. Mount Morris: past and present; an illustrated history of the township and the village of Mount Morris, Ogle County, Illinois, in their various stages of development, together with a local biographical directory . MICHAEL BOVEY. EARLY HISTORY AND ^T. Keedy and later by his son, Ed-ward Keedy, and still later byWilliam Koontz. Mr. Swingleylived there only until 1850, whenhe became affected by the gold-fever craze and started for thegold-fields in California. Afterthree years in California, he re-turned to Ogle county, andlocated at Creston, Dementtownship, where he died. In this fir
. Mount Morris: past and present; an illustrated history of the township and the village of Mount Morris, Ogle County, Illinois, in their various stages of development, together with a local biographical directory . MICHAEL BOVEY. EARLY HISTORY AND ^T. Keedy and later by his son, Ed-ward Keedy, and still later byWilliam Koontz. Mr. Swingleylived there only until 1850, whenhe became affected by the gold-fever craze and started for thegold-fields in California. Afterthree years in California, he re-turned to Ogle county, andlocated at Creston, Dementtownship, where he died. In this first emigration werea number of children who ac-companied their parents on thelong overland journey, sharedwith them the inconveniencesof settling in an undevelopedcountry, and grew up to man-hood and womanhood amid theIough surroundings of theirhomes in the wilderness. Theseshould therefore be classedalong with the earliest settlers. ALBERTUS ANKNEY.
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