. The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . a little money until hehad enough to buy a team. He then renteda tract of land in Jersey county and beganfarming on his own account, carrying onag-ricultural work there until 1857. In the meantime he visited Vermilioncounty and purchased four hundred andforty acres of wild land. As this districtwas still in possession of the governmentand the pioneer settlements had not pene-trated this far into the Mississippi valley,land could be purchased at almost a nomi-nal figure. Mr. Leemon. however, did notbuy for speculation purposes but with t
. The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . a little money until hehad enough to buy a team. He then renteda tract of land in Jersey county and beganfarming on his own account, carrying onag-ricultural work there until 1857. In the meantime he visited Vermilioncounty and purchased four hundred andforty acres of wild land. As this districtwas still in possession of the governmentand the pioneer settlements had not pene-trated this far into the Mississippi valley,land could be purchased at almost a nomi-nal figure. Mr. Leemon. however, did notbuy for speculation purposes but with the in-tention of developing a farm for himselfand as soon as possible he began the work ofplowing, planting and han-esting upon thetract of which he had become the owner. Heboarded in the home of ]Mr. Hoopes. whohad the only house upon the prairie in thisvicinity at that time. Night and morninghe went to and from his place of work, adistance of two and one-half miles. In thefall of 1857 he erected a small liouse uponhis own farm, there keeping bachelors.
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