A Rockford businessman engaged in establishing the town of Dement Station (now Creston, Ill.).

The evidence

• “From Le Roy, he removed to Rockford, 111., in October, 1855. In 1856, he engaged in establishing the town of Dement Station, now called Creston, 111., a thriving little town, sixty-nine miles west of Chicago, on the Dixon Air Line of the North- Western Railway; was also engaged in large real-estate transactions at the same place. In 1860, he returned to Rockford, 111., and went into the furniture business, after which, he engaged as collector, with Murray & Thompson, reaper manufacturers.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 733 / book p. 737

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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