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Dressed For Winter In Mendota

Photograph by Muzzy, Mendota, Illinois, circa 1910. Rollin Leonard Muzzy was born in either Malden or Dover, Bureau County, Illinois, June 23, 1858. He was the son of Luther B. Muzzy. He is listed in the 1880 census with a photo gallery in Malden, Illinois. The 1900 census lists him as a photographer in Savanna, Carroll County, Illinois. He had been working at his trade in Leadville Colorado at some point, as photos are known. He married Lavinia Burt, in Illinois, in 1883. By 1910 he had a studio in Mendota, LaSalle County, Illinois. He remained as a photographer there at least as late as 1940. He died June 28, 1947, and is buried in Dover, Bureau County, Illinois.

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Uploaded on May 22, 2022