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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Containing
A History of the County - its Cities, Towns, &c.; a Directory of its
Tax-Payers; War Record of its Volunteers in the late
Rebellion; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men;
General and Local Statistics; Map of Livingston County
History of Illinois, Illustrated;
History of the Northwest Illustrated;
Constitution of the United States,
Miscellaneous Matters,
&c., &c.
- ILLUSTRATED -
Published Chicago:
Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co., 186 Dearborn Street
1878
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Amity Twp. -
JOHN J. REEDER, insurance and real
estate, Cornell; was born in Troy Grove, LaSalle Co., Ill.,
March, 1841; he enlisted in February, 1862, at Ottawa, Ill.,
in Co. A, 53d I. V. I., for three years; when his time was
up he re-enlisted and passed through the siege of Vicksburg,
Atlanta and others, and was slightly wounded in the head; at
the close of the war he was mustered out at Louisville, Ky.,
July 27, 1865; the year following he came to this county,
locating at Odell, working three years at carpentering, and
dealing in real estate and insurance one year; went to south
part of the State, remaining three years, thence, to
Cornell, Amity Township, making real estate and insurance
his main occupation. Married Mary J. Longnecker,
at Pontiac, Aug. 28,1867; she was born in Sunbury,
Livingston Co., Ill., Jan. 1, 1850; they have had two
children - Mildred J., born Nov. 17, 1868,
died Nov. 14, 1874; Edna N., Nov. 27, 1877. Held the
office of Township Clerk two years in Odell and serving
second year in this township in same capacity.
Source: History of Livingston Co.,
Ill. - Published Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. - 1878 -
Page 704 |
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Amity Twp. -
CHARLES H. ROWELL, laborer; P. O.
Cornell; was born in Boston, Mass., in 1853; in 1861
he removed with parents to Maine, his father entering the
service; in 1867 they came to Livingston Co., Ill., Amity Tp.
In 1876 he married Cora B. Buckles; she was born in
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 16, 1859; her mother lives in Jackson
Co., Ill. He has been a resident of Amity Township
eleven years; has been farming for himself until the present
year.
Source: History of Livingston
Co., Ill. - Published Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. -
1878 - Page 704 |
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