. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. n which he liveduntil 1901. Coming to Lee County in the latter year, he bought his present 240-acre farm. was married March 4, 1886, to Mary E.,daughter of William and Electa Wright, of Mc-Lean County. 111., and of this union two chil-dren—William H. (deceased) and Charles E.—have been born. In politics Mr. Cotton is aRepublican. JOHN L. LORD (deceased). Palmyra. LeeCounty, III.; born in Hopkinton, N. H., June10, 1829, son of John and Achsah (Gary) Lord;in 1838 came to Lee County with his parents,who first settled in Dixon, but in 1841 locatedon
. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. n which he liveduntil 1901. Coming to Lee County in the latter year, he bought his present 240-acre farm. was married March 4, 1886, to Mary E.,daughter of William and Electa Wright, of Mc-Lean County. 111., and of this union two chil-dren—William H. (deceased) and Charles E.—have been born. In politics Mr. Cotton is aRepublican. JOHN L. LORD (deceased). Palmyra. LeeCounty, III.; born in Hopkinton, N. H., June10, 1829, son of John and Achsah (Gary) Lord;in 1838 came to Lee County with his parents,who first settled in Dixon, but in 1841 locatedon a farm in Palmyra Township, whence JohnL. was accustomed to walk to Dixon to attendschool: besides working on the farm learnedthe trade of blacksmith with his father, whohad established a wagon-factory; in 1850 pur-chased his fathers interest in the wagon-fac-tory, which some years before his death, hetransferred to his son, Paul G. Mr. Lordsmother died about a year after the family re-moved to Dixon, and his father in 1873. June. JOHN L. LORD. 17, 1851, he was united in marriage with MaryL. Warner, daughter of Moses M. and Orrel(Smith) Warner, who came to Lee County in183S, and they had six children: August W. 74 HISTORY OF LEE COL■.\J^■ and Paul G. Lord, of Dixon, 111.; Dr. John , of Omaha, Neb.; Mary E., Fred andGrace, who reside with their widowed motheron the farm. Mr. Lord died March 15, 1901,as the result of a stroke of apoplexy four daysprevious. An ardent Republican and a man ofpronounced views and thorough conviction, hewas of too modest and retiring a disposition tobe a prominent factor in political affairs, butserved his township as a member of the Boardof Supervisors, and was active in connectionwith agricultural and horticultural institutes inhis section of the State; was one of the found-ers and President of the Palmyra Mutual FireInsurance Company, and for several yearsPresident of the Lee County Old Settlers As-sociation. Mr. Lord was a member an
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