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| | McDonough County, Illinois, Macomb Township, Bardolph |
 | | In the spring of 1877, the institution was reorganized as a joint stock company, with a capital stock of $60,000, divided in shares of $100 each. |
 | | The land was raw prairie, but in the spring of 1855, he broke up 80 acres, and sowed it in spring wheat, and shipped the first grain, 1,000 bushels of wheat, ever shipped from Bushnell, for which he received $1 per bushel. |
 | | In the spring of 1858, he went to Kansas, locating on a farm, but illhealth compelled him, after a year's residence there, to return to Illinois, and in the spring of 1859, he, in company with his father, engaged in mercantile business in Bushnell, where he remained until August, 1861, when he assisted Captain G. |
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