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JOHN STUBBLEFIELD, importer; P. O. Shirley. Of the business industries of Bloomington, the firm of Geo. W. Stubblefield & Co., importers of Percheron Norman horses, forms a conspicuous part; the members of the firm are Geo. W. Stubblefield and his father, John Stubblefield, who is one among the early settlers of McLean Co., having been a resident of the county since 1824, he being at that time 4 ½ years old, coming to this county, with his people, from Fayette Co., Ohio, and settling in what is now Funk’s Grove Township, where he has since remained and where most of his property is located. G. W. is a native of McLean Co.; he engaged in the importation of the Norman horses in 1874; since then they have become quite extensive importers; their barns are located on Madison street, south of Wait’s Hotel, where can always be found some of the finest imported horses in the State; they have, altogether, about eighty head of fine imported and graded stock; their stock-farm, of four hundred and forty acres, is located near Shirley, though they have, in all, about nineteen hundred acres. The direct management of the business comes under the supervision of G. W., his father spending the principal part of his time on the farm; by their close attention to business, square and honorable dealing, they have established a reputation as importers that is largely conducive to their success.