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NESBIT, ARCHIBALD, bakery and grocery, Main street, White Hall, Ill. Mr. Nesbit came to White Hall but a short time ago, but in that time has built up a large trade through his known skill and industry. He was born in the north of Ireland, April, 1835. The reader would, no doubt, from this statement, come to the conclusion that he was of Celtic origin. This is not the case, however, as his father was a Scotchman, while his mother was an English lady. After this necessary description, we now take up the thread of our discourse. At a youthful age young Nesbit left the home of his forefathers, and crossing the Atlantic landed in New York City, where he became apprenticed to the trade of a baker; he became a journeyman work man, and at the end of eight years moved to Litchfield Hill, Conn., where he took charge of a cracker bakery. From this point he went to Chicago, becoming foreman in a similar establishment. Going to Bloomington, he again superintended a large establishment; he then bought out a man by the name of Harvey, who owned a bakery, and for two years met with flattering success. This was destroyed in the big fire that devastated Bloomington, and he accordingly moved to Atlanta, Logan County, Ill.; in 1862 he went to Oregon, thence to California; stopping but a short time, came East to New York, thence to Monmouth, Ill. Ten years ago he came to White Hall, where he has a large run of custom in a first-class bakery. July 16, 1856, Mr. Nesbit was married to Miss Anna Andrews, a native of Norway.