Hennepin – Illinois Genealogy

Biography of William Cummings of Buda, Illinois

History of Bureau County, Illinois Title Page

Thornton Cummings was a native of Virginia. When a young man he immigrated to Kentucky, and was there married to Miss Sylvia Williams, a native of Kentucky. In 1816, soon after marriage, Mr. Cummings removed to Gallatin County, Illinois, where he resided till 1834, at which time he came to Bureau County, Illinois. When he reached Hennepin, he left his family there, and in company with a Frenchman as guide he traveled over the western part of Bureau County seeking a suitable location, and as he had been reared in a timbered country French Grove suited him best on account … Read more

Biography of Fitchyou Cummings of Concord, Illinois

Fitchyou Cummings, Concord, was born in Gallatin County, Illinois, May 8, 1818, and is the son of Thornton Cummings, deceased, and brother of William Cummings. Fitchyou Cummings came to Bureau County with his parents in 1834, and since that time has resided in Concord Township. His opportunities for an education were the most limited. Instead of schools, when coming to French Grove, there was excellent opportunity for the hunter to find game. As Mr. Cummings was of an independent nature, he wished to make for himself a farm, and as money was at that time almost impossible to obtain, he … Read more

Biography of Jashub W. Aldrich of Arispie, Illinois

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. … Read more

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