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JEREMIAH WHITCOMB, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Bloomington; one of the old settlers of McLean Co., Ill.; was born in Vermilion Co., Ill., Jan. 10, 1839; his father, Francis, was born in Grafton Co., N. H., Jan. 28, 1786; he emigrated West and located in Indiana in 1814 or 1815, and came to the Territory of Illinois in 1816, and located near Danville, Vermilion Co., where he engaged in the manufacture of salt; after which, he followed farming until 1849, when he located in what is now Old Town Township, McLean Co., where he purchased 300 acres in Sec. 21, upon which he settled; he afterward added by purchase until he had accumulated upward of 700 acres in this and Padua Township. He married in Vermilion Co., Ill., to Jane Evans; she was born in Ohio in 1804; they were the parents of nine children, of whom six are now living. Mr. W. died upon the home farm Jan. 16, 1872. Mrs. W. now lives with her son — Jeremiah, at the advanced age of 75 years. The subject of this sketch came to McLean Co. with his parents in 1849 and has lived upon the home farm for a period of thirty years, where he owns 160 acres with good buildings. He married upon the 27th of February, 1862, Lucinda Rodman; she was born in Ohio; they have four children now living — Sylvia A., Lillie M., William A. and Mary F. Mr. W. has had his full share of petty offices; has held the office of School Trustee for seven years; Town Clerk two years, and is now Justice of the Peace.