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THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 619When he located here tlie country was allwild and unsettled and game was ahundant.He assisted in organizing his township anilcounty, and bore an active part in the workof development and progress. In politics hewas a Democrat. For many years he devotedhis time and attention to the improvementand cultivation of his farm, but spent hislast days in retirement from active labor inEureka, where his death occurred in 1884.His wife died in that city the same year. Tothem were born nine children; li\e fwhom are still living, namely: Jesse, whoresides near Normal. McLean county: W'illiani.who served three vears in the Civil warand is now a resident of Btoomington. Illinois:Joseph, who is living near Kappa, inWoodford county; E. L., our subject: andMrs. Mary Fr)e, of Eureka.On the home farm ]•'.. L. McClintockpassed his boyhood and xouth. early becomingfamiliar with every department oi farmwork, and accpiiring his literary educationin the district schools of the neighlx)rh(jo(l..He now owns and t>perates the old homestead,which is a well-improved farm ofsixty-five acres, besides forty more whichhe has added, on which he has erected rigood residence. He is engaged in generalfarming and stock raising, and is meetingwith well-deserved success in his labors.In 1872 in Olio township, Mr. McClintockled to the marriage altar Miss MaryBullington, a native of Indiana, and a daughterof John and Catharine (Mater) Bullingt(jn,the father a native of Kentucky, and themother of Ohio, who at an early day came toWoodford county, Ilinois, and located permenentlyin this county, about i860, wherethe father died in 1890, but the mother is stillliving at the age of eighty-four years, andfintls a i)leasant home with our subject. Hisbrother. Robert Bullington. was one of theearly pioneers of the county, and is now deceased.Mr. and Mrs. McClintock have threechildren : Jennie, Mabel and Edna. In hispolitical aftiliatit)ns Mr. McClintock is aDemocrat, and he has efficiently served as amember of the school board in his district.He takes an active interest in public affairsand gives his support to all measures whichhe believes will in any way benefit his communitv.nox. .\.H. brlt..\ki-:r.Honored .'uid res]>ected by all. there isno man in Woodford county who occupiesa more envial)le imsition than A. H. Brubaker.of llenson. not alone on account of thel)rilliant success he has achieved, but also onaccount of the honorable and straightforward])t)licy he has ever followed. Formany years he was actively identified withthe Intsiness and ix)litical interests of thecount}-, but is now li\ing a retired life at hisbeautiful home in Benson.Mr. Brubaker was bom in Little Cone.stogaCreek, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania,April 1 1, 1833, and is a son of Jacob B. and.\nna ( Huber) Brubaker, who Ijelonged toan old colonial family of Swiss origin. Theirdescendants are now scattered throughout\'irginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,Canada and the west.Farming has alwaysbeen the principal occupation of thefamily. Longevity is numbered among itscharacteristics. Our subject's paternalgrandfather was eighty-seven years of ageat the time of his death, and his father diedat our subject's home in Benson, August2. 1895, ''t the same age.The early education of A. H. Brubakerwas limited to a short attendance at the pub-