JAMES LEGG, retired farmer, Mason City; one of the old settlers; born in Fayette Co., Ind.,in the year 1816. He followed agricultural pursuits in Indiana until 1855, when he located in Allen's Grove Township, Mason Co., Ill., and purchased 280 acres of land to which he afterward added until he had upward of 500 acres, and upon which he lived until Sept. 16, 1873, when he located in his present residence in Mason City, where he has since lived, retired from active labor, but personally superintends the management of his farms. In 1845, he was united in marriage with Vilura Corwin, also a native of Indiana; they have one child by this union, Euphemia, widow of Edward Craig, whose biography also appears in this work. Mr. Legg was Supervisor of Allen's Grove Township five years, and Justice of the Peace twelve years in succession.



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