Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . ed in generalfarming. In he bought his present farmof eighty acres near Bushnell. to which he hasadded until there are over 200 acres in thattract. For the past two years this farm hasbeen operated by his son, .John L. Jones. owns another farm of 245 acres two anda half miles east of this, another of 170 acrestwo miles northeast, and still another of 120acres in extent north of Bushnell, besides hav-ing 320 acres of land in Kansas. He owns altogether, which he has leased to hischildren until his death, when the propertywill be
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . ed in generalfarming. In he bought his present farmof eighty acres near Bushnell. to which he hasadded until there are over 200 acres in thattract. For the past two years this farm hasbeen operated by his son, .John L. Jones. owns another farm of 245 acres two anda half miles east of this, another of 170 acrestwo miles northeast, and still another of 120acres in extent north of Bushnell, besides hav-ing 320 acres of land in Kansas. He owns altogether, which he has leased to hischildren until his death, when the propertywill belong to them. On February 23, 1853, Mr. Jones was mar-ried to Elizabeth Snapp, a native of East Ten-nessee. Their union resulted in nine children,six of whom are living, namely: Mary ( E. Hoffman): Caroline (Mrs. David Mow-ry): ,Iohn L., who married Minnie Harris:Laura; William G., who married Emma Wal-liek; and Frank, who married Thera Guernsey,On February 23, 1903, this good couple cele-brated their golden wedding. The subject of. J. ROSS MICKEY HISTORY OF Mcdonough county. 923 this sketch is a member of the MethodistChurch. Politically, he belongs to the Repub-lican party, and has served the township asRoad Commissioner. School Trustee. School Di-rector, etc. For more than forty years, he wasone of the most prominent and successful farm-ers of MoDononsh County. KEE, Samuel, «ho is successfully entjaged infarming in Eldorado Township. McDonoughCounty. 111., was born in Coshocton March 7. 1S47. William Kee. his father,was born in Marylan<I. while the birthplace ofhis mother. Mary (Fisher) Kee, was Browns-ville. Pa. His paternal grandfather. AndrewKee. and his maternal grandfather. JacobFisher, were natives, respectively, of Marylandand Pennsylvania. On coming to Illinois, Wil-liam Kee settled first in Fulton County, whencehe moved about to McDonough County,and bought a farm of 120 acres in EldoradoTownship. Three years later he sold this andpurchas
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