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J. REYNOLDS, miller, Waveland, was born in Kentucky, Sept. 4, 1826, and came to Montgomery county with his parents, William and Mary Reynolds, in 1832, and settled in Brown township.  Mr. Reynolds was raised on a farm, but since 1853 he has been engaged as miller at Deer’s mills, one of the first mills built in the county.  He has been a faithful man, having been their miller for twenty-seven years.  In 1853 he married Annie E. Cook, and has two children, George T. and Hugh E., and two deceased, William A. and John H.  Mr. Reynolds is a member of the Baptist church and is a republican.
Source:  History of Mongtomery County, Illinois - Part 2 - Publ. 1881 - Page 352

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H. E. RHOADS, wagon-maker, Waveland, was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, Aug. 31, 1827.  He is the son of George and Sarah Rhoads, who were of Union county, Pennsylvania.  The father was born in 1799, and mother in 1797.  They removed to Wayne county, Indiana, in 1835, and to Hancock county in 1836; thence to Parke county in 1837, thence to Montgomery county in 1840.  Here the father died, in 1875; the mother is still a resident of Waveland, where they settled when they came to the county.  Mr. Rhoads has been a resident of Waveland since 1840.  At the age of seventeen he served an apprenticeship at the wagon maker’s trade, which has been his occupation ever since.  In 1860 he married Miss Elizabeth Benet, a native of London, England, who was born Sept. 28, 1834.  The issue of this marriage is Harry B., Charles F. and Sarah E.
Source:  History of Mongtomery County, Illinois - Part 2 - Publ. 1881 - Page 348

Source:  History of Montgomery County, Illinois - Part 2 - Publ. 1881 - Page 355

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J. M. RICE, farmer, Waveland, one of the old and respected citizens of Montgomery county, was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, Feb. 17, 1826, and is the son of Isaac and Narcissa M. (Allen) Rice, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and came to Montgomery county in 1827, and settled on the farm where the subject of this sketch now lives.  Here they lived until their death, the father dying Jan. 11, 1852, and the mother in 1845.  Mr. Rice has remained at the old homestead ever since his parents came to the county.  He served five years as justice of the peace, and has long since been a devoted member of the Presbyterian church.  He always votes in unison with the republican party.  In 1848 he married Miss Mary E. Demaree, who was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, in 1829, and came to Parke county, Indiana, with her parents, in 1832.  The issue of this marriage now living are: Charles C., Susan N., William A., Mary E., Thomas A. and Harrison C.
Source:  History of Mongtomery County, Illinois - Part 2 - Publ. 1881 - Page 349

Source:  History of Montgomery County, Illinois - Part 2 - Publ. 1881 - Page 356