Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . vember 22, 1849, was withSarah Blunt, of Jefferson County, who diedin February, 1856. leaving three children:Myra Rosalind, of New York; Percy Ambrose,of Clayton, N. Y.; and Joseph Melvin, of Quincy,111. Mr. Winslow was later united in marriageto Sarah A. Wolberton, of which union threechildren were born: Eliza, Sarah A., and Wal-ter. Mr. Winslow was one of the solid, sub-stantial men of Macomb, and his name inva-riably was associated with conservative andreliable business methods. He both made andkei)t friends, and his influence was felt in manyavenue
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . vember 22, 1849, was withSarah Blunt, of Jefferson County, who diedin February, 1856. leaving three children:Myra Rosalind, of New York; Percy Ambrose,of Clayton, N. Y.; and Joseph Melvin, of Quincy,111. Mr. Winslow was later united in marriageto Sarah A. Wolberton, of which union threechildren were born: Eliza, Sarah A., and Wal-ter. Mr. Winslow was one of the solid, sub-stantial men of Macomb, and his name inva-riably was associated with conservative andreliable business methods. He both made andkei)t friends, and his influence was felt in manyavenues of city life, all of which were digni-fied by his uprightness and simplicity of char-acter. WISSLEAD, James Edward, who is the ownerof a fine farm in Sciota Township, McDonoughCounty, 111,, was born in Lincolnshire. England,on December 25, 1850, a son of Edward andMary A. (Loise) Wisslead, natives of England. Edward Wisslead came to the United Stateswith his family, and proceeded to Illinois,where, in 1856, he settled in Blandinsvillfr. MRS. THOMAS C. YARD HISTORY OF McDOXOUGH COUNTY. 1049 Township, McDonough County, and locating onSection 13, there engaged in farming and stock-raising. In the spring of 1856 he bought 480acres of land in Section 7, Sciota Township, towhich he moved, and on which he spent the re-mainder of his life in agricultural died April 25, 1900, his wife having passedaway March 12, 1886. James Edward Wissleadis one of a family of ilve children, four ofwhom are still living. He attended the publicschools of his neighborhood when he was ayouth, and remained under the paternal roof,assisting his father in the work of the farmuntil 1877. In that year he commenced farm-ing for himself. He now owns 240 acres of thehome place in Sciota Township and 132 acresin Hancock County. His general farming andstock-raising are carried on in a thorough man-ner, and with successful results. On November15, 1877, the subject of this sketch was unitedin marriage wi
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