Logan County, Illinois - The whole text, 1878 (part 9 of 11)

SHERMAN HIRAM, merchant, 131 Kickapoo st; residence 177 Broadway; P. O., Lincoln, Logan Co. 111. Mr. Sherman was bom in Muskingum Co. Ohio. May 12, 1839; and, like many a high spirited youth in those days, left the parental roof at the early age of 19, to follow the old pioneers to the western prairies, not knowing how far he should go or what fare he would find. But having once made his mind to cast his lot among strangers and *' hoe his own road,** he made his way to the Ohio River, and stepped on board a steamer at Cincinnati, in the spring of 1858, and in due course of time landed at Shawneetown, in the State of Illinois, from which place he made his way on foot as far as Mt. Vernon, in Jefierson Co. getting his luggage hauled on ox wagons from place to place as best he could, there being no railroads in that part of the state at that time. From Mt. Vernon he worked his way north as far as Broadwell in this county, where, for want of means to take him further he was compelled to stop, and in May engaged his services as a Warm hand to Samuel Johnston - now one of the heaviest stock dealers in Logan Co. - at $13 per month, counting nothing but fair weather. The season was so Wet that it took him nearly two months to earn i month's wages. That was k trying time for the young adventurer; the season "wms so extremely backward that he spent the 4th of July (unlike those of subsequent years) in dropping com without shoes on his feet or coat on his back, with the water following his tracks in many places, and sometimes ankle deep in mud, and when the time arrived for gathering the crop in the fall there was found more ague, fever, and sore eyes, than com. The senatorial contest of 1858 brought together large assemblages of the voters of Central Illinois to hear the noted statesmen, Lincoln and Douglas, debate the political issues of the day; and although Mr. Sherman was not then entitled to vote, yet it afforded him a good opportunity to yisit Spring^eld, Lincoln, and Atlanta, and the surrounding country, thereby enabling him to form an idea of the vast resources of this part of the state. So favorably impressed was he, that the county would rapidly increase in wealth and population, that, in the fall of i860, he determined to make this his future home, for better or for worse, and engaged as a clerk in the store of Messrs. Pegram & Son, dealers in dry goods and groceries, for the space of six months, at $12 per month. In the spring of i86x, lie concluded to "go it on his own hook,** and purchased a small bakery and confectionery shop of R. J. Williams, taking every dollar he could raise to make the first payment of fifty dollars. In the the summer and fall of 1861 he secured the contract to fumish the io6th Regiment I. V. with bread during their stay in Lincoln, which aided him very materially in his business, which he continuec* with success till the fall of 1862, when he sold out to good advantage, and invested part of his capitid in real estate on Pulaski st, which advanced in value very rapidly. In the spring of 1863, he formed a partnership with Mr. James Andrew, and engaged in the retail grocery trade. They were the first to introduce a delivery wagon, and prob- ' ably did as successful a retail business in that line as has been done by any house in the city up to the present time. In the spring of 1870, he sold his interest in the grocery to Hoover & Bone, and devoted his whole attention to the boot and shoe trade, which h'e hUA previouUf added to hit businesi. Mr. Sherman has continued in the boot and shoe trade np to the present time with unparalleled success. Although not a speculator in the proper sense of the word, yet by the increase of value in real estate,/ close application to business, his urbane manners, and honest dealing as a business man, always keeping first class goods, he has become one of Lincoln's most solid merchants, owning two brick stores on Pulaski st. and two on Kickapoo, one of which he now occupies himself, besides other city property and Western lands. He was married April lo, 1864, by Rev. James White, pastor of the C. P. Church, to Miss Susan M. Martling, who was bom in Mishawaka, St. Joseph Co. Indiana, ^uly 8, 1845. They have three children: Florence Estelle, who was bom April 20, 1865, Jesse Hiram, bom Sept. 12, 1868, and Clifford Leon, bora March 31, 1875. Mr. Sherman can hardly be called a politician, although he votes the republican ticket, except perhaps for some of the city and county officers where friends prove to be superior to politics. He has rendered much good service as.a member of the city council, having been elected alderman from the Third ward for the long term, at the first charter election held in the spring of 1865, and subsequently has served three terms from the Second ward; and during his last four years he held the responsible position of chairman of the committee on streets and alleys, and finance where, by his untiring exertions, he did as much as any member of the council to encourage the growth, improve the streets, and curtail the expenses of the city. It is a true saying, that he who can conduct his own business with success, is a fit person to conduct public affairs, and in that capacity Mr. Sherman has devoted much of his time for the general good of the community, while at the same time he has built for himself a permanent business and be come from the poor, barefooted youth of 19, one of Lincoln's most honored citisens. Seip William E. sup. Gas Works; dem; Epis; from Ohio Shaw Mary E. Mrs. Seventh st. Sheer John, wagon and carriage manufacturer, McLean st. Sheriff Na|han, laborer, Clinton st; dem; from

SIMONTON ANDREW J. blacksmith and wagon repairing shop, Pulaski St. Lincoln, 111; was bora, May 28th, 1856, in Warren County, Ohio; c;ime to Illinois 15th Oct., 1864; was married to first wife, Miss Lidia A. WiUis, Dec. 5. 1861; had one child: Andrew Howard; wife died July 27, 1864; child died Aug. 4, 1864; was married to second wife, Mrs. Mary A. Attwell, Nov. 15, 1866, who was bora in Sangamon County, 111. Dec. 21, 1840; have two children : Fannie, bora Nov. 21, 1867, Elmer C. bora Jan. 24, 1869 ; second wife was Widow Attwell, with two children : George R. and Sarah A. Attwell; owns 400 acres of land : 320 in Nebraska, (Thayer County) and 80 acres in Iroquois County, Illinois

SIMONTON A. carriage and wagonmkr. Pulaski st. Lincoln, 111; was bom in Warren County, Ohio, April i6, A. D. 1827; emigrated to Logan County, 111. in 1865; has held the office oi alderman of the city of Lincoln for four years in succession; in capacity of a mechanic, built the Spitly hearse, complete; volunteered and served, until honorably discharged, during civil war, in One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Regiment, Company D, Ohio Volunteers: was married to Miss Elizabeth Hewitt, Feb. 22, 1849, ^^ Cincinnati, Ohio; have four children living : Lavica, Clara 6., Anna and Jennie; father and mother both living; father was bom in Warren County, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1798; mother bom in Delaware, June 8, 1806; in poUtics dem. Simonton James, laborer, Hamilton st. Simpson Charles, laborer, Clinton st; rep; rep; Chris; from Michigan Simpson Jeremiah, carpenter, Pulaski st. SIMS ANNA M; MBS. residence cor. Pekin and Ottawa sts. Lincoln, III; was born in Stanford. Kentucky, 4th MarcE, 1836; was married in Springfield in 1857, to Dr. J. B. Sims; maiden name was Anna * M. Owsley, daughter of Harry and Mary F. Owsley, of Stanford, Ky; mother's maiden name was, Mary Finley; the husband, Dr. J. 6. Sims, was from Tienton, Ky. and died 26th August, 1869 Sims J. M. baker, with Sims Bros; rep; Meth;

Meth; bom Illinois SIMS liUTHEB M. merchant, 127 'Kickapoo st. Lincoln, 111; was bora in Virijinia, 111, 7th Nov. 1846; came to this county in 1863; was married, July 2, 1866, to Miss Zeruah A. Beers, daughter of James and Sarah Beers, near Lincoln, 111; had two children : Nellie May and Maud C. both dead; father and mother both liv- - ing, in Cass County, 111; five brothers, three living : Lewis J., Joseph M. and Luther M. Sims L. M. & Bro. Kickapoo st. - Skelly William, laborer, Decatur st; dem; from Indiana

SMALL A. E.y M.D. physician and surgeon, Broadway, Lincoln, 111; was boro in Philadelphia, Pa. Feb. 21, 1S42; came to Logan County in 18 71; was marriecl, Oct 25, 1866, to Misa Mary C. Kendall, of Waukegan, Illinois; has three children : Mary, born July 10, 1867, Samuel, bom Nov. 30, 1870. and Charies, bom April 27^ 1876; in politics rep; religion Swedenborgian

SMALL D. W« merchant tailor, 13S Broadway, Lincoln, 111; was bora Jan. 14, 1 82 1, at Harper's Ferry, Virginia; come to Ohio in 1832 and thence to Lincoln, Illinois, in 1854

SMALL ORLANDO M. printer, Lincoin. 111; was bom in Midway, Madison County, Ohio, 22nd Oct. 1853; came to tUinois May, 1854; was married 25th Feb. 1875, to Miss Mary Gleason, daughter of John and Mary Gleason; wife was bom in Covington, Ky; have one daughter, Annie M. bora 20th Nov. 1875

SPONSLEB W. R, prop, of the Commercial Hotel, on Chicago st, Lincoln, 111; was born xoth Oct. A. D. 1837, in Newberg, Penn; came to Decatur, 111, in 1857, then went to Springfield in 1861, thence to Lincoln, 111, in 1869; has been in the hotel and livery business all his life, having been bom in a hotel; was married 22nd Sept. i860, to Miss Sallie Thompson, a neice of S. K. Thompson, of Decatur, 111; Mr. Sponsler occupied the Spitly House for six years, then the only hotel in Lincoln, and he has been long and favor-

SWITZEB JACOB, carpenter, contractor and builder, Broadway, north side ' square, Lincoln, 111; was bom 1st d{iy of October, A.D. 1 831, in York, Penn; came to Lincoln,Logan Co. in i860; was married January 16, 1866, to Miss Sarah J. Webster, daughter of R. K. Webster, of Lincoln, 111; has three children - Francis, Bertie and Olive.

THORN FUBMAN, bricklayer and builder, Kickapoo st; residence 17 Union St. Lincoln, 111; was bom Oct. 18, 1838, in Philadelphia, Pa; moved from Philadelphia to St. Louis in 1854; came to Lincoln, 111., in 1870; was married to first wife, Sarah H. Rodgers, daughter of Capt. C. B. Rodgers, of the Callaway County Volunteers, of Missouri, in the Mexican war; had four children, Charles, Sarah, Amazon, and Edwin; two now living, Amazon and Chjirles; wife died Jan. i, 1869; was married to second wife, Miss Mary R. Dunlap, Jan. 27, 1870; father now living in Chester County. Pa., aged 71; mother died in 1866, aged 66 years bom in Inveroess-shire, Scotland; Mis. Trombull has now two living children, Herman J. now in business on South Water st Chicago; the daughter, Kate, was married to William J. McLean, of Lincoln, 111, Oct. 29, 1866; has now five children: William J, Allice, Mary E. John H. and

UHIiEB WILLIAM H. carpenter, Lincoln, 111; was bora Nov. 17, 1846, in Springfield, Sangamon Co. Ill; came to Lincoln, Logan Co. in 1861; his father and mother are both now living; father was bom in Pennsylvania, January, 1809; his mother was from England, and now aged 57; has one brother, George, and three sifters: Annie, Ada and Nellie; in politics rep.

from Ireland. Vance W. J. carpenter; with J. Switzer Vanpatten J. Mrs. dressmaker, Sangamon st Vanpatten Martha J. Mrs. Ninth st. Varney A. H. clerk Commercial Hotel; dem; rep; from Pennsylvania Wallmersperger John, works at coal shaft Walsh Peter, wagon mkr, Pulaski st. Walshe James, physician, 30 Eighth st; rep; dem; Cath; from Grermany Webster E. D. grocer, 141 Sangamon st. Webster R. K. Third st; from Rhode Island Wehrle J. gunsmith, Pulaski cor. Chicago st; dem; Luth; from Germany Wehrle August, jeweler, 143 Pulaski st. Weindorf Peter,carpenter, Main cor. Fifth st Weith William, clerk, for J. Lutz; rep; Luth;

Clinton st; dem; from Kentucky Wright Sarah Mrs. Ninth st. Wright William, Decatur st; dem; from Ohio Wyatt Eugene, teacher, Keokuk st; dem;

Lincoln Business Directory

DANL£Y tJ. A. book, stationery and music store; pianos, organs and other musical instruments; school books of every descripTtion; 136 Broadway

DUFIT & WEBBER, carpenters, builders and contractors, Pekin cor. Chicago st; manufacturers of every thing in the wood line pertaining to their business

EHRLICH H. K. Dr. druggist, Sangamon St. THE BEST drugs and medicines always on hand, and prescriptions carefully compounded; manufacturer and proprietor of the German Hog Cholera Specific, the only medicine in the market which cures and prevents hog cholera; price as low as the lowest

HAWKINS & PURINTON, house and sign painters; paper hanging and oalcimining specialties; all orders promptly attended to; shop cor. Broadway and Kickapoo st. basement

HOSKINS BAZAAR, dealer in mil. linery, dry goods, cloaks, suits, notions, hair goods, and all the novelties of the season in great variety, 156 Broadway

KENYON R. A. tannery and glove manufactory, cor. Second and German st*., has continued the business for six years, and is still prepared to furnish all demands for gloves and mittens

KLATT FRANK, livery, feed and sale stables, ^roadway cor. Logan st. Farmers, travelers, and others will find here every thing in the livery line desired, and at very reasonable prices. * cash clothing house, cor. Kickapoo and Pulaski sts; keep constantly on hand a large and fine stock of clothing, hats, caps and gents' furnishing goods, trunks, valises, etc. Doing a strictly cash business, we are prepared to sell you goods 15 per cent, cheaper than any other house in town. Be sure and call

LOWREY & JOHNSON, machinists and founders, McLean st. Will attend promptly to building and repairing mill, engine and agricultural machinery on shortest notice. Castings of every description furnished to order, including fencingposts, hitching-posts. lawn chairs, sofas, store fronts, columns, etc. Give us a call.

MILLER & BRO. dyeing and deanh^ establishment, Broadway cor. Sangamoa st. under Spitly House. Dyeing, cleanings repairing, etc. done with neatness and dispatch

Miller, Sargent & Ross

MOOS JOfiCN, machinist. Fourth st. near Fourth ward school-house. Repairing farming machinery a specialty. Work done promptly and well on all machines

NORRED CHARLES H. physician and surgeon; office and residence cor. Logan and Pekin sts. one block north of M. £. Ch. Office hours from 9 to ii A.M. and I to 4 P.M. All professional business entrusted to my care, in city or country, day or night, will receive my prompt and careful attention

PARSLER G. W. real esUte, insurance and loan agent, Broadway cor. Chicago st opposite Lincoln House. First-class companies represented - fire, life and accident

PEASE F. O. photographic parlors, 136 Broadway, over Dan ley's Temple of Music Copying and enlarging pictures a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases

KIOHTBB LOUIS C. griu and Sour mill, on Mill it. between Filth and Sixth tt*. Dealer in all kinds of grain. Floor coDstantl; on band of every brand. Wholesale an^ retail

BOSS CHARLES E. grocer, Kickapoo SL keeps first-class goods and solicits first-class trade. Fine teas, sngars, sympi and every thing in the grocery line. The only party in Lincoln who sells the celc brated Carrolton floni. Ha* a large slock of fine-cut and plug chewing tobaccos of the finest grades

SIMONTON H. carriage and wagon making and blacksmithing, Fuluki st. south side court-house square, making a specialty of the Simonton Bee-hive, a new invention of his own, and a wonderful success

SPITLT HOTTSB, P. W. Boer, prop. Broadway cot. Sangamon St. Good sample rooms for traveling men. Bath-rooms attached. Reduced rates to guests remaining more than one day

SPLAIN & SIHONTON. general blacksmithing. Repairing and woili of every description done to order and warranted, at their shop on Pulaski St. south side of court-house square

BBEARLT & SHBEYE (Harvey G. Brearly and Thomas C. Shreve)have a general store at Lawndale; Brearly was bom in New Jersey, Dec. 21, 1839; settled in Logan Co. in 1867; married May 5, 1867, to Anna Frances Shreve; had one child, Joseph G. Shreve was bom in New Jersey, Feb. 26, 1839; settled in Logan Co. in i8<)8; married Aug. 29, 1865, to Eleanor G. Nolan, daughter of Judge Nolan, one of the prominent men of this county; married again Aug. 8, 1876, to Mrs. A. V. Blount, of Bloomington

12; P.O. Lawndale; dem; religion, liberal; bom in Green Co. Ohio, Oct. 21, 1840; married July i, 1866, to Mary Emeline Hedges; bom Logan Co. 111. June 16, 1844; have five children: Sylvester, Kirk, Amozette, Clara Estella, Rebecca Jane; owns 81 acres, value $4,000; has lived at present place since his marriage

CRAMER WILLIAM B. farmer, Sec 8; P.O. Lincoln; rep; religion Meth; bom in Sciota Co. Ohio, March 21, 1810; settled in Jersey Co. (then Green) 111. 1837, and settled in Lincoln, this county, 1858; - married March 26, 1839, ^^ Mary Thomas, who was bom in Ross Co. Ohio, Aug. 26, 18 10; have two children, Deborah, now Mrs. Wm. P. Randolph, and Sarah, now Mrs. Levi Forbes; owns 400 acres of land, value $30,000

DUNHAJf WUiLIAM H. farmer, Sec. 24; P. O, Lincoln; religion Christain; bom in Warren. Co. Ohi6, Nov. 15, 1821; settled in this county February, 1856; married Oct. 30, 1844, to Lillian Wilgus, bom in Warren Co. Ohio. July 4, 1823; had nine children, lost four; living: Quincy, Monroe, Lucy, Lydia, and Rosy; was in the army three years; on his return was paralyzed in consequence of hardships gone through, and has been entirely helpless for the last ten years; he draws a pension; the eldest son, Quincy*s patriotism was such that he enlisted in 1865, without consent of his parents, being then 17 years old; owns 80 acres, value $5,000

EWING C. C. was bom in White Co. Illinois, November 25. 1818. His father, John Ewing, was bom in Eastern Tennessee, in 1784. In 1804, he volunteered in the Indian campaign, and served during the war of 1812, and traveled over the greater part of the territory of Illinois. In the latter part of May, 1830, he came to the southem part of Tazewell County, then extending nearly to the present village of Lawndale, Logan County. He settled near this place, where he remained until his death, in 1845. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was one of the best men in Logan County. His brother, Reuben B. was for many 3rears County Judge of Logan County. The sab- ' ject of this sketch was 12 years <^d when he came with his parents to this county. His mother^s name was Elizabeth Dillard. She was bom in North Carolina, but removed with her parents to Tennessee* where she was married. There were five children in the family, viz: Osbom and James, now living in Kansas, Christopher C. still on the old homestead, Sidney, in Iowa, and William, in Kansas. Mr. Ewing remained with his parents, working on the farm, until his majority. He helped veiy much to bring the home farm to its present state of cultivation. In 1838, he was elected a Captain of Militia, Thomas R. Skinner being Colonel of the raiment. He served his company faithfully several years. In April, 1842, he was married to Margaret Ann Williams. Two years later he was elected justice of the peace, which office he retained four years. In May, 1849, ^^ los^ ^is ^^^ ^y death. She left two children, twins: Zachary T. and Catharine. The former is married and living in this county. The latter married S. E. Fergus and resides' here. On October 17, 1849, ^r* Ewing was married to Adaline Metcalf. The children are. Anna, now Mrs. George Judd, and living in Missouri; Reuben C living in Logan County; and George M., Francis M., Emma, Maggie, Ella and Freddie, at home. Mrs. Ewing died Oct. 22, 1877. In November after Mr. Ewing's second marriage, he was elected Associate Justice of the County Court. He retained this office four years, when he retired strictly to private life and to agricultural pursuits, which he says : *' I found ample for all my talents, and which, when properly pursued, I think, the most healthy, most independent, and most lucrative of all employments." His recollections of the early days of Logan County are most vivid. They are well expressed in letters to the secretary of the Old Settler^s Association, and form an important part in the early history elsewhere given in this volume

EWING REUBEN CHRISTOPHER, merchant, Lawn dale; rep; liberal; bom in Logan Co. January 26, 1853; married May 29, 1S73, to EUeanora Saulsbury, who was bom in Butler Co. Ohio, September 19, 1852; have two children : Mary Ellen, bom November 6, 1874; Winnie, November 3, 1886; elected constable at Lawndale, April, 1877

HYSER JOHN, fanner. Sec 35; P.O. Lincoln; dem; religion liberal; born in Ohio Sept. 13, 1837; settled in Logan Co. in the fall of 1868; married Aug. 5, i860, to Amy Stephenson, who was bom in Indiana, Sept.

JOHNSON JOSEPH, fanner. Sec. 29; P.O. Lincoln, bom in Dover, N. H., Feb. 22, 1846; came to this county in 1864; married Aug. 18, 1870, to Margaret A. Adams, who was born in Boston, N. Y., Feb. 18. 1853; have two children, Lilly May and Lura Belle; rep; religion liberal

METOALF JOHN* wiiis born in Anson County, near Watksborougk^ North Carolina, November 19, 1798; came to Illinois territory with his father in 1807, and ^settled in what was known as the Saline country or salt works; lived in that portion of the state until May, 1830, when he moved with his family to what is now Logan county, and settled in Kickapoo, five miles north and one east of the city of Lincoln, where he lived until his death, which occurred Dec. 15, 185 1, aged fiftythree years; he was thrice married; his first marriage was with Miss Rebecca Land, by whom he had two children : Rob* ert L. and Josiah S.; his second marriage was with Miss Ann Eliza Culbertson, by whom he had five children : Adaline, John S., Thomas J., Charlotte, and Reuben W.; his third marriage was with Miss Emily Fletcher; by her he had six children: Richard L., Cyrus C^ Maragret, Elizabeth, Zachery T., and Malinda A.; he was one of the pioneers of Illinois, as well as of Logan Co; he took an active part in the formation of the county, canvassing Tazewell, Co. from which part of the territory came to join the new county of Logan ; at the time of his death he owned 915 acres of land.

METCAIiF JOHN S. farmer. Sec. 5; P.O. Lincoln ; rep ; religion C. Pres; bom in White Co. Ills. Feb. 4, 1830 ; his family settled in Logan Co. the same year, in May ; has held the office of postmaster from 1861 to 1869, in May. At the annual town eleciion in 1870, was elected town assessor, and has held that office since then; three terms of election he has had no opposition ; married Sep. 37, 1853. to Mildonetta Howser, who was bom in Kentucky, May 27, 1832; had ten children, lost five; living: Charles T., Robert L., Thaddeus E., George E., and Tockin, he owns 120 acres, value $7,200.

MONGOLD WIIililAM W. farmer. Sec. 19; P.O. Lincoln; rep; Meth; bom in Jackson Co. Ohio Aug, 12, 1849; caosc to Logan Co. in 1853; enlisted in the army last days of June, 1865, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war; married Sept 20, 1867 to Kitura Shores, who was bom in Wayne Co. Illinois Sept, 8. 1848; one child, George Warwick Mengold

MOYER MICHAEL, farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Lincoln; rep; Pres; bom in Ohio, Oct. 23, 1821; settled in East Lincoln township in 1856; married Jan, 2, 1845 to Amanda Jane Fenton, who was bom in Kentucky Aug. 28, 1827; has six .children: Oliver, Isabella, Leonora, Eva, Meldonetta, Sarah Jane; Eva taught first term of school in this township when she was 17 years old; has also taught in Eminence township, and Champagne, Illinois; Meldonetta is also teaching school; owns 15 acres of land, value $1,500

MUSICK JOHN, farmer. Sec 20; P.O. Lincoln; rep; Chris; bom in Indiana March 10, 1807; came to Logan Co. Dec 6. 1825; married March 18, 1830 to Mary Johnson who was born in Indiana, Oct. 29, 18 1 3; had fifteen children, lost five; living: Levi J., Sarah Jane, now Mrs. F. Duncan; William H., John Thomas, Jesse Sylvester, Leah Anna, now Mrs. J. Gallagher; Jonathan, Elizabeth, now Mrs. P. Staats; Ephraim, and Mary, now Mrs. T. Denny; owns 600 acres, value $50,000

MUSICK LEVIJ. farmer. Sec. 7; P.O. Lincoln; rep; Meth; bom in Logan Co. Aug.' 4, 1833; married June 12, 1856 to Elizabeth Staats, who was bom in Virginia Dec. 23, 1833; had eight children, lost one; living: William A., Mary Jane, John L, Lucian L., Charles J., Robert, and Edith; owns 172 acres; value $5,000

PRICE STEPHEN O. farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Lincoln; rep; liberal; bom in Menard Co. Illinois, Jan. 24, 1847; settled in this county, fall of 1867; married Jan. 25, 1866 to Mary E. Cantrell, who was bom in Sangamon Co. Illinois Jane 13; 1847; has two children: Emily E. bom Oct 27, 1866, and William Oscar, bom May 20, 1870; owns 80 acres; value $60,000

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PBOPECK HIERONYMOUS, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Lawndale; rep; religion United Brethren in Christ; bom in Fairfield Co. Ohio, Jan. 24, 1828; in 1861 moved to Pickaway Co. Ohio, and settled in Logan Co. March 5, 1869; married Feb. 20. 1853,

- to Rachel Newkirk, who was bom in Fairfield Co. Ohio, Dec. 7, 1830; had six children, lost two; living : Shipman, Joseph, Laura, and Walter; own 85 acres, value

RAY ELIJAH, farmer. Sec. 15; P.O. Lincoln; dem; liberal; was bom in Morgan Co. Illinois Dec. 15, 1836; settled in Logan Co. in March, 1862; married March 20, 1862 to Sarah Frances Hilton, who was bom in Indiana July 28, 1839; owns 80 acres, value $4,000

Ryan James laborer, Lawndale; rep; liberal BY AS JEREMIAH, farmer. Sec 24; P.O. Lincoln; dem; religion Cath; bom in Ireland, 6th April, 1843; married loth Feb. 1863, to Joanna Ronnan, who was bom in Ireland, 26th Dec. 1846; have four children (lost three) living; James, Katie, Mary and Jane; left Ireland in the fall of 1850, and came to Logan County in the fall of '53; owns 240 acres, value $10,000 Ryan Timothy, laborer, Lawndale; rep; liberal

SHAVER PHELLIP, farmer, Sec 25; P.O. Lincoln; religion United Brethren in Christ; bom in Warren ^ounty, Ohio, Sept 5, 1814; went to Montgomery County in 1834, and married there the 24th Dec 1S40, to Mary Ann Bailey, and came to Logan County in the fall of 1844; has nine children: John W., Edgar A., Francis B., Elizabeth S., Thomas E., Phillip W, Nancy Jane, Mary Maria and Anne Annette; Francis B. enlisted the 24th of May, 1864; was taken prisoner by the rebels, and died at Andersonville prison the 24th of Aug. same year; his wife died the 2d of Oct 1874

SHAW WILLIAM, farmer, Sec 15; rep; religion, liberal; P.O. Lincoln; bom in England, July 21, 1836; was ten years old when he came to Ohio with his father; went to Michigan in 1850, back to Ohio in 1852, and then settled in this county in 1867; was four years in the war of the rebellion; married April 27, 187 1, to Anna Cutlep, who was bom i6th of April, 1844; have three children: Elizabeth, five years; Martha, three years, and Maris Leah, one year old; owns eighty acres, value

SKEIiTOX JOHN B. fanner and ' stock raiser, Sec, 36; rep; religion liberal; P. O. Skelton; bom in Gibson county, Indiana, Oct. 13, 1821; settled in Logan county in 1846; married April 20, 1842, to Martha J. Warrick. He raises the finest breeds of short-horn cattle, hogs, colts and sheep in the county. The station on the I. B. & W. Railway bearing his name, he established, and it is located on hb land; he owns 200 acres, value $20,000

STEWART CORYDON F. justice of the peace, Lawndale; rep; religion Methodist; was bom March 24, 18 1 1, at Madison County, New York; married 9th September, 1832, to Mary A. Johnson, who was born Feb. 18, 18 16, in Tomkins County, New York; had thirteen ch ildren lost five; living: Jacob F., James P., Corydon E., Mary A., (now Mrs. O. J. Hyde Fannie E., (now Mrs. C. M. Houser) Isaura, (now Mrs. J. D. Tribbey) Zelda L. and Ethelbert R; owns a farm on Sec. i, of twenty-five acres, value $1,000 phsician and surgeon, Lawndale; dem; religion liberal; bom Sept 28, 1849; married Feb. 22, 1876, to Alice C. Keith; came to Logan county Illinois, Oct. 1875; located same year at Lawndale, and has a good practice there and in neighboring townships; graduated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York

18; P.O. Lincoln; rep; religion liberal; bora in Springfield, 111. 27th May, 1826; came to Logan County Oct. 1831; married March 18, 1859, to Nancy Musick, who was bom in Indiana, 28th January, 1838; had nine children, lost one; living: Abraham, Ephraim. John, David, Roda, Mary. Osborn and Margaret; owns 40 acres, value $2,500

WALKER REUBEN E. farmer. Sec 5; P.O. Lawndale; rep; religion liberal; bom in Moultrie Co. IlL Feb. iq, 1850; came to this county in 18 54; married, istfa Sept. 1872, to Maiy Larison, who was bom Aug. 30, 1852; one child, six months old

Lincoln; rep; Uni; bom in town of Plymouth, Qrafton Co. New Hampshire, Sept, 13, 1814; married to Sophrona Burt in 1842; she was bom July 1$. 1820, and died July I, 1848; had two children by her : Mary (married to G. G. Hodgdon) Martha (married to George W. Chamberlain); married again to Maria Hatch in X849; she was bom 28th of Nov. 1828; has six children by her: John W., Ezekiel, Margaret (now Mrs. J. Johnson) Nelson, Ervin, Lilly M; lost one; rents 560 acres; is a member of the firm of Hodgdon & Adams

BRAHj GOTTIilEB, farmer. Sec. 10; P.O. Lincoln; rep; Luth; bom in Saxony, Germany, Oct. 2, 1826; married Sept 15, 1 85 1, to Anna Meuksche, who was bom

Aug. 8, 1826; died Feb. i, 1863; ^uul six * ehildren by his'first wife : Lewis H., Paulina, Amelia, Louis, Julius, (who is school teacher at present in this district) and Charles; married again to Mata Anelgan June 20, 1863, by whom he has three children : Hermann, John M. and George; she was bom in 1835, in Hanover, Germany; owns 260 acres, value, $S,ooo

DEWITT PATRICK, farmer, Parks St. block 12; P.O. Lincoln; dem; Cath; born in Co. Limerick, Ireland, March, 1818; three years in New York State; came here in 1856; married in 1856 to Catherine Testine, who was bom in Co. Limerick, Ireland, in 1836; both members of Roman Catholic Church: have two children, Patrick and Michael; Ipst two

DONA VAN JOHN, farmeV, Sec 35; P.O. Lincoln; dem; Pres; bom in Franklin Co. Penn; left there in 1820, going to Muskingum Co. Ohio, and in 1825 he went to Champaign Co. Ohio; came here in 1863, and has lived here since

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GIIiliHAM JAMES, farmer and .stock-raiser, Sec, i; P.O. Lincoln; rep; Meth. Episcopal; bom In Illinois, Dec. 7, 1840; married Oct. i, 1872, to Letitia B. Fry, who was bom July 27. 184J; served one year in the war of the rebellion; enlisted 1861, in Co. K, Fourteenth III; dis- * charged on account of sickness in 1 862; owns 210^ acres in this Co. value $15,006; makes a specialty of breeding short-home<l cattle and Southdowu sheep; has five chilkren - W.Edgar, (Jcrtie V.,Edifh N.lCrade

. M., Anna C; lost one, named Charlie C. 'Gofdhammer Frederick, S^c. 6; P.O. Hartsburg; dem; Luth; from Germany Gorche /acob, farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Lincoln,

J RELANI? BENJ. farmer, §ec. 21; P.O^ ^ Lincoli^; rep^ jChris; (rom South CarolinA INGRAM HAJNCIIi, Sec. 34; PO. Lincoln; rep; Meth; bom in Kentucky, Oct 28, 1809; married in 1826 to Letitia. Taylor; she was bom in 1810; deceased. Married again Sept. 1865, to Mrs. Elizabeth Newson, by whom he has no children; had six cl^iUdrej^ by his first wife : ^ Elizabeth,, now Mrs. Thomas Sj>radley; Matilda C. married to J. O. See; Edmy, married to L. - T. Spradley; Barney, living in Sec 34, married to Charlotte Jewel, and has nine children; Angeline, married to William Sanders; James, married to Elizabeth Wilson

JACKS6N JOSEPH, farmer. Sec. rs; P.O. Lincoln; dem; Luth; from Maiytand Jackson William H. farmer. Sec. 10; T.O. Lincoln; dem; Chris; frohi MVuyland rep; Meth. McGinty Michael, iarmer. Sec 5; P:0. Hartsburg, dem; Cdth; from Ireland Meyers Hermann, farmer. Sec. 22; P,0.'Lihcoln; independent; Luth; from Germany 'Moyer Peter, fsirmer, Sec 7; P.O. Biirtonview; dem; liberal; Pennsylvania fjaiOODEMUS VALENTINE, '''^ farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Burtonview; rep;

SCkASTEEN H£NBY, farmer. Sec. a8; P.O. Lincoln; rep; Meth; bom in Ross Co. Ohio, Nov. 6, 1844; married Oct. 21, 1868, to Elizabeth Inman; who was bom in Ohio, March 23, 1849; died April 7, 1877; has four children: Edward Arthur, Charles Henry, and John Harrison, lost one; enlisted Dec 8, x86z, in Company F, 44th Illinois, Inf. 4th army corps, under Sherman; was stationed at Gallatin, Tenn; was in the battles of Franklin, Atlanta, Resaca, Altoona, Savannah, and Bentonville; was discharged at close of war, Sept. 25, 1865

West Lincoln Business Directoby

"^^ itoclt-nUers and milk-dealers, Sec. 34; extensive catlle^rabers; Sec 34; Weri Lindiey are the only milk establishment in ihii coin Township

AYRES JOHN B. farmer; bom in Miami Co. Ohio, in 1831; moved from there to this county in 185a; was married to Eliza Shupe in 1S71; has one child, Lena A. bom in 1873; rep.

BEIDLEB SAMUEL LINN, postmaster and druggist, Mt. Pulaski; was bora in Lancaster Co. Pa. June 23, 1837; lived in Trenton, N. J. in 1852-3; went from there to Ross Co. Ohio; remained during the years 1854-5-6; came to this county in 1857, and to this village the following fall; was appointed postmaster by James Buchanan immediately after he arrived here, and has held the office ever since, with the exception of about a year during Andrew Johnson's administration; was director of the G. C. & S. R.R. from its organization in 1870 till 1876; married Miss Piudence Ann Capps, Feb. 8, i860; she was born in Mt. Pulaski, Dec 18, 1841; have had eight children, viz : Helen, bom Nov. 3, i860, deceased; Monitor Clarence, bom Jan.- 12, 1862; Frank X. bom Feb. 16, 1864; John^ Linndemuth, bom Dec. 27, 1865; Snow Flake, bom Dea 13, 1867; Imogene A. bom Oct. 5, 1872; Bell Capps, bom Feb. 7, 1874; George Hoke, born Dec. ao, 1876; owns twenty lots and fourteen houses in Mt Pulaski, valued at $18,000; also, section of land in Kansas, valued at $10 per acre; persoi^al^prpp^rtx $10,000; black rep; Universalist .

BlOaS JOSSU^H, M^, Pulaski, saloon; rep; bora in Jennings Co. Ind. 1S37; came to Mt Pulaski in 1876; married Artelissa Corcoran, of Jajcksonville, Morgan Co. 111. in 1858; has three children : Wm. H., Frank and Aggie

Pulaski; dem; Luth; bom Illinois Brown Robert fann hand; dem. 6row|i G. Riley, fanner. Sec. 5; P.O. Mt Pulaski; dem; liberal; from South Carolina Buchanan George, farmer. Sec 4; P.O. Mt.

to Cincinnati. Mr. Capps remained, hefe engaged. in various emploTyments two ypars, . when he went to Louisville^ Remaining there but a short time, he walkedto St. Louis, as steamboats were seldom seen on the westem waters, and on their approach were always the signal for the gathering of the populace. In i8ao, Mr. Capps crossed. the Father of ; Waters into the new State of Illinois, the wealth of whose prairies he had often heard described by traders, and entered what was then known as the St. Gamey country settling at Calhoun, now Springfield. His occupation here was teaching school, first at Clark's old mill on the south fork of Sangamon River, where he held the pioneer school of Sangamon Co. His second school was in Sprinfield, it being the first school in that place. Not liking this occupation for a life work, he engaged in the manufacture of shoes and boots, and opened soon after one of the first stores in the present state capital. In 1839, he was married to Miss Prady Ann Stafford. By this marriage he became the father of four children: Thomas, Charles, Ebenezer and Oliver, all of whom are liv - ing, save Thomas, who died while young. Mr. Capps purchased a log house of Stephen Stillman, the first postmaster in Springfield, and in that kept an assortment of the various articles needed by the pioneers. Not meeting with the success he anticipated, and. finding it very difficult, if not impossible to collect fvom all his customers, many of whom lived in what is now Logan Co. Mr. Capps determined to sell* and. seek a new location. He had for a while met with good success^ and^bad established a branch store at Vandalia. Bqt circumstances idrea(ly mentioned, Jackson's^ bank veto, and cpnsequent hard times in the west, induced him to take this s(ep. M.eanwhil^ Dr. Shields, his brotherin-la^, then a practitioner in Springfield, had been m^ing professional ' calh at Nicolas Mpore*s in' th^ settlements on.^t Cree)&,and the Lake f^ork, and, returning from one of these trips, described; to ' Mr. Capps a bea3itifuMoca!tion for a town on the prairie hefiyeen Salt Creek and Lake I^rk.' Dr. Barton Robinson, who was in an adjoining room« h^rdth^ description and b^me interested. gSoon afler, a doni- pany was fonned, consisting of Jabez Capps, G. W. Turley, and Dr. Robinson, and in August, 1836, these persons, witl) Thomas Skinner as surveyor, came to the present site of Mt. Pulaski and laid out the village. Early in the spring preceding, Mrs. Capps had died, and Mr. Capps knowing the need of a helpmeet in his new home, in September married Miss Elizabeth Baker, and the next morning after the wedding set out for his prairie home. He had rented a small cabin of Jerry Burks, who lived near the timber, and having removed it to the summit of the mound, placed his £unily therein on his arrival. This was a small one-story cabin. He im. mediately had erected a story and a half frame, the lower story of which he used for a store, the upper for a dwelling. In the log and frame structure he kept a characteristic frontier store several years. This becoming too small, he erected a. frame quitt a commodious house for those days This was used similarly as the log structure, which had occupied the site of the present post-office building. By his second marriage Mr. Capps became the father of ten children: John H., Prudende, wife of S. Linn Beidler, who for many years ^as been post m^ister here; Maiy, wife of Michael McNattin; William, Benjamin D., Jabez Jr., Edward, Frank - who died in early youth - Harry and Maud. Mr. Capps lived about two years in his frontier home before another family joined him on the Mount. For several items concerning the early settlement of Mt. Pulaski, the reader is referred to the history elsewhere in this book, where some interesting details may be found. In a few years Mr. Capps had established a prosperous trade and commanded custom for many miles in all directions. This business he pursued succdsfully until 1858 when he retired from the mercantile business, and with his son Charles, entered largely into the horticultural business. He has always had a fondness - for this pursuit, and even now in his old age, he loves to work in his beautiful nursery in the north part of the town. Mr. Capps' life has been varied. He has seen many great changes in our nation. He has seen the infant State of Illinois grow to the fourth state in the Union,. and the prairies which wild 'when he, a young man, first saw them, to be covered with farms, and prosperous- - industries. Although Mr. Capps is 81 years of age, his hearing and vision ate good, ti^d his strength seems hardly abated,

CASS FRANK J>. M.D. physician and surgeon, Mt. Pulaski; rep; MedL-Epis; bora, in 1832, in what was dien Sangamon Co. now Logan; graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1863, and from the Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1876; married Sarah 6. Landis, of this county, in 1858; has one iiad five children: John, Mary S. (married ' Wniiam Burr), Maggie A. (married Thomas Anderson), Lucy C. (married Thomas Clark), and Dahlia, deceased

OONSJiilN PEABL J. proprietor Mt, Pulaski Citizen (Conklin Bros, editors), Mt. Pulaski; rep; bom in Dayton, Ohio, Jan. a, 1854; came to this county in 1876. Mr. Conklin commenced the publication of the CitiMen Nov. 29, 1876, and has since that time been its proprietor. The Cititen is the only paper published in the city, has a good circulation and increasing rapidly. He was married to Laura, daughser of E. S. Capps, of Mt. Pulaski, on the 28th of Nov. 1877.

CONNOIiliEY GEORGE W. barkeeper for S. A. Lacock; was bom in Logan Co. 111. Nov. 28, 1852; followed the business of farming four years; came to the village of Mt. Pulaski at the age of seven years, and has been here ever since; married Miss Katie Klotz, in this place, April 8, 1875; she was bora in Mt. Pulaski, Sept 27, 1857; have one child, Willie £. bora Jan. 13, 1876; dem; Luth.

CONRAI> IjEWIS, merchant (firm of Conrad & Seyfer). Sec 2; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; was bom July 26, 1842, in Fairfield Co. Ohio; came to this state and county in Oct. i860, and engaged in farming; entered the amiy on Aug. 19, 1862, and served three years; was honorably discharged May 30, 1865, at Memphis, Tenn.; started in the mercantile business in July, 1873; ^^ married to Miss Delilah Shoup, Aug. 16, 1866; she was bora in Logan Co. 111. Oct. 2, 1842; they have four children, all living, viz: Frank G. bora June 22, 1867; Lina R. bora Feb. 15, 1869; Willie S. bom Dec.

Pulaski; dem. Copeland Samuel >M. famier. Sec. 15; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; dem; liberal; bom in Illinois Copeland William A. farmer, Sec 14; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; dem; liberal; bom In Illinois Copeland William Franklin, farmer. Sec. 15; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; dem; Chris; bom in Illinois Corwin Henry, farmer; dem. Crouch Jonathan, farmer. Sec. 5; P.O. Mt.

DANNEB ANDREW, farmer. Sec 23; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; dem; Luth; bom in Germany. Nov. 23, 1808; came to Hagerstown, Md. in 1832; moved from there to Springfield, 111. and there worked at blacksmithing; moved to the county in 1836; was married to Magdalina Mergenthaler in 1844, who died in 1855; was again married, in 1856, to Margaret Loetterl; has had nine children - five by his first, and four by his second wife: Christena B.,. Anna M., Anna Margaret, Christena H.,. Kathrine and John,and three now deceased; has*i6o acres of land

DANTKER ANDREW P. constable and deputy sheriff; was bora in Mt. Pulaski, June 29, 1 84 1, being the first white child of German descent bora in the village of Mt. Pulaski; has followed various occupations up to April I, 1862; enlisted in the 35th I.V.I. Co. G, as private; was propromoted to second sergeant; served three years and over; was honorably discharged. May 28, 1865, at Greenville, East Tennessee; was appointed village constable in May, 1875; was appointed deputy sheriff in Dec. 1875; married Miss Lizzie Kessel^

DANNEB CHBISTIAlf, farmer. Sec. 18; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; dem; Luth; born in Germany; came to this country in 1836. and Logan Co. in 1840; married EfFe D. Smith, in Pittsburgh, Pa. 1836; of that marriage there are four children alive ^Andrew F., Henry, John and Kate; Mrs. Danner died in 1854. Re-married to Dorathy Burkhardt, in Logan Co. in 1856, and of his second marriage has five children - Mary, Christena, Christian, George and Gotleib. When Mr. Danner came to Mt. Pulaski, there were only two houses in the town

DANNER E« A. merchant tailor and dealer in clothing, Mt. Pulaski; Luth; was bora in Germany in 1834, and came to this -country Jan. i, 1861, and located at this town; .the first three years of his residence here, he was employed by his uncle, and then he engaged in business for himself; was married in 1864 to Catharine Ophard, who was bora 1848; has had six children: Eraest F., Christian H., Louis and Amelia, now living, and Louis and Frank, now deceased

DEMENT GEORGE G. clerk; was bora March 9, 1843, in Logan Co. Ill; entered the service Aug. i, 1863, as private, in Company D io6th I.V.I; was promoted to Sergeant-Major of the regiment; served three years; was honorably discharged Aug. 1, 1865; married Miss LemiraSams, Oct. 26, 1865, who was born Feb. 2, 1843, in Lc^an Co. Ill; have had two children (twins), one living, William A. bora Nov. 5, 1867; owns 68 acres in the township, value $5,000; also two lots and house in Mt. Pulaski, valued at $1,600; rep; Meth.

DEMENT JOHN^ H. constable; was bora in Logan Co. 111. Oct. 15, 1840; entered the army Aug. I, 1862, and served three years, in Company D, io6th I. V. I. Capt. D. Vanhise commanding; was honorably discharged Aug. i, 1865; married Rebecca Ayres, March 13, 1862, who was born March 5, 1840, in Pickaway Co. Ohio; have two children: Flora E. born 19th Dec. 1869, and Rosaltha, bora 27th June, 1874; owns two lots and house in Mt Pulaski, valued $900; rep; Meth.

DERBY WUililAM H. teacher; was bora in Ridgefield, Huron Co. Ohio, Feb. 35 1 1839; remained there until the year 1858, then went to Lincoln, 111: arrived there April 15 of the same year; commenced teaching in this county in the fall of 1861, and has been so engaged ever since; has been principal of the Mt. Pulaski school four years; married Miss Adda C. Simms, Sept. 3, 1873; she was born in Mt Pulaski, Dec. 2, 1853; has one child, Clarence E. bora July 9, 1874; Mr. Derby was elected superintendent of sdiools for Logan Co. Nov. 6, 1877; rep; UnL

I>OTEN SOREIjIj, farmer, Sec. 2;?.- O. Mt. Palaski; was bom in Barnard, Vermont, in 1821; moved to Huron Co. Ohio, in 1843, and was there married to Eliza, beth J. Nelson, in April, 1846; have had nine children : Mary F., Harry J., Agnes L., Elizabeth and Gertrude, now living, and Rosella, Clara, Henry and Charles deceased; moved from Huron Co. Ohio, to this county in 1858; owns 245 acres, valued at $17,150; rep; Univ.

I>OTY DANIEL M. surgeon-dentist, Mt. Pulaski; dem; Christian and minister of that church; bomi;i Clark Co. Ill, Sept. 23, 1835; settled in Mt. Pulaski in 1871; married Miss E. P. Ferris, of DeWitt Co Nov. 6, 1856; no children; raised an adopted -daughter from infancy, Nannie J. who married Lucien S. Edwards, of Lincoln, Logan Co. Dec. 28, 1876

DUBOCE MABCEIi A. photographer, Mt. Pulaski; was bom in France, Oct. 5, 1865; came to this country in i860; went to Springfield, 111. in 1861; enlisted in the 3d 111. Light Art. Company A, commanded by Capt. Vaughan, Aug. 7, 1862, and served three years; came to Mt. Pulaski in June, 1874; married Miss Augusta Swinke, Sept. 15* 1873, who was bom in Prussia, Aug. 10, 1853; have two children: Flora E. bora 13th July, 1874, and Hamilbn A. bom loth Sept. 1876; rep. in politics; liberal in religion

EWIXa JOSEPH W. lumber merchant, Mt. Pulaski; bom in 1838, in Scott Co. Kentucky; came to Logan Co. in Dec 1856; married Cathrine E. Steenbergen, of this county. May 10, 1871; no family; dem.

GILBERT JOHN, livery stable, Mt. Pulaski, bora in Centre Ca Pennsylvania, in 1833; married Hattie Rieley, of Springfield, 111. March 18, 1877; settled in Logan Co. 1872; republican; Presbyterian

GORDON J. B. livery, sale and feed stabler; was bom in Green Co. Pennsylvania, Sept. 15, 1845; came to this county in 1856, and engaged in the cattle trade; 1872, engaged in the livery business; married in 1872 to Dorothea Sheppard; have two children, Harry E. and Dolly; rep.

Harden William Henry

HARDEN WILLIAM HENRY, farmer. Sec. 5; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; rep; religion liberal; bom in Menard Co. 111. Aug. 2, 1846; married April 21, 1875, to Miss E. Caroline Hays, bom in Logan Co. Oct. 9, 1853; have two children, Allie Anderson and Flora Irene; came to Logan Ca. 1858; has been farming and trading; been out west as far as Colorado, taking out freight teams, getting $75 a month; bought the first land of 10 acres in 1867; now owns q2|^ acres, which ^he got by raising hogs and cattle, and successful trading, value $5,000

SOECKER JOSEPH, boot and shoe manufacturer, Mt. Pulaski; was bom in Ladwigshafen, on the Rhine, Germany, May 22, 1843; came to the United Statesi Oct. 4, 1868, and to this county Nov. 7, 1875; married Miss Anna Kuhn, Sept. 3, 1871 ; she was born in Maykammer, Pfalzi Germany, June 8, 1850; have had four children, three living: Barbara Emma, bom Dec. 23. 1873; Clara, born Sept. 23. 1874; Anna Maria, bom Nov. 7, 1876; owns two lots and a house, valued at $1,000; rep; Cath.

Huck Charles George

HUCK CHARLES GEORGE, merchant, Mt. Pulaski; was bom in Dorf Mietersheim, Baden, Germany, April 23, 1840, came to this country Feb. 27, 1854, and went direct to St. Louis; remained there about two years, then went to Lincoln, Ills; stayed there one year and a half; moved to Mt. Pulaski, Sept. 13, 1858, and started in the bakery business; went into

Pulaski; was married to Miss Paulina Schafer May 6, i860, who was bom in Wurtemberg, Germany, Dec. 31, 1843; have had five children: George A., Anna Cathrine Paulina, Maria Elizabeth, Elizabeth Doretha (deceased), and Emma Doretha; dem; Luth.

JONES ALBERT G. attorneyat-law; rep; liberal; born in Bond Co. Ills; came to this county in 1863; married Mary F. Cunningham, of Cass Co. III. in 1876

ELOTZ DAVID, clerk with Frank Schick; was bom in .Wurtemberg, Germany, May 9, 1833; came to this country and landed in Boston, Aug. 11, 1853; went from there to Pittsburgh, Pa and stayed there one year and a half, then came to ML Pulaski, Dec. 31, 1854; has been engaged in the tailoring business and clerking ever since; married Mrs. Mary Lutz, June 3, 1861; she was bom in Wurtembcrg, Germany, Feb. 6, 1838; have had seven children: Charles Henry, bora Feb. 5, 1862; John David, bom April 17, 1864; Louisa Magdelena (deceased), bom June 10, 1866; Anna Mary, bom April 25, 1868; Catharine Eliza, bom Aug. 18, 1870; Wilhelmina Emilie, bom April 27, 1873; Mathilde, bom Nov. I, 1875; enlisted as a private in Co. B, io6th I. V. I.; served ten months; was discharged on account of disability; dem; Luth.

KBrEO JOHN, merchant, Mt. Pulaski; was bom in Dorf Ilm, Schwarzburg, Rudolstadt, Germany, March 8, 1833; arrived in this country and came directly to Mt. Pulaski June 19, 1850, and engaged in the tailoring business; been in general merchandising since 1863; married Anna Beierlein in Nov. 1856, and had two children by this marriage, William and Mathilda; was married again to Barbara Meister, who was bora March 25, 1842, in Bavaria, Germany; they have had six children, five living: Louisa, Lena, Anna (deceased), Elizabeth, George, and Emielie; dem; Luth. .

liACOCK SAMXJBL A. saloon, billiard hall, and bowling alley, west side of public square, Mt. Pulaski; was born in Northumberland Co. Pa. Sept. 15, 1835; came to this county on Nov. 8, 1856; taught . school at the CopeUnd school-house, on Lake Fork in the winter of 1856-7 ; then ^ught at Shoup's school-house on Salt Creek the winter of 1858; went to Colorado the same year ; returned to Mt. Pulaski, Aug. 23, 1871, and engaged in trading ; started in the saloon business in liAUGHLIN ROBERT H. farmer. Sec. 9; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; dem; Meth; bom in Ohio July 20, 1835; his father, John C. came to Logan Co. Oct. 14, 1835,. and he was raised in this county; married March 5, 1857, to Susannah Jackson, bom Ohio, March 5, 1833; had eight children, lost one: Emily, John Wesley, Albert B., Lucejla Ann, Leonard Jefferson, Phoebe Mary, Chloe, and Eliza; was the first man that enlisted in this township, April 14^ 1861, Co. H, 7th I. V. three months' service; enlisted again Aug. 1862, Co. D,. lo6th L v.; served three years, discharged Aug. I, 1865; has been elected two terms constable, from 1866 to 1870; helped to sink coal shaft at Lincoln lilNCOIiN JOHK, farmer, Sec i; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; from Pickaway Co. Ohio; rep; wa s bQm Nov. 9, 1834; came to this county April 17, 1857; was married March 19^ 1857 to Malinda Morris, who was bom in Pickaway Co. Ohio, Sept. 25, 1837; ^^^^ five chUdren: Mary S., Charles W., Maud, Edward M. and Abraham, now deceased; has 160 acres of land, valued at $8,000

LINCOLN SOLOMON B. farmer. Sec. 9; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; rep; Methodist; born in Union County, Pennsylvania, Nov. 17, 1820; married Jan. 6, 1843. ^o Mi^ Melinda Morris, bom in Pickaway County, Ohio, June 6, 1820; have four children: William, John, Rachael Ellen, now Mrs.. Alex. Fleming, and Samuel; owns i6a acres, value $10,000; came to Logan County Oct. 14, 1855; has been farming all his life with exception of two years; from. 1872 to '74, he was deputy sheriff of the county

LIPP tTOHNy bakery, restaurant and saloon on Washington st. Mt. Pulaski; was bom in Koenigstadten, Germany, Sept.. 28, 1837; came to this country May 1st,. 1859, and went directly to Evansville, Indiana; remained there about two years; went to Lincoln, Illinois, April 27, 1865; stayed there eleven years; moved to Mt. Pulaski, March 12, 1876; married Miss. Amelia Heier in Jeffersonville, Indiana^ April 25, 1865; she was bom in that place, June 15, 1842; have had three children, viz: August Henry, bom in Lincoln, March 25, 1866; Louisa, bom in Jefferson ville, Indiana, April 5, 1870; Anna Marie, bom in Lincoln, May 13, 1875; owns house and lot in Lincoln, valued $1,000; dem; Luth.

Pulaski; dem; Cath; from Germany Maus Peter, farmer. Sec. 13; P.O. Mt Pulaski; dem; Cath; from Germany May George, Sec. i; works for J. J. D.

HATER GEORGE Sr., retired merchant, Mt Pulaski; was bom in Kirchberg, Germany, May 15, 1820; came to this country in May 1838, and went to Springfield, Illinois; married there to Miss Caroline Dingle, who was bom in Baden, Germany; she died in 1845; had two children by this marriage, both dead; married again to Miss Ann Work, in this County, Feb. 29^ 1848; she was bom in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, March 29, 1814; have had three children, viz: George, bom Feb. 17, 185 1 (deceased); Franklin Pierce, bom April 5, 1853; Susan E. bora June 24, 1856 (deceased); was township school treasurer from 1 861 to 1875; is tax collector ofMt. Pulaski township for year 1877; owns storeroom and lot valued $6,000, also dwelling and lots valued $2,000; dem; Luth.

MEISTEB GEORGE, farmer ^d brick.maker, Sec. 23; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; was bom in Bavaria, Germany, July 5, 1815; came to this country in 1844; landed in Baltimore; went from there to Cincinnati in Not. 3, 1844; ^^^^ there and went to St. Louis; came to Mt. Pulaski, May 2, 1845; engaged in the above business May 4, 1849; married Miss Katharina Klotz in Germany, Dec. 25, 1839; she was bom in Bavaria, Germany, Dec. 10, 1 810; have had seven children, five living, viz: John, bom March 2, 1839; Barbara, bora March 25, 1842; Elizabeth, bora May 27, 1846; Henry, bom May 12, 1849; Solomon, bom Sept. 9, 185 1; dem; Luth.

BfEISTEB JOHN, saloon, cor. Washington and Main st. Mt. Pulaski; was bom in Bavaria, Germany, March 2, 1839; came to this country on 1844, and settled in Mt. Pulaski on May 2, 1845; has been in the above business for the past fourteen years; he married Mary Ann Lang, Oct. 17, 1 86 1, who was born in Saxony, Germany, Feb. 21, 1844; they have four children, all living, viz: John, George, Frederick and Catharine; Lnthem in religion

MOORE JOHN J. farmer. Sec. 29, P.O. Mt. Pulaski, bom in Germany in 1826; came to this country in 1850, and settled in Sangamon County, and then moved to this county in 1857; was married to Soplua Carter in 1852, who died in 1868; had four children by Sophia; Mary E. John A. Thomas W. living, and Flora, now deceased; was again married in 1869 to Maiy A. Shocky; was a member of Co. I, 106 IIL VoL Infantry, who was engaged in the siege of Vicksburg among other battles; have 320 acres valued $14,400 Moore Thomas W. farmer, Sec 29. P.O. Ml Pulaski

MORAN MICHAEL farmer, Sec 3: P.O. Mt. Pulaski; dem; religion liberal; bom in Ireland Dec. 26. 1840; married Nov. 29, 1866, to Miss Melissa Fletcher, bora Ills. March i, 1842; have six children: Maiy Ellen, Jacob, Clarence, Oscar, Minnie, Ann Ida; owns fifty-five acres, value $4fOOO; came to America when twelve years old, and to Logan County in 1857; enlisted in 1862 in the io6th Ills. Co. D; discharged in 1865; was at the siege of Vicksburg

1^ lEDERGESAESS WM. laborer, Mt -'-^ Wlaski; dem; Luth; from Hesse Darmstadt NICHOLSON FBANKIilN V. city marshal, Mt. Pulaski; was bom in Cass Co. Michigan, Oct i84i;came to this county April 17, 1856, and engaged in the business of farming; enlisted in the 145th IIL Vol. Infantry, Company K, as private; served five months, at which time the regiment was discharged; then came back home and engaged in farming three years; came to Mt. Pulaski in the winter of 1868, and was elected constable the following spring; served in that capacity eight years; was elected marshal in the spring of 1876; married Miss Mary F. Doten January 15, 1874, who was bom in Huron Co. Ohio, March 16, 1851; have one child, Fred S. bom Febraary 6, 1875; rep; UnL

PHINNEY MARCEIiliUS P. physician and surgeon, Mt. Pulaski; was bom in Worcester Co. Mass. July i, 1838; moved to this state in April, 1858; went to Mason Co. in April, 1859; came to this county in Nov. 25, 1871; married Miss .Lucy T. Andrews in Mason City, 111. March 15, i860; she was bom in Ohio, March 7, 1839; they have three children, viz: Ora Lizzie, bom April 10, 1862; Oscar Henry, born September 27. 1866; Ola May, bom March 23, 1871; rep; Pres.

PUMPELLY JONATHAN N. physician and surgeon, Mt Pulaski; was bom in Oxford Co. Maine, August 19, 1832; he moved with his parents to Mason Co. Kentucky, in the fall of 1838; remained there eighteen years; came to this state in

December, 1856, and to this county in April, 1862; has engaged in the practice of medicine twenty-two years; married in Mt. Pulaski to Miss Amanda C. Parke, December 23, 1858; she was bom in Coburg, Canada, June 30. 1837; have had six children, viz: Mary A. bom Dec. 29, 1859 (deceased); Amy, bom Oct. 3, 1862; Nora, bom April 25, 1865 (deceased); Frances Pearl, bom Oct. 30, 1867, Vergilia Parke and Virgil Parke (twins) bom Oct. 28, 1870. Mr. P. has been justice of the peace and supervisor; is a member of the city council; rep; Chris.

REINDERS JOHN, farmer. Sec. 10; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; born in Germany, Nov. 28, 1831; came to this country 1852, to Cass Co. Ill; moved from there to this county in 1854; was married April 23, 1868, to Anna M. Danner; have had four children: Peter A, Anna M. John C. and Andrew F. Mr. Reinders is now supervisor of this township, and has been road commissioner for eight years; has 120 acres of land; dem; Evang.

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BOTH JOHN, butcher, and dealer in hides, tallow, etc. Mt. Pulaski; was bom in Wurtemberg, Germany, July 14, 1844; left there and went to Canada in December, 1866; came to this country in March, 1867, and settled in Lincoln; stayed there four months, and then went to St Loub; remained there one year and a half, and then came to Mt. Pulaski in June, 1S68, and has been engaged here in the above business ever since; married Miss Marie Barbara Danner in Nov. 1875, who was bom in Mt. Pulaski Township, Nov. 13, 1856; owns 10 acres, valued at $800; also, three lots in Mt. Pulaski, valued at $2,000; dem; Luth.

SAMSON LEOPOIiD, merchant, Mt. Pulaski; was bom in Bavaria, Germany, Dec. 25, 1842; came to this country Aug. I, 1858. and to this county Jan. i, 1877, and started in business in Mt. Pulaski; Jan. 15, 1877; married in Chicago, Dec. 25, 1873 to Miss Lina Reinheimer; she was bom in Bavaria, Germany, June 17, 1853; have one child, Milton, born in. Salt Lake City, Oct. 12, 1874; Mr. S. has traveled all over the United States; since 1872 he has

SAWYER GEO. S. merchant. Ml Pulaski; bom in Chester, Windsor Co. Vt. Sept. II, 1843; went to Waukesha, Wis. at the age of 10 years, where his parents still reside; enlisted at the age of 18 (Aug. 13, 1862.) in the 28th Wb. Vol. Inf. as Sergeant in Co. A, and served three years; was honorably discharged at Brownsville, Texas; Aug. 23, 1865; went to Chicago and engaged in business there until Aug. i, 1870; then went to Mt. Pulaski; married Miss Phebe C. Hubbard. Oct. 7, 1873, who was bom in Canada, Feb. 14, 1851; one son, Frank Percy, bom Sept. 5, 1875; Mr. S. is a republican, and a liberal in religious views

SCHAFER WM. A. blacksmith and plow manufacturer, Mt. Pulaski; was bom in Wurtemberg, Germany, Jan. 23. 1837; came to this country in 1853, and to this county Jan. 18, 1854; was elected sheriff of Logan Co. in the fall of 1872, and served two years; has served four terms as a member of the city council of Mt. Pulaski, being first elected in 1865; was married to Miss Catharine Seyfer, April 6, 1858, who was bom in Wurtemberg, Germany, Dec. 28. 1 841; have had six children, all living but one (John A.); those living are : Willie G. bom Oct. 25. 1863; Geoige F. bora Oct. I7» 1865; Caroline J. bom Jan. 20, 1S69; John A. bom June 12, 1871; Anna M. bom April 19, 1873; Fred A. bom March 3. 1875; owns 160 acres in Sangamon Co. valued at $8,000; also, house, lots, storeroom and shop, valued at $10,000; rep; Luth.

SCROGGIN A. C. farmer, Sec. 4. Town 17; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; dem; owns 195 acres, valued at $14,600; was bom in this county, May 14, 1842; moved to Champaign Co. September, 1867, and engaged at farming; returned to this county in 1873; was married Nov. 2. 1865, to Mary F. Philippe; have had two children, Nettie A. and Orin O. Mr. Scroggin makes a specialty of raising stock

SCROGGIN JOHN, farmer, Sec. 29; J*.0. Mt. Pulaski; dem; Chris; was born July 7, 1809, in Warren Co. Ky; moved with his father to Gallatin Co. Ill in 18 12, and moved from there to this county in 1828; was married in 1835 to Emily Turley, who died March 10, 1873; have had seven children : James K. P. and Lucy M. now living; and Sarah A. Permelia, Nancy £. and three infants, now deceased; Mr, Scroggin was engaged in the Black Hawk war under Capt. John Dawson; owns 160 acres, valued at $6,400

SCROGGIN LEONARD K. farmer. Sec. 27, and. banker at Mt. Pulaski; was born in Gallatin Co. 111. Jan. 25, 1819; came to this county in 1827; was married in 1 841 to Lavinia Buckles, who died in 1863; was again married in 1864 to Rhoda

' A. Pickering. Mr. Scroggin has had thirteen children - ten by his first and three by his second wife, one of which is now deceased; is a dem. and Chris; has about 3,000 acres of land, valued at $150,000 county on Oct. 10, 1853; was married to Miss Katie Paranteau, March 23, 1871, who was bom in this county January 2, 1853; two children, viz : Robert, aged five years, and Medora, aged two and a half years. Mr. S. is a rep. and Univ.

SEYFER JOHN W- druggist and assistant postmaster, Mt Pulaski; was bom at Kirchburg, Germany, July 17, 1845; came to this, country and county Oct. 10, 1853; married Miss Jane E. Connelley, July 8, 1869; she was born in this county April 12, 1850; have two children, Katie C. and Clara Maud. Mr. S. has been assistant postmaster for the past ten years; is a member of the city council of Mt. Pulaski, and is now serving his second term; rep. in politics and Luth. in religion

SHRIYER HENRY, better known by the name of " Dad," auctioneer; was bom Feb. 12, 1804, in Nelson Co. Va; moved from there with his father to Ross Co. Ohio in 18 16; was married Aug. 10, 1824, to Sarah Cummings, who was bom Aug. 10, 1799; ^^ ^^^ ^^^ children: Henrietta Jacob, Henry, Kate, Andrew and Sarah^ now living, and Joseph, Geoi^e W., Michael and one infant now deceased. Mr. Shriver moved from Ohio to this Co. in March 1856, ai^d is now Uving with his son Andrew, Sec. I, Town 17, who was born in Ross Co. Ohio, March 7, 1836, and was married to Mary J. Nicholson, Jan. 18, 1859, ^^o was born Aug. 27, 1835, in Elkhart Co. Ind; has had five children: Libby F., George E., Sarah L., Henry A.

SNYDER W. C. farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; bom in Schuylkill Co. Pa. Sept. 10, 182 1; moved to Ross Co. Ohio, 1832, and worked in the shop with his father at cabinet-msdcing; moved from there to Sangamon Co. 111. 1845, and ^^cn moved to this county in 1840; was married to Eliza M. Park 1848, and has had seven children: Charles E., William H., Harriet H., John E. and Grace, and Alice and Catherine now deceased; has 200 acres. Mr. Snyder was one of the first mechanics that came to this county; he built the first hotel that was erected in Lincoln, and his knowledge of the wheelwright business made him a valuable citizen in the early days of this county

TOOIiE JOHN H. farmer, was bom in Fairfield Co. Ohio, April 21, 1822; came to this county Sept. 24, 1866, and went to farming in this township; moved into the village of Mt. Pulaski in March, 1871; married Miss Mary E. Ring in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 2, 1845, ^ho '^'^^^ bom in Lancaster, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1829; have one child, John G. R., bom Sept. 10, 1862. Mrs. Tool^ owns 200 acres of land in this township valued at $13,000. Mr. Toole owns house and lot in Mt. Pulaski, valued at $1,000; rep; Bap.

TURIiEY HAMILTON, retired; Mt Pulaski; born Montgomery Co. Kentucky in 1 8 16; removed to Logan Co. in 1839; has been a member of the Chris. Church since 1839; married Mary A. Baker. ( f Claik Co. Ky. in 1843'. Mr. Turley was pro-- prietor of the Mt. Pulaski House from 1865 to 1875. Mrs. Turley's niece, Mollie £. Smithson, resided with them seven years, and married Marshall Green, of Naples, Scott Co. III. where she now resides; has one daughter, Minnie, aged 18 months

WAIiELfiR JOHN T. farmer. Sec 4; P.O. Mt Pulaski; rep; liberal; bom Pickaway Co. Ohio, Sept. 6, 1829; married Dec. 13, 1849, ^o Sarah Jane Jackson, bom in Ohio July 25, 1S48; had nine children, lost five; living: Sarah Ellen, now Mrs. V. F. Scott, Mary A. now Mrs. Levi S. Musgrove, William F. and Martha S.; came to Logan Co. in 1841; enlisted Aug. 19, in the io6th Illinois, Co. D; was at the sie*;e of Vicksburg, and skirmish of Pine Bluff, where he was mustered out of service; owns 81 acres, value $5,000

WECKEIi JOHN, Jr. farmer. Sec. 25; P.O. Mt. Pulaski; was bom. in thb county, June 9, 1850; he lives on his father's land; was married March 16, 1875 ,to Mary Stull, who was born in Germany; has one child, Anna, who was bom March 18, 1876

WEIiLS WILIilAM F. farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Mt Pulaski; rep; religion liberal; bom West Virginia, July 25, 1849; married Aug. 21, 1872, to Miss Helena N. Williams, bora Illinois, Sept. 12, 1853; had three children, lost two, living: Mary Jane, bom July 13, 1873; his parents moved to Ohio when he was two years old; stayed there till he was six years, and then they moved to northera part of Illinois; he came to Logan Co. in 1877; rents 120 acres of land; in 1 871 he started with a party of eight for Kansas, and while there hunted buffalo for two weeks; he killed several

WEMPIiE MINDRET, police magistrate, Mt. Pulaski; was bora in Monroe Co. New York, Sept. 15, 1829; left there in 1850; went to Carroll Co. Kentucky; left there in 1855; landed in this county on Nov. i, 1855; commenced the practice of medicine in Mt. Pulaski in September, 1856; left here and went into the late war in August, 1861, as Captain of Co. H, 4th I. V. C; was promoted to the rank of Major in August, 1862, for gallant conduct at Pittsbui^h Landing; was mustered out with the regiment in Nov. 3, 1864; recommenced the practice of medicine on his return to Mt. Pulaski, and quit same in March, 1871; was appointed police magistrate by the Board of Trastees in May, 1876; then elected to the same office in April, 1877, which he now holds; has voted the republican ticket ever since 1864

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WHITAKER NATHANIEL M. deceased; was born in Hamilton Co. Ohio, Feb. 8, 1808; was married to Matilda Whi taker, Oct. i. 1829, who was bom in Shelby Co. Kentucky, Nov. 13, 1804; was connected with the Commissary Departf ment in the Black Hawk war for twelve months; in 1836 he moved to Jacksonville, 111. and there engaged in the tailor business; moved from there to this county in 1838, and worked at his business of tailoring; was elected justice of the peace, and held that position 16 years; he moved to this town in 1842, and commenced the practice of law, and continued in that profession until he died, Feb. 11, 1865; had seven children: DeWitt C, Mary A., Harriet J., DeWitt C. the second, Caroline F., Levi F. and Amanda; the two children DeWitt C. were killed by accident, and Amanda and Levi F. died a natural death; the manner of M. Whitaker's death is somewhat obscured, but was supposed to have been killed for his money; he left his widow 29 acres of land, located in the city limits, with a fine orchard of 500 trees

YAGER JACOB, justice of the peace and notary public, Mt. Pulaski; was bom in Bavaria, Germany, Dec 29, 1826; emigrated to this county in Nov. 1846, and landed in New Orleans; went to St. Louis in the spring of 1847; remained there until the great fire which took place in May, 1849; then went to Springfield, 111; stayed there about five years; then moved to Mt. Pulaski in March, 1854, and engaged in harness-making and clerking; was elected justice of the peace in November, 1861, and has served as such ever since; married in Springfield, Illinois, to Miss Christina Brooker, May 27, 1852, she was bom in Wurtemberg, Germany, Jan. 4, 1834; have had three children, viz: Emma, bom Dec 28, 1868; Henry, bom Dec. 18, 1870; Catharine, bom Dec. 10, 1874; dem; Luth.

Mount Pulaski Business Directory

GAPPS B, D« teas, coffees, sugars, s]rrups* canned goods, choice family flour, confectioneries, tobaccos, cigars, notions, etc. at prices that will be found as low as you can buy in Central Illinois. West side public square

Jabez Capps & Son. . This nursery has been established 40 years, and has a firstclass reputation for furnishing the best of stock' tme to name; the assortment of varieties is as good as that of any nurseiy in the state. Catalogues free on application

DANNER E. A. dealer in ready-made clothing, cloths, cassimeres, jeans, hats, caps and gents' furnishing goods generally; makes a specialty of merchant tailoring; suits made in the latest styles, and fit guaranteed

DUBOCE M. A. photographic artist; all new styles of pictures taken in the best manner, from card to life size; special instrument for groups and children; stereoscopic views and large views' taken to order; Mount Pulaski, Illinois

OORDON J. B. livery, sale and feed stables; keeps constantly on hand double and single rigs at reasonable rates; horses bought and sold on commission, and boarded and properly cared for at lowest rates

LAYCOCK S. A. saloon and billiard hall; good billiard and pool tables; choice wines, liquors, beer, ale, tobaccos and cigars; west side of public square; in charge of George ConnoUey

LIPP JOHN, bakery, saloon and restaurant; fresh bread, cakes, etc. constantly on hand; choice cakes made for parties to order; also fancy groceries, choice tobaccos and cigars, wines, liquors, beer, ale, etc. Washington street

ROTH JOHN, meat market; the best fresh meats constantly on hand, sold at the Ipwest living prices; I pay the highest cash price for hides, pelts, tallow, and first-class stock; west side of public square

SCHAFER W. A. blacksmith, and proprietor of the Union Plow Works, manufacturer of all kinds of agricultural implements, also special attention paid to repairing; Mt. Pulaski, Illinois

SCROGGIN & SAWYER (Leonard K. Scroggin, Walter P. Sawyer), bankers; a general banking business; collections receive prompt attention; Mt. Pulaski, lU.

BENTLY JOHN, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Atlanta; rep; bom in Virginia in 1800, and came to Logan County in 1853. Mr. Bently has been married three times, and b now living with his third wife; have had four children, three of whom are living, one son Harvey and two daughters, Mrs. Rebecca Oldaker and Mrs. Serana Boyd; has a farm of 302 acres, value $15,000

BROCK ANDREW, farmer, Sec 13 ; P.O. Atlanta; dem; bom in Logan Co. in 1855, and was married to Libby Shaffer March 8, 1877, who was bom 1857, in McLean

BROCK FRANCIS M. retired. Sec. 22; P.Ol Atlanta; dem; bom in Fayette Co. Indiana, 18 19, and came to Illinois in 1829; has lived in Sangamon, Dewitt and Logan Counties; was married in 1840 to Mary A. Ackerson, who was bom Nov. 22, 1822; was married second time, March. 17, 1864, to Mary A. McElhiney, who was bom April 16, 1821, in Maryland; have six children living, four sons: James K., Charles W., Francis M. and Lewis; two daughters, Violett and Emma J; farm of 176 acres in Dewitt Co. value $6,000, and a place in Logan Co. Brock John, farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Atlanta; dem; bom in Logan Co. BROCK WILLIAM N. farmer. Sec. 24; P.O. Atlanta; dem; born 1829, in Shelby Co. Indiana, and came to Logan Co. the same year; was married in 1850 to Frances Scart who died Jan. 8, 1863, and was married second time to Catherine Robinson, Sept. 6, 1863; has five children by first wife: Andrew, John, Stephen, Sarah and Mary, and two by second wife, William and Maude; farm of 400 acres, value $20,000. Mr. Brock is one of the early settlers in Logan Co. having come here before he was a year old from Connecticut FIRST NATIONAIi BANK of Atlanta, John A. Hoblit, pres; C. C. Aldrich vice pres; Frank Hoblit, cashier. The President and Cashier own over three-fifths of the stock of the First National

POIiEY STEPHEN L. farmer. Sec 32; P.O. Atlanta; came to Logan Co. in 1835; was bom in Clark Co. Ohio, in 1831, and was married in 1862 to Emeline Hanley, who was bom in Clark Co.. Ohio; have two children: Fanny L. and James B.; Mr. Foley has lived in Logan Co. fortyone years

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GRAHAM SCOTT R. retired farmer, Atlanta; dem; bom in Shelby Co. Kentucky, 1803, and came to Logan Co. in 1854; and was married 1826 to Julia Ann Sheliday, who died Sept. 21, 1833; and was manied second time to Frances King in 1835, and she died Aug, 4, 1858; have had five children, all of whom are dead but William A. Mr. Graham owns 800 acres of land in Logan and McLean Counties

Harley Francis M. farmer. Sec. 14; Atlanta township; P.O. McLean; rep; bom Logan County Harness Ellas, alderman Third ward, Atlanta Hartley Albert, farmer. Sec. 29; P.O. Atlanta Hartwell George, hamess-maker, Atlanta;,

HEGWOOD ROBERT, fanner. Sec 24; P.O. Atlanta; dem; Bap; bom Sep. i, 1800, in Tennessee. Mr. Hegwood became a minister of the Gospel in 1859, and was obliged to give it up, becoming too feeble to> preach. He enlisted in the i8th regiment Indiana volunteers, and served nine months,, and was discharged on account of disability. He is now in his 77th year

HIERONYMUS JOHN P. farmer,. Sec. 13; Eminence Township; P.O. Atlanta;, independent; Christian Church; bom in^ Logan Co. in 1844; was married to Sallie E. Houser in 1865, who was bom 1845, in Jersey Co. Ill; have five children: Pendle-^ ton, Corinne P., Saddie E., Annie P., and Parcie M.; farm 120 acres, value $6,000; is> treasurer of commissioner of highways and township school treasurer

HOBIilT FRANK, cashier First National Bank, Atlanta; fourth son of Samuel Hoblit and Abigail Dowtaey Hoblit; rep; broQght up on a fann; commenced clerking at i8 years of age; merchant at 3i;banker at a6; common school education; married Jan. 5, 1864, to Mellie A Allen, daughter of Dr. J. S. Allen, who was bom Jan. 2, 1846; one son, Walter Bennett, bom Sept. 26, 1865. Mr. Hoblit was a delegate at the National Republican Convention at Philadelphia, in June, 1872, at nomination of Grant and Wilson

HOBLIT JAMBS L. farmer. Sec. 22; P.O. Atlanta; dem; born in Green Co. Ohio in 18 13, and settled in Logan Co. in 1829; wasnnarried in 1833 to Catherine Larison, who was bom in Morgan Co. Ohio, in 1 813; have had six children, four of whom are living, two sons, Francis M. and Christopher C; two daughters; Mr. Hoblit is one of the old settlers of Logan Co. having come here forty-four years ago

HOBLIT SAMUBL; the earliest history of the Hoblit family is now rather obscure; the first one known to have crossed the ocean was Michael Hoblit, bom in Germany about 1755; he emigrated to America about twenty years later, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he lived and died. His wife's first name was Catharine (the latter name is not known to any of the family); she was also a native of Germany, and was probably married there. These were the grand-parents of the subject of this sketch. They had nine children, viz: Boston, John, William, David, Elizabeth, Catharine, Mary, Margaret and Sarah. After Michael Hoblit's death, his widow moved with these children to near Lexington,

Kentucky; here Catharine married William Abbott, and Mary, Randal Walker. In 1779, Mrs. Hoblit, with the remainder of her family, moved to the American Bottom, where one crop was raised; after this she again returned to Kentucky, and in a short time removed to Ohio, to a place then known as -'Todd's Fork," near Wilmington; this fork was in the woods, about five miles from any habitation; here the remainder of her family married and settled; she also married a Mr. Cocharan, and remained here until her death; she was a remarkably strong woman, and at one time weighed over three hundred pounds. Her oldest child is not now known) and lived to be almost one hundred years old. John, the one who emigrated afterward to Logan County, and who was eighteen years old when he went with his mother to the American Bottom, married Miliicent Seward, who was bom January 25, 1782. William married Margaret Shields; David, Martha Wilson, and moved to Missouri in 1839. Elizabeth married Timothy Bennet; Catharine, William Abbott; Mary. Randal Walker; Sarah, Thomas Lucas; and Margaret, Robert Shields. The dates of these marriages cannot now be given. John Hoblit, already mentioned, was the father of eleven children; they were all bom in Ohio. In 1826 he came to Illinois on a prospecting tour, in company with Michael Mann, a Baptist minister, and his son Samuel, whose name heads this sketch; they had but two horses, and took tums in walking; after selecting a location, they retumed, and, in 1827, Timothy B. who had married Barbara Bickel in 1822, and Sarah, who had married Benjamin F. Shipley, moved to Sangamon County, near Springfield; they raised a crop the following year, and in the spring of 1829, came up to Kickapoo timber, near the present town of Atlanta. Mary, who had married Adam Stevens, Samuel, who had married Abigal Downey, and Thomas Lucas, came west in 1829. All but Mr. Lucas settled on the Kickapoo; he went to Lake Fork; Miliicent, the youngest, was at this time four years old. After the settlement in Logan County, the remaining children, on coming to a proper age, married; they were Mahlon S. who married Mary Ann Thomas; Eliza- bcth, Harvey Turner; Jsmes L., CathariDC Larison; Nancy, Spencer Turner; Catharine, Thomas J. Larison; John E., Rachel Larison; and Millicent, A. K. Martin. Mr. Hoblit remained on his farm here until his death; this occurred September 5, 1844; he was a very highly esteemed man, and one of unswerving honesty. Samuel Hoblit had, several years previous to his father's death, donated two acres of ground near Atlanta for a cemetery; his father's body was the 6rst deposited here. Mrs. Hoblit survived her husband but a few years; her death occurred May 14, 1855; she was a woman noted for great energy and force of character, and as a kind and judicious parent. Timothy B. Hoblit died October 23, 1854; his widow moved to near Atlantic, Iowa, where most of the children reside. Mahlon S. moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1857, and died at Otsego; at this place his widow and most of his children live. His oldest son, C. D. Hoblit, is now a prominent banker at Canton, 111.; also, his son Alvan 6. is a banker. A. K. Martin moved to Marysville, Missouri, where he yet resides; the remainder of the family live where they first settled in Logan county. Samuel Hoblit^ whose portrait is given, was bom in Clinton county, Ohio, January 17, 1805;' he remained with his parents until his majority, going with them to Green County, working at his trade and on the farm; he was a wheelwright, having learned the trade from his brother, Timothy; when he came to Illinois, in 1826, with his father and Mr. Mann, he remained a while with his uncle, Samuel Seward, his mother's brother, who had located at Quincy in a very early day; in 1836 this uncle moved to Texas, where his family yet live; while Samuel Hoblit was in Quincy, he was one of the *'end men" at the raising of the first court house erected there; he bought three lots here, but wishing to return with his father, he traded them for a horse and saddle, with which he made the return journey; on January 4, 1827, he married Abigal Downey, oldest daughter of James and Mary Downey; she was bom November 16, 1807;^ in September, 1829, they packed their few household goods, a few carpenter and cabinet tools, and started for the west; they were part of a company .

already mentioned, viz : his father mad mother, with seven children, and his brodiers-in-law Adam Stevens and Thomas Lucas; with the exception of the latter, all settled near the Big Grove on the Kickapoo, not far from the present town of Atlanta; here they found Timothy B. and Benjamin ¥, Shipley, with their families, who had come from the Sangamon River in the spring; they had built cabins, planted a crop of com, and were breaking prairie. Samuel Hoblit pre-empted forty acres of timber, and entered forty acres of prairie adjoining, paying for the latter one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre at the land office in Springfield; to pay this, he borrowed the money of his father, who had brought five hundred dollars with him ; he at once cleared five acres of land, built a small cabin, and began life with his wife, one child, James D. and one dollar and fifty cents in silver; the following summer he planted a crop and built a hewed log house (still standing) in the edge of the timber; he moved into this house the day of the commencement of the "deep snow;'* as these houses were somewhat open, the snow of that long winter, lasting eighty days without a thaw, continually drifted in, until under the bed it reached the cords, where it became packed and was allowed to remain until spring. The family lived here about ten years; Mr. Hoblit worked at his trade and carried on his farm; he made little and big wheels, reels, wagons, bedsteads, chairs, etc.; as this was the only shop in the community, he had abundance of work, and consequently considerable ready money; he was fortunate in this respect, as farm products at Pekin and Chicago did not bring prices sufficient to hardly justify their production. Mr. Hoblit built the largest hewed log house in the community, and in it Lewis M. and John A. were bom; he also bought forty acres of land of Hiranv Bowman, a Baptist minister; at the latter's house the New Castle, now Atlanta, Baptist church was organized; it is the oldest church here; in 1839 ^^ hvLilt a large two-story frame house on the State road; he entered it the fall of that year, and in it the remainder of his children, Franklin, Caroline and Sylvester, were bora; here he often entertained Abraham

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Lincoln, I^avid Davis, Jndge Treat, John T. Stewart, States Attorney Campbell, and others equally well known, when on their way to and from Bloomington to Springfield; they always traveled in their own conveyances. Here he built a shop, continued his trade, and improved his farm, extending it to 320 acres, besides buying land in McLean County; in 1850 he sold the home farm to N. Rouch, for twenty dollars per acre in gold; he intended to move to Bloomington, where he had partly bargained for forty acres, then offered at one hundred dollars per acre, where the Chicago & Alton R.R. shops are now situated. He however moved to the Downey farm, five miles southwest of Atlanta, which he purchased, and in 1854 erected a comfortable residence, where he lived until his death, on May 26. 1866. His widow and youngest son still reside on the home. For several years he had ceased to work, owing to his being very fleshy, weighing at one time 363 pounds, and which no doubt shortened his days; he was buried in the Atlanta cemetery; he was a good manager, energetic in his work, and conscientiously fair in all his dealings; in politics he was a whig, afterwards a republican; he lived to see slavery abolished and the Union preserved; he was a Baptist, and for many years a deacon in the church; while living he contributed' liberally, and in his will gave one thousand dollars and half its annual income to the Atlanta Baptist church for ever; he also remembered Shurtleff college, and one or two other institutions; be gave all his children a good start, and lived to see them well settled, and occupying honorable positions in life. AbigralHoblityhis widow, still enjoys good health; she is living on the homestead, where, within a radius of twelve miles, are her six children, twenty grand and two great -grand children; she was a true help -mate, sharing all the toils of frontier life ; she made every thing worn by the family for years; many of the articles are yet preserved, and should be carefully kept by those having them, as they can not now be duplicated; she was a brave and devoted mother, a model housekeeper, and her "boys and girls" yet aver that none can cook like mother - and grandmother - Hoblit. Mr.

and Mrs. Hoblit left a family of six children; the oldest, James D« was bom Nov. 28, 1827, in Green County, Ohio; he came with his parents to Illinois in 1829, and remained on the farm until of age; on September 16, 1849, ^^ married Mary Dyer, eldest daughter of George Dyer; she was bom November 20, 1829; they have two children, Byron B. and George; he is a republican, a Baptist, and owns 350 acres. Liei¥is M. was bom April 11, 1830, in this county; he has five children,-Laban Josephine, Belle, Sylvanus and Abigal. John A. was bom March 5, 1833, in this county; he remained on the farm until of age ; on January 17, 1856, he married Nancy Wilmouth, daughter of Joseph Wilmonth; she was bom March 31, 1836, in Logan Co. Ohio; they have seven children: Joseph W., A. Lincoln, Francis, Nellie, John A* and L. Benjamin; a twin sister of Nellie died in infancy; he is a Baptist, republican, and owns 822 acres of land. Franli: was bom Nov. I, 1839; ^^ brought up on the farm, clerked in a store at the age of 18, and was afterward book-keeper in bank; when near 21 years of age he entered the ' dry goods trade; sold out in 1865, and in March, 1866, began the banking business; is now cashier of the First National bank, Atlanta; married Mellie A. Allen, June 5, 1864; she is daughter of Dr. J. S. Allen, and was bom Jan, 2, 1846; they have one child, Walter B. bom Sept. 21, 1865; he is a republican. Caroline was bom Sept 20, 1842; married James S. Martin Dec. 25, 1866; he is a son of James P. Martin, who moved to center of Delavan prairie, being the second one to venture out from the timber; they have six children: Samuel H.,£llen M, Charles E, Mary, Clinton D. and Mellie; Mr. Martin owns 340 acres in Orvil township, where he resides. Sylvester was bom March 5, 1849; he now lives on the homestead with his mother; he married Adelaide Timmons Feb. II, 1874; she was bom Oct. 3, 1854, aud is eldest child of Calvin Timmons; they have two children: Charles S. and Samuel G.;he is republican, and owns 140 acres in Atlanta Township

HOBLITT C. D. banker. Canton. Ill was born Jan. 20, 1833, two miles east of where Atlanta now stands. In August, 1840, his father moved to Canton. 111. and remained there until October. 1848. when he returned to Logan Co. and settled two miles south of Atlanta, on what is now called the Ash farm; he afterwards sold the farm and removed to Atlanta, and was engaged in business there until the spring of 1857, when he removed to Minneapolis, Minn; was married to his first wife, Carrie Childs (daughter of Doctor Nathaniel B. Childs), who died March 10, 1861; had one daughter, Florence Lillie, bom Jan. 14, 1848; was married to his present wife, Mrs. Helen T. Mitchell, in June, 1864. and have four children: Maggie Smith Hoblitt, born Aug. 19, 1865; Susie BeU, July 25. 1867. Charlie D. May 5, 1870, and Hattie E. May 25, 1872, all living; he returned from Minnesota in the fall of 1857, and with the exception of two years spent in Atlanta has resided in Canton. Ill; has been engaged in banking business nearly ten year; a portion of the time with Frank Hoblit & Bros, of Atlanta; past four years on his own account in Canton. Ill; was elected mayor of Canton, in 1874, and deputy collector of internal revenue of third division of Fourth District, under General Tilson, of Quincy. 111.

rep; bom Illinois ames Robert, grocer, Atlanta ames S. B. grocer, Atlanta ohn T. H. shoemaker, Atlanta ohnson Frank, laborer, Atlanta ones Charles A. clerk, B. Bean, Atlanta;

KENNEDY LYMAN T. farmer, Sec. 31; P.O. Atlanta; rep; bom 1840 in Menard Co. Ill; came to Logan Co. in 1865; was married in Menard Co. to Louisa J. Smith in 1864; have six children, three sons: Sherman T., Byron W., Lyman O., and three daughters: Ellen, Nellie J. and Ida M; has farm of 80 acres valued at $5,000

KIRK WILLIAM T, M.D. physician and surgeon, Atlanta, was bom in Simpsonville, Shelby Co. Ky; son of Allen T. and Frances Elizabeth Kirk; graduated at the Louisville University in 1854, and came to Atlanta in 1855, and in 1862 entered the army as assistant surgeon ist Regt. III. Light Artillery; serevd a few months in that capacity, and afterward and until the close of the war as contract snigeon; was executive officer of Brown General Hospital, Louisville, Ky. eighteen months, married Miss M. A. Veeder, of Shelbyville, Ky. May 28, 1856, by whom three children were bom, two of which are still living, she died June i, 1864. Mr. Kirk was married the second tinie to Miss Olive J. Morris, March 21, 1 781, by whom he has three children liABISON ABEL, farmer and stockraiser. Sec. 31;- P.O. Atlanta; rep; born in Morgan Co. Ohio in 1823, and came to Logan Co. in 1830; was married in 1843 to Miss Julia N. Stevens, who was bom in Morgan Co. Ohio, in 1825; have nine children living, six sons: James A., John E., Francis M., Thomas J., Abel and Adam S.; the eldest son, Leander, died 1867; three daughters are, Mary Jane, Araline and Anna. Mr. Larison has a farm consisting of 288 acres, and is valued at $14,400 liABISON THOMAS J. farmer. Sec. 31; P.O. Atlanta; rep; Chris; bora in Morgan Co. Ohio, in 1817, and came to Logan Co. in 1830, and was married in 1839 to

Katie Ann Hoblit, who was bora in Green Co. Ohio, in 1824; have seven children, three sons: Winfield S., Thomas J. and Francis M. and four daughters: Emeline, Mary M., Ida May and Katie Ann; farm 240 acres, value $12,000; property in the city of Lincoln valued at $12,000. In 1850 went to Califoraia and spent one year on the trip; in the fall of 1854, was elected sheriff of Logan Co. for two years, and was chief deputy the two years following, and was re-elected sheriff in 1858 for two years. In 1861, raised a company of cavalry, and served three years and nine months in the army, and was promoted from captain to major Larison Thomas J. Jr. farmer. Sec. 31; P.O.