The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . J. M. THOMAS W. DOUGLASS. OF ;,,E UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 55^ readied adult age. while seven are yet liv-ing, the subject of this review being thefourth in order of birth. The father was afarmer by occupation and on coming to Illi-nois he dro\e through the black swamps ofIncHana, while the wheels would sink intothe mud to the hubs. He arrived here inthe spring of 1830, several families makingthe trip together. Here he entered two hun-dred and forty acres of land tipon the sec-tion where the county farm is
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . J. M. THOMAS W. DOUGLASS. OF ;,,E UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 55^ readied adult age. while seven are yet liv-ing, the subject of this review being thefourth in order of birth. The father was afarmer by occupation and on coming to Illi-nois he dro\e through the black swamps ofIncHana, while the wheels would sink intothe mud to the hubs. He arrived here inthe spring of 1830, several families makingthe trip together. Here he entered two hun-dred and forty acres of land tipon the sec-tion where the county farm is now tents of the Indians were still pitchedin the forests and the redmen roamed overthe prairies. The wohes then were morenumerous than rabbits at the present dayand there were many kinds of wild game,including turkeys, geese, prairie chickensand deed. The Dotiglass family lived in adouble log house for over thirty years,which the father ha<l built. It had a stickand clay chimney and wood was used forfuel, for although there was coal in abund-ance in t
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