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JOHN TRIMMER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 24; P. O. Hudson; born in New Jersey, May 16, 1823, but removed in early childhood, with his father’s family, to Illinois; the family stopped at Smith’s Grove, in Towanda Township, this county, in the summer of 1826; his father, John Trimmer, died soon after their arrival there, and the family then moved to what is now Money Creek Township, and were the first to settle in that township. The subject of this sketch was married in July, 1846, to Miss Rebecca Hinthorn, who was born in Indiana, Dec. 28, 1828, but came to Illinois when a child, her father, Stephen Hinthorn, being among the early settlers. The spring following their marriage, they settled on the farm where they now reside, and erected a log dwelling 13x18, having ground floor, except enough space covered with rough boards or split logs, for table and one bed. They have had eight children — Scott, born June 13, 1847; James, March 17, 1849; George, March 28, 1851; Samuel, June 1, 1853; Stephen, Aug. 1, 1855; Amanda E., March 10, 1860; Daniel, Nov. 23, 1865, and Etta J., Sept. 8, 1867; all are living, except George and Amanda E.; the former died April 20, 1863, and the latter eight days later. Mr. Trimmer owns 240 acres of farm land in Hudson, and forty-five acres of timber in Money Creek Township. In the early history of Towanda and Money Creek Townships, further mention will be made of Mr. Trimmer’s family, in connection with the early settlement.