. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . MRS. E. F. CANADAY. E. F. CAN AD AY OF TH£ OF ILLINOIS PAST AXD PRESENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY 77 former a native of Alton, [llinois, and thelatter of Edwardsville, this state. The Cana-day home is a hospitable one and is a Favoriteresorl with their many friends. Mr. Canadayvotes with the Democracy, but has never soughtor desired office, preferring to erive his undi-vided attention to his business interests. JACOB M. ELWELL. Jacob M. Elwell, who built the first framehouse on the prairie on which the town ofPana has been founded—a hou
. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . MRS. E. F. CANADAY. E. F. CAN AD AY OF TH£ OF ILLINOIS PAST AXD PRESENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY 77 former a native of Alton, [llinois, and thelatter of Edwardsville, this state. The Cana-day home is a hospitable one and is a Favoriteresorl with their many friends. Mr. Canadayvotes with the Democracy, but has never soughtor desired office, preferring to erive his undi-vided attention to his business interests. JACOB M. ELWELL. Jacob M. Elwell, who built the first framehouse on the prairie on which the town ofPana has been founded—a house which is stillstanding as one of the landmarks of pioneertimes—has been closely associated in helpfulmanner with the upbuilding and progress ofthis portion of Montgomery county. He wasborn May 1, 1832, in Bridgeton, New Jersey,a son of William and Catherine (Miller) El-well. The father was of English lineage, whilethe mother was descended from a family fromnorthern Germany. Both, however, New Jersey, and the father, who through-out his entire life
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