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McCANN, THOMAS, blacksmith and dealer in agricultural implements, hitching grounds White Hall, Ill.; was born in Canada West, March, 1843. At twenty-one he emigrated to Greene County, locating at White Hall; he had learned the trade of blacksmithing in Canada; in 1870 he bought out a party by the name of Fuller, and started in for business, at first in a small way, but soon his skill as a workman became known and orders for work began to come in rapidly. Perceiving the trouble that farmers here were frequently put to in the purchase of first-class agricultural machinery, he became local agent for all leading farm machinery, Studebaker wagons, etc., etc. In addition to this Mr. McCann himself makes wagons and plows to order, and, in fact, does a general blacksmithing business; horseshoeing a specialty. In 1865 he was married to Miss Julia E. Potts, a daughter of Dr. Potts; there are two children.