Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Deyo, James R 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

James R. Deyo, harness merchant, Sterling, was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., 
May 24, 1829, his parents being Garrett and Rebecca (Atherton) Deyo, natives 
respectively of France and the State of New York, who were married in 1808, 
followed farming until 1834, removed to Peoria, Ill., and after two years 
residence there, in 1836, to Jordan Township, this county. Here the senior 
Deyo purchased a farm of 40 acres, sold a part of it and resided upon the 
remainder until his death in 1857; Mrs. Deyo died in 1865. The subject of this 
sketch, after having been brought up on a farm and receiving a common-school 
education, left home at the age of 21 and learned and followed the trade of 
carpenter for ten years. He then purchased a farm of 80 acres in Jordan 
Township, this county, occupied it until 1865, sold it, bought a quarter-
section in Ogle Co., Ill., remained there till 1869, and finally removed to 
Sterling, where he owned and ran a planing-mill until 1882; he then sold out 
and engaged in the saddlery trade on the east side of Mulberry Street, where 
he has been in successful business. In his political principles Mr. Deyo is a 
Republican, and both himself and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church 
at Sterling; he is also a Freemason, and a liberal, Christian gentleman. He 
was married Sept. 4, 1851, to Elizabeth Roberts, who was born Jan. 12, 1832, 
in the State of New York. They have two children,—Sarah Jane and Alexander M. 
The first mentioned married Rodger Thomas, Sept. 10, 1872, and they have five 
children, —Cary N., Henry A., James R.. Elizabeth A. and Nettie M.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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