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VEDDER, ISAAC D. retired merchant and acting notary public of White Hall. Mr. Vedder was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y. State, June 5, 1820. At nineteen he set out for Illinois, locating at White Hall, Greene Co., Ill. He first worked in a small grocery store kept by a man by the name of Lawson. Richard W. Young was then U. S. Land Commissioner; by him Mr. Vedder was tendered a clerkship. Proceeding to Washington, he entered upon the duties of his office. While there he formed the acquaintance of and married Miss Sarah E. Prettyman, Feb. 15, 1849. Shortly after this important event Mr. Vedder returned to White Hall. He now opened a dry goods store, admitting as partner Asbury Davis. Both were young men of sagacity and business tact, and immediately entered upon a successful business career. In 1857, the firm dissolved partnership, the store being continued by Mr. Davis for a short time, when Mr. V. again became a partner, and continued so until 1864, when he again retired. In 1869, he bought out the wagon shop of L. E. Worcester; this proved an unfortunate speculation. Mr. Vedder is a gentleman of education and culture, whose impulses are generous to a fault.