. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . ly was firstconnected with the Methodist Episcopal churchand later with the Free Methodist church. Coming to Illinois. William Neece settled atPana mi tin- 24th of December, 1865. When hehail spent four years as an employe in a brick-yard he rented a farm of three hundred acresand in this was more successful, making monejquite rapidly. Tie raised ten thousand bushelsof corn which he sold for forty-two cents perbushel, and with the proceeds of this large cropbe paid for the nucleus of his present farmin 1871. To his first purchase he has added
. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . ly was firstconnected with the Methodist Episcopal churchand later with the Free Methodist church. Coming to Illinois. William Neece settled atPana mi tin- 24th of December, 1865. When hehail spent four years as an employe in a brick-yard he rented a farm of three hundred acresand in this was more successful, making monejquite rapidly. Tie raised ten thousand bushelsof corn which he sold for forty-two cents perbushel, and with the proceeds of this large cropbe paid for the nucleus of his present farmin 1871. To his first purchase he has addedfrom time to time as his financial resourceshave permitted until he now has over live hiin-Ired a- res ami iIn- im ome from his propertyis sufficient to enable him to now live retiredfrom business cares. IK- leaves the active workof the fields to others, merely giving his super-vision In the farm labor. Mr. Neece was married in early manhood toPyrena F. Williams, and they became theparents of eight children, five pons and three UN1VL !LL!riC!3 URL. ME. AND MBS. WILLIAM NEECB
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