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

Z.E. MAINE, farmer; P. O. Beardstown; is a native of this 
county; born in Beardstown Precinct, near the town of 
Beardstown, March 30, 1849, son of Loderick L. and Sarah 
(Calif) Maine.  Loderick L. was born in Stafford Springs, 
Conn., March 24, 1786, and is still living; he was a 
carpenter by trade; his wife was a native of New Hampshire; 
they had had five children.  Our subject attended school in 
this precinct eleven years, and also two years in 
Beardstown, and engaged in farming in this precinct, where 
he has since pursued that occupation, with the exception of 
two years, 1870-71, which he spent in Iowa.  He married in 
this precinct, Feb. 23, 1869, Ellen McKean, a native of 
Monroe Precinct, this county, born March 23, 1847, who has 
borne him three children: Minta (deceased), Lucas A. 
(deceased), and Minnie.  Mrs. Maine is a daughter of John 
and Nancy McKean; he a native of Pennsylvania, born in 
1806; she, a native of West Virginia.  Mr. Maine is a 
Greenbacker, and a member of Lodge No. 23, A.F. and A.M., 
Beardstown.

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