Early Residents of Eppards Point, Illinois

ASHLEY, Oshom, b. Jan. 24, 1844, farmer, Justice of the Peace, 1878

CHAPMAN, Edwin O., b. May 14, 1835 in Lancaster, England, agent of the Chicago & Alton RR at Cayuga, 1888

COTREL, Andrew, b. May 24, 1830, farmer, 1878

DILLON, Edwin, b. Oct. 19, 1839. Successful farmer using tile to drain his acreage, 1888

FRANTZ, Hon. Henry J., b. Feb. 7, 1834, member of ILL legislature, owned elevator, farmer, 1888

GREEN, John E., b. Oct. 9, 1833, farmer, 1878

GUTHRIE, John N., b. Feb. 21, 1828, Supt. Of the Asylum for the Poor of Livingston County, 1888

HEWITT, William R., b. Feb. 4, 1836, farmers, stock raiser, 1888

JUMP, John D., b. July 23, 1835, farmer, 1878

KIRKPATRICK, James, b. May 20, 1829, farmer, raising orphan daughter Carrie M. Loveless, d/o Ira & Pamela Loveless, 1878

LAYCOCK, John W., b. May  27, 1827, farmer, 1878

LeDUC, Louis Francis, b. 1821 in France, in the French revolution, farmer, writer, 1888

MACY, Reuben, b. July 22, 1812, farmer and grain dealer, 1878

McCLINTOCK, John Thomas, b. Sept. 19, 1819, Farmer, 1888, 1878

MYER, Benjamin F., b. Oct. 18, 1841, farmer, 1878

MYER, Charles F., b. Feb. 7, 1847, farmer, 1878

MYER, Judge Eli, b. Oct. 18, 1796, associate judge, Treasurer of the township, pioneer of township, 1896

MYER, Joseph, E., b. Sept. 28, 1836, Civil War Vet., farmer, 1888, 1878

MYER, Nelson, J. b. July 30, 1851, farmer, 1878

MYER, Samuel G. b. J;uly 26, 1844, farmer, 1878

MYER, William A., b. Dec. 31, 1833, farmer, 1888, 1878

NICHOLS, J. H., b. Ma;y 31, 1836, farmer, 1878

PAYNE, S. L., b. Jan. 29, 1811, farmer, 1878

RUTZ, William, b. March 31, 1856, farmer, dealer in live cattle, 1888

ST. JOHN, John, b. March 29, 1819, farmer, 1878

STAFFORD, Washington, b. Sept. 5, 1820 in Va., farmer. Photo, 1888

THOMAS, Joseph S., b. Aug. 14, 1831, farmer, photo of farm, 1888, 1878

THOMAS, Rev. Joseph, b. Nov. 4, 1815, organized Christian (New Light) Church in Pontiac, 1878

WADE, John, b. Sept. 25, 1840 farmer, 1888

WAGENER, W. H., b. Nov. 19, 1819, farmer, 1878

WOODBURY, Hilton, b. Dec. 3, 1843, Overseer of Poor Farm, 1878