West Jersey Township

West Jersey Township

April otli, 1842. An election was held at the house of Philander Arnold, township 12-"), for the purpose of voting for or against incorporating for school purposes. Twenty-two votes were cast for, and none against incorporation.

Source changes here: from Documents and Biography Pertaining to the Settlement and Progress of Stark County, Illinois : Containing an Authentic Summary of Records, Documents, Historical Works and Newspapers Relating to Indian History, Original Settlement, Organization and Politics ..., by Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.), published 1887; 15,413 words in this source stream.

West Jersey Township

Philip Knolf, pt. lots 1 and 2, sec. 16; June 25, 1847. Philip Knoff, E. Newman, A. Johnson, G. Sheets, C. W. Young, A. Vansickle, S. J. Fox, Watson Henry, Ellen Nelson, J. H. Emery and W . C. Henry are taxed as owners of propertv in this section.

Ezra Witter, n. e. qr.,sec. 25; Oct. 17, 1836. Isaac Addis, D. B. Shutts, D. Gingrich, Catherine Trimmer, H. Proutz, Levi Eckley, John Adams, and A. W. Hotchkiss, in sec. 25.

James I. C. Carpenter, e. lif. n. e. qr., sec. 26; Dec. 3, 1836. A. J. Finley, Hattie McCormick, Jonathan Pratz, Levi Eckley, Wm. Whitten, John Adams, in sec. 26.

Charles Higgins, n. e. qr., sec. 29; Nov. 29, 1817. The present owners of sec. 29 are John Wiley and Vincent Dancer, in n. e. qr.; Julia A. Stratton, V. Dancer, Daniel Smith, in n. w. qr.-, V. Dancer, D. Smith, Thomas Riggin, and Darius Sanders, in s. w. (p-., and J. P. Bodine, in s. e. qr.

Nathaniel McClure, n. e. hf. n. e. qr., sec. 30; July 20, 1837. On sec. 30 are the following named landholders: D. P. Smith, John Caton, John Ingle, E. IT. Gale, James A. Stargell, G. W. Elliott, David Stargell, Sylvester Cravens, Samuel W. Smith. A. Vansickle.

John Smith, n. e. qr., sec. 31; May 23, 1836. On .sec. 31 are: S. W. Smith, John Wiley, Jf)hn W. Gross, Sylvester Cravens, I. H. Schrider, John Hart, William Gross and Bernard Whitraore.

W'illiam W. Web.ster, n. e. qr., sec. 33; Oct. 22, 1835. On sec. 33 are: Henry Webster, J. D. Webster, A. B. Jones, James Webster, Henry Sweet, Carl Rich and Bernard Winter.

Edward Stewart, n. e. qr., sec. 34; April 17. 1818. On sec. 34 are: ]\Iary J. Young, Sarah E. Coleman, Daniel Leigh's heirs, J. H. Mcintosh, D. R. Gilvin, Solomon Johnson, Jolin Sargent, A. J. Johnson.

Cromwell Bullock, n. e. (jr., sec 35; April 14, 1818. On sec. 35 are: A. J. Finley, Eliza A. I^orance, John E. Pratz, Jackson Lorance, Sarah H. Stimmell, Virgennie Brady, F-. L. Stimmell, Missouri Griffin, Sarah H. Stimmell, Isaac L. Stimmell, and Jonathan Pratz.

John Phillips, n. e. qr., sec. 36; Dec. 4, 1817. The owners of sec. 36 are: Isaac Addis, M. P. Gingrich, Levi Eckley, John Adams, Edward Trickle, Dan Gingrich, and C. L. Gingrich.

Schools. - AYest Jersey was organized for school purposes April 5, 1842, when twenty-two voters assembled at Phil. Arnold's house and voted for incorporation. The township was divided into two districts in April, 1842, l\v the trustees. In 1845 there were lOG pupils in the toAvnship. In 1840, Wash. Trickle, C. M. S. Lyon,and A. G. Dunn were trustees, with the latter treasurer. D. V. Frazer taught in district No. 6. A. C. Cohvell was also a teacher. John Berfield was appointed treasurer in 1847, and Philander Arnold and John Berfield, trustees. Miss S. E. Rhodes taught in district 4. In 1848, John Emery, C. M. S. Lyon and W. W. Webster trustees. In '49, C. M. S. Lyon appointed treasurer. In '50, Carson Berfield, Isaac Heiner and Sylvester li. Sanders, were trustees. In '52 AV. W. Webster was trustee. In '54, John Wolf, William M. Pratt and Aaron Aten, were elected trustees. The teachers were E. C. Dyer, M. Dwire, J. C. Buchanan, J. E. Hitchcock, and Eliza Yocum. In '54, James C. Egbert was appointed treasurer. In '56. Jacob Young was elected trustee. M. Dwire, Sarah J. Lamper, S. M. Winchester, E. M. Cooper, R. H. Bower, Lucy W. ]>s^orton, Justin Denis were teachers. In '62, Eph. Markley, S. A. Munson and Lewis Olmstead, were trustees, with James C. Egbert, treasurer, succeeded in '63 by C. W. Young. In '64, Jeff. Raymond, I. L. Newman and S. A. Munson, were trustees, who served until October, '68, when Norman E. Pomroy, I. L. Newman and Jefferson Raymond, were elected, (there was no election held in '67), who served until '73, when James McCinnis took Mr. Newman's place, C. W. Young still acting as treasurer. In '74, Robert Stonier was elected trustee, and Jesse McKinstry, treasurer. In '75, I. L. Newman was chosen trustee ; A. J. Johnson, in '76, John W.Cole in '77; in '78, G. M. Hazen; in '79; D. B. Shultz ; in '80. (I. M. Hazen and Frank Berfield; in '81, R. R. Worley and Thomas Dryden, and Joseph Swank, appointed deputv treasurer. In '82, Thomas Dryden, James McGinnis and John Hazen, were elected trustees, and Joseph Swank was chosen treasurer and clerk ; James R. Henry, trustee in '85, and Henry Sweet in -SC}. In Decemlier, '55, Henr}^ Seymore taught a school of eighteen pupils near Jacob Smith's, West Jersey, for $20 per month and board. Like other schools of the county at that time, there were no regular books in use. In June, '56, Miss S. J. Lamper was teacher, at $4 per week and board ; thirteen pupils attended. A school near W. Trickle's house. West Jersey, was opened November 1, '55, by S. Law, teacher, with fifteen or twenty ynipils. On June 4, '56, Miss M. E. Cooper presided over thirty-five pupils, although there were fifty enrolled. She received $4 per week and board. In '57, C. M. S. Lyon, Jacob Young and S. 11. Sanders, were elected trustees. Among the teachers were : S. Law, D. R. Gelvin, George B. Cumming, O. F. Conklin, E. J. Creighton, M. E. M. Cooper, and J. J. Clark. In '58, John H. Anthony, Jackson Lorance and W. M. Pratt, were trustees. The names of Sarah Baldwin, Wilson Spencer, R. B. Robinson, Julia R. Pratt and James E. Squiers, appear among the teachers. In '60, Daniel Olmstead, E. Markey and W. W. Riggen, were trustees, J. C. Egbert still holding the treasurer's office. The total number of children in the twelve districts in '62, was 638. In '86, there were 283 males and 238 females under twenty-one years, nine ungraded schools attended by 219 males and 182 females, presided over bv eight male and sixteen female teachers, the former receiving $1,393.67, and the latter $981.50. The tax levy

As stated in the general history, this township and Goshen opposed affiliation with Coffee county in 1837, but supported connection with Stark in 1838-9. It was organized in 1853, and the name conferred in honor of the number of Xew Jersev people, who had then made settlements here.

Pioneer NeigJibors. - Before proceeding to notice the pioneers of the township, let us examine who were their neighbors on the south and west. Millbrook Township adjoining, was first settled in "33 by "William Metcalf and his family. In '36. John Smith, jr.. platted the village of Rochester, Clark Stanton being the onh^ other settler there then. About this time one Hurd opened a store there, but was soon succeeded by Stacy & Holmes. In '37, a mill was erected here ; in '46, Therrygood Smith was chosen first postmaster. Dr. John Fitield practiced there from "38 to '45. In '44 the Christian church was organized there by Milton King ; the Congregational in '41, by S. G. Wright, at the house of EliasWycoff, which was known as Spoon River Congregational church until -iSQ. In '36, Rev. William Cummings organized tlie Methodist church, and George G. Sill, the Old School Presbyterian church. In '36-7, Caleb North taught the first school for .slO per month.

Victoria Township, of Knox county, adjoins West Jersey on the west. In '35 the Fraziers, John Essex and Edward Brown made the first settlement, and following them came Moses Moody and Archibald Robinson ; William Overlander, John and Conrad Smith, Charles Bostic, John Arnold, P. Aldridge and H. Shurtliff. Sarah Robinson was the first Avhite child born there (Xovember It). "36). and Mrs. Frazier, who died in '37, the first death. In "36 Peter Sornberger and Phoebe Wilbur, were the parties to the first marriage ; G. F. Reynolds built the first house near the village in "37 ; P. Aldridge was the first justice in "37, and Charles Bostic, a local Methodist preacher, held the first religious services in '36. Salem schoolhouse, built in '37, was the first school ; J. L. Jarnag-han was the first supervisor in '53 ; Rev. S. G. Wright organized the first church in '51 ; the Swede Methodist church was built in '54; the Methodist Episcopal, Free Methodist church, Mormon church, and Second Adventists all followed.

- Pioneer Memories. - West Jersey township, or Prairie de Fun, owes its name to the fancy of jSTew Jersey settlers, who came after the organization of the county and settled around the village of that name. So late as 1850 it was almost an unbroken prairie from Edward Trickle's, on the east, to Washington Trickle's, on the west. In 1835 Jacob B. Smith, the first actual settler, came to Fulton county from Ashland county, O., and in the spring of 1836 settled on the southeast quarter of section tliirty-five, where he put up a log cabin. George Eckley came from Seneca county, O., the same year to Fulton, and with his family - Mrs. Eckley, Levi, George, Daniel, John and Margery - moved into West Jersey in 1836, and settled on section thirty-six. Though Smith Avas the' first settler, the Eckleys were the first improvers. Later, in 1836, Philip Keller, Jacob Clayburg, Michael Jones, John Bi'own, Washington and Stephen Trickle, Ephraim Barnett and the Widow Dunn came in. Early in 1837 came John Pratz, Newton Matthews, Nehemiah Wykoff and AVm. Webster, while just near the line the Riggen family made their home.

At this time the women would become entangled in tlie weed known as the devil's darning-needle, whenever they ventured out, or if escaping this, had to fly from the snakes, which were found everywhere. The men had their milling done at Ellisville, Bernadotte or Peoria for some time, and there, also, was their marketing done. Twenty-five cents a bushel was the ])rice of the best wheat, while calico sold for thirty-eight cents per yard. To escape the trials of going to mill, the old corn-mortar was brought into use. In 1836 Daniel Prince erected a log mill, 11x16 feet, at Shickwater, with a capacity of five bushels cracked corn per diem. Later, a distillery was connected with this concern. Some Spoon river men, enraged at the poor qualit}^ of the whisky produced, attacked the distillery part of the building one night, and put an end to the enterprise of Prince in this direction. The Barnett, Jones and Trickle mill, on Walnut creek, begun in 1838, was completed in 1839. Harvey Barnett hewed the timbers ; his brother Ephraim, Michael Jones and Stephen Trickle helped to erect it. Stephen Trickle l)ecame owner of this concern, whicli in later years was known as '^ Pound's Mill.'' In 1838-9 Stanton's mill, at Rochester, was erected and entered into fair competition with " Trickle's mill," doing away forever with the prospect of long journeys, delays, etc., attending the old-time "going to mill." The first j:eg.ular ball in West Jersey was at Joseph Palmer's, on Wain lit creelT, July 4, 1838. Palmer contracted to give dinner to twenty-one couples for forty-two dollars, provided that number presented themselves. Forty-six persons were present. Caleb North delivered the oration. Wm. Mason, then residing near Toulon, was the orchestra, for wiiich he was paid

Regarding the first white child born in the county : AVilson Smith was born two miles south of West Jersey in 1829. and is now a resident of Eola. Pottawattamie count\', la. TTashington Smith was boru two miles south of West Jersey in 1832, now residing at Lewis, Cass county, la. They are the sons of Jacob Smith, who died in 1885 at Galva. Bert Smith, now with 0. W. Brown, of Penn, states positively that his grandfather settled in West Jersey in 1827.

The first post office w^as kept by Silas Richards where Wm. Pratt resided m 1862. In the summer of 1838 Washington Trickle erected the first frame house, which in later years stood south of his modern buildings. W. Trickle and Charles Yocuni erected a carding mill on Walnut creek in 1812. This was in the extreme southwest corner of the township. The underground railroad passed by Xigger Point, near where ^ehemiah Wykoff settled in 1837. and thence via the Webster settlement toward the northeast, as related in the general history.

Pioneer Census. - The census of pioneers or persons here when the county was organized and residing here in the spring of 1866, was taken by W. Trickle - the committee appointed by the old Old Settlers' Society."^ The names are as follows : Sumner Shaw and wife, Eunice Kelson. Andrew McClure, Francis Webster, Whitfield Matthews and wife, Oliver Smith and wife, George Albright, Hiram Albright and wife. David Gelvin and wife, Jonathan Pratz and wife, A. J. Findley and wife. Levi Eckley and wife. Daniel Eckley and wife, John Eckley and wife, James B. Witter and wife, Wm. White and wife, Andrew Full and wnfe, Washington Smith and wife, Berry Smith and wife, Joseph Smith and wife, George Sheets and wife, John Rounds, James Rounds and wife. John Shockley and wife, George Simmerman and wife, David Simmerman, David Simmerman and wife, Georgo Simmerman, Jacob Simmerman, John Simmerman. Remsley Richard and wife, Williard Palmer and wife, Joseph De Wolf and wife, Hannah Emery, Jacob Wile}" and wife, W. Trickle and wife.

West Jersey Cemetery. - Interred in the cemetery near the village are the remains of the following-named old residents, the name and year of death being given: John Riggen, 1851; Eliza Riggen, '51; David Gumming, '76; Jesse Cooper, '70; Mitchell Tull, '70; Jane TuU, '58; Mary Stetzler, '77; Thomas Price, "71; Pha?be Price, '75; Amanda Albertson, '53; Lucinda Dancer. *82; Jennie D. Swank. '81; Susan Smith, '85; W. B. Masters. '71; Lucius Hotchkiss, '19; W. S. Hotchkiss. '56; Stephen A. Munson, '76; James G. Egbert, '63; Wilhani W. Shannon. '59; Jacob Hazen. '17; Jane Hazen. '69; Henry Swank. ' - ; Eliza Sanders, '69; William Barr, '51; Archibald Ayers,''80; Barbara Kane, '81 ; Charlotte Coleman, '79; Marv L. Horselev. '71 ; John Mcintosh, '82; Alex Mcintosh. '58; Peter 'Huber. '81 ;"' John Peve, 'ti2 ; Charlotte Laing, '67; Samuel W. Laing, '67; Xathan H. Daniel, '68; Sarah Dngan, *82; Grace W. Bentley. ''6%', John McDaniel, '56; Ama Young, '65; Ann Mcintosh, '62; Maria Riggen, '51; John Wetzell, '51; Elizabeth Wetzell, '57; John Mclviustry. '72; Daniel Leigh. "85; Ehzabeth Forge, '62; Edward Forge, '62; Henry Swank, '61; Rebecca

The soldiers buried in the West Jersey cemetery are named as follows: George T. Gumming, Company H, One-hundred-and-second Tlhnois A'^olunteers; William Boyd, One-hundred-and-twelfth Volunteers ; Morris T. Ayers, and AVilliam W. Hughes.

West Jersey village. - The original town of West Jersey was surveyed by Carson Berfield for Jacob Young early in 1856, and the plat was acknowledoed February 19th that year. Two streets, Jersey and Seminary, with Plum alley, are shown, and lots 1 to 20. Tlie purchasers of lots at West Jersey, prior to the beginning of the War of the Rebellion, are named as follows: W. H. Pierson, 1858; Perry H. Smith and Henry Swank, Jr., '59; James Ferguson, '56; Jesse Cooper, '61. During the war the buyers were John Smith, E. B. Pomero)^ G. L. Smith, T. J. R'o-gens, Jacob Young, Amy Clouse, Newton Matthews, S. M. Farrai^ Robert R. Worley, S. J."^ Fox, Robert W. King, and Emanuel Kissell. To the close of 1866, there were twenty-four purchasers of lots, and to the close of 1884, thirty-eight additional ]wrchasers. In June, 1869, the Methodist society secured lots 4, 5, and part of 8 from Reuben Swank, who bought the propert}^ from C. M. Johnson that year. The business and professional circle of the village is made up as follows: J. H. Anthony, lawyer and justice; S. J. Fox, W. H. Johnson, merchants; John Cotton, coal mines; Fox & Swank, meat market; Girvits & Son, planing mill; Miss I. Bell, millinery; William Atkinson and W. H. Girvits, blacksmiths; A. Snedicor,-'^'>"<^*' '^^ miller; W. H. Little, harness; W. C. Henr}^, carpenter; C. E. Girvits, painter; R. AY. King, druggist and physician; AV. S. McClenahan, M. D. ; E. Swank, barber; Dr. R. W. King, postmaster, successor of S. J. Fox, who held the office from November, 1870, to August 31, 1885, and was the successor of C. W. Young.

Methodist Ej>isco2)al church. - The establishment of this church in the township post-dates its settlement by only a few years. All around churches were in existence. The only authentic records which could be found give the following facts : The Methodist Episcopal class, at Hazen's schoolhouse in 1851-52, comprised Arch. Ayers, Dan. P. Steward and Eleanor Reed, Jane B. Plazen, Rachel Leigh, Ellis and Tacy Dwire, Eliza Groft, John and Mary E. Mills, James R. and Eliza Henry, Garret and Amanda Albertson, Amanda Barr,

The Methodist Ejiiscopal class at Finch's schoolhouse, on the east line of West Jersey townshij), in 1851-52. comprised James B. Witter, leader; Margery, Ezra, Evisson, Isaac M., and Lora M. Witter; Henry and Catherine Willia-ms, Catherine Moffitt, Clarissa Powell, Clarissa Porter, George B. and Sarah Berger, Esther A. Eckley, Conrad Schwakhamer, Susan U|)dyke, Henry and Ann Bartshe, John and Sarah Adams. Isaac M. Witter was local preacher. In 1858, all the classes were reorganized, and in this we tind the names of lienben and Martha Swank, William Price, Nelsons and the Coopers, in 1859-60. James B. Witter was classJeader tliere for over a quarter of a century.

Trickle's Methodist Episcopal class was presided over by Mitchell Tull m 1852, it being formed May ;30th. The members were Mitchell and Jane Tull, Washington and Eleanor Trickle, Aaron and Dorcas Eaton, Mary J. Eagon, William and Harriet Metcalf, Jacob and Hannah Wiley, Widow Mary Cummings, Sarah, Harriet, Maiy, and David Cummings, Eliza A. Sanders, Mahala Metcalf, and Celia Tull. Jane Tull died in 1852 ; MarFy. . J.. Eagon joined the Campbellites, and Mahala Metcalf married one Pierce, and moved Avithout a letter. Meetings were held for many years at the Trickle schoolhouse, ])rior to the transfer of the class' to West Jersey in 1868-69. Tlie membership of the West Jersey class is 101 of the 177 received. Kev. Mr. Adams is preacher in charge, with Watson Henry, clerk.

The Preshjterian cJmrch is said to date back to 1839, but there are no records. Prior to 1841, a Presbyterian society existed at West Jersey, among the members of which were Elder Mclntosli, Mc- Ivinstry, Elder Eaton, Elder Shannon, Elder Hiner, Francis Anthony, James Hulsizei", AVesley Heath, Avers, Groffs, Elder Stark, Mrs. Jacob Young, Philip Ivnoff, John Barick, Mi'S. Joseph Bodine, Samuel Leigh, Newton Matthews, Thomas Beard and wife, and Mrs. lieard, Sr., Mrs. Egbert, Sr., Mrs. Louis Egbert, and others. The ])astoi's were Elder Breese, S. G. Wright. Dr. Frazer, J. C. Hannah, John Tui'bitt, James Ferguson, Kev. Hawkins, Rev. A. C. Miller, T. S. Vail, Ilev. Hough. J. C. Hannah (1877) the last regular preacher.

Eev. James Ferguson was called June 5, 1857, at a meeting over which Rev. J. C. Hannah, presided Avith J. H. Anthony secretary. He was to preach at Toulon every othei' SalJjath. In 1858, Jacob Young was chosen trustee, mce Joseph Bodine and Henry Hiner, a member of the financial committee. Rev. Dr. Frazer preached the division sermon between the old- and new-school Presbyterians.

Thomas S. Vail was pastor in 1868, and Thomas Price one of the trustees. In 1886 the old church building was sold for fifty dollars to J. V. Newman, who moved it from the original site to a lot south of Dr. McClenahan's store, where it was rejiaired, re-roofed, etc. So terrific was the anti-union feeling among some of the membei's during the war, that, on the burial of a Union soldier there, the Union flagwas torn to shreds. About 1854 a quarter of an acre of land was donated by Francis Anthony to the Presbyterian church, and a church

In November, 1849, Jacob and Anna Young donated to the trustees of the Presbyterian church at West Jersey - Milton Eckley, Samuel Leio-h and Phili]) Knoff - one acre and thirty-two perches near tlie northeast coi-ner of the southeast quarter of southeast half of section IT, township 12, range 5. This was devoted to cemetery purposes. Mrs. Egbert was the first buried in the cemeter}^, Mrs. John Anthony, Mr. Barr, Miss ]\Iary Ilulsizer, and others shortly after. The names of the old settlers and soldiers interred herein are given on a former page. ( Vide also sketch of Rev. A. O. Miller.)

The officers of theWest Jersey Sunday-school for 188Y are Superintendent, W. II. Johnson; assistant superintendent, W. C. Henry; secretary, Azora King; treasurer, Charles Swank; librarians, Fred Wyernian and A. F. Girvits. In March, 1868, the S. S. was organized with nine teachers and seventy-two members. During the first five months of its existence, there was an average attendance of forty-five scliolars.

Ifiscellaneous. - The pensioners residing in AVest Jersey in 1883 were Catherine Porter, receiving $8 ; and Thomas E. Horseley, $6 per month. "

The Farmers' and Mechanics' club of West Jersey disbanded in January, 1875, and the money in treasury ($16.15) was donated to the Kansas lielief fund.

West Jersey Lodge of Odd Fellows, l^o. 231, was instituted March 29, 1886, by D. G. M. Hewitt, of Stark Lodge, Toulon. It was organized on the 22d, with the following-named members: Alex. Ingles, J. II. Emery, S. J. Fox, W. M. Grey, G. B. Yansickle, N. E. Pomeroy, and J. W. Wick. Since that time the following have joined the lodge : A. J. Johnson, J. D. Webster, Joseph Swank, E. B. Swank, O. J. .lohnson, Ed. L. Johnson, Omar Cummings, W. H. Bell, John K Quick, Dr. W. S. McClenahan, C. M. Mauley, and J. M. Doughert}^ Alex. Ingles Avas N. G., with S. J. Fox, R."^S., and G. B. Vansickle, P. S. The first hall of the lodge is on the second floor of Dr. Perry's building, now o\vned by Mrs. C. Sanders. The first meeting to organize was called by S. j! Fox in December, 1885, after consulting with the charter members.

Starioano is the new name of an old settlement near the eastern line of the township. For years the little place has been the headquarters of a Methodist class, and even in '40-7 the Mormons came hither to inculcate the faith of their new church, and succeeded in winning some new members.

The new M. E. church building was completed in '68, at a cost of $2,20(^, and was dedicated July 26, that year. The old members of this class find mention on a former page.

The destruction by fire of the county infirmary building took place December 5, '86. The building was sold by contract to Wm. P. Caverly for $16,000 in the fall of '68, and was built just about eighteen years ago. It was always well kept in repair, and recently a steam heater put in. It was also well furnished, and under the superintendency of Mr. Morrison, well managed. There was 85,000 insurance on the building, $2,500 in the ^Etna and the same amount in the Phoenix, of Hartford, Connecticut. There was no insurance on the contents, and Mr. Morrison, having his private apartments well furnished, suffered heavy loss.

Biography And Reminiscences

^ Jl^y] A'ldis, born in Somerset county, X, J., Xovember 26, 1804, is a son ol i)anieland Margaret (Van Dyke) Addis, grandson of Simon, whose father, Richard Addis, came from Great Britain and settled near the Xew Brunswick line, where he married a Miss Wykoff. Moving to Philadelphia, he purchased 30f> acres, where the Centennial buildings stood in '76, and 500 acres fifteen miles distant, where is noAv the town of AddjsAllle. Daniel, Simon and Richard were wellknown citizens of Xew Jersey and Pennsylvania. Daniel served in the war of 1812, and died at the age of fifty-tive, the victim of professional malpractice. Simon served seven years in the Revolution against the oppressor who would strangle a hberty-loving people. S. Y. Addis' brothers and sisters were Eleanor and Peter, deceased; John and Ephraim. S. Y. Addis received a common school education in his native county, worked on his father's farm some years, and in '51 moved westward to this township. In 1830 he married Miss Elizabeth A., daughter of John R. and Mary (Beavas) Little, natives of Hunterdon county, N. J. Her father was killed in Canada during the war of 18] 2. His father, James Little, was a native of Ireland - one of the many polished revolutionists which that unfortunate little island sent to America to aid in founding liberty here. To this marriage nine children were born: Mary E., in Ts'ebraska ; John L., in Iowa; Daniel and James, in this county ; Sarah M., in Iowa, and Irvme, in Knox countv. Caroline, Catherine and Gideon are numbered with the dead." Mr. aiul Mrs. Addis are members of the M E. church since their marriage. Mrs. Addis was born in Hunterdon county, X. J., February T, 1810. Her husband cast his fii'st vote for Andrew Jackson ; but in 1860 voted for Lincoln, and has since been a firm Re])ublican.

Daniel O. Addis, son of S. Y. and Elizabeth Ann Addis, was born in Xew Jersey, in 1839. In his twelfth year he came with parents to Stark count}' and remained witli them until his twent3^-third year. In his twenty-fourth year he married Miss IS^ancy M., daughter of Sallus and Elizabeth Caskey, who was born in Ohio in 1843. In 1860 her parents came to Stark county, remaining here a few years when they sold their property and removed to Missouri, wliere tiiey still reside. Her grandfather, a native of Ohio, enlisted to serve in the war of 1812. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Addis began farming in AYest Jersey township. Two 3'ears later they purcliased a farm on section 10, Avhere they still reside. Their union has been blessed by seven children, five of whom still live : Frankljn Y., William A., Laura E. (deceased), Grace E. (deceased), Florence^ 0., Eva B. and Pearl H. Mr. and Mrs. Addis are both respected members of the M. E. church, and are interested in all works of benevolence. They have been Lard workers, and, as a reward of their labors, now OAvn 340 acres of the choicest land, and one of the finest farm residences in Stark county. Mr, Addis has never voted any but the Republican ticket.

James P. Addis^ son of S. Y. and Elizabeth Addis, was born in New "Jersey, in the year 1840. and five years later caine with his parents to. this county. James remained with his parents until his twenty-fifth year, when he married Miss Mary E., daughter of Benjamin and Louisa F. (Stoddard) (loodheart. She was born at Poland, O., in 1840. Her paternal ancestors coming to America from Germany, her father a Pennsylvanian, was born there September 21, 1818. Her mother was born in ISTew York, September lo, 1825. In 18()5 the Goodhearts removed to Toulon, where alwut a year later, her father died, being then forty-eiglit years of age. Her mother, now Mrs. Dr. Tyrrell, i-esides at" Toulon.' After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Addis'began farming on section 9^ and have increased their original holding to 200 acres. Six chikTren have been boi-n to them; one of them died in infancy. ]\[rs. Addis is a respected member of the Christian church. In politics Mr. Addis has always voted the liepublican ticket. He is not a member of any secret organization. Mrs. Addis was formerly a member of the Good Templars.

EUa {Gm<jrich) Addis was born in Essex township, May 8, 1856, and was united in marriage to Isaac Addis, February 16, 1874, and in the township where she was born her entire life was spent, until her death, January 6, 1887.

John JL Ardhony, who settled on his present farm in 1851, purchased his first eighty acres of prairie from Oliver Whitaker that year. He was born in Warren county, N. J., in 1826. His parents were Francis and Elizabeth (Ilagar) Anthony, natives of Londonderry, Ireland, and Warren county, N. J., respectively. The former came to the United States in 1819 and to New Jersey'in 1820, where he married Miss Hagar in 1824, who was born in Warren county of that state. They came to this county in 1853, with one son and seven daugliters. As related in the history of the Presbyterian church, they were among its early members and suppoi'ters. The children who accompanied them hither were Lydia, noAv Mrs. Pomeroy ; Eliza, now Mrs. John Hazen ; Sarah J., now Mrs. W. H. Adams, of Elmore ; Mary A., widow of David Cummings, of Knox county. 111.; Martha, now Mrs. Cuming, of Dallas Center, Iowa; Cyrus A. and Margaret, twins, the latter Mrs. R. K. Worley, of Kewanee, Caroline, wife of Robei't Barr, a lawyer of Adel, Iowa. Jacob resides at Newark, N. J., and never settled here. The father of this large family died in December. 1876, his widow is living here at the good old age of eighty-nine years. Cyrus Anthony served in the Fifty-first Illinois Infantry, and was )romoted gradually from the ranks to captain of Company G. He enisted in 1861 and ' in the spring of 1864 reenlisted. In 1867 he commenced to study law, was admitted to the bar, and is now a distinguished lawyer of Marysville, Mo., where he has resided since 1870. He represented his county in the Legislature two sessions and served as prosecuting attorney for Nodaway county. He was born in New

Jersey in 1839. In 1886 he was candidate for judge of the t^Yentyninth judicial circuit of Missouri, comprising the counties of Andrew, Atchison. Holt and Nodaway, getting a majority in every county. His majority over Judge Kelley (who carried the district six 3^ears a^o by 1,700) is 2,772. John H. Anthony was raised on his fathers farm in New Jersey, was educated in the schools there until December 10, 1848, when he married Miss Elmi)'a Drake, to whom two children were born, namely : Adeline and Francis E. This lady died August 0. 1853, and two years later lie married Miss Frances E. Egbert, mother of Harriet, Isabella and Grace Anthony. Adeline, who accompanied her father to this township in 1851, is^iow Mrs. William O. Leigh. Mr. Anthony was elected justice of the ])eace in 1857 and lias been reelected four terms since that time. In the fall of 1S85 he was commissioned notary public by Governor Oglesby. Apart entirely from his official life m the township, he has been a most useful citizen in every sphere. His residence and grounds near AVest Jersey, form an index to his character and point out forcibly what he can teach by example. Mrs. Anthony. Sr., commonly known as "Grandma Anthony," born in Warren county, X. J., in 1798, died January 10, 1887, having survived her husband about eleven years.

John P. Bodine, son of Joseph and Eebecca M. (Painter) Bodine, was born in New Jersey, October 26, ls41. In 1846 his parents came to this township, where they purchased a farm, and where they remained until 1858, when they removed to Eochester, Peoria county, where the father engaged in his trade of carriaoeJ:)uilding. After some years he retired from active life and is now enjoying the fruits of their "^successful labors, he in his seventy-fourth year and she in her seventy-second year. Mrs. Bodine. Sr., is a respected member of the Presbyterian church. John P. Bodine is the third child of their family of four children. His early life was spent assisting his parents on the farm. His education was limited to a district school with the exception of one year spent at Lombard L"ni versify. On September 11, 1867, he marri^ed Miss Kachel D., daughter of John and Kezia (Davis) Keller, who was born in West Virginia, of which state her parents were natives, March 19, 1849. In 1856 her people settled in Peoria county, 111., and purchased a farm in Millbrook township. In 1857 a hurricane completely destroyed their house, the family escaping injury. Mr. Keller was Ijorn October 16, 1817. Mrs. Keller, January 12, 1822. Mrs. Eachel Bodine is the tliird chdd of their family of six children. She remained with her parents until her marriage. After their maiTiage they moved to Victoria, Knox county. 111., Avhere Mr. Bodine engaged in milling, having an interest in a steam mill. Three years later he traded this interest for a farm in West Jersey township, and here he remained eight years, when he sold that place and purchased land on section 29, where he now resides. Their union has been blessed by two children : Addie H., born July 28, 1868, and Don

L., born March 11, 1881. Politically, Mr. Bodine is a Greenbacker, and has been active in political matters, and has tilled several of the township offices creditably. He owns 173 acres of choice lands in this township, with a home considered one of tlie finest in the county.

David J. Bodine, son of Joseph and Rebecca M. (Painter) Bodine, was born in Warren county, N. J., in 1815. A complete sketch of his parents' lives is given in this work. In 1810 he came to Illinois with his parents and lived for the most of the time in West Jersey townshi}). When about eighteen years of age he entered Lombard University, and two years after went to Mt. Pleasant, la., where he remained nearly two years; then returned to his home at Rochester, Peoria count}^, and engaged in stock-buying which he followed for eleven years." On December 1, 1875. he married Miss IMary Ann, daughter of Alexander and Susannali (Hare) McCoy. She was born in Wayne county, near Wooster, O., in 1817, where her parents, Pennsylvanians, had settled. Some years later they removed to Auglaize county, Ohio, where Septendjer, 1852, her father died. After her luisl)an(rs death Mrs. McCov remained on the farm about two years, when she removed to Knox county, 111., where she remained ten years, then settled at French Grove, Peoria county, where she purchased a farm. After nine years she sold this farm and made her home with her daughter, Mrs. "Bodine, until her death May (5, 1883, in her fifty -nintli year. Mrs. Bodine is the second cliild of a famih" of three children. In 1854 she entered Knox College, where she remained one year. On account of failing health she was compelled to return to her home, where she remained until her marriage. i\fter this marriage Mr. Bodine followed stock-buying for about a year, and then came to West Jersey township and began farming, where they now reside. Their union has been blessed by one child, Joseph Clyde, born December 13, 1886. Politically Mr. Bodine is a meml:ier of the Greenback party, but formerly was a Democrat. He is an ex])ert hunter and enjoys'a day's sport in the field with his rifle as mucli as in his younger years.

R. A. Bot/d (hites his settlement in this townsliip to January, 1858. He was born in Warren county, N. J., in May, 1833, of which state his parents, James and Elizabeth' (Moore) Boyd", were natives, where his mother died in f 854, and where his father still resides. In 1858 became to Illinois as a visitor, but liking the country made the visit so endurino- that lie has remained with us almost thirtv vears. For a year or two he worked by the mouth, and then settled on his present place, eighty acres of which were purchased by his father prior to R. A. Boyd's western visit. In 1868 he married Miss Sarah J., daughter of Jacob Kissell, who. witli their son, C. II. Boyd, are exem])lary mend^ers of the Methodist Episcopal church. His elder brother, John J. Boyd, settled liere in 1850 and resided here eighteen years prior to his removal to Henry county, where he now resides. Mr. R. A. Boyd owns an excellent farm of ir.O acres. In political life he is an admirer of what the Republican part}" accomplished since 1861, and a staunch sup})orter of the party's platform.

was reared and educated there, and there also married Miss Ohve, daughter of Joel and Sarah (DeWolf) Parrish. In 1838, with his wife and three children, he came here b}^ wagon road and located in the northeast quarter of section 2, Goslien, where he resided six years. In 1844 the family moved to DuPage county. 111., where his wife died in 184H. He subsequently went to Michigan, Avhere he died in 1861. Their children are B. E. Brown, of Stark county ; Lucy, Sarah and Alva W., the latter born here in October, 1839. Alva voted for Lincoln in 1860, and in 1861 enlisted in Company B, Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, served over his three years' term, reenlisted and was iionorabl}" discharged after the war. lie was slighth^ wounded at Pea Ridge, bn his return he married Miss Sarah F. Hodson, a native of Goshen township. Eemoved to Harrison county, Iowa, some j^ears ago, where his wife died June 23, 1886. The father of this family was an old member of the Methodist church and a zealous worker. Llis wife was daughter of Joel Parrish, a Pennsyivanian, resident of Canada, who came to Stark county in January, 1838, died in Iowa in 1843 or 1844, followed in a few days by his wife. B. R. Brown was born in Canada in 1835, came with his parents to this county and has resided here almost continuously for the past half century. In January, 1858, he located permanently his ]n^esent home, and for ten years has served as commissioner of higliwa^^s. In 1857 he married Miss Maria J., daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Ileckert) Cain. They are the parents of six chilch-en, viz.: C. Morrow, Lucy E., Charley E., Alva C, Joseph W. and Olive B.

Lucinda Dcwcer, who died February 2, 1882, was born in Beaver count}^. Pa., in 18J6; married Vincent Dancer in 1832 in Richmond county, Ohio; moved to Fulton county. 111., in 1856, and in 1867 came to Stark.

John Dryden, son of Thomas and Margaret Dryden, was born in Northumberlandshire, Eng., April 28, 1821, where his father's death occurred September 6, 1874, at the age of eighty -six, and his mother's in 1876, in her eighty-fourtli year. John Dryden is the fourth chdd of a family of nineteen children. His early life was spent at farm labor until'his twenty-first year, when he began mining. In 1847 he married Miss Mai'garet, daughter of George and Mary Renwick, born in Cumberlandshire, Eng., June 22, 1820. In 1854 he came to America; proceeding at once to Stark count}^. 111., and jnirchased a piece of land near Wyoming, remaining there three years, during which time he was engaged at mining. He revisited England for his wife, and the same year (1857) they returned, and in five years after they removed to West Jersey township. In 1864 they purchased a farm on section 18, where he is engaged in agriculture, owning 160 acres, within three miles of the village. Five children have blessed their union, three of whom are still living: Thomas J., George (deceased), Mary J. (deceased), ]\[aggie A. and John G. PoHtically Mr. Dryden is a Greenl)acker, and has held several township offices. In 1873 Mr. Dryden was called back to England on account of the illness of his father, and at his death was engaged in the settlement of the estate, he being the eldest son.

Dr. Charles A. Dunn, and where her husband died, moved to Cincinnati, O., in 1831 with her family, and five years later, in September, 1836, settled in West Jersey township of this county, where her son, Augustns A., had bnilt a cabin early that year, and where he remained to welcome his mother, brothers and sisters to their new home in the wilderness. Mrs. Dunn was accompanied by her children : Columl)ia A., Avho married Mr. Tillson ; Kichard C, noticed in the historj^ of Tonlon ; William E. and Caroline E., who married O. H. Smith. In 1847 tliis pioneer woman moved to Galesburg, and died there, May 10, that year.

Augustas A. Diinn^ son of Dr. Charles A. and Rebecca (Moore) Dunn, was born in Georgia, moved with his widowed motlier to Ohio in 1831. and early in 183(v settled in what is now West Jersey township, erected a log cabin, in which the mother and family - who came in September of that year - took up their residence. He was elected first sheriff of this county, in 1839, subsequently graduated in medicine and practiced at Cambridge, 111., until 1862, when he enlisted in Company D. One-hundred-and-twelfth Illinois Yolunteer Infantry. His left hand was shot away at Kelly's Ford, Tenn., and again wounded at Franklin; the results of the latter leading to his death, March 2, 1869, in his fiftv first vear, he then residintr at Chicao-o.

Hannah Gajfney Eiaery^ one of the pioneers of Stark county, died at Galva, October 18, 1881, as related in the history of the family given in other pages.

John F'inleij. who settled on section 19, Essex, in 1839, was I)orn in Fayette countv, O., m 1802. His parents, Robert and Mary (Craig) Finley, natives of Indiana, settled in what is now Ashland county, O., prior to the War of 1812, where they resided until their death. John Finley married Miss Rebecca Gaffney in Ohio, came with her in 1831 to Fulton countv. 111., and five vears later settled here. iVs shown in the organic and political chapters, he was a member of the first commissioners' court and second sheriff, was county judge, justice of the ])eace, and in all points a most excellent citizen. Of their eleven children nine are living: Andrew J., William P., who was killed before Knoxville, November 18, 1863, aged thirtj^-three years, while serving with the One-hundred and-twelfth Regiment; Priscilla J., John L., Mai\y E., Albert E., Robert M., James E., Caroline R. and Willis O. John L. went to California in 1852, enlisted in Third Massachusetts Cavalry in 1863, was made prisoner, escaped from Danville, and was commissioned second lieutenant for braveiy ; Albert P. served with the Third Illinois Cavalry from 1861 to 1861; James E., of the One-hundred-and-twelfth, was wounded before Atlanta, Ga., all of which is told in the military chapter. The father of this great family died at Toulon, Februarv 28, 1883. Ilis first wife died in 1856, aged forty-nine years; but his second wife. Miss Sarah D. Adams, survives him. Andrew J. Finley was l)orn in Ohio, in 1828, came westward with his parents, married Miss Margaret J. Carter, October 6, 1850, and has been a permanent resident of this county for about fifty years. Their children are: Arabella, John L., William J., Mary A., Ella B.,

"Walter B., Oscar E., Margaret C, Daisy JST., and two, an infant and Lenora, deceased. Mr. Finley has served his township as justice of tlie ])eace and assessor, and was collector of Essex. He has been a member of the Ag-ricultural Society since its beginning. His farm of 460 acres is among the best in Stark county.

Samuel J. Fox, son of Julius W. and Mary E. (Jolmston) Fox, Avas ])orn in Kichland countv, O., Januarv 28, 1835. His father was a native of New York, where he was born in 1796. His mother, a native of Pennsylvania, was born 1804. Tiiev removed to Ohio from New York at an earlv dav, and again in 1848 to Wisconsin, settled in Richhind county, thus passing through the pioneer period of two States. There, in 1860. Mr. Fox., Sr., passed way, being preceded to the grave tw^o years l^y his wife. Samuel J. Fox assisted his parents on the farm, or attending the pioneer district school in his earlv years. In his twenty-second year he married ]\Iiss Mary E.. daughter of John and iihoda Myers, who was born in Ohio, December 31, 1840. Her parents removed to Indiana, where her father died. Her mother remarried, and in a short time was again a widow. She removed with her familv to Wisconsin, and settled in Richland county. Wis., in 1850, and there jNlarv met Mr. Fox, to whom she was married April 2, 1857. Mr. Fox followed farming one year after this event, then joined a prospecting party, and went to Colorado; engaged in mining for one year, when he returned to his li<nne at Ricldand Centre, Wis., and the same fall moved to Princeville, 111., and engaged in the mercantile business. Remaining there a short time, he moved to Wyoming, 111., where he remained about two years. He then purchased a store at West Jersey, where he is now proprietor of a general store in the village and of a stock farm close by. Mi', and Mrs. Fox are the parents of seven children, namely : William W., Charles L., Frank A., Rollin S., Gilbert T., Ernest A., and EHie M., all at home. They are members of the Presbyterian church, and are interested in all movements of a charitable or progressive nature. Mr. Fox is also a member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics a iiepublican. He served as postmaster at West Jersey twelve years; has also been elected and reelected township clerk, and has been vice-])resident of the Agricultural Society of Stark countv.

Jacoh JV. JIasen, deceased, was born in New Jersey in 1804; married Miss Jane B. ]\[itchell there, and with her and their five children moved to Fulton county. 111., in July, 1839. and to section twenty-seven. West Jersey, in the sjiring of 1842. Here he purchased 120 aci-es of wild land at $2.50 per acre, erected a frame house, which was the family home, school, Methodist class-room, and general meeting-house of tlie town for many years, the Hazens making every one welcome. Only five years did this strong man stand the wear and tear of pioneer times here, for he died in March, 1847. His partner in all the toils and troubles of earlv vears outlived him twentv summers, dving in 1867, as shown m the cemetery record in history of West Jersey.

1831, and has almost as distinct a recollection of pioneer days in Fulton and Stark as if be had been of age when he shared in them. In 1857 he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Anthony, and the following year settled where he now resides, on his fine farm of 206^ acres. As shown in the official and school history of the township, he has served as trustee and supervisor. In politics he is, like his father was, always Democratic in national concerns, but independent in local affairs. His wife and children, Frank M. and Edna Y., are associated with the Presbyterian chui-ch. Mr. Hazen is one of th<ise pioneer men whose word is liis bond and whose ojnnions are considered.

Sedgwick R. Hazen, son of Jacob JST. Hazen, whose history is given in this chapter, ^vas born in NeAV Jersey in 1833. lie was one of twins, the sister dying in infancy. He accompanied his parents to Illinois in 1839 and here his youth was passed in the manner common to boys of the pioneer period, having to walk two miles to attend the winter school of his district. In October, 1856, he married Miss Mary Isabelle, daughtei' of William and Amanda Barr, who in 1851 came from Ohio to this county. After his marriage he settled on the Hazen farm where he resided until 1875, when he established a mercantile house at West Jersey, which he carried on for eighteen months, when failing health compelled a change. Disposing of his stock, he resumed agricultural life, and in the fall of 1876 took up his })resent residence, owning one hundred acres of the best improved land in the township. In official life he has been assessor, road commissioner and school director for a number of years. Mrs. and Mr. Hazen are members of the Methodist Episcopal Ohui'ch, a reorganization of the old class of ''Hazen's Schoolhouse." Their son, Lewis J., born here December 16, 1857, is also a resident of this township. In political life J\[r. Hazen votes the prohibition ticket, - his strong ideas on temperance questions urging him to break away from the old line politics.

Jivmes JR. Henry, son of John and Martha Henry, was born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, March 1, 1822. His father was born in Ireland in 1786^ came to America and settled in New Jersey, married Martha Swears, who was born in New Jersey in 1802. His father died in 1852 at the age of sixty and his mother in May 25, 1885, in her eighty-fourth year. James R. Henry is the second of their seven children.'^ His early hfe was spent on the home farm, up to the age of twenty-two years, when he married Miss Eliza Foyshur. Her parents, natives of Germany, dying in New Jersey when she was but a child. After their marriage Mr. Henry followed farming in New Jersey six 3^ears. He came to Illinois in 1851, journeying overland by wagon, the trip lasting six weeks. They purchased land in this township, and there braved the dangers of pioneer life with the wolves and deer for neighbors, and their worst enemies, rattlesnakes, with which the countiy abounded. On July 1, 1883, Mrs. Henry died suddenly, beini>' then in her sixty-second year. They were the i)arents of eight children, four of whom died in infancy; those living are: Theodore P., minister in Kansas ; Watson C, West Jersey ; George W., principal of the Lafayette schools; and Charles W., now Dr. Henry, of Vermont, 111. After his wife's death Mr. Henry rented his farm, and lias since made his home with his son Watson in West Jersey village. Mr. Henry, as was also his wife, is a membei' of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has always been a Republican, and has held several township offices, although he has never sought them. lie has spent some time visiting the scenes of his childhood, from which he has recently returned. He is in his sixty-fifth year, and although his lochs show the inroads of time, he is quite active.

John Jach^on born in Fayette county, O., in the vear 1832, is a son of John and Elizabeth (Eonsei Jackson, natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in Ohio, where Mr. Jackson died in 1840. Mrs. Jackson is living at the age of ninety years. Our subject was reared on the farm and in 1854 came to Hlinois and settletl in Toulon, where he resided till the following spring, when he secnred work on a farm near Toulon, as a hand, where lie has since resided. In 1861 he purchased lo6 acres in West Jersey township. In 1857 he married Miss Paulina Ann, a daughter of William Mahany. They were the parents of live children : Lydia E., Laura B., William A., Ursula and John. This lady died in 1875. aged thirty-eight years. In 1876 he married Miss Susan, daughter of Barnabas Frail, to whom two children were born: James T. and Jennie E. This lad}'' is a member of the Catholic church, while ]\Ir. Jackson is lil)eral in religions matters. Politically he is a Democrat. {Vide sl'd<]i of Frail family.)

Levi Johnson, a native of Xew York, was boVn October 13, 1769. He followed the occupation of a millwright. He married Hannah Puss, who was born December 18. 1770. Her father. Abraham Puss, was murdered by the Indians on the Allegiieny river. March 2. 1790. He (Levi Johnson) was the father of live children, three boys and two girls. Henry, the eldest of these, was born January 9, 1793. He learned his father's trade. AVhen he was about seventeen years of age he removed to Kentucky with his parents, enlisted during the war of 1812, but on account of'a wound on his arm caused bv the slipping of a hand ax, he was rejected. On March 28, 1816, he married ]\lary, daughter of Amaziah Davidson, born in Kentucky, September 11, 1799. Her parents were Scotch who came to America and settled in Kentucky, as companions of Daniel Boone. In 1827. Mi'. Johnson with his wife settled in Pike county. 111., but on account of the troul)lesome Indians they were compelled to return to Kentucky. In 1830 they braved the dangers of a frontier life and returned to Pike county, where he followed his trade of millwright. Here on September 11. 1816. Mrs. Johnson died in her forty-seventh year. In 1851 Mr. Johnson settled near the ])lace where the village of Sparland. Marshall county, now stands. In 1865 he came to Stark county, where he died September 17, 1878, in the eighty-sixth year of his age.

A. J. Johnson, son of Henry and Mary (Davidson) Johnson, was born in Chambersburgh township, Pike county. 111., October 23, 1833. He is of Irish descent, his paternal ancestors coming to America prior to the time of the Revolution and settling in Xew York. Andrew J. is the eighth child of their family of eleven children. In 1851 he married

Miss Margaret, daughter of William and. Margaret (Bunn) Campbell, born in Penns3dvania, December 1 6, 1833. Her father, a Penns34vanian, died in 1835. In 1818 she came with her mother, who had married a Mr. Placher, to Peoria, where she met Mr. Johnson, as before stated, and married him in 185-1. After this marriage he followed farming in Marshall county several years. In April, 1865, the^^ came to Stark county where they had previously purchased one hundred acres in "West Jersey township where they still reside. ]Kine children have blessed theii' union, eight of whom are still living: Charles "W. (deceased), William H., Oscar J., Edgar L., Frank C, Lewis O., Robert B., Ida A. and Fannie M. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the M. E. church, as are also all of their children. Politically Mr. Johnson is a Pepublican, and has held several oiRces of trust, among them, justice of the peace, and supervisor for several terms. That he honorably discharged his duties to the satisfaction of the people is signified by his numerous reelections. He has increased his original farm of one hundred acres to 240 acres of choice lands, located within two miles of the village. Mr. Johnson has for several years been an officer and member of tlie agricultural society of this county.

William H. Johnson^ son of Andrew J. and Margaret J. (Campbell) Johnson was born in Marshall county. 111., August 6, 1850. In '65 he with his parents settled in AFest Jersey township. In '76 he entered Hedding College, Abingdon, III, and after a study there of four years he returned to his home on account of ill health, and at various times was engaged in teaching school. On December 5, 'S3, he married ]\Iiss Flora, a daughter of Reuben and Martha (Heaton) Swank, born in Stark county, September 22, '60. Previous to his marriage Mr. Johnson had purchased a store at West Jersey village, which he now owns. Mr. Swank was a native of Pennsylvania, born November 14, '30, and died April 14, '72. Mrs. SAvank was born in Xew Jersev, November 23, '33. They came to Illinois at an early day, and after their marriage settled near West Jersey, where Mr. Swank died. At the age of fourteen Miss Flora entered Hedding College, where she studied for about three vears, when she entered the Wesleyan Universit}' at Bloomington, 111. Subsequently she spent some time at Chicago in the study of the fine arts, and in '83 she married Mr. Johnson, as before stated. Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have resided at West Jersey. They are both respected members of the Methodist Episcopal church, interested in all works of a progressive nature, and are held in high esteem. In ])o]itics Mr. Johnson, like his father, is a Republican, and has honorably filled the office of town clerk.

R. W. Kirtfj^ M. D.^ one of the old physicians of the county, was born in Columbiana county, O., in 1819. His parents, Wilham and Elizabeth (Ware) King, were Virginians, who settled in Ohio about 1810, where both died. The father served in the War of '12, which resulted in the total banishment of the British fi'om our coasts. Dr. King was educated in the early subscription schools of his district. In '45 he entered the study of medicine at Akron, O., untler Dr. Bartges. He practiced in that cit\^ for eleven years, until coming to Peoria county in '56, where he practiced two years ; resided at Brimfield two years, and in '60 established an office at West Jersey. In addition to his professional duties he served as school director for sixteen years, collector one year, and in '85 was appointed postmaster. He is also engaged in the drug trade there, his son, now of Toulon, assisting in the store. Dr. King was married in '39 to Miss Sarah Bartges, to whom six children were born, of whom two are living - Catherine E., now Mrs. James Jones, of Omaha, lN"eb., and Elizabeth, Mrs. George Slocum, of Ford county, Kan. A son, John W., enlisted in '62, but died at Port Hudson before muster-in. The mother of this family died in May, '56, and three years later the doctor married Miss Fannie E. Hunt. They are the parents of five children: Fannie R., deceased, Frank, Allen, Bert and Azora M. In political life Dr. King was decidedly Democratic up to a few years ago, when the fascinating goddess of Greenbackism won his allegiance.

Jacob Kissel, who settled in "West Jerse}^ about 1862. removed to ISTebraska, and after a residence of nine years there returued to this county. Mr. Kissel was born in Lancaster county. Pa., in 1808, moved to Ohio, and subsequently resided in Indiana, Wisconsin and INTebraska, settling down here. In 1833 he married Miss Hester Clouser in Pennsylvania. Of their children, Keuben, Nathaniel, Marv, Emanuel, Sarah, Arabella, Henrietta, James (deceased), George and Jehial Kissel, are names well known. Emanuel served three vears with a Peoria battery, escaped wounds, and is now a useful citizen of Dodge City, Kan.

Pldlip Knqff\ deceased, was born in New Jersey, Feljruary 7, 1805, where his parents, Peter and Susan (Simmons) Knoff, then resided. In 1832 he married Miss Sarah Young, in 1845 moved to Ohio, and the following year set out for this county by wagon. On the journey hither, and after traveling forty miles, one of liis horses died, when he returned to Ohio ; but in the next spring made the journey and here purchased eiglity acres of congressional land, built a log cabin, and entered on pioneer life. Here he resided until Ids death, October 11, 18Y6. lie saw his original farm increased to 160 acres, and two survivors, of his five children; settled in life - Mrs. Kate Cross, of Toulon, and Mrs. Margaret Show, of West Jersey. In politics he was democratic. Jacob Young, brother of Mrs. Knoff, settled in West Jersey in 1846. For thirty years he was a pioneer here, and then became a pioneer of Iowa, where he now resides. Mrs. Knoff was born in New Jersey in.l809. Her parents, John and Susan (Daly) Young, died in that state about 1824. She has been connected with the Presbyterian Church of West Jersey since her settlement here, and has always been looked upon as a most exemplary member of the community.

William Mahany, deceased, settled in Toulon township, on the line of Essex, in 1836-7. He was born in the Shenandoah valley, in 1803 ; came to Illinois a single man and here mai*ried Miss Lydia McMullen. The farm which he purchased on coming here was improved by his own hands, and on it he resided until his death, in 1875. Flis wife died in 1866, at a time when her husband's success in life was assured and her young family provided for. Their children were: Paulina A. (deceased), James Y. B,, John W., residents here; Baxter M., died while in the ariny; Marsliall, residing here, and Ohver, deceased. J. Y. B. Mahany married Miss Belle C. Cain, of this count3^ lie is the owner of 350 acres of fertile land in West Jersey township, all well ini])roved and thoroughly cultivated. Like his father, he is democratic in political life, but liberal and enterprisiug as a citizen. ( Vide general liistory tmd skdcli of Toulon township.)

W. 8. McClanahan., physician and surgeon, a native of Monmouth, 111., is the son of T. S. and Mary J. (Martin) McClanahan, natives of Ohio, but old settlers of Warren county, 111., of which T. S. McClanaiian \vas surveyor for many years. The doctor com[)leted his literary education during a two years' course at Monmouth College. He taught school, ])rincipallv at Berwick, for three years; read medicine under his brother, Dr. J. M. McClanahan, of Kirkwood, 111.; in the fall of 1881 matriculated at Rush Medical College, where he took a full course in medicine and surgery, and from which he graduated in 1883. He Ijegan practice immediately after in Mercer county. 111., and six months later settled at West Jersey, where he has confirmed himself in the confidence and esteem of the people. As related in the history of the village, he is a member of the new I. O. O. F. lodge there. His marriage with Miss Mabel S. Matteson, of Berwick, 111., was celebrated in ] 884. They are the parents of one child. Earl M.

liev. Allen Cowen Miller, born in Fayette county. Pa., February 12, 1807, was the fourth son of James and Agnes Miller. His father died early in the twenties, for in 1826 his mother resided at Sewickley, Pa., where her son united with the Presbyterian church that year. From this period until 1829 he devoted all his leisure hours to study. In this year he was employed by Dr. Jennings, of the Christian Tierold, to canvass for that paper throughout Northern Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio, and continued in this position until the fall of 1831, when he entered the Bassenheim Manual Labor Academy at Zelienople. Pa. In 1832 he entered Jefferson College, and with the exception of the summer of 1835, studied tliere until 1837, when he graduated and entered the Western Theological Seminary, from Avhich he graduated in 1840. He was licensed by the Ohio Presbyteiy June 17, 1840, and in June, 1841, was instalfed pastor of the church at Marseilles, Ohio. He presided over that church for seven years, and while there married Miss Mary Pierson, who died at Toulon, August 22, 1872. From 1848 to 1851 he |n-esided over churches at Edna and - Carohne, Ohio. On coming to Illinois in 1851, he preached at Roscoe one year and then became pastor of the church at White Rock, where he remained for nine years. During that time he organized the Presbyterian church atRochelle and also jireached there for two years. In the fall of 18(U he with his family settled at West Jersey, and in the spring of 1863 removed to Toulon and for four years supplied the pulpit at West Jersey. Subsequently he rested from ministerial labor, again preached to several congregations throughout this district, acted as bible agent and col])ortear, and in 1873 revisited his old home and friends in Pennsylvania and ch arches in Ohio. On returning in January, 1874, he received a call from his old society at White Rock, which call he accepted. There he died May 12, 1874, and his remains were taken to Toulon to rest. Of his three sons, two are leadinglawyers of Stark county, and the youngest lies buried beside his parents in the cemetery at Toulon.

I. L. Neunnan, born in Warren county, N. J., July 7, 1827, is a son of Abraham and Eleanor (Lanning) Newman, natives of that state, and still residents there. His grandparents were Abraham and Mary (Hankinson) Newman, whose ancestors were British. Grandfather Abraham entered the service of the Contineutal Couo-ress when fourteen years old and served throughout the grand struggle for freedom. At one time his brother and a man named Wykoff were captured by Indians who tomahawked one, wdiile Wykoff escaped. This murder Abi'aham well avenged, both on the Indians and their teachers of England. After the war he settled in New Jersey, became a preacher of the M. E. church, and died there in his seventieth year. Isaac L. Newman was educated in the schools of Warren county. In 1851 he left his liome in a one-horse buggy, and in forty-two days arrived at West Jersey Center with a ca])itai of $300, and began life on the prairies. He purchased a tract of forty acres on section 15, at $3 per acre, and this small tract has grown, so to speak, into a magnificent farm of 600 acres. On September 12, 1857, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of James R. and Anna (Tuttle) Waibasse, whose brother Joseph came from Germauy, and in 1858 settled here. Pier father was the first to break sod in Sussex county, N. J. To this marriage there were born: Jerome, September 22, 1859; Anna, February 11, 1862; Melden A. and Selden A. (twins), March 24, 1806, all of whom are living. As related in the township history, he has been supervisor of West Jerse}'^ for five years; is a member of the Blue Lodge at Toulon, and politically a member of the Republican part3^ In 1881 Mr. Newman married Miss Permelia, daughter of John and Lydia (Maines) Pevey, who came from New Jersey to the township about 1850. Here her father died in 1803. aged about fift}'^- six years, and here her mother still resides in her seventy-sixth year. The}'' were the parents of ten children, namely: Rachel, Joseph, Henry, John, Catherine, Permelia, M^illiam, Arthur, Jane, Aaron, Elizabeth and Clarrissa. Arthur resides in Peoria county, Aaron in Fulton county, 111., and Elizabeth in Kansas. The other children are residents of Stark county. {Vide General History.)

Joseph Palmer was born at Brattleboro, Yt., in 1802. In 1827 he moved to Ashland county, O., and ten years after came here, settling on the farm now in possession of his son. He was married in Ashland county to Mary, a daughter of Elias Slocum. On coming here in 1837 he purchased 320 aci'es and made this township his home until after the war, when he moved to Galesburg. He was one of the old Board of County Commissioners, and for years the postmaster at Walnut Creek. Of his children, Willard resides here, James lives at Galesburg, Anna is wife of James E. White, of Garnett, Kan.; Averella and Rose (the latter known as Mrs. McChesney) are deceased. Mr. Palmer still survives pioneer hardshi])s, and is a resident of Galesburg, 111.

roc('iv(Ml a ]>rncticitl education 1hm'(\ and here in 1801 married Miss Elsie, d;iuglit(>r of Wilson (lai'nn. of l\licliii^an, who subsequetit.ly settled in this county. AFr. PalnuM- cjin'ics on a lar<i;e farm and devotes much att(Mition to stock-gi-owini;-. AVhile ;ij>|)reciatini;- tlu; value of good men inoUicial positions, ;iiid like his father, unpartisan in ])()litical affairs, he vf)tes with the Democratic party on all state and national issues.

JoJin Praf." (deceased) was boi-n near Carlisle, Pa., April 17, ITitS. His marriage with Miss IS'ancy Layman took place there ai)out 1819, and the following year this lady di(Hl there. Subsequently he nuii-ried jMiss Sarah Wetzell, and in 1827 moved to a point near what is n(.\v Ashland City, (). In 1887, with their eight children, and in com|)ai)y with the families of Elias Wycoif, Elias, Jr., Nehemiah Wy(M)ff and Newton Matthews, they came to Illinois. P]acli famil}' had two ox teains, a span of horses and a light wagon, with which they made the journey overland. Mr. Pratz s(^ttled on the east half of southeast quarter of section twcMity-eight, and also entei'cd a second eighty on the same section, huilt a log cabin, the chiidcs of which were Idled with clay and chopped prairie grass. For a quarter of a century he lived here, moved to Rochester, whei'c he died Decend^er 28, 18G2, and Mrs. Pratz SeptcMuber lit, lS(i5. They were ohl mend)ers of the (/ongr(\gational church, but later connected themselves witli the Christian church, of which th<?y were members at the; period of death.

Joiiathan Prati, their only surviving son residing here, was born in Pennsylvania February 14, 1820, came with his i)arents here when sevenhMUi yeai's old, was married here Feltruary 8, 18H-, to Miss Kliza J., daughter of James and Maria (Ti-ickle) ]\Iurphy, began farm life for himself, and in 184«) settled on his present farm. Of theii* eight children, five are living: Anna M., in Iowa; llosetta L., Sarah C, John E. and Hiram X. The deceased were: j\[ary F., Poyal L. and Ora E., who died in August, 18S3. For thirty-five years they have been members of the Christian church, but prior to that time were Congregationalists. lie owns 220 acres, apart' from the broad acres which he f^ave to his cliildren. He has been successful in all his dealings, strictly upright, and now lives in the midst of peac<^ and plenty.

Sijlveder 11. Sanders., born in Morris county, N. J., Decemljer 10, 1S12J is a son of Darius and Mary (Lochman) Sanders, natives of Xew Jersey, where both died. At about the age of seventeen years he learned the carpenter trade, which h(» followed until 1845, when, with his wife, Miss Eliza Ann Bryan, to whom he was married October 8, 1830, and three children, he made the journey to Illinois by wagon, and located a farm of 160 acres in West -lersey, on the northwest (quarter of section twentv-eight, where he resided for a number of years. On this journey he was accompanied by Thomas Fox, his bi'other-inlaw, and family. Here his wife died August 17, 1809, in her fiftyfourth year. Of the three children Avho came with them, and six born here. Rev. Jacob H. is a Methodist minister, Peter K. is dead, Mary J. is wife of Rev. A. Atherton, Susan E. is deceased, Sophronia is Mrs. Wm. Sterler, Susan A. deceased, F'red E., Darius E. and Lucy M., wife of Rev. R. A. Brown. In 1879 Mr. Sanders and wife moved into West Jereey village, M-here their residence was then erected. Mr. Sanders owns IGO acres, together with village property, all the savings of years of labor. In religious mattei-s he is a Methodist of over thirty years' standing. His second marriage was solemnized A])ril 13. iSTl, with Miss Catherine Egbert, who, hke her husband, is a devout church nieniber. Prior to ISoO ]\[r. Sanders was a Democrat, but since that time has been faitiiful to Iie[)ublican doctrine and party.

Eldi'r Jolin S(ir<iC'nt. born in ]\Iaryland, October, 1703, sei'ved two campaigns in the "\Var of 1812, after moving to Ohio with his parents; came to Henry county in 1850, to Stark county in 1858, later to Missouri, from which he was driven by the Jay-hawkers in 1801. He returned and settling at Millbrook, Peoria countv, died there Julv 14. 1882.

l*eter Sheets, deceased, son of Michael and Elizabeth (Wy^ell) Sheets, was born in Hampshire county, Va. His parents were of German origin and were married in West Virginia in the spring of 1»30; removed to what is now Essex townshij) ; ])urchased 280 acres on section 10 for ^1,UOO, inchuling a small house and thirty acres broken. Seven children accompanied them hither, namely : ^[alinda (deceased), Irene, Mi-s. Alexander Christy ; George, Valentine (deceased), Kosanna, Benton county, Iowa; WilUam M., Florida (deceased), Andrew J., of Xodaway county, ]\ro., was boi'n here. Jacob AVygell, Inother of Mi*s. Sheets, came with them, remained two or three years and returned to Virginia. Peter Sheets and wife have passed away from their pioneer labors here as stated in the history of Essex township. George Siieets was born in Switzerland c(juiity. near Patriot, in 1825, and was twelve yeai's old when he settled with parents in Essex township. He was married, December 24, 1844, by Justice Edward Trickle, to Charlotte, daughtei", of Davit! Simmerman, wliose history is given in this woi'k. In 1848 he located in West Jersev township, and owns t(»dav an eighty-acre fai'm well improved. Their chikh-en are Eliza A., ^Irs. J. H. Emery, Sarah E., Mrs. G. li. Varside, Eimira J., Mi's. E. J>. Swank, all residents of this townshi]). ALrs. George Sheets was born in West A'^irginia in 1828, and for over foi-ty years has shared her husband's labors and successes. ( Tide llidonj of KKxtir Toirnxhip.)

Jacoh B. Siiiitli, deceased, born in Reading, Pa., in 18Ul, settled near Ashland, Ohio, where he married AIi's. Maria Murphy, in'e Trickle, and in 1835 came to Illinois, making the journey by wagon and four horses. They settled near Cajiton, and in February, 1830, settled on 100 acres, section 35, West Jersey. There he built a logcabin 1() by 10, and resided there for many years. He spent his later days at (ialva. Both were membei*s of the Chi'istian Churcii, as were Julia A., now deceased; Eliza J. and ^Nfary A., of Peoria county, daughters of Mrs. ^lurpliy. After her marriage with Mr, Smith, AVil-

Sii/'dli II. {I.()r<ni<'r) S^i)in)id, widow of Jacob Stimniel, was boVn in Yir<5n)iia Novembei" 0, 1812. Her [)a!'cnts, Virginians, in 1815 setticMl near Coluinbns, Ohio, where the}' engaged in fanning. Here, in 1825, her father, Mr. Lorance, died, death being caused by being out in a storm assisting a neighbor to erect a log cai)in. Some time after her husband's death Mrs. Lorance married a Mr. JJill. Again in IS^jn she Avas left a widow. Several years later she started for Missouri, but changing her mind on the road she settled in Stark county, Illinois, In 1S()1 she died at her son's home, in Knox county, in her eightvsecond year. Sarah Lorance is the fourth child of their family of t(Mi children. On March 16, 1843, she married Jacob Stimmel, whose Virginian parents were also scttlei's of Ohio, near Columbus, whei'e they both died. I lis father, Peter Stimmel, died at the age of seventy, and his mother, Eliza l)eth (Lantis), at the age of sixty-four. Jacob was the eldest of a family of eight children. Jle was born May 18, 1818. His early life was spent assisting his parents on the farm. After his marriage he began farming in Ohio. Six years later they moved into the vilhige of (Trovei)()rt. lie came westward in search of a home, and before movin<^ iwade three visits. In 1857 they moved to Ivnox county, HI., remained on their farm for one year, then removed to Peoria county and remained tln'ce yeai's, and next settled in West J(M'sey townshij). A yea-r lator tluw j)urchas(Ml the ))1acn wluire Mi's. Stimmel now r(!sid('s. At the time of tlunr setth^mcnt Illinois was a wild(>rness; their most tniUHn'ous neighbors IxMug wolves, the howiings of which could be liea.rd every night. On March 24, J 885, Mr. Stimnu;l died, having passed through the pionecM- period of two Sla((>s. 11(5 was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and of th(> I. O. O. V. IMiey wer(> the i)arents of nine childnMi, live of whom still livt;: V^irginia A. (deceased), Jacob W., now resicling in Missouri; Isaac L., also in Missouri; I*eter (deceased), Josephine (deceased), Fratddin (dec(\*ised), Missoui'i, now Mrs. (4rillin, of Iowa; Virginia, now Mrs. J>ra<ly, of W(!st .I(!rsey; am! I'^raidc L.. r(!siding at home. Mrs. Stimmel is now in l»(;r seventy-lifth year. She has been crippled for thirty-nine years, and for iiearly thn^e years has bec^n uiuible to walk, but she l)ears her allli(;tion with pa,tien(;e a,nd forbearance. Her fa,ri»i consists of 250 a.cres, w<^ll imj)rov(>d.

Uolx'H Sl<mhii\ son of -Iannis and Zi|)orah (Davis) Stonier, was born in llen^foi'dsiiii'e, Englaiul, on Foxhall fa i-m. May 2, 1810. His ancestors were of old English descent. Ifis fatlK^rduMl April 10, 1840, in his eightv-thii'd year, and mother in 1851, being about the same age as h(!r husband. At the age of ff)urteen Pobert was ai)i>renticed to a. car- })cnter, rec(Mving for his labor one shilling a week, this being increased as ho ])rogressed. His fatluu* ))aid £150 to secure him this position with Henry Haines, of Chelteiduun, (iloucestershiro. After seven years he beg.'in working at his trade, iii'st at Cheltenham a short time*, next at Bristol, then at London, where lie remained about three years; when he removed to Southampton, and in 1850 came to America.

Landing at New York he worked there at his trade abdut a year, when he went to Buffalo and remained a short time. While there lie sent to England for Miss Elizabeth Bisco, met her at New York, where they were married in Trinity church, June 5, 1851. Returning to Buffalo, they remained a few months, and the same fall removed to Peoria, 111. Elizabeth Bisco is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Arnold) Bisco, born in Gloucestershire, Eng., June 4, 1820. Iler father was proprietor of a large linen manufactory, until his death in 1857 at the age of eighty-three, being preceded by liis wife three years, who died in her eighty-first year. After the ai'rival of the Stoniers in Peoria, Mr. ' Stonier followed his trade about sixteen years. They tlien purchased a fai'm in West Jersey townslii}), where they still reside. At the time of their settlement here Stark county was without a railroad, and the people hauled their ])i'oduceto Peoria. Seven children luive been born to them, oidy two ot' whom are living: John J. (deceased), Pobcrt A. (deceased), Artliur F. (deceased), C'harles E. (deceased), Ihirry P., farmer of West Jersey township; Albei-t P., iit home, and Eva E. (deceased). ]\lr. and Mrs. Stoniei' were formerly members of the Presbvtcrian (;hui"ch. Their two sons art^ mendx'rs of the M. I*], chuixih. \lr. Stonier was a member of the; 1. (). (). V., aiul iiad taUen tlie lil'Lh (h'gj'ce. In j)olitics he was rormei'ly a Democrat, hut is now a sup-' ])orter of the Ke])nhlican party. WhiU> Hving in I'eoria ]\fr. St»)ni(>r was oiK^ of lh(^ lii'st (o sign Ihc^ lirst petition foe the ahohtion of slaveiy. lie now owns 240 ac!'es of choice; hinds, a little over two miles lV<mi the village of AVest Jersey.

O/uirlen W. y'e/vv/, son of Thomas and Harriet Ann (Ilopj)er) Terry, was born at Wood Church, East Kent, England, April 25, 1849. In 1853 he came with his })arents to America, the ocean journey lasting . thirteen weeks. His ])arents lirst settled in New York for two years, then removed to l^eoi'ia county. III., settled near Elmwood ; four years later moved to Knox county and ])urchased land, and for several years followed farming. In 1883 they moved to Yates City where^ they still reside. When Mr. Terry lirst reached Illinois he had but lifty cents in his ])ocket, but by iiulustry and economy he has anuissed a fortune and can now enjoy life to its fullest extent. Mr. Terry cultivated corn where the city of Elmwood now stands. He also he]])ed to build tlie lirst railroad in Illinois, and has seen much of ])ioneer»life in this state. Both he and wife are mendjers of tlje ]\[ethodist Episcopal church, and are at present strong and active. Mr. Tei-ry is now sixty-live and Mrs. Tei'ry seventv-three years of a<>e. Chai'les W. lerrv is the oldest of their familv of two children. His earlv life was spent at hard labor. At twelve years of age he began school for the first time. The schoolhouse being built of logs, and the benches of ])lanks. On September 23, 1873, he married INIiss Mary Elizabeth, daught<n- of Eccless B. and Jerusha (Smith) West, born in Tazewell c(Mmty, 111., Septend>er 29, 1850, Her father was a native of Ohio, and her nu)th(;r's people come to Chicago from Massachusetts, journeying oviM'land with oxen, the tri]) lasting three months. He purchased foi'ty acres where Chica<io now stands, but wmoved to Tazewell count v - when Jei'usha was but a child, having been born in Chicago. Her father came to Putnam comity, where lie fii-st met Miss Smitli. lie afterwards came to Tazewell county where they were marri(Hl. WIhmi ]\[ary was hut seven years old they canu^ to Stark county, and settled in Essex townshij),^nul later came to AVest Jersey township where they remained until ISSf), when they removed to Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. AVest are mendjers of the (Christian church. INfr. West is now sixtv-eiirht and "Mrs. West sixtv velars of a<j:e. Of their ten cJiildi-cii live died in infancy. iNfary. now Mrs. 'J'erry, is tiie eldest child. Her early life was s])ent at home assisting liei" parents. Her advantages also were only those of the pioneer ])erio(l. Since -their marriage in 1878 j\Ir. and INIrs. Terry have resided on their farm in West Jersey townsiiip, which Mr. Tei'ry had j)reviously ])urchased. Thi-ee children have hlessed their union. ]Mary L., Harriet J. and William O. Politically Mr. T(>rrv is a ]{epul)lican, and is ()p))osed to secret organizations. Ml', and ]\rrs. Terry are descendants of Illinois' earliest |)ioneers, as this sketch will show. They have a ])l(>;isant home four miles from Toulon, whei'e they own 14.") acres (»f well improved lands.

WaxhiiKiton Trh'l-h\ - ^[rs. AVi ley's father is the son of Christopher and Mary Trickle. He was hoi-n Tiear P>altimore, Md., February 1, 1805. May 15, 1828, he married Miss Eleanor Smith, who was horn in Delaware in 1807. In 1835 he came to Fulton county. 111., and one year later to Stark county, and hegan fai'ming. On July 15, 1883, ^frs. Trickle died at their home in Elm wood. 111. Since her death ]Mr. Trickle has made his liome with his son-in-law, Mr. Wiley. He is now eighty-two years of age, strong and active. In 1811 Mr. Trickle removed to ()hio from Maryland, where on account of the Indians he was quartered in the fort. Almost a quarter of a century later he came to Illinois.

Adnm I). Van SicMe, son of Aaron and Nomey (Decker) Van Sickle, was born in AVarren county, N. J., March 24, 1831. His parents, New Jerseyians, came to^ West Jersey township, where his father died June 1, 1874._ His mother is still" livino-, and is seventyeight years of age. Aaron D. is the second child of their family of ten children. In 1850 he married Miss Mary Kelly, a native of Ireland. After their marriage, Mr. Van Sickle was employed as a farm hand, he working for $90 per year, \'('hich occupation he folloAved six years. In 1850 he came to Stark county, and in 18f3 he purchased a farm and began its improvement. In'l875 Mrs. Van Sickle died, her health having been failing for some time. She left.five children, one of whom died in infancy; Harriet, now' Mi-s. I>arr, of Ouda, 111.; George, a farmer of West Jersev ; Josephine, Mrs. Laing, of Missouri, and AVillie, at lionie. In 1877 Mr. A'an Sickle married Miss ]\Iartha Ann AA^ilev, a daughter of Jacob and Julia Ann AViley, born in Stark county,,111., IVrarch 20, 1860. Her father, a native of Kew Jersey, beinf^ l)()rn in Morris county, April 27, 1802, removed to Illinois in 1853, and settled in Stark county. Here, in 1854 Mrs. AViley died. In 1855 Mr. Wiley married Mrs. Julia Ann White. She was born in Ohio, May 27, 1872. Again Mr. Wiley was left a widoAver, Mrs. AA^ilev's death occurring March, 16, 1872. She left five children, Mrs. Van Sickle being the third child. Since his wife's death, Mr. Wiley has for the most of the time made his home with his children, recently at Mr. Van Sickle's. He is now in his eighty-fifth year, and for so old a man is strong and active. Since Mr. Van Sickle's marriao^e with Miss Wiley in 1877, he has resided on his farm, about two and a half miles from the village of West Jersey. This marriage was blessed by two children, Bertha A. and Charles E. He has always been a Republican, and has held several township offices. He has increased his original farm of 100 acres to 500 acres of choice lands in West Jersey.

Jo/i7i Wiley, son of Jacob and Anna (Sandei's) Wiley, was born in Xew Jersey in 1834. His })arents, both boi-n in New Jei-sey, came to Illinois in 1852. Tljey settled in West Jersey township where, in '54, liis mother died. His father is still living, being now eighty-five yeai*s of age. John Wiley is the third child of a family of seven children. In '52, when he was eighteen yeare of age, he came with his parents to Stark county, where he was engaged in agriculture, most of the time working by the month. In '65 he married Miss Eunice, daughter of Washington and Eleanor Trickle, born in 1830. After their marriage Mr. Wiley began farming in West Jersey township, where he now resides. By his fii'st marriage four children were born, three of whom are living: Arthur J., Ella, Laura A. George AV. is numbered with the dead. In '05 Mrs. Wiley died in 'iiienibership with the (^liristian Cliui'ch. In '00 Ml-. Wiley mai-ried Miss Sarah ("., daughttM- of Aart)n and Djjrcas Ateii, born in Kiiiton county, 111., in 1837. In \S() this lady died, leaving live eliildren : Alma A., Jra K., 'I'liomas Iv, Mmma T. and Clara L. Politically ho is a Kepubliean. lie has increased his original I'arni of eighty acres to 2'.H) aeres, adi well im|)roved. ( ]'!</»; .shitrfus oj' ,/itfol) W l/< 1/ ii/ii/ 11. 7 '/-!(-/,/<'.)

Naliala Youikj, died June 1, 1883, aged fifty-foui* years. She was born in ^laryland in 182U; moved with parents to Ohio in '37, and to Illinois in '44. In '4(1 she married Mr. ^ oung.

6'. ir. Ymuuu retired merchant, was born in Washington county, Md., in 1825, of which state his parents, William and ^lahala (Uoby) ^'oung, were also natives, where tlu? latter died about 1833. In 1838, before Stark was oj'gani/.ed, ^Ir. Young, with his five children, located in Peoria county, 111., and died there in 1844 in his fitty-fii-st year. Of his children who accomiianied him to Illinois, II. S. is in Minnesota, iJorcas is deceased, C. W. resides here, Mary in ^lissouri, and Amanda, of Princeville, Illinois. William, Nelson and Charlotte remained in IMaryland for some time, but ultimately came here. William now residijs in Iowa, while Nelson and (Miai'lotte are among the dead. C. AV^ Young was in his thirteenth year when he came to Illinois. He ])assed through all the ])ioneer vicissitudes of those times. In 1851 or 1852 he engaged in business at Ivickapoo town, lU., and in 1853 opened a frenoral store at West .lersoy, wliei-e liis f.'unily settled in 1854. For twenty yoai's lie carried on lar<;e trade li('f(^ ;ind wassuceessCnl in every enterprise lie touched. In lS,")r) he v.;isii|)j)oint(>d j)ostjnj(st<'r,which olfiec: he held until 1872. For twelve years he was justice of the peace and school treasurer here, also served as assessor, and a member of the It«^pul)lican Central Committee of Stark county. Tie owns two hundred acn's on section !(!, all well im))roved aud highly euItivatiMl. Since 1872 he has abandoned many business cares, now devoting himself to the care of his landed property. Mrs. Young, an old membel* of the M. E. church, di<^d here in 1883, agt'd fifty-four years. In 1885 he man-ied Mrs. Martha A. (Ileaton) Swank, who is also a uiember of the M. PI church. Mr. Young's life has been eminently active and successful.

J. Q. Yo\m<j^ born in Warrerio county, N. J., in 182^, is a son of Silas and Sarah Young, natives olothat state. Ilis ])arents died there. In 1852 Mr. J. Q. 'i'oung visited ly-edericksburg, Va., and resided there four years, coming to this township in 1850. For some time lie worked by the month, meantime acted "the part of a knid ])rospector and ultimately purchased the 100 acres on which he now n^sides. He was married to Miss Julia Ann, daughter of Wilson Garner, who came from Michigan years ago, returned and is now among the pioneers of a higher land. Mr. Young is a meml)er of the Greenback party though formerly a Ilepublican.

Bi!<J\np Philander Chase, born December 14, 1775, in New Hampshire, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1795. lie Avas brought uj) in the Congi'egational faith, but after leaving cf)llege became a member of the Protestjyit Episco})al body, studied for its ministry ; ordain-ed in Ts'ew York in May, 1798, and was missionary in that state for several years. From 1805 to 1811 he was pastor of the Protestant Episcopal church at New Orleans; next rector of the church at Hartford, Conn., and in 1817 we find him on the Ohio mission, of which state he was elected bishop in 1819. In 1823 he visited England and secured $30,000 aid for his church, then purchased 8,000 acres in central Ohio, and laid the foundation of Kenyon College. A dispute with the trustees of the college about funds led to- his resignation as president of the college, and also of his position as bishop, in 1831. Some time after he purcliased land near Gilead, Mich., and resided thereon until 1835, Avhen he Avas elected Bishop of Illinois, and settled in Peoria county. Revisiting England he secured !?10,000, with Avhich he founded Jubilee College, Peoria county, and there he resided until his death, September 20, 1852. It is said of him that he was the most useful, indomitable, earnest pioneer of Protestant Episco))alianism in the west, and indeed the history of that church does not point out a more distinguished worker on this continent. Bishop (yhase married Miss Mary Fay. of Vermont, in 1795. She died, leaving thi'ee children: Philander, George and Dudley. The first named was a clergyman until his death in 1823; George became a lawyer, but died in early manhood ; and Dudley, a clergyman, resides at Philadelphia.

To his second wife, Miss Sophia M. InOTaham, three children were born.: Henry, manager of the Chase Elevator Company, Chicago; Mary, wife of Rev. Jacob iS. Chamberlain, of, Topeka, Kan.; and Philander, who resided in Stark c6unty until his death in 1872,

Philander Chase, youngest son of Bishop Chase, was bom at Worthington, Ohio, June 8, 1824; educated at Jubilee College, and ordained in 184(5. For many" years he was missionary preacher in Peoi'ia and Stark counties. In November, 1852, he, with his family, settled in Valley townsljip. -In 1850 he removed to Wyoming, as pastor of St. Luke's church; but early in 1800 returned to his farm, still conducting services at Wyoming. In February, 1804, he moved to Jubilee, pi'cached iji Fulton" and Iroquois counties until 1808. Early in 1809 he returned to Valley township, and resided on his farm his death, A])ril 23, 1872. He was married to Miss Anna K. Ingraham, May 14, 1842. Of their children, Ilebor is a merchant at Wady Petra; Philander, a farmer of Wymore, Neb.; AV^illiam I., ])ublisher of the /School Herald, Chicago; Elliott, a merchant of Wichita, Kan.; Henry E., a teacher, of Clarksburg, W. Va.; Alice C, on the editorial staff of the Inter Ocean, Chicago; Laura, now Mrs. B. II. Freeman, of Freei)ort, Kan.; L. So])hia M., teacher at Piverside, 111., and Anna Content, a teacher of this county. ( Vide Jlidunes of Toulon and Y alley ^^

Conclusion

In 1870 the nationality of our foreign population was as follows : British, 308 ; Canadian, i07; Irish, 359; Scotch, 147; German, 158; Scandinavian, 178; French, 9. In 1880 there were 10,007 native and 1,200 foreign born residents. These numbers are made uj) as follows : 1 Bohemian, 145 Dutch, 359 Irish, 267 English and Welsh, 142 Scotch,

108 Canadians, 7 French, 151 Swedes and ISTorwegians, and 4 Swiss. The native population comprises 0,711, Illinois; 107, Indiana; 531, New York; 868, Ohio; 628, Pennsylvania; 40, Kentucky; 68, Missouri; 23, Tennessee; 116, Virginia;' and 29, Wisconsin. In 1850 the pojnilation of the county seat and township was only 377.