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SCAMON RODMAN, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Holder; one of the old settlers of McLean Co.; was born in Berks Co., Penn., Aug. 27, 1810; he was the second son of Joseph Rodman; was born in the same county and State, in the early part of the year of 1780. He married Mary Street; she was a native of the same county, born in May, 1785; they were the parents of ten children, of whom six are now living; they emigrated to Muskingum Co., Ohio, in 1821, where they lived until the decease of Mr. Rodman, which occurred in April, 1853; Mrs. Rodman died in Mt. Vernon, Knox Co., Ohio, in February, 1876, at 91 years of age. The subject of this sketch followed farming in Ohio until he emigrated to Illinois, reaching Bloomington Oct. 8, 1853 — driving by team from Ohio — being sixteen days upon the trip; he rented land for two years near Bloomington, and, in the spring of 1856, he located upon his present place, where he purchased 120 acres of land, and upon which he now lives; he afterward added, by purchase, until he had accumulated 320 acres; he now owns 280 acres, with good farm buildings. His marriage with Eliza Woolf was celebrated Feb. 17, 1833; she was born in Fauquier Co., Va., May 21, 1811; they were the parents of nine sons and one daughter, of whom one son is deceased; the living are — William, Francis A., James M., Samuel, Amanda (now Mrs. William Porter), Scamon C., Julius N., Winfieid S., Oscar O.; of the above, three served in the Union army, during the late war of rebellion — James, Samuel and Scamon. The eight sons, with their father, are all Republicans, and voted for Hayes. Mr. Rodman was formerly an Old Line Whig; and upon the organization of the Republican party, joined the same, and has labored for the support of the same. He has voted every general election, with two exceptions, since 1831; of township and school offices, Mr. Rodman has had his full share, having been first Supervisor of Old Town Township in 1858, which office he held five years; Justice of the Peace twelve years; School Treasurer thirteen years, and other petty offices, having held one or more offices continually, since the organization of the township. He has taken a deep interest in the cause of religion, having been a member of the M. P. Church since 1830 — a period of nearly one-half a century, and has held different offices in the church, for a period of forty-five years. Mrs. Rodman has been a member of the same church for forty years.