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JOHN L. KAUFMAN, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Stanford; was born in York Co., Penn., May 31, 1833; his father, John F. Kaufman, was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Oct. 11, 1808, and married Elizabeth Legrone June 3, 1828; she was born in the same county; moved to McLean Co., Ill., in 1854; in the meantime, spent two and a half years in Ohio, and from Richland Co., Ohio, drove their own team through; after they reached Spring Creek, Ill., found but one house in traveling thirty-two miles, to Indian Timber, on their way. For his second wife he married Elizabeth Swinehart, of Montgomery Co., Penn., Aug. 16, 1840; she was born in 1816. John L. Kaufman married Mary Eversole April 16, 1861; she was born in Perry Co., Ohio, Jan. 20,1834; her father and mother moved to McLean Co. in 1857. Mr. Kaufman came with his parents in 1854; he had learned the wagon-making business, and worked at his trade in different places, and part of the time farming, until he moved to Allin Township in the winter of 1860, and at repairing for a long time after, for there were no blacksmiths or wagon-makers nearer than Danvers or Bloomington; has been School-Fund Treasurer three years, and is now Commissioner of Highways and Supervisor. They have four children — William R., born May 9, 1863; Cary B. F., born Dec. 15, 1866; Sarah E., born Dec. 30, 1868; Lillie Bell, born Sept. 19, 1872. He owns 400 acres of prairie land and a fine home near Stanford, and no waste land, owing to extensive tilling of all his low, marshy land.