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LARIMORE, JOHN W., retired farmer; residence, Plainville, P. O. Stone’s Prairie; was born in Hampshire, Va., Dec. 30, 1811. His parents, James and Naomi (Wolverton) Larimore, were natives of the same place; John is the second of two brothers and five sisters; was brought up there on a farm. In 1842 they came west and settled in Macon county, Mo., where he remained until the fall of 1844; then came to Payson township, Adams county, Ill. He bought a farm and settled on it, remaining until 1874. They then removed to Plainville. He married Elizabeth Fahs, Nov. 21, 1837. She was born and brought up in Hampshire county, Va.; was the daughter of Philip and Rebecca (Baker) Fahs. Six children have been the fruit of their union, five living: Albert W., born Dec. 11, 1838; William, Dec. 20, 1840; Isaac M., born Feb. 25, 1844; Rebecca, now Mrs. Price, born June 9, 1848; James A., born Sept. 13, 1850; Naomi, born March 25, 1856; William died April 13, 1862, from a wound received at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Larimore are members of the M. E. church, in which he has been a local member for twenty-five years. They own fifty acres of land, finely improved, on Sec. 23, worth $80 per acre.