Bureau County, Illinois - Biographical sketches, 1885 (part 4 of 13)

! At the age of sixteen he learned the tinner's trade in his native State, which he followed till 1855, when he came to Chicago. The next year he came to Kewanee, 111., where he followed his trade till 1868, when he opened a hardware business in Arlington, which he conducted alone till it burned down. In 1874 he opened another hardware store, which he conducted till 1882, when it again burned down with quite a loss to his partner, J. M. Wilson, one of Arlington's best citizens. Mr. Dodge was married twice. His first wife, Elvira M. Pratt, died in Massachusetts. She was the mother of Edward H. Dodge, a resident of Worcester, Mass. He was married a second time in Kewanee, 111., to Jane Chambers, a native of Ohio. She is the mother of Emma P. Dodge. The genealogy of the Dodge family is as follows: Three brothers emigrated from Cheshire County, England, and landed at Salem, Mass., in June, 1629. One of their descendants, Josiah Dodge, was the great-great-grandfather of our subject. He was a pious, peace-loving Puritan minister, and led his flock to Brookfield, Mass., where he died. He left a warlike posterity, as there have been soldiers in every generation of his descendants. His son Joshua was a noted Indian fighter, and headed several expeditions into Canada. He was also a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and when too old to endure the hardships of war was relieved by his son, Nathaniel Dodge, who reared a large family. Of the latter, Pliny Dodge was a soldier in the war of 1812. He married Cynthia Converse, a daughter of Charles and Parmelia (Stevens) Converse, whose parents were natives of England. The tatter's brother, Lieut. Stevens, was a noted man in "Shay's Rebellion." Pliny and Cynthia Dodge died in Warren, Mass. They were aged respectively seventy-eight and eighty- four years. They had eleven children, viz.: Luke C., Henry, Edwin L., Charles (deceased), Warren F., John L., Parmelia C. (deceased), Thomas W., George F., Elizabeth A. and Theodore (deceased). Of these Edwin L., Charles, Warren F. and Theodore Dodge were in the army in our late war, and George F. Dodge served in the navy. Politically, Mr. Dodge is a Republican. He is an A. F. & A. M. - Bethany Commandery K T., No. 28, Mendota, 111.

JOHN DORN, Hall, was born April 19, 1821, in Reuth, Bavaria, Germany, a son of George and Barbara (Kuechlen) Dorn. John Dorn came to America in 1847, and lived in New Orlean, La., for four years. In 1851 he came to Bureau County and worked in Westfield and Hall Townships until he was able to buy a team, and then farmed on rented land. In 1857 he bought eighty acres of land, which he has since improved. He was married in 1849 in St. Louis, Mo., to Carrie Snyder, a native of Bavaria. She died April 1, 1874, at the age of fifty-two years. She was the mother of nine children, three of whom are living, viz. : Mrs. Mary Klein, of Nebraska, John and Nicholas. Mr. Dorn is a member of the Lutheran Church. He votes with the Democratic party.

E. M. DOUGLASS, Princeton, was born in Si. Lawrence County, N. Y., September 5, 1823. He is the son of John H. and Sarepta (Bond) Douglass. The father was born in Hampton, Washington Co., N. Y., December 10, 1794, and was married in Clinton County, N. Y., in 1818. His main occupation during life was that of farming. He died in Princeton, 111., March 23, 1883. His father, Thomas Douglass, was a native of Dutchess County, N. Y., but near the close of the eighteenth century settled in Clinton County, N. Y. , and resided there till his death, which occurred about 1854. Sarepta Bond was born in Bristol, Vt., in 1796, and died in Logan County, 111., in December, 1858. She was the daughter of Seth Bond, a native of Vermont. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was at the battle of Fort Bennington, under command of Gen. Stark. He died in Ontario County, N. Y., in 1844, at an advanced age. The four grandparents of Mr. E. M. Douglass lived in the same neighborhood for many years, and are all buried in the same country graveyard. Their average age was eighty-four years. The subject of this sketch is one of a family of seven children - four sons and three daughters. Of the family four now survive, viz. : E. M., Mrs. Caroline Furgeson (of Hudson, 111.), Thomas H. (of Macon County, Mo.), and Mrs. Saretta Dominy (of Franklin County, Ohio). Mr. E. M. Douglass' early life was spent at home on the farm and in attending the common schools to a limited extent, but he had the desire to investigate and learn for himself; so he has continued his reading and study through life, till he has gained a large store of practical knowledge. In 1834 he removed to Franklin County, Ohio, with his parents. He remained with them till October, 1841, when he removed to Logan County, 111., landing there without any capital, and still almost a boy; but his promptness in all business matters soon made him many friends, so for some years he was engaged in farming, school teaching, etc.. but from 1854 till 1856 he was Treasurer of Logan County. From Logan County he removed to Williamsville, Sangamon County, where he engaged in the mercantile business till coming to Princeton in 1866. He then purchased his farm of 208 acres near Princeton, and has since given most of his attention to farming, but is serving his second term as Assessor of Princeton Township, having been elected on the Republican ticket. September 25, 1856, he was married in Erie County, N. Y., to Mariette Ranney. She was born in that immediate neighborhood in 1834. She died in March, 1859, leaving one son, Franklin, who followed her about a year later. June 3, 1860, he was united in marriage, in Niagara County, to Miss Hannah Fisk, a native of that county, born January, ]834. She is the daughter of Levi and Susannah (Bixby) Fisk He was born in Madison County, N. Y., but in early life removed to

Niagara County. He now resides in Genesee County, N. Y. His wife was born in the British Provinces of America. She died in Genesee County in about 1874. Mrs. Douglass is the mother of four children, viz.: Emma, wife of Charles A.. Scurr; John O., who is a book-keeper in Rochester, N. Y. ; Charles G. , and Wilbur L. Mr. and Mrs. Douglass are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

THE DRAKE FAMILY. William Y. Drake (deceased) was a native of New Jersey. In early life he learned the blacksmith's trade, and followed that occupation for some years in his native State. In 1808 he removed with his family to Ohio, where he engaged in farming, but through a defective title he lost his farm in Ohio, and in November, 1835, came to Bureau County, 111., coming across the country with ox teams. He settled on a farm in Dover Township, and for some years engaged in blacksmithing. He died April 29, 1852, at the age of eighty-one years. He was married January, 1792, in his native State to Miss Jane Gary, also a native of that State. She died December '24, 1849, at the age of seventy- five years. They reared a family of nine children to maturity, viz. : Mrs. Charlotte Langworthy, who lived to reach her eighty-second year, and died in Bureau County. Her husband, Cyrus Langworthy, was the first Sheriff of this county. David Drake died in 1849, in Bureau County. Lewis Drake and Mrs. Sarah Patterson both died in Ohio. Mrs. Ann Murphy now resides in Princeton and is in her eightieth year. She is the widow of Robert Murphy, who came to the county in 1836. Morgan Drake died here in 1842. Mrs. Catherine Gregg, wife of Asa Gregg, resides in Iowa. Mrs. Rachel L. Stocker resides in LaSalle, 111. Mrs. Mary J. Clark died in this county. William Gary Drake was born in Knox County, Ohio, November 26, 1821. He is the youngest of the family, and remained at home till a short time before his father's death. He has made this county his home most of his life, and farming has received his attention. His education was such as could be obtained in the schools of that day. He had remained at home all his life till 1852, when his father advised him to take a trip to

California, which he did, and for eighteen months was engaged in mining; but soon after reaching California he learned of his father's death, so did not remain as long as he intended. After returning to Illinois he remained some time at LaSalle, and was there married, March, 5, 1854, to Mrs. Hannah Watson, the widow of Michael Watson, who had come with his wife to Bureau County in 1834, but in 1849 he had gone to California and died there. His father, Amariah Watson, settled at Tiskilwa in 1833. Mrs. Drake died October 20, 1873. September 9, 1874, Mr. Drake was united in marriage to Mrs. Adelia Langworthy, widow of Dr. A. Langworthy. Mrs. Drake was born March 28, 1819. She is the daughter of Oliver and Elizabeth (Jeremiah) Perkins, natives of Vermont, but who had lived at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., for a number of years before coming' to this county in 1836. Mr. Perkins died November 10, 1839, but his widow survived him till December 16, 1864. They were the parents of the following named children: Sidney Perkins, of Red Cloud, Neb.; Mrs. Adelia Drake, Mrs. Alice Fellows, deceased; Mrs. Nancy Sisler, deceased; Mrs. Caroline Thorp, of Kansas, widow of Eli Thorp, and Mrs. Susan Courser, deceased. By her first husband Mrs. Drake is the mother of seven children, viz. : Oliver (deceased), was born July 3, 1839; Lewis, born February 4, 1841, was killed at the charge on Vicksburg, May 22, 1863; Charles, born February 27, 1843, is a resident of Princeton; Mrs. Adelia McDowell, born March 16, 1846, died September 24, 1883; Clara (deceased), born February 16, 1848; Edward, born June 13, 1854, is now living in Chicago; and Agnes Langworthy, born April 9, 1858. In 1837 Mrs. Drake opened the first school in Tiskilwa, and with the prospect of excellent success; she taught the school but three weeks, when she gave it up, and the following week, May 18, 1837, was married to Dr. Langworthy. Dr. A. Langworthy was born November 29, 1788, in Vermont. He studied medicine, and in 1816 came to Alton, 111., where he began the practice of his profession. He remained at Alton till 1825, and during his residence there had been Postmaster, and held various offices. In 1825 he removed to

Ft. Clark, or as it is now, Peoria, and continued in the practice of medicine. For one year previous to the Black Hawk war he was in the lead mining regions, but returned to Peoria on account of Indian troubles. During the Black Hawk war he was Surgeon in the army. ID 1834 he moved to Tiskilwa, Bureau County. In 1818 he was married in Alton to Ada Mecham, who died July 20, 1836. She was the mother of the following children: Gyrene G., born June 7, 1820, who is the wife of Constant Searl, of Iowa; Charlotte E., Laura A., Augustus J. , Nancy A., Washington L. , Martha L. and Edward W. , deceased; and Frances A., born January 20, 1834. She is now living in Missouri and is the wife of Robert Bell. In the latter years of his life Dr. Langworthy practiced medicine but little, as his health and age would not permit the exposure to which he would be subjected; however, in 1844 and 1845 he was almost compelled to practice on account of so much sickness. He was often called in as consulting physician after his retirement from practice. He died on his farm between Tiskilwa and Hennepin, March 20, 1866.

J. A. DRAPER, Clarion, was born April 22, 1822, in Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vt., where his father, George R. Draper, was also born, March 17, 1796; he died there February 1, 1882. He was a farmer and teacher by occupation, and married Theny Ashton, who was born March 10, 1776, in White Creek, Washington Co., N. Y. She died September 29, 1847, in Shaftsbury, Vt. She was the mother of the following children: James A. Draper, our subject; Mrs. Elizabeth Culver, deceased; George B. and Frances A. Draper, deceased. Mrs. Theny (Ashton) Draper was a daughter of Thomas Ashton, an old Revolutionary soldier, who married a Miss Persey, whose father was a proud Spaniard. She reared a family of eight children. Nathan Draper, the grandfather of our subject, was the first white child born in Shaftsbury, Vt. , where his parents were pioneers. The old Draper family is of English extraction, and were known as " Salt Water " Quakers. Our subject was reared in his native State. At the age of nineteen he went to sea as a fisherman, and after two years went aboard a merchantman, on which he was

Steward two and one-half years, and after that farmed in Vermont. In April, 1856, he came to this county, and bought a farm in Clarion Township, where he yet resides, and leads an exemplary life. Politically he is identified with the Republican party. Mr. Draper was married in Chicago October 6, 1857, to Mrs. Betsey Mattison, the widow of John A. Mattison, deceased, who was the father of Mrs. Jennie A. Hosley, deceased; Herbert J. Mattison, of Rooks County, Kan. ; Warner E. and Emma E. ; the last two died in infancy. Mrs. Betsey Draper was born October 1, 1822, in Shaftsbury, Vt. Her father, Elijah Mattison, was born October 18, 1798, in Shaftsbury, Vt. ; he died October 21, 1828; he was of Danish extraction and a son of Henry Mattison, Esq. Mrs. Draper's mother, Orpha Buel, was of Welsh descent. She was born June 22, 1800, and died February 21, 1835. She was the mother of five children, viz. : Anson J. (deceased), Betsey, Clarissa, Edwin and Elijah Mattison, who died in infancy.

JAMES M. DRAPER, Greenville, was born in Bennington, Vt., December 5, 1817. He is the grandson of James Draper, a native of Norway, but who came to America at an early date in its history, and one of his sons, Nathan Draper, was the first white child born in Vermont. James Draper lived to be one hundred and four years old. His son, John, our subject's father, married Electa Elwell, a daughter of Jabish Elwell, a Revolutionary soldier. She was one of a family of ten sons and seven daughters, all of whom lived to have families of their own, and when James M. Draper's grandmother, Elwell, died, she was ninety-nine years, nine months and nine days old, and had 150 grandchildren, and 300 great-grandchildren. While her husband, Jabish Elwell, was in the Revolutionary Army, not one of the children had a shoe to wear. James M. Draper is one of a family of six children. He lived in his native State till coming to Illinois, in 1842. For two years he lived in Whiteside County, and in 1844 came to his present farm in Greenville Township. He came to this county without any property, but bought forty acres of land, and for four years all that he had to wear on his back was a cotton shirb and a cotton roundabout, costing 25 cents per yard, which he cut and made himself. He was of a robust and rugged constitution, and so he set himself at work to make a competency, and now he is reaping his reward. He now owns 576£ acres in one body in this township, and has retired from active life. He was married, July 1, 1837, in Vermont, to Catherine Upham, who was born in Bennington, Vt, July 19, 1820. She is the mother of six children, viz. : Mary E., wife of Benjamin Odell, of Sacramento, Gal.; James H., married to Mary J. Hugboon ; Franklin F., married to Mary Fairfax; Dennis D., married to Viola Wilson; Henrietta, wife of Jasper Stauffer, and Minnie May, at home. All except the eldest reside in this county. In politics Mr. Draper is Republican. He is a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. When first settling in this county he experienced the hard times of the pioneer. His tea was made from the Kedroot leaves, his coffee, burnt corn, and for sweetening, molasses made from watermelons served the purpose. But as he now looks back over a well spent life he can say:

WILLIAM DREMANN, Bureau, was born in Melle, Hanover, Germany, December 30, 1839. His father, Fred Dremann, lived and died in Hanover, and his mother died when our subject was one year old. William Dremann was reared on a farm and educated in the schools of his native town. In 1856 he carne to America, making the passage in a sailing vessel, which was ten weeks and four days reaching New Orleans. He then came up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, and from there to Bureau County, where he has since resided. In 1863 he began farming, and now owns the Abram Stratton farm, which was settled in 1829. His farm contains 383 acres in Bureau Township. When he came to this country he was in debt for his passage money, but through his industry and perseverance has gained a competency. He was married, in Princeton, to Mary Welhoener, who was born in Goeltenbeck, Prussia,

April 21, 1842. When about ten years of age she came to America with her parents, F. W. and Elizabeth Welhoener, and in 1856 to Princeton. Her mother still survives, and lives with our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Dremann are the parents of nine children, viz. : Fred W., born August 14. 1862; Henry L., born August 14, 1864; August W., born September 19, .1866; Frank G., born December 30, 1868;' Emma, born August 19, 1871; Herman H., born April 26, 1874; Louis, born June 10, 1877: John, born September 10, 1879; Kate M., born February 18, 1881. Mr. Dremann and family are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. In politics he is identified with the Democratic party.

DENIS DRISCOLL, Lamoille, was born May 27, 1835. in Ireland; is a son of Michael and Helena (Fitzgerald) Driscoll, natives of Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland. They left the Emerald Isle about the year 1836, to make a home in the new world. They landed in Boston, Mass., and made that city their home for a period of twelve years. In 1848, on the 8th day of October, they came to Lamoille Township in Bureau County, 111., and the following spring settled on a place which their brother-in-law had entered the year before. The Driscoll family, when they came here, consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Driscoll, and four boys: Michael, Denis, James and Daniel Driscoll. Of these Michael died in Louisiana, and James in Sterling, 111. Michael Driscoll, Sr., was born 1793; he died here in August, 1849. Mrs. Helena Driscoll was born in 1800, and when her husband died, managed the home farm, and added to it from time to time. Although she has been one of the hardest working women in this part of the country, she is yet able to get about and read and sew without spectacles. Her two sons, Denis, born May 27, 1835, in the old country, and Daniel, born May 20, 1842, in Boston, are living with her at home. Denis Driscoll went to Boston in August, 1863, in search of one of his brothers; from there he went to New York, and then to San Francisco, Cal., via Panama. In California he mined, returning the same way in December, 1864. Since then he has farmed successfully, especially of later years. They now own a farm of

AARON DUNBAR, Dover, was born iii Cumberland County, near Newville, Penn., November 25, 1842. He is the son of John and Maria (Oiler) Dunbar. The Dunbar family is of German origin, and for several generations resided in Pennsylvania. The mother of our subject died when he was six years of age. In the spring of 1857 his father removed to this county, and settled in Dover Township, where he died in the spring of 1862. They were the parents of two children - our subject, and Mrs. J. H. Brigham, of this township. Mr. Dunbar is the only son, and is the fourth generation in which there has been but one son. He received his education in the district schools of Pennsylvania, and also attended two and a half years at the academy at Dover, but left school to enter the army. He enlisted August 11, 1862, as a private in Company B» Ninety-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Col. Putnam, and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant, serving for two years in that capacity, until his discharge, July 9, 1865. During the charge on Vicksburg, May 22, 1863, he received a flesh wound which disabled him for a few weeks, but participated in every battle in which his regiment was engaged. While on the march from Raleigh to Richmond he received a sunstroke, which injured his health. After his return from the war he attended the academy one year, afterward working on the farm in the summer and teaching school in the winter for five years. His occupation has been chiefly that of farming. He now owns 180 acres, besides one-half interest in 130 acres, and also has charge of another farm of 180 acres. Mr. Dunbar was married May 28, 1868, to Miss Emily Thompson. She was born May 15, 1843, the only daughter of Dwight Thompson, who came from Massachusetts iu 1844, and settled in this county, where he still resides. His wife, Maria (Buss) Thompson, died in 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar have three daughters: Mary E., born March 4, 1869; Carrie M., September 16, 1871; Pearl A., February 28, 1877. Mr. Dunbar is a Republican in politics, and for several years has been Township Assessor. He and his

JAMES DUNBAR, SR., deceased, was born October 4, 1814, in Huntingdon County, Penn., where he was a wood-chopper and charcoal -maker by occupation. He came to this county in 1849 and settled in Lamoille Township, where he bought some Mexican war claims in Section 3, consisting of about 240 acres. His family came in 1851 ; it consisted of his wife and three children. James Dunbar, Sr., was a hard -working man, wide-awake and self-reliant He kept on buying land, till at the time of his death he owned 1,600 acres of land. He devoted much of his time to raising stock, principally cattle. Politically he was a radical Republican. He died September 24, 1879. His memory is cherished by all who knew him and he is spoken of only in terms of the highest regard. He was married in the East, March 7, 1839, to Rebeccn Markley, who was born December 25, 1821. She is yet living, and is the mother of the following children: George W., who died in Memphis, Tenn. , while on his way home from the army; Nancy, deceased ; Mrs. Amanda Brown; James, Jr. ; Mrs. Elizabeth Shaddock, and Albert C., who died in Santa Fe, N. M., where he had gone for his health. Of the above children James Dunbar, Jr., was born here January 25, 1855. He was reared on the homestead and has inherited many of his father's manly qualities. In 1872 he went to Los Angeles, Cal., where he worked for the Express Company of Wells, Fargo & Co. In 1877 he returned to Bureau County and in 1879 again went to California, but returned before the death of his father, after which he took charge of the farm. He has turned his attention more to the raising of horses and on his farm of about 1,000 acres keeps on an average about 120 head of horses, besides colts, also raising cattle and hogs. He has about twenty head of full blooded Clydesdales, and among them are " Imperial Crown" and " Capt. Clyde." He has also an imported Norman and several thoroughbred running horses. To-day Mr. Dunbar is recognized as one of our most wide awake horsemen in Bureau County.

Politically Mr. Dunbar is a Republican. He was married here to Miss Fannie E. Grossman, a native of New York State and a daughter of John C. Grossman. This union was blessed with one child, an infant son.

WILLIAM F. DUNN, Tiskilwa, was born October 21, 1828, in Brown County, Ohio. His parents, Ferrell and Lydia (Flemming) Dunn, were natives of Virginia. The former was born May 4, 1796, and died October 29, 1869, in Tiskilwa. He was a farmer by occupation, and first came to Danville, 111., about 1832. He then fought in the Black Hawk war and came through Bureau County. After a residence of nearly four years he removed to Putnam County, and the following year settled in Tiskilwa. His wife was born August 25, 1800; she died November 3, I 1880. Her parents, William and Nancy Flemming, were natives of Scotland. Mrs. Lydia Dunn was the mother of five children, viz.: Mrs. Elizabeth Fritchey, Flemming and Ellis are deceased, William F. and Lewis D., now a physician in Moline, 111. William F. Dunn, the subject of this biography, received a common school education in Tiskilwa. He was a tiller of the soil till the fall of 1862, when he obeyed the call of his country and enlisted in Company E, of the Ninety-third Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry, From a private he was promoted First Sergeant. In November, 1862, he went with his company into active service, and from that time till October 5, 1864, was constantly in the field. He participated in the battles of Jackson, Champion Hill, siege of Vicksburg, Mission Ridge and Allatoona, at which latter battle he was wounded and lost his left leg in the service of his country. After he became convalescent he returned home, only to find that his wife and child had been laid to Test by kind friends. Such is the fate of soldiers. How can we repay or compensate them for their suffering! Mr. Dunn was married May 29, 1855, to Hai-riett W. Baker, who was born August 24, 1833. She died February 27, 1863. She was the mother of four children, viz. : Mrs. Julia A. Swain, a native of Denver, Col.; Mrs. Hattie B. Betz, a resident of Nebraska; David E., deceased, and Mattie L. Our subject was married a second time, June 28, 1883, to

Julia E. Houghton, a native of Michigan and a member of the Congregational Church. She was formerly an active and efficient teacher in the Tiskilwa schools. Since the war Mr. Dunn has been in the postoffice at Tiskilwa, serving four years as Deputy, and in 1868 received his appointment as Postmaster under Grant, filling the office with tact and ability.

HENRY DUNTEMAN, Selby, was born in Hanover, Germany, March 18, 1829. He is the son of Henry Dunteman, who commanded a British regiment in the war of 1812, and was also under Wellington at the battle of Waterloo. After returning from service ho was a pensioner of the British Government until his death; he was also Mayor of his village. Our subject attended school until he was fourteen years old, and was then apprenticed to the carpenter's trade, it being a principle of his father that each of his sons should learn a trade, as it might sometime be necessary for them to labor for their bread. Our subject served but two years, and then came to America in 1846. He had a brother George, in Canajoharie, N. Y., and stayed there one year, working at the cooper's trade. In 1847 he came to Chicago, afterwards to Wilmington, Will Co., 111., and then to Morris, Grundy County, where he remained until the fall of 1849, when he came to Bureau County, and has since made this his home. Until March, 1850, he worked at the cooper's trade in Princeton, afterward hired out to Benjamin Newall for two years. In 1853 he began farming for himself, buying an eighty at $8 per acre, in Section 15. He has since added to his farm till it now contains 385 acres. He was married June 29, 1851, to Almeda Long, born in Green County, Ohio, November 15, 1829. She is a daughter of Henry H. Long, deceased (see sketch of Mrs. E. Dunteman). Mr. and Mrs. Dunteman have three children: John H. , born October 21, 1852, married to Elizabeth Farney; Benjamin N. . born May 29, 1857, married to Melissa Hosier; Charity, born January 11, 1855. All live in Selby Township. In politics Mr. Dunteman is a stanch Republican, and is Chairman of the Township Central Committee, and has been a member for many years. He is serving his fourth term as Justice of the Peace. Mr. Dunteman was reared in the Lutheran Church; his wife is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church. He is a member of Bureau Lodge, No. 112, A. F. & A. M. of Princeton.

ERNEST DDNTEMAN, Selby, was born in Hanover, Germany, May 21, 1831. He is son of Henry Dunteman deceased (see sketch of Henry Duuteman). Oar subject was educated in the schools of his native land, and served in the German Army, and lost his right hand while in the service. September 2, 1855, he landed in New York City, and the 17th of the same month came to Bureau County, 111., and has since resided in Selby Township, where he has made farming his occupation. June 22, 1876 he was married to Mrs. Amanda Hall, widow of Ransom Hall. Her father, Henry J. Long, was born in Rockingham County, Va.,in 1800. When about ten years of age he removed to Green County, Ohio, and was there married to Mary Walden, who was born in the same county as her husband, in 180L -By trade Mr. Long was a cabinet-maker and joiner, but most of his life he was engaged in farming. In 1842 he removed to Bureau County, 111., and settled in Selby Township, where he died in 1880. His wife had died June 4, 1877. They were the parents of nine children, seven of whom yet survive, four in Selby Township and three in Iowa Mr. Dunteman is a member of the Lutheran Church, and in politics is Democratic. Mrs. Dunteman has managed the property left her by her father and first husband, so successfully that she now owns in Selby Township over 600 acres of land.

J. R. EARNEST, Princeton, was born July 8, 1842, in Bedford, Penn. He is the son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Sill) Earnest, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania. They came to Bureau County, 111., in 1854. By occupation the father was a mechanic; he died in this county. Mr. J. R. Earnest's life has mostly been spent in the schoolroom, either as a scholar or an instructor. He first attended the Northwestern College at Plainfield, 111., after which he taught five terms of school in Bureau County; he then took a complete -business course in the Bryant & Stratton Business College, of

Chicago. After graduating at the business college he kept books for B. R. Moss in the City Mills, of Princeton. He then again engaged in teaching, and continued till 1870, when he removed to Oskaloosa, Kan., at which place he was Principal of the city schools for two years, and then was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction. Mr. Earnest served one term in this office, after which he removed to Springdale, Kan., and was again engaged in teaching for two years. He then returned to Princeton, 111., and for two years was Principal of the schools of DePue; he then engaged in farming, which occupation he followed till 1883, when he was appointed agent for the American Express Company at Princeton, which position he now tills. He was married in Princeton, 111., to Miss Annie E. Charlton, who was born in Philadelphia, Penn., November 27, 1846. She is the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Glee) Charlton, both natives of England. To Mr. and Mrs. Earnest one child - Alpha F. - was born June 16, 1874. Both Mr. and Mrs. Earnest are members of the Congregational Church. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is Republican.

O. M. EASTMAN, Lamoille, another of our old settlers, came here in October, 1836, from Granby, Mass., where he was born July 18, 1814. He is a son of Joseph and Persis (Read) Eastman, natives of Massachusetts, he of Granby, Hampshire County, and she of Warren, Worcester County. Both died in Seneca County, N. Y. They were the parents of the following children: Waldo R., Ogden M., Lyman F., Dr. Joseph Eastman, Charles E., Reuben, Mrs. Eliza Goodrich and Mrs. Persis A. Aldrich. In early life Mr. East man was a mechanic, following his occupation after he came to this county. He first settled in Leepertown, but the following year, in 1837, he came to Lamoille Township, and since 1862 has resided mainly in Lamoille. He spent two years very pleasantly visiting friends in Massachusetts. In South Hadley, Mass., he was married before he came West, July 11, 1836, to Miss Lucretia A. Church, who was born December 6, 1814, in the above place. She is a daughter of Cenas Church, and is the mother of four children now living, viz. : Norris B. , of Dakota; Mrs. Lucy E. Nugent, of Taylor County, Iowa; Mrs. Persia A. Hawley, and Mrs. Rachel A. Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman are active members of the Congregational Church. Politically he is a Republican. He is a Master Mason of the A. F. & A. M. fraternity, and is ever willing to encourage all things pertaining to the good of the community in which he resides.

MRS. LOVEY EATON, Princeton, was born June 12, 1814, in Eaton, Strafford Co., N. H. Her maiden name was Lovey Bickford; her parents were Enoch and Nancy (Eastman) Bickford, natives of New Hampshire, where they died. They had seven children; of these only our subject is now living. She was married, March 12, 1837, to John L. Eaton. He was born July 27, 1792, and died September 5, 1870, in this county, to which he came in 1845. To Mr. and Mrs. Eaton five children were born, viz.: Andrew J. Eaton, born December 6, 1838; Mrs. Sarah E. Warren was born July 27, 1840. Her husband, D. K. Warren, is a native of - Steuben County, N. Y. He is now a resident of Astoria, Oregon, and quite wealthy. They have four children, viz. : Lulu, Minnie, George T. and Freddie L. Truman W. Eaton was born February 2, 1843; and died September 5, 1883, in Oregon. He was a very bright young man, and formerly in a Government office in New Orleans. Lewis M. Eaton was born December 20, 1845. He is now a resident of Astoria, Oreg. The youngest child - Lucy Eaton - died at the age of three years. Mrs. Eaton is yet living on the old homestead, and is a well read and energetic lady, although she has passed the allotted " three score and ten."

RICHARD EDWARDS, LL. D., Princeton, was born December 23, 1822, in Lledrod Parish, Cardiganshire, Wales. His father, Richard Edwards, son of Hugh Edwards, was born in Wales in 1799. He immigrated to Ohio in 1833, where he followed the occupation of a stone-mason. In 1849 he moved to Oshkosh, Wis., and engaged in farming. He died in that State in 1851. His wife, Ann Jones, was born in Wales in 1802, and died in Wisconsin in 1876. She was the daughter of David and Margaret Jones, natives of Wales, and was the mother of nine children, viz.: Richard, David, Elizabeth, Isaac, Margaret, Mary, John, William and Hugh; of whom four are now living. Richard Edwards spent his early life on a farm in Wales. In that country he learned to read the English and Welsh languages, the latter in the Sunday-schools. At the age of ten years he came to Ohio with his parents. He began teaching school in October, 1844, but after one term of teaching he entered the State Normal School at Bridgewater, Mass. In 1847 he became a student and teacher in the Rensselaer Polytechnic School, of Troy, N. Y. , where he remained one year. In May, 1848, he returned to Bridgewater, Mass., and was engaged in the Normal School as instructor in Astronomy, Physics, Geography and Mapdrawing. After five years' successful labor in the Normal School he became Principal of the Boys' High School in Salem, Mass., where he remained one year. He was then appointed visitor of the State Board of Education, and afterward Principal of the State Normal School in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1857 he was chosen Principal of the city Normal School of St. Louis, Mo. , where his fame as an instructor had preceded him. He filled this position until 1861, when he was elected Principal of the High School of that city. By this time Mr. Edwards was well known through the West as an efficient instructor, and trustees of the State Normal University near Bloomington were anxious to secure his services as President of that institution. Accordingly, in the spring of 1862, he was elected to the chair of Mathematics, and in June of the same year became President of the University, and occupied that position till January, 1876. During that time the number of students increased from 285, then on the catalogue, to 780. After his resignation had been accepted Dr. Edwards was chosen pastor of the Congregational Church of Princeton, having been ordained in 1873 in Normal, 111. He received the degree of A. M. from Harvard College, and the degree of LL. D. from Shurtleff College, Alton, 111. Dr. Edwards resigned his position as pastor of the Congregational Church in the summer of

1884 and accepted the financial agency for Knox College. He was married July 5, 1849, in Pembroke, Mass., to Miss Betsey J. Samson, born February 27, 1825, in the above named place. Her father, Thomas H. Samson, a moulder and farmer by occupation, was born in Massachusetts in 1798, and died in 1882. His wife, Eleanor Josselyn, was horn in 1799 in Massachusetts, where she yet resides. Dr. and Mrs. Edwards have reared nine children, viz. : Annie, wife of N. C. Dougherty, Superintendent of Schools, Peoria, 111. ; Eiehard A., Assistant Cashier of the First National Bank, of Peru, Ind.; Ellen S., a teacher in Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Col.; Mary C., wife of D. C. Tyler, M. D., of Clifton, Kan.; Eev. Nicholas T., pastor of the Congregational Church, of Wyanet, 111.; George H., a commercial traveler of Chicago, 111.; Walter A., teacher of Latin and Greek in the Peoria High School; Owen M. and Florence M. - twins - are students in the Princeton High School. Although Dr. Edwards' life has been a busy one, yet he has found time to leave us a few works, the result of careful study and research. In 1866 was published his "Analytical Series of Headers'' comprising seven books; and shortly afterward his '-Student's Eeaders " in four books. In 1862 his inaugural address, entitled "Heritage of Culture," was published in pamphlet form, as was also "Universal Education;" in 1865, "Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln;" in 1872, "Decennial Address." The Memoirs of Nicholas Tillinghast appeared in 1856 in Hartford, Conn. ; they were first published in the American Journal of Education.

GEORGE ELDRIDGE, Walnut, was born in Loraine County, Ohio, May 1, 1840. He is the son of Kichard and Elizabeth (Sharon) Eldridge; the father was a native of New York and the mother of Pennsylvania, but her family was among the early settlers of Ohio. In 1850 Richard Eldridge removed to Lee County, 111., with his family, but returned to Ohio a few years later and died there. His wife survived him many years and died in Michigan. George Eldridge was reared in Ohio, and came to Illinois with his parents, afterward returning to Ohio. In

! in 1868 in Walnut Township, on his present farm. It was then raw prairie and all the lowland was covered with sloughs of water. His farm is now all in an excellent state of cultivation, with good improvements; it contains 280 acres in Sections 23 and 24. He has accumulated all of his property in this county, as he came here with 50 cents, and for his first month and a half's work received

- was County, Ohio, August 2, 1839. Her parents, John and Rachel (Barton) Hensel, were both natives of Somerset County, Penn., and died in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Mrs. Eldridge came to Bureau County in 1857. She is the mother of five children, viz. : Edgar R. , born June 6, 1863; Walter S., born January 12, 1865; Ernest A., born November

J. S. ELDRIDGE, Neponset, was born June 21, 1833, in Canaan, Me. His parents, Winthrop and Dorcas (Adams) Eldridge, were natives of Maine, where the former was born March, 1801, and yet resides. The latter was born in 1806,and died there in 1854. She was the mother of eight children, of whom five are now living, viz. : Joseph G. , our subject; Mrs. Irene L. Marriot, a resident of La moille; Roselthe, Mrs. Phoebe Tibbetts, and j James H. Our subject was educated in Skowhegan, Me. He settled in Sheffield, Bureau Co., 111.. November 9, 1855, and there worked one year for Adam & Hale. The same year he bought 160 acres of land where he now resides, but did not improve it till 1858, nor settle on it till 1860. Between the years 1858 and 1860 he was in the lumber business, in Wisconsin. Mr. Eldridge was joined in marriage, in Princeton, to Mary Bowen, born October 19, 1841, in Yorkshire, England. Her parents were George and Sarah (Moocroft) Bowen. She is the mother of six children, viz. : George, Jennie, Roselthe, Harriet, Josephine, Mary and Trew. Mr. Eldridge is a member of the A. F. & A. M. fraternity, Kewanee Chapter, K. T. Polit-

GEN. I. H. ELLIOTT, Princeton, was born in Bureau County, 111., January 25, 1837. He graduated from the University of Michigan in the class of 1861, and served through the war of the Rebellion in the Union Army.

JOHN ELLIOTT, deceased, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, June 6, 1806. In 1834 he came West and settled in Dover Township, Bureau County. Two years later he returned to Clermont County, Ohio, and was married to Mary Hughes, with whom he returned to his prairie home in the West. In 1851 he moved to Princeton, where he resided until his death, August 8, 1881. His widow and four children survive him: Gen. I. H. Elliott, Mrs. George W. Stone, and Mrs. A. J. Washburn are residents of Princeton, and Charles P. Elliott resides in Creston, Iowa. John Elliott was a thoughtful, quiet man of great force of character, clear-headed, stronghearted, noble in every impulse. For forty years he was an active member of the Christian Church of Princeton, and among his many Christian virtues benevolence took a prominent place.

HON. SIMON ELLIOTT, Princeton, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, February 10, 1827. He is the son of Simon and Maria (Robinson) Elliott, both of Irish descent. The father was born in 1788, and died in 1854 in Ohio. The mother was born in 1799, and died in this county May, 1881, but her remains were taken to Ohio for burial. They were the parents of six children, viz. : John, who resides on the old homestead in Ohio; Samuel and Simon residents of this county; Arthur, deceased; J. F., a resident of Manson, Iowa, and Mrs. Margaret Hoover, who lives near Lacon, 111. The occupation of the surviving members of the family is that of farming. Simon Elliott, Sr., served in the war of 1812, and received a landwarrant from the Government. At the time of his widow's death in 1881, she was a pensioner of the Government. John Elliott, the grandfather of our subject, came to America at an early date in a vessel called ' ' Lazy Mary." Some time after this the father, two sisters and three brothers of John Elliott started for this country in the "Faithful Steward," which vessel was wrecked off the American coast, and of this family only two of the young men were rescued, their wealth of gold and goods also being lost. Mr. Elliott's early life was spent on the farm, and in attending the district schools; in later years he had the advantages of Clermont Academy, Ohio. In 1848 he and another young man came to this county, driving across the country in a buggy, Mr. Elliott furnishing the buggy, and his friend the horse. In 1856, April 21, he was married in Woodford County, 111. , to Miss Sarah A. McCoy, who was born in Brown County, Ohio, and is the daughter of William Mc- Coy, deceased. This union has been blessed with the following-named children: Edwin F., now in the railroad business in Kansas; Kate, Li Hie and Minnie; also Alfred S. and Nora, deceased. Mr. Elliott's farm, which lies seven miles from Princeton, contains 200 acres. The first quarter section that he bought cost him but 75 cents per acre, as he had bought a land-warrant. During the first year of his farming in this county he gave most of his attention to the raising of grain, but in later years he has given nearly his entire attention to the growing of hogs, and to dealing in stock. Mr. Elliott has ever been active in developing the agriculture of the county, and in advancing the farmer's interests. In November, 1878, was elected as the representative of the National Greenback party to the Thirty-first General Assembly of Illinois, and served through his term of office with credit. He is now Chairman of the Central Committee of his party for the Seventh Congressional District.

ABBOTT ELLIS, Dover, was born in Albemarle County, Va., June 22, 1812. He resided in his native county till September 29, 1830, when he removed to Springfield, 111., remaining in Sangamon County until July, 1833, when he again removed to Bureau County, where he has since resided. The first winter he lived in a cabin on Section 27 in Dover Township. In 1838 he built on his present farm and occupied it in 1839. He is the son of Dabney and Frances (Watson) Ellis, who came to Illinois in 1830, and to Bureau County in April, 1834. They lived in

Dover Township until their deaths. He died in August, 1840, she May 20, 1881, at the age of ninety-one years. They were the parents of seven children, of whom two sons and three daughters yet survive. Miletus died in Sangamon County, 111. ; Demarcus is living in Lawrence, Kaufman Co., Texas; Abbott, living in this township; Ezbon died in Humboldt, Kan. ; Pyrena, wife of Henry Clapp, of Grundy County; Frances, wife of M. Studyvin, of Dover Township; Martha Ann, wife of William Harford, Dover. Abbott Ellis, the subject of our sketch, had only the most limited chances for gaining an education, but obtained much practical knowledge at home. When he came to the county he had nothing, and all that he now has he acquired here. He entered 160 acres of land by pre-emption a short time before the land sale, and now owns 330 acres. In politics Mr. Ellis is Republican. For fifteen years he was Eoad Commissioner in this township, and has held other offices. He was married in this county, September 19, 1839, to Matilda E. Durham. She was born in Kentucky, a daughter of John and Morning (Burris) Durham, and came to this county in 1836 from Sangamon County, 111. Mrs. Ellis died June 21, 1869. She was the mother of three children: Miletus, who died in Castle Rock, Col., leaving a wife and four children; Lucy, wife of Perry Waldren, of Berlin Township; John, who lives at home and has a wife and two children.

JAMES H. ELLIS, Princeton, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, November 25, 1845. He is the son of Joseph and Sarah (Stillings) Ellis. The father was born in Ohio in 1808; his occupation has been during life that of a farmer, in which business he has been successful. He is now a hale old gentleman of seventy-six years. He has always been an active worker in educational matters, and especially in giving his family all the advantages of schools. His wife was born in Winchester, Va., in 1809, and died in 1871. She was the mother of eleven children, eight of whom reached maturity, viz. : Calvin, now in the hotel business in Ohio; William and George, stock-growers in York County, Neb. ; John, a Presbyterian minister of Los Angeles, Cal. ; Mary, wife of Calvin Vanniman.

an extensive farmer in Ohio; Allen A., who died in 1878, after completing nine years of study for the ministry in the Methodist Protestant Church; James H. , the subject of this sketch; and Melissa, who died in 1874. James H. Ellis was mostly reared in Greene County, Ohio, on a farm: however, at the age of fifteen years he began attending the public schools of Xenia, Ohio, where he remained for two years, after which he spent eighteen months in the schools of Springfield. In 1864 he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. During most of his service he was in West Virginia following Gen. Early in - his retreat, and was in the battles of Monocacy Junction, July 9, 1864, and also at Winchester. During the latter part of his service he was taken sick with the typhoid fever, and was sent home to die, but he finally recovered, but not till the war was about over. He then attended school again, going to the Dayton schools for one and a half years, and then to complete his education he went to Xenia, to the school of Prof. Storv, where he remained till June, 1868. The school year of 1868-69 he taught in a graded school at Cedarville, Ohio, and then came to Bureau County, 111. For one year he taught at Limerick, then the Maiden schools for one year, and then three years the Neponset schools. In 1876 Mr. Ellis entered into partnership with Mr. Jacob Miller in the real estate and insurance business. This partnership continued for one year when Mr. Ellis opened an office for himself, and has continued in the real estate and insurance business since, however during the winter he is employed in teaching, and is now engaged in the schools at New Bedford, this county. Most of the lands he has for sale are in southern Minnesota and northwest Iowa, and belong to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and the Sioux City & St. Paul Railroads. During his life Mr. Ellis has been a close student, and has made his study very comprehensive in extent. For two years, 1870 and 1871, he read medicine during his spare time with Dr. Kaull; and since he has been in the land business he has given his leisure hours to the reading of law, which profession will finally receive his entire attention. In politics he is independent. He aiid wife are members of the Methodist Protestant Church. October 26, 1871, he was married in this county to Miss Sarah E. Linaberry, daughter of William and Sarah (Weise) Linaberry, both natives of New Jersey, but now residents of Bureau County, 111. They are the parents of the following-named children: Adam, a farmer in this county; William, a physician near Dubuque, Iowa; Mrs. Ellis; and Mrs. Piencoskey, widow of Eobert Piencoskey. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis have one daughter - Eva May - born April 2, 1874.

JUDGE JESSE EMERSON, Buda, was horn in Newburyport, Mass. , March 20, 1824. He is the son of Jesse and Mary (Stevens) Emerson. The father was born in Hollis, N. H., and the mother in Canterbury, of the pame State. In 1836 they came to Bureau County, 111., and settled at French Grove, or what is now Buda. In the fall of 1838 he died at Tiskilwa, having removed there, after first settling at French Grove. At the time of his death Mr. Emerson was but fifty-three years of age. His widow survived him till about the year 1875, and at her death was seventy-five years of age. She was the mother of ten children, seven of whom yet survive, viz. : Abby, now a resident of Galesburg, 111. , and wife of Augustus Lyford; Mary S., a resident of Sheffield, this county, and is the wife of Alfred Lyford; Jesse, whose name heads this sketch; Boxana, wife of George H. Ward, of Peoria, 111. ; Josephine, a resident of Buda, and widow of W. Hamner; William E. Emerson, of Buda, and George S., of Havana, Mason Co., 111. During the residence of Jesse Emerson, deceased, in this county, his occupation was mostly that of farming, but before coming West he had been a cattle-buyer and drover. When coming to this county, it was in company with his two brothers-in-law, Moses and Thomas J. Stevens, and others. Judge Jesse Emerson was educated in the district schools of this county, and then in private schools of Princeton. His early life was spent on the farm, and he has always been interested to some extent in agricultural pursuits, but since 1858 he has given most of his attention to the practice of law. During life Judge Emerson has been a close student, and an observer of things and men. In early life he had begun reading law at his leisure. While teaching school, or in the mercantile business, he always found some time to devote to the law, and when, in 1858, he applied for admission to the bar, he passed his examination readily. November 1, 1850, after having clerked in a store for some years, he opened a stock of goods on his old homestead, and continued to sell goods there till 1860, when he closed out his stock, and has since given almost his undivided attention to the practice of law, and with success. In the fall of 1873 he was elected Judge of Bureau County, and filled that office for four years, when he again returned to his practice. He was married in this county in November, 1851, to Miss Sarah M. Gushing. She is the daughter of Caleb Gushing, and was born in Massachusetts, near Providence, R. I. Caleb Gushing came to Illinois in 1835 on a prospecting tour, but returned to his native State and organized a colony, and in 1836 was sent out by the colony to locate lands and lay out a town. This trip he came into Bureau County, and located in Indiantown, where he laid out the village of Providence. In the fall of 1836 he returned again to Massachusetts, and brought his family to the new county the following year. Mrs. Emerson is the mother of three children, viz.: George, who died at the age of about one year; Charles W. and Minnie F. In politics Judge Emerson is a stanch Democrat.

W. S. EVANS, Princeton, was born March 8, 1816, in Nottingham, N. H. His father was Samuel Evans, a native of Strafford County, N. H. ; he was a blacksmith by occupation, and died in Nottingham. His grandfather, Samuel Evans, Sr.,was a native of England. The mother of our subject was Hannah (Woodman) Evans. She was a native of New Hampshire, and died in Nottingham. She was the mother of six children: Alva A., William H., Winfield S. (our subject), Samuel P., Sophronia (wife of G. W. Norton), and Eleazer R. Mr. W. S. Evans was educated in Epping, N. H. He lived on a farm till he was twenty-one years old, and then worked two years with his brother, Alva

A., at the currier's trade in Salem, Mass., after which he went to Boston, where he worked in a hank some time, then engaged in the mercantile business, and after that teamed for the Bay State Iron Mills, carting ore, running from eight to ten teams. In 1856 he sold out and came to Bureau County, 111., where he bought a farm in Berlin Township, j and for many years was one of our most successful and enterprising farmers. September 1, 1876, he removed to Princeton, j where he at present resides, enjoying a period of rest after a well-spent life. He was married in Boston to Sarah J. Langley, a daughter of Jonathan Laugley. She was a native of Nottingham, N. H. She died April 29, 1880. Only one child blessed this union ! - George P. Evans - who was born February 6, 1845; he has been a farmer and merchant by occupation, but at present resides with his father in Princeton. His wife, Belle M. Mohler, is a native of Bureau County, 111. Her parents were Samuel and Caroline (Zearing) Mohler. She is the mother of three children: Carrie J., Samuel S. and Harry A. Mr. George P. Evans is a Knight of Pythias. Our subject, Mr. W. S. Evans, is politically identified with the Republican party, and before its existence was a stanch Whig.

CASPER FABER, Clarion, was born December 19, 1828, in Baickheim, Bavaria, Germany. He is a son of Johann and Apolonica (Fisher) Faber, natives of Germany, where they died. They were the parents of eight children, of whom the following came to the United States: Mrs. Barbara Bopp (of Albany, N. Y.), Peter and Casper Faber. The latter came to Mendota in July, 1856. He worked out two years; then rented one year, and then bought forty acres of land. He has been a hard worker; hates hypocrisy in every form, and has been a successful farmer. He has now 380 acres, of which 150 acres were entered by Capt. L. Scammon. Our subject was married here November 16, 1865, to Kunigunda Winder, who was born June 22, 1844, in Hainweiher, Bavaria, Germany. She is a daughter of Johann and Barbara (Weit) Winder, who died in Germany. Politically Mr. Faber is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church, and are

FRED FABER, Clarion, is a native of Bureau County, where he was born in February, 1853. He is a son of John and Christine E. (Recdenbaugh) Faber. They came here over thirty years ago and are the parents of six children, viz. : Mrs. Maggie Wendel; Fred, our subject; William, of Lee County, 111.; Sarah, wife of Rev. John Zellhoefer; Mary (deceased), and J. G. Faber of Adair County, Iowa. John Faber died March 19, 1877, aged fifty-nine years; Mrs. Christine E. Faber is yet living with her youngest son. Fred Faber was married here March 15, 1883, to Mary Gruber, who was born here October 30, 1863. Her father was Nicholaus Gruber. She is the mother of Ezra G. Faber, who was born January 30, 1884. Mr. Faber has a farm of 163 acres, which is kept in a high state of cultivation.

PATRICK O. FARRELL, deceased, was a native of County Longford, Ireland. He came to America when a young man and railroaded several years in the South. Eventually he came North and was a contractor on the Michigan & Illinois Canal for many years. After the completion of the canal he bought 240 acres of land in Hall Township, Bureau County, but soon after became a contractor on the Illinois Central Railroad, and after that, settled on his farm, which he improved and on which he died, July 6, 1882, aged eighty years. He was married twice; his first wife, Catharine Kennedy, deceased, a niece of Capt M. Kennedy, was the mother of the following children: James, of Boone County, Iowa ; Mrs. Elizabeth O'Riley, of Westfield Township; Anna (deceased), and John Farrell. His second wife, Mrs. Bridget Cavanaugh (nee Dempsy), a native of County Wicklow, Ireland, died in St. Louis, Mo., April 1, 1875, aged fifty-six years, She was the mother of six children, viz. : Michael and John Cavanaugh (the latter deceased) by her first husband, and Maggie, Frances, Joseph and Bridget Farrell. Joseph Farrell is farming the homestead, and is identified with the Democratic party, as was also his father.

ELISHA FASSETT,* Canon City, Colorado. This old pioneer of ' Bureau County was born October 20, 1792, in Fitzwilliam, N. H. He is yet living in Colorado, and only as late as last summer gladdened the hearts of his relatives and many friends by visiting Bureau County, where a warm welcome awaits him at all times. He has now passed his four score and ten, and although time has dealt gently with him and bids fair to let him become a centenarian, yet many of his Bureau County pioneer friends, when they pressed his hand in sad farewell, felt that the shadows of life were gathering around him, and that it might be the last time they looked into his kindly eyes. The following is a brief sketch of his life: He was a cooper and farmer in his native State, where he was married to Lovina Angier, a daughter of Abel Angier, and a native of the above place. She died in Lamoille August 1,1837; she was the mother of Mrs. Nancy Frank, Mrs. Bosilla Phelps and Elisha W. Fassett. Our subject, accompanied by his family, Abel Angier and sons, Keuben and Philip Angier, Cyrus Stone and Louis Monroe, who were sons-in-law of Abel Angier, all came to Putnam, now Bureau County, 111., in June, 1835. They settled in the northeast part of the county, where Abel Angler's two sons-in-law, Jonathan Holbrook and Moses Bowen resided, who had come there in July, 1834, and settled in the vicinity of what is now Lamoille. Elisha Fassett bought a claim of Leonard Roth, for $350, Roth keeping half the claim. Mr. and Mrs. Fassett found none of the comforts of an Eastern home in the new country and bravely endured the privations of pioneer life. They would go thirty miles to Green's Mill on the Illinois River, and at one time, in 1835, were compelled to camp out in a cold night on the prairie near Lost Grove. Mr. Fassett farmed in Bureau County till 1849, when he went to California, where he mined and merchandised. Before going to California he was married a second time to Mrs. Mary J. Cole (nee Jenkins), now deceased. In 1851 he returned to Bureau ^County, where he resided many years and eventually went to Canon City, Colo., where his two daughters reside, and which is now his home. There he has been very successful in various occupations connected with mining, and is a shrewd business man in spite of his years.

E. W. FASSETT, Lamoille, was born June 23, 1823, in Keen, Cheshire Co., N. H. He came to this county with his father, Elisha Fassett (see preceding sketch), and although his educational advantages were few, he has yet been enabled through his excellent natural ability, to place himself at the head of the business men of Lamoille without special effort About 1844 he clerked one year for the firm of Fox & Bryant, and after that clerked one year for Jonathan Holbrook and then took charge of the " Union Store," which he conducted one year, and then bought the store and has been engaged in' business for himself ever since, and is now the oldest living merchant in Lamoille. At present, he, in partnership with I. H. Norris and J. R. Woods, is conducting a large general store, and also buys and sells exchange on all important cities. He has 260 acres of land here, and about 1,200 acres in Nebraska. Mr. Fassett was married December 7, 1842, to Pamelia W. Morton, who was born May 21, 1823, in Hatfield, Mass. Her parents, Cotton and Nancy (Herrick) Morton, came here in 1838. She is the mother of six children, viz. : Mrs. Hattie L. P. Woods, Charles W., Frank M., and Elisha P. Fassett are yet living, and Fannie C. and Florence deceased. Mr. Fassett and his excellent wife are members of the Baptist Church. During the war he was one of the three men elected to fill the quota of Bureau County; and has satisfactorily filled the office of Supervisor of Lamoille Township.

FAY FAMILY, Bureau Samuel L. Fay was born in Newton, Middlesex Co., Mass., August 1, 1813. His parents, Putnam and Elizabeth (Wilson) Fay were both natives of Massachusetts, and in 1814 removed to Conway, Franklin Co., where they lived until their deaths. They were the parents of five boys and two girls, of whom only two are living - George W. , of Wisconsin, and Samuel L. September 29, 1834, S. L. Fay left Massachusetts and reached Bureau County October 26, 1834. The following winter he laid claim to his present farm, and in 1835 entered 160 acres, and has resided on his farm ever since, with the exception of one year which he spent at Hennepin in 1836-37. His farm contains 280 acres, but he and his sons own 440 acres in Bureau Township. When he came to this county Mr. Fay had about $113, which he loaned at 12 per cent interest until he required it at the land sale. He was married in this county January 28, 1838, to Mary Mercer, who was born in Greene County, Penn., February 8, 1807. She is the daughter of Edward and Mary (Ellis) Mercer, who came to the county in 1836, and both died here. Of their family of eight children Mrs. Fay is the only one living. To Mr. and Mrs. Fay five children have been born, viz. : Edward Mercer, born December 12, 1838, is married to Ella Stearns, and lives on the old homestead; Elizabeth A., born October 30, 1840, wife of William Fike, of Bureau Township; Darius Fisher, born October 5, 1842, married to Sylvia C. Smith; George W. , born July 16, 1845, is married to Mary E. Hackett, and lives in Bureau Township; William A., born August 17, 1847, enlisted in Company I, Twelfth Regiment, and died in the hospital at Marietta, Ga., August 28, 1864. In politics Mr. Fay is identified with the American party, but was an Abolitionist during the existence of that party, and was its first nominee in this district to the State Legislature. He and his wife are members of the Wesley - an Methodist Church. Fisher Fay, son of

5. L. Fay, was married to Sylvia C. Smith September 25, 1866. She was born in Princeton, III., September 23, 1844, and is the daughter of Elijah and Sylvia (Childs) Smith; both were natives of Conway, Mass., where he was born November 7, 1806, and she May

6, 1806. They were married March 31, 1831, and the same year came to Princeton, 111. , where he died March 2, 1882, and his wife December 17, 1874. Their children were born in Princeton and are as follows: I. B. Smith, born August 27, 1834, lives in New Jersey; L. F. Smith, born July 27, 1837, of Kansas; Susan M. , born May 11, 1840, wife of Frank Young, of Sandwich, 111. ; Sylvia C., born September 23. 1844; Sarah J., born March 24, 1847, wife of Johason Foster, of Saline County, Neb. The children of D. F. and Sylvia C. Fay are: Jennie Luella, born

September 19, 1867; Clara Eliza, born December 23, 1870; Sylvia C., born February 14, 1875, died November 11, 1875. In politics Mr. Fay has always been Republican and has held Township offices. February, 1865, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Fifty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served till February, 1866. His regiment was organized at Camp Butler, Springfield, then went to Dalton, Ga., but most of the time was at Columbus, Ga. , on garrison and reconstruction duty.

B. C. FEAR, Princeton, was born May 25, 1828, in Alleghany County, Md. He is the son of William and Hulda (Coddington) Fear, both natives of Maryland. The mother died when her son B. C. was small; the father, however, lived until 1881. He was proprietor of a hotel, also kept a stage station, farmed, etc. The subject of this sketch was reared among the mountains of his native State, away from churches and schools; and during his early life he drove stage, kept bar, etc. Ten days before he was twenty-one years of age he began in the mercantile business, opening a stock of goods in a log-cabin 12x16 feet in a place called Cove, Md. In Cove he remained for eight or ten years, and then went to Harnedsville, Somerset Co., Penn., where he was in business till 1867, when he came to Princeton, II]., and in partnership with T. J. Cooper bought the store of Mulvain Brothers. This store was in the Stoner Block, and five days later the building burned, but they saved part of the goods, which they put into the present store room, and so continued business. After about seven months' partnership Mr. Cooper retired and Mr. Fear has since continued the business, the firm now being B. C. Fear & Co. They carry a very complete stock of dry goods, carpets, etc., valued at from $1C 000 to $12,000. For over thirty years Mr. Fear has been an active member in the Methodist Episcopal Church, having joined the church while at the Cove. He is also a strong temperance man, and in politics he is identified with the Republican party. He was married in Maryland, October 9, 1851, by Rev. B. Ison, to Miss Catherine Frantz, who died seven months later. He was married again in Preston County, Va., June 19,

1855, by Asby Stevens, to Miss Frances J. Forman. Six children have been the result of this union, four of whom yet survive, viz. : Cora, wife of C. G. Gushing; George R., Emma C. and Charles B.

H. H. FEREIS, Princeton, was born December 24, 1832, in Ferrisburg, Vt. He was educated in Vergennes, Vi, and afterward lived on a farm. In 1854 he came to Princeton, where he farmed and speculated, and eventually opened a real estate office. In 1862 he and his brother Benjamin S. opened a private bank. In 1865 they organized the First National Bank, in which Benjamin S. was President and our subject Vice-President. The latter sold his interest in 1875. In 1872 he assisted in organizing the Farmers' National Bank, of which he was elected President. In 1875, after he bad sold his interest in both banks, he went to Russell County, Kan., where he was in the stock business two years and then returned to Princeton, where he became identified with the Citizens' National Bank, of which he is at present Vice-President. Mr. H. H. Ferris was married February 4, 1864, in Watervillev, Me., to Miss Mary S. Dunbar, born September 23, 1841, in Maine. She is a daughter of Otis H. Dunbar, born May 24, 1807, in Massachusetts and yet living in Princeton. Mrs. Ferris is the mother of five children, viz. : Edward S., born December 18, 1864, at present Assistant Cashier in a bank in Shenandoah, Iowa; Camilla B., born March 7, 1867; Charles O., August 12, 1870; Albert H., August 24, 1873, and Mary C., October 31, 1878. Mrs. Ferris is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Ferris is a Republican in politics. He was a soldier in our late war, serving in the Twelfth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company H, which was the first raised in Bureau County.

W. W. FERRIS, Princeton, was born August 10, 1842, in Ferrisburg, Addison Co., Vt. His grandfather was Benjamin Ferris. Sr. ; he was born in 1765 in Stamford, Conn., and was a soldier in the war of 1812; he died of camp-fever, contracted at the battle of Plattsburg, N. Y. , aged forty- nine years. He was married about 1793 to Patience Barnes, who was born in May, 1760. She was the mother of the following children: Richard, Peter W., Phebe, Martha and Benjamin. The latter was born November 26, 1801 in Ferrisburg, Vt; he died October 11, 1881, in Princeton, 111., to which place he came in 1873. He was a farmer by occupation, and was married November 16, 1823, to Mary Sherman, who was born March 9, 1803, in Monkton, Vt. She died May 9, 1881, in Princeton. She was the mother of ten children, viz. : Emily R., Cornelia, Phimelia, Benjamin S., Harrison H., Martha S., George, Laura, Watson W. and Charles E. Of these, only Harrison H., at present Vice-President of the Citizens' National Bank of Princeton, and Watson W. , our subject, are now living. The latter was educated in Vermont and at the Commercial College of Syracuse, N. Y., of which place he is a graduate. January 2, 1863, he came to Princeton, 111., and here he has been engaged in the banking business ever since. At first he clerked in the private bank of B. S. Ferris & Co., but in 1865 he became a member of the Ferris Bros.' Bank, which was another private bank. In January, 1871, he was elected Cashier of the First National Bank, remaining in that position till August 1, 1875, when he resigned his place. The following October he was elected Cashier of the Farmers' National Bank, which position he yet occupies. Mr. Ferris was married here November 30, 1869, to Miss Frances Barrie, who was born March 7, 1849, in Henderson, N. Y. Her father was Charles Barrie, a native of New York City, and of Scotch descent. Her mother was Clarinda Cook, a native of Henderson, N. Y. Five children were the result of this union, viz.: Mary A., born June 20, 1871; Helen M. , deceased; Willard B. , born October 3, 1876; Jean M., born August 20, 1879, and Florence A., born April 23, 1882. In political matters Mr. Ferris is connected with the , Republican party.

HARRY C. FIELD, Princeton, was born September 27, 1819, in Egremont Township, Berkshire Co., Mass. He is a son of John V. W. Field, a native of New York State, where he was born August 9, 1776. He died June 4, 1848, in Blanford, Mass. The mother of our' subject was Orra (Hart) Field; she was born November 3, 1775, in Connecticut; she died February 3, 1846, in Egremont, Mass. She was the mother of the following children, viz. : Loretta, Mary, Milo, Gilbert, Harry C., Joel H. and Sally C. Of the above, only Harry C. and Joel H. are now living, the latter in Sheffield, Mass. Our subject, Harry C. Field was educated in Massachusetts, and has made farming his occupation. In 1846 he came to this county, settling on Section 3 in Princeton Township, where he yet resides. He was married here to Louisa B. Harris, who died February 14, 1851. She was the mother of Alice L. Field. Mr. Field was married a second time October 6, 1851, to Miss Elizabeth P. Reasoner, who was born March 11, 1826. She is a daughter of Ebert and Eunice P. (Karner) Eeasoner. Mrs. Field is the mother of four children, viz.: Sarah E., Florence A., Charles W. and Orra P. The oldest, Sarah E., was born December 30, 1853; she is the wife of Samuel R. Wilson. They have three children, viz. : 'Alice M., Eugene and Le Boy. Florence A. was born September 24, 1856; she married J. P. Bartley; they have had one child, named Fred N. Charles W. was born November 19, 1858, and Orra P. was born July 24, 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Field are active members of the Presbyterian Church, and ever ready to further every good cause. JOHN FIELD, Berlin, was born in Jefferson County, Va., near Harper's Ferry, May 22, 1818. His father, Isaiah Field, was of Irish descent and a native of Pennsylvania. He was married in Hagerstown, Md. to Esther Stonebraker, who was of German descent, and was born and reared near Hagerstown. While living in Virginia he was engaged in furnishing gun-stocks for the Government gun works at Harper's Ferry. When their son John was eight years old they removed to Harrison County, Ohio, where they resided until their deaths. They were the parents of ten children, six of whom are now living. Our subject was reared on the farm, and educated in the common subscription schools of his day. He resided in Ohio till 1849, when he came to Bureau County, though he had been in the county as early as 1841, while traveling through the West selling machinery. In 1852 he pur chased his present homestead, and has since been engaged in farming. He owns 490 acres of land in Berlin Township. He owes his success in life to his own industry, as he started with nothing. Mr. Field was married in Peoria County, 111., March 3, 1858, to Catherine Schnebley, who was born near Peoria. Her father, Henry Schnebley, was a native of Washington County, Md. , and his wife, Elizabeth Wunderlich, of Franklin County, Penn. They came from Maryland to Peoria in 1836, where he died, but his wife still survives. Mr. and Mrs. Field have four children living, viz.: Charles, Hetty, Clement V. aud J. Clinton, and two dead, Henry and Anna. In politics Mr. Field has always been an active Democrat. He is a member of Eureka Lodge, No. 270. A. F. & A. M., of Arlington.

CHARLES FIFIELD, Concord. The subject of this paragraph was born in Andover, N. H., July 12, 1857. He is the son of Silas C. and Lucy A. (Jackman) Fifield. Silas Fifield was born in Andover, N. H. , January 7, 1821. His father, Peter Fitield, was a native of Salisbury, N. H., and had there married in 1804, but soon afterward settled at Andover, where some of his descendants still reside. Silas Fifield was married in his native State to Lucy A. Jackman, who was born in Enfield, N. H., in August, 1826; both yet survive and are the parents of three sons, viz. : Silas, Charles and Irvin. The eldest and youngest are engaged in farming in their native State. Charles Fifield remained on the farm till about the age of seventeen years, when he began fitting himself for college; he then continued his studies till he graduated from Dartmouth College in the class of 1882, after which he began the study of medicine, and in 1883 began attending lectures at the Dartmouth Medical College, continuing in the same till coming to this county, April 1, 1884, on account of the death of his relatives, and his becoming heir to the property they left. Peter Fifield, the uncle of Charles, was born in Andover, N. H., and was there married to Miss Mercy Norton, and they were among the early settlers in Bureau County, settling in Concord Township, May, 1838. Mr. Fifield died here in July, 1880, and his widow in May, 1883. They left one son - Albert J. - who died unmarried in March, 1884, at the age of thirty-nine years, and through the will, Mr. Charles Fitield became the possessor of two farms containing 280 acres of land.

MRS. LURANA FIPIELD, Concord. Samuel Fitield, deceased, was born at Andover, N. H., September 24, 1816. He was one of the early settlers of the western part of this county. August 2, 1848, he was united in marriage in this county to Miss Lurana Stevens, who was born in New Hampshire, June 20, 1824, and is the daughter of Thomas J. Steveus, deceased. Immediately after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Fitield settled on the farm where she yet resides, and he died there March 23, 1869, leaving a family of eight children, all of whom reside in Bureau County. They are: Thomas J., Lucien, John, Lucy J., George, Mary E. , Chester and Frank. Lucy is the wife of David Law, and Mary is the wife of Charles Chichester. Thomas J. Stevens was born in New Hampshire, and came to Illinois in 1836 and settled a farm in Section 34, Concord Township, where he lived till his death in June, 1880. Mr. Stevens was twice married. His first wife, Eliza (Smith) Stevens, was a native of the same State as her husband ; she died in this county. He was afterward united in marriage to Mrs. Eliza Grant Simpson, who survives him and lives at Princeton, 111. By his first wife Mr. Stevens was the father of nine children, six of whom were born before coming to Illinois. Of the family only the following now survive: Mrs. Lurana Fifield, Mrs. Mary Dow, wife of Trustam Dow, of Davenport, Iowa; Mrs. Emeline Wilkinson, wife of Lyman Wilkinson, of Geneseo, 111. ; Joseph Stevens, of Annawan, 111., and Francis Stevens, of Sheffield, 111.

DAVID C. FISHER, Macon, was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., July 16, 1815. He is the son of Ludwick and Elizabeth (Crawford) Fisher. The father was born in Maryland, but his father, Christian Fisher, was a native of Germany, and had come to the United States during the Revolutionary war. Our subject's mother was of English descent, and was married in Pennsylvania, and it was in that State they lived and died, most of the time residing in Bedford County, but died in Fulton. They were the parents of eleven children, five of whom yet survive, and probably the sixth, from whotu nothing has been learned for several years. David C. Fisher was reared on a farm and has made farming his occupation during life. In 1857 he came to Bureau County and in 1862 to his present farm. September 20. 1838, he was married in Bedford County, Penn., to Charity Horton. She was born in Bedford County, July 29, 1817, and was the daughter of Thomas I. , and Sarah Horton. Mrs. Fisher died March 31, 1875. She was the mother of ten children, viz : Susan, Benjamin (deceased), Sarah, Henry (deceased), Mary, Elizabeth, Miles (deceased), Andrew, Margaret (deceased), and Wilson. Susan is the wife of Noah D. Hoskins, and resides at Plattville, Col. ; Sarah is the wife of Albert Watts, of Bureau County; Mary, wife of Frederick Carper, resides in Macon Township; Elizabeth, of Buda is the wife of John W. Carper; Andrew lives in Macon Township, and Wilson in Clay County, Kan. Mr. Fisher is Republican in politics.

E. D. FISHER, Princeton, was born January 4, 1854, in Bureau County, 111. His father, Amos Fisher, was born August 19, 1820, in Belmont County, Ohio. He died September 27, 1884, in Princeton. His parents were Darius and Anna (Mercer) Fisher. The former, who was a native of Massachusetts, died in Ohio. The latter, who was born in Pennsylvania, came to Bureau County in the spring of 1841, as did also her seven children, viz.: Edward M., Aaron, Amos, James M., Ellis, Mrs. Mary Wilcox and Darius Fisher. Of the above, only Aaron, of Ogalalla, Neb., and James M., of Princeton, are yet living. Amos Fisher visited Bureau County in the fall of 1835. He returned to Ohio the next spring, where he was married to Ann Parish, who died in Princeton. She was the mother of Mrs. Adello E. Eaton, of Chicago. Amos Fisher came to this county a second time a few months before his family. He settled on West Bureau, where he farmed, and for some time was in partnership with his brothers, James M. and Ellis Fisher. Amos Fisher has been quite a public man, holding many township offices from the lowest to the highest.

He has also been Deputy Sheriff. He was married a second time to Olive C. Green, who survives him. Her parents, Oliver and Rebecca (Wilcox) Green, came here in 1846. Mrs. Olive C. Green is a native of Oswego County, N. Y. She is the mother of five children, viz.: Ann E., Frances E., Edward D., Sarah V. M., and Estella, deceased. Amos Fisher was in the grain business in Wyanet, with Judge Knox for some time, and was afterward in business in Princeton. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and A. F. & A. M. fraternity. His son, Edward D. Fisher, may be counted among our rising young men, who will owe their success in the world to their business qualities. He was educated in Bureau County. He worked one season at the carpenter's trade, and then read law with Kendall & Lovejoy nearly three years, and then worked as book-keeper and weigher for the firm of A. & J. M. Fisher, grain merchants in Princeton, 111. In 1882 the firm changed to Fisher & Biles, and our subject continued to work for them until October, 1883, when he became a partner in the firm of Fisher & James, grain merchants.

MICHAEL FLAHERTY, Hall, was born in Hall Township, Bureau Co., 111., September 29, 1847. His parents, Michael and Julia (Cahill) Flaherty, were natives of County Kerry, Ireland, and came to this country about 1846, settling in Hall Township, near where our subject now resides, and where they died. They were the parents of eight children, viz. : Mrs. Mary Cahill, Mrs. Bridget Lyons, Mrs. Ellen Hurley, Michael, John and Patrick (twins), Daniel and James, of Chicago. Michael Flaherty was reared in this county, and is engaged in farming. He owns 160 acres of land. He was married in this county April 25, 1870, to Mary Fitzgerald, daughter of Gerald and Catharine (Granfield) Fitzgerald, natives of County Kerry, Ireland, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Flaherty have five children, viz. : James E., Mary L., Frank P. Julia J. and Catharine. Mr. and Mrs. Flaherty are members of the Catholic Church. Politically he is independent, but was formerly a Democrat.

Flaherty. (See sketch of Michael Flaherty.) Our subject was married in this county February 12, 1876, to Margaret Coughlan, born July 4, 1854, in Westfield Township, a daughter of James and Nora (McDonald) Coughlan. Mr. and Mrs. Flaherty have five children, viz. : Julia H. , Mary E., Michael, James G. and Theresia M. Mr. and Mrs. Flaherty are members of the Catholic Church. Politically he is identified with the Democratic party.

WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Concord, was born in Fauquier County, Va. , August 10, 1829. His parents, Townsend and Susan (Ready) Fletcher, were both natives of Virginia. She is now living in this county, aged eighty-seven years, but he died in 1866. They were the parents of nine children, of whom three sons and two daughters are now living, all in this county except the oldest son, who is in Nebraska. In 1831 they moved from Virginia to Ohio, and in the ! spring of 1844 to Bureau County, 111. , and j settled near Princeton. William Fletcher was reared in this county, and received a ! common school education. His principal j occupation has been that of farming, though before marriage he was engaged in clerking and also in carpentering. In 1867 he settled on his present farm, which he bought of his father in 1865. He now owns 250 acres of land. Although he started with nothing he i has been successful through steady work and : no speculating. August 4, 1853, he was married in this county to Lovina Holbrook, who was born here February 21, 1835. Her parents, Alexander aud Elizabeth (Tompkins) Holbrook, were natives of Tennessee, but were early settlers in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher are the parents of ten children, viz.: Elizabeth Ann, born June 12, 1854; Ida Lois, September 8, 1856, died December 9, 1859; W. Allen, April 27, 1859; Susan C., May 22, 1862; Mary A., March 9, 1865; Albert H., June 6, 1867; Gracie G., April 11, 1869; Jessie M., October 7, 1871; Don, September 1, 1873; James A., March 6, 1876. In politics Mr. Fletcher has been a Republican since the party was organized. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church of Tiskilwa.

Mass. He is a son of James and Nancy (Crittenden) Flowers, both natives of Massachusetts, where the latter died. The former died in New York. Mrs. Nancy Flowers waa a daughter of Levi and Clarina Crittenden, and was the mother of three children, viz. : Alvin, Levi and Marshall C., our subject, who came to Bureau County in 1844. He lived in Princeton Township till 1861, when he rented a farm in Berlin Township. In the fall of the following year he removed to Lamoille Township, where he bought 160 acres of land on Section 28, which he improved, and on which he now resides. He has been married twice. His first wife, Martha J. Winship, died here in June, 1877. She was the mother of two children, viz. : Francis E. and Mrs. Emma E. Gruenbyke, who is the mother of two children - Francis and Calvin A. Gruenbyke. Mr. Flowers was married a second time to Caroline A. Winship, a daughter of Franklin Winship, the pioneer and County Surveyor. Mrs. Flowers is a member of the Congregational Church. Politically Mr. Flowers is identified with the Eepublican party.

CAPT. RUFUS FORD, Buda, was born September 1, 1812, in Kennebec County, Me., to John and Ruth (Oldham) Ford. Capt. Ford remained on the farm in his native county until he was about twenty-one years of age, when he went to Massachusetts, and for about five years was engaged in cotton manufacturing. In the fall of 1838; on account of ill health, he left the factories, and came West, and having received a good common school education in boyhood, he now engaged in teaching school for some time. From 1839 till 1842 he remained in Ohio and Kentucky, but in the latter part of 1842 he went on the river, and from that date till 1869 he was connected with the traffic of the Mississippi River and its branches. For a short time he was clerk on a boat, but soon became Captain. From first starting till 1849, he was in the Cincinnati and New Orleans, and Cincinnati and Memphis trade. Then for eleven years he was engaged in the St. Louis & Keokuk Mail Packet Line; but in 1860 he became Superintendent of the Missouri River Packet Line, which was in connection with the Hannibal & St. Joseph

Railroad. Capt. Ford had his headquarters at St. Joseph, where he remained till the latter part of 1868, when the railroads had superseded the steamboat on the upper Missouri, when leaving St. Joseph he removed to St. Louis and took charge of the St. Louis & Quincy Packet Line. In 1869 he left the river and came to Bureau County, where he had invested in large tracts of land. Since coming here in 1869 this county has been his home, although his position as President of the Watson Coal & Mining Company has required his presence at the company's headquarters at Des Moines, Iowa, much of the time for a number of years. Capt. Ford has always been an active participant in any home enterprise which he considered worthy. During the existence of the Buda Manufacturing Company he was its President and a heavy stockholder, and to many other enterprises he has given his assistance. He was united in marriage, in Bloomfield, Me., in 1846. to Martha Cressey Webb, who died in this county in 1861, leaving one son - William W. - who was born in November, 1858. In March, 1867, Capt. Ford was married, in Buda, to Mrs. Laura C. M. Childs, who is the mother of one son - Robert Floyd Ford, born October 7, 1871. In 1842, while in Kentucky, Mr. Ford became a member of the I. O. O. F., and continued an active member of the order for many years, but as age came on, and he became more retired, he allowed his card to run out. During his residence in Kentacky, and while on the river, he saw much of slavery and its evils, and became very much opposed to human bondage, and so took an active interest in freeing of the slaves. In politics he is identified with the Republican party.