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

MR. P. T. NICEIOLS, merchant, Monticello, was, born in Maryland. When he was small, went to eastern Ohio, and came from there to Illinois. He came to Piatt county in 1872, immediately taking charge of the Monticello schools, and in all held such position for five years. He graded the school, and the high school was established in 1877, under his supervision. The first class to graduate, which consisted ot five girls, went out during his principalship, and the north school building was erected while he held such position. In 1878 Mr. Nichols began merchandising, and is still in the same business. At the present time is a member of the school board. He was educated at Madison College, eastern Ohio, and is a graduate of a mercantile college.

MR. TIMOTHY O'CONNOR, farmer, Monticello, is a native of Ireland, who came to America in 1853, locating in Piatt county in 1876, having come to the state, however, in 1857. He owns 100 acres of land upon which he has put all the improvements save $500 worth. He has a good house, and the barn was built in 1881. Mr. O'Connor was married about 1871, to Jane Loughlyn, and they have two children, Dennie P. and Joseph. The family attend the Ivesdale Catholic church.

MR. CHARLES OSBORNE, a native of Jersey county, Illinois, came to Bement, Piatt county, in August, 1880, and moved to Monticello in December of the same year. He was married in 1874, to E. A. Gilman, and has one child, Louis M.

MR. A. T. PIPHER, Monticello, was born in Jefferson county, New York, in 1831, moved from New York in 1854, and came to this county in 1858. His parents were of French and English descent, were born in Rhode Island, and in 1854 moved from Jefferson county, New York, to Aurora, Kane county, Illinois, thence to Miama county, Kansas, in 1870. They both died in Kansas, his father in 1875 and mother in 1881. Immediately after Mr. Pipher came to this county, in 1858, he began practicing law and has been here ever since. He received his education in Black River Institute, Jefferson county, New York, and was a member of the class of 1854 in Hamilton College, Madison county, the same state. His health failed and he had to quit a few months before graduating. Mr. Pipher's license, issued January 6, 1858, admitting him to the bar, was signed by J. D. Caton and O. C. Skinner. Mr. Pipher was married in 1860, to Sophia K. Skinner, in Bloomington, who died in Lincoln, Nebraska. He has five children, Ella L., Albertina S., Florence M., Alonzo S. and Sophia M. Ella graduated from the Monticello high school in 1879 and Bertie in 1881. Mr. Pipher was again united in marriage, May 5, 1880, to Mrs. C. H. Mentz. He has lived where he now does since 1861. He formerly lived where Mr. Patterson did, which property is now owned by A. M. Piatt. Mr. Pipher was appointed Master in Chancery in 1868 and held the office for six years, was police magistrate for nearly five years and notary public about sixteen years of the time lie has been here. Among his important law cases was People's case against Dick Turpiri, (assumed name), James Erwin and John Riley, indicted for the murder of Sylvester H. Buckley, of Bement, about 1873. He was appointed by Judge Gallagher to defend Erwin, Turpin and Riley. The trial resulted in the acquittal of Erwin and Riley and the conviction of Turpin and his imprisonment in the penitentiary for fourteen years. Mr. Pipher was principal of Monticello schools two years in succession about 1861 and 1862, then served as principal another year in 1866 or 1867.

MR. ALEXANDER PERKINS, deceased, moved from Ohio, his native state, to Piatt county in 1856. Enticed by relatives living in the county, he had visited the place the year before moving. Mrs. Perkins, nee Elizabeth Blacker, was born in Virginia, in 1817. When sixteen years old she moved to Ohio, in which state she was married. Her father was in the war of 1812. In about a year after coming from Ohio and settling in Goose Creek township, Mr. Perkins died. There were nine children in all, six of whom are living. Mrs. Perkins still survives her husband, and at present makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. White. The eldest son in Mr. Perkins' family, James L., was married in 1861, to Rebecca Bailey. He served three years in the late war. One child, Edward, survived his father's death, which occurred in 1870. Mrs. Perkins died in one short year after her husband. Mr. William H. Perkins married Elizabeth Dubson, in 1862, and has lived in Goose Creek township ever since. He has been justice of the peace and road commissioner. They have six children, James, John, Amy May, Ebanina, Elizabeth and William H., or Harry. Mary Ann married Edward Chase, in 1859. For a time their home was in Oregon. She died, leaving six children. Catharine C. married James Bailey, in 18^61. Their home at present is in Harrison county, Iowa. Seven of their children are living. Diantha married Thomas White, in 1864. They have seven children, William, Mary E., Charles A., Henry L., John F., Earnest and Thomas A. Mr. White is a farmer, and is now living in Monticello township. For a time he has had charge of the water-tank near Camp creek, on the W abash railroad. He is a native of England, and came to America when four years old. He has lived in this county for twenty years. He was in the late war over a year, and was wounded at Telegraph Point, Missouri, by an accidental discharge of a canon. The principal battles he was in were those at Liberty,

Missouri, Lexington and Corinth, Mississippi. John Perkins married Mary Warner, in 1873. They have five children, Lulu Delia, Bertha, "William and Harry A., and live in Monticello township. George W. Perkins is unmarried, and makes his home with his brother, Alexander. Alexander Perkins married Sarah J. Stucky, a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, in 1879. They reside in Goose Creek township.

MB. HERBERT D. PETERS, editor, Monticello, is a native of Steuben county, Indiana. His youth was spent on a farm in Monroe county, Michigan. He graduated in Monroe high school in' 1868, and took the degree of B. Ph. in the University of Michigan in 1873. He was connected with a daily paper in 1873 as assistant editor, and in the same year came to Illinois, and in 1874 began the publication of the "Piatt County Herald," in connection with George Scroggs, of Champaign. In 1875 he secured the whole interest, and in 1876 took the degree of M. Ph. in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. In 1880 he was elected as a member of the thirty-second general assembly. On the 17th of June, 1879, Mr. Peters and Anna Huston were united in marriage, and they now have two children, Charlie and an infant.

MR. JAMES PRESTON, farmer, Bemerit, is a native of Canada, who moved from Ohio to Piatt county in 1874. He was married in 1861, to Caroline Barndhouse, and has three children, Eliza L., Emily F. and Chester H.

MR. ABRAHAM PING, carpenter, Monticello, was born in Indiana, and came to Piatt county in 1879, having previously lived in Moultrie county about eighteen years. He was married in 1856, to Catherine Powell, of Ohio, and has had the following children : Thomas A., George A-, Charles, Elmer, Claudie and Frank. He went to the army in Co. G of the 6th Ind. reg., and was in the battles of Shiloh, Pittsburg Landing, Stone River, and several others.

MR. F. M. PATTON, farmer, Monticello, was born in Fountain county, Indiana, from which state he moved to Kansas, returning to Piatt county about 1875. He now owns 120 acres of land, which he has principally improved. He was married in 1868, to Alice Paugh, and has three children, Jennie, Ida and Joseph.

MR. T. S. PAUGH, farmer, Monticello, moved from Indiana, his native state, to Kentucky. He next moved to Illinois, and in 1882 came to Piatt county. He was married in 1876, to J. M. Rusint, and has two children, Hardie and Fay.

farm of 400 acres of land. He was united in marriage in 1860 to Maria M. Anderson. Mr. Plunk went to the army in Co. C of the 107th 111. "Vol. Inf., and, in addition to many skirmishes, was in the engagements at Knoxville, Nashville, Franklin and Resaca. Mr. Plunk held the office of sheriff from 1870 to 1872, when he was elected circuit clerk, which position he still holds.

MR. GEORGE PURSEL. farmer, is a native of New Jersey. He moved to Ohio, from there to Iowa, returned to Ohio, and came to Illinois in 1864, locating in Monticello township. He owns 160 acres, having put all the improvements on the place. Mr. Pursel was married about 1847, to Sarah Sample, who is his second wife. They have had six children : Alonzo, who married Georgiana Johnson, is living in Piatt county, and has four children, Gertrude, Wilbur, Frank and Eugene. Rebecca, who married Virgil White, lives in Monticello township ; they.have three children, Marion, George and Harold. Jane was married to C. E. Harris, and lives in Kansas. Erie B. lives at home, and also Seymour and Jerry. John lives in Kansas. Alonzo is the son of Mr. Pursel's first wife, whose name was Elizabeth Sample. Mr. Pursel has held a few offices in the township.

MR. FRANK PITTMAN, attorney, Monticello, is a native of Butler county,, Ohio, and moved to Piatt county about 1854. He was married December 24, 1874, to Laura A. Clouser, and has two children living, Pauline and Logan. Mr. Pittman attended the Wesleyan University for three years, after which he studied law under Mr. Samuel Reed, and was admitted to the bar in January, 1878.

MR. GEORGE R. PINCKARD, railroad agent, Monticello, is a native of Macoupin county, Illinois. He moved from Macoupin county to Springfield, and on April 25, 1861, went to the army in Co. F of the 14th 111. Inf., participating in the battles of Ft. Donelson, Ft. Henry, Shi loh, Corinth, Hatchie, Atlanta, Allatoona, and others. He was captured by the rebels in Georgia, October 3, 1864, and in several prisons, spending most of the lime in Andersonville. He was released on parole April 4, 1865. In 1870 Mr. Pinckard moved to Bement, and has been in the employ of the Wabash and Chicago & Paducah railroads ever since. He was married in 1865, to Miss E. J. Gilman, and has three children, Frank, Pearl and Lynn.

MR. DANIEL RHOADES (deceased) moved with a family of five children to Piatt county about 1844, and settled on a farm southwest of Monticello, which was lately owned by Mr. Beckhart. Mr. Rhoades died on that place about 1853. His widow lived on the farm for a time, and then moved to Monticello, where she lived at the time of her death, in March, 1873. Emanuel Rhoades, the eldest of their children, lives in Monticello. Jeremiah married Ann Bryden, and lives in Kansas. Elizabeth married Mr. Joseph Kee, and both are now dead. Mary, who was the wife of Samuel Hopping, after living in Monticello a time, moved to Decatur, where she died, leaving several children. jSTathan E. married Mary Ross.

MR. NATHAN E. RHOADES, merchant, Monticello, is a native of Franklin county, Ohio, and is of German and English descent. He came to Piatt county about 1853. After marrying Miss Mary E. Ross, a native of Madison county, Indiana, he has made his home in Monticello. Their eldest son, Charles, who is with his father in the clothing store, was married in 1881, to Miss Lou Yoorhies. Corwin is a student of a business college of Jacksonville. Mr. Rhoades has done much to improve Monticello in various ways. An addition known as Rhoades' Addition was made by him. He owns a park just north of the town. Rhoades' opera-block was built in 1874, and with the exception of the bank room and basement beneath, and two offices, is owned by Mr. Rhoades. He built in 1868 'a brick house of fourteen rooms, which is one of the finest residences of Monticello. He also owns other property in and about Monticello. Mr. Rhoades was treasurer of Piatt county during the war. He has also been deputy county clerk and deputy circuit clerk.

MR. E. RHOADES, teamster, Monticello, sold his farm on Camp creek, and bought a mill of Mr. William Collins, then, after about two years, sold it to William Mclntosh, then moved to Monticello, where he has been living since.

MR. A. L. RODGERS, county clerk, Monticello, was born in Washington county, Ohio, from which state he moved to Piatt county, Illinois, in 1849. His stepfather, Mr. John McKinney, entered land in the vicinity of Mr. Croninger's present home. Mr. Rodgers located in Cerro Gordo in 1856, and put up and opened, with Mr. McKinney, a general merchandise store, the first business house in the town. He remained there until 1875, and in 1877 moved to Monticello. In 1861 he was united in "marriage to Jennie E. Campbell, and has had six children, five of whom are living, Wm. E., Earnest L., Fred C., Mabel and Harry. Mr. Rodgers has been supervisor of Cerro Gordo township, and was in the legislature after the adoption of the constitution of 1870. He entered the army in 1862, in Co. K of the 107th 111.

MK. S. R. REED, lawyer, Monticello, is a native of Monroe county, Ohio, from which place he moved direct to Piatt county in 1860, and has been here ever since. He taught school and farmed a number of years, and then, in April, 1866, was admitted to the bar, having studied law under Judge Smith. He has been attorney and master in chancery and is one of the successful lawyers of the place. He owns some town property and two farms, one in Sangamon and the other in Goose Creek township. Mr. Reed and Miss Jennie C. Clouser were married in 1863 and have five children, George M., E. E., Maggie L., Carl S. and Agnes Daisy.

MR. GEORGE F. RHOADES, a farmer in Monticello township, was born in Ohio. He moved from his native state to Piatt county April 1, 1865. In September, 1867, he married Savannah Coberly, a native of Madison county, Ohio. She taught school previous to and after settling in this county. They have five children living, Allen J., George E., William D., Charles B. and Daisy M. Mr. Rhoades has held some of the minor offices in flie county, such as school director, road commissioner, 'and path-master. By the way, we find some who seemingly shun the mention of having held these thankless offices. We take it that those who fill such offices well deserve more credit than a vast number who hold higher offices. Mr. Rhoades went to the late war from Ohio, in Co. I of the 58th Ohio Yols. The principal battles in which he took part were th< se of Fort Donelson, Chickasaw Bayou, Vicksburg and Arkansaw Post. He was never taken prisoner or wounded. When camping Mr. Rhoades happened to have a very neatly arranged tent. One night some one put up over the door, "Rhoades' Row and Happy Home" and thus 'twas ever known. Mr. Rhoades is now living prosperous!}' on his farm of 260 acres. He has made many improvements on the place, including the planting of about five hundred trees.

MR. THOMAS RHODES, farmer, Bernent, is a native of Lincolnshire, England. He came to America in 1854, locating in Pike county, Illinois, and moving to Piatt county in 1873. He owns 320 acres of land in the county. The present residence was built in 1872 and 1874, and he has put all the other improvements on the farm. Mr. Rhodes was united in marriage, in England, to Ann Trigg, a native of Lincolnshire. Their five children are all living. Thomas married Ann Payne in 1881 and lives in Bement township. Charles William married

Hattie Wright in 1880, lias one child, George, and lives in Bement township. Jane married Simon Priestly, of Bern ent. Samuel married Retta Wright in 1881. George is at home.

MR. W. H. RANKIN, farmer, Monticello, claims Kentucky as his native state. From that state he moved to Coles county, Illinois, in 1833, thence to Sangamon county, and in 1881 located in Piatt county. He was married in 1855, to Matilda A. England, of Logan county, and has had eight children, seven of whom are living. John W. married Ella Landerman, has two children, and resides in Livingston county. Anna married F. A. Mulvain, has three children, and lives in Champaign county. Charles married Bllla Mangold and lives in Champaign county. The names of the other children are Mary, Stephen, Lizzie and Emma.

MR. JOHN RUSSEL, farmer, Monticello, moved from Ohio, his native state, to Illinois, and to Piatt county about 1872. He was married in 1876, to Mary Pierce, and has three children, Willie, Charlie and Grace.

MR. HENRY ROYSE, farmer, Monticello, is a native of Indiana, came to Illinois in 1867, and immediately to Piatt county. He owns eighty acres of land, which he has partly improved himself. Mr. Royse was married in 1870, to Hannah Milens, and has three children, Charles A., Oscar and Stella.

MR. SAMUEL SUVER was born in 1805, in Burkes county, Pennsylvania. He was reared in Virginia, but moved to Ohio, from which state he moved to Piatt county about 1834. He was married in 1837, and Mrs. Suver died August 30, 1877. Mr. Suver's adopted daughter, now Mrs. Eliza Timmons, is living on Mr. Suver's old home-place. Mr. Henry L. Timmons is one of the old teachers of the county. Mr. Suver is one of the worthy old settlers of the county, and, like some of the others, has become "uncle" to all the citizens.

MR. DANIEL STICKLE, Monticello, is a native of York county, Pennsylvania, was born in 1816, and is of German extraction. His parents moved from Pennsylvania to Macon county, where both died. Six sons and three daughters lived in Macon county. The subject of our sketch came from Decatur to Monticello in April, 184-1, and opened the first general-merchandise store in Monticello. He was at first in partnership with other men in Decatur, but in a few years bought them out. He first occupied a room owned by Mr. Titus Hubbard, which stood just east of what is now William E. Reese's drug store. From that place his stock of goods was moved to the east, north and west side of the square, respectively, and when he was located on what is now known as Bender's corner, he quit merchandising, in 1854. In 1856 he moved onto a farm of 830 acres, upon which he remained until the spring of 1865, when he returned to Monticello, and soon after built a brick house, one of the best in Monticello, which he lived in until 1880. He now resides in the south part of Monticello. Mr. Stickle came to the county first in 1837, and at that time stopped at Mr. James Fiatt's cabin. While here he first saw his future wife in a "potato hole." That is, she was getting potatoes from an excavation in the ground under the cabin floor near the hearth, where the vegetables were kept. Annabel Piatt and Daniel Stickle were united in marriage May 31, 1842, in the first house in the county. They have six children living. Charlie, who went into the army about 1862, married Addie Bogle, and has one son, Richard. Susie Stickle, one of Monticello's best and most-loved daughters, was united in marriage to Harvey Huston, but, after but a year of wedded bliss, was taken away ere her prime. Richard Stickle married Miss Helen Smith December 15, 1870, and has five children, May, Charlie, Fred J., Roy and baby, and lives in Monticello. Mina is the wife of Charles 'Kroell, of Blue Ridge, and has four children, Suella, Fred, Lou, and an infant. Anna, a successful music teacher of Monticello ; Nellie, a graduate of the Monticello high school, and Kate, are still at home. Mr. Stickle has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for fifty-two years, and has taken active part in all the church meetings. While young he taught several terms of school. He was postmaster at Monticello under Buchanan, was the first mayor of the city, and at present is police magistrate. He has been supervisor of Monticello township, and in 1858 was elected as representative to the state legislature.

MR. JACOB SMITH, Monticello, was born in Dauphine county, Pennsylvania, 1817. His parents were natives of America, but were of German, English and Irish descent. He moved directly to this county in the spring of 1857, having acquaintances here. Mr. Smith was married in Pennsylvania to Nancy Shenk, of German descent. They had five children : Henry Augustus, who married Margaret Bright-bill, from ^near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has five children. He served three years in the late war and was of the 2d 111. Cav. Catherine, the wife of John Diller, lives in Nebraska and has three children. J. G. W. Smith is a teacher. James Monroe, Mary Elizabeth and William Penn Smith are at home. Mr. Smith came bv railroad to Bement and settled on the land which lie had bought the fall before, when looking for a home. He has lately moved to Monticello. While in Pennsylvania he held the office of county commissioner. His grandfather served nine years in the revolutionary war.

MR. SAMUEL SMOCK, farmer, Monticello, is a native of Ohio, and moved to Illinois about 1840. He own 200 acres of land where he now lives, and has partly improved the place himself. He was married in 1861, to Marietta Hart, arid has had four children, John, Augusta, Charles and Edwin. Mr. Smock has been school director about twenty years, and has held some of the small township offices.

MR. WILLIAM STODDARD, a farmer near Monticello, was born in Maryland. He moved from his native state to Ohio, and thence to Piatt county, Illinois, in 1867. lie was married in Ohio, to Margaret Vinson. They have had six children, four of whom are living. Martin is married and lives in Ohio. Louis married Miss T. A. Sullivan, a native of Virginia. They have had six children, Lemuel, Kate, Mattie, Hurby, Oliver M. and John. Mr. Stollard was in the army in Co. K of the 155th Ohio reg. Melinda married Mr. Philip Baum, and died, leaving two children. Mr. Baum married again, and is now in Michigan. Amos Stoddard, married Sarah C. Jones, and lives in Monticello township. They have two children, Elmer and Wilbert. Mary died after she was grown. Minerva was married in 1881, to Mr. Hood.

MR. ISRAEL STEEL, farmer, Monticello, is a native of Pennsylvania, from which state he moved to Indiana, and thence to Piatt county in 1856. After three years' residence in this county he moved to Champaign county, where he remained a number of years, returning to Piatt county about 1870. He owns eighty acres of land, upon which he has put all the improvements, including the planting out of near a thousand trees. Mr. Steel was married in 1838, to Susan Harshbarger, and has had nine children, five of whom are living. Martha A., the wife of James Ballard, lives in Indiana ; Samuel was killed in the army ; Jno. Webster married Lizzie Plaster, has six children, and live in Champaign county ; Hiram married Elizabeth Smith, has two children, Lulu and Florence, and lives in Galesville ; Charles and Vida are still at home.

MR. MOSER P. SAVAGE, Rossville, Illinois, is a native of Old Virginia, moved from there to Ohio, then to Illinois, in 1847, and rented land 'of Squire Hughes for three years, then lived on Madden's Run, and when the land office was opened, entered 160 acres, and after living for thirteen years in this county, moved to Champaign county. Mr.

Savage was married in 1827, to Sarah Lee, and are both living. They have had thirteen children, eleven of whom are living : two in Bloomington, one in Danville, four in Kansas, one in Arkansas, one in Piatt county, one in Rossville, and one in McLean 'county.

MR. W. E. SMITH, merchant and grocer, Monticello, is a native of Mt. Sterling, Madison comity, Ohio, but, as he says, was "raised all over that state." He entered the army July 24, 1802, in Co. F of the 94th O. Vol. Inf. The first battle he was in was near Lexington, Kentucky, where he and about two hundred other men were taken prisoner by Gen. Kirby E. Smith. They were paroled, however, in about six hours. At the battle of Chickamauga he was wounded in his right hand with buckshot. He was in the .battles of Resaca, Ringgold and Peach-tree creek. "When we left Peach-tree we were going right into Atlanta, but it took us a month or two to get there. While at Atlanta we suffered many hardships, were under fire nearly all the time and in a continuation of battles, the siege winding up with the battle of Jonesboro." He was with Sherman to the sea, and the last battle he engaged in was that of Bentonville, and besides had several skirmishes in South Carolina. From Bentonville he went to Goldsborough, thence to Raleigh and Martha's Vineyard, and there heard of Lincoln's assassination. He marched 190 miles to Richmond in six days, thence to Washington, was in the grand review there, and when mustered out his company of over one hundred men contained but thirteen. In Georgia he was detailed to forage for horses and used to have great times. Once when riding he came to an open ground on the other side of which was a house. They let the fence down and twelve men galloped across toward the house, and found that two or three hundred men had just left, thinking Kilpatrick's advance cavalry guard was approaching ; the horses were generally hidden in swamps and the colored people were instrumental in finding them. After the war, he went to Logansport, Indiana, where he was in the Logansport " Journal " office, and attended a commercial college at Dayton, Ohio. He came to Piatt county June 24, 1866, and began clerking in the store of which he is now proprietor. He belongs to the I.O.O.F. lodge and has been a member of the city council for four years. Mr. Smith was married June 3, 1873, to Mima Piatt, a native of this county, and student of the seminary at Charlotteville, New York. They have two children, William Piatt and Clarence Kirby. Mr. and Mrs. Smith own a farm and their residence property.

from which state he moved to Virginia, thence to Illinois in 1 865 and located in Urbana. In the same year he moved to Monticello, and has lived in the place ever since. Most of the time he has been the only tailor in the town. He was married in 1844, to Mary Walker, a native of Maryland. They have had twelve children, six of whom are living. William was in Utah territory when last heard from. John is married and lives in Philadelphia. Katie, who was the wife of Jesse Warner, is dead. Albert married Mattie Fisher, has two children, Kate and Charlie, and lives in Monticello. Robert is in Utah. Edward is in Freeport, Illinois, and Anna is at home.

MR. ANDREW STEVENS is a native of Canada. He came to Illinois in 1 876, and began buying grain at Mansfield. He moved to Monticello in 1877, and is still in the grain business. He was united in marriage in September, 1879, to Fannie Conklin, daughter of the superintendent of the Chicago & Paducah railroad. One son, Henry C., has blessed their union.

MR. S. W. SECTS, farmer, took charge of the Piatt county poorfarm in March, 1877, and has done a great deal in getting the farm into its present prosperous condition. His people are Americans, but of German descent. He was married in 1868, to Mary Allen, whose people were from Pennsylvania. They have three children, Lovie W., Ida J. and Gertie S.

MR. F. G. STEVENS, dentist, Monticello, is a native of Corydon, Indiana. He moved from there to Tuscola, Illinois, and in 1871 located in Monticello, where he worked at photography for a time, but for several years now has been the only resident dentist in the place. His practice extends to Atwood and Plammond, where he makes regular visits. He owns a residence and lot in Monticello. At present he is a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge of Monticello. May 1, 1873, Mr. Stevens and Amanda Hodge were united in marriage. Three children have blessed their union, Henry M., Frank A. and Delia A.

MR. HENRY SACKBITER, grocer and restaurant keeper, Monticello, is a native of Germany. He came from his native country to America in 1854 and moved from Ohio to Piatt county, locating in Goose Creek township in 1864, and in 1876 moved to Monticello, where he owns a residence and two and one-half lots. His residence was constructed in 1881. Mr. Sackriter and Sophia Stuckey were married in 1857, and have had nine children, seven of whom are now living. William H. married Minerva Beard. Sarah, Katie, J ulia, Annie, Carrie and Etta are living at home.

MR. LKVI P. SQUIER, farmer, Monticello, is a native of Ohio, from which state he moved to Indiana, thence to Illinois, and in 186-1 located in M-icon county, from which plase he moved to Piatt county in 1880. He was married about 1858, to Elizabeth Bryte, of Ohio, and has had eight children, all of whom are living, Frank B., John II., Eva M., Sarah E., Morrison L., Clarence A., Charles E. and Belle.

MR. II. H. SAINT, Monticello, moved from Indiana, his native state, to Urbana, Illinois, and thence in 1881 to Monticello, where he is dealing in farming implements. He was married in November, 1865, to Emily Cook, and has six children, Cora, Albert, Walter, Elsie, Myrtle and Lena. Mr. Saint went to the army in the 71st 111. Inf., and in the 19th Ind. Bat., being out over two years the last time. He took part in the battles of Resaca, Chattahooeh.ee and others of the Atlanta campaign.

MR. ASHKR W. TINDER, deceased, farmer, was born hi Virginia, moved to Ohio, and was married there to Delilah C. Lewis, a native of Ohio, of Scotch descent. They moved back to Virginia, where their three eldest children were born, then returned to Ohio, and in 1853 came to Piatt county. For the first two years they lived on the John Madden farm, and then bought what is now the McReynolds farm. They moved to Monticello in 1860, lived a year or two in the Patterson house, then went into the brick hotel owned by J. C. Johnson. Mr. Tinder died there. They had eight children : seven came here, the eldest brother being in California ; six are living in Piatt county. Francis A. married E, B. Winchester in March, 1852, in Madison county, Ohio (see his sketch). Lewis B. Tinder went to California in 1853, and in 1860 was heard from for the last time. It is supposed that he was killed by Indians at Virginia City, Nevada. Martha J. married Capt. Jamison. Lundsfield J. married Anna Heath and moved to Kansas. Mrs. Tinder died there in 1874, leaving two children, one of whom, Mattie, is here. Mr. Tinder was again married in 1880, to Mrs. Ellen Walters. They are living at Galesville, and he is in the grain business. Mr. Tinder was in the army, received several promotions, and once was promoted over other officers for gallantry in battle. Americus B. was married April 12, 1881, to Elizabeth Greenland they have one child. He was in the army in the 2d 111. Cav., and was wounded in 1862 at Holly Springs and laid aside by surgeons as dead. The ball is still in his body. Mr. Tinder lives in Monticello, is mail agent on the Wabash road, and has been for the past eight years. Linneas B. Tinder married Elizabeth Babcock, who died, leaving two children, Gladys and Sadie. He was again married in 1870, to Helen Babcock, who died, leaving one child, Linneas F. Lucy is the wife of J. Allen Heath, and lives in Hurnboldt, Allen county, Kansas, and has one child living, Irene. Dolly L. married Samuel Stewart, of Kansas, in 1866. Mrs. A. W. Tinder bore her seven years' affliction of palsy with most Christian fortitude, and during the last eight months could not feed or dress herself, yet was never heard to complain nor be low-spirited. A harmful word was never known to be said of her. Her last words were : "To live is Christ, to die is gain."

MR. HENRY THOMAS, a farmer in Monticello township, was born in Ohio. He is of Welch and English descent. In 1855 he moved from Ohio to Piatt county, having previously married Harriet Painter, who died, leaving three children. The eldest, Emma, married Isaac Kyle, a farmer in Macon county. They had two children. Anna married Albert Fithian and lives in Monticello. They have one child, Harry. Jane married Jeff Hiatt and lives in Kansas. Mr. Thomas next married Mrs. Martha Dresbach, who had two children : Marietta, who married William Duvall, and Elma, who married Joseph Keller. In 1877 Mr. Thomas married Mrs. Zorger, nee Nancy Garver. Mrs. Zorger had seven children, four of whom are now living. Philander Zorger married Lizzie Rock, and now lives in Macon county. Talitia married Alfred Payne, and lives in Monticello township. They have two children, Nora and Nettie. Phebe married David Deter, and they, with their one child, William, live in Willow Branch township. Jesse lives at Warrensburg, Macon county.

MR. JAMES TIPPETT'S parents were Americans, and lived and died in Maryland. He was born within sixteen miles of Washington City. He was married in 1823, in Loudoun county, Virginia, to Miss Elizabeth Dodd, and in 1834 moved to Licking county, Ohio. Mr. Tippett's son, Cumberland, came to this county in 1864, and for a number of years was a minister in the Methodist church. He died October 2, 1875, from the effects of a fall from a fruit tree. His widow, nee Helen Heath, and two children survived him. She is now living in Champaign county. Miss Ellen and Miss Martha are living with their father in Monticello. Mr. Fenton Tippett is in the west, while the youngest daughter, Frankie, is now Mrs. W. D. Dickinson, and with her husband and child lives in Bernent. Mrs. James Tippett died July 7, 1871, and lies buried in the Monticello cemetery. Mr. James Tippett, after coming to this county, lived about four years east of Monticello and about twelve years on Mr. Silver's place northwest of the city. Mr. Tippett has long been a zealous church member, and as he grows older his religious zeal seems to wax stronger.

MR. RILEY TATMAN, Monticello. His father came to this county in 1852, when Riley was but eight years old, and lived on what is now the C. W. Piatt place. Mr. Riley Tatmaii received his education in this county and was married in 1868, to America Hitchens, of Ohio, who came to this county in 1864. Maud S. is their only child. Mr. Tatman was in the late war, and of Co. F, 54th 111. reg. He was in the battles of Corinth, Vicksburg, Sabine River, and was captured August 16, 1864, near Little Rock. He served in rebel prison until May, 1865 ; first in Monticello, Arkansas, then in Camden, Arkansas, Shreveport, Louisiana, and Tyler, Texas. His rations were one pint unsifted cornmeal a day, mixed with cold water, no salt, and baked on chips ; three ounces fresh beef every third day, roasted without salt. He was fortunate in not being wounded, and reached home in November, 1865. Mr. Tatman kept a journal on the margins of newspapers all during imprisonment, but has since lost it. He escaped five different times, and each time was caught by bloodhounds. Three times he escaped through tunnels, once by burying himself while moving from one prison to the other, and last by overpowering the guard, shooting his arm off by slipping up where he was asleep and putting his foot on the trigger of the gun. After returning from the war, he finished his common education, and taught from 1866 to 1872. For two years he was in the drug business, then two years a carpenter, and since in abstract business and law.

MR. C. 1ST. THOMPSON is a native of Fulton county, Illinois, from which place he came to Piatt county in 1879, and located on a farm owned by Mr. Samuel Allerton, of Chicago. Mr. Thomson was married in 1860, to Caroline Putman, and has five children, A. C., Charles Nelson, Jessie L. and Berintha M., who are attending the St. Mary's School at Knoxville, and Pamilla. Mr. Thompson went to the army from Fulton county in Co. E, of the 103d regiment. He was in the commissary department most of the time, but was in the battle of Vicksburg and others. Mr. Thompson is now residing on the farm lately owned by Messrs Frank and Ed. Williams.

MR. A. B. TROWBRIDGE, farmer, Monticello, was born in Ohio, from which state he moved to Illinois about 1849. He was married in 1861, to Ann C. Moore, and has had four children, William Thomas,

DR. CHRISTOPHER K. WARD was born August 6, 1809, in Abington, Washington county, Virginia, of Scotch-Irish parentage. While yet quite young he removed toTazewell, Claiborne county, East Tennessee, where he lived until he arrived at the years of manhood. While yet almost a boy he made a trip into the then newly discovered gold country of northern Georgia and Alabama, and spent some months in searching for gold. The territory in which gold was found then belonged to the Cherokee Indians. For a time the excitement in regard to the discovery rivaled that which, after many years, occurred on the discovery of gold in California. Notwithstanding the treaty with the Indians and the proclamation of the President, the gold-bearing territory was overrun with fortune-hunters, until at length, by authority of the government, they were forcibly removed by United States troops sent there for that purpose. The subject of our sketch studied medicine at Knoxville, in East Tennessee, and finally removed to Edgar county, Illinois, in 1832, where he was married to Miss Elizabeth Hobbs, by whom he had one son, T. G. Ward, who now resides in Missouri. After her death he was married to Miss Nancy Somerville, then residing in Edgar county, who survives him. The children of this marriage were John Ward, who adopted his father's profession and was quite successful as a physician, practicing at Lovington, Illinois, until his death, which occurred in 1875; Sarepta, who married C. W. Noyes and now resides in St. Joseph, Missouri ; Mary, who married James Holmes, now of Chicago, and Martha, who married H. E. Huston and still resides in Monticello, Illinois. Soon after his second marriage he concluded to remove to Piatt county and try practicing his profession. Up to that time he had tried farming and school teaching and a little of everything that came to hand. He arrived in Monticello with his young family in the year 1845, and before he had had time to unload his few household goods he was called upon to visit professionally one of the citizens who was dangerously ill, and from that time until he was finally compelled, in 1870, to relinquish his practice, by the premonitions of heart disease, he never knew what it was to rest from his labors. Through sunshine and storm, daylight and' darkness, summer and winter, he was always ready to go in answer to the cry of distress. At the time of his location in Monticello the county and town was but sparsely inhabited, and he was the only practicing physician in the county. His practice for years afterward extended from Sadorus Grove on the east to Friends Creek on the west, from Mackville in the south to Mahomet in the north ; or in other words, about fifteen miles in all directions from Monticello. Such was the urgency and frequency of his calls, that repeatedly he was compelled to get what little slumber he could while riding horseback over the the then trackless prairies from one lone cabin to another. The greater part of the settlers at that time were very poor, yet he never let the fact that he would probably have, to take his pay in produce, and as likely get nothing for his services, make him hesitate when the call for assistance came. Nevertheless he had his reward in the universal esteem in which he was and is held by this community. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Relinquishing his practice in 1870. he immediately set about putting his affairs in order to receive the summons which he felt would sooner or later call him from his earthly labors. But few persons have left their financial matters in better shape. Finally, after facing the destroyer manfully for years, he gently and peacefully passed over the river on April 22, 1881. His remains were buried in the cemetery north of Monticello.45' SQUIRE WILEY. - Addison J. Wiley was born November 1, 1810, and was named for Joseph Addison, of literary renown. His father, Moses Wiley, was born in Virginia, on the Rappahannock river, was of Welch and German descent, and was in the revolutionary war at the' age of fourteen. He married Miss Rachel Lehew, who was of French descent. They had ten children, seven of whom were boys. Mr. Wiley and his family moved to Indiana while it was yet a territory. Mr. A. J. Wiley remembers that while his folks were in Indiana, in 181±, Mr. James A. Piatt, when assistant provision contractor for Gen. Harrison, fed pack-horses on his father's farm. A. J. Wiley was married in Indiana in 1834, to Sarah Tenbrooke. They had nine children, three of whom were born in Indiana. Charles Wiley died in 1864, leaving a wife (now Mrs. Johnson) and four children. Amelia is the wife of Albert Miner. George Wiley died in the army in Nashville, Tennessee. Rachel married Wesley Goodwin. James Wiley makes his home in Monticello. Allen Wile}' married Fannie Wood. On the 13th of August, 1860, Mr. A. J. Wiley and Mrs. Campbell were married. The second Mrs. Wiley died October 5, 1876, leaving three children, Belle Campbell and Frank and Lena Wiley. In 1837 Mr. Wiley came to Illinois to look up a place for a new home. He bought land, 40 acres of which was timber and 40 acres prairie land, of Mr. Abraham Marquiss and Mr. William Barnes in what is now Piatt county. He then returned to Indiana and remained until 1839, when he moved out to his new home. His wife had come out a few months previous with Mr. Tenbrooke's family. They lived on their farm until 1840, when they moved into the cabin in which four of James A. Piatt's sons were then living. After boarding for a time with these persons Mr. Wiley moved into the town of Monticello, in which there were about three houses in 1840. In 1840 Mr. Wiley was made constable, which office he held two years, when he became justice of the peace, and he still has the position, having been out of the office only about four and a half years during forty years' time. We noticed in an old county paper not long since that of- the several hundred decisions Mr. Wiley had made in his position as squire only two have been reversed. Mr. Wiley relates the following incident of Abraham Lincoln. When Lincoln & McDougal were practicing law here,' they entertained each other in various ways, and at one time tried to see which could throw an old meat-axe the farthest. The two were standing in the street a little west of the southwest corner of the public square. After each had thrown the axe a time or two Mr. Lincoln took»it and, after swinging it around his head, slung it westward and into the Lizard run. Upon seeing where the axe lit, McDougal exclaimed : "Why didn't you do that before ? Here I've been almost throwing my arms off trying to beat you !" Lincoln enjoyed the joke very much.

MR. CHARLES WATTS (deceased) was born March 25, 1835, in Caledonian county, Vermont. He came to Monticello about 1855, taught school the first year, and began practicing law the next year, and became a most successful lawyer of the county.. He was school and county treasurer for a number of years in the county. He went back to Vermont, and married Lodoskey A. Spencer, November 22, 1858. Four of their children are living, Willie E., Charles P., Lena M. and Harry S. Mr. Watts died February 4, 1875, and Monticello thus lost one of her most honored and respected citizens. Mrs. Watts' sister, Phebe Spencer, now Mrs. Henry Bodwell, came to Monticello i i 1859. Mr. and Mrs. Bodwell have two children, Bertie and Agatha.

MR. L. B. WEAVER, farmer, Monticello, is a native of Virginia, from which state he moved to Ohio, and then came to Monticello in 1843. He lived in the old Piatt cabin for a time, and has lived in the vicinity of Monticello ever since. He owns 80 acres of land, where he now lives, and has improved the place himself. He was married

August 17, 1837, to Sarah A. Neal, and has had fifteen children, twelve of whom are living, and all are within a radius of eight or ten miles. Not many families so large remain so near each other. Mary J. married J. B. B. Fowler, and has three children, Berry, Charles and Louis, and lives in Monticello. George, who was in the late war, married Kate Connor, and has three children, Maud, Edna and Nellie. Margaret was the wife of Daniel Bush, who died, leaving five children, George, Mary, Frank, Alice and Bertie D. Mrs. Bush next married Mr. William Barnhart, who had several children. Martha A. Weaver married Daniel Russell. Elizabeth is the wife of Henry Martin, and has four children, Harry, Irving, Sadie and Elsie. James Weaver married Mary Johnson, and has three children, Linnie, Claud and Ollie. Eliza Weaver became the wife of Franklin Sellers, and has one son, Leonard B. Charles Weaver married Minnie Jones. Kate Weaver married John Dresback, and has three children. Winfield married Ella Lowe. Nannie and John E. Weaver are still at home.

MR. JOHN WOOLINGTON is a farmer, and lives about three miles northwest of Monticello. He is a native of Ohio, from which state he moved to Illinois about 1843 or 1844. He married Isabella Kyle, who died in 1848, leaving four children, two of whom are now liying. Sarah married James Davis, and now lives in Monticello. They have one daughter. Ida Isabelle, who graduated in the Monticello High School in 1881. Henry N. married Charity Parker. They, with their three children, Otho, Adelbert and May, have quite recently moved to Iowa. Mr. John Woolington married Mrs. Susan Devore, in 1849. They are living quietly and contentedly in a neat frame house on the farm that Mr. William Barnes lived on for so many years.

MR. A. H. WILDMAN, photographer, Monticello, is a native of Trnmbull county, Ohio, from which state he moved to Piatt county, Unity Township, in 1850. A portion of the time since, he made his home in Douglass county, but in January, 1871, he moved to Monticello, where he has since resided. At present he is the only photographer in the place. He owns the property where his business office is, and also- owns his residence property. He was married to Hannah J. Hodge, and has two children, Maud A. and William T. In 1861 he went to the army in Co. G of the 13th 111. Cav. He was discharged later on account of disability, but re-enlisted in November, 1862, in Battery I, of the 2d 111. Lt. Art., and was discharged June 14, 1865. He was in nearly all the battles from Chattanooga to the sea, and to Goldsborough. North Carolina. While in the army he lost his hearing by a premature explosion, and was otherwise injured, so that he deservedly draws a pension at the present time. Mr. Wildman's father, Mr. Thomas Wildman, settled in Unity township in 1850. His wife died after the family had started to move from Ohio to Illinois. Mr. Thomas Wildman was a constant suiferer for nineteen .years before his death in 1870, and for thirty-two months previous to his decease he never spoke a word aloud. He left six children, five of whom are living in Piatt county. Thomas P. Wildman married Elizabeth Shonkwiler, and lives in Unity township. Eunice Arvilla became the wife of Aaron Harshbarger, but died, leaving six children. Henry Wildman married Sarah E. Quick, has six children, and lives on the old home place. Electa is the wife of Napoleon B. Shonkwiler, has a large family of children, and lives in Unity township. Emerzilla is the wife of Samuel Harshbarger, of Unity township, and has six children.

MR. R. B. WINCHESTER, harness maker. Monticello, is a native of Madison county, Ohio. His father was from New York, his mother from Tennessee, and of English descent. They had ten children, two of whom lived in Piatt county. Mr. Winchester was married in 1852, to Frances A. Tinder, in Madison county, Ohio. They moved to Piatt county in 1853, settled in Monticello, where he has been in the harness business ever since. They have had four children, the eldest dying when eighteen months old. Lewis E. married Annie E. Maddy, of Muncie, Indiana, in October, 1876. They have one child, Eva. Mr. Winchester is a druggist, in Mnncie, Indiana. Lucy Winchester died July 3, 1876. Eva is at home 5 she is a graduate of the Monticello high school, in which school she is a successful teacher. Mr. Winchester went to the army in 1861, in Co. C of the 73d 111. Inf. He held the position of 3d lieut.. and was out about five months, coming home on account of sickness. The battle of Perrysville is the principal one in which he participated. Mrs. Winchester has been a mantuamaker and milliner in Monticello for the past twenty years. She has always been one of the principal milliners, and ofttimes the only one, but she is never too busy to make use of her rare faculty of good nursing at the bed-side of the sick in her community. Clara, Mr. R. B. Winchester's sister, married James Hall, and lives in Indiana. She came here in 1856 or 1857, met Mr. Hall, who went to Indiana, married her, then came here and lived for several years.

Monticello, where he opened the first furniture store in the place. He now owns two business houses, three residences and seven lots in Monticello. He belongs to the Odd-Fellows lodge of the town. Mr. Wengenroth was married in 1858, to Catherine Minick. Only one, Lillie, of their five children is living.

MR. SAMUEL B. WEBSTER, Mr. Webster's father, was a native of Kentucky, his mother of Virginia, while Ohio bears the honor of his nativity. He was one of a family of four, two of which are now living in this county. Mr. Webster moved to Champaign county in 1856, and in 1858 settled in Piatt county. He located in MonticeUo as a saddler, which occupation he continued until he was appointed postmaster, December 20, 1866. He was first appointed by postmaster General William Denison, during the administration of Andrew Johnson, and through the recommendation of the retiring postmaster, Wilson Cox, to the postmaster-general. He was reappointed under U. S. Grant, and again under R. B. Hayes. Mr. Webster was married in 1861, to Ann M. Dyer. Four children have blessed their union, three of whom, C. Kate, Isaac W. and Lena B., are living. The people in and about Monticello will long remember the genial face of the present postmaster, as he greets and distributes mail to the eager inquiring throng that fills the office so frequently.

MR. WILLIAM C. WEBSTER, formerly a harness dealer in Monticello, was born in Ohio. He moved from his native state to Piatt county in 1857 and located at Monticello, and that has been his home ever since. He remained in the saddlery business until 1879. The winter of 1881-2 he made a trip to California with anticipation of locating in that state. He is lavish of praise for the Golden State, but did not move to it as he anticipated. He is now living just outside the corporation line of Monticello. He was married in December, 1854, to Mary Dyer, who died in August, 1870, leaving five children, four of whom are now living. Charles, her eldest son, died of consumption when but fifteen years old. James married Miss Hattie Burgess in 1880, and is running a book and stationery store in Monticello. Miss Lillie, after her mother's death, did ample credit to herself as her father's housekeeper. She and her brother and sister, Eddie and Katie, are still at home. On June 25, 1872, Mr. Webster married Louisa Rue, a native of Xew Jersey. She has had four children, three of whom, Lulu May, Pauline and Myrtie Belle, are living. Mr. Webster has not escaped the office of school-director, and was once elected coroner.

county, and moved to Piatt county in 1878. He was married in 18T3, to Lucy E. Burch, a native of Pike county. They own a farm of eighty acres, which is all under cultivation. There is a good house on the place, some five hundred trees have been planted out, and a new barn is being built.

MR. A. ZYBELL, Monticello, is a native of Prussia, who came to America in 1851, and in 1858 located in Monticello, where he is now engaged in the boot and shoe business. He was married in 1857, to Louisa Hammersmidt and has six children. Robert is in Iowa ; Bertie married Will Wall, has one child, Allie, and lives in Monticello ; Albert, Willie, August and Emma are at home. Mr. Zybell owns a residence, two business houses, and four lots in Monticello. He also owns a farm of two hundred dcres in Goose Creek township, and has put all the improvements on the place. A barn and residence was erected on the farm in 1882.