JARVIS, EDWARD TAYLOR, M.D., who is successfully engaged in the practice of medicine in Macomb, Ill. was born just south of Tennessee, McDonough County, March 22, 1877, a son of Edward and Elizabeth (Royce) Jarvis. The mother of the subject of this sketch died when her son was only one year old. During his early youth he attended the district schools of his neighborhood, and then became a pupil in the high school, from which he was graduated in 1896. After teaching two years, he pursued a teacher's course in the Normal School at Macomb, receiving a first-grade certificate. Following this, he took a preparatory literary course in Chicago, and subsequently entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Illinois State University from which he was graduated with honors in 1904. After practicing his profession one year in Plymouth, Ill., he opened an office in Macomb in 1905, and considering the brevity of his professional career, has attained notable success. Dr. Jarvis is a member of the McDonough County, The Military Tract, and the Illinois State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. On September 21, 1804, Dr. Jarvis was united in marriage with Martha Esther Sapp, who was born in Birmingham, Schuyler County, Ill., and is the daughter of D. M. Sapp, a resident of Plymouth, Ill. On political issues, Dr. Jarvis maintains an independent position, using his best judgment in the exercise of the elective franchise. Fraternally, he is affiliated with Plymouth Lodge No. 888, I. O. O. F., and with the A. F. & A. M. JARVIS, JOHN F., who is successfully engaged in farming and fruit-raising in Chalmers Township, McDonough County, Ill., was born in Lamoine Township, this county, February 5, 1859, and there received an education in the public schools. He is a son of Edward and Elizabeth (Royce) Jarvis, the former a native of Indiana. John Jarvis, the paternal grandfather, was a Virginian, and Frank Royce, the grandfather on the mother's side, was born in Tennessee. John Jarvis located in Hancock County, Ill., in 1834. In 1842 he moved to McDonough County and entered seventy acres of Government land in Lamoine Township which ultimately came into the possession of Edward Jarvis. John F. Jarvis is the third of eight children, five of whom were boys. At the age of twenty-three years he left home and traveled about two years. On returning to McDonough County he applied himself to farming. In the fall of 1890 he bought 195 acres of land in Sections 29 and 32, Chalmers Township, where he carries on general farming. In 1897 he went into the fruit business, and has the largest apple orchard in the county, covering seventy-five acres. He also raises plums, peaches, pears, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. On September 20, 1883, Mr. Jarvis was married to Josephine Newell, who was born in McDonough County, and received her early education in the common school and the Macomb Normal School. Five children resulted from this union, namely: Robert, Mary, Arthur, Ora and Chester. Politically, Mr. Jarvis advocates the principles of the Prohibition party. His fraternal connection is with the M. W. A. PAMowinkel@aol.com wrote: > > Thanks, > I am researching the JARVIS family and various McDonough County people have > referred to information from that book. > > Pris