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Source:
HISTORY OF LA SALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Together with Sketches of it's Cities, Villages and Towns,
Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political
History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and
Biographies of Representative Citizens.
VOLUME I.
Also containing
History of Illinois Embodying Accounts of Prehistoric Races,
Aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and A Brief Review
of its Civil and Political History.
- Illustrated -
Chicago:
Interstate Publishing Co.
1886.
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ARTHUR H. DALE, dealer in live stock, at
Leland, was born in Luzerne County, Pa., Feb. 2, 1846, a son of
Frank Dale, of this place. When he was an infant his
parents moved to De Kalb County, Ill., and in 1861 removed to
Leland, La Sale County. Our subject was in the grain business
at this place for a time, then was engaged in the hardware business
eight years, and at the same time dealt in stock. He went to
Plattsburg, Mo., in 1870, thence to California, where he remained
til the fall of 1872, then returned to Leland, where he has since
been dealing in all kind of stock. He was married in December,
1875, to Louie H. Gedney, a native of La Salle county, and
daughter of Henry e. Gedney, of Ottawa, Ill. Mr.
Dale is at present serving as School director, Village
Treasurer, and is Treasurer of the Board of Highway Commissioners.
He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He has a farm of
eight acres in this county, and also owns a half interest in
sixty-eight acres in another part of the county. His wife is
the owner of a farm of 320 acres. Her father, H. E. Gedney,
came to LaSalle County in an early day and settled in Ottawa.
He was editor of the Constitution, now the Ottawa
Republican, for some time, and afterward lived on a farm near
Ottawa. He is now living retired from the active duties of
life, with the exception of looking after his large property in
Ottawa.
Source: History of La Salle County, Illinois - Vol. I - Publ. 1886 -
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Adams Twp. -
FRANK DALE was born Jan. 23, 1912, in
Yorkshire, England. He was the son of David Dale, a
native of England, who came to the United States in 1819, settling
in the wild woods of Luzerne County, Penn. Frank Dale
came to Port Huron, Mich., in1834 and to DeKalb County, Ill., in
1836. He established the first store in Somonauk in 1857.
He came to Leland, Ill., in 1859, and engaged in the grain business,
remaining there ten years. He then returned to DeKalb County,
remaining here seven years, and then came to Leland. Aug. 17,
1833, he married Maria Webster, a daughter of John Webster.
They were parents of eleven children, eight of whom are living -
Clara, Carolina, Mary, Susan, Arthur H., John W., James F. and
David M. Mrs. Dale died Aug. 21, 1872, and Mr. Dale
was again married Dec. 7, 1873, to Mrs. Sarah E. Kiff, widow
of Ira Kiff, and daughter of Joseph Whitson. She
had four children by her first husband, three still living -
Joseph, Jesse and Jennie. Mr. Dale owns 116
acres of land here in Adams Township, and Mrs. Dale owns
seventy-five acres in DeKalb County, Ill. Mr. Dale is
Chairman of the Board of Village Trustees. He is a member of
the Methodist Protestant church in which he was ordained Deacon.
He is President of the DeKalb County Pioneer Association.
Source: History of La Salle County, Illinois - Vol. I - Publ.
1886 - Page 23 |
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