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J. F. RUST, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Randolph; was born in Maury Co., Tenn., Aug. 11, 1810, where he lived about six years, when, with his parents he moved to Monroe Co., Miss., where they lived two years; they then moved to West Tennessee and lived there four years, when they came to Illinois, and settled in Hamilton Co.; in the spring of 1834, he came to McLean Co. with a drove of cattle, belonging to Isaac and Jesse Funk, bringing some to Funk’s Grove; he then worked by the month for Mr. Jesse Funk, having hired to him in the southern part of the State, and lived with him in all about six years; in 1839, he bought 120 acres in De Witt Co. Oct. 22, 1840, he married Miss Elizabeth Lindley, a native of Christian Co., Ky., and, in November following, moved to his farm and lived there six years; he then sold out and moved to Randolph Grove, on a farm near his present place; in the winter of 1857, he came to his present place and has lived here since; he has marketed produce in Chicago, also at Ft. Clark and Pekin; he has given farms to all of his children, and has 400 acres for himself and wife, all of which he has earned by his own labor and management.