Excerpt from History of Woodford County I wish to express my gratitude for the use of half-tones to the Minonk News, Bloomington Pantagraph, Mi'nonk Dispatch, Woodford County Republican, Benson Bee, Meta mora Herald, elpaso Journal, Geo. W. Nance, of Blooming ton, editor of the history of the Nance family; and Henry B. Meek of Kansas City, editor of the history of the Meek family. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.