© S M Jones
Content is free for most uses - see legal stuff. Last update 22 Dec 2019
Steve and Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you came from,
you won’t know where you are going.
You have to study your history. Gil Scott-Heron
An extract from “Past and present of DeKalb County” (page 533) believed
to date from the early 1900s
John
Alfred
Parris
is
one
of
the
active
and
successful
businessmen,
farmers
and
stockraisers
of
Sandwich
township,
whose
time
and
energies
are
now
devoted
to
the
cultivation
and
improvement
of
a
tract
of
land
of
120
acres
situated
about
a
mile
from
Sandwich.
The
neat
and
thrifty
appearance
of
the
place
indicates
his
careful
supervision
and
practical
methods.
He
is
numbered
among
the
old
settlers
of
the
county,
dating
his
residence in Illinois from 1858 …
[He]
was
reared
to
manhood
in
La
Salle
and
DeKalb
counties
and
a
common
school
education
was
afforded
him.
He
started
out
to
make
his
own
way
in
life
when
only
thirteen
years
of
age,
working
by
the
month
as
a
farm
hand
for
a
salary
of
$10
per
month.
He
was
ambitious
to
engage
in
farming
on
his
account
or
to
carry
on
business
that
would
more
directly
benefit
himself
and
after
he
had
attained
his
majority
he
began
cultivating
land
and
also
operating
a
threshing
machine.
He
continued
in
the
latter
business
for
twenty-one
seasons
doing
threshing
for
three
counties
and
also
operating
a
clover
huller.
Prior
to
his
marriage
he
bought
a
small
tract
of
land
on
which
he
erected
a
dwelling
and
cultivated
and
fenced
the
place,
opening
up
a
farm
so
that
he
had
a
home
to
which
he
brought
his
bride.
Mr
Parris
exercises
his
right
of
franchise
in
support
of
the
republican
party
but
the
honors
and
emoluments
of
office
have
had
no
attraction
for
him
as
he
has
always
preferred
to
give
his
undivided
time
and
attention
to
his
business
affairs.
His
life
has
been
quietly
passed
in
the
honorable
pursuits
of
the
farm
but
in
his
business
interests
he
has
became
widely
known
and
is
generally
esteemed
by
all
with
whom
he
comes
in
contact.
He
deserves
much
credit
for
what
he
has
accomplished
for
he
started
out
in
life
on
his
account
at
the
age
of
thirteen
years
and
has
since
been
dependent in own labors - a self-made man whose example in many respects is worthy of emulation.
Steve & Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you
came from,you won’t know where you
are going.You have to study your history.
Gil Scott-Heron
© S M Jones
Content is free for most uses - see legal stuff. Last update 22 Dec 2019
An extract from “Past and present of DeKalb County” (page
533) believed to date from the early 1900s
John
Alfred
Parris
is
one
of
the
active
and
successful
businessmen,
farmers
and
stockraisers
of
Sandwich
township,
whose
time
and
energies
are
now
devoted
to
the
cultivation
and
improvement
of
a
tract
of
land
of
120
acres
situated
about
a
mile
from
Sandwich.
The
neat
and
thrifty
appearance
of
the
place
indicates
his
careful
supervision
and
practical
methods.
He
is
numbered
among
the
old
settlers of the county, dating his residence in Illinois from 1858 …
[He]
was
reared
to
manhood
in
La
Salle
and
DeKalb
counties
and
a
common
school
education
was
afforded
him.
He
started
out
to
make
his
own
way
in
life
when
only
thirteen
years
of
age,
working
by
the
month
as
a
farm
hand
for
a
salary
of
$10
per
month.
He
was
ambitious
to
engage
in
farming
on
his
account
or
to
carry
on
business
that
would
more
directly
benefit
himself
and
after
he
had
attained
his
majority
he
began
cultivating
land
and
also
operating
a
threshing
machine.
He
continued
in
the
latter
business
for
twenty-
one
seasons
doing
threshing
for
three
counties
and
also
operating
a
clover
huller.
Prior
to
his
marriage
he
bought
a
small
tract
of
land
on
which
he
erected
a
dwelling
and
cultivated
and
fenced
the
place,
opening
up
a
farm
so
that
he
had
a
home
to
which
he
brought
his
bride.
Mr
Parris
exercises
his
right
of
franchise
in
support
of
the
republican
party
but
the
honors
and
emoluments
of
office
have
had
no
attraction
for
him
as
he
has
always
preferred
to
give
his
undivided
time
and
attention
to
his
business
affairs.
His
life
has
been
quietly
passed
in
the
honorable
pursuits
of
the
farm
but
in
his
business
interests
he
has
became
widely
known
and
is
generally
esteemed
by
all
with
whom
he
comes
in
contact.
He
deserves
much
credit
for
what
he
has
accomplished
for
he
started
out
in
life
on
his
account
at
the
age
of
thirteen
years
and
has
since
been
dependent
in
own
labors
-
a
self-made
man
whose
example
in many respects is worthy of emulation.
