Warren County, Illinois - The whole text, 1886 (part 11 of 25)

lames E. Amos, farmer, residing on section n,Greenbush Township, was born in Vermillion Co., Ind., in 1833. He remained with his parents until he attained the age of 21 years, receiving such advantages as were obtainable at the common schools, and assisting in the labors in the cabinet shop and finishing the carpenter's trade in Perrysville, Ind. His father, Nathaniel Amos, now deceased, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1802, and married Miss Jane Evans, in 1824. She was born Feb. 29, 1808, in Pennsylvania, and bore her husband eight children, viz. : Benjamin, Joanna, Kittie J. (deceased), James, William and George. John W. and an infant unnamed are deceased.

rimonial alliance with Miss Nancy M. Baughman, April 22, 1856. The Baughman family were early settlers in Fulton County, this State, her father being among the number. She was born March 21, 1842, and died May 5, 1877. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Of their union five children were born - Amanda J., Nov. 3, 1857 ; Mary E., Feb. 17, 1860; William F., Sept. 15, 1864; Minnie A., Aug. 19, 1869; Iva V., Feb. 16, 1877, all of whom are living.

March 30, 1882, Mr. Amos was again married, to Mrs. Josephine Lloyd. Her first husband's name was John J. Butler, who was a native of Ohio, born in 1836, and died in 1863; they were married Dec. 29, 1860. The second husband of Mrs. Amos, James R. Lloyd, was born in Kentucky, in 1831, and died Nov. 21, 1879. They were married, Jan. 25, 1866, in this county. Mrs. Amos had two children by her first husband, namely : Mary E., born Oct. 24, 1861, and Isaac L., born Jan. 16, 1863. The latter died in May, same year. By her second mar- - riage, five children were born - Eliza L., Nov. 28, 1866; died Nov. 15, 1876; Nellie, born May 3r, 1869; Rosa, April 4, 1871, and an unnamed infant -"" born Feb. 4, 1875; died May 7, same year, and Joseph R., born Jan. 28, 1878. Mr. Lloyd, second husband of Mrs. Amos, was one of the first settlers in Greenbush Township. His mother was born in 1801, in Albemarle Co., Va.,and died Nov. 10, 1884. She once attended a reception, given in honor of Gen. LaFayette. William Lloyd, the father of Mr. James R. Lloyd, was born Dec. 5, 1802; was married to Eliza W. Traulliar in 1825 ; was the father of six children - Lucinda F., born Sept. 15, 1828: James R., Feb. 16, 1831; Charles W., June 17, 1833; Sarah E., Dec. 9, 1836, Martillus, July 14, 1839; Thomas J., Feb. 16, 1841 ; James R. was the only one that was married. Sarah E. is the only one of the children living.

Mr. Amos, of this sketch, and Mrs. Lloyd were married March 30, 1882. They have 200 acres of good land in this county, which is particularly suited for the raising of stock. On their place they have a good dwelling 26 x 36 feet and two stories in height; also a barn 30 x 42 feet, with a basement. Her former husband, Mr. Butler, belonged to the Christian Church, as likewise does her third husband, Mr. Amos. The latter is an ordained minister and has occupied the pulpit in the Christian Church for the past 24 years. He is a temperance man and votes with the Prohibition party. He is also President of the Western Illinois Christian Conference and Secretary of the Illinois State Conference. In his early life he learned the carpenter's trade, and assisted to build the first house that was erected in the city of Bushnell. He also erected 56 buildings in Fulton County. The father of Mrs. Amos, Joseph L. Park, was born in November, 1810; was a member of the Presbyterian Church; married Miss Mary McDonald in 1833, and died in 1852. She was born in Kentucky, in 1816, and is still living, residing in Greenbush village. Of their union seven children were born: William B., who died in the army, was born in 1835; Columbus, in 1837; Josephine, Sept. 17, 1839; John, Jan. 9, 1842; Wallace, June 19, 1844; Marion, Sept. 17, 1849, ar>d Sarah E., May 8, 1852.

-ames F. Thomson, an agricuturist of this county, which vocation he has followed the major portion of his life, is a resident of section 10, Tompkins Township. He was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio, Oct. 20, 1844, of parents who were natives of Ohio, and named respectively John and Rachel (Frances) Thomson. They came to this State in 1867, and settled upon the same section where James F., of this sketch, at present resides, and where the father purchased 160 acres of land on which he is at present residing.

The gentleman we name at the commencement of this biography, was an inmate of his parent's family until one year after attaining his majority. His years, prior to that time, were passed in acquiring a rudimentary education at the common schools, which he supplemented by a course of study at a Normal school. On attaining the age of 22 years, Mr. Thomson engaged in teaching, and was thus occupied for three years, one year in Ohio and two years in Henderson County, this State. In 1870, in company with his brother, he purchased the undivided half interest to 160 acres of land on section 13, Tompkins Township. They jointly cultivated the same until 1881, when Mr. Thomson, of this notice, sold his interest to his brother and purchased the 80 acres on which he at present resides. He located on his land and began the active labor of an agriculturist, which he has continued, with success, until the present time. By energetic labor and economy he succeeded in accumulating sufficient to make an additional purchase of 80 acres, and at present is the proprietor of 160 acres of good farming land, all in a body and under an advanced state of cultivation.

Sept. 3, 1873, Mr. Thomson was married to the lady of his choice, Miss Mary E. Norcross. She is a native of this State, and a daughter of Hamlin and Clarinda (Hoge) Norcross. Their union has been blessed by the birth of three children, whom they named Carl H., Frank N. and Maggie F. The political views of Mr. Thomson coincide with the principles advocated by the Republican party, with which he always casts his vote. He and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Thomson was a soldier for the Union in the late War, having enlisted in the i57th"Ohio Vol. Inf., and served five months, having engaged in no conflict, but being actively occupied in guarding prisoners during that time. He received an honorable discharge in September, 1864. He is one of the representative citizens of Tompkins Township and a successful and progressive follower of his vocation.

arzillai Parker, deceased, was a pioneer of Warren County,who located in the township of Spring Grove rather what is now known as such, in 1835. He was born at Snow Hill, Worcester Co., Md., April 18, 1808. His home was there until he was nine years of age, when his parents removed to Kentucky, in which State he remained until his removal to Warren County, in the year stated. His father died in Kentucky soon after the family removed to that State. Mr. Parker was accompanied to Warren County by his mother and sister. The journey from Ohio was made overland, they bringing with them their household furniture and also what stock they owned. Mr. Parker built a log house and rived the shingles to cover the roof. After making provisions for shelter he commenced improving the land which he had pre-empted. He placed in order for successful farming about 100 acres of the tract that he at first pre-empted and from time to time continued his purchases of real estate until he was at the time of his death the possessor of upwards of 1,000 acres. He had at various times visited Nebraska and Iowa and made large pm chases of land in both States.

Mr. Parker was a man of zeal, energy and industry and was prominent in his method of pushing such projects as he was interested in to a successful termination.

Politically, he was a Republican in later days. In the early times, when he was first interested in poliitics, he was a Whig. He joined the ranks of the "Grand Old Party '1 when it was organized.

He was twice married. Kllen D. Pease became his wife in 1843. She was born near Rockland, Maine, and her parents were pioneers in Mercer Co, 111. To Mr. and Mrs. Parker there were five children born. Henry C. is a citizen of Monmouth " Township. Adda P. is married to P helps Paine, a resident of Lincoln, Neb. Rhoda H.Js the wife of j George Herbert, of Spring Grove Township. Barzil- "_ lai is the next in order of birth. Sarah is deceased. Mrs. Parker, the mother of the children just enumerated, died in 1851. In 1854 Mr. Parker formed a second matrimonial relation with Mrs. Zoa Ulmer. There were two children from this union. Mary W. is married to George F. Miner, of Monmouth. Eva is deceased. Mr. Parker died May 19, 1884.

,on. James H. Stewart, Judge of Warren County Court, was born Jan. 5, 1818. at Elkton, Todd Co., Ky., and is the son of R.ev. W:n. K. and Lucretia P. (Moore) Stewart, natives of North and South Carolina respectively, and descended from Scotch and Scotch-Irish ancestry. They were married in Christian Co., Ky., April i, 1817, and at once repaired to Elkton, where their three sons and two daughters were born.

The Rev. Mr. Stewart was of the Presbyterian Church; came to Illinois in 1830: had charge of a congregation at Vandalia five years; there buried his wife in 1831 : removed to Macomb in 1836, where he preached to his people as long as health permitted, and died April [5, '852, in the 6ad year of his life. He was a ripe scholar, a graduate of Hampden-Sidney College, of Virginia, and was a preacher of recognized force and merit from the time he was 21 years of age.

Judge James H. Stewart was the eldest son and was educated at Hanover College, Ind., from whence he graduated in 1836, and at once began the study of law, under James Allen, and completing his course of reading in the office of Cyrus Walker, of Macomb, III. He was admitted to the Bar at Springfield, Jan. i, 1840, and immediately commenced to practice at Lewistown, Fulton County, this State. From there, at the end of a year, he removed to Millersburg, Mercer County, where he remained in close practice four and a Half years. He then hung out his shingle at Oquawka, and there added 15 years to his life and much to his knowledge of the law. He was then at Knoxville about a year and first came to Monmouth in the spring of 1861. Here he has spent the matured years of his life. Judge Stewart, the Nestor of the Warren County Bar, has a reputation as wide as the borders of the State in which he resides. His name will be transmitted with the history of the community with whose interests he has been so long identified, and the posterity of those whose lives we chronicle to-day, will know, him as a man honored among men and worthy of their emulation.

fudge Stewart's official career began at Oquawka, in 185 i, when he was elected State's Attorney, for the isth Judicial Circuit. In 1856, after a division of the district, he was twice re-elected to the same position for the tenth circuit. In 1881 he was chosen County Judge of Warren, to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Willets, deceased, and in 1882, regularly elected for the ensuing term of four years. The Judge is a Democrat in whom there is no guile, and that he is fully appreciated by his party is attested by his record. He has twice been its candidate for Representative from this county, but that body being notorious as a Senatorial Manufacturing Machine, the good people usually select men especially gifted (?) for that important duty rather than men possessed of knowledge as law-makers. The Judge was alternate delegate to the St. Louis National Democratic Convention of 1876, and delegate to that body at Cincinnati, in 1880.

Beginning as a |>oor boy, Judge Stewart rounds life at a ripe age possessed of a handsome competency. He is largely interested in agriculture and banking, which receives much of his personal attention. He was married in McDonough County, this State, June 30, 1842, to Isabella C. McKamy, who was born in Roane Co., Tenn., Jan. 22, 1824, and has borne to him ten children, only three of whom are living - William K., whose biography appears in this volume; Isabella, wife of D. M. Hammack, an attorney at Burlington, Iowa, and Mary M. Lucretia P. was born Aug. 18, 1862, and died Nov. 24, 1878; the rest of his children died in infancy. We felicitate ourselves on being enabled to add to this biographical notice, as well as to the portrait feature of our work, a reproduction of a life-like photograph of Judge Stewart, which was recently taken.

Bennett, owning 67 acres of good tillable land in Tompkins Township, and also 480 acres in Boone Co., Neb., and residing upon )tj section 19, of the township named, where he is engaged in the pursuits of an agriculturist, - _ was born in Madison Co., N. Y., April 8, 1829, his parents being Jacob and Elizabeth (Coss) Bennett, natives of Montgomery Co., N. Y.

The gentleman whose name heads this biographical notice, lived with his parents until he was eight years of age, at which time his father died. He was then absent from his mother until he was 14 years old, when he returned and resided with her for four years, receiving at her hands a good common school education. He t'.ien left home and worked out for five years by the month, [n 1854 he _came to this State, and became a citizen of this county, where he was engaged in the occupation of a farmer, working for others and doing odd jobs for one season. During that year he purchased the 8o-acre tract of land on which he is at present residing, moved upon it with his family and at once engaged in the vocation which he had followed more or less all his life. He erected a fine residence upon his farm, together with a good barn and necessary outbuildings and set out trees, ornamental and fruit, and cultivated and improved the place, until it presents a fine appearance to the passer-by of to-day. In his chosen vocation, Mr. Bennett is meeting with that success, which push, perseverance and energy are sure to bring.

In 1857, Mr. Bennett was united in marriage with Miss Liza Thorp, a native of New York, and a daughter of John Thorp. Her father came to this State in 1854, settling in this county, where, with his wife, he lived until their death. In politics, Mr. B. votes with the Republican party, and is regarded as one of the leading, representatives of his vocation in his township.

(avid Allard is a farmer in the township of Point Pleasant and is the owner of 240 acres of land situated on section 8. He was born April 6, 1824, in the town of Eaton, Carroll Co., N. H., of which State his father, $ Jacob Allard, was also a native. Job Allard, his grandfather, was one of the earliest settlers in the " Granite State," where he took up a tract of land all in timber, which was located 18 miles from any settlement of whites. It was in Carroll County, and he cleared a farm, on which he resided until his death. His son Jacob was born on the same farm, and was the heir to the estate of the father who had done the work of the pioneer on it. Sally (Thurston) Allard, the wife and mother, was also a native of Eaton in the same county. To her and her husband ten children were born, of whom six are now living: David is the eldest; Jane is the wife of Daniel Young, and they are living in Freedom, Carroll Co., N. H. ; Joseph S. is married to Miss Fannie Wornom and is a farmer in this county ; Eliza is Mrs. Bradley Davis, and, with her husband, resides in Stockton, Cal. ; Martha is the wife of Charles Davis and lives in Iowa; Rose A. is the youngest member of the family living, and is married to F. H. Baldwin. They live in Oregon.

Mr. Allard was reared and educated in the town where he was born. At the age of 20 he went to Belfast, Maine, and there passed two years in acquiring a knowledge of blacksmithing He returned to his native State and operated as a "jour" one year. July 2, 1846, Mr. Allard was married to Miss Harriet Patch. "She was born in Eaton, N. H., and is the daughter of Dennis and Susan (Drew) Patch. He then purchased a farm in the vicinity of the old homestead, and there opened a shop in his own interest. He managed the farm and the shop together until 1855, when he sold both, preparatory to moving to Illinois. He settled in Warren County and bought a farm near Jackson Corners, in the township of Ellison. On this he resided until 1864, when he removed to Monmouth, to secure for his children the advantages of the schools of that place. He was engaged in the pursuit of his trade in the C;irr Plow, Shops there two years, and at the expiration of that time he purchased a farm in Point Pleasant Township, on which he has since resided. It has the usual complement of trees and farm buildings. It has also a grove of forest trees, including white ash, walnut, butternut, ash-leaved maple, white maple, cottonwood, willow and chestnut. These cover six acres, and are situated on a mound which is said by surveyors to be the highest point between the two rivers east and west.

To Mr. and Mrs. Allard were born ten children, eight of whom are now living : Frank, Vina, Rose, Josephine, Orrin, Charles, William and Elgena.

Jewell, an energetic and industrious farmer, residing on section 33, of Lenox Township, is a son of Lemuel and Jane (Cole) Jewell, natives of York State, and who settled there until 185 t, when they came Westward, located in Lenox Township, Warren County, this State. At the latter place they made their permanent abiding place until taken to their eternal homes. Of their union were born seven children - Abel, Jacob, Halsey T., Harriet, Henry, Ira and John being their names.

John Jewell, of whom we write, was born in Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y., June 4, 1830, and in 1851 came to Warren County, this State. While residing under the parental roof-tree heattended the district schools in the acquisition of an English education and assisted his parents in the duties of the farm After ... , ' ' A his departure from home in the year above mentioned, he bought 80 acres of land on section 33, his present site, which he has made his home ever since. His farm has been put under excellent improvement and cultivation and he has erected suitable buildings thereon.

Mr. Jewell and Miss Juliet A. Smith were united in marriage in Warren County, Sept. 30, 1852. She was born in Virginia, Sept. 10, 1820, and bore her husband one child, who died in infancy. She died April 15, 1880, and he was again married, Feb. 24, 1881, to Flora L. Crosier, a native of Ellison Township, Warren County, where she was born March 3, 1859. She has become the mother of two children by Mr. Jewell - Rodney C. and Rosa. Mr. and Mrs. Jewell are members of the United Brethren Church. In politics, Mr. J. is identified with the principles of the Democratic party.

illiarn P. Smith, retired merchant at Monmouth, was born Feb. 22, 1815, in Louisa «._ Co., Va. His parents, Barnett and Mary 1> (Grayson) Smith, were of Virginia and descended from English ancestors. Of their five sons and four daughters, five of whom are still living, William F. was fourth in order of birth. At the age of 15 years, Mr. Smith began clerking in a store at Glasgow, Ky., the family having removed into Barren County, that State, in 1820. The Kentucky farm upon which the old people spent their lives is yet owned by the subject of this sketch. The father died in 1847, 'n n's &9th year, and the mother in 1884, aged 95. Both died in Kentucky.

William F. Smith came to Monmouth in November, 1835, and opened a variety store. He had only $t,ooo in money, but he was well backed by a Louisville, Ky., firm, for whom he had clerked some time, and after realizing upon his first cargo of goods he had cleared about $1,500. With this he returned to Louisville, as the weather promised to be too cold for him up here, but his old backers induced him to return. He next embarked in the dry-goods business with an employe named B. C. Hord as his partner. In 1838, the Louisville firm took an inter-

Politically, Mr. Smith was originally a Democrat, and as such was elected Probate Justice in 1844-5. Mr. Polk appointed him Postmaster to fill out an unexpired term of a predecessor, but Zachary Taylor, though Mr. Smith had 500 signers to his petition while his competitor had only 13, ousted him. In 1849, however, the citizens of the county felt outraged, and though the Democrats to whom he had belonged were greatly in the minority, he was elected to the County Clerkship by a large majority, and held the office tour years, ending in 1853. In 1856, he became a Republican, and has affiliated with that party to the present.

The marriage of Mr. Smith took place April 12, 1838, at which time Miss Margaret Bell, the accomplished daughter of Rev. L. G. and Margaret (Beard) Bell, of the Presbyterian Church, became his wife. She was born in Leesburg, Va., April 18, 1817. She bore him ten children - Charles (deceased), Edwin R. (deceased), Mary, Inez B., William B., Lancelot G., Carrie K., Lizzie A., Ella and Harry B. All are grown, and the boys are in bust-' ness.

lohn Barnes, owning 200 acres of good farm land on section 24, Tompkins Township, where he lives and is engaged in its cultivation, was bom in West Virginia, Jan. 10, 1820. His father, Henry Barnes, was a native of the same State, and the mother of Mr. Barnes, of this notice, Catherine Barnes, whose maiden name was Cunningham, was also a native of Virginia.

Mr. Barnes resided with his parents until he attained his majority, when he moved to Indiana, and having been brought up on a farm and becoming familiar with agricultural pursuits, he purchased land in the latter State, and followed the vocation which he had chosen in early manhood, at that place, until 1856. During the year last named, Mr. Barnes came to this State, and purchased the farm on which he is at present residing. His farm comprises 200

Mr. Barnes become the husband of Miss Elvira Love, in 1843, and by her has had four children, as follows : George, Ansell, Cynthia J. and Charles W. The wife- and mother died in 1857, and Miss Elizabeth Monroe became his wife. Of the latter union, three children - John F., Alice and Eddy, have been born. Mr. Barnes votes with the Republican party and he and his wife and five children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Socially, Mr. Barnes is a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the Order of Masonry, and is one of the pushing, go-ahead representatives of his vocation in Tompkins Township.

F. Trulock, one of Warren County's energetic ;md successful farmers and large land-owners, and who has been closely identified with the development of the county since 1850, resides on section 36, Berwick Township. He was born in Scot Co., Ind., in December, 1815, and is a son of Parker Trulock, a native of Maryland. The father moved to Indiana in 1815, and there resided, engaged in the occupation of a farmer until his death, which occurred about 1854. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Terrel, in Virginia, and by her had 1 1 .children, as follows: John, William. Isaac, Mary, Sarah, Charlotte, Esther, Samuel M., James W., Parker L. and Henry.

Henry F. Trulock has passed the years of his life until the present in agricultural pursuits. Reared on the parental homestead, he there first learned the lessons of an agriculturist and in the schools of his native county acquired his education, and there lived and developed into manhood.

The marriage of Mr. Trulock took place Jan. 30, 1845. at which time Miss Margaret Peacock became his wife. She was born in Devonshire, Eng., Jan. 28, 1818, and has borne him six children - Sarah E, and Catherine, twins, born May 10 ,1847 ; Nancy A., July 8, 1849; James M., Jan. 21, 1852; Frances

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The father of Mrs. Trulock, Wm. Peacock, was born in England, from which country he emigrated to the United States and located in Indiana, in 1819.

In England, he married Nancy Davidson, and of their union six children were born, namely : Margaret, William, Robert, Frances, Mary and John.

Mr. Trulock, on coming to this county, at once engaged in agricultural pursuits. He came here in 1850, and located in Berwick Township, and has_ here resided until the present time. Considering that on his arrival in Warren County, lie was only the possessor of a span of horses and $^50 in money, and has since accumulated his handsome property, he certainly deserves mention in this work, at least as a man of energy, pluck and perseverance. That he has done a large amount of hard work and a good deal of thinking, and passed through many trials, cannot be denied, and his accumulations are ; ' but the outgrowth of the same, for he was never the recipient of any legacy, and what he has he has made for himself. His landed interests in the county ,>- are upwards of 800 acres, on which he has five farm houses, and in the vocation which he is following and has followed for .so many years, he is meeting with that success which energy and 'good judgment ! are sure to bring. In politics, he votes with and en- '- dorses the principles advocated by the Republican | party. In this the sunset of his life, he is living in j the enjoyment of that competency obtained througli years of honest and laborious toil.

\ ames F. Owens, is of more than ordinary |j|- reputation as a farmer and stock raiser, and ' is a resident on section 2, Monmouth Township. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1^ 8, 1829. His father, John Owens, was born in Conway Castle, Wales, March 18, 1793, and in his early life was a shoemaker, and later a merchant at Davenport, Iowa. He was only six weeks old when his parents emigrated to the United States and located in New York City. His father and mother lived in that city for some years, when they moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and there resided until their deaths. John Owens, when a young man, engaged to learn the trade of a shoemaker, which. after having mustered it, he continued to follow until his enlistment as private in the War of 1812. At the close of that war, John, being yet a single man and having no means, set out alone and on foot, to cross the Alleghany Mountains, and then returned to Cincinnati, Ohio. He arrived in the Queen City in 1816, when that now populous and busy city had but 8,000 inhabitants. On rrriving in that city he engaged in working at his trade, which he followed until his marriage to Mrs. Eunice Meeker, nee Kent, a native of New Jersey. She was a descendant of Anneke Jans, of the famous estate of that name, and of whom Rev. Bogardus, whose history was closely connected with that of New York, was a member, who was followed by a Spears, then an Edward, and finally a Kent, of whom Mrs. Owens, the mother of the subject of this notice, was descended. The parents were married in Cincinnati, Ohio, and ^ there the father followed his trade until 1838. At that time eight children had been born to them, four . sons and four daughters, of whom James Owens, the subject of this notice, was fifth in order of birth The parents then came to Davenport, Iowa, where the father engaged in the mercantile business, and in which he met with financial success. He was the first Director of the first State bank of that city. After the law was changed and State banks went out of existence, national banks taking their place, Mr. Owens became Director of the First National Bank of Davenport, it_being known at the present as the Davenport National Bank. He was a man of great foresight, sound business judgment and possessed of that indomitable energy and perseverance that is so necessary to success in life. In addition to his banking business at Davenport, he continued his mercantile pursuits and became one of the prosperous and well-to-do citizens of that city, in which he continued to reside until his death, which occurred Sept. 24, 1876, aged 84 years. His wife, the mother of the subject of this notice, died in July, 1884, aged 9 r years.

The gentleman whose name heads this notice, was ten years of age when his parents came from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Davenport, Iowa. He resided at home, attending the public schools at Davenport and acting as clerk iu his father's store, until 1855. August

22, of that year, he was united in marriage, at the residence of the bride's parents in Monmouth Township, with Mary T. Hopper, daughter of William and Edith (Hirrison) Hopper, the latter being a cousin of the hero of Tippecanoe, William Henry Harrison. Her father was a native of Bourbon Co., Ky., her mother cf Rockingham Co., Va. They were married in Todd Co., Ky., Aug. 27, 1818. The wife of the subject of this notice was born July 20, 1834. She was only an infant when her parents came to this State, the date thereof being 1837. Her parents located on land which was in its natural condition, in Monmouth Township, few families having located there at that time. They brought with them a cooking-stove, which was the first ever brought into the county. They located on their land, and her father engaged actively and energetically in its cultivation, and by laborious toil became a well-to-do farmer of that township. While a resident of Kentucky he followed the occupation of a tanner and was the owner of slaves, but his conscience taught him that to deal in human flesh was wrong. He consequently liberated his slaves and came to this county, determined to rear and educate his children in a State where the doctrine of slavery did not exist. He and his wife continued to reside on the original homestead upon which they first located in this county until their deaths, that of the mother occurring Dec. 11, 1865, and the father May 10, 1877.

Mrs. Owens, wife of the subject of this notice, remained under parental influence until her marriage, her education having been a:quired in the schools of Galeiburg, Knox Coun'y, this State. She is a lady of more than ordinary intelligence and is respected and honored in the community in which she resides. Mr. and Mrs. Owens are the parents of six children, viz. : Maria F., who became the wife of H. M. Chamberlain, a resident of Greeley, Col. ; Anna B., who resides at home; Eunice, a teacher by profession, and who is at present in Atchison Co.. Mo. ; Edith, wife of T. B. Rankin, who resides on a farm in Atchison Co., Mo.; Maggie B. and Charles O. reside at home.

Since the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Owens, they have, with the exception of two years, 1859-60, when Mr. O. was in the " Rockies," made their home in Monmouth Township. Mr. Owens is at present the proprietor of 260 acres of good farm land in that township, which is finely improved. A view of his premises is given on page 404. In addition to the cultivation of his land, he is to a considerable extent engaged in stock-raising of a general character. Religiously, he and his wife are members of the Christian Church, located at Monmouth.

Politically, Mr. Owens is a believer in and a supporter of the principles of the Republican party. He has held the office of Supervisor of his township for some years, and has also been the incumbent of the office of Road Commissioner.

illiam Edwards. Many of the most thrifty and intelligent agriculturists of this section of Illinois, were born and reared upon the other side of the Atlantic, and to England especially is Warren County indebted for some of her most enterprising and prosperous citizens. Prominent among the latter class is William Edwards, who is residing upon his splendid farm on section 34, of Hale Township. He is the son of William and Mary (Williams) Edwards, and was born in England about 1830, where he was reared and lived until May, 1849. There were five children in his father's family, of whom the following is a record : George, Eliza, Fannie, William and Jane. George and Fannie are deceased. Eliza married Richard Morgan, and lives in Monmouthshire, England. There were born of this marriage six children, two of whom are deceased. Jane, the youngest, is living with her brother, the subject of this sketch. The demise of his parents occurred in England.

As alrjady stated, William Edwards was a young man of not 20 years of age when he bid adieu to the shores of his native Isle, to seek a new home in America. He found a location in Ohio, where he remained for about two years, when, in August, 1852, he came West to the fertile prairies of the Military Tract, which were being then opened up by the Peoria & Oquawka, the NorthernCross and the Military Tract Railways. He found a desirable location in Warren County, where he has since been a resident. He is the owner of 240 acres of well improved land, on sections 34 and 35, of Hale Township.

Upon this he erected a fine set of farm buildings and entered vigorously and energetically upon the task of its cultivation and improvement, until at present it presents the appearance of thrift and energy. A view of the residence and farm buildings of the homestead, are represented in the pictorial department of this work on page 404.

r. J. Lee, one of the well-known and successful physicians of Roseville village, Warren County, this State, is a native of Kentucky, where he was born in the year 1818, and is a son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Mcponald) Lee, natives respectively of East Tennessee and Virginia. The Lee family of this

- of Charles II., of England, one of whom married a daughter of that monarch. They came to Virginia at an early day and their descendants composed many men of note and prominence in the history of that State, and the father of the Doctor was a full cousin of Gen. Robert E. Lee.

The parents of Dr. Lee came to Illinois in 1827 and located in Morgan County, where they bought a considerable body of land and remained in the State of Illinois until their death. At that time no settlers had ventured farther north than Morgan County, and even in that section there were but a few families. Many of the pioneers, who finally located in Northern Illinois, stopped for a year or two in Morgan County, as a few men, like the elder Lee, had moved there at a very early day and had raised crops and thus made provisions for the incoming pioneer. Stephen Lee had a family of six children, as follows: Thomas, Joseph, Nancy, Stephen, William and John.

The Doctor is the second son of the family, and spent the first 25 years of his life under the protection of his parents He attended the customary common district schools, where he received a fair education, and at the age of 16 years, while engaged in farming, he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Charles Chandler, of Cass Co. He also read with Dr. Schooley, of the same county. He finally became a faithful student of Rush Medical College, Chicago. He was in the drug business several years at Virginia, 111., and since 1864 has been in active prac'ice at Roseville. He is thus one of the oldest physicians in the place and has as his associate counsel, Drs. Webster and Crawford, of Monmouth.

Politically, the Doctor is identified with the Republican party and religiously he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church. He has been quite successful both in his practice and in liis accumulations and to-day owns a good farm of 160 acres near Hancock Station, Pottawatamie Co., Iowa, and has a fine residence, with office attached, at Roseville.

His first marriagi was with Miss Sarah Eliza Campbell, a daughter of Judge P. W. Campbell of Mason County, this State, on April 1 1, 1842, her igth birthday. She died Feb. 10, 1845, leaving two sons, Stephen W. and Joseph N. Stephen W., was a student and graduate of Rush Medical College; practiced medicine in Chicago about 14 years ; died " Feb. 22, 1880, of an injury received while in the army, aged 36 years. He was a soldier in the Second 111. Cav. Joseph N. Lee is farming in Washington Territory at present, and has been in the territory for the past five years.

£ ohn Edward Paine is the Supervisor of Sumner Township, in the current year (1885). He is a member of the agricultural class of Warren County, and is located on section 27. He was born in Lake Co., Ohio, Oct. 2, 1834. He is the son of Charles Henry who was born in CayugaCo., N. Y., Feb. 13, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. The is the son of Gen. Edward Paine, who was a. in Ohio when it was still a territory. He owned the site of the city of Gainesville, which perpetuates his name. He purchased a considerable tract of land when he located in what was Lake County, after the municipal divisions had been made. He improved a farm, on which he lived until his death, at the age of 96. He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, under immediate command of Gen. Washington. After the war he was commissioned General of the State Militia in Ohio. His son, the father of Mr. Paine, of this account, was reared in Lake and married in Portage Co., Ohio. Parthenia Mason became his wife May 19, 1817. She was born Sept. 7, 1798,^1 Connecticut. She was aunt to the wife of the lamented President Garfield, consequently Mrs. Garfield and Mr. Paine are first cousins. Mr. Garfield and his wife were at Mrs. Paine's residence visiting. He arrived there several days before the memorable battle of Bull Run. Upon receiving the news of the battle, his feelings were so worked up he could not continue his visit any longer ; so Mr. Paine took him with a team to Monmouth, in order to catch the first train to take him to Ohio. As soon as he could make the necessary arrangements, he then enlisted.

After their marriage, John Edward Paine and his wife reu oved to Portage County, in the Buckeye State, and located on a timber tract, where the proprietor improved a farm. After a term of years they returned to Lake County, where they continued to reside until 1835. They removed in that year to Indiana, where they passed a year, in Porter County. In 1 836 they came to Warren County. The family at the time included five children. The trip hither was made by the conveyance commonly used by the emigrants of that period and their method of management was also the same, and consisted of domestic arrangements of about the same character as they were accustomed to at home, with the different surroundings of a house and home on wheels and the lack of locality, as every morning, noon and night found them fn a new place. It should have been stated that Mr. Paine had made the selection of his location on a previous visit to the county, and after taking possession he resided there until his death. A log cabin, belonging to Mr. Rockwell (see sketch), stood adjacent, and Mr. Paine rented it for the shelter of his family through the first winter after their arrival. During the winter season, Mr. Paine made haste to build his own house, which was of hewn logs. It was double, and well adapted to the comfort of the household of that period. He made the first improvement on the place in the spring of 1837. After getting settled, he gave his undivided attention to the work of improvement, and soon put his entire acreage in valuable condition. His life continued until Warren County was in a well developed and prosperous condition. His death transpired April 5, 1859. His wife died Jan. 27, 1877. Following is the brief history of their children: Emmeline died at the age of three years; Amanda lives at Monmouth and is the wife of R. A. Gibson; Emily became the wife of Nathaniel Brownlee, and is_ his survivor; Lucretia married F. H. Merrill, and they live in Fulton Co. ; Charles H. is a resident of Washington Territory ; the subscriber is the next in order of birth ; Eliza Arabella is married to C. M. Rogers, of Hale Township.

Mr. Paine arrived in Warren County on his second birthday. After attending the common schools until he had somewhat advanced toward the period of his youth, he passed one winter attending school at Galesburg. July 26, 1862, he enlisted in Co., B, ; 83d 111. Vol. Inf., and remained in the military service until the war closed. His command was stationed for a long time at Fort Donelson, and while there on duty repulsed an attack from a force of ' Rebels of greatly surpassing numbers. Mr. Paine received an honorable discharge with the regiment in June, 1865. He returned to the homestead of his parents, which is his property, and on which he has since resided. The farm of which he is the owner contains 630 acres. It is under excellent improvements and is exceptional in the manner in which it is watered. Two never-failing streams flow through it, and it is also well supplied with a growth of natural timber. The latter is situated on the banks of Cedar Creek. The farm residence is of brick and the other buildings are frame structures.

Ann E. Turnbull became the wife of Mr. Paine May 17, 1860. She is the daughter of David and Nancy (Mitchel) Turnbull. Her birth took place March 13, 1835, in Warren County. Nine of their children are living - Olive P., John M., Mary E. (who is the wife of Delavan Frantz, a citizen of Monmouth), William T., Nancy M.,Charle., H., Anna Belle, Frederick C., Frank M. David, the seventh child, was born June 22, 187 1, and died Oct. 14, 1875. Mr. Paine is an Elder in the United Presbyterian Church.

acob Baldwin, who, in his 7 8th year, is passing the evening of his life in quiet retirement on his little farm of 83 acres, on section 17, Tom pk ins Township, is a native of York State, having been born in Fishkill, on the Hudson, Dutchess Co., N. Y., Dec. 25, and was consequently a Christmas gift to his parents, Elisha and Jemima (Ryder) Baldwin, natives of that State.

Jacob Baldwin, the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this biographical notice, remain- . ed with his parents until three years after he had attained his majority, in the meantime attending the common schools and assisting his father in the labors on the farm. Arriving at the age named, he bid adieu to his father and mother, and went forth into the cold and unfriendly world to do for himself. He purchased land and for five years followed the calling of a farmer, when he sold this place and purchased another farm of 200 acres, in Cayuga County, his native State, on which he located and for 18 years was actively and laboriously occupied in its cultivation and improvement. He then sold his landed interests in York State and in 1858 came to this State, and for two years followed his chosen av- . ocation, on rented land, in Tompkins Township, this county. At the expiration of this time he bought 83 acres on section 17, where he is living to day, retired from the active labors of a vocation he has followed more or less all his life.

On the lotli day of January, 1833, Mr. Baldwin was married to the lady of his choice, Miss Abigail Brigg. a native of York State and a daughter of Elias and Catherine (Campbell) Brigg, natives of Dutchess County, N. Y., where her father followed agricultural pursuits. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin, 13 children have been born, whose names are, Elias B., Elisha J., Philetus R., Charlotte J., Frances J., Oscar, Charles H., Nora A., George W., Hattie M. and Elmer R. Daniel P., the sixth child in order of birth, was a veteran in the late war, and was shot on the breast-works at Resaca, from which wound he died. Nine of the children named are married and Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin have 26 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Mr. Baldwin, in politics, is a Greenbacker. He is one of the leading citizens of his township and is respected for his straightforward, manly dealings with his fellow men. His wife has been a consistent member of the Baptist Church for 40 years. Sarah M. Baldwin, the seventh child in order of birth of the children of Mr. and Mrs. B., died at the age of one year xnd six months. Of their children, three boys were soldiers in the war for the Union and in fighting for which, as we have already stated, one gave up his life.

Ibert J. Rockwell, deceased, was the sou of one of the earliest pioneers of the township of Sumner, and passed the remainder of his life, after the removal ot his parents to Warren County, in that township. He was prominent in his business relations, combining the vocations of merchant and farmer, the latter occupying the greater portion of his life.

He was born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, Jan. 16, r823, and the eldest child of his parents, his father being the lineal descendant of a Rockwell who came to this country in 1630. The subject of this notice was nine years of age when he came to Warren County. (An account of the lives of the parents is presented in connection with the personal narration of Mr. A. H. Rockwell, to be found on another page of this work.) Our subject was a pupil in the common schools of Ohio while his family were there resident, and when a High School was established in Hendersonville, Knox Co., 111., he attended it and thus acquired a good and thorough education. His1 father was engaged in a multitude of business relations, and the son early developed unusual ability as a book-keeper and clerk in the store. In 1855 he opened a stor^ on his own account at Denny, and was extensively engaged in business pursuits until 1865. Himself and his brother bought the family homestead, which they divided not long after their purchase. Retiring at this period from mercantile Ijfe, he devoted his attention to farming exclusively for the remainder of his days. His death occurred July 22, 1882. His remains rest in the old Rockwell burying ground situated on the homestead repurchased by himself and brother. At the time of his death he was the proprietor of a farm of 200 acres.

Politically, Mr. Rockwell was a Democrat. He was connected by membership with no religious denomination, but was a regular attendant on the services of the Church to which his wife belonged. Always prominent in his interest and connection with whatever seemed to promise good to the community,, he entered heartily into the prosecution of all such enterprises. The deceased took a great interest in the projected railroad through Sumner Township, and lost heavily in his investment in a scheme which unfortunately proved unavailable.

Mr. Rockwell was married twice. His first wife, nee Mary J. Craig, was born in Ohio, and died Jan. 28, 1848. Their only child died in infancy. He was again married to Helen M. Burnett, Feb. 12, 1856. She was born in Washington Co., N. Y., May 23, 1833, and is the daughter of John and Lucina (Tefft) Burnett. They were natives of Vermont and New York respectively. The grandfather of Mrs. Rockwell, on the father's side, was a native of Scotland, and born about the year 1770. He emigrated to this country about 1788, and settled in Bennington Co., Vt. When the father of Mrs. Rockwell was six years of age, the family moved to Washington Co., N. Y. Mrs. Rockwell's grandmother on her mother's side was of English origin. Her parents, on coming to this country, settled in Connecticut, whence they also afterward emigrated to Washington Co., N. Y.. where the mother of Mrs. Rockwell was born in 1802. The father of Mrs. Rockwell was known among his large circle of acquaintances as Capt. John Burnett, which title he acquired in the early times when " general trainingday " was an institution.

Six of the children who constitute the issue of Mr. Rockwell's second marriage are living. Fannie F. is the wife of John Whitman, who is settled in Page Co., Iowa, where he is a school-teacher. The other children are John, James, Albert, Archie and Ada G,, and reside at home.

Mrs. Rockwell is a member of the United Presbyterian Church. She is a resident on the homestead. The many friends of her late husband will be pleased to find, on another page, an excellent portrait of the deceased.

'ohn Rogers is one of the farmers of Warren County who, from a small beginning, k has made a competency by the application of the industry and perseverance which is his heritage as a foreigner and one who is born into the world with a proclivity to make the most of such resources as fall to the common lot of mankind.

He is a resident on section 2, Spring Grove Township, and is the owner of a fine farm of 200 acres.. He was born June 24, 1825, in the County Roscommon, Ireland. His mother, Catherine, died when he was 17 years of age, and in the succeeding year his father, Michael, married again. When he was 18 years old he went to Yorkshire, England, and was there employed as a farm hand until 1850, when he. came to America. In November of that year he sailed from the port of Liverpool for the United States. The vessel was wrecked and was driven to the Bermudas. Mr: Rogers finally reached New York, after a passage of 13 weeks and three days. The severity of the weather and the exposure of the passengers on the wreck caused the death of many, but his good health and powers of endurance enabled him to survive all, and he landed in a comparatively uninjured condition. He went to Orange Co., New York, where he had an older brother, who was the only member of his family, besides himself, who came to the United States. He remained there until 1855, when he came to Keithsburg, 111., where he had some friends, and was there employed in awarehouse for William Gale. He came thence to Warren County, in 1858, where he located on the farm on which he has continued to reside ever since. He had bought 160 acres of land ki Mercer County, and paid for it, but, as it subsequently appeared, the party had no legal power to sell it, and in consequence Mr. Rogers lost both his money and land.

He, therefore, had to start anew again. In 1851 he came here, and has been 35 years in the West. Politically, he has always been a Democrat and has steadily voted for that party. He is engaged in raising Short-horn stock, and is an accomplished leader in that line of cattle. Before he came to Spring Grove Township, he had bought 60 acres of land, of which 30 acres were, under the plow at the time of his purchase. His success has enabled him to make further purchases, until he is now the owner of a good farm, as mentioned above. He has also become the owner of 200 acres, situated seven miles west of the place on which he lives, and parts of which lie respectively in Warren and in Mercer Counties.

The marriage of Mr. Rogers to Mary Murphy took place Dec. 26, 1853. She was born in Ireland. She was living in Orange County, New York, at the time of her marriage. To them have been born six children. Charles is the leading merchant in Little York, Warren County, and is represented by a sketch on another page. He married Maggie McNamara, and they have two children. William resides in Sumner Township, and is a farmer. He married Miss Hannah McNamara. John is a partner in the store with his brother at Little York. Kate is the wife of Bartholomew McNamara, of Sumner Township ; they have two children. Mary and Ann are the names of the two unmarried children.

L'ames Simmons, a goodly land owner in Jjjj- Greenbush Township, residing upon section 2, was born in Warren County, Ky., Aug. 10, 1809. He is a son of William Simmons, a native of Virginia, who was born in 1775, and who died in 1865, at the venerable age of 90 years. The father was united in marriage with Miss Esther Slice, in 1798. She was born in 1779, in South Carolina, and died in 1855. Their union was blessed with the birth of 13 children, who were named Peter, Martin, Betsey, James, Charles, Sarah, Lucinda, John, Roley, Susan, Herbert, Nancy and William.

with Miss Melinda Jennings, Dec. 9, 1838. She was born in 1819, in Indiana, and has borne her husband ten children - Elizabeth, born in 1842 ; Sarah E.,in 1844; Samantha J , in 1846; Nancy M., in 1848; William E., in 1851, and died May 12, 1884; Eliza E., born in 1855 ; Thomas J., in 1857; Ida M., in 1860; James E., in 1863. Mr. Simmons, of this notice, when quite young, moved with his parents to Howard County, Mo., where, after a residence of one year, he removed to Boone County, tliat State. After living there about eight years, his father moved, to this State, and located near Jacksonville. From that point he subsequently moved to Iowa, where he died in the year stated. Mr. Simmons is the proprietor of 373 acres of land, located on section 2, Greenbush Township, and where he resides, passing the sunset of his life in the occupation which he has followed so many years, but from the active labors of which he is retired.

Caldwell JJind, M. D., physician and surgeon at Monmouth, is of German extraction, and was born at Millersburg, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1849. His parents were natives of n Pennsylvania and were married in Ohio, rearing five sons and three daughters. Two of the sons are physicians, one a jeweler, one a farmer, and one is Supreme Recorder of the order of Chosen Friends, Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Linn, the mother, died in 1885, aged 68 years. The senior Mr. Linn is a farmer at or near Paint Valley, Ohio.

E. Caldwell Linn was reared upon a farm, alternating the seasons at farm labor and attendance at the common schools. At the age of 20 years he entered the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio; graduated in 1874, read medicine a while with Dr. W. S. Battles, of Shreve, Ohio, took a course of study and lectures at the Cincinnati (Ohio) College of Physicians and Surgeons, and finally, after one of the most thorough courses of preparatory sludy, graduated in the spring of 1878 from the Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons, as M. D.

He commenced practice at Hamilton, 111. .immediately after leaving college, and at the end of a yean removed to Bowen, the same State, where he re- mained two years. From Bowen he returned to Hamilton, and was there connected with the Riverside Infirmary as consulting physician for about a year, coming thence to Monmouth, in the autumn of 1 88 1. Thoroughly conversant with the current literature of his profession, experienced in therapeutics, conscientious in his pra.cr.ice, Dr. Linn merits and enjoys the full confidence of his patroas, who are numbered among the intelligent people of Warren Co. He is prominently identified with the various medical associations, local and general, and without ostentatious parade keeps himself abreast with the best of them.

The Doctor was married at Shreve, Ohio, Oct. 12, 1881, to Miss IxHiisa Seeberger, the accomplished daughter of A. A. Seeberger, Esq., now of Monmouth. Dr. Linn is the architect of his own fortune. The recipient of no gratuity, what he is, he has made himself; what he has, he has earned. Dr. Linn is a member and Elder of the United Presbyterian Church.

Tohn Kelsey, residing on a good farm located on section 9, Swan Township, of which he is the owner, was born in Warren Co., 111., Jan. 3, 1840, and is the son of James Kelsey, a native of Kentucky, where he was born in 1806. The father came to Illinois in 1834, and first located in Sangamon County. He came to this county in 1836, and died here Aug. 29, 1844. Before coming to Warren County, the father of John Kelsey was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Vandeveer, in 1835. She was born in Indiana in 1815, and died in this county, Aug. 29, 1872. They were the parents of five children - Mary J , Margaret Ann., John, William H. and Samuel, all of whom are living.

John Kelsey was married, to Miss Harriet Day, Oct. 5, 1865, Rev. Whitehead,of the Baptist Church, officiating. She was born in Indiana, June 5, i 849, and has borne her husband five children, two of whom are deceased. The record is as follows : Delbert, born Oct. 12, 1866; Emory, Feb. i, 1870, and died March 22, 1871; Mary, born March 6, 1872; Hershell, born Aug. 15, 1874, and died Nov. 15, 1876, and Nettie, born Jan. 27, 1878. The parents of Mrs. Kelsey were William H. H. and Sarah (Hamilton) Day. Her father was born in Indiana, in 1817, and died one year after coming to this State, in 1853. He was married in 1837, and his wife was born in Indiana, in 1818, and died in this State, in 1876. The death of the former was caused by a cancer on the breast and he died after an illness of about one year. Their children were five in number - Amanda, Warren, Emily, Harriet and Mary F., all of whom are living and well-to-do in life.

Mr. Kelsey, of this notice, has 140 acres of land under an advanced state of cultivation, located on sections 9 and 10, Swan Township, where he resides and is engaged in agricultural pursuits. In addition to the cultivation of his land, he is devoting considerable of his time and means to the raising of high grades of Short-horns, and his horses are from onehalf to seven-eighths Norman. Mr. Kelsey is a member of the Baptist Church, and extremely liberal in his religious opinions, although a firm believer in the immortality of the soul. He is a just man, a kind father, a generous neighbor, and always willing to aid in any enterprise that is calculated to benefit his fellow men or the community in which he lives. In politics, he is a believer in and supporter of the principles advocated by the Democratic party.

Mrs. James Kelsey, mother of the subject of this notice, remained a widow for three years after the death of her husband, when she was again married to John Blue, a native of Kentucky. Their union proved to be a very unhappy one, on account of his intemperate habits which caused some of her children, by her former marriage, to leave home, and the society of their mother. John, whose biography we write, was one of these unfortunate ones, and at the age of nine years went to live with his uncle, Absalom Vandeveer, with whom he resided until he was 20 years of age. By energy and perseverance he has succeeded in accumulating a goodly share of this world's goods, and is surrounded with a happy family of three children. Socially, Mr. Vandeveer is a member of the A. F. & A. M., at Youngstown, belonging to Lodge No. 387. He first joined the order in 1853, at Greenbush, this county, and has been Treasurer of the Lodge for 25 years. For four years Mr. Vandeveer was Justice of the Peace, in Swan arker B. Parrish, a successful farmer in this county, which occupation he has followed for the major portion of his life, is a resident on section 4, Ellison Township. He was born near La Fayette, Tippecanoe Co., Ind., Jan. 19, 1832. The father of Mr. Parrish of this notice was Henry Parrish, a native of Virginia, who moved with his parents to Ross Co., Ohio, and there resided until his marriage with Eliza Harvey, a native of Maine, who accompanied her parents on their emigration to that county a few years prior to her marriage. After their marriage they resided in Ohio until six children had been born to them, when they moved to Indiana, in 1831, and located near LaFayette, then but a hamlet. The land at that early period was in its natural condition, ! and the hand of civilization was as yet hardly visible. - They entered Government land at a time when the I Indian Reserve was but seven miles from their residence, which was located near the battle ground on which Harrison overcame Tecumseh, the afterwards famous Tippecanoe Valley. The parents continued to reside in that beautiful portion of the State, where the father followed the occupation of a farmer, and where they were both finally laid to rest.

The subject of this notice was the first child of his parents born in Indiana, and the seventh in order of birth of the family. He resided at home and got his education in the old log-cabin school-house of the day, these being the primitive educational advantages then afforded the community. His years, prior to his majority, were passed on the farm, lending a hand in the maintenance of the family, and attending school. On becoming his own master, Mr. Parrish worked as a general laborer until his marriage. This event took place April 16, 1855, in this county, when Miss Annaretta Godfrey became his wife. She was born July 4, 1828. After marriage Mr. Parrish with his wife returned to Indiana, where they lived in happy union for seven years, when she passed to the land of the hereafter, the date of her demise being May 11, 1862. Three children survived her, namely: Gus A., who married Florence Livermore, and is residing on a farm in this township; Willard, who was united in marriage with Mary Cramer and is at present residing at Red Oak, la., near which place he" is engaged in stock-raising and farming. The third child, Anna, died at the age of seven years.

Mr. Parrish, after the death of his first wife, returned to this county, where, in Ellison Township, on Sept. 7, 1863, he was again married, the lady who became his second life-partner being Charlotte Godfrey, a sister of his former wife, and the daughter of Elijah and Ellen (Davis) Godfrey. Her parents were natives of Maryland, prior to whose union the parents of both had removed to Ross Co., Ohio, where Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey first met each other and where they were married. The parents of Mrs. Godfrey removed to Indiana, and afterwards came to this county and located in Ellison Township, where her father died, her mother having preceded him to the spirit-land during their stay in Tippecanoe Co., Ind. Mrs. Parrish was born in that county, Sept. 30, 1837. She was the seventh in order of birth of a family of ten children, which consisted of eight daughters and two sons, and resided at home, receiving her education in the district schools and assisting her mother in the household duties, until her marriage with Mr. Parrish. They "have become the parents of eight children, three of whom are deceased. Those living are Charles E.» John O., Ida, Nora B. and Effie E., and the deceased are Frank, Lucilla and Harry.

In 1863, Mr. Parrish purchased 80 acres of land where he is at present residing. Locating on this land, he at once set to work with characteristic energy to establish a home for himself and family, which would __ afford , a comfortable shelter in the declining years of their life. By energy and economy, hard work and the exercise of a naturally sound judgment, he was, in 1875, enabled to purchase an additional 160 acres, located on section 3, same township, and a few years afterward added thereto 40 acres of farm land and 28 acres of timber. Mr. Parrish has thus increased his landed interests in this county until he is at present the owner of 308 acres of land, all of which, with the exception of timber, is tillable.

In addition to strictly agricultural pursuits, Mr. P. is somewhat extensively engaged in the breeding and raising of stock. He was the second man in this county to recognize the value of the improvement of Short-horn stock, and began breeding in 1871. The first Short-horn heifer purchased by him is yet on his farm, and weighs r,8oo pounds. He is also the proud owner of two full-blood Clydesdale horses, and part owner of three others. Thus successful has he proved himself as a propagator of improved stock.

acob Hayden, who is passing the sunset of his life on his farm, on sections 12 and 13, Tompkins Township, where he follows his chosen vocation, that of an agriculturist, was born in Ohio, in 1820. The parents of Mr. Hayden, John and Nancy (Ellis) Hayden,- were natives of Maryland and Virginia respectively. They moved from the latter State to Ohio in 1816, where the father purchased 160 acres of land, on which he resided with his family, engaged in its cultivation until his death. The gentleman whose name appears at the head of this biographical notice, lived with his parents until he was 22 years old, receiving at their hands a good common-school education. At that age in life his savings enabled him to purchase 40 acres of laad, and after living thereon until 1849, he came to this State and for two years farmed on rented land in this county. In 1850 he purchased 80 acres of land in Ellison Township, and there resided for 15 years, until 1865. During that year he moved to Tompkins Township, and there purchased 95 acres, on which he moved and has resided for 20 years, following the vocation of an agriculturist.

Miss Mary A. King, an accomplished young lady, native of the Buckeye State, Jan. 27, 1846, became the wife of the subject of this notice, and has borne children, namely : Sarah F., George, Charles and Carrie M. In politics, Mr. Hayden casts his vote with the Republican party, and he and his wife are consistent, active workers in the cause of religion, belonging to the Christian Church.

W. Armstrong, a practicing physician, residing at Kirkwood, this county, was born in Knox County, East Tennessee, Jan. 22, 1807. The parents of Mr. Armstrong, John and Nancy (Wier) Armstrong, were natives of 1 Tennessee. They moved from that State to Indiana in 1826, where the father followed surveying and where he purchased a quantity of land, on which he lived until his death, Oct. 23, 1851, his wife having preceded him to the land beyond the river, July 5, 1818.

A. W. Armstrong, a sketch of whose life we give in this biography, remained with his parents until one year after attaining his majority. At the age named, 22, he took a course of study in the Tennessee Literary College, at which he matriculated and followed the entire curriculum of that institution, occupying six years of hi-; lime. He then taught school for two years in the Male Seminary, at Knoxville, Tenn., and also taught Latin in the college from which he graduated for one year. In 1833 Dr. Armstrong commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Mclntosh, a graduate of Edinburgh College, Scotland, with whom he remained two years. He then attended a course of lectures at Drake's College, Cincinnati, and subsequently took a course of study at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, where he graduated, in 1849. He at once entered upon the practice of his profession and actively continued the same until r873. During that year he took a trip to California, where he remained one year, then returned, resumed his practice and continued the same until 1879. At this date he took another rest from active labor and spent a year in Arkansas, when he returned and has since continued his practice. In 1844 Dr. Armstrong went to Crawfordsville, Ind., where he lived for 12 years. He came to this county in 1858 and settled at Kirkwood, and from that time until the present, with the exception stated, has actively followed the practice of his profession there. He is a gentleman whose reputation in the community is such that it requires at our hands no encomiums, and his success in his profession places him among the most prominent men in the county.

Dr. Armstrong wooed and won Miss Mary Westfall, a native of Ohio, and they were married in 1847. Their union has been blessed with the birth of three children - William D., Sarah L. and Mattie. In politics, the Doctor votes with the Democratic party, and, with his wife, belongs to the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Armstrong is the oldest physician of Kirkwood.and although in his 7 8th year, is enjoying good health. William D. Armstrong married Miss Annie Cargill, a native of Warren County, this State. This union has been blessed with seven children, viz.: Alfred C, Clarence, Mary, Edith, Mabel, William and an infant, at this writing not named.

Sarah L. married Samuel Allen, a prominent business man of Kirkwood ; to them have been born four children, viz.: Kemper, Wilma, Pearl and Nina. Kemper is now deceased. Mattie is living with her parents and is a teacher in the public school.

ohn T. McWilliams, engaged in general '-'- farming on section i, Ellison Township, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, Dec. 20, 1826. His father, Alexander McWilliams, of Irish descent, was a native of Pennsjlvania and a farmer by occupation. He married Miss Jane Boyle, in his native State. She was also a native of that State and of Scotch ancestry and descent. John T., the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this notice, was about 17 years of age when, in 1844, his parents came to this State, locating in Ellison Township, where two years afterward, in 1846, the father died, aged 49 years. His mother died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Almira Yoho, in Ellison Township, in 1883, aged 81 years. John T. was the fourth in order of birth of a family of twelve children, only four of whom are living, two in Illinois and two in Iowa, Mr. McWilliams being the oldest of the children living. He received a limited education in the district schools and assisted in the labors of the farm, developing into manhood.

The marriage of Mr. McWilliams took place Aug. 3°) t^SS- i" tne State of Missouri, at which time Miss Naitcy Sackett, a highly educated, Christian lady, became hrs wife. She was "born in 1839, in St. Clair County, this State, and died at her home in Ellison Township, Dec. 5, 1867. By their union five children were born - Charles H., a conductor on the Northern Pacific Railroad, and who formerly followed the same vocation on the Union Pacific Road ; Frank resides in Cheyenne County, Kansas ; Marion is living at Marshalhown, Iowa, where he is engaged in teaching; Mannda B. became the wife of M. J. Ralston, who lives at Creighton, Neb., where he is following 1 he occupation of a farmer ; and Amy is living at home. Afier the death of his first wife, Mr. McWilliams was again married, March 14, 1869, the Christian lady chosen for his wife being Mrs. Mary Crosier, nee Loftus. Her parents were natives of Kentucky. Of her former union with Mr. Crosier,-, two children were born, and of her latter union with Mr. McWilliams, three children have been born,one-j of whom is deceased. The living are A. J. and- Archie, who reside at home. Mrs. McWilliams departed this life Aug. 3, 1879, at her home in Ellison Township.

Mr. McWilliams made his first purchase of land in this county in 1869, the same consisting of 80 acres. He at present has 60 acres under an advanced state of cultivation. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Protestant Church. Mr. McWilliams enlisted in the Mexican War in an independent company of Illinois Cavalry, and was in active service as a scout, but was in no general engagement. He was discharged at the close of the w.ir, in August, 1848. He also enlisted in the war for the Union, joining Co. C, 83d 111. Vol. Inf., and was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, where his re'giment was under the command of General Thomas. He belonged to a mounted company and participated in no general engagement, but in numerous skirmishes. He was finally transferred from the 83d to the 6ist Regiment, and received an honorable discharge in 1865. In the cyclone that swept away the village of Ellison, May 30, 1858, Mr. Mc- Williams lost two sisters, Mary A. and Harriet, both young ladies, and both killed by the tornado at that

Charles S. Fletcher, a farmer on section 17, Tompkins Township, Warren County, was born in Ferrisburgh, Addison Co., Vt., June 9, 1825. His parents were Samuel and Ida (Cousins) Fletcher, natives of England and Vermont respectively. Samuel Fletcher was a signal officer at the battle on Lake Champlain under Commodore McDonough, and received $[,ooo as prize money. He was Captain of the Ethan Allen, a vessel on Lake Champlain, and during a heavy storm in 1832 he was swept overboard and drowned. His wife's death occurred in 1829.

Charles S. Fletcher (the subject of this article), who, previous to his father's death, had been placed in the care of Samuel Spafford, came to Ohio with him in 1832. He continued a member of that gentleman's family until he was 14 years of age. He remained in the Buckeye State until he attained his 2oth year, when he embarked in the show business, and for 15 years traveled with a menagerie and circus, during which period he was with a company exhibiting through the West Indies and South America, in which countries he also made a large collection of birds, reptiles and other curiosities. At the age of 35 years, Mr. Fletcher came to Ellison Township, Warren County, where he had previously purchased 1 60 acres of land, and there remained, cultivating and improving the same for a period of two years, and then sold and purchased another tract of 160 acres, in the same township, being a resident of it for about the same length of time as he was the other. His next move was to his present location, where he has landed possessions to the number of 90 acres on section 17 and 5 acres on section 6, this township, and 640 acres in Nebraska. In 1876 Mr. F. erected a residence, which cost him in the neighborhood of $11,000, which he sold soon after completing. His home farm presents the appearance of thrift and energy, and is in an advanced state of cultivation. He carries on a general farming, and is one of the substantial men of Warren County.

Mr. Fletcher and Miss Sarah E. Wilson, a native of Connecticut, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony Oct. 28, 1860. Her parents were Clark S. and Elizabeth A. (Peck) Wilson, both natives of the State of Connecticut. They came West in the fall of 1861, and are now residing with Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher. They have become the parents of a family of eight children, all surviving, except one, as follows: Samuel C., born July 20, 1862; Sidney W., born May 31, 1864; Nina E., born Feb. i, 1866, Ninette A., born Nov. 6, 1869 ; Ida May, born May i, 1872; Ethan Allen, born Sept. 9, 1876; and Charles B., born Aug. 26, 1884; and Minerva I., deceased.

W. Nisely, one of Warren County's energetic and prosperous farmers, resides on section 34, Roseville Township; is a son of Jacob and Margaret (Hawk) Nisely, having been born in Jefferson Co., Ohio, Feb. 22, 1818. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and the former came to Jefferson Co., Ohio, in 1816, and engaged in the distilling business, and also that of a farmer for some time. They died in Medina, Ohio, the father in 1867 and the mother in 1874.

G. W. Nisely remained at home until he was 25 years of age, spending his time in the common schools and at work for his father. He has a good farm of 130 acres, carries on a general farming business, and is recognized as one of the solid and substantial men of Warren County.

On the gth of March, 1853, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah M. Mabry, who was a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of William and Esther (Leurman) Mabry, of Ohio. They have a family of ten children, to whom they have given the following names: Homer, George W., Mary, Jerome, John F., Hester M., Thomas B., Charles E., Albert A. and Kittie M. Mr. Nisely is a Prohibitionist in

There were 13 children in the family of Mr. Nisely's father, eight of whom are living. Samuel, one of the sons, lives in Iowa. The remainder are all living in Ohio, except the subject of this sketch.

Jacob Nisely, the father, died in Medina County, at the age of 76 years. His wife, and mother of George, died also in that county at the age of 76 years. Mr. Nisely left home in the spring of 1855, and stopped in Peoria County, and the next year went to Knox County. He came to Warren County in 1857 and rented land until 1864, when he purchased 80 acres on section 34, of Roseville Township and here has lived to the present.

Thomas Patton, of the firm of Patton & Beedee, dealers in flour, seeds, pumps, agricultural implements, lime, cement, etc., at Monmouth, 111., was born in Adams Co., Ohio, Nov. 20, 1831. The parents of Mr. Pation, John S. and Jane (McCague) Patton, reared two sons and two daughters. The senior Mr. Patton was twice married (see biography of R. S. Patton).

The subject of this biographical notice was brought up on his father's farm. Of the children Mr. Patton was the third in order of birth and the second son. At the common schools he acquired a good English education and taught successfully for several years in Ohio. In 1855 he came to Illinois and resided in Peoria County up to r868, teaching school in the meantime, five or six winters, and carrying on a farm during the summer. In 1868 he removed to Warren County and was engaged in the occupation of an agriculturist, in Hale Township, for about ten years, coming thence to Monmouth, where he has since been engaged in his present business. His first partner was M. A. Gidding; his second, D. C. Goudy; and the third, Mr. Beedee. Mr. Patton was a successful farmer and is likewise a popular and successful merchant. Before coming to Monmouth, he was two years School Trustee, and since residing here he has represented his ward two years in the city council.

Miss Esther Stevenson, in Marshall Co., 111., Oct. 16, 1856. Mrs. Patton died in 1877, leaving four children - Ella J. (Mrs. R. Miller), Charles, Nannie B. and Alice. Mr. Patton's second marriage occurred at Monmouth, in 1878, the present Mrs. Patton having been Mrs. Eliza J. Davidson, nee Black. Religio isly, both Mr. and Mrs. Patton are members of the U !ted Presbyterian Church.

Charles E. Russell. Among the prominent young farmers of Warren County, we have the subject of this personal narrative. He lives on section 14, of Lenox Township, and is a son of Jonathan Russell, a prominent farmer of the county, whose biography is given in this ALBUM. His mother, Lydia A. (Evans) Russell, was a native of Pennsylvania. Charles was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1859. He received a good education in the schools of this county, his | arents having moved here when he was about a year old. Here he was reared and has since lived. He is the owner of 70 acres of good, tillable land in Lenox Township, section 22. He is a member of the order of the Golden Rule, and in political faith, is a Republican.

Mr. Russell was married at Monmouth, Sept. 4, 1884, to Lonie L. Shaw, daughter of Clarkston Shaw and Melissa J. Codington, natives of New York and Kentucky respectively. Mrs. R. was born in Spring Grove Township, Nov. i, 1864.

oseph Tinkham, one of the large landowners of Warren County, living in retirement at Kirkwood, where he is passing the sunset of his life in peace and quiet, in the u enjoyment of the comforts which are the reward of a life of labor, energy and perseverance, was born in the Green Mountain State, March 26, i8r2.

The parents of Mr. Tinkham were Benjamin and Anna (Gray) Tinkham, natives of Vermont and New Hampshire respectively. His father was a farmer and died in his native State in 1827. Mrs. Tink- ham, mother of the subject of this notice, came to this State and resided with her children until her death, in 1861. Of this union, six children were born - Mary, Joseph, Benjamin, Ransom, Erastus and Amerette.

Joseph, the second child, whose name heads this biography, passed the years of his life prior to attaining his majority, under the care of his parents, receiving at their hands a good education, and assisting his father on the farm. On becoming his own master, his ambition to accumulate a competency for himself immediately began to assert itself. He left the parental homestead and worked out for six years. In 1835, when 22 years of age, realizing that better inducements were offered to young men in the undeveloped West, he emigrated to this State, and located in Warren County, where he purchased 1 60 acres of land. To his original purchase he subsequently added 500 acres, upon which he moved with his family and resided until 1 88 1, during which time the land was brought to a high state of cultivation. In the year last mentioned, he retired from the active labors of life and removed to Kirkwood, where he purchased a house and lot and where he has made his place of residence since.

Mr. Tinkham was married in 1841, the lady chosen to be his companion for life being Miss Ann Robinson, a native of the Keystone State, where she was born Dec. 13, 1815. Her parents, William R. and Sarah (Witcher) Robinson, natives of the State of Virginia, came to Illinois, locating in Sangamon County, in 1836, and after a period of four years removed to Logan County. At the latter place they entered on Government land and began to work the same, their farm being under an advanced state of cultivation when the mother died in 1845. The father's death occurred at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Ann Tinkham, in Kirkwood village, this county, in 1858. They were natives of Virginia, where her father was bom in 1779, and her mother in 1795. The grandparents of Mrs. Tinkham were, on the father's -side, McKenna Robinson and Elizabeth Wamsley, also natives of Virginia. On the mother's side, her ancestors were James Witcher and Mary Kelly, who were likewise Virginians. Of the union of William R. Robinson and Sarah Witcher, 12 children were the offspring, viz.: Mary, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Sarah, Ann, Mary Ann, Lydia, Jane, Minerva, William, Kittie and Christopher T.

To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tinkham have been born two children to brighten and bless their family circle. Mary A. married Samuel H. Smith and is the mother of four children - Jessie M., Mary D., Hayden F. and Edna F. who resides in this county. Joseph W. married Emily Blanch Cunningham, and their family comprises three children - Willard B., Zelma B. and Mary F., and they also live in this county.

Mr. Tinkham is a Democrat in political opinion, and, with his wife, belongs to the Christian Church. He is a stock-holder in the First National Bank at Kirkwood, has served this community as Supervisor, Township Treasurer, and in other minor offices, and is justly regarded as one of the influential men of Kirkwood village. Mr. Tinkham's portrait appears on page 422.

,rs. Martha M. Bennett, widow of Herman K. Bennett, resides on section 20, Tompkins Township, where she is engaged in carrying on agricultural pursuits, cultivating the land left her by her husband^ Herman K. Bennett, who was born Sept. 8, , 1833, in Madison Co., N. Y., and departed this life Nov. 8, 1879. Mr. Bennett received a good education in the common schools and was an inmate of his parenls's household until he attained the age of 17 years. At this time he went forth to do for himself, and for three years worked out^by the month. He then came to this State and engaged in the occupation of agriculture, which he made a lifetime pursuit. In 1854 he purchased 80 acres of land on section 19, Tompkins Township, on which he located with his family and at once entered actively and laboriously upon the task of its improvement and cultivation. By hard labor and economy, coupled with the active co-operation of his good helpmeet, he succeeded in saving sufficient to enable him to add 40 acres to his original purchase, the same being located on section 31. He lived and labored on his farm, determining to make it a permanent home for himself and family, until his death, at which time he left a clear title to 1 20 acres of good farm land to his wife and children.

nett and Miss Martha M. Fitzsimmons, was solemnized March 5, 1861. She was a native of New York and a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Dewitt) Fitzsimmons, natives of the same State. Their union was blessed with the birth of two children - Will H. and Cora E. Mrs. Bennett has, since her husband's death, purchased 160 acres of land, on section 20, east of the old homestead, upon which she now resides and manages the cultivation of her entire farm of 280 acres. In politics, Mr. B. was a Republican. He was a gentleman possessed of a large amount of benevolence and never failed to lend a helping hand to the needy, or failed to aid any good undertaking that was calculated to benefit the community, either with his time or means.

^lisha .1. Hughen, is a member of the agricultural community of the township of Point Pleasant, and is located on section 14. He was born in Greene Co., Ind., Aug. 31, 1825, and is a son of Samuel Hughen who was a native of South Carolina. The latter was born in the District of Newbury, in that State, and was married to Susannah Jones, who was a native of the same State and District. Some years after their marriage they removed to Indiana, being among the earliest of the permanent white settlers there. Mr. Hughen, senior, bought a large tract of timber land, where he cleared a farm, which was the place of his residence and the field of his operations until his death, which occurred in 1827. The mother, by that prudent management characteristic of parents in her generation, succeeded in keeping her fatherless flock of seven children together until they grew to the age of maturity and were settled in life. In 1856, she came to Warren County to become a member of the family of the son who is the subject of this narration, and with whom she passed the last years of her life. She died in 1859.

Mr. Hughen was less than two years of age when his father died. As boy and man, he devoted himself to the service of his mother, continuing to assist in the cultivation of the home farm, until his marriage, solely for her benefit.

with Mary, daughter of Drury and Elizabeth (Hurd) Boyd, and with his wife remained residents of the old family homestead until their removal to Warren County.

After their arrival here they farmed rented land for two years. In 1858, Mr. Hughen bought 80 acres, which he has since retained possession of and upon which he has expended the best energies of his life. It was all wild prairie and previous to taking possession with his family he was under the necessity of erecting a dwelling into which they moved in the spring of 1859. He has since enlarged the homestead by the purchase of 40 acres additional. The entire farm is under a high state of cultivation, being devoted to mixed husbandry, and Mr. Hughen may well be proud, not only of his success in securing a competency for the future, but also upon the reputation he has attained as a model farmer. He and his wife are the parents of four children. Elizabeth is the wife of J. Newton Anstine, of Seward Co., Neb. Esther married James King. She died leaving four children. Her husband and children live in Missouri. Susannah died in early chilhood. William resides at home with his father and mother. The latter is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

||: ansom Roberts, a representative citizen of the agricultural class of Warren County, residing upon section 2, Swan Township, where he is the proprietor of 218 acres of good farm land, is a native of this county, having been born here Apr. 2, 1839. He is a son of Abijah Roberts, a native of Ohio, who was born Jan. 2 6, 1798, came to this State in 1834 and located in Swan Township, where he purchased 160 acres of land, on section 12. He died June 23, 185 i, of cholera, after an illness of 24 hours. He was buried in the Bond Cemetery, Greenbush Township. Miss Laura Smith became his wife Dec. 10, 1836, they having been married in Morgan County. She was born in Morgan County, July 9, 1820, and was the first white child born in that county, her parents, Phineas and Lucy Smith, being pioneer settlers there.

notice, died Feb. 3, 1877, and was likewise buried in Bond Cemetery. She was the mother of seven children, five of whom survive, the eldest two having died in infancy. Those living are Ransom, born April 2, 1839; Abirum, April 15, 1841; Mariette, Dec. 16, 1843; Gilbert, July 8, 1845; George W., April n, 1849.

Ransom Roberts, of whom we write, formed a matrimonial alliance with Miss Henrietta Vandeveer Jan. 15, 1874. She was born March 18, 1847, in this county, and died of consumption July 28, 1878, and lies buried in Bond Cemetery.

Mr. Roberts enlisted in the war for the Union, in August, 1862, joining Co. H, 83d 111. Vol. Inf., and was mustered into service at Monmouth, 111., Aug. 21, of that year. He spent three years in his country's service, and was mustered out June 26, 1865, at Nashville, and paid off at Chicago. Socially, Mr. Roberts is a member of the A. F. and A. M., Lodge No 387, at Youngstown. He joined that order in 1872. In politics, he votes with and supports the principles advocated by the Greenback party.

arnard Kidder, deceased,- was one of the pioneer settlers of Swan Township, Warren Co., 111. to which section he removed in jy September, 1837, from near Woodstock, Ch mpaign Co., Ohio. He was born in Mansfic d, Conn., March 1 1, 1806, arid was of Puritan ancestry. He died at the family residence in Swan Township, Sept. 25, 1864, of typhoid fever.