Maryland, Illinois

BRAJTTXER MICHAEI., Farmer and Stock Raiser ; Sec. 24 ; P. O. Maryland ; born in Boonsboro, Md., Aug. 24, 1816; came to this Co., Oct. 5, 1839; owns 194 acres land, valued at $11,640; is a Republican; belongs to the IJuited Brethren Church ; when he first came to the Co. had only 37>^ cents in his pocket; worked by the month for Mr. Coftman; made his furniture and tables from store boxes, and bedsteads from poles cut in the woods ; also made the shingles to cover his house ; has hauled grain to Chicago ; made the trip in 13 days ; rained 12 days out of the 13; married Mary Ann Phillips in 1845; have seven children living: IJrias, born Aug. 14, 1847 ; Samuel, May 18, 1849 ; John, Aug 12, 1851 ; Joseph, Nov. 4, 1853 ; Jacob, Aug. 9, 1858; Alma, Jan. 14. 1861 ; Charles, Feb. 4, 1867.

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.

EICHHOL.TZ S. Farmer and Stock Raiser; P. O. Haldane; born in Blair Co., Pa., Jan. 18, 1837; came to this Co. in Spring, 1856; Democrat; belongs to the Lutheran Church ; held the office of Alderman two terms in Polo ; married Jennie Updegraff in Fall 1865; born in Northumberland Co., May 9, 1841 ; has three children : Harry St. Almond, born Aug. 24, 1866, Levi Benton, Aug. 16, 1868, Idelette Pearl. April 21, 1875 ; he enlisted Sept. 18, 1862, in 92d I. V. I.; belonged to Kilpatrick's command ; was with Sherman on his march through Georgia; was in battles of Trienne, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca, Atlanta and Brownsville ; was wounded in battle, at Atlanta, in the shoulder; also, at Bentonville, in the hip; his father, Henry Eichholtz, came from Blair Co., Pa., in 1856; owned 323 acres, valued at $20,000 ; Mr. C. S. Eichholtz is now in Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kausaa.

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.

EVERSOIiE DANIEIi, Parmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 28; P. O. Maryland; was born in Berkley Co., Va., April 19, 1829 ; came to this Co. May 20, 1846 ; has 229 acres land, valued at $15,000; Democrat ; married Catherine Rouser in 1858 ; she was born in Washington Co., Md., Nov. 30, 1830 ; have six children ; Douglas, born Aug. 3, 1860, Garibaldi, Sept. 24, 1861, Daniel, Feb. 9, 1863, Ivey, Feb. 6, 1865, Annie, April 3, 1867, Minerva. Oct. 16, 1874; Seymour, born Jan. 24, 1869, died Aug. 1, 1869; he worked by the month and day for nine years, got some money together, and bought some land at Chambers' Grove; improved a farm and sold it for $45 per acre ; from there came to the place where now lives; the first work he did was making brick ; got $12 per month ; has hauled wheat to Peru, \)n the Illinois River, and got forty to fifty cents; fifteen to twenty cents for oats; when he first came here there was not a house between North Grove, in this Co., and Cherry Grove, in* Carroll Co., about twenty-five miles.

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.

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