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Source:
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD ALBUM
of
VERMILION COUNTY, ILLINOIS
containing
Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent
and Representative Citizens of the County.
together with
Portraits and Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and
of the Presidents of the United States
Publ: Chicago
Chapman Brothers.
1889

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
  JACOB DAZEY.  The present commercial importance and prosperity of Hoopeston is unquestionably traceable to the wisdom of her merchants, and it is a fitting tribute to those who have honorably distinguished themselves in the commercial arena that their names should be commemorated in history.  It is a fact worthy of consideration that nearly all of our prominent business men have struggled up from obscurity to the foremost places in every branch of trade.  As a representative of this class, the following is a brief outline of one who has attained the leading position he olds to-day among the merchants of Vermilion County.
     Mr. Dazey is a prominent merchant of Hoopeston, where he carries on an extensive business in heavy and shelf hardware, agricultural implements and lumber.  In 1855 he came from Indiana, his native State, having been born there on the 25th of March, 1831, near Attica.  He remained with his father on the old homestead until he was married which event occurred on Aug. 18, 1853.  His wife, Miss Sarah Whitlatch, died about one year after her marriage.  When Mr. Dazey came to Illinois, he purchased a farm of 160 acres which he increased later on to 640.  Upon this tract of land he erected the very best of buildings and the improvements are of the very highest order.  He continued the business of farming until Dec. 15, 1881 when he removed to Hoopeston and engaged in his present business.
     On Apr. 27, 1855, Mr. Dazey married the second time, taking for his wife, Miss Lorinda Wilkinson, who was born in Montgomery County, Ind., May 4, 1838, where she resided until coming to Illinois in 1851.  She is the daughter of Abram Wilkinson, one of the early pioneers of Vermilion County, who married Mrs. Harriet Hawkins.  They were the parents of two sons and two daughters.  Mr. Hawkins came came from Indiana to this county and entered land upon which he resided until about 1877, when he removed to Benton County, Ind., remaining there until 1881, when he finally came to Hoopeston, where he has lived with his wife a retired live.  Mr. and Mrs. Dazey are the parents of six sons and one daughter, all of whom are still living; - Charles M., James H., John, William, Frank, George, and Elizabeth.  The youngest son and daughter are at home.  James H. is married and has three children; Charles M. married Miss Mary Fitzgibbons they are living on a farm near Milford, Ill., and have one child.  John married Maggie Williamson and is residing on the old homestead; they have one child.  William married Miss Smith; they are living on a farm and have two children.  Frank married Miss Eva Dobe;  he is engaged in the mercantile business at Hoopeston.
     Mr. and Mrs. Dazey are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in which they take great interest.  He is one of hte truestees of that organization and politically he is identified with the Republican party.
     James Dazey, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Ohio, where he married Miss Mary Gobel and came from Montgomery County, Ind., where he was engaged in farming.  In his early days he was a shoemaker, a business he carried on with success, but latterly he was a farmer.  He died at Tolona, Ill., his wife passing away at the same place in 1883.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Vermilion County, Illinois - ) Publ. Chicago: Chapman Brothers - 1889 ~ Page 271
NOTE:  See 1870 Census of Iroquois Co., IL for Jacob & Lorinda Daisy (spelled differently)

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