. Portrait and biographical record of Winnebago and Boone counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States. vsSjI. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFXORD. 381 der of Red Men, and the Independent Order ofKnights and Ladies of Honor. Himself and wifeare both members of tlie Lutheran Chureh, to thesupport of which lie contributes liberally. Theyhave a pleasant and comfortable residence, situatedat No. 302 Walnut Street, which is the alK)de ofhospitality,


. Portrait and biographical record of Winnebago and Boone counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States. vsSjI. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFXORD. 381 der of Red Men, and the Independent Order ofKnights and Ladies of Honor. Himself and wifeare both members of tlie Lutheran Chureh, to thesupport of which lie contributes liberally. Theyhave a pleasant and comfortable residence, situatedat No. 302 Walnut Street, which is the alK)de ofhospitality, and the light and joy (.>f their home isthen little son, William, Jr., now live years <_)f age. ifp^^ICHARD JOHNS, a retired farmer residingm^ in Rockford, is of English birth. His:ii\\\ father, Thomas Johns, came to this coun-^^try with his wife two years after our sub-ject landed in America, and his death occurred atthe age of seventy-six jears of a facial wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Light-foot, reached the advanced age of eighty-twoyears. They were both members of the MethodistChurch. Our subject si)ent the days of his boyhood andyouth in England, and at the age of twenty-twosailed on a lumber ship to t^uebec, Canada, wherehe


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