The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . ive; Xelie, the wife of J. E. Whitcomb, ofHoopeston, and Josephine, the wife ofMont ^Volverton. Mrs. Williams was bomin East Rupert, \ermont, in 1844 and camealone to Illinois, l)eing married in Watsekain 1867. Ior man_\- years Mr. Williams was amember of the Christian church and thruugha long period served as one of its took a very active interest in church andSunday-schot)l work antl his widow nowattends the Christian church, although sheis a member of the Congregational some years prior to his death Mr. Will-iams w
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . ive; Xelie, the wife of J. E. Whitcomb, ofHoopeston, and Josephine, the wife ofMont ^Volverton. Mrs. Williams was bomin East Rupert, \ermont, in 1844 and camealone to Illinois, l)eing married in Watsekain 1867. Ior man_\- years Mr. Williams was amember of the Christian church and thruugha long period served as one of its took a very active interest in church andSunday-schot)l work antl his widow nowattends the Christian church, although sheis a member of the Congregational some years prior to his death Mr. Will-iams was an invalid and at length passcilaway at his home in FIooi)eston on the 27thof January, 1902, his remains being inter-red in Moral Hill cemetery. His life wasever honorable antl ui)riglit and all wliu knewhim respected him for his genuine served as assessor of Prairie Greentowiishii) fur four or h\-e consecuti\e yearsand in all lifes relations he was found trueto the trusts reposed in him and to prin-ciples of upright manhood. Mrs. Williams. r/,^?^ /::^M^^L<^^!>^ THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 871 now owns a farm in Indiana and her pleas-ant home in Hoopeston, so that she is com-fortably situated in life. An earnest Chris-tian woman her influence is always on theside of improvement, progress, truth andthe right. She belongs to the WomensChristian Temperance Union and is wellknown in temperance and church circles. ISAAC M. REES. Isaac M. Rees, who is engaged in agri-cultural pursuits on section 26, Elwoodtownship, near Ridgefarm, was born nearVermilion Grove in this county. November28, 1840. his parents being John and Sus-annah (Dillon) Rees. In the year 1830 hisparents arrived in Vermilion county andwere married here. They came with twaity-two others who were members of the Societyof Friends or Quakers and to that faith theyalways adhered. The father was a farmerby occupation and carried on agriculturalpursuits near Ridgefarm, thus providing forhis family, which numbe
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