Biographical Sketch of EDWARD E. DARIN - Henry County, Illinois Edward E. Darin, an enterprising and prosperous agriculturist and stockman of Phenix Township, makes his home on a well improved farm of one hundred and sixty-six acres on Section 26 and is likewise the owner of another tract of one hundred and twenty-one acres on the same section. It was on the latter farm that his birth occurred, his natal day being September 4, 1861. His parents were John Jackson and Eleanor (Clarke) Darin. Edward E. Darin was reared to manhood on the old homestead farm and attended the common schools in pursuit of an education that would equip him for the practical and responsible duties of life. His father allowed him to keep the money which he earned in his youthful days and when twenty years of age gave him the use of a field and told him he might have the proceeds of the crop. In this way he accumulated capital sufficient to enable him to purchase a farm of his own and 1882 he came into possession of his present place of one hundred and sixty-six acres on Section 2, Phenix Township, paying about fifty-four dollars per acre for the land. He has erected thereon a modern and substantial residence, as well as good barns and outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock, and altogether has a highly improved and well developed farm, the fields annually yielding bounteous harvests of golden grain. In addition to the cultivation of cereals he is also engaged in the raising, fe!!eding and shipping of stock and in both branches of his business has won a gratifying and well merited degree of success. He also owns the old homestead place of one hundred and twenty-one acres on which he was reared, having purchased the property in 1905 for one hundred and fifty-two dollars an acre. This was the first farm in Henry County that sold for as high a price as one hundred and fifty dollars an acre. On the 8th of March 1893, in geneseo Township, Mr. Darin was united in marriage to Miss Nettie M. Ward, who was born near Geneseo. Her parents Thomas and Mary (Nuttycombe) Ward are still residents of Phenix Township. Mr. And Mrs. Darin now have three children, namely: Harold Avery, born July 27, 1894; Mary Eleanor, whose birth occurred May 17, 1897; and John Ward, who first opened his eyes to the light of day on the 16th of June, 1903. Politically Mr. Darin is a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican Party. He has served as collector for two terms but has not been an office seeker, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs. Fraternally he is identified with Modern Woodmen Camp, No. 40, also Mystic Workers of the World. Both he and his wife and well known and highly esteemed throughout the county in which they have spent their entire lives and the number of their friends has steadily increased as the circle of their acquaintances has widened. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Alice Gless