Piatt County, Illinois - M 0 Xtice Li/) to Wnsh 1 1, 1883 (part 2 of 3)

Close were united in marriage March 20, 1856. Three of their five children are living: Nannie J., now wife of Prof. M. A. Scovell, is a resident of Champaign; Marietta, Monticello's sweetest singer, and Jeptha are still at home. Prof. Scovell, as well as all of Mr. Davis' children, are graduates of the State University and belonged to the following classes respectively, 1875, 1878, 1881 and 1882. When the war broke out Mr. Davis was commissioned first lieutenant of the Indiana state militia, and the company was organized the next day after the fall of Fort Sumter. In August, 1862, this same company formed part of Co. F of the 66th Ind. Inf. Yol. Mr. Davis remained with the 16th Army Corps until the fall of Atlanta, when he was transferred to the 15th Army Corps. He was in every fight of the regiment, the principal of which were Richmond, Corinth, those of the Atlanta campaign, Resaca and Dallas. The regiment was veteranized in 1863, and Mr. Davis was elected captain of the veteran company.

MR. M. R. DAVIDSON, lawyer, Monticello, is a native of Macon county, who, after first locating in Moultrie county, moved in 1878 to Monticello, where he now owns a residence and two lots. He was married March 5, 1874, to Emma M. Reeme, a native of Pennsylvania. They have three children, Myrtle F., Mable R. and Cloyd. Mr. Davidson read law with Nelson & Roby, of Decatur, and in 1876 was admitted to the bar.

MR. JOHN DRKSBACK, fanner, Monticello, is a native of Ohio, from which state he moved to Illinois in 1855. He improved a place of 160 acres, which is now in his sons' possession. He was married in Ohio to Mary Wensel, who is still living. They have had eight children, three of whom are living. Ephraim married Samantha Brady, and has six children, Willie, Cora, Charles, Frank, Jennie and Mary. Mary Dresback became the wife of George Brady, and has nine children, Luther, Frank, Meda, lona, George, James, John, Lona and Charles. Edward married Bessie Kimber and has two children, Mamie and Luther.

MR. JEREMIAH DUVALL, a farmer in Monticello township and a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, came to Piatt county in 1852, and in 1865 married Miss Rose Altha Johnson, a native of Illinois. They have had six children, George F., Benjamin E., Francis E., William Nelson, Olive H. and Ora Florence. Mr. Duvall owns a farm of 120 acres. He went to the late war in Co. D of the 73d 111. reg. He was out six months, but was taken sick during the first month

MR. JOHN W. DAVISON, jeweler, Monticello, is a native of Wales, and came to America in 1856, to Illinois about 1866, and to Piatt county about 1872. He went into the jewelry business in Monticello at that time, has been so occupied ever since, and has been the only jeweler in the place for a number of years. Mr. Davison was married June 8, 1880, to Lizzie Knight, and has one son, Willie K. He owns his house and store building, which he built in 1882, and two lots. His uncle, John Davison, who was in the same business, died in Monticello.

HON. CHARLES EMERSON was born in New Hampshire April 15, 1811. He came to Illinois in 1833, and in 1834 began the practice of law in Decatur. While in this county the people of Piatt county first learned to know him. He was elected to the legislature in 1850 and again in 1851, and in 1853 was elected judge of the circuit court, which position he held until 1867. His death occurred in 1870. He was a very impartial judge and was revered by everybody. " But, after all that may be said of his fame in the eyes of the world, that which in a just sense was his highest glory was the purity, affectionateness, liberality and devotedness of his domestic life."

MR. ALBERT EMKRSQN, son of Hon. Charles Emerson, is a native of Macon county, Illinois, and was born February 5, 1842. From Macon county he moved to Kansas, where, he remained three years and then moved, in 1875, to Monticello, where he went into law practice, having been admitted to the bar in 1868. While in Kansas he was superintendent of public instruction of Sedgwick county, and since coming to Monticello he has been master in chancery, state's attorney, and is at present mayor of Monticello. For over a year he was rightof-way agent of the middle division of the Illinois, Bloomington & Western railroad, but is now attorney on the whole road. Mr. Emerson and Sarah R. Phipps were united in marriage in 1866, and have had six children, one of whom is dead: Leonard C., Nora, Nellie, Warren E., Charles Fay and Joseph. Mr. Emerson went to the late war from Piatt county in Co. F, of the 2d 111. Cavalry, and was out over four years and was veteraned. He was in the battles at Vicksburg, Champion Hills, and Holly Springs, at which place he was taken prisoner and paroled after six months. Though he was in some severe battles, and had two horses shot from under him, yet he was never wounded, and did not even have a ball strike his clothes.

MR. JOSEPH E. EVANS, a native of Pennsylvania, moved from there to Illinois in 1S65, locating in Piatt county in 1866 and in Monticello in 1877, at which time he began dealing in farming implements. He has held a few of the township offices. In 1862 he went into the army in Co. D of the 140th regiment, and was in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and those of the Wilderness, having been wounded at Chancellorsville. Mr. Evans and Julia Vedder were united in marriage in 1867. They have three children, Delia, Harry and Ida M.

MR. ZACHARIAH EMIG is a native of Pennsylvania. From this state he moved to Ohio, and from there to Illinois, in 1852. He has been a resident of Piatt county ever since, with the exception of a short time during which, even then, he called Piatt county his home. After living on Mr. Dan Stickel's place for a number of years, he moved on to his present home place in 1865. He owns 160 acres of land, which he bought of the railroad company. He has put all improvements on the place, including the setting out of fifteen hundred trees, and the planting of a hedge all around it. Mr. Emig was married in 1857, to Miss Mary Piper, a native of Pennsylvania. They have had eight children, seven of whom are living. The eldest, Ella, married Mr. Britteuham, and lives in Monticello. Kate married Mr. Nelson Reid, and lives in Monticello township. The other children, Lizzie, Charles, Dolly, Minnie and PVancis, are at home. Mr. Emig is a member of the Methodist church, and an elder in the congregation which meets in the New York school-house.

MR. A. T. ENGLAND, farmer, Monticello, is a native of Sangamon county, Illinois, and moved from Logan county to Piatt county in 1861, where he now owns over 900 acres of land. Four hundred acres of this land are in the home farm, upon which he has put most of the improvements. He was married in 1865, to Harriet E. Plunk, and has had three children : Edward, George and Wm. Herbert. Mr. England went to the army in 1862, in Co. F of the 2d 111. Cav., and was in the following principal battles: Holly Springs, Vicksburg and Richmond. He was taken prisoner by the enemy, and was retained six weeks. Mr. England is a member of the Masonic lodge.

MR. W. ESHEI.MAX, tailor, Monticello, is a native of Pennsylvania, from which state he moved to Illinois, and in about 1878 located in Monticello, where he owns a residence and two lots. He was married about 1860, to Hannah Leininger, and has seven children : Mary, Kate, Sadie, Jennie, Willie, James and Hattie.

MR. E. P. FISHER, Monticello, is a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, from which state he came to Piatt county in 1851, and has remained here most of the time since. He owns his residence property in Monticello. In 1858 Mr. Fisher and Tirzah R. Ferren were united in marriage. She died about June, 1871, leaving five children. Of these, Anna is the wife of Mr. Josh Tatman, of Monticello, and has one son, Harry ; Frances graduated in the Monticello high school. The names of the other children are Margaret I., Laura and Willie. In 1872 Mr. Fisher married Mrs. Wm. Ward, nee Caroline West, and they have three children: Mary J., Callie M. and George I. Mrs. Ward had two children : Henry, who married Miss Ida Curtis, and lives in Missouri, and Miss Maggie. Mr. Fisher has successfully held the office of sheriff three times. He is a member of the Masonic lodge of Monticello. Two of his brothers came to Piatt county. Of these, George died, leaving a small family; Reuben still lives in the county. His cousin, Mr. Abs Fisher, lived in the county a number of years, but now resides in Chicago.

MR. WILLIAM FOSTER, farmer and route agent, Monticello, is a native of New York, and came to Piatt county in 1853. He was married to Mary E. Thomas in 1852. She was born in Pendleton, Indiana, and moved to Bloomington, McLean county, when eight years old. Her father was a native of Virginia, and her mother of New York, and of German and English descent. They are both dead. Her mother died here in 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Foster have nine children living, and one dead. Charles, at home ; Louie E., working in express business at Decatur ; Mary Althea, graduated in the high school in 1881. She is at home, as are also George B., Anna Elizabeth, Martha E., Willie G., Theodore B. and Fred Roy. Mr. Foster has held the offices of county treasurer, assessor, and circuit clerk.

MR. II. B. FUNK, Monticello, was born in Morgan county, Illinois. From there he moved to Macon county, and thence to Piatt county in 1876. Mr. Funk has been in the editing business since 1869. At that time he started "The Independent" at Jacksonville, and in Macon county published "The Maroa Xews." Upon coining to Monticello in 1876, he began editing "The Monticello Bulletin," which paper he is now publishing, it having been, however, in other hands during one year of the time since he came to the town. Mr. Funk has also composed and published several songs, and now has ready for publication a musical instruction book for classes and conventions. He obtained his musical education in Chicago and in Bloorningtori, has taught music to some extent in Monticello and the vicinity thereabout, and is instructor of the Monticello reed and cornet band. In 1865 Mr. Funk and Libbie Cooper were united in marriage. Three of their four children are living, Nellie B., Allie M. and Fred W.

MR. CHARLES FAMULENER, farmer, Monticello, was born in Ross county, Ohio. He moved from his native state to Piatt county, Illinois, in 1865 or 1866. He now owns some 400 acres of land, and lives on the place Mr. Daniel Stickel improved south of Monticello. Mr. Famulener was united in marriage to Sally Ann Piper, and has had eleven children, ten of whom he raised. Six of the children are now living. Catharine married James McRoberts. They both died in Kansas, and their two daughters, Anna and Katie, now live at Mr. Famulener'e. Elizabeth married Mr. Minear. John lives in Monticello township. William died after he was of age. George married Rebecca Alexander, and lives in Missouri. Charles is also married, and lives in Missouri. Philip N. and Jonathan are both in Missouri.

MR. A. J. FOUST, farmer, was born in Ohio, and came to Illinois in 1855, and to Piatt county in 1856. He owns 40 acres of land, and has improved it himself, having the advantage of good crops. Mr. Foust was married in 1860, to Elizabeth Anderson, and they have five children living, Emma, Olive, Jennie, Mattie and Frank.

DR. R. H. FARRA. hardware merchant, Monticello, was born in Morgan county, Ohio, in 1820. He moved to Randolph county, Indiana, where he remained for ten or twelve years, coming to Piatt county about 1862. He first settled in Willow Branch township, but in 1872 moved to Monticello, where in 1873 he began the hardware business. His place of business at present is on the north side of the square. He was married in 1863, to Mrs. Douglas Tall man, and has had one son, Frank. Dr. Farra was a practitioner of medicine in Indiana, but has done no practicing since coming to the county. He owns a good sized house and ten or more lots in Monticello.

MR. SAMUEL GARVER, a retired farmer living in Monticello, was born March 6, 1806, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. From there he moved to Dauphin county. He was married in Pennsylvania to Anna Boyer, who is of English and German descent, and who was born May 8, ISO!'). They moved to Macon county, Illinois, in 1855. After six months'' residence in this county they moved to Stringtown Lane. Pi at! co-untv. At one time Mr. Garver owned 140 acres of land on this lane, 80 acres on Goose creek, 160 acres near Farmer City, besides some timber land. He sold his land, and, after a residence of aboiit eleven years on the lane, moved to Monticello, where he still resides. Mr. and Mrs. Garver had very few neighbors when they first moved into this county. There were no houses west of them for five or six miles. The nearest school-house stood across the road from where Mr. Henry Woolington until lately has lived. This school-house was afterward moved on to the lane to the site of the present schoolhouse. The deer were not yet extinct in this county when the Garvers settled here. They had a pet deer, 'which became very tame, and of which they grew quite fond. Mr. and Mrs. Garver have raised quite a large family; death, however, has come into their midst a few times. Elizabeth married Mr. Jacob Keller, and now lives on Stringtown Lane, on Mr. Garver's old place. They have had eight children, John, Joe, Mary, Jacob, Jonas, Nancy, Jesse and Lydia. John, a school teacher, married Miss Eliza /Rock, March 15, 1881. Ere a whole year had come to them in their new found happiness she died, and he was left to tread life's pathway alone. Joseph married Elma Dresbach and lives on the lane. Mr. Ephraim Garver was born in Pennsylvania. He came to this county in 1858, after a two years' residence in Macon county. He was a farmer until five years ago, when he began clerking in Monticello. At present he is employed in Hazzard & Hott's store. Mr. Garver was school director and trustee for a good many years. He married Elizabeth Brown, and they have six children living : Will, Anna, James, Samuel, Chris and Ora. Mr. Jonas Garver married Mary Watrous, and they have had six children. Mr. Garver was in thirteen battles in the late war, but never received a scratch. Anna Garver man led Mr. George Hummel. Mrs. Hummel died in Cisco, leaving two children, Ephraim and George. Mr. Samuel Garver, a druggist in Farmer City, married Elizabeth Gay. They have four children. Mr. S. Garver was als'o in the late war. Mary Garver married William Combs and lives in Goose Creek township. Mr. John Garver married Delia Hubbell. He went to the army, and after being wounded was made a prisoner for fifteen months. He suffered a portion of the time in Anderson ville. flis death resulted from exposure in the army. His widow married Mr. Reber Huston, of Monticello. Catharine A. married Mr. Henry Ilott and lives in Monticello. Mr. Christian Garver, a druggist, with his wife, nee Miss Eva Petit, and two children, lives in Farmer City.

interesting account of his life, and we place the substance of the entire sketch before our readers : UI was born December 14, 1819, in Sussex county, Delaware. My grandfather, Isaac Gray, was of the Anglo- Saxon race and came to America previous to the revolutionary war. My mother's father was of Irish descent. He came to America previous to the revolutionary war and was a private in that war under Gen. Marion. My father was born on the eastern shore of Maryland, about 1T82. He was a sailor up to the time of his marriage and made one trip afterward. He married Miss Margaret Magee, who was the daughter of Samuel Magee, and who was born in Sussex county, Delaware, about the year 1787. My father died February 28, 1836, leaving six children, the two eldest, Jacob and Sarah, being married. The following fall we emigrated to Pickaway county, Ohio. We started September 27, 1836, and came to Baltimore by water. "We crossed the mountains to Wheeling, Virginia, in a freight wagon and from there were conveyed in a wagon to Zanesville. Here we stopped for about two months, nearly all of the family having a spell of sickness, and I came near dying. After Christmas we hired a farmer to take us to Circleville, Ohio, and January 12, 1837, reached the home of Mr. James T. Magee, my mother's brother, about twelve miles west of Circleville. I was married at his house, April 4, 1838, to his daughter Jane, my first cousin. In the fall of 1856 we started for Illinois. My youngest brother, John, started with me. We left Pickaway county October 29. Had some bad weather, which made the roads miserable. On one occasion, when traveling on a plank road in Indiana, for which we had to pay heavy toll, one of the wheels slipped into a hole made by one of the boards moving aside /and the coupling pole broke. Although the forward end of the wagon went down, providentially nobody was hurt. We were delayed over one day in getting the wagon fixed. I found the president of the road and claimed damages, but he would do nothing. I threatened to sue the company, but he kindly told me that although he thought I could recover damages, that I could not wait for a lawsuit, and the best thing I could do was to mend the wagon and go on. 1 took his kind advice. On another occasion we got anxious to reach our journey's end and concluded to drive awhile after night. Accordingly, after feeding our horses and cooking and eating our supper out in the woods, we hitched up and drove five or six miles, when wo came to a bridge. We found boards up across the road in front of the bridge and we concluded there was danger ahead. After looking around and going back a short distance we found a muddy road which, at an angle of about forty-five degrees, led down into the river. I unhitched one horse and found where the going out place was on the other side. After riding across the river several times, in order to find the best road, we started the wagon across. The road out of the river on the west bank was very steep and had a short turn in it. I knew if the horses faltered the least bit, or if anything broke about the wagon, that the wagon could not escape turning over into the river. I think it was the most dangerous event I ever passed through, and it almost makes my head swim yet when I think of it. But we got through all right, and the next morning, after feeding our horses and getting breakfast, we reached the prairie - the almost boundless prairie. The effect it produced on me seems indescribable. The morning was slightly foggy, and looking before me I could see no timber and the prairie brought to my mind the boundless ocean. When the sun was about an hour high the fog cleared away and before me was spread a view that would certainly be appreciated by one who had always lived in a wooded country. I can still look with delight upon the wild prairie. When we passed through Bement I counted the houses and there were fifteen, all told. We stopped about seven miles northeast of Decatur. The weather was getting cold and I was almost out of money, so I went to work husking corn, but I soon found that I could not do that. Not long after I heard a man complaining that his clock had stopped. I told him that I could fix it. As he seemed anxious to have it done I went home with him. WJiile I was fixing the clock Mr. Jacob Garner, a neighbor, came in and watched me until I was done. He then told me that I could make good wages and have lots of such work to do if I would go around and look for it. Accordingly I started and traveled until February 15, 185T, on which day I got to Monticello, and I have been here ever since. I worked through the winter, generally going home every Saturday. I did very well financially, making from $10 to $15 per week, but it was a very cold winter and I often suffered intensely with the cold. In the month of March I moved my family here. There were three or four families living in the fort. I went to work repairing clocks and watches, and have followed that business more or less ever since. In the spring of 1859 I connected with it the making of ambrotypes, and I have the- honor of being the first resident artist of Monticello. A Mr. Butler, of Decatur, and Mr. Cathcart both worked here for awhile, and, too, there was a car here for a time. I made the first photograph that was ever made in the county, in the spring of 1862.

I followed the business until four years ago, when I found my eyes were getting too old for photography. We have five children living. Salathiel, a soldier of the war, in the 49th 111. reg., married Sarah Magee ; Sarah Margaret married David Garver and lives in Macon county ; William W. married Sydney McDivett, has two children, and lives in Monticello ; James married Melissa Gifford and has two children ; John married Hattie Cole." Mr. Gray has twenty-three grandchildren. He served a part of a term as justice of the peace.

MR. THEODORE GROSS is a native of Germany, and came to America in 1856, locating near Atwood. He lived there, where he still owns property, until he was elected to his present office, county treasurer, in 1879. He married Julia Zuber, a native of Germany, in 1868, and has five children living: Hedwig, Theodore, Ella, Albert and Julia. Mr. Gross went into the army as a private in 1861, in Co. A, 21st 111. Inf., and remained four years, participating in the battles of Stone River and Chickamauga, at which place he was taken prisoner. He spent nineteen months in Libby and several other rebel prisons ere he made his escape. He went out as private and returned as second lieutenant.

MR. JAMES HART left Kentucky, his native state, when he was eleven or twelve years old. He remained in Indiana until he was grown and then came to Illinois. He did not like the state, arid returned to Indiana. His granddaughter says, " he then found grandma and thought he could stand it out here."" He married Miss Rebecca Bradford, a native of North Carolina, August 15, 1830. He moved to Green county, Illinois, in 1831, and in 1836 settled in Piatt county. They lived for a time in the same house with William H. Piatt and wife, who were then living on what is now the Piatt county fair grounds. In 1839 they moved onto the present homestead place. Mr. Hart's grandfathers were both in the revolutionary war, and he, with two brothers, was in the Black Hawk war. One brother died in the rebellion. Three of Mr. Hart's children died when quite young. Ann Eliza married Mr. William H. Harris, and their home was about two miles from Mr. Hart's. She died, leaving four children, Henry Payne, Rebecca J., Sally A. and James William. Mr. Harris married again, but died in 1869, leaving another son. His widow is now the wife of Mr. William Branch. Marietta Hart married Samuel Smock and lives in Monticello township. Martha J. married Mr. C. H. Plaster and has three children, Annetta, Emily and James Edwin. Since taking the notes for Mr. Hart'^ personal sketch, he, after a linger-

MR. JACOB HOTT (deceased) was married in Pickaway county, Ohio, to Miss Margaret Fisher. Her father moved to Piatt county and bought land of Mr. Abraham Marquise. Probably it was through the influence of his father-in-law that Jacob Hott came to this county. He left Ohio soon after his marriage, and about 1838 or 1839 settled on what was then known as Dr. Hull's farm. He afterward moved onto his father-in-law's place and remained there till his death in 1856. He left seven children, three of whom are now living. Mary married John Hughes ; she died, leaving one daughter, Emma, who is still living. Hiram Hott died in the army. Henry Hott was married in 1864, to Catharine A. Garver. They have five children living, Lucy, Mary, John, Media and Ida. Mr. Hott went into the merchandise business with Mr. Hazzard in 1870. They occupied a building on the west side of the public square in Monticello till, 1875, when they moved to their present location on the east side of the square. Previous to going into merchandise Mr. Hott had been a farmer. Harriett married Mr. R. Williams. She died about 1872, leaving one child, Perry. Mr. Williams married again. Martha married Mr. Eli Ater, a farmer living in Willow Branch township. They have had three children, Edward, Charles and Jesse. A sad accident happened to John, the youngest son of this family. The people of Monticello were celebrating the Fourth of July, 1866, by firing off a canon which stood on Bender's corner. The canon seemed overloaded, and this boy, fifteen years of age, fearing that it would burst, retired to where Mr. Zyble's shoe store now is. His fears were more than realized ; the canon did burst, and a piece of it, striking the boy, quenched the spark of his young life in fifteen hours after. Elizabeth is still single and is living with her mother, who is now the wife of Mr. Solomon Ater.

DK. P. K. HULL was born about 1810, in what is now Highland county, Virginia. His parents were also from Virginia. Dr. Hull moved to Circleville, Ohio, when lie was about twenty-four years of age. He studied medicine in Jefferson College, Philadelphia. After practicing medicine in Ohio for a time he moved west. He married Mary J. Huston, March 31, 1839. Three children reached maturity. Renick Huston, who married Rebecca Williams, was frozen to death on the prairies near Goose Creek. Estelle became the wife of Mr. Frank Williams, and lived for a number of years at Monticello. She was a successful music teacher of the place. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have four children. They have recently sold their farm near Monticello and have moved to Kansas. Mary is the wife of Ren ick Buckles, of Champaign, and has three children. Monticello was her home also for several years. Dr. Hull moved to Monticello late in the fall of 1841. He made his home for a time on what is now a part of the Allerton farm. His wife died in 1849, and he rented out his farm and returned with his children. About 1855 the doctor returned to Monticello. He bought the property now owned by Lettie Huston, and died at this home November 20, 1850. During a scourge of cholera in 1852 and 1853, in Ohio, Dr. Hull was very successful. He was one of the first physicians in Piatt county, and was regarded by the early settlers almost as an oracle in matters of disease. One who was intimately associated with him says he was a man of big heart and noble impulses, and was generous to the extreme. Widows and orphans never claimed his attention without getting it. Dr. Hull was one of the charter members of the Masonic lodge of Monticello, and upon his death, in 1860, was buried by the Masonic orders.

MR. WM. HUNTER is a native of Ireland. His father was born in Ireland in 1796. His mother was a native of Scotland. Of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter's live children, who were born in Ireland, William, born January 25, 1836, was the youngest. He was but a babe when the family emigrated to America. They settled in Ohio, and in this state both of William's parents died. Two of his sisters also died in Ohio, the other two went to Iowa in 1853 and settled there. One of these sisters was born in Ohio. William's only brother went west some years ago and his whereabouts is not known. Mr. Win. Hunter came from Pickaway county, Ohio, to Piatt county in 1857, and was acquainted with quite a number of people who had emigrated from Ohio to this county. He first worked for Dr. Hull, with whom he was acquainted in Ohio. In 1859 he began working for Wm. H. Piatt. He went back to Ohio and was married January 1, 1861, to Minerva A. Trego, who was born about 1840. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hunter came to W. H. Piatt's, and remained there until September of 1861, when they moved onto a farm of W. H. Piatt's. They remained on this place until 1875, when they moved onto a farm of their own. In 1881 Mr. Hunter sold his farm to Mr. Parr and bought property in Monticello. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter have had four children : Emma Francis, born October 7, 1861 ; James, born July 20, 1863 ; Nellie, born March 14, 1865, and Wm. P., born September 26, 1868. Their eldest daughter,

The HARRIS brothers were quite influential men in this county a number of years ago. They were all farmers and did an extensive stock business in the county. Mr. Payne liarris, now of Champaign, was the eldest of the brothers. B. F. Harris, now a prominent banker of Champaign, first carne to Piatt county in 1835, and on the 22d of June of that year entered eighty acres of land in the county. For ten years he dealt extensively in stock. He bought stock in the fall and fed through the winter, thus for ten years furnishing stock and grain markets for the farmers of this county. One year he fed 900 head of cattle near Monticello. He drove his cattle to the eastern states for marketing. In 1844 one drove was sent to Boston and brought $56 per head. The last drove, which was taken by Wm. Marquiss to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, consisted of 430 cattle, which cost $14 per head and were sold for $28 per head. Mr. Harris certainly had a great deal to do with helping the farmers of Piatt county along. He is still a farmer as well as a banker, and owns at least 5,000 acres of land. Mr. Charles Harris and Mr. John "Harris died in this county. Wm. Harris died near Canon City, Colorado.

MR. ABRAHAM HENNION, formerly of Monticello, moved from New Jersey to Piatt county in 1852, and began improvements on a farm of 160 acres south of Monticello. After remaining here several years he moved back to New Jersey, but still has some 330 acres of land in Piatt county. He was married in 1851, to Mary A. Wintermute, a native of New Jersey, and has three children : Gilford, who is married and lives in New Jersey, Foster and Ida.

MR. JAMES HOLMES, a former editor in Monticello, is a native of Pickaway county, Ohio. He is of English descent, and was left an orphan when but six years old. He made his home with an aunt, Dr. B. B. J one's mother, until ten years of age. He came to Piatt county in 1859, and, after farming one season, was engaged in the printing business until the war broke out. He went to the army in 1862, in Co. E of the 107th Inf., and remained throughout the war. He enlisted as a private and came out as 1st lieutenant. The principal battles in which he took part were Knoxville, Resaca, Nashville, Franklin and siege of Atlanta. He was never wounded or taken prisoner. Mr. Holmes married Mary E. Ward, December 21, 1865. They have three children, Nannie, Ward and Paul. Mr. Holmes began publishing a paper in Monticello in 1865, and has been occupied

MR. J. A. HILL was born in Fairtield county, Ohio, in 1832. He is of German and Scotch" descent. His parents moved to Pickaway county in 1839. In 1853 Mr. Hill came to Piatt county, in the employ of Messrs. A. N. & W. H. Cochran, cattle traders, in Ohio. Soon after coming to this county he was employed in Mr. Ralph Tenney's store. In 1855 he was employed by Piatt & Co., and has worked in the same store under different firms most of the time since. Mr. Hill was married in May 1862, to Lucia A. Piper. They have four children, Emma, Richard J., Charles W. and Louis, all of whom are at home. Mr. Hill was secretary in the Masonic lodge for six or seven years. He is a member of the blue lodge, arid of the commandery of Knight Templar.

Miss SUSAN HUSTON, Monticello, is a native of Pennsylvania. She cam® from Ohio to Illinois about 1870. She at present (1882) is in Ohio. She owns some 160 acres of land in Kansas, besides some town property.

Miss LKTTIE HUSTON, Aunt Lettie, as she is known to all Monticello folks, is a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, from which state she moved to Monticello at the time Dr. Hull settled here, in 1841. After a residence of five years she returned to Ohio, but came back to Piatt county in 1S59, and has made this county her home more or less ever since. She taught in the Monticello schools for seven consecutive years, and has long been a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church of this place. She owns quite a good deal of town property.

Miss RACHEL HUSTON is also a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, from which place she moved to Illinois in 1855, and has taught school in Piatt county at least ten years. She is still living in the place and owns several, houses and town lots.

MR. JOHN HUSTON came to this county in 1859, and lived in Goose Creek township most of the time, and was also on the Allerton farm. He moved to Macon county, thence to Missouri, where he died, leaving a wife and four children. Anna is the wife of H. D. Peters, Monticello ; James has recently been working in Decatur ; Emma and Rachel live in Monticello.

MR, HARVEY E. HUSTON, lawyer, Monticello, is a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, from which place his people moved about 1859, to Jackson county, Missouri. At this date the subject of our sketch was about fifteen years old. He remembers very distinctly the breaking out of the war, and the effect it had upon the people of Jackson county. The vast majority of the people in that county were rebels. It was there that Quantrel's band of guerrillas was organized, and Mr. Huston knew many of the boys who joined the organization. Jesse James, whose recent murder has caused so much excitement, was a member of this band. AVhen it "got too hot" for them in Jackson county, Mr. Huston's people moved, in 1862, to Douglas county, Kansas, near Lawrence. They remained at this place until within two or three months of the massacre, in 1863, of the citizens of Lawrence. Mr. Huston was acquainted with many of these citizens. After relating some of the war scenes he had witnessed, Mr. Huston remarked that though he was not in the war, he had seen enough of the horrors of it. In 1863 his family moved back to "Will county, Illinois, near Joliet, where they lived four years, and then moved to Logansport, Indiana. On the 1st of January, 1868, Mr. Huston ''jolted across the prairie from Bement to Monti cello in Billy Motherspaw's old hack," and he has been in Piatt county ever since. He taught school for two years at Wild-Cat, while studying law under the direction of Mr. Chas. Watts, of Monticello. In March, 1870, he was admitted to the bar, and very soon after went into partnership with W. E. Lodge, and has been with him ever since. When asked if he had held any offices in the county he very soberly remarked, "I ran for county judge once and did not get elected, because I did not get votes enough." Mr. Huston was married December 29, 1870, to Miss Susie Stickel, who died January 21, 1872, leaving a little daughter, Susie, who died in August of the same year. He was married the second time on March 7, 1876, and to Miss Martha Ward. One son, Ward T., has blessed this union. Mr. Huston's father, Mr. Thomas Huston, who died in Monticello about 1878, was drafted in the war of 1812. He hired a substitute, who was killed ere the war ended. He was a prominent citizen of Ohio, having served i;i the state legislature about 1840.

MR. S. H. HUBBELL, grain merchant, Monticello, is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. He first came to the county in 1855, stayed a few months and returned to Cincinnati. In 1860 he came back and stayed until he entered the army. After the war was over he located permanently in Monticello. For a number of years he was a member of the merchandise firm of Piatt, Hubbell & Co., but now is working in the mill and elevator owned by E. A. Townley & Co. He went to the army in 1862, and stayed until the close of the war. He held the positions of adjutant and first lieutenant, and was in the following principal battles: Knoxville, Franklin, Nashville, and those of the Atlanta campaign, i He had his horse taken by Morgan, but was never wounded or taken prisoner. He was married in November, 1866, to Miss Jennie Townley, of Cincinnati. They have had two children : Edward Townley and Harry Piatt.

ME. JOHN HAYS, a farmer in Monticello township, was born in Ireland in 1830. He left Ireland and landed in New York in 1851. In speaking of this fact Mr. Hays very dryly remarked, "- I ought to have left there twenty years before." There was small-pox on board the ship which brought him to America, but Mr. Hays escaped its clutches. He was raised a farmer, and, in coming to this country, thought to find a better opening for farmers than the old country afforded. Mr. Hays has owned land in several townships in this county. He landed here first in 1859, after a three years' residence in Macon county. He was married in New York, to Miss Anna Ryan, a native of Ireland. They have had five children, three of whom, Nanno, James and Will, are living. Mr. Hays was school director for eight years, and during this time was instrumental in the building of the school-house which is now at Hammond. He is a member of the Catholic church.

MR. WILLIAM HANKS" is a native of Kentucky. His father, John Hanks, a native of the same state, moved from Kentucky to Indiana. In 1828 he moved to Stevens Creek, Macon county, Illinois. Previous to his moving to Illinois he lived for a time with Mr. Robert Lincoln in Spencer county, Indiana. Mr. Lincoln came to Illinois the next spring (1829) after Mr. Hanks did, and moved into the house vacated for that purpose by him. Mr. Lincoln remained with his family in this place for two years and then moved to Coles county. His son Abraham (our martyred president) the meantime breaking prairie. Abraham remained after his father had gone, and he and Mr. John Hanks built a flat-boat and went down the river to Springfield. They were hired by a man in Springfield to go on the flat-boat to New Orleans. They shipped bacon and flour to said city, sold the boat and then returned on a steamer. Lincoln got $100 for his job, and with it entered eighty acres of land in Coles county. His father lived on this place until his death. Mr. John Hanks entered his first land with money obtained from the use of the flat-boat. After entering the land for his father. Lincoln became postmaster in a town near Springfield. Probably the next move was in the Black, Hawk war, and Mr. John Hanks was with him there. In the winter of 1829 he made rails for Mr. Hanks and others near Springfield. After Lincoln became a lawyer Mr. Hanks' was his stopping place while attending court at Decatur. Just before liis inauguration he sent word for Mr. John Hanks to accompany him on a visit to his father.' While on this trip Lincoln planned for Mr. Hanks to go with him to Washington. He did so and remained two weeks. During the visit to his father Lincoln told Mr. Hanks that he would never see home again. Mr. Hanks was in the army and saw Lincoln again at the White House. Mr. John Hanks is eighty years old and still lives in Macon county, on the old farm where he first settled. Mr. William Hanks was married in 1853, to MaryE. Henson, who died in 1876. They had two children. Charles married Elizabeth Newhouse. They, with their daughter Sarah, reside in Monticello township. Emma Hanks lives with her grandfather. Mr. Hanks came to Piatt county in 1872, and now lives on what is known as the Scott land in Monticello township.

ME. J. B. HICKS, Monticello, was connected with the brickmaking interests of Piatt county for a number of years. On March 10, 1864, he and his son-in-law, Mr. II. Shepherd, arrived in Monticello, and at once contracted to make brick for and put up the wall of Piatt and Bryden's store building on the southwest corner of the square. They also made the brick for W. II. Piatt's residence, and for Mr. Bell's house in Bement, in all making near a million brick that summer. In 1865 he bought Mr. Shepherd's interest, and for several years made from five to seven thousand brick a year. Mr. Hicks still resides near Monticello, has been married twice and has several children.

MR. MICHAEL II AZZARD, a merchant in Monticello, was born in 1841, in Indiana. His parents were natives of the same state, and left him an orphan at the age of six. He was married at Little York, Indiana, to Asenath S. Davis, a native of the same state and born in 1844. They have had eleven children, five of whom were of one birth. The quintette were born in Monticello, September 18, 1880. The longest life which either of the five had was twenty-two days. They have four children living, William Albert, Edgar N., Charlie and Nellie. In J866 Mr. Hazzard brought a stock of goods to Monticello, where he located. He has been a merchant since 1863. He held the office of city treasurer for four years, and for six years was alderman. He belongs to the Masonic lodge and to the Knights of Honor. In 1861 Mr. Hazzard went to the army in Co. C of the 38th Ind. Inf. After about ten minutes of fighting at Perryville (his first battle) lie was wounded quite severely in his right shoulder, lie spent some time in the hospital at Louisville, Kentucky.

MR. RKBER HUSTON, Monticello, is a native of Ohio, from which state he came to Illinois, and in 1874 went into business for Lodge & Huston, of Monticello. He is still in the same business, and owu< a residence and three lots in the town. He was married in July, 1875, to Mrs. John Garver, nee Anna, D. Hubbell, and they have had two children, Charles and Earnest. Mr. Huston's uncle, Mr. .lames Reber, who was the first probate judge in this county, lived in Monticello for a time. Mr. Reber died, leaving a wife and several children, who now reside in Ohio.

MR. CHARLES HUGHES, lawyer, Monticello, is a native of Madison county, Ohio. When but two years old his parents came west, and Charles has lived in Piatt county ever since. His father, Daniel Hughes, came west in 1864 or 1865, and has never been heard of since. His mother died, leaving five children, three of whom are living. Mr. C. Hughes was a farmer until seventeen or eighteen years of age. when he began teaching school. From this time he alternated his teaching with his going to school and studying until he entered the bar. During this time he attended the state university at Champaign for a year. He was united in marriage, in 1878, to Miss Pamelia Combs. Mr. Hughes is one of the self-made young men of the county. His own efforts have placed him where he now stands. In 1880 he was elected to the office of state's attorney.

MR. PETER HITCHENS, Monticello, was born in Ohio, moved to Indiana, thence to Vermilion county, Illinois, then to Piatt county in 1862, locating at Bement. In 1863 he went to Monticello, in 1872 moved to Mansfield, and has since returned to Monticello. Mr. Kitchens married Susan Doll, of Ohio, and has six children living. Sarah Ann is the wife of John May, lives in Indiana and has four children; John married Sarah E. Ray, and lives in Iowa; Martha married Mr. Pender, and died, leaving one child ; Margaret married Wm. Ray, and lives in Virginia ; America married Riley Tatma.ii : George married Sarah Carr, has one child, Clarence, and is a blacksmith in Mansfield ; William married Lina Coiioway. lias two children and is a blacksmith in Mansfield.

MR. L. HAMMEBSMIDT, furniture dealer. Monticello. was born in Germany, and came to America and located in Monticello in ls»>r». He has lived in Monticello ever since, and owns his residence, a business

MR. ELI AS ILoKKiiixKs is a native of Ohio, and moved from thereto Piatt county in 1869, locating where he now lives. He owns eighty acres, which he partially improved himself. Mr. Hoft'hines was married about 1861, to Martha Robinson, also a native of Ohio, and has had twelve children, of whom nine are living, Isaac, Newton, Zelda .1., Sarah E., Homer, David, Oassius, whose twin died, Daniel, and the twins Mary and .Clara.

MK. JAMES HAKDIXG is a native of Ohio; came from there to Piatt -county in 1869. He was married in 1878, to Mary Prouse, and has one child, George. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Plarding, live in the county and have had eleven children, two of whom reside here, James and Taylor. Taylor married Sarah Robins and has four children, Wilburt, Edward, Frank and Jesse.

MR. W . M. 1 1 KTTIXGER, farmer, Monticello, is a native of Ross county, Ohio, from which state he moved to Piatt county, Illinois, in 1^52. He now owns 200 acres of land, upon eighty acres of which he has put all the improvements. The residence was built in 1879 and the barn in 1880. His crops have been good. In 1880-1 the crops averaged sixty bushels and fifty-live bushels respectively. Mr. Hettinger and Margaret Morrison were united in- marriage in 1852, and have had eleven children, ten of whom are living. Martha J., married Emanuel Kerns, has four children and lives in Strawn. The names of the other children $re James, kelson, *ohn, William, Franklin, Edward, George, Oscar and Dora.

MR. .1. ('. .1 1>] ix sox, a farmer near Monticello, is of English descent, and was born and raised in Rhode Island, his parents' native state. He moved from this state to Ohio, where he taught school for four years, after which he moved back to Rhode Island, and in 1839 married Miss Hoxu Maria Thomas, a native of the" same state. After their marriage they moved to Ohio, where both taught school for a time and then moved to Indiana. While in Vincennes, Mr. Johnson taught the only Protestant school in the place, lie moved from there in 1841 to Clark county, Illinois, and taught school for two years. In the winter of 1842 he was agent for Messrs (). and D. Bailey, merchants of Edgar county, Illinois. He continued in this business until August 8, 1844, when he moved to Monticello and opened a general merchandise store for the same lirm. He continued working for the Messrs. Bailey until 1X45, when he opened a store on a small scale for himself. From that time he kept store off and on until 1872. He began keeping hotel in 1845. He bought the house of Mr. Ed. Ater. It was very roughly finished. Split rails formed the studding, while it was weather-boarded with four-foot clapboards. Mr. Johnson completed the building and owned it till 1859. He kept the Old Fort for about eight years. He finished the brick hotel in Monticello in 1860 and kept it for several years. He owned the building until 1874, when he sold it to Mr. Ed. Ater. In 1844 Mr. Johnson was appointed collector to fill a vacancy caused by Mr. Ater's moving away. In the fall of 1845 he was elected justice of the peace for four years. He served as county commissioner for four years. In all, he was justice of the peace for twelve years. In 1848 he was elected the first clerk of the circuit court under the new constitution and served four years. He was appointed postmaster in 1852 and served until 1859, when Mr. David Co'rnprobst was appointed in his place. Mr. Johnson had more of an education than the majority of early settlers in this county. He prepared for college in Franklin Academy, Massachusetts, and attended the Brown University in Rhode Island. Mr. Johnson's education, as well as his sterling qualities, has caused him to exert quite an influence in Monticello. While he was actively engaged in business there, J. C. was a name familiar to every household in the place. He moved on to his farm a little south of Monticello in 1859. At present he owns quite a number of lots in Monticello. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have had nine children, seven of whom are living. Harriet married1' John Q. Adams, and lives in ISTeosho Falls. Kansas. Her husband died in 1880 arid she is left alone with her three children. She and her brother George are carrying on the hardware business. Theresa Ilortense is unmarried and still lives at home. Franklin married Miss Xancy Turk, lives on Mr. Johnson's place and has five children, Allie, Etta, Edward, Jessie and Louis ; Walter and Isadore, twins, are both at home. George II. is in the hardware business in Kansas. Mary Adelaide married Mr. -E. Miller, who is a lumber merchant in Kansas. Mr. George Johnson came to Piatt county soon after his brother, J. C. Johnson, settled here. For a time they were partners in the merchandise business. He married Miss Vashti Fowler, who died. One son lived to be of age. Edward married Miss Alice Gilford, but is now dead.

DR. B. B. JO.VKS was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, in 1828. He began studying medicine under Dr. Hull, in Ohio, and graduated at the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, in 1854. On September

16, 1856, Dr. Jones reached Piatt county, and has been practicing medicine here ever since. His first practice in the county was in a great siege of typhoid fever, with which he was quite successful. At an early day his practice extended far beyond the present limits of the county into all the adjoining counties. He was married in Sangamon county in 1857, to Sadie E. Short, of Median icsburg, whom he met in Ohio. Dr. Jones remarked that notwithstanding Dr. Hull's advice to come to Illinois, that he would most likely have remained in Ohio had it not been for the young lady now Mrs. Jones. They have had two children, one of whom, B. P., is living, and was recently married to Miss May Kious.

MR. HENRY JACKSON, Monticello, is of English and German descent, and was born in Virginia. His parents were natites of the same state and were born in 1803. They were married about 1826. His father, "William Jackson, and family moved from Virginia to Indiana in 1838, and from there to Missouri in 1848, coming to Illinois in the same year. He came to Piatt county in 1854 and remained until 1862, when he went to Oregon, where he died there in December, 1873. Of his children, Jacob is living in Monticello, as is also Nancy (Jackson) Tinsman and Henry ; Mary Elliott is in Randolph count}' and Eliza "Wiltermute is in Piatt county ; Joseph is now in Boise, Idaho territory ; Kate is at home in Monticello, and John lives in Randolph county. Mr. Henry Jackson has been carpentering most of the time since living in the county. Upon our asking if he were married, he exclaimed, "Never a marry ! Why I thought all the young ladies in Piatt county knew that ! "

MR. T. L. JONES, farmer, Monticello, was reared in Kentucky, from which state he moved to Piatt county about 184-4 and settled in Monticello township, where he has lived ever since. He owns a farm of 120 acres, upon which he has put all the improvements. Near two acres of fruit and forest trees have been planted out. Mr. Jones was married in Piatt county to Nancy L. Savage, and lias liad sc-ven children, six of whom are now living : Charles, who married Charlotte O'Neil and has two children, Clay and Edna; and Henry, Martin, Albert, Elma and May. Mr. Jones held the office of school director for nine years, and at present is school trustee.

MR. JOXAS .IOXKS, tanner, Monticello, is a native of Kentucky, from which- state he moved to Piatt county in 1853, at which date he settled in Monticello and has been here over since. He was married in Piatt county to Miss Belle Jamison and has had two children, both now dead.

Mr. .Jones went to the army in August, 1862, in Co. D of the 73d 111. Inf. reg. He was commissioned as first lieutenant, but was promoted to captain in November, 1864. On May 17, 1865, he was discharged on account of wounds. Company D was in about seventeen battles. Of these Mr. Jones was in the one at Perry ville, at Resaca and at Franklin, at which place he was wounded, November 30, 1864. He receives a pension at the present time.

MR. LEVI JAMISON, farmer, Monticello, is a native of Washington county, Maryland. He moved from Clark county, Ohio, to Piatt county in 1851. He settled on Mr. Charles Harris' place at that time, and has been here ever since. He owns a farm of eighty acres, upon which he has put all improvements. Several hundred trees have been planted and the residence was remodeled in 1881. He was married in 1850, to Sarah Foley, whose father was one of the pioneer settlers of Ohio. They have had eight children, six of whom are living, Thomas, William, Emma, Susan, Mary Belle and Rebecca.

MR. FRANKLIN' JOHNSON (deceased), farmer, was a native of Vermont. lie moved to Ross county, Ohio, and from there to Piatt county, in 1855, locating one and one-half miles east of Monticello. He owned 120 acres of land, which he partly improved. Mr. Johnson was married in 1847, to Hephzibah Dresbach, and had two children. Rosaltha, who married Jerry Duvall, and Georgians, who married Mr. Pursel. The subject of our sketch died in .May, 1<S61.

MR. S. H. JONES, farmer, was born in Ohio, and moved from thereto Piatt county, Illinois, in 1805. He owns 160 acres where he now lives, having put all the improvements on the place in the last thirteen years. Mr. Jones was married in 1866, to Sarah 0. Bronser, and has had two children, Charlie and Elmer. He went to the late war from Piatt county in 1862, in Co. K of the 107th 111. Inf., and was in all the battles of the regiment until they reached Atlanta. He returned in 1865.

ME. JOSKIMI A. KKK (deceased), merchant, Monticello, was a native of Virginia, from where he moved to Piatt county about 1835. Fora while he farmed and then went into merchandise with Mr. Bailey, and was a merchant when he died, July 4, 1855. Mr. Kee married Elizabeth Rhoades and had three children : Kate, who married P. A. Hamilton about 1869 ; she died about 1872, leaving one child, now dead. Nathan E. married Emma F. Hill, December 24, 1873. -They have two girls, ,<f Gertie and Florence. Mr. Joseph A. Kee was a Master Mason.

MR. J. F. KISEK, grocer, Monticello, is a native of Ohio. He came to Illinois in September, 1854, located on a farm for a few weeks, then moved into Monticello, went into the grocery business, and is the oldest grocer there. He owns his residence, store building, and seven lots in Monticello. Mr. Riser was married in 1844 to Ellen Sipple. They have had eight children, five of whom are living. Edna married "W. F. Gilmore, a Methodist Episcopal minister now located at Harristown, near Decatur, and has two children. Emma is at home. Dora is the wife of Mr. Van Gundy. Florence now teaches music in Monticello. Harry is at home. Of the girls, Edna attended school at Bloornington, the others at Jacksonville. Mr. Kiser is a member of the Masonic lodge of Monticello.

ME. E. G. KNIGHT was born in Essex .county, Massachusetts, and moved from there in 1856 to Piatt county, where he has been ever since. He resides in Monticello, where he owns a residence and lot and an interest in an elevator. He was married in 1858, to Anna 'Curran, and has four children: M. Lizzie, wife of Dr. Davison, Ella Y., a graduate of the Monticello high school, Harry and Jessie F.

MR. M. W. KKYES, lumber merchant, Monticello, is a native of Littleton, Massachusetts. He came from Massachusetts . direct to Chicago in 1869, and in 1879 moved to Monticello, where he located as a lumber dealer, now having probably the most extensive stock in the city. He also deals in a full line of mixed paints, and is agent for the Bodine patent roofing. At present he is erecting a lumber warehouse, 50x70 feet. Mr. Keyes was married in Chicago to Agnes Stevens, and has two children, Frank M. and Ida F. Mr. Keyes has come among us comparatively recently, but we anticipate in him a good citizen and a successful business man.

MR. JOHN Korsiio, shoemaker, Monticello, is a native of Poland, and came to America in 1867, and to Monticello in June, 1868, where he has been working at his trade ever since. He commenced business for himself in 1869, and was married January 3, 1869, to Mrs. Mary Ann Soape nee Mary Ann Magette. She had four children by her first husband, but they are all dead. She is a native of Belgium, came to America in 1845, and to Monticello in 1857. and speaks German, French and English. He speaks Polish, German and English, and is a member of the Odd-Fellows lodge and the Encampment.

DK. A. B. KNOTT moved from Pennsylvania, his native state, to Ohio and thence to Piatt county in 1855. He first settled in Sangamon township, and moved, in 187'), to Monticello, where he now owns a residence and two lots. Dr. Knott is one of the best physicians of the county. He graduated in the Eclectic Medical College in Cincinnati in 1855. and is also a graduate of the Hom<Bopathic College in St. Louis, besides having attended lectures at Philadelphia and Chicago. Dr. Knott was married in 1850, to Mary Law, and has had five children : Dr. F. H. Knott, now in . Ohio ; Josephine, the wife of J. H. Cliiie ; Mary A., wife of Ezra Cline ; Sarah, wife of William Elsear and Jeptha, a student of the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago. In 1868 Mary B. Williams became Dr. Knott's second wife.

W. E. LODGE, Monticello, was born at Mt. Hope, Hamilton county, Ohio, and came with his parents to Edgar county, Illinois, about 1837. He is a self-educated man, and studied law under Green & Eads, of Paris, Illinois, for two years. He came to Piatt county, February 4, 1859 ; in the following March was admitted to the bar, and has been practicing law in the county ever since. On January 30, 1868, Mr. Lodge arid Francis A. Piatt were united in marriage. Four children, William F., James P. and Charles V. (twins), and Paul E., have blessed their union.

MR. BARON T. LOWRY (deceased), was a native of Kentucky. He moved to DeWitt county at an early day, and, in common with other pioneers, underwent the hardships in connection with the times. His father was a member of the convention at the time Illinois was struck off from the territory. He was a noble man, and spent a great deal of money in aiding to make the state a free one. Mr. and Mrs. Baron Lowry moved to Piatt county from DeWitt about 1851. Mrs. Lowry, nee Jane Newcomb, was born in Kentucky in 1807. Her grandfather, who was a captain in the revolutionary war, died in 1*21 while on his knees in family prayer. Her father, William iSTewcomb, moved from Kentucky to Indiana, and from there to Illinois, at an early day. He entered land in various parts of the state, but lived most of his time in Edgar county. Jane Newoomb was one of ten children. She was married, February 2, 1826, to Baron T. Lowry, who died June jj:J. 1835. Their eldest daughter, Elizabeth J., was born in 1S27, and is now the wife of Mr. John Piatt (see his sketch). America died in 1855. William Milton died in 185-i. Reuben A., who was born May 24, 1833, married Rebecca Miles, and lived a few miles east of Monticello. He died in 1875. Mrs. Reuben Lowry has one son, Frank 11., living, and is still living on the farm. Col. Francis II., born June 21, 1837, was killed in the late war in 1864. He married Eliza Clientworth, of Clinton, who died, leaving one daughter, Susie, who made her home with her grandma until her marriage, in June, 1881, to Mr. Charles G. Armstrong, of Ottawa. Mrs. Lowry's home in Monticello was for a number of years the stopping place for Methodist ministers who came to the town. They were always cheerfully welcomed by the good woman. On November 2, 1870, Mrs. Lowry became the wife of Mr. Joshua Knight, who died a few years ago.

MR. JOHN C. LOWRY, grocer, Monticello, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, and moved from there to Illinois in 1852. He came to Monticello in 1856, following carpentering for a number of years, contracting for the present court-house, jail, south school-house, and other buildings. In 1880 he went into the grocery business. Mr. Lowry was married in 1860, to Nancy Bannan, formerly of Ohio. They have had four children, Catharine, Robert M., William and Ellen. He entered the army in Co. E of the 107th 111., and returned as captain, participating in the principal battles from Strawberry Plain to Franklin. Pie was in every engagement of the regiment, and lost his hearing while in the army.

MR. REUBEN A. LOWRY (deceased), Monticello, was a native of DeWitt county. He was married August 27, 1858, to Sarah R. Miles, and has had four children. Of these, William Milton died at eighteen years of age, and Thomas S. and Eliza J. are also dead. Francis Hubert is living with his mother on the home farm of 80 acres, which, in addition to another SO acres, has been improved by the family. Mr. Lowry died March 8, 1874, aged forty-one years.

MR. S. A. LODGE, Monticello, is a native of New York city, from which place his parents moved to Zanesville, Ohio. While there, his father, Mr. Benjamin F. Lodge, invented the California quartz mill for making turnpike roads. He then went to Kentucky to make use of the mill, but soon located in the vicinity of Cincinnati, where he worked at such roads quite awhile. His next 'move was to a farm near Paris, Illinois, where he lived until 1857, after which he went into the hard ware business in Paris, where1 he died in June, 1863. The subject of our sketch is the oldest living member of the family. When the war broke out he went to the army as a private in the l^th 111. reg. After a three-months' service, he re-enlisted in the same regiment, serving- as 1st sergt. until after the battle of Shiloh, when he was promoted to captain in the 9th Ky. reg. He engaged in the battles of Ft. Donelson, Ft. Henry, Shiloh, Corinth and Perryville. Upon his resignation in 1862, on account of poisoning, he was presented with testimonials of respect by some of his brother soldiers and officers. We saw the paper, and think Mr. Lodge has reason to be proud of the same. After somewhat recovering his health, Mr. Lodge went into business again, remaining in Edgar and Douglas counties until about 1874, when he began the grain business in Bement, Piatt county. This county has been his home ever since, and within the last year he has built a nice frame residence in Monticello. . He was married March 15, 1882, to Miss Ellen Clayton, of Deer Park, La Salle county, Illinois.

MR. GEORGE B. LEWIS, wagon-maker, Monticello, is a native of iSeAV York state, and moved from there to Piatt county in 1866. He began wagon-making, and went into partnership with Mr. Mulford in 1866. He owns four houses, four and one-half lots, and one-half interest in his business house. Mr. Lewis was married in 1866, to Mary E. Roberts, and has six children, all living: Winifred, Alice, Rosa, Ilena, Emma and Henry. He belongs to the Odd-Eellows of Monticello, and is at present, and has been for ten or twelve years, the leader of the Monticello cornet band of ten instruments. Mrs. Lewis is a music teacher.

MR. E. W. LUMSDKX, hardware merchant, Monticello, is a native of Morgan county, Illinois, to which county his father, who is still living, moved when there was nothing of Jacksonville except a few log houses. Mr. Lurnsden moved to Champaign county, and from there to Piatt county in 1872, at which time he began the butchering business in Monticello. He went inco the hardware business with Mr. Dove in 1879. At the present time he owns a house and two lots in Monticello. He \vas married in 1864, to Pathaney Ayre, and has live children, Walter, Jonas A., James, Anna and Olive E.

Mr. D. O. LOY, Monticello, is a native of Ohio, from which state he came to Illinois and located in Piatt county in is<;r>. He began manufacturing tile in 1878, and started the first steam tile works in the county, and at present has the largest steam works in the county. He is just completing a brick building, 20X30 feet, and two stories in height, in which he expects to carry on his manufactures during the winter season. Several years ago Mr. Loy obtained a patent for well^ brick and paving brick which he invented. We anticipate that at jsome day he may realize something from his patent.

DR. LEVI M. LEI: was born in Edmundson county, Kentucky, and was educated at Cloverport, in the same state. He removed to .Louisville. Kentucky, in 1859, and in 1861 joined the 10th reg. of the

Ky. Vol. Inf., remaining as quartermaster clerk during over three years of service in the war. After leaving the army he began the study of medicine, and graduated at the Medical University of Louisville, Kentucky, March 1, 1870, and has been in constant practice since. Dr. Lee joined the Methodist Episcopal church in 1876, belongs to the Pioneer Lodge, No. 8, Knights of Pythias, Louisville, Kentucky, and is a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge of Monticello. He was united in marriage June 18, 1874, to Miss S. B. Silver. Both of his parents are living in Indianapolis.

MR. BENJAMIN MAKKEL (deceased) was a native of Pennsylvania, from which state he moved to Ohio. He came to Illinois in December, 1840, and the following spring located as a carpenter in Monticello. He followed his trade until his health failed. A number of houses now in Monticello were built by him. He was married in March, 1832, to Eliza Luginbeel, a native of Frederick county, Maryland. Three of their ten children are now living. Kate married Mr. John Lincoln, and has one son, Otis. She has been a successful mantna-maker in Monticello for twenty-one years. Sarah was the wife of Henry Woolingto'n. Her death occurred in I860. Oliver Markel married Melissa Russel, who died in 1879, leaving two children, Orville and Earnest. Miss Ella has followed the dressmaking business for a number of years. Mr. Markel died in 1868.

MR. THOMAS MOFFITT (deceased) was born in Pennsylvania. He was of Irish and Scotch descent, and his mother was a daughter of Col. Patterson, of Brownville, Pennsylvania. He moved from Pittsburg to Piatt county about 1857, and lived here until he moved to Kansas. He moved his family to Canon Cit\T, Colorado, but he died in Cherry vale, Kansas. Lie had nine children, who lived to be grown. Eliza married Dr. Bradbury and lives in Canon, Colorado. Matilda married Jerry Bender, but died leaving two children, Charles and Anna. Thomas N. married Ophelia J. White, of Columbus, Ohio, and lives in Gales ville. They have had two children, only one of whom, Blanche, is living. We cannot refrain from making mention of T. JST. Moffitt's talent in art. In fact he is a natural artist, and we can but hope that he will educate himself in this direction, for we feel sure that success \vould await him. Of late years in this country there is such a demand for designers, wood engravers and artists that an opening certainly awaits him. Edward Moffitt is in Ketchum, Idaho. Elvira, the wife of Prof. Morgan, has two children and lives in Kansas. 1 lenrietta, who married Louis Combs, died, leaving one child.

Grantley married Maggie Mitchell, and is in the Black Hills. Belle, the wife of Wm. Gordon, has one child and lives in Colorado. When Mr. Thomas Moffitt was in Monticello, he was a bridge carpenter. He superintended the building of the levee out from Monticello to the river bridge. After going to Kansas, he was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church.

MR. JAMES McMiLLBN, of Monticello, is of Scotch lineage, and a native of Highland county, Ohio. His parents lived and died in the same county. His father was under Gen. Harrison in the war of 1812. His brother, Thomas, came with him to Piatt county about 1854. They had lived previously, however, a number of years, near Logansport, Indiana. After farming for Mr. Ezra Marquiss for four years, Mr. McMillen moved into Monticello, where he has lived ever since. He was married in Highland county, in 1835, to Miss Maggie Huston, a sister of Mr. John Huston, who preached in the county a number of years. They have six children. John C. E. married Flora Langdon, and lives in Monticello, and has five children. He was in thirteen battles of the late war, but was neither wounded or taken prisoner. Susan E. is the wife of Mathew Jacobs, a farmer of Champaign county, and has two children. A. H. McMillen and Lizzie Foster were married in 1877. They have two children, and are now living in Iowa. Sarah J. became the wife of John LeFever in 1876, has two children, and lives in Macon county. Alice McMillen has been working in "The Herald" printing office in Monticello for several years. Emma S. is living with an aunt in Ohio.

MR. JOSEPH MALLORY, a resident of Monticello, was born May 23, 1816, near the Antietam battle-field. His parents were raised in Virginia, his father in Stafford county and his mother in Jefferson county. His father was of English and Irish, while his mother was of French and German descent. After their marriage they made their home in Jefferson county, spending some of their summers, however, in Washington county, Maryland. His lather was in the United States service ; was inspector of arms, and lived at Harper's Ferry. Mr. Joseph Maliory says that his father was the first man Gen. Harrison appointed to office after his inauguration, and that it was Daniel Webster who recommended him to the position of superintendent of Jefferson barracks. Mr. Mallory's grandfather on his father's side was on the ordnance corps, and was under the immediate command of Gen. Washington in the revolution. His grandfather on his mother's side was with Gen. St. Clair. Mr. Mallorv moved from

Virginia to Pickaway county, Ohio, in 1828. A portion of the familymoved to Piatt county in 1835, while the rest came in 1837. Mr. Joseph Mallory was of the h'rst party. The family settled upon the 8angamon river about eleven miles from Monticello. The father, Mr. George Mallory, who was born ifl 1778, died on this place in 1841. The mother lived to the age of eighty-six years, and died in 1857 in Nebraska. Mr. Joseph Mallory was married January 1, 1856, to Mrs. J. P. Smith, nee Cassandria F. Longnecker, a native of Montgomery county, Kentucky. Her father and mother were natives of Kentucky ; the one was of German and English descent, the other of French descent. She was married first in 1848. Mr. Smith died in 1852. One daughter, Helen, born the Same year her father died, is now the wife of Richard Stickel, of Monticello. Mrs. Smith moved to this county in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Mallory have but one daughter, Lizzie. Upon our speaking to this young lady of 'her birthplace, she remarked, *' I was born and raised here, and I suppose I will die here - if I have good luck. '- In speaking of his early days in this county, Mr. Mallory remarked that the first deer he ever killed was in 1835. Mr. Mallory thinks he, in 1840, took the first drove of cattle that was ever taken from Piatt county to New York city. While in the city during this trip he did quite a bold thing for a "green Illinois drover" to do. In those days it was the custom for drovers to wait some fifteen or twenty days for the butchers to pay for their stock. While waiting for his money Mr. Mallory became acquainted with quite a strong whig, who happened to mention that Daniel Webster was at the Astor House. Now it had long been Mr. Mallory's great desire to see the great orator, and he immediately resolved to go to this house and see if he could get a glimpse of the man. When he reached the hotel, and as he, probably in a very "green and awkward manner," began to gaze about him, he was accosted by an individual who wished to know what was wanted. Upon learning his desire and his name, the gentleman said : "Come this wray." Soon Mr. Mallory found himself standing in an open door, while within the room was a person whom the usher had just called "Mr. Webster." The frontiersman, who had been in many critical positions, suddenly found himself more thoroughly frightened than he had ever before been. His tongue cleaved to the roof of his mouth, and his intense pallor only disappeared at the good-naturedly, deep and kindly tones of Mr. Webster, who bade him come in. Mr. Mallory, in all frankness, acknowledged that it was only curiosity led him to intrude his presence, but Mr. Webster so thoroughly placed him at his ease that be soon felt it his duty to make known to him all his knowledge of the West and its people. Mr. Mai lory was provost marshal of this county during the war. It is conceded by all that lie performed bis duty faithfully and well. This county bad the credit of some :»<)<> men more than was called for.

MB. C. D. MOOKK, county surveyor, Monticello, is a native of Ohio. "Not from Pickaway," as he replied when interrogated, but claims Muskingum county as his birthplace. He moved from Ohio to Illinois in 1856, and came to Piatt county in 1858, locating in Bement, taught school one term, and then began surveying, which occupation he still pursues. He has laid out ten additions to Bement. seven to Monticello, and has laid out or assisted in laying out every town in the county. Mr. Moore was married in 1858, to Louisa B. McMillen, of Ohio, who died in 1865, leaving two children, Otis and Mary Louisa, both graduates of Monticello High School. He was married again in 1867, to Emily Hubbell, a native of New York, who came to Illinois about 1864. They had one daughter, Una Cornelia, who died. Mr. Moore moved to Monticello in 1874. He has been town collector, commissioner of highway, and was the first supervisor from Bement township. He held the position of township treasurer of schools for fourteen years, and was county surveyor and drainage commissioner. He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Bement. Mr. Moore attended Martinsburg Academy, Knox county. Ohio, and had charge of this school at a later time.

MR. WILLIAM MeKi-:vxoLi>s (deceased) was born February 13, 1842. and was his father's second child. His father, Allen McReynolds, was born in Washington county, Virginia, in 1807. He moved to Tennesd> -/ ' o see, and from there to Missouri, soon after the state was admitted to the Union, and settled in Saline county. He was married January 15. 1840, to Miss M. A. Cooper, and they had thirteen children. The subject of our sketch was reared on the farm, and attended the public school of the neighborhood, until in his sixteenth year he was sent to college at Miami, where he remained two years. Upon returning home he wras constable for a time in Saline county, and then, when the war broke out, came to Illinois to attend to the settlement of the estate of James McReynolds. He lived in Monticello a number of years, and then married. His wife was born in Tazewell county, Illinois. Her maiden name was Jennie Pendergast, and she was married in 1859, to Andrew Beard, who died June 17, 1861, and left one child, Frankie, who died in 18(52. Mrs. Beard- was married October 18,

1866, to Mr. William McReynolds, and moved to Monticello, where -hey lived until 18T6, when they moved onto the farm one mile east of Monticello. Mr. McReynolds died May 13, 1879, leaving four children, Willie, John A., Logan Mary and Myra. Their twin girls, Bettie and Mattie, died. Mr. Beard, at the time of his death, was in the law office with Charles Watts, and had been for some time. Mr. McReynolds first worked in the county for William Piatt, and held the office of county surveyor, and was county judge for the second term at the' time of his death.

MR. MARTIN MC!NTOSH is of Scotch descent, and was born in Ohio. He moved from Ohio to Illinois in 1861, arid to Piatt county in 1867. His father was a native of Ohio, and his mother of JSTew Jersey. He was married in 1855, to Catharine J. Wilson, a native of Virginia. She is of German and of Irish descent, and her parents were natives of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Mclntosh have had four children, three of whom are living. Their eldest son, William J., was married in 1881, to Mary Herrington. He lives at his father's, and is in partnership with him in the milling business. John W. and Martin I. are both at home. The original mill, which stood on the site where Mr. Mclntosh's mill now stands, was the first mill built in the county, and was owned by a stock company. The company sold it to Mr. Zorger, who sold out to Mr. William Collins. Mr. Collins put up the main part of the mill now standing, and sold out to Mr. Emanuel Rhoades. Mr. Mclntosh bought the mill of Mr. Rhoades. Mr. Mclntosh grinds some 10,000 or 15,000 bushels a year. He is making preparations for more extensive work. A saw-mill has been connected with the flour mill for many years. During the last three years some 200,000 logs have been sawed. Probably more walnut logs have been used than any other kind. A new boiler has just (1881) been put into the mill. It is from the Decatur Novelty Works, and is twelve feet long, with a diameter of fifty-five inches, and has fifty-eight flues. Mr. Mclntosh was township trustee for two terms. His father was in both the Black Hawk war and war of 1812. For his services he received two land warrants.

MR. DAVID McWiLLiAMS, lawyer, Monticello, is a native of Ohio. His parents moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio at an early day, and on horseback, leading two pack-horses loaded with their housekeeping utensils. His father died in Ohio, but his mother followed her children to Illinois in 1853, where she died in 1879. The family settled in DeWitt and McLean counties. The subject of our sketch studied law in Springfield, where he was admitted to the bar on February 13, 1857. After practicing law in Taylorville, he went, in 1860, to Waynesville, from which place he came to Monticello. He was married in Clinton to Mrs. Vienna Roberts, and has had two children, one of whom, Vinnie B., is living.

MR. MARTIN McCuNE, farmer, is a native of Ohio. He moved from Wisconsin to Illinois in 1856, and from there to Piatt county in 1880. Mr. McCune was married in 1845, to Miss Mary E. Carl. They have had twelve children, all of whom are living. Sarah married Mr. John Richie, and is living in Macon county; John married Miss Haffman, and is living in Decatur ; Jane married Mr. Bannon, and is living in Mason county ; James, who married Sirena Dean, is living near Bement; Martin married Belle Whitnie, in Bement; Warren married Esther Boyer ; George is unmarried ; Mary is the wife of Henry Bassette, lives in Marion county, and is twin to Eliza, who is at home ; Alice married Will Boyer, and lives near Bement. Frank and Samuel are at home. Mr. McCune was in the late war, enlisting from Macon county.

CAPT. MELVILLE H. MUSSER was born April 23, 1822, in Pickaway county, Ohio, and came to Monticello in 1857. Upon the breaking out of the war Mr. Musser went into Co. F of the 2d 111. reg., served through the entire war with distinction, and was promoted several times. His death occurred February 22, 1868, after an illness of but thirty-six hours. His wife and three sons are still living. Charles is in Decatur, and Melville resides with his mother in Monticello. The following resolutions show the feeling that some of Mr. Musser's friends had upon his death : ,

WHEREAS, It has pleased an All-wise Ruler of the Universe to remove from among us Capt. M. II. Musser, our late comrade in arms ; as a token of our regard and esteem for the deceased, be it

Hesolved, That in the person of Capt. Musser we have always found a friend in whom we could confide, a gentleman for whom we have always had the greatest regards, and a soldier who served the country in time of need. G. F. MILLER, Pres.

MR. II. V. MOORE, a prominent banker of Piatt county, is a native of Fulton county. From that place he went to Champaign, and thence came to Piatt county in November, 1870, and has since resided in

Monticello. He owns two farms, 480 acres, in the county, and his residence in the north part of Monticello is one of the most commodious in the city. Mr. Moore was marrieti in 1866, to Alzina W. Freeman, and has five children, Mary H., Allen F., Arthur F., Dwight L. and George M.

DR. JAMES MOFFITT, Monticello, was born in Ohio, in June, 1840, and came to Piatt county October 18, 1862. His youth was spent on a farm in Ohio, and his education was obtained in the public schools of Ohio and Illinois. He has been a farmer, a teacher, and for a number of years has been practicing medicine in Monticello, having obtained his medical education at the Rush Medical College, Chicago. He was united in marriage October 21, 1872, to Eleanor Piatt, a college graduate. They have three daughters, Jennie B., Marietta D. and Frances Willard. Mrs. Moffitt has for several years been connected with the temperance work in this vicinity, and has done excellent work.

MR. A. F. MORRISON, Monticello, is a native of Pike county, Illinois, from which place he moved to DeWitt county in 1856, thence to Piatt county March 22, 1869, and has lived in the county most of the time since. He owns a residence and lot in' Monticello. On October 1, 1865, Mr. Morrison and Margaret Shurtleff were united in marriage. Four of their six children are living, Emily E., Blanch, Sylvanus S. and Mabel F.

MR. JAMES H. MURPHY, of Monticello, Illinois, was born near Morgantown, county-seat of Burkes county, North Carolina, November 8, 1817. His father, Silas Murphy, was of Scottish descent, a master mechanic, and belonged to the Quaker church. His mother, Nancy (Greene) Murphy, was of English descent. James H. attended common school until. fifteen years of age, when his parents moved to Indiana, in the year 1834; but they, not being satisfied with the climate, only remained two years, then moved to Canton, Illinois, in 1836. The subject of this sketch then attended school for a short time, after which he taught school two or three years, then served an apprenticeship for master mechanic, which, in connection with his occupation also, of lumber merchant and mill-owner, he followed for twenty-five years or more. In the year 1872, March 11, he concluded to change "location, and came to Monticello, going into the lumber business, and also contracted for and built some of the finest buildings in the place. His family followed in May, 1872. He was married in September, 1846, to Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Dr. John Scott, a

Baptist minister, and granddaughter of "-Grandfather" Parker, the celebrated Baptist minister of Washington, D. C., also granddaughter of Hosea Ballon, the widely-known Universalist minister, and is the father of five children, three boys and two girls. The two girls and one boy are still living. One daughter is married, the other is a successful music teacher, and the son, a No. 1 job printer, is foreman of the "Piatt County Herald." He joined the Methodist Episcopal church at Canton when he was about twenty years of age, and has been connected with the same denomination ever since. He has also been connected with several other societies, secret and otherwise. His wife also has been a member of the same denomination for many years. He has held numerous offices of public trust in Canton, Illinois, and in Monticello, Illinois.

MR. EBENEZER McGuFFEY, a farmer in Monticello township, is of German and Irish descent, and was born in Indiana. He married Nancy A. Hanson, and in 1855 moved to Illinois. In 1861 they moved from the southern part of Illinois to Piatt county. They have had nine children, four of whom are living. John F. makes his home with his parents. Martha E. married Benjamin Duvall, and has one child, Henry. Sylvester and Mary are both living at home. Mr. McGuffey owns about 50 acres of land.

MR. SMITH MULFORD, blacksmith, Monticello, is a native of New Jersey, from which state he moved to Illinois and located in Piatt county in 1856. He began his trade in Monticello at that time, and has been following it ever since. He is a member of the Masonic lodge of said place. In 1860 Mr. Mulford and Julia Hennion, of New Jersey, were united in marriage. They have had five children, Flora, Marcus, Almeda, Rodney and Jesse.

MRS. SAMUEL MINEAR, a native of Ohio, came to Piatt county about 1865. There are about 160 acres in the home place. Mr. Minear died in Ohio. Six of Mrs. Minear's children are living. Sarah and Penelope, the wives of Trerick and Will M. Piatt, respectively; Anzaletta, a teacher of the county, who graduated in 1880 at the Wesleyan University ; Samuel, who lives at home, and Sherman and John Clark.

MR. A. M. McKiNNEY, of Achilles, Rawlins county, Kansas, writes that he has never seen a county of richer lands or better adapted to agricultural pursuits than Piatt county. When he began housekeeping, in a small frame house, where the brick store building occupied by W. E. Smith now stands, Monticello was then a village of

300 or 400 inhabitants. Decatur was the nearest village, and of less enterprise than Monticello. Springfield was the nearest town where a cook stove and set of chairs or bedstead could be purchased. There were two stores of general merchandise in Monticello, Joseph Kee's and Daniel Stickel's. James Hollingsworth kept some groceries, J. C. Johnson and John Tenbrooke were hotel proprietors. Dr Ward had a practice extending some twenty-five or thirty miles around. There was a church organization, but only occasional preaching. Daniel Stickel was superintendent of the Sunday-school, which was held in the court-house. The literary society was the chief entertainment, and prominent among its leaders were Jacob and Noah Piatt. That was a memorable winter in the history of Monticello and Piatt county. When the heavy winter snows began to melt, the river mills were so damaged by the surplus water that all milling had to be done at the Springfield steam mills. Mr. McKinney also mentions the suffering caused by a traveler who stopped at Tenbrooke's hotel, and brought small-pox into the county. The first death was that of Mrs. Bailey's little girl at the hotel, and there were but few families that entirely escaped the disease. Death and mourning were in almost every house, and there was much suffering from want of care. Two young men, the Crane boys, would surely have died for want of care, had not George Young, of Friends Creek, offered to nurse them without charge. It was a terrible winter, and will not soon be forgotten by those who lived there.

WM. NOECKER, M.D., the parents of Dr. Noecker, were of German descent and natives of Pennsylvania, and at the time of their death were living in Northumberland county, of that state. His father enlisted in the war of 1812. Dr. Noecker was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1825. In January, 1840, he went to Ohio, and afterward studied medicine at Circleville in that state, under the supervision of Dr. Hull, who was then residing in that place. After graduating at the Starling Medical College in Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Noecker came west, and in March, 1853, located at Monticello, Illinois. A great many people having already emigrated to Piatt county from Pickaway county, Ohio, the doctor found himself quite among friends. Soon after his arrival here he went into partnership with Dr. Ward, who for some little time had been the only physician in the place. Their partnership lasted one year, during which time they carried on a practice which extended not only throughout Piatt county, but also into portions of Champaign, Douglas and Macon counties. After their dissolution of partnership Dr. Noecker began to practice alone, and soon built up an extensive and lucrative practice from which he has amassed considerable wealth. In 1865 he went into the drug business, which from that time until now he has carried on in connection with his practice as a physician. Since 1868, when he built the comer brick building, a portion of which he now occupies, the doctor has turned his Attention principally to the drug business. Dr. Noecker was married in December, 1861, to Miss Ella Britton. Little Willie, who died when but four years old, was their only child. In 1875 Dr. Noecker built one of the finest brick residences in Monticello. He and his wife, now in the prime of their life, are enjoying that greatest of all earthly blessings, a beautiful and happy home. Dr. Noecker has long belonged to the Masonic order in Monticello. For three years he held the office of high priest, and at the present time he is recognized as past high priest of the Markwell chapter. He is also a charter member of the Urbana commandery of Knights Templar, and attended the Knight Templar encampment at New Orleans in 1874, and again at Cleveland in 1877. ' Dr. Noecker is recognized by his friends of Monticello and vicinity as a shrewd and successful business man.

MR. SAMUEL NEAL (deceased), farmer, was born in Maryland. He moved to Ohio, and about 1846 came to Illinois, and lived in and about Monticello until his death. He built a brick house on the ridge, where in 1851 he died. Mr. Neal was married in Ohio, to Margaret Painter, who died in 1870. They had twelve children, three of whom are now living, and are in Piatt county. Sarah is the wife of L. B. Weaver. Rachel married Chas. Van Gundy, who died, leaving two children ; John, who married Susy Best, lives in Monticello township, and has three children ; and Mattie, who is the wife of Wm. Porter, lives in Monticello, and has two children, Lula M. and Rachael E. Catharine married Jesse Bush. They have had five children, three of whom are living. Sarah, who married Mr. Fry, has one son, Harry. Samuel married Miss Ella O'Neal, and has one child, Eddie. Mr. J. Dee Bush is the name of the other son. Samuel Neal married Miss Cox, and lives in MontL-ello.