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JOHN J AINSWORTH
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History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, 1879, by Miller & Ruggles
Mason City Township
Page 784

JOHN J. AINSWORTH, farmer; P. O. Mason City; is a son of Richard Ainsworth, whose biography also appears in this work ; he was born in Mason Co., Ill., July 24, 1852; he was raised to farming, and obtained a common-school education, completing the same by a course at the Commercial College at Jacksonville, Morgan Co. He was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth A. Ainsworth upon March 22, 1877; she was born in Mason Co., Ill., April 2, 1854, and was a daughter of William Ainsworth, a settler of 1842. In March, 1878, he located upon his present place, which contains 240 acres just outside of the city limits of Mason City, which he intends making his permanent home.




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