Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Eddy, Lorenzo D ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00003.html#0000719 January 31, 2008, 3:12 am Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885 Lorenzo D. Eddy, poultry fancier at Albany, was born April 9, 1828, in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Augustus Eddy, his father, was a native of Vermont, and married. Polly McKinster, who was a native of Connecticut. In 1831 the family went to Potsdam, N. Y., and in 1835 made another removal, to Du Page Co., Ill. The household included at that time five children. The entire journey was made with teams, except from Buffalo to Detroit, when they traveled on the lake. The grandfather of Mr. Eddy had made a squatter's claim in 1834 and Augustus Eddy took possession of the log house which had been built by his father. They continued to reside on the farm in Du Page County until 1853, when it was sold and a removal to Whiteside County effected. A farm was bought near Erie, where the parents resided during the remaining years of their lives. But three of the family of eight children are now living (1885). York and Noble, the two youngest, reside at Erie. Mr. Eddy lived with his father and mother until 1851, when he went to Erie and engaged in the blacksmith business with his brother-in-law, where he remained through one winter. During two years succeeding he was employed in a hotel at Erie. In 1853 he was married to Mary Early. They had eight children, namely: Loran G., Susie A. (Mrs. Wm. Wingert, of Springfield, Ohio); Tamma, wife of John Byers, of Albany Township; James A. (married DeLucia Chamberlain); Laura (Mrs. C. I. Barker); William (married Rosa Lay); Perry and Delia (twins). After he was married, Mr. Eddy bought a tract of wild land five miles southwest of the village of Erie and improved a farm. He was its occupant until 1864, when he sold the property and bought a farm on section 25, of township 21, range 2. He has since bought land adjoining, included in the town plat. The place is well supplied with an excellent class of farm buildings. Mr. Eddy now rents the farm and lives in the village of Albany. In 1884 he began to give his attention to raising fancy breeds of poultry and has in stock five full-blooded varieties. He has erected suitable quarters for his fowls. He is the owner of some fine Jersey cows. 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/whiteside/bios/eddy2358nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb