. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . he ageof forty-one years. Her parents were Aaronand Susan (Proctor) Brigham. the former afarmer by occupation. Unto Mr. and were born nine children, including John,who resides near Coffeen. Illinois: Arthur, whois living at Wares Grove; David, who makeshis home in the same locality; Lyman, who re-sides on the old homestead; Beulah. the wifeof Albert Chickering, of New Hampshire: andEmma, the wife of Jesse Osborn, who is liv-ing five miles north of Hillsboro. In L872 was again married, bis second unionbeing with Mrs. Catharine
. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . he ageof forty-one years. Her parents were Aaronand Susan (Proctor) Brigham. the former afarmer by occupation. Unto Mr. and were born nine children, including John,who resides near Coffeen. Illinois: Arthur, whois living at Wares Grove; David, who makeshis home in the same locality; Lyman, who re-sides on the old homestead; Beulah. the wifeof Albert Chickering, of New Hampshire: andEmma, the wife of Jesse Osborn, who is liv-ing five miles north of Hillsboro. In L872 was again married, bis second unionbeing with Mrs. Catharine (Dryer) Wiley, thewidow of Robert Wiley. She was born in Hills-boro in 1829 ami was a daughter of John andMary Dryer, who came to Montgomery countyprior to 1824 and settled in Hillsboro. remov-ing to the west from New York. He was awheelwright by trade, ami after coming to thewest also engaged in farming. On remov-ing from Hillsboro he took- up his abode atSt. John. Illinois, where he resided for threeor four years, and finallv his death occurred. W. H. WILEY MES. OEA .1. (WILEY) LIPE MES. CATHAEINE ( DEYEE) WAEECOEYDON CLYDE LIPE LIBRARY OF THE DIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PAST AND PRESENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY 107 in Montgomery comity, about six milesnorth of Hillsboro. March 21, 1844. His wifebore the maiden name of Mary Nusman andwas a daughter of John Nusman, the first set-tler of Hillsboro and the builder of the firstcabin in the town. He, too, was a wheelwrightand farmer. Mrs. Wares grandmother foundthe first spring in Hillsboro, the one which nowfurnishes water for the city. By her first marriage Mrs. Ware had sevenchildren, of whom three are now living: SadieE., who is engaged in teaching school in Sa-lida, Colorado; \V. II. Wiley, who makes hishome in Butler Grove township; and Hattie,the wife of Charles Mann, of Lincoln, Ne-braska. Mrs. Ware is a member of the Meth-odist Episcopal church and is well known inMontgomery county, being a representative ofone of its honored pion
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