Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882.  Cass County.

JOHN R. DUTCH, grain dealer, Beardstown, was born in Cape 
Girardeau, Mo., Sept. 7, 1830, and came to Illinois with 
his parents in 1837.  In 1849, he joined the Cass County 
Company, consisting of twenty-one persons, who went 
overland to California, where he worked at mining until the 
fall of 1850, when he returned to Cass County, and in 1851 
entered McKendree College for one year, after which he 
engaged in merchandising in Beardstown with his brother, 
which he has continued; also dealing in grain.  In 1879, 
this firm purchased a steamer and several barges, and 
operated largely in grain along the river from Peoria to 
St. Louis, handling a large amount of grain.  Capt. E. J. 
Dutch was born in Salem, Mass., in 1783, and followed the 
sea for twenty-five years, being commander of many vessels, 
and sailing all over the world.  He first located at 
Cincinnati, and afterward went to Cape Girardeau and helped 
lay out the town.  In 1836, he came to Cass County, where 
he died in 1849.  He married in New York City, and had ten 
children, six sons and four daughters, John R., (our 
subject) being the third son.  Three brothers and three 
sisters are living.

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