Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . the time of his marriage in 1888. In 1896he built a comfortable residence in Macomb,which he has since occupied, free from thecares of active life, and in the enjoyment ofwell earned repose. He is a man of much In-telligence, well informed in regard to currenttopics, and is regarded by all as an uprightand useful member of the community. He isthe owner of three eighty-acre tracts of farm-ing land in Industry Township, and one inHire Township—in all making 320 acres. Mr. Simpson was married October 4, 1888,to Jane E. Watson, who was born and schooledin
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . the time of his marriage in 1888. In 1896he built a comfortable residence in Macomb,which he has since occupied, free from thecares of active life, and in the enjoyment ofwell earned repose. He is a man of much In-telligence, well informed in regard to currenttopics, and is regarded by all as an uprightand useful member of the community. He isthe owner of three eighty-acre tracts of farm-ing land in Industry Township, and one inHire Township—in all making 320 acres. Mr. Simpson was married October 4, 1888,to Jane E. Watson, who was born and schooledin Scotland Township, and is a daughterof William Watson, w^o resides in Simpson and wife have one child, NellieLucille, born June 23. 1894. In political affairs,the subject of this sketch supports the Repub-lican party, and in religious faith, is an ad-herent of the Methodfst Episcopal Church. SMITH, Albert J., a well-known citizen ofColchester, McDonough County, 111., who is suc-cessfully engaged in the clothing business, was. HISTORY OF McDOXOUGH COUXTV. 1003 born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, Oc-tober 16, 1830. His father, Joseph M. Smith,was born in Shoreham, Vt., and his mother,Eliza (Westover) Smith, was born in Grand IsleCounty, in that Slate. His grandfather, JohnSmith, was also a Vermonter, and GrandfatherMoses Westover was of Canadian origin. Al-bert J. Smith, in his boyhood attended thepublic schools in Vermont, after his schooldays were over, learned the trade of a tannerand currier, and was engaged in that businessin Vermont until 18G2. In that year he cometo Plymouth, 111., where he was employed asextra agent of the Chicago, Burlington, &Quincy Railroad Company. In 1864. he came toColchester, and acted as that companys agentuntil 187G. After this he devoted his entireattention to a general store of bankrupt bought the store in 1873, and had the busi-ness conducted for him. In 1877 he built thefirst brick building in Colchester, and in 1881
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