Adams County, Illinois - Biographical sketches, 1879 (part 6 of 16)

Winter Capt. John E.

Milwaukee saloon. No. 27 North 6th street; born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 19. 1836; came to the United States, June 1, 1852, and located in New York ; went to St. Louis, Mo., 1853. He followed steamboating on the Mississippi river and tributaries, as clerk, pilot and captain, until the breaking out of the rebellion, 1861. His boat was stopped at Memphis, April, 1861, and the crew and officers taken up to swear allegiance to the Confederate flag. Captain Winter happened to be asleep in his room, after his watch, and was overlooked, until the return of the vigilance committee, when they ordered him to get up and take the oath to sustain the Rebel flag. He told them he knew no flag but the Stars and Stripes, and with a revolver in his hand, he drove the committee ofl' his boat. They then went for reinforcements, and did bring a whole company of armed soldiers, to bring him up dead or alive. There was another boat going up the river, and, at the earnest re- quest of the captain, he went aboard, and was landed at a point fifteen miles up, on the opposite side of the river from Memphis. He was guided by a colored man to Bird's Point, opposite Cairo, and from there he went to St. Louis, to find General Frank P. Blair and several Union men barricaded in Turner Hall, whom he immediately jomed, and enrolled in the first Union military company organized in St. Louis,Co. A., 1st Mo. Inf. (Colonel, F. P. Blair). He was present at the capture of Camp Jackson, St. Louis, battles of Booneville, Mo , Duck Springs and Wilson's Creek, where his regiment lost 130 killed and 410 wounded, himself included, receiving nine buckshot in his body. He came back to St. Louis with his regiment, which was re-organized as the 1st Mo. Light Artillery. He was transferred to the navy, with the rank of First Master and Pilot; was present at the organization of the Mississippi Squadron, at Cairo, and took command of the propeller Laural; was at the battles of Ft. Henry, and towed the gun-boat Essex out of range of rebel guns, after she was disabled, and towed her to Mound City; was at the reconnoissance of Columbus, Ky., 1861-62; also at the siege of Island No. 10 and Fi. Pillow. His propeller caught fire there and rendered unserviceable; after refitting her, he took part in the naval fight at Memphis, where they captured three rebel gun-boats and destroyed four. He went with the fleet to Helena, Ark., then up White river, where the United States steamer Mound City, Captain Ketty, was exploded by a rebel shot and the Ca])tain wounded. He went with Captain Welke's expedition to Yazoo river, 1862, and remained there until the fall of Vicksburg ; was at the capture of Arkansas Post ; was soon after transferred to the gunboat Tyler, in which he was engaged in a continuous gurcrilla warfare with bush, whackers, keeping communications open. He was mustered out at !Mound City, 1865 ; returned to St. Louis and assumed his old avocation of steamboating. He married Lizzetta Thomas in Quincy, Feb. 22, 1866. and located in Quincy, 1873; was first clerk at the Tremont House one and one-luilf j'ears ; has been in business since 1875. His children are : Jennette,Willie, Albert and Edith. He is a Republican. Winter Wm. stone quarry, 805 Ohio. Winters James W. painter. Oak, e of '22(1.

Winters S. molder, cor 11th and Washington. Wirmer Bernard, tinner, Chestnut bet. 0th and 7th. Wirth Gottlieb, stone cutter, 728 State. Wise Christ, salesman, cor. 14th and State. Wisner Ira S. family medicines, 22 N. 3d. WissiDg Theodore, cooper, 020 Walnut alley. Wissing William, porter, ')2a Kentucky.

IVISSMAKX GVIST, livery and sale stable, 1039 Main street; residence same; born in Prussia in 1849; came to the Ignited States in 1854, and located in Quincy with his mother. He first opened a feed store ; in 1875 he went into the livery business, and in '76 opened a saloon in connection with his other business, corner of 11th and Maine streets. Deals in horses and livestock generally. He is an active, energetic, enterprising business man.

Wiseman Reinnold, blacksmith, 1242 Hampshire. Wittland Casper, laborer, 809 Madison. Wittland Fred, cooper, 1001 Adams. Wittland H. H. engineer, 1008 Payson ave. Wittland Wm. grave-digger, 508 ^lonroe. Wittier Henry, laborer, cor. 10th and Ohio. Wolcott George, civil engineer, cor. 24th and Hampshire.

WOIiF FRED, meat markets, 627 Hampshire street, and York and 7th streets ; residence 8th street, between Maine and Hampshire; born in CTermany in 1851 ; came to the United States in 1871, and located in Quincy, where he went into business, and has two prosperous markets located as above. He is a Democrat. He is Secretary of the Butchers' Society, and a member of several societies and sodalities, including St. Joseph's Young Men's Benevolent Society, and St. Nicholas' Benevolent Association. He is a j'oung man of good business capacity.

Wolf Philip, barber, 1111 Vermont. Wolf Mrs. Ricka, widow, Jefferson e^of 9th. Wolfe Jacob, laborer, 32 N. 14th. Wolfmeier Hatlie, domestic, 411 Elm. Wolleber Mrs. Lucinda, 5th s of Oi.io.

IIVOI.I^KTT FKKD, grocery, northeast corner 10th and Chestnut streets; residence same; born in Prussia in 1832; came to the United States in 1846, and located at Galveston, Texas; and in Quincy in 1851; married Mary A. Pollay in 1855. Their two children were: Francisco and Sarah. She died in 1860. He married Mary Battan in 1861. John, Sophia and Mary were the fruits of this marriage. He was a member of the I. O. O. F., K. of P., Druids, and Harasrari Societies. He is still a mem

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WOIiTMA:NHr HEUfRY, grocer, northeast corner lOtli and Oak streets; residence same ; born in Germany in 1816 ; came to the United States in 1848, and located in St. Louis ; came to Quincy in 1854. He married Elizabeth Middendorf in 1850. She was born in Germany in 1828. Have seven children: Henry, John, Elizabeth, Bernadina, Herman, Caroline and Franlc. Are members of the Catholic churcli. He "was a shoemaker, and followed the business until 1868, when he went into the grocery business, and has been in it ever since.

WOOD JOHX, was born in Moravia, Cayuga county, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1798. He was the second child and only son of Dr. Daniel Wood and Catherine (Crouse) Wood. His mother died when he was but five years of age. His father, a Surgeon and Captain during the Revolutionary war, was a man- of unusual attainments as a scholar and linguist. He died at the ripe age of ninety-two, and is buried in Woodland Cemetery at Quincy, - probably being the only Revolutionary Soldier whose remains rest in Illinois soil.

John Wood left his home for the West, Nov. 2, 1818, with the half-formed intention of settling in the Tennessee valley of Northern Alabama. He passed the following winter in Cincinnati, came to Shawneetown, Illinois, in the summer of 1819, and spent the succeeding winter in Calhoun (then part of Madison) county. In March, 1820, in company with Willard Keyes, he located in Pike county, thirty miles southeast of Quincy, and "farmed it " for over two years. In 1821 he visited the present site of Quincy - then uninhabited - and pleased with its prospects, soon after purchased a quarter section of land near by, and in the following fall (1822) erected near the river a small cabin, 18 by 20 feet - the first building in Quincy - of which he then became the first and for some months the only occupant.

In 1824 he gave a newspaper notice, as the law then prescribed, of his intention to apply to the General Assembly for the formation of ( a new county. This was done the following winter, resulting in the establishment of the present Adams county. During the next summer Quincy was selected as the County

Since that period Mr. Wood has continuously resided in the home of his early adoption - where he has been necessarily and prominently identified with every measure of its progress and history - and almost constantly kept in public positions.

He was one of the early Town Trustees; has been often a member of the City Council ; many times elected Mayor ; in 1850 was elected to the State Senate ; in 1856 was chosen Lieutenant Governor, and on the death of Governor Bissell in 1859, succeeded to the Chief Executive chair ; was one of the five delegates from Illinois in Feb., 1861, to the Peace Convention at Washington; and on the breaking out of the Rebellion was appointed Quarter-Master General of the State, - which position he held throughout the war. In 1864 he took command, as Colonel, of the 137th Regt. 111. Inf , with which he served iintil the period of enlistment expired.

Gov. Wood has been twice married ; first in January, 1826, to Miss Ann M. Streeter, daughter of Joshua Streeter, formerlj- of Salem, Washington Co., N. Y. They had eight children, four of whom are now living: Ann E., wife of John Tillson ; Daniel C, married to Mary J. Aberuethy; John Jr.^ married to Josephine Skinner, and Joshua S., married to Annie Bradley.

Gov. Wood still lives, at the age of 78, on the site ot his old wilderness home - the pioneer settler of his city and county, and the only now living man who was resident when the city and county were formed. Politically^ he has always been actively identified with the Whig, and since its disbandment with the Republican party.

Few men have, in personal experience, comprehended so many surprising and advancing local changes as vest in the more than half-century recollections of Governor Wood. Fifty-four years ago a solitary settler, having no neighbor within a score of miles, the world of civilization away behind him, and the strolling Indian almost his only visitant, he has lived to see growing around him, and under his auspices and aid, over- spreading the vanished wild grass and forest, a teeming city, second in size to but one in the State, and surpassed nowhere In beauty, prosperity, and promise ; whose people recognize, as with a single voice, the proverbial honor and liberality that attach to the name and lengthened life of their Pioxekr Settler - " The Old Governor.""

Womelsdorf Chriet. cooper. Mb e of Maine. Womelsdjrf Lonis. miller. 5th s of Ohio. WonniEg Ernst, carpenter, 910 Payson ave. Wood Geo. W. hits. caps. etc.. 1477 Maixie. Wood John. Jr.. trav. salesman, 142 N. 6th. Wood John W. 146 N. Sth. Wood Joshna S. 329 Jersey.

Tf'OOD RODMAX K., grain and commission merchant, comer l'2Th and Broadway streets : residence, 3d and Spring streets ; was born in Bucks county. Pa., in 1817; located in Quincy in 184S. He married Elizabeth Lee in 1&45. She was born in Wilmington, Del., May 11, 1829. Have seven children: "William S., Leonora J., Julia A., Joshua. Eva, Viola, and Emma. Are 3Iethodists. He has been in the grain and commission business since 1S53, except a short time in the army, Co. F, 16th 111. Vol., in 1861, and remained until discharged for disability. He is a cooper by trade.

Wood Samuel, salesman. 521 Washington. Wood Wm. W. 306 X. 0th. Woodhnll John, engineer. 27 S. 8th. Woolms Mrs. Mary, widow, cor. 2d and Elm. Woodruff F. T. farmer, cor. id and Maine. Woodruff James. 823 Broadway. Woodruff Joseph M. cor. 6;h and Locust. Woodmff L. M. minis'er. 9ti N. 7th. Woodruff T. D. music store. 18 N. 4th. Woodruff Thos. T. Maine e of 14ih. Woods Mrs. M. M. D.. Spruce e of 6th. Woods Samtiii. att'y at law. Chestnut e of 4th. Woodworth Nelson, laborer, cor. 22d and Vibe. Wooters. Edward R. cart'Cnter, 1027 Vermont. Worth Christian, moldcr, 613 Monree. Worth John C. salesman, 225i Stt^te. Wortman Fred, laborer. Monroe n of 14th. Wray Latte. brick mason. 1255 Hampshire. Wray Mrs. L. A. widow. Elm w of 10th. Wright James N. machinist, cor. 7th and Vine. Wright M. W. 95 X. 12th. Wrisht Mrs. Rachel, Oak w of 22d. Wuifmeyer H. stone mason, Jefferson w of 7th. Wtilfmeyer Herman, laborer. 527 Adams. Wuifmeyer Henry, tailor, 212 and 214 York.

IFCKST C HKISTIAX G.. stove and tin store, corner of 7th and State streets: residence. South 164 7th street; was bom near Heilbrunn am Xeckar, Wurtenbery, Oct 19, 1834; emigrated to America via

Xew York City, Jan. 1, 1854, remaining one year; going from there to Oquawka, remaining sixteen months; then came to Quincy, 111., in November, 1856, following his trade ; after a short stay went to Palmyra, Mo., remaining there two years; then took a pleasure trip, and located at Mendon, 111., in Augvist 1859. where he opened a tin shop, remaining seven years; then returned to Quincy, opening present large store; married Miss Kate Wolf at Quincy, April 2, 1861. She was born in Prussia, Germany, March 5, 1838, and emigrated to America via Xew Orleans, in 1855, going direct to Quincy. Five children: Augusta, born March 23, 1862: Emelia, Feb. 12, 1864; Heniy. April. 1865; Albert, July 3, 1869; and Flora, Oct. 30, 1875. Is a member ot the General Benevolent Association ot Quincy. Methodist.

WLKTZ BART C, barber, Xo. 40 Front street : born in Baden, Germany, in 1849 ; came to the Cnited States in 1853, and located m Quincy: married Mollie Hildebrand in 1873. She was bom in Adams county. They have three children : Ella, Johnnie, and Joseph. He is a niember of the Barber's Society. Has been in business in this city since 1871.

TfTRTZ FRAXK J., saloon, 325 Hampshire street ; residence, same. He was born in Germany in 1842; came to the United States in 1850, and located in St Louis : moved to Quincy in 1854. He married Sarah J. Buck in 1865. She was bom in Springfield, 111., in 1844; one child, Robert, is the fruit of their marriage. He is independent in politics and religion. His trade was that of a barber, which he followed for twenty-two years in Quincy. Established his saloon in 1877. He is a man of good business qualities.

Yaekle Philip, hackster. south end Front. Teager Mrs. Harriet. 920 Oak. Yeager Jerome. 12J7 Hampshire. Yelzing Acton, carpenter. 1022 Spring. Yuchs Michael, cooper. 2d s of Vermont. Yocum John J. farmer, cor. 22d and Broadway. Yochumsen Geo. engineer, 192 e 3d. Young A. D. carpenter, cor. 12th and Ohio.

Young Elijah D. painter, cor. 3d and Vermont. Young Jacob, laborer, 724 Ohio. Young John, laborer, Vine e of SOth. Young John B. painter, cor. 3d and Vermont. Young Marion, laborer, 322 S. 3d. Young Mrs. Martha, 4th a of Washington. Young Mrs. Mary, cor. 3d and Vermont. Young N. W. farmer. Chestnut e of 32d. Youngman Wm. painter, cor. 35th and Spring.

Zandar Louis, molder, 710 Ohio. Zang Henry, carriage trimmer, 716 Ohio. Zeiger Gottlieb, carpenter, 414 Payson ave. Zejger Gustav, blacksmith, 414 Payson ave. Zengel I. stone quarry, cor. 7th and Cherry. Zengel Joseph, stone mason, cor. 7th and Cherry. Ziener L. stones, etc. 7th and Jefferson.

Zimmerman Alvis L. blacksmith, 514 Kentucky. Zimmerman Chas. J. cigars, etc. 104 S. 7th. Zimmerman Jacob, upholsterer, 718 Jackson. Zimmerman John, shoemaker, 5th near Kentucky. Zimmermann Anton, barber, 96 S. 5th. Zimmermann Chas. A. ,W. 805 Payson ave. Zimmermann A. W. physician. 636 Maine. Zimmermann Henry, blacksmith, Lind e of 3d. Zimmermann John, carpenter, 524 Kentucky. Zimmermann Mrs. J. widow, 514 Kentucky. Zimmermann P. blacksmith, 718 Jackscn. Zimmermann Dr. Wm. 8th bet. York and Kentucky. Zipse L. cooper, 534 Payson ave. Ziving, accordion repairer, 630 York. Zolle Peter, boots and shoes, 90 S. 5th. Zoller David, barber, 7th s of Washington. Zoller Valentine, butcher, 7th n of JeflFerson. Zonn Henry, molder, 609 Slate. Zumsteg Geo. molder, 929 Payson ave. Zurheide Henry, farmer, Monroe e of 15th.

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ANEAIiS FRANCIS A., farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Fowler; born in Boone county, Mo.,Oct. 30, 1826 ; came to this county in 1832, with his parents and settled on Sec. 5. of this township. His father, however, only lived one year, as he fell a victim to Asiatic cholera in 1833. Mr. Aneals was married to Miss Almira Frost, in Dec, 1847. She was born in Athens county, Ohio, June 5, 1827. Have three children, one boy and two girls. He has held various important offices in the township. He owns 270 acres of land, nearly all of which is in a high state of cultivation, stocked with fruit. He is one of the early and enterprising citizens; Republican in politics and a member of the M. E, Church.

tel; Sec. 25; P. O. Quincy; born May 14, 1819, in Germany, and came to this county in 1867 ; was married to Abalina Koch in 1845. She was born in Germany. They have two children: Phillip, born Sept. 7, 1847; Anna, born Oct. 24, 1857. He owns three acres of land worth about $6,000 which adjoins the city of Quincy, on which he has a very valuable vineyard in connection with the farmers' and travelers' Home Hotel. He is beautifully located on 12th street road where it intersects Cedar Creek.

BAHrOERT CARIi, farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Quincy; born in Germany, Oct. 18, 1834 ; came to this county in 1853 and settled in Melrose township, where he resided about six years ; then moved to Concord township, where he resided three years, after which time he moved to this township. He was married to Miss Mary "Wolcott. She was born in Germany. They have eight children, four boys and ibiir girls. He has held dif ferent local offices in the township. He has 120 acres of land in a high state of cultiva. tion, well improved and stocked abundantly with fruit, and very valuable. Democratic in politics, and member of the German Lutheran church of Quincy.

retired; Sec. 13; P. O. Quincj'; born in Worcester county, Mass., Nov. 20, 1827 ; came to this county in 1858, but did not locate permanently until 1859. She was married to Elizah Barr May 26, 1859. She has one child, May A., born April 29, 1865. Mr. Barr was, during life, one of the most enterprising and energetic of the county's citizens, and one of those to whom it is indebted for its present prosperous and flourishing condition. He died Oct. 10, 1864.

BARR If E IV TO X H., fanner, Sec. 8; P. O. Quincj'; born on the place where he now resides in 1853. His- father emigrated from Lancaster county. Pa., to this county, in 1840. He held various loral offices in the county; was independent in politics, and was numbered amongst the early and enterprising citizens who worked, so nobly to make the county what it now is,, and died after attaining his 61st year, in 1876; The subject of this sketch and his brother, Geo. F. Barr, are now cultivating the old homestead which contains 120 acres, in a high state of cultivation, stocked with fruit. He is Democratic in politics, and usually attends the Methodist church. Bartlett Mary E. sec. 6; P. O. Quincy.

BEATTY JOHX B., farmer and fruit grower; Sec. 30 ; P. O. Quincy; was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 6, 1828, and came to this county with his parents in 1831. His father, F. B. Beattj', took a firm stand in the politics of the county, and died as he had lived a firm Democrat. His first settlement in the county was. in 1828, and up to.

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the time of his death he was uumbered among the early settlers of the county. Mr. J. B. Beatty has 80 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, well stocked with the various species of fruit. Democratic in politics, and a member of the Episcopal church.

BECK AUGUST, farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Quiucy. The subject of this sketch ,was born in Germany, June 5, 1837; was educated in the schools of his native country, and in 1855 emigrated to the United States and settled in this county. He was married in 1857 to Miss Annie Voltbrink. She was also born in Germany. They have four children : two sons and two daughters. He owns 152 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, abundantly supplied with fruit. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church, and one of the most energetic and industrious citizens of the township.

BE£BS JAMES K., farmer and fruit grower; Sec. 32; P. O. Quincy; was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1815 ; came to this county in 1858 ; was married to Miss Paulina Farris in 1835. She was born in the state of New York in 1814. They have three children : Roseltha, Ursula, and John P. He owns twenty-live acres of laud adjoining the city of Quincy, in a high state of cultivation, adundantly stocked with fruit and very valuable. Republican in politics, and a member of the Methodist church.

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farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Quincy; was born in Prussia in 1825 ; came to this country in 1845 and settled in Mobile Ala., where he remained until 1849. He returned to Europe for a short stay, and married Miss Gertrude Rolf and returned to New Orleans, where he remained until 1851. Then he came to Quincy and went into general merchandising, pork packing and brewing, in which he continued until 1871, after which time and up to the present, he has lived a retired life on his beautiful suburban farm near Quincy. His home is elegantly improved, abundantly stocked with fruit, and very valuable. They have had two children, both now dead. Democratic in politics, and a member of the Catholic church.

BIMSOX ROBERT, dairyman; Sec. 26; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch was born in England, Nov. 11, 1830; was educated in the schools of his native country, and in 1847 emigrated to the United States and settled in this county. In 1850 he was married to Miss Jane Carlyle. She was born in Carljde, England, April 15, 1830. They have seven children: four sons and three daughters. After coming to this county, he began the manufacture of lumber in the old primitive way with a whip-saw, in which business he continued some twelve years, and for the next six years he watered the streets around the square in Quincj', and then began the dairy business in which he is now engaged. He owns and occupies a beautiful surburban residence property containing six acres, splendidly located on the 12th street road, one mile north of the city limits. He is one of the most extensive and prosperous dairyman of the countj^ notwithstanding he began life on a small scale. He has one son, Wm. H., in Co. "G" of the 15th United States Infantry; he has been in the service for the past seven years. Mr. B. is Republican in politics, and a member of the M. E. Church.

B LAKESEEE W I li li A R D, fruit grower; Sec. 23; P. O. Quincy; was born in Ohio, Julj^ 10, 1829 ; came to Quincy when only 7 years of a^; has been a pilot on the Mississippi river, nearly all his life, in the trade between St. Louis and St. Paul ; was married to Mrs. Van Doom in 1856. She was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1829 . She was a Miss Fanny Miller, whose father, Joseph Miller, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and drew a pension until his death ; he also received a warrant for 160 acres of land in Iowa. He died in Quincy, in 1873 ; was one of a family of ten children, who are all dead, he being the last. Mrs. B. has one child, William H., by a former marriage. Mr. B. has twenty acres in fruit, and on account of its proximity to Quincy, is very valuable. Republican in politics, and attends the Congregational Church.

BOWI.es HOI.EIIA]^, fanner; Sec. 12; P. O. Qiiincy, 111.; was born ia this township, Feb. 17, 1843 ; was married to Miss Lydia L. Barr in 1866. They have two children: Annie E. and Arthur E. His father came to this county in an early day from Bourbon county, Ky., and has always been identified with its prosperity. Took a firm stand in tlie Democratic rank of politics, and died in 1871, in his 5(ith year. Mr. H. Bowles has 120 acres of land well improved, in a high state of cultivation, and very valuable. He is Democratic in politics.

BOWL.es ROBERT I.., farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch was born in Ellington township, June 2, 1851. He is the second son of A. E. Bowles (deceased), one of the early settlers of Ellington township. His early education was received at La Grange College, La Grange, Mo. He is Democratic in politics (having followed in the footsteps of his father, who was, during life, one of the leaders of the party in this county). He owns eighty-seven and one-half acres of land, which for fertility of soil and improvements will compare favorably with any in the township; and is one of the young, energetic, and industrious sons of the county, to whom it looks for a continuance of its present prosperity. His home is known throughout the county as the Grove Farm.'''' farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Quincy; was born in Franklin county, Maine, Jan. 9, 1816, and came to this county May 1, 1838; was married twice; his first wife was Miss Sarah H. Merrick. She was born in' Somerset county, Maine. They had two children. She died Aug. 27, 1849. His second, and present wife, was Mrs. Ann Huntington. She was born in Oxford county, Maine. They have one child. He has held numerous local offices in the township, and is now Township Assessor. He is one of the early and enterprising citizens who have made the county in its present prosperous condition. He owns about 500 acres of land, most of which is in a highly cultivated and wellimproved condition. Republican in politics, and a member of the Free Baptist Church.

in Hanover, Aug 24, 1819 ; at the age of 17 he went to Holland, and engaged in dairy business. On June 9, 1842, he landed in Quincy, and in 1843 went into the dairy busmess with Albert G. Pearson, who continued as Mr. B.'s partner for three years ; since which time he has been engaged in the business for himself, and has been very successful. He stands to-day the oldest dairyman in this part of the country; was married to Miss Hannah W. Stighost in 1851. She was born near Bielefeld, Prussia. They have seven children, two boys and five girls. He owns between 800 and 900 acres of land in this county, 800 of which he now resides on. It is in a high state of cultivation, and elegantly improved; he having just finished one of the finest suburban residences in this part of the country. Republican in politics, and a member of the German Lutheran church.

BYWATER GEORGE, farmer and fruit grower; Sec. 23; P. O. Quincy; was born in England, March 25, 1838 ; came to this country when quite young. His father settled on the farm on which he now resides, in 1838. He was married to Elizabeth Frazier in 1868. She was born in Ursa township, this county. He enlisted in the 2d Regt. 111. Cav. in 1861, and served four years, during which time the regiment was actively employed through the western south, taking part in the engagements during Grierson's Raid, Island No. 10, and others too numerous to mention. He has forty- three acres of land in a high state of cultivation. Is Republican in politics.

CAROI.AN ANDRE^V, farmer; Sec. 2 ; P. O. Fowler ; was born in the County Cavan, Ireland, in Sept. 1817, and emigrated to this country in 1847, and settled in New York; moved from there to this county in 1851; was married to Miss Bridget Riley, Jan. 15. She was born in the same county as her husband. They have seven children, four boys and three girls. He owns eighty-one and one-fourth acres of laud in a high state of cultivation, abundant-

C ATE BEX JAMIX, gardener and fruit grower; Sec. 35; P. O. Quincy, was born in Durham, New Hampshire, June 18, 1812; came to Quincy, May 1, 1837; was married to Debora Wood Tliompson, in February, 1841. She was borii in Livermore, Oxford county, Me. They have had eight children: Florinda T., born Aug. 25,1842; Emanda, born March 13,1844; Mary Jane, born July 1,1846; Roswell, born April 26, 1848; Ellen, Jan. 31, 1850; Otis T., Oct. 23, 1852; Walter, Dec. 30, 1855; Austin, May 24, 1858. Mr. Gate owns forty-three acres of land, worth about $150 per acre. The fami. ly are members of the Baptist church.

retired; Sec. 32; P. O. Quincy; was born in Waynesburg, Greene county, Pa., June 4, 1813 ; studied law in that town, and emigrated to Quincy in 1837, and for a number of years engaged in farming. In 1853 was elected County Judge, and served four years ; was re-elected in 1857, and served up to 1861 ; after which time he resumed the practice of law, and continued at it until 1866, then retired to his beautiful suburban residence at " Ellington Heights." Has been intimately connected with the prosperity of the county ever since his settlement in it. Has been for a number of years past amusing himself with his bees, and attending to his beautiful vegetable garden , the products of which has taken the first premium at both state and county fairs every year for the last ten. He possesses a splendid library, and one of the best, if not the best, furnished houses outside the city of Quincy, in the count}'. He was married to Miss Amanda French Davis, daughter of Dr. Isaac Davis,of New Jersey, in 1848. The home place contains fifteen acres ; fruits of every variety. Democrat. Catholic.

CHAPMAX ASA W ., farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Quincy; was born on the place on which he now resides in 1854. His father came to this county in 1838, and was numbered among its early and enterprising what it is, and died on Dec. 24, 1866. Asa W. was educated in Quincy, and is one of a family of six children, five boys and one girl. His mother is still living, is in good health, and bids fair to live a number of years yet. They have 100 acres of land on the Warsaw road, about five miles north of Quincy, well improved and stocked with the different varieties of fruit, and very valuable. Republican in politics.

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CHAPMAX ERASTUS W. (deceased) ; was born in Ellington, Tolland county. Conn., Aug. 27, 1814, (his father, Thos. W. Chapman being a farmer). He lived in Ellington until the spring of 1837, when he came to Illinois, and settled in Adams county. He purchased the farm on which he lived until his death, being a very successful farmer. He was married in 1840 to Miss Mary Henderson. They had nine children, are six still living. When the county was organized into townships, he named his township Ellington, after his old town in Connecticut, and was elected first Town Clerk; held same for thirteen years, and then was elected Supervisor, which office he held until his death, which occurred in Dec. 24, 1866 at the age of fifty-two years. He was much respected by all that knew him, and a great loss to his family.

CHASE MRS. REBECCA, farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Quincy; was born in Greene county, Pa., in 1809, and came to this county in 1830; was married to Charles Chase in 1827. They are amongst the earliest settlers of the county, and have always been members of the "Old Settlers Society," Avho have their meetings at Clayton. Mr. Chase died Sept. 29, 1876, in this township. Mrs. Chase still resides on the old homestead, and has been, and is now, enjoying good health, with a prospect of quite a number of years yet. The estate consists of 560 acres of land, most of which is in a high state of cultivation, well improved, stocked with fruit. She has been a member of the Methodist church for about fifty years. She has seven children, five boys and two girls. All are members of the same church, with

CHASE ROBERT, farmer; Sec. 9; P.O.Quincy ; was born on the place adjoining the one he now occupies, Aug. 29, 1832. His fjither, Ch<irles Chase, came to the county in 1830, from "Washington county, Pa., and has always been numbered amongst the early and enterprising citizens who have labored so hard to make the county what it is. He was a Democrat in politics, and died Sept. 29, 1876. Robert Chase has 150 acres of land elegantly improved, well stocked Avith fruit, and valuable. He was married to Miss Irene A.. Frazer in September, 1856. She was born in this county. They have three children, all girls. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Methodist church.

CliEA VEIiAXD GEO,W.,farmer ; Sec. 33; P. O. Quincy; was born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 16, 1828, and came to this county in the fall of 1834, with his parents ; settled on the farm he now owns ; was married to Mrs. Pauline Lynch in Feb. 1874. She was born in Brown county. 111., March 4, 1847. They have one child, Clara B. He owns about eighty acres of land, stocked with fruit. He has been identified with the county's prosperity ever since he has been a citizen of it. His father, John Cleveland, was the principal builder in Quincy during its younger days. George W. is a Greenbacker in politics, and a free thinker in religion.

DATIS EDWARD F., farmer; Sec. 3; P. O. Fowler; was born in Halifax county, Va., July 17, 1831 ; came to this county in 1859; was married to Miss Antoinette V. Thomas in 1849. She was born in Lauderdale county, Ala., Oct. 25, 1830. They have four children : Edward A., John

B., "William E., and George R. Mr. Davis was postmaster at Bloomfield up to the time of its discontinuance ; the ofHce, however, was known as Ulm. He owns seventythree and a half acres of land in a high .state of cultivation, abundantly stocked with fruit, and very valuable. Democrat in politics, and members of the Methodist church.

DE3IPSEY MARK, farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Quincy; was born in the County Londonderry, Ireland ; came to this country and settled in Leheigh county. Pa., in 1845, and engaged in the manufacture of iron, and moved to this county in 1855. He has been married twice. His first wife was Miss Margaret Hartman. They had three children : Emma, Edward, and Margaret. She died in October, 1865. His second wife was Miss Margaret Marion. They had three children : Marcus, Thomas, and Mary. She died Dec. 24, 1872. He has 173 acres of laud in a high state of cultivation, well stocked with fruit. Is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic church.

DUDIiEY EDWARD A., retired; Sec. 26; P. O. Quincy; was born in Fayette county, Ky., in 1807 ; came to this county, Februarj^ 1851. After the passage of the Nebraska bill in Congress, Mr. D. took an active part in the politics of the country up to the close of the rebellion, since which time he has withdrawn entirelj'^ from the political world. He was a member of the Kentucky Legislature before coming to this State. Is a graduate of the Transylvania University of Lexington, Ky. He was nu\rried twice. His first wife was a daughter of Isham Talbot, United States Senator from Kentucky. His second and present wife is the daughter of Tlios. A. Russell, of Fayette county, K3\ He is a Republican in politics.

DUXCAK MIIiLARD A., farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Quincy; was born Aug. 24, 1850 (which was his father's 48th birtlulay). on the place on which he now resides ; was married to Miss Emma Lehman, ]\Iay 7, 1876. She was born m Payson township this county. They have one child, Alta Lelia. His father, Gavin Bennett Duncan, came to Quincy April, 1829, and was, during his life, numbered amongst the early and enterprising citizens who have labored so hard to make the county what it is. He was Republican in politics, and died May 20, 1876. M. A. Duncan has forty-six and a half acres of land on the Warsaw road, improved, well stocked with fruit, and very valuable. Is Republican in politics.

EDWARDS PAUIi, farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Quincy; was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1820 ; came to this county in 1837; has held several local offices in the county; was married to Miss ]\Iary Ellen Piatt, May 28, 1848, who was also born in Cincinnati. They have been living on their present farm for over twenty-two years. Have five children: Rachel Edna, born Sept. IT), 1858; Mary Leuellew, Aug. 31, 1861; William Alanson, March 6, 1865; Carrie Piatt, Oct. 19, 1868 ; Nina Belle, Nov. 11, 1872. He has fifty-eight acres of land in a high state of cultivation, worth about $250 per acre. Republican in politics, and members of the Baptist church.

FARREIili MRS. A:NX, farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Fowler; was born in Mason county, Ky., Jan. 4, 1822; was married to Edward Farrell in 1846. They came to this county in 1852. They have two children : William and Henry. Mr. Farrell was one of the old and enterprising citizens who has been identified with the industries and enterprises that have been so conducive to i the county's welfare up to the time of his death, which occurred July 18, 1876. The estate contains about 500 acres of land, most of which is in a high state of cultivation, stocked with fruit, and very valuable. She is a member of the Christian church.

FOOTE THOMAS W., fruit grower; Sec. 24; P. O. Quincy; was born in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1830 ; came to this county in 1840, and settled with his parents in Quincy; was married to Miss Kehlenbrink in 1852. She was born near Berlin, Prussia. They have eight children, five boys and three girls. He moved out to his beautiful suburban fruit-farm, known as " The Pines," in 1869, where he now resides; it contains fifty acres, well stocked with all the different varieties of fruit. Ten years ago, it received the State premium for being the most fancy fifty-acre tract in the State.

JANE, retired; Sec. 4; P. O. Quincy; was born in St. Charles county. Mo., in 1825, and came to this county in 1857, with her father, James Frazer. He has been identified with the prosperity of the county from the time of his settlement until his death, which occurred Oct. 23, 1877, in his 82nd year. He was Republican in politics. Miss Frazer owns 200 acres of land, improved, well stocked with fruit, and very valuable. She is a member of the Methodist church.

FRESE liOUIS, fruit grower; Sec. 24; P. O. Quincy; was born in Quincy Oct. 14, 1856, and was there educated. He moved out to his present location, with his father, Joseph Frese, in 1873, and engaged in fruit growing. The farm he cultivates is one of the oldest fruit farms in the township, and is a source of very considerable revenue to him. His father ^was born in Germany, March 19, 1831, and married Miss Tresa Ink in 1853, who was also born in Germany. They have seven children, four boys and three girls. They are all Democratic in politics, and members of the German Catholic church. Futterer Frank, farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Quincy.

HARVEY OEORGE, farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Quiucy; was born near Kingston, Canada, in 1847; came to this county in 1853; was married to Miss Hannah Dickhut, of Quiucy, in 1873. They have three children living and one dead. He has held various local ofiices in the count}'; owns forty acres of land in a high state of cultivation, and very valuable. Republican in politics.

H1TL8K JOHXC, farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Cliola; was born on the place where he now resides, Sept. 22, 1847. His father, Wm. Hulse, settled on the place in 1840; was among the early settlers who have been so conducive to the country's prosperity, and died on Nov. 11, 1875, in his 52d year. He held various local offices in the township and took a firm stand in the Democratic ranks. His mother is still living on the old homestead, and bids fair to remain among her children for a number of 3'ears to come. Mr. J. C. Hulse is one of a family of five children, two boys and three girls. They have 300 acres of land in high state of cullivation.

HUXTER JA3IES, farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Quincy ; was born in the County Londonderry, Ireland, in 1820, and came to this country in 1840, and assisted in making the first iron that was made in this country from hard coal, in Leheigh county, Penn. He came to this county in 1850; was married to

Miss ]Marlha Logan, who was also born in County Londonderry', Ireland. The}' have five children, three girls and two boys. He has held local offices in the township. Has 240 acres of land well improved, stocked with fruit, and very valuable. Democrat in politics. They are members of the Presbyterian church. Hyman Frank, farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Quincy.

IXGHRAH THOMAS, farmer; Sec. IG ; P. O. Cliola ; was born in Greene county, Penn., Aug. 15, 1809; came to this county, Jan. !), 1839 ; was married to Mi-ss Lucy C'ather in 1832. She was born in Greene county, Penn. They have one child : Wm. Robert, born Oct. 10, 1852. 3Ir. Inghram has been identified with the county's prosperity ever since his settlement in it. He owns about 1,000 acres of land, most of which is in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, abundantly stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He deals exten.sively in cattle and hogs, and has always been successful, and has accumulated considerable means. Is Independent in politics.

JAMES^OX COI^. ^iAMLEI., farmer; Sec. 30; P.O. Quiucy; was born about six miles north of xNorth Bend and west of Fort Washington (now Cincinnati, Ohio) in October 1800. His grandfather Jameson came from Scotland in 175G. His uncle, John Jameson, had command of the post at New York that ^lajor Andre was turned over to when taken prisoner. His mother's brother, James Rankin, crossed the ice on the Delaware with General Washington the night of the battle of Trenton, and was with Washington when Lord Cornwallis was taken prisoner. Her other brother, Wm. Rankin, was in Crawford's defeat in 1782. Mr. Jamesou'.s father served in Wayne's army three j'ears, hel])ed to build Fort Wayne, Fort Recovery, and Fort Defiance. His mother came down the Ohio on a little flat boat, with old Mrs. Benham and two other families (but having aboard only one man), and landed at Fort Washington in 1795, and there met her husband, who was mustered out of Wayne's arm}'. His Aunt Pattie, wife of Jas. Rankin, drew a pension about fifty j'ears, and a portion of the time Captain's pay. His father's cousin, Mary Jameson, was the only survivor in a massacre sometime daring Dunmore's war, the balance of the family were all killed, and she taken prisoner, afterward marryin;; a chief called Hickatoo, by whom she had three children, and at the "big tree " treaty in New York was given a large reservation of land on Geneseo flats, on which she resided until her death. Mr. J. had two brothers in the war of 1812, and a brother-inlaw, Daniel McDaniel, was in Hull's surrender and Perry's victory. - Col. Jameson came to this county in 1843 ; was married to Miss Nancy Mars, who was born in Philadelphia and died in 1876. They had nine children. He has 160 acres of land, valued at f 150 per acre; is Democratic in politics ; was formerly an old line Whig.

P. 0. Quincy, retired; was born in Hanover Chautauqua county N. Y. April 13, 1825; married to Miss Ambolena Hanson in 1851. She was born in Norway August 23, 1827. Eight children, six of whom are still living, three sons and three daughters.

His father, William Jones, came to Chicago iu an early day and was during life a much valued citizen of that city. Col. Jones learned the printers' trade in early life and established the paper known as the " Gem of the Prairie " at Chicago, which afterward merged into the Chicago Tribune, but being possessed of an unusual amount of ambition, and believing " one iron not enough in the fire," he began branching out in other directions, building a large pier and grain elevator, and also several vessels. He began the grain forwarding and commission business, in which he continned for years, and which proved a pecuniary success. His donations and contributions have been the most generous and liberal, to which the elegant Jones library, with its building and grounds at Manitowoc, Wis., pointconclusively, as also the library of the high school at Camp Point, which was presented by Col. Jones, in May, 1869, as a nucleus for one of larger size, but by neglect, or carelessness, or both, on the part of those most interested, has not increased beyond the $800 worth of standard volumes so generously donated by him. He was, on the 26th of September 1861, appointed by the Hon. Alex W. Randall, Governor of Wis., Lieutenant Colonel of the 15th (Scandinavian), Regt. of Wis. Inf., and on the first of Januarj"-, 1862, was mustered into the Service of the United States.

Ever since his residence here he has Ijeen one of the most energetic and active of citizens. Commenced the construction of the splendid gravel road out 12th street, and kept agitating the subject until we are the best supplied county in the state with free gravel roads. Republican in politics and one of the strongest advocates of those principles.

farmer; Sec. 21 ; P. O. Quincy; was born in Bourbon county, Ky., August 18, 1812. His father and several of his uncles served in the Avar of 1812. He came to this county in the spring of 1831; Lieutenant of militia during the Black Hawk war; has filled numerous local riflices in the county, and has always been numbered amongst the most enterprising, as well as the early, settlers who have laliored so energetically to make the county what it is ; was married to Miss Caroline V. Laughlin, of Clark county, Ky. They have four children, three boys and one girl. He has about 700 acres of land in this county, in a high state of cultivation; improved, and well stocked with fruit. He has always been an old line Whig up to the birth of the Republican party, which he joined, and has given it his support ever since. He is a member of the Christian church.

KEXDAI.I. liEVI^IS, farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Quincy; was born in Louden county, Va., in 1810, came to this county in 1843, and settled east of Quincy ; in 1844 he moved to the place he now resides on ; was married to Miss Sarah Watson in 1831. She was born in Claremont county, Ohio. They have eight cliildren, seven girls and one boy. He has about eighty acres of land in a high state of cultiTation, adjoining the city of Quincy, well stocked Avith the different varieties of fruit. Kepublican in politics. He started out as a Whig of the old line order when Henry Clay began advocating those principles and still adheres to those political doctrines.

KKKT HEXRY. farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Quincy; was born in Schenectedy, N. Y., April 22, 1797 and came to this county, April 1, 1838; was married in Danbury, Conn., to Miss Nancy C. Spear, of Springfield, Pa., in 1825. He has been engaged in packing pork and beef since 1843, and in that year made a trip to New York by water, via New Orleans, and in 1818, in company with his wife, in his carriage, made a trip overland to Peun.sylvania. He has traveled a great deal, having visited nearly every state in the Union, and down nearly all the navigable watercourses. Is Democrat in politics and has always taken a firm stand in advocacy of those principles. Owns 250 acres of land, elegantly improved ; member of the Episcopal church.

KIDKEY THOMAS, fruit grower; Se'c. 31 ; P. O. Quincy. He was born in Luzerne county, Pa., in 1823; came to this county in the fall of 1837, and engaged in farming, in which he continued until 1863, when he purchased a portion of the place he now lives on, and commenced the cultivation of fruit, which he has succeeded in bringing to a high state of perfection. In 1873 he built a magnificent residence Avhich he now occupies. His place is suburban in location, and his farm abundantly stocked with every variety of fruit, which is a source of very considerable revenue. He was married to Miss Sophia L. Berrian in 1846. She was born in New York State. They have three children, two boys and one girl. Republican in politics, and a member of the Congregational church.

KIMBAIiL. GEO. E., farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Quincy. He was born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 5, 1821, and came to this county in October of the same year. He married Miss Susan E. Arrowsmith in Sept., 1860. They have four children, three boys and one girl. Has a home of three acres adjoining the city of Quincy, in a high state of cultivation, and very valuable. His father is amongst the earliest settlers of the county, and built the first mill. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the Congregational church of Quincy.

KINCADE JAMES F. farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Quincy. He was born in this county in 1845, in Honey Creek township. His father, Joseph Kincade, came to this county in 1840; was mariied to Elizabeth Frazier in 1842. Jas F. Kincade is one of a family of six children, three boys and three girls. He owns a valuable farm of 100 acres in a high state of cultivation. Republican in politics.

KRABEB l^M. A., farmer and fruit grower; Sec. 20; P. O. Quincy. He was born in Quincy, Feb. 13, 1845. His father, Augustus Kraber, came to this county from Pennsylvania in 1837, and took a firm stand in favor of temperance in the early history of the county. He M'as closel}' connected with the Sons of Temperance, and held an office in that order for a number of j'ears. He was in early years a Democrat, but after maturing somewhat in years, left that party and became a Whig, of the Henry Clay order, which party he remained with up to the birth of the Republican party which he joined, and advocated those principles until his death, which occurred April 22, 1878. He has always been numbered amongst the old and energetic citizens who have worked so nobly to make the county what it is. Wm. A. Kraber is cultivating the homestead, which contains seventy acres, most of which is highly cultivated and stocked with the different varieties of fruit. He was married to Miss Martha Hunter in Dec. 1874. They have two children, George L. and Harr}- A. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian church.

Ellington Dieectoey

farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Quincy. He was born in Germany, in 1844, and came to this county in 1861. He was married to Mrs. Bernandiena Wilier in July, 1877. She was born in &ermany. They have five children by former marriages. He owns about ten acres of land, well improved and in a high state of cultivation, stocked with fruit and very valuable. Democratic in politics, and are members of the Catholic church. Laughlin Francis, Bee. 84; P. O. Quincy. Leise Margaret, P. O. Quincy.

liEWIS £B£R, farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. Quincy; born in Tyriugham, Berkshire countj', Mass., November, 1812, and moved with his parents to Ohio, and to this county in 1832. He has held several local offices in the township ; commenced in March, 1833, to improve the farm on which he now resides. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Greeser, who was born in this county. He owns eighty acres of land, well stocked with fruit, and valuable. He is Republican in politics and attends the Presbyterian church.

I.YI.E JOHX CHURCH, farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Fowler; born in County Deny, Ireland, June 26, 1824 ; came to this country in 1847 and settled in Pennsylvania, where he remained up to 1850, when he moved to this county. He was married to Miss Martha McLane in 1852. She was born in the same county as her husband. They have one child, Margaret, who is now 22 years old. He owns ninety acres of land in a high state of cultivation, stocked with fruit. Republican in politics. Members of the Ellington Presbyterian church.

was born in Pennsylvania. She came to this county in 1835. She has eleven children, three boys and eight girls. Mr. McClellan, with the other early citizens, labored hard to make the county in its present prosperous condition ; was Democratic in politics, and a member of the Methodist church, and died in August, 1809. Mrs. McClellan still resides on the homestead, which contains 205 acres, of which she owns fortj^-five, in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, stocked with fruit, and valuable. She is a member of the Methodist church.

McCOY ROBERT, lumber dealer; Sec. 31 ; P. O. Quincy; born in Carlyle, Pa., in 1821 ; went to Wheeling, West Va., and became interested in the banking business, and from there came to this county in 1846, and settled in Beverly, where he remained some eighteen years, after which time he came to Quincy, and engaged in lumbering, and has run an extensive saw mill in West Quincy for a number of years, which he recentlj^ moved to Wisconsin. He was married in Wheeling, Va., to Miss Elmira Weaver in 1846. She was born in Wheehng. They have four children, three girls and one boy. Mr. McCoy occupies and owns a beautiful suburban residence, which adjoins the city of Quincy, elegantly improved and very valuable. Democratic in politics.

MAHOXEY COT.EMAX, farmer; Sec. 35; P. O. Quincy; born in Waterford county, Ireland, March 1, 1810; came to this country in 1845 and settled in Boston, Mass., and remained there until 1854, at w^hich time he moved to this county, and in 1858 he purchased the farm he now lives on. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Lyons. She was born in the County Cork, Ireland. They have eight children, three boys and five girls. He has been identified with the county's prosperity ever since he came to it. He owns 105 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, stocked with fruit. Democratic in politics. Members of the Roman Catholic church. Markley H. A. retired; block 8;P. O. Quincy.

MARS JOHBT WHIPPS, farmer; Sec. 6 ; P. O. Quincy, born in Oldham county, Ky., in 1833, and with his grandfather and mother moved to this county, April 7, 1842, since which time he has been a valuable citizen. He has occupied various local offices in the township, and is at the pre.icnt time one of the supervisors of tlie county. He Avas married to Miss Francis J. Duncan, of this county, in 1857. They luive two children, Elizabeth Josephine and .Tames AVilliam. He owns 140 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation and very valuable. Republican in politics. Members of the M. E. church.

farmer and fruit grower; Sec. 2 ; P. O. Cliola; was born in Ohio county, West Va., Aug. 19, 1831, and came to this count}' in 1840, and settled near Coatsburg, where he remained about five years, after which time he moved to this township, adjoining the place he now owns. He was married twice. His first wife was Miss Phebe Eubanks, to whom he was married in 1854. The}'- had three children. She died, Aug. 21, 1861. His second and present wife was Miss Mary E. Cherry, to whom he was married in 1863. She was born in Pennsylvania. They have one child. Mr. M. has, during the early days of his life, moved about a great deal, but for the past twenty-three years has lived on the same place, containing 111 aci'es, which is in a high state of cultivation, stocked with the diflerent varieties of fruit and very valuable. Is Democratic in politics.

MOORE JOHX L.., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Quincy ; was born in New York City, January, 1820, and came to this county in the winter of 1884-35; was married to Ellen Hague in 1846, who died in 1863. He was afterward married to Miss K. F. Booth in January, 1865. They have one child, a girl ; are members of the Episcopal church. He owns about seventy-five acres of land, wliich adjoins the city, and consequently, with the improvements, very valuable. The homestead is known throughout the country as " Fawley Place."

MORRIS HOX. ISAAC X., Attorney; P. O. Quincy; was born in Bethel, Clermont county, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1812; came to this county in 1838; was married to Miss Mary A. Robbins in 1837. She was born in Xew Ipswich, Hillsborough county, N. IL, March 1, 1817. They have three children, all sons. He came to this county in 1838, and represented this Congressional district in Congress, during the entire Buchanan administration. Democratic in politics.

PAYXE THOMAS, banker. Sec. 24; P. O. Quincy; was burn iu Montgomery county, Ky., Oct. 4, 1814; learned the saddlery business and moved to Morgan county in 1835, and to Adams county in 1837. Shortly after coming to this coubty, he commenced merchandising at Marcelline and continued in business there until 1840, when he moved to Quincy, and after remaining a few years he returned to Marcelline and there remained until 1865, when he removed to his present residence, adjoining the city of Quincy, which is elegantly improved and one of the finest in the cClinty; has been married three times. His first wife was Miss Eli/a Trimble, of Kentucky. They had four children, all of whom are now dead. His second wife was Miss Roselthe Ileberling, of Pennsylvania. Slie had six children, only three of whom are now dead. His third and present wife was Miss Mary Denson. Tliey have three children. He owns about 1 800 acres of very valuable land in this county. He has been, and is to-day, one of the most successful business men the county has had the honor of claiming. He started a poor boy, and by being faithful and attending closely to his business, has amassed a handsome fortune. He has always done a great deal of trading outside of his regular mercantile business, and every time came out the gainer. He is at present, and has been for years, in the banking business. He is Democratic in politics and a member of the Christian church. He owns a vast amount of valuable propert}^ in the city of Quincj-. Peabody A. B. farmer; sec. 24. P. O. Qaincy.

farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Quincj'; was born on the place he now resides, on January 10, 1833. He enlisted in 1861 in the 2d 111. Cavalrj^, Co. L., known as Delano's Dragoons, and served three years as commissary ; was married in 1867 to Miss Annie Baker, who was born in Sheridan county Mo., in 1844. They have five children: Lilly B., born April 29, 1868; Ora G., April 10, 1870; Thos. A., Oct. 30, 1871 ; Cordelia A., June 5, 1874, and John Lewis, Jr., Sept. 4, 1877. He has fifty-six and a half acres of land worth about $200 per acre. Republican in politics, and is a member of the Christian church.

PE:BrROSE EDWIX, farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Quiucy; was born in Bediord county, Penn., in 1830 ; came to this state in 1845, and to Quiucy in the spring of 1846. Was married to Miss Adelaide Stone in 1865. She was born in Brighton, but raised near Cambridge, Mass. They have one child : Edwin Thomas. Mr. P. has 160 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved and very valuable. Republican in politics, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Quincy. His father's family were among the second batch of emigrants that came to tliis country with William Penn, and settled in Chester county. Pa.

Pfaxschmibt Chari.Es

C, farmer; Sec. 35; P. 0. Quincy; was born in Prussia, January 30, 1831, and came to this county in 1834 and settled on the place he now occupies. Was married to Mary Limb, Oct. 14, 1852; she was born in England. They have ten children: three boys, and seven girls. His father w^as one of the early settlers and was associated with the enterprises of the county up to his death, which occurred in a few j^ears after his coming here. Mr. P. ownes 140 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, well improved, stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He is Republican in politics, and has held several local oiflces in the to,wnship.

C, farmer; Sec. 35; P. O. Quiucy; was born in Prussia, March 8, 1825 ; came to this county in 1835, and settled in Quincy. Was married to Miss Charlotte Weise, Dec. 10, 1847 ; she was born in Prussia, March 19, 1826. They have six children : Edward, William, Paulina, George, Amanda, and Laura. He owns 320 acres of land, improved, well stocked with fruit. He has been and is to day one of the most enterprising citizens of the county, and has been identified with a great many of the enterprises that have been so condusive to its prosperity. He is Republican in politics, and attends the Methodist church.

fruit grower; Sec. 14; P. O. Qumcj^; was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1824; came to this county in 1834 ; has held various local offices in the county. He j\-as married to Miss Mary Amanda Peabody, who died in 1858. They had four childi-en : Emma, Charles, Annie and Wallace. He afterward married Miss Emma C. Ellis, his present wife. They have two children : Lottie H., and Pearley Myrtle. He has fortyseven acres of land, worth about .$200 per acre, and in a high state of cultivation. Their home is known throughout the county as " Fair Glen." He is Republican in politics, and a member of the society of Progressionists.

POTTER MRS. MARY, farmer; Sec. 15; P. O. Eubanks; was born in Brown county, Ind., in 1818 ; came to this county with her parents in 1830; was married to John Potter in 1828. He was botn near Wheeling, Penn., April 22, 1810, and was identified with the enterprises and industries of the county up to his death which occurred in Sept. 1871. They have five children : thi'ee boys, and two girls. Mrs. P. still resides on the homestead which contains eighty-four acres, improved, in a high state of cultiva

POWEI^L GEORGE >V., farmer; Sec. 3; P. O. Fdwlcr; was born in Kent couut}^ Delaware, May 24, 1811, and came to this county, November, 1833 ; wa.s married to Miss Mary Ann Beatty in November, 1836. She was born in Ireland. They have six children, four boys and two girls. She died in January, 1854. He has held local offices at different times in the township. He owns 100 acres of land, abundantly stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He took a firm stand in the Democratic ranks of politics in early life, and is still to be found there. He is one of the early and enterprising citizens who have been so conducive to the county's prosperity.

P01VEI.I. JOHX,- farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Quincy; was born June 13, 1802, in Kent county, Delaware ; emigrated to this county in the fall of 1832 ; was married to Miss Mary Lewis, June 3, 1827. She was born in Kent county, Delaware, March 10, 1809. They have had fifteen children, five of whom are dead. He has always led a retired life, and not courted any political notoriety. He has labored hard to make the county prosperous; owns a valuable farm of 300 acres, the greater part of which is in a high state of cultivation ; stocked with the dift'erent varieties of fruit. Republican in politics, and a member of the Christian church.

FOWEI.1^ \VM. farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Eubanks; Avas born in Kent count)', Delaware, Oct. 20, 1798, and came to this county Oct. 5, 1830; has been a resident ever since; was married to Miss Elizabeth Williams, Aug. 24, 1828. She was born in Franklin county, Ky., Dec. 25, 1804. They have six cliildren: Drusilla, Johannah, George W., Charles K., Mary, and Hattie. He has been identified with the industries and enterprises that have been so conducive to the country's prosperity. He is a member of the Old Settlers' Society. He owns 940 acres of land, about one-half of which is in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, abundantly stocked with fruit, and is known as "Pleasant View." He is Democratic in politics. Prentiss H. P., farmer; sec. 15: P. O. Eabanks.

farmer ; Sec. 8 ; P. O. Quincy; was born on the farm he now lives on, in 1833. His father came to this county in 1818 or 1819, when it was little more than a wilderness, and purchased the farm on which his son R. W. now resides. Mr. P. was married to Miss Melissa Simmons in 1855. She was also born in this county. > Thej' have six children: William H., Emma L., Minnie, Fanny, Annie, and Edith. He has held various local offices in the county : has 250 acres of land. Republican in politics, and a member of Presbyterian church.

REDMOND JAME>^, farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. Qaincy; was born in Quincj-, Feb. 2, 1839. His father came to this countj' in an early day. He was married to Charlotte E. Gay, of Quincy, June 16, 1878. He owns eighty acres of land in a high state of cultivation, and very valuable. Democratic in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic church.

Richey Thos., P. O. Quincy. Rossman B. farmer; sec. 2tj; P. O. Quincy. Rothman Ca«per, farmer; sec. 2(i; P. O. Qaincy. Xubbolk H., farmer; gec.:34; P. O. Quiucy. Ruthoff S., farmer; sec. 24; P. O. Qaincy.

Fitted in the schools of his native city, he entered Bowdoin College in the fall of 1833, and graduated in regular course in 1837, in the same class with John A. Andrew, the War Governor of Massachusetts; the Rev. Doctors Field and Fiske, and other men of mark. After studying law in the office of William Abbott, Esq., of Bangor, he was admitted to the Penobscot bar in 1839, and in the same j^ear he came to the West, settled at Quincj', and entered on the practice of his profession.

In 1840 he received the appointment of Illinois agent of the Munn Land Company, located in New York, in which capacity, together with the prosecution of a general

The old State Bank of Illinois had closed up its business, and there was no institution north of St. Louis, on the river, furnishing banking facilities, when, in 1848, Mr. Savage, in company with Messrs. Newton, Flagg and I. O. Woodruff, established a banking house at Quincy, and many years prosecuted that business with great vigor.

Plaving formed a wide acquaintance with the country, its leading men and its business interests, he quickly appreciated the grand capabilities of the Mississippi valley yet to be developed, and the agency railroads were to have in the work, and threw himself with rare energy and public spirit into this department. He was directly connected with the origin and actual construction of all, or nearly all, the railroads and railroad bridges that have so largely aided the growth and prosperity of Quincy. He was one of the original movers in building the Quincj' & Toledo, the Quincy & Palmyra, and the Quincy & Chicago railroads, having been for several years President of the first, Director of the second, and Treasurer of the third of these corporations.

Mr. Savage was the leading power in the organization of the Meredosia Bridge Companj^ to form a pathway for railroad trains across the Illinois river, and was President of that company. With other prominent citizens he took the initiatory steps in oi'- ganizing the Illinois and Missouri Railroad Bridge Companies. Of these he was one of the first directors, and, after their consolidation, he was Secretary of the united company till the completion of the grand structure which spans the Mississippi river at Quincy. This was the first iron bridge ever thrown across that river, and on the question of chartering the company to build it there was a spirited conflict in the Legislatures at Springfield and Jefferson City, and in the Congress at Washington, between the steamboat and the railroad interests involved. The charters were drafted by Mr. Savage, and the cause of the bridge was ably managed by him at the State capitals, and by Governor Wood at Washington.

position of Secretary of the Quincy & Warsaw Railroad; has been President of the Quincy, Alton & St. Louis Railway Company; has acted as Director of the Toledo, Wabash & Western ; antl from its first incorporation doiwa to 1873 he was President of the Quincy, Missouri & Pacific Railway. In all these positions Mr. Savage has acted with uniform integrity and intelligence, and with an overruling public spirit universallj^ admired wherever exhibited among men.

In politics Mr. Savage was a member of the old Whig party, and when that disappeared he joined the rising ranks of the Republican organization, to which he has adhered, without faltering, to the present.

In the civil war he was one of the most prompt and- zealous in support of the institutions and authority of the Republic. At its outbreak he happened to be General Manager of the Quincy & Toledo Railroad on behalf of its bondholders ; and it is interesting to hear him tell of Grant's first command - the 21st Regt. 111. Inf., after having been marched from Springfield afoot - how he took the Colonel and his men from Naples to Quincy by rail, and, with many another, ran over the citj' to hunt up guns to supply them with arms, that they might drop down into Palmyra, Mo., and suddenly squelch the spirit of rebellion rapidlj- rising there; or, to hear him describe how six companies were dispatched from Quincy by steamboat, under sealed orders from Governor Yates to drop down to Hannibal and stop the casting of rebel cannon in the foundries there ; and how the rebel flags, flying from numerous houses, disappeared as, with drum and fife, the column marched through the streets and took position on a height commanding the city; or how he got possession, at Rushville, of brass twelve-pounders, owned by the Government and wanted for its ^defense, but held, forsooth, by beautiful patriots to fire salutes withal ; and how at midnight, b}^ horse, they were drawn through the sleeping town, rushed b}" rail over to Springfield, and thence, without delay, dispatched to Cairo, to be the first mounted ordnance in defense of that important and imperiled point. The railroads of Illinois did noble service for the old flag, in the hot haste of that unanticipated war.

Absorbed as 3Ir. Savage lias always been in special lines of efl'ort, he has yd Ibund time to act - and has been second to none in zeal - for the moral and social advancement of Quiucy. Long a member of the First Presbyterian Church (to quote from a history of Quincy), "he is a Christian gentleman of the noblest type. He has muniflcently aided the charitable, educational and religious institutions of our city, and has at all times been the fi'iend of science and art. Of affable address, of rare judgment, and a sagacious observer, he wields a large influence with the leading men of Quincy, and is admired and esteemed by all who know him." This testimony is true.

Mr. Savage was first married Oct. 2, 1842, to Miss Elvey Wells, daughter of Levy AYells, Esq. She died July 19, 1873. He was again married, Dec. 29, 1875, to Mrs. Olivia T. Murphy, nee Thomas, daughter of William Thomas, M.D., late of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Such is a brief outline of the life history of one whose life has been marked by that enterprise and devotion to principle which must inevitably lead to honorable success.

SCHIIit FRAXK X.. proprietor of Blufi' Brewery ; Sec. 23; P. O. Quincy; born in Baden, Germany, in 1841 ; came to the United States in 1862 ; located in Quincy ; married Theresa Binkect in 1865. She was born in Quincy in 1845. Thej" have- three children : Frank, Kate and Bertha. He has been in the brewing business since 1841. He purchased the Bluff Brewery, which he is now running, from Mr. Ruff", in January, 1874. He manufactures a first-class article of beer, and can be found always at home by his customers.

SCHICHMAX JOHX P., farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Quincy; was born in Melrose township, this county, Nov. 13, 1847; was married May 16, 1876, to Miss Carrie Hendricker, who was born in Cass county, this State. They have one child: Edwin, born July 23, 1877. He has fifty-five acres of land, worth about $125 per acre. Is Republican in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

SHARP JOHX, farmer; Sec. 38; P. O. Quincj^; w^as born in Yorkshire, Eng., Oct. 8, 1800, and emigrated to the United States in 1819, and settled in Baltimore, Md. ; in February, 1825, moved to New York and engaged in liver}' business, at which he continued until May, 1837, when he was married to Margaret Frazer, and moved to this lount}'. She was born in New York. They have two children: Emma and Robert C. Mr. S. has been identified with nearly all of the enterprises that have done so much for the prosperity of the county. He owns 180 acres of land, under good cultivation, well improved, stocked with fruit, and valuable. He is Republican in politics. Sherman G. farmer; sec. 23; P.O. Quincy.

ISIG8BRE BAI.TIS, fanner; Sec. 19; P. O. Quincy; was born in Albany county, N. Y., in 1826 ; came to this count}' in 1859; was married twice. His first wife was Miss Palmyra Jackson, to whom he was married in 1848. They had two children. After her death he married his second and present wife, who was Miss Sarah Rogers, of New York.

He has been County Supervisor for three years, and has held various local offices in the township. He has about fifty acres of land, well stocked with the different varieties of fruit, and consecjuently very valuaVile. Republican in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian church.

SIMMON'S FRAUfCIS M., farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Quincy; was born in Morgan county. 111., in 1832, and moved to this county with his parents in 1838 ; was married to Miss Mary A. Campbell in 1861. She was born in this county. They have four children, two boys and two girls. His wife's father, Clayburn Campbell, was about the earliest settler in this county, having come while the Indians were still here, and her cousin, Jackson Campbell, was the first child born in Adams county. His fatheri Enos Simmons, came to 3Iorgan county, from BuUett county, Ky., and from that to this county in 1833, when it was in its infancy. Mr. F. M. Simmons has 118 acres of land, well improved, stocked with fruit,

ISIMiflOXS THOMAS S., farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Quincy; was born in Kentlicky, Jan. 35, 1835 ; moved to this county in an early day ; was married to Miss V. Fansher, xiug. 5, 1860, in Owasco, Mo. She was born in Tennessee. They had one son, who died in 1864. He owns forty-three acres of land, well improved, in a good state of cultivation; very valuable. Republican in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Sinoletox Gex. Jas. W.

The subject of this slietch at present resides at his beautiful home, near the city of Quincy, known as " Boscobel Stock Farm;" Sec. 33; P. O. Quincy, and gives his attention exclusively to the rearing of line stock. He is a native of Virginia, and was born at Paxton, the country residence of his father, in Frederick county, Va., Nov. 83, 1811, and received his education at the Winchester, Va., Academy. He took up his residence at Mt. Sterling, Schuyler county, (now Brown county) in 1834 ; was admitted to the bar in 1838; represented Brown county several times in the Legislature, and also in the convention that formed the Constitution of 1847. He was elected Brigadier- General of the 4th Brigade, 5th Division, ni. Militia, in 1844, and was commissioned by Gov. Thomas Ford . He acted a conspicuous part in the so-called Mormon difficulties of the times; was elected to the Legislature from Brown and Adams counties in 1850, and again in 1853. He removed from Brown county to the city of Quincy in the spring of 1854, and practiced law until 1860, when lie was elected to the Legislature from the county of Adams ; and in 1861 a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of that year. In 1863, he was appointed by Gov Yates, under authority of an act of the General Assembly of the State, one of a commission to visit, and confer with, the British and Canadian authorities on the subject of establishing a continuous water communication between the two countries. In 1868, lie was nominated by the Democratic convention at Monmouth, for Congress, and ran against Mr. John B. Hawley, the Republican candidate, and present Assistant Treasurer of the United States. The district at the time being very overwhelmingly Republican, he was of course defeated, but received the largest vote ever given to a Democratic candidate in the district before or since, but lost the election by a greatly reduced and small majority. In 1878, he was again nominated by the Democrats for Congress, being supported by all parties. Pie carried the city of Quincy by the unprecedented majority of 1,733 out of 3,000 votes, receiving large majorities in every coimty in the district; was of course elected, and is now the Representative- in Congress of the Eleventh District. It is a peculiarity of Gen. Singleton's life, worthy of remark, that he has never permitted political ditferenccs to interrupt his social intercourse and enjoyment. Although an active, political opponent of President Lincoln and Gov. Yates, and at the same time opposed to the war, he was the warm and respected personal friend of both, and retains many valuable testimonials of their confidence and esteem.

SMITH PETER, civil engineer; Sec. 33; P. O. Quincy; was born Feb. 34, 1816, in the County Meath, Ireland; studied civil engineering in that country, and emigrated to the United States, Feb. 19, 1848 ; was engaged a few days after his arrival in New York as civil engineer on what was then the Morgan & Sangamon, now part of the T., W. & W. R. R., one of the first built in the State. After quitting that road his next engagement was on the construction of what was then known as the Northern Cross, now the C, B. & Q. R. R., and there remained until its completion in 1856, immediately after which time he took charge of the Quincy & Palmyra, now part of the Hannibal & St. .Joe R. R. In 1861, he was elected County Surveyor, and occupied that position until 1869, from which time, until 1873, he was principal assistant engineer in the construction of the Q., M. & P. R. R. From 1873 until 1876, he had principal charge of the engineer department of the Hannibal & St. Joe R. R., after which date, and up to the present, he has led a retired life at his beautiful suburban villa adjoinint^ Die city of Quincy, devoting his time to his splendid vegetable garden, his fruits, and flowers, of which he has an abundance. He was married to Miss Celia R. Blake, of the County Galway, Ireland. They have had but one child, a daughter, who died after attaining her 15th year. Democrat, and a member of the Roman Catholic church.

farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Quincy; was born in Staflbrd county, Va., April 11, 1792, and came to this county in 1829. He served in the war of 1812, under Gen. Harrison, in Col. Richard M. Johnson's regiment of mounted volunteers. When Mr. Sterne came to this county he settled in Quincy, which was then in a deplorable condition on account of sickness, there being about 500 citizens, two-thirds of whom were sick, in what is now a city of 45,000 inhabitants ; held the office of County Treasurer in 1830, but his aspirations have not been toward office-holding ; was married to Miss Elizabeth Duncan, of Pendleton county, Ky., in 1824. She was born Jan. 25, 1801. They have one child, Wm. C. "VV., born Dec. 3, 1824 ; has 345 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, and very valuable. Republican in politics; has always been an old line "Whig up to the birth of the Republican party, which he joined. Is Universalist in belief.

STERNE WIIililAM CHAS. WTIiMS, farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Quincy; was born in Pendleton county, Ky., Dec. 3, 1824 ; came to this county, with his father, whose biography appears in this work, in 1829; was married to Miss Elizabeth Penrose, March 13, 1851. They have three children: John Francis W., Susie E., and Charles Thomas. His wife died July 2, 18G8, after which he married liis second and present wife. Miss Sarah F. Benson, Feb. 2G, 18T2. They have one child, Anna Gertrude. He owns a valuable ft^rm of :]45 acres, which is splendidly improved. Is Republican in politics. They are members of the Presbyterian church.

farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Quincy; was born in 1848, on the place he now resides on. His father came from New York in an early day, and has been associated with the enterprises of Quincy and Adams county during their growth from infancy; was a member of the Old Settlers' Society up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1864 Mr. Streeter owns eighteen acres of the old homestead, worth about $240 per acre, on which is a valuable nursery of young fruittrees. He is one of a family of nine children, all living. He attends the Baptist church.

Stewart Hon. Joseph

HOWARD, tarmer and fruit grower; Sec. 25; P.O. Quincy; was born in Wash, ington county. Me., Nov. 22, 1833; came to this county in 1836 ; was married in Payson to Miss Elizabeth Hyman, Nov. 29, 1854. She was born in crossing the Atlantic, as her parents were emigrating from Germany to this country. Mr. Stewart is one of a family of ten sons and four daughters, all of whom are now living, with the exception of one daughter, who, at her decease, left a family of live children. Hers has been the only death, with the exception of Mr. Stewart's father, that has occurred in the family. On Thanksgiving day of 1877 the family had a re-imiou, at which five generations of the family were represented Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have five children: Anna B., born Sept. 23, 1856 ; Clara M., :\ray 17,1860; Cora E., Nov. 24,1867; William H., Dec. 13, 1869; Junie C, June 17, 1876. Mr. Stewart has about 700 acres of land, all of which is very valuable. He has been a member of the Legislature of this State.

Strot Hoff Bernard

farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Quincy; was born in Prussia, Oct. 6, 1824; was married to ;Miss Catharine Roth, Dec. 14, 1855 ; came to this county in 1848, and in 1851, he went to California, and remained four years, after which he returned, and purchased the farm he now lives on. He has eiglit children, four boys and four girls. He owns 550 acres of land, one-half of which is cultivated, abundantly stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He has one of the finest houses in the county,

SU^IMERS KICHABD, farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Quincy;was born in Harrison county, Ky., May 12, 1818; came to this county May, 1835, and settled in Melrose township ; married Miss Louisa Triplett, of Pike county. Mo. They have ei!j;ht children, three boys and five girls. He purchased and settled on the place he now occupies, in March, 1856. He has held various local offices in the township. He owns 330 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, well stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He is a Republican, and attends the Methodist church

Taylor Anthony, farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Quincy. Tempe Joseph, larmer; sec. 31; P. O. Quincy. Terwische Hem-y, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Quincy. Tucker H., farmer; block 8; P. O. Quincy. Tully Patrick, farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Fowler.

TUBXER JOUX T., farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Quincy; was born in Androscoggin county, Maine, in 1820, and came to this county in 1834; was married to Miss Harriet Barnes in 1842. She was born in Connecticut. They have five children, two boj^s and three girls. He has held numerous local offices in the county. He has been Supervisor twelve or fourteen years. He has 174 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, well stocked with fruit, and very valuable, on which he has lived since 1835. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the Baptist church.

fruit grower; Sec. 30; P. O. Quincy; was born in Holland, in 1835 ; came to this country in 1867, and to this county in 1870 ; was married to Miss Eureka Vanderheyden in 1872. She was also born in Holland. He has been engaged in growing fruit and vegetables ever since he came to this country, and has the reputation of producing as fine varieties as come to the Quincy markets. He has been very successful in his business. He is Independent in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian church.

farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Quincy; was born in Hanover, Germany ,Dec. 6,1819 ; was educated in the schools of his native country, and also of this county. In 1837 he emigrated to this country, and settled in Virginia, where he lived till 1839, and then removed to this county. On the 19th of August, 1845, he was married to Miss Mary Anna Giese. She was born in Hanover, also ; and came to this country the same year as her husband. They have had twelve children, eight of whom are still living; three sous and five daughters. He owns about seventy acres of land, besides considerable property in Quincy. The home place contains fortyfour and one-half acres, which for location, fertility of soil, and improvement, will compare favorably with any in the township. He was, in former years, an old line Whig, but is now politically. Independent, and a member of the Roman Catholic church. He was, in years gone by, Street Commissioner in Quincy, and is one of the old energetic and industrious citizens who have been so conducive to the county's present prosperous condition. Voorhees J. L. blacksmith; sec. 21 ; P. O. Quincy.

WII.I.ER CliEMElfS, gardener; Sec. 31 ; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch was born in Germany, June 22, 1822 ; received his early education in the schools of his native country, and in 1849 emigrated to the United States, and settled in St. Louis, 3Io., where he lived some six or seven years. In Xovember, 1857, he was married to Miss Annie Upshulty. She was born in Germany. They have eight children, six sons and two daughters. He owns forty acres of land near the city of Quincy, which, for fertility of soil and improvement, will compare with any in the township. He is a Democrat, and division carpenter of the Wabash Railway ; residence, Clayton; son of Josiah Band Francis Anderson; was born in Brown county, 111., Jan. 27, 1832 ; worked at blacksmithing a number of years in early life ; came to Clayton in 1854, where he continued the business for ten years. Enlisted in Co. B, 50th Regt. 111. Inf., in August, 1861 ; went as Orderly Sergeant ; was promoted to 2d Lieutenant, Jime, 1862 ; was Aid-de-Camp on Gren. Vandivee's staff; was mustered out Jan. 27, 1865. After leaving the service, engaged in the drug business in Clayton for twelve years, then handled sewing machines for a time, and finally entered the employ of the Wabash Railway Company, May, 1878. He was first married to Elizabeth Davis, of Virginia, March 21, 1852. She died in December, 1864, leaving five children; four are living : Amanda, Sept. 6, 1855 ; Elmore D., Dec. 17, 1857; Lillie L., Dec. 29, 1859; Edgar, May 22, 1862; oldest child died July 31, 1854. Married again Sept. 26, 1865, to Annie Wheatley, of Kentucky. She has one child, Robert L., born Jan. 19, 1866. Mr. Anderson is a member of the I. O. O. F. Encampment; owns a house and two lots in Clayton. Angelo W. T. student; P. O. Clayton.

was born in Alassachusetts , the mother in Vermont. The subject of this sketch was born in Greece, Monroe county, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1842; came to Illinois and settled in Montgomery, Kane county, in 1867 ; thence to Clayton, Adams county, in 1868. He has been in the employ of the Wabash Railway for ten years, six years as carpenter, four years as clerk of the roadmaster's department. He -was married in June, 1863, to Emily Simmons, who was born in New York. She died in September, 1875, leaving one child, John E., born Dec. 29, 1866. His second marriage took place in October, 1876, to Aurie Jones, a native of Delaware county, Ohio. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows' Orders, Knight^emplar. Owns a house and lot in Clayton.

Justice of the Peace, Clayton ; was born in Williamson county, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1818. He is the son of William H. and Priscilla (Manier) Ballow; the former born in Virginia, Oct., 10, 1783, the latter in Kentucky, March 4, 1 788. He came with his parents to Morgan county. 111., in 1827, and to Adams county, in November, 1837. He married Araminta P. Berry, Oct. 3, 1848, who died Jan. 13, 1870, leaving two children : Charles B. and Martha Jane. Mr. Ballow was elected Justice of the Peace in 1850, and has held the office most of the time since. He was elected a member of the House in the General Assembly of Illinois, for the year 1873 and 1874; served as postmaster in Clayton, from 1855 to 1860. He has been an elder in the Presbyterian church for many years. Politics, Democratic.

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BECKETT JAMES A.,' farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Keokuk Junction ; is the son of Robert A. and Mary Beckett, now living in Clayton township. He was born at the homestead in Adams county, April 24, 1840 ; enlisted Aug. 15, 1863, in Co. G, 78th Regt. 111. Inf. ; participated in a number of hardfought battles; was slightl.y wounded at Kennesaw Mountain; accompanied Gen. Sherman in the march to the sea; was mustered out June 7, 1865. He was married Jan. 29, 1861, to Mary'E. Black; born in Adams county, Aug. 27, 1841. Five children: Lizzie L., Hattie L., Harry E., Delia Fredonia and Ureth Lovenia. Member of the Masonic Order, and of the M. E. church ; wife, member of the Presbyterian church. He is 1st Lieutenant of the Keokuk Junction Guards. Owns 200 acres of improved' land, and fifty acres of timber, worth .$40 per acre.

BECKETT BOBERT A., farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Camp Point; was born in CMark Co. Ind., Jan. 18, 1818; parents were William and Jane Beckett, of Penn. They removed to Kentucky about 1792, and to Indiana in 1802. Mr. B. came to Illinois and settled in Adams Co. in 1835 ; came to where he now lives forty-one years ago. There were only five houses between there and Qiiincy, a distance of twenty-five miles; wild deer « could be counted by the score from his door ; wolves roamed about the premises carrying oft' fowls and young animals at will. Married Mary Downing, Feb., 27, 1834. She was born in Virginia, March 13, 1813. Twelve children, eight living : Joseph, born Dec. 2, 1834; William, May 2, 1836; Sarah J., Jan. 10, 1838; Harriet, Jan. 2.4, 1839; James A., (killed at Jonesborough) ; John S. and Reason D. (twins) ; Nancy A., Ann M., Robert A., and Cornelius L. William died from the eSects of a wound received at the battle of Chickamauga ; was shot through the arm and body, the ball jjassing clear through him, after which he walked six miles and lay twenty-four hours without attention. Robert A., Jr. , born July 19, 1849, attended the high schools at Camp Point and Quincy ; has taught scliool for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Beckett's familj% save one, are members of the M. E. church. Own 200 acres of land in 47 -

Clayton and 100 in Camp Point, mostly improved, worth $40 per acre. Behrens H. F. farmer ; sec. 1 ; P. O. Keokuk Junction. Behrens XJ. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Keokuk Junction. Benhoff P. farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Clayton. Bennett Robert, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Clayton.