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469 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENC'ES<br />

t'ablished a shoernnl~er's shop here, but after a sllort time took up a,<br />

clalirn of 160 acres iu Elmira to~rnsllip, or1 Section 36 ; renl;~ined there<br />

for elevt.11 year~,~\rllen he purcllasecl SO acres on Seetioil 34, wlleic he<br />

resiclecl until his tleatll, Feb~aoa.ry :-I, 1873. Ilis \vile died Aug~~st 4,<br />

1878. EIer father was :L soltlier of 1812 Jmlnes Cinnanloiln, alter 1-1 is<br />

marriage, ~eln:~illetl at J,,zcon n le\r yeiLrs, illovctd in Apiail, 1857. to El-<br />

111ira towns11 ip, lju~*cllnsecl So acres on Section 33, anti far~ned up to<br />

1861, 1v1lc.n he, being a lue~rlber of the (' E1lnir:t Rifles," was ~uilsteretl<br />

into the Unitetl States service on June 17, wit11 Coll~pmy C, Nineteentll<br />

<strong>Illinois</strong> \'olunteer infantry, seri-etl ~lntil ulrrsteretl out JLII~<br />

9, 4 IIe resumled Fn~ming here that \re;lia, and 11o\\~ owns 463 acres<br />

of land in this to\vnsliip. MY. C. is al iloyul Albcll hlason, snplmrts<br />

the I'resbg terian cl~urcll, a1 t houglr not a helnbe~, 11 as se~retl seve~*al<br />

tc~~n~s as school cliiaector, T\~:IS Col~m~n~ntler of James pT:tcl

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