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J. C. English
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History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its
Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil,
Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and
Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 433, Astoria Township
J. C. English, boot and shoe-maker. James C. English is a
native of Indiana, where he was born in 1856. His father, John
English, was born in Belmont Co., O., where he followed farming to some
extent; and having a liberal education, at the early age of 16 became a
teacher in the public schools. During the fall of 1864 he moved
to Illinois, locating in Astoria, where he opened a boot and shoe
store, having acquired the trade in Indiana. Here he has gained a
reputation as a superior workman, and no one is more universally
respected in the community.
submitted by Carla Finley
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