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Biography of John Armstrong of Neponset, Illinois

Bureau County, Stark County

John Armstrong, Neponset, was born February 17, 1836, in Newcastleton, Roxboroshire, England. His father, Wm. Armstrong was also a native of Scotland, where he died. He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and a mason by occupation. The grandfather of our subject, John Armstrong, Sr., was a native of Scotland, where his ancestors had resided several centuries, they being one of the first families in the realm, and are honorably mentioned in he history of Scotland as ardent supporters of the Scottish crown. (See Scottish Chiefs). The mother of our subject, Margaret Telfor, is a native of Scotland, …

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Biography of George Anthony of Wyanet, Illinois

Bureau County

Jacob Anthony was born in Sussex County, N. J., May 4, 1808. Since he was thirteen years old he has made his own way in life, for many years working in foundries and iron works. After his marriage in 1828 he lived most of the time in Morris County, and for some time was teaming in New York City. He afterward bought a farm in Roxbury Township, Morris Co., N. J. and remained there until 1850, when he sold out and came to Bureau County, and settled on his present farm when there were but two cabins in sight. He …

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Biography of E. B. Anthony of Indiantown, Illinois

Bureau County, Cook County

E. B. Anthony, Indiantown, was born August 9, 1841, in Providence, Bureau County, Ill. His father, Alfred Anthony, was born October 31, 1815, in Rhode Island. The great-grandfather of our subject, Isaac Anthony, Sr., was also a native of Rhode Island, where he died. His son, Isaac Anthony, Jr., was born and died there. The latter was a Captain in the war of 1812. He married Nancy Fish, who was the mother of nine children that reached maturity. Of these Alfred was the youngest. He came here with the Providence colony, and was married here to Mary A. Cushing, a …

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Biography of Mark Anderson of Macon, Illinois

Bureau County

Mark Anderson, Macon, was born in Bedford County, Penn., October 23, 1831. He was the son of Samuel and Margaret (Tygart) Anderson. The father was born in Maryland and was the son of William Anderson, a native of Scotland. The mother was of Irish descent, her parents being natives of the Emerald Isle. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Anderson were the parents of ten children, but only the following now survive, Thomas, a resident of Nebraska; Mark, our subject; Mrs. Susan Wible, of Fulton County, Penn. and Porter Anderson, also of Fulton County, Penn. In 1856 Mark Anderson came to Bureau …

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Biography of A. Joseph Anderson of Princeton, Illinois

Bureau County

In a little town called Breyd, Jonkolvigelas, Sweden, three young men, namely Joseph Anderson, John Peterson and Swan Linstrom, jovially would say they were going to America until after a while they began to really think seriously and decided they would venture out into this strange land and come to America. Knowing no one in America they had no special destination but just that they were going to America. They started out with their little Swedish trunks, bidding good bye to their loved ones, and took a boat for America on Good Friday in the year 1869. When they came …

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Biography of Joseph Allen of Clarion, Illinois

Bureau County

Joseph Allen, Clarion, who is the subject of the following biography, was born May 21, 1813, in Hampshire County, Mass. His parents, Samuel and Elizabeth (Davis) Allen, were both natives of Massachusetts, where they died. They reared a family of three boys and three girls, viz.; Persis, Sally, Lucy, Davenport, Joseph and David. Of these, only Mrs. Lucy Rodes, David and Joseph Allen are yet living. The Allen family in America is of English extraction and were prominent among the pioneers of New England. Our subject was reared and educated in his native State, where he farmed till April 1836, …

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Biography of Elisha Allen of Lamoille, Illinois

Bureau County

Elisha Allen, Lamoille, is a native of Warren County, N.J., where he was born October 1818. His parents, James and Sarah (Groff) Allen, were natives of New Jersey, where they died. The mother was of German extraction and grandfather Allen was also of German descent. Our subject was reared in his Native State, where he followed farming till he came to the West, which was March, 1871. He bought a farm two miles northeast of Princeton, Bureau Co., Ill. which he sold in 1876 and then bought a farm of 124 acres in Lamoille Township, where he now resides. Mr. …

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Biography of Sullivan Aldrich of Wyanet, Illinois

Bureau County

Sullivan Aldrich, Wyanet, was born in Providence, R. I. December 29, 1837. He remained in his native State, attending school, etc., till 1855, when he came to Bureau County, Ill., and has since made this county his home. The first year he worked with his brother, who had bought a farm near Wyanet, but the second year he began for himself in farming. He gave his attention to farming and dealing in stock till December 1, 1879, when he invested in the lumber business in Wyanet. November, 1882, he removed from Wyanet. Mr. Aldrich’s life has been one of activity …

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Biography of Jashub W. Aldrich of Arispie, Illinois

Bureau County

Jashub W. Aldrich, Arispie, was born July 30, 1850, in Bureau County, Ill. to which his parents, Verry and Ruth (Mowrey) Aldrich, came in the fall of 1845. Verry Aldrich was born February 7, 1807, in Smithfield, Providence Co., R. I., where he was a farmer and carpenter till 1844, when he came to Hennepin, Ill., and the following fall came to Arispie Township, this county, where he bought 160 acres of land in Section 23. He was a successful farmer and fine stock-raiser, and at the time of his death, April 1, 1882, he Owned 300 acres of land. …

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Biography of F. S. Aldrich of Wyanet, Illinois

Bureau County

F. S. Aldrich, Wyanet, is the son of Warner M. and Fidelis (Eddy) Aldrich and natives of Rhode Island, but were among the earliest settlers in Steuben County, N .Y. where our subject was born. His early life was spent in his native county, farming in the summer and lumbering in winter. In 1854, he immigrated to Bureau County and has since lived on his present farm of 190 acres, which was first settled by John Yearnshaw. Mr. Aldrich is one of the oldest settlers now living on the west of Bureau Creek. He was married December 3, 1851, at …

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