Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Sands, Jerome E 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Jerome E. Sands, a farmer in Lyndon Township, residing on section 12, was born 
December 23, 1830, in Hornby, Steuben Co., N. Y. He is the second child and 
oldest son of John P. and Candace (Gaylord) Sands. When he was 14, his parents 
removed to Whiteside County, and he remained with them during his minority. At 
21, he entered the employment of Marcus Sperry, a merchant in Lyndon, with 
whom he remained most of the time for three years. He was married Aug. 23, 
1854, to Violetta A., daughter of Ruel and Sally Lathe. About the same time he 
bought 120 acres of unimproved land on section 12, township 20, range 5, which 
is now the township of Lyndon. He built a house 14x22 feet on the ground with 
10-foot joists, in which his family lived until 1876, when they took 
possession of the new dwelling which they have since occupied. In 1879 Mr. 
Sands built his fine large barn, and all the buildings on the place are of a 
valuable, convenient and well-arranged class. The estate of Mr. Sands now 
includes 400 acres of land, which exhibits the possibilities of Illinois farms 
under judicious management. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Sands are three in 
number, and are named Frank E., who was born April 6, 1856; Fred L., born Nov. 
18, 1860; and Ella J., born June 13, 1869. The mother died Nov. 16, 1881.

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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