Portrait and biographical album of Sangamon County, Illinois . y 7, 1854, the bride being Miss HarrietBalilwin, daughter of Johnson and Elizabeth (Ken-dell) Baldwin, who are further mentioned in thebiography of William Dyer, found elsewhere inthis volume. She was born in this township, March4, 1827, reared on a farm, and taught to spin, weaveand knit, and perforin other household duties whichwere considered necessary parts of a girls educa-tion. Her school privileges were very ,being confined to less than a years attendance atthe old log schoolhouse. She has a fair share ofnative intel
Portrait and biographical album of Sangamon County, Illinois . y 7, 1854, the bride being Miss HarrietBalilwin, daughter of Johnson and Elizabeth (Ken-dell) Baldwin, who are further mentioned in thebiography of William Dyer, found elsewhere inthis volume. She was born in this township, March4, 1827, reared on a farm, and taught to spin, weaveand knit, and perforin other household duties whichwere considered necessary parts of a girls educa-tion. Her school privileges were very ,being confined to less than a years attendance atthe old log schoolhouse. She has a fair share ofnative intelligence and capability for business, iswell informed and lias manageil her affairs withgreat skill since left a widow. Upon the death of her husband Mrs. Smitli letthe farm go, but remained upon it as a renter twoyears at the expiration of which time she boughteighty-nine acres of it. Of this fourteen acres areleft to timber culture and tlie balance is principallydevoted to the cultivation of grains. Mrs. Smithraises full-blooded Poland-China hogs, and keeps. c,-
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