STANDARD ATLAS
OF
SCOTT COUNTY, ILLINOIS
1903
Geo. A. Ogle & Co.Publishers & Engravers
134 Van Buren St.
Chicago
Transcribed by Larry Fearneyhough
Page 112
The fact that the young men who are natives of Scott county, Illinois, rise to places of trust and fill important positions cannot be controverted. You will find them all over the country, and, in the majority of cases, you will find them holding down some important job, and - thriving. The subject of this sketch, E. W. Ebey, is not an exception to the rule. He was born on a farm near Winchester, June 7, 1869. With exception of two years his life has been spent in Winchester, and in his earlier years he received his education there. After he became a young man he worked on a farm and in a pottery, both near Winchester.
He evidently read some railroad advertisements, for he suffered an attack of the "western fever," and spent the years 1887-88 in western Kansas. He found out, however, in a little while that that country couldn't compare with Scott county, Illinois, no matter from what vantage point you attempted to make the comparison, and so, after two years spent in that land of sandburrs and sunflowers, returned to the city of his birth, his boyhood home.
September 17, 1890, he was married to Miss Cora E. Levis. Four children - Madge, Keith, Harry and Warren - have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ebey.
December 5, 1900, Mr. Ebey was appointed to the position of railway postal clerk. He was assigned to duty in the lowest grade and in the little better than twelve years of service has won promotion after promotion, until now he is in next to the highest grade. Mr. Ebey is quite a Hustler; is popular with the public, and is, withal, a gentleman worthy of every good thing in life.