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EDWIN H. LANSING, Justice of the Peace, was born in Greene. Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1841, and came west with
his father, John Lansing, in 1846. Mr. Lansing followed farming till he was of age. when he served for a short
time in the army and afterward worked for the Eastern Illinois and Pan-Handle railroads, first as brakeman, then
as conductor. in 1868 he went to Pueblo, Colo. where he was engaged in mining and stock raising till 1882 when
he retnrned to Lansing, where he has since resided. He is Justice of the Peace for Lansing. and owns a farm of
200 acres near that place.
FROM:
History of Cook County, Illinois
From the earliest period to the present time.
BY: A. T. Andreas
A. T. Andreas, Publisher
Chicago 1884.
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