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E. H. WARD, farmer; P. O. Potosi; was born Sept. 27, 1820, in New York; he went from New York to Pennsylvania, and, when quite young, engaged in driving a team for a lumber dealer; when 18 years old, he went to Ohio and engaged in farming; in 1849, he moved to Kendall Co., Ill., and began on farm, working by the month, at $10 to $14 per month. In 1850, he was married to Ruth Brown, of Ohio; he remained with his father-in-law a year, raising tobacco; in 1852, he moved to Kendall Co., Ill., and was engaged in farming seven years, renting four years; he then bought eighty acres, which he traded for 160 acres in McLean Co., remaining on that six years; he then sold out and bought the present farm of 160 acres. He has been Commissioner twelve terms. They have seven children — Benjamin, now a missionary in India; Willie, born Dec. 16, 1855; Henry, March 16, 1858; Albert, Jan 14, 1861; Arthur, Jan. 19, 1863; John Logan, April 28, 1865; Nannie, Jan. 17, 1870. His wife’s father, Charles Brown, was one of the first captains on Lake Erie.