Portrait and biographical record of Ford County, 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 . g in ; Alice is the wife of GeorgeDykes, an agriculturist of Illinois; F^lizabeth isthe wife of John Warner, whose sketch appearselsewhere in this work; Hannah is the wife of Ed-ward Owens, a farmer of AVall Township; Maria,who successfully engaged in teaching in Onargaand in Ford County, is now the wife of NelsonBuzick, farmer, by whom she has six c
Portrait and biographical record of Ford County, 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 . g in ; Alice is the wife of GeorgeDykes, an agriculturist of Illinois; F^lizabeth isthe wife of John Warner, whose sketch appearselsewhere in this work; Hannah is the wife of Ed-ward Owens, a farmer of AVall Township; Maria,who successfully engaged in teaching in Onargaand in Ford County, is now the wife of NelsonBuzick, farmer, by whom she has six children,namely: Earl, who aids his father in tiie farm work;Flora, a student in Onarga Seminary; Maiy, Jessie,John AV. and James. Mrs. Woolstoncroft diedMay 7, 1864, and was interred in Magnolia Ceme-tery, where a beautiful monument marks her lastresting place. In 1867, Mr. Woolstoncroft came to this countywith John Hunt, and purchased four hundredacres of raw land. The towns of Melvin and Rob-erts were not then laid out, wild game ot all kindswas plentiful and at that day one could not haverealized that such a rapid change was so st)on totake place. Our subject bought land at ^9 per acreand began the development of a fine farm. His.
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