. 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 cf 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 ot the Phidian Art Club for thirteen years,and served as de
. 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 cf 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 ot 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 cf 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 President of the lives in qi;iet retirement her childrenin the home erected by her deceased husbandnearly fifty years ago. at 511 Peoria Avenue,Dixon, 111. WILLIAM W. BETHEA (deceased) was bornin Marion District. S. C, May 15, 1S12. Heremoved to Lee County in 1835, locating inPalmyra Township. Upon the organization ofLee County in 18:!9, he was elected .lustice ofthe 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 1850 he was united inmarriage -vith his second wife, Mrs. Emily(Green) Ferguson. ORRIS BISSELL DODGE. President GrandDetour Plow Company. Dixon, 111., was born atTwinsburg, Ohio. Dec. 8, 1838. He obtained hiseducation in the Seminary andShaw Academy, the latter institution being lo-cated at East Cleveland. Ohio. When sixteen years of age, he came with his father to
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