page_title: Isaac L. Ellwood
section_title: DeKalb, Illinois
hierarchical_section_title: Isaac L. Ellwood / DeKalb, Illinois
caption_attribution_description: English: Glidden Barbed Wire manufactured by Isaac L. Ellwood in DeKalb, Ill. Presumed 1880s advertising poster.
context_page_description: Isaac Leonard Ellwood was an American rancher, businessman and barbed wire entrepreneur.
context_section_description: Ellwood found some success in California and returned east in 1855, to DeKalb, Illinois, where he opened a hardware and implements store. On January 27, 1859, Ellwood married Harriet Augusta Miller; the couple would ultimately have seven children. As Ellwood rose to prominence he began acquiring farm properties in and around DeKalb, Illinois. After the Civil War ended he began to import Percheron draft horses, many from France. Eventually, this resulted in a  3,400-acre (14 km²) stock farm near DeKalb.
caption: An advertising poster c. 1880s for Ellwood and Glidden's manufacturing firm.
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