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While we cannot undertake in the space at 

 our command to particularize concerning all 

 of the many herds established in Illinois in 

 ante-bellum days, we may mention the following 

 owners of registered stock, some of whom con- 

 tinued in the business for many years and 

 achieved great reputation: Stephen Dunlap, 

 J. G. Strawn, Elliot Stevenson, John P. Hen- 

 derson and R. Pollock of Morgan County; R. 

 H. Whiting, George Newman, Luther Martin 

 and Godfrey & Sumner of Knox County; Tru- 

 man Humphreys, Peoria County; J. C. Bone, 

 William B. Smith & Bros, and H. H. Jacoby, 

 Sangamon County; J. M. Hill, Cass County; J. 

 H. Spears, J. W. Judy and James Purkapile of 

 Menard County; E. L. Gilham of Scott County; 

 George Barnett, Robert Milne and S. W. Ran- 

 dall of Will County; Davis Lowman of Stark 

 County; A. G. Carle of Champaign County; S. 

 S. Brown of Jo Daviess County; William Black 

 of Greene County; A. Kershaw of Dupage 

 County; The Bishop Hill Colony of Henry 

 County; J. P. Reynolds and Ed Bebb of Win- 

 nebago County; Thomas Wray and D. B. Tears 

 of McHenry County; Ralph Anderson, James 

 Makepeace and S. Simpkins of Pike County; 

 E. C. Marks of La Salle County; George M. 

 Bedinger of McLean County; A. W. Bowen of 

 Will County; D. J. Townsend, Kendall County; 

 P. Hudson, Edwards County; Green & Davis 



