Mrs. Lucinda Bearce Bordner. Could the biographies of the pioneers of Fulton County be written in detail, a large and most interesting volume might be compiled. It is our pleasure to select the principal facts in their lives and record them for the perusal of coming generations. The lady, with whose name we introduce this sketch, has been a resident of Fulton county sixty-five years, coming here with her parents, Eli and Sarah Bearce, in 1825, and consequently has witnessed the entire growth and development of this part of Illinois. She is a native of this State, and was born in Sangamon County, February 16, 1824; for her parental history we refer the reader to the sketch of Orsen Bearce. Being but two years of age when she came to this county, she has no knowledge of other than her adopted home. Her girlhood was passed in attendance at the pioneer schools and in assisting her mother in household duties, and on January 2, 1842, when eighteen years of age, she was united in marriage with Jonathan Bordner