Bureau County, Illinois - Biographical sketches, 1885 (part 12 of 13)

GEORGE W. STONE, Princeton, was born October 22, 1830, in Worcester County, Mass. His father, Independence Stone, was born April 6, 1809, in Worcester County, Mass., and yet resides in Lamoille, Bureau Co., 111., to which he came in 1857. He was a farmer by occupation. The grandfather of George W. Stone was Daniel Stone, a native of Massachusetts, where he died. He was born January, 1766, and died September 27, 1829. He married Ann Gibson, who was born March, 1770; she died April, 1856, in Massachusetts, the State of her nativity. She was the mother of thirteen children, viz.: Daniel, Jr., who died in infancy; Daniel, Jr., 2d; Jonathan, Ann B., John, Eliza, Jonas, Lydia, Thomas. Independence, George Z., Liberty and Hannah. Of these Jonas resides in Westboro, Mass., Independence in Lamoille, 111., and Liberty in Buda, Bureau Co., 111. The mother of our subject was Mary (Coy) Stone, who was born August 3, 1810, in Belchertown, Mass. She died in 1864 in Princeton. She was the mother of three children, viz. : Mrs. Augusta Hannover, of Lamoille; George W., our subject, and Mrs. Caroline Robinson, of De Witt, Iowa. Our subject was educated in Massachusetts and is a self-made man. In early life he was engaged in the mercantile business in the East. In 1852 he went to California by water via the Isthmus of Panama. He was delayed by different causes, and it took him five months to reach his destination. His labors in the gold mines were successful, and after a sojourn of three years he embarked for home on the steamer Golden Age, which foundered off the coast of Panama. The passengers were all safely landed on a small island in the Pacific Ocean, from which they were rescued by the steamer John L. Stevens. Mr. Stone only remained home a few months, and then came West, arriving in Princeton in August, 1855. Here he followed the mercantile business for a number of years. In 1868 he was appointed United States Assessor of Internal Revenue, which position he filled for four years. In 1872 he was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court of Bureau County, serving one term of four years. Since then he has farmed and dealt extensively in land both here and in the West, owning land in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas, to which he makes frequent trips. Mr. Stone has been married twice. His first wife was Ann M. Wadham, a native of Massachusetts; she died in Princeton; she was the mother of Mary Stone, who was born January 19, 1860. His present wife's maiden name was Miss Jennie E. Elliott, a daughter of John and Mary (Hughes) Elliott. Mrs. Jennie E. Stone is the mother of two daughters, viz. : Maude H. was born November 25, 1862, and Cora B. was born September 6, 1864. Mrs. Stone and the two oldest children are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Stone has always taken a deep interest in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the people and has filled a number of offices and given general satisfaction. He is much interested in all agricultural matters, and has been Secretary of the Bureau County Agricultural Society for a number of years. He has also been Vice-President of the State Agricultural Board for this District. In political matters Mr. Stone has been identified with the Republican party. He is a member of Temple Commandery Knights Templar, No. 20.

LIBERTY STONE, Buda. The subject of this sketch was born in Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., Mass., May 15, 1813. He is the son of Daniel and Anna (Gibson) Stone, both natives of Massachusetts, where they lived and died. Mr. Stone was reared on a farm till he was fifteen years of age, when he went into a currier's shop, and then learned the trade of shoe-making. For two years he was in partnership with his brother in manufacturing boots and shoes; at the end of that time he retired from the business and came West, landing in Peoria, 111., May 6, 1838. In coming to Peoria he had traveled most of the distance by water, having gone by steamer from Providence, R. I., to New York City; then after reaching Philadelphia, Penn., he took canal and railroad to Pittsburgh, and from there to Peoria he made the trip by steamboats on the rivers. He brought a stock of goods with him to this State, but sold the goods out as soon as possible, and for some months worked at a brick yard in Peoria, bat during the season purchased land at Osceola, Stark Co., and removed to it in September, 1838, and began its improvement. A few years later he settled on Section 5, Range 14, Township 7, and within one-half mile of the Bureau County line, but in the fall of 1873 came to Buda. He was married March 31, 1836, in Westboro, Mass., to Julia M. Winslow, who was born in Worcester County, August 17, 1811, and was the daughter of Ezra and Martha (Fisher) Winslow, both natives of Massachusetts. Mrs. Stone died July 15, 1853. October 5, 1853, Mr. Stone was united in marriage in Stark County, 111., to Thankful B. Lesan, who was born in Montville, Me., May 14, 1821, daughter of John j and Elizabeth (Brooks) Lesan, both natives of Maine, who in 1830 had removed to Ohio, and six years later, in 1836, came to Bureau County, 111. They remained here but a short time, when they settled in Knox County, but in 1838 removed to Osceola, Stark County. The mother died in Illinois, but the father in Iowa. They came to Illinois across the country in a " prairie schooner " drawn by four yoke of oxen. Mr. and Mrs. Stone are members of the Congregational Church. In politics he is Republican, but his first vote for President was for James G. Birney, the Abolition candidate. Mr. Stone was an active anti -slavery man, and was associated with Owen Lovejoy and others on the "underground railroad." By his first wife Mr. Stone has the following children: Henry S., born in Westboro, Mass., April 5, 1837 (he went into the service in Company F, One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Col. Thomas J. Henderson, and at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., he lost his right arm; he was married November 2, 1857, to Martha L. Stacy, and now resides in Republic City, Kan.); the second child, Almira L., was born July 27, 1840, in Osceola, 111., and died March 27, 1841; Louisa A. was born February 11, 1843, married February 3, 1869, to William Jackson, and now resides at Elmira, Stark Co., 111.; Celia L., born January 23,

1844, married December 23, 1868, to George S. Emerson, now of Havana, Mason Co., 111.; George G., born April 4, 1846, served in Company F, One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was wounded at Resaca, Ga. (he was married June 2, 1868, to Hannah Mooney, and now lives at Plainview, Pierce Co. , Neb. ) ; Oscar T. , born October 15, 1847, died February 15, 1848; Ellen F., born September 11, 1848, married October 14, 1867, to Newell H. Blanchard, now of Creston, Iowa. By the second wife he is the father of the following-named children: Otto A., born August 18, 1854, married January 17, 1881, to Lizzie Floyd, and now lives in Buda; Julia W., born August 6, 1856, married March 11, 1880, to Edmund J. Swope, of Macon Township; Millie B., born April 7, 1859, died October 4, 1859; Chester M., born March 13, 1861, died December 27, 1865; Elbert S. , born August 6, 1864, died February 27, 1865.

L. H. STREETER, Princeton, was born January 7, 1827, in Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y. He is a son of Simeon D. and Aborene S. (Danielson) Streeter. The former was a native of New Hampshire, but reared in New York, where he was a broadcloth manufacturer. He died in Phelps, N. Y. , aged sixtythree years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. The mother of our subject was a native of Cooperstown, N. Y. Her parents, Frederick and Fanny (Huntington) Danielson, were of English extraction. Mrs. Aborene S. Streeter was the mother of twelve children. Our subject was educated principally in his native town. At the age of eighteen he was appointed Deputy Clerk of the United States District Court at Key West, Fla. In early life he was a clerk and bookkeeper for many years. He has also been collecting and general agent for several of our large reaper manufactories in different States. Eventually he located in Chicago, where, in the spring of 1862, he was appointed United States Assistant Assessor for the first division of that city. In 1866 he removed his family to Waukegan, and for ten years traveled between that city and Chicago, at which latter place he did business. First he started the United States Revenue Agency, for which business he was well qualified, owing to his large acquaintance among business men, but as the revenue laws were continually changing he closed the office after one year and engaged in the insurance and real estate business. In June, 1877, he came to Princeton, and the following March was appointed Deputy County Treasurer by E. A. Washburn, and has filled that office ever since to the entire satisfaction of Mr. Washburn and the people of Bureau County. Mr. Streeter was married in Beloit, Wis., to Sophronia Ames, a native of St. Lawrence County, N. Y. She is the mother of Mary A. and Margaret N. Streeter. Our subject is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the A. F. & A. M. fraternity. His knowledge of business laws and contact with business men have qualified him for any position of public trust.

THEODORE P. STEEETER, Princeton, was born in Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., January 14, 1842. He is the son of Simeon D. and Aborene (Danielson) Streeter. The father died in Phelps, N. Y., but the mother in Chicago, 111. In 1851 our subject removed with his mother to Racine, Wis., and at a later date to Beloit, Wis. At the age of twelve years he went into a printing office, and has almost constantly followed the same occupation since. In 1856 he came to Bureau County, 111., but after a short stay at Dover he went to Iowa,. but returned to this county in 1859. September 16, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Fifty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served till July 7, 1865, when he received his discharge. During the first part of his service Mr. Streeter participated in many severe engagements, among which were the battle of Fort Donelson, the siege and battle of Corinth, the fall of Resaca, Ga. For about eighteen months he had charge of a Government printing office at Rome, Ga., and published a paper called Our Flag, at Rome. During this time he was on detached service, and so continued until his discharge. During the march to the sea, and till the close of the war, he was on duty at the headquarters of Gen. J. M. Corse, Fourth Division Fifteenth Army Corps. At the close of the war he again returned to Princeton, and has been in a printing office most of the time since, and since 1873 has been the lessee of the job department of the Republican printing office. September 4, 1865, he was married in this county to Miss Harriet E. Triplett, who was born here, and is the daughter of McCayga and Emily (Wiswall) Triplett. Mr. and Mrs. Triplett came to Bureau County, 111., in about 1834, and Mrs. Triplett died here, but he is now a resident of California. Mr. and Mrs. Streeter have two children, viz. : George M. and Henry C. He is a member of Princeton Lodge A. F. & A. M., No. 587; Princeton Chapter, No. 28; Orion Council, No. 8, R. & S M. ; Temple Commandery, No. 20, K. T. Princeton Lodge of Perfection, A. & S. R. Princeton Council, P. of J., A. A. S. R. Princeton Chapter, Rose Croix, A. A. S. R. ; Princeton Consistory, A. A. S. R. He is a member of the Beauseant Lodge, No. 19, K. of P.; Princeton Division, No. 8, U. R. K. of P. He is First Assistant Grand Commander of the First Grand Division of the Uniform Knights of Illinois K. of P. He is also Commander of the Ferris Post, No. 309, G. A.. R. , and is First Lieutenant Company E, Sixth Regiment Illinois National Guards.

THOMAS STUDLEY, Neponset, was born April 23,1832, in Yorkshire, England; son of William and Ann (Chapman) Studley, the pioneers of Neponset Township. Our subject was reared and educated in Bureau County, where he has made farming his occupation, and for the last twenty years been engaged in the stock business. He has now about 600 acres of land in Neponset and Mineral Townships. He was married here to Hannah Dunn, a native of Michigan. She is the mother six children, viz. : Mrs. Minerva J. Moth era!, a resident of Iowa; Mrs. Eva Marton, of Vermont; Elma, Mary, Victor and Emma. Politically Mr. Studley is identified with the Democratic party.

JOSEPH SUTHERLAND, Milo, was born February 16, 1824, in Washington County, Ind. His great-grandfather was a native of Scotland. His grandfather, Roger Sutherland, was a native of New York; he died in Missouri. The latter's son,Isaac Sutherland, who is the father of our subject, was born in 1804 in New York State. At the age of seventeen he went to Indiana, where he farmed till November, 1839, when he came to Milo

Township in Bureau County, but soon afterward went to Fulton County, where he lived five years and then returned to this county. Here he resided till August, 1876, when he went to Iowa, where he died two years afterward. He was married twice. His first wife, Sylvia Hackett, was born in Ohio. She died in 1835. She was the mother of eight children of whom four are yet living, viz.: Joseph, Sylvester, Mrs. Philena Whipple and Darius. His second wife, Mrs. Margaret Keerns (nee McKeaig), was the mother of three children by h^r first marriage and six by her last. Of these, Harrison and Harvey, who are twins, Lemuel and Charley, are yet living in Iowa. Our subject is principally self educated. He was married January 13, 1850, to Matilda Weidman, born November 18, 1830, in Champaign County, Ohio. She is a daughter of J. W. Weidman, and is the mother of the following children: Edwin, Clara E., Elzora (deceased, aged sixteen years), Mrs. Emma Kelso, Mrs. Hulda Shimmel, Frank (deceased), Nettie, Sylva and Walter Sutherland. Joseph Sutherland is a Republican, and is one of the most intelligent and leading men in Milo Township. He has been Constable six years, Commissioner twelve years, Treasurer six years and filled school offices. He has been a successful farmer and owns 300 acres of land in this county and 3,360 acres in Nebraska.

FERDINAND SUTTON, Maiden, was born in St. Clairsville, Belmont, Co., Ohio, September 30, 1823. His father, Manoah Sutton, was born September 15, 1791, at Dover, N. J. He was a bricklayer and plasterer by trade, but also engaged in farming; he died in York, Penn., October, 1855. He was married November 16, 1820, at Flushing, Ohio, to Elizabeth Frazier, born in Culpepper, Va., February 14, 1798, and now residing in Maiden. They were the parents of eight children, four of whom are now living, viz. : Alice Ann, born August 11, 1821, wife of Joseph Morrison; Ferdinand, born September 30, 1823; William, born June 12, 1828, of Maiden; Phebe E., born January 10, 1832, wife of Freeman Rackley, of Maiden. In 1852 the family came to Bureau County, settling first in Dover Township and afterward in Berlin. Ferdinand Sutton has made this county his home since 1852, being engaged in farming and in the grain and stock business. For some time he lived on the farm, also three years in Princeton, but for several years past has resided in Maiden, and carried on the grain and stock business, though he and wife still own a farm of 526 acres in Selby Township. Mr. Sutton's opportunity for gaining an education was so limited that he only attended school fourteen days; nevertheless, through his own energy he has overcome all difficulties and made life a success. He was married in this county, April 1, 1858, to Nancy J. Field. She was born in Harrison County, Ohio, February 10, 1838, and died April 9, 1865, in Berlin Township, 111. She was the mother of three children: Charles, born January 16, 1859, married to Lena Callinan, October 11, 1882; Frank, born February 20, 1861, a merchant of Cheney, Neb. ; Mary, born February 22, 1863. Mr. Sutton was married September 25, 1867, to Angelia (Adams) Pierce. Her father, William B. Adams, was born in Otsego, Otsego Co., N. Y., February 11, 1806, and his wife Priscilla was born at the same place February 16, 1806. Their children were also born in Otsego County, N. Y. Lyman B. was born January 27, 1833 ; Angelia A., born June 22, 1835. Lyman B. Adams was married to Rebecca Burnham, September 20, 1853, at Fredonia, N. Y. Their son, Charley B., was born November 27, 1855, in Selby, ill., and died December 16, 1882, at Maiden. Rebecca Adams died March 19, 1882, at Maiden, 111. Angelia A. Adams was married to Rhodolphus F. Pierce, June 22, 1851, at Hartwick, Otsego Co., N. Y. He was born September 10, 1830, in Otsego County, N. Y., and died May 2, 1861, in Selby, 111. William B. Adams and all of his family came to Selby, Bureau Co., 111., May 5, 1854, and settled on the old John Hall farm. William B. Adams died August 18, 1869, at Maiden. His widow, Priscilla, is still living at Maiden, 111.

NEWTON B. SWAN, Hall. William Swan, grandfather of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, came from Morgan County, 111., in the fall of 1833, and settled on land now owned by H. W. Munson, in Hall Township, known as the McNamara farm, the McNamaras having come here about 1836. William Swan was the father of the following children: James G. , John W., Mrs. Mary Hall, wife of John W. Hull, who escaped from the Indian Creek massacre, William, Wilson, Mrs. Jane Combs, George, Franklin, Martha and Mrs. Sarah A. Melick. The Swan family all came here together, but there are no descendants here now except the family of James G. Four of William Swan's sons removed to Nebraska James G. Swan was born October 30,1808, near Murfreesboro, Tenn. He came to Illinois in 1831, and to Bureau County in 1833. He made a claim and entered eighty acres of land, and afterward fifty-two acres in Hall Township, where his son, Newton B., now resides. In 1870 he removed to Peru, where he died. His quiet and good-humored jokes are still fresh in the memories of all Peruvians. He was a man who made no enemies, and during his long residence in the county he built up a character that will preserve his memory green in the hearts of hundreds of warm friends, and cause the exclamation "another good man has passed away." James G. Swan was married in Tazewell County, 111., to Susan Larimore, a native of Virginia. She died in Harmon, Lee County, in 1876, at the age of sixty- one years. They were the parents of nine children, viz.: Mrs. Sarah E. McKenney, Mrs. Nancy J. Berlin, William G., George W. , Mrs. Martha A. Graver, Newton B., James M., John T. and Mary C. Smedley. Newton B. Swan was born February 4, 1846, in Hall Township. He was married in this county July 3, 1866, to Samantha Miller, born February 2, 1851, in Hall Township. She is the daughter of Edward H. and Matilda E. (Munson) Miller, now living near Princeton. Mr. and Mrs. Swan have two children: Edith M. and Vernie M. Politically he is a Democrat, as was also his father. He owns 170 acres in Hall Township.

JACOB L. SWEET, Concord, was born in Bichland County, Ohio, October 10, 1818. He is the SOD of Barton and Sarah (Van Wormer) Sweet. The father was born in Rutland, Vt., but the mother was a native of New York State. They both died in Ohio, to which State they had removed in 1816.

They were the parents of ten children, only four of whom yet survive. The eldest, Nathan Sweet, was born in 1797, and is now an active old man, living in this county. The others now living, are Jacob L., Cyrus, and Mrs. Elizabeth Welsh, who now lives in Atlantic, Iowa. The three brothers are all in Bureau County. Our subject was reared in Ohio, and in early manhood learned the carpenter's and joiner's trade, and followed it for many years. April 23, 1842, he landed in Bureau County, having traveled the distance from his old home on horse back, and most of the time alone, and whe'n there was but one house between Urbana, 111., and Leroy, near Bloomington, 111. In 1843 be returned to Ohio, and remained there till the spring of 1844, when, in company with his brother Cyrus, he again came to Bureau County. He first settled in Macon Township, on Section 5, when there was but one other family living in the township, that of Thomas Motherell. Mr. Sweet remained in Macon till 1848, when he removed to Section 32, in Concord Township, and in 1864 to his present farm in Section 33, which was first settled by- Joseph Foster, who kept what is known as the French Grove Hotel. For many years after coming to this county Mr. Sweet hired men to work the farm, and he gave his attention to carpenter work, and he finished the work on the first frame house ever built in Toulon, 111. Mr. Sweet has experienced the hardships of a pioneer, but his labors have not been without their reward. He now owns in Concord and Macon Townships about 600 acres of land besides lands elsewhere. In political views he is Republican, but in early life was a Whig. For several years he was Supervisor of Concord Township, and now holds his sixth commission as Justice of the Peace. He and wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. June 25, 1844, he was united in marriage in this county to Florenda T. Stevens, who was born in Massachusetts, and was a daughter of Benjamin Stevens, one of the early settlers in this county. She was the mother of four children, viz. : Sarah M., born September 19, 1845, died in Iowa, November 8, 1866 - she was the wife of Wesley D. Barnes; Ar villa A., born March 7, 1848, wife of Charles W. Ellis, of Dallas

County, Iowa; Henry L. Sweet, born May 3, 1849, now of Kent, Loup Co., Neb.; John B. Sweet, born May 17, 1851, resides at Aurora, Neb. Mrs. Sweet, died in 1853. Mr. Sweet was married April 10, 1854, in this county, to Emiline Newbaker, who was born in Perry County, Penn., September 21, 1828. She is the daughter of George W. and Ann (Buchanan) Newbaker, both natives of Pennsylvania. The father died in Pennsylvania, but the mother carae to Bureau County and died hore. She was the mother of two children now living, viz. : Amos B. Newbaker, on Section 16, Concord Township, and Mrs. Sweet. Mrs. Sweet is the mother of the following named children: Orrie E. , born May 24, 1858, wife of Frank D. White, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa; Alfred G., born May 17,1862, and Effie A., born February 14, 1871. The two younger live in this county.

JAMES W. TEMPLETON, Princeton, The gentleman whose name heads this paragraph is a native of St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., Ohio. Since 1863 Mr. Templeton has been closely identified with the history of Bureau County, 111., as he settled permanently in Princeton that year, and the following spring was appointed Deputy County Clerk. He served in that capacity till the fall of 1869, when he was elected County Clerk, which office he filled till 1873. In April, 1875, he was appointed Postmaster of Princeton, which position he still occupies. December 21, 1870, Mr. Templeton was united in marriage to Miss Mandana M. Stevens, a daughter of Justus Stevens, of Princeton. Mr. and Mrs. Templeton are the parents of one son and one daughter.

MARCUS THACKABERRY, Fairfield, was born April 25, 1817, in Queens County, Ireland. His grandfather, William Thackaberry, was a native of Palatine, Germany, from whence he aud bis two brothers emigrated to Ireland when young men. The parents of our subject were William and Elizabeth (Christian) Thackaberry, natives of Ireland, where they died. The former died May 15, 1833, aged fifty-two years; the latter died many years afterward, aged seventy-five years. She was the mother of six children, viz. : Mary A., deceased; Richard; Mrs. Deborah Lawler, of Hartford,

Conn. ; Marcus, our subject; Jane and Henry. Marcus Thackaberry came to the United States in 1846. He landed in New York, where he worked in the forge till 1850; from there he went to Pennsylvania, where he lived till 1852, and then he came to Bureau County, 111., and rented a farm four miles north of Princeton, where he resided till the fall of 1857, when he bought eighty acres of land in Fairfield Township, where he now resides and owns 520 acres. He came to Bureau County a poor man; $13 was the extent of his wealth, with which he bought a cow. To-day he is one of the richest men in the township. He was married, in Dublin, Ireland, to Mary Gray, who was born there. She is the mother of nine children, viz. : Mary J., died in infancy; Mrs. Anna E Rowe, William H., Israel C., Marcella R., Milton L., Marcus, Mary A. and Mrs.- Alverette Berry. Of these only the last named, Marcus, Mrs. Anna E. Rowe and Milton L., an attorney at law in Chicago, are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Thackaberry are members of the United Brethren Church; they were formerly Episcopalians. He is a Democrat, and a member of the A. F. & A. M. fraternity.

ALEXANDER H. THOMPSON, M. D., Princeton. Among those of the medical fraternity of Bureau County who have become eminent in the profession is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. The parents of Dr. Alexander H. Thompson were Henry and Sarah ( Grant) Thompson, both natives of New York. The former was born 1798, and died 1845; be was a builder and contractor by occupation. He was a gallant soldier in the war of 1812, participating in many thrilling scenes and skirmishes with the Indians, by whom he was taken prisoner, but eventually gained his freedom, after many months of captivity. The mother was born 1803, and died December 31, 1883. Her parents were Peter and Hannah (Banker) Grant, of Scotch extraction. She was the mother of seven children, of whom four are now living, viz.: John W., Peter G., Byron S. and our subject. John W. is a Lieutenant on the flag ship "Trenton," of the European squadron. Peter G. is Superintendent of a powder-mill in Schaghticoke, N. Y. ,of which his brother, Byron S., is Assistant Superin- tendent. Our subject was born November 12, 1825, in Pittstown, Bensselaer Co., N. Y. He attended the common schools of Pittstown, N. Y., till he was sixteen years old, and then became a student in the Troy Conference Academy, at West Poultney, Vt. At the end of three years of close application to study he became a teacher, following this profession for three years, after which he commenced the study of medicine in Troy, N. Y., with Simeon A. Cook as preceptor, graduating at Castleton, Vt, in 1851. He commenced to practice medicine in Walden, Orange Co., N. Y., where he remained till 1856, when he came West, locating in Kenosha, Wis. During the war he was appointed Surgeon of the Twenty-first Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers, but was prevented from accepting the position on account of the ill health of his wife. After the battles of Shiloh and Perry ville he was appointed by the Governor as a member of the Sanitary Committee, which repaired to the seat of war and looked after the health of the Wisconsin troops. In 1864 he removed to Chicago, where he remained one year, and during that time built up a large and lucrative practice, which he was compelled to leave on account of the failing health of his wife, and in 1865 we find Dr. Thompson in Princeton, Bureau Co., 111. He has followed his profession here ever since, and soon gained an enviable reputation as a physician, his services being of ten requested in consultations. He is a member of the Military Tract State Medical Society, and has twice been a delegate to the American Medical Association. The Doctor is an A. F. & A. M., Princeton Lodge, No. 587, also member of the Princeton Chapter, No. 28, and received the thirty-second degree of Scottish Rite. He is a member of I. O. O. F., and Director of the I. M. B. S. For three years he has been President of the Town Council, and in 1878 he was a candidate for the Senatorship of this district, being identified with the Democratic party. Dr. Thompson was married, October 28, 1856, in Walden, Orange Co. , N. Y. , to Miss Mary Louisa Capron, born May 27, 1829, in Walden, N. Y. She is a member of the Episcopal Church. Her parents were Seth M. and Caroline (Scofield) Capron, both natives of New York. He was a descendant of the Huguenots, and was a woolen manufacturer by occupation. After graduating at West Point he was for some years instructor in military tactics. In 1821 he came to St. Louis, Mo., with a regiment of United States troops, of which he was Major; with these he ascended the Mississippi River in flat-boats, and occupied Fort Snelling near St. Paul, which had just been completed. He finally returned East, where he followed his vocation. The life of Dr. Thompson has been a busy one, and in the summer of 1882 he made an extensive tour to Europe, enjoying a long needed rest, and visiting Scotland, England, Switzerland, and Naples, in Italy, returning the same year to his home and to his many friends in Bureau County, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have one adopted daughter - Ella Thompson.

CHARLES THOMPSON, Lamoille, who is the subject of the following biography, is a native of Worcester County, Mass. , where he was born March 12, J 813. His parents, Robert and Lizzie Thompson, were both natives of Massachusetts, where they died. They were the parents of eight children; of these four boys, viz. : Dwight, John, Orren and Charles Thompson, came to this county. Our subject came West to Bureau County in 1841. In 1845 he went to Clarion Township, where he farmed successfully for about thirty years, and in 1876 he removed to Lamoille, where he now resides. Mr. Thompson was married in this county in 1848 to Sarah Rice, who was born in 1823 in Maine. She was a daughter of Ephraim and Eliza (Foss) Rice. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are members of the Congregational Church, and are the parents of one child, Mrs. Frances M. Frizzell. - Politically Mr. Thompson is a Republican. He has no enemies, and his life as a citizen is above reproach.

J. H. THOMPSON, M. D., Walnut, was born in Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., October 8, 1834. His father, John H. Thompson, was also a native of Steuben County, N. Y., and died in Lettsville, Iowa. He married Olive C. Curtis, who was born in Pennsylvania, but reared in New York. She died in Bureau County, 111. Our subject spent his early life on a farm, attending school in the winter, and was able to obtain a good common school education. In 1857 he began the study of medicine in Lettsville, Iowa, where he had gone in 1856. He attended one course of medical lectures at Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1858 and 1859, and in February, 1860, graduated from the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio. He then located for the practice of his profession at Lettsville, Iowa. la February, 1864, he entered the service, during the late war, as Acting Assistant Surgeon, being located at Vicksburg, Goodrich Landing, La., and at Memphis, Tenn. After serving about one year he gave up his position on account of ill -health and returned home. He continued in the practice of medicine in LettsviJle, Iowa, until 1875, being also engaged in the drug business, and was Postmaster from 1860 until he resigned in 1875. In February of that year Dr. Thompson graduated from the Bush Medical College of Chicago, and in the fall of 1875 came to Bureau County. He located in Walnut, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession, and has met with excellent success. He was married June 11, 1862, to Emma J. Kimball, in Muscatine, Iowa. She is a native of Michigan, born April 27, 1839, a daughter of Alvin Kimball, who died at Muscatine, Iowa, in 1865. Her mother, who was a Stevens, was of an early family at Oberlin, Ohio, and died during Mrs. Thompson's youth. Dr. and Mrs. Thompson are the parents of three children, viz.: Alvin H., born July 13, 1864; Florence, November 18, 1866, and Edmund L., July 15, 1878. The winter of 1883 and 1884 the Doctor spent in Arizona and California. He is interested in the Mineral Mountain Mining Company, whose headquarters are at Tucson, Arizona. Politically he is identified with the Republican party. He is a member of the Walnut Lodge, No. 722, A. F. & A. M., but was made a Mason at Lettsville. He is also a member of the Walnut Camp of Modern Woodmen. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Walnut.

JOSEPH V. THOMPSON, deceased, was born October 31, 1814, in London, England. When but twelve years of age his father died, and he was bound out to learn the shoemaker's trade, which he learned, and by the time he was twenty years old had a shop of his own and several journeymen under him. Before he was twenty-one years of age he was married to Mary E. Kent, who was born ' in 1810. About a year after marriage they removed to the United States, and for two years was engaged in farming in Genesee County, N. Y. He then came to Bureau County, 111., and was here engaged in farming till 1848, when he was elected Sheriff of the county. After serving his term as Sheriff he removed to a farm west of Princeton, where he remained till elected County Clerk in 1853, after which time he resided in Princeton, and after retiring from office he engaged in no active business, except to look after his interests in the county, and to frequently settle up estates, etc. He was one of the Directors of what was known as the Illinois Grand Trunk Railroad, and helped secure the right of way, and then the road-bed was sold to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and is now the Clinton branch. Not only in this enterprise did Mr. Thompson take an active part, but in all others which were calculated to improve the condition of the people or county, and to the poor, industrious man, he was truly a friend. In politics he was Democratic, and strongly partisan, till after the defeat of Douglas in 1860. He then took but little part in political matters. His was a disposition which ran to^the extremes. He was either all life and buoyancy, or else very despondent when matters went wrong. While at Tiskilwa, May 13, 1871, he died from a stroke of apoplexy, and at the time of the stroke was telling a story. His first wife died September 15, 1847, and February 11, 1849, he was married to Miss Axia M. Moseley, a daughter of Roland Moseley/ By the first marriage he had two sons, viz. : Lewis K., of Walnut Township, and George P. , a resident of Denver, Col., and engaged in the railroad business. By the second marriage there are three children, viz. : Mary S., an elocution teacher in New York City; Lucy, wife of O. G. Lovejoy, of Princeton, and Joseph A., an attorney in New York City.

county, and educated in the schools of Princeton and Notre Dame University of Indiana. After leaving school in 1864 he kept books for Fisher & Co., of Princeton, for one year. May, 1865, he went to Decatur Junction, Ala., where he was with Lieut. Harris oa the Freedman's Bureau for about two years, and was then on a cotton plantation for one year. January 5, 1868, he returned to Bureau County, and has since been engaged in farming and the stock business, and now owns a well-improved farm of 160 acres in Walnut Township. June 3, 1867, he was married in Athens, Ala., to Miss Rebecca E. Boshart, a daughter of Rudolph and Cynthia (Gibson) Boshart. He was of German descent Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are the parents of the following children: George R., Lewis K., Herbert S., Mary K. and Joseph V., and Inez (deceased). In politics Mr. Thompson is a stanch Democrat. He is serving his third term as Supervisor of Walnut Township.

JAMES THOMSON, Princeton, was born in Portsea, near Portsmouth, Engand, July 15, 1809. His father, Benjamin Thomson, was born April 10, 1772, in Gloucestershire, England, and was married May 5, 1805, to Miss Elizabeth Moore, born January 10, 1786. In 1818 they came to the United States, and the following year settled in Wooster, Ohio, where he was engaged in the drug business until his death, which occurred November 26, 1834. In 1844 his widow removed to Bureau County, 111., and settled on a farm near Princeton, where she died October 11, 1857. She was the mother of thirteen children, nine of whom lived to reach maturity, and five still survive, viz. : James, a resident of Princeton, 111.; Benjamin A., farmer and stock dealer in Iowa; Mrs. Matilda McGugin, who resides near Ironton, Lawrence Co., Ohio., where her husband is a member of the firm of Campbell, McGugin & Co., owners of "Olive" and "Buckhorn" furnacea for the manufacture of iron; Mrs. Selina Richmond, whose husband is a farmer in Bureau County, 111., and Henry Thomson, a farmer near Topeka, Kan. The second son, Edward Thomson, D. D.,LL. D., was born in Portsea, England, October 10, 1810. In early manhood his profession was that of a physician. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, in 1829. In 1832 he became a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a worker in the church in various capacities until his death in Wheeling, W. Va., March 22, 1870. He was Principal of the Methodist Seminary, at Norwalk, Ohio, from 1837 to 1844; editor of the Ladies' Repository at Cincinnati from 1844 till 1846, and was first President of the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, where he remained from 1846 to 1860. The following four years he was editor of the Christian Advocate, of New York, and in 1864 was elected Bishop. His first wife was a daughter of Gov. Bartley, of Ohio. Alfred Thomson (deceased), another son, was born in Wooster, Ohio, November 14, 1824. At the early age of twenty - one years he was editor of a paper in Pomeroy, Ohio, and from that place entered the Ohio State Legislature. He was engaged in the book and newspaper business till 1868. In 1860 he removed to Central City, Col., and edited the Mining Argus (now the Register and Call). After the death of his wife he sold out that establishment. In 1868 he went into the Government printing office and continued there until his death in December, 1883, at which time he had been advanced to the leading position of preparing copy for the Supreme Court work. He was married in Pomeroy, Ohio, May 1, 1855, to Louisa Ann Earhart, who died July 11, 1862, at Central City, Col., in the thirtyfifth year of her age. She left a little boy, Alfred Thomson, Jr., who is now a young man employed in the Government printing office at Washington. James Thomson, the subject of this sketch, was in the land office at Tiffin and Bucyrus, Ohio, from 1829 to 1834, but returned home at the time of his father's death. He was elected County Recorder of Wayne County, and filled that office for eight years. He was then bookkeeper in the Bank of Wooster, Ohio, after which he went to New York City and was a book-keeper in a broker's office in Wall Street. In 1844 he came to Illinois, but soon returned to Wooster, Ohio, where he remained until 1848. He then came again to Princeton, 111., and located permanently, engaging in the mercantile business with Dr. Converse. In 1861 Mr. Thomson sold out and retired from active life. February 3, 1853, he was united in marriage to Miss Mandana McConihe. (See sketch of McConihe family.) Mr. and Mrs. Thomson have two daughters - Eliza and Mary. Politically Mr. Thomson is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party.

ANDREW THULEAN, Princeton, was born April 3, 1815, in Sweden. His father was Tofve Thulean, a native of Sweden, where he was a blacksmith by occupation. His mother's name was Chasta (Nelson) Thulean. She was the mother of three boys and two girls, viz. : Bell, Peter, Nelson, Andrew and Anna. Mr. Thulean was married June 24, 1850, in Sweden, to Miss Belle Nelson, who was born April 18, 1829, in Sweden. She is the mother of four children now living, viz. : Alfred F., who was born September 3, 1861, married Amanda Lingren; Victor C. January 28, 1864; Henry, January 1, 1867, and Ellen C., November 30, 1869. Mr. Thulean came to Bureau County in July, 1854, and followed the carpenter's trade in Princeton till 1867, when he bought a farm of eighty acres in Princetown Township. He is a Republican, and with his wife is a member of the Swedish Lutheran Mission Church.

JAMES P. TIBBETTS, Neponset. This gentleman was born in Belgrade, Kennebec Co., Me. He is a son of Nathaniel and Hulda (Page) Tibbetts, who were natives of Maine; the latter was of French extraction. They both died in Maine, and were the parents of seven children. Of these four are yet living, viz.: Mrs. Sally Page; James P., our subject; Mrs. Irene Weeks; and Gustavus Tibbetts. Our subject was educated in the East, and in the fall of 1844 he came WTest and settled in Weatherfield, Henry Co., 111. In the spring of 1846 he removed to Section 19, Neponset Township, Bureau County, where he at present resides. He has made farming his principal occupation in life and been very successful, at present owning 370 acres of choice land in this and Heury Counties. Mr. Tibbetts has been married twice. He was married the first time in Lowell, Mass., to Julia A. Sayles, a native of New Hampshire. She was the mother of three children, viz.: Nathaniel, who married Mary Willie; Gustavus, deceased; and John Tibbetts, who is married to Franc Eldridge. Mrs. Julia A. Tibbetts died in November, 1866, in Bureau County. She was a model wife, and true woman, whose memory will be a bright spot in the minds of those who knew her. Mr. Tibbetts was married a second time May 23, 1876, to Jane Hamilton, a native of Stark County, 111. She is a daughter of John and Cassandra (Byard) Hamilton, both natives of Maryland. Our subject is one of the early settlers in Neponset Township, where he has been a valuable citizen, and filled the office of Assessor for ten years, with tact and ability. Politically he is a Republican.

CHARLES TOMLINSON, Mineral, was born Nov. 28, 1836, in Michigan City, Ind. His father, John Tomlinson, was a native of Pennsylvania. He was a carpenter and joiner by occupation, and died January 31, 1880, in La Porte, Ind. John Tomlinson married Anna Croupp, a native of Pennsylvania, where she died when our subject was only a year and a half old. Charles Tomlinson, the subject of this biography, received a common school education in Indiana. About 1857 he came to Illinois, where he had previously bought a farm, which he subsequently sold, and after roaming a short timn, visiting Missouri and Indiana, he permanently located in Mineral Township, Bureau County, where he is considered one of the leading farmers, owning 249 acres of land. He was married July 1, 1864, in Henry County, to Miss Maria A. Van Winkle, a native of Pennsylvania, and the mother of Clara M. and Myrtia L. Tomlinson. Politically Mr. Tomlinson is identified with the Republican party.

ROBERT TONKINSON, Bureau, was born in Wolverhampton, England, April 16, 1824. His parents, John and Sarah (Nichols) Tonkinson, both lived and died in Staffordshire, England. They had a family of eight children, four of whom are living; one daughter, Mary A., is in England, and another is supposed to be in Australia, and one son, William, lives at Woodgreen, England, and has been engaged on the London & Northwestern Railroad for fifty years. Robert

Tonkinson, our subject, went to work on the same road at the age of twelve years, and continued in that business in various positions until 1849. He then left England September 14, and came to America, arriving in Princeton October 28. He then began farming, and has continued in that business ever since. He first rented land until he had accumulated enough to buy a farm in Manlius Township, and afterward his present farm of 160 acres in Sections 35 and 36, Bureau Township. In spite of reverses he has been quite successful in his business of farming and speculating in stock and land. He was married in Princeton, 111., to Mary L. Kinsman, December 16, 1856. She was born in Williamstown, Vt., March 22, 1823, and eame to Bureau County in 1847. Her father, James H. Kinsman, was born in Springfield, N. II., March 11, 1786. He was a descendant of Robert Kinsman, who came to Massachusetts from Southampton, England, in 1634, and from whom are descended all the Kinsman families of the United States. James H. Kinsman was married to Sarah Kobinson in 1812. She was born in Putney, Vt. , January 14, 1784, and died June 28, 1866, in Manlius Township, Bureau Co., 111. Her husband died in Princeton, February, 1853. Of their family, six are living, viz. : Emily W., widow of Egbert Colton, of Princeton; Denison, of Iowa; Aaron B., of Nebraska; Mrs. Tonkinson; Newell, of Nebraska; Lucius, of Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Tonkinson have four children, viz. : Henry M. , born September, 27, 1858, lives at Kearney Junction, Buffalo Co., Neb. ; Clara, born September 7, 1860, wife of Fred Eichmier, of Bureau County; Ellen M., born July9, 1863; Frank, born September 28, 1865. When Mr. Tonkinson first came to this country he was an Abolitionist, and since the organization of the Republican party has been identified with that party. He enlisted in the service during the Civil war, but was rejected by the examining surgeon. He is a member of Bureau Lodge, No. 112, A. F. & A. M., of Princeton. He has visited his native land twice since first leaving it, once in 1857, and again in 1881.

father, James Trimble, was a native of Ireland, and his mother, Rhoda (Good) Trimble, of North Carolina. They were the parents of twelve children, viz. : John, James, Matthew, Nancy, Peter, Jehu, Silas, Enoch, Rhoda, Jane, Sarah and Uriah, all of whom lived to reach maturity. Of these Matthew, Peter, Silas and Jane came to Bureau County. Matthew Trimble came here in October, 1843, and settled two and one-half miles southeast of Princeton, where he lived twenty-five years, and then removed to Princeton, where he has since resided. He was married in Clinton County, Ohio, to Lydia Thatcher, who died here December 9, 1853, aged fortyseven years. She was the mother of eleven children, of whom the following reached maturity: Cairo D., of Ottawa; William C., of Princeton; U. J., of this county; Matthew M., of Des Moines, Iowa; Albert M., of Lin coin, Neb. ; Harvey M. , present County Judge; Mrs. Emily E. Davis, of Poweshiek County, Iowa; Marshall U., States Attorney; Mrs. Lydia M. Small, of Dexter, Iowa. Mr. Trimble was married a second time to Mrs. Phoebe Dakin (nee McMannis), a sister of Judge George McMannis. She is the mother of the following children by her first husband: George M., James, Mrs. Martha Cochran; Philip B., a physician in Princeton; Mrs. Maggie Trimble, wife of Judge H. M. Trimble, and Mrs. Elizabeth H. Gillam. Po litically Mr. Trimble is a supporter of the Republican party.

U. J. TRIMBLE, Bureau, was born in Ohio, March 28, 1832. He is the son of Matthew Trimble, of Princeton, and came to Bureau County with his parents in 1843. He received his education in the schools of this county, and also at Eureka College, Eu reka, Woodford Co., 111., where he attended the years of 1856 and 1857. While at school in 1856 he had help employed, and began the improvement of his present farm. January, 1858, he was married in this county to Miss Jane Cook, a daughter of Deacon Caleb Cook, one of the early settlers of Bureau County. After marriage Mr. Trimble came to his farm, where he has since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Trimble are the parents of six children, viz. : C. Howard, a stenographer and law student of Memphis, Tenn. ; Norman L. , Cashier of

First National Bank of Walnut, in which his father is a stock holder and director; Lelia A., Lucy M., Nellie T. and Wilbur C. Mr. Trimble has ever taken an active part in the enterprises calculated to benefit the people and county, and in partnership with A. Rogy was one of the early importers of Percheron Norman horses, and was also a successful breeder of thorough bred horses for some years. In politics Mr. Trimble has ever been an active Republican, and has represented his township on the County Board for eleven or twelve terms. He is President of the Bureau County and Wyanet Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company.

WILSON TRIPLETT, Wyanet. Aquilla Triplett, father of the above-named gentleman, was born in Culpepper County, Va., August 6, 1807. At the age of nine years he removed with his parents to Belmont County, Ohio, and afterward lived nine miles below Zanesville. He was married August 20, 1829, to Elizabeth Wilson, who was born November 25. 1807, in Chester County, Penn. , and moved with her parents to Ohio when about twelve years old. October 17, 1834, the Triplett family came to Bureau County. In the caravan were twenty-two persons, consisting of Stephen and Polly (Beaumont) Triplett, parents of Aquilla Triplett, and their entire family, with the exception of one nephew, who came in later years. They settled at Centre Grove on the farm where Aquilla Triplett afterward lived. He was one of the earliest settlers in the county, and in the earlier years of his residence here was acquainted with every man in the county. He and his wife were among the seven members who organized the Centre Grove Baptist Church. Mr. Triplett died September 17, 1878, while on a visit to Brooklyn, Iowa. His widow is still living in Wyanet Township. They were the parents of nine children, eight of whom are living, viz.: Luther, resides near Brooklyn, Iowa; Thomas M., of Marshall County, Iowa; Lemuel, died in California, leaving a wife and three children; Levi, of Malcom, Iowa; Julius C., of Cass County, Iowa; Zilpha, wife of Lewis Sisler, of Cass County, Iowa; Wilson, of this county; Aquilla, of Friend, Saline Co., Neb. Mrs. Triplett has fortyone grandchildren living and seven greatgrandchildren. Wilson Triplett was born October 14, 1849, at his present home, and has lived on the old homestead most of his life, being engaged in farming and stockraising. He was married September 17, 1874, to Miss Mary Sellers, a native of this county. They have three children - Maud Ethel, Edith Glair and Bertha Merle. In politics Mr. Triplett is an independent Democrat. He is a member of the A. F & A. M. of Wyanet and Chapter of Princeton.

HENRY TRUCKENBROD, Clarion, was born March 17, 1831, in Baickheiin, Bavaria, Germany. His parents, Henry and Margaretha (Bauer) Truokenbrod, died in Germany, They were the parents of the following children: George, Adam and Henry Truckenbrod, who all died in Germany; Mrs. Margaretha Wendel died here; Thomas Truckenbrod, who is yet living in Bavaria, and Henry and Johann Truckenbrod, who reside in this county. Henry Truckenbrod came to America in the spring of 1849. He landed in New York, and went by boat to Albany up the Hudson River; from thereon the Erie Canal to Erie, N. Y., where he took a boat for Chicago. From the latter place he went by canal to Peru, 111., where he met Jacob Koeper, with whom he rode out to J. Koeper, Sr., the old German settler of Clarion Township, Bureau County. Mr. Truckenbrod worked three years for Rev. John Hetzler, after which he rented till 1854, when he bought eighty acres of land at $3.50 per acre. He was a successful farmer, and bought one farm after another till at present he has 840 acres. He made the first addition to his homestead about 1860, when he bought 120 acres at $20 per acre. In 1868 he paid $45 per acre for land. In 1872 and 1880 he paid $60, and in 1882 paid $80 per acre, this showing about the gradual increase of the price of land in his neighborhood. Mr. Truckenbrod was married here March 10, 1854, to Catharina Buehlhorn, who was born October 8, 1831 in Kueps, Bavaria. She was a great helper to Mr. Truckenbrod, and a hard worker. She died December 27, 1869. She was the mother of the following children: Johann, Friedrich, Eduard, Margaretha, Heinrich, Jacob, Friedrich A. and Se- bastian H. Truckenbrod. Of the above Friedrich married Maggie Heimann; they have two children, viz.: Margaret Lydia and an infant daughter. Eduard Truckenbrod married Lizzie Geuther, who is the mother of Henry Paul Truckenbrod.

JOHN TRUCKENBROD, Clarion, was born December 17, 1834, in Baickheim, Bavaria. This honest, hardworking tiller of the soil is another son of Henry and Margaretha (Bauer) Truckenbrod. (See preceding sketch. ) Mr. Truckenbrod came to this county in June, 1854 At first he worked on a farm, and then rented several years. In 1856 he bought ninety acres of Doctor Eames,who had entered it. He improved it gradually and then sold it. In 1860 he bought 200 acres of land, where he now resides, of Arson Chi Ids, now a resident of Waterloo, Iowa. Mr. Truckenbrod has been a successful farmer, and at present owns 370 acres of land in this county, 218 in Lee, and 160 in LaSalle Co., 111. He came to America a poor man, $2.50 being his earthly possession; but he was rich in perseverance and industry, which characterize his race. He was married here December 19, 1858, to Lizzie Fauber, who was born No vember 24, 1841, in Saxony Coburg, Germany. She is a daughter of Nicholaus and Margaret (Marr) Fauber, and is the mother of the following children: Henry H., John N., Rosina, Carolina, Jacob F., Margaretha K., William A., Philip H., Gustav A., Herman P. and George H. Of the above Henry H. Truckenbrod, an enterprising, wide-awake young business man, is a jeweler in Lamoille. Mr. and Mrs. Truckenbrod are members of the Lutheran Church. Politically he is a Republican.

ALEXANDER TURNBULL, Neponset, was born August, 1832, in the Highlands of Scotland. He is a son of William and Mary (Harvey) Turnbull, who were also natives of Scotland, and who came to the United States in 1849, settling in Stark County, 111., where both died. They were the parents of seven boys and four girls, who came to this country with them. Their names are: Robert, George (deceased), James, John H, Alexander, William, Thomas, Ellen (deceased), Elizabeth, Margaret (deceased) and Stephana. Our subject was educated in Scotland and in Stark

County, 111., in which place he was also married to Sophia Turnbul), who was born July 5, 1836, iu Scotland. Her father, Robert Turnbull, was born November 2, 1799. Her mother, Margaret Graham, was born May 10, 1806. Both were natives of Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Turnbull are the parents of the following children: Maggie, Mary, Ellen, Elizabeth, Jennie, Maria M., Robert William, James A., AnnaB. , Adeline. George O. and Martha L. Mr. and Mrs. Turnbull are active members of the Presbyterian Church. He started in life without aid, relying only on the Scotch pluck and perseverance inherited from his ancestors. He has been a very successful farmer, and is a wide-awake man. Politically he is a supporter of the Republican party.

JOHN TURNER, Neponset. was born July 11, 1811, in Derbyshire, England. He is a son of Robert and Sarah (Harrison) Turner, who were natives of England, where they died. They were farmers by occupation and were the parents of five children, viz. : Samuel, Robert, Mrs. Mary Oldfield, John and Mrs. Sarah Gould. The last two children are yet living, the latter in England. Our subject, John Turner, was educated in England and has been a reading man all his life. In England he also learned and followed the carpenter's trade till 1843, when he immigrated to the United States. Here he first settled in Scott County, 111., where he worked at his trade till 1853, when he removed to Neponset Township, in Bureau County, where he at present resides on a farm of 160 acres. Mr. Turner was joined in matrimony in Derby, England, to Miss Juliet Dale, who was born August 20, 1812. in Derbyshire, England. She is a daughter of Robert Dale, and is the mother of eight children, of whom five reached maturity, viz.: Joseph D., served three years and three months in the Thirtysecond Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the war of the Rebellion, at present he is a resident of Cass County, 111. ; Mrs. Louisa Wilson is a resident of Page County, Iowa; John Turner, Jr., is a resident of Oregon; Mrs. Fannie Hicks, and Mrs. Sarah Emmery, the latter deceased. Of the above, Mrs. Hicks with her husband, Milo D. Hicks, and child, Arthur L. , is fiving on her parents' farm. Mr. and Mrs. Turner are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Kewanee. Politically, Mr. Turner is a strong Republican. He served the people in the capacity of Justice of the Peace for two years, and although he has not been brought up a farmer, he has yet had splendid success in that occupation.

J. P. ULTCH, Clarion, was born November 12, 1819, in Schlottermuehl, Kronau, Bavaria, Germany. His parents, Nicholaus and Carolina (Hemftling) Ultch, died in Germany. They were the parents of the follow ing children: John P. Ultch, our subject; Carolina, Mrs. Maggie Schmidt, Mrs. Kedel Bohl, George Ultch, of Eacine, Wis. , and John Ultch, deceased. Our subject came to the United States in May, 1848. He landed in New York City and came direct to Lamoille, 111., where he worked two months for James Boruff at the blacksmith trade, which he had learned in the old country. After working on a farm some months he went to Princeton, where he worked in Mr. Gosse's brickyard, and the following spring worked six months on a farm in Perkins' Grove. Eventually, after he was married, he went to farming for himself, and by degrees and through indomitable perseverance, industry and economy, he attained his present prosperity. None should envy him on account of his success in the world, as he sacrificed pleasure and health to attain it. At present he owns 2,664 acres of land; of this over half is in Kansas, and over 1.000 acres in Illinois. Mr. Ultch was married here August 10, 1850, to Elizabeth Wendel, a daughter of George Wendel. She was born August 9, 1824, in Eigenboehl, Bavaria, and died August 9, 1868. She was an industrious woman and was the mother of the following children: Mrs. Carolina Kipp, of Ellsworth County, Kan. ; Frederick, deceased; William Ultch, of Brooklyn, 111., who married Katie Fassing; Ely K. Ultch, of Sublet, 111., who married Lottie Fassing; George Ultch, who was born December 4, 1859, and and Johau P. Ultch, born July 24, 1862. Our subject was married a second time to Eva Martin, a native of Bavaria. She is the mother of Katie Ultch, born May 24, 1873. Politically Mr. Ultch has been a Republican

RUGGLES B. VAN LAW, Arlington, was born November 15, 1847, in Belmont . County, Ohio. He is a son of Joseph Van Law, who was also a native of Ohio, where he was married in Belmont County, December 27, 1841, to Mary Haines. Joseph Van Law learned and followed the carpenter's trade in Ohio. This occupation he followed all his life. He came to Princeton, 111., about 1852, and the next year came to Arlington, where he resided till his death, which occurred March 21, 1875, aged fifty-six years, seven months and twenty-two days. He was a man whose influence for good was felt in Arlington and vicinity. He, though a poor man, relieved the wants of the needy and afflicted, and took a deep interest in all things pertaining to the welfare of the people with whom he was associated. It was owing chiefly to his untiring energy that the A. F. & A. M. Lodge was established in Arlington, for which he built the hall, and of which order he was an active member. His first wife died here March 27, 1857, aged thirty years. He was married a second time to Olive J. Davis, who survives him. His first wife was the mother of John W. and Ruggles B. Van Law. The former was born January 28, 1846. At the age of fifteen he enlisted in Company B, of the Fifty-seventh Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was a favorite with the "boys," and after having veteranized and passed through many battles, was drowned at Rome, Ga., May 28, 1864, while accompanying Gen. Sherman on his famous "march to the sea." Ruggles B. Van Law was reared and schooled in Arlington. He enlisted in Company G, of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served six months, doing garrison duty at Cairo. At the close of the war he returned to Arlington, where he soon after learned telegraphy, and in July, 1865, secured the position as night operator. In 1870 he was appointed agent for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and the American Express Company, which position he has held ever since. Mr. Van Law was married in Philadelphia, Penn., June 20, 1871, to Katie Knight, born May 20, 1849, in Bucks County, Penn. Her parents were Clayton and Lydia E. Knight. Three children were the result of this union: Mary E., born August 28, 1873; Maud L., born July 7, 1875, and Howard B., born June 15, 1878. Mrs. Van Law is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Van Law of the A. F. & A. M. fraternity.

THOMAS VAUGHAN, Bureau, was born in New Bedford, Mass., July 20, 1832. His father, Stillruan Vaughan, was also a native of New Bedford, born July 10, 1800. His wife, Lucinda Washburn, was born at the same place June 15, 1804. They removed to Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1838, and in 1851 to Bureau County, 111. They settled on the farm where our subject now resides, which was the old homestead of Henry Thomas, who settled there in 1828, and built old Fort Thomas, on 'the spot where Mr. Vaughan's house now stands. Stillman Vaughan and his wife resided here until their deaths. He died March 26, 1872, and his wife February 28, 1856. Of their children, J. Stillman was drowned in Ohio, and Thomas, our subject, is the only one living. He was reared in Ohio and educated in the common schools. He has always been engaged in farming and now owns 300 acres in Bureau Township, but for several years has also been engaged in the mercantile business in Wyanet. He was married in this county November 9, 1855, to Lydia J. Hollinghead. She was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 18, 1839, and is a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Hollinghead; her father died in this county, but her mother is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan have eleven children: Lewis, born March 12, 1857; John A., October 23, 1859; Nathan L., September 9, 1861, married; Julia A., January 22, 1864, wife of S. Smith, of Bureau Township; Lillian M., August 17, 1866; Thomas 0., November 4, 1868; Emma J., November 27, 1870; Fannie E., November 20, 1874; Maggie S., May 1, 1877; Earl S., February 1, 1880; the baby, February 3, 1883. In politics Mr. Vaughan is a Republican, but independent. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Bureau Township.

Zaneaville, Ohio, March 23, 1836, and is the son of Jerome and Sarah (Flemming) Virden, deceased, both natives of Ohio. In 1855 Mr. Virden came to Princeton, and for ten years clerked in the hardware store of A. S. and E. C. Chapman. He then engaged in the same business for himself at the depot, but in 1876 he retired from the hardware business, and accepted the position of President of the Farmers National Bank, and has been President of the bank since. April 26, 1861, he was united in marriage at Cambridge. Ohio, to Miss Anna M. Thompson, who was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, November, 1841. She is the mother of three children living, viz. : Nellie, born May, 1863; Mary and Martha, born February 14, 1868. During the Civil war Mr. Virden enlisted, first in the three months' service, and was elected Lieutenant of Company A, Sixty - ninth Illinois Infantry. After his return he raised Company A, One Hundred and Sixty ninth Illinois Infantry, and was elected Captain of the company. He served till the close of the war, having been out in all about one year. In politics he has been an active Republican since the candidacy of John C. Fremont. He has served as Supervisor of Princeton Township, and has been an active member of the Board of Education of the Princeton High School, since 1876. Mrs. Virden's mother died in her daughter's infancy, and her father, John Thompson, died in Princeton December 2, 1884.

GEORGE L. VROOM, Berlin, was born December 7, 1819, in Warren County, N. J. His parents, John and Catherine (Lance) Vroom. were both natives of Warren County, N. J., where they lived on a farm until their deaths. They were the parents of eleven children, six of whom reached maturity, viz. : Mrs. Jane Lommason, Henry, John, I Mrs. Elizabeth Warman, George L. (our subject), and Mrs. Catherine M. Park. George L. Vroom was reared in his native county, and engaged in farming. He was married February 7, 1846, in Easton, Penn., to Miss Rebecca Ann Lance, who was born March 10, 1822, in Warren County, N. J., a daughter of Abraham Lance (see sketch of A. S. Lance). Mr. and Mrs. Vroom are the parents of six children, viz.: John L., Mary C., Sarah S.,

MelindaC., Barbara J. - the last three are deceased - and Ettie G. John L. married Anna C. McKinstrey, daughter of Houston and Rachel McKiustrey, by whom he has four children: George H. (deceased), Maude R., James 0. and Charles H. The two daughters, Mary C. and Ettie G., are at home. Shortly after he was married, Mr. Vroom removed to Sussex County, N. J., where he lived eight years. In May, 1854, he came to Bureau County, and bought eighty acres of land in Section 36, Berlin Township, where he now resides. He has been a successful farmer and now owns 170 acres. Mr. and Mrs. Vroom are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically he is identified with the Democratic party.

JOHN W. WADE, Lamoille, was born October 15, 1845, in Richland County, Ohio. He is a son of Richard Wade, who was born in 1821, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he was reared. He came to Bureau Countv in October, 1863, and died here July 1, 1873. He was a son of William and Mary (Bash) Wade, natives of Pennsylvania, who were the parents of twelve children The father of William Wade was a wealthy native of Turkey, who had come to the United States and bought his children farms in Ohio. Richard Wade first bought eighty acres in Lamoille Township, but added to it from time to time. He was an industrious man, and he and wife were active members of the United Brethren Church. He was married December 20, 1842, to Mary Shoup, born November 25, 1825, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Her parents, John J. and Barbara (Muma) Shoup, were natives of Pennsylvania, but died in- Ohio. Mrs. Mary Wade is the mother of the folio wing children: Mrs. Lydia A. Davis, John William, Mrs. Mary C. Lamb, Mrs. Dilla Nodine, Mrs. Sarah Hills, Mrs. Ella Scott, Mrs. Martha Hall, Anna D., R. Henry, Albert W. and George W. Wade. Our subject farms the home place. He was married April 27, 1876, to Augusta Phillips, born February 13, 1854, in Franklin County, Mass. She is a daughter of Elijah B. and Elizabeth V. (Rude) Phillips, natives of Massachusetts, and now residents of Livingston County, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Wade are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

To them three children were born, viz. : Mary E. , deceased, aged four years and eight months; Isabella P., born February 6, 1879, and Charlie B., born July 24, 1884. Politically Mr. Wade is identified with the Republican party.

B. F. WAITE, Buda, was born in Lorain County, Ohio, August 7, 1838. He is the son of Rev. Richard and Mary (Hill) Waite. The father was born in England, but the mother in Virginia. Rev. Richard Waite was for many years a contractor on Government works in England, but in later years entered the ministry; came to the United States under the auspices of the Missionary Society, and was sent into the Western Reserve in Ohio, where for many years he worked among the Indians and whites in his mission work. He continued his labors in this way till Ohio had become a populous State, and then he became the settled pastor of a church. At the time of his coming to the United States he was a widower, but had a family of eight sons all of whom also came to America and settled in western New York, where their families are quite prominent and numerous. During his labors as a missionary Rev. Waite was united in marriage in Ohio, to Miss Mary Hill, and then she traveled with him on his work till he had a settled charge. November 12, 1853, they removed to Bureau County, 111. , and settled at Barren Grove, and the following year, 1854, he died at the age of seventy- eight years. She survived her husband till 1870, and died in this county. She was the mother of two sons and one daughter, viz.: B. F., Josiah H., and Mary J. , now wife of Joseph Markee who resides near Buda. Josiah was a soldier in the Ninety-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, but was brought home only a few days before his death. B. F. Waite has resided in this county since coming here with his parents in 1853. He followed farming till 1866, at which time he engaged in the mercantile business in Buda. His beginning was very modest, but a strict integrity in all business transactions gave him universal respect and confidence, and so, as the years passed by. his business increased till now he carries a stock of goods valued at about $16,000, and since 1875 he has also been doing a bank- ing business in connection with his general merchandise. June 22, 1866, Mr. Waite was united in marr-age to Mrs. Emily R. Denton, a daughter of Joseph Weston, who came to this county in 1855 from Bloomfield, Me. , and is now one of the oldest men in the county. To Mr. and Mrs. Waite three children have been born, viz. : Robert, Bertha and Marcia. By a previous marriage Mr. Waite had two children, but they and their mother, Vesta J. (Trask) Waite, all died. By her first husband, Samuel F. Denton, Mrs. Waite has one son now living, viz. : Elmer F. Denton. Samuel F. Denton was one of the first merchants in Buda, and died here in the fall of 1864. Mr. Waite is a member of the A. F. & A. M. Lodge, No. 399, of Buda. In politics he is Republican. He was one of the first members of the Buda Baptist Church.

FRANKLIN WALKER, Champaign, 111., was born January 2, 1815, in Whiting, Vt. He is a son of Levi Walker, who was born May 22, 1772, in Rutland, Vt., and was the first white male child born in the town. He died July 27, 1822, in Whiting, Vt. The grandfather of our subject, Girtan Walker, was born November 20, 1738, in Attleboro, Mass. He died November 2, 1793, in Whiting, Vt. Franklin Walker immigrated to Illinois in the fall of 1838, and the following spring bought a claim and settled in what is now Clarion Township, Bureau Co., 111., in Section 16. The Government had not then surveyed the land north of the Indian boundary line. At the organization of Clarion Township, Mr. Walker was elected Justice of the Peace, and since then has held the office of Town Clerk fourteen years, Township Treasurer six years, and Supervisor four years. In 1874 he sold his farm, having occupied the same thirty-five years, and now resides near Champaign, 111. By his moving away Bureau County has lost one of her best citizens, a man who took a deep interest in all things pertaining to the interest of the public. He was a great friend of the public school. The many offices he has filled in this county show the confidence and trust the people put in him. Mr. Walker was married on the 2d of June, 1840, to Marrilla E. Haskins, formerly of Wilmington, Vt, where she was born March 11, 1820.

Her parents were Jonathan and Susan Haskins. She died September 4, 1879. She was the mother of Frank E. and William A. Walker. Frank E. Walker was born January 10, 1853, in Clarion Township. He graduated from the Illinois Industrial University in June, 1879. He was married January 1, 1880, to Florence M. Cushman, and now resides in Champaign, where he is a stock breeder. William A. Walker was born April 18, 1856. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1880, and from the Rush Medical College in 1882. He was married in May, 1882, to Hattie Skates, of Chicago, and is now a practicing physician in New York Citv.

LEVI WALKER, Clarion, was born January 23, 1830, in Vermont. He is a son of Rev. Levi and Betsey (Pond) Walker, natives of Green Island, Whiting Township, Addison Co., Vt. They were the parents of the following children: Levi Walker (our subject), Mrs. Martha Winslow (deceased), Dr. George B. Walker, of LaGrange, and Mary Walker (deceased), aged twenty-two years. The genealogy of this family dates back to 1640, when a Mrs. Walker and two sons emigrated from England to Rehoboth, Mass. Rev. Levi Walker was a son of Levi and Lovina (Branch) Walker, both natives of Vermont, where they died. Rev. Walker graduated at the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution, and was a niinister in the East for fifteen years. He came to Bureau County in the spring of 1851, and settled on Section 9 in Clarion Township. Here he preached some, and died here January 16, 1869, aged sixty-seven years. His wife died May 6, 1874, aged seventy -one years. Our subject was reared and educated principally in the New England States. Here he has been a farmer, and owns 185 acres. He was married in Cleveland, Ohio, December 14, 1865, to Caroline C. Stannard, born December 13, 1832, in Eaton, Madison Co. , N. Y. She is a daughter of Libius and Luceba (Fay) Stannard, who were old settlers of Clarion Township. To Mr. and Mrs. Walker three children were born, viz.: Martha H., Lewis L. and John A. Walker. The daughter and her parents are members of the Baptist Church. Politically Mr. Walker is

FRED WALTERS, Fairfield, was born December 5, 1836, in Idenkoben, Bavaria, Germany. His parents, Theobald and Catharine (Mirring) Walters, natives of the above place, came to America in July, 1848. They settled in Selby Township, Bureau Co., 111., where they bought land and where they died. They were the parents of three children, viz. : Mrs. Catharine Gleich, of Hollowayville, Fred Walters and Mrs. Mary Kammermeyer, of Burlington. Our subject, Fred Walters, came to this county with his parents. He has owned land and farmed in Selby and Berlin Townships. He came to Westfield Township in February, 1875, where he has 225 acres of good land. He was married February 24, 1857, to Catharine Meyer, daughter of Antony and Barbara (Acker) Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. Walters are members of the Presbyterian Church, and the parents of eight children, viz.: Fred, Mrs. Mary Meyer, Mrs. Elizabeth Heintz, George, William Henry, Charley and Louis Walters. Mr. Walters is an I. O. O. F. . and votes the Democratic ticket.

COURTNEY WARREN, Macon, was born in Wyoming County, Penn., April 13. 1842. He is the son of Milton and Ziporah (Avery) Warren, both natives of Pennsylvania, where they lived till 1848, when they removed to Stark County, 111. In 1856 they settled in Buda, where Mr. Milton Warren was in the grain and lumber business till about 1862. He died at Neponset, 111., in 1864. Mrs. Warren died in 1867 at, th« residence of her son, our subject. They were the parents of the three following-named children, now living: Courtney Warren, Mrs. Stella Avery, of Neponset, and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, of Kansas. While living in Stark County, Milton Warren dealt in land to quite an extent, buying farms, improving them, and then selling with a profit. September, 1861, our subject enlisted in the service of his country in Company K, Fifty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served till the latter part of June, 1864, when he was discharged on account of ill health. For about three months after his enlistment he served as a private, but from that time till the close of his service he filled the office of Drum-Major. Since returning from the service Mr. Warren has given most of his attention to farming and stock-raising. He bought his present farm of 240 acres, which lies in Sections 3 and 10, in 1864, and for some years gave* his attention to cattle, but in later years to thoroughbred Hambletonian and Mambrino horses, and now owns a herd of over twenty roadsters. In November, 1865, in this county, Mr. Warren was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca Kirkpatrick, a native of Ohio, but who came, while young, with her parents, to this State. To Mr. and Mrs. Warren three children have been born, viz. : Eva, Nellie and Edith. Mr. M'arren is a member of the Buda Lodge, A. F. & A. M. In politics he is identified with the Democratic party.

SOLOMON WARD, Westfield, was born March 17, 1820, in Washington County, Penn. He is a son of William and Pleasant (Speers) Ward, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Pennsylvania, where both died. Of their ten children only William and Solomon came to Illinois. William died in Little Rock. Ark. Solomon Ward came to Bureau County in 1860, and rented land for several years. In September, 1863, he bought 160 acres of land. He is a self-made man in every respect, and although he has met with serious losses is now one of our most successful farmers. He owns 628 acres in Bureau County, and 480 acres in Livingston County, 111.

EDWARD A. WASHBURN, Princeton, was born May 23, 1847, on Cherry Island, Jefferson Co., N. Y. His parents, Alva and Clarissa (Adams) Washburn, were also natives of New York. His mother yet survives, but his father died in 1869. He was a farmer, and served one year in the late Civil war, in the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles before Petersburg. His father, White Washburn, was a native of Massachusetts, and a soldier in the war of 1812. and was in the battle of Sacketts Harbor. Mrs. Clarissa Washburn is the daughter of Ambrose Adams, who was a farmer and a native of Massachusetts. Our subject is one of a family of four children, all of whom are still living. He was educated in the schools of his native county, and early in life began teaching school, which occupation he followed till 1870, when he came to Lamoille Township, Bureau Co., 111., and engaged in farming. He was a member of the Board of Supervisors from 1873 till 1875, in which year he was elected County Treasurer, which office he still holds, having been re-elected in 1877, 1879 and 1881. His official term will expire December 1, 1886. He was married in Pillar Point, N. Y., January 4, 1871, to Miss Fironia A. Lowe, who was born in the above place January 19, 1850. She is a daughter of Jacob and Betsy (Hancock) Lowe. To Mr. and Mrs. Washburn two children have been born, viz.: Gertie C., born October 12, 1871, and Elva L., born August 15, 1873. In politics Mr. Washburn is a Republican. He is a member of the Princeton Lodge, No. 587, A. F. & A. M., also Princeton Chapter. No. 28, Temple Commandery No. 20, K. T., and Scottish Bite, 32 degree.

GEORGE W. WASSOM, Hall, was born October 17, 1859, in Hall Township, Bureau Co., 111. His father, Jacob Wassom, was born in Tennessee, July 11, 1810, and came to this county in 1835, settling on Section 28, Hall Township, and married Jane Scott, daughter of Robert Scott. Shortly after Mr. Wassom went to Iowa, but returned to Bureau County in 1849, and bought land in Section 34, where Edward Hall built a cabin in 1829. Mrs. "Wassom died there in 1852. She was the mother of five children, viz.: Mrs. Elmyra Miller (deceased), John, Mrs. Mary Jane Losh (deceased), William and Wesley. Jacob Wassom was again married to Elsa Hoffman, a native of New York, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Mosher) Hoffman, also natives of New York. By his second marriage Jacob Wassom had six children, viz. : Mrs. Josephine Snyder, George W., Lincoln, Thomas (deceased), Fannie E. and Frank J. Jacob Wassom was a hard worker and a good farmer, and at the time of his death, August 22, 1878, he owned 414 acres of land. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Union Chapel, which he helped to build. In politics he was Republican.

Voluntown, Conn., March 25, 1823. He is the son of Benjamin and Mary (Young) Watson. His father died when our subject was an infant, but his mother lived to the age of ninety-three years, and died March 25, 1877. E. W. Watson was the youngest of eight children, five of whom are now living. He was married June 4, 1850, to Fidelia L. Fisk, in Tolland County, Conn., who was born in the same county April 7, 1830. Her parents, William A. and Selyma (Whittemore) Fisk, were both natives of Connecticut. In 1855 they came to Bureau County, and settled in Maiden, where he was engaged in business until his death, October 13. 1871, at the age of seventy years. He was one of the successful business men of Maiden, and always ready to assist in any public enterprise. His wife died in Connecticut, within two miles of her birth-place, April 16, 1884, at the age of eighty- three. Of their family four are still living. Mr. Watson came from Tolland County Conn., in 1854, and settled on his present farm, which was then but slightly improved. Before coming to this State he had been a mechanic, and had but little money, but by industry has accumulated a competency. His farm contains 195 acres of well-improved land. Mr. and Mrs. Watson have five children, viz. : Ida L., born August 11, 1857, wife of F. M. Johnson, an attorney in Grundy Centre, Iowa; Carrie F., born May 26, I860; Charles A., born April 30, 1863; William T. S., born March 7, 1866; Jennie M., born April 5, 1868.

JOHN WEBER, Hall, was born near Hesse-Cassel, Germany, in July, 1827. His parents, Adam and Mary (Snyder) Weber, were natives of Germany, where they died. They had three children: Martin, now living in Germany; Mrs. Catherine Debus, who resides near Peru, and our subject, John Weber, who was educated and studied music in his native land, and was a soldier in the German Army. He was married in the old country to Julia Hammel, by whom he has six children, viz.: Henry T. , John H., Emma, Elizabeth, Louis P. and Ida. In December, 1854, Mr. Weber came to the United States and settled in LaSalle County1, 111., near LaSalle. He was engaged in farming, first renting land and afterward buying a farm. In April, 1877, he Bold his farm in LaSalle County and bought the E. C. Hall place of 200 acres, which was for many years the State Premium Farm. He now owns 410 acres of land. Mr. Weber ia independent in politics, voting for the best man. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M.

ANDREW T. WEISE, Princeton. Jacob Weise, father of the above named gentleman, was born and reared in New Jersey, and was married there to Mary Trimmer. In 1848 they removed to Princeton, 111., and he purchased ninety-five acres of land lying on the south side of what is now Elm Street, for which he paid $2,100, but also got forty acres of timber land. He sold the prairie land afterward to Milo Kendall and J. V. and J. T. Thompson for $21,000. Mr. Weise resided in Princeton until his death, December 11, 1870, at the age of eighty- two years. His wife died April 11, 1869. They were the parents of nine children, six of whom are living, viz. : John \Veise, of Iowa; Mrs. Catherine Vanatta, of Chicago; Mrs. Mahal a Coulter; Mrs. Pemina Thompson; Mrs. Emeline Richardson, of Princeton; and Andrew T. Weise, our subject. He was born in Morris County, N. J., February 28, 1832. He came to Bureau County in 1848, and has made this county his home most of his life, though he has been away several years. In 1852 he went to California, and remained there five years, but returned to this county. In 1871 he removed to Texas, living there and in Indian Territory for eight years, where he was engaged in the cattle business. In 1881 he came again to Bureau County, and in 1884 purchased his present farm of 340 acres, and is giving his attention to stock-raising. Mr. Weise was married in Illinois October 16, 1859, to Phebe Jane Courtright, who was born in Pennsylvania December 22, 1832. Her parents came to this county in December 1853. Her father, Cornelius Courtright, died September 5, 1881, at the age of eighty years. His wife, Mary (Sirrine) Courtright, was born in 1803, and is still living. Fiftyseven years of their lives were spent together. Mrs. Weise's grandfathers lived to be ninetytwo and ninety-three years of age, being of a long-lived family. Mr. and Mrs. Weise have four children, viz. : George, Frank, Will and Mary. Mr. Weise is a member of A. F. &. A. M., of Princeton, having taken the degrees to the Commandery many years - ago.

JOHN H. WEISSENBURGER, Hall, was born in Putnam County, 111., June 16, 1850. His parents, George and Eva Weissenburger, were natives of Bavaria, Germany. The former is now living in Dimmick Township, LaSalle Co., 111. The latter died in Section 4, Hall Township, Bureau County, January 31, 1862; they having come here in 1859. They were the parents of the following children, viz. : Conrad, of Iowa; Catharine, of Putnam County, 111. ; Eva, of LaSalle County, 111; George, of Hall Township; Valentine, of Hall Township: Louis, of Peru, and John H., our subject. John H. Weissenburger was married in this county March 14, 1871, to Catharine Dorn, who was born in Westfield Township June 12, 1852, a daughter of John and Carrie (Snyder) Dnrn, old settlers of Bureau County. Mrs. Weissenburger died September 30, 1883, leaving two children, viz.: Jennie E., born May, 29, 1873; John H., March 14, 1877. Mr. Weissenburger is a Democrat in political views.

J. W. WELLER, Bureau, was born in what is now Ohio County, Ind. , August 6, 1836. He is the son of Andrew and Nancy (Gaston) Weller. The father was a native of Orange County, N. Y., and died in this county. The mother was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, and died in Indiana. Of their children six are living - our subject and three sisters in Bureau County, one brother in Iowa and one in Missouri. J. W. Weller was reared on a farm and educated in the schools of his native county, and. also at the Dover Academy in Bureau County, 111. He came to this county in 1858, without a penny. He first worked by the month, and was soon able to purchase a small farm in Dover Township. In 1866 he sold his farm and went to Missouri and Kansas, influenced by the glowing accounts of the wealth to be gained there. But two years satisfied him that the Eldorado was behind him, and he returned to Bureau County, where he has since resided. His farm of 160 acres lies in the southeast quarter of Section 12, Bureau Township.

His principal occupation during life has been that of farming, but has taught about fifteen terms of school in this county and in Missouri. Mr. Weller was married in Bureau Township, December 15,1868, to Miss Lucretia E. Studyvin, who was born in this county March 3, 1843. She is the daughter of Jefferson and Manda Melvina (Johnson) Studyvin, of Putnam County, 111. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk war. Mr. and Mrs. Weller have four children, viz. : Gilbert G., born September 26, 1869; HattieD., November 16, 1872; Andrew J., December 12, 1875; John, April 20, 1879. In politics Mr. Weller has always been a Republican. He and wife are members of the Beaton's Point Baptist Church.

DAVID WELLS, deceased. This old settler was a native of Deerfield, Mass., where his father, David Wells, Sr., was an old pioneer. His mother, Sarah (Burt) Wells, was a native of Conway, Mass. David Wells was reared in Vermont. His first wife died in the East, She was the mother of Mrs. Sarah A. Edwards. He came to Bureau County, 111., in October, 1838, and stopped one year at Princeton, and then bought a claim of 140 acres of William Hart, south of Perkins Grove. This place he improved, and on it he died September 28, 1875, aged seventyone years. Owen Lovejoy, of national renown, married Mr. Wells in Princeton to M'ary N. Smith, a native of Waitstield, Vt. She died here June 22, 1883, aged seventytwo years. She was a daughter of Moses and Mary N. (Childs) Smith. Mrs. Mary N. Wells was the mother of the following children: Mrs. Pamela C. Edwards, Mrs. Catharine C. Snodgrass, Ephraim W., Jarvis P. and Marian (deceased), aged five years. David Wells was a man well known for his many excellent qualities. He was an active member of the Congregational Church. He took a deep interest in home affairs, and held the offices of Supervisor, Assessor and Commissioner. His son, Jarvis P. Wells, was born July 23, 1844, on the old homestead in Clarion Township. He was reared and educated in Bureau County, and has been a farmer and stock-grower by occupation. He has now a farm of 160 acres. He was married here December 28, 1870, to Carrie E.

Smith, daughter of James and Sarah (Huntley) Smith, old settlers of Princeton Township, to which they came in October, 1835. (See genealogy of Smith family. ) Mrs. Carrie E. Wells was born here. She is the mother of the following children: Samuel W. was born December 6, 1872; Frank D., November 23, 1876; Harry J., October 5, 1879, and Charles H., December 27, 1883. Mr. Wells takes quite an interest in political affairs, and is identified with the Republican party. At present he holds the offices of Town Clerk and Treasurer.