Transcribed from the Portrait & Biographical Album of Whiteside County, IL.
Originally published 1885
Chapman Bros.,
Chicago, IL
Page 438

Transcribed by: Denise McLoughlin
Tampico Area Historical Society
www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com

Isaac Body, a prominent farmer, on section 12, Ustick Township, is a native citizen of the State of Illinois, having been born July 12, 1837, in Iroquois County, to which place his parents, Isaac and Mary (Myers) Body, removed from their native State - Pennsylvania-in the pioneer days of Illinois. Their eight children were named Catherine, Susan, Mary A., John, George, Isaac, Sarah and Eliza.

Mr. Body has been all his life engaged in agriculture, and when he was 26 years of age set out for himself independently, and in October 1863, came to Whiteside County. He spent the first year on a rented farm in Ustick Township, and in the year succeeding bought 80 acres of land. On this he has operated with satisfactory and substantial results. He has erected an excellent class of buildings, and the place is one of the pleasantest n location in the township. He estate now includes 220 acres in the townships of Ustick and Clyde, and 120 is tillage.

Mr. Body is a Republican, and has been School Director; he has also officiated in other township offices.

Mr. Body was married Nov. 13, 1860, in Carroll Co., Ill., to Cyrena Dyson, and they are the parents of seven children: Adda F., Charles C., Della E., Mary L., Samuel M., Elmer I., and Etta C. The oldest daughter is the wife of John Bristol, of Ustick Township. Mrs. Body was born Nov. 15, 1839, in Carroll Co., Ill., and is the daughter of Hezekiah and Ruth (McIndoo) Dyson. Her parents were born in Indiana, from which State they removed to Carroll Co,, Ill., in its earliest period. Their children were named James, Charles, William, Cyrena, Hezekiah, Ruth, Cornelius, Margaret A., Dimmis D. and Mary E.

Mr. and Mrs. Body are members of the Methodist Church.