I.C. KILLION, a prominent farmer near Oakland, was born in Manard County, Illinois, December 3, 1855, the son of Isaiah and Dorcas (Montgomery) Killion, the former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of Gibson County, Indiana. The parents were married in Menard County, and reared a family of six children. The father died in that county in 1876; he had been a farmer all his life; was a Republican politically; and religiously was a member of the Baptist Church. The mother came to Washington Township, Pottawattamie County, in 1879, where she still lives with her son, Marion.

Our subject was reared in Menard County, and in 1878 came to Pottawattamie County. In 1880 he settled on his present farm, which consists of sixty-three acres of rich land, and on which he has erected a comfortable cottage, and has also made other improvements.

Mr. Killion was married in this county March 18, 1883, to Miss Eliza Rhodes, a native of New York State, and the daughter of Fred and Hannah (Briggs) Rhodes, natives of Germany. The father is now a retired farmer near Oakland. Mr. and Mrs. Killion have had four children, only one of whom survives, Elmer C., born October 14, 1890. In politics Mr. Killion is a Republican, and Mrs. Killion is a member of the Evangelical Church.