The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . iness affairs he won a high measureof success. His name. too. was synonymouswith honorable dealing and his integritvstood as an unquestioned fact in his career. JACKSOX CRO:\IWELL. For a half century Jackson Cromwellhas been a resident of \ermilion county,and he is numbered among the honoredpioneers who have laid the foundation forthe present progress and prosperity which itenjoys. He was born in Union couiitv. In-diana, Deceml>er 13, 1S33. His parentswere John and Rachel Cromwell, natives ofMaryland Kentucky, respectively. Theywe


The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . iness affairs he won a high measureof success. His name. too. was synonymouswith honorable dealing and his integritvstood as an unquestioned fact in his career. JACKSOX CRO:\IWELL. For a half century Jackson Cromwellhas been a resident of \ermilion county,and he is numbered among the honoredpioneers who have laid the foundation forthe present progress and prosperity which itenjoys. He was born in Union couiitv. In-diana, Deceml>er 13, 1S33. His parentswere John and Rachel Cromwell, natives ofMaryland Kentucky, respectively. Theywere married in Union county, Indiana,where the father carried on farming until hisdeath, which occurred in 1835. The motherthen became the wife of Solomon Harness, anative of Ohio, and a farmer by removed to Carroll county, Indiana,where ^Ir. Harness died in 1852. In poli-tics he was a Whig. The mother then re-moved to \ermilion county. Illinois, whereshe resided for four years, after which sheremoved to Polk countv. Missouri, and there.


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