Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Isham, Gursham 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Isham, Gursham (deceased), who was one of the pioneers of Mazon Township and 
the father of a large family, was born at Williston, Vt., March 31, 1801, and 
came to Grundy County in 1846.  He located one mile east of the village of 
Mazon and there bought 160 acres of land.  This property, he developed into a 
valuable farm, residing upon it until he sold it and bought 120 acres in the 
center of Mazon Township.  Later on, he retired and made his home thereafter 
in the village of Mazon where he died October 8, 1877.  On September 9, 1822, 
he married Eliza Sanford, and they had the following children:  Cornelia, 
Albert, Edward, Michael, Zachariah, Lydia, Weltha, Jehiel, Clarinda.

pages 836-837

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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