. The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . mong this class was numbered Josiah San-dusky, who for many years was actively andprominently engaged in agricultural pur-suits. He was a man whose business recordwas unassailable because he did not take ad-vantage of the necessities of his fellow men,but, in the legitimate channels of tradegained the competence which ultimatelycrowned his efforts. Mr. Sandusky was born in Carrolltownship, this county, on the nth of Sep-tember, 1837, a son of Abraham and JaneSodowsky. The Sodowsky famil\- wasfounded in America by James Sodowsky, aPolish
. The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . mong this class was numbered Josiah San-dusky, who for many years was actively andprominently engaged in agricultural pur-suits. He was a man whose business recordwas unassailable because he did not take ad-vantage of the necessities of his fellow men,but, in the legitimate channels of tradegained the competence which ultimatelycrowned his efforts. Mr. Sandusky was born in Carrolltownship, this county, on the nth of Sep-tember, 1837, a son of Abraham and JaneSodowsky. The Sodowsky famil\- wasfounded in America by James Sodowsky, aPolish exile of noble birth, proud spirit andlofty patriotism. When his love of libertycould no longer tolerate the despotic ruleof Russia, he became the leader in a rebel-lion against the czar, and when defeated, butnot subdued, he came to America—theland of the free and the home of the he married the sister of Governor In-slip. of the colony of Virginia, and amongtheir descendants was Harvey Sodowsky. abrother of the-subject of this review. In. LIBRARY OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS THE -BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 259 the course of years representatives of tliefamily changed the speUing of the name, in-cluding the brothers of our subject. Twoof these brothers, ^^illiam and Al)rahaniSandusk}, are now prominent farmers andstockmen of Carroll township. \ermilioncounty. Harvey Sodowsky, however, re-tained the ancestral spelling of the familyname. The sjjirit which led James emigrant, first to fight for liberty andthen come to America has been manifest inhis descendants throughout succeedinggenerations. It was shown by the Sodow-skys who fought for the liberty of the colo-nists of the new world, and how their heartsmust have rejoiced at the glorious outcomeof the struggle; it was again shown by gal-lant soldiers of the name in the war of1812; and in the subjugation of the westernwilderness they bore a part. Daniel Booneopened the gates of Kentucky and soon hewas foll
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