Goshen Township (part 2 of 2)

Joel Pai'rish^ referred to in the sketcii of David W. Brown, came to this county in 1838 with his wife and cliildren. In 1843, he and his wife died in Iowa, and were buried in the cemetery at Montrose. Susannah, wife of Buloff Parrish, resides on th(^ old homestead. Lydia Parrish married Asa Driscoll, and secondly Jacob Emery; Aureli^i, w^idow <^f John Sturm, married Isaac Stewart ; Svlvania also married a second time, her husband being Edward Mott; Electa married Lyman Mott; Zerinah also married; Olive, wife of Mr. Brown, and Lucy married one Haskins. Those, with Samuel. 'Squire, Ruloff and Jason constituted the family. Puloff Parrish was born in Canada in 18(i4. In 1827 he mari'ied Miss Susannah Morris, in New York state, and entered a half section in Goshen township, where his widow now resides, erecting a small board slianty until a better house could be completed. Here he lived until his decease, March 12. 1882. Of his family, Avis is wnfe (^f Harrison Miner; Eurania and Phoebe both married and raised families, but are now dead. Puloff Parrish was one of the most esteemed citizens of the countv and one of Stark's wealthiest farmers.

J. 11. Quivn, to whom so many references are made in the general and townshi]) history, Avas born in Pi-eble county, Ohio, in 1820. When about ten years old his father died, and soon after he went to live with a neighbor farmer, with whom he lived until eighteen years of age, when he learned the shoemaker's trade and worked at that trade lor some years. In the year 1849 he, in company with another young man, opened a boot, shoe, hat and cap store in his native town of Eaton, Ohio. In July, 1851, he married Miss Mar}^, daughter of Jacob Fail, of Preble county, Ohio, to whom seven children wei'e born, of wdiom six are living, nainely : Ann Eliza, Ida Belle, William D., Frank F., Horace G. and James A. In the year 1858 he sold his interest in the store and took a tv\\) to the then far west and bought 240 acres of unimproved prairie land in Goshen township. On his return home he eno-aged as a salesman in a mercantile house, in which position he remained until the beginning of the year 1855, when he again went west, driving through with a team, during which year he built a house on his previously bouglit land, and in March, 1850, he moved his family from Eaton, Ohio, into it, where he still resides.

Mr. Qninn 1ms taken all the parts attributed to him as member of the Coiint}^ Board, of the Agricultural Society, of the Township Board, of the I. O. O. F. at Toulon, of the Christian church at Lafayette, and of other local organizations. His farm of 480 acres is considered one of the most ])roductive and best improved in this section of Illinois. His Durham or shorthorn herd of forty cattle, his Poland China hogs, and large herds of other graded stock have, for some years, been celebrated throughout the countr3\ The beginnings of the Quinn family date back to Ireland. Robert Quinn, a native of Maryland, married Elizabeth Lacey. and thev were the parents of James Quinn, who settled with them in Pi'eble county, Ohio, in 1805, and there married Sarah, daughter of John and Ann Glines, of Massachusetts, early settlers of Ohio, who were the parents of J. H. Quinn.

Tfw. A. Beed, or ''Boss Reed," born in Kew London count}^ Conn., in 1815, came to Goshen township in 1840 and resided in this and Knox county up to February 16, 1882. when he died.

Lmae C. Reed, born in Litchfield countv. Conn., in 1822, came with his parents, William A. and Amy Reed, to Lafayette in 1840, was married there to IVfiss Luna A., daughter of Elijah Pomeroy, and moved to Missouri with his family in May, 1871. Ernest A. and H. L.. sons of this pioneer, are regular visitors to this county.

John Flamlle Rhodes, son of Hugh and Julia (Kingsly) Rhodes, was born in Knox county, 111., April 11, 1841. His father was born near Sachet's Harbor, N. Y., and his mother a native of Massachusetts. In their early married life they moved from FennsN'lvania to Trumbull county, Ohio, returned to Pennsylvania, and in 1839 moved to Knox county. 111., locating near where the village of Hermon now stands, In 1844 he sold his improved farm in Knox county and opened one in Goshen township, this county, which he sold in 1854, then moved nearer Toulon, and improved anotlier farm. Here, December 3, 1861, his wife Julia died, and Kovember 26, 1864, he married Mrs. Hannah Beatty, who still survives him. He died July 14, 1882. This old settler was county judge for eight years, township supervisor, etc., and among the earliest and best supporters of the Congregational church at Toulon, as related in the histoiy of that church. His remains he in the private cemetery on the first farm he improved in Goshen township, where his first wife, his parents, Jonathan and Hannah lihodes, and his son, Franklin, are interred. The family of Hugh Rhodes consisted of eight children, namely : S(jphronia E., now Mrs. Caleb Lyon, of Toulon ; Charles, a retired farmer residing at Touhm ; Harriet, wife of Daniel Bryan, of Guthrie county, Iowa ; Achsa, wife of Joseph Curtiss, of same county; John F., of Goshen township; Henry F., a farmer of Sedgwick county, Kan. ; Lewis, of same county, and Franklin, who died, leaving a widow, Catherine (Wood) Rhodes and four children. Jolin F. Rhodes spent his earlier years on the farm and in attendance at school. On the breaking out of the Rebellion and after the death of his mother in 1861, he enlisted in Company F, One- himdrecl-and-twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. At Resaca he was wonnded in both arms, recovered at the Marine Hospital, Chicago, and received honorable discharo'e in 18<U. On arrivino- home he awaited the total recover}^ of iiis right arm, and in iy(>(l resumed the active life of the agriculturalist and stock-grower. In 1870 he embarked in the hardware and agricultural im|)lement trade at Toulon, which he carried on successfully for fifteen years, returning to the farm in 1884. lie married Miss Clarissa Robinson, a native of Ohio, to whom were born Thadius H., Ruby G. and Bayard C. Rhodes. Botli Mrs. and Mr. Rhodes are members of the Congregational church, the latter being superintendent of Sabbath School the last seven years; He served as supervisor of Goshen township two terms, served as county coroner six years, is an old member of W. W. Wright Post, G. A. R., and of tlie County Agricultural Society. ( Vide also History of GosJien, Toiilon and Coimty.)

T IF. Tioss, son of James S. and Martha A. (Watson) Ross, was born in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1827. His parents were natives of New Jersey, now both deceased. Mr. Ross jiassed his early years in New Jersey or attending school at Reading, Pa. In IS-l'i he moved to Belmont county, Ohio, and in the village of Pleasant Grove, learned his trade of blacksmith. In \'^'\'6 he moved to Peoria city, but soon after located at Lafaj^ette, where he carried on his business of blacksmithing until 1857, when he engaged in mercantile work. In 18(50 he resumed his trade. He was ajipointed postmaster at Lafayette in 1852, during the Pierce administration, serving until 1860 when he resigned. He was the first clerk of Goshen townshi[) in 1853, one of the village trustees and village treasurer. Of all the men who were in the village when Mr. Ross came, there are only three now living in the town, and of the women, only the few named in the history of the village as survivors of pioneer times. Mr. Ross was married in 1849 to Miss Margaret J. Armstrong. They are the parents of six childi'eu, namely : Martha J., Ella E., Wm. W., Emma P]., James A., and Thomas S. Mrs. Ross died in ISOO. In 1860 he married Miss Happalonia C. AVilber, who is also the mother of six children : Edna M., Edith A., Fred., Max. W., Rena L., and Chas. F. A reference to the history of masonry in Lafayette, to the munici})al history, and to the political chapter of the general history, as well as to other pages of this volume, will be necessary to learn the varied and unostentatious parts taken by this old settler in the social and industrial progress of the county.

Jacob Boss died at Clifton. Kan., May 22, 1882. He w^as born in New Jersey in 1804, moved to Ohio, thence to Peoria county. 111., in 1836. and in 1850 to Lafayette. In April, 1872, he moved to Kansas. A daughter of T. W. Ross, of Lafayette, was accidentally shot in the breast by a careless l)oy who was playing with a revolver.

Lucretid iBeasJey) Ra-^ton^ born' in Pensacola, Fla., in 1821, married Homer Ilimes, a native of Goshen township, in October, 1851, and in 1854 married Chas. Ruston who died in 1876. She died February 27, 1886.

(Coleman) Silliman, born August 16, 1787, were natives of Connecticut. Minott Silliman's father served in tiie War of 1812 to its close. He settled in Ohio in 1815, and continued to reside there until September 1, 1828, when he moved to Peoria count}^ with his family. There he died December 2, 1856. His wife, PolU% died December 24, 1S<^4. Gershora was one of the pioneer Baptists of Peoria county, and the same Elder Silliman who assisted or accompanied Essex to his first location in this county. jMinott moved to Toulon in 1834, and settled there until 1836, when he opened a farm, afterwards known as the Culbertson farm. In 1837 he moved to Goshen townshi]i and opened the lands which he entered in 1835-6, building a cabin near the creek on section 24, moved to section 23, in 184u. In August, 1839 he was elected the first treasurer of the county and served until 1854. In 1850 he was elected coroner. He served as justice of the peace for some years. In 1870 lie was United States Marshal for census. Mr. Silliman voted the Democratic ticket up to 1856, when he voted for the Republican candidates. He has been a Republican since that time. In 1861 he and Oliver AVhitaker were chosen to take charge of the sustenance fund until the Toulon companv was mustered m with the One-hundred-and-twelfth. His son Levi entered the Ouehundred-and-twelfth Regiment, where he was wounded, but served out his term. Mr. Silliman was married in Essex township in 1833 to Miss Rhoda, daughter of Benj. Smith, one of the first settlers. This lady died May 9, 1841. He married Miss Henrietta Bethen for second wife, who died Nov^ember 6, 1846. He married his present wife, Latitia Oziah, daughter of Anthony Oziali and Anne (Layne) Oziah, ]S^ovember 4, 1847. His children now hving are Clarissa, now Mrs. Wilcox of Blair, Xeb.; Levi, \)OYn September 17, 1842. now a resident of Toulon ; Sarah, residing at home, and Mary, born March 22, 1853, now Mrs. A. F. Stickney, of Toulon. He owns 110 acres of his entry in 1836, and thirty of his entry of 1835. His present residence was erected in IS64-5.

C. F. SpUbnan, born January 31, 1800, in Campliell county. Ky., moved to Indiana with his mother in liis youth, married Catlierine McCance in 1829, and in 1855 came with his faniilv to Stark county. In 1864 this lady died, when he and the children moved to Franklin county, IlL

WiUiain Snyder, deceased, born in Berkeley county, Va., in 1802, settled in this township in 1840. In his youth he crossed the mountains to Greene county. Pa., where he resided ten years ; thence to Richland county, O , in 1829. and next to this county in 1840, where he rented land and resided until his removal to Knox county, where he died in 1881 in his eightieth 3^ear. He was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Marv, a dauohter of David Weiss, in 1821. Thev were the parents of ten children, namely : Lucinda, John, Alfred M., Sarah J., Elizabeth (deceased), Mary, Delila, Minerva, Maria and David. Mrs. Snyder was boi'u at Greensburg, Pa., in 1802, and her four eldest children were born in that state. This lady, now over eighty years, is mentally and physically well preserved, and ranks among the oldest Methodist members in the county.

Alfred M. Snyder, son of William and Mary Snyder, was born in Greene county, Pa., in 1827. He came to Stark county with his ])arents, and, with the excei)tion of the years from 1853 to 1857 spent in CJalifornia, has been a jiermanent resident of the county since 1840. In 1859 he purchased 160 acres where he lived twenty five years ; then moved to section seventeen, where he improved a farm of 150 acres, where he now resides. On March 10, 1858, he married Miss Mary E. Hayes, born here in ISIO, a daughter of Harry Hayes, a settler of 1887. They are the parvUts of five children: Bradford H., Charles A., Herbert E., Harry A. and George A. In his time he has experienced all the vicissitudes of pioneer life in Central Illinois, and of the Argonauts of 1853-7. Mr. Snyder is a meml)erof the Blue Lodge of Lafay ette, and he and wife belong to the Universalist church there.

A. B. II. Snyder settled at Lafayette in the spring of 1855, was born in New York, Ulster county, in the year 1826. A])ril 7, and is a son of John A. and Jane (Bevier) Snyder, natives of the same state, who came to Goshen township in the year 1855. Mr. Snyder, Sr., resided in Lafayette fourteen years, returned to New York, where he died in 1882, aged sixty-eight years. Mrs. Snyder died in Lafayette in 1856 aged sixty-two years. Three children came with their parents, viz.: Bevier, Jane, wife of J. Tyrel, and A. B. II. The elder Snvders were members of the Congregational church. Our subject, alone, of the family, resides in Stark county, others in Texas. Mr. Snyder engaged in stock buying from 1855 to '75, a period of twenty years, and dealt very extensively, traveling over a vast area of country. In 1875. ]iui'chased 100 acres where he now resides, on which he settled, and has since resided, and makes an occasional shipment. He was elected assessor of Goshen townshi}) in 1870, and has consecutively assessed the ])roperty of the township since the year ls81. Collected the tax of the township in 1862, is a member of the order of A. F. and A. M., Stark Lodge No, 502, Avas made a Mason twenty years ago. He was married in 1850 to Cecilia M., daughter of Alexander Black, of Sullivj'u county, N. Y., who has borne him three children, two living : McGuire and Lev^ally, Charles, deceased. Votes the Repul)lican ticket upon all questions at issue.

./. F. Thomson, son of William and Sarah A. (Ganson) Thomson, was born in Fairfield township, P^ranlclin county, Vt., June 24, 1831. His father was a native of Edinf)urg, Scotland, and was educated there. J. F. Thomson obtained a good common school education in Yev mont, traveled west in 1841, and resided in Kane county. III., until September. 1847, when he moved to Lafayette. h\ 1853 he joined the California stampede, returned r/« the Isfhmus. in 1855-6, and followed the car[)enter''s trade at Lafayette until his enlistment in the One-hundred-and-fifty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in which command he was a non-commissioned officer of Company I. In 1851) he married Miss Margaret A., daughter of Alexander Todd, of this county. Of their seven children, six are living, namely : Cora A., Ethel, aged six years; John C, Susan E., Mary Edna, Kate and Maud. In 1868 Mr. Thomson was elected justice of the peace, and lias served continu ously since that time. In 1874 he was commissioned notary public

2Ir)<. Abhlfi Anil iJa<d,-sori) Todd, who died at Lafayette. March KS, 1S85, was born in Orange count}^, X. Y., March 12,1809. She married Geo. AY. Dudley, in Ohio, moved to Illinois in 1809 or 18iO, where her husband died. She married C. W. Todd, ApriU, 1847.

Sin'itJi Tidth\ a native of Orange county, X. Y.. moved to Pennsylvania on attaining his maioi'ity. and there married Miss Rebecca Wort. Before leaving for Ohio two of their children, William and Mary, were l)urned to death. The family moved to Stark county, from Ohio, in 1846. resided in Osceola townshi]) that year and the next moved to Elmira townshi]). Botli old settlers are buried in Appanoose county, Iowa. Of their nine children two died, as related above. Sarah, Smith, Ira, Israel and Thomas are also dead. TJosalie resides in Davis county, la., while Jolm W. is the only representative of the family here. He was born in Luzerne county. Pa., in 1833, came to Illinois with his parents, and here, in 1857. married Miss Maria J., daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Bonsall) Fleming. In 1852 he joined the Argonauts in the California stam])ede, crossed the plains in seven months and returned in 185() with a pack-train. Since that time he has made Stark county his home, resiibng on his present place since 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle are the parents of twelve children and two numbered among the dead, namely: Alary and Emma. The otliers are Charles, Marion, Anna, Aba, Alice. Rebecca, Edwin. Harry. Lotta. Willie, Samuel and ALiude L. Mr. Tuttle is a member of the Masonic society, and politically a Republican.

Peter II. Wade, who located in (tosIicu m 1853, a mile east of the present home, resided there for three years when he moved to Henry county and made his home there until 1869, when, returning, he made the beginning of the present farm of 250 acres, aU highly improved. Mr. Wade with his parents. William and Margaret, settled in Edgar county in 1837, where his mother died, and eventually in Knox county, where his father died. Mr. Wade was born in Prince Edward county, Ya., January 1, 1825. His marriage, with Miss Sarah Shively, was celebrated in 1852. Airs. Wade was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, August 31, 1832. Her parents. AYilliam and Alary Shively, were born in Loudoun county, A"a., and since their marriage nine children were Ijorn, namely : Alary Emily AYade. born February 19, 1855, in Stark county. 111.: Frances Alarion Wade, born Alay 16. 1857; Alice Alay AVade, born June 8, I860; Sarah Belle Wade,' born October 2, 1862^: AVillie Lincoln Wade, l^orn February 2'), 186.5; Clara AYade. l)orn September 2<'>, 1868. died A])ril 2, 188i. The five last named were born in Henry county, llattie Evena Wade, born Alay 10, 1870; Lillie A^iola AYade, born September 22, 1874; infant son, born and died Xoveml)er 2. 1854, the three last named being Ijorn m Stark county.

J(d(n W/tite, the founder of this family in Stark county, and his wife, Ameba (Aletcalf) Alanning, were natives of Atassachusetts. In 1833 they moved to Cuyahoga county. Ohio, and 1836 to Goshen township, this county, making their first home in Illinois on the very ground where the Widow Mary J. White now resides, purchasing 1(>0 acres of congressional hind at the prices which then ruled. In religious affairs Mr. White was a Universalist, while his wife always was identified with Methodism. Of their children, Samuel M.; Mary, wife of G. H. Redfield; Sarah, wife of T. D. Church, and John A. are residents of this county. The father died October 29, 1852, in his fifty- fourth year, and the mother September 27, 1868, in her sixty-fourth year.

Jolm A. White, the second child of John above named, was Ijorn in Cuyahoga county, O., October 1<». 1801, came to Stark county with liis parents; received a good common school education here; married A[)i"il 26, 1854, Miss Mary J. Anderson ; took up his residence in the old homestead and resided there until his death. May 8. 1886. For over thirty years his energy and industry won success for all his enterpiMses, and inteo'ricv marked all his dealino-s. For a number of vears he was trustee of the township schools, one of the leading supporters of the Universalist Church, a staunch meml)er of the Republican party, and active in all those affairs with which his name is connected in the local and general history of the county. In 1855 he commenced buying stock, a business he continued uninterruptedly until his death. In addition to this he established a heavy grain trade at Lafayette, which he carried on for many years. Of his thirteen children twelve are living, namely : John II. or Hanson, Sarah E., Minnie E., Mary V., Anna A., Charles F., Luna J., George A., Phoebe P., Asa G., Lucv B., Frank L., Harriet E. died at the age of twentj^-two months. Mr. White was a practical temperance worker and aimed to reform by exam})le rather than l)v force. His wide acquaintance and the equally wide esteem in which he was held tended much to make his inffuence felt in social, political and business matters, so that today not a few remember him as the one to whom they looked for exam])le, and following this example prospered.

Jo/in II. White, eldest son of John A. White, was Ixn-n in Goshen township, July 9, 1855. He was married November 19, 1879, to Miss Delia E., daughter of S. M. Jones. They are the parents of two children, Bessie M. and Llo3'(l. Mr. White owns a farm of eighty acres, but cultivates about two hundred acres. He is a member of Stark Masonic Lodo-e, No. 5(»1, and politicall}' a Republican.

Samuel 31. White was born at Provrdence, R. I., August (i, i829, moved witli liis pai'ents to Ohio in infancy, and in 18o6 came with them to Goshen township. He was educated at the mute asylum, Jacksonville, 111. In 1853 he married Miss Elizabeth A. Easton, of Peoria county. 111., and settled permanently on the farm where he now resides. Sev^n children were born to them, of whom hv^e are living. The names are: Abel II., Sarali M., wife of John Hilliard, Stephen E., Willie R., Mabel Y., Phoebe J. Mud Samuel A. ]\Ir. White's farm consists of one hundred and fifty-three acres of improved land, all under cultivation. Both he and Mrs. White have been members of the C(jngregational church for many years. Politically Mr. White is Rrpublican, the principles of that ])arty l^eing made a study by him.

Rev. John Lester Williams^ hovn in Washington county, Pa., in 1808, died at Lafayette December lO, 1881. In 1833 he became a preacher of the Methodisit Episcopal church ; in 1819 went on the Wisconsin mission ; in 1865 was supei'annuated, and about this time settled at Lafayette.

John WilUani.^, located in Lafayette in 1864, and established himself in the business in which he is now eng-aged. lie carries a full stock in ready made goods, and does custom work. In 1880 he erected a new store building. He was born in Scotland (Glasgow) in the year 183 L Came to America in 1848, settling in Auburn, X. Y.; followed his trade there eighteen months. Thence removed to Ovid. X. Y., where lie ])lied his trade twelve years. Married here Mary Ilanlon subsequently he moved to Ohio, living there a short time, and then continued his journey to LafaN^ette, where he has since resided and prospered. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episc()])al church, with which they have been connected twenty -one years. He is one of the present trustees, and has been steward and class teacher, always taking an active part in all church work. Is a member of the I. O. O. F.. of the Lafa^^ette Lodge. He is the father of eleven children, nine living, viz.: Jennie. Mary, Katie (deceased), and George, minors; Maggie, Ella, Lena. Johnny, Ed., Guy; Lizzie, deceased. Yotes the Prohibition ticket, and is a warm advocate of its principles.

Cajdahi WilJiain Wilhrrforee Wright, son of Roval and Diantha (Martin) Wright, was born at Hanover, N. H., April 3,1820. His father was a native of Hanover, born November 12. 1778. The family dates back to 1639, when Deacon Samuel Wright first settled at Springfield. Mass. He returned to Xorthampton, Mass., in 1655, and died there October 17, l<i65. He was the father of James, of Xorthampton, and he is the father of Samuel, who married Ilebecca Sikes, and he the father of Samuel, who married Hannah Loomis. and he the father of Nathaniel, who married Irene Sprague, of Plymouth, Mass.; died November 2(i, 179t'); he the father of Nathaniel, who married Jemima Bartlett, and for second wife, Mary Page; died July 27, 1828. His first wife died in 1784, his second in 1813, and he the father of Royal, born of Jemima Bartlett. Novembei' 12. 1778, died at Canton, 111, January 3, L^64. His son, William AY, died June 24. 1864. at Nashville, Tenn.. from wounds received at Resaca, Ga. He enlisted in One-hundred-and-twelfth Illinois Yolunteer Infantry, and was elected Captain of Company F. He married Miss Anne M., daughter of Jolm Creighton. then of Canton. HI., a native of Ireland. Septend>er 1, 1840. This lady is residing at Chicago with her three youngest chihlren, namelv : Sophia L., born July 17, 1856; Eliza M., November 17, 1858, and John E., October 14. 186(». the latter now on the local ^iaf^ ot the Dai I ij Xe IDS. The elder chiklren are Nathaniel W.. boi-n June 9. 1841 ; William W., September 10, 1842 ; Curtis, March (>, 1844; Amelia A (now Mrs. R. H. McKeighan. of Toulon Township). September 2, 1845 ; R. Creighton, February 15, 1852. Two children died here in infancy. About 1838 Mr. Creighton and familv came from Cavan Couutv. Ireland, to Chillicothe, Ohio, and the followiu"- year took his i)lace amoni>' the earlv settlers of Canton, Fulton Countv,