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ROODHOUSE, PETER, farmer, Sec. 14, P.O. White Hall. Benjamin and Jane Roodhouse, father and mother of the subject of this sketch, emigrated to Greene Con Ill., from Yorkshire, Eng., in Dec, 1830, and bought the farm that Peter now lives on, which contains 500 acres; had an ox-mill and distillery on the place at that time, but the distillery never was run after he bought the farm; there were nine children in his family, four by the name of Woods, and five by the name of Roodhouse; was married twice. Benjamin Roodhouse died Aug. 3, 1831; Jane, his wife died 1860; she deserves more than a passing notice, for she was left to rear a large family of children, without a helping hand; was an energetic woman, and loved by all who knew her; all of her boys are farmers. Mr. Peter Roodhouse was married twice; first, March 26, 1856, to Miss Mary E. Autin, who was born 1836, and died May 9, 1857, and had one child, Harry W., born Jan. 14, 1857; the second time to Mrs. Harriet Dewit, who had one child, Minnie Dewit, and by second marriage, Benjamin Thomas Roodhouse. Jane Roodhouse, the sister of Peter, lives with him; they have never been parted.