Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

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state legislature, serving there tvo years ; has fillecl nlany township
offices, assessor, road commissioner, scllool trustee, and at firesent is a
nie~l~ber of the County md Congressional Eepublican Centrd Co~nnitt
tees ; is a great lover of his to\~~nsliip and county and their institutions,
botfild to them by lnany ties. In social matters al\~\.ays ready
to assist). Is it hfilson itntl one of tlre charter lneil~be~s of the UratlforcI
Lodge of I. 0. 0. F. Ilas a ft~mily of seven cllildren, naniely : Cllnrles
W., wllo in:~rrietl Xiss Laura Marl;limd ; 1:rancis N.: \\-llo mirrried Miss
Anna Ahl~ler ; Eobert I,., Ellurna I,., Snrall 8.) Cyrns O., and C'larence
E., vrlio reside at 11olnc. Is not :L luen~ber of any CIIUI~CII but is ever
ready to give 1lei~~'t~ sllpl)o~t to all.
YXorrcccs J .13oc.o(.i~. lionl in Fulton county, Ill., July 13, '50. is t.lle son
of Itobert llc. all tl ICli;..;~.betll (Ctll ton) I!crcocl;. \rl~osc i~istoib,v is gi ven
in this clrt~pter. Mr. 1:oco~li laeceirctl a yam lilse~sal etlncatlon in the
tlistricl; sclluols ;~ntl;~t
tl~u Soi.ln;tl I' lli verii t)-, l:looll~ingt on, Ill. In
'54 1le r~ccounl~anictl his i);~~~e~~ts to this corunty, resitlet1 at holne until
of age aln(1 ill '73 illi\lal*ie;l Miss Fri~nces, tl;i~~g:.l~ter of doll11 JV. and U1.y
(Uirtl) I'~*octoih. ]la t i yes of Illinois ant1 Ken tncly, resl~ect.i\-ely, Iler .
lu;ltelan;ll gt*:~ntlp;rl~cn ts being ITirgillianls. During the vear ' 73-2,
Illla. -130~0cli engag*etl i 11 falam lng I~ere. lrluretl to i\la~slldl coun tjT in
7 - 44, resided t11el.c 1'01~ two vetlrs, ~rllen he l~ulacllasetl eig11tr acres on
section 33, Pcnn, ~vlle~e ire has rcsicietl ul) to bile p~esell t tnttk, co~q>lii~g
wit11 his Falwi ant1 stock g:.,.on~i 11g ill tdrests tire opc~a;~t.ion of fa.1-111
L C e l 1)11ring the wi ntor of' 'Sii-'i Eorinetl l~a~tnelasllil, \ri th W.
Scott c!k (10. in i)uymg and slr ipping of sto~k. Mr. ant1 i\llls. Bococli
are the parents of foo~ clliltlren : Cora l~st~ella born December 19,
'75, tlietl C)ctober 31, '78; Otis Lester born Septeillber S, '79; Icloytl G.,
1)ecember 5, 'SI; Fatillla, bo1.n May 31, '$5. (Cora ant1 Otis are known
by midtlle names). Politic;~lly, Itepublici~n. IIe has talten niuch interest
in all :~ffaiis rc1a.ting to his to~rllsllip. For niue p u s he has
served as scllool tlilaector and is sewing ;ts roatl coltrnlissioner in sixth
year, is :L st~ckllol(ler in the Sta1.1; Cloun tv ('en t13;il ~Igl~icul t~trill Society
antl has 11~lcl inlljol*tirnt ofices in t1~1.t i;otly, ~vllile in societv nlatters
is a meulbei* of 3. 1". anti A. 31. ~,otlgi, 30. 479, ~volilin~, 111.
Wllile tlloronglllg Christian like, Ile is not bout~d by any dkno~ninat~ion,
his name inny 11; fou~lcl i1ial1)~ t1ilnos ;mlong t tlle sul)l)orters of a11 our
cllurches :I 11 tl l)el~evolent soeiet ics.
IITilli(cj~~ C,)L/,S UOCOI;~, born in l:~llton t*ixlnt\r, Ili., &[i~y 4. 1S54, is
the son of ilobert Mc. anti Eliz;~l~etll (Colto~l) ~dcock, :mci glt~ntlson of
Eli jah antl 1:a.rl)ixn~ (Jlcl