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- 1880 Federal Census of Groveland, LaSalle County, Illinois
Joseph M. Bane - 33 - M - IL-PA-WV - Head - Farmer
Annie E. - 26 - F - IL-CT-CT - Wife - Keeping House
Daniel H. - 4 - M - IL-IL-IL - Son
Ira L. - 2 - M - IL-IL-IL - Son
History of LaSalle County, Illinois - Groveland Township
Joseph M. Bane, son of Mordecai Bane, was born July 13, 1847, in Lacon Township, Marshall Co., Ill. He came to Groveland Township (LaSalle Co.) in 1866 and lived on rented land five years, and two years was a grain-buyer in Dana. He then bought eighty acres of his present farm on which he has lived since 1876, and which now comprises 240 acres on sections 14 and 15. Feb. 9, 1875, he was married to Miss Annie E., daughter of Daniel Bassett. They had two sons - Daniel Hubert, born May 30, 1876, and Ira Owen, born Oct. 15, 1878, both natives of this township. Mr. Bane is a Democrat in politics, with Greenback proclivities. His father, Mordecai Bane, was born Sept. 30, 1820, in Washington County, Pa., and when a boy he removed to Marshall County, W. Va. He was there married to Sarah A. Blodgett, a native of Marshall County, W. Va., born Dec. 9, 1822. In 1846 he came with his family, via the Ohio, Mississippi, and Illinois rivers to Lacon, Ill. He resided on a farm near Shaw's Point until 1866 when he settled on section 28, Groveland Township - He then removed with nine of his thirteen children to Kingman County, Kan., where he still resides and is hale and prosperous.
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