line, including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 17.1% of those age 65 or over. Notable people Lowell Bayles, air race pilot Ada Kepley, author and first American woman to graduate law school, owned a farm in Mason township Mason Ruffner, singer, songwriter, musician References 1865 establishments in Illinois Populated places established in 1865 Towns in Effingham County, Illinois Towns in Illinois