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T. D. HARTSON, stock-dealer; another of the old settlers and natives of McLean Co., who is probably as well and favorably known as any farmer and stock-dealer in the county; he was born in 1836, and, during his early life, he had to depend upon his own resources for getting an education, as he was left an orphan at the age of 4 years; his people, who were natives of New England States, came West while much of Illinois was yet but sparsely settled and improved, his father being one of the first settlers of De Witt Co., and establishing the first store in that county in 1830. Mr. Hartson has spent most of his time in agricultural pursuits and stock-dealing; his farm of 200 acres is located five and one-half miles south of Bloomington, on Sec. 7, Randolph Township. He, for the past three years, has been President of the McLean County Agricultural Society, which has been organized for the past twenty-six years; he is always ready to help forward any enterprise that he deems for the public good, and is well known as one of the energetic, enterprising and thoroughly reliable citizens of McLean Co.