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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Harry A. TOUNSHENDEAU, barber, Plainfield; was born on the French frigate Pathfinder, on the Atlantic ocean, January 14, 1845, of French parents; was left an orphan in New York City before he was one year old, his mother died the 13th of February following, in New York City, and his father the 26th of August following; he was then taken in charge by a man named CLOUNEY, who resided in Newburg, N. Y., with whom he remained six years; he then went to live with Mr. SHANNON (the famous hatter of New York City), and remained with him five years. I. T. ASHMEAD was then appointed his guardian soon after he came to Kalamazoo, Mich., where he remained two years; then to Minooka, and then to Plainfield in 1868, where he has remained ever since. Married a daughter of John NEWSOME, of Wheatland, Sept. 6, 1869. He opened a barbershop soon after his arrival here, which business he has continued to follow ever since; in connection with this, he has edited and published a newspaper one year (The Plainfield Echo). Mr. T. has always been an earnest advocate of temperance, and during the publication of his paper wrote a series of articles on that subject which attracted a great deal of attention, and which made him both friends and enemies.


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HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.