Adams County, Illinois - Biographical sketches, 1879 (part 9 of 16)

MAST CHRISTIAN F. farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Quincy. Tlie subject of this sketch was born in this township, Jan. 15, 1850 ; was educated in the schools of the county, and in Feb. 1870, was married to Miss Mary E. Freese, (daughter of Wm. Freese,) of Quincy, born Aug. 1, 1850. They have had four children, two of whom are now living: Joseph C. W. and Benjamin C. He Owns thirty-nine acres of land in a high state of cultivation, He is Democratic in politics and a member of the Roman Catholic church. He is clerk of Melrose township, which office he has held for the past two years. He is one of the energetic and industrious sons of the county, to whom she looks for a continuance of its present prosperity.

MERKER NICHOIiAS, farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. Quincy; was born in this township, on his present farm, March 37, 1843. He received his education in the schools of the county, and in 1865 was married to Miss Elizabeth Voth, a native of Germany. They have two children : Casper Geo. F. and 3Iary. He owns about 130 acres of land, which, for soil and improvement, will compare with any in the township. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the German Lutheran church. He has been School Director for nine years, and is now one of the large and well-to-do farmers of the county, and one of those to whom it looks for a continuance of its present prosperitj^ His father, George Marker, came to the county, from Germany, in a very early day, and settled the farm on -n-hicli Nicholas now lives. Miller Samuel, farmer; eec. 7; P. O. Quincy.

MOXTAO GEOKGE C, farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Quiucy; was born iu the village of Hosmer, Prussia, Dec. 29, 1825 ; was educated in the schools of his native country, and on the 31st day of October, 1851, emigrated to this countrj', and settled in this county. On August 20, 1803, he enlisted in Co. H, 2d Regt. 111. Art., and served three 3'ears. In 1866 he was married to Miss Barbara Ertal. She was born and raised in Bavaria. They have six children, three sons and three daughters. He owns seventy acres of laud in a high state of cultivation, well improved and supplied with fruit, and very valuable. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the German Lutheran church. He is, at present. Township Assessor, which office he has held for four years ; has been Collector of the township for two years. He is also member of the Democratic Central Committee.

PAPE FREDERICK, miller; Sec. 28; P.O. Quincy; was born in Hanover, Prussia, Aug. 24,1820; was educated iu the schools of his native country. At the age of sixteen began, the milling business. In 1847 he emigrated to this country, and,^ after working in some of the mills of Quincy, 111., Dubuque, Iowa, and other places, for about two years, he settled in Payson, this county, and bought what is known as the Payson Windmill. In 1851 he was married to Miss

Margaret Eaton, a native of Scotland. She was born in April, 182G, and died in Payson, July 14, 1862. By this marriage he had six children, three of whom are still living, one son and two daughters. In June, 1864, he purchased and began running the Melrose jMilLs, where he manufactures some choice brands of flour. On the 5th of June, 1878, he married his second, and present, wife, who was Mrs. .Jennet Palmer (widow of .John Palmer). She was born in Scotland, May 1, 1828. She has, by her previous marriage, three children, two sons and one daughter. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church, of Quincy. She and the rest of the familj- are members of the Payson Congregational church.

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farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Quincj-; was born iu Germany, Sept. 10, 1828; emigrated to this country in 1854, and settled in this county; was married to Miss Elizabeth Schanz, iu May, 1857 (daughter of Philip Schanz, of ^Melrose township). They have had twelve children, six of whom are still living, three sons and three daughters. He owns 160 acres of land, which, for fertilitj' of soil and improvement, will compare with any in the county. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the German Lutheran church. He is School Director at present, and has held other local offices, and is one of the most energetic and enterprising citizens of the township, and one of those to wnom the county looks for a continuance of its present prosperitj'. Pfleuger William, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Quincy.

POLITJSCH HEXRY, farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Quiucy. The subject of this sketch .was born in Germany, Oct. 30, 1809, and was educated in the schools of his native country. In 1836 he was married to Miss Christiana Ruhl, a native of tlie same place as her husband, born Oct. 16, 1816. In 1840, he, with his wife and two children, emisrated to this country, and settled in Pitts- burg, Pa., where he lived some two years, and then removed to Illinois and settled in Adams county. He has had eight children, four of whom are now living, three sons and one daughter: Charles, Mary (now the wife of F. J. Wilson, of Pike count}'), Thomas, and William. He owns 185 acres of land; the home place contains 160 acres which for soil and improvement, will compare favorably^ with any in the township. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the German Lutheran church, and one of the large and well-to-do farmers of the county, rowell Mary R. P. O. Quincy.

RappJohn, farmer; sec. x!?; P. O. Qiiincy. Ee ner Geo. farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Quincy. Eedner Mary, farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Quincy. Reed Robt. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Burton.

KEED£R DABflEIi A., farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Quincy. He was born on the farm he now owns, April 14, 1851 ; received his education in the schools of this county. In March, 1874, he was married to Miss Susan V. Croson (daughter of Alexander Croson, of Fall Creek township), born Sept. 8, 1856. They have two children: Albert, born March 19, 1875, and Ora E., born Aug. 19, 1878; He owns seventy-two acres of laud, in a high state of cultivation, well improved, supplied with fruit, and very valuable. He is Republican in politics, and attends the M. E. church. His father, Daniel Reeder, came to this county from Todd county, Ky., in 1830 ; was during life one of the most valued and highly esteemed citizens of the township. He died in this township in 1861.

REEDER JOHlf J., farmer; Sec. 19; P. 0. Quincy. He was born in Todd couaty, Ky., Feb. 26, 1826. In the spring of 1830 he landed in this county with his parents, and settled on the section he now resides on; was educated in the schools of this county, and in May, 1853, was married to Miss Mary R. Demaree, daughter of i^iumuel Demaree. She was born in Stark county ^Ohio, June 1,1830. Nine children, five ot whom are now livmg: Edith, Albert, Fanny, Daniel, and Jesse. He owns 264 acres of land, the greater part of which is in a high state of cultivation and elegantly improved, on which he has one of the finest, if not the finest, orchards in the county. He is Republican, and a member of the M. E. church. Mr. Reeder is one of the very few early settlers now left. His father, Daniel Reeder, was during life one of the most energetic and industrious citizens of the township ; one of those to whom she owes her present prosperous and flourishing condition. He died Nov. 16, 1860, in his 65th year, leaving his widow, who is still living.

REI^ WIIililAlI, farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch was born in Butler county, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1845. In his early Ijoyhood he, with his father, Ceo. Reis, and the balance of the family, moved to this county, where he received his early education, and in 1870 was married to Miss Lizzie J. Berberet. She was born in Ohio county, W. Va., Feb. 11, 1853. They have two children, Emma and Augusta. He owns sixty and one-half acres of land, which will compare favorably with any in the county. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic church, and is one of the young, energetic and industrious sous of the county.

RITPP HEXRY, farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Quincy. He Avas born on the farm he now occupies, Dec. 21, 1851. His father, John Rupp, came to this county in a very early day, and settled in Melrose township. He has five children, one of whom is the subject of this sketch. He received his early education in the public schools of this county, and at St. Anthony's school in this township. On the 10th of Oct. 1876, he was married to Miss Mary Jacoby (daughter of Lewis Jacoby, of Marion county. Mo.), where she was born in November, 1853. They have one child, Frank J., born June 26, 1878. He is cultivating hisTather's farm, containing niuetj'-five acres on Mill Creek, which for fertility of soil and improvements*

SCHMIDT CHAKI.es, farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Quiucj'; was born in Germany, Oct. 1, 1829; was educated in the schools of his native country, and, on Feb. 22, 1857, he was married to Miss Yetta Reese, and emigrated to this country. May 28 of the same year, and settled in Hancock county, Avhere he lived nine years, and then removed to this county. They have six children, four sons and two daughters. He owns 120 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, and which, for quality and quantity of its productions, will compare with any in the county. He is Republican in i^olitics, and a member of the Evangelical church. He is at present school director, which position he has held for three years past.

a member of the Roman Catholic church. His son, John, whose biography appears in this work, enlisted in Co. K, of the 36th Regt. ni. Inf., and served three years.

SCHNEIDER JOHX, farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Quincy; was born in this township, Aug. 15, 1850; was educated in the schools of this county, and, in 1874, was married to Miss Frances Twische. She was born in Ellington township, Jan. 30, IboO. They have two children : Henry, born -May 21, 1875, and George, born Aug. 27, 1878. He owns eighty-one acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, well improved, supplied abundantly with fruit, and veiy valuable. He is Independent in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic church. He enlisted in the 36th U. S. Inf., in September, 1867, which was afterward consolidated with the 7th, and still bears that numVit-r. He served three years on the western frontier, doing good service in the Indian troubles.

SCHXEt.E JOHN, farmer; Sec. 33 ; P. O. Quincy ; was born in Germany, July 25, 1833. He received his early education in the schools of his native country, and, at the age of twenty years, emigrated to this country, and settled in this township; was married, in 1868, to Miss Helen Struck (daughter of Mr. Struck, deceased, of Loraine). They have three children : Lizzie, Anna and August. He owns eighty acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, well improved, and very valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the German Lutheran church, of Fall Creek township. He is at present school director, and is one of the large and well-to-do farmers who began life in the township poor.

SHEER DAVID, former; Sec. 24; P. O. Burton. The subject of this sketch was born in Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1828. When he was about two years old, his parents moved to TiLscarawas county, Oliio, where he received his early education. In 1845, he, with the balance of his father's family, removed to this count}^ and settled in Melrose township. In the spring of 1850, he made an overland trip to California, and returned home in January, 1852, and, in February of the same year, he was married to 3[iss Eliza Herleman, a native of Pennsylvania. Thev have eight children, four sons and four daughters. Shortly after his marriage, he purchased the farm on which he now resides, which contains 430 acres, which, for fertility of soil and improvement, is rarely equaled, and not excelled, in the county. As a stock raiser, he has been a success, and pays a great deal of attention to the raising of fine blooded cattle and hogs. He was raised a Democrat, but flew the track, and voted for Mr. Lincoln for President both times, and then returned to the Democratic ranks, where he may be found to-day. He has represented Melrose township for seven terms in the county Board of Supervisors, and is numbered among the largest and most enterprising farmers of the county, notwithstanding he began life poor.

SMYTH WII.1.IAM, farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch was born in County Donegal, Ireland, in the vicinity of Londonderry, Aug. 12, 1825. He was educated in the schools of his native country, and, in 1840, emigrated to this country, and settled in Melrose township. In 1864 he was married to Miss Barbara Wray, a native of the same county as her husband, and born May 13, 1842. They have five children: Emily A., born Aug. 16, 1867; Lizzie B., born Jan. 28, 1869'; Alice C, born March 9, 1873; Wm. J., born Jan. 25, 1875, and Edith, born April 20, 1878. He has been school director and road commissioner each, for several terms. He owns 275 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, which, for fertile soil and improvement, will compare with any in the county. He is Democratic in politics, and one of the large and well-to-do farmers of the county, notwithstanding he began life poor.

horticulturist; Sec. 12; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch was born in Cutler, Washington county, Maine, June 18., 1830 ; moved to this county with his father in the spring of 1836, and settled in Payson. He received his education in the public schools of Payson, and at the Madison University at

Hamilton, Madison county, N. Y. He was married in 1850 to Miss Sarah E. Kay, daughter of Gabriel Kay, of Payson. She died in 1860. By this marriage he had four children, three of whom are now living - two sons and one daughter. In 1856 he was ordained to the ministry of the Baptist church, at Payson. In 1861 he was again married, this time to Miss Maggie R. Kay, daughter of Robert Kay, of Payson. By this marriage he has had four children, three of whom are now living - one son and two daughters. The first six years of his ministerial life was spent as pastor for different congregations, since which time his services have been to all intents and purposes gratuitous, he having received no pecuniary reward to amount to anything. In the spring of 1851 he entered into a partnership with his father in the nursery business, at Payson, and in the fall of the same year they purchased what is now known as the "Fawley Place" (then known as the " Pinney Place"), and started the Quincy Nursery in the spring of 1852 ; and in 1853 they purchased the Hannibal Nursery, making in all three nurseries the}' owned and operated. In 1854 he sold his interest out to his brother. In 1853, he, as temporary secretary, in company with his father, Edward Everett, and others, organized the first agricultural society of the county, and held the first fair in the county. In the fall of the same year they exhibited some of their fruit at the State Fair, and were awarded several first premiums. The first horticultural society of the county was organized with Mr. Stewart as Secretary and Treasurer, which position he occupied for a number of years. In the spring of 1862 he purchased and commenced improving the beautiful suburban place he now occupies, and has succeeded in bringing it to a degree of perfection rarely equaled, and not surpassed, in the county. Its productions rank among the finest that come to the Quincy market, and have taken numerous first premiums at state and county fairs. He is Independent in politics, and one of the most valued of the county's citizens. Stormer J. W. farmer ; sec. 16; P.O. Quincy. Summers Mrs. E. L. P. O. Quincy.

Dec. 12, 1815. He received Lis early education in tlie scliools of his native county, and on May 1, 1853, landed in this county and settled on his i)resent farm ; was married in 1848 to Miss Precilla Young, a native of Pike county. Mo. By this marriage she had two children, both of whom are dead. She died Nov. 9; 18G1. On the 29th of January, 1863, he was again married to Miss Martha Alexander. She was a- native of Scotland county. Mo., by whom he has had eight children, six of whom are still living - two sons and four daughters: Jessie N., George, John, Amy, Annie, and Eva. He owns 130 acres of land, which, for fertility of soil and improvement, will compare with any in the township. He is Democratic in politics; is at present School Director; has been Commissioner of Highways for fourteen years.

VOIiliRATH JOIfX,- farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch was born in Germany, June 28, 1816 ; received his education in the schools of his native countiy; and on the 11th of July, 1840, emigrated to this country and settled in New Orleans, where he lived six years and taught school. In May, 184G, he removed to Adams county. 111., wherg he was married, on Dec. 10, 1847, to Miss Mary Kirkmann,a native of Germany, born March 31, 1824. They have had eight children, seven of whom are now living, three sons and four daughters. In 1849 he purchased and began improving the beautiful farm on which he now resides, which contains 167 acres, of fine soil and well improved, and will compare with anj^ in the county. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the M. E. church. He has been School Dh-ector for some eighteen years, has also been Justice of the Peace for Melrose township, and is now one of the enterprising farmers of the county. He began life poor. Has been Superintendent of the Sabbath School since his settlement here, with the exception of a few years. "He is also holding numerous other church offices. Voth Casper, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Quincy.

AVAGXER JACOB, farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch was born in Lebanon count}', Penn., Feb. 25, 1810, where he received his early education, and learned to read both the English and German while living on his father's farm. On the 12th of May, 1837, he landed at Hannibal, Mo., and lived there nearly two years. In December, 1838. he settled on his present fai-m. He is a millwright by trade, at which he worked for a few years after coming west. He was married, Sept. 21, 1841, to Miss Mary Ann Brown, of Missouri, born in Shenandoah county, Va., Oct. 15, 1821. They have had eight children, five of whom are still living. He began life poor, but is now numbered among the large and well-to-do farmers of the township. Republican in politics; and he and his tamih' are members of the Methodist church, he for nearl}' fifty years, and his wife since 1840. He was a strong Union man during the rebellion. He cast his first vote for General Harrison for President, and speaks with pride of having voted both times for Abraham Lincoln. Owns 264 acres of land.

farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch was born in Germany, Dec. 17, 1818. Was educated in the schools of his native country, and in 1845 emigrated to this country and settled on his present farm in Melrose township. In June, 1853, he was married to Miss Emelia Fendrick. She was born in Germany, Dec. 8, 1829, and came to thfs country in 1854. They have had ten children, nine of whom are still living, seven sons and two daughters. He owns 220 acres of laud, the most of which is in a high state of cultivation, and for fertility of soil and improvement, will compare favorably with any in the county. He is Democratic m politics and a member of the Roman Catholic church, and is one of the large and well-to-do farmers of the county, notwithstanding he began life poor. Wiskerchen P. J. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Quincy. Wolf John, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Burton. Wolfe Wm. farmer; sec. 27; P. 0. Qr.ircy. '

AXDRE^V JAMES, farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Mendon: was born in Adams count}, Penn., Dec. 1, 1823; was married to Miss Margaret L. Seabrooks in 1849. She was born Jan. 4, 1818. They have five children : Patience E., born Sept. 7, 1847 ; William, born Oct. 17, 1849; James M., born Jan. 31, 1854; John, born Oct. 23, 185G, and Virginia, born April 29, 1860. He came to this county in February, 1854. He owns 435 acres of land, most of which is highly cultivated, well improved, stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He is a Ptepublican in politics, and his family are members of the Lutheran church.

clergymam; P. O. Meudon: was born in New York City, Oct. 13, 1846 ; taught in the city grammar schools there from 1863 to 1866 ; studied at Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg, from 1866 to 1868; graduated at the Cornell University at Ithaca, New York, as the first graduate in 1869; was appointed As.*istant Professor of German Language and Litany at the Cornell University, 1869 to 1870; spent three years at the German and French Universities abroad, finishing at Leipzig, in 1873 ; returned home and received the appointment of acting Professor of Rhetoric and modern languages at Howard University, in Washington, D. C, in 1874; received and accepted a call from the Evangelical Lutheran church at Indianapolis, December 1876 ; accepted a call to the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mendon, September

BE:^T0N ABRAHAM, general merchant; P. O. Mendon; was born in New Haven county. Conn., Nov. 0, 1816; came to this county in 1834 ; was married to Miss Sarah D. Chittenden in 1838. She was born in the same county. The}- have two children : Sarah Jane, and Ruth Frances. Mr. Benton is one of the early and enterprising citizens who have used their energies toward the county's advancement and improvement, and to whom it owes its present flourishing condition. He has been a merchant in Mendon for forty-four years, and has met with most remarkable success. He started in a small way, and has accumulated very considerable means. Is Republican in politics; and a member of the Congregational church.

BRADLEY DAIS'IEIi (deceased) was one of the early settlers of Adams county. He was a native of Connecticut; having been, born in the town of East Haven, in that State in the year 1810. He came to Illinois with his father's family, and in company with Col. John B. Chittenden and family, in the year 1831, located in what is now Mendon township, and purchased in the spring of 1832, thefarm now occupied by Peter AVible, and made it his home until the spring of 1852, when he removed to the village of Mendon, where, with the exception of one year, he continued to reside the remainder of his life, being most of the time engaged in mercantile pursuits. In the spring of 1866 he purchased an interest in the flouring mill located in Mendon, then, and now known as the " Pearl Mills," and was the principal owner of the same at the time of his deatli, which occurred in the early part of 1867. During the fourth year of his residence in this State, 1834, Mr. Bradley married Josephine B. Brown, of New York, a niece of Jeremiah Rose, and Rufus Brown, both of whom were among the earliest settlers of Quiucy. IMr and Mrs. Bradley had seven children. Mrs. Bradley and four of the children are still living. In the year 1834, Mr. Bradlej' made a profession of religion, and united with the Congregational church of Mendon, of which he was ever afterward a faithful and consistent member, striving to live eminently a practical, as well as a professed Christian life. Politically' Mr. Bradley in early life acted with the "Whig party; in later years with the old Free Soil party, and finallj', upon the general disruption of old parties, he took an active part in the organization of the Republican party in Adams county, of which party he remained a leading member as long as he lived. He was a man of strict integrity, honorable in all his transactions, acting always from principle rather than polic}'; generously benevolent and public-spirited, he was always ready to encourage, and assist any enterprise calculated to result in good, or to advance the true interests of the community in which he lived. These qualities, in which he excelled, were characteristic of the early settlers of Mendon, and have left their impress, never to be obliterated. Their results are to be seen to-day in the enterprise of its citizens; its moral sentiment; the liberal support given to its various churches; its public schools, and the almost .universal respect shown for law and order.

BRADIiEY S. H., merchant miller, Mendon. He was born in Mendon, Oct. 11, 1838 ; engaged in the milling business with his father in 1866, and is now doing a fine business, being the only merchant miller in the town. His father, Daniel Bradley, came to the place in 1832, and during life was numbered among the earliest settlers of the town and township. He owns some very valuable property in Mendon, not the least of which is the magnificent and extensive flouring mill which he now runs. He is Republican in politics, and one of the enterprising citizens who add to the prosperity and enterprise of Mendon.

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farm ; enlisted July, 1862, iu the 20th Regt., Wis. Inf., and served until the close of the war. He married Miss Angle L. King, of Hamilton, Hancock coimtj^, 111., July 1, 1866 ; graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in Keokuk, Iowa, iu class of 1874, and located in Meudon, Jul}' 6th of the same year, where he still continues in active practice to present date.

CA^XEI^L. ROBERT, farmer; Sec. 27 ; P. O. Mendon. He was born iu the Parish of Kirk Braddan, Baldwyn, Ballawellen. Isle of Man, Dec. 18, 1830; came to this country and settled iu Quincy in 1853, where he remained one year ; then went on the C, R. I. & P. R. R. as locomotive engineer for about fifteen months; after which he returned to the county, and lived in El lington township till the breaking oufof the war, when he was employed in the Commissary Department for about six months. He then returned to the county and has made Mendon township his home ever since. He was married to ]Miss Ellen Shoaf in 1867. She was born iu Elizabeth township, Alle. ghauy county, Pa. They have three children, one boy and two girls : Mary A., born Jan, 10, 1868; Nevada, ",born Oct. 31,1809, and Robert A., born March 25, 1878. He owns eighty-tive acres of land, in a good state of cultivation, stocked with fruit and valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Episcopal church. He is one of the enterprising citizens, always looking after the county's prosperitj- and advancement.

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Sr., farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Meudon. He was born iu Guilford, Conn., Dec. 15, 1824 . He was married to Miss Letitia Barclay, in December, 1852. She was born in Lyons, X. Y. They have three children; Henry F., Sarah E. and Abraham, Jr. He owns 155 acres of improved land, abundantly stocked with fruit ; was Republican in politics up to the passage of the Resumption Act, which measure he did not consider conducive to the best interests of the country. He left the party and joined the American National Greenback party. He is also a member of the Congregational church. His father, John B. Chittenden, came to this county in December, 1831, and was, during life, one of the most energetic and enterprising of its citizens, to whom it owes its present prosperous condition, and died in 1863.

farmer and stock dealer; Sec. 36; P. O. Meudon; was born on the farm on which he now lives, April 7, 1857. His father, John A. Chittenden, was one of the early settlers of Mendon; was born in Guilford county, Conn., and removed to Mendon iu 1831, where he resided until his death, which occurred Oct, 26, 1872. He was an enterprising man, ever having the good of the community at heart. He left a wellimproved farm, ot which his son, Charles A., since his death, has charge. Chittenden Mrs. E. sec. 12; P. O. Mendon.

(deceased), the founder of the village of Mendon, and one of the early settlers of Adams county, was born at Guilford, Conn., Jan. 16, 1790, and was the fourth of seven children of Deacon Abraham Chittendeu, of that place. His early life was spent chiefly in agricultural pursuits in his native place. At an early age he became an active member of the Congregational church of Guilford, and in his twenty-first year was chosen deacon, which office he continually held until he removed to the valley of the Mississippi, in the fall of 1831. He intermarried with Eliza Robinson, daughter of Col. Samuel Robinson, of Guilford, on the 12th day of January, 1814, by whom was born to him seven children, three of whom are now living. In September, 1831, with his wife and their four boys in a two-horse covered wagon, he started for Illinois, Quincy being his objective point, and was joined by Mr. Samuel Bradley and family, and others, at East Haven, Conn., making, in all, an emigi-aut train of five wagons and thirty-six persons, all bound for the same destination. In this undertaking he had two distinct objects in view; first, to establish, strengthen, and extend, the Christian religion, by the organ-

After scMiie three mouths of trials and hardships incident to such travel at tliat time, he found himself and family frozen in on the Mississippi river at " Scipeo," near Hannibal, Mo., from whence, after waiting three weeks, a team was secured from Quincy; and linally the family arrived at Quincy in safety, by way of the river, on the ice, in December, 1831, where they were entertained the first night most hospitably by Governor .John Wootl, in his then log cabin residence under the bluft' below town. Passing the residue of the winter of 1831-33 at Quincy, the subject of this sketch visited several portions of Adams county, with a view to location ; and finally, March 2, 1832, purchased of .Jacob Gorshong 'an'old French settler) the southwest of eleven, one north, eight west, near the present site of Mendon, which was then a trackless prairie. There was a field of about ten acres, and a log house, on the place bought of Gorshong, to which phice he removed with his family immediately after purcliase.

It was here that his daughter Sarah was born, x\pril 19, 1832; and it was in this same log house that the Congregational church of Mendon was formed, the same being the Congregational church organized in the State of Illinois.

In February, 1833, he purchased the northeast quarter of the same section eleven, and soon after laid out and platted the village of Mendon, building himself a house on lot thirteen, which he occupied three years.

Subsequently he sold out all his interest in the village, and retired to liis farm, ton miles north of Mendon, where he continued to live in comfort and ea.se, with pleasant surroundings, until the death of his excellent wife, on the 30th day of October, 18G2. A passing notice of this most estimable woman is necessary here to this sketch. Mrs. Eliza Chittenden was a most exemplary lady, whose entire life was even and tranquil like a May morning. Her law was the law of kindness. She never allowed herself to speak an unkind word of anyone ; was an earnest, sympathizing Christian, and .was honored and beloved by all.

The loss of such a wife in his declining years overwhelmed him with grief; and this bereavement was the chief cause of his rapid decline and death from nervous exhaustion in less than three mouths after the deatii of his wife. He had a clewr and logical mind, was an able'reasoner, and was a flueufc and interesting public speaker; an earnest worker in all causes of reform, unselfish in everything, seeking always to promote the happiness of others. His faith in, and love for, the church was unbounded. He was an honest, upright man, and a sincere, consistent Christian. His last ettbrt at articulation was to try to catch part of the air of Pleyels Hymn, a favorite piece of devotional music; and in a few moments he passed to his reward, Jan. 23, 1863, aged 73 years, there to receive the eulogistic commendation, " Well done, good and faithful servant: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."

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UEIi R. may with propriety be regarded as one of the pi-omineut citizens of Adams county. He was born at Guilford, Conn. Oct. 2, 1817, and was the second of seven children of John B. and Eliza Chittenden. He came to Illinois, with his parents, in the fall of 1831, who, in March following, settled in the immediate vicinity of the present village of ]\Iendon, in which village he has been a siiccessful merchant since 1840. On the 2d of January, 184-i, he was married to Caroline B. Frisbie, of Mendon, by whom he has three sons: John R., Samuel P., and George R., all now living. Mr. Chittenden is one of the substantial, solid men of the county, and is highly esteemed for his geusral intelligence and moral character, as well as for his social qualities and generous hospitality. Politically he is a decided Democrat, and his party have shown their appreciation of liis ability and political integrity in various ways, more [ particularly in making him State Senator, i and also a member of the National Demo- | cratic Convention at St. Louis. [

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CORT PETER, fanner; Sec. 2; P. O. Mendou ; was boiu in Westmoreland Co., Penn., June 20, 1820 ; came to this county in 1855 ; was married to Miss Margaret Whitehead in 1845. She was born in the same county, June 24, 1824, and died March 4, 1863. They have eight children, one boy and seven girls. He owns 229 acres of land, most of which is cultivated, stocked with fruit, and very valuable. Democratic in politics, and a member of the Lutheran church. lie is one of the enterprising citizens, and labors hard for the county's advancement.

EI.IJAH N., farmer; Sec. 2G ; P. O. Mendon ; was born in this county, near the farm he now owns, Dec. 28, 1835 ; was married to Miss Maria L. Poling in 1854. She was born in New York. They have four children : Cornelius, Bertha E., Ann E., and Susan E. He owns 100 acres of laud, in a high state of cultivatiou, abundantly stocked with fruit, and very valuable. Democratic in politics, and a member of the Christian church.

DARBY DAXIEL H., gCDeral merchandise and dealer iu agricultural" implements; P. O. Mendou. He was born iu Catskill, Green Co., New York, July, 19, 1821 ; located in Mendon in July, 1861 ; married Mary A. Hendrickson, Sept. 27, 18G2. She was born in Middletowu, Ohio, July 23, 1833. He enli.sted in the 119th Regt. 111. Inf , Aug. 9, 1862 ; served three years ; was one of " Pap Smith's" guerrillas; thinks Adams county one of the best parts of creation, and Mendon lies at the upper end. A brother-in-law in the M. E. church. Republican all over ; wife is a Democrat.

IRA R., farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. O. Mendon ; was born in New Haven county. Conn., Aug. 7,1814; was married to Miss Laura Smith in 1888. She was born in Geauga county, Ohio. They have three children, all boys. Fie came to this county in the spring of 1839, owns 140 acres of land, most of which is in a higli state of cultivation, improved, stocked with fruit, and quite valuable. Republican in politics. He is one of the old and energetic citizens who has labored hard for the advancement of the county.

DOIGHERTY JOHA, farmer, Sec. 26 ; P. O. Mendon ; was born in County Derry, Ireland, in March 1818 ; came to this country in 1843 and settled in Leheigh county, Pa., and engaged in the manufacture of iron up to 1858, when he moved to this county; was married to Miss Jane Eakin, in May 1854. She was born in the same county as her husband. They have six children, four boys and two girls. He owns 160 acres of laud, in a high state of cultivation, well stocked with fruit. He is one of the enterprising citizens who have spent their energies ami exertioas toward the county's improvement. Republican in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian church.

DUDLEY^ FRAXK F., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Mendon: was born in this township, Oct. 25, 1843; was married to Miss Elvira Moyer, Feb. 25, 1866. Slie was born in Pennsylvania. They have two children, Henry J. and Oscar F. He owns IGO acres of land, highly cultivated and finely improved, stocked with fruit and very valuable. Republican, and a member of the Congregational church. He is one of the energetic and enterprising citizens who labor hard for the county's advancement.

EVAXS GEORGE, tarmer; Sec. 35; P. O. Fowler; was born in Gloucester, Mass. Aug. 19, 1813; was married to Miss Mary Ann Greene in 1848. She was born in Maysville Ky., Dec. 17, 1830. They have six children, three boys and three girls.

He came to tins county in 1837 and settled iu Quincy, where he resided until 1851, after which time, and up to the present, he has lived on the farm he now occupies and cultivates. He owns 170 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, and very valuable. He is one of the early, euter])rising citizens of the county. He is Republican in politics.

GARRETT CAREY B., merchant; P. O. Mendon; born iu Highland county, Ohio, Jan. 15, 1835; was married to Miss Frances Fowler, the fall of 1863. She was born in this county. They have three children: Arthur C, Herbert C. and Willard H. He owns some very valuable property in Mendon, and is senior of the firm of Garrett & Lunn, dealers in general merchandise in that town. Republican iu politics and a member of the Congregational church. He came to this county in September, 1861, and has been a very energetic citizen ever since.

OIElflER BENJAMIX, blacksmith; born in Alleghany county. Pa., Sept. 22, 1825 ; came to this county iu November, 1847 ; was married to Miss Leah Wilhelm, Oct. 13, 1848. She was born in Mahoning county, O. They have six childreu, three boys and three girls. He is now President of the Town Board of ilendon ; has been engaged in the business of blacksmithing ever since his settlement here, and has had wagon making connected with it the most of the time. He owns some valuable town property, that which he lives on is splendidly improved, abundantly stocked with fruit, and in a very desirable location. He is Republican in politics, and one of the enterprising citizens to whom the town of Mendon owes its present prosperous condition.

GRIFFIX JAMES S., principal ot school ; P. O. Mendon ; born in Dodge county. Wis., Dec. 2, 1849; came to this county in 1873 ; was married to Miss Emma Morris in 1873. She was born in Payson township. He has been principal of the schools of this and Hancock county for the last five years. Mrs. Griffin's parents are among the early and energetic citizens who have been so conducive to the county's pro.sperity. ilr. Griffin graduated and received the degree of A. M. at i\.bingdon, in this State.

HARDY JOHX farmer; Sec. 22; P.O. Mendon; was born iu Overton county, Tenu., Feb. 21, 1817; came to this county in 1830, aud settled in this township; was married to Miss Annie Elem, in 1835. She was born in Alabama. They have two children: California E. and Nancy F. He owns a beautiful farm of seventy acres, highly cultivated, elegantly improved, well stocked with fruit, and valuable. He is a Democrat in politics, aud his family are mem])er.s of the Christian church. He is one of the earliest and most enterprising of the county's citizens, and has labored hard for its advancement and prosperity. Harrison Joseph A. shoemaker; P. O. Mendon. Havens Nancy J. sec. 22; P. O. Urea. Heaney Edward, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Mendon. Heaney N. M. larmer; sec. 3; P. O. Mendon. Heany Samuel, farmer; P. O. Mendon.

HEND£RISO:E(k^ J. M., miller, Meudon, was born April 19, 1848, in Mahoning county, Ohio ; moved to Allen county, Ind., in 1852 ; then to Adams county in 1872 ; married Sadie K. Blake. She was born in De Kalb coimty, Ind., Dec. 11, 1856 ; married, July 14, 1878. Politics, Democrat. He has been engaged in the milling business since he came to the place.

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Postmaster and dealer in hardware and groceries, Mendon; was born in JSTew York City, April 23, 1824. In 1834 he went to North Carolina, and attended school up to 1840 ; then moved to Boston, Mass., to learn the daguerreotype business under John Plumb (one of Daguerre's students), during which time he went to New York City and opened rooms and made the first picture ever made in the city according to those principles ; remained there a short time, and went to Philadelphia ; opened rooms there, remaining just long enough to start the business; then went to Baltimore, and from there home, for a brief period, and assisted one of his former pupils in starting the business in Washington, N. C, after which time, until 1846, he was engaged in the lumber business in that State ; in that year he moved to this county, and settled in Quincy, but was out of business up to the following fall, when he engaged in farming, on the Mound farm, in Ellington, until 1849. He then went to California, and there assisted in building the first frame house in Sacramento, for B. P. Cornwall ; returned to thi^ State in 1855, since which time he has been in this township ; for the last fifteen years has been in mercantile business. He was married to Miss Elizabeth A. Cook, in June, 1856. She was born in Portage county, Ohio. He is a Republican, a member of the Episcopal church and one of those enterprising citizens to whom Mendon and x^dams county owe their present flourishing condition.

Have five children : Frank C, born, Jan. 8 1861 ; Julia N., born Dec. 21, 1861 (died June 4,1873); Joseph E., born June 15, 1863; Adam A., born Jan. 3, 1868, and Mattie K., born Sept. 20, 1874. Both are members of the United Brethren church. Is a Republican. Bought 160 acres of land on section 25, range 1 north, 8 west, worth $14,000. Is the present Supervisor of Mendon township. Howdyshell Miss E. P. O. Mendon.

JOHXSOBT JOHN H., farmer; Sec. 15 ; P. O. Mendon ; was born in Todd count}', Ky., Dec. 2, 1811, and came to this county in 1840; was married to Miss Martha Hicks in 1835. She was born in Barren county, Kentucky. They have seven children : three boys and four girls. He owns 1973^ acres of laud, improved, stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He is one of the early, energetic, and enterprising citizens who have used their energies and exertions toward the county's improvement and prosperity, and to whom is due its present flourishing condition. Independent in politics, and a member of the Christian church.

in 1842; was married to Miss Elizabeth A. Leslie, Dec. 30, 1859. She was boru in this <;oimty. They have six children : ^lary J., born Oct. 10, I860; Annie E., born Feb. 13, 'l862; Walter W., born July 17, 18 3; William G., born Jan. 22, 186.1; David A., born Sept. 4, 1866; Emily M., born Jan. 25, 1869. He owns eighty acres of land, stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the Congregational church. He is one of the enterprising citizens, and works for the advancement of the county. He is now township collector, and has held other local offices in the township.

3IcCL.U3fO WII^IilAlI li., farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Mendou; was born in Preble county, Ohio, June 24, 1822 ; came to this county in March, 1851 ; was married to Miss Eachel Blazer in 1845. She was born in Fairfield county, Penn., April 21, 1821. They have three children : Samuel H., Charlie H., and Clara A. He owns 210 acres of land, half of which is in a high state of cultivation, .stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and one of the enterprising and stiring [^citizens ot Mendon township. -

:TIcGIBBOXI^ FITR:?1EX, llvery stable; P. O. Mendon; was born in this tow^n, Sept. 3, 1843 ; was married April 13, 1865, to 3Iiss Lucinda Tarr, who was born near Marcelline, July 16, 1845. They have four children: John H.,Lorena, Orville R., and 3Iinnetta. He owns a beautiful J property in the flourishing town of Mendou, elegantly improved. He is the proprietor of the 3Iendon livery stable, where Is to be found a full line of fine turnouts of the most approved patterns. Republican in politics.

IflfCwIRR OWEX, farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Fowler; was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, July 26, 1841; came to this country in 1850, and settled in Pawtucket, R. I., where he remained up to 18'J4, when he moved to this cotmty, and settled on the beautiful farm he now owns, containing 240 acres in a high state of cultivation, well improved, and stocked with fruit. Democrat in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic church. He is one of the energetic citizens of the county.

farmer ; Sec . 21 ; J*. O. Ursa ; was born in Fayette county, Penn., Feb. 17, 1817 ; came to this county in 1843 ; was married to ]\Iiss Caroline Weisenburger, in 1848. She was born in Germany. They have four children, three boys and one girl. He owns eighty acres of land, well improved and watered ; stocked with fruit, and valuable. For the first live years of his residence here, he made steamboat iug his business, after which time he engaged in the grocery business for about four years. He is one of the enterprising citizens Who has labored for the county's improvement. He has held local offices ot' importance in the township. Democratic in politics. His family are members of the Roman Catholic church.

.MOYER MRS. AXXIE, faimiu-; Sec. 36; P. O. Fowler; was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., March 31, isil;. was married to Henry Moyer, Jan. 3, 1828. He was born in the same county, .Juue 25, 1802. They liave thirteen children, si.\' boys and seven girls. She came to this county and settled on her present farm, June 26, 1851. Mr. Moyer was one of the most ener getic and enterprising citizens who has labored so hard for the county's prosperity, aud to whom it owes its present flourisliiug coudition. He took a determined stand in the Democratic ranks, and gave the party his tirm support to the time of his death, which occurred July 20, 1869. Mrs. M. owns 200 acres of land, in a good state of cultivation. She is a member of the United Brethren church.

MOORE JAMES 1,., merchant tailor ; P. O. Mendou ; was born in Bcalsville, Monroe countj', Ohio, 1856 ; moved to Marion City,with his parents, in 1862, then to Hannibal, Mo., 1863 ; thence to Palmyra, Mo. ; was married to Anna Cupp, Jan. 25, 1876. She was born in 1856, in Berran, Europe; came to Palmyra, Mo., in 1869; moved to Mendon in 1877. Are members of the Baptist church. They have one child, Ina Belle, born Feb. 20, 1878. He served as apprentice in the merchant tailor business, and has been doing business on his own account since 1875. Musgrove John, laborer; P. O. Mendon,

MIEDICK H. FRED., farmer; Sec. 21 ; P.O. Mendon; was born in Germany, Aug. 21, 1835; came to this country iu December, 1856, and settled in this county; was married to Miss Anna Glieht, in 1859. She was born in Germany. They have eight children, six boys and two girls. He owns ninety-five acres of land, well improved, and stocked with fruit. Republican, and a member of the Lutheran church. He is one of the live, energetic citizens, who have labored for the county's advancement.

county, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1819; came to this county in July, 1839 ; was married to Miss Lydia Ann Powell iu 1839. She was born in Queens county, N. Y. They have five children, three girls and two boys. He has been identified with the county's prosperity for thirty-nine years. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. K of the 118th Regt. 111. Inf., and remained with them one year, after which time, and up to the close of the war, he was in the Signal Corps. Republican, and a member of the Baptist church. He lost his two eldest sons during the war; they both enlisted in the same company and regiment as their father.

C^UIG, CONRAI>, meat market; Mendou ; born in Somerset county, Penu., April 26, 1818; came to Adams county, 111., November, 1843; married Miss Margaret Shupe, in March, 1845. She was born iu Westmoreland county, Penn., in 1822 ; came to this county in 1842. They have had six children, two now living : Wm. B., born iu 1848, and Michael P., born iu 1857 ; went to California in 1849; returned in 1851. He owns 240 acres of land, on Sec. 35 ; owns three houses and five lots in Mendon. They are members of the M. E. church since their marriage.

REES FRIEDRICH, farmer; Sec. 3 ; P. O. Mendon ; was born in Germany, Aug. 26, 1820 ; came to this country. May 5, 1847, and settled on the farm he now lives on, Feb. 18, 1850 ; was married to Miss Polly Shupe in 1851. She was born in Westmoreland county, Penn. They have two childreji, William and Catherine E. He owns 181 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, and stocked with fruit. He is one of the energetic citizens who always look toward the county's improvement. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the 'Lutheran church.

REMPP ANDREW, farmer; Sec. 3; P. O. Mendon; was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., Oct. 20, 1832 ; came to this county iu 185S; was married to Miss Catherine Shupe iu 1860. She was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., Aug. 25, 1842. They have thirteeen children, eight bo\^s and live girls. He owns 210 acres of land, the most of which is in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, abundantly stocked with fruit, and very valuable. Democratic in politics, and a member of the Lutheran church. He is one of the enterprising citizens of the township.

RIDDLE ORVILLE E., farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Mendon; was born in this township, June 25, 1831. His father, Ebenezer Riddle, came to this county from Pendleton county, Ky., in 1829, and bought 320 acres of land, a portion of wliich his son now owns. In that early day there was nothing here but a few scattering settlers, plenty of Indians, and deer. In 1834 he had the lumber sawed by hand, and built one of the first, if not the first, frame house in the township, which is still standing, and pretty nearly as good as new. He was energetic and enterprising, and aided very materially in the township's prosperity up to his death, which occurred in 1844. 3Ir. O. E. Riddle was married to Miss Sarah A. Nichols in 1855. She was born in Ellington township, Oct. 25, 1835. They have one child, Charles C., born April 25, 1857. He owns 110 acres of land. Democrat, and attends the Christian church. Robinson Mrs. M. P. O. Mendon.

ROGERIS CliARK E., farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Mendon; was born in Wayne county, ZST. Y., March 29, 1829 ; came to this county in 1839 with his parents, and settled in Lima township, and there lived up to 1862, when he moved to the farm he now occupies. He was married twice. His first wife was Miss Mary Laughlin. She was born in this coimty, by which marriage he has two children. His second, and present, wife was Miss Mary E. "Ward, to whom he was married in 1870. She was born in Xew York. They have four children, three girls and one boy. He owns a beautiful farm of 380 acres, highly cultivated, well improved, and stocked with fruit. Republican in politics, and one of the most energetic of the county's citizens, and intensely interested in its advancement.

farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Mendon; was born in the city of "Washington, July 16, 1818; came to this county in November, 1834; was married to Miss Margaret L. Rawlings, Feb. 14, 1850. She was born in Pendleton county, Ky., Nov. 28, 1830. Three children : Michael Newton, born Oct. 27, 1849; Elizabeth Josephine, born Sept. 22, 1857 ; and George Edward, born Sept. 21, 1863. He has been identified with the old and energetic citizens who have used their utmost endeavors to place the county in its present prosperous condition. He has held various local oflices of importance ; owns eighty acres of land, well improved. He enlisted during the Mexican war in the 1st 111. Cav. in Capt. James D. Morgan's company, under Col. Hardin ; served one year. He made the trip to New Orleans on the first flat boat that ever left Quincy for that port 'with a cargo of provisions. He alsowent to Wisconsin prior- to the removal of the Indians from that State, and aided in the construction of the first saw mill that was built on Black River Falls; also helped to take the first flat boat of staves to Kimball's Mill that was ever taken down the bay.

SHAMDArOH D. P., grocerj and notions, Mendon ; born at Mt. Rock, Cumberland county. Pa., May 14, 1842 ; moved to Rock Island county, 111., in 1854; then to Adams county in 1858 ; enlisted in the 65th 111. Inf., April, 1862; served three years; in 1871 was married to Miss E. J. Gibbs, who was born in Adams county. Pa., Dec. 22, 1848, and moved to this county in 1855; members of the Evangelical Lutheran church ; is the only living member of the family, except a brother, residing in Chicago ; was engaged as clerk in the post-oflice for eight years, but is now engaged in fancy groceries and notions.

SHITPE CHRISTOPHER, farmer; Sec. 35; P. O. Mendou; was born in Franklin county, Pa., July 18, 1815 ; came to this county in 1841 ; was married to Miss Mary Shultz in 1840. She was born in Somerset county. Pa., June 39, 1818. They have nine children, seven boys and two girls. He owns about 600 acres of land, the greater part of which is in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, stocked with fruit, and very valuable. Democratic, and a member of the Lutheran church. He is one of the most enterprising citizens who has labored hard for the county's advancement and improvement.

SIMMMOXS ^VIIililAM, farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Mendon; was born in Athens county, Ohio, Jan, 24, 1811. "Was married twice. His first wife was Miss Elizabeth Shields, to whom he was married in 1834. She was born, Jan. 11, 1814, in "Westmoreland county, Penn, His second and present wife was Miss Elizabeth Gray, to whom he was married Feb. 21, 1869. She was born in Pittsburg, Penn., July 11, 1828. He owns 100 acres of land. He' came to this county Oct. 13, 1848. He is one of the energetic citizens who has used their energies toward the county's advancement. Republican in politics.

SMITH CAIiER A., farmer; Sec. 9 ; P. O. Mendon. Was born in New Haven, Conn., March 9, 1805, and came to this county in 1835 and settled on the farm he now lives on. "Was married twice. His first wife was Miss Sallie Clarke. She was born in Pendleton county, Ky. His second and present wife was Miss Mary Ann "Wible, to whom he was married in 1871. They have three children, one boy and two girls. She was born in Pennsylvania. He has held various oflBces of local importance in the township, and has always been numbered among the most energetic of citizens. He owns about eighty acres of land, well stocked with fruit, and valuable. Republican, and a member of the Congregational church.

SPROAT PERCY, farmer; Sec. 3; P. O. Mendon. "Was born in Bethany, Genesee county, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1813; moved to Meigs coimty, Ohio, in 1832; remained there one year. In the spring of 1833, in company with his brother, he came to this county, and settled on the adjoining farm to the one he now lives on. "Was married to Miss Elizabeth Crow, Sept. 1, 1836. She was born in St, Charles county. Mo., Oct. 27, 1820. Six children: one boy and five girls. He owns 105 acres of land, stocked with fruit, and valuable. He is one of the few early and enterprising citizens that are now left, who have exerted their energies so manfully for the county's advancement. He is a member of the National Greenback partj' ; also, of the Methodist church. Starr R. B. farmer; sec. 24; P. O. Mendon.

STO]!IE MIC A J AH, farmer; Sec. 16; P.O. Mendon. "Was born in Overton county, Tenn., Sept. 13, 1819 ; came to this county in the fall of 183.1. "Was married to Miss Euphemia E. Martin in 1842. She was born in Lawrence county, 111., June 27, 1826. They have three children : Sarah 31. I., Cassandra "W., and Susan F. He owns a farm containing 160 acres, highly improved, stocked with fruit, and valuable. He has held various oflaces of importance in the township, and is one of the few remaining early settlers who have laboied so faithfully for the county's advancement. He is a member of the American National Greenback party, and also of the Christian church.

STRICKIiER CLARK, farmer: Sec. 4; P. O. Mendon. VJ'as born in Fayette county, Penn., Nov. 15, 1833; moved to this state with his parents in 1837, and settled in Houston township. "Was married to Miss Julia A. Sproat in 1862. She was born in this township, Aug. 28, 1840. They have three children: Orville, born Feb. 19, 1865; Minnie Myrtle, born Oct. 28, 1879; and the baby, born April 3, 1878. He owns 160 acres of land, abundantly stocked with fruit. He is one of the most energetic and enterprising citizens who have exerted themselves so much for the county's advance- raeut. He is a member of the National Greenback. party. Was a Kepublican up to the passage of the resum]itiou act, but, thinking the measure not conducive to the best interests of the country, lie left the party.

THOIIPSOX liEWIS. farmer ; Sec. 22; P. O. Mendon; was born in Clark Co., Ohio, Sept. 6, 1834; came to this county in 1850; M^as married to Miss Catherine Mc- Adams in 1858. She was born in Ursa township. They have six children, two boys and four girls. He owns a beautiful farm, containing eighty acres, in a high state of cultivation, stocked with fruit. He is Democratic in politics, and one of the energetic citizens who have done so much for the county's improvement, advancement, and flourishing condition.

TR01BI.E ARTHUR H., farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Marcelline; was born in Bourborn county,Kentucky, in October, 1810 ; was married twice. His first wife was Miss Olive S. Adair, to whom he was married Feb. 10, 1832. She was born in Nicholas county, Kentucky. They had four children, all girls. His second and present wife was Miss Saphrona Washburn. He was married to her in July, 1845. She was born in Harrison county, Kentuoy, in 1824. They have three children, one boy and two girls. He came to this county in March, 1835, and owns a^beautiful farm of 2G0 acres, stocked with fruit. He is Democratic in politics, and one of the few early, enterprising, and industrious citizens now left. He has held various important oltices in the county, and has represented this district in the Legislature for one term. Tucker Mrs. Jas. P. O. Mendon. Tally Patrick, farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Fowler.

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Ursa; was born in Ursa township. May 17 1839; was married to Miss Mary E. Fletcher Dec. 23, 1S69. She was born on the farm the}' now live on. His father, Joseph Turner, w'as born in Dedham, Mass., June 12, 1799 ; moved to this county in 1834, and settled at Wesley Chapel. He was during his life in the countj', one of the most energetic and enterprising of its citizens, having been identified with nearlj- eveiything tending to its prosperit}', and died March 16, 1876. Tliej' have four children, all boys. He is Republican in politics. He studied the profession of civil engineering, and occupies part of his time in the practice of the same .

MIBEE AXDRE^V, farmer; See 12; P. O. Mendon; was born in Westmoreland county. Pa., Dec. 30, 1815: came to this count}' in 1852; was married to Miss Sarah Kilgore in 1839. She was born in Indiana county, Pa. They have five children, three boys and two girls. He owns 2G7 acres of land in a high state of cultiviu tion, well improved, and stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He is Democratic iu politics, and a member of the Lutheran Church. He is one of the enterprising citizens who has done much for the county's advancement and improvement. He owns some very valuable property in Mendon which is well improved.

land county, Pa., March 11, 1811, and came to this county in the spring of 1852, and settled in the same house he now occupies; was married to Miss Polly Rugh, in the fall of 1839. She was born in the same county. They have eleven children, six boys and five girls, all living, the youngest of which is now fifteen j'ears old. He owns 140 acres of land, stocked with fruit. He has been identified with the county's prosperity for twenty-six years, and aided in its enterprises and industries. He is Democratic in politics and attends the Congregational church.

civil engineer and farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Ursa ; was born in Pendleton county, Ky., May 14, 1804. He has been married three times. His first wife was Temperance Heddingtou, of Fayette county, Ky. ; second, was Annie Workman, of North Carolina; his third and present wife was Miss Mary F. Bell, to whom he was married Feb. 4, 1857. She was born in Muhlenburgh county, Ky., April 19, 1804. They have two children, one boy and one girl. He came to this county, Oct. 26, 1833, and settled in this township. He studied civil engineering in Kentucky, and has made it his business ever since. He has been Coimty Surveyor for four years, and Deputy for about sixteen. He owns a beautiful farm of 125 acres, stocked with fruit, on which he has lived since April 1, 1834. He was ordained in the New Providence Church in July, 1835, and was made its pastor, which he has remained up to the present time without fee or reward; a portion of the time he preached to three congregations, one at Payson, Coatsburg and his own. He is one of the few remaining early citizens who have labored hard for the county's prosperity. From the attainment of his majority up to the passage of the Nebraska and Kansas bill, he was identified with the old line Whig party. At the time of the birth of the Republican party, he became a Democrat and has remained with that party ever since.

WORM Alllf M O 8 £ IS O., farmer ; Sec. 25 ; P. O. Fowler. He owns 397 acres of land; was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., Nov. 10, 1822, and came to this county in the fall of 1850.

WRIOHT ABRAM, farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Mendon. He was born in Oxfordshire, England, March 16, 1808; was married to Miss Merriam Nutt, in 1831. They have one child, Daniel. Mr. Wright came to this country in 1839, and settled in Columbiana county, Ohio, where he remained up to 1845. Then he moved to the town of Mendon, since which time he has been one of the most energetic and enterprising citizens, to whose energies and exertions the county owes its present flourishing condition. He owns 112 acres of land, well stocked with fruit, and very valuable. Republican, and a member of the Congregational church.

WRIGHT AliBEBT, farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Mendon. He was born in Prince William county, Va., Nov. 27, 1825, and came to this county in 1848. He was married to Miss Emily J. Miller, Oct. 21, 1849. They have five children, three girls and two boys. She was born in Washington county. Mo. He has held some local offices of importance in the township, and is one of the most enterprising of the county's citizens, to whom it owes its present prosperous condition. He owns 146;3 acres of land, most of whicli is in a high state of cultivation, and abundantly stocked with fruit. Republican in politics, and a member of the Congregational church. Wright Frederick, laborer; P. O. Mendon.

WRIGHT JOHN H., farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Mendon; was born in Prince William county, Va., July 8, 1827; came to this county in 1852 ; was married to Miss Pluma Slayton, in 1851. She was born in this county. They have six children, three boys and three girls. He owns 160 acres of land, highly improved, and very valuable. He is by trade, a blacksmith, but since his settlement has not worked at it. He is one of the enterprising citizens who have used their energies toward the county's advancement and improvement. He is a Republican, and a member of the Methodist church for the last thirty-five years.

WRIGHlT KEHEMI AH, farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Mendon;was born in Oxfordshire, England, Nov. 4, 1823, and came to this country in 1839, and settled in Columbiana county, Ohio, where he remained up to 1844, at which time he moved to this county ; was married to Miss Merriam Taylor, in 1855. She was bom in the same place as her husband. They have ten children, seven boys and three girls. He owns fifty acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, stocked with fruit, and valuable. He is one of the old and enterprising citizens who have used their energies and exertions toward the county's advancement and prosperity. He is a Republican, and a member of the Congregational church.

YOUJffG PETER, Physician; P. O. Mendon ; was born in Butler county, Ohio, Dec. 11, 1823; came to this county Sept. 1, 1847. He enlisted in May, 1840, in the 1st

Ohio liegt. of one-jear volunteers, during the Mexican war, under Col. A. M. Mitchell, and during his stay there began reading medicine, and after returning to Ohio, remained two months, and came to this county. About eight years after his arrival here, he studied medicine, and taught school at the same time, and in 1855 graduated in the Medical Department of the University of St. Louis; was married to Miss Virginia C. Miller, of Marion county, Va. They have three children, one boy and two girls. He owns 275 acres of land, the most of wliich is in a high state of cultivation, well improved, abundantly stocked with fruit; also owns several pieces of town property in Mendon. His father, Moses Young, born Feb. 12, 1791, in Sussex county, N. J., came to this county, in 1875, to make his home with his sou. Dr. Young is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Congregational church.

AHAIiT MRS. LOUISA, farmer; Sec. 31;*P. O. Ursa; born on the place she now lives, Dec. 25, 1837; was married to Rufus F. Ahalt, in 1847. He was born in Maryland, Dec. 4, 1833, and was during life a very enterprising, energetic and valued citizen, and assisted very materially in the advancement and prosperity of the township. He was Democratic in politics and died Jan. 4, 1875. The estate contains 203 acres of land, a great deal of which is in a high state of cultivation, stocked with fruit and valuable. Her father, CI ay burn Campbell, served during the Blackhawk War, and assisted very considerably in the early settlement of the county, as lie was one of the very first of its settlers. She has seven children, two sons and five daughters ; is a member of the Methodist church.

RISELL ^WERSTER, farmer; P. O. Marcelline; born in this township, Sept. 4, 1840 ; was married to Miss Matilda C. Gerard, in 1867. She was born in ^liami county, O. They have one child, Wm. E., born Feb. 9, 1868. He owns fifty acres of land, the most of which is in a high state of cultivation, well improved, abundantly stocked with fruit and very valuable. He also owns some valuable town property in Marcelline, the portion of which he occupies is elegantly improved. He is Republican in politics, and one of the most energetic and enterprising of the county's citizens. He

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BliYIiER BEJkJAMIBr, farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Marcelline; born in Cumberland coimty, Pa., Feb. 22, 1825 ; came to this county in 1846; was married to Miss Elizabeth Lauber, in 1854. She was born in Pennsylvania, April 29, 1828. They have had six children, five of whom are now living, two sons and three daughters. He owns 200 acres of land, about half of which is in a high state of cultivation, well improved and stocked with fruit. He is a Democrat in politics and a member of the United Brethren church. He is one of the energetic and enterprising citizens who labors hard for the county's advancement.

BOOTH E:?lIIiY. farming; Sec. 32; P. O. Quincy; was born in Shelby county, Ky., Sept. 26, 1825 ; came to this county in March, 1833. Her father, Stephen Booth, was, during life, one of the most energetic of the county's citizens, and one of those to whom it owes its prosperous condition. He died May 29, 1867, in his eighty-second year. She owns ninety acres of land in high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, abundantly stocked with fruit and very valuable. She is a member of the Christian church of Ursa. Brewer Wess, farmer; sec 30; P. O. Marcelliue.

BRlTOi^EBO^ COIVRAD, farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Ursa; born in Hanover, Jan. 19, 1815; came to this county May 31, 184S; was married to Miss Sophie Whitefield, in 1853. She was born in Hanover, also. They have two children -. Emma D. and Rosa C. He owns 261 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, improved, abundantly stocked with fruit and valuable. He is one of the energetic citizens of the county, always looking after its improvement and advancement ; is Democratic in politics and a member of the Lutheran church.

CAMPBEIil. EEE R., retired; Sec. 30; P. O. Marcelliue: w:^s born in Wilson countj^ Tenn.,July 5, 1815; came to this State in 1826, and settled in Jacksonville; moved to Quincy in 1837, where he engaged in building and merchandising, and assisted in the construction of the Quincy House and the old Court House; after remaining there until the fall of 1845, he moved to Marcelline and continued in merchandising. In 1846 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and held the office ten years, when he moved back to Quincy, still keeping in the old business, and was there also elected Justice of the Peace. He onlj^ remained, however, in the city until 1861, when he returned to this township and retired to his beautiful farm, which adjoins Marcelline. He was married to Miss Sarah Heberling, in 1846. She was born in Harrisburg, Pa. They have four children, two boys and two girls. He is Democratic in politics, and one of the old and energetic citizens who has labored hard for the county's improvement and advancement, and to whom it owes its present prosperous and flourishing condition.

farming; Sec. 31; P.O.Ursa; was born in Lincoln county. Mo., in May, 1811 ; came to this county in the fall of 1823. Her father, Samuel Groshong, was the first settler, and built the first cabin in Ursa township. She was married to George Campbell, in August, 1825, byWillard Keyes, Justice of the Peace. He died, Dec. 24, 1864, in the 71st year of his age. This was the first marriage celebrated in this county, and her son, Andrew J. Campbell, born Aug. 12, 1827, was the first white child born in the county. She has had eleven children, three of whom are now dead. She owns 130 acres of laud in a high state of cultivation, well improved, and stocked with fruit. The farm is known generally throu L!,hout the county as the "Walnut Grove Farm." She is still in the enjoyment of good health, and bids fair to live and be a consolation to her children for a number of years to come.

COLiVl^r DAVIS P., farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Ursa; was born in Pendleton county, Ky., Feb. 24, 1815; came to this county in 1838; was married three times. His first wife was Elizabeth Bootli She was boru in Bourbon county, Ky. By this marriage lie had five children : Isabella, Joshua, Zeperina, Emily aud George. His second wife was Caroline Kirkpatrick, who was born in this county. B}^ this marriage he had two children: James and Lilly. His third and present wife was Mary E. Hedges, of Bourbon county, Ky., to whom he was married in 1870. He owns 186 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, and very valuable. He is Republican in politics, and one of the early, energetic, and industrious citizens to whom the county looks for its present and future prosperity.

Daugherty Michael

farmer; Sec 29; P. O.Ursa; was born in Westmoreland county, Pa, July 1, 1810; came to this county in the fall of 1850 ; was married to Miss Elizabeth Funk, in 1830. She was born in the same county as her husband, in 1807. They have seven children, live boys and two girls. He owns 451 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, abundantly stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Methodist church. He is one of the most energetic and industrious citizens of the county, to whom it is indebted for its present prosperous and flourishing condition.

DCNCAX JOHX W., farmer; Sec. 83; P. O. Quincy; was bom in this county, July 16, 1830; was married to Miss Mary Booth, Dec. 19, 1860. She was born in Bourbon country, Ky., Jan. 3, 1828. They have three children : Maggie, born Dec. 5, 1861 ; William, born May 9, 1863, and Emily, born Dec. 26, 1867. He owns eighty acres of land, in a high state of cultivation and stocked with fruit. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Christian church. He is one of the energetic, enterprising and industrious citizens of Adams county, alive to its interests and future prosperity, and is one of tue oldest - if not the oldest - citizens born in the county, that is now living.

ler; Ursa; was liorn in Lima, this county, Jan. 1, 1851 ; was married to Miss B.Archer, Jan. 3. 1872. She was boru in the same place as her husband, Feb. 20, 1855. They have two children, E. Clyde and Harry B. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the ]Methodist church. He is a member of the firm of Shaw & Fawbush, merchant and custom millers at Ursa, and manufacturers of some superior brands of flour. He owns some valuable town property in Lima, elegantly improved, aud splendidly located. He is one of the young, enterprising, and industrious sons of the county, who add so materially to its advancement and prosperity.

Forsyth Mrs. Mary

farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Ursa; was born in Pendleton county, K}'., Sept. 26, 1800; was married to Robert Fors.yth, Feb. 11, 1819. He was boru in Penn.sylvauia, May 16, 1794. They have had eleven children, si.x: of whom are now living, one son and five daughters. She came to this county, July 17, 1830. Mr. Forsyth was one of the old energetic, and industrious citizens who endured all the hardships and privations of the early settlement of the county, and to those the county owes its present prosperous condition. He died Feb. 12, 1875, leaving a splendid estate of upward of 300 acres of land, well improved. He served during the War of 1812, for which service he drew a pension up to his death. Mrs. F. is still enjoying good health, for one of her advanced years, and bids fair to live and be a comfort to her children for some years to come. She is a member of the Baptist church.

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FRAZER liEIIlJEI. O., farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Ursa; was born in Harrison county, Ky., Feb. 18, 1811 ; came to this county, April 13, 1827 ; was married twice. His first wife was Miss Mary Jane Roberts, of Butler county, Ohio, to whom he was married Oct. 38, 1843. By this marriage he has three children. She died March 22, 1851. His second, and present, wife was Miss Eve M. Ahalt, of Frederick county, Md., born Sept. 10, 1829, to whom he was married, Aug. 19, 1853. They have nine cliildren, five boys and four girls. He owns 168 acres of land, the greater part of which is in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He is one of the few remaining early settlers of the county, who have labored hard for its improvement and advancement. He has been county Coroner, and has held other offices of a local nature. Is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Christian church.

FRAIZER JAMES B., farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Ursa; was born in Harrison county. Ivy., Aug. 7, 1807; came to this county, April 7, 1837 ; was married to Miss Emelia Nesbitt in 1833. She Avas born in the same county as her husband, April 1, 1813. They have had nine children, eight of whom are now living, three sons and five daughters. He owns 340 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, well improved, and abundantly stocked with fruit. He is one of the few remaining early citizens who have labored so nobly for the county's advancement and improvement, and to whom it owes its present prosperity. . He is Democratic in politics. His farm is one of the very first settled in the township, having been in cultivation since 182(3. Freman W. W. farmer; sec. S2; P. O. Marcelline.

CJXIJSE FREDERICK., farmer; Sec. 31 ; P. O.Ursa; was born in Prussia, Feb. 26, 1836; cauieto this country in 1851, and settled in this county; was married to Miss Henrietta Koock in 1851. She was born in the same place as her husband. They have nine children, four sons and five daughters. He owi»s 160 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, abundantly stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He is Democratic m politics, and a member of the German Lutheran church. He is one of the most energetic of the county's citizens, to whom she looks for her future prosperity. Golden S. M farmer; sec. fi; P. O. Marcelline. Goodwin -John, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Marcelline.

GREEX JAMES, farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Marcelline; was born in Steuben county, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1829; came to this county in 1862; was married to Miss Catherine Black in 1863. She was born in Ireland. They have two children, Laura B. and Cora A. He owns 300 acres of land , about forty of which is well improved, and supplied with fruit, and very valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and one of the energetic, enterprising citizens of Adams county. He served during the late War of the Rebellion in the Missouri State Militia.

Hexdricksox Garret

farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Marcelline; was born in New Jersey, March 1, 1831 ; came to this county in 1848 ; was married to Miss Elizar beth J. Swan in 1863. She was born in this State, Jan. 11, 1844. They have four children, two of whom are now living, William, and Jessie. He owns 555 acres of land, about 200 of which is in a high state of cultivation, well improved, stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Christian church ; one of the very energetic citizens who have labored for the county's advancement, improvement, and prosperous condition.

HUGH£S AL.BERT, farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Ursa; was born in Jeflerson county, Ky., Jan. 20, 1810; came to this county in 1835 ; was married to Miss Sarah Ann Taylor, Nov. 19, 1836. She was born in Shelby county, Ky., Oct. 17, 1814. They have three children, Eliza Jane, jVIinei-va, and Robert C. He owns 157 acres of laud in a high state of cultivation, well improved, supplied with fruit, and very valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and one of the old energetic and industrious citizens'who has the county's welfare at heart, and one of those that it may be proud of.

HUNTER THOMAS J., wagon maker and undertaker; Marcelline; was born in Leheigh county, Penn., July 19, l!r46 ; came to this count}' in 1858; was married to Miss Ella Patterson in 1874. She was born in the town of Marcelline. They have one child, Marj' J., born June 5, 1877. He is extensively engaged in the wagon making and undertaking business, and has by close attention built himself up a lucrative business. He is Republican in politics.

JEXKJXS \VM. A., farmer; Sec. 1 ; P. O. Marcelline; was born in Warren county, Ky., March 4, 1832; came to this county in 1842 ; was married to Miss Rachel Price in 1857. She was born in Maryland, April 8, 1836. They have five children, three sons and two daughters. He owns 365 acres of laud, stocked with fruit, and valuable. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the Christian church, and one of the early, enterprising and industrious citizens of the county, and one of those to whom it owes its flourishing condition. He enlisted in Co. B. of the 78th Regt. 111. Inf. during the late War of the Rebellion, and served three years.

county in March 1830, and settled in Quincy ; remained some twenty-three years. His occupation during that period was varied. He made the first barrel of flour that ever passed inspection in the county. For the first seven years of the time he worked out by the month and by strict economy and a firm determination to succeed, he managed to .save sufficient to build a small mill which he ran for a while, sold out, and built a distillery, sold it, since which time he built two others on a considerably larger scale. For the last twenty-five years of his life he has been farming on the beautiful place he now lives. He was married twice. His first wife was Miss Salena Edgerton, of Connecticut. By this marriage he had three children, none living. His second, and present, wife was Eliza Gallamore of North Carolina, to whom he was married in March 1846. They had eleven children, nine of whom are dead. He owns 240 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, abundantly stocked with fruit, besides a great deal of very fine property in the city of Quincy. He is Democratic in politics, and is one of tlie most prosperous and energetic of the county's "citizens. He came here with nothing but health and a firm determination, and is now one of the most wealthy citizens of the county. Kuhns M. B. farmer: sec. 36; P. O. Quincy.

chant, Marcelline ; was born in Quincy, Sept. 22, 1837 ; was married to ^liss Martina Ta3^1or, March 10, 1873. She was born in this township, Nov. 22, 1846. They have had two children, one of whom (Thomas M.) is dead, and the baby, a boj' now seventeen months old. He engaged in mercantile business, in 1873, in the firm of Walker & Leachman, dealers in general merchandise, and has, by close attention to business, and by fair dealing, built up an enviable reputa tion and a very lucrative business He is Democratic in politics, and is township Collector, which office he has held since 1861, with the exception of four terms, and has held various other offices of trust and importance in the township. - liEACHMAJC Wm., farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Ursa; was born in Louden county, Va., Oct. 22, 1802. In 1804 he emigrated with his parents to West Virginia, and settled in Wood county, where he lived until 1825 ; then moved to Jefferson county, Ky., where he married his first wife, Dec. 4, 1828, who was Miss Jane Taylor, of Pennsylvania, born Aug. 16, 1806. By this marriage he has six children, three boys and three girls. He lived there until 1835, when he moved to this county, and settled on the place where he now lives. His second, and present, wife was Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, to whom he was married July 5, 1846. She was born in Jefferson county, Ky., Aug. 16, 1813. He owns 1471': 2 acres of land, the most of which is in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, abundantly stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Christian church. He is one of the few early, enterprising and industrious citizens now left who have been so conducive to the county's prosperity.

liOUCKS HE Bf R Y S., merchant; P. O. Ursa; was born in Fayette county, Pa., Nov. 28, 1831 ; came to this county in 1857 ; was married to Miss Caroline Wible, in 1863. She was born in Westmoreland county. Pa. They have one child, Annie W., born Feb. 1, 1869. He is one of the firm of Rumbaugh & Loucks, dealers in general merchandise, at Ursa, in which town he owns some very valuable property, splendidly improved. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Lutheran church. He is one of the most energetic citizens, and adds to the prosperity of the town of Ursa and of Adams county.

McAD.lMS 1VIL.1.IAM, farmer; Sec. 18; P.O.Ursa; was born in Logan county, Ky., Aug. 1, 1815; came' to this county in November, 1835 ; was married to Miss Elizabeth Taylor, May 1, 1838. She was born in Kentucky. They have six children, three boys and three girls. He owns 337 acres of land, the most of which is in a high state of cultivation, stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Christian church. He is one of the oldest and most enterprising citizens, and has labored hard for the county's advancement, and to whom it owes its present prosperous condition. He has held various offices of importance and trust in the township.

McADAMS WM. T., farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Ursa; was born in this township. May 29, 1848 ; was married to Martha Miller, in 1873. She was born in this township, also. They have three children : Lela M., Charles T., and William B. He is cultivating a beautiful farm of 125 acres, well improved, and in a high state of cultivation. Democratic in politics, and a member of the Christian church. He is one of the young, energetic and industrious sons of the county, to whom it looks for a continuation of its prosperity.

McL.AUGIII.IX JOHX, hotel; P. O. Ursa; was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1826 ; was married to Miss Catherine Dougherty in 1868. They have two children, Annie and Daniel. He came to this country m 1835, and settled in New York ; in 1838 he moved to Summit Hill, Cai'bon county, Pa., where he lived six years ; then moved to this county, and has been a resident ever since. He owns eighty acres of land in Gilmer township in a high state of cultivation, elegantly improved, and very valuable. He is also proprietor of the Ursa Hotel, where the traveler may receive entertainment in the best of stjde. He is one of the most enterprising citizens of the town and township, and is now building and about to open a drug store in the new town of Ursa. Is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic church. McLaughlin Samuel, farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Ursa.

M c L< A IT G H 1. 1 X \V M., farmer ; Sec. 32; P. O. Marcelline. He was born in Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 14, 1817 ; came to this county in June, 1837 ; was married to Miss Nancy Ann Kincade in 1840. She was born in Nicholas county, Ky., June 7, 1819. They have four children, two sons and two daughters. He owns 200 acres of land, in a fine state of cultivation, well improved, supplied with fruit and valuable. He is a Re- publican in politics, and a nieml)er of the Christian church. Is one of the old energetic and enterprising citizens of the county who have been so conducive to its welfare.

MAYFIELD JAMES \V., station and express agent. He was born in this township .Fan. 22, 1842 ; was married to Miss Eva S. ^leltaberger, Nov. 21, 1873. She was horn in Lima township, this county. They have two children, Charles F. and Ora. He is Republican in politics, and owns some valuable town property in Ursa, well improved and splendidly located. He has been agent of both the railroad and express companies since May, 1872, and has, by strict attention to business, gentlemanly and pleasing address to the patrons of the companies, given unbounded satisfaction.

MIL.L.ER URIAH K., farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Marcelline. He was born in Bourbon county, Ky., Dec. 16, 1825 ; came to this count}^ in 1833; was married to Miss Elizabeth Groves in 1846. She was born in Wabash county, 111., May 17, 1830. They have three children : John W., Daniel B., and Martha A. He owns 320 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, improved, stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Christian church. He is one of the early, enterprising and industrious citizens who have been so conducive to the county's prosperity. He enlisted in Co. B, of the 78th Regt. 111. Inf., during the late War of the Rebellion, and served two and one-half years.

MIL.L.EB WM. E., farmer and stock dealer; Sec. 36; P. O. Marcelline. He was born in this township June 7, 1835; was educated in the schools of the township, and on Jan. 7, 1858, was married to Miss Sarah Ann Anderson, a native of Breckenridge county, Ky., born Oct. 21, 1838. They have had ten children, eight of whom are now living, five sons and three daugliters. He owns 290 acres of land, which ranks among the most valuable and productive in the county. Is Democratic in politics; has been School Director of this district for a number of years. He enlisted in Co. B, of

MULIilCAX JAMES, farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Ursa. He was born in Casey county, Ky., Feb. 1, 1812; came to this county in 1836 ; was married to Mrs. Rachel Campbell in 1841. She was born in Barren county, Ky. They have four children, two sons and two daughters. He owns 116 acres of land, about one-half of which is highly cultivated, abundantly supplied with fruit and very valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and one of the energetic, enterprising and industrious citizens to whom the county is indebted for her present and future prosperity. He has held various offices of a local importance in the township.

XICHOIiS JAMES, farmer ; Sec. 8 ; P. O. Ursa. He was born in Bourbon county, Ky., Sept. 11, 1799; was educated at Bryan Station, Fayette countj-, Ky., and Oct. 21, 1824, was married to Miss Margarette Wallace, a native of the same county as her husband, born Aug. 6, 1806. She died on June 20, 1834, leaving four children, three sons and one daughter. On December 22d of the same year he was married to his second wife, who was Miss Mouring Bowles, a native of Bourbon county, Ky.; born Oct. 25, 1812, and died May 29, 1849, leaving six children, one son and five daughters. He was married Sept. 23, 1849, to Mrs. Catherine Hendry, formerly Ruddell, his third, and present wife, who was also a native of Bourbon county, Ky., born Sept, 28, 1814. By this marriage there is one child, a son. She has also two daughters, the fruits of a previous marriage. He owns 122 acres of land, which for fertility of soil and improvement will compare favorably with any in the county. Republican in politics, and a member of the Christian church.