Adams County, Illinois - Biographical sketches, 1879 (part 11 of 16)

L.AWBE:XCE BlilJFOBD, farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Payson; the oldest of five sons and three daughters, of Woodford and Mary (Mewmawj Lawrence ; was born in Paj^son township, Adams county, March 29, 1832. He was brought up on the farm Avhere born, and adhered to the example of his sire in choice ot vocation. May 3, 1855, he married Jane A. Shepherd, daughter of Thomas J. and Jane (Nickofe) Shepherd, born in Adams county, Dec. 12, 1838. Ten children have been the fruit of their union, eight living: Woodford Garrett, Santa Mary, Arthur Marion, Lillie May, Levi Jeiferson, Charles Bluford, Nora Ann and Henry Millard. They first settled near the Payson hiill; removed from there to their present home in November, 1873. They own eighty farmer; Sec. 9; P. O.Paj'son; is the seventh of a family of five sous and three daughters, of Woodford and Mary (Mewmaw) Lawrence ; born on the farm where he now lives, ^March 8, 1837. He married Hester J. Baker, in April, 1863, daughter of Wm. D., and Ester K. Baker, and was born in Maryland, ^larch 29, 1845. They have five children : Cornelia A., Silas L., Dora T., Ora W. W., and Lydia A. Mr. Lawrence has held several township oflices, taught school six winters ; is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and he and wife are members of the Christian church. He owns seventy-two acres of improved land in Payson township, worth .$50 per acre. Lawrence R. larmer; sec. 10; P. O. Payson.

retired farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Payson; was born in Fauquier county, Va., Jan. 8, 1800; is the son of Rodham and Elizabeth Lawrence of the same county. He went with his parents to Kentuck}^ in 1810; lived there on a farm till 1823, then returned to his native county; spent three years, chiefly in teaching. December 17, 1826, he married Mary Mewmaw, born in Virginia, Jan. 29, 1803. Five days after their marriage they started with one horse to carry them and their eflects upon his back to Crawford county, Ind., where they arrived January 21, having consumed a month in the jouruej^ and the weather being very cold w^ere obi iged to walk much of the way. Mr. Lawrence spent the time farming and teaching till the spring of 1831, when they removed to Adams county, landing at Blutf Mills, in Payson township in Ma,y. The first day's work he did in Illinois was to help James Scehorn, Eli Seehorn, and Robert Hudson plant corn, on June 1. Their wives dropped the corn and they covered it with hoes. Mr. Lawrence taught the first school in Payson township ; began in June, 1831, in a log stable, with cracks between logs for windows, and lime bark peeled and laid rough side up for tioor. It stood nearly three miles southwest of where Payson now is. October 9, of that year, they removed to his present farm. His wife died Oct. 8, 1838, leaving him with eight children, the oldest five days less than eleven j^ears, and the youngest but a few hours old. He remained single till his youngest child lacked but two months of twenty -one years of age, and all the children were married but two. He then man-ied Rachel J. W. Lawrence, Aug. 4, 1859. His children are Mrs. Maria L. Holman, Mrs. Susan Ellington, Mrs. Alpha J. Mack, Bluford, Alfred, Rodham, Chester S., and Woodford M. He now has forty-three living grandchildren, and fourteen great grandchildren. He was a captain of a Militia Company a number of years. Both members of the Christian church. Owns 203 acres of land, worth 110,100.

LEASE HEXRY, farmer; Sec. 86; P. O. Stone's Prairie. He is the third child of th ee sons and two daughters of Jacob Lease and Phoebe (Cadwalader) Lease, who were natives of Virginia. Henry was born in Hampshire county, of that State, July 9, 1822. He was brought up there on a farm till twenty-two years of age ; came to Adams county in the fall of 1847. March 1, 1849, he married Eliza Burnham, born in Schuyler county, ni., Sept. 16, 1830. They settled in Clayton township tor two years; then removed to Pike county, where they lived for six years, at the end of which time they bought the land and settled where they now live, in November, 1861. Nine children have been the fruits of their marriage: William E., Richard, Charles, John T., Milton B., Henry W., Catherine H., Almeda J., and Harriet May. They are both members of the M. E. church of Plain ville. They own 122 acres in the home farm, worth $50 per acre.

liEASE JOHX W., farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Stone's Prairie. He was born in Hampshire county, Va., June 7, 1829. He is the tifth of a family of four brothers and two sisters, five of whom are now living. His parents, Jacob and Pliwbe (Cadwalader) Lease, were born in Virginia. They removed . to Adams county when John was eighteen years of age, where he has since lived, and has always been engaged in farming. June 1, 1854, he married Ellen Lewton, who was born in Carrol county, Ohio, in December, 1838. Her father, John Lewton, removed with his family to Pike county, where her mother still lives. The next year after their marriage Mr. Lewton settled on their present farm. Eleven children are the fruits of their union; ten living: William H., Mrs. Marietta Wagy, Susan M., Charles E., George A., Margret E., Elmer, John, Frances, and Daisy. They own sixty-five acres in the home farm, worth |50 per acre, sixty-six acres on Sec. 35, worth $50, and forty acres on Sec. 36, worth $40 i)er acre. Lehman Abraham, farmer ; sec. 20; P. O. Payson.

liESTER WII^SOX, farmer; Sec. 35; p. O. Stone's Prairie. He is the third child and oldest son of seven children of Williams D. and Evaline (Goodingj Lester; was born in Adams county Oct. 4, 1854. He was reai-ed on the farm, and his educational opportunities limited to the common schools. He married Clara -A. Benson, April 9, 1876, daughter of Pleasant C. and Catherine (Parks) Benson, Her father is a native of North Carolina, and her mother of Pike county. 111. She was born in Adams county. May 7, 1857. Their union is blessed with one child, Frances Daisy, born July 24, 1877. Mrs. Lester is the only daughter, and has but one brother, Stephen Benson. They went to Kansas in the summer of 1876, intending to settle there, but returned to Adams county that fall.

liOJlfG HENRY, farmer; P. O. Payson; was born in Hampshire (now Mineral) county, W, Va., Oct. 25, 1823, and is the fourth cf six children of Clawson and Rachel (Wagner) Lang, natives of that State. He was brought up on a farm, and remained there until the spring of 1849, when he came to Payson township, Adams county. 111. The fall before, Sept. 12, 1848. he marriei Elvina C. Baker, daughter of George and Anna (Lyon) Baker. She was also born in the same county in Virginia, Feb. 2, 1829 Have had eleven children, five of whom are living: George W., Curtis B., Eugene, Anna M., and Ada V. They own a residence and ten acres in the village, and two farms, one eighty acres, worth $80 per acre, and one ninety- eight acres, worth $50 per acre, lying in Payson township. He and wife are members of the M. E. church.

McCKORY BRICE M.. farmer: Sec. 32; P. O. Payson; is the fifth of four brothers and six sisters, and was born in Washington count}', Penn., Dec. 24, 1834. His parents were Samuel and Hannah (Potts; McCrory, the former born near Philadelphia, the latter in Monroe county, Ohio. Mr. McCrory was brought up on a larm in his native county, and remained there till he came to Adams county, in 1857. He learned the plastering trad*', and followed it from 1853 to 1863. He has since been engaged in farming, and dealing some in real estate; has made a feature of raising thoroughbred hogs. He settled where he DOW lives in 1857. He married, Oct. 9, 1857, Mary J. Franks, daughter of Jacob and Hannah Franks. She died in February, 1863, leaving one child John J. Mr. Mc- Crory married Mrs. Anna (Short) Shepherd, Sept. 5, 1855. She was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1840. They have four children: Willis, Thomas A., Mary Dottie, and Charlie B. They are both connected with the church, he with the Baptists, she with the M. E. church. He is a member ( f the Masonic Order. They own 180 acres in the home farm, worth $75 per acre, and eighty in Pike, worth $20 per acre.

McK£lkZI£ HUGH H., farmer and fruit-grower; Sec. 3; P. O. Payson; was born in Scotland, May 15, 1824. His father, Daniel McKenzie, was a highland Scotchman, and married Margret Orr. They had ten children, of whom Hugh is the eighth. He came over to Canada when eighteen years of age, and engaged in tailoring and clothing business from 1843 to 1847. He then came to Payson township, Adams cuuuty, and has since bfen farming; moved on his present farm in 1850. Just prior to crossing the Atlantic, he married Isabel Aiten, who bi re him six children; two living: Daniel, and Mrs. Jane Richardson. She died Aug. 20, 1856. He married Maiy (Wright) Dunlap in September, 1858, who was born in Prince William couu;y, Va.,

Dec. 15, 1832. She had three children by her first husband, Ephraim Dunlap: William A., John W. , and James L. ; and two by Mr. McKeuzie: Joseph A., and Marshal E. In 1854, Mr. McKenzie met with a serious accident with a runaway team, by which he lost a leg and came near losing his life. He and wife are members of the Christian church, of which he is elder. He owns 140 acres io home farm, worth 0 per acre. Mrs. McKenzie and sons own 205 ^.cres, worth $40 per acre. Mr. Dunlap was born in Kentucky in May, 1815; died in Adams county in February, 1856.

MoPETERIE AXHRE^V. farm er; P. O. Seehorn ; residence Sec. 32; is the son of Alexander and Nancy (Grasey) McPeterie, of Virginia, where they were n.a-ried, and removed to Warren county, Ky. Andrew was born in that county, March 7, 1816. He went with his parents to Pike county. Mo., in the fall of 1829. They removed the next Spring to Adams county, arriving on the quarter section on which he now lives , March 17, 1830. On the 21st of August, 1^31, bis father died. Bis mother lived several years later. They had a family of ten children, the subject of this sketch is the fifth; only five of them are living. He pursued the carpenters' trade for a number of years ea rly in life, but for thirty years has paid exclusive attention to ag'iculture. There were but four families in Payson township when Mr. McPeterie settled there: Jacob Weigle, James Rawlins, Ezekiel Downs and Daniel Liles. The country about them was an untamed wilderness, a befitting home ftf the wild beaot and the red man. Jan 17, 1875, he married Henrietta U. Wi'coxon^ born in Bullett county, Ky., March 12, 1842. They have one child, Andrew Pike McPeterie, born July 9, 1878. They have 205 acres in the home farm, worth $65 per acre and iwenty-one acres in Pike county, worth $30 per acre. Mr. McP. is now the oldest livjng settler in the township.

farmer and fruit grower; Sec. 7; P. O. Pay. son; is a native of Rockingham county, N. C; was born Nov. 15, 1833. His parents were John and Susan (Burton) Mitchel, also of that State. They had a family of two sons. They moved to East Tenue^see a year after his birth, and lived there until he was twelve years old, then removed to West Virginia. From there he came, in 1851, to Adams county. 111. He has been a resident of Payson township twenty-five years. He was reared on a farm. On the 7th of August, 1859, he married Elizabeth Gunn, who was horn in Illinois, June 20, 1840 ; was the daughter of William S. and Lovina Gunn. She died April 12, 1873, leaving five children: Mary E., .Tulia E. Liura A., Ama E. (since died) and Jennie. Mr. M. was married again Sept. 14, 1874, to Melissa Gabriel, born in Missouri, June 8, 1843, but brought up in Payson from two years of age. They are members of the M. E. church. They own forty acres of highly improved land in Payson township, worth $125 per acre. Mr. M. has been engaged in the nursery basiness until recently.

PERRY WILLI All D., editor and publisher of the Coxinty New>>\ residence, Sec. 6; was born in Payson, Adams county, 111., Sept. 30, 1835. His parents were Deacon Abner and Adeline Perry; the former was born in Holden, Mass., the latter in Rutland, Mass. They came to Fall Creek in 1843, and soon removed to Payson, where his father died in August, 1852, and his mother died Jan. 24, 1873. Mr. P. was married in January, 1855, to Miss Clara F. Whitman. They have a family of three sons: Arthur H., Edward P., and George A., aged respectively, 21, 18, and 10.

PIERCE JAMES, carpenter and builder; residence, Pay?on; is the son of James and Nancy (Frakes) Pierce, of Kentucky. He was born in Grant county, in that State, Sept. 24, 1834. He learned the carpenters' trade there, and worked some years at it; then removed to Shelby county. Mo., for five years. He returned to Payson in 1862. He married Mary J. Gibney, Nov. 16, 1853. She was born in Lexington, Ky., May 11, 1831. They have had two children, one living: Naomi A., born Aug. 26, 1857, attending Chaddock CoUpge. In the eighteen years Mr. Pierce has been in Payson, he has erpcted a large number of the finest public and private buildings in and about the village; among them the school building and the new M. E. church, one of the neate°t, and best arranged structures of its cla=s in the county. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity. He and his wife are connected with the M. E. church. Owns a dwelling and lot in the village.

POTTLE ALBERT B., firmer, P. O. Stone's Prairie; residenre, Plainville. was born in Adams county, Feb. 5, 1846; is the youngest of two sons and two daughters, of Biackett and Mary ( Wood rufl') Pottle. Brackett Pottle was born in New Hampsh'TP. Mary Woodruff was born ia Connecticut. The laUer died some years ago, the formrr still lives in Payson. Albert was reared on a farm, and has devoted himself 10 that calling. He married Mary E. Miller on the 27th of September, 1870. She is the daughter of Israel and Lyd'a (Worth) Miller, and was born March 8, 1847, in Lancaster cdunty; Penn. Mr. P. and wife first fettled on the farm where he was born, and which he now owns, north of Plainville, where they lived until June, 1878, when they removed to the village, into a fine residence he had erected. Tbeir uninn has resulted in lour children: Laura Emma, born Feb. 7, 1872; Louis Albert, bom Nov 14, 1873;K'Urtis Brackett, born Nov. 6, 1875; Ada May. bom Nov. 7, 1877: Mr. P. owns 220 acres of land in the Payson township farm, worth |60 per acre.

POTTLE BRACKETT, retired farmer; residence, Payson; was born in Staflford county, N. H , May 18, 1804. His parents were Dudley and Betsey (Hoit) Pnitle, of that State, where they lived and died a rmmber of years since; his father having served in the War of 1812. Mr. P. remained in his native State until he was twenty-one years of age. In 1825 he went to the vicinity of Boston, Mass., and spent a year at Lexington, during which he saw General Laf'iyette at Bunker Hill, and heard Daniel Webster's famous speech delivered there on June 17, to an audience of 60,000 people. In July, 1826, he saw the funeral procession of ex- President J^hn Adams at Quincy, Mass. He spent ten years in and near Boston, the last eight he worked in the city at whatever honorable employment he could secure. In the spring of 1833, he came west, and landed in Quincy, Adams county, and worked a farm for Deacon E. Kimble, whf're the Institute now stands. That year he and ex-Governor Wood, and Mr. Kimble came down to Pa}'son township, and entered 900 acres of land in partnership, including the part of the present site of the village of Payson, where the public square is, and all east of it. The next year they divided the tract, and the portion now in the corporate limits fell to Mr. Kimball, who sold it to Deacon Albigence Scarborough, and he laid out tbe town in 1835. Mr. Pjttle married Lydia E. Thompson in the fall of 1834. She was the daughter of the Rpv. Enos Thompson, a minister in the M E. church, from Athens county, Ohio. Thev settled on a farm three miles east of the village, on section 14. Mrs. Pottle died in May, 1835. He married again in the fall of that year to Mary Woodrufl:', daughter of Daiius and Ruby Woodruff, of West Ila-tford, Conn. They have had four children three of whom are still Jiving. Mrs. Potile died in November, 1869. Their chiVUvn are: Julia (Pottle) Larimore, Elijah Lovejoy, and Albert; the latter now living in Plainville, this county. He married bis present wife, Sarah M. (Ramsey) Griffi:h, Sept. 2, 1873. She was born in Huntington county, Penn., and reared in Mor ~antown, Va. She has one child by her first martiage, Lyd'a E. Griffith. ^Ir. Pottle removed to Payson in 1870. Owns several pieces of property in the village. He early in life imbibed tae Congregational faith of the New England fathers, and was arcong the first to transplant it in the fertde prrtirie soil of Adams county. He lent his eft'oii:; to establish a church in Payson, and

RAMEK HENRY, farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Seehorn; was born March 18, 1825, in Harrison county, Ohio, to which place his parents came betore marriage. His father, John Ramer, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother, Lena (Jones) Ramer, was born in Maryland. He was brought up in his native county, with a lim. ited common school educatirr. The Fall before he was twenty-one years old he came to Miami couniy, Ind., and remained there till 1850, when he went to California, but returned to Adams county. 111., the close of the same year. He hired by the month to Eli Stehorn, of Fall Creek township, and continued in his employ six years. He then went to Iowa, and with ihe savings of those years' labor, bought 240 acres of land. He married Roseana J. Wells, June 12, 1856, of Knox county, Ky. - born Oct. 28, 1838 ; then removed to Illinois, rented a farm on the Misbistippi bottom for ten years, and bought and settled on their present farm in the Spring of 1870. Have had seven children - six living - Eli, Mrs. Martha E. Thompson, Margaiet L., Lois, Saiah E., and Henrietta. Their farm consists of 108 acres, wunh $75 per acre.

ROBBIX!!>>» DANIEL., farmer and fruit grower; Sec. 18 ; P. O. Payson ; was burn Oct. 15, 1813, in the town of Plymouth, N. H., wh'ch was also the birth place of his parents, Asa Robbius and Jemima (Brainard) Robbins. He was riared on a farm, and his educational advantages were confined to the common schools until after he attained bis majority, after which he earned money and attended at the seminary in Plymouth. He left school and came west to seek a home, in the Fall of 1839, and settled in Adams county. He mariied Mary A. Prince, daughter of Deacon David Prince, April 26, 1842. and settled where he now lives. Mrs. R. was born in Bloomfield, N. Y., April 19, 1820, and came to Payson with her paients in 1835. Djivid Prince was one of the pioneers of the neighborhood, and one ot the founders of the C >ngregational church in Payson, and its first Deacon. He died in 1873. Mr. and Mrs. R. have had seven children, five living. Their two oldest sons, D?iniei E. and David Prince were in the Union army. The former as a member of Co. D, 7th Illinois Cavalry, lost a finger in a skirmi-h at CoUierville; was promoted to Lieuteaant and Comm'sstiry of the regiment. David was killed by a gunshot through the head at the battle of Altoona, Oct. 5, 1864 He was a member of Co. C, 50th Regt. 111. Inf. Their other living children are : Greorge B., Mary, Annie L , and Cephas P. Mr. and IMrs. R and family are members of the Congregational church, of which he is a deacon. They own 185 acres of improved land and twenty of timber, worth $75 per acre, in the home farm. He hae engaged extensively in horticulture; shipped 7,000 boxe? of peaches from his orchard in 1878.

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mechanic ; residence, Payson ; was born in Payson township, Dec. 30, 1842. His parents were Andrew and Maliuda (Collins) Robertson; his father was born in North Carolina, his mother, now living near Kingston, Adams county, is the daughter of David Collins. Thej^ removed to. Knox county. Mo., where George's father died, when he was a child. The year 1860, Mrs. R. moved back with her family to Payson. George is the third of a family of two brothers and three sisters. His father was a carpenter, and being left to himself, he chose to walk in the footsteps of his sire, and also selected that calling. He never sei-ved a regular apprenticeship, however, but began working at it in 1863, and has devoted his attention chiefly to it since. He enlisted in Co. D., T. W. Gains Captain, 50th Regt. 111. Inf., in August, 1861. He was discharged, from disability, in 1862; inl864 he again went south as a Government carpenter; remained six months, and was again compelled by failing health to return home. He was offered the position of Drill Master of the 78th Regt. in 1863, but did not accept. June 24, 1864, he married Caroline Short, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Jones) Short. She was born in Sullivan county, N. y., Aug. 11, 1843. During the winter months, for ten years, Mr. R. has taught vocal music in various parts of the county. While working on the school building iu Payson, in 1869, the scaffolding gave way, precipitating him twenty-eight feet, breaking l)0th his arms, which only laid him up for seven weeks. He is very skillful in wood, as evidenced by several specimens of beautiful inlaid work, on tables and stands in Payson. He is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and wife are connected with the M. E. church.

SCARBOROUGH JOEE H., farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Payson; was born Nov. 12, 1824, in Brooklyn, Windham county,- Ct. His parents, Joel and Lucretia (Smith) Scarborough, were born, lived, and died in that county. He early evinced a love of books, and at the age of ten he was reading Latin and studying algebra and geometry. When fourteen years of age he came west to Adams county, prior to which he had procured a good academic education. He arrived in the village of Payson in the fall of 1838, and for three years worked in the employ of his uncle, Deacon A. Scarborough, then went to Hudson, Ohio, the seat of Western Reserve College, remained two years, a part of the time attending college, and the rest studying at home. Returning to Payson in 1843, he again worked for his uncle until he was 21 years old. Having purchased the wild land on which he now resides, when he was fifteen, he then went to improving it; boarded with Mr. Edward Seymour for several j^ears. In November, 1849, married Miss Julia A. Seymour, born in West Hartford, Ct., who died in January, 1856, leaving one child, which survived her a few months. The following fill he married his present wife, Harriet Spencer, daughter of Moses Spencer, of West Hartford Ct. ; her mother was Julia Flagg. Mrs. S. was born Jan. 1, 1820. Two children blessed their union, one living, Heni-y F. Scarborough, born Nov. 7, 1869. Mr. S.

unitcil with the Congregational church at the age of seventeen. He was elected clerk of the church in Payson, when nineteen years of age, and has been re-elected each succeeding year since. He has served as Superintendent of their Sabbath school since Jan. 1, 1868; has for many years been one of the Board of Trustees of the church. For four consecutive years he was chairman of the (Jounty Sabbath-school Convention, and was chosen by the Congregational Association, composed of some twenty churches, to represent them in the National Council of Churches, held in Boston, in June, 1865. He has been very active in educational interests, and It is due to his persistent zealous efforts and those of a few others of like enterprise that Payson has her present fine scIkjoI building and prosperous school. He owns 24.') acres of farming lands in Payson township, worth $60 per acre, 160 in Burton, worth $40, eighty acres in Fall Creek, woi-th .$45, and 950 in Pike county, on the Mississippi bottom, worth $10 per acre.

farzner; Sec 10; P.O. Payson; is the third of a family of three sons and one daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Winfield) Shepherd, who were natives of Virginia, but brought up and married in Iredell county, N". C, where he was born July 8, 180!). His father liaving died, he came with his mother to Payson township, Adams county, in 1835i and has lived there since. He married Elizabeth VVaugh, May 16; 1827. She is the daugiiter of John and Isabella (Irvin) Waugh, also born in North Carolina. They Lave had eleven children, nine living: Mrs. E. A Hoffman, Mrs. M. J. Kitchen, Mrs. Isabella Hoffman, Warren, Henry M., Mrs. Emily Burdsell, Mrs. Harriet McKee, Mrs. Charlotte Anderson, and Maximillian. The fourth child, George, and the next younger, John A., died in the service of their country. George was killed by the Indians, while in the volunteer service, on the frontier, in 1852. John, a member of Co. E, 84th Regt. 111. Int., died at Nashville, Teun., in 1863. Mr. Shepherd had three sons, three sons-inlaw, and a grandson in the late war. He owns eighty acres in the home farm, worth $55 per acre. He and wife are members of the Congregational church.

lilAX, Phj'sician; residence Payson; is the youngest child of Richard and Elizabeth (Wengfield) Shepherd. They were born in Virginia, but were living in Iredell county when the doctor was born, Dec. 28, 1814. His father died when he was quite young. His mother having married again, they removed to Putnam county, Ind., where he was chiefly educated, and studied medicine with Talbert & Cowgle, of Greencastle. He attended lectures at the Louisville Medical Institute, receiving the degree of M. D. in 1845. He began to practice his profession in Putnam county, but left there and ca;ue to Payson; is now the oldest active physician in the place. When he tirst settled in that village his ride extended over an area of ten miles, in all directions. In January, 1843, he married MaryE. Humphrey, daughter of Col. John G. Humphrey, of Virginia, where she was born, Dec. 20, 1819. They had two children, one living: Anna Wood, wife of Dr. Reubin Wood, now living in Oakland, Col. She graduated at Brooklyn Heights Seminary in 1867. Dr. Wood graduated from Bellevue Medical College, New York. Mrs. Shepherd died in September, 1849. Dr. Shepherd owns a nice residence and four lots in Payson, and fifty acres near the village, worth $75 per acre. Is a prominent member in the Congregational church.

SMART Ki:fIBALL. K., dealer in stoves, tin and hardware; residence Payson ; was born in Meigs county, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1835 ; is the youngest of a family of three brothers. His father, Caleb Smart, was born in New Hampshire; his mother, Peggy (Townsend) Smart, in New York State. His father lived on a farm in his native county till he was eleven years of age, his mother having died when he was eight mcmths old. He began to learn the carpenters' trade in 1851, and came to Payson, Adams county, in the spring of 1852. At the end of a year he went to California and spent twelve years there - pa/t of the time mining, and part at his tride. He returned to the vicinity of Payson in 1865. In April, 1868, he married Mary E. Kay, who was born in Payson township, Oct. 17, 1H40. She was the daughter of Robert and Cynthia Kay. They removed to Chillicothe, Mo., in 1868, but returned to Payson three years after. Mr. Smart embarked in the tin and hardware trade in 1873. They have had three children ; two living: Gertie M., born Dec. 33, 1875, and Walter K., born June 18, 1878. He and wife are members of the Baptist church. He owns a residence and lot in the village. Is a Republican.

SMITH ROBERT, farmer; Sec. 29 ; P. O. Payson ; was born in Scott county Ky., April 26, 1811. His father, James C. Smith, was born in Ireland; his mother, Abigail (Cunningham) Smith, was a native of Pennsylvania, but went to Kentucky in early life, and was married there. Robert was brought up in his native county on a farm ; from there he went to Missouri, in 1852, and the next year he came to Adams county, and, in 1854, settled on his present farm. He is the youngest of a family of three sons and two daughters, of whom two are dead. Mr. Smith never married. His sister shares his home with him. He is a great lover of books, and has a fine library of choice works, in the companionship of which he finds his chief enjoyment. His religious connection is with the Presbyterian church. Parents both died in Kentucky. He owns a farm of 250 acres, worth |15,000.

SPEX'CER FIvAVEL, farmer and fruit-grower; Sec. 8; P. O. Payson; the second of nine children of Moses and Alma (Flagg) Spencer; was born the 27th of November, 1814, in West Hartford, Conn., of which place his parent" were also natives. He was reared on a fa-^m there, and enjoyed the educational advantages of the public schools. In the fall of 1839, he drove a team through to Adims county, 111. As he loaded their household goods on board a vcFsil in the Connecticut river, he watered his team from that stream with a bucket; and watered them from the same bucket, after a 1,200-mile drive, with water dipped from the Mississippi river. He was married, Sept. 8, 1839, just before starting west, to Elizabeth Ackert, born in Connecticut, May 1, 1809. Their union resulted in three children; two living: David, and John F. David twice enlisted in the United States army during the late civil war; was first discharged from disability. The sons are now both with their parents., Mr. Spencer owns forty-five acres in the homestead, finely improved, worth $75 per acre. He and wife are members of the Congregational church. He sold 1,600 boxes of peaches in the fall of 1878.

STE\%^ART CYPRUS, farmer; P. O. Payson; the thi'-teenth child of William and Nancy (Ma'ston) Stewart; was born ia Payson in July, 1849; was educated in the village and at Camp Point. In December, 1869, he married Margret H. Smith, born in Frederick county, Va., in October, 1849. Have five children: Guy, Leon, John, Burg, and Glide. Mr. Stewart makes a specialty of raising thoroughbred Cotswoid sheep; takes great interest in the Adams County Agricultural Society, and is one of its directors. His father, William Stewart, was born near Belfast, Ireland, Oct. 29, 1802. He enjoyed superior educational advantages up to his fifteenth year, though he had to walk four miles to school. He evinced a love for mathematics and navigation; was apprenticed on board a merchantman which sailed between Europe and the United States. He became second mate, soon after which, the vessel was captured by pirates. He narrowly escaped with his life and abandoned the sea. He married Nancy Marston, in Maine, in May, 1823. In 1836 they came to Payson township. When back on a business trip, he brought a pint of apple seed from JSew York, which he planted, and started the first nursery in that part of the county. He took great pains to cultivate choice varieties of fruittrees and ornamental shrubbery, and many of the beautiful door-yards of Adams county are living monuments of his enterprise and good taste. They had fourteen children; thirteen stUl living. He died Dec. 13, 1857. He and wife were zealous m' mbers of the Baptist church. She owns the homestead of 295 acres, worth $70 per acre.

STEYIART GILBERT, tarmer; Sec. 27 ; P. O. Stone's Prairie ; was born in Ireland on the 20th of April, 1815; is the fifth child of five sons and one daughter of John and Isabel (Vance) Stewart. His father having died, his brother crossed the Atlantic to America when Gilbert was ten years old. They first settled in Maine, and lived there about twelve years; then came west and settled in Adams county, on the section where Mr. Stewart now lives. His education was limited to a brief attendance at the common schools. May 6, 1851, he married Catherine Merrill, the daughter of Nathaniel and Lucinda (Bassett) Merrill, and born Jan. 31, 1830, in New York State. Soon after her birth her j^arents removed to Pennsylvania, and remained there some seven years ; then came to Adams count}'- One daughter and six sons are the fruit of their union : Emily F., Gilbert V., Charles W., Russel B., Roscoe E., George Mc, and Arthur M. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are both members of church, he of the Free Baptist, she of the M. E. churcti. They own 160 acres in home farm, finely improved, with house costing near $4,000, worth $65 per acre.

STITBOISS KENNEDY, farmer; Sec. 13 ; P. O. Payson ; is the son of Thomas and Margret Sturgiss, natives of Ireland, where they remained till after they were married; came to America and settled in Chester count}-. Pa. Mr. Sturgiss was born there June 6, 1808, and reared on a farm till seventeen years of age. He then went to learn the tailors' trade, apprenticing himself for four years. He continued in that business until he came west, in 1850. He married Ellen Rankin, July 16, 1847. She was bom in Chester county, also, Feb. 22, 1824 ; is the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Thompson) Rankin. On arriving in Adams county, Mr. Sturgiss worked one season for Joseph Elliott, of Payson; then bought land near Payson Mill; lived on it less than a year, sold it, and bought and removed to their present farm in November, 1851. They are raising an adopted child, Eugene Sturgiss, born March 4, 1871. Mr. and Mrs.

B., farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Stone's Prairie; was born in Berkshire county, Mass.. Oct. 21, 1818; is the sixth of eighteen children of his father, Daniel Sturtevant, and the oldest of thirteen children of his mother, Plepzibah (Barney) Sturtevant - his father having five children by a former wife. His parents were natives of that State. Only five of his brothers and sisters are now living. Though reared on a farm, he obtained employment in a cotton factory when old enough, and continued there till he came west, July 3, 1848, landing in Chicago. For eight years they lived in Winnebago county; then removed to Pike county for one year, and to Adams county, on the farm where they now live, in 1857. Oct. 6, 1838, he married Phidelia Ketchum, daughter of Solomon and Polly (Hemenway) Ketchum. She was born in Dover, Cuyahoga county, Ohio! Sept. 18, 1818; was brought up in Massachusetts, and married there. They have raised one adopted child, Charles W. Sturtevant, who served in the Union army as a member of the 118th Regt.Ill. Inf Mr. Sturtevant is a member of the Masonic Fraternity. He owns sixty acres in the home place, worth $75 per acre, and twenty-rive acres in Pike comity.

farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Payson; was Ijorn in York county. Pa., Sept. 9, 1819. His father, James Taylor, was born in Long Green, Md., and his mother, Ann (Sample) Taylor, in his native county. They lived in York county until he was nineteen years of age; then removed to Belmont county, Ohio, in the year 1840. His father died there. la 1844 Mr. Taylor came to Illinois, and settled in Payson township. During the gold fever of 1849 he united with what was known as the Seehorn train, and crossed the plains to California. He spent two years in the mines, and returned to Adams county in 1851. In April, 1852, he married Harriet L. Edmonds, daughter of John Edmonds, and

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Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) Edmonds, who was born in Tennessee, Aug. 1, 1830. They removed to the farm where they now live, in the spring of 1854. They have four children: Mrs. Elizabeth Cupp, Mrs. Amanda A. Wagy, Mary J., and Laura E. Taylor. He and wife are members of the M. E. church, of which he has been class-leader for many years. They own 113 acres in the homestead, w^orth $60 per acre. Thompson Mrs. A., Sec. 16; P.O. Payson.

THOMPSON PHIIiO E.. farmer; resklence, Payson ; is the son of Samuel and Mary (Ellsw^orth) Thompson, of Connecticut, where his father died a few years ago, at the advanced age of ninety-three. Pliilo was born in Ellington, that State, Jan. 36, 1811; is the oldest of eight children; was reared on a farm ; had the advantage of a good common school education, and taught several terms in his native State. He was twenty-five years of age when he came west, and settled in Payson, Adams county, in the spring of 183G. He worked by the month the first year, after which he began farming on his own account. He married Miss Ellen C. Wallace, Sept. 13, 1838, daughter of Moses and Anna (Campbell) Wallace. She was born, Aug. 29, 1815, in Pennsylvania, and brought u]i in New York. They have eight cMldren : David Wallace, Mary C. Elliott, Ellen, Anna C, Robbins, Samuel, Henry W., George L., and Jennie. He has lived in Payson since 1837. They own a fine residence in the village, and 250 acres of land, worth $75 per acre. He and wife and seven of the children are members of the Congregational church.

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mechanic ; residence, Payson ; is of Scotch descent on his father's side, and English on the mother's. His ancestors came over with the third embarkation that landed at Plymouth. His parents, William and Susanah (Wood) Thompson were born in Middlebur}', Mass. After marriage, they removed to Maine, and lived there for thirty years, during which time the subject of this sketch was born, July 29, 1814, in Oxford county. They canie to Adams county in 1837, and settled in Payson in 1838. He learned the wagon-maker's trade, and has carried on that business for over twenty-five years. Prior to that, he followed teaching, for eight years ; was a pioneer pedagogue, in Payson and Burton, and vicinity. In June, 1847, he married Miss Maria Stewart, who was born in Maine, March 24, 1824; the daughter of William and Nancy (Marston) Stewart. Mrs Stewart is still living near Payson; is the oldest of fourteen children, thirteen of whom are living. Mr. T. is a deacon of the Baptist church; they are both long-time members. He served as Town Trustee and School Director for manj^ years. They own a house, lot, and shop in Payson. When his parents removed from Maine, they came with a horse-team, consuming two months in the journey.

\%'AGV JOHX, tarmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Stone's Prairie; Avas born Oct. 28, 1829, in Ross county, Ohio, to which place his parents came from their native county in Virginia, before they were married. He is the son of Philip and Sarali (Rilej^ Wagy. He left Ross county when he was eighteen years of age, and came to Adams county. 111., in 1847. March 5, 1857, he married Miss Mary A. Baker, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Rinehart) Baker, who was born in Licking county, Ohio, July 1, 1839. They have nine children ; Sarah A., Emma Hibbard, William G., Sanford, Samuel C, James R., Charles A., Laura May, and Harry E. They first settled in Richfield township, from which place they removed to their present farm, in the spring of 1865. The}'- own eighty acres of land, worth $05 per acre. Their farm was the first farm improved in this part of the county, by Samuel Stone, lor whom Stone's Prairie was named. His cabin stood within a few rods of Mr. W.'s present residence.

^VAC;Y OSKKR, fanner; residence, Plainville; P. O. Stone's Prairie; was born in Licki, g county, Ohio, Jan. 18, 1826; is the oldest of a family of four sous and four daugliteis, five of whom are now living. His father, Henry Wagy, was a native of Virginia, but came to Licking county, Ohio, and married Miss Elenor Stone, who was born there. They removed from there when Osker was seven years of age, and settled in Quincy. His father afterward bought property in Richfield and j\Ielrose townships. He finally traded his farm in Melrose for the land on which his son Osker now lives, and settled on it thirty-three years ago. Mr. W. married Miss Rebecca J. Decker, Feb. 26, 1846. She was born in Adams county, Feb. 16, 1829 ; is the daughter of -John and Elenor (Johnson) Decker. They first settled on his father's farm, in Richfield township. He afterward bought a farm on Sec. 14, in Payson township, and removed there in 1852. In 186!J, he bought the land from his father, and removed to his present home, since which time he has erected a house costing $8,50^, and a barn costing $3,000. They have nine living children : Adaline, Sarah A., Orin, Henry, Eliza, Robert, McClelan, Caroline, and Lewley. Mr. W. now^ holds the oflice of Justice of the Peace. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity. His real estate consists of 164 acres in the home farm, w^orth f 60 per acre ; 240 acres on Sees. 14 and 23, worth $45 per acre, and eighty-four acres in Pike county, worth $35 per acre. His parents are both liVing in the village. Wagy Stephen, farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Stone's

^VHARTOX H EJ* B Y E., nurs. eryman ; residence, Payson. He was born in Chester county. Pa., Sept. 17, 1845; is the son of Benjamin and Anna (Smedley) Wharton, of Pennsylvania. His mother is proprietor of the hotel at Payson. He moved Avitii his parents to Wayne county, Ind., when he was eight years old; remained five years; then moved to Payson in the fall of 1858. He attended the common school during the winter and worked on the farm in the summer. In 1864 he went to Colorado and spent a season at Pike's Peak, returning that winter. Two years later he embarked in the nursery business, which he has since followed. He married Mrs. Mary A. Nicholson, Feb. 6, 1873, who was born in Payson, Feb. 7, 1840 (widow of John W. Nicholson). They have, three children: Reba G., born Dec. 30, 1873 ; Harry G., born Dec. 24, 1875, and Arthur H., born Feb. 27, 1878. His wife owns a house and lot. She is a member of the M. E. church. He has held several local offices; is now Town Clerk. He ships nursery stock extensively to Missouri.

WHITCOMB DAVID, farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Stone's Prairie. He was born in Payson township, Adams county, April 18, 1838. He is the sixth of nine children, seven of whom are living, of Wyman and Lury (Brockway) Whitcomb. Wyman Whitcomb was born in Hartford, Windsor county, Vt., Oct. 8, 1798. Lury Brockway was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1803. They were married in Trumbull county, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1823. They came west and settled in Payson township on the farm where David was born, in 1838, and where they still live. He enlisted in the Union army, in Co. D, 50th Regt. 111. Inf., in August, 1861, as a Sergeant, in which ca. pacity he served one year ; was then transferred to Co. K. He was wounded in the shoulder, receiving a fracture of the scapula, at the battle of Corinth, Oct. 4, 1862; was discharged in September, 1864. He married Mary E. Hibbard, Dec. 20, 1866. She was born in Adams county, April 23, 1846, and died March 10, 1867, leaving one child, Julius M. Mr. Whitcomb married Charlotte Hoffman, Nov. 10, 1867. She is the daughter of x\ndrew and Hannah (Murphy) Hoti'man, and was born in Adams county) Dec. 27, 1851. They have had six children four living: Clara, Willis, Emma, and Lura. Mr. AVhitcomb owns forty acres in the home farm, worth $65 per acre.

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BAIiZER DAIVIEI.. farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Liberty; was born in Germany in 1846; came to Adams county in 1854, and located on Sec. 29 ; father and mother living ; owns 317 acres of land in McKee and Liberty townships, worth f 6,000; was married in 186S to Elizabeth Diehl. She was born in McKee township in 1848 ; have one child : Mary, born in, 1869. He is School Director in district No. 3 ; are members of the Lutheran church. Republican.

BAL.ZER JACOB, farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Fairweather; was born in Germany in 1828; came to America in 1851, and lived in Philadelphia four years, and came to Adams county in 1856 ; was married in 1857 to Mary Weisenberger. She was born in Germany; have seven children : Jacob, Elizabeth, John, Micheal, Frederick, Frank and Daniel ; owns 200 acres of land under a fair state of cultivation, worth $2,000; are members of the Lutheran church. Democrat.

Balzer Valentine, farmer; sec. 21; P. O. Liberty. BartnJdus Joseph, farmer ; sec. 1; P. O. Kellerville. Bartoldus Theresa, teacher; sec. 2; P. O. Kellerville. BeUmf\er Solomon, farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Fairweather. Bimson Chas. carpenter; sec. 34; P. O. Fairweather.

BOIilXGER BAmAN, farmer and blacksmith; Sec. 6; P. O. Liberty; was born in Indiana, in 1844; came to Adams county in 1855, and located in Quiucy, 111. ; followed blacksmithing for seven years, and moved to McKee township in 1869, and located on Sec. 6 ; follows farming and blacksmithing; was married in 1870, to Catherine Eisenhower. She was born in Germany in 1848; have three children: Eda, Christina and John ; owns forty acres of laud, worth $1,000; are members of the Catholic church. Democrat.

BOSS HEXRY, farmer and Road Commissioner; Sec 14; P. O. Kellerville; was born in North Carolina, in 1827; came to Brown county in 1844, and to Adams county in 1864; was married in 1853 to Julia Jones. She was born in North Carolina; have never had any children; owns eightyfive acres of land in McKee township, worth

BOTTORFF JOSEPH, farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Clark county, Ind., 1833 ; came to Adams county in 1865, and located in Camp Point township, and thence to McKee township in 1875 ; was married to Sarah Walton, in Dec. 1859. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1840. They have four children: Annie M., Flora May, Grace A., and Charles E. He owns ninety acres of land, worth $1,600. Democrat.

CARTER W. P., farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Geauga county, Ohio, 1825; moved to Missouri in 1856, and lived in Putman county all through the war ; came to Adams county in 1865, and located on Sec. 4, McKee township. He owns 106 acres of land under a fair state of cultivation, worth $2,000. He was married in 1845 to Mary J. Shoemaker. She was born in Ohio, in 1824. They have ten children: Mahala -J., Nancy E., Sarah, Eliza, Elizabeth, Mary M., William, Thomas J., Robert L. and Henry H. Mr. Carter is School Director in district No. 6. He is a Democrat.

CCTFORTH GEOROE., farmer; Sec. 20 ; P. O. Liberty ; was born in Engl and, 1808; came to New York, January, 1836, and to Quincy, Sept mber, 1838; lived near Quincy for one year, then in Fall Creek town- born in Kentucky; died in 1840. They had one child ; James B. Married again in 1841 to Jane Martin. She was born in Maine and died, 1871. He had eleven children by the second marriage : Charles, (George (deceased), Thomas (deceased), Walter, John W., Willough by (deceased), Clara J. (deceased), Mar}^ E. (decased), Ivory R. (deceased), Judson, and Rboda A. Then he married Mrs. Carter in 1871. She was born in ]\[issouri. They had one child : "William F. He owns 280 acres of land in McKee township, worth $5,000. They are both members of the Baptist church. He has held various offices in the township. Republican.

DIERDORFF JOSEPH, farmer and minister; Sec. 16; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Pennsylvania, 1836; came to Adams county in 1867 ; Avas married in 1847 to Rebecca McDonald. She was born in Ohio in 1828. They have six children : Francis M., Bertha A., John W., Mary J., Lucy S., and Martha E., live of whom are married. Owns fifty-five acres of land in section 16, worth $800. Mr. and Mrs. Dierdorft" are members of the United Brethren church, of which he is the minister. He was in the 84th Regt. 111. Inf.; enlisted at Quincy, Illinois, 1862; was disabled in the battle of Stone's river, and mustered out in April, 1863, on account of disability and ill health. Republican.

DIETRICH JACOR, farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Liberty ;was born in Germany in 1844; came to Adams county in 1851 with his father, and located on section 11, Melrose township. His father died in February 1877; mother still living. Was married in 1869 to Sophia Rupp. She was born in Germany in 1845. Have six children: Lizzie, Nicholas P., Annie, George Hannah, and Mar3^ Mr. D. located in McKee townshij) in April, 1873, on sec. 19. Owns 160 acres of land, under a good state of cultivation, worth |3,000.

HOOL.E JOHN H., farmer; Sec. 12: P. O. Kellerville; was born in Derry county, Ireland, in 1839; came to Adams county in 1856, May 10, and worked as a farm hand for eighteen years ; was married in 1871 to ^lary Ann McConnel. She was born in Ireland. Had three children : the living f»ne is James R. ; deceased are, Hugh H., and an infant. Moved to McKee township in 1875, and located on sec. 12, of which there is 170 acres of land, undivided, owned b}^ him and his brother George. He is a Republican.

HVRRIN AlfDREW J., farmer, and Justice of the Peace; Sec. 10; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Mar3'land, in 1829; came to Adams county in 1854, and located in McKee; was married in 1853 to Eliza J. Henthorn. She was born in Ohio, in 1831. Owns 150 acres of land in 3IcKee township, worth $3,000. Mr. Durbin was the first town clerk in the township, and noAV is Justice of the Peace and school director. Republican.

DURRIX JAMES, farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Maryland 1796; came to Adams county 1853, and has followed farming ever since he came to the county ; was married in 1825 to Rachel Dell. She was born in Maryland, 1805 ; had fourteen children; the living are: Cornelius, Henry, Andrew J., Jessie, Beal, James, Thomas H., Elizabeth A. (now Mrs. Dewitt), Lydia D. (now Mrs. Childs), Francina. Gethlinda (now Mrs. Johnson). The deceased are: John A., Mary R., and Sarah. Six were married. Mr. Durbin also raised two of his grandchildren, Sarah E. Durbin, and Lewis H. Duncan. Mr. and Mrs. Durbin have raised their large familj^ and still live to see them enjoy the comforts of life. He owns 120 acres of land, worth $4,000. He is a Republican.

«RUBER A]VTI10:SfY, merchant and Postmaster; P. O. Kellerville; commenced business in Kellerville, Oct. 1877, and has built up a good trade in the line of goods kept in store, such as boots, shoes, dry goods and groceries, drugs, paints and oils, and in fact, everything ueces.sary in a country store. Carries stock to the amount of $2,000; was born in Germany in 1851 ; came to Adams county in 1852 ; was married Sept. 4, 1878, to Sallie McRoy. She was born in Korth Carolina in ISoo. Democratic in politics.

farmer and blacksmith; sec. 9; P.O. Kellerville; was born in Cape Girardeau county. Mo., in 1829; father and mother (deceased) came to Adams county in 1832, ;uul located in Richfield township. He then learned the blacksmith trade, and has followed it and farming ever since ; was married, in 1849, to Miss Jane Kinney. She was b )rn in Adams county in 1831. They have five children; the living are: Benjamin, Mary E., and Anna; those dead are: AdaUne and Ella. He owns ei^htv acres of farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Liberty. He was born in Adams county, in 1844; was married in 1865 to Liberty A. Varner. She was born in Kentucky in 1845. Have one child, Alexander R., born in 1876. He has held numerous offices in the township ; was Collector for three years, School Trustee for three years. Constable two years, Assessor two years, Deputy Sheriff, under Trotter, two years, and School Director for five years; stands high among the citizens of this township. Politicalh' is Democrat.

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merchants, Kellerville; commenced keeping a general country store in Kellerville, McKee township, in 1877; keep dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, tinware and harness, saddles, and manufactures custommade boots; does repairing on boots and shoes, and also runs, in connection with their store, a wagon and blacksmith shop ; make new wagons and repair all kinds of work ; buy railroad ties ami pay the highest price in trade. They carry about a $3,000 stock.

HOFFMAX JOHX, farmer and merchant, and stock raiser; Sec. 7; P. O.Liberty; was born in New Jersey, in 1831; came to Adams county in 1838, where he has resided ever since; was married in 1844 to Jane Hunsaker. She was born in 1852, and died in 1870; had eleven children: Alexander, Marcus, Harvey, Sophena, Angeline, Albert, Giles, Henry, and Rosa; three dead. He then marriedj Elizabeth Higley, in 1872. She was born in New York. They have four children by this marriage: George, Arlow, Alfred, and Russell. Owns 597 acres of land in McKee township, worth $12,000. Mr. H. also carries on a store, and has for twenty years supplied the surrounding country; keeps a general assortment of goods necessary to supply the 'rade. Democrat.

HUCi^HES OKORGE, farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Washington county, Penn., in 1836; came to Adams county in 1840; was married in 1858 to Margaret Walton. She was born in Butler county, Penn., in 1843. Thpy have seven children: Austin, John W., Sarah J., George W., P-eston, Benjamin O., and Edward. Mr. Hughes moved to the township in 1856, Owns 215 acres of land in McKee, worth $5,000, with good improvements. He has held numerous offices in the township, and is now Township Treasurer. He is a Democra^ in Pike county, 111., 1844. They have three children: Elmer E., Effle May, Otto Virgil. He owns eighty acres of land in McKee township, worth |1,600. He is a Republican.

JOHXSOX HONSE, farmer and stock raiser; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Sweden in 1833; came to Adams county in 1868; was married to Eliza Johnson, in 1855. She was brrn in Sweden, in 1830. They have three children: John, born in 1855; Annie E. (now Mrs. Anderson), in 1858, and House, born in 1862. He owns 109 acres land, under a fair state of cultivation, with a good lime kiln and stone quarry, and plenty of sand. His farm is worth $1,000. He is a Republican.

INMAN HEWRY, farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Liberty; was born in Kentucky, in 1828; came to Adams county in 1865; was married same year to Mrs. Harriet Brothers. She was born in Illinois, in 1836. Tbey have seven children: Jame^, John, Robert, Daniel, Amanda, Mahala, Leonidas. He owns seventy acres of land in McKee township, worth $1,200; was in the3dRegt. Cal. Inf.; enlisted at San Francisco, Cal., in 1861; served three years; mustered out at same place in 1864. They are members of the German Baptist church at Liberty. He is a Democrat.

JESSrP AI.VIX. farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Fairwea'her; was born in A'lensville, Ind., in 1834; went to Iowa 'in 1852, to Adams county in 1861; enlisted in Co. I, 28th Regt. III. Inf. Aug. 3, 1961; served three years; was mustered out at Natchez, Miss., Aug. 26, 1864; wa^ in the battle of Shiloh, Hatchee river, siege of Vicksburg, battle of Jackson, Miss., and numerous other skirmishes. He was woundpd in the right thig>i at the battle at Shiloh, left wrist at Jackson, Miss. He was married Jan. 28, 1864, lo Margaret E. Lykes. She was born

K.IEFER JACOB, farmer and stone cutter; Sec. 24; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Prance in 1807; came to Adams county in 1865, and to McKee township in 1867, and follows farming and stone cutting; has one of the finest stone quarries iu the township; owns 160 acres of land, worth $4,000. Mr. Kiefer always has on hand stone ready for building purposes, and does fine stone dressing for fine work on short notice; was marrietl in 1840 to Mary Ault. She was born in Ohio in 1819, and died in 1853. Had six children, the living are: William T., Catherine (now Mrs. Hayes), Elizabeth (now Mrs. Tyri). He is a Republican. Kingru Henry, farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Beverly.

KINMAX JOH!V S., Physician, Kellerville; was born iu Beverly township in 1845 ; was married in 1865 to Elizabeth A. Hogan. She was born in 1847. Have five children, Martha R., John H. F., Charles S., Daniel H. W., and James Monroe. Was in the 28th Regt. 111. Inf. ; enlisted August, 1861 ; served nearly three years ; was in the battle of Belmont, Bowling Green, and Paducah, Ky., and Fort Henry, Fort Hyman and Sliiloh ; was wounded at the battle of Shiloh ; mustered out, September, 1864; commenced the study of medicine under Dr. T. A. Davison ; attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, four months, and graduated at the State Board of Health at Charleston, Coles county, 111.; has been practicing for three years in Adams and Pike counties, and now is located at Kellerville, McKee township, with Dr. T. A. Davison. Republican, Kuntz William, blind; eec. 30; P. O. Liberty.

when only six years of age father located in Liberty township ; was maiTied in 1851 to Sarah M. Hargrave. She was born in 1839. Have eleven children; the living are: William K., Clarissa .!., Andrew J., Wilson St. Clair, Sarah, Hettie Seriua M., Nancy L., and Mary A.; two deceased, Thomas J. and Laura A. He moved to Concord township in 1802, and to McKee township in 1867 ; located on Sec. 11; owns 160 acres of land, under a fair state of cultivation ; was .Justice of the Peace in Concord township for nine years, and Supervisor of McKee for two j'ears. Democrat.

I.EACH RUTHERFORD, farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Coles county. 111., in 1834 ; came to Adams county in 1851, and located in McKee township ; was married in 1865 to Evaline Putz. She was born in Kentucky in 1830. Have four children, Jellico M., born in 1867 ; James M., 18*1 ; Lula E.,in 1873, and Nancy A., in 1874. He owns forty acres of land, under cultivation, worth $1,000; was in 3d Mo. Cavalry, Co. E, under command of T. G. Black ; served three years - enlisted Nov. 16, 1861, and mustered out in 1864: was in several small skirmishes, mostly in Missouri. Is a Democrat.

liEAPI^FiY H. C, farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Maryland in 1828; came to Adams county in 1841; located in Concord township, then in McKee in 1865; was married in 1850 to Clarissa Hughes. She was born in Liberty township, Adams county, in 1831. Have nine children; the living are: Thorn O, Albert T, Francis E. (now Mrs. Conrad), Mary J. (now Mrs. Colwell), George W., John M., and Sarah L. The deceased are, Annie and Ollie. Own eighty acres of land, worth $20 per acre. Is a Republican.

farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Kellerville; was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, in 1844; came to Adams county in 1854, and located in Gilmer township; came to McKee township in 1869; married Martha A. R ed, March, 1868. She was bnrn in 1842. Have thiee children: William Robert, Rebecca Jane, and Alice Elizabeth. He owns seventy-three acres of land, under good cultivation, valued at $2,000; has held the office of Road Commissioner five years, and School Director eight years. Democratic.

McWHERTER W. J., farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Morrow county, Ohio, in 1847; parents both dead. He came to McKee, Adams county, 111., in 1865; was married in 1870 to Celia Piunkett. She was born in Kentucky, in 1846; her parents are both dead. They have three children: Annie E., born in 1870: Julia E., born 1874; and Riley E., born 1878. Mr. McWherter owns ninety-one and a half acres of land in McKee township, worth $1,800. He was in the 3d Mo. Enrolled Militia. Politically, 'is Democratic. Mason Charles, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. KelUrville. Mason Henry, farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Beverly. Mason .John, farmer; eec. 16; P. O. Kellerville. Mason Peter, farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Kellerville. Mason Samuel, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Kellerville, Masterson Robert, farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Beverly. Mayfleld John, farmer; sec. 22; P. O. Kelle villa.

:?IIXEK JACOB, farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Beverly township, Adams county, in 1853; was married to Margaret Burden, in 1875. She was born in Pike county, l\\, in 1854. Have two children, Frederick and Edna. He owns ninety acres of land in Sec. 24, worth $1,200; is School Director, and Republican.

MOORE .T. B., farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Liberty; was born in Kentucky in 1830; came to Adams county in 1836, and located in Liberty township; moved to McKee in 1838; was married, 1858, to Miss Emeline Runnels. She was born in Vermont in 1834. They have three children: Robert D., Solis S., and jNIary H. Mr. Moore owns 200 acres of land in McKee, worth $4,000. He has held the office of Road Commissioner and School Director for eightefn years. He came to the township a poor man, but, by his untiring industry and diligence in business, has obtained a large amount of property, moneys, etc.; loans mi^ney on good personal security and real estate. He does not spend his money like many others in show and fine building. His first house still shelters him from winter's storrrs and summer's heat. They are both members of the Christian cburch. He is a Republican.

PADGETT JOHN, farmer; Sec. 21; P.O. Kellerville; was born in Ireland in 1843; came to Adams county in 1844, and located at Quincy, 111 , then in McKee township, in 1855; was married in 1877 to Letitia Wood. She was born in Burton township, Adams county, in 1854. Have one child, Carrie May. She was born October, 1878. He owns 364 acres of land in McKee township, worth $3,500; was in the 148th Regt. 111. Inf. Are members of the United Brethren church at Spring Valley. He is Republican.

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born in Adams county in 1860; is the .sou of James and Barbara Padgett. They came to Quincy in 1844; were born in Cavan, Ireland. His father died in September, 1869. » His mother is still living on Sec. 31, McKee township, where they first located, in March, 1861. His father enlisted in September, 1861, in the late war; served nearly three years. Mrs. Padgett, son, and one daughter, reside on the old homestead of 105 acres, which is under a good state of cultivation. Mrs. Padgett is a member of the United Bretheren church, at Spring Valley. William is a Republican. Parvin Wm. 'farmer: sec. 7; P. O. Liberty.

PEACOCK SAMtJEI. J., farmer; Sec. 35; P. O. Beverlj'. He was born in North Carolina in 1838 ; came to this State in 1850, and to Adams county in 1851. He was married in 1853 to Elizabeth A. Frame. She was born in 1833; have eight children: jVIary A., Perry O., John A., Christina C. Samuel B., Francis E., Charles F., and Emory O. ; only one of them is married. He was in the 10th Regt., 111. Inf.; enlLsted in 1864; was at the battle of Savannah,. Ga., Riversbridge, and Bentonsville ; mustered out in 1865. He held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Assessor and Collector, and Township Trustee. He owns 100 acres of land, under a fair state of cultivation, worth $3,000. Is a Democrat. Perrigo Charles, farmer; sec. i\; P. O.Liberty. Perrio;o J. J. farmer; sec. :32; P. O. Fairweather. Perrigo Mary C. sec. 21 ; P. O. Liberty. Peterson Wm. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Kellerville. Purpose Louis, farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Kellerville.

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VOIiliMEK JLEWIS, farmer; Sec. 50; P. O. Fairweather. He was born in Germany, in 1853; father, living; mother, dead. He owns sixty acres of land in Mc- Kee township, worth $1,800. He is a member of the Lutheran church at Liberty. Is a Republican.

ABBAMS WM. A., notary public and proprietor of the Lima hotel, Lima; was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., March 23, 1823; came to this county in the Fall of 1851 ; was married twice. His first wife was Catherine Hoke, to whom he was married Feb. 16, 1846. She was born in Adams county. Pa. By this marriage four children were born, only two of whom are living, both daughters. She died Sept. 16, 1854, in her twenty- eighth year. His second, and present, wife was Mrs. Ellen C. Elstun, to whom he was married Sept. 7, 1856. She was born in Lexington, Ky., Aug. 10, 1833. By this marriage he has two children, one son and one daughter. He owns some valuable property in Lima, and 160 acres of land in Bates county. Mo. He is a Democrat, and a member of the M. E. church ; has been quite prominently connected with the interests of the town and township for a number of years ; has been township Supervisor and Justice of the Peace for about fifteen years; is now Town Clerk and notary public, and has held various other ofiices of trust and importance. Has been a member of the Masonic Fraternity for upward of twenty- three years, and has always been an energetic and valued citizen. He is now treasurer of both the school and town board of trustees.

BAKF.B BEXJAMI^f F., farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Tioga, Hancock county; was born in Tyler county. West Virginia, Jan. 2, 1838; was educated in his native county, and in 1862, was married to Miss Mary Ann Beverlin, a native of the same county. In 1865, he moved west and settled in Lima township, Adams county. 111. He has six children, three sons and three daughters. He owns 160 acres of land, which for improvements, will compare with any in the county. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Christian church. He has been School Director of the district in which he resides for the past twelve years, and is now one of the large and well-to-do farmers of the county, notwithstanding he began life poor.

BEATY GEOBCJE, farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Marcelline; was born in Blount county, Tenn., Jan. 21, 1817. When he was quite young his parents moved to Bond county. 111., where they lived to the Fall of 1825, when they removed to Adams county, making him to-day one of the very earliest settlers of the county. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Heberling, May 8, 1841. She was born in Pennsylvania, May 15, 1824, They have had eight children, four of whom are now living : Cliarles Albert, born Jan. 13, 1847; Roselthe, born April 25, 1848; George Perry, born Dec. 3, 1849, and Fred, born Feb. 27, 1858. His oldest son, William, enlisted in the 78th Regt. 111. Inf. in the Spring of 1861, and was killed near Chatanooga, Tenn., in the Spring of 1862. He owns 170 acres of land. He is Democratic in politics, and is one of the large and wellto-do f artbers of the county.

BOIiT DAVID, farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Lima ; was born in Westmoreland county,! Pa., Dec. 17, 1829; received his early education in the schools of his native county, and in 1844, moved west and settled in Adams county, 111., where he has lived ever since. On the 24th of Nov., 1859, he was married to Miss Nancy Ann Howes, a native of Bourbon county, Ky., born March 30, 1840. They have five children, three sons and two daughters. He owns 140 acres of land, which, for fertility of soil and improvements, will compare with any in the township. He is Republican in politics, and member of the M. E. church, and is now one of the large and well-to-do farmers ot the county.

BOIiT JOHN, farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Lima; was born in Westmoreland county. Pa., in December, 1827; received his education in the schools of his native county, and in April, 1844, moved west, and settled in Adams county, 111. On the 27th of Sept., 1860, he married Miss Flora N. Hughes, a native of Vermont, born in June, 1837. They had five children, four of whom are now living, two sons and two daughters. He owns 100 acres of land, which, for soil and improvements, will compare with any in the county. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the M. E. church. He has been School Director of the district in which he resides for three years, and is today one of the well-to-do farmers of the county, notwithstanding he began life poor.

BRAGG BEXJAMIX, farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Lima; was born in Caldwell county. Mo., March 7, 1837. In 1841 the family moved to Springfield, 111., where they lived a short time and removed to Adams county, HI., in 1842. He received his early education in the schools of this county, and iu the fall of 1858 was married to Miss Elizabeth Leeper, of this township, who died, April, 1860, leaving one child, Mary Elizabeth. On the 29th of Nov., 1861, he was married to his second and present wife, who was Miss Sarah C. Ireland, born in the town of Lima, Oct. 20, 1840. They had six children, four of whom are living, three sons and one daughter. He owns eighty acres of land, which will compare favorably with any in the county. He is Republican and a member of the Methodist church. He is at present School Trustee ; has been School Director and has held other local offices.

CliARK AliEXAXDER, farmer; Sec. 1 ; P. O. Lima ; was born in Westmoreland, county. Pa., in 1817. He received his early education in the county of his nativity, and on the 17th day of Feb., 1842, was married to Miss Jane Bolt, daughter of Mary Bolt (who still lives with them, born May 4, 1801). She is a native of the same county as her husband, and was born Dec. 3, 1823. Have had eight children, seven of whom are now living, four sons and three daughters. In the spring of 1844 he emigrated west and settled in Adams county, 111., where he owns 100 acres of land. He is Republican in politics and a member of the M. E. church. His son William enlisted in Co. G. 119th Regt. 111. Inf. ; in the summer of 1862, and died Oct. 26, 1864, from disease contracted during a campaign up Red River.

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CONOVER XORRI^, farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Lima; was born near Cincinnati, O., Dec 29, 1831. In 1837, he with his parents moved west and settled in Lima township, where he received his early education. In the spring of 1854 he was married to Miss Sarah Bragg (daughter of Benjamin Bragg deceased, of this county). They have had seven children, four of whom are now living, one son and three daughters. He owns 160 acres of land, which for fertility ot soil and improvements, will compare favorably with any in the township. He is Republican, a member of the Christian church and is now one of the well-to-do farmers of the county. He began life in very moderate circumstances.

farmer, Sec. 18, P. O. Lima, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Jeflerson county. 111., March 16, 1815; received his early education in the schools of his native county.- In 1827 he moved to Adams county, making him to-day one of the very oldest citizens of the county. He was married in 1840 to Miss Martha Martin, a native of White county. 111. They have had seven children, two of whom, both daughters, are still living. He learned the blacksmiths' trade and worked at it for several years. In

1846 he started a shop in Lima, and finally a hotel, which is still known as the Lima House. In 1832 he volunteered for the Black Hawk "War, and served until its close, and was mustered out at Macomb, the county seat of McDouough county. 111. In 1845 he was called into active service again on account of the Mormon troubles at Nauvoo, 111., and served until its close. He is Democratic in politics and a member of the M. E. church South, and is now one of the most prosperous and well-to-do farmers of the township. He began life in very moderate circumstances. He has held various local offices in the township.

DA.TIS I.EVI, farmer. Sec. 21, P. O. Lima, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Cumberland county, Penn. Feb. 18, 1828. When he was quite young his parents moved to Franklin county, Penn., where he received his early education, and, in 1851, moved west and settled in Adams county. 111. In the spring of 1852 he went to California, on a gold-hunting expedition, and returned in 1854, after being moderately rewarded. In the same year he was married to Miss Jane Bingaman, a native of Adams county, Penn., born in July, 1834.

They have six children, three sons and three daughters. He owns 280 acres of the most valuable land in Lima township, in a high state of cultivation. His improvements are of the first order. Politically he is Democratic. In 1867 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and served nine years. He is now Commissioner of Public Highways, and also School Treasurer, and one of the large and well-to-do farmers of the county. Dazey F. M. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Lima.

DAZEY MITCHEI^Ii, farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Lima; was born in Bourbon county, Ky., Oct. 2, 1820. In 1830 he went with his parents to Adams county, arriving there, alter a long and wearisome journey, the same fall, and located upon the section where Mr. Dazey still resides. His educational privileges were quite limited. At that early period schools were rare in Kentucky and Illinois. At the age of twenty years he attended school in Quincy. He was engaged in merchandising two years ; afterward was in the milling business, in what is now known as the Lima Steam Flouring Mill ; continued in that over ten years. This mill was among the first steam flouring mills in; that part of the county.. He was married; Sept. 11, 1853, to Miss Abina Conover, daughter of Robert Conover, of Lima township. She died Aug. 1, 1857, leaving one child, Charles T., born Aug. 13, 1855. Mr. Dazey has always been one of the leading citizens of Lima ; held many of the public offices ; Justice of the Peace, and Supervisor twice. The Dazey family have accomplished much good, both for Lima and the county- Mr. Dazey can see at a glance the benefit to be derived from that admirable system which benefits the farmer and the stock-raiser in common with the merchant. Much depends upon the leaders in societj", and Lima is truly fortunate in having as her representative the warm-hearted Mitchell Dazey.

farmer; Sec. 3; P.O.Lima; was born in Hancock county. 111., Jan. 5, 1849 ; was educated in the schools ot that county, and in December, 1870, moved to Adams county and settled in Lima township, where he was married, Dec. 28, 1871, to Miss Roxana :Stone (daughter of Charles and Susan Stone, 'Of this township), who was born March 2, 1854, and died Feb. 9, 1879, leaving two chil- -dren: Edward C, born Oct. 30, 1874, and Charles, born Oct. 15, 1876. He owns 410 acres of land. The home place contains fifty acres, which, for fertility of soil, will compare favorably with any in the township. He is a Democrat. In the spring of 1877 . he was elected Justice of the Peace, which office he now holds; is also School Director, and is numbered among the well-to-do farmers of the county.

ESHOM ANDREW, farmer; Sec. 19; P.O.Lima; was born in Calloway county. Mo., Dec. 25, 1829. In 1837 he, with his parents, moved to Adams county. 111., and settled in Lima, where he received his early education. On Oct. 16, 1856, he was married to Miss Eliza McAdams, daughter of John and Ede McAdams. They have three children: James M., born Dec. 31, 1857 ; Albert, born Oct. 20, 1867, and Walter, born Sept. 24, 1870. He owns 110 acres of land, which, for fertility of soil and improvement, will compare with any in the

FAYTBIISH JOHBT H,. farmer; Sec. 13: P. O. Lima; was born in Washington county, Tenu., March 19, 1815 ; came to this county in 1833 ; was married three times. His first wife was Miss Stacy Orr, to whom he was married in 1834. By this marriage he has had six children, only four of whom are living. She died in August 1871. His second wife was Mrs. Mar}' Carmine, to whom he was married in June, 1874. By this marriage he had one child. She died in Feb., 1876. His third and present wife was Miss Sarah Elizabeth Richardson, to whom he was married in October, 1876. By this marriage he has one child. He owns 160 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, abundantly supplied with fruit, and very valuable. He is Democratic, and one of the old, energetic and industrious citizens who have been so conducive to the county's improvement.

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Physician and Surgeon; P. O. Lima; was born in Clarke county. Mo., Sept. 28, 1838; came to this county in 1867; was married to Miss L. J. Tate, in March, 1865. She was born in Scotland county, Missouri. They have four children, all daughters. He owns some valuable town property in Lima, well improved, supplied with fruit, and very valuable. He studied his profession in Lewis county. Mo., and graduated in Keokuk, Iowa, in 1867, and also in the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis in 1872. He has been practicing his profession since 1867, and has by close attention built himself up an enviable reputation, and lucrative business. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Christian church.

OSBHABDT GEO., farmer; Sec. 2 ; P. O . Tioga, Hancock county ; was born in Germany, Sept. 23, 1836; was educated in the schools of his native country, and also learned the jewelers' trade. In 1850 he emigrated to this country and settled in Newark, New Jersej', where he was married in 1852 to Miss Catherine Doel, a native of Germany. After a residence of nine years in Newark, he moved to Central City, Colorado, in 1864, and made that his home until 1874, when he came back and settled and began improving the beautiful farm on which he now resides, containing 108 acres which will compare with any in the township. He has seven children, three sons and four daughters. Is Republican in politics) and one of the large and well-to-do farmers of the county.

HIGGISrS JAMES, farmer; Sec. 24; p. O. Lima; was born in Dutchess county. New York, Nov. 18, 1847. In 1852 he, with his parents, moved west and settled in Lima township, Adams county, Illinois, where he received his early education. In 1870, he was married to Miss Elizabeth F. Orr (daughter of William and Martha Orr of this township). They have two children : Lucy, born April 5, 1876, and the baby, born Oct. 28, 1878. He owns 165 acres of laud, which will compare favorably with any in the county. He is a Democrat, and one of young, energetic, and industrious citizens of the county to whom it looks for a continuance of its present prosperity. Hill Davis, farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Quincy.

Hllili HEITRY farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Lima ; was born on the farm he now resides on Dec. 14, 1844. His early education was obtained in the schools of Lima, and in 1867 was married to Miss Adelia Leeper, of this township. They have four children, three sons and one daughter. He is cultiyating the old homestead, which contains eighty acres in a high state of perfection, and very valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Methodist church. He is Commissioner of Public Highways, and one of the yoimg, energetic and industrious sons of the county to whom it looks for a continuance of its present prosperity.

HUTCHESOX JOHN W., farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Lima; was born in Logan county, Ky., Jan. 5, 1844 ; when he was but three years old his parents moved west and settled in Hancock county, 111., where he received his early education, and in Nov. 24, 1868, was married to Miss Mary Anna Wallace, a native of Jefferson county, Ky. They have two children, Hattie Florence, and Cora Ellen. He owns 165 acres of land, which, for fertility of soil and im, provements, will compare favorably with any in the township. He is Democratic in politics, and one of the large and well-to-do farmers oi the county.

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Cynthia McCreery in September, 1875. She was born in Iluncoclc county, 111. They have two children, James A. and Emma F. He is senior of the firm of Kirkpatrick & McCreery, dealers in dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, etc., at Lima, and has, by close attention to business and fair dealing, built himself up an enviable reputation and lucrative business. He owns some valuable business and residence property, centrally located and very valuable, in Lima. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the Christian church, and one of the energetic and industrious citizens of the county.

MITCHFXL WAVID, farmer; Sec. 10; P.O. Tioga,'Haucock county. The subject of this sketch was born in the County Tyrone, Ireland, Feb. 26. 1826; was educated in the schools of his native country; and in 1846 emigrated to this country and settled in Washington county, Ohio. On Jan. 1, 1850, be was married to Miss Rebecca Wakefield, of Belmont county, Ohio. They have four children, two eons and two daughters. In 1865 he removed to this county, and has been a citizen ever since. He owns 290 acres of land. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the

NIITT ISAAC, farmer; Sec. 10; P.O. Tioga, Hancock county. The subject of this sketch was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, April 15, 1820. He received his early education in the schools of his native county. He was married in 1844 to Miss Lucy Ann Grays, a native of the same county as her husband. They have had nine children, seven sons and two daughters. In 1846 he moved west and settled in Adams county, 111., where he owns 200 acres of land which, for fertility of soil, will compare favorably with any in the township. Has been Township Collector, and also Commissioner of Highways, and is one of the enterprising and well-to-do farmers of the township. Nutt John, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Tioga.

ORR GRAYSOX, farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Marcelline; was born in Bourbon county, Ky., Feb. 16, 1810; in the spring of 1822, moved to Boone county. Mo., where he lived until he removed to this county, in January, 1830. He was married in October, 1838, to Miss Mary J. Wood, daughter of John C. Wood (deceased), of this county. They have five children, four sons and one daughter. He owns 160 acres of land which, for fertility of soil and improvements, will compare favorably with any in the township, lie is Democratic in politics, has been Supervisor of Lima township for some eight years, and is to-day one of the well* to-do farmers of the township, notwithstanding he began life in very moderate circumstances. Orr G. W. farmer ; sec. 17; P. O. Lima.

Feb. 10, 1828. In 1836 he, with his parents, moved west and settled in Lima, where he received his early education. In 1849 he went to California, and lived there until the fall of 1851, when he returned home and went back again in 1853, this time remaining some eight years, meeting with moderate success. On March 17, 1862, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Eshom, daughter of Daniel Eshom, of this township. They have four children, three sons and one daughter. He owns 160 acres of land, which will compare favorably with any in the township. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Christian church; has been School Trustee some four years, and is one of the enterprising farmers of the county.

REAGl^R CONNER farmer and stock dealer; Sec. 13; P. O. Lima. He was born in Rappahannock county, Va., May 21, 1831 ; in 1852 moved west and settled in Piatt county, Mo. In 1864 he moved to Adams county. 111., and on Jan. 25, 1871, he was married to Mrs. Ellen Barton, a native of this county. The fruit of this marriage is three children, one son and two daughters. She had by her previous marriage four children, two sons and tw^o daughters. He owns 100 acres of land, which for fertility of soil and improvement, will compare with any in the township. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Baptist church. He is also a member in high standing in the Masonic Fraternity, and one of the energetic and enterprising farmers of the township. Reed James, farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Tioga. Robertson Cyrus, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Loraine. Ross Zed, O. P. O. Lima.

SEIiBY EEWIS v., farmer; Sec; 13; P. O. Lima. He was born in Bourbon county, Ky., Aug. 1, 1820; came to this county in 1841 ; was married three times. His first wife was Miss Milly Dazy, to whom he was married Sept. 15, 1843. By this mar. riage he had two children, one son and one daughter. She died in 1854. His second wife was Miss Annie Bolt, to whom he was married April 1, 1868 ; by this marriage, two children, one son and one daughter. She died in February, 1876. His third, and present, wife was Miss Milly Orr, to whom he was married Dec. 1, 1877. She was born in Bourbon county, Ky., Aug. 14, 1819. He ow^ns 136 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, supplied with fruit and very valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the M. E. church, and one of the energetic citizens who have been conducive to the county's welfare.

SHUIiTZ HARVY B., farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Marcelline. He was born in Ursa township, Feb. 12, 1847 ; was educated in the schools of that township. In the spring of 1865 he enlisted in Co. G, of the 58th Regt. 111. Inf , and served till the close of the w^ar. On the 13th of May, 1873, he was married to Miss Harriet M. Orr, daughter of Grayson Orr, of this township. They have had two children, only one of whom is now living: Wm. Henry, born Feb. 23, 1874. He owns 110 acres of land, which for soil will compare with any in the township. He is Democratic in politics, and School Director. He has been constable of Ursa for two years, and is one of the young, energetic an d industrious sons of the county.

SI^ATTERY I., farmer; Sec. 17; P O. Lima. The subject of this sketch was born in Hancock county. 111., near Warsaw, June 16, 1848. He is the only son of John Slattery (deceased), of Hancock county. In August, 1871, he moved to Lima township, Adams county, and purchased and began improving the beautiful farm on which he now resides. In June of the same year, lie was married to Miss Nancy Snyder, daughter of A. J. and Martha A.

Snyder, of this township, who was born July 10, 1846. They have one child, Jesse, born Feb. 19, 1873. He owns eighty-nine acres of land, which will compare with any In the county. In 1861, he enlisted in the 2d Kan. Cav., and served three years. He is Republican in politics, and one of the young and well-to-do farmers of the township.

SPENCER O. PERRY, merchant; Lima; was born in this township, March 16, 1847 ; was married to Miss Eladore Carter, Sept. 10, 1873. She was born in Walker township, Hancock county. 111., Dec. 12, 1852. They have two children: Allie P., born June 25, 1874, and Jessie Evelyn, born Oct. 1, 1876. He owns some very valuable business and residence property in the town of Lima, centrally located. He is republican in politics, and a member of the M. E. church. He is one of the energetic and industrious citizens of the county ,^to whom it owes its present, and looks for its future, prosperity. He is at present engaged in merchandising, in a general line|of dry-goods, groceries, boots and shoes, etc.

EAYETTE, merchant; Lima; was born in this town, Oct. 6, 1846; was married to Miss Catherine Clarke, July 26, 1867. She was born in Hancock county, this State. They have two children, Eddie Curtis and Freddie. He owns a valuable business property, with dwelling attached, in Lima, and is doing a fine business in drugs, drygoods, and groceries, and has, by close attention and fair dealing, built himself up a very lucrative business. He is a Republican, and a member of the M. E. church. He is one of the young, energetic, and industrious citizens who are so conducive to the county's welfare and prosperity.

VANHORX GEO. W., farmer; Sec. 21 ; P. O. Lima ; was born in Bucks county, Penn., June 17, 1826, where he received his early education. In 1845, he moved west, and settled in Adams county, 111., where he was married, in August, 1846, to Miss Elizabeth Vinson, who was born in Ohio, Feb. 20, 1828. They have had twelve children, ten of whom are now living, three sons and seven daughters : Joseph M., born Oct. 25, 1847 (died Jan. 22, 1852) ; Geo. L., born Oct. 9, 1850; Mary Ann Amelia, born Jan. 25, 1853; Clara D., born Jan. 26, 1856; Emma E., born April 4, 1858 ; Wm. John Dayton, born May 5, 1859 ; Harrett Lydia, born Oct. 18, 1861; Ida, born June 9, 1864; Ada May, born Nov. 5, 1865 ; Halcane, born Feb. 8, 1867 (died July 11, 1869); Luciuda Olive, born June 20, 1869, and Richard Grant, born March 9, 1871. He owns 100 acres of land. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the M. E. church, and is now one of the prominent farmers of the township. He began life in moderate circumstances.

Postmaster; Lima; was born in Germany, Nov. 8, 1832; received his early education in the schools of his native country, and, in 1852, emigrated to this country, and settled in Colum'bus, Ohio, where he lived two years, and, for the next three years, traveled about from one place to another. In 1857, he settled in Warsaw, 111., where he was married, in 1858, to Miss Annie E. Ehler, a native of the same country as her husband. They have had six children, four of whom are now living, two sons and two daughters. His wife died, Feb. 11, 1877. He owns a valuable propertj^ in the town of Lima. He is a Republican, and is at present Postmaster of Lima, which office he has held for two years; was commissioned 2d Lieutenant of the 8th Regt. Mo. Inf., in June, 1861, and was afterward promoted to 1st Lieutenant of the same regiment; served some two years, during which time he took part in the battles of Fort Donaldson, Russel's House before Corinth, Champion Hill,

Black River, and Vicksburg, -where lie was disabled, and resigned his commission in 1863. He then came to Lima, and has been a prominent and esteemed citizen of the town ever since. Vinson Catherine, P. O. Lima.

VIA^SOX EMSHA J., former; Sec. 7 ; P. O. Lima ; was born on the farm he now lives on, Sept. 30, 1838. He is the third son of Isaac D. Vinson, deceased, one of the early citizens of this township. He was educated in the schools of Lima, and was married Jan. 2, 1861, to Miss Achsah Ormsby, daughter ot Robert Ormsby, of Indiana, born Dec. 23, 1842. They have had eleven children, three of whom are now living : Isaac M., born ]\Iarch 26, 1864; Milly, born Nov. 15, 1866, and Mary E., born Sept. 27, 1878. He owns 176 acres of land, which, for fertility of soil and improvement, will compare favorably with any in the township. He is Democratic in politics, and one of the solid and well-to-do farmers of the county.