Past and present of Menard County, Illinois .. . ominent and highly respected familiesof Morgan county and, at Mr. Flinns death heleft a vast estate. Aaron Thompson and his wife, Mrs. AmandaThompson, were the parents of six children, ofwhom there are now living: Aaron Edwin:Zadoc Anson ; Elizabeth A., wife of C. A. War-ing, of Petersburg; Man Helen, the wile ofDr. E. A. Bleuler, of Carlinville, Illinois;Lulu J., the wife of (,. II. Codington, of Chi-cago. One daughter, S. Kathryn. wife of Ear-rison Robinson, of Prentice, Illinois, died onthe 16th of June. 1889. Fannie EL, now Mrs. J. D. O Ipas
Past and present of Menard County, Illinois .. . ominent and highly respected familiesof Morgan county and, at Mr. Flinns death heleft a vast estate. Aaron Thompson and his wife, Mrs. AmandaThompson, were the parents of six children, ofwhom there are now living: Aaron Edwin:Zadoc Anson ; Elizabeth A., wife of C. A. War-ing, of Petersburg; Man Helen, the wile ofDr. E. A. Bleuler, of Carlinville, Illinois;Lulu J., the wife of (,. II. Codington, of Chi-cago. One daughter, S. Kathryn. wife of Ear-rison Robinson, of Prentice, Illinois, died onthe 16th of June. 1889. Fannie EL, now Mrs. J. D. O Ipasture, i- the daughter of Mr-. Thompson, by her first husband. George , who died in 1s:, i. Mr. Thompson was a life-long first vote was cast for Andrew was a man of pronounced character. Hehad clear and definite ideas on all matters andexpressed his opinion freely, hut not offensivi ty,and everyone knew where he stood on everysubject. By his active and industrious life heaccumulated a competency and died November. AAEON THOMPSON. /^ WF*%> ? i ^1 MRS. AAEON THOMPSON. PAST AND PRESENT OF MENARD COUNTY 153 m. L899, surrounded by those comforts thai the aev farm which made the life of everj are ever the resuli of honesty, industry and frontier agriculturist a strenuous one. When economy. Bis second wife died February 16, onlj five and a half years old he plowed with Igor one of the old time plows, then in general use Throughoul his entire life he carried on the work of tilling the soil and remained upon the homestead until his death, which occurred Sop- ELMEB P. HORNBACK. tember 6, 1899. Be was married, February 29, One of the aative sons of Menard county, L850, to Miss Catherine Rogers, a daughter l Elmer P. Eornback, was born May 19,1871, on Samuel and Rebecca Rogers, of Menard county. the farm where he now lives and represents On the 10th of February, L867, her death oe- ;i prominent family of this pari of the state, curred, and November 7, L86
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