Henry County, Illinois - The whole text, 1885 (part 21 of 31)

In the early history of Stark County, Mr. Lyle was one of its most prominent citizens. He was County Commissioner, an office he held when the law changed the system to the Supervisory, the one now in vogue, and he became the first Supervisor of his township. He was Postmaster of Elmira for 14 years, and Constable for four. Mr. Lyle is truly a self-made man. The biography of John Lyle, found in another part of this volume, tells the story of their early struggles, but success has crowned the efforts of each, and alike they have worked that others might not want. The portrait of Mr. Lyle is given in this Album as that of a venerable and highly esteemed pioneer of this portion of the Prairie State. This sketch and this portrait will be an enduring monument to his sacrifices and labors. Soon the last of the noble race of pioneers will sleep- peacefully in their graves. Soon, too, their foot-prints and finger-marks will disappear. People who are now new settlers will be:ome old settlers then, and those who took the country in its native wildness will be long forgotten if some means are not taken to perpetuate their memories.

-MSfrohn Sieben, of the township of Loraine, is the oldest son of Joseph and Apollonia (Gabel) Sieben, and was born in the village of Abenheim, in Hesse Darmstadt, Ger- [c many, near the city of Worms, in the province of Osthofen. The date of his birth is June 1 6, 1836. At the age of six he was sent to school and continued there according to law until he was 14. He then went to the city of Mainz to learn the trade of a shoemaker. He found everything distasteful, and after a few days returned to his home. His father had been in comfortable circumstances, but about this time had lost his property by becoming security for others, and the family began to make preparations to come to America. August 8, 1852, they started from Mainz on a steamboat on the river Rhine, and went thence to Rotterdam, whence they proceeded to London. There they took passage on a sailing vessel for the United Stales, arriving in New York after a voyage of 48 days. They were 48 days in making the trip from Mainz to the port where they landed on the shores of the American Continent. The family came direct to Chicago, where the mother was taken ill and they were obliged to remain in the Garden City. She died in the January following. In February, 1853, the father, with six of his seven motherless children, came to Whiteside County and located on the Rock river bottom, near Crandall's Ferry. They were in debt $175. They rented a farm and took possession of a vacant cabin, and as it was in a rather dilapidated condition, they made it comfortable by chinking it with mud. The father obtained work, for which he received 50 cents a day, and two of the sons went to work for the sums of 30 and 25 cents respectively.

They had to board themselves. In 1856 the log house was burned. The mishap occurred in the day-time when all the family were absent but the step-mother. The entire contents were destroyed. They then moved into another house, which they rented. The second marriag£/-6f the father took place in 1856. He was a resident of Whiteside County until his death, which transpired in 1858.

Mr. Sieben was 16 when he came to this country with his parents. He commenced work in Whiteside County, at the rate of 30 cents a day and boarded himself, but as he learned the ways and language of this country he was able to command larger pay. In the summer of 1853 he was employed by Lyman Warren at $8 per month, and in the winter succeeding he went to school, working for his board in the family of Mr. Warren. He was in the same employ during the next season and he received $10 a month. The next year Mr. Warren paid him $[2 per month. The next year he worked for his father, who had rented a farm in Portland Township. The_ next year he was employed by Jacob Arnett and received $1 6 per month. He continued in the same employ two seasons. Believing that he could operate to his own advantage on a farm, he rented a tract of land of Lewis Arnett, Sr., which he managed two years, working it on shares. Through the season of 1862 he broke prairie. The next year he worked for William Arnett, and at the termination of his term of service rented a farm of his employer. He continued its management one year and then went to Whiteside County, where he rented a farm for three years of Jacob Arnett. During that time he bought 65 acres of land on section 3, in the township of Loraine, and he took possession of his property in 1868. He was the occupant of the place two years. In January, 1869, he bought the farm on which he* has pursued the business which he selected as the vocation of his life. It is located on the same section of the same township. At the time he made his purchase there was a house on the, place, to which he has made an addition and has built a good frame barn. His industry and good management have met the usual reward, and he is at present the owner of 315 acres of land, which is in first-clase condition for farming purposes. In addition to the usual avenues of mixed husbandry, Mr. Sieben is engaged in the business of a dairyman and sells the cream product to the creameries.

Nov. 8, 1864, his marriage to Louisa, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Rapp, was consummated. Albert Wesley, Hattie Martha, Sarah Louvina, Clara Priscilla, George Henry and Floyd Jerome are the names of the children now belonging to the household. The parents are members of the German Evangelical Church.

on. Levi North, attorney and counselor at law, Kewanee, 111., was born at Turin, Lewis Co., N. Y., March 12, 1821. His parents, Darius and Joanna (Hurlbert) North, natives of Connecticut and Massachusetts respectively, and of English extraction, removed in 1829 to Highmarket, an adjoining town, and five years later, on to Mt. Vernon, Ohio.

The senior Mr. North was a farmer by occupation and brought his sons up to that honorable vocation, though it appears that Levi was more of a mechanical than agricultural turn. His education was limited to the log-cabin schools of early days, with possibly a few months at a little academy at Louisville, N. Y., before he was 16 years of age. -Just what accident led to the discovery that he really possessed a talent for drawing, does not appear ; but certain it is that with opportunity he would have made his mark in the field of fine arts. As it was, he practiced more or less at the easel, doing some portraits with creditable success, and finally, when about 18 years of age, determined to abandon everything else and devote his time to art. He was financially poor, untaught and untraveled, and the undertaking was a great one. He took his studies from life, not having the benefit of a reputably good painting before he was 20 years of age. However, like many another man who has achieved greatness by not knowing how much greatness had preceded him, therefore knowing of nothing to discourage him, he itinerated from place to place, borrowed what books he could and read them ; painted the images of the handsomest styles, made himself popular with respectable and intelligent people and absorbed altogether a pretty wide range of ideas.

In the winter of 1841-2, he took in the Ohio Legislature from the galleries, and also listened to learned dissertations upon legal questions by eminent lawyers before the United States Courts, and he became seized of new ambitions. To his knowledge of painting, anatomy, physiology and medicine l\e would add something of law; and to that end, in the winter following he began the study of Blackstone at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, with the Hon. E. W. Cotton as preceptor. For two years he alternated between teaching and painting, Blackstone and Chitty, and in October, 1 845, he stood a good examination and was admitted to the Bar. It appears he studied law as an accomplishment merely and with no immediate purpose to enter the practice. As an artist he became acquainted with a number of professional men, and profited largely by their association. He possessed an inquisitive disposition, a retentive memory and a practicable adaptability in the methods of appropriating and utilizing everything in the way of learning that came in his way. Thus, what he lacked by early education he more than made up by absorption.

In 1847 he left Ohio, and drifted to Peoria, 111., where he applied himself to painting for nearly a year; and, removing thence to Princeton, he was variously employed for several years. In 1853 he became clerk to Judge Kelsey, real-estate agent, and soon afterward was elected Justice of the Peace. The duties of this office brought him again to consider the law, into which he almost involuntarily drifted, and to which he has since devoted most of his time. Coming to Kewanee in i860, he formed a partnership with Judge John H. Howe, now deceased, in the practice of law, and continued it up to 1869. In politics he was originally a Democrat, but left that party as early as 1843-4, to join his fortunes with that of the Liberty party. Into this he plunged with all his spirit and strength, and in 1844 " stumped " his district in behalf of James G. Birney for President. For one year he constituted one of the few men in Peoria County that publicly advocated the peremptory abolition of slavery, and the times afforded him oportunities for airing his unpopular ideas to his heart's content. He was always ready to debate the negro question, publicly or privately, and in so doing " crossed swords " with men who afterward, and when the struggle for the life or death of slavery drenched a nation in blood, became eminent in the affaire of the nation.

consisting of ladies and gentlemen, a political debate was planned to take place in the cabin. Mr. North was to present the cause of the Free-Soil party, and, as he supposed, a young gentleman of the name of Daniel Driscoll, from Stark County, was to place the Whig party properly " before the world," or before that portion of it then floating over Lake Michigan in the good ship "Globe." Mr. North opened the debate, when, to his surprise, Mr. Driscoll presented to the audience the Hon. Abraham Lincoln, then a Member of Congress ! The minutes of that debate are " not of record," but with Mr. North's vigorous manner of disposing of a pro-slavery adversary upon the shortest notice, and with Mr. Lincoln's wellknown ability to sustain himself upon all occasions, either on land or sea, and as both gentlemen represented a common cause, at least in one essential particular, viz., antagonism to the Democratic party, it is safe to presume that the casus belli received a thorough ventilation, and that the slave oligarchy and the party of Calhoun, Clay and Benton received but few friendly allusions from either of the disputants. Though a rank Republican, Mr. North has always retained a liberal independence, differing with his party upon various questions, upon various times, and never faltering in announcing publicly his opinions. He is an able writer as well as speaker, and the metropolitan as well as local press publish much from his pen.

In 187 1-2 he represented Henry County in the Legislature, and took a prominent part in the revision of the statutes and. in adapting them to the new Constitution. He bitterly opposed extremely high salaries for State officers, and led the majority in the contest against them. He aided in the passage of the liquor-license law, requiring saloon-keepers to give bonds for the payment of damages resulting from their traffic. He was the champion of the present popular penitentiary system of Illinois, and did much toward its adoption.

In the practice of his profession he differs from many eminent lawyers, and it is difficult to see wherein he is not right. He claims that the profession does not require a sacrifice of manhood ; that a lawyer has no right to be a " journeyman liar,'' and that it is as wrong for him to lie for a client as it would be for him to lie for himself; and, finally, that the lawyers are about as honest as their clients require them to be, or public opinion will sustain them in being.

Sept. 18, 1847, Mr. North was married, at Chesterville, Ohio, to Miss Laura Johnson, who died Oct. 18, 1852, leaving one child, Maria, now Mrs. D. L. Murchison, of Wethersfield (see sketch of D. L. Murchison, this volume). At Dixon, 111., March 9, 1863, Mr. North married his present wife, nee Miss Charlotte C. Strong, and of his children we make the following memoranda : Milo, his eldest son, died in 1880, when about 24 years of age ; Foster and Arthur Tappan, graduated at the University of Illinois in June, 1885 ; the youngest, Charles Kelsey, is at home.

In 1873, through the publishing house of Calleghan & Co., Chicago, Mr. North gave to the legal profession his "Treatise on Practice in the Probate Courts," - a work of standard authority in the State, and furnishing a base for all subsequent revisions upon the subjects treated.

'ohn Burns is a resident on section 17, An- : % dover Township, where he has followed the occupation of, a farmer since 1852. He was born in Somerset Co., Me., March 4 yL 1825. In 1851 Mr. Burns was united in marriage with Miss Gratia A. Weston, a native of Somerset Co., Me., where she was born in 1824. After marriage, in 1852, they came to this State and county, and located in Annawan Township, where he purchased 80 acres of land, on which he settled and , at once entered vigorously and actively upon the task of its improvement and cultivation. By strict at- ' tention to his business, energy and economy he has , been enabled to make subsequent purchases and at present is the proprietor of 190 acres. His farm has a good residence upon it, 28 x 34 feet in dimensions, and one and a half stories high. His barn is 36 x 40 feet in dimensions, with 18 posts. He also has a double corn-crib, 24x32 feet, on his farm, and is1 meeting with success in his chosen vocation, agriculture. He has held the office of School Director, and religiously he and his wife are members of the Baptist Chun h.

H. Lyman, of the firm of Lay & Lyman, leading dry -goods and clothing merchants of Kewanee, 111., is a native of White River Junction, Vt., where he was born June 3, 1852. His parents were George and Minerva (Briggs) Lyman. (See biography of Elias Lyman, this volume.) Mr. Lyman was the youngest of n children, born to his parents, and well educated at his native place and at Norwich, Vt. In 1869 he came to Kewanee and began clerking for the firm of Lyman & Lay,and in 1874 became a member of the firm, changing its style to Lyman, Lay & Lyman, he being the junior partner. The senior member of the firm, Mr. Elias Lyman, retired in 1883, since a hen the present "firm has existed. Mr. Lyman was one of the principal organizers of the Union National Bank in 1881. (See Union National Bank, this volume.) Since that date he has held uninterruptedly the office of Vice-President.

He is a member of the Congregational Church, identified with no secret order, takes no part in politics, but attends strictly to business, and enjoys being a member pre-eminently of the largest business house of its line in Kewanee.

Ketchum, one of the prominent farmers of Cornwall Township, this county, residing on section 23, and the owner of i^T 240 acres of land located on sections 22, 23 and 26, all of which is under an advanced state of cultivation, is a native of Ohio. He was born in Crawford County, that State, May 12, 1831, and remained on the parental homestead, aiding in the maintenance of the family by working on the farm, and attending the common schools, until he attained his majority.

In 1852 Mr. Ketchum came to Illinois and located in Marshall County, where he was married, as stated. Soon after marriage Mr. Ketchum purchased 160 acres of land on sections 23 and 22, to which he has added by subsequent purchases 80 acres on section 26, same township, making his present landed interests in Cornwall Township 240 acres, all of which is under an advanced state of cultivation. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Ketchum are Frank D., Hattie S., Effie V. and Nellie M. Mr. Ketchum, in addition to agricultural duties on the farm, devotes a large part of his time to the raising of stock. He has some 21 head of three-quarter blood horses and one Short-horn bull, a thoroughbred. Mr. Ketchum came to this county Feb. 23, 1863. His father entered 320 acres of land and subsequently gave to his son 80 acres, on which he started in this county ; and by energetic effort and economy' his accumulations have been increased in real estate and personal property more than too per cent; and he is meeting with success in his chosen vocation, agriculture.

Archibald McVicker, the father of Mrs. Ketchum, wife of the subject of this notice, was a native of Virginia, in which State he was born in 1806. He married Miss Susan Custer in 1825, and his death occurred in 187 1, she following him to the land of the hereafter seven years later, in 1878. The mother of Mr. Ketchum, of this sketch, whose maiden name was Harriet Smith, was born Nov. 19, 1809. Daniel's father, Eddi Ketchum, was born Oct. 19, 1802. They were married Dec. 8, 1827, in Crawford Co., Ohio.

bed Price, engaged in the. brick business at Galva, was born April 22, 1834, in Sussex Co., N. J. The progenitor of the Price family in America, was the great-grandfather of Obed. He was born in Wales, and emigrated to this country, settling in New Jersey, where his descendants are at present residing. His son, David Price, was a mason by occupation, and died in New Jersey. He was a " fifer " in the Revolutionary War, and received his discharge at Trenton, N. J. He was united in marriage to Anna Ayers, who was born and died in that State. She bore him eight children, namely : John H., Ezekiel, Aaron, Samuel, Robert, James, Margaret (Mrs. Ryrick) and Archibald. Of these Samuel Price was born March 13, 1798, and died in Galva, Feb. 4, 1863. He was a plasterer and mason by trade, and followed the same in his native State. He came here in 1854, and for a short time followed his trade in this county, the latter years of his life being passed on the farm. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he was a Class-leader in that denomination. He was united in marriage March ir, 1820, to Mary Wilson, born Feb. 28, 1795, in New Jersey. She died here Oct. 28, 1880, at the residence of the subject of this sketch. She was a daughter of Mahlon Wilson, and bore her husband six children : Aaron W., Catherine J., Wilson, Mary A., Archibald and Obed, the subject of this notice. Obed Price was educated in New Jersey, where, on attaining a suitable age, he worked at the cooper's trade; then farmed a few years; then learned the mason's trade, which latter he followed until 1856. In November of that year he came to this State, and settled in Galva, this county, where he worked at his trade for two years. Since 1856 he has been engaged in contract work. In 1878 he formed a partnership with Mr. R. Payne, and they have been principally engaged in the manufacture of brick since that time, having operated a brick-yard several years in Galva. They put in machinery, and the yard has at present a capacity for turning out 25,000 to 30,000 brick per day, the average demand being about 20,000 per day. Mr. Price does the superintending of the building department of the works, and Mr. Payne superintends the yards. They use a 15-horse power engine, and the Henry Martin Stock Brick Machine, and employ from 25 to 30 men. Mr. Price has also traveled in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska in the interest of the Henry Stock Brick Machine, for which he and his partner are agents. Both Mr. Price and his partner deserves considerable credit for what they have done for the town of Galva.

Mr. Price was married in Galva, 111., Dec. 29, 1859, to Mary Abbott, who was born Sept. 29, 1839, in Northumberland County, now Carbon County, Pa. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Marsden) Abbott, natives of England. Her father died in White Haven, Pa., and her mother is at present residing in Iowa. Mrs. Price has borne her husband two children: Mary E. and Archibald W., the former having been born Sept. 15, i860, and the latter April 29, 1865. Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Price, together with their daughters, are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

common schools of Henry County, 111., when about 20 years of age. The year following his advent as a pedagogue, he was called to the position of Principal of the High School of Kewanee, a place he filled with much credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the public. Leaving Kewanee, he was immediately employed as Superintendent of the Schools of Toulon, county seat of Stark, and filled the office four years.

While discharging his duties as an educator, he was studying the fundamental principles of law, and in 1880, with the Hon. Miles A. Fuller, of Toulon, as preceptor, began reading with a view of devoting his time to the legal profession. In March, 1882, he was admitted to the Bar in the city of Chicago, and soon afterwards, at Kewanee, formed a partnership with C. K. Ladd, and entered fully into the practice of his profession. This partnership terminated in March, 1885, and the following April Mr. R. opened at Kewanee an office for the practice of law. In the same mouth he was elected Justice of the Peace, a position he is filling at this date. In the spring of 1885 he canvassed the county, preliminary to a candidacy for the County Judgeship for the unexpired term of Judge Hinman, deceased ; but, feeling that youth should defer to age, he tacitly withdrew and endorsed a rival candidate for the place. Mr. Rosseter is a young man of much more than ordinary attainments, and the writer of this sketch predicts for him a future of marked possibilities. Mr. R. is a member of Wethersfield Lodge, I. O. O. F., being a Past Grand ; also a member of Wethersfield Encampment, I. O. O. F.

He was born at Marietta, Ohio, April 18, 1858, and was second in order of birth of three sons and one daughter of Prof. Geo. R. Rosseter, LL. D., deceased, and Elizabeth P. (Clark) Rosseter, natives of Boston, Mass., and Danbury, Conn., respectively, and of old English, probably Norman, extraction. His primary education was acquired at the public schools of Marietta, Ohio, and he completed his education at Marietta College, where he graduated in 1877, and from which institution he received the degree of A. M. in 1880.

Mr. R. was married at Toulon, 111., Dec. 25, 1882, to Miss Luella M., daughter of Orlando Brace, Esq., Treasurer of Stark County, 111., and his two children are named respectively Myrtle B. and Ethel L.

feremiah Hadley, of the township of Mun- IJjj1 son, has been a resident in Henry County since the year 1854. He was born in the village of Bunker Hill, in Lincolnshire, England, March 19, 1827. He remained in the shire where he was born until he had passed the years of his minority, and in 185 1 he came to the United States.

He at first located in Niagara County, N. Y., and settled on a farm near the lake, where he lived until 1854, when he came to Henry County. He operated in the capacity of a renter of farms three years. He then bought land in the township of

Osco, which he managed until 1866, when he sold that property, and bought 96 acres on section 19 in Munson Township, on which he now resides. He is at present also the owner of 62 acres additional, situated on section 18 in the same township. The entire acreage is under cultivation of the best type. The buildings are of a class which do credit to the judgment and good sense of the proprietor of the estate.

Mr. Hadley was joined in marriage with Martha Poppleton, in the State of New York, in 1853. Mrs. Hadley was rx>rn in Seasend, Lincolnshire, England, and is the mother of five children, - John, Brittan (see sketch), Emma, Frank and Lester; John is a resident in Jasper Co., Iowa; Emma is the wife of Charles Call, of Munson Township. The parents are communicants in the Episcopal Church.

H'HH dolph Maul, baker and dealer in groceries, confectionery, etc., at Kewanee, 111., was born at Weida, Germany, July 12, 1830, and came to America in 1854. His first employment in this country was in a flouring-mill near Newark, N. J., where he worked about one year. From Newark he went to Fredericksburg, Va., and on to Richmond, and again to Burlington, Iowa, all the time employed at milling. In 1857 he returned to Germany for a visit, came back to America, and for several years followed almost anything that promised reasonable pay for honest work. After spending a year at a petroleum manufactory he came West, and, at Kewanee, has been in his present business since June, 1863. He is also in the fire insurance business, agent for steam-ship lines, dealer in lands, etc. Mr. Maul began life a poor boy in a strange land, but by persistent, hard and honest toil he has met with a reasonable success in accumulating property. In 1870 he attended the golden wedding of his parents in " Faderland," Gottlieb and Johanna (Koch) Maul, both since dead. The old gentleman died in 1878, at the age of 83 years, and the old lady three years before, aged about 75 years. Mr. Maul used to be a Republican, but in late years he has been strictly independent. He held the office of Assistant Supervisor several years, was on the Board of Education 1 1 years, Town Board four or five years, and on the Kewanee Library Board ever since its organization. Of the last named Board he has served several terms as Vice-President, and of the School Board he was 1 r years Secretary. In addition to this multiplicity of interests he is Treasurer of the I. O. O. F. of Kewanee Lodge.

Mr. Maul was united in marriage at Galesburg, 111., in August, 1863, to Miss Mary James, a native of North Carolina, and his children bear the following names: Hettie M., teacher in Kewanee public schools; Emma, also teacher in public schools; Edward; a printer ; and William and Lina at home.

'. ufus D. King, a citizen of Cambridge, now retired from active business life, was born Dec. 23, 1819, in Franklin Co., Me., and is of mixed English and Scotch descent. The first Governor of Maine, William King, was a descendant of the ancestral stock which came from England. The great-grandfather of Mr. King was somewhat conspicuous for his small stature, but was proportionately prominent for courage. The son of the latter, Ichabod King, was a soldier of the War of the Revolution. He was born in Massachusetts, and located in Minot, Me., where he died at the age of 60. He was a farmer by vocation. He and his wife, Mary King, were the parents of six children - three sons and three daughters.

Their son Rufus was born in Minot, Me., and was educated in his native place. His birth occurred in 1791, and he died in Franklin County, in his native State, March 29, 1849. He was a physician, and won great celebrity for skill and ability in his profession. He was a ripe scholar, though he never had the advantages of a course of collegiate study. In him were combined all the most admirable traits of a man of learning, a gentleman of the old school, and a citizen who won the respect and permanent esteem of all with whom he came in contact. One of his prominent characteristics was an excellent memory. The eldest of his brothers, Elijah, was a graduate of Bowdoin College. The latter went to the State of Georgia. He entered the ministry, and after removal to the South he married the daughter of a planter and reared several children. Curus King, another brother, was a farmer, and remained on the old King homestead in Maine. He became wealthy. The oldest sister, Mrs. Mary Burs, is deceased. Sarah married Mr. Crooker, who attained celebrity as a machinist, and was a man of fine scholarly attainments. The youngest daughter, Mrs. Rhoanna Crooker, married a merchant of Minot, Me.

Rufus King, the father of the gentleman who is represented in this account, was married to Elizabeth Pratt. She was born in 1800, and died in August, 185 1, in Prattsburg, Ind. She became the mother of three children, - Rufus D., George C. and Mary E. ; the latter married a man named Clark. Mr. King of this sketch is the sole survivor. He was educated in the State where he was born, and was engaged in farming in the intervals of school, and after finishing his education he was a teacher. In May, 1850, he came to \he West, and brought with him his mother and sister. They went at first to Prattsburg, in Indiana, and remained there three years. Mr. King came to Illinois in 1852, and engaged in farming in Marshall County. He made his first entry into Henry County, July 4, 1855. He purchased a fine farm of 220 acres in the township of Burns, of which he was the resident owner and occupant until 1883, when he sold the place. He removed to Cambridge, to make it his permanent home, in March, 1882.

Mrs. Elizabeth (Pratt) King was a daughter of Elijah Pratt. He was a soldie*, of the war of the Revolution, and was in that service throughout its whole extent, doing duty in behalf of liberty fully seven years. He lived to nearly 90 years of age, and was known far and wide as " Father Pratt." At the age of 75 years he rode a four-year-old colt a distance of 35 miles to obtain his pension, starting at sunrise and returning at sundown of the same day.

The marriage of Mr. King to Rebecca J. Whitney took place Feb. 25, 1854, in Milan, Ripley Co., Ind. She was born June 16, 1834, in Mainville, Warren Co., Ohio. Mrs. King is the daughter of Thomas and Lydia (Tufts) Whitney. Her parents came to Henry County in 1855. They passed the remainder of their lives in Burns Township, where they still are represented by their children. They are the parents of four children : George is a missionary and teacher near Bozeman, Montana Ter. ; he is laboring in the interests of the Methodist Church: Alfred R. is Judge of the Court of Delta Co., Col., and is Mayor of that city; Watson E. is a druggist at Cambridge,, and

Minr.ie E. is a student at Hedding College. The oldest son married Alice Jones, and they have one child, named Lowell R. ; A. R. King married Annie Caldwell; E. W. married Mary Ferguson.

omeo W. Jones, a farmer and stock-raiser of Galva Township, was born May 28, 1835, in Lebanon, Ohio, of Welsh extraction. His grandfather, John Jones, emigrated from Whitehall, N. Y., where he had followed farming and reared his family, to La Fayette, Ind., where he died in 1836. His children were six in number, namely : Hiram, Hannah, Almon, Dexter, Minerva and Jarvis D. Hiram was educated in Whitehall, N. Y., graduated in Middlebury, Vt., in 1832, taught Latin and Greek in a select school, studied law in Lebanon, Ohio, under the instructions of the celebrated Thomas Corwin, was admitted to the Bar there, practiced his profession at Eaton, Preble Co., Ohio, for 15 years, then followed farming until 1857 near Brimfield, Peoria Co., 111., then resided in Galesburg, 111., for a number of years to educate his boys, and finally returned to Brimfield, in 1862, where he died, Sept. 29, the same year, aged 57 years. He was Mayor of Eaton, Ohio, and filled the office of County Clerk for about ten years. He was a Whig and then a Republican ; was married in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1834, to Miss Julia Woodmansee, a native of Washington Co., Pa. When but two or three years old, her family removed with her to Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was educated. Her father, Daniel Woodmansee, was at one time a State Senator of Ohio, and defended the project of the Miami Canal, which created great excitement at that time. Mrs. J. was born March 21, 1809, in Washington Co., Pa. She is yet living, in Brimfield, 111., and has been the mother of four children, viz. : Romeo W., Montague J., Almon C, who died while a student of Knox College, and Corydon D.

Mr. R. W. Jones, the subject of this sketch, attended the common school and the academy at Brimfield and followed farming, while in youth, and then was a clerk in a drug store while in Brimfield, until the commencement of the late war.

and in the spring of 1863 he was honorably discharged at Memphis, Tenn ; and then he joined the First Mississippi Mounted Rifles, which was composed largely of East Tennessee men. He was commissioned First Lieutenant of Co. C, and held that office until the close of the war; was for nine months a recruiting officer for that regiment, and during his service he participated in several skirmishes and battles.

After the war, he located in Galva, this county, where he has since resided. He was engaged in a lumber yard from 1865 to 187 1, since which time he has employed himself in agricultural pursuits and in raising live stock.

He was married May 5, 1865, in Brimfield, 111., to Miss Arabella Guyer, who was born Jan. 31, 1843, in that village, being a daughter of Lazarus L. Guyer, a pioneer of that county. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Jones are six in number, named Nettie G., Almon Rosco, Louise, Paul R., Julia R. and Ernest, besides one deceased, named Romeo Guyer, who died Aug. 17, 1881, aged nearly n years. Mrs. Jones' father was United States Government Assessor for a period of nine years, and is yet living, in Brimfield, a prominent citizen, and taking great interest in religious matters, especially in Sundayschool work. He married Elvira Wiley, a sister of James M. Wiley, of Galva.

Mr. Jones is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the G. A. R. and of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which latter society Mrs. J. is also a member.

lenry White, senior member of the hardware flf firm of White & Weir, Cambridge, was born in Salem, Washington Co., N. Y., July 17, 1836. James White, the father of Mr. White of this sketch, was born in the North of Ireland and came to this country when quite young and was a soldier in the War of 18 12. He was engaged in farming both before the war and after, and died from the effects of a fall from an apple-tree in 1840. He married Jane Hall, who was a native of Argyle, Washington County. She died at Salem, in 1872, after becoming the mother of 12 children.

Mr. White attended school in West Hebron in the county where he was born, and when he was ready to settle himself in business he acquired a knowledge of the trade of a joiner and pattern-maker. He passed about six years in the pursuit of these, and in 1862 came to Henry County. He bought out a hardware store at Geneseo and the new firm was known as White & Tuttle. They were engaged in the prosecution of their joint interests until the spring of 1871, when Mr. White sold his interest, and in the autumn of the same year he opened the business which he is now conducting at Cambridge. The building of the railroad through the place attracted him hither. In 1872 he admitted J. I. Weir to partnership. Mr. White is the cashier of the First National Bank at Cambridge. In his political preference he is a Republican. He is President of the Board of Village Trustees.

obert Moore, retired farmer, resident at Kewanee, 111., was born in Luzerne Co., Pa., Aug. 23, 1834, and was second in a 'iv$\ family of three sons and three daughters, born to John R. and Sarah (Bodle) Moore, natives of Pennsylvania and New York respectively.

The senior Mr. Moore was ,a farmer in his lifetime, and brought up his sons to that vocation. The family came into Henry County in 1855, a"d settled upon a farm of 187 acres in Wethersfield Township, and about two miles southeast of Kewanee. Here the two old people spent the rest of their lives, the old gentleman dying in 1863, at the age of about 60

August rr, 1862, Mr. Moore enlisted in Kewanee as a private soldier in Co. F, 124th 111. Vol. Inf., and served up to April 17, 1863, when, on account of physical disability, he was discharged at Lake Province, La. Returning from the war, he engaged again at farming, and followed it up to 1869, when, in company with his brother, he embarked fn the grocery business at Kewanee, and followed it about three years. In T870 or '71, he returned to his farm, from which he finally retired in 1876.

July 4, 1874, he was married, at Chicago, 111., to Mrs. Lucy Pease, nee Gray, whose first husband died in Libby Prison. This accomplished lady now presides over their elegant home in Kewanee. Mr. Moore is a member of the Masonic Order, and at this writing, August, 1885, holding the rank of Post Adjutant of the G. A. R. He is no politician in the strict meaning of the term, though he votes the Republican ticket, and is a strong Prohibitionist, upon which issue he was elected to the office of Trustee.

]||.teph.en Ordway, a farmer of Galva, was born May 10, 1815, in Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vt. His first progenitors in America were two brothers, who came from Scotland about two centuries ago, one of whom settled in Rhode Island, and has numerous descendants ; the other, who was the grandfather of Stephen, located in Orange Co., Vt , where he followed farming and raised a family of 24 children, all of whom reached maturity, and remained members of the farming community. One of these, Oliver Ordway, was born in that county and died there, aged 54 years. He married Judie White, also a native of that county, who died in the same county, aged nearly 70 years, after having become the mother of nine children, - Alvin, Hiram, Joel, Stephen (our subject), Alonzo, Luther, Edson, Stillman and Clementina.

Mr. Stephen Ordway was educated primarily in his native State, reared on' a farm, and has been a successful farmer all his life. From Vermont he removed to Glens Falls, N. Y., at the age of 19 years, and three years later he came to this State, settled in

Stark County, in June, 1837, thus being a pioneer of that county. After working by the month for a time, he purchased 40 acres of land, in 1843, anc^ paid for the same with brick, of which he was a manufacturer. He subsequently purchased more land until he had a total of 181 acres in La Fayette Township, that county. This he sold, and in 1870 bought six acres near Galva, on section 14, joining the northeast part of the village, where he now resides, enjoying the comforts of a well earned competency. In the evening of life, while the shadows are gathering about him, he can look back upon his career and be contented, for his home is a well furnished, beautiful and quiet place, and he is a man respected throughout the community.

Mr. Ordway was married in Stark County (then a part of Knox County), Aug. 24, 1840, to Miss Phoebe Steits, who was born Nov. 7, 1825, in Sussex Co., N. J., and was a daughter of Jacob and Ada (Ayres) ust Johnson, of the township of Atkinson, is a citizen of the United States by adoption, having been born in Sweden. His birth occurred on April 2, 1850. He was the son of Johannes and Eliza (Oloff) Johnson, both born in Smoland, Sweden. The former was born March 12, 1807, and died April 8, 1885. The latter was born Dec. 12, 1820, and died March 12, 1880. He had passed the period of his minority when he came, in 1872, to America. He landed at New York, and came at once to Kewanee, in Henry County. The first three months after his arrival in Illinois he was occupied in mining for coal. He was employed by the month while acting in that capacity, and in 1875 he began to rent land, and has since been interested in the pursuit of a farmer, and has operated in the same method. He is at present the manager of 440 acres of land.

His marriage to Mary C. Johnson took place Feb. 22, 1882. She was born Feb. 22, 1864, and is the daughter of Lars and Caroline (Nelson) Johnson. They were natives of Sweden. The father was born March 1, 1825, and is still living. Her mother was born about the year 1840, and died Oct. 1, 1872. The father now lives in Geneseo Township. They have become the parents of two children - Rudolph Ray Bender, born May 20, 1883, and Forest Sylvester, born Nov. 17, 1884. The mother is a native of Henry County. Mr. Johnson is a Republican in his political relations. He and his wife are members of of the Lutheran Church at Geneseo.

fbraham J. Rockafellow, deceased, formierly a resident of Galva, was born July 28, 1819, in Somerset Co., N. J., and came to this county in 1837. His first wife was Sarah S. Newcomb, who was born Dec. 29, 1822, in Missouri, to which State her parents, Charles and Bettie Newcomb, emigrated from Keene, N. H-i in 1817; the latter, after residing there five years', removed to Springfield, 111., and then to Fulton County, this State.

Mr. R. was married first in February, 1841. His wife died Feb. 19, 1868, after having become the mother of seven children, viz ; Charles, a prominept man and druggist at Hot Springs, Ark. ; Mrs. Mary McCorkill, of Wyoming; Benton, of Atlantic, Iowa; Emelie, wife of M. Anderson, of Shenandoah, Iowa; Mrs. Rose Saunders, of Bradford, 111., and Fannie and Jennie. Mr. Rockafellow was married a second time Nov. 18, 1869, in Galesburg, to Miss Jane C. Young, who was born April 17, 1835, in Orange Co., N. Y., a daughter of Andrew M. and Isabella (Trimble) Young. Her parents died in New York, their native State. Her father, who was a prominent member of the farming community, and the last of his family, was of Holland extraction, a soldier in the War of 18 12, and was the father of eight children, - John, Elizabeth, Adeline, Isabella, Mary, Jane C, Sarah arid Andrew. Mary became the first wife of H. Knox Taylor, and died in St. Paul, Minn., July 9, 1885. Mrs. Young was born in 1800, and died in 1845.

The ancestors of Mr. Rockafellow were of Holland extraction. His father, William, was, a native of New Jersey, and his son, Abraham J., was reared and educated in that State. When he became a young man he came to Fulton County, this State, where he followed the trade of blacksmithing, and in 1837 he removed to Galva, this county, where he became a successful farmer and stock-raiser. Mrs. Jane C. Rockafellow is the mother of one child, Freddie S., who was born Nov. 3, 187 1. She is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. R. was a man of great force of character, and well known and admired for his many good qualities of head and heart. He died Dec. 11, 1881.

at this writing, August, 1885, is filling the dual position of Superintendent of the Kewanee schools, and School Superintendent of Henry Co., 111., is a graduate of Marietta (Ohio) College, at which institution his father, George R. Rosseter, now deceased, also graduated, and was for many years Professor of Mathematics. Soon after completing his education, which was in 1870, Mr. Rosseter obtained a position upon the engineer corps of a railroad then building through his native town, and remained in the employ of the company some four years, during which time he was engaged in almost all the departments of railroad engineering. He came into Henry County in 1875, and for two years had charge of district schools near Woodhull. In 1877 he became Principal of the public schools of Wethersfield, coming thence to Kewanee, where, during the year 1879-80 he conducted the High School. From 1877 to 1880, he held the office of County Surveyor, and the latter year was made Superintendent of all the Kewanee schools. In 1882 he was elected to the office of County Superintendent, a position he will probably relinquish at the end of this term on account of additional duties which, under the law of 1885, are so greatly increased as to render it impossible for one man to fill the two positions.

His parents, George R. and Elizabeth P. (Clark) Rosseter, were natives respectively of Boston, Mass., and Danbury, Conn., and reared three sons to manhood and buried two daughters and one son in infancy. The parents are dead, Mrs. R. dying in i860, and Prof. R. in 1882, in the 56th year of his age.

His first wife, nee Miss Blanch Pray, to whom he was married at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1877, died in 1882, leaving one child, Frank S. June 30, 1884, Mr. Rosseter was married to his present wife, nee Miss Jenny B. Kearny, of Washington, D. C.

From the foregoing recital of simple facts the reader can form but one conclusion as to the character and worth of Mr. Rosseter. That he is in every way worthy of the high trusts (and what trust can be greater than the care and training of the youth of our land ?) is conclusive ; and any attempted eulogium from the pen of the biographer would be useless.

.amuel H. Dickey, one of the wealthy and extensive land owners of Henry County, where on section 24, Cornwall Township, he is the proprietor of 405 acres of excellent farm land, is also engaged in the hardware business in Kewanee, which he has carried on for eight years, and also has a hotel which at present is rented, having sufficient business to occupy his time besides that.

He was born March 5, 1843, and is a native of Kentucky. He lived with his parents until he gained his majority, but at the age of eight years, in the year 1851, he accompanied his parents to Fulton County, this State, where they located at Canton and remained four years. Their next move was to Henry County, when they located in Cornwall Township, where Mr. Samuel H. Dickey, our subject, has since remained a resident. Assisting in the labors % on the farm of his father, he became thoroughly J initiated in that vocation, and therefore when he made various purchases of land, understood how to improve and cultivate the same ; and by his indomitable energy, hard labor and industry, has, as above stated, 405 acres of farm land in an excellent state of cultivation. Upon the same he has a good, sub- ' stantial dwelling, 28 x 40 feet in dimensions, and all other necessary outbuildings. His orchard contains * some 200 apple-trees. He is interested chiefly in ( raising Short- horn cattle and has a herd of some 18 yt thoroughbreds. (

1870, Miss Allie Turner being the lady chosen to share his joys and sorrows, successes and reverses, through life. The Rev. Mitchell, of Gallipolis, Ohio, officiated, they being married in that State. Mrs. Dickie was born in Gallia Co., Ohio, Jan. 9, 1850, and of their union have been born five children, 'four of whom survive : Charlie A., born Sept. 21, 1871 ; Mary, born Dec. n, 1873, died Oct. 3, 1875; Daisy D., born March 24, 1877 ; Allis L., Sept. 10, 1879; and Willie, Aug. 14, 1881.

C. Nichols, M. D., a distinguished physijjj" cian and surgeon of Kewanee, 111., son of the Rev. John B. and Mary E. (Hutton) Nichols, both deceased, was born at Portsmouth, Ohio, March 9, 1844. His father, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, removed to Iowa in 1845, and there died in 1862 at the age of 54, his wife having died ten years earlier, at the age of 38 years.

The subject of this sketch was well educated at the Mt. Vernon (Iowa) schools, and graduated at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1880, with the degree of M. D., and at Kewanee entered at once upon the practice of his profession. His earliest ambition was to be a lawyer ; but, getting into the drug business at Wyoming, Iowa, and following it for about seven years, he turned his attention to medicine, a'science he understands thoroughly and practices with great success.

In August, 1861, at Monticello, Iowa, he enlisted as a private soldier in Co. D, Iowa Vol. Inf., and served to July, 1865, when he was mustered out with the rank of duty Sergeant. He was in the battle of Pea Ridge; with Gen. Curtis to Vicksburg; on Sherman's march to the sea; in the Grand Review at Washington ; was wounded eight different times and saw as much actual service as any man in the army.

Nov. io, 1877, the Doctor was married at Kewanee, 111., to Miss Maria L. Sykes, a talented teacher for eight years in the public schools, four years as Principal of the Geneseo schools, and four years at Wyoming, Iowa, where she met and captivated the Doctor. They have two children - Gena V. and

He is no politician; no fanatic; no " crank." Believes in attending strictly to his own business, and has found that not altogether universal practice a good one.

braham Try, deceased, was one of the early pioneers of this part of Illinois, having located in Bureau County as early as 1845. Ten years later he moved into Henry County, locating in Cornwall Township, where for 27 years he was a prominent, well-to-do and highly respected citizen. His death, which occurred April 11, 1883, was not only a loss to "the family, but to the community in which he so long resided. His aged widow, with whom he had lived for over half a century, survives him. and is living on the old home farm on section 9 of Cornwall Township, and is at present 74 years of age. It was on the isl of September, 1831, that Abraham Fry and Miss Margaret Loughrey were united in marriage. This event took place in Licking Co., Ohio. Mrs. Fry was born in Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania, in 181 1, and is of Irish parentage. When six years of age, her parents moved to Ohio end located in Licking County, where she met and married Mr. Fry. She is the mother of 11 children, five of whom are deceased. The names of these are Joel, Abraham, Mahala, Sarah and Isaac. Those living are Mary F., Amos, James, Lemuel, Almira and Charles; She has 24 grandchildren now living. Her family are members of the Congregational Church.

ohn H. Mannon, A. M., M. D., a promininent young physician and surgeon of Ke- *i"'""s' wanee, 111., is a son of John and Matilda (McFerson) Mannon, natives of the State of Ohio, and of Irish and Scotch extraction respectively, and was born at Red Oak, Ohio, Feb. 2, 1 85 1. The elder Mannon, now a retired citizen of Monmouth, 111., was by occupation a farmer, and brought his five sons up to follow his foot- steps, though the profession of our subject, as well as another son, who is a physician, resident in Cincinnati, Ohio, shows that they did not all take kindly to agriculture.

The family came to Illinois in 1855, and settled in Warren County. Here Jqhn H. entered Monmouth College, at which institution he graduated as A. B. in the class of 1876, and began at once the study of medicine. In the spring of 1877 he entered the office of Drs. Wallace & Troutman, of MonmQuth, and after reading with them about one year went to Rush Medical College, Chicago, where he graduated as M. D. in 1880. Two weeks after leaving Chicago, he began the practice of medicine at Kewanee, where he rapidly attained a front frank in his profession. He is a member of various medical societies, and is identified with the Presbyterian Church.

At Monmouth, 111., Dec. 24, 1878, the Doctor was married to Miss Mary E. Hill, a native of that place and the accomplished daughter of William Hill, now deceased. The Doctor's only child is named Mae.

jjjWrson Jones, of Cambridge, was born Jan. 6, isifig 1834, in the town of Potton, in Canada, just N^y across the Vermont line. He is of Welsh extraction, his great-grandfather having come from that country to America. Daniel Jones, son of the latter, was born in Massachusetts. The family settled near Charleston and two of the brothers of the latter were soldiers of the Revolution. They entered into the merits of that contest at an early period and were at the battle of Bunker Hill. One of them was on the detailed duty of setting fire to the city of Charleston, the same one being a clergyman and left a record of duty well done. He preached in the interests of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died in Potton at the age of 91. He married Jane Miller, who was a member of a family that belonged to a colony that settled at Potton, and where she lived to attain to a green old age. She was the mother of seven children, - Daniel, Joseph, Mary A., James, Rockwell (deceased), Albert and Jane. The oldest was born Feb. 22, 1808, in Potton and died at Galesburg, 111., Nov. 8, 1883. He came first to Knoxville in '1836. He became a prominent citizen there and was called to fill several township offices. In the formation of the Abolitionist party he was actively interested in the organization of the local parly and received the .nomination for Congress from his District. This was about the year 1848. He was one of the leaders in all matters of importance in the vicinity of his home, and he wielded a powerful influence, as was to be expected from a man of his temperament. He was self-educated, and having formed his views by observation, his convictions were strong and his judgment of the most reliable character. Atlanta Bartlett, who became his wife March 2, 1830, was a native of Vermont. She died Aug. 27, 1868, aged 56. The children of which she became the mother were named as follows : Mandana, Louisa, Orson, Atlanta (died in infancy), Granville, Norval and Corwin. Orson, the oldest son, was educated in Knox and Henry Counties and finished his educational course at Knox College. Before he was 19 he was a pupil in the common schools and also assisted on the farm. At the age named he began his career as a collegiate student. After leaving college, he went to Iowa and there put into practical operation the knowledge of engineering which he had acquired in Illinois. He assisted in the survey of the American Central Railroad from Galva to New Boston, which line is now a branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. His next business was in instructing the surveyor of Mercer County in the details of his duties, and he went to Iowa to aid in the State surveys. In 1857 he returned to Oxford Township, in Henry County, and has since resided in Illinois. On coming hither he interested himself in farming and pursued that vocation until the outbreak of the Civil War.

Aug. 4, 1862, he enlisted. At the time of the enlistment of the colored troops he passed the required examination and was commissioned Second Lieutenant. Soon after he was promoted to the position of First Lieutenant and was placed in command of Company F, 14th U. S. C. V. I., in which office he passed most of the time. He was mustered out of the service March 26, 1866, at Chattanooga. He was under fire at Fort Donelson, Dalton, Decatur, also aj Nashville and in other engagements. In the same spring in which he left the army he settled on the farm in the township of Oxford, and was interested in agriculture until the spring of 1885, when he removed to Cambridge. In the summer of 1881 he had been elected to the position of County Surveyor and is still the incumbent of the office.

He has been twice married. His first wife, who was Amelia Sexton previous to her marriage, died soon after that event. May 29, i860, he contracted a second matrimonial alliance, with Helen P. Bartlett. She was born Oct. 30, 1839, in Geneseo, and is the daughter of William C. and Katherine (Culver) Bartlett. Her parents were natives of Boone's Creek, N. Y., and Plattsburg, Clinton Co., N. Y., respectively. Her father was born in December, 1798, and.the birth of her mother occurred April 14, 1803. The latter was the daughter of David and Katherine (Calender) Culver, and died Dec. 23, 1880, in New Windsor, III. She was the mother of 15 children, and ten of them reached maturity. The latter were named Edwin C, Orin M., Mrs. Catherine A. Adams, Mrs. Sarah A. Artz, Mrs. Celinda Saul, Mrs. Helen P. Jones and Homer M. Mrs. Angeline Merriman, David C, Mrs. Amanda H. Merriman are deceased.

William C. Bartlett, the father of Mrs. Jones, was one of the earliest of the permanent settlers in Henry County, whither he came in November, 1836. He was the first to build a house within the present corporate limits of the city of Geneseo. He was a member of the family of Mr. Jones during the closing years of his life and died Sept. 5, 1878. By occupation he was a tanner and a shoemaker, but operated little in either capacity in Henry County. He was a farmer and located on the site of Geneseo. He was a member of the Geneseo Colony and was one of the first to remove his family to Henry County after the agents had made the selection of the location. In 1848 he went from Henry County to Tazewell County and was resident there until 1866, when he made another transfer, to Aledo, Mercer Co., 111., and in his old age, in July, 1872, he returned to his first love, Henry County, becoming a member of the household of his son-in-law. He united with the Methodist Church when he reached his majority and was all his life active in religious work.

The family of Mt. and Mrs. Jones includes two children. Frederick D. is a graduate of Knox College and is a student of law in the office of Shepard

Mr. Jones is a Republican in political sentiment, and he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church. He is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

ewia E. Hunt, engaged in farming on section 25, Cornwall Township, was born in York State, Jan. 6, 1829. In September 1842, Mr. Hunt came to Henry County with his father, Thomas Hunt. The father was born in 1793 in Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.' and died in 1861.

Lewis Hunt, the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this notice, was married to Miss Sarah Romig, Jan. 26,1860. Of their union five children have been born, - John W., Edward O. and Clarinda C. are living; the deceased are Leonidas F. and Edgar I.

Mr. Hunt is the proprietor of 160 acres of good farm land, located on section 25, all of his land being under an advanced state of cultivation. In addition to the cultivation of his land, Mr. Hunt has devoted a portion of his time to stock. He has some three-quarter-blooded Short-horn cattle and also a span of Morgan horses. In politics, he is a believer in and a supporter of the principles of the Republican party.

onrad Seyller is a prosperous farmer of Yorktown Township, and is a resident on section 1 6. He was born in the province of Alsace in France, Nov. 19, 1840. His parents, George and Catherine Seyller, were both n'atives of that province, which is now in the hands of the Germans. The son was sent to school, and after arriving at suitable age operated as an assistant on his father's farm. The whole family came to America in 1855. They were 28 days in crossing the ocean and landed at the port of New York. They came thence to Illinois and made a stay of some months at Naperville. In February they came to Henry County. They determined to locate in the township where the son is still a resident and where the father proceeded to buy a farm on section 17. At the time of the purchase the place was in its natural condition and without a house to shelter the family. The small house, 16x16 feet in extent, was constructed with all possible dispatch, which formed the family abode for only a few years, as their circumstances improved with such rapidity that in a short time a good frame house replaced that of the first days. The father was the occupant of the farm on which he first tasted the sweets of being a land-holder until the death of his wife. He the sold the farm and removed to Peru, in La Salle County, where he still resides.

Mr. Seyller was an inmate of the parental home until he reached his majority. He then bought 160 acres on sections 9 and 8 in the same township, and proceeded with the work of farming in his own behalf. He was successful in his plans and operations, and in 1875 sold the place and bought 320 acres on sections 10 and n. In 1885 he made a further purchase of 80 acres on section 3 in Yorktown Township, and is now the proprietor of 400 acres in the best possible farming condition.

In 1861 Mr. Seyller was married to Josephine Clementz. She was born in the province of Alsace. Their children are seven in number, and are named Augustus, Josephine, William, Matilda, Hattie, Edward and Maiy.

H$=$=£tohn Churchill, a farmer on section 25, Geneseo Township, has lived in Henry County since 1852. He was born in Somerset Co., Me., June 6, 1836, and is the son of Asa and Mary (Holden) Churchill. His father was born in the same county where the progenitors of the family were among the-pioneer settlers, and he was deprived of him by death when 1 1 years old. After that event he was the master of his own fortunes. He became a member of the family of Major Webb in his native county, with whom he resided three years. He continued to find employment in Somerset County until he came to Illinois. He was then 16. He was induced to come here by the fact that some acquaintances had come and found remunerative employ. He operated as a farm assistant and rented land to work on his own account until 1862, when he enlisted. He enrolled himself a soldier of the United States on the 10th of August, in Co. C, 93d Reg. 111. Vols. He was in the service until the end of the contest. Among the battles in which he was under fire were those of the siege and capture of Vicksburg, Jackson, Champion Hill, Mission Ridge, and many others of greater or less importance. In 1864 he sustained injuries in a railroad collision and was transferred to Co. H, 23d V. R. C. He received a final and honorable discharge Aug. 18, 1865. He came back to the State and passed ten years in Bureau County. In 1875 ne bought the farm on which he is now a resident. It is well improved and is supplied with excellent buildings.

Sept. 27, 1870, he was joined in marriage with Harriet L. Parker, and they have one child - Asa Emery. Mrs. Churchill is the daughter of Emery and Delopha (Bailey) Parker. Her parents were early settlers in the State of Ohio, and were both natives of New Hampshire.

rederick Kaiser, one of the large land owners and respected citizens of Cornwall Township, as well as successful farmers of Henry County, residing on section n, was ^&, born Oct. 23, 1827, in Switzerland, and within i 18 miles of the capital, Berne. Mr. Kaiser resided in the land of his nativity until he attained his 16 year, in 1843, when, hoping to better his financial condition, he emigrated to the United States, and soon after landing at an Eastern seaport he made his way to Ohio, where for ten years he was engaged in the occupation of fanning ; from the latter State Mr. Kaiser came to this county, where he has resided until the present time. He is now the proprietor of 400 acres of good farm land, 240 of the same being in Cornwall and the remainder in Annawan Township. In addition to the cultivation of his land, he devotes a large portion of his time to buying, selling and feeding stock. He also raises a great many heavy horses and roadsters, and feeds sheep and swine for the Eastern market. In his vocation in life Mr. Kaiser is meeting with that success which energy and perseverance, coupled with tharles Kent, a retired farmer, resident at Kewanee, and a native of "Greenfield, N. Y., is the only son of Ebenezer and Laura (Belden) Kent, natives of Vermont and New York respectively. He was born Aug. n, 182 1. After the death of his mother, Mr. Kent's father removed to Wyoming Co., N. Y., accompanied by his two children, in 1823. In Greenfield, N. Y., the senior Kent had followed blacksmithing, but on arriving in Wyoming County engaged in the occupation of a farmer. He lived to attain the venerable age of 91 years, and died in November, 1884, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Brown, of Wethersfield, this county.

In 1844, Charles Kent came West, entered a tract of land in Bureau County, which he improved and lived upon for ten years. In 1854-5 he removed to Galesburg, Knox County, and in the neighborhood of that city he was engaged in farming on a small place for a few years. In 1864 he came into Kewanee and purchased a tract of land in the vicinity of that place, and subsequently purchased other tracts, and there followed the occupation of a farmer until 1884, meeting with success in that vocation. During this year he rented his lands and retired from the aclive labors of life.

While a citizen of Bureau County, Mr. Kent was several years Township Clerk and Supervisor. Since coming to this county he has served as School Trustee at various times. In early life he was a Whig in politics, but afterwards he espoused the cause of the Liberty party, and later on, at the organization of the Republican party, he joined its ranks and has since voted that ticket without exception.

cultivated upon the one a rugged physique and upon ' the other a well stored mind. His accumulation of' this world's goods is attributable to his industry, perseverance and good judgment.

Mr. Kent was united in marriage with Miss , Lucinda M! Hurd, of Wyoming Co., N. Y., who came West long before Horace Greeley's advice was uttered, and " grew up." Mr. Kent was one of the original stockholders of the Union National Bank of Kewanee, and has been one of its Directors since its organization. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, to the support of which they , give liberally from their ample means.

We present the portrait of Mr. Kent in this volume in connection with this sketch, as a man who is eminently worthy of having his portrait classed with those who are representative men of the county. He possesses many excellent qualities as a citizen, and in pioneer days in Illinois did much to forward its development.

ichard Payne, brick manufacturer, Galva, is a native of England, and was born in Oswestry, Shropshire, in that country, May 12, 1828. His father, Thomas Payne, was also a native of England, where he married Catherine Richards, also of English birth, but of Welsh extraction. His grandfather, also named Thomas Payne, was born in Fitz, Eng. He was a farmer and brick-maker, and died at the age of 79 years, in Oswestry, leaving a large estate. His wife, Anna Payne, was born in Meidstown, County Kent, England, and lived to be 101 years old. They reared a family of six children, namely : Thomas, the father of our subject ; Sarah Ann, James, William and Hannah, all of whom are deceased. Thomas was born Dec. 21, 1785, in Oswestry, and died in March, 1881, aged nearly 96 years. He was also a brick-maker in early life, but came to this country in 1850, and located in Whitefield Township, Marshall Co., 111., where he died. His wife, Catherine Richard, was born at the same place, and was the daughter of Thomas Richard. She died about 1857, nine children having been born of this couple, as follows : Thomas, John, Anna (now Mrs. Jarvis), Edward,

Mr. Payne was reared and educated in his native country, and came to America with his parents. He resided with them in Marshall Co., 111., until 1856, in the meantime joining with them in the brick-making business. In April, [865, he came to Galva, and for many years made brick in the old-fashioned way, by hand. This required a great deal of hard work, but he met with fair success. In the spring of 1878 he formed a partnership with Obed Price, which has continued to the present time, and the firm is now known as Payne & Price. Prior to 1878 Mr. Payne employed about ten hands. At that time he introduced horse-power, and two years later his business had increased so that it demanded greater facilities. He then put in an 18-horse-power engine, which runs a Henry Martin Stock Brick Machine. This machine has a capacity of 25,000 bricks per day. The firm employ about 25 men in the factory and in shipping. Mr. Payne devotes his attention to the superintending of the factory, while his partner attends to the contracting department.

Mr. Payne was married in Ottawa, 111., to Miss Emelia Roe, who is now deceased. She became the mother of two children - Nellie and Thomas R. She died at Galva, Jan., 1882. She was the daughter of Thomas Roe, of English ancestry. Mr. Payne was married a second time, to Mrs. Jennie Prescott.

lliott Hinman, lumber merchant at Cam- , bridge, and the sole representative of that ^ line of traffic at this place, is a native of Henry County. He was born Aug. 31, 1853, in Osco Township, and is the son of R. H. Hinman, who is still living there. He was educated in this county, and after he arrived at the age of manhood he gave his attention to the pursuit of a farmer. Soon after he went to Cambridge, and, associated with S. C. Welton, he embarked in the business which has since engaged his attention. In 1 88 1 Mr. Welton went to Florida, and Mr. Hinman has since conducted his affairs alone. He holds the monopoly at Cambridge, having bought out the lumber establishment of J. W. Stewart, who was his only

He was married here Oct. 30, 1879, to Nora Nolind, who was born in Muscatine Co., Iowa. They have two children : Fannie was born Sept. 2, Susan E. was born Dec. 22, 1884.

J&hriBtian L. Heaps, a well-known agricul- I* turist, having a farm on section 19, Anna- " wan Township, is a native of Lancaster Co., Pa., where he was born, June 1, 1835. Here he lived until 1842, when he came with his parents to Illinois. For four years they lived in Adams County, when they came further north, and located in Rock Co., Wis. Here they remained but 18 months, when the elder Heaps came into Annawan Township, and pre-empted a quarter of section 32, where he still lives. William G., the gentleman referred to, became one of the prominent and early settlers of the township. A sketch of him appears elsewhere in this volume.

Mr. Heaps, on his farm of 160 acres, has a good, comfortable dwelling^and farm buildings. He is devoting his attention to some extent to breeding Shorthorn cattle and Norman horses. His hogs are of the Poland-China variety. He has been a member of the A. F. & A. M. Order, and has been a visitor to the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter convened at Chicago. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and, politically, he is a man of independent views.

Mr. Heaps formed a' matrimonial alliance with Miss Margaret Clement, Oct. 28, 1858. She was a native of Hamilton, Canada, where she was born July 18, 1840. She came to Illinois with her parents in 1849, and was reared and educated in Cornwall Township, this county, where her father, Robert Clement, had located. He had married in 1827 Miss Margaret Jones, this event occurring in Antrim Co., Ireland. The following year they came to Canada, and became the parents of nine children, of whom Margaret was the seventh. The record of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Heaps reads as follows: Mary A., born Dec. 1, i860; John B., March 14, 1863; William G., April 22, 1865 ; Harmon, Jan. 9, 1867; Chancy B., Feb. 15, 1868; Christian L.

thel V. Bronson, one of the pioneers of Kewanee, and from 1855 to 1875 proprietor of the old "Kewanee House," first Jl&- hotel erected in the village, youngest son of Virtue and Nancy (McNeil) Bronson, natives of Connecticut and New York State respectively, and of old English extraction, was born in Canandaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y., Feb. t, 1813. The Bransons were among the very earliest settlers ^ of Waterbury, Conn., and many of the name are yet ^ found in the various New England States. Virtue Bronson was a surveyor by profession, and having removed from Connecticut to Richmond, N. Y., in 1818, conducted the survey of what has since been known as the "Holland Purchase." From Richmond he removed to Sheldon, Geneseo County, the same State, in 1820, and there died, June 4, 1823, at the age of 45 years. Of his children, three sons and two daughters, that grew to be men and women, the subject of this sketch, Ethel V. Bronson, is the only one living at this writing, July, 1885. The elder Mr. B. left his family in limited circumstances, and the sons were early in life thrown upon their own resources. In common with his brothers, Ethel V. labored upon the farm during the farming season, and walked two miles to a country school during the winters. When about 15 years of age he secured employment in a mercantile establishment, receiving as payment for his services for a time, his board and clothing, and afterward the sum of $5 per month in money ; but, as he grew in years and usefulness, his wages were advanced from time to time, and he was enabled to lay by his small savings, and in a few years to engage in a business for himself.

His first store was started at Warsaw ; from there he went to North Java, and in 1846 back to Warsaw, where he remained two years, and then began the at Cuylerville, N. Y. In 1854 he came West, stopping at Rockford, 111., from the fall of that year until the spring of 1855, at which time he came to Kewanee and bought the "Kewanee House," a hostlery he presided over for 20 years. For years aud, years the "Kewanee" was the only hotel in the village, and the number of persons who partook of its "good cheer" during the administration of Mr. Bronson would probably exceed Grant's majority over Greeley. In 1875 Mr. B. retired from hotel business, and in 1883 sold the property to a Mr. Merritt, who replaced the "old frame" with a brick structure, which hears upon its side wall "The New Kewanee," and upon the stained glass over its threshold a quotation from Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake.

Mr. Bronson has always been a public-spirited man, and from a handsome competency, the result wholly of his individual efforts and industry, has given liberally to such enterprises as have had a tendency to advance the interests of the community in which he has lived. He was prominently identified with the organization of the Old Muscatine, Kewanee & Eastern Railway enterprises, and became the President of that company ; also of the Continental Railway Company, a gigantic undertaking, having in view the construction of a trunk line from New York City to Council Bluffs, la. The interests alike of public charities and local Churches have been advanced by his labor and his lucre. The Episcopal Church at Kewanee credits him with its greatest individual financial assistance. He was not only active in its organization, but the subscription roll also shows that he set opposite his name $1,500. So with all the other Churches. They all credit him with donations at various times with various sums.

Though an active Republican worker, he has sought no political preferment, his only public office-holding in the county being that of Commissioner of Highways, a "thank you" kind of a job ; and in the State a member of the Board of Governors of the Woman's Hospital, also a position of trust without emolument.

In October, 1844, ac the town of York, Livingston Co., N. Y., he was married to Sarah A. Weller, who died at the age of 66 years. Of the two sons born to them and an adopted daughter reared by them, neither one is living. Melfred G., born Aug. ir, 1845, died May 15, r86i ; William Henry, born Dec. 25, 1851, died Jan. 5, 1852; and Lida P., born Oct.

6, 1858, died Dec. 4, 1880. Thus his children, like the wife of his early manhood, his companion through the struggles of so many years, have all preceded him to that other shore where his faith in a crucified Redeemer tells him he shall meet them when his pilgrimage upon this earth shall have reached an end. The present Mrs. Bronson, nee Mrs. Betsey Ann Hoxey, to whom he was married at Bay St. Louis, Miss., March 28, 1885, is a native of Providence, R. I. They met and their union was planned while wintering in the sunny South.

^ohn A. Swanson, residing in Galva, was born Dec. 8, 1846, in Smoland, Hoallanda Soken, Jonkopings Lan, Sweden. He is a son of Charles J. and Christine (Swanson) Swanson, natives of Sweden. Charles J. Swanson was born Jan. 7, 1822. He was a soldier for 19 years in the Swedish Army, and after that he followed the occupation of a farmer. He was married in Sweden and became the father of nine children, four of whom he brought to America, namely : Matilda, John A., Charles A., Louisa, Gust. A., and Frank W. and an infant who died were born at Galesburg. Charles J. Swanson came to this country in 1857, arriving here Aug. 8, of that year. He located at Galesburg, in this State, where he worked at the carpenter trade in Brown's Corn- Planter Works for eight years. He then engaged in farming in Lynn Township, which occupation he followed until the date of his death, which occurred May T4, 1883, when in his 6 2d year. His wife is still living in Galva. She was born Feb. 5, 1822, in Sweden.

John A. Swanson, subject of this notice, received his education principally in Knox County, this State, and followed the occupation of a farmer during his early life. He enlisted in Co. B, 7 2d 111. Vol. Inf., Dec. n, 1863, at Galesburg, and went to Springfield, this State. From there he went to Vicksb.urg, and his regiment participated in the following engagements : Siege and capture of Vicksburg, Columbus, Franklin and Nashville, Tenn. On their retreat from Nashville to Franklin Mr. Swanson and nearly 300 of his regiment were taken prisoners, the date thereof being Nov. 30, 1864, and were released in March,

1865, at which time Mr. Swanson only weighed 97 pounds. The regiment went out 800 strong in the battle of Franklin, and returned with less than 400 men. Mr. Swanson, with other prisoners, were taken to Andersonville, Ga., where he remained four and a half months, was then paroled and sent home, and shortly afterward the war closed. Socially, Mr. S. is a member of the G. A. R.

After the war closed he returned to Galva, doffed his uniform, laid aside his accoutrements of war, and once more entered upon the peaceful pursuits of life. He engaged in clerking at Galva and Cambridge, and was occupied at the latter place three and a half years. In March, 1881, he formed a partnership with Nels Runquist and engaged in the grocery and provision business, which co-partnership lasted for six months, when another was formed with Lewis Larson as partner, which terminated after three months, when Mr. Swanson conducted the business alone for three years. He sold out in January, 1885, to Nelson & Larson, intending to go West. Since April he has been employed by Butters & Obers in the implement business until lately, when he again engaged in business for himself.

Mr. Swanson was married in Galva, Jan. 30, 1873, to Miss Ida M. Mollburg, a daughter of Swan and and Sarah Mollburg. She was born Aug. 22, 1852, in Kalmar Lan, Molella Soken, in Sweden, and has borne her husband two children, - John A. I., born in Galva, Nov. 7, 1873; and LillieO., in Cambridge, Feb. 10, 1875. Socially, Mr. Swanson is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the A. O. U. W., and politically he is in sympathy with the tenets of the Republican party.

He continued to reside in his native country until the summer of i860, when he came to America and worked by the month in Andover Township, this County, about four years, when he bought 80 acres of land in Osco Township, located on section 28, where he erected good, substantial buildings and has since continued to reside until the present time. He now is the owner of 280 acres in this county, all of which is in an advanced state of cultivation.

ance at Moline, 111., Nov. 1, 1866, with Tilda L. Hokonson, who was born in Sweden,' May 18, 1846. They are the parents of eight children, - Andrew J., Henry J., "Carl R. and Gust. A., and four are deceased, as follows : L. Edward met with his death from an accident received by a corn-stalk cutter; Nellie A. was injured while at school from a blow accidentally given by a school-mate. Two died in infancy. Mr. Larson is independent in his political views.

"ohn George Weidlein, a farmer of Edford Township, was born in Osco Township, in the county in which his entire life has been passed. He is the son of John and Eleanora ^f Weidlein, of whom a full account is given else- V where in this volume. His birth occurred Sept. 25, 1854, three years after the removal of his parents to Henry County. He is the fifth child in order of birth, and he received his education in the district schools of his native township and in Edford Township, whither the family removed when the son was one year old.

The latter was married in March, 1881, to Bertha Reader. She was born in Michigan. He is now the occupant of the homestead of his father and is engaged in general farming and in raising stock.

Mrs. Weidlein is the daughter of Henry and Catherine (Kime) Reader, and she was born in the town of Medina, Lenawee Co., Mich. She is the mother of one child, named Hallie Earl. Mr. and Mrs. Weidlein are members of the Lutheran Chnrch at Morristown. The parents of Mrs. Weidlein were natives of the State of New York.

[dim N. Carter, a retired farmer, residing on section 14, Galva Township, was born Jan. 29, 1829, in Ashland Co., Ohio, his paternal ancestors being derived from Scotland. His grandfather, Carter, settled in Pennsylvania, where he was a farmer, and he finally died in Ohio. His son, William Carter, was born in the latter State, was also a farmer, came to Galva about 1855, and died there, at the age of 74 years. His wife was Margaret Casebeer, who was born in Ohio, and is yet living, aged 85 years. Of her 16

Mr. Carter, whose name heads this sketch, was reared until he was 10 years of age in Ashland Co., Ohio; in 1839 he came to Stark Co., 111., where, after he commenced in life for himself, he purchased 80 acres of land in partnership with his father; he sold this, and afterward bought other land in this county, where he now owns 200 acres of land in Burns Township, and 20 acres on Galva Township, on section 14, where he now resides. He came here in the fall of 1882, to enjoy a life of retirement as the fruits of a well-earned competency, and also to educate his children. In his political views he is a Greenbacker.

The marriage of Mr. Carter took place Jan. 9, 1859, in this county, when for his wife he chose Miss Abby A. Decker, who was born Feb. 27, 1841, in New Jersey, opposite New York city. Her parents were John I. and Abigail (Deckland) Decker, natives also of the State of New Jersey, and of English extraction. Her mother died in this county, but her father is still living in Kansas, aged 70 years.

Mr. and Mrs. Carter have had nine children, eight of whom are living : Alba, John, William, Sherman, Ella, Ada, George, Paulina and Maud (deceased).

Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, May 22, 1823. 1 His parents, John and Elizabeth (Buckmaster) Carson, natives of Pennsylvania and of Scotch- Irish and English extraction respectively, were married in Wayne Co., Ohio, where seven of their eight children (four sons and four daughters) were born, the eighth having been born in Henry Co., 111. At this writing (July, 1885,) three of the sons and one of the daughters are living.

-The senior Mr. Carson was in his life -time a farmer, and brought his sons up to that vocation. The family came into Illinois in 1836 and settled on a farm of r6o acres, in Wethersfield Township, about three and one- half miles from where Kewanee now stands. Upon this farm the two old people (though neither of them was very old) spent the re- mainder of their lives. Mr. Carson died in 1 841, at the age of 43 years, and his widow in 1850, aged 50 years. At the time of his death Mr. C. was filling the offices of Justice of the Peace and County Commissioner. After his father's death, Hugh G. became the main stay of the family, and to his credit be it said he discharged his duties faithfully. . In 1846 he purchased the interests of his brothers and sisters in and to the old homestead, and thereon began life for himself. In 1861 he quit farming and removed to town, but in 1865 returned to the old place and there lived until March, 1881, when he finally retired to the village of Kewanee. The Carsons were truly pioneers of this part of Henry County. The Kilvington family, with whom Robert Coltis was living, were the only people in this part of the country at that time, though two or three other families followed later in the fall. The postoffice was at La Fayette, Stark County.

Mr. Carson was married in Burns Township, this county, Dec. 14, 1843, to Miss Emily Ann Doty, daughter of Timothy Doty, deceased, and a native of Ohio. Their children bear the following names : Mary E., John H., who was a soldier in the late war, a member of Co. F., 124th 111. Vol. Inf., and served three years. He is now running a stock ranch in Nebraska ; Sarah S., widow of William T. Orr ; Florence G. died Sept. 10, 1878, and was the wife of Samuel R. Parker ; Rosa V. (Mrs. O. W. Smith, of Valparaiso, Ind.); Franklin R., D. D. S., La Porte, Ind. ; and Ida N.

In politics, up to 1856, Mr. Carson had been a Democrat, but in that year he assisted in the organization of a Fremont club, and has ever since been a Republican. He is a member of the Congregational Church, a Freemason and a citizen respected by all who know him.

Thomas Hammond came from England in 1636, and settled in Hingham, Mass., where he was one of the pioneers. He had land granted him, and on the 9th of March, 1637, he took the Freemason's oath. In 1640 he removed to Newton, where Elizabeth was born, Sept. 13, and Thomas Sept. 30, 1675. His estate after his death was appraised at ,£1,139 J<>s. and 2d. His wife, Elizabeth, was executrix, and four children are named in the will : Sarah, who married a Mr. Steadman ; Elizabeth, who is now Mrs. George Woodward; Thomas and Nathaniel. To Thomas he gave the homestead and the barn. The following items are in the bill I Nathaniel is to have one-third part of the fruit of the orchard, year by year, until he has an orchard of his own, and the use of the barn until his brother Thomas shall assist him in the erection of one.

The wife of Thomas Hammond, Sr., was Elizabeth* Cason, of Lavanham, England. Thomas Hammond, Jr., married Elizabeth Steadman, and they are the parents of five children. Of these Isaac, born Oct. 20, 1668, married Ann Hendrick, and their family comprised seven children. Elijah, of this family, was born Oct. 7 , 17 1 1, and married Mary Kingsbury, Oct. 31, 1732. Of their union three children were born, Hannah being one of them, and who married Joseph Tucker ; Priscilla, who became Mrs. Capt. Jonathan Birge; her husband fell in battle in the War of the Revolution ; and Nathaniel, who married Dorothy Tucker, and they became the parents of nine children. The mother then dying, Mr. Nathaniel Hammond formed a second matrimonial alliance, with Eleanor Olmsted, and by the latter union there were seven children born, making a total of 16 children: Jason, born Feb. 1, 1762, at Bolton, Mass., was united in marriage, April 24, 1788, with Rachel Hale, daughter of Theodore Hale, of Glastonbury, Conn. Mr. Jason Hammond's demise occurred Sept. 21, 1830, aged 68 years, 7 months, and 25 days. His wife died Nov. n, 1842, aged 83 years and 1 1 'months, leaving a family of six children. Of these, Horatio was born Oct. 24, 1798, in Bolton, Mass., and chose for the lady who was to share his varied experiences in this checkered life, Miss Louisa Fisk, with whom he was united in matrimony, April 14, 1825. They became the parents of 11 children, namely: Francis N., born Dec. 22,

1830, and who married Elizabeth A. Morey, now deceased ; she was the mother of three children, viz. : Charles N., Sarah, M., wife of F. J. Ay res, and Anna M.

Our subject was married a second lime, Nov. 9, 1869, in Galva, 111., to Caroline M. Ogg, who was born Aug, 1, 1839, in Clermont Co., Ohio, daughter of Joel and Sarah (Kugler) Ogg, natives respectively of Harrisburg, Pa., and Hamilton Co., Ohio. They came to Illinois in the spring of 1856, settling in Knox County, where he died July 12, 1861, aged 62 years. He was a careful and energetic farmer, and a member of the A. F. & A. M. Their family consisted of four children.

Mrs. Hammond had a family of three children - Mary Edna, born Nov. 2, 187 1, in this county; Roland and Everett, born Feb. 2, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond are members of the Congregational Church. He was always a Whig during the days of that party, but is now a warm Republican.

Mr. Hammond was educated in his native country, Ohio, and at Knox College, Galesburg, 111. In July, 1848, he came here with his parents. He farmed quite extensively in Knox County, handling considerable stock, and came to Galva in November, 1870. He has been a grain-buyer, and interested in broom-corn business, shipping all over the United States, and has been very successful, which is attributable to his energy and strict attention to business.