Adams County, Illinois - Biographical sketches, 1879 (part 7 of 16)

BEXl^ETT Z. F., farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Clayton ; was born in Adams Co., 111., Dec. 16, 1835. He is the son of Otha H. and Nancy (Ferguson) Bennett, the former a native of Virginia, the latter of Indiana. Mr. B. was reared on a farm, and has led a farmers life. He enlisted in the war as a member of Co. I. 119th 111. Inf., in August 1862; was promoted to Sergeant in October, 1862 ; was discharged in August 1865 ; married Nov. 30, 1865, to Sarah J. Marrett, who was born iii Adams Co., Jan. 24, 1846. They have one child: Lillian Fredonia, born Oct. 20, 1867. Mr. B. is a member of both Masonic and Odd Fellow's Orders. Wife is a member of the Christian church. They own 160 acres of improved land in Clayton township worth $45 per acre, and twenty acres timber in Concord township.

BliACK TKOMAS Physician; residence, Clayton ; was born in Tenn. June 1, 1825. He is the son of William and Maiy S. (Vaughn) Black ; father was a native of Georgia, mother of Virginia. He came to Illinois with his parents and settled in Morgan county in 1834, and read medicine and graduated from the medical department of the Universitj' of Louisville ; came to Clayton and began practice in the Spring ot 1849. In April of that year he married Martha F. Nance, of Linn. They have four children ; Mary Ellen (wife of Dr. Robt. Briggs), Martha F., Edwin T., and Joseph N. Dr. Black entered the United States service Sept. 1861, as Captain of Co. C. 3d Mo. Cav. ; was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the fall of 1862 ; had command of the regiment during the remainder of his term of service ; was mustered out in the fall of 1864. He was elected to the House of Representatives in the Illinois Legislature, on the Republican ticket, November 1870, and served with distinction; has been actively identified with the politics, and has been one of the recognized leaders of the Republican party in Adams county for a number of years. He has also been zealous in advancing the social and pecuniary interest of Claj-ton and vicinity. Is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow's Orders, and Eminent Commander of Delta Commandry. He and wife are members of the Christian church.

BRIGOS ROBERT, Physician ; residence, Clayton ; is the son of William and Sarah Ann (Brake) Briggs. His father was a native of North Carolina. His mother was born in Kentucky. He was born in Linn Co., Mo., Jan. 23, 1847. He removed with his parents to Brown Co., HI., in 1848 ; came to Clayton in 1866 and studied medicince with Dr. T. G. Black. He attended lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1868 and 1869, at which time he graduated from that institution. After practicing medicine five years he attended a course of lectures at Bellevue Hospital College, N. Y., from which he graduated in the spring of 1875, and resumed practice in Clayton. He married Mary E. Black, Dec. 6. 1870. They have one son : Willie E., born Aug. 9, 1872. He is a member of both Odd Fellow's and Masonic Orders, and also of the Adams County and Illinois State Medical Societies. Politics, Democrat.

BUSS GERD H., farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Keokuk Junction ; is the son of Henry G. and Gertie Buss, of Hanover, Germany. He was born in the same place, Oct. 22, 1830 ; came to America in the spring of '51, and settled in Clayton township, Adams county. 111. He was married to Alty Frauzen, July 3, 1852. She was born in Germany, Oct. 21,1828. Eight children : Henry, Harm, Anke, John, Richard, George, Gertie and Martha. He and wife are members of the Lutheran churcli. He owns 340 acres of well improved land (house cost §4,800), worth $60 per acre, and two houses and lots in Keokuk Junction, worth $1,200. He also has 350 acres in Kansas, on which he sowed 200 acres of wheat this year. He carried on merchandising, together with farming, from 1862 to 1866. He began life without a dollar. Makes a specialty of live cattle and ho2;s.

BrSS HEXRY J., farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Keokuk Junction; is the son of John G. and Jokke (Eilerts) Buss, of Hanover, German}', where the subject of this sketch was born, Dec. 15, 1847. He came with his parents to America in 1848, and settled on the farm where he now lives. He was married to Foolke Laathoff, March 29, 1869. She was born in German)', Aug. 8, 1848. Four children: John, bom Feb. 2, 1870; Hannah, born Sept. 9, '72; Catharine, born Aug. 16, '74 ; and Fanny, born Aug. 28, '70. He and wife are members of the Lutheran church. He owns ninety acres of land in Clayton township (eighty improved) worth $45 per acre.

CALX PH1I.IP, farmer; Sec. 9; P.O. Clayton; is the son of Philip Cain and Ruth (Mead) Cain, now living at Keokuk Junction. His father was born in Ohio. His mother in Marj^land. He was born in Adams county, 111., Feb. 9, 1850, and was brought up on a farm. March 8, 1872, he married Casanda Naylor. She was born in Korth Carolina. Have three children : Calvin L., born July 25, 1873 ; George E., born July 11, 1876 ; and Orpha, born Feb. 8, 1878. He removed to the farm where he now lives in the spring of 1861. He owns sixty acres (forty improved) in Clayton township, wortli $40 per acre.

CAMPBELL. JAMES, farmer; Sec. 21 : P. O. Clayton ; son of David ]\I. and Jane Campbell, of Kentucky; was born in Muhlcnburg county, Ky., June 16, 1826. The family came to Adams county. 111., in 1830, with all their eft'ects in a cart drawn by a yoke of three-year-old cattle ; settled on a farm two miles northwest from Clayton. His father erected the log cabin, 16x16, w ich was to be the future residence, and served as a hotel five years, in which many of the prominent men of Adams and adjoining counties were entertained by the hospitable Mrs. Campbell. In this house, during four weeks, while her husband was absent in Kentucky, in the fall of 1832, she made money enough to buy forty acres of land. They k'pt hotel in Claj^ton for five years.

soon after it was laid out, and then returned to the farm. Mr. C.'s opportunities for procuring an education in those pioneer days were very meager. The first district school he attended was in Brown county, to which he and his brother walked, five miles and back, each day. Married Elizabeth Bradney, Jan. 18, 1849. She was born in Ohio Oct. 26, 1829. Eleven children ; ten living: John S., Thomas A., Julia A., Allen D., Barbara E., Henrj' B., James E., Minnie J., and Charles O. Mr. C.'s father was the second man who settled in Clayton township. He is the oldest settler now living in it. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Both he and wife are members of the M. E. church, of Clayton. Owns 230 acres (220 well improved) in Clayton township, worth $50 per acre ; also 160 acres in Brown county. Mr. C. and brother went across the plains to California in 1850 ; remained two years ; while there he ran the first threshing machine in the San Jose valley, and laid brick on the walls of the first M. E. church erected in the valley.

CARJLIX WM., farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Camp Point; is the son of Josiah and Elizabeth Carlin, of Maryland. He was born in same State, Oct. 18 ,1837. He settled in Adams county. 111. in 1869. He was married Jan. 20, 1858, to Delilah Slade, of Maryland. Had four children : Elizabeth, John W., Thomas and George. Mrs. Carlin died Feb. 20, 1870. Mr. Carlm was married again Sept. 19, 1871, to Matilda Lyon, born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 20, 1840. They have two children: Harry and William. Mr. and Mrs. Carlin are members of the M. E. church; own ninety acres of land, mostly improved, in Claj'ton township, worth $40 per acre.

CARSTEXS OAKRETT, farmer; Sec. 9 ; P. O. Keokuk Junction ; was born in ' Germany, March 30, 1828; came to America and settled in Adams county, 111., in 1857 ; removed to where he now resides in 1868. He married Lucy Bauer, of Germany, Oct. 13, 1862. Have seven children : Anna, Minnie, Dick, Herman, John Gotlieb, William Christ and Paul Fredrick ; are both members of the Lutheran church. He served in the German army six years, and went through the war with Denmark. He is a Republican ;

COE JAMES BISSEIili, hardware and tinner ; jesidence, Clayton ; is the son of Henrj^ P. and Mary Ellen (Bissell) Coe. His grand parents on his father's side were Henry Coe and Sophronia Elmar, of Connecticut, in which State his father was born, Nov. 26, 1817. He came to Ohio in 1837, and from there to Illinois in 1842. He was a traveling salesman for a number of years. He located in Clajrton and embarked in the hardware and tin trade, in 1866, in which business he is now engaged. James B. was born in Concord township, Adams county. 111., June 25, 1853. He was educated in the schools of Clayton ; is a member of the Masonic Order, Lodge 147, Chapter 104, and Delta Commandery 53. He is also 1st Sergeant of the Clayton Guards; is at present in business with his father.

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teacher; residence, Clayton; is the sou of Richard and Elizabeth Colegate; both born in Pennsylvania. He was born in same State, April 3, 1851. He was educated at Juniatta Collegiate Institute, and chose the profession of teaching, in which he has been engaged for nine years; came to Clayton,, Adams county, 111., in 1872. He was elected principal of the schools in Clayton, in 1876, and filled that position for two years. He has been quite extensively engaged in holding Normal Institutes, in Brown and other counties. He married Emma L. Vanslavoren, Aug. 28, 1877, who was born Aug. 9, 1859, in Iowa. They have an infant son l Benjamin Vanslavoren, born June 15, 1878.. He and his wife are both members of the Presbyterian church. Connor C. C. wagon maker; P. O. Clayton. Connor Chas. wood worker; P. O, Clayton. Courtney Wm. farmer; P. O.Clayton. Cowan J. D. laborer; P. O. Clayton.

COX GEO. W., Physician ; residence, Clayton ; is the son of Charles and Rache 1 (Craig) Cox. His father was a native of Kentucky. His mother of Scott county, Ind.. He was born in Morgan county. III, July 4,

1843; removed with his parents to Haucock county in 1850 ; was educated at Keokuk, la. ; read medicine with Dr. D. L. McGugen of that place, and attended lectures at the Iowa State University of Medicine - now College of Physicians and Surgeons - graduated in 18G5. He began practice at Liberty, Adams county, 111., the same year; came to Clayton, in 1867. He married Mary V. Hessej', June 17, 1868, who was born in St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 7, 1845. Thej' have one child, Charles Hessey, born March 28, 1870. Dr. Cox is a Diember of the Masonic Order and of the A. O. U. W. Is medical examiner of the Masonic Eelief Association and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He and liis wife are both members of the Presbyterian church. Politics, Democrat.

CRAIG HEXRY C, farmer and laanker; residence, Claj-ton; born July 2, 1818, in Scott county, lud. His parents were John and Priscilla (Crafton) Craig, both of Kentucky. He removed with his parents to Adams county. 111., and settled in Liberty township, in 1829. They had only one neighbor on the east for twenty miles, and three on the west for the same distance. There was but one store in Quiucy, kept by a Mr. Anderson, in a log cabin 14x16 feet in size. Mr. Craig has always lived on a farm except the years 1867 and 1868, when he held the office of Sheriff, and resided in Quincy. He has also filled the office of Supervisor and other local offices for many years. He married Virginia Farmer, March 12, 1837. They have had twelve children, five living: Margaret A., Emily S., Lucinda N., Li/zie and Warren F. Mrs. Craig was "born in Alabama, Sept. 2, 1810. They removed to Clayton in 1869. Mr. Craig is a member of the Masonic Order. He started in life with no capital but a good head and willing hands, and now owns a joint interest in the Clayton bank and 500 acres of farming lands,

CURRY REX J. A., farmer and merchant ; residence, Clayton ; is the son of Thomas and Matilda (Murphy) Curry, both of Kentucky, and now living in Claj'tou. He was born in the same state. May 8, 1825 ; came to Illinois and settled in Claj-ton township, Adams count)', in 1837; has always farmed, and has been engaged a number of vears in general merchandising, also in the manufacture of scales for five years, from 1864 ; Avas al.so engaged in the wagon-making business two j-ears. He married Mary Ann Major, Oct. 10, 1850. She was from Ohio. She died in 1864, leaving three children : Malinda A., Dora A. and Mary Ellen. He married for hi.^ second wife, Lucy J. Hoskins, March 28, 1865. She was born in Ohio, Jan. 5, 1887. Thej- have three children: Edgar Thomas, Charles Samuel and Carrie Eva. He has held several local offices ; was Supervisor of Clayton for two terms; owns 520 acres of improved land in Clayton township, in all, 670 acres in Illinois. He started in life without any capital. He purchased his first piece of land in 1850; made a payment of $150, $75 of which he borrowed. He is one of the energetic and enterprising citizens of the township.

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farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Claj-ton; son of Thos and Malinda (^lurphy) Currj', of Kentucky now residents of Claj-ton. He was born in Jefl'erson county, K)-., Nov. 9, 1836 ; came with his parents to Adams county, 111., in the fall of 1837 ; married Elizabeth Bennett, May 26, 1859. She was born in Adams county, Oct. 24, 1837. They have ten children, all living: Charley T., born Feb. 20, I860; Benjamin A., July 25. 1861 ; William B., Feb. 28, 1803; Luella, June 14, 1864; James S. July 30, 1865 ; Laura, Nov. 10, 1867 ; Lorau O. Sept. 1-1, 1869; Efla, Aug. 6, 1871; Bertie, April 11, 1873, and Otha H., Oct. 19, 1875. Mr. Curry is a member of the I. O. O F. ; is sei-ving the third time as Road Commissioner; owns 147 acres of improved land in Clayton township, woitli .$50 per acre, anil twenty-one acres of timber in Concord township, worth .$15 per acre. Republican.

CURRA^ HEKRA" H., farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Clayton. He was born in Clayton township, Adams county. 111., July 8, 1841. He is the son of Thomas and Malinda (Murphy) Curry, natives of Kentucky, and now living in Clayton. He enlisted in the Union army. May 24, 1861, in Co. B, 16th Regt. 111. Inf.; served three years and was mustered out at Chattanooga, Tenn., June 11, 1864. Nov. 17, 1864, he married Elhi McMurry, who was born in Adams county, April 8, 1845. They have had five children, three living: George E., born Aug. 2, 1865; Clarence H., born March 13, 1870; Pauline, born Oct. 19, 1873 (died Dec. 29, 1874) ; Gujli., born Oct. 11, 1875: Granville B., born May 31, 1878 (died July 16, 1878). He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and both are members of the Christian church. They own 100 acres of improved land in Clayton township, of the old homestead (on which the skeleton of the old log house, built by Grandfather Curry in 1837, still stands), and forty acres of timber in Columbus township.

CURRY RICHARD S., farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Claj'ton. He is the son of Thomas and Malinda (Murphy) Curry, natives of Kentucky. He was born in the same state, Jan. 22, 1830. He came with his parents to Illinois, and settled in Clayton township, Adams county, in 1837, where he has since resided. He married Mary V. Booth, Sept. 1, 1853, who was born in Virginia, March 24, 1834 ; seven children, six living: Susanah J., born May 18, 1854; Anna M., born Jan. 12, 1858 (died Jan. 30, 1875); John M., born Dec. 7, 1861 ; Sarah E., born Oct. 14, 1863 ; Harriet M., born March 13, 1866; Lottie B., born Dec. 12, 1867, and Desdemona, born Sept. 3, 1874. Mr. Curry is a member of the I. 0.0. F. He and wife are members of the Christian church. He owns 165 acres of improved land in Clayton township, and twenty acres of timber land in Concord township. Cuiry Thos. retired farmer; P. O. Clayton.

CURRY \% II^IilAM M., farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Camp Point. He is the son of Daniel and Susan (Stafibrd) Curry, natives of Jefferson county, Ky. He was born in Oldham county of the same state, June 9, 1819 ; settled in Clayton township, Adams county. 111., in 1837. April 3, 1844, he married Elizabeth Curl, who was born in Kentucky, Feb. 17, 1824. They have ten children, eight living: Clara A., Susan C, Mildred E. (deceased), Daniel W., John T., Sarah M., Samuel W., Flora E. and Florence (twins), and Emma. Mr. and Mrs. Curry are members of the Christian church. He started in life without a dollar ; now he owns 500 acres in the home farm lying in Clayton, Camp Point, Columbus, and Concord townships, and eighty acres in another place in Columbus township. Mr. Curry is a great fancier of animals and birds ; has a fine deer park in which he has a half-score of those beautiful denizens of the forest, and until recently has kept some antelopes and buffalos. He has provided houses for birds and squirrels by scores among the trees on his farm, and knowingly will not permit any interference with their rights. His political views are Republican.

DAVIS DAVID A., druggist; residence, Clayton. He is the son of Washington J. and Nancy (Chipman) Davis; the father born in Virginia, the mother in North Carolina. He was born in Clayton township, Adams county, 111., Dec. 24, 1846; farmed all his life until he entered the drug business, in 1874. He married Sarah M. Merett, May 7, 1867. She was born at Naples, 111., Aug. 3, 1843. They have three children : Jennie C, Clara C, and Nancy Ella. Mr. Davis is a member of the I. O.

AMOS R., merchant; residence, Clayton ; is the son of E. C. and Elizabeth Downing ; father born in Virginia, mother in Indiana; both are living. Mr. Downing was born in Adams country, 111., JVIarch 15, 1850. He began merchandising in Camp Point in 1873, came to Clayton in 1874, and was engaged in milling business for three years, then- re-embarked in mercantile ])ursuits as a member of the firm of Oliver & Downing. He married Mary M. Oliver, Sept. 9, 1873. They have two children: Clarence O., born Dec. 17, 1874, and Oscar Julian, born Jan. 20, 1877. Mr. D. is a member of the Masonic order, and of the Commandry, and of the A. O. U. W., and the ver, Germany. He was born in same place, Dec. 25, 1850. He came with his parents to America and settled in Clayton township in 1851. They were the seventh family who settled in the German neighborhood of Claj-- ton and North East township. His parents ^vere married in 1848. Mr. E. has been engaged in the milling business from his boyhood. His father erected the mill known as the Custom Mill east of Keokuk Junction, propelled by wind power, with two run of stone, in 1854, which supplied a pressing need in the way of breadstuffs to the early settlers in that vicinity. Mv. E. Sr., returned to Germany in 1863, remained nine years, when he came back to America. He and the subject of this sketch erected the Prairie Mills immediately south of Keokuk Junction in 1873. They are propelled by wind power, have three run of stone, and grind from 200 bushels upwards. The immense fans which furnish the power have a capacity of fifty horse power, with a good strong breeze. Mr. E. was married* Nov. 5, 1873, to Mary Gembler, born in Texas, Dec. 14, 1854. Two children : Margret and John Jacob. He and wife are connected with the Lutheran church. He owns the Prairie mills, and forty acres of improved land in Clayton township.

F L A G G T.H O M A S P. , farmer ; Sec. 27; P. O. Clayton; was born in Marietta, Washington county, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1812. He is the son of James Flagg (a captain in the war of 1812) and Sarah Flagg. Mr. Flagg moved to Delaware county, Ohio, in 1851. He came to Clayton township in 1875. He married Sarah Comer for his first wife, who was also a native of Washiugton county, Ohio; had seven children, four living: George C, David li., Melville C, and EvaE. Mrs. Flagg died Sept. 5, 1864. He married again Aug. 24, 1865, to Caroline J. Jone.«, born in Worthingtou, Franklin county, Ohio, July 8, 1831. She was first married to Solomon Jones by whom she had two children, Aurie, and Carrie Jones. ^Ir. Jones was in the United States army at Arlington Heights June 11, 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Flagg have two children. Homer H., and Lucius C. S. ]\Ir. Flagg was for eight years engaged in the ferry business at IMcConnelsville, Ohio, and was agent for the C. C. C. & L Ry., twelve years, the rest of his life has been spent in farming ; are members of the Presbyterian church ; owns 120 acres < f land in Claj'ton town.ship, worth $50 per acre, thirtjtwo and a half acres in the corporate limits of Clayton, and a good house and three lots in the town.

FI.ESSXER HEXRY M., farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. KeokuK Junction; is the son of Minke and Antil Flessner. of Germany. He was born in that country, March 8, 1816; came to America and settled in Livingston county. 111., in 1868; removed to Clayton township, Adams county, in 1875. He was first married, in 1840, to Volke Berherend. Eight children: Antye, Gertie, Volke, Minkie, Gerd, Henry, Ventye, and Anna. His wife died in 1865. He married Icke (Gerdes) Buss, Jan. 2, 1875, who had been previously married to John Buss (deceased) in 1858, by whom she had seven children : Gerd, Elsecat.rine, Henry, John, Jennie, Weert, and Eilert. Mr. Flessner and wife are members of the Lutheran church. They own eighty acres of im])roved land, worth $40 per acre. Flynn Dennis, barber; P. O. Clayton.

FIjA'XX JOHX, baggage master at Clayton, for Wabash Ry. Co.; residence, Clayton ; is the son of James and Margaret (Sullivan) Flj'nu, natives of Ireland. They came to America early in life, and were married in Rhode Island, whence they removed to Illinois and settled in Brown county, where the subject of this sketch was born, Nov. 22, 1842. He lived on a farm till 1867 ; came to Clayton and engaged in the employ of the Wabash Ry. Co. in 1868, as trackman for eight years, since which time he has been baggage master. He was married June 26, 1869, to Anna Crummy, born in Ireland. They have four children: Mary Agnes, John J., Margaret E., and Catharine. Are members of the Catholic church. They own a house and lot in Clayton. His mother died in 1877 ; father still lives in Brown county. Foster Johnson, laborer; P. O. Clayton.

mer; Sec. 20; P. O. Clayton; is the son of Robert R. and Harriett Garner, Indiana. He was born in Clayton township, Adams county. 111., Oct. 5, 1855 ; has spent his life on a farm in the same county. Feb. 38, 1878, he married Samantha Summers McFarland. She was born in same county, Jan. 28, 1857. Mr. Garner's father died Sept. 17, 1875. His mother is still living in Clayton township. His wife is a member of the M. E. church. He owns eighty acres of improved land in Clayton township, worth $35 per acre. Garner Harriett, sec. 15; P. O. Clayton.

CJARXER JOHX M., farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Clajlon; was born in Adams county. 111., March 3, 1844. His parents were Robert R. and Harriet (Downing) Garner, natives of Indiana. He always lived on a farm in Clayton township, except five years, from 1870 to 1875, when he lived in Hancock county. Oct. 18, 1864, he married Ann M. Beckett, who was born in Adams county, May 17, 1844. She died Sept. 25, 1875, leaving three children, two of whom have since died. The living son is Edwin C, born Oct. 11, 1865. Mr. G. is a member of the Masonic Order, and of the M. E. church. He owns a farm of eighty acres in Hancock county, worth $3,000.

G-IIiBIRDlS H., roadmaster on the Wabash Railway ; residence, Clayton ; was l)orn in Yates county, IST. Y., May 2, 1834. He is the son of John and Sarah (Freelove) Gilbirds ; his father was a native of England, his mother of Vermont; both dead. In 1846 he removed to Michigan., where he remained one year; then returned to Monroe county, N. Y., lived there two years; then removed to Toledo, O., thence to Logan^port, Ind., thence to Lafayette, Ind., thence to Brown county. 111., in 1858, and finally settled in Claji^on, Adams county, in 1865. He has been engaged in railroading since 1853, on the same road, never missing a day from duty in twenty-five years. He now has charge of the Wabash road in all its branches, from Springfield, 111., west; in all 225 miles of main line and sixty-five miles of side track. Through his instrumentality a shoi> has been established at Clayton for sawing ofi!" defective parts of defective rails, and dressing up worn rails, by which many thousand dollars are saved to the Company yearly. He married Minerva J. Stiner, April 9, 1863. They have one child, Lulu, born in August, 1865. He is a member of the Masonic Order, of the Commandry, and the Knight Templars. He lives in one of the prettiest homes in Adams county, surrounded with birds, flowers and natural curiosities, mineral collections, etc.

GliASS OEORGE H., farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Clayton, (the son of Alfred E. and Lydia M. Glass, of Jefferson county, IN". Y.); was born in that county, Dec. 29, 1845 ; came with his parents to Schuyler county, 111., in 1861 ; after having lived three years in Mo., Mr. G. enlisted in Co. B., 7th Mo. Cavalry, in August, 1861 ; served one year; re-enlisted in the 78th Regt. 111. Inf., in January, 1864; was transferred in June, 1865, to the Veteran Inf. ; was taken prisoner at Independence, Mo., August 11, 1862; was exchanged immediately; was wounded - skull fractured by a piece of shell at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain; was mustered out July 17, 1865. He married Mary A Veach, of Adams county. 111., July 1, 1869. She died January 22, 1872, leaving two children, Wiley M. and James A. (dead). He married Rachel F. Billings, March 14, 1876. She was born in Schuyler county. 111., August 10, 1848; have one son, Fred Irwin, born Jan. 3, 1877. Both members of the First Presbyterian Church, in Clayton ; own forty acres of land in Sec. 33, a large portion of which is in orchard.

GRIFFITH SAMUEL., farmer; Sec. 7 ; P. O. Keokuk Junction, ; is the son of Jeff"erson and Cordelia (McGruder) Griffith, of jMaryland. He was born in the same state, July 4, 1832; came from there to Adams county, in the spring of 1857 ; settled on the farm where he now lives in the spring of 1865 ; was married, April 16, 1862, to Mary Jane Wallace, who was born in Adams county, August 22, 1839, died July

2, 1871, leaving two children, Elizabeth, born March 16, 1863, and Oliver, born November 3, 1868; Mr. G. is a member of the M. E. church. He owns 106 acres of land in Clayton township, ninety-five improved, worth if;40 per acre. Gro68 Henrietta, music teacher; P. O. Clayton.

HARBISOX JOHX C, conductor on the "Wabash Railway; residence, 01a}i;on; "was born in Monroe county, Ind., Nov. 8, 1845. He is the son of John C. and Elizabeth W. (Milieu) Harbison, natives of North Carolina. Mr. H. came to Adams county, 111., with his parents in 1855; began railroading in the employ of the F. W. & W., now the AVabash Railway, in 1860 ; has been a conductor on the same railroad since March 15, 1878. He was married Feb. 17, 1870, to Caroline Hughes, who was born in Adams county. 111., Feb. 5, 1853. They have two children: Clarance Ellsworth, born April 29, 1873, and John Oscar, boru Nov. 20, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. H. are both members of the M. E. church.

HARTMAX EDWARD, lumber merchant; residence, Clayton ; was born Dec. 12, 1837, in Hancock county, HI. He is the son of Peter and Elizabeth (Miller) Hartman, both born in Pennsylvania, but brought up in Ohio. They came to Hancock county, HI., in 1837, thence to Adams county, in 1889. He spent his early life on a farm, and after he attained his majority, farmed summers and taught school winters, for seven or eight years; thence came to Clayton and engaged in the lumber trade, in the spring of 1869, and now owns the only lumber yard in the place. April 9, 18G1, he married Sarah Rice, who was born in New York State, in 1834. He is a member of the Masonic Order, Lodge and Commandery, and is local correspondent for several newspapers. 3Irs. H. is a member of the M. E. church.

HAWES JOSEPH IV., agent for T. W. & W. R. R. at Clayton. He is the son of William and Sophia Hawes; both born in Massachusetts ; father is living in Providence, R. I.; mother died in 1854. Was born in Providence, R. I., May 4, 1852. He came West as a book-keeper for a grainshipping company, and settled at Tolouo, HI., in 1871; remained two years; thence to Decatur one year; then to Clayton in 1876; was educated in Providence. Mass.; was ca.shier at Decatur. The position he fills, being at the junction of two branches of the Wabash Railway, is an important one. Hazlett .John, merchant; P. O Clayton.

HAZEETT JAIIES, general merchandise and agricultural implements, residence Clayton. His parents were John and Charlotte (Davis) Hazlett, born in County Down, Ireland. 3Ir. H. was born in same place July 4, 1829. He came to United States in 1849 ; lived in New York city till 1855, when he came West and settled in Clayton, Adams Count)', 111., Nov. 10, 1855. He worked at the mason trade for eight years, then bought and shipped grain for ten years, and finally embarked in general mercantile business in ^larch, 1874. Oct. 10, 1852, he married Elizabeth Rankin, who was born in Ireland in 1830; Ihey have seven children: Martha, Mary Lovena, Elizabeth C, William J., Thomas G., Anna P., and Charles G. He is a Knight Templar in the Masonic Order, and he and wife are connected with the Presbyterian church; politics. Republican. He came to Clayton with $13.50; his last invoice was $35,000.

HEXICKA HEXBY, farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Keokuk Junction. He is the son of Carl and Catharine (Hirk) Henicka, of Germany. He was born in Adams county, 111., April 19, 1852. and was married Oct. 13, 1873, to Trinka Shem, boru in Adams county. They have two children, Carl and Catharine. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Lutheran church. They have lived on the farm of eighty acres, where they now reside, since 1873.

Nov. 28, 1814. (His parents were Leonard and Barbara Hoke, natives of Pennsj^lvania.) He settled in Adams county, III., in March, - 1844. He has always " been a sort of a farmer." Nov. 23, 1840, he married Eunice Welsh, of Kentucky. They have had three children : Mary C, born Aug. 31, 1842 (died Oct. 14, 1869) ; Robert W., born Nov. 12, 1846; Leonard G., born Aug. 13, 1848; a grand-daughter, living with them (child of Mary C), who was born May 18, 1869. Mr. H. and wife are both members of the Christian church. They own forty acres in the home place, and 125 in Columbus and Camp Point townships.

HOKE I.EOXARD CJ., farmer; Sec. 31 ; P. O. Camp Point; (son of John A. and Eunice Hoke, of Jefferson county, Ky.) ; was born in Adams county. 111., Aug. 12, 1848 ; married Alice B. Funk, Dec. 10, 1874. She was born in Jefferson county, Ky., Dec. 11,1852. Have three children : Minnie E., born Nov. 14, 1876; Walter A. and Warren H. (twins), born Dec. 10, 1877. The twins were exhibited at the Quincy Fair Exposition in September, 1878, in competition with others from various parts, and drew a prize of $40 in gold, as the handsomest twin babies. He has spent all his life on a farm. They are members of the Christian church. He owns 150 acres of improved laud in Clayton township, valued at |40 per acre; eighty acres pasture and timber in Concord, worth $25 per acre, and 100 acres in Columbus township, worth $20 per acre. Hopper H. B. farmer; sec. .36; P. O. Clayton.

HOUGH DAYTO:Sf E., engineer on the Wabash Railway; residence, Clayton; (is the son of Josiah and Laura Hough, natives of Connecticut). He was born near New Haven, in that State, June 18, 1837. He left there July 4, 1859 ; came west, and settled in Springfield for a short time ; then went to Joliet in the employ of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company; thence to Marshall, Mich., and ran on the Michigan Central Railroad for three years. He also ran on the Rockford and Rock Island Road for three years, and has been on the Wabash Road for over three years. He has had charge of an engine since July 4, 1861. He married first in November, 1860, to Aramenta Johnson, of Joliet, 111. They had two children: Frank, born Oct. 25, 1862;

Gilbert, born Feb. 10, 1868. He married Lelia Ransom, Nov. 30, 1873. She was born in New York State, Dec. 11, 1849. They have two children : Ella B., born April 30, 1875, and Arthur, born Sept. 30, 1877. Mr. H. is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

HOUGH GEORGE R., conductor on the Wabash Railway; residence, Clayton; was born near New Haven, Conn., March 19, 1835. He is the son of Josiah M. and Laura Hough, natives of Connecticut, and both now deceased. Mr. Hough came to Illinois, and settled in Springfield, in 1857. He began railroading as fireman, on the N. Y. »fc N. H. R. R., in 1851 ; engaged in the employ of the Wabash Railway Company immediately after coming west, and has continued on the same road since. He ran an engine on the road for nearly twenty years; changed ofi to passenger conductor in March, 1878. He married Georgianna Pringle, March 21, 1858. She was born in Ohio, Jan. 22, 1837. Is a member of the Presbj-terian church. They have seven children : Laura E., Sophia M., John E., Charles R., Nettie E., Harry H., and Maggie L. Mr. Hough is a member of the Masonic Order, and of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He has run a passenger train for seventeen years, and has never been the means of drawing a drop of blood from a passenger.

farmer; Sec. 25; P.O. Clayton; is the son of John and Sarah Ann (Warner) Howard, the former born in North Carolina, the latter in Virginia. Mr. Howard was born in IVIissouri, June 2, 1842; came with his parents, and settled in Hancock county. 111., in 1849. He came to Adams county in 1866. He enlisted July 14, 1862, in Co. D, 78th Regt. 111. Inf. ; was promoted to Corporal ; was wounded in the chin, by a buck-shot, in the battle of Chickamauga ; was mustered out at Nashville, May 29, 1865 ; was married Feb. 15, 1866, to Ann Hartman, who was born in Adams count}'. 111., Sept. 18, 1843. They have six children, three living : Joseph L., born Nov. 18, 1867 ; Peter H., born Oct. 26, 1868, and Edmond, born Nov. 10, 1875. Mr. Howard owns forty-five acres of improved land, in Clayton township, worth $40 per

IR^Vi:^ S. MILTOX, Superintendent Clayton schools; residence, Clayton ; was born in 01iio,^eb. 2G, 1845. He is the son of Wesley and Mary J. (Boon) Irwin. His father was a native of Ohio, and his mother of Pennsylvania. Mr. Irwin has been engaged in teaching most of the time since 1866. He came to Illinois, and settled in Clayton, March 12, 1807, since which time he has taught eighteen terms in the State. He married Susan Ross, Jan. 13, 1865, who was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 13, 1848. They have one child, Ora, born June 30, 1873. - Mr. Irwin is 3d Lieutenant of the Clayton Guards, known as Co. I, 8th Regt., I. N. G.

KERN JACOB R., Constable; residence, Clayton; son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Smith) Kern; natives of Pennsylvania; was born in Monongehala county. West Va., March 16, 1828. He came to Quincy, Adams county. 111., in 1840, and to Clayton, in 1871; has been a farmer all his life, until 1873, since which time he has held the office of Constable in Clayton. Dec. 24, 1850, he married Sarah E. Kirkpatrick, who was born in Sangamon county, 111., Oct. 10, 1838; came to Adams county when two years old. They have no living children. Mr. Kern is a member of the I. O. O. F., and of the A. O. U. W. He and his wife are both members of the M. E. church. Politics, Greenback Republicau. His mother is still living, 78 years of age. Kirkpatrick James; sec, 34; P. O. Clayton. Kirkpatrick Mary, sec. 25; P. O. Clayton, Kirkpatrick M. B. farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Clayton.

in same county, Jan. 12, 1837. He came to America in 1857 via New Orleans to Quincy: settled in Pike county. 111., for three years; thence to Iowa, one year; thence to Hancock county, 111., one year; thence to Quincy till 186!), when he came to Clayton. He learned the cooper's trade in Germany, and has always followed it. April 33, 1861, he married Caroline Greiser, born in Baltimore, Md., June 14, 1836. They have si-x; children : Charlie, Harry C, Louisa, Leonard L., Elmar E., and an infant son. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and of the A. O. U. W. Owns forty acres of land in Ellington township, and lot, house and shop in Clayton, in which he employs five men.

liACKEY THOMAS, retired farmer, Clayton. He is the son of John and Susan Lackey, of Washington county, Pa., and was born in that countj', Oct. 32, 1800. He came with his parents to Ross county, Ohio, when eight years of age ; and from there to county. 111 , in 1833. After living there ten j-ears, thej* removed to Brown county; thence to Clayton, Adams county, in 1874. Mr. Lackej' has been a farmer ail his life. April 18, 1833, he married Elizabeth Meritt, who was born ilay 11, 1801. The)^ have three living children : Abel M. (in Clayton) ; William R. (in Kansas); and 3Iaiy Ellen Hayes (in Nebraska). They had eleven children in all. His wife died Aug. 38, 1871. Mr. Lackey is a meml)erof the Presbyteria;i church. Politics, Republican.

proprietor Adams House, Clayton; was l)orn near Montreal, Canada, Dec. 39, 1824; and is the son of John B. and Margret E., (Prudou) ; Le Sage, of Canada East. He came to the United States in 1839, and to Quincy, Adams county, 111., in 1849. He enlisted as a Regular in the United States army in 1841, and after serving five years^ re-enlisted, and went through the war with

Mexico, during which he received several slight wounds. He settled in Adams county, in 1862. In August, 1862, he went into the United States army as Captain of Co. A, of the 101st Regt. 111. Inf ; was promoted to Colonel of the same regiment in the spring of 1864, and mustered out in July, i860; married Amanda Brown April 14, 1851, who was born in 111., in April, 1881. They have two children : Nellie and Ora. Mr. Le Sage was engaged in steamboating from 1852 to 1859; has kept hotel in Clayton since 1865.

TESTER JOHX ^Y,, telegraph operator; residence Clayton; is tlie son of George W. Lester, Sr., and Elizabeth (Hart) Lester, both born in Kentucky, and now living in Clayton. John was born in Adams county. III., March 1, 1851, and has always lived in the county. He came to Clayton Feb. 1, 1874; began telegraphing m 1867, has been the operator for the Wabash Railway company, at Clayton, for five years; married Miss I.izzie R. Craig, daughter of N. C. and Y. C. Craig, Jan. 12, 1879, at the M. E. church in Clayton. He is a member of the Masons, the I. O. O. F., and the Druids; and also of the Masonic Relief Association of Clayton, and of the Iowa Masonic Relief Association at Keokuk.

LEWIS WII^IilAM M., farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Camp Point; is the son of Henry M. and Sarah (Kellej^) Lewis, natives of Kentuckj". He was born iu Clayton town.ship, Adams Co., 111., July 23, 1851 ; was reared on a farm. He married, Dec. 27, 1876, Mar}' A. Mills, who was born in Kj'., Oct. 4, 1857. They have one child, Herbert H., born Oct. 22, 1877. ]Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are members of the Christian church. His parents are living in Clayton township. He owns eighty acres of laud (sixty improved) in Clayton township worth $45 per acre, and twent3"-four acres of timber land in Columbus township, worth .$10 per acre.

I.1TTEE JOHXi^T. miller; residence, Clayton ; was born iu Adams Co. 111. Sept. 18, 1849. His parents were Joseph and Mary Little, the former of Pennsylvania, the latter of Kentucky. Mr. L. began the milling business iu Camp Point in 1869; came to Clayton in March, 1865, since which time he has had charge of the large mill there. He married Josephine Mathews, Mar. 24, 1870. She was born in Missouri, Feb. 3, 1850 He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the A. O. U. W. Both he and wife are members of the Cliristian church. His father resides at Camp Point. Logue John, farmer;'8ec. -W; P. O. Clayton.

I.OGUE JOHX C, farmer; residence, Clayton. His father was a native ot Pickaway Co., Ohio, and his mother, Elizabeth (Mahan) Logue, was a native of Brook Co., West Virginia, in which county he was born, Feb. 17, 1842. He came from there to Clayton, Adams Co., 111., in 1855, where he has since lived. His only educational advantages were such as the district schools afford. He entered the United States army in the war of the Rebellion, as a private in Co. T. 84th Regt. 111. Inf., in August, 1862; was promoted to Corporal before going to the front; to 4th Sergeant in November of that year ; to 2nd Lieutenant, in Feb. 1863, and to 1st Lieutenant in March. He resigned from disability iu Dec. 1863. He married Francina Campbell, Dec. 17, 1867. She was born in Prebel Co., Ohio, Dec. 20, 1845. They have four children : Jessie W., Mary C, Wilbur C, and Laura Belle. He has held the office of Town Trustee, was Chairman of that Board, and was the Greenback candidate for Representative to the Illinois Legislature. He and wife are both members of the Baptist church, and he is a member of the Masonic Order and of the A. O. U. W. He lives in a residence that cost* $5,000, and owns twenty acres iu the corporation of Claj'ton. Logue Wm. farmer; sec 26.

liOGUE IVIIililAM M., farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Clayton; is the son of John and Elizabeth (Mahan) Logue, of West Virginia. He was born in that state, July 8, 1839 ; came with his parents to Illinois and settled iu Adams^ county in 1855. He was married Oct. 17, 1861, to Harriet E. Davis; born in Illinois, Jan. 6, 1844. Five children, four living; Curren E., born Aug. 31, 1862; Julia v., born Jan. 11, 1865 (deceased) ; Nannie C, born Oct. 8, 1867, William C, born Feb. 25, 1869, and Lizzie, born July 25, 1870. Mr. L. is a member of the A. O. U. W , and both he and wife are members of the Baptist church e has an interest in his father's estate of 560 acres (486 improved) in Clayton township, and 100 in Brown county. He ow-ns forty acres in Clayton township. He is one of two brothers now living of a family of eight children, five of whom died in the mouths of April and May in 1855, and one in November, 18G0. His father, now living with him on the homestead, was born Dec. 25, 1810. His mother was born March 7, 1816; died March 16, 1875. They were married March 8, 1888. Long J. b. farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Clayton. Loyd E. carpenter; P. O, Clayton.

liUKEU JOHN C, proprietor Hampton House, Clayton: son of William C. and Maiy (Shrader) Luker; the father born in New York, the mother in Pennsylvania. He was born in Alleghany Co., Penn., March 5, 1818 ; moved to Ohio in 1833, to Missouri in 1876, and to Clayton, Adams Co., Ill in 1878. For many years he conducted a chair manufactory in New Concord, Muskingum Co., Ohio ; went on a farm in 1848; removed to Hocking Co., Ohio, in 1850 ; thence to Knox Co , Mo. Has been in the hotel business six years. He married Caroline E. White, Nov. 3, 1843, who was born in the State of Delaware, in 1823. They have two living children: Joseph Henry and Mamie (Luker) Sells. He and wife are both members of the Presbyterian church. Politics, Republican. Lung J . B. retired ; P. 0.;Clayton.

JOHN D., farmer and breeder of Durham cattle; Sec. 34; P.O. Clayton; son of John and Martha McCoy, both of Kentucky. They came to Hlinois and settled in Concord township, Adams county, in 1833. Mr. McCoy Avas born in that township, March 13, 1844; removed to Brown county in 1873 ; remained there until farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Clayton; is the son of George and Elizabeth (Waller) ]\IcMurray, natives of Kentucky. He was born in Clayton township, Adams county, 111., on the farm where he now* resides, Oct. 30, 1851 ; was reared a farmer, and has made that the occupation of his life. He married, Feb. 13, 1873, Mattie Carter, who was born in North Carolina Oct. 6, 1855. They have two children : Freddie M., born Jan. 15, 1874, and Roy, born June 20, 1877. Mr. McMurray owns 100 acres of the old homestead, lying in section 23, Clayton township, worth $40 per acre. McMurray J. H. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Clayton.

farmer: Sec. 55; P.O. Clayton; was born in Alton, 111., Dec. 6, 1840. His parents were Wilson Smith McMurry and George Ann (Parish) McMurry, natives of Kentucky. His father, who was an itinerant minister in the M. E. church, died in 1851. Mr. Mc- Murry came to Clajnon township in August, 1851 ; went to Hancock county in 1868, when he returned to Clayton township. He enlisted in Co. L, 2d Regt. 111. Cav., July 12, 1861 ; went in as a private and was promoted to Sergeant. He served in the Army of the Tennessee; was mustered out, Aug. 13, 1864. He was married, March 13, 1867, to Sarah A. Cromwell, who w'as born in Kentucky,

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Dec. 26, 1843. Two children : Bertha, born May 21, 1869 ; Leona, born Aug. 37, 1873. He and wife are members of the M. E. church. He owns eighty-flve acres of improved land in Clayton township, worth $40 per acre ; also twenty of timber in Brown county.

MAOXER JOHN, section foreman on Wabash Railway; residence, Claj^- ton. He is the son of Thomas and Nancy (CNeil) Magner, of Ireland. He was born in the same country, Dec. 26, 1819; came to America in 1847 ; spent six months in Massachusetts, and then went to Maine, where he remained till the spring of 1849; came to Cincinnati, Ohio ; engaged in railroading for the C, H. & D. R. R. Co. for three years, and was in the employ of the O. & M. R. R. for four years on construction, and one year as section foreman. He came to Illinois in June, 1857; engaged as track-layer on -nhat is now the Wabash Railwaj', on which road he has been employed chiefly since. He has been in his present position since the 21st of Maj', 1863. He was married April 30, 18.51, to Bridget Begley, of Ireland. Five children : Thomas W., Mary Ann, James B., Catharine and Margaret. Are members of the Catholic church. He owns a house and one-half acre of land in Clayton. He was a member of the Constabulary Corps, a police organization for the protection of society, in Ireland, for three years.

3IIIiL.EK JACOB, wagon manufacturer; residence, Clayton. His parents Avere John and Elizabeth Miller, of Saxony, Germany. He was born in the same placci

June 1, 1839; came to America in 1848; settled in Baltimore, Md., one year; removed to Summersett county. Pa., one year, and thence to Quincy, 111., in 1852; from there to Brown county in 1856 ; thence to Clayton in 1858. He has followed this business all his life. Married Catharine Faust, April 23, 1852, who died in 1868, leaving three children : Henry, Louisa and Emma. He married Catharine Fraelisch in the fall of 1869. They have one child, Jennie. His first wife was born in Peunsjivania, Feb. 22, 1834. Mr. Miller is a member of the 1. O. O. F., and of the benefit association of that order. He started business with five dollars, and is now worth over $10,000; is Town Trustee.

MIIiliER JAMES A., farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Clayton. He is the son of John N. and Elanor (McClain) Miller. He was born in ]\Iarion county, Va., Sept. 24, 1841 ; came with his parents to Adams county. 111., in 1855, and settled in Clayton township in 1866. He enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, in Co. B, 78th Regl. 111. Inf , as private; was promoted to Corporal ; taken prisoner atMulden's Hill, Ky., by John Morgan, but was at once paroled; discharged June 21, 1865. He was married March 4, 1869, to Jane Lierle. She was born in Adams county, July 14, 1848. They have four children: John W., born Dec. 9, 1869 ; Leona C, born Sept. 29, 1871; Alberta, born Aug. 36, 1873, and James L., born Dec. 39, 1875. He owns .seventyfive acres of improved land, worth $40, per acre. He makes a specialty of breeding Poland China hogs.

MIIiliER JOHN, farmer; Sec. 39; P. O. Camp Point; son of Nathan and Elenor Miller; was born in Miami county, Ohio, Aug. 4, 1835 ; came to Adams county and settled in Clayton township in 1863 ; married Martha Wilson, Dec. 24, 1857. She was born in Ohio, Oct. 7, 1836 ; four children : three living; William Howard, Moultou Edwin, Franklin Alva; own eighty acres in Clayton, ' all improved, worth $50 per acre ; seventeen acres of timber in Concord townshij). Republican in politics.

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son of Daniel and Julia (Malian) Montgomery. His father was born in Pennsylvania, mother in Baltimore, Md. JMr. Montgomery Avas born in Brook county, W. Va., Feb. 24. 1841 ; came from there to Clayton, Adams county. 111., in 18G5; engaged in the dry goods trade till 1867, when he changed to the drug business. In 1877 he in company with Mr. Craig, embarked in the banking business and continues in both. December 27, 1871, he married Laura A. Nance, born in Kentucky, in 1850. They have one son, Flint, so named by his grandfather, for Dr. Flint of Louisville, Ky. Mr. Montgomery is a member of the Second Advent church, of the I. O. O. F., and the order of A. O. U. W. Politics, Democratic.

real estate and loan agency; Clayton; was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, Dec. 15, 1829. He is the son of William and Jane (Patterson) Montgomery, both born in Ireland. He came with his parents to Brown county 111., in 1840. He was brought up on a farm and followed it till 1850. Mr. Montgomery removed from Mt. Sterling to Clayton in 1845. In 1850 he engaged in a general merchandising business, and also dealt in live stock, and did something in the milling business. He and two other men purchased the woolen mill then in operation in Clayton, and conducted it for two years, at the end of which time it was destroj-ed by fire in 1873. Mr. Montgomery abandoned the mercantile business in 1866, and since then has a real estate and loan agency in Adams and adjoining coimties. September 18, 1855, he married Roxana Chapman, who was born in Clayton, xVdams county, 111., Sept. 37, 1837. They have three children living: Addie J., born Sept. 8, 1858, Mary Elva, born July 2, 1862, and William Elmar, born July 8, 1874; Emerj' B., Avas born Oct. 4, 1856, died July 31, 1873. Mr. Montgomery is a member of the Independent Order ox Odd Fellovfs, and he and wife are connected with the M. E. church. He owns a farm of 100 acres in Brown county, and a fine property in Clayton.

23, 1815. He is the son of Joshua and Thankful (Smith) Morey. His father was a native of New York, his mother of Connecticut. Mr. Morey was educated at Lewis county Seminary, New York. He came to Illinois and settled in Adams county, in 1838. He followed teaching for eight yeius after locating in the Avest, then farmed for two years. He was elected deputy surveyor which office he filled for a number of years. He was married March 30, 1843, to Jane A. Wallace, born in Garrard county, Ky., Jan. 8, 1817 ; came with her parents to Adams county. 111., in 1835, when there was oulj' one house in Clayton. Mr. Morey has held every local office in the gift of the people, and has filled from one to three offices ever since. He was examiner of teachers in this part of the county for a number of years ; was Deputy Provost Marshal during the rebellion ; has been Magistrate for fourteen years; is now Township Treasurer; member of the Masonic Order; Republican in politics. His wife is a member of the United Presbyterian Church. He owns fort}^ acres of land half of which lies in the town of Clayton, and a good house which cost $4,000-

NEWHOUSE SAMITEL-, farmer; Sec. 21 ; P. O. Claj'ton ; is the son of John and ]\Iary Newhouse, Ohio. He was born in Delaware county, Ohio, May 1, 1835. He came to Illinois in the fall ol 1866, and set^ tied m Clayton township in the spring of 1867. He enlisted in the one hundred days' service in Co. C. 145th Regt. Ohio Inf., and was discharged at the expiration of three months., Oct. 27, 1859. He married Nancy , Newhouse, who was also born in Ohio, Sept. 17, 1839. They have had nine children, seven living: Olive M., Ann Virginia, (dead) George, (dead) Frank M., Arthur N., John C , Bertice W., and Mary F. ; both members of the M. E. church. They own 100 acres in the home farm worth $45 per acre, and 80 acres in Sec. 22, worth $35 per acre.

same State, March 23, 1820; came west, and settled iu Clayton township in 1851, He was married April 10, 1845, to Mary J. Farmer. She was born in Indiana, Nov. 30, 1823. Have two children living: Alexander, born March 5, 1850, and Anna, born Aug. 22, 1853 ; two dead : William, born Jan. 21, 1846, died Feb. 27, 1857 ; Elizabeth, born April 24, 1857; died Aug. 13, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. O. are members of the M. E. church ; began life with no capital but willing hands, now owns 200 acres of land in Clayton township.

OMER PETER, farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Clayton ; was born in Jefterson county, Ky., March 25, 1822. He is the son of Peter and Rebecca Omer; the former born in Pennsylvania, the latter born in Maryland. Mr. O. came to Illinois, and settled in Adams county, in 1847; married Barbara Hoke, of Kentucky, in 1847. She died in 1852, leav. ing one son, John Irwin; married Sarah Ann Marsh in 1854. The}*'had eight children, five living : Charles H., Sarah J., William E., Arthur M., and AnnaE. His second wife died in August, 1876. He married Julia C. Wilson, April 4, 1878, who was born in Keokuk, Iowa, in August, 1848. They are members of the M. E. church. He owns 320 acres of land, all in Clayton township. Sec. 34; also twenty acres of timber land in Concord township.

OSTERMAW JOH5f, farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Keokuk Junction. His parents were Habbo and Gracie Osterman, of Germany, now living in Northeast township. Mr. Osterman was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1842 ; came to America, and settled in Adams county, 1855; was married in December, 1868, to Anna Woid, born also in Germany, in 1847. They have five children : Habbo, William, Grecan, Hattie, and John. He and wife are members of the Lutheran church. He owns 108 acres of improved land in Clayton township, worth $40 per acre ; has lived on the farm he now owns, since 1874.

POTTER JOHN W., mail agent on the Wabash Railway ; residence, Clayton ; is a descendant from English parentage. His paternal ancestry have held official positions in every war waged in the North American Continent. His parents were William and Olive (Wortmau) Potter; the former was born iu Nova Scotia, and the latter in England; both were reared near Eastport, Maine. He was born while they were on a visit m New Brunswick, May 26, 1821. His early life was spent in Massachusetts, where he was educated. He was employed for a time in a bank, afterward learned book-binding; followed it for a number of years ; came west, and settled in Mendon, in 1851, where he devoted some attention to the study of law ; afterward decided to enter the medical profession ; read with Dr. Mason, of Mendon ; began practice in Camden, Schuyler county ; married Julia Plunkett, of same county. She was born Sept. 28, 1833. They have two children: Edgar S., born June 1, 1857, and John W. Jr., born May 29, 1859. Dr. P. enlisted Sept. 11, 1861, as private in Co. B, 3d Regt. Mo. Cav.; was appointed Provost Marshal, afterward Adjutant, and finally transferred to the medical department; was mustered out June, 1865; settled in Clayton, in 1867. Soon after bought the Clayton Standard, which he published a year; sold it to T. J. Mitchell, and entered the Postal service Dec. 17, 1869. He owns a house and seven acres of land in Clayton.

REATH HEK'RY, proprietor Clayton House, Clayton; is the son of Henry and Catherine Reath, both born in German}' ; father died in 1840 and mother in 1843. He was born in same country, May 15, 1834; came to America, with his parents, in 1838, and settled in Louisville, Ky. ; removed to Indiana, in 1841, thence to Jacksonville, 111., in 1866. He enlisted as a private in the United States army in the war of the Rebellion, in Co. I, 120th Regt. Ind. Inf , in September, 1863 ; was promoted to 2d Lieutenant in the fall of 1863 ; resigned from disability in thefallof 1864. He has worked at the harness trade since he was sixteen years old ; came from Mount Ster- ling, Brown county, to Clayton, in the summer of 1878; married Miss Sarah Smith, April 8, 1857. She was born in Orange county, Ind., Nov. 3, 1839. They have five children: Ida, Josephine, Gertrude, Catherine, and Frederick. Mr. Reath is a member of the I. O. O. F., and they are both connected with the the M. E. church. Politics, Republican.

SMITH DAl^IEL. W., farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Clayton; is the son of Ratcliff and Nancy (Dorset) Smith, of North Carolina. He was born in the same state, and came to Adams county. 111., in the fall of 1849; removed to Missouri in 1866, where he lived till 1873. He returned to Adams county, Feb. 20, 1855. He married Miss Susan E. Hinson, who was also born in North Carolina. They have had three children, one living, Emery, born Dec. 1, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are connected with the Presbyterian church. They own 100 acres of laud in Clayton towTisliip, fifty of which is improved.

SMITH THOMAS C, farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Clayton; is the son of James and Mary (Curry) Smith, natives of Kentucky. He was born in Adams county. 111., Sept. 26, 1845 ; has spent his life on a farm. He enlisted in the Union ami}-, iu Co. B, 137th Regt. 111. Inf. - hundred-day service - May 25, 1863 ; went out as a Corporal ; was promoted, to Sergeant; was mustered out in October of the same year ; Dec. 14, 1865, he married Miss ]\Iary A. Foster, who was born in Kentucky, Sept. 23, 1845. They have tw<j children, Elmer Ellsworth and Elnora. Mr. Smith is a member of the I. O. O. F., and his wife of the Christian church. He is Republican. Smith Wm. B. ex-messenger; P. O. Clayton.

STAKER ^VILIilAM, general insurance agent; residence, Clayton; was born in Loughborrow county, Canada, Feb. 37, 1832. His parents, C. R. Staker, and Elizabeth J. (Boyce) Staker, were natives of the same place. They removed to Morgan county, 111., in 1836. Mr. Smith learned the carpenter trade, and divided his attention between that and farming, prior to 1865. He married Miss P. A. Davison, June 1, 1855. He was born in Clermont county, Ohio, xVug. 20, 1836. Their union has resulted in three children: James L., Mary Adda M., and Hattie Gertrude. They removed to Adams county, and settled in Beverly one season; then came to Clayton, in December, 1865. In April, 1871, they removed to Mound Station, where they remained until 1873, when they returned to Clayton. Mr. Smith is a member of the I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W. He and his wife are members of the Christian church. They own a residence and eight acres of land, in Clayton, and thirty-seven acres in Concord township.

STE^VART EXOS F., stock dealer, residence Clayton ; son of Martin and Sarah (Thompson) Stewart, both of Athens, Ohio; was born in Adams county, 111., March 20, 1840 ; since the age of twenty he has been engaged in buying and shipping live stock. When the war of the Rebellion broke out he enlisted, in April, 1861, as a private in Co. B., 16th Regt. 111. Inf., and was mustered out in July, 1865. March 13, 1830, he married Ella Powell. He is a member of the Order of Good Templars, and in politics is Republican.

Stout Mrs. Catherote

P. O. Claj^ton; widow of William Stout, who was born Jan. 27, 1825, in Kentuckj-, and died in Clayton township March 14, 1877. Mrs. Stout is the daughter of Peter and Rebecca (Hawes) Omer, and was born in Kentucky, Nov, 14, 1829. They were married Sept. 25, 1851 ; came to Illinois and settled in Adams County in 1854. They had nine children, seven living: John K, Eliza C, Sarah E., Mary F., William P., Oliver 8., and Florence F. Mrs. Stout owns ten acres of improved land, with house and other buildings, on Sec. 34, in Clayton township. She is a member of the Christian church.

SWOPE A1.BERT F., farmer; Sec. 28 ; P. O. Clayton ; was born in Shelby County, Ky., March 10, 1819. He is the son of Michael and Jane (Ringo) Swope. Mr. Swope came west and settled in Indiana in / 1839 ; remained till 1857, when he removed to Clayton township; Sept. 20, 1842, he married Caroline T. Sullivan, who was born in Jefferson County, Ind., July 15, 1825. Seven children, five living: John M., Susan J. (dead), Mary E. (dead), Michael, Homer M., William A., and Charlotte E. Mr. Swope is a member of the Masonic Order, Commandry and Knight Templars ; is Master Overseer in the Chapter and Swordbearer in the Commandry. He and wife are connected with the Presbyterian church. They own 274 acres of finely improved land in Clayton township, worth $65 per acre, a house costing over f5,000, and forty-three acres of timber in Columbus township, worth $20 per acre. Swope John, farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Clayton.

THOMAS Elil R., farmer; Sec. 18; P. 0. Keokuk Junction; was born in Clark county, Ind., Aug. 15, 1835. His parents were Josiah and Mary Thomas, the father born in Virginia, the mother in Kentucky. Mr. Thomas came to Illinois and settled in Adams county in the spring of 1850. May 29, 1861, he married Mary A. Beckett, who was born in Adams county, Jan. 26, 1840. Have three children: Ida May, boi-n Feb. 26, 1864; Curtis M., born June 3, 1868; and Joseph Lorm, born Nov. 23, 1872. He and wife are members of the M. E. church; own eighty acres of improved land in Clayton township, worth $40 per acre, and twenty acres of timber in Camp Point township, worth $30 per acre.

IVAliliACE IIASOX B., farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Keokuk Junction; is the son of William M. and Elizabeth (Reed) Wallace, of Kentucky. He was born in Clayton township Oct. 3, 1844; has always lived on the farm where he was born. He was married, March 7, 1872, to Angeline Wallace Turner, born in Concord township Oct. 2, 1844. Mr. Wallace has always followed farming. He is a member of the Anti- Horse-thief Association at Camp Point. He and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church. He owns 140 acres of land in Clayton township, and seventy-one acres in Camp Point township (120 improved) , worth $40 per acre.

WAIil^ACE ORIC^EK, farmer and breeder of blooded stock; Sec. 34; P. O. Clayton; was born in Garrard county, Ky., Dec. 31, 1817. His parents were Allen and Ann Wallace, the former born in Virginia, the latter in Kentucky. His mother's father served seven years in the Revolutionary War. He came to Illinois and settled on the farm where he now lives, in 1851. He married Nancy Weir, Sept. 13, 1853. She was born in South Carolina, Dec. 21, 1826. They have had six children, five living: John W., Cylon O. (dead), Samuel A., Ann Allen, William T., and James S. Mr. Wallace has paid special attention to breeding the celebrated Magie hogs for nearly twenty years. He exhibited the first lot of this stock ever shown at a State Fair in Illinois; and to him is largely due the dissemination of this valuable breed in many of the Western States. He owns 160 acres in the home farm, on Sec. 34, 150 acres in Concord township, on Sec. 3, and twenty acres in Sec. 7 of same township.

WATSOX MARCUS H., druggist, Clayton, is the son of David K. and Ruth A. (Kirkpatrick) Watson, natives of Pickaway county, Ohio. They came from Ohio to Illinois and settled in Brown county, where the subject of this sketch was born, Sept. 25, 1854, the third child, there being one brother and sister older. He was brought up on a farm, wh"re he remained until 1877, pastor Christian church; residence, Clayton; was born Aug. 1, 1842, in North Carolina. He is tlie son of John and Jane (Edwards) West, both born iu that state. He was educated at Christian Universitjs Lewis county, Mo. He came to Illinois in 1869; began the ministry as pastor of the church at Camp Point, Adams county, in 1875. He came to Clayton, Oct. 15, 1878. He married Nancy Tout, April 11, 1871. She was born in Adams county, HI., March 10, 1853. They have four children : William Brownlow, Adelia May, Winthrop H., and Winslow M., the last twins. Mr. West enlisted in the United States army, April 3, 1862, as a private in Co. A, 2d Regt. N. C. Mounted Inf. ; was promoted Orderly Sergeant in June of same year, and served as Quartermaster and Sergeant Major; was mustered out Aug. 19, 1865 ; received a slight wound at the battle of Stone River. Politics, Republican.

mer; Sec 7; P. O. Keokuk Junction ; is the son of Thomas and Martha (Staliord) Whitford, of Rhode Island. He was born in that state, Dec. 6, 1808 ; learned the tailors' trade in Providence, R. I. ; followed it for nine years ; came to Illinois and settled in Clayton township in the spring of 1833; built the house and located where he now resides, in 1859; married Mary James, of Rhode Island, Oct. 20, 1820 : had one child, Mary C, now living in Rhode Island; married the second time to Sarah A. Downing, Jan. 16, 1840. She was born in Clark county, Ind., in 1820. This union resulted in nine children : Albert R., James T., Aseneth (deceased), Lydia A., Charles G. (deceased), Edward C, John S., Harriet E. (deceased), and Nancy M. (deceased). Mrs. Whitford died May 6, 1856. His third marriage took place Feb. 7, 1«61, to Myra C. Clark. She was born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., March 7,1829. Have five children: Henry B., Alice E., Dora A., Fannie C, and Daniel W. Mr. Whitford is a member of the M. E.

churcli, and Mrs. Whitford of the Presbyterian church. He came to Illinois when the country about him was the habitation of the deer and wolf, and Indian. Little of the soil had been disturbed by the white man. He started in life unaided; has by industry and business tact been quite successful, besides helping each child to some $1,400 as a start in life on arriving at their majority. He now owns 720 acres of land, most of it finely improved. His father was a sea captain, and lost his life on the briny deep in 1816. His mother came west and died in Adams countj'^ in Jan. 27, 1872.

\VIGI.E SOI^OMON, itirmer; residence Clayton ; was born in Union county, 111, April 20, 1816, (he is the son of John and Margaret Wigle, both born in Pennsylvania); came with his parents to Adams county in 1826; when they settled there were only fifteen families in the county, their nearest neighbor was seven, and the next ten, miles distant. The first Monday in August of that year, an election was held at Millville, when the whole voting population of the county attended ; The total number of votes polled was twenty-eight. The Wigle family first settled in Liberty township, where Solomon remained until 1867, when he removed to Clayton. Ex-Governor Wood and Abram Stone are the oulj"^ persons living, who were in the county when they came. He married Nancy Potter, Dec. 17, 1838. She was born iu Pennsylvania, Aug. 11, 1811, and died March 29, 1864, leaving one child, James. lie married Hellen A. Hughes, for his second wife, Dec. 8, 1864. They have two children, Lorena D., and Charlie S. Mr. W. is a member of the Masonic Order. He and wife are members of the Christian church. He was Collector, and made the first tax returns under the township organization. He owns twenty-nine acres of land in the corporation of Clayton, and 219 acres altogether.

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natives of Kentucky. He was born in Columbus township, Adams county, 111., Feb. 9, 1849; came to Clayton township in 1873. Dec. 25, 1873, he married Joan Lewis, born in Clayton township, Adams county, Oct. 22, 1854. They have had three children, two living : William Earnest, born Sept. 27, 1875, and Perley Ardena, born July 8, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Wisehart are members of the Christian church. They own fifty-eight acres of land, worth $65 per acre.

WOOI> JESSE D., Postmaster; Clayton; born in Lawrence county, Ind. Feb. 6, 1831. His parents were John and Nancy (Davidson) Wood, of North Carolina. His early life, to the age of twenty years, was spent on a farm. He removed to Mount Pleasant, Iowa ; remained nine years ; learned the trade of plasterer and worked at it for a number of years, in summers, and taught school winters. He entered the army, Aug. 12, 1862, in Co. I., 119th Regt., Iowa Inf. ; was 1st Sergeant of the company during his whole term of service; was mustered out Sept. 9, 1865. He was married April 8, 1869, to Mary Ellen Rice, born in Schuyler county, 111.. March 10, 1844. They have four children, Hettie L., Charles E., Clara M. and Stella J. They removed to Clayton in 1861. He held the office of Town t:ollector one year ; was appointed Postmaster in May, 1869, has held the office since. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and he and his wife are members of the M. E. church.

AKDERS JOH:^, farmer and stockdealer; Sec. 35; P. O. Camp Point; is the son of Adam and Nancy Anders, of Maryland, in which State they were married, and removed to Hamilton county, Ohio, where he was born, April 12, 1819. The school districts in the county at that time were twelve miles square, and his parents lived eight miles from a school-house, with a river between, consequently his opportunities for attending school were very meager. He left that county and went to Dearborn county, Ind., when he was 24 years old, at a time when the settlers in that county were obliged to go eighty miles to mill, carrying their grists on horses. He came from there to Columbus township, Adams county. 111. He lost his team on thcM^ay, and, not being able to buy another, he carried the rails to fence his first crop. He was married, Feb. 10, 1840, to Elva Wood, who was born sin Hamilton county, Ohio. She died in the spring of 1855, leaving three children: Elizabeth Lewis, Martha J. Simmons, and George Anders. He was married again, in December, 1856, to Mildred Curl, of Kentucky. They have one child, Elva Anders. They came to Camp Point township in 1868. He has always devoted his attention to farming, and for twenty-five years has dealt quite extensively in livestock; owns 128 acres of improved laud in Camp Point, wortli $40 per acre, and IGO (half improved) in Columbus township, worth $25 per acre.

BAIIiEY THOMAS, banker; residence Camp Point ; was born in the town of Poland, Cumberland (now Androscoggin) county, Mame, Oct. 8, 1817 ; had no advantages for an education, except those obtained in the common schools of that State, from two to three months in the winter; left home on foot shortly after he was 21 years of age, with his entire outfit and assets tied up in a cotton handkerchief; went to Boston, and worked on a farm and in a brickyard in the vicinity until late m the fall, whcu he started for Illinois with a young man by the name of Drake; arriving at Buffalo, N. Y., they disagreed as to the route they should go, and separated. Mr. Bailey stopped in Geauga county, Ohio, and taught school during the winter; early in the spring he traveled to ilie Ohio river and took deck passage to Cincinnati ; thence to St. Louis and up to Quincy, arriving in the latter city March 20, 1840; walked out to Columbus, then a flourishing village, and secured a school two miles west of the now village of Camp Point; taught school five years in Camp Point, Fall Creek, Ursa, and Concord ; purabased the place on which he now resides in the fall of 1843 ; in 184o he married Rebecca Seaton, and settled on his place the same year. Mr. Bailey has been identified, to some extent, in the improvement of the vil- LT/ge of Camp Point; in 1855 He laid off a part of the town, and built several houses and stores; erected the foundry and machine 3hop ; was one of four who built the Casco flouring mill ; has been engaged in farming, merchandise and banking. In the winter of ISTd, in connection with G. W. Cyrus, Esq., he purchased the material of the Enterprise, and commenced the publication of the Oamj) Point Journal. He disposed of his interest to ]Mr. Cyrus in the summer of 1876. In 1850 Mr. Bailey was elected the first Supervisor, and held the office four years ; in 1876-8 was Chairman of the Board and one of the Building Committee of the new Court House ; in 1858 Mr. Bailey was elected Justice of the Peace, and has continuously held the office aiitil the present time. Saird Arthur, labcrer; P. O. Camp Point. Bft'rd C. W.. laborer; P. O. Camp Point, aair 1 J. H., laborer; P. O. Camp Point. Baird J. B., laborer; P. O. Camp Point. Baiftells G. C, druggist; P. O. Camp Point.

BATES FRAXCIS H., engineer, residence Camp Point; was born in Boone County, Ky., May 15, \S'6i). His parents -were Horace and Mary (Carpenter) Bates. They removed to Brown county, 111., when the subject of this sketch was eight years old. His father being a carpenter, he learned the trade in youth, and worked at it for a nu-mber of years ; then took up mechanical engineering, and has pursued that business for twelve years, nine years as engineer of the Eagle Mills of Camp Point. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. I, 84th 111. Inf , as Corporal of the company; was mustered out in January, 1863. He married Mary J. Scott, daughter of "William Scott, of Camp Point, Oct. 31, 1861. She was born in Clayton, Adams county, March 18, 1843. Have had four children, two living: Frances May, born March 23, 1866, and William Nelson born Oct. 29, 1869. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. ; has held some local ofHces; owns a house and two lots in Camp Point.

BATES THOMAS J., farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Camp Point; owns 410 acres of land ; was born in Morgan county. 111., Feb. 21, 1833; came to this county with his parents in April, 1847; was married to Lenora Willson, of Hancock count}-. 111., Nov. 6, 1859. They have seven children : Melgar M. (deceased), John E., Henson E., Henry M., Carrie, Nora, and Mary. Mr. Bates was elected Supervisor four j-ears, and resigned the office in 1874 on account of being elected to tlie State Legislature, serv. ing two years. His wife is a member of the Christian church. He is a member of the Presbj'terian church.

BATSCHY CASPER, builder and lumber dealer, residence Camp Point ; is the son of John and Veronica Batschj^ natives of Switzerland, in which country he was born, on the 6th of Julj', 1824. He remained there until thirty-two years of age, Avhen he came to America. He learned the carpenters' trade of his father when young, but was chiefly engaged in farming and teaching school. In that coui-tiy the teachers are examined l)y state officials, and the successful applicants are awarded diplomas; Mr. Batschy still retains his. He was married to Barbara Beruhart, Oct. 29, 1848. They have two children, Veronica and Dora Emma. On tiniving in this country, Mr. Batschy settled in Washington City ft)r a short time ; then came to Quincy, where he remaiuedi working at his trade for a year, after which he removed to Camp Point in July, 1857. He continued in the building business, and in 1861 he entered into partnership with D. E. Liggett, with whom he is still associated. In 186.5 he made a visit to Switzerland, which consumed about a year. The firm of Liusvtt i.t Batschv is Ihe oldest business firm in the place, and has taken the lead in the building business for years; they have the only lumber yard in the town. Mr. Batschy owns 100 acres of improved land in Honey Creek township, worth $45 per acre, and residence and three lots in the village of Camp Point. He is a member of both the Masonic and Odd Fellows' Orders. Bauman John, wagon maker; P. O. Camp Point.

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postal clerk of railway mail service; residence. Camp Point; is the son of George and Sarah Baughman, of Baltimore county, Md. They came to Quincy in 1836, where the subject of this sketch was born, Jan. 21, 1843, and has been a resident of the county all his life. He learned the carpenters' trade in youth. The day following the fall of Fort Sumter, April 15, 1861, he enlisted in Co. C, 10th Regt.. 111. Inf. (the first company raised in the state). He went into the service as a private; Avas promoted to 3d Lieutenant, in May, 1863, and to 1st Lieutenant, in September, 1864; was appointed to duty as Adjutant-General, and served on Brig.-Gen. Tillson's staft' during the last year of the war. He was wounded by a piece of shell, in the shoulder, at the battle of Kenesaw mountain, June 27, 1864. On the 13th of February. 1865, he received a scalp wound, while in charge of the skirmish line, when fording the Salkiehatchie river; was mustered out of service, July 11, 1865, after which he engaged in the mercan- (tile business, for two years, in La Prairie ; was burned out, losing everything. He was appointed to the Postal service in January, 1870, on the Wabash Railway, from Quincy to Lafayette, Ind. For six years since, he has run on the C, B. & Q., from Galesburg to Quincy. He was married Dec. 10, 1867, to Louvina Simpson, who was born in Adams county. They have three children : Charles O., Cora A., and Katie. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and M. E. church. Beckett Elizabeth; sec. 14; P. O. Camp Point.

Beckett Georoe

farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Camp Point; was born in Camp Point township. May 21, 1849. His parents were Joseph and Elizabeth F. (Todd) Beckett. Mr. Joseph Beckett was born in Clark county, Ind., whei-e he married Miss Todd, Feb. 9, ' 1837. Two years later they came to Adams county. 111., and to the farm where George and his mother now live in 1844. They had a family of six children, four of whom are living: William T., Mary A. (now Mrs. Thomas), Joseph A., and George R. James Marion Beckett lost his life in the war of the rebellion, being mortally wounded at the battle of Bentonville, March 19, 1865; died March 27, 1865; was Corporal in the 78th Regt. 111. Inf. William T., a member of the same company, was wounded at the battle of Atlanta, being shot through the wrist and thigh. Mr. Beckett, Sr. carried on coopering quite extensively; also, farming for many years. He died, Oct. 19, 1878. George R. Beckett married Miss Mary S. Ta3'^ior, April 1, 1870, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Taylor. She was born in York county, Pcnn., Jan. 8, 1851 ; had three children, one living, Lola F., born Feb. 11, 1871 (died Jan. 24, 1876) ; Frank P., born April 26, 1876 (died Nov. 3, 1878) ; Edith A., born Sept. 24, 1878. He owns 125 acres of improved land, in Schuyler county. 111., worth $35 per acre, and sixty acres in Camp Point, worth $45 per acre. Mrs. Beckett owns forty-five acres, worth the same.

BliACKMA^f R. L,., agent at Camp Point for the C, B. & Q. R. R. ; is the son of Spalding and Caroline (Morgan) Blackman, natives of New York. He was born in that state, July 5, 1848. He spent his early life, and was educated in the schools of the Empire State. He engaged ill the mercantile business for three years, in Caledonia, N. Y.; began telegraphing in 1869 ; was operator on the Lake Shore Railroad for three years ; came from there to his present position, at Camp Point, in. May, 1873. He was married November 16, 1873, to Miss Dora Sisson, who was born in St. Louis, Mo., July 9, 1855. Tlie union resulted in two children, Frederick Wm., born Sept. 28, 1875, and Frankie, born July 9, 1877. He owns a house and lot in Camp Point. Republican.

ideiice, Camp Point; is the daughter of Cornelius and MagdalineDemaree(Bircaw), of Adams count}', Penn. She was born in same county, May 26, 1814. Her parents moved to Warren county. Ohio, when she was four years of age, where she spent her early life ; was married to Peter Brewer, June 7, 1831. He was l)orn in Mercer county, Ky., July 2, 1802 ; died Jan. 16, 1863. They had eleven children, seven living: Stephen v., John C, Christian, Pha-be J., Mary E., David W., and Lorie. Those dead are: Cornelius, Joseph H., Peter D., and Olive. Mrs. B. removed to Camp Point in 1868. She owns three houses and lots in that village. She is a member of the Presbj-terian church.

JOH9t\ residence, Camp !\)iut; is the son of John and Malinda (Bradley) Christian, of Virginia. He was born ia that state, in 183S:). His parents rentoved to Jeffer.-oii county, Iowa, in 1840, and three years later to V;in Buren county. The Indians were about lheui,and one of the earliest incidents he remembers, is a visit of a sc|uaw to the house on baking-day, and asking his mother in h'-r broken accent, and by signs, to bake the dough slie was prepai ing, and divide with her. After he became of uge, he, witii several young men, took a trip to Kansas, pros])(H;ting lor iiomes. Being there when ihe War of the Rebellion broke out, he enlisted, on the 23 1 of Ap il, 1863, in Co. A- 12th Regt. Kan. Inf., Col. Adams commanding. His regimeiU was assigned to service in Kansas and Missouri.

He, with ten comrades, witnessed the burning of Lawrence, and the massacre of its inhabitants at dawn, Aug. 16, 1863, by Quantrill's guerrillas, they being on the opposite bank of the river at the time. Quantrill, whose real name was Charles Hart, had been a school teacher in the vicinity, and made his home at one of the hotels in Lawrence. The Lieutenant commanding their squad, having staid over in town the previous night, was surprised and captured, but effected his escape by leaping a high fence, .with nothing on bttt the clothing in which he slept. Mr. C. being the first up in the morning, aroused his comrades, and by the use of their Enfield rifles, saved two residences from the incendiary's torches. Mr. C. was discharged because of the loss of his eyesight, March 28, 1865. He returned to Iowa, where he married Mrs. Lizzie (Gibb) Bell, June 19, 1872. She was born in Montreal, Canada, March 28, 1837, and brought up in New York City. She first married Henry N. Bell, who died, leaving four children: Margaret J., Emma E., "Walter S., and William N. Mr. and 3Irs. C. have one child, John Lawrence, born May 12. 1873. The}' came to Camp Point in 1875. 'I'hey own a house and lot in the village, and one in Iowa. They are members of the Christian church. Chiistie J. B. retired; P. O. Camp Point. Coftield John, farmer: tec. (i; P. O. Camp Point. Colwell Cat lieriue, P. O. Cmp Point. Colwei; ') W. was^un maker; P. O. Camp Point. Collier G. S bibnrer; P. O. C;.mp Point. Cooper Wm. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Camp Poiut.

COX JOHN farmer; bee. 16; is the only living son of a family of si.x: children that lived toadult age, of George W., and Elvira (Crawford," Cox, the fathei- a native of Virgini:), the mother of Kentucky. They were married in the latter state and removed lo Illinois, and settled in Honey Creek township, Adams couuly, where John was Ijorn Jan. 4, 1838. He was reared on a farm; learned the trade of house cari)cnter and followed that busines? for fourteen years. He served the Government during the war of the rebellio i as a member of Co. L . 2d Regt. 111. Cav. He entered the army Aug. 1 ' , 1861, as CorjHjral ; was mustered out. Aug. 1 1, 1864, as Sergeant; was married in September, 1868, while home on a furlough, to Lucy J. Miller, born in Hancock county, 111., Sept. 2, 1845.

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They have had two children, one living, George E., born Oct. 1, 1871, and William M., born April 15, 1S73, died Feb. 18, 1876. In 1871 and 1873 Mr. Cox was engaged in express business, in the employ of the American and United States Express Companys. He was Constable in 1865 and Collector in 1876, of Camp Point township.

CKII'PIX SAMlIEIi li., farmer and .stock raiser; Sec. 33; P. O. Camp Point; born in Accomac county, Va., in 1833; came to this county with his parents, July 4, 1843, and located in Gilmer township. Mr. Crippen, at the age of twenty-one years, went to Quincy, and learned the carpenters trade, and followed it eight years; was married in August, 1857, to Miss Nancy Wilks, daughter of Daniel and Jane Wilks, after which he engaged again in farm pursuits. Have six children, three boys: Nye, Daniel Wilks, and .John Prince ; three girls : Mary Eleanor, Eliza Jane, Eosana Lippencott. Mr. Crippen is a successful stock breeder, and dealer in horses of the Hambletonian imported. Royal Geoi'ge and Messenger crosses, forming a compound of bloods, muscle and bone, for lastitude and strength surpassed by none ; also of the imported French Norman and Royal George crosses, that are of a superior quality as draft horses, with good action and style; has cattle of the best imported shorthorn families ; Poland china hogs excelled by none ; South Down sheep as pure and good as can be found east or west. All of the above stock have never failed to carry oft' tlieir share of premiums at the various fairs through Illinois, »iowa and" Missouri. He has stock in the Adams County Fair Association. He is a member of the Christian church;- belongs to the I. O. O. F., and is proud to saj^ that hs is a live Republican. He established a principle to live for the good of his fellow man, and is one of those pushing, fearless kind who dares to do right. The place on which he resides is known as Hickory Orchard Stock Farm. He owns 780 acres of land in Adams and Hancock countys, 111., that is worth on an average $38 per acre.

Sec. 86; P. O. Camp Point; was born in Clark county, Ky., Feb. 14, 1828. He sprang from southern parentage, George W. Cummins, his sire, having been born in Virginia, and brought up in Kentucky from the age of one year. His mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Ferris, was born in the latter state. They removed to Hendricks county, Ind., where Benjamin remained until 1859. In October, same year, he removed to Camp Point township, Adams county. When the call was made for volunteers for the war with Mexico, he enlisted in the 1st Indiana regiment, in 1846; served not quite a year when he was discharged for disability, from the hospital at Point Isabel. After regaining health, he re-enlisted, but the war ended before he reached (he field. He was married Dec. 30, 1852 to Catherine C. Parrish, of Kentucky. Th; y have six children : Barnett P., Ida, Maggie, Laura, Ira B., and Thomas Bailey. From 1848 to 1859, Mr. Cummins worked at mechanical engineering, in Indiana. He is an Odd Fellow; was the organizer of the Encampment in Camp Point. He owns 167 acres of land, worth $40 per acre.

CURTIS El. AM B., merchant; Camp Point; was born in Onondaga county. New York, Jan. 10, 1818. He was educated at Monroe Academy, Eldridge, N. Y. He came with his parents to Illinois and settled at Woodville, Adams county, at the age of eighteen years. He spent several years in teaching school and farming while there. He removed thence to Columbus where he remained five years, and was engaged in the mercantile business in the employ of F. Collins; came to Camp Point and embarked in merchandising on his own account, in 1854. He was first married, Feb. 2, 1842 to Nancy Carrol, who was born in Ohio. She died in 1855, leaving one son, Warren C, born Feb. 15, 1843.. He died Sept. 11, 1868. Mr. Cummins was married again to Ann M. (Clark) Carroll, in November 1857. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian church in Camp Point, of which he is elder, and one of the original organizers. He owns a house, store, and two lots in Camp Pomt.