Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Isham, Zach 1831 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Zach Isham, farmer, P. O. Mazon Center, is a native of Vermont, and was born 
February 11, 1831. When he was seven years old, his parents removed to the 
State of New York, and settled in Lawrence County, where they lived until 
1844, when they came to Illinois. They first settled in McHenry County, where 
they lived one year, then came to Grundy County, and have been residents of 
Mazon Township since. G. Isham, father of our subject was born in Vermont 
March 3, 1801, and died in Mazon Township Oct 6, 1878. Mr. Isham was married, 
November 30, 1854, to Miss Susan S. Viner, of Mazon Township. She was born 
November 22, 1835. They have a family of eight children, of whom but three are 
living. Mr. Isham now owns 240 acres of land in Section 21, Mazon Township, 
the town of Mazon Center being laid out on his land. The value of his farm 
land is $75 per acre. Mrs. Isham is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
of Mazon. Mr. Isham is one of the solid business men of his township, 
combining the interests of farming with business of a general character 
connected with the village of Mazon Center. He manifests a public spirit in 
the enterprises of his community, giving liberally to the fund for the 
erection of the Methodist Episcopal Church building of the village. His 
mother, Eliza Isham, was born in Hinesburg, Vt., February 22, 1802, and is now 
living in Mazon with her son, Jehial Isham. The mother of the subject raised a 
family of nine children, our subject being the fifth child.

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

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