. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . rge Keithley. died Jan. 10, 1889. Mrs. Brooknersmother, nee Anna Theresa Miller, was bornat Elizabethtown, Ky., Nov. 13, 1808, and diedat Litchfield, 111., Nov. 22, 1869. Her parents,David and Elizabeth (Wise) Miller, were na-tives respectively, of Germany and Holland,and the mixture of German and Scotch bloodin Mrs. Brookners veins has tended to the de-velopment of a woman of strong vitality andmuch mental energy. Besides other business,she oversees two milk farms, has been a mem-ber of the Phidian Art Club for thirteen years,and served as d
. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . rge Keithley. died Jan. 10, 1889. Mrs. Brooknersmother, nee Anna Theresa Miller, was bornat Elizabethtown, Ky., Nov. 13, 1808, and diedat Litchfield, 111., Nov. 22, 1869. Her parents,David and Elizabeth (Wise) Miller, were na-tives respectively, of Germany and Holland,and the mixture of German and Scotch bloodin Mrs. Brookners veins has tended to the de-velopment of a woman of strong vitality andmuch mental energy. Besides other business,she oversees two milk farms, has been a mem-ber of the Phidian Art Club for thirteen years,and served as delegate of this club to the Bi-ennial Congress of Federated Womens Clubsheld at Los Angeles, Cal., in 1902. She is alsoa charter member of the Womans ReliefCorps, is serving her second year as Presidentof the Dixon Womans Club, and is Worthy 724 HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY. Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star—anorganization which encircles the globe. holds a commission from GovernerYates as inspector of insane wards of Lee. HENRY CASPER BROOKNER. County, and is Pre-sideut uf the lives in quiet retirement her childrenin the home erected by her deceased husbandnearly fifty years ago. at -511 Peoria 111. WILLIAM W. BETHEA (deceased) was bcrnin Marion District. S. C. May 15. 1812. Heremoved to Lee County in lS3o, locating inPalmyra Township. Upon the organization ofLee County in 1839, he was elected Justice cfthe Peace and served continuously until 1877:elected County Treasurer in 1845 and servedtwo terms. In 1833 he married Irene Fender,who died in 1838, and in 1S50 he was united inmarriage -vith his second wife. Mrs. Emily(Green) Ferguson. years of age, he came with his father to Cham-paign County, 111,, and for four years assistedin opening up a new prairie farm; at the ageof twenty he engaged in general merchandis-ing at Rantoul, 111., remaining until 1867, whenhe located in Dixon, 111., where he conducted adry goods store for seve
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