Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . Smith, natives of Kentucky, whocame to McDonough County in 1847 and settledon a farm in Macomb Township. As he wasone of eleven children Ulysses began helpingabout the home farm at a very early age. Hereceived a public school education and thenbegan a mans work in earnest. The fatherdied in 1S75, and after 1883, Ulysses conductedfarming on the homestead until 1902, when heremoved to Bardolph, and. with C. V. Chandler,opened the new Bank of Bardolph, the only in-stitution of the kind in town. At the presenttime Mr. Smith conducts the business F
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . Smith, natives of Kentucky, whocame to McDonough County in 1847 and settledon a farm in Macomb Township. As he wasone of eleven children Ulysses began helpingabout the home farm at a very early age. Hereceived a public school education and thenbegan a mans work in earnest. The fatherdied in 1S75, and after 1883, Ulysses conductedfarming on the homestead until 1902, when heremoved to Bardolph, and. with C. V. Chandler,opened the new Bank of Bardolph, the only in-stitution of the kind in town. At the presenttime Mr. Smith conducts the business February 28, 1902, he was married to NellieKelso, of Macomb Township. One child hasbeen born to them, Harold T., whose anniver-sary occurs on January 2. In his political affil-iations, Mr. Smith is a Democrat, and fraternal-ly, belongs to the Modern Woodmen of is likewise a member of the MethodistChurch. He has served as Township Collectorone term, and as Supervisor for three terms,or six years. Active and energetic, interested. (POy^ 1f^ Jy/Cc f5rw-»<X-* HISTORY OF Mcdonough county. 1005 In all pertaining to the welfare of the townwherein he resides, few persons would be missedmore than Ulysses G. Smith. SNOWDEN, William Ellsworth, who is suc-cessfully engaged in farming in Eldorado Town-ship, McDonough County, 111., was born in thattownship December 7, 1861, a son of John andMary J. (Adams) Snowden, natives of Snowden was one of the early settlers inthis vicinity. He first bought a farm of eightyacres, to which he added until he owned 200acres. His second purchase was a farm ad-joining the home place on the north, where hebuilt a large residence in 1879 and lived thereuntil 1893. At that period he retired from farm-ing and moved to Vermont, 111., where he nowresides. His wife died January 6, 1890. William E. Snowden is the sixth of a familyof eleven children born to his parents. Helived with his father until he was twenty-oneyears of age, as
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