Holcomb, Illinois

BEACH BEl^OKI li. Farmer; Sec. 29 ; P. O. Stillman Valley ; born in Ontario Co., N. Y., May 21, 1804; married Harriet M. Blakely ; she was born in Franklin Co., Mass., Nov. 12, 1803; have had thirteen children, ten of whom are living: Hulda, Stephen A., Albert, Alpheus, William Lafayette, Traphenia, Olive, Eliza J. and Martha: Stephen A. served in the war about three years and was honorably discharged; have lost three: Oscar enlisted in 2d I. V. C, serving two j^ears, and died after returning home; Francis enlisted in 33d I. V. I., served two years and died at Vicksburg, and Alson. who died in 1855; Mr. B. came to this Co. and settled near his present estate in 1842 ; occupied his present home in 1845 ; owns 240 acres ; in the organization of land into townships, Mr. B. served as Justice of the Peace, and has been prominently known throughout the Co. ; the country was wild and unsettled when he came to this Co. ; Chicago was the only place for supplies, and to Beloit, Wis., to mill.

Passage source: The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc, published 1878.

DU:srHAlI li. Blacksmith; Holcomb ; born in Tompkins Co., N. Y,, in 1837; married Frances C. Wemple Dec. 25, 1865 ; she was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1829 ; have six children : Francis A., Emma B., Charles E., Henry A., and William Holcomb, named after the village; came to this state in 1848, and settled in Winnebago Co., where he learned his trade; with the exception of three years and a service in the Rebellion, he has been a resident of this Co.; enlisted April 14, 1861, in the 11th I. S. V., Co. D, three months' men, serving his time; again enlisted in August, '61, in 8th I. S. V., Co L, and participated in 2d battle of Manasses, and seven days' battles, Malvern Hill, Fredricksburg, Beverlj'- Ford, Culpepper, and many others; served under McLellan, Burnside, Hooker, Mead, and others, until the close of the war, and was honorably discharged; in 1865 went to Iowa for two years, and in October, 1875, settled in this village, where he has since resided, engaged in his professional calling.

Passage source: The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc, published 1878.

EGAW JOH]!C, Farmer ; Sec. 25 ; P. O. Davis Junction; born in Ireland, 1838; married Ellen McEvoy, widow of Joseph Coughlin, in April, 1874; she was born in Ireland in 1831 ; have no children ; came to this country in 1861, and settled in this Co. the same year, being employed by A. Walker, one of the old settlers ; Mrs. E. came to this countrv in 1864, and settled in this Co. in 1868. ' Eyster Cyrus, farm ; Sec. 33 ; P. O. Holcomb.

Passage source: The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc, published 1878.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Scott Township - it names this place 6 more 6 times.