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SAMUEL HARVEY BORTIFF

Owner of 280 acres of choice farming land in Drury township, carries on general farming and specializes on raising hogs for the market, his place being known for this reason as the Woodrow Stock Farm. Mr. Boruff was born on this farm, June 5, 1869, a son of John and Mary (Doty) Boruff, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively. Mr. Boruff was married (first) to a Miss McGreer, and they became one of the pioneer families of Rock Island county, homesteading eighty acres of land in Drury township from the government, which property forms a portion of the present estate of Samuel Harvey Boruff. By his first marriage, Mr. Boruff had three children : William of Mercer county; Jackson of Iowa; and Aleck of Illinois. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Boruff married Mary Doty, and they had one child, Samuel Harvey Boruff. The father farmed his property until his death which occurred in 1904, his widow surviving him, making her home with her son. A strong democrat, the father was a leading politician of his day, and well known throughout Rock Island county.

Growing up on the homestead. Samuel Harvey Boruff learned to love the farm, and has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. His educational training was received in the district school of his neighborhood. His farm is one of the best in the township, as it not only is highly cultivated, but the improvements are many and modern. His residence is a model one, and his barns commodious and scientifically constructed, while his equipment comprises all the latest improved machinery and appliances.

In 1891, Mr. Boruff married Maggie Kennedy, born Sept., 1865, also born in Drury township. They have two children: Charles, born Aug. 6, 1892, and Boyd, born Sept. 18, 1897, both at home. While voting the democratic ticket on national and state affairs, in local matters, he is very liberal. For nine years, he has been an efficient member of the school board, and ,is a man whose word is as good as another's bond, and who is recognized as an authority upon all subjects pertaining to agricultural improvements.

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