Bureau County, Illinois - Biographical sketches, 1885 (part 2 of 13)

A. C. BOGGS, Princeton, was born February 18, 1826, in Ohio County, W. Va. His father, William Boggs, was born in the same place, September 7, 1789, and died there, July 26, 1869. He followed farming as an occupation. His grandfather was Francis Boggs. The mother of our subject, Leeann Carter, was born 1801 , in Ohio County, W. Va., where she died in 1841. She was a daughter of Arthur and Betbann (Beal) Carter, natives of Maryland and of German desent. Mrs. Leeann Boggs was the mother of eight children, viz. : Bethann, Francis (deceased), Arthur C., William J., Mary J., David B. , Margary, and Sarah, who died while young. Our subject, A. C. Boggs, went to school in West Virginia; there he also farmed till June, 1867, when he came to Bureau County, 111., and settled on the M. Triplett farm in Dover Township. After living nearly two years on that farm he sold it and bought the Henry Bacon farm in Princeton Township, where he lived till August, 1881, when he moved to town, where he now resides. While on the farm he dealt to a considerable extent in blooded stock. At present he is dealing in stock. Mr. Boggs was married September 11, 1854, in the place of his nativity to Miss Mary Milligan, who was born December 18, 1827, in Ohio County, W. Va. Her parents were Hugh and Ruth (Brown) Milligan. They were natives of Virginia, near Harper's Ferry. Mrs. Mary Boggs ia the mother of five children, viz.: Flora B., wife of J. W. Thompson, now a resident of Colorado, where he owns a sheep ranch; Willis A. is a merchant in Griswold, Case Co., Iowa; Ida Lee, deceased; Mary E. and Sarah E. Mr. and Mrs. Boggs are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a man interested in all public enterprises and ready to do his duty anywhere.

ALDEN BOOTH, Fairfield, was born September 24, 1811, in Tompkins County, N. Y. He is a son of William and Sally (Ashley) Booth, natives of Massachusetts, as was also Grandfather Joseph Booth, who died in Tompkins County, N. Y. William Booth was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was a farmer and died in Cattaraugus County, N. Y. His widow, a native of Salem, Mass., survived him and drew his war pension. She died in Whiteside County, 111., aged ninetytwo years. She was the mother of seven children, viz. : Ashley, now a resident of Whiteside County; Phebe, deceased; Alden, our subject; William, deceased; Daniel, who remained in New York State; Lyman, of Adair County, Iowa; and George W., of Blue Earth,Minn. All came West except Daniel. Our subject was reared in New York State, where he was married to Eliza Whitmore, who died there. He was married in the same State a second time, December 1, 1836, to Mary A. Glazier, born July 21, 1817, in Spencer, Worcester Co., Mass., daughter of Jonas and Sally (Goodnow) Glazier, natives of the same place. The former was a Baptist minister and the latter was a sister of Lyman Goodnow, the well known ex-Mayor of Boston. Mrs. Mary A. Booth is the mother of four children, viz.: Alden L., deceased, who was married to Emma A.

Hoge; Mary E., deceased, former wife of Levi Hopkins, she was the mother of Millie A. and Matie E. Hopkins; Flora, deceased, had been married to James Bonker; Horace, who was born May 19, 1845. The latter resides in Fairfield Township. He has been married three times. His first wife, Sarah J. Hunter, deceased, was the mother of Minnie A. Booth; his second wife, Josephine Sheldon, deceased, was the mother of Grace D. Booth. His present wife is Lovina B. Bowdish. Allen Booth came to Bureau County in 1855 and bought 120 acres of land. He at one time owned 640 acres. At present he has 266 acres. He has taken a deep interest in educational matters and been one of the standbys in Fairfield Township. Politically he has been identified with the Democratic party.

IBWIN BOBGEB, Hall. The Borger family is of German descent, and for several generations lived in Pennsylvania. The great grandfather of our subject was captured by the Indians on the frontier in Corben County, Penn., while returning from his blacksmith shop. The Indians told him if he would go with them quietly they would keep him five years, and then he might go home. At the end of the five years he volunteered to stay another year, but finally returned to his family. His son, John Borger, had five children, of whom Theobald was our subject's father. He was a blacksmith, and lived in Pennsylvania, where he married Lydia Miller. Both are now dead. They had five cnildren, viz. : Mrs. Mary A. McKee, of Selby Township; Ephraim, William, both of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Polly Wolle, deceased, and Irwin. Irwin Borger was born January 17, 1832, in Northampton County, Penn., where he was reared and educated. He was married February 2, 1857, to Emma Faust, who was born April 18, 1836, in the same county as her husband. Her parents, Paul and Emelie (Breinig) Faust, were natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Borger is the mother of Mrs. Ida M. Combs, born March 22, 1860, widow of Oscar Combs. They had one child, Irwin W., born December 4, 1880. Mr. Borger has been married twice. His first wife, Sarah Bush, died in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Borger are members of the

German Reformed Church. Politically he is Independent, but was formerly a Democrat. He has held various township offices - Commissioner, Assessor and School Trustee, -which office he holds at present. He owns 175 acres of land, 120 of which was wild land, which he has improved.

THOMAS BOWEN, Bureau, was born at Woodchurch, Kent Co., England, August 13, 1831. He came to America with his parents, Thomas and Phebe (Markwick) Bowen, in 1838. They settled in New York; first in. Monroe County, and then in Orleans County, where our subject's father died in 1850. The mother is still living at an advanced age. Our subject was the second in a family of ten children, six of whom are now living, five in New York. Mr. Bowen was reared in New York, and there learned his trade of blacksmith. In 1851 he came to Bureau County, and for five years worked at his trade in Princeton. In 1857 he quit blacksmithing, and came to hie present farm, which was then unimproved, paying 16.25 per acre for the first eighty. He now owns 332 acres in Bureau Township, one quarter section cf which he purchased of William Cullen Bryant. In politics Mr. Bowen is identified with the Democratic party, and has held most of the offices of the township. He was married in Princeton, March 25, 1855, to Elvira Thomas. She was born near London February 21, 1829. Her parents, William and Mary (Gibbon) Thomas, both died in the old country when she was a child. She was the youngest of ten children, and has four brothers and one sister now living in Wales. Mrs. Bowen landed in America July 4, 1848, and lived in Peoria County, 111., till 1853, when she came to Princeton. Mr. and Mrs. Bowen have had four children, two of whom are living: William, born August 17, 1856, died April 12, 1858; Thomas, born April 12, 1858, died October 17, 1876; Mary, born February 15, 1860, wife of William H. Johnson, of Princeton; Frank B., born November 1, 1863.

WILLIAM BOWEN (deceased). The following biography is devoted to a man who is well remembered by our older settlers, and who distinguished himself as a soldier in our late war, and what is more, as a useful citizen after the war, in all matters pertaining to the interest of the community. He was born October 19, 1836, in Scropton, Derbyshire, England. He was a son of George and Sarah (Moocroft) Bowen, who were natives of Scropton, England, and the parents of six children, viz. : Hannah, William, John, Mary, George, and Sarah, who was born in Bureau County, 111. They emigrated from England to the United States in 1846. It took them seven weeks and three days to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a sailing vessel. They landed at New Orleans, and the journey from there to Hennepin, 111., was accomplished on a steamboat. They settled in Neponset Township, Bureau County, the same year, and here the parents died, George Bowen, Sr., December 15, 1879, and his wife June 27, 1881. William Bowen farmed in early life, and when his country called for volunteers to protect the stars and stripes he enlisted August 5, 1861, in Company I of the Twenty-seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged September 20, 1864. He served with the rank of Sergeant, and participated in the battles of Belmont, where he was wounded in the arm, Stone River, Chickamauga, Union City, Island No.

10, Farmington, siege of Corinth and Lavergne. After the war he farmed till his demise, which occurred November 13, 1880. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and made himself useful in many ways to the community wherein he resided. William Bowen was married October 5, 1864, to Miss Sarah J. Norton, who was born October 5, 1842, in Pickering, Canada. She survived her husband, and resides on the farm of 400 acres which he had accumulated by his industry. She is a daughter of Thomas and Frances (Walker) Norton, natives of England, who came here in 1854. He is yet living, but she died April 18, 1867. She was the mother of two children, viz. : Mrs. Mary A. Saddler and Mrs. Sarah J. Bowen, who is the mother of six children, viz.: George T., born July 18, 1865; AdaF., born July 18, 1867; Effie J., born January

11, 1869; Mary M., born September 6, 1871; Arthur J.,born January 12, 1873, and Franklin, who was born January 9, 1875. Mrs. Bowen manages the large property left by

NATHANIEL BOYD, Concord. Charles S. Boyd was a merchant tailor in New York City till 1820, when he closed out business and came to Illinois with his former partner in the tailoring business, John Dixon. They came most of the distance to the State with ox teams, and when they landed in Springfield, 111., Mr. Boyd erected the third cabin there. From 1820 till 1830 he resided at Springfield, and would work at his trade whenever he could during the summer, and would often get paid for his work in cattle, so during the fall he would drive the cattle to the lead mines around Galena, and sell them to the miners, and then stay and work at the mines during the winter, and would then again return to his home. However, in 1830, he came to Bureau County, ID., and bought the claim of John Dixon .at Boyd's Grove, and remained there till 1840, when he removed to Princeton. (More of his early settlement will be found in the General History.) During the Black Hawk war he removed his wife and daughters to Ft. Clark, now Peoria, but he and two of his sons remained on the farm and made a crop of corn. Mr. Boyd was married in New York City to Eliza Dixon, a sister of John Dixon, and their three eldest sons were born before coming West, but their two daughters and youngest son were born in Springfield, 111. The following are the names of the children: Charles, Alexander, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, John H. and Angelica. The residence of Charles is not known. Alexander, Nathaniel and Mrs. Angelica Paddock,- widow of Dr. S. A. Paddook, reside in Bureau County. Elizabeth is the wife of Ebenezer Chamberlin, of Jameson, Daviess Co.. Mo. John H. Boyd went to California with the early gold hunters, then to Australia, but for many years has been on the Island of Tahiti, one of the Society Islands, as a trader with the natives. Both Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Boyd died in Princeton, III. Nathaniel Boyd was born October 1, 1820, and came to this county with his parents in 1830, and with little exception has resided here since, and most of his life has been engaged in farming. He now owns in Concord Township a farm of 425 acres. He was married in this county March 12, 1845, to Mary A. Cummings, who was born February 20, 1827, and was the daughter of Thornton Cummings. (See sketch of William Cummings.) Mrs. Boyd died September 20, 1866. She was the mother of the following children; Frances, born January 13, 1847, wife of Charles Wetherell, of Bureau County; Eoxanna, born September 2, 1848, wife of Harry Bawson, of Bayard, Iowa; John W. Boyd. born April 3, 1850, now of St. Louis, Mo. ; Comma, born January 18, I860, at home; Henry, born December 25, 1862, died June 13, 1882, and also three daughters, who died while small. In political matters Mr. Boyd is identified with the Eepublican party.

ALBERT W.BOYDEN,Sheffield,sonof Dr. Wyatt and Elizabeth Woodbury Boyden, was born in Beverly, Mass., May 24, 1833. His father was a practicing physician of Beverly, and intended his son should be a farmer, consequently, when old enough, he was placed on a farm during the summer seasons, and was also employed in a bank for some time, and there was taught lessons which have been valuable to him in his business career. In September, 1853, . Mr. Boyden came West, clerking a while in Chicago, and for the Stevens firm in Tiskilwa, and then settled on his farm north of Sheffield. Not being suited with farming, he removed to Sheffield in the fall of 1858, when for two years he was Deputy Sheriff of Bureau County under Sheriff David E. Norton. His name was then announced to the Bureau County Republican Convention as a candidate for the office of Sheriff, when, fortunately, he did not secure the nomination. After clerking three years for Scott & Porter he bought the interest of Mr. Porter, and the firm was changed to Scott & Boyden. In 1870 Mr. Boydeu sold to Scott & Co., and engaged in business with Mr. H. C. Porter, and banking was added to their mercantile business. Mr. Porter died in October, 1875, and January 1, 1876, the firm was changed to Boyden & Dewey. (See sketch of B. F. Dewey. ) Since Mr. Porter's death Mr. Boyden has been Secretary and Treasurer of the Sheffield Mining Company. He is also engaged in mer- cantile, lumbar and grain business in Mineral (W. W. Dewey & Co. ), and in mercantile business at Sioux Rapids, Iowa (F. D. White & Co.), and is pre-eminently one of the successful business men of Bureau County. In politics he is Republican, and an active member of the Congregational Church. In 1884 he was nominated by the Republican Convention of the Twenty-fifth District one of the candidates for Representative to the State Legislature, and elected the November following. Mr. Boyden married, April 2, 1856, Ellen R. Webb, (born in Skowhegan, Maine, April 18, 1837,) daughter of Joseph B. and Martha (Weston) Webb, who came to this county in 1851. They have the following children: George W. Boyden, born January 3, 1858, now a member of the firm of Boyden & Dewey,married in Rock Island, 111. , June 28, 1881, Ella Wiser, and they have Albert W. Boyden second; William C. Boyden, April 6, 1864, in Junior Class Harvard College; Mattie F. Boyden, July 21, 1866; Charles W. Boyden, July 31, 1872; Albert A. Boyden, April 10, 1875.

E. P. BOYDEN, Tiskilwa, who is the subject of the following biography, was born February 16, 1823, in Pelham, Hampshire Co., Mass. His father, Plyna Boyden, was born November 2, 1788, in South Walpole, Mass., near Boston. He was a shoe-maker and farmer by occupation, and died September 25, 1866, in Henry County, 111. The Boyden family is of English descent and are classed among the pioneers of New England. The mother of our subject, Clarissa Fales, was born July 6, 1793. She died June 5, 1861. She was a daughter of Joseph Fales, and was the. mother of six children, viz.: Mrs. Adeline Marsh, deceased; Mrs. Clarissa Knowlton, widow of Dr. Perry Knowlton; Sanford Boyden, a resident, of Massachusetts; Erastus P. Boyden, our subject; Lydia Boyden, deceased, and Mrs Lydia A. Crosset. Our subject was educated in Massachusetts, but he is principally self-educated, having gained his fund of general knowledge in contact with the world. In early life he taught school in his native State, after which he followed various occupations. Owing to his popularity and efficiency he was elected to many town offices, and at one time had the doubtful pleasure of filling nine distinct offices. During his last years in Massachusetts he was extensively engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1854 he removed to Tazewell County, 111., where he resided five years and then removed to Geneseo, 111. In 1860 he opened a general store in Atkinson, 111. He also bought and sold grain, dealt in real estate, also engaged in farming and dealt extensively in broom corn. During this time he was elected Supervisor of his township and filled that office with tact and ability. In 1876 Mr. Boyden removed to Tiskilwa, where he bought the " Tiskilwa House,'1 and where he now, in the capacity of landlord, dispenses entertainment and comfort to his fellowmen. Our subject has been married twice. His first wife, Mary R, Dunbar, was a native of Massachusetts. She died September 10, 1869. She was the mother of six children, viz.: John D. , now a resident of Nebraska; Mrs. Clara E. Welsh, of Dakota; Mrs. Ella A. Crouch, deceased; Frank L., deceased; Charles D., a resident of Dakota, and Hattie M. Mr. Boyden was married a second time to Mrs. Marcia A. Penney (nee Valentine), a daughter of Edwin and Hannah (DeLong) Valentine, natives of Warren County, Penn. , the former deceased. Mrs. Marcia A. Boyden has two children from a former marriage, viz. : Mrs. Ella P. Crossett and Norton T. Penney. Mr. and Mrs. Boyden are members of the Congregational Church. He has ever been identified with the Republican Party, is a friend of prohibition, has taken a deep interest in local affairs and has been President of the Board of Trustees.

DR. SIMON PETER BREED, Wyanet. In the possession of William J. Breed, of Raynham, Mass., are records stating that A. D. 1100 a colony of Breeds emigrated from Germany to Sussex County, England, and there founded a town called Breed, which bears that name to the present day. From this colony of Breedi sprang Allyn Breed, of 1601, who came to America and settled in Lynn, Mass., in 1630, and became the sole progenitor of the Breed family in America. One of his great-grandsons, Ebenezer Breed, is noted for being the owner of Breed's Hill, where was fought the battle of Bunker Hill.

Dr. S. P. Breed, the subject of this sketch, was born in Manlins, Onondaga Co., N. Y., February 1, 1819, and is the son of the late James Breed. In his possession are records by which he can trace his lineage back through his grandfather, Gershom Breed, of 1755; Allen Breed, of 1714, who settled in Stonington, Conn., and therefore called the Stonington branch of the family; thence through John Breed, of 1663, Allen Breed, of 1626, and Allyn Breed, of 1601, who settled in Lynn in 1630. Simon Peter Breed was taken by his parents to Cicero, Onondaga .County, in 1820, and there on the farm he was reared till he was seventeen years of age, except one year when the family had returned to Manlius. When seventeen he removed with his parents to Hannibal, Oswego County, and there four years more of his life were spent upon the farm, in a sawmill, at the carpenter's bench and in the school room. When nineteen years of age he began life's work for himself, having made an arrangement with his father for his time. In 1839 he went to Manlius, where he attended the old Manlius Academy for some time, and also taught three terms of school. May 11, 1843, he started from Oswego, N. Y. , for the West, and landed June 11, at his uncle's near Vermont, Fulton Co., 111., where his first business was teaching at $13 per month. He continued teaching for three terms, and in 1844 began the study of medicine in Vermont. In the winter of 1846-47 he attended his first course of lectures at St. Louis, Mo., in the Medical Department of the Missouri State University. In the spring of 1847 he began the practice of medicine in Schuyler County, 111., and there continued for eighteen years. However, in the winter of 1856-57 he went to Philadelphia, and attended the Medical Department and graduated from the Pennsylvania University. He then continued in his practice in Schuyler County, where he was widely known and eminently successful. In 1865 Dr. Breed removed to Princeton, and in the fall of the same year took part in organizing a district medical society, and was its first delegate to the State Medical Society, and through a report read there was first introduced to the literary medical world, and since that time has contributed many articles to medical journals, full of interest and value to the profession, but of which our limited space will allow no further mention, only to say that they were characterized by many of the leading physicians in this and other States as able and exhaustive. In a centennial address before the International Medical Congress at Philadelphia, in 1876, H. I. Bowditch, M. D., President of the Massachusetts State Board of Health, speaks of Dr. Breed as one of his valuable, correspondents. In the published transactions of the nineteenth annual meeting of the Illinois State Medical Society are given a number of pages taken from his report on Practical Medicine. Not only has Dr. Breed been an able contributor upon medicine, but his ready pen has not been slow to record his thoughts upon other topics, including those on temperance, a tour through Kansas in 1869, woman's crusade, etc., the mere mention of which will call them to the minds of many of the leading citizens of the county. In early life the Doctor was an Abolitionist, and cast one of the two first votes in Vermont, Fulton County, for James G. Birney, the candidate of the Liberty party in 1844. He is now a stanch Republican, and in 1870 he wrote articles against many of the Republicans, who bolted the regular nominee for Congress, after submitting their claim at the primary election. December 25, 1848, Dr. Breed was united in marriage to Miss Alzina S. Powers, of Mc- Donough County, 111. She was born in Essex, Vt., in 1827, but came to McDonough County in 1833. Her father, Isaac Powers, was a farmer; she was educated iu the district schools and at the female seminary of Jacksonville, 111. She is the mother of seven children, three of whom died before they were seven years of age. The living are: Lena May, a school teacher; Lizzie Rachel, wife of Charles E. Sisler, who resides near Lincoln, Neb. ; Luella and Ralph at home. They were educated in the Princeton High School. In later years Dr. Breed has lived in quiet retirement on Center Grove farm. This farm of 200 acres lies in Wyanet Township, and was settled in 1836 and when Dr. Breed purchased it in 1870 was very much run down, but he has added many valuable improvements to it, and has made it a model farm. Although not a member of any church, order or fraternity, he is opposed to none provided they bear the test of being a benefit to mankind. He has always been a friend to the poor and especially during the war, he not only assisted the families of the soldiers by his services as a physician, but his purse was ever open to them, and many kindly words of sympathy did he write to those in the field.

MARTIN BRENNEMAN, Selby, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., March 12, 1819. His parents, Martin and Varunaca (Kendick) Brenneman, were both natives of Lancaster County, Penn., but their ancestors came to America among the first Germ an immigrants to the New World, coming from Rhinelyran over 200 years ago, and of their descendants in the country the sixth generation is now living. When our subject was about eleven years old he removed with his parents to Wayne County, Ohio. His mother died in Stark County, Ohio. She was the mother of ten children, four of whom are living, viz.: Anna, widow of John L. Messenkop, of Galesburg, III.; Mary, widow of M. Kaufman, of Rushville, 111.; Martin, and Christian, a resident of Orrville, Wayne Co., Ohio. Our subject's father died in this county, lacking but a few days of being eighty-five years of age. His occupation was always that of farming, and he was considered one of the best in Lancaster County, Penn., and also in Wayne County, Ohio. At one time he was quite wealthy, but lost his property, through being security and bondsman. In 1853 our subject, who had heard of the land in Illinois, where there were no stumps or rocks, determined to see for himself, and finding it even better than he'had hoped for, he returned borne, and in 1854 removed to Bureau County, and settled on his present farm in Section 6, ^Selby Township, where he has since resided. He has always been a farmer, and as was said of his father, he also has been one of the best. Although he began with little, he has accumulated considerable property through his industry. His farm contained 640 acres, but as he believes in helping his children while he is still living, he divided with them, and now owns but 240 acres. Mr.

Brenneman was married, in Stark County, Ohio, to Lydia Young; she died in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, leaving two children, viz. : Mary A. , born July 8, 1843, wife of James Lewis, of Jackson County, Kan.; Henry, born November 3, 1844, drowned in the Little Osage River, Bates County, Mo. Mr. Brenneman was married, inCuyahoga County, Ohio, February 8, 1847, to Mary Garman, who was born December 25, 1822, in Franklin County, Penn. She is the mother of seven children, viz.: John, born July 16, 1848, of Clay County, Neb.; George, born February 22, 1850, of Selby Township; Amanda, born August 17, 1853, wife of Levi Shettle, of Clinton County, Iowa; Martin V., born April 27, 1855, of Clay County, Neb.; Maggie, born October 6, 1857, wife of L. H. Kaufman, of Clay County, Neb.; Hattie.born May 26, 1860, at home; Daniel, May 8, 1863, at home. In politics Mr. Benneman is a life-long Democrat. He is a member of the English Lutheran Church.

JOSEPH H. BRIGHAM, Dover. The Brigham family came to this country at a very early date in the history of America, having formerly resided on a tract of land called Brigham lying between Scotland and England, and at that time belonging to neither country, but now owned by England. From this family are descended all the Brighams now in America. They are of remarkable longevity; on one tombstone in the old burying-ground in New Hampshire is recorded the age of one hundred and three years. Another family of seven children lived till their average age was eighty years, and one member yet survives. Such being the physical nature of the family they were well adapted to a pioneer life in a new country. Joseph Brigham was born in Cheshire County, N. H., in 1774. He cleared a farm among the hills and timber of his native State and resided there till 1832, when he sold out and came to Illinois. He lived near Hennepin till the Indian trouble was over, and then in the spring of 1834 came to Bureau County, and settled on the farm now owned by James Hensel, in Dover Township, occupying a log-cabin built by his son Sylvester Brigham. The family resided here until 1837, and then moved on to the present farm of Joseph H Brigham, where Joseph Brigham died in 1846. He was married, in his native county in New Hampshire, in 1802, to Polly Fullum, also a native of Cheshire County. She died in 1861 at the age of eighty-three years. They were the parents of nine children; three died in youth. The following reached maturity: Sylvester, Lucy (widow of David Chase, of Dover), Polly (widow of Christopher Cores, who lives in Princeton), Nancy (wife of Thomas Mercer, died in Oregon), Eliza (wife of James Porterneld, died in Dover), Joseph H. (lives in Dover Township.) Sylvester Brigham, when twenty- two years old, left his native State in company with Warren Shirley. They crossed the lakes, and then traveled through Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and into Iowa on foot. In 1829, while traveling through the country, he located his claim in Dover Township, Bureau County, where James Hensel now lives In the fall of the same year he returned to his native State, New Hampshire, traveling as before on foot. In 1880 he again came to Bureau County and settled, and remained here during the Black Hawk war, in which he was engaged. He resided in Bureau County until 1855, when he removed to Cordova, 111., and from there to Wilson County, Kan., in 1870, where he died January. 1872, at the age of sixty-four years. He was twice married, first to Lucy Gunn in 1840, who died two years later. He was again married, in 1843. to Mary Bingham, in Fitzwilliam, N. H. She is still living, and is the mother of five sons and three daughters. Joseph H. Brigham was born January 31, 1823, in Fitzwilliam, N. H. He was but a boy when he came to this county with his parents, and has resided here ever since. His education was chiefly obtained in the log schoolhouse. His occupation has always been that of farming; he now owns the old homestead where his father settled. His farm contains 360 acres. February 29, 1848, he was married to Jane Elizabeth Mercer. She was born January 22, 1830, in Tuscarawas County. Ohio, a daughter of Aaron Mercer, who came to this county in 1834. Mrs. Brigham died June 22, 1871, leaving seven children, viz. : Harriet, Sylvester, Sarah, Mary, Joseph, Eliza, John. Mr.

Brigham was married, January 1, 1873, to Carrie Dunbar, born April 21, 1841. She is the mother of two children - Curtis and Charles. Mr. Brigham has always been a Republican in politics. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church of Dover.

E. H. BROOKS, Wyanet. The gentleman whose name heads this paragraph was born in Bucks County, Penn., February 29, 1824, and is the son of William and Mary (Worthingtori) Brooks, both natives of Pennsylvania. The father was born October 3, 1793, and died June 9, 1880. The mother died August 8, 1850, at the age of fifty-two years. They were the parents of fifteen children, all of whom yet survive. Our subject remained in his native county till 1850, when he removed to Belmont County, Ohio, and the following year to Bureau County, 111., where he has since resided. His occupation in early life was that of a farmer, and he continued farming near Princeton for two years after coming to Bureau County, but when the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad was completed to Princeton he began dealing in grain. He continued in the grain business at Princeton till I860, when he came to Wyanet, where for twenty years he continued in the same business; however, in 1880, he sold out and retired from active life. Politically he is identified with the principles of the Republican party, but not an active politician. Of the Brooks family one other member now resides in Bureau County, Mrs. Susan (Brooks) Trego. In the spring of 1865 she removed to Mercer County, 111., where herjhusband, Cyrus Trego, died in December, 1866, and in 1867 Mrs. Trego came to Wyanet, and has since resided in this county. She is the mother of two children, viz. : Edwin A. , now of Cass County, Iowa, and Ella, wife of William A. Weaver, of Wyanet. The Trego family is one of the,, oldest families in Pennsylvania, as their ancestor, Peter Trego, came to America with the Penn colony.

CAPT. ROBERT BRUTON, Bureau, was born near Dublin, Ireland, April 26, 1838. He came to the United States with his parents when about ten years old, and resided in Bergen, N. Y.. until 1857, when he came to Bureau County, 111. He was reared on a farm and educated in the academy at Eiga, Monroe County, N. Y. July 24, 1861, he enlisted in the service of his country in Company I, Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Capt. F. B. Ferris. He passed through the successive ranks from private to Captain, and served in that capacity till his discharge at Louisville, Ky., July 10, 1865. At the battle of Shiloh he was with Capt. Ferris when he received his fatal shot. At the battle of Allatoona, Ga., Capt. Braton was shot through the shoulder, and was sent to Rome, Ga., but after thirty days received a furlough, and came home. As soon as he was able he joined his company in North Carolina, and was with them at the grand review at Washington, D. C. Capt. Bruton is the son of Michael Bruton, who had three sons and one daughter. All of the sons entered the service as privates. Christopher C. enlisted in the 100-day service in the Eighteenth New York Infantry, but was wounded and discharged. He afterward raised a company at Rome, N. Y., and later was commissioned Captain in the Twentysecond New York Cavalry. While in command of a battalion he captured the headquarters of Gen. Early, and had the honor of receiving the sword from him. He was afterward placed on Gen. Caster's staff, and at the close of the war was on the staff of Gen. Sheridan. He died from disease contracted on the Rio Grande River, Texas. Patrick Bruton, another brother, was Sergeant in a New York regiment; he now resides near Grand Rapids, Mich. After his return from the war, Capt. Bruton engaged in farming in j this county for five years on a farm rented from J. V. Thompson. He purchased a farm near Atchison, Kan., but a year .later traded it for his present farm of about 200 acres in Bureau Township. He was married August 16, 1863, to Martha Matson, daughter of j Peter Matson, deceased (see sketch of Enos M. JMatson). Capt. and Mrs. Bruton have five children, viz.: Emma, born October 30, 1864; Maggie L., born October 24, 1869, died January 17, 1884; Joseph V., born December 4, 1876; Leslie V., born August 31, 1880; Vida C., born June 4, 1883. In politics Capt. Bruton is identified with the Republican party. He is a member of the Walnut Lodge No. 722, A. F. & A. M.

THE BRYANT FAMILY. The progenitor of the Bryant family was Stephen Bryant, who immigrated from the west of England to America in 1643. He settled in Plymouth County, Mass., where his son, Stephen Bryant, Jr., was born February 2, 1657. The latter' s son, Ichabod Bryant, was born July 5, 1699, in Plymouth. He was a farmer by occupation, and a man of great physical powers. He died of apoplexy, away from home, aged sixty years. His son, Philip Bryant, was born December, 1732, in Plymouth County, Mass. He was a physician, and died February 7, 1817, in North Bridgewater, Mass. He was married to Silence Howard, born 1738; she died June 1777. She was the mother of eight children, viz.: Oliver, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; Ruth, Daniel, Bazaliel, Peter, Cyrus, Mrs. Anna Kingman, aiid Mrs. Silence Bryant and Charity Bryant. Her grandfather, Ephraim Howard, was born in 1666. He died August 11, 1750, in Bridgewater, Mass. Her father, Abiel Howard, M. D., died January 10, 1777, in Massachusetts, aged seventy-three years. Her mother, Silence (Washburn) Howard, was born 1713; she died August 17, 1775. Peter Bryant, son of Philip and Silence (Howard) Bryant, was born August 12, 1767, in North Bridgewater, now called Brockton, Mass. Early in life he became imbued with a desire to fit himself for the medical profession. He read medicine with his father, and also had a French surgeon named La Preliet as his preceptor for two years. For one year he was on board of one of Uncle Sam's menof-war. After that he followed his profession in Cummington, Mass., to which place he came in 1792, and where he died in 1820 of consumption. His professional career was one of activity and usefulness. He was the preceptor of forty pupils, and the author of many articles to medical journals. He was married to Sarah Snell, who was born December 4, 1768, at North Bridgewater, Mass. She died in Princeton, May 6, 1847. Her parents, Ebenezer and Sarah (Packard) Snell, were also natives of North Bridgewater. The former was born October 1, 1738. He was a farmer by occupation, and removed to Cum- mington in 1774, where he died August 2,1813. The latter was born September 30, 1737; she died March 8, 1813. She was the mother of five children, viz.: Abigail, Samuel, Sarah, Ebenezer, and Thomas, who was a doctor of divinity, and was a minister in North Brook- Held, Mass., for nearly sixty years. Mrs. Sarah Bryant was the mother of seven children, viz.: Austin, William Cullen, Cyrus, Mrs. Sarah S. Shaw, Arthur, Mrs. Louisa C. Olds and John Howard Bryant. The boys all were farmers, except William Cullen. Of the above, John H. was married near Jacksonville, 111., June 7, 1833, to Miss Harriet E. Wiswall, born September 14, 1808, in Norton, Bristol Co., Mass. She came to Illinois in the summer of 1820, accompanied by her parents, Elijah and Elizabeth (Verry) Wiswall, who were large farmers. Mrs. Harriet E. Bryant is yet living, and is the mother of two children, viz.: Henry W., born April 17, 1835, he died April 26, 1854, of typhoid fever; and Elijah W., born December 2, 1836. He is working the old homestead, and was married here June 6, 1865, to Laura Smith, born March 27, 1846, daughter of Sidney and Laura (Doolittle) Smith, the former a native of Massachusetts, and the latter of Oneida County, N. Y. Mrs. Laura Bryant is the mother of the following children: Frances E., born May 17. 1866; Kate, born March 12, 1869; John H., born November 19, 1870, he died March 1, 1872; William C., born November 8, 1871 ; Laura S., born March 18, 1875, and John Howard, Jr., born May 27, 1876. (See General History, where the life and public career of John H. Bryant are given in full.)

ARTHUR BRYANT, Princeton. Arthur Bryant (deceased^ was born in Cummington, Mass., November 28, 1803. In 1830 he came to Jacksonville, 111., but in the fall of 1831 he returned to his native State, where he was united in marriage, May 10, 1832, to Henrietta R. Plummer, who was born in Pittstield, Mass., October 17, 1812. After marriage Mr. Bryant returned to Morgan County, 111., with his wife, and resided there until November, 1833. when they j-emoved to Bureau County, and settled on Section 29, two miles south of Princeton. Here Mr. Bryant resided until his death, February 5,

1883. His widow is still living. They were the parents of the following children : Arthur, born October 15, 1834; Julian E., born November 9, 1836; Ellen A., born June 18, 1839; Joseph P., born March 25, 1845; Lester R., born September 8, 1848; Henrietta R., August 15, 1851; Adaline R., September 4, 1855. Henrietta R. died October 10, 1852. Julian E. was drowned May 14, 1865, in the Brazos River, Texas. At the time of his death he was Colonel of a colored regiment, though he enlisted from this county in Company E, Thirty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was Lieutenant of the company. Arthur Bryant, Jr. , was born and educated in Bureau County. His eai-ly life was spent on his father's farm, and in assisting in his nursery. When he started in life for himself he chose the same occupation, in which he had spent most of his youth. For several years he was interested in the nursery on the old homestead two miles south of Princeton. In 1869 he began to break ground for his present place, and in 1870 began planting stock, and has extended the business till it reached its present immense proportions. September 19, 1864, he was united in marriage to Lizzie Hughes, born February 18, 1842, in Steubenville, Ohio. Her father, George Hughes, was born in Ireland. March 10, 1809, and died October 6, 1880, in Washington, 111. His wife, Cassandra Jones, was born in Virginia, December 6, 1819, and is now living in Washington, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant have eight children, viz.: Lucy H. , born June 26, 1865; Harry G., born February 18, 1867; Guy A., born December 12, 1868; Henrietta, born May 5, 1871; Cassandra, born August 6, 1873; Lester P.. born April 7, 1875; Ralph C., born January 22, 1877; Edith W., born December 1, 1878. Mr. Bryant is a member of the State Horticultural Society, and in politics is identified with the Republican party. Ellen A. Bryant, daughter of Arthur Bryant (deceased), was married to Clement Freeman Lester R. , son of Arthur Bryant (deceased), was married March 7, 1877, to Jane L. Huntington. They have three children, viz. : Hattie, Arthur, Frank.

old family mansion at Cummington, Mass. He was son of Austin Bryant, who was born in the same place as his son, April 16, 1793, and died in Bureau County, February 1, 1866. Austin Bryant was married November 18, 1819, to Adeline Plummer, a daughter of Edward Plummer, and a native of Pittsneld, Mass. She was born May 24, 1801, and died February 26, 1882. Her children were as follows: Mrs. Sarah L. Reeve, wife of Tracy Reeve (see sketch); Edward R., deceased; William Austin, deceased; Mrs. Frances A. Moseley, deceased; Charles H., deceased, and Mrs. Mary Snell Smith. Edward R. Bryant came to Bureau County with his parents in 1835. He was married May 7, 1862, to Ellen Fields Mc- Duffie, a native of Cameron, Steuben Co., N. Y. Her father, Isaac McDuffie, is of Scotch extraction, and was born on the Hudson in Montgomery County, N. Y., in 1804. He is a cousin of Gov. McDuffie, of South Carolina. Mrs. Bryant's mother, Cynthia (Baker) McDuffie, is of French and English extraction, and was born in Athens, Penn., in March, 1804. Her father, Samuel Baker, was a soldier in the Revolution and in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. McDuffie now reside in Concord Township, near Sheffield, Bureau County. They are the parents of the following children: Mrs. Ellen F. Bryant, Mrs. Valeda Van Patten, William H,, of this county; Mrs. Anna Myers, of Dakota; John V., Probate Judge, of Haynesville, Ala.; James M., deceased, was a soldier in the late war, and died in camp, near St. Louis; and Samuel A. McDuffie. Edward R. Bryant died November 11, 1881, leaving five children, viz.: James M., born April 27, 1863; William A., born December 13, 1865; Edward A., born January 17, 1868; Frederick R., born August 13, 1870; Mary C., born November 27, 1874. Mrs. Bryant and her children are members of the Episcopal Church.

MARCUS BRYANT, deceased, Princeton, was born March 21, 1842, in Princeton, 111. He was a son of Cyrus and Julia (Everett) Bryant. Cyrus Bryant was a brother of William Cullen Bryant, our American poet. The genealogy of the Bryant family appears in this work. Mrs. Julia (Everett) Bryant was a daughter of James and Phebe (Clark) Everett. Her brother, James S. Everett, is yet living in Princeton. Marcus Bryant was educated in the town of his nativity. His early life was spent on his father's farm, and farming was his main occupation in life. As most of the Bryants, from whom he inherited many noble traits of head and heart, he loved the country and was therefore a farmer. While on the farm he was fond of the woods and loved to admire nature in its most beautiful temple. In after life he was engaged as a grain merchant. He was a man whose word was never doubted; his character was a shining light and his memory will be cherished by those who knew him. He died at his home in Princeton, February 27, 1876. He was married December 19, 1868, in Dixon, Lee Co., 111., to Miss Rezia McGinnis, who was born March 11, 1840, in New York City. She is a daughter of Stewart McGinnis, a native of Ireland, who was supposed to have died in New Orleans. He was a lumber merchant and architect by occupation. Her mother was Mary (Law) McGinnis; she was also a native of Ireland and is yet living. She is a daughter of David and Kezia (Hillis) Law, both natives of Ireland. The former was a farmer, and died in Dixon, Lee Co. , 111. , where the latter, who was born July 2, 1782, yet resides, aged over one hundred and one years. She is the mother of eight children. Mary (Law) McGinnis is the mother of four children, viz. : Margaret, James, William and Mrs. Kezia Bryant, the widow of the subject of this sketch. She is the mother of two children, viz. : Grace M., born November 4, 1869, and Alice M. , born December 7, 1871. Mrs. Bryant yet resides on the old homestead, which contains over 300 acres, pleasantly situated in the southern part of Princeton.

JOHN G. BUBACH, Princeton, was born in Harrisburg, Penn., April 5, 1818. He is the son of John G. and Elizabeth (Rickel) Bubach. The father died in Pennsylvania during our subject's childhood. The mother died in Bureau County, 111. The Bubach family, which is of German descent, came to Lancaster City, Penn., in 1750. While young, our subject removed to near Lancaster City, Penn., and lived there till the fall of 1839. During his youth he spent four years in an apprenticeship at the tailor's trade. In 1839 he came to Wayne County, Ohio, and worked at his trade in various places, till the spring of 1846, when he came to Princeton, 111., with Mr. William Carse, and clerked for Carse a short time and then began in business for himself, in partnership with Justin S. Olds. Later Mr. Bubach bought bis partner's interest in the business, and continued alone till 1849, when he sold out and was variously employed till 1853, when he engaged in the nursery business, and has continued in the same since. In later years he has abandoned the heavy nursery stock, and has given his time and attention to the growing of small fruits for the market, and plants and vines for sale. Strawberries, raspberries, Snyder and other varieties of blackberries, he makes a specialty. Mr. Bubach has over 500 varieties of seedling strawberries, which he has scientifically originated. These he tested from single plants in 1883, and found many excellent varieties. He was united in marriage in Princeton, to Miss Lucinda W. Phelps, May 1, 1848. She was born January 26, 1830, in Northampton, Mass., and is the daughter of Ebenezer and Anna (Wright) Phelps, who came to Springfield, 111., in 1831, and to Bureau County in 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Bubach have three daughters, viz. : Florence A., May V. and Alice, who is the wife of Douglass Judd, of Brooklyn, Iowa. In politics Mr. Bubach is Republican, and is a strong temperance man.

M. BUHLER, Lamoille, was born April 25, 1842, in Dornhan, Wurtemburg, Germany. His parents, Andrew and Mary (Smith) Buhler, died in Germany. They were the parents of the following children: George, Andrew and Christina, are deceased; Mrs. Mary Wossner and Mrs. Cordula Wossner, are residents of Germany; John Buhler, a resident of Iowa; Jacob Buhler, of Milwaukee, and Matthew Buhler, our subject. He was educated in Germany, where he learned his trade, which he followed two years in Chicago. In the fall of 1860 he came to Lamoille, where he worked two years at his trade for Squire Betz, and then worked in Princeton till March, 1863, when he returned to Lamoille and engaged in business for himself, and has been a wide-awake business man ever since. Since 1877 he has been in the wind-mill and pump business, and is now sole manufacturer of the " Victor Windmills." He is also a member of the n'rm that is the patentee and manufacturer of the "Luptons Cultivator Knives." Mr. Buhler was married here November 12, 1865, to Syrena G. Both, who was born February 16, 1846, in Lamoille, where she died February 17, 1877. She was a daughter of David and Nancy D. (Phelps) Roth, natives of New York Mrs. Syrena G. Buhler was the mother of four children: Ada M., George P., Frank M. and Clara B. Buhler. Mr. Buhler is a member of the Lutheran Church. Politically he is a Republican. He was a soldier in the 100-day service, enlisting in Company G, of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He is an active member of the G. A. R. Post and of the A. F. & A. M. fraternity.

J. P. BDMPHREY, Neponset, was born December 18, 1835, in Pottsville, Penn. His father, Stephen Bumphrey, was a native of Berkshire County, Mass. He was a farmer by occupation; he came to Pennsylvania in 1835; the next year he came to Putnam County, 111., and in 1837 he removed to Centre Grove in Bureau County. There he farmed till 1845, when he removed to La- Salle County, 111. , and from there to Cedar Falls, Iowa. He died in 1854, near Dubuque, Iowa, while on his way to Bureau County. His father was a native of France, and was a gallant soldier in the Revolutionary war. Julia Packiugham, a native of Massachusetts, was the mother of our subject. She died in 1844, in Centre Grove. She was a daughter of James Packingham and is the mother of four children that are now living, viz. : Mrs. Elizabeth Osman, James P. our subject, C. Henry, of Henry County, 111. , and Albert, a resident of Kansas. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Bureau County, where he farmed; he also farmed seven years in Henry County, 111., and lived five years in Iowa, returning to Bureau County in 1857, and has been a resident here ever since. He was married September 21, 1862, in Kewanee, 111., to

Mrs. Elizabeth Moon (nee Elizabeth Studley), born March 7, 1837, in Scott County, 111. She is a daughter of William Studley, the old pioneer of Neponset Township. She is the mother of eight children, viz. : William H. Moon and Louvina Moon, children by her first husband, George Moon; Alice J. , Henry A., Frank P., James C., Luella and Grace. Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey are active members of their community, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically Mr. Humphrey is a Republican; he is a useful citizen and has filled town offices; at present he is President of the Board of Village Trustees.

THOMAS BURDEN, Fairfield, was born in Queens County, Ireland, in the year 1831. His parents, Thomas and Mary (White) Burden, were natives of the same place, where the father died. The mother immigrated to Oswego, N. Y., in 1847, and was accompanied by the following children: Richard, John, Thomas, Dennis, William and Mrs. Julia Henricken. The last-named also came to Fairfield Township, Bureau County, where she died. The mother died in Oswego, N. Y. Our subject, Thomas Burden, worked one year in Oswego, and then came to Elgin, 111., where he worked till about 1850, when he came to Bureau County and railroaded for nearly two years and then bought 160 acres in Fairfield Township, which he pre-empted and improved. He started on a small scale in farming and stock-raising and bought more land from time to time till at present he has about 2,000 acres of land in Fairtield Township. He is one of the largest land owners not only in the township but in the county, which is saying a great deal when we remember that he came here a poor man. Stock-raising is his main occupation. Mr. Burden was married in LaSalle, 111. , to Miss Eleanor Fitzgerald, daughter of Marten and Margaret (Cavanaugh) Fitzgerald, who came here in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Burden are members of the Catholic Church, and are the parents of eight children, viz. : George, John, Charles, William, Mary, Emma, Elizabeth and Nellie Burden. In political matters Mr. Burden is identified with the Democratic party.

J. Y. BURNETT, Lamoille. The subject of this biography is a native of Jefferson, Schoharie Co., N. Y. His grandfather, Joseph Burnett, was a native of New Jersey. He was a carpenter and jobber in New York City for many years and one of the pioneers of Schoharie County, N. Y. , where he died. His son, Joseph Burnett, Jr., was born in New York City. He is the father of our subject, and came to Schoharie County when he was twelve years old. There he was a stage contractor by occupation till the railroad drove the stage further west. He was a soldier in the war of 1812 and died in the above place about 1862. He was married to Jane Havens, a daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Young) Havens, who survived him and who died in 1878. She was the mother of the following children : Mrs. Mary A. Champlin, Mrs. Jane Brand, Joseph O. (deceased), David H., George H., Mrs. Huldah E. Bare and Jeremiah Y., our subject. He was educated in his native State, where he also learned the carpenter and joiner's trade. In 1855 he removed to Mendota, 111., where he lived three years and then came to Lamoille, where he followed his trade till 1872, when he opened a lumber yard, which proved a successful venture. He has also a branch yard in Van Orin and Ohio, besides carrying on a furniture and undertaker's store m Lamoille, where he also manufactures ' ' Dean's Celebrated Corn Cutter," which is gaining in reputation and favor every day. Mr. Burnett was married twice. His first wife, Olive Smith, died here, leaving two children, viz.: Mrs. Alice Murphy, and Hattie J. Burnett. He was married the second time to Mrs. Ellen Holbrook (nee Ellen Kane), a daughter of George and Mary (Brown) Kane. She is the mother of three children, viz. : Mamie Holbrook, deceased, aged ten years, Lewis Holbrook, born March 1, 1867, and Ida Blanche Burnett, who was born August 10, 1880. Mrs. Ellen Burnett was born September 7, 1844, in Michigan. She is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Burnett is a member of the Congregational Church. Politically he is identified with the Republican party. He is a wide-awake business man and a selfmade man in every respect.

December 5, 1831, in Caledonia County, Vt. He is of Scotch descent, a son of James Buswell, a native of Caledonia County, Vt., where he was born in 1793; he died in 1875 six miles south of Neponset, in Stark County, 111., to which he came in 1837. He came to Peoria County, 111., in the fall of 1833, and the next year brought his family. He was a farmer by occupation, and dealt extensively in land while in the West. The grandfather of our subject, N. C. Buswell, Sr., was a native of Salisbury, Mass.; he died in Caledonia County, Vt He was also a farmer, and a soldier in one of the Indian wara His mother was Elizabeth Colby, whose brother, Nicholas Colby, took an active part in the battle of Lake Champlain, and is honorably mentioned in the naval history. After him Col. Buswell was named. The mother of our subject, Mrs. Chloe (Pratt) Buswell, was born in 1800, in Galedonia County, Vt. She is yet living in Neponset. She is the mother of ten children, viz. : Elizabeth, deceased, former wife of Judge A. Tyler (she left three children, viz. : William, Mary and Grace Tyler) ; William P. ; Lucinda, wife of J. A. Gilfillan, Principal of a St. Louis school; James, deceased; Mrs. Mary C. Dunham, now a resident of Florida; Nicholas C., our subject; Charles P., of Osceola, 111.; Henry C. , of Grinnell, Iowa; Mrs. Ellen B. Scott, and Albert, the latter deceased. Our subject, Col. Buswell, is principally self-educated. He was reared on a farm, but followed farming only in early life and then turned his attention to various occupations. He came to Neponset in 1857, and here kept a hotel and livery stable, but was connected with different enterprises, and at that time was one of the leading business men of the town. In the summer of 1862 he was commissioned by Gov. Yates, of Illinois, to raise a company of soldiers for the late war, and was made Captain of Company H, of the Ninety-third Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. In September, 1862. the Ninety- third Illinois Regiment was organized at Princeton, and of this N. C. Buswell was elected Lieutenant-Colonel. At the death of the commanding Colonel he was promoted, November 25, 1863, to the rank of Colonel, which he held till the close of war. He participated in the capture of Jackson, and the battle of Champion Hill, siege of Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, capture of Atlanta, Bentonville, and was also with Sherman in his famous march to the sea and across the Carolinas. He was with his regiment in the grand review at Washington, D. C. , and was mustered out at Chicago, July 6, 1865. He was never wounded, although his horse was shot from under him at the battle of Champion Hill. Col. Buswell always had the esteem and good will of the men in his command, and his military career has been, to say the least, a brilliant one. (See chapter on Current History of the Late War.) As an evidence of his ability as a military man he received in the summer of 1866 an appointment in the Regular Army as First Lieutenant, which position he did not accept, as he had just been elected Sheriff of Bureau County, serving one term. After this he engaged in the livery business with B. F. Cox, of Princeton. In 1873 the organizations known as " Farmers' Clubs" chose Col. Buswell as agent to go to Europe to buy and import blooded draft horses for breeding purposes. He bought a number of animals in Normandy, France, and returned with them to Princeton. He was very successful, and in 1874 made another trip to Europe, which was equally successful. While in Europe he visited Scotland, England and France both times. lu 1879 he returned to Neponset, where he now resides and does a general collecting and pension business. He has been Village Attorney and Marshal, and holds the office of Notary Public. Politically he is independent. He is a member of G. A. R., W. S. Bryan Post, No. 284. Col. Buswell was married February 13, 1852, to Miss Ellen Fowler, a native of Hillsdale, Vt. , where she was born September 6, 1834. She is yet living, and is a daughter of Eli as and Eliza (Elmore) Fowler.

THOMAS J. CAHILL, Westfield, was born February 17, 1858, in Westfield Township. His father, Daniel Cahill, was a native of County Kerry, Ireland. He came to America when quite young, landing in Quebec. From there hVwent to New York and ttien to New Orleans. After living in the South several years he came to Illinois, where he was married to

Mary McDonald, who died here. She was the mother of the following children: Cor- I nelius (deceased), James, Michael, Johanna and Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald. Daniel Cahill was married a second time, to Mrs. Bridget | Manning (nee Sheehy), a native of County Kerry, Ireland. She survived her husband and is the mother of four children, viz.: Mary and John Manning, the former deceased, and Ellen and Thomas J. Cahill, our subject. Daniel Cahill died June 27. 1878. He was a good citizen and farmer, and at the time of his death owned a farm of 160 acres. His son, Thomas Cahill, a wide-awake young man, has a farm of 120 acres. He is a Democrat, and connected with the Catholic Church, as was also his father.

THOMAS C. CALLINAN, Berlin, was born in Clare County, Ireland, December 22, 1844. He is a son of Frederick and Mary (Kane) Callinan, both of whom lived and died in Clare County, Ireland. The father died when his son Thomas was six weeks old. The mother died July 15. 1878. Of their family five are still living, three in Bureau County and two in San Francisco, Cal. One son, a Captain in the English Navy, died in the East Indies, and another, a clerk, died in Ireland. The early life of our subject . was spent on the farm and in school. His father was a landlord, and of a wealthy family in Ireland. In 1858 Mr. Callinan came to America, and since that time has made Bureau County his home. October, 1864, he enlisted in Company I, Thirtieth Illinois ' Volunteer Infantry, and served until May, 1865, when they were mustered out at David's Island, Nftw York Harbor. He participated in several engagements, among which was the battle of Allatoona Pass., Ga. , and also Nashville, Tenn. After leaving the army he returned to Bureau County, and has since been engaged in farming, having occupied his present farm of 120 acres in Sections 31 and 32, Berlin Township, since May, 1871. He was married in this county February 24, 1870, to Miss Mary A. Rinker, born in Ohio Township, Bureau County, August 27, 1852. She is the daughter of Isaac and Eveline (Wilson) Rinker, who came to this county in 1850. Mr. Rinker was a native of Virginia, and his wife of Belmont

County, Ohio, where they were married in 1849. He died January 1867, and his widow now lives in Maiden. Mr. and Mrs. Callinan have two children, viz. : Murty A., born March 31, 1871; Eva, born November 11, 1878. Mr. Callinan is a member of the Bureau Lodge, A. F. & A. M., No. 112; Princeton Chapter, No. 28; Orrin Council, No. 8; Temple Commandery,!No. 20; also of Knights of Pythias, of Princeton ; Grand Army of the Republic, Ferris Post, No. 309, at Princeton. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Maiden, of which he is Deacon. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Maiden. In politics he is an active Republican.

ARMSTRONG CAMPBELL, Selby, was born in Juniatta County, Penn. , January 19, 1822. He is of Scotch descent, a son of John and Nancy (Bard) Campbell. His father was a native of Sherman's Valley, Penn., and his mother of Miffliu County. Both died in Huntingdon County, Penn. - he in the fall of 1860, at the age of seventy- three; she in 1870, at the age of eighty-three. They were the parents of two sons and two daughters, viz.: William I., of Selby Township; Eliza, deceased; Armstrong, our subject, Celia Ann Stewart, deceased. When our subject was ten years old he removed with his parents to Huntingdon County, Penn., where he resided until 1854, when he came to Bureau County, 111. , and settled in Selby Township, where he has since resided. He, in partnership with his brother, bought the south half of Section 1, and since 1856 he has resided on the south west quarter of Section 1. He now owns 240 acres in Selby Township, one tract of eighty acres being in Section 11. Mr. Campbell was reared on a farm and has always made farming bis occupation. He was married in Pennsylvania, December 19, 1850, to Mary A. Duff. She was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., February 19, 1832, a daughter of John and Barbara (Randolph) Duff, both natives of Pennsylvania. He was born in 1804 and is still living in Huntingdon County, Penn., a retired farmer. His wife, who was born in May, 1807, died June 16, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are parents of seven children, viz. : Alexander, born June 20, 1857, died March 20, 1884;

Nancy, born October 3, 1858, wife of Ezra Bouse, of Selby Township; William Irvin, born January 31, I860; Clark, born April 27, 1865. Three children died in infancy. In politics Mr. Campbell is a Republican. He has been a member of the Levi Lusk Lodge, A. P. & A. M., of Arlington, since 1860. He is also a member of the M. B. Society of Princeton. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church.

THOMAS R. CAPPERRUNE, Milo, was born August 11, 1816, in Kent County, Del. His parents, William and Rebecca (Row) Capperrune, were natives of Delaware. The former was a farmer by occupation, and died there in 1839. The latter died there also in 1817. She was the mother of seven children; of these only three are yet living. The grandfather of our subject was of Irish descent, and a teacher by profession. Our subject is principally self educated. He immigrated to Ohio in October, 1835, and in 1841 removed to Knox County, 111. In 1850 he came to Milo Township, Bureau County, where he bought eighty acres of land for $300. At present he has 160 acres of prairie and twenty acres of timber land. He was married in Knox County to the widow of Anderson Corbin, Mrs. Caroline Corbin (nee Caroline McGinnis), a daughter of Johnston and Jane (McMullen) McGinnis. Mrs. Caroline Capperrune was born July 2, 1810, in Chester County, Penn. She is the mother of the following children: Mrs. Emily Snow (nee Emily Corbin); B. Frank Corbin; Mrs. Sarah Gammel (nee Capperrune), who is now a resident of Kansas; Irwin Capperrune; Mrs. Mary J. Hunt, and Thomas J. Capperrune. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Capperrune are connected with and are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he is now a Republican, and was formerly an Abolitionist. He has filled the offices of Commissioner, Collector and Assessor; the latter for a number of years.

RUFUS CAREY, deceased Of the public men in Bureau County who deserve mention in this work, and who have acquitted themselves honorably and creditably while in office, we are glad to note him whose name heads this sketch. Mr. Carey was born March 14, 1813, in Enfield, Mass. He died

August 7, 1873, in Princeton. His parents were Thomas and Sarah (Packard) Carey. Rufus Carey was reared and educated in Massachusetts. In 1835 he came to Bureau County and settled in Wyanet. Township, where the County Poor Farm now is. He lived in the country till 1854, when he removed to Princeton, where his widow yet resides. In 1853 he was elected Treasurer of Bureau County, and for four years held that position to the great satisfaction of the people. After serving four years as Treasurer, Mr. Carey served two years as Deputy Treasurer. He was one of the four prominent men who started the Carey, Olds &, Co. Bank of Princeton, 111., and was connected with it for two years. Mr. Carey was married April 26, 1837, in Chicopee, Mass. , to Miss Mary K. Ferry, who was born February 9, 1814, in Granby, Mass. Her father, Abner Ferry, was born November 4, 1777, in Granby, Mass., where he died March 14, 1828. He was a farmer by occupation, as was also his father, Noah Ferry, who was one of the first settlers in Granby. Her mother, Rosanna (Smith) Ferry, was born October 25, 1783, in Connecticut. She died June 7, 1867, in Bureau County. She was the mother of the following children: Aaron D. , Zenus S., William M., Mary K., Hannah E., Amelia R. and Rebecca S. Mrs. Mary K. Carey is the mother of four children, viz.: Francis, was born August 15, 1840 (he is now a resident of Chicago); Eliza F., was born October 24, 1842 (she died September 1, 1844); Amelia L., was born March 23, 1848 (she died July 9. 1869), and Warren, who was born December 13, 1849 (he is at present a physician in LaGrange, 111.). He married Fannie Crawford; they have four children, viz.: Edward F., Amelia L., Mary E. and Alice. Mrs. Carey is religiously connected with the Congregational Church.

MRS. DELILA L. CAREY, Princeton, was born April 2, 1818, in Onondago County, N. Y. Her parents were John L. and Lucina (Rhodes) Carey. Mrs. Carey is a bright, cheerful lady with great force of character. She has borne up bravely amid trials and adversity which would have crushed any ordinary woman. She was reared in the State of New York, where she resided till the spring of 1835, when she went to Morgan County, 111., where she married Amos Miner, who shortly afterward died. He was the son ' of Amos Miner, Sr., who was quite a genius, and invented many useful things. Mrs. Carey has one. son by Amos Miner. The son's name is George A. Miner, who married Elizabeth Denis. Mrs. Carey was married a second time in Morgan County, 111., to Norman L. Ward. She came to this county with Mr. Ward, and here he died. Three children blessed this union, viz.: Mary E., wife of Henry Beasoner; Julia C., deceased, and Darwin E. Ward, who married Mary E. Morse. After the death of her second husband our subject married Lemuel P. Carey, who was born June 26, 1801, in Enfield, Hampshire Co., Mass. He followed the tanner and currier's trade in the East, and in the fall of 1835 came to this county, where he has been a successful farmer. The marriage, which occurred August 22, 1850, was blessed with one child - Lemuel Carey - who died aged ten years. Mr. Lemuel P. Carey died March 4, 1879. He was a man of sterling qualities, and is well remembered by our old settlers. Mrs. Carey was formerly a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but is now connected with the Presbyterian Church.

LUTHER F. CARPENTER, Indiantown, was born December 3, 1819, in Bristol, R. I. At an early age he was taken to Rehoboth, Mass., by his parents. His father, Abiah Carpenter, was born in Rehoboth, Mass., where he died. He was Captain of a band of musicians in the war of 1812. The grandfather of our subject, Abiah Carpenter, Sr., was also a native of Massachusetts, where he died. The mother of our subject, Rosina Goff, was born in Rehoboth. Mass., where she yet resides. She is a daughter of Levi Goff, and is the mother of nine children, viz. : Cyrel, George and Luther F. Carpenter. The first two children are deceased. The next six children are the result of a second marriage, with Joshua Drawn, viz.: Alvin, William, Matilda, Mary J., Almon C. and Martha A. Drawn. Of the above, Alvin, William and Mary J. are deceased. Mr. L. F. Carpenter received a common school education in his native State. He learned the machinist's trade in Taunton, Mass., and worked at it there until the spring of 1855, when he came West and settled in Indiantown Township, Bureau Co., 111., where he bought eighty acres of land. At present he owns a farm of 433 acres - the result of his industry and perseverance. Since coming West Mr. Carpenter has made farming his principal occupation, although he worked a short time at his trade in Aurora and Chicago. He was married in Taunton, Mass., to Betsey B. Barney, who was born in Taunton, January 1, 1826. She is a daughter of Oliver and Betsey (Babbit) Barney, and is the mother of four children, viz.: Mra. Elizabeth Dexter; George A., deceased, aged eighteen years; Sterophine and Mrs. Josephine Anthony, twins, the former deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter are active members of the Congregational Church. He is a Republican, and has filled township offices.

ADAM CARPER, Macon, was born in Bedford County, Penn., January 19, 1837. He is the son of John and Catherine (Smith) Carper, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, but came to Bureau County in ^ November, 1854, and died here. The mother * died October 23, 1857, at the age of fortyfour years. The father was born June 19, 1807, and died April 16, 1875. Of their children, six sons and two daughters yet survive them, and are residents of tihis county. Our subject came to this county with his parents, and lias since resided in Macon Township. His occupation has ever been that of farming and stock-growing. When starting in life for himself it was with little. In 1867 he bought his present farm of 100 acres, and has since added the best of improvements. November 18, 1869, he was united in marriage to Mary Kegarice, who was born in Bedford County, Penn., March 18, 1844. She is the daughter of John and Margaret (Inscoe) Kegarice. The father was born December 10, 1811, and the mother June 20, 1813. The father died in Pennsylvania, but the mothur in Bureau County, 111. Six daughters and two sons yet survive them. The sons, Jacob and Philip, live in Iowa. Of the daughters, Mrs. Barbara Spencer resides in Buda; Mrs. Mary Carper, wife of our subject, in Macon Township; Mrs. Sarah Osborn, in Iowa; Mrs. Margaret Suiters, in Bedford County, Penn, ; Mrs. Susan Amic, in Blair County, Penn., and Mrs. Nancy Roberts, in Nebraska. Two of the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Kegarice were in the war of the Rebellion, and received wounds, from which they died. Mr. and Mrs. Carper have four children living, viz.: Mertie, born September 1, 1870; Irvin, born May 2, 1874; Josie, born September 27, 1876, and Jacob Elmore, bora August 30, 1878.

JACOB S. CARPER, Macon, was born in Bedford County, Penn., April 12, 1834. He is the son of John and Catherine Carper. They came to Bureau County in 1854, and settled at Walnut Grove, and died there, he in April, 1875, she in October, 1857. They were born in Bedford County, Penn., and had resided there till coming to this county. They had a family of six sons and two daughters, who survive them. In April, 1851, our subject came to Illinois, but lived in Pulton County until 1857, when he came to Bureau County, and bought his present farm, and began putting it under cultivation. His farm now contains 250 acres. In October, 1861, he entered the service of his country, in Company K, Fifty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry. In October, 1862, he received a Lieutenant's commission, which rank he held till receiving his discharge in April, 1865. More of the history of this company and regiment will be found in the chapter devoted to the county's current history of the late war. After returning from the army, Mr. Carper again began farming, and has continued in the same occupation since. He was married, in Bureau County, January 2, 1866, to Miss Catherine Horton (see sketch of Allen Horton). She died in June, 1869, leaving one son - William S. Carper. In August, 1870, Mr. Carper was united in marriage to Miss Margaret J. Dieffenderfer, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of William and Sarah Dieffenderfer, also natives of Pennsylvania. The father is now a resident of this county, but the mother is deceased. Mrs. Carper had one brother, viz. : A. Dieffenderfer, of Osceola, 111. Mrs. Carper has three children living, viz. : George A., Sarah K. and Frank G. Mr. Carper is a member of the G. A. R. Post of Buda. He is Republican in politics.

JOHN R. CASS, deceased, was born March 31, 1833, in Richmond, N. H. He was a son of Ono and Sarah (Holbrook) Cass, natives of New Hampshire. The former was a farmer and died in Jackson, Mich. ; the latter is yet living in Princeton; her name now is Mrs. King. She is the mother of two boys: Isaac H. and John R. Cass, who were reared in Michigan. They came to Bureau County, 111., about 1851, and first farmed in Lamoille Township. They afterward bought land in Berlin Township, where our subject was married. He afterward bought land in Lamoille Township, where his widow now resides. She has added materially to the farm, which now contains 318 acres of land. Mr. Cass died in Maiden, this county, April 7, 1864. He was married to Mary E. Isaac, December 2, 1857. She is a daughter of Elias Isaac, the old pioneer of Berlin Township (see sketch of Isaac and pioneers of Bureau County). Mrs. Cass was born February 6, 1839, in Berlin Township. She is the mother of Lincoln H. Cass, who was born November 25, 1860, and who is at present a law student of Chicago.

PETER J. CASSIDY, Westfield, was born August 4, 1845, in North Gore, Canada West, to which place his grandparents, Peter and Margaret Cassidy, came at an early day. They were natives of Ireland and soon became successful farmers in Canada. In the fall of 1847 they came to Bureau County, 111., where they bought and entered thirteen eighties of land, a part of which were Mexi can war claims. All the land was in Westfield Township. They became quite well-todo farmers, and eventually removed to Ottawa, LaSalle County, where both died. They reared a family of nine children: Philip, Patrick, Margaret, Peter, Ann, Mary, James, Catharine and Terrence. Of these Patrick Cassidy was born 1819, in County Cavan, IrelanJ. He came here with his parents and entered 240 acres of land. He died here July 16, 1855. He was married in Canada to Joanna Cochlin, born September 29, 1823, in County Cork, Ireland. She is yet living, and is the mother of five children, now living: Peter J., our subject; Mrs. Mary A. White, of Montgomery County, Iowa; Mrs. Joanna Manning, Catharine and Patrick. Of these

Peter J. was educated in this county. Here lie taught fourteen terms of school. He has farmed the last six years, and now has 280 acres of land. He was married November 19. 1877, in Sheffield, 111., to Mary M. A. Lawler, daughter of Lukft and Catharine (O' Haley) Lawler, natives of Ireland. The latter's brother, Patrick O'Maley, is now a resident of Montgomery County, Iowa. Mrs. Cassidy was an able teacher in Bureau County. She was the mother of C. Jennie, John L. and Harry V., the latter deceased. Mrs. Cassidy died April 27, 1883, aged twenty -five years. Politically Mr. Cassidy is a Democrat He has filled township offices, and is now Assessor, having filled the office four years. GEORGE CASTENDYCK, Hall, was born September 3, 1824, in Werdorf, Coblenz Ehein, Prussia. His parents, Frederick and Louise (Hofmann) Castendyck, were natives of Germany, where they lived until death. The father was a high government officer. They had eight children, of whom two, Louis and George, came to the United States in June, 1849. George Castendyck had been a soldier in the Prussian Army, and was preparing to enter the government employ. When they first came to this country they lived in Erie, Penn. , till July, 1851. They then came to Hall Township, Bureau County, 111., and bought 160 acres of wild land at $7.50 per acre, and the next year another 160 acres at the same price. They now own 426 acres of well-improved land. They are engaged in farming and stock-raising, and have an imported Norman and English horse. The two brothers have made a success of life through their industry, and command the respect of the community. Louis Castendyck was never married, and makes his home with his brother George, our subject. He was married in this county in the spring of 1852, to Mary Betz, who was born May 12, 1827, in Engelstadt, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany. (See sketch of C. Betz.) She died here July, 1863. She was the mother of the following children: Charles, Mrs. Louisa Hummell, William, Otto and Gustav. Mr. Castendyck was again married October 15, 1865, to Charlotte Stuhl, born December 7, 1839, in Hamfenfeld, Bavaria, Germany. She has three children: Johanna, Ferdinand and Fannie. Politically Mr. Castendyck is identified with the Democratic party. He has filled school offices, and has been Justice of the Peace for the last twelve years.

WILLIAM CATHERMAN, Walnut, was born July 22, 1847, in Union County, Penn. His parents, Robert and Elizabeth (Boney) Catherman, were natives of the same State as their son. They were the parents of thirteen children, viz. : Christine, wife of John Draper, of Cass County, Mich.; Laura, deceased; Louisa, wife of Henry Wood, of Erie County, Ohio; Montgomery, married to Alinda Glenn, resides in Erie County, Ohio; Eliza, wife of Andy Smith, of Winamac, Ind. ; Albert, of Cass County, Mich., married to Laura Hay; William, of Bureau County; Isabelle, wife of Amos Smith, of Cass County, Mich. ; Mary, wife of David Howser, of Sacramento, Gal. ; Matilda, of Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Sarah, wife of Samuel Bridge, of Cass County, Mich.; David, of Bureau County, married to Maggie Lindbery; Clara, of Cass County, Mich. Robert Catherman is a carpenter by trade, and worked at that until he removed from Pennsylvania to Erie County, Ohio, in 1854, since which time he has been engaged in farming. In 1865 he removed to Cass County, Mich., where he still resides; his wife died there October 16, 1875. William Catherman was educated in the schools of Erie County, Ohio, and also attended one term in Michigan. In 1866 he was in Kankakee County, 111., but returned to Michigan the same fall, and in 1868 came to Bureau County, 111., where he has since resided. July 3, 1869, he was united in marriage to Rebecca Black, a sister of G. W. Black (see sketch). Mrs. Catherman was born February 8, 1848, in Sandusky County, Ohio. She is the mother of one daughter, Jennie E., born November 28, 1870. After marriage Mr. Catherman began farming on rented land in Bureau Township. In 1882 he purchased his present farm of 200 acres, in Section 36, Walnut Township, a farm in an excellent state of cultivation. He gives his attention chiefly to the raising and feeding of stock. Mr. Catherman has always been a supporter of the Republican party.

OLIVER CHA.DDOCK, Lamoille, was born February 15, 1852, in Belmont County, Ohio. He is a son of Richard and Eliza (Nicholson) Chaddock, natives of Baltimore, Md. They came to Illinois in 1864 and settled in Lamoille Township, Bureau County, but at present reside in Maldeu. They are the parents of twelve children, who all had families and are all living except two. Our subject received his education in Lamoille, where he now resides. He has made farming his main business and still owns 495 acres of land. In 1878 he clerked in a store in Lamoille and then bought an interest in a grocery store and conducted it in partnership with M. A. Holbrook. For three years Mr. Chaddock was actively engaged in the mercantile business and yet owns an interest in the firm of Holbrook, Dunbar & Chaddock, general merchants. For the last three years he has turned his attention mainly to farming, buying and selling stock and line cattle, horses and hogs. He is also engaged in manufacturing. Our subject was married December 23, 1874, to Elizabeth Dunbar, who was born February 23, 1858, in Lamoille Township. Her parents are James and Rebecca Dunbar. Mrs. Elizabeth Chaddoek is the mother of one child -De Clifford Chaddock - who was born May 23, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Chaddock are religiously connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church and are also members of the Good Templars.

O. E. CHAPMA.N, Walnut, was born in Medina County, Ohio, March 27, 1832. His ancestors were of the old New England stock, having come to this countrv at least before 1760. His father, Sceva Chapman, was a native of Cavendish, Vt., born February 10, 1793 ; he was a soldier in the war of 1812 ; his wife, Azuba Marsh, was born in Wilmington, Vt., October 7, 1802. At an early date they immigrated to Ohio, going down Lake Erie before there were any steamboats cm the lakes. Sceva Chapman died in Medina County, Ohio, in January, 1881 ; his widow still resides there. Of their family of six children, two sons and two daughters are still living. O. E. Chapman was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of his native State. He was married in Medina County, Ohio, September 6, 1853, to Miss

Sarah L. Beeman,who was born in the same county, May 6, 1833. In 1854 they came to Bureau County and lived in Princeton till the fall of 1857, Mr. Chapman being engaged in carpenter and joiner's work, at which he had also worked in Ohio. In 1857 he settled on his present farm of 160 acres in northwest quarter of Section 29, Walnut Township, which was then entirely unimproved. He has since given his attention exclusively to farming. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman are the parents of five children, viz. : Willard E., born March 27, 1855, died January 9, 1873 ; Clarence B., born January 1, 1857, an attorney at Ottawa, 111. ; Ozias S., born August 30, 1859, a student at Ottawa, III., a teacher by profession ; Milan E., born July 18, 1861, engaged in teaching in Bureau County ; Herman L., born March 28, 1866. Mrs. Chapman is the daughter of Milan and Anthy (Monger) Beeman. The father was born in Litchfield, Conn., February 24, 1799, and his wife February 24, 1802. She died February 16, 1839, and he April 15, 1879. Mr. Beeman was twice married and had eight children by his first wife and four by the second. Of the family seven are living. Mr. Beeman' s father, Daniel Beeman, was a Revolutionary soldier and the family was among the early New England settlers. In politics Mr. Chapman was an Abolitionist, and is now Republican. He has served three terms as Supervisor of Walnut Township. He and his wife are Congregational in religious belief.

RODOLPHUS CHILDS, Dover, was born in Deerfield, Mass., October 23, 1815. He is the son of Erastus and Mercy (Hawks) Childs, who were born in the same village as their son and lived there until death. Our subject was one of seven children. He re mained on his father's farm until 1836, when he came to Bureau County, arriving here the day he was twenty-one. He came in company with Elijah Smith, for whom he worked the first year. In 1842 he began the improvement of his present farm of 200 acres, 160 of which he entered from the Government, forty acres at a time, as he could obtain the money. In September, 1843, he was married to Miss Nancy Smith, a daughter of " Dad Joe," (see sketch of " Dad Joe " Smith, in General History.) She was born atPeoria,

111.. November 5, 1826. Mr. and Mrs. Childs are the parents of eight children, viz. : James, a resident of Harman, Lee Co., 111. ; Calista, deceased; John H., Mary, Milo, Orlinda, wife of Dr. Willis Pierce, of Iowa: Nellie, wife of Enos Cole, of Dover Township; Clara J. , deceased. The two oldest sons, James and John H. , were in the army, both being with Sherman on the march to the sea. Mr. Childs is a Republican in politics; he was an Abolitionist, and voted for James G. Birney.

E. D. CHRISMAN, Milo. This gentleman was born July 28, 1824, in Berkeley County, Va. His father, George P. Chrisman, was born in 1796, in Virginia, which State he left on account of his opposition to slavery, and removed to Ohio, and from there to Knox County, 111., where he died in 1872. He was a farmer by occupation, and a soldier in the war of 1812. He was of German descent. The mother of our subject, Dorothy Sanders, was born 1798 in Virginia. She died 1833, in Highland County, Ohio. She was a daughter of Joseph Sanders, and was the mother of seven children, viz. : Mrs. Jane Richardson, Mrs. Mary Frisby, Mrs. Julia A. Schram, Mrs. Rachel Walford, Mrs. Ellen Green, James A., and Elisha D. Chrisman, who is mainly self educated, receiving but fourteen days of schooling in his life. In the fall of 1837 he came to Illinois with his parents, and the next spring settled in Knox County, where he farmed till April, 1852, when he bought eighty acres of land in Milo Township, Bureau County, where he now resides and at present owns a well improved farm of 240 acres, the result of his industry and economy. Mr. Chrisman was married twice. In September, 1849, he married Miss Mahala Caywood, a sister of his present wife. She was born in 1823, and died December 6,1850. She was the mother of James T. , who only lived to be nine months old. Mr. Chrisman was joined in matrimony a second time, April 4, 1852, to Elizabeth Caywood, who was born December 6, 1829, iri Maryland. She is a daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Hufford) Caywood, and is the mother of four children, viz.: Frank, Laura C., Jennie O. and Ella A. Chrisman. Frank Chrisman married Eva Read. Three children were the result of this union, viz. : Nellie,

Clarence and Bernice Chrisman. Mr. E. D. Chrisman and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he was formerly an Abolitionist and is now identified with the Republican party. Financially he has made a success of life, being a selfmade man in every respect.

J. CHRITZMAN, Princeton, was born November 7, 1833, in Harrisburg, Penn. He is the .son of Henry and Margaret (Zigler) Chritzman. The father was born in Gettysburg, Penn. , and the mother was also a native of the same State. She was the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Zigler. The Zigler family was one of the early families of Pennsylvania. Of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Chritzman's family six are now living, viz. : Mrs. Maria Bigler, Mrs. Charlotte Black, Jacob, Christian, Harry and George. The subject of this sketch was educated in his native city, and in early life worked in a commission house, after which he served an apprenticeship of three years as a molder in a foundry at Lancaster, Penn. He then was engaged in the foundry business for two years for himself at Berrysburg, Penn. In 1853 Mr. Chritzman came West, and for one year lived in Minnesota: then one year in Mt. Carroll, III., but in 1855 he came to Princeton and engaged in the foundry business, continuing in the same till November, 1878, since which time he has been dealing in all kinds of agricultural implements, including reapers, mowers, threshers, engines, plows, cultivators, buggies, etc., etc. In Princeton, January 10, 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Jane Knox, who was born in Bureau County in 1839. She is the daughter of William and Mary (Mercer) Knox, both natives of Ohio, as were also their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Chritzman have two children now living, viz. : Lottie and Clarence. Mrs. Chritzman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Masonic order, and has taken all the degrees, being a member of the Bureau Lodge, No. 112, Princeton Chapter, Temple Commandery, No. 20, Orion Council and Scottish Rite to the thirty-second degree, and also K. of H. and Mutual Aid. In politics he is Democratic.

ie the son of Asa and Mary (Holden) Churchill, both natives of the same State as their son. The father died in Maine, hut the mother in Michigan. They were the parents of thirteen children, all of whom, except three, are now living. Our subject was reared on a farm, but had also worked in saw-mills previous to coming to this State. He came to Bureau County, III., in 1867. He was married September 8, 1881, to Miss Mary A. Hodgetts. She was born in Dudley, England, August 13, 1861, and is the daughter of Edward and Mary (Shelton) Hodgetts, who came to America in 1865, and who are now residents of Kewanee, Henry Co., 111. They are the parents of six sons and two daughters now living. Mrs. Churchill is the mother of one daughter - Nellie May Churchill - born September 12, 1883. And by a previous marriage Mr. Churchill has two sons, viz. : Daniel Lewis, born February 3, 1876, and Oscar Warren, born May 20, 1877. He is a member of the Buda Lodge, A. F. & A. M. In politics he is Republican. When Mr. Churchill came to Buda in 1867 he began the manufacture of brick in partnership with C. P. Mason. After one season he bought Mr. Mason's interest, and has continued in the business since with different partners at different times, but is now alone. In 1878 he began manufacturing tile also, and now has the capacity for manufacturing 1,000,000 brick and 500,000 tile per season. And in 1883 he manufactured to one-half the capacity of the machinery. As the quality of tile and brick manufactured is excellent, the demand steadily increases.

SETH C. CLAPP, deceased, was a native of Northampton, Mass., where he was born in 1812; he died May 1, 1871, in Bureau County, 111., to which he came in 1835. Here he was a tiller of the soil and highly respected for his many good qualities of head and heart. Mr. Clapp was married twice. His first wife was Asenath Hitchcock, a native of Massachusetts; she died November, 1851, in Princeton, 111. His second wife was Mrs. Amelia R. Steel, who survives him. She was the widow of the Rev. Calvin Steel, who was born in 1812, in Vermont; he died February 23, 1851, in Oberlin, Ohio, where he was educated and where his parents formerly resided. He preached the Gospel in the State of Michigan and in LaSalle County, 111. He was a friend to the poor and needy and ever ready to build up the church and further the interest of his fellow men. He was the father of John M. Steele, who is now a resident of Dakota. He was born November 4, 1849, and was married to Lydia A. Gray. They have three children, viz.: Edith C., Katie D. and Crete G. Seth C. Clapp left no posterity, but Mr. and Mrs. Clapp adopted one daughter - Stella E. Clapp - who brightened their home for many years. She died February 2, 1883, aged twenty-three years. Mrs Clapp came to Bureau County in 1852. For a number of years she has resided in Princeton, where she is religiously connected with the Congregational Church.