. Portrait and biographical record of Winnebago and Boone counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States. was born in Mercer County, Pa., in 1830,and when a maiden of sixteen summers came to. p. M. R E t D , PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 81. Roscoe with her parents, John C. and Charlotte(Croy) Smith, tlie former a native of the Key-stone State, and the latter ot Vermont. Withtheir eigiit children, they came West during apleasant autumn, and
. Portrait and biographical record of Winnebago and Boone counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States. was born in Mercer County, Pa., in 1830,and when a maiden of sixteen summers came to. p. M. R E t D , PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 81. Roscoe with her parents, John C. and Charlotte(Croy) Smith, tlie former a native of the Key-stone State, and the latter ot Vermont. Withtheir eigiit children, they came West during apleasant autumn, and after an enjoyable journeyof twenty-three days, arrived at their destination,but soon after locating here the family were alltaken with chills and fever. The parents diedat the home of Mrs. Kent in Februarj-, 1881. Bothdied of paralysis within a few hours of each other,at the age of eighty-one years, and were buriedin the same grave. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kent have been born sixchildren, but three are now deceased. Charlesand Fred died in childhood, and William Forestdied of typhoid fever in Fargo, N. Dak., in Janu-ar}, 1883, at the age of twent3--three 3ears; FrancisSmith, born in 1854, is operating the home farm;Mary E., born in 1855, has been suffering from in-sanity since 1883; and Ernestine D. is now thewife of Victor G. Coe, of Io
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