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History
of
Montgomery County
together with
Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley,
Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts,
Private and Official Correspondence, and Other
Authentic, Though, For the Most Part,
Out of the Way Sources.
By H. W. Beckwith,
of the Danville Bar;
Corresponding Member of the Hsitorical Societies of
Wisconsin and Chicago
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With Map and Illustrations
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Chicago:
H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Publishers.
1881

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Brown Twp. -
HENRY ALWARD, retired, Waveland, was born in Morris county, New Jersey, in 1804, came west in 1834, first locating in Elkhart county, Indiana, in 1852 moved to Fountain county, and in 1860 came to Waveland. Mr. Alward has been a hard-working man, having learned the plasterer's trade when a young man, which he has followed all his life. He has been twice married. His former wife was Maria Decamp, of York state, marrying in 1826; she died in 1857. He married again, in 1859, Lydia Burch, whose parents came to Fountain county in 1828. Mr. Alward has had fifteen children, of whom six are living.
Source: History of Mongtomery County, Illinois - Part 2 - Publ. 1881 - Page 360

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