Past and present of Menard County, Illinois .. . dant of the Hollanderswho settled New York. (lyrus day McDoel. of tins review, was bornin Chemung county, New York, April in. 1829,and i- a -mi of Varnum and Elizabeth (Jay IMcDoel. In L856 he removed to northwesternMissouri and settled in iSTodaway county, hutremained there only two years, when he cameto Illinois and located at Aiterberry, Menardcounty. On the 18th of March, 1859, he wasjoined in marriage to Caroline Robertson, whowas horn in New York. April 23, IS-.:,. Mr. McDoel is a man of keen judgment,shrewd business foresight and industry
Past and present of Menard County, Illinois .. . dant of the Hollanderswho settled New York. (lyrus day McDoel. of tins review, was bornin Chemung county, New York, April in. 1829,and i- a -mi of Varnum and Elizabeth (Jay IMcDoel. In L856 he removed to northwesternMissouri and settled in iSTodaway county, hutremained there only two years, when he cameto Illinois and located at Aiterberry, Menardcounty. On the 18th of March, 1859, he wasjoined in marriage to Caroline Robertson, whowas horn in New York. April 23, IS-.:,. Mr. McDoel is a man of keen judgment,shrewd business foresight and industry andhe has acquired a comfortable fortune, own-ing a large farm in the neighborhood of Atter-berry and ether lands. Several years ago hepurchased a line residence in Petersburg andretired from the farm, living in town in easeand comfort. By his ballot be supports themen and measures of the Democratic in religious belief is a Methodist. Ik- andhis wife are in good health for people of theirage and enjoy the fruits of their former MR- AND MRS. C. J. McDOEL PAST AND PEESENT OF COUNTY ::;;;; No couple stand higher in the community thanthey. GEOEGE IT. WINTEEBAUEB. George II. Winterbauer, classed with thepractical and progressive farmers of FancyPrairie township, was born in Menard county,November L3, 1864, and as the family nameindicates is of German lineage. His father,Adam Winterbauer, was born in Germany, De- cember 11. L832, and came to A rica aboul fifty-four years ago, landing at New Orleans,where lie was quarantined for a time, becauseof a cholera epidemic. Proceeding northwardto St. Louis, he soon afterward secured em-ployment in Belleville, Illinois, at the black-smiths trade, which he had learned in the fa-therland. Subsequently he removed to Spring-field and theme went to Petersburg, Menardcounty. He also worked at his trade in Athensand Greenview and he had a blacksmith shopat the Pour Corners, cast of Alliens. Laterhe purchased twenty acres of
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