Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . eorge W. the ownerof considerable tracts of land. He died at thehome of his son, F. M. Justus, at the age of sixty-six years, his wife having passed away one yearprevious to the decease of her husband. The early life of Moses L. Justus was passedin Schuyler County, where he received his edu-cation in the common schools. His marriagetook place in 1857. when he was united A. Steppe, a daughter of John L. Steppeand wife, natives of Tennessee. In politics, was a supporter of the Democratic was a habitual abstainer f
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . eorge W. the ownerof considerable tracts of land. He died at thehome of his son, F. M. Justus, at the age of sixty-six years, his wife having passed away one yearprevious to the decease of her husband. The early life of Moses L. Justus was passedin Schuyler County, where he received his edu-cation in the common schools. His marriagetook place in 1857. when he was united A. Steppe, a daughter of John L. Steppeand wife, natives of Tennessee. In politics, was a supporter of the Democratic was a habitual abstainer from all intoxicat-ing liquors, and a strong advocate of temperanceprinciples. His decease occurred January 30,1908. JUSTUS, Dr. William F., a well-known, effici-ent and popular physician of Littleton, SchuylerCounty, III., was born in Browning, SchuylerCounty. May 20. 1872 a son of Moses L. andMartha A. (Steppe) Justus. (A sketch of thefather, with other facts of ancestral history, ap-pears in a preceding section of this biographical. HISTORY OF SCHUYLER COUNTY. s:. I portion of the work.) William F. Justus re-ceived bis education iu the public schools ofBrowning Township, and in the Illinois StateNormal University, at Normal. At the age ofnineteen years, he entered the College of Physi-cians and Surgeons, at Keokuk, Iowa, fromwhich he was graduated in 1892. He then beganthe practice of medicine at Industry, McDonoughCounty, 111., where he continued in practice un-til 1897. In the spring of 1898, in company witha party of six residents of Rushville. 111., hemade a trip to Alaska. Returning after a so-journ of four months in that region, he locatedin Littleton, 111., there resuming the practice ofhis profession on January 1, 1899. Since then,through skillful methods and close attention toduty, Dr. Justus has succeeded in acquiring asubstantial patronage in Littleton and the sur-rounding country, and has gained an enviablereputation as a practitioner of solid attainmentsin medica
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