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M. G. HAUGHEY, grain dealer, McLean. Another of the principal business men of McLean, is M. G. Houghey; he is a native of Greene Co., Ohio, where he was born, in April, 1840; in 1848, his people moved West, locating in Logan Co., Ill., for two years, then removed to McLean Co.; his father owned one section of land, a short way from the town of McLean, the old farm being known generally throughout the county as the old Houghey farm; there Mr. Houghey grew to manhood; being one of a family of nine children, he had to depend upon his own exertions, in a measure, in procuring his education. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. A, 17th I. V. I., for three years’ service; after serving about one year, he was discharged on account of disability. After returning from the army he engaged in the stock trade, gradually drifting from this to the grain trade; in 1871, he rented the elevator where he now does business, buying the same in 1874; he has a storing capacity of about thirty thousand bushels of grain; during the season, he buys about one hundred thousand bushels of corn. In connection with the elevator he handles lumber and building materials and a good assortment of drain tiles. He is doing an extensive business, which is the result of his own energy, industry and good financiering.