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

L,INCK JACOB, harness and collar maker, residence Trivoli. Was born at Walheim, Grand Duchy Darmstadt, Germany, June 24, 1S30 ; was the eldest son of Jacob and Anna Maria Linck, both deceased ; commenced at his trade when fifteen years old and continued at the same until Sept. 12, 1856 ; and immediately after immigrated to the United States and came to Peoria, where he remained about two years; began business in Trivoli, Feb. 15, 1S5S, where he still prosecutes the same with fair success and general satisfaction to his patrons. Married, Oct. 7, 1S62, Miss Agnes Haas, who was born in Oberbergen, in Baden, Germany, Jan. 21, 1844. She came to the U. S. May I, 1859. By this union there are three children - Emma Catherina, born July 13, 1S63; Henry Charles, born Sept. 22, 1364; Otto Bismarck, born March 9, 1875. Mr. I., was appointed postmaster during Grant's administration. May I, 1S6S, which position he now occupies. Is a member of the A. F. and A. M. at Farmington, 111.

ORTON DENNIS, farmer. Sec. 9, P. O. Farmington, was born in Oneida county, New York, in 1S20. Is the son of Azariah and Harriet (Hungerford) Orton, who came to Peoria county in 1836. He married Miss Mary Simpson in 1844. She was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1820. They had six children born to them - Harriet, now Mrs. Wm. Longfellow, Matthew .S., Mary E., now Mrs. Seth Farmer, Elizabeth N., now Mrs. Zadock Stevens, and Wilber B. ; one deceased, Margery Ellen. Mr. O. came to the county with his parents when the county was a vast wilderness. Was reared on a farm, and has continued the same occupation through life. About thirty years ago he met with a serious accident, while digging a well, which partially disabled him for life. He owns 160 acres of land, 150 of which is under good improvements.

ROBINSON GEORGE, farmer and stock raiser. Sec. 12, P. O. Trivoli, was born in Trivoli township, on the 17th day of Dec. 1839; was the son of George and Maria Robinson, nee Gaylord, father a na- live of New V'ork, mother of Connec'icat, who came lo Peoria county in 1R36, and settled on Sec. 2 and 3, and raised a family of twelve cliildren, all of which lived to lie men and women. In .\ugust, l86t, Mr. R. en. listed in the 47th Re.;, of 111. Infly.. Co. " .\." mustered i>n at I'coria, under Col. Bryner. The lint engagement was at the siege of Corinth. Then came luka siege and capture of Vickshurg. Thence up the Red River expedition ; was mustered out at Springfield, III. Oct., 1864 ; wa.s in the service three years and three month.s. Married Miss Lizzie Y. Van Patten, daughter of Ur. .M. B. Van Patten (an influential citizen who was chairman of the board of supervisors at the time of his death, being killed by a railroad accident in Farmington, in 1874). She was born in Trivoli township, Feb. q. 1S4S. They have three children by this union, two gills and one boy : Ruby M., Fannie I., and Ernest G. Their farm contains 334 acres of land, valued at $15,- 000.

SELTZKR WILLIABI, farmer and stock raiser. Sec. 14, P. O. Trivoli, was born in Germany. June 6, 1833, and when nine years of age, immigrated to America with his parents, and located on Sec. 23, where he was brought up and still resides. When he first came here, he worked out for a man by the name of Easton, for $$ per month. lie married Miss Catherine Linck, who wxs born in Germany. She ilied, leaving four children ; John U., Henry W., Mary K., Katie; Mary E. died in 1867. Mr. S. afterwards married Lizzie GrifHn. She was born in Fulton county, III., by whom he has five children: Bert, Nellie A., t^onard M., Frank A , and Marion. Mr. S. has held several local offices in the township ; has 100 acres of land under a high state of cultivation, well improved, and valued at $6,000. Snydt-r J. I', (arnier, P. O. Pau Ridge.

STICVKNS J. F. farmer and supervisor. Sec. 4, P. O. Farmington, was born in Danbury, Fairchild county, Conn., 1814; came to Peoria county, 1844, and located on Sec. 4 ; was married 1S4J, to Sallie Rice. She was bom in Crawford county. Ind., Feb. 1S34. They have six chiMren ; Zadoc P., Onslow S., Thebe A., Ella, Emma, and Eva. He owns 240 acres of land in Trivoli and PMmwood townships, worth $12,000. Mr. Stevens' father was l>orn 1777, and dicil 1838 ; mother born 1776, and died |8()5, aged nearly ninety years. Mr. S. has also been officially identified with the township, having held nearly all the offices of the township, been supervisor for several years, and is a member of the present board (1879). ^'c ple*Mnt> ly located, and has a desirable home lo spend his declining years in. He is a man well liked amone the citizens of the township. Politically, he is and has always been a Democrat.

THO.HPS»N A. farmer. Sec. 2, P. O. Trivoli. Was born in the State of New Jersey, in 1S17 ; is the son and youngest child of Moses and Hannah Thompson. Came to the Slate in 1847 and settled in Peoria county. He married Catherine Doty, in 1861. She was born in New Jersey in 1S35. and i» the mother of one child - Charles, born in 1865. Mr. T. owns 66 acres of land under a fair state of cultivation.

Tnltlc Frank, farmer. P. O. Trl»oll. Tyler. I. W. fanner, p. o. KjiniitDintin. VHiiPsUen .Iiitin. finiur. P. 0 Trlvi.ll. Wiu<.on Tim*, farmer. P. O. Karmlnirlou. Weeks iifn. r,-irnier. p. o. FarlulnRtuii. Weils \. farmer, P. O. Fanuliiirton.

WrflTE DANIEL, farmer and fine slock breeder. Sec. 12, P. O. Trivoli ; is the son of James and Keturah White. «/-<- llurff, natives of New Jersey. Immigrated to Illinois in 1S39 and located in Salem township, Knox county. His father died in iS6ofrom an injury received in Elmwood ; mother still living ; was among the earliest settlers, and first to leave the timber ami settle on the prairies. Daniel was born in Delaware, and when one year old came with his parents to Knox county, where he was educated and bred a farmer. He married Miss Eliza McConncll, daughter of Robt. McConnell, born in Trivoli town.Oiip, August 27, 1839. Have two children - Edgar E. and Orrin G. Own 70 acres of land in Trivoli township, valued at $4,000. and 160 acres in Montgomery county, Iowa, valued the same. Mr. White makes a specialty of fine stock, of which his stables contain Clays and Alxlallahs. His horses are of the best blood, and have taken a number of prizes at public exhibitions. Wlekwlre J. farmer. P. O. Parmlnittan.

"WILLIAMS JOSEPH, farmer, P.O. Farmington, Fulton county. 111. Was born in the District of Columbia. August 15. lS2l ; at the age of seventeen he went to New Orleans, and remained two years, returning to Washington, thence to PhiKidelphia. wheie he followed teaming. Married Miss Eliza Cielman. October 39, 1846. She was born in Bucks county. Pa., Jan. 3, 1S22. There was bom to them seven children, six of which are living - Mary M., Samuel J., Chas. II., Alrick W.. Emma F". and Anna. Came to Peoria in 1S52. Mr.W. enlisted in the nth III. Cavalry. Co. B, under Col. Robert G. Ingersoll ; was at the battle of Lexington, Ky., when Col. Ingersoll was taken prisoner ; was mustered out at Memphis. Tenn.. in 1865 ; came back, and since that lime has followc<l farming. Republican in |>olilic3.

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WILSON EL.I P. farmer, res. Sec. 7. P.O. Farmington, was the eldest son of Eli and Julia (Candee) Wilson, natives of Harwinton, Litchfield county, Conn. His father was reared on a farm and received a liberal education, which well qualified him to teach, which occupation he pursued in the State of New York for a number of years. In May, 1S13, he married Miss Candee, daughter of David Candee* (who lived to be over ninety years of age), and by which union there were four sons and four daughters, all of whom lived to adult age, and seven of whom are still in active life. In 1S18 they immigrated to Camden, Oneida county, N. Y., where he became an active member of the Congregational Church, teaching vocal music and leading the choir for many years. He was somewhat of a politician of the Dewitt Clinton and Gerrett Smith style, though he never sought office. In the Spring of iS;4 he immigrated with his family to Peoria county, and located in Trivoli township on Sec. 8, where he remained in comfortable circumstances until his death, Which occurred Sept. 7, 1S75, at the age of eighty-four. His widow is still living at the age of ninety-one, retaining all her mental faculties to a remarkable degree. The family came by the lakes and rivers to Peoria, arriving June 3, 1S34. Through the kindness and hospitality of the Hon. Charles Ballance a room n-as obtained for the stay and ludgement of the family of ten for the night, free of charge. The next morning started out for their future home on the west line of the county, and were all day making the trip, twenty-four miles. The land not yet being in market, he purchased a claim of Joel Brown, ten acres broke and a small log cabin on it, partially finished. Thus he became located, and soon made his family a new and comfortable home. He was liberal minded and reformatory in his views, both in church and state ; was a friend to the poor and friendless of every class and condition. From his boyhood he was opposed to slavery, and his place was known as a leading depot on the underground railroad between Cairo and Galena. E. P. Wilson was born in Harwinton, Litchfield county. Conn., .^pril 2S, 1814 ; resided with the family up to the time of their new location ; after which he left home and attended a high school two years in Canton, Fulton county. 111. On July 12, 1838, he married Miss Mary M. Grant, of WaterviUe, Oneida county, N. Y.,born Feb. 23, 1S12, and was a daughter of De.icon William and Rachel Grant, of Paris, Oneida county, N. Y., and cousin to Gen. U. S. Grant. They came to Illinois overland in a two-horse wagon, arriving in Trivoli township on the 13th of June, 1837, being six weeks on the journey. In 1841 they settled on the southwest quarter of Sec. 7; improved 175 acres of land, where they still reside. There were born to them five children, two sons and three daughters: William Eli, born Aug. 20, 1839, who was married to Annie Slater, Aug. 31, 1S70, and now resides at Prairie City, la. ; Mary E., born June 12, 1842, now Mrs. J. G. Gilbert, of same place; Judith I., born Jan. 12, 1844, and now Mrs. W. H. Curley, of same place ; Emma M., born Feb. 2, 1845, now Mrs. T. A. Reding, and resides in St. Louis, Mo. ; Eugene P. died in infancy. Mr. E. P. Wilson resides one and a half miles southeast from Farmington. Is in religion a free thinker, and in politics a Republican.

WINGEKT HENRY, farmer and stock raiser. Sec. 12, P. O. Trivoli, was born in .\lleghany county, N. Y., on the nth day of March, 181S ; reared on a farm and enjoyed the advantages of the common schools. In 1S43 he came to Peoria county, Trivoli township, and located on the section where he has resided since. Married Miss Eliza Scott, who was born in Maryland, Aug. 30, 1821. They have had nine children, seven boys and two girls, five of whom are living : Charles, Annie, Walter, Henry J.. Winfield S. Mr. and Mrs. Wingert are members of the M. E. Church of Trivoli. Have 240 acres of land valued at $15,000.