Peoria County, Illinois - Chapter 19, 1880 (part 11 of 13)

WHITTAKER JOHX C. farmer. Sec. 27, P. O. Brimfield, was born in Ireland in iSll, where he married Miss Susan Carter, also a native of that country, and who was born in 1806, Sailed lor New Orleans from Liverpool in 1845, and were eight weeks and five days on the voyage. First settled in the county in the vicinity of what was then Fort Clark. M r. Whittaker worked very hard, and labored under many disadvantages, and as the result of his industry, lias now a fine home and farm, under good improvement, where he lives at peace with all his neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. Whittaker have had six children, all living. Have four sons in Millbrook township, and one son and their only daughter in that of Brimfield.

WHITTAICER RICHARD, farmer. Sec. 34, P. O. Brimfield, was born in Ireland in 1S36, came to Peoria Co. in 1845, and to his present home in 1S64, where he owns 160 acres of well improved land worth $9,600. Married in 1863 Miss Hannah McGowanner, by whom he has had nine children, eight of wliom are now alive. Mr. Whittaker is much respected and lives surrounded by relatives and friends.

WASSON JOHX, farmer. Sec. 14, P. O. Brimfield, was born in Cayuga county, N. V., in 1833, came to Marshall county. 111., in 1852, where he remained one year, and then removed to Elmwood, Peoria county, where, on Nov. 13, 1854, he married Betsy C. Aldrich, who was born in Missouri in 1836. Has had eleven children, ten now living. .Mr. Wasson came to Sec. 14 of Millbrook township in 1S68, where he owns 160 acres of land, all well improved and worth abouf $3,O30. He has resided in this county since 1S53, in Elmwood, Rrimfield, Jubilee and Millbrook townshipi : has held the office of road commissioner for three years, and is at present one of the school trustees.

WHITE JOHN', farmer, Sec. 5, P.O. Elmore, was bom in Frederick county, Md., Aug. 9, 1812, and came to Richland county, O., in Oct., 1827, where he remained till 1835, when he came to Peoria county with the .Smith family, who settled on Sec. 7 of Millbrook township, Oct. 15, 1835. He helped them to build their cabin, and worked out in the neighborhood for three years, and then began an improvement for himself. Bought from the government the west half of the south west of .Sec. 5 ; made his entry Jan. 13, 1836: commenced his improvement in 1839, and has ever since remained in the same section. The first election Mr. White attended was at Princeville, in 1S36, when Theragood Smith was elected justice of the peace. In 183S he married Miss Eliza A. Kigou, who was bom in Ohio in 1820, by whom he had four children, only one now living. Mis wife died in Aug., 1846, and on Feb. 17, 184S, he married .Miss Permelia Aby, who bore him two children, one of whom has since died. His second wife died Feb. iS, 1S51, and he then married Miss Eliza Briggs, on April 20, 1 854, the fruit of which marriage was nine children, six of whom survive. Mr. White owns 200 acres of land, worth about |!6,ooo, and has 90 acres of it under cultivation.

WHITTAKKB KOBEKT, farmer. Sec. 27. P.O. lirinificlil, was born in Ireland in 1S36, and came to Peoria county in 1840 and settled in his present loc-ition in l8j6. In 1864 he married Miss Frances l!urnell, who was born in Peoria county in 1S47, and has borne him four children. Owns 165 acres of well improved and cultivated land, worth $9,900.

WILI.KTT <>. I*, farmer. Sec. 20, P.O. Elmore, was born in W.iync county, Ind., in 1821, where he was bred a farmer, and came to I'eoria county in l8s6, settling on Sec 30. which has ever lince been hit home. Married, in 1643, Miss Margaret Nelson, of Fayette county, Ind., who was born in 1S24. Has had six children, three of them being now alive. Mr. \Vil. lett owns iSo acres of land, worth $9,400. 160 acres of which are under cultivation. He is a good fanner and an esteemed citizen ; has held the ofiice of township commissioner for several years, and has also been assessor and school trustee.

WINX'HESTEIt GEO. E. merchant. P. O. Elmore, was bom in Clinton county, Penn., in 1853, and came to Peoria county in 186S. Married, ten years later. Miss Emma L. Winchester, who was bom in this county in i860. Mr. Winchester has been in mercantile business for many years, and has in stock at his present location a large and varied assortment of general merchandise. Wiiinf liuxh, farmer, H. o. Brimncld.

WYCOFFE AAltON D. (deceased), res. of widow. Sec. 30, P. O. French Grove. Mr. W. was born in New Jersey in 1S20, and in 1836 came with his parents to Peoria county, settling in Millbrook township. They were among the first settlers there, and the county was in a totally unimproved slate at the tine of their coming. Mr. Wycoffe, on Dec. 9. l555. married Mrs. Harriet Dye, who was born in Warren county, N. J., in 1820, by whom he had two daughters, twins, bom Oct. 30, 1S56. He died Aug. 9, 1871. Was a quiet, unassuming man, a good, reputable citizen, and was much respected by those he was brought in contact with. Previous to her marriage with Mr. Wycoffe, his surviving partner was married, on Oct. 30, 1838, to Dr. Wm. B. Dye, to whom she bore five children, two of whom are now living. Dr. Dye died May 23, 1849, and three years later his widow came to Peoria county, and now resides with her two daughters at their pleasant home on Sec. 20, where she owns l»o acres of well cultivated land, worth about $6,000. Mr». WyconTe is a member of the (."hristian Church.

Princeville Directory

ALLWOOD THOS. retired, P. O. Princeville. ALTER WM. H. station agent, Princeville. Was born in Northumberland county, Pa., in 1834, and came with his parents to Peoria county in 1S37. Settled first in Peoria, and came to Princeville in 1852. Married, in 1855, Miss Jemima Martin, who was born in England in 1834, by whom he has had four children, only one of whom is now alive. His father died in 1S62. Mr. Alter's brother, Charles E. Alter, was a member of Co. K., 86th 111. Inf., and was killed in the battle of Bentonville, in Alabama. He has been station agent at Princeville since Oct. 10, 1871, and gives great satisfaction in the position, both to the railroad company and to the people of Princeville.

ARMSTRONG JOSEPH, farmer and justice of the peace, Sec. 19, P. O. Monica. Was born in Washington county, Pa., in 1820, and in 1S41 married Miss Martha McNeil, who was born in the same county in 1817, by whom he has had eleven children, nine of them now living. Came to Peoria county in 1 85 5, settling on the northeast quarter of Sec. 19, where he has ever since remained. He has been a justice of the peace since 1S57, and is now serving his thirteenth year as supervisor. Owns 420 acres of land, worth $21,200, and has 320 acres under cultivation. His farm was all raw land when he came here, but is now in a highly improved state, with good buildings upon it. Mrs. Armstrong died March 3, 1877.

ATEN CHARLES S. carpenter, P. O. Princeville. Was born in New Jersey in 1829. Married, on Sept. 25, 1852, Miss Susan Litts, who was also born in New Jersey, in 1S32, and by whom he has had ten children ; six are now living. Came with his family to Peoria county in 1S54, and engaged in the business of carpenter, which he followed until 1862, when he enlisted in Co. K, 86th 111. Vol., and in course of his military career was present at the Perryville, Ky., engagement, and the charge at Kenesaw Mountain, at which latter encounter he lost the index finger of his left hand. He was mustered out at Washington, D. C, June 2, 1865, when he returned to Princeville and resumed his trade of carpenter, which he has since continued.

BLANCHjVRD F. B. grain, coal, and general dry goods dealer, P. O. Princeville, was born in Lawrence county. 111., in 1835, and came to Peoria county in 1836. Married, in 1857, Miss Amy Reves, who has presented him with eight children, five of them now living. Mr. Blanchard farmed until 1866, then engaged in general dry goods business, and has since added to it that of grain dealer. He does a good business, is well located, keeps a well selected stock of dry goods and notions, and gives the top market price for grain. Blanchard J. L. lumberman, P. O. Princeville.

BLANCHARD M. BI. magistrate, P. O. Princeville, was born in Lawrence county, 111., in 1825, and came with his parents in 1836, to Peoria county. Settled on Sec. 22, the country around being entirely unimproved. There were only three log cabins between their place and Peoria. The nearest settlement was Atkins, fifteen miles southwest and twenty-five miles northeast was Boyd's. The nearest mill was in Tazewell county, and it took about six days to make the trip there and back. In 1845 Mr. Blanchard married Miss Amanda Bliss, who was born in New York in 1826, by whom he has had eight children, six are now alive. Has ser\'ed six years as constable of Princeville, and is now serving his third year as peace magistrate. Was also for about two years postmaster, receiving the appointment under the administration of President Johnson, and finishing his term in that of Grant. Bliss O. C. farmer. P. O. Princeville.

BLISS S0L03I0N, druggist, P. O. Princeville, was born in Chatauqua county, New York, in 1821. Came to Peoria county. 111., in 183S, and settled in Princeville in 1839. Married, in 1842, Miss Elizabeth L. Blanchard, who was born in Lawrence county. 111., in 1 8 19, by whom he has had eight children, five boys and three girls. Mrs. Bliss died at Princeville in 1878. Having come to the county at such an early date, Mr. Bliss has naturally been a witness of the inception and progress of many of the existing improvements. He was a farmer the most of his life, but at present conducts a good business in drugs, paints and oils, etc. He owns eighty acres of good land near Princeville, is comfortably situated, and a member of the Methodist Church.

BOWMAN JOHN, saw miller ind coal mine proprietor, P. O. rrinceville, was born in Scotland in 1S44. and came to Peoria county in 1S67. Commenced the sawing business in 1S74. and in 1S7S sunk a shaft for coal, one and one-fourth miles north of Princeville, and was successful in finding it, though at first he had much trouble in working it, owing to insufficient means of getting rid of the water that accumulated in the pit, bnt after sinking the third shaft his perseverance was rewarded by striking good coal, which could be profitably mined, the vein running from three to five feet in thickness. These are the only coal mines being worked near Princeville. Mr. Bowman owns five acres of coal lands, besides other property in Princeville, worth about $3,S00.

BRINK STEPHEN Rev. P.O. Princeville, was born in McDonough county, 111., in 183S. He was brought up on a farm, and afterwards attended the common and high schools. He entered the ministry in i860. Enlisted Sept. 10, 1862, and was commissioned captain of Co. D, 124th Reg. I. V. Inf., and served until Aug. II, 1S63, when he resigned his commission on account of ill health. He took part with his company in the Vicksburg campaign, and was present at its surrender. The reverend gentleman has been a minister of the gospel of Christ ever since leaving the army ; has fought under that banner in many places, and done good service in that caui^e. He is much respected and liked, both as pastor, citizen and neighbor.

BURGESS OREEN, hardware, P. O. Mon- . ica, was bom in I'ulaski county, Ky., in 1844, and came to Pcori.i county in 1855 ; married in 1877, Miss Clara Cornwell. who was born in Peoria county in 1856, by whom he has one child, Albert R., who was born March 19, 1879. Mr. Burgess began in his present business at Monica, in 1876. Keeps a fine slock of goods, and does a good business.

CAMPBELL JAMES E. furniture dealer. P. O. Princeville, was born in Iloone county, Ky.. in 1810; went to Indiana in iSjo, and worked at his trade of carpenter till 1861, when he went (o Oilman, 111., and pursued his trade, and kept hotel, till 1S63, when he came to Peoria county, and two years later, to Princeville, and in the following year began in the furniture business, which he has since conducted, Mr. Campbell's father was one of the earliest settlers of Boone county, Ky. ; he had a family of eleven children.

and raised ten of them. His mother's grandfather and grandmother were killed by the Indians in Virginia, when her father was quite young. He had been sent to mill, and on his return home, found the house in flames, and his father and mother both dead. Mr. Campbell owns a house and lot in Princeville, and it was worth about $4,000.

CAMPBELL L. L. merchant, P. O. Monica, was bom at Rising Sun, Ind., in 1 844 ; came to Peoria county, in 1S6S. and was engaged in the dry goods business, as clerk for Mr. Simpson, at Princeville. from 1870 to 1873, when he came to Monica, built a store and dwelling house, and continued to sell goods on Mr. Simpson's account, until 1878, when he went into business for himself, carrying a stock of general dry goods, boots and shoes, etc. On January I, 1874, be married Miss Sophia Edwards, who was bora in Peoria county, in 1831. They have been blessed with one child, Edith, who was born January 12, 1S75. In 1S61, Mr. Campbell enlisted in Co. A., 37ih Ind. Infty,. and served in succession as Company. Regimental and Brigade Bugler, and Brigade Postmaster, The principal engagements he took part in, were those of Stone River, Chicamauga, Atlanta, and Jamestown ; was mustered out in 1S64, and immediately re-enlisted in the 13th Ohio Cavalry, which was assigned to Sheridan's command, and was in the last charge at Petersburg, near the close of the war : was mustered out of the service as dismounted cavalry, on July 4, 1S65, Mr. Campbell is a nephew of James Campbell, of Princeville, and also of John Campbell, of .Millbrook. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

CH.VRLES J. E. M. D., P. O. Princeville, was born in /Mleghany county. Pa., in 1815 ; married in 1842, Miss Margaret Oliver, who was born in Ohio in 1822; went to Ohio, and there remained till 1849, when he crossed the plains to California ; came back East, and again in 1S53 crossed the plains, remaining in California till 1S61. Mr. Charles began to read medicine in 1S37, and attended lectures in the Medical College, at Cincinnati, during the terms of 1838 and 1S39; graduated in the latter year, and began the practice of medicine in 1840; came to Princeville in 1861, and has since then built up a large practice. He owns 285 acres of land, and is in comfortable circumstances. Church Koslni^ P. O. Prlncerlllc

CHURCH WILLI.V.M W. retired, P. O. Princeville, was born in county Derry, Ireland, in 1804, and immigrated to New Brunswick in 1823, where he remained till 1825, when he returned to Ireland. In 1827 he again came to New Brunswick and engaged in the dry goods busincu in St. John till 1829, when he removed to Pennsylvania and engaged for the first time in agricultural pursuits; remained there till 1S40, when he came to Peoria county, settling on Sec. 6 in Jubilee township. In 1S42 Mr. Church hauled wheat to Chicago, selling it for forty-three cents a bushel. It took him eleven days to make the round trip, carrying his provisions with him and camping on the road. Before leaving home Mr. Church received a liberal education ; had the advantage of a private tutor in his father's family ; attended classes at Foyle College for four years, and went thence to the Royal Academical Institute. He is the son of John Church and Elizabeth Charles, who had a family of sixteen children, Mr. Church being the fifteenth child and fifth son. His father was born in 1754; married in 17S3, Elizabeth Orr ; was created Deputy Governor of thecounty of Londonderry in 1793) before the Union, and died in November, 1818. His third son, James, now inherits his property. The subject of this sketch married in 1S23, at St. John, N. B., Miss Jane Irwin, who bore him twelve children, six of each sex, and who died March 25, 1S67. Three of his daughters are also dead. Married in 1872 his present wife, then a Mrs. Goodman, whose grandmother lives in the township and is the oldest person in it, having been born in Northampton county, Penn. in 1781. She came to Peoria county, from Canada, in 1848, and resides with her son ; has been twice married, first to a Mr. Grant and then to Mr. Leonard Klinck ; retains the use of her faculties in a wonderful degree, and is able to walk over to her granddaughter's when she visits her. Mr. Church owns 150 acres of land under good cultivation, and belongs to the Episcopal Church ; Mrs. Church is a member of the M. E. Church.

CLARK DENNIS D. P. O. Monica, was born in Adams county in 1846, and was raised on a farm, where he remained till 1871, coming to Monica July 25 of that year, to fill the position of railroad agent and operator there upon the Rushville branch of the C, B. & Q. R. R., then just opened for traffic, and continued as agent for seven years. He married, in 1874, Miss Rhoda J. Walkington. who was a native of the Isle of Man, England, who has since presented him with a child. Mr. Clark is a shrewd, active man, has been in the land business, and is at present engaged in the manufacture of drain tile ; is a notary public, and has filled the office of township collector one year, and that of town clerk for the last three years.

COOK ROGER, farmer. Sec. 29, P. O.Monica, was born in England in 1816, and in 1840 married Miss Jane Dabb, who was also bom there in 1822. Immigrated to America in 1850, and came to Peoria county in the following year to their present home in 1859. He owns 160 acres of land, all under excellent cultivation, and worth about S9.600. Mr. and Mrs. Cook have had in all thirteen children, six born in England and seven in America. They have all grown to be men and women, and are all alive. Seven of them are married and the others remain at home. Mr. Cook, his wife and all his family are members of the M. E. Church. Coun I,, railro.ad laborer. P. O. Prlncevllle.

CORBETT JOHN O. hotel keeper, P. O' Princeville, son of James and Eveline Corbett, nee Glasgow, natives of Pennsylvania, who immigrated to Bureau county (Princeton), in 184S, where Mr. Corbett. Sr. followed the mercantile business. He died May, 1S78, his widow still living. John G. was bom in MifHin county. Pa., on the 13th day of December, 1845; came with his parents to Princeton, 111. when he was two years old, where he received his education. Enlisted in Feb., 1864, in the 64th I. V. I., Co, B., Col. Morrell, and served until the close of the war. Was in the Atlanta campaign, march to the sea, and thence to Washington and the grand review. After the war he returned to Princeton and engaged in the harness business one year ; thence to Putnam county, and remained until the Fall of 1869 ; then bought a shop in Princeville and there followed his trade until 1877. In 1S73 he married Miss Sarah A. Rice, of Princeville, who was born in Green county. Pa., Aug. 23, 1854, and has borne him three children - James R., Eva E. and Wm. P. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Masons. Published the independent paper of Princeville two years. Is at present engaged in the hotel business.

CRAWFORD H. W. station agent Monica ; was born in Augusta county, Va., in 1S58, where he received his early education, afterwards attending the Classical College at Fancy Hill, and the Washington and Lee University, at Lexington, ICy. lie learned telegraphy, since coming to Illinois, and was made an extra agent on the C, B.& Q. R. R. On July 10, 1878. he took charge of the station of Monica, where he has since given great satisfaction as agent and man of business. Mr. Crawford's father died in Virginia, and his mother resides at Staunton in the same State. Cully Patrick, farmer. P. O. Prlncevllle.

CU3IMINS HENRY C. farmer. Sec. 19, P. O. Monica ; was born in Peoria county, in 1848, and is the son of William Cummins, who settled on Sec. 24, of Millbrook township, where he improved a farm and and raised his fa?nily, finally dying on the old hom?- stead in 1S56. Mr. Henry C. Cummings. in 1370, married Miss Mary Whitlington, who was bom in McDonough county, 111., in 1S49, and by whom he has had four children ; came to his present home in 1871, where he owns ninety-three acres of land, all under good cultivation and worth about $6,000. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church.

DEBORD KEUBEN K. farmer. Sec. 15, P. O. Princeville ; was born in Pulaski county, Ky., May II, 1818, where he was bred a farmer, and came to Peoria county in 1839. He stayed the first Winter with John Miller, on Sec. 16, in a small log cabin with a sod chimney ; during the Summers of 1S41, '42, '43, he followed breaking prairie with ox teams, working under great disadvantages. During the Winters cut wood and split rails. In the Spring of 1844, he in partnership with Williams his brother-in-law, bought a brush quarter of land in Radnor township, which they improved, and on which they remained till 1848, when he went to Akron, three miles north of Princeville, where he opened a farm, and remained on it for about ten years, removing in 1858 to .Sec. 15 of Princeville township, his present home, and has now as good a farm as there is in the neighborhood. Coming to the county with nothing but good health, and industrious, economical habits, he has by the prudent exercise of these gifts, become possessed of a good competency, owning 240 acres of land in Sec. 15 ; eighty acres, on Sec 17 ; eighty acres, on Sec. 8 ; ten acres timber lot, on Sec. 7, and sixty-one acres, in Akron township, worth altogether about $60 an acre. In 1843, Mr. Debord married Miss Julia A. Hall, born in Knox county, O., in 1827, who is the mother of eleven children, six sons and five daughters, all living. Mr. Uebord has served his township two years as trustee. In 1 845, he was appointed by the county commissioners, along with B. Williams and C. Wilkins, to locate a road which had been surveyed between Peoria and Rock Island, but the road having been laid diagonally through the farms of the county, it was deemed impracticable, and abandoned. DclKilt Wm. farmer. P. O. Prlncerllle.

DIXON WM. H. horse breeder and trainer. P. O. Monica. Was born in the county of Durham. England, in 1838. and in 1S60 married Miss Martha Kell, who was bom in Sunderland, England, in 1837. They came to .\merica in iS65,and settled in Pituburg, Pa., where Mr, Dixon worked in the coal mines till 1875, when they came to Peoria county. Mr. Dixon makes a specialty of blooded horses, and many fine ones have passed through his hands. He is highly respected in the community as a citizen and neighbor. Dlion MorRan. vagonmakcr, P. O. Prlnccrllle.

DUKE D. T., M. D. p. O. Monica. Was born in Lancaster county. Pa., in 1847, and coming to Illinois in 1866, staid with hissi-sters in Canton ; began in 1870 the study of medicine, teaching school part of the time ; attended lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, during the terms of 1S72 and 1873, obtaining at the close of the latter term his diploma as M. D.; he also received a diploma at the hands of the State Illinois Medical Board. He commenced the practice of medicine at Maquon, Knox county, in 1873; moving from thence to Eugene, in same county, and afterwards to Monica, where he has ever since resided, and has built up a good practice and is much liked both as physician and citizen.

FAST EMMET E. clerk, Princeville. Was born in Princeville. in 1859, and has also been raised there; married in 1879, Miss Mary Gillin, who was born in Peoria county in 1858. and whose parents reside in Princeville. Mr. Fast's parents came to the place in 1853, and have remained there ever since. Hit father owns 244 acres of good land in Peoria county, besides other property in different States.

FAST JACOB, retired. P. O. Princeville. Was born in Richland county, Ohio; married in 1S4& Misi Martha Stouffer, who was born in Pennsylvania in l8»6; is«the father of four sons - Allen C, Charles A., Emmet E. and Milton E. Fast ; came to Peoria county and settled in Princeville in 1853, where he ha$ since remained. His father was born in Green county. Pa., and is eighty-three years of age ; his mother at the age of eighty-eight is also living ; she is a native of Virginia. They now reside in Toulon, Stark county. 111. Mr. Fast has been an active business man in Princeville, and at one lime carried on an extensive harness

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FORD PHIXEAS K. hotel-keeper, P. O. Monica. Was born in Licking county, Ohio, February, 1S26; married Miss Mahala Moats in 1S47, who was born in the same county as himself in July, iS2g. They have had nine children, all living. Mr. and Mrs. Ford came to Illinois in 1849; settled at French Grove, Peoria county, and have lived in this and Knox counties ever since. Came to Monica in the Fall of 1878 and engaged in the hotel business, which he has since profitably continued.

GIIiLIN MILO C. blacksmith, Princeville, was born in Luzerne county. Pa,, in 1836, and came to Peoria county in 1S53, Married, in 1857, Miss Susannah Craig, who was born in Peoria county, in 1S3S ; they have three children ; Mary E., the eldest, born in 1858; Charles was born in 1861, and Dielsie in i86g. Mr. Gillin came to Princeville in June, 1S75, and has since engaged in general blacksmithing ; has a paint and wood shop also, where all kinds of work pertaining to his business can be turned out ; does a good and steady increasing business. He enlisted in June, 1862, in Co. G, 67th 111. Inf, and was mustered out in October of the same year, Mrs. Gillin and two of her children are members of the M. E. Church.

GOETZ JOSEPH, boot and shoe manufacturer, P. O. Monica, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1824 ; came to New York and worked at his trade there from 1850 to 1857, when he came to Peoria county, settling in Elmwood, and carried on business till 1875, in which year he came to Monica, where he has since resided. He married, in I851, Miss Sibilla De.xler, who was born in Baden, Germany, in 1818, by whom he has had seven children, five of them now alive - four boys and one girl. Carries a fine stock of ready made goods and manufactures himself a capital article. Mr. and Mrs, Goetz are members of the German Catholic Church.

to Peoria county and settled on his present home in 1856. Married, in the same year, Miss Isabella Mc- Cutchon, who was also a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and was born there in 1821 ; has five children, all of whom are alive. Mr. Gray is, by tiade, a plasterer, and in pursuit of business made trips to St. Louis and New Orleans before settling down on his farm ; owns 120 acres of land, all under cultivation, and worth about $6,000. Mr. and Mrs. Gray, with their eldest son, are members of the Presbyterian Church, and their .second son is a member of the Baptist Church. Grlswolrt F. A. farmer, P. O. Duncan. HAMMER & MAY, P. O. Princeville.

HAMMER J. D. butcher, P. O. Princeville, was born in York county. Pa., in 1842. Married, in i860. Miss Julia Metzel, who was born in the same State and county as her husband, in 1834. They have had four children : Elmer E., born July, 1861 ; Lillie G., born in 1864 ; Cora M.and Harry E., the two latter are dead. Mr, Hammer came to Princeville in 1864, and started in his present business in 1867 ; also deals in ice and ships hogs and cattle ; owns four houses and eight lots, besides two acres of land, where, in the Winter, he carries on a rendering establishment, worth altogether about $3,500. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church,

HARRISON ROBERT W. farmer. Sec. 35, P. O. Princeville, was born in Peoria county ni 1834 ; is the son of James Harrison, of Yorkshire, England, who was born there in 1809, coming to America in 1822, and first settling in Hampshire county, Va., where he remained for some time, and married Miss Susan M. Evans in 1832, finally removing in 1834 to Rosefield township, where he settled. He had eleven children, ten of whom he saw grow up to man and womanhood. Mr. Robert W. Harrison in 1S59 married Miss E. S. Lawrence, who was born in New York State in 1840. Has had nine children, seven of whom are now alive. Owns 411 acres of land, worth about $19,000, 300 acres of which are improved, and also owns a house and two lots in Princeville, worth $600.

HAWVER WIL1LIA3I P. drugs and groceries, P. O. Monica, was born in New York in 1830. Married October 3. 1857, Miss Mary A. Price, by whom he had three children. She died September 2g, 1863, and on October 17, of the succeeding year, he married Miss Lovina J. Cox, who bore him three children, and died August 20, 1874. Came to Peoria county in lS65,and in 1870 to Monica, where he began the grocery business, to which he has since added that of drugs. On December 30, 1875, he married Miss Nancy A. Davis, who has presented him with one child. Mr, Hawver keeps a fine and well selected stock of

HILL CLAKK, farmer. Sec. 32, P. O. Monica, was born in Niacara county, N. V., in 1830. and came to Peoria county with his parents in 1837, when his father began to improve the farm which the subject of this sketch now owns. In 1S51 Mr. Hill married Miss Betsy E. Bliss, who was bom in New York in 1833, and are the parents of seven children, all of them now alive. Owns 160 acres of land, all well cultivated and worth to-day about $8,000. He has lived on this place ever since 1838, and has seen all the land around him re-claimed and brought to its present high state of cultivation. His father improved his land under great disadvantages, his boys working out for the neighbors and getting their land broken for them in return. Mr. Hill and family are members of the M. E. Church.

HEKRON DAVID W. druggist, P. O. Princeville. was born in Franklin county. Pa., and came to Peoria county in 1848, where he remained till 1857, being most of the lime a resident of Peoria city, and in the last named year went to Kansas, and was in that State during the stormy times preceding the adoption of its Constitution. Mr. Herron came to Princeville in 1869, where he has since resided doing a good and incicisinc business.

HITCHCOCK DANIEL, miller, and justice of the peace, P. O. Princeville, was born in Green county, N. Y., in 1827. and came to Peoria county with his parents in 1837. settling near Princeville. Married in 1849, Miss A. M. Brunson, who was born in Ohio in 1832. Mr. Hitchcock has been justice of the peace fourteen years in succession in Akron town-ship. Followed farming the most of his time till 1871, when he went into the milling business ; owns a half interest in the mill, which is a good property, the capacity of which is 100 bushels a day. Mr. Hitchcock has seen great improvements in this part of Peoria county, much of it being a wilderness when he came to it.

KXEEK BENEDICT, farmer and stock dealer. Sec. 24, P. O. Monica, was born in Germany in 183J, and came to Peoria county in 1853. Married in 1856, Miss Eliia Rheinharl, who was born in Germany in 1831} ; hat ten children, all living, Mr. Kneer came to this county a poor man, and worked as a hired man for over three years, but by strict attention to business he is now possessed of a good home, with 160 acres of land, all under good improvement, and worth about $9,600 ; deals also in cattle and hogs, and has shipped a great many of both, since he began the business. Mrs. KCneer is a member of the Lutheran Church.

M.VXSFIELD EI>W.\ltD, farmer. Sec. 36. P. O. Princeville. was born in New York State in 1825 ; came to Peoria county in 1S54, and settled on section 36, his present home ; owns 450 acres of land, about 240 acres of which are under cultivation, and is worth upwards of $17,000. Married in 1857, Miss Rebecca Fulton, second daughter of Josiah Fulton, one of the early settlers of Peoria county ; she was bom in 1828, and has had nine children, six of whom are now living. Mr. Mansfield has seen many changes in this section of the county, and as the result of hard labor in former years, is now living happily with his family on one of the finest farms in the township.

MARTIN L. B. M. D., P. O. Monica, was born in Ohio in 1832; came to Illinois, settling in Fairview, Fulton county, in 1850, where he taught school and lead medicine until 1S56, when he began to prac tice. He was the first physician to settle in Yates City. Knox county. 111., and came to Monica in 1874, where he has a good and steadily increasing practice ; is a brother of Dr. J. W. Martin, of Peoria City. In 1863. he married Miss Anna E. Taylor, who was bom in New Jersey in 1S44, and they have been blessed with seven children, six of whom are now living. Mrs. Martin is a member of the M. E. Church.

M.VKTIN STEPHEN, retired. P. O. Princeville, is a native of Kent, England, where he was bom, in 1806. Married in 1S33. Miss Frances Batchelor, also a native of Kent, and bom in 1813. They came to Peoria county in 1838, and have had eight children, seven Iwing now alive. Mr. and Mrs. Martin joined the M. E. class at Princeville, in 1S42, are members of that Church and have always taken an active part in its affairs. Mr. Martin owns his present home in Princeville, besides about 122 acres of land worth

McCANN T. P. farmer. Sec. 3t. ^ O. Monica, was born in Cayuga county. New York, in 1827 ; came to Peoria county with his parenU in 1832 ; has remained in the county ever since. Married in 1855. Miss Sarah E. Sargeant, who was born in Fulton county in 1836. lias two children : Florence J., who was born May ii, 1S59 ; Hattie F., who was born June 18, 1868. In 1856, he came on to Scotland, remaining there till 1872, when he removed to his present home, where he has eighty acres of good land, worth about $4,000. Mr. McCann is the third child, and second son, of Samuel McCann, who came to the county in 1S32, and is one of the oldest settlers in it.

aicCOLREY ORBIEN, wagon maker, P. O. Monica. Was born in New .York in 1833, and came to Peoria county in 1844. He has been three times married ; first, to Miss Sarah Basson, in 1854, by whom he had one child, and who died in 1856 ; second, to Mrs. Nancy Miller, in 1S64, who also bore him a child, and died in 1873 ; and, third, in October of the same year, to Mrs. Hannah Minner, who has had four children. Has five children living. For eighteen years Mr. McCoIrey followed the business of mining, and hauled his coal into Peoria city. In 1861 he enlisted in the 8th Mo., Co. C, and was with his regiment in eighteen battles and skirmishes, and was wounded in the nineteenth one, at Vicksburg, May 19, 1863. Was mustered out June 28, 1864. Afterwards came to Monica, where he owns his shop and dwelling, and where he is doing a good business.

McGINNIS JOHN, stock dealer, P.O. Princeville. Was born in Park county, Ind., on Sept. 24, 1833, and came to Peoria county with his parents in the second year thereafter. His parents were George I. and Sarah McGinnis, and they settled at Prince Grove, near Princeville, where John was raised on the farm. His father died in 1S76. John McGinnis was married on Dec. g, 1S58, to Miss Sarah J. Russell, born in Ohio, July, 1,836. Enlisted August 7, 1862, in Co. K, 86th 111. Inf., and was mustered out at Washington, D. C, June 7, 1865. Served as sergeant, but was brevet lieutenant. He has 160 acres of good land north of Princeville, and is comfortably situated. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Ginnis are members of the M. E. Church. McGregor Duncan, farmer. P. O. Duncan.

MOPFIT A. C. wagon and carriage manufacturer, P. O. Princeville. Was born in Woodford county. 111., in 1S40, and came to Peoria county in 1S57. Married in March, 1866, Miss Ruth Harrison, who died July 5, 1871, leaving behind her two children, who were born, Sarah E., on Nov. 27, 1866, and Susan H., on May 23, 1869. Mr. Moffit, on May I, 1873, married Miss M. J. Rocliffe, who was born in Ohio in 1S42, by whom he has had two children, Fred II., born April 2, 1874, and Albert R., born October II, 1S76. Commenced his present business in 1872, and has since successfully carried it on. Mr. and Mrs. Moffit are members of the Presbyterian Church. Moody M. F., P. O. Princeville. MOODY O. retired, P. O. Princeville. Moody Talbot, farmer, P. O. Princeville. MORCOMBE JOSEPH E, P. O. Princeville. Mott W. W. farmer, P. O. Princeville. MOYNIHAN J. Rev. P. O. Princeville.

KELSON JOHN, farmer. Sec. 2g, P. O. Monica. Was born in Pennsylvania in 1S17, and in 1836 married Miss Lydia Prall, who was born in New Jersey in 1S06; came to Peoria county in 1S48, and to section 20 in 1S52; where he bought raw land and made a farm ; coming to the county a poor man, he has by industry and economy become possessed of a nice farm and a comfortable home, owning 145 acres of land all well improved, and worth about $9,700 ; has two children, both married and living in the neighborhood. Mr and Mrs. Nelson are members of the M. E. Church.

NICHOLAS R. J. blacksmith, P. O. Monica. Was born in Peoria city in 1S47, and began working at his trade in 1866; started in business for himself at Galva, 111., in 1872; married in 1875, Miss Lottie Bundy, who was born in Henry county. 111., in 1857, who has since presented him with two children - Clytie and Marion G. Mr. Nicholas came to Monica in June, 1876, engaging in blacksmith and general repairing work, and does a large business. Nr. Nicholas' father was a cooper by trade, and came to Peoria in 1854 from New York, and died in Stark county. 111., in i860; his mother was born in New York in 1806, is still alive and resides in family with him. Mrs. Nicholas is a member of the Baptist Church.

PALMKK THOMAS, farmer. P. O. Princeville. Was born in England inj 1S21 ; emigrated to America, coming to Ohio in 1843. and remained until 1S50, when he came to Peoria county, 111., and settled in Millbrook township on section 24. where he opened a farm, removing in 1S76 to his present location in Princeville, where he owns about seventy-five acres of land, besides a house and lot worth $6,500. He married before coming to America, Miss Sarah Stonier, a native of England, who bore him three children, none of whom are now living. Mrs. Palmer died in 1873. and in the following year he married .Miss Mary Dustan. who was bom in New York Stale, by whom he has two bright children - .Mary E.. born in August. 1875, and Thomas D.. born in April, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer are members of the M. E. Church.

PELNAK JO.SEPH, blacksmith. P. O. Monica. Was bom in liohcmia, in 1844 ; came to America in 1864. and worked at his trade in Wisconsin foreight years ; married in 1869, Miss Elizabeth Morris, who was bom in Wales in 1852. They have had four children - Charles E.. born Sept. 18, 1S73 ; Alfred, born Feb. 28. 1875 ; Magdalina, bom Sept. 5, 1876. and Lavina, born May 18.1878 ; Lavina died June 23. 1879. Mr. Pelnar came to Monica in 1872 and engaged in blacksmithing. where he has been ever since. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church.

PKOUTY F, E. tinner, P. O. Monica, was born in Stark county, 111.. July 25, 1857; w.is brought up on a farm until seventeen years of age, when he went lo learn his trade, and in 1877 began business on his own account at Carrollon. III.; remaining there but a short time, he came to Monica in October o( the same year, where he has since resided and conducted his business. Married March 12. 1879. ^'i^^ Minnie Miller, who was born in Peoria county in 1858. Mr. I'routy does a good business and is well liked as a citizen and neighbor.

IMCE JAMES, hotel keeper. P. O. Princeville. was born in Green county. Pa., in 1S32, and was principally raised on a farm. Married in 1853, Miss Elizabeth Nace, who was born in Washington county. Pa., in 1833; has had nine children, eight are living - s-evrn girls and one boy. The eldest of his family was l>orn in Pennsylvania. Came to Peoria county in 1855, »et. tling in Richwoods township, where he remained four years, removing in 1859 to Princeville, where he has since resided. Mr. Rice is an energetic, pushing man ; has for some years engaged in shipping cattle and hogs, and has probably handled more stock than any other man in this part of the county, also giving his personal attention to the management of the American Hotel, of which he is the proprietor. Owns eighty acres of well improved land, and is worth about $9,000. RoKers J. W. laborer. P. O. PrlnceTllle.

RUSSELL. JOHN H. grocer. P. O. Princeville. was born in Wayne county, Ohio, in iS29.andin 1852 married Miss Mary Albertson. who was born in 1S30. by whom he has had five children, four of them now living. Mr. Russell removed from his native State to Indiana in 1850, and came to Peoria county, settling in Princeville, in 1854; engaged in the manufacture of wagons during the ten years between 1S5S and '6S, and from the latter date until the present has carried on the business of grocer, keeping a large and attractive stock of goods, Mr. Russell and his family are active members of the M. E. Church.

SELBY WILLIAM G. hotel keeper. P. O. Princeville. was born in Harrison county, O.. in 1834. Married on March 10. 1857. Miss Sarah A Heberling, and in the same year came to Peoria county. In 1863 he came to Princeville township, settled on Sec. 17, and farmed until 1S69. when he came to Princeville and engaged in the agricultural implement business till 1S73. when he commenced keeping hotel. Mr. Selby has been an active business man, carrying on a livery, dealing in sewing machines, and also in hogs and cattle, lie keeps a fine lot of buggies on hand, and is bound to do business.

SHANE WILLIAM C. livery. P.O. Monica, was born in Peoria county in 1S45, and is the third chilli and eldest son of IliramandSusan L. Shane, who came lo this county and entered on government land where the old lady, his mother, now lives, and where all their children were born and grew to man and womanhood. They had ten children, (our boys and six girls, who all live in the county but one, William C. Shane married, in 1S70, Miss Amanda J. Webber, who was born in Ohio in 1S53. by whom he has one child, Evaf who was boro in May, 1873. He came to Monica in 1875, and commenced keeping hotel and livery stable. Sold out the hotel interest in 1S7S, but still continues the livery. Mr. Shane is constable, and attends to general collecting.

SIMPSON "WILLIAM, merchant, P. O. Princeville, was born in Wellington, England, and is the ninth child in a family of eighteen children. His parents were Robert and Sarah Simpson. In 1S49, ^""' before leaving England, he married Miss Mary Barlow Fidlin, also a native of that country, and in 1S51 immigrated to America, first settling in Fort Winnebago, Wis., and remained till the Spring of 1S52 ; removed thence to St. Louis, and again moved, in 1S56, to Peoria, and resided there for ten years, at the end of which time he came to Princeville and started in the dry goods business on his own account. He keeps a large and well selected assortment of general dry goods and notions in his store here, and also owns and conducts a store at Stark Station, in Stark county, III. Mi. and Mrs. Simpson have had a family of nine children, five of whom are now living.

SLAKE B. F. farmer, Sec. 35, P. O. Princeville, was born in Hampshire county, Va., in 1S25 ; came to Peoria county with his parents in 1831, who stayed for a short time at Fort Clark, the present site of the city of Peoria. There were but five or six white families then at the Fort, and so numerous were the Indians, that Mr. Slane remembers having experienced considerable trouble in trying to keep them from crowding him away from the fire. The family moved on to Richwoods township, where they improved asmall farm, and then went to Rosefield, where they opened another farm, on which they remained till 1840, then came to Princeville, in the neighborhood of which place they have ever since resided. In 1S52 Mr. .Slane married Miss Sarah Henry, who was born in Crawford county, Pa., in 1825. They have six children, all living. Own 320 acres of land, worth about $19,200. 200 acres of which is under cultivation.

SLANE J. T. farmer. Sec. 23, P. O. Princeville, was born in Peoria county in 1837, and is the son of Ben. J. and Delia Slane, who came to Peoria county in 1831, and were among the early settlers in this section. Mr. Slane came to Princeville in 1840, and has resided in the neighborhood ever since. Moved to his present location on Sec. 23, in 1S63. Married in i860, Mary M. Green, who was born in Ohio in 1842, by whom he has one child. Mr. Slane and his brothei, S. S. Slane, own 307 acres of land, worth about $17,600, of which 247 acres are under good cultivation, the balance being pasture land.

16, 1827. Came to Peoria county Nov. 7, 1831, and has resided in the neighborhood of Princeville ever since 1S41. Has resided on Sec. 26 for over twentyfive years, and witnessed the making of nearly all the present improvements. Mr. Slane enlisted in Co. K., 86th 111. Inf., Aug. g, 1862, and with his company took part in many engagements andskirmi.shes, among them that of Perryville, Ky., Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Kenesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Jonesboro and Smithville, besides many smaller encounters. Was mustered out at Chicago, June 22, 1865. On March 14, 1867, he married Miss Mary P. Patton, who was born in Clifford county. Pa., in 1836, and by whom he has had five children, two of which survive. He owns 346 acres of land, worth about $15,500.

SBIITH ARCHIBALD, farmer. Sec. 7, P. O. Monica, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1837, and came to Peoria county with his parents in 1844. They settled on Sec. 7 of Princeville township, where they opened a farm and made many improvements, and both of them died there, his father in 1852, and his mother in 1S77. Mr. Smith married, in 1S77, Miss Mary E. Nickelson, who was born in Marshall county in 1853, by whom he has one child, Jennie B. Smith, born April 26, 1879, On Aug. 8, 1862, he enlisted in Co. K., 86lh Inf., and with the regiment took part in the engagement at Perryville, Ky. Transferred to Invalid Corps, Nov. I, 1863, and was discharged for disability in May, 1S65. He owns no acrefe of land, worth $4,500, and has 90 acres under cultivation. Has helped to make all the improvements thereon, it being part of the old homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Baptist Church.

SMITH JOHN, farmer. Sec. 7, P. O. Monica, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1822, emigrating to this country in 1S42. He came to Peoria county in 1S44, and in 1S4S married Miss Jane Payne, who was born in Carroll county, Va., in 1S25, coming to Peoria county with her parents in 1842, and settling on Sec. 7, of Princeville township, which was then in a very wild and unimproved state. Her parents resided on their homestead in Sec. 7, till their death. Mr. Smith came to his present home in 1844, and has so in dustriously improved his farm that the 290 acres which compose it are worth in the neighborhood of $15,000 ; has had eight children, all of whom are alive. Mrs. Sraitli and five children are members of the Presbyterian Church.

SMITH WILLI.\M P. farmer, P. O. Prince ville, was born in Lincoln county, Maine, November 24, 1807, and in 1S29 came to Peoria county, and settled near Princeville ; married in 1835 Miss Fanny

Silliman, who was born in N. Y.. in 1813. Her father was one of the earliest settlers in this county, coining here in 1828, and settling in Hallock township. They have had nine children, five of whom are now living. They had two sons in the army during the war : Cyrus, who enlisted in the illh III. Cavalry, who died at home, though still in the service, and Isaac, who enlisted in Co. K., 86th III. Infty., in 1862, and was killed at Tunnel Hill, Ga., February 26, 1864. Mr. Smith has seen all the existing improvements in the county made, there being at the date of his coming, neither farm roads nor school-houses existing, and he helped to build the firit school-house erected in it. It was made of round logs, and stood just over the line in Akron township. His father was one of the first ministers in the county, was a Close Communion Baptist, and preached many a time in the old log school-house. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, by hard labor and economy have acquired a competency, owning 160 acres of land, besides a house and six lots, in Princeville, worth in all about $7,000. .\I1 their children but two are married, and have families.

THOMPSON CHARLES H. horse trainer, P. O. Monica, was born in Monmouth county, N. J., in 1854 ; was raised on a farm, and is the son of Samuel R. and Ellen Thompson, who still reside in his native county ; married Miss Lulu Calhoun, on January i, 1S79. Mr. Thompson has trained many horses since coming to the county, in 1877, and some of them give promise of great speed. Turner W. H. farmer, P. O. Duncan.

VOOKHEES O. H. miller. P. O. Princeville, is the son of Joseph Voorhees, of Reding, who came to Peoria county in 1841, and settled in Kickapoo township, where he now resides, and owns 480 acres of land, besides 320 acres in Nebraska. He is the father of twelve children. G. H. Voorhees, bis eldest son, and the subject of this sketch, was born in Keding, O., in 1841, and in 186;, married Miss Emily Cook, who was born in England, in 1S43, and has borne him seven children, five of them now living, viz.: Charles H,, Sarah B. B.,

Emily G., William A., and Lucia B. Mr. Voorhees owns 330 acres of land, in Stark county, and his dwelling in Princeville. His property is worth about $23,500.

WILSON MILTON, collection and insurance agent, P. O. Princeville, was born in Brown county, O., in 1828; came to Peoria county in 1 848, and in 1S56, married Miss Caroline M. Shriver, who was bom in Clermont county, C, in 1838. >^r. Wilson came 10 the county with his father, and settled on a farm three miles south of Princeville, where he remained till 1874, when he came to Princeville; served four years as justice of the peace, and then declining re-election for another term, engaged in his present business. He is also notary public and deputy postmaster. Mr. Wilson had the reputation of having fewer law suits than any justice in the district. He owns a nice residence in Princeville and is comfortably situated. Both himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church.

YOUNG C R. carpenter and joiner, P. O. Monica, was born in Mount Desert, Me., in 1824; cime to Peoria county in 1843, and married MissOcena Hull, in September, 1S49, who was born in Cataraugus county, N. V., in 1S32, by whom he has had four children, three are now living: Nathan, Charles H. and William H. Isaac, his eldest, died July I, 1S66. and Mrs. Young died August 31, 1876. Mr. Young carried on the carpenter business at Rochester, until 1S76; came to Monica the year following, and has since carried on there a large and steadily increa.*in£ business. He was pre-ent at the orj;aniialion of Millbrook township ; was the first town clerk, and held the office three years; served as justice of the peace (or four years, and was postmai^ter at Elmore, under President Pierce's administration. YOUNG T. C. P. O. Monica.

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BRIGHT GEO. W. farmer. Sec. 15, P. O. Dunlap ; was born in Alleghany county, Pa., April 22, 1833. In 1857, he came to Peoria county. In September, 1861, enlisted in Co. I, nth Ills. Vol. Inf., and served three years. In April, 1859, married Mrs. Mary E. Faucett, a native of Massachusetts, born May 31, 1830. She had three children by her previous marriage. He owns thirty acres of land in a high state of cultivation and well improved. Was formerly a Republican but has joined the Greenback party.

CARR JOHN, farmer. Sec. 22, P. O. Dunlap ; was born in this township. October 29, 1847. His eaily education was received in the schools of the township. In 1872, married to Miss Grace Corbitt, also a native of this township, born November I2, 1844. They have four children, three sons and one daughter. Republican in politics. Is collector of Radnor township. Enlisted in 1863. in Co. M, nth Ills. Cavalry and served to the close of the rebellion. Campbell R. farmer. P. O. Alta.

C.A.RLISL,E JAS. B. D. farmer. Sec. 23, P. O. Alta ; was born in Shenandoah county, Va., June 17, 1838. At the age of ten years with his parents moved to Fayette county. Pa., where he was educated, and in the Spring of i860, he came to Peoria county. Ills., and in the Fall returned to Fayette county, and married in February, :86i. Miss Mary J. Hutchison, and immediately returned to this county where he has lived since. Owns 140 acres of some of the most productive and valuable land in the county. Is Republican in politics, and a member of the M. E. Church. Carr Wm. Mrs. P. O. Dunlap.

CASSITY WM. H. carriage, wagon and cabinet maker, res. Dunlap. was ,born in Marion township, Putnam Co.. Ind., Sept. 1837. On the 4th of March, 1S61, immigrated West, locating in Unionville, Iowa, where he remained up to Feb. 1S62. Thence came to Kno.x Co., this State in the vicinity of Galesburg, and followed farming, until Dec. 1864. In the Summer of 1865 started farther West, settling in Mound City. Lynn Co., Kansas, where he learned the trade of cabinet maker. In 1868 removed to Butler, Bates Co., Mo., and there learned the carriage and wagon maker's trade. In June, 1875, returned to Peoria Co.. and engaged in the carriage and wagon trade, where he has remained since. On the 15th day of January. 1857, he married Miss Mary F. Bryan, a native of Kentucky, but reared in Indiana. She died Nov. 7, of the same year, leaving one child Mary F., born Nov. 2, 1857. April 20. 1859, ^f""- 0. married Miss Sarah A. Hodges, born in Indiana, Jan. 1839, who has borne him three children, Annetta. born Dec. 1S64, Hattie D., born March, 1S66, Emma ^., born Nov. 1S70. On May 2, 1876, he moved to Dunlap, his present home. Is a member of the Christian Church, and of the A. F. & A. M. in high standing, also an Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. Politics, Republican.

CHALLACOMB JAMES, farmer. Sec. 30, P. O. Kickapoo. Was born in Devonshire, Eng., Dec. 25, 1836. His early education waB received in the schools of his native country, and in 1S58 came to this country and settled in Peoria Co., 111. Married in 1868 to Miss Lucy A. Rogers, who died in 1872, leaving two children, Chas. and Bertha. In April, 1876, married his present wite, who was Miss Sarah F. Rogers. The fruit of this union is one child, Archy T. Owns 225 acres of land, the most part of which is in a high state of cultivation. Democratic in politics. Is at present school director of the district in which he resides.

CLINE ALBERT, farmer, Sec. 13, P. O. Dunlap. Was born in Ontario Co., New York, Aug. 12, 1820. While quite young his parents moved to Oswego Co., N Y., where he was brought up and educated till fifteen years of age. In 1835 moved West, and settled in Peoria Co., 111. Married in 1852, Miss Lydia Hyde, a native of Washington Co.. N. Y., born Aug. 15, 1831. They have six children, three sons and three daughters. Owns 280 acres of valuable land elegantly improved. Is Democratic in politics, has been school trustee some

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COKBET DANIEL, farmer. Sec. 7. Dunlap. Wa« born in Putnam. Washington Co. N. Y., Dec. 20. 1S09. In 1832, moved to Pembroke. Genessee Co., and remained there until the Fall of 1835. Thence removed to Peoria Co.. 111., and located at what is known as llile's Mills. Kickapoo township, and assisted in the construction o( the mill. In 1S3S purchased his present farm.and in 1840 be|^an improving it.and in 1843 moved on to it. On the 25th day of June. 1843 married Miss Frances Gordon, a native of Surry Co.. N. C. bom Dec. 6. 181S. Died Feb. 5, 1879, leaving five children, one son and four daughters. Mr. C. owns 2S0 acres of land under high cultivation. Politics. Republican, and is a member of the M. E. Church, lie came to the county in limited circum'^tances.

COOKE SILAS Rev. pastor. Presbyterian Church, Dunlap. Son of David and Agnes Cooke net Ritchey, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania 20th October, 1842. The first twenty years of .Mr. Cooke's life were spent on his father's farm in the Summer season, and attending the schools of the neighborhood and Cross Creek Academy in the Winter. At the age of twenty he enlisted in Company K. 140th Reg. Penn. Inf., and served three years in defense of the union. He was badly wounded and permanently disabled in the engagement at Spottsylvania Court-house, on the I2ih of May. 1864. After an honorable discharge, he returned home and entered Washington and Jefferson College in his native county, and graduated at the end of four years. Spent one year at the Western Theological Seminary, Alleghany City, Pa.., then became principal of the Oakdale Classical Normal Institute, at Oakdale, Pa., for three years, then returned to the Theological Seminary, and graduated at the end of two years. Soon afterwards he received and accepted a call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church at NeliODville, Athens county, Ohio; remained there three years, when he accepted a call from the Presbyterian congregation at Dunlap, and came February i, 1878. Mr. Cooke united in marri.ige with Miss Elizabeth M., daughter of Sarah and Joseph Musser, of Cannonsburg, Washington county. Pa.. 2oth August. 1874, in which county she was born 18th October, 1849. Two children bles3 their union, Grace Kelly, born 3rd August, 1875, and Clarence Murdoch, born gth October, 1878.

I>ICKINSON iiltlKriTH, farmer. Sec. 21. I'. O. Dunlap. Was born in the territory of Indiana, in what is now Switzerland county, Nov. 27. iSlI. Is the eldeit son of John and Mary Dickinson. Mis early life was spent in the then frontier settlement of Indiana, and his school advantages comprised in a brief attendance in primitive log school houses, lie married Miss Achsah Bennett, a native of western New York, in 1829; born Jan. I, iSoo. In 1835. with his wife and two children started West in a four-horse wagon, and landed in Peoria. III., on April 24, of that year. His principal business while in the county has been farming and stock raising. Owns I.OOO acres of land of excellent quality. Politically was an old line Whig up to the birth of the Republican party, since which he has been a member of it. His talents and energies as a financier, and his industry and good management in his business affairs has placed him in possession of a comfortable fortune. His first wife died Sept. 12, 1858, leaving three children, two sons and one daughter. On the 24th of November, 1859, married Miss Margaret Johnson, of Peoria county, by whom he had two children, one son and one daughter. His third and present wife was Miss Sarah A. Chamberlain. By this marriage there are six children, three of each sex. DICKINSON GUIFFITH E. farmer. Sec.

35, P. O. Aha. Was born in the township January 21, 1840. His education was obtained in the district schools of this county and at Henry College, Mercer county. In i860 he married Miss Annie Adkins, a native of Oxfordshire, England, bom Feb. 27, 1S44. They have five children - Nelly, born July 25, 1867; Fanny, born Aug. 20, 1S70; Olive, bora Dec. 6, 1872; l.aura N., born Aug. 24, 1874, and George A., bom June 24, 1S77. He owns 375 acres of land in a high state of improvement ; is a Republican in politics ; has held several local offices. He enlisted May 2, 1862, in Co. .A, 2d Illinois Light Artillery, and ser»ed to the close of the war.

36, P. O. .Mia. Was born in Kickapoo township. Peoria county. III.. Aug. 13, 1852, and was educated in the schools of this township. Owns 143 acres of veiy valuable land ; the home place is elegantly improved and abundantly supplied with fruit. Is Republican in politics and a member of the Methodist Church.

1>UNL.\1* ALVA, retired fanner, Sec. 11, P. O. Dunlap. Was l)om in Montgomery county. N. Y., Oct. 28. 1805. and is the eldest son of Smith Dunlap, an early citizen of that section uf the Stale. Ills parents moved to Oswego when he was an^iiifant. settling in the timber, debarring him from Ihcadvantagcsof an education. In 1829 he married Miss Mary Knight, a daughter of Jesse Knight, of Windham county, I'onn., bora Sept. 10, 1806. They have had eleven children, five sons and two daughters are still living. They moved

West in 1834, and located in Radnor township, Peoria county, III., in 1S37. In 1871 the town which bears his name was laid out on his estate, and has at present a population of some 200 inhabitants. Politically Mr. D. is a Republican ; is the present supervisor of this township, which office he has filled for a number of years, besides has held several other local offices.

DUNLAP BURLEIGH, farmer. Sec. 2, P. O. Dunlap, was born in Oswego county, N. Y., May 29. 1830. In the Fall of 1S3S with his parents, Alva and Mary Dunlap. moved West and settled in Radnor township on Oct. 5 of the same year, on the farm on which the town of Dunlap now stands. Here he received his early education. Married Sept. 14, 1854, Miss Sylvia Pride, a native of the same county as her husband, but at the time of her marriage a resident of Cook county. 111. She was born May 21, 1833 and died April 16, 1873, leaving seven children - Helen F., Benton C, Clara H., Andrew Jackson, Minnie, Katie M. and Henry Ward B. Mr. D. is Republican in politics ; is at present justice of the peace, and has held other local offices in the township. He is an energetic, rising young man.

DUNLAP GILBERT L. dry goods and notions, res. Dunlap, was born on Sec. 11. Radnor township, June 19, 1S49, and was educated in the schools of this county. Is at present town clerk of Radnor township. Republican in politics. In 1876 embarked in his present business and has succeeded in establishing a good trade.

DUNLAP NAPOLEON, farmer. Sec. 3, P. O. Dunlap, was born in Sandy Creek, Oswego county, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1823. His early education was principally received in the schools of his native town. In the Fall of 183S, moved West and settled in Peoria county. Married on April 22, 1S48. Miss Eliza Robinson, a native of Otsego county, N. Y., born Jan.2, 1S29, and came West in 1836. They have had ten children, three sons and four daughters are living. He owns 260 acres of land in a high state of cultivation ; the home place is elegantly improved. Mr. D. is independent in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Is at present commissioner of public highways, and has held various other offices. Is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry. Uustlii George, farmer. P. O. Princevllle.

EDWARDS CHARLES, farmer. Sec. 2, P. O. Dunlap. was born in Warren county. Ohio, Sept. :6, 1822, where he was brought up and educated. In 1834 moved with his parents to Switzerland county, Ind. Married in 1844, Miss Julia Ayers, a native of New York, They have five children, three sons and two daughters. In 1S54 they came West and settled in Peoria county, 111. Owns t6o acres of land, well improved and very valuable, which is the result of his own

ELSON JOHN, farmer, Sec. 26, P. O. Alta, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, June 12, 1825. In 1833 his parents removed West and settled in Peoria county, where he was educated, and married in 1849. Miss Elizabeth Clifton, a native of Ohio, born Sept. 19, 1824. They have two children - Eupha. born Jan. 23, 1S51, and Eugene, born Jan. iS, 1856. Mr. E. is Democratic in politics. Owns 2io acres of land, the greater part of which is well improved, abundantly supplied with fruit, and very valuable. lie is one of ihe prosperous farmers of the county. Flltun John, farmer, P. O. Klckapoo.

FLEMMING JAMES, retired. Sec. 10. P. O. Dunlap, was born in Washington county, Penn., Aug. 5, 1806. His primary education was received in the district schools of the county. At the age of twentytwo years, attended Cross Creek Academy four terms ; then attended Franklin College, at New Athens, one term; passing from there to Washington College, in Washington county, where he graduated in 1S33. After graduating, accepted a position as teacher in St. James' Academy in Baltimore county, Md., for some twenty months. On June 26, 1838, was licensed by Washington Presbytery, and exactly one year after was ordained a minister. On October 31, 1839, married at Martinsburg, Knox county, Ohio, Miss Catharine B., daughter of David Parks, of that town, born in Wooster, Ohio, November 14, 1819. Ten children blessed their union, six sons and four daughters ; the eldest of his sons is a clergyman in the Presbyterian Church, near Albany, Ills. In June 24, 1840, Mr. F. was established pastor of West Union Church, Marshall county, Va., and remained about seventeen years ; was then called to Lower Bufialo, in his native county, and was for the next eleven years pastor of a congregation. Thence to Marshall county. Ills., and occupied the pulpit in the Mansfield Church for seven years, and in 1S76, moved to this county and supplied the Limestone pastorate up to the Spring of 1879. Has, during his p.istoral life, attended four meetings of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. After leaving the Limestone Church, retired from the labors in which he has been so ardently engaged for the past forty years. His family are all members of the Presbyterian Church. Another of his sons is at present at the Academy of Campbellsburg, Penn., preparing himself for the ministry.

FORD JOHN, farmer and stock raiser. Sec. 32, Kickapoo, was born in Devonshire, England, March 12, 1821. Was educated in the schools of his native country. In March, 1850, married Miss Phoebe Ann Fry, a native of the same place as husband. They have six children living, all sons. Immediately after marriage, immigrated to this country and settled in this county, owns 403 acres of very valuable land, well improved ; is Democratic in politics, and a member of the Baptist Church. He is school director of his district ; he began poor, but is now one of the prosperous farmers of the county.

FOX WBI. blacksmith. Sec. 35, P. O. Alta, was bom in Lincolnshire, England, June I, 1S18, was educated in the schools of his native country, and also teamed the blacksmith trade. In January, 1846, married Miss Ann Rouston, born January 29, 1S23. They are the parents of six children, four of whom are living, two sons and two daughters. In 1S51, they came to this country and settled in, this county, where he has followed his trade since. Owns one acre of land on which he lives and has his shop. Democratic in politics and a member of the Episcopal Church.

FRY THOS. farmer and stock dealer, P. O. Kickapoo, was born in North Devonshire, England. December 24, 1832, and secured a common school education. Married Miss Christina Symmonds, April 20, 1858, native of the same shire as her husband, bi>rn July 12, 1836. They have five children : George, Robert, Hettie, Mary and Annie. Owns 320 acres of land which, for fertility of soil, can not be surpa.ssed in the county. The most of his time has been spent in farming and handling stock, in which he has been quite successful, and is held in high esteem by his neighbors. Is Independent in politics.

OALE STEPHEN', farmer. Sec. 36, P. O. Alta; was born in Sailsburg, N. H., December 28, 1820. He attended the district schools of his native county and pursued the higher branches at Dartmouth College. On April 4, 1S44, married in Vermont Miss Sally .\nn Bailey, a native of that State, born June 7, 1824. They have four children, three sons and one daughter. In 1S52. they came West and settled on the beautiful farm he now occupies on Sec. 36, Radnor township, containing eighty acres to which he has since added eighty acres more; is Republican in politics; has been justice of the peace for six years and has hcM other local offices in the township.

GEKM.VX C'lIAKLES, farmer. Sec. 12, P. O. Dunlap: was born in lladen, Germany, November 3. 1833, and was educated in the schools of his native country. In 1848 immigrated to the United Stales and settled in Erie county, N. Y., where he lived up to the Fall of 1853 : then came to Peoria county Ills. Married in 1856, Miss Josephine Dinuenode, a native of France, born April I, 1836. He owns eighty acres of farm land in a high state of cultivation ; is Democratic in politics, and « member of the Roman Catholic Church. Is at present school director of the district in which he resides.

GIFFOKl) WILLI.ASI, farmer. Sec. 35. P. O. Alta. The subject of this sketch is a son of William and Rebecca Gifford, tue Ellis, and was boro in the town of Falmouth, Mass., February 5. 181 1. He received a good education and at the age of sixteen years entered upon the study of chemistry and pharmacy, to which he devoted several years close application. On the 2ist day of November, 1833, in the city of New Bedford, he united in marriage with Miss Meriam H., daughter of John and Anna Baily. who was bom at Hanover, Mass., December 5, 1813. and who, like her husband, had received all the advantages afforded by the schools of that period. In June, 1736, Mr. Gilford came to Illinois to "spy out the land," and selected Peoria as a permanent home. November of that year, he returned to the " Old Bay State " for his wife and a stock of goods. On Febraary I, 1837, ihey left New Bedford for their future home, and on the 2d took passage on the barque "Jane" for New Orleans. At New Orleans they transferred to a Mississippi river steamboat, and reached Peoria on the 2d day of April, and have resided in the county since. Mr. and Mrs. Gilford are the parents of eleven children - Helen C. H., was born in New Bedford, Mass., June 15. 1835, married Elias H. Pratt, May 23, 1S33, and died May II, 1869; Caroline P., was born at Net^ Bedford, December 2, 1836, and died at Peoria, .August S. 1S37; .Vnna T., was born at Peoria, May 24. 1S39. and married Kdwaid Butler, .March 19, 1S63; John B., was born September 21, 1S4I, married Miss Kmeline Johnson, September 28, 1S64, and is living in Chainpaign county ; Suban L., was born -April 20, 1S44, married Edward Merrill in February, 1879. and is living in Union county; Charles, wa:> born October 30. 1845; Edward, was bom December 10, 1847, and died in March, 1856; Irene and Miriam H., (twins) were bora .August 4, 1850, Irene, married Edward Douglas, December 25, 1S72, and .Miriam 11., married Isaac W. Grant, December 23, 1871 ; William H., was born October 20, 1852, and died January 12, 1855 ; Alice G., w.as born .April 5, 1855. The father of Mrs. Gilford is an honored and respected citizen of Lynn, Mass., and has lived to sec his ninety-third year.

OII..I.ETT .lOHN, M. D., physician and druggist, res. Dunlap ; Wfis born in Columbia county, N, Y., on the stii day of September, 1S23, at the age of two and a half years his parents moved to Lyons, Wayne county, N. Y. Is the second son of Gardner and Phoebe Gilletl. Father native of Massachusetts and mother of New York. Remained in Wayne county until 1S35; thence removed to l'hclp.s, Ontario county, N. Y., where he w.is educated, took an academic course at Waterloo, Seneca county, at which place be read medicine in the office of Dr. Landon Wells, and graduated from the Geneva Medical College in 1850. After practicing one year in his native State came West and located in LaSalle, Ills., and followed his profession up to 1S64 ; thence removed to Trivoli township, this county, and remained up to 1S71 ; thence to Dunlap; made the first improvement in that town. Alter completing a building engaged in the drug business in connection with the practice of his profession. Married in Varrick, Seneca county, N. Y., in 1852, Miss Julia Manning, who died at LaSalle, Ills., in 1864, leaving one child, Lucy C, born June 20, 1861. In l856. Doctor married his present wife Miss Almira E. Blood, who is the mother of two children, one living - Jessie B., born June 16, 1872, being the first child born in Dunlap.

GORDON SAMUEL, farmer. Sec. 15, P.O. Dunlap; was born in Park county, Ind., November 17, 1841. In March, 1856, came West and located in Radnor township, Peoria county, Ills., and married January I, 1876, to Miss Nancy A. Strain, a native of Iowa. They have three children, Sarah, Elnora and Elizabeth. Owns 176 acres of .valuable land, elegantly improved and very fertile. Is a member of the Salem Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. In September, 1861, enlisted in Co. H, 47th Ills. Vol. Inf., and was mustered out October 20, 1S64, at Springfield, Ills. Mr. G. is one of the large and well to do farmers of the county, a man and citizen respected and admired in the community in which he resides. Republican.

HARRISON ABSALOM, farmer, P O. Dunlap. was born in this county, July 17, 1841, and attended the district school of his native county. On May 24, 18(13, married Miss Hester A. Kidd, daughter of Richard Kidd (deceased), of Akron township, born October 31, 1S42. They have five children: Essie L., born January 24, 1868 ; Marian J., born March 6, 1870; Lorin E., born April 26, 1S72 ; Lydia H., born December 10, 1873; and Myron A., born December 21, 1S76 ; owns 250 acres of valuable land, 160 acres in a high state of cultivation and well improved. Politically he is Republican ; is at present school trustee and has been director ; is lecturer of Salam Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, No. 1483. Hawley P. W. farmer, P. O. Alta.

HAWLEY PETER R. farmer. Sec. 25, P. O. Alta, was born in Bennington county, Vt., September 24, 1813. When but two years old, his parents immigrated to Oswego county, N. Y., where he was brought up and educated. In 1835 moved West and located iu Peoria county, where on Dec. 24, 1846, mar- ried Miss Adelaide Hinman, of Oswego county, N. Y., born February 28, 1825. They have seven children : Alden L., Frank J., Derry L., Justice T., Peter T., Guy and Charles Burt. Mr. Hawley owns 308 acres of land, over half is under a high state of cultivation and well improved ; is Republican in politics, and one of the energetic and industrious citizens who have been so conducive to the county's welfare.

HARLAN HARRISON, farmer. Sec. 22, P. O. Dunlap, was born in Radnor township, February 12, 1S42. His early education was received in the schools of the county. On March 6, 1862, he married Miss Hannah L. Gordon, also a native of this township, born January 10, 1847. They have seven children, three sons and four daughters ; own 278 acres of valuable land, elegantly improved ; is Republican in politics ; entered the service in 1864, during the late war of the Rebellion, and served to its close in Co. "A." 32nd Ills. Vols.

HIBBS EV^VN L. blacksmith, residence Dunlap, was born in Lambertsville, N. J., September 15, 1843. While an infant his parents moved to Philadelphia, Pcnn., where he was educated, and commenced learning his trade, and at the age of eighteen, started for Easton, Ind., and there finished his trade. In March, 1862, moved to Brimfield, Peoria county. Ills., and lived one year ; enlisted in Co. " C." 148th Ills. Vol. Infty., but afterwards transferred to the 47th, and served until the close of the war. After returning home removed to Princeville, where he married in the Fall of 1S66, Miss Emily Hitchcock, born February 14, 185 1. They have one child, Willis, born December 5, 1867. In the Spring of 1S76, they removed to Dunlap, where he has worked at his trade since. Mrs. H. died in May, 1870; September 10, 1876, Mr. H. married Miss Ella Young, a native of this county ; is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and a Democrat.

HITCHCOCK BURTON A. farmer. Sec. 2, P. O. Dunlap, is the son of Jedadiah J. Hitchcock, who was born in Greene county, N. Y., September 8, 181 1, and married Miss Elizabeth Artman, who died in March, 1855, leaving three children, two sons and one daughter. In 1857 he married Mrs. Salome S. Cooper, his present wife. One child blessed this marriage. In the Fall of 1836 settled in Peoria county, Ills. The subject of this sketch was born in Greene county, N. Y., October 31, 1834, and when two years old came to the county with his parents. Is Democratic in politics and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

HUBER AQUILLA, boots and shoes, P. O. Dunlap, was born in Tazewell county. Ills., .Xpril 30, 1854. In 1858, with his parents moved to St. Louis,

Mo., »nd from there to Peoria, Ills., the Fall of 1864. His early education was received principally in Peoria, where he also learned the shoe making trade. In September, 1S76, settled in Uunlap and engaged in his present business, and has by fair dealing and close attention to business built up a very profitable trade. Is Republican in politics.

JACKSON JOHX, farmer. Sec. 15. P.O. Dunlap. Was born in Yorkshire. England, August 10, 1807. His education was partially received in his native country. In 1S19 immigrated to the United States with his parents, and located in Newcastle county. Delaware, and lived there some eighteen years, and in 1837 moved west and settled on his present farm in section 15, Radnor township. In 1851 he married Mrs. Elizabeth .\ukland, a native of Lincolnshire, England. Mrs. Jackson had two children by her former husband, and five by the present marriage ; two sons and three daughters. Own 220 acres of valuable land well improved. Mr. J ack.son is a Republican in politics and a member of the Methodist Church, Held the office of highway commissioner for a number of years. His step-son and also the husband of his step-daughlcr were in the Union army. The former serving one year and the latter three years.

KNOTT WM., Sr. farmer. Sec. 26, P. O. Aha, was burn in .Mason county, Ky., March 31, 1803 ; was brought up and educated there, and in 1S28 marrieil, in Washington, Mason county, Ky., Miss .Sarah E. Knight, a native of Italtimore, Md., born Match 12. 1813. They have had thirteen children, five living - Emily, John, Joseph, Wm., jr., and Elizabeth. On March 12, 1830, they came West and settled In Peoria city, and in 1850 purchased and began Improving ihe beautiful farm he now occupies in Radnor township, which contains 360 acres in a high state of cultivation.

Also owns ss acres in other portions of the township. Is Democratic in politics, and has held various local offices in the county. His son William enlisted, in 1864, in the 108th III. Vols., and ser\-ed to the close of the rebellion. Kuult William, farmrr. P. O. Alia.

KRAMER JACOB, tin and hardware. P. O. Dunlap, was born in Peoria, III., Aug. 27, 1853. and attended the schoels of the city. He married Miss Annie Spannier, a native of Richwoods, bom April 23, 1853. They have two children - Emma, born March 20, 1877, and Lena, bom .\ttg. 19- 1878. Mr. K. is independent in politics, and a member of the M. E. Church. On the nth of April. 1876. purchased and began erecting his store and residence in Dunlap, and after Its completion began the bosiuess in which he is now engaged, and has attained a good trade.

M.VTTHEWS W.\LL-\CE, grain and stock dealer. Sec. 0. Medina township. P. O. Dunlap. was born in Henry county. 111., on the I2th day of January, 1843, and six months later his parents removed to this county. His education was obtained In the schools of Peoria city. In 1865 he married Miss Eliza A. Ferguson, a native of this county. They have two children - Harry L., born Dec. 14. 1866, Edward W., bom May 21, 1S74. Is Republican in politics. In the Fall of 1877 Mr. M. engaged in his present business, which has grown to large dimensions under his judicious management.

P.VRKS JOHN H. farmer. Sec. lo, P. O. Dunlap, was born in Knox county, Ohio, Jan. 8, 183J. and was educated in his native county. In 185$, came to Peoria county. 111., and married in 1857, Miss Dorathy G. Hervey, of Washington county. Pa., bom June 35, 1843. .Seven children have been bom lo them, three sons and four daughters. He owns tto acres of land, elegantly Improved and ver}' valuable. Is Republican in |>olitics and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He enlisted in 1863 in what wat then known as the Maine recruits, but after having served nine months. Congress failed to establish such a branch of service and were consequently disbanded, Ii a member of the Patrons of Husbandry.

ROGERS GEORGE A. farmer, Sec. 17, T O. Dunlap, was born in Westchester county, N. Y., Oct. S. 1S31. His early education was principally receivetl in the schools of his native county. Came to Peoria county. III., in 1S43, and in 1S57 married Miss Maria, daughter of J. L. Wakefield, of Radnor township. They have five children - -Adolphus J., born Oct. 26, 1S57; Mary J., born Nov. 15, 1S59; Grant S., born Nov. 17, 1863; Olive B., born Oct. 2, 1869; Gratta J., born April I, 1873. Mr. Rogers owns seventy acres of valu.able land, well improved. Politically he is Republican. Holds the office of justice of the peace. Enlisted in 1S63 and served to the close of the war.

ROGERS JAMES H. farmer, Sec. 4, P. O. Dunlap, was born in Westchester county, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1839. In 1843 he immigrated with his parents to Jubilee township, this county. On his way out, his father was drowned in the Mississippi river, below St. Louis. His mother lived in Jubilee township up to the time of her death, which occurred March 12, 1879, leaving seven sons and one daughter, of whom James H. is the fifth son. He was educated in the schools of the county. Oct. 10, i860, he married Miss Sarah A. Blake, a native of Peoria city, born May II, 1S41, by whom he has three sons and four daughters. Owns 360 acres of beautiful land on the home place, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Has held several offices of the township. Republican in politics. Rogers Wm. farmer, P. O. Dunlap.

ROGERS "WM. H. farmer, Sec. 9, P. O. Dunlap, was born in Westchester county, N. Y., October 11, 1836. At the age of six years came to Illinois with his parents and the rest of the family and settled in Jubilee township, where he attended school. In 1S61 he married Miss Jennett E., daughter of John L. Wakefield, of Radnor township, born Nov. 22, 1841, who is the mother of six children - Logan A., born Oct. 24, 1867; Charles, born Feb. 11, 1870; Leslie J., born Oct. 3, 1S71; Wilson N., born May 29, 1S73; Wm.,born Feb. i, 1875, and the baby, a son, born May 5, 1879, In i866 Mr. R. purchased and began improving the beautiful farm on which he now resides, on Sec. g, containing 120 acres, well improved. Is Republican in politics. Has been commissioner of public highways in Jubilee township.

SMITH DAVID, lumber and grain dealer, Sec. 6, P. O. Dunlap, was born in Champaign county, O., July 13, 1S30. In the Fall of 1837, with his parents, James and Maria Smith, and five other children, came to Tazewell county. Ills., and after three years residence there, removed to Peoria county, where he has since remained. On May 11, 1851, he was united in marriage with Miss Martha Chapin, a native of New York. They have had five children, two are living : Alice, born July 14, 1852, and Ann, born March 6, 1854. The greater part of his life has been spent on a farm. In 1872, entered into the grain and stock business, and in 1875 added lumber. Is Republican in politics. Is at present school director, and has been commissioner of public highways in Radnor. He owns about 300 acres of valuable land, and some desirable town property in Dunlap. Smitli James Mrs. P. O. Duulap.

SMITH JOSEPH, farmer. Sec. 8, P. O. Dunlap, was born in Logan county, Ohio, February 14, 1835. In 1839, with his parents, came West and settled in Tazewell county. Ills., and in 1844, removed to this county for three years, then went to Marshall county one year and returned here for permanent settlement. In 1858, married to Miss Hettie Newkirk, a native of Tazewell county. Ills., born November 30, 1839. They have four sons and three daughters. Owns ninety acres of land, the most of which is well improved. Republican in politics. Smith Peter, farmer, P. O. Duulap.

S3IITH WM, farmer. Sec. 6, P. O. PriuceviUe, was born in Champaign county, O., February 10, 1837. While yet an infant, his parents came West and settled in Tazewell county, Ills., for some three years, and removed to Peoria county where he received his early education, and was married in i86o to Miss Martha E. Bush, who died in 1876, leaving three children, all sons. On July 4. 1878, he married his present wife, who was Miss Carrie Taylor, daughter of B. S. Taylor, of this county, born June 4, i860. Mr. S. owns 160 acres of farm land rarely surpassed for fertility of soil and improvements. Republican in politics.

TAYLOR BURTES S. farmer. Sec. 7, P. O. Princeville, was born in New York City, September g, 1828, and was brought up and educated in that city. Married Miss Alice Gregory, of New Jersey, in 1853, who died in 1S67, leaving two sons and five daughters. In 1872, Mr. Taylor married in this county his present wife, Araminta Sawyer, a native of Mercer county, Va., born December 14, 1838. By this marriage there is one child. Mr. T. immigrated to Radnor township, Peoria county, in 1845, where he owns a beautiful farm of 420 acres, under a high state of cultivation. In 1846, enlisted under Col. Ringgold for service during the Mexican war, and served until its close. He is now one of the prosperous and well to do farmers of the county. He started at twenty-five cents per day in a rope walk, and boarded himself. Tallyn EUzahetli. farmer, P. O. Klckapoo.

TUIGEK WILLIAM, farmer. Sec. 34. P. O. Alti, Wis born in Devonshire, England. August 15. 1826. where he was brought up and educated. In June, 1S51. immigrated to this country, and settled in Peoria county, where he married, in 1856, Miss Ellen Stewart, who dietl in October, 1866, leaving one son and two daughters. He afterwards married his present wife, who was Miss Jessie Stewart. 15y this marriage they have one son. Mr. Tri^er owns 400 acres of very productive and well improved land ; is independent in politics, and a member oi the Episcopal Church, and school director.

TUCKElt CYKUS. farmer. Sec. 29, P. O. Kickapoo. was born in I'lyraouth, Mass., July 19, 1809, was educated in the common schools of his native town. In .-Vugust, 1841, married Miss Abigal T. A. Shaw, who died in 1846. leaving two children, one o( which is now living. Clarence S. On September 13, 1S57, married his present wife, Miss Fannie Keim, a native of Somerset county, I'enn., born May 19, 1823. The fruit of this union is two children, one is living, (jeorge W. In October. 1S41. immediately after his first marriage, they removed to Radnor, Peoria county, where he owns 420 acres of superior farming land; is Democratic in politics; has been township supervisor of Radnor for two terms, and held other local ofrice>.