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C. J. W. McNEMAR, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 4; P. O. Lexington; born in Hardy (now Grant) Co., W. Va., May 12, 1836, where he resided until the fall of 1857; then removed to Illinois, locating in McLean Co. at Lexington; came to his present home in January, 1859; was engaged in farming in Gridley Township from 1863 to 1866; owns 270 acres of land in Money Creek and Gridley Townships. Married, in 1861, Miss Mary E. Pirtle, who was born in Indiana; her father’s family removed to Illinois in 1849; they have had eight children, seven of whom are living — Osceola, Estella, Hattie A., Ida E., Noah B., Eva and Christian E.; lost one, John T., died April 5, 1877. Mr. Thomas J. Pirtle was born in Kentucky March 22, 1812; afterward removed to Owen Co., Ind., where he was married in 1837 to Miss Elizabeth McNaught, who was born in Owen Co., Ind., March 1, 1818. In the spring of 1849, the family removed to Illinois, locating on the farm where his widow, Mrs. Pirtle, now resides; her husband died in 1865; they had seven children, five of whom are living — Sarah C. (wife of A. Ogden), Mary E. (wife of C. J. W. McNemar), Ezra S., James B. and Thomas M.