Portrait and biographical record of Iroquois County, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative . is a son of SamuelHarry. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, noevent of special importance occurring during hischildhood. After he had attained to mature years,he was married on the 2d of October, 1844, inthe county of his nativity, to Miss Irena J., daugh-ter of Ralph Compton, and a native of Chris-tian County, who was born December 11, 1823. In 1847, they came to Illinois and settled in Mc-Lean County, where Mr. Harry was engaged infarming for a tim


Portrait and biographical record of Iroquois County, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative . is a son of SamuelHarry. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, noevent of special importance occurring during hischildhood. After he had attained to mature years,he was married on the 2d of October, 1844, inthe county of his nativity, to Miss Irena J., daugh-ter of Ralph Compton, and a native of Chris-tian County, who was born December 11, 1823. In 1847, they came to Illinois and settled in Mc-Lean County, where Mr. Harry was engaged infarming for a time. He afterward removed toAVoodford County, and in the spring of 1865 be-came a resident of Livingston County, locating ona farm near Chatswortli. By his union with MissCompton eight children were born, six of whomare yet living at this writing: I^liza A. becamethe wife of M. B. Lewis and died in 1872; MaryR. is the wife of AV. H. Areeland and resides inMorris, Iowa; Jesse T. wedded Miss Minnie Miller,and makes his home in INIontana, near AA^Iate Sul-phur Springs; Thomas Milton married Miss Flora LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA.


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