. The biographical record of De Kalb County, Illinois. HORACE MRS. HORACE HASKINS, THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 3^5 came west with their families. It was along voyage, their vessel being detained oneweek in the Welland canal, where the }i)aiigson of our subject was taken sick, and grow-ing worse, he died in the straits of Macki-nac, and was buried at Milwaukee. Helanded at Chicago with bnt five dollars andthirty-seven and a half cents and from thatplace went to St. Charles, Kane county,Illinois, where he got work but was nearly-cheated out of his wages. After remainingin St. Charles a fe
. The biographical record of De Kalb County, Illinois. HORACE MRS. HORACE HASKINS, THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 3^5 came west with their families. It was along voyage, their vessel being detained oneweek in the Welland canal, where the }i)aiigson of our subject was taken sick, and grow-ing worse, he died in the straits of Macki-nac, and was buried at Milwaukee. Helanded at Chicago with bnt five dollars andthirty-seven and a half cents and from thatplace went to St. Charles, Kane county,Illinois, where he got work but was nearly-cheated out of his wages. After remainingin St. Charles a few weeks he started for DeKalb county, and passed through Burlingtontownship, Kane county, July 4, 1844. Hisfirst settlement was made in Sycamore town-ship, where he rented a farm of ElihuWright, and then worked for another partyfor a pair of young steers, and traded untilhe got another pair. In trading he alwayscame out just a little ahead. His first pur-chase of land was forty acres of timber,the title of which was defective owing to aprior claim. He gave up half to
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