Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . y was united inmarriage with Miss Clarinda Spencer, daughterof Allen B. Spencer and Eliza Cooper, of EaglePoint. Their children are Phila E., wife of Booth, of Aurora; Mary E., wife of B. , of Polo; and Allen who Ports, and resides at Eagle Point. Inhis earliest years he was much in the companyof the pioneers of Buffalo and Elkhoru Groves,and became interested in the early history ofthat section. In later years he has added to hisstore of knowledge through interviews and studyof early records until he has become authorityon t
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . y was united inmarriage with Miss Clarinda Spencer, daughterof Allen B. Spencer and Eliza Cooper, of EaglePoint. Their children are Phila E., wife of Booth, of Aurora; Mary E., wife of B. , of Polo; and Allen who Ports, and resides at Eagle Point. Inhis earliest years he was much in the companyof the pioneers of Buffalo and Elkhoru Groves,and became interested in the early history ofthat section. In later years he has added to hisstore of knowledge through interviews and studyof early records until he has become authorityon that region. In recent years he has contri-buted to the local press from this store and fromhis personal recollections. Though compelled in consequence of woundsreceived in the service of his adopted country, touse crutches to assist in his physical movements,he feels that God has dealt kindly with himand allowed him to live to see the day when weare in fact a united nation. He has expressedhis gratitude to the American people for the. HISTOT?Y OF OGLE COUNTY. 887 flnaneinl assistance they have given him whenhe was unaljle to latjor for the support of hisfamily. ETNYRE, Edward D., of the house of E. & Co., Oregon, was born in that cityJuly 9. 1860. a son of Daniel Etnyre, a success-ful and respected Ogle Counfj farmer. Hepassed his early years on the farm, and waspersonally identified with farming until , however, he engaged in the manufactureof steel tanks at Oregon. The firm of E. & Co., manufacturers of sprinklingwagons and sprinkling carts for streets, boule-vards, parks, golf courses, i-oad-building purposesand race tracks, of tank wagons of any size andfor all uses, and of trucks of any capacity de-sired, was established in 1897 with Mr. Etnyreas its organizer and active manager. Under hisenergetic direction the business soon outgrew itsoriginal quarters and the present factory waserected in 1906. Mr. Etnyre, married Miss Harriet Smith atSacr
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