I posted the following biography on the Woodford Co message board hosted by Rootsweb/Ancestry in response to a query there and remembered that someone on this mailing list is researching DEBOLT so I'm sending this to the list in hopes that the DEBOLT researcher is still subscribed and will see this. >From The Past and Present of Woodford Co, Illinois (1878): Tool, Matthew, proprietor of "Home Flouring-mill", was born in Augusta County, Va., Feb. 22, 1829. When he was about 5 years old, his parents removed to Tazewell Co., Ill.; he was raised on a farm until he was 18 years of age, when he learned the trade of a carpenter, which he followed about twenty years. He came to Metamora Township in 1849; settled in the village in 1858; built the Home Mill in 1868, and has been engaged in the milling business ever since. He was married June 29, 1854, to Miss Margaret Debolt, who was born in Greene County, Penn., March 27, 1831; they have five children -- Alice E., George H., Mary E., John W., and Julia A. He has held the offices of School Director and Commissioner of Highways. Amy atjaden@mindspring.com