BENJAMIN F. OZBUN was born in Sumner county, Tenn., Nov. 18, 1810, his parents being Bartholomew and Elizabeth (Abbott) Ozbun, natives of Virginia. He came with his parents to the territory of Illinois, in 1816, and most of his boyhood days were spent in clearing up his father's farm, so that he became proficient in the duties of farm life. In the year 1832, he removed to Greene county, Ind., where he remained until the fall of 1834, when he came to Greene county, Ill., landing here with 50 cents in silver and a horse which he had rode all the way from Tennessee. He began to work for Samuel Thomas, one of the early pioneers, at $12 per month. He worked around for about two years, and on the 9th of July, 1837, was united in marriage with Nancy McCool, born Aug. 10, 1817, in Pope county, Ill. She was the daughter of Jesse and Jane McCool. By this union there were 10 children, six of whom are living - John F., married Lena Lesman, resides in Kane township; Daniel T., spoken of elsewhere; Robert B., lives at home; Jane E., wife of John Roberts, residing in Kansas; Jesse A., married Mary Ryan, lives in this township; and Mary M. Those deceased are Bartholomew, George W., Lucy A., and James L. After his marriage he moved on the farm he had previously purchased, in the northeast part of the county. In 1857, they moved on the farm where they now reside, on Sec. 3, T. 9, R. 12. He owned 220 acres of land on sections 3 and 10 at the time of his death, and his family were surrounded with all the comforts of a good home. He was, in politics, a democrat and his first vote for president was cast for Andrew Jackson, whose principles he followed ever afterward. He died July 18, 1885, leaving his wife and children to deeply mourn the loss of a kind husband and a loving father, and the community to regret the loss of so good a citizen. He was buried in the Carrollton cemetery. The farm is now managed by his son, Robert. He was one of the oldest settlers of Greene county, and but few of our readers can imagine what those pioneers had to go through when they settled in the now rich and fertile Greene county. They are one by one passing away, and may a rich reward be theirs.