Excerpted From 1884 History of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois, Willow Hill Township p.512-13. (Willow Hill Township)

     " ISAAC DEBOW, junior member of the firm of Jones & Debow, owners of the Hunt City Mills, was born in Jasper County, Ill., in 1847, and is the second son of Robert and Naomi (Gosnold) Debow, natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, respectively. Grandville Township was the location of our subject's rearing and education, where he remained until 1866, when the family purchased 117 acres in this township, ninety-seven of which are cultivated; here he lived until 1869, since which he has made several exchanges of land. In 1883, in company with Mr. Jones, he built the Hunt City Mills, and since they opened their business, in June last, the same has steadily increased and promises gloriously. They have three "run" of buhrs, and expect to improve and add to their machinery. In 1866, he married Cerilda Chapman, a native of Jasper County, who died in 1870. He next married Sarah M. Parr, a native of Marion County, Ind., and is the parent of two children -- Emily A. and Calvin W.  Mr. Debow is a Democrat, and an influential citizen. The firm Jones & Debow are also grain dealers, having charge of the grain house at Hunt City."

-Submitted by Minga (Buckle) Stivers