Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Eoff, James 1810 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  JAMES EOFF, retired farmer, Oblong, is a native of Pulaski County, Ky., born
May 14, 1810. He was reared there on his father's farm until the age of
eighteen, at which time he went out into the world to battle for himself. At the
age of twenty, in 1830, he chose Christina Leach, a native of Kentucky, as a
helpmeet. After marriage, he engaged in farming in Pulaski County, until 1849,
at which time came to Crawford County, Oblong Township, and settled on a farm of
wild land and engaged in farming successfully. In 1874, he concluded to remove
to Oblong, and there enjoy the blessings of a ripe old age and to retire from
the business bustle of the world. He and his wife are living by themselves. Of
their children, six are living and married and have families of their own.

It was their misfortune to lose five of their dear ones, namely: Polly Jane,
wife of Stephen Gooch, living in Oblong; William Davis, is living in Oregon;
Amelia, wife of Samuel R. Mock, living in Crawford County, Oblong Township;
Minerva Ann, George and Martha Susan are deceased; John James Eoff, living in
Robinson, Crawford County, Ill.; Cynthia Ellen, wife of John James, living in
Oblong Township; Phoebe Alice, wife of Joseph Barker, living in Oblong Township;
Alfred and Louisa Ann, are deceased. Subject's father, John Eoff, was a native
of Madison County, Ky, and engaged in farming, in Pulaski County, Ky. Subject's
mother, Jane (Higgins), was also a native of Kentucky. Lincoln County. Their
children are, namely, Minervia, deceased wife of Bryant Brown; Sarah, wife of
Isaac Taylor, deceased, she resides in Kentucky, Pulaski County; George, is
farming in Oregon, and also John Leonard and Fleming; Louisa Ann, deceased wife
of Newton Perril, deceased; Elizabeth, deceased Subject has 160 acres of prairie
land in Oblong Township, and when he lived thereon he raised stock to some
extent, besides grain. He owns, in Oblong, four lots and two dwelling houses;
the one in which he lives is a very nice and comfortable one. May peace and
happiness crown them during the remainder of their lives, and when done with the
trials and cares of this life, find a home beyond the skies, where all is joy
and peace and love, and where nature never dies.


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Extracted From:

HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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