TREADWAY, JEFFERSON V., has spent his entire career within the limits of Cass County, and he is thoroughly familiar with agricultural conditions here and the possibilities for success. He belongs to that substantial, solid class which forms the backbone of every prosperous community, and as a citizen has shown himself reliable, energetic and public spirited. Jefferson V. Treadway was born in Cass County, Ill., July 30, 1863, and is a son of William T. and Mary (McHenry) Treadway, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania.

Educated in the public schools and reared to agricultural pursuits. Mr. Treadway remained on the home farm until the time of his marriage, October 16, 1890, to Miss Mary R. Gaines, who was born in Shelby County, Ill., February 14, 1870, the daughter of Preston F. and Emma (Bateman) Gaines, the former a native of Tennessee and the latter of Delaware. After his marriage Mr. Treadway purchased a farm three and one-half miles northwest of Virginia, a tract of 120 acres, which he put under a high state of cultivation, and on which he resided for two years. He then sold out and purchased property at Virginia, where he was engaged in various occupations during the following eleven years, including the conducting of a meat market and a transfer business. He then located on his present farm in township 17, range 10, which had formerly belonged to his father, and which was left to him at the time of the elder man's death, in 1912. Here Mr. Treadway has 146� acres, which he devotes to general farming and the raising of hogs and cattle. Mr. Treadway bears the reputation of being a skilled and practical farmer, an excellent judge of stock and a business man of the strictest integrity. His career has been one of constant endeavor and consecutive advancement, and well-earned success has crowned his efforts. A Democrat in his political views , he has ever been willing to do his full share in promoting the interests of his community, and served two terms in the capacity of school director. Fraternally, Mr. Treadway is connected with the Court of Honor and the Modern Woodmen of America, at Virginia. Mrs. Treadway is a member of the Eastern Star. Mr. and Mrs. Treadway are consistent members of the Presbyterian church. They have one daughter, Mary E., who was born November 26, 1896.