Toulon Township (part 3 of 6)

Thomas H. Carlin., senior member of the firm of Carlin & Sickles, is one of the enterprising and progressive business men of Stark c(junty, and takes the ci'e(bt of pioneer work here in his industry. He was born in Canal Dover, Tuscarawas county, O., March 9, i858, the son of Matthew Carlin and Jane Rockford, both natives of Ireland, who came from near Drogheda, Louth county, to our shores to make a home for themselves. The}'' settled in Tuscarawas county, where two sons and five daughters came to them and grew to manhood and womanhood, all worthy citizens and industrious people. The subject of our sketch completed a good common school education and began the trade of cigar-making at Canal Dover. He subsequentlv did journeyman work at his trade through the country, finally locating here in March, 1882, where he soon after embarked in business, which he has very successfully carried on since. He feels the fnll force of his citizenship in Toulon, and in the early part of the present year married Miss Lydia, the estimable daughter of Daniel and Ann (Maguire) A¥olgamood, worthy peo[)le of Toulon. Mr. Carlin atti-ibutes his success in life to a careful and pains-taking principle in the manufacture of his goods, and the rapidly growing trade of the firm attests this fact. Socially, he is a genial gentleman and a substantial friend. He is a worthy member of the I. O. O. F. society,' and is (with all his active business duties) a close student of this progressive age, and is found clever in other arts besides his trade.

William Chamherlain^ M. J)., died Xovember 2, 1882, in iiis 6-ith year. He came to Stark county in 1847, and practiced here continuously up to the ])eriod of his death. F. S. Rossiter represented the I. O. O. F., and B. F. Thom]ison the Masonic society at the funeral.

Jtilius Field Chajjin^ born in ISTew York in 1801, died in Marcli, 1884, aged 82 years He put the first coat of paint on the Baptist church spire at Toulon prior to his removal to LaSalle.

J/y'.y. Mary {Fanshaw) Ghapin^ sister of Daniel Fanshaw, one of the pioneer printers of Xew York city, died at LaSalle, Ills., December 15, 1883, aged 81 years. She came to Toulon in early days, moved to LaSalle in 1853, wliere she resided thirty years.

Joseph. Catterlin., born in Virginia in 1789, moved to Ohio, married Eleanor Knox, who died at Kewunee in 1873 ; died himself at Albion, Kan., May 22, 188G. He was postmaster at Toulon during Fillmore's administration, and one of tlie old merchants.

John S. Cleveland died in Wyoming October 4, 1880. He was father of three children, two of tliem are still living, and one of them, Mrs. John W. Cox, resides at Wyoming. His wife died in this place a little over one year ago. The deceased was born at Cliillicothe, Peoria county. Ills., and died in his 57th year. His home was formerly in I^s^eponset, from which place he moved to Wyoming several 3'ears since. He served three years in the \var of the Rebellion, as a member of the Fourteenth Illinois Cavalry. Lie was the inventor of a sulky revolving harrow, on wliich he received letters patent in 1883.

Jeffrey A. Cooley, born in Grayson county (now Carroll county), Virginia, on July 4, 1825, where he livetl for seventeen \^ears, came to Toulon ISTovember 18, 1842, and lived for fortv-four vears here. The first seven years he was in the employ of John Culbertson, assistmg him in farm work. On February 7, 18^0, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Louisa Culbertson, by Eev. S. G. Wright. They had three children, all of whom died early. Only his wife survives him. Immediately after marriage in 1849, he built a hotel on the site of the present house which was the first regular public hotel in the place ; and up to his death, September 22, 1886, he was proj)rietor of what is known as. the Virginia House He bequeathed to his wife the hotel and fix tures, lot and barn thereon, and to Kate Maxfield, daughter of Mrs" Xellie Maxfield, all his personal property and twenty two acres of land lying just east of town.

Qlara [De Wolf) Cox Avas born in Clark county, Ohio, March 23, 1848, and at the age of four years came with her parents to Stark county, where she resided up to her death, jS^ovember 4, 1 886. In the

Jere M. Cox^ druggist and pharmacist, was born in Ross county, Ohio, May 11, 1850. His parents, Jesse and Abigail (Waldron) Cox, the former a native of Ohio, the latter of Xorth Carolina, with their family moved to Illinois in 1852, and here Mr. J. M. Cox received his early education completing such at Lombard university, Galesburg. At the age of 23 3^ears, he engaged in mercantile life, and has since been one of the successful business men of the count3^ He married Miss Emma J., daughter of the late J. H. BatcheJder of Englewood, and to them three children were born : Harry C, Fannie G. and Nellie - the second now deceased. A reference to the Masonic and Odd Fellow's history of Wyoming, will point out definitely the position of Mr. Cox in these societies. He is a member of the Illinois Pharmaceutical society and of the State Board of Pharmacy.

Aunt Polly CrandaU, the old maid of Toulon and " aunt to the whole town," moved to Barton county. Mo., in 1882, and died there the same year.

Prof. P. K. Cross, a native of Illinois, comes from a worthy pioneer family of Winnebago county. He was born in tliat county April 18, 1856. His father, A. B. Cross, a descendant of Scotch ])ioneers, of New York state, has always been known to the people of Winnebago county for his sturdy support of upright principles and progressive measures. The subject of our sketch, when a lad, obtained a good training in the elementary studies of the common schools of the district in wliich he lived, and at the age of sixteen he entered college at Beloit, Wis. There he applied himself to a regular collegiate course of study, and began fitting himself as an educator. At nineteen he began teaching as a prvjfession, as also for the purpose of earning money to complete a thorough and systematic training, which he did subsequently by s})ending about two years in the Illinois State Normal School, when he resumed teaching. His success has been favorably marked, and he is now found a leader in the profession. He passed some five years at Somonauk, 111., where he raised the public schools from a chaotic condition to that of a thoroughly graded system, and had the ])leasure of not only being complimented with a salary nearly double of what he began with, but of graduating two large classes ink thorough English literary course. Finishing his work there he accepted his present position in 1883, where he has been successfully connected since, as the records of Wyoming's school shows. In politics he is a pronounced republican, of strong temperance proclivities, principles es])oused not only through his own observations, but inherent, as his father Avas prominent among the many early abolition and temperance workers of Winnebago county in promulgating those views. Prof. Cross was ha})pily married in Somonauk, 111., to Miss Emma L. Hess, a lady of clever literary and musical attainments, and a fittinghelpmeet to him in his professional labors. He is a member of the Masonic order. In person he is tall and of commanding presence, of a frank and generous nature, but of a disposition to reason deeply and conscientioush^ on all matters, and when resolv^ed, to stand manfully to his opinions. Since coming to Wyoming he has won the admiration of all good lovers of its school interests.

John Calbertson, son ^f William and Elizabeth Culbertson, was born in Pennsjdvania, December 19, 1800. His earlier years were passed in a manner common to bo3^s at the beginning of this centurj'^ ; but as his years increased he maDifested his desire for independence, and resolved to learn the saddler's and harness trade. This resolve he carried out, and for years he followed the trade with the same close attention which marked his later life in commercial circles. In 1841 he settled in this count}^ and engaged in mercantile trade. His strict attention to business and square dealing, insured the success of his new venture, so that in a short time he commanded a ver}^ heavy trade around Toulon, and indeed throughout this section of the countr}^ He established a flouring mill and woolen factor}^ here, which ^vas operated under his own supervision, and gave employment to a number of persons, some of whom were skilled woi-kmen. His investments in realestate round Toulon were verv extensive, and at one time it was said he intended to purchase the whole township and adjoining one of Goshen. In religious affairs both he and Mrs. Culbertson were Baptists, and in the history of that church their connection with it is shown - he having built the present house and presented it to the societ}^ On February 17, 1822, he married Miss Pleasant Bateman. Thev were the parents of four children - Louisa, who married Lucius Miner; William and John, deceased ; and James, a physician of Toulon. Mr. Culbertson died June 5, 1869, just at the time when he planned the expenditure of some of his great wealth on imjiroving the town in ^vhich he accumulated it.

Bev. T. J. Cullen, while en route from 'Wyoming to Bradford, was attacked by heart disease, and falling from his buggy was insta,ntly killed, Ma}^ 13, 1883. He was missionary priest in this county during the absence of Father Moynihan.

L. P. Damon, son of James G. and Martha J. (Clark) Damon, was born at Medford, Mass., October 1, 1848. His father was a native of that state, and mother of Maine; on both sides being the families of mechanics. In 1858, the family moved to Stark count^^ L. P. learned the machinists' trade at Kewanee, also learned the mason's trade, and followed this trade in Cass and Union counties, Iowa, for al)out ten years, returning to Wyoming in 1879. Here he was engaged in mason Avork, windmill manufacturing, and machine business. More recently he established his blacksmith and machine shop here, and now has completed preparations for manufacturing a "shoveling board" and end gate for wagons, which he invented and improvetl. The manufacture of these inventions he is now pushing forward. In 1869, he was married in Stark county to Miss Ella M., daughter of George Gushing. They are the parents of one son and two daughters - George G., ISTellie E. and Jessie A. In religious matters he is entirely Christian,

Samuel If ills Dewey ^ son of Andrew and Harriet (Pinneo) Dewey, was born December 21, 1823, at Hanover, N. H. His father, who was a carpenter, carried on a small farm here in connection with his trade, and on this farm the snl^ject of this sketch worked in his boyhood, at the same time attending the district school. In 1836 or 1837, the family moved to Canaan, N. H., where Andrew purchased a farm and established a saw and shingle mill. With the exception of about one year passed at school in Hanover, Samuel M. assisted his father both on the farm and in the mill. In 1814, he visited Boston and held the position of book-keeper in the drug store of Carruth, Whittiei- & Co., until the character of the work and the cold sea breeze brought on a severe sickness. On his recovery he looked westward, and in the fall of 1848, moved to Canton, 111., where he was clerk for Mr. Graham, and subsequently clerk and partner in the house of Stipp & Bass. Close attention to business there threatened another attack of sickness, which urged him to move to Toulon in 1852. Here he was clerk in John Culbertson's house for a short time, when, in partnership with the late Davis Lownian, he established the firm of Dewey & Lowman. In 1865, he established a banking house at Toulon, which is still carried on by his nephew, Samuel Burge and his son, C. P. Dewey. In the course of his business life here he had for partners - Davis Lownian, Patrick Nowlan, William Lowman and Samuel Burge. Mr. Dewey was married in May, 1853, to Miss Cornelia, daughter of Myron and Adaline (liice) Phelps, of Lewiston, 111. This old settler was born in Ontario county, N. Y., March 17, 1803, settled near Springfield in 1824, and carried on an extensive trade in furs and peltries with the Indians and early settlers of Illinois, Iowa and Cedar Valley. Mrs. Myron Phelps died March 24, 1851 ; but in April, 1855, this pioneer married Miss Mary Proctor, of Kawley, Mass. He died at Lewiston, August 15, 1878. His daughter, who married Samuel M. Dewey, died at Toulon, January 2, 1862, leaving tw^o sons, Charles Phelps and Harry Pinneo Dewey. In June, 1863, Mr. Dewey married Miss Sarah M. Hale, of Rowley, Mass. ' In 1853, he united with the Congregational church, and at the time of his death, August 31, 1866, was clerk and trustee of that church and su])erintendent of the Sabbatli school. A reference to the official, social, religious and business life of Toulon village, will point out more definitely the several parts taken by him during his life here, and further, will show what his children and old associates have done and are doing to advance all the interests of this section. Quoting from Rev. R. C. Dunn's funeral sermon, delivered in 1866, this brief sketch of a useful citizen closes: "His loss to the church as well as to the community will be a severe one. It Avas especially in private life - in his owm family - that his shining qualities were seen. Those that met him only in business little knew his sterling worth. ***** y^Q cannot enter the privacy of his home life ; Ijut those that enjoyed his ever-ready hospitality can form some idea of what he was."

Deaver, was born in Baltimore county, Md., November 20, 1828. His father was a native of Maryland and a blacksmith ; his mother, of Washhigton, D. C. Stephen, Jr., learned the woolen business in his native count}^, and about 1843 moved to Philadelphia, Pa., where he was engaged in that trade for fifteen years, meanwhile resided at Bonaparte, la., for two years. About 1858 he moved to Wilmington, Del., and in 1859 to Northeast, Md., where he married Miss Hattie Carter, of Brandy wine, Del. Returning to Wilmington, in 1862, he lived there until 1868, when he came to Monmouth, Bl. In 1869 he came to Toulon, Stai'k county, and embarked in the manufacture of woolen goods, with his brother-in-law, James Frill. In 1871, Mr. Deaver acquired a sole interest in the mills and business, conducting them successfully down to the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Deaver are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, the former since 1866, the latter from her girlhood. He has also served the society as steward and class-leader ; is a member of the Stark County Agi'icultural Society and of the Toulon Lodge of Odd Fellows. Flis son, William Ellsworth Deaver, is a young man of much promise.

Miss Kezia Dexter^ nee Mrs. Young, was born in Maine, in 1799 ; married Stephen Young in 1823; moved to Iowa in 1854, and to Toulon in 1858. Mr. Young died in 1875; herself on February 3, 1886.

Bohert J. Dickensoyi^ son of William Townsend and Rebecca (AYellerj Dickenson, was born at Woodburne, Sullivan county, JST. Y., September 3, 1836. His parents were natives of Duchess county, IST. Y., and Yermont, respectively. In 1855, they moved to this county, where Robert J. Dickenson com])leted his knowledge of the building trade, with his father and has been vei*}^ prominently connected with this trade down to the present time. In 1857 he married Miss Laurette M., daughter of James Chapman, of Steuljen county, N. Y. Tlieir children are: James B., a builder, of Toulon; Harvey E., paper-hanger, frescoer and decorator; Laura A. and John W. Upon the beginning of the Rebellion Mr. Dickenson was residing at Lafayette. On August 14, 1862, he enlisted in Company B., One-hundred and-twentv-seventh Illinois Infantry, and followed the fortunes of that command until, at the siege of Vicksburg, he lost his arm by a minnie bullet; was sent to hospital and received honorable discharge September 24, 1863. On regaining health he engaged in teaching school, meantime giving attention to the arts of drafting and building. Many of the new business blocks at Toulon, Samuel Barge's palatial residence, the Congregational church, the County Agricultural Society's buildings, the residence df A. F. Stickney, S. M. Adams and A. H. Galbraith, with those of the Armstrongs, Lehmans and H. H. Oliver, bear testimony to the character of his studies in this direction. Mr. Dickenson is a member of the W. W. Wright Post, G. A. R., of the I. O. O. F. and of the Stark County Agricultural Society. He is a strong temperance advocate, and for years has been identified -with the literar}^, musical and social progress of Toulon.

Mrs. Dorcas., wife of the late B. S. Foster, died at Little River, Kan., Aprd 28, 1883, aged seventy-four years. She came from Maine to Illinois thirty-five years prior to 1883.

Henry Bradford Dorrance, deceased, was the son of Lemuel Smith and Mahala (Fuller) Dorrance. He was born in what is now Penn township, August 30, 1836. Lemuel was descended from one of the old Dutch families of Penns3"lvania, while his wife, daugliter of Orange and Ilepsey (Munroe) Fullei', was born in York state, the ancestors of her father being some of the " Mayflower " immigrants, as related in the history of the Fuller family in this chapter. Henry B. was educated in the schools here and at Galesburg. On August 1, 1858, he married Miss Mary E., daughter of John R. and Lucretia (Hallawbaugh) Powell. Her father was a native of New Jersey, where his Welsh ancestors settled, and her mother of Pennsylvania, where her German ancestors made a home. Mar}^^ (Powell) Dorrance was born July 4, 1842, at Milwaukee, Wis., but was brought to this county when a child, and here was educated. In 1858, with her husband, she took up her residence on his fifty-acre farm in Penn township, and moved with him to Toulon township, where he purchased one hundred acres. Their children are, Efhe L., wife of E. P. Engle, Cowly county, Kan., and Lemuel S. attending school at Brooklyn, Iowa.* Mr. Dorrance was a farmer during his whole life. In politics he Avas decidedly republican, in school matters ever interested and in business upright. His death occurred in March, 1885.

Jolin Drinnin, born in Ireland in 1812, came to Canada in 1832, to the United States in 1834; was a contractor on the Erie railroad; married Miss Acker at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1840; moved to Toulon township in 1844, where he died September 16, 1881. Father Moynihan conducted the service of the dead. Joseph Drinnin, a Stark county man, was elected sheriff of Platte county, Neb., in 1885.

Luther DriscoU, whose name is identified with the early history of Stark, was born in Connecticut, ]\[ay 14, 1791, died April 5, 1858. His wife was Mary Neal, born in Pennsylvania, December 28, 1809, died July 30, 1876. Their son, G. C. Driscoll, resides near Lafayette.

William Dunn, a soldier of the war of 1812, died January 23, 1863, aged eighty-seven years, at the house of his son-in-law, Seth Johnson, at Toulon. He was a native of York state.

Rev. It. C. Dunoi, born in Georgia, like his brother Augustus, was in his vouth a school teacher in Georma. On movino- to Ohio with the family in 183], he studied at Cincinnati, and on coming to this county in 1836, left nothing undone to acquire practical knowledge. In 1 840 he attended the Galesburg Academy, working for his board and tuition; in 1843 he entered college there, and in 1847 was one of three who graduated with the second class graduated from Knox College. In 1850 he received the diploma of Master of Arts, having meantime traveled and taught school in several ]3laces. On October 31, 1850, he married Miss Sarah A. Marvin, then cast aside his law studies, and in November, 1850, entered the Union Theological Seminary, of New York, studied there for three years, preached for one year in Western New York, then came to Peoria, where he filled the pulpit of the Congregational church for three months, and in January, 1855, succeeded Rev. S. G. Wright, as minister at Toulon, as related in the history of the Congregational church there. In 1867 he was called to Oneida. Knox county, and there died May, 24, 1868, and in 1869 his remains were moved to Toulon. In the history of Toulon, the school chapter and political chapter, full references are made to this distinguished pioneer.

William 21. Eagelston, born at Albany, IS". Y., April 15, 1819, is the son of John T. and Maiy (Charles) Eagelston. Father was a native of Philadelphia, and son of James Eagelston. a seafaring man and captain in the United States Mercantile Marine, who served with distinction in the war of 1812, and died of his wounds in Bellevue Hospital, New York. He was one of seven brothers, who came to America from Yorkshire, England, but little of whom is known. John T. was a rope and sail maker by trade, and the only child of Captain James Eagleston. He married at Albanv, !X. Y.. Miss Marv Charles, a native of Oxfordshire, England, b}' whom he had three sons and three daughters, all of whom became the heads of families, namely : William M.: James, a farmer of Texas, who settled there before the war; Thomas is a farmer of Penn township; Maria is widow of Pierson Shepherd, of Peoria county ; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Soper, of Kansas, and Ellen, widow of the late Mr. Eibby, of Illinois. AVilliam M. spent his boyhood at Albany, and came with his parents to Illinois in 1833, who settled at what is now Kickapoo town, Peoria count}', 111., where William grew to manhood and married Miss Emiline Fargo, a native of Ashtabula county, O., whose parents, Thomas and Mabel (Bidwell) Fargo, removed to Peoria county. 111., in 1835. They have five sons and four daughters - Harriet Ann. deceased wife of Allen Ticknor, of Iowa, she died in Penn township, leaving one son now deceased ; John is a farmer of Penn township, and parent of one son and one daughter ; William is a farmer of Osceola townshiji and has three sons and two daughters ; George D. is a farmer of Penn township, has four sons ; Charles, a farmer of Penn, has two daughters ; Jennie, wife of J. C. Bloomer, real estate and mone}^ dealer of Kansas CitN^; Fannie, wife of S. H. Smith, a merchant of Ottawa, Kan.; James, a farmer, and Abbie. Upon coming to this county in 1852, Mr. Eagelston took up land in Peiin, purchased 160 acres which he improved and meantime added property aggregating 610 acres of choice land, improving during his time the making of four large and well improved farms. In 1873 he removed to Wyoming. Has served on the school board of the township, and has taken a full ])art in all matters relating to public well-being. He has given considerable attention to stock-growing and horse-breeding as Avell as agriculture. Thomas Fargo was born in Saundersfield. Mass., and of a long line of ancestry of that state. His mother was born in Lichfield. Conn. Thomas Fargo was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. Eagelston is a member of the Masonic order with three of his sons. He is a member of the Eoval Arch, while Mrs Eagelston is a member of Eastern Star Lodge, with two of her daughters, Jeimie and Abbie.

Calvin Livermore Eastman, son of Stephen and Sarah (Emmons) Eastman, was born at Bridgewater, N. H., January 21, 1814, of which state his parents and grandparents were natives. Stephen was the son of Thomas Eastman, jr., who was a soldier in the War of Independence, and was engaged in the battles of Bunker Hill, Monmouth, Stillwater (where he was severely wounded) and Saratoga. Stephen's family consisted of five sons and two daughters, of whom only three sons are now living - Calvin L. and Stephen W., Avho reside at Toulon, III, and Luther D., who resides at Bloomington, 111. The daughters married, and both died on the old homestead in Bridgewater. The mother of these children died on the old homestead, in December, 1821, and the family was then broken up and the children separated. Calvin L., then about eleven years of age, was bound to a paper maker at ITolderness, now Ashland, N. H., where he remained three and one-half years, and then retui-ned to his home, and remained until the spring of 1830, when he went to Ply mouth, IST. TL, and apprenticed himself to a blacksmitli at $30 a year. He left Plymouth late in the fall of 1834, and went to Newton, Mass., where he readily found employment at his trade of blacksmith, at $15 per month. He remained at Newton until April, 1838, working at his trade, attending school there and at New Hampton, N. H., and teaching school. On the 13th of April, 1838, he left Boston for the west, and arrived at Hennepin, 111., about the 1st of May. From Hennepin he came, by the w^y of Indiantown (now Tiskilwa) and Providence, to what is now Stark county, and located near Cox's Mill, on Indian Creek, where he established a blacksmith shop about the 1st of August, 1838. Here he was joined by his brother Stephen W., late in December of the same 3^ear, and they worked together at blacksmithing until the following spring, wlien they erected a shop in the then village of Moulton, where they continued' the business until the spring of 1843, when they dissolved partnership, and Calvin L. moved the shop upon an adjoining quarter section of land (N. W. 10), which he had purchased, and there continued to work at his trade while improving his land. Mr. Eastman sold this farm, with other lands which he had purchased, in the fall of 1851, and removed to Toulon, and in the following year built the dwelhng house where he now resides, where he has lived most of the time since. Mr. Eastman was married at Prince ville, Peoria county, 111., January 30, 1844, to Miss Elmina, daughter of Stephen French, Esq., of Prince's Grove, who settled there in 1828 - the first white family that settled in that vicinity. Mrs. Eastman was the third child of eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. French, all but one of whom are now dead. Mrs. Eastman died at Toulon, July 3, 1886, after having been many years an invalid. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Eastman are Charles W., a prominent merchant of Winterset, Iowa ; Frank F., a graduate of West Point, now a lieutenant in the Fourteenth Eegiment, United States Infantry, stationed at Vancouver Barrack, Washington Territoi-y ; Fred. A., four years sheriff of Ida county, la., and at present an extensive dealer in lands and live stock in that county, and Miss Sarah L. Eastman, who lives at home and keeps house for her father. Stark county adopted the system of town- ship organization in 1852, and Mr. Eastman, Henry Breese and Theodore F. Hurd were appointed commissioners to divide the county into towns and name them. Thev met at Toulon, Januarv 3, 1853, and divided the county into eight towns identical with the congressional townships, and gave them the names they now bear. Mr. Eastman was elected the hrst supervisor of Toulon, in April, 1853. In 1^50, Mr. Eastman and John T. Lindsay of Peoria were nominated by the republicans to represent the legislative district composed of Stark and Peoria counties, in the General Assembly, and were elected ; l)ut in one town in Peoria county 150 votes were cast for Calvin M. Eastman instead of Calvin L. Eastman, and upon this flimsy pretext he was refused a certificate and his competitor was seated. Upon a contest in the house Mr. Eastman was denied the seat to which he had been rightfully elected by a tie vote. In 1862 Mr. Eastman was again nominated, with Enoch Emery of Peoria, for the General Assembly; and both received a large majorit}^ in republican Stark, but were defeated by the heavy democratic vote in Peoria county, and their competitors. Judge William Holgate of Stark, and W. W. O'Brien of Peoria, were elected. After Mr. Eastman removed to Toulon he purchased, improved and sold two large farms in Stark county, and has always been considered a model farmer. In 1876 he bought and improved, and erected good substantial buildings upon, a section of Ian I in Ida county, Iowa. A railroad was built through, and a station located upon it, which greatly enhanced its value, and in 1882 he sold out and quit farming, but purchased another section which he now owns. ]SIo man in the community has done more to improve the country, enhance tlie value of property, and add to thecomfoi't of man and beast by the erection of substantial buildings, than Mr. Eastman. It has been his greatest pleasure to convert raw, uncultivated land into beautiful farms, with j)roductive fields and comfortable homes. In his private life Mr. Eastman has always been an active, enterprising citizen, taking an active part and working faithfully for the advancement of good morals, good society and good government ; and in his business and social relations doing unto others as he would have them do unto him.

Stephe7i W. Eastman^ the third son of Stephen and Sarah (Emmons) Eastman, was born at Bridge water, N. II., November 15, 1815. His brothers were Luther D., Calvin L., Albert F. and John E.; his sisters were Sarah E. and Hattie A. His mother died in December., 1821, and the famil}' being broken up, he lived at different ])laces in the vicinity of Bridge water until the spring of 1834, when he Avent to learn the blacksmith's trade at Wentworth, N. H. He remained there about two years, and then moved to Charlestown, Mass., where he remained and worked at his trade until the fall of 1838, except while attending two terms of school at Newton, Mass., and two terms at New Hampton, N. H., with his brother Calvin. Late in December, 1838, he emigrated from Massachusetts to Illinois, and joined his brother, Calvin L., at Moulton village on Indian creek in Stark county. The brothers carried on their trade, blacksniithing, in partnership until the spring of 1843, when the partnerhip was dissolved, and Stephen proceeded to

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Chicago, III., where he remained until the foil of the same year. He then returned to Stark county, and engaged in bhicksmithing at Toulon on his own account. Mr. Eastman was married May 23, 1845, to Susan M. Gill, daughter of Elder Elisha Gill. Two daughters were born to tliem - Celestia J. and Eliza. The former married Solomon Fields, now of Shenandoah, Page county, Iowa, and the latter E. B. Cox, now of Odel, Neb. Both are the mothei"s of large families. Mr. Eastman was elected probate judge in 1847, but resigned the office in the s))ring of 1849, to join the army of gold-seekers wlio flocked to the California diggings that year. He remained absent two years, and then returned, as most of the gold hunters did, no better off than when he started. On his return Mr. Eastman found tliat his wife had died on December 9, 1850. She was the first person buried in the new Toulon cemetery. He went to work im]iroving the farm he still owns, situated about three miles east of Toulon, and to which he has added from time to time until he now owns 380 acres of valuable lantl. On January 10, 1855, he married Mrs. Martha Merchant, of this county, and they at once went to house-keeping on the farm. Mr. Eastman now ceased working at his trade, and devoted his whole time and attention to farming, and soon became an extensive and successful farmer. Three children were born by his second wife - Steplien Mell)er, Ilattie Luella and John E. The first two are dead. Mr. Eastman became an active member of the first Baptist church of Toulon in 1854, and was soon afterward appointed or chosen deacon. This position he has held ever since, and has always been one of the most liberal supporters of his church. By reason of his age and infirmities he has retired from the farm and farming, and now lives at Toulon, where he will probably spend the rest of his days. Mr. Eastman and all of his brothers were and are Ilepul)licans in i^olitics. The Eastmans have never made much use of strong drink ; and for more than one hundred and fifty years only one member of the family has ever used tobacco in any form.

Enwry J. Edwards, liorn in Essex county, New Jersey, April 7, 1839, is the son of William H. and Deborah (Aldrich) Edwards. He was son of Kev. John Edwards, a native of Connecticut, and a methodist minister. WiUiam H. and wife moved to Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, where Emory J. Edwards was reared and educated. In 1805 he moved to Illinois, located in Osceola township, and carried on farming there for several j^ears. In 1873 he left the fai'm, and settling at Wyoming, engaged in the hotel business, but a few years after resumed farming in Essex township. Jn 1883 he returned to Wyoming, and engao^'ed in the hardware business, which he conducted until 1884, since which time he has devoted his attention to his two farms. His daughter, Mary, is the wife of Marion Beall, now of Nebraska. She was the daughter of Mrs. Lizzie S. Brace, niece of Myrtle Brace, and wife of Mr. Edwards, who died in 1880, and is l)uried at Wyoming. She had been a worthy member for eighteen years of the M. E. church. Mr. Edwards married Mrs. Mandana Harwood, nee Merrill. They have one daughter, Alizina Harwood, and one son and daughter married - Nelson, a merchant of Bradford, and Ruhama, the wife of Will- iain Phoenix, He has been a consistent member of the M. E. Church since boyhood. As stated in the histor}?- of the Central Agricultural Society, in the histories of the toAvnships and in that of W3T)ming. he has been identified with the social, agricultural and commercial progress of the county for over twenty years.

B. F. Edwards, who died in January, 1881, at Peoria, came from Yirginia to Toulon about 1840, and for many 3^ears was a resident of this county. His son, I. C. Edwards, is a Peoria lawyer.

John G. Emery, born Sej^tember 24, 1839, in West Jersey townshi]), where his parents, Frederick and Hannah (Gaffney) Emery settleil, moved to Henry county in 1860, and to Knox county in 18G6. He married Miss Kutli A. Friend in 1872.

Jose^jJi Essex, who came in 1831 (a l^rother of Isaac B. Essex), and in 1841 established the first blacksmith shop at Toulon, was stricken with paralysis in 1876, and died that year.

Capt. Artemus Ewers, who served in the war and was wounded, died from the result of bullet wounds iniiicted by himself, October 4, ] 879. He wrote a letter to William Holgate on September 25, and also left some instructions with his wife, but the coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental shooting.

Davis Fast died in Barton county. Mo., January 25, 1882, at the age of ninety years. For fit\y 3^ears he was a mem])er of the Masonic society. Mrs. Elizabeth Fast, Sr., died in July, 1881, in her 92d year. John Finley died February 28, 1883, aged eighty-one years. He was born in Fayette county. Pa., in 1802; 'moved to Richland, O., in 1811 ; married Rebecca Gaffne^y in 1828 ; settled in Illinois in 1834, and in Stark county in 1838. In 1856 his first wife died. In 1861 he married Mrs. Sarah Adams.

Eev. J. J. Fleharty, born at Jacksonville, 111., February 5, 1835, died at Tampa, Fla., May 2, 1884. From 1858 to the time of his death he was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, serving in this county a portion of the time.

Benjamin C. Follett, son of Benjamin and Emily (Culbertson) Follett, was born in Ohio, March 18, 1844. This family is one of the oldest in Ohio, and in every generation lias contributed to Ohio one or more useful and distinguished citizens. His father died in 1862, leaving young Follett the possessor of a sound common-school education. At tins time he entered mercantile life at Chillicothe ; was book-keeper there, and for seven years supported his mother and sister. Toward the close of the war he eidisted in Company A., One-hundred-and-fortyninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and after the cessation of liostilities came to Toulon, where his uncle, John Culbertson, was the leading merchant. He entered business with him as a partner, and for eighteen years was one of the most ])rominent merchants in the count}^ Subsequently he ])urchased the large hotel on Washington street, which he now owns and conducts. He married Miss Helen M. Rhodes, a daughter of one of the county's pioneers and prominent citizens. They are the parents of three children, namely : Miss Emma, Miss Plessie and John ; each one filling a place in the economy of home, and the ladies of the family prominent in woman's woi'k of the town. Mr. Follett lias served in the council, as corresponding secretary of the County Agricultural Society, and is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow lodges of Toulon. The family name, sometimes written Ffolliott, Folliette and Folliott, is of French origin, dating back to the earlier years of our history.

3frs. Pleasant {JBateman-Culhertson) Follett was born near Chillicothe, O., June 22, 1803; moved to Richmond, O., with her husband, in 1822; in 1841 came to Stark county, where her husband opened a small general store, on the southwest corner of the northwest-quarter of section 24 in Goshen township, just west of Indian creek, on the north side of the public road from Toulon to Lafayette. A little later this business was moved to Toulon aiul carried on where is now the Metliodist parsonage. She married her second husband, Lodowick Follett, April 16, 1872. He died in 1879, aged sixty-seven years. Mrs. Follett, herself, died November 12, 1886, leaving'all her property to Dr. James Culbertson, the only legal heir. The will provided a farm for Mrs. B. C. Follett, her adopted daughter; but this valual)le tract was sold prior to her death, thus, it is said, invalidating this section of the document. Miles A. Fuller and Samuel Burge w^ere named as trustees of the estate.

William Fidler, born in Luzerne county. Pa., in 1819, settled where Modena now is in 1836, was married lirst in 1849, secondly in 1858, died in September, 1879.

Jitdge Miles Avery Fuller, son of Orange and Hepseh (Monroe Fuller, was born in Luzerne Co. Penn. April 25, 1822. His father w^as a native of Stockbridge, Mass., his mother, of New York; but both old settlers of Pennsylvania. In 1836 Orange Fuller and family of six sons came from their old home in the east and settled in Penn township where they engaged in farming and saw mill building. One daughter, Mrs. Lemuel S. Dorrance, marrieci in Penns34vania, came to this county in 1834. Miles A. Fuller engaged in agriculture and milling until his 31st year, he and a brother building the Modena Mills. In 1853 he w^as elected County Clerk on the Whig ticket by twenty-tw^o votes over his Democratic friend, Milton AVarren, and retUected in 1857, 1861 and 1865 without opposition on tlie Republican ticket. During his official terms he read law, was admitted to practice in 1862, and since 18(i9 has continuously practiced here. In 1875 he was commissioned Notary Public, which position he has since filled. In 1869 he was chosen delegate to the Constitutional Convention, with Henry W. Wells over Henry Grove and Martin Shallenberfier, the Democratic candidates. In 1870 he was elected representative in the State Legislature over James M. Rogers, and filled local offices of trust as related in the history of Toulon. He was a very active and useful supjiorter of the L'nion during the war, and was commissioner from Stark at Springfield, to inquii-e into the Military credits and debits of this county inconnection with the county's quotas of men. Mr. Fuller married Miss

Anna, daughter of Zebulon and Mary (Smith) Avery, pioneers of this county, to whom was born Delia, now Mrs. Cross, of Eich Hill, Bates county. Mo. Mrs. Fuller died in 1848. In later years he married Miss Elizabeth Walker. The}' were the parents of three sons and two daughters, viz., Frank Fuller, a merchant ; Victor, attorney at law, Toulon ; Ada, now Mrs. Henry C. Fuller, of Peoria, and Miss Lizzie and Ernest, deceased. Mrs. Fullei* is a member of the Baptist society, but ever I'eady to extend aid to other denominations. A reference to the chapters of the general and local history will point out minutely the various enterprises in which he has been engaged, and his recent election as county judge.

Ernest C. Fuller, while en route to Peoria, July 24, 1881, fell from the freight train under the wheels and was so mangled that death ended his sufferings on the 2rith. He was the son of Miles A. Fuller, born at Toulon, June 9, 1859. Xo event in the history of the town cast a deeper shadow of sorrow, than did the death of this young merchant.

Ajtdrev) Galhraith, son of Hugh and Ann (Wilson) Galljraith, natives of Ireland, whose family history is given in the sketch of Goshen township, was born at Philadelphia, Pa., August 18, 1838, and there received his education. In 1859 he accompanied his parents to this county, and resided with them until August, 1862, when he enlisted in the New York Marine Artillery, served six months, when he was discharged at Newbern, N. C, on account of irregularity in form of enlistment. Fie at once reenlisted at l^ewbern, X. C, in the United States Xavy; served on the gunboat Delaware until discharged at Baltimore, February, 1864. During the following twelve months he was engaged at home. In February, 1865, he enlisted in Compaiw I, One-himdred-and-fift}' -first Illinois Volunteer Infantr}", was elected second lieutenant, and in July following was promoted first lieutenant, and served with this rank until Februarv, 1866, when the command was mustered out. On returning, he established a meat-market at Toulon and dealt in live stock, and until 1875 was extensiveh^ engaged in this business. In 1875, he was elected constable and appointed deputy-sheriff, which position he lield until 1882, when he was nominated by the Republicans and elected sheriff of Stark county, filling the office with rare ability until December, 1886, when, under the new state law relating to tenure of office, he was succeeded by James Montooth. A reference to the sketches of the Odd Fellows societv, Grand Army Post, and other organizations of the town and county will point out his social relations here. In religious matters, he supports the Congregational cliurch, of which two of his children are members, Cora B. and Harr}" A. In 1S66, Mr. Galbraith married Miss Hannah K., daughter of the late Owen W. Thomas, whose family history appears in this chapter. Their children are Cora B., born March, 1867, a school-teacher here; Harry A., born in 1868, clerk in Messrs. Starrett's store at Toulon; Andrew, born July 3, 1874, attending school, and Clyta, born in April, 1886. Whether we search in the records of any of the three branches of the United States army in Avhich he served during the war, we learn of an excellent soldier, and in home records of an energetic and useful citizen.

diaries Oeesey, son of Charles and Lydia (Murray) Geese}^, was born in Steuben county, N. Y. His father died in Fulton county in 1803, leaving six sons and four daughters. Of these, the subject of this sketch learne<l the trade of wagon-maker in Ohio, of which state his parents were then residents. lie subsequently learned the carpenter's trade, and in 1874 moved to Illinois, taking up his residence at AV^^oming. Mr. Geesey was married in Ohio to Miss Mary, daughter of Jacob Gyman, a native of Alsace, l)ut herself of Germany. Since coming to W^'oming in 1871, he has devoted his attention to builders' and contractors' work, and his name is identified with many business and residence buildings, which mark the progress of Wyoming.

Amos P. Gill, born in Cliautauqua county, JST. Y., came, with his father, Elder Elisha Gill, to Illinois in 1813. In 1819, he and family settled at Toulon. Up to 1851, he was the only Odd Fellow in Toulon, and organized Stark lodge, October 17, 1851. He died February 11, 1870.

TTugli Y. Godfrey, whose name occurs as the first nominator of Lincoln for the presidency, was born in ISTew Jersey, February 22, 1829; moved to a point o})posite Philadelphia in 1816-47; sailed to Mexico about this time, and on returning came with parents to Toulon, IV ovember 5, 1848; learned tl)e carriage- and wagon-builder's trade here; served eleven montlis with the Thirty-third Illinois Infantry, and in 1865 resumed his trade at Toulon. In December, 1850, he married Miss Finances A. McCance.

IF. II. Gray, born in Knox county. 111., January 16, 1843, is the son of "William and Betsey (Jorchm) Gray. His father, was a native of New York state and mother of Ohio, who came to Illinois in 1835 or 1836, and Avas prominently connected witli the early manufactui'ing interest of Knox county for many years. He died in Bates county. Mo., in 1879. His mother, Betsey Gray, preceded her husband to the grave in 1877. They had three sons and three daughters, all of whom grew to maidiood and womanliood. "William H. spent his boyhood in Ohio; learned his l)usiness from his father, and in 1863 came to Stark county, where he carried on farming until 1869, when he established himself at Princeville, Peoria county ; and after one year came here and founded his brick manufacturing industry. He was married in Stark county to JMiss Eliza Jane, daughter of Alexander and Martha (Jordan) Traphagan. They are the parents of six sons and three tlaughters. Mr. Gray's brick works at Wyoming are among the leading industries of tlie county. In religious matters, the family attend the Congregational church, while in society matters he is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge here and of the Encampment.

Mrs. liuhy {French) Greenjield, born in 1821, married Elisha Greenfield in 184(i near Princeville, Peoria county ; later moved north of AYyoming, thence to Henry county, and finally to Toulon. This lady was drowned in a cistern here April 24, 1884. The coroner's jury brought in a verdict of suicide.

wood, was born at Dublin, Cheshire county, IST. H., December 18, 1826. His grandfather, Joshua, who married Hannah Twitchell, was a carpenter and mechanic, also his great g-randfat her, William, who worked there as early as 1 T(>2. The famih' dates back to Thomas Greenwood, who came to our shores in 1067, whose grandchildren were found in the ranks of the Revolution, and whose children ])rotested prior to 1776 against British ignorance and tyranny. In 1853 Frederick R. and his father came to Knox county, and located land near Yates Citv ; the father moving a few years later to Toulon and thence to his old home in ISTew Hampshire, where he died July 16, 1876, leaving three sons - John, Frederick R. and William H. The first resides at Denver, Col., the second in Toulon township, and the last named lost his life while chief engineer on the Palmer & Sullivan R. R. survey, August 19, 1879, being shot from his horse. A son, named Herman, a master meclianic in railroad shops, died at Gah^sburg, 111.; Maria married Whitney Tenney, of Orange, ]^[ass., and Mary Ann died in youth. Frederick R. grew to manhood in Marlboro' county, N, H.; there learned the builders' trade, but on coming here turned his attention to agriculture and fine stock gnjwing, and in 1864 purchased his present farm of eighty acres. In 1854 he married here Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Herljert and Sarah (Kennedy) Blakely, who came fi'om Marshall county, Ind. Of their two children, Onetta M. is the wife of James A. Jones, of Burlington Junction, Mo., who are the parents of three children; the other, Ora Blakely Greenwood, is a farmer. Mr. Greenwood, Sr., is a supporter of all churches. He has been a member of the district school board, and like most men who earned all they possess, is practical and broad-minded in everything.

Colonel W. IT. Greenwood, born in Dublin. X. H., 1832, the engineer in charge of the Toulon division of the American Central R. R., and Avell known here, was murdered in Mexico, August 19, 1880. On Mav 28, 1882, Mrs. Mary, widow of Asa Greenwood died at Toulon. She was born at DulJin, X. H.. in 1814. and in 1853 married, lioth coming to Stark county al)Out 1854.

Elder A. Gross preached in Toulon, in the court house, to the Baptist creed, in the years of 1855 and 1856, and assisted in Iniilding the Baptist church, and sent his four oldest children to the academy there, it being the onh'^ school Avhere children could be taught the higher common school branches, nearer than Galesburg. One of the children is now Judge W. L. Gross, of S])ringfield. The Elder and his wife board withlheir daughter at Cathem, ten miles from Springfield.

Robert Grieve, a prominent farmer of this township for almost forty years, was born in Roxburghshire, Scotland, September 27, 1826, emigrated in 1848. and settled on a tract of 145 acres. Section 5, Toulon township, which he purchased in 1849. As related in the marriage record, he married Miss Ellen Scott in 1856. This lady was born in the same shire May 27, 1830, and came to America in 1845. Since his marriage he increased his acreage to 429, together with about five acres of timber land, all beautifully situate on Jack Creek, which runs through 150 acres. Mr. and Mrs. Grieve were the parents of eight children, five of whom are hving. Janet, Ellen, Thomas A., and Christina reside at home, and William is married - a resident of this township. The mother of this family died March 30, 1885, and was Ixiried in Elmira cemetery. Mi'. Grieve has served since its hrst organization as president of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co. Almost since the day of his settlement here he has been an earnest member of the United Presbyterian church, and clerk of the board of trustees of that body. To matters relating to education and all else bearing on the interests of the townships of Toulon and Elmira, and, indeed, of the county in general, he gives close attention. In political life the RejDublican ]mrty claims him as a member.

llionias lialJ., 3L D., was l)orn at Mansel Parlv, Derbyshire, England, May 12, 1805 ; married Miss Matilda Manifold, of Findern in that shire. May 14, 1829, and with his famil}^ of four children came to the United States in 1837, settled in Elmira township for a few years, moved to Toulon village in 1841, and resided there until his death, in 1870. Mrs. Shallenberger, his eldest child, speaks of him in her work, " Stark County and Her Pioneers," and from her history of the family the following is taken : " Indeed, while he was yet quite young, it was decided to give him a thorougli educational and professional training, in the direction of medicine and surgery. So he was kept steaddy at school after he had reached his eighth year, hrst at the village school of IluUand, where he acquired the rudiments of an education ; from there at the age of ten, he was transferred to a sort of grammar school at West-Under-Wood ; from there to Brailsford for the study of French and Latin ; at fourteen lie went for two years to a finishing school at Quarndon, and at sixteen was '' entered as an apprentice " (this being the law of the land) to Dr. Coleman of Wolverham])ton for five years. Having now attained his majority, " he went to walk the hospital at Guys," and during the next two years in London, enjoyed the instruction of mau}^ eminent men, whose names have since become historical, especially in the archives of medical science. A few of these we may record as possessing a modicum of interest for the ]^rofessional reader, should any such honor these pages with a perusal. ' " On IMateria Medica and Therapeutics" the lecturer was Thomas Addison, M. D., on " The Principles and Practice of Physic," John Armstrong. On the diploma granted to Thomas Hall, by "The Poyal College of Surgeons" in 1828 are the signatures of Sir Astley Cooper and "plain John Abernethy." In 1850, Push Medical College conferred on Thomas Hall, in view of the high testimonials he had brought with him from his native land, and his long experience in western practice, an "honorary degree," constituting him "Doctor of Medicine," "done at Chicago, Illinois, February 7th, 1850." Thus, it may be seen the doctor holds in his hands the best credentials of both lands; but perhaps no man ever lived who valued such honoi'S less, or cared less for distincticjn of anv kind. When lie came to Hlinois in 1837, he bronght with him not only a thorough acquaintance with his profession, but the prestige of nearly ten years successful practice at home ; to these advantages may be added an abounding vitality, giving powers of endurance far beyond the average of men. Tlien he brought witli him a Hl)rary of choice medical works and surgical instruments of the most ap])roved pattern then known, to meet every emergency. Coming thus equi]:)pod, to a new and growing state, what opportunities for professional distinction and ultimate wealth loomed up before him, liad he been lifted with even ordinarv ambition. But this he luid not. He built him a cabin and settled down in the obscurity of Osceola Grove ; and although the finest lands could still be held by pre-emption, and afterwards came into market and were sold at $1.25 per acre, yet he never bought one, although from the date of his settlement lie had a large jiractice, soon Ivcpt four or live horses and rode abnost constantly. In 1840, when sickness here assumed a very fatal type, dysentery and typhoid fevers prevailing to a frightful extent, he rode on horseback for nine successive weeks, eighty miles one day and fifty-six the other, alternately. In 1816, he and his partner, Dr. Chamberlain, treated fifteen hundred cases of fever and ague or kin(h-ed diseases, using in their practice tliat season eighty ounces of quinine or its equivalent, in the shape of the extract of Peruvian bark. When advised by his family or friends in those days to collect his dues and invest tlieni in something for future resource, lie would turn away with a smile sayiug, '' Don't bother me about such trifles, I am laying up treasures in heaven ! "

But while thus indifferent to pecuniary rewards, he was by no means insensible to the approval, or gratitude of his patients. No man ever more higlily a})preciated the beaming smile or moistened eye, that must sometimes reveal, especially to a physician, emotion too deep for utterance, or treasured in a warmer heart the memory of grateful words and generous deeds! * * '" " * Rather than disa})point the sick whom he knew would be watching anxiously for his coming, he encountered all S(jrts of personal perils and discomforts - braved all dangers, buffetting with the fierce storm at midnight on the snow-covered pathless prairie, swimming swollen rivers, S(mietimes with the thermometer so low that he was encased in an inflexible armor of ice, five minutes after he had emerged from the Hood. For some of the most desperate of these exploits he rather seems to enjoy saying, " I never received a cent." Of late years, when to our view death seemed hovering very near him, he would refer to a little incident that occurred long ago, in his native land, but which has no doubt colored more or less his whole life. When, as he relates, having won his diploma, he was about leaving home to begin life and practice for himself, his mother followed him to the gate, and laying her hand lovingly on his slionlder said, " Tom, do your duty by all, bnt especially remember the poor;" and he would add, " I am not afraid to meet my mother, for she knows I have done as she told me."

But we must not ]->articularize, or this sketch, which was intended should be brief, will grow into a volume. Dr. Hall was married May 11th, 1829, to Miss Matilda Manifold, of Findern, Derbyshire, England. This lady w^as our mother, and we have lost her all too lately to discuss with any appearance of impartiality (if that was desirable) her life and ciiaracter. Her memory is enshrined in the hearts of her friends; we leave it with them alone, knowing this would be her desire could she be consulted ; for few ever shrank more instinctively from ]iublic gaze than she. Her inner life was a sealed casket, not many had the privilege of unlocking. Let a reverential silence veil its treasures still! Her children can never estimate their indebtedness to her, not only for the mere fact of existence, which sometimes in this uncertain world is rather a questionable boon, or for the mother's love she gave them all ; but for that " well of English undefiled,"' which her conversation always supplied, and for even a tithe of the mental acuteness and physical vigor she possessed. She left us August 8, 1874, in the seventy-second year of her age, yet, as anotlier truly said, "she died as the young die," with all her faculties in full pla3% as if with her, it was yet life's morning! The children of this marriage are in the order of their ages. 1st, Eliza, the writer of this little volume ; 2nd, Harriet M., wife of P. M. Blair, Esq.; 3d, Mary S., who rests beside her mother; Ith, Henry M. Hall, j)resent editor and ])roprietor of The Red Oak New Ei^a ; 5th, Dr. Walter Thomas Hall, successor to his father's home and honors ; 6th, Louisa, wife of Mr. John C. Emerj^, now of Ottumwa, Iowa; Tth, James Knox Hall, at present following his trade, that of a printer at Cambridge, 111.

We may remark in passing, that of these children, the first four were born in England, prior to the emigration, the three remaining ones being native Illinoisans. Mrs. Emery was the first child ever born in the town of Toulon, to which place the family removed soon after the site was surveyed, and have resided within its limits since July 6, 1842.

As we write that date, memory reproduces with wonderful fidelity, the ])icture of that summer morning, so long ago. We had been up since dawn, marking with charcoal the logs in our big cabin, preparatory to taking them out of their places, and loading them on the wagons, which would soon be waiting for them. By six o'clock the family had breakfasted, the teams were arriving, and the bustle of moving began in earnest. Think of it reader, not only the contents of the house and all the appurtenances of a large family to be packed and loaded, but the house itself to be taken down and prepared for a journey to Toulon ! We can see the teams, many of them consisting of four horses, as they drew up around the scene of our labors. They had come from Spoon river, from Wethersfield, from Lafayette and Walnut creek, "to help the doctor move." We could give you the names of the drivers - true pioneers every one of them, not a laggard among them all ; but our readers would not know them, for they have nearly all taken a longer journey since that time, from which they never returned. But finally the last load started, even Peter Miner's laugh was lost in the lengthening distance, and silence settled upon the hill, where for five years there had been a busy happy home, ringing with the voices of children, and the patter of little feet. I>ut we l(Joked our farewells to the s]iot, and not without tears set our faces in another direction. We were soon on the open prairie, and towards evening reached our destination, the house of Mr. Benjamin Turner, who in those days kept a sort of hotel for the accommodation of the public. The cabin had undergone a second 'raising,' the roof Avas partly on and we could say we had alread}^ a home in Toulon."

J. Knox Hall, son of Dr. Thomas and Matilda (Mannifold) Hall, Avas born at Toulon, April 20, 1848. Here he received a practical common school education, and in 1863 entered mercantile life, in which he continued four years. Next entering the office of the Ne^o Era with his brother, Henry M. Hall, he acquired a thorough knowledge of typography, and held a position "at the case,"* on the News for three years, and was connected with the newspaper press up to April, 1886, when he received the first postmaster's commission issued to Illinois by the present executive On April 30, 1881, when the firm of T. H. Blair and A¥. E. j^ixon, puljlishers of the Stark County Sentinel^ dissolved, he purcliased T. H. Blair's interest, and with Mr. Nixon took hold of this journal. To him in greatest measure is due the prompt success which waited on the Sentinel^ of which paper he became sole proprietor in 1882. On January 1, 1884, Gus Hulsizer purchased a half interest, and the firm of Hall & Hulsizer conducted the Sentinel until Feln-uary 13, 1885, when the ])resent owner and editor, Mr. Hulsizer, purchased Mr. Hall's interest therein. He was married to Miss Eva Ardell, daughter of the late B. E. Young ; they are the parents of one daughter, Eva Mannifold Hall. He has been in public life almost continuousl}" since 1869, and though an aggressive politician and outspoken Democrat, has received man acts of public kindness from men of every political faith. Mr. Hall is a Eoyal Arch Mason, a member of the Blue Lodge and its Worshipful Master at the present time. ( Vide sketch of JJr Thomas Hall' also History of Elmir a township).

Augustus G. Hammond,, son of Gideon and Nancy (Chandler) Hammond, was born at West]iort, Essex County, N. Y., January 27, 1834. The family dates back to the beginning of Welsh immigration. Gideon Hammond, referred to above, was a farmer and lumber dealer in New York State, and a member of the legislature of that State for over fifteen years. The fact of his service during the war of 1812, particularly at the battle of Plattsburg, his honesty, integrity and unswerving fidelity to principle, contributed much toward his po|)ularity, but his unselfish, wise course in the legislature won repeatedly for him his legislative honors. A. G. Hammond moved to Wisconsin in 1 848, making his first western home at Waukesha, in that State. Shortlv after he moved to Farmington, 111., and thence, in 1850, to

Stark Coimty. Since his settlement liere he has filled a large place in the economic and social little republic of Stark County. A reference to the school histor}^ of Essex Township, and of Wyoming village, points oi^t at once his connection with our schools. In 1862 he was commissioned Justice of the Peace. In 1874: he was elected representative on the liepubHcan ticket by 591 majority over Davis Lowman, the A. M. R. candidate, and since that time has received repeated tokens of jiublic confidence. From 1850 to 1865 he was engaged in farming or school teaching. In the latter year he entered mercantile life at W^'oming, and in less than twenty years built up one of the largest mercantile interests in the county. In October, 1853, he married Miss Cecilia B. AVynkoop, of Chemung County, N. Y. They are the parents of Harry A., a graduate of Winona, Minnesota, High School, and the I)aven])ort Business College, and for the last ten years cashier in Scott & Wrigley's bank, Wyoming, 111.; Will W., a graduate of Knox College, Galesburg, III., who is now practicing law at Peoria, 111., where in the space of ten years he has reached a lucrative practice, and Mary Louisa, now at home. In the history of Wyoming, the part taken by Mr, Hammond and family in social matters and otherwise is set forth concisely. ( Vide Political history.)

Charles IlaHleij, born in Yorksliire, England, Februar}^ 7, 1822, is the son of George and Elizabeth Ilartle}', who came to America some years later and settled in Virginia. Charles remained at the old home in Yorkshire, where he grew to manhood, and learned agriculture. In 1853 he came to the United States with his wife and four children, and located here on section 28, where he ]3urchased eighty acres which have been handsomely improved. His wife was Ann Hamshaw, daughter of Joseph and Mary Hamshaw, of the same shire. Their children are Elizabeth, wife of AY. P. Caverly ; George, a farmer here ; Mary, wife of Monroe Guy re, and Moses, a farmer of Harvard, Clay county, Neb. Their children born here are Josei^h, a farmer of Inland, Clay county, Neb.; Jennie, deceased ; Thomas, a farmer, here ; and Delphine and AVilliam, residing at home. They have twelve grandchildren. He supports all denominations, avoids public life, but has served on the school board of his district. Mr. Hartley has 480 acres joining his old farm and 160 acres in Adams county. Neb. He is a member of the Stark count V Agricultural Societv. His herd of Holsteins is considerd one of the best in the military tract.

George Hartley., born in Yorksliire, England, August 21, 1816, is the son of Charles and Ann (Hamshaw) Hartley, came with his parents to Illinois and grew to manhood in this county. He was married here in 1873 to Miss Mary Ann, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Smith) Eraser. James Eraser was a native of Bh^the, Nortlmmberland county near Newcastle on the Tyne, England, and a son of James Eraser and Mary Ann Robinson, the former a native of Scotland, and the latter, of England. Elizal)eth (Smith) Eraser, was a native of Pennsylvania, and there Mrs. Hartley was born in I)e Vosburg. Her father, James Eraser, came to Stai'k county in 1857, accompanied by Thomas Tunsall, wlio died in 1865, and leasing coal land on section fourteen, opened a mine there. In 1858 they worked on section twenty-three and took out 1,000 tons of coal, or one-fourth the total product of the year. In 1859 he went to Colorado, Avhither the family moved in 1860. They subsequently returned to Stark county, but in 1874 removed to Colorado, where they have lived since. Mr. and Mrs. Hartley are the parents of three sons and one daughter, Lenora, James C, Marion A. and Lee R. He supports the Christian church, of which Mrs. Hartley is a member. He is a member of the Stark county Agricultural Society, and is larg-elv interested in stock-growing and agriculture.

James P. Headley^ born in this township, March 10, 1842, is a son of James and Sarah (Finley) Headle}^, who moved from Ohio to this county in 1839 and settled south of Toulon. They were married in 1819, seven years after the settlement of the Finley family in Oliio, of which family she was the last member. She was born in Fayette county. Pa., in 1800, and died at Toulon, June 11, 1886, thirty-five years after her husband's death. This family consisted of six sons and four daughters, namely ; Wilson and Matilda, deceased ; Craig, who died in Toulon township, leaving a widow, now ]\lrs. John Eeed, and a family of one son, Walter Headley, of Lafayette ; John, a carpenter, of Toulon, the head of a family ; Elizabeth, wife of Matthew Rounds, of Toulon ; William M., of Pawnee City, I^eb. ; Alex. B. died here, leaving a family of one son and one daughter; Mary, wife of David Crum ; James P. and Milton, a brick manufacturer, who lias a family of six children ; the four latter served in the war of the Rebellion, as shown in the military chapter. James P. Headley spent his boyhood on the farm and grew to mauhood there. He carried on farming until 1862, when he enlisted in Com])any F., One-hundred-and-twelfth llHnois Volunteer Infantry, He served for three years, until honorably discharged, in 1865. Returning to his home, he resumed agricultural life and was engaged in farming until 1875, when he purchased the Toulon brickyards, and has carried on this business, always keeping pace with his increasing trade. He employs, during the season of brick-making, eleven men, giving support to eleven families. The material produced is all pressed brick, made exclusively for building purposes; has built large sheds and introduced man}" improvements for mixing, moulding and drying, among them being the " Martin macliine." The yards occupy four acres, and produce about 500,000 brick per season. Mr. Headley married Miss Catherine Kendall, of Ashland, O., and to them one son was born, James Anson (now train disjiatcher of Keokuk, la.), who married Miss Minnie Madison, of Ottumwa, la., a native of that town. James P. Headley is a member of W. W. Wright post, G. A. R. He has always taken an active part in the affairs of the agricultural society, of the township and of the town, and is now serving his second term, as a member of the council of Toulon.

John Hawlx-es, son of John and Margaret (Robinson) Ilawkes, "was born near Vallc}'' Forge, Chester county, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1834. His father was a farmer of that county, and was born in the same house where Capt. Hawkes first saw light. His grandfather, John Hawkes, who is credited with Revolutionary service, w^as de- scended from Adam Hawkes, who settled in Massachusetts in 1640, where man\" of the family still reside, and the old homestead still remains in their possession. This branch of the Hawkes family made a settlement in York State prior to moving into Pennsylvania. The Robinsons were among the early Irisli or Scotch-Irish settlei"S of the Quaker faith in the Susquehanna country. Capt. Hawkes moved with his parents to Philadelphia about 1839. There his father died, leaving his son to hew out liis course tln'ough life. After working on a farm for some time he learned the carpenters trade. In 1854 he came to Wyoming, and in 1857 married Miss Augusta E., daughter of Edward and Huldah (Hammond) Colburn. In 1861 he enlisted in Company K, 47th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was advanced gradually from private to Second-lieutenant, and received honorable discharge on account of disability in April, 1864. He resided in Knox county the succeeding two years, moved to Galva, where he lived until 1869, when he returned to Wyoming and estal)lished his hardware and agricultural implement store. This he carried on alone until 1875, then he took ni as partner W. II. Barrett, and did business under the firm name of Hawkes & Barrett until 1883, since which time he has devoted his attention to settling up the business of the firm. His children are Lillian, wife of Alfred N. Walters, residing near Kearney, Neb.; Kate Estelle, a graduate of Carroll College, AV^aukesha, Wis., and John De W., a student of tlie same college, now of Beloit College, Wis. Mr. H. was one of the original members of the Congregational church of Wyoming, of De Wolf Post, imd Post Cha})]ain, also a member of the Oddfellow's Lodge, and a member of the Encampment. He has always given ready support to all agricultural measures, and is classed among the most active members of the Republican part}^ A reference to the history of Wyoming and Toulon townships will point out the part he has taken in social and political matters. His recent nomination to succeed Orlando Brace as County Treasurer is an enviable testimonial. His election followed as a consequence, and in December, 1886, he moved to the County Seat. The name is associated with many of the modern buildings of Wyoming, and of the county, as architect, the school, Congregational church and fair buildings there being built after his plans.

William H. Henderson was born in Garrard county, Ky., November 16, 1793, of which state his parents were among the pioneers. In 1812 he enlisted in Col. Johnson's ''Kentucky Mounted Riflemen," and with this command was present at the battle of the Thames, in Canada, October 5, 1813, where he aided in crushing Proctor's entire English army and Indian auxiliaries. After this campaign, he moved to Dover, Tenn , where he married Miss Lucinda Wimberly in January, 1816. He was elected sheriff there, and filled others positions until 1823, when he moved to what is now Haywood county, Tenn., of which he was first recorder. Here his wife died, at Brownsville, and here also his parents died. \\\ 1835, he was senator in the State Legislature, which position he resigned in 1836, and on July 2d of that year settled on the Leek claim south of Toulon. In spirit he was an Illinois man prior to that year, for in 1831 he selected lands near

Ottawa, on Indian creek, and in 1832 sent on his father, mother, his son, Jolm W,, his wife's two brothers, and Eobert Norris, a hired man, to improve this claim, intending to move there himself tlie next year, but the Bkick Hawk war, tlie murder of Robert Xorris, and tlie dispersion of the famih^ dissuaded him from setthng there. ISo sooner was he settled here than the pioneers realized his value, and looked up to him for political guidance. His house was a hospitable refuge for judges, lawyei'S, preachers, and all classes of travelers, and, until the coui't-house at Toulon was completed, might be called the '' County Court-house of Stark." In 1845, he took the census of Stark county, and with the sum realized from this labor purchased a horse to complete a team for the transfer of his family to Johnson county, la., where he settled in November of that year. Like man}^ patriots of the revolution and of 1812, he was too unselfish to amass riches; in business, enterprise carried him too far; but in social honor he was always right, and with a name for honor he died January 27, 18(U. Mrs. Sarah Muqihy (Howard) Henderson, to whom he was married I^ovember 6, 1823, was born in Sampson county, N. C, September 15, 1804. To his first wife three children were born; Mary A., who died in 1834. John D. and William P. were intimately connected with the earl}" j^rogress of Illinois. To his second wife, one daughter and five sons were born; the former died in infancy, while the sons - Thomas J., Henry C, Stephen H., Daniel W., and James A. - lived to become leadino' citizens of this countv and district.

John ir. Henderson came to Stark county with his father in 183C, and was here married by Jonathan Miner to Miss Marv Perry, October 25. 1840. This lady died some years later. He subsequently married Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Butler, of Wyoming, and settled at Cedar Ilapids, la., of which State his brother. William P., is also a resident.

Henry C. Henderson, who mari'ied Miss lanthe Fuller, of Elmira, in 1850, was clerk in the United States Treasury department from 1849 to 1852. The vear after, he moved to Rock Island, and in 1850, to Marshalltown, la., of Avhich state he was senator in 1803, and a Republican presidential elector in 1864. He has the reputation of being as able a lawyer as he is a politician.

StepJten H. Henderson, now a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, was a member of the Illinois bar. In 1802, he entered Company A, Twenty-fourth Iowa Infantry, and was promoted colonel of the Forty-fourth Iowa Infantry. After the war he resumed his ministerial work. Daniel W., his brother, served as lieutenant in the Twentv-second Iowa Infantrv ; was wounded at Port Gibson.

James A. Henderson, whose name occurs in almost ever}" chapter of the General Flistory, was also a soldier, serving in Company Iv, Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry. His first wife was Miss Burdell Turner, of Hennepin, a grand-daughter of Capt. Butler, of Wyoming. In later years he married Miss Frank Dewey, of Toulon, who survives him.

home in England nntil tAventy-six years of age. Her early life was spent as a mill operative, when she was married to Thomas Hey wood, the son of John and Jane Hey wood. He was born at Hey wood, England, in the year 1820, Avhere his father was a mannfactnrer of cotton. The family was one much interested in religious affairs, John Hey wood establishing the first Sunday school in the town, and when he died had been a member of the Methodist church for fifty years. He was eighty-four at the time of his death. His wife also died at an advanced age. ( Vide history of Wrigley family.)

Thomas Heywood learned the carpenter's trade and at the age of twenty-six, was married to Miss Ann Wrigley. For some eleven years after, they remained in England and then emigrating to America, settled at Wyoming in 185G, where Mr. Heywood continued his trade. Here his home was made, keeping his business improved with the times until 1863, when they removed to a farm in Penn township, where, after but five days of illness, he died in 1868, in his forty- ninth year. He had been a prominent member of the Methodist cliurch from boyhood and an ardent worker in the temperance cause, having been a member of the Reccabite sociei^y, a temperance organization in England. At the time of his decease, he had just been admitted to a membership in the masonic fraternity. For thirteen vears after her husband's death, Mrs. H. remained upon the farm. In 1881 she returned to Wyoming, where she has since resided. The family consisted of seven children, Jennie, Mrs. B. F. Rockhold, of Bradford ; Edward, died from the effects of a fall while engaged in sport, breaking his back in two places. He was twenty-two years of age. Emma, who married W. M. Pilgrim, of Bradford, is deceased; Thomas, a farmer of Penn township ; Alice, Mrs. G. E. Scott, of Penn township ; Annie M. and Mary E., both teachers in the Wyoming schools. Mrs. Heywood and all her chiklren are members of the Congregational church, and a familj^ that stand high in the esteem of all.

Richard Hight, son of George and Anna (Malloy) Hight, was born at Lick Ridges, Huntingdon county. Pa., June 26, 1837. At the age of seventeen years, Mr. Hight visited Springfield, 111., returned to Pennsylvania, walking from Pittsburg to his home - forty-one miles - in one day ; but in 1851 resolved to make the west his home, and settled in Stark county. From 1854 to 1857 he worked here by the month. In 1858 he ventured farming for himself , but this first venture was unsuccessful on account of the June and September frosts. He sold his corn crop on the field for $48, moved to Mossville, engaged in hauling wood and boarding choppers, earned enough that winter to make a second venture, and returned to Stark in 1859. In 1864 he purchased eighty acres of the Beckwith farm in Penn township, from Scott & Wrigley, in 1867 added another eighty acre tract and in 1883 purchased 160 acres from Ansil Sims. This last ])urchase he sold in 1884 to the Parker brothers; bought his present town house in 1884, and in 1886 purchased five acres in Wyoming. On coming here in 1857 he married Miss Ann, a daughter of Daniel and Mary Bunnell, pioneers of Penn township, who came here from the Wyoming Valley in 1846. This lady was born in Wyoming county. Pa., in 1840, and accompanied her parents to Stark county, 111. They are the parents of one son and four daughters Irene, wife of Charles Ingram, of Wyoming; Minnie, wife of James Hess ; Eva, wife of Daniel Dockendorf, of Iowa; Clarence, a farmer on the homestead, married Miss Lizzie Stansbury, of Brimfield, and Ella, residing at home. In 1875 the family moved to Wyoming where Mr. Hight ]:)urchased the brick cottage or Dana cottage, opposite the Truax House. lie has served as township collector in Penn and for sixteen years was school director of district No. 9 there. For each of his children he provided a good education, and has always been a strong supporter of the common school system. He relates with manly pride that on coming here he expended his last twenty-five cents for breakfast at Henry.

William Holgate, son of the late James Holgate, was born on the "Holgate homestead" April 15, 1844. He received a practical education in the school of the district, and at the age of eighteen years, August, 1862, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantrv, followed the fortunes of that command for three 3^ears, and received an honorable discharge in July, 1865. Returning to his home he followed agricultural life until 1876, when he purchased the interests of W. M. Miner tt Co., and engaged in the banking business at Wyoming, conducting the Farmer's Bank there until 1882, when he organized the First National Bank of Wyoming, and was its president until it ceased Inisiness under that name. On January 8, 1885, he was married to Miss Charlotte A., daiigliter of Alexander Kissinger, a worthy old settler of Penn Township, and among the Swiss pioneers of the count\% the lady herself being a native of that township. They are the parents of three children - Carrie, Cora M. and Katie C. Mr. Holgate is a member of DeWoIf Post, G. A. It., of the blue lodo-e at AYvoming since the war, and of the chapter. He was a member of the Stark Comity Agricultural Societ}^ and one of the original stockholders in the Central Agricultural Society. The task before him of filling his father's place in the economy of the county is a difficult one, but not beyond the ability of the son to accomplish {vide history of Holgate farnily and settleinent in chapter on Penn Township.)

George E. Holmes was born in Philadelphia, Pa., January 8, 1840. His father, Robert, was born in Antrim County, Ireland, September 13, 1813, and his orandfather George was also a native of that countv, and married Rose Pearson there. The mother of George E., was born in Tyrone County, in May, 1810. Grandfather Holmes and family came to Philadelphia about 1836, and Avorked at the tailors trade there. Of his seven children, John, born in 1808, died December 20, 1879; Eliza, who married Lazarus Holmes, died at Kewanee ; Rose Ann is the wife of Robert Patterson, and Robert Holmes came to this county in March of 1855. During this year he purchased 160 acres of land on Section 9, this township, and was engaged m agriculture here until the s])ring of 1878, when he sold his interest in the land and moved to Toulon village. Of his six children, three died at Philadelphia, and three came to this county, namely: George E., Mary, now Mrs. John H. Brown, and Robert, a farmer of Buena Vista County, Iowa. George E., rey^iMunv^ (MZ^^^y^^^ ceived what education he could until he was twelve years old, in his native city. On coming" here with his father in 1855, he engaged in agriculture. On October 13, 1864, he married Miss Margaret, daughter of Captain David and Malinda (Edwards) Haacke, of Fulton Countv, and this union has been blessed bv nine children, namelv : Williain II., Lovel S., David W., Effie, Mary E., Edward E., Maggie, Robert antl Lyman, all residing with their parents. Shortly after his marrias'e he purchased eio-hty acres on Section 10, near the family liomestead, to which he has since added 210 acres. For twenty years he has served as school director of his district, filled the office of collector, and, as related in the history of the American Presbyterian Church of Elnura, has, like Mrs. Holmes and son, been a consistent member of that society. In political life he is a Republican ; but the agricultural interests of the county and his own, claim his attention before politics. His father-in-law, Capt. Haacke, to whom is credited in the history of Penn Township, the sketch of Cooper's Defeat Creek, and whose reminiscences are quoted in other chapters, came from Canada to Peoria, and after a time there, to a point ten miles southwest of Canton, 111., in 1821 ; Avas captain of militia in the Black Hawk War, and may be said to have witnessed the upheaval of the whole State, from tlie wilderness to the rank of one of the first in the Union. The Captain's wife is Miss Edwards, of Kentucky, also a pioneer of Illinois.

John IIool; son of Jacob and Catherine Hook, who came to this country from Switzerland, about 1834, and settled in Niagara county, jS". Y., was born in Germany in 1832, was raised on his father's farm m York state, and in 1856, his parents, one son and three daughters came west to join his other daughter in Minnesota, and visit the subject of this sketch, who came here in 1854. Of this famil}^ he is the only survivor. On coming here he established himself on a farm and was eng-ao-ed in ag-riculture until 1873, when he founded his livery business at Toulon, and carried it on with marked success until his retirement in January, 1885. Here he was married to Nanc}'^ Jane S warts, daughter of Andrew S warts, who came to this county from Ohio about 1838. They are the parents of thiiee children, Mrs. Laura Edson, of Galva; Mrs. Belle Worley, of Toulon; and Frank Hook, proprietor of the FoUett House livery stables. Mr. Hook has been a member of the I. O. O. F, lodge here for ten years ; a member of the Stark county Agricultural Society, and a supporter of everything which gives promise of benefit to his county. In church matters he wishes to support every Christian denomination.

Frank C. llook^ son of John and Nancy Jane (Swarts) Hook, was ])orn in Toulon township. May 1, 1856; received a common school education here and for some years was engaged in farming, and subsequently carried on a meat market. In 1885 he established his now extensive livery business. He was married here to Miss Bessie, daughter of Henry BA^att. They are the parents of two children - Fredd}^ and Eva. AVhether in business or outside business, Mr. Hook is always genial. Here, where he w^as raised and educated, he is a favorite with all and is singularly well endowed with a fund of common sense mucli above the average of J^oung men.

W. II. IIoove7\ L. D. S., born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1838, is son of Jacob and Phoebe Fraser Hoover, who came to Illinois in 1853. His father was a blacksmith, and with him W. II. Hoover worked at blacksmith ing and farming, until he selected his profession, when he entered the office of James F. Hoover, L. D. S., of Washington, III, and practiced at Washington until 1875, when he established his office at W3^oming. He was married near Lawn I\idge, Marshall countv. 111., to Miss Lovina Booth, daughter of Jacob and Louisa Booth, who settled in Peoria county. 111., in 1835 ; coming from Delaware countv, New York state. Mr. Booth died March 3, 1876, in his eighty-second year, while Jacob Hoover resides at Lawn Ridge, now in his ninetieth year. Dr. Hoover and wife are the ])arents of two sons and two daughters - Julia, wife of Frank Thomas, a lawyer, of Wyoming; Sandford, Harry and Mary E. One son and two daughters are numbered among the dead. Dr. Hoover supports the Methodist church, of which his wife is a member.

Augustus IIulsizei% son of Abner and Maiy E. (Correll) Hulsizer, w^as born at Broadway, Warren county, N. J., December 24, 18-1:2. His father is a native of Washington, N. J., and mother, of Middleburv, Vt. The familv moved from New Jersev to Illinois in 1S52, and settled on the Hulsizer farm (Avhich he bought at $3.25 per acre, and sold the quarter section for $11,000 in 1877 to S. E. Ilazen). In 1877 the famih" moved to Toulon, buying their present residence from Edward Xixon, who built the house. Of their children, Gustavus, George, who died in infancy, William and James were born in New Jersey ; Mrs. Maiy E. Emery, and Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth IIul)bell, now of Galva, were born in West Jersey township. Augustus Hulsizer was educated in the schools of Kewanee, and at Eastman's commercial college, Chicago. He graduated from the latter school in 186f<. He was subsequently engaged on the homestead farm for seven years, Avhen he moved to Toulon, and for the four succeeding years earned very fair money by his penmanship. From 1879 to 1883 he was engaged in the boot and shoe business, founding the first and only exclusive store in that line ever established at Toulon. -In 1883 he disposed of his interest in this stoie and purchased a half interest in the Stark County Sentinel., January 1, 1884. In the following year he purchased the entire interest in this journal, and has managed it in its several departments since with marked al)ilitv and success. Mr. Hulsizer was married Seoteinber 16, 1869 to Miss Eva M., daughter of Lyman Standard, of West Jersey, an old settler of Fulton county, wdiere his daughter was born. They are the ])arents of five children, namely : Zaidee V., born Julv 10, 1870 ; Olive B., born January 26, 1872; Mary M., born March' 15, 1874; Maud A., born December 27, 1876, and Lulu V., born July 22, 1878, all of whom are attending the schools of Toulon. Mr. Hulsizer enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and w^as mustered in with tlie Kewanee company in 1863, followed the fortunes of this command for six months, reenlisted in the One LIundred and Twenty-fourth and served six months, and in the fall of 1864 served bv transfer in the Thirtv-third until close of war, when the command was mustered out at Springfield. He is a member of I. O. O. F. here for the last seven years, of the G. A. R. Post since organization, and of I. O. G. T. He is an earnest temperance worker, has been for years a staunch repubhcan,but now gives his moral and journalistic support to the prohibition ])arty.

Mrs. Jane ( Wrlgle;/) Ingham, born in Lancashire, England, came to the United States in 1856, and shortly after married Mr. Ingham, died in October, 1878.

Peyton Pate Johnson, son of J ames A. and Mildred (Pate) Johnson, was born in Fairfield township. Highland county, Ohio, September 17, 1816. The family settled in Bedford county, Va., at the close of the war of 1812. moved uhimately to Highland county, Ohio, where tlie father died April 19, 1845, and the mother in October, 1860, both being interred in the family cemetery in Highland count}^, Ohio, where also rest the remains of grandparents on father's side of the family. Of his father's family - eight sons and two daughters - himself and one sister survive. Peyton may be said to have resided in Ohio until 1854, although in 1852 he purchased a half section of land in Goshen township. Stark county. 111. In Ohio he learned the trade of blacksmith, under his brother, John II. Johnson, of Highland county, Ohio, and sul)sequently opened a shop for himself in Fayette county, whence he came to Illinois in 1854 with his wife, one son and three daughters. In that year he engaged in farming, and for over 28 years has been a prominent agriculturist of Stark county. On August 7, 1845, he married Miss Jane, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Brown. This familv moved to Ross county, Ohio, aftei* the war of 1812, in which Peter Brown served. The children of this marriage numbered 9, of whom four sons and four daughters survived, namely : Mrs. Elizabeth M. Dexter, of Galva, who is the mother of four sons and two daughters ; Peter A., farmer of Pawnee county. Neb.; Mary Ellen, wife of Joseph Walther, of Toulon ; Agita Belle, wife of Wm. J. Sellon, of Knox county, who are the parents of one son and two daughters ; Lyman T., a farmer of Pawnee county. Neb., who is married and tlie ]:)arent of two daughters; Roswell M., of Skidmore, Mo.; Lincoln, a student of literature, who was a school teacher in 1886, prior to entering Knox College and Plessie C. The one child numbered among the dead was named Elva Louisa. The Johnsons were of a Quaker family, but since 1845 this branch have belonged to the Methodist cliurch. For years he has been a model temperance worker by example and association, a member of the Old Settlers' Association, and prior to 1882, an official of the M. E. church. He served as Justice of Peace six years, county coroner six years, and as school director or trustee for a number of years. From 1861 to 1865 he was an active worker in the Union cause, and throughout his whole life here an exemplary citizen. His residence