(Q55759041)

"... James David Stead, proprietor of Stead's Store, of McVey ... He is a native of Nilwood Township, born December 1, 1859 and is a son of David and Mary A. (Boston) Stead, the former of whom was born in England and the latter in Indiana. ... James David Stead received his education in the public schools and continued his studies further in the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana. In 1879, he engaged in farming with his father and two years later began for himself on the home farm. ... In 1910 he entered the implement and general merchandise business at McVey, which he is conducting at the present time. ... On the 5th of May, 1881, Mr. Stead was married, in Carlinville, to Miss Mary L. Hamilton, of Missouri, a daughter of A.F. and Mary (Nichols) Hamilton, the former of whom was born in Tennessee and the latter in Kentucky, and a granddaughter of Joshua Hamilton of Indiana, and Lazarus Nichols, of North Carolina. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Stead: Harry O., of Nilwood Township, who married Barsha Coulter and has four children, one son and three daughters; Verner G., also of Nilwood township, who married Jennie Wright; and Irene, who became the wife of R.C. Coulter, of Nilwood Township, and has two children, one son and one daughter. ..." (English)

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James David Stead

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