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Source: The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Fulton County
Munsell Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908

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The Biography of John Henderson BYBEE 

Transcribed exactly according to the original complete text by Joan Achille. 

[Surnames: BALLARD, BENNETT, BYBEE, SPENCER] 

[Starting on page 815] 

    
BYBEE, John Henderson (deceased), was born on a farm near Canton Ill., on December 7, 1847, and died in that city May 5, 1904. His family had been settled in Fulton County for more than seventy years, its founder in this section of the State being his grandfather, Thomas T. Bybee. The latter was a native of Clark County, Ky., born in September 1798, and came to Fulton County the winter of the "deep snow" of 1830-31. He was twice married, the children by his first union being David (born [page 816] in 1819), and James (in 1821). The grandfather first bought a quarter-section of land and, by means of farming, stock-raising and speculating in lands, finally amassed a property which at his death, April 8, 1872, was valued at $3,000,000. 
    
David Bybee, the father of John H., was first married to a Miss Spencer, and after her death, to Margery Ann Ballard, who became the mother of the subject of this sketch. The son assisted his father on the farm and continued in agricultural pursuits after the latter's death, and at his death in 1904 left a considerable property himself. He married Miss Emma V. Bennett in 1880 and their son, Thomas J., is now engaged in the photograph business. The comfortable family home is situated on South Main Street, Canton.