The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . iIcFerren sought a more western dis-trict than that in which he had been reared,as a field of business activity, realizing thatthe new but rapidly developing sections ofthe country offered the best opportunities tothe ambitious young man. .Accordingly hecame to Hoopeston in 1871 and from thatdate to the present the town has been largelyindebted to him for its promotion. Not onlyin Ijusiness matters, Init as its chief executiveand as a private citizen has he labored forher welfare, interested in all that has pro-moted advancement along mat
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . iIcFerren sought a more western dis-trict than that in which he had been reared,as a field of business activity, realizing thatthe new but rapidly developing sections ofthe country offered the best opportunities tothe ambitious young man. .Accordingly hecame to Hoopeston in 1871 and from thatdate to the present the town has been largelyindebted to him for its promotion. Not onlyin Ijusiness matters, Init as its chief executiveand as a private citizen has he labored forher welfare, interested in all that has pro-moted advancement along material, social,intellectual and moral lines. At the sametime he has controlled business affairs ofmagnitude. He first became associated withT. \V. Chamberlin in 1882 in fdunding apri\ale bank in Hoopestdti and later, pur-.
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