Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Hurst, L. C. 1854 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  L. C. HURST, merchant, Hutsonville. This enterprising young business man is
the son of John B. Hurst, whose portrait appears in this work, and was born
March 16, 1854, in Hutsonville, Ill. His early days were spent on the farm and
in the country school room. He had the advantage of one term at Earlham College,
Richmond, Ind. November 11, 1880, in Clark County, this State, he was married to
Minnie E. Patterson, born in Kentucky September 19, 1860. She is a daughter of
John and Susan (Gibbs) Patterson, natives of Maine and the parents of seven
children, four of whom survive, viz.: George, Angie, Adelia and Minnie E. Her
parents are residents of Terre Haute, where the father is engaged as a
sub-railroad contractor. The mother is an energetic Methodist. Mr. Hurst was
employed as a clerk for a while and in January 1, 1881, he took an interest in
the firm of Hurst & Olwin, general merchants at Hutsonville, and is giving his
entire attention to the same. He is pleasant and sociable with his customers,
which treatment only binds his friends more closely to him. His union has
resulted in one child, Roscoe P., born September 18, 1883. Mr. H. is a stanch
Democrat. He is a member of Osmer Lodge,K. of H., of Hutsonville.

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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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