Coles County, Illinois - The whole text, 1879 (part 16 of 21)

MATTHIAS EVERHARTY, proprietor West Broadway Meat Market, Mattoon ; was born near Coblenz, Prussia, June 28, 1833 ; when he was but 4 years old, his parents emigrated to America, landing in Cincinnati July 4, 1837; here they settled, and his father was one of the earliest German gardeners that began the raising of vegetables for the Cincinnati market ; much of the land that he then cultivated in " garden sass " is now occupied with solid rows of substantial brick buildings. In 1849, young Everharty went to his trade - that of a butcher - at which he served as an apprentice three years ; he followed the business in Cincinnati till 1861, at which date he went out as butcher to the first German regiment, the 9th Ohio v. I., and was with various divisions of the army till 1863 ; on his return from the army, he remained a short time in Cincinnati, and, in November, 1863, he came to Mattoon and engaged in operating his present business. He was married, in 1854, to Elizabeth Horn, a native of France ; they have four children - Catharine, John J., Annie L. and Maggie. He owns real estate in the city - a residence, five acres of land and business property.

R. M. GRAY, attorney at law, Mattoon; was born in Pleasant Grove Tp., Coles Co., 111., Dec. 27, 1848 ; his father. James C, was one of the early pioneers of this section ; his early life was that of a farmer's sou ; in addition to his common school education, at the age of 19, he entered Westfield College, Clark Co., 111., and remained one year ; he next attended an academy in his native township, two years, under the supervision of Prof. T. J. Lee; in the fall of 1870, he entered the law department of Michigan University, from which he graduated in March, 1S73 ; he then entered the office of Maj. James A. Connolly, in Charleston, 111., and remained till the spring of 1875 ; he then came to Mattoon and entered upon the practice of his profession, in connection with H. W. Magee ; soon after locating, he was appointed City Attoraoy, and held the office one year; in 1877, he formed a co- partnership with Charles Bennett, which lasted one year; in 1876, he was elected State's Attorney for Coles Co., which position he now holds ; since the spring of 1878, he has been practicing his profession alone, and though comparatively young in the work, has already shown himself " a workman that needeth not to be ashamed. " 0. W. GOGIN, Justice of the Peace, Mattoon ; was born in Qincinnati, Ohio, in 1820 ; his father came from New Jersey and settled in Cincinnati in 1800 ; the family was six months making the journey, coming by teams to Pittsburgh, Penn., and thence floating down the Ohio in a keelboat to the point of destination ; here the family remained some twenty-odd years; in the spring of 1841, his father came West, and settled in Crawford Co., 111., where he began the labor of opening up a farm in the woods ; 0. W. was the youngest of the family, and remained at home till the death of his parents ; they lived to enjoy the companionship of each other through a half-century of wedded life, and were Consistent members of the M. E. Church for the same length of time. ^Squire Gogin moved to Mattoon in the fall of 18(3:^ ; here he engaged for some years in milling and in the fruit-growing business. He was married in 1842, to Eliza Eurle, a native of Virginia ; have four children - A. Dorr, Emma, Eola and Nellie. Has held the oflBce of Justice of the Peace, and transacts much business in the settlement of estates.

FRANK GARTHWAIT, auction and commission merchant, Mattoon ; was born in Terre Haute, lad., Oct. 18, 1838 ; his father was a wholesale and retail groceryman, and was one of the pioneers of the city ; Frank obtained his education at the city schools, and at the age of 15, began the life of a printer's devil in the Courier office ; here he remained three years under ! charge of J. Canard, editor and proprietor of the paper ; he next engaged in traveling and selling clocks for three years, and subsequently engaged in the sale of notions till 1861 ; he enlisted in the United States service in the fill of 1861, in Co. G, 43d Ind. V. I. ; in this he served three years ; he then raised a company, and served till the close of the war in the 149th E,egt. ; in this he went out as First Lieutenant, and was promoted to the Captaincy ; on his return, he engaged in the grocery trade in Terre Haute ; in the spring of 1871, he located in Springfield, and engaged in selling lightning-rods ; in October, 1871, he came to Mattoon, and engaged in the sale of pumps and lightning-rods; in the spring of 1872, he operated a marble- shop ; in January, 1874, he began his present line of business. He was married in 1865, to Ella Saunders, a native of Indiana ; she died in 1872 ; his second marriage, to Mrs. Laura Morgan, a native of Illinois, occurred in 1874 ; two children were born from first wedlock - Nettie, living, and Nellie, dead; one from second marriage - Daisy. He was chosen Mayor of the city in the spring of 1877 ; owns real estate in the city.

J. M. GIBBS, livery and sale stable, Mattoon ; was born near the South Kickapoo, in Coles Co., Ill, Jan. 28, 1841 ; his grandfather, Elijah Gibbs, was one of the early pioneers of this section, having come from Virginia, in an early day, to Ohio, and thence to Illinois ; his father. Homer Gibbs, was here_almost as early as the formation of the county ; his father was a carpenter by trade ; J. M. passed his early life on the farm, near Sullivan, Moultrie Co.; his education was obtained in the common schools ; at the age of 20 years, he began life for himself; in 1861, he began trading in horses and mules, and for three or four years, during the war, shipped to St. Louis stock purchased for the cavalry and artillery services ; after the close of the war, he engaged in shipping stock to the southern markets of New Orleans and Natchez ; this he continues to the present time; during the summer, he ships to Boston, Mass., though he has always bought and shipped in connection with I. N. Gibbs, his twin brother, yet they have never been in partnership. He was married Jan. 7, 1864, to Sallie Bridwell, a native of Louisville, Ky.; has five children - J. Emery, Carrie, Lewis, Martin W. and Isaac N.

ABRAM HASBROUCK, City Mayor, and dealer in hardware and agricultual implements, Mattoon ; was born in Ulster Co., N. Y., in 1825 ; his early life was passed upon the farm, and his education, such as was derived from the common schools ; he remained on the homestead uuabout 25 years of age ; in 1854, he came

West and first settled in Michigan ; here he engaged in operating a hotel ; in 1857, he moved to Milwaukee, and conducted the " Walker House " two years ; the winter of 1859 he spent in Chicago, not actively engaged in business; in 1860, he located in Mattoon, and opened his present business ; his is the pioneer hardware establishment of the city ; he was chosen Mayor of the city in the spring of 1878, and is deservedly popular as a city ofiicial and business man. He was married in 1855 to Louisa G. Smith, a native of Vermont; has one daughter - Helen S. Owns 140 acres in Coles Co., some fine business property in the city, and an eligible city residence.

J. F. HUGHES, attorney at law, Mattoon ; was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, Jan. 17, 1839 ; his early life was that of a farmer's son ; in addition to his commonschool education, he enjoyed the advantages of the Academy at Fredricksburg and Smithville, in his native county. April 19, 1861, he entered the U. S. service as a member of the 16th Ohio V. I., and served three months in West Virginia ; in July, 1862, he re- enlisted in the 102d Regiment for three years; was 1st Sergeant of Co. F. In October, 1865, he entered the Law Department of Michigan University, from which he graduated in the spring of 1867 ; he next associated himself with A. P. Green, and was engaged with him fifteen mouths in editing and publishing the Okaw Republican, at Sullivan ; in 1869, he was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of his profession in Mattoon, in partnership with W. J. Henry, of Shelby ville; in 1872, the firm of Henry & Hughes was dissolved, aud in 1873, that of Steele & Hughes formed ; this was dissolved by the death of Mr. Steele, in July, 1877. He was married Sept. 17, 1874, to Julia Chrisman, a native of Jasper Co., 111.; has two children - Columbia and Arlington. Owns S5,000 worth of real estate.

J. W. HANNA, book and music store, Mattoon ; was born in Freeport, Harrison Co., Ohio, Dec. 2, 1848 ; he derived his education from the common schools, and, at the age of 13 years, began clerking in his father's general merchandising establishment at Deersville, Ohio; July 4, 1866, he came West, stopping a short time at

Preston, Minn., and, in September following, came to Mattoon, where he attended school rix months ; he then entered the employ of Finley & Richardson as clerk in their book store; in October, 1869, he and his brother James R., bought out the firm, and in May, 1871, sold out to a Mr. Decker; J. W. then formed a partnership with Geo. P. McDougal and opened a new" store; in 1872, McDougal retired, and the firm became that of Thieleus & Hanna ; in October, 1877, he sold out to Thieleus, and, Nov. 20 following, purchased his present business. He was married, July 25, to Mary E. Henderson, a native of Marion Co., Ohio ; four children have blessed their union - Gertrude, Ethel, William, living, Charles, deceased.

JOHN HUNT, meat-market, Mattoon; was born in Fayette Co., Ohio, Nov. 6, 1837 ; his father came West to Illinois and settled in Jasper Co. in 1845; his early life was that of a farmer's boy, and his advantages for securing an education somewhat limited; most of his education he obtained in the schools of Xenia, Ohio, and as a student of Antioch College, after he had attained to manhood ; he left home at the age of 18 years, and engaged in teaching school some four years ; in 1860, he purchased a farm in Coles Co., and followed agricultural pursuits for ten years ; in 1870, he formed a partnership with J. L. Scntt, under the firm name of Hunt & Scott, and engaged in the grocery trade in Mattoon; in the spring of 1875, he retired from the firm, and for two years was engaged in buying and shipping horses and mules to the Southern market ; in 1876, he engaged in his present business. He was married in 1858 to Eliza J. Gowin, a native of North Carolina ; has two children - Alva and Orris. Has held the ofiice of Assessor for the past four years, and is also a member of the Board of Education on the East Side.

IRA JA]MES, wholesale dealer in coal oil, Mattoon ; was born in Dearborn (now Ohio) Co., Ind., May 24, 1826 ; Jiis father was a cotton and woolen manufacturer ; at the age of 17, he left home and engaged in boating on the Ohio and Mi-ssissippi Rivers for a period of about ten years ; he commanded during the time seven steamboats ; his first boating was in the packet trade from Rising Sun to Cincinnati ; aft- erward he entered the trade from New Orleans and Cincinnati; in 1853, he went to California and spent three years ; engaged a portion of the time in milling and the remainder in mining; in 1856, he returned to Rising Sun, Ind. ; he next made a tour through the Southern States of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, setting up machinery - cotton-screws, cottongins and steam machinery ; in November, 1857, he located in Mattoon Tp., and engaged in farming three years ; in 18G0,he moved to Mattoon, and, in 1861, was chosen Police Magistrate and served one year ; he next engaged in buying and shipping hay, and, in 1865, began dealing in grain ; in 1873, he retired from the grain trade and went to Southern Colorado, where he discovered the mines and laid out the town of Rosita ; here he spent most of two years ; in 1875, he returned to Mattoon, and, in connection with J. D. Herkimer, purchased the gas works, which he has since operated. He was married in 1859 to Cynthia A. Hendricks, a native of Illinois; she died Feb. 15, 1872; his second marriage to Jennie H. Crow, a native of Ohio, was celebrated Aug. 18, 1875; from first wedlock he has three sons - John Q., Frank P., Justin C. ; from second, two children - Harline and an infant daughter. Owns two-thirds of the gas works and 240 acres in Coles Co:; he does a large business in the wholesale oil trade, and is President of the Mattoon Gas- Light & Coke Co.

IRA B. JACKSON, insurance agent, Mattoon ; was born in Madison, Jefferson Co., Ind., Oct. 31, 1851 ; in 1855, his father removed with his family to Illinois, and settled in Sangamon Co., near Springfield ; his early life was that of a farmer's boy ; he acquired a good common-school education ; at the age of 1 8, he engaged in the business of photograph artist, which he followed two years ; in 1872, he completed a business course in the Commercial College, at Terre Haute, Ind. ; in 1874, he engaged in the grocery trade with Fallin Bros., under the firm name of Fallin Bros. & Jackson; in 1876, he retired from the firm and engaged in the fire insurance business; he at present represents one accident and sixteen leading fire insurance companies in Coles and Effingham Cos., aggregating in assets over $30,000,000 ; he also represents the Great Western Dispatch Co. He was married May 26, 1874, to Laura I. Carter, a native of Indiana ; has one child - Georgia. He is at present serving his second term of office as City and also Township Clerk.

THEO. JONTE, dealer in harness and saddles, Mattoon; was born in Nashville, Tenn., April 4, 1839; his father was a wholesale confectioner ; he received a good common-school education, and, at the age of 16 years, left home and came West, settling in Quincy, 111., where he engaged in working at his trade ; in the fall of 1861, he engaged in laboring for the U. S. Government in the making of cavalry equipments ; the fall of 1862, he came to Paris, Edgar Co., and engaged in business with Wm. Legy ; they operated a shop in Paris, and one in Grand View at the same time ; Mr. Jonte had charge of the latter ; in the fall of 1864, he removed to Mattoon, and opened up his present business ; his is the only first-class establishment in the city. He was married in 1865 to Anna Stoneburner, a native of Grand View, 111. ; has one child - Alberta. Owns considerable real estate in the city. In 1876, he was chosen City Mayor ; is at present Assistant Supervisor of Mattoon Tp. ; also a member of the Board of Education, West Side.

P. A. KEMPER, M. D., physician and surgeon, Mattoon ; was born in Culpeper Co., Va., Aug. 3], 1832; his early education was under the direct supervision of his mother, who was a well-qualified schoolmistress; his father was an artisan by profession, of whom he was bereft at the early age of 8 years; when about 16 years of age, he left home and came to Paris, Edgar Co., 111.; in the fall of 1855, he began the study of his profession with Dr. D. 0. McCord, remaining in his office two and a half years; during the winter of 1857 and 1858, he attended Rush Medical College, and, at a later date, received his degree; He began the practice of his profession in Pleasant Grove Tp., Coles Co., March 3, 1858; here he remained until 1876, excepting an absence of two years in the army. In 1861, he raised a company for the 5th Regiment, and was chosen Captain of the same ; his position he resigned for that of Assistant Surgeon of the regiment ; when the final organization occurred, however, through the treachery of professed friends, he failed in receiving the appointment ; notwithstanding the unjust treatnoent to himself and Col. UpdegrafF, the commanding oflB.cer, he elected to remain with his boys, as a private in the ranks, rather than return home; in Juno, 18()2, he was captured at Pocahontas, Ark., and remained a prisoner of war some three months; he was next stmt on parole to St. Louis, and then exchanged and appointed to duty in the hospital with the rank and pay of Assistant Surgeon ; in October, 1863, he was appointed and commissioned Surgeon of the 3d Regiment, which position he resigned after six months ; in March, 1876, he located in Mattoon, his present residence. He was married in December, 1863, to Mary J. Glenn, a native of Illinois ; has had five children - Joseph E., John M., George H., living; Benjamin G., Charles W., dead. At present holds the office of City Physician.

G. T. KILNER, druggist, Mattoon ; was born in Manchester, Eng., Nov. 18, 1820 ; at the age of 15 years, he was left an orphan, and, in 1836, emigrated to America, and first settled in Waterbury, Conn.; here he engaged in the sale of drugs six years ; he then moved to Newburgh, N. Y., where he engaged in the same business ; in the spring of 1860, he came West and located in Mattoon, opened up his business here ; his is the first drug store established in the city ; he took a partial course in medicine and practiced some years in connection with the drug business. He was married in January. 1845, to Sarah Kilner, a native of England. Has four children - Albert, Walter, Eddie and Annie. Owns eighty acres adjoining the city corporation ; has been a member of the City Council three terms.

KAHN BROS., dealers in clothing, Mattoon. Mark Kahn, senior member of the firm of Kahn Bros., was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Nov. 7, 18-1:1 ; he emigrated to America in 1856, and first settled in Marshall Co., 111., and engaged in peddling dry goods and clothing for eighteen months ; during the summers of 1858, 1859 and 1860, he worked on a farm in Shelby Co., and during the winter season was employed in a store ; in the fall of 1860, in connection with a Mr. -Steiner and his brother Moses, he began the business of merchandising in

Mattoon, under the firm name of Steiner & Kahn ; in 1863, Mr. Steiner retired from the firm, and his brother Lewis became a member; the firm name was then changed to Kahn Bros. ; Lewis died in the fall of 1867 ; in 1871 , his brother Felix became a partner ; his brother Moses was lost in the ill-fated Schiller, May 7, 1875, on her passage from America to Germany. From 1863 to 1869, the firm also operated a clothing house in Charleston, Coles Co., and from 1869 to 1874, conducted the lumber trade in Mattoon in connection with the merchandising business. He was married in March, 1875, to Minnie Steiner, a native of Illinois ; she died in February, 1876. Has one son - Lewis. In June, 1878, he was chosen President of the First National Bank of Mattoon, which position he now holds. Owns 1,140 acres of land, valued at §40,000.

P. B. LINN, dealer in groceries, provisions and queensware, Mattoon. The subject of this sketch was born in Coles Co., 111. Nov. 18, 1850 ; his father was one of the early pioneers of the county ; his early life wafe spent upon the farm ; in addition to his common-school education, he attended Lee's Academy two years ; in 1871, he completed a business course in Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College at Cincinnati ; the same year, he entered the employ of J. B. Hill & Co., at Charleston, as clerk; in 1873, he began clerking for Frank Kern, in Effingham, and, in 1874, he came to Mattoon, where he served Hinkle & Buck in their dry goods establishment eighteen mouths ; he next labored in the same capacity for Robert Mosley & Son for the same length of time. Nov. 28, 1877, he began business for himself He was married May 8, 1878, to Lizzie R. Coddington, a native of Indiana. He lost his father at the age of 12 years, and since that time has paddled his own canoe along life's voyage.

ELISHA LINDER, farmer; P. 0. Mattoon; was born in Hardin Co., Ky., Aug. 16, 1807; his early life was passed upon the farm, and his education was such as the schools of those days afforded ; when less than seven years of age, he lost his father, and being the oldest of the family, he soon became the head ; his father was a man of energy and thrift, and left the family well provided for; in 1829, young

Linder came West, to Illinois, and prospected the county ; remainin<^ two months, he returned to Kentucky, and in January, 1831, came again to Illinois; in October following, he moved his mother and family - a brother and two sisters - and located near where he now resides ; on arriving at what was to be their future home, they possessed, in actual cash, $2.50, just enough to purchase half a barrel of salt ; he bought a few head of horses, cattle and a flock of sheep ; he was first to introduce sheep into this section of country ; his first purchase was forty acres, slightly improved ; he has owned at one time 2,000 acres of land, and at present owns about 1,200 acres ; in almost every undertaking, he has been very successful. He was married in April, 1839, to Rebecca Sawyer, a native of Kentucky ; her father, John Sawyer, was one of the early pioneers of this seciion ; from this union, fourteen children have been born - three sons and eleven daughters : of these, three sons and eight daughters are still living. Mr. Linder has held the office of Township Supervisor three or four terms.

TIFFIN P. LOGAN, land and loan agent, Mattoon ; was born in Trimble Co., Ky.. March 28, 1844; his fiither was a man of prominence, a cousin to President Harrison, and was honored by the Democratic party with a seat in the Kentucky Legislature during the sessions of 1844- 45 ; in the spring of 1858, removed with his family to Illinois, and located in Windsor, Shelby Co. ; here he occupied the office of Justice of the Peace eleven years in succession ; here Tiffin P. began life for himself ; he lived with his brother-in-law till he attained the age of 15 years ; at this age he could neither read nor write ; leaving his taskmaster, he determined to lend his energies to the acquiring of an education ; by the performance of various commissions he paid his board, tuition, and other necessary expenses, and at the expiration of three years, had acquired a good elementary education, and had $8 ahead ; March 8, 1864, he located where Ottawa, Kan., now is, then occupied by eleven tribes of Indians ; with these, he lived some six weeks, sole representative of the Caucasian race ; here, with a capital of $41, he began the manufacture of shingles, and in nine months accumulated $1,200; owing to ill health, he closed out his business, and engaged in clerking for Holt & Evans, the first white men operating a store in Ottawa ; in March, 1865, he located in Kansas City, and operated a grocery store two years ; during the winter of 1866-67, he took a business course in Spaulding's Commercial College, in Kansas City; he next went to Lyon Co., Kan., and engaged in the dairy business one year; in the spring of 1868, he went to Sedalia, Mo., and there engaged in the milk and dairy business six years ; at this he cleared about $2,000 per annum, but lost most of it in 1874, operating in cattle ; in 1875, he returned to Illinois, and engaged in handling and sliipping stock ; in December, 1875, he engaged in the lumber and grain trade at Bethany, 111. ; this he followed till March, 1878, when he opened a land ofiice in Mattoon, to which he has recently added the loan agency. He was married Oct. 17, 1876, to Sue M. Smutz, a native of Lima, Ohio ; has one child - Edna P. Owns real estate in Bethany, 111. ; in honor of his early citizenship, Logan street, of Ottawa, Kan., was named for him.

COL. ROBERT H. McFADDEN, Pension Attorney and Police Magistrate, Mattoon ; was born in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1833 ; his father was a cabinet-maker by trade, and at the age of 13 years, he began the trade, working five years under instructions ; at 18, he began life for himself, following his trade about fifteen years ; in 1850, he came to Shelby Co., 111., and remained three years ; in 1853, he came to Coles Co., and located in the village of Paradise ; in the summer of 1855, he came to Mattoon ; he built the first dwelling in the city limits, on what is now known as Charleston avenue, between East First and Union streets. He was married Sept. 28, 1855, to Sarah A. Norvell, by Elder Isaac Hart ; theirs was the first wedding that occurred in Mattoon ; at the first election held in Mattoon Tp., in 1857, he was chosen a Justice of the Peace ; April 19, 1861 , he entered the United States service as Second Lieutenant, in the 7th Regt. I. V. I.; he served as First Lieutenant, Captain and Major in the 41st Regt., and Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel in the 53d ; July 22, 1865, he was mustered out of the service, and, on his return, followed his trade some three years ; in 1871, lie was elected Mayor of the city, having served one term as Alderman; in 1873, he was chosen Police 3Iagistrate, and from reelection, has held the office since. Has four children - May I., John A., Eddie D. and Lizzie A.

H. W. MAGEE, attorney at law, Mattoon ; was born in Coles Co., 111., in October, 18J:7 ; his father came from Cynthiana, Ky., and settled in Coles Co., 111., in 1832 ; here he engaged in farming; he relates that his father labored a whole year for Joseph VanDeren for $96 ; when H. W., was 2 years of age, his father moved to the western portion of Missouri, and was there during the border troubles; in the fall of 1857, he returned with his family to Coles Co., and settled in what is known as the "Dead Man's Grove;" in 1872, he moved to Louisa Co., Iowa, where he at present resides ; having obtained a good common-school education, at the ao;e of 20 years, H. W. entered the office of the Circuit Clerk, at Charleston, as Deputy ; here he remained about two and a half years ; in the winter of 1869, he entered the law department of Michigan University, from which he graduated in the spring of 1872; at that date, he was admitted to practice in the courts of Michigan, and, the summer of 1872, was admitted to the courts of Illinois ; he began the practice of his profession in Mattoon, his present residence. He was married in the spring of 1873 to Ellen J. Barnes, a native of Indianapolis ; has one child - Gracie.

L. F. MORSE, M. D., physician and surgeon, Mattoon ; was born in Canterbury, N. H., Feb. 5, 1839; his father was a farmer, and his cirly life was that of a farmer's son ; at the age of 14, he went to live with an uncle ; in the winter of 1860, he began the study of medicine, under the supervision of Dr. L. T. Weeks, of Canterbury ; after an extended course of reading, he attended a course of lectures in the Burlington Medical College, at Bui-- lington, Vt.; in June, 1862, he was engaged in the Government hospital at Washington, as Contract Surgeon ; here he remained one year ; in 1 863, he attended a course of lectures in Dartmouth Medical College, from which he graduated in November, 1863; he then entered the U. S. Navy, as Assistant Surgeon, and was stationed on the west coast of Florida ; Dec. 7, 1865, he was discharged from the U. S. service ; he next attended a course of lectures in the Homeopathic College of New York, from which he graduated in March, 1866; he first located in Biddeford. Me., and entered upon the practice of his profession ; in September, 1867, he came West to see, and located in Pekin, Tazewell Co. ; in May, 1868, he came to Mattoon, his present residence. He was married April 3 4, 1869, to Harriet F. Chamberlain, a native of Indiana ; has three children - Helen L., Bertha L. and Clifford L. Mr. M. at present holds the office of School Director, and is Secretary of the Board.

J. W. MOORE, lumber merchant, Mattoon ; was born in Kent Co., England, in June, 1832 ; when 10 years of age, he lost his father; in 1850, his mother, with her family, immigrated to America and settled in Chicago, where they remained about two and one-half years ; they then removed to Cook Co., where himself and an older brother engaged in farming and operating a country store, his mother managing largely the interests of her family ; in 1865, the subject of this sketch moved to Monee, Will Co., and, in company with a Mr. Dickson, under the firm name of Dickson & Moore, engaged in the sale of lumber and agricultural implements ; in 1874, he came to Mattoon and opened up his present business. He was married in July, 1865, to Cordelia Sisson, a native of Illinois ; they have three children - Ernest S., Charles H. and Augusta E. He is a member of the School Board on the West Side.

J. A. MULFORD, wholesale dealer in hides, leather, findings, furs, pelts and tallow, Mattoon ; was born in Newark, N. J., May 16, 1839 ; he completed a course in the high school, but did not enter upon a college course ; at the age of 17, he began the trade of a jeweler, and worked under instructions till his majority ; he followed his trade about five years ; subsequently he was employed as accountant, and had charge of the wholesale department of Davis & Elcox, in Maiden Lane, New York, for some length of time ; in the spring of 1867. he came West to Illinois and located in Mattoon, and began operating in hides for the Chicago markets ; afterward, he operated for the Eastern markets ; to-day, he operates over a territory extending west to St. Louis and east to Terre Haute ; by an admirable system of book-keeping, peculiarly his own. he is enabled at any hour to know the exact status of his business. He was married Sept. 10, 1863, to Sarah E. Pruden, a native of New Jersey; they have three children - E. Ross, Jennie and Herbert. Mr. Mulford is recognized as a man of fine business qualifications, and well worthy the success that has crowned his eiforts.

DANIEL MESSER, proprietor Essex House, Mattoon ; was born in Piermont, Grafton Co.. N. H., A. D. 1829; his father was a farmer, and his early life was that of a farmer's son ; in addition to his common-school education, he attended for some time a seminary of a high grade, in Bradford, Vt. ; at his majority he left home, and began life for himself; his first -employment was that of overseeing a force of workmen on the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad ; he subse(iuently contracted on the Bufialo, Corning & New York Railroad; in 1853, he came West, and contracted on the St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad, and on the completion of the road, was appointed Roadmaster from Terre Haute to Pana, which position he held from 1855 to 1860 or 1861 ; on leaving the road, he next operated the Messer House, in Charleston, till 1867; from 1867 to 1869, he owned and operated a planing-mill, at Charleston; in 1869, he leased the Essex House, at Mattoon, and has operated it for the past ten years ; with a house first-class in all its appointments, and himself possessed of all those necessary qualifications that go to make a successful landlord, he has met with deserved success, and is to-day regarded one of the financially solid men of the city ; he is at present a Director in the First National Bank.

W. H. K. PILE, real estate, collecting and insurance agent, Mattoon ; was born in Breckinridge Co., Ky., Feb. 17, 1819; he was reared on a farm, and learned his trade, that of a wagon -maker, during his minority ; at the age of 20, he began life for himself, following his trade and that of a carpenter, till 25 years of age ; he then engaged in farming for five years ; in

1856, he came to Mattoon, and engaged in operating a hotel ; in 1857, he was elected Police Magistrate of the city ; in 1858, he was chosen Associate Justice of Coles Co., with Judges Edwards and Leach; in 1859, he was elected School Commissioner of Coles Co., and served two years ; in the winter of 1862, he removed to Charleston and operated a hotel, and, in 1863, located in Alton and engaged in the same business; in 1867, he returned to Mattoon, and engaged as traveling salesman for a firm in Louisville, Ky. ; in 1869, he was again chosen Police Magistrate, and held the office four years ; in 1873, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and remained in office four years; during the years of 1875, 1876 and 1877, he traveled for a firm, loaning money on real estate ; for the past year he has devoted his time to the collection of claims, the transaction of real estate business, and has recently added the insurance agency. He was married in March, 1844, to Nancy J. Walkup, a native of Kentucky.

W. H. PAUGH, M. D., physician and surgeon, Mattoon ; was born in Lawrence Co.', Ind., March 13, 1838; his father was a physician and settled in Indiana as early as 1815 ; in addition to his commonschool education, he attended the high school at Springville, Ind., and in subsequent years was Principal of the same. He naturally grew up into a physician, and to fix a period at which he began the study of his profession would be a difficult task ; he practiced his profession many years before receiving a medical degree ; he attended Rush Medical College one session ; later, he attended the medical college at Keokuk, Iowa, from which he graduated in 1876; in Jr nuary, 1877, he located in Mattoon. He was married Oct. 25th, 1868, to Lou E. Best, she died Oct. 26, 1878. Has three children - Gertie, Phreborn G. and Lolo. Owns 120 acres in Madison Co., 111., and real estate in the city.

A. G. PICKETT, M. D., physician and surgeon, Mattoon ; was born in Kenton Co., Ky., in 1826 ; his early life was spent for the most part in school ; he completed a full course in Woodward College, Cincinnati, at which he graduated in 1844; he then entered the Ohio Medical College, and completed the course in 1847 ; he began the practice of his profession in Ohio, where he remained one year ; he then came West to Illinois, and located near Quincy, where he remained till 18G1, when he entered the U. S. service as Surgeon of the 50th Eegiment I. V. I.; he remained in the service till November, 1864 ; on his return from the army, he located in Moultrie Co., and followed his profession till 1874, when he removed to Mattoon. He was married in 1862 to Amanda S. Jenkins, a native of Kentucky ; has four children - Alice S., Ada M., Willie A. and Lenore. Dr. Pickett very naturally grew up into a physician ; his father and many of his ancestors had been practitioners of the "healing art," and the profession seemed to fall to him as a natural birthright inheritance.

' J.. G. ROBERTS, dental surgeon, Mattoon ; was born in Ripley Co., Ky., Jan. 18, 1846; his father, R. B. Roberts, was a dentist by profession, and a minister in the Christian Church ; his father came with his family to Indiana when L. G. was but 3 or 4 years of age, and in the fall of 1864, he came to Illinois; his education was derived mostly from the common schools ; at the age of 18, he entered the dental office of Dr. Allen, in Ft. Wayne, Ind.; in 1864, he worked under instructions with Dr. Moore, of La Fayette, Ind.; in the fall of the same year, he worked with Dr. Prevost, of Dayton, Ohio, perfecting himself for his profession under the directien of men of recognized ability ; in 1865, he began the practice of his profession at El Paso, Woodford Co., 111.; in 1878, he located in Mattoon, his present place of business. He was married Dec. 25, 1878, to Mary A. Winn, a native of Ohio; has had two children - Leonidas G., living, and Prescott W., deceased. He has a fine and growing practice, and ranks second to none in the city or county as regards proficiency and skill.

J. O. RUDY, real estate agent, Mattoon ; was born near Louisville, JeiFerson Co., Ky., May 1, 1827 ; his parents moved to Illinois, and settled near Paris, Edgar Co., in 1880 ; his early life was spent upon the farm, and his early experiences were those of a farmer's son ; his education was derived from the common schools ; in 1850, he crossed the plains to California, where for two years he applied himself to mining; near the close of 1852, he returned, having as his reward for toil, hardships and privations, about $8,000 in gold ; on his return, he engaged for one year in operating the old homestead; near the close of 1858, he engaged as a partner in the dry goods business, in the firm of Augustus & Rudy, at Paris ; in the fall of 1 858. the firm closed out business, and he moved to his land in Douglas Co., and opened up, and improved his farm ; in 1862, he was appointed Post Trader to the Pawnee Nation, under the administration of President Lincoln ; this position he held till the beginning of the administration of Andrew Johnson, returning in the fall of 1865 ; he next went to Trumbull Co., Ohio, and engaged in sinking wells, and in the manufacture of lubricating oil ; this he followed one year ; in the spring of 1867, he came to Mattoon, and in company with Richard Champion and S. D. Dole, began the business of banking, under the firm name of Champion, Rudy & Co.; in 1872, he sold out his interest, and continued operating a planing-mill which he had previously purchased ; this was soon after destroyed by fire ; since that time, he has devoted himself to the real estate business. He was married Sept. 29, 1856, to Persis J. Dole, daughter of Wm. P. Dole, a very early settler of Terre Haute, Ind.; her father held the position of Commissioner of Indian Afi'airs under President Lincoln. Has seven children living - Prof Wm. D. 0. Rudy (now Professor of Chemistry in Illinois Industrial University), Jennie F., Chas. E., Bessie D., Mary P., George H. and Hattie P.; has been a member of the Board of Education, West Side, for the pjist eight years ; has also held the office of Alderman for a number of terms.

Z. ROBERTSON, farmer and mechanic, Mattoon ; was born in Bourbon Co., Ky., Oct. 22, 1830 ; he obtained his education in the common schools of Paris, - Ky.; his early life was passed upon the farm ; at the age of 22 years, he left Kentucky and moved to Greenfield, Ind.; here he followed the trade of plastering for about six years ; in the winter of 1858, he came to Illinois, and settled in Mattoon, where for a number of years he continued his trade, aud that of farming ; in 1865, he purchased and improved a farm of eighty acres, near the city ; this he sold in 1869, and again moved to the city and for some time, iollowed his trade; since coming to the State, he has improved three farms. He was married in 1855, to Rebecca J. Morrison, a native of Pennsylvania; has three children living - Oscar C., Mattie J. aud Belle F. His little daughter Fannie, whose death occurred in 1863, was the first interment made in the now thickly populated cemetery near the city. As an evidence of his success in farming, he this year raised seventy -five bushels to the acre, while his neighbors harvested only from thirty to forty bushels per acre.

REV. J. W. RILEY, Pastor Missionary Baptist Church, Maftoon ; was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, Nov. 9, 1823; his ancestral line, traced through five preceding generations have been ministers in the Baptist Church ; his father's family furnished six ministers to the society, himself and five sons. From an historical record gathered from time to time, it was ascertained that the family of near relatives have furnished thirteen ministers of the Gospel; ten of these are Baptists, two Methodists and one Christian. His father. Rev. J. W. Riley, Sr., founded the first Missionary Baptist Church in all this section ; this was at Bloomfield, Edgar Co., as early as 1835. Out of that grew the Bloomfield Baptist Association, which is to-day one of the largest in the State. His early life was spent upon the farm and in attendance upon school; at the age of 15 years, he became a member of the church, and soon after began to take part in its public exercises ; he was ordained to the ministry April 26, 1845. He was married in 1843, to Olive J. Crouch, a native of Clermont Co., Ohio ; she died April 4, 1855. His second marriage occurred Sept. 7, 1856, to Sarah A. Vance, of Licking Co., Ohio ; she was educated at Granville College, Ohio. From first wedlock he reared five children - three sons and two daughters ; from second, two sons. He came to Mattoon in November, 1864, and most of the time since has been Pastor of the Church. About the year 1866 or 1867, his health having become impaired, he went South and spent some time recruiting; on his return, he was engaged

I ecy to History ; this is a work of 413 pages, and is highly spoken of by eminent scholars aud critics. His theological studies were prosecuted under Elders Jones and Cox, graduates of Granville College.

JOHN F. SCOTT, attorney at law, Mattoon ; was born in Geauga Co., Ohio, A. D. 1 844 ; his early life was spent upon the farm, and his experiences those common to a farmer's sou; at the age of 16, he

I remained one year ; returning home, he engaged in farming one year, and subsequently engaged in teaching ; in 1866, he entered the Commercial College in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., remaining eight months; he next engaged in the sale of territory for patent rights ; in 1868, he again engaged in farming; in March, 1869, he came West to Illinois, located in Mattoon, and was engaged in life, fire and accident insurance till 1874; he then came into the office of H. S. Clark, and resumed his legal studies; in April, 1875, he entered the

! self to his profession. He was married in 1868, to Sophia E. Clark, a native of Ohio; has two children - Earl C. and Montague W. In 1872, he was chosen Mayor of the city, and, by re-election, held the office three times in succession ; in 1876, 1877 and 1878, he was chosen Supervisor of Mattoon Tp., and ex-officio Treasurer ; he is at present Chairman of the Board.

J. L. SCOTT, dealer in groceries, queens ware and glassware, Mattoon; was born in Henry Co., Ky., in 1836; his early life was passed upon the farm, and his education was derived from the common schools; in 1856, he moved to Franklin, Ind., where he engaged in mercantile pursuits; in 1863, he returned to Kentucky, located in Louisville, and was employed in the United States Government Pay Department, under Gen. Thurston, Paymaster of the Army of the Cumberland ; in the spring of 1865, he removed with his parents to Coles Co., 111., and pur- ! chased a tarin of 160 acres northeast of Mattoon ; in 1871, having disposed of his farm, he came to Mattoon, purchased a stock of groceries, and has since resided here. He wa^ married Dec. 10, 18G1, to -Catharine J. llunyon, a native of Vernon, | Jennings Co., Ind ; has four children - William H., Mary F., Gracie and Charlie. Has held the office of Supervisor of Humboldt Tp. ; is at present Worshipful Master ] of Mattoon Lodge, No. 260, A., F. & A. M.

A. J. SANBORN, master mechanic, | I. & St. L. Shops, Mattoon ; was born in | Acton, York Co., Me., in 1826; having | lost his mother when but 11 years of age, he left home, and, making his way to Boston, went on board a vessel, and was absent two years on a voyage ; after coming into port, he made known to his father and family his adventures for the two years past ; he served seven years on the sea, sailing as second mate on board the ship Vesta, of Boston, and the brig Yucatan, in the South American trade ; at the age of 21 years, he began his trade in the Lowell Machine-Shops, at Lowell, Mass ; here he remained two years ; he next went to Boston and worked in the locomotive-shops of Hinckley & Drury for eighteen months; thence to Lawrence, Mass., to the Essex shops, one year ; in 1858, or 1859, he came west to East St. Louis, and took charge of the erecting department of the 0. & M. R. R ; in 1867, he took charge of the machinery on the Vandalia R. R., and, in 1873, he took charge of the works for the I. & St. L. R. R. at Mattoon ; Mr. Sanborn is truly a self-made man ; his education has been derived in the school of experience, and, whatever he undertakes to perform, he executes with an experienced and skillful hand.

JOHN W. SOULES, proprietor meat market, Mattoon ; was born in Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 10, 1828; his ftuher was a farmer, and his early life was spent upon the farm ; his education was limited entirely to the common school ; he remained at home till his majority ; at the age of 21 years, he engaged in the packing house of Ferrington & Williams, of Terre Haute, where he remained five years ; he was next engaged in the same business with Jacob D. Early three years ; in 1860, he came to Mattoon and took charge of a packing-house for Messrs. Miller & Johnson, and remained with them four years ; in 186-1, he took charge of a similar establishment for P. H. Flarity, remaining nine years; he next engaged in his present business. He was married Oct. 20, 1849, to Eveline Bailey, a native of Indiana ; has had six children - Mary E., Laura L., William H., Emma, Charles L., living; Ocalla, deceased. Owns city property. He superintended the construction of the reservoir designed to supply the city with water.

ADOLF SUxMERLIN, editor and attorney at law, Mattoon ; born in Keosauqua, Iowa, Aug. 2-4, 1851 ; moved with his parents, Rufus and I. A. Sumerlin, to a farm in Scotland Co., Mo., in 1859 ; his father having embarked in the newspaper business in Memphis in 1860, he commenced learning the printer's trade ; in 1865, he moved to Shelbyville, 111.; in 1869, he conducted the reportorial department of the Shelby Lender, which his father had purchased in 1865 ; in the same year, commenced reading law with Thornton & Wendling ; moved with his parents to Springfield, Mo., in April, 1871, and after completing his law studies in Phelps & McAbel's office, was admitted to practice in the courts of Missouri in October, 1871 ; moved to Mattoon, 111., in September, 1872, and with his father purchased the Mattoon Commercial; they continued to run the paper together until August, 1876, when the paper was purchased by the Mattoon Commercial Printing Co., who appointed A. Sumerlin editor ; at present, is editor of the Commercial and practicing law.

CAPT. T. E. WOODS, editor Mattoon Journal^ Mattoon ; was born June 2, 1837, near the pi-esent village of Stockton, Coles Co.. [11.; his education was secured in subscription and common schools, and for a short time he attended an academy ; he usually walked or rode from two to five miles each morning to attend school ; at the age of 17, he began teaching school, and followed that occupation till he reached his majority ; he was Deputy Postmaster at Mattoon during 1855 and 1856 ; he then edited and published the Mattoon Gazette from 1857 to 1860 ; during the year 1861, he edited the Charleston I Courier; in the summer of 1862, he enlisted in Co. A, 123d I. Mounted Inf., was mustered in Co. F, and went to the field as Quartermaster Sergeant ; he was made Sergeant Major at Maysville, Ala.; commissioned Captain Co. H,at Stevenson, Ala., early in 1864, and commanded it to the close of the war ; since the war, he has conducted the Mattoon Journal^ first as a weekly, next as a tri- weekly and at present as a daily. At present he resides in Washington, D. C, where he fills an appointment in the Post Office Department.

REV. J. W. WOODS, C. P. minister, Mattoon ; was born in the Territory of Indiana, Feb. 5, 1815. He is the son of Wm. G. and Rachel (Lester) Woods ; his father was a farmer and his early boyhood days were spent upon the farm ; his education was obtained mainly at Pilot Knob Academy, under the instruction of Prof. D. R. Harris ; when 1 0 years of age, he came with his parents to Clark Co., 111. ; his father settling about four miles east of the present town of Marshall, his house became the resort for most business transactions in that part of the county ; it was the " preaching-place " for fifteen years, until the building of a church in the neighborhood. At the age of 17, young Woods became a member of the church, and in May, 1834, of the Presbytery; in June, 1837, he began his public ministry in Clark Co., 111., and, for a number of years, labored in Coles, Douglas, Cumberland, Shelby and other counties in this section ; in October, 1839, he was ordained to the full work of the ministry ; in 1859, he moved to Mattoon for the purpose of building the church in the city ; under his direction and superintendence, the church was built, and he was Pastor until September, 1861, when he entered the U. S. service as Chaplain of the 5th I. V. C, and remained in the service until Jan. 8, 1865 ; on his return from the army, he again labored for the church in Mattoon one year and four months ; two years ago, he built the church ten miles south of Mattoon, in Cumberland Co., called Woods' Chapel, and has since labored for the congregation at that point. He was married Nov. 4, 1841, to Eliza A. Funkhouser, a native of Wayne Co., 111.; nine children have been born to them - Mary C. (wife of W. B. Dunlap), Elizabeth J., Cynthia A. (wife of J. R. Tobey), Celestina C. (wife of O. C. Hoddy), Eliza N. (wife of E. V. Burnett), William L'R., John P., Ida Belle, Alice L. ; of these, EHzabeth J. and William L'R. are deceased. Has been a member of the City Council and East Side School Board. He has always been liberal in the use of his means toward the Church.

- H. C. WATSON, time-keeper and clerk M. M. I. & St. L. shops, Mattoon ; was born in New Madrid, New Madrid Co., Mo., July 27, 1827; his father was a Scotchman and was one of the early Western pioneers, having come West as early as 1805. Having obtained a good common school education, in 1844, he became a student in Prof. J. B. Anderson's high school, in New Albany, Ind. ; this he attended one year; in 1845, he attended St. Vincent's College at Cape Girardeau ; in 1848, he matriculated in Bethany College, Va., and remained one year ; on his return home, he engaged in merchandising, and followed the business till 1863 ; by reason of the war, he lost most of his stock and trade ; he moved with his family to Litchfield, III, and, in 1865, entered the office of the Master Mechanic of the St. L., A. & T. H. R. R., as clerk and timekeeper; in 1867, the I. & St. L. leased the road, and, in 1870, when the shops were removed from Litchfield to Mattoon, he came with them. He was married in November, 1852, to Sarah C. Post, a native of Alton, 111. ; has five children - William G., Harry W., Frank E., Jennie, Gertie. Has held the office of School Director, East Side.

JACOB V. D. ANNIN, farmer, deceased ;in the early part of the seventeentli century, there emigrated from their native land of Scotland, one John Annin, with his family, and settled in the beautiful State of New Jersey, where he erected a log house, in which he and his family lived for many years ; and if it be asked. How came his lot to be cast in that fertile valley, far from the land of his birth ? the answer is to be found in the terrible story of the religious persecutions that, in the latter part of the seventeenth, and the early part of the eighteenth century, desolated and depopulated the land of his birth; in the year 1766, William Annin (son of John Annin) who emigrated with his parents from Scotland, erected near the old log cabin, a stone house, the history of which occupies a dear place in the hearts of the descendants of its builder, who was a stern Whig patriot in the New Jersey Legislature for a period of thirty years, and who furnished all the aid and comfort in his power to the friends of free government, during the dark days of the Revolutionary struggle ; in this house, he and his descendants lived for four genera tious ; in this house was born John Annin, eon of William Annin, the builder, and father of Jacob V. D. Annin, who was also born in the old stone house, June 4, 1796 ; here he passed the days of his youth; a description of the above house, is given in a work entitled " Centennial Celebration of the Annin Family at the Old Stone House, in Somerset Co., N. J., Aug. 15, 1866 ; " the description is given as follows : The scene of this celebration was an old stone house, some 50 feet front, by 40 in depth, with substantial walls, wide hall, and large open stairway ; it stands embowered in trees in one of the prettiest little valleys of the State, through which flows a small stream, a branch of the headwaters of the Passaic ; on the above date, the descendants of John Annin, met in this venerable mansion to thank God, for these, and all other blessings, which, during that century had attended them and theirs ; they came, representatives of every period of life, from infancy to old age ; they came in number 120, at the invitation of the venerable owner and occupant, then in his 77th year ; they visited the basement, where, during the Revolution, patriot soldiers had cooked their frugal rations, where, at other times, schools had been kept, and the Word of God had been preached to attentive audiences, convened from the neighborhood ; here the subject of this sketch, Jacob V. D. Annin, passed the days of his youth ; here he received his education, and labored upon the farm, and continued to live in Somerset Co., N. J., until 1850, when, seeking new fields of labor, he emigrated with his family West, and located first in Lee Co., 111., where he lived until 1852, when he located in East Oakland Tp., Coles Co., 111., where he engaged in farming until his decease. His marriage with Letty Winne, was celebrated Dec. 27, 1821 ; she was born in Bergen Co., N. J., April 4, 1803 ; she died in Coles Co., 111., April 14, 1873, leaving four children now living - John, Martin W., Samuel A. and Jacob V. W. (the biographies of the last three will be found in this work) ; Mr. Annin was one of the most industrious, hard-working and successful farmers in the township in which he lived, and was held in high esteem and great respect in the community in which he lived; he died June 15, 1878, upon the place where he had lived since his first settlement in Coles Co.

MARTIN W. ANNIN. carpenter and builder, Oakland; the subject of this sketch is the son of J. V. D. Annin, whose biography appears in this work, and whose genealogy is given for four generations past ; he was born in Somerset Co., N. J., Jan. 5. 1831, where he engaged in farming until 15 years of age, when he went to Brooklyn, N. Y., and learned and worked at the carpenter trade until 20 years of age, when he emigrated; with his parents, and located in Lee Co., 111., in 1850, remaining here a short time, when he went to Peoria Co., and worked at his trade until January, 1852, when he removed to Oakland, Coles Co., 111., and engaged in contracting and building, which business he has since successfully followed ; he owns his residence in Oakland, which he erected in 1877 ; also his shop, located at Lauson's lumberyard, East Oakland Depot; his business card will be found in the business directory of Oakland, in another part of this work. He married Jan. 10, 1861, to Angeline T. Payne; she was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, July 27, 1833, and emigrated with her parents to this county in 1835; they have one child by this union - OUie. born June 15, 1864.

SAMUEL A. ANNIN, farmer, S. 23 ; P. 0. Oakland ; born in Somerset Co., N. J., Nov. 8, 1836, where he attended school until 1850, when he emigrated with his parents to Illinois, and located in Wyoming Tp., Lee Co., where he assisted his father iu farming until January, 1852, when he located in East Oakland Tp., and engaged in farming, which business he has since followed, living upon the old homestead where his father first located in 1852, during a period of nearly thirty years ; he, with his younger brother, owns some 400 acres of land, which is well improved, and upon which, they each have good buildings. He married May 3, 1866, to Sarah M. Hall ; she was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, Nov. 13, 1841 ; they have two children by this union, viz.: Winnie, born Aug. 7, 1867; George, Aug. 5, 1869. Mrs. Annin emigrated from Ohio and located in Illinois when 8 years of age ; Mr. Annin is son of Jacob V. D. Annin, whose biography appears in the biographical sketches of this township.

J.V.W. ANNIN, farmer; P.O. Oakland; born in Somerset Co., N. J., July 29, 1841 ; he emigrated with his parents when he was 9 years of age, and located in Wyoming Tp., Lse Co., 111., in 1850, living there until January, 1852, when he removed with his parents to East Oakland Tp., Coles Co., 111., where he has since continued to live ; he, with his brother Samuel, own 400 acres of land, among which, is the old homestead, upon which they settled when they firet located here nearly thirty years ago ; while they own the above property in company, each has a good set of buildings of his own. He married Feb. 24, 1871, Martha A. Boyle; she was born in New Jersey Aug. 1, 1846 (her parents were among the early settlers of Coles Co.); they have five children by this union, viz., Cora A., Albert S., Edward M., Robert A. and Arthur C, Mr. Annin is the youngest son of Jacob V. D. Annin, who located here in 1852, and whose biography appears in this work, and in which appears the genealogy for the past four generations of the Annin family.

S. H. ASHMORE, farmer and stockraiser; P.O. Kansas; born in Butler Co., Ky., Jan. 29, 1822; he emigrated with his parents when quite young and located in Clark Co., 111., about the year 1826, where he lived until about 1828, when he removed to Coles Co., and located before the organization of the township in what is now known as Ashmore Tp., where he lived until 1836, when he located iu East Oakland Tp., where he has since lived. He lived with his parents until 23 years of age, at which time he married, and renting a farm, commenced farming for himself; his stock then consisted of a team of ponies and two cows ; after renting two years he purchased eighty acres of land, for which he partly paid at the time, the balance was paid within two years ; he has added since by purchase, until he now owns upward of 600 acres in Coles and Edgar Counties. He married June, 1845, to Matilda Boyer ; she was born in Edgar Co., Oct. 4, 1827 ; she died Oct. 14, 1875, leavino; five children, two of which are since deceased ; the names of the living are William M., Nancy J. (now Mrs. James Buckler), and Emanda B. Mr. Ashmore held the office of School Director in his district for upward of twenty years.

J. H. BRANNON, farmer, Sec. 7; P. 0. Oakland; born in Rockingham Co. Va., Sept. 1, 1836, where he engaged in farming until 19 years of age, when, in 1855, he emigrated to Missouri, where his father died soon after his arrival, when he returned to Virginia, remaihing during the winter, and, in the spring of 1856, he returned to Illinois, and located in Oakland Tp., Coles Co., and engaged in farming, which business he has since successfully followed ; he owns 200 acres of land, mostly under cultivation. His marriage with Sally A. Troxwell was celebrated Nov. 11, 1858 ; she was born in Coles Co., 111., her parents being among the early pioneers of this county, settling here at an early day ; they have eight children by this union - Winfield, Edward, Clara, Semantha H., John W., Hiram L., Franklin and Minnie L.

JOHN BUCKLER, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oakland ; born in Marion Co., Ky., June 22, 1838, where he was engaged farming until IG years of age, when he removed to Illinois and located in Edgar Co., in 1854, where he was employed as farm laborer until 1862, at which time he rented and farmed until 1874, when he purchased eighty acres, which he worked four years ; then sold out, and, after living in Douglas Co. eight months, purchased his present place of 160 acres, where he now lives, on Sec. 4, East Oakland Tp. He married April 7, 1862, to Harriet Davis; she was born in Clark Co., 111.; they have five children by this union, viz., Rosanuah, Richard T., Emma Jane, Lorenzo Dow, Nettie V.

JOHN BURWELL, retired farmer ; P. 0. Oakland; born in Morris Co., N. J., Feb. 1, 181.3, where he engaged in the manufacture of wrought iron until 19 years of age, when he emigrated West and engaged at his trade in the States of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio, until 1840, when he abandoned his trade and located upon his farm in Delaware Co., Ohio, where he lived until 1851. when, selling his farm, he emigrated West and located in Embarrass Tp., Edgar Co., 111., purchasing a farm of 480 acres, which he worked until the spring of 1856, when he removed to Oakland, where he has since continued to live, with the exception of two years which he spent upon his farm ; he owns 310 acres of prairie and timber land in Coles Co., 111., and 320 acres in Henry Co., near Newton, Kan. He married Sept. 19, 1833, to Missouri Thorp; she was born in Franklin Co., Ohio ; she died in 1853, leaving five children - Amos, Mary, Moses, John, Alice. His marriage with Lucy Ann Terhune was celebrated Sept. 19, 1853; she was born in Johnson Co., Ind. ; she died in 1856, leaving one child, since deceased. He married April 18, 1857, for his third wife, Nannie McCrum ; she was born in Huntingdon Co., Penn., Oct. 3, 1820 ; one child was the fruit of this union - Frank P., born Dec. 31, 1859. Mr. Burwell followed milling in Oakland from 1856 until 1875, when he i-ented his flour and feed mill and retired from active labor.

1847, where he engaged in farming and attended school until Feb. 24, 1864, when he enlisted in the 66th I. V. I., and went forward to battle for the Union ; the 66th was composed of picked men from the various Northwestern States, elected for their skill and accuracy in handling the rifle, and in the airmy was known as the Western Sharpshooters ; they always led the advance, and in important battles were detailed in S(iuads to silence rebel battries, which duty they often accomplished by their unerring aim, and many a Union soldier to-day owes his existence to the skill and bravery of the gallant 66th ; he was with Sherman on his march to and at the siege and capture of Atlanta ; at Lay's Ferry, being in the advance, they fought their way, step by step, for eight miles, losing heavily in killed and wounded ; in the battles of Rome Cross Roads, Dallas and Kenesaw Mountain, they suff"ered severely ; he was with Sherman on hi& march through Georgia to the sea, arriving in Savannah to spend the Christmas of 1864 ; he then marched with his regiment I north through North and South Carolina, being engaged in many battles until reaching Morrisville Station, N. C, when the 66th again had their position in the ad vance of Sherman, not to deadly conflictas they had many times been before, but. to receive the surrender of Johnston and his army ; he then marched to Richmond, Va., then to Washington, where, after the review of the army, he went to Louisville, Ky., where he was mustered out of the service July 7, 1865 ; in 1864, while coming North upon a furlough, he was made prisoner, but paroled, and at the expiration of his furlough, again joined his regiment, and remained until the close of the war. After being mustered out of service, he returned to Oakland, and worked at harness making for two years, when he went to Kansas, where he clerked eight months, returning to Illinois, he worked at his trade for six months, which he then abandoned on account of ill-health, and, in 1870, engaged as a book-keeper and head clerk in the dry goods house of L. S. & S. M. Cash, which position he has since held, with the exception of three years, which he spent in Virginia, on account of the illhealth of his wife. He married Nov. 18, 1869, Mary B. Cash, daughter of Cary J.

Cash, and niece of L. S. & S. M. Cash; she was born in Amherst Co., Va., July 15, 1851 ; one child was the fruit of the union - Ollie May, deceased.

W. D. BUSBEY, farmer and harnessmaker, Oakland; one of the pioneers of Coles Co. ; born in Clark Co., Ohio, Dec. 28, 1820, where he engaged in farming until 19 years of age, when he emigrated West in 1839, and located in Coles Co., 111., where he engaged in farming for a period of fifteen years ; in 1860, he located in Oakland, and engaged in the harness and saddlery trade, which business he has since followed, in connection with farming; he owns his shop and eighty acres of land, upon which his residence stands, which he erected in 1854; he held the office of Justice of the Peace for "upward of sixteen years in the township in which he lives. , He married in April, 1845, to Letitia i Black; she was born in Indiana in 1824; she died May 1, 1855, leaving three children - Josiah, Milton and William. His marriage with Margaret A. Newman, was celebrated Fieb. 23, 1860; she was born in Jefferson Co., Tenn., Dec. 18, 1826; they have one child now living by this union - Frankie. Her parents were pioneer settlers of Coles Co., locating here in 1834. Mr. Busbey has been a resident of Oakland since 1845, a period of upward of thirtythree years.

S. M. CASH, merchant, deceased ; born in Nelson Co., Va., March 13, 1829, where he lived until 8 years of age, when he removed to Amherst Co., where he attended school and engaged in farming until 16 years of age, after which -time he was engaged for eighteen months at Lexington learning the cabinet-maker's trade ; then coming West he located in Paris, Edgar Co., 111., in the fall of 1847, where he completed his trade, when he associated with his brother Henry, and located in Westfield, Clark Co., where they engaged in the furniture trade from 1849 until the spring of 1851, when he located at Oakland, where he engaged in the furniture business until 1856 ; at which time he associated with his brother, L. S. Cash, in the dry goods trade, which business he continued in connection with farming, stock-raising and shipping until his death, which occurred April 12, 1877; in the spring of 1869, their store with its contents was destroyed by fire, by which they met with a loss of upward of $8,000 above insurance ; they at once erected a fine brick store, into which they moved, and the surviving partner still continues the business under the old firm name. His marriage with Adeline Crawford was celebrated April 18, 1850 ; she was born in Butler Co., Ohio, April 17, 1831 ; eight children were the fruit of this union, five of which are deceased, the names of the living are Alice M., now Mrs. J. R. Lauson, born Dec. 31, 1854 ; Wilson M., born Dec. 6, 1861, and Stanley C, born March 15, 1871. Mr. Cash was an active member of the I. 0. 0. F. and Oakland Lodge, i No. 219, A., F. & A. M, Oakland Chapter No. 153, R. A. M., and a Knight Templar, being a member of the Palestine Commandery at Paris ; he was a member of the Methodist Church for eighteen years previous to his death, and was held in high esteem and great respect in the community in which he lived.

I when 2 years of age, he removed with his parents to Clinton Co., where, after living five years he removed to Kentucky, where he attended the common schools until 19 years old, when he entered the Beuleyville Academy, and, after attending several months, enlisted as private in the 3d Kentucky Cavalry, serving six months, when,

! Cavalry, and served during the war ; he then finished his education at the academy and engaged in school-teaching and preaching until 1871, when he located in Coles Co., 111., and after preaching in Ashmore, and other churches in the circuit until 1877, then located in Oakland, where he now lives; in the spring of 1878, he became editor of the Oakland Herald, which position he now holds ; this is the only paper in the town of Oakland. He married April 5, 1867, to Lucy E. Johnson ; she was born in Breckinridge Co., Ky., March 29, 1849 ; they have three children now

L. S. CASH, merchant, farmer and stock-raiser, Oakland; born in Nelson Co., Va., Jan. 12, 1827, where he attended school until 10 years of age, when, upon his father's decease, he removed to Amherst Co., where he attended school and engaged in farming until 1847, when he, with the family, emigrated West, and located in Paris, 111., in October, of the same year; during the December following, he buried his mother and two older brothers within a period of ten days ; he learned and worked at the plasterer's trade here for two jears, when, in March, 1850, he stairted overland, with an ox-team, for California, taking the old Oregon route, via Fort Hall, and, on August 18, of the same year, he arrived at the Placerville dissinscs, where he remained a short time ; then to Sumner River, then to North Greenwood Valley ; during the winter and the spring following, he went twenty-five miles south of Placerville to Dry Creek, where, meeting with fair success, he remained until his return home, sailing upon June 1, 1853; coming via New York, he arrived in Paris, 111., July 1, making the trip in thirty days ; he then located in Oakland, where he worked at the plasterer's trade until 1856, when he engaged in the dry goods trade, with his brother, under the firm name of L. S. & S. M. Cash, which he still continues, since the death of his brother, which occurred April 12, 1877 ; he has had the entire management of the store, together with 800 acres of land, which they owned together at the above date; in 1869, their store, with its contents, was destroyed by fire, by which they met with a loss of $8,000, above insurance ; he erected his fine brick residence in 1874, where he has since lived. He married. May 2, 1860, : Roena Sargent ; she was born in Coles Co. May 19, 1839; she died March 18, 1869, leaving two children, now living - Ella W. and Lulu R. ; his marriage with Susan Green was celebrated Dec. 30, 1873 ; she was born in Coles Co. Nov. 17, 1844 ; j they hare two children, now living, by this union - Logan S. and Alice.

MARION P. CASH, traveling salesman; P. 0. Terre Haute, Ind. ; born in Nelson Co.. Va., April 14, 1833, he removed to Amherst Co., with the family, when 4 j years of age, where he lived until 14 years of age, when he emigrated to Illinois and locate J in Paris, Edgar Co., in the fall of 1847; after farming one year, he learned and worked at the cabinet-maker's trade for three years, in Paris ; he came to Oakland, Coles Co., and worked one year at his trade, when he engaged with his brother in the furniture trade for two years ; he then sold out and engaged in the drug trade one year ; in 1855, he was appointed Postmaster of Oakland, at which date he engaged in the grocery and confectionery trade, which he continued until 1857, when he sold out and again engaged in the furniture business until 1861, when he removed to Westfield, Clark Co., and managed the merchandise trade of H. H. Cash & Bro., until 1863; he then engaged as traveling salesman for a wholesale notion house at Terre Haute one year ; he then went to Cincinnati and engaged in the same business until 1867, when he bought out a dry goods store at Kansas Station, which he ran until 1869, when, selling out, he again engaged as traveling salesman, which business he continued until 1877, for Terre Haute and Cincinnati wholesale houses; in 1877, he engaged in farming, and in September, 1878, he engaged as traveling salesman for the Terre Haute Woolen-Mills, which business he has since followed. He married, March 31, 1853, to Elizabeth J. Ashmore ; she was born in East Oakland Tp., Coles Co., 111., March 23, 1833; she was a daughter of James Ashmore, who emigrated from Tennessee, and located in Coles Co., at a very early period, where he lived until his decease ; Mr. Cash has eight children now living - William A , Marcus L., Emery E., Sarah B., Rosa A., Geoi:ge B., Marion R. and Alvin B. ; Mr. Cash is a brother of L. S. and S. M. Cash, whose biographies appear among the biographies of Oakland Tp. R. B. CLARKE, merchant, Oakland ; born in Madison Co., N. Y., Oct. 3, 1814, where he was engaged in farming until he attained his majority, when he emigrated to Ohio, where he engaged in the merchandise trade and distilling whisky for eighteen years ; in 1852, he came to Illinois, and, in 1854, located in Oakland, and, with C. Clement, erected the fir-it flour, feed and saw mill built in this town ; he followed this business for u])ward of twelve years, when he sold his mill ; in 1 868, he engaged in the grocery and hardware trade, which he has since successfully followed, being assisted in the same by his son, Orrin M. He married, Oct. 1, 1849, to iMargaret D. Welch; she was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, Jan. 31, 181G ; they have four children now living by this union, viz.: Orrin M., Clara B.. Mary J. and Odd R., Orrin M. Clark, the oldest son, was born in Ohio May 15, 1850; he was married to Alice E. Adams July 15, 1874 ; she was born in Lawrence Co., Ind., Jan. 27, 1859 ; they are the parents of three children now living, viz., Clara B., Claude D. and Jessie C. ; Mr. Clark is engaged with his father in the general management of his business.

T. S. COFFIN, merchant, Oakland ; born in Cornville, Somerset Co., Me., Oct. 7, 1832, where he was engaged in farming and attending school in winter ] until 18 years of age, when, after finishing i his academical studies, he engaged in school-teaching for two years, then as clerk in dry goods store four years ; he then engaged in the dry goods business for two years, when, in 1858, he went to California, where he resided about nine years, mining and speculating in mines, making and losing several fortunes, but finally was successful, and in the fall of 1867, he spent the winter visiting the scenes of his childhood in Maine, and the following spring, located in the dry goods trade at Oakland, which business he has since successfully followed. His marriage with Susan J. Winkler was celebrated March 5. 1872; she is daughter of David Winkler, one of the pioneers of Coles ('«). They have three children by - this union, viz., Carrie K., Eda M. and Harry H.

RICHARD COLE, farmer ; P. 0. Oakland ; born in Putnam Co., Ind., Dec. 8, 1835, where he attended school during winter and engaged in farming until 1871, when he emigrated to Illinois and located upon his present place, where he has since continued to live. U])on his arrival here, he purchased 160 acres of land, mostly prairie, where he has since successfully followed farming. He married Catharine A. Swinford April 13, 1858; they have three children now living by this union - James P., born Feb. 25,

1861 ; Mary E., born Jan. 23, 1863; Lucy A., born March 2, 1868. Mr. Cole has held the office of School Director in the district in which he lives. Mrs. Cole was born in Harrison Co., Ky., July 23, 1838 ; her parents removed to Indiana when she was an infant, where she lived until her marriage.

EDWARD CONAGHAN, merchant, Oakland; born in County Donegal, Ireland, Aug. 15, 1841, where he engaged in farming until 18 years of age, when he emigrated to America, landing in New York in the fall of 1859 ; coming directly to Charleston, he engaged with his brother peddling, taking his stock of goods upon his back and selling from house to house ; after following this for nine months for his brother, he commenced peddling on his own account, taking his first .stock of goods, which invoiced at $20, in a pack upon his back, working in all kinds of weather, until 1863, when he associated with his brother and engaged in the hotel business at Peoria, 111., which, proving unprofitable, they closed out, and, after paying all their indebtedness, he had barely enough means left to again start his portable dry goods and notion store, which consisted, as described above, of his pack, which he carried upon his back, buying his goods direct from first hands in New York, which enabled him to compete with the largest dealers in Coles Co.; he continued doing business in this manner until 1871, when he associated with David Jones, and located in Oakland in the grocery and queensware trade, which they continued until Jan. 3, 1876, when, purchasing his partner's interest, he added a stock of dry goods, clothing, etc., until he now carries a stock second to none in town, and his business is yearly increasing. Upon his arrival at Charleston, he wjis not only penniless, but was in debt for his fare to this country, and his first earnings were used to pay this indebtedness; ..he now has a good property which he has accumulated b}' his hard labor, perseverance and industry, and the above traits of character are well worthy of imitation.

JOHN G. CRAWFORD, farmer and stock-raiser; P.O.Oakland; born in Morgan Co., Ind., Aug. 10, 1837, where he attended school in winter and was engaged in farming in .summer until he was 23 years of age, when, in the spring of 18G0, he re- \ moved to Illinois, locating in Douglas Co., ! where he engaged in farming until 1865, when he returned to his native home, remaining there two years ; then coming West again, he continued farming nearly two years in Douglas Co., when in 1869, he removed to Oakland and erected a fine residence where he now lives ; he also owns several farms, containing upward of 1000 acres, in this and adjoining counties, all under cultivation ; he makes a specialty of stock-raising, usually feeding from 100 to 200 head of cattle. He married Jan. 10, 1866, to Virginia Valodin ; she was born in New Madrid, 3Io., November, 1838 ; three children were the fruits of this union - Dora and James, both deceased, John F., now living, born Aug. 9, 1874.

CHARLES CURTIS, farmer; P.OOakland; born in Oakland, Coles Co., 111., Dec. 5, ! 1841 ; his father died when he was an infant, and he continued to live with his , mother until her marriage with John Dollar, with whom he then lived until the j spring of 1862. when he enlisted in the 6od I. V. I., and went forward to battle for the Union ; he was in many severe battles, among which were the siege and capture of Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, and was with Sherman's army through Georgia, spending the Christmas of 1864 in Savannah ; then north through South and North Carolina, being in many engage- j ments, until the surrender of Johnston and his army, when he continued his march via Richmond to Washington, where, after i the grand review of the army, he with his regiment went to Louisville, Ky., where he was mustered out of service, after which, he went to Springfield, where he I received his discharge in July, 1865, hav- I ing served upward of three years in the Union army ; he then returned to Coles Co., 111., and, in the spring of 1866, removed upon his present place, where he has j since lived. He married April, 1864, to Martha 1. Hannah ; she was born in North Carolina in 1844, and died January, 187H, leaving three children now living, viz., James W\, Lucinda E. and Roddie Ells- ' worth ; his marriage with Margaret M. Yeager was celebrated April 30, 1874; she was born in Ohio April 18, 1855; ' three children were the fruit of this union, 1

A. A. DUNSETH, Police Magistrate and Justice of the Peace, Oakland ; born in Fleming Co., Ky., Oct. 12, 1821 ; he removed with his parents, when 6 years of ai!;e, to Ohio, where he learned and worked at the carpenter trade until 1843, when became West and located at Peoria, 111., working at his trade until 1852, when he removed to Georgetown, 111., where he kept hotel two years, when he purchased a saw-mill, which he ran in connection with his trade until 1858, when he removed to Danville, and engaged in contracting and building until 1861, when he raised a company for the 4th Illinois Cavalry, but the regiment having obtained its full quota of companies, his company was not accepted, the members joining other companies to fill up the regiment; in 1862, he visited the Union Hospitals at Louisville, Ky., and finding a wide field for labor in the interest of the soldiers of Illinois, he decided to remain there and labor in behalf of the same ; he immediately entered upon this noble duty, laboring for the relief of sufi"ering patriots of his State without compensation and defraying his own expenses for three months, when the hospital was visited by Dr. W. E. Fithian, J. L. Tincher and Judge Terry, of Danville; they at once saw the amount of good being accomplished through the agency of Mr. Dunseth, when they immediately demanded of Gov. Yates that Illinois should have a State Agent to look after our suffering soldiers, and suggested Mr. Dunseth as a suitable person to fill the position. This was at once acted upon, and he received his commission as State Agent, dating from the time he first came to the hospitals. He had never made application . for the above position, and when he received his commission, it was much of a surprise to him. The writer of this sketch has seen many letters to Mr. Dunseth from prominent men, both in civil and military life, expressing thanks and gratitude to him for the noble spirit he has^ shown in behalf of the soldiers of the Union army. At the close of the war, Ik returned to Danville and engaged in railroad bridging in Illinois and the Southern States until 1872, when he removed to Oakland, where he has since lived. He mar- ried Oct. 17, 1844, to Mary Burnside, cousin of Gen. A. E. Burnside ; she was born in Kentucky May 29, 1821 ; they are the parents of five children, now living, viz., Sarah E., David W., Charles A., Alice M. and James H. Mr. Dunseth has always labored in behalf of Christianity and temperance ; was a charter member of Lodge No. 2, Sons of Temperance, at Peoria, 111., and has been a brother Odd Fellow for the past thirty-four years.

THOMAS H. DUNCAN; P.O.Oakland; born in Clark Co., 111., April 29, 1844, where he attended school and engaged in farming until August 1, 1862, when he enlisted as private in Co. A (Capt. James B. Hill), of the 123d Regt. I. V. I., and went forward to battle for the Union ; he first went to Louisville, Ky., then marching South, was engaged in the battle of Prairieville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862, going then to Murfreesboro, Tenn., where he remained until May, 1863, when, on account of disability, he received his discharge, and, returning home, engaged in farming for a short time ; then, after attending the Westfield College one term, he engaged as clerk in the dry goods store of J. M. Miller, at Charleston, 111., which position he held for nearly two years, when, on account of illhealth, he returned home, where he remained until the fall of 1868, when he entered the college at Eureka, 111., where, after attending one term, he worked as clerk in the stores of Kirkbride and Marcilleot, at Eureka, during the summer, and in the fall again entered the college, but on account of ill-health was unable to remain but a short time. In early life, he had formed a determination to obtain a collegiate education, and his lack of means only tended to stimulate his energies in that direction, and to obtain the means to defray his expenses while attending college, he employed all his time, Saturdays, mornings and evenings clerking ; this labor, added to his hard study, so impaired health that he was obliged to give up his long cherished hope of graduating from college ; he then returned home and remained during the winter, and the following spring was employed as clerk for Wilson Bros., Charleston, 111., tor six months, when he engaged dealing in pictures, chromos, etc., until the following January, when he engaged in the sewing-machine business, which he followed until July 1, 1873, when he purchased a stock of goods and located in Oakland, where he has since continued to live ; he was described to the writer as being the tallest man in Oakland, being six feet five and one-half inches in height, and while in the army was known as little Tommy Duncan. His marriage with lone B. Decker was celebrated Nov. 28, 1872 ; she was born in Coles Co., 111., March 17, 1851 ; they have two children by this union, viz., Gertrude Q. and Jacob L. Mrs. Duncan is the daughter of Jacob K. Decker, one of the early pioneers of Charleston, Coles Co., 111.

JOHN DOLLAR, farmer and stockraiser; P. 0. Oakland ; born in Perthshire, Scotland, July 1, 1807, where he engaged in farming until 33 years of age, when he emigrated to A.merica, landing in New York in June, 1840, coming to Chicago via canal and lakes, where he hired a team to transport him to Coles Co., paying for the same the sum of $40 ; arriving here in July, he located eighty acres of land on Section 2, in what is now known as East Oakland Tp., upon which he commenced to make improvements, employing his spare time for several years in ditching for other parties ; he located upon his present place in 1849, which contains 263 acres, and upon which he has a complete set of buildings which he has erected since that date ; he also owns 200 acres of land in other parts of the county, all of which he has secured by his own hard labor ; in the fall of 1842, he made two trips to Chicago, taking up wheat which he sold at 64 cents per bushel, receiving his pay in leather, salt and groceries ; the time consumed on each trip being eighteen days. Mr. Dollar, though in his 72d year, is in possession of all his faculties and daily attends to the feeding and care of his slock, of which he has 40 head of cattle, 7 horses, 100 hogs and 30 sheep. He married in Scotland in the spring of 1833, to Margaret Carmichael ; she was born in Perthshire, Scotland, and died April 23, 1837, leaving one child, which died Aug. 28, of the same year ; his marriage with Mrs. Sarah Curtis was celebrated April 8, 1847 ; she was the daughter of .James D. Hunt, one of the early pioneers of Coles Co., and was born in Clark Co., Ohio,

Aug. 19, 1822; they have four children now living by this union, viz., Margaret J., Nancy Isabel, Sarah A. and Ralph D. Mr. Dollar has always taken a deep interest in the cause of religion and education, having been a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for upward of thirty years ; he was a strong Unionist during the late war, and in January, 1865, his house was visited by a band of desperadoes in the night, and with the revolvers of five blackened villains presented to himself and family, they demanded his money, of which they obtained upward of $600 and made away with their spoils ; four of the five were afterward captured and lodged in the Jail at Charleston, but broke jail and all escaped the penalty of their crimes. Mr. Dollar lost his father by death in September, 1840; his mother died in 1846.