also deceased. Myrtle, born December 16, 1885, is the wife of Kyle Seaborn, a resident of Fairmount township.      Mr. Rust was the owner of seven hundred and twenty acres of fine land at the time of his death and left this property to his wife and children. He was a very successful man, and did everything in his power to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of his family. He regarded no personal sacrifice on his part too great if it would benefit those depending upon him. During the time he lived in Fairmount township he was supervisor there for several years. His good qualities won for him the respect of all with whom he was associated and in his business life he displayed integrity, close application and unfaltering diligence that resulted in the acquirement of a handsome competence. His widow still survives and is well known in the community where she makes her home. She belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church of Baylis, is interested in its work, and is widely and favorably known in social circles here.                                                    ________________                                              MULFORD  K.  FARRAND        Mulford K. Farrand, who follows farming on section 1, Pittsfield township, was a native of Griggsville, Pike county, born December 28, 1856, his parents being Elbridge G. and Elizabeth J. (McWilliams) Farrand. His maternal grandfather, Hon. James McWilliams, was one of the early legislatures that this county sent to the general assembly of Illinois. He was born in Belmont county, Ohio, March 12, 1802, and was a son of Alexander McWilliams, whose birth occurred on shipboard while his parents were sailing to America in the year 1776. The family is of Scotch lineage and the ancestral home was at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, in which state Alexander McWilliams acquired his early education. He was married at the age of twenty-two years to Miss Jane Paxton, of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and of their three children James was the youngest. Mrs. McWilliams died about the year 1803 and afterward Mr. McWilliams married again having eleven children by his second wife. For some years he was a resident of Ohio and there died at the age of sixty-five years.      Hon. James McWilliams was a public-school student in Ohio and gave his attention largely to the work upon his father's farm up to the time of his marriage, which was celebrated in 1824, Miss Margaret Latimer becoming his wife. Her father was Alexander Latimer, a native of Scotland. Unto them were born eight children. In 1834, Mr. McWilliams became a resident of Naples, Illinois, and in the spring of 1835 took up his abode on a farm near Griggsville, in Pike county. There his wife died on the 28th of December, 1838, and in June, 1839, he wedded Miss Lucretia Prescott, a native of Groton, Massachusetts. Mr. McWilliams was a man of strong mentality and marked force of character, well fitted for leadership. His ability was recognized by his fellow citizens, who in 1838 chose him as their representative in the state legislature and for a term of two years he sat upon the democratic side of the house. The first session was held at Vandalia and the second at Springfield, following the removal of the capital to the latter city. In 1848 Mr. McWilliams became connected with the lumber trade, continuing in the business for some years. During the period of the Civil war he was a stanch supporter of the administration and advocated the prosecution of hostilities until the preservation of the Union was an established fact. He was one of the original stockholders of the Griggsville National Bank and in fact was one of its principal promoters. The bank was opened for business August 1, 1873, with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars and has since been profitably conducted. Mr. McWilliams serving as president for many years during the earlier period of its existence.      Elbridge G. Farrand, father of our subject, was born in Bridgeport, Vermont, November 13, 1814, and left his native state at the age of eighteen years. He went to Michigan, where he remained until 1845, when he removed to Morgan county, Illinois. In 1849 he went overland to California, but in 1852 returned to this state settling at Griggsville. In 1861 he turned his attention to