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BULLETIN 984, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ACHIEVEMENTS OF MIGRANTS FROM THE COMMUNITY. 



"Can certain farms be said to be the seed beds of achievers in national 

 life ? " With a view to answering this question in regard to the farms 

 of the Belleville community, as complete a history as possible of each 

 farm in the community was compiled and a list of the occupants of 

 each of the 928 farms was made. The occupants were then classified 



NOTE ; LPPCC STAP AtPPtstvrs 7*<0 PIPSOmS 



Fig. 15.— Map of community, showing farms where prominent Belleville people were reared. Almost 



• any farm community of 50 years' duration in the United States, provided it has had as its center some 



institution of culture, will be able to show, upon examination, its quota of statesmen, philanthropists, 



artists, educators, and manufacturers, similar to those shown in this illustrative map of the Belleville 



community. 



as "migrants " and "stay-at-homes." Several migrants were discov- 

 ered to have made achievements of national significance, notable 

 among whom are C. N. Crittenton, Daniel H. Burnham, and Charles 

 Finney. 



A GREAT PHILANTHROPIST. 



C. N. Crittenton lived, until a young man, in the larger Belleville 

 community on farm No. 701. (See PI. V, fig. 1.) He then migrated 

 to New York City and there became a leading wholesale druggist. 



