Bureau County, Illinois - Biographical sketches, 1885 (part 7 of 13)

M. W. KEIGLEY, Tiskilwa. The subject of this biography was born January 7, 1851, in Monongalia County, W. Va. His father, Nathaniel P. Keigley, was a native of

Pennsylvania, and a merchant by occupation. He died in Tiskilwa in 1874, aged fifty-six years. The grandfather of our subject, George Keigley, was born in Pennsylvania. The great-grandfather was of German and the great-grandmother of Irish descent. The mother of our subject was born in Ohio. She is yet living in Tiskilwa at the home of our subject, who was educated in the public schools of Tiskilwa, to which place he came with his parents in 1865. At the age of eighteen he commenced to clerk for Sidney Perkins. After about five years he formed a partnership with his father and J. W. Lea. Afterward he formed a partnership with O. Wilkinson, which exists to the present day. They keep a general store. Mr. Keigley was married October 28, 1873, to Miss Emma C. Kitten-man, a daughter of Michael Kitterman, the old pioneer. Mrs. Keigley was born January 1, 1852, in Bureau County, 111. Mr. Keigley is a member of the A. F. & A. M. fraternity, Sharron Lodge, No. 550. Politically Mr. Keigley is identified with the Democratic party.

MILO KENDALL, Princeton, was born in Waterford, Caledonia Co., Vt., April 1, 1819. His father, Jerreb Kendall, was born May 30, 1782, in Springfield, Mass. His occupation was that of a farmer and proprietor of a public house. He died in March,

Kendall, were descendants of early settlers in America, and ".William Kendall participated in the battle of 1 Bunker Hill. Jerreb Kendall was married at Barnet, Vt, to Lucy Woods, who was born at that place August 12, 1786, a daughter of John and Abigail (Ely) Woods. Her father was also engaged in the fight at Bunker Hill. Jerreb and Lucy Kendall were the parents of eleven sons and one daughter, viz. : Jerreb, born January 2, 1804; John, July 22, 1805; George W., July 13, 1807; James E., June 15, 1809; Larnard L., March 25, 1811; Lyman, December 20, 1813; Alonzo E., April 21, 1815; Lorenzo, April 16, 1817; Milo, April 1, 1819; Chester, May 22, 1821; Will iam W., August 19, 1824, and Lucy C., December 23, 1826. Of the family all reached maturity except one son, and the following are now living: Larnard, of St. Johnsbury,

Vt.; Alonzo E. and Milo, of Princeton, 111., and Mrs. Lucy Eobinson, of Newport, Vt. Dr. John Kendall came to Bureau County in 1833 or 1834, and with Tracy Eeeve laid out the town of Greenfield, now Lamoille. He died September, 1847. James came to this county at a later day, and died at Princeton in the fall of 1869. The oldest son, Jerreb, came to Bureau County in 1835, and died here August 17, 1839. William W. was in this county a short time, and died in April, 1876. Lyman and Alonzo came to the couniy in 1836, coming from Vermont with a horse and chaise. Lyman died near Lamoille, November, 1839. Milo Kendall remained on the farm in Vermont until he was eighteen years of age, and then attended the academies at Newbury and Lyndon, Vt. , teaching school to pay his way. At the age of twenty- three years he began the study of law at Lyndon under the instruction of Bartlett & Fletcher, remaining in their office three years. In the fall of 1845 he came to Knoxville, 111., where he remained till the following spring, and durmg that time was admitted to the bar in Illinois. In 1846 he came to Princeton, and has since been engaged in practicing law. In 1857 he formed a partnership with Mr. George O. Ide, now of Chicago. This partnership continued for fourteen years. Since 1873 Mr. Kendall has had as a partner Mr. O. G. Lovejoy. During the construction of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Eailroad Mr. Kendall was Examiner of Titles, and procured deeds for right of way from Mendota to Galesburg, and has since been local attorney for the road. He was married at Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., September 13, 1848, to Miss Orp"ha Ide. She was born in 1818, and is the daughter of Eev. John Ide, who was a minister in the Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Kendall have two children: William I., born October 14, 1855, and Nellie, April 19, 1858. The son is a farmer, and is married to Alia Kaull, daughter of Dr. William M. Kaull, of Dakota. Mr. Kendall is an active Democrat, but has never entered upon a political life.

(Woods) Kendall. Our subject's early life was spent on his father's farm, and in attending the schools of the district. In 1836 he came to Bureau County, 111., and has since made this county his home, and has been closely identified with the development of the county from its wild state, as the country was but slightly improved nor were the Indians yet removed when Mr. K. first built his cabin of logs, with its puncheon floor and its furniture consisting of a table of hewn ' ' lumber" and a bedstead with one leg. But Mr. Kendall began the cultivation of the soil, and with his large capital of energy to assist him, he made a financial success of life, so that in 1805 he sold his farm and retired from business, and has siuce resided in Princeton. February 22, 1843, he was married in his native county in Vermont to Miss Persis A. Ford. She was born on Grand Island in Lake Chaiuplain. Mr. and Mrs. Kendall have two sons: Jerome F., a resident of California, and Robert C. , a book-keeper in the Citizen's National Bank, of Princeton, 111., of which bank his father is a director. Mr. Kendall is a believer in, and a supporter of churches, but is independent in his views of creed. In politics he is identified with the Democratic party.

LORENZO J. KENDALL, Lamoille, was born May 15, 1857, in St. Johnsbury, Vt He is a son of Lorenzo Kendall, who was a son of Jerreb Kendall. Lorenzo Kendall was born in April, 1817, in Vermont. He came to Lamoille in an early day, but soon returned to his native State. He came here a second time and went to farming. In 1849 he went to California, returning the next year to Lamoille, and the following year to Vermont, where he was married, March 24, 1852, to Rosina Langmaid, a native of Danville, Vt. She was a daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Hoyt) Langmaid, of Welsh descent. His father and mother were Shakers, whose creed is no armor against Cupid, and so they left the society and were married. Samuel Langmaid was the father of five children, viz. : Betsey, wife of George Kendall, who is yet living in Vermont; Mary, wife of Benjamin Swett; Warren, who was killed in Australia; Mrs. Rosina Kendall, and Augusta, wife of

Timothy Carr, of Vermont. Lorenzo Kendall and wife returned to this county soon after their marriage and here they farmed four years, and then went back to Vermont, where Mr. Kendall died, November 9, 1857. Mrs. Rosina Kendall returned to Bureau County in 1860. Here she managed the home farm of 160 acres herself for seven years and then rented it for nine years. Five years of this time she lived in Lamoille and the other four in Princeton, where her two children graduated. After this she returned to Lamoille, where she yet resides. The names of her children are: Emma A., who is a teacher in Omaha, and Lorenzo J., who manages the home* farm, and for the last five years has been a teacher in the Lamoille school, of which he has been Principal the last three years.

CAPT. MICHAEL KENNEDY, deceased, was a native of West Meath, Ireland, where he was reared and liberally educated. He was a descendant of an old Irish noble family, and in the old country was married to Bridget Harrington, who eventually came to America and died in Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio. She was the mother of three children, viz. : Philip Kennedy, who was a physician in Somerset, Ohio; Mrs. Catharine Gaynor, deceased; and Michael Kennedy, Jr., deceased. Capt. Kennedy was an expert engineer and mathematician, and soon after he came to the United States made the acquaintance of Daniel Webster, whose son caused him to enter the land around Lost Grove, in Bureau County, which amounted to over 1,500 acres. Capt. Kennedy was an engineer and Superintendent of the Illinois and Michigan Canal and also a contractor of the Peru & Galena Railroad, which were profitable enterprises. He entered his land about 1840, but never improved it a great deal. He just grew up with the country and delighted to follow the hounds for days, as was customary in the old country. He lived like the old style Irish gentleman, and will be remembered by our older citizens as a genial, hale fellow well met, who knew how to entertain and cater to the wants of his friends. He was his own worst enemy, aud altogether a remarkable character. He died December 30, 1865, aged nearly four score years. His son, Michael Kennedy, managed the homestead till he died, January 30, 1872, aged forty-eight years. He married in Buffalo, N. Y., September, 1867, Emily M. Fitzpatrick, a native of Queens County, Ireland, a daughter of John and Margaret (Kelly) Fitzpatrick, who died in Onedia County, N. Y. | Mrs. Kennedy was educated at the Sacred Heart Convent, in Albany, N. Y., and is the mother of Michael Kennedy and John J. Kennedy, the latter deceased, aged fifteen months. She settled the Kennedy estate and is now successfully managing the home farm. JOHN CASPER KESSLEB, Ohio, was born at Gesdungshausen, November 26, 1840, and is the son of Andrew and Kunigunda Kessler, who were born in Coburg, Germany. The father was born April 25, 1815, and the mother about 1820. They came to this country in 1848, and settled in May Township, Lee County, Section 33, which Mr. Kessler bought from the Government. The family has remained upon the old homestead from the settlement to the present time. In 1861, in September, the subject of this sketch went into the service, enlisting September, 17, 1861, in Company B, Fifty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in which company and regiment he served until July, 1862, when he was discharged by reason of Surgeon's certificate of disability from gunshot wounds received at the battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing. Mr. and Mrs. Kessler are the parents of twelve children, eight of whom are now living, the subject of this sketch being the oldest of the family. The parents are still living, and both are hale and hearty. In 1871, July 16, the subject of this sketch married Annie Strasburger, who was born in Delaware County, Ohio, May 15, 1845, and is the daughter of Eev. William and Abigail Strasburger. The father was born in Germany, and came to this country when a boy. The mother was born in Ohio, and is of American parentage, her great grandfather coming from England. John Caspor and Annie Kessler are the parents of four children, three of whom are living: William E., born January 6, 1873, died June 5, 1880; Lillie, born March 29, 1875; Grace K. A., born October 24, 1877; Edmund Chester, born January 25, 1881. Mr. Kessler came to Ohio Village in February 22, 1871, where he built the first elevator in the town, and went into business as a grain buyer and shipper and stock buyer, and he is still engaged in the former business. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Evangelical Church. Owns 400 acres in Lee County and 640 acres in Nebraska, besides residence property, two elevators, and several residence and business lots in the village of Ohio. MARION S. KISER, Ohio, was born in Ohio Township, Bureau Co., 111., February 16, 1857, and is the son of George W. and Sarah A. Kiser. The father was born in Pennsylvania, February 16, 1827, and came to this county in 1843, where he lived until his death, February 16, 1870. The mother was born July 13, 1829, in Belmont County, Ohio, and came to this county in the spring of 1858, with the family of William Martin, of thiscounty. Mrs. Kiser' s maiden name was Marshall. Her mother was born in Ohio and died when the daughter was but three years old. The subject of this sketch is the second son in a family of five sons and one daughter, as follows: Erwin F. Kiser, Ohio, 111., born September 22, 1852, married Frances Corbin, has one child; Marion S. (subject of this sketch); George F. Kiser was born April 29, 1860, married Laura Burress, Ohio, 111. ; Charles H. Kiser was born September 22, 1862, married Bertha Garis, has one child; Emma E. Kiser was born July 16, 1865, Ohio, 111. ; Benjamin F. Kiser was born August 1, 1868, Ohio, 111. February 6, 1878, the subject of this sketch was married to Eliza J. Wilson, the daughter of Joseph G. and Sarah A.. Wilson. Mrs. Kiser was born in Ohio Township, Bureau County, 111. The father was born in Belmont County, Ohio, August 20, 1833, and came to this county in 1837, where he was raised and lived till the time of his death, May 3, 1884. (See sketch of William S. Wilson.) The mother was born in Knox County, Ohio, March 19, 1839, and is the daughter of Bazel and Sarah Young, formerly from Ohio, who came to this county in 1847. Mrs. Wilson is one of a family of eleven children, nine boys and two girls. Four of the brothers were in the Union Army during the late war. Mrs. Wilson is the mother of seven children, of whom Eliza J. Kiser is the oldest, born May 26, 1858 ; Nellie E. Wilson, July 1, 1859; Sarah A. Wilson, December 6, 1863; Mary B. Wilson, April 7, 1866; William W. Wilson, March 2, 1868; Hattie E. Wilson, November 11, 1871; Joseph S. Wilson, June 22, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Kiser are the parents of three children: Edith M. Kiser was born January 3, 1879; Joseph W. Kiser was born February 3, 1880; Bert Kiser was born July 29, 1883.

H. KITTEEMAN, Indiantown, was born June 19, 1833, in Arispe Township, Bureau Co., 111. He is a son of Michael Kitterman. He was reared in this county, which he never left till he was thirty years old. His school days were principally spent in the log schoolhouses, some of the schools being conducted on the old subscription plan, where the scholars were made acquainted with the rudiments of an education and as frequently with the teacher's rod. Mr. Kitterman has made farming, rearing fine horses and dealing in stock his occupation, and has a farm of 300 acres. He was married to Virginia Lockwood, May 13, 1857. She was a native of Clean, N. Y., and died here. She was the mother of five children, viz. : Frederick L. (deceased), Mrs. Bell M. Bloom, Michael D., Irving L., and Merton W. Kitterman. Our subject was married a second time to Estella Howard, a native of Bureau County. Politically he is identified with the Greenback party, and has been School Director for eighteen years. He has traveled over a great part of the United States in search of health.

WILLIAM KITTEEMAN, Indiantown, was born February 9, 1839, in Bureau County, 111. He is also a son of Michael Kitterman. (See General History.) He is a very successful farmer and stockman, and has about 620 acres in Bureau County, and a one-third interest in a farm of 320 acres in Clinton County, Iowa. His main success was during the war. Mr. Kitterman was married January 16, 1872, -to Elizabeth M. Stipp, who was born May 16, 1850. She is a daughter of Judge G. W. Stipp, and is the mother of Frank E. Kitterman, who was born September 3, 1874. Politically Mr. Kitterman is independent, having formerly been identified with the Democratic party.

C. KITTEEMAN. Indiantown, was born November 15, 1837, in Bureau County. He is another son of Michael Kitterman. He was reared and educated here, and has been a very successful farmer all his life. His home farm, with fine improvements, consists of 300 acres. He has also a one-third interest in 500 acres in Princeton Township and 320 acres in Iowa, besides owning 1,440 acres in Nebraska. Mr. Kitterman was married here April 1, 1875, to Miss Ella Holman, a daughter of Adam Holman. She was born November 10, 1851, in Pennsylvania, and died here October 23, 1881. She was an excellent wife and a fond mother, and her influence for good was felt by all who came in contact with her, and who will honor her memory. She was the mother of three children, viz.: Freddy E., was born January 19, 1876; Marcus, was born May 2, 1878 (he died July 3, 1881); and Edith, who was born October 2, 1880. Mr. Kitterman is an unostentatious man, and politically is identified with the Eepnblican party.

N. J. KNIPPLE, Bnda, was born in Huntington, Huntington Co., Ind., September 5, 1846. He is the son of Robert and Alice (Schenck) Knipple, both of whom were born in Ohio, he December 23, 1814, she November 27, 1820. In 1838 they removed to Indiana, where they resided till 1852, when they removed to Michigan, and in 1863 to Henry County, 111., but since 1866 they have resided in Bureau County. They are the parents of eleven children, only three of whom are in Bureau County, viz. : Our subject, Mrs. J. G. Murphey and Mrs. B. F. Chambers. In January, 1864, our subject enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the service till September, 1865, when he received his discharge. The regiment was with Thomas at Nashville, Tenn., and afterward joined Sherman in North Carolina. Mr. Knipple, during most of his service, was in the Commissary Department. After returning from the army Mr. Knipple attended the Bryant & Stratton Business College of Chicago, and for some years was engaged in various occupations, teaching, clerking, etc. In 1874 he, in partnership with Mr. H. C. Smith, engaged in the hard- ware business in Buda. They carry a complete stock of goods, which varies in value from $4,000 to $5,000. October 16, 1873, he was united in marriage to Miss Eunice Foster, daughter of S. H. Foster, of Macon Township. (See sketch.) She was born October 25, 1848. She is the mother of one daughter, Maud, born May 23, 1875. Mr. Enipple is a member of Emery Post, G. A. B., No. 198, and Buda Lodge, A. F. & A. M. , No. 399. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is Republican in politics.

J. B. KNOWLTON, Fairfield, was born May 11, 1843, in Broom County, N. Y. He is a son of William and Mary A. (Barney) Knowlton. The former was a native of Pennsylvania. He died 1844, aged thirty-two years, in Milwaukee, while on his way to Stark County, 111., to which place the mother went with her father, John Barney, M. D. , a native of Canada, and her five children, viz. : Mrs. Hannah A. Smith, of Iowa; John, of Missouri; Mrs. Sarah M. Wright (deceased), Jacob B. (our subject), and Louis Knowlton (deceased). Mrs. Mary A. Knowlton died August, 1849, in LaSalle County, 111, of the cholera. The grandfather of our subject was of Scotch and German descent, and died in Luzerne County, Penn. The subject of this biography, J acob B. Knowlton, was reared in Stark County, except four years, which he spent in Iowa. He came to Bureau County to live in 1857, and in July, 1861, he enlisted in the Twelfth Illinois "Volunteer'Infantry, Company I, as private, and was promoted to Sergeant. He participated in the battles of Forts Henry and Donelson, at which latter place he was wounded in the foot. He also participated in the battle of Shiloh, siege of Corinth, battles of Booneville and Corinth. He was also in the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and fought in all the battles except the last, being shot in the head, and remained in the Marietta Hospital till he recovered sufficiently to come home. He returned to his regiment by rail in time to ride right into the battle of Allatoona Pass, after which he was appointed Orderly by John M. Corse as one of his body-guard, and was with Gen. Sherman in his famous "march to the sea," participating in the engagements Lynch Creek and Bentonville. After the war Mr. Knowlton returned to Bureau County and engaged in farming, and now has a farm of 200 acres in Fairfield Township, where he resides. He was married here February 7, 1866, to Miss Mary M. Cooper, born December 5, 1842, in LaGrange County, Ind., daughter of George and Lucinda (Spencer) Cooper, the former a native of Vermont, and the latter of New York. To Mr. and Mrs. Knowlton four children were born, viz.: William S., born August '25, 1867; George C. (deceased), aged

: eleven years; Herbert B., April 3, 1872, and Clara E., January 16, 1875. Mrs. Knowlton is a member of the Chiirch of God. Mr. Knowlton is a member of the A. F. &. A. M. fraternity. , Politically he is in favor of the Greenback principles. He has held township offices, and is now a Justice of the Peace.

i Lancaster, Penn., and was the son of Hugh Knox, a native of Scotland. The Judge's mother is a descendant of the Jennings family, who came from England to Philadelphia with the Penn colony. Judge Knox's early life was spent on his father's farm in his native county. In youth he attended the Tuacarora Academy in Juniata County. In 1848 he began the study of medicine and continued reading for two years, but means being exhausted he started out with the intention of making money sufficient to carry him through a complete course, and came to Bureau County, 111. , in 1850. For three years he was engaged in different localities selling the German History of the United States, and in this way accumulated some money with which he intended to complete his medical education, but a little incident changed the entire current of his life. He had loaned money to parties living near Pond Creek Station, and when the notes were due they persuaded him to take pay in corn at 25 centn per bushel. When he wished to ship the corn he could not obtain cars in any other way than by bringing loaded cars here. So he looked around and saw that he could dis- pose of lumber, and then went to Chicago, purchased two car loads, which he shipped to Pond Creek. But then he could not get his own corn delivered, so something had to be done, and Mr. Knox, never lacking in ingenuity, began buying corn from farmers as they were on their way to Tiskilwa, and soon had his cars loaded and shipped. He then figured up the profits on his lumber and the corn he had bought, and finding the profits excellent, he engaged in the lumber and grain business at Pond Creek for some time, but later moved to Wyanet, where he continued in the same business, and also kept a general store, and was the first Postmaster of the village. In 1858 or 1859 he sold out his business in Wyanet and gave his attention more to the study of law, which he had begun in 1857, reading under Charles Barry. In 1861 he removed to Princeton and read law with Milton T. Peters till he was admitted in the fall of the same year. For a term of four years - from 1861 to 1865 - he served as County Judge. In 1860 he was the Democratic candidate for the State Legislature from this district, but was defeated by Joseph Harris, the Republican nominee. Judge Knox continued in the practice of law till 1876, since which time he has given his entire attention to the land agency business. Previous to that he had dealt as agent for the Baltimore & Missouri Railroad in real estate. He was agent for the lands of the Baltimore & Missouri Railroad for about ten years. Since 1880 he has been selling the lands of the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, and stands at the head of all the Eastern agents. He also has invested in lands for himself, in Kansas and Nebraska, till now he has over 20,000 acres. December 31, 1854, he was married at Wyanet to Miss H. H. Weaver, a daughter of Obadiah Weaver, who came from Allentown, Penn. , to Bureau County in 1844, and is yet living at Wyanet. Mrs. Knox is the mother of two sons and two daughters, viz. : Anson H. , born October 8, 1855; Mary K., June 10, 1857, wife of J. M. Stevens; Ada L., July 31, 1861; Frank, August 8, 1863. The sons are associated with their father in the land business. In 1867, on account of failing health, he had to leave his office, and in company with Mr. Joseph Taylor made the tour of Europe, remaining abroad one year. Judge Knox is far advanced in Masonry, having taken all degrees up to the Scottish Rite, the thirty-second degree.

ISAAC KURTZ, JR., Walnut, was born in Montgomery County, Penn., August 14, 1832, but from the age of eight years he was reared in Juniata County,Penn. In 1861 he came to Bureau County, 111., and in 1864 engaged in farming and shipping stock. At the age of nineteen years he had begun, while in Pennsylvania, shipping stock on his own account. He continued in the stock business and farming till 1875, since which time he has given his entire attention to stock, but still retains his farm, which contains 336 acres, in Bureau and Walnut Townships. For some years Mr. Kurtz has had as a partner, Mr. A. L. Wilson, of Walnut, and they have done an extensive business. During the years 1883 and 1884 they shipped each year about 400 head of horses to Juniata and Snyder Counties, Penn., where they sold mostly at public sale. They have also made a number of public sales of cattle in Bureau County, and in this way, during the summer of 1884, disposed of about 800 head of cattle, many of which were of the Jersey breed. Mr. Kurtz was married in this county to Mary J. Ross, only daughter of Jacob Ross, of Princeton. She is the mother of four children, viz.: Alcie, Jennie, John and Jay. In politics he is identified with the Democratic party.

ABRAHAM S. LANCE, Hall, was born November 28, 1831, in Warren County, N. J. The family is of German descent and the name was formerly written Lantz, and is still by some of the descendants. The great-grandparents are supposed to have come from the old country. The grandfather, George Lantz, was a farmer, and lived and died in Warren County, N. J. He reared a family of eight children, viz.: Michael, Martha, George, Abraham, John, Mrs. Anna Shoemaker, Mrs. Susan Ciphers and Mrs. Elizabeth Thatcher. Of these Abraham Lance married Mary Mixell, a native of New Jersey, where they both died. They had nine children who reached maturity, viz. : George, Mrs. Rebecca A. Vroom, Maria, Elizabeth, Catherine, Samantha, Mahala and Abraham

S. (twins), and Caroline. Abraham S. Lance was reared in New Jersey, and came to Bureau County in May, 1854. He worked by the month for two years, then bought eighty acres of land in Westfield Township, and nine acres of timber in Hall Township, where he has now 133 acres of well-improved land. He also owns 1,920 acres in Nebraska. Much of his successful life he owes to his thorough and systematic business habits. March 26, 1861, Mr. Lance was married, in this county, to Margaret Martin, who was born June 12,

1836, in Warren County, N. J. Her parents, Henry and Mary (Brown) Martin, were natives of New Jersey, and came to this county in 1855, where he died; but his widow still survives, and is the mother of nine children. Mr. and Mrs. Lance have one daughter, Olivia, born May 22, 1867. Mr. Lance is a member of the Bureau Baptist Church, and his wife of the Methodist. Politically he is a Democrat.

FRANK LANGWORTHY, Ohio, was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., November 20, 1836, and is the son of George and Louise Langworthy. The father was born in Vermont in December, 1803. The mother was born in New York in August, 1803. They were married in 1829, and were the parents of eight children, as follows: James J., Harvey, Amanda, Laura and Phebe A. are dead; Frank, John E. and Mary are those now living. The subject of this sketch first, came to this county with his parents in the fall of

1837, and settled in what is now Arispe Township, where they remained till 1846. He then removed with his parents to New Hampshire, where his parents died, the mother in 1852, the father in 1853. Frank remained in New Hampshire till 1851, when he went to York County, Me., and remained till 1855, when he returned to this county and settled in Ohio Township. In 1860, November 29, Mr. Langworthy married Rebecca Lesher, who was born in Wayne County, Ohio, August 15, 1836, and is the daughter of Daniel and Fannie Lesher. The father was born in Pennsylvania, the mother in Virginia. Both died in Ohio. The mother died in 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Langworthy are the parents of five children, four living: Albert D. was born November 12, 1861; Mary

E., January 1, 1864; Martha A., February 19, 1865; John E., May 12, 1866; Laura L., August 17, 1870, died March 17, 1871. Cyrus Langworthy, an uncle of the subject of this sketch, was the first Sheriff of Bureau County, and was elected on the first Monday in June, 1837. His nephew is still in possession of many thrilling incidents connected with the uncle's service during his years of office. The Langworthy family is of Scotch origin, and Mr. Langworthy has in his family a fine cut of the coat-of-arms of his Scotch ancestry. The Lesher family is of English and German origin. Martha A. Langworthy is a teacher in the public schools of this county. Mr. Langworthy is the owner of 120 acres in Ohio Township, 640 acres in Texas, and 160 in Dakota. In politics is a Republican, and a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.

P. G. LARSON, Princeton. A. P. Larson, father of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, is a native of Sweden, born May 28, 1816. At the age of eighteen he began learning the trade of joiner and cabinetmaker, and for years followed his trade successfully in the old country, at one time employing nine men to assist him in the shop. He was also the owner of a good farm, but lost all his property by being security for his brother. He was married in Sweden in 1843 to Anna C. Carlson, born August 17, 1815. To them one son and three daughters have been horn. One daughter was born in America and died here. The eldest daughter is now the wife of S. O. Josephson, a skilled mechanic of Princeton. The youngest daughter is the wife of John A. Stem, a prominent grocer of Princeton. In 1852 Mr. Larson came to America, and settled at Princeton, bringing with him his wife and oldest daughter. For some time he worked for other parties, but as soon as he had a small capital he invested in business for himself, gradually increasing it as his capital increased. May 1, 1870, the building he occupied was burned, but part of his stock of goods was saved, and this he moved into a temporary building, and immediately began the construction of his present brick business house. He and his son now carry a complete stock of furniture and undertaking goods, valued at about $4,000. His son, P. G. Larson, was born in Sweden, in the city of Wadstena, July 19, 1845. His early life was spent in his native town attending school. In 1858 he and his younger sister joined their parents in Princeton, where he attended school for some time. At the age of nineteen he began learning the trade of cabinet- maker, completing it in 1866 in Chicago, 111., with Ulricks Alexander, now A. H. Andrews & Co., manufacturers of desks, etc. He continued to follow his trade until 1880, since which time he has given his attention to undertaking and upholstering. He is a member of the Undertakers' Association of the State. April 29, 1869, Mr. Larson was married to Matilda U. Stem, who was born March 24, 1847. She died July 25, 1876, leaving two daughters: Minnie E., born June 9, 1870, and Bvelyne M., July 19, 1872. December 7, 1882, Mr. Larson was united in marriage in Princeton to Miss Jennie Paul, who was born in Bedford County, Penn., December 9, 1855. She is the daughter of David and Susan (Earnest) Paul, who are now residents of Princeton, having moved here during Mrs. Larson's infancy.

WATSON F. LAWTON, Sheffield, was born in Windham County, Vt. , December 29, 1828. He is the son of Israel and Malissa (Freeman) Lawton. Israel Lawton was born January 9, 1798, and died January 11, 1860. His wife was born August 27, 1801, and yet resides on the old homestead in Vermont. She is the mother of seven children, viz. : Mrs. Eveline Sargent, of Wilmington, Vt. ; Mrs. Sarah B. Adams, of Brooklyn, N. T.; Watson F., of Sheffield, 111.; Augusta L. Lawton, of Brooklyn, N .Y. ; Orsamus B., on the old homestead; Osear M., in New York City; and Cyren B., who was a Lieutenant in the Civil war in the Sixteenth Vermont Regiment, and was killed July 3, 1863, at the battle of Gettysburg. Our subject was reared on a farm, and had but little opportunity for attending school, only a few weeks in the winter time, but in his contact with the world he has imbibed the practical part of all education. In May, 1852, Mr. Lawton landed in Bureau County, 111. , and till 1854 he remained at Perkins Grove, in Clarion Township, but in 1854 located at the then new village of Sheffield, and the following year, after erecting a store-room, he in partnership with E. F. Pulsifer opened a general stock of merchandise, but after continuing in this bus - iness for nine years Mr. Lawton sold his interests, but soon after embarked in the same business in partnership with William Wilson, but in 1873 he retired from the mercantile life entirely in order to give his attention more to the stock business. In 1857 Mr. Lawton began buying and shipping stock, when it was carried by attaching the stock cars to the night passenger train. He has dealt quite extensively in stock until later years, during which time he has given most of his attention to his farms. Mr. Lawton came to this county with comparatively nothing, and borrowed money to start in business, but his has been an industrious life, and success has rewarded his industry. He now owns about 1,600 acres of land in Bureau County. In politics he is an active Republican. From 1865 to 1875, with the exception of two years, he was the member of the Board of Supervisors from this township, and during that time he was a member of the Drainage Committee, and except the first year was its Chairman, and to him this county owes much for its present drainage system. During his terms of office he paid for work for drainage about $140,000. He is a member of the Ames Lodge, No. 142, A. F. & A. M., of Sheffield. January 30, 1856, he returned to his native county in Vermont, and was united in marriage to Miss Carrie T. Estabrook, who was born June 27, 1830. She is the mother of two children, viz. : Alice C., born December 25, 1856, and now tho wife of Henry Howard, of Sheffield, and Edwin W., born August 30, 1864. Mrs. Lawton is the daughter of Henry and Hannah S. (Clapp) Estabrook. The mother was born in 1800, and died April 10, 1883. They were the parents of six children, viz.: Mrs. Harriet Haynes, of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mrs. Minerva Harris, of Mineral, 111.; Wells Estabrook, deceased; Mrs. Maryett Ward, who died in Putney, Vt. ; Mrs. Carrie T. Lawton, of Sheffield; and William Estabrook, deceased.

becca (Richards) Lee, were natives of Connecticut, where the former was a carriagemaker. He is yet living with our subject, aged nearly eighty-seven years. His father, Timothy Lee, was a native of Connecticut, but of English descent. In regard to the genealogy of the Lee family, it is known that four brothers came to America from England in an early day. One settled in the South, and was the progenitor of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Our subject was educated in New Haven, Conn. In 1857 he came to DeKalb County, 111., where Dr. Merriam was his preceptor in the study of medicine. In 1859, at the death of his mother, our subject returned to Connecticut, where he resided till 1861, when he enlisted as a private in the Tenth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers. After the expiration of his term he re- enlisted in the Twentieth Regiment, and was appointed Hospital Steward, serving till the fall of 1864, when he was taken sick and returned home. In the summer of 1865 he attended a course of lectures at Yale College, graduating the same year, and then removed to Aurora, Kane Co., 111. He followed his profession there for two years, and then went to Lee County, where he practiced till 1880, when he came to Tiskilwa, where he now follows his profession with marked success. Dr. Lee was married in October, 1856, in Connecticut, to Lucy A. Abell, born July, 1839, in Middlesex County, Conn. She is a daughter of J. L. and Sarah (Young) Abell, and is the mother of six children now living, viz.: Mrs. Gracie M. Fitch, of Chicago, Mrs. Addie A. Benson, Charles F., Ernest, Mary D. and Kittie C. Dr. and Mrs. Lee are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is an A. F. & A. M. and a Republican.

H. B. LEEPER, Princeton, was born April 16, 1821, in Bond County, 111. He is a son of Judge John Leeper, who was a native of Bedford County, Penn., where he was born August 23, 1786. He died December 14, 1835, in Leepertown Township, Bureau Co. , 111. Judge Leeper was educated in his native county. He was a man of sterling qualities, such as have often characterized our Illinois frontier men - a man suited to the times, and a pioneer in the true sense of the word, but of that superior quality which could build up and further any good enterprise. It may truly be said that he was a leader in every community where he lived. He took a special interest in church matters, and assisted in the building of different edifices. Early in life he moved to Georgia with his parents, and there became a farmer. (See General History.) He moved to Jacksonville in Morgan County in November 2, 1823. "While there he was elected a member of the Legislature, and was also County Judge of that county. October 10, 1831, he came to Putnam County, where he lived two years near Hennepin, and then crossed the Illinois River and settled in what is now known as Leepertown Township, Bureau County. The township was named after him. Here, in 1834, he erected a very fine water-mill at a cost of nearly $13,000, a big sum in those days. It had a carding and saw-mill attached, and in those days when even a horse-mill was considered quite a convenience this water-mill was considered a blessing, and when it burnt to the ground in 1838 it was considered a great calamity. For a distance of thirty miles in ail directions, even as far as the Rock River country, the people would patronize this "niill. In the neighborhood of the mill the Judge owned 900 acres of land. His main occupation, even in this county, was farming, and on his farm he died. His home was ever open to the stranger, to the poor and needy, none appealing to him in vain. His home was the resort of the minister, who often held meetings in it, the Judge being an Elder of the Presbyterian Church. Judge Leeper was married in 1806 to Fidillis McCord, who was born December 22, 1790, in North Carolina. She died May 14, 1840, in Putnam County, 111., and with her husband lies buried in the Princeton cemetery. She was a daughter of Robert and Fannie (Black) McCord. She was one of a family of eighteen children, and was herself the .mother of fourteen children, of whom five are now living, viz. : James, a resident of California; Charles, a resident of Ford County, 111. : Mrs. Mary Stuart, of Philadelphia; "William H., of Page County, Neb., and Harvey B. , whose name heads this sketch.

James Leeper, the father of Judge Leeper, was a native of Ireland, where he was born February 28, 1743. He died April 14, 1811, in Bedford County, Tenn. He was also a farmer, and came to the United States with his parents, Allen and Elizabeth (Cnmmings) Leeper, who were of Scotch descent. James Leeper married Mary Blair, a native of Down County, Ireland, who died March 29, 1828. She was a daughter of Hugh and Mary (Dawson) Blair, both natives of Ireland. A sister of James Leeper married Thomas Ewing. Gen. Ewing, who is a brother-in-law of Gen. Sherman, is of this family. Harvey B. Leeper was twelve years old when he came to this county. He re ceived a limited education in a log schoolhouse in Putnam County, to which place he had moved in 1839. Here he farmed; then followed the carpenter's trade, three years, after which he taught school for a number of years, especially in the winter, farming in the summer. In 1860 he was elected Sheriff of Putnam County, serving one term, and then bought and sold land for a number of years. In the fall of 1864 he removed to Normal, 111. , where he dealt in real estate. While there he was elected and served as President of the Soldiers' Orphan Home. In the fall of 1874 he came to Princeton, where he now resides. In 1843, November 23, he was married to Mary A. Laughlin, who was born April 15, 1823, in Bond County, 111. She is a daughter of Samuel D. and Rebecca (Dunlavy) Laughlin. Mr. and Mrs. Leeper are members of the Congregational Church, in which he is a Deacon. In political matters he is a Republican.

F. J. LEIBIGER, Princeton, was born in Easton, Northampton Co., Penn., March 7, 1843. He is the son of M. and C. Leibiger, who were born in Baden-Baden, Germany, but came to the United States in 1837. By trade the father was a stone mason; he died December, 1881. The mother yet resides at the old home in Pennsylvania. She is the mother of four sons and two daughters, all of whom are living and are married. The subject of this sketch remained at home till he was fourteen years of age, and then was apprenticed to a jeweler in Philadelphia for five years ; this jeweler was an Englishman, and had learned his trade in London. After remaining for five years with him, Mr. Leibiger went to work with some jewelers who had learned their trade in Switzerland. With these he remained for two years and three months. After this he worked as a journeyman watchmaker for about three years. He then went to Wamego, Pottawatomie Co., Kan., in 1869, having nothing but his tools, but he opened a shop and continued till 1873, when he came to Princeton, bringing about $2,000 with him, which he had made in Warnego. This money he applied on a stock of goods which he opened in North Princeton. He has continued in the business since, and has been remarkably successful ; his stock of goods and fixtures reach at least $8,000 in value. One secret of Mr. Leibiger's success is the thoroughness with which he does his work. His long years of apprenticeship gave him a skill which few possess - there being scarcely any kind of intricate work which he cannot do. He was married in Princeton, January, 1874, to1 Miss Sophia M. Richards, who was born in May, 1845, and is the daughter of Franklin Richards, a retired farmer of Princeton. To Mr. and Mrs. Leibiger one son was born - Henry N., born October, 1874. In politics Mr. L. is identified with the Republican party.

ALBERT LEWIS, Ohio, was born September 16, 1827, in Belmont County, Ohio, and is the son of Thomas and Lydia Lewis, of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio at an early day, and settled in the county where the subject of this sketch was born. He resided in his native county until 1849, when he went to Johnson County, Ind., and remained there till 1850. He then returned to Ohio, where he resided till 1852, when he came to this county, arriving at Princeton March 12. He located in Ohio Township, where he worked on a farm till May 24, 1855, when he married Annie M. .Riser. She is the daughter of George and Magdalene Kiser, formerly of Pennsylvania, and was born November 3, 1831, at Allegheny, Penn. The father was born November 20, 1799. The mother was born February 17, 1800, and died in this county October 2, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Kiser removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1833, where they remained till

1843, when they came to this county and settled on Government land. Of Mr. Riser's family there were ten children, six of whom are now living, as follows: Lewis Kiser is fanning in Nebraska; Daniel is living in Sedgwick, Kan.; David is at Newton, Iowa; James is at State Center, Iowa; Annie M. Lewis has a pleasant home with the subject of this sketch at Ohio, 111.; Caroline Mead lives on a farm near Edenville, Iowa; Lewis, Aaron and Benjamin F. were all members of Company B, Ninety third Illinois Infantry during the late war. Aaron died at Mamphis, Tenn., March 3, 1863; Benjamin F. died at Centerville, Ga., October 9, 1864, of wounds received at the battle of Allatoona Pass. Mr. Lewis first settled after his marriage at Princeton in 1855, where he remained till March, 1857. He then settled in Ohio Township on the farm now occupied by S. B. Tower, where he remained a year, when he removed to the farm on which he now lives, being the north one half of southeast quarter Section 14. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are the parents of five children, three of whom are now living, as follows: Herman E. Lewis was born June 27, 1856, and is now married and living on his own farm in Iowa; Harry W. Lewis was born May 29, 1861, and died August 29, 1862; Geuve A. Lewis was born May 18, 1863; Albert E. Lewis and Delbert E. Lewis were born March 2, 1869; Delbert E. Lewis died March 11, 1870. Mr. Lewis owns besides his farm in Ohio Township 320 acres in Bi-own County, Dak. In politics was formerly a Whig, and is now a Republican.

JOSEPH W. LEWIS, Arlington, was born July 25, 1810, in Fayette County, Penn. He is a son of Noah Lewis, a farmer by occupation, who was born March 28, 1767, near New York City. He died November 6, 1825, in Fayette County, Penn. Noah Lewis married Esther Woodmansee, who was born March 16, 1788, in Redstone Township, Fayette Co., Penn. She was a daughter of Joseph and Ann (Rodgers) Woodmansee, who were good old-fashioned Quakers. Mrs. Esther Lewis died March 27, 1868. She was the mother of the following children: Eliza, Joseph W. (our subject), George, Mary A., John W., James, Nancy, Alfred and Noah Lewis.

Of the above, Mrs. Nancy Winters, Joseph W., James and Alfred Lewis are yet living. Our subject was reared in his native State, where he also learned the carpenters' trade. In the fall of 1831, after reaching his majority, he went to Belmont County, Ohio, where he followed his trade till 1851, when he removed to Lamoille Township, Bureau Co., 111., where he bought a farm of 177 acres, which he yet owns. He farmed a little, but worked at his trade most of the time. He came to Arlington in 1856, and has made that town his home ever since. Here he is living a retired life. He supported his aged mother for years, and is universally liked, and better known by the name of " Uncle Joe." Religiously Mr. Lewis is connected with the Presbyterian Church. Politically he is now a Republican, and was formerly a Whig.

M. A. LEWIS, deceased. Of the men in Bureau County who have made Neponset Township their home, and who have always striven to make themselves useful to the community where they resided, and whose influence for good was felt by all who came in contact with them, we know of none who deserve more credit than the subject of this biography, Morgan A. Lewis, who was born October 27, 1833, in Carlisle, Penn. His grandparents, Morgan A., and Rachel (Hudson) Lewis, were of Welsh descent, and were born near Philadelphia, Penn. The former had a good education, and was a teacher by occupation. They reared a family of six children, and died in Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Penn. The parents of M. A. Lewis were Amos H. and Mary (Pleam) Lewis, both natives of Pennsylvania. The former died in Burlington, Iowa, and the latter in Bureau County, 111. They were farmers by occupation and came to Hickory Grove, Neponset Township, Bureau Co., 111., in 1850. They were the parents of eight children, viz.: Levi; Christian P., of Decatur, Iowa; Mrs. Evelina Chalander, Mrs. Mary A. Akin, Cyrus B., Morgan A. deceased; Mrs. Rachel King, of Chicago, and Mrs. Susan Osburn, of Princeton. Morgan A. Lewis was reared in Pennsylvania, and there received the benefits of a common school education. He came here with his parents in 1850, making farming his occupation. He was married here November

2, 1854, to Miss Emma J. Blackburn, who survives him. She was born January 26, 1836, near Leeds, in Yorkshire, England. Her parents, George and Susan (Hodgson) Blackburn, were natives of England. They died in Kewanee, 111. Mrs. Lewis came to this country with her parents in 1842. She is yet residing on the homestead left her by her industrious husband. She is the mother of four children, viz. : Charles H., born March 14, 1856; Mrs. Ella M. Bennett, born May 26, 1858 (she is the mother of two children, viz.: Clyde L. and Clarence S.); George W., born September 2, 1862; and Florence L., born July 6, 1870. Morgan A. Lewis was a man of considerable influence in Neponset Township, where he filled different offices with tact and ability. Politically he was a Greenbacker the last years of his life, but always voted for the best man. For many years he was the Master of the A. F. & A. M. fraternity. He was a friend of the poor, a good neighbor and ever willing to support a good cause. He took a deep interest in the affairs of the soldiers, the decoration of their graves, and in the W. S. Bryan Post of the G. A. R. He was justly called the " soldier's friend," and as an evidence of their esteem the Post made him a present of a handsome gold -headed cane. This friend of the poor, of the soldier and of humanity died March 1, 1884.

SWAN LINN, Princeton, was born in 1852 in Skaraborg, Wester Gotlan, Sweden. In 1869 he left his native land and came to Princeton, which he has since made his home. He landed here with nothing, and for five years worked on a farm, then clerked for two years in the store of Swan Bros., after which he, in partnership with Andrew Johnson, bought out the store of Swan Bros. The firm of Linn & Johnson continued for two years, when Mr. Johnson bought the entire stock, and Mr. Linn returned to Sweden for six months; but he again came to Princeton and opened a stock of goods under Immke's photograph gallery. After three years in that stand he bought Nelson's grocery store, and moved into the room then occupied by Nelson; but this soon proved to be too small for his ever increasing stock of goods, so he opened his present double store rooms, one occupied by groceries, and the other by dry goods, the entire stock averaging in value about $8, 000 or $10, 000. Mr. Swan Linn is a thorough-going business man, who is ever ready to invest where there is a good opening, and so has bought out several stocks of goods since first starting in business. For nine months in 1883 he owned a store in Chicago, but it was run by a partner till they sold out. Swan Linn & Co. have built up one of the largest businesses in Princeton, and have a trade not surpassed by any. Mr. Linn is a member of the Swedish Mission Church. In politics he is Republican.

AUGUST LIPKE, Hall, was born April 6, 1833, in Neubarnum, Brandenburg, Germany. His parents, William and Helena (Lauersdorf) Lipka, were natives of the same place, and the father died there. The mother came to America in the fall of 1847 with her children, William, Charles, Ferdinand, Henry, August and Lena. They settled in Dodge County, Wis., where the mother died. In 1849 August Lipke went to Chicago, where he learned the blacksmith's trade, and worked at that for four years. In 1853 he came to Peru and followed his trade until 1869, when he moved onto his farm in Hall Township, Bureau County, where he now resides. He began with a farm of 160 acres, and has through energy and industry added to it, till he now owns 400 acres in this county, and 2,052 acres in Nebraska, near Sioux City Mr. Lipke was married, September 1, 1855, in Peru, to Johanna Fienhold, born August 19, 1834, in Weisensee, Saxony, Germany, a daughter of John and Mary Fienhold. Mrs. Lipke is the mother of eight children now living, viz.: Lena, Rieka, Frederick William, Anna, Augusta, Minnie, William C. and Henry F. C. Mr. and Mrs. Lipke are members of the German Evangelical Church. Politically he is a Republican.

ELIJAH LITTLE, Westfield, was born May 23, 1823, in Warren County, N. J. He is a son of William and Sarah (Ayers) Little, natives of New Jersey, where they died. They were the parents of ten children who reached maturity. Elijah Little farmed in New Jersey till June, 1847, when he came West by water and stage and settled in Westfield Township, Bureau County, 111. He was fascinated by the Western wilds, especially the gentle sloping prairie south of Lost Grove, where he bought 160 acres of land at $1.25 per acre. Mr. Little has been an industrious and successful farmer, and DOW owns 672 acres of land. He has served the people faithfully in the capacity of Justice of the Peace for a period of eight years. He was married, June 11, 1856, to Elizabeth Smith, also a native of Warren County, N. J., born February 23, 1834. Her parents, Joseph and Anna (Oliver) Smith, were also natives of New Jersey. The former was of French and Scotch and the latter of German extraction. Mr. and Mrs. Little are among the old settlers of Westfield Township, whose prairies they helped to convert into blooming and fertile fields. They are the parents of the following children: Mrs. Sarah A. Mercer, Mrs. Lucinda Wright, Mary, John W. (of Nebraska), Mrs. Emma Weir (of Calaveras County, Cal.), Mrs. Isabel Trimmer (of Stark County, 111.), Amanda B., Charles R., Mattie J. and Estella E. Little.

THOMAS J. LOCKWOOD, Buda, was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., April 16, 1827. He is the son of Thomas and Fanny (Frantz) Lockwood. He was born in Westchester Conn., January 8, 1802, but she was born in Chestnut Hill, Penn., November 30, 1806. They were married in Hinsdale, N. Y., in November, 1825. He died October 24, 1862, in Hinsdale, N. Y., but she died in this county September 29, 1881. She was the mother of eleven children, of whom our subject is the eldest. Eight of the family are yet living. The following are the members of the family: Thomas J. , of Buda; Sarah A., of this county, wife of Josiah Baty; James M. , of Hinsdale, N. Y.; Margaret F. Baum, of Lenox, Iowa, wife of Henry Baum; Mrs. Virginia E. Kitterman, died in this county, September 1, 1881; Catherine A., wife of Ransom McNall, of Des Moines, Iowa; Charles F., of Port Jervis, N. Y. ; George, of Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. Fanny Howe, died in San Jose, Cal., December 5, 1863 ; Francis P. , and Mary R. , who died September 17, 1874, at Buda. The early life of Thomas J. Lockwood was that of a lumberman; but in 1855 he came to Bureau County, 111. In August, 1862, he answered at the country's call for 600,000 men, and enlisted in Company C, Ninety-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He served as Second Lieutenant till at the battle of Champion Hills he received a gun-shot wound which entirely destroyed his sight. He was discharged January, 1864, and now receives a pension of $72 per month. After returning from the service he engaged in various occupations till about 1870, when he began dealing in agricultural implements, which business he still carries on successfully. In 1880 he built the Lockwood Block in Buda, which is a large substantial brick building with storerooms below, and a commodious hall above. January 3, 1873, he was married in New Bedford, 111., to Mrs. A. E. Gibson. She was born in New York, and is the daughter of E. H. and Mary Ann Baxter, both natives of the State of New York, but came to Bureau County, 111. , in 1857, and Mrs. Baxter yet lives here, but her husband died in Iowa. Mrs. Lockwood is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. L. is identified with the Republican party in politics, and is a member of the G. A. R. Post of Buda.

MRS. HARRIET N. LOYD, Princeton, was born July 7, 1829, in Northampton, Mass. Her parents were Charles and Mary (Strong) Phelps; both were natives of Massachusetts, and both died here. He was a son of Ebenezer Phelps. The complete genealogy of that family appears in another part of this work. Mrs. Loyd has been married twice. Her first husband was Isaac Carpenter, a native of New York. He died here. In early life he was a wagon-maker by occupation, but his last years were spent on the farm. He was the father of two children, viz. : Mary W. and Charles W. Her second husband was John S. Loyd, a native of New York State. He died in 1862, while a soldier in our late war. Charles W. Carpenter was married to Miss Estella Clapp, a native of Princeton, 111. She died in February, 1883. Mr. Charles W. Carpenter is engaged in farming. He and his mother and sister are living together. He is a member of the Congregational Church, but his mother and sister belong to the Christian Church.

born in Cortland County, N. Y., May 1, 1816. His father, David H. Manrose, was a native of Massachusetts, and moved with his wife, Anna Gary, to New York, where he was engaged in farming until his death. They were the parents of fourteen children, of whom only two are living, our subject and a sister, Betsey E. Hammond, of Cortland County, N. Y. Nathan C. Manrose was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. His occupation in life has been chiefly that of farming. In 1842 he came to Bureau County, and settle'd in Wyanet Township in the Centre Grove neighborhood, where he lived for seven years, and then removed to Wyanet. He was engaged in the drug business for five years, but has now retired from active life. August 21, 1842, he was married in New York, to Sarah Jane Newton, born in Long Island, N. Y., June 27, 1820. Her parents, Caleb and Mary (Tuttle) Newton, were natives of Long Island, and in 1824 removed to Cortland County, and resided in that part of the State till their deaths. They were the parents of six children, four of whom are now living: Charity B. (deceased), wife of Philip G. Norwood; Nancy K., wife of Erastus Johnson, of Broom County, N. Y. ; Mrs. N. C. Manrose, Sylvester S., of Wyanet; John W. , died at the age of twenty-two; Francis E., of Lincoln, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Manrose have four children: Mary, wife of George Furgeson, of Glidden, Iowa: Hattie C., at home; Newton, a farmer of Wyanet Township; Emma, wife of Edward Golding, of Glidden, Iowa. In politics Mr. Manrose is Republican. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ANDREW MARPLE, Sheffield. David Marple was born in Frederick County, Va., August 15, 1810, but about 1829 emigrated from Virginia to Belmont County, Ohio, where he was married March 12, 1830, to Elizabeth Watkins, who was born in that county January 21, 1813. In 1837 they removed to Bureau County, 111., and settled on Bureau Creek, near where Wyanet DOW is, but in later years lived in Selby Township, and then in Gold, where Mr. Marple was the second settler. In 1858 they removed to Sheffield, where they have since continued to reside. His leading occupation during life has been that of farming, but for some years after coming here was engaged in coopering also. They are the parents of ten children, seven of whom yet survive, viz.: Andrew, William F., Joseph, Lucinda, Richard S., George and Jane. Lucinda is the wife of J. M. Parke, of Woodson County, Kan. Jane is the wife of Thomas Masters, of Sheffield. Two of the sons, William and George, are merchants in Osage City, Kan., but the other sons are merchants in Sheffield. Mr. and Mrs. Marple also have twenty- nine grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. Andrew Marple was born in Belmont County, Ohio, January 26, 1831, came to this county with his parents in 1837, and followed farming till 1880, when he came to Sheffield, but still owns his farm of 306 acres in Concord Township* In the fall of 1882 he began dealing in agricultural implements in Sheffield, in partnership with George M. Peterson. October 28, 1852, he was married to Susannah Hollingshead, a native of the same county as Mr. Marple. She died January 29, 1871, and was the mother of five children, viz.: Hannah E. , Martha J., Rachel A., David H. and Lncinda. December 25, 1871, he was married to Hannah Conklin, who was born in Greene County, Penn. In politics Mr. Marple is identified with the Republican party, and has filled various township offices. He is a member of Ames Lodge, No. 142, A. F. & A. M., of Sheffield, and also of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JOHN MARRIOTT, Lamoille, who is the subject of the following biography, was born November 15, 1827, in Nottinghamshire, England. His parents, William and Jane (Talbott) Marriott, were natives of the above place, where they died. They were the parents of the following children: Mary (deceased), Fannie (deceased), William, John, Elizabeth, Jane, Henry and Anna Marriott, all of whom came to the United States except Fannie. In June, 1850, Mr. Marriott immigrated and came direct to Lamoille, 111., and was afterward followed by his brothers and sisters. At first he worked by the month, at $11 per month, but as soon as he got a little money ahead he got a horse and with a small borrowed capital purchased a meat market. Although this was a small beginning, yet it was the corner-stone to our subject's present prosperity. Mr. Marriott soon conceived the idea of feeding stock, and picking up a few practical lessons about the business, and gaining the friendship of Isaac H. Norris, another prominent Bureau County stockman, which friendship yet exists, he embarked in the enterprise with true English integrity. At first his lots of stock were small, but he became ambitious to own 100 head of cattle and soon afterward realized his wish, and of this drove he sold eighty head at one time for $10,000 which created quite a stir at that time and is yet remembered by stockmen, but little stock being fed in this county at the time. For a period of about eight years he was in partnership with I. H. Norris in the shipping business. To -day Mr. Marriott is at the head of the cattle business in Bureau County, and is only second in the State of Illinois, the report "John Marriott has again topped the market," appearing quite frequently in our dailies. At first he rented pasture, but now owns about 200 acres of land lying mostly in the town corporation and valued at about $110 per acre. He prepares all his cattle for the market and has probably the best facilities for feeding in the State, having fine natural springs in the pastures, and feeding on an average 600 head of cattle per annum. Mr. Marriott has been instrumental in the introduction of oil cake feeding, the 3 per cent rule, and other things pertaining to the stock business. Mr. Marriott was joined in marriage to Elizabeth Mc- Climent, a native of New Brunswick, and of Scotch descent. She is the mother of five children, viz. : Joseph, Mrs. Nellie J. Stevenson, Mrs. Laura Betz, of Chicago, Isaac N. and John McCliment Marriott. Mr. Marriott takes a deep interest in home affairs, and though rather neutral in political matters has been identified with the Republican party.

M. M. MARTIN, Selby, was born in Warren County, N. J., February 10, 1836. His parents, Henry and Mary A. (Brown) Martin, were both natives of Warren County, N. J. The father was born in 1803. and the mother in 1808. His father, James Martin, was a Revolutionary soldier. Henry

Martin was a farmer, and in 1856 settled with his family in Selby Township, Bureau County, two miles north of De Pue. He died in Maiden, in 1877, where he had removed two years before. His widow still resides there. Mrs. Martin has two older sisters living: Mrs. Nancy Mucklow is ninety three years of age and lives in Warren County, N. J. ; .the other, Mrs. Sally Slack, is eighty-two years of age, and lives at Washington, D. C. During the war she was in Virginia on her farm between Manassas and Bull Run, and although both armies camped on her farm at different times yet she managed to save her house. Mrs. Martin has one brother, James Brown, now living in Michigan. She is the mother of ninechildren, viz.: Margaret, wife of A. Lance, of Westfield Township; Harriet, wife of M. K. Callinan, of Selby; Matthew M., our subject; Peter A., of Selby Township; John D. , a twin brother, was killed in the war, Company B, Ninetythird Volunteer Infantry, at Allatoona Ga ; Rachel, wife of George Barr, of Berlin Township; Ann O. , died in girlhood; Maria, wife of F. A. Long, Benton County, Iowa; Lizzie; wife of Harrison Strong, of Beiiton County, Iowa. M. M. Martin was reared in Warren County, N. J., and educated in the schools of his native State and also in this county. His occupation has always been that of farming in Selby Township, where he now resides in Section 16. He and his wife own nearly 500 acres. The original Shabbona Schoolhouse is still standing on his farm, a house which all the early preachers of the county have occupied at various times. June 13, 1867, he was married to Maria L. Hall, who was born November 16, 1847, and is a daughter of Ransom Hall, and grand-daughter of John Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have one child, Mary Cecil, born October 24, 1877. Mr. Martin is identified with the Greenback party. For three years he was a member of "the County Board of Supervisors, and has also held other township offices. He is a member of Bureau Lodge, A. F. & A. M. , No. 112, of Princeton. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Maiden.

Hia parents, Snowden and Elizabeth (Thorn burg) Martin, were natives of Virginia. The latter died at Mendota, 111. She was the mother of the following children: William, John S., Isabelle, Jane and Mary. Of the above John S. was killed in 1852, while on his way to California. Snowden Martin was a staff officer under Gen. Jackson, and died of yellow fever while in the service. He was the owner of a large plantation in Virginia, and owned many slaves which he freed during his life, thus setting a glorious example which only a few followed. William Martin was reared in Ohio, to which he came with his parents in 1817. About the year 1830 he traveled through the northern part of Illinois to the Mississippi River, and then conceived the idea of settling in Elkhorn Grove. In April, 1838, he started for the above place from Ohio, but when he got to Princeton, 111., he had only $1.05, and resolved to make Bureau County his home. He lived one year north of Dover, 'and then rented a farm in Lamoille Township. In 1840 he took up a claim in the northwest quarter of Section 21, which he afterward entered. He was warned by his friends not to settle on the prairie, as he would never have any neighbors, nor have a chance to send his children to school. His advisers found afterward that it was their mistake. Mr. Martin encountered many obstacles when he first settled here, and was sick with the ague one year; yet he overcame all, and though small in stature, was a hard worker, and acquired a farm of 600 acres. He died on his homestead December 7, 1877, at a good old age. William Martin was married in Ohio to Jane Moore, who was born October 5, 1811. She died here September 18, 1875. She was the mother of nine children, viz. : Isabelle, Eliza, Amanda, Snowden J., Isaac M., Mary E., W. Scott, Z. Taylor and S. Frances. Of the above Eliza and Isaac M. are deceased. W. Scott Martin was born December 3, 1846. He was married here to Mildred E. Pierce, who was born October 5, 1849, in Berlin Township, of which her parents, James and Esther (Green) Pierce, were early settlers.

CYRUS P. MASON, Concord. John Mason was born in Deerfield, N. H., January 7, 1798. When he was but four years of age his father died, and three years later he lost his mother also. He had but one sister, Anna Erwen Mason, who was born May 24, 1795, and died in 1883 in Concord, N. H., and left one daughter, now Mrs. Mary Blake, of Concord, N. H. In early life John Mason was bound to Edmund Stevens, to learn the tanner and currier's trade, and his life was such that he had but small opportunities for an education; however, he learned to read and write, and then to cipher, using the hides in the tannery for his slate. After serving his time of apprenticeship, he never afterward followed his trade, but engaged in different occupations. In

I 1835 he removed from his then home in Pittsfield, N. H., to Illinois, and landed at Pekin June 15, 1835; and five of the family of seven had to be carried off the boat to the shore, on account of sickness. His first settlement was at Black Partridge Point, in what is now Woodford County, and the following year, 1836, the town of Metamora was laid out on land adjoining his farm. In 1841 he came to Bureau County, and settled at French Grove. That year he made brick, and the following year built a two-story brick house, which was the first house erected on the present site of Buda, and yet remains. In 1844 he sold this, and the following year settled the farm now owned by his son, Cyrus P. . and it was there he met his death, May 5, 1860. He was crushed by the falling of a large stone he was trying to bury in the field. He was married in Canterbury, N. H., March 7, 1820, to' Abigail Robey, who was born at Pittsfield, N. H., December 17, 1793, and died in this county November 20, 1865. She was the mother of the following named children: William H., born August 13, 1821; Abigail, born February 22, 1823; John W., born May 27, 1825; Stephen R., j born June 18, 1827, and Cyrus P., born August 13, 1831. William H. now resides in Macon Township, where he settled November 10, 1847. He was married January 24, 1844, to Phebe A. Drawyer. She died in October, 1852. By his present wife, Mehitable Kaime Mason, to whom he was married June 27, 1853; he has one son, William K. Abigail A. was married May

4, 1843, to Benjamin Rowell, who resides iu this county, and has five children living. John W. married Achsah M. Brainard, March 16, 1847, by whom he has five children living; he died November 21, 1860. Stephen R. Mason was married to Mary A. Brainard June 10, 1852, and also has five children living: he is a practicing physician at Deval's Bluff, Ark. Cyrus P. Mason was united in marriage January 8, 1860, to Sarah J. Noyes, who was born in Springfield, N. H., February 25, 1833, and is the mother of two sons, viz. : Parker N. , born October 4, 1862, and Orris W., born June 21, 1864. Mrs. Mason is the daughter of James and Sally (Philbrick) Noyes. The father was born July 20, 1789, and died September 10, 1842. The mother was born July 29, 1798, and yet survives. They were the parents of five daughters, viz.: Mrs. Ursula Durham, of Lee County, 111. ; Mrs. Caroline P. Loverin, of Princeton, 111.; Milly M. , who died in her twenty-second year; Sarah E., who died young, and Mrs. Sarah J. Mason.

MARSHAL MASON, deceased, was born January 1, 1809, in Union County, Ky. He died November 12, 1857, on his farm in Bureau County, 111., to which he came in June, 1834, settling on Section 16, in Dover Township, on the north side of Bureau Creek. There he entered 160 acres of land, and on it built the first cabin north of Bureau Creek in this county. He improved his land and was a successful farmer: afterward he bought eighty acres more. Marshal Mason was a man of excellent qualities, and the old pioneers of Bureau County remember him as a good neighbor and stanch friend. He was married, July 31, 1832, in Kentucky, to Ann E. Barker, who was one of a family of ten children. She was born June 26, 1813, in Uni on Coun ty, Ky. Her parents were Thomas and Sarah (Lay) Barker, who were natives of Virginia, but reared in Fayette County, Ky., where they resided till they were married, and then moved to Union County, Ky., where they both died. Mrs. Mason is the mother of ten children, viz.: Sarah, Dorcas, John, Elma, Thomas B. , Oscar, Amanda, Darius, Mary and Marshal. Of the above Dorcas is the only one now living. John Mason married Ann Gray. Their son, John M. Mason, was born August 2, 1868; he is yet living. His father died October 4, 1836 ; his mother is now the wife of William Dunlap. Thomas B. Mason served as a soldier in our late war in Company B of the Ninety-third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Lookout Mountain, and died at Andersonville prison, May 3, 1864, aged twenty-four years. Mrs. Mason and her daughter Dorcas removed to Princeton in 1877, where they have resided ever since She yet owns the old home place, which she has managed with great success since her husband's death.

JOHN MASTERS, Leepertown. Richard C. Masters, father of the above-named gentleman, was born in New York State, where he spent his youth. He was married in Virginia to Agnes Cochran, a native of that State. About four years later, in 1810, they removed to Kentucky, where they resided until 1826, when they came to Illinois and settled at Springfield. In 1833 he came to Bureau County and built a house, and the following year brought his family, settling three miles north of Dover. By trade he was a wagon-maker, and had followed that until he came to Bureau County, when he invested in land, and afterward gave his attention to farming. He resided here until a short time before his death, when he went to live with his son Robert, in Minnesota, and died there in 1872, at the age of eighty-seven years. His wife died in this county about three years previous, at the age of seventy-two years. They were the parents of five sons and one daughter: Robert C., of Northfield, Minn.; John, of Bureau County; Elviiia, wife of Thomas Cole, died in 1882; James, of Nebraska City, Neb.; A. Campbell, died in 1878 in this county, and William, of Fort Scott, Kan. John Masters was born May 1, 1811, in Warren County, Ky., near Bowling Green, coining with his parents to this county in 1834. His occupation has been that of farming and milling. In 1839 he built a saw-mill, and for the last twenty years has been in the grist-mill business, most of the time on the present site, which was first built upon by James Peters in 1833, located on Big Bureau, Section 18. He was married March 4, 1841, to Maria Belknap, born in New York State, August 19, 1822. She came to this county from Ohio, and died April 26, 1878. She was the mother of five sons and one daughter, viz.: Arzy, Miles, both at the Bed Mill; Edgar and Oren, at Farmington, Iowa; Parker, of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Lillie, wife of Charles Averill, of Leepertown Township. All of the sons are millers. Miles Masters, born December 4, 1846, in Dover Township, was married February 6, 1868, to Lana A. Rhodes. She was born in Pennsylvania, July 12, 1849. They have five children, viz.: Lewis G., born November 23, 1868; Nettie M., September 12, 1870; Alford P., May 9, 1874; Ora D., October 5, 1876; Lillia M. , July 13, 1881. He was in the service in Company A, One Hundred and Fortyeighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, for about five months at the close of the war.

C. H. MASTERS, Princeton, was born in Bureau County, 111., February 4, 1843. His early life was spent in this county till 1852, when he went to Missouri and Kansas with his father, and resided in different places till 1861, when he enlisted in Company B, Tenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and served in the army till September 30, 1865, when he received his discharge. His service was rendered mostly on the frontier. In 1861 he was in Gen. Lane's famous brigade, but most of the time was under the command of Gen. Blunt, but was under Gen. Thomas at the battle of Nashville, December 15, 1864, at which battle he was wounded, and was confined to the hospital for six months, but returned to his regiment as soon as able, and served till its discharge. During his service he did provost duty in St. Louis for nine months, while Gen. Rosecrans was commander of the department. In 1866 Mr. Masters came again to Princeton, and began learning photography with his uncle, W. H. Masters. In 1869 he started a gallery for himself, and with the exception of a short intermission has continued in the business ever since, and has met with the success he so evidently deserves. In politics he is identified with the Republican party. He is a member of the Ferris Post, No. 309, G. A. R. He was married, in Princeton, 111., September 3, 1867, to Miss Mary Mathews, a native of Vermont, and a daughter of Henry Mathews, deceased. Our subject's father, A. C. Masters, was one of the early settlers of Bureau County. (See sketch of his brother, John Masters.) By trade he was a cabinet-maker, but most of his life in this county was spent on the farm. He died in Buda, about 1878.

E. M. MATSON, Dover. Peter Matson, father of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was born in Virginia in 1802. He was married when about nineteen years of age to Jane Dawson, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1800. Both had removed with their parents to Ohio when children, and there grew to maturity. In 1845, with their ten children, they came to Illinois, and landed at Hermepin, after having come down the Ohio and up the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, spending their first night in the warehouse by the river. They then settled in Dover Township, and it was here that Mr. Matson died in 1854; his wife, however, survived him many years. Our subject, E. M. Matson, is the oldest of the family of ten children, and was born October 28, 1822. One son, John, was shot on the battle-field at Missionary Ridge during the Civil war. The remainder of the family except one daughter still survive. Mr. Matson has lived in this county since 1845. When they landed here he had the only $5 the family possessed, and that he gave to his mother and went to work by the month, but soon began farming for himself. He pre-empted a farm of eighty acres, traded for a log-cabin which he moved to his land, and then began its improvement. He has since continued adding to his farm, until he now owns 557 acres. Most of his attention has been given to stock-raising, and he is now one of the largest growers of hogs in the county. When twenty-four years old he was married to Nancy Clark, a sister of George Clark, of Dover Township. Eleven years after their marriage his wife died, leaving two sons - Milton and George C. , both living in Ohio Township. In 1858 Mr. Matson was married to Helen Westbrook, daughter of Thomas Westbrook, a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Matson have seven children, all at home, viz.: Leroy, Marion, Charles, Oscar, Cora B., Ida and Effie. In politics Mr. Matson has been identified with the Republican party since its organization.

NEHEMIAH MATSON (deceased) was born July 19. 1816, in Belmont County, Ohio. He was a son of Enos Matson, who was a native of Pennsylvania; born April 19, 1784. N. Matson spent his early life on a farm. His opportunities for gaining an education were somewhat limited, but he made some advance in the sciences, especially mathematics. In the spring of 1836 he came to Bureau County with his parents and worked ou his father's farm until his marriage to Electa Mead, in 1841. She is a daughter of Samuel and Polly (Potter) Mead, natives of Massachusetts. The father was born November 13, 1793. His occupation has been that of farming, and for twenty years was Justice of the Peace. He came to Bureau County in 1851, and is now living in New York, at an advanced age. His wife, Polly Mead, was born August 13, 1793, and died here in May, 1857. She was the mother of eight children, three of whom are now living, viz., Mrs. Electa Matson, Mrs. Dorcas Fish and Mrs. Lorinda Filkins. After his marriage Mr. Matson settled on his own farm, five miles north of Princeton, on the old Dixon road. In later years he resided in Princeton, and gave his attention to his business interests. He was a diligent writer, and although he labored under great disadvantages, much credit is due to him for the work he accomplished. He was one of the pioneers of the county, and took an active interest in all that pertained to the settlement not only of the county but of the State, also. As a result of his research in this direction we have his "Reminiscenses of Bureau County," from which many quotations will be found in the general history; also "The Pioneers of Illinois," "French and Indians of the Illinois River," and "Memories of Shaubena. " Besides these, he also published a map, an atlas and sketches of Bureau County. "Beyond the Atlantic" is a description, in his own peculiar way, of what be observed while on a visit to the Old World. He also wrote a novel entitled "Raconter." Mr. Matson was a successful business man, and at his death, which occurred October 3, 1883, he left quite a large fund

NEAL McARTHUR, Wyanet, was born in Argyleshire.Campbelltown, Scotland, in 1820. He is a son of Daniel and Flora McArthur. His father died in Scotland, but his mother, two brothers and three sisters came to this country. One brother, James, lives in Kansas, the other, David, in Missouri ; the sisters reside in this county. Neal McArthur, our subject, came to America in 1839. For about one year he lived at Ottawa, 111., then came to Bureau County and has since made his home here. When he first started in this county he had nothing, but through his own industry he now owns the farm on which he resides, consisting of 326J acres, lying in Wyanet and Princeton Townships. He was married December 18, 1846, to Ruth Galer, a sister of A. T. Galer (see sketch). She was the mother of seven children, five of whom are living: David, born January 17, 1848; Amzy, born December 17, 1850; Adam, born November 6, 1853; Daniel, born November 18, 1855; Agnes, born May 6, 1858. Mr. McArthur having lost his first wife, was married again May 6, 1862, to Eva Mary Wertz. She has one child living, Laura, born March 11, 1870. In politics Mr. Mc- Arthur is a Republican. He is a member of the Protestant Methodist Church of Princeton. Of his family David lives in Griswold, Cass Co., Iowa, and all the others live at home on the old farm. All the sons are married. Amzy MoArthur was married October 16, 1879, to Celia A. Thompson, born in Morgan County, Ohio, August 27, 1860. She is a daughter of John and Sarah (Mc- Daniels) Thompson. The mother is dead, but the father is still a resident of this county. Amzy was reared on the farm, and attended the schools in the country and also at Princeton. He is a Republican in politics.

ALEXANDER McCALL, Princeton, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, April 28, 1818. He is the son of Matthew and Nancy (Sharp) McCall. The father was a native of Scotland and the mother of Ireland. They were among the early settlers of Belmont County, Ohio, where they were married, and cleared a farm in the woods, on which they lived till their deaths. Our subject was reared on the farm, and educated in the log schoolhouse of his native county. When twenty-two years of age he went to Greene County, Ohio, but six years later returned to Belmont County, where he remained until 1853, when he came to Bureau County, 111., and settled on his farm in Sections 10 and 11, in Dover Township, where he continued to reside until March, 1880, when he came to Princeton. He still retains part of his farm, which lies in Section 11, Dover Township. His occupation has always been that of farming. He was married in Greene County, Ohio, October 9, 1845, to Mary Vickrey, who was born in Greene County, Ohio, June 26, 1825. She is the daughter of Christopher and Mary (Arey) Vickrey. The mother was of German descent, and was reared in Greenbriar County, Va. The father, who was of Irish descent, was a native of North Carolina, where he lived until he was eighteen years of age and then went to Greene County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming until his family was grown, and then came to Bureau County. Both died in Dover Township. Mr. and Mrs. MeCall have six children living and four dead, viz. : John, born July 13, 1848, of Dover Township; Mary J., born April 9, 1850, wife of Samuel Lawrence of Antelope County, Neb. ; Agnes, born October 23, 1857, wife of Louis Archer of Cherry County, Neb.; Martha, born January 10, 1858, of Arlington; Joseph, born October 23, 1860, of Dover Township; Margaret, born March 16, 1864, of Maiden; Thomas, born August 1, 1846, died May 23, 1872; Matthew, born January 10, 1854, died September 3, ]855; Maggie, born April 28, 1856, died May 19, 1856; Amanda A., born August 16, 1862, died July 30, 1881. In politics Mr. MeCall has always been a Democrat.

McCONIHE FAMILY. The earliest authentic account of the family of McConihe, McConchy or Macouochie, and otherwise spelled, in Scotland, reaches back to the year 1349. The account taken in 1850 from the diploma (of the coat armorial) and papers in the Scottish office of the Lord Lion, Kingat-Arms, now in the Charter chest of the family, is furnished by Lord Meadowbank, residing at Kirknewton, near Edinburgh. Lord Meadowbank's name became famous by being the first to proclaim to the world the real author of the Waverly novels. An account of this promulgation can be found in Scott's Chronicles of the Canongate, in the Introduction. In the year 1349 Sir Neil Campbell, of Lockawe, Argyleshire, Scotland, who was the Chief of the powerful clan of Campbell, married for his first wife a sister of Robert Bruce, and from them the Campbells of Argyleshire sprang. By his second wife, a daughter of Sir John Cameron, he had a son, Duncan, who was the father of Dougal, so called from the mother's family. Duncan, the son of Dougal, received, according to the Celtic custom, the patronymic McDowill Vic Conachie, which, shortened into McConachie, came to be applied to each succeeding chieftain of the Inverawe family, while the cadets bore the name of Campbell. The present representative of the line is Alexander Maconochie, before mentioned, who succeeded to the title of Lord Meadowbank on the death of his father, Allan Maconochie, a Judge of ability and attainments. The Meadowbank seat was purchased by the Chief of the clan immediately after the English revolution of 1688. with the money paid by the Government in lieu of a former estate. He had been second in command of the Duke of Argyles' army in the struggle of the Covenanters with the Royalists, and his estate had been forfeited to the crown on the restoration of Charles II. The different branches of the family, some of which had still further shortened the name into McConachy and McConihe, suffered during that reign. When the law against conventicles was enacted under the administration of Lauderdale, the progenitor of the house of McConihe in America was a Presbyterian, of Argyleshire. The measure proving ineffectual, Lauderdale took advantage of an expression in the statute in which conventicles were designated as seminaries of rebellion. The western counties abounded in conventicles, and in 1678, in a time of profound peace, these counties were declared in rebellion and troops were quartered upon the people. Rapine and outrage ensued. Among those who crossed the channel for conscience's sake were John

McConihe and Samuel Campbell, the paternal and maternal ancestors of the present McConihes in America. They took up their abode in Londonderry, Ireland. John McConihe was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, December 22, 1669, and removed at the age of nine years with his parents to Londonderry. But they were disappointed in their expectations, as they found that the laws against dissenters and in favor of Church and State were continually growing more and more oppressive. Nothing could make them yield their adherence to the Presbyterian Church, and they suffered extremely from persecution, as did all the Protestants during the reigns of Charles I and James II. In addition to this they had to pay tithes, being one-tenth of their increase, for the support of the Established Church, and they could only hold their lands by lease, and not as proprietors of the soil. Ardently desiring the full enjoyment of civil and religious liberty, they looked to America, and in the summer of 1718 a large number, with their fam ilies and four Presbyterian ministers, embarked in five ships and arrived at Boston the 4th of August. On landing they united in solemn acts of devotion and sang the 137th Psalm. John McConihe with fifteen others and their families formed a company and established a settlement called Nutfield, afterward Londonderry, N. H. During their first season they cultivated a field in common, known to this day as Common Field, on the bank of West Running Brook, which field was afterward allotted to John McConihe, who was the oldest of the company. The original deed recorded February 9, 1722, per John Goffe, Town Clerk, is still in the possession of the family. John McConihe moved to Bedford, N. H., in 1751. He died there the last of October, 1760, and was buried by the side of his wife, Mary, in the old burying ground. While in Ireland, he (with two of his brothers, who were slain,) was engaged with the Protestants in the famous siege of Londonderry, and acted as Quartermaster in dealing out provisions. He had four brothers and three sisters. He was married in Ireland and had two sons - John and Samuel - and three daughters. John McConihe, second, was born in Londonderry