History of Lee County, Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY 437
Amboy. He is recognized as a young man of superior professional
attainments and the work he has already accomplished
refieets great credit upon his industry, capacity and ability.
In Marquette, Michigan, on the 11th of October, 1905, Mr.
Egan married Mss Lottie Pendill, a daughter of Frank and
Mary (Mitchell) Pendill. The former was for many years a
well known druggist of Marquette and he died in that city in
January, 1912. Mr. and Mrs. Egan have a daughter, M. Jane,
who is five years of age.
Mr. Egan is a member of the Roman Catholic church and is
connected fraternally with the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks of Dixon. He is independent in his political views and inter-
ested in public affairs, although not active as an office seeker.
He is a young man of energy, resource and capacity and he will
undoubtedly be carried forward into still more important pro-
fessional relations.
SAMUEL P. ZELLER.
Samuel P. Zeller, who is filling the position of assessor in
Ashton township and is also serving on the school board of Ash-
ton, is one of the representative business men of Lee county, hav-
ing conducted large and important interests. In earlier life he
was connected with the grain and lumber business, and he is now
engaged in the feed business, handling from fifteen to twenty
thousand bushels annually. A native of Ohio, his birth occurred
in "Warren county, June 5, 1853, his parents being Andrew P.
and Maria (Flickinger) Zeller, both of whom were natives of
Ohio. Avhere their entire lives were passed. They had a family of
nine children, of whom three are living.
Samuel P. Zeller remained upon the old homestead until he
had attained his majority. He then went to Iowa, where he
engaged in the grain and lumber business for a year. On the
expiration of that period he sold ovit and returned to Ohio, where
he engaged in farming for a period of seven years. He next came
to Lee county, Illinois, and engaged in the grain and lumber busi-
ness for fifteen years, when he sold out. He was afterward located
in Sterling, Illinois, in the same business for a short time but in
1902 came to Ashton, where he has since made his home. Here
he embarked in the feed business, handling from fifteen to twenty