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John S. Elmore, a farmer and stock raiser, is a native of Illinois, and was born in Schuyler County, March 21, 1831. His father, Thomas Elmore, was a native of North Carolina, and when a child six years old accompanied his parents to Tennessee, where he remained until he became a man. He married Anna Saylors, a native of South Carolina, but reared mostly in Tennessee. They moved to Illinois in the fall of 1830, locating in Schuyler County, where they remained until their deaths in 1879 and 1880. J. S. grew to manhood in Schuyler County, Ill., on the farm. There he married, on February 17, 1850, Miss Nancy Tweedell, daughter of Matthew Tweedell, of that county. Mrs. Elmore was born in Hardin County, Ky., coming to Illinois at the age of five years, with her parents, where she was reared and educated. After their marriage J. S. farmed for five years, and then, in the fall of 1855, moved to Missouri, and located in Adair County, where he entered 180 acres of land, which he proceeded to improve, and to which he has since added. He now owns 600 acres (some in Macon County), 440 acres constituting the home place. These are all fenced and improved. His house is a good, substantial, two-story building, and he has a new barn. The orchard contains about 800 apple trees and a variety of other small fruits. He served a while in the militia. Mr. and Mrs. Elmore have nine children: Delphine (wife of Colman Comb, of Kansas), T. O. (deceased at the age of twenty-seven), Victory (wife of Joel Hood, of Adair County), Ollie (wife of William W. Dougherty, of Macon County), Sabinia (wife of Byron Workman), Sylvina (a young lady), Emory, John A. and E. A. Elmore. Mrs. Elmore is a member of the Christian Church.