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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Ozias MCGOVNEY, general Merchant; P. O. Mokena; one of our first settlers and pioneers; 
was born in Adams Co., Ohio, Dec. 4, 1824; came to this State with his father's family, 
and settled in the township of Frankfort, Will Co., in 1831. He received a liberal 
education in boyhood, and at the age of 25, was admitted as attorney and solicitor 
in the courts of this State. Since his residence in the township, he has acted as 
Justice of the Peace twenty-one years, and post office official three years. He was 
married Jan. 20, 1846, to Miss Matilda J. ELLSWORTH, who was born in Onondaga Co., 
N. Y., Feb. 23, 1829; they have had eight children, six of whom are living, viz., 
Nancy, O. E., Emily M., Hattie, Arthur W. and Jessie; deceased, Mary E. William W.