SQUIRES, Zacharia
Death of Z. SQUIRES -- Mr. Zachariah SQUIRES died Feb. 8 at his home in Aurora, (Kane County, IL) after a lingering illness, aged 86 years and 8 months. He was an uncle of Lawyer C. H. MORE, of this city (Batavia, Kane Co, IL), who attended the funeral, Saturday.
Mr. SQUIRES was born in Virgil, Cortland Co., N. Y., and was brought up at farming in his eastern home. He came west in 1847 locating on a farm in Big Rock, this county. In 1855 he located in Aurora, entering the lumber firm of Hackney & Gardner and has lived there ever since. Funeral was held at the house, No. 365 Lincoln Avenue, Saturday afternoon, at 1:30 o’clock. [Source: Batavia Herald, 15 February, 1894 - Submitted by K.T.]