(spelling) = "Harvey"?
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Husband of Elizabeth (Hogsett)-McCormick.
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Son of Booth & Phoebe (Wheaton)-McCormick.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Harvey McCormick, farmer, and stock raiser, sec. 9; P.O. Vermont. Mr. McCormick ranks among the prominent farmers of Fulton Co., He was born in Fayette Co., Pa., 33 miles above Pittsburg, April 30, 1819. His father, Booth McCormick, came from Ireland in an early day and settled in New Jersey, where he married Miss Phoebe Wheaton by whom he has had 11 children. During the early settlement of Pennsylvania, he located in Fayette Co. Owing to the limited means of his parents and the poor advantages, he received only a meager education; he has, however, by personal exertion and observation gained much knowledge. In 1845 he married Miss Elizabeth Hogsett, of Pa. He followed farming in Pa., and in 1853 came to Astoria tp., where he purchased 160 acres. He set to work in his Western home and soon displayed more than ordinary skill as a farmer. Step by step he accumulated land and other property, and now he owns over 800 acres of valuable land. Of the marriage above referred to 7 children were born,- Clark, Irwin, Amzie, Finley, Thomas B., Benton, Ella, and Ida.
SOURCE: History of Fulton county, Illinois, page 447 (of 1090 pages). 1879 - Chapman, Chas. C., & co., Peoria, Il.
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Note that Harvey's brother (Finley), married Ann Hogsett, a sister to his wife (Elizabeth Hogsett), i.e. the two McCormick brothers married two Hogsett sisters.
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Husband of Elizabeth (Hogsett)-McCormick.
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Son of Booth & Phoebe (Wheaton)-McCormick.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Harvey McCormick, farmer, and stock raiser, sec. 9; P.O. Vermont. Mr. McCormick ranks among the prominent farmers of Fulton Co., He was born in Fayette Co., Pa., 33 miles above Pittsburg, April 30, 1819. His father, Booth McCormick, came from Ireland in an early day and settled in New Jersey, where he married Miss Phoebe Wheaton by whom he has had 11 children. During the early settlement of Pennsylvania, he located in Fayette Co. Owing to the limited means of his parents and the poor advantages, he received only a meager education; he has, however, by personal exertion and observation gained much knowledge. In 1845 he married Miss Elizabeth Hogsett, of Pa. He followed farming in Pa., and in 1853 came to Astoria tp., where he purchased 160 acres. He set to work in his Western home and soon displayed more than ordinary skill as a farmer. Step by step he accumulated land and other property, and now he owns over 800 acres of valuable land. Of the marriage above referred to 7 children were born,- Clark, Irwin, Amzie, Finley, Thomas B., Benton, Ella, and Ida.
SOURCE: History of Fulton county, Illinois, page 447 (of 1090 pages). 1879 - Chapman, Chas. C., & co., Peoria, Il.
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Note that Harvey's brother (Finley), married Ann Hogsett, a sister to his wife (Elizabeth Hogsett), i.e. the two McCormick brothers married two Hogsett sisters.
(spelling) = "Harvey"?
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Husband of Elizabeth (Hogsett)-McCormick.
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Son of Booth & Phoebe (Wheaton)-McCormick.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Harvey McCormick, farmer, and stock raiser, sec. 9; P.O. Vermont. Mr. McCormick ranks among the prominent farmers of Fulton Co., He was born in Fayette Co., Pa., 33 miles above Pittsburg, April 30, 1819. His father, Booth McCormick, came from Ireland in an early day and settled in New Jersey, where he married Miss Phoebe Wheaton by whom he has had 11 children. During the early settlement of Pennsylvania, he located in Fayette Co. Owing to the limited means of his parents and the poor advantages, he received only a meager education; he has, however, by personal exertion and observation gained much knowledge. In 1845 he married Miss Elizabeth Hogsett, of Pa. He followed farming in Pa., and in 1853 came to Astoria tp., where he purchased 160 acres. He set to work in his Western home and soon displayed more than ordinary skill as a farmer. Step by step he accumulated land and other property, and now he owns over 800 acres of valuable land. Of the marriage above referred to 7 children were born,- Clark, Irwin, Amzie, Finley, Thomas B., Benton, Ella, and Ida.
SOURCE: History of Fulton county, Illinois, page 447 (of 1090 pages). 1879 - Chapman, Chas. C., & co., Peoria, Il.
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Note that Harvey's brother (Finley), married Ann Hogsett, a sister to his wife (Elizabeth Hogsett), i.e. the two McCormick brothers married two Hogsett sisters.
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Husband of Elizabeth (Hogsett)-McCormick.
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Son of Booth & Phoebe (Wheaton)-McCormick.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Harvey McCormick, farmer, and stock raiser, sec. 9; P.O. Vermont. Mr. McCormick ranks among the prominent farmers of Fulton Co., He was born in Fayette Co., Pa., 33 miles above Pittsburg, April 30, 1819. His father, Booth McCormick, came from Ireland in an early day and settled in New Jersey, where he married Miss Phoebe Wheaton by whom he has had 11 children. During the early settlement of Pennsylvania, he located in Fayette Co. Owing to the limited means of his parents and the poor advantages, he received only a meager education; he has, however, by personal exertion and observation gained much knowledge. In 1845 he married Miss Elizabeth Hogsett, of Pa. He followed farming in Pa., and in 1853 came to Astoria tp., where he purchased 160 acres. He set to work in his Western home and soon displayed more than ordinary skill as a farmer. Step by step he accumulated land and other property, and now he owns over 800 acres of valuable land. Of the marriage above referred to 7 children were born,- Clark, Irwin, Amzie, Finley, Thomas B., Benton, Ella, and Ida.
SOURCE: History of Fulton county, Illinois, page 447 (of 1090 pages). 1879 - Chapman, Chas. C., & co., Peoria, Il.
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Note that Harvey's brother (Finley), married Ann Hogsett, a sister to his wife (Elizabeth Hogsett), i.e. the two McCormick brothers married two Hogsett sisters.
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