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Francis X. Lemenager farmer, Ashkum, is a native of Belgium, having been born in the canton of Perwez, province of Brabant, in that country, in 1828. He arrived in America in 1856, and came west, settling in this township h, the neighborhood of L'Erable. He worked in Clifton for Mr. Howe part of the first year, and on the arrival of his brother from Belgium went to farming, in which business he has continued since. He bought his land from the railroad company, at which time it was raw prairie, now he has it well improved and in as high state of cultivation, a commodious and handsome farm-house, good barn and out-buildings, a grove and orchard. The whole farm of 320 acres is well fenced and thoroughly ditched. He was elected justice of the peace in 1878, and continues to discharge the duties of his office to the general satisfaction of the people. In 1874 Mr. Lemenager married foe the second time, and has a family of eight children, three boys and five girls.

Source : Beckwith, H. W. : History of Iroquois County : together with Historic notes on the Northwest, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and other authentic, though, for the most part, out-of-the-way sources; Chicago: H.H. Hill and Co., 1880, c1879, 1219 pgs.