Kendall Town

Kendall Town

JOHIV O'NEILiL, farmer, Sec. 18; P. 0. Shullsburg ; born Oct. 18, 1834, in New Brunswick, British America; in 18-16, he came with his parents to La Fayette Co.; he jfollowed farming and mining till 1852, when he went to California ; there he continued mining till 1858, when he returned to this locality ; he owns 180 acres of land ; his fiither died in 1877, aged 90 years. He has been Clerk of the School Board, Chairman of the Town Board, member of the Side Board, etc.

JAHES W. TRESTRAIL, farmer, Sec. 23; P. 0. Darlington ; he was born March 24, 1823, in Cornwall, England ; in 1849, he came to Racine, Wis. ; thence to Marquette, Wis. ; in December, 1850, he came to Shullsburg; he followed the tailoring trade there till 1868, when he came to his present farm, consisting of 160 acres of land. He has been Township Treasurer in Shullsburg, Clerk of the Township, also Clerk of the School Board. He married Jane Naylor in 1857; she was born in Lancashire, England; they have five children - Rosa, Robert J., Laura, Zella and Richard H.

JAMES URHSOX, farmer. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Darlington ; born Feb. 18, 1829, in Lancashire, England; in 1854, he came to Pennsylvania; in 1856, he came to Shullsburg, and started a blacksmithshop ; this he continued about five years ; this trade he had learned in England, where he had worked at it about fourteen years; in 1861, he came to his present farm ; he now owns 160 acres of land, which he has improved. He married Mary A. Naylor, in 1851 ; she was born in 1829, in Frawden, Lancashire, England ; they have three children - John H., Alice and Mary J.

THOMAS VICKERS, farmer, Sec. 5; P. 0. Darlington; he was born, in 1814, in Northumberland, England ; in 1850, he came to Jo Daviess Co., 111. ; in 1853, he came to his present farm ; he owns 400 acres of land. He married Eliza Burkett, in 1859; she was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1824 ; they have two children - Sarah J. and Thomas D.

SAMUEL VICKERS, farmer. Sec. 7; P. 0. Darlington; he was born April 11, 1836, in Cumberland, England; in 1850, he came to Jo Daviess Co., 111. ; in 1854, he removed to Seymour Township, where he has since lived ; he owns 240 acres of land, which he has improved. He is School Director and Treasurer. Married Miss Mary Lee, in 1865 ; she was born in Northumberland, England ; they have five children - Thomas I., John J., Samuel M., Mary J. and (Jeorge N.

REV. PETER H. WELBES, Pcustor of St. Mary's Church, Seymour Township, and St. Peter's Church, Elk Grove Township; P. 0. Darlington; he was born April 24, 1853, in Luxemburg, Germany; in 1867, he came to Milwaukee; in 1870, he commenced studying for the priesthood at the Seminary of St. Francis of Sales, and graduated in 1879; in July of this year, became to Darlington, and was appointed Assitant of St. Mary's Church; this position he held till Oct. 15, 1879, when he was appointed to his present charge.

Town Of Kendall

TIMOTHY McGINTY, deceased ; born in Donegal Co., Ireland, in 1824 ; came to America in 1842 ; went to Pennsylvania and engaged twelve years in mining; he then came to Kendall Township, La Fayette Co., Wis., where his family now reside. Jn 1846, he married Eunice McGinty, who was born in 1826 in the same county as himself; they have had six children - Neal, who is now at Silver Plume, engaged in mining; Bernard, Mary, James, Kate, now Mrs. Holland, and John. Mr. McGinty died March 2, 1860. Mrs. McGinty now owns 240 acres of land well improved and watered. Bernard, the second son, was born in Pennsylvania in 1851. He has held the office of Assessor two years. Town Clerk one year. Chairman of Town Board, and member of the County Board of Supervisors two years ; in 1878, he was elected Representative of the Western District in the State Legislature, on the Democratic ticket, and again in 1880, and has always taken an active part in politics ; in 1878, he was the youngest member in the House of Representatives ; he also taught school four years.

Passengers Bound For California. Colorado, Nebraska

Its Lines run from Chicago in so many directions that it is necessary to designate its Lines by certain specific names, which will give a correct idea to the passenger of the part of country each Line traverses. These Lines, numbering nine, are as follows :

These Lines enable the "CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN" to reach all principal points in the WEST, NORTHWEST, and, through its connections, the FAR WEST.

It stands second to no road In the West, and offers inducements and advantages that are not and cannot be offered by any of its competitors.

Its management adopts every improvement known to the modern Railway System, and is determined that the CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY shall remain the LEADING Railway of the GREAT WEST.

rvi_IVIt.lVIDCr\ . rUL_l_IVIMIN nWICUVyarVO BLUKFSontheCalifornia Express Trains of the CSJC^GO & IfOKTB-WESTEIiJV jRAlLWAT. 4®=" BEAR IN MIND, no other road runs Pullman Hotel Cars, or any form of Hotel Cars, THROUGH between Chicago and the Missouri River. This is the only Line that has THROUGH EATING CARS of any sort.