SAMUEL DURSTON

Son of James Durston, was born in this township June 10, 1847, was brought up on his f'ather's farm with such common school advantages as the eountl y afforded, to which he added a course in a commercial school in Monmouth. April 23, 1874, he married Miss Emma Morton, who was born in Peoria county, Illinois, August 22, 1855.

Her parents were natives of the Isle of Man. Her mother and one sister reside in Galva, Illinois, another sister in Aledo. Illinois, and a brother resides in Joliet, this state. They have two children, Lora, born March 19, 1875; and Jeanie, born April 19, 1880.

They are members of the Wesleyan Methodist church of Hopewell, his father being one of the original members of the church when it was organized at Oxford in 1847 His farm consists of 100 acres and embraces the old homestead that his father improved forty years ago. In politics he is republican.

 

 

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