The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . nd has beenidentified with the interests of Vermilion,his native county, all his life. He beganlife with no capital and through right prin-ciples of honesty and integrity he has pros-perd and stands to-day among the highlyrespected and substantial citizens of Newelltownship. In politics he is a Prohibitionistand gives his best efforts to the support ofthat party. Always public-spirited, he hasserved as commissioner of highways andschool director for many years in Vermilionand Champaign counties, and he served assuperintendent of two diffe
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . nd has beenidentified with the interests of Vermilion,his native county, all his life. He beganlife with no capital and through right prin-ciples of honesty and integrity he has pros-perd and stands to-day among the highlyrespected and substantial citizens of Newelltownship. In politics he is a Prohibitionistand gives his best efforts to the support ofthat party. Always public-spirited, he hasserved as commissioner of highways andschool director for many years in Vermilionand Champaign counties, and he served assuperintendent of two different schools dur-ing one summer. All movements for thegenral welfare have his hearty support andco-operation and no one is more highly re-garded in Vermilion county than AlmondN. Le Neve. A. H. TREGO: In whatever relation of life Mr. Tregohas been found he has l)een respected for hissterling worth, his fidelity to principle andto duty and his enterprising and progressivesi)irit. He was born in Bucks county, Penn-sylvania, on the i6th of June. 1838. He. -^//^ A—<—-^ », THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 53 ;s a son of Curtis D. and Mary G. (Gilbert)Trego, both of whom were natives of theKeystone state and were members of the So-ciety of Friends, in which faith our subjectwas reared. The father was a farmer byoccupation and during the greater part ofhis life carried on agricultural pursuits. In1856 he went to Galesburg in order to pro-vide his children with better educational ad-vantages and was there engaged in conduct-ing a grocery store. At the time of the Civilwar he was engaged in purchasing horsesfor the post at Gallatin, Tennessee. He re-sided in Orion, Henry county, Illinois, forseveral years after the close of the war andthe last ten years of his life were spent inCass county, Iowa, where both he and hiswife died. This worthy couple were theparents of nine children: Elizabeth, nowdeceased; A. H., of this review; Jacob R.,who is living in Cass county, Iowa; HelenR., the wife
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