 1847.

OWEN H. FULLER, grain and lumber, Mazon Center, is a native of Onondaga County, N. Y., born January 19, 1 834, and came to the town of Mazon with his parents in 1839, the}' being among the first settlers of the county. His father, Hiram Fuller, took an active part in the early history of this county. He died at the home of 0. H. Fuller, in Mazon Township, April 13, 1872. Our subject was married, July 31, 1853, to Miss Weltha Isham, daughter of G. Isham. Mrs. Fuller was born in Vermont October 23, 1836, and has borne five children - Olney B., born December 18, 1860 ; Alta A., born November 1, 1863 ; R. Dale, born December 10, 18G5; Olin M., born December 30, 1867 ; and Erlan G., born December 25, 1875. Alta A. was married June 11, 1882, to 0. S. Viner of Mazon Township. Mr. Fuller is associated with A. 0. Murray in the grain and lumber trade at Mazon Center ; they own an elevator near the Chicago, Peru & South Western Railroad. Mr. Fuller is a Democrat, and has been repeatedly elected to the offices of the townsiiip. He is now Notary Public.

V. L. FULLER, farmer, P. 0. Mazon, was born in Onondaga County, N. Y.,May 10, 1836. His parents, Hiram and Mary Ann Fuller, settled in Mazon Township, Grundy Count}-, when our subject was but three j'ears old, and three years before the organization of the county ; at that time there were but three or four families in the township. Jlr. V. L. Fuller was raised a farmer, and now owns a farm of eighty acres of improved land in Section 17, of Mazon Township, the land being worth $55 per acre. Mr. Fuller was married, February 13, 1859, to Miss Sofrona, daughter of Josiah at\d Lavina Tuck, of Maine. She was born Februarj' 13, 1830, and is the mother of five children - Will C, born January 11, 1860 ; Cora L., March 23, 1862 ; George W., April 26, 1865 ; Frank E., June 20, 1867; and Mary A., May 2, 1872. Mr. Fuller is a Republican ; is Deputy Sheriff of the county, and has served the county as Constable for seventeen years. Josiah Tuck, father of Mrs. (Tuck) Fuller, was born in Maine June 19, 1799, and died in Grundy County February 6, 1875 ; his wife, Lavina Tuck, was born in Maine April 19, 1807, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fuller, November 25,1881.

PERLEY B. FULLER, farmer, P. 0. Mazon, was born in Grundy County January 6, 1847, and was raised and educated in this county. He is a son of Richard and Cornelia Fuller, natives of Ohio ; the father died in Mazon Township in November, 1880 ; the mother was born in September, 1824, and is now living in Mazon Township, with her daughter, Mrs. Hough. Our subject was married September 24, 1871, to Miss Mary A., daughter of John and Margaret Hough. She was born in Newport, R. I., July 6, 1852, and is the mother of two daughters - Mabel A., born August 18, 1872, and Valley V., born January 20, 1879. Mr. Fuller has a farm of eighty acres of improved land, in Section 22, of Mazon Township, worth $65 per acre. Both Mr. and Mrs. Fuller

SILAS W. GIBSON, farmer, P. 0. Mazon. S. W. Gibson was born in Saratoga Countj', N. Y., February 24, 1842, and came to Grund}' County, 111., with his parents when less than one year old. He attended the first school organized in Mazon Townsiiip, in the old Fuller Sehoolhouse, Constance Hulse and Lafayette Doud being among his first teachers. He is .the second of a family of four children of Robert C. and Elizabeth (Largent) Gibson. His father was born in the Green Mountains of Vermont, in 1811, and died in Morris May 10, 1882. The mother was a native of Ohio, and died in Grundy County March 29, 18G7. Our subject was married, October 2, 1866, to Miss Clarissa C. Lattimer, daughter of Silas and Mary Lattimer. She was born in Indianapolis, Ind., November 22, 1848. They have a family of four children - Orrel B., born November 27, 1867 ; Robert S. G., December 20, 1869 ; Burton I.; Clara E.; Mr. Gibson enlisted in Company I, Sixty-ninth Illinois, and served three months, then enlisted in 100-day service in Company H. One Hundred and Thirtj'-eighth Illinois Regiment ; was detailed on garrison dutj-, principally in Missouri and Kansas. He is a Republican, a member of the I. 0. 0. F. and one of the leading farmers of Grundy Couut3-. He owns the old Robert Gibson farm, consisting of 300 acres in Sections 10 and 11 ; his residence is three and a half miles northeast from Mazon. He is engaged in stock-raising and general husbandry. Mrs. Gibson's pareuts'are living in Felix Township, Grundy Count}'.

OREN GIBSON, farmer, P. 0. Mazon, was born in Grundy Countj-, III., September 24, 1846 ; son of Robert and Elizabeth Gibson, who are among the earliest settlers of this county, coming here in 1836. His mother was among the number whose lives were spared by the timelj- warning of the friendly chief, Shabona. His father was born in Landgrove, Vt., May 4, 1811, and died in Morris May 4, 1881 ; the mother was born in Urbana, Champaign Co., 111., October 19, 1821, and died March 29, 1868, in Mazon Township. Our subject was educated at Aurora, and afterward took a course at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Chicago. He was married October 6, 1869, to Miss Mar}- R., daughter of William Fuller, of Mazon Township. She was born August 10, 1852, and is the mother of five children - Orma. born December 11, 1870 ; Enid, July 16, 1872 ; William R., June 5, 1874; Stella M., May 9, 1876 ; and Vivian born December 17, 1881. Mr. Gibson owns 385 acres of improved land in Sections 3. 10, 22 and 27 of Mazon Township, also two houses in Mazon. He is filling some of the offices of the township, and is a member of the Masonic brotherhood and I. 0. 0. F.; he is a Republican. Mrs. Gibson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ROBERT GLENN, farmer, P. 0. Verona, is a native of Count}- Antrim, Ireland, and a son of Robert and Mary Glenn. He was born September 12, 1835 ; came to the United States, June, 1857, in the vessel "Empire State," and settled in this county the same year. He now owns 335 acres of improved land, including one dwelling and 175 acres in Sections 30 and 31 of Mazon Township, and 160 acres in Section 21 of Vienna Township, the land being worth $55 per acre. He was married in Grundy County, December 31, 1866, to Miss Catherine Thomas, daughter of Thomas and Jane Thomas. She was born in Wales September 20, 1845, and came to the United States in 1860. They have a family of three children, all born in this county - Mary, born September 27, 1867; Anna E., born December 1, 1870 ; Robert James, born March 11, 1875. Robert Glenn, father of our subject, is now living in Vienna Township, Grundy County.

24, 1839, in Manchester, England. His parents emigrated to the United States in 1848, and settled in Pittsburgh, Penn., where the^- remained two and a lialf 3-ears, then removed to Illinois, and located in Kendall County, near Plattville, where they lived until they came to Grundy Count}' in 1862. His mother died in Mazon Township Februar}- 13, 1866, and his father in February, 1877 ; both are buried in the Ward Cemetery. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Pennsylvania and England. He now owns a farm of 160 acres of land in Section 19, Mazon Township, valued at $50 per acre, his residence being located two miles west from Mazon. He has a younger brother, William, who was a soldier from Will County, 111., in the late war. Mr. Holder is Independent in politics.

TURNER B. HOUGH, farmer, P. 0. Mazon Center, is a native of Newport, R. I., and was born April 14, 1850. W^hen he was seven years old. his parents. John and Margaret Hough, emigrated to Illinois, and settled in Kendall Connty. In the spring of 1863, thej' removed to Grundy Count}', and the next .year settled in Mazon Township, where they are now living on their farm of 160 acres, in Section 20. Our subject received a common school education, and September IS, 1872, married Miss Eda A. Fuller, born in Mazon Township April 1, 1855. They have two sons and a daughter - George T., born July 7, 1873 ; Nettie C, March 30, 1875 ; and Harrie L., May 27. 1876. Mr. Hough owns a farm of 115 acres of cultivated land in Section 22, Mazon Township, adjoining the village of Mazon, valued at $75 per acre. Mrs. Hough is a member of the ^lethodist Episcopal Church. >Ir. Hough is a Republican.

M. ISHAM, merchant, Mazon, is the fourth of a family of nine children, and was born June 7, 1829, in Chittenden County, Vt. When he was j'oung, his parei.ts, Gersham and Annie Isham, removed to St. Lawrence County, N. Y., where they lived until 1844. when they came to Illinois, and settled in Mazon Township, tliis county. Our subject was married, Mai ch 4, 1855, to Miss Ellen, daughter of George Jeukings, of Michigan. She was born September

14, 1858, married to Frank Myers, December 25, 1877 ; Nellie V., born February 22, 1860, married to John Wilkinson, March 8, 1881 ; Almyra, born May 22, 1863 ; Laura M., born March 6, 1865 ; and Katie V., born April 17, 1869. Mr. Isham has a farm of eighty acres of improved land in Section 28, Mazon Township, worth $50 per acre. He is engaged in the general mercantile business in the village of Mazon, in which he resides. He is a Democrat.

ZACH ISHAM. formei, P. 0. Mazon Center, is a native of Vermont, and was born Fel)ruar3' 11, 1831. When he was seven years old, his parents removed to the State of New York, and settled in St. Lawrence County, where the}- lived until 1844, when they came to Illinois. They first settled in McIIenry County, where they lived one year, then came to Grundy County', and have been residents of Mazon Township since, G, Isham, father of our subject was was born in Vermont March 3, 1801, and died in Mazon Township October 6, 1878. Mr. Isham was married, November 30, 1854, to Miss Susan S. Viner, of Mazon Township. She was born November 22, 1835. They have a family of eight children, of whom but three are living. Mr. Isham now owns 240 acres of land in Section 21, Mazon Township, the town of Mazon Center being laid out on his land. The value of his form land is 875 per acre. Mrs. Isham is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mazon. Mr. Isham is one of the solid business men of his township, combining the interests of farming with business of a general character connected with the village of Mazon Center. He manifests a public spirit in the enterprises of his community, giving liberally to the fund for the erection of the Methodist Episcopal Church buikUug of the village. His mother, Eliza Isham, was born in Hinesburg, Vt., February 22, 1802, and is now living in blazon with her son, Jehial Isham. The mother raised a family of nine children, our subject being the fifth child.

SALEM IRONS, farmer, P. 0. Mazou, is a native of Worcester County, Mass., born October 18, 1823. Wheu he was fourteen years old, his parents, James and Phiebe Irons, removed to Rhode Island, where they remained several 3'ears. Subject came to Grundy County, 111., in 1854, and bought land in Mazon Township, where he now owns 145 acres of cultivated land, in Sections 9 and 10, worth $50 per acre. He was married, in Rhode Island, to Miss Harriet, daughter of James Yaw, of Rhode Island ; she was born in Rhode Island December 15, 1823. They have a family of three children - Henry A., born in Rhode Island June 14, 1850, married to Miss May Keith ; Maria, born in Grundy County May 4, 1855, married to T. H.Roseman, of Mazon Township ; and Clara I., born October 26, 1858, married to Fred Keith, of Mazon Township. Mr. Irons is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a township official. His residence is one and one-quarter miles north of Mazon. He is a Republican.

D. C. JACKSON, former, P. 0. Mazon, is a son of John and Elizabeth Jackson, of the State of New York, and was born in Schoiiarie County, N. Y., April 4, 1819, in which State lie was raised and educated. He was married, in 1844, to Miss Rhoda, daughter of James and Nancj' Brown ; she was born in 1823, and died in Albany County, N. Y., in April, 1846. The result of this union was one son, John, born August 4, 1845 ; killed at the battle of Cold Harbor. In 1865, Mr. Jackson came to Illinois and settled in Mazon Township, where he owns a farm of eightj' acres of land, worth S50 per acre, in Section 29. Subject was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Traver, widow of David Traver, August 27, 1865; she is a native of Schoharie County-, N. Y., born February 25, 1830. This union has blessed them with four children - Annie E., born February 6, 1867 ; Laura M., born July 3, 1872, died March 17, 1874; Frank, born April 10,1873; and Minnie B., born JIarch 25, 1875. The family are members of the Wauponsee Grove Congregational Church. Mr. Jackson is a Democrat.

J. C. KELTNER, grain, Mazon Center, was born near Dayton, Ohio, December 10, 1832. When he was quite j'oung, his parents, John and Nancy Keltner, removed to Indiana and settled in Elkhart County, where they lived until the time of their death, and where James C. was raised and received a common school education He came to Illinois and to Grundj' County in October, 1854, and engaged at his trade as carpenter and joiner, which he had acquired in Indiana, and at which he worked for ten years. He was married, in Grundy County, February 17, 1858, to Miss Sarah A., daughter of James and Elizabeth McKeen, of this county- ; she was born April 20, 1839, and is the mother of six children, two of wliom are deceased - Benjamin F., born Februarj' 17,1859; Columbus, July 8, 1862 ; Lulu M., June 18, 1864 : William C, Januar}' 2, 1866 ; James A., August?, 1870; andVenice, January 3, 1881. Mr. Keltner owns a farm of eighty acres, worth S50 an acre, in Section 23 of Mazon Township ; his residence is one mile east of Mazon Center. He is engaged in the grain trade at the village of Mazon, also in the stock business, in which he is associated with Charles H. Overocker.

PERRY F. LANDPHERE, farmer, P. O. Mazon, was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., April 23, 1834. He is a son of Silas and Nancy Landphere, of Cayuga County, N. Y., where his father died in 1837. His mother subsequently married a Mr. Hyslop, and is now living in Morris, this count}', and is sixty-six years old. Subject came with his mother and step-father to this county in 1845 ; they settled in the town of Vienna. !Mr. Landpliere was married, April 28, 18(J7, to Jliss Khoda Jackson, born in Guilderland, Albany Co., N. Y., September 15, 1849, and came to Illinois in March, 1867. They have lost one cliild in infancy, born February 21, 1874 ; the second child, Allen DeWitt, was born August 22, 1882. They liave two adopted children. Mr- Landphere owns a farm of 240 acres of valuable land in Sections 18 and 29 of Mazon Township and Section 11 of Vienna Tov^nship. They are members of the Congregational Church at Wauponsee Grove. In politicSj'he is Kepublican.

HIRAM MENAUGH, farmer, P. 0. Mazon. During the war of 1812, Mr. Menaugh's parents were living in the southern part of what is now Indiana, then Indiana Territory. They were compelled to flee into a fort, near Franlifort, Ky., for protection against the Indians, and in this fort our suljject was born December 25, 1812. In the year 1811, his brother. Col. John L. Menaugii, was captured by the Delaware Indians, and was afterward retaken from them at Vincennes, Ind.; he died in June, 1879, after serving the country in various capacities for manj' years. Hiram Menaugh was married, near Salem, Ind., October 4, 1832, to Miss Martha Patlock, who was born in South Carolina November 25, 181.3. Mr. and Mrs. Menaugh came to Grundy Count3- in the spring of 1844, when there were but few families in their township. They have a family of five ciiildren - Robert ; Elizabeth, married to Cliarles Nance ; James, who died October 11, 1878 ; Martha, born in Grundy County, married Henry Baird, died April 20, 187G ; and Ferriday, born in Grundy County, and married to William Howe, of this county. Mr. Menaugh owns a farm of eighty-eiglit acres, worth $55 an acre, in Section 27 of Mazon Township ; his residence is cue and one-half miles southeast of Mazon.

July 21, 1833, son of Hiram and Martha Menaugh. Tiiev came to Illinois in the .spring of 1844, and settled in Mazon Township, where they are still living. Robert was married July 24, 1 856, to Miss Harriet J., daughter of Daniel Rowen ; she was born in Ohio, December 4, 1833. Their family consists of nine children - Lora E , born August|l, 1857 ; 0. L., August 27, 1859; Laura A., March 17, 1861 ; Lida B., June 3, 1863; James M., March 12, 1865; Robert R., May 12, 18()7 ; Luella A., September 1, 1869 ; Hiram A , October 20, 1873 ; and Volany W., December 17, 1878. Mr. Menaugh owns a farm of 240 acres of improved land, worth $45 an acre, in Section 33 of Mazon Township. He is a Democrat

AUGUSTUS 0. MURRAY, grain and lumber, Mazon Center, was born February 9, 1832, in Oswego Count}', N. Y. Wlien he was three years old, his parents, Jonathan C. and Permelia M. Murray, removed to Illinois and settled in Mazon Township, Grundy County, seven years before the organization of the countj'. The father is remembered as one of the first men in the early enterprises of the county. He was drowned in the month of June, 1844 ; the mother died in Ottawa. 111., in February, 1870. Subject was married, October 18, 1852, to Miss Lydia A. Isham, of Vermont, born May 15, 1835. Thej' have a family of two sons and fire daughters - Louis R., born March 6, 1859, married to Sarah E. Riggall December 25, 1881 ; Ella L., born December IG, 1860, married to Fred Kingman December 31, 1879; Hettie P., born August 24, 1862 ; Frank A., July 10, 1864; Gertie E., September 4, 1868 ; Eva W., February 16, 1871 ; and Maud, May 22, 1876. Mr. Murray owns 430 acres of cultivated land in Sections 23, 25, 26 and 33 of Mazon, also 110 acres in Black Hawk County, Iowa. He is associated with O. H. Fuller in the grain and lumber ti'ade at Mazon Center, of whicli place he is a resident. Mrs. Murray is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of

CHARLES H. OVEROCKER, stock-dealer, Mazon, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., October 21, 1838, and educated at Whitestown, N. y. He was married, November 1, 1859, to Miss Amanda M. Roscoe, of New York. She died iu New York October 9, 1864. Subject enlisted, August 13, 18G2, in Company A, Tenth New York Artillery, with which he was connected until mustered out in Maj-, 1865. He was engaged at Cold Harbor and Petersburg. Was in the hospital at Albany, from November, of 1864, until mustered out. His second marriage occurred December 31, 1867, when he espoused Miss Sarah E. Allison, of Grundy County. Subject has one son by his first wife, and three children have blessed his present union - Milton, born in New York ; Johu H., Freddie H. and Lenora B., all three born in Grundy County. Subject is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Knights Templar. He cast his first vote for A. Lincoln in 1860.

HORACE H. OVEROCKER, former, P. 0. Mazon, is a son of Jacob Overocker, born in Oneida County, N. Y., September 28, 1850. In that State he was raised until sixteen 3ears old, during which time he received a common school education. He is the j-oungest of a familj- of six children, and was left an orphan when quite j-oung, after which he was reared by an aunt. With this auut and his brother C. H. Overocker, he came to Illinois in the fall of 1866. after which he was employed as a farm hand until he attained his majoritj-, since which time he has farmed for himself. He was married, November 26, 1874, to Miss Nellie M. Dewey, daughter of S. H. Dewey, of Mazon Township. She was born in Lewis Couut}-, N. Y., May 30, 1852. They have one son, Berton H., born in Grundy Countj- December 11, 1875. He owns a farm of 220 acres of improved land iu Sections 9 and 10, of Mazon

Township, worth $55 per acre. His residence is located seven miles south from ilorris and one and three-quarters north from Mazon. In politics, he is a Republican.

JAMES PAXTON, farmer, P. 0. Mazon, is a son of Samuel and Sarah Paxton, was born in Guernsej' Count}-, Ohio, December 3, 1819, and came to Illinois in the spring of 1848, having married, September 28, 1843, Miss Phoebe A. Keepers, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Jordan) Keepers. Thej- settled in Mazon Tovvnship,Grundy County, and bought eighty acres of land, which Mr. Paxton at once improved. To this he added from time to time, and now owns 400 acres - 240 in Section 32 of Mazon Township and 160 acres in Section 5, of Good farm Township. This land is worth $60 per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Paxtoa have a family of eleven children - Sarah B., born June 13, 1844, died August 4, 1846 ; Joseph K., August 18, 1840 ; Hannah M., born February 20, 1849, died August 18, 1851 ; Samuel J., boru September 9, 1851 ; Harriet L., born February 23, 1854, married November 23, 1875, to James M. Warnock, of Ohio - he died December 16, 1877 ; Philena J., born July 13, 1856, died August 20, 1859 ; Phabe E., born February 7, 1859, married November 27, 1879, to Nathan Klinefelter ; James E., born Febru. ary 7, 1859 ; William E., born July 23, 1861 ; George M., born October 13, 1866 ; and Mary E., boru October 13, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Paxton and daughter Harriet L. are members of the Church of God, of Goodfarm Township. Their residence is situated three and three-quarter miles southwest of Mazon.

GEORGE PAXTON, farmer, P. 0. Verona. The subject of these lines is a native of Guernsej' Conntj-, Ohio, born June 8, 1834, son of Samuel and Sarah Paxton, formerly of Pennsylvania. When he was fourteen years old, his father moved to Illinois, his mother having died in Ohio. His father settled in Mazon Township, Grundy County, about 1849, educat- ed in Ohio, married November 15, 1855, to Miss Martlia A. Preston, daughter of Elijah and JIartha Preston. Slic was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, May 9, 1839. They have a family of one son - Elmer E. Paxton, born in Grundy County, 111., May 13, 1865. Mr. Paxton now owns a farm of eighty acres in Section 31 ; residence, five miles southwest from Mazon. Samuel Paxton, father of our subject, died in Mazon Township, Grundy County, October 22, 1852. Mrs. Paxton's father, Elijah Preston, died in Grundj- Count}', only two months after their arrival, August 15, 1851. Martha A. Preston died in Grundy County, December 17, 1867.

WILLIAM PRESTON, retired, Mazon, is a native of Ohio, born November C, 1825 ; was raised principally in Guernsey County, Ohio ; is a son of Elijah and Martha Preston, and is the second of their family of nine children. Was married, in Ohio, May 18, 1847, to Miss Phcebe Randall, daughter of Hunter and Margaret Randall, of Guernsey County, Ohio. Mrs. Preston was born July 30, 1825. They have a family of five children - Sparks, born June 1, 1848, died May 13, 1858 ; Nancy Jane, born April 24, 1852, died June 2, 1853 ; Alexander, born November 19, 1854, married to Annie Kagan ; Harlin, born Februar}- 23, 1856, married to Susan Hamilton April 29, 1877 ; Marion, born June 16, 1858, died August 22, 1860. Mr. Preston came to Illinois, settling in Grundy County in 1849, and bought land in the township of Wauponsee. He has since sold this and bought 213 acres of cultivated land located in Section 5, of Goodfarm Township, and Section 32, of Mazon Township, valued at $50 per acre. He owns two lots and a handsome residence in the village of Mazon. Mrs. Preston is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Elijah, father of William I^reston, was born April 16, 1799, and died of cholera taken at Chicago when hauling lumber for his buildings, August 15, 1851. Subject's mother, Martha (Wheatley) Preston, was born October 3, 1799, and died in Mazon December 17, 1867. The father and mother were married March 22, 1820.

GEORGE B. ROBINSON, farmer, P. 0. Morris. The subject of this sketch is a sou of Mitchell and Maria Robinson, formerly of Michigan, born July 18, 1833, in Cass County, Mich. His fiither, Mitchell Robinson, was a native of Virginia, and died in Michigan, where he had moved from Ohio, in 1832. His mother, Maria (Colwell) Robinson, a native of Kentuck}', also died in Michigan. Subject was raised and educated in Michigan. Married, in Mazon Township, January 8, 1858, to Miss Margaret E. Rosemn, daughter of Joseph and Tabitha Roseman, born in Guernsey County, Ohio, May 16, 1838. The family consists of ten children, all living with parents, as follows : Vena B., born December 1, 1858 ; Joseph E., December 16, 1859 ; Rosa M., September 22, 1860 ; Hettie E., March 15, 1862 ; Maud E., September 28, 1865 ; Mamie A., April 6, 1869 ; Eva S., April 12, 1872 ; Tracy L., March 2, 1876 ; Clarence M., April 27, 1878 ; Ernest, May 31, 1882. Mr. Robinson owns a farm of 160 acres of improved farm land, in Sections 7 and 8 of Mazon Township, and 160 acres in Section 13, of Vienna Township, valued at $60 per acre. His residence is located four miles northw.est from Mazon, eight miles southwest from Morris. In politics, he is a Democrat. Mrs. Robinson's parents are dead.

CHARLES ROBINSON, farmer, P. 0. Mazon, was born in Chenango County, N. Y., April 12, 1837. Was raised and educated principally in Michigan and the State of New York. He is a son of Dow A. and Betsey Robinson, who settled in Kankakee County, 111., in 1859. They removed, four years after, into this count}', and located in Felix Township, where the father died in February, 1876. After the death of his^father, Charles took charge of the business of the family. His mother died at his residence in Mazon Towusliip September 30, 1880. He was married, March 15, 1871, to Miss Elizabeth Flanders, of Vermont. She was born February 22, 1844. Bore him five children - Eugene, born February 15, 1872, died January 27, 1880 ; Frank, born October 3, 1873; Millie, October 10, 1874; Alice, November 12, 1876, and Cora A., December 16, 1877. Subject owns a farm of eighty acres in Section 10 of Mazon Township. His land is valued at $55 per acre. His residence is seven miles sonth of Morris, and one and threefourths miles north of Mazon. Mr. Kobinson is a Republican.

T. W. ROYAL, farmer, P. O. Mazon, was born in Miami County, Ohio, January 25, 1823; is a son of Charles and Mary Royal, formerly of Virginia. On coming to Illinois, they settled near Newark, now Kendall Countj', and there our subject was raised antl received his education. Mr. Royal was married, March 22, 1845, to Miss Amanda Goodrich, born in Chenango County, N. Y., March 4, 1824; she is the daughter of Gardner and Nancy Goodrich, who came to this county in 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Royal have five children - 6. C, born September 16, 1848, married February 14, 1869, to Miss Sarah Hinkley, of Massachusetts ; George F., born July 25, 1851, died August 23, 1851 ; A. B., born December 26, 1853, married, September 17,1879, to Miss Belle C. Jaquith, of Michigan, she was born May 1 0, 1856, and is the mother of one child - Henry J., born July 6, 1880 ; E. Royal was born December 17, 1857, and was married April 27, 1880, to A. D. Wood, formerly of New York. A. B. Royal was educated in the classical schools of Newark and Morris, is a graduate of Rush Medical College of Chicago, and is practicing in Lyon County, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Roj'al and their son Dr. A. B., are members of the M. E. Church, in which T. W. Royal has been a local preacher for sixteen 3-ears ; he is also a member of the Masonic fraternitj'.

A. J. ROBB, farmer, P. 0. Mazon. The subject of this sketch is a native of Brown Count}', Ohio, born October 10, 1825, son of James and Rosana Robb, who settled in Wauponsee Township, in 1834, being among the first dozen families in the county. Subject was then nine years of age, and for many years had no school privileges. The father had a famihof six children, of whom A. J. was the oldest ; sometimes emploj'cd a teacher to come to his house to teach his children. James Robb, subject's father, died in Wauponsee Township in 1855 ; his wife is still living at Marseilles, 111., in her seventy-sixth year. Mr. Robb was married, October 18, 1846, to Miss Betsey Hulse, daughter of Henry Hulse. She was a native of Trumliull County, Ohio, born in 1815 and died at their home. in Mazon Township January 10, 1880. Mr. Robb has a family of four ciiildren - Emery and Emeline, born August 21, 1848 ; Emery was married in November, 1878, to Miss Sadie Pummell, of Grundy County ; Henr}- W., born February 13, 1850, died December 14, 1850 ; Wesley W., born February 13, 1857, married February 16, 1879, to Miss Dora Clow, of Grundy Count}-. Subject has a farm of eighty acres of improved land in Section 3, of Mazou Township, two and one-half miles north from Mazon and sis and one-half miles south from Morris. Engaged in general husbandry. There is but one other settler now living who has been in the conntj' as long as Mr. Robb; that one is Mr. L. W. Claypool, who came here at the same time.

THOMAS RANKIN, merchant,' Mazon, is a son of Duncan and Elizabeth Rankin, and was born December 15, 1857, in De Kalb County, 111. When he was nine years old, he removed with his parents to Morris, where he was principall}' educated. His father afterward moved to Braidwood, where he is still engaged in business. Subject was married, April 24, 1878, to Miss Ada Lish, daughter of John and

Susan Lish, of Essex, 111. She was bovn Januarj- 7, 1859. They have one son - William F., born November 11, 1881. Mr. Rankin came to Mazon, February 14, 1879. and engaged in general mercantile business. One \-ear after, he established the Mazon Creamerj-, with which he is doing a flourishing business. He is a Republican.

WILSON SMALL, hardware, Mazon Center, is a native of Somerset Countj', Maine, born January 1, 1843. When he was twelve years old, his parents, Harris and Sophrona Small, moved to Illinois and settled in Highland Township, Grundy County, where our subject was educated in the common schools. He enlisted July 31, 1861, in Company G, Thirtysixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in which he served three years. He was mustered out Septemper 23, ISO-l, at Atlanta, Ga.; he participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Perryville, Stone River and Jonesboro. He was marvied, December 23, 1868. to Miss Philena C. Mwoney, daughter of H. B. and Mary L. Mooney, of Grundy County. Mrs. Small was born in Essex County, N. Y., May 5, 1848, and is the mother of seven children - Ira M., born in Grundy County June 29, 1870 ; Guy W., born in Grundy County October 11, 1871 ; Clarence H., born in Grundy County JIarch 3, 1873; G. Winnefred, born in Grundy Countj' May 27, 1875 ; Ina V., born in Grundj' County August 27, 1876 ; Raymond, born August 28, 1878, died August 12, 1882 ; and Ida May, born July 21, 1882. Jlr. Small owns a farm of eighty acres of cultivated land, valued at S50 per acre, in Section 2, of Highland Township. He is engaged in the hardware trade at Mazon Center ; is a Republican and a member of the Masonic fraternity. Blue Lodge, of Verona, No, 757.

xMILLARD SMALL, farmer, P. 0. Verona. The subject of this sketch, Mr. Millard Small, is a native of Somerset County, Me., born Juh' 31, 1850, and came to Grundj' Countj-, 111.

when four j-ears old. He is the fifth of a familj- of six children of Harris and Sophrona Small ; was educated in Grundy County, and raised on the farm. He was married, July 4, 1875, to Miss Imogene Ward, daughter of Samuel and Harriet Ward, born on the farm now occupied by Mr, Small, in Mazon Township, March 3, 1852. They have two sons- George H., born IMarch 19, 1876 ; Byron C, October 24, 1880. They own a farm of 113 acres in Section 30 of Mazon Township, valued at $50 per acre. Mrs. Small's parents came to Grundy Count}- spring of 1849, and settled in 'Sla.zon Township, where thev lived, until the time of their death. Her father. Samuel Ward, was born in July, 1825 ; died in Mazon Township June 17, 1881, from injuries received on the railroad near his home. He was struck by the engine while attempting to reach a crossing, seeming not to realize the near approach of the train from the fact of his being somewhat deaf and lame, Harriet Ward, mother of Mrs, Small, died in this county on the 27th of August, 1881, after suffering as an invalid for fourteen years.

SAMUEL G. SINCLAIR, farmer, P. 0. Mazon, was born in Canada June 6, 1822, son of Jonathan and Betsey (AVarner) Sinclair, who moved to Franklin Countj-, N. Y,, when Samuel G. was [quite j'oung. They afterward removed to St. Lawrence Countj' of the same State, in which our suljjeet received a commonschool education. Maj- 22, 1845, he married Miss Rhoda, daughter of Silas and Paulina Daniels ; she was born August 27, 1824, in Westport, N. Y, 5Ir. and Mrs. Sinclair have a family of nine children : Celestia, born July 31, 1846, married January 10, 1866, to George Eells ; Sophia, April 24, 1848, married September 19, 1875, to William Bennett; Lefa P,, April 18, 1854, married December 22, 1871, to Henry Burnam ; Emma, July 20, 1850- died in infancy ; Adelia M., April 18, 1854i married March 22, 1879, to Robert Howe:

Francis I., March 1(5, 1858; Henrietta A.. August 9, 18G1 ; George E., June 2, 1865, and Artie W., October 29, 1806. Mrs. Sinclair is a member of tlie Metliodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Sinclair owns eighty acres of land in Section 21, Mazou Township, adjoining the village of Mazon. This land is worth $50 an acre.

THOMAS SYMONS, farmer, P. 0. Mazon, is a native of Devonshire, England, born December 13, 1818, and was raised and educated in England. He was married March 1, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John Yale, of England ; she was boTn JIarch 1, 1821. Mr. S3'mons came to the United States and to Grand}' Count}- in 1857. He settled in Nettle Creek Township and bought eighty acres of land, which he has since sold. He removed into Mazon Township, where he owns a farm of five hundred and twent3--five acres of improved land in Sections 2, 5 and 15, valued at $50 an acre. Mr. and Sirs. Syraons have a family of four children - J. W., born in England February 11, 1854, and died in England May 15, 1855 ; \V. H.,born in England March 28, 1855; Charles, born in England May 7, 1856, died in Grundy County December 28, 1874, and S. B., born in Grundy County December 18, 1857. Mr. and Mrs. Symous and oldest son are members of Wauponsee Grove Congregational Church.

GEORGE P. THOMAS, farmer, P. 0. Mazon, is a native of Oneida County, N. Y.. born September 14, lS35,and was raised and educated in the State of New Y^ork. He was married in Oneida Co., N. Y., July 4, 1860, to Miss Sarah J. Richardson, who died iu New Y'ork in 1861. Mr. Thomas enlisted in Company F, Twenty sixth New Y''ork Yolunteer lufantrj', April 26, 1861, and served about four years, having re-enlisted in the Eleventh New York Cavalry. He participated iu the battles of Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, second battle of Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam and others ; he was discharged in July, 1865, and then came to Illinois, and located in Mazon Township, Grundy County. Mr. Thomas was married, September 22, 1868, to Mrs. Sarah A. Preston, born September 23, 1838, widow of Asbury Preston, of Grundy County, by whom she had one daughter - Abbie, born iu February, 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have one son - Benjamin N., born November 21, 1869. Subject has 120 acres of improved land, iu Section 8, of Mazon Township, valued at $50 per acre ; his residence being located seven and one-half miles south of Morris. Benjamin N. Thomas, father of our subject, was born in 1809, and is living in Oneida County, N. Y. His mother, Lurancy R. (Burlinganie) Thomas, was born November 19, 1811, and died in June, 1856. Mr. Thomas is a ineml)er of the Masonic fraternity. ANN AVALKER, farmer, P. 0. Mazon, is the widow of Lazenby Walker, born in Ohio, August 4, 1829. She is a daughter of John D. and Jemima Clithero, married March 18, 1852. The family consists of six children. - William D., born January 7, 1853, died July 15, 1859 ; Isaac B., born January 18, 1855 ; Harriet J., born March 8, 1857, died June 30, 1858 ; Thomas W., born April 16, 1859 ; Eddie W., born October 31, 1861, and Oliver L., born December 8, 1863. They have a farm of 200 acres in Section 28, of Mazon Township. The following is the notice of the death of her husband, Lazenby Walker, one of Grundy County's noblest soldiers :

"How sleep the brave, who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest I When spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mold ; She then shall dress a sweeter sod Than fancy's feet hath ever trod.

"By fiiiry hands their Rude is rung. By forms unseen, their dirge is sung; There, honor comes, a pilgrim gray. To bless the sod that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit there."

Died, at Post Hospital, in the city of Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas, Lazenby Walker, of Company D (Capl. Posha's), Ninety-lirst liliuois Volunteer Infantry.

The (li'ceased was born at Belleville, in the State of Ohio. A. D. 1826, and was, at the time of his death, thirty-seven years of age. He enlisted on the 11th da}' of August as a volunteer soldier in response to the call of the President of the United States for the purpose of aiding in putting down the rebellion. At the time of his enlistment, he resided at Mazon, in the county of Grundy. HI. Brother AValker was a good and faithful soldier, always ready to do his duty as a soldier in every particular. Ho had only one fault, and that cost him his life. That was his zeal in the cause in which he had cast his all. For three months, the disease of which he died, chronic diarrluea, had been preying on his system, before he reported himself on the sick list: and when he did, he was so exhausted and so ill that, our regimental hospital tent not having been brought up from Brazos Island, I sent him to the post hospital at Brownsville, where he could get comfortable quarters for his enfeebled body. There he continued over four weeks. Part of the time he seemed to improve until the 13th, when he failed rapidly in strength, and expired on the morning of the 14th of December. He was buried with military honors in the soldiers' burying ground, of Fort Brown, December 1.5, 1863.

Brother Walker was a good citizen and neighbor, beloved and respected by all who were acquainted with him. At home, he was the same as in the regiment. He had no enemies. As a father and husband, he was always at his post, kind, warm-hearted and affectionate. To mourn his loss, he leaves a wife and four children, besides an aged father and mother. No more will thej- behold his manl}' form No more with smiles of pleasure will they be greeted on his return from the labors of the day. No more will she hear his voice, so pleasant and agreeable to her he loved so well. No more will his dear children, for whose enjoyment he could sacrifice so much, see their noble father again. He is gone! " He'll come no nore as once he came, A partner's heart to cheer, To bring the smiles of pleasure back, Or stay the falling tear."

Brother Walker was not only a good citizen and soldier, but he was more. He was a good man and a Christian. Following in the footsteps of his worthy father, years ago he was converted to God, joined the Methodist Church, and by his Godly walk and conversation convinced all that he was what he professed, a meek and humble follower of the Lamb.

Although the summons came in early manhood, it did not tind him unpi'epared. A few hours before he breathed his last, he became satisfied that his hour of departure had come. He gave so