Henry County, Illinois - The whole text, 1885 (part 23 of 31)

Mr. R. Augustus Little was united in marriage, . April 8, 1852, the lady "whom he chose to be his companion and helpmeet through life being Lavantia Irwin, daughter of William and Catherine (Forman) Irwin, natives of New York and Pennsylvania respectively. They settled in 'Delaware Co., N. Y., where she, the mother, died in May, 1832. He, the father, came to Henry County in the fall of 1839; he died in October, 1841. Of their union were born T2 children, namely: John, Margaret, Phebe, Jacob F., Elizabeth, Mary Jane, Caroline, William, Catherine D., Lavantia and Lavenia. Lavantia (Mrs. Little) was born in Courtright, Delaware Co., N. Y., May 6, 1832. Mr. and Mrs. L. are the parents of ir children, viz." :~ Ralph I., Walter A., Frank E., Clarence F., Lewis H., Mary A., Nancy E., Roy A., Charles T. and two deceased, - Clara and an infant. Mr. Little has held several of the minor offices of ^ his township. He and his wife are members of the ^ Presbyterian Church, and he has led the choir nearly Qt& every year, in various churches, since he was 20 years jE* of age. Mr. L. and his estimable wife are very hos- &L pitable and kind people, and occupy an honored position in the community where they live. In politics he is identified with the Republican party.

ren H. Loomis, dealer in agricultural imyjft plements, and a pioneer business man of Kewanee (in fact, the time of his beginning business at this place antedates that of any other man now living and in business here), was boin in Coventry," Conn., June 171 1822, and was one of three sons and five daughters born to Selah and Esther (Howard) Loomis, natives of Connecticut and Massachusetts respectively. In (5* 1833 the family removed from Connecticut to Michigan, and from there 17 years later to Wethersfield, Henry Co., 111. Later on, the senior Mr. L. removed into Kewanee, where he and his aged wife \( ended their days, - he in the year 1871, at the age of 86, and she a year earlier, at the age of 84. Oren H. Loomis had attended school a short time before the family left Connecticut, and after arriving in Michigan finished his education at the White Pigeon branch of the Michigan University. Here for one year he was Professor of Mathematics, and for the succeeding five years taught in the district schools of the Badger State. In r847 he taught at Freeport, 111., and in 1849 came to Wethersfield, where he followed farming about three years. Sept. 1, 1854, at Kewanee then just laid out, he engaged in the grain business and shipped the first car load of grain ever loaded at Kewanee. In 1855, with his associates, he built the first steam elevator erected at Kewanee. The building was burned in 18 - , after he had severed his connection with it.

He followed grain business eight years, and in T862 engaged in the agricultural implement trade, from which he retired in T870. For three years he followed farming, and returned to Kewanee, bought back his agricultural implement business, and has devoted his time to it since.

Mr. L. has always been an ardent Republican in politics, - in fact, he was one of the twelve men that organized that party in Henry County, in 1854. The only office he appears to have held was that of Justice of the Peace, away back in r867 or '68, and School Trustee for many years. He was one of the projectors of, and was prominently identified with, the organization and establishment of the old Wethersfield and Kewanee Academy, and finally engineered its transfer to common-school purposes. It is now the higher department of the Kewanee schools. Both education and religion have had Mr. Loomis' best efforts all his life. He is a member of the Con gregational Church, and since coming into Henry has had charge of the Wethersfield and Kewanee Sabbath-schools, altogether upwards of 3r years. Always a useful member of society, Mr. Loomis' absence, which must of necessity come with the years, will be felt by the best people as will probably be the loss of no other mm in this community.

He was married first at Edwardsburg, Mich., in 1846, to Miss Rosetta Rogers, who died in Edwardsburg in the spring of r849- On August 27, r8so, at East Hamburg, N. Y., he was united in marriage with Miss Cornelia A. Starkweather. Of the children born to them we make the following brief memoranda : Niles H. is a farmer in Kansas ; Henry L. is a merchant in Kewanee ; Lucy (Mrs. W. E. Terry, of Galesburg, 111.) ; Rosetta M., now

Mrs. E. A. Hebbard, of Galesburg; Grace E., an artist ; Emma F., wife of Rev. C. S. Leeper, of the Congregational Church, Batavia, 111. ; and Hattie May, at home. Their first born, Francis E., died when about six years of age.

ol. Sylvester Blish, deceased, was by oc- S kElff cupation a farmer of Kewanee Township, g& was Dorn at Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Conn., Dec. 31, 1790, and died in Wethersfield Township, Henry Co., 111., Oct. 8, 1865. His wife, nee Rhoda Cheney, to whom he was married at Manchester, Conn., Jan. 1, 181 1, died Jan. 9, 1878, in the 84th year of her age. They reared four sons and one daughter. The latter, Prudence H, now deceased, was the wife of James Knox, Esq., of Knoxville, 111. Of the sons, the oldest, William H., is a farmer in Wethersfield Town- 4£ ship, Henry Co., 111. ; Thomas died at Galena, III., \sa where he had resided for twenty-five years ; Charles $§ C. resides in Kewanee (see biography of Charles C. « Blish), and George C. is a resident of Chicago, 111 , ^ where he is employed as a book-keeper for E. Schneider & Co.

Col. Blish came into Henry County in 1836 as an agent for the Wethersfield Colony in the purchase of land, and settled upon a farm now owned by C. C. Blish, his son, in Wethersfield Township ; and it was upon this farm that he spent the last years of his life. He also owned a tract of land containing some 160 acres lying east and adjacent to Main Street, Kewanee, a portion of which was included in the original plat of the village. He began life as a young man with but little of this world's goods, but by industry and good judgment succeeded in accumulating quite a fortune. In politics he was always a Democrat of the most pronounced type, though exhibiting but little ambition to hold office. It appears that when the county was young, he held the office of County Commissioner for a term or two, and in after years was a candidate for delegate to the State Constitutional Convention ; but the issues were purely political, and the racMcal element in the county was largely in the ascendency, so a Republican was elected. His generosity at all times corresponded with his means; and the hospitality of his household, proverbial in the earliest history of the county, is fully maintained by his descendants. The first two Methodist Episcopal churches erected in Kewanee were built upon lands donated by him. Though the deeds thereto were signed by his sons after his death in the conveyance, the latter carried out the express wish of their parent. The Kewanee Cemetery grounds were also given gratis by Col. Blish, and the Churches of the city, without regard to denomination, found in him a ready and willing helper at all times.

Scotland is his native country, and among its rugged hills were his parents, Finley and Catherine (McLean) Murchison, born and reared. Duncan was born June 8, 1845, and in i85r his parents determined to move to the New World, where they hoped not only to secure better advantages for themselves, but also to enable their children to enjoy better opportunities for accumulating a competency and for doing good. The parents soon were located on a farm in Wethersfield Township, where the elder Murchison became a prominent and highly respected settler. Until July, 1872, the date of his death, he lived in this township, and the later years of his life were gladdened by witnessing the splendid results of his early and earnest labors. His widow survives him, and resides in Wethersfield Township. The children born to them numbered 12. Of these, Duncan was the next to the youngest ; Roderick, of whom a sketch is given in this work, was the youngest.

Duncan was only six years old when he left his native land, and therefore received his education in this country. The early pioneer schools, however, did not afford to the young student any great advantages for an education. He was reared and educated upon a farm, and selected for a calling the same business that his parents had followed. In this he has been eminently successful, and is to-day ranked among the leading and most prosperous farmers of this section of Henry County. He has a farm of 240 acres, and has erected a magnificent residence and fine and commodious barns, making his a most desirable farm home.

Mr. Murchison was united in marriage in Wethersfield Township, March it, 1869, with Maria, daughter of Levi and Laura (Johnson) North. Her father was a nacive of New York, while her mother was born in Vermont. They came West and located in Bureau Co., 111., in 1845, where, in 1852, Mrs. Nortli died. Subsequently, Mr. N. re-married and moved to Henry County, and at present is a resident of Kewanee Township. Maria was the only child by the first marriage, and was born at Princeton, 111., Aug. 5, 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Murchison are the parents of seven children, named as follows : Laura C, Mary C, Ross N., Anna S., Duncan Guy, Rob Roy and Nina M. Politically, Mr. M. is a Republican.

enjamin I. Hulin is a manufacturer of carriages and wagons at Cambridge, and is dealing in agricultural implements. He is the patentee of the Wagon End-Gate and Top-Box Fastener, and is regarded as a solid business man of the place where he is opera- Mr. Hulin was born Sept. 2t, 1842, in Glenmarka, Christianstadt, Sweden, and is the son of Jans Johansen Hulin, who was also a manufacturer of wagons. He died in the land of his birth at the age of 60. He married Hannah Nelson, who also died in Sweden. Of their children, six in number, four are living: Elmer, Nels, Janson, Kyerster and B. I. Mr. Hulin was instructed in the details of his trade by his father, and came to the United States in 1868. He came at once on landing to Monmouth, 111., and obtained a position in the shop of W. W. Church, a wagon-maker. He remained in his employment 14 months, and then went to work for the Wier Plow Company at that place. He passed the chief part of the winters in their service for a period of five years. At the end of that time he came to Cambridge, and built the shop where he has since been engaged in business on his own account. A further

Mr. Hulin formed a matrimonial alliance with Sophia Rahn, in March, 187 1. She is a native of Sweden, and came to. America with her mother when she was seven years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Hulin have four children - Hilda Z., Oscar L., Frank L. and Alice E. The parents are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Hulin is a Republican in his political connections.

Bjenry Harms is a farmer on. section 23, Gen- UJSj eseo Township, and has been connected with the agricultural interests of Henry County since the year 1855. He was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Nov. 14 1826. When he was nine years of age he was employed as a sheep herder in his native land, and he also took care of a flock of geese, receiving for the double service only $1.50 for the services of an entire season. He was in the habit of passing the summer seasons in this method and went to school in the winters. This alternating manner of operation he maintained until he was 14. He was then employed as a farm laborer, and his wages consisted of $8 and a pound of wool yearly, with a few yards of linen cloth. After the first year his wages was increased, until finally he received $23 a year. At the age of 22 he went into the German Army, in which he served three years, as the law requires. On the expiration of the period of his enforced military service, he resumed farming and followed that occupation until he was the possessor of sufficient means to pay his passage to the United States. He was then 28 years of age. He came across the ocean on a sailing vessel and was on the sea 41 days. He came from the port of New York where he landed directly to the city of Davenport. When he reached that place he had $2 in his possession wherewith to begin life in the New World. He had no difficulty in procuring employment and he went to work in the harvest field about 12 miles from the city. He remained there a few months and in 1855, in the month of January, he came to Geneseo. He passed ten years in various employments in the city, and at the end of that time he rented a farm. On this he continued his operations until 1875, when he bought the farm on which he has since been an independent farmer. He has erected the necessary buildings and has rebuilt the house which was on the place. The farm contains 80 acres, and it is all infproved and enclosed. Mr. Harms raises stock and has a valuable dairy.

He was married in April, 1855,10 Eliza Maitiesen. She was a native of the same German province in which her husband was born. She died the November following.

March 7, 1856, Mr. Harms was again married, to Sophia Guldensuph, who was also born in Oldenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein. Two children were born of this marriage : Louis was born Feb. 12, 1857. He has been reared in the county in which he lives, and was educated in the English and German schools of the city of Geneseo. He was married Jan. 12, 1882, to Minnie Glawe. She is a native of Pomerania in Germany, and they have two children - Herbert and Raymond. A daughter, Emma, was born later, who died at the age of five. The son is operating the homestead with the father.

Mr. Lee came to the country of his adoption in the fall of 1853, and settled in the city of Rochester, N. Y. He was attracted to that place by the opportunities it afforded for obtaining employment, being the " Flour City " of the State, and there he obtained sS. a situation as a miller, which was his trade in his native country.

In 1856 he came to Illinois, and was interested in milling at Galesburg two years, after which he ref moved to Geneseo in Henry County. He was engaged in the same business there until 1874, the \V year in which he removed to Cambridge. He built ^L a flouring mill, which he has since operated. He has had several associates in its management, and is now in partnership with J. W. Stewart. They also own an elevator, run b. the same power which operates the mill, and they traffic extensively in grain.

Mr. Lee was married, on the Isle of Wight, to Caroline King, also a native of the beautiful little island, which w.is recently made famous by the marriage of the youngest daughter of the Queen of England on its soil. Following are the names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Lee: Carrie, Jessie, William, Fannie, Albert, Frank, Charles (deceased), Fred and Hugh; the latter is no longer living.

Cambridge Township, was born Sept. n, 1822, in Lincolnshire, Eng., and is the son of Ainger and Mary (Watts) Goodley. In the spring of 1850 the family came to the United States, and made their first location in Lake Ohio. They maintained a residence there seven years. The son, who is the subject of this narration, removed to Henry County, and after that occurrence they came hither, and took up their residence here in 1859. The father died in 1874, at the age of 84; the demise of the mother occurred March 14, 187 1, when she was 80. Of ten children of whom they became the parents, only three are living.

Mr. Goodley of this sketch came to Henry County in 1857, and in the same month in which he arrived in Illinois he settled in the township in which he has since been a resident. At the outset he rented land, and later he bought 80 acres in his own interest. He has prospered in its management, and is now the owner of 376 acres, all in good condition and in a valuable situation. The position of Mr. Goodley is one that affords a strong contrast with that of people of the class to ,hich he belonged in his native land. He has fulfilled the ambition of his life, which was to secure for himself and his children the privileges to which they were heirs by natural inheritance, and for which he came to a country to obtain the privileges denied him in his native land - that of holding an ownership in the soil on which he earned his bread. He has just claim on the esteem of all who know

1851, at Painesville, Ohio. Mrs. Goodley was born July 24, 1828, in Lincolnshire, England, and she is the daughter of James and Rose (Smith) White. Her father is deceased. Following is the personal record of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Goodley : Anna M. is the wife of John Palmer ; James A. is the oldest son ; John T. is the youngest.

llliam Love, a farmer and stock-raiser, residing on section 27 of Western Town- HT"" ship, and a native of Antrim County, !' Ireland, was bom April T5, 1841. His father, John Love, of whom a sketch is given elsewhere, came to this country in 1849, and located in Bucks Co., Pa. William was the seventh of a family of ten children, consisting of three sons and seven daughters. Coming to America when a small boy, he received most of his education in the common schools of Bucks County, and when a young man of 20, in March, 185 1, he started for the West, and soon found his way to Henry County. Not long after his arrival the war broke out, and the patriotism so characteristic of his nationality was throbbing in his breast and he desired to defend the flag of his adopted country. His patriotism was publicly demonstrated on the 22d of February, 1862, by his enlistment in Co. B, 65th 111. Inf., under Colonel Carner. His regiment was assigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division, and 23d Army Corps, and was in the army under Sherman on his march to Atlanta. His corps was afterward sent back North. Mr. Love participated in all the active engagements of the campaign and also fought at Franklin and Nashville. He was then sent to Washington, D. C, and later to Fort Fisher, and fought with his regiment at Wilmington, and then joining Sherman marched with him through to the sea. He was honorably discharged at Greensburg, N. C, July, 1865, after having served faithfully for more than three years and five months. At the skirmish at Harper's Ferry, three months after his enlistment, he was taken prisoner, but was soon afterward paroled, and was soon discharged. He was slightly wounded at Columbia, Tenn., and at Pine ^Mountain, Ga. He enlisted as a private, but was afterward made a

At the close of the war, he returned to Illinois and began to work for the most extensive and successful faniTer of Western Township, which gentleman was destined to be his father-in-law. A few years later, upon May 27 th, 1869, he was united in marriage to his daughter, Miss Isabella Lloyd. She was born on her father's homestead, in Western Township, Nov. 1, 1849. Her father, Mahlon B. Lloyd, had come from Bucks Co., Pa., early in the history of Henry County, and was the first settler to locate in Western Township. He was one of the most successful farmers and business men of the county, and for a time was engaged in the banking business at Orion, where he established the first bank at that place. When seven years of age, Mrs. Love went to Bucks Co.. Pa., where she lived with an uncle and attended school at Millersville, until she was 17 years of age, when she returned to her Western home. She is the mother of five children, - Mahlon R., Arthur and Edgar, besides two deceased.

Mr. Love made his first purchase of land, consisting of 160 acres, in 1867, upon section 13, Western Township. Here he settled and operated a farm for some years, but after the death of his father-in-law he' took possession of the old Love homestead. Both Mr. and Mrs. Love are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically, Mr. L. is a stanch Republican. Though not an office-seeker he has held numerous offices of his township.

odney E. Linnell is a farmer on section 1 in the township of Colona. He was born in Clayton, Jefferson Co., N. Y., May 24, 1832. His father, Rufus B. Linnell, was a a native of the same town in which the son was born. His birth occurred there May 10, 1803, and he was the second son of Samuel and Sophia Linnell, who were natives of the State of New York. The paternal great-grandfather was of English origin and on coming to America settled on an island in the River St. Lawrence, which has ever since been called by the name of the family. The ancestor of the Linnell generations owned and improved a farm on the island. Rufus B. Linnell married Lucy Mellville. She was born in

The elder Linnell was a pioneer of Henry County, removing hither in 1844. The little household journeyed in wagons, or rather with a wagon and a buggy. The latter structure proved too frail for the business required of it and on its giving out the whole family proceeded on the route in the wagon. They had with them three good horses. The accident to the light wagon took place while they were in the State .of Ohio. On their arrival the father exchanged a horse for a cooking-stove and ten bushels of corn. The location of their home was made on section 1 of what was then designated township 17, and the farm was in a state of nature. The first business which engaged the attention of the new-comers was the preparation of a domicile in which to shelter themselves, and they proceeded to the erection of a log-house. They then gave their attention to clearing the land, and were occupied in that when the father was killed by the kick of a horse. After the death of his father, Mr. Linnell and an older brother assumed the management of the homestead, which they continued to conduct together some years.

Mr. Linnell was married, Nov. 27, 1856, to Sarah G. Taylor. She was born in "White Co., 111., and is the daughter of Merritt and Sarah (Hatchell) Taylor. The newly-married people took possession of a portion of the homestead situated on section 1, and which is now their property. They have had two children. Lucy A. is the wife of Thomas Cann and they live at Geneseo. Mary B. is the younger and lives with her parents.

iohael Ryan, engaged in farming on section 3, Wethersfield Township, was born in Ireland about the year 1819. He came ' to America when about 33 years of age and remained one season in Stark County, and in the fall of 1853 came to Henry County. Shortly afterward he located in Wethersfield Township, but for. a time only, as he then removed to Burns Township, where he resided for about 20 years, 1 1 years of the time working out by the month.

Next he returned to Wethersfield, and is now the owner and proprietor of 130 acres in this township, 140 acres in Barns and 50 acres in Kewanee Township.

Michael Ryan was united in the holy bonds of matrimony in Wethersfield, July 10, 1864, the lady who was chosen to be his companion in life being Miss Bridget Ryan, a native of Ireland, who was born in the year 1827. They are members of the Catholic Church and politically, Mr. Ryan is a Republican.

ames Blair, deceased, formerly a resident on section 18, Kewanee Township, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 5, 1829. He continued to reside in the State of his nativity until the year 1849, when he emigrated West, locating in Peoria Co., 111., and lived in Rome until 1854. He afterward came to Bums Township, this county, in which section he remained for two years, and came to Kewanee Township in his next move, where he resided until the date of his death, July 15, 1883. He owned 280 acres of well improved and excellent farm land at the time of his demise, and had erected a fine residence and good outbuildings upon the home farm.

Mr. Blair was married in La Salle Co., 111., Dec. 26, 1854, the lady chosen to share his joys and sorrows, successes and reverses, being Miss Lucy E. Emerson, a native of West Virginia, where she was born May 18, 1830. Her parents, Benjamin and Mary (Hinckley) Emerson, were natives of Maine and Ohio respectively. Mrs. Blair has become the mother of seven children, - Amos L., Augusta V., John L., Benjamin V., Mary E., Sarah E. and Lucy I. Sarah E. died when four years old, in Kewanee Township, March 21, 1868; Augusta V". is the wife of William D. Oliver and resides in Kansas, and they are the parents of one child - Carlos J. Mr. Blair during his life-time held several of the minor offices in his township. Mrs. B. is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

The grand old pioneers who came into this section of the Prairie State and reclaimed it from its native condition are fast passing away. One by one they are laid at rest, but the fruits of their labor are being enjoyed by the present generation, and will be by all those to come, who know nothing of the hardships endured and the obstacles encountered. Mr. Blair was a young man of 20 years of age when he came West, that he might have better advantages for making an honest living and saving something for his family. The record of his life tells how wisely he acted, and with what success he lived. He became an important factor in molding the affairs of his new home, and his impress in the early formation of his community is noticable even to this day. A worthy man, a useful life, his memory should be perpetuated. As a man eminently fitted to be recognized as a representative man of Henry County, we take pleasure in placing his portrait in this Album.

ewis M. Yocum resides at Galva, and was born Feb. 25, 1820, in York Co., Pa. He stands foremost among the self-made and moneyed men in Henry County to-day, to JZ which he came fully 30 years ago. He is a son of Elijah Yocum, who died Sept. 27, 1867, in Ashland Co., Ohio, aged 84 years and 21 days, and Catherine A. (Wagner) Yocum, who died in the same county, May 4, 1857, aged 66 years, two months and two days. They were both natives of Pennsylvania and were married Oct. 20, 1808. The latter was a daughter of John Wagner, and was of German descent.

At the age of seven years, Mr. Yocum of this sketch removed with his parents to Wayne Co., Ohio, where he was engaged in farming until he attained his 23d year, after which he engaged in various occupations, following the mercantile business for 18 years. In the year 1844 he removed to Warsaw, Kosciusko Co., Ind., where he was engaged in merchandising. In May, 1850, he removed to Marshall County, this State, where he followed fanning until October, 1855, when he came to Galva, this countv. Before coming here he had rented a store-room and his goods were on the way, and upon reaching Galva he immediately opened a general store. He continued business at that place for nearly 16 years, and then sold out to engage in the banking business. He was one of the founders of what was the First National Bank at Galva. In May, 1878, Mr. Yocum was instrumental in starting a savings bank at Galva, which was conducted in connection with the First National, and in January, 1885, at which time the charter of the First National had expired, the two banks were merged into one, and are now conducted under the name of L. M. Yocum & Co., and is doing a fine and constantly increasing business, Mr. Yocum being the Vice-President of the same, a position he held in the First National Bank.

Mr. Yocum is still, to some extent, interested in the real-estate business in the county, but his main real-estate interests are located in the State of Iowa, where he has several thousand acres of choice land, located mostly in Ida County. Of this, 2,000 acres are in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Yocum is also engaged in the banking business in Iowa, having an interest in the Farmers & Merchants' Bank, in Aurelia, that State, of which he is President, and his only son, Oran E. Yocum, is the cashier, the latter attending to all the business. The business career of Mr. Yocum has been an active, successful and remarkable one, as lie started with comparatively nothing in life and torday is one of the wealthiest men in the county. His accumulations of this world's goods is due to his own indomitable energy, good judgment and perseverance, coupled with fidelity and strict attention to business. Successful business men are not rare in Henry County, but that of Mr. Lewis M. Yocum has been of such a broad character as to demand special attention.

The business conducted by Mr. Yocum is a forcible illustration of what energy, coupled with good judgment, may accomplish; and many a poor man in Henry County who has been induced by Mr. Yocum to work on his Western lands has reason to be thankful for his kindness and for his suggestions, and some of them to-day are well-to-do farmers in that State. His banking operations are still conducted by him with vigor, and he finds pleasure in personally superintending the details of business which many would leave to others. Thus, in the evening of his life, with an eye still undimmed, he can look back on his past career and be content.

Mr. Yocum formed a matrimonial alliance May 4, 1843, in Holmes Co., Ohio, with Rebecca B. Riddle, born in Wayne County, that State, Nov. 18, 1825. She is a daughter of John and Rebecca (Bonnett) Riddle, natives of Pennsylvania; the former died in Chariton, Lucas Co., Iowa, and the latter in Ohio. Their union was blessed by the birth of two chil- dren, - Oran E. and Josephine A. The former was born Nov. 18, 1844, in Warsaw, Ind.'He was united in marriage March 3, 1875, with Elizabeth Deviney, a native of Pennsylvania. She has borne him three children, of whom Earl L. is the only survivor. Josephine A., the second child of the subject of this notice, was born in October, 1848, and died May 6, 1881, at Aurelia, Iowa, where her husband, J. R. Atwood, was and is engaged in the banking business.

Politically, Mr. Yocum is identified with the Republican party. He and his good helpmeet, who has shared his joys and sorrows, his successes and reverses for 42 years and more, are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Elijah Yocum, the father of the subject of this notice, was born in Chester Co., Pa., Sept. 6, 1783, and his wife, Catherine Ann, was born in Cumberland County, same State, March 12, 17 91. He was a carder and fuller, and in an early day was engaged in making carding-niachines. He was a man of business, meeting with moderate success. He. lived in Wayne Co., Ohio, where he purchased a mill six miles south of Wooster, in 1826. He remained there until 1834, when he moved to Holmes Co., Ohio, where he also was engaged in carding and fulling. In 1837 he moved to Ashland County, same State, and became the proprietor of a grist-mill. He visited his children in this State several times before his death. Religiously, he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a local preacher. They were the parents of eight children, - Mary Ann (Kaufman), Charles, Matilda (Todd), deceased; John, who died in his 13th year; Martha (McClure); Lewis M., James, and Ann Elizabeth (Glenn), deceased.

^lijah Storey. Among the enterprising and energetic young farmers of Kewanee Township is the subject of this sketcn, who was 'j^p. born here Oct. 29, 185 r, and is a son of Jarius and Nancy (Dingrnan) Storey, who were early pioneers in this county, a sketch of whom may be seen elsewhere in this volume.

Elijah received the advantages afforded by the district schools, and remained at home until he attained the age of 21 years. At that age he was united in marriage with Miss Lavina McClellan, the event being celebrated on the 27th of February, 1872. She was born in Kendall Co., 111., Sept. T9, 1852. Her mother is deceased.

After marriage our subject settled on section 5, where he has since resided, and is the proprietor of an excellent farm of 85 acres, all of which he has, by his industry and hard labor, brought into a good state of cultivation, to-day being one of the best farms in his township. Mr. and Mrs. Storey have had born to them five children to bless their home circle; but the eldest, Nellie, died when but a year and 12 days old. The living are: Jarius L., Clarence E., Ada and Ida (twins).

|f scar Hallgren, a resident in the township of Cambridge, was born in Ostergotland, Sweden, Nov. 28, 1847. He is the son of Hampus and Louise (Swanson) Hallgren, who were both natives of Sweden. The father died in his native land, and the mother came to the United States with her son. They made the journey to this country in June, T870. The mother died at Kearney Junction, Neb. A brother of Mr. Hallgren, named Leander, had preceded him to America and was living with an uncle, A. P. Swanson, who came to this county in 1852. Three brothers and four sisters of Mr. Hallgren are residents of Nebraska. Their names are : Oscar, Leander, Margaret, Frank, Emily, Ida, Axtel, Amelia and Jenny. These are the names of all the children in the family. Margaret is deceased.

On his. arrival in this country Mr. Hallgren came to Illinois and rented land in Knox County. He operated there three years, and at the expiration of that time he joined his brother Leander in Henry County. He interested himself in farming and is now the owner of 160 acres of valuable land.

He was married at Galesburg, 111., to Miss Huldah Swanson. She is a native of Sweden. Of their marriage the following children have been born, who are named Phebe, Nancy, Harry and Minnie.

now discharging the duties of School Director. He is extensively engaged in the purchase and sale of broom-corn, which he ships to Chicago. He is the owner of 480 acres of land in Phelps Co., Neb.

J^,hauncy Bassett, editor, publisher and proprietor of the Kewanee Independent, §P» "*> was born at Smithfield, Bradford Co., Pa., Oct. 25, 1814, and was the sixth in order of birth of five sons and three daughters, bred and reared by his parents, John and Clarissa (Kellogg) Bassett, natives respectively of the States of Rhode Island and Connecticut, and of English ancestry.

The subject of our sketch received a commonschool education in the schools of his native State, and at the age of 17 began to learn the printer's trade. The Northern Banner, a small weekly sheet published at Towanda, Pa., was the first paper upon which he worked; and, from the fact that about one year from the time he entered the office in company with his brother, he bought the plant.it is evident he had gone into the business with no small degree of eagerness. He held the Banner, however, a short time only, finding, probably, that in those days, as in these, a one-horse weekly newspaper in some -communities was "considerable of a white elephant." Any way, the Banner perished, and the afterward renowned David Wilmot was connected with the Towanda Democrat, a paper started by J. J. Cantine, on which Mr. Bassett was employed for a time. Wilmot was editor-in-chief. Leaving the Democrat, Bassett returned to the Banner for a season, and in the fall of r836 started out to see the world, or a part of it; and, after visiting various places without striking a "case," he found himself a "sit" until Congress assembled, when he struck for the Capitol. From here, in a few months he worked his way through Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio, where he formed a limited co-partnership with ayoung man, and purchased the Mt. Vernon Democratic Banner, which they parted with in about a year. After a few months of the "jour" printer's usual experience, he drifted back to Coshocton, Ohio, and bought out the Horizon (a paper upon which he had worked before, buying the Mt. Vernon Demo- cratic Banner), and changed its name to the Democrat. He managed the Democrat about four years, sold it out, bought it back, and held it about two years longer. Finally parting with it, he was collector of tolls on the Ohio Canal at Roscoe, and during the year of 1855 we find him in charge of the Henry County (111.) Dial, at Kewanee. From that time to the present, the history of the Kewanee press is replete with the labors of Chauncy Bassett. He owned and managed the Kewanee Monthly Advertiser for seven or eight years ; started the Union Democrat in 1863, ran it about a year and a half; the Weekly Advertisers 1866; and in 1867 went to Galesburg and took charge of the Galesburg Liberal. He was at Galesburg about a year, and returned to Kewanee, where, from the ashes of the Dial, he reared the Kewanee Independent in 1870, a paper acknowledged by all to be an honor to the town of Kewanee, and therefore the highest credit to its able and honorable manager.

Mr; Bassett has always been a staunch Democrat, and that his services to that party were of such worth as to attract attention away back in the '50's, is attested by his appointment to the Kewanee Postmastership by James Buchanan in 1857, and held it until i860.

He was married at Columbus, Ohio, in 1840, to Miss Ann Eliza Smith, who died April 19, 1882. She was the mother of seven children : Orvil D., bookkeeper; William P , died in 1866; Sarah A.; Amelia T., Librarian at Kewanee; A. Smith, printer; Frank H., printer; Anna died in infancy.'

ifPPli \ k°mas Worthington, of Cambridge, 11 VSsl came to this township in which he lives, in r * 1865. He was born in Doylestown, Bucks Co., Pa., Nov. 29, 1810. The family of which he is a member is of English extraction. His paternal grandfather, David Worthington, was born in the vicinity of Philadelphia. The latter was a farmer, and died in the place where he was born, at the age of 97. He married a lady named Mary Williams, who was of Welsh descent. She became the mother of six children. Of these the youngest, Amos, was born arid died on the homestead. His demise occurred when he was 47. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and after that was ended he passed the remainder of his life on the farm of which he had charge. He married Cynthia Good. Her parents, Jonathan and Mary (Callender) Good, were of the Society of Friends or Quakers. Her earliest ancestors came to this country with William Penn. Mrs. Cynthia Worthington was the mother of ten children, who reached the period of mature life. Four only are now living. Mrs. Hill is a resident of Philadelphia, and Theodore is a resident of Iowa. Mr. Worthington of this sketch is the second in order of birth, and at the age of 23 went to Columbus, Ohio, where he operated as a mechanic. He had obtained a complete understanding of the business of a carpenter in the State where he was born. He came West on account of impaired health, and he abandoned the business of his trade and commenced farming. He followed that line of business until his removal to Illinois in 1865, when he came to Cambridge Township. At first he bought 140 acres of land, on which the improvements were few. He placed the entire acreage in profitable condition, and was the resident manager of the farm until 1876, when he fixed his abode at Cambridge. He is passing the sunset of his days in the enjoyment of the fruits of a well-spent life. Mr. Worthington is an adherent of the Democratic party.

He has been thrice wedded. His first wife, Mary Tucker Worthington, was the daughter of Elishaand Mary Tucker, of Doylestown, Pa, their marriage occurring December 13, 1832. She died in Columbus, Ohio, March 14, 1838, leaving two sons. The eldest, Samuel A., died Oct. 25, 1861, at Summerville, West Virginia. He was an officer in the 12th Regt. Ohio Vol. Theodore T. married Clara Dennison, of Cambridge, 111., and is now a resident in New Tacoma, W. T. His second union was with Margaret E. Knapp, of Marion, Ohio, July 18, 1839. She died June 20. 1842, leaving one child, Franklin, who died Oct. 13, 1842. His third union was with Eliza A. Freeman, Feb. 2, 1843. She was the daughter of Rev. Elijah and Sarah (Going) Freeman. Of the latter union seven children were born : Sarah L. married T. S. Knapp; Amos E. died in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Feb. 26, 1863, in the the service of the United States, in the 32d Ohio Vol. Inf.; Martha M. is teaching in the Deaf Mute Institute, Rochester, N. Y. ; William A. married Mary Seaton, of Cambridge, died in Butler

\k eman H. Haaff, of the township of Loraine, is the roost extensive grazer and stockbreeder in Henry County. The name which he represents has its associations with the early history of the State of New York, in which one of his ancestors was a prominent official. His progenitors in the old country were inhabitants of Pomerania, on the shores of the Baltic Sea. The original and proper orthography of the name is Haff, and it signifies "haven." The family takes its patronymic from the marvelous harbors of the province named, in the early days Klein Haff and Gross Haff, but by a later nomenclature, consequent on the changes in the provincial relations of the German States, they are now known as the Pomeranian Bay. The preference of Mr. Haaff would have been the anglicized form of "haven;" but he would thereby be cut off from the family tree. He has, therefore, added an " a " to distinguish himself from his father, instead of using the common form of " junior.'' His primal ancestor in the United States journeyed to this country via the West Indies, and while making a temporary stay on one of them an earthquake transpired, which so frightened him that he ran to the shore. A French girl, in a similar state of terror, was near him, and they took possession of a boat and drifted out to sea. They were picked up by a passing steamer and carried to New York, where they were married. Mr. Haaff was born in Middlebury, Addison Co., Vt, Oct. 20, 1833. He is the oldest son of Heman H. and Sarah (Tarbell) Haaff. The former was born in Nassau, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and became an itinerant preacher of the Baptist Church. He removed his family to the State of New York while his son was yet an infant. He located in the eastern part of that State at first, and preached at Saratoga Springs for a time. He went thence to Oneida County, and subsequently to the counties of Otsego and Genesee.

After obtainirlg a preliminary education, Mr. Haaff attended the university at Madison, and subsequently the State and National Law School at Poughkeepsie, graduating with the highest honors of the institution in a class of 50. At 15 he began to teach, and from that time on, 'until he was 24, he was alternately occupied in teaching and attending school. He finished his course of legal study, and came to Illinois in 1854. He taught the Union School in Oswego, Kendall County, two years, and after his admission to the Bar of Illinois, he practiced his profession in the city of Chicago, until the fire of

1871. While the hot embers were still smoking he bought the remains of a ruined cathedral and also of a brewery. He narrates the struggles he was obliged to make to hold possession of his property, and to prevent the vandals from carrying off the precious brick that had suddenly become worth $16 per 1,000. During the frightful winter that succeeded, he was at times compelled to stand on the walls to encourage his men to work, the cold was so bitter, and by April,

1872, he had succeeded in erecting a block of buildings, with a frontage of 175 feet and 75 feet high. In December, when the cold was the most intense, all was in readiness to begin the work of reconstruction, and at the iminent risk of his own life he drilled the frozen ground until it was honey- combed with holes, into which he poured a keg of powder, and so made an excavation in which work could be commenced. He was arrested and taken to the office of the mayor. He was discharged from custody, complimented for " pluck," and told to "go ahead," as nobody was hurt. He continued his operations in the line of building, until he had, prior to 1874, erected two other business structures, acting as his own architect, and supervising the workmen in person.

Mr. Haaff was a Republican until 1884. He aided in the organization of the grand old party in Kendall County, and was an associate of Owen Lovejoy. Under the first call of President Lincoln for troops he raised a company, and was promised a commission if he would allow the men he had enrolled to be sent to guard the bridge on the Big Muddy. They were sent, and when the service was performed the. officer in command had the superior advantage of having seen service, and he was the one man too many.

Mr. Haaff received the personal thanks of President Lincoln for a service in which he assisted while "the Mississippi River was closed at Cairo. A syndicate of pork-packers at Chicago were holding 40,000 pdunds of pork, which they were intending to ship South, when the order came closing all trade below Cairo, and they were very much exasperated. They called an indignation meeting, hired Bryan Hall, placarded that city, and announced a meeting of the Republican party to express " our indignation at the outrageous course of the administration in presuming to close up the Mississippi River !" . Mr. Haaff collected a few friends at his office, among whom was the younger Gen. Forsythe, and the younger brother of Judge Blodgett, also a newly elected " justice of the peace," who was known as a " very stubborn man." After some discussion it was agreed that the party should go to Bryan Hall, on the evening announced, and organize and run the meeting themselves ; and they proposed to have in readiness a set of resolutions commending the Administration for its course. " The plan was that Mr. Haaff should go upon the platform, call the assembly to order, and ask for nomination for chairman. Then Forsythe was to nominate the " justice " aforesaid, the motion to be seconded by Mr. Blodgett. Mr. Haaff was to declare him elected, and the "justice " was to take possession of the chair, and stick to it like death. Mr. Haaff says : "We knew that it meant a fight, but as the administration had beat us in our attempt to' enlist and fight abroad, we were not averse to a fight at home. We knew that the boss packer could lick any two of us, and that he would as soon fight as eat. We carried out the programme, and as soon as our man was declared elected, he got into the chair, and none too soon either, for over the seats came a man flying, coat and hat in the air, sleeves up, eyes blood-shot and all ready for war. Three men flew for hirri, and he failed to reach the chairman. In an instant the fellow was in the hands of the police ; some one turned off the gas opportunely, and the attempt to block the course of the Government went out in the darkness !"

One of the feats performed by Mr. Haaff while he was a practicing attorney in Chicago illustrates the sort of interest he took in the affairs of his clients. In a family conflict where a father was endeavoring to outwit his son, a stock of goods was in the custody of Sheriff Nelson ; and while the latter was sound asleep at the front door, Mr. Haaff let the property down through a skylight, and the case was settled in favor of his client without recourse to the law.

Mr. Haaff came to Henry County in 1874 for the purpose of attending to the improvement of 4,000 acres of land of which he had become the owner. It was swamp land, and he at opce entered upon the work of reclamation. He has drained a large proportion of the estate, made other improvements, and erected a fine residence at a point known as Heman's Grove. A large acreage is now yearly mowed by machinery and is under cultivation. There are 60 miles of ditch on the estate of Mr. Haaff in Henry County, and, as a neighbor remarks, " he has made the desert blossom as the rose." He is an ardent advocate of the principles of the Prohibitionists, and is shaping his business to give himself to the work of moral reform in the years to come.

He was married to Evelyn L. Currier, Oct. 1, 1863. She was born in Wyoming Co., N. Y., and is the daughter of Joseph and Celestia (Foster) Currier. Her father was a merchant, and at the time of his death was engaged in the management of an extensive business at Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Haaff are members of the Baptist Church.

rancis A. Cook, manufacturer of brick and tile at Cambridge, was born Nov. 8, 1842, " in the township of Wethersfield, Henry County. He was probably descended from English progenitors, as the location of the family in the East would seem to indicate that such is the fact. The earliest ancestors were settlers in Salem, Mass. The parents of Mr. Cook, Robert and Martha (Wiggins) Cook, were born in Massachusetts. They came from that State to Henry County in 1840. They settled in the township where the son was born, but later they went to Kewanee, where their deaths occurred. The father was brought up by the father of the lady he married. He was a tailor by calling, and afterward became a farmer in Henry County. His farm was where the village of Kewanee is located. Of the six children born to him and his wife there is only one, the son who is the subject of this personal account residing in the county. The latter was educated at Kewanee. He was still in his minority when he entered the military service of the United States. He enrolled as a soldier May 12, 1861, a few days after the first call of President Lincoln for troops. He enlisted in the 7th Regt. Mo. Vol. Inf., in Co. I. His corps commander was Gen. John A. Logan, and he served under him nearly three years. He received an honorable discharge May 14, 1864. Following are the names of some of the actions in which he listened to the whistle of rebel bullets, and with each one came the notion that its special mission was to ascertain his exact whereabouts. He was under fire at Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills, Vicksburg, and in all the engagements in which his regiment was involved.

Mr. Cook then returned to his home at Kewanee. He passed the next two years in the business of a painter, and then commenced the manufacture of brick. He was interested in the business at Kewanee for five years, and at the expiiation of that time he sold his interests there and removed to Cambridge. He at once entered upon the manufacture of brick and tile, in which he has since operated. He manufactures annually about 1,800,000 brick, or rather that is the capacity of his works. The tile factory can produce 1,000,000 feet yearly. These are the figures if the works are managed separately. Jointly they have the capacity of about a million brick and tile annually.

illiam E. Haxtun, President of the Haxtun Steam Heater Co., of Kewanee, 111., (see history of Haxtun Steam Heater Co., this volume) was born at Beekman, Dutchess Co., N. Y., Jan. 20. 1832, and was the only son of Elnathan and Maria (DeLong) Haxtun, natives also of the town of Btekman, »nd of English and French extraction respectively.

The senior Mr. Haxtun was by occupation a farmer, and also a civil engineer, and the subject of this sketch, who at various New England and New York academies acquired a first-class education, followed both the occupations of his father until about 38 years of age. In 1870 he came to Kewanee, and after trading in Western lands for probably, two years, became interested in and Vice-President of the Anderson Steam Heater Co., a flourishing manufacturing establishment of this place, and subsequently merged into the present concern of which he is the head. The history of this large industry under the management and direction of Mr. Haxtun renders all the eulogy of the business sagacity and genius of this gentleman unnecessary, and therefore, if dealt in, in this sketch, would be but fulsome and by consequence distasteful.

Mr. Haxtun was married in Dutchess Co., N. Y., Oct. 25, 1858, to Miss Sarah A. Brundige, a native of Chester Co., N. Y., and daughter of Edward Brundige, of the same place. Of the children born to this union we have the following brief memoranda : Henry, the eldest, is of the Haxtun Steam Heater Co. ; Maria, Annis B., Elnathan, machinist, employed by Haxtun Steam Heater Co. ; and Edward B., a student. In politics Mr. Haxtun is a Republican, though not an office seeker, as is shown by his record.

apt. William Irvin, a retired farmer of |F Henry County, and a former railroad con- ^ tractor, is a resident of Geneseo. He was born Nov. 25, 1816, in Lebanon Co., Pa. His father, John Irvin, was a native of Ireland, and left his country during the Rebellion of 1799. He married Elizabeth Brown, who was born in Pennsylvania.

Mr. Irvin was brought up on a farm and thoroughly instructed in the details of agriculture'. He was mrrried June 19, 1838, to Margaret, daughter of Jacob and Jane Shad el. She was born in Lebanon County, and gave birth to two children. Augustus T. married Ellen Walkey, and is a real-estate agent at Davenport, Io.va. Margaret J. is the wife of Aaron Bollman, and they reside in Falls City, Neb. In 1844 Mr. Irvin came to Chicago, where he arrived'May 13. He embarked in mercantile business under the old Tremont House, and he transacted his affairs there one year. At the expiration of that time he went to Cedar Creek, Stephenson Co., 111., and there he became interested in the purchase and shipment of grain. He continued to operate there until r868. During the second year of the war he entered the military service of the United States, receiving a Captain's commission from Governor Yates, bearing date of Sept., 1862. -He was assigned to the command of Company I, 74th Regt. 111. Vol. Inf., and was in the service one year, being obliged to resign on account of physical disability. Among the actions in which he was a participant was that at Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862, at Stone River, and in the battles at Chattanooga, Buzzard's Roost and Lookout Mountain. He resigned in April, T863. The arduous character of the work done by his command is shown by the fact that the company was full when it went to the front, and at the date of the resignation of its Captain only 19 men answered to their names at roll call.

Mr. Irvin was connected for some years with the ( i) construction of railroads in the State of Illinois. In \ 1852 or 1853 he commenced making contracts in the fa interests of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, E5 and operated three years under the management of i&) R. V. Mason, and during the time the road between «=» Freeport and Dubuque was built. In 1856 he- took £fr a contract on the line of the Racine & Mississippi ^ Railroad, and after the completion of it he went to - J) Salt Creek and again operated for his former-employers. He next engaged with the builders of the Racine & Mississippi Railroad and took a contract on their line working east from Freeport, and afterward from Freeport- to Savannah. In connection with Messrs. George and William Green, he aided in the construction of the McGregor & Western Railroad, and they also assisted in building the Mississippi & Western and the line between Quincy and Keokuk. He was the originator of the Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis Railroad, and was largely interested in its construction, and acted as Assistant Superintendent while it wa.s being built. He was also concerned to some extent in the work on the road between Peoria and Farmington, and on the Chicago & Rock Island route.

While he was a resident of Pennsylvania he was a Captain in the State militia, and after his removal to Stephenson Co., 111., he officiated as- Postmaster about two years at Cedarville.

come extensively interested in real estate, and owns 1,000 acres of farming lands in the townships of Hanna, Colona and Edford, and he is also the proprietor of considerable city property in Geneseo.

Since the family came West five sons have been added to the household. Jacob H. has operated to considerable extent as a railroad man, and is now a hardware dealer and lumber merchant at Jamesport, Mo. He married Lydia A. Coffing, daughter of Courtney Coffing. He died in Pueblo, Dec. 31, 1878, leaving one child. The latter lives at Cameron, Mo. William, the second son, married Florence Hill, and is a farmer near Green River. He has three children. John C. married Emma Johnson, and is engaged in farming near Cleveland, Henry County. Charles C. is a railroad man. The next child in order of birth was a daughter, named Mary E., who was born Dec. 28, 1847, and died March 8, 1851.

which country he was born, April 14, 1830. His parents, William and Anna (Boise) Sadler, came to America in r8s3 and located in this township, where they afterwards died. Their family comprised 14 children, of whom James, our subject, was seventh in order of birth. When 20 years of age he left England for the New World, coming direct to Henry County, where he engaged to work out at farm labor, which he followed for three years. He next rented land for a couple of years and then settled on section 18, his present place of residence. His first purchase was 100 acres, where he entered vigorously and energetically upon the task of its improvement, and has since increased his acreage until he now owns 320 acres of valuable land and all tillable. Upon his fine farm he has erected a splendid residence, barn and other suitable outbuildings, besides having fenced his land. Mr. Sadler is well known as a cordial and hospitable gentleman, and well liked by all with whom he comes in contact.

He was married in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Nov. 13, 1861, to Miss Margaret E. Cassidy, who is of English ancestry, and was born in Canada, Feb. 4, 1842. Her parents were Michael and Susan Cassidy. Mr. and Mrs. Sadler's home circle has been blessed by the birth of twelve children, of whom the following is a list: Hattie L., Myron E , Arthur C, Anna I., George E., Thomas W., Emery C, Mary E., Ellen J., William J., Eva L. and an infant unnamed.

a-bo-kies-shiek, or White Cloud, the prophet of the Winnebagoes, and commonly called "The Prophet," was the ^r&)P most prominent Indian that was ever intimately connected with the history of Henry County. He was born about 1790, and made Prophetstown his home. He was a stout, shrewd-looking Indian; sagacity and cunning were prominent traits of his character and essential to the prophetic pretensions by which he imposed upon the credulity of his ignorant followers. It is claimed that he was one of the chief instigators in bringing on the Black Hawk War. He resided at Prophetstown, where there was a large Indian village.

Through the generous interest of Hon. Elihu B. Washburne, while Minister Plenipotentiary from this country to the Court of Paris, Whiteside County was enabled to secure a portrait of this noted chief, which now decorates the walls of the Supervisors' room in the Record building at Morrison. It is painted by P. A. Healey, the distinguished American portrait painter, from the original study of George Catlin, the American artist, and one of the most celebrated of Indian painters. It was painted by Mr. Healey in Europe, at the request of Mr. Washburne, and presented by him to Whiteside County as a historic souvenir. This work was greatly admired while on exhibition in the artist's studio at Paris. It is a fullsized portrait and is a work of rare merit. It represents the Prophet standing erect, in full Indian dress, with his blanket thrown over his left shoulder, partially folded over one arm, and hanging with careless grace by his side. He stands upon the brow of a hill, while about are some small trees and shrubbery. In the back-ground is the blue sky. In front is a broad expanse of country, over which his eye rests with a melancholy gaze, contemplating a land that is rapidly fading away from him and his race. Mr. Washbume was cordially received by the people of Whiteside County, whom he had formerly represented for many years in Congress. The presentation of the portrait was made Oct. 27, 1877, at the Fair Grounds, which had been fitted up for the occasion, and was preceded by an eloquent address from Mr. Washbume, the donor. It was made a grand occasion, and one long to be remembered by the people of the county.

J*iK~ 10 years of age, Mr. Murchison emigrated with his parents, Finley and Catherine (Mc- Lean) Murchison, across the briny waters to this country. Kenneth lived at home until he attained the age of 21 years, then he went to Kewanee and engaged in the coal business, and was thus occupied for nearly ten years, at the expiration of which time he returned to his former occupation, farming. He purchased 160 acres on section 19, on which he located and on which he has since lived. He is at present the owner of rjg% acres.

The marriage of Mr. Murchison took place in Stark Co. 111., Oct. 3, 1867, at which time Miss Margaret C. McClennan, daughter of John and Flora (Cameron) McClennon, natives of Scotland, became his wife. Her parents emigrated to this country in 1852 and located in Stark County, from whence they removed- to Wethersfield Township, this county, where they at present reside. Mrs. Murchison was the fifth in order of birth of a family of six children. She was born in Scotland Nov. 20, 1846, came to this country with her parents and resided with them in Stark County until her marriage. Of her union with Mr. Murchison, nine children were born, seven of whom survive : Donald A., Flora A., Catherine M., Christina H., Margaret A., Bessie M., Mabel, and two who died in infancy.

Mr. Murchison has held the offices of School Director and Overseer of Highways, and in politics votes with the Republican party. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

acob Fickling, a farmer of Cambridge Township, resident on section 13, was born Feb. 6. 18 12, in Wilton, Norfolkshire, England. His parents, Nathan and Mary (Stead) Fickling, were natives of England, and they both died in London. They had eight children, named Jacob, Rebecca, John, Sarah, Jabez, Zenas, Jabez (2d) and one other child who died in infancy. The first Jabez fell when he was nine years old and broke his neck. The second child of the same name lived to come to the United States with his brothers John and Ja'rob.

Jacob landed at Quebec, in June, 1845, after a passage of 52 days. While he was in the queer Canadian city, the great fire occurred there, and he went thence to Toronto, and after a few days passed there in prospecting he proceed to Niagara Falls, and there he found employ at the trade which he had learned in his native land. He went thence to Buffalo, where he took lake passage for Chicago on the steamboat "New Orleans." The boat crossed Lake Erie, but went down in the river St. Clair, while passing through the straits to Lake Huron ; and, instead of going to Chicago, Mr. Fickling went to Detroit. His next removal was to La Fayette, Ind., where he remained until after the Christmas following, working as a shoe-maker. From there he came to Danville, 111., and there he was married. In 1846 he went to Peoria. Not long after he arrived there, he and his wife took possession of a farm a short distance from the city, where they lived about 20 years and where their nine children were born.

In February, 1867, Mr. Fickling sold his farm and removed to Henry County. He bought a farm of 120 acres of an excellent quality of land, of which he took permanent possession and on which he has prosecuted his agricultural projects with satisfactory results.

His wife's name was Susan Draper before her marriage, and their union was celebrated April 9, 1846. Mrs. Fickling was born Dec. . 18, 1823, in

Clermont Co., Ohio. She is the daughter of James and Mary (Peyton) Draper, and her parents were natives of Pennsylvania. They came thence to Vermillion Co., 111., where their lives terminated. Mr. and Mrs. Fielding have ten children, one having been born to them since their removal to the township of Cambridge. Their names are as follows : William Edward, Mrs. Mary Shreck, Sarah J. (died in infancy), Rebecca, Mrs. Lucy Elliott, Mrs. Alice Wasser, James, Mrs. Ida Wilkey, and a second Willram, named for the oldest son who lost his life in th,e military service of the United States. The latter was a volunteer soldier and enlisted in Co. B, nth I 111. Vol. Cav. Lucy, wife of Ervin Elliott, is the mother of three som>, - George, Charles and Glenn.

Lamuel W. Good. The late Samuel W. |j|38ir Good was one of the industrious and pros- -fllllvo perous farmers of Wethersfield Township, where he resided on section i until his death, which occurred Sept. i, 1885, caused by nervous prostration. He was born in Muskingum Ohio, Jan. 28, T834, and was a son of Dorington and Alice (Orr) Good. They came to Henry County in 1851 and settled on section 1, Wethersfield Township, where they died five years later. Their family consisted of nine children, of whom Samuel W. was the fifth in order of birth. His education was somewhat limited, only having the common-school advantages of that early day. He came to Henry County when about 17 years of age, and was a resident of the same until his death, being engaged in agricultural pursuits He was the owner of 186 acres of good, tillable land. Upon his farm he erected a fine residence of modern style, a suitable barn and out-buildings.

Mr. S. W. Good was united in marriage in Kewanee, May 20, 1858, the lady chosen to share his joys and sorrows, successes and reverses, being Miss Mary A., daughter of Samuel and Alice (Dickinson) Northrup, who came from Philadelphia to Henry County, about 1855, and settled in Wethersfield. He remained for awhile at the latter place and then removed to Kewanee, where he died, in January, 1868. Mrs. Northrup died in Wethersfield Township, May 26, 187 1. Of their union were born two

Mr. and Mrs. Good were the parents of seven children, namely: Charles N., Frank E., Elmer S., Willis E., Alice L. and Daisy S., besides one who died in infancy. Mr. Good held several township official positions, among which he was School Director for many years. Politically, he was a believer in the principles advocated by the Republican party.

j obert Nelson is a citizen of the township of Cambridge, residing on section 18. He p' was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in April, 1817. The family removed in 182410 County Donegal, on the " Green Isle," and there made a permanent stay. The parents, Joseph and Bettie (Moore) Nelson, were natives of Ireland, where they passed their entire lives.

The son, who early determined on coming to America to test the promises of that land which were always the subject of discussion in his native country, fulfilled the purpose in the year 1847. He came here in the spring of the year and made his first location in the city of Philadelphia. After passing a summer there, he went to Delaware, and- was" in the employ of Henry L. Churchman three years as an assistant on the farm. He went from there to the western part of Pennsylvania, and in the autumn of 185 1 returned to Delaware. Later, he went to Davenport, Iowa, and there remained two years and a half. He came thence to Henry County and bought 40 acres of land on the same section on which he still resides. He has brought the best of effort and judgment to operate in the work to which he has devoted his life, and has continued to purchase land until he is at present the owner of 280 acres in advanced cultivation and in valuable condition for mixed husbandry.

Mr. Nelson has accomplished a great work in making his accumulations under circumstances which would have deterred most men from making any effort whatever. He has practiced the greatest economy and has never tired in industry or perseverance. In 1858, or about that time, he was seized with lameness in his left leg, which he endured for 22 years, and without much intermission in the way

In his political views, Mr. Nelson is. in accord with the Democratic party. When he came to America he fell into line with the old Whig element.

Mr. Nelson was married in the city of Philadelphia to Ann Johnson. She was born in County Donegal, in Ireland, and was the playmate of her husband in the "land of the shamrock." Mr. and Mrs. Nelson have eight children: Eliza is the wife of Mr. Slack, of Du Page Co., Iowa; James, David, Alexander, Robert and Samuel were next in order of birth; William is deceased; John is the youngest. The father and mother are members of the Congregational Church in Cambridge.

ohn Ringle, a farmer on section 6, Cambridge Township, was born May 20, 1841, in Armstrong Co., Pa. He is the son of Joseph and Mary Ann (Whitesel) Ringle, and his parents came to Henry County in 1857. The grandfather of Mr. Ringle, Mathias Ringle, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and settled in Westmoreland Co., Pa., where his son Joseph was born. The marriage of the latter to Mary Ann Whitesel occurred in 1836. He was a farmer in the township of Osco, where he operated as a renter of land on his removal there. He then became the owner by purchase! of 80 acres of land, on which he prosecuted the business of a farmer with success until 1880, when he transferred his family and interests to Cambridge. The senior Ringle continued to add to his estate until he owned a large acreage,, which he still retains.

The son who is represented by this personal account was reared in his native State and accompanied his father's family to Henry County. Four years later the business of all classes was thrown into confusion by the advent of the War of the Rebellion, and during the issues of the .first year of the struggle, Mr. Ringle entered the military service. He enlisted Sept. 20, 1861, in the Ninth 111. Cav., and was enrolled in Company C. He enlisted at Geneseo, and when the regiment was filled went thence to Camp Douglas, Chicago, where the command remained through the winter of 1861-2. In February it went to St. Louis, and after passing two weeks there, proceeded to the seat of war. The first time Mr. Ringle heard the music of the rebel bullets was in the engagement on the Waddell farm, in Arkansas. Early in 1862 he was taken sick and passed nearly nine months in the hospital, and was most of that time on provost duty. He continued in the service through the war, and after receiving his discharge he returned to Osco Township. A short time after he went to Caldwell Co , Mo., where he spent four years, and during that time was interested in farming. At the expiration of that time he came back to Henry County and bought a farm in the township of Osco. He operated with satisfactory results until he was the proprietor of r5o acres. He sold his possessions in the spring of 1883, and bought the farm in the township of Cambridge on which he has since prosecuted the business of a farmer. The place contains ir7 acres and is located half a mile north of Cambridge.

ii 1, Wethersfield Township, where he is en- |\Vs gaged in the vocation of a farmer, is a' son of Peter and Rosanna (Shafer) Williamson, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Germany. They settled in Scioto County, Ohio, and afterward removed to Delaware County, Ind., where they resided until their deaths,

Stephen M. Williamson was the fifth child in order of birth of a family of ten children. He was born in Delaware County, Ind., Aug. r, ^35. His early years were passed on the farm and in acquiring an education at the common schools. He continued to reside under the parental roof-tree until he attained the age of 23 years, when he came to Bureau County, this State. He resided in the latter county until the spring of 187 17 when he sold his farm there, which occupation he had followed, and purchased 160 acres of land in Wethersfield Townshiprthis county. In 1878 he built a frame barn on his place, and in 1883 erected as fine a residence on the same as exists in Henry County, and consists of nine rooms, together with halls, etc. In addition to his home farm, Mr. Williamson was the owner of 120 acres of land in Neponset Township, Bureau County. He keeps about 35 head of cattle, 15 head of horses and fattens about 100 head of hogs annually. The appearance of his place is indicative of energy, perseverance and economy on the part of its proprietor, and he is living to-day amid pleasant surroundings, the outgrowth of his own toil, good judgment and labor, and meeting with success in his chosen vocation.

Mr. Williamson entered the state of matrimony in Bureau County, this State, Jan. 13, 1859, with Miss Mary J., the accomplished daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth (Russell) Bennett, natives of Ohio. She was born in Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio, Sept. 10, 1840. They became the parents of six children, four of whom are living, namely : Arrinda, Elmer C, Arthur B. and Rosanna. Willby and Mary are deceased. Arrinda is the wife of Rufus D. Lyle, and resides in Neponset Township, Bureau Co., this State. The remaining children are all residing at home. Mr. W. has held many of the minor offices of his township. Politically, he is a believer in the principles advocated by the Democratic party.

aleb Jewett Tenney Little, retired busu ness man, resident at Kewanee, dates his ancestry upon this continent back to the year 1640, and to the person of George Little, who in that year landed at Newbury, Mass., from Unicorn Street, near the great London bridge. Tracing the subject of this sketch through the male line, taking the eldest of each respective generation, we find that Moses Little succeeded George of Unicorn Street ; that Tristram succeeded Moses ; that Henry succeeded Tristram ; that Henry was followed by a son named for himself, and he by Abner Bailey Little, who was born at New Salem, N. H., and married Nancy Tenney, of Hollis, N. H. They reared four sons and seven daughters. Abner B. began life as a merchant, but abandoned that occupation and ever afterward devoted himself to farming. His son Caleb, whose name stands at the head of this sketch, was born at Goffstown, N. H., July 13, 181 1. At the common schools of his native State he acquired a fair English education, and when 1 6 years of age was apprenticed to a blacksmith, which trade he learned and followed until about 24 years of age. In 1837 Caleb Little came to Wethersfield, Henry Co., 111., and the following year brought his wife whom he had left behind until he should prepare a home for her. During this year Henry County was organized, and as he intended this to be his future home, he resolved to attend the meeting for the organization of the county, which was held at the house of Geo. Brandenburgh, which was located near the village of Colona, on the banks of Green River. He made the journey from Wethersfield to the place of meeting riding a colt without a saddle! His father had preceded him by about one year, and lived in Peoria County up to the fall of 1837, when he too removed to Wethersfield, where he spent the remainder of his days, dying Sept. 16, 1863, in the 90th year of his age. The elder Mrs. Little had died 19 years before (in 1846) aged about 66 years.

For 14 years Mr. C. J. T. Little carried on blacksmithing at Wethersfield. He then engaged in mercantile business and followed that about five years, serving as Postmaster of Wethersfield at the same time. Since he was 18 years of age he has followed auctioneering, at which he made himself so popular that even in his retirement his old neighbors, when they have anything of the kind to be done, give him no peace until he ascends the block and cries off their fatted stock. Since 1870, at which time he sold his last farm, he has not interested himself any in agriculture. In fact, for the last 20 years he has done little else than take the world easy. True, he has cried more farm and stock sales than probably any other two men in the county, but with him auctioneering is so nearly a 'labor of love" that it ceases to be labor at all.

In politics, Mr. Little was originally a Jackson Democrat, but not approving of the men and measures of the party, he left it in 1846. At the outbreak of the Rebellion he identified himself with the Republicans, and has since voted and worked with that party. At no time has he been an aspirant to office, though his neighbors have coerced him into various minor positions, such as Assessor, School Director and School Trustee ; the two last named offices he filled in Wethersfield Township for 23 years. He has been for more than 40 years a consistent member of the Congregational Church, and took a leading part in building the first church edifice, a small log house erected at the village of Wethersfield. He was also as prominently identified with the construction of the fine frame structure which replaced the old log building. Through the various struggles of a long life, Mr. Little has been dependent upon his individual industry and effort. The recipient of no gratuities, no gifts, testamentary legatee to no fortune accumulated by some relative, aided and abetted by his industrious, prudent Christian wife, he has fought the battles of life, and it is but truth to say that he has won them.

May 13, 1834, at Milford, N. H., he was married to Miss Eliza Ann Brooks, daughter of Leonard W. and Sarah (Hosley) Brooks, and a native of Massachusetts. To this union eight children have been born, and the following brief memoranda give suffi cient testimony of the fitness of Mr. and Mrs. Little to rear children : the eldest son, Charles Frederick Little, M. D., was born at Milford,- N. H., Jan. 27, 1836, graduated as M. D. from Rush Medical College, Chicago,' served through the war as Surgeon of the 19th 111. Vol. Inf., now practicing medicine at Manhattan, Kansas ; Ellen Elvira, born at Wethersfield, Oct. 6, 1839, received a thorough education and was married to G. W. Perkins, Esq., when she was only 18 years of age, a wealthy farmer of Farragut, Iowa ; he was formerly a prominent teacher in the High School at Danvers, Mass. ; Sarah Jane, borivat Wethersfield, Nov. 7, 1842, also several years a talented teacher in the public schools, married Dr. J. F. Todd, of Chicago ; Harriet Newell, born at Wethersfield, Sept. 7, 1845, a"d accomplished teacher of music, married to the Rev. Giffen, of the Presbyterian Church, died Sept. 26, 1872, leaving one child, Lida J. Giffen, who has been in the care of her grandparents, Little, since she was 15 months old; William Cutter, born March 17, 1847, by profession a lawyer, and real-estate and money broker and ex-Judge Probate Court, Wichita, Kansas ; Eliza Ann, born July 15, 1849, now Mrs. F. H. Reed, Wethersfield; George Bailey Little, M. D., born April 15, 185 1, a graduate of Rush Medical College, Chicago, practicing physician of Burlington, Iowa; and John Jewett Little, D. D. S., born Feb. 8, 1857,

May 13, 1884, Mr. and Mrs. Little celebrated, at their home, their golden wedding. All the children of the family were present except Charles F., the oldest son, who was detained at his home in Kansas owing to the sickness of his wife. Besides the children, there were present some two hundred of their neighbors and friends. The occasion was one that will long be pleasantly remembered by those present. The presents were numerous, and many of them costly, and all very appropriate. All the children present were fine singers, and the exercises were closed'with singing the famous piece, "Sweet- Bye and Bye."

dim. Newton, a retired farmer, resident at Cambridge, was born April 14, 1827, in 'MS,' ' Cheshire, England. His parents, who were Aaron and Elizabeth (Billingriam) Newton passed their whole lives in the same shire. Their children, "Elijah, Thomas, John and Anna, are all deceased save him who is the subject of this personal narration.

He emigrated to the United States in June, 1854, landing at the port of New York. He went thence' to New Jersey, where he was occupied three years in a hat manufactory. In 1857 he came to Rock Island County, and devoted his time, strength and energies to agricultural pursuits, operating as a renter near the city of Rock Island, and had the satisfaction of winning success. Later he became a land-holder by purchase, and conducted his affairs successfully. After being in New Jersey three years he returned to England, where he remained six months; then returned to Rock Island County, where he remained four years. He came thence to the township of Andover, in Henry County, and bought 160 acres of land, which he managed seven years previous to purchasing, with profitable results. He sold the property in March, 1876, and removed to the village of Cambridge. In May of the same spring, accompanied by his wife, he sailed for England. May 1st they set sail from the home of their birth, embarking at Liverpool and: landing at Phila- delphia, for the purpose of attending the Exposition. Left Liverpool to return July 4 They returned thence to Cambridge, which has since been their home. The marriage of Mr. Newton to Sarah Harrison took place on Easter Sunday, in April, 1847, in Prestbury Church, in Cheshire, England. The parents of Mrs. Newton, Henry and Ann (Quinn) Harrison, were natives of Northumberlandshire, England. They had six children: Jane was the name ot the oldest , Mary married William Ammond, first mate of the ocean steamship, "City of New York ;" Catherine married John Grantham, and died Oct. 7, 1881, aged 55 years, leaving four children; Mrs. Newton is the next in order of birth ; Mrs. Ann Davenport and Eliza were the youngest. The latter is not living. Miss Emma H. Grantham, niece of Mr. Newton, came to Cambridge from England, in June, 1884, and is an inmate of his family. She was a velvet cutter in her native county. Mr. and Mrs. Newton are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

- scar Kreidler, proprietor of the " Enterprise " Carriage Repository, dealer in carsMST riages, buggies, etc., and manufacturer of "16A carriage and buggy tops, and making general repairing a specialty, at Kewanee, 111. Such is the reading of the business card of this gentleman, and which we insert without apology and without price. Mr. Kreidler is a manufacturer, and therefore, though too young a man to have made any particular history, is entitled to representation in this department of the Album.

He was born at Newburg, Northampton Co , Pa., Oct. 18, 1859, and was the fifth in order of birth of seven children of John F. and Maria (Miller) Kreidler, natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. His education was limited, as at the age of 1 1 years he began the trade of which he is now master. At the end of an apprenticeship of six years in Pennsylvania, he came West, spent a year at Eureka, 111., and showed his good judgment by removing to Kewanee. He landed here July 8, 1878, and went to work at once for O'Brien Bros, as carriage trimmer. Those people found him so thoroughly up in his trade that when they removed to Ohio, they took

July 19, [882, at Kewanee, Mr. Kreidler was married to Miss Capilola Lampson, a lovely and accomplished young lady, who yielded up her life April r, 1883, and with that of her new-born babe.

That Mr. Kreidler inherited nothing may be understood from his history ; that he has been successful in business is known from his standing. He is a prominent Mason, and, we believe.'a Republican.

ohnson Lorenzo Wilson, residing on section 27, located adjoining the town of Galva, is a native of Ohio. He was born in St. Albans Tp., Licking Co., that State, Aug. 2, 1832. The parents of Mr. Wilson of this sketch were Seuel and Esther (Burnett) Wilson. He was born in Mew Hampshire, and died in Jay County, Ind., in July, 1857, having removed to Ohio, that State, in 1846. He was a farmer by occupation, and in his religious belief was, from the time he attained the age of manhood, a member of ^ the Baptist Church. His father, grandfather of our subject, was born in New Jersey, was of English extraction, and a soldier of the Revolutionary War ; was a farmer by occupation and died in Ohio. Seuel Wilson was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mr. Wilson's parents lived and died in Indiana.

J. L. Wilson, of whom we write, received his education principally in Ohio. He removed with his parents into Indiana, and from there came to this State, in 1854, stopping in Peoria County. He remained there until the spring of that year, when he moved near Elm wood, Knox County, this State, where he followed the occupation of farming for three years. At the expiration of this time, in 1857, he came to Galva, in the neighborhood of which village he rented land and was occupied in its cultivation for two years. Previous to moving here he had purchased land, which during the last few years mentioned he improved as time would permit. At first he purchased 80 acres, which he afterward sold and purchased another 80 east of the present village of Galva. He subsequently bought 40 acres more, and then sold

Mr. Wilson was united in marriage April n, 1861, with Miss Amanda M. Herbert. She was born in Lewistown, Fulton Co., 111., in 1842. She has borne him seven children: Lillian M., Ralph L., Fred H., Walter, Myrtie E., Katie and Ethel L. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, together with their children, Lillian and Ralph, are members of the Baptist Church. Politically, Mr. Wilson indorses the party which advocates prohibition.

ra D. Marston, a practicing attorney, resiident at Cambridge, was born April 30, T838, in Parsonsfield, York Co., Maine. His ancestral progenitors were pioneers of New England, and their genealogy is now in process, of compilation (1885). David Marston, his grandfather, was a Revolutionary soldier. His father, Jacob. Marston, was born in Parsonsfield, Maine. He was a stone-cutter by occupation and died at Parsonsfield, as did his wife, Martha (Doe) Marston. They had n children. The mother was the daughter of John and Abigail Doe, and her parents of English extraction.

Mr. Marston grew to the age of 17 years in New England. At 14 he became the arbiter of his own fortunes, and at 17 he came to Henry County, on foot and alone, with not an acquaintance west of New England. He worked one season on a farm in Clover Township, when he entered diligently upon the work of securing an education, employing his leisure to the bast possible advantage in study. At 18 he taught school for the first time in Clover Township. He alternately taught and attended school three years.

In July, i86t, he entered the army, enlisting in the 42d 111. Vol. Inf., in Company B. In August, 1862, he rsceived an honorable discharge for disability. In June, 1865, he began the study of law, which he prosecuted with energetic perseverance, and in November, 1867, was admitted to practice in the State Courts of Illinois. Later ho was admitted to the privileges of the Federal Courts. In 1869 he formed a partnership with Judge J. S. Hinman, and they were partners for three years. In 1872 his present relations with the Hon. W. H. Shepard were established. The firm of Shepard & Marston is one of the most reliable in this section, and their business and popularity have increased together from the commencement of their connection. Mr. Marston is popular in his profession through his genial character and his abilities as an attorney. He possesses an available and comprehensive knowledge of common and statutory law, and he is able and effective in argument before a jury.- He is considered one of the safest counselors and one-of the best trial lawyers connected with the Bar of Henry County.

He was married May 14, r86i, in Rock Island Co., 111., to Miss C. L. Weir. They have fixchildren. Mrs. Marston was born Nov. 30, 1841, in Mercer Co., 111., and she is the daughter of Thomas M. and Lovina (Whitmore) Weir, who were among the earliest settlers of this county.

ewis Brasel. The year Illinois was admit- \ ted into the Union, Mr. David Brasel came W with his family and located in Green County, which at that time was about as far north as any of the sturdy settlers had ventured. In his family was an infant two months old, to whom they gave the name of Lewis, and who is the subject of this personal sketch. JHe is to day a prosperous farmer, residing upon section n, of Burns Township.

He was born in Tennessee, Aug, 16, 1818. His parents, David and Anna (Clarksori) Brasel, were also natives of that State. Lewis' was the eldest of their five children, and, as stated above, was an infant when they came into the newly made State of Illinois. His parents moved, as many of those earliest pioneers did, from county to county. They -seemingly could not endure' to live in a too thickly populated settlement, and consequently, when a few families would move in, they would move on to some new place. Lewis followed them in their wanderings until he was 21 years of age, when he rented a farm in Morgan County. Here, however, he lived but a year, when he moved into Putnam County, where he worked at the carpenter's trade, which he had previously learned, for about three years. He then went to Henry, Marshall County, where for another seven years he made his home, working at his trade and farming. This he followed until 1854, when he came into Henry County and purchased a piece of land in Barns Township. He then ceased his moving, for we find him since that day a permanent resident of Burns. Here he owns 120 acres of land.