Adams County, Illinois - Biographical sketches, 1879 (part 13 of 16)

Mt'RAE WIK. F., farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Libert!,- : bom Dec. 2o, 1824. in Marion county, Mo.; in 1851 he came to Adams county. Is Township Assessor; has been School Director. Married Margaret Gordon, Xov. 23, 1848. She was bom Feb. 1, 1826, in Kentucky; died Dec. 13, 1866. Have eight children: Charles E., Elizabeth A, Alice J., James W., Virginia E., Melissa I., Henry C, and Addie F. Second marriage to Ellen Gordon, Xov. 17, 1867. She was bom Xov. 17, 1842, in 3Ii5Souri. Have two children : Sanford S., and Archibald D. : enlisted in 1862 in Co. E, 78th Regt. 111. Inf. ; served to the end of the war: was wounded in the battle of Chickamauga, for which he receives a pension. Democrat. Baptist.

MERCER P. H., Postmaster, Liberty ; bom Feb. 4, 1835, in Clarion county, Pa. ; in 1856 he came to Adams county. He enlisted in 1862 in Co. E, 78th Regt. 111. Inf. ; served to the end of the war : was in the battles of Chickamauga. Missionary Ridge. Lookout Mountain, Sherman's March to the Sea, etc. ; was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. He first enlisted as a private in 1863. He was promoted to 2<i Lieutenant, and in 1864 was again promoted to 1st Lieutenant He was appointed Postmaster in 1874. Married Mrs. MarA- Cams, daughter of A. H. D. Buttz, March 22, 1865. She was born June 26, 1841, in Liberty township. Have two children : Xora B. and Glenn H. She has one child by her former marriage, L. T. Christian church. Republican.

MIEEER REXJAMESf, farmer; Sec. 13: P. O. Liberty. Was bom in Burton township, Adams coimty, April 10, 1836. His father died in 1840: mother 1852. He was married in 1857 to Xancy J. Robb. She was bom in 3Iissouri in 1837. They have six children : Caroline A., James D., Benjamin F., Sarah A., Mary E., and Francis M. He located in Liberty township in 1866. on Sec. 13. He owns 120 acres of well improved land, worth $8,000. He was in Co. K, 3d Mo. Cav. ; enlisted Xovember 26. 1861 ; served three years; was mustered out Jan. 19, 1865 ; was in the battles of Mount Zion, Chalks Bluff, and Little Rock, imder command of Col. Steele. They are members of the Baptist church. He is a Republican.

MIATEE A. S., farmer; Sec. 15; P. O. Liberty. He was bom May 30, 1832, in Warren county, Ohio; in 1857 went to Indiana; the follo-wing year he came to Adams county, 111. He owns 120 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. He married Louisa P. Smith, Sept 18, 1854. She was born June 19, 1834, in Warren coimty, Ohio. They have eight children: Marston P., Alice J., William C, Mary May, Lucy L., Carrie E., Hattie O., and Anna G. Republi-

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KI£D£Ii jriillTS, blacksmith; Liberty; born March 18, 1843, in Germany; in 1867 came to Adams county; in 1870 he removed to Liberty township. He married Anna Hoyer in 1869. She was born in 1846 in Bohemia. They have four children: Rosa, Paulina, Henry, and John. Lutheran church. Democrat.

ROTH JUIillTS^, stoves, tin and hardware ; Liberty. He was born Dec. 25, 1845, in Quincy, 111. ; in 1856 he removed with his parents to Camp Point, and in 1860 he commenced to learn the tinning business ; in 1861 he returned to Quincy, and worked one year ; then returned to Gamp Point. He worked at this business until 1864, when he engaged in the railroad business for about one year. He enlisted in 1865 in Co. E, 148th Regt. 111. Inf , and served till the end of the war, when he returned to Camp Point. In 1867 he went to Montana Territory, and engaged in the tin trade until 1870 ; then engaged in the railroad business till 1872, when he returned to Hancock county, 111., and continued at this business two and one-half years. In 1877 he removed to Liberty. He married Miss jMaggie A. Thompson in 1870. She was born in 1843, in Illinois; died in 1873, leaving one child, Minnie E. His second wife was Mrs. J. E. Green, whom he married in September, 1875. She was born in 1843 in Pennsylvania; have two children, Ardella W. and Joseph F. She has two children by a former marriage, Flora and Etta Green. She has also two step-children, Ellis and Ella E. Democrat. Presbyterian. , born in Adams county in 1842 ; father and mother still living. He was married Jan. 21, 1868, to Phebe Compton. She was born in Hamilton county, Ohio. They have three children : Mary A., Charles O., and Bertie W. They moved to Kansas in 1870, and lived there seven years, and thence to Texas, where they stayed one year, then came back to Illinois in 1878. He has a good stand for a shop in Liberty among a good class of people; does all kinds of work usually done in a country shop; his wife is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. S. is a Republican.

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farmers ; Sec. 23 ; P. O. Liberty ; John was born Feb. 27, 1829, in Germany; in 1852, he came to Adams county; he and his brother Henry own 140 acres of land. John married Elizabeth Riniker in 1865. She was born m 1836, in Switzerland; have five children: Julius, John, Frederick, and Albert. Henry was born in July, 1842, in Germany ; he came to Adams county in 1857; married Susan Riniker in 1872. She was born in 1842, in Switzerland. John and Henry served in the late war. Swank Conrad, farmer ; sec. 34; P. O. L'berty.

TORREXCE AtBERT, Physician and Surgeon, Liberty; he was born May 25, 1838, in Alleghany county. Pa. ; when an infant, came with his parents to Missouri ; in 1849, came to Adams county. 111. His father being a physician, he studied tirst with him; in 1858, he commenced studying with Dr. Bassett, of Quincy. In the winter of 1862 and 1863, he attended the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, and there graduated ; has been in active practice since. He married Miss Annie Nichols, Nov. 18, 1863. She was born April 24, 1844, in Columbus, 111. They have one child, John, aged one and a half years. Mrs F. is a member of the Christian church. He is a Democrat.

in Belfort, France; in 1828, came to Stark county, Ohio; in 1837, came to Adams county. He owns 120 acres of ]and. He married Hester Gulp in 1816. She was born in 18-34, in Indiana; died in 1858. They have five children : Jefferson, John B.. George R., Louis, and Francis M. Second marriage to Elizabeth Allen in 185'J. She was born in Pike county, 111., and died in 1871. They have four children: Violetta, Rhoda, William, and Anna. Third marriage to Mrs. McRae, in 1873. She was born in 18'26, in Kentucky ; she has four children by a former marriage ; Jennie, Eliza, Amanda, and Joshua. Jefferson served in the late war; Mr. T. has been School Director. Traver Simon, farmer; sec. ~S; P. O. Liberty. TiimMin W. P. farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Fairweather.

VAXCIIi ISO.W, farmer; Sec. 8: P. O. Liberty; was born iu Union Co., 111., Jan. 1, 1826, and is the fourth child of Martin and Susan C. Vancil. His father was born in 1800 and is still living. His mother died Oct. 29, 1873, aged 70 years. Iu 1849 he was married to Miss Matilda Nations, who was born July 31, 1819. They have h;xd four children; Rebecca Jane, born July 25, 1850; Isaiah Stephen, born Aug. 7, 1852; Olive Aurora, Sept. 1, 1850, and Hugh Merrick, born Feb. 6, 1863, all living. Rebecca was married Feb. 22, 1874, to Sidney Lindeubar. Mr. V. is one of the oldest inhabitants of the county, having come into the county in 1828. He owns 190 acres of land ; probable value, $6,000. He is one of the Stephen A. Douglas Democrats, and always expects to remain so.

VANCIIi WlI^riAM, farmer; Sec. 8; P. O.Liberty; w^as boru April 19, 1822, in Union county, Illinois. In about '35 he came with his parents to Adams county. He owns 180 acres of land ; married Mary Ann Tourner, Nov. 26, 1845. She was born Sept. 17, 1825, in Belfort, France. Had ten children, six living; Jno. W., Henry M., Julia Ann R., Elizabeth C, Joseph R., and Calesta S. His father, ]\Lirtiu Vancil, was born Feb. 4, 1800, in Virginia ; now lives here with his sou, Jno. W. ; served iu the late war. Chas. W. Akers, aged nine years, has been taken by Mr. V. to raise.

1806, iu Tioga county. New York. In 1816 he came with Iiis parents to Canada; iu '35 came to Missouri ; in '38 removed to Adams county Illinois. He owns sixty-two acres of land, also property in town. He is now the oldest settler in the village but one; married Pliebe A. Rose in December, 1829. She was boru in 1811, iu Canada; died in 1865. Has six children: Lucinda, Elizabeth, Pernina, Rosen a, Mary Ann, and Louisa. Second marriage to Martha G. Godfrey, June 18, 1868. She was born July 18, 1824, in England. His son-in-law, Tichnor Vancil, enlisted iu '62 in Co. E., 78th Regt. 111. Inf. and served to the end of the war. Members of the Christian church. Republican. Yolbracht George, farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Liberty.

\VAG:KER C. CJ., farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Liberty; was boru March 5, 1807, in Prussia, Germany ; in '30 came to New York ; thence to New Jersey; in- '36 came to Adams county; owns 240 acres of land; married Elizabeth Webster, April 4, 1835. She vfas born Feb. 19, 1814, in England. She came to America when a child. They have eight children : Augeline, Josephine M., Elizabeth A., Henrietta, Geo. W., Sophia M., Sarah J., and Chas. A. Has been School Director and Treasurer. Presbyterian.

^VALKER AJLFRED, farmer ; Sec. 15; P.O.Liberty. He was l)orn Feb. 27, 1820, in Tennessee ; when an infant he came with his parents to Union county, Illinois; in '30 he removed to Adams couuty. He is one of the oldest settlers in this township. He owns 200 acres of land ; married Elizabeth Strahan, Aug. 27, 1843. She was born July 11, 1820, in Kentucky. Had four children, three living: Chas. W., Sarah J. (now Mrs. Arnold), Susan A. (now Mrs. Roe), Catherine E., died May 29, 1863, aged 20 years. Members of the German Baptist church.

WIEIilAMS PETER SR., farmer; Sec. 15; P. O. Liberty; was boru Aug. 11, 1810, in Lehigh count}', Pennsylvania; in '44 he came to Adams county. He owns

106 acres of land ; marned Hannah Xanders, Oct. 14, 1832. She was bom Nov. 9, 1808, in Lehigh county, Peuns3dvania. Have six children: Elvina (now Mrs. Frey), Edwin, Peter, Amanda (now Mrs. Kander), Angeline (now Mrs. Boren), Sabiua (now Mrs. Schnell). When in Pennsylvania was 1st Lieutenant of a Vol. Light Inf. Co. Edwin served in the late war. Levi Frey enlisted in September '62, in Co. E, 78th Regt. 111. Inf, died in March, '63, at Nashville, Tennessee. They have one child, Alice S,

BAK£R AAROX, farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 20; P. O. Richfield; was born in Hampshire county, Va., March, 1836; came to Adams county in 1851, located on Sec. 20 in 1852; married in 1861, to Fannie E. Lyon. She was born December, 1842. They have four children, John C, Ora D., La Verdu and Alta Lou. Owns 200 acres of land, all under a good state of cultivation, and worth $10,000. Has held the office of Justice of the Peace two terms and also Collector and Constable, is a man of good standing in the community ; politically, is a Democrat. Mrs. Baker is a faithful and consistent member of the Methodist church.

BAK£B JOHX, farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Richfield; was born in Hampshire county, Va., in 1834; parents both dead. Married to Sarah E. Hull, in 1861 ; she was born in 1844. They have four children, Olive May, William, Willis, (the two latter being twins) and Leroy. Mr. B. has been Assessor and School Director of his township, and now holds the office of Commissioner of Highways. Politically is a Greenbacker, and is a member of the Masonic Fraternity; owns 131 acres of land, most of which is in a good state of cultivation, and worth |40 per acre.

Bakers. M. farmer; sec. 19; P.O. Ricbfleld. Beavers Roi ert, farmer; sec. 21, P. O. Richfield. Behimer Sol B. farmer; sec. 22; P. O. Richfield. Behimer C. P. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Fairweather.

BELTS FRANCIS, farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Richfield; born in Pennsylvania, in 1819; came to Illinois in 1836; married in 1845; has had nineteen children, twelve of whom are living and seven have died. The living are Emma, (now ]Mrs. Thompson) T. Henry, Francis M., Douglas, Melissa, (now Mrs. Seigle), Charlotte, (now Mrs. Earnest), Caroline, Philander, Samuel, Sherman, Warren and Nettie. Miss Caroline has prepared herself for a teacher, and bids fair to become a useful member of that noble body. He owns eighty acres of land under fair cultivation, with moderate improvements; is worth $30 per acre. Politically Mr. B. is a Republican.

BELTS JOHN, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Richfield ; born in Penns3dvania, in 1816, came to Adams county, in 1836 ; married to Sophia Boyer in 1839; She was born in 1819; they have had twelve children, nine dead and three living: Mary E., (now Mrs.

Beman) Hannah M., (now INIrs. Carr), and Nora 8. Owns 192 acres of laud under cultivation, worth $25 per acre. Mr. G. politically is a Republican.

BEKXETT JEFFEKSOX, farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Fairweather; was born in the state of Indiana, in 1837; came to Adams county in 1850, with his parents; his father died 1809; mother still living in Payson township. Was married to Eliza F. Bradley in 1864; she was born in 1836; have two children : Laura, born February 1866, and Delia, born Feb. 6, 1872. Owns 120 acres of land under cultivation, and worth $25 per acre ; he is a School Director. Both he and Jvis wife are members of the Baptist church. Mr. B. in politics is a Democrat.

BROWX S AMI EI. C., farmer and railroad contractor; Sec 11; P. O. Fairweather; was born in Montreal, Canada, 1822. His father died in 1840; mother is still living at Petria, 111. He married Mary M. Collins in '50. She was born in Canada in 1829. He came to United States in '43; located in Richfield in '77. Mr. Brown has followed railroad contracting in Pike and Adams counties. 111., and in Missouri and Wisconsin, and is acknowledged 1o be a first-class man in that line of business; owns 114 acres of land, under a fair state of cultivation, worth $25 per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Baptist church at Kingston. He is also a member of the Masonic Fraternity at Barry, and is in politics a Republican.

Call John, farmer, sec. 31; P. O. Stone's Prairie. Callahan Arthur, farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Fairweather. Callahan John, farmer; sec 12: P. O. F.-.irweather

CAEEA^^AY JEHU, farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Richfield; was born in Delaware in 1818; came to Adams county in '42; married in '40 to Nancy Wheeler. Had six children by first marriage: Lucy E., Hezekiah S., George B., John D., Patience E.» and Whitfield. His first wife died in '53. In '55 was re-married to Jane Williams. She was born in Kentucky in '30. Had nine children by this marriage: JohnE. E., ^lartha E., Cora Luella, 3Iina Jane, ^lary Florence, Anna Eliza and Eliza Anna (twins), Abram Grant, and Ora Davis. Three children of the first and six of the second marriage are living; two of the first marriage are married. He owrs 180 acres of land, worth $50 per acre. He is at present one of the School Directors in this township. ^Ir. and Mrs. Callaway are members of the M. E. church at Shiloh. He is a Republican.

CAMPBEEE DAVID, farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Richfield; was born in fiercer county, Ky., in 1814; parents both dead; located in Adams county in '54; married Ruth A. Bradshaw in '54. She was born in Adams county in '85. Have eight childien, three of whom are married : James, Sarah, Francis M., Alice Drucilla, Jane, Andrew J., Eliza Silvera, and Rebecca. Owns sixty seres of land, under a fair state of cultivation. ]Mr. Campbell and wife are members of the Baptist church. Politically he is a Greecbacker.

farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Richfield; was born in Richfield township, Nov. 27, '58; is a son of Jehu and Jane Calaway. 3Ir. Calaway is a young man of fair ability, honest, and of good morals, and is well adapted to the business of farming, which he follows. Politically he is a Republican.

Campbeee Wieeia.Ii

farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Fairweather; was born in Kentucky in 1S08; came to Illino's in 1827; located in Adams county about thirty-two years ago; married to Elizabeth Sparrow in '30. She was born in 1810 a^-d died in '63. Have had six children; all married and living in Adams county. He owns eighty-one acres ot land, under a fair state of cultivation, worth $25 per acre. In politics he is Democratic. Carter Renben, farmer ; sec. 29: P. O. Richfield.

Richfield Directory Cxeavei.Axd Charles C.

farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Richfield ; -^\-as born in 184(5, in Adams county, Illinois, son of Isaac and Mary A. Cleaveland; mother died 1867; father resides at Barry, Pike county, 111. Was married, 1872, to Narcissa N. Franks. She was born 1858; has one child, Susan Olive, born Oct. 1878. Mr. Cleaveland and wife are members of the M, E. church at Richfield, Mr. Cleaveland being one of the trustees. He owns 120 acres of land, eighty acres under a good state of cultivation, worth $50per acre. Politically is a Republican.

DEDI.EKY JOBX, faimer; Sec. 11; P. O. Fairweather; was born in C4er. many, 1834; came to the United States in 186S; was married to Ann Elizabeth. She was born in Germany, in 1846. They have six children : Mary E., Hannah, Belle, Josie, Varuet, Efhe, and Henry. He owns forty acres of land, under fair state of cultivation. Mr. Dedlery does a small amount of work as a Ijlacksmith through the year. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Dedlery, politically, is a Greenbacker.

FAHS PHIIilP, farmer, and County Surveyor; Sec. 29; P. O. Stone's Prairie; was born 1816, in Hampshire county, Virginia ; came to Adams county in

1850; married in 1837 to Catherine Crim, of Berkely county, Virginia. She was bom April 24, 1815. They had nine children, seven living : Sarah A., born Jan. 30, 1838 ; Mary E., Dec. 8, 1839 ; George W., May 24, 1842 ; .John W., Sept. 8, 1844T Benjamin F.' Feb. 12, 1847; Francis M., .June 18, 1849; Philip R., Jan. 14, 1852; Deborah C. Sept. 8, 1854; Caroline M., June 14, 1857; two dead. They have four married children. Mr. Fahs was elected County Surveyor in 1871, re-elected 1875. which will make eight years' service in that office. He has held numerous township ofhces, and is now Treasurer of the township. He is a man who stands high among the citizens of the entire county, as the trusts given him show. He owns fifty-six acres of laud, all improved, and under cultivation. He and his wife are both members of the M. E. church. Politically he is a Democrat.

FEXOEI. OEOROE H., farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Fairweather; was born in Germany, in 1850; came to the United States in 1867 ; father dead, and mother living, and keeps house for him. Mr. Feugel owns sixty acres of land, worth $30 per acre. Politicallv, Democratic.

farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 5: P. 0. Richfield ; was born in 1855, and is the second child ot Prior and Susan Franks, both of whom are still living. He married Elizabeth Hull, in 1876. She was born in 1856. They have one child, Mollie, born March 5, 1878. He owns 170 acres of land, under a good state of cultivation ; worth §30 per acre. 3Ir. F. is an ardent Repulilican of the hard-money school, and is at present a School Director in his township.

Fruit Theo. farmer: sec. .36; P.O. Barry. Pike co. Fuaselman David farmer; sec. 21; P. O. Richfield. Fnsselman Wm. farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Stone's Prairie.

farmer; Sec. 27; P.O. Richfield; was born in Somerset county, Penn., in 1807; came to Adams county in 1844; was married to Mary Ann McAfee, June 14, 1830, who was born June 14, 1811; died June 14, 1866, leaving eleven children: Jacob, born March 22, 1831; Elizabeth, born Dec. 18, 1832; James, born Jan. 1, 1834; Rachael, born March 2, 1837 ; Sarah, born June 6, 1889 ; Susanah, born Sept. 6, 1841 ; William, born Feb. 1, 1845; Mary J., born March 19, 1847; Nancy, born April 6, 1849; Lydia A., born Oct. 3, 1851 ; Leah F., born Nov. 28, 1854. AVilliam and Nancy are dead. The remaining children are all living, married, and well situated in life. Mr. H. owns 200 acres of land, worth !filO,000. He has resided in Richfield township twenty-six years, and is a Democrat.

HENDRICKS JAMES, farmer; Sec. 26 ; P. O. Barry, Pike county, 111. ; was born m Ohio, in 1834; came to Illinois in 1853 ; (father living in Richfield township) ; married Sarah R. Melery, iu 1855. She was born in Illinois, in 1836 ; has had six children, five of whom are living: John W., born Jan. 26, 1856; Jacob W. born Feb. 17, 1858 ; James W., and. Mina G. (twins), born Nov. 14, 1862; ]\Iartin B., born March 23, 1870 ; Andrew L., born March 7, 1874. James W. died Sept. 11. 1863. Mr. H. owns 160 acres of land, under a good state of cultivation, worth .$40 per acre. He also follows thrashing grain during the season. Politically, is a Democrat.

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111. Mr. Jesse Hoskins was born in Ken, tuckyinl817; married Miss Eliza Moyers in 1843. She was born in the State of Indiana. They have ten living children: Delia A. (now Mrs. Williams) ; Lawrence, John, Elizabeth, Letitia J., Alice and Albert (twins), Cicero, William, Alonzo, and Calvin D. The following children are dead : Francis M., Jessie, and Addison. Mr. Hoskins came to Richfield township in 1858, and died in 1873. He owned 120 acres of land, all under a fair state of cultivation. Mrs. Hoskins now carries on the farm, the labor being performed by her sons. ^Ir. and Mrs. Hoskins both united with the Presbyterian church a number of years ago. Mrs. H. is still a consistent member of that sect.

EEWTON AI^LrEX, miller and grain dealer; Sec. 31 ; P. O. Stone's Prairie; was born in Penn.sylvania in 1833 ; came to Adams county in 1845 ; was married to Miss Ellen Lock iu 1856. She was born in 1836. They have no children. He has lately repaired the mill at Hull's Station, and added the most improved machinery, with a splendid miller (Mr. Jackson). He is making an A No. 1 article of flour. Mr. L. also deals extensively in grain, shipping upon an average 125 car-loads per year from Hull's Station. Politically, he is a Democrat.

JLII.E MRS. EliEEX, farming; Sec. 19; P. O. Stone's Prairie; was born in Pike county, 111., in 1830 (daughter of Henry and Margaret Neely, who are both (lead) ; was married to George Lile in 1855. He was born in 1828, and died in 1867. They have had nve children : Augeline, born Jan. 14, 1857 (now Mrs. Williams) ; Eldora, born Aug. 7, 1858 (now Mrs. Obermire) ; Henry M., born Feb. 29, 1860 ; Lizzie M., born Aug. 3, 1861, and George, born June 2, 1864. She owns sixty-five acres of land, all under cultivation, worth $40 per acre. She is a member of the M. E. church at Richfield.

lilKSil^ WII.I.IAM, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 27; P. O. Barry, Pike county, 111. ; was born in Davis county, Ind., inl828; came to Adams county, and located in Richfield township in 1841. His father died in 1865, and his mother in 1870; was married to Miss Adaliue Havard in 1854. She was born in 1834, and died in 1858. He had, bj^ his f^rst wife, two children: Alexander H., born in 1856, and Maggie, born in 1858; was again married in 1860, to Miss Mary E. Ham'. She was born in 1884. He has, by his second wife, ten children : John W., Annie, Abraham Lincoln, Charles C, Mary E., Luella, Ellen, Stephenson T., Lizzie, and Henry, the three latter being dead. He owns 478 acres of improved land, under the best of cultivation, worth .$20,000. He makes a business of fattening cattle and hogs. Mr. L. and wife are members of the M. E. church, and he is, also, a member of the Masonic Fraternity. Politically, he is a Republican. Alexander H. Likes is educating himself for a physician, in Wesleyan University.

I.OCK MARY, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Stone's Prairie ; was born in 1811, in Illinois; married to Elisha Lock in 1830. He was born in 1809, in Illinois, and died in 1863; had two children: William, born in 1832 (died 1845), the other died while quite an infant. He 'ocated on Section 30, in 1850. She owns fifty-seven acres of land under fair state of cultivation ; is a member of the M. E. church, at Shiloh.

in Baltimore, Md., in 1809 ; father and mother deceased. He came to Adams county, 111., in 1833, and located on Sec. 28 ; was married Nov. 16, 1848, to E'iza J. Noyes. She was born April 27, 1821. Have five children : Michael K., Lena B., Mina L. (now Mrs. Abbott), William T., and Elithal. Owns 220 acres of land, worth $15,- 000 ; town property in Pittsfield, Pike county, 111., worth $15 000, and has personal property to the amount of $10,000. Mrs. Long and daughters are members of the Christian church. Mr. L. is an unyielding Democrat.

MARIiOW JOHX, farmer; Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Barry, Pike county. 111. ; was born in Missouri in 1833 ; came to Pike county, 111., in 1845, and to Adams county in 1850 ; was married to Araminta Stafford in 1856. She was born in Maryland in 1831 ; has one child, James, born in 1859. Mr. M. owns eighty acres of land, under a fine state of cultivation, worth forty dollar? per acre. Mrs. M. is a member of the M. E. cburcb. Mr M. is a Democrat.

farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Fairweathcr; bora in Pennsylvania in 1821 ; married in 1857, to Robert Marshall, who was born in Ohio in 1802, and died in 1878 ; has three children : Thomas, born in 1858; Hattie, born 1862; Katie, born in 1865; owns 160 arres of land, under cultivation, worth $30 per acre. Mrs. M. is member of the Baptist church.

Rue county, Ky., in 1805 ; came to Adams county in May, 1847 ; was married to Nancy Redniond in 1831. She died April 20, 1830. Tliey had five children. He married Elizabeth Gilkey, Oct. 2G, 1840, and had six children by this marriage, five of whom are dead. He owns 120 acres of land, under a good state of cultivation, wortli $40 per acre. Mrs. Morgan is a member of the ]\I. E. church, and Mr. Morgan a member of the Christian church. Politics, Republiqau.

MORRI}»iOX HIGH H., farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Fairweather; was born in Sangamon county, 111., in 1824. His father was a native of Pennsylvania; his mother a native of Kentucky; both dead. In 1848 he married Cynthia Chapman, who was born in Tennessee in 1824. They have nine children living : James D., born Dec. 4, 1850 ; Warren P., born Nov. 1, 1852; Lucius M., born Aug. 13, 1854 ; George B., born Aug. 12, 1856; John H., born April 2, 1858; Marcus L., born Feb. 11, 1SG2; Lydia V., born Dec. 15, 1863; Wallace W., born Nov. 28, -1865, and Clement V., born April 3, 1868. Those dead are : Louisa E., born May 8, 1849, died Aug. 12, 1851; Mary A., born April 14, 1860, died Oct. 16, 1862; Nora M., born Oct. 6, 1870, died June 30, 1874. Mr. Morrison owns 160 acres of land, all under a high state of cultivation, worth, probably, $50 per acre. He is one of the leading men of the township; is a Democrat, and is recognized as a leader of that party in his section. Mr. and Mrs. ]Morrison are honored members of the Baptist church at Kingston.

OKR THO:fIAS, farmer; Sec. 27; P. (). Fairweather; was born in Pennsylvania in 1803; came to Adams county in 1852; married Elizabeth Keepers in 1828. She died in jMonroe county, Ohio, in 1844. He had nine children by his first wife. Mr. Orr afterward married Mrs. Elizabeth Gamble, who was born in 1807, and bj- her had three children : John, Sarah Ellen, and Cynthia (deceased). All of the remaining children are married, two of the sons being ministers of the M. E. church. Mr. Orr and wife have been devout members of that church for over a half century. He owns 320 acres of land, which is improved, and is worth $40 per acre. He formerly followed the trade of a millwright, and in his early life built a great number of mills throughout the country. Mr. Orr is a Democrat.

ORMOND PATRICK, farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Richfield; was born in Waterford county, Ireland, in 1819 ; came to America in 1851; married Bridget Dalton in 1847. She was born in 1814. They have two children: Bridget, born in 1853, and John, born in 1855. He owns 292 acres of land, under a good state of cultivation, worth $30 per acre. Mr. Ormond and wife are members of the Catholic church at Liberty, 111.

PETTIT AI.EX. H., farmer ; Sec. 13; P. O. Fairweather; was born in Saratoga county, N. Y., in 1808; came to Adams county in '38, and located in Richfield township, on Sec. 13; married Clarissa Haines in '36. She was born in Addison county, Vt., in 1812. Have had seven children: Sarah E., born April 21, 1839; James H., born Aug. 20, '41, died May 23, '68; Oatherine, born Dec. 20, '43; Harriet L., born Sept. 11, '47, died June 30, '73; John B., born Jan. 22, '50; Charles G , born June 6, '53; William P., born July 25, '55; one daughter and one son married. He owns 170 acres of land, under a good state of cultivation, worth $30 per acre. He has held the office of Supei visor for three years, and is one ot the oldest citizens in the township. In politics he is a staunch Republican. Potter Bartholomew, farmer; sec. 33; P. O Barry,

RICK DAVID S., farmer; Sec. 19; P. O Richfield; was born in Dearborn county, Ind. ; came to Adams county in 1836; married to C. E. Cleaveland. She was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., in 1839. Has five children living: Jesse Davis, born Jan. 4, 1863; Thomas L., born Oct. 30, '65; Fannie F., born July 8, '73; Robert B., born March 24, '76; Linneas H., born Nov. 3. '78. The eldest child, Jesse Davis, has evinced a great taste for sketching and drawing, and besides shows great natural talent which, with age and educaiion, will develop him into a fine artist, beyond a doubt. Mr. Rice owns fifty acres of land, under a good state of cultivation; has devoted much attention to bee culture, and is now the owner of a fine apiary; has held numerous township otfices, being one of the oldest inhabitants. Politically is a Democrat.

RICE DAVID H., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 8; P. O. Richfield; was born in Richfield township, Sept. 5, 1855. Mr. Rice's father came to Adams county in 1833, and was one of the early settlers, and was highly esteemed as a useful citizen; was born Nov. 23, 1823, and died Oct. 5, 1873; his widow married and removed to Scott county. 111., where she Ftill resides. There were seven children in the family, all of whom are still living on the old home place, with the exception of one of the boys, who is a practicing physician in Macon county, 111. The remaining children own 236 acres of improved land, which is farmed for the support of the family; it is managed by David H., who is a young man of good standing. He is a member of the Clayton Masonic Relief Association. la politics is a Greenbacker.

RIDGEIiY TIXCEXT, farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Barry, Pike county, 111.; was born in Maryland in 1825; eldest son of N, H. and Olivia J. Ridgely; mother died in 1833; father still living at Springfield, 111. He was married to Miss Martha J Bell. She died in 1853. Had two children: Edwin W., and Mary E. (deceased). Mr. Ridgely re-married, in 1855, to Adelaide I. Long. She was born in Adams county. 111., in 1836. Has eight children by second wife: Lizzie I., born September, 18'6, died September, 1857; Charles N., born February, '59 ; Vincent N., born March, '61 ; Orendorff L., born May, '64; Redick W., born March, '68; George H., born December, '69; Clarence M., born November, '71; Roy, born July, '74. He owns 225 acres of land, all under good cultivation, worth $10,000. Mr. Ridgely was elected a Supervisor during the time the new court-house was being built, and has served hs township as Assessor a number of times. Politically is Democratic.

Rlckart J. farmer; sec. 3.5; P. O. Barry. Pike county. Roe E. D. teacher; sec. 8; P. O. Richfield. RuhlJohn, shoemaker; sec. 14; P. O. Fairweather.

RYAX DEXNIS, farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Richfield ; was born in Ireland, in 1825 ; parents both dead; came to America in 1852 ; married Nancy E. Cutsinger, in 1866. She was born in 1836. They have four children: William, born in 1866; Eliza, born iu 1867; Dennis, born in 1872; Alfred, born iu 1878. Mr. R. and wife are members of the Catholic church, and politically, he is a Democrat. He owns eighty acres ot land, under a fair cultivation.

. SPINK WALTER R., f^trmer and fruit grower: Sec. 34; P. O. Barry, Pike county. 111.; born in Madison, N. Y., in 1823; came to Pike county, 111., in 1850, and to Adams county, in 1854, and located on Sec. 34; was married in 1850 to Elizabeth Hosmer, who was born in 1823. They have two children : Harvey, born Dec. 3, 1855 ; Milly, born Jan. 4, 1866. Mr. S. owns 168 acres of land in Adams county, and forty-five acres iu Pike county, its probable value 1)eiug $10,000. He has his farm under a good state of cultivation, with substantial build, ings, and is well to do. During the late war he was drafted, but was discharged from the service on account of disability and poor health. Both he and Mrs. S. are membf-rs of the M. E. church at Northcut, and iu politics, he is a Republican. Stewart W. D. farmer: sec. 36; P. O. Bariy, Pike Co.

C and Carolii^ Trotter. His father was one of the most prominent citizens of the count)% and served as Sheriti", with credit to himself and the people who honored him with the trust. Dr. T. commenced the study of medicine with Dr. P. G. Corkins, of Liberty, 111., and graduated at the St. Louis Medical College in the spring of 1877; located at Richfield, where he quickly obtained a large and lucrative practice. He, also, in conjunction with Calvin Carter, owns a store for the sale of drugs, dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes ; carries a stock of about $800. He owns town property to the amount of $300. He married Miss Martha J. Tyler, in 1806. She was born in July, 1850. They have two children : Otis, born in 1871 ; Olive, born in 1874. He is a Greenbacker, and is a member of the Masonic Lodge of Liberty, HI. Tyler Ira. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Richfield.

YTAGY JACOB, farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. Richfield; was born in Ohio, in 1823; father and mother both dead ; married to Sarah Selege (who died in 1862) ; had three children by first wife: Perry, Jane, and Rodie; re-married to Sarah E. Rineheart, in 1862, who was born in 1836, and has had four children by second wife : 3Iinue Bell, Eddie Jacob, Selina 0., and Sarah Luella; Minne Bell died in 1865. Mr. and Mrs. ^Y. are members of the M. E. church, at Shiloh. Politically, Mr. W. is a Democrat. He owns eighty-seven and one-half acres of land, under good cultivation, worth .$40 per acre.

farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Liberty. He was born in Prussia, in 1815; came to the United States in 1856. He married Elizabeth Shrover, in 1842. She was born in 1822. Have six children : Annie (now Mrs. Frenchman), Katie (now Mrs. Powers), William, Martin,

Lizzie, and Mary. He owns ninety-seven acres of improved land, worth $40 per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Weiss are members of the Lutheran church, and Mr. Weiss acts with the Democratic party. Wiseman Henry, farmer; sec. 1 : P. O. Fairweather.

^VIIil^IAMS CHARLES, farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Richfield. He was born in the State of New Jersey in 1829; came to Quincy, 111. in 1836. His father and mother died about forty-five years ago. He was married to Mary E. Belie, in 1873. He owns sixty acres of land, under cultivation, and worth |30 per acre; was elected constable jn 1877, and makes a specialty of collecting for the public. Politically Mr. Williams is a Democrat.

YOUlSrCJ JA:?IES F., farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Richfield. He was born in 1803; came to Adams county in 1839. He married Sally Conkright in 1826. She died in 1850. Has four living children by first mamage. He afterward married Jemima R. Cox, who was born in 1829 ; has four children by second wife : Albert W., Ada F., Scott L., and Benjamin B. All the children of the first wife are married. He owns 132 acres of laud, under a fine state of cultivation, worth ^40 per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Young are meml)ers of the Christian church. He is, politically, a Greenbacker.

YOUI^lG FOLLY, farmer; P. O. Richfield. She is the daughter of Nathaniel Tyler and Mrs. C. Howard. Her father was among the early settlers of the township, and died in 1858. Her mother is still living. Mrs. Young has traveled considerably during her life, and seen many curiosities and grand sights out west, and gained valuable information in her travels. She was married in 1859 to Hamilton Young. He was 1st Lieutenant in Co. F, 118th Regt. 111. Inf He died in 1863 of disease contracted in the arm3^ Mrs. Young now resides with her mother in Richfield, and professes to take care of No. 1.

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AAROJX CAJLEB, miller; residence, Coatsburg ; (son of Wm. and Hester Aaron) ; was born in Warren, Kent county, Del., March 2, 1840; came to this county in 1804; married Mary C. Judy. She was born in Adams county, 111., May 12, 1852. They had four children: Philip J., William H., Annie Maud, and Edna V. His father and mother were natives of Delaware. His mother is still living, at the age of fifty-seven. His father died in 1857, at the age of sixty. At the time Mr. Aaron came to this county, he was engaged for three years in teaching school, and in 1869 went into merchandising as the firm of Judy & Co., until 1874, when he engaged in the drug business for two years, Cstyle of firm, P. S. Judy & Co.), and in 1876, engaged in the milling business. Their capacity is 31,000 bushels, 6,000 barrels of flour or thirty barrels per day. He turns off on an average, seventy-five head of cattle, and 200 head of hogs, and does a business of $45,000 per year. Mr. Aaron is one of the live men of the town.

BOGABT JAMES H., hotel keeper; P.O. Coatsburg (son of John and ]\Iary Bogart) ; was born in Mercer county, Ky., Aug. 26, 1831 ; came to Adams county in 1871 ; married for his first wife, Catherine Tracy. She was born in Morgan county, Ind., Sept. 7, 1837; has five children: Nathaniel J., Mary J., John W., James E., Joseph V. For his second wife, married Nancy Cain. She was born in Va., July 4, 1825, (widow of Aaron Cain). His father died in Kentucky, where his mother raised the family. He left Kentucky when he was nineteen years old, went to Indiana, lived there four years, then to Missouri, Carroll county, in 1856, then back to Indiana where he lived nine years, thence back to Missouri, six years, then to Adams county, where he has resided since. He has two children in California, and one in Kansas. He enlisted in the 33d Kegt. Ind. Inf., and was in the army a short time on the Morgan raid.

July 29, 1844 ; came to this ; married Cassandra Laugh, in Adams county, July 1847 ; children: Emma, and Annie, the 12th 111. Inf., Co. D. Capt. , He was in the battles of Donaldson, and was wounded chant; Paloma; was born in Carroll county, N. H., Dec. 28, 1830; came to this county in 1870 ; married S. J. Paine. She was born in the same place, May 24, 1836. Members of the Baptist church ; holds the oflice of

Postmaster and Notary Public ; came from New Hami:)shire to Carroll county, 111., March, 1865; lived there one year; thence to Greene county, Wis., where he lived four years ; thence to Henry county, where he resided three years ; thence to Adams county, where he has resided since, where he was pastor of the church four years ; enlisted in the 12th Regt. N. H. Inf., Co. E.; was in the service twenty-eight months; was in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancelorville and Gettysburg ; was wounded at the battle of Chancelorville and Gettysburg with shells. Is at present engaged in dry goods and drugs ; carries a stock of $3,500 ; has charge of two churches in McDonough county. Dirks B. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Coatsburg.

BITTMER HEXRY, farmer ; Sec. 24; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Germany, Jan. 18, 1836 ; came to this country in 1861 ; has 102 acres of land, valued at $5,000. Married Paulina Rolfe ; she was born in the same place, Feb. 3, 1858. One child, Annie, i^orn April 29, 1878; emigrated from Germany to England in 1856 ; worked in a sugar refinery for five years ; then sailed for New Orleans; thence up the Mississippi river to Quincy. For the first seven years rented; and in 1868 bought sixty acres, and since bought where he now lives. Has a farm under good cultivation, and has a comfortable home.

DITTxlIEB JOHX, farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Hanover, Germany, June 3, 1831 ; came to this county in the fall of 1853 ; has 138 acres of land, valued at $6,900. Married Anna C. Ackerman. She was born in Saxon, Attenburg, June 12, 1835. Ten children: Charles G., born Feb. 12, 1858 (died March 20, 1862) ; Henry E., born March 21, 1860 (died Aug. 15, 1878); Martha M., born March 19, 1862; Albert L., March 4, 1864; Julia, June 13, 1SS3 - Bernhardt, Aug. 8, 1870; Charles F., Jan. 13,' 1873 ; John F., June 9, 1875 ; Walter E., Oct! 21, 1877. His family are members of the Lutheran church. Emigrated to this country in 1853 ; came in a sailing vessel ; was two months making the trip ; landed in New Orleans; worked on a railroad; a short time afterward came to St. Louis, where he worked making brick, at a dollar per day; then came to this county; worked out for ten dollars per )nonth ; afterward rented a farm for ten years ; in 1868 bought the place where he now lives. When he came to this country he had but ninetj'-five cents in his pocket, but bj^ industry has made a good home.

EMERY THOS. S., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 31; P. O. Coatsburg; l)orn in Cape Elizabeth, near Portland, Me., Jan. 10, 1818 ; came lo this county in 1838 ; has 400 acres of land, valued at $14,000. ]Married Lucy Shandrow, born in Vermont, Dec. 31,1835. Six children, four living: Thomas S., Mary E., Isadora, George Mc. ; came from Maine via railroad to Philadelphia; thence over the mountains by stage to Pittsburgh ; thence by river to Quincy in 1838, where he resided about fifteen years. In the year 1850 he crossed the plains to California; was nearly four months making the trip; Avorked in the mines about thirteen months, and then returned in 1853 ; returned again to California in 1856 via New York, by water ; crossed the Isthmus, making the trip in twenty-one days; and in 1857 returned to Quincy. In 1857 he bought his farm, and in 1858 moved on to it. Has 320 acres under good cultivation; came herein an early day; has made a fine property, and is one of the live farmers in the township.

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he now lives ; moved into a log cabin, 16xlG, puncheon floor. He was a poor man, did not have two dollars in the world, but he now owns 200 acres of land, under good cultivation, valued at $10,000, a comfortable home, and has laid up enough to keep the wolf from his door.

FliETCHER JOSEPH, Physician; residence, Sec. 4; P. O. Mendon; son of Charles and Eveline Fletcher; born in Clermont county, O., Feb. 6, 1834; married Elizabeth Hardy. She was born in this county, Dec. 11, 1832 (her father came in 1829 to the county, being among the earliest). They have four children : Mary Ellen ; Geo. "VV., Joseph W., and Sarah E. His father was a native of Ohio ; was born Nov. 1, 1812 ; married Eveline Moore. She was born Aug. 20, 1813. They emigrated to this county in 1842, came through with teams and located on the farm where Dr. F. now lives ; moved into a log cabin, 16x16. His father and mother are both living, and have been married forty-six years ; ehty were among the early settlers. Dr. Fletcher , the subject of this sketch, came here with his parents and worked at milling from the time he was fifteen until he was thirty. He read medicine while tending mill, and in 1864 attended the St. Louis Medical College for three years, when he graduated, since that time he has practiced in Adams county. He has been Township Collector. He has 320 acres of land, valued at $15,000 ; has some fine Cotswold sheep.

OEOBOE P. S., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 31; P. O. Fowler; son of Henry and Mary George; was born in Westmoreland, county. Pa., April 11, 1835; came to this county in 1865 ; married Harriet Ulam. She was born in the same county in 1840 ; has two living children : Milton and Mary. They are members of the United Brethren church. His father and mother were natives of Pennsylvania. His father was born in 1804, and is still living, 75 years of age. His mother died twenty years ago. Mr. George owns 160 acres of land, valued at $8,000, eighty acres under good cultivation; raises forty-five acres of corn ; nine acres of wheat ; nine acres of oats; turns oft' fifty head of hogs yearly. He has a pleasant home ; has been School Treasurer and Director.

GIBBS CHABIiES 31., station agent, Coatsburg (son of Fleming G. and Rebecca Gibbs); was born in East Tennessee^ McMinn county, Sept. 4, 1837 ; came to this county in 1863; married Frances Murrah, Dec. 28, 1864. She was born in Adams county, March 3, 1843 ; is the mother of six children : Mary E., Minnie R., Sarah A., Willie M., Luther C, Charles F. In politics Mr. G. is a Greenbacker. His father was a native of Virginia ; came to Tennessee when he was a boy ; married Rebecca Buter, and raised a family of four children. His grandfather, on his mothers side was in the War of 1812, and lived to be 107 years old, and was a member of the M. E. church for over eighty years.

GIIililLrAXD W. E., Physician; residence, Coatsburg (son of Wm. P. and L. Gilliland) ; was born in Morgan county, 111., Jan. 1,1833; came to this county in March, 1841 ; married Miss Sarah E. Moyer. She was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., Jan. 14, 1836. They have five children: Annie L., John O., Henry L. (deceased), Minnie M., and Willie H. He held the office of Town Clerk in Gilmer township. His father and mother were natives of Kentucky. They emigrated to Morgan county, 111., in 1827 ; lived there fourteen years ; thence to Adams county, where they still live - his father at the age of seventythree, and his mother seventy, and have lived together over fifty-two years, and are in good health, and well can be claimed as pioneers of the State, being in Morgan county when there were not over twenty inhabitants there. The doctor remembers when Jacksonville was not larger than

Coatsburg. He commenced the study of medicine witli John T. Gilmer; also, studied with Dr. J. W. Bonncy until 1869, Tvhcn he attended the St. Louis Medical College, where he graduated in 1870, since which time he has been practicing in Coatsburg. Gleen A. S.; P. O. Paloma

OOODIXG D. ^V., farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Paloma; was Ijoru in Maine, Feb. 3,1812; came to this county in 1837. He owns 662 acres of land, valued at $27,000 ; married Miss Keziah Richardson. !She was born in Athens county, Ohio, March 5, 1815. They have thirteen children, four dead and nine living; the dead are: Osro O., May J., Abram, and Lyman; the living are: Amanda, Bud, Jerusha, Ella A., Addie V., Emma, Lottie, D. Webster, and Eddie. He emigrated from [Maine when he was six years old, to Jefferson county, Ohio ; lived there ten years ; then he went to Washington county for a short time, where he was bound out to a man by the name of Mc- Clanathan, and he went to Meigs county, where he lived six years, and, in 1837, married and came to Adams county by water. When he landed at Quincy, there was only one brick building in the town at that time. He rented for two j^ears, and then bought the land where he now lives ; had but one team, and twenty-five cents in his pocket. By industry, he has made a fine home, and is one of the sound farmers of the countj-. He had three sons who died in the Union army.

GRAY W. S., Principal of the school at Coatsburg; was born in Adams county, 111., Feb. 15, 1853. He attended the district school until he was eighteen years old ; afterward attended at Camp Point and Abbingdon College; remembers the first school was in a log house, 20x24; for benches took slabs and bored four holes in them, and put in legs; seats for writingdesks were made up against the wall, where the scholars had to take turns. Richard Gray, his father, was born on the Isle of Wight, Jan. 27, 1815 ; came to this country in the fall of 1828. He owns 170 acres of land, valued at $10,000; married for his first wife Miss Sarah Hart. She was born in Ohio. They have two living children, Maria and Albeit H. For his second wife, he married Miss Elizabeth Ray. She was born in Kentucky, July 14, 1819. They have four children: Zachariah T., Richard M., Wm. Scott, and George H. He held the office of Assessor, etc. ; came to Adams countj" in 1836, and can be claimed as one of its pioneers. They are members of the ]\I. E. church.

GRIGSBY J0H:!¥, lumber dealer and undertaker ; residence, Coatsburg; was born in Page county, Va., June 5, 1836; came to this county in the fall of 1836. He owns 267 acres of land, valued at $10,000, and his residence is valued at $3,000; married Miss Sarah A. White in 1869. She was born in this county, Aug. 19, 1835. She is the oldest person born in the township and now living. They have five chilcken: Grace D., Viola A., John M. (by her first husband), Elida, and A. J. He is Justice ot the Peace at the present time. His father emigrated to Fall Creek township; lived there until 1847 ; thence he came to Honey Creek. In 1^59 he made up his mind to go to Pike's Peake ; was a poor boy, only having $47.50. He started out with a man bj' the name of "NVliite, afoot, and traveled through Missouri, stopping with farmers. When he got to St. Joe, he stopped one night, and bought some blankets and a frying pan ; thence on to near Fort Kearney on the Platte. They met several coming back who discouraged Mr. White, and he turned back. Mr. G. still kept on, and crossed the Rocky mountains. In Salt Lake Ba^in, he fell in with a man by the name of Charles Traver, from South Bend, Ind., who was taking horses through to California. He made a bargain with him, giving his services for board and a horse to ride. He stayed with him until they got to Honey Lake Valley, Nevada. He stopped to recruit his animals, and Mr. G. traveled over the mountains to California, making a distance of 1,700 miles, on foot. He worked in mines imtil 1861, when he enlisted in the 4th Regt. Cal. Inf., Co. G ; was in the army three years to a day, and was mustered out at Los Angeles, on the 13th of

December, 1864. He took the steamer Golden City for New York, and arrived there Jan. 4, 1865, and reached home on the 7th. He afterward engaged in shipping stock and produce. The firm was Gibbs & Grigsby, and afterward Gibbs, . Grigsby & Co. In one year they shipped $225,000 worth of stock and produce, and averaged about $175,000. Mr. G. has a fine residence, and is one of the sound men of the township.

GUENTHEK FJR E D E farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 24; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Germany, May 18, 1833; came to this country in 1852 ; has 250 acres of land, valued at $10,000; married Austina Rasher. She was born in Germany, Jan 18, 1838. Four children : Helene, born Sept. 29, 18G2; Emma, born April 28, 1864; Annie, born Jan. 14, 1866, and Charles, born Sept. 7, 1867; members of the Lutheran church. Emigrated from Bremen ; came on a sailing vessel and was seventy-two daj^s making the voyage. Landed at Xew Orleans, and worked as an apprentice at the carpenters' trade ; after one year he went to St. Louis, where he worked at his trade a year. At that time his father and mother came to this country, and in company with them he came to this county. When he landed in New Orleans he had but $10 in his pocket. Has a good farm under good cultivation, and is comfortably off. Gunu Francis, farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Mendon.

HIROSfl^ J. B., farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Fowler; was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, Feb. 28, 1845; came to this county first in 1846 ; has 100 acres of land, valued at $4,000; married Martha J. Stahl. She M^as born in "Westmoreland Co., Pa., Feb. 10, 1841. Three living children : Wm. L., Nettie M., and Sarah J. Members of the U. B. church. His father emigrated from Ohio to Adams county in 1846, where they lived twenty years ; thence to ]\Iissouri, where he lived nine years; thence back to Adams county, where he has resided since. Has eighty acres of land under good cultivation, and is in comfortable circumstances. Hobsou Joseph, farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Coatsburg.

HOBBY WILIilAM H., farmer; Sec 3 ; P. O. Mendon ; was born in New York City, May 6, 1630 ; came to this county in 1850. Has 120 acres of land, valued at $3,000 ; married Martha Odear. She was born in Tennessee, April 9, 1837. Three living children : Nancy, Hattie, and Oliver. Has held the office of Justice of the Peace, Constable, and School Director ; belongs to the Masonic Fraternity. Followed the sea eight years ; made a whaling voyage in 1845 to the North Sea (Kamschatka). Has also been on the coast of South America and Cuba, and was in the navy on the flagship Black Hawk, under Commodore D. D. Porter ; was at the siege of Vicksburg, Arkansas Post ; was in the service about eight months. Since that time he has been on his farm. Horn C. S. farmar; sec. 32; P. O. Fowler.

HOBX PETER G., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 31; P. O. Fowler (son of Adam and Mary Horn) ; was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., July 14, 1825 ; came to this county April 15, 1857 ; has 437 acres of land, valued at $25,000 ; married Drussila Stahl. She was born in same place, Jan. 26, 1832. They have three children : Charles, Mary, and Harriet. Are members of the United Brethren church. He has held the oflice of Supervisor, etc. His father and mother were born and raised in Westmoreland county, Penn., and emigrated to this county in 1865. They now reside in Fowler. His father was born March 21, 1806; mother was born Sept. 24, 1806, and have lived together over fifty years. The subject of this sketch has a fine residence, and the best barn in the township; also, 300 acres of land, under good cultivation ; is one of the stirring farmers of the county. Howe Daniel, farmer; sec. 28: P. O- Paloma.

HOWEL.L. A. W., farmer; Sec. 26 ; P. O. Coatsburg. He was born in Pike county. East Tenn., May 20, 1833; came to this county in 1855. He married Frances Bass, who was born in Adams county, 111., Feb. 17, 1840. Ten children, four living : Car- oline E., Nellie, George S., Albert Lee. He has 100 acres of land, valued at $5,000. Enlisted in Co. F., 78tli Regt. 111. Inf. ; mustered into the service at Quincy ; was in the battle of Chickamauga, when he, with thirtythree others out of his company, were taken prisoners ; was first taken to Richmond, Va., where they were kept five months ; thence to Andersonville, where he remained seven months; thence to Millen, Ga., for a short time; thence to Savannah, Ga.; from there to Blackshire, Florida, for a few days; thence to Florence, N. C ; from there to Wilmington, N. C, where he was passed through the lines. Out of the thirty-three that were captured only seven or eight withstood the hardships. Their principal living was stock peas and corn meal, fat pork and mule beef. The prisoners were so near starving that thej^ got a dog and killed and cooked it; did not eat any of it for the reason that he could not get any. Has also seen them eat snakes. Mr. Howell, when ' he was passed through the lines, would not weigh more than 100 pounds - his weight usually is 175 to 180 ; came so near starving while at Andersonville that his comrades thought him dead; had a brother who starved to death there. Hunter Hugh, farmer; sec. 4: P. O. Mendou. Hyatt Joel, farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Mendou.

McOlTIRE A., druggist and stock dealer ; Coatsburg. He was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1836 ; came to this county in 1860. He married Hannah M. Griffith, who was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1846. Have five children: Arthur F., Wm. E., Chas. O., Fannie and Elsie. He held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Police Magistrate, and Notary Public ; member of the order of Masoniy since 1864. His father was a native of Fayette county. Pa., and born in 1800; lived there thirty years; then went to Ohio, where he married Jane Sumner (niece of Gov. Lucas), in 1834. She was a native of Massachusetts. From there he went to Hamilton county, Ohio, where the subject of this sketch was born ; lived there about seven years ; thence to Decatur county, Ind., w^here they resided four years ; then to Fountain county, Ind. ; then in 1846 went to Pike county, Mo. ; lived there two years; thence to Warsaw, 111., and from there to Kansas, where he died at the age of 54. The subject of this sketch was ' in Missouri in 1854, at the time of his father's death ; then went to Minneapolis, Kan., to look after his father's business; thence, via Glasgow and Brunswick, to Macon City; then to Quincy, 111., and from there to Coatsburg. He engaged in a flouring mill, and was afterward employed as Station Agent at Paloma, and also at Coatsburg. He then entered into partnership with P. S. Judy, in the mercantile business, the only store in Coatsburg. He sold out in the fall of 1869, and went to farming ; then sold his farm and carries at present a stock of about 13,000.

15, 1878; had three children: Elmer S., born March 13, 1867; David W., April 23, 1869 ; Annie M., Sept. 11, 1871. Are members of the M. E. church. Mr. M. has held the office of School Director and Road Commissioner ; has lived on the place where he now resides for twenty-two years ; has one of the best farms in the township; has 200 acre, under good cultivation, and good residences and is one of the sound farmers of the township.

MUKRAH PETEK E., farmer; Sec. 13 ; P. O. Coatsburg (son of John and Mary Murrah) ; was born in Adams county, 111., Oct. 19, 1846 ; has 160 acres of land, valued at $4,000 ; married Melissa Koontz. tthe was |born in Virginia. Have four children, three living : Mary Ettie, Peter Lawrence, Joseph Arthur. Has held the office of Collector and School Director. His father, John Murrah, was a native of Kentucky; emigrated to Tennessee in an early day, where he married Mary Fite, and in the year 1837, came to Adams county ; came through with teams, and well can be considered one of the pioneers of the county.

XIBUHR A:NTO]!(f, farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Hanover, Germany, April 28, 1849; came to this country in 1870; came over in steamship; made the trip in eleven daj^s ; landed at New York, where he stayed a short time, and then came to Adams county, where he has resided since. Nevins S. J. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Coatsburg.

PETERS JOH^ H., farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Oldenburg, Germany, March 34, 1833; came to this country in 1869; has 160 acres of land, valued at $8,000; married Maria Stauffer. She was born in Hanover, Germany, Jan. 6, 1833; died Oct. 10,1878; had eleven children, seven living: Chirlie, Helene, Frederick, Maria, Philip, Herman, Elinora. In politics, Mr. P. is Democratic ; he emigrated direct from Germany to New York; was two weeks making the trip; stayed in New York four days, then came to this county, where he has resided since ; turns off thirty-five to forty head of hogs and raises fifty acres of corn yearly; has a farm under good cultivation, and is comfortably off. He was in the German army six months ; is a member of the Lutheran church.

PEVEHOUSE ISAAC X., farmer; Sec. 11 ; P. O. Coatsburg; was born 'n Wayne county, Ky., Dec. 38, 1818 ; ca;ne to this county in the sp"iugof 1835; his 480 acres of land, valued at $13,000; married for his first wife Edith Evans. She was born April 13, 1835 ; has two children : James H. and Louisa Jane. For his second wife he married Eliza Jane Clarkson. She was born in Morgan county. 111., May 4, 1833 ; five children, three livmg: Annie L., Nancy L., Samuel L. Has held the office of Justice of the Peace, Road Commissioner, etc. His father was a nativeof Berks couniy, Pa. ; was born Dec. 34, 1776. His mother, born July 33, 1793 ; she was a native of Maryland. His father married in Kentucky, where he raised a family of four children ; was among the earliest settlers there, and in 1835 came to Adams county ; came through with four-horse teams, and located on what is known as the Dr. Darrah Place ; moved into a log cabin, 18x18. The subject of this sketch made a trip to California in 1850, with an ox team; was five months on the road; remained there until 1853, then came back to Adams county. Mr. P. has a good farm and comfortable house, and can well be claimed one of its pioneers. Phillips Silas, farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Mendon.

chant and stock-dealer; P. O. Coatsbarg; was born in Neuburg, Bavaria, Feb. 16, 1838 ; came to this country in 1854 ; married Emily Grigsby. She was born in Honey Creek township, April 10, 1843. They have four children: Louisa, Fannie, George E., and John G. He has held the offices of Post- master and Supervisor of Honey Creek township. He crossed the ocean in a sailing vessel; was fort5^-one days crossing; landed at New Orleans; thence up the Mississippi river to Quincy ; engaged in shoemaking for nine years; since that time has been merchandising ; carries a stock of about $5,000, and does a business of $20,000; does the leading business in the village. When he came to this country he was a poor man ; had to earn money to pay his passage over. By industr}' and economy he has made a good propertj^ and home.

ROHE HEXRY, farmer ; Sec. 35 ; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Prussia, Nov. 8, 1827 ; came to this country in 1860 ; has forty-five acres of land, valued at $2,000 ; married Joanuah Leman. She was born in Oldenburg, Germanj^ Jan. 24, 1827. They have two children : Henry and Mary. They members of the Lutheran church, and he is Trustee of the same. Politics, Democratic. He emigrated from Bremen in a sailing-vessel ; was six weeks making the trip ; landed at New York ; thence to Quincy, 111. He worked out a year and a half for .$8 per month ; rented two 5-ears ; and in 18G4 bought the place where he now lives. Mr. liohe is one of the leading members of the Lutheran church. RolfeM. farmer; sec. 24; P. O. Coatsburs.

Germany, April 19, 1826 ; came to this country, 1854. He has eighty-five acres of land under good cultivation, valued at $4,000. He married Minnie Shaffer. She was born in the same place, Nov. 3, 1833. They have nine children, six boys and three girls: August, William, Theodore, Matilda, Johnny, Helene, Eddie, Charles, and Minnie. They are members of the Lutheran church. Politics, Democratic. Emigrated from Bremen on a sailing vessel; was sixty-three days making the voyage ; landed at New Orleans, thence up the Mississippi river to Quincy, where he lived six months, and drove team for $8 per month, then rented for twelve years, and has been on his own place for eleven years. Mr. Simon has a good comfortable home, and is well off; was in the German army three years.

SI VERT SON C. F., retired farmer ; residence, Coatsburg ; was born in Copenhagen, Feb. 20, 1809; came to this country in 1832. He has 240 acres of land under good cultivation, valued at $10,000; married Marcia Larkin, Oct. 2, 1840. She was born in Whitehall, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1816. They have had four children : Emily F., born Dec. 21, 1842 (died April 10, 1862) ; William F., born Dec. 21, 1843; Mary S., born March 5, 1847 ; Edgar C, born April 8, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Baptist church. He has held the office of School Treasurer since 1850. In 1832 he went to Russia for a short time; then sailed for New York, making the voyage in sixty days; stopped m New York about six months, and worked at ship-building ; then came to Washington county, Ohio, where he worked at steamboating for a number of years; afterward came to Adams county, where he has resided since. Wm. Frederick was in the Union army, 124th Regt. 111. Inf., Co. I., what was called the Temperance Regiment; was at the siege of Vicksburg, Battle of Champion Hill., etc. Mr. S. came to the county in an earlj^ day ; has a good property and home. Skidmore J. S. farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Coatsburg.

SKIRVIX H. C, Physician and Surgeon; res. Coatsburg; is the son of Clayton and Rebecca Skirvin; was born in Gal latin county, Ky., June 4, 1825; married Paulina Thompson. She was born in

Lewis county, Mo., June 1, 1837. She is mother of two children: Ira H., born Dec. 23, 1S55; and Marian L., born Feb. 17, 1862. They are members of the Baptist church. Mr. Skirvin's father was a native of Kentucky and his mother of Tennespee; they lived in Kentucky until 1868, when they both died. The subject of this sketch studied under Dr. ^Ym. H. Davidson; attended college at Louisville, Ky., two years; also attended lectures at New Orleans; and thence to Columbus, Ohio, where he graduated in the year 1850. He has practiced in eight difterent States; has a good practice in Coatsburg and vicinity ; attends the patients at the county farm.

TIEKEX FRED, JR., farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Germany, Jan. 23, 1853; came to this country when he was live years old; married Matilda Hammer, Dec. 20, 1878. She was born in Honey Creek township, Jan. 27, 1860. In 1873 Mr. Tieken went to Germany to attend the school of Oldenburg, where he stayed a year and a half; studied Economy of Farming. He is a young man of industrious habits, and is sure to succeed. His father was a native of North Germany; born Aug. 5, 1829; came to this country in 1868; married Catherine Sievers. She was born in the same place, July 21, 1824. Eight children: Frederick, Deidrich, Gerhard, Wilhelm, Theodore, Sophia, Helene, and Anna. They are members of the Lutheran church. They emigrated on steamer " Verse," making the trip in fifteen days ; landed in New York, where they stopped a couple of days; then came to Adams county. Has 325 acres of land, valued at $13,000; has as fine a farm as there is in the township. He has a son in St. Louis, attending the American College of Medicine; the third son is a farmer; the fourth is clerking; and the fifth attends school. Mr. Tieken has retired, and is one of the sound farmers of the townfliip.

TOUT WH.MAM S., farmer; Sec. 2; P. O. Mendon; was born in Flemming county, Ky., Oct. 20, 1812; emigrated from Kentucky to Indiana, where he lived sixteen years; thence to Adams county, in the fall of 1840, where he has since resided; married Levina Garr. She was born in Kentucky, July 6, 1818. Have sixteen children; twelve living: Martha, John, Julia, Perry, Virenda, Williaui, Catherine, Nancy, Elias, Matilda, Benjamin, and Lettie. Members of the M. E. church. Had two sons in the Union army: Anderson enlisted in the 50th Regt. 111. Inf., and was killed at the battle of Bentonville, the last fight of the war; William was in the same regiment, and was in several battles: was on the big march to the sea, and at the grand review at Washington. Mr. Tout has a farm of 200 acres, valued at $6,000, under good cultivation; and one of the best stone quarries in the county. Turner D. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Coatsburg. Turner H. A. farmer; sec. 21; P. O. Co.itsburg.

WHITE EDEX", farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Coatsburg; is the sou of Jonathan and Louisa White; was born in East Tennessee,. Nov. 8, 1824; came to this county in the spring of '38; married Mary E. Long. She was born in same place, June 16, 18:^1. Nine children; five livinc: Winfield S., M ilvina, Phcebe A., Alma A., Melvin E. The subject of this sketch came here when th& prairies were wild, grew up with the county, and knows what a pioneer's Mfe is; owns ninety acres of land, valued at |4,500. He has held the office of Collector. Mr. White's father was anative of Virginia; emigrated to Tennessee, where he lived some time; thence to Adams county, where he died at the age of eighty-four years. He was at the organization of the township; came here in limited circumstances; lived in a little log shanty, 18x18; had prairie bedsteads, mud fire-place, etc.

^VHITE JONATHAN, farmer; resid(.'nce, in Coatsburg (sou of Jonathan and Louisa White) ; was born in Hawkins county, Tenn., Feb. 5, 1836 ; came to this county in the spring of 1839 ; has 100 acres of land, valued at $5,000; married Amauda Blackburn. She was born in Illinois, Aug. 9, 1836. They have five children : Retta, Mabel, Clara, Ora, and Orville; one died in infancy. He held the oflice of Constable; also been Road Commissioner. His father was a native of Virginia; from there he came to Tennessee, and in 1839 emigrated to Adams county; located on a piece of land on Foggy prairie ; moved into a hewed log cabin, 18x20; came through with teams; was in limited circumstances, but at his death had 150 acres of land, eightj- under good cultivation ; was here at the organization of the township, and always took a lively interest iu the township ; was among the earliest settlers, and well can be claimed

WHITE THOMAS C, farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Coatsburg (son of Thomas and Xanc}^ White); was born in Giles county, Tenn., Aug. 16, 1831 ; came to this count}- in 1833. He has ninety-six acres of laud, valued at $4,800; married Hannah Hayworth. She was born in Vermillion county, 111., March 14, 1833. They have six children living : Alonzo E., Izarah, Rosella, Luella, Hugh, and Lcora. His father was a native of Tennessee, and his mother was from South Carolina; emigrated to this count}' in 1833. He came here a poor man, aud, by industry aud economy, made a good property. The subject of this sketch lives ou the old place where his father aud mother lived and died. He enlisted in the 78th Regt. 111. Inf., Co. F. ; contracted a disease which caused his discharge. He came here when he was a year and one-half old ; has grown up with the county, and knows what a pioneer life is.

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liotel-keeper ; P. O. Fowler (son of Frederick Wm. and Elizabeth P.) ; was born in York county, Pa., Dec. 3, 1817 ; came to tliis county in 1838; lias 164 acres of land, valued at $10,000; married Sarah A. Richie. She was born in Calhoun county. 111., Feb. 28, 1"!)20. Seven children, five living: Josiali R., Catherine T., John F., Samantha E., and Albion H. Went from Pennsylvania to Ontario county, N. Y., in 1830; lived there five years; thence to Franklin county, Ohio; resided there three years; then to Adams county in 1838 ; moved into a double log house, where they lived two years ; then built a frame house ; was here at the organization of the township ; has 144 acres of land under good cultivation. His grandfather, on his mother's side, was in the Revolutionary War, and her grandfather was in the War of 1813. At the time when Mrs. Brogholthaus came, Quincy was not larger than Fowler. They were among the earliest settlers ot the township.

111., Aug. 5, 1849. Has 270 acres of land, valued at $13,000. Married Emma A. Loring, Feb. 8, 1872. She was born in Adams county, on the place where she now lives, Nov. 15, 1853. Three children, viz.: Etta Maud, Alpha A., and Lolo. Are members of the Christian church. , His father was born in Washington county. Pa., April 12, 1813 ; came to this county in 1833 ; died in 1868. He married for his first wife Mary Core. She was born May 28, 1816 ; died in 1862. The fruit of this marriage was three children : Ella, Louisa, and Theodore. For his second wife he married Catherine H. Core. Have no children. Are members of the Baptist church. Started in life with twenty dollars, in a new countrj^, but by good management accumulated a good property. Came in an early day and could well be claimed one of its pioneers.

Chase Thos. farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Fowler. Chase Wm. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Fov\ler. Chatham F. farmer; sec. 11 ; P. O. Columbus. Cling Adam, farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Fowler. Collins Alex, farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Columbus. Crannsey John, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Burton.

DECKER KARIi HEIXRICH ADOIiF, born June 12, 1851, in Rendsburg, Holstein, Germany ; came to this country May 22, on the steamer Bremen, sent by Rev. Vilmar, president of the board of mission of Melsungen Kurhessen; was in the Theological Seminary of Wartburg, Clayton county, Iowa, which institute was moved May, 1874 to Mendota Illinois; finished his studies there, Nov., 1874, and was sent to Keokuk Junction as teacher of the schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel's Church. In Feb., 1876,he took charge of the Evangelical Lutheran St. Paul's Church, of Fowler. He married, July 11, in Peoria, Illinois, with Margarethe Elizabeth Sophie Mueustermann, born Jan. 6, 1852, in Hoene-

DITRECHT FRAXK, farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Fowler; was born in Baden, Germany, Sept. 20, 1825 ; came to this country in 1852. He has 14B acres of land, valued at $5,720. Pie married Mary Grum. She was born in Baden, Germany, Oct. 23, 1830. They have five children : Mary, Margaret, Katie, Bertha, John. They are members of the Lutheran church. Politics, Democratic. He emigrated from Baden; came across in a sailing vessel, was fortyeight days on the water ; landed in New York, thence to Buflalo where he stayed a short time, and thence to Cincinnati, where he worked in a stone quarry four years, thence to Qfiincy one year afterward. He rented for six years, then bought a farm in Gilmer township, where he has resided since.

from Germany in a sailing vessel ; was eight weeks making the trip ; landed in New York ; thence, via Chicago, to Milwaukee, where he remained six weeks ; thence to Wisconsin, where he remained about a year ; thence to Quincy, and worked in a flouring mill twelve miles below Quincy, at $15 per mouth, afterward worked for Robert Rankin cin a farm, and in 1859 married and bought the place where he now lives. He has eighty acres of land, valued at $5,000, and eighty acres in Wisconsin, valued at |800. In 1867 he superintended the building of the St. Joseph's Catholic Church, which cost, with school, $29,000, where services are held every month. When he came to this country he had only $100, but by industrj- aad economy he has made himself and family a good home.

Columbus; son ot .John and Mary Hair; born in Baltimore county, Md., Nov. 19, 1820; came to this county in the spring of 1851 ; married Annie Elliott. She was born in Butler county, O., Nov. 19, 1828. They have four living children : Clement, William, Delano and David. Mr. and Mrs. Hair are members of the M. E. church. He has held the office of Supervisor for several terms, has also been Superintendent of the county farm for six years, also chairman of a committee who had charge of the county house for a number of years. He emigrated in 1834 to Butler county, O., where he married, and in 1851 came to Adams county, where he has resided since. He has always taken a lively interest in the affairs of the county. He came here in limited circumstances, but by good management has made a fine property; owns 286 acres of land, valued at $15,000. Politics Democratic.

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Elizabeth Hubert) ; was born in Beverly, Mass., Jan. 9, 1843; came to this county in 1856 married Dorathy Frike. She Avas born in Pike county, 111., Jan. 16, 184-5. They have one child: Fred. Are members of the Baptist church at Kingston. He holds the office of Postmaster; emigrated direct from Massachusetts to this county, where he worked on a farm until 1868, when he engaged in merchandising; carries a stock of dr}^ goods and groceries, of $3,500, and does .$10,000 business. He enlisted in the 50th Regt. 111. Inf, Co. D; mustered in at Quincy ; was engaged in the battles of Fort Donaldson, Shiloh, Farmington, at both battles at Corinth, Resaca, Altoona, Snake Creek Gap, Bentonville, and others ; entered as private, promoted to Sergeant Major, then to Adjutant; was in the big march to Washington and review. The 50th Regt. was the first to enter Columbia. Mr. H. was at the head of the brigade; says that Wheeler's Cavalry set fire to the city; re-enlisted as veteran at Lynnville, Tenn , in 1864.

JUDY PARIS T., farmer, stock raiser and dealer; Sec. 28; P. O. Quincy (son of Winepark and Anna Judy); was born in Clark county, Ky., Dec. 4, 1811 ; has 1,600 acres of land, 1,400 in Gilmer township, valued at $56,000 ; two hundred, valued at $4,000; whole valued at $60,000; married Nancy Markwell. She was born in Flemming county, Ky., July 80, 1817. They have six girls and one boy : James M., Adelia A. (now Mrs. AVm. Finlay) ; Rebecca E. (now Mrs. M. B. Taylor); Xantippe (now Mrs. L. E. Finlay) ; Sarah N. (now ]Mrs. Wm. Creswell); Ida K., and ]Maudolia. Are members of the Christian church at Columbus. He held the otfice of Assessor, was the first of the township; also Justice of the Peace, and School Director for twenty years. His grandfather and grandmother were natives of Germany; emigrated to Pennsylvania, where his father was born April 27, 1770. In 1801 his father went to Clark county, Ky., where he died May 5, 1836, at the age of 66. His mother was born in

Frederick county. Md.. May 15, 1878 ; came to Kentucky, where they married Sept. 6, 1800. She died Aug. 6, 1844, in Adams county. The subject of this sketch came to this county when he was a young man, in the year 1834; taught school the first summer in the city of Quincy, in a little log house, being the second school taught in the city. Mr. Judy located and laid out the village of Liberty, a flourishing little town. He came to this county in an early day in limited circumstances, but by good judgment and economy, he hsls accumulated a fine property, and is one of the sound men of the county.

KEXBAL.I. Ada:?!, farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Fo^vler; was born in Loudon county. Va., April 4, 1806; came to this county in 1846; has sixty acres of laud, valued at $3,000 ; married for his first wife Nancy Davis. She was born in Frederick county, Va. She was moth'"r of one child, John. For his second wife married Isa'^ell Stokesbury. She was a native of Virpiuia, born July 10, 1808; has six living children: Thomas, Ezekiel, Margaret, Nancy, Jo hua, Elijah. Had three sons in the army: Eljah enlisted in the 50th Regt. 111. Inf., Co. A ; enlisted at Quincy; was in the battles of Shiloh, Fort Donaldson, two battles of Corinth, Miss. ; was at the Siege of Atlanta, Altoona Pass; with Sherman to the sea; also on h\g march to Washington, D. C, and revn.-w; mustered out at LouisviPe, Ky. ; was wounded at the battle of Corinth with a musket ball in the left arm, which lead he carries at this time ; one brother was in the same regiment, and one in the 21st Regt. Mo. Inf.

KIXO ELIJAH M., deceased ; was born in New York, June 27, 1803. Hisfather and mother (Paul and Eunice King), have long siaii died ; they were of English descent. Mr. King came to Adams county in an early day, and laid out the town of Burton about 1840. He was married in 1831, to Miss Betsey Wright. They had tive children, all now dead. Mrs. King died in I8il. He was married again in 1843, to Ruth Chase. She was born Sep<^. 22, 1814. They had a family of seven children, five of whom are still liviniT. In early daj^s Mr. King followed carpentering, but finally turned his attention to uer culture and stock raising; he was identified in the township affairs for many years. He died April 3, 1865. Mrs. King still resides on tbe oW homestead farm in Gilmer township.

lilLlIMIS P. B. farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. Qaincy (son of .John and Ann Lummls) ; was born in Butler county, Ohio, April 20, 1810; came to this county in 1844; resides on the old homestead of 200 acres, valued at $13,000; married Annie Doran. She was born in Adams county, Feb. 16, 1853; has one child, Olive Blauche. Holds at present the olflce of Supervisor of Gilmer township; also has held most of the township oflices. His father and mother were natives of Ohio ; emigrated to Adams county in the year, 1844, where his father lived until he died, in the year 1866. Was a mem. ber of the M. E. church for over forty years. His mother is still living, in her seventieth year. They came to this county in limited circumstances, and by good management made a fine property, and were among the pioneers of the township.

1868 ; married Fannie Woodbury in September, 1874. She was born in Worcester county, Massachusetts, in October, 1844; members ot the Presbyterian church. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of jSTew Jersey. They are still living in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. The subject of this sketch studied medicine with his brother. Dr. Wm. H. McCormick, in Cumberland, Maryland, two and a half years. Then attended two courses of lecturers at .Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, where he graduated in the Spring of 1866 ; practiced two years in Frederick City, Maryland; thence to this county, where he has followed his profession since.

MARTIX GREGORY, farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Columbus; was born in Loudon Co,, Va., Jan. 1, 1816 ; came to this county in 1846 ; has eighty acres of land, valued at $3,200 ; married Mahala McAfl:ee. She was born in South Carolina, in 1826. One living child : James. Emigrated to Braken county, Kentucky, where he lived ten j^ears ; thence to Grant county, Kentucky, in 1832, where he lived five years ; thence, in 1887, he went to Missouri, where he married ; thence back to this county, where he has resided since. When he first came to this county there was but very few buildings in Quiacy.

MURPHY JACOB C, farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 16; P. O. Columbus; was l)orn in Dorchester Co., Maryland, Sept. 26, 1812; came to this county, ^''ov. 20, 1848; has ninety -six acres of land valued at $5,000, and eighty-six acres valued at $1,500; married Maria McCallister. She was born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, Sept. 8, 1818. Seven living children: Sarah, Harriet, Mary E.« Margaret O., Joseph H., Martha, and James B. F. Are members of the M. E. church. In the year 1837 he emigrated from Maryland to Ohio, where he lived three years; theuce to Adams county, and located on the section where he now lives ; came through with teams, and was four weeks making the trip. Mr. M. came to this county in limited circumstauces, but by industry and economy lias made a good home. Had one son, Jolm Wesley, in the army, 1st Battallion of Sharp Shooters; was at Island Xo. 10, South Carolina ; contracted, while in the army, pneumonia, and died at Memphis, Tennessee, in the year 1863.

FKARCE THOMAS D., farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. Quinc}- (sou of David and Elizabeth Pearce). He was born in Butler county, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1836; has 16-5 acres of land in Houston township, valued at ^6,000. Politics, Democrat His father was a native of Baltimore count}', Md. ; born March 18, 1807. He died in Gilmer township, from a cau<fr on his liver, Sunday evening, Dec. 16, 1878. He married Elizabeth Stabler, Feb. 27, 1829. This union was a happy one, and terminated with his death, after a lapse of nearly half a century. He emigrated to Butler C' .>unt}', Ohio, in 1835, and lived there until 1848; thence to Adams county. He came here in limited circumstances, but by good management made a handsome property and a comfortable home. He united with the M. E. church in early life, and was a consistent member at his death. Mrs. Pearce was born in York county, Pa., Sept. 15, 1808; mother of five children, four living: Mary A., Elizabeth S., Thomas D., and .John C.

PETRIE G-. \V., farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Fowler (son of George and Dinah Petrie). He was born in Adams county, July 2-5, 1840. Has forty-nine acres of land, valued at $2,000. He married Mahala Curtis, wlio was born in Canada, March 5, 1844 Five children, three living : Samuel L., Oscar M., and Georgie Ann. Are members of the M. E. church. He held the office of School Director ; enlisted in Co. E, 16th Regt. 111.

luf ; mustered into the service at Quiucy; was stationed at St. Joe, Mo.; thence at Cairo, jSTashville, and Murfreesboro ; was mustered out at Rome, Ga.; discharged and paid off at Springtield, 111 ; was in Uie service three years.

PIERCE JOSEPH, farmer; Sec, 32; P.O. Burton (sou*of Joseph and Mary Pierce.) He was born in Frederick county, Ya., March 18, 1815. Has 368 acres of laud in Illinois, valued at .110,000, and 400 in Missouri, valued at $8,000. He married Susan Body, who was born in Kent county, Del., Sept. 15, 1824. Eight living children : Chas. F., Joseph, James H., Geo. W., Albert N., Mary Ann, Jennie, and Bertha A. Emigrated trom Yirginia when he was twenty years old, to Butler county, Ohio, where he lived twelve years; thence to Adams county, where he has since resided. He came here a single man, and in 1850 married and commenced farming. He came here in limited circumstauces, but by good management has accumulated a fine propertj'.

POWEIili JOSEPH, retired farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Burton; was born in Kent county, Del., near Dover, Nov. 19, 1800; came to this county in the fall of 1832; married Phoebe Body. She was born in same place, Nov. 5, 1817. Eleven children: Mary, Sarah, Roxanna, Josie, Jason, Laura, John, Susan, Mark, William, and Martha. He was one of the first road commissioners in the township. He emigrated from Delaware, March 13, 1826, to Vicksburg, Miss, where he remained three years, following the carpenter business; in 1829 went to Louisian:!; and m the year 1832 came to this county. Mr. Pollock came here |in an early day, was among the early settlers, and can well be claimed as one of its early pioneers. He has 300 acres of land, valueti at $15,000. Price Jemima; P. O. Columbus.

RIOXEY REV. AMOS, resi dence Fowler; son of Joseph and Nancy Rigney; was born in Clermont county, Ohio, Feb. 21, 1851; came to this State in

1867; married Catherine Loop, Sept. 16, 1873. She was born in Schuyler county, 111., June 10, 1849. One living child: Alta May. Members of the TJ. B. church. He emigrated from Ohio direct, and located in Lima township, where he engaged in farming until 1869; -then attended school in Augusta, Hancock county; was called to Schuyler and McDonald counties to preach in 1873, and was there one year; then to Pike county for two years; and in 1876 came to Fowler, where he has charge of the Elm Grove, Eigney Chnpel, and Indian Grave Lake congregations.

SILIRVi:Bf HAMII.TOX, farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 23; P. O. Paloma; was born in Grant county, Ky., Dec. 31, 1832; came to this county in the fall of 1833. He has 840 acres of land valued at $13,600. He was married to Eliza Markwell. She was born in Flamming county, Ky., 1833. They have one liVing child, James H. They are members of the Baptist church (old school) ; emigrated from Kentucky to this immediate neighborhood, where he has resided since ; came in an early day when there was plenty of deer and game, and wild honey. His father moved into a little log house with David Harrison, 16x18, and there were from fifteen to twenty in the family.

STEWAKT JOHN, manufacturer; residence. Fowler (son of William and Nancy Stewart); was boru in Washington county, Me., Feb. 31, 1838; came to this county in 1836; has a fruit farm of forty acres, and valued at .*!8,000; married Mary H. Thomas. She was born in the city of Philadelphia, in 1837. They have three children : Olva (now Mrs. Davis) ; Effle and Nellie, members of the First Baptist church of Quincy. He emigrated with his parents direct to this countv, and located in Payson township, where his father died ; his mother is still living. He was one of the first to engage iu the nursery business in the county. The subject of this sketch was a resident of Quincy, where he was engaged in the nursery and grocery jobbing business, and in 1861 came to Gilmer township, where he has been in the fruit and farming business. In 1873, he organized what is known as the Fowler branch of the Alden Fruit Preserving Company, and acted as superintendent and secretary for four years, since then, has manufactured the pearless apple pealer, core and slicer combined.