White County, Illinois - Biographical sketches, 1883 (part 3 of 11)

P. R . Boyce was born in Mill Shoals Township, White County, Aug. 11, 1858. His parents were James M. and Malissa (Haynes) Boyce. His father was born in Kentucky, and came to White County when a young manL His mother was borh in Tennessee. She is residing in Wayne County now, the wife of Newton Wilson. Mr. Boyce died in 1865. He enlisted in the Fifty-sixth Illinois Infan - try, and was lost on board a ship off Cape Hatteras, after being mustered out of the service. He and wife had a family of three children. P. R. was the second son and is the only child living. He was reared on a farm and attended school winters until nine¬ teen, when he began teaching school in Indian Prairie Township, Wayne Co., Ill.; taught here one winter, then one winter at lib¬ erty, then in Wayne County, one winter, and in June, 1880, opened a furniture store in Liberty, and that fall opened a grocery store. In May, 1881, sold his furniture store and established^ his present business. This is the only exclusive grocery store in Liberty. Mr. Boyce is a practical, energetic young man, and deserves much credit for his success in life. He married Emma Morrison Nov. 28, 1879. She was born in Liberty, May 19, 1861, and was a daughter of Peter and Mary (Smith) Morrison. Mr. and Mrs. Boyce are mem¬ bers of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. They have one son - James G., born Jan. 7, 1881. Mr. Boyce owns two lots and a residence in the south part of Liberty.

Robert S. Coale was born in Franklin County, Pa., Feb. 2, 1822. His parents were Philip and Eliza A. (Walmsley) Coale, natives of Maryland. Robert was the oldest of six children, and lived on a farm with his father until sixteen, when he volunteered in the Florida war and served eight months, fighting the Indians under General Percival F. Smith. He crossed the Gulf twice. He was shot at night while he, with his company, was sitting around their camp-fire while out on a scout. Two men were killed and two or three wounded. Mr. Coale was shot with a bullet through the right ankle. He was taken care of in his company. At the close of the war he returned to New Orleans and clerked in a clothing store six months, then worked on the river; worked first as cabinboy ,then second steward, and then promoted to second clerk; re¬ mained on the river two years, then returned home and worked ou the farm until his marriage to Susannah Holsapple, July 15, 1845. She was born in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pa., and was a daugh- ter of John Holsapple. Mr. and Mrs. Coale had three children, one living - William H. H., who married Martha Harris, and re¬ sides on a farm in Wayne County. Mrs. Coale died in Pittsburg, Pa., July 1, 1850, with cholera. Mr. Coale went to Ohio in 1850, and was married in Wellsville, Ohio, to Hannah Martin, October, 1853. She was born in Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of George and Naomi (Taylor) Martin, the latter a niece of Zachariah Taylor. In October, 1852, Mr. Coale came to Grayville, White Co., Ill., where he purchased a farm. He farmed here, and worked at his trade of brick-layer and stone-mason. Mr. Coale lived at Grayville until 1857, when he sold out and went to Phillipstown, and had a grocery and provision store for six mouths; then rented a farm in Phillips Township for three years; then in August, 1862, enlisted in Company K, Eighty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and served three years, and was promoted to Sergeant; was in the siege of Vicksburg, siege of Jackson, in the Red River raid, and in the three days' battle at Pleasant Hill, La., and all the engagements of the regiment. At the close of the war he returned home and farmed in Phillips Township until 1867, when he came to Burnt Prairie Township and rented land four years; then bought his present farm on sections 34 and 35, where he owns 105 acres, all under cultivation except live or six acres timber land. Mr. Ooale is a member of the Missionary Baptist church, and she a member of the Christian church. Mr. and Mrs. Coale have had four chil¬ dren, one living - George W., born April 14, 1855, residing with his parents. In politics he is a Republican, and east his first vote for Clay for President of the United States. He is of English and Welsh descent. His grandfather, Samuel Coale, came from England and made cannon and arms for the Government during the Revolutionary war. The English burnt up his foundry and shop and took him prisoner.

B . B Davis was born in the city of Augusta, Georgia, Decem¬ ber. 1822. His parents were Hezekiah and Martha Davis, natives of South Carolina, where they were married. They afterward moved to Georgia, and in 1823 came to White County, III. They were members of the Old School Presbyterian church. B. F. was the youngest of their four sons and is the only one living. He was but a year old when he came with his parents to White County. They settled on a farm on the Skillet Fork, Burnt Prairie Township, where the father died three months after. Mrs. Davis afterward married Josiah Fulford and B. F. remained on a farm with them until seventeen, then he struck out to hew his own way in the world. He first worked five months on the old national wagon road in Effingham County, Ill. Then he returned to Burnt Prairie and worked for different parties until he purchased a farm of his own in this township. Was married to Mary J. Graham April 8, 1854. She was bom in Carmi Township March 14, 1838, and was a daughter of Nathaniel P. and Susannah (Frazier) Graham. In 1858 he came to Liberty and opened his present store of general merchandise, where he carries a full and complete stock. Mrs. Davis is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. They have had a family of five children; one died, an infant, four are living - Nathaniel P., born Nov. 28, 1857; Mary E., born Sept. 29, 1859; Victoria A., born Jan. 10, 1865; Susie C., born Aug. 19, 1867. Mr. Davis owns 1,000 acres of land in Burnt Prairie and Mill Shoals townships. He started in life with a small capital and a strong will and iron constitution. By hard work and good manage¬ ment and honest dealing he has accumulated a fine property. The first piece of land he owned he purchased by chopping cord wood. His early education was obtained in the log-cabin schools of that day. He is a self-made man. He was first a Whig, and at the organization of the Republican party became one of its strong supporters.

Charles Dewi&rs was born in Belgium, Feb. 7, 1833. His par¬ ents were Gregory J. and Agnes M. (Seuacq) Dewiers. They were members of the Catholic church. Charles is their youngest son, and the only one in America. He attended school until six¬ teen, and when seventeen he came alone to America, in 1850; came to San Francisco, Cal., to try his fortune in the gold mines, and mined and prospected thirteen years; traveled all over the Ter¬ ritory; remained in California until 1862. During this time was in Oregon, and in the Volunteer Frontier Corps, and fought the In¬ dians of Oregon. In the summer of 1862 he went to Nevada and prospected and mined until the spring of 1865, when he had to leave his farm and everything in Hamburg town, where he had thirty-two acres of land. The Piute Indians drove the people out. He then went to Idaho to the gold mines and had to fight Indians all the way. Three of his companions were killed. He remained in Idaho gold mines six or seven months, then went to the Mon¬ tana gold mines and engaged in the mercantile trade until Octo¬ ber, 1868, when he came to White County, III., and bought his farm of eighty acres. He also owns fifty acres in Carmi Town¬ ship. He was married in Burnt Prairie Township to Agnes Dow¬ nen, July 4, 1869. She was born in Indiana. After his marriage Mr. Dewiers settled on his farm in Burnt Prairie Township where he now resides. He and wife had a family of six children - Flora, born May 9, 1870; Mary A., born Dec. 23, 1873; Agnes E., born Jan. 22, 1875, died Oct. 1, 1875; Nellie R., born Sept. 14, 1877; Albert G. and Edwin Lewis (twins), born Jan. 22, 1880, died, Al¬ bert, Jan. 22, 1880, and Edwin L., Jan. 26, 1880. Mrs. Dewiers died Jan. 31, 1880. She was a member of the Methodist church and was buried in the Shipley Cemetery. Mr. Dewiers is a mem¬ ber of the Catholic church. In politics he is a Democrat and cast his first vote for Pierce for President.

John Dosher was born in Messer County, V&., in 1809. When nine years of age, in 1818, he came with his mother and grand¬ father to White County, Ill., and settled on a farm in the woods. They first lived in a tent until they built a cabin. John was the eldest of a family of four children. He lived on the farm with his grandfather, and helped clear a farm, until his marriage to Chris¬ tina Barbara in 1829. She was born in Warren County, Ky., and was a daughter of John and Sally Barbara. They came in the same company with young Dosher and his grandfather, to White County. Mr. and Mrs. Dosher had twelve children, only one living - Charles, who married Anna Smith, and resides in Burnt Prairie Township. Mrs. John Dosher died on the old homestead. Mr. Dosher then married Mrs. Mary (Grimes) Bell, and the fruits of this marriage were five children, three living - George, who mar¬ ried Margaret Redman, and resides on the old homestead ; Edward W. and Elijah L. Dosher, who reside on the old homestead with their father; their mother died in 1879. Mr. Dosher then mar¬ ried Lila Hopson in December, 1880. They had one child - Lila, died, aged three months. Mrs. Dosher died April 2, 1882. Mr. Dosher owns 401J acres of land. Mr. Dosher is one of the few old settlers now living in White County. He has lived to see many changes in this county, and, although an old man now, is hale and hearty. In politics a Republican; cast his first vote for old A. Jackson, and his grandfather an old-line Whig.

David R . Downen was born in Todd County, Ky., April 29, 1813. His parents were Job and Mary (Robinson) Downen, natives of North Carolina, and members of the old Regular Baptist church. David R. was the youngest of their nine children, and when ten years of age he removed with his parents to Posey County, Ind., where he lived until his marriage to Mary J. South, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Archibald and Agnes (Rutter) South. After his marriage Mr. Downen settled on a farm in Posey County, Ind., until April, 1851, when he came to White County and settled on his present farm on section 31, Burnt Prairie Township. He and wife had eleven children, six living - William, married Angeline Moore, who died, and he then married Minerva Dickson; Mary, married Frederic Layman; Job, married Hannah Hutchi¬ son; Sarah A., wife of Robert F. Dickson; Frank M., married Elizabeth Cooper; and Rachel. The mother died in 1873. Mr. Downen married Mrs. Martha (Drake) Blakeslee,a native of Posey County, Ind., and a daughter of Joel Drake. Mr. and Mrs. Dow¬ nen have two children - Martha F. and John T. Mr. Downen owns a farm of 220 acres, 120 under cultivation. He and wife are mem¬ bers of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he has always been a Democrat, until the past few years, since which time he has been a supporter of the Greenback party. He cast his first vote for Old Hickory Jackson. He was elected Justice of the Peace of Burnt Prairie Township, and held that office thirteen years. One son, Job Downen, was in the late war, and in Andersonville prison sixteen months.

Cyrus Elliott was born in Phillips Township, White County July 20, 1829. His parents were Benjamin and Sarah (Hickason) Elliott. Cyrus was the elder of their seven children. He re¬ mained on the farm with his parents until his marriage to Miss Mary Hanks, May 4, 1861. She was born in Gray Township, White County, and was a daughter of Andrew J. and Frances Ham) Hanks. After his marriage Mr. Elliott lived in Phillips Township two years, then settled on his present farm in Burnt Prairie Township. He owns a large farm in Gray, Burnt Prairie, and Phillips townships. He and wife have had a family of eight children, seven living - Sarah E. F., born Feb. 27, 1862, died July 6, 1864; Mary A., born Aug. 31, 1862 wife of Will¬ iam Carter; Andrew J., born Sept. 4, 1865; Martha E., born March 28, 1868; Nancy J., born Sept. 19, 1870; Rebecca, born May 18, 1873; Benjamin F., born Dec. 29, 1875; George W., born Oct. 18, 1877; Lucinda, born March 18, 1881. Mr. Elliott has hold various local offices of trust in his township. In politics he is a Democrat.

Hi8Tory Of White County

Elijah S. Fulkerson was bom in Mercer County, Ind., April 20, 1839. His parents were Fnlkard and Polly (Coleman) Ful¬ kerson. They settled in White County in 1819, and he was one of the first to build a horse-mill. He and wife were members of the Baptist church, and it was in his house that the first Baptist ser¬ vices and church in Burnt Prairie Township were organized. He and wife had a family of seven sons and one daughter. Elijah S. was the youngest His father, after remaining in White County some years, removed to Indiana and thence to Kentucky, and when Elijah was eighteen, in 1857, returned to White Connty and settled in Burnt Prairie. He lived on the farm with his father until his marriage to Emeline Hunsinger, Oct. 5, 1858. She was born in Burnt Prairie Township, and was a daughter of Mathias and Eliza A. (Funkhouser) Hunsinger. After his marriage he settled on a farm in Burnt Prairie Township, and has resided in this township ever since. He and wife had a family of four chil¬ dren - Mary E., born Aug. 5, 1859, died Nov. 4, 1864; William H., born Feb. 3, 1861; Mathias D., born Jan. 8, 1863; Charles E., born Jan. 7, 1865. Mrs. Fulkerson died Jan. 28, 1865. Mr. Fulkerson then married, June 20, 1865, Emma Vaught, who was bom on the same farm where she and family now reside, May 23, 1846. She was a daughter of Willis and Eliza A. (Funkhouser) Vaught. Mr. and Mrs. Fulkerson are members of the Missionary Baptist church. They have had a family of nine children - Eliza A., bora June 23, 1867; Mary C., born March 20, 1870; Augustus O., born Dec. 5, 1872; Geo. P., born Nov. 7, 1875; Martin W., born April 28, 1878; Mattie E., born Feb. 19, 1881. Mr. Fulkerson owns a fine farm of 200 acres, 180 under cultivation. At the out¬ breaking of the late Rebellion he enlisted in August, 1861, in Company C, Fortieth Illinois Infantry, and remained in the service until January, 1862, when he was discharged on account of sick¬ ness. Politically he is a Conservative Democrat; cast his first vote for Douglas.

Henry C. Fulkerson was born in Olive County, Ky., Feb. 4, 1819. His parents were Fulkard and Polly (Coleman) Fulkerson. Henry C. was their eldest child, and was four or five years of age when his parents came to White County, Ill. The family settled in Burnt Prairie Township, near Liberty. When Henry C. was sixteen or seventeen he removed with his parents to Clark County, Ind., where he married Polly Williams, Oct. 25, 1841. She was bora in Scott County, Ind., Feb. 26, 1824, and was a daughter of

Julia and Susan (Kimberlan) Williams. In 1852 Mr. and Mrs. Fulkerson moved to Burnt Prairie Township, White County, Ill., and settled on the farm where he still resides, on sections 9, 10, 15 and 16, where he owns 480 acres of land, 380 under cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Fulkerson are members of the Missionary Baptist church. They have had a family of nine children - Mary J., born Aug. 18, 1842, married William Majors; William J., born Aug. 27, 1843, married Alice Yaught; John, born July 11, 1847, mar¬ ried Caroline Funkhonser; Percilla A., born July 25, 1851, mar¬ ried Thomas Vaught; George W., born Oct. 25, 1853, died in April, 1856; Martin T., born May 17, 1856, married E valine Hood; Emeline, born Oct. 25, 1859; Adeline, born Nov. 15, 1861; Kate, born Feb. 18, 1865. Politically Mr. Fulkerson is a Democrat.

William J. Fulkerson was born in Scott County, Ind., Aug. 27, 1843. His parents were Henry C. and Mary (Williams) Ful¬ kerson. His father was born in Kentucky, and when four or five years of age came with his parents to White County, Ill., and when eighteen years of age his parents removed to Scott County, where he was married. He and wife are members of the Missionary Bap¬ tist church. They have had a family of nine children. William J. was the second child and oldest son. When seven years of age he came with his parents to Burnt Prairie Township, White County, and settled on a farm within a mile of where he now lives. He re¬ mained on this old farm until his marriage with Alice Yaught, Oct. 9, 1864. She was born in Mill Shoals Township, April 8, 1846, and was a daughter of William and Margaret (George) Vaught. After his marriage Mr. Fulkerson settled on section 9, Burnt Prairie Township, where he owns a fine farm of 180 acres, ninety acres under cultivtaion. Mr. and Mrs. Fulkerson are both members of the Missionary Baptist church. They have had a family of seven children - George F., born Sept 16, 1865; JohnT., born Sept. 27, 1867; Minnie D., bom Feb. 27, 1870; Clara B., born March 24, 1872; Charles E., born April 14, 1874 ; Samuel W., born Sept. 15, 1876, and William H., born Oct. 19, 1880. Politi¬ cally Mr. Fulkerson is a Democrat.

James T. Funkhonser was bom in Muhlenburg County, Ky.,Aug. 14, 1825. His parents were Young and Mary (Cross) Funkhouser, natives of Virginia and Kentucky respectively. In 1819 they came to White County, Ill., and settled on a farm in Burnt Prairie Township. It was while they were in Kentucky on a visit that

James T. was born. Six weeks after his birth he returned with his parents to tlieir farm in Burnt Prairie Township, White County, where James lived until his marriage to Mary Huusingcr, Nov. 23, 1845. She was born in Phillipstown, White Co., 111., Aug. 16, 1827, and was a daughter of Samuel and Polly (Ellis) Hunfcinger, among the first se ttlers of Phillipstown and Burnt Prairie Township. Alter his marriage Mr. Funkhouser rented land one year and then bought his present farm on section 7, Burnt Prairie Township, where lie has since resided. He and wife and family are all members of the United Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Funkhouser have had four sons and seven daughters - Sarah, born Aug. 26, 1846, married Henry Hunsinger; Henry and Will¬ iam (twins) were born Sept. 28, 1818, and William died July 28, 1852; Henry married Miss Eliza Graves; Amanda, born Jan. 5, 1851, married Ezekiel Graves; Wesley, born Aug. 15, 1852, mar¬ ried Amanda Ilunsinger; Ira, born Oct. 2*2, 1854, married Anna Holland; Adelina, born Dec. 22, 1856, married Noah Robinson; Esther, born Feb. 26, 1859, married John Junes, of Mill Shoals Township; Rose, born Sept. 7, 1861, married Frank White, of Mill Shoals Township; Emma, born Sept. 13, 1864, and Josie, born March 12, 1867, reside at home with their parents. James T. Funkhouser owns eighty acres of the old homestead hav¬ ing divided his farm with his children. Politically be was first, a Whig and afterward a Democrat. His first vote was for Harri¬ son for President. He has held various local offices in his town¬ ship: Township Treasurer, Commissioner of Highways and School Director.

Virgil Funkhoxiaer was born one mile west of Carmi on a farm now owned by Ninian Young, Sept. 9, 1819. His parents were Isaac and Mary (Young) Funkhouser, natives of Kentucky. Virgil was the youngest son and sixth child of their nine children. His early life was spent on a timbered farm. He first attended school in Burnt Prairie Township, in a log school-house, that stood in a clearing near where the Mount Pleasant church now is. Mr. Funkhouser remained on the farm with his parents until his mar¬ riage to Miss Mary Hunsinger, Dec. 23, 1840. She was born in Burnt Prairie Township, March 11, 1824. They have had a family of thirteen children - The eldest died, an infant; Mariali, born Aug. 25, 1844, died Feb. 26, 1855; Benjamin, born Feb. 4, 1846, died Sept. 19, 1848; Mary born April 26, 1849, married Andrew J. Lee and resides on his farm in Burnt Prairie Township;

Caleb, born Dec. 5, 1851, died Aug. 18, 1855; Simon, born Dec. 15, 1852, married Mary Johnson, and again married Mary E. Cale, and resides in Indiana; Preston, born July 20, 1855, married Mary E. Jordan, and resides in Burnt Prairie Township; David C., born Oct. 22, 1857, married Miss Frances M. B. Rawls, Jan. 9, 1879, who was born Nov. 31, I860, in Burnt Prairie Township; Emetine, born Jan. 10, 1860, married Ilcnry Wetlaw, March 1, 1881, and resides in Burnt Prairie Township; Amanda, bom Jan. 15, 1862, married Jacob Majors May 10, 1880, and resides in Burnt Prairie Township; Sarah E., born March 9, 1864; Alice, born Dec. 27, 1866; Julia A., born Aug. 22, 1869. Mr. Virgil Funkhouser owns a farm of 300 acres in Burnt Prairie Township, 240 under cultivation. In politics he is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for President for James R. Polk. Mr. and Mrs. Funk¬ houser are members of the Missionary Baptist church.

William Gray was born in Wayne County, near Liberty, White County, Jan. 2, 1834. Ilis parents were William and Rutha (Hardin) Gray, natives of Virginia. When six years of age he moved with his parents to Burnt Prairie Township, White County, where the father died some two years after. William then lived with his mother on the farm until August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company F, Ninety-eighth Illinois Infantry. He remained in the service until the close of the war, when he returned home. In January, 1866, he married Susan Watkins, a native of Burnt Prairie Township and a daughter of Elias and Matilda (Williams) Watkins. After his marriage Mr. Gray settled on his present farm on sectious 18 and 17, Burnt Prairie Township, where he and family reside. Mr. and Mrs. Gray have seven children - Alonzo L., born Jan. 17, 1867; Wesley W., born Aug. 20, 1868; Sarah II., born Feb. 17, 1870; Martha A., born April 20, 1873; Rutha W., born Dec. 25, 1876; Mary P., born Sept. 8, 1878; Thomas I., born June 5, 1881. Mr. Gray owns a fine farm of eighty acres, fifty under cultivation. In politics he is a Republican.

John L. Hadden was born in Carmi Township, White Co., Ill., Feb. 24, 1852. His parents were Hardin and Clementine (Maddon) Hadden . His mother was a native of Tennessee. His father came to White County with his parents when a child. He was married here. He and his wife settled first in Carmi Township on a farm, where they lived until 1864, when he moved on his farm in Burnt Prairie Township, where he died May, 1876. His wife still resides on the old homestead. They were members of the Christian church. John L. was their second son. He still resides on the old homestead with his mother. He owns forty acres of the old homestead. In politics he is a Republican. His father was one of the pioneers, and a shoemaker by trade.

John Haefele , merchant of Liberty, came here in January, 1852, and was the first cigar-maker here. He was just 21 years of age. He followed this until 1855, when he began to clerk in the store of Preston L. Funkhouser, and clerked with him until 1859, when he opened a store of his own and established his present business . He began with a capital of $7.50 and an honest face; he carries a full and complete stock of guns and merchandise, and owns 1,100 acres, of farming lands in White and Wayne counties in the vicinity of Liberty. Mr. Haefele was born in the city of Goeppingen, Wurtemberg, Germany, April 15, 1831. His parents were John J. and Fredericka (Euchner) Haefele. His father was a broadcloth manufacturer. He and wife had a family of two sons - John J., Jr., residing in Germany, and John, 2d, subject of this sketch; he attended school until fourteen, when he learned book¬ keeping and merchandising. When seventeen years old he emi¬ grated alone to New York; was thirty-three days at sea in a sailing vessel; landed in New York City and followed the cigar manufact¬ urer's trade two years; then went to Babytown, Posey Co., Ind., and worked at his trade until 1852, when he came to White County, Ill., locating in Liberty, where he has since resided. Sept. 18, 1854, Mr. Haefele married Elizabeth Gray, who was born in Burnt Prairie Township, Dec. 6, 1830, and was a daughter of William Gray. Mr. and Mrs. Haefele had six children, five living - Sarah F., born June 5, 1857, married William H. Garrett of Mill Shoals Township; Elizabeth, born Feb. 22, 1859, married Adam Johnson, and resides a mile norttf of Liberty, in Wayne County, Ill.; Mary

A. , born Aug. 31, 1861, married David K. Felix, Jr., of Barn Hill Township, Wayne Co., Ill.; Martha M., born June 11, 1864; John J., born July 1, 1866. Mrs. Haefele died June 15, 1868. Mr. Haefele then married Prudence Reeves, Dec. 2, 1868. She was born in Burnt Prairie Township, Dec. 2, 1834, and was a daughter of Jeremiah and Julia (Horton) Reeves, old settlers of White County. Mr. and Mrs. Haefele had two children - Christian

B. , born Oct. 27, 1872, died Jan. 4, 1877; Charles E:, born Aug. 27, 1875. Mrs. Haefele is a member of the Cumberland Presby¬ terian church. Mr. Haefele is a Mason, and treasurer of Burnt Prairie Lodge, No. 668, A. F. & A. M. In politics he is a Repub- lican, and one of the original Fremont supporters of 1856. In 1871 he was appointed Postmaster of Liberty and held that office until 1875. Reappointed in February, 1880, and still retains that office.

John Hank was born in Baden, Germany, Dec. 19, 1843. His parents were Frederic and Sabina (Kanzman) Hauk. They had a family of five children, two sons and three daughters, of whom John was the oldest. He attended school until fifteen, and then learned the stone-mason's trade, and when twenty-one he came with his sister (now the wife of Phillip Stoke, residing in Burnt Prairie Township) to America, landing in New Fork, and came to St. Louis and worked at his trade three months; then came to White County and worked in Carmi five years. He built himself a house and built the first house in Stumptown. In 1871 he traded his house and lot for a farm of eighty acres in Burnt Prairie Township, where he still resides. He now owns a fine farm of 160 acres, 130 under cultivation. Mr. Hauk married Phillepena Ap¬ pel Sept. 16. 1869. She was born in Baden, Germany, and was a daughter of George and Sophia Appel. They have four children - Phillepena, Caroline, Elizabeth and George. Mr. and Mrs. Hauk are members of the Evangelical church. In politics Mr. Hauk is a Republican.

John B. Holmes, one of the proprietors of the Liberty grist-mill, was born in Barn Hill Township, three miles south of Fairfield, Wayne Connty, July 8, 1827. His parents were Zephaniah and Mary A. (Harland) Holmes. His father was a native of Maine, and when a young man emigrated to Kentucky, where he married. He moved to Wayne County, Ill., in 1824 or 1825, and settled in Barn Hill Township. He had a family of two sons and two daugh¬ ters. J. B. was the second son and third child. When he was two years old his father died. His mother married Anthony Cox, and they had two sons and two daughters. J. B. remained with his mother until thirteen, when he went to work for David W. Wright on a farm, and took his first lessons in milling. In June, 1846, Mr. Holmes enlisted in Captain Campbell's company, Sec¬ ond Illinois Infantry, and served one year in the Mexican war. He then returned to Wayne County, and soon after came to White County. June 13, 1847, he married Clesten Johnston, a native of Virginia, and a daughter of Adam Johnston, a farmer who came to White County, Ill., at an early day, settling in Burnt Prairie Township. After his marriage he and his brother traded their laud warrants for land in Wayne County ; remained there until 1852, when he sold hia farm and returned to Burnt Prairie Town¬ ship, and leased the Jessup's Ferry on the Skillet Fork, where the Sumpter bridge now is, and remained until the spring of 1854. He then went to Enfield and bought ten acres of land joining the vil¬ lage on the south. This ten acres is now in the best part of the town. Mr. Holmes followed carpentering here; built the first house in Enfield. In 1856 he went to Scottsville and fol¬ lowed carpentering until 1S58. when lie1 moved to Grayville and worked in a furniture factory. In the meantime he had learned to run an engine, and in I860 was employed as engineer in the Eagle Mill in Grayville at $1 a day and the privilege of running a turning lathe. He made some of the first wooden sorghum crush¬ ers; remained in this mill with Mr. William Michels until 1862, when he was employed at Empire Mill as exchange agent, where he soon after became miller; remained here until 1866, and then he took charge of a new mill at Enfield, owned by the Orr Brothel's; remained in charge of this mill until 1870, when he went to Gray¬ ville and opened the Grayville hotel. From March to July, 1871, he ran the water-mill for Scott & Pulleyblank. He was then em¬ ployed to run the Empire Mills for Kerry, Stuart & Lanterman, at $1,000 per year for ten years. He then left the mill in charge of his son Frank, who still runs it. Mr. Holmes returned to En¬ field and went into partnership with his old employers, the Orr Brothers, and bought out the Yeach Brothers' mill, and Orr Broth¬ ers & Holmes ran these mills until Sept. 26, 1881, when he dis¬ solved partnership with Orr Brothers, and brought one mill to Liberty, the first steam mill in this place. It is a three-story and basement building, and complete in every particular. This mill has a forty-five horse-power engine, iron tank and doctor for feed water, rubber hose for water, and all latest improvements belong¬ ing to engine and boiler for fl Hiring mill. Two sets of 36-inch burrs for wheat, one 30-inch under runner for corn, pony stone and steel rollers for new-process flour purifier, and 516-inch bolt reels, and two fine bolt chests containing six reels, covered with the finest bolting cloth used in flouring mills. He manufactures three fine grades of flour, A, B and C, all flour branded with the cross flags, with the name of Liberty underneath. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes had nine children - Zephaniah, born March 16, 1848, (married Sarah Westfall), died Dec. S, 1870; John S., born Feb. 5,

1850, married Miss Augusta Newman; Olive A., born May 13, 1852, married James R. Ennis; Francis M., born May 19, 1854, married Lizzie Standring; Louisa M., born Aug. 11, 1857; Ocis M., born April 10, 1860, married Mary Holmes; Altavarde, born Oct. 29, 1864; Anna, born Oct. 11, 1866, died in 1867; Harry, born Jan. 23, 1870. Mrs. Holmes died May 16, 1877. Mr. Holmes mar¬ ried Mrs. Cynthia A. De Motte, March 29, 1878. She was born May 2, 1835, in Hocking County, O., and was a daughter of Will, iam and Nancy (Collins) Young. Mrs. Holmes married Sol. H. Gupton. He died July 4, 1864, and she married Luther M. Dc Motte. They have two children - William Young, born May 20, 1871, and Cynthia, born March 13, 1873, died, aged three weeks. Mr. De Motte died Nov. 18, 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes are members of the Christian church. In politics he is a Republican.

Ezekiel Hunsinger was born in Burnt Prairie Township, White County, within five miles of where he now resides, June 28, 1826. His parents were Adam and Mary (Yaught) Hunsinger, natives of North Carolina and Pennsylvania. They were mem* bers of the Old School Baptist church in their younger days, but afterward joined the Missionary Baptist church. They had a family of eleven children. Ezekiel was the fifth child and oldest son, and remained on the farm with his father until his marriage, Feb. 16, 1851, to Charlotta Hunsinger, V is second cousin, who was born in Burnt Prairie Township, White County, and was a daugh¬ ter of John and Nancy (Crowder) Hunsinger. After his mar¬ riage he settled on the same farm where he has since resided. IJe and wife had a family of eleven children, four living - Julia, born April 30, 1852, married Prof. Winfield F. Scott, and re¬ sides at Fairfield, Wayne County, Ill.; Esther, born Aug. 17, 1857, married John P. Moore, and resides in Wayne County, Ill.; William F., born March 11, 1861, is traveling in Oregon; John D., born March 22, 1863; Ellen, born Oct. 19, 1853, died Sept. 29, 1854; Martha E., born Aug. 30, 1855, died Sept. 19, 1861; Mary, born Oct. 23, 1859, died April 4, 1873; four died in in¬ fancy. The mother died Sept. 11, 1871. Mr. Hunsinger then married Mrs. Emily A. White, a native of Edwards County, Ill., and a daughter of Caleb and Lucy (Payne) Butler. Mr. and Mrs. Hunsinger have one son - Martin D., born March 5, 1876. Mrs. Hunsinger is a member of the Old School Baptist church, and he of the Missionary Baptist church. Mr. Hunsinger owns a fine farm of 1,200 acres of land in Burnt Prairie Township, and has built on liis farm one of the finest residences in the county, where he and family reside. Mr. Hunsinger started in life with small capital and a common-school education, but by hard work and close application to business he has accumulated a fine prop¬ erty. In politics Mr. E. Hunsinger is a Democrat. He has held various local offices of trust, and was appointed one of the Com¬ missioners in 1872 that districted the county into townships.

Oeorge T. Hunsinger , one of the pioneer children of White County, was born on his father's farm in Burnt Prairie Township, April 3, 1847. His parents were John and Nancy (Crowder) Hun¬ singer; he was born in Kentucky, she in North Carolina. He was one of the earliest settlers of White County, and one of the very first to settle Burnt Prairie Township. He and wife were mem¬ bers of the Regular Baptist church, and was one of the members of the organization in that township. They had a family of thir¬ teen children, nine living. George T. was the youngest child by this marriage. The mother died Feb. 22, 1866, and his father mar¬ ried Mrs. Elizabeth Beard, nee Murphy. They had one child that died in infancy. Mrs. Hunsinger died Oct. 15, 1867, and he mar¬ ried Christina Travis, who still survives her husband. George T. remained on his father's farm attending school winters until twenty, when he married Nancy E. Odell, Oct. 25, 1866. She was born in Wayne County, Ill., and was a daughter of Balus and Eliz¬ abeth (Carter) Odell, early settlers of Wayne County. After his marriage Mr. Hunsinger settled on his farm in Burnt Prairie Township, where he still resides. Mrs. Hunsinger is a member of the Regular Baptist church. They have five daughters - Nancy E. Lou., Etta, Hattie P., Mary Mertie. Mr. Hunsinger owns a farm of 200 acres, 160 acres under cultivation and well stocked. He is one of the enterprising, representative farmers of White County, where he has been identified all his life. He has held various local offices of trust in his township, and is at present Constable of Burnt Prairie Township. In politics he is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for President in 1868.

Jeremiah Hunsinger was born in Burnt Prairie Township, with¬ in three miles of where he now lives, Sept. 10, 1839. His parents were Peter and Emeline (Greathouse) Hunsinger. They had two sons - Jeremiah, and Caleb, who married Susan Hunsinger, and died in 1879. Jeremiah lived on the farm with his father until his marriage to Mary E. Williams, Sept. 19, 1858. She was born Sept. 5, 1839, within a half a mile of where she now lives. Her father was born here and her grandfather settled this farm. She was a daughter of Thomas and Susan (Rawls) Williams. After his marriage Mr. Hunsinger settled on a farm in Burnt Prairie Town¬ ship, and has lived here ever since, except six years spent in Mar¬ shall County, Iowa. He and wife are members of the Regular Baptist church. They have had four children - Emma, born Feb. 23, 1860, wife of Lawrence Blue, resides on their farm near Carmi, and has one child - Harry Blue; Susie, born Dec. 12, 1862; Alves, born Sept. 29, 1865; Thomas, born Feb. 29, 1869. Mr. Hunsinger is politically a Democrat, and a strong supporter of that party.

Joseph Hunsinger was born in Burnt Prairie Township, within a mile of where he now resides, Nov. 29, 1833. His parents were John and Nancy (Crowder) Hunsinger, natives of Kentucky and Tennessee respectively. His father was born Aug. 14, 1806, and came to White County when a young man. They were married in Burnt Prairie Township, Sept. 17, 1828, and had twelve children. Joseph was the second son. He resided on the old homestead with his father until his marriage to Emily Kuykendall, Feb. 12, 1857. She was born in Big Prairie, Hawthorne Township, March 3, 1837. She was a daughter of Henry and Karenhappuch (Greathouse) Kuykendall. After his marriage Mr. Hunsinger settled on his present farm on section 28, Burnt Prairie Township. He and wife are members of the Regular Baptist church. They have had seven children - Alvaretta, born Nov. 12, 1857, married Geo. W. Odell; Charles, bora Jan. 12, 1860, died May 14, 1865; Angie, born May 25, 1862, married Anderson A. Puckett; Monroe, born Aug. 6, 1864; Mollie, born Aug. 18, 1867; Clara, born Aug. 24, 1870, and Laura M., bora March 14, 1873. Mr. Hunsinger owns a farm of 210 acres, 170 under cultivation. He has held the office of County Supervisor two years, and various other local offices of trust. In politics he is a Democrat.

Mitchell Hunsinger was born on the old homestead within a mile of where he now resides, Oct. 22, 1839. His parents were Adam C. and Massa (Crowder) Hunsinger, natives of Kentucky and Tennessee, and came to White County in 1819. Mitchell was the seventh of their sixteen children. He remained on the old homestead with his parents until his marriage to Susan E. Miller, Nov. 20, 1861. She was born in Enfield Township, White Co., III., Jan. 11, 1840, and was a daughter of Robert and Mary (Mays) Miller, natives of Georgia. They came to White County, III., at an early day and settled among the Indians. After his marriage Mr. Hunsinger and wife settled on their farm in Enfield Township, and remained here two and a half years when he pur¬ chased his present farm in Burnt Prairie Township, sections 27, 34, 35 and 26, where he owns 290 acres, 250 under cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Hunsinger are members of the Regular Baptist church. They have had two children - Ida, born in Enfield Town¬ ship Aug. 23, 1862; Charles W., born in Burnt Prairie, Oct. 26, 1864. Mr. Hunsinger's parents and grandparents were among the very first settlers of White County in 1819. They were the first settlers in Burnt Prairie Township. Mitchell Hunsinger is of the third generation of that Hunsinger family that has lived in White County. He has held various local offices of trust in his township. In politics he is a Democrat, and has always voted that ticket.

James Jones was born in Wayne County, Ill., March 20, 1826. Hi9 parents were James and Nancy (Stanley) Jones, natives of Tennessee and South Carolina respectively. James was their only child, and his father died eight months before his (James's) birth. When he was some six weeks old his mother came to White County, Ill., and lived with her father. When James was two years old his mother married Joel S. Calkins, a widower with two children. They have eight children. Mr. Calkins died iu 1846, and Mrs. Calkins in 1876. James remained on the farm with his mother until his marriage to Miss Rebecca A. Randolph, Sept. 17, 1847. She was born near Crossville, in Phillips Township, White County. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had six children, two living - Will¬ iam, who married Martha J. Baird, and resides in Burnt Prairie Township, and Nancy. Mrs. Jones died April 26, 1858. She was a member of the Regular Baptist church. Mr. Jones then married Mrs. Margaret (Chism) Blue, April 11, 1859. She was born in Carmi Township. White County. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are mem¬ bers of the Regular Baptist church. They have had a family of nine children, seven living - Stephen E., John, Louis, Martha, Mary, Elizabeth and Margaret E. ; James and Henry died in in¬ fancy. Mr. Jones owns a fine farm of 252 acre3 on sections 12 and I, Burnt Prairie Township, and eighty acres in Phillips Town¬ ship, 185 acres under a good state of cultivation. In politics Mr. Jones is a Democrat, casting his first vote for Taylor; has never missed but one election in that time.

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North Carolina. He was in the war of 1812. He was a chair and wheel-maker by trade. They had a family of seven children. Isaac was the sixth child. When some four years of age he removed with his parents to Claiborne County, Tenn., where he remained on a farm until nineteen, when he came with his brothers and sisters to White County, Ill., and settled in Herald's Prairie, and was joined by his parents some four years after. His parents both died here, his father about 1840, and his mother in 1856. Mr. Kello was married here to Mary Clark, Feb. 26, 1836. She was born in Kentucky, and was a daughter of John and Sarah (Moore) Clark, early settlers of White County. After his mar¬ riage Mr. Kello remained in Herald's Prairie until 1832, when he settled on a farm in Burnt Prairie Township, where he has since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Kello are the parents of twelve children, five living - Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin F. Allen, residing in Kansas; Susannah, wife of Benjamin Austin, resides in Enfield Township; Nehemiah, married Mary E. Tarrant; Isaac, married Mary Gregg, and Barton S., married Mary Austin. The sons all reside on the old homestead. John M. enlisted in Company G, Eighty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and died in New Orleans hospi¬ tal; Isaac, born June 26, 1853, on section 31, Burnt Prairie Town¬ ship, married Mary E. Gregg, May 3, 1876. She was born in Shawneetown, and was a daughter of John and Malinda (Friar) Gregg. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Kello have two children - William

11., born Feb. 20, 1S77, Charles II., born March 20, 1882. Mr. Isaac Kello, Jr., owns thirty-one acres. Nehemiah Kello was born in Gallatin County, Ill., July, 1848. When some two years of age he returned with his parents to White County. He married Mary Tarrant, Oct. 29, 1874. She was born in White County,

111., Sept. 24, 1853. Her parents were Janies and Mahnla (Lank¬ ford) Tarrant. Mr. and Mrs. Nehemiah Kello have had three children, two living - Minnie M., born Dec. 29, 1S79; Harry G., born Nov. 14, 1SS0. lie owns a farm of thirty acres, all under cultivation. In politics lie is a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Kello, Sr., and family are members of the Christian church.

Theodore C. King was born in Burnt Prairie Township, March 6, 1849. His parents were John II. and Matilda (Hunsinger) King. They had a family of one son and one daughter. Theodore was the youngest. When eighteen months of age his father died. Theodore remained on the farm with his mother until his marriage to Margaret Haynes, Jan. 16, 1870. She was born in Tennessee,

Jan. 7, 1847, and was a daughter of James S. and Mary (Love) Haynes. After Mr. and Mrs. King were married they settled on a farm in Burnt Prairie Township, and remained here until 1871, when he moved to Moultrie County, Ill., returning to Burnt Prairie Township in 1877, where he still resides. They are members of the Missionary Baptist church. They have had five children - John H., born Oct. 17, 1870; Florence, born Sept. 21, 1872; Emma, born Feb. 17, 1874; Charley, born Aug. 19, 1876; Oscar, born Jan. 1, 1879. Mrs. King came with her parents from Tennessee to Wayne County, Ill., when she was but twelve months old, and remained there until her marriage in 1870. Mr. Theodore King owns a fine farm of 225 acres. In politics he is a Democrat.

Samuel Lamont was born near Bally money, Antrim County, Ireland, in November, 1827. His parents were Samuel and Nancy (Gamrael) Lamont. They had a family of fourteen sons and one daughter. Samuel was the fourth son. He came with his cousin, John Lamont, to America in 1851; they were eleven weeks and three days at sea in a sailing vessel. They landed in New Orleans, then came up the Mississippi to Mt. Vernon, Ind.; then came to Grayville, White Co., Ill., and went to Liberty, Burnt Prairie Township, and worked six weeks clearing ground for Dr. Samuel Stuart for his board; he then worked for different parties in Burnt Prairie Township, until his marriage to Mary Williams, March 6, 1856. She was born in Burnt Prairie Township July 16, 1836, and was a daughter of John and Catherine (Hunsinger) Williams. After his marriage Mr. Lamont settled on his farm near Liberty, Burnt Prairie Township, where he resided until 1859, when he moved on the farm now owned by Elijah Randolph on section 35, where he remained until 1876, when he settled on his present farm on sections 35 and 36, Burnt Prairie Township, where he owns 160 acres of land. He also owns forty acres in Grayville Township. He and wife are members of the Old Regular Baptist church. They have had a family of twelve children, six living - John T., born Dec. 10, 1856, married Sarah M. Files, March 6, 1877, and resides in Grayville Township; Jacob, born Dec. 13, 1859; William J., born Sept. 13, 1864; Nancy Catherine, born May 27, 1868; George, born Aug. 27, 1870, and Mary E., born Oct. 27, 1874; all residing at home. Mr. Lamont is a self-made man; he came to America a poor Irish boy, and when he landed in Liberty, White Co., had 12$ cents in his pocket; he was not discouraged, hut went bravely to work, and by hard work and good management has accumulated as fine a farm as there is in the county. In politics he is a Demo¬ crat, and cast his first vote for James Buchanan. He had three brothers in the late war.

Isaac Majors was born in Giles County, Tenn., in October, 1815. His parents were William and Rachel (McGee) Majors, natives of Powell's Valley, East Tennessee. They had a family of ten chil¬ dren. Isaac was but twelve years of age when he came with his parents to White County, Ill., and settled in Grayville Township. When eighteen years of age Isaac struck out for himself and fol¬ lowed working at farming for different parties until his marriage to Martha Lay, May 1, 1836, who was born in Tennessee, and was a daughter of Jesse Lay. Mr. and Mrs. Majors had five children - Samuel, born April 14, 1837, married Anna Upton, and resides in Kansas; William, born March 30, 1839, married Mary J. Fulker¬ son, and resides in Burnt Prairie Township; Rebecca A., born July 5, 1841, married Edward Hill, and resides at Hill Springs, Carmi Township; Mary A., born June 17, 1843, married Jeremiah Sullivan, and died in September, 1879; Martha A., born Aug. 14, 1845, died Oct. 11, 1846; the mother died Oct. 1, 1846. Mr. Majors then married Martha Harris, Oct. 10, 1847, a. native of Wayne County, 111., and a daughter of Samuel and Tabitha Lock. Mr. and Mrs. Majors have had a family of two sons - James, born April 27, 1850, died Dec. 20, 1852; Jacob W., born Feb. 26, 1859, mar¬ ried Amanda Funkhouser, May 10, 1880, and resides in Burnt Prairie Township. Mr. Isaac Majors owns?a fine farm of 170 acres, 150 under cultivation. He and his wife are members of the Bap¬ tist church. In politics he is a Republican.

James A. McClure,, deceased, was born near Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 1, 1830. His parents were William and Martha (Hayden) McClure. James was the third child of a family of six children. He came with his parents to White County, Ill., when a boy. He first married Rebecca Bramlet, June 27, 1852. They had three children - Margaret, wife of William Cook; Mary, wife of John Scriber, and Wallace, unmarried. The mother died March 3, 1863. Mr. McClure married Mrs. Susan A. Young, Oct. 1, 1869. She was born in Warren County, Ky., Feb. 14, 1842, and was a daughter of Leonard and Martha (Otey) Tarrant. Mrs. McClure first married Albert Dosher, Jan. 3, 1861, and they had two chil¬ dren, one living - Christina, wife of William Gudgel, married Jail. 23, 1881. Mr. Albert Dosher died Jan. 23, 1864. Mrs. McClure then married Thomas Young, Jan. 13, 1867. He died Oct. 10,

LS67. Mrs. McClure then married James A. McClure. They have four children - Silas E., born Aug. 7, 1870; Rosa B., born Feb. 15, 1872; Anna L., born April 15, 1874; Dora, bom Feb. 23, 1876. Mr. McClure died March 24, 1878. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as is also Mrs. McClure. She owns a tine farm of eighty acres, where she and family reside. Mrs. McClure's father came to White County from Kentucky, when she was but nine years of age, and she has resided in the county ever since.

James Moi'rison was born in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, De¬ cember, 1831. In 1853 he came with his mother and brother Robert and wife to America. They landed in New York City; were six weeks at sea in a sailing vessel. They came direct to White County, locating in Liberty, Burnt Prairie Township. A son and brother, Peter Morrison, who was long and favorably known as a mechanic and neighbor, preceded them to this county some years before. James had taught school in Scotland previous to coming to Amer¬ ica, and soon after his arrival in Burnt Prairie began teaching here; taught for two years, then clerked in a store of general mer¬ chandise with D. G. Hay & Bro. for two years, when he formed a partnership with Duncan Campbell, a native of Scotland, and old settler of White County. They opened a store of general merchan¬ dise in 1S57, and continued partners until the death of Mr. Camp¬ bell in 1864. Mr. Campbell was a fair-minded, honorable man and respected by all who knew him. Mr. Morrison succeeded Mr. Campbell and has enlarged his stock and trade from time to time, until he now has the largest store in Liberty and one of the leading stores of White County. He carries a stock of $8,000 or $10,000; occupies a building 24x50. Mr. Morrison married Catherine Hallam, Dec. 13, 1860. She was born in England. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison have had six children - Margaret, born Oct. 7, 1861; James R., born Oct. 13, 1863; Hannah, born June 8, 1866; Mary I., born June 12J1869; Eugene, born March 5, 1871; Bessie H., born July 16, 1878. Mr. Morrison is a self-made man.

William R. Myers , Postmaster at Centerville, Burnt Prairie Township, was born in Burnt Prairie Township, May 10, 1842. Ills parents were Lennan and Dicie (Strong) Myers, natives of New York and Tennessee respectively. They were members of the Christian church. William R. was the second son and third child of their ten children. He remained on 'his father's farm at¬ tending school until nineteen, when he enlisted in Company H,

Forty-eighth Illinois Infantry Volunteers, Sept. 10, 1861; remained in the service until the close of the war; was in the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, Missionary Ridge, and with Sherman in his march to the sea. At the close of the war he returned to Burnt Prairie Township and began farming. He was married to Miss Rachel Staley, Oct. 30,1865; she was born in Burnt Prairie Township and was a daughter of Noah and Louisa (Majors) Staley, old settlers of Burnt Prairie Township, White County. Mr. and Mrs. Myers have five children - William A., Noah 8., Lillian, Charles O. and Louisa. Mr. Myers followed farming until No¬ vember, 1880, when his father died. His father was Postmaster, and William took charge of the postoffice, aud in May, 1S81, was himself appointed Postmaster and still holds that office. He has held various local offices of trust in his township. In politics he is a Republican. He first attended school in a log school-house near Centerville, and very near where the present school-honse now is.

John R. Odell was born in Wayne County, withiri two miles of Liberty, White Co., III., April 26, 1837. His parents were Balus and Elizabeth (Carter) Odell, natives of Kentucky and members of the Regular Baptist church. John R. was the oldest of their ten children. He remained on the oW homestead in Wayne County until his marriage to Frances M. Kelly, March 5, 1860. She was born in Burnt Prairie Township, White Co., Ill., Dec. 29, 1841. and was a daughter of Landon C. and Delila (Carter) Kelly. Mr. Kelly was born in 1799, and his wife in 1805. They had a family of nine children. After his marriage Mr. Odell settled on his farm in Wayne County, Ill., where he remained until February, 1873, when he bought his present farm in Burnt Prairie Township, lie and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist church. They have had a family of eight children, six living - Charles W., born July 1, 1861; Delila E., born July 18, 1864; Remis C., bom March 30, 1S67; S. Kelly, born May 20, 1870; Mertie, born March 20, 1873, died Oct. 9, 1878; J. Franklin, born Nov. 20, 1876. died July 26, 1876; James A., born Dec. 9, 1S77; Bertie E., born July 29, 1880. Mr. Odell owns a farm of 120 acres, 100 acres under cultivation. Politically he is a Republican; cast his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas for President. His father was bom July 18, 1813, and in 1834 moved to Wayne County, Ill., where he still re¬ sides.

Wesley Phillips , M. Z>., was born in Ohio County, Ky., Nov. 29, 1832. His parents were Stephen and Nancy M. (Kelly) Phil¬ lips, natives of Culpepper County, Va., where they were married. His father was a millwright and also farmer. They afterward moved to Kentucky. They had eleven children, two sons and one daughter living. Wesley was the youngest son and tenth child. His father died in 1851. Wesley remained with his mother until t o spring of 1854. He then attended college at Mount Alba ar 1 Harainsburg, Ky., until 1856. He then traveled in Mis¬ souri and Arkansas until 1857; then returned to Cloversport, Ky., and attended college until September, 1858, when he came to White County, Ill., and taught school and read medicine until September, 1860. He then went to Louisville, Ky., and remained until March, 1861, when he returned to White County; taught school and read medicine until October, 1862. He then went to Chicago, Ill., and attended the Rush Medical College, where he graduated in 1863. He was commissioned (Jan. 13, 1863) Assis¬ tant Surgeon of the One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Infantry by the old War Governor Richard Yates. He remained in the service until the close of the war; was mustered out at Greens¬ boro, N. C., and discharged at Chicago in July, 1865. He then returned to Phillipstowj), White County, and practiced medicine until December, 1866, when he located in Liberty, where he has since practiced his profession. Dr. Phillips married Josephine Cross, April 10, 1864. She was born in Burnt Prairie Township, Oct. 7, 1844, and was a daughter of Robert F. and Elizabeth (Hunsinger) Cross. They have had seven children - Omar, born April 9, 1866; Jennie, born Nov. 26, 1867; Cicero, born March 5, 1870, died April 13, 1870; John, born May 11, 1871, died June 20, 1871; Martha H., born Aug. 9, 1872; Oscar S., born Nov. 12, 1875, died March 25, 1879; Karah B., born Oct. 1, 1880. Dr. and Mrs. Phillips are members of the Missionary Baptist church. Dr. Phillips' father was born March 3, 1790, died Nov. 13, 1851. His mother was born Oct. 22, 1792, died Jan. 17, 1859. Dr. Phillips is a Mason and Junior Warden of Burnt Prairie Lodge, No. 668, A. F. & A. M. He is also Notary Public of Liberty. In politics was first a Whig, but at present rather independent, and inclined to vote rather for the man than the party.

Martin Flock was born in Hessendstadt, Germany, June 7, 1856. His parents were Henry and Margareta (Schneider) Plock. His father was a miller and also owned a farm. He and wife were members of the Lutheran church. They had eight children, six living - Mary, wife of Geo. Killion, resides on the old homestead farm in Germany; Kate, married Geo. T. Williams, and resides in Burnt Prairie Township; Elizabeth, married John Fisher, and re¬ sides near Wadesville, Posey Co.,Ind.; Henry, married Margaretta Weber, and resides in St. Phillips, White Co., Ill., where he owns a wagon shop; Caroline and Martin, unmarried. Mr. Martin Plock in 1873 came to America alone; lauded in New York City and came to White County. He soon went to Evansville, where he clerked in the Hotel Karne five years. He then came to White County and bought his present farm of forty acres. He is a shoe¬ maker by trade, and learned his trade in Germany. In politics he is a Republican.

Pleasant J. Puckett , M. D ., was born iu Maury County, Tenn., Sept. 26, 1816. His parents were Edward and Rebecca (West¬ moreland) Puckett, natives of Virginia. He was a member of the Free-Will Baptist church, and she of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. They had a family of ten children; five sons and two daughters lived to be men and women. Pleasant J. was the sev¬ enth son. lie remained on the farm with his father attending school and reading medicine until his marriage to Catherine Vaughan, Nov. 13, 1835. She was born in Maury County, Tenn., and was a daughter of Hartwell and Elizabeth (Walker) Vaughan. After his marriage Dr. Puckett farmed in Tennessee two years, then came to Turney's Prairie, Barn Hill Township, Wayne Co., Ill., and farmed and read medicine until 1S52, when he began the practice of medicine. In 1S55 he attended the medical college at Cincinnati, O., one term, and received a diploma in 1S72. In 1866 Dr. Puckett located in Liberty, where he has since been en¬ gaged in the practice of his profession; also in farming. He was Elder in the Christian church for twenty-four years, and was or¬ dained minister of this church; has been a member for the past forty-four years. Dr. Puckett is a self-made man, and is thoroughly practical and liberal in his views. He and wife have nine chil¬ dren - B. F., born March 22, 1837, is a farmer and carpenter. He married Margie Haynes, who died, and he then married Julia Scndder. Elijah H., was born July 26, 1S39; enlisted in the Fifty-sixth Illinois Infantry, and died from the effects of exposure during the war; Moses G., born July 15, 1841, married Christina Cates, who died, and he afterward married Lucretia Richards; John T., born Jan. 29, 1843, married Jane Felix; Mary L., born June 2, 1846, married William S. Boze, of Texas; Martin L., born April 9, 1848, married Sarah Palmer; Martha J., born March 9, 1850, died, aged four months; Alva 0., born Sept. 25, 1852. married Lucinda F. Stuart, and practices medicine with his father; Edward N., born Jan. 30, 1855, married Mary Upton. All the children except Mary and Alva are residents of Barn Hill Township, Ill. Mrs. Puck¬ ett died April, 1857. Dr. Puckett in the fall of 1857, married Mrs. Boze, whose maiden name was Eliza J. Hare. She was born in Kentucky, and was a daughter of Courtney Hare, and Dr. Puckett and wife have had three children - Anderson A., born March 22, 1860; he married Angie Hunsinger; Joseph O., born Jan. 19, 1863, Charley E., born Dec. 10, 1866. Mrs. Puckett is a member of the Christian church. Dr. Puckett owns a farm of 258 acres in Barn Hill Township, Wayne County. He also owns eighty acres in Burnt Prairie Township, White County, and ten lots and two dwellings and office in Liberty. Politically he is a Republican. He is of Scotch, English, Irish and Welsh descent. His mother's father, Robert Westmoreland, was an early settler of East Virginia, for whom the county of Westmoreland was named.

James A. Puntney , one of the oldest settlers of Burnt Prairie Township, and in fact one of the very oldest in the county, was born in Byron County, Ky., June 3, 1826. Ilis parents were Mitchell M. and Margaret (Ewing) Puntney; he was born in Ken¬ tucky and she in Virginia. They were members of the Regular Baptist church, and had a family of ten children, four sons and six daughters; all lived to be men and women and had families. James A. was the third son and fourth child. When some eight months of age he came with his parents to the then wild country of White County. Wolves and deer were plenty, and his boyhood days were spent on a timbered farm. Neighbors were few and far between. He began school in a log school-house, about five miles from his home. Young Puntney remained with his father on the farm and helped clear 100 acres of heavy t.mber land, and was married here to Elizabeth Hunsinger, Dec. 30, 1847. She was born on her father's farm, Aug. 24, 1830. She was a daughter of John and Nancy (Crowder) Hunsinger, he a native of Kentucky and she of North Carolina. After his marriage Mr. Puntney set¬ tled on his farm in Burnt Prairie Township. He now owns 120 acres on section 28, where he and family reside. He and wife are members of the Old School Baptist church. Mr. Puntney is of the old Kentucky and Virginia and of Dutch and Irish descent. His great-grandmother lived to be 107 and his great-grandfather 109; his father lived to be eighty-one. He is not only one of the oldest settlers, but one of the enterprising, representative men of the county, where he has been identified for the past fifty-six years. Ho has seen this country change from its wild state to its present prosperous condition.

Elijah W. Randolph was bom in Burnt Prairie Township within a mile of where he now lives, March 7, 1847. His parents were Thomas and Mary A. (Pace) Randolph. He lived on his father's farm until twenty-two, when he began to farm for himself iu Burnt Prairie Township. He was married to Catherine Williams Nov. 18, 1877. She was born in Burnt Prairie Township, and was a daughter of Charles and Mary (Hunsinger) Williams. After his marriage Mr. Randolph settled on his present farm on sections 35 and 36, Burnt Prairie Township. Mrs. Hunsinger is a member of the Old School Baptist church. They have two children - Charles T., born Dec. 13, 1879, and a daughter. Mr. Randolph owns a farm of 260 acres, *160 under cultivation. In politics he is a Democrat.

Richard Randolph was born in Burnt Prairie Township, within a mile or two of where he now resides, Oct. 14, 1845. His parents were Thomas and Mary (Pace) Randolph. Richard was the second son and child. lie remained on the old homestead with his par¬ ents, until his marriage to Margaret Taylor, Jan. 10, 1869. She was born in Tennessee, and came with her parents to White County in 1860. She was a daughter of James and Katherine (May) Taylor. After his marriage, Mr. Randolph settled on his present farm on sections 1 and 2. lie owns a fine farm of 120 acres, eighty acres under cultivation. He and wile have had six children - James, born Nov. 20, 1870, and died in December, 1870; Thomas W., born Jan. 10, 1872; George, born March 24, 1874; Luke, bora Sept. 25, 1S75; Willie, born Aug. 1, 1879; Mary A., born June 7, 1882. In politics Mr. Randolph is a Democrat.

Thomas Randolph was born in Big Prairie, Hawthorne Town¬ ship, White Co., 111., Jan. 27, 1814. His parents were Thomas and Mary (Bland) Randolph, natives of Virginia, where they were married. They moved to Kentucky, and in 1808 or 1809 came to White County, Ill. He first settled in Bowman's Bend, on the Big Wabash, two and a half miles southwest of Harmony, and afterward in Big Prairie, Hawthorne Township, where he died in 1816. He brought the first seed corn to Big Prairie. He had a family of nine children - Elijah, Katy, Prudence, Isaac, William B., Robert, John, Lucinda and Thomas. Thomas was only two years old when his father died. He then lived with his mother and brothers and sisters until eight years of age, when his mother died. He then lived with his brothers and sisters until sixteen or seventeen, when he struck out for himself. He worked for differ¬ ent parties until eighteen, when he hired out to a man named John Brown for $7.00 a month, to take a load of cattle down the river to New Orleans on a flat-boat. Owing to ice in the river he was two months making the trip. His brother loaned him $30, and in five weeks he made $90 trading in chickens, and returned to Mt. Ver¬ non, Ind., and from there to New Harmony. He then hired on a farm, and making rails at 37£ cents a hundred, until his marriage to Mary Pace, Jan. 18, 1837. She was born in Virginia, June 12, 1816, and was a daughter of William and Philadelphia (De Fodge) Pace, natives of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph are now living within a half mile of where they were married. They reside on a part of the old homestead on section 1, Burnt Prairie Township. He and wife are members of the Old School Baptist church. They have had six children; all lived to be men and women - William, born June 11, 1840, married Sarah Williams, and resides in Carrni, engaged in the lumber, coal, wagon, carriage and machinery trade; Richard, born Oct. 14, 1843, married Margaret Taylor; Elijah W., born March 7, 1847, married Katherine Williams; Susannah, born Aug. 12, 1850, died Oct. 14,1868; Thomas W., born March 28, 1854, married Hattie Du Mond; Lucy S., married John Appel. Politically Mr. Randolph is a Democrat; cast his first vote for Old Hickory Jackson.

Thomas W. Randolph wa3 born in Burnt Prairie Township, on section 1, in the same house where he now resides, March 28, 1854. He attended school and worked on the farm with his father until twenty-five years of age, when he went to Moultrie County, 111., and was married here to Hattie Du Mond, Oct. 12, 1879. She was born in Moultrie County, Sept. 5, 1860, and was a daughter of Ja¬ cob and Elizabeth (Kerns) Du Mond. After his marriage Mr. Ran¬ dolph came back to White County and settled on his farm where he now resides and where he owns a farm of 240 acres, 190 under cultivation. Mrs. Randolph is a member of the Baptist church. In politics he is a Republican.

were members of the Catholic church. John was the youngest of their five children. He attended school until fourteen when he farmed with his father until eighteen. He then came with his parents to America; was twenty-eight days at sea; landed in New York and came to White County, Ill., and settled in Burnt Prairie Township. John remained on his father's farm until his marriage to Sallie Short, Dec. 25, 1851. She was born in Phillips Township, White County, and was a daughter of R. Short. After his marriage he resided on his father's farm one year, then built a house on his own farm, where he still resides. Mr. and Mrs. Rebstock have had three children - Catherine, born Dec. 25, 1852; Louisa, born in 1853, and Mary, born in 1854, died at the same time with cholera. Mrs. Ftebstock died in 1860. Mr. Rebstock married Elizabeth Siefried. She was born in Baden, Germany, and was a daughter of John and Rosalia Siefried. Mr. and Mrs. Rebstock had four children - Caroline, Frank (died, aged ten years), Elizabeth and Edward. Mrs. Rebstock died in 1873. In December, 1S74, Mr. Rebstock married Mrs. Mary Fechtic, nee Beckel, a native of Byron, Germany. They have three children - Joseph, Willie and Margaret. Mrs. Rebstock is a member of the Lutheran church, and he of the Catholic church. Mr. Rebstock owns a farm of 160 acres in Burnt Prairie Township, and 120 acres in Phillips Township, most all under cul¬ tivation. He has held various local offices of trust in his town¬ ship, where he has been identified for the past thirty-five years.

A. R. Redman, born in Gibson County, Ind., July 17, 1835, is a son of Wesley Redman, a native of Adair County, Ky., born in 1810, who, upon becoming of age, went to Indiana and settled four¬ teen miles south of Princeton. He returned to Kentucky, and married Susan Harris, a native of Warren County, Ky. She died in 1844, leaving three children - W. L., A. R., and James A. W. L. was Deputy Clerk of Wabash County in 1881. A. R. came to White County in 1874, and settled on section 31, Burnt Prairie Township, where he has since lived. He was married Nov. 6, 1856, to Sarah E. Gudgel, of Gibson County, Ind. They have ten chil¬ dren - Nancy I., Lucy E., Susan M., W. W., H. A., Caroline F., George M., James O., Thomas E. and IdaB. Mr. Redman's family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Shiloh, En¬ field circuit. He is a Steward and Class-Leader and exhorter in that church. Politically he is a Republican. He served three years in the late war, in Company A, Fifty-eighth Indiana Infantry,

Twenty-first Army Corps, enlisting in October, 1861, and served till 1864. He was in the battles of Stone River, Ghickamauga and Mission Ridge. He was wounded on the second day of the battle of Mission Ridge; was shot through the right arm, above the elbow, making his arm stiff, for which the Government pays him a pension of $8 a month.

David Emmanuel Rhein , one of the old settlers and leading farmers of Burnt Prairie Township, was born in Alsoz, France, (now a part of Germany), Jan. 26, 1809. His parents were Law¬ rence and Magdalena (Heintz) Rhein. He was a merchant, and also followed farming. Thev had a family of eight sons and three daughters, David being the fifth son. He attended school until fourteen, and when fifteen learned the cooper's trade, which he followed. He was married in Germany to Henrietta Fisher, Sept. 15, 1831. She was born in Alsoz, France, and was a daughter of Frederick and Louisa Fisher. He was a 'Squire. In 1833 Mr. Rhein, with his wife and one child came to America; was fifty days at sea; landed in New York and went from there to Philadelphia, Pa., where he remained one month; then went to Lancaster and worked at the cooper's trade one year; then to Myerstown, Leba¬ non County, where, three months after, his wife died, in the fall of 1834. She was the mother of two children, one living - Harriet, wife of Adam Schmidt, residing in New Orleans, La. Mr. Rhein married Catherine Burkhart in September, 1835, at Lancaster, Pa. He remained in Pennsylvania, working at his trade until 1839, when he went to Indiana and worked at his trade until 1858, when he came to White County, Ill., and bought his present farm, on section 35, Burnt Prairie Township, Of Mr. and Mrs. Rhein's ten children, seven are living - Theodore, who married Elizabeth Mil¬ ler, and resides on a farm in Carmi Township; Mary, wife of Henry Stein, and resides in Indiana; Margaret, wife of Conrad Young; David Emmanuel, Jr., who married Julia Teller, and resides in Carmi; Sarah, wife of William Kimball, and resides at Grayville, White County, Ill.; Susan, wife of Philip Downer, and resides at Grayville, also; Charlie, unmarried, residing with his father on the old homestead. Mr. Rhein owns a fine farm of 120 acres, ninety acres under cultivation. Mr. Rhein is one the old settlers and representative men of White County, where he has been identified since 1858. In politics he is a Democrat. He has lived to see this county change to its preseut prosperity. Is a member of the Evangelischen Gememschaft church.

Francis Rosselot , retired farmer, of Burnt Prairie Township, was born in Belfore, France, May 4, 1800. His parents were James and Susan (White) Rosselot. They had a family of fourteen. Francis, when twenty-six years of age, came to America, landed in New York, and went to Philadelphia, Pa., where lie learned the hair-dresser' 8 trade, and he afterward opened a large store. He was married here to Miss Luc}r A. Anderson, June 15, 1831. She was born in New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Rosselot have two chil¬ dren - Annastasia, now the wife of Alexander Faulkner, and resides in Carmi; Leopole L., who married Jennie Hutton, and resides in Shawneetown. The mother died in March, 1839, in Cin¬ cinnati, Ohio. From Philadelphia Mr. Rosselot moved to St. Louis, where he engaged in the hair-maker's trade. Afterward moved to Boston, Ohio. He married Miss Nancy P. South, in Cincinnati, Oct. 5, 1843. She was born in Ohio, March 11, 1820, and was a daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Rutter) South. They were natives of North Carolina and Kentucky, and mem¬ bers of the Methodist church. After Mr. and Mrs. Rosselot were married, he farmed near Boston, Ohio, four years; then moved to Jamestown, Ky., and opened a hotel, where they remained five years; then, in 1855, they came to Illinois, and bought their pres¬ ent farm in Burnt Prairie Township, White County, where they own a fine farm of 200 acres, 160 under cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Rosselot are both church members, he of the Catholic and she of the Christian church. They have had a family of ten children, nine living - Frederick L., born July 13, 1S44, married Sarah Redrow, and resides in Cincinnati, Ohio (he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry Volunteers, and was wounded at the battle of Shiloh); Frances E., born Dec. 18, 1845, married Ome Hardin, and resides on the old homestead with his parents (he also enlisted in the Eighty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and re¬ mained until of war); Emma L., born April 13, 1848, and died Oct. 2, Mary B., born Jan.. 31, 1850, married Gordon La Rue (they reside in Carmi); Washington L., born Feb. 22, 1852, married Laura Berry, and resides on their farm in Jackson County, Ark.; William L., born Dec. 16, 1854, married Lizzie Lewis, and resides on the old homestead with their parents; John A., born Dec. 16, 1856, resides on the old homestead; Jen. nie S., born Aug. 12, 1858; Alpharetta, born Sept. 29, 1860; Amanda A., born Nov. 12, 1863, all reside with their parents. Mr. Rosselot is now in his eighty-third year and enjoys good

History Ok White Cousty

Hugh Smith was born on the farm where he now resides Feb. 5, 1844. His parents were Andrew and Martha (Stuart) Smith. His father was born in Perthshire, Scotland, April 14, 1796. He came with his parents to Belmont County, Ohio. He came to White County in 1818, and settled in Carmi and opened a blacksmith shop; remained a year, then returned to Ohio. He built a mill in Pittsburg, Penn. ; was flooded out, and then returned to White County and settled on a farm on section 24 in Mill Shoals Town¬ ship, where he died Sept. 10, 1876. He was married to Martha Stuart, April 30, 1833. She was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in October, 1812. She came to America in 1827, her father, mother and brother having come to White County in 1817, and settled in Burnt Prairie. Mrs. Smith came with her sisters and joined their parents and brothers. Mrs. Smith is still living in Liberty. She is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had eleven children, seven now living in this vicinity - Andrew, married Anna Curtis; Joseph, who married Maria Curd; Mary, wife of Peter Morrison, who died in 1877; Hugh, subject of this sketch; Margaret, wife of Benjamin Reeves; Isabell, wife of John Hutchens; Charott D., married George R. Williams. Hugh Smith remained on the old homestead with his parents until eighteen, when he enlisted, August. 1862, in Company K, Eighty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and was in all the battles of the regiment, first at the surrender of Vicksburg, battle of Jackson, Miss., Sabine Cross Roads, La., etc.; was taken prisoner at Williamsport, La., in the fall of 1864, along with thirty-four others of his company, including the Captain, and remained in the rebel prison at Tyler, Tex., undergoing many hardships, at one time living five days on raw pumpkins; remained in the prison at Tyler until the close of the war, when he returned home to his present farm in Mill Shoals Township. He was married to Sumia Musgrave, Feb. 5, 1866. She was born four miles northwest of Liberty, in Wayne County, Ill., Dec. 17, 1840, and was a daughter of Moses and Margaret (Simpson) Musgrave. He and wife are members ot the Cumberland Presbyterian church. They have had seven chil¬ dren - Henrietta, born Dec. 31, 1866; Charles, born Aug. 17,1868, died in 1868; Mary B., born Nov. 12, 1869; Joseph A., born April 19, 1872; Margaret M., born Aug. 17, 1875; Hugh C., born May 1, 1878, and Walter G., born Jan. 22, 1882. Mr. Smith owns 196 acres of good land. Politically he is a Republican.

George W. Staley , proprietor of the Centerville Mills, is one of the pioneer children of White County, and was born in Burnt Prairie Township, Oct. 11, 1833. His parents, Noah and Louise (Majors) Staley, are still living on their old homestead farm in Burnt Prai¬ rie Township, where they have resided for the past fifty-four or fifty-five years. George is their oldest child. He attended school and worked on his father's farm until his marriage to Miss Han¬ nah P. Calkin, Oct. 22, 1852. She was born in Burnt Prairie Township, Oct. 15, 1831, and was a daughter of Joel S. and Nancy (Stanley) Calkin, natives of New York and [North Carolina re¬ spectively. They had a family of eleven children. After his mar¬ riage Mr. Staley settled in the woods and cleared a farm where he remained until Sept. 10, 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Forty-eighth Illinois Infantry Volunteers; served four years, then returned home and re-enlisted in the same company, and remained in the service until July, 1865, when he received an honorable discharge, being pronounced by surgeons unfit for service; he at the same time received a commission as First Lieutenant of his company, but was not able to be mustered in ; came home but was unable to work for some three years; as soon as able he began farming, which he continued until 1879, when he rented his farm and went to Chrmi, and some three months later rented a mill at New Haven, sixteen miles below Carmi, on the Little Wabash, where he remained twelve months, and then returned to his farm, and soon after purchased his present mill at Centerville, which he still owns and runs. This mill has two sets of burrs, and complete machinery thioughout, as he has re-fitted it since his purchase. Mr. and Mrs. Staley have been members of the Methodist Episco¬ pal church for the past thirty years. He is a Ste \ ard f the church. They have had a family of eight children - Noah, born Feb. 7, 1854; Sarah, born March 15, 1856; George W., born April 24, 1858, die July 26, 1860; Susan M., born July 7, 1860; Sam¬ uel S., born Nov. 30, 1866; Nancy, born Oct. 16, 1868; Clinton, bom Jan. 1, 1871; Mathias, born Jan. 16; 1873. Mr. Staley has held various local offices of trust in his township. He is at pres¬ ent School Director. Politically he is a Republican and has been since the breaking out of the Rebellion.

Noah Staley , one of the pioneers of White County, and also an old Black Hawk soldier, and at the capture of old Black Hawk him¬ self, is a native of Tennessee, and was born in Montgomery County, Jan. 27, 1811. His parents were Frederick and Mary (Krk)

Staley. His father was with Jackson in the war of 1812, and after the battle of New Orleans was taken down with the fever. He was bled by a physician and left in care of a soldier who neglected to watch him, and being very crazy with the fever he tore open the orifice in his arm and bled to death. He and wife were natives of Virginia and they emigrated to Tennessee in 1811. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. They had a family of eight children, Noah being third son and seventh child. In the fall of 1827 his mother came to White County, and Noah re¬ mained in Tennessee until the spring of 1828 to take care of a tobacco crop. In the spring of 1828 he joined his mother and brothers in White County, where he has remained ever since. He was married here to Miss Louisa Majors, Jan. 11, 1833. She was born in East Tennessee in December, 1804, and was a daughter of William and Rachel (McGee) Majors. They had eleven children. He afterward married Miss Susan Wolf. Mrs. Staley is a member of the Missionary Baptist and Mr. Staley of the Methodist Episco¬ pal church. She has been a member fourteen years and he has been a member for the past fifty-four years. Mr. and Mrs. Staley are the parents of eight children, three sons and five daughters - George, who married Miss Anna Pines Calkin and resides in Cen¬ terville, where he owns a grist-mill; Mary A., who married Sam Burrell (died in April, 1877); Emelinc, who married Elijah Hutchcralt (died in January, 1879); Margaret, the wife of Charles Barker, and resides on their farm in Wayne County, Ill.; Rachel, wife of William Myers, a merchant in Centerville, Burnt Prairie Township; David, who married Miss Martha Williams, and re¬ sides on their farm in Burnt Prairie Township; Samuel, married Miss Susan Hunsinger, who died in April, 1878, and he married Mrs. Jane Burrows, nee Cherry; Harriet, married John Stein, and resides on their farm in Burnt Prairie Township. Mr. Noah Staley and wife still live on the old homestead where they own 153 acres, 113 acres under cultivation. In politics he is a Republican, and oue of the strong supporters of that party. When he began life he built a cabin on his farm in the timber. It was well made, a little better than common in those days, and it had a plank floor made by a whip-saw.

Frederick Stein was born in Baden, Germany, Nov. 25, 1834. His parents were Bernhardt and Catherine (Schmidt) Stein. They were members of the Lutheran church. They had a family of fourteen children, four sons living. Frederick attended school in Germany until twelve years of age, when he came with his parents to America. They were a month at sea; landed in New York City, and came from there to White County, Ill., and settled on a farm in Burnt Prairie Township. He worked on the farm with his father until his marriage toSilomea Barth, in April, 1856. She was born in Baden, Germany, and was a daughter of Christopher and Dorothy (Schmidt) Barth. After his marriage Mr. Stein set¬ tled on a farm in Burnt Prairie Township, and has farmed here ever since except four years, when he was in Wayne County, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Stein had seven children, five living. Marks, born Dec. 30, 1856 ; Sally, born Feb. 8, 1860 ; Frederick, born July 23, 1861, died an infant; John, born Jan. 29, 1863; Christopher, born Sept. 26, 1864, and Joseph, born Nov. 8, 1866. Mrs. Stein died in October, 1867. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was buried at that church in Carmi Township. Mr. Stein married March 11, 1878, Gertrude Miller, nee Noll. Mr. and Mrs. Stein are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He owns a fine farm of 120 acres, 109 acres under fine cultivation, and well stocked ; he raises grain and stock for the market. In politics he is a Democrat. When Mr. Stein came to White County game was abundant and settlements were few and far between.

Casper Stine, farmer, of Burnt Prairie Township, was born in Baden, Germany, Aug. 18, 1S42. His parents were Bernhardt and Cathrine (Schmidt) Stine. Casper is the third oldest child now living. He was but four years old when he came to America with his parents, and soon after came to White County; Ill., and settled on a farm with his parents in Burnt Prairie Township, where he has since resided. He married Miss Susan Burkhart, Jan. 30, 1866. She was born in Baden, Germany, Aug. 22, 1840, and was a daughter of Samuel and Susan (Ziegler) Burkhart. After Mr. and Mrs. Stine were married he settled on his farm, where he has since resided. Mr. Stine is a member of the Methodist Episco¬ pal church. They have had a family of ten children - Margaret, born Nov. 24, 1866: John, born Jan. 13, 1868, died July 24, 1868; George, born July 27, 1869, died Oct. 15, 1869; George 2d, was born Nov. 7, 1870, died, July 2, 1871; William, born June 12, 1872, died March 2, 1876; Katy, born Sept. 3, 1873, died Sept. 17, 1873: Charley, born Oct. 27, 1S74; John, 2d, was born Jan. 2, 1875, died March 9, 1875; Mary, born Oct. 13, 1877; Jacob, born Oct. 14, 1881. Mr. Stine enlisted in Company F, Eighty-seventh Illinois In¬ fantry Volunteers, and one year after the regiment was changed to mounted infantry. He remained in the service until the close of the war when lie returned home to his farm in Burnt Prairie Township. He owns a fine farm of eighty acres, sixty-five under cultivation and well stocked. In politics he is a Democrat.

Alexander Stewart was born in Liberty, Sept. 13, 1845. His parents were Henry and Mary (Johnston) Stewart. His father was born in Scotland, and came to America six weeks after, and to White County, Ill. This was in 1818. His father was one of the first settlers in Burnt Prairie Township and Liberty, and made a farm where the town of Liberty now is. He was married here in 1841. He and wife had a family of three children, Alexander, who wasbut three or four years of age when his mother died, being the only one living. His mother was born in Christian County, Ky. After her death his father married Margaret A. Wright, and they had a family of three children, one son and daughter living. When Alexander was ten years old his father died, and soon after his step-mother died. He then went to Albion, Edwards Co., Ill., and lived with his Uncle Alexander Stewart until eighteen, when he enlisted in Company H, Eighty-seventh Illinois Infantry, Feb. 11, 1864, and remained in the service until the close of the war. He was in all the engagements of the regiment. At the close of the war he returned to Albion, Edwards County, for one year, when he returned to his boyhood home at Liberty, and has followed farming ever since. He now owns a farm of forty acres, all under cultivation, in Burnt Prairie and Mill Shoals townships. Mr. Stewart married Tommie A. Hunter, Oct. 8, 1871. She was born in Grayville, White Co., Ill., and was a daughter of James and Mary (Cov¬ ington) Hunter. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are members of the Presby¬ terian church. They have had a family of four children - Mary E., born Aug. 22, 1872; Henry J., born Aug. 15, 1874; Raymond, born Aug. 17, 1877; Augusta, born Feb. 26, 1880, died Aug. 3, 1880. Alexander Stewart was in the Black Hawk war, and was one of the very first settlers of White County. Mrs. Henry Stewart died July 31, 1881.

Emmanuel Sumpter , deceased, was born on the old homestead on section 28, Burnt Prairie, July 28, 1824. His parents were Henry and Polly Sumpter. They came to White County, Ill., at a very early day. They had a family of five sons and three daughters, Emmanuel being the second son, and one of the pioneer children of White County. He was married here to Nancy Calvin, and settled down on the old homestead, where he remained with his father until his father's death, and where he lived until his death. Mr. and Mrs. Sumpter had a family of eight children - Elizabeth Emma (wife of Louis L. Trammel, re¬ sides in Carmi), Thomas, Ella (wife of Gilbert White, a resident of Carmi), Mary, Margaret (died at the age of fourteen), Henry and Charles. Thomas Sumpter was born Oct. 15, 1860. He was married Nov. 18, 1880, to Elmira Smith, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of Andrew and Eliza A. (Eaton) Smith. They have one son, Delos E., born Aug. 5, 1881. Mr. Thomas Sump¬ ter is residing on the farm where his father and grandfather lived and died. It consists of eighty acres of good land, seventy under cultivation. Henry aud Charles also reside on the farm with their brother.

Martin Vaught was born in Burnt Prairie Township, July 30, 1835. His parents are William and Margaret (George) Yaught, both living on the old homestead in Burnt Prairie Township. His father came to White County in 1817, with his parents, from Ken¬ tucky. Martin remained on the farm with his parents until his marriage to Cerralda Kuykendall, Sept. 5, 1858. She was born in Phillips Township, White County, June 2, 1840, and was a daugh¬ ter of Henry and Karenhappuch (Greathouse) Kuykendall. After Mr. and Mrs. Yaught were married he settled on a farm in Phil¬ lips Township, and farmed until 1860, when he sold his farm and engaged in the mercantile trade at Phillipstown until 1862. He then raised Company K, Eighty-seventh Illinois Infantry. He was in the seige of Yicksburg, battle of Jackson, Miss.; then went to Natchez, Miss., New Orleans, Western Louisiana, and in the spring of 1864 received an honorable discharge on account of dis¬ ability. He returned home to Phillipstown and helped build a mill; engaged in milling and merchandising here until June, 1867, when he sold out and went to Carmi, where he opened a grocery and provision store; eighteen months later returned to Phillips¬ town and purchased the grist-mill and ran it eighteen months; sold out and came to Burnt Prairie Township and followed farm¬ ing until 1872, when he moved to Liberty, and lias since been en¬ gaged in the sale of machinery and agricultural implements. Mr. and Mrs. Yaught are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. They have had four children, one living - Charles C., born Sept. 22, 1865, is the youngest; Emily E., born Aug. 22, 1S59, married R. M. Funkhouser, andjdied May 20, 1880; Eugene, bom Jan. 13, 1861, died Jan. 18, 1861; Herschel, born May 15, 1863,