Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Hurd, Reuben S 
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Author: Bio/Gen Record LaSalle/Grundy 1900

REUBEN SHERMAN HURD.

When the northern section of Illinois was still in the period of its pioneer 
development, when its lands were wild and the work of civilization was being 
begun by those who were to play an active part in the progress and improvement 
of the state, Reuben S. Hurd came to the west. He was born in Oneida county, 
New York, February 12, 1815, a son of Reuben and Amanda (Parker) Hurd, natives 
of Connecticut. In their family of ten children he was the fifth in order of 
birth. Upon his father's farm he was reared, and in 1838, at the age of twenty-
three, he came to Illinois, locating one hundred and eight acres of land in 
Kendall county. Later he returned to New York and married Sophronia S. Keith. 
With his wife he returned to Kendall county, where he carried on agricultural 
pursuits until 1866, when his wife died.

The following year he sold his farm and took up his residence in Morris. He 
was a successful agriculturist and although he was in very limited 
circumstances when he emigrated to the west he possessed a very desirable 
competence on his retirement from labor. His unfailing energy, strong 
determination and marked enterprise enabled him to so conduct his business 
affairs that he secured excellent financial returns. In the fall of 1867 he 
was again married, his second union being with Miss Minnie A. Hale. For 
fifteen years thereafter he and his wife traveled in various parts of the 
United States, hoping to benefit his health through change of scene. They have 
always made Morris their home, however, and are widely and favorably known in 
this city.


Additional Comments:
Source:  Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle and Grundy County, 
Illinois, Volume 11, Chicago, 1900, p599-600

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