. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. JOHN W. ANDERSON. he was engaged in farming, but was later en-gaged in the drug business in Dixon for anumber of years. In 1848 he married ElizabethBiddle, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth(Leightall) Biddle, of Blair County, Penn., andto them six children were born, William M. be-ing the only one now living. Mr. and also raised an adopted daughter, Miller, who resides in Dixon, III. died Jan. 1. 1898. LOUIS STEPHAN (deceased) was born inGermany, Jan. 4. 1834, son of Martha and LenaStephan, natives of the same country. Lo
. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. JOHN W. ANDERSON. he was engaged in farming, but was later en-gaged in the drug business in Dixon for anumber of years. In 1848 he married ElizabethBiddle, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth(Leightall) Biddle, of Blair County, Penn., andto them six children were born, William M. be-ing the only one now living. Mr. and also raised an adopted daughter, Miller, who resides in Dixon, III. died Jan. 1. 1898. LOUIS STEPHAN (deceased) was born inGermany, Jan. 4. 1834, son of Martha and LenaStephan, natives of the same country. LouisStephan came to the United States in 1854. HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY. 755 and after being engaged in various parts ofthe country, came to , 111., in 1866. wherefor a number of years he was engaged inbusiness, but during the last fifteen years ofhis life, has lived retired. He was married in. LOUIS STEPHAN. Chicago in 1862 to Barbara Paulhaber, a nativeof Germany, and of their children, Louis, Otto,and Anna are living. Mr. Stephan was a Re-publican in political views, and in religiousbelief an attendant of the Lutheran was a member of Rucker Lodge, No, 493, O. F., and Forrest Home Lodge^ No. 137, U. W. Mr. Stephan died .July 13. 1902. ISAAC S. BOARDMAN; born in TiogaCounty, N. Y., Jan. 3. 1816; located in Dixon,in 1837. On the organization of Lee Countyhe was elected County Clerk, serving in thatcapacity four years; elected Clerk of the Cir-cuit Court in 1850. filling that office sevenyears, and in the meantime purchased the Re-publican and Telegraph and conducted thatpaper for about ten years under the name ofDixon Telegraph. Mr. Boardman was mar-ried in 1840 to Mary L. Dixon, daughter ofFather John Dixon. For more than forty yearsMr. Boardman prominently identified with political campaigns of his community—first inconnection with the Whig, and
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