"Horatio Grimes* Bent {Horatio G., Samuel,^ Joel,^ Elijah,*
Hopestill,^ Peter, ^ John^) was born in New Orleans, La., Nov.
22, 1857, but was taken two years later to Bloomington, Ill.,
where he still resides. He graduated from the Illinois Wesleyan
University of Bloomington in 1879, and from the Law School con-
nected with the same institution in 1882. With the exception of
about nine months spent in St. Paul, Minn., he has since lived in
Bloomington, where he is in active practice as a lawyer. For sev-
eral years he has been a member of the board of education. He
married, Aug. 25, 1880, Adah Crist of Bloomington, who was
born April 23, 1859.
Children :
i. Horatio Crist,^ b. June 23, 1881.
ii. Lewis Grimes, b. Sept. 25, 1885.
iii. Julian, b. Jan. and d. April, 1889."