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<br /> 134 HISTORY OF �IACON COliNTY
<br /> '�: Lafayette Gulick was reared upon the home farm and educated in the public
<br /> �; schools. After bec�ming tlioroughly acquainted with farming in its various
<br /> I �n a tract of ei ht acres which his father ve
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<br /> • i one liundred and sixt acres ad'oinin , so l�e had a �
<br /> +a. him. Later he purchased y J g
<br /> r': farm of two hundred and forty acres, and this property he brought to a high �
<br /> state of cuItivation, making it one of the most productive farms in the locality. ,
<br /> After conducting the farm for t�venty years Mr. Gulick erected a l�andsome ,
<br /> residence on tlie old Barber place, on the Bloomington pike, southeast of tlie old
<br /> �,. home and there he has lived retired since t9o5, being now the fortunate owner
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<br /> of six hundred and forty acres of land, comprising several farms in Hickory
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<br /> Point township, and one of its most responsible citizens_
<br /> � On September �z, r87o, Mr. Gulick was united in marriage to Miss Martha
<br /> � A. Mont�omery a dau�hter of William F. and Ainelia (Suver) Montgomery, :
<br /> �' the forTner a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio. The parents came to
<br /> Illinois previous to the Civil war and were identified with farming interests.
<br /> � � There were seven children in their family: Rachel, who became Mrs. Hays but
<br /> � ' is now deceased; $amuel, a resident of Decatur; Mary, who became Mrs. Hanks, y
<br /> of Hickory township; Amelia, now living with Mrs. Hanks; Frank and Patrick
<br /> � H., of Decatur; and Martha A., �vife of our subject. To Mr. and Nlrs. Gulick
<br /> ' four children have been born: Nellie, who was born in i872 and died in r8qz; `
<br /> Frank, who married a Miss McVlahan, whose parents were living on one of his
<br /> father's farm, and has two children, Bernice and Frank; Bernard M., who mar-,�
<br /> ried Miss Louisa Love, the daughter of a farmer in the same neighborhood;
<br /> Fred L., who married a Miss Grace Po e, whose arents were livin on one oi :
<br /> his father's farms, and has one child, Evelyn.
<br /> Mr. Gulick ever since arriving at man's estate has been a supporter of the "
<br /> democratic party but he has never sought official honors, as his principal inter- �
<br /> est has been centered in his family an<l his farms. The success that has attended ;
<br /> his life work has been due to industry and sound judgment, the latter element ,=
<br /> being the leading feature of his character. He and his estimable wife now en-
<br /> � joy in peace and prospenty tl�e results of tl�eir well directed labors, and it is��
<br /> scarcely necessary to add that they are greatly esteemed by their neighbors and
<br /> by the many friends t(iey l�ave macle in tl�is part of tl�e county.
<br /> LEWIS HARDY CLARK, M. D. ��
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<br /> Sixth in direct descent from noted colonial ancestry, with a long line of
<br /> prominent American progenitors on both sides of the house, Dr. Lewis H. Clark,'. ��
<br /> of Decatur, occupies a unique place in the genealogical records of citizens now.�
<br /> living in Illinois. The Revolutionary patriot, Nathaniel Clark, was a member'
<br /> of this family and the name Clark in many states of the Union attests the�' ;
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<br /> virility of the early stock, whicl� lias been transmitted from generation to gen-'
<br /> eration, almost unimpaired, from worthy forebears.
<br /> The subject of tllis review is a native of Christian county, Illinois, and is
<br /> a son of Dr. Joseph H. and Lydia D. (Hardy) Clark. The father was born
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