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BIOGRAPHIES
HISTORY of
McLEAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Containing
A History of the County - Its Cities, Towns, &c.; Portraits of Early
Settlers and Prominent Men; General Statistics; Map of
McLean County; History of Illinois, Illustrated;
History of the Northwest, Illustrated;
Constitution of the United States,
Miscellaneous Matters,
&c., &c.
- ILLUSTRATED-
CHICAGO:
Wm. LeBaron, Jr., & Co., 186 Dearborn Street
1879
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Chenoa Twp. -
WILLIAM WIKOFF, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O.
Chenoa; has lived in McLean Co., since 1852; he was born in Adams
Co., Ohio, Nov. 7, 1832; he was raised on a farm, receiving such
education as the common schools in his vicinity afforded; in 1852,
he came to Illinois; from Pekin to Bloomington he came in a hack,
and then walked to Pleasant Hill, where he engaged in carpentering;
he soon afterward entered a farm of 174 acres, in Lawndale Township;
and assisted in building the first house on the prairie in that
township; he continued to work at his trade for awhile, and
afterward settled on his farm, where he engaged in farming and
stockraising, and where he resided until 1876, when he removed to
Chenoa; he still retains his farm in Lawndale, to which he has added
until it now contains 338 acres, under a good state of cultivation
and improvement; he also owns a farm of 160 acres in Cherokee Co.,
Iowa. Mr. Wikoff was married Feb. 11, 1858, to
Miss Cleopatra M. Collins, of Adams Co., Ohio, who was born
in Washington Co., Ohio, July 1, 1838; they have two daughters -
Florence and Emma, the latter the wife of D. H.
Pingrey, of Bloomington, Ill.
Source: History of McLean Co., Illinois -
Illustrated - Publ. by Wm. LeBaron, Jr. & Co. - 1879 - Page 868 |
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