Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . ction 3 in 1831,and passed the remainder of his life son, Simon W. Hunt, owned large tracts ofland, and was noted as a stock-raiser. HughMcDonough located on Section 31, where heresided for many years, his family being stillwell known and esteemed in the county. Inthe spring of 1832 James Fulkerson located onSections 28 and 29, where he remained untilhis death, July 3, 1867, aged seventy Fulkerson, his son, .proved an vmusu-ally bright student, receiving his higher edu-cation at McDonough College, at Macomb, andafterward teaching
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . ction 3 in 1831,and passed the remainder of his life son, Simon W. Hunt, owned large tracts ofland, and was noted as a stock-raiser. HughMcDonough located on Section 31, where heresided for many years, his family being stillwell known and esteemed in the county. Inthe spring of 1832 James Fulkerson located onSections 28 and 29, where he remained untilhis death, July 3, 1867, aged seventy Fulkerson, his son, .proved an vmusu-ally bright student, receiving his higher edu-cation at McDonough College, at Macomb, andafterward teaching school at Hills Grove for anumber of years. In the fall of 1833 John Wad-dell entered land in this township, lived onhis farm for many years and died there Janu-ary 9, 1877. There was a large family ofWaddills, many of whom are still residents ofTennessee Township. John Kirk settled onSection 34, in the spring of 1834, and in 1856removed to Blandinsville, where he died inNovember of that year. Larkin C. Bacon, a native of Tennessee, be-. MR. AND MRS. EDWARD D. BRINTON HISTORY OF McDOXOLGH COUNTY. 667 came a resident of the township in , settling on Section 34. where he pros-pered and added continually to his farming in-terests. He was also an active business man,dealing largely in cattle; and both in his ag-ricultural and his live-stock operations he wasentirely successful. Further, for many years,he was a leader in church and , being superintendent of the latter fora long period. At the age of nineteen yearshe had joined the Baptist Cnurch, but therebeing no organization of that denomination inthe vicinity of his Illinois nome, in 1845 he be-came a member of the Methodist Church, andcontinued a faithful adherent to that faith untilhis death, October 24, 1S77. Dr. Bacon, of Ma-comb, one of tne prominent surgeons and phy-sicians of the county, was the founder of Hospital, in that city. In 1835 John Lyon settled on Section 13 ofthis townsh
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