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JAMES BROCK, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Le Roy. The subject of this sketch was born in Granger Co., East Tenn., Jan. 7, 1833; he was raised upon a farm until 17 years of age, after which he was engaged in school-teaching during the fall and winter, and farming in summer, for a period of eight years; he emigrated with his family to Illinois, and located four miles southeast of Bloomington, McLean Co., in January, 1861; the following spring he rented land, and for four years was engaged in farming near Bloomington; in the spring of 1865, he located upon a farm of 110 acres, which he had purchased in West Township, where he lived until 1870, when he disposed of the above, and purchased 140 acres of his present place, to which he has since added, until he now owns 260 acres of land, upon which he has good farm buildings, and which he has acquired by his own personal labor, assisted by his wife, to whom he was united in marriage Jan. 6, 1854, in Tennessee; her maiden name was Rachel Aikin; she was born in Granger Co., Tenn., Oct. 14, 1830; four children were the fruit of this union — Enoch, born Sept. 17, 1855; Sarah F., born May 6, 1865; Rachel M., born Oct. 27, 1868; the deceased is Emily May, born Oct. 27, 1872 ; died Dec. 1, 1874.