MICHAEL NOLAN, farmer, post office, Springfield, was born in Springfield, Illinois, May 20, 1856, son of Patrick and Ann (Grimes) Nolan, natives of Ireland, who emigrated to the State some years ago. They were married in Springfield, about 1827. There was a family of two children, viz: Matilda and Michael. In 1861, came to Fancy Creek, where he purchased land and opened up a farm, where he remained until 1879, when he moved to Springfield, when he embarked in the grocery business. Has two hundred and ten acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; raised thirty-five acres of corn, twenty-five acres of wheat, turns out twenty head of hogs. Michael Nolan married Miss Ellen Madden, daughter of John Madden, of Springfield in 1828. There is one child, Johnny, born March 6, 1881.