John D. McVICKER, a valued citizen and
representative farmer of
In 1851 the father of our subject came to
Our subject is the oldest in a family of ten children, the others being as follows: David, a farmer of Eagle Lake, Iowa; William, also a resident of the same place, who for fifteen months was in the union service during the civil war, enlisting in 1864, and serving in the army of the southwest until hostilities had ceased; Oliver, a farmer residing in Nebraska; Elizabeth, widow of Syric FOX, and a resident of Kansas; Mary Catherine, wife of Daniel KETCHUM, who lives near Henry, Illinois; Martha, wife of Grotus DEYO, of Henry; Margaret, wife of Nelson KENDRICK, of Atkinson, Henry county, Illinois; Archibald, who died at the age of fourteen, and Joseph Portmus Burns, who was named for his two grandmothers, and died at the age of thirty-two. He married Abigail ESSEX, by whom he had three children, Charles, Hattie and Susan.
Throughout his business career, J. D.
McVICKER followed agricultural pursuits, and still owns the old
farm in
In 1873, Mr. McVICKER crossed the ocean to
On the 19th of April, 1849, was celebrated
the marriage of Mr. McVICKER and Miss Virginia C. LYTLE, a
native of Marietta, Ohio, and a daughter of George W. and Eve
LYTLE, who were born in Pennsylvania. Of the two children born
of his union, Worth D. is a farmer of
Politically, Mr. McVICKER is an ardent supporter of the men and measures of the republican party. He is one of the active and progressive men of the county, taking a deep interest in all matters calculated to enhance its value, or to benefit his fellow men. His wife is an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church. A generous hospitality is shown at their comfortable home, which is the center of a cultured and refined society circle.
Extracted May 2011 by Norma Hass from The Biographical Record of Bureau, Marshall and Putnam Counties, Illinois, 1896.
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