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In 1840 he came to Ogle county and located in Pine Creek township. With his family he came through by team, in a large wagon, usually called a "prairie schooner. " They passed through Virginia, Ohio and Indiana, and were six weeks en routt\ although they stopped some two weeks near Dayton, Ohio. The greater portion of the land was yet owned by the government, and believing there was a great future for the country, Mr. Coffman pur- chased six quarter-sections in Ogle county, and nearly as much i...n Sangamon county, paying the government price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. This land he at once commenced to improve, and in 1842 built a small brick house for occu- pancy, brick being more easily obtained than lumber, as there was a brick-yard within six miles, while lumber had to be hauled from Chicago. The previous year, however, he erected a gristmill on Pine creek. On settling here their nearest neigh- bor was three miles away and their market was Chicago. On the present site of Mt.
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