Portrait and biographical record of Ford County, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . ^^^•^I^-^x^. 5HE time has arrived when itbecomes the duty of thepeople of this county to per-petuate the names of theirpioneers, to furnish a recordof their early settlement,and relate the story of theirprogress. The civilization of ourthe enlightenment of the ageand the duty that men of the pres-ent time owe to their ancestors, tothemselves and to their po
Portrait and biographical record of Ford County, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . ^^^•^I^-^x^. 5HE time has arrived when itbecomes the duty of thepeople of this county to per-petuate the names of theirpioneers, to furnish a recordof their early settlement,and relate the story of theirprogress. The civilization of ourthe enlightenment of the ageand the duty that men of the pres-ent time owe to their ancestors, tothemselves and to their posterity,demand that a record of their livesand deeds should be made. In bio-graphical history is found a powerto instruct man by precedent, toenliven the mental faculties, andto waft down the river of time asafe vessel in which the names and actions of thepeople who contributed to raise this country from itsprimitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidlythe great and aged men, who in their prime enteredthe wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as theirheritage, are passing to their graves. The number re-maining who can relate the incidents of the first daysof settlement is becoming small indeed, so that anactual necessity exists for the co
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