AVEY GEORGE, Retired Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Mt. Morris; born in Washington Co., Md., Sept. 28, 1809; came to this Co. in 1845; has 240 acres land, valued at $13, 200; Republican; married Nancy Wheeler in 1839; born in Washington Co., Md.,May 24, 1815; has four children living: Levi, born Feb. 15, 1841, Benjamin I., Jan. 15, 1843, Josiah, Jan. 15, 1845, Martha S., Nov. 21, 1850; when he came to this prairie there were but two shanties on it; slept on the floor four or five weeks before his furniture came; came in company of about sixty --- the Newcomers, Wattses, Swingleys; Thomases, and several other early settlers; hauled his lumber from Chicago to build the house where he now lives; used a store box for a table and cupboard; Mrs. Aveywas taken sick; got a carpenter to make a bedstead; many times sat down to table and the victuals would freeze before they got through their breakfast; lived in same house with Newcomer's people; together had thirteen children, all slept in same bed.
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