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 860, Pleasant Township
J. N. McLaren, blacksmith, was born in Illinois May 17, 1845;
farmed until 18 years of age, since which time he has followed
blacksmithing; came to Ipava in 1873; has been Constable two terms,
member of the Town Board one term; in 1870, married Jennie Davy, who
was born in 1851; has 3 children, 2 now living, - Daisy B. and Frank N.
Enlisted in 1863, in Co. C., 151st Ill. Inf., and served one year. He
is an Odd Fellow and a member of the Christian Church.
