Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Vane, N. 1827 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  N. VANE, Postmaster, Palestine, was born September 24, 1827, in Brown County,
Ohio. He is a son of Arthur Vane, who came to Palestine in 1831. He was a farmer
by occupation, and was born March 24, 1796; he died in New Hebron, Crawford Co.,
Ill., in 1860. He married Eleanor Blair, a second cousin of Gen. Frank P. Blair;
she is the mother of nine children. Mr. Vane went to school in Palestine. He
farmed till he was of age, and then learned the cooper trade in Terre Haute,
Ind. He followed his trade till 1864; he then commenced to clerk in a drug store
in Palestine; after that he was in different business till 1877, when he became
Postmaster of Palestine; has carried on the office ever since, together with a
stock of drugs and medicine. He was married, August 31, 1851, near Palestine, to
Miss Julia A. Wheeler, born April 22, 1834, in Rutland, Vt. She is a daughter of
Leonard Wheeler, a farmer, who died in Crawford County; her mother was Elizabeth
Wittmore, who was born in Massachusetts. Mr. Vane has two children
living-Arthur, born November 6, 1852, and Flora, born July 13, 1856. Mr. Vane's
two brothers died in the army. Mr. Vane enjoys the esteem of his fellow-men. He
and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he is a supporter of
the Republican party.

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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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