Lincoln Township (part 1 of 2)

Lincoln Township

Lincoln township, the most central township in the county, is bounded on the north by Franklin; east by Myers and Liberty; south by Trenton, and west by Harrison. It is six miles north and south, eight miles east and west, and has 30,720 acres of land.

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad passes through it from north to south, about two miles from its western border. It is watered by the Weldon River and by Muddy and Honey creeks. The Weldon River on the west, the Muddy in the center, and Honey Creek on the east. These streams pass entirely through the township north and south. A few springs are found, and the township, as may be seen, is well watered.

The land is very rich, easy of cultivation, and generous in its yield. It has some fine timber, and is composed of three-fifths wooded and of twofifths prairie land.

It is the banner township for grapes and wine making, and has in it some of the finest apple orchards, both in size and in quality of the fruit, to be found in the countj^ The orchard of William P. Martin is especially worthy of notice for its sfze and its splendid quality of fruit.

Much of the history of the township will be found in the general history of the county, and in this special record there may be more or less of imperfection. The old pioneer has forgotten many interesting incidents of those early days, and in many cases has forgotten a portion of others. While the general collection of facts will be found of interest and of a reliable nature, we could have wished to present a more perfect record of their early trials. The author will here mention the names of Mr. Jesse Bain,

P. W. Bain, Capt. and Mrs. Jarvis Woods, B. B. Cornvvell and Jacob Bain,, for their great i^indness and assistance rendered hiin in his search for facts.

The township of Lincoln was first settled in 1837. The first settlers pitching their tents November 12th of that year. The colony consisted of thefollowing five families: Eiason Bain, Samnel Kelso, Jesse Bain, Henry Foster and William Dille. Their camping ground was on the nortiiwest quarter of section twenty-two, about 300 yards east of the Bain school-house and about forty rods northeast of the residence of Jesse Bain. They traveled many hundred miles to reach their new home, and were wf»ter-bound and compelled to remain encamped several days on Shoal Creek, in Livingston county, on account of high water. They spread thf^ir tents on a beautiful wooded ground, not far from the waters of the Big Muddy, within a short distance of each other. Here for six weeks they lived until their combined assault on the forest had secured them the timber for cabin homes placed upon their selected lands - each of the settlers having staked out a claim of 360 acres of government land.

- This band of pioneers had come from Ohio and Indiana; had left their native States, social life, the fertile soil and all the comforts of civilization, to make an habitation and a name in the then wilderness of the West. They made a home, and yet that spot of camping ground is still a wooded dell, and, in that section, is held almost sacred by the settlers. It is a portion of the farm of Mr. Jesse Bain, and lies within about 300 yards of the Bain school-house.

The lands as selected made them neighbors, and the settlers passed the first winter, as all were passed in those early times, in hardship and hard work.. They had a hand corn-mill which had been purchased of Daniel Devaul at Moore's settlement, on their way to their new home, and (That was the only way they had to grind their corn, the principal article of food, unless they went to the nearest horse-mill, then located some twenty-six miles distant in Daviess county, at a place called Millport, which was also a post-office and a sort of trading-post, kept by Jesse Mornan. There was another mill at Navetown, in Livingston county, now called Spring Hill, twenty miles away, and started soon after the settlement of the up country. The few hand-mills to be found in the different colonies were limited in their operations. The demand became greater as families moved in, and Millport and Navetown began to loom up in importance.

Navetown was a sort of trading-post and post-oflSce, and at that time the only one that received a patronage. North of Livingston. county thetrading was done with the currency of the country, which consisted principally of deer skins, venison hams, honey, beeswax, muskrat and mink skins, with here and there a Spanish quarter or a Mexican dollar thrown in by way of variety. This was the situation for the first year. Some few families were heard of in the east, but not near enough for neighbors. In the fall of 1838 some ten more families had gathered around the I3a;n-Kelso settlement, and the clearing began to assume the a])i)earance of civilization. That fall James Bunch put up a horse-mill in the Thompson settlement, about seven miles distant, and over the river. This was better than going twenty miles to mill, and the settlers took prompt advantage of this great accommodation. Mr. Bunch furnished the mill but the pioneers had to produce the motive power. The first hitched his horse to it, and ground out his bag of corn, then the next, and so on. The mill was a pretty stout affair and Mr. Bunch's principal business was to take in the toll during the grinding season. In the Mormon war, which broke out in Daviess county, that fall, a few recruits WTre called for and Jesse Bain and Samuel Kelso, Daniel Devaul and some others volunteered. They came back safe after seeing the Mormons scattered. The settlers were now hard at work, new comers rapidly appeared and the Big Muddy was flanked on both sides with a liardy and progressive people. A new settlement had been building up rapidly on the east side, and farms had been staked out. The Kirkendalls, Stokes, Cochrans, Moores and Woods had made their homes there during the spring and summer of 1838. The farmers now began to feel at home. The government had surveyed the land and the settlers were ready and anxious to enter the claims they had preempted, pay for the same and secure the deeds for their new homes. For the want of school-houses and churches, the settlers, in the spring of '38, united and under the lead of Mr. Riason Bain held class-meetings. This continued until late in summer, when the services of Kev. Thomas Peery were secured, who preached the first sermon ever heard in what is now Lincoln township, and at the house of E,iason Bain. In August, 1839, Mr. Riason Bain died, and from that time on the Methodist organization began to decline, preaching only taking place occasionally. Soon after the Methodists had secured the services of Dr. Beery, the Presbyterians, under the lead of Mr. Samuel Kelso, engaged the Rev. Wm. Clark to preach for them. His first sermon was delivered at the house of Samuel Kelso. This service was continued until a church was built in 1855, generally once a month and always at Mr. Kelso's house. Camp-meetings were begun in 1840, and the ground these meetings, or one of them, were held on, was a part of the original camping ground of the first settlers. Some few log huts were built for the purpose and puncheon seats were made in the open air and under trees for the accommodation of visitors. These meetings generally lasted about ten days, or if the spirit moved them lively, and it became extremely interesting, the sessions would hold for two weeks. This camp-meeting ground was used as such for many years. These gatherings were immense social affairs, and the camp-meeting was a necessity of the times. The friendly Indians of the Sacs and Iowa tribes used to make these camp-meeting huts their headquarters in winter, for they still roamed the valley of the Grand River as a hunting ground. The chiefs of these hunting parties were Poweshiek, of the lowas, Wapello, of the Foxes, Totomah and Tucqua, belonging to the Sacs tribes. These tribes made their liomes in this valley up to 1837.

The United States survey, which took in all the lands in the county, was made by General Lisbon Applegate, and one of his assistants in the survey of some twenty-four congressional townships was Capt. Jarvis Woods, yet an honored resident of Lincoln township.

From Captian Wood we learned of his first settlement and something of pioneer life' in those days. Settlers being few and far between, each one had to rely on himself, and the more he was able to assume the position of jack-of-all-trades, the less of trials and vexation and more of success awaited him. The captain brought his own corn-mill, but it was no easy job for one man to turn it, although it was called a hand-mill. Flour could be purchased at Glasgow for the modest sum of sixteen dollars per barrel, hauling free to the seller, but as it was about ninety miles to Glasgow, and money hadn't got to growing on trees in those times, flour was not so plentiful as to make it one of the common necessaries of life, but was considered a luxury. Mrs. Wood used to tend garden, milk the cow, hoe potatoes, and when she hadn't anything else to do, went into the field and dropped corn. And this was what the pioneer women all did. They were not behind their husbands, fathers or brothers in their allotted work.

Wm. F. Cornwell moved to this township in October, 1838. His son, B. B. Cornwell, one of the best farmers in all that section, who is living to-day, came with him. He located one of the finest farms on the Big Muddy. The son is now living within a mile and a half of the old homestead, and has lived on the present farm thirty -one years. The settlers in those early days carried on quite a trade with the Indians. The latter were well provided with amunition, furnished by Government traders, and the settlers got nearly all the powder and lead they used from them. The Indians bought skins from the settlers, and not only paid in powder and lead, but often had notions which they traded. This saved the old pioneers many a long, wear}"- tramp, or ride, while it was in the Indian's line of business. It has been supposed by many that the whites sold the Indians their war and hunting supplies, but here are cases well vouched for that show it was the Indians who sold to the whites. These parties of friendly Indian hunters were well provided, and were able in many instances to take all the skins the settlers had to sell.

The first death in this township was that of Miss Emily M. Cochran, a young girl twelve years of age. The first coffin made held her remains. It was made of black walnut, the logs split, and then dressed with a broad-axe. After being put together it was waxed all over, the cracks filled in, then

The settlers in the township had ^ot pretty well advanced. They had secured their homes, had made rapid headway in clearing their land, had in fact been a l)and of brothers, helping each other by times. They were raising food enough for themselves and for their horses and cattle; the hogs roamed the woods, lived and fatted on mast, and it did begin to look as if a really prosperous future was before them. They began to think about schoolhouses and clmrches. The children had often been gathered at the houses or cabins of the neighbors to study, and had progressed in many instances so as to spell and read, but the want of schools was severely felt.

The First School

The first school taught in Lincoln township was by Amos Dille, a brother of Wm. Dille. His education was limited but he was capable of imparting the rudiments of education, or, as it was called in those days, their A B C's, and to read, write and cipher. He taught for three months in the falls of 1839-40. The following summer there was no school, but in the winter of 1840-41 Jetferson Forrest taught a session of three months. In the summer of 1841 John Sutton made his appearance and, being capable, was called upon to teach during the summer months; this he did to the general satisfaction. In the winter of 1841-42 another arrangement was made, and Jefferson Forrest coming back he was engaged to teach that winter and also the winter of 1842-43. All of these schools had been taught in the old deserted cabins of the settlers. The schools were now kept pretty regularly. Robert Houston followed Jetferson Forrest in the summer and fall of 1843, and the fact of his teaching is fresh in the minds of many of the boys of those days now grown to manhood. Those old forsaken and rudely-constructed huts still did duty as the seats of learning for several years. Henry Foster's was the first of these cabins which became known as an institution of learniuff, but there were several and all were free. Mr. Robert Speers came after Mr. Houston in 1847-48. Such is the record of Lincoln township's school days of early times. It was not much the children of those days had to brag of in the way of education, but what little time and opportunity came within their reach they improved.

First School-House

The first school-house was built in the fall of 1849. It was located on the west bank of Muddy Creek, on section fifteen, east side, and about the center of the section north and south. Tiiere was nothing of beauty in the simple structure, it was rather substantial, but primitive in its style of architecture. The logs were round, or nearly so, and dressed in their native bark; the windows were holes made and fenced around with logs; the fire- place took up nearly one end of the building, and was composed of the best quality of Lincoln township mud, interlaced with a fine assortment of sticks. Logs were split into slabs and the roof was made, and held on by weight-poles; the floor was mother earth; puncheon seats and desks of the latest styles of the art, by the best backwoods artists of the day, were furnished free to the scholars. In fact, it was a work of love, and the school was free to all so far as the building was concerned. In winter, paper was put over the windows - it kept the cold out, but did not darken the room. The building was considered a great achievement at that time, and it was far superior to the deserted cabins of the old pioneers. A teacher was secured, and the parents who sent their children paid him. This building was used three winters, when it was given up, the school being again taught in the best vacant cabin in the neighborhood, until a log church and schoolhouse, in a better location, and a better building, was put up in 1855.

The First Church

The settlers at last got together and concluded to erect a building that would answer for both church and school, although it afterward went by the name of the " Log Church." It was not parftcularl}' renowned for the beauty of its finish, or the height of its spire, but it was a good comfortable house of worship, built of cottonwood logs, primitive in its inside arrangement and finish, with puncheon floor, seats and desks. It served for school and church purposes for six years, when it burned down. It was supposed to have been set on fire, but no investigation was made. Church service was again held for several years at the houses of the settlers, each taking turns. The church burned had been the joint property of the Methodists and Presbyterians.

It was not until 1868 that the next house of worship was built. The settlers once more united and determined to have a church. There had, by this time, come into the district Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians and Lutherans, and the members of the four denominations united and built a union church at the cost of $800; each denomination holding services once a month. It was a neat frame building, exclusively for church purposes, and was nicely arranged inside with seats, and desk and platform for the minister. It was built on the site of the one burned down, and was called the Kelso Church. It still stands and is yet known by its first name. Its size was 36x42, and many who subscribed for its erection, gave labor, some lumber, and some money; each was valued at its market price, and allowed on their subscription. All could not pay money, but they could furnish labor and lumber, or whatever they had, and the church was completed without a jar, all fulfilling their parts nobly and well.

a Presbyterian church, and it was called the Paint Lick Church. This was a frame building, some 30x40 feet in size, and was as well arranged as could be, for the times. It flourished exceedingly well until the breaking out of the civil war, in 1861. This demoralized the whole country. At first the sentiment was pretty equally divided, recruits joining both northern and southern armies, but toward the close of the war a pretty solid Union sentiment had taken place. Winchell Chapel was erected by the Methodists soon after the building of the Kelso Church, and about two miles from the same - a neat and, from its location, a pleasant place of worship. It was used both as church and school for a few years, and was about midway between Muddy and Honey creeks. The building has long since been vacated and destroyed. Its place is still vacant.

New Settlers

There were two immigration periods in the history of Lincoln township worth recording. These were the years 1851 and the fall and winter of 1865 -66. The flow of settlers, in 1851, came principally from Kentucky, and the last were from Ohio and Michigan. These were the exceptional years, but there was a pretty steady arrival of new settlers for several years. They also came better prepared in worldly wealth, and were valuable acquisitions to the population of the townsiiip.

The War Period

This proved a very unfortunate, as well as demoralizing period in the history of the township and county. Lincoln furnished volunteers for both sides, and neighborly feeling received a rude shock. A regiment was raised for the Union army, and some two companies were formed for the Confederate forces. Captain John Coleman raised one of the companies which joined the southern army. In both armies were to be found voluuteers from the township of Lincoln who were mustered in at Trenton. During this whole period of four years the township remained at a standstill. Improvements were very slow, and little was undertaken, except raising the bare necessaries of life. Nothing was known as to the outcome, and gloom pervaded the hearts of the people. It was not the tramping of armies, but the destruction of confidence, the loss of neighborly feeling, and the dark uncertainty of the future which conspired to depress the people and give to all minds a continual fear and foreboding of some future calamity. The war at last ended, and confidence began to be restored, but it came slowly. The influx of new settlers, however (spoken of before), who came in 1865-66, began to put a new face upon affairs, and the old settlers assumed a more cheerful and hopeful tone. The following year also proved a good one to Grundy county in the way of population. Quite a large German immigration came in from Illinois, and settled in the county, and Lincoln received her portion of the strangers, and they have proved most valuable citizens. Judge Y. Briegel, the most prominent among the German arrivals of that period, is one of the most progressive and successful farmers of the county, and is a resident of Lincoln township. The year 1868 opened prosperously and brightl}' for the settlers, and that year can be called the school year of the township. Never before or since has there been as many school-houses erected, as in 1868. They have quite a number of bridges in the township, the principal one crossing the Weldon river at or near McKeen's crossing. It was placed there at a cost of $2,000. There are several other bridges, one costing $300, another $226, and others still less. All are kept in good repair. The bridges are paid for. The amount necessary for bridge purposes was promptly raised,, and is denominated the bridge fund.

The county court met in its regular term, November, 1872, for the purpose of organizing the county into municipal districts, as required by the new township organization law, which had become the law of the State. Its bounds were defined by the judges as follows: All of township No. 62, of range 24-, and sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30^ 31 and 32, of township No. 62, and range 23, was to be known as Lincoln township. There are no towns of note in the district, and but one known by name, Tindall. It is a railroad station, has a depot building, six houses, a good-sized corn-crib, and a small cattle-yard. It is situated on rather low ground, the houses are comfortable, the gardens of good size, and the door-yards covering any amount of land required. This is Tindall, the metropolis of Lincoln township. Its mayor and council, city marshal, railroad station agent and postmaster is represented in the person of J. P. Ward, a thorough business man and a courteous gentleman.

Its Public Servants

Its first registration officer was Edward Chambers, appointed by the county court to register votes for the spring election of 1873. The judges of that election were Isaiah Brainerd, Yalentine Briegel, Sen., and J. T. Wyatt. Under the new township organization law five county justices were to be elected. One at large and one each from the four districts as arranged by the county court. Valentine Briegel, Sen., was elected from the county at large, a resident of Lincoln township. The first justice of the peace elected was James R. Devaul.

One of the saddest afiairs occurring in the county marked the annals of Lincoln township. It was the death of a young, intelligent and highly ed- ucated lady, Miss Arairiinta J. Ilossoin, in the nineteenth year of her age. Her grace of person and sweetness of disposition had endeared her to all, her family and she were held in very higli esteem by her neighbors and friends.

Her brother, a yonng man of excellent character and well educated, had been teaching: a school at what was called the Yeacli school-house, some three miles from their home, and had been taken sick. He worried over it, and his sister told him that she would teach for him until he got well. He at first declined, but she insisted that he would get well quicker if he knew the school was going all right, and the change would be good for her, and so he consented. She rode the family horse to school, and that was the last time the family saw her alive.

bhe taught school that day, mounted her horse and started home. There a bridge to cross, not over four feet high, and the creek had very little water, but was several inches deep in mud. The horse was blind in one eye and it is supposed that in stepping on the bridge he got too near the edge and Miss Hossom in trj'ing to guide him nearer the center the animal backed off the bridge. The print was plain where the young lady first struck on her feet in the mud, but when the horse fell as she slid off, he seemed to have to have fallen against her, knocking her over with her face downward in the mud, and in his wild struggles rolled on her, smothering her to death before recovering his feet.

The horse got out and started for home, and passed the house of Mr. J. P. Ward, who, seeing no rider, the horse all covered with mud, and knowing Miss Hossom had rode the animal to school, gave the alarm and started at once for the school-house to see what was the matter. In crossing the bridge he discovered the young lady lying face downward and pressed into the mud. He at once went to the rescue and raised her head but she gave no sign of life, and help coining the body was taken to the home she had left so bright and happy in the morning. It was indeed a heart-rending scene. Not only were her parents prostrated with grief, but the brother, in his anguish at his loss, accused himself of being her murderer. "If she had not gone to teach for me she would have been alive now," were his words, and notwithstandino: all that could be done he mourned her loss until his self-accusing spirit found rest only in death. He survived his sister but ten days. And thus were two bright and loving children in the early blush of rising womanhood and manhood called awa}', and the sorrow-stricken parents left to mourn alone The parents are alone to-day but the sorrow of the past still abideth with them, and, it is plain to be seen, will, until in God's chosen time he calls them to meet the loved ones that have gone before.

A Memorable Tramp

It would have been pleasant reading to those of this day if a full and complete account could have been given of a memorable tramp madeb}' William Dille and Jacob Bain, from their home to Burlington, Iowa. The nearest way was then through the Indian country. Young Bain was taken along because he could talk the Indian language. They walked the entire distance and camped several nights with the Indians. One night the Indians were suspicious of the honesty of their white guests, and coolly took away their saddle-bags in which they carried what changes they needed and other provisions, and examined them. It turned out they were looking to see if the white men had any bridles. They had taken them for horse-thieves and thought they were after their ponies. Finding them all right, they remained all night and parted good friends in the morning. It was a narrow

A Solid Note

The old pioneei", among other things in tliose early days, was short in the articles of paper, pens and ink. To be sure there was but little demand for them, yet when they did want them, they wanted them bad. They were however, generally equal to the emergency, and a substitute was secured in some way.

The first note given in Lincoln township was by John Rockhold, of Kentucky, and was made in favor of Capt. Jarvis Wood, of Grundy county, for the sum of ten dollars for value received. Mr. Rockhold wanted Mr. Wood's horse, there being something about the animal which seemed to take his eye. Whether the bones were less prominent, or the ribs less plainly to be seen on the Captain's horse than on his own Mazeppa, historj', and especially this history, does not record; but Mr. John Rockhold was willing to swap horses. Capt. Woods seemed willing to trade, but decided, on a careful examination of Rockhold's animal, that his had fifteen dollars more of limbs, bone and muscle than Rockhold's. He couldn't exactly tell where that extra fifteen dollars was located, but insinuated to Rockhold that it was scattered sortof promiscuously all over the animal. Anyway the Captain was sure it was there. To this Mr. Rockhold demurred, he couldn't find the fifteen dollars worth of extra horse-flesh on that animal to save his life, when he took a good square look at his own steed. In true jocky style, Mr. Rockhold jumped on his Bucephalus and put him through his paces, and declared that that horse was a superior animal. But the Captain was firm. He saw more horse in his own animal, and less in Rockhold's, and the latter must make up the difli"erence in some way or no trade.

Rockhold felt the force of these remarks, and also, that a crisis had come, and he met it bravely by offering ten dollars to boot, and no questions asked. "Well, there was nothing mean about the Captain, and feeling that Kockhold meant fair, the trade was made. And right here was where that "solid note" came in.

Mr. John Roekhold had not ten dollars just then, and Capt. "Woods didn't have a scrap of paper, pen, ink or pencil. But Rockhold meant to ride that other horse, and as the Captain's house made of logs had been hewn flat on the inside, it was just tiie thing, and so Rockhold took a piece of coal out of the fire and wrote:

There was no date to the note, and the length of time it was to run would seem, to the close observer, as rather indefinite, but it was a solid, substantial note, and likely to stay till he got back, and it did. Rockhold came back, paid the note, and it was duly '- wiped " out by him. And that was the first note given in Lincoln township, and no one will dispute the fact that it was a "solid" one.

In 1874 the assessed valuation of Lincoln township was $255,777, and was the second in wealth and population that year. The census of 1880 makes it the fourth in population - Marion, Jefferson and Trenton leading her - Jefferson, however, by only nineteen. The assessment for 1881 was not returned by municipal, but by congressional townships.

The following named gentlemen are the present township officers: Trustee, C. D. Gass; Collector and Constable, H. A. H. Kelso; Clerk. R. W. Hossom; Justices of the Peace, Millard Bosworth and J. L. Lowen,

Biographical Sketches Solomon Asher

Was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, November 24, 1827. He is a son of J. S. Asher and Jane, nee Shoemaker. His parents were natives of Ohio, and now both deceased. He was reared on a farm and educated at the district school of the county of his birth and liv^ed there till he was forty-two years of age, then moved to Missouri and located where he now lives. He was married on December 27, 1849, to Miss' Elizabeth Ellen Birch who was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, on March 26, 1827. Her parents were also natives of Ohio, and both are now deceased.

7, 1854; Alice J., born March 22, 1856; Edwin F., born February 24, 1858; Benjamin F., born February 5, 1860; W. A. E., born December 31, 1862; and Solomon S., born June 17, 1865. When Mr. A slier was fourteen yearsof age he joined the Baptist Church, and for over twenty years has been a deacon in the same, and does not want to be a cipher but an active and energetic member while he lives. The family are all members of the same church. He started in life poor and penniless, but his ambition was to make his mark in the world not only as to accumulating property but to make his life a useful one, and nobly has he fulfilled his purpose. He now is the owner of two hundred and eighty acres of one of the finest farms in the county, all under a high state of cultivation with fine improvements and well stocked; he makes a specialty of sheep husbandry, having now a choice flock of Spanish Merinos and native graded. He says that the Osage orange hedge is no longer an experiment with him, but a success, and on his farm is over fonr miles of as complete a fence and as finely a trimmed hedge as can be seen in the county. He is undoubtedly one of those useful men that will be sadly missed when he leaves his station on earth. Few enjoy so much of the public confidence and esteem as this worthy family.

Isaiah Brainerd

Presiding judge of the county court of Grundy county, was born in Greenville^ Mercer county, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1822. He is the son of Isaiah and Jeannette Brainerd. His mother died when he was five years old, and his father one year later, and he was thus thrown upon relatives for support. He lived with his grandfather and relatives until he was eleven years old when he began to work as a farm hand and at brick-making for wages, thereby supporting himself. Although having but few opportunities to obtain an education he had acquired enough learning by the time he was eighteen to teach school. In 1840 he went to Jirooke county, Virginia, where he made his home with a brother, and taught school one term, then was variously employed until 1842, when he went to La Grange, Jefi'erson county, Ohio, where he was employed in a steam flonring-mill until 1850 when he engaged in brick-makin": for one season. In 1 852 he en^ao'ed in general merchandising: at La Grange, and continued in the business until 1857. He next removed to and settled on a farm in Belmont county, Ohio, where he pursued farming and milling until 1860. In this latter year he came to Missouri, and engaged in farming as a renter one season in Grundy county, and then went to Benton county, Iowa, in 1861, where he still pursued fanning as a renter. In the year 1863 he returned to Grundy county and permanently settled, and engaged in dealing in stock on a small scale, with James Leaper and Cyrus Ramage, under the firm style of Leaper, Brainerd & Ramage. In 1864 Mr. Ramage retired from the firm, changing the firm to Leaper & Brainerd, who continued in business until 1837 when they discontinued, and lie lias since that time engaged in farming exclusively. In 1878 he was elected county judge for Grundy county, and in 1880 was elected presiding justice of the county court, which position he still holds.

Judge Brainerd has been married live times. His first wife was Miss Mary E. Cha]])hanst, of La Grange, Ohio, whoiij he married in March, 1844;^ she died at the same place in April, 1849. By this union he has one child living: Caroline, wife of Henry Montgomery, of Spickardsville. Miss Amy E. Cox, of La Grange, Ohio, became his second wife in April, 1851; she died in La Grange in 1853. He has one child living by this marriage, whoisnow the wife of Samuel Gray, of Kansas City. In 1854 he was united in. marriage to Miss Ann Amelia Cox, of Washington, Washington county, Pennsylvania; she died in Grundy county, Missouri, in 1862. Four children were the issue of this marriage, three of whom are now living; namely, Jennie D., wnfe of A. Johnson, M. D., of Watson, Missouri; Eva A., of Effingham, Kansas; and Lizzie C, a school teacher. His fourth wife was Mrs. Maiy Sharp, of Trenton, whom he married in February, 1865; 8h& died in October, 1876, leaving one child, Sallie, now living at home. Judge Brainerd married Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, nee Spaulding, his present wife, in. August, 1877.

Judge Brainerd is one of the most energetic and progressive men in Grundy county, and his uprightness and integrity have won for him a large circle of warm friends.

The subject of this sketch is entitled to the honor of being the first white settler that had a family and located in Lincoln township, Grundy county, Missouri, and now, in 1881, is still living. His birth-place was in Muskingum county, Ohio, and the date June 21, 1812. He was the eldest son of Kiason and Ellender Bain. His father was born upon the present site of Wheeling, West Virginia, April 19, 1791. His mother was also a native of Virginia, born in 1797. Our subject lived in Muskingum county till about twenty-two years of age, and then moved to Rush county, Indiana, and remained there till the spring of 1837, then in company with his father and his only full brother, Jacob, started to find a home in the then far West.. They crossed the Mississippi Hiver at St. Louis on April 9, 1837, and traveled one hundred and fift}^ miles in a southwest course to Pulaski county,. Missouri, and there the families remained and raised one crop, but in the jneantime the father and Jesse Bain were continually prospecting. Accidently falling in with Lisbon Applegate, United States surveyor, who had just returned from surveying the Grand River country, he told them that the only way he could make his report as to that country was "better than first rate." They therefore explored the county and being perfectly satisfied returned to Pulaski county and gathering up their families and personal effects started, September 10, 1837, for the Grand River country, and on the 12th day of November, 1837, located in what is now the townsliip of Lincoln, Grnndy county. While in Pulaski county, Mr. Jesse Bain was married, on the 10th of August, 1837, to Miss Catharine Ogletree, who was a native of Overton county, T'ennessee, and born ISTovember 1, 1818. Four children were the frnits of this marriage, two of whom are still living; viz., P. W. Bain and O. G. Bain. Mrs. Bain died in the fall of 1857, and he was again united in marriage, on November 10, 1858, to Miss Mary Rock, a native of Barren county, Kentucky, and born January 12, 1834. By this marriage there are four children; viz., Walter G., Anna, Jesse D. and Hallie May.

Mr. Bain started in this township a poor boy not worth $20, but now, by industry and good management has accumulated a nice property, owning three hundred and twenty acres of the choicest land in Lincoln township, all improved and stocked, and two very fine orchards. During the civil war he was a member of company E, Seventh Missouri State militia. In 1849 he crossed the plains to California, where he remained for some time, and then returned b}'' water, and during the voyage home was shipwrecked but managed to escape.

Wa^ born on April 27th, 1845, in Overton county, Tennessee. His father, Jesse Bain,- was a native of Ohio, and his mother, Catharine, a native of Tennessee. When an infant he was brought by his parents to Grundy county, that being the place of their residence, but, at the time of his birth they were visiting in Tennessee. He received Jiis education in the district schools of Trenton, and lived on a farm until the age of sixteen years, and then, at the beginning of the civil war, enlisted as a member of the Missouri State militia and served for one year. Then became a member, as a non-commissioned officer, of company A, Forty-fourth Missouri volunteer infantry, and with this regiment served faithfully till the close of the war. On August 15th, 1865, he received an honorable discharge. He thus served over four years as an active Union soldier while yet a minor. After the close of the war he devoted himself to acquiring an education and soon became a very successful teacher, and followed this profession for five years in the public schools of the county. He was then elected to the office of county collector, which office he filled for two years with credit to himself and profit to the county. For, as others say, he worked harder and collected more money than any of his predecessors. After this he engaged in farming in Lincoln township, where he has built for himself a beautiful home, owning one hundred and twenty acres of well cultivated land with a fine residence and an excellent orchard. He was united in marriage, April 6, 1869, to Miss Angeline Linney, a native of Grundy county, and who was born September 15, 1850. By tliis marriai^e tliey liave tliree cliildren: William W., born April 1, 1870; Claude J., born October 7, 1872; and Estella, born March 16, 1878. Mr. Bain takes more tlian an ordinary interest in having good schools, and believes the best legacy he can leave his children is a good education. He is, politically, a staunch liepublican. His accumulations have all been made by his own earnest labors and the aid of his worthy wife. They are both consistent members of the Baptist Church and active workers in the sabbath-school.

James Blow

Is a native of Tioga county, New York, and was born November 27, 1839. He is a son of Henry and Catharine Blow, both natives of New York, and who are -still (in 1881) residents of Tioga county. He lived there until twenty-four years of age, and there received his education. In 1863 he moved to Lapeer county, Michigan, resided there six years, and was there married to Miss Margaret Hodges, May 24, 1864. She was born in Lapeer county, Michigan, May 2, 1841. In 1868 he moved to Grundy county and located where he now and has ever since lived, engaged in farming. He started in life poor, but by hard labor and the assistaiice of a noble companion has secured a beautiful and pleasant home. They have six children: Charles Henry, born September 1, 1865; Maroey, born April 11, 1867; Frank, born October 5, 1870; Minard, born January 30, 1873; Merritt, born May 24, 1874; and James, born December 16, 1879. While in Michigan he was an active member of the A. F. & A. M. His farm is located near Tindall Station on the Rock Island road. He also owns a large interest in a saw-mill in Mercer county, to the attention of which he devotes a great deal of his time.

Valentine Briegel

A native of Bavaria, Germany, was born January 14, 1828, and lived there nntil 1841, when he immigrated to America and located in Monroe county, Illinois, where he remained for twenty-seven years, and on the eve of the general election, in 1868, after staying long enough to vote for Grant for president, started for Missouri and located in Lincoln township, Grundy county. Mr. Briegel was educated in Germany, and at the McKendree College, in Illinois. While in Illinois he was engaged in farming and merchant-milling, and since living in Missouri his business has been farmings stock-raising and horticulture. His farm, of three hundred and twenty acres, is called one of the finest in the county; and is well improved and stocked, with fine buildings, two splendid orchards and six acres of vineyard; he is one of the most extensive grape-growers and wine-makers in this part of the State.

barth, a native of Saxony, Germany, born May 13, 1832, and who came to America in 1834. By tliis union ten children have been born, seven of whom are still living; named, respectively, G. A. Briegel, born February 26, 1854; Louisa E., born October 20, 1855; Herman R. and Maggie A. (twins), born October 6, 1860; Albert F., born April 1, 1863; Pauline F., born February 23, 1865; and Karl F., born June 13, 1871. Valentine F. died at the age of twenty-two years, a very intelligent and promising young man, who, at the time of his death, was principal of the high school at Belleville, St. Clair county, Illinois. They lost two children in infancy. Mr. Briegel has almost continuously hlled the office of school director, and is a strong advocate of good schools. In May, 1873, he was elected president of the county court, which office he filled for four years with great credit and ability. The aged parents of our subject live with him. Adam Briegel, his father, was born in 1799, and his mother in 1804. They are both in fine liealth and spirits, and enjoy their Missouri home with their kind son and his excellent and highly respected family.

C. K. Brown

Native of Somerset county, Maine, was born October 2, 1833, and lived there till he was about twenty-four years of age, when he moved to Wiscon- .sin. In the year 1857 he removed to Adams county, Illinois, where he followed school-teaching, farming and surveying; was one of the leading educators of Somerset county, Maine, and Adams county, Illinois. He was united in marriage, on March 17, 1861, to Miss Martha Moi'gan, a native of Morgan count}', Indiana, but mostly reared in Adams county, Illinois. She was born April 12, 3840. Her parents moved to Iowa in 1865, but subsequently to Grundy county, where they how reside - her father in the seventy -fifth year of his age and the mother in her seventieth year. Six -children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown, five of whom are still living; viz., Oliver K., born August 10, 1862; Clarence, born June 28, 1866; Chester, born January 8, 1868; Lena, born May 30, 1871; and Andrew, born September 9, 1879. Laura, born February 25, 1878, died December 18, 1879. In the spring of 1876 Mr. Brown moved to Grundy county, and located on the farm now occupied by him in Lincoln township. In 1880 he was elected to the office of county surveyor, which position he is now filling. He takes an active interest in educational matters; owns a fine farm of two hundred acres of valuable land, well improved and stocked. Most of this was accumulated by his own industrj^ and the aid of his worthy companion. He secured a fine education in the best schools in his native State, and became quite proficient in the languages and higher mathematics.

John O. Buren

Son of John J, and Cosby Buren, nee Peery, was born in St. Louis county, Missouri, October 21, 1851. His father was a native of Tennessee. When the subject of tliis sketeli was only one year old his ]iarents moved to county and located in Edinburnj, but liis father only lived about three weeks after settling there, aiid died December 25, 1852; he was presiding elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and just prior to liis death had been stationed for four years at St. Louis; he was possessed of fine ability, and M-as a zealous laborer in the Master's vineyard. His mother was a native of Tazewell county, Virginia, and one of twelve children, all of whom lived to be over seventy years of age, and is now the only surviving member of the iamil}'^, in the seventy-third year of her age. She is a lady of remarkable vigor of mind and body for her advanced age. She is now living with her son.

John O. Bureu was educated at Trenton and at Grand River College. In Trenton he learned the shoemaker's trade. Shortlv after his father's -death his mother moved on her farm in Daviess county, and here he remained till 1869, then came to Trenton and lived about eleven j'ears, and for the last four years has been engaged in farming. While in Trenton he filled the position of deputy postmaster, and kept a confectionery store. He was united in marriage, September 8, 1874, to Miss Mary H. McCollum, a native of Guernsey count}^, Ohio, born May 14, 1855. By this union they have t)ne little daughter, named Dora May, born August 31, 1875.

G. D. Carpenter

-Son of Christian B. and Elizabeth Carpenter, was born in Garrard county, Kentucky, October 1, 1853. His parents moved to Missouri in the fall of 1854, and settled in Grundy county, near where the subject of this sketch now lives. His father died February 1, 1865, and his mother February 4, 1865. Thus at an early age he was suddenly bereft of his parents and their -counsel, and left to fight the battles of life alone. He was reared on the farm which he now occupies, and had but little opportunity of getting an education. He has worked diligently and saved the proceeds of his labor, and now owns a home of eighty-six acres of choice land. January 15, 1873, Mr. Carpenter married Miss Johanna Scott, a native of Mahaska county, Iowa, born October 23, 1850. Her parents were natives of Ohio, but moved to Iowa and from there to Missouri, in 1851. Her father died about fourteen years ago, and her mother is still living. They have one -child, a bright little girl named Ora May, born February 25, 1876. Although he had but little chance of receiving an education, he is a well informed man. His wife is a lady of taste and refinement, and knows how to make home ha})py.

Is a native of Smith county, Tennessee, born December 6, 1827, and a son -of W. T. Cornwell, who was born in Prince William county, Virginia, March 12, 1800. W. T. Cornwell moved to Tennessee and married Miss Jane

Payne, November 21, 1824. She was born in Tennessee, October 25, 1799., They moved to Grundy county, in 1838, and lived here until 1868, then, moved to Chillicothe, where he died, March 10, 1874, and his wife died at her son, B. B. Cornwell's, February, 25, 1880. W. T. Cornwell and his family were ver^' early settlers in Grundy county and with but little means, yet by indomitable energy he overcome all the difficulties that environ the new settler and in a short time converted the wilderness into a beautiful home and gathered around him many of the comforts of life. He was a fine type of the old Virginia gentleman and died leaving a host of warm friends. B. B. Cornwell married Miss Ellen B. (Jochran, November 28, 1850. She was a native of Daviess county, Missouri, born February 13, 1834. Her father was a native of Ken tuck}', and her mother of Missouri. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cornwell; namely, William W., born October 4, 1851; Minerva, July 18, 1854; Abel C, March 9, 1858; Aurelius D., January 21, 1860; Samuel T., January 27, 1862; Lawrence P., November 17, 1863; Robert N., June 5, 1866; and David B., born June 6, 1856, and died February 24, 1857. Mr. Cornwell owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He served as postmaster at Tindall for ten years; is an active worker in educational matters, and is highly respected and esteemed as a worthy citizen.

Alfred T. Cornwell

The subject of this sketch is one of the bright and intelligent young men of our county. He was born in this county on November 26th, 1862, and is a son of J. P. Cornwell, and Martha A. Cornwell his wife, her maiden name being Martha A. Linney. His father was a native of Smith county, Tennessee, and was born February 14, 1832, and was one of the early settlers of Grund}' county. Mr. J. P. (]!ornwell married Martha A. Linney, February 1, 1860. She was a native of Bath county, Kentucky, born June 6, 1834, but came to Missouri wlien but an infant, her parents being among the first settlers of Grundy county; J. P. Cornwell died March 26, 1875 and left an estate of two hundred and eighty acres of fine land all well improved and stocked. He was a kind and loving husband and father. He left three children, Virginia, born November 2, 1860; Alfred T., the subject of this sketch; and Ida M, born December 21, 1864. Mrs. Cornwell, with the assistance of her son Alfred, carries on the farm. Alfred has spent several years at the Kirksville Normal School, qualifying himself for the profession of teaching and is a young man of more than ordinary intelligence and one highly spoken of by all who know him.

J. R. Custard

Was born in Vigo county, Indiana, September 2, 1837. When he was but an infant his parents moved to Delaware county, Ohio, where he was I'eared, and educated at a select school. He is the son Anthony Custard, who was the second white child born in Trnmbnll county, Ohio. His grandfather, Jacob Custard, was a commissioned officer in the Black Hawk "War and lived to be over one hundred years of age. J. R. Custard lived in Delaware county until twenty-six years of age, then moved to Grundy county, Missouri, and located where he now lives in Lincoln township. "Was married July 25, 1857, to Elizabeth M. Lloyd, a native of Cincinnati, born August 8, 1840. Ten children are the result of this union, nine of whom are living; to-wit, "William H., born September 25, 1858; Mary A., born September 29,1862; Charles R, born August 13,1864; Maude, born November 1, 1866; Harvey, born August 11, 1868; Carrie "W., born April 15, 1870; Gay, born October 20, 1871; Guy, born November 16, 1873; Bertie L., born September 22, 1875; and Bessie M., born September 11, 1877. Carrie "W. died August 18, 1873. He controls three hundred and forty acres of fine land located in the best part of Grundy county. He makes a specialit}- of Cotswold sheep, of which he has a fine flock, and also a few thorough-bred cattle, and two good orchards of choice fruits on his farms. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and of the Knights of Pythias. The family are highly esteemed for their social qualities.

Henry K. Davis

Eldest son of Henry Davis and Charlotte Davis, nee Dodge, was born in Macomb county, Michigan, June 30, 1834. He engaged in farming with his father, and sailed on the lakes about five or six years. Li 1862 he joined the Fifth Michigan cavalry and went from Detroit to "Washington, then to Fairfax, Virginia, and helped to drive the enemy out of "Warrington Junction; was there detailed to go to Centerville as sergeant to General Hayes; was engaged in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; after the latter he assisted to bury the dead. Had a brush with the enemy, under General Lee, at Hagerstown ; was captured and made prisoner while on the picket-line at Blackman's Ford, Bull Eun; in the fall of 1863 was sent to Libby Prison, and was exchanged in March, 1864. Joined his regiment at Falmouth in April, and in May was present at the battle of the "Wilderness and at Spottsylvania Court-house, where he was wounded, his ankle fractured, and shot in the leg, the bullet being there still; was sent to the hospitals at "Washington and Philadelphia, and was discharged February 22, 1865. November 14, 1868, Mr. Davis Inarried Miss Sarah "V^ells, daughter of John and Elizabeth "Wells. Three children were the result of this union, two are living, Agnes, born November 5, 1870; and Lana, born July 22, 1875; one is dead. He moved to Grundy county in 1870, and bought the farm he now lives on in 1876.

George W. Dennis

Is a native of Burlington county, New Jersey, and was born February 13, 1830. Is a son of Aaron and Mary Dennis, both natives of New Jersey. He lived there till twenty-five years of age, and there received his education. In 1855 he went to Lapeer county, Michigan, and lived there until 1867, then came to Grundy county, Missouri, where he has ever since lived, and engaged in fanning. He was married, September 21, 1857, to Anna Rainier, a native of Burlington county. New Jersey, born July 6, 1839. She was a daughter of John and Lydia A. Rainier, both natives of New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis have five children living; viz., Ada M., born September 13, 1860; Lydia E,, born March 31, 1862; Josephine, born March 26, 1864; Aaron, born March 28, 1870; and Dick, born August 17, 1873. Two died in infancy. This couple started in life without any financial assistance, but they have labored earnestly, reared a family, and have secured to themselves a pleasant home in one of the most delightful locations in Lincoln township. They are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church.

A native of LTnion county, Ohio, was born April 23, 1825. His father and mother were natives of New York; his mother died in 1845, and his father in 1854. He lived in Union county till his sixteenth year, then moved with his parents to Winnebago county, Illinois; lived there till 1853, then moved to Texas and located in Hunt county. After living there about three years he returned to Winnebago county, Illinois, and lived there till 1865, when he came to Grundy county, Missouri, and located upon land that he had purchased in 1860. He was married on December 12th, 1847, to Miss Lydia B. Butcher, a native of Ohio, born July 20, 1826. She was a daughter of Jesse and Sarah Butcher, both natives of West Virginia. By this marriage eight children were born, five of whom are living; viz., Calvin, born May 27, 1851; Sarah Jane, born May 9, 1853; Emily, born September 15, 1861; Frank, born February 9, 1864; and James, born September 12,1865; Orange L., born October 1, 1869, died October 19, 1850; Lucy, born September 25, 1855, died August 24, 1880; and Martha V., born September 11, 1859, died April 4, 1862. Mrs. Gates died September 27, 1865. Mr. Gates was united in marriage, on April 19, 1866, to Mrs. Louisa King, widow of Thomas King, who died while in the Union service at Springfield, Missouri, December 18, 1862. Thomas King w^as born in Virginia, February 28, 1813, and was married November 11, 1847, to the present Mrs. Gates, her maiden name being Louisa Ellis. She was born in Switzerland county, Indiana, April 24, 1826. Her father, Enos Ellis, died in 1813, and her mother, whose maiden name was Statira Sprague, died in August, 1878. By the marriage with Mr. King, four children were born;

VIZ., Francis M. King, born November 21, 1848; Sarah J., bom September 18, 1851; Mary A., born July 21, 1855, died May 1, 1872; and Wesley E., born July 1, 1861. By the marriage of Mr. Gates and Mrs. King, two children were born, and both died in infancy.

Mr. Gates owns one of the most beautiful homes in Grundy county, known as "The Elms," from the grove of ehn trees about his house. This home of ninety-two acres he, since 1865, converted out of a wilderness. It is now under a fine state of cultivation, with good buildings, a tine orchard, etc., etc.

Calvin Gates

Was born in Winnebago county, Illinois, May 27, 1851. lie is a son of Cyrus and Lydia Gates, both natives of Ohio. His father is now a resident of Grundy county, Missouri, and his mother died September 27, 1865. He was reared on a farm, and although oni}^ having the opportunity of attending the district school, yet received a good English education. He came to Grundy county when fourteen years of age. Mr. Gates was united in marriage to Miss Celia Hulse, November 25, 1878. She was born in Hunt county, Texas, in 1860. Her parents, Jacob and Lydia Hulse, now reside in Winnebago county, Illinois, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of New York. One child has been born to this couple; to-wit, Walter, a bright little boy, born July 8, 1879. Mr. Gates spent two years in California and Washington Territory. He has worked faithfully and husbanded his earnings and now owns a nice farm, improved and stocked, also good buildings and orchard.

Aaron Haynes

The subject of this sketch was born in Licking county, Ohio, February 18, 1842; is a son of Eli and Mary Haynes; his father being a native of Virginia and his mother of Ohio. His father died in 1856 and his mother in 1860. He lived in Licking county, Ohio, till October, 1868, when he moved to Missouri, and in March, 1869, located in Grundy county. He was educated in Ohio at the district schools and also at the Hartford Academy. October 29, 1867, Mr. Haynes married Miss Philena Biggs, who was born in Licking county, Ohio, April 17, 1846. She was a daughter of James and Susan Biggs, both natives of Virginia. Her father died in May, 1863, and her mother is still living in Ohio. They have had three children; named, respectively, Myrtle M., born Januar}^ 31, 1869; Charles, born August 15, 1872; and Eli S., born July 12, 1880. Mr. Haynes, by hard labor and good management, has secured to himself a tine farm, consisting of two hundred and eighty acres, two hundred of which are well improved and stocked. He makes sheep husbandry a specialty, and has four hundred head of fine Spanish Merinos. He has been very successful in the sheep business, and is now one of the leading sheep men in Grundy county.

Was born in Knox county, Ohio, February 29, 1820, and is a son of Ezekiel and Susannah Hendriclcson, the first a native of North (Carolina, and the latter of Virginia. His father died August 7, 1877, and liis mother February 9, 1851. When about two years of age he went with his parents to Monroe county, Indiana, and lived there nntil 1863, then came to Missouri and located in Lincoln township, Grundy county. He was married February

13, 1845, to Sarah Jane Fleener, who was born in Monroe county, Indiana, February 26, 1826. By this union eleven children have been born, eight of whom are still living: Martha Jane, wife of L. Evans; William JS'., minister of the Christian Church; James F., a farmer; E. D., a farmer; P. J., studying medicine; Leander, John and George A. at home; Mary Ellen died in 1875 at the age of twenty-five years; Thomas P., killed October

14, 1879, when about twent}^ years of age, by a train of cars in Morgan county, this State; and Louisa, died in infancy. He has a fine farm of five hundred acres all improved and stocked, and makes a specialty of graded cattle and horses. He has, for a long time, been township trustee and takesthe lead as a practical farmer and business man. The family are all members of the Christian Church and highly respected citizens.

James F. Hendrickson

A native of Monroe county, Indiana, was born March 5, 1853, and lived i» Monroe county till he was eleven years of age, then moved with his parents to Grundy county, Missouri. He received his education at the district schools of this county, and was brought up on a farm and now makes farming hi& business. James F. Hendrickson was married September 6, 1874, to Miss Mollie J. Houts, a native of Coles county, Illinois, born December 11, 1857. She is a daughter of John and Irene Houts, old residents of Grundy county. Three children have been the issue of this union; viz., Eugenia E., born July 7, 1875; Samuel D., born March 28, 1877: and Jesse B., born January 5, 1879. Mr. Hendrickson has control of a part of his father's farm, and is a hard-working, industrious man, and self-madefinancially, as the fine personal property of which he is possessed has been accumulated by the care and good management of himself and excellent wife. They are both consistent members of the Christian Church, of which his brother, the Rev. W. N. Hendrickson, is pastor, and makes his homewith this family.

J. S. Herbert

One of the old pioneers of Grundy county, and one who has spent hisbest days in converting the wilderness into a beautiful and fertile home,, was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, July 18, 1818, and is a son of Wil- liam and Elizabeth Herbert, wlio were both natives of the same county. They moved to Guernsey count}^, Ohio, in 1822, and there the subject of our sketch lived till 1845, when he came to Grundy county. His father died when he was about ten years of age, and his mother came to Missouri in 1847, and lived with him till she died, in 1866. He received a common school education, and when eighteen years of age learned the blacksmith trade, and has spent the best part of his life at that business. He was married December 9, 1841, to Rebecca J. Crawford, who was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, April 20, 1822. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert have had ten children, eight of whom are living: viz., Henry C, born January 31, 1843; Thomas J., born January 15, 1845; Mary E., born November 9, 1846; William Y., born January 24, 1849; Sarah, born July 28, 1851; Salome, born December 25, 1855; Alice, born February 15, 1858; Rebecca A., born May 22, 1860; Martha, born June 1, 1854, died September 26, 1874; and Ulysses, born-April 17, 1862, died February 11, 1864.

Mr. Herbert takes orreat interest in educational matters and has done more than most men to establish good schools. His son, William Y., has been a successful teacher in the public schools. Mr. Herbert owns six hundred and sixty acres of as fertile and well cultivated land as can be found in the county; it is well stocked and has line orchards and good buildings. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert have literally carved their present possessions out of the soil which, when they began, was covered with a dense forest. They are members of the Baptist Church.

Our subject is a native of Morgan county, Ohio, born December 13, 1839, and a son of A. J. and Mary E. (Berkley) Hossom, both natives of Ohio. His mother was a daughter of Reuben Berkley, a noted Baptist minister of southern Ohio; his parents now reside in this county. Mr. Hossom was educated at the common schools, and afterward at the high school in Mc- Connelsville, Ohio; lived in Morgan county until 1866, then removed to Grant county, Wisconsin, and remained there two years, speculating in lands, and was quite successful. In June, 1866, came to Caldwell county, Missouri, and located on a farm, and also dealt in lands; sold out, after visiting Ohio, returned to Missouri, and went into the mercantile business at Trenton, and remained there until he located on his present farm, in Lincoln township, in 1878; owns eighty acres of fine land, well improved and nicely located, good buildings and a young orchard of the choicest varieties of fruits. Mr. Hossom was married March 4, 1875, to Mary E. McYeigh, who was born in Washington county, Ohio, March 4, 1855; she is a daughter of Asa and Eunice McYeigh, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Maine. By this union two children have been born; viz., Yernie A., April 5, 1877, and ISTaunie S., November 3, 1880.

Mr. Hossom enlisted as a member of the First Ohio- artillery, i*emained one year, and was discharged on account of sickness; was engaged as clerk at the general's headquarters. He has served his township and is now serving as clerk and assessor. He is also the clerk of the Baptist Church, of which he and his wife are earnest members.

E. A. Israel

A native of Belmont connt}^, Ohio, was born March 22, 1826, and son of Clary Israel and Mary (Moore) Israel, both of Ohio birth. His father was killed accidentally by the falling of a tree, in 1855, and his mother died in 1869. When he was seven years of age his parents moved to Morgan county, Ohio, and he remained there till 1871, when he came to Grundy county. October 9, 1856, he married Miss Lomii-a Vaughn, a native of Morgan county, Ohio, who was born September 22, 1835. They had one child. Clary, born July 22, 1857, now living in Iowa. Mrs. Israel died May 1, 1860; and March 10, 1870, Mr. Israel married Miss Maggie Cherry, a native of Morgan county, Ohio, born February 5, 1841; her father died in 1863, while in the Union army, and her mother is now living in AVarren county, Iowa. By this union two cliildren have been born; viz., Lottie A., July 9, 1871; and another daughter, July 5, 1881. Mr. Israel has worked his own way through life, and with the assistance of his worthy wife has secured for his family a fine home. Mr. and Mrs. Israel are consistent members of the Baptist Church.

Mrs. Mary Jones

Mary Wooley was born in Garrard county, Kentucky, January 24, 1810. Her father, William Wooley, came to Kentucky from Virginia at a very early day; he died in February, 1830. Her mother's maiden name was Mary Sutton, and she was also a native of Virginia, and became the wife of William Wooley on May 26, 1807. They had a family of nine children, the subject of this sketch being next to the eldest daughter. On April 2, 1829, Miss Mary Wooley became the wife of James Simpson, a native of Kentucky, born in 1807. In the fall of 1838 this young couple, together with his mother, five sisters and one brother, came to Missouri; they remained one winter in Chariton county, and in March, 1839, landed and made a permanent settlement in Grundy county, and this venerable old lady still lives there, never having moved from that now beautiful location, which on that dreary March morning in 1839 was an unbroken wilderness. Her husband died July 23, 1857. She was married December 15, 1858, to John H. Jones, a native of Virginia, born in September, 1807. He died February 16, 1872. Mrs. Jones is a member of the Baptist Church and a very intelligent l&dy, although now in the seventy-second year of her age, is remarkably well preserved both mentally and physically. She has passed through the many stages of development of Grundy county from its first beginning up to its present prosperity. She settled here when this was a wilderness inhabited only bv Indians and wild animals. As an incident of courage and the realities of pioneer life we give the following: One morning in 1839, while Mr. Sini])Son, her husband, was attending the land sales she treed a catamount and kept it treed until her sister went after ''Uncle Billy Cornwell " to come and shoot it, which was successfully done. This Christian lady is certainly entitled to stand in the front rank of the old pioneers. Her sister Elizabeth was born in Kentucky in 1821, and married O. P. White, a native of Illinois, born in 1819. The family of Mr. White have long kept house for Mrs. Jones, and she still resides with them. Mr. and Mrs. White have five children; namely, William, born September 8, 1841; Sophia, born August 3, 1844; Sarah E., born November 8, 1847, died January 8, 1861; James O., born October 4, 1850; Eliza C, born July 22, 1855; and Georgia A., born October 9, 1861.

Hiram A. H. Kelso

The subject of this brief sketch is entitled to be called one of the pioneers of Grundy county, for, upon the 16th of May, 1840, he was born upon the very spot upon which he has ever since resided. He is a son of Col. Samuel Kelso, who was the first settler in Lincoln township, Grundy county. He was reared upon the farm now owned by him and received his schooling in what he says were the very connnon schools of the country at that time. He was a member (during the war) of the enrolled militia. On March 8, 1866, he married Miss Marietta Proctor, a native of Mercer county, Kentucky, born November 16, 1845. To this couple have been born four children; viz., Samuel J., July 3, 1867; Mary D., December 5, 1869; J. W. S., December 14, 1871 ; and Lulu, July 10, 1874.

Mr. Kelso has served his township in an official capacity for a number of years and is now filling the position of collector and constable. He and his wife are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church, and are active sabbath-school workers.

He has a fine farm of two hundred acres and is comfortably fixed. He never was one hundred miles from home and expects to live and die upon the same farm upon which he was born. .

Is a native of Dubois county, Indiana, born May 2, 1831. When he was about six years of age his parents moved to Grundy county, and in the fall of 1837 located near where the subject of our sketch has ever since lived. They were one of the first families locating in Lincoln township and at that time there were no white people living between them and the Des Moines River, and but few west as far as the Missouri, but there were plenty of

Indians and game, and vast tracts of undisturbed prairie and timber land. Here the subject of this sketch was reared, and assisted in clearing one of the first farms opened in Grundy county. He had but little opportunity of attending school, but still is a man of well stored mind and of good business qualifications. His fatlier and mother both lived here till their death; his mother dying June 18, 1863, and his father September 8, 1863.

In 1850 he went to California and remained two years, and at the beginning of the civil war enlisted as a member* of the Third Missouri cavalry, commanded by Col. King, and afterward consolidated with the Seventh Missouri cavalry, commanded by Col. Phillips; with this regiment he remained till the close of the war, and with them participated in the many battles, raids and skirmishes in which they were engaged. Since then he has devoted himself to farming and stock-raising. January 5, 1855, Mr. Kelso married Miss Sarah Ann Tracy, who was born in Garrard county, Kentucky, January 10, 1835. They have had eight children, five of whom are still living; to-wit, David L., born November 23, 1859; Samuel S., born October 10, 1862; Sarah F., born September 25, 1865; George W., born January 28, 1868; and Flora L., born Septeuiber 5, 1874 Mr. Kelso has served his township as a school trustee for several terms. lie and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church and esteemed members of society. He is the owner of three hundred acres of fine land with good improvements.

Charles Long

Was born in Seneca county, Ohio, November 12, 1840; a son of J. N. and Maria Long, 7iee Shank, both natives of Maryland. His father died in 1840, before the subject of this sketch was born, and his mother is still living, in Sandusky county, Ohio. He lived in Seneca county, till about twelve years of age, and then went to live with his grandfather, Samuel Long, in Cedar county, Iowa. His grandfather was a soldier in the War of 1812 and one of the first settlers of Cedar county, Iowa, having located there in 1837. Here our subject was educated in the high school at Tipton, and then followed farming. In 1869 he went to Peoria county, Illinois, and remained till 1861. He enlisted in company C, Thirty-third regiment, Illinois volunteer infantry, and served for two years; was then discharged on account of sickness; came to Iowa, and regaining his health enlisted in company A, Twentyfourth Iowa volunteer infantry and served till the close of the war. Returning, he lived in Iowa till 1867, then came to Grundy county, where he has since lived, and engaged in farming. He was married January 29, 1868, to Annie Tillery, a native of Jackson county, Kentucky, born January 27, 1853. Her parents moved to Grundy county in 1859 and still live here. Four children have blessed this union ; viz., Sarah O., born November 14, 1869; Claude, born April 26, 1872; C. W., born July 22, 1874; and Fred., born April 14, 1880. Pie owns a fine home of forty acres improved and stocked. Mr. and Mrs. Long are members of the Christian Church.

Was born in Knox county, Missouri, October 28, 1841, and lived there till tliirteen years of age, then came to Grundy county and located where he now lives. He is a son of Hamilton and Sally A. Lowen, both natives of Kentucky. His father died in 1852, and his mother is a resident of Trenton. He lived on the farm till the beginning of the civil war, then enlisted in the Third rejriment, Missouri State militia; was afterward transferred to the Seventh regiment, and served with them till the close of the war; was never wounded, sick or taken prisoner, and was always able, willing and ready for -duty. After the war he devoted himself to acquiring an education and soon became a very successful teacher. He was elected mayor of Trenton for the jears 1873 and 1874; served there as justice of the peace for seven years; at the same time read law, and in 1868 was admitted to the bar. In 1878 he returned tu his farm where he has since remained. On the 24th of September, 1871, he married Miss Keturah A. Stombaugh, who was born in Indiana, August 28, 1850. They have had three children; namely, Nellie A., born July 10, 1872; Archer H., born November 7, 1874; and Lettie M., born May 7, 1878. Nellie, the eldest, although not yet nine years of age, has carried off the palm as being the best scholar in the school. She passed through a five months' term as a member of the highest class in spelling and never missed a word. Mr. Lowen had no financial help to start with, but now by his industry and strict integrity has accumulated considerable property, owning two tine residences in Trenton and a half interest in the farm on which he is located. He is still serving his township as justice of the peace and school director. Is a member of the I. O. O. F., and both himself and wife are members of the Christian Church.

Bourter Legg

A native of Pickaway county, Ohio, was born January 29, 1834, and is a son of Seldon and Rachel Legg, both natives of Virginia. In 1839 his parents moved to Edgar county, Illinois, and he remained till 1855. He was brought up on a farm and educated in the common schools of the county. When twenty-one years of age he moved to Gentry county and remained one year, then came to Grundy county and located upon the farm where he now resides. Mr. Legg was married January 3, 1864, to Miss Cemira Woods, who was born in Grundy county, April 27, 1844. She is a daughter of Jarvis Woods and Malvina Woods, who were among the very first settlers of the county. By this union they have had the following named children: Rachel M., born January 14, 1866; Marion, born November 27, 1869; Annie Belle, born February 19, 1872; Jennie Lee, born February 11, 1876; and a baby, born February 9, 1881. George E. died when ten months old, and another died in infancy. Mr. Legg had no financial help but what he has made has been by the hard, earnest labor of himself and wife. They own three hun- dred and twenty acres of as fine land as can be found in the county, under cultivation and with good buildings, orchards and other improvements. His farm is well stocked and he stands as one of the solid men financially in this part of the county.

Was born in Erie county, New York, January 16, 1822; a son of Robert McKeen and Elmira, his wife - her maiden name being Elniira Pain. His' father was a native of Bradford, Vermont, born in 1793, and was a greatgrandson of James McKeen, that old heroic Protestant who endured all the terrible privations at the siege of Derry, in the north of Ireland, and who, in the spring of 1719, left friends and country, and with the rest of the little Scotch colony left Ireland and settled in what is now known as Londonderry, New Hampshire. The ancestors on his mother's side were noted for the effectual and valuable services rendered in the cause of independence, during the war of the Revolution. At the age of eighteen years the subject of this sketch learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, and then went to Upper Canada to work. While there he married on October 6th, 1845, Miss Sarah Hall, a native of Canada, although of New Hampshire ancestry. She was born on August 1st, 1825. He remained in Canada till 1850, then moved to Macomb county, Michigan, and lived there till 1858, and from there moved to Benton county, Arkansas, In the fall of 1862 he came to Grundy county, and located in Lincoln township, where he has since resided. When he lived in Arkansas he was a staunch Union man, and as those were the " times that tried men's souls " as well as their bodies, he sought a more congenial home and therefore located in Grundy county. While in Arkansas he lost all his possessions, but with a will to do and dare he again set his energies to work, and now owns one of the finest stock farms in the county, consisting of three hundred and twenty acres of choice land, all well improved and stocked, two fine orchards and good buildings. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. McKeen, seven of whom are still living. Their names are: Frederick, born June 1, 1845; George, born November 30, 1846; Juliet, born August 31, 1852; Charles, born August 11, 1856; Retta, born April 1, 1859; Annie, born December 8, 1861; Walter, born September 25, 1864; and Clarissa, who died at the age of two years.

A native of Franklin county, Ohio, was born upon the land where the city of Columbus now stands, October 29, 1819. His father, J. S. P. Marshall, Sr., was born in England, and his mother, ]*^ancy Marshall, was a native' of Maryland. His father died in Ohio, and his mother migrated to Grundy county in 1839, and lived here till 1863, then went to Tazewell county, Illinois, where she died at thd advanced age of one hundred years. The subject of this sketch was educated in Ohio, and there learned the carpenter's trade. Early in 1839 he came to Missouri and located in Grundy couiity; lived here till 1863, then resided five years in Chiilicothe, and returned here in the fall of 18()8, where he has since continued to live; he has spent most of his time at the carpenter business, but now devotes his attention to his farm. On the 25th of P'ebruary, 1840, Mr. Marshall and Miss Nancv Young were united in marriai):e. She was a native of Putnam county, Indiana, born April 9, 1821, and a daughter of Joseph and Priscilia Young, who migrated to Missouri in 1839 and settled in Grundy county. By this marriage they have had sixteen children, eight of whom are still living; viz., Sarah, born November 29, 1841; Mary, born January 17, 1843; Joseph, born Januarj^ 11, 1844; Minerva, born January 5, 1853; Julia, born October 31, 1856; George, born November 27, 1859; Martha, born February 15, 1862; and James, born September 16, 1865. Ilachel died when about twenty-five years of age, and seven others died in infancy. James, the youngest son, is living with his father, and is the staff of his aged parents' declining years. Mrs. Marshall died November 1, 1880. She was a consistent Christian, and many warm friends mourned her loss. Mr. Marshall was a member of the first grand jury that sat in Grundy county, and is now the only surviving member of that body. He was teacher of the second school taught in Trenton. He is a member of the Methodist Church, and a man universally respected. His daughter, Julia, now the wife of Benjamin Holloway, remains at home and keeps house for her father.

"Was born in Miami county, Ohio, January 21, 1803. He is a son of Levi Martin, a native of Pennsylvania, who cut the first bush where the city of Cincinnati now stands, and was a soldier during the Revolutionary "War. His mother, Delilah Martin, nee Corbly, was one who suft'ered terribly by reason of Indian barbarities, as will be seen from the following extract copied from a sketch in a book of narratives published in 1785:

" On the second sabbath in May, 1782, I set out with my dear wife and five children to fill my appointment at Red Stone Fort, about a mile from my dwelling. Not suspecting any danger, I was walking about two hundred yards behind my family with my Bible in my hand, meditating, when I heard fi-ightful shrieks from my family. I hastened toward them, vainly looking for a club. When I was within forty yards of them, my poor wife, seeing me, called to me to make my escape. An Indian ran up to shoot me, but I outran him. My dear wife had a babe at the breast, and this infant they killed and scalped. They then struck my wife several times, but failing to knock her down, the Indian that pursued me ran and shot her and scalped her. A daughter, besides the infant, they also killed and scalped. My eldest dangliter was hid in a tree about twenty yards distant ;and witnessed the whole proceedings. After seeing the Indians go away she came from the hollow trunk, but one of the Indians saw her and run up and knocked her down and scalped her." Other atrocities were perpetrated upon this family. The last mentioned danghter was the mother of the subject of onr sketch. She survived the terrible wounds, and although she lived to be sixty -nine years of age and was the mother of eleven children, ten of whom she reared to manhood and womanhood, the wound where she liad been scalped never healed. Wm. P. Martin, of whom -we write, was the third son of this noted and noble mother. Her father ^was a noted minister of the gospel. Mr. Wm. P. Martin was married Ocitober 12, 1826, to Miss Mary Bine, of the same county, born April 24, 1807. This couple in their young days lived on tlie frontier and remember well the events that occurred during the War of 1812. In 1836 they moved to Elkhart county, Indiana, lived there about thirty years, and in 1867 moved to Grundy county, Missouri, and settled upon the farm now by them, and called the model farm of the county. He also has a very fine orchard of six hundred trees. His farm contains two hundred and eighty acres. They have had eight children, named as follows: died when twenty-eight years of age; James, died when thirtytwo years; Tyler, was a Union soldier during the civil war; Blackford, now living near home; Arsinoe, died while a nurse in the hospital at Corinth, an 1863; William, died in infancy; Washington, died when twenty-four years of age; Mary, now the wife of Albert Yates, is living with her parents and keeping house for them. Three grandchildren; viz., Nora M. Yates, Martin Yates and Ella Yates, also make their home with their parents and grandparents. They have been life-long members of the 'Christian Church.

David Mukphy

A native of Richland county, Ohio, born May 10, 1831, is a son of Robert Murphy, who was one of the old pioneers of Richland county, Ohio, but now a resident of Grundy county. David Murphy lived in Ohio till twenty-two years of age then moved to Henry county, Iowa, and lived there i;ill the beginning of the war. He enlisted in compau}^ H, Twenty-fifth Iowa volunteer infantry, and served with that regiment during the war, and was in all the various engagements in which it participated. .At the close of the war he returned to Iowa and lived in Poweshiek county two years, then moved to Grundy county, Missouri, and located where he now lives. He was married. May 15, 1860, to Miss Susan Bashon, a native of Ohio -county, Yirginia. She was born March 14, 1834. Her father moved to Iowa in 1836, and was one of its earliest settlers; he afterward came to Missouri and died in Mercer county. Mr. and Mrs. Murjihy have been the parents of ei>ht children, five of wliom are still living; viz., Ella R., born-. October 15, 18G1; David F., born July 30,1863; Olive M., born March 1, 1808; Amy S., born November 15, 1871; Henry O., born April 24, 1877; Araininta B., born July 24, 1806, died A])ril 28, 1871; and twoboys died in infancy. Mr. Murphy went to Colorado in 1872 and remained twenty-two months, engaged in mining, then returned to his farm in Grundy county. He has been very successful in accumulating ])roperty and now owns four hundred and twenty acres of fine land, also an orchard of five hundred and fifty trees of choice varieties. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Was born near Huntsville, Alabama, December 25, 1822, where he lived till about seven years of age and then moved to Lincoln county, Tennessee, where he lived about eight years. In 1837 he removed to Randolph county,. Missouri, and lived there till March, 1855, when he moved to Grundy county and located in Lincoln township, where he owns two hundred and forty-five acres of fine land and has since lived, engaged in farming. He was nuirried, February 0, 1849. to Parmelia Baxter, a native of Howard county, Missouri, born October 26, 1831. She is a daughter of Richard and Margaret Baxter, both natives of Kentucky; her mother died in 1876, and her father in 1880. Mr. and Mrs. l^atton have had fourteen children, six of whom are still living; viz., John W., born September 15, 1851; Helena Jane, born April 23, 1855; Berkley, born September 23, 1858; James, born January 3, 1870; Bettie, born November 24, 1872; and Thomas B., born December 15, 1874. They lost eight, aged from eight months to eight years.

Edward Pennell

A native of Delaware county, Pennsylvania, was born March 22, 1814; is a son of Evan and Hannah Pennell, both natives of Pennsylvania. His mother died in 1836, and his father, who was a soldier in the War of 1812, died in the year 1847. When our subject was about five years of age, his parents brought him to Chester county, Pennsj'lvania, and he lived there till he was twenty-three years of age; during this time he had learned the wagon-making trade; went to Morgan county, Ohio, and there worked at his trade for twenty-three years, then moved on a farm in the same county, where he remained till the spring of 1876, when he came to Missouri and settled in Grundy county.

He was married, April 2, 1840, to Miss Susan Metcalf. She is a native of Belmont county, Ohio, born August 14, 1820, and is a daughter of Abrarn and Hannah Metcalf, who were quite noted Quakers in Belmont county, Ohio. Her father died August 1, 1868, and her mother, February 11, 1874.

By this marriage Mr. and Mrs. Pennell have had eight children, six of wliom are still living; viz., Abram, born April 20, 1841; Lydia, born November 6, 1846, now the wife of James Marion, of Michigan; Alice, born April 2, 18.53; Jesse T., born December 12, 1858; Mary C, born June 14,1862; Eddie G., born March 14, 1866; Charles D., born August 26, 1849, died October 2, 1873; and one daughter died in infancy.

Eldest son of Francis M. Proctor, was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, June 21, 1849. His father was a native of Jessamine county, Kentucky, born January 13, 1827, and lived there until six years of age, then moved to Mercer county, Kentucky, where he remained till 1862, then moved to Grundy county. He was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Baker, September 19, 1848. She was a native of Garrard county, Kentucky, born January 5, 1829. By this union they had nine children; namely, John H. (date given above); Aaron A., born February 29, 1852; Abram, born October 15, 1854; Samuel, born March 18, 1856; Sallie, born August 6, 1857; Susan M., born August 28, 1859; Missouri A., born April 3, 1866; William F., born May 18, 1853, died March 13, 1870; Joseph M., born August 17, 1870, died November, 27, 1876.

Francis M. Proctor died February 26, 1873. He left an estate of one hundred and sixty acres of well improved land. He was a consistent member of the Baptist Church and not only left his family a competency, but far better, a Christian example and a worthy life. He was a man highly esteemed, and by his death society lost a useful and honored citizen and the family a kind and loving husband and father. His widow, with the aid of her children, continues to farm the old homestead. She and nearly all the family are active church members.

Stephen Pulliam

Is a native of Garrard county, Kentucky, born April 2, 1825, and a son of William and Elizabeth Pulliam, both natives of Kentucky. He lived in Garrard county till about twenty-six years of age, then moved to Missouri, and located in Lincoln township, Grundj^ county, where ho has since lived and engaged in farming. He was married, May 26, 1853, to Miss Mary Cunningham, anativ^e of Mercer county, Kentucky, born Januarj' 26, 1827. She is a daughter of James and Elizabeth Cunningham, the lirst a native of Kentucky and the last of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Pulliam have been the parents of six children; named, respectively, James, born August 15, 1854; Catherine, born July 13, 1857, now the wife of Benjamin Hossom; William, born October 18, 1859; Elizabeth, born July 3, 1862; Mary, born May 10, 1865; and Ella, born August 15, 1869.

fine home of four hundred and seventy-five acres of land, all well improved and stocked. He ranks as one of tlu; leading farmers and stock-raisers in the county.

Was born in Barren county, Kentucky, January 27, 1831, and lived tliere until 1842, then landed at Lewis Landing, near Glasgow, Missouri. From there he went to Linn county, thence to Macon county, and in 1850 located in Grundy county. His father died in this county, and his mother, now nearly eighty years of age, lives at Modena, this county. Mr. Rock had but little opportunity of obtaining an education, but has been a very successful man, and owns two hundred and forty acres of well improved land. He was married, January 5, 1859, to Miss Elizabeth Davis. She was born April 23, 1841, and died January 19, 1870. Six children were born of this marriage, two only of whom are now living: Ida May, born January 2, 1868; and Minnie E.., born January 10, 1870. They have lost four: James W., born January 6, 1862; Georgia A., born January 5, 1863; Millia O., born August 28, 1865; and Bettie, born February 9, 1867. The family now consists of Mr. Rock, his two daughters, and Mrs. Davis, the mother of Mrs. Rock. She is a sister to Jesse Bain, and one of the party who, November 12, 1837, settled in Lincoln township, and has never lived a mile away from where she first settled. She has been a good mother and kind nurse to many in the neighborhood, and Mr. Rock is blessed in having her as a guardian for his little daughters.