History of Lee County, Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

306 HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY
Americau Medical Association and she is also a member of the Lee
County and the Illinois State Medical Societies. She has largely
specialized in the treatment of diseases of children and is a recognized
authority on many points relative thereto. Articles which
she has written have appeared in various leading medical jour-
nals of the country and many prominent men of the profession
have borne testimony as to their merits. She has ever held to the
highest professional standards and step by step has advanced to a
conspicuous, prominent and honorable position in the ranks of the
medical profession in Illinois.
HARRY J. NASS.
Harry J. Nass is the owner of a well improved farm in Bradford
township, situated on sections 11 and 12. It comprises two
hundred and forty acres and the greater part of the land is now
in a high state of cultivation, its neat and attractive appearance
indicating the careful supervision of the owner. Havvy J. Nass
was born in the township in which he still makes his home on the
11th of February, 1871, and is a son of John and Augusta Nass.
both of whom were natives of Germany, but came to America in
early life. They located upon a farm in Bradford township, and
the father has since been a resident of Illinois, now living retired
in Ashton, where the mother passed away.
Upon the old homestead farm in Bradford township Harry J.
Nass was reared and was early trained to the best methods of tilling
the soil and caring for the crops. He pursued his education
in the disti'ict schools near his father's home and remained with
his parents until twenty-five years of age, when, ambitious to
start out in life on his own accoimt, he rented a farm for three
years. During that period he carefully saved his earnings and
his industry and close economy at length enabled him to purchase
a farm. He invested in two himdred and forty acres on
sections 11 and 12, Bradford township, where he now resides, and
he has since given his time and attention to the further improvement
of the place. He rebuilt and remodeled the buildings and
also erected some new ones, and the farm today is a splendidlv
improved property, everything about the place indicating his
careful supervision and progressive methods.