J. B. Eno

J. B. Eno, for over fifty years a teacher in Northeastern Illinois schools, died at 2:30 yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F.F. Butzow, 912 N. Main street. He was 95 years old. Until two months ago, when he began to weaken rapidly, he had been in good health. He came to Bloomington a year ago to make his home with his daughter and his grandson, Frank E. Butzow, a reporter for the Pantagraph. the body will be taken to Watseka, Ill., where burial will be made.
Jeremiah Bidwell Eno was born November 25, 1836 (?), at Simsbury (?), Conn., the son of a Yankee school teacher whose father fought in the Revolutionary War. He attended Yale College for a short time and then began his career as a school teacher. After teaching in Connecticut and New York schools for several years he came to Illinois and followed his profession in this state for over half a century.
During most of his years in Illinois Mr. Eno resided in Iroquois County, principally at Watseka. His second wife died in 1903 (?). In recent years he made his home with Mrs. Butzow and a daughter, Mrs. M. M. Case of Union, Illinois.
Mr. Eno devoted much of his spare time to horticulture and when possible had a garden for his summer recreation and experiments. He was sturdy and athletic and a keen sportsman, making frequent hunting and fishing trips until he was nearly 90 years old. Swimming was one of this favorite sports and during his later life   he took great pride in his ability as a swimmer. He retained his faculties to a remarkable extent to the end of his life. He never wore glasses.
During the later years of his life Mr. Eno made frequent trips to his old home in Connecticut  and New York. He was the last member of a prominent New England family.
Until late years, when he became more independent in his politics, Mr. Eno was a Democrat. He was a Mason for over seventy years and a member of the Congregational church.
Mr. Eno leaves three daughters, Mrs. Butzow, Mrs. Case and Mrs. F. B. Coleman,Waterloo, Iowa; seven grandchildren, Frank E., Ernest H., and Katherine Butzow, ?13 North Main street; Louise and Horace Coleman, Waterloo, Iowa; Mrs. Robert Coleman, Detroit Mich., and five great grandchildren. --Bloomington Pantagraph.
Mr. Eno was one of the members of the colony which made the "Connecticut Settlement" in Lyman Township in 1857. He was the last of the original members of that colony to pass away. When these people came here they took up a tract of 7,000 acres. Mr. Eno's farm was the one now occupied by Charles (?) Brown.

--Roberts Herald. 24 March 1920.