Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

620 BIOGICAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
shoulct bring. Of the ten children born to 3Ir. and Nrs. &IcBocock, six
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are living, nainely : Tllolnns J., Willialn C., Abig~ii J., wido~; of
Jefferson Francis, SLLTILI~ M., wife of Fretlerick Deit wlg, Jn~nes S., and
Alvn E., a11 residents of tile to\vnsllil) ~vhere their fntller settled in '54,
and where tlre~r plaev\. to 111 :mhootl :~11;l ~voma~~hoocl. The -hther of this
large fi~irlilv \;;as, in po1itic;rl life, an uncontlitioonl Repnbliciln. For
sixteen vegrs he llelrl tlre office of i~stice of the pence, ant1 for thirteen
pears, sGccessi vel, a in em be^ of the superr isor's board. F~*oln '61 to
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btt he was n melnbera of tlle TTnion League, and by his ~visdon~ and
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prutlence aicletl in averting mob ~ ~LIIT i~l~d in subduin the tlevices of nntllinltina
inen. w110 woulclul~lacken a paoud ~aecolatl Gy resort to capital
punisl~ment for Illere svnrl)atliy IV i tll the i*ebellior;. Thougll unconnected
wit1ll allv ~~eli~io~~s botly, he was a, f~iencl to all Cllristian forl~ls,
ant1 in his life IG~LS stlblctl \r irlorill. His wid0\\7. Mrs. Eliznl)etl~ McBocock.
resides on tlre ilo~lreste;~;I, i~lltl li Ite her ir nsl;and, is -possessetl of tl~ose
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qualities wlr iclr \r in success ;mtl esteem.
Bbij(th Bococ~X~, a native of Tri~ginia, move(] to Ilighlz~ntl connty, 0.,
with his ~~r-i~~ents in llis voutlr. On July 18. '22. he nr:ttrrietl Niss 13s~bara
~ cinnev. k \\rllosew'narell ts catme frh111 krelancl earlv in the Ilistorv
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of this co~nltry. To tlds ini~la~*iage were born seven clGlclren, nan1elf:
IIannnlr M., who nlarrietl Sale111 I~oiits, now of ir i~ colmnon co~int~~~~'sclrool education ;
\\rolaking(311 the f;in~r tl~~l~ing, the s11111111e~ illld attending scliool tlaring
the \r inter. In '5 T 11c III:LI~I~IC(~ E:ler-ino~* Ill., daugllter of I>ougun ant1
8arttl1 (I I utcllisoli) 1:ou ts, ;I ncl o*~antltlaaghter of Jacob anti Ele:r.nor
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