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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 
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BELLEVILLI 
NOTE ! LAfiCt STAA AtPntStsTS T&O PCDSOnS 
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. 
