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JACOB C. MAHAN, flour, feed and grain, Lexington; born in Highland Co., Ohio, July 21, 1826, where he resided till the fall of 1842, then removing with his father’s family to Illinois, locating near Lexington, which at that time was a town of rather small proportions-three or four dwellings and a blacksmith shop. In 1847, he engaged in merchandising at Lexington, which he followed for several years, and, in 1865, with others, established the banking firm of J. C. Mahan & Co., which is still operated under the same firm name. In 1867, he built the first brick block erected in the town of Lexington; he has served as Supervisor, member of the Town Council and Justice of the Peace. In 1849, he was married to Miss Ann E. Brown, who was born in Frankfort, Ky.; she died in Sept., 1872; by this union there were seven children, six of whom are living — George S., William R., Francis E., Ella G. (wife of N. K. Jones), Permelia C. and Maud P.; Charles K. died in 1866. He was again married, in 1873, to Susie F. Poor, who is a native of Massachusetts; of the two children by this union but one is living — Melville P.; Herbert B. died in 1875. Mr. M. is a member of McLean Lodge, No. 206, I. O. O. F.; owns 400 acres of farm lands, valued at $12,000, and city property, valued at $15,000.