Warren County, Illinois - The whole text, 1886 (part 18 of 25)

Since March i, 1884, Rev. McConnell has resided in this county, living at Kirkwood. He was united in marriage April 24, 1873, to Miss Allie Miller, a resident of Cannonsburg, Pa., and daughter of Thomas and Annie (Reed) Miller, natives of Washington Co., Pa. Of their union four children have been born - Lilliana A., Agnes G., Thomas W. A. and Ralph B. In politics he is a believer in and a strong advocate of the principles of the Prohibition party.

>acob W. Brewer, M. D.. distinguished 33d degree Mason, Past Commander-in-Chief of the Oriental Consistory of Chicago, and a prominent physician and surgeon at Monmouth, was born March 2, 1823, in Franklin Co., Pa. His parents, Adam and Maria (Johnson) Brewer, natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland respectively and of German and Irish extraction, were married in Franklin County, and there resided until 1836, when they came to Fulton County, this State. In 1851 they removed to Knox County and spent the rest of their lives at Knoxville, the elder Brewer dying in 1880, aged 78 years; and his widow two years later aged 82 years.

The subject of this biographical notice was reared to manhood on his father's farm and educated primarily at the common schools, and at Marshal! College, Mercersburg, Pa. When 24 years of age, he began reading medicine at Canton, 111., under J. R. Walter, M. D., and after devoting himself assiduously to the text book for three years, entered Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, and in 1850 graduated from the same. Knoxville was the scene of his earliest struggles as an M. D., and here he made reputation and money long before the ten years that he staid there

Dr. Brewer came to Monmouth in 1862, and has since practiced medicine and sold drugs. He has been in the City Council as a member; has served often on the Board of Health, and, altogether, has been a useful member of society and a citizen that would reflect credit even upon a better town than Monmouth. His Masonic career began when he was about 25 years of age. At Canton, 111., March 20, 1847, he received his first degree, in Morning Star Lodge, No. 30, and May 20 following, the third degree. In December of the same year he was elected Senior Warden of that lodge, and in 1853-54 held the office of Deputy Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Illinois. On Dec. 28, 1856, he received the 32d degree A. A. S. Rite, and June 22, 187 i, was created Sovereign Grand Inspector General in 33d degree. He was elected Illustrious Commanderin-Chief of Monmouth Consistory, No. 3, in 1869, appointed Second Lieutenant Commander, Council of Deliberation for Illinois, June 22, 1871; elected High Priest, Warren Chapter, No. 30, Dec. 12, 1879; and his present rank is the highest known in Masonry.

Dr. Brewer was married at Knoxville, 111., Nov. 10, 1852, to Miss Roxalana Hansford, daughter of the late Dr. Charles Hansford, and she bore him one child, Florence, who died in 1882, at the age of 32 years, being at the time of her demise the wife of Cooper Shoemaker, of Monmouth. Mrs. Dr. Brewer died in 1884, aged about 52 years. She was born in Knox County.

|ev. J. B. McMichael, A. M. D. D., President of Monmouth College, was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, July 22, 1833. His parents John and Margaret (Burgess) Mc- Michael, were natives of Ireland, and the first named came to America when but 15 years of age, and lived in Ohio up to 1848. He then removed to Pennsylvania, where he spent the rest of his life, dying in Greenville, Mercer County, in 1881. He \vas a farmer and his five sons were brought up in that vocation. Hts mother was brought to this country in infancy. The family came from County Antrim, Ireland, the father being of Scotch-Irish descent. The mother died in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1844. John McMichael, the father of our subject, was thrice married. Eight children (five sons and three daughters) were born of the first union. These were Andrew, Charles, Jackson B., William, John D., Mary, Eliza, Jane and Maria. Charles and William are deceased. Andrew is a carriage manufacturer at Meadville, Pa. He is married and has two daughters living. John is living at Topeka, Kan., where he is engaged in the lumber business. He is also married and has one son. Mary became the wife of Capt. Samuel Isett, of Altoona. He is now deceased. She is the mother of two sons and one daughter and resides at that place. Eliza J. married William Buchanan, who is a farmer in Kansas. One child is the result of this marriage. Maria is the wife of Mr. DuMars, of Greenville, Pa. John Mc-

1 Michael's wife, the mother of the above named children, died in 1844, and he was again married in 1846, Miss Jannette Calvin, from Mercer Co., Pa., -" becoming his wife. She became the mother of two

I children - Robert C. and Elizabeth. The former married a Miss Nelson, of Greenville, Pa., who has borne him four children. He is now engaged in farming. Elizabeth married Dennis Cole, of Kansas, and they have four children. After the death of his second wife, which occurred in 1850, Mr. McMichael married Miss Sarah Straight, of Georgetown, Pa. This union occurred about 1850, and the widow lives at the old homestead.

The subject of this sketch attended the common schools while a lad, and at the age of 17 years went to Crawford Co., Pa., and spent the two succeeding years at learning a trade with his brother. From the age of 20 to 22 he was at Greenville (Pa.) Academy, and from there went to Westminister College, in Lawrence County, that State, and after following the entire curriculum of that institution, graduated therefrom as A. B. in 1859. In 1862 he graduated from Xenia (Ohio) Theological Seminary, and was soon afterward ordained and settled in Sugar Creek, near Xenia, where he was in charge of a congregation for about 1 6 years. During the last five years he also held a professorship in the Xenia Theological Seminary. In June, 1878, he was elected to the Presidency of Monmouth College, and on the 5th of the

Rev. McMichael was married at Washington, Pa., Oct. 16, 1862, to Miss Mary N. Hanna, daughter of Rev. Thomas Hanna, D. D., of that city. Of their union, six children were born, named as follows : Thomas Hanna, John Charles, William Jackson, Gracie, James Starr Eckels, and George Harold, who died in 1872, age 14 months. Thomas and Charles are members of the class of 1886, and will graduate on the i?th of June. William belongs to the class of 1878; Gracie attends the public schools and James is the baby.

The Doctor is not only a thorough scholar, but a man of rare executive ability. The growth of Monmouth College, under his administration, attests his fitness for the position he occupies. (See history of Monmouth College, this volume.)

illiam S. Weir, President of the Weir Plow Company, Monmouth, and son of William S. and Frances (Brown) Weir, natives respectively of the States of Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and of Scotch descent, was born at Yellow Springs, Greene Co., Ohio, July 2, 1835. His father, William S. Weir, Sr., was born in the city of Philadelphia in 1804, and his father, William Weir, was a native of Scotland, who left home for America when a young man. He landed at Philadelphia, where he married and died about the time his son, William S., was ten years of age. There were four children, two sons and two daughters, in the family. William S., Sr., became an apprentice when a boy to learn the trade of wool-carding and cloth dressing. After 20 years of age he turned his attention to farming. He married Frances Brown, and they had a family of five children, four of whom were sons. Of this number, William S., the subject of this sketch, is the eldest. The next are James B., Francis M., John B. and Pauline, all of whom are residents of Monmouth.

The subject of this biographical notice received a limited education at the country schools of Sumner Township, but being compelled to shift for himself, from the time he was 1 1 years of age, he naturally had but small time to devote to books. He followed farming up to 1863. In 1862 he patented the" Weir Two-Horse Cultivator," an implement covering all the important principles employed in every walking cultivator manufactured in this country at the present time, and yet not all protected by his patent. It will be remembered that Mr. Weir was an uneducated farmer, necessarily knowing little of the patent laws, and less of their scope in application ; he therefore had to rely upon his attorneys in obtaining letters pater.t that would secure him his rights. Then, as now, the business of the patent attorney was in securing patents, and if one valuable invention embodied a dozen indispensable principles and the attorney could satisfy the applicant or hoodwink him into accepting letters protecting but one, of course eleven remaining features would be left open for so many different applications, thereby increasing largely the business or chances of business for the attorney. This may not state just the experience of Mr. Weir, but it fully illustrates the practice that let in other manufacturers, who employed important features of his invention that should have been protected by his patent of 1862. But, " men live and learn," and the proverb is eminently verified in William S. Weir. It has been many years since the duplicity of any patent attorney has operated to close his eyes against the salient points of his inventions. With $200 capital, he came to Monmouth in 1863 and had made for him, under contract, 120 cultivators ; in the following year 500 were made, and in 1865 he erected a small shop, from which he turned out 800. The following year, with increased capacity, he put upon the market 1,200 cultivators, and in the winter of 1866-67 'lad his entire establishment destroyed by fire.

Rebuilding his shops at once, Mr. Weir put out 2,000 implements and in the fall of 1867 organized the Wier Plow Company, with himself as President. (A history of which company see in another part of of this volume.) It is useless for the biographer to attempt any enlargement upon the history of Mr. Weir. That he began life a very poor boy and under the greatest disadvantages, is readily observed from the facts already disclosed ; that he has made his life a success, and in doing so accomplished more for the established welfare of Monmoulh than any other man in Warren County, is attested by his personal history and by the hundreds of families who are daily benefhted, not to say supported, from the gigantic establishment over which he presides and which should be made perpetual as a monument to his memory. Indeed, the history of Monmouth itself must ever be pregnant with the works of William S. Weir. Compare the man who does great work ; erects immense shops ; employs hundreds of his fellow men as laborers in the manufacture of useful articles, which he sends broadcast throughout the world, returning their products to him to go again and again into the wages of the poor; compare such an one we say, with the miserable miser, who hoards up his hundreds of thousands, dispensing only upon the guarantee of usury, and note the difference.

Mr. Weir was married in Hale Township, October, *. 1859, to Fidelia J. Boyd, daughter of Thomas and I Ann Boyd, the former a native of Ireland and the | latter of New York. Mrs. Weir died Feb. i, 1884,-^ leaving four children, having buried five in infancy. The living are Ella, Jessie, William B. and Amy.

eorge Sickmon, one of Warren County's successful farmers and stock raisers, residing on section 33, Monmouth Township, a native of New York, having been born in Erie County, that State, Jan. 18, 1819. He is at present living in retirement, passing the sunset of his life in the enjoyment of a competency, which has been procured through his own indomitable energy, perseverance and good judgment.

The father of Mr. Sickmon, Henry Sickmon, was a native of Germany. He and a brother Thomas were the progenitors of the Sickmon family in this country, coming here and locating in Erie County, N. Y. The father was married there to Susan Francis, a native of Cayauga County. After a residence there of some years, Henry Sickmon died and his wife afterward came to this State, and resided with

George Sickmon, whose biography we write, was the fourth in order of birth of a family of twelve children, eight sons and four daughters ; seven of the former, and one of the latter still survives, and all are married. George lived at home attending the common schools until he attained the age of n years, when he set out to do for himself in life. He first lived with a farmer in Erie County for eighteen months, then with another farmer for six months and then went to live with Daniel A. Albert, with whom he continued to reside until he attained his majority. On becoming his own man, Mr. Sickmon engaged to work by the month on a farm, which occupation he followed for one year, and was then employed by a gentleman who was dealing in oil, and remained with him one year, in the city of Buffalo. He afterward went back to Erie County, the place of his nativity, where Sept. i, 1842, he was united in mar- ' riage to Miss Sarah, the accomplished daughter of Abel and Sallie (Green) Green, natives of York State, where they both died when Mrs. Sickmon was ^ quite young, and she is the only member of the family, who lived to attain the age of majority. She was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., July 20, 1824. After the death of her parents, she lived with her aunt until her marriaee. Of her union with Mr. S. six children have been born, all of whom are living - Sallie M., married Felix Regnier, a farmer residing in Monmouth [Township; Susan became the wife of William P. Norcross, a large land owner, banker, stock raiser and shipper, residing in Nebraska ; Winfield S., is engaged in practicing law at Des Moines, Iowa, his wife's maiden name being Alvareta Main ; Ann E. is the wife of Isaac J. Frantz, a farmer in .Nebraska; and Eliza became the wife of John KeU tering, who is engaged in farming in Nebraska ; Charles is also a farmer, residing in this township, and his wife's maiden name was Katie Frantz.

Two years after marriage Mr. S. with his bride came West, and pitched his tent on a new and uncultivated 80 acre tract of land, which is now the well improved farm and pleasant homestead on which he resides. He has subsequently, by his industry and perseverance, increased his landed interests, until he at present has 400 acres of good farm land in this county, and in addition to the cultivation of the same, he is devoting a goodly portion of his time to dealing in stock, having sold as high as $12,000 worth annually. His residence and farm buildings are large and commodious and the appearance of his farm is indicative of that spirit of push and perseverance which Mr. S. possesses He and his wife are members of the Christian Church. Politically he is a staunch supporter of the principles of the Republican party. He has held the position of Supervisor for three years and also other minor offices. For three and a half years, Mr. S. resided in the city of Monmouth, where his ability was recognized, and he was elected Street Commissioner and Alderman.

amuel Gibson, retired farmer and one of the pioneers of Warren County, now (1885) living in the suburbs west of Monmouth, was born in Blount Co., Tenn., Sept. 3, 1804, and was the fifth in a family of eight sons and five daughters, born and reared to men and women, by Thomas and Martha (Hogue) Gibson, natives respectively of the states of Pennsylvania and Virginia. The family, except the subject of this sketch, who had preceded them about one year, came to Illinois from Xenia, Ohio, where they had resided about 25 years, in 1831, and here the two old people spent the rest of their lives.

Samuel Gibson was fairly educated at the common schools of Ohio, and there learned something of the mechanic's trade under his father. He lived in Monmouth until 1835, when he moved to his farm adjacent to the south line of the town. Here he has lived a full half century, and at this writing is in the enjoyment of good health, walks as lithe and erect as an Indian, and bids fair to join his numerous friends at the celebration of many another anniversary. He joined the United Presbyterian Church when he was 27 years of age, and his life therein has remained unbroken and consistent.

August 3, 1826 Mr. Gibson was married in Greene Co., Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth Pierce, a native of Bourbon Co., Ky. She died in February, 1858, and their seven children are mentioned here, as follows : William, who left home in 1853, and was last heard from in California, in 1878 ; Martha H., the wife of Mr. Samuel Little; Sarah E., who with untiring filial devotion, ministers daily to the wants and comforts of her aged father; Isabel, wife of J. B. L. Smith, of Indiana; Albert G., died in October, 1882; Mary Jane (Mrs. Martin) died in 1881, and Thomas A. died in 1862, a few days after arriving home from the Union army.

Thus briefly we scan the events of a life coexistent almost with the history of our Nation, and as we read we realize at once what constitutes the memorable matter in a man's life. The date of his birth is treasured; the ruddy cheeks and rollicking laughter of his brothers and sisters, as in their cheerful childhood they gathered about the great log fire in the old chimney place of the long, long ago, are cherished and not forgotten ; the father and mother are remembered, and the kind old faces of his grandfather and grandmother pass vividly in view ; the old log school house of three-quarters of a century ago; the dapper little teacher, and his spelling schools, later on ; the ruby-lipped and bright-eyed girl who developed first into a sweetheart and next into a wife ; the little ones that came and entwined themselves about his heart to be torn ruthlessly away, crushing for a time his every ambition in life, and the names of the living and the dead are repeated. These events, representing the happiest and the saddest in life are ever remembered by the aged, and to the exclusion of -the thousands of hardships incident to pioneer times, are told to the biographer in response to his inquiry for the most important data from which to write a sketch.

Barnes T. Hartman, Supervisor of Cold || Brook Township, a gentleman of more than ordinary business ability and a good and successful farmer and stock-raiser, residing on Section 12, Cold Brook Township, is a native of Marion Co., Indiana, where he was born April 21, 1835.

John Hartman, the father of James T., was born in North Carolina, and was of German ancestry. He was married in his native state to Nancy Marklin, a native of that state. Of their union nine children were born in North Carolina, and the family then journeyed to Indiana and located on a tract of land which was in its natural condition.

James T. Hartman was the first child born to his parents after their emigration to the wilds of the Hoosier State. There was also another child born to the parents, in Indiana, making their children 1 1 in number, six sons and five daughters, of which four of the former and two of the latter survive. Mr. Hartman was only eight years old when his father died, and he lived with his mother until he had nearly attained his majority. He received the advantages of the district schools of that early period, and at the age of 17 years served an apprenticeship at Mt. Jackson, near Indianapolis, Ind., under a Mr. Forshee, to learn the trade of a blacksmith. After serving a term of four years, he came to Illinois in December, 1855, settling in Buffalo 'Prairie Township, Rock Island County. At the latter place he remained, working at his trade until - 1859, when he emigrated further West to the State of California, and from there to Idaho Territory. In the latter territory he began mining in the Bitter Root . Mountains, and continued there for some time, from whence he passed on to the Rocky Mountains where he resumed mining, and continued for three years . longer. He then retraced his steps to Warren County, purchased 80 acres of land on his present site, and began its improvement and cultivation.

The marriage of James T. Hartman and Miss Henrietta Freeman was celebrated in Knox County, Nov. 27, 1862. The lady of his choice was a daughter of F. Leroy and Margaret (Brown) Freeman, natives of Virginia and Kentucky respectively, both from old families of those states. They were married in Illinois, where they both came in early life, settling with their parents in Knox County early in its history, and were there during the Black Hawk War. The parents were farmers and died in Henderson Township, where they had lived since marriage. Mrs. Hartman, of this notice, was born in Henderson Township, Knox County, Oct. 27, 1841. Her education was commenced in the public schools but finished at college. Sl\e remained at home until her marriage, and of her union with Mr. Hartman has been born three children, one of whom is deceased. Minnie is the wife of Clark Robinson, and they reside in Comanche Co., Kan., her husband being engaged in

Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hartman have resided on their present homestead, and have made remarkable changes and improvements, until now their farm is considered an excellent one in every respect.

Mr. Hartman has served his township as Collector for four years ; Supervisor for the past 12 years, and in politics is a first-class Democrat.

illiam Hanna, one of the most widely known and enterprising business men of Illinois, and whose portrait we present on the opposite page, is a resident of Monmouth. A view of his elegant home, which is one of the finest in the county, is also presented in this volume. He was born in Fayette Co., Ind., June 19, 1827, and comes of Scotch-Irish stock on T the paternal side. His father, John Hanna, was a native of North Carolina and married Miss Sarah I Crawford, a Virginia lady. In 1835 Mr. John Hanna came to Illinois and settled 12 miles northwest of Monmouth, in Warren County.

Here on the farm young Hanna was reared and received such education as the subscription schools of the neighborhood afforded. In 1849, upon the breaking out of the California gold fever, in company with others, he drove an ox team across the plains to the land of gold. He was successful there to the extent of gathering a few thousand dollars. He returned home in 1851, bought a farm in Henderson County and engaged in agriculture until 1867. That year he came to Monmouth, and, in company with Messrs. W. S. Weir and Dr. W. B. Boyd, formed a joint stock company for the purpose of manufacturing farm implements. The capital stock of the company was $25,000. Under the skillful and efficient management of Mr. Hanna the business of the company increased very rapidly. In fact, at the end of 14 years the capital stock had increased to the enormous amount of $1,000,000, after paying $163,00*0 of dividends.

its factory in operation, Mr. Hanna " took the road " and the following seven years traveled in the interests of the company, introducing its implements and establishing agencies. It was through his persistent and indefatigable efforts that the foundation and subsequent success of the Weir Plow Company was securely laid. In short, his energy and business ability built up and made a great institution of this now world-wide known company.

Mr. Hanna, in addition to his vast interests as above stated, has found time to engage in various enterprises, which in the main have for their object the increase of the material wealth and prosperity of Monmouth and vicinity. He is President of the Monmouth Mining and Manufacturing Company, which makes sewer pipe, drain tile, fire brick, etc. The company employs a large number of men and manufactures over 100 car-loads of its products a month, and arrangements are being perfected to inciease its capacity to 150 car-loads per month.

Mr. Hanna was one of the originators of the Monmouth National Bank, which was established in 1871, and for ten years (1874 to 1884) served it in the capacity of President. He was one of the " original incorporators of the Keithsburgh Bridge Company, and still continues as one of its directors. He was President and Treasurer of the Burlington, Monmouth & Illinois River and the Peoria & Farmington Railway Companies during the construction of these roads and until their consolidation with the Central Iowa. Without his wealth, energy, judgment and perseverance that railway would never have been constructed. He is a Director of the Iowa Central RailwayCompany at present. He is aTrustee of the Warren County Library and also of the Lombard University, located at Galesburg, and is deeply interested in any and every public enterprise calculated to benefit the people.

In 1851 Mr. Hanna was united in marriage with Miss Sarah, daughter of James Findley, who settled in Warren County as early as 1832. Three children have been born to them, two of whom are living, J. Ross, a sketch of whom may be found on another page of this volume, and Mary J. E.

Politically, Mr. Hanna has steadily voted the Democratic ticket and is a firm believer in the saving grace of that political organization. He has twice been honored with an election as the Mayor ot the city of Monmouth, and during his terms of office brought to bear in the municipal affairs of the city his characteristic energy and excellent judgment.

Thus we have a brief outline of the life of one of the most valuable and highly esteemed citizens of Warren County. He started in life poor and unaided, but by the sheer force of his own indomitable energy and the exercise of good, common, business sense, he has succeeded in carving out for himself a comfortable competency, and at the same time has maintained his reputation as an honorable, conscientious gentleman ev. Anson Tucker, was born in New York State, June 8, 1811. He graduated from Haddington College, and was ordained, in 1835, a minister in the Baptist Church. He was pastor at Sardinia and Lockport, N. Y., Norwalk, O., Adrian, Mich., Lafayette, Ind.. Dixon and Monmouth, 111. He died at the latter place, Apr. 23, i858,aged47. Though compartively a young man, he had attained considerable prominence in his denomination. He had an unusually refined and sensitive nature, and was strict in his ideas of right and wrong. Beloved by his people wherever he preached, his life was one of great usefulness. He was of a family of ministers, his father and four brothers all being Baptist clergymen, and what is very unusual, all preaching at the same time. He had one other brother.a gifted lawyer.who was studying for the ministry, when he suddenly died.

Mr. Tucker was a man of cultivated literary tastes, and an earnest and eloquent speaker. His friendships were deep and strong, and as a husband and father his affections were tender and devoted. His ancestors came from England and settled in Virginia in the Colonial times, where many still remain, Judge Tucker, of Richmond, and John Randolph Tucker being of the family. Part of the family had gone North, and of that branch was Rev. Anson Tucker.

in infancy: Eliza, the eldest daughter, married A. S. Humphries, of Columbus, Miss. ; Erenah married T. W. Raymond, of London, England; Caroline married Guy Stapp, of Monmouth; Jeannette married D. P. Phelps, of Monmouth; Emma resides in Monmouth, and Frances is a resident of Columbus, Miss.

Caroline Rogers was born in New York State. She was daughter of Rev. James and Marcy(Champlain) Rogers. Rev. James Rogers was the son of Hon. Thomas Rogers, one of the three contemporary Judges of the State of New York. Marcy Champlain was the daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Perry) Champlain. The Perrys came from England. Elizabeth Perry was the daughter of Freeman Perry, who was Supreme Judge of Rhode Island 44 years. His wife was Mary Hazard. Their children were Joshua, Oliver Hazard, Raymond, Elizabeth, Mary and Susan. Joshua was a physician; Raymond was a sea Captain and Commodore in the Navy, and one of the founders of the United States Navy, and for several months he was a prisoner on board thedreadj ful Jersey prison ships. After his discharge he was ona of the Lieutenants of theTrumbull during heractiof* with the Watt, one of the hardest fought battles irj our War of Independence. He had five sons; thtj eldest, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, gained th« battle on Lake Erie, and along with him in that engagement was his little brother, Alexander, a boy of 10 years, serving as midshipman and aide. The little fellow received a ball through the cap, and was subsequently voted the thanks of Congress and a sword of honor, being probably the youngest recipient ever known of such national acknowledgment. Another of the five brothers was Commodore M. C. Perry, who crowned a long life of glory by opening the ports of Japan to American commerce, while two more brothers were commanders under Commodore McDonough in the battle on Lake Champlain. Another ancestor, Commodore Stephen Champlain, was born Nov. 17, 1789, at South Kingston, R. I. At the age of 23 he was in command of the brig "Dore." He became one of the most active and useful officers in the United States Navy. It is a. well authenticated fact that he fired the first and last gun in the battle of Lake Erie. He was then in command of the "Scorpion," and with that vessel overhauled the brttish ship "Little Belt," and captured her as she was endeavoring to run away from the fight. He died in Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1870. Rev. Anson Tucker was married a second time in 1854, to Miss Luana Macomber, of New York State. They had two sons, Howard, who was three years old, and George 15 months, when they both died, within two weeks of each other, and only a few weeks before their father, in the spring of 1858, at Monmouth, 111.

eyton Roberts, General Insurance and Land Agent, at Monmouth, 111., was born at Fountain Green, Hancock Co., 111., Jan. 2ist, 1839. His great grandfather, James Roberts, was- from Switzerland, and settled in Wythe Co., Va., in 1775, where his grandfather, bhn Roberts, was born, in 1781. His father, James . Roberts, was born in Campbell Co., Tenn., Aug. 8th, 1807. His mother, Sally M., (Cox) Roberts, as also descended from the Swiss. Her great grandfather, Friend Cox, settled in Pennsylvania in 1712. Her grandfather, John Cox, and her father, (Benjamin Cox, lived at McKeesport, Pa., where she was born Dec. 22d, 1807.

The parents of Peyton were married at Hudsonville, Breckenridge Co., Ky., Aug. joth, 1830. They moved to Fountain Green, Hancock Co., 111. in June, 1837, where the father now (1885) lives, at the age of 78. The mother died at this place June 24th, 1846.

Peyton Roberts was educated at Hedding College, Abingdon, 111. He entered the Insurance business at the same place in 1863, and on January 4th, 1864, transferred his headquarters to Monmouth, where he has since stood at the very head of the Fire Insurance Underwriters of the County, representing at all times the best companies in the world, and judiciously writing his policies in such a manner as to preclude the possibility of misconception ; avoiding all ambiguities, and thereby placing the policy purchaser solidly upon the ground of the assured. If this information, thrown into this sketch without the knowledge or consent of Mr. Roberts, but none the less based upon facts, should prove incomprehensible to some, the writer knows to all such as may be unfortunate enough as to sustain loss by fire and find an improperly written policy in their possession, there will be no longer any mystery.

Mr. Roberts is a Director in the Monmouth Mining and Manufacturing Co.; a Director in the First National Bank of Biggsville, 111.; is connected with the Second National Bank of Monmouth, 111.; is Secretary of Trinity Lodge, No. 561, A. F. & A. M., and Member of the Republican State Central Committee.

Mr. Roberts was united in marriage at Bushnell, 111., May 8th, 1866, with Miss Lizzie K. Cox, of Hudsonville, Ky. They have two children living, Emma and Corinne; one, Lizzie Lena, having died when three months old. Mrs. Roberts is a descendant of the Lendrum family, of Virginia, and the daughter of Ralph and Emily A. Cox, of Vine Grove, Ky.

ohn W. Lusk, of the firm of Lusk Bros., ^ leading grocers of Monmouth, is justly regarded as one of the enterprising business men of that city. His father, Wilson Lusk, was an early resident of Monmouth, locating here as early as 1848. On the 2rstof January of the following year, John W. was born. He was one of a family of seven children, five sons and two daughters, born to his parents, Wilson and Mary Jane (McCoy) Lusk. He was reared and educated at Monmouth, and early in life began to learn the printer's trade, at which he became very proficient.

In the spring of 1864, when yet a mere lad, he enrolled in the service of his country as a drummer, in Co. A, r38th 111. Inf. He served until the following fall, when the term of his enlistment expired. Immediately upon being mustered out of the i38th, he entered Co. H, 471)1 111. Inf., as a private, and served up to the winter of 1865-6, when he was mustered out at Salem, Ala. He did valiant and faithful service, and from the commencement to the close of his enlistment he never missed a day from his regiment, and the 47th, being a part of the i6th Army Corps, it is reasonable to suppose that it was in active duty continually.

the army, Mr. Lusk returned to his home in Monmouth, and for a while worked in the Review office. Subsequently he went to Macomb, this State, where he was engaged on the newspapers of that city for a time. In 1869, we find him at Beardstown, in the capacity of foreman of the lllinoisan, a position he acceptably filled for about two years. He then formed a partnership with H. A. Wilkinson, and started the Beardstown Herald, a Democratic weekly paper. At the expiration of about a year, Mr. Lusk sold out his interest in the Herald, and returned to Macomb and after spending a few years as a book-keeper in a grocery house, in 1879 he bought his employer out. In 1 88 1 he sold out his business at Macomb and came to Monmouth,and at once embarked in his present enterprise, since which time, in connection with his partners, the firm of Lusk Bros, have taken front rank among the leading business houses of Monmouth.

Upon the 30th of January, 1871, at Macomb, 111., r Mr. Lusk was united in marriage with Miss Kate I Shumate, daughter of a well known citizen of that city. J She is a native of Garrard Co., Ky., and has become - the mother of two children, Birdie and Claude.

-esse Walton Bond, an energetic and successful farmer of Lenox Township, residing upon section 19, is a son of John C. and Polly (Grimsley) Bond. A biography of the former is given elsewhere in this volume. The Bonds came from Ireland with Lord Baltimore and settled in Maryland, in 1632, and from there were scattered throughout the South. Jesse W. Bond, the grandfather of the subject of this notice, was born in South Carolina, in 1777. When a small boy, his father's family removed to Kentucky, in which State his father was killed by Indians, leaving three children - Jesse W., Lucy and Nathan.

In 1798, Jesse W. Bond, the eldest of the children, was married in Overton Co., Tenn., to Miss Susannah Crane. She was born in Georgia, in IJTJ, and of their union seven children were born - John Crane Bond, the father of the subject of this notice; Benjamin, Joel, Ruby, William B., Jesse W. and Nathan, only two of whom are living, Nathan Bond, of Albany, Oregon, and Mrs. Ruby Looiiey, of Salem, Oregon.

Jesse W. Bond, the grandfather, removed to Jackson Co., Ala., in 1819. From there he went to Morgan Co., 111., and in 1830, came to this county, and here resided until his death, in 1842, the demise of his wife occurring in 1858. The grandparents are both buried on the old homestead, in the family burial ground, Greenbush Township, where six generations of Bonds are resting. The homestead at his death passed into the hands of Maj. John Crane Bond, father of the subject of this notice, whose biography we give, and when he died he left it to his grandson, John Crane Bond, Jr., eldest son of the subject of this sketch.

Jesse Walton Bond was born in Jackson Co., Ala., Sept. 7, 1825. When he was a year old, his parents moved to Morgan Co., 111., and he was nine years of age when he came with his parents to this county. His education was received in the common schools, and he continued to reside with his parents until his marriage. ' He lived in Greenbush Township until 1850, when he crossed the plains to California in search of gold, where he remained two years, meeting with partial success, when he returned for his family and soon afterward went back to California. The following year, 1853, his wife died, and Jesse W. once more returned to this county, but' only remained a short time, when he went back to California, the third time crossing the plains. He remained in the latter State until r86z, when he returned to this county and i\vo years later removed to Iowa, and was there engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1869. During that year, he again came back to this county, and took charge of the Warren County Poor Farm, on which he lived until March, 1885. Not desiring a reappointment, he removed to his farm in Lenox Township, where he at present resides. He is the owner of 320 acres of land in Lenox Township, all of which is under an advanced state of cultivation.

Mr. Bond, of this sketch, was first married in Swan Creek Township, this county, Feb. 12, 1848, to Sarah E. Terry, who was born in Madison Co., 111. She was a daughter of George and Nancy G. (Stice) Terry, and bore him three children - Edwina, Ellen S. and John C. Edwina is the wife of Dr. Randall, of Greenbush Township. Ellen S. married Benjamin F. Reed, who resides in Swan Township. John C. is engaged in farming in Greenbush Township. Mrs. Bond died in Sacramento Co., Cal., Jan. 28, 1854, and Mr. Bond was again married in Greenbush Township, Oct. 25, 1863, to Anna C. Harrah, daughter of John N. and Helen (Wharton) Harrah. Her parents came to Warren County about 1860, and settled in Greenbush Township, where they lived until about 1878, when they moved to Sedalia, Mo. Mrs. Bond was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, Feb. 25, 1835, and has borne her husband three children - Sara Helen, Jesse Walton, Jr., and Anna J., who resides at home. Mr. Bond is a member of the Masonic Order, and in politics, is a supporter of the principles advocated by the Democratic party. His father and grandfather were likewise members of the Democratic party.

The Bonds are related directly to Gov. Walton, of Georgia, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and also to Shadrach Bond, the first Governor of Illinois.

j.apt. John M. Turnbull, Postmaster at Monmouth, this State, is a son of David and Nancy (Mitchell) Turnbull, natives of Green Co., Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pa., respectively, and bearing through their veins the blood of various Celtic races, with an odd mixture of the Scandinavian, was born in Ohio, July 23, 1833. His parents were married in Xenia, Ohio, in 1831 ; came to Illinois in 1833, and settled upon a tract of land purchased the year before by Mr. TurnbuH's father, the land being now occupied by A. W. Spicer, and lying about one mile northwest from Monmouth. At the end of the following year they removed into Hale Township, six miles northwest from Monmouth, at a place afterwards known as "TurnbuH's Point." Here for many years his house formed a kind of relay for emigrants and pioneers, passing and repassing between the great river and interior points. In 1850, he removed to the vicinity of Sugar Tree Grove, and there spent the rest of his life, dying, however, at the home of his son, in Monmouth, in 187 1, aged about 63 years. His wife had died a few years before, it is believed in 1866, aged about 62 years. They were the parents of 12 children, only eight of whom - John M., Ann E., Sarah I., Mary A., William W., David A., Thomas B. and Nannie J., grew to the estate of men and women. Three of his sons, John M., William W. and David A. were in the Union army during the late war, and he for two years, 1863-4, held the position of Deputy United States Marshal. Mr. Turnbull was all his life an active citizen, a zealous worker, both in Church and State, and while no office seeker, held almost continuously some useful, although unprofitable office. He served two terms as Sheriff of Warren County ; was several years Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and altogether was one of the most useful men in the community.

Capt. John M. Turnbull, whose name heads this biographical sketch, was brought up to farming, and was about 28 years of age when he abandoned it. His education was the best to be had at the common ** schools. When the war broke out he was farming. In August, 1861, he enrolled at Kirkwood, this county, in Co. C, 36th 111. Vol. Inf. as Second Lieutenant; was promoted the following spring at Murfreesboro to the rank of First Lieutenant, and served until May 24, 1864. In February or March of 1863, he was detailed for staff duty, and was in that position as long as he was in the service. He participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Perryville, Stone River, Chicamauga, Missionary Ridge, in Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, and near Dallas on the night of May 24, 1864, while acting as Brigade Inspector, and in preparing to relieve Gen. Hooker's command, received a gun shot wound in the left knee which cost him the loss of that limb.

His regiment formed a part of the First Brigade Second Division, Fourth Army Corps, commanded by Gen. Sheridan, serving on the staff of Gen. T. F. Sherman and W. H. Lytle, and last on Gen. Nathan Kimball's staff, and was staff officer at the time he was wounded.

He returned to Warren County, and in January, 1865, removed into Monmouth ; his name was presented by Mr. Lincoln for Postmaster at this place, but the President's death occurring in the meantime, his commission was signed by Andrew Johnson, and he took charge of the office in May, 1865. In the fall of 1866 Johnson removed him and appointed Dr. Griffith as his successor, but the Senate refused confirmation of the action, and Capt. Turnbull was, at the end of six months, reinstated. His last commission will end January 16, 1887.

He was married at Washington, Iowa, Nov. 7, 1854, to Anna P. Orr, native of Baltimore, Md., and their six children are mentioned as follows : Ralph, who died in infancy; Mary, Emma, Clara O., Nannie A., Jennie R., and an infant deceased. The four daughters were all educated at Monmouth College.

oseph W. Adcock, an agriculturist of Kelly Township, is of ancestry and antecedents of Southern origin. Edmund Adcock, his .father, was a pioneer of Warren County of 1833. The latter was born Nov. 23, 1800, in Buckingham Co., Va., and was the son of Joseph and Susan (Cason) Adcock. His parents were both members of families of Virginia origin and he was reared to the age of manhood in his native county and in Kanawha County, whither his parents removed when he was in his youth. In the county last named he was married to Cynthia Christian. She was a native of Kanawha County, and her father, Robert Christian, had a record as a brave soldier in the war of the Revolution. The marriage referred to took place March 13, 1823. The newly married people settled in the same county and were there resident until 1828. In that year they removed to Indiana and located in Crawford County, where they remained two years. In the fall of 1830 they set out for Illinois. The family then included the father, mother and three children. A neighbor of theirs in Indiana had made a prospecting tour to Knox County, and on his return the Adcock family resolved to come to Illinois with him. He had a team and they made the trip together. It was fall when they arrived, and Mr. Adcock secured a claim on section 3 in what is now Henderson Township, Knox County. He obtained an entire quarter-section and built a house for the temporary accommodation of his family. It was the most primitive kind of a structure and covered with clapboards obtained from trees by a process called " riving,'' a term which has the same significance at present though the application in this locality is considerably different. The floor was made of puncheon. In this the household lived through the Black Hawk War. It was located within a mile of the fort. There were then only a few families in the neighborhood, and the people would frequently become alarmed at the sight of a stray Indian, or rumors of their depredations would put them in such a state of fright that, in the early times preceding the contest referred to, they would repair to the fort for protection. On one occasion, Wm. McMurtry and Edmund Adcock, who were in the block-house with their families, went out to attend to their stock and agreed not to remain longer than to perform the service which took them out. They also promised not to discharge their fire-arms unless they saw Indians, but the sight of a quantity of squirrels put the last stipulation out of their remembrances, and they fired at the little animals. The shooting was rapid and alarmed their friends at the fort. The men remaining there hastily gathered their arms and ammunition and started out one by one, without order or system, to the rescue, leaving not a gun in the fort for the defense of the women and children. Happily their fears proved groundless.

In the spring of 1833, Mr. Adcock sold his property and came to Warren County. He located on the northwest quarter of section 27 in township 12, range i. His brother Henry had previously purchased the land and the tenant lived on the place two ..years. He then made a claim on the southeast quarter of the same section and removed to a s nail log cabin which had already been erected on the place. A few years later it was abandoned for a new dwelling of rather aristocratic pretentions for that period. The latter was a double hewed-log house and was their residence for some years, or until improved circumstances enabled them to build a frame house. This was the home as long as the father lived. His death occurred May 7, 1859. At the time he was the owner of the south half of section 27, about 50 acres of which were in tillage. The wife died Oct. 26, 1865. They had only the three children, with whom they removed to Illinois. The oldest was a daughter, named Cynthia Elizabeth. She married John McMullen, and survived her marriage only a few weeks. Joseph and Robert J. are twins. They were born Jan. 23, 1826, in Kanawha Co., Va. They were but four years old when they removed with their parents to Illinois. The brother of Mr. Adcock is a resident of Tompkins Township. The latter was 7 years old when his father and mother took up their residence in Warren County. Everything was in its primitive condition and there were no schools, consequently the parents gave their sons such education as they 'could within the home. After Mr. Adcock had grown to be quite a youth, there was a school established about three miles distant, which he attended, but it was not of the character of the free schools of to-day, as it was instituted by the pioneers to secure a little instruction for their children, and they willingly bore all the expense thefhselves.

Mr. Adcock was married Aug. 30, 1849, to Mary Elizabeth McMurtry. She was born in Crawford Co., Ind.. Sept. 26, 1827, and is the daughter of Hon. William and Ruth (Champion) McMurtry. Her father was a native of Kentucky and settled in Knox Co., 111., in 1829. He rose to distinction in State affairs, and was elected Lieutenant-Governor with Augustus French, in the second term which was served by that gentleman, in November, 1848. He was a candidate at the time of the first election of Gov. French, when the successful nominee was Mr. Wells. Hon. William McMurtry died at his home in Knox County, in 1875.

After the date of his marriage, Mr. Adcock located on a. part of the homestead of his father, a portion of which he had given to him. During the first year, he lived with the family, and then removed to a log cabin and commenced the life of the true pioneer. This was the home of himself and his wife for several years, when they removed to the frame' house which his family have since occupied. He is now the owner of 459 acres. Eight of the children born to himself and wife are still living. William resides on section 35 in Kelly Township; Edmund follows the legal profession in Chicago; Cynthia married E. E. Terpenning, who is a farmer on section 3 in Cold

Brook Township; Robert J., an attorney-at-law, lives in Monmouth ; Ruth F. married C. F. Barnett, a farmer on section 18, S'parta Township, Knox Co., 111. Lucy and Mary live at home with their parents.

em M. Lusk, senior member of the mercantile firm of Lusk Bros., of Monmouth, was born at Newburg, Cumberland Co., Pa., Dec. 19, 1843. His parents, Wilson and Mary Jane (McCoy) Lusk, were natives of the States of Pennsylvania and Maryland respectively. The former was of German and the latter of Scotch ancestry. They reared four sons and two daughters, our subject being the eldest of the six. The family came West as early as 1846, and located in Iowa] and two years later came to Monmouth. Here Mr| Lusk was reared and received his education, and in* the office of the Monmouth Review learned tha printer's trade.

Mr. Lusk had worked on the above named paper] only about six years, when he determined to enlist in the services of his country to defend the flag that had been assaulted the previous year. Accordingly, on July 17, 1862, he enlisted in Co. C, 83d 111. Vol. Inf., and for three years did faithful and commendable service. In the summer of 1863, while at Clarksville, Tenn., he was detailed as printer at Post Headquarters, which duty he performed during the remainder of his term of service. He had, however, previous to that time seen some active service on the field. He wab at Fort Donelson, and participated in about twenty skirmishes. He was never off duty either as a soldier of the ranks, or when assigned to the printing department, and it may be said to his credit as a brave and devoted patriot, that he did not seek the latter position as the safer one. He was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., and discharged at Chicago, 111. His parchment, bearing all the credits of an honorable soldier, is dated July 5, 1865.

respected and influential citizens of Monmouth. The firm of Lusk Bros, does a large and lucrative business in the grocery line, having one of the largest stocks and best assortments carried by any house in the county.

September 13, 1866, Mr. Lusk was married at Monmouth, to Miss Mary E. Riggs, who has borne to him six children - Minnie, Jessie H., Adda, Mamie, Fred W. and Jean E.

Mr. Lusk is a member of the A. O. U. W., and Quartermaster of the G. A. R. Post; Treasurer or Engine Company No. i, and politically he is a Democrat.

. ames C. Hogue, a farmer of Tompkins Township, owning 80 acres of land on section 26, is a native of Indiana, having been born in that State Feb. 23, 1840. His parents were P. F. and Elizabeth A. (Stormout) Hogue, natives of Indiana and Tennessee respectively. The parents of the subject of this notice emigrated to this State in 1841, and purchased land in Walnut Hill Township, Jefferson County. On this land the father moved his family and was there engaged in farming for six years, when he sold the same and came to Warren County, buying 160 acres on section 23, Tompkins Township, and on which he resided until 1868. During that year he sold his land and moved to Cutler, Perry County, in the neighborhood of which place he purchased 240 acres and where he is at present residing, following the vocation of an agriculturist.

James C. Hogue was an inmate of the home circle until he attained the age of 27 years, during the meantime having received the advantages afforded by the common schools. After leaving home, he purchased the farm of 80 acres on which he is at present living, moved on the same with his family and has there been continuously occupied in its cultivation and improvement until the present time.

In 1868, Miss Margery J. Stewart became the wife of the subject of this notice and has borne him six children - Amelia H., Robert E., Anna E., Mary B., Edna S., Norma A. In politics Mr. Hogue votes with the Republican party. His religious views,

By economy and energetic effort, Mr. Hogue has succeeded in accumulating sufficient to enable him to add 40 acres to his original purchase and at present he has a clear title to 120 acres of good farm land, and in the vocation which he has chosen for a life pursuit, he is meeting with that success which energy and perseverance are sure to bring.

In the early history of the War for the Union, and at a time when strong arms and brave hearts were necessary to fight in defense of the flag, Mr. Hogue was one of the first to enlist in the cause, which he did by joining Co. K, 36th 111. Vol. Inf., as a private, and for four years stood the brunt of battle. He participated in the engagements of Pea Ridge, Perryville, Murphysboro, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, Franklin and Nashville, and was twice wounded, which necessitated his confinement in the hospital for 13 months. He enlisted as private, was promoted Sergeant in August, 1862. He re-enlisted with his regiment as a veteran volunteer, Jan. i, 1863, and was promoted to Captain of his Company in June, 1865, receiving an honorable discharge Oct. 9, 1865, by reason of services no longer required.

oshua W. Coates, Jr. The writers of the jjj- biographical sketches of this book, in their travels throughout this county, very rarely met an active business man, one who had for sometime been engaged in his vocation, who was a jiative of the county. It will be remembered that the earliest pioneers, those who came between the "3o's and '40*5, were few in number, and were only found here and there settled on some neck of timber, or had grubbed out a little farm on the bank of some small stream. But it was not until after 1850, that any one ventured out upon the broad and fertile prairies. It was about this period that the old Oquawka Railroad was projected, and settlers began to pour in rapidly, and from 1850 to 1856 there were doubtless more settlers came in than all the years previous from the day Daniel McNeil made his location where the city of Monmouth now stands.

Prominent among the few of this class intervieved, is Joshua W. Coates, Jr., who is one of the leading farmers of Roseville Township, where he has resided all his life, having been born here Sept. 17, 1859. He is a son of Joshua W. and Eletha (Ray) Coates, natives of Kentucky and Illinois, respectively. The father, Joshua, Sr., was one of the earliest settlers of the county, having located on section 8, of Roseville Township, at a very early period. He purchased 240 acres of land there, which he made his home until his death, which occurred in 1862. His wife, who had journeyed with him through so many years of his life, died the same year. Their family consisted of two children, one of whom, William, having died when in the third year of his life.

Joshua, Jr., as will be noticed, lost his parents when an infant. He was taken in charge by his mother's sister, now Mrs. Clarinda Talbert, with whom he remained until he began business for himself. On becoming of age, lie went to Iowa and at-

. tended Howe's Academy for two years, at the end of which time he returned to the farm left by his parents, and where he is now living. His other landed possessions are 120 acres on section 9, and about 160

[ and went to Eureka Springs, Ark., for the benefit of his health. He then returned to his home in Warren Co., and in the spring of 1885, to the place where he is now residing. A view of his residence and accompanying farm buildings are given on page 416.

r,on. Robert Holloway, formerly a prominent member of the Bar of Warren County, in 1881 removed from Monrnouth to his farm^in Suez Township, Mercer County. He

!was a resident of Monmouth foi 30 years, and during that period was extensively identified with its varied interests and its development. He is a native of Kentucky and was born in Bourbon County, Sept. 26, 1829. His father, George Holloway, was a native of Virginia, and there remained until he grew to manhood. While still a young man he emigrated to Kentucky and was a member of the pioneer element of that State. He located in Bourbon County, and was there married to Mary McClanahan. She was a native of Kentucky, although her parents were from the State of Virginia.

The father of Mr. Holloway having died when he was quite young, his mother devoted much painstaking care to the education of her son, who was for some time a {.upil in St. Mary's College in Washing- County, Ky. He afterwards graduated from the Kentucky Military Institute, in 1849, of which he was one of the most proficient of its students, his grade in conduct and every class being 500, the maximum. A. M. Garland, now United States Attorney-General under President Cleveland, and his brother, Rufus Garland, were members of the same class with him at St. Mary's College. The elder Garland, Rufus, and Mr. H. being the best students of the smaller d:.rmitory, Mr. H. was awarded the first and Mr. Garland the second prize of merit. During his course of study at the Kentucky Military Institute, Mr. Holloway received the appointment of ^ Assistant Professor of Mathematics and filled the Chair throughout the remainder of the time he passed at the Institute. He was also elected to the position of Captain of the First Corps of Cadets, and after taking his degree he was elected to the Chair of Mathematics and accepted the honor. Soon after, a change became necessary in order to allow of his fulfillment of his determination to enter upon the study of law, and he resigned his position in the Institute.

He proceeded to Lexington, in the State of his nativity, where he entered the law office of the Hon. George Robinson, then of the Supreme Benrch of Kentucky, and read there under the preceptorshipof that gentleman until 1851. He also attended Transylvania University at that place during the fall and winter of 1849-50 and 1850-5 i, and graduated from that institution during the latter term with honors. Judge George Robinson, Judge Thomas A. Marshall, both of the Supreme Court of Kentucky, and Madison C. Johnson, a distinguished lawyer of Lexington, were professors and law lecturers in the institution.

his arrival he was admitted to the privileges of the Bar of Illinois, and at once entered upon the duties of a law practitioner at that place. He also became interested in the purchase of real-estate and was soon the owner of large tracts of land in Warren and adjoining counties. At one time he owned more than 7,000 acres of land, including some fine farms. He thus grew into an interest in the various avenues open to the agriculturist and was soon deeply involved in growing stock. He was the first importer of thorough-bred Short-horn cattle in Warren County. In 1876 he held a sale at Dexter Park, Chicago, at which he disposed of 7 1 head of blooded cattle, which brought an average price of $t,ioo a head, a sale at that time without a parallel.

In 1 88 1, Mr. Holloway removed to the farm on which he has since resided. He is still carrying on his plans for the improvement of the stock in his own and adjacent counties, and is now more especially interested in the breeding of thorough-bred Clydesf dale horses. He has journeyed to Scotland several times for the purpose of personally selecting his

He became interested in Clydesdale or draft horses, which he has become so largely identified with since, in the following way : While attending a sale of noted Short-horns in Canada, in 1873, he saw a magnificeut Clydesdale stallion, named Jonnie Coope, which he purchased. Two years later, desiring another horse for breeding purposes, to take the place of the one mentioned above, he purchased Donald Dinnie. He has also imported from Scotland many of the finest Clydesdales that country has produced. Among these was Druid, the best Clydesdale horse ever seen in Scotland; also Pointsman, the largest draft horse living. Among other importations were Prnice George Frederick, Cairn Broggie Kier, King Edward, Simple Jaminie and Prince of Wales Yet. Mr. Holloway has on his farm near Alexis, the largest breeding stud of Clydesdale mares in the world. His purpose and ambition is 'to show that in America draft horses may be grown not inferior to those imported from Great Britan, and soon to supply the market with such without further importation.

Mr. H. came to Illinois with Whig proclivities, but shortly afterward hearing Douglas speak, was convinced that his views were correct, and has since continued a Democrat in his political belief. When James Buchannan was elected President, Mr. Holloway was Presidential Elector for the Congressional District of which Warren County formed a part. From the time he began political speaking he has borne a conspicuous and distinguished part in advocating the principles of his party in this portion of the State ; and the writer of this sketch was told by some of his friends that Douglas, in speaking of Mr. Holloway remarked, that " he was one of the best stump orators in Illinois." He was a delegate to the National Convention at Charleston in 1860 and supported Douglas for President. He has always been prominent in his devotion to the interest of his party, and has on two occasions refused the nomination for Congress in his district. In 1880 he consented to the use of his name and scored a home triumph by polling 1,300 more votes than the Presidential candidate of his party.

Mr. Holloway was joined in marriage to Catherine E. Thompson, Oct. 24, 1853. Mrs. Holloway is the daughter of Judge James and Elizabeth (Ewing) Thompson, who were pioneers of Monmouth. She was born in Sidney, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Holloway have four children. They are named Edmunds B., George, Elizabeth Ellen and Mary Belle. The eldest son married Belle Lafferty, of Mercer County. The eldest daughter is the wife of M. M. McClanahan, a practicing physician at Woodhull, Henry Co., 111. The others reside at home.

When Mr. H. was married his wife was a member of the Presbyterian Church. About the year 1858, he was converted under the preaching of Rev. R. C. Mathews, and united with the same Church. Some time afterward he was elected an Elder, and continued to fill that position so long as he remained in Monmouth. After his removal to the country, he transferred his membership to the Church at Norwood and thence to Alexis and has since held the position of Elder in those congregations During almost all of the time Mr. Holloway has been connected with the Church he has been a teacher of the Bible class in the Sunday-school, a regular attendant upon the services of the Church, and an interested an active worker in all its labors at home and a willing contributor of his means to all its agencies for the spreading of the gospel abroad. He has a profound and unshaken conviction in the truth of God's Word

Being so long identified with the interests of Monmouthandso well known throughout the county, we are pleased to be able to present a portrait of Mr. Holloway in connection with this sketch.

form B. Meginnis, a retired farmer residing near the city of Monmouth, was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., Aug. 25, 1813. His father, James Meginnis, was a carpenter in early life and later a farmer, and his demise occurred Jan. 3, 1831, in the county where his son was born. He was a native of Dauphin County, same State, of Irish descent but American parentage, and the son of a Pennsylvania farmer. He remained in his native county until he reached maturity, when he came to Lancaster County and was there united in marriage with Frances Brandt, who was also a native of Lancaster County. Of this union were born nine children, of whom our subject was the eldest. Only three now survive - Fanny, the wife of David Detweiler, who resides on a farm in Dauphin Co., Pa. ; Elizabeth, wife of David Gingrich, also residing on a farm in the same county ; and our subject, John B.

After the death of her husband, Mrs. Frances Meginnis was united again in marriage, with Samuel Bossier, but they had no family. She died in her native county.

John B. Meginnis remained on the farm with his mother, alternating his labors there with attendance at the district schools, until he attained the age of majority, when he went to Cumberland Co., Pa., and superintended a farm there for his uncle two years. He then rented land there for some time and while in that county was married, at Harrisburg, to Miss Margaret Sprout, on the ist of November, 1838. She was a daughter of John and Elizabeth (McHose) Sprout, the eldest of her parents' family, and was born in Cumberland Co., Pa., March 18, 1820. Her parents were both natives of that county, where they were engaged chiefly in farming. They were of Scotch ancestry, and the death of the father occurred in 1855, and that of the mother in 1831, both in their native county. Their family comprised five children, all living, as follows: Mrs. Meginnis, wife of our subject ; Mrs. Firoved, wife of Simon Firoved, a retired farmer residing .in Monmouth ; William married Catherine Hempt, and is engaged in farming at Phelps, this county ; John is the husband of Miss Mary Wellman, and they reside in Hale Township, where he is engaged in farming ; Hettie E., wife of James C. Nesbit, resides on a farm in Hale Township.

Mr. and Mrs. Meginnis, are the parents of four children: James married Priscilla Brooks, and re sides on the old homestead in this township; Elizabeth is the wife of B. W. Hardin and resides on a farm in Union Co., Iowa; Fannie B. is at home; and John S., residing on a farm in Monmouth Township, has never been married.

After Mr. Meginnis was married, he farmed in Cumberland County until the year 1852, and came thence to Illinois and here purchased land to the extent of 200 acres, partly improved, in Monmouth Township. On this he lived and farmed, being very successful, until the year 1869, when he left the farm and purchased five acres where he now resides. This he has improved as a home.

B. Nash, residing on section 16, Hale j^ Township, is one of the successful, sturdy tillers of the soil, and owns 160 acres of good farm land. He was born in Greene Co., Ohio, Aug. 18, 1833. When about two years old, his parents came to Warren County, where he received his education, which, owing to the necessity which compelled him to assist in the labors of the farm, was somewhat limited. His father died when he was about seven years of age, and he chose for his vocation in life that of agriculture, which he has followed until the present time. He has erected on his farm a good residence, double corn crib, 32 x 24 feet, barn and outbuild--

Mr. Nash was married in Hale Township, Feb. i, 1860, to Adeline C. McKinney, who was born in Warren County, on the izth day of January, 1836. She bore him four children - James T. R., born Jan. 21, 1861 ; John H., Feb. 16, 1862; Mary J., May 22, 1864; and Harry C., Aug. 22, 1867 ; John departed this life April r, 1882, aged 20 years. The wife and mother died June 26, 1870, and Mr. Nash was again married in the same township, Oct 7, 1875, to Susan E. Hamilton, who was born in Clinton Co., Ind., Oct. 20, 1844. Her parents were John and Sarah (Baldridge) Hamilton, natives of South Carolina and Ohio respectively. They came to this county in 1871, where the father died, in April, 1876; the mother still survives. The parents of Mr. Nash's first wife were Abraham and Anna (Brownlee) McKinney.

Mr. Nash has been School Director, and his wife is a member of the United Presbyterian Church. Politically, he is a supporter of the principles of the Republican party.

The parents of Mr. Nash were James and Margaret (Brown) Nash, natives of Pennsylvania and Kentucky. They came to this county in 1835, and settled in Hale Township, where they were among the early pioneers, and experienced all the trials and privations incident to the settlement of a new country. They continued to reside in Hale Township until the death of the head of the family, which took place in that township, Jan. 21, 1841. The wife and mother survived -her husband, and resides in Hale Township, at the advanced age of 81 years.

K. Morris. The subject of the following sketch is one of the substantial and wellto-do farmers of Ellison Township. He was born May 4, 1835, in Madison Co., Ohio, and is the son of Amos and Rhoda J. (Campbell) Morris, and the youngest of the family now living. He came with his'parents to Warren County in 1854. They settled on section 15, of Ellison Township, wiiere the elder Morris purchased 80 acres of land, to which subsequently other tracts were added.

Young Morris received a good common-school education in the district schools of his native State and remained an inmate of the parental home until shortly after the breaking out of the Civil War. In February, of 1862, he enlisted in Co. D, 1 2th 111. Cav. The regiment rendezvous was at Chicago and from there went to Springfield, 111., where for three months it was on duty guarding prisoners. The regiment was then ordered to Marlinsburg, Va., and soon after the entire command, under Gen. Miles, was captured at Harper's Ferry, except the I3th Cavalry, which succeeded in cutting its way through the Rebel lines and escaped. Private Morris was sick in the hospital at the time and was captured. He was paroled at Harper's Ferry and from there went to Chicago, via Baltimore and Annapolis. In February, 1863, he re-joined his regiment at Falmouth, Va., and was unfortunate enough to again fall into the hands of the enemy. He was captured in the fight at Farrel Station and sent to Libby Prison, at Richmond, from which he was paroled and soon after exchanged. We soon after, however, find him again at the front at the famous battle of Gettysburg. He did honorable and faithful service for his country, and should be remembered for the valiant part he took in its defense.

;,,on. John Porter, a prominent member of the Warren County Bar, resident at Monmouth, is a son of Jatnes and Sarah (Wray) Porter, natives respectively of County Donegal,

S Ireland, and Juniata Co., Pa., and was born in Huntington Co., Pa., April 27, 1824. His parwere married in Huntington County, where their eight sons and two daughters were born, and where they died, the old lady in 1856, aged about 60 years, and the old gentleman two years later, aged 66 years.

Of the ten children born to them, below will be found the record : Nancy, William, Robert W., John, James D., Joseph, David T., Martha M., Franklin T. and Andrew J. Nancy married James Boggs and resides in Mercer County, and is the mother of seven children. William married Miss Isabel Lane, of Huntington Co., Pa. ; they have a family of ten children. Robert W. married Miss Doyle, of Huntington Co., Pa., and they had five children;, his wife died in 1854, and he was again married, to Nancy

Robb, of the same county, and by the latter union has two children. James D. Porter married Miss Mary Irvine, of Philadelphia, and they have two children and at present are residing in Spring Grove Township. Joseph Porter married Mary J. Lytle, of Pennsylvania, who is now deceased ; they had a family of five children, and he is at present living near Lynchburg, Amherst Co., Va., and has been, and is at the present time, passing through the experience of Judge Tourgee's great character in the Fool's Errand. David T. Porter married Miss Emeline Wilson, of Stone Creek, Pa., and they have a family of ten children and are residing in Chariton Co., Mo. He is one of the most prominent farmers and stockraisers in that section of the country. Martha M. married John Henry, of Shavers Creek, Pa., and is now deceased. She left a family of six children to mourn her loss. Franklin T. is unmarried. Andrew J. married Miss Tillie Stuckey, of Bedford, Pa. ; they have two children living and reside in Filmore Co., Neb. The last three brothers named served in the Union army. David T. and Franklin T. enlisted in the io2d 111. Vol. Inf., under command of Col. Mc- Murlry, of Knox County, who was afterwards superseded by Col. Smith. Andrew J. Porter enlisted in the 55th Pa. Vol. Inf., went out as Orderly Sergeant, was promoted to Second Lieutenant, and participated in all the battles in which his regiment engaged, without receiving a single scratch. All three brothers received honorable discharges.

The first 18 years of John Porter's life were spent upon his father's farm, and afterwards he learned the trade of making and laying brick, working at the same every summer till he married, and teaching school in the winter. The summer of 1845 he worked at his trade in Pittsburgh, Pa., laying brick at $1.50 per day. In 1846 he followed his trade in his native county. His primary education was obtained through the common schools, and from the age of 18 to 23 years he taught in the schools of his county. His last school was taught in Ogle Co., 111., whither he had removed in 1850, and where he spent the summer working at his trade. In the spring of 185 i he took a farm in Warren County, in Spring Grove Township, removing thence the following year to a farm which he had purchased in Sumner Township. Here he farmed with success up to the spring of 1858, when he removed to Monmouth, began at once the study of law, and in January, of 1863, was admitted to the Bar at Ottawa. His official life began away back in 1855, when he was elected Supervisor of Sumner Township. Two years later, to fill a vacancy, he was elected to the County Judgeship, for the next full term in Nov. 1857. This term the law giving the Court of this county concurrent jurisdiction with the Circuit Court in civil suits to the amount of $500, making the practice and pleading the same as in the Circuit Court, was passed by the Legislature, and Judge Porter was forced to study law to protect himself, and this fact probably more than any other accounts for his adopting the law for his profession. In r86i he was again elected County Judge for four years, and soon afterward may be dated his real beginning as a lawyer. Up to 1862, he had worked with the Democratic party, but since that date the Republican party has had no stronger supporter.

In 1868 the party of his adoption sent him to the Legislature, probably the most important session since the war. The i4th amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted ; and so was the famous (or infamous) tax steal, the latter being passed over the Governor's veto, but to the credit of Judge Porter, it is said, that while he stood with the majority in the amendment bill, he opposed them in the tax theft. The Judge was the author of and drew the ' bill providing for the appointment of a conservator for habitual drunkards, the bill becoming a law without the delay of engrossing.

On Jan. 25, 1847, Mr. Porter was married, in his native county, to Miss Mary E. Robb, at which time he rented a farm in Hartslog Valley, where he resided for the next three years, coming west in the spring of 1850. Their eight children are mentioned as follows : Mary, born in November, r847, died in April, 1883, and was the wife of W. J. Brooks; Sarah, bom in 1849, is at present Mrs. Thomas Donahue, of Belle Plain, Kansas ; James R., banker, of Belle Plain, Kansas; Nannie is the wife of G. F. Buller, Wellington, Kans. ; Silas W., attorney at Monmouth; Charles H., a resident of Colorado; Ella F., at home; and George died in infancy.

Mrs. Porter was the daughter of William and Mary (Livingston) Robb. The former was a native of the north of Ireland, and the latter of Lancaster Co., Pa., the Livingstons being one of the oldest families of that State. They were the parents of eight children,

Mrs. Porter of this sketch being the seventh in order of birth. John married Miss Mary Cunningham; William married Margaret Cunningham, sister of the former, and they are both deceased, their widows living in Huntingdon Co., Pa. Alexander is deceased ; he was a physician and emigrated to Indiana and there died, about the year 1838. James lives in Mercer County 111. ; Sarah J. married Peter C. Swoope, and they are both deceased. They left a family of four children, one of whom is deceased. Nancy Robb is the second wife of R. W. Porter, brother of the subject of this notice, and they at present reside in Sumner Township. Livingston Robb married Mary Wilson, a native of Huntington Co., Pa. ; they have a large family and reside on the old Robb homestead, in Hartslog Valley, Pa. Thomas S. Robb married Miss Martha Campbell, of McConnellstown, Pa., and they at present reside in Mercer Co., this State; they have six children living and have lost several. The Robbs are of Scotch descent, William Robb having come to this country about the year 1800, settling in Huntingdon Co., Pa., where he became a large land owner and a prominent and influential man in that section of the country.

Judge Porter is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Socially, he belongs to the orders of Masonry and Odd Fellows. Although now a member of one of the learned professions, so-called, he is as proud of his record while a mechanic and a farmer as of any other part of his life, and fully believes with Burns, that "the rank is but the guinea's stamp, the man's the gold for a' that."

jtrames C. Irwin, dealer in boots and shoes |f and millinery, at Monmouth, was born in Clarion, Pa., Aug. 19, 1843, a»d was the son of William and Margaret (Patrick) Irwin, natives also of Pennsylvania. The family removed from the Keystone State to Michigan, probably in 184401 1845, and there in the city of Detroit the parents spent the remainder of their lives.

Michigan ; came to Morris, this State, in 1858, and to Monmouth in 1869. While at Morris he enlisted, August, 1862, in Co. C, 7 6th 111. Vol. Inf., and served to the close of the war.

He returned from the army to Morris, and clerked in a dry goods store up to the date of his coming to Monmouth. Here he engaged with an older brother in mercantile business, and gave it his attention up to 1878, his brother, however, retiring from the firm at the end of the first year. In 1878, he closed out his dry goods, retained the millinery department, and put in an extensive stock of boots and shoes. Associated with him in business is Mr. James Mannon as salesman. Mr. Mannon is a native of Ohio, came to Monmouth in 1877, and has been with Mr. Irwin since 1880. Like Mr. Irwin, he is instinctively a gentleman, and the source of their success in their line, the secret to which they without effort place themselves at the very head of their trade, is readily traceable to the fact that they recognize the rights of their patrons, and are satisfied with reasonable ' profits.

These are the kind of men who deserve to succeed, and the writer of the industrial history of Mon- -< mouth places their names in the list of "honorable mention."

[ames Gardner, owning 200 acres of good farm land, under an advanced state of cultivation, located on section 6, Cold Brook Township, was born in Edmonson Co., Ky., Sept. 13, 1829. The father of James, Thornat Gardner, was born in West Virginia, and was the son of a farmer, who came to Edmonson Co., Ky. ; was there reared to manhood and married Catherine Lair, a native of Barren Co., Ky., the daughter of a Kentucky farmer. Seven children were born to the parents while residents of Kentucky, James, our subject, being the eldest.

James Gardner was 17 years of age when his father died in Edmonson Co., Ky., and two years later his mother, accompanied by her six children, came to this State and located in Cold Brook Township, this county, where the mother remained until

James Gardner, after accompanying his mother to this State and county, lived with and labored for her support and the maintenance of the children until his marriage with Miss Margaret A. Robison, which occurred in Cold Brook Township, May 10, 1853. She was born Nov. i,i82g,and was the seventh child of her parents' family, having been born in this county, and is at present the oldest citizen of the county, whose birth is recorded as within its boundaries. She is a daughter of Andrew and Nancy (Stitt) Robison. (See sketch of M. C. L. Robison). Her parents came to this State at an early day, and settled in what is now Kelly Township, and known as Robison Point, Sept. 12, 1829. That portion of the county at the time was undeveloped, and her parents endured all the privations incident to the improvement of a new settlement. Their marketing

] now Warren and Henderson counties, the latter having received its name from Henderson Richie, who was the first white child born within its present boundary. Mrs. Gardner was the oldest white child born in Warren County.

After Mr. and Mrs. Gardner were united in marriage, they located on a. new and unbroken tract of prairie land, which to-day comprises the fine farm on which they reside. It consists of 200 acres, and the labors of the past have placed it under an advanced state of cultivation.

When Mr. Gardner first started in this county he was as poor as a church mouse, but by energy and perseverance, coupled with the active co-operation of his good helpmeet, he is to-day the possessor of a fine faim as stated, and from his present standpoint looks back over the history of the past and smiles at the trials and difficulties which he and his good wife encountered and overcame.

Their union has been blessed with the birth of seven children, two of whom are deceased : Ella D. became the wife of Clarence Young, a farmer residing in Kelly Township, and of which union three children have been born - Roy, Phebe and Nellie; Effie D. was united in marriage to Henry Gates, who resides on a farm in Butler Co., Neb., and they have

Mrs. Gardner having been the first white child born in Warren County, strange to say, has resided within one and a half miles of the place of her nativity until the present, and in the sunset of her years realizes the wonderful developments through which the county has passed since her birth. She was never out of the State, even on a visit, until about the age of 52.

j obert A. Gibson, retired farmer, residing at Monmouth, was born near Xenia, Ohio, Nov. 6, 1815, and of the eight sons born to Thomas and Martha (Hogue) Gibson, he was the youngest. His parents were natives of Maryland and Virginia, respectively, and in addition to eight sons, they reared five daughters - a real old-fashioned house full of children.

Thomas Gibson came to Warren County in the fall of 1831, and bought a farm containing several quarter sections, about two miles northwest from Monmouth. Here he spent many years of his life, and here his wife ended her days in the year 1842. The old gentleman lived to become 87 years of age, and died in 1860, at the house of his son, George, near Little York. The Gibsons came originally from England, and the Hogues from Scotland. The sons of Thomas G. were brought up to farming, and the old man gave each of them a quarter section.

Robert A., whose name heads this article, received a pretty thorough common school education, and at the age of 18 years, entered Hanover College, Indiana, and graduated as an A. B. in 1838. After leaving College he read law some and took a course of lectures, and after returning to Illinois, was admitted to the Bar, in 1844. The farm, however, was his choice, and he abandoned a professional life before he had scarcely begun it. He lived on his farm, two miles northeast from Monmouth, from 1844 to 1875, when in the latter year he rented it out and moved into town, and like the sensible man that

October 15, 1842, he was married in Trimble Co., Ky., to Miss Maria Davidge, who lived but about four years and left one child, Sarah, now (Sept., 1885,) employed at the Delevan (Wisconsin), Deaf and Dumb Institute.

On the i yth of January, 1861, at Monmouth, 111., Mr. Gibson was again married to Miss Amanda Paine, a grandaughter of Gen. Edward Paine, the founder of the city of Painesville, Ohio, and the daughter of Chas. H. Paine, who came into Warren County, in 1836, and settled near Little York, and spent his life upon his farm, dying in 1859. Mrs. Gibson was educated at Painesville, Ohio; Michigan City, Ind ; Canton, 111.; and Jacksonville (111.) Female Academy, and taught school from the time she was 16 years of age until she was 36.

Mr. Gibson had also some experience at school teaching before he went to farming, but not enough to fall in love with it. He also soldiered a little in the Black Hawk war, and it may be presumed that he did not fall in love with war any more than he did with school teaching. He has been a hardworking man, and to the talents given him has abundantly added, like the wise and good servant spoken of in the parable.

] illiam Porter is one of the prominent and is substantial agriculturists of the township of Sumner, and is located on section 2. He is the proprietor of a large tract of land which contains 376 acres, and which is all in fine condition for profitable cultivation, with the exception of 20 acres, which is in timber, and increases the value of the estate.

Mr. Porter made his first acquaintance with Warren County in 1852, when he bought unimproved tracts of prairie, a part of which is included in the property he now owns. After making his purchases he returned to his home and remained thereuntil the following spring, when he removed to Warren County with his family. They were the occupants during the first year of a house on section i. Meanwhile Mr. Porter had erected a small frame house on his own land, to which he removed his family in the spring of 1854. A great transformation has been brought about by the application of persevering industry, good management and the best and most approved methods of modern farming. The pioneer home has been replaced by a house of convenient proportions,and the other buildings which have been erected are of the sort demanded by the purposes to which the farm is devoted. Shade and fruit trees add to the appearance and value of the place, and there are ample sheds and other arrangements for the protection of the stock on the farm.

Mr. Porter was born in Brady Township, Huntingdon Co., Pa., Nov. 5, 1819, and is the son of James and Sarah (Wray) Porter. (See sketch of Judge John Porter.) He received his early education in the . common, or as it Was then called, subscription school, j the system now in vogue not having been establish- I ed. Later, he attended the district school in the winter seasons, and passed the remainder of the year' in farm labor. He also assisted in the lumber woods, where it was the custom at that day to pass a portion , of every year.

At the age of 17 he obtained a position as clerk in a store in the village of Huntingdon. He operated in that capacity one year, and then returned home and resumed farming. He alternated that employ with teaching. In 1845 he withdrew from the roof tree of his parents, taking possession of a home of his own, in company with his wife.

He was married to Miss Isabella Lane, March 25 of that year. They located on the family homestead, and remained in Huntingdon County until their removal to Warren Cou.ity, as has been related. She was the daughter of James and Martha (Steele) Lane. She was born in Huntingdon Co., Pa., Oct. 15, 1824. Her parents on her father's side were English, and on her mother's side of Scotch-Irish origin. She is the ninth in order of birth of ten children, viz. , Mary, Samuel M., Eliza, Eleanor, William A., James R., Martha J., Isabella and Franklin H. One child died in infancy. Samuel, Eliza and Martha J. are deceased. Franklin H. was

Mr. and Mrs. Porter have had 1 1 children. Nine are still living. Sarah J. and Etta M. are the two eldest. Minerva is married to James Milligan, of Mercer County. James L and John C. are prosperous farmers in Cedar Co., Iowa. Clara is a wellknown and popular teacher in the public schools. The other survivors are Frank, Warren J. and Pearl. Ada, the seventh child, was born Sept. 4, 1857, and died June 19, 1883. She was well educated, and at the time of her death was engaged in teaching. Martha J., the second child, died in infancy.

Mr. and Mrs. Porter have always taken a deep interest in educational matters, and provided liberally for the mental training of their children. They sent them to the academy in Monrnouth, and to the college at Dixon.

orter Phelps, one of the pioneers of Warren County, was born in Madison Co., N. Y., April 14, 1804, and died at his residence in Lenox Township, four miles east of Monmouth, Sept. 20, 1885. He was married to Mary Ellen Rees, in Peterboro, N. Y., March 29, 1826. She was born in Cazenovia, Madison Co., that State, May 23, 1805, and died at the family residence July 26, 1884.