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ELISHA S. KEARBY, wagon-maker and blacksmith; P. O. Stanford; was born in Madison Co., Ky., April 10, 1829; his father, Jesse Kearby, in Woodford Co., Ky., in January, 1805, and his mother, Martha B. (Burnam), in Madison Co., Ky., in 1811; he died April 4, 1842, and she died in January, 1879. Elisha S. Kearby married Elizabeth Fletcher Sept. 19, 1850; she was born in Garrett Co., Ky., June 5, 1831; her father, Thomas Fletcher, was born in the same county in 1792, and died in 1835; her mother, Mary (Lear), was born in Culpeper Co., Va., June 10, 1799, and died Jan. 28, 1873; Mrs. Kearby’s grandfather, David Lear, was born in 1765, and died August, 1841; her grandmother, Lucy (Lear), was born in 1767, and died Sept. 20, 1857, aged 90 years and 9 months. Mr. and Mrs. Kearby came to McLean Co., Ill., Dec. 20, 1860, and to Stanford in March, 1867; they have had nine children — Mary M , born Oct. 16, 1851 (married Joseph N. Tyner Feb. 23, 1870); Lucy E. B., born April 18, 1864; Nancy A., born Aug. 18, 1856; John T., born Dec. 12, 1859; Sarah A., born Jan. 22, 1863; David F., born May 14, 1866, died March 11, 1870; Dora C., born Dec. 12, 1868; Jesse M., born Sept. 16, 1871; Ella May, born March 4, 1874. Mr. Kearby has worked at his trade, without intermission, over thirty-five years.