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ANDREW JARRETT, farmer; P. O. Danvers; was born in Greenbrier Co., W. Va., Dee. 17,1847 ; he was reared a farmer’s boy, and secured only a common-school education; he lost his father when but 5 years of age; at the age of 17 years, he took supervision of the farm for his mother; at his majority, he began life for himself; he purchased the homestead as the heirs became of age, thus securing for himself a farm of 180 acres in the “Old Dominion.” He sold out in January, 1877, and the following November came to Illinois, stopping for the winter with his mother, near Bloomington. March 1, 1878, he took possession of his present farm, south west of the village of Danvers; owns 200 acres, all in a fine state of improvement, valued at $12,000. He was married Oct. 5, 1871, to Alice M. Argabrite, a native of West Virginia; hag three children — Laura, Delta I., Ora J. He devotes himself mainly to the rearing of cattle and hogs, and has been very successful in his business enterprises.