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

Isham, Michael, formerly a merchant of Mazon, was born at Chittenden, Vt., 
June 7, 1829, a son of Gersham and Annie Isham.  The family came to Mazon 
Township, Grundy County in 1844, and there Michael Isham became the owner of 
eighty acres of land.  After operating it for some years, he located in the 
village of Mazon and embarked in a mercantile business.  On March 4, 1855, he 
married Ellen Jenkings, and they had six children, namely:  Rosa, who married 
George W. Clow; Alice J., who married Frank Myers; Nellie V., who married John 
Wilkinson; Almyra; Laura M.; and Katie V.

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

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