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| | The History of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois |
 | | James D. Perryman, son of John and Ann Perryman, was the first child born in th e city, and John, a young son of the same parents, was the first death that occurred. |
 | | James Vanhise, father of the subject of this sketch, was born and raised in Sbenandoah county, Virginia, and married Nancy Winstead, who w as of English descent. |
 | | Kirkwood is a democrat, and has voted the democratic ticket from 1832, when he supported Jackson for President, except in 1864, when he voted for Lincoln, thinking that he could thus best contribute to the suppression of the re bellion. |
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