Edgar County, Illinois - The whole text, 1879 (part 22 of 24)

R. L. SCOTT, of the firm of Scott Bros., merchants, Scotland ; he was born in this township June 8, 1850, and lived on the farm with his parents until he was 21 years of age ; then farmed in partner¬ ship with his brother (I. D.) one year ; then returned to his father's where he re¬ mained one summer, and, in the spring of 1873, he built part of the structure which they now occupy, and, in August of the same year, he opened a store of general merchandise, which was the second busi¬ ness house of the kind in this place. He married Marietta Burson Sept. 12,1876; she was born in Oakland, Coles Co., Ill., Feb. 28, 1860.

A. J. SCOTT, farmer and stock dealer. Sec. 14 ; P. O. Scotland ; owns 860 acres, valued at $40 per acre, and 126 acres, valued at $25 per acre ; he was born June 1, 1833, in this township, where he has resided ever since ; has been actively en¬ gaged in raising and dealing in live-stock. Married Amy M. McClure Dec. 1, 1859; she was born in Vermilion Co., Ill., June 25, 1838; she died here Jan. 31, 1870, leaving five children, viz., Flora B., Victor M., Samuel A., William O. and Luella; Mr. Scott married second wife, Nancy J. O'Neal, Oct. 17, 1872 ; she was born in Vermilion Co., Ill., Sept. 5. 1849 ; chil¬ dren by second marriage are Adah C. and Russell F. Mr. Scott's father, Samuel Scott, was a native of Kentucky, and emi¬ grated to Indiana at a very early date; he married there Rebecca Tabor in 1818; thence from Indiana to this county, where

MRS. LUCY SCOTT, retired farmer; P. 0. Scotland; widow of the late La Fayette Scott, and daughter of Edmond Clark, one of the early settlers ; was born in this township Nov. 23, 1836 ; her late husband (L. Scott), son of Samuel Scott, was born in this township March 27, 1837 ; their marriage was celebrated Dec. 29, 1859; they have three children - Nelson, Samuel E. and Willie. Mr. Scott was brought up to farming pursuits and care of live-stock, fre¬ quently dealing in the latter ; in the winter 1866 and 1867, he purchased a cargo of mules for shipment to Tennessee; early in 1867, he started for Memphis, going by the river ; on the way he was taken ill, and received the attention of a physician at Cairo, Ill., and in a few days felt re¬ cuperated sufficiently to proceed on his journey ; shortly after leaving Cairo, he took a relapse, and expired just as their boat landed at Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 26, 1867 ; since that time, Mrs. S. and her sons have carried on the farm of 196 acres, until about two years ago, when she moved to town (where she owns property valued at 8600) to give her children an op¬ portunity of going to school.

JOHN SCOTT, farmer and stockraiser, Sec. 14 ; P. 0. Scotland ; owns 320 acres in this township, and 400 acres in Brouillett Township, valued at 840 per acre; Mr. Scott was born in Morgan Co., Ind., Sept. 6, 1820, and came to Edgar ! Co. with his father's family May, 1829 ; the family consisted of parents and five children, as will be seen in the general his¬ tory of this township. Married Charlotte j Light March 26, 1843 ; she was born in New Richmond, Clermont Co., Ohio. Dec. 24, 1822, and came here with her ! parents in 1836 ; they have seven children living, viz., Harriet R. (now Mrs. T. Jackson, of Kansas), Winfield, Serena A. (now Mrs. F. J. Maddock), Sarah J. (now Mrs. E. Clark), John C., Julia E. (now Mrs. Jas. Beck) and Samuel H. ; Nancy C. was Mrs. John Pittman; she died Sept. 17, 1878. Contented to attend to the I pursuits of his farm and improving the same, Mr. S. had no desire to seek public offices, and held none except that which he could attend to without interfering with

M. D. SCOTT, farmer; P. O. Scotland ; owns property in town valued at 81,500 ; he was born in Vermilion Co., this- State, March 28, 1834; his father, Moses Scott, was born in Kentucky in 1802, but when quite young, he moved to Indiana, and married one Margaret Bogard, in the vi¬ cinity of Greensburg ; they moved to Illinois, and settled in Vermilion Co., in 1827, where he turned his attention to farming, and conducted it very success¬ fully, and, in the advanced years of his life, became a very extensive land-owner in Vermilion Co.; his wife died there in 1855, but he survived to a riper age, and was called from scenes of weariness in 1869. Mr. M. D. Scott's attention was given to farming and live-stock dealing from boy¬ hood. Dec. 7. 1859, his marriage was celebrated with Adeline Toney ; she was born in Virginia July 3, 1831 ; their children are William, Alexander and Nora. Mr. S. enlisted in the late war, Sept. 16, 1864, Co. A, 8th I. V. I., and served about thirteen months in the Gulf Department. In the fall of 1873, he came to this village and engaged in the mercantile business with R. L. Scott for one year; April, 1876, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and was re-elected in May, 1877, which office he holds at this time.

WILLIAM SCOTT, farmer and stockraiser, Sec. 24 ; P. O. Scotland ; owns 604 acres, valued at $40 per acre, besides sixty acres more valuable adjoining the town of Scotland; he was born in Morgan Co., Ind., July 13, 1819, and is the eldest son of the late Samuel Scott, who moved here with his family in the spring of 1829 ; William was given to the care of cattle, his father having brought about forty head from Indiana when he came here, which in those days was considered no insignificant adjunct to wealth, but being unacquainted with the varieties of grass best adapted for winter feed, and saving that which was most abundant and least valuable, their cattle nearly all died during the first win¬ ter, which was one of unusual severity ; undismayed by this, as well as many other adversities, they pushed steadily onward, regardless of untold difficulty, and by dint of energy and industry they could soon see their way clear; in 1842, William made a purchase of some land for himself but re¬ mained at his father s a year later, in the rpean time improving it and preparing for moving to his own, which was a little south of his present brick residence. Having his purpose almost accomplished, he wisely took into consideration the propriety of se¬ curing one as helpmeet with whom he could share his "weal " or who could mit¬ igate his " woe " ; this, with all that it implies, he really found in the person of Elizabeth Legate ; their marriage was sol¬ emnized Aug. 3, 1843; she was born in Ohio July 10, 1821, and came to this county with her mother and stepfather (I. D. Sayre), her brother (John M.) and half-brother (R. L. Sayre) in 1830. Their children are Israel D., Samuel, John M., Robert L., Albert (deceased), Lemuel, Rebecca A., William M., Norval and Franklin; each succeeding year brought with it the reward of their industry ; everything which they turned their atten¬ tion to seemed to prosper, and it may be truly said that they made a success of their business (stock-raising and farming). In 1868, they erected their magnificent brick residence at a cost of $12,000, but Mrs. Scott did not survive long to enjoy it, for that life which matured on the border of civilization, after preparing a large family for duty and position in society, closed peacefully Sept. 28, 1869. Mr. Scott's second marriage was celebrated with Ada Jaquith (widow of the late C. P. Jaquith) Oct. 20, 1870.

J. D. SAYRE, farmer, Sec. 30 ; P. O. Chrisman; owns 400 acres, valued at $40 per acre; he was born Jan. 28, 1831, in Edgar Tp., Edgar Co., Ill., where he has resided all his life, and part of his present farm was entered by his father in 1846. Married Miss Ruth A. McFerren June 30, 1853 ; she was born Jan. 20, 1831, in Brown Co., Ohio ; she came to this county in 1852 with a Blanchard family ; she died here Jan. 27, 1856, leaving two children - Alta M. and Abby A. Mr. S. Married Eliza McFerren Dec. 25, 1856 ; she was born in Brown Co., Ohio, Nov. 8, 1833, and came to this county in August, 1854 ; the children by second marriage are Luella J., Ruth A., Matilda C., ' Estella G., Vv illiam S., Ocalla, Mary F. and Alfaretta. Mr. Sayre's father (Israel D. Sayre) emi-

I grated from Browm Co., Ohio, and, March 21, 1830, they located in Edgar Tp., this county ; the family consisted of himself, wife and two children - Robert L. and J. M. Legate (a stepson) ; Mr. Sayre died at the old homestead in Edgar Tp. Sept. 11, 1849. Mrs. Sayre, Sr., still lives at the same place with her son (Israel D.) at the advanced age of 80 years, with clear and vivid recollection of the early settlements and inconveniences to be borne in a new, unsettled country. A sketch of Mr. Sayre's family shows that his grandfather (Sayre) emigrated from Ireland when this republic was in infancy, and settled in Ohio. His grandfather Mears came from Germany at an early date, and on their arrival in Ohio he, with his wife and two children and a small party of others, were captured by the Indians at what is known as Three Islands, on the Ohio, and were marched across the country to Detroit, Mich., where the " Post Trader" bought them of the savages, to rescue them; one child of the party was injured by an Indian throwing it across a creek on their way, so that it died of the effects shortly after their arrival in Detroit.

D. C. N. SAYRE, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. O. Chrisman ; owns 160 acres, valued at $40 per acre; he was born April 17, 1837, in Edgar Tp., this county; is son of Israel D. Sayre, who is mentioned elsewhere in the history as one of the early settlers of this county. Married Mary J. Taber Dec. 5, 1861 ; she was born in Bartholomew Co., Ind., Feb. 14, 1842 ; her father, Mar¬ tin Taber, was a native of Jackson Co., Ind. ; her mother, Elizabeth Phillips (Taber) was a native of Brown Co., Ind., but at an early date they located in Bar¬ tholomew Co., where they reared a family of seven children - six daughters and one son, three of whom are living - Lucinda (now Mrs. Kinnard, of Indiana), Sarah (now Mrs. Hanna, of this county,) and Mrs. Sayre ; her parents both died and their remains rest in what is known as the " Dougherty " burying - ground, near Columbus, Ind. After the death of her parents, Mrs. Sayre came here to an uncle (Samuel Scott's) in the spring of 1861 ; was married at above-mentioned date ; the children are - Jennetta, I. D., Alfred M., Elizabeth C., Anna V., Robert O. and Mary K.

A. J. STEVENSON, farmer, Sec. 6 ; P. 0. Ridge Farm ; owns eighty-one acres, value, $50 per acre ; he was born in Tippecanoe Co., Ind., Feb. 13, 1847 ; his parents moved from Indiana to Edgar Co. in 1851, with five children - Ruth A., Phebe A., M. L., Mary and Sarah, who was born in this county. Mr. Stevenson married Mary J. Dice Aug. 12, 1868 ; she was born near New Market, Tenn., March 19, 1851 ; they have three children living and two dead - Lizzie A. and George N., both deceased ; those living are Maggie, Olive and Charles W. Mr. S. enlisted in the late rebellion in March, 1864, in Parke Co., Ind., in the 1st Ind. Heavy Artillery, in the Dept, of Gulf of Mexico, and served there until February, 1866 ; was dis¬ charged at Baton Rouge, La., then re¬ turned to his home in Illinois ; during his term of service, he was in several hard engagements, but escaped unhurt.

L. SMITH, farmer; P. 0. Scotland; was born June 25, 1854, in this town¬ ship ; owns forty acres on Sec. 20, valued at $35 per acre, and an undivided interest in his father's estate, consisting of 420 acres, valued at $35 per acre, and sixtyfour acres timber-land, value $15 per acre. His grandfather - Abraham Smith - a native of Virginia, located in Ross Tp., where Chrisman is now located, about the vear 1818, and took a claim of 640 acres, where he reared a family of six children - three boys and three girls ; two of the latter are now living near Logan, this county, one son now in Oregon, the others all deceased. Abraham sold his claim to

M. Chrisman about 1835 ; he now resides in Bloomington, Ind., at the advanced age of about 88 years. His son, S. B. Smith, and father of L. Smith, was born as afore¬ said, in what is now Chrisman, and resided in Edgar Co. all his life-time, except three years in Missouri ; his wife was M. T. Woods, of this county ; she died here Aug. 16, 1869, leaving six children, viz.,L., Wm. M., Viola J., John G., M. M. and Annie. Their father, Shephard B., died here Sept. 18, 1871. Mr. L. Smith married Lucretia A. Robison Nov. 18, 1875 ; she was born Oct. 6, 1856 ; they have one child - Wm. M.

born Feb. 18, 1818 ; he lived at his native place until the age of 12; then came to Edgar Co. with his parents ; during his early life, he had but little chance of get¬ ting an education ; still by home study lie became a fair scholar. He was married Jan. 8, 1844, to Miss Arminta Ingram, of Hawkins Co., Tenn., but a resident of Edgar Co. at the time of marriage ; they have a family of nine children - four boys and five girls. He began business for himself at the age of 19 ; he had no assistance from his people ; now, by hard work, economy and good management, he has a property of nearly four hundred acres of good land, well improved. He is a man standing well in the community ; has a good name and reputation, which he has earned by honesty and integrity.

JAMES WALLS, farmer, Sec. 12 ; P. 0. Scotland; owns 120 acres, value, $25 per acre. He was born Jan: 11, 1836, in Nicholas Co., Ky., where he farmed from boyhood. He married Sarah A. Markwell March 5, 1857 ; she was born in Flem¬ ing Co., Ky., Oct. 18, 1833; their children are Alfred, Charles, Louis, Taylor, Alice and Adalina (deceased). They moved from Kentucky December, 1867, and, on Christmas, they arrived in Paris, Edgar Co., and pushed on to his brother's, who resided a short distance north of where Mr. Walls now resides ; he rented farms in this vicinity from the time he came here, and, in the fall of 1874, he bought the farm he now owns, and paid $40 per acre, without any improvements ; he has made considerable improvement, and has a com¬ fortable home. His son Alfred met with a serious accident on Aug. 12, 1872, occa¬ sioned by a runaway team with which he was hauling hay ; while the team was in the act of running, he leaped from the load, breaking his left leg so badly that amputation was rendered necessary.

N. YELTON, farmer, Sec. 18; P. 0. Chrisman ; owns 210 acres, value $10,000. He was born Aug. 3, 1836, Hamilton Co., Ky. ; his parents moved from Kentucky when he was about 3 years of age, and located in Parke Co., Ind., where Mr. Y. lived until his removal to his present resi¬ dence in April, 1876. He was married to Mary Reddish March 6, 1858 ; she was born Jan. 20, 1837, in Kentucky; have five children - Robert, Madora, Sarah,.

A. E. BOLAND, farmer; P. 0. Paris; son of Augustin E. and Ruth W. (Tickner) Boland, who were among the first settlers of Edgar Co., locating upon the farm where A. E., Jr., now resides in 1818; he was a soldier of the war of 1812, and has resided in this and the vi¬ cinity of where Vincennes and Terre Haute now stand, from the time of his discharge to his death, which was in 1873, at the age of 82, and his wife in 1876, at the age of 73. The subject of this sketch was born in the house where he now resides ; he owns seventy-two acres of the old homestead. He served for a time in the army of the late war. He married Miss Charity Galeener ; they have four children - Charles D., Henlie N., Orrie M. and Luella T.

J. H. BLANFORD, farmer and black¬ smith ; P. 0. Paris ; is a native of Ken¬ tucky ; was born June 26, 1847, where he was raised ; his father before him was a blacksmith, and during his early life was put at the trade and has followed it prin¬ cipally thus far through life ; is a good workman, through which he has been quite successful ; he came to Illinois in 1867, locating in Effingham, and removed to Edgar Co. in 1869, locating where he now resides, since which time he has ac¬ quired a good property. He married Miss Laura A. Bruce, of this county, June 4, 1872; they have two children - James E. and Gertrude. He is now Township Commissioner and a respected citizen.

JIRA I. BLACKMAN (deceased); was the son of Remember Blackman, who was one of the three first white settlers in Edgar Co. ; he was born Oct. 13, 1820; received his education and spent his early life in the county. Iu July, 1846, he en¬ listed for the Mexican war ; he was mus¬ tered in at Springfield, and elected Third Sergeant ; he shared the fortunes of the army through their long marches in Mexico, proving himself a good officer and worthy soldier, and, at the end of his term of enlist¬ ment, he received his discharge from the proper authorities. In 1850, he went to California, where he remained six years, engaging in farming, of which he made a success. On June 21, 1863, he married Miss Mary E. Hopkins, of Putnam Co., Ind., who still survives him ; they had a family of six children - Edwin, Charity A., Nancy L., Wallace J,, Jack and Will¬ iam. He was a man who had earned a good name and reputation by honesty and integrity ; was also a very energetic busi¬ ness man, leaving, at the time of his death, which occurred Nov. 26, 1878, a fine property of nearly four thousand acres of fine land. He was a man well known in the county, and at his death was mourned not only by his family, but by a large circle of friends.

CHARLES H. BLANFORD, farmer; P. 0. Paris ; son of W. H. Blanford, a prominent pioneer ; was born in Nelson Co., Ky., April 30, 1834, and came to this county with parents in 1837 ; during his early life, the advantages for a school edu¬ cation were few and far between, but, by experience and the little schooling, he ob¬ tained a good common education. On April 27, 1862, he married Miss Bettie Halsted, of Erie Co., N. Y.; and on July 10, 1862, he enlisted with 71st Ind. V. I., and after eighteen months, the regiment was re¬ organized and made a cavalry regiment, and was iu a number of battles, among which were Richmond, Ky., Muldoze Hill, Ky., siege of Knoxville and Nashville, and was mustered out after the service of three years ; then returned, since which time he has given agricultural pursuits his entire attention. He owns 100 acres of fine land, and is a welFto-do and a much-respected citizen .

W. H. BLANFORD, farmer; P. O. Paris; was born in Prince George Co., Md., June 20, 1805 ; he was taken by his parents to Nelson Co., Ky., where he lived until coming to Edgar Co., Ill. He mar¬ ried Miss Nancy Wraghtmire, on June 19, 1826 ; she was born in Nelson Co., Ky., July 31, 1807 ; they emigrated to this county in 1837, at which time this was a wild and desolate-looking country ; but being possessed with a firm will and willing hands, they set to work to make a home, and for a long time it seemed up¬ hill business; but after a few years of hard toil and many privations, the dawn of -success began to be visible, and by indus¬ try, economy and integrity, have risen to be one among the better class of the county ; he has assisted his children to a good property, and has retained for him¬ self 210 acres of fine land; Mr. B. is a public-spirited man of good business ability ; a kind parent and an affec¬ tionate husband; they have raised a fam¬ ily of twenty-three, twelve of whom are their own ; they are as follows : Elizabeth J. (now Mrs. J. Marrs), Amanda L. (now Mrs. J. Thralls), Sarah A. (now Mrs. H. J. Stewart), Martha J. (now Mrs. W. Dusthamer), Charles H., George W., Mary L. (deceased), Bose A. (now Mrs. Bobt. Anderson), William C., Benjamin

G. and Maria (Satterlee) Collins ; they were natives of New York ; in 1818, they came West and located in Vermilion Co., Ind., where they remained until 1827, then removed to Edgar Co. He, during his life, was an honored and respected citi¬ zen; his death occurred in August, 1877. The subject of this sketch was born Jan. 28, 1825, in Vermilion Co., Ind., and came, with his parents, to this county ; here he has become a well-respected citi¬ zen and prosperous business man. He married Miss Amanda E. Wheeler in March, 1846;- she passed away in June, 1849, leaving two children - Jenette (now Mrs. J. I. Partridge), and Horace (deceased) ; | on March 20, 1850, he married Miss Fanny L. Miller; they have raised four children - Homer, Webster, Oscar and Bollin. Mr. Collins has taken quite an interest in public and political affairs, and had the confidence and esteem of his friends. He has served as Collector three i years, held the office of Justice of the ; Peace four years, and been School Treas- I

MIAL M. CBUM, farmer; P. O. Paris; is a native of Kentucky, Floyd Co.; was born April 8, 1839; lived at his native place until the age of 13, he going to Missouri with his parents, where they remained about two years, then came to Edgar Co., where Mr. Crum has since lived. During his early life, he had but little chance of gaining an education. He was married Oct. 4, 1866, to Miss Me¬ lissa Bodine, a resident of Edgar Co. ; they have a family of four children - two boys and two girls. He began doing for himself at the age of 19; now, by hard work and good management, he has ninety acres of good land, well improved ; Mr. Crum is still a young man, but of good standing in the community, and known as one of the straightforward, honest men of Hunter Tp.

JAMES C ABNEY, farmer and pioneer; P. 0. Paris ; is a native of Virginia ; was born in Norfolk Co., Oct. 3, 1811; he was taken by parents to Madison Co., Ky., where he was raised and educated ; during his early life, he took up cabinet-making; being of a mechanical turn of mind, soon > became a good workman ; he came to Illi¬ nois in 1830, and in 1834, he located where he now resides, with his sister and brother-in-law, and began to prepare a home, at which time there were but few settlers in this vicinity. He has always interested himself in all public matters for the good of the community, and is exten¬ sively known (largely on account of the peculiarity of his living) as his place of meditation and retirement faces south upon the dividing line of Illinois and Indiana, and his place of. supplying the wants of the inner man being in Illinois ; then, on retiring, he sleeps within the jurisdiction of the Governor of Indiana. He has in¬ dulged in this "luxury" for upward of forty years, and remains a bachelor of fine social qualities, and a much-respected cit¬ izen.

M. S. GALEENEB, farmer ; P. 0. Paris ; is a native of Warren Co., Ohio ; was born March 6, 1814, where he was raised and schooled, and, on Dec. 3, 1837, he married Miss Mary A. Scofield ; she was born Jan. 24, 1819. During his early i life, his father died, and he was raised by

Levi Boyer, a farmer, and has always been a faithful and hard worker, the result of which is a good property. They came to Illinois, locating where they now reside in *1864; they have raised a family of seven - Eliza J. (now Mrs. A. Hendricks), Da¬ vid J. (deceased ; was killed in the army, at the battle of Atlanta), Emma (deceased), Charity (now Mrs. A. E. Boland), Joseph P., Moses C., William H. and Albert. Mr. and Mrs. Galeener are members of the M. E. Church, and highly respected by all who know them.

JOSEPH D. HUNTER, farmer and stockdealer ; P. 0. Paris ; son of S. K. Hunter; was born in this county July 14, 1849, where he has since lived; he has obtained a good business education, and, for a young man, is fast becoming one of the most successful and popular farmers of this township. He married Miss M. Ella drove, of Vermilion Co., ind., Oct. 1, 1874 ; they have two promising children - Collett S., born Oct. 28, 1875, and Maude, born Nov. 17, 1877. They have a fine farm of 250 acres, and one of the finest farm residences of the county. They are young people of fine social qualities, and 'tis fair to predict a brilliant future.

JOHN HUNTER, farmer ; P. 0. Paris ; son of John and Susan (Kelham) Hunter ; was born in Granger Co., Tenn., Nov. 7, 1803, where he was raised and schooled; he came with parent's family to Greencastle, Ind., in 1828, where he was deputized U. S. Marshal to take the census of Put¬ nam Co. in 1830, and in 1831 was ap¬ pointed Deputy County Sheriff, and served two years under William McIntosh, dur¬ ing which time his father and family re¬ moved to Edgar Co., Ill., and, in February of 1833, he joined his people in their new homes, his father having died on May 12, 1832, at the age of 69 ; his mother lived until May 31, 1857, and passed away at i the ripe age of 83 ; her people were of Scotch descent, and she was the last of a family of six, whose combined ages were upward of 600 years. His father was of English descent. Mr. H. received a good common education during his early life, and taught school winter months, for five years, and practiced economy and industry, and success followed. He was elected Sheriff of this county in 1846, serving two years, and in 1851-52 served as Dep¬ uty ; then, in 1855, was appointed by the Court Commissioner of the Gen. Sanford estate. He was chairman of the first Board of Supervisors of the county, and has served as Justice of the Peace twelve years. His many official duties have been not only with credit to himself, but those he represented. His entire life has been one of activity and prominence, and, as a family, they are highly respected. His wife was Miss Nancy Dyer, a native of Ky.; they were married Dec. 5, 1830 * they are parents of six - Eliza A. (de¬ ceased ; she was married to Mr. I. Hurst, and left a family of five), Hon. Andrew J., George W., Benjamin F. (deceased), Jen¬ nie (now Mrs. S. J. Burns), and Newton (deceased).

OSCAR HUFFMAN, farmer; P. O. Paris; son of David Huffman, who is a pioneer of this county, and a native of Virginia, and was horn in Hampshire Co. March 22, 1809, and was the son of Adam and Mary Huffman (now deceased) -, at their deaths their combined ages equaled 160 years; they had a family of eleven, five now living ; early in life, Mr. David H. chose the trade of a blacksmith and served a regular apprenticeship, which business he has followed at intervals only. He married Miss Catharine Stover (a na¬ tive of Virginia), April 4, 1833, and they emigrated to Illinois, settling where he now resides in 1837 ; she passed away March 16; 1874, leaving three children - Oscar, Zachary T. and David A. Mr. Huffman has witnessed the entire growth and development of this county, and by industry, integrity and economy has ac¬ cumulated a large property, and now can look back over his past life with satisfac¬ tion, as he has lived an enterprising and useful life, and now lives to see the use¬ fulness and prosperity of his family. Os¬ car, the subject of this sketch, was born in this county May 23, 1846, and received a good business education ; during the late war he enlisted with the 70th I. V. I. (three-months service), and afterward en¬ listed with the 66th regiment, known as the Western Sharpshooters, and was through the Georgia campaign, and was wounded at the battle of Atlanta, which disabled him for some eight months ; he still carries the ball (which is an ounce ball) in his person, and while he lives his memory will be fresh upon the subject of the late war. After the service, he returned and engaged in mercantile business ; he was Postmaster and merchant at Huffmansville for a number of years; also in the mercantile business at Vermilion some two years ; he has served as School Treasurer for five years, and is well-to-do and a re¬ spected citizen. He married Miss Elzora Dyer Dec. 3, 1868 ; they are the parents of three children - Harrie, Sivola (de¬ ceased) and Bernard M. He owns 140 acres of fine land.

DAVID HUFFMAN, Jr., farmer; P. 0. Paris; was born in this county May 25, 1851, and upon the farm where he now resides, which is the old homestead where his father settled in 1837, of which he owns 102 acres ; he has had the advantage of a good education, and is a young man of good physical as well as mental powers, and upon the full tide of success. He has served as Town Col¬ lector two years. He married Miss Jane, daughter of J. F. Myers, of this county, March 4, 1875 ; they have two children - Lola E. and Park M.

Z. T. HUFFMAN, farmer; P. 0. Paris; son of David Huffman, a prominent pio¬ neer of this county ; was born in this county March 8, 1849 ; during his early life, he obtained a good education, attend¬ ing the Paris Seminary, and the academy at Ladoga, Ind. He married Miss Mary McCown, of this county, Jan. 29, 1874; she was born July 27, 1853 ; they are the parents of two children - Edgar C. (de¬ ceased) and James F., born Nov. 25, 1877. Mr. H. owns 100 acres of wellimproved land. He has served as Town¬ ship Clerk two years, and is a young man of good physical as well as mental powers, and 'tis fair to predict for him a brilliant future.

M. KEYS, farmer; P. 0. Paris; son of Isaac Keys, who settled in Vigo Co., Ind., in an early day ; his death occurring when M, was 3 years old. He was born Nov. 22, 1828 ; his father dying when he was so young, he had but little chance of attending schools, though, by his own efforts, he became a fair scholar ; he came to this county as early as 1832, though did not locate permanently until 1843 ;. at this date, he engaged with Col. Baldwin as clerk, which position he filled for thirteen years ; he bought and located where he now resides in 1855 ; he has a fine property of 350 acres of good land, 240 of which he has improved. He was married Sept. 2, 1852, to Miss -Eliza Moss, of Kentucky ; they have a family of six children - Henry A., Erasmus, Abraham L., Lucy F., Thomas and Mary. Mr. Keys has been quite a prominent man ; has served the people in the capacity of School Director, Trustee and Hoad Commissioner ; he is well known as one of the straightforward, reliable men of Hunter Township.

J. Y. McCULLOCH, farmer; P. 0. Paris ; is the son of Otis and Ann Mc¬ Culloch ; they locating on the farm where where J. Y. now resides, in 1820 ; Mrs. McCulloch dying in 1830 and his father in 1860. Mr. McCulloch was an energetic man of good ability ; during his life he ac¬ cumulated a fine property, which he left to his only son. J. Y. was born upon the old farm, where he now lives, Jan. 12, 1826 ; he was here during the early settlement of the county, and can well remember many of the hardships endured by the pioneers ; during his early life, he, by home study, became a fair scholar. He married Miss Olive Plumb, of Vermont, June 20, 1855 ; they have a family of seven children - Mary, Otis (deceased), Sarah, James, George, Esther, John and Julia. He has been an active worker in all public affairs pertaining to the good of the community ; through his energy and industry, he now owns 800 acres of fine land, well improved ; as early as 1828, before the county was supplied with churches as it is now, the people of the neighborhood used to convert his barn into a church for the time being, and thus carry on their religious services. Mr. M. is a man well known in the com¬ munity as one of the leading and prominent men of Hunter Tp.

JAMES A. McCOWN, farmer; P. O. Paris ; son of Janies and Ann (Wood) McCown, who were natives of Kentucky ; they came to Edgar Co. in 1830 and lo¬ cated in Hunter Tp., where he passed away Oct. 2, 1834, she dying Sept. 23, 1845 ; they raised a family of seven children, only three of whom are now living. The subject of this sketch was born Oct. 26, 1811, and came to tfiis county with his parents ; during his early life, he learned the trade of a silversmith ; he served a regular apprenticeship at Le¬ banon, Ky.; when he came to Illinois, die followed his trade at Danville until 1838, then came to Edgar Co. and located on his present farm. On Dec. 30, 1840, he married Miss Emily J., daughter of Wm. Murphy, a prominent pioneer of the county ; they have raised a family of six - Wm. W., Matilda J. (now Mrs. J. T. Allen), Isabella A. (now Mrs. W. R. Bodine), Rebecca E. (now Mrs. L. W. Watson), Joseph M., Mary H. (now Mrs. Z. T. Huffman). Mr.. M. has a fine prop¬ erty, they now owning 240 acres of wellimpr'oved land. He has always given liberally to any enterprise that he deemed for the public good, and has held the office of Assessor for sixteen years, and is well known as one of the straightforward, sub¬ stantial citizens of Hunter Tp.

J. R. MOREHOUSE, farmer; P. 0. Paris ; this gentleman is the son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Buckman) Morehouse, who emigrated from New Jersey to Yigo Co., Ind., in 1833 ; here he followed his trade of weaving ; they raised a family of four children, only two of whom are now living - Sarah (now Mrs. J no. Kizer) and the sub¬ ject of this sketch ; he died in 1843 ; his wife surviving him thirty- five years. J. R. received a good common-school edu¬ cation and early in life began business for himself ; this was in Terre Haute, which at that time was only a small village. He has been married twice, first to Miss Eliz¬ abeth Story, of Greene Co., Ind., April 26, 1817 ; she died Aug. 28, 1870, leaving three children - Martha J. (now Mrs. T. Hepple), Sarah and Elizabeth ; his second marriage was on Dec. 29, 1870 ; his wife's name previous to marriage being Mrs. Catharine E. Squire, of Terre Haute, Ind. ; she was born Dec. 9, 1839 ; they had two children - Lucy J. (deceased) Jonathan R. Mr. M. settled upon his present farm in 1849; he has 211 acres, which, under his supervision has been made a splendid farm, finely cultivated and improved with fine buildings. He has served as Township Commissioner and School Director for several years ; he has taken an active part in the building of churches and schools and always helped to forward any enterprise tending to the public good. He has also been an active |

DR. C. S. McCLAIN, physician, Paris; is a native of Ohio ; was born in Cler¬ mont Co., Sept. 8, 1843, where he was raised and received his early education. In 1862, he enlisted with the 89th Ohio V. I. and was in a number of battles, among which were Chickamauga, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Peach-Tree Creek and with Sherman to Atlanta ; and at the battle of Chickamauga was wounded, which disabled him for a time ; he served two and one half, years, after which he re¬ turned and took up the study of medicine with Dr. P. N. Woods, of Fairfield, Iowa, and graduated at Keokuk in 1870, and began the practice of his chosen profession with his preceptor at Fairfield, Iowa ; he came to where he now resides in 1874, and through his skill, energy and perseverance, has built up a good practice ; he is con¬ sidered a man of good ability. He mar¬ ried Miss Ara Scott, of Vermilion Co., Ind., Nov. 5, 1876 ; they have one child ; since liviDg here, has accumulated a good prop¬ erty, and is genial and social, and upon full tide of success.

F. M. MANN, farmer ; P. O. Paris ; son of Jacob and Abigail (Campbell) Mann ; he was born July 19, 1845, in But¬ ler Co., Ohio; he *was raised a farmer, which business he has since followed. He married Lizzie Scott Feb. 15, 1865 ; they have a , family of three children - Marion E., M. Winn and Jacob W. Mr. M. has a fine property of 180 acres of good land, well improved, which he is cultivating with credit to himself and his family.

THOMAS McFALL, general mer¬ chant, Paris ; is a native of Virginia ; was born Oct. 16, 1848. He was in the serv¬ ice of the late war of the rebellion. He came to where he now resides, and began in a small way, and built up a good trade by industry and square dealing, and, through his willingness to accommodate, has won many patrons and friends ; he has a good place of business and a fine residence, and the citizens in this vicinity will do well to call and examine his goods and prices before purchasing elsewhere. He 'mar¬ ried Miss Mary J. Scott, of Frederick Co., Md., - Oct. 16, 1871 ; they have three children - William R., Anna M. and Ellen F.

BENJAMIN PRO PST, mechanic and farmer; P. 0. Paris ; son of Michael and Mary Propst, who were natives of Virginia, and settled in this county in 1837, and, in 1839, removed to Vermilion Co., Ind., where they lived the remainder of their days ; he died in 1846, at the age of 65 years, and she died in 1865, at the age of 72. The subject of this sketch was born in Page Co., Va., June 8, 1814, and when a young man, being of a mechanical turn of mind, took up the trade of a carpenter and joiner, which business he has made his principal occupation. On Aug. 20, 1837, he mar¬ ried Miss Eve Louder back, of his native county; she died Oct. 18, 1876, leaving three children - Martha J. (now Mrs. J. Griffin), Mary (now Mrs. Job Irish) and James M. ; and on Aug. 20, 1877, he married Mrs. Elizabeth Propst (late widow of R. Propst ; she was the daughter of George Stultz ; she has, by first husband, eight children living - Harriet E., Josiah, Rosetta, Lorenzo D., James F., Benjamin L., Martin M. and Emma L. ; her first husband (R. Propst) died March 6, 1875; left a good property.

J. Y. SUDDUTH, farmer; P. 0. Paris; is a native of Fauquier Co., Va.; March 14, 1803, his parents moved to Lincoln Co., Ky.; while there, he learned the trade of wagon-making, serving a regular apprenticeship ; this he made his business in different locations for about forty years. He was married Nov. 4, 1830, to Miss Sarah Crow, and began do¬ ing business for himself at Danville, Ky., at the manufacture of wagons, where he remained two years ; then removed to Danville, Ind., where he opened a shop and did business at carpentering and the manufacture of wagons, for about four years ; then removed to Greencastle, Ind., where he operated also about four years ; then, in 1840, came to Edgar Co., and bought land, but still followed his trade; he, now owns 160 acres of good land where he lives, which is well improved ; this is the result of his own energy and good management. They had a family of twelve children - eight of whom are- still living - George W., Matilda, Benjamin M., Henry G., William C., Otis M., Strother A. and Margaret J.

H. W. WRIGHT, farmer and stockdealer ; P. O. Paris ; son of Caleb and Eliza A. Wright, who settled in Hunter Tp. in 1856, where he passed away in October, 1870, leaving five children, and a good property. H. W. was born in Fayette Co., Ohio, May 9, 1840 ; being the oldest of his father's family, was fore¬ most in the farm duties while at home. He married Matilda, daughter of Amos Meeks, of Randolph Co., Ind., Aug. 31, 1865 ; they have a family of six - Caleb W., Ida M., Joseph M., Louise B. and Henry W. Mr. Wright is one among the largest stock dealers of this county, and is considered a well-to-do and a shrewd busi¬ ness man ; he owns a fine farm of 185 acres; he is well known, and much re¬ spected.

ISAAC WILSON, farmer; P. O. Paris ; is the son of John W. and Mar¬ garet (Newcomb) Wilson, wbo were among the early settlers of Edgar Co. The subject of this sketch is a native of the county, Hunter being his native town¬ ship ; he was born May 26, 1825 ; he served a regular apprenticeship at cabinet¬ making, and followed the business of cab¬ inet-maker and manufacturer of furniture for twelve years. He was married Jan. 18, 1869, to Miss Lizzie Aulsup, of De- Witt Co., Ill. ; they have a family of four children - Ella G., William R., Ida B. and Hattie M. He has accumulated by his industrv and good management 127 acres of good land, which is well im¬ proved, making a nice home.

' ROBERT ANDERSON, merchant; P. 0. Sanford, Vigo Co., Ind.; this gen¬ tleman is one of the leading and one of the oldest merchants in Sandford ; was born in Vermilion Co., Ind., Sept. 23, 1839 ; his parents being early settlers of Ver¬ milion Co., Ind.; Mr. Anderson was raised on his father's farm ; engaged in farming from the time he was able to handle the plow. Was a soldier of the late war; enlisted as a private in Co. K, 31th Ind. V. I., and participated in some of the prominent battles ; he was in the battle of Fort Donelson where the first substantial success of the war was achieved ; Shiloh, where a victory was snatched from the jaws of death ; Corinth, Chickamauga, etc.; mustered out December, 1865, close of war, at Victoria, Texas, as First Lieutenant which office he filled for about three years ; in 1867, he commenced the mercantile busi¬ ness in Sandford as J. W. Watts & Co. ; then in company with J. H. Hussong; firm, Anderson & Hussong ; he then pur¬ chased Mr. Hussong's interest ; since then he has carried on the mercantile business himself ; to-day ranks as one of the lead¬ ing merchants of Sandford. Mr. Ander¬ son's father and mother, J. and Jane (Patton) Anderson, moved to Vigo Co. at an early day.

JOHN A. BRIGHT, M. D., Sandford, Vigo Co., Ind.; the above-named gentle¬ man was born in Vermilion Co., Ind., and is the son of Silas and Sarah (Rhoads) Bright ; his father was a native of Penn¬ sylvania ; parents settled in Indiana at an early day ; Dr. Bright commenced the reading of medicine in 1870; in 1873, his teacher was Dr. A. J. Pinson, a prominent physician of Libertyville, Ind.; he then went to Terre Haute, Ind.; while there, his preceptor was Dr. Benjamin Sawford ; in 1874, he entered the Rush Medical College, of Chicago, one of the leading medical colleges of the United States; here he attended the winter term and a part of the spring term of 1875; received a sufficient knowledge of medicine; he then went to Libertyville and commenced his profession ; from there he came to Sanford, 1877 ; is the only resident phy¬ sician of the town.

JOHN CUMMINS, farmer; P. 0. Vermilion ; made his home in Edgar Co. forty-eight years ago ; he was born in Harrison Co., Ky., Dec. 25 (Christmas), 1807, and is the son of Joseph and Lydia Cummins ; his father was a farmer, a na¬ tive of Pennsylvania, having moved to Kentucky at an early day ; Mr. Cummins was raised on the farm, engaged in farm¬ ing. He married in Kentucky to Nancy Chapman, of Tennessee, daughter of Rob¬ ert Chapman. In 1830, with wife and one child and his brother, James Cum¬ mins (who died in Edgar Co. 1846), started for Illinois in a wagon drawn by a span of horses ; they arrived and settled in Elbridge Tp., Edgar Co. Mr. Cum¬ mins, when he first came here, was very poor, having a team of horses and S5.12-1 in money ; the first four years, he rented a farm; in 1834, he purchased the first forty acres of land which lies be¬ tween the present farm and Vermilion ; he built a log cabin in 1834, and lived there until about 1850 ; with the trials that none but the old settlers have experienced, he. has managed to accumulate 280 acres of land. Mr. Cummins was a soldier of the Black Hawk war, and did good service. His wife died February, 1874, at 63 years old ; they had thirteen children, ten chil¬ dren living, all married ; fifty-nine grand¬ children.

JAMES FOSTER, farmer; is one of the best known farmers of Elbridge Tp. ; was born in Elbridge Tp., Edgar Co., Ill., xipril 15, 1822, and is the son of Arthur and Nancy (Esry) Foster, who were pioneers of Edgar Co., Ill., having made their home here in 1820. Arthur Foster was a farmer; was born in 1801, raised in Kentucky, with his parents, moved to Vincennes, Ind., 1819, then, in 1820, to Edgar Co., Ill. ; they settled north of Marley. Thomas and Catherine Foster, the father and mother of Arthur Foster, moved to Missouri; here Thomas Foster died; his wife, Catharine Foster,' returned to Edgar Co., and died at the residence of her son, Arthur Foster, who was a soldier of the Black Hawk war un¬ der Col. Blackburn ; he did good service ; he died April, 1875, at 74 years of age, having been a resident of Edgar Co. for fifty- five years. Mr. James Foster was raised on the farm, which business he has followed through life ; his father first gave him a tract of land - 120 acres; since then, with hard work and good manage¬ ment, he has accumulated 470 acres of land, and ranks as one of the successful farmers of Edgar Co. Mr. Foster married twice ; first wife was Nancy Parrish, . daughter of James Parrish, one of the pioneers of Edgar Co. ; five children by first wife, one living ; married second time to Nancy Stump, daughter of Mat¬ thew Stump ; eight children by second wife, six children living. Member of the M. E. Church.

WILLIAM W. FUQUA, blacksmith, Sandford, Vigo Co., Ind. ; the sub¬ ject of this sketch is one of the first settlers of Sandford, Ind. ; was born in Fleming Co., Ky., Nov. 19, 1826.

In about 1837, with his parents, emi¬ grated to Indiana, and settled in John¬ son Co. ; here he was engaged in farming ; he then came to Vigo Co., Ill. ; here he learned his trade - blacksmithing ; was the first blacksmith located in Sandford. Mr. Fuqua was in the late war ; enlisted in Co. B, 6th Ind. V. C. ; was a musician ; was taken prisoner three times; first at Richmond, Ky., then at Mulrose Hill, Xy. ; was prisoner but a short time ; was paroled each time ; his last capture was at Sunshine Church ; here he was taken prisoner and remained a prisoner of war until the close of the war ; was nine months in the Anderson ville Prison, where history teaches that thousands of Union soldiers were starved to death. At the close of war, he returned home to Vigo Co., Ind. ; here he has remained ever since, j engaged at his trade - blacksmithing. Mr. Fuqua married twice : first wife, Mary A. Calder, of Ohio, deceased ; he then mar¬ ried the second time to Mary Coble ; seven children. Mr. Fuqua is a member of the M. E. Church, and a Republican in poli¬ tics.

H. W. FERRELL, farmer; P. 0. | Ferrell ; is one of the best known farmers of Elbridge Tp. ; was born in Muskingum Co., Ohio, Oct. 2, 1833, and is the son of Henry and Elizabeth Ferrell ; his father was a farmer here. Mr. Ferrell i was raised on his father's farm ; engaged in farming from the time he was able to hold the plow ; with his parents in 1842 moved to Edgar Co., Ill., and settled in Elbridge Tp.; there his father died Feb. 14, 1862, leaving wife and seven children. Mr. Ferrell is one of the successful farm¬ ers of Edgar Co.; owns one of the finest improved farms of the county. He mar¬ ried Miss Eliza Ewing; five children. Mr. Ferrell is a National Grecnbacker in politics. The present town of Ferrell was named after Mr. Ferrell. This village has one flour-mill which was erected by Mr. Geo. Mock, at a cost between $6,000 and $7,000 one drug store, one general store which is owned by Mr. Ferrell. # JACOB H. HUSSONG, Sandford, Yigo Co., Ind.; the subject of this sketch, is one of the most prom¬ inent men of Sandford; was born in Knox Co., Tenn, Nov. 22, 1826, and is the son of Enoch and Naomi (Burnham) Hussong. Mr. Hussong, when he was about 4 years old, with his parents moved to Indiana, and settled on a farm in Sugar Creek Tp., Vigo Co.; here they remained until about 1834, then moved to Illinois and settled in Elbridge Tp., Edgar Co.; here his father, Enoch Hussong, died. Mr. Hussong learned the cooper trade, and was engaged in this business in Yigo Co. and Greencastle, Ind. In 1858, he com¬ menced the mercantile business in Sandford, and ever since he has been a resident of the place. He has been constantly improving the village. He built the large grist-mill at this point at a cost of $8,000 ; the mill is 50x35, three and a half stories high, four runs of stone, steam power. He has erected a good warehouse with a capacity of 8,000 bushels of grain. To-day he is engaged in erecting a first-class saw-mill. Mr. Hussong ranks as the most enterpris¬ ing man of Sandford. Was a soldier of the late war ; in 1862, he first enlisted in the 71st Ind. V. I.; then in the 6th Ind. Cav., Co. B, as private ; he participated in some of the prominent battles during the war - Richmond, Ky., Nashville, Tenn., etc., etc. He served until the close of the war, and was honorably mustered out at Indianapo¬ lis as First Lieutenant ; this office he had filled about eighteen months ; at the close of the war, he returned home to Sandford, Vigo Co., Ind.; here he has remained ever since. Mr. Hussong married Margaret

Smith, daughter of Henry Smith, who was an early settler of Vigo Co., Ind; seven children, six living; his son Albert B., is engaged in the mercantile business in Sandford, and ranks as one of the leading mer¬ chants of the place.

FURMAN JAMES, farmer; P. 0. McKeen, Clark Co., Ill. ; the subject of this sketch is one of the most successful farmers of Edgar Co.; was born in Alle¬ ghany Co., Md., Dec. 27, 1813 ; his father was a farmer, and was a soldier of the war of 1812. Mr. James, at 2 years of age, moved to Ohio, and settled in Muskingum Co. Here he married his present wife, Miss Mary Ann Hanks, of Virginia ; born Oct. 18, 1817 ; she came to Ohio at about 1 year old with her parents, Jeremiah Catharine (Shively) Hanks. In 1842, Mr. James and wife moved to Elbridge Tp., Edgar Co., and settled on the present farm ; here they have remained ever since ; when Mr. James first came here he had but little ; his first tax paid in Illinois amounted to S2.50 ; the first wheat he sold brought 40 cents per bushel ; the first hogs, $2 per hundred. Mr. James has worked faithfully and with his good man¬ agement he owns 1,440 acres of land with improvements that rank among the best of Edgar Co.

W. D. MARLEY, P. O. Nevins ; was born in Randolph Co., N. C., July 31, 1818, and is the son of John and Lillie (Fields) Marley ; his father was a boot and shoe maker by trade ; when Mr. Mar¬ ley was about 15 years old, his mother died ; he then went to live with an uncle ; there he remained but a short time ; he returned to his father's home, and learned the boot and shoe maker's trade; this pro¬ fession he followed but a short time; thence to farming ; in 1836, he came West to Illinois, and settled in Edgar Co. ; here he first commenced to split rails and farm, and, with the help of Peter G-ares, he managed to enter forty acres of land where the town of Sandford, Vigo Co., Ind., now stands ; in entering this land, he walked to Vincennes, Ind., crossed the Wabash River in a sugar-trough ; had just entered the land, when two other parties arrived to enter the same ; when he returned to Edgar Co., in 1837, he commenced to work in a saw-mill ; his second purchase of land was eighty acres in Elbridge Tp. ; this he improved, and farmed it; he traded it off for 160 acres of land in Jasper Co., Ill.; here he lived about two years ; he then returned to Edgar Co., and rented a farm near Vermilion ; then entered the saw-mill business ; this he followed about two years, then purchased eighty acres of land in Elbridge Tp. ; from that time on, Mr. Marley has been very successful in life ; with hard work and good management, he had accumulated 1.300 acres of land in Elbridge Tp. ; to-day, he ranks as one of the most successful farmers of Edgar 'Co. ; Mr. Marley has given to his children suffi¬ cient land to farm. The village of Marley was named after Mr. Marley ; here in this village is the M. E. Church, which was erected in 1877, at a cost of §2,130, and is one of the largest and finest churches in Edgar Co. outside of Paris ; the church was dedicated bv Rev. Mr. Walker, of Michigan ; first preacher was the Rev. S. A. Long ; also, located at Marley, is one blacksmithshop, one shoemaker's shop, one store, kept by Messrs. Marley & Brown, one ware¬ house, size 24x60, used and owned by Mr. Marley, to store grain, of which article he has handled as high as 20,000 bushels in one season. Mr. Marley married in 1839 to Miss Julia Yeargin, of Randolph Co.,

N. C. ; ten children ; two sons in the late war ; John W. enlisted as private in Co. F, 31st I. V. I. ; participated in some very prominent battles ; took sick and died at Vicksburg, after the surrender of the city ; George W. enlisted as private, 1864, in Co. A, 66th I. V. I. ; was with Sherman's march to the sea, through North and South Carolina, to Washington, D. C., on the grand review ; was honorably dis¬ charged at the close of war.

O. Nevins ; was born in Jasper Co., Ill., June 25, 1844, and is the son of W. D. Marley, who made his home in Edgar Co. in 1836 ; Mr. Marley was brought up on his father s farm, engaged in farming ; in 1845, his parents returned to Edgar Co. In 1864, Mr. Marley enlisted in Co. E, 66th I. V. I., and did good service in the late war ; was with. Gen. Sherman at Chat¬ tanooga, Tenn., and Sherman's march to the sea, through the swamps of the Carolinas. on to Richmond, at Washington, D. C., on the grand review ; was mustered out at close of war. returned to the farm, here he has been ever since. He married Miss Sue Middleton, who was born in Edgar Co., Ill., Nov. 26, 1848, and is the daugh¬ ter of J. and Sarah (Pemberton) Middleton. Her father was an early settler of Ed¬ gar Co., having come here when he was a boy ; he was born Sept. 12, 1813, and died April 27, 1874 ; her mother was born in Virginia Nov. 21, 1816, now living with Mrs. Marley. Have one child - Julia A., born in Edgar Co., Ill., May 5, 1870. Mr. Marley owns 225 acres of land.

JAMES MARLEY, merchant, Marley, of the firm of Marley & Brown, dry goods and groceries ; P. 0. Nevins; Mr. James Marley was born in Edgar Co.. Ill., March 1, 1854, and is the son of W. I). Marley, one of the early settlers of Edgar Co. Mr. M. was brought up on his father's farm ; in 1874, he commenced the mercantile business with his father; in 1875, his father sold one-half interest to Mr. E. P. Brown, who was born in Edgar Co. ; his father, James Brown, of Connecticut, settled ifi Edgar Co. in 1836; he with his wife, Mary (Parke) Brown, came West in a wagon drawn by two horses, taking them .four weeks in making the trip. Perhaps there are no two young men in Elbridge Tp. known better than Messrs. Marley and Brown ; Mr. Marley has taken a very ac¬ tive part in politics; in 1876, he was elected to office as Tax Collector of El¬ bridge Tp., and from the faithful manner he performed his duty he has been elected to this office ever since. He was married in 1878, to Miss Laura E. Ferrell, daughter to H. W. Ferrell.

GEORGE MOCK, Sr., farmer; P. 0. Ferrell ; forty-nine years ago, the above named pioneer made his home in the wilds of Edgar Co. ; he was born in Rowan Co., N. C., in 1802, and is the son of John and Catharine (Graves) Mock ; his father was a farmer and carried on a distillery ; he died when Mr. Mock was very young. Mr. Mock emigrated West, to Orange Co., Ind.. Here he married March 4, 1819, Lucinda Pippin, who was born in Edgecomb Co., N. C., about 1801, her mother having moved to Orange Co., Ind., at an early day ; thence to Edgar Co., where she died ; her father, A. Pippin, was a soldier of the war of 1812 ; he died in North Carolina. Mr. George Mock, with wife and six childreri, came to Edgar Co.

March 15, 1829, and first settled wfthin two miles of Paris ; when he came here he knew about all the first settlers of Edgar . Co. ; he moved on the Terre Haute road ; here he started to make improvements \ times were hard and money scarce ; Mr. Mock has harvested and mowed hard for 50 cents per day, has split rails at 25 cents per hundred ; wheat was 25 cents per bushel. Here, amidst these days, Mr. Mock started in the world a poor man ; he moved to the present farm, which was thickly timbered, lived in a shanty, then built the present homestead ; here he and his aged wife have been living ever since, respected and honored by every one ; have had fourteen children, ten children living, fifty-seven grandchildren, and thirty-five great-grand¬ children. One sonin the late war, George, enlisted in the 30th I. V. I., served twelve months, then enlisted in Co-. C, 135tli I. i Y. I., five months ; participated in some very prominent battles - Ft. Henry, at Ft. Donaldson he was wounded in hand ; was honorably discharged. Now Postmaster of 1 Ferrell, Ill.

J. B. McDIYITT, farmer; P. 0. Nev¬ ins; was born in Preble Co., Ohio, Aug. 17, 1817, and is the son of Philip and Elizabeth (Booker) McDivitt ; his father 1 was a shoemaker by trade, and in his latter days engaged in farming ; he emigrated to Ohio about 1811 ; Mr. McDivitt was raised on the farm ; when he was 17 years old, he went to Boston, Wayne Co., Ohio, and learned the wagon and carriage mak¬ ing trade; he returned to Preble Co. and | commenced business for himself in the wagon and carriage making ; here he re¬ mained until 1841 ; he then, with his wife and one child, started in a wagon drawn by two horses for Illinois ; they arrived in Elbridge Tp., Edgar Co., after being eight days out on the way ; he first pur¬ chased 921 acres of land, consisting partly of the present farm, for which he paid | nearly $4.50 per acre ; there were only about three acres cleared and fifteen acres par¬ tially cleared, with a little log hut with a fire-place in one end about six feet long ; here they lived about one year, until they could build better accommodations ; with hard work and industry, Mr. McDivitt owns to-day a fine improved farm - 265 acres. He married Feb. 21, 1839, to Sa- | rah Morton, who was born in Preble Co.r

JOHN MASON, farmer; P. 0. Ver¬ milion ; forty years ago, Mr. Mason came to Edgar Co.; he was born in Casey Co., Ky., Dec. 6, 1815, and is the son of Will¬ iam and Mary (Spoonamore) Mason, who emigrated to Illinois, with ten children, and settled in Elbridge Tp., Edgar Co., in 1838; they set out in farming on eighty acres of land with but few improvements - a log cabin ; here they lived about three years, then to better quarters ; in about

1865, Mr. Mason's father and mother (William and Mary Mason) moved to Knox Co., Mo.; here his father died in his 81st year; his mother is still living in Knox Co. at 83 years old. Mr. Mason has followed farming through life ; he came to Edgar Co. with his parents; he was worth $100 cash and a horse and cow ; when he set out his first purchase was forty acres of land; from that on, by his industry, he has accumulated 240 acres of good im¬ proved land. Mr. Mason has been mar¬ ried twice ; first wife was Sydena Davis, daughter of George Davis ; she died in

1866, by whom he. had ten children, eight children living ; married second time to Fannie Boll, daughter of David Boll ; one son in the late war - William W.; en¬ listed in 1862 ; participated in several battles ; died at Little Bock, Ark., in 1864. Mr. Mason is a member of the Baptist Church.

JOHN MOBTON, farmer ; P. O. Kev¬ ins; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Feb. 18, 1819, and is the son of Benjamin and Hannah (Janney) Morton, of New Jer¬ sey ; his father was a farmer ; moved to Ohio in about 1813 ; was a soldier of the war of 1812 ; was a second cousin to Oli¬ ver P. Morton, ex-Governor of Indiana ; both parents died in Preble Co., Ohio, mother died in 1850 and father died in 1854. Mr. Morton, the subject of this sketch, was born and raised on his father's farm ; when he was about 3 years old his parents moved from Warren Co. to Preble Co., Ohio ; here Mr. Morton re¬ mained until the winter of 1846 - 47 ; he then came to Edgar Co. with $800 cash ; he made this amount of money in Ohio, farming, and at the carpenter trade, which trade he worked at from the time he was 21 to 26 years old ; he first purchased eighty acres of land in Elbridge Tp., for which he paid $700; here he set out in farming, and has been very successful in life ; to-day owns a fine improved farm of 457 acres ; when lie first came here, he lived in a log hut, which was his residence about ten years. Mr. Morton has held several offices of public trust, that of Justice of the Peace six years, and Supervisor one term. He is a Democrat in politics, and a mem¬ ber of the Christian Church. He married Miss Minerva Sims, who was born in Sims Tp., Edgar Co., Ill., Aug. 29, 1828, and is the daughter of Hall Sims, one of the pioneers of Edgar Co.; have had ten children, seven children living.

BENJAMIN MOBTON," farmer; P. O. Nevins; was born in Preble Co., Ohio, Aug. 31, 1825, and is the son of Benjamin and Hannah Morton, who emigrated to Ohio at an early day ; his father was a soldier of the war of 1812 ; his grandfather, Morton, was a soldier in the Bevolutionary war. Mr. Morton was raised on the farm and has been engaged in farming, with the exception of about seven years he was engaged at the carpenter trade. In 1853, he moved to Edgar Co., Ill., and settled on Sugar Creek, in Elbridge Tp., here he remained until he moved to the present homestead. Owns 278 acres of fine im¬ proved land, and ranks as one of the lead¬ ing farmers of Elbridge Tp. Married Jane Stewart, of Ohio, daughter of James Stewart ; have four children.

ASHEB MOBTON, farmer; P. O. Nevins ; was born in Preble Co., Ohio, Nov. 3, 1823, and is the son of Benjamin and Hannah (Janney) Morton ; his father was a farmer ; was a soldier of the war of 1812. Mr. Morton was brought up on the farm ; engaged in farming and part of the time at the carpenter trade ; in 1850, he came to Illinois and settled in Elbridge Tp., Edgar Co., then worth $1 ,400 ; he worked at his trade, carpenter, the first year he came to Edgar Co. and saved $400 cash ; he invested $1,400 in 140 acres of land in Elbridge Tp.. then set out in farming ; since that time, Mr. Morton has been very successful in life ; owns 600 acres of land ; in 1860, he commenced the saw-mill busi¬ ness ; this business he has followed ever since; i to-day, owns a saw-mill, four miles south of Nevins. Mr. Morton and Janies W. Par¬ rish laid out the present village of Nevins. He married Aug. 28, 1851, to Miss Lydia Jane Parrish, who was born Jan. 15, 1826, and is the daughter of James W. Parrish, who is one of the pioneers of Edgar Co. ; have had eight children, five children liv¬ ing - Emily, born Aug. 15, 1852; Han¬ nah E., born May 26, 1854; Samuel M., j born Feb. 7, 1859 ; Gertrude A., born March 8, 1866; Lillie, born Sept. 5, 1869. Mr. Morton held the office of County Coro- j ner for seven years. He is a Democrat in politics.

NATHAN MADDOCK, farmer; P. 0. Ferrell; was born in Preble Co., Ohio, May 26, 1815, and is the son of William and Hannah (Stubbs) Maddock ; his father a native of North Carolina, and his mother of Georgia ; his father moved to Ohio in 1804 and settled in Preble Co. Mr. Maddock was raised on the farm. At 18 years old, he married Miss Hannah McDonald, who was born in Preble Co., Ohio, Feb. 10, 1813, she died June, 1836 ; had two children, both now dead. He mar¬ ried the second time, August, 1837, to Pa¬ tience McDonald, who was born in Preble Co., Ohio, Feb. 20, 1823. Mr. Maddock re¬ mained in Preble Co. engaged in farming until 1841 ; then, with wife and two chil¬ dren, moved to Illinois and settled in Elbridge Tp., on Sugar Creek ; he first purchased eighty acres of land and set out in farming. Mr. Maddock has been en¬ gaged considerably at the carpenter trade ; with hard work, he has accumulated be¬ tween 500 and 600 acres of land, and ranks as one of the successful farmers of Edgar Co. Mr. M. has held several offices of public trust ; three times Supervisor of Elbridge Tp., which office he filled with honor and credit to himself. Is a Repub¬ lican in politics, and a member of the Christian Church. Had five children by second wife ; four children living - Wm. R., John Q., Stephen and Sarah L. ; two sons in the late war - Wm. R. and Stephen who did good service and were honorably discharged at close of war.

JAMES W. PARRISH, retired farm¬ er; P. O. Nevins; was born in Jackson Co., Ga., Nov. 8, 1801, and is the son of John and Lydia (Downing) Parrish; his father was a native of Virginia and fol¬ lowed school-teaching ; his mother of

Maryland ; they married in Georgia. When Mr. Parrish was 9 years of age (1810), he, with his parents, moved to Wayne Co., Ky.; here he remained until 1815 ; then to Jackson Co., Tenn.- Here Mr. Parrish married in 1823, to Miss Polly Hiclin, of Kentucky ; born 1804 ; in 1829, they came to Illinois and settled in Edgar Co., five miles south of Paris ; here he set out in farming ; in 1830, he entered eighty- acres of land ; 1831, he purchased 160 acres ; in 1836, he moved near the present homestead ; here he has remained ever since. The village of Nevins, where Mr. Parrish now lives, was named by his son after Col. Robert Nevins, a very prom¬ inent man of Tennessee. Mr. Parrish came to Edgar Co., in 1829, worth $5 cash, and a very poor span of horses ; this was his start ; he set out in farming, and with industry and good management he is one of the successful farmers of Edgar Co. He has held several offices of public trust : Constable, four years, Justice of the Peace, Associate Judge and County Commis¬ sioner ; these offices he has filled with honor and credit. Mr. Parrish was a soldier of the Black Hawk war of 1832 ; enlisted from Edgar Co., and was in Col. Blackburn's regiment. He is a Demo¬ crat in politics. Has had eleven children, eight children living.

JOHN A. RAY, farmer; P. O. Nel¬ son, Vigo Co., Ind.; was born in Crawford Co., Ill., Jan. 13, 1820, and is the son of Andrew B. and Jane (Gillespy ) Ray ; his father was born near Knoxville, Tenn.; came to Illinois and settled in Crawford Co. in 1818; in 1823, he moved to Ed¬ gar Co. and settled on the farm where Mr. Ray now lives; this farm was settled by John Ray, Mr. Ray's grandfather, in 1818; he afterward moved to Tennessee, where he died ; here on this farm lived Andrew B. Ray until March 25, 1876, when he died at little over 82 years old ; he was a soldier of the war of 1812 ; he owned the first grist-mill (run by water¬ power) in Edgar Co.; he also entered the land for Mr. Vance where the city of Paris now stands ; Mr. John A. Ray has been living on the old homestead ever since 1823, now fifty-five years ago ; he owns 320 acres of fine improved land. Has held the office of Supervisor of El¬ bridge three terms. He marrigd, Jan-

<S. A. RICKETTS, merchant, Sandford, Vigo Co., I n d . ; is one of the leading mer¬ chants of Sandford, Ind.; was born in De¬ catur Co., Ind., 1834 ; Mr. Ricketts, when a young man, learned the carpenter trade ; from that he commenced railroading ; he first accepted a position as brakeman on the Indianapolis, Cincinnati & La Fayette R. R. in about 1855 ; he followed braking about four years ; then conductor, which position Mr. Ricketts has held on the prin¬ cipal railroads East and West; was a rail¬ road man for twenty-one years ; on retir¬ ing from the railroad business, he entered the mercantile business at Terre Haute, Ind.; from there he came to Sanford Feb¬ ruary, 1878; here he opened a general store of groceries, notions and drugs, of which he constantly keeps on hand a full line, and all goods sold at Terre Haute prices.

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE, farmer and blacksmith ; P. 0. Paris ; this gentleman was born in Cumberland Co., England, March 14, 1821, and is the son of George and Mary (Archer) Routledge, of England, his father was a merchant and a weaver ; Mr. Routledge, in 1835, emigrated to America ; he first commenced to learn his trade, blacksmithing, at Worcester, Mass.; in 1837, he moved to Xenia, Ohio; here he worked at his trade, also in Cincinnati; from this city he went to Oldtown, near Xenia, Ohio; at this place, he became owner of a blacksmith-shop and followed blacksmithing in Oldtown for twenty-one years; in 1865, he came to Edgar Co., Ill., and settled in Paris ; here he was en¬ gaged as a blacksmith in a wagon and plow manufactory, and remained in Paris ; in 1868, he moved to Elbridge Tp., Ed¬ gar Co., on the present homestead ; here he has been engaged at his trade, his sons doing most of the work on the farm. Mr. Routledge has held several offices of pub¬ lic trust; that of School Treasurer, where he has given entire satisfaction ; was elect¬ ed in the spring of 1878, as Supervisor of Elbridge Tp.; this office he still holds; was elected to this office on the Independ¬ ent ticket. Mr. Routledge is a Democrat in politics and a member of the Universalist Church. Married in Greene Co.,

Ohio, Dec. 4, 1845, to Miss Sarah Mc- Neice, of Penns}dvania, by whom he has had eight children ; five children living - Mary E., Archer, Riley, Sarah and Laura J.

J. P. ROBERTSON (of the firm of Schank & Robertson), manufacturers of drain-tile ; these gentlemen commenced the manufacture of tile in 1875 ; these works have now been in running order over three years, and since they were first built they have been gradually improving, and to-day manufacture an excellent and standard quality of tile, which rank among the best manufactured ; their standard sizes are two and a half inches to six inches ; have all buildings, sheds, kilns and other apparatus, including one tile machine to turn out a large amount of tile ; have turned out this season some three thousand rods of tile. J. P. Robertson was born in Jefferson Co., Ky., Jan. 21, 1839, and is the son of James E. and Eveline (Allen) Robertson ; father was a native of Virginia, having come to Ken¬ tucky at an early day. Mr. Robertson has been in several vocations in his life ; first, we find him clerking in a dry goods store ; then in the mercantile business, etc.; after the death of his mother, he moved to Spencer Co., Ky.; here he lived with an uncle ; then to Shelby, Anderson and Mercer Cos., Ky.; he then came to Indiana ; returned to Kentucky, and was a soldier of the late war. Enlisted in Co. I, 19th Ky. V. I.; served about eleven months ; on account of health, was honorably dis¬ charged ; in 1866, came to Edgar Co. Married Miss Margaret Schank, daughter of William and Elizabeth Schank ; four children - Eva, John W., Lillie B. and Lou Ella.

WILLIAM E. SMITH, farmer; P. 0. Sandford, Ind. Perhaps there is not a gen¬ tleman more extensively known in Elbridge Tp. than the above-named gentleman, who was born near Doncaster, England, June 25, 1807, and is the son of James and Mary E. Smith ; his father was a farmer here ; Mr. Smith was raised on his father's farm ; in 1840, he emigrated to America alone ; landed in Philadelphia a stranger ; was eight months and two days in making the trip from England to America ; he came West to Ohio, and first settled in Cincin¬ nati ; here he entered the milk business, which proved a failure to him ; he lost about all his money - nearly $500 ; he then went to farming in Brown Co. and on the Little Miami River ; here he man¬ aged well and was successful, and, in 1855, he moved to Illinois, and settled on the present farm, which at that time was very poorly improved ; he set out in farming and to-day, with hard labor and good man¬ agement, owns one of the best improved farms in Edgar Co., of 240 acres. Mr. Smith owns 660 acres of land in Texas, and ranks as one of the successful farmers of Edgar Co., Ill.; when Mr. Smith first settled in Elbridge Tp. there were several Billy Smiths in the vicinity ; so, to know them apart, the name Extra was given to Mr. Smith, and ever since that time he has been known as Extra Billy Smith ; this name was given to him because his horses, cattle, hogs and land were of the extra quality. Mr. Smith has donated $300 for the erection of the M. E. Church at Sandford, of which church he is a member. He married Mrs. Mary Ann Varley '; they have five children.

JOHN VV. STAPLES, merchant, Nevins ; was born in Barren Co., Ky., Jan. 26, 1832, and is the son of William and Elizabeth (Thacker) Staples ; his father was a farmer here ; Mr. S. was brought up on the farm with his grandfather Thacker, and remained with him until 1841 ; he then went to Oldham Co., Ky., and remained there until 1847 ; thence to Clarke Co., Ind.; here he learned the cooper trade, and followed this until 1850; he then went to Missouri; while there, he was working at his trade and in the mercantile business ; in 1864, he moved to Illinois, and settled in Hunter Tp., Ed¬ gar Co.; here he was engaged at his trade and farming; in 1867, in the huckster business ; in 1869 to 1874, he was engaged in the mercantile business at Clay's Prairie, in Hunter Tp.; in 1874, he moved to Nevins ; here he is engaged in the mercan¬ tile business ; keeps a full line of staple and fancy groceries, notions, dry goods, etc. Mr. S. married Miss Eliza Jane Ball, of Illinois.

HALL SIMS ; P. O. Nevins ; this gentleman is one of the oldest settlers of Edgar Co. ; he was born in South Caro¬ lina April 25, 1795 ; he, with his parents, moved to Kentucky when he was a child.

Here he married June 27, 1813, to Annie Jones, of South Carolina ; she died in April, 1846. He married the second time in 1847, to Jane Kimbrough, of Hardin Co., Ky. ; she died June 5, 1875- Mr. Sims, in 1815, came to Illinois Territory, and located on what is now known as Crawford Co. ; lived there about six years, then moved to Edgar Co. ; here he has re¬ mained ever since. Is now one of the oldest pioneers of Edgar Co. Mr. Sims has held a number of public offices of trust and honor. In 1826, he was elected to the office as County Commissioner, this office he filled until 1834 ; in 1839, was elected to the Legislature, this office he filled off and on until 1846 ; these offices he has filled with honor, having proven himself a gentleman of acknowledged ability. In 1832, he was a Lieutenant in the Black Hawk war. When Mr. Sims first came to Edgar Co., fifty- seven years ago, he was very poor ; he came here with wife and four children ; he owned two dogs and a rifle-gun ; he set out in a new country, worked hard and managed well ; to-day he ranks as one of the successful farmers of Edgar Co. Owns 231 acres . of fine land, and can look back with satisfaction upon his efforts to provide for his old age, and to help his children. Mr. Sims is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Christian Church since 1843.

SOLOMON TROGDON, farmer ; this gentleman was born in Randolph Co., N. C., July 30, 1802, and is the son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Reding) Trogdon ; his father was a farmer ; he moved to Indiana at an early day; here he died. Mr. Trogdon was raised on the farm ; in 1826, lie started West for Illinois, horse¬ back ; arrived and settled in Edgar Co. ; here he has remained ever since ; when he first came here, the country was wild ; he set out in farming: this business he has followed through life ; the first land he purchased was part of the present farm ; Mr. Trogdon married Susanna Hunsaker, of Kentucky, by whom he has had seven children ; three child¬ ren living - Isaac, Thomas J. and Sallie ; two sons in the late war - Isaac and Thomas J. ; both did good service, and were honorably discharged. Mr. Trogdon owns 120 acres of land.

JAMES SHICKEL, merchant, Sandford, Vigo Co., Ind., commenced business in Sandford in 1876 ; ranks as one of the leading merchants of the town; Mr. Shickel was born in Augusta Co., Va., Feb. 27, 1852, and is the son of John and Keziah (Bolton) Shickel, of Virginia ; his father is a practicing physician in Terre Haute, Ind. Mr. Shickel first learned the carpen¬ ter trade ; then in the mercantile business ; owns one of the leading drug and grocery stores of Sandford ; keeps constantly on hand a fine assortment drugs and' patent medicines ; physicians' prescriptions care¬ fully compounded ; also a full line of fam¬ ily groceries.

WILLIAM WHITE, farmer; was born in Knox Co., Tenn., Nov. 13, 1811 ; and is the son of Isaac and Rebecca White ; his father died in Knox Co., Tenn., when Mr. White was about 6 years old ; he was raised on the farm ; he, with Luke Hood, a brother-in-law, in 1831, came to Indiana ; Mr. White settled in Vigo Co.; here he remained until about 1836 ; he then came to Edgar Co. and settled in Elbridge Tp. ; here he has remained ever since, with the exception of two years; when Mr. White came here, he states he had $4 cash and a rifle-gun ; he set out in farming, and by industry he owns to-day 315 acres of land. Mr. White's mother, after the death of her first husband, mar¬ ried the second time ; she lived in Indiana ; here she lost her second husband ; Mr. \\ hite then brought her home to his pres¬ ent homestead ; here she died. Mr. White married Eliza Hoge, who was born in Fort La Moot ; her father wTas a soldier of the war of 1812 ; they have six chil¬ dren. When Mr. White came to Indiana

P. YEARGIN, M= D., Ferrell; this gentleman is one of the oldest practicing physicians of Edgar Co. Forty-two years ago, he came to Edgar Co., Ill.; Dr. Yeargin was born in Randolph Co., N. C., Sept. 26, 1813, and is the son of Peterson and Patience (Swafford) Yeargin ; his father was a native of Virginia, and a hatter by trade; in 1836, Dr. Yeargin with his parents, emigrated West to Illinois, and set¬ tled in Stratton Tp. ; here they remained but short time, then moved to Elbridge Tp., and settled on Sugar Creek; his father died in 1867, 77 years old; his mother is now living at a good old ager born in 1794. Dr. Yeargin was raised on the farm, engaged in farming, and, in the winter months, attending the district schools of the period ; he was engaged in teaching school, and drew the first public money for school-teaching in Range 11, Cong. Tp. 12, Edgar Co.; from schoolteaching, he commenced the study of medi¬ cine under Dr. S. J. Weldon, then a prominent physician of Elbridge ; in 1839, the Doctor commenced the practice of medicine, and to-day ranks as one of the leading M. D.'s of the vicinity. Dr. Year¬ gin married in 1845, to Miss Catharine Parker, of Kentucky, by whom he has twelve children, seven children living ; one son in the late war - James; he died June 30, 1864, at Big Shanty, near Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Yeargin has held several offices of public trust - Postmaster for a number of years of Elbridge ; School Treasurer twenty-five years. He is a Republican in politics.

Embarrass

WILLIAM M. ASHMORE, firmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Isabel ; one of the natives of Illinois; was born in Coles Co., Sept. 10, 1846. He is the son of Mr. Samuel Ashmore, who is one of the first settlers of that county. Mr. A. was mar¬ ried Feb. 23, 1868, to Miss Martha J. Ilousel, who was born in Illinois Nov. 4, 1849 ; they have five children, viz., Will- iam E., Rosa M. J., Pincard E., Anna M. and an infant. The farm of Mr. A. con¬ sists of 120 acres, valued at $5,000. Since his residence in the township, he has held office of Clerk and Collector, and is, at present, School Trustee of the township.

State and settled in Edgar Co. in 1864. His farm consists of 160 acres, valued at $7,000. He was married to Miss Castara Shively, who was born in Ohio Oct. 23, 1843 ; they have two children, viz., Lillian and Mary A. Since Mr. Andrew's resi¬ dence in the township, he has held office of Roadmaster three; years, and School Direct¬ or four years.

S. R. ARBUCKLE, farmer and stockraiser; P. O. Isabel ; one of the early and prominent settlers, was born in Knox Co., Ohio, Oct. 11, 1820 ; came to this State and settled about five miles south of Paris, Edgar Co., in 1851; from that date until his removal to Embarrass, his pursuits were that of a miller and contractor; he is the constructor on the I. M. R. R. of all wood-works from Paris to Isabel, and on the Paris & Danville he was con¬ structor of all wood and trestle works ; his farm consists of 450 acres, valued at $18,000. He was married to Miss Lamanda Yandervort, who was born in Fayette Co., Penn., Sept. 3, 1828; they have had seven children, five of whom are living, viz., Medora, Alphonso T., Bion E., James L. and Walter V. ; de¬ ceased - Florence and Albion.

JAMES B. BUCKLER, farming; P. O. Isabel; was born in Kentucky, Sept. 16, 1845 ; came to this State with his father's family when he was but a boy. He was married to Miss Nancy J. Ash¬ more Dec. 20, 1869; she was born in Coles Co., Ill., July 7, 1849, and is the daughter of Mr. Samuel H. Ashmore, who is one of the early settlers of Coles Co.; they .have two children, viz., Iva L. and Leona D. The farm of Mr. Buckler con¬ sists of eighty acres, valued at $3,000.

JESSE BORTON, farmer and stockraiser, and distiller of essential oils ; P. O. Isabel ; one of the prominent settlers ; was born in Ohio, Jan. 4, 1832; came to this State and settled in Edgar Co. in 1870 ; he is the son of the late William Borton, de¬ ceased, who was one of the first settlers of Ohio, andwas the first proprietor of a distil¬ lery in that State, and his father the first manufacturer in the United States. The farm of Mr. B. consists of 350 acres, valued at $12,250. He was married to Miss M. Brown, who was born in Ohio, A. D. 1834 ; they have eight children, viz., John W., William B., Rhoda J., Mary

M., Edson S., Eppa L., M. R. and Em¬ met S. Mr. B. is now holding office of Justice of the Peace, which is his second term, being elected by a majority of ten to one ; he was elected first term by a majority of thirty to one.

DAVID BRADFORD, farmer ; P. O. Kansas; was born in Ohio July 22, 1826; came to this State in 1863, and settled in Edgar Co. in the same year; his farm consists of twenty acres, valued at $1,000. He was married to Miss Melissa J. Boal, who was born in Ohio Sept. 12, 1824, they have had seven children, five of whom are living, viz., John O., Maria E., Cyrus D. Mary M. and Chancery G. ; deceased - Hannah N. and Newton R.

L. W. BOLEN, Postmaster and gen¬ eral merchant, Isabel ; was born in Harrison Co., Ohio, June 15, 1832 ; came to Illinois and settled in Edgar Co. in 1869. He was married to Miss Eliza A. Payne, who was born in Harrison Co., Ohio; they have had seven children, four of whom are living, viz., George W., Daniel W., James I. and Adella E. ; deceased - two infants and Dennis. Mr. B. has held office of Postmaster in the village of Isabel since 1874.

G. W. CARRICO, farmer; P. O. Isa¬ bel ; one of the early settlers ; was born in Loudoun Co., Va., April 22, 1817; came to this State with his father's family and settled in Vermilion Co. in 1839 ; he re¬ moved from there to Edgar in 1851 ; his farm consists of twenty-five acres, valued at $1,800. He was married to Miss Amanda Henthorn, who was born in Ohio; they have had fifteen children, fourteen of whom are living - Adeline, Elizabeth,- James, William W., George W., Marinda, John H., Maranda Ann, Edwin R., Pres¬ ton R., Amanda B., Frederick, Matilda and Lillie F.; deceased - Sarah E. Mr. C. was the first Postmaster in the town¬ ship of Embarrass.

EDWARD CARROLL, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Isabel; was born in Kings Co., Ireland, A. D. 1837 ; came to the United States in 1858, and to this State, and settled in Edgar Co. in the same year; his farm consists of 140 acres, valued at $5,000. He was married to Miss Catherine Marra, who was born in Kings Co., Ireland; they have had nine children, seven of whom are living -

Caleb, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Bridget, Thomas, John, Michael, William and Ed¬ ward P.; deceased - Edward and Cathe¬ rine. Since Mr. Carroll's residence in the township, he has held office of School Di¬ rector five years.

JAMES B. DOWNS, farmer and stockraiser; P. 0. Isabel; one of the early and prominent settlers ; was born in Virginia Aug. 24, 1813; came to this State with his mother's family in 1835, and settled in Edgar, where hejias since resided; his farm consists of 580 acres, valued at $30,- 000. He was married to Miss B. A. Metcalfe, who was born in Kentucky; they have had three children, all of whom are living, viz., William H., James N. and Anna Mima. Since Mr. Downs' residence in the township, he has held offices of Treasurer, Constable, Assessor and Super¬ visor.