Portrait and biographical record of Iroquois County, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative . ^, Ind., where they resided for aboutfifteen 3-ears, or untd 1875, when they became resi-dents of Donovan, 111. Mr. Sammons there en-gaged in general merchandising and m the drugbusiness until 1884. That year witnessed his ar-rival in Milford, where he has since made his he opened a restaurant, and rt this writing,in 1892, he is engaged in the hotel business. Heis a genial and pleasant gentleman, very popular,and is favorably known throughout th
Portrait and biographical record of Iroquois County, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative . ^, Ind., where they resided for aboutfifteen 3-ears, or untd 1875, when they became resi-dents of Donovan, 111. Mr. Sammons there en-gaged in general merchandising and m the drugbusiness until 1884. That year witnessed his ar-rival in Milford, where he has since made his he opened a restaurant, and rt this writing,in 1892, he is engaged in the hotel business. Heis a genial and pleasant gentleman, very popular,and is favorably known throughout the commu-nity. LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 681 Unto Mr. and Mrs. Sanimons were born fourchildren. The eldest, James B., belonged to theregular arm}, and was drowned in Puget Soundin 1880, his canoe being capsized during a storm;Emma Y. is now the wife of William Darroch, anattorne3-at-law of Kentland, Ind.; George M. isthe next younger; and Hume L. completes thefamily. The subject of this sketch acquired a good Eng-lish education in the public sciiools of Milford,and is a well-informed young man, who reads ex-tensively, and is conversant with all the questionsand issues of the daj. lie learned the printerstrade in the office of the Milford Herald, serving aregular apprenticeship, and in 1890 he acceptedthe position of foreman of the Milford Indepen-dent, of which he is now managing editor. Thispaper is an independent Democratic journal, notbeing governed by an^ rings or cliques. Its edi-tor is a live, wide-awake young man, and he hasmade the Independent a prosperous paper. Its sub-scription li
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