Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Empie, Mrs John T 1851 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Mrs. John T. Empie, farming, P. O. Verona, came to Grundy County in March, 
1851, and has lived on the same place since. She was born and raised in 
Columbia County, N. Y.; her parents moved to Kane County, Ill., in the spring 
of 1845, where they lived for three years, afterward going to Cook County, 
where they remained for two years. It was then that Mrs. Empie was married to 
John T. Empie, and they both settled on the farm where Mrs. Empie now lives. 
Her father, Samuel O. Loudon, is still living, and is eighty-three years old. 
He is a native of New York State. Mrs. Empie's mother also came from New York, 
and is seventy-eight years old. Both the parents were born near Lebanon 
Springs, in Columbia County. Mr. Empie was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., 
and came from Watertown to Chicago. He died in March, 1867. Mrs. Empie has 
four children living - two sons and two daughters. The sons still remain in 
the county, but the two daughters are living in Kansas. John D. and William A. 
are the names of her two sons. These four children are all that remain of a 
family of ten. Mr. Empie bought a Mexican land-warrant, and laid it here, the 
quarter-section costing $72, including the expenses connected with the 
purchase. He then put up a shanty, which cost $32. By trade, Mr. Empie was a 
clothier, but his health failing him, he went to farming. Mrs. Empie's father, 
Mr. Loudon moved from Columbia County to Buffalo, N. Y., when Mrs. Empie was 
about five years old; from there they went to Broome County, where they 
remained for three years, afterward going to Cattaraugus County, where they 
lived for seven years, when they came to Illinois. Mrs. Empie saw some pretty 
hard times when first settling, owing to failure of crops, etc. There was not 
a schoolhouse in the township at that time, and Morris was the nearest trading 
point.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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