Toulon Township (part 5 of 6)

The record of this family goes back to that date, when it first appears in the historv of Switzerland. The name takes its rise frcm the orio-- inal home of the race, the Schallenberg. a noted mountain in Uri, which in ancient times w^asthe rallying, or mustering place for the first cantons in times of invasion or public danger. It means in English. the " Echoing Mountain." When surnames came in vogue in the eleventh century, the chief dweller on that mountain was called the Shallenberger. The family first settled in Lancaster County, Pa., but afterwards removed to Fayette County, where the subject of the present sketch was born, as above stated. On coming to Illinois witli his parents, he assisted them in making a home in the northern part of Fulton County, and remained with them until 1843. when he was sent to the "Peoria Academy,'" kept by David Page. Earh' in 1846, he entered the office of Andrew Peters, then one of the leaders of the Old Bar of Illinois, a year later was examined by the late Isaac X. Arnold and Patrick EallingaU, examiners appointed bv the court, was admitted an attorne\'-at-law Ijy Judges Caton and Treat, and the same year took up his residence at Toulon, opened the third law office established in Stark county, and for forty years has practiced in the courts of this county and circuit. Plis marriage with Miss Eliza J., daughter of the pioneer Dr. Thomas Hall, took place June 25, 1849. This lady was born m England in 1830, and came with her parents to Osceola Grove in 1837, as related in the historv of the HaU family. To her the people are indebted for the work entitled. Stark County and Her Pioneers," noticed in the chapter on journalists and autliors, and the literary circles of Toulon for many well prepared essays. With a few members of her family she resides on the old Sliallenberger homestead in Fulton Countv. Of the children, the two vouno-er ones. Herman and Percy are on the farm in Fulton County. The eldest daughter, Matilda, keeps house for her father at Toulon. The rest are in Nebraska. Thomas M.. originally a lawyer, is now a banker at Bradshaw, Xeb. Eugene is postmaster there ; Anslen P. is a lawyer at Hastings. Xeb.; AshtonC. is postmaster and dry goods merchant at Osceola, and Pauline is the wife of J. M. Pagan, the leading lawyer of western Xeljraska, residing at Hastings, the senior member of the firm of RaD:an. McDonald & Shallenl)eroer. Mr. Shallenberger has held office but once. He was a member of the legislature of Illinois, in the winter of 1856-57. from the district composed of Peoria and Stark. John T. Lindsay, now of Nebraska, being his coadjutor. This legislature contained many able men well known in Illinois history : John A. Logan. Isaac X. Arnold. William C. Goudv, William E. Morrison. Shelln' M. Cullom, C. B. Denis. Silas Bryan, Samuel W. Moulton. and many othere of like character. It goes without saying that Mr. Shallenberger held his own amontj them. Mr. Shallenberger is often stvled '- The animated encyclopedia.'" on account of his vast fund of general knoAvledge. He has ]iainted more than 2U0 pictures, many of them of rare excellence, and all good. Since 1847 Mr. Shallenberger has been prominent in law circles. Although two lawyers had settled at Toulon before his coming, they did not stay k)ng enough to share the lionors of pioneership, so that to him is generally accorded the credit of being the pioneer attorne_y, the last of the Old Bar in the county, and one of the few members of that great old circle still residing in the military tract.

IIoj)l'i'fhs SJnvvers, son of James and Mary (Cowger) Shivvers, was born twelve miles south of Ilillsboro, Highland count}^ O., June 15, 1817. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Kentuck}^ In 1822 the family moved to Washington, Fayette county, O., where his father died in 1850, and where the subject of this sketch acquii'ed a common education and engaged in farming. In ISofi he married Miss Isabella, daughter of Jacob and Druzilla (Harrison) Jameson, a near cousin of Presitlent Harrison. To them were born ten children, of whom seven are living, namely: James, at "Washington, la. ; Mrs. Druzilla Trickle, Atkinson, 111. ; Mrs. Sarah Q. Wing, of Newton, Kan.; J. Randoljih, farmer of Scandia, Kan. ; Mrs. Belle Baldwin of Goshen township, 111.; Charles II., merchant of Scandia, Kan., and Davis L., of Pawnee City, Neb. They are all married, and witli the exception of Davis, are all the heads of families, the grandchildren now numbering fourteen. One of his sons served in the War for the Union, as recorded in the military cha])ter. In 1853 Mr. Shivvers came to Stark county, ])urchasing 190 acres on sections 5 and (>, Essex township, where he now owns 232 acres. At one time he was owner of 1,000 acres in this county. He has served as supervisor of Essex township several times; has been school director for thirty years ; was one of the original members of the County Agricultural Society, of the Old Settlers' Association, and representative of the Farmers' Aid Society at S]n'ingfield. For over half a century he has been in full communion with the Methodist Episcopal church, so was his first wife, who died February 22, 1882, a member from her girlhood. Mr. Ho})kins and Davis Lowman were the original introducers of "Short-horns" into this county. Up to 1870, when he retired from agriculture, he was one of the most enterprising farmers of Stark county. Mrs. Isabella Shivvers, born in Pickaway county, O., in 1816, died near Toulon, February 22, 1882. She married Hopkins Shivvers in 1836, and in 1853 moved to Toulon. Mrs. Lydia A. (Strong) Shivvers, born September 27, 1821, in Pennsylvania, came to Illinois in 1842, married Ansel Fuller, of Osceola in 1814. He died in 1863. In 1882 she married Hopkin Shivvers, of Toulon. She died November 10, 1884, and on June 16, 1885, he married Mrs. Lucinda Wright.

WilUain U. SicMes, junior member of the firm of Carlin & Sickles, was born September 24, 1861, in Marshall county, 111. His })arents, William and Abigail (Freeman) Sickles, natives of New York state, were earlv settlers of Marshall county. AVilliam Sickles, Jr., came to Wyoming in 1873, engaged as mercantile clerk, and subsequently became a traveling salesman. In 1877 lie came to Toulon, and on June 15, 1884, joined ]\[r. Carlin in the manufacture of cigars. Like his partner, he embraced all the joys of matrimony by uniting himself in marriage with Miss Nettie, daughter of Charles Pliodes, to whom one daughter, Gertrude Ethel, has been born. Mr. Sickles possesses many qualities which carry with them success, and in business circles at Toulon and Wyoming he holds a high reputation.

Levi Sillrman, son of Minott and Henrietta (Bathan) Silliman, was born in Goshen townsliip, Stark county, September 17, 1842. His father, the pioneer county treasurer of Stark, is noticed in the pages of the general and local history. His mother was a native of Ireland and a pioneer of Stark county. Up to 1.862 Levi Silliman was engaged in agriculture, having for fifteen years devoted himself to agriculture and education. On August 13, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Onehundred-and-twelfth Illinois Infantry, was wounded at Resaca, Ga., but served to the close of the war, when he resumed farming, and engaged in school teaching winters. In 1876 he established himself in the grain trade. In 1877 joined Mr. Oliver in this business, and also ])urchased a lumber yard and carried it on individually. In 1885 he purchased H. H. Oliver's and Charles Myers' interests in the grain trade and warehouse at Toulon, and now is sole owner of the two elevators at this point. Apart from this he owns a fertile farm on section eight, Essex township; is interested in the building trade; is school treasurer of the townshi]) ; an active temperance worker, and representative to the Masonic Grand Lodge of Illinois. Mr. Silliman married Miss Mary E., daughter of Rol^ert and Ellen (Tuttle) McKeighan. They are the jiarents of three children, viz : Minott, Heni'ietta and an infant. A reference to the history of Toulon and to the military cha])ter of the general history will point out more clearly the social, military and business enter])rises in which he has been engaged. ( Vide Goshen History.)

Perry Hazzard Smith, third son of Greenleaf and Lettice L. (Sparr) Smith, was ])orn in Essex township, November 8, 1831, being the first male child born in Stark county, within tlie American pioneer period. His father was born in Maine, who in very early years moved with his father, Benjamin Smith, to Ohio, and thence to Putnam county, Illinois, in August, 1829, being among the very early settlers. Benjamin died here. His son, Greenleaf, father of Perry IL, died here on July 12, 1848, followed about 1862 or 1863 to the grave by the mother of our subject, leaving three sons and three daughters, one having preceded her a few years. Perry H. Smith was educated in the district schools, labored on his father's farm for years, learned the carpenter's trade, and from 1850 to July, 1885, was identified with that trade here. He was married to Miss Barbara E., daughter of John Emery. This lady, referred to in sketch of Eastern Star clia))ter, died on April 21, 1882, leaving one son and one daughter, Charles A. and Linnetta, the wife of Thurman H. Francis, of Wyoming. On May 8, 1884, he married Mrs. Anna D. Ewers, nee Hochstrasser. She has four children: Ira, Murray R., Artie and Clark C. Mr. Smith is Republican in ]3olitics, but not an office-seeker. He has served earnestly on the school board and in the council. He may be named as the senior old settler and member of that association, as well as one of the oldest members of the Masonic circle in this count}^ His wife and daughter are members of the Eastern Star chapter.

John W. Smith, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Parsons) Smith, was born near Wheeling, W. A"a., January 25, 1846. His father, a native of Chillicothe, O., was one of the old river steamboat men. His mother was a native of Virginia. In 1S49 the family moved to Illinois, and locating on a farm in J\rarshall couniy, was engaged in agricnltni'e there for sixteen years. In 1865 they moved to Valley township, Stark connty, and in ISfiS to Harvey county, Kan., where the father died in October, 1884, leaving a wife and eight children. John W. received his early training in Marshall county. Here he was eno-ao-ed in a<i'riculture from 1865 to 1868, when he entered the lumbei' business, which he carried on for fourteen years. He was married in Peoria county, in 1866, to Miss Clarinda, daughter of Daniel and Serena (O'Keil) Peppers, natives of Ohio, but old settlers of Illinois. He has always taken pai't in political matters, has served as supervisor of Toulon for two terms, was elected member of the council of Wyoming several times, and is now the president of that body. He was an active worker in the establishment of the Central Agricultural Societ}^, is a supporter, but not a member, of the Protestant Episcopal church of Wyoming, and altogether a citizen who, laboring wisely for himself, is ever ready to exercise the same judicious round of labor in the interest of the communit}'^ of whom he is one.

Jo/ni Smith, born at ]^ew Berlin, Pa., in 1805, came to Pekin, 111., in 1848, ])ublished the Mirror and Whig until 185t). when he moved to Toulon, and with Judge Hewitt projected the pioneer journal of this county, the Prairie Advocate. In 1860 he returned to Pelcin, in 18(i2 he moved to Hennepin, and in 1868 to Princeton, where he died July 23, 1880.

Mrs. Barbara {Emery) SiiiitJt, born in Pichland county, O., in 1830, died April 21. 1883. She moved to Wyoming from Galva with her husband. Perry H. Smith, in 1866.

Whitney Smith son of Jonathan Smith, who came from Connecticut to Luzerne county, Pa., while yet the Shawnee Indians inhabited the region, was born at Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 14, 1804. He came to Spoon river about 1834, with his wife, a daughter of General Thomas, and established a general store at Wyoming. It is said that he had several copies of a plat of Wyoming ])rinted, showing docks along Spoon river, a steamboat, negroes unloading cotton, warehouses, etc., etc. It is further alleged that this very much overdrawn picture of the settlement was distributed throughout the eastern towns and cities, and won for its author a very unenviable notoriety. He moved to Galena, 111., in later years, where he died.

Isaac B. Si'>ilman., a son of one of the old settlers of Stark county, who went to ''Egypt" years ago, was elected state's attorney for Franklin county, 111., in 1884.

Nathan Snare was born in Huntingdon county Pa., on February 3, 1826; Js the son of John P. and Esther (Baker) Snare, the former a native of Virginia, the latter of Pennsylvania, being one of the old Quaker families, born near Philadelphia. The ancestors of John P. Snare were from Germany, coming to this country at an early day, the father of John P. serving as a teamster in the War of' 1812. Esther Baker also had one brother, Joseph Baker, who was a captain in the same war. John P. Snare removed to Pennsylvania while he was 3^et a boy and engaged in farming. He was married June 8. 1820, to Miss Esther Baker, by whom he had a family of seven children, four of whom still live, nameh", IS^ancy, widow of Alexander Kissenger, residing in Penn township, this county ; Xathan Snare, of Toulon township ; James and John are married, both residing in Penn township, this county. The mother of this famih" died in 1840. Mr. Snare remarried in 1844 to Mi's. Nancy Gharrett (Kurfman), by whom he had a family of six children, four of whom still live - Cyrus C, married, living in Minnesota; Khesa S., married, living in Penn township, this count}^ ; Edwin, married, living in Yalley township, this county ; Albert, married, living in Nebraska. John P. Snare removed to Illinois in 1847 and settled in Penn township, where he purchased four hundred acres of land and engaged in fanning; he remained so eneaii'ed until his death, which occurred in 1872. his widow, Mrs. Xancv Snare, still residino' there. In political matters he was in earlv davs a Avhig, but when the republican partv was organized he embraced that platform and remained a thorough-going member of that party until his death. He was at his death a member of the M. P. church, with which he died in full communion. Nathan Snare passed his younger years on the farm and attending common school. In the year 184G he removed to Illinois, locating in Penn township and engaged in farming. In 1850 he married Miss Lydia A. Davidson, daugliter of Chaldron and Abbey (Stark) Davidson, both natives of Luzerne county. Pa, To this maVriage three children were born, one of whom still lives, namely, Lily, now residing with her husband in Kansas. Mrs. Lydia Snare died in 1865, and he was remarried in 1866 to Miss Isal^ella H. AVilliamson, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Cook) Williamson, both natives of Pennsylvania. To this marriage eight children were born, namely, Hattie, now living in Kansas ; Charles J., John P., Ernest M., Laura B., Walter D., Albert E., and Edith. The subject of our sketch Avas engaged in fai'ming in this county until 1867, Avhen he removed to Missouri, remaining there for seven years engaged in farming. In 1874 he retm^ned to Illinois and jjurchased land in Toulon townshi]) on section 12, where he now resides. In conection with his farm interests he also has several coal mines on his land. In politics he was an earlyday abolitionist, and when the republican i)arty was formed he accei)ted their platform, but of late years has rather affiliated with the greenback party. He is not a member of any church, but lends his support to the M. P. church. He was a member of the Union League and was a staunch supporter of all things pertaining to the benefit of his county.

Perry Stancliff^ farmer, stock raiser and horticulturalist, Wyoming, was born in Athens county, Ohio, January 21, 1822, the son of David and Ann^ (Miles) Stanchff, the former of wdiom was born in Canada near Niagara Falls. He was the son of Stambaugh B. Stancliff, a native of New York state, whose father was a native of Germany. Staml)augh B. Stancliff did action and honorable service in the War of the Eevolution, from which he carried wounds to his grave, but for which he felt himself too patriotic a citizen to ask for or to receive indemnity. He moved into Canada (in consequence of business interests) some time after the war, but npon the outbreak of the dilhculties which caused the War of 1812, he chose to abandon his interests there, and selected for himself a home in Ohio. He reared a family of twelve children - seven sons and five daughters - whose characteristics (that of large-sized and tall people) follow the Stanclilf family. David Stancliff, his son, learned the shoemaker's trade and followed it for many years, but he finally retired from it and died on his farm in Eoss county, Ohio. He, like his father, had a family of twelve children, eleven of whom grew to manhood - six sons and five daughters. Perry, the eldest of the family, learned the mason trade in Ohio, and followed it there for a few years. In 1841: he came to Illinois, and in the same year purchased the present ]n-operty ( " Sunn vside Farm") which he has improved and developed to its present handsome condition. He married here in 1848 Miss Martha C. Davis, daughter of Daniel and Rachael (Ennis) Davis, both deceased. The former was a native of New York state and the latter of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Stanclilf have reared eight sons and two daughters, all of whom have grown to manhood and womanhood, and have taken a leading part in the interests of their different localities. Daniel, W. is a worthy farmer of Valley township, and has one daughter. William is a successful farmer and stock raiser, of Saline county, Neb., antl has four daughters. George is in the agricultural implement business in Valley county. Neb., and has one son. Stephen Miles is in the ice business in Fairfield, Iowa,, and ha? one daughter. ,rames is in the transfer business in Wyoming, and has a son and daughter. David is located at Fairfield, Iowa. Mary is the wife of Alfred Neeley, of Peoria. Emma, Herman and Albert are still under the parental roof, and help to cheer the fireside and enhance the comforts of their worthy parents. Mr. Stancliff has always been a liberal contrii)utor to measures attending the advancement of the public good of his locality, and in his time here has done an important part. lie has always held aloof from the snares of ])ublic office but has always cai'ried his share of the "load of office" on the school board and in township offices.

Fatrlcl' Sullkmn, born in Rosscai'berry Parish, Oork county, Ireland, March 14, 1836, is the son of Cornelius and Catherine (Howell) Sullivan, natives of that parish. The father was a linen-weaver by trade and manufactured largely. He caine to the United States in 1852, settled at Grand Rapids,' Mich., and invested in city property. He died in that citv in 1880, in his ninety-second year, leaving a widow, three sons, and one daughter, namely : James A., steamboat man and a bachelor; Patrick, of this county; John, a brickmason and contractor, and Mary, wife of Geo. H. Soule, a merchant of Grand Ilapids. Patrick Sullivan passed his boyhood days in his native country. Upon coming to the United States, he was ajiprenticed to the moulder's trade at Grand Rapids, but after four years turned his attention to tinsmitliing at Peoria, 111., where he served an apprenticeship. He then engaged in the hardware trade at Princeville, where he was successful. In 1876 he came to Stark county, and carried on business at Castleton until he opened his large store at Wyoming. Mr. Sullivan was married at Peoria to Miss Hannah Ilanlon, a native of that county, daughter of Patrick Hanlon, of Limerick county, Ireland, but an okl resident of Kicka]ioo, 111. They are the parents of five sons and three daui>liters, namely : John, Mary, James, William, Edward, Robert, Ellen, and Kate. The familj^ are members of St. Jose})h's Cathplic church.

Charles M. Swa7iA\ son of Reuben and Martha A. (Ileaton) Swank, was l)orn in West Jersey, Stark county, February 23, 1856. His father, a Pennsylvanian, and mother, a native of New Jersey, came here about 1853 while 3'et this now* beautiful township was a wilderness, aud, as related in the historv, took a full jiart in building it up to its present prosjierous condition. Their children are Flora P., now Mrs. W. II. Johnson, of West Jersey ; Clyde W., student at Knox college; Eva G., a girl of eleven summers, deceased, and Charles M., of Toulon. The latter received a practical agricultural and common-school education, completed studies at Hedding college, Abingdon, 111., and in ISTtJ entered mercantile life at West Jersey, continuing in trade there until March, 1883, when he established his house at Toulon. On June 20, this year, he married Miss Cora B., daugliter of Charles and Lucinda Emery Potter, of Toulon. They have one l)oy, Glenn R. Both are menil)ers of the Congregational churcli, and each holds a high place in the estimation of the people.

Sylvester S'weH died at Toulon, F^elu'uary 8, 1883. He was born in Rensselaer countv, X. Y., in 1795; served through the War of 1812: married Mary Adkins in 1818 (this lady died in 1825). In 1828 he married Cynthia Strong, and with his family settled near Saxon in 1811. In 1848 he was living three miles noi-thwest of Toulon, where his second wife died in 1875. In 1877 he married Catherine Rounds, who survives him.

2frs. Wrn. Sweet, who died in Toulon June 16, 1886. added another name to the long list of Stark county ])ioneers who have crossed over the river. Mrs. Sweet's maiden name was Jane Pearson; she was born in Oswego county, !N"ew York, in 1826, and came with her parents to Peoria county in 1836. She was brought u|) in the Universahst faith, her father and grandfather both being ministers in that denomination. After the death of her father, she came to Stark county in 1844, and made her home with a family by the name of Bowen. In 1848 she was married to William Sweet. She was the mother of three children, two of whom, a son and a daughter survive her and are living in this vicinit}'.

Bmhi'oel Tapp, whose name occurs so often in the pages of the general history and of this townshij), is one of the old residents of this county.

Charles Madison Teeter, the fourth and youngest of the family of John and Saraii (Van Brunt) Teeter, the latter a descendant in line from a New Amsterdam family in which Anneke Jans Bogardus was principal, was born near Florida, N. Y., June 30, 1817, where his parents occupied a farm. The beginning of the family was marked in

Orange county, b}^ the settling of John Teeter, grandfather of Chas. M., who arrived "from Brunswick during the Rev^ohitionar}^ war. Charles Madison received a thorough, practical education, and entered mercantile life as clerk on the corner of Front and Fulton streets in New York City. After three years' active service, owing to failinghealth, he resig-ned his position as book-keeper and took up the emplo3anent of instructor, both public and private. At this he continued for a number of years, and Avhile at Chester, New Jersey, he became acquainted with and married, March T, 1843, Miss Julia Ilorton Stout, who was born December 25, 1820, being a daughter of Thomas B. and Deborah (Terry) Stout, the former a descendant of the union of Richard Stout (England) and Penelope Yan Princis (Amsterdam) in New Amsterdam about the year 1024. Discontented with the business of teaching, he at length accepted the situation of Station Agent at Asbury, N. J., where he remained until October, 1854, when, spirited by the glowing accounts of the great west, he, together with his wife and two sons, namely : John IL, afterward a soldier in tlie Fortyseventh Illinois Yolun'teer Infantry, who sickened and died March 31, 1865 at Camp Butler, and Elias S. came to Illinois and settled at Ileiny, Marshall county. During the three years' sojourn at this place his family was increased by tlie births of a daughter, Maggie A. and Charles W., the third son. Having finally decided upon agricultural ])ursuits he removed his family to the "Teeter" farm at Bradford, Stark county, which he occupied until November, 1874, when he again changed his residence and located at Wyoming. His career throughout was marked as one of industry and integrity, of irreproachable character and widespread influence. Finally, surrounded by his family and worldly comforts, he fell suddenly sick and departed this life June 13, 1883. A reference to the official and religious history of the townships shows the part taken by him in public affairs during his residence in this county.

IJlias Stout Teeter, second son of Charles Madison and Julia H. (Stout) Teeter was born at Chester, Morris county, N. J., Oct. 20, 1«47. Early in youth he accompanied his parents to Illinois where the family located at Henry, Marshall county, in October, 1854, and resided there until 1858, when they moved to Osceola township. Stark county, and engaged in farming until 1874. In this year Mr. Teeter retired from agricultui-e, took up his residence at Wyoming, and made tliat town his home until his death in 1883. Elias S. spent boyhood's years on the farm, and attending scliool in Osceola township until 1889, when he moved to Iowa, and embarked in mercantile life. In July, 1872, he sold his Iowa, interests and returiling to Stark county in August, ])urchased a partnership with O. G. Smith. In March, 1873, Dr. J. G. Green purchased the Smith interest, which in 1876 was bought out by C. W. Teeter, the firm being known since as Teeter Brothers. Their large house at Toulon was not estal)lished until February, 1885, although Elias Teeter had an interest in Chas. Wright's drug store from 1878 to 1881. He married in Osceola township Miss Emma M., daughter of J. M. Huffman, a native of New York State. Their children are John R. and Mariam J., both now attending school. Mr. T.

was one of the original stock-holders and directors of the First JS^ational Bank, one of the original members and stock-holders of the Central Agricultural Society, has been a member of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Society, also holding a certificate since the passage of the Pharmacy Act, a member of the I. O. O. F., and one of the aldermen in the town council. He was appointed notary public in 1886. In the historv of Wvoming and of Osceola township references are made to this family. The foregoing record points out clearly their place in the industrial history of this county.

Isaac Thomas^ a resident of Stark count\^ since 1844, is a native of the Green Mountain State. He is a son of David and Hannah (I)wyer) Thomas, and dates his birth in Berkshii'e, Franklin county, Vermont, Januar}' 22, 1809. His father was of Welsh and his mother of Scotch- Irish decent. David Thomas was a blacksmith by trade, born in East Haddam. Conn., May 27, 1783; served as captain of militia in Vermont about the vear 1818. Moved with his familv to Kins-ston, Lawrence county, Pa., when Isaac was about 13 years old, thelatter finishing his education at the Kingston Academy. When 17 years of age, our subject was engaged by his uncle. General Samuel Thomas, who was a contractor on the Pennsylvania canal, and with whom he remained about two years, superintending the men at work. Subsequent!}" returned to Mahoopany and engaged in the mercantile and lumber business. Served there as post-master under President Van Bui'en. In the vear 1844 moved with his familv to Wvomino-. 111.: eno'aoed for a short tnne in farming, also served here as jiost-master under Polk, Taylor and Fillmore. During his residence in this county, has served as a justice and police magistrate 35 years, and still holds the office of J. P. Has been a meml)er of the M. E. church from earlv manhood, wasidentitied with the Democrat party until the firing upon Fort Sumter, after which he became a Republican, and was active in getting up sanitary supplies in war time.

James Monroe Thomas, son of General Samuel and Marcia (Pettibone) Thomas, was born near Kingston in the AYyoming Valley, Pa., October 1, 1822. There his mother's two uncles were murdered by the British and Indians during the massacre of July 3, 1778. The Pettibones, however, were not driven away for ever, as throughout Luzerne and adjoining counties, they are found today, as in the past, both in the trades and professions, and as readv to defend the country as were their fathers of the Pevolution. James M. Thomas came here in 1834 with his father. At an early age he acquired a taste for mechanics, and here engaged in mill-building, designing implements, and did construct the first threshing machine in Stark county, as well as the first thi'esher and separator in this or Peoria count}^ He continues to devote attention to mechanics, having built some of the finest buildings in the county. He was appointed master of Wyoming post-office. June 30, 1853. by James Camjjbell, Postmaster-General, under the administration of President Pierce, and on Julv 28, 1885, he was recommissioned by A. E. Stephenson, acting Postmaster General, under the administration of President Cleveland. In early years he was married at Peoria, 111., to Miss Ellen, daughter of Squire Isaac White, a native of

Pennsylvania, born at London, Franklin county, in that State. Their children are Frank, a genial and clever member of the Stark connty bar, residing at Wyoming; Payne P., a farmer on the old liomestead in Essex township ; Samnel, a mechanic, and James M., a student of the University of Michigan, and Isaac, who died at Wyoming, 111., December 5, 1865, when eight years of age. Both Mrs. and Mr. Thomas attend the Metliodist church, although the former had been a member of the Presbyterian faith u]) to December 5, 1847, at that date Mrs. Tliomas united with the M. E. church, w^hile the latter has been connected with the Methodist faith since his nineteenth year. General Samuel Thomas Avas the nominator of Andrew Jackson for President in 1832, so his son has been equally attached to the old Democratic party. James M. was one of the original members of the Stark county Agricultural Society. In 1ST7 he took an acMve part in organizing the Central Agricoltural Society ; has always been a member of the State Agricultural Society and an official of that body, also of the Stark county Old Settlers' Association, and of other local organizations established for ]mblic benefit.

Williaiii F. Thomas came from Wyoming Valley, Penn , with his father-, Gen. Thomas, in 18'34. In 1850, he was sheriff and ex officio collector, was one of the aiders of the American Central railroad, and in every sense one of tlie most useful citizens of the county ; died in May, 1875.

Frcuik Thomas^ son of James M. Thomas, was born here Sejitem l)er 17, 1848. He received tiie rudiments of his education in the Wyoming schools, then attended for two years the Clark seminary at Aurora, and subsequently passed one year at the Nortliwestern university, Evanstoii, 111., and taught school for three terms. In his nineteentli year he attended school at Ann Ari)or, Mich., then he athliated with the state university, following took a literary and scientific special course in the university, and took up the study of law there under the preceptorship of lion. T. M. Coole\% l^.L. I). He graduated frcmi the university in 1871, and, returning to Illinois, was admitted an attorney-at-law of the state. He married Miss Anna AValsl], of Ann Arbor. Midi., and to them two childi'en were born. This lady died June 3, 1876, and some years later he married Miss Julia, daughtei' of Dr. W. II. Hoover. A reference to the pages devoted to the law and political cliapters of the General Histor}^ and to the history of Wyoming will ])oint out very clearly the part Mr. Thomas has taken^n the ])olitical, legal and social life of the county.

Saniud Tlioinax, born in Connecticut, February 2, 1787, settled in Wyoming Valley, Pa., in 18()(;, and on May 10, i807, married Miss Marcia Pettebone, a native of Kingston, Pa., daughter of Oliver Pettebone. On the breaking out of the War of 1812, he was captain of a company of volunteer artillery composed of one hundred young men, none of wliom wei-e over twenty-hve years of age. Tlieir services were tendered to the government, and accepted, and the company was ordered to Erie, Pa., where the fleet of vessels were buihiing for the use of Cajitain (afterward Commodore) Perry. On reaching Erie, Captain Thomas was put m command of the post, and a block-house and Wreiist works Iniilt and cannon planted thereon t(j protect the building fleet, while on the stocks, as the British fleet were then cruising on Lake Erie with the avowed intention of burning our vessels ])efore their completion. Several efforts were made b}" the British to burn our fleet during the time the boats were building, but were driven off by our artiller}^ After the Imttle upon Lake Erie. Captain Thomas was ordered out into Canada to join the Northwestern army under the command of General AVilliam LL Harrison. After the battle of the Thames at that place with the British and Indians in which the celebrated Indian chief "Tecumseh" was killed, Captain Thomas was ordered over to Detroit, which was then held l)y British and hostile Indians. Our forces di'ove out the hostile English and held Detroit until ordered back into Ohio near the mouth of the Maumee river, and thence to* Pittsburgh and to Wyoming Valley, Pa. Soon after peace was declared. Captain Samuel Thomas was made l)rigade inspector of the Northeast Division of the Pennsylvania militia. This position he held until commissioned as l)rigadier general in 1828, which position he held until moving to Illinois in 1834. He was a member of the legislature of Pennsylvania two terms, was a leadino: Methodist from an earh' day. and in the early settlement of Spoon Piver his liouse was the only chapel for a nundjer of years. He was also a member of the ^[asonic fraternity from an early date. He arrived with his family after forty-two days' travel, on the site of the present town of Wyoming, in Octol)er, 1834, where his brotherin-law, Sylvanus Moore,' had a cabin and claim. Purchasing Moore's interest here he entered the land at Quincy in June, 1835. opened a store there and also began farming, and continued to reside here until his death, as noted in the history of Wyoming. Mrs. Marcia Thomas died here July 21, ISO."). Their son. AVilliam F.. who came with them into the wilderness of Spoon Eiver, was l)orn in 1817. died at Wyoming, May 25, 1875 ; Ruth Ann, born in 1819, who married Giles C.Dana, in May, 1836, died at Peoria in July of that year and James M.. born in 1822. who in 1847 married Miss Ellen White, has for over half a century been a prominent figure in the history of tlie district. In the liistory of the Agard family reference is made to Martha P. Thomas, who married J. W. Agard in 1834 and came with him in Septeml^er, 1836, to Wyoming. Mary Ann Thomas, who married Whitney Smith, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., one of the early traders here, came with him in 1835, and for many years shared his home here until her separation from him, wiien she married E. S. Brodhead, who died at Toulon in 1873. Some time after her second husband's death, she became Mrs. Chase, of New York City. From 1808 to 1879 the general is said to have voted the Democratic ticket, and as told in the political history, was elected on that ticket a member of our legislature in 1846. " The life of this enterprising pioneer of Stark county claims extended notices in many pages of this work ; yet this sketch of the family is necessary to complete our history. General Thomas was called to Michigan in 1832 and spent a part of that season there, and in the fall of 1833 was called to old Fort Dearliorn, at the time the Indians, who fought under Black Hawk were ]iaid off liy the United

States government. After tlieir payment, he with two neighbors, traveled over the entire state of Illinois on horseback and over Black Hawk's purchase, now Iowa. At that time he selected this place for a future home, and bought a section of land before returning to Pennsylvania, which return was made all the way on horseback. When he came here he invested largel}^ in land, but sold much of it before his death.

Owen. Thomas was born at Xorristown, Penn., December 12, 1818, and on arriving at manhood married Miss Sarah Pierce in the year 1844, and for nine years longer lived there, following his trade, that of a nail-cutter. In the year of 1858, he with his family came to Stark county, and, with the exception of a very short time, has lived on the same place where his last moments were passed ever since. Of his ten children, live oidy are living, two daughters here, Mrs. A. Galbraith and Mrs. A. Wilkinson, two daughters, Anna and Mary, living in Missouri, and one son, Abraham, that lives near Oskaloosa, la. In 1882, his companion was taken from him. On Saturday, November 6, 1886, he married Mrs. Sarah Lake, and bid her the last farewell November 2(>, 188().

Mrs. Harriet Taylo7\ sister of II. Shivvers, and mother of Mrs. Henry Harrington, died in Hooper countv, Kan., July 18, 1886, aged about sixty years.

Captain Bradford F. T/ioinpi^on, son of Benjamin M., and Ann B. (McLaughlin) Thompson, was born at Montville, Waldo county. Me., November 6, 1837. His parents were Scotch and Irish respectively, early settlers of Maine, and among that state's most industrious citizens. In 1856, the family, consisting of ])arents and four sons, moved to this county. Here the captain engaged as clerk in a store, but, after the lapse of a few years, entered Martin Shallenberger's office at Toulon as a law student. The rebellion broke over the land shortly after, and in August, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, One-hundredand-twelfth Illinois Infantry, was ])romoted first sergeant on organization of company; second lieutenant April 10, 1863; first lieutenant in December, 1863; adjutant of the regiment March 7, 1864; and captain of Company B, May 0, 1865. On his return, he engaged in merchandising at Bradford, and continued in trade until 1874, when he ]-esunied law studies, was admitted to the bar, and has been in practice since that time. In 1859, he was elected town collector of Osceola, served one term as su])ervisor, was town clerk, justice of the peace and assessor. In 1868, he was elected representative in state legislature, and in 1876, state's attorney. In the latter year he removed to Toulon, was reelected state's attorney m 1880, and served until 1884. Oaptain Thonijison was married in 1860 to Miss Elizaebth A., daughter of Zachariah and Lydia (Bevier) Bevier, who settled here in 1851, coming from New York. Their children are Mir.s Mary and Anna and Earl W. * He is prominently connected with local' and district military circles, is secretary of the One-hundred-and-twelfth Veteran club, a moml)er of the Grand Army of the Repul)lic, a mason since 1862, and now secretary of the "Old Settlers' society" of Stark county. In every position he has aimed to do well what he undertook and succeeded. His new work entitled " Ilistorv of he One-lmudredand-twelftli Eegiment,*' is exceptionally good, far above the average regimental history. In itself, it points out two characteristics of the man - a love of doing things well and full v. and a love of the old flaoand its defenders.

21rs. Harriet Tiehior, born in Peoria county in 1843. moved to Stark with parents in 1852, married Allen Ticknor in 1870. died December 1, 1874.

Leven Eflvmrd Tliravons. son of Ananias and Eleanor (Roteau) Timmons - natives of Maryland, was born in Eoss count}', O.. March 13. 1830. His father led a seafaring life for many years, prior to the removal of the familv to Ohio. Avhere he engaged in agriculture. Leven E. left home in his vouth, and began life on the farm. In 1S47 he came to Stark county and worked for othei's until he had earned enough money to purchase 135 acres. This tract is known as the -' Timmon's Homestead,'^ and was cultivated by him for many years. In 18.'")4he married in Essex township, Mrs. Eliza Ann Lake, daughter of David Davis, a native of Orange county, X. Y., and a pioneer of Stark county. 111., in 1836. Their children are named as follows : Matilda D.. who married Wm. Leighton, deceased ; Lois D.. who married Samuel Camp, deceased ; Eliza E.. wife of Charles Eagleston. Theodore D.. foster-ljrother of Lois, and Mary G. Drummond, deceased. Mr. Timmons retired from agricultural life in 1873. For fourteen years he served Essex township as trustee, and in all relations has been an excellent citizen of the county for forty years.

E. Ayers Tr'uiniirr. boi-n at Hackettstown, X. Y.. April 2!'. 1849. is the son of John and Catherine (Ayers) Trimmei', and grandson of Morris Trimmer, a name well-known among the patentees of lands in this and other western counties. In 1854 John Trimmer and family settled in AVest Jersey township, and carried on farming there until his death in 1872. Of his two sons and live daughters. Marv X. is the wife of Henry Ballantyne of Boone county, la. E. A. Trimmer is a resident of Wyoming ; Sarah E., born in this county is the wife of Gideon Smith of Stafford, Kan., Augusta K.. is Mrs. John Callahan of Boone countv, la., Eli is a farmer of AVest Jersev towushii). Belle, who married Peter Schaeffer of that township is deceased, and Alma J. resides with the mother. E. Ayres Trimmer was educated in this county, and at the age of nineteen years entered on his own course in life. He was married here to Miss Anna, daughter of Henry Colwell of Essex township, and to them one son and three daughters were born. In 1881 he moved to Wyoming and established his present business here that year and l)uilt bis large agricultural im])lemont warehouse. A reference to the history of Wyoming will point out his relation to the community since ISSl.

^V. A. Truax, son of David and Caroline (May) Truax, was Ijorn at Eaton, Prible county, O.. April 5, 1841. In 1849 the family moved to Sangamon county. 111., where his father carried on the livery business for a number of years. At the age of fifteen years he entered on the task of hewino: out his own road through life. He was engaged in farming and cattle-driving for some time, again carried on a large livei'v business at Galesburg, next at Elmwood, and in August 1878 established his large livery stable at Wyoming. In January, 18Y9 he opened the Truax House, and this, in conjunction with his livery, lie conducted down to September, 1886, when he sold the hotel, holding his interests in the stables. Mr. Truax is a stockholder in the Central Agricultural Societ}^ prominent in the I. O. O. F circles, and as told in the municipal history, has been elected and re-elected a member of the town council. He was married at Decatur, 111. to Miss Anna E. Michener, a native of Ohio. They are the parents of two children, Harvey and Mamie. Mr. Truax is the owner of eighty acres of rich land in Essex township, and 320 acres in Kingman county, Kansas, a sup])orter of beneficial projects and a shrewd, upright business man.

Benjamin Turner, son of Ileuben and Sarah (Plays) Turnei", the former of Kent county, and latter of Sussex county, Del., was born at Mil ford, Kent county, Del., December 11, 1807. In November 1834, the family moved to what is now known as Ashland county, Ohio. In 1840 Benjamin Turner came west and settled just south of I^a Fayette village, moved to Toulon shortl}" after, was appointed postmaster by President Tyler, reappointed by Polk, reappointed by Tayloi', reapp.)inted by Fillmore and reappointed by Pierce, serving in the office sixteen years. From 1849 to 1853 he served as treasurer of Stark county, defeating the whig Samuel G. Butler, by twenty-five votes in a. total poll of 413. From 1847 to 1849 - two years - he was engaged in mercantile work. For many years he never missed a meeting of the school trustees of Toulon towiiship. On the School Directors' Board he was equally attentive and superintended the erection of the high school building at Toulon. In 1800 he took a leading part in founding the first democratic journal in the county, and has for almost a (piai'ter of a century been connected with every enterprise which ])roniised benefits to the' town or county. He married Miss Elizabeth Mc- Williams, at Savannah, Ashland county, Ohio, tlie mother of Miss Sara 1 1 Turner. The lady died at Toulon in 1856. In later years he man-ieil Miss Ruth A. Myers, the mother of Chester M. Turner. Mr. Turner is one of the old liiembers of the Masonic lodge at Toulon, and l)oth he and Mrs. Turner are members and earnest su]>porteT'S of the Methodist Episcopal cliurch here. Their son Chester M. is a graduate of Knox college, and now a law student in the office of Martin Shallenberger. He has the reputation of being a singularly close student and a young man of more than fair literary ability. A reference to the pages devoted to temperance work throughout the county and in the village, to the social and literary societies of Toulon, and to all those events where the women of the county loaned their moral and physical sujjport, the name of Mrs. R. A. Turner will be found practically identified with the success of every object for which the societies were Vn'ought into existence.

Jesse T. Turner, a former resident of Wyoming, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lucinda Simmonds, at Marietta, Fulton county. 111., April 28, 1886. He was born in Maryland in 1811, was ordained a Baptist minister in 1839, came to Wyoming in 1865.

Andreio F. Sfn-kney, son ^ of James ]\[. and Cvnthia K. Gill, was born in Penn township, December 13. 1847. The history of the Baptist church in this count}' is ahnost a history of this excellent old couple. For twenty -four years he resided, in Penn township, attending school or laboring- on his father's farm. In 1871-72 he accepted a position as agent and telegraph ojierator on the Davenport & St. Paul R. P.. at Hopkinton, where he remained live years. On December 11, 1877, he was appointed agent of the P. I. & P. P. P.. at Wyoming, which position he resigned three years after to accept that of cashier of the Farmers' Banking Co., of Wyoming, and subsequently of the First National Banking Co., there. On January 1. 1884, he took charge of the P. I. & P. P. P. Co.'s business at Toulon. He was married here in 1871, to Miss Marv L , daughter of the pioneer of Toulon. Minott Silliman. to whom three children were born : Eddie C, James M., and Bessie M. Like the venerable Elder James M.. his father, Mr. Stickney has always been a member of the Baptist church. In politics he is Pepublican. but outside his business he seldom meddles with public affairs, except in church and temperance matters. -

./. C. Sf<rn\ an employe of the Bethuel Parish for many years, later in the em|iloy of Marsh Maliany, was kicked to death by a span of mules in March, 1885.

Dan'id D. Stone, born in Litchtield count}', Conn., in 1813, came to Stark county with his familv in 185(», and resided here until his death, February 7, 1 888.

Iiev. David G. Stouffe7\ pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church. Wyoming, was born at Harrisburg, Pa., April 26, 1841. His parents were John Stouffer, \)ov\\ in Lancaster county. Pa., a pioneer carpenter and builder of Harrisburg, and Elizabeth Markley, of Lancaster county. Pev. Mr. Stoutfer obtained a good common school education at Harrisburg. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B., One-hundred-andtwenty-seventh Pennsylvania A'olunteer Infantry, and followed the fortunes of that command for some time. In the spring of l.s65 his father died, and the same year JMr. Stouffer came to Peoria, 111., with his mother, who died in February, 1866. He was the first photographic colorist at Peoria. In Harrisburg, Pa., in September. L857. he became a member of the Methodist church, and in 1866, in Peoria, III., was licensed as local preacher. In 1873 he tilled his first charge at Wyoming; in 1874 received the West Jersey ap])ointment, which he held for three years. The sul)sequent three years he was ])astor of the church at Atkinson, 111., and again for three years of the church at Toulon. He then served as supernumerary and evangelist ])reacher for two years. In the fall of 1885 he was ap])ointed to the Wyoming chai'o-e - all his labors being attended with remarkable success. He was married in Peoria, 111., September 26, 1866, to Miss jennieiE.. daughter of George C. Babcock, Sr., a native of Marietta, Ohio. This lady has contributed a number of poems, some of sterling worth, to the press. Mr. Stouffer's talent for })ainfing was manifested in early life. For some years he had charge of decoiutive painting in car-shops, again colorist at Peoria, and in later days has produced some elegant studies in oil and water color work.

William Stio'jn, son of Henry and Catherine (Dalrymple) Sturm, was born in Shelby county, Ohio, November 13, 1822. His father was l)orn in Kentucky January 29, 1791, and mother in South Carolina, Feljruary 5, 1796, the ancestors of the former being of German and of the latter of Scotch origin. Henry Sturm moved to Ohio prior to the war of 1812, and served throughout that war. They were the parents of eleven children, Peter, of Henry county ; Rebecca, wlio died August 9, 1886; George, a farmer of Kansas; William, of this township ; Isaac, of Osceola township ; Elizabeth, of P]lmira township ; Abner J., of Bradford ; Catherine, deceased ; Nancy, residing in Kansas ; Margaret, also of Kansas, and Rachel, residing in Wisconsin. Thefatlier of this large family was a blacksmith and farmer. In 1838 he and family settled at Osceola Grove, and resided there until the death of himself and wife, as noted in the history of the pioneers and of the cemeteries. AVilliam Sturm passed his younger years on the fai-m and learned his father's trade, working in his father's shop during the winters. He was one of the pupils who attended the "Log Cabin School " at Osceola Grove. In December, 1843, he married Miss IMaiy Ann, daughter of John and Margaret (Lane) Swiger. This John Swiger, son of Daniel, a native of Germany, was l)orn in PennsN'lvania, and his wife, daughter of Elisha Lane, was born in Maryland. In 1845 Mr. Sturm purchased forty acres for $45, which he sold for $75, and purchased eighty acres in this township, which he held for three years, when he moved to Peoria count\\ where he was engaged in agriculture for twenty -two years. In 1872 he returned, and purchasing 135 acres, with 58 acres in Elmira, estal)lished his present grain and stock farm. Mr. and Mrs. Sturm were the parents of twelve children, ten of wliom are living. Mai'garet A., died in infancy; Mrs. Charlotte Harolson resides in (Jsceola ; Mrs. Cyrena Sarver in Kansas; William II., married Miss Woodward, resides in Osceola; James, who married Miss Mary Slater, resides in Elmira ; and Wallace, who married Miss Josephine Gerard, resides in Kansas; Charles O., deceased; Sarah L., married, residing at home; Leonora, wife of Samuel Rodgers, resides at Belvidere, 111.; Brayton, w^ho nuirried Miss Leonora Mendenhall, resides in Elmira ; Albert and Lorin reside at home. Politically, Mr. Sturm, like his father, has always been a Democrat, and supports the Methodist church, of which his wife is a member. The name and family are so well known that this plain record is at once their history and testimonial.

Daniel Tyrrell^ M. D., son of Captain Elijah and Clarissa (Meeker) Tj^rrell, was born at Tyrrell's corners in Fowler township, Trumbull county, O., April 3, 1815. His father was a soldier of the war of 1812 -15, andhis grandfather, Asahel Tyrrell, of Connecticut, a soldier of the Revolution, who fell in battle just before the surrender of Burgoyne and his British troops. His grandmother, of Connecticut, was Hannah Ho3't. The doctor spent his boyhood >"ears in Trumbull county, O., where the Tyrrells settled in 1806; there received a good common school education and in later years was a student in the academy at Warren, O. Subsequently he engaged in teaching school,. and thus secured means to '' push through " a course of medical studies. Again we find liiiii a sludent at the Meadville academy. Pa., and next completing an eight months' course at Allegheny college there. Meantime he studied under T)r. Johnson, of Vienna, O., and later engaged in practice with liis oid preceptor. Returning to the farm he found himself still practicing medicine, being so often called upon. After a term of three years thus engaged, he purchased a farm, and at once entered upon agriculture, school-teaching and medicine, studying agriculture and horticulture as well as medical journals and books, continuing in this business, and that very actively, for many years. In 1853 he went to Hancock county. 111., and was there engaged in practice with his brother for six months, when, being sent for to attend on his wife, he returned to Ohio. After the death of Mrs. Tyi'i'ell, '/ic'e Minerva Alderman, September 27, 1854, from consumption, of which she had twice been relieved years before, he moved to Illinois in 1855, and engaged in ])ractice with his brothei'. Dr. Abijah Tyrrell, theii at St. Mary's. His four sons by this marriage are Edwin II., (l)orn March 18, 188S), of Toulon ; Sylvanus M., of Chicago a, machinist aiul natural mechanic; Gilbert 11., of La Porte, Indiana, first |)resident of tlie N. W. Indiana Bee-keepers' Association, mastei- mechanic, and Calvin (\, l)orn February 24, 1850, a car])enter, painter, and a farmer of Hancock county. 111. In Deceml)er, 1857, the Doctor moved to (^laremont, N. II., where he married (Dec. 27, 1857.) Miss Frances Augusta Hunt, a gi'acUuite of a medical college and a lady of extraordinar}'^ good literary and social attainments, who had a large ])ractice among women and children. They practiced medicine there until 1801 when they I'emoved to La Porte, Ind., where in the fall she had an ovarian tumor, weighing over thirty pounds, taken out by Prof. A. Curtis, M. D., of Cincinnati, O., assisted by her' husband, Dr. Tyrrell. The eighteenth day after the operation she rode out and visited ])atients. Their only daughter, weighing only three pounds, was l)orn the next May 8, 1802, now Mrs. Hattie H. Berger, of Salinas, Cal.

The doctor's son, Sylvanus, (Itorn Nov. 1, 1843), enlisted in tiie 5th JST. H. regiment in the summer of 1801, after writing in New Ham])- shire to La Porte. Ind., foi- his father's consent, which was freely given after telling his son of the hardsiiips, ex])osures, and privations of a soldier, and that he thought thei'e would b(^ more daiigei- in the hospitals than of Rebel bullets. Sylvanus was in every battle and skirmish that his regiment was in for three years, and was hit Ijut twice by Reljel bullets. He was Orderly Sergeant. Gilbert, l)orn Nov. 1, 1840, in Ohio, enlisted in La Porte, Inch, in the 35th Indiana Regiment, and was wounded in battle near Kennesaw Mountain, July 2<>, 1804, and sent back to Nashville, Tenn. He gets a small pension and lives in n nice large residence, of his own construction, on Indiana avenue, in La Porte, Ind. The doctor himself served as surgeon in the army in 1804-5. In the hos])itals in Rome, Ga., he was frequently called to visit other sui'geons' ])atients after it was known that such cases as were dying day and night under "Old Scliool" treatment were getting well under his Botanic treatment. He Avas with the Fifth-third Ilbnois regiment on the march through Georgia-, arid was surgeon-in-charge of the officers' hospital and a i'el)el hospital, in Savannah, Ga., in the winter.

111 Marcli ISt'),') lie was surgeoii-in-('lKir<4e of tlie small-pox lios})ita] at Blair's Landing, in South Carolina ; and at other times and places was in other hospitals, fields, and convalescent camps, and was called "The Soldiers' Friend." He was an officer on the medical staff at Gen. Sherman's grand review in Washington, D. C., and surgeon of the Thii'ty-second Ohio regiment on Georgetown Heights, I). (J., and of a. hos])ital on Washington Heights. Being in Washington frequently, he visited all of the government buildings, inside and out, from the White House and Capitol to the magnificent hos])itals. The tents whitened the countrv as far as he could see from the dome of the Capitol. Tn July, 1865, he was surgeon of the Pioneer Corps, near Louisville, Ivy.

Wlnle the Doctor was in the army Mrs. Tyrrell went to Em])oria, Kansas, to visit her mother and sister, and w^as soon engaged in a good practice, and they persuaded him to move to Emporia. On the way there he came to Toulon, on account of the "land sharks" taking possession of 1(10 acres of land near Toulon, after the Doctor had a warrant}- deed and had })aid the taxes eleven years. He has an eighty acre farm of it yet. On ari'iving at Fort Leavenworth. Kan., he first heard of Ids wife's death, which took place at her mother's Oct. 12, 1865. The nexi fall he came to Toulon, just within the old settlers period of this county. On Nov. 27, 1867, he married Louisa (Stoddard) Goodheart, formerly of New York state, then the mother of five children. His present wife's cliildren are Calvin C. Goodheart, of Wymore, Neb.; Mrs. Alice Rice, of Colville, AVashington Territory ; and Samuel H. Goodheart, of Toulon townshi[); Mrs. Maiy Addis, of West Jersey township, and Joseph O. Goodheart, of Albion, Harper county, Kan. Mrs. Tyrrell, with her family, are members of the Christian church, are (the Doctor and wife) the owners of a beautiful home at Toulon, of a rich farm of 160 acres, with large residence, in Hancock county, 111.. 160 acres two miles east of Nelson, Nel)., and of two lots at Hastings, Neb., besides the eighty acre farm and a few lots and extra houses at Toulon, for rent. The Doctor has received three medical di])lomas. After receiving the second he attended lectures in five other medical colleges, and clinical lectures in the hos])ital, and engaged in ])ractice with Prof. A. Curtis, in the Infirmary and city of Cincinnati, (). and Covington and Newport, Ky. He has frequent calls yet from different states, from New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana to California, Oregon and AVyoming Territory, for prescri})tions and advice. He advocates temperance in all things, and is opposed to all strong drinks and tobacco. Having studied all systems of medicine, he holds fast to the l)otanic and hygienic (physio-medical), using nature's remedies. He had four sisters and three brothers. The first four were born in Fairfield, Conn., the others were born at Tyrrell's Corners, TrumlniJ], O. His father and brothers appeared to be natural mechanics. The oldest lirother, when a small boy in his father's l)lacksmith shop, made jewshar])s, pocket knives, etc., then different kinds of bits, augurs, and all kinds of joiner and carpenter tools; then built barns, houses and sawmills, and later, steam engines for mills and factories. Ills brother, Oapt. Abijah Tyrrell, M. D., was called out,

Mrs. Gertrude Wagner, a native of Germany, born in 1818, came with her husband and family to the United States about 183-1, and ultimately settled at Toulon, where she died June 5, 1884.

David J. W(dh:r, clerk of Stai'k county, was born at Philadel])hia. December 19, 1840. His parents, Samuel and Elizabeth (Cliarlton) Walker, were natives of Ireland, who, on coming to the United States, engaged in agriculture. They remov^ed west with their children in 1S49, locating in Henry county. In 1868 or 1869 Samuel Walker died. His widow resides in Hardin county, Iowa, where her sons, William and James, are farmers. Their daughters, six in number, are all married, and residents of the western states. David J. Walker spent his earlier years on the farm, alteimating hard work with school pleasures, thus securing a practical, liberal education. In 1861 he returned from I<jwa to Illinois, and entered the office of M. A. Fuller, as deputy county clerk. He served in that position until 1866, when he accepted a clerkshi]) in the banking house of Dewey & Burge. Here he liad the peculiar experiences of witnessing the victory of this financial institution over the panic of 1873, and of the anxiety of many depositors, some of whom would call daily to borrow a newspaper, or hear the news of collapse after collapse read to them. In 1873 he was elected county clerk on the RejiuWican ticket by 128 majorit}^ over J. Armstrong on the A. M. E. ticket. He has been reelected since that time, and men of all j)arties believe that the office is his so long as the same executive ability and genial consideration for the people which marked the last thirteen years of his official life continue. In 1866 he married Miss Stella D., daughter of X. W. Rhodes. Thej^ are the parents of two sons and four daugters, namely, George S., Harry W., Ada, Pauline, Lois, and an infant. Both Mr. Walker and wife are mend^ers of the Congregational church. Their social and literar}^ affiliations are noticed in the history of the town of Toulon.

JJe.iier Wall, son of William Wall, of lihode Island, and great grandson of one of the Irish pioneers of the little state, was born in Luzerne county. Pa., August, 6, 1809. In later years the western fever took possession of the young Pennsylvanian, and at the age of 26 years we find him in the Spoon River country of Illinois. He married Miss Sarah Stark, who with him shared all the joys and sorrows of pioneer days here, and lived to see the country which they found a wilderness, transformed into one of the the fairest portions of the State. For years he has been identified with the agricultural, mercantile, milling and grain interests of this section of the county. Of his children, Jerusha, who married Harvey B. Harris, is dead ; Rebecca is the widow of James Harwood ; Thomas B. is United States guager at Peoria, and William C. is the druggist of Wyoming and Toulon. A reference to pioneer history will not fail to disclose many interesting items relative to the Walls, to" Wall's School House" and their settlement in Stark county. W. C. Wall, born March 13, 1854, is a native of Stark county and today stands prominently forward among her business men. He received a practical education in the home schools, then entered on mercantile work, and in 1882 established his drug house at Wyoming. As a pharmacist he was duly registered. In 1885 he opened the extensive drug store at Toulon, in the Opera House block, and this with his Wyoming house, confirms the truth of his motto : "Spend no time on that which is not worth doing well." His marriage with ]\Iiss Emma, Cooper was celebrated at Princeton, Bureau countv. Marcli 25, 1885, to whom was born one son, William Earl, October' 12, 1880.

Rev. WiUiam Walters, first pastor of the Congregational church, Wyoming, 111., was born at Mayfield, Staffordshire, England, May 26, 1828. The Walters family had lived in the county of I)erl)y, England, for many generations, and were a hardy, long-lived, temperate race, whose n\embers filled the ordinary avocations of life meritoriously. His father, William Waltei's, was one of the early Methodists, and was mentioned in a lecture of the late Spencer Hall, as one wlio f()ml)ined plain living with high thinking, and adorned an humble position with true mental ability and moral worth. His mother, Anne Pegge, was an enthusiastic workei' in the church of England. Her brother, Robert Pegge, fell in the ranks of the First .Eegiment of Foot Guards at Waterloo. On September 14, 1852, William Walters was married to Sarah, daughter of John and Mary Neal, at St. Peter's church, Derl)y. John Neal, a tall, clever man, was a sergeant of the Derby militia, on garrison duty at Dover Castle, during the anticipated invasion of England by IS^apoleon. Two of his brothers were killed in the English campaigns in Spain. On his marriage Mr. Walters engaged in Imsiness as watchmaker, clockmaker and jeweler, at the town of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, where he had for many years resided. He followed this lousiness successfully until his departure for America. In 1840, at the age of thirteen years, he became a member of the Wesleyan church, and at the age of seventeen was licensed as a local preacher. From the first he was well received, and ])reached with increasing acce]ita-nce, both in the Wesleyan and the Congregational churches, with which latter church he had become identified. During these vears there were but few Sundays in which he was not employed, preaching sometimes as many as three or four times on a Sunday, and walking often to his appointments ten to fifteen miles. The following letter, dated Gerard street, Derby, England, July 15, 1870, is one of a few testimonials issued to Mr. Walters, in view of Ins emigration: "The bearer, Mr William Walters, of Ashbourne, eight miles from Derby, is about to emigrate to America. * * "' Jle was originally a member of the AX^eslejam societies. In the disruption which took place in 1849, he became one of the Wesleyan reformers, -::- % |,^^^ subsequent circumstances led the Reform church at Ashbourne to connect j.tself with the Congregational Union. Mr. Walters is highly esteemed for many miles around, in consequence of having held for many years the ofiice of Lay Preacher. When 1 have occasion to leave home and obtain a supply for my j)ul])it in Derby, for the last fifteen j^ears I have felt satisfied that the pulpit would be well filled whenever I was able to secure his sei'vices. His labors on these occasions have been very acceptable to the church and congre- gation under mx ])astoral care/" This letter Avas signed by Rev. William (xriffith. and addressed to his brethren in religion. On October 5. ISTU, the family sailed by steamer Italy for America, landing at New York October IT. and arriving at Wyoming October 22, where his new house, erected mider supervision of his friend, Dr. Copestake, was ready to receive him. Here he engaged in l)usiness. November IT, 18T2, Mrs. Walters, after a long illness, died, and was l)nried by Rev. L. X. Benedict in the Wyoming cemetery. He was one of the original thirteen members of the Wyoming First Congregational church, and was its first pastor, assuming that office in 18T3, and remaining until his resignation (vide liistory). During his pastorate the church was erected, and placed free from debt, and the memVjership increased, from thirteen to 110, 150 names having, during his ministry, been ])laced upon the rolls. Preaching services were by him maintained for consideral)le time at Duncan, and at the Pauli school house, Toulon township. In 1882 he revisited his old home in England. In August, 1883, he became pastor of the Union church, Lacon, 111. In November, 1882, he was married to Miss Susan Hood, of Ashljonrne. England. On January 1. 1880, he removed to the ])astorate of the First Congregational church, Hastings, Nebraska, which position he now holds. He is an earnest worker, and effective speaker, a close student, social in manner, and of broad and liberal views. His children, all born at Ashbourne, England, are John WiUiam, of the firm of Hammond tV: Walters, Wyoming. 111.; Mary, now of Hastings, Neb.; Alfred Neal, married to Miss Lillian Hawkes; now residing at Kearnev, Neb,; Lvdia Fannv. now Mi's. Albert Snare, of Kearnev, Neb.; Sarah Annie, died in England, aged seven years ; Rose Rebecca, now ^Irs. Lewis Castle, of Wyoming, and Mabel, who died in infancy,

John ir. ^y(llter.'< was born at Ashbourne, England, July 20, 18.51:. Received his education at St. John's Commercial School there, and came to the Ignited States October 5, 18T0. In November, 18T1, he entered the old Boston store of Otman ^ King as clerk. On the 18tli of June, 18TT, he was married to Miss Allie B., daughter of Samuel Wrigley and adopted daughter of John Wrigley, of the firm of Scott (fc Wrigley. In May, 18T8, he became the junior ]mrtner of the firm of Hammond cV: Walters, in the store he had entered as clerk seven years before. He has been identified with the Congregational church of Wyoming since its formation, and has esteemed it always a pleasure to do what he could in its work. Mr. and Mrs. Walters have five children, Arthur John, Ijorn March 28, 18T8; Sarah Annie, born October 15, 18T9 ; Florence Louise, born October 2T, 1881 ; William Alfred, born February 25, 1883; and Edith Alice, born May 30. 1885.

Joseph WallJier, born at Wissembourg, Alsace, France, March 19, 1823, is the son of John Adam and Catherine (Sumpman) Walther. Joseph learned cabinet-making there, and at the age of twenty-five years came to the United States, remained in New York City for a short time, and then located in the western part of the state, where he learned the habits and customs of Americans and gained a farther knowledge of the cabinet-maker's business. In 1852-3 he moved to Ohio, and in 1854 came to Toulon, where he embarked in business for himself. He married here Miss EUa, Johnso]), daugliter of P. P. Johnson. They are the parents of two sons, Ernest and Joseph Walther. Mr. Walther snpports the Christian Church, of which liis wife is a member. Since coming here he has ap])hed himself strictly to his own business, and has by strict economy, accumlated a competence, and by industry and integrity built up a good trade.

Oliver Whitaker, president of the Old Settlers Association, was born near Owego, Tioga county, JN" Y., April 12, 1807. He is descended from Philip, born in Connecticut in 1722, who died in 1775. This Phili]) was the son of Eliphalet and nephew of Jonathan, whose original settlement dates to 1690. The seventh son of Phili]) was (li(1eon, born April 27, 1701. Referring to this matter, Ephriam S. AVhitaker, the geneologist of the family, of Cincinnati, writing in March, 1881, savs: "In Schoolcraft's history of the Indian tribes, vol. 1, pp. 670-2, is given a statement by Mrs. Whitaker, who was a daughter of Sebastian Strope, and I have been tracing until I find that she is identical with your mother." Then he gives the statement juid asks Mr. Whitaker is it correct. On March 12, the latter repli(Kl : " My mother was a daughter of Sebastian Stro])e of Wysox as you have it. She first married Jeremiah White of Connecticut, and settled near Owego. Of her daughters, Hannah married Hull and Lydia married Olney. Her son was Hewes White. Jeremiah White was killed in a gristmill where he first settled. A few 3^ears later, in 1805 or 1806, his widow married Gideon Whitaker. A daughter, Eliza Ann was born, who married one Randall and died in 1849. Gideon dietl near Owego in 1822 or 1823, while his son, subject of this sketch, was residing in Pennsylvania, with his half brother, llew^es White. JNIrs. Oliver Whitaker's father, Samuel A. Broadhead, a native of Delaware, and Hannah S. Shoemaker his wife, l)orn near Strodsburg. Pa., were descended from the British and German settlers of New York. The Broad heads, two brothers, came with the British as officers, but cast off that uniform and were neutral afterwards. Samuel A. was a son of Daniel. Samuel A. settled m Tioga county, N. Y., long before its organization, and married Miss Hannah S. Shoemaker near Stroudsburg just befoi'e moving. Mrs. O. Whitakei- is the twelfth child of this marriage, and the second survivor, her sister, Hannah Foreman of Tioga county, beino- the other. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker are Hannah J., l)orn at Manslield, Pa., in 1836, mari'ied Dr. S. S. Ivaysl)ier, the jiioneer druggist of Toulon, now residing at Nehemah, Kan., Charles H. AVhitaker, born in 1838 at Osceola grove, died in 1842; Isaac S., born in 1840, at the grove, resides in Kansas ; Mary W., born in 1842 there, is now Mrs. E. H. Phelps of Kansas city; Frederick H.. born in 1843, is a partner with Mr. Phelps; Andrew J. was born in 1845; Delphine died at San Antonio, Tex., in 1875; Kate is Mrs. Henry F. Bloo<l of Kansas city, and Stella is Mrs. Frank Matthews of Los Angeles, Cal. As the liistory of every member of this family in their relation toElmira, Toulon or the county is very fully given in the township and general history, we will omit it here, content with giving the following account of Mr. and Mrs. Whitakers golden wedding, celebrated September 3, 1885.

T]je account is Ijased on a contem lorarv newspaper description of the festival. - The county, from Osceola Grove to Xiggers Point and from historic Spoon river to Lafayette sent venerable representatives of pioneer days ; while of the fifty-three persons comprising the Whitaker family, thirty-four were present, seven children all married except Fred ; twenty gi'andchildren, and two great-grandchildren. General Thomas J. llendei'son wrote a letter. Avhich contained this passage : " I remember when a boy to have shared your generous hospitality in vour log: cabin in Osceola Grove. When I was a voung man I found for some years a })leasant home in your family at Toulon; later I was associated with you in business for a numljer of years and from early manhood my associations witli you and your family have been intimate and pleasant." M. A. Fuller addi-essing the pioneer couple said : You gave sixteen years of service in the most important county offices. The records which you there made, stand as monuments of your fidelity. ^ ^ ^ ^ There are few here to-day who have not on many occasions l)een pai'takers of your hospitality and admirers of that easy politeness with Avhich your guests were made to feel thev were always welcome. In every public enterprise you were each in your pro])er place among the most active workers. You never acquired great wealth, because you always found ample time to aid the ]wor and nurse the sick. * '* ^ In the hour of mourning you Avere always seen, and none couhl conduct the funeral rites and none else were so frequently called to do so. The large numljer here bear witness to the esteem m wliich you are held, and trust that after many more years of useful life you will ' wrap the drapery of your couch about you and lie down to pleasant dreams." John F. Rhodes deliv^- ered a" memoral)le speech, so thoroughly original that it made his hearers laugh when they should weep and wee]) wlien they should laugh. On his signal a fine i)liaeton, furnished with whip and lap robe Avas drawn ujx presented to Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker. He also handed them a roll of money, which he said was left over and no one knew what to do with it. They Avere then escorted to the carriage, took their seats, and were drawn round and round by a number of gray-haired pioneers, and afterwards l)y their grandchildren. During'the festival visitors and members of the family Avho flocked hither found a genial welcome at an\^ home Avliere they wished to stay. Mr. AVhitaker has in his possession the old German Strope family bible, Avhich was cast into the fire bv Indians during the Wvsox Massacre. and rescued by Mr. Whitakers mothers uncle as he ran past m his flight. The book was printed at Amsterdam in 1716. The coA^er is oak-board bound in leather, with heavy bi'ass clasps.

Jo/ui W/ritahr was Ijorn in Queens county. Ii-eland. April l<i, 1840. He is the son of John and Susan (Carter) Whitaker. also natives of Ireland, who came to the United States in 1847, with a family of fiA^e sons and one daughter, of whom four sons and one daughter are living. John grew to manhood in Millbrook townshiji, Peoria county. Avhere the father died in December, 1885. He tock up farming and worked at it until 1882, when he purchased his present property, "Greenlawn Farm.'' Mr. Whitaker Avas married in Peoria count v to Miss Emma

Levitt, (laughter of Hol)ert Levitt. She departed this J ife August 24. 1870, leaving two sons, Andrew G. and Ilarrj. He remarried Miss Sarah Hughes, daughter of Price Hughes a native of London, Eng., who came to this country in 1853, and settled in Peoria county. They are the parents of two sons and three daughters, Emnui, Ida May, Morrow, Garfield and Sarah. Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker are both members of the Methodist church. He has held a membership with it since nineteen years of age, and she since the age of fifteen years.

Britam W/iifen, born at Kimbolton, Eng., in 1805, came to the United States in 1848, and to Wyoming in 1850, where he was one of the first members of Lodge 244, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He died here December 5, 1879.

William Williams, born in 1794, came to America in 1839, to Knox county. III, in 1840, to Toulon in 1855, died at Hastings, Neb., January 6, 1885. Mrs. Davis Lowmau is his daughter. Ca]>t. Benjamin Williams, who died while in the union service, January 1, 1864, was his son.

Marshall Winn, son of Thomas and Mary A. (Johnson) Wmn, was born in Toulon township, April 18, 1842. His father was born in Kentucky, and grandfather in Ireland. The latter came to America prior to the revolution, and sei'ved as fifer and fighter throughout, under ''Mad Anthony Wayne" (a son of a fellow-countryman) until the surrender of Cornwalli's and all his army at Yorktown in 1782. The Winns were among the pioneers of Stark county, as noted in other ])ages, and here the men of the present time were raised and educated. Vvi August, 1802, Marshall Winn enlisted in Company II, First New York Marine Artillery, and was sent to Staten Island, N. Y., to enter on coast service, making first ti'i[) to North Carolina, but spent greater part of time on the United States gunboat "Yidette"; again was temporarily attached to Seventeenth Massachusetts Infantry ; was present at the battles of Southwest Ci-eek or Kingston, Wliitehall, Dudley Station and Goldsboro, all in North Carolina. On the close of this campaign, he resumed service on the "Vidette," and, in February, 186.3, participated in the expedition against Charleston, S. C, under Dqwnt. On al;)andoning the attack, the men were returned to Hilton Head, and mustered out in April, 18<)3. Returning home, he remained here until March, 1864, when he enlisted in Battery A, Second Illinois Artillery, or Peoria Artillery, joining the command at New Orleans in April, aiid serving there until July, 1864, when he joined in the expedition against Mobile; was at the ca])ture of Fort Gaines and Morgan, Al;i. ; returned to New Oi'leans, where the battery was dismounted, converted into heavy artillery, and ordered to Fort Brashier, January, 1865. In July of Ihat year, he received honorable discharge, and. returning to Toulon, engaged in his trade. In December. 1866, he moved to Wyoming, wliere he established his harness and saddle shop, now in operation about twenty years. He was married at Lafayette, Stark county, to Miss Cedeliii L. Shore, daughter of John and Mary

A. (T>ran<l('iil)',irg) Shore, old settlers of that village. John Shore caine from Engiaml, his wile from Maryland. Mrs. and Mr. Winn are the parents of raie son, Edgar A., now in high school. Mr. AVinn is an official of the Baptist society here, an old member of DeWolf Post, Grand Arni}^ of the Republic, and present commander, and has always been a staunch re[)ublican, and a zealous workei' in the cause of temperance. He does not seek ])u1)lic office, but devotes the time which candidatential duties might require to painting and drarwing, arts which have claimed some attention from him since 1876.

James Woods, born in Brown count3\ Ohio, in 1808, married Parmemia Estis in 1831, moved to Stark county in 1857 and became a most active temperance worker. He died here December 8, 1878.

William Wilherforce Wright, son of William W. and Annie M. (Creiofhton) AYrio-ht, old settlers of Fulton countv. 111., was born near Canton, 111., September 10, 1842. His father was a native of Hanover, N. H., where his ancestry dates back to 1665 ; and mother, a daughter of John Creighton, of Cavan county, Ireland, wdio with her husband moved to Fulton countv in 1835, and to Stark countv in 1851. Mr. Wright, Sr., was killed at Resaca, Ga.,as stated in the military chapter, his remains taken to Toulon, and the G. A. R.Post at Toulon is named in his honor. His motto was: "The fittest place for man to die is where he dies for man." Judge Wright passed his earlier years on the farm in Goshen township, and attended school, completing his education at the Galva High School. Dui-ingthe war he served in the I30th 111. Inf.; studied law, and on November 13, 1866, was admitted an attorney-atJaw at Mt. Vernon, 111. Since that time he has served as Master in Chancery for a term. In 1873 he was elected county judge on the RepubUcan ticket ovei" Davis Lowman, on the A. M. R. ticket by 90 majority ; and has held that office down to the present time. In 1884 he was delegate from the 10th district to the Republican Xational Convention, and may I)e said to be one of the staunchest and most upright su]i]iorters of the great political party, of which he has been a member since his youth. He was married at Graceville, Putnam county, to Miss Mary, daughter of J. W. Hopkins, |)resident of the National Bank, Peru. ' Their children are Eleanor ]\I., William W., and Helen G. A little one named Alarv lies in the family lot in the Graceville cemetery. Airs. Wright is a graduate of the i3ost(jn Conservatory of music. In the social and religious circles of Toulon and indeed of the county. Judge and Airs. AA'^righc have been ver}" active, earnest workers. No matter where we search in the sketches of Toulon township, or in some of the chai)t(M-sof the general history, their names are found always among tlie buildei-s up and supporters and workers in one or other of the institutions that exalt by precedent and example.

John Wrlgley, of the l)anking house of Scott & Wrigley, was born in Lancashire, Eng., March 18, iS29. His paternal grandfather, John Wrigley, was a manufacturer of cotton ^oods at the village of Gigg, Eng., and reared a family of seven children ; three boys and foor girls. Tlie eldest of his sons, following the natural inclination of the family, engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods at (ilossup, and other branches of the family now carry on the largest paper mill in England at Heepl)ridge near Berry. Mr. Wrigle}^ Avas a man widely known, and his brother was one of the prominent Methodist ministers in that vicinity. Edmund Wrigley, the youngest child of the family, learned the trade of a weaver wdien but a boy. His chances for obtaining an education were but limited ; but by industrious application he obtained a practical one, that was considered good for those days. At the age of twenty-two years he married Miss Alice Howarth, the daughter of Samuel and Alice (Collins) Ilowarth. Her father's people were farmers, and her mother's, manufacturers. She was born upon tlie farm on which later was built the village of Hooleyl)ridge. She was a good tailoress, which occupation she followed in connection with, the home duties until 1816, when in her twenty-third year she was married to Edmund Wrigley. They at once removed to Bamford, where Mr. W. became salesman and financial agent of the Dearden Collieries. Here for twenty years they remained, and then her husband became a gardener near the same place, in which business he contmued until 1854, when, leaving his wife in England, he proceeded on a prospecting trip to America. He came at once to Stark county, where he remained until, hearing of his wife's serious illness he hastened to return to his native land ; but before reaching it, his faithful wife had passed from earth, in her sixtieth year. The following spring he returned to America, bringing with him the vounger members of his familv, and his second wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Wrigley, to whom he was married just prior to starting. The remainder of his life was spent in general work in Valley townshi}), where he purchased a farm. In 1872, while three of his children were on a visit to the old home and friends in England, he passed from earth's cares in his seventy-fifth year. The first wife bore him nine children, Mary, deceased ; Annie, Mrs. Thomas Hey wood, of Wyoming; Charlotte and Samuel; both died in infancy. Betsy, Mrs. J. T. Eagleston, of Penn township; John, our subject; Samuel, of Yaliey township; Sarah died in girlhood ; Jane, who married Mr. H. Ingram, of Essex township, deceased ; Alice, Mrs. George Kerns, of Toulon township. The children of his second marriage are, James and Edmund, in Nebraska, and liobert, in Peoria county. Illinois. Mr. Wrio-lev had been a member of the Odd Fellows in England. John Wrigle}^ resided at Bamford on the river Poach, until 1850, when in his twenty-first year he formed an attachment for and became betrothed to Miss Ann Buckley, the daughter of John and Ellen Buckley, who was born in 1827, and had spent her earlier life as a mill operative in her native town. Realizing that the chance for advancement in his native land was poor, he turned his thoughts toward a foreign shore, but was undecided between Australia, Ca]3e Colony, and America. He finally decided in favor of the latter. His finances were so limited that he was compelled to accept assistance from various friends to pay his expenses to the new world. Landing at New Orleans he proceeded at once to Peoria, where for a while he engaged in his trade of blacksmithint": and steel-workino'. which he learned in Enoiand. A few weeks later he removed to Wvomino-, and there remained workino- at the forge for twelve years. In 1852, after largely repaying the bor rowed amounts, he sent to Europe for his betrothed wife, who, coming to Wyoming, thev were married here Mav 2, 1852. In 1863 Mr. Wrio-- ley formed a partnership with G. W. Scott for the purpose of engagin g in the general mercantile business, and this partnership continued until 18H9, when thev sold out their business, and in Januarv, 1870. established their Ijanking house and real-estate business. In this latter, as in all his other undertakino-s, Mr. Wriolev has been verv successful, and the firm has prospered, probabl}^ doing a larger business and handling more real estate than any other in the county. Mr. Wrigley is a member of the Cono-reo-ational church, and for vears was one of the leaders of the choir. He is a Master Mason of Lodge No. 479, a Royal Arch Mason of Lodge No. 133, and a Sir Knight of the Peoria Commandery No. 3. Politically he is a republican. In short, he is one of the lu'iglitest examples of a self-made man that the county can furnish, and his example may well be followed. He has done much for the advancement not only of himself, but also for his township and his county. Mrs, Wrigley is a woman highly esteemed by all, a member of the Congregational church and also of the Eastern Star chapter. No children have ever been born to them, but several have been raised and educated by them. (Vide la dory of County and Toulon and VaUey.)

David De UoZ/. - In closing this chapter a reference must be made to Captain David De "Wolf. He enlisted earh" in the war from this ])lace, and was commissioned captain of Company K, 47tli Illinois Infantry, a company he was instrumental in recruiting. He was known by his comrades to be an honorable, conscientious, and brave officer, and fell mortally wounded, and lived but a few minutes, while leading his company in a desperate charge at the Battle of Corintli. Mississippi. As stated in the history of De Wolf Post, the organization is named in his honor.

Mrs. Kesiah {Dexter) Young, born at Cliina, Me., in 179l>, married Stephen Young in 1822, came with him to Toulon, and died here February 3, 1886. Her son died here July 22. 1886.

B. F. Young died in July, and was interred Julv 22, 1886. His sons, Walter and Frank Young, who resided at Geneva, Neb., arrived in time to see this old settler take his last sleep. His resolution to see them extended his lease of life at least a day.

De Wolf Post^ G. A. R. - The history of this post was just obtained in time to have its place among the societies of Wyoming. The roster was just delivered as the printers were setting up the last paragraph of this chapter, SO that soldiers can realize wliat a ''Forlorn Hope" the capture of this part of the work appeared to the writer to be. He is indebted to the Post Commander for this roster, for all attempts made 1)\' him to obtain the register from the officials, and thus make a complete roster and record of members, were not successful. The roster is as follows :

The present officers of the Post, as elected for 1887, are as follows : Marshall Winn, Commander ; Alfred D. Wolf, S. V. Commander ; A. Simmons, J. Y. Commander; N. B. Morse, Surgeon; John Hawks, Chaplain ; James Kinney, Officer of the Day ; John Jordan, Quartermaster ; Thomas Dugdale, Officer of the Guard ; Charles F. Hamilton, Adjutant,

Source changes here: from History of Stark County, Illinois, and Its People : a Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement .., by Hall, J. Knox, published 1916; 2,706 words in this source stream.

Toulon Township

Of the eight townshi]).s coniprisino- Stark County. Toulon is the most centrally located. It includes Congressional Township 13 north, range 6 east. Elniira Township bounds it on the north; Penn on the east; Essex on the south, and Goshen on the west. Spoon River tiows soutliwardly across the eastern portion and the southwest corner is watered by Indian Creek. Along the streams the surface is somewhat broken, but the greater part of the township consists of rolling land \\ ith a fertile soil, well adapted to agricultural purposes. Some coal has been mined in the township. AVhen Stark County was first organized in 1839 the eastern half of this township was in the Wyoming Precinct and the western half in the Central Precinct. Fourteen years later the township system was adopted and the name of "Toulon" was given to the township, from the county seat, which is located near its western border.

More than one hundred military land warrants were located in Toulon Township between the years 1817 and 1820. Jonathan ]Matthews and Samuel P. Tufts selected claims in section 1; ]Michael Cunningham and Xathan Chadwick, section 2: William Dunlap and Charles Gist, section 3: Erastus Backus and Joseph Banks, section 4; Solomon Plutchinson and Jesse Seeley, section ,5; Jacob Rheam, section 6; David Park, Hiram Stevens and William Wiley, section 7: Elijah Coates, Ira Ellmore and Sanniel McCahan. section 8: Daniel Dudley, Amos J. Eagleson, Silas McCuUough and Robert 3Iorton, -section 9 ; Hester Faust, Bela Hall, Joseph Porter and Ira Remington, section 10; Isaac Dyer, Benjamin Pratt. James Thomas and Benjamin H. Tozer, section 11: Luke Blackshire. Abram Bowman and Samuel Grimes, section 12; David Fulwell, Jesse Ormsby, George ^\'. Russell and Isaac Patch, section 13: John Dawson, John Pike, Robert D. Thompson and David R. Whiteley, section 14; Samuel Null, Abram Rader, Thomas Thompson and John R. Turner, section 15; James Bulley, William Davidson. Yalentine ^Matthews and John Yearns, section 17; John Wallace and William Young, section 18; William Bennett and (iideon W. 3Ioody. section 19: Lydia Barrett. Edward D. Strickland. Robert Vallally and William Yanderman. section 20; Jeptha Cloud. Robert Fry. Moses McClay and Roliert Miner, section 21; Xicholas Cook, Allen B. Strong and John Wells, section 22: Reuben Boles. Richard Hill and W. B. McKennan, section 23; Abel H. Coleman, Silas ^I. ]Moore and Isaac Parcelles, section 24; Joseph Joy, William Karns, John Thompson and Asaph

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AVethcrill, section 25 ; George Metzinger, Tlionias Rogers and Joseph AVildey. section '26; Timothy Cook, Joseph S. Ciorniaii. Joh Parklieatl and Polly Tucker, section 27; Ebene'/.er Gilkey, Samuel CTritlitli, Jacob Slantler and Phineas Spilman, section 28; Asa Hill, W^illiam Hyde, Henry Rol)erts and James Trumbull, section 29; Philip Lawless and Adam ^IcCaslin, section ."30; Sijuire \Villiams and Peter Wolf, section 31; James Baldwin, David llambleton. Isaac lliggins and Thomas \Vandell, section 32; Henry Bailey, James Chancey, Josejjh Cram and Joim Cross, section 33; Jeremiah Davis, Richard Nixon. William Oaks and John Short, section 34; John Bussell, Luke G. Hasley. Benjamin Hughes and Henry ^Murphy, section 3.5; John Lynes, John Ilageman, Patrick Sliort and Thomas W. Way, .section 36.

The first lands entered for actual settlement were the southwest ([uarter of section 30 and the nortlnvest quarter of section 31, which were entered on June 24, 1839, the former by Adam Perry and the latter l)y William H. Henderson. On September G, 1839, John ^Miller entered the southwest quarter of section 19, where the City of Toulon now stands, and on the 28th of the same month .Tohn Culbertson entered the quarter section directly north of ^Miller's. Lewis Perry, Chauncey D. Fuller and William Mahaney also entered lands in the township in the fall of 1839.