McLean County, Illinois - The whole text, 1879 (part 39 of 42)

JOHN L. KAUFMAN, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Stanford; was born in York Co., Penn., May 31, 1833 ; his father, John F. Kaufman, was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Oct. 11, 1808, and married Elizabeth Legrone June 3, 1828 ; she was born in tho same county ; moved to McLean Co., 111., in 1854; in the mean time, spent two and a half years in Ohio, and from Richland Co., Ohio, drove their own team through ; after they reached Spring Creek, 111., found but one house in traveling thirty-two miles, to Indian Timber, on their way. For his second wife he married Elizabeth Swinehart, of Montgomery Co., Penn., Aug. 16, 1840; she was born in 1816. John L. Kaufman married Mary Eversole April 16, 1861; she was born in Perry Co., Ohio, Jan. 20, 1834 ; her father and mother moved to McLean Co. in 1857. Mr. Kaufman came with his parents in 1854 ; he had learned the wagon-making business, and worked at his trade in different places, and part of the time farming, until he moved to Allin Township in the winter of 1860, and at repairing for a long time after, for there were no blacksmiths or wagon-makers nearer than Danvers or Bloomington ; has been School-Fund Treasurer three years, and is now Commissioner of Highways and Supervisor. They have four children - William R., born May 9, 1863; Cary B. F., born Dec. 15, 1866 ; Sarah E., born Dec. 30, 1868; Lillie Bell, born Sept. 19, 1872. He owns 400 acres of prairie land and a fine home near Stanford, and no waste land, owing to extensive tilling of all his low, marshy land.

HENRY M. KERBAUGH, farmer; P. 0 Stanford; was born in Greene Co., Tenn., Jan. 14, 1823 ; there he followed farming In the fall of 1853, he moved to Allin Township, McLean Co., 111. He married Margaret Davis, daughter of Thomas Davis, of Tennessee; she was born Feb. 19, 1817; they have six children living, viz., Mary K., Joseph D., Martha A., Andrew J., Catherine E. and Lucy J. (twins) ; the first-born, Margaret M., died Aug. 23, 1869, aged 21 years and 1 month. He owns a fine farm of 80 acres. Mr. and Mrs. Kerbaugh and their family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, on Sec. 15, he being a charter member, and one of the main organizers and aiders in erecting the edifice ; the Church was organized in what was known as the Indiana Schoolhouse ; and the church was completed and dedicated Aug. 18, 1866.

CHRISTOFER LEIBFRITZ, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. 0. Stanford : was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Nov. 17, 1840; came to this country with his father in 1851, who settled in Erie Co., N. Y. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the 116th N. Y. V. I. for three years' service ; was mustered in at Buffalo, N. Y. They went to Baltimore, and from there to New Orleans into Gen. Banks' command, and the next spring, the regiment was transferred to Gen. Phil Sheridan s command, on the Mississippi River ; he was in the siege of Port Hudson, and nine general engagements ; was mustered out in Washington, D. C, June 27, 1865; received an honorable discharge on their return to Buffalo. He then for awhile went to Monroe Co., N. Y., and in September to McLean Co., 111. He married Mary Springer, of Allin Township. Sept. 8, 1868; she was born in Butler Co., Ohio, Nov. 16, 1838, and came here with her parents in 1854; her

HENRY LINEBARGER, grain-buyer and shipper, Stanlord ; was born in Jackson Township, Will Co., 111., June 22, 1840 ; his father, Henry Linebarger, was born in Lincoln Co., N. C, Dec. 24, 1807, and emigrated to Will Co., III., in an early day, where he died in the latter part of 1842. Henry L., the subject of this sketch, moved to Stanford in October, 1869. He married Miss Jane Phillips June 4, 1862; she was born in Strasburg, Germany, Oct. 10, 1844, and^came to this county with her parents, who now reside near Bridgeport, Madison Co., N. Y., in 1846. Mr. and Mrs. Linebarger have three children - Joseph O., born March 11, 1864; Ida May, July 4, 1866; Almond, Feb. 21, 1869. Mr. L. and two brothers own two grain-elevators in Stanford, at this time filled with corn His son, Joseph 0., is publishing the Stanford Tribune, a young weekly newspaper, established in February, 1879.

LEONARD A. McREYNOLDS, Justice of the Peace and carpenter and builder, Stanford ; was born in Posey Co., Ind., April 14, 1844; moved to Woodford Co., 111., in the fall of 1851, and, two years later, to Allin Township. He married Sarah J. McReynolds, of Posey Co., Ind., Sept. 19, 1865. They have two children, viz., Alcieona B., born Oct. 11, 1866; and Oliver A., born Oct. 13, 1876. In September, 1862, Mr. McReynolds enlisted in the 19th Regt. Iowa Volunteer Infantry, at Abingdon, Jefferson Co., Iowa, for three years. They were immediately mustered into service, and were engaged in action at Prairie Grove, Ark., with Price's rebel force. He was there wounded with a minie-ball through his thigh. His brother William was killed, and 196 others of his regiment. He was at the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., thirty days ; soon after, at the capture of Yazoo City, and at the siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, in April, 1865. On their return for discharge at Davenport, Iowa, in September, 1865, there were left out of their regiment only about one hundred of the original enlistment. He then returned to Allin Township (Stanford), and resumed his business of carpenter and builder, which he has since followed ; has been Tax Collector and Clerk of Village Trustees and Trustee, and in April, 1879, was elected Justice of the Peace.

JAP. W. MORGAN, station agent and telegraph operator C. & A. R. R.; P. 0. Stanford ; sen of Gerard Morgan, who was born in Nicholas Co., Ky., May 16, 1806, and married Eliza A. Hamilton Jan. 1, 1832. She was born in the same county July 15, 1816. They moved to Decatur Co., Ind., in 1834, and to Coles Co., 111., April 11, 1857, and to McLean County in 1875. They have six children, viz., William H., John W., Louellie, Leonidas, James A. and Jap W., the subject of this sketch; he was born in Decatur Co., Ind., May 5, 1854 In September, 1872, went West on a visiting and prospecting tour to California and most of the Territories. Returning to Mattoon, 111., in October, 1874, he then made a tour through the Southern States, Texas and Indian Territory, returning to Bloomington May 5, 1875. He soon commenced studying telegraphy, in the employ of the C. & A. R. R. Co. April 18, 1878, he married Miss Emma R. Meagher, daughter of Capt. J. C. Meagher, of Cambridge, Ohio. She was born in Kimbolton, Guernsey Co., Ohio, Aug. 3, 1860, and came to Stanford in June, 1872.

CHRISTIAN A. NAFZIGER, groceries, Stanford ; was born in Danvers Township, McLean Co., 111., Jan. 13, 1849 ; his father, Christian P., was born in Baden, Germany, in 1827, and came to this country, landing in New York City in the spring of 1848 ; that year, he moved to Danvers Township, and, in 1850, moved to Tazewell Co., and bought 320 acres of land ; in 1859, he moved to Peoria, and, in 1861, to Allin Township, and, in 1875, to Bloomington ; in 1875-76, he sold out his farms (1,040 acres) in Tazewell and McLean Cos., and bought 120 acres near Bloomington, paying $23,000. He had six children - Christian A., Lizzie, Frederick, Lena, Arthur and Emilie. Christian A., engaged in the business here of dry goods, boots and shoes, hats and caps, groceries, etc., in March, 1874 ; sold out in September, 1877, and went to Bloomington and clerked for awhile, but bought back his old store in the spring and reduced it to groceries exclusively. He married Lizzie B. Gardiner, of Allin Township, Oct. 15, 1878 ; she was born there Aug. 26, 1857. He is an active, wide-awake Republican, taking a lively interest in town and county elections. They have one boy. born May 4, 1879.

CR1STIAN W. NAFFZIGER, dealer in lumber, coal, Whitehall tile, salt, lime, cement, etc., Stanford ; was born in Hessen, Germany May 28, 1819 ; there he followed farming until he came to this country ; the 22d day of September, 1846, he landed in New York ; he went to Butler Co., Ohio, and from there to McLean Co., III., in the spring of 1854; in the fall, he bought a farm of 160 acres in Allin Township, and now owns 120 acres; this is worked by his three oldest sons. He married Elizabeth Eresmann March 15, 1849; she was born in (he same place in Germany in November, 1823, and came to this country with her parents in 1842 : they have six children - John H., Christian F., Eliza M., Gustave A., Lena E. and William H. John H. married Elmira Naffziger : Eliza M. married Henry Linkert. Mr. Naffziger has been in his present business a little more than a year, and is the only one in like business here.

JEREMIAH NEFF, farmer and stock-raiser; P.O.Stanford; was born in Rockingham Co., Dec. 20, 1819; his father, Abraham Neff, and his mother, Catherine, were born in the same county. Jeremiah Neff married Catherine Riser Dec. 22, 1846 : she was born in Augusta Co., Va., June 20, 1823 ; her father, George Riser, and her mother, Susan Riser, were born in the same county. Mr. and Mrs. Neff have had seven children - John Edward, born Sept. 23, 1847 (he married Catherine Wright) : George Marion, born Sept. 6, 1850. died Oct. 18, 1862, of diphtheria (all the children were attacked with the same disease, and, but for timely discovery, all would, undoubtedly, have died); Lydia Jane, born Jan. 30, 1853 (married Silas Hains) ; Caroline Susan, born March 15,1855; Pleasant Harvey, born Feb. 7, 1858 ; William Henry, born May 26, 1860; Elizabeth Ann, born Jan. 10, 1863, and Philander Artemus, born Oct. 3, 1865. Mr. Neff came overland, direct to Allin Township, with his own team, and was five weeks and three days on the road ; arrived here in October, 1856 ; he owns 743 acres of land in this township and Ransas. In politics, is a Democrat.

JACOB W. OSMUN, farmer and mechanic ; P. O. Stanford; was born in Bureau Co., 111., Feb. 22, 1844; came to Allin Township in March, 1861. He enlisted in the 94th Regt. 111. Inf. in August, 1862, for three years' service ; was mustered in August 17, and served out his full term ; was mustered out in Galveston, Tex., at the expiration of his term, but, with what was left of his regiment, was discharged at Springfield, 111.; he was in nine engagements, viz., Prairie Grove, Van Buren, siege of Vicksburg, Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Mobile and Brownsville, Tex., Morganzia and Yazoo City, and numerous skirmishes ; himself and Edward R. Stahl, of his regiment, were the first to enter Fort Morgan ; they captured a rebel flag and a tobacco-box. He married Luella Snodgrass Feb. 28, 1869 ; she was born in McLean Co., 111., May 10, 1851 ; they have had four children - Minnie May, born Dec. 21, 1869; Annie A , May 3, 1871 ; Lunna, born Oct. 3, 1873, and Milton X., born Jan. 17, 1875; Annie A. died in October, 1871. In politics, he is a Democrat.

NATHANIEL PERRY, farmer and stock-raiser; P.O.Stanford; was born in Jessamine Co., Ry., Sept. 24, 1817, and came to McLean Co., with his parents, in 1836; his father, John Perry, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., Feb. 22, 1790; he married Charity Pew July 25, 1815, in Mercer Co., Ry.; she was born in North Tarolina March 10, 1800 ; she died April 10, 1863, and he died Aug. 12, 1865. Mr. Nathaniel Perry married Polly Margaret McCullough July 30, 1846; she was born in Fleming Co., Ry., Jan. 10, 1825, and, with her parents, came to Dry Grove Township in 1826; her father, Peter McCullough, that year erected the first house built by a white man in Dry Grove Township, McLean Co. They have had twelve children - Mary E., born April 24, 1847 (she married Wm A. Shields) ; Mary F., born Dec. 4, 1848 (she married Abraham Crist) ; Edmond R., born June 18, 1851 (he married Sallie A. Harrison) ; William R., born March 22, 1853 ; Jessamine Y., born Jan. 15, 1855 (married Remp James) ; Milburn B., born Jan. 27, 1857; Nathaniel R., born Jan. 20, 1859; Charity M., born April 20, 1861; Hetty Ann, born Sept. 8, 1863, died Aug. 4, 1864; George O., born March 26, 1865, died March 21, 1866; Frank, born June 23, 1869, and Gabrilla, born May 19, 1871. He owns 642 acres prairie and timber land. Is a Democrat, politically.

WILLIAM R. PERRY, farmer and stock-raiser; P.O.Stanford; was born in Danvers Township, Dry Grove, March 22, 1853; has always followed farming and stock-raising. He married Miss Lillie E. Briggs April 1, 1878; she was born in Tazewell Co., 111., April 14, 1859 ; her father, John S., was born in Rentucky May 31, 1818, and married Amanda N. Railsback Oct. 14, 1841; she was born in Tennessee Dec. 4, 1823; she now lives in Tazewell Co., 111. William R. Perry owns 160 acres in Ringamn Co., Ran. In politics, is a Democrat.

ADDISON RITCHIE, farmer, stock-raiser and hunter: P. 0. Stanford ; was born in Rockingham Co., Va., Feb. 17, 1834; was raised on a farm and has followed the business, together with hunting wild game, a pursuit he has always been devoted to ; he moved to Brown's Grove, Allin Township, in November, 1857. He married Miss Isabelle Bozarth Feb. 16, 1860; she was born in Christian Co., Ry., Feb. 9, 1835, and came here with her parents in 1839. His father, John Ritchie, was born in Rockingham Co., Va., April 5, 1799, and died at Brown's Grove Oct. 3, 1860, and his mother, Magdalene, was born in the same county March 8, 1800, and died Nov. 1, 1854, in Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. A. Ritchie have had five children - Robert F., born Sept. 16. 1861. and died Sept. 28, 1865 ; Leslie A. was born Sept, 20, 1866 ; Ira J., born March 8, 1868, died Feb. 20, 1869 ; George M. was born May 24, 1870 ; Addie Bell was born Jan. 24, 1874. He owns 265 acres of prairie and timber land in Sec. 14, Allin Township.

WILLIAM C RUSMISELL, dry goods, notions, boots and shoes, etc., Stanford ; was born in Augusta Co., Va., July 18, 1835; he came to McLean Co. with his parents in 1848. His father, David R., was born in Augusta Co., Va., in 1808, and married Catherine Deal in 1833; she was born in the same county July 1, 1811; they had twelve children - five only are now living; he died in May, 1860 ; his death was hastened by his being accidentally thrown from his carriage. William C, the subject of this sketch, enlisted in the 94th I. V. I., Aug. 12, 1862, and served two years and nine months, participating in several engagements, and received an honorable discharge in April, 1865, on account of chronic (diarrhoea) disease, which he ha» not yet recovered from. He returned to Danvers Township. In August, 1869, engaged at clerking in Bloomington, and Oct. 20, 1871, came to Stanford and engaged in mercantile business on his own account. He married Miss Delia Johnston Dec. 15, 1870 ; she was born at Branch Hill, Clermont Co., Ohio, Aug. 31, 1843. He was appointed Postmaster at Stanford Jan. 26, 1874, and still holds the position in connection with his store.

HENRY J. SCHULZ, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Stanford; was born in Hanover, Germany, Dec. 7, 1827 ; his father, Christopher, and his mother, Catharine Dorothea, were born in the same place; Mr. Schulz landed in New York City Oct. 18, 1856; came to Joliet, 111., in March, 1857. and to Tazewell Co. in June, 1860, where he remained about six years ; he moved to the farm, where he now resides, in Allin Township, in March, 1866. He married Miss Jane Bolton Dec. 8, 1870 ; she was born in Yorkshire, England ; her father, John Bolton, was born Dec. 15, 1816, and still lives in Yorkshire; her mother, Fanny (Carter), was born May 26, 1815,. and died March 5, 1871, in Yorkshire. Mrs. Jane Schulz came to New York June 17, and from there to Bloomington, 111., the 25th of June, 1868; they have had five children - John B., born Sept. 30, 1871 ; Dora, Jan. 14, 1873: Fannie born April 28, 1874, died Aug. 25, 1877; Henry H., born Oct. 17, 1876, died Aug. 19, 1877, and Frank, born March 4, 1878. They own a fine prairie farm of 120 acres.

GEORGE SHUTT, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Danvers; was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., Aug. 31, 1826 ; went to Berks Co. soon after, with his parents, and to Montgomery Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1842 ; there he obtained work on the canal at 75 cents a day, until he had a little over $20 - the most money he had ever possessed ; worked at whatever he could get to do until 1852, when he went to La Fayette, Ind. He married Elizabeth Waltz, daughter of Elias and Rachel Waltz, of Montgomery Co., Ohio, Oct. 25, 1849. In the fall of 1860, they moved to Shelby Co., Ind., and bought his father's farm; in September, 1864, they sold the farm and moved to Bloomington, 111. : in the meantime followed farming; in March, 1869, he bought 200 acres in Sec. 1, Allin Township, where they now reside ; they have had ten children - Cyrus W., born July 9, 1850 (he married Mary F. Rector Nov 1, 1877); William A., born Sept. 19, 1851 ; Elias B., Sept. 28, 1854 ; Sarah I., March 9, 1859; Oliver F., July 25, 1861 ;. John E., Jan. 27, 1865: Lucetta J., born June 9, 1853, and died Sept. 6, 1854; Joseph A., born .April 23, 1857, died Sept, 20, 1857 : George W., born Jan. 8, 1864, died Feb. 10, 1864 ; Richard R., born Jan. 27, 1872, died July 10, 1872. They now own 210 acres of prairie and timber in Allin Township and 160 in Nebraska. Mr. Shutt, in his youth, never had any school advantages ; never owned a slate until he bought one for his children, for whom he takes pleasure in providing the ways and means for a good education : nevertheless, he has applied himself in such ways as he could and made himself competent to transact all business that he is called upon to do.

PETER D. SPRINGER, Justice of the Peace, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Stanford; wasborn in Lorraine, France, Sept. 5, 1828 ; his father, Christian Springer, was born Oct. 15, 1792, and his mother, Magdalena (Engel), was born Feb. 2, 1796 ; both were born in Lorraine, France. From 1812 to 1815; he was in the service of, and member of the body guard of Napoleon the First. He came to the United States, and landed at New Orleans June 12, 1830 ; went to Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, July 5, the same year, and to Danvers, McLean Co., 111., Nov. 10, 1854, and to Allin Township, where he now resides in 1856. His wife, Magdalena, died Sept, 30, 1870 Peter D. Springer went into partnership with his brother, Joseph E., in general dry goods busL ness, in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, in 1853; their store was destroyed by fire in.February- 1854, destroying nearly their entire stock; he then went to Peoria, 111., and engaged clerking in a wholesale and retail dry-goods house two years. He married Eliza Brenneman Nov. 13, 1856 ; she was born in Hesse Cassel, Germany, Oct. 13, 1831 ; her father, Daniel Brenneman, was born March 16, 1804, and her mother, Elizabeth (Iutzi), was born Oct. 16, 1806 ; both were born in Hesse Cassel. Mr. and Mrs. Springer have had six children - Emelia P., born Sept, 17, 1857, died Oct. 17, 1857; Mary E., born Oct. 29, 1858; Edward D.. born June 24, 1861, died March 12, 1872 ; Emma A., born Aug. 13, 1863 ; George B., born April 14, 1866, died May 5, 1867, and William H., born July 12, 1868. Mr. Springer has held several offices in his town ; was elected Justice of the Peace, in 1873, and re-elected in 1878. He owns a fine farm and good home. In politics, is a Democrat.

ANDREW SUMMERS, M. D., retired physician, Stanford ; was born in Pendleton Co., Va., about 1812; went to Franklin Co., Ohio, and to De Witt Co.. Ill , in 1856, where he resided about one year and a half; he then moved to Tazewell Co., where he resided about four years ; he then came to Allin Township, and bought a farm : he moved to Stanford in 1868. He commenced the practice of medicine in 1836, and practiced with skill and success about forty years. He married Miss Elvila Dillow April 18, 1833 ; she was born in Jefferson Co., Va., June 20, 1814. They have had ten children, seven are now living - Valentine, Olive, Montraville, Calvin A , lchabod N., Livonia and Zelotes F. Alonzo De A., died Oct. 21, 1865, in the Indian Territory, aged 29 years 5 months 15 days ; Calvin A. died June 28, 1862, aged 22 years 4 months and 7 days ; he was killed at Allatoona Pass, Ga., in the discharge of his duty in the Union service; only sixteen of Co. E, 7th Regt. I. V. I., came out alive; fifty-six went into action. Malvina died Dec. 19, 1850, aged 6 years 6 months and 27 days. Dr. Summers was elected Justice of the Peace in Ohio, and held the office three years ; but his life has been mainly devoted to his profession.

RICHARD A. WARLOW, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Stanford; was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., March 20, 1822, and is a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Bond) Warlow, who were among the earliest settlers of McLean Co., settling on the "Bond Farm," in Dry Grove Township, in the spring of 1837. He was born in New York City, and she in Massachusetts. In June, 1832, they moved to Painesville, Ohio, and, in September following, they reached Circleville, Ohio, and, in 1834, they moved to McLean Co., 111., and, as will be observed, to the " Bond Farm," in 1837. Early that year, they entered the quarter-section (Sec. 12) where Richard A. now resides, in Allin Township. Mr. Richard A. Warlow married Miss Lovina Bozarth, of Allin Township, April 29, 1849; she was born in Christian Co., Ky., April 3, 1829, and came here with her parents in 1839. They have seven children, viz.: Leslie, born March 31, 1851 (he married Georgie Taylor) ; John B., Sept. 26, 1853 (he married Frances Bower) ; Belle, March 13, 1856; Ellen F., May 3, 1858; Julia, July 31, 1860; Charles A., July 2, 1862, and Sarah A., Sept. 13, 1864. Their house was destroyed by fire, March 27, 1856. They saved very little furniture, and barely their lives. They rebuilt, and moved into their new house before it was finished, in November following. He owns about 870 acres - five fine farm houses, with outbuildings. In politics, is a Democrat.

JAMES A. WALTER, farmer and mechanic ; P. 0. Stanford ; was born in Ohio May 14, 1820. When 3 years old, his parents moved to Richland Co., Ohio. When he was 17, he went to Franklin Co., Ohio, and worked eight years in grist and saw mills. He married Margaret Spangler in Franklin Co., Ohio (where she was born), May 28, 1842 ; she was born March 12, 1825. By her he had one child - Mary S.; she married David Bierbower, and lives in Martin Township, McLean Co. Mr. Walter moved to Harley's Grove, Dale Township, in September, 1856, and to Allin Township in the spring of 1858, and owns eighty-eight acres of excellent land and a fine house in Allin and Dale Townships. His house is in Allin Township. In politics, he is a Democrat.

SAMUEL B. WRIGHT, M. D., physician and surgeon, and druggist, Stanford ; was born in Sumner Co., Tenn., June 18, 1850. He read medicine, and graduated at the University in Nashville, in 1875. He also was one of the first graduates of the Vanderbilt University, of Nashville, in the same year. In March, 1875, he came to Stanford and commenced practice, and the next year opened his drug store. He married Miss Brooks, a daughter of Presley T. Brooks, of Brooks' Grove, Allin Township, Dec. 23, 1875. They have two children - Homer, born Sept. 20, 1876, and John T., Sept. 30, 1877.

CHARLES BAKER, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Belleflower; was born in Massachusetts Dec. 14, 1828; came to this State and settled in Belleflower Township. McLean Co., in 1868. Since his residence here he has held the offices of School Trustee and Director six years. He was married in 1855, to Miss Eliza J. Nichols, who was born in Massachusetts Dec. 20, 1837. They have five children - Alvin L., Wilber I., Elmer E., Wallace F. and Carl L. The farm of Mr. Baker consists of eighty acres, valued at $3,500.

W. T. BRADBURY, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Belleflower; one of the early settlers of the township; was born in Clermont Co., Ohio," June 26, 1830;jcame to this State and settled in Belleflower, McLean Co., in 1860. Since his residence in the township, he has held the office of Supervisor one year, Treasurer and Collector twelve years each. His farm consists of 160 acres, valued at $6,000. In 1852, he was married to Miss Tempa E. Gibson, who was born in Indiana Dec. 11, 1834. They have seven children - John E., H. E., E. S. and E. S. (twins), Mertie M., Thomas W. and James M.

J. H. BURNS, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Belleflower; was born in Maryland Jan. 19, 1848. Came to this State and settled in Tazewell Co., in 1870, and in the same year removed to McLean Co., where he has since resided. His pursuits since his residence here have been that of a farmer and stock-raiser. He is now farming 160 acres. He has held the office of Road Commissioner three years. In 1871, he was married to Miss Rebecca A. Petry. They have four children - Annie May, Willie H., Cora I. and an infant.

J. C. BUTCHER, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. 0. Belleflower ; one of our first settlers ; was born in Indiana Oct. 7, 18i!9 ; came to this State in 1852, and settled in Buckles' Grove, McLean Co., in the same year; he removed to Belleflower in 1859, at that time called Prairie. He was married, in 1851, to Miss Jane E. Emmitt, now deceased, who was born in Indiana Aug. 21, 1834 ; they have had six children, four of whom are living - Sarah F., Emma L., John A. and

Ida A.; deceased - William T. and James M. Mr. Butcher's second marriage occurred Oct. 2, 1872 ; his second wife's name w; s Miss Susan Harris, who was born in Illinois July 27, 1838 ; they have two children - Jay S. and Myron H. The farm of Mr. Butcher consists of 165 acres, valued at $6,600. He is a member of the M. E. Church, and was a contributor to its construction.

JOHN CARLYL, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. 0. Belleflower ; one of the first and most prominent settlers of the township ; was born at Srawns on Millbank, St. Mungo, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Feb. 18, 1822; came to the United States in 1861, and settled in McLean Co., this State, in the same year. He was married at Linn Hall, Tundergarth, on the 6th day of March, 1855, to Miss Mary Smith, who was born at Linn Hall, Scotland, Feb. 18, 1827; they have had seven children, four of whom are living - Helen B., Walter, John Smith and Janet; deceased - Margaret J., died Oct. 10, 1864; Jemima A., died April 27, 1868; Mary Jane M., died June 12, 1877; the farm of Mr. Carlyl, which is named by him Pleasant Park, consists of 400 acres, valued at $10,000.

MARTIN V. CLINE, farmer and stock -raiser ; P. O. Belleflower ; one of the early settlers; was born in Ohio April 15, 1837 ; came to this State with his father's family, and settled in Sangamon Co., in 1840. In 1863, he was married to Miss Annie Smith, who was born in Michigan June 28, 1841 ; they have three children - Jacob S., Silas and Edith. In 1861, he removed from Sangamon Co. to McLean Co. His farm consists of 160 acres, valued at $5,000.

THOMAS DILLON, general merchant, Osman ; one of the first settlers, and owner of the entire village; was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Feb. 13, 1843, came to this State in 1869, and to this county and settled at Osman, Belleflower Township, in 1874. In the same year, at Brooklyn, N. Y-., he was married to Miss Mary A. Hartigan. Since Mr. Dillon's residence in Osman, his occupation has been that of a general merchant, railroad and express agent and Postmaster.

ISAAC E. FUNK, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. 0. Belleflower ; one of the natives of Illinois ; was born in McLean Co., 111., Feb. 10, 1843. He is the son of the late John Funk, deceased, who was one of the first settlers and pioneers of this county. Mr. Funk was married Dec. 24, 1867, to Miss Mary Jenkins, who was born in Virginia March 23, 1848; they have had four children, three of whom are living, viz., Bettie L., Guy J. and Lafayette; deceased - Julia Anne. Since Mr. Funk's residence in the township, he has held the offices of School Director and Road Commissioner several years. His farm consists of 160 acres, valued at $5,000. He was a participant in the late war ; he enlisted in the 117th I. V. I., served three years, and was discharged with honor at the close of the war.

L. B. GRANT, collecting agent, Postmaster and Justice of the Peace, Belleflower ; was born in Ralls Co.. Mo., Feb. 10, 1825; came to this State and settled in Sangamon Co. in 1840, and removed from there to McLean Co. in 1865; in 1841, he entered on an apprenticeship as blacksmith, served out his time, and his avocation has been such until the last few years of his residence in this township. He was married Feb 4, 1850, to Miss Siren Rhea, who was born in Sangamon Co., 111., March 3, 1830; they have seven children, viz., Mary Alice, Peter, Susan, Ulysses S., Cora, Edward and Richard. Mr. Grant has held the office of Justice of the Peace in this township for six years, and, during his residence in Sangamon Co., held the office of Collector one term.

GEORGE HELENA, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. 0. Belleflower; one of the early settlers of the county ; was born in Washington Co., Md., Aug. 31, 1829 ; came to this State in 1857, and settled in McLean Co. He has been a resident of Belleflower since 1871. In 1855, he was married to Miss Rachel Wendel, who was born in Virginia, Nov. 27, 1 827 ; they have had eight children, five of whom are living, viz., Martin L., Simon Francis, George J., Lee Wesley and William Milton ; deceased - John Henry, Mary C. and Franklin David. The farm of Mr. Helena 'consists of 160 acres, valued at $5,000.

MRS. ELIZABETH INGLE, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. 0. Saybrook ; one of the first settlers of Belleflower Township ; was born in Fleming Co., Ky., July 14, 1844 ; came to this State with her parents when 7 years old, and settled in McLean Co. ; sbe is the widow of the late William Ingle, deceased, who was born in Tennessee Dec. 20, 1826, and who died March 5, 1877; they have had eleven children, five of whom are living, viz., Nettie, Sadie, Ella, Hilary and James ; deceased - Millie, Henry, Amos, Charles and two infants. The farm of Mrs. Ingle consists of 152 acres, valued at $6,000.

L. S. JONES, farmer and stock-raiser ; P 0. Belleflower ; was born in De Witt Co. Sept. 1, 1845 ; came to McLean Co. in 1858, and settled in Belleflower Township in 1870. He was married to Miss Nellie F. Moore, who was born in McLean Co., 111., Aug, 29, 1844; they have had three children, two of whom are living, viz., Grace B. and Percival ; deceased, Willie J. The farm of Mr. Jones consists of 118J acres, valued at $4,200. He was a participant in the late war, enlisting in the 145th Regt. I. V. I. ; served five months under Governor's* call, at the expiration of which time he was discharged with honor.

GEORGE KIRK, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. 0. Kumler ; was born in Kentucky Aug. 24, 1842. Came to this State and settled in McLean Co. in 1874. He has been a resident of Belleflower Township since 1875. His farm consists of 100 acres, valued at $4,000. He was married Feb. 4, 1873, to Miss Euphrasia Reynolds, who was born in Kentucky Jan. 9, 1846. They have three children - Linden, Theodore H. and May F. Mr. Kirk was a participant in the late war, having enlisted in Co. L, 2d Regiment Ky. V. C, and serving three years and three months. His time of enlistment had more than expired when he was discharged with honor, Feb. 13, 1865.

JOHN KISSACK, farmer and stock raiser ; P. 0. Kumler ; one of the early settlers of the township ; was born in England Feb. 12, 1844. Came to the United States in 1866, and to this State in 1867, and settled in Tazewell Co. In 1871, he removed to McLean Co., and settled in Belleflower Township. His farm consists of 241 £ acres, 160 of which are located in Piatt and De Witt Counties. The whole is valued at $8,000.

NORRIS C. LA TEER. farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Belleflower; one of the early settlers; was born in Sussex Co., N J., Feb. 6, 1821. Came to this State in 1858, and settled in Belleflower Township, this county, in 1861. Then purchased the farm he now owns, which consists of eighty acres, valued at $2,500. He was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Cynthia Ann Jayne, who was born in Pennsylvania Jan. 16, 1827. They have had four children - Henry E., Lydia C, W. J. and Susie J. Since Mr. La Teer's residence in the township, he has held the office of Supervisor six years, and is at present Commissioner of Highways.

ALBERT H. MARQUIS, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Belleflower ; one of the early settlers of the county ; was born in Knox Co., Ohio, in 1834 ; came to this State in 1853, but did not make a permanent settlement until 1865 ; having in his boyhood days a proclivity for traveling, he set out for this State in the employ of Clafflin & Co., of Ohio, manufacturers of paper ; while in their employ, he traveled principally through the eastern part of this State and Indiana with a team, as at that time there were no railroads in this section of the country. Since his residence in this county, he has held the office of Supervisor and other prominent offices. In 1861, he was married to Miss Martha J. Logan, who was born in New York ; they have six children, viz., Ross, George, Frank, Harry K., Ralph S. and Mabel. The farm of Mr. Marquis consists of 160 acres, valued at $6,500.

JOHN H. MARSH, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Kumler ; was born in Indiana April 27, 1853 ; came to this State and settled in McLean Co., in 1875; his farm consists of 160 acres, valued at $6,000. He was married Feb. 25, 1874, to Miss Lida Leming, who was born in Indiana April 6, 1857 ; they have one child, viz., Archie L.

R. E. MORELAND, grain dealer, Belleflower: one of the early settlers of Belleflower Township ; was born in Virginia April 7, 1833 : when he was four years old, he moved with his parents from his native State to Ohio, where he remained until 1850, when he came to Illinois and settled in Tazewell Co. ; in 1858, he removed to McLean Co., and settled in Belleflower Township, at which time he made some investments in land ; his present farm consists of 160 acres. He was married to Miss Margaret A. Davis, who was born in Illinois May 11, 1838; she is the daughter of Mr. H. Davis, who is one of the first settlers and pioneers of Tazewell Co. ; they have seven children, viz., Anna, Nellie, Jennie, Eddie, Albert B., Isabel and Thurman. Since Mr. Moreland's residence in the township, he has held the office of Justice of the Peace fourteen years ; he has also held the office of Township Clerk, and nearly all the other township offices ; he is now Notary Public, which position he has held six years.

BERNARD MORELAND, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. 0. Belleflower ; one of the early settlers in the southeastern part of McLean Co. ; was born in Muskingum Co., Ohio, May 7, 1837 ; came to this State and settled in Tazewell Co. in 1851, and, in 1858, removed to McLean Co. and settled in Belleflower Township ; his pursuits have been that of a farmer and stock-raiser from boyhood ; his present farm consists of 160 acres, valued at $6,400. He was married to Miss Elizabeth West, who was born in Indiana ; they have three children - Mason B., Ambrose and Walter. Mr. Moreland served in Quartermaster's Department about six months during the late war ; since his residence in this township he has held the office of Assessor three years.

JOHN NICOL, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Belleflower; one of the early settlers of the county: was born in Lochmaben, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, May 15, 1823; came to the United States, in 1852, and settled in McLean Co., this State, in the same year. In 1851, he was married to Miss Jane Wells, now deceased, who was born at Lochmaben, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, in 1833, and who died in 1863 : they have had eight children, six of whom are living - Andrew, Mary, Margaret, Jane, Helen and Janet : deceased, two infants. Since Mr. Nicol's residence in this township, he has held office of School Trustee six years ; he is now Highway Commissioner. His farm consists of 160 acres, valued at $6,400.

T. L. PAULL1N, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Belleflower; was born in Ohio Sept. 8, 1849 ; came to this State with his father's family and settled in Logan Co., in 1851. Mr. Paullin was married, in 1871, to Miss Nannie J. Constant, who was born in Sangamon Co., 111., March 21, 1854; they have had three children, two of whom are living - Edna and Walker; deceased, Ernest. Since Mr. Paullin's residence in this township, which has been since 1873, he has held offices of Roadmaster and School Director. His farm consists of 200 acres, valued at $7,000.

HUGH R. PORTER, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Osman ; an early settler in the southeastern portion of McLean Co.; was born in London, Eng., Jan. 14, 1845; came to the United States in 1854, and settled in McLean Co., 111., in 1863. He was married, in 1875, to Miss Eliza Walker, who was born in Liverpool, Eng., Sept. 1, 1853 ; his farm consists of 172 acres of land.

valued at $6,000. He served a short time as teamster in the late war, in a pressed gang from Tennessee ; being a Union man, and loyal to the U. S. Government, this was forced upon him against his will. He is the first settler in this part of the county, coming here when transportation was done with horse and mule teams, and his nearest post office was twelve miles distant ; game was plentiful in those days, consisting of deer, geese, etc., and, in the year 1867, he had 200 bushels of cribbed corn destroyed by them. Mr. P. has lived to see and take part in the construction of the public roads all over this vicinity: he has traveled nearly this whole world over, and this to him is the best of all countries.

JOHN E. RAWLINGS, farmer and breeder of fine stock ; P. O. Kumler ; one of the early settlers of the State ; was born in Fleming Ca., Ky., Oct. 18, 1810 ; came to this State, in 1837, and settled in Sangamon Co. in the same year; he has been a resident of McLean Co. since 1859; his farm consists of 160 acres, valued at §6,000. Previous to his coming to this county, he resided in Menard and Sangamon Counties twenty-four years, during which time he held the office of Justice of the Peace in Menard eight years ; Constable in Sangamon three years, and Coroner in Menard two years. He was married, in 1834, to Miss Polly Scott, who was born in Tennessee ; they have had seven children - five of whom are living - Austin. Ella, Minnie, Francis A. and John F.; deceased - Louisa and Mary Jane. Austin, the eldest son of Mr. Rawlings, served four years in the late war; he enlisted in the 1st Mo. Cav., which was afterward credited to this State, at the expiration of which time he re-enlisted as a veteran ; was promoted Sergeant, and later was elected 2d Lieutenant; he served until the close of the war, when he was discharged with honor by general order.

ROBERT ROME, general merchant, Belletiower ; one of the most prominent settlers ; was born in Scotland Oct. 20, 1847 ; came to the United States and this State in 1871, and sett'ed in Belleflower, McLean Co., in the same year; his occupation, since residing here, has been that of a general merchant; he is the constructor and proprietor of the third oldest establishment in the township. In 1874, he was married to Miss Agnes Brown, who was born in Scotland Jan. 3, 1852 ; they have two children - Sarah Jane and Clara Agnes.

J. W. SNYDER, farmer, stock-raiser and manufacturer of tile ; P. O. Belleflower ; one of the most prominent settlers ; was born in Indiana Jan. 29, 1829; he is the son of Mr Simon E. Snyder, who is one of the early settlers of that State. Mr. Snyder came to this State in 1873, and, in 1874, settled in Belleflower Township, McLean Co.; since his residence here, his pursuits have been that of a farmer, stock-raiser and manufacturer of tile. In 1850, he was married to Miss Mary A. Benner, who was born in Indiana ; they have had five children, three of whom are living, viz., Cyrus, Orville, and Charles; deceased - Simon and Dora A. The farm of Mr. Snyder consists of 300 acres, valued at $12,000.

G. W. STOKES, druggist and grocer, Belleflower : was born at Huddersfield Bridge, England, April 28, 1849 ; came to the United States with his father's family in 1853, and settled in Chicago, this State, in the same year. He has been a resident of McLean Co. for the past four years, during which time his pursuits have been that of a druggist and grocer. In 1875, he was married to Miss Julia P. Winter, who was born in Bureau Co., 111., Feb. 4, 1856; they have two children - Arthur Winter and George Armitage.

MARK M. SUTHERLAND, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Belleflower ; one of the natives of Illinois ; was born in Cook Co. March 14, 1845 ; came to McLean Co. in 1872, and then settled in Belleflower Township; his farm consists of eighty acres, valued at $4,000. He was married, in 1865, to Miss Beulah J. Foster, who was born in Canada Oct. 30, 1843 ; they have had five children, three of whom are living, viz., Silas S., Harriet E. and Richard W.; deceased - Lydia and an infant. Mr. Sutherland has held the office of School Director constantly since his residence in this township.

HENRY TOBIN, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Osman ; was born in Tipperary Co., Ireland, Jan. 27, 1842 ; came to the United States and to this State in 1857, and settled in McLean Co. in 1863. His farm consists of 120 acres, valued at $3,600. In 1865, he was married to Miss Lizzie Huston, now deceased ; in 1874, he married again, to Miss Lizzie Trainor, of Bloomington, 111.; they have one child - Nellie.

MARTIN M. VREELAND, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Belleflower; was born in New Jersey Oct. 14, 1828; came to this State in 1860, and to this county and settled in Belleflower Township in 1870. In 1875, he was married to Miss Mary A. Hamilton, who was born in New Jersey Feb. 16, 1837; they have three children - Jane A., Charles McClellan and Mary E. The farm of Mr. Vreeland consists of 100 acres, valued at $4,000.

PETER M. VREELAND, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Belleflower; was born in New Jersey April 8, 1831 ; came to this State, in 1867, and settled in McLean Co. in the same year. He has been a resident of Belleflower Township since 1870 ; his farm consists of eighty acres, valued at $3,000. He was married Nov. 28, 1867, to Miss Silvira Jones, who was born in DeWitt Co., 111., Sept. 8, 1843; they have three children - Elmira J., John M. and Lucian M.

WILLARD D. WARNER, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Osman; was born in the State of New York Sept. 22, 1835 ; came to this State with his father's family when he was 9 years old ; they settled in Tazewell Co. In 1859, he was married to Miss Sarah Anne Lawrence, who was born in Indiana Jan. 12, 1841 ; they have four children - Frank L., Edith A., Lemma M. and Adelia A. The farm of Mr. Warner consists of 124 acres, valued at $5,000.

G. W. WHEELER, deceased, whose portrait appears in this work, was born near Bristol, Hartford Co., Conn., Aug. 29, 1820 ; his father's name was William, and was of English descent ; his mother's maiden name was Hila Curtis; his father died while he was still a child, after which he continued to reside with his mother until he was 18 years of age, when he went to New York State, and was engaged with his brother peddling goods for about two years ; in the year 1840, he went to Kalamazoo Co., Mich., and worked upon a farm for his brother for four years, and then went to Scioto, opposite the city of Portsmouth, and worked in a foundry ; there; on June 21, 1846, he married Miss Helen M. Wilson, daughter of John and Isabella Wilson, of Pennsylvania, and immediately afterward moved to Kalamazoo Co., Mich., and engaged in farming up to 1858, when he came to the State of Illinois, and first settled in Bureau Co., and from there, in the year 1858, came to Belleflower Township, in McLean Co., and settled upon the farm upon which his widow still resides, where he died Oct. 26, 1877. His estate contains 320 acres. His family consisted of ten children, nine of whom are living - Armina I. (now Mrs. John H. Dean, of Belleflower Township, married in April, 1865), Allie M. (now Mrs. Frank Dixen, of Bloomington, married July 9, 1874), John N. (who married Miss Jennie Conrad March 4, 1879, and lives in Belleflower Township) : the following still live at home - Thomas M. (who married March 7, 1879, Miss Laura Garst of Allin Township), Alida V., Nettie I., George W., Frank W., Nellie M., and one deceased, Lewis.

AUSTIN Y. BARNARD, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 20; P. O. Towanda ; born in Money Creek Township Feb. 19, 1841, which has been his home since, with the exception of a residence in Ford Co., 111., for four years. Enlisted' in August, 1862, in Co. I, 94th 1. V. I., and served until the close of the war; he was in the following engagements : Prairie Grove, Ark., siege of Vicksburg, and other battles and skirmishes about Vicksburg, Fort Morgan, Ala., Spanish Fort, same State, and Mobile ; was with the regiment in Texas, and during their stay they were for a short time on Mexican soil for the protection of the American Consul at Matamoras. Married, in 1866, Miss Tabitha A. Trimmer, who was born in Money Creek Township ; five children by this union, three living - Myron D., Ida C. and Ada A.; lost two - Allie, died in 1874 ; Ranson, died in 1870. Mr. B. is a member of Lodge, No. 206, I. O. O. F.

LEVI BARNARD, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 20 ; P. 0. Towanda ; born in Money Creek Township, this county, Sept. 1, 1843. His father, Melman N. Barnard, being one of the early settlers, having settled in this county nearly fifty years ago. The subject of this sketch now resides within one-half mile of his birth-place. Married, in 1868, Miss Caroline Morris, who was born in Ohio ; four children by this union, two living - Jesse H. and Melman N.; lost tWo - Edgar L., died in 1873 ; one died in infancy.

SAMUEL F. BARNARD, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Towanda ; born in Money Creek Township May 31, 1837; his father, Melman N. Barnard, settled in the township fortyeight years ago ; he came to the county about 1831. The subject of this sketch now resides on the land entered by his father, and within one-half mile of his birth-place; owns 151 acres of land in Money Creek Township ; served as Town Clerk two years, and School Director nine years. Married, in 1858, Miss Nancy J. Poulson, who was born in Ohio ; she died Feb. 28, 1872; four children by this union, three living - John M., Sherman E. and Ethel; lost one - Dora A. ; she died in 1861. Was again married, in November, 1872, to Ruth A. Wilson, who was born in Washington Co., Penn.

ROBERT FINCHAM, farmer; P. 0. Towanda ; one of the old settlers of Money Creek Township, McLean Co., 111. The subject of this sketch is known as Uncle Robert Fincham ; he was born in Culpeper Co., Va., May 7, 1811 ; at 10 years of age, he commenced to follow the plow, and from this time was constantly employed upon the farm. Upon the 25th of January, 1831, he was united in marriage with Emma Weakley ; she was born Jan. 11, 1815, in the above county. In September, 1831, their capital consisted of one bed, their clothes, three knives and forks, one skillet, two tin cups and $13 in cash ; with the above worldly goods, they started out in the world to seek their fortune, their destination being Ohio ; contracting for the bringing of their bed and clothes to Ohio, they crossed the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains, and arrived in what is now Licking Co., Ohio, upon Oct. 12, 1831, having traveled the whole distance upon foot. Upon arriving at their place of destination, and paying $7 for bringing his bed and clothes, his capital consisted of $1.50; they invested $1 in provisions, and in a short time paid their last 50 cents as double postage upon a letter ; he obtained permission to occupy a vacant cabin, into which he moved and lived the first winter ; he first obtained work at chopping cord-wood, at 25 cents per cord, which business he followed the first winter, in connection with making and hooping barrels and tubs in bad weather, and shoe-making during the evenings, by the light of a tallow candle ; their furniture consisted of some stools, and, for a table, a board was laid across two blocks. The spring found them in possession of a cow and an established credit; he then hired out for six months, for $12 per month, and, the following year, had saved the means to purchase a horse, which he placed with one of his neighbors, and they put iu thirty acres of corn, selling their product at 18 cents per bushel he continued the struggle against poverty until 1842, when he purchased sixty-two acres of land and improved it, until 1851, when he disposed of the same, and, emigrating to Illinois, located in Money treek Township, where he has since lived, driving from Ohio by team, the trip consuming forty days ; he first secured 110 acres, to which he afterward added, until he had 320 acres, with buildings erected, at a cost of upward of $6,000, all of which he, with the assistance of his wife, had accumulated by their own hard labor, energy and industry. Mr. Fincham has held the office of Commissioner of Highways for twelve years, and several other petty offices. In the spring of 1879, he, with his wife and two daughters, removed to Towanda, to look after the interest of some property he had there, but his residence will soon be upon his farm again. They were the parents of fifteen children, of whom thirteen are now living - Alexander T. William J., Henry M., Mary, Martha, Elizabeth, Margaret, Lemuel, Benjamin F., Rachel, Laura, Adeline and Nellie ; the deceased died in infancy.

WESLEY P. FRANKLIN, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 1 ; P. O. Lexington ; born in Owen Co., Ind., March 15, 1837, where he resided until 13 years of age. In May, 1850, he came to Illinois, locating in Money Creek Township. During the first seven years, he followed herding cattle on the then universal pasture - the prairies ; then engaged in driving and shipping stock. Since 1872, he has followed farming and stock-raising. His farm of 390 acres, valued at $15,000, has a good supply of water, and is well adapted to stock-raising. He has served as Commissioner of Highways two terms ; Town Trustee and School Director several years. Married, in 1858, Miss Anna Puett, who was born in Indiana ; four children by this union - Stella, Herschel, Lillian and Daisy.

WILLIAM GILMORE, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 22; P. 0. Lexington; born in Fayette Co., Ohio, Sept. 21, 1830, but removed in early childhood with his father's family to Dayton, Ohio. Came to Illinois in the fall of 1834, locating in Money Creek Township, this county. Elected Justice of the Peace in 1870, serving till 1873, when he was re-elected, and served until March, 1875, when he removed from the township. Served as Supervisor one term. Owns 120 acres of land in Money Creek Township. Married, in 1855, Miss Aladelphia A., daughter of Melman N. Barnard, who settled in the county nearly fifty years ago. She was born in Money Creek Township. Six children by this union, four living - Noah E., James N., Charles H. and Sinuia E. ; lost two - Martha E., died in 1855 ; Ira E. in 1864. Mr. G. served four terms as Collector in Gridley Township. His father, James Gilmore, who was a native of Ohio, settled in Towanda Township in 1834.

JUHN A. HEFNER, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Lexington; born in Money Creek Township, Sept. 16, 1844, his father, Peter Hefner, having settled in the township in the fall of 1830; owns 250 acres of farm lands in Money Creek Township, well watered and well adapted to the raising of stock ; served as Justice of the Peace since April, 1878 : enlisted in Co. K., 145th I. V. I., May 10, 1864; mustered out Sept. 23, 1864. Married Feb. 14, 1868, to Miss Mary E. Steward, who was born in Indiana; three children by this union - Joseph H., Ida and Andrew P.

GEORGE HENLINE, deceased. Mr. Henline was born in Madison Co., Ky., June 6, 1796 ; he was married Dec. 17, 1817, to Miss Margaret Rayburn, who was born in Kentucky Oct. 31, 1798. Mr. H., with his family of seven children, removed to the then Far West in the fall of 1828, locating in what is now Lawndale Township, this county, and five years later he located in Money Creek Township, where he resided at the time of his death, which occurred Oct. 2, 1868, his wife surviving him until April 13, 1872 ; of their family of ten children, seven are now living - Almarine, wife of John Dawson; Sabra, wife of Jonathan Darnall; John; Mary A. L., wife of John Gregory; Louisa S., wife of J. B. Hopkins; Matilda J., wife of Matthew Adams; and William M. ; three deceased - Perry, died Nov. 5, 1818; Zarilda J., Feb. 5, 1825; George, March 3, 1855.

WILLIAM M. HENLINE, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 10 : P. 0. Lexington ; born in Money Creek Township, this county, July 3, 1838, and now resides on the farm where he was born ; his father, George Henline, who was a native of Madison Co., Ky., removed to Illinois in the fall of 1828, and settled in Lawndale Township. The subject of this sketch has resided in Money Creek Township since birth, a period of over forty years ; he owns 405 acres of land in Money Creek Township ; served as Collector for four years. Married in 1858 to Miss Sarah C. Steward, who was born in Indiana July 13, 1839 ; died April 10, 1872 ; two children by this union - Stephen A. D. and William A. R. ; was again married, Dec. 5, 1872, to Eliza A. Griffith, who was born in Fayette Co., Penn. ; two children by this union, one living - Noah 0. A. Mr. H. is a member of McLean Lodge, No. 206, I. 0. 0. F., and Lexington Encampment, No. 161.

FRANCKE B. HOBART, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 16; P. 0. Lexington; born in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Feb. 22, 1854. but removed to Illinois in early childhood with his father's family, locating at Maroa, Macon Co.; came to this county in 1865, locating on the farm where he now resides ; owns 320 acres of farm lands. Married in 1876 to Miss Mary E., daughter of Jesse Trimmer, who was born in Money Creek Township : one child by this union - Frederick E.

C. J. W. McNEMAR, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 4: P. 0. Lexington; born in Hardy (now Grant) Co., W. Va., May 12, 1836, where he resided until the fall of 1857 ; then removed to Illinois, locating in McLean Co. at Lexington ; came to his present home in January, 1859 ; was engaged in farming in Gridley Township from 1863 to 1866 ; owns 270 acres of land in Money Creek and Gridley Townships. Married, in 1861, Miss Mary E. Pirtle, who was born in Indiana; her father's family removed to Illinois in 1849 : they have had eight children, seven of whom are living - Osceola, Estella, Hattie A., Ida E., Noah B., Eva and Christian E. ; lost one - John T., died April 5, 1877. Mr. Thomas J. Pirtle was born in Kentucky March 22, 1812 ; afterward removed to Owen Co., Ind., where he was married in 1837 to Miss Elizabeth McNaught, who was born in Owen Co., Ind., March 1, 1818. In the spring of 1849, the family removed to Illinois, locating on the farm where his widow, Mrs. Pirtle, now resides ; her husband died in 1865 ; they had seven children, five of whom are living - Sarah C. (wife of A. Ogden), Mary E. (wife of C. J. W. McNemar), Ezra S., James B. and Thomas M.

CHARLES M. MOOTS, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 30; P. 0. Towanda; born in Champaign Co., Ohio, Feb. 10, 1832, where he resided until 1852, then removed to Logan'Co., Ohio. In 1854, he came to Illinois, but returned to Ohio, where he remained until the spring of 1856, then located in Towanda, this county, where he engaged in the boot and shoe business, and the following year removed to the farm where he now resides. Owns 195 acres of land in Money Creek Township. Served as Constable two years, School Director nine years. Was appointed Deputy Sheriff in fall of 1879. Married, in September, 1857, Miss Adaline Busic, who was born in McLean Co. Her father, Nathaniel Busic, was one of the early settlers of McLean Co. Nine children by this union, seven of whom are living - Mary A., Francis N., Ida D., Charles E., Bunyan C, Bertie and Sarah G.; lost two - Lincoln A. was born May 6, 1865, died Aug. 13, 1873 ; James W., was born May 25, 1871, died Aug. 21, 1872. Mr. M. is a member of the Money Creek U. B. Church.

BENJAMIN OGDEN, deceased. Mr. Ogden was born in Ohio Feb. 7, 1803 ; he removed from Fayette Co., Ohio, to Illinois, in the fall of 1830, locating in what is now Money Creek Township, this county. In 1824, he was married to Miss Sarah Stretch, who was born in Pennsylvania July 18, 1806. They had a family of ten children, five of whom are living - Maria, wife of Dr. E. McAferty ; Amanda, widow of J. McAferty ; Margaret, wife of W. Haworth ; Elizabeth, wife of John W. Stover. They have lost five children, most of whom died in childhood. Mr. Ogden's death occurred Sept. 27, 1873.

JESSE OGDEN, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 33; P. 0. Towanda; born in Money Creek Township July 26, 1834, his father. Benjamin Ogden, a native of the State of Ohio, having settled in the township in October, 1830. The subject of this sketch now resides on the farm his father bought soon after he came to the State, and near the old homestead owns about 700 acres of land in Money Creek Township. Served as Supervisor two terms, Assessor two terms and has held other minor offices.

CHALMERS RAYBURN, teacher and farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Towanda; born in Madison Co., Ohio March 26, 1848, but removed in early childhood with his father's family to Illinois, locating at Bloomington in the fall of 1851. The following March the family removed to Money Creek Township, where the subject of this sketch remained, working on his father's farm until 18 years of age. In 1866, he entered the State Normal University, at Bloomington, and graduated at that institution in 1872; since the above date, he has followed teaching in McLean and other counties in this Slate, and for a time was engaged in teaching in Iowa. He owns eighty acres of farm lands in Money Creek Township. In 1874, he was married to Miss Bell Hutton, who was born in Indiana. They have one child - James Q.

MERLE H. RAYBURN, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Towanda ; born in Madison Co., Ohio, Jan. 22, 1845, where he resided until 1851 , removing to Illinois in the fall of that year, stopping at Bloomington until the spring of 1852, then located in Money Creek Township. ' He served as Town Clerk one year. Enlisted in the 145th I. V. I., in 1864; mustered out in the fall of the same year. Married, in 1872, Miss Emma Overman, who was born in Fulton Co., 111.; two children by this union - Merle I. and David Q. Mr. R. owns eighty acres of farm lands in Money Creek Township.

JOHN W. STOVER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Towanda ; born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, May 15, 1833, where he resided until his removal to Illinois in about 1852, when he located in Money Creek Township, this county. Married, in 1857, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Ogden, wbo was one of the early settlers in that township, locating there as early as the fall of 1830. Mrs. Stover was born in Money Creek Township. They have four children living - Sarah, Cora, Etta and Benjamin W. ; lost two - Ida, and one who died in infancy. Mr. S. owns 277 acres of farm lands in Money Creek Township.

ENOS A. TRIMMER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 17; P. 0. Towanda; born in Money Creek Township, this county, Oct. 13, 1856. His father, Jesse Trimmer, came to this county in the summer of 1826. Mr. Trimmer now resides on the old home place, and his farm consists 565 acres of land, valued at $17,000. A sketch of his father will be found in the Lexington Township list of biographies, and, in the history of Money Creek Township, further mention in connection with settlement of the township.

JOHN F. TRIMMER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 20 ; P. 0. Towanda ; born in Money Creek Township Jan. 17, 1844, his father, Jesse Trimmer, having settled in the township in 1826; owns 785 acres of farm lands in Money Creek and Gridley Townships. Enlisted in Co. C, 94th Illinois Infantry, in January, 1864; transferred to the 37th Illinois Infantry in August, 1865 ; mustered out in May, 1866. During his term of service, he was in the following battles : Fort Morgan, and other engagements in the vicinity of Mobile, Ala. Married, in 1870, Miss Priscilla C. Surface, who was born in Illinois. Four children by this union - Artie G., Daisy D., Willie W. Mr. Trimmer owns what is known as the Thomas Mill, located on Sec. 20, Money Creek Township. He has recently put in one run of stone, and is now prepared to manufacture meal and feed for stock.

JEHU ALLEN, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Holder. The subject of this memoir was born in Shenandoah Co., Va., Nov. 15, 1804. There he resided until his parents' removal to Belmont Co., Ohio, which was in 1811. His parents were among the first settlers of that portion of Ohio. His union with Mary A. Garretson occurred in Flushing, Belmont Co., Ohio, April 2, 1835. She was born in Adams Co., Penn., Sept. 5, 1808. She is a daughter of Amos and Mary Garretson. Her mother's maiden name was Mary Talbott. They were married according to the rites of the Friends' Society, and have been exemplary members of the same all their lives, as have been all their children. From the union of John Allen and Mary A. Garretson there were five children, four of whom are now living, viz., Mary, Rebecca, Alcinda and Edward W. All the children are married and living in the county except Edward W., who lives in Lincoln, Neb. Mr. Allen has been a resident of Blue Mound Township since 1865 ; owns seventy acres of land, all under a good state of cultivation.

ROBERT BARR, farmer and stock-raiser; P.O. Selma ; Presbyterian; Republican; one of the early settlers ; born in Allegheny Co., Penn., Nov. 9, 1831. He removed with his parents, when quite young, to Cass Co., Ind., where he was raised to farm labor. In 1856, he came to Lexington Township, McLean Co., where he lived one year, then one year in Knox Co., and, in the spring of 1858, located upon his present place, where he purchased eighty acres, to which he added, in 1864, by purchase, eighty acres more, making a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, with good buildings. He has resided upon his present place for a period of upward of twenty-one years, and is, consequently one of the oldest continuous residents of the township. He was married Aug. 16, 1860, to Nancy Williams. She was born in Ohio April 5, 1840. They have two children by this union, viz., Sarah E., born July 13, 1862; and Marietta, born May 4, 1867.

GEORGE W. BINGHAM, farmer, Sec. 32; P. 0. Holder. The subject of this sketch was born in Johnston Co., N. Y., March 22, 1832; his parents came to Lake Co., 111., in 1834, where they lived until 1855, at which time they came to McLean Co. and located in Padua Township, where they have since resided. Mr. Bingham's father was a native of Connecticut, and his mother of New York ; the father died Feb. 21, 1879 ; the mother is still living, and is in possession of all her faculties. The subject of this sketch has been a resident of McLean Co. twentyfour years, and of Blue Mound Township three years. Owns forty acres of nicely-improved land, which he has made by his economy and industry. He was united in marriage with Hannah J. Bedell May 5, 1875 ; served three years in the war of the rebellion ; was in Co. D, 94th I. V. I., and served with distinction until his discharge.

E. C. BLISS, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Towanda ; one of the old settlers of McLean Co. ; Congregationalist ; Republican ; born in Bristol Co., Mass., Nov. 27, 1822. At the age of 22 years, he learned and worked at the carpenter trade until 1846, when he went to Havana, Cuba, and worked at his trade in the car-shops some eight months ; in 1851, he came to Jacksonville, Morgan Co., 111., and worked at his trade for ten years ; in 1861. he came to Blue Mound Township, and, in 1864, he purchased 100 acres of wild land, which he has since improved, and where he has since lived. His marriage with Lucy A. Harmon was celebrated in St. Louis April 20, 1852; she was born in Suffield. Conn., June 13, 1830 ; they were the parents of three children, of whom two are now living - Herbert E., born May 30, 1854, and Leonard H., May 4, 1865, and who weighed 210 pounds at 14 years of age, and is considered the largest boy of his age in the county. While in Cuba, Mr. Bliss became so impressed with the evil effects of slavery, that, upon his return home, he affiliated with the Abolitionists until he witnessed the extinction of slavery in this country, since which time he has labored for the success of the Republican party.

JOSHUA BROWN, farmer and dealer in live stock, Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Holder. The subject of this sketch was born in Lancaster Co., Penn.. Aug. 10. 1810, where he resided until 1830, at which time he came with his parents to Tazewell Co., 111. ; there he remained until his removal to McLean Co., which occurred in the fall of 1866 ; on first coming to the county, he located in the city of Normal, and engaged in the lumber trade, in which business he continued until his removal to Blue Mound Township, which was in 1874. Mr. Brown is one of the large farmers and stock-raisers in Central Illinois ; owns 460 acres of land in Blue Mound Township, 320 acres in Anchor Township, a nicely-improved property in the city of Normal, and tracts of land in Marion Co., 111., and in Missouri and California; he also owns "The Old Home Farm" (440 acres) in Tazewell Co., which is one of the best improved farms in that county; he has made, for most part, what he now has, by close attention to business, combined with industry and economy. His marriage with Hannah A. Russell was celebrated in 1832 ; from this union there were two children - William and Marshall. Mrs. Brown died in the spring of 1855. Mr. Brown was united in marriage with his present wife Feb. 28, 1876 ; her maiden name was Julia A. Cook, and she was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Oct. 5, 1821 ; there are four children from this marriage - Allen, Wilner, Charles and Susan. Mr. Brown is a consistent member of the Friends' Society, as are all his family.

GRIFFITH E. CO ALE, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Holder. The subject of this sketch was born in Huntington Co., Ind., June 15, 1848, where he lived until 1867, at which time he came to Blue Mound Township, McLean Co., 111., where he has since resided. His father (Benjamin Coale) was born in Chester Co., Penn., Aug 17, 1821, and his mother in the city of Philadelphia, July 16, 1826; her maiden name was Elizabeth H. Edwards; their marriage occurred July 29, 1846 ; from this union there were six children, five of whom are now living - Mary, Griffith E. (the subject of this sketch), Vincent M., Joseph W. and Rebecca J.; the name of the one deceased was Robert H. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage with Mary E. Moore Dec. 15, 1869. Mr. Coale owns a nicely-improved farm of 120 acres, which he has made by his own exertions.

A. H. COXGER, farmer, stock-raiser and shipper, Sec. 18; P. 0. Towanda ; one of the old settlers of Blue Mound Township. Baptist; Republican. Born in Licking Co., Ohio, March 19, 1830. In 1855, he emigrated to McLean Co., 111., and was employed as farm laborer until 1859, when he rented land one year, and,' in 1860, purchased eighty acres of his present place, locating upon the same the following year. Upon the 28th of April, 1861, he was united in marriage with Ellen J. White: she was born in Tippecanoe Co., Ind., Oct. 12, 1839; they have six children now living, having lost two by death ; the living are Clara A., Charlie C, Cora A.,. Bertice H., Pearl F. and Blanche E. Upon the marriage of Mr. Conger, he worked by the month to obtain means to put up his house, which was 12x16, in which he lived four years. Mr. Conger came to this county with a capital not to exceed $50 ; he now owns 195 acres, which he has improved by his own hard labor, with good farm buildings, all of which he has accumulated by his own exertions. In 1876, he engaged in the agricultural trade, in Towanda, since which time he has been engaged in buying and shipping stock to the Chicago market. Mr. Conger is now Town Collector of Blue Mound Township. Mrs. Conger is a daughter of George C. White, one of the old settlers of the county, and whose sketch appears in this work.

JOHN 0. B. CRIST, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 35; P. 0. Ellsworth. The subject of this sketch was born in Brown Co., Ohio, March 22, 1835, and removed with his parents to Tazewell Co., 111., in 1845, where he remained till 1849, at which time he came to Danvers Township, where he lived until four years ago. His father kept a hotel in Tremont, Tazewell Co., in an early day, he was a native of Ohio ; his mother, who is now living in Danvers, was born in New York ; there were eight children in his father's family, most of whom are now living in McLean Co. His union with Clarinda Johnson was celebrated March 1, 1860 ; she was born in Monroe Co., Va,, May 15, 1837 ; from this union there are four children, viz. : Cora, born May 2, 1862 ; Franklin, born Feb. 7. 1864; Lilly, born Oct. 5, 1866, and Mattie, born Sept. 2, 1875. Mr. Crist owns 160 acres of nicely-improved land, all of which is under a good state of cultivation.

JESSE DRULEY, farmer and dealer in live-stock; P. 0. Normal. The subject of this sketch was born in Clermont Co., Ohio. Jan. 9, 1809, and, in 1815, when but a child, came with his parents to what is now known as Wayne Co., Ind ; his mother is still living in Wayne Co., on the place they first improved when they came to Indiana. The father had been a soldier in the war of 1812 ; had assisted in the organization of Wayne and adjoining counties, and was a very prominent and influential man in his life-time ; he died in 1874, at the advanced age of 92 years. The subject of this sketch came to Atlanta, Logan Co.. 111., Oct. 20, 1857, without any means whatever to support a family of eleven persons ; he not only managed to support his family, but, by hard work and economy, succeeded in accumulating considerable property. His removal to McLean Co. occurred in 1866, where he has since resided. His residence is on. North Lynden street, and it is one of the best improved properties in the city. He also owns 85 acres in Normal Township, and a nicely-improved farm of 210 acres in Blue Mound Township. His union with Jane Garthwait occurred Nov. 18, 1830; she was born in Elizabethtown, N. J., Dec. 24, 1811 ; from this union there were eleven children, eight of whom are now living, viz., Mary J., William M., Emma J., Edwin P., Mary A , Rufus A., Amanda E. and Albert A. On Nov. 18, 1880, they purpose celebrating their golden wedding, when they expect about two hundred friends and relatives to be with them.

JAMES F. GOLDEN, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Ellsworth ; one of the old settlers of Blue Mound Township; was born in Madison Co., Ky., April 4, 1837 ; he has been a resident of Blue Mound Township for most part since 1857 ; his parents are both dead, the father dying in 1855, and the mother in 1865. In his father's family there were eleven children, three of whom are now living in McLean Co. He was united in marriage with Mary Spawr Oct. 9, 1864; she was born in McLean Co., 111., Feb. 6, 1839 ; from this union there are six children, viz. : Lizzie J., born Aug. 26, 1865 ; Alta R., born July 24, 1867 ; Gilbert F., born March 31, 1870 ; Lulu B., born June 30, 1872; John F., born Sept. 24, 1876 ; and Edna E., born Sept. 18,1878. Mr. Golden owns 120 acres of nicely-improved land in Blue Mound Township, and 240 acres in Marion Co., Kan., located on Section 26, Town 17, Range 4 east of Third Principal Meridian ; all this Mr. Golden has made by hard work and economy.

HAMILTON GREEN, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 7; P. 0. Towanda; one of the old settlers of Blue Mound Township. Methodist; RepubUcan. Born in Herkimer Co.. N. Y., Jan. 4, 1829. He emigrated to McLean Co. in the spring of 1856, purchased his present place of 160 acres in July of the same year, and located upon the same the following September, at which time there were only fifty-two acres broken, and which he has brought from its wild prairie condition to its present high state of cultivation by his own hard labor ; there were no roads at that time, and to go to any point a direct line would be taken, with no fence to obstruct the way ; they first rented an unfinished house, in which they lived until they erected what is now a part of their present residence, which was 16x24 feet. The early settlers, like the ancient Israelites, experienced no trouble in worshiping God, and the first prayer-meeting of the district was held in Mr. Green's house, and in this house Mrs. Green taught the first school of the district, her scholars coming from three districts and two townships, and for several years singing-schools were also taught in the same house. His marriage with Elizabeth C. Ludwig was celebrated in 1855 : she was born in Northumberland Co., Penn., Oct. 15, 1831, and was raised in Orleans Co., N. Y.; they are the parents of four children - Gertrude, born July 12, 1857 ; William F., Aug. 2, 1861 ; Thomas, May 2, 1864 ; John H., Aug. 30, 1869. Mr. Green has been Town Clerk four years, Town Trustee six years, and has held other petty offices.

C. HOPT, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Towanda ; born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Jan. 28, 1830 ; in the fall of 1856, he came to America, and spent the winter in New York : in the spring of 1857, he came to Logan Co., 111., where he was employed as farm laborer seven years, and followed farming five years upon rented land ; in 1?69, he located upon his present place, where he has 160 acres, all under a good state of improvement, which he has accumulated by his own hard labor, energy and industry, in which he has been nobly assisted by his amiable wife, to whom he was united in marriage in 1865 ; her maiden name was Anna A. Alpter ; she was a native of Prussia : they have five children - Peter, Charlie, Sophia. Annie and Johnny.

CHARLES E. KRAUSE. farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Bloomington. The subject of this sketch was born in Prussia May 4, 1844, and came to the United States when a boy 10 years of age; resided in Bloomington until 1860, at which time he moved to Towanda Township, where he remained for a period of ten years ; he was a soldier in the war of the rebellion, and served one year; was in Co. A, 150th I. V. I.; enlisted in 1864, and was discharged in 1865. He has been a resident of Blue Mound Township nine years : owns 160 acres of nicelyimproved land. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Fletcher Dec. 24, 1867 ; from this union there were six children, four of whom are now living - Ida A., born Nov. 3, 1870 ; Charles F., June 25, 1872; Mary, Aug. 16, 1874; and Reinhold, July 29, 1878; the names of those deceased were Elizabeth E., born Sept. 1, 1868, and died Oct. 12, 1873; and Emil, born Feb. 9, 1877, and died March 1, 1877. Mrs. Krause was born in Hampshire, Eng., Dec. 28, 1850 ; her father, John Fletcher, is one of the large land-holders of Blue Mound Township.

THOMAS H. NEWTON, farmer, Sec. 11; P O.Selma; one of the oldest settlers; born in Hancock Co., 111., Feb 16, 1843 ; he was brought up to farm labor until August, 1862, when he enlisted in the 94th I. V. I., and went forward to battle for the Union ; he served in the campaign of Missouri and Arkansas, siege and capture of Vicksburg and Yazoo City ; they then went to Brownsville, Tex., and, in August, 1864, returned to New Orleans, from thence to Baton Rouge, La., where he was detailed in the Quartermaster's Department, and, in October, joined his regiment at Ft. Morgan, Mobile Bay : he was engaged in the capture of Spanish Fort, and, in June, 1865, he was forwarded to Galveston, Tex.; mustered out of service in July, and received his discharge in August, 1865, having served in the Union army for three years, and was never off duty after the first two months of his enlistment ; he has since followed farming, with the exception of two years labor in Bloomington ; in 1869, he purchased his present place of eighty acres, where he has since lived. He was married Feb. 18, 1869, to Eliza Smith ; she was born in Indiana ; they have two children - William W. and Gracie. Mr. Newton is a Republican, and votes as he fought; he is the second son of W. H. Newton, who is one of the early settlers of this township; he was born in Trigg Co., Ky., Jan. 23, 1818; he came to Illinois in 1833, and to McLean Co. in 1844 ; in 1857-, he came to Blue Mound Township and purchased 160 acres upon Sec. 11, where he has since lived ; he assisted in the organization of the township ; voted at the first town meeting, and has voted at every town meeting since. He married Martha E. Routt May 26, 1840; she was born in Kentucky May 22, 1822; they have six children - John H., Thomas, Richard, Mary, Olive and Mattie.

MILTON K. SMITH, farmer, Sec. 30 ; P. 0. Holder. The subject of this sketch is the son of Nathan and Rebecca L. Smith ; the father was born in Loudoun Co., Va., and his mother in

Belmont Co., Ohio ; her maiden name was Pickering; they came to Indiana in an early day, and settled in Henry Co.; after living there a time, they removed to Wayne Co.; there, on the 18th of August, 1835, the subject of this sketch was born. He was united in marriage with Mary G. Allen April 15, 1857 ; she is a daughter of Jehu and Mary A. Allen, whose sketch appears in this work ; from this union there were five children - Alva C, Edgar J., Elizabeth A., Nathan F. and Jehu W. Mr. Smith and his wife are members of the Friends' Society, as were their parents. He owns forty acres of nicely improved land, which he has made by his economy and industry.

REV. JOHN S. STAGNER, Christian minister, Sec. 27; P. O. Ellsworth. The subject of 'this sketch was born in Madison Co., Ky., March 1, 1829, where he resided until his removal to McLean Co., which was Oct. 19, 1852; he has been a resident of Blue Mound Township since March 1, 1855, and is one of its oldest living settlers. He was united in marriage with Julia A. Golden April 10, 1848; she was born in Madison Co., Ky., March 25, 1K29, and died Nov. 10, 1873; from this union there are ten children - John F., born March 1, 1849; Nancy C, June 20, 1851 ; Mildred G.. June 21, 1853 ; Thomas R., April 2, 1857 ; Lytle W., Jan. 5, 1859; Ida A., July 16, 1860; Pattie L., Dec. 18, 1863; Allie J., Dec. 17, 1865; Benjamin F., Feb. 18, 1867; and Evalena, Aug. 7, 1870. Mr. Stagner has been a minister of the Christian Church eighteen years, and a member since 1854 ; he has held the offices of Commissioner of Highways and School Trustee ; owns 210 acres of land in Blue Mound Township, and 240 acres in Marion Co., Kan., all of which he has obtained by his economy and industry.

SAMUEL A. STOOPS, farmer and manufacturer of all kinds of drain tile, Sec. 32 ; P. O. Padua. The subject of this sketch was born in Fayette Co., Ky., April 22, 1831 ; came, with his parents, to Marion Co., Ind., when a child, where he lived until 1850, at which time, he removed to Fulton Co., 111., a,nd engaged in the wagon manufacture, in which business he continued for about twelve years ; in 1866, he sold his interest in the wagon-shop and bought a farm in the same county ; did not keep the farm he bought in Fulton Co. but a short time before he sold it and came to McLean Co., 111.; this was in 1867, and he has been a resident of Blue Mound Township ever since. He owns 160 acres of land, upon which are two beautiful residences ; he is also senior partner in a large drain-tile manufactory ; from this manufactory come the best tiles in Central Illinois ; it was started about a year ago, and they now find it quite difficult to manufacture sufficiently fast to meet the demand ; this is owing to the superior quality of tile they manufacture; it is located on the L., B. & M. R. R , Padua, McLean Co., 111. Mr. Stoops had no means to commence with, and he owes his success in life to his close attention to business, combined with economy and industry. Mr. Stoops' father was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., in 1787, and died in Marion Co., Ind., in 1854; his mother's maiden name was Rosanna Kephart ; she was born in Maryland in 1802 ; she is still living, and is in possession of all her faculties. The union of Samuel A. Stoops and Eleanor Clanin was celebrated Sept. 21, 1854; she was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, April 9, 1834; from this union there are five children - Artha A., born June 22, 1856; Laselle, born Sept. 19, 1858; Elma A., born Aug. 31, 1862 ; Theodore, born Sept. 17, 1867, and Amy J., born July 5, 1871.

MATTHIAS SUTTER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 19; P. 0. Holder. The subject of this sketch was born in Baden, Germany, Sept. 7, 1821, where he lived until 1854, at which time he came to the United States ; lived in Albany, N. Y., for a short time previous to his removal to McLean Co., which occurred in 1855; he lived in Bloomington for twelve years, and was engaged in working for the Chicago & Alton R. R. He has been a resident of Blue Mound Township since the spring of 1868 ; owns 140 acres of well-improved land, which he has made by hard work and economy. He was united in marriage with Louisa Balshewel Feb. 2, 1856 ; they have six living children - Samuel, Joseph, Henry, Addie, William and Frank ; they have lost three children by the remorseless hand of death - Louisa, Mary and a babe, not named. Mr. Sutter and his family take a great interest in books and papers, and are among the most intelligent of their people in the county.

JAMES M.VINCENT, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Holder; one of the old settlers of Blue Mound Township ; was born in Hampshire, England, Nov. 14, 1825 ; came to the United States July 6, 1854 ; at the time of his coming to the United States, he was a single man, and for quite a number of years traveled in different parts of the United States and Canada, until, in the fall of 1856, he came to Bloomington, 111., where he has since resided. On the 11th of April, 1858, he was united in marriage with Maria Ward ; from this union there are six children, all of whom are living - Henry, Frank, William, Richard, James and John. Mr. Vincent has held a number of offices of profit and trust in the county, and is one of the influential men of the township in which he lives; owns 120 acres of land, all of which is under a good state of cultivation, which he has obtained by hard work and economy.

ADAM WEBER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 20; P. 0. Padua. The subject of this sketch was born in Prussia, July 8, 1826, where he lived until 1854, at which time he came to the United States, and settled in Muscatine Co., Iowa, where he lived five years ; he then returned to Prussia, where he married his present wife ; her maiden name being Anna M. Baker; they -came to the United States in the fall of 1859, and, in the spring of 1860, came to Blue Mound Township, where he has since resided ; they have eleven children, viz., Francis, John A., Mary,

Frank, Elizabeth, Ida, Peter, Henry, Anna, Kate and Emma. Mr. Weber owns 160 acres of land all under cultivation, which he has made by hard work and economy.

WILLIAM H. WHITE, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. To wand a ; born in Tippecanoe Co., Ind., Nov. 12, 1835 ; at 15 years of age, he emigrated with his father to Smith's Grove, Towanda Township, McLean Co., where they located in 1850; upon March 20, 1864, he located upon his present place, where he has since followed farming and stock-raising, where he owns 240 acres all under a good state of cultivation. His father, George C. White, as well as several of his brothers and sisters, is mentioned in this work. His marriage with Martha Donavan was celebrated Jan. 19, 1865 ; she was born in Clark Co., Ohio, April 12, 1840; four children were the fruit of this union - William E, born Oct. 4, 1873, died, July 31, 1875; Hattie E., born July 8, 1876, died Oct. 3, 1877 : George O, born Dec. 6, 1865 ; and Annie E , June »r 1869.

JAMES ALLISON, farm and stock ; P. 0. Covell; was born, June 28, 1827, on a farm in Bedford Co., Penn.; remaining there with his father until 12 years old, when they moved to Miami Co., Ohio, remaining nine years, engaged in farming, renting of F. J. and J. Weddle four j ears, then of Johnson five years. In 1849, they came to McLean Co., 111., settling at Twin Grove, renting of Munsell & Beeler; he then began business on his present farm of 100 acres - earned entirely by his own labor. In April, 1847, he was married to Eliza J. Colebough, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Allison remembers well the howl of the wolves and almost the shriek of the Indian. But little was known of the merits of the now rich soil of Dale Township when Mr. Allison settled his now most beautiful farm, which was then a raw prairie. They have three children, viz., Cordelia J., Alpherta and James A.

H. G. BOMGARDNER, grocer and station agent and Postmaster, Covell ; was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., Nov. 4, 1840; remained there until 1856; was engaged in farming until 1853, when he engaged in dry-goods business, clerking for M. Weiler at $35 per year ; in 1856, he came with his aunt, Mrs. D. Gerberich, to Bloomington, 111., and engaged in clerking for R. Leach, for one year, at $25 per month ; he then went in partnership with H. Slope, in general notions, for six years. In 1861, he was married to Ellen E. Walcott, of New York: one year after marriage, they went to Chicago, and he engaged in managing business for K. R. Landon, at $125 per month, for nearly two years; moved from there to Danvers, 111., and engaged in business for three years, dealing in general notions; he moved from there to Bloomington, 111., and engaged as clerk in dry goods store, for J. E. Houtz, three and one-half years ; he then made his final settlement at Covell, where he is engaged in general notion store, and is also Postmaster, and railroad station agent on Jacksonville line ; also buys grain for Linebarger & Bro., of Stanford, at this place. They have six children, viz., Alice, Harry, Tillie, Charlie (deceased), Winnie and Clara. He and wife are members of the Congregational Church at Danvers.