Morgan County, Illinois - The whole text, 1878 (part 21 of 21)

Brennan Edward, farmer, Concord BRIDGEMAN HEZEKIAH, retired farmer, Concord. Was born in Withe Co., Va., Jan. 18, 1797. Married there Aug. 4, 1820, to Miss Jane Brown, born same place, Jan. 16, 1797; had nine children; lost two - Franklin, born March 3, 1822; Mary, Aug. 29, 1823; Martin, Nov. 6, 1825; John, Aug. 27, 1827; James, June 3 1829; Isaac, May 20, 1831; Rhoda, July 4, 1834; William, July 18, 1836; died July 14, 1839; his wife died Feb. 26, 1847; married again to Miss Leah Deaton, born in Va.; had two children, living : Martha, born March 10, '51, and Eliza, April 14, '53; his second wife died April 21, 1853; married again to Mrs. Nancy Brown born inWitheCo., Va., March 10, 1802; nochildren by her; she had eleven children by her first husband, four living now - James Washington Brown, born Nov. 23, 1824; Andrew Jackson Brown, Jan. 30, 1830; Napoleon B. Brown, Oct. 21, 1833; Mary Brown, March 19, 1838, now Mrs. P. Kiser. He came to this county in the Fall of 1830 with a team and $14 in money - a poor man, and by hard work at farming and prudent management has become independent. He quit farming twenty years ago, settling down in Concord, living on the interest of his money. Though 81 years old, his memory of early days is vivid ; there is no man in his neighborhood who appreciates a joke and laugh as much as " Uncle Kiah ;" his conversation is pointed, racy, and interesting, bristling with anec- dotes of early days. The genuine interest he takes in the welfare of those surrounding him, and the public spirit he shows in affairs concerning Concord and the neighborhood, have given him the name of " Uncle Kiah " far and wide

BRIDGEMAN JOHN, deceased, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 10, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co. Born in Virginia, Aug. 27, 1827; married June 28, 1855; have one son living : Henry A., born on this farm, June 19, 1857; married July 18, 1875, and have one child : John William, born Sept, 30, 1876. Mr. John Bridgeman was one of the county's earliest settlers; his death happened some thirteen years ago. He once held the office of constable. Mrs. John Bridgeman's father is Aaron Henderson, born in Virginia, and married a Miss Sarah Bowles, also born in Virginia. Mrs. J. Bridgeman owns 265 acres of good land, vilue about $10,600

BROWN JAMES M. was born in Tennessee, May 22, 1825; married Oct. 6, 1847, to Miss Sarah Ann Buxton ; had six children : James Franklin, Felix G., Satah Abigail, George P., Mary Jane, and Charles Oscar, dead. He is one of the oldest settlers in this township; his parents moved here in 1830. In 1831 his father was killed in digging a well; his mother married again, making the home uncongenial to him; he faced the world alone when 18 years old, and is to-day among the wealthy farmers of this county. In 1857 ne bought his present place. Politically he is a staunch Democrat

BURBANK EDWIN S. farmer, Sec. 27, P.O. Concord. Was born in Mass., Aug. 16, 1825. He came to Cass Co. in 1853; married in Beardstown, March 31, . 1853, to Miss Caroline Shaw, born in Maine, Jan. 22, 1822; had five children : Howard D., born Dec, 27, 1853; Carrie M., March 12, 1855; Frank E., Feb. 27, 1857; Ida May, Sept. 27,1859; Sarah Jane, May 6, 1860. His wife, at Mrs. Leonard's house, at Concord, Aug. 31, 1873, was burned fatally by a spark from the stove setting her dress on fire before help could be rendered. She died there on Sept. 16, 1873. Married again April 5, 1876 in St. Louis, to Miss Ada St. John De Haven, who was born in Beardstown, June 24, 1854; has one child by her : Arthur W., born Aug. 23, 1877. The present Mrs. B. is a niece of Lieut. Edwin DeHaven, commanding the original Arctic expedition, in which Dr. Kane was surgeon, but getting snow blinded after his first voyage, he retired, and died in Philadelphia, Dr. Kane getting all the credit. Mr. Burbank enlisted in the roist Regiment, Co. B, and was with his regiment through the entire war. In '64 he received a sunstroke, after which he was a great portion of the time in commissary department. Joseph Shaw, Mr. Burbank's father-in-law, was born in Maine, Jan. 21. 1794; he came to this county in 1830, and died in 1867. His father, Dana Burbank, born in Mass., Jan. 18, 1796, manufactured paper in his native State, came to Scott Co. in 1868, and died May 6, 1876 born July, 15, 1868; died March, 28, 1871; Mary L., horn Sept. 22, 1871, on this farm; James Richard, horn May, 17, 1874, on this farm ; Mr George Charlsworth left England in 1849 I prior to this time he was on his father's farm, farming and weaving being his occupation at the time; he landed in Boston, 1849; went to Lowell, Mass.; here his employment was that of weaving, and remained six months ; in Oct. 1849, he went to Peacedale, R. I. ; remained here three years, engaged as weaver ; then he went to Westerly, Conn. ; here he remained one year ; occupation during this time, weaving ; then he settled in Cass Co. in 1854, near his present place; moved to his present farm Nov. 10, 1859 CONOVER JAMES, farmer and preacher, born in Woodford Co., Ky., Oct. 12, 1804; married June 5, 1828, to Miss Martha M. Reding; born in same county, Dec. 24, 1812 ; had nine children : Richard A., born Dec. 28, 1831 ; Alvina, Jan. 10, 1835 ; she was thrown from a buggy going to the fair in Cass Co., 111., dying from her injuries, Nov. I, 1875 ; Henry Clay, Sept. 16, 1838 ; Mary C., Aug. 8, 1841, now Mrs. M. D. McMannus, living with them ; Eliza Ann, Jan. 20, 1845, died Oct. 6, 1845 ; Thaddeus, Dec. 18, 1833, died in his infancy ; Charles Clinton, April 28, 1847, died Feb. 9, 1857 ; Martha Helen, Oct. 6, 1849, novv Mrs. Normal Eurton ; James Scholey, April 25, 1853 ; all his children live near Peculiar, Mo., with exception of Henry Clay, who lives near Butler, Bates Co., Mo.; Mr. Conover came to Illinois landing on Jersey Prairie, eight miles north of Jacksonville, Oct. 18, 1827 ; he was farming there till 1855 ; the first Lord's day in Feby. 1831, he, his wife, and others, thirteen in all, organized the first " Christian church " in this county, if not in Illinois, he taking an active interest in its welfare ; he was a deacon from its organization, and ordained a preacher a few years after, preaching from that time till 1855, when he moved to Eureka. Woodford Co., 111. ; he was appointed immediately after his arrival, trustee of the college (Eureka college), and soon after elder of the church there, holding both appointments till July, 4, 1868, when he moved to Pleasant Hill, Cass Co,, Mo. ; he was farming there as in Illinois ; the town Peculiar was started soon after he settled, only two miles from his farm ; he there found a small church organization; preaching there during his stay of five years ; leaving there he returned to Concord, Nov. 18, 1873, since which time he has been living a retired life ; he is at present an elder of his church, and still preaches occasionally, waiting contentedly to be called by Him, for whom he has worked during life

COOPER ARMSTRONG, farmer. Sec. 22, P.O. Concord ; born in Roan Co. East Tennessee, March, 23, 1812 ; he came to this county Nov. 3, 1835 ; was married Oct. 8, 1838, to Miss Mary Silcox, born in Tennessee, March, iS, 1818 ; had ten children : Eliza Jane, born Oct. 29, 1840, now Mrs. F. Roberts ; Azariah Coffman, Dec. 18, 1842, died 1853 ; William Henry, Sept. 15, 1844; Mary Ellen, born Oct. 31, 1846, died 1855, was Mrs. Orlando Pratt ; John Armstrong, Sept. I, 1850, died 1853; Amanda C., Oct. 3, 1852, now Mrs. Bailey Rexroat ; Albert and Robert, March 10, 1855, both died same year; James .Buchanan, Aug. 23, 1856; Edward Scott, July, 17, 1860, died 1862 ; he first came to Jacksonville where he opened a family grocery store, sold out, and came to Concord, and in 1845 he entered the land he now lives on ; has been school director and supervisor of roads seven terms ; politically he has always been a Democrat, though in county elections, the best men on either side would always be his choice

Cooper William Henry

COOPER WILLIAM HENRY, farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. Concord ; was born in Morgan Co., Sept. 15, 1844; married Oct. 18, 1874, to Miss Carrie M. Burbank, born in Morgan Co., March, 12, 1855 ; have two children, Perry Howard, born March, 4, 1876 ; Cora May, Aug. 24, 1877 ; was born and raised here ; farmed with his father till his marriage ; politically he has always been a Democrat ; was elected school director of District No. 5 last April

Cullimore Thomas M. M.D.

Y) ALEY PATRICK, blacksmith and ^^^ wagon maker, Concord; was born in Tipperary Co., Ireland, March 16, 1837 ; left Ireland Sept. 1851 ; landed in New York in Oct. the same year; then went to New Salem, where he learned the trade of blacksmith, and worked nearly three years ; moved to Pennsylvania; stayed there till 1855; then went to Auburn, N. Y., and was married June 15. 1856, to Miss Bridget Carey, of Watertown, N. Y. ; she was born in Ireland ; had five children by her, lost two ; those living are: James, born at Skaneateles, N. Y., June 17, 1857 ; Nora, born at Chapin, this county, Jan. 24, 1859; Michael, born at Bethel, this county, Feb. 2, 1862; his wife died June 9, 1875 ; married again to Mrs. Rebecca Hamilton, who was born in this county, Oct. 22, 1845 ; has one child by her, John Carl, born here, Aug. 5, 1877 > her maiden name was Rebecca Webb; was married to Noah Hamilton, May 5, 1864 ; has two children by him, Arthur Hamilton, born Feb. 27, 1865, and Charles Hamilton, born Feb. 12, 1867 ; Mr. Daley came to Chapin Aug. 1858, engaging in his trade till 1862 ; enlisting in the loist Illinois, Co. "E;"at Holly Springs, was captured and paroled, sent to Memphis five days after, on the 3ist Dec. ; steamed up the Mississippi on the " Creole;" at island No. 34, she struck a sand bar ; after forty-eight hours futile attempt, were transferred to steamer Curlew ; making Cairo, there they waited till the " Creole " came and arrived at St. Louis ; a trip he will always remember ; he was exchanged Jan. 1863 ; rejoined his regiment, skirmishing around in Western Kentucky and Tennessee, till Sept., thence to Louisville and Bridgeport, Ala.; at latter place he was till Oct. 28 ; was in a fight at Owahatchie; remained in Lookout valley till Nov. 23 ; was in battle of Mission Ridge ; wintered in Bridgeport, Ala. till May, 1864, thence to Chattanooga, and then "going through Georgia ; " was in the battles of Rocky Face, Resaca, in the charge on Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, and at the siege of Atlanta ; remained in the city a few weeks ; was in Savannah six weeks ; then on to Richmond ; the war closed, he was mustered out in Washington, June 7, 1865 ; discharged in Springfield, June 25, 1865 ; went back to Chapin, at his old business, and came here in 1874, carrying on the business at the present time

DEAN LEWIS, farmer, Sec. 28, P.O. Concord ; was born in St. Albany, Vt., Sept. 12, 1811, where he was raised and worked on a farm till 1830; in 1830 he left home, and travelled in the States of New York, New lersey, Ohio, Missouri, and Virginia; he taught school in all, but Ohio ; the Fall of 1838 he settled in this county, teaching school that fall and winter for six months; he took an active part in organizing and dividing this township into school districts ; in 1844 he was elected township trustee, which office he held for ten years, being elected four times in succession; in 1839 he entered his land, and was married June 2, 1839, to Miss Maria Ratcliff, who was born in Louisa Co., Va., 1 868 ; had four children: D wight, born March, 1844, who enlisted in the nth Illinois cavalry, Co. " B," in Nov. 1861, and died a few months after at Camp Butler; Lucy, Sept. 1842, died Oct. I, 1862 ; Susannah, Sept. 1846, now Mrs. Henry Suger, and Josiah, July, 1857; his wife died April 13, 1860; he married again April 3, 1862, to Miss Eleanor Richhart, born in Ohio in 1826; had one child by her, Nathan, born April 29, 1863, died Sept. 1873 ; the first pork he sold was in Jacksonville, 1841, at $1.75 nett per hundred ; the first corn he hauled to Meredosia in 1843, at 12)4 cents per bushel ; his nearest neighbors then were Henry, John, and Thomas Park, Archibald Mellon, William Moss, Adam Gaddis, and

Dyer William Anderson

DYER WILLIAM ANDERSON, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 9, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co., born in Grange Co., Tenn., Jan. 29, 1807 ; married March 12, 1833, to Margaret Bridgeman, born May 25, 1808, died Jan. 13, 1878 ; have seven children living : George Franklin, born Nov. 27, 1833; William R., born Feb. 3, 1836; Rody Ann, born Jan. 20, 1838 ; Joseph, born April 23, 1841; Ellen Jane, born March 26, 1842; John C., born April 8, 1851; Martin J., born Oct. II, 1854. Lost three children : Martha, Emeline, Thomas L. Mr. W. A. Dyer left Tennessee when thirty-one years old; came to this county in 1838, with eight dollars and three pickayunes in his pocket; he now owns 140 acres of improved land, and good farm house on same. His religion is of the Baptist school. He was the first school director under the free school system, which office he held in Tennessee. His father, William Dyer, was born in Virginia, at the time of the revolutionary war, 1776, and married a Miss Ellen Dyer. His wife's father, Franklin Bridgeman, fought in the revolutionary war of 1776, and married a Miss Roda May. Has learned four different trades in his life

July 18, 1812 ; married in Wisbech, Eng., June I, 1834, to Miss Elizabeth Watson Stagles, born at March, Eng., Dec. 27, 1815 ; had twelve children (lost seven), living: Hannah, now Mrs. J. C. Sanders; Elizabeth, now Mrs. A. J. Bell ; John Thomas, Charles William, and Mary Jane, now Mrs. Robert Diggins. He left England April 17, 1854, settling in Ohio ; stayed there till July, '55, then locating here, engaged in merchant tailoring till '67, then moved to Abingdon, Knox Co., and in '71, to Bushnell ; he stayed there till '75, when he came back to Concord, since which time he has been keeping a general store and merchant tailoring establishment. He enlisted in '61, in the three months' service, in the 68th 111. Reg., Co. B, volunteering on the 4th of July; his regiment had to do a great deal of marching and counter-marching, but was in no battles. He was mustered out in October, same year

Evans Rebecca, widow, Concord Ewing John S. farmer. Sec. 31, P.O. Concord EWING WILLIAM H. blacksmith, P.O. Concord, born in Wheeling, Va., May 13, 1831; married Oct. 23, 1855, to Margaret Filey, who was born in Pennsylvania, Nov. 20, 1831. Have six children: Charles, Alexander H., William, Hattie, Susan Ann, and Robert C. Came to Logan Co. in

FAIRBANK JOHN B. was born in New Ipswich, N. H., March 16, 1796. At the district schools of his native town and at New Ipswich Academy, he obtained a fair education, which, on leaving home, at the age of twenty, he made use of by engaging in teaching. For four years he was principal of a high school in Stamford, Ct., where he became acquainted with and married Miss Hannah M. Crissey, with whom he lived to celebrate their golden wedding. Soon after marriage he removed to Massachusetts, and there established an extensive manufactory of palm-leaf hats, and ladies' straw bonnets, one of the first of the kind in the United States. For the sale of the goods manufactured, he opened a wholesale store in New York City.whither he removed in 1835, and, his store being in the immediate vicinity, he was present as an interested and not idle spectator at the great fire of December of that year. In 1837 he removed to Morgan Co., 111.; settling on a farm on the north side of Diamond Grove, one mile south of Illinois College. Here he lived nine years, during which time his older sons received their education at the college. He was very favorably known as a friend by the students of those days, many of them receiving help at his hands in their time of need, and all having a cordial welcome at his hospitable home. In 1846 lie removed to the now vicinity of Concord, where he retained his residence until the close of his life. A short time previous to this removal, a church had been organized in the neighborhood, out of a variety of elements found in the region, on a union basis, and because of this feature of the organization, and because some of the members were from Concord, N. H., it received the name Concord. With this church Mr. Fairbank, with his family, at once identified himself, and at a cost to him of several hundred dollars over and above his subscription, he built its first house of worship. The building was located where Concord now stands, and this was the starting of the town. In 1850, in connection with D. Wilder, his third son, Mr. F. opened a store near the church, and soon after platted the town, and named it after the church. When the Rock Island and St.Louis R.R.was projected, he interested himself in it at once, and was for a number of years one of its directors. From 1854 to 1862, he acted as general agent for Central Illinois, in the sale of McCormick's Reaper and Mower, and thus formed a very extensive business acquaintance throughout this part of the State. Mr. F. was very decidedly a public spirited man, and was always ready, according to his ability, and indeed, often beyond his ability, to give a helping hand in the furtherance of everything which had in view the public good, whether in the sphere of civil affairs, education, philanthropy, or morals. In early life he became a Christian, and thereafter was most heartily identified with all moral reforms and religious enterprises. While as yet it was an unpopular thing to do, he adopted total abstinence principles, as to temperance, which he ever uncompromisingly maintained, and his practice was from first to last in perfect consistency with the principles he advocated. He was especially interested in the cause of Foreign Missions, to which he gave gladly his eldest son and a grand-daughter, who had grown up in his home as his own child, together with, a not small portion of his yearly income. Politically he was an old-line Whig, until the formation of the Republican party, with which he allied himself at once, because of its advocacy of the anti-slavery principles he had always held. Through a long life of mingled prosperity and adversity, in all relations of whatever nature, he ever maintained the character of a true Christian gentleman, and succeeded remarkably in the effort that was always his to be both just and generous. He died June 17, 1873, at tne age °f 77> an(l was buried in Diamond Grove Cemetery, where his body sleeps in a grave almost in sight of his first Morgan Co. home. In Mr. Fairbank's family there were ten children, five sons and five daughters. The latter all died in infancy, while the former all grew to manhood and four still live. The, oldest, Rev. Samuel B. Fairbank, D.D., was born at Stamford, Ct., in 1822. He graduated from Illinois College, at the age of eighteen, and from Andover Theological Seminary at twenty-one. The following year he went as a missionary of the Am. Board, to India, and was stationed at Ahmedungger, 200 miles east of Bombay, where he still continues to labor, having been in the foreign field over thirty years. Before going out he was married to Miss Abbie Allen, of Oakham, Worcester Co., Mass., who died in India, leaving two children, one of whom, now Mrs. Emma F. Smith, is still living, and is herself a missionary, being the wife of Rev. Thomas S. Smith, of Jaffna, Ceylon. He was married again in 1856, this time to Miss Mary Ballantine, daughter of a missionary, and born in India, who is his present wife. They have seven children living, three of whom, two daughters and a son, are in this country being educated. James C. Fairbank, the. second son, was born at Oakham,

Mass., in 1825. While attending Illinois College, failing health caused him to relinquish his intellectual pursuits, and he became the home boy upon the farm, remaining with or near his parents until the father's death, and still having the mother with him. He was married first in 1847, to Miss Hannah B. Carter, daughter of the late Ebenezer Carter, and sister of Wm. C. Carter, of Jacksonville. She died in 1864, leaving three children : S. Allen, who married Miss Lizzie Eldred ; Ellen M., now Mrs. Milton Matthews ; and Mary E., all of whom still live in Morgan Co. He married his present wife, who was Miss Mary L. Daniels, daughter of Mr. Samuel Daniels, of Joy Prairie, in 1865, and they have three children. James C. was for a time in company with his brother, D. Wilder, in the store at Concord, then as stock dealer and farmer, and with his father in the machine agency. He is now living on the home farm, and is engaged somewhat extensively in the settlement of estates, the guardianship of orphans, and like trusts. D. Wilder, the third son, was born at Oakham, Mass., April, 1829. Because of failing health when in college, he too was obliged to relinquish his studies and to give up the expectation of entering the ministry. For a number of years he was engaged in teaching, then in company with his father, and after, with his brother, James C., in the Concord store, in the stock business and farming, and in the machine agency. In 1870 he opened his agricultural implement store in Jacksonville, where he now resides. He married in 1850, Sarah Epler, daughter of the late John Epler, of Cass Co., and sister of Judge Cyrus Epler, of Morgan. They have three children, the oldest of whom, Evelyn H., is now the wife of Prof. Geo. W. Brown, jr., of the Jacksonville Business College. John B. Fairbank, jr., the fourth son, was born Sept. 6, 1831, inOakham, Mass. He graduated from Illinois College in 1857, and from Union Theo. Seminary, New York, in 1860. He entered at once into the Congregational ministry, beginning his work at Marengo and Garden Prairie, 111., and continuing it at Monroe and Fox Lake, in Wisconsin, at St. Joseph, Mich., where he remained four years, and at Fort Wayne,

Ind., where he preached five years. He is now pastor of the Congregational Church of Farmington, Fulton Co., 111. He married Miss Emily P. Mack, sister of Rev. Joseph A. Mack, in May, 1859. She died in June, 1860, leaving a son, Herbert A., who is now in Illinois College. To Miss Ruth A. Boyce, of Brooklyn, Wis., his present wife, he was married in 1863. They have three children now living - two sons and a daughter. Edward B. Fairbank, the fifth son, was born in Morgan Co., May, 1841, and died at Concord, Sept. 1863, aged twenty-two. He was a young man of rare social and business qualities, and earnest Christian principles, and gave promise of a worthy future. His early death, which seemed untimely, was mourned by all who knew him, for he was held in high esteem. All of the sons of Mr. Fairbank have been, at some time, connected with Illinois College, all have followed his example in engaging to a greater or less extent in teaching, all early united with the church, all have been from their youth absolute teetotallers, and all have received and held the confidence of their fellow men

LONG JACOB, farmer, Sec. 23, P.O. Jacksonville; was born March 3, 1812, in Granger County, East Tennessee, seven miles from Rutledge ; married Nov. n, 1833 to Melvina Bridgeman ; had nine children: Martha, now Mrs. John Mallicoat; John Wesley, Hezekiah, Mary, now Mrs. F. Gish; William, Henry, Eliza, now Mrs. George Leonard; Frederick, and Aldoney, who is dead : his wife died in 1854; married again in 1857, to Mary Stabler ; had two children by her, Thomas Jefferson, and Nancy; his second wife died in Oct. 1867 ; married agai:i Aug. i, 1869, to Mrs. James Gish, her maiden name was Comfort Gish, born Sept. 4, 1819, in Kentucky ; he was raised in Tennessee, farming most of the time ; he carried the government mail from Knoxville to Bruntsville Va., nine years and two months, and lost but two trips ; he came to this county in 1856 ; he enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, in the xoist Reg. Co. B, and was honorably discharged April 10, 1863 ; he was taken prisoner at Holly Springs while standing guard at the government stables ; while a prisoner, he was at times three or four days without any thing to eat, and slept out on the wet ground; he was taken with quick consumption and rheumatism, from which he is now suffering ; he draws a pension in consequence Long James H. farmer, Sec. 23, P.O. Concord Long Joseph, farmer, Sec. 15, P.O. Concord Long William, farmer, Sec. 7, P.O. Concord Long William H. farmer, Sec. 34, P.O. Jacksonville

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MOSS BENJAMIN F. merchant, P.O.Concord, born in Bedford Co., Tennessee, Jan. 13, 1822; married Oct 12, 1848, to Miss Martha A. Martin, born in Woodford Co., Kentucky, March 13, 1829 ; had three children : Francis Adrian, born March 7, 1850, died April 14, 1850; Oscar. May 20, 1851, died Aug. 9. 1858; Edward R., Aug. 9, 1861, died Aug. 25, 1864. He came to this county in November 1827; went to Platt Co., Missouri, about 1840, prospecting and farming for three ye irs; came back here in 1843, farming with his father till 1848, then went to Peoria, learning the carpenter trade, which he followed two years ; then moved to Farmington, engaged in the " endless pump and chain " business. In 1858, he moved back to Concord, and in 1860 moved to Meredosia ; in 1862 he again came back here; Aug. 22, of that year he enlisted in the loist 111. Regt., Co. B. He was captured, with part of his regiment, at Holly Springs, Miss., Dec. 20 ; paroled and sent to Benton Barracks and exchanged June 20, 1863, rejoining his regiment and skirmishing in Western Tennessee and Kentucky, thence to Bridgeport, Ala., Chattanooga, and participated in the battle- of Mission Ridge, under Gen. Howard ; thence to Knoxville, Chattanooga, wintering at Bridgeport, Ala. Broke camp May 2, 1864, to Chattanooga, and from there started on the " march through Georgia." His regiment was in the Twentieth Corps, under Hooker; was in the battles of Resaca, Burnt Hickory, and Peach Tree Creek. Was wounded July 25, 1864, in the second line of works before Atlanta, losing his leg, which was amputated at the hospital at Nashville ; then came back to Concord, engaging in the mercantile business. His wife was appointed postmistress in April, 1867, he acting as deputy, and attending to all the duties of the office. He was elected justice of the peace in November, 1865, immediately alter his return from the war, serving two terms, after which he declined the nomination. He entered in his company a private in the ranks, and was promoted corporal ; he was discharged June 27, 1865

MOSS JOHN B. farmer, Sec. 26, P.O. Jacksonville, born in Bedford Co., W. Tennessee, July 16, i816, married April n, 1839, to Miss Elizabeth Standley. born in West Tennessee, June 29, 1820; has had nine children : Sarah, born Jan. 14, 1840, now Mrs. I. N. Smith ; Mary Ann, Oct. 9, 1841; Robert, March 4, 1844; Richard F., Dec. 29, 1846; Thomas Jefferson, June 18, 1849; Elizabeth Jane, Oct. n, 1851, now Mrs. Joseph Hoff ; Edgar, Sept. n, 1854, died May, 1860; John Anderson, July 23, 1857 ; William Oliver, Dec. 22, 1862. He was raised in Tennessee ; came to Morgan Co. November, 1827. His wife's parents came here in 1821, making them the oldest settlers in this township. He served rtvo terms as school director in District No. 5, and supervisor of roads two terms. He

MYERS FERDINAND, farmer, Sec. 26, P.O. Jacksonville, was born in Baden, Germany, Jan. 26, 1841. His parents left Germany in 1853, and came to this county in 1856. Was married Sept. 26, 1867, to Miss Mary Hickman, who was born in England, July 7. 1842. No children. She came here when but oae year old, with her parents. In 1867 he went to Missouri, and bought 160 acres; farmed it till 1868, then rented his farm and came back here to farm his father's land

OAY JOHN B. farmer, Sec. 27, -*-^- P.O. Waverly, was born in Van Buren Co., Iowa; Sept. 17, 1838 ; married to Miss Mary E. Johnson, March 16, 1859; she was born Jan. 6, 1840, in this county, near Arcadia. Had two children : Martha J. was born March 31, 1862, died Dec. n, 1867, and living, Louise B., born May 7, 1860. He came to Morgan Co. Feb. I, 1851. Always been engaged in farming since he was a boy. He first came to Arcadia, where he was raised, then went to Sangamon Co. the first year after his marriage. Moved back to Arcadia, renting there seven years ; then went to Mason Co. in 1865, building there on wild prairi he had bought ; in 1869, he sold out and came to the present place of 120 acres, on which he has built a beautiful dwelling ; he also owns 240 acres in Kansas, which he bought in 1869. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ray are active members of the M. E. Church

Rentschler George

RENTSCHLER GEORGE W. farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Concord ; born on Sec. 19, this township, Nov. 24, 1837; married Jan. 14, 1862, to Miss Lucretia Henderson, born in this county Nov. 18, 1842; had seven children: Edwin Roswell, born Jan. 19, 1863, died Sept. 27, 1866 ; Sila Grant, July 8, 1865 ; William Henry, March 12, 1868, died May 16, 1868 ; George Stephen, March 7, 1869 ; Ellen R. Sept. 28, 1871; Arthur, Feb. 5, 1874, died March 10, 1874, and Franklin M. Feb. 3, 1875 ; he commenced farming for himself in 1862 till '65, then went to Macon Co., bought a farm of 160 acres, sold that in 1865, coming back here, where he is now farming on the old homestead, owning 265 acres, and 160 acres in Scott Co. ; on one of the coldest days in January, 1856, he was hauling timber for the M. E. Protestant Church from Beardstown ; in coming back the same day, when half a mile from Arenzville, the horses were frightened and ran off; unable to hold them, he jumped off, but fell between the wheels, the hind wheel passing over his body, rendering him insensible ; the noise the team made attracted the attention of the blacksmith of Arenzville, who, seeing them, foreboded ill, and went in search of him immediately, found him sitting on a stump in a stupefied condition ; he had him brought home, but he was unable to work for two months; had it not been for the kindly assistance he would have perished ; his father, George Rentschler has retired from active life, is living with him now ; he was born in Pennsylvania, Oct. 8, 1795; married to Sarah Miller in 1817, who died in 1824; had three children by her ; all dead ; married again in the latter part of 1824, to Catharine Zerby, born in Pennsylvania, Oct. 26, 1805 ; had seven children, four living: Elizabeth, now Mrs. J. C. Valentine ; Sarah, now Mrs. L. Fredlander ; George W. and Jacob ; he left Pennsylvania and came to the present place in 1837 ; has been farming and milling ; he recollects one incident, especially of 1839, showing the abundance of game ; he was coming home from Arenzville in the forenoon hauling rail, a large deer stood in the road, the horses became frightened and would not advance, the old buck looked at him unconcernedly for some minutes, then quietly went into the brush ; he saw one morning a gang of twenty-seven deer in front of his house grazing; the wolves were so numerous that they kept them awake nights by their howling, and got so fierce that they attacked his dog in the yard, and -had he not gone out to his rescue, the dog would have been eaten up.

Shrewsbury George

SHREWSBURY GEORGE W. merchant, Concord; born in Morgan Co., Jan. 8, 1844; married Dec. 3. 1876, to Miss Martha Bridgeman, who was born in Concord, March 10, 1852; he was raised on his father's farm, three miles north of Concord; after his father's death in 1863, he managed it till 1871; then spent the winter with his sister in Kentucky, and the following summer with his brother-in-law near Decatur, 111.; in 1872 he went into partnership with L. G. Wallich, of Arenzville, in the furniture trade, but the business not meeting his expectations, he sold out, going back once more to his birthplace, staying there till 1874, when he came to Concord, clerking for Pence & Co. six months, then admitted junior partner in the firm, remaining such till Feb. 1876; buying them out, he continued the business in which he is engaged at the present time SILCOX JAMES H. farmer, Sec. 23, P.O. Concord; was born in Jacksonville, Nov. 26, 1834; married, Jan. 18, 1857, to Miss Elizabeth C. Gish, born in Iowa, May 26, 1843; had eight children: David Henry, July 2, 1858, died 1862; Charles Franklin, Oct. 25, 1862; William Edward. Nov. 23, 1864; Robert Lincoln, Jan. 24, 1866; Jane Isabelle, Oct. 18, 1 868; Chester Florence, Feb. 28, 1871; Lilly May, Jan. 14, 1875; James Henry, Feb. 4, 1878; from seventeen to twenty-eight years of age he was working by the month; then commenced trading horses and cattle, and during the war bought his present place, having made it out of his trading; in 1874, Frank Roberts, James Snyder, and himself built a mill; in 1875 he and Snyder bought out Roberts, and in 1876 he bought the whole interest, making money in it till it was burned down; during the war he was deputy provost marshal at Beardstown Smart Samuel V. farmer, Sec. 14, P.O. Jacksonville

SMITH WILEY, farmer, Sec. 14, P.O. Arcadia; born in Tennessee, Oct. 30, 1828; married Sept. 29, 1859, to Miss Jane Standley, born in Morgan Co., Dec. 15, 1840; had five children: Mary Catherine, Sept. 3, 1861; an infant, Oct. 30, 1866, died in infancy; Esther Rosetta, April 4, 1869; Charles H., Nov. 9, 1872; Clarinda O., April 9, 1877; his father came here in 1834, was taken sick, and was on a sick bed for eight years, consequently he had to plow with what was called the Carey plow, when but seven years old; they, like all the old settlers, came here without any money, and he worked as hard as any grown man, from early boyhood, but by dint of perseverance and courage, has become independent; is one of the " self-made men " of the times; in 1860 he bought his present place of 115 acres; he has been two terms supervisor of roads, and was elected April (1877) school director of District No. I.; politically he has always been a Democrat; his father was born in S. Carolina 1805, and died here May 24, 1875; his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Moss, who was born in 1806; died here May 23, 1874

SMITH WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 24, P.O. Jacksonville; born in Wilson County, Kentucky, Dec. n, 1814; married Sept. 9, 1843, to Sarah Ann Vanderbilt; had one child, James A., born Sept. 6, 1845; his wife died the same vear, at the age of 20; married again Sept. 9, 1852, to Mrs. Nancy Ratliff; her maiden name was Rubart; born Aug. 11, 1825, in Sangamon County; had eight children: Elizabeth, born March 5, 1855, died 1873; Sarah Allen, Aug, 17, 1858, now Mrs. F. Long; Douglas, Aug. 16, 1861; Catharine, Oct. 27, 1863, died in 1867; Nancy Ann, Aug. 29, 1866, died Aug. 22, 1869; his parents moved to Missouri in 1826; he came to this county in 1836; he here learned the house carpenter trade, and worked at it in Cass, Morgan, Brown, and some in Scott Co.; the last carpentering he did was in 1849, in Brown

C'ounty; then bought a farm near Concord and commenced fanning, which he has followed since then; Mr. Smith joined the M. E. church at Concord in 1842; in 1860 he joined the Methodist P. church, and has been an active member of that church since; Mr. Smith has been school director for 20 years, and is at present school director of Dist. No. i; since the Murphy movement he has taken an active interest in it, and holds the position of chaplain in Dist. No. I

WHORTON JOSEPH W. retired, P.O. Concord ; born in Nicholas Co., Ky., Jan. 19, 1826; married March 20, 1852, to Miss Ruthana Patterson, born in Clark Co., Pa., Oct. 24, 1831; had two children : John A., born June 6,1853 - is living; came to Morgan County in 1830; they had to live in a little cabin, 'sixteen feet square, with his uncle's family that winter, on account of the fearful snow, his fathei not being able to build a cabin ; he was farming up to 1854. then keeping the Union hotel at Bethel; in 1853. he was elected constable on the old-line Whig ticket, and served till 1861, when he resigned; in 1856, he rented his hotel. He enlisted Aug. n. 1862, in the loist 111. Regt., Co. B; at Cairo he was detailed to the hospital, and acted as wardmaster-general for one year ; went with his regiment to Chattanooga latter part of 1863, wintering at Bridgeport, Ala., till May; was in the spring campaign under Sherman, and wounded in the second engagement at Resaca in three places, left arm, right side and left thigh, May, 14, 1864, losing the use of the arm; discharged Oct. 14, 1864; came back here and elected justice of the peace that fall, and held the office for thirteen years: this fall he resigned, retiring to a private life. He drove every stake in the survey of Concord, taking a lively interest in its welfare

WOOD WILLIAM, farmer, P.O. Concord; born Lancashire, Eng., March 14, 1840; married Sept. 4, 1866, to Miss Margaret J. Sims, born Morgan County, Jan. 29, 1843; have five children ; James Cornelius, born June 23, 1867; Lucy Ann, March 31, 1869 ; Arthur, Dec. 6, 1872 ; Harry Clifford, Feb. 17, 1873 ; Robert Vivian, Sept. 6, 1875. His parents came to this country in 1842, settling in Cass County; he was raised on the line of Cass and Morgan. In 1858, he left his parents, coming to this county; buying and selling horses till the war broke out; he enlisted, Aug. I, 1861, in the 1st Regt. Mo. Cavalry, Co. I. ; was private in his company six months, then was detailed as battalion wagonmaster; was also detailed in the U.S. detective service ; he remained in the army till the war closed, and since which time has been living in Concord

VERBY JARED, station agent and telegraph operator, Concord ; was born in Mifflin Co., Pa., Oct 15, 1847 ; came to this county in 1852 ; in 1866 he went into partnership with his brothers John and A. H , in the nursery business ; he also had an interest in a store in Concord the same time; one year, when the nursery business was at its height, they sold $16,000 of hedge plants in a radius of two hundred

* miles ; John's death and the panic forced him out of business. In 1869, he learned telegraphing, and four months from that time he got charge of Browning, 111, his first station ; since then he has held sta- tions between St. Louis and Browning, on the St. Louis division of the C., B. & Q. R.R.; on the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis road and on the Iron Mountain, he was

A Ndbe Mathias Frank

P.O. Meredosia; Dem.; Meth. Episcopal; born in France, province of Mon Saint Martin, Feb. 13, 1833 ; left France at the age of sixteen, in 1849 '> coming to this country, he engaged to work for Mr. Blakely, in Erie County ; the first year he received $7 a month, and the second year $10 ; this included board and lodging ; he then went to Wisconsin, and engaged to work in the Menomonee River pineries, receiving a salary of $24 a month, including board and lodging ; here he remained six months ; he left this work in 1852 ; on his way to this county he stopped in Chicago a little over one month ; finally made his home in Morgan County ; engaged to work by the month for Mr. Dempsey, for whom he worked nine months; then worked or Mr. David Geiger three months ; then worked two years for Mr. L. D. Graham, an old settler; married Dec. 8; 1858,10 Elizabeth Amanda, daughter of Mr. Graham ; his present farm contains i?>i% acres - 75 acres he received from his fatherin-law - purchasing the balance from time to time ; one-half of his land is improved, and his house, a fine two- story frame, was built in 1877. They have five children living: Linda Florence, born Dec. 21, 1859; Roland Lee, born Feb. 5, 1861 ; Milton Henry, born June 20, 1867; Harriet Virginia, born Aug. 26, 1873 ; George Bertram, born May 18, 1876. Lost six children : Charles Franklin, born Aug. 13, 1862, died June 15, 1870; William Eddie, born July 30, 1864, died June 17, 1870; Martha Elizabeth, born Dec. 7, 1865, died Sept. 15, 1866; Albert Mathias and John Aldon, twins, born Sept. 21, 1869 ; Albert Mathias died Aug. 10, 1870, John Aldon died June 2, 1870; Lizzie Bell, born Dec. 7, 1865, died Oct. 3. 1873; his wife was born at the residence of her father, now standing at the foot of the bluffs on Sec. 8. His children were all born at his present house. Mr. A.'s father, John, was born about 1796, and served twelve or thirteen years under Napoleon, the great French emperor ; he first served as drummer boy ; his wife was Susan Waltsin

Bridgeman Wil.L.Iam H.

BRIDGEMAN WIL.L.IAM H., farmer, Sec. 12, P.O. Arenzville; dem.; lib.; born in Morgan Co., Sept. 15, 1852; married Feb. n, 1874, to Louisa Dunn, born in* Cass Co., 111., March 6, 1854. They have two children : Ida Matilda, born May 18, 1876 ; Laura, Aug. 24, 1877. His father, Franklin B., was born in Virginia. His grandfather, Hezekiah B., is now living in the Village of Concord, 111. Mr. W. H. B. is now starting into farming on the primitive plan, having a cabin in the woods, and living in the good old plan of early beginners. At present he farms only 20 acres. His cabin is in what is termed The Bluffs in this township

BRYANT ALPHEUS, farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Meredosia ; greenback party, formerly republican ; liberal in religion. Born April n, 1812, in Middlebury, Addison Co., Vt.; left there about 1847; occupation at this time farming; then went to Worcester, Mass., and engaged in the trade of making iron work on cotton machines; after eighteen months' service he got $2.25 a day. It was always supposed he had worked at this trade before, he succeeded so well. Worked here five years. In 1852 he farmed in different counties in New York; then went to Wisconsin, and then, in 1860, came to this county; married, May 26, 1861, Hannah Weeks, widow of Washington Weeks, born at Laurel Hill (place of Braddock's defeat), Pennsylvania. Her family name is Mans- . field; first married to Orvil Bushnel, then to Washington Weeks; at the age of two years she went to Ohio with her parents; left there at nineteen years of age, coming to Indiana, thence to this county in 1831, summer after " big snow;" has five children living: William Weeks, born Feb. 4, 1842; Orvil Bushnel, born in 1837, died in the war of the Rebellion, from wounds received during service; John L. Weeks, born Dec. I, 1847; George W. Weeks, Nov. 4, 1850; Thomas J. Weeks, Jan. 14, 1853; Benj. Franklin Weeks, Nov. 8, 1853. Mr. B. owns 120 acres, value §50 an acre, and 40 acres in Cass Co., swamp land Burrus Benjamin, farmer, Sec. n, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.

COMER ANGENORA, wife of James Comer, farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Meredosia ; she was born in Pike Co., Ohio, June 10, 1820 ; married in 1834 to David Hodges, by whom she has four children living : Elizabeth E. born in 1839, in Pike Co., Ohio ; Sarah J. married Harrison Lake, in this county; William Harrison (see biography in this township) ; Rebecca L. married Hobert Coborn, living in Jackson Co., Mo. ; married James Comer, in 1850, by whom she has one child, Franklin P. born Sept. 28, 1852, who was married November, 1872, to Ella C. Knight, living in Canton, Mo. ; Mrs. Comer was raised in Pike Co., Ohio, and was married at the age of fourteen years. She came to this county in 1839. Her first husband died in 1848. Mrs. Comer's maiden name was Angenora Mc- Corkle; she first settled in a log cabin on her son's present farm on Illinois river bottom, in 1839. Mrs. Comer has charge of bringing up two children : Susan F. Sentney, born Jan. 18, 1864, and Charles Hardin, born March 22, 1866. The girl was three years old when she was placed with Mrs. Comer, and the boy one and a half years old ; when she came to the Illinois Bottom, the country was very wild indeed ; brush and prairie grass was horse-head high ; fruit was a very scarce article ; from Bluffs to Meredosia, there was only a cabin on the Concord road

COOK JAMES ROBERT, farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Meredosia ; born in South Carolina, Dec. 10, 1848; left there in 1858, going to Atlanta, Ga. ; lived here until

1860, then went to Mississippi, lived there one year ; then to Cairo, 111., and there enlisted April 3, 1861, in a Morgan Co. Regiment, Co. H, 32d Illinois Infantry ; was engaged in the following battles : Shiloh, Tennessee, Hatche's Bridge, Tennessee, where a charge was made by his company on abattery.Vicksburg, Mission Ridge, Ga., Lookout Mountain, Nick-a-jack Creek, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, and Columbus, Ga., Goldsboro, S. C. ; then went to Washington, D. C., Louisville, Ky., St. Louis, Mo., Fort Leavenworth, Ark., Omaha, Salt Lake City, Utah, then back to Fort Leavenworth, Ark., St. Joseph, Mo., Quincy, 111., discharged at Springfield, 111., Nov. 30, 1865 ; his father Cyrus was born in London, England, in 1796, died in Mississippi in 1861; his mother was Elizabeth Dejentry before her marriage ; born in Paris, France, died in Mississippi in 1848; seven children in his father's family ; Alsey, aged 49 years, married George W. Collier; John Jorden, aged 37 ; William, aged 35 ; Frank, aged 33; Nancy, aged 32, married William Stanton farmer and constable, Sec. 15, P.O. Meredosia; Greenback party; Christian church; born in Marion Co., Ohio, Oct. 19, 1848; left in 1859, going to Cumberland Co. with his parents. In this county he enlisted in Co. K, I43d Til. Infantry, May 16, 1864; discharged Sept. 26, 1864; engaged in a skirmish at Memphis, Tenn., while guarding a provision train. At Helena, Arkansas, he and his company passed most of their time while in service. From here he returned home. Married Oct. 14. 1874, to Louisa Friday, or in German Freitag, born in Germany, Aug. 18, 1853; have one child - Ellen, born Jan. 17, 1875. His father, Joseph, was born in Hocking Co., Ohio, Jan. 29, 1820; his mother was Mary Ann Burgoon, born in Hocking Co., Ohio, Jan. 26, 1820; his grandfather, Joshua Foreaker, born in Pennsylvania; died in Cumberland Co., 111. His grandmother, Elizabeth Foreaker, died 1840. Father and mother now living at Mound Station, Brown Co., 111. Louisa, wife of J. J. Foreaker, was raised by Mr. William Post, justice of the peace of Sec. 15, and owing to this she speaks English only, although her parents speak German and very little English. His grandfather, James Burgoon, died in Hocking County, Ohio, in 1860. His grandmother. Mrs. James Burgoon, died in 1877

GRAHAM LOREXZO D. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 8, P.O. Meredosia; Dem.; Meth. Episcopal; born in Sussex County, Maryland, Oct. 2, 1806; at the age of six years he went to Ohio with his parents, remaining until about 1830, when he came to this county, making one crop the summer before the deep snow, a time he well remembers; settled on his present farm the spring after the deep snow, making him one of the early settlers of this county; he is one of the wealthiest farmeis in the county; married Oct. 25, 1827, to Elizabeth Newman; second wife is Caroline Newman, whom he married April 17, 1873; has five children by his first wife: Laurana, born Aug. 15, 1828, married to Philip Corcorn, farmer, living on Indian Creek, Cass County, 111.; Nancy Ann, born July 28, 1833, died June 20, 1853; was then wife of Mr. Van Pool; George W., born July 18, 1837, married Elizabeth Lusk; Elizabeth Amanda, wife of M. F. Andre (see his record); Martha Jane, born June 29, 1846, married Henry Hysinger, merchant at St. Louis, Mo.; have one child: Albert, born Oct., 1875; William L., born Sept. 6, 1849, died in infancy; has two children by his second wife: Benjamin L., born Sept. 23, 1874, and an infant girl, born Jan. 10, 1878; his father, George, was born in Maryland; his mother was Henrietta Willis, also born in Maryland; Mr. Graham has held the offices of road master and school director

HALE ISAAC, farmer. Sec. 31, P.O. Meredosia; Dem.; Baptist; born in Hancock County, Ky.,Aug. 24, 1823; was there until 1845, farming; came to Cass County, 111., in 1845; engaged in farming; lived one year in Schuyler County - in 1846; in 1847, he returned to Cass County, staying there until the Spring of 1859; then went to Saline County, Mo.; stayed there until Oct., 1861, when he settled in Morgan County, and has lived here ever since; tnlisted March, 1865, in Co. K, 28th Regt.

111. Inft.; was ordered to Cairo, and went down the Mississippi River to Mobile, Ala., thence to the border of Mexico, as a troop of observatio > on the Rio Grande; they started by gulf steamer from Mobile, July 2, 1865, going across the Gulf of Mexico; Christmas day he started, having obtained permission to return home, going down the Rio Grande; married January 9, 1845, to Lurissa Jane Lake, in Hancock County, Ky.; she was born Nov. 21, 1821, in Perry County, Indiana; is a member of the M.E. Church; they have seven children -living: Minor P , born July 28, 1846, married Fannie Kessler; Mary C. born Sept. 7, 1849, married Dec. 23, 1872, to C. W. Hyde; Martha J., born June 10, 1853, married Aug. 6, 1873, to Milton Sibert; William J-., born Sept. 12, 1855; Israel L., born Oct. 7, 1857; Charles T., born Dec. 13 1859; Harriet Ann, born Sept. 16, 1862; David H., born Oct. 14, 1851, died July 6, 1852; holds the office of school director

HODGES WILLIAM HARRISON, farmer. Sec. 18, P.O. Meredosia ; liberal ; born in this section on farm now owned by Jeremiah Seibert, Nov. 15, 1844 ; lived in this county all his life with the exception of living in Lewis Co., Missouri, where he was in 1870-71-72, returning in 1873. Married Oct. 8, 1865, to Annie M., Sawrey, born in Fayette Co., Illinois, June 4, 1848 ; have one child, William Franklin, born July 24, 1866, and have a boy whom they raised, Jacob Sentney. now eighteen years of age, seven years old when taken by them. David, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Pennsylvania, Nov. 15, 1810 ; his wife was Angenora Mc- Corkle, born in Pike Co., Ohio, June 10, 1822. They were married in 1834. She is now the wife of James Comer, living in this township. She came here in 1839, and is one of the early settlers ; she remembers when the beautiful Illinois bottom was one unbroken prairie, covered with wild growth of prairie grass. The father of Angenora McCorkle, William, born in Virginia, Feb. 4, 1771, died Oct. 22, 1852. His wife was Dorcas M. Hubs, born in Maryland. Mrs. William H. Hodges' parents ar- Arthur L. Sawrey, born in Tennessee; his wife, Lucinda C. Andrews, born in Tennessee ; her grand-parents are Henry Sawrey, his wife, Mary Sherrod ; her grand-parents on her mother's side are Samuel Andrews, and his wife, Kitturiah Dunigan. Arthur L. Sawrey's family consisted of the following children : William H., living at Canton, Mo. ; Lewis S., dead ; Ollie G., living at Canton, Mo. ; Thomas, dead; Annie, wife of W. H. Hodges

JOHNSON ALEXANDER, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 15, P.O. Meredosia; also director of Farmers Mutual Fire and Lightning Ins. Co. of Jacksonville, member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, of which he was ruling elder for a number of years; born in Barren Co. Ky., Oct. 24, 1819; married Feb. 24, 1842, to Ann Long, born in Knox Co., Tenn., June 23, 1824; have three children living: Thomas W., farmer and stock raiser, Jefferson County, Iowa, P.O. Fairfield; born March 27, 1843, married Oct. 27, 1867, to Mary E. Harris; enlisted Aug. 1862, in Co. B, xoist Illinois Infantry; has three children; Finas M., born March 26, 1845, married Thanksgiving day, 1875, to Mary E. Gatewood; have one child, Orange W., born June 19, 1877; he is an ordained minister, and pastor of two congregations in Story County, Iowa; resides at Nevada, the county seat; Elbert H., born Aug. 6, 1847, married Ann Leeper, of Brown Co., 111.; have four children: Clara, Amanda, John A., and Joseph H., all living in this township; William A., born Dec. 24, 1859, died July 14, 1873; was drowned while fishing on Indian Creek; Mr. Johnson was living at that time in Arenzville, Cass Co., 111.; this boy was at the time of his death an universal favorite, because of his good character and disposition, and his death was mourned by all, being one of the saddest accidents on record; Mr. A. Johnson was engaged in farming all his life; at the age of ten years, his parents left Kentucky, and settled in this county; he commenced tending his father's farm in 1842, and had the care until 1847; then he purchased a farm, on which he. broke up, having all kinds of ill luck; his best horse was gored to death by a bull, and all his cattle and horses died, leaving only one two-year-old colt; this he traded off for a work horse, and borrowed another from his parents, having sold all his land which he had only partly paid for; he started in the world with only a team left; sickness in the family added its share at the time; now he is a well-todo farmer, and all his children married and doing well; he owns 2O2 acres of land, and is worth about $20,000; his father, Reuben Johnson, was born in Virginia, March 25, 1778; his wife was Martha Hall, born in Virginia, Feb. r, 1787; they went to Christian Co., Kentucky, where thev were married, then to Barren Co., Ky., and in November, 1829, settled in Morgan Co , 111., one and one-half miles north of the present village of Concord; here he made the first entry of land made in T. 16 N, R. 12 West; and died there in Februarj, 1856; his wife, after his death, went to Jef- ferson Co., Iowa, to live with her daughter, Sarah A. Smith, and one Sunday, while she, her daughter, and son-in-law, were driving to church, the team ran away, killing both Mrs. Johnson and her daughter; she died inside of three days, and her daughter in half an hour after the accident; Mr. Smith himself badly injured; this happened in June, 1870; Mrs. Alexander Johnson's father, Henry Long, born in Knox Co., Tenn., Sept. 24, 1794, died April 20, 1877; his wife, Nancy Gadberry, born in Kentucky, July n, 1801; their children are: Mary, born July n, 1822, married John F. Long, deceased; Ann, wife of A. Johnson; Jane, born Dec. 7, 1826, now Mrs. Washington Filey, P.O. Desire, Reno Co., Kansas; John D., born Jan. 10, 1828; killed by accidentally shooting himself, Aug. 1856; Emarine, born March 26, 1831, wife of Frank Raybon, living in this township; Chiistena, born Aug. 24, 1833, wife of L. J. Wallick, living at Arenzville, Cass Co , 111.; Nancy, born Dec. 24. 1835, widow of John Raybon, living at Concord, 111.; Melinda E., born Sept. 5, 1838, wife of Dr. W. B. Wriggler, of Arenzville, Cass Co., 111.; Tabitha, born Nov. 2, 1842, wife of E. P. Naylor, living in this township

T AKE AARON, farmer and blacksmith, Sec. 30, P.O. Meredosia ; born in Cass County, 111., Aug. 29, 1835, six miles northeast of Meredosia, where he lived until his twentieth year ; came to this county in 1855; has lived here since. He follows farming and blacksmithing for a living; runs a corn sheller and wood saw. He was married 1857 to Sarah Bosseck, who was born in Montgomery County, Ind., April 15, 1840; have six children living : Nellie, born Jan. 5, 1859; Elizabeth, born

Feb. n, 1861; Hattie, born May 31, 1863; Laura, born Sept. 21, 1865; Effie, born April 27, 1867; George, born April 17, 1877. They lost three children: Hannah, born Oct. 9, 1870, died in infancy; Mary, born Sept. 8, 1872, died Oct. 27, 1874; Artist, born Feb. 8, 1875, died Feb. 8, 1876. His father, Lindsay Lake, was married seven times : Milly Carter, first wife ; second wife, Jane Langdon, widow; third wife, Caroline Evans; fourth wife, Dorothy Hatfield, widow; fifth wife,tSarah Bruce, widow; sixth wife, Lizzie Bigelow; seventh wife, Susan Bond, widow

TV/TADDOX GEORGE S. farmer, *-**- Sec. 29, P.O. Meredosia ; born in Madison County, Ohio, April I, 1852; married Aug. 1875, to Gabraellen Lake, born Jan. 5,1859, in this county; have one child, born Jan. 16, 1878, named William Aaron. Mr. Maddox came to this State when one year old, and to this county 1876 ; he was raised in Scott Co. His father, William, was born in Ohio, and came to this county in 1853; his wife was Nancy J. Webb, born in Ohio. Mrs. Maddox's father and mother are Aaron Lake and Sarah Bosseck ; he was born in Illinois, she in Indiana. Mr. Maddox had two brothers in the army during the rebellion, David and Lewis ; they enlisted in Co. F, I2gth 111. Inf. Owns 60 acres land, value, $30 an acre Mansfield Edward, farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Meredosia

Tows 14 North Range 12 West

MUNTMAN JOHN FREDERICK, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 19, P.O. Meredosia; Rep.; Lib.; born in Hanover, Germany, May 15, 1828; left Germany at the age of thirteen years, Oct. 10, 1841. From New Orleans, by Mississippi steamer, he came to Beardstown; then worked for Mr. Aaron Parker in this county for $8 a month seven years. Then rented 30 acres from Mr. S. Parker; purchased 40 acres in 1861, and bought land from time to time; now owns 165 acres, value about $35 per acre; his farm and house are excellent. Married Nov. 23, 1852, Elizabeth Moore, born in Cass Co., 111., Dec. 1 1, 1836; her father, Reuben Moore, was one of the oldest settlers in Cass Co., he died in 1838; her mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Lake ; she was born in Indiana. Mr. Muntman's mother is living in Belleville, St. Clair Co., 111., aged seventy-eight years, she was born in Nov. 1799, maiden name Annie Marie Tieman. Mr. and Mrs. Muntman have six children : Sarah E. Ellen, born Aug. 17, 1854; William Albert, March I, 1857; Anna Marie, April 7, 1861; Levi Thomas, May 19, 1867; John Frederick, May 4, 1869; Charles Henry, Dec. 19, 1872

Pond Carl, farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. Concord POST JOHN M. farmer, Sec. 15, P.O. Meredosia; dem; lib; born in Morgan Co. on this section, April 19, 1844 ; married Sept. 14, 1870, to Mary E. Ray, born in Logan Co., Jan. 13, 1847. Has two children by her : Lawrence, born March 20, 1873, died Sept. 18, 1873; Ellen, born July 8, 1871. MaryE. Ray died March 28, 1873. Married again Dec. 29, 1874, to Louisa Pankey, born in Morgan Co., March 14, 1854. Has two children by her : Esther, born Sept. 14, 1875 ; Phoebe, born Sept. I, 1877. Enlisted in the Spring of 1862, in Co. K, 27th 111. Vol. Inf.; engaged in following battles : Belmont, Mo., Fort Donaldson, Farmington, Miss., Corinth, Miss., luka, Miss. Discharged and re-enlisted in the regular army, at Nashville, Tenn., in Co. G, 4th U. S. cavalry ; was in following engagements : Stone River, Oakaloony, Miss., Winchester, Tenn., Salem, Tenn., Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga. Was taken prisoner at or between Winchester and Salem. Was imprisoned in following prisons : Libby, Richmond, Va., Belle Island, in James River, Andersonville, Blackshire, Florence, and Charleston ; her*, he was exchanged, and returned to his regiment, first having been paroled. Was in one more fight, Macon, Ga., after returning to his regiment. Discharged Dec. 25, 1865. His father, William Post, has held the office of justice of the peace forty years, with exception of three years while residing at Jacksonville, and while there he held the office of deputy sheriff, in 1858; during his past life he also held the offices of deputy assessor, school treasurer, and school director. He was born in Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y., Jan. 27, 1802 ; married twice ; first wife was Phoebe McConnel, born Oct. 23, 1804; second wife, Elizabeth McGee, born June 12, 1809, died in 1877. First wife's children are : Harriet, married James Allan ; Mary Ann, married Dr. L. H. Galloway ; Ellen, died July 26, 1834; Esther, married Perry Craig ; Marrilla, married George Elliot; and John M., born April 19, 1844. No children by his second wife. Politics, Greenback party

POWERS WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 30, P.O. Meredosia, born Nova Scotia, May 30, 1822; married March 23, 1851, to Mehale Jane Warner, who was born in Putnam Co., Ind., March 6, 1836. Have eight children living : Sarah E., born N.ov. 20, 1852 ; Katie M., born Aug. 18, 1856; Patrick William, born July 18, 1858 ; John Wesley, born Oct. 8, 1860 ; Edwin J., born Dec. 8, 1862 ; Samuel B., born March 14, 1865; Francis, born May 12, 1869; Julia Belle, born July 28, 1871; lost three: Walter, born Sept. 24, 1874, died in infancy; Margaret Jane, born Sept. 8, 1857, died Aug. 8, 1877 ; Mary M., born April 18, 1855, died in infancy. Mr. Powers was born in Nova Scotia, and as far as he remembers, he lived in Philadelphia in infancy. Then went to Ohio where he worked on a farm until he was 22 years-old. Then in 1844, he removed to this county. Has lived here since ; owns 40 acres of land, value $1,200. He is doing well here north of Jacksonville, March 26, 1840; married July 3, 1867, to Sarah E. Morrison, born Sept. I, 1849, daughter of John Morrison, of this section. Has two children : Charles E., born Oct. 23, 1869 ; Cora M., Nov. I, 1871. Held the office of school director three years - 1866-7-8. Owns 206 acres, value about $10,300 Rickers John, farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. Meredosia

LAKE AARON, farmer and blacksmith, does all kinds of work on farm implements; runs a corn sheller and circular wood-saw. Sec. 30, P.O. Meredosia, Morgan Co., 111.

ANDERSON JAMES, operator, was born in Boyle Co., Ky., Feb. 12, 1865, and came to Springfield, 111.; was engineer in a furniture factory for six years; in 1371 came to Meredosia; was engineer for five years; since that time has been both operator and engineer; was married to Miss Carrie Conway, June 9, 1874. She was born in Missouri, Sept. 20, 1859, died Nov. 22, 1877; was buried in Meredosia. Had one son, Harry Monroe, born Oct. 31, 1877. Mr. Anderson is a member of the Methodist Church, and is a strong temperance man

Berdick Thos., carpenter, Meredosia Blacksiun Thos. W., teamster, Meredosia Bowyer John, laborer, Meredosia BRACKENBURY OSCAR, was born in Pike Co., 111., in 1854; followed farming for several years; came to Meredosia in 1875, and learned the carpenter trade with his father, who still lives in this place; has two brothers and two sisters: Charles, George W., Emma, and Mary Jane. Charles was married in 1876 to Miss Lizzie Reid. His father was born on Long Island Sound, New York; came to Meredosia in 1875

/CARVER J. H. dry goods and gro- - ceries ; was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Oct. 12, 1821 ; in 1863, came to Naples, 111., and followed farming for several years, going from Naples to Ohio again ; returned to Illinois in 1848, and commenced clerking; in 1858 commenced the mercantile business ; came to Meredosia in 1859, and established the business he is now engaged in; was married in 1848, to Miss Elmira Kellogg ; had two children : George (deceased) and Royal ; his wife died in 1854; was buried in Naples, 111.; he was again married, to Miss Katie S. Steel ; by this marriage there were three children born : Katie B., Lillian (deceased), and Harry (deceased)

DETTMEB HENRY, cigar store, Meredosia, 111. Was born in Germany April b, 1845. Came to Beardstown, 111., and commenced business in May, 1877. Came to and located in Meredosia in the Fall of 1877, and established the business he is now engaged in. Was married May 12, 1870, to Anna Staleckelbreck. Have two children, Henry and Emma Diltz Lyman, carpenter, Meredosia Doran J. T. photographer, Meredosia Doyle James, retired saloon keeper, Meredosia

Doyle Jas. C. carpenter, Meredosia DUBBEL, WIL.L.IAM, farmer, Sec.2, P.O. Meredosia. Born in Germany, April IO, 1848. Came to Cass County in 1858, and to this county in 1873. Owns 80 acres, valued at $3,000. Married Ellen Wilker in 1870, who was born in Germany, May 10, 1849. Have two children: Henry, born January 26, 1872, and Frederick, September 26, 1875 FITZGERALD T. J. merchant,

S~* AM IN JACOB, engineer Pike's ele- ^"^ vator, Meredosia Geiss Edward F. clerk, Meredosia GEISS GEORGE, baker and grocer Was born in Germany, May 6, 1831,

Came to Beardstown, 111., in 1851. Was there about one year, after which he came to Morgan County and followed farming for several years. In 1868 moved to Meredosia and commenced the business that he is now engaged in. Was married in 1855 to Miss Mary Dettmer, born in Germany. Have five children, four boys and one girl : Edward, born January 6, 1856 ; Charles, born July 6, 1860 ; Henry, born December 6, 1866; Albert, born March 20, 1869 ; Emma, born November 29, 1871. Are all now living entry Jeremiah, plasterer, Meredosia Gimming Jacob, lab. Meredosia GRAHAM GEO. W. of the firm of Hysinger & Graham, was born July 18, 1837, in Morgan Co. ; was raised on a farm. His father emigrated to this county in 1828, from Ohio; was one of the pioneer settlers of Jacksonville ; lived near Jacksonville until after the winter of the deep snow ; then went to the Illinois bottom, and entered land in T. 16, R. 12; gradually accumulated land to his original possession, and is still living at the old homestead. At the age of eighteen Mr. Graham entered McKendree College, teaching school during the vacation ; was engaged in teaching in the county for several years up to 1864. Married Miss Elizabeth E. Lusk, daughter of Hon. Edward Lusk, of this place, he being one of the oldest settlers in this county. Have five children living, two boys and three girls : Mary, Sal'rancis, Anna Florence, Geo. Augustus, Julian, and Elma Grace. Farmed for three years after marriage, then formed a partnership with Mr. Hysinger; is still engaged in the business. The business has been successful Greaser Andy, R.R. laborer

Harmel Wm. farmer, Meredosia Harmen Wm. farmer, Meredosia Hatfield Bird, carpenter, Meredosia Hatfield F. C. carpenter, Meredosia Hatfield Joseph W. wagon maker, Meredosia HEINZ CHAS. was born in Germany, Jan. 20, 1828. He came to Arenzville, 111., and followed the occupation of cooper till 1845, when he removed to Beardstown, 111, where he learned the blacksmith trade. He served in a cavalry company, mostly made up in Schuyler Co., during the entire Mexican war ; at the close of the war, in 1849, he settled in Meredosia, 111., where he engaged in blacksmithing and plow manufacturing, which business he still follows. He was a member of the loist Regt., I. V. I., which he served eight months, ranking First Lieutenant. He resigned, but afterward served as First Lieutenant of Co. K, Twenty-eighth Regt. I. V. I. about one year, till the close of the war. Was married to Elizabeth Anderson, of Missouri, in 1850. Have six children : Carrie, Louise, Frank, Ella, Charles, and Mary. As a good citizen and excellent mechanic, Mr. Heinz is esteemed by a large circle of friends and patrons Heinz Frank, clerk, Meredosia Hellencamp C. renter, Sec. 10, P.O. Meredosia Heniphan Thomas, farm hand, Sec. 12, P.O.

HYATT THOMAS, renter, Sec. 15, P.O. Meredosia; rep; Chris; born in Green Co., Pennsylvania, July 19, 1844; came to this county in 1854; he enlisted in Co. B, Twenty-seventh I. V. I., Feb. 18, 1862, and was discharged March 2, 1865 ; was in ten engagements ; was wounded in the battle of Peach Tree Creek ; married in St. Louis, March 18, 1865, to Sarah A. Williams,

May Chas. laborer, Meredosia May Charles, shoemaker, Meredosia McCAULIFF ALEXANDER, engineer, Meredosia; dem; Cath; born in the city of New York, Jan. 14, 1855; came to this county with his parents in 1873, who were born in Ireland; he has three brothers and five sisters living McCallister Thomas, farmer, Sec. 13, P.O.

McGINNIS DAVID L,. druggist, Meredosia. Born in Jacksonville, 111, July I, 1851, came to this town March 15, 1876; married Miss Mary Gough, Nov. n, 1873, who was born in Northampton, Mass., March 17, 1855; have one child: Mabel, born Sept. 7, 1875 emigrated to Ohio, from the State of Maryland, in 1844, and engaged in farming, and being a great friend of education, embraced every opportunity to school his children; the Dr. therefore received a liberal education, though not without his own exertions, and is what might be termed a self-made man; he took a regular academic course at " Van Renselaer " Academy, situated ten miles west of Hannibal, Mo., and commenced the study of medicine at the age of twenty; he graduated at the Missouri " Medical College," in March, 1870; was one of the few who passed a satisfactory examination at the end of the first term, and consequently received from the faculty a certificate of qualification, and commenced the practice of his profession in 1869. one year previous to his graduation; he practiced in Clinton County, 111., until 1874, when, in consequence of his father's ill health, he removed to Hannibal, where he was, in 1875, appointed to the office of City Physician, which position he held one year; while in Hannibal he assisted in the organization of the " Hannibal Society of Moralists," and delivered the opening address before that society, on the 7th day of November, 1875; a chain of causes and circumstance, unnecessary to mention here, induced him to leave the State of his choice, and to locate in Meredosia, September, 1877; the Dr. has a wife and three children, having married, in 1870, a daughter of Louis Busby, of Montgomery City, Mo., and formerly of Ky.; his wife is a sister of the Rev. William P. Busby, of Hannibal, Mo. Perry N. W. farmer, Meredosia Pike J. L. grain dealer, Meredosia PLANK JOHN H. farmer on Sec. 14, lives in Meredosia; was born in Missouri, April n, 1841; came to this county in 1858; he enlisted in 1861, in the I4th Regt. I. V. I., Co. A, and served three years; he married in 1864, Julia Webster, who was born in this county, in 1843, and who died in 1868; he had two children by her, both of whom died; he married again, in 1869, to Sarah Blackstun; was born in Jacksonville, 111., in 1847; they have four children, three living, and one dead Powers John, farm hand, Sec. 13, P.O. Meredosia

RIEMAST H. W. miller, Meredosia. In 1863 his father, Francis Rieman (deceased), established the business ; after his death his son, H. W. Rieman, bought the mill and continued the business ; was married in 1872 to Miss Louise Moeller, born in Missouri in 1854. Mr. R. died in the Fall of 1872; was buried in honor by the Masonic order of Meredosia, of which he was a member for ten years; was also a prominent member of the I.O.O.F; had one child, Frances (deceased); his brother, C. C. Rieman, is now owner of the mill Rieman William, farmer, Sec. 33, P.O. Meredosia

SAMUELS J. S. farmer, Sec. 12, P.O. Meredosia; born in Virginia, Dec. 21, 1823; came to this county in 1857; owns 160 of land, valued at $12,000; was married May 23, 1850, to Henriette M. Breidenstein, who was born in ^Germany, Nov. 5, 1832; he enlisted in the 115th 111. Vol. Infty., Co. I, as first lieutenant, Aug., 19, 1862, and resigned in 1863, on account of sickness; he remained at home two years; re-enlisted m the 28:h 111. Vol. Infty., Co. K, as second lieutenant, March, 1865, and was in the service one year

Martha Davis in 1862, who was born in Fulton Co., Ind., June 27, 1845; have had six children, four of whom, Cora, Roland, Arthut, and Samuel, are living Schroll David, fish dealer, Meredosia Schroke Fred, boots and shoes, Meredosia Schmidt Phelix, retired merchant, Meredosia Sheafer Henry, furniture store, Meredosia Sibert Daniel, bartender, Meredosia Sibert John, renter, Sec. 23, P.O. Meredosia Sieman John, farmer, Sec. 28, P.O. Meredosia Skiles H. A. Rev. pastor Baptist Church, was the early business of his life. He was married to Maria T. Baker, in New Hampshire, July 18, 1831 ; they had by this union two children : Mabel Rebecca, who married Capt. Thos. White, who was killed at Dallas, Ga., while in command of the n6th Reg. 111. Vol.; Mrs. White is now residing at Maroa, 111.; his second child died in infancy ; his wife died Sept. 8, 1834. Mr. Waldo came to Meredosia, Oct. IO, 1832, and his family in Nov. of the next year. He was again married March 31, 1836, to Miss Emily Fox, of Batavia, N. Y. He had by this marriage : Maria E., wife of E. E. L. Reylard, of Meredosia; Frances E., wife of Barritt Allen; Eveline, wife of Thos. Word; James D., residing now in Wabash, Ind.; Albert M., living in Meredosia; and Mary R., who died in infancy. His wife died Jan. 23, 1855. Was again married, July 5, to Maty Jane Thomas, formerly of Ohio. By this union, only one child was born, Miss Nellie, residing with her parents. Esq. Waldo, with his brothers James E. and Geo. C., commenced business in Meredosia 1832. In the Fall of 1832, they built the first steam saw mill in the present limits of Morgan Co. In 1833-4, they erected a mill and distillery, capable of running from 300 to 500 bushels per day; afterwards sold to Rowe & Gove. He has since devoted his time to improving his lands and serving the people as postmaster and justice of the peace ; is now past seventy-eight years of age, and the

YOST JOHN, harnessmaker, Meredosia. Was born Nov. 18, 1847, in Cass Co., 111.; came to Meredosia and commenced business in i86g. In 1873 was married to Miss Lizzie Tieman, daughter of William Tieman, of Meredosia; have two children : Lizzie and William F.

CARVER J. H. & CO. (established 1859), dealers in staple and fancy dry goods and groceries, ready-made clothing; gents' furnishing goods a specialty; boots, shoes, hats, and caps; new goods at low prices. Meredosia, 111.

DETTMER HENRY, manufacturer of and dealer in cigars, pipes, etc. You will always find on hand a good assortment of smokers' goods. Meredosia

HEINZ CHAS., dealer in agricultural implements, and manufacturer of the " Steel Beam Plow; " keeps constantly on hand a good assortment of plows, cultivators, corn planters, wagons, harrows, etc.; Meredosia, 111.

HYSINGER & GRAHAM, dealers in dry goods, millinery goods, groceries, queensware, clothing, to suit old and young, great and small. Carpets, hats and caps, boots and shoes, hardware, lime, salt, plaster of Paris. Call and examine our goods and prices

PARKER H. J. DR. M.D., Meredosia. Office of City hotel, of which he is the proprietor, where cases of a chronic nature will be treated, with board, when desired

YOST JOHN, Meredosia, manufacturer of and dealer in harness, saddles, collars, bridles, whips, halters, and brushes. " Uncle Sam's " harness oil always on hand