Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

480 BIOQ~~ASHY AND REMINISCENCES
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all the labors of his pioneer fnther until 1816. On %!!arch 23 of that
year he marriecl Miss Icla &I., dallghter of William and Elizabeth
(Lyle) Perliins. In this year also he engagecl in agricultural ~vorl< for
himself, ancl continued solely on the farm until 1880, when he purchased
Fell cf: Starrett's ineat marliet at Toulon, which lle carried on
there for two years, ~neantime i~ttencling to his farm. On disposing oI
this market, he engagecl in buying ancl sllipping stock, and this business
he now carries on In connection with the farm of 352 acres. To Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle lour chilcl~eii were born : Nabel, in 1577, cliecl September
7, 1880; Gertrude, born Lleceinber 2S, lS78; I-Iorace B., July 1, 1SS1,
ancl Jailies Bartlette, June 29, 1883. Mr. Lyle has nlways been a Itepublican.
In religious lnatters lle supports every church neecling or
asking help; in business he is energetic ancl enterpising, ancl in social
and township afiLirs, like his parents, always prominent ancl reliable.
Ei'nley Xc~thison., an olcl settler of the township, referred to ill
other pages, died January 11, 1883, in his sixty-third year.
George 8. il/Ic~yzard, son of Ephraim and Betsy (Hubbnrcl) M:ynarel,
Tyas born in Franklin county, Vt., April 7, 1827. Ephraiin was tlle
son of an English emigrant, who settlecl at Oalihain, Mass., who on
account of lameness did not serve in the Revolution. In 1801 this
Ephrain~ reinovecl to Vermont (two years after his 1llarriig.e with Miss
I-Iubba.rd in Massachusetts), ancl was a farmer there until his cleath, in
August, lS56. Of his fifteen children, three are living : Nrs. Vashti
Field, of Fairfax, Vt. ; Cllarles T., of Eakersfield, Vt., and George S.,
namecl above. George S., on coming of age, entered a boot ancl shoe
factory at Westboro, remained there six years, and then niovecl to
Osceola township in 1853 or 1854. In tlle fall of 1856 he settlecl in
Minnesota, ancl far~necl there until tlle spring of 1868, when he settlecl
in Elmira, where he purcllased eighty acres, on section 26. In
August, 1566, he mar~ied Miss Esther A. Dugan, a native of ~IL~SS~Lchusetts,
of which State her parents mere also natives. Their children
are : Ilelen &I., now Mrs. F. J. Fuller, of Wyoming; Clara, also nlarriecl,
resicling at home, ancl Charles E., of this to\~rnshil. On February
26, 1868, Mr. ISiIaynarcl married Miss Rose, daughter of Jaines ancl
Jane (Woocls) I-Iamilton, natives of Vermont, ancl granddaughter of
Petiah and I-Iannah (I-Iallanan) Hamilton, of Maine and &iIassachusetts,
respectiveiy, and of Ebenezer Woocls, it solclier of the Revolution
and subsequently of the secret police or revenue force. To this union
three children were born, of whom Pearl II. ancl Cora A. are living.
E-Ie has been a Republican since 1856; he leans toward 31ethodisn1, but
is not a nleinber of any church: for over twelve years he has
served on the clistrict school board, ancl for years has been
connected with Bradford Lodge, 579, I. 0. 0. F. Mrs. Maynard is a
member of the Gaelic church of Elmira. In business affairs his excellent
farm and stock farm have claimed all his attention since his
second settlement in this county. Outsicle business, anything which
seems to affect the county, claiins his close study, and on its merits his
support or o position.
Donald 1 if cDonuld, born in Shielclag, Parish of A ~glecross, Rosshire,
Scotlancl, July 20, 1820, is the son of John ancl Ann ( 1 IcKenzie) XcDon-