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JOSHUA SELLS, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Bloomington; was born in 1827, in Franklin Co., Ohio, on the bank of Scioto River; remained there engaged in farming and teaching; taught six terms. Was married when 22 years old to Eliza J. Smith, a native of Watertown, N. Y., daughter of Col. Smith, of war of 1812; after marriage, they settled on a farm of thirty-three acres in Franklin Co., which he increased to 133 acres; they remained there until 1864, and then came to McLean Co., Ill., and engaged in farming his present farm of 247 acres, earned entirely by their labors, on which farm Mr. Sells takes much pains in raising stock and grain; he makes a specialty in seed-corn. Has held office of Justice of the Peace six years; Director of Schools twenty-four years in Ohio and Illinois; Commissioner of Highways. Was in the army in 1863, entering in the 95th and 133d Ohio V. I.; he takes the stump on the Greenback system; was a delegate to Cleveland to inaugurate the Greenback party, and to Indianapolis to nominate a ticket, which resulted for Cooper and Cary, and to Toledo to name the party. Has six children — Laura E., Charles S., Samuel, Sumner, Abram, O. P.