J. W. Acree

H. W. Beckwith, History of Vermilion County (Chicago: H. H. Hill, 1879)

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J. W. Acree, Fairmount, farmer, was born in Alabama on the 15th of October 1825, and came with his parents to Vermilion county in 1829. On the fourth of March, 1852, Mr. Acree took himself a life-partner, his choice being Miss Lydia Brady, daughter of John and Rosanna Brady, who were early settlers of this county. She was born in Brown County, Ohio, on the 6th of November, 1832. They have been blessed with a family of two sons and one daughter: Jerod[,] Rosanna (now the wife of E. C. Lee), and Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. Acree are both united with the C. P. Church. Mr. Acree also fine farm of two hundred and thirty-five acres, which is the fruit of his own industry.