by GrundyILGW | Jul 13, 2015 | Biographies
Zelotes J. Andrews, farmer, P. O. Gardner, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., July 7, 1840, son of William S. and Amanda (Convis) Andrews, natives of New York State; the father was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1878, aged seventy-eight years; the mother, who is...
by GrundyILGW | Jun 20, 2015 | Biographies
The farmer of today faces many problems. While the price paid for farm products has increased, the cost of labor has risen, and the difficulty of marketing multiplied. The agriculturalist is not now content to trust to luck in his operations, for they cost too much,...
by GrundyILGW | Jun 20, 2015 | Biographies
The progressive agriculturalist of today is recognizing the profits to be realized from intelligent specialization along some particular line, and as there is such heavy demand for first class poultry, a number of the Grundy County farmers are devoting considerable...
by GrundyILGW | Jun 20, 2015 | Biographies
Christ Anderson is supervisor of Garfield Township, has held his present responsible position for the past decade, during which period he has exerted himself to bring about a general betterment of existing conditions without entailing too heavy an advance in taxes....
by GrundyILGW | Jun 20, 2015 | Biographies
Charles G. Anderson is a member of the firm known as the Anderson Lumber Company of Coal City, is rightly numbered among the most aggressive business men of Grundy County. He was born at Braceville, Ill., January 26, 1872, a son of Frederick and Johanna Anderson,...
by GrundyILGW | Jun 20, 2015 | Biographies
Axel Anderson is a junior member of the firm of brothers operating under the name of The Anderson Lumber Company, has been an important factor in the business of Coal City for some years. He was born at Braceville, Illinois, February 5, 1879, a son of Frederick and...
by GrundyILGW | Jun 20, 2015 | Biographies
It is remarkable how readily Grundy County land responds to care bestowed upon it, and as nearly all of the agriculturalists here are men of progressive ideas who are eager to improve their property according to the latest scientific methods, there are few farms...
by GrundyILGW | Jun 20, 2015 | Biographies
James Anderson, retired, Verona, is a native of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, born May 27, 1817, son of Andrew and Elizabeth Anderson, of Ireland, who came to the United States in 1793, he being then but three years old. When subject was nine years old, his parents...
by GrundyILGW | Jun 20, 2015 | Biographies
For more than fifteen years Andrew Anderson has been a resident of Emmet county, where he has a large and well developed farm property, regarded as one of the finest farms of his section of the state. In March, 1917, however, he retired to Estherville, there to spend...
by GrundyILGW | Jun 20, 2015 | Biographies
There is no doubt but that the medical profession is keeping pace with the wonderful twentieth century advancement, for there has been more progress in it during the past half a century than in all the ages of the world’s history prior to this period. The modern...
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