West Point, Illinois

Dr. V. B. Corey, West Point, was born June 3, 1S2S, in Penn Yan, Yates county, N. Y. ; his parents were Joseph A. and Mercy (Andrews) Corey, natives of Rhode Island. The grandparents descent. The parents of Mercy Andrews were Samuel and Waty (Briggs) Andrews, of Providence, R. I., and of Euglisii ancestry. The subject of this notice left home at the age of 14; learned the blacksmith's trade, whicli he followed until 22, but at the age of 20 he commenced the study of medicine, having the use of the library of Dr. Andrew F. Oliver. In 1854 he came West, visited several States, and located first at Quincy, 111., where he read medicine in the ofSce of Dr. John Parson for two years, when he came and settled at West Point, this county, and established himself in a good practice. Being a strong Republican and a [Tnion man, he enlisted Aug. 28, 1862, as a private in Co. C. 118th 111. Vol. Inf , to serve three years; the regiment was organized at Camp Butler, Springfield, 111., and the Doctor was appointed Hospital Steward of the regiment; May 16, 1863, at the battle of Chamjiion Hills, Miss., he was detailed to act as Assistant Surgeon, which position he continued to hold until the regiment was mustered out in October, 1865. The Doctor was in the battle of Chickasaw Bluff, Miss., Dec, 1862, and the engagements at Arkansas Post, Jan. 11, 1S63; the regiment was then in camp at Young's Point, La., until

Passage source: History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880.

March 9 next, when it was moved to Milliken's Bend, and April 2 it was ordered to the rear of Vicksburs;, in the siege of which it participated, nuder Gen. Grant. May 1 they met the enemy at Port Gibson, then at Champion Hills; but previous to the last the Doctor had been sent back to the hospital at Raymond, Miss. At this place he was taken prisoner, but paroled, and afterwards returned to the regiment as Assistant Surgeon, at Black River Bridge, in the rear of Vicksburg. The regiment was transferred to the Department of the Gnlf under Gen. Banks, then ordered to Port Hudson, La., in January, 1864, and July following to Baton Rouge, where in October, 1S65, they were mustered out. The Doctor then returned to West Point, where he has since resided, in the enjoyment of a lucrative practice.

Passage source: History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880.

Francis Eghers, farmer, sec. 23; P. 0., West Point; was born in New Orleans, La., in 1835. He was a son of Charles and Magdalen (Amon's) Egbers, both of whom were natives of Germany. The former was born in 1800 and the latter in 1812. The subject of this sketch was brought up under the parental roof until his 24th year, when he emigrated to the mountains in the West, and for a year and a half engaged in various kinds of work; in 1860 he returned home and remained onej'car, and then, in 1861, took unto himself a wife in the person of Elizabeth Wilcox, who was born in 1820 in England. Unto them have been born 4 children, 3 of whom are still living; viz., WiberS., Robert C. and Guy F. After marriage Mr. E. located on his father's farm in Rocky Run tp., and - then on a farm of his own in same tp., where he lived seven years, and then located in St. Alban's, near West Point, and was there until he located in Stillwell, where he was engaged in the flouring business for one year, and then he purchased the farm on which he now resides. His farm of 110 acres is valued at $4,000. Mr. E. and his estimable wife are members of the Methodist Church.

Passage source: History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880.

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