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A view of Patrick & Mary (McNamara) McGrath's farmstead--Section 28, Osage Township, LaSalle County, Illinois. They purchased the farm in phases: Dec 6, 1869 N 1/2 of SE 1/4 of section 28; May 10, 1873 SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 section 28; Sept 6, 1873 NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 section 28. They farmed there till they retired in Dec 1908, moving into Wenona.
Their youngest son Michael Patrick McGrath & newly wedded wife Agnes Kate Whalen then took it over. Michael farmed it till his death in 1937. Agnes kept the land & house till her death in 1972.
An earlier image on Illinois LaSalle County 1965 Film Roll 81 Photo 81-BLS-24 was taken from the north and further away than this image from 1971.
In the years since 1965 a large barn has been taken down.
This photo shows the last year the property was in the McGrath family.