Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

II:I~JLIIZh TO\\'NSIIll'.
1'EElOl) of time, little oiler llulf a centuiJy, 11a.s pitsscltl
iL\\'aY since the Arr1eric;tn pioneers of this tlivisiol~ of t11v
r 1
county made tlleila first ~ett~le~neuts here. lllosc cars
1l:tve been replete \Y it h cllanges, socii~l, political, rol igious.
even 1)Ilgsicnl cllange. Tl1c-1 visitor of totlily, ignor;~nt OF
the past llistory of Elulira, coultl scarcelv realize the fact
that within fire decatles a large )ol)ulation gbew up, ~rllere,
in the second clu;~rter ot' the Kinetleenth Cen tm*y, lntliai~
tepees stood, ancl t lle savages tllernselves ])at1 \rc 11~1; tllc \TiLIL
paint antl ret;~inetl their scalp-be1 ts. The I )eol)le 11ave not
only increased in number. but also in ~vealt~ll, iae tinelllcn t
ant1 t~ll those characteristics of i~clvt~ncel~ien t 1v11 icli ni:trl; tl ~e
oltler settlements of the North Atli~~n tic st;tt,es. C'nltivatet 1
fields now occupy the hunting grounds of the aboriginal races ; \vlr ilth
ZL people enclowed with tile lligl~est faculties have tlclien the p1;~ce of
the Illinois and Potta~v:tto~nies themselves. There are but few left ol!
the olcI lan

well calcu1:lted to test, not only the ph~rsical po\vers of endurance, but
also the moral, lrind, generous attributes of true ~vomanhood ancl manhood
; and bring to the surface all that was in them of good or eril.
In this chapter, talien in connection wit11 others, a full effort is ~nacle
to deal in a thorough manner with the pioneers and old settlers.
Allnost the whole story is basecl upon the authority of recods, and
tl~us, at least, claims authenticity-a fact which lnust go far to coinpensate
for the absence of legendary or nnauthellticatecl relations.
This division of the cotmty is certainly one of the fiairest parts of
Illinois. Prior to 1834, it mas n coininon hunt'ing-grouncl for the
Indians, ant1 even that year the pol~ulatioa of the settlement therein
was made 1113 of tnro families. In 1535 the Peoria coiony arrivecl, settle~ueu
ts extended, and mitlli 11 forty-five gears tobe number of residents
increasetl to 978, inclucling the population of Osceola,. sixty-nine, and
of Elinira! eighty- four. With the exception of the mild land, along
Spoon river, the township presents n. rare scene of pastoral beauty.
Wit11 verv few exceptions, the hoines of the people may be clnssecl as
resiclencei, for they are generally large houses, surronnclecl by melllcept
la~vns or ~arclen s-111 everr llouse a, li b~arj-, ai1c1 in every garclen,
a.
Ho\~~el*s. The helcls, too, are laitl out regularly, enclosed by Osage
orange hedges, and in eaclr ininiat~ure swail, a liiie or grove of millol~s,
sometniles trimlued to corresl~ond wit11 tile ileclge, but oftener allowed
to attain full gro\rtll fop sllaile or sl~elter. On the west ancl north the
to\rnsllip is bountletl I)y Ilen~:\ ant\ 1:urexu couutties, on the east by
Osceola To\~~nsllip ;~ntl on the sor~tlr Toulun Township.
The coal fielcls of tlre to\rnship ;we extensive, b~lthe industry has
not clailired lli~lcll attentioil. One mile north of Elmi~a post oflice, is
Tl~oi~~as Oliver's coal shaft, opened in tlre winter of lSS5-~6. The coal
producetl is large block, equal to any hitlierto nlined in tlle county.
There ;we small outcrops in the river region of the township, which
Iia~e been worlced fola ye;trs. Xatire ant1 cultivatecl groves are scattered
tllroug!;!lout the townslrip, while in the river valley plenty of nnti
ye tiull~er IS still to be fo~lntl. In a Few instances, as at Dr. Eonrdm;~n's,,
groves of th~ifty pine are found, and on the lawns several species
ok ornamental pine, juniper ancl cedar find a home. The progress
of the district within a half century was entirely unexpected by the
great majority of the pioneers. Robe~t Hall in his reminiscences of
1837, relates' that ~vhile aiding in building a barn for Major Robert
Moore, the son of the latter, now of Toulon, re1narl;ecl that the tiine
would come when a railroad ~~roulcl stretch across the prairies from
Chicago to Burlington th~ough this county. Mr. Hall thought over
the nlntter, conversecl with other pioneers, and ultimately al~pealed to
Davicl Currier for an opinion. Tlle latter declared empllaticslly, that
the " propliet ~vas crazy." The propl~ets in other branches were also
set down as a species of maclixen.
The origind entries of the lands of Elmim, with the nasines of present
owners of fann tracts, are placed on record as follows :
Mattllew B. Parks, lot 2, and E. hf. lot 1, n. e. clr., sec. 1. 3larch 11, 1853. >Tat,-
tllew B. Parks and W. P:~rks.
\Villi;~m Briggs, \v. hf. lot 1, u. c. clr. ant! ;dl of n. w. qr., sec. 1. July 33, 1851. 1)itto.

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HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
Preston 3IcClellni1, s. w. qr., 11. e. (1". sec. S ; .July 23, 1851. C11;~rlcs Stu;lrt.
Godfrey Reeiner, s.e. qr. n; e. qr., sec. 1 ; Oct. 6, 1817. C. Stlzart ancl J. E. Gi~rdner.
Aaron Harvey, lot 2, e. hf. lot 1, w. llf. lot I, n. e. qr., sec. 2; Nov. 28, 1849. Bobert
Hall, a11 n. e.qr.
Aaron I-I:~rvey, lot 2, n .~. qr. :ind s, lif. n.w. qr., sec:. 2; Nov. 28, 1840; ltobert EIz~11,
all 11. e. clr;
Aaron Harvey, s. lif. 11. w. qr., scc. 2; Nov. 10, 1843. Jolin Etitcs, c. sick n. w. clr.
Robert ItIsll, e. ]If. lot 1, 11. e. qr. sec. 2; Dec 6, 1850. Geo. W. Eyer, n'. side
n. w. qr.
James Thomas, s. w. qr. sec. 2; Jan. 29, 181s. Robert TE:ill, 11. Ilf. of s. nr. cyr. AIgernon
F. Spencer, s. hf. s. m. qr.
William Shepherd, s. e. qr., sec. 2; Jau. 29, 1818. Sililcoli Spencer, s. e. qr.
Thomas IJamilton, 11. e. fr. ancl u. e. (11-, s. c.. , qr., sec. 3; Nov. 7, 1851. .lol~ii ITan1-
ilton, n. hf., G. W. Eyer, s, llf.
John T. Sturm, e. hf. lot 1, 11. w. qr., sec. 3; hI:~rcll 7, 1831. D:~vicl C!~in.ier, 1111 11.
w. and s. w. qr.
Jolin Dement, w. llf. lot 1 nncl lot 2, n. w. qr. sec. 3; Narc11 7, 1851. D:ivicl Currier,
in n. w. and s. w. clr.
David Currier, n. c. qr.; s. w., sec. 3; July 2, 1852.
John Denlent, iv. lif. s. w. qr., sec. 3; 1)ec. 12, 1849. Geo. IV. Eyer, 11. c. clr. of
s. e. qr.
Cllarles Denlent, s. c. qr. s. tv. (yr. arid w. llf. of s. c. ql.. sec. 3; iil~ril 18, 18;5:3. &I.
B. and J. Parks, w. hf. of s. e, cyr.
Aaron Harvey, s. e. clr. s. e. qr., sec. 3; Jan. 25, 1852. Isazlce Spencer, s. e. '1". 01'
s. e. qr.
Ewen Davis, n . hf. and s. w. qr., ancl c. Ilf. lot 1, 11. e. (lr., sec. 4; duly 7, 1847. Ewen
Davis, n. e. qr.
John Dement, lot 2; s. e. lif. lot 1, 11. tv. (lr., set. 4; Nov. 21, 1849. Ewcn I):svis, o.
side n. mT. qr.
M. A. Green :iud TV. F. Beatty, IV. 11f. lot 1, sec. 4; Nov. 3, 18.19. Jol~n G. 't~~.nl)ull,
w. side n. nT. cjr.
Re~il~en Close, s. w, cyr., sec. 4; Jnly 10, 1828. Jolin G. T~1rnl)ull. e. Ilt', s. w. clrs.
John Anderson, W. 11f. s. TV. qr.
I. Spencer and IV. n. Bunnell, 11. e. (1". S. c. qr., see. 4; 3l:~y 97, 1854. C!nse lrc~i~*s,
n. w. cor. s. w. cjr.
Jolin Lyle, n. w. qr. S. e. qr., scc. 4, Sept. 12, 1851. Ewer1 I)avis, 11. llf. s. e. clr.
John Disbrotv, s. hf. s. c. qr., scc. 4, April 3, 1852. Jtuncs Green, s. 11f. s. llf. s. c. qr.
John Dement, lots 1 :mcl 2, 11. e. qr., sec. 5: Nov. 31, 1849. tTolltl G. rr~~~l~~~~~l17
11.
e. qr.
John Dement, n. w. qr., sec. 5; Xov. 21, 1840. Jol~n G. l'nrnl)ull, c. sitle 11. w. (lr.
Ja~lles Murphy estate, 11. w. cyr.
Jolin Hngllos, s. w . (11.. , sec. 5. : Fel). 24. 1818. Ewen Davis, e . llf . Jolln 11.
Hatch, w. llf.
Charles i-lrmstrol~g, s. e. qr., sec. 5; Fell. 24, 1518. John G. r~ulnl)lill, s. e. clr-
Thomas Lyle, lots 1 and 2 n. c. (1". :111d lot 2 n. tir . fr. sec. (i; Sqt. 5, 18;il. Jo111l
M. IIutch, n. e. qr. sec. 6.
Wm. Lyle, w. hf. lot 1 ancl s. c. qr., n. .tv. fr. qr., sec. 0; Fcb. 2. 1851 : Fel,. 32,
1846. Tunnard Longi~~ate,
11. w . clr .
Wm. Lyle, s. IV. fr . qr ., sec. 6. : Feb . 3, 1851 . Franklin T,ylc, s. IC' . (lr.
Wm. Walsli, s. e. qr., sec. 6; Nov. 14, 1518. C:trlos S. Smith, s. e. ~11'.
Elias B. Siles, 11. e. qr. ; (canccllccl).
Joseph Park, n. e. qr., sec. '7; March 37, 1852. Tunnarc1 Loxrgmate, c. siclc, 11. e. qr. ;
Joseph Parl;, middle of n. e. qr ; lVilli;~~n Anderson, uT. side of n. e. cir.
John Lyle, n. w. f. qr., sec. 7; Brig. 6, 1851. A. C. Smith, G. Pmcloln, .T. Fasli.
Slex. Murcllison. lot 1. aid n. hf. lot 2, s. w. clr., scc. 7; Jan. 2,3, 1831. .Jol111 Arc-
Rae;& uarclian.
rliomas Lyle, s. llf. lot 2, S. JV. (lr., see. '7; J~LII. 14, 1851. d011tl MCRIIC, g~ardiil~l.
John Fleniming, s. c. clr., sec. 7; Oct, 14, 1518. 111111 Pt~rl~.
A. 0. Smitl~, n. e. qr., sec. 8; May 6, 1818. d. >I IIatc11, e. lif. ; D. Jlrlrray, w. Ilf.
Duvicl Armste;tcl, n. w. qr., sec. 8; hl':~y 6, 1818, I), IIIurri~y, 11. n.. clr.
Owen Reese, s. w. qr., sec. 8; 0c.t. 18. 1851. I). ~IcLenn:ln, 1). >lur~-ay, .Tos. P:~sk.
Itichnrcl Lloyd, s. e. qr., sec. 8 Sep. 39, 1852. Alrl:z~~~ jack sol^.
It. Kern, n. e. qr., sec. 9; April 14, 1818. Jas. Green, n. 11f.; Jos. Armstrong, s. 11f.
Jacob Martin. n. w. qr., sec. 9; April 14, 1818. Jol~n 31. ITatcl~, n. my. qr.
Jits. Arey, s. w. qr.. svc. 9; Nov. 29, 1817. W. l'urnbull, c. 11Y.: A. .Jneksou, TV. 11f.

ITenry Atkius, s. e. qr., sec. 9; Nov. 29, 1817. IV. G. Perkins, s. e. clr.
John EIamilton, n. e. cyr., sec. 10; Xov. 21, 1851. J. I-Iamilton, 11. e. qr. of n. e. qr.
i\Indison Weaver, P. C.Rear, .Jol~n G. Turnbull, ancl Ales. Turnbull, snlall lots on n.
e. clr.
John Bates, s. w. qr. of n. w. clr., sec. 10; March 5, 1851. .J. G. Turnl~ull, J. Green,
Jolin Bates, Robcrt Hall, S. It. Scott, lots 011 n. nT. qr.
John I)enlent, n. l~f., 11. w, qr., sec. 10; Dec. 12, 1849.
.J. II:kll, s. e. cyr., n. w. qr., sec. 10; Jan. 24, 1S44.
Thonlas Lyle, e. hf. s. m. qr., sec. 10; June 21, 1843. J. T. Currier, Snnl. hfucock,
Ass 13unton, ilcl:iln Jackson, Jollil JIcReatli, D. Full

George White, lot 3, sec. 16; Nov. 1:3, 1545. Wm. 'I'urnbnll, 140 acres.
Philip Muuson, lot 4, sec. 16; June 117, 1845. W. D. Kli~nchard, 30 ncres.
Wm. Turnbull. lots 5 and 7, sec. 16; Sep. 26, 1849. J. I-.. Turnbull, I20 :tcres.
Richard P. Belangey, lots 6 and S, sec. 16; April 16, 1850. J. Turnbull, SO acres.
Josgpll Blanchard, lot 9, sec. 16; Nov. 15, 1848. E. B. Uoarclin:~~, 40:! acres.
David W. Bennett, lot 10, sec. 16; Dec. 24, 1847. Chns. Decker, 40 ncres.
John A. Gris~volcl, lot 11, sec. 16; Dec. 4, 1847. AIoses 11. Weaver, 22:t nlcres.
Lewis Fitcll and Ezra I-Iines, lot 12, see. 16; Dec. 4, 184'7. G. 13. Spenccr, 9 ;ithi-cs.
John Pollolc, lot 13, sec. 16; Dcc. 3, 184'7. John 3IcIon:~ld, 11. (1. (11,.
Itohert Itule, n. hf. lot 1, n. w. (lr. scc. 19; IClt~rcll 21, 1851. fiTai-yI111cl~at~an 11. siclc,
n. w. qr.
Robert Rule, n. 111. qr. of n. W. qr. such. 19; ,July 14, 1847'. T3ctsr 1311~11~1i111, I\.. sitlcl,
n. w. qr.
Robert Rule, s. llf. lot 2, 11. w. (11.. sec. 19; Sept. 28, 1849. \
Robert Rule, s. llf. lot 1, 11. w. cyr. sec. 19; Sept. 28, 184!).
John McLennan, lot I, s. tv. qr. scc. 19: Marcll 13, 1851. Jol~ii hIcTAcl1lio1~, est. s.
w. qr.
Barbara McLennan, n. lif. lot 2, s. w. (11,. sec. 19; Kov. 17, 1848.
John McLennon, s. hf. lot 2, s. IV. (11.. SCT. 19; 3I:~rcIl 13, 18,51. D~iiicnn
est. s. c. cor. of s. TV. qr. ;incl s. e. qr.
Daniel Gaskcl, s. e. qr. sec. 19; Ili1:ly 5, 181s.
Samuel Lrlcas, n. c. qr. nx~d 11. w. qr. sccl. 20; 0(*1,.
lIcT,cnn:in,
6, 181'7. Tllolnas Oliver, 11. e. qr.
and e. lif. of 11. w. qr., Andrew Oliver, w. 11f. n. TV. clr. ilnd 3I:lry 3lc Ihc, ji nclre on
n. w. qr.
Isaac Smith, s. \v. clr. sec. 20; Tlec. 23, 1817. PJ. 3Iclinc, gu:vdi:u1, 11. side of s. w.
clr. Adam Armstrong, s. side of s. IY. clr.
hnll)rose Fuller, s. e. clr. sec. 20; .Jan. 12, 1843. Itr. ETcnninger, A. Ilore, I). J.
3loon, Laton Fnller, Jolm Stirc~s, IV. St cvcuson, 1swl)ell:~ hIcl)oi~nltl. trustees of Knos
Cl~nrcll, trustees of U. P. (:li~~rcll, C. Fnller, NT. W. Fuller, :ill lots on sec. 20, IV. W.
Fuller owning 106! tlcrcs here.
Richard Lloyd, e, hf. n. c. clr. sec. 21; Jl~iie 30, 1852. Israel T. FTallock, 80 :~crc~s;
E. R. Botlrdrnnn, 794i acres ; Jobn Tnrnbnll, 160 acrcs, Hol~ert Armstrong, 168:g acres,
Horace E. Lyle, 72 aci t s, Geo. 0. El.o;~tln;n~i, 78 :\carcs; Andrew Creipl~tori. t ~~ilstees of

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EL\[ IRA 'liolVP;SNTP.
,Jollii Gicrs, s. TV. clr., scc. 35: Fcl). 4, 1SlI. 1-1. Plvouty, 80: Eli blis, SO, on s. w. qr.
Seeward \\'alters, s. e. yr., see. 3.;; Fcb. -1, ISIS. Abrunl Loudenburg on s. e. qr.
C'onri~cl Sarr, n. e. qr., see. 36; Dec. 15, 181'7. E. 31. Funk, 40. D. Phenix, SO: D.
FIIIB, 40, on n. e. clr.
71Tiliinu~ Jears, jr , n. TV. cyr., see. 36: lkc. 15, 1817. C. L. Gerard, n. w. qr.
8. Edwarcls, s. w. cjr., see. 36, 1lp1.il 7, 18 IS. James Ciunia~non, s. IV. qr.
Jizilles Joyce, s. c. qr., sec. 36: .Tune 3, ISIS. Sanl'l Nontootli, 88%; B. G.
no\~Yll, 71:g.
Iri'12st Settleir~e~~ t.-Tlle settlellient of the tomnslrip is graphica,lly
it,nd colarectly given h \~ Nrs. Sl~nllenl)eigela, as follo~vs : In December,
IS35. i~ n~umber of resolute Inell 11ad 1,uslled thair froin Peo~ia
to \v11;1t has since been called Osceola Grove. ~rnoh~ them were
.J:111les Eus\vell, Isaac Sprucer. Tllorn;\s Wt~tts, Giles C. Dana, Peter
P~:att and 111.. I'l~att. Tliey calue out untler the auspices of Major
1iol)ei.t. fi[ooiae, ~vllo lind ol)tlainetl a inn]) of the lands in township fo~urtee11
iiortll, rnlige six east, designating the patent ;mcl unenterecl lands;
nl~tl 11e no\v encoui.;igecl e~~ligr;~ tlion l~lt~llela, w it11 a r ie~v to builcling up
:L to\~~~i, ~vllieh he lla tl surregetl and ct~llecl Osceol;~. Major Moore was
an ill tell igent, active business illan, e17er tbei~dy to take ntlmntnge of
cii*cun~stances mld fond of atlventu~*e. IIe subsequentlv went to Oreowon,
\\.it11 one of the first palaties t1ii1.t ever crossed the monntains
h
\\.hi tlleia his -family lollowecl l~ii~l some years after, lri th the exceptio~i
of liis ~~oungest son, rtobert blooiae, Escl., who is at tllis date a. resident
of ~o;lloil. I3r1t, at the time of \vllicll this nn~bri~tice treats, Major
3Ioore o\r~~ed ;I -feriy that crossetl tlie 1.i \.el3 at Peoria, anc1 to this lle
gaw his pet~sonill supeiavision ; and, ns emigrants crossetl, whicll they
tlitl frequently, lie ~rould t-:~ke the op1)ortunit-y to recolnnle~~tl the
Osceol:~ coLintl*y to tliem. 111 this uraj probably originatetl the coi11-
pan9 lle led tliere in 1835. Quoting Cliffo~~d's l~istory in regard to
this entelprise. ‘Tile parties above named were all fiaonl Verinont -
~vhicll Saxe says is :I goorl state to conre fi~n~rs, but a poor one to
go to - esce j)t Moore, \vho was from one of the southe~*n states,
i~iltl I)~I.J IVI~O IY a s froin hlassacl~usetts. \Vllen these persons reaclretl
t411e Gwre there was no one living. there except I-Ienry Seeley, who
the11 11:ltl n cabin near ~rl~ere he lives now, and. I,e\\-is Sturms. h
~~)rt~ioil of the paiaty stolq)etl the first night at St,uiillls', :~ncl were 110spital~ly
entertaineti. It was a (lark, dreary, laainy night,; they all slept
011 the floor in the slzlall cabin, ;~ntl f~on1 the dn.y's fatigue, having
come on foot fiaoln P~aince's Grove, they soon fell asleep, to be clistu14)etl
soon after by ;L loud liallooing ooutsiile occasioned by the
:~rriral of tll e s tnrnls fa~nil~ l)rolley, t1lw nu~~lber of ~vllom our inforinant
was unable to state, furtller than tlrer filletl the little cttl~in 'clluck
1 Tlrey were nl;~tle up of men, ~~oil~en ancl chilclren, wet, worn,
f;~tignecl antl hung1*y. 016 jnfolamant says one of the women came on
llorsehacl< \vitlr tirills in her arms, and in n sonby plight from 1ra.ring
been 'pitcl~etl off' her Ilo~se in slouglls ant1 gullies concealed by the
tl;~~*krless of the night. So~rlch of the l)inatg were taken oieia to Seeley's
~vliile the i*enr(zintler fillet1 the fioox*. The nest (la\' the balil~lce 01 tlie
f eoria party c;rme in flaoiu Covd's Gruve. llai-ing iost their reckonings
:~nd strt~yed out of their directidn. The whole party then moved west
for the purpose of su~areying antl nln1;ing tlreiia clnin~s. For one week
s

they campecl out, in the severest wentiler of tlre i~loiltll of December.
that week being tlle coltlest of any durillg the whole season. The provisions
~~~hicll thev had brougllt \\~'itll them from Peoria were eshansted,
and nothing 117as~l1ow left them to sustain life, escel~t corn they lmtl
brought to feet1 their llorses cl~wil~g the esc~u2sion. For the last ciay or
two they subsistetl entirely upon ilulolias of coyn burlled by tllc tire,
~vllicll culinniajr operation \\-as per-fornled in the morning enell one
taking. a few burnt nubbins of corn in their poclrets for tlmner. At
nightUthey vnried this lnsury hy i~urning the corn, 1)ounding it np antl
masking Eo~ee of it. Clifford furtller states tlli~t the pnrt41es na.nleti
movetlkpon their claims in May, 18%. This is certainly a, slight inistake
as regarcls some of them. They probably built cabins as soon as
that, or sooner, but some of the fainilies referred to tlitl not awire in
the settlenlent ' till later. ill the sulnnler, or ill the fall. There is no
doubt, however, that (luring some portion of that year ul;lny new
nnnies innst be aclcled to ou~ list of pioneelas. In June caule
Wiliiali~ Hail :mtL wi Fe, Robert IInll ant1 tlleir sister Jlnry, now
Mrs. Hasard of hTel,onset1, antl occupied for ;L sllort time the cabin
owned by Mr. Buswell, ~210 was still witll liis family in Peoria.
With the EIalls came tlie Vanclvke brothers. Archie nncl Charles, the
former bringing his wife ~vitll ilitn, aud 31; Bratly Forvler, who 1latL
been their coml)anion up the river, soon follolreti tllenl to the Giaove.
Myrtle G. Brace, Esq. (fi~~ther of our present count-y t~ea~surer), E. 6.
Brodhead, and :L large fanlily by the name of 1)a~is, the latter flao~n
the then frontier ltlntl of Tennessee. a11 located in t,llis neigll)orl~ootl
about tlle same time. The Sturms ia~nily had some of tllek reached
Seelev's Point in 1834. and detachments co~onti~~ued to allrive -fro]-n time
to ti~ke, making claims near the Soutll part of Osceola Grove, till they
hacl n settlement of their o~\~n. They were regular frontier's men.
every one ' mighty hunters ;' of tall stature, cor~~binillg strengtll and
activity in an unusual degree. Wenring an Inclit~n garb of fringed
bucBsliins, their feet encased in ~lloccnsins, wit11 bow ie-knife at the be1 t
ancl rifle on the shoukcIer. No \\~onder n~;l,hv a, ne~v-v-colner start'ed fi.0111.
them in aff rigllt, supposing they llnd enccknteretl genuine ' scalpelas.'
But these men were by no ineans as savage as tlley seelnecl, but l~atl
hearts to which frienclvor stranger never appealecl in vain."
The beginning of the Scotch plantation " or settlei~~ent of the
- township may be said to he made in Fel)rna,ry, 1535. Tlle Turnhulls
and Olivers set sail for America, June 1.7. 1837. were six weeks on the
ocean and almost as many more en ,rothe from Quebec to Cllicago,
where thev remained a short time before nloving to Joliel;. At Jol~et
they fount1 two vacant cabins into which they cepe orclelaed to molre,
and while there met ~vit~h nlanv kintl attentiorls from the settlers, and
each family purchased a eo\v froill a 1)assine l~ercler.
The subsequent events in the history o-t settlement here are well
told by Mrs. 8hnallenberger as follo~~~s : ';' Of course, these people were
looking for land to enter (ecerybotly 1~:~s in those days), and they ell
in with a Iientuckian nanletl I'arlcer. ~vho l~atl a natent on the a&rter
afterward o~vnecl by Myrtle G. rack, on the state road; but tlie man
supposed his land lay near llTyoming, and so agreed wit11 Mi3. Turn-

ull to meet him there ; ' thought they could probably strike a trade.'
Parker left Joliet on horseloacli, Mr. 'l'orilbnll on foot, to in&e tlieir
may over a traol~less expanse of snow, and ~vit~ll but a rery indefinite
idea of where they were to meet, but it was to be somejvhere in the
neigh borl~oocl of Wyoming. This journey was un tlertal~en January 1,
1838. Occasionalljr, Mr. Turnbull could catch glilnyses of the horse-
III~I'II as lle rode over some high riclge in the distance ; and this \\-as all
Ire 1i;~tl to guicle 11is steps, save a general idea, of the points of tl~e com-
~:LSS. After this lonelv, tiresome tiannrp of sistly or serenty
miles, he fo~uld llilnself at tlre house of General Thomas, but onlr t'o
In~rn that tlle land lie n-;rs in auest 01 1;~\. some ten OY tivelre nliles to
tl!c ~~ortll\rest, tlle lientuclriar; beiug ~ll(st;~lcen as to its localitj~. IIe
nus st t,lren retr;~ce his steps. Upon iaenclliilg Mr. IIolgate's, hunger
an tl fat'i y ue colnpellet1 Ilirn to seek rest nntl Footl. i~ntl such conlforts
.were ne\-er tlenietl a strallger t1iel.e; and, beside, 3Ir. I-lolg~te Ilad
Ica~ancd 1)v some 1lie;cns t 11a t l'arl

sin2~11, ant1 tllc inborn pritle of tbeii* race forlx~de their 'being 1)elloltlen'
to any one, so there was butt 611e other* alternative to ~ L Iahead. S ~ $!rs.
Dorr was stancling in ]lei* c;hin cloor silently waltclling t11e plael)a.ia:ljtions
for depiuture going for wnrcl ; bl~t. \\~llen all was ~*o;~tly, p1:cit Is
fol'otdecl tiglltly, Scotcll caps tied fir~nly. sletl dia:~wrl iao!uld to tlle tlooi*,
steers awaiting the ~\rord of coin111;~ntl to stitrt. she es~la~in~cd \\.it11
te:m in her eyes: 'Men, go if von \rill, i)nt for Goti's salte leave t,llis
\roman wit11 me ! she will sluaeljr pcrisll in the colt1 tot lay. It ~11:~11
cost you nothino ;end \v11e11 t1lle ;\reather motlerictes you can iaot1n~n I'or
ilel*.' But ~rsPkrlrnbnl1 p~rfe~red i~t ;dl llilzartls to sl~arcthe fate of
her llusbnntl ant1 hrotllei*. We fancy sncll ])lncl\:\roultl i)e ilin~tl tlo
f reexe ; ;~,t any rate, ilespi te :dl obstacles tllley awri vet1 intactl ;~t Seeley's
point before bed-time, stiff aii(l Ilarlgt~\r tloubtless, but sucl~ ills IYC~C
curable by ;L good fire ;mtl sul)l)tv, wlllcil were cluicltly a.t their tlispos:~l,
and they ret~red to rest with gr;tteEul llenrts. Tlle nest illorni~lg \w;~s
still verv cold, but the\. l~atl ;r sllelteretl route tlll*o~lg:.h tllo \\~ootls by
the oldu roi~cl that fol:merlv let1 by tlre llotlsc of C:l.lviil W ii~slo~~ irl
the tinher, south of ~ill~i~m 1-1:~il's p1;~ce. which tllev pi~ssetl :~bo~~t
noon, Fellroar:). 14, 1838. Soon after they rc;~clled 'llollle, as tllcy
called the c;~i,in of the 1,yle I,i*otllel:.: ;L little f:~i~tllei* on. They
promptly pit1 !or the fivst forty ;~ci*es, \v 11 iclr con t;ci ned the cahi n, h~ t
ibS bey aa;ri~,n~e;ement the T,yles were to ~~ernt~i n \vi tll tllein un ti1 tlq
coultl obtain possession of' the i)~iltes fi~r111, \YII~CII tlley llntl ho~~gllt,
i~ntl the rest of the 01iver faillil v cornilly EI*OIII ~-oliet.* the I'olir fi~111-
ilies, consisting of eight Lyles a11;l tllirtee;; 'l'~1rnl~~11ls t~rltl Oli \-ribs, cotltrivet1
to live, till spring c;penetl, in one room i~11(1 that one sisteen hy
eighteen feet. That they succeetl(:tl in tloing tl~is i~ari~loniouslg, so
that the survivors can no\\- look 1);~clc thror~glr the mists 01' ne;~l~l\r fotbtv
V
vears. ant1 ina,ke merry over t1he esyeriences o F th;~t fi st \\ri k ter i'n
'i)sceolit, is creditable t6 ;1,11 concelan eti
EZnim Cemetccr~y. Prior to going f;~rtlleia ill to the histor of t11 is
to \\~nsilip, ib reference to tl le present ~estin6-placof irlanljr oltl res idan ts
is inatle, ancl n, brief slcetcll of the ceil~eteries given.
Elmim Cemetary, on sections 20, 21, Elunira village, tl;~tes b;~cl< to
Mav 30, 1845, when ilinbrose Fuller was interretl on li~ntls of C!linton
1 It mas incorpori~tetl October 3, 1SS2, with 11. 11. Olirrer, president
; Robe~t Grieve, secretaryl and W. M. Fuller, treaslnaer, the lattc~
t rvo being reelected to tlate, Win fie1 cl Foller, superintendent, an (1. D.
Moon, sexton, ~itll John T~~im.bl~ll, il. Oliver ant1 William J-ackson, trnstees.
The na.lnes of the oltl peol)lt, brlried l~e~e, wit11 the yeala of tleath,
are given as follows : Ti~bitl~a Abbey, 1867 ;,James Armstrong, '76 ; John
Aclams, '79 ; Anna Brace, '55 ; &lyi~tle (i-. 13ra(>e, '66 ; Phoebe Blaace, "i3 ;
John Buchanan, 'GO; Ales. I3ucll:~nn;~n, "i3; W. D. I31:cncharcl, S I ; Jolln
finchanan, '60; Allen Bougtln~nn, 3%; bli~ry Ihrtell, '85 : Willia~n
Brace, '50; Walter I:ra.ce, .I; Webster Brace, '50 ; Jolln
.
C.'la~li, '65 ;
"
Elixa Clark, '60 ; lIanna11 Creighto~l, ' TS : James Cmig, 34 ; Margaret
Craig; '6ti ; Uavis McPllerson, 'ti!) ; %Iai*ga,l*et &IcPherson, '7ti ; BI~I*).
McPherson, 'ti' : Chn~lotte i)ar.by, '74 ; Jarrles Darby. '83 ; hlisoil
Davis, '80; ~ebecc:~ Flen~inq, '67; Eliza. 11. Fuller, '83; Mrs. I-Iannah
Fuller, '84 ; Alnbrose Fuller, '45 ; Hannah Fuller, '4-6 ; Jehiel Ful-

1 , 1 : &I:LP,Y Godley, '71 ; Martha, Garlev, 'S1: Ellen (Scott) Grieve,
'85 ; Daniel Hudson, '74 ; John I3olnles, '7'3 ; IVllitney Hudson, '55
Mary EIarris, '67 ;. Thomas Jaclcson, '55 ; Janet Lyle, '49 ; Wnl. 1,ple;
'55 ;' Margaret Noon, '66 ; Jalnes Moon, '71 ; Ales. &IcIienzie, '64 ;
Ales. M~~rchison, '78 ; Ann Murcllison, '69 ; Ik~ricl JIoffitt, 54 ; IVilllrehnina,
Mofitt, '65; Finlev Murcl~ison, '72 ; ItoclericB IIeI

4-36 I-IIS'I'OXY Oh' STARl(r COUNTY.
Osfortl, in ilenr\~ county, was tlle finnnciit.1 centre of the countv up to
1860. In that iear tlle'wilcl cat bank, callecl " Bank of the Mississippi
Valley," existed here. After the Scotch settlement of Elmira, other
immigrants of that nationality settled across the line, maiking the (\istrict
almost clistinctlv Scotcll-either I-Tinhlancl or Lo~~lt~ncl. The
IIighlands, which couAprise Sutherlantl, Eoss, Inverness an tl Argyle
shires are inhabited bv t~ race of Celtjs \rho lx~ssetl oiTeY fro111 I~acl:~ntl
in the third cent~wy. " In their first incasi6n the\- \rem rtpulsctl I)y
the Picts. but later nssistetl tllenl alp;~insthe rln&lo Saxons. 111 503.
u
under liikg Fergus they erected ;I Eingtlonl in a l>i~l*t of Scotl:i,~ltl, :~,nt!
about the year 000 were m,zst1ei~s of the colnltrv wllicll c:~ lletl
Scot ii~. he crowns of Engl.1;~ntl and Scot.lanc1 Yveve url i tletl in 181 ):j,
when Janles VI. of Scotlantl ascentlei1 the Englisll tllronc. Prl 431
I'ope Celestine sent St. l'allatlius, a Roman, to preach to the Scots,
who eagerly received the faitll. Calvinism \\.as introtluced ilntler the
~resh~terian form of cllnrcll govern~r~en tl, ;ilncl tll is ~rlove~nen t \iT:ts much
opl)used by James VI. and his successors. In IGSS the Scots cst:~l)-
lishecl I'resbyterianism as tho n;~tion;tl religion ; but irll c )t helb Forwls ol'
Christianity were toleratetl. Pope l'ias IS. reCisti~blisl~etL the Ltorn:~~n
Catllolic cilu~~ch there, wl~ich, in IS61 em bri~cetl one- foi~rtl~ of t llc 1x)pllation
; while dissenting chu~ches embraced hilly i~notllo. one-fourth.
The royal tragedies encling wit11 the execntio;~ of Polnl*y Queen of
Scots, the massacre of Olencoe, the ik~ttlo of the Clans antl the reign
of patriotism nn tler W i lli:~rn Wa.iltlcc a.nti Robert Bruce tlinge ller history
with romlbnce. The contlit ion, ilowe\rer, of the '' cro l'ters," 1;~l)ol~ers
in town nntl country, ;mtl of the entire third antl forlrth ol~tler:.; of
the people abolishes ronlance in the 1le;brt of the incli~irer, alncl fostel*~
the wish that some di~y the toilers there nlav reap the i*cwal*ds of-'
, honest labor. The 13s hol 1 1 Ii 11 -cd.ml"\', coinl)oset 1 esclusi \rely of
* ,
d weclish tlissenters f roln the 1,rtt heran. or Roval ch11rcE1. elates 11;~clc to
lS4j-=4(;. At that time Olaf Olson settled it wl~i~t is'ltnown as lietl
oak Grove; and was soon joined by Jonas Olson i1~11t1 Eric .Janseri.
Like allnost all foreign pioneers o F our pr*i~.iries they weye pool1, an tl,
being so, excavated large calves nncl in tl lose snl~ter~n~n em h nts I i vet1
dnring the first year or t IVO of settlement. Tl~e colony s~~l)seclnc.n tl y
erected a, co~ni~iunial ~eside~lce in which etlcll one slop t i~ntl i~oarded at
a common expense to all. In 1853 tlle colony \\-as clli~rtered, itntl its
affairs placetl ~~~lcler the control of sevell trustees. Tl~is was three
years after the m~~rcler of Eric Jltnsen hy Jolln Eoot - the first eritlence
of disintegration 14 thin the colony. In IYGO the governnle~ll,
by trustees, fell Into disrepute, ant1 in 1371 a. suit in cllancery w:~s
uomlnenced to close all the aff:i.irs of' this colony as an incorporatetl
bocly. Prior to this, llo~vever the S\rccles 1)ecome independent in
thought tlnd cast oft' the co~ril~lunal systIeln, under wllicll they canle
r here and 1 ivetl for solme yeiu8s. 111e grading of the American (lentt*:~]
railroad tl~oogh Sta.rk county was in greater part, the lirbor of the
men and women of this colony.
School.s.-The cj uestion of orgjrilizing the towns11 ill lor. scliool purposes
was decitled January 10, 183S, \r~llen ten vote~~s, then all in tlle
township, assembled at Robert Moore's house imcl voted in favor of

XLNIKA TOWNSHIP. 435
o~ganiaation. At this time Robert Moore. Matllias Stlnrms, Robert
Wall, Tholnas Watts, M. G. Brace and James Buswell mere elected
r 1
trustees. lhree years after organization there were no less than 14.8
1~~11ils under t \jrell tp-one yews oltl. In IS45 fortr-nine legal rroters
petitioned for the sale of scllool lands, ;~tl. n few rots mere sold tlmt
year, but the section \\-:is not entirely soltl until 1S52. In IS56 there
were 83 piq~ils in District KO. 1, 54 il; Dist~ict So. 2, 160 in District KO.
:-i, 34 in Distibict KO. 4 ;inti 51 in I)ist,i*ict So. 5, or n total of 432 pul)ils.
In 1 S5S 1 );~vitl Currier was p~esitle~lt and W. 31. Fu!ler nT:.as reFlected
t~e;lsll~~er of the scllool bond. 111 Octol~el*, ISf,S, the cluestio~z of
tlivitling the to~rlisliip in to tmo scllool tlistlbicts \\'its rotetl 011, wllen 62
votles op1)osctl the tlirisioll alltl I(i \\.ere coutcnt, thus 1e;triug the fire
oltl tlistriets in existence. In lS5S Bliss li:mma IIall. George Currier
:~rld otllelhs tiitlgllt in Dist~bict xo. I. Ua,m Pike in Xo. 2 ant1 TVm. Spencer
in No. 3. 111 No. 4 31 iss 1I;trriot Rhodes taugllt in IStiO, IIelwy B.
IJpton in District KO. i-j in 1$(;1. 111 3I;~rcll, 1862, J. TI7. Watts tibngllt
in District No. I ; ~t $20 per 111ont)l. Tl~e average attendance out of
58 enrolled pnpils was 3s. In District So. 2 S. hst presided over a,
scllool of 21 at $9" i;lntl Miss E. S. 1,ynl;~n taught in District No. 3 at
$25 - pupils enrolled, 47. . T ~rffin received $25 per irlontll in
llistrict So. 4. wheve 32 1)upils n7ere enrollecl. District KO. 5 rvas not
n1)enccl. A. G. Clbi~\r ~OL-d in SO. 6 taught 36 pul)ils for $28 per mol~tlr.
7'11e first regular reco~d of t'lle Ellni ].;I, to\vnship scllools is tlatetl April
5, 1862. i:ntlibe\\r Oliver, qJoll~i Tluwl~ull imtt Cll;~.rles Itootl \\-ere trustlecs.
In lSrZ T,;~,ton Ynl ler, Ales. &lnl8cll ison, Jr., and JIatlthe\v B.
Paial;s were trustees, iiltlre\\r Oliver in ISAT :ind Clla~les Staa1.t in lS(i8.
In 1S70 Dari tl Crlr~ier, Tllo~n;\s Oliver and Antlye w Oliver were ellosen.
In 1871 ill. 13. P;u8ks \\Tits elect'ed trustee ; in 1872 Tl~omns Oliver: in
1873, Jolln T. Thornton; in 1Sf4, Josepll I';~~*lts; in 1875, Thomas
Oliroa ; in 1S'7(i, l,atloll Fuller ; in 1877, Jose1111 Pnrlts ; in 167s. Antlrem
Oliver ; in 197'9, Laton Fullel. ; in 18S(), Josepll I'arlts ; 111 1SS1, Andrew
Olirc~.; in ISS2,. 1,;~ton Fuller; in 1 SS3, itol)el*t, l1;dl: ill 1SS4. Andrew
Olirel*; in 1885, 1,:~ton Fulle~a; in 1SS(;, Ge01.g~ M1u.y. In 1SS6 there
were 2Ol itlales ant1 200 funales rlnilela t\\.erlty-one ,yealas; seven ullgradetl
scllools, ;~tteritletl b \- 126 m;tl e ;mtl 117 fenlade p11 pils, and presi (led
oiler l ) A ~ ve inale i~~;(l eight l'cmi~lo te;icllelas ; the forlncr e;~rni ng $1.2SS
I 1
ant1 tl;: latter $1,025. Ille tlistrict tax \jr,zs ~:3,000 ; v;llue of p~*cq)ert)~,
$3,900; tut;rl receipts, $6,032.74; tot:~l espe~ltliturrc, $3.!):-33.!)(!. TV.
31. E'u ller sel-.-ctl t~s t~~e;ts~~rer ;tllcl clel*l;.
Oflicic/ls.-The orgi~nization of the townsllip is ~lotctl in tlie organic
1 1 t Since tllttt time tlith Sollo~viug super8\-isol*s l1icre seiaretl : 1S54,
JIr~tlc C+. I:la;iee ; I s.35, 1s;~;)~ Sl~encer ; lS.i(;-T,S. .Tullles I:ns\\-ell;
18.5s-6 1, .loll11 Ti~1~111)ull ; 1 J I S 1 i s ; 1 . 11. II. Olirer ;
1363, C!liarlcs Stuart ; IS(i4-66. .\ 11 tllae\v 0 1 i \ - c ; ~ 1 Sfili-S, JI;~ttl~e\i- 13.
l'i~rl

' 436 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
Joseph Blancharcl ; 1563, M. G. Brace ; 1865, James Bus~vell ancl
John Turnbull ; 1S69, John Turnbull ancl H. B. Upton ; 1873, I-I. B.
Upton and John Turnbull; 1875, Setli W. Stuart; 1877: John Turnbull
and &!. B. Pmks ; 1818, David Currier : ISSI, John Tumb~111;
1888, Gicleon Potter: IS85, John Turnl)ull and It. S. Scott.
In 1853, $1. G. Bra,ce nras cleeli. Welter W. Falle~a urns elected
clerk in l85&5!1; &I. 13. Pi~rl

ELMIRA TOWNSHIP. 437
Niner, It. Grieve, J. J. Spencer, 31. A. Paclier, E. P. Wright ~vere clirectom.
At the close of this year 296 policies, represented $350,274. In
IS84 \V. N. Fuller. J. M. I-Iatcl~, Daniel W1iisl;er were chosen vice
xessrs. Mnrmy, Miner ~zncl TTright. In 1SS5 31. R. Parlis a,ncl Willi:ti~
So\rlan, \-ice Messrs. Weir ;-tncl ~oartliilan. In Jauuary, 1886 Dr.
H. 0. 13oartlninn, George E. I-Ioliues, W~lliaill So~vli~n, T. J. Bocock,
Alvivrr I. ('ox were al3l)ointccl i~pl,raisers, MTm. 31nrl.ay. Jolln Turnbull,
I.:.' 0. Eoitrtli~ii~n, ,J. 31. Hatch, TV. 31. Fuller, E. (+rie\-e, G. C. Holmes,
\V. \V. JVinslonr, ,I. J. Sl,cncer, Joseph Chase we1.e electetl directors,
\\.]lo in twn electecl tlie officers of lSi(i. The nnniber of policies Jsuu-
;ir\. I. 1SS(;, \\.:IS 290, valuc>tL at $3tii,9.59.
I:'l/,r;,acl C/votye, No. IO(i2, \\as organized February 7, 1874. with the
follo\~ing n;ilnetl 111elnbt3i.s : Jolin, TVillinnl. I)nritl, Jau~~e's 31. ant1 Cy-
1.u~ Jackson ; Mrs. I):~vicl Jackson, 11~s. 7Villia~in Jaclison, Mrs. Jaines
11. J~C~SOII, h[~.s. J ol~n .J:~,clison. Mrs. Jaii~es Cinnanion, Xiss Emma,
I:le~rii~ig. 3Ii.s. Jesse Funli, Nrs. R. F:. (+eoi+ge, ;Tanles ant1 7JTilliam C'in-
11;1111oii, Jesse I'unli, S. ('. :~ncl 13e1ijn11iin Icle~uing, Eli Nis, D. 13. Pittsfortl,
C'l~i~~~les, Theodore nucl C'hai.les I-T. lrantlilie. Josepl~ Sharer, Willl~cit
~LHCI Zel'i~ Ne\\-ton, tTames Turnl)nll, T,;~no.hlin Buchsnan, J:unes
13sllnrd. I.ntcr the ni~ilies of Ji~llles Boolier, krs. T,ias Jackson. Mrs.
I.'. (liniiiunou, TTiTlll. Sttlrills, IT. 11. ,Ji~ckson: C. S. Tl~ompson, ((lied in
1 ST$), Tl~ot~las i~ncl &ITS. Winters iy)pear npon tl~e records. Of the 37
l)e~'sons t~tlltlittetl to iiiemOersliip, t11ei.e \\.ere only 17 belonging January
1, 1 Tl~e last entry in the recorcl book or el(-)c~uillents is a receipt
I'I.oI~ tile State (4 range secretnlSy to WI~. Jackson, dntetl March 20, ISSO.
In IS74 j\'111. JRC~~SO~~
\Tits electecl i\hster and 11. a!. Fleming secretary,
\\.llo \\-as succeetletl l )jr ,Jtznies Cinnniuon. In 18it;L;i' Dav~cl Jnclison
\V;LS c:lected ~nitste~, and Wm. Jaclis011, secrcta1.y ; ill 1S7S TVilinot
Sflirton, nl:wter; in IS'i!). C. 13. Vanelike, inaster. During the yeay
1 S7!) rnel~~be~~ship clecrensctl.
C;. A. 1i. Post, No. 244. of Kli11il.s~. was cllarterecl Ma]-cli 11, 1867,
~ri t11 tl~e t'ollo\\ring menlbers : 01~lanclo Brace, Itobe~t Tur~~bull, Jolln
Sty yes, Will in~n ,Ji~ckson. f+:in k I Iutlson (in Io\\-n). David Jackson,
.~;LII~CS (!inna111or1, ASB Cl;~rl\- (in the East), Jk~~*sllall Lecos (in Iowa),
it 11tl ;Toll11 I\rcT,ean (gontl lTTest ancl snl~posed to l~ave diet1 there). TFTil-
1iin11 oTa~lis~n \vi~s first COIIIII~;III~~C~, follo\vetl l)\- Tllomns Itnlc. Among
the otl~er ~lle~lll)el*s \rere A. X. I'all~lc~r, no;\. of West .Je~sey. ancl
L)i~nic.l J. AIooii.
Ja111es ,Jac.l record i~nil roster of
tl~ii ~)ionecr post iIl,pear, \~itli rl;~ tc. of enlist~ne~lt arltl te1.111 of scl+vice.
.J:IIII~~ C~~III~II~I~II, Ircl;~u(l, JIII~C 12, 1Ml ; :%j r~io~itIi\; 19t11 Ill. lnf.
JVilli;~m .J:lckson, Scotl:~utl, Junc 12, 1861: 36 months; 19111111. Inf.

438 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
Joseph Sharer.
John Stiers, New Jersey, Jnn . 1, 1862; 43 months; 2nd 111. Art.
Chas. Slinrer, Pa., Jnuc 1, 1864; 12 inontlls; 189th Ill. Inf . ; in Nebraska.
Asa Adams, Maine.
Theodore Vandike, Pa.
Thomas Murray, Scotl:ind, Feb. : 112th Ill. Iuf . ; in Iowa.
David Jackson, Scotlaud; 19th 111. Inf .
Archibald Campbell, Scotland, Feb. 17, 1864 ; 26 illoutl~s ; 11th Ill. Csv. and 6th
Cav . ; in 1ow:z .
Gustnve Andersen, Sweden; ruovecl a~~~~zy.
Jobn Q. Adams, Maine, Junc 12, 1861 : 36 rnoritlls; 19th Ill. Inf . ; Miuouk, Ill.
Carlos Lyle, Elmira, May 18, 1864; 100 days; 134th 111. Inf.
George B. Gerard, New York, Oct. 26, 1861; 36 months; 14th Wis. Inf .
Seth D . Stougllton, Pa., hug., 1862; 36 montlls; 98d Ill. Iilf .; Bnrct~u county.
Samuel BIontooth. Pa., Jurle 12, 1861; 3G ~uonths; 19th 111. 1i1f .
James Montootll, Pa., J~zne 12, 1861; 36 months; 19th 111. Iuf.
John C. Cumming, Ill., Mnrch, 1865; 126 days; 15th Ill. Id.
Walter A. Fell, Scotlnxicl, Feb., 18G4; 124th anti 133d Ill. Inf .; C:hic:~go.
Joseph R. IIunt, Ind., Junc 17: lS(i1: 19th 111. lnf. ; Ninn.
Joseph C. Meigs, Vt ., rJ~11le 1'7,1861: 1.9tl~ Ill. Inf.
Benj. J. Whitcher, Vt., May 2, 1864; 100 tl:~ys; 189th Ill. Inf.
do1111 Whitcher, Vt . , hI:~y 5, 1862; 36 montlls; (if5t11 Ill. Iirf . ; died itt Wyoming.
Artems E. Elvers, New PorB, JIarcll 9, 1862 ; 39 montl1s ; 65th Ill. Inf . ancl 14111
U. S. A. ; died Oct . 4, 1879.
William Douglass, ~cotlaiicl: June 12, 1861 ; 36 ~llontlis; 19111 Ill. Iuf. ; in Xcl).
Norris Lyle, Illinois.
Theodore McDaniel .
B . F. Mcl~ew ; in I

G. Brace, Alexander Ca~lleron, -Walter Mi Fuller, Henry Scott, James
Nicholl, George Rutherford, Joseph Fell, John H. Turnbull, Angus
McLennan, Gideon Murray, IV. II. Turnbull, Jonathan Goocl\rell,
William Oliver, I'eter Ingalls, A. S. Murchison, E. E. Boardman,
Matthew Bell, John Murch~son, R. I-I. Turnbull, J. J. Tur1lbull, Abner
J. Stearms, Latori Fuller, Robert Grieve, John IZule, Gideon Purclom,
D. Murray, Gideon Mumy, ancl Joseph Blanchard. On January 25,
IV. $1. FGller, Andre~v Oliver, ant1 William Moffitt mere appointed n
colrlmittee on coastitution nncl by-lams, and Dr. Boarcli~lan, UT. II.
Turnbull, and Adam Oliver a connnmittee on book lists. On February
8 the coinlnittees reported. At this time Alexander Rule, Ada111
Jaclrson William Smith, nncl Williain Jackson joined the Association.
Ada111 Oliver nTas elected president, William Mcl),ride, vice-presidente ;
Willinlll Mofi tt, secretary ; 7Vnl ter M. Fuller, breasurer and libmrian.
Lewis Austin, Willialil I'orter, Benjninin B. Aclarns, ancl Clinton Fn1-
ler joined the society at this time. In April 1556 W. B. Turnbull was
elected assistant librarian. In A psi1 IS57 Clinton Fnller mas elected
treasure^ and librarian. In January 1858 William McBrjcle was chosen
president, Anclrelv Oliver, vice-l~residen t ; John Oliver, secretary, and
Clinton Fuller treasurer and liblaxian. In ISGO Laton Fuller was elected
president and secreta~y and librarian continued. In 1861 Laton Fuller,
Gideon Murray and Clinton Faller, president, secretary and librarian,
respectirely. The president and 1ibl;zsian were re-elected in IS63 and
in 1864-71. In IS71 William Sterenson was elected secretary, vice
Tlloinas Oliver. In 1872 the office~s mere re-elected, also in 1873-9.
In January IS80 James I-Iasivell mas elected secretary. In 1886
Winfieltl Fuller wals electecl secretaiay, the other officers holding over.
In lSS5 the old board IV~S re-elected and in 1886 James Haswell llTas
ellosen secretary, the other meml~ers being re-elected. The present
members of the Li hrary Association are Wi1ll;am Murray, W. M. Fuller,
Sannuel C. Fleming Dnritl Jackson, W. M. Fuller, Robert Grieve, David
Murray, 1-1. I-I. Oliver, James I-Ins \\-ell, Eobert Annstrong, William
Jackson, Adam ,Jacl;son, John Turn 111111 (Uncle Johnny), Willianl
Stevenson, Abel Armstrong, John I-I. T~1r11b1.111, Clinton Fuller, Alexander
Murchison, Laton Fuller, C+eo~ge Dilurray, Dr. E. It. Boardman,
Thomas Oliver, George Rutherf 0x1, Antlrelv Oliver, Orestes A.
Elancharcl. There are many others whose names arc on the roll, but
owing to dues not being paid are not corlntetl as me11il)ers. Tlie library
consists of nl~out 50( or 60( 1-olulnes-said to l)e one of the best selections
in the district.
Elmira ViC2cbge.-The pretty hamlet, c;~lled Eli~lira Tillage, dates
back to 1843, when A~nbrose Fuilel. entered the southeast quarter of section
twenty. Here the Fuller sto1.e was est;~blishetl, and shortly after
it bea~rne the Mecca of the Presl)yteri;~n ant1 MetIllodist CJi~ristians
of this district. A cenieterv was ope~ied here, cll~~rches erected, a
school established, a, few seftlers pa,thered ;~rountl and the nucleus of
the present villilge formed. In the -tollo\ring c11ulacl1 atid school history
of this portion of the to\rnsl~ip. but more particu1;lrly in the personal
history of the Inen and women ~vllo sett'led or gre11- up to inan hood and
womanhoocl here, tile minutire of its history is well related.

UinitecZ I'rsa6yte~icvz C'/%arch,.-A ssociat e I'lefo~~niecl P~aesb )r t er i
Church of Elmim lilay be said to date back to the fall of 1~4!i, when
Rev. Pu'. C. Weetle cailie here from Ma~slli~ll county :~ncl p~*eaclretl to
the people. A penn an en t o~gmizatioil \~;t.s eRectletl Ko\renlbeia 30,
1852, at the house of Jollil Turnbull, wit11 Eobert Itu le 1)resicliiig. all t
John T~u~nbull, secretary. It was resol~~ed tllitt Finley l\iItulcll ]son,
now (in Iowa), Williani 8. Tnrnbull (in Iowa), 1tol)el.t ~ nie imtl 1It1n17.
H. Oliver (resi(ling here) be a, coilllni ttee on builtlillg, a11 tl It.~~~ri~l)~lli,
Robert Rule nncl Williain JlcBritle, a couliilittee to locate :L site. 011
December 24 Jolln Turnl~ull, Itobert T~~rnbull and Gideol~ l'urtloul
were elected first twstees. A snbscription ]>apela was t1r;~u.n HI), to
~r~hicll sixty-sis names were \I-ritten, representing @!)2. l'lle first
ineinloers were N. C. Weede, preacller ;\Villiuin &leCi~ide, Itol~ert I I.
ancl John Tun~bull, Robe~*t Tt~rrl bull

ELMIRA TOWNSEIIP. 441
were electecl trustees ancl re-electecl in 1865. Subsequently Mi-. Gral~ain
l~~rcl~nsecl a farm, resigneel his charge, and in 1867 the name of Rev.
K. (7. Weecle reappears on the recoyel, hut not as pastor. T'iTilliam D.
Tl~omas and 11. 11. Oliver were elected trustees. Eei~. MY. Montgomery
succeecled Mr. U~allam. TTTilli:~m and Tho~nas Oli~rer ailel
Dsvicl BItirray weye electecl trustees in 1S'il ancl re-elected in 1873. In
1376 tlie name of Rev. John 31. Renclerson al)pealzs, although he came
here in IS73 ancl still relnainccl as pastor until 1884. Since 1SS4 the
clluroll Iias been snpplied by various ministers. In the fall of 1SS6
tlie Rev. Ross mas callecl, and tool; charge, Mr. Ilenclerson inoring
to Tmer, Iowa. In 18'7.5 Willinnl Oliver, James Tun~bull nncl John
lloll~ies v7e;.e elected trustees, succeeded in 1877 by Robert Grieve,
Anclre~v Oliver and Jol~n Tui'nbull, as trustees, 311.. Grieve acting as
clerk since that time. In January, 1879 a 1not'ion providing tht the
t1.11stees lwocnre su1)stitutes for liats to take up the TI-ee1;ly collections
was atlop ted. The trustees weye re-elected in ISSI. In December,
ISdl, the question of admitting organ lllnsic was deciclecl neuatirelj~ by
eleven for, to sixteen ngxinst. In January, 1S3, Robert eve, Wm,
JLnrray antl Williain Oliver mere electecl trnstees ; Robert Griere,
Alaggie 12ule ancl Janet ,Jaclisou, chosen a co~llnlittee to select books
for the 1il)rary. In February the lib~nrv co~nlnittee just named, ~ ~ith
hIa.ry Oliver, ,Janet Grieve, George 7'. 0river and A(lanl Jnel~son were
;q>pointecl ;L commjttee to collect the Quarter Centennial F~ulcl. This
conllnittee collectetl $277.45, ivhicll was appliecl towarc1 church work.
111 J;~~Iu~II.~, 1885, the trustees ~i-el-c re-elected. In 1SS5 elect8io~is weye
1
11eltl in the ~ni~tter of cnllin~ a pi~stol., but none being unaninlous tlie
quest ion nT:is helcl o\rel* unt~l June I, 1S8li. wlien Rer. Mr. Ross was
c~illetl. The num~ber of co~~l~ilunicants is 87. I11 the Sunday-school
lil~rarv iwe 400 volumes, scholars in Suaduy school 101. It is ilotable
that the three I'resbyterim~ cllnrclles of this tomnsllil-> imp $3.OOo as
szllaries annually, :iiicl about tlie same :~lnount for other clinrcll purposes.
il.lcthodi.c.t Z~fi'stlq)irl (Xt~rcA, of E111iira elates back to the beginning
of the Osceoln society. P12ior to 1S.i!3 the Fullers, Cli~k~, Ferns, Hudsons
families may be na~ned as the onlv ~Iethoclists here, nncl members
of the Osceola cllurch. 111 1959 Rev. iV. J. 811iitli 11

442 HISTORI* OF STARK COUNTY'.
Walter Clarlr, Asa, Clarli. Ji~mes. I,. Ferris, brnlincla Fulle~, Ceu I.
Hudson, Ca.rlos B. Lyle, T;~ntha L3mcc. I~ ;IS trae;ts~u3elb nntl tleposito~a dowll to tlre l)~~ctscl~t
tinle, and \\YLS electetl prcsitlent in IS(i9, ~ vi tli I. 1. Oliver sec~utalav.
In ISM J. &I. Cli~~li lras electetl l~resitleot~, srlcceedetl b \~ TV. 111. ~illl;ia
in 1864, and lie by 11. 11. Oli\~c~ in ISCT,, \vllo lii~s actetl as 1)1*esident
down to the plaesent time, \\.it11 &IT. Fuller sttcl*et;~i*\~ ;tilt1 tlbca.snlber.
The society now is in existence so far as colitlr*il)ntio;is :ire co~ice~~l~ed.
but for a nunlber of venz.s no ~lleet~incs liave been lieltl.
Pr.e&jtelaic~z 6% (I~ch, y" k1h) i/l~ "\US org;~ nizet l Mnly 8, I SS1, hy
Rev. John Weston a11d Rev. 'l'. G. Scott. Tlie o~iginal 111enl>elbs were
Abel, Anne, John, ltobert, Mrs. Jane and (+e~l*~c~~rlrlstro~~~,
(icorge
Rutherford, William I:eattie, 311as. (Iatherine St:ott, Allas. Eli~i~betll
Ol~ver, Miss i\ilsry Oliver, &;ITS. C:. Sterel~son. Miss Adtlie Stevellson,
Miss Carrie Stevenson, D;~niel Doclcl, 311~s. Iiaelle I)odd, 31~s. l\iZa~y
Buchannn, Murdocl; Encllnnn.u, Miss May and Miss Kebecca l\/[c-
Kay, Miss Ma~y Adams, Miss 0. Vantla, I3eaver. At tll is time Allel
Armstrong and Geo~age Euthel*for.cl were electetl ruling elders, ;~nd the
latter clerk of church. In Jl~nc, ISSI, tliere were atltletl to the congregation
: Eliznbct 11 I1 i11c11in:i1*sll, C'haialotte Rtlallls, Estl~el 01 i vela, .Jelln ie
Armstrong, Maggie Itother.fol*tl, Jenn ir Iiothe~afolatl, Si1,ell;l. E. Itnt1le~ford.
Ellen Scott, I sal)ell;~ Tl LIII tel*, I':llen l'n~nl)ull, Mary I:c:~ttie a 11 tl
John 1linclrrl:~r~sll. In 11 ugnst t,llel*e mere ;~cll~l i ttlecl to mcl~lbe~~sl~
i 1, :
Tena Miller, E~nor;~ I'le~rllng, 11. Si l~elle Oli rer, Tl~olnas nntl .J oseplr
C'hap.nan ; a11d in cJ alu;~,qr, I SS2, Mrs. lbI:~r:\~ McIAenrlnn. In .Jmie,
1SS2 there IjT\.ere ntlnii ttet 1 .J olln ant1 Bessie C+le~ltlenni~ig. El izabetll
Anderson, Jennie JAocII, Si l~ella F. Arlrlstlaong. I11 No~elllbe~, 1882,
Miss D. MclCinzie ; I A i l LS83, 1))uncan 1:uclian;in ; in June, .Josephine
E. JIarltl, Elizabet1li 13. IIals\~ell, \Villiain E. :rncl Ellla &[. Scott
and MYS. C. 13. I t!ltIle~~fo~~tk; i 11 Koven1l)cr. John :~nd Siil~~l~ l~ourler.
Marion F. Tuttle, F1orerlc.e (+e~*al>tl, ill\-ero 3IcC:lur ly, an tl ,J a~lc A1ltlc.rson
; in 1884, (ieorge 13. ant1 Maggic Ilolines, i\l)l~e~a ant1 Ma1.r I

Lizxie Eeattie, Christians E. Armstrong and Mary Hasmell. In Sovember,
1885, Anclrem Oliver, Oliver Turnbnll, and Martha J. Anderson
became members. In June, 1881, Rev. T. G. Scot$ presided as
moclerntor ; in June, 1882, Eer. John Weston ; in November, 1882,
lie\-. \F7illiain Keery ; in March, 1883, Rev. J. &I. Waclclle ; in April,
1SS3, iler. C. M. ish her (in June, 1833, Rev. J. C. Brace mas here) ; in
Ko\.eml)e~*. IsS3, Rev. A. F. Irvin ; in February, 1884, Rev. T. G.
Scott ; in March, 1 SS4, Rer. Silas Cooke ; in June, 1884, Rev. J. C.
I :race ; in Deceluhel*, 1884, Rev. Willialn Iieery ; in March, 1985,
Eenja.lui11 IT. George ; in June, 1SS5, Itev. A. R. Mathers ; in Novelllbel*,
IS%, Eer. John Weston, in June. ISSG, Rev. A. F. Irwin, ancl
Jnl~r l,lSS(i, Rev. John Weston, who came here on a call extended June
7, ~SSG ; George Eutl~erford serviug as clerk since 1881. Rev. John
Westoil cmue here July 1, 18%. as pastoy of the church, and was
in st allcd October 6, 1886. Abel An~ilstrong llas been snpel*intenclent
of Sun (la\- scllool since orga~iiza tion.
At a ii1eeting held Decemljer 80. ISdI, presicled over by John Armst~*o~lp.
tlle question of erecting s church was carried. John Roberts,
Geolbgc ii~*l~lstrong; Josepll Cha.pman, William Ieattie, George E.
I-Iolines, "Ales Bucllanan, John I-Iindmarsll, Henry Scott, Williai~~
Stevenson, James Cinnsnlon, Jollil G. Turnbull, Daniel Dodcl ancl John
Fowler, eseci~tive committee. On December 28, the presentation of a
builtling lot by Clinton Fuller was reported ancl acceptect. In the fall
of 1882 the builcling \lT,zs completed, at a, cost of $5,000, and meeting
11rltl therein Decelnber 15, 1889, George 11. Holmes serving as seerteatry
of tile esecutire committee. The parsonage nras built in 1585, at a
cost of $2,500, but not completed until 18%. This residence stands
on the Toulon ~aond, soutllmest of the village.
Lo.t C'kw~ch has passed its thirtieth year of existence. In the
yenla 1856, a number of Scotch families unitecl to apply to the svnod of
the Presbyterian churcll, Canttcla, for a minister that could in
Grrlic and Engli~h. Eer. Duncan DiIcDerinid mas sent to them for
two Sabbaths, after ~~~hich they mere without supply for several years.
In 1862, Rev. A(lam McIiay visited thein for two Sabbaths. 111-1864,
Iiev. Lochlin Cameron, of Acton, Ont., visited them, ancl remained for
six weeks. After him Mr. Forbes, a divinity stuclent, supplied them
for the suinmer of 1864. During this vear (1864), the congregation
annlietl to be receiretl into the ~resbvteGian church in Canada. which
A I
Ira s gmil tetl, an (1:~t
Lonclon the presGy tery appointed on the %kt11 day
of Septe~nber, 1864, Eev. Archibalcl l\ilcDermid, to organize the congregation,
nncl to 11:~v elclers elected. The elclers were Jarnes Armstrong,
Jol111 McI,ennan, ant1 Donald DiIcDonalcl. At a congregational
meeting heltl in Knox church, Ehnira, Rev. Dr. Burns, of Chicago,
presiding, it was unanimously agreed to extend a call to the Rev. Alcsantler
McK ay, of Canada, to be their pastor, dated at Elinira, Janua1.y
30, 186s. This Blr. MeKay mas their first settled pastlor. On October
17, lS'i3. Ilev. Alessncler McIiay left this congregation, having
accepted s call hack to Canada, after serving thesaid congregation during
fire years. The congregation mas suppliecl by ministers from Canada
from the time Mr. McKay left, until April 21, 1880, when Rev. Neil

444 HISTORY OF' STARK COUNTY.
DilcDel*lllicI, froin the 13rfi.esbyterian cl~urch in Ct~nncln, w,zs settled over
them, who is their present pastor. In October, 1S6S, Re~r. hliller, oF
the olcl scl~ool Presbyterian, of Todon, and itel-. P. B:tlIPS. Will t CI* I,oc~I, Jollil
Armstrong,, Mrs. Jollu AY~~~S~YOII~, &I:ti~gttrct Cl I is110 111, 311~s. &re-
Donald (m~ilow), MYS. Will iaiu ~t&enson, 31i3s. .I olnl C;. Turnl,~~ll.
Margaret M. I',enl~an, Alexander Uocl~nu;~~~. Mrs. Alest~ntler Jj 11-
chanan, John AfcLennan" Mrs. Jolln AlcTAuu~~;lil ,+: Mrs. C~~meron
(widow), John McLeni~;~n." &Mrs. John DIcLeiina,n, "Jlrs. IIcItnr, Lot'ti e 0 1 iver. hl:wy .nlclAe~rnn.n,
John Turnbull, Mrs. I-Iutch inson, Duncan BIclcl

tlatecl August 26: 1861. The directors welae Clinton Fuller, Matthew
Yell ancl Myrtle G. Brace. I11 1863, James Turnbull, Daniel EIudson
('11 arles H.' Brace, t'he 1;at ter also was al)poin tetl clerk. Niss Jennie
S;~rgent (Mrs. Clarl

Osceok~ G~oue tr)i tl T'ill~uye -A reference to the original entries will
point out the ntmes of the fist actual owners and resiclents of lancls
in the neigl~bo~hood of this village. In 183'7 there did not exist
an idea o-f laying out R town he~e, ant1 ~vl~en the postoffice was csti~blisl~ecl
the locatiol~ \\.as called Xh~ira, as related in tlre pe~*son:tl histoiy
ancl rei~~iniscel~ces of' Oli 1.e~ VTllital;eY. In 183 ti Robert 11;lll aii~l sister
alitl William IIall t~ntl \\Ti Fe, ~hne II:tll, Arclli ljalcl an tl Cllarles \'andyke
and 13ratlv l~c~rler, cake by ~~tty 'of l'ittsbulbg, do\n~ t4l1e Ol~io,
and up the 1lli;ois to Peoiaia, w11el.t. they a~hii~etl inJume. Tl~e~etllcv
learned that Ilajo~ Moore, Watts, ancl spencer had col~~pleter l the suiavey
of Elinir:~ to~vnship, ancl that U~~s~vell and Winslow llatl visi tletl
the grove, set their stakes, nr~cl built cabins. 111 tJ~~~ie the EIalls and
~hnUd~1ce 'broth elas set out to visit t lie gyoue. Traveling / ~ i\Vyouling,
c ~
they fonllcl W il 1iai-n PtlL'I

ELMIRS TOWNSHIP. 447
ette Circuit, nothing l~ositive could be lealmed at Osceola. rillage.
Osceola Class, which met at tlie Osceoln school-house in 1S5l-2, was
pesidecl over by Ctlleb C. Flint. Sulong tlle i~leulbers vere the
leatlers Dinnna A. Flint, Asa, Sally ant1 ;\l:~r\r Curlbier. Willialn and Ann
EI1i411, Jacob and Eliz;~ Sticllla~n, Willi:\lil 11.'a1nd I-Iannah Jones. This
Jones was local preacller. In IS 65 Eev. Mr. Smi tll \\-as preacher. then
I:e\r. Gee. Guy, anti so on to the present time. William I-I;tlI nTas
first 1e:~cler ofe the oltl class at \V;~lls, seven miles distt~nt, and never
missetl an apl~oint~ne~~t fro111 1836 to 1S4ci. Sul)sec~nentlv his \rife ancl
liilliself tlevotcd tlleil* attention to tile ( )sceola c.l;~ss. of \~l'licl~ tlley n7ere
centri~l figures nutil tlleir tlccense. St~u~ill's Cl;iss iuet at the gt;11*111's
school-1 louse in I 851-2. I\-i tll Petel- St uiams. loct~l 1 )re;lclle~~ a ntl leader,
Jane S t~wi~ls, Jacob 1'. a11 tl TITekl tlly .Tones. Jacob irlitl Elizabeth
Stidlialrl, ilriel Jones, ill111 Orslilitn, Ai~~les i\'i~lipntl'iclc ;tntl J olrn $1.
i~lid Nancy J)alrr;l~q)le. In IS53 this CI~~SS
\\-as ttiansf'elbretl to Seeley's
I'oin t, where ,~ohn Dr;i,wyer \rns lea tl er.
Bl~ptist Gyhzu.c~, of Osceola., was olb~~~~izetl lTebi~nal*\. lo, IStiO, :~t
the scllool-house. Dr. E. 11. Uoartlnl;i n presi (let l \r i t11 ,J . G. 13onrdm'i~n.
c1e1.l;. The origintrl meinbers were Willii~lli We:wela," Isaac Spencer.$
E. It. I:onrdin;~ii, (+i.;~n\~ille P;r~lis, James G. 1:o;irtlnlaii. Eunice C.
Spencer," Mi rantla, Ilouse, Mit~tllit (+.,I :\I I~S, 3S;~y Van Ii:\lcliel
V ;in\rcyS ant1 1-Ianuitll Bo;tlathll;i n. of t 11 ose mel~lbelbs. S~LII~~S tna~keci

448 HISTORY OF S'MKK COUNTY.
sions of approb;%tion were heard on all sides. In Milay, 1885, Rev. A[.
Parsons, from Morgan Parli Baptist Seminilry, came and renlainetl
Sour months. Rev. Cl~as. Eg4 took cl~rg-e Jannarv 1, 1 S Scj, a,s reg:.nl;~r
pastlor ; Dr. E. 0. Boardman, clerli ; Jose1111 ~ar1~s:'l)r. E. It. Boarclilli~~~
and Mr. H. Weaver, trustees. The t \\TO first namecl trustees, ~ri tll R. C.
Briggs ancl Samuel Weaver :we t:deacoiis ; E. L. Scott is sl~l)el'illte~~dant
of the Snntlay scllool, the luernbership of ~rllicll is t~l~ont, 111) to
June 26, 1884, t1lel.e were 167 persons ~aeceiretl into the cllut*cll. of
r 1vho111 94 removed or were expelled, t~ud 23 tlietl. 111e IIICIII I)elash i)
i~t present is 107.
Total received being 173. l'hc l3:lIl)tist Cl I u t*c11 \r:Ls
erected in IS63 by Otis and Ansel Gartlner, ct~t~pente~~s. Tile f~i~il~r
is of native oak. hewn out here, anti the sitling ~~nrch:~seti :~t lile\\-atlee.
'-2 L
During the of l~uilding the frirlrle \\.as blorvn tlo\\-11, ijrl t
r occasioned only tlle deli~y of ~eplacii~g. 1 he h i ld i ng is a I ;~~*gc gt~l~lct 1
one, with spire and sllows very little signs of its twcntl,v-t;)~ua years
of use.
F~ee IlUl Baptist Society of E l i e l to meet at tllc Osceulir
(+rove scllool house years ago. Atl;bline Condell, 11~t1o w;rs ;I, n lcl lll)ela
over forty- one years ago, remein hers the n;Lunes of Dencon J olln 1,u:~son
ant1 every nlelnber of his large fi~~nily ; the Gris\\roltl's of 1:o,ytl7s
Grove ; the Berry's, the Lanes, Clrarles Bolt, Mrs. El izabetll i~rld Mrs.
James Winslow, the Blood's and Fairl~ank's. Tlrrol~ghont tlrc pirgcs
devoted to tlle eastern and northern townsllips of Stt~rli, velbjT nl;Lnjr
references are I nade to this pioneer society.
r Ot7~er Societ.ic's.- 1 lle neigh boring religious societies \rere : Tllc
Congreg~ional cllurch of Nel~onsett, organixetl April 21, 1555 (at lien t-
rille, near the Starli county line), by Itev. S. C+. Wrigl~t,, wit11 Eben
Kent, Charles Kent and I-In11 G. Wright, trustees. OF tile or*igin;li
metnbers,IItlll Wrigllt mtl Dilarpa,yet Wrigl~t reside at Loinl)u~tL. The
Baptist churclr of Neponsett, was org~llizetl March 26, ISCi4, 11y ltev.
C. A. Hewitt. Tlle h[etlloclist chnrch of Pu'eponsett, oraiginntetl in tllc
.John Norton class, nortl~ of the village. in 1841. At this ti~nc lVil1ii1111
Stuclley's i d Williain Norton's log cal~ins were the only ~~csitlor~ces in
the township. Tl~e Second Atlrent clrurcl~, of Neponsthtt, was ollg;lnized
in 1868, with thirty ir~en~l~c~as.
The I. 0. C. T. insIt:talletl the follo\ring o-ficers ill Ai~g~~st, :
W. (:. T., C4eo~ge Noafill~lan ; P. W. C. T., 14'. E. Si~11ntlel.s ; W. V. T..
Bertha Scott; . I . I,. o l e ;. I. I., . I. ill ; V .. . 1". E.
Bus well ; W. T., Nellie Itriggs ; \V. H., I,. C. lh*iggs ; W. C.. E. S.
Prosser ; W. I. G., J.ol111 Di~ncal~ ; W. 0. G., Morgan ilouse, August,
1886.
The Osceoln Celneteiy, the tenants of wllicll are noticed in ;L forulc~a
r 1
page, is ~*egularly laid out north OF the village. I liere are soltle vthly
fine inonurnents here. Of wll ~ul~o went fort11 From this to\~nsl~il) in
defense of tlle principles ant1 integrity of the Rel)ublio, oul y ;I Ftw- rest
here. The greater nalnt)el' of bcllen conlmdes fount1 gl*i~~t's on the
r ensanguined fields of Vil-gini:~, 1 enn cssec an tl Georgia. Tlle tt.11-t;~le
heaclst+ones, wlricll for111 ib guiding. li~~nl) to illothers. k~tl~ors, siste~as 01.
brothers who ~vc~uld seek thew soltlie~:.;' &rttses, to covor tlleill wit 11 g;~ 1.-
lands, or, perchance, remove the ashes of those they love to this nortll-

E:LAlIIiA TOWNSHIY. 449
a
o11(1
ern soil ~rliich nonrislieil tllrelll in early years, are few. The ceinetery
beyond the villilge is \\ranting in that one respect, and only in that, to
tinge it \\.it11 :L deeper romance.
Osceola scllool l~o~lse, :L l)ricl< stn~ct~l~e, \\.as presidecl over by Miss
II;~rriet J. 1:llotlcs. in .J-nncl, 1856. She received $3 per v~eel; nntl
board, and taught t 11 i rt v-fi Ire pupils. The inspectlor failed not to notice
the vicious 11;hit of 6ilc\ring gnn~.'' Miss C. 1;. Pa\ttritlge \Y;LS also
eml)lo>~etl t1lel.e ; ~t a simi l i s:\hry ~ ~ to teach t I\-enty pupils. She lmtl
r to) c1;lsses in 1ac:~tling. 1 his \\-is due to her p~~pils llaring so 111any
tliffel*cnt reiicliug l)ool

450 HISTORY OF S~ARIC COUNTY.
Montooth, Comfort Morgan, L. C. Dm~vyer, Henry C. I-Id, Aaron T.
Currier, John Q. Adains, Walter Clarlc, Charles W. Lesan, George
Cromden, William Donglas, Jr., Henry Burrows, George Dugan, F. P.
Bloom, George Sharrer, John BlacBburn, Charles Bl~zclr~~ell, Alorlzo
Lnce, Geor *e W. Ryerson, Chester P. Harsh, Willianl Ingtlls, Jollli
Douglass, fohn G. Lamper, Daniel J. Moon, Josepli W. Pasl-, Wil1i;nn
A. Cacle, John McLanay, Louis Williams, John IVel~ber, John L. limned~,
James Huckings, J. 0. Ives, Isaac Iiinyon, IIenrv C. Sllull, 1)e
Forest Chamberlain. James Merrill. 0 ~7en Carlin. ~llobns Eobi nson ,
William N. ~elsoni Thomas ~eni'ck, A. W. Welnper, J. A. Case,
Davicl Allen, Edward Erwin, J. M. Ln~uuer, Frank A. C~*o\rcler, John
Thornton, E. W. Goodsell, Thomi~s son, Pliilip G~dley, Is;ri;~il
Bates, William Johnson, James L. Atherton, George &Miller,(+eorg:.11
Stone, Springer Galley, Spencer, George Hutchinson, ,l.
Dre\vr,y, William Newcomer, George Greenfield. Drrui~~med oat.-
Jaines Yuly, John Wood, John Sherry, Derrington Gootl, John)
Haher.
" Captain Charles Stuart, not Stewart, as generally spelled, is froln
the Green mountains of Vermont, a pre-eminently fit place for breetling
military commanders. The climate healthy, b:acing arid vigolaous ;
the landscape bolcl, rough, mountainous and sublirne, malie the best
craclle for incipient heroes; besicle, the moral tone of the people gives
them strength and force of character quite as necessary as hardy c:onstitutions
in the fielcl. Men got in siclily swainps of :~goe-sh~~lting ~ L T -
ents, narsed on inalarious efflnviib, ancl rearecl in nloral and nlentt~l
ignorance, may mope through the world half asleep, and may haye
bile eno~ugh to be venornous enemies, but never to be great iiilita~ajr
comm~nders. Nature always imparts to animal beings and vcgetal~l e
life its local character. Bold, rugged, dashing, sublirne scenery fa.volas
the growth of bold, clashing, sublime men, and ,uice verscc. &[en, wl~ose
boyhoo and youth have been passed in mountain scenery, come II~IOII
the field of life with strong, hardy constitutions anti invigor:~,tecl intellects
- souncl min CIS in sountL bud ies. Vermont is hi11 011s for go( )t l
horses and stal~va~rt men. Though Stuart is not one of the Verirlont
"six-footers," yet the material for such a, inan is cfooq)resseti ant1
ref necl into his organization of five feet six.
" Captain StuaFt is not the birth of the present wan. escite~~lell t ; Ile
long ago showed a talent for military colmna.nd, s strong pe~lch(c~lt for
2% soldier's life even in the most piping times of peace. Eveiaytliing
pertaining to the camp or fielcl in history, ora in the coln~notions of tJrc
old worlcl was always seized upon by hi111 ils th: CIH bic~st 12eading :.os
news. Over year ago he had so infused his 1rlilitn.ry artlu~* illto the
quiet, oclel, n unexcit;thle Scotch settlelllent of Elmira as: to sc:t
on foot the organization of a rifle coiripany. ancl in May, 1860, tllc
company \vas orpnizetl under the old militia law. Stuart wits electetl
captain by unanimous vote of the company. Stephen W Hill at t,l~e
same time n7as electetl first lieutenant an tl Alexander Mo~*cliison, I I...
second lieutenant. I-le found in the settlement just the i~~i~teriill Sola
his company ; the Scotch in their characters are not tlissi~nilar to the
Vermont mountaineers. The coinpany advanced as far as they conltl,

ELMIRA TOWNSHIP. 451
but were unable to obtain arms from the state, probably for the very
o-ootl reason that the state hacln't :my.
3
'LSo 11lattel~s remnined until the bombardmeut of Surnl~ter. No
sooner llad the news reached Ehnirn, t1la.n Stuart set about filling up
his coml)aup to tender tlleill as volunteel's. With his officers ancl part
of t11e old co~lll);~nv as i~ nucleus, lle tlruirl lued for rec~uit~s in cliffe~ent
L J
pn~ts of the couilty; lle fonntl 110 tliRcnltry, onlv tlllat most \ranted to
elllist as office~~s, if lle m~tl his fellon~s ~voi~ltl t41;~o\v ul, tllleir old co~nmissions.
Ilis &o~n~)t~n~ \ras filled and tentlered to the gove~nl~~ent,
but nTns not accel~tetl, tl~ough Ile sl)nlaetl no effort to get them in, and
the collqxmjr was disbautled, anti the brare rol~ulteers reluct6,zlltly
gave np all ]lope of getting into service.
Lb Rfter\vai~tL ;I) speci:~l to\\.n ineeting,was called whicl~ was attended
the people. l'l~e tas-l);~j~ei*s of Elm IEI, to\rnship turned out gener-
1 ; unlikc tlle I~oi~rtl of s~~pel*visoi~s, they tlidn't stop to find out
i ~npeclinlents in the \\7c23r of i~eing patriotic', but \\-it11 unanimity ancl
hearty zeal tlle~7 voted a tas upon tlrelnselres of $700, for the purpose
of nn'if'o~anlin~ voltunteers; and resl)onsil.~lc. intlivitlnnls on the spot sobscribed
over. $1980 fola the suppo~~t of faillilies of voll~nteers in service -
near twice the ;ununnt app~*oprintecl bv tlle \\.hole of Stark county for
the same por1)ose. Indi uitlu:~Ls, soun tl ";tnd prolnpt, snbscri bed as lligli
as $200 cacll. il new coinl)allj \mi; reoiaganizetl uiicler the amended
1 1 i 1 s . Oaptain Stuart ;bad the coinmissione(l officers of the olcl
EiHes joined i tl, nntl, tu~solici tetl, tllre\\~ up their colnmissions, but upon
a new election tllcy mere all reiilectetl to their former mnk, and the
co~nptny reportetl to 11eaclqu;~rtelu. Tl~e inembers mere scatterecl over
considerable tei~itory, and could not well be got together for drill
olitoner than once :L week. Sceing no immediate lwospect of being
called into service, they \\rent a0ont their ordinarv pursuits, putting in
crops making bi*ick, or \rll;~tcrcr else tilev woiltl 1lave done it' the
country was ; ~t pe;~ce. lV1l:it followetl is best related by a, corresponclent
of the C11ic:l.go Trihtr~ie of the lSt.11, ~\~hjcll we copy :
" Tllc Cllicogo liaih~ne of the 8th inst. anllutunced tl~e fact th;~the
Elmila Rifles, C;q,tain St11;~rt's compil.ny, llatl heen accepted, nntl were
~*ecluii.etl to be ill Springfieltl on Tl~nrstlay, the 13th inst. Of course
sncl~ intelligence created 110 snla11 stir in our n~idst, ancl not onlv the
colnl~any, hilt t11e \rl~ol~ com~llunity \rere t llro~ril ill to soiiic tleg!.;.ecl o t'
consternatio~l. And what seemed to a.tltl to the tlificl11tic.s in the \v;I~
of being s~mtcl~etl off so sutlden ly. was tlre fact t11;t t ( ';q,t:~in Stri;trt, \\-IIo
is a ininute ina.n, ;rl\\~nyso ;~ctircl. ene~getic ant1 intloiliit;~ l~le. \r;i.s;tt tllc
time in the cast, ant1 no one llerc kne~v rep\- \\ell \rhere. In i~e~noring
this tlifficnl t \r, the otl~er officers deserve 1;711~11 praise fo14 t11e ~YOIII ptitutle
with \\:llicl~ they ;~ctctl. I.ieuteil;~,nt Hill toul; tllc 1t~;r.O. ;IS \ws
fitting lle sl~ould, ant1 Lieuten;tnt Nu~acl~i~o~i ~~ork~tl "1) t( J "11 jnst
espectations; and all seeilletl deteriilinetl to let ilo ol,sti8rlct iolls pllcven t
tllenl from coining up and iaespontling to t 1 IC t lchi~~;~ntl. ( )]I Mo~itl;~,~,
the 10th. n very Iwvge ~neeting. consisting of tllc vol~~nt(~~s
iintl citizens
of the to\rnsi~i~,s of Elmilax ant1 OscFoIi~. I\-;IS llcltl to wake saint.
amangeinents for the tlepa~ture of the rolruitee~*h. ,\ t this nleeting
difficulties see~lletl to increase hva rlispatch m*riring ~ IYIIII tlw i\dj~ta.nt-
27

ELMIRA TOWNSHIP. 453
that it mas an immense cromcl, and all seemecl to enter into the spirit
of the occasion, and feel that it was an occasion of importt~~nce, such
;LS never before nTas ~vitnessecl by most of those present.
" We read here witll iL degree of mortification that the Elnlira
Rifles, citizens of our county, bound to us by every tie of citizensllip,
going fort11 from 'Molly Stark' to fight our battles, tearing themselves
from lloille and 'friends, many probably nerep to return to
[IS, were compelled to ncuept an escort from stmllgers fro111 a foreign
county. As much 1)ainfal feeling exists upon the part of our Elllllr't~
ant1 Oscec~la frielztls bec:tuse the f-ioine Gu;~rcls froin Toulon did
not do this dut~, u7e have this apology to offer for them: First, t.hat the
sodtlell tlel)artve;l to history. On the second clay of the meeting of the bonril
of snpervisors wlren ' our inember ' of thk board 11nd moved R reconsicl-
eration of the vote appropriating six clollars to each volunteer for uniforming
pn rposes, amtl the inatter was engaging discussio~~ before the
hoard, one said he tllougl~the volunteers coulcl drill ~vithout nnifonns,
and \\.as opposed to gi'i:ing them the first cent before called into ser:
vice, and itnother had tlrilletl many years in Ohio at his ow t1 cost*. 11
pious, devout member of th;: ~1nlir.i Rifles was in town bidtling attiell
to his friends. Re is a pro~ninent meml~er of Mr. Dunn's chnrcll. and
n jTcry quiet unexcital-de nlan - J. R. are lhs initials. Ele was at dinner
wit11 the family of the orderly of the Home C+ua,rds. Non- said
sergeant can, goocl-naturedlv, anti \re th inli not rely ~i~liedly, tl o ;I
gootl business at s~ve;l~aing ; la fact he is rather roloble in t l~em issiotl
of soine nitugllty worcls \vhich churcll-g-oers el111 slvearing. ,J. 15.
saying to lliln that the board of supervisors had reconsicleretl their
vote ;mtl 1le was a-hxitl thev 1vvei.e going to defeat the valunteel-s, he
clinchetl his i~idjgnat~io~l aiainst. the board as follows : ' Mr. W., you
l;no~\~ I can't swear. I ~crish vou ~vould go clown :mcl ;ittend to those
supel*risors.' W. replietl, ' I' tlon't belieye I Itin (lo the snbject justice.
hr~t I'll go do~rn town ant1 see if I ca.nlt get T-, 1vho can SII-ear them
to 11-1 ant1 gone.'
"To return to the Rifles. C;lptain Stuart has a wife and two children.
He is a farmer nncl well respectecl in the coillmunity w11ere he
lives. He is in stature of medium size and put together for action
rather than bulk. IIe is quick of perception, being of quick temper-

454 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
ament, and will i~t a glance decide the best position for his command,
and will as quicl< execute Iris ~~~o\~eillents. 11 nmn of qtricl; percelltions
is as i~ekessara~ upon the b:rttle Held as a 111a11 of couraie, l~l.'ovitling
he does not lose scl f--contllaol by too g~e;~t nil escit;\lrility. Ile
is a man of wulbiir lleart, i~nd \\.ill entlear 111s comljnny to llilll. We
preclict a brilliant career lor. (2apt;~in Stuart. l'lle res1,onsibility of
a coillinancler is peat ; tlle wives, families, f~iencls ;mtI people of ~ttnvlc
county hare com~uittetl to Capt.;~in Stuart the gmrest responsil)ili ty ,
the lives, the honor of their 1lnsb;~ntls. fatllers, brotllers ;~ncl sons,
arlcl the good fame of the countly itself, and we sllnll lloltl 11im to a
faitl~ful account of his Stua~t (~te\\-ai*tl) sl lip.
" Fi~st 1,ieuteil~~nt Stepl~cn M. Ilill is not unlike St~lart in his innke
ant1 ' git up.' IIe leaves at lloille a fi~ll~ily - a \rife, aircl we believe
eight cl~iltl~eil. IIe is lligllly esteemed at lloille, i~ntl \re 11;~ve no donl~t
he will fill his post wjtli llonor ;~ntl credit to hialself, his coinpan\.
and county. Ire is :L n:tti\~e of tlle State of New Yo~k as we ak
in f orinetl. Secontl Lieutenant Alesandel* 31~1rcllison, J la., is a young,
uni~~anaied mail ; by birth a Scotclnllarl, but in Anleiaics one of tlie
~vaxmest friends of the consti totlon, the n~l ion, :~rltl the free institutions
of our country. First O~adel*ly Sergeimt Jol~n S. P:~sllley, eviclently
pot up for the very l)i~rj)ose of being :;Ln orderly se~ge;mt of
just such ;I coulpanp as the El~nira Itifies. EIe is a young inlan,
inarrietl llo~vevei~. of' the highest order of' ~li~t~l'ill (rl~i~lificat~io~l,'; fora an
u
official position in tl~c arnly. Ile will come out kisetl ill ran]

ELMIRA TOWNSHIP. 455
the state, best in orderly, sober materials for a company. Chicago
papers ancl people so regzrd thein, ancl justly, too." " ;+ .,
ic *
This organization, whicll became, after they were mustered into service,
Company 13, Kineteenth regiment. Unites States rolunteers, was the
first to leave onr county for the defense of the Union; and the nest
we think \ras the "Lnfayette Iiifles," l;no\~-n after enlistlnent as Com-
1j;~ny B, Thirty-seven tll regin] ent United Stlates volunteers.
The first nan~ecl were swolan into the selavice of tl~e ITllitecI States
in June, 1861 ; the second in Angtlst of the smne year.
(' Tlle Lafayette Rifles " were conm~andetl by Captitin Charles
I>icliinson, a llian 1\~\'110 ~vo111d perhaps l.)ear " lionizing" as ~vell as
(;q)tn.in Stuart, of the Ehnira coinpany, l)ut ~~ennetl in the cooler :it-
IH osplle~e of 1 $it; such gusl~ing t~i but es ~vo~rld appear orer-\\.rougll t.
So \ve leave CJa ptain Dicl.;lnson to i)c pr;~ i sed br his llonorable record, ;~nd
t11;tt of 11 is colnp;lll y. Tllev rentlezvorlsetl near Cllic:rgo, at it place
na~netl Camp ~ el~l,; in lion'kr of tjlleii. colonel. Tllev \velae at I~icksr
I the 1ltl1 of Jrlne, 1862, till the sularenti'er, July 4, 1803.
'L'lleti \rent to lTazoo City, llntl ;t slri~misll there, tlleu to 8e11- Orleans,
ant1 I~l~o~rnville~
at the c;q)tnrc of the 1:~tte~. This ;lbout conclnded
tllei~a first term of sei*\~ice, tultl tl~ev \\.ere pe~*inittetl to come llo~ne on
Lb ~eteri~n ful*longl~ " :un tl to rote fo

456 BIOGICAPB'SZ' AND REMINISCENCES
J4rs. Ab6y M. Blcmchcwd, wiclo~v of W. D. Elnncl~aril, died August
18, 1885. She was born in Maine ia 1811, luarried in 1853, and came
here that gem. Eugene, the youngest son of Mal.1~ 13l:lncl1ard, of
Eli~ii~a, diecl at Stuart, la., in September, 1883. On AToreurbel* 12,
1886, Mrs. Ann Bl,znchard, wife of J. Blancht~rcl, aged sixty-five vemas,
(lied. She \\.as the daughter of IJngh and Anna White, pioneklas of
the county, and more recently of Ilarvey county Ihn.
DY. &>lw:n Rozulnnd Boczrcl~~rlcj, was' l.10~11 in Luzerlle county, Pa).,
BIarch 3, 1829. IIis father, Orlando, was a nt~ti~e of Massachusetts;
granclfntller, a native of Connecticut, ancl great-g~anndfathe~. a n;~t ive
of Great Dritnin. His ~llother, Mary Brace, was born in Ne\r 'rvorl<
state, to \rhicll her father's people moved iao111 Conilecticut p~io1* to
the Eevolution . Orlal~tlo Doart hnun was born in ITS!) ; movecl to
Pennsy1r;kni:~ in 18% ; llaving previously beell eng:.ag:.ed in the drug
trade in St~ratoga coul~t~, N. . where lle was n~;\n.ietl, ant1 wllerae
tlwee of his clllltlren \\.ere bo1~11, nanrel,~ : William Il., Jane 13. ;~ntl
Persis P. Their son, Etlrvin, was born in l'ennsyl~~iuiin. 31~s. bIalby
(Brace) Bosrdi11a11 died in 1832. Five years Inter he m;~rried Miss
Ann Wle, to ~vhoin were born James G., Nayy ancl Ma~gtaret E. In
IS40 the family mo~~ecl to Illil~ois, and settled on a f:11~111 in 1 %~ Pa\\-
Grove, Lee cdunty. There his wife tlietl in ISC(i and lliinself in June,
1873. Dr. E. E. 130,zrdlnan was etlucatetl in the schools of Pa\\. Paw,
struclied inetlicine there under Ur. G. W. EIun t, subsequently nttendecl
the Indiana. Neclical Scl~ool ;~t L:L Porte, f~om ~vllicllle graduated in
1849, ant1 oonlnlencetl l~r'ixct ice in this tomnsllip. His marriage mi tll
Miss IIannall, daugllter of dmbrose and I-Ian nali (I\ilu~~son) Fuller was
solemnizecl Sel9tember 12, I 550. To tlle111 ten clliltl re11 \\-eiae born,
namely: C'harles O., tleceasecl; Bila~y II., ina.rrietl at Creston, Iowa;
Edwin O., a physician of Osceola, this county ; Kancy J., ~lr:n.rietl, of
Rnya Palln couutjr. Neb.; Snli~l~ C., deceased ; Jt~mes A. clece;~setl ;
Aclella fi., deceased ; George I).,-\Villiaiil 11. ant1 Anna I,., resitling at
hoine. 111 185% the tloctor purc11;~seil a. farm, ~vl~iclr lle carrietl on in
connection mi tll his ~)i~ofcssio~~:~l duties. In 1881 lle was appointed
public administrator for this county. For forty-tlwee years he 11;ls
been a menlber of the 1:tq)tist cl11uac11, his nyi fe being :.tlso it, men] bela.
IIe 11;~s been a Itepuitlici\n since the orpnizi~tion of the party ; 1)nt his
busy professional life a.ntl fai*n~ \vorlr lelt 11 in1 little time to be netire in
politics. ( TTide (4. mc I'hysi(!kl~cs.)
fi!ilzoi/c 0. Bon7~r/v/ircli, so11 of Dr. E. It. and Hannah (Fuller)
Goardnla~l, pioneers of tll is to wliship, was born here, May 18, 1855.
The sulnmeias of his early years were passed on his father's Sarln and
the winters in attendance on school. In 1871-3 he was at the
East Paw Paw schools; then read ineclicine ~mtler the tlirection
of his father; subsequent'ly ~vas a student of T:ush Metlical
College, Chicago, a,ncl graclunted in the spring of 187s. In July of
that year 11e married Miss Mila J., daughter of Miles ant1 31aG- I,.
(Ames) Huestis, natives of New Porli. Iler gr;tnd f;~tl~er 11uestis "~vxs
a native of France, a shoeil~aker by trade, ancl hela granilmother EIuestis
an Alsatian or Lorminer. Iler grandfather and erandinothe~~ Allies
were natives of New York and were farmers of that state. Miss

Huestis was born at Victor, De Iialb county, Ill., May 20, 1858, and
resided in De Iialb county untlil her inarriage. She nttendecl the
Teachers' Institute nntl Cln~~i~it~l Semiiiazy at East Pa\\- Pnw from
18'71 until 1ST4; from 1ST-L until IS77 attended the gratled schools of
S i c 1111. 1Ier parents tlietl \rliile she was quite young, leaving
her to fig11 t the battles of life illone. . Dr. 130a~rclman coillllleneecl
piaactice here \\.it11 llis fi~tller in ISTS ; but soon after llloretl to Osceola
village, wilere 11e estul)lislletl nil ofice ;~nd still sllni~es the full confidcilce
of the yeol~le. In religious nmtters he belongs to tlle Balptist
cllurch, is tolelaant as all intelligent inell illi~st be, t~ntl fnll\7 recognizes
wll;tt is nootl in all ot,ller deiioiuinntions The cl~iltlren 'of Dr. mlcl
a
Mias. I:oi~rtlll~;lu are bli les E. and Mary Alice. i Ti'dc. Ifisfo~y of Board-
71)
(~7% F~~112ity.)
C7hco~es Ijolt, tleceasetl. son of Ja,lnes ant1 Catlle~ine (Aron) Bolt,
n:~ t i yes of Scot.l;~ntl :LII(\ 1:11cks COIIII~,~, 1';~. respecti rely, was born in
l~il~llli, J I, I . Jairles 1-hlt was ;I, seafaring :.man. Tlle
SON, O l~ai*les, on coining of a0.e lealanet l the bl ;~cl

458 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
LochZija 22 ~cli ru2nc, son of Jolin and 3largaret (McLen nan j Buchanan,
was l)oian in Iiossl ri l*e, Scotla IIC~. Septenher I (i. 1834. Elis
parents Irelae married tlle1.e in IN(;. l'lley cairle to tlie [Jnitecl States
in 1S52, briilgi~ng \\'it I! tlleln thei 1* Souv ~lliitll*ell, Alesi~nder, tleceasetl ;
(latheri~le, who ~n;u*~*ietl D~111cair Matflleson, ~rol\~ living ill Wisconsin ;
Loclllin, the s~~l)ject OF t'his sktttclr, ant1 Jolm, ;L iaesitleut of Coloratlo.
One of the fainily, Betsy, who ~~lalal~ietl Di~ncnn Alt~~*clrison, c:me \sit11
to Ainericn in IS49 ;I ntl botll tlietl here, lrhile nnotlreta clauglltclb
~esitlestill in Scot1:intl. Jolrn, the fatlrcr of this family died 011 his
-f;~nn helac., Septelnl ley 14, 1 Sf;( 1. Locllli 11 E~~chnnan mnlal*ietl Miss
Ohristin:~. &kIJennan,,I;~nnary 1, 1S57. Iler pa~ents, Jollll aiid 13;~~-
II~LT~L (Arc lcenzie) &IcLenila~l, c:rnie to Ke \v I$ani l~sllirc ill 18:-;5, :~,ri(l
after serel*;~l ~ei~lovttls settled in Ellllil'il, w11el.e ]ICY f;kt1lrer diet1 in IS.
Her irlothel* now resit les at iIon roc :md M;LLJ tl Ci crtrotlc. Mr.
Euchannn is a, young lnan who has Iivecl in El~rrira to\rnsllip all his
life, built around him a fine home imd nTon thc respect ;mt! con litlencc
of all with whonz he has had ally clenling. Ilis f:~nn eml)races 240
acres well improretl.
Asc6 Abhott Bul~tol,, cleceased, born in Cbarlesto\\~n, Mass., .Jnne 14,
1834, came to this towilsl~ip in 1554, ancl heue clig;~getl in fn~blrrii~g lor
a short time. Eeing a ~nncl~inist by tratle, he morctl to C:liicago ant1
there took a position in the shops, subsequently \vol*l

03' ELMIRA ToWNsBlP. 461
fntller as born in Scotland, in March, 1809, cane to the United States
in his youth, learned the stone-cutter's tnile in TTeriliontf, and there
111~13rietl 31iss Mary J., daughter of Jaiues ancl Mkrgaret Craignilti~es
of Venuont-in February, 1837. They came to Osceola
Chbove that year, and were engaged in agricnlt are on the old homestead
nnDil their i.emora1 to Ke~ranee, in 1677. Of their ten chilclren,
I leleu L. is married, resitli~ig in Yaie county, Ia. ; Mary L. ~ilarried
&[I*. Ennton : Lucv C. ~llanaietl. yesicling at Iie~vnilee. 111;. : Carlos U.
ma~ariecl a resitlent of tlli s township ; ~gines B. and an'infaiit, tleceasecl ;
Elllily, nni~~lawiecl, residing wit11 her fn.tlier at Icelrnnee ; I-Iorace E.,
I uar r ietl, residing on old l~onlestencl, and t ~ ro goungela ch ilclren deceased.
T1ionl;is _Iljrle, nrllile a su~~l~orter of ,211 cl~nrclles, is not a il~ell~ber of
d /
;Ln v re1 igious society. 1n iioli tics he is clecitleclly '~e~~nl~lican.
~ s 1:nnton a continnetl fa~aming, afte~ his m;lrringe. until iineust 0,
1862, wllel~ Ile enlisted in Company A, One-h~undrec-l-sncl-t\~e~1t1~-tot1rt11
Illinois lrolnllteer InS;rntry, witll ~~11ich col~i~nand 1le served 1161lorabl~
ulr ti1 August, 1865. 01 his three cllildren, Ckoige Cnrtlett, malaried,
resides in this to\\.nshil); Mabel J. died June 7, ISSi;, and Fred. L.
resides at llome. In polit7ics lle T ~ Ee~~ul)lica.l~.
S bat not nggi*essive ; in
religi on a. lneinber of tll le Congreg!~tional churcl~ of ICewanee, and in
social matters n so~uld, honest citizen. He helcl tlie office of scllool
director for years.
Jc~/;lj,es &cs~oe76, born a.t Peacl~aw, Trt., in 1793, came to Illinois in
lSX3, I~rougllt his family in 1834, ancl in 1S35 came to Elmi~n townsllil~,
rrith ten friends Itno~rn as the " Peoria, Party," where each entered
a quarter section. Early in IS37 he came here witll his family,
bo~~gllt a second quarter section from Gorerno~ Duncan, ~vllere he
bnilt a house in 1845, dr;i\ring the lumber hiinself Iron1 Chicago. He
sei-recl as Justice of tlie Peace for many years, as related in other
pages, llatl seen the pra,irie turned into cultivated fields, and the m~teni~ntecl
wig\~7ai11s of the Indiana give place to pleasant, well ordered rillajges.
One of his sons, Nicllolas C. Eusmell, of Princeton, was Lieutenant
('olonel of the Kinety-tllird Illinois Tnfantry.
J~~/;os C'i72~ cc~jlo~a, son of John ant1 Sarah (McGinnis) Cinnalnon,
was born in Down county, Ireland, in JXnrch, 182G. I-Iis ancestors are
s:kl to 1l;lr~e settletl tlllere duiaing the inrasion of Englancl by '; William
tlr e Conqueror," and today several representati~es of the family may
be found there. Janies left Ireland in 1847, imcL coming to Canada,
settletl at liingston. Eighteen niontl~s later \re find 1lim at Chicago,
and J;unun~ay 1, 1849, at Lncon, Ill., engaged as liouse carpenter. On
May S, lS51, he marriecl Miss Florn A., tlsu~llter of Robert and
Pl~mhe (Ne\vton j Shiver, the f:rtller a native of- New l70rl< ant1 the
mother of Luzerne county, Pa. I-lobert Sl~:~rel~, soil of Samuel and
Elizabeth ('l'avlol*) ~l~a~rei, was 1)orn April 13, 1SO3. Salnnel was a
native of 1raeltirltl ;rnd his wife of Enqlantl. Of their chiltlren, Robert,
TVil lii~111 ant1 .T;m~es\ve13e born in Tolak state, un~cl =Joseph, David, Samuel,
Tl~o~nas, El ills ;tntl Snr:~li il. after their reinort\l into T,nzerne
county, Fa. Itobert Sharer married Phcebe Se~rton July 5, 1530; to
~rlloni fire children, Mrs. Flora A. Cinnamon being the only one now
living. He and family lnorecl to Wyoming, this county, in 1535 ; es-

469 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENC'ES
t'ablished a shoernnl~er's shop here, but after a sllort time took up a,
clalirn of 160 acres iu Elmira to~rnsllip, or1 Section 36 ; renl;~ined there
for elevt.11 year~,~\rllen he purcllasecl SO acres on Seetioil 34, wlleic he
resiclecl until his tleatll, Feb~aoa.ry :-I, 1873. Ilis \vile died Aug~~st 4,
1878. EIer father was :L soltlier of 1812 Jmlnes Cinnanloiln, alter 1-1 is
marriage, ~eln:~illetl at J,,zcon n le\r yeiLrs, illovctd in Apiail, 1857. to El-
111ira towns11 ip, lju~*cllnsecl So acres on Section 33, anti far~ned up to
1861, 1v1lc.n he, being a lue~rlber of the (' E1lnir:t Rifles," was ~uilsteretl
into the Unitetl States service on June 17, wit11 Coll~pmy C, Nineteentll
Illinois \'olunteer infantry, seri-etl ~lntil ulrrsteretl out JLII~
9, 4 IIe resumled Fn~ming here that \re;lia, and 11o\\~ owns 463 acres
of land in this to\vnsliip. MY. C. is al iloyul Albcll hlason, snplmrts
the I'resbg terian cl~urcll, a1 t houglr not a helnbe~, 11 as se~retl seve~*al
tc~~n~s as school cliiaector, T\~:IS Col~m~n~ntler of James pT:tcl

tives of ancl illarriecl in New Hampshire, nlovecl to Caledonia County,
Vt., and thence to Osceoln Township, in 1864, 117here Mrs. Pattriclge
iliecl in February, 1865, and her husbnncl in September, lS'i3. Mr. Currier
served on the first granznd jury ever cnlleti in this county, has fillecl
several to\vnsllip offices, is a me~uber 01 tile Americ;kn Yresby terian
clltlrcl~, and in politics a Douglas Democrat!. EIe is the owner of 385
ncres of fertile land in this toi17~1ship, and for llalf n century one of the
forelnost fanners of the county.
li'7htrt!c/ E1o wle/a, son of 3Iaurice and S:~rilll (Bell) Fowler, was born
in Phil:~tlelphia, Pa., of wllic11 cit his pare11 ts \rere natives, Septelllber
4, 1 SOS. Wit11 his wife, ~ebecha TVisenr an, tint1 three chilclren, he
settplecl in Ellllirn Tolvnship, on Section 4, in IS%, and resitlecl there
for forty-two years, 1~1;hen he mored to Toulon rillage. 01 his clliltllbeu,
J-ane (married), .Tolln, ;\Ii~i*tin, C+oslien ; John resides in Toulon
Towilshi 11 ; Kirk lI. is in Colo~*ado ; Jollatl~an TIT. in lo\\-;i ; Tillie is
\viEe of J. Mosher, of Fainllont, Neb.; Sarah lllarrietl Ales. llclcenxie,
of Toulol~ To\rnsllip, and Nary is ~~nnlnla~aietl. &ITS. Foi~ler clied
in 1882, and was interred in El~nira cemetery. Mr. Fo\der7s ilallle
occurs in the general llistov, and is often inentioned in the to\~nship
sketches. Mrs. Eebecca PI'. (Wisenla1-1) Fo~vle~ died at Elmirn, October
14. 1SS2, tlgecl seventy-seven years. She was bor11 in CJuinberland
County, Pa., in lS06 ; married 13racly Fowler in 1831, and in 1836
came with her husl1a11d to Osceolal (+rove.
Lcttolz liiclle~a, son of Ambrose and Hannah (31~1nson) Fuller, was
born in T,,uzerne county, Pa., August 9, ISIS. His fatl~ela was born ill
Connecticut, Sel~tember 7, 1790 and his inother was horn, Narch 15,
1797, the clate of marriage being AIarch 19, 1S18. Of their eleven
cllilclren, nine are living, namely : Ansell, bolln February 19, 1S17,
died April 30, 1863 ; T,aton, referred to i~bore; Clinton, born October
3, 1S2ij, resicling here ; Wi~lter, born April 90, 1822, residing here ;
I,LICY DI. born Septmnber 25, 1824, malarietl, residing in Osceola township,
Ii~ntl~a, born June 10, 1825, marrietl, residing at ~larshallto~rn,
la.: Anlbrose, jr.: born Kovember 19, 1829, a wi dower, also resitling in
Iowa, ; IIanll:~h, born Jnnuar-y 28, 1 S32, mnnaietl, residing here ;
Meliutla, 11or11 August 3( j, 1834, nu~lrnn*ietl ; Emilene, born April IS,
1838, (lied October S, 1847 ; and Nancy, born Marcll 30, 1842, married,
~aesiclil~g. ill Iowa,. Tile parents of tl~h large fi~lnilg came to this state
ant1 county in 1539 i~nd to this tomnsl~ip in IS40. l\Tl~en the lands
calne into lnarket he pnrchased tlre claim on ~vllich he built his cabin,
ailtl residetl here until his death, 3hy 33, 1845, his wife surviring
until 1)ecenlher 16, 1881. Lnton Fuller passed his ea~lier yeaE on a
fi~rnl oia working in a saw and grist inill. Some time after the family
came here, he 1)urcllasetl eigl~ty nciaes ill IIerll*r countr, wllich he imlwoved,
solti ;mtl inovetl to t'his to~~~~ship, \\-~~ere'l~e l~uid~~;wetl n quarter
section. Anotl~er few jrears, antl he solti his secontl fitrn~, moved into
the village antl has let1 n retired life tlo~~n to tlle present time. I-Iis
lilst vote was for IIawison, and every rote since has bee11 for n-llig OY
~epu blican. During the war he ~~i-as a inember of tl~e Vnion -League
has been school trustee of the tomnsl~il, for severit1 terms. I-Ie is not a
ineinber of any religious society.

464 BIOGRAPHY AND RER~INI SCENCES
CZi~zton fir7Ze~*, son of Ainbrose ancl Hannah (Munson) Fullel, mas
born in Luzerne a)unty, Pa., October 3, 1820. IIis earlier vears were
those corninon to bogs in the W~o11liilg Valley (luring the 61ast part of'
the centbury. In 3839 he c;\.irle 11ere w ~ this parerits i111d i~~~i~ted tlle111
in builtling up their home. 111 1853 11t. l)ui*cl~:~.sed 160 acres on section
29, stockect and improvecl it ant1 in 185.5 ndtleti cigl~ty acres to the
original purclrase. IIere he Tras cngagetl up to 1SG5, ~\;herl he est:: b-
lished the Fuller store at Elmira, antl this ln~*g:.e busi~iess ile llns carrietl
on in connectiol~ l-vitll his f'i1~111 (10\v11 to this tlrne. In 1858 he u1;~rrietl
Miss Eliza, claugll ter of Isaac and A~ln (Wiults) Ilal*~*is, 11at iues of
Doclless county, K. Y. To tlrein one cl~ilcl mas bolw, ~11o tlietl in
infancy. Tlle mother died J:~nn;try 25, 1SS2. MI*. F~~llcr c;rst llis
first vote for 11 enrv Cl:~y, and JV 11 en' tl~e 1:eprlblicnll p;~rty was foianlctl
he was among its first adllerel~ts, i~iltl is totl;~y one ol tlrc glae;lt palaty's
rnost faiti~f'ul ~lleml~ers. In 1852 he Wits e1ec;tet'l sller~ff of Stnz.1;
county. In 1865 ire was :q)pointetl postn1;lster ;tt Eln~ira, holtling the
ofice down to tlre present time. In towllship ant1 school inattcrs hc
lras been trustetl wi tll serel*;tl o-fficial positions. 1)uring the tlao~~l,lot~s
tlays of 1861-5 lle was a ineltll)e~ of tl~e Union J,eaglie, i~ntl ot,he~* 01.
@nizations, hut today only clai~ns ine~~lbership ~vitll the Odtl Fellows.
A reference to the history of the tomnsl~ip points out tl~e several l~arts
he llas taken here; so also does the general llistory contain references
to his clei~lings with the county.
lf/CI.'cdter lificn sari, fitller, son of A 111 brose i~n tl Ilannall (Mun son)
Fuller, 113s born in Pennsrlran ia., Septenher 20, 1822. IIis I;~ther
moved to Pennsylvania JIT~~JI lx~rents in llis youtlr, ivo~alrecl on the
homestead farm, there learned the millwrigl~t's trade, married Miss
Munson, and in 1839 came to this county, settling on lands i~llicll
he purcl~ased on section 20, Ellnil;, township. Walter M. ~eceived
a li herd an cl pr;~cticn.l t.tluc;~.tion. On Janu:\ lay 1, 1849, lle ina~lrietl
Miss Chloe M., :I, claughter of J;elrles ant1 Ilian:~ Ito\re, llntires of
Maine. IIer father tliecl in 1827; 11er lnotl~er mai*i~ietl agdili, and \\-it11
her Mrs. Fuller came here in 183!). (In IS54 11er motllel. ancl stepfather
moved to Io\ra,, where she died ill 1859.) Tlrey ;we tlhe parents
of four children : Jalnes A., tleceasetl ; William1 W., lleacl of a family in
this to~msl~il) ; Augusta, nnlnalarietl, tint1 Luella >lay, married and
resicline here. After Mr. Fuller's marriage he l)nrcl~asetl the interests
of his tather's lleil*s in the llolnestentl fal*m of 110 acres, to \rl~icll lle
has since added 190 nclaes of fa'rm lantl antl 50 acres of tirnber lantls, all
in this tomnsllip. Mr. Fuller has been ;I menlber of the 3Ietlloclist
Episcopal cllurcll for over thi~t~y gears, his wi fe and dauglltelas being
also members. ITe has been to1\7nshil) school treasurer for tl~irty-four
years, justice of the peace for ten years, and town clorlc thirty ienys.
To learn of the ],art he h;ts talken ill builtling up the social and inclustrial
interests of Elmir;~, the rtmler is yeferret1 to tlre cl~apter on the
l~istory of tlrnt to~vnshil~.
N'iUinnc Jli'~~fi4tIt7 iicl/~~~, son of Walter and Chloe (Ro~ve) Fuller,
was born in F:hnil*a township, Stni*k county, Ill., July l(i, lS52. Elis
fatl~er 1173s a Penllsylvanian, and mother a native of i\laine, as relaked
in other pages. William W. passed his earlier gears on the farm or

OF ELMIRA TOWNSHIP. 465
attending the district schools. Bt the age of sixteen he entered Hedcling
College, at ilbingclon, Ill., and at the age of nineteen years took
cllarge of a scllool in this to\\~nshil~, orer which lle presicled four tenlns.
On February 9, IS74 he ~ll;trrietl Miss Siirall Frances, di~ughter of
Elliott imtl Elennor (AIcCog) Ijoggs, gr;~l~d-da~~~llte~ of Auclrem
i111tl I 1 1 ( I 1:oggs. natl ires of Virgin iit, who were inarried
there in 1800; lnoretl to (4:~llia county, O., where be tliecl in 1840 and
she in 1846. Elliott 13oggs \\.as 1101'11 ill Ollio, April 27, 1813, was illarried
in IS30 to Ele:~nol* RleCoy, to \rlloln were born three sons ancl
fo~w tlauglr ters. 0 t' these. I,i~~vinia J., married, resicles at T ates City ;
Elizabetll, ~~lalarietl, resicles in i

466 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
y
in 1857 and after a few years returned to Stark. Mrs. William Leason
died in 1880. To Nr Gerard and wife nine cliilclren were born-
Hannah E., of Osceola ; Mary M., tleceased ; Martha F., of Ellllira ;
Caroline A., Sylvia E., Anna I,., Charles N., James L. ;~nd Eclitl~ &I.
In 1857 he and falllily came to Starlr county. 1111864 he purchased a
small tract on section thirty-sis, Elinira, ancl iiolv owns 2OO acres mostly
improved. In 1861 he became n ~epublicnn. At one time lle was :L
member of tlle Unitctl I3rethlaen Cllomh, but now sol~ports all C11~istian
churches. IIe is an Odd Fello\v, lias seiavecl as scl~oc-11 clirecto~, ant1
since 1860, w-lreu 11e macle the o\~erlantl trip to Pike's Peak, has beerr
steadily engaged in builtling up the agricultural antl social interests 01'
his to\vnshj 11.
The Ificll Fc~niJ~.--Tlrt: i~nlnigration and settlenleut of tliis family
in E11111ra h;l,ve been so t~bly dealt \\ritll by Mrs. Shallcnbergc~, a tlaugl~tcl.
of one of' the pioneers, the writer fintls it only necessary to i~tltl to tl~c
original, :L slcetcli of the late Mrs. Ann Hall, ant1 one rewritten fro111
Mr. Mofit's not'es, of Iiobert I-Iall. Mrs. Shallenherger says : " The
I-Ialls, of whoni I write, mae tlirectlv tlescencletl from Thomas 112~11 i~ntl
Sarah, his wife, nie Cokayne, of ~~bllnnd, Derl,yshiret Eng1;~ntl. There
they once formecl a lt~rge ;~nd vigorous fa.mily, brotllers and sisters ;L
dozen in number, living to pass the ineritlian of life an unl~roken bairti.
' Mnnsel I'ark,' the old English homestead, is still ensbl*inetl ill the
menlory of the fa.rtlrest w;tnclerer of tl~ein all. At different times tlnring
the years 1S36, 1837, ant1 1838, nine of these brotllers antl sistcrs
crossed the sea, and settled in wl~at is now Starlr county, Illinois. Tlie
first installment was Ito11ez.t and his sister Mary, ~illianl :~nd his wife
Anne. Nest came Lnngleg, bj~
the wnv of New Orleans, that he might at
less expense bring with lrim a few tine sheep a~cl dogs with ~vl~icll to
begin life in the new world. He sntferetl shipwrecli off the I1'101aitla
coast, but ater being retlucetl to great straits of hunger ;i.ntl fatigue
was in common with his sl~~il~n~ates rescued, and he fi~lallv arrivetl at
the Osceola settlement. Then in 1837, c;me T~OII~RS, dth his \!rife
ant1 four cliiltlren, hinging nlso with lliln his agetl fi~ther, Elixabetll
(Mrs. EIai*ve y ), her 11 usbiui tl ant1 five clliltlren. Sonle months 1;~t er,
John, ~eorie and Fanny, accom l~anietl by Miss Sarah Ligo, 117110 s11or.tly
after\varcls marrietl L;~ngley I-Ia,ll. After about twenty years' resitlen;~
Irere, John I,:lngle\r an tl ~leotge, l~u*etl by prolnises of a more desi~~;~l)lt.
climate, again took up the line of innrch ~vestwarcl, antl settletl ul)o11
the farther slope of the Rocky inountains, where they still reside.
DiIary hecame the \\.if;: of Mr. Orrin 1l:tsartl of Neponset, I3ureau
conntv, Ill.; ant1 F;~iiri y, the youngest of the family, marrjecl IIon.
,~ose~;li Harris, of 13oy;l's Grove, in the salne county. &l13s. EIarvey
and William rcst besitlo tl~eil- f:atlier in the falllilv 1)uri:tl grountl ;tt
Osceoli~, while tl~e~r nlotllel* sleel~s bene;lt.h the S&L. At thls writing,
in 1876, Thoin;w antl Ttol~ert ant1 the witlow of William. t~lone Ibeinaln
to Stark county of tllose \rllo were atlult at the date of the first emigration.
Thei18 fatlie18 was a plitin, sturdy J

OF ELMJXA TOWNSHIP. 46'7
colnlnon sense and strict integritx. But in their mother's reins ran
gentler blood. Iier progenitors liad corn e froin Nonnnntlv n~itll the
Lconqnel*or;' some old mrite~~s say were :illied to him. hit however
that ln;ty he, ther carried his bani~e~s on the blootlr field of IIastings,
ant l \\-ere ~e~~arcied For tl~eil* valor 1)r pri ncel\r gi fts bf Inntl and honors.
l'lley secnl to lriwe heen erela an e~~;inentl~ lk\a81 Pace, ;~.l\\-;lys fighting
SOI. or \\.it11 tIrt'ir king. A peat g~it~ltI~dll 01 the Coliayl~e Iinlgl~tetl
.#
-- -.- ., --
;~t tl~e ' taliing
--
4h .*
' of Edilll)ri~ag \~;IS Sir hsllton Co1;avne.
Jht in ITSO, olb tllereabo~~t. the ~lr;~leline of this old fl;niilr beamle extinct.,
tn7o sistc.~as olllj- I~cing 11ci1.s to tile t~>i~tlitiolls of the ~oi;;lrnes of Derl~ysll
i I=C.;+ Tl~cse sisters i)cc:rl~lcl in course of time. &IPS. E~I*~] and NFs.
IIid1. Thus tlrc old nllille \r;\s extinct, or preserved only as a prefix
;tlllollg their tlescerrtlalrts, tint1 it is cu~ions to ohser~e"that few of
tl~c~rl I1:~rc E;tilctl to pity this sl\~ tribute to pritlc of i)lootl, even in
the midst of a. ~*el)rtbliciinisln tlAt ljl~cifesscs to sneeia at sncll distinctions.
The lllili'i'ii~g:.~ I)et~reen Tlloinas Hall and S;nat~ll Col~lcl, :is [lie cal~ief niind of the revolrltio~i:~ry
p:~rticls, .Jar'lisoll I1;1(1 ril;1ny c.o~ifcrc~lc.os : Itrlt 'I'orle, tlisg~~sled ~viti~ the r:is11
colititlei~c'cb ~ )li~c*cltl iri Cok:Iy~ie. I~(*\.(~I. sl~olic ill tI1(1 ~)t*c.sc.~icc of t11;tt pclrsori. ' 'Y11is 1)usiness,'
saitl to .l:icl;son. ' is orlrb tlli11~~ for 11s Iris11 III(~II. l~lt the Er~,:lisI~~~i:l~i 1~110 e1r1g:~ges
ill it must I)e :I tr;~ilor or' :t co111131011 iliforr~~e~i~.' ,IS'rorle fores:~\t-, tile Enpli~ll~~l:~n was as
11e tllo~lxlit 11c was. Jaclison \\.:IS :ii.restcbtl 011 liis in formation, aucl 1)y his deatli proved
his truth to that came w11ic*h he so Foolisl~ly jeopardized."--Ed.

468 BIOGRAPEY AND REMIXISCERCES
travelers left St. Louis on the ' Swift Sure ()' on Friday morning, and
did not reach Peoria until Taesclay night. They l~assed Alton on
Sunday morning as people were going to churclr, ancl on Monilt~y
morning were still just above tho city tied tc a tree ! as through solnt:
defect in her engine the Swift, Sure could 1:3t sten1 the culblamt ant1
there ~vas danger of herb being tlrifted back during the nlgllt. So
~nucli for the pleasn~es of traveling in lS:3T. I3nt Peoria was fina,ll\~
reached on the night of July 4, ant1 the emigi~nllts learnecl soliletl~in&.
new to tllenl, of the confusfon and disorcle~a followillg r~ celelwation of
Independence (lay. Several (lays passed ere teams co~dtl be secnretl
and drivers soljer enough to manage them, to convey the two fanlilies
and their effects to \Vyolning, their ~~ltiirlate goal being Osceola Chovc.
-Peoria was then but ;L hamlet on the lalre. A half-built 11otel on the
corner of Main and Water streets, ltept 1)v Garrett, affordetl slielter to
strangers. On tile evening of ~uly the ~th, the two I:~niiJies, ant1
Tllolnss Hall, sr., arrivecl at the llo~lse of Gel7eri~1 T~~OIII~LS, :kt W y( )-
ming,. and hntl seen hut one log hut since Ieminq Peoria. Il;nlblv on the
mornln6 of the Dth, the cloctor llired a l~orse ot General ~lloinas, :~rltl
rnacle his way to ' Vanclylie's -t'ortl,' tlie1.e received fresh clirchctlons by
means of which he fo~intl his brother \Villianl's cabin in tlue time.
Soon an ox team and big wagon were on their \ \ T : ~ ~ to ~ Wyoming, ;~ntl
after sundry experiences, novel ;IS trying to tlie obculx~n ts of t Ire big
wagon, home was at last reachetl, ant1 brot.llers an tl sisters. partet l
weary months before in Englantl, weye now re-nnitetl in Illinois. Hot
the c~ngrntula~tions of \vlint \vould otllelawise llzare been sue11 :L 11a ppy
meeting, were tlro wnetl in tears at meli t ion of tliei r hollort3(1 niotl~er
whom they coultL no longer even hope to see t~g~in on eartll.
"We must now go back in the order of time some eigliteen inorrtl~s,
or to Febroary. I S3(i7 when the first instalhllent of this fa,lnily si~iled foia
the new worltl, and, as ~uigl~t he expected, met even grea.telb obst;~cles
and privations in the course of their journey than were encounteretl by
the second group, to \vllicll we liave briefly ;~llocletl, as at this per*io;l
of 1 listory every sr~ bsequent yeala rendered elnigrntiori easier an tl pleasanter;
some one lras said 'a, winter passage of the Atlantic is Inlt :I
sllort cut to a watery gla;~ve,' ant1 too often ~t proves so, even ill t11esc
clays of i~nlwo~~etl nt~vlgation. Let tlrose ~7ho can, inlagine its l~o~*~ors
in 1836, before tllc in ven tio~ 1 of ocean steirlt~el~s, i~ntl ~vl~e~r t11e fil~;t 11cial
ruin that hacl over*talten tJ~is fmn ily collil3elletl the111 to con tent tlleirlselves
wi t 11 c11e:l.l) accoml~~od:,,tic,ns on a sailing. vessel. IIeatl \r i ntls
and roagll seas 111;iie their voyage unr~suttlly ted~ous, alrtl w11en in rrlitl
ocean, they ellcounteretl icebergs dint tllreatenetl certain tlestruction.
I3nt after over seven weelts 1)lrtfeting \vitll tlie \raves, tlley anclrored in
tlhe 11arl)o1* Of New York. Mrs. Williw ln 1Iull 11atl an uncle in
Pennsylra.niw. wl~o ma,& iL quiet resting place for tllem, but aftel*
i~ecrniting- For a little ~rll ile, tllev resualed their journey west \\.a rtl.
crossing the ino~untains by a horse lanll~iray,' .a, nle;\ns of transit'
that hat1 nmr terrors f o the ~ women, at least. At Pittsbnrg thrv
took a boat tlolvn the Ohio. They had reason to fear they hat1
been exposed to stnall-pox, ancl soon tiiscovered that two of their
party (Robert and Mary) had fa.llen victims to this terrible mal-

OF ELRIIRA TOWNSHIP. 469
aclv. This mas a sad trial to these strangers in a strange land ; they
feared to ha~~e their condition known Test they should be summarilv
set ashore ancl abanclonecl to their fate. So thev nursed their
sick as quietly as possible, asking aid from no one, Gntil the boat
esplodecl one of her cvlinclers, scalclding tivo engineers to derrth,
anct filling ererv nook %and corner ~vith hot steam : then the sick
were snnt&ecled f ;om their berths and hurried on cieck, not knoming
what sha,pe death woulcl meet them. But so great nras the excitelnent
on board, that although the faces of the suffeiaers were
then a Inass of eruption, no one seelllerl to notice them, ancl they
crept back to their beds without experiencing any serious results from
their fright and exposure. By the tiine they reached St. Louis they
were able to pass inuster without attracting attention, and arrived in
Peoria, early in the month of June, 1836, :dl in passable health. On
the boats they had inade the acquaintance of Arcllibalcl and Charlie
Vanclylie and Uracly Fowler. These inen were all in search of homes
in the west ; so a colnlnon interest inade them friends. When the
Halls left England they all looked tomarc1 Jacksonville as a place of
residence, but for soule reason changed their minds. While at Peoria
thev rnet with those who recorninended the Osceola region highly.
~Gor Moore, Watts and Spencer hacl just completed the original
survey. Messrs. Bus~vell ancl Winslom had been to the grove, made
claims, built cabins, and then returned for a time to Peoria. Under
directions from Moore, the Hall and Vanclyke brothers started early
in June to walk across the pathless prairies that then stretched from
Mount Iiawley to Wyorning. After resting at Wyorning for a short
time, as did nearly all who journeyed this way in those clays, and
being refreshed by a good meal, they proceeded toward the grove.
Here they founcl several families encamped, some sheltering in cabins
half built. Among these were Mr. William Parks ; he had movecl
from Virginia with hi's teams, hacl a huge boat-shaped \krngon, drawn
by four stout horses, one of which he rode, postillion fashion, when on
the road. He also owned a 'carry-all' that cut quite a figure in the
social life of that neighborhood for many gears. The Hall brothers
hired this man, his big wagon and team to return wit11 them to
Peoria afher the women ancl goods, the latter only amounting to fourteen
large boxes.
" Since the men had left Peoria a drove of cattle hilt1 pa.ssecl through,
ancl Anne and fiilary each bought a cow. So now they loaclecl upwomen
ancl goods in the wagon, BIT. Parks on his horse, and the inen
on foot to drive the stock. They ~~rovidecl themselves with bread and
cheese for refreshment at noon, fully expecting to enjoy sapper and
bed at the house of General Thomas, at Wyoming. The wagon was
covered, and so fully loaded that the \vomen hat1 to sit in a constrained
and uncomfortable position, ant1 ~vould often hare preferred to hare
walked for a time, but as the grass was nearly to their waists and
thev had an English horror of snakes. this mas a poor relief. The
dai more slo~vlp away ; they were all verr weary, the horses often
floundering in treacherous sloughs, the mag& rocking like a ship at
sea, while the driver hallooed to his team in a manner that startled,
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470 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
almost fri htened those ~~naccustolnecl
such sights and sounds, but
still no dyoming dawned upon their anxious eyes. At length night
came on, the team mas exhttustecl, the clri ver confessetl llimself lost,
ancl there was no alternative bnt to wait the damning of another day
upon the open prairie. The horses ate eagerly of the grass around
them, the women crept faint and hungry under the shelter of the
wagon cover, ancl the Inen threw tlleinselres upon the gro~~ntl beneatl~.
They mere all too excited to sleep much ; the women's minds mere
busy thinking of the homes ancl frjencls they had left. contrasting the
comfort of that life with the hardships of this, for although they had
brateed their lnincls to meet l~ravely whatever befell, yet this mas ;L
erforlnance not thought of when the programlne was made out.
khen Mrs. William Hall had in her English home revealed to ller
mother her plan, to be inarriecl shortly, ancl two meelcs thereafter to
set out for America, the goocl woman exclaimed: ' Oh, Anne, you are
going to suck clown sorrow by the spoonful.' That night on the
prairie, ancl many a night afterwards her daughter remembered those
words, ancl perchance thought them prophetic. When they suspentletl
their journey the lightning mas playing about the horizon, and by
midnight a storm broke upon theln such as they llatl never conceivetl
of, and such as is rarely mitnessecl here, of late years. But morning
came at last, the rain had ceased, and they startecl agrtin for Wyoming,
or any other point where foocl and shelter coulcl be obtained, and
about ten o'clock A. nr., the cabin of General Thomas was reached.
Itefreshed by a good breakfast and a brief rest, the emigrt~nts again
started for~vard, only to renew tlle experiences of the previous day
with new complications. Thev first made for Mr. James I-Iolgate's
place, and there got clirections for Seeley's Point, pretty \\-ell to the
east of the grove. By this route they hoped to reach the unoccupietl
cabin of Mr. Buswell, of ~vlillich they mere to take possession until they
could build one. But Spoon river must be crossetl by a deep ancl dmb
werous ford, ~vhere the chances were very good that the ~vllole loat1
woulcl capsize down the steep bank into the water, and by the time
this clifficultv was clisposecl of, the shades of evening were again closing
arouncl t'hem.
William Hall, who it will be remembered had been over this
route but lately, to make his claim, now l~roposecl to leave the
party aucl make his way on foot directly to the cabin, Bindle
a, fire to guide the rest, and have some foocl in readiness when
they arrived. He was spurred on to this course, tnol-e especially
as his goung wife was alreacly ailing uncler the combined strain of
fatigue and excitement, and he fearecl if rest ancl refreshment coultl not
soon be procuretl she mould be seriously ill. IIe succeetled in carr,ving
out his part of the contract without 1nuc11 clifficulty , ant1 by nightfall a
bright fire was blazing on the rude hearth of the ctll~in. Eut no ~1~agon
put in an appearance, and the solitary matcher looketl and listened in
vain for any sight or sound of the wanderers. In fact they were far
to the northeast of the grove, near where .'tile town of Osceola was
afterwards laid out - the team flounderetl hopelessly among the big
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OF ELMIRA TOWNSHIP. 471
the compass. For miles the women had been driving the cows ; Robert
aiding the driver and keeping a sharp looliout for signals from William,
or for game that ~voulcl acld to the repast if thev reachecl the cabin
fire. IkIrs. Hall had been slowly gro wing worse, "ancl finally cra~vlecl
back into the crowcle(1 \jTacon in blank clesmir. Robert hacl been dis-
V
charging his gun ancl bloiving his bugle, the vain hope of malting
sonieboclv hear: but the dull and distant echoes were their onlv
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472 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
told him their fears ; he said what he could to allay them, and aclvised
them not to go to Peoria yet. He mould fetch Nancy (his wife) ~vho
had a goocl deal of experience among sick folks.' And soon the good
woman came, and then and there began a series of lninistmtions to tlie
sick ancl suffering for which she 1las long been held in grateful rememnbmnce.
Her knomleclge of simple remedies, her molacls of encouragement
ancl kind attentions in times of affliction vTere r~ real boon to the
infant settlement. This kind old lady yet lives, Ilaving entered her
ninety-thircl year, ancl an honorecl old age is hers. ' Her children hare
risen up to call her blessed,' ancl though her flesh is subject to inany
infirmities, yet is her spirit tranquil, and her faith looks steclfastly
towards that brighter country, 'where the inhabitants never say,
I am sick.' But to resume our story. Mrs. Hall soon recovered under
good and careful nursing, and preparations for building themselves
a house went rapiclly forwarcl. First, of course, trees must be felled
for the logs, andAthis was awkward ~iorlr for the Halls, as probably
neither of them hid ever swung an axe before. at least not such an axe
as is used by the American b~ck~vooclsmnn to such advantage. But
they workecl with a mill ancl whacketl away at the trees all rouncl,
until by the time they were ready to fall they were literally ~vhittled
off to a point. This style of ~~~orli could be seen as long as the first
cabin stoocl and was the butt of numberless jokes ninong the neighbors
touching the capabilities of Englishmen as woodchoppers ! But the
logs answered a goocl purpose, nevertheless ; a story-and-half house
nTas ralsecl, a sawplt was dug in which a large two handled saw coulcl
be worlcecl, and thus they macle their own boards; the tools were
unpacked ancl as William had seine practical lcnowletlge of their use,
they soon had floors ancl battened cloors, ancl minclows with glass in
them, which aclvalltages mere almost enough to inalce them ' take
airs' over their neighbors, in those times. This house becnine a, sort
of heaclquarters for all incoming detachments, and if its half floored
loft was soinetiines so cro~vded with beds and their occupants, that
some luckless wight occasionally macle a sudden clescent to the next
floor, he was pretty sure to find a bed ready to catch him there, so no
serious results followed, only some slight re-acl j ustmen t to secure
safety the balance of the night. Here the weary ' itinerant' always
found a home, and the pious of every name a welcome. Within its
malls mere assemblecl~soine of the first congregations that ever met for
religious worship in the settlement. Often and again, have roof and
rafters rang with the grand old hyinns learned across the sea. ' Den-
mark ' and ' Coronation ,' ' Olcl E-Iundred ' and 'Silver Street,' were ' the
familiar i~aths their souls oft trod towards God.' The clear, full
treble of ihe sisters chorded well with the tleep bass of Williain's~voice
and the tones of his great viol, ~nalring l~ar~nbn~ that wo~~lcl have befitted
better surrounctings. In recalling this group, Mr. Cummings,
the first missionary but ltltely saicl, ' They were right loyal Methodists
of the true Wesleyan type.' And it T&,S William Hall \\rho let1 the
first class, formed at Wall's by this ~nissionary (to which reference is
made in another place) seven miles from his home, with an un bridged
river intervening, and never missed an appointment in ten years!

But the cabin long since gave place to a more modern and commodious
structure, and the once familiar name of William Hall lives there
no more save in memory, or on sculptured marble. A son who bore it,
gave his life for his country in 1862, expiring in a Memphis hospital.
* * * ++ " Edgar died at White's Station near Memphis in 1863."
Mrs. Aq~n IhZl (deceased), who settlecl at Osceola Grove, June 26,
1836, diecl there October 24,1886, aged eighty-two years. As noted in
other pages, she canle with her l~usband from Englancl, ancl for fifty
years resided on the same spot, where over fifty gears ago she saw
their first humble home in America raised. Her husband, one son and
two dangliters preceded her to the grave. Four sons ancl eleven
b
cmxd.chiiclren now represent this branch of the pioneer IIalls of
Osceolit Grove. She mas one of the first persons in this district* to join
a. DiIetlloclist class, ancl for a number of years her deceased husband was
class leader. Even up to the periocl of her death she 117as lookecl upon
as the only one who coulcl spealc authelitically on the early liistory of
that church in her neighborhoocl.
12o6ert IIQZZ, son of Thomas ancl Sarah (Colmyne) Hall, came to
the TJnited States in 1836, ant1 settlecl on the northeast q~~arter, section
two, Elmirn, on which he has since resiclecl. He at once engaged in
cultivating this claim, and as soon as the lancl came into market he purchased
160 acres. He mas married January 9, 1840, to Miss Harriet
Marsh, to whom nine children mere born, six of whom are living,
namely : Jane, James (married, li~ing in Iowa), Estlier (married, living
in Iowa), Matilcla, Charles (inarried, living on the old homesteacl),
ancl Ellen (nlmriecl, living in Osceola. township). Mrs. Robert Ha.11 was
the claughter of Daniel C. and Esther (Pettibone) Marsh, the former
being a nati~e of Connecticut, who moved to Pennsylvania while in
his youth, ancl the latter, Esther, was a native of Pennsylvania,. Her
grandfather, Oliver Pettibone, at the time of the Wyoming massacre
was eighteen years old, and his father at that time removed to Massachusetts.
and remained there until Oliver Pettibone marriecl Martha
Payne. After this marriage he returned to Wvo~nin Pa., his father
returning with him. The Pettibones are, as fjr as f nown, in Pennsylvania
yet. Daniel Marsh, father of Mrs. Hall, relnainecl in 'that
state until his death in 1865. Her mother, Esther Bla8rsli, came to Illinois
in 1834, to see a claughter, Mrs. ~ncl~e' Holgate, and she was taken
sick ancl diecl while there, and is buried on the Holgate farm. Robert
Hall has always been engaged in farming and stoclYgrowing. He has
added considerable lancl to his original purchase, but has given it to
his children, retaining only the oltl homestead of 160 acres, on which
he now resides. I-Ie 1s a republican in politics, but has always been
opposed to office, yet the people have elected him to several townshi
positions. EIe is not a lneinber of any church, but gi~~es with a libera P
hand to all clenolninations that are in neecl.
John DL 17cctch came from Vennont to Ellnira township. in 1851.
Jimzes iMowaoe Jctckson, son of Cyrus and Zaravia (winters) Jackson,
was born June 4, 1825, in Luzerne county, Pa. His father and
mother were born in Connecticut. It appears both families moved to
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4'74 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCRNCES
moved to New Yorlr state, ancl in IS37 to what is now Penn township
of Stark county. Their children are nainecl as follo~vs : Melinda, married,
a resident of Henry county ; James M., a resident of this township
; Sylvia, 11~ho cliecl in 1815 ; Sylvester, married, a citizen of Iowa ;
Andrew, married, also in Io~va, and Clarissa, married, a resident of this
county. The father. resided in Penn township until llis death in DiIarch,
1844, ancl the rnother died in litter years as in pioneer history.
Jaines M. came with his parents to this State ancl shared their pioneer
labors until after his father's cleath. On August 11, 1844, lie married
Miss Elizabeth, claughter of Henry and Catherine (Dall) Stlurms, also
pioneers of this county. They are the parents of ten children, namely :
Henry, of this township, i~iz~rried ; Cvrus, of Ringolcl county, IOIV~,
single; John, of the same county, married ; Brady F. ancl Walter, of
the same county, married ; Rebecca, married in Tonlon township ;
Washington, of Il ayes county, Neb., married ; Tilly, married, a resiclent
of Touion tlownsliip; Ella, married, residing in this township and
Ernest, single, resicling with parents. Nr. Jackson at one time was n
inelnber of the United Brethren Cl~urcli, but of late years has atteucletl
the American Presbyterian Cl~urcll. For over 15 years he has served
as school director and in po1itic:~l life is a Douglas Democrc~t. I3is
agricultural and stoclr-growing interests clainl 11 is sole atten tion.
Col. Will.ia912 Jc~7c~on, born in Rosshire, Scotinncl, May 11, 1834, is
the son of Thomas and Isabella (IIyslop) Jaclcson, the former born in
Roxburghsliire, Scotland, in 1800, was the son of Adam ancl Ellen
Jackson, descended fro111 a. f alnily (in Scotlnncl) of shepherds. Admn
Jackson was in his day a, famous hunter, earning the title of " King of
the Hunters." Adam ancl Ellen hall a faililly of seven chilclren,
Thomas being the third son. IIe married Miss Isabella Ilyslop in
1827 in Roxburghsliire, ancl remorecl to the Higl1lancls of Scotland in
1833, still folloiv~ng the vocation of shepllercl. They hacl, when they
emigrated to the Highlands, two children, nan~ely, Elizal~eth and
Adan]. Isabella, the wife of Tho111as Jacltson, was the daughter of
Adam and Elizabeth (Ihlentine) Ilyslop, both natives of Scotland,
Adam I-Iyslop being a laborer, and the Ealentines, like the Jacksons,
being sllephercls. Tllo~nas Jackson reinainecl in the I-liglilands for
eighteen years, where six Inore children were born to them, namely,
W~llialn, now colonel of the Fourth Illinois National Guards; John:
James, Walter, Davicl and Ellen. Thomas emigmtecl to America in
1550, and settled in El~nilr~ to~vnship, where lie purchasecl 107 acres
from Thomas Turnbull on northwest quarter-section 27. There he
engaged in fitrming, and remained on his first purchase until his cleath,
whlch occurred August 6 1855. IIis wife still survives him, living at
the atlranced age of eighty-three in Ehnisa with her son Willlain.
Williarn Jaclcson rernainetl with his father cluring his boyl~oocl as a
sheep-herder, receiving a, part of his eclrlcation in Scotland. IIe came
with his parents to America in 1860, ancl engaged in fiirining up to the
beginning of the rebellion of 1861. On the 12th of June, 1861, he
enlisted in what was linown as the El~nira Rifles, colnmancled by Capt.
Charles Stua~t, and went into Camp Douglas, Chicago, June I %th, where
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08 ELMIRA TOWNSHIP.
475
17th of June of the same year, and assigned to the Nineteenth Illinois
' Volunteer Infantry as Colnpany B. He enlisted as first sergeant ; promoted
to orderly sergeant ; promoted t40 seconcl lieutenant October 13,
1861; promoted to first lieutenant July 15, 1868; served his term of
enlistment, and TVUS inustered out at the expiration of service on the
9th of ~uli, LS64, at Chicago. Returning to this county, he engag~cl
in farming anti stock-growing, purcllasing a farm in Elmira tomnshl 11.
IIe ~~,zs married to Miss Loulsa A. Stone, February 3, 1869, claugllter
of Liberty and Julia (Winslo~v) Stone, both of mlioln are noticed in
the history of Osceola. They are the parents of seven chilclren, named
;IS follows : Rollo S., Walter T., William I-I. Nellie M., Julia. W.,
Cllester R., ancl James E. Colonel Jackson has been for years connected
wit11 the militia of the state. On July 7, 1874, he organized a
militia company known as the Elmira Zouaves, and vTas elected capt;cin.
Whe~l this coalinnntl was attached to the Fourth regiment!,
Illinois National Guards, seconcl brigade, he 117as elected major; he was
~womotecl to lieutenant-colonel; coini~lissioneil colonel of the Fourth
Illinois National Guards, April 7, 1880, as related in the military
chapter. This regiment vTas in active service during the strike of
IF77 at East St. Louis for ten days, and assistetl in restoring order in.
that toivn. While they were in service, they also assisted in restoring
orcler on the several lines running out of East St. Louis through Io~va,
and along the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy lines at Galesburg. and
other polnts. The colonel is a inember of the Masonic lodge, jolning
the orcler in 1817; also being a IZoyal Arch Mason ; he *is also a
cl~arter meinber of Jmnes Jaclcson Post No. 37, Grand Army of the
liepublic, and junior vice-commander of the department of Illinois.
1Ie has been commander of his l~ome post for eight years. He is not
a lnernber of any church, but lends his support to the Presbyterian
society. In politics he is a staunch republican, ancl boasts of the fact
that he lias never scmtahecl a ticket. He has heIcl the supervisor's office
for one term, ancl has been commissioner of highways for nine years.
In scllool matters lle has al~ays been interested, and has assisted
largely in bringing the school system of his to~~nsllip up to its present
hidl stanclarcl. belne. director for a nuinber of vears. His home near
~gnira is one bf thtse referred to at the begjnn;ng of the chapter.
Bctvicl Jackso, born in Rosshire, Scotland, March 15, 1644, is the
son of Tlioinas and Isabella Jackson, old settlers of this county, ~vllose
history is given in this chapter. For eighteen years he shared their
pioneer labors, and in September, 1862, enlisted in Company B, Nineteenth
Illinois Infantry, coa~pleting his tenn of service in 1865. In
1866, with his brother William, he purchased two huntlrecl and thirty
acres on Section 28, and has since devoted his attention to agriculture.
I3e married Miss Elizabeth J., daughter of Robert and BiZary Ann
(Macgraell) Rainey . EIer parents caine to America in their youth from
Irelnncl, settled at Pl~ilnclelld~ia, and there were married in 1$51. After
his marriage, ancl up to the periocl of his death, he was engzagecl
in weaving ingraln carpets. IIis miclolr- remarried, ancl now resides at
Moclena, ~vhile tile surri~ror of 11is two children is the happy wife of -
Captain Jackson. A reference to the history of the Unitecl Presbyte-

476 ' BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
rian church, to the G. Army Post, Odd Fellows, history of schools, political
and military chapters, ancl other. sections of this work mill point
out minutely the place which this family has helcl here. For eight
years he was a member ancl Lieutenant of the Ellnira Zouaves, and
when that company was mustered into the Fourth Illinois National
Guards elected Captain, July 25, 1877, and again promoted to Major of
the Fourth Illinois National Guards, April 7, 1880. During the unfortunate
"strilte" of 18'77 he was on active service with his con~lilantl.
His farm adjoins that of his brother William, and the two liolnes are
connected by private road. In addition to his large acreage of rich
El~nira land, he holds eiglltg acres of timber lancl, is interested in
stock-growing, and from ;L period l~rior to coining of age, has lleltl a11
important place in the esteem of his acquaintances and the history of
the township.
Jo1k.n Jncfison, born in Rosshire, Scotland, August 15, 1836, is the
son of Thoiiias and isabella (IrTyslop) Jackson. He i~assetl his
younger years as a shepllertl in Scotlantl, received a coinmon sclrool
education there, ancl pigrated to Ainerica ~~~ith llis father in 1850,
and settled in this tomnshyp. He was nlarried September 10, 1860, to
Miss Eliza Ann Montooth, d:~aghter of Sai~luel and Jennie Montootlr ,
both natives of Ireland. His wife lived but four years after theil*
marriage, her death taking place in October, 1564. He married July
3, 1879, Miss Abby Stuart, claughter of Seth ancl Sally (IIZLYJT~~)
Stuart, both natives of Vermont, noticed in the history of Osceola
township. His first purchase of lancl mas in Osceolt~ township, in
1863, being 160 acres. This he sold in 1864, and in 1868 he purchased
160 acres in Elmira, his present place of residence. To his second
marriage four cllildren were born, namely : Ny rtle J., Isal~ella F.,
Icla S., and Charles M., all resicling at home. In politics lle is a Republican,
but takes no active part in cainl~aigns. Lilce 11is brothers, he
takes a deep interest in scllool matters, having been director for years,
ancl at present clerk of the board of directors. EIe was a meiliber of
the TJnion League ~vllile that was in existence. Mr. ant1 Mrs. Jaclrson
are members of the Aine~*ican Presbyterian church, of Elmirt~ and are
considered ainong the first supporters of everything bearing on the
social ancl agricultural progress of this division of the county.
AcIccr/)z Juckson, son of Tl~omas and Isabella (EIyslol)) Jackson, and
grandson of Atlam and Ellen Jackson, vTas born in Eoxburghshire, Scotland,
August 9, 1831, of which county his people vreren,ztives. One
of his uncles served under Wellington at Waterloo. I-lis father mas
married in 1 827. They mere tohe parents of eight children, namely :
Betty, married here ; Atlam, above named, William ant1 John, marrid,
citizens of this towns11 ip ; James, killed during the Rebellion ; Walter,
deceased ; David resitling here, and Ellen, malrried in To~~lon Township.
Thornas Jaclrson came to America with his family in 1850, pur-
chased 106 acres of land here, a~lcl was eugngetl in fa~ming and stoclcgrowing
until his death, August 6, 1865. His wife still lives here
with one of her sons, at an ntlvancecl age. Adam Jackson's boyhoocl
was passed as a Scottish shepherd. On coming here he assisted his
fa,t$her in making the family home. On March 20, 1862, he married

OF 'GLMTRA TOWNSHIP. 479
Miss .Agnes, daughter of Tlioillas and Janet (Scott) &1turray, natives
of Scotla~lcl, ~l10 iminigrnted 11 ither. The saine year he purchased
160 acres of land, erected a house t'l~ereon, and here has resided down
to the present time. Of tlielr fifteen children, tqen are living,, tlie eldest,
Janet, being ~nitrried antl a resitlent of this to~vns11:p. Mr.
JacBson, in business ~~iatters, l~ns derotecl his attention solely to farming.
IIe llas never been a lrleinLer of a secret society, but for twentyfour
years llns been n consistent melnber of the United Presbyterian
church. IIe ll;~ serlret1 as tlirecto~ of his school clistrlct for several
years. In political dairs he votes with tlie Republican party.
.filwt~s L. eJcbc.X~so7a, a former settler of the county, died in Taylor
County, IOIIT:~, in January, I SS3.
.hkn Leason, better ltno~\~i~ a.s Deacon John Lenson, finds inentioil in
several !,ages of this work. I11 tlie marnage recortl many members of
his f;~in 11y find ;L notice. On June 27, 1861, tlle venerable Deacon was
tnlten fl*kn his 1101ne at dead of night by a number of illen who
e~ltel*etl his ]louse. A11 alarin was @\-en a.nd the people turning out,
~)romptly llunted the assaulting parties to their den. Horror stricken,
one confessetl, nncl ns a result, Cl~nrles TVilsou, Enos Mix, George
lhdla, Robert Alexander, Miles Avely antl George Whitehead mere
ar~estecl. They were tried before Justices I:as\vell ant1 TVil~slom and
a ju~y of t~velre men, and finetl $25, \rl~icll the jury considered then
equal to $100 in ordinary times.
IfTillic~~/. Leaso%. ( flic7e sketch of Ly. L. GPTCI~~(~.)
Thor-tns Lyle. ( T';ine =vketc7~ of Asn A. Bzc7rton.)
CYcwlos B. Lyle, son of Thomas ant1 Mary J. (Craig) Lyle, mas
born in this to\rnsllip,. November 1, 1842. Tllo~nas Lyle came to the
Unitetl States wit11 liis father, when seven years of age, and with liim
resiclecl in Vermont. Carlos B. TWS with him cluring all his earlier
yea>ias until sent to Abingdon to attend IIedding college. Even after
spending two terins there he enlisted as soon as he got 11ome in 1864,
in Colnlxmy 11, One-hundlaecI-antl-th irty-fourth Illinols Infan try, with
which cornn~nnd lle serrecl until inusterecl oat, as sho\\~n in the inilitary
cl~apter. On Mi~rcll 21, 1865, he nlnnaied Miss Marv S., daughter of
Levi ant1 Tirza (Powell) Ingles, natives of Virginia inti Ohio respectively.
To tliis union seven children nTere born, namely : Koble A.,
Cjllarles M., 1)aisy E., Nellie E., Tlloi~lns E., Enlma II., and one who is
nu~nhe~etl ailionk the dead. IIis far111 on section 15 is a model one.
Subjected to systematic cultivation since the way by him, it shoivs the
effect of his care. Here, too, he is engaged in stock-grou~ing. In
religious matters Mr. Lyle is a inenlber of the Methotlist Episcopal
church, and Mrs. Lyle, of the American Presbyterian church. In
politics he is a ch;~racteiaistic Itepnblic;in, was a 11;einber of the Union
League in war times, micl is totlav senior rice-commander of James
Jackson Post, No. 35, G. A. E. ' A ~*eference to tlie pioneer cliapter
of the general llistory ant1 to the slcetcl~ of Elmira to\\-nship ~vill point
out more definitely the part taken bv the fillllil~'. of ~~hich Mr. Lyle is
a member, in tlre settlement antl of thjs county.
IIo~actc~ E. Lyle son of Thomas ant1 Mi~ry Jane (Craig) Lyle, \vats
born in thls tomnslliy May 3, 1552; \17as educated here, and shared in

480 BIOQ~~ASHY AND REMINISCENCES
I
all the labors of his pioneer fnther until 1816. On %!!arch 23 of that
year he marriecl Miss Icla &I., dallghter of William and Elizabeth
(Lyle) Perliins. In this year also he engagecl in agricultural ~vorl< for
himself, ancl continued solely on the farm until 1880, when he purchased
Fell cf: Starrett's ineat marliet at Toulon, which lle carried on
there for two years, ~neantime i~ttencling to his farm. On disposing oI
this market, he engagecl in buying ancl sllipping stock, and this business
he now carries on In connection with the farm of 352 acres. To Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle lour chilcl~eii were born : Nabel, in 1577, cliecl September
7, 1880; Gertrude, born Lleceinber 2S, lS78; I-Iorace B., July 1, 1SS1,
ancl Jailies Bartlette, June 29, 1883. Mr. Lyle has nlways been a Itepublican.
In religious lnatters lle supports every church neecling or
asking help; in business he is energetic ancl enterpising, ancl in social
and township afiLirs, like his parents, always prominent ancl reliable.
Ei'nley Xc~thison., an olcl settler of the township, referred to ill
other pages, died January 11, 1883, in his sixty-third year.
George 8. il/Ic~yzard, son of Ephraim and Betsy (Hubbnrcl) M:ynarel,
Tyas born in Franklin county, Vt., April 7, 1827. Ephraiin was tlle
son of an English emigrant, who settlecl at Oalihain, Mass., who on
account of lameness did not serve in the Revolution. In 1801 this
Ephrain~ reinovecl to Vermont (two years after his 1llarriig.e with Miss
I-Iubba.rd in Massachusetts), ancl was a farmer there until his cleath, in
August, lS56. Of his fifteen children, three are living : Nrs. Vashti
Field, of Fairfax, Vt. ; Cllarles T., of Eakersfield, Vt., and George S.,
namecl above. George S., on coming of age, entered a boot ancl shoe
factory at Westboro, remained there six years, and then niovecl to
Osceola township in 1853 or 1854. In tlle fall of 1856 he settlecl in
Minnesota, ancl far~necl there until tlle spring of 1868, when he settlecl
in Elmira, where he purcllased eighty acres, on section 26. In
August, 1566, he mar~ied Miss Esther A. Dugan, a native of ~IL~SS~Lchusetts,
of which State her parents mere also natives. Their children
are : Ilelen &I., now Mrs. F. J. Fuller, of Wyoming; Clara, also nlarriecl,
resicling at home, ancl Charles E., of this to\~rnshil. On February
26, 1868, Mr. ISiIaynarcl married Miss Rose, daughter of Jaines ancl
Jane (Woocls) I-Iamilton, natives of Vermont, ancl granddaughter of
Petiah and I-Iannah (I-Iallanan) Hamilton, of Maine and &iIassachusetts,
respectiveiy, and of Ebenezer Woocls, it solclier of the Revolution
and subsequently of the secret police or revenue force. To this union
three children were born, of whom Pearl II. ancl Cora A. are living.
E-Ie has been a Republican since 1856; he leans toward 31ethodisn1, but
is not a nleinber of any church: for over twelve years he has
served on the clistrict school board, ancl for years has been
connected with Bradford Lodge, 579, I. 0. 0. F. Mrs. Maynard is a
member of the Gaelic church of Elmira. In business affairs his excellent
farm and stock farm have claimed all his attention since his
second settlement in this county. Outsicle business, anything which
seems to affect the county, claiins his close study, and on its merits his
support or o position.
Donald 1 if cDonuld, born in Shielclag, Parish of A ~glecross, Rosshire,
Scotlancl, July 20, 1820, is the son of John ancl Ann ( 1 IcKenzie) XcDon-

OF ELlfIRA TOWNSHIP. 481
ald, and granclson of Fjnlay and ILlary (Frazer) McDonald, descendants
of the few brave inen of that clam ~110 escapecl English treachery at the
inassacre of Glencoe. John mas married in 1SO8, ancl to this union
eight children were born, four of wllom are living, Finlay, in Marshall
county, Inz.iL. was born in Inc11 ana April 24, 1845,
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482 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
from his first earnings in Philadelphia he sent her money to come
over. Lilce a true girl she responded and on the day of her arrival in
Philadelphia they were inarried in 1848. The lady diecl in 1866, ancl
is buried in the Elmira cemetery. Both of them mere rare lovers of
literatme, the old gentleman being thorougl~ly conversant wit11 all
the leacling writers, and a supporter of fifty-two meekly newspapers.
Williain Moffitt's parents came to Philadelphia in 1848 with a young
fmnily. Some time later they mored to Henry county, Ill., purchased
a farm near Weathersfield where the father clied in 1854. The nlother
is still a resiclent of ICewanee, residing with her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth,
mife of John Moffitt. Of Williani Moffitt's children, six are living,
nmnely, John L., a minister of the Metl~oclist Episcopal churcli in Colorado
; George W., a resident of Stnrlc county, referred to in local
history ; &lar,y,aret L., mife of Fred Fleming, of Toulon township ;
Eleanor Z., mife of George Critzinan, of Kewanee, ancl Anne J., wife of
Jesse Fleming, a farmer of Elmira. The great-great-gmndfat11er mas
James Moffitt, ~7ho JI-~S the father of five chilclren, James, born in
If 89, Da.vid, Jane, William and John. William came to Pllilaclelphi,z
in 1831, James ih 1840, ancl David in 1845. Jane and her family
settled in Australia early in the forties. David ancl his family moved
from Philadelphia to Illinois; John went first to Scotland, but ultimately
came to the United States. Robert Nichol, David Moffitt's
father-in-law, mas a soldier in the British army, was in Jamaica fifty
years ago, ancl it is supposecl that some of his children are still there.
Many of the granclch~llren of those Moffitt's are today scattered
throughout the country, but the greater number of their cllilclren have
crossecl the unkno~i~n ocean.
Surnuel 2iIontootl~, born in Tyrone county, Ireland, in 1799, and his
wife, born there in 1810, came to the United States in 1830 a d to
Elmira township in 1558. Lieutenant Hunter, who married their
dau hter, mas killecl at Murfreesboro.
aohert -&loore, nuned in the history of Elrnira. township, wlro married
Margaret Clarlc, moved from Lancaster county, Pa., to St. Genevieve
county, Mo., in the spring of 1822, and operated a mill there
until 1S3!, when, as one of the Peoria colony, he purchasecl some clailns
in what 1s now Elinira township, this county, and toolc a full share in
its first improvement. His family consisted of four sons and six
daughters, all cleceased with the exception of Robert 31. Moore, of
Toulon. The latter carried on his Elmira farm for thirty years. In
1844 he inarried Miss Maria, claughter of' Hemes White; in 1874 this
lady clied, and the saine year the family movecl to Toulon. Samuel,
Orlando and Corydon, her sons, are favorably known here. The two
first-named are residents of Barton county, Mo., and the last of
Toulon township. His second marriage was with Mrs. Lucina Petteys
Van Dewater, a native of Oneida county, N. T. This lady's two
daughters are members of the Methoclist Episcopal church. Mrs.
Moore clied January 3, 1887, in her fifty-fourth year.
Geo~ge &ticway, son of Thomas and Janet (Scott) Murray, whose
history is given in this chapter, was born in Roxburghsllire, Scotland,
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OF ELYIRA TOWNSHIP. 483
and here completecl a liberal education. On growing to manhood he
purchasecl eighty acres and at once engaged in agriculture and stockraising.
In IS67 he adcled eighty acres, solcl the 160 acres in 1874,
and the same year purchased 240 acres on see. 87 ; SO acres on scc. 26:
anel eighty acres on see. 24, to rvllich he has since addecl 160 acres.
With this' well-improveel farm of 560 acres he has one of the finest Earn1
resicleilces in the ~vliole county, which was completecl 1:tst year, lawn
sncl grouncls well laic1 out ancl plantetl wit11 ornanlental trees and
shrubbery, one of the best equippecl far111 yards in the county-all tlle
result of a quarter century's attention to liis business ancl an intelligent
appreciation of the true position which a farmer sho~ild OCCUPV. IIe
mas maried in 1866 to Miss Lusetta, daughter of Smith anel Sarah
(Jordan) Woocl~varcl, natives of Pennsylvania. OF eight children born
to them, seven are living, namely :-Orville, Margaret J., Nina J., Smith
A., Lusetta, John T., and Evalina, all resicling at home or attending
school. In politics he is a Republican, but farther than inquiring
closely into a candidate's principles he does not ineclclle much in thern.
School interests all\-ays claim his attention and he is now scliool trustee.
In ~eligious matters lle is not a church member but sapports the United
Presbyterian Society. He commenced his battle with the worlc2 " barehanclecl
" ancl conquereel it.
lFTiZIinn~ ,irvrv&y, son of Tliolnas and Jaiiet (Scott) Jlnrray, natives
of Scotlancl, nTas born in Roxburgl~shire, Map 28. 1835. Mr. Murr:~y's
father ~vas born September 10, 1807 and liis nlotl~er 1806. Both were
clescenclecl from a long line of farniers, ant1 when conling to America,
in 1853, with their six ohilclren, their intention was to aclhere to this
indepenclent life. The hther dieti lle~e August S, 1S54, llis wife survivecl
to see her highest hopes for the family realized, ancl ilietl here
&lay 27, 187.3. William Murray is the tl~ird son of this family. David
ancl Gicleon, his elcler brothers, reside in Elmirt~ ancl Toulon, respectively
: Agnes ancl George also reside here, while Thomas, the youngest,
lives at Tles Moines, Iowa. In Fel)r~iarp, 1563, FVilliam married
I\/Iiss Isabelle, daughter of Robert A. ancl IIannah Faerbairn. Scottish
fanners, ~11o came to the United States in July, 1859. Mr. Murray
purchase(1 eighty acres in Elinira, 11711icll 11e soltl in a few years t~ncl
settled on a farin of 160 a,cres in Toulon to\~~nsliip. After a residence
of nine years there, he solcl tliat fa~in itatl purchasetl 240 acres in
Elinira, where he has niacle his lloilie since ancl erected one of those
comfortable farm resitlences 'common in this tornsl~ip. To Nr. and
Mrs. Murray seven chilclren were l~orn, the oldest (lying in infancy. sis
now living, namely: Ifannnh, T11oin;~s S., Janles, Janet E., Agnes J.
ancl Eliza, all residing with parents. Tlie fnniilv belong to the United
T'resbvterian Church, anti like their father 1-we ~e~)ul~lican in sentiment
arid -p;actice. To follow Murray's connection with the social, official
incl inelustrial life of tlle township ant1 county 11;~ther belongs to
history than to biogmphy, ant1 therefore, in the pages clevotetl to history,
Inany references to lliill are macle.
Th,o7/~a.s NicI~oZcbs clied at the house of James Clnnainon July, lSS3,
agecl seventy-two years. EIe came from Pennsyl\-aniu in 1843, settling
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484 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
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AcJa~z Olivcr (deceaseel) mas born Decenlber 14,1814, in Roxbnrghshire,
Scot'land. His parents, Thomas ancl &Iamrpret (Fife) olive^,
were also natives of that country ; were ~n~zrriecl there la 1S14; moved
to the IIighlantls some vettrs later, ancl in 1837 citnie wit11 their ten
children to the TTnited States. The names of this large fa111ilg are
given as follows: Atlaln (tlece~tsetl), l\ilargzret (marr.ied), of this township
; Betsey (married) a resiclent of I-Ienrr connty ; Anclrew (nlarrietl),
ol this township; Chitrlott-e (decetised);' Ann (unmarried), resicllng
here ; William (~narried), residing in IIenrv countv ; Thomi~s (mar-
~ied), a. resident of this to\vnshi 11; Henry 11. (marr~etl), also resi(1ing
here, nncl John (married), of Auclubon county, Iu\r,z. Tlie 1ie:~d of this
fmtily in the United States pnshetl westward ~r~itllont delay, settletl :l,t
Osceola Grove, but moved in 1840 to the west side of tlie townsllip,
where he resitlecl until his death, May 8, 1855. There also his wife
died. Aclarn passed his earlier years on the lo\vl;tncl farm, and later
assisted his father in the duties of shephertl in the I-Iighlantls. 11;s
father instructecl him in writing, reacling ancl figures so well that when
of age he engged in teaching school. On coining here he tool< charge
of much of h~s father's bus~ness and remained with 111111 until 1846,
when he inarried Miss Polly Ann Parks. This lwcly cljed at the I,ir*th
of her only child who bears tlie same name. In 1849 he rnarrieci Miss
Agnes Davidson, a grand niece of James Davidson, the '& Dantly Dinrnon
t " of Scott's '' Guy Mnnnerin~," ancl cbtnghter of George and Jessie
(Robertson D:~viclson (married In 1934), who ci~~ne from Boxburghshire,
Scot 1 and, to Marshall county, Ill., with their five cllil(1ren in
1841. Her father cliecl there in October, 1865. Atlnln a,ncl Mrs. Oliver
were the parents of six children, of whorn four are living-31,zrgaret
F., of this township (married); Jessie (married), residing at I-larvarcl,
Neb.; George T. (married), resit1in.g on the !~olnestead, ant1 Ella &I.,
resicling here with her r not her. It IS said that he never lll~tl an enemy.
In polltical life he was a Republican; in religion, n member of tl~c
Unitecl Presby teriitn churcli, ~zncl in all relations strictly upright. 1 Iis
cleath tool; place Nay 8, 1855. ( Vide flitory of Elnlii~n.)
Ar~cZ>ew Oliuev, son of Tllomas and Mr~rpret (Fife) Oliver, was
born in Roxburghshire, Scotland, &Iarch 20, 1820. He is a brother of
the late Acla~n Oliver referred to above, nncl like him a pioneer of this
county, corning here with the famlly in 1537 ancl sharing all their fortunes
until 1849, when he lnarrietl Miss Ellen, daughter of William ttntl
Nary Turnbull, a native of Scotland, and like himself a pioneer of this
section. Of their six children Mary, the elclest. is the only survivor.
In I846 Andrew Oliver traveled to Dixon, Ill., ancl then entered ancl
purchasetl his first farm on section 31, Elmirn township. To this
original tract he has atlded 700 acres here, together with owning B,()00
acres in Pawnee county, Neb. In 1860 h~s first wife (lied, ancl in
Novelnber, 1861, lle ma,rrietl Miss Elizabeth, tlaugliter of James Arbinstrong,
a notice of ~vhorn appears in this chapter. They are the parents
of four children -Esther (married), resitling at Toulon ; Belle hl.,
Agnes J., and an infstnt who is deceased. Mr. Oliver has filled tlie
position of supervisor of the township for three terms, assessor for
several terms, and allnost all the minor offices. He is a stockholcler

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in the first National Bank of Kewanee ancl in the Erastun steam heater
conlpany. EIe has been ever iclentified with religions matters, and is
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nunecl among the founders of the American Presbyterian Church of
Elmim. The several parts talien by members of this family in the settlement
an4 progress of this county are tolcl in detail in tliese 11,zg.s.
Hebry 1$ciZl Oliver., horn in 12osshire, Scotland, in January, 1833, is
the son of Thol~~as ancl Margaret (Fife) Oliver, whose f;tlnily 1listor-y
is given above ancl ~vhose settlement here is noted in the general as
~vell as in the township history. In 1837 he came to this coantv with
them, but after warcls resided n7it.h his brotlller-in-la\\-, John ~;mbull
for fifteen years. During this time he stodiecl in the tlistIrict scl~ools
labored on the farm. In 1851 Ileenteretl t81~ePresb\rterianCollege
of Macomb, studied engineering, and for two years fol~bwec~ this
fession in the einplo,y of a, railroad company. In IS56 lie enteretl the
Moninouth College ancl tool< 2% scientific course. Also fillet1 the position
of tutor there, as he hntl previously (lone nliile attentling the college
at Mitconlb. IIis health failing, he was forcecl to forego the
pleasures of college life, antl the IY ide field of success in his -profession,
whicll appeared open to him, and SO returned to Ehnira and resunietl
fi%'arming or mther enteretl upon the agricultnr~~list's life in earnest. In
IS57 11e married Miss Mary, daughter of Finley and Catherine
(Mc1,ean) Murcbison, whose history is given in that! of Donald Mc-
Donaltl's family. Of nine children born to this marriage. six are living,
namely : ijavicl W., engaged in f;~rming on the Ilolnestead ; Margaret
E., a, teacher in the Toulon Acadeilly ; Katie E., attencling the
Northwestern University ; William 11. and Cl~arlotte J., students of
the Toulon Acxde~ny, ancl Agnes I3., residing at home. Mrs. Ol~ver is
a, member of the Highland or Canadinn Presbyterinn Church, antl of
this slsoller husbancl.is,zn~eml)er and ofici:tl. Since 1862 &Ir. Oliver
has been extensively engaged in i~uvino. a.nd shipping stocli as well as
in stoclr-growing and farm~ng. Tile %,I,,, failln, u711 ich he inherited
from his father: he ilas increased to four i~untlred acres. on ~~rl~icl~
sti~ncls his fine residence. This Parill is aluolic the richest in tlhis clisu
trict of fertile lands, is fully improuetl and equipped in builtlings,
nlachinerv ancl ini~le~~ients. In noli tics he is clecicledlv re~~~lblicnn :
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zealous, ykt. tolerani in religion, un'ostentatious and refined in mannel*.
IIis horne is a synonyln for .genuine hospit;ility. In official llfe, the
testi~nonv to his cliaracter is lndeed substantial, ;is he it7aIs for txentv
yeals be& a school director ; superr isor of ~11;ir.a fol* several tenng,
and also surveyor of the county.
Thomas Oli~er's residence was clestroyetl 1)y fire on the morning of
September 15, 1886. Iris fi~ther-in-law, W. 11. Turnl)ull, was l~ul*ned
so badly that he died the afternoon of t11:lt tla~~r. Builtling, fnrniture,
records, etc., were a total loss. The origin of the tire is a 111ystery.
The flmnes nTere first cliscove~ed i)r 311.. Olirer's tli~ogl~ter. Mr. Timbull,
~vllo wits about seven ty-five iears old, mas sleeping in an ~~pstairs
chamber, and succeeded in' getti& tlon-n stairs to the kitchen. 1v11e1.e
he became overpo\veretl by 'the %eat, and was tlraggetl out batlly
burned. This prominent old settler has resolvecl to re-enact the pioneer
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486 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
3iutthew Bz~cha~tccn Pccrks, son of William and Agnes (Buchsnatn)
Parks, mas born in Washington county, Va., August 15, 1818. His
father was born in Cumbel*l:~nd coun'ty, Pa., Malycll 7,. 17'77, where
Joseph Parlis (a native of Irelantl and a, tailor by trade), gmnclfathe~
of Mattlie\v, had settletl prior to the Iterolntion. Josepll's wife,
Rebecca Clarli, \vats a, native of England came to Airle~aica with
her people before the Eevolntion, ;tnd ]net ant1 innrrietl Mia. Parks in
Ci~lnberlnncl county, Pa., amtl iuored to Augusta coon ty, Va. The
founder of this family in the United States n6r lies in the cemetery
near his Virginia, home. In 1810 Willianl Parks, a millwrigl~t, ~narrietl
Miss Agnes Duchnnan. This lady nTas a dnugl~ter of' M;rttlle\v I3uclranan,
\vho served in the 12evolubion untler General Camld~ell at Kings
Mountain, and with two conlpanies sent ag~insthe Indians in ICentuclcy.
His wife was Elizabeth Etlloontlson. To tlreul seven cllilclren
were born, namely : Granville C., a ~vidomrr of Euresu county ;
Eliza, unmarried, residing here ; Rebecc;~ who tlietl in 1855 ;&Iattlle~v
B., of Elmira, Polly Ann died March 29, 1847; Joseph, unmarried, ancl
Nancy II., unma.&iecl, residing here. The family movetl from Virginia
to Macon county, Ill., in 1835 ; but after a very brief stay tllel-e,
William 10cat~ed 160 acres of land in \vl~at is no\v Ehnir:~ townstrip,
erected the first 11ouse ever built in Elnlira on this land, and resitletl
therein until 1842, when 11e inored out of the timber "onto the
r~rairie," ancl there, so soon as tho iantls were offered for sale, entered
h80 acres. I-Ie was engaged in farming and stock-mising until his
death. His \\rife was born in W~lshington county, virgin^:^, 0ctobt:r
13, 1785, of which state her parents nelae natives, of tlce tlescentls,nts
from Scotch-Irish B~~chanans of Lancltster co~un ty, Pa. She tlietl in
1877. &Iatthei\~. B has alm;~ps been :L bacllelor citizen, representetl
his t,ocvnsllip on the suyervisbrs' board for a, number of terms, and
filled nearlv a11 the tournsllip offices. IIe resides on the old Palbl<
~~ornestead~ with his sisters, Eliza ancl Nancy II., ancl his brother*
Joseph. The latter is a lneln ber of the J3;q)tist church, while Mat.tllew
B. is not a lneinber of any society, tlloogl~ a supporter of the I'l*esl)yterian
Cllurch. In the f&nily ci;cle all questions a.ffecting their interests
are thoroughly discussed, and dissenting ol~inions so expressed as
to leave no room lvhtttsoever for discol*tl.
TVllinir Q. I'e~hs, born in O~aitnge county, V enrion t, Januar \-
19, 1819, is the son of 1,enruel and Lucretia, (Cfentlelna~ri) ~erki~is.
Lemuel Perkins was a nati re of New 11nml)sllire. He ~~~rrs the son of
Timothy Perkins and Betsy Genileinan. Tinlothy Perltins, a native of
England, was it soldier in the ~*evolutiona,rv war, and after the war he
engaged in fanning in the state of New %ampshire, remaining there
until his tleath. Betsy Gentleman was 21, n;l.tive of Connecticut, 11er
parents coming from prance. 1,enluel Pel-liins enlisted for the war of'
1SI2 at the age of fourteen, ser~recl seven years in the amijr, ant1 after
the war he enwaged in tlre cooper trade. He mas ~narrietl in IS1 to
Lucwtia GentTeman, and bail by her two children, the subject of our
sketch being the olclest. Daniel tlietl when two years old, in the tow11
of Tapsham, Orange county. Trt. His wife died in 1823, and in 1833
he married Miss EIetty Pomeroy, a native of Vermont, by ~vhoin he

OF ELMIRA TOWNSHIP. 487
had one child, Jane, who married and is living at Tapsham, Vt. He
remained in Vermont the greater part of his life, and died there about
the year 1838. The subject of our sketch passed his boyhood on a
farm. When he was old enough to take part in heavy labor he helped
to cut the timber ancl then assisted in b~~ilclina the second steamboat
that ever ran on Lake Champlain, called the twli7zyton, coininancled
by Capt. Sherinan. He became a boatsman on the boat, followed the
lake inarine for a short time, and in October, 1840, he left Buffalo, N.
IT., for Chicago, Ill., being nine days making the trip. After landing
in Chicago he re~noved to Ottawa, of this state, and engaged in teaming
ant1 breaking prairie. He was inarried in November, 18.16, to Miss
Elizabetll Lyle, daughter of William and A tlnnta (Darling) Lyle. After
his marriage he was e~nployecl on the Chicago & LaSalle or Illinois
canal, and worked at this until the canal was finished, being the man
who drew the last stone, ancl also helped to place the last stone on this
@reat public morlr. After he finished his canal job he engaged in farm-
9 ing, and remained so engaged until 1856, when he removed to Kansals,
where he made a stay of a few months. For a short time after~a~rds
he traveled around, first from one state to another, but in 1857 he settlecl
in Elmira township, purchased 160 acres on section 8, and engaged
in farming and stock-raisi ng. Remaining on his first purchase until
1866, he purchased 160 acres on section 9, and removed to it, and has
remainecl on this purchase up to the present, having added forty acres
more to his last ~nrchase in Ellnira, ancl 330 acres in Osceola township.
He has, since co;ning to Stark county, been cngagecl in farrninw a&
stoclc-growing. In politics he is cle~nocratic ; is not a member 3 any
church, but supports all denominations alike. He has a family of ten
chilclren, namely : IXazen H., married and living at Kewanee ; Ch~rlotte,
married, living at .Cliicago; Charles E., married, living in Penn
township ; Mary, married, living in Ellnim township; Willialn L., unmarriecl,
living, in Osceola township; James, unmarried, living in
Osceola township, Ida M., marriecl, living in Elmira township ; Phcebe,
married, living in Osceola township ; John, at home ; George, marriecl,
living at home. The subject of our sketch in an early day was loo1;ecI
upon as being king of the hunters in this county, having, in company
with his old hunting friend, David Fulk, of Osceola, killecl the last deer
that there is any record of in this townsl~ip.
Gicleon PoZter, son of Thomas ancl Olive (Northrop) Potter, natives
of Porkshire, England, ancl Michigan, respectively, ur:-as born at Hamilton,
Canada, August 21, 1847. His father mas a sash and door
maker, who enlisted in the English army, ancl caine with a division of
that ariny to Canada, in 1837-8, to beat banel< the patriots who souglit
liberty for their country. On being discharged, after his term of service,
he moved to Michigan, inarriecl there, returned to Canada where
he resided unt~l 1353, ~vl~en he left en *oute to Missouri. At Chicago
he was taken sick and died there. Iiis family scattered, Thomas and
Ann are known to be deceased. while C4icleon resides here. The latter,
at the age of seven years, tvas "bonnd out " to a Missouri farmer
named W. H. Elliott, with whom he remained until 1859, when, owing
to the hardship of his work, he eloped, found his way to Nauvoo, Ill.,
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488 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
and worked for a man named Bartlett there until 1864, when he mo~d
to the Bartlett, Sr., farm near town. In 1865 he left him and mas
variously engaged until May, 1867, when he enlisted in Company I,
13th United States infantry, and served three years at Ft. Ellis and Ft.
Shaw, M. T. Subse uentli he engagecl in herding and farming in that
territory for Chip %raais, returned to Illinois and for thirty months
engaoed in fruit-growing in I-Iancock county. I3e next was a farmer
near%enver, Col., returned to Sonora, Ill., ancl on November 30, 187'4,
married ~ iss Ernfly Thompson, daughter of Harvey ancl Lois ( c~os~~)
Thompson, of Osceola, Ill., who mas born there, her parents being
natives of Vermont and Massacl~usetts respectively, but both of old
families in the latter State. For five years after this he engaged in
fruit-growing, a~id then came to Osoeola, village, ~vl~ere he 1111 rchasecl
the mercantile interests of A. F. Spencer ancl established llis presentbusiness.
His children are : David, born October 13,1875, ancl Rollin,
September 25, 1880. In politics he is a Republican. Iteligiously he
inclines toward the Baptists, but is not a member of any church. 0%-
cially he has served as school director and on the boarzrd of cemetery
trustees. Though not a pioneer of this celebratecl pioneer neighborhood,
he claims many warm friends, and stands as liigli in the coinmunal
circle as he does in the comnlercial.
John 2T &ed, born at Reed's Grove, Will county, Ill., September 7,
1851, is the son of George W. and Mary (Straeder) Reecl, both natives
of Indiana, as related in the chapter on Osoeola township. Mr. need
passed his boyhood days in assisting his father in farm ~vorl~,
attending
the school of the district. At the age of nineteen years he attended
the graded schools at Toulon ancl subsequently studied in tlie Era(1 lord
schools. Adopting the profession of teacher, he would preside over a
school for one term, ancl the next attend school at the Wesleyan University,
Bloomington. I-Ie ajlso studied in the Illinois Inclustrial University,
at Champaign. Since completing his education he has been
engaged in teaching school, and is now in the thirteenti1 year of his
professional work. On June 19,1878, he marriecl Miss Frances I. Searl,
daughter of I. W. and Charlotte (Furness) Searl, natives of I'ennsylvania.
To them three children were born, namely : Mary E., Ralph
I,. and George H. Reed. Mr. Reed has always 'been Republican in
politics, and, it is said, wields the pen for the good of his party, whenever
the thought of doing so occurs to him. He is an excellent teacher
and is now filling his fourth engagement in the schools of District No.
3 or Elmira village. While Mr. Reed is a, member of the &Ietll~otlist
Episcopal Church, his wife is a member of the Baptist Church, and in
these societies they exert their influence for good. ( Pie, atso, 7~isto~y
of Osceola townsl~+.)
Simon B. Spencer, born at Peacham, Vt., December 25, 1821, is the
son of Samuel, born October 26, 1777, and Betsy (Currier) Spencer,
natives of Windham county, N. II., and Boxford, Mass., respectively;
and grandson of Ebenezer ancl Mary (Robinson) Spencer, tlescended
from one of the three Spencer brothers who came from England, ancl
from the Robinsons, ~vbo settled in New Hampshire among its
pioneers. Betsy Currier is the claughter of David and Elizabeth

OF ELMIRA TOWNSHIP.
(Peabody) Currier (the latter raised by Gen. Putna~n's sister), natives
of Massachusetts. She marriecl Samuel Spencer about 1803, Rev.
Leonarcl Wooston officiating. To them six children were born, riz.,
Sarah, born in 1804, resicl~ng in Rock Island county; Isaac, born
March 26, 1812, diecl in Elmira, December 27, 1884; Betsy, born
January 1: ISIT, . married Dan N. Beall in 1836, resides in Rocl;
Island county, and celebrated their gnlclen wedding in 1886; Simon
B. resides here, and two iliecl in infancv. In 1842, Simon B. Spencer
set out for the west, arrived in Elunira, k1aY 19th, ancl worked for his
brother Isaac at eleven dollars per month. ' Early in 1843, he revisited
Vermont, returned in the fall with his father, m'other and elder sister,
and completecl the Spencer settle~nent here. From IS44 to 1848, his
health did not permit him to engage in anv lcinci of ~vorlc. In the
V U
of 1852, he purchased the southeast huarter of section 2, ancl
~g;$las since been an a~ricoltoralist and stock-gro~r-er. The fortv
acres which he entered inu1843, on iection 14, he ;till holcls, togeth&
with seven acres of coal land on section 16, eighty acres on the west
half of section 2, and his residence in the village of Osceola. He
belongecl to the Union League (1861-65), hi~s always been republican,
but is content with g0in.g to the polls. In religion he is a Baptist.
Speq~cer, born in Vermont in 1812, came to Peoria in 1835,
anti to the northeast quarter, section 10, Elmira, township, in 1838, and
subsequently purchasecl ]nore lands, all of wvhicll he improved, his
steam flourin~ mill being one of the early industries of the county.
9
Stzcr.na8 Ean3,iZy.-Much has been written of this family in the
sketches of Osceola and Toulon townships, as well as inu that of
this township. Again in the general history many references are
made to them. For the purposes of this part of the chapter, the
following notice of the ,family is given : Louis Sturins, who came to
LaSalle Pmirie, Ill., about the period the first settlement was made in
Essex township, came to Spoon river about 1834; in 1835, visitecl u-hat
is now Elmira township, remained some time, but returned to Ohio.
Matthias Sturms. who came in Sentember. 1834. bron~ht wit11 him his
wife ancl ten chiiclren, thus gi~-in8a popuiation 'at oncie to this part of
the wilderness. In ihe historv of the Methodist Eniscoual chorch
throughout the county, man,y Gferences are made to this iioneer, for
in his cabin were held the first Methotlist services north of I\-11at is
now Wyoming, in this county. Among his sons were Henry S. (not
Henry Stur~ns, who settled here in 1838), Nicholas, who was a juror in
1639, Samuel, Matthias ancl Simon. Of this number, there were
assessecl in 1539, Matthias, junior, Henry S., Samuel ancl Nicholas.
Henry S. was married to Miss Osborne in Ohio, and brought his wife
with him, as his sister, who marriecl John Kirlipatrick, brought her
husband with her in 1834. Another sister married the pioneer - Peter
Pratt. Matthias Sturms diecl in February, 1862, agecl seventy-six
years; but prior to this time the old people llad passed away. The
records of the cemeteries all around Elrnira and in the township
contain the names of this family, even as the marriage recorcl tells
of the be innings of other familibs of the same name.
John !b urnbull, commonly known as "Uncle John," was born in

490 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISOENCES
Roxburghshire, Scotland, November 23, 1806. His parents, Robert
ancl Ellen (Brydon) Turnbull, were also natives of Scotlancl, tlie former
(a solclier under General Elliottj participatecl in the siege of Gib~altar,
and, after his honorable discharge from the British anny, married ancl
engaged in farming in Scotland until his death in 1809. Uncle John,
in his boylioocl (aged 84 years), served eight years as co\vhercl for
Thomas Stavart,, subsequently had cl~a~ge of a flocl; of sheep, and in
1826 removed to Lochcanon, Rosshire, wvllere he ~vas shepherd for
Adam Scott on the Tullich farlzz, serving for eleven years. Durin6
this time, on February 22, 1834, he marriecl DiIasga,ret, dsugllter ol-
Thomas ancl Margaret (Fife) Oliver. On June 14, 1837, he ;ind wife
si~ilecl from Greenwich for America, landed at Chicago, Sel~tember Ist,
moved in a few clays to Joliet, and thence, in February, 1S3S, to
Osceola Grove. Here he purchasecl a squa.tter's Cli~ilkl of I(iO acres FOY
twentv-five cloll;~rs (on section twenty-one) the sa~~le year ; sol~seqnently
purchiksed it from the United Sthtes, and has inade this his llolne ever
since. He aclclecl 120 acres to his original purchase, ant1 has followetl
farnling ancl sheep-raising here since 1838. I-Ie takes pricle in the fact
that his first vote was cast for Henry Clay. ((1 lost it," says he, "but
he was it grand old man." . Uncle John has been justice of tlle peace
for over thirty years, IV~S supervisor for three tenns, and school
director for a number of years. He as one of the original members
of the United Pre~byt~erian church here, and one of its inost earnest
supporters since organization. Mr. and Mrs. Turnball never llad cllildren,
but by aclopkon reared a number of nephews aucl nieces, na~~iely,
Thomas Rule, married, living on the frontier; Will Rule, married, a
resident of Iowa; Jane Rule, cleceasecl, and Anna Rule, maw~ed, resicling
in Iowa. The two orphans, Mary ancl Matthew Pllelan, were
raisecl ancl eclucatecl by " Uncle John" ancl his wife ; also, they reared
11. H. Oliver ancl William R. Turnbull, giving parent;~l cnlle in each
instlance. Mr. T. is one of the most honorecl irie~~lbers of the Old Settlers'
association, the annual meetings of 11~hich he attends. I11 poli t-
ical matters he is republican, versed in all public subjects, and now, in
his eighty-first year a synonym for health ancl vigor.
John G. TzcmibuZZ was born in Dumphrieshire, Scotland, Decenzber
20, 1828. His parents, Robert and Margaret (Grabam) Turnboll, resiclecl
in Bosburgl~shire so early as 1799, for there the eldest son,
Thomas, now deceased, was born. Of their six children, all born in
Scotlancl, John G., of this township, and Sophia, married, residing in
Bureau county,. survive. The family settled in Canatla, in 1837, inovetl
to Joliet, Ill., in 1838, where Margaret Turnbull's motller nntl two
brothers were attacked and carried off by some disease, and were
buried there. During the follovvinc. winter the survivors of this party
moved to Elrnira township, the fatxer purchasing a farm on section
twenty-two. IIere there mere five inore children born -to them, among
whoin are Robert, married, in Page county, Ia. ; James, marriecl, a
citizen of Missouri ; Adam, insrriecl, of Freinont county, 'la. ; Georee,
clecea~secl. In politics Itobert Turnbull, Sr., mas tlemocratic, in rellgion
an Old School Presbyterian. I-Ie clied in 1574, and later 11is wife,
who for years shared all his disappointments and successes, f 0110 wed

him to the grave. John G., when of age, purchased 160 acres in
I%ureau county. In IS59 he married Miss Helen, daughter of Matthew
and Catherine (Temple) Scott, natives of England and Scotland, resl'ectively.
Mrs. Scott mas a claughter of Robert ancl Eliza (Elliotj
Tenlple, natives of Englancl, her father being a physician, who on
gn~duating movecl to Newcastleton, Scotland, where they died. Matthew
Scott, her father, was a shoemaker of Roxburghshire, and resicled
there until his death. Mrs. J. G. Turnbull came to the United
St;l.tes ~vitli a cousin in 1858, and, as stated, was married in 1859. She
is the inother of ten children, seven of whom are living, viz.:
Tl~oinns R., wiclomer, residing here ; Margaret J., married, residing in
tll is to\rnship ; Anna, Henry, Charlie, Cora, and Irvine, all resicling at
I lolnr. In 1860 Mr. Turnbnll ownecl 240 acres in Bureau county, ant1
Ilaolll tlls~t year until IS73 made his home there. He purchased 702
acres a,dclitional in Elinira townsl~ip, where the family tool; up their
residence in 187'3. IIe began life's battle as a farm laborer, now owns
94-2 acres of fertile lancls, and one of the nlost elegant homes in the
coi~nty. While his wife and some members of his family are members
of the Presbvterian church, he is not a member of any society ; but
his 111ora.1 and financial support is given freely to all Christian organization
s. ( Vicle 7ustoj y of towna7~ip)
1IJilliccw~ II T~cY~~~TG~
was born on the line of Roxburg-hshire and
North umberlancl, bordering on Englancl, February, 1809 ; Gas married
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492 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
Abram and Martha Slifel; both natives of Pennsylvania, but of German
and Welsh descent. That year, with his brother, he engaged in
mercantile business in Bucks County, Pa., but in 1836, he moved
to Osceola Grove, locatecl 160 acres, ancl farillecl and worked at his
tracle here until the lands were placed on the ~na~rlcet, when he entered
his claim. Archibald ancl wife have no cllildren of their own, but
raised four, naniely : Anne Sweet, deceased ; Orsinus Sweet, Carlos
Newman, deceasecl ; ancl Einma Leonarcl, married and living in Minnesota.
In 1874 he solcl his lands at the Grove, moved to Kewanee, establishecl
a private boarding house, but on the death of his wife in
187'7, sold his Rewanee interests, returned to Elmira, and resides with
his brother. In politics he is Delilocmtic, and for over fifty-four years
has been an earnest inember of the Baptist church. Charles Vandyke
married Eleanor, his brother's wife's sister in April, 1836, nncl
the same montll came to Illinois with his b~otlier. After a stay of n
few inonths at the Grove he returfied to Pennsylvania, where he left
his newly-wedcled wife in April, engaged in agriculture there until
18l1, when he revisited Elinira, purchased eighty acres, to 1v11 ich,
within a, few years, he added 240, ancl coltivi~ted this tmct until 1875,
when he solcl the farin, and purchasecl sixty acres a point south, to
which he has adclecl 126 acres of choice lancl. Of their eight chilclren
five are living, namely: Abram, of Osceol~~ Township; Theodore,
single ; Charles IT., single ; Alice, married, resicling at Osceola antl
Janies I-I., resicling here. Charles Vandyke has a.lrrays been a farmer.
In politics he is liepublican like his sons. Adeline Uondelle has
been with the falnily over forty-five years. Since 1845, Charles has
been prominent in the public affairs of the township, i~nd* like his
brother has a$lways been ii leading ineinber of the olcl Baptist church.
Socially, the family hold n high place, and are noted foY their hospitality.
They have in their possession a Welsh dictionary, a China boi1~1,
center table ancl clothes chest, brought to America in 1738.
C%arks ant1 E'lZen (Slt$eyaj Vc~q~dyke settled at Spoon river in 1836,
the saine year of their ini~rriage, when they erected their cabin, laic1
the pun cl~eon floor, put in an olcl-fashioned fire-place, swung the crane,
h11n.g on the kettle and opened up in grancl style, with one table, four
chams, one balte-kettle, orle mush-pot, one bed, a rolling-pin, a hic1tor.y
broom, two stout hearts and as llisny full grown appet~tes. The Vandykes'
golden wedding took place April 21, 1886.
Hewes Tlrh,ite, one of the pioneers, was the father of Wells White,
born at Mansfield, Pa., June 7, 1836, came with his parents, I-Iemes
and Anna (Williamson) White to Illinoisin 1837 and settled at Osceola,
in 1838-9. Helves White carried on blacksmithing there until 1847,
when the filmil~ lnovecl to Toulon. Here the father died in 1863 and
the mother in '18'76, leaving three sons ancl five daughters. Wells
White carried on . the wagon, carriage and blacksmith business
~vl~ich 11js father establisl~ed at Toulon. He married a Miss Hill, of.
Michigan, to whoin a son ancl a daughter have been born. This son,
Frank, is also the head of a family, his wife being Miss Mary, daughter
of John Johnson, of Toulon.

CHAPTER XVIII.
ESSEX TOWhTSHIP.
IIIS division of the county was settled in 1829 by the Essex
family, in whose honor the name was given to it in 1853,
by Calvin Eastman, Henry Breese ancl T. F. H~~rcl, the commissioners
under the act of 1851 for dividing the county
into to~vnships. Essex forins the center of the trio of
Sta~k'southern clivisions. It is a full congressional township
; but owing t.o the fact that the ragrant Sroon river
ancl rambling lnclian creek selected it as a special section
for their wanderings, the mea under cultivation is not of
extent. The population in 1880, inclncling part of
voining village, was 1,452, the village claiming 434.
The villages of Duncan, Slackwater, and Stringtown forin
I the leacling settlements. Moulton on its northern border,
ancl &llass~llon on its western border long since passed
away, nnci their sites mere p1.omed over by the modern husbandman.
Princeville township, adjoining on the south, mas settled by Daniel
Prince, in 1822, but the Family of Stephen French mas the first there.
Miss Esther Stodclarcl taught the first school ; Theodore F. Hurd was
the first 111ale teacher. Rev. Robert Stewart, a Presbyterian, was the
first preacher, while the Erst cleath was that of Isaac Essex's father-inlaw.
Princeville village was platted for W. C. Stevens, in 1837, where
the Presbyterian church of 1834 mas built. Monica is a new village.
About the time the first settlers came into this district of Spoon river,
the Inclians were residents. Subsequently they nioved some miles
~~rest~varcl and clicl not return until 1830, when they remained a few
years. At this time the forest presented its huge trees without underbrush,
with Indian trails stretching out in every direction.
The largest log ever cut in Starli county was that cut in Abner
Icerns' timber, just ivest of Thonlas Fallmer's farm, in 1816. It is
known a.s the " Centennial Walnut Log." It measured 13 feet long,
53~; feet in diameter, and 17 feet in circumference. Payne, Thomas,
David, James, Richarcl and Abner Kerns assisted in hauling it to the
depot at Wyoming for shipment to Chicago.
The original entries of lands in township 12, north range 6, east,
together with the names of present owners, are giren as follolvs :
Edmin Hutchinson, e. hf., n. e. qr., sec. 1; Aug. 12, 1836. G. and D. Kerns, 78; A.
D . Gilchrist, 37, and E. Hartley, 20 acres.
Whitney Smith, w. hf. n. e. qr., and e. hf. n. w. qr., sec. 1; April 11, 1836.
Whitney Smith, w. hf, n. w. qr., sec. 1; Feb. 9, 1836. A. P. McVicker, 38; J. C.
Decker, 28%; T. Fox, 434; B. Drummond, 4; R. Hi ht, 4%.
John Trask, s. ur. qr., sec. 1; Oct. 6, 1817. W. fi . Cooke, 41; P. Stancliff, 110.
William Ely, s. e. qr., sec. 1; Oct. 6, 1817. James Hartley, 98; E. Hartley, 60.
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484 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
Samuel Thomas, n. e. qr., sec. 2; June, 1835. J. 31. Thomas, 45; J. E. Decker, 18%,
and small lots.
Sylvanus Moore, n. w. qr., sec. 2: June 13. 1835. J. M. Thomas, n. w. 145; C. P.
McCorkle, 3.
John NcCloud, s. w. qr., sec. 2; April 9, 1818. Simon Cox, 147%, and small lots.
Abram walton, s. e. qr., sec. 2; April 9, 1818. S. Cox, 70; H. Zngrarn, s. 80; C.
G. Colburn, 10.
Herman Leek, n. e. qr., sec. 3; June 13, 1835. D. Guyre, '79; Af. P. Vicker, 67%;
Jackson, 2%.
Whitney Smith, n. e. qr. of n. w. qr., sec. 3; April 11, 1836.
John B . Dodge, w . 11f. 11. w. qr., sec. 3; June 26, 1835. John Leffler, n. w. 150.
John B. Dodge, s. e. qr. n. w. qr., sec. 3; Nov. 14, 1835.
John Newkirk, s. w. qr., sec. 3; Nov. 29, 1817. Miron R. Cox, s. w. 160.
Aaron Graham, s. e. qr., sec. 3; Nov. 29, 1817. Abner Kerns, s. e. 160.
Ira Ward, e. hf. n. e. qr., e. hf. n. w. qr., and w. 1lf. n. ~v. qr., sec. 4; June 26, 1835.
A. Wilkinson, n. 10236; Sol. Wilkinson, s. 1955;;'.
Jenkins Evans, w. hf. n. e. yr., see. 4; .June 26, 1835.
Ralph Tucker, s. w. qr., scc. 4; Jan. 3, 1818. Sylvester Willtinson, s. w. 160.
Peter Lawrence, s. e. qr., sec. 4; Jan. 3, 1818. Sylvester Wilkinson, s. e. 160, and
Joseph Cox, %.
Lewis Perry, n. hf. n. e. qr., sec. 5; July 3, 1835. Wm. Ogle, 120, and wnall lots.
George S. Evans, s. hf. n. e. qr., sec. 5; Aug. 22, 1836.
Stephen G. Worley, n. hf. n. w. qr., sec. 5; Aug. 28, 1835. EIol~kins Shivvers, 113,
n. w. qr.
Seth C. Sherman, s. w. qr. n. w. cyr., sec. 5; 3Iarcl1 30, 1837.
Howard Ogle. s. e. qr. n. w. qr., sec. 5; Sept. 26, 1836.
Southward Shaw, Jr., s. w. qr., sec. 5; June 15, 1836. John 11. Ogle, s. w. qr.
George S. Evans, s. e. qr., sec. 5; Nov. 17, 1835. John 11. Ogle, s. e. qr.
James K. McLnnahan, n. hf. n. e. qr., sec. 6; May 11, 1835. Hopkins Shivvers, 52;
B. Turner, 87; Ogle, 10.
Robert McLnnahan, s. hf. n. e. qr., see. 6; Sept. 12, 1535.
William Mahoney, n. e. qr. and n. w. qr., of u. w. qr., sec. 6; July 3, 1835. Oliver
Mallany w. 146; B. Tnrner, 4, n. w. qr.
Samuel Jackson, s. hf. of n. w. qr., sec. 6; March 22, 1836.
William Ogle, s. w. qr., sec. 6; April 9, 1836. Wm. Ogle, s. w. qr.
James McCray, s. e. qr., sec. 6; Nov. 29, 1817. H. Shivvers, 40; J. 11. Ogle, n. w.
and s. hf. s. e. qr.
William Lloyd, n. e. qr., sec. 7; April 17, 1818. J. H. Ogle, 121, and M. R.
Trickle. 39.
~o;tllward Shaw, Jr., n. w. and s. w. qr., sec. 7; June 16, 1836. M. B. Trickle,
a. w. 158, and 39 of s. w. qr.; J. Trickle, 39; ztnd McDaniel, '78 s. w. qr.
John &leeks, s. e. qr., sec. 7; Bug. 10, 1518. John H. Slater, n. 80; S. Deaver,
s. 80.
Ncztl~an Cos, n. e. clr., sec. S; Nay 21, 1836. Jesse Cox, n. c. 160.
Southwarcl Shaw, Jr., n. w. clr., sec. 8; June 15, 1836. John I-I. Ogle, 40; Levi
Silliman, 130 n. w. qr.
Gilman Smith, s. w. yr., sec. 8; April 3, 1818. Levi Silliman, s. w. 160.
Gardner Herring, .s. e. qr., sec. 8; Aug. 31, 1818. Jos. Cox, 4%; Levi Sillimnn,
71%, and small lots.
James Zings, n. e. qr. sec. 9; Jan. 1,1818. Jos. Cox, n. e. 160.
John A. Newllall, n. w. qr., sec. 9; Jan. 1, 1818. Wilkinson Bros., 60; Jos. Cox,
s. 100, n. w. yr.
Javille Chaffee, s. w. qr., sec. 9; June 10, 1818. C. H. Cox, s. w. 137, and 19 acres
in small lots.
Nathan Bennett, s. e. qr., sec. 9; June 10, 1818. Moffitts, e. 80, and RIonroe Cox,
w. 80.
Robert Icing, n. e. yr., scc. 10; Feb. 18, 1818. Sbner Icerns, 146; Bailey, 4; Faulconer,
10.
Ben j. Davis, n. w. qr , scc. 10; Fell. 18, 1818. Nonroe Cox, n. w, 160.
John B. McICenny, s. w. qr. sec. 10; Sept. 24, 1818. Moftitts, s. w. 160.
John Wortsbough, s. e. qr., sec. 10; Scpt. 24,1818. Perry Stancliff, 504; A. Kerns,
74%; A. Bailey, 29.
John Odam, n. e. yr., sec. 11; Dec. 23, 1817. Abner Kerns, n. e. 160.
Tryon Fuller, n. w. qr., sec, 11; Dec. 23, 181'7. Simon Cox, n. w. 160.
Solomon Libby, s. w. qr., sec. 11 ; Jan. 23, 1818. Augustus Bailey, s. w. 160.

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FIHST SCHOOL BUILDING IN STAIlK COUNTY -FROM DRA4WING BY WINK.

Joseph Wright, s. e, qr. sec. 11; Jan. 23, 1818. J. Harvey Cox, s. e. 160.
Roswell Post, n. e. qr., see. 12; Dec. 13, 1818. Ann Elartley, n. e. 147.
I-Iarvey Sperry, n. w. qr., sec. 12; Dec. 13, 1818. J. Hartley, e. SO; H. Ingram, w. 78.
Joseph Woodmansee. s. w. qr. and s. e. qr. ; sec. 12. Nov. 7, 1817. EI. Ingram,
11. 141; J. 3IcI'vlillen. s. IS, s. w. qr.; BIicllael Colgan, s. e. 148.
James Selall, 11. e., qr., sec. 13; 3I:iy 22, 1818. J. H. Simms, n. e. 154.
.John H. Martin, n. w. qr. sec. 13; &1:1y 22, ISIS. Jolln &Ic3Iillen, n. w. 160.
James Reed. s. w. qx., sec. 13; June 10, 1818. J. 0. Smith, s. w. 160.
J. H. MTinney, s. e. qr., sec. 13; June 10, 1818. J. H. Sims, 115; J. 0. Smith, 394.
Benj. Lovell, n. e. cyr., sec. 14; Oct. 6, ISIS. Joseph H. Cox, n. e. 160.
John Lovell, n. w. clr., sec. 14; Oct. 6, 1517. A. Bailey, 120; P. Stancliff, 25;
It. Jordan, 5; f-I. Dixon, 10.
John Baptiste, s. w. and s. e. qr., sec. 14; April 23, 1818. B. F. Graves, 62; James
Graves, 81 s. w. qr.; Thomas Graves, s. e. 160.
Rufus Stanley, n. e. qr., sec. 15; Oct. 28, 1815. Perry Stancliff, 109; Marshall
Graves, 100; T. Timmons, 110$i.
John Bruce, n . w . qr., scc. 15; Oct . 28, ISIS. A. Bailey, 83; Josiah Moffitt, 60;
A. Timnlons, 67%.
Isaac B . Essex, e . hf . s . w. qr . , sec . 15; June 13, 1835. N . Graves, 5; J. P . Carpenter,
80.
Nathan Cox, ur. hf. s. w. qr., sec. 15; May 21, 1836. F. F. Brockam7ay, 80; IT.I

Israel D. Towle, n. m. clr., sec. 23; Bfarch 3, 1818. James Graves, SO; Thomas
Graves, 80.
Dirk A. Myers, s. w. qr., sec. 23; Feb. 14, 1818. J. Graves, 35; B. F. Graves, 40;
W. K. Cox, 5; W. H. Graves, s. 80.
John Murray, s. e. qr., sec. 23; Feb. 14, 1818. W. Ei. Cox, s. e. 160.
Henry Smith, n. e. and n. w. qr., sec. 24; Oct. 6,1817. 1;. Dison, 86and otherlots;
Walter Cox; n. w. 160.
David Bell, s. w. qr., sec. 24; Dec. 13, 1817. Jere~nitzh Sullivan, s. TV. 160.
Charles Cain, s. e. qr., scc. 24; Dec. 13, 1817. Maria BIcCorkle, 40 and other lots.
Miclmel Colebough, n. e. qr., sec. 25; Nov. 8, 1817. R. Jord:ln, 80; C. White, s. 80.
Edward. ICeough, n. w. qr., sec. 2,5: Nov. 8, 181'7. R. Jordan, 105; G. Shebel, 49.
Herman Fisher, s. w. qr., sec. 25; Oct . 29, 181'7. G. Sllebel, s. w. 160.
Jeffrey Worthington, s. e. qr., sec. 25 ; Oct. 29, 181'7. TVI~. and lZosa ICulel,fer, s.
e. 160.
Abc Lucky, n. e. qr., sec. 26; Nov. 3, 1818. .W. K. Cox, n. 80; C. Hull. s. 76.
George Miller, n. w. qr., sec. 36 ; Nov. 3, 1818. L. E. Timmons, e. 135; J.
Chaffee, 25.
John Francis, s. \rr. qr., see. 26; Feb. 19, 1818. A. E. and D. 31. Gingrich, s. nT.
155.
Amos L. Smith, s. e. qr., sec. 26; Feh. 19, 1818. R. Dzzvidson, s. e. 154.
Georwe Pbipps, n. e. qr., sec. 27; Dec. 24, 181'7. Jarville ChtzfTee, 11. c . 160.
0rra%ardsleY, n. w. qr., sec. 27; 1)ec. 24, 1817. J. Chafec, 80; Jos. Snlitll, 80.
Peter Pilgrim, s. IV. qr., sec. 27; Oct. 6, 1817. Conrad Smith, s. w. 160.
J. V. Feagles, s. e. clr., sec. 27; Ocb. 6, 1817. D. R. Gingrich, s. e. 1GO.
John McLauglllin, n. e. qr., sec. 28; Nov. 29, 181'7. Sylvester Bambcr, n. c. 160.
Thomas Wynn, n. hf. n. w. qr., sec. 88; Feb. 9, 1836. Mason Trickle, 68; A. J.
Scott, 52.
Seth C. Sherman, s. hf. n. w. qr., sec. 28; 171arch 30, 1837. E. F. Breelrcr, 40;
n. M. qr.
S. Little, s. w. qr., sec. 28; March 27, 1818. E. F. Meelter, 33; A. J. Scott, 13'7.
Joseph Lutz, s. e. qr., sec. 28; Nov. 29, 1817. E. F. 31eelier, 40; A. E. and D.
Gingrich, 120.
John Dicknmnn, n. e. qr., sec. 29; Nov. 29, 181'7. A. J. Scott, e. 80: F. F. Brockaway,
w. 80.
Edmund Deady, n. w. qr., sec. 29; Nov. 29, 1817. J. R. Gelvin, n. w. 160.
Therrygood Smith, n. e. cyr., s. w. clr., sec. 29; Nov. 7, 1836.' Henry Colwcll,
s. w. 158.
Joseph Smith, w. hf. and s. e. clr. of s. mr. qr., sec. 29; Nov. 7, 1836.
Soutllward Shaw, s. e. qr., sec. 29; June 15, 1836. A. J. Scott, e. SO; F. F.
Brockaway, y. 80; s. e. clr.
Abranl B~rch, 11. e. clr., sec. 30; Feb. 25, 1818. Noah Springer, c. hf.; C. L.
Gingrich, w . llf. n. e. qr.
Therrygoocl Smith, n. e. yr. 11. TV. qr., sec. 30; Xov. 7, 1836.
Edwarcl Trickle, -\v. llf. n. w. clr., sec. 30; Oct. 13, 1836.
Oliver Sheridan, s, e. qr. of 11. w. qr., and e. hf s. TV. qr., sec. 30; hug. 23,1836.
E. Trickle, n. 120, C. L. Gingrich, 19; D. Gingricll, 20, n. \v.
Therrygoocl Smith, w. 11f. s. w. qr., sec. 30; Aug. 20, 1838.
S. B. Gingric.11
and Dan, 156 on s. w. qr.
Jeremiah I-Iillers, s. e. qr., sec. 30; Feb. 24, 1818. A. ,4. Gingricll, n. 110; C.
Smith, 60 on s. e.
William Hollings, n . e. qr., sec. 31 ; Jnn . '7, 1817. U. R . Church, 1; C . Smith, 76;
J. Chase, 80.
Joshua Nelson, 1.1. w. qr., sec. 31; Jan. 29, 1818. D . D. and Geo. Springer; 159,
n. w.
Tyre Nelson, s.
S. M.
Stephen Trickle, e. hf. s. e. qr., sec. 31; April 4, 1836. C. Smith, e. 24%; J.
Chase, e. 58, s. e.
Charles Ballance, w. hf. s. c. qr., sec. 31; April 20, 1836. Joseph Chase, w. SO,
S. e.
Southword Shalt., Jr., 11. c. qr., sec. 33: June 15, 1836. F. F. Brockaway, n. e.
Stephen Trickle, e. hf. n. IT. qr., sec. 32; kg. 20, 1836. F. F. Brocknway, e.
80, n. w.
*
Stephen Trickle, IV. llf. n. w. qr., sec. 32; April 20, 1836. Conrad Smith, w. 80,
n, w.
~v. qr., sec. 31 ; Jan. 29, 1818. 31. P. and D . Gingrich, 160

lS%3EX TOWNSHIP. 499
Edward Trickle, e. hf. s. w. qr., sec. 33; Oct. 13, 1836. F. F. Brockaway, 66;
T. Darley, 23; C. Smith, 1176; D. Gingrich, 23; E. S. Garrison, 12; W. H. Tmiss,
23%.
Stephen Trickle, w. hf. s. w. qr., sec. 32; June 10, 1836.
Southword Shaw, Jr.. s. e. cjr., sec. 32; June 15, 1836. F. F. Brockamray, 115;
13. S. Scott, 45.
C'llnrles Austin, n. e. qr., sec. 33; Feb. 19, 1818. J. Graves, 75%; J. S. Gra~~es,
SO; G. Springer, 4.
Thomas Merritt, n. w. qr., sec. 33; Feb. 19, 1818. A. J. Scott, n. w. 160.
James Coleman, s. tv. qr., sec. 33, Nov. 5, 1818. B. S. Scott, s. w. 160.
Wm. 11. IIaskill, s. e qr., sec. 33; Sept. 30, 1836. G. IV. Springer, 80; J. 31.
Estep, 80.
Consider Pearnes, n. c. qr., see. 34; Feb. 9, 1818. Martila L. Riner, J. Colwell,
A. E . Gingrich, 159, n. e.
S. Hodsdon, n. w. qr., sec. 34; Feb. 9, 1818.
Ezra Hutchings, s . w . qr., sec. 34; Jan. 11, 1818. J ncob and Josepll Graves, n.
w., 160.
.John J. Dunbar, s e. qr., sec. 34; Jan. 6. 1818. J. Estep, SO; H. Springer, 80;
s. w.; A. J. Scott, 153, s. e. qr.
Francis Morrow, n. e. qr., sec. 36; Oct. 21, 1818. 0. Shebell, 80; J. F. Fox, SO.
Rcuben Rowe, n. w. qr., sec. 35; Oct. 21, 1818. A. E. and D. H. Gingrich, 5'7;
J. F. Fox, 56; ancl small lots.
John EIyatt, s. tir. clr., sec. 35; Jan. 1, 1818. Andrew J. Scott, s. w., 160.
Charles Maynard, s. e. qr., sec. 35; Jan. 1, 1818. A. J. Lair, 94%; B. H. Perkins,
6!5%.
Wm. Goodmnn, 11. c. qr., sec. 36; Oct, 6, 181'7 G. Iclepfer, n. e. 160.
Richard Ford, n. w. qr., sec. 36; Oct . 6, 1817. F. 3Iahle, n. 80, J. Fried~nan,
s. SO,
Charles Frost, s. w. clr., see. 36; Feb. 4, 1818. II. J. Adams, E. 105; J. Alyward,
55.
Andrew Gott, s. c. clr., see. 36; Feb. 4, 1818. Joseph Friedman, s. e. qr.
There are no records now existing to point out the end of a large
number named in tlle foregoing list : but to the lnajority many references
are made in the previous and succeeding chapters, as ~vell as in
this one ; for the early settlers of Essex spread out through adjoining
townships, and as a rule aicled in their aclvancement. Maclison Winn
takes us back to 1828, when Isaac B. Essex movecl with his family from
Virginia to Fort Clark, now the city of Peoria, and tarried there that
winter, teaching school, and it lays between him and Hiram Currier as
to which taught the first American school in that city. 1111829 he
c:Lrne to what is now Stark coui~ty, it being then an entire wilderness,
and built a cabin cn the south eighty of the northeast quarter of section
15. His nearest neighbor was Dalniel Prince, one and one-half
miles sontllwest of Princeville. Some time after~varcl he mas appointed
postlnaster, the office being called Essex, the neighbors carrying the
mail by turns froin IIicks', on LaSalle Prairie, in Peoria county. 1832
he was appointed special commissioner by the legislature to sell school
section of Essex township. A little farther east was Greely Smith and
his father, who came from Ohio in IS30 and settled on a farm now
ownecl by Jaines Graves, ancl east of him was J. C. Owens, who was
inaile the first Justice of the Peace in the county, being elected in
August, 1831, at the llouse of Benjamin Smith, and held the office
until 1834, when he inovecl to Canton, selling out to Moses Boarclman.
This is now the Thomas Graves estate. In August, 1834, Benjamin .
Smith mas elected Justice, and in August, 1835, Major Silliman was
elect-ecl constable to fill the place of John Dodge. Further up the river
~l~as Thomas Essex and David Cooper, who came from Virginia in

500 ~ I ~ 0% T STARK o ~ COUNTY. ~
1830. Mrs. Cooper, later Mrs. Ennis, is still living in Wyoming, and
is 89 years of age. The farm they settled on is now owned By Mr.
Kerns. A little farther up tlle river and near where Mr. Kerns' house
now stands livecl Coonracl Leal;, ;md still farther on m7as oltl lnan Leal

ESSEX TOWNSHIP. 501
was no school nor schoolhouse, and on the 4th of July, 1834, the peoplecamet-ogetherforthe
purpose of huildingone. % * * *
In IS39 several families inoved froin Pennsylvania and settled in
VITyoming, and ~vllile they dicl not particularly 'want the conn ty seat,
they thought theinselves entitlecl to the postoffice, so got it cllangecl
froin Essex tlo that place, 'CVilliam Goclle~~ being nl)l~ointecl postmaster.
The East~uans cawe 'f~o1-n Sew IIampshi~e in 183s. and started a
b1:tcksinith shop in JIoulton, a little south of John Lefler's. Here you
conltl get anvtlling done, POI^ tllle weltling of a Bnitti~ig needle to ironing
n wagon. It is cl;%i~ned the\. ironed the first wagon and buggy
th;~t was made in the county, anti' tlmt Calvin L. made the first plow
that ~vould scour in this soil.
Up to 1835 inost of the t~*acling \vas tloue in Peoria. In August of
this year the Esses a.nd Cooper t';nnilies 1~;111 sllort of groceries, so tJhey
filled t \vo grain sacks with meat, sat ltlletl two lro~ses. Cooper tdting
one :~ntl BL~dison Winn the other, ;tnd with sa,cbs across the aulclle,
st;l.i*tetl for the city. taking an Intlinn trail, going throuyll Princerille
itnil crossii~g tlle Kiclinpoo at 1 )nnlap, arrivetl at T1lom;ts Esses's I:bt1e
in tlr e i~fternoon. The (lay was esceetlingly u*~I,I~~II, ant1 \\rllat had
Ijecol~ie of the ine;~~t
the st$cks was a ~!lyst~e~~y. Winu was a
mess of glae:tse from his \\.;tist to 11is lleels. Tlle\y nintle the trip in
tl~ lee th)-s. EIenrv Col\vell calm f 1201n Ross cobut\-, Ohio, in 183'7,
and \vasCtlle first shck aucticmeer in this county. ;~nd'llas no\\. heen an
;mctioneer for forty-nine yeibrs, being sei-ent!r-fou~ y earas old. IIe is
the 'ather of nineteen clliltlre~~ - nine sons and ten tlu~~gllters.
Other pioneers ant1 oltl settlers of Essex are naillet1 in the pages
de\iotecl to biogrty~hy in cllapter 16, as well as in this part.
Shkets Cel~,eteqy.--Tlle interments in Sheets Cemetery are listed
as follows : Lettice L. Smith, '62 ; C+i*eenle;~f Smitll, '4s ; eenj. S~nith,
'47 ; Dwid Cooper. '(iO ; Argelon C+rares, '56 ; Ann Boardlnan, '47 ;
Moses I

502 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
man, '79 ; Christian Gingrich, '76 ; Joseph Armentrout, '63; Susannah
Honze, '70 ; Christian Gin rich, Sr., '39 ; Eliza A. Glaclfelter, '63 ;
Polly Gingrich, '49; Isabel ff a Slaughter, '76; Reuben Collwell, '74;
Cakherine Smith, '84 ; Mary M. ' Nichol;~,~, '68 : Mary Coleman, '56 ;
Martha M. Waldron, '71 ; Davicl Waldron, '7.5; Ci~lvin White, '70;
Malon Cox, '83 ; Samantha Springer, '62 ; Amy Graves, '77 ; Clarincla
Colwell, 'SO ; Nancy Trickle, '81 ; Mary Huff man, '83 ; Sarah EIuff man,
973 ; George Springer, Sr., '49 ; Henry Springer, '45 ; Eleanor Gmves,
' '71; Elizabeth Barr, '70 ; Elizabeth Barr, '67. Tlle soldiers buried here
are : Michael Springer, '63 ; Calvin Vulga~nott, '65 ; William 13. Ihrr,
'64 ; Ezra Gingrich, '65 ; Noah Fantz, '64 ; John Gingrich, '6.5. In
Shebel's cemetery are the remains of Elizabeth Ebv, '55 ; Joseph Eby,
'82 ; William Dawson, 85 ; Gottlieb Klepfer, '81; barah S. Smith, '85 ;
Sewell Smith, 73 ; Eclwin I,. Smith, '62 ; Gottlieb Schultheis, '71. E.
L. Smith served in the Eightv-sixth Illinois Infantry,
Schools of Egsez.--In 1832r3 the question of establishing a school in
the Essex settlement was brought before the legislature, ancl 011 March
3, 1833, an act mas approved creating Isaac Essex com~nissioner of the
school fund and authorizing him to sell section 16. On February 4,
1834, this section was sold for $968.70. The day prior to tshis sale, the
voters assembled at the Essex cabin and electecl Sylvanus Moore, Greenleaf
Smith ancl Benjamin Smith, trustees. Moses Boarclmsn was elected
in 1835. &!adison Winn, in his paper of 1886, says : " On the fourt,ll
day of July, 1834, the people came together for the purpose of building
one. The site chosen was near the northeast corner of the northeas,
quarter of section 15, in Essex township. The building was plannetl
to be twentv feet sauare. antl all went to work with a will, some cutting,
some Gnuling, 'some making clapboarcl, and others buiiding By
noon it was built up waist high; and there coming a shower, we
arranged the clanboirds over thi Gall antl unclernentK ate our Fourth
of ~d~ dinner. ' The first clay the walls were built up to the roof',
which was soon coveretl, and from Leak's inill slabs \I ere brooght for.
seats. A post was clriven into the ground antl a slab laid on it for ;I,
teacher's desk, while mother earth was the floor. Adam Perry commenced
school about July 15, ~ vi th about thirty scholars, out of \vllicll
number I am the only one living. (This Perry received $55.50 for
teaching the winter scl~ool of 1834-5' for three months. Sabrina
Cbatfielcl, later Mrs. B. EIilliartl received $13 for a three montlls
summer school in 1835, and Mary Lake $6.313 for six weeks'
teaching during the fall term.) In the fall the house was finished
- a floor put in above ancl below, three minclows sawed out,
the east one having a light of glass in it, the other two coveretl
with cloth, craclis plasteretl up with yellow clay, holes horecl in
the walls in which pins were inserted ant1 slabs laic1 on for rlesks,
ancl a sod chimney built. Sabrina Chatfielcl, better known as 'Grandmother
Hilliarcl (whose death is recorrletl elsewhere), of Laf agette, now
taught, and mas the first female teacher conclucting a school in the
county. Next was Jesse W. Heath, Mary Lake, Joseph It. Newton,
William Samis, ancl James Dalrymple. At the close of Mr. Dalrymple's
school, in March, 1839, he gave a school exhibition, the first in

ESSEX TOWNSHIP. 503
the county. 0. L. and S. W. Eastman and Jarville Chaffee took part in
this exhibition, C. L. spealiing the first piece. All three are still living
here toclay. Great credit is clue the Eastlnans for the interest they
took in this exhibition. The first Sabbath-school was organizecl in this
building, by one Seigle, in 1837. The Metl~odists held ;neetings here
for some years, commg froin Ladayette ancl Princerille, bringing ttheir
dinners and staying i~ll day. On June 30, 1S40, twenty-three votes
were cast ill favor of organiz~~tion for scl~ool pnrvoses. In Deceinber.
I L
1856, Cox's school-hous;, Essex towns11 ip, was completed, on lantl
tionntecl by Joseph Cox. In April 1862, when the present record
in possession of t~easorer A. G. II:t~~lrnond was opened by TV. S.
Bates, then treasurer, Sewell S~ni tll presit let1 over the boarcl witll
Sylvester F. Otman ancl I-Ienry A. Ilolst, trustees. In 1863 the
bonrtl WiLs similarly consti t ated. In 1 Sti4 Sewell Slnitl~. Henry
A. IIolst and George Fautz orlnetl the board. In I~'ebruary 9.
G. 1Iimlinond mas appointetl treasurer, vice W. S. Bt~tes, resigned,
pior to lgaving for. Iowa. Ire was a Universalist preacher at
'CVyonling antl other pli~ces duri~jg his residence here, among his
i~ppoin tments being Sewell Si~lith's scl~ooli~ouse. In IS(;.', George
Fi~utz was chosen presiclent n7i t ll 3Iessrs. Holst, Butler :~ncl Jefferson
Ti~icltle, and in IS66 the ilanle of IVilliirl~i 11. Ijotler, with Messrs. 1%. A.
IIulst, Pllilip Earllnrt and EIalrlnlontl constituted the boiwd, with 11. A.
Ilolst, president. In 181; 7, 1868 and 1869 the same names :~pl)eal' on the
record. In IS69 a, petition to cl~i~l~ge the bountlaries of districts 4,5 ancl
ti was presented, but owing to a renionstr,znce the snbject was atljoumecl.
In 1870 Jarville Chnffee, IIenry 11. ~Kolst, Philip Kti:arl~:~rt anti A. G.
Tla~umonc\ constitutetl the board. Ther also served in IS71 and 1572
until John Barr rep1;~cetl Mr. Cl~affee hn the boartl. In April, IS75
the l~et i tion was re-presen tetl for a cll;~nge of sci~ool tl istrict s an cl
on June loth, that year, it was consitleretl. In o~atler to answer this
petition favorablv it f as fount1 necessary to change the bountlaries of
the majority of the districts in Esses Townsllip, ant1 this was accoml)lislled
after inucll clelay antl discussion, a plan ilnd c11;trt (Eonnetl
ant1 tll.aw11 by Mr. Haimnond) IY:LS presented to the i)o;rrtl by Mr.
I-Iolst. This providecl for the ten ttistlicts as now ltnoivn, ant1 seemed
so reasonable that its ac1ol)tion settled this ti~ouhlesonle cluestion. In
1873 the sa111e board transactecl scl1ool :iffairs here until tile election of
Perry Winn ant1 Wil limn 11. I),utler, vice Pllilip Larll;~rt antl 11. A. FIolst,
Messrs. Barr anct IIanlmontl being con tinuetl. In 1876, W. II. Entler's
name appears ;~s trustee, ancl in IS'iT, A. J. Slleets was elected, Mr.
I-Iarmnond continuii~g as treasnlaer. In 1879, Bugustns lhiley, C. F.
I-Ia~nilton antl Dr. N. B. Morse, \\.ere elected trustees, ant1 in April appointecl
Rev. John W. Agartl, treusluwr, rice MI.. IIalrltno~ltl. In Miby
following the old treasurer turned his boo1;s over to the new hoalrl, not
I~owever before obtaining all nntli ting :~ntl f 1111 business stibte~nen t proving
the accounts correct in every pa~*ticnlar. In April, 1880. John
Jorc1;~n antl Royal II. Miller were elected to t l le vacancies occnsio~~etl
by the rernoral'of Dr. Mo~ase fro111 Essex, :~nd(2. I;. I-Iamilton, term espired.
This election brought up the legal use of length of term ex-
~ressecl on ballot, or ctecision on length of term by new board after

504 HISTORY OF SFARK COUNTY.
election. The new board re-appointed A. G. Hamlnond treasurer vice
Rev. J. W: Agard, who willing1,y turned over the reoorcls ancl accounts.
The mllole legality of the election of trustees was questioned, and the
supercession of Mr. Agnrcl by the appointee of the new board was
tested in a case presented before Juclge McC~~llough, in September,
1880, at Toulon. Messrs. Fuller and Shallenberger appearetl for A. G.
Hammoncl; DiIessrs. Decker and Wilson, for C. F. Hamilton, who had
also been appointed treasurer by a minority of the bo;~,i~d of trustees.
This was decided in favor of the clefenclant', ancl Mr. I-Ialnmontl retained
the office. I\Iessrs. Miller, Jorclan and James R. Gallrin formed
the boarcl in 1881. In IS82 C. P. 3IcCorl

EL~IIRA TOWNSHIP. 505
the bluff " just below the present town of Northampton in Peoria
county, and a man by the name of EIicks was postmaster. In 1533 a
post-office was established in the Essex settlement, ancl Isaac B. Essex
was appointed the first postnlaster within the present limits of Stark
cot1nt.y. Tlle ~llail TY~S carriecl on the volunteer system, the settlers
taking turns a't carryi~lg it once a week fro111 the office under the
11luff. It was ns~mlly carried in a illeal bag, ancl coalcl have been
in the crown of il man's hut. Lb Galena Miner" (as 311.. Harris Miner
\vas often called) gene~.ally carriecl it on foot. The office at this time
was an old boot box, set np 011 pins clriven into the wall, high and clrv,
ant1 above tlie reach of' clziltlren in the cabin of air. Essex. In 1333
only turo newspapers were taken in the connty, one by Mr. Essex ancl
the other by Benj. Smith. At tlris date two weel;s were required to
e
wet a paper from Slwingfield, ;tncl a ptopurtionately longer time to get
Intelligence frboin lTT;ish~ngton. This ofice was transfewecl to Wyoming,
where Goclley was appo~ntu'l master. The conling of the railroacl
brought wit11 it the vi1l:tge of Duncan, and with the village laturned
the post-ofice.
ChzsrcA,es.-The early history of hlethoclisnl in this tomnship, lilce
that of its first settle~pent is very fnlly tre;i.tecl in the general history
and fincls inention in the slietclles of tht! Wyu~ning and Toulon churches.
Its establishikzent is contempor,zi=y \vitll the settlenzent of the Essex
family here in 1599, althongh a class was not regularly organizecl until
1835. Itcv. Wm. C'. Cuolm~ngts writes: '(In 1535 I mas appointed by
Bishop Roberts from the Illinois conference of the 31. E. church to
(wlint was then) I'eori:~, mission. It estencled over a large territory -
nearly all en1lor:~cetl now in Peoria, :~nd Kewanee districts, being pparts
of the following nametl counties, viz : Peoria, Fulton, Knox, St,nrB ancl
arslall I lweachecl at Father Fl-alier's, whose name is of precious
lnemory in the churcl.les, and rode from there over the ground where
Toulon and 1,afayette no\v stand, though they probably hacl not then
been thougl~t of. Not fat* fro11 the present site of Tbulon lived Adam
Perry: whonl I rtp1,ointecl class leacler of a sin;~11 society in the Esses
settlement, ant1 where we helcl a quarterlv meeting in 1535, at ~vhich
W. B. Mack ant1 Ste1,llen 1:. 1Segg-s were iresent. The circuit preacliers
n7ho attended here froin 1530 to 1539 are na,inecl as follows : S. R.
Beggs, 1830 ; Itev. Wnl. Crissay, 1831 ; Zatloc Hall, IS38 ; Joel Arlin0.-
ton. 1833 ; Leancler S. Wall;er, 1 ; T. W. Dunsh;~y, 1836 ; W. 6.
Cuminings, 1535-1; '1. E. E'helps, 1837 ; S. R. Eeggs, 1839. Since Mr.
13eggs' last term, the history of Methoclisin in Essex is that of Tou-
1011 or Wyolnilig.
In church affairs, the Methoclists \Irere first on the fielcl, but were
soon follo~~~ed by the Latter Day Saillts, who n~ude sonw converts here,
and, it is said, lecl some inem bers of the Esses family and others equally
prominelit, arvay from their allegiance to Mutlrotlism.
Unitecl Brethren Churcl~, of Esses township, or Pleasant Valley
Church was regularly o~ga.nizecl in 1867, ant1 the present house of ~vorship
erected that year. The pasto~,s I~T-e been : lScii, B. C. Dennis;
*Fxsom RIw. Shallenhergcr's Work.
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506 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
'68, J. L. Condon ;'69, F. J. Dunn ;'71, John Wagner; '72, P. B. Lee;
'74, Geo. H. Varce ; '75, A. Norman ; '77, J. K. Bradford ; '79, A. A.
Wolf; '61, A. W. Callaghan and J. S. Smith; '83, J. Lessig; '85, E. 0.
Norvill; '86, W. E. Rose, the present pastor. The ineinbers are
Geo. Fautz and wife, Noah Springer and wife, Christina Springer,
Geo. W. Sprinaer and wife, Jarecl Jones ancl wife, Henry Springer,
Sarah Nickel, Eliza Colwell, Narv Sheets, Andrew anti Qeo. Sheets,
Eliza Eby, Charles Eclrley andu wife, Peter Sheets, l\iIary I-Iowell,
Mahala Sheets, Geo. Williams, Amelia J. Motes, Cora Colnell, Arch
Jones, Matilda Swanson and Peter Sheets, Jr. Pleasant Valley Church
lot and cemetery were platted by Eclmin Butler, in August, 1873, on
t mo acres in the northeast corner of northeast one-quarter, sect ion 32,
township 13, range 7.
Duncan. The town of Duncan was surveyed by Edwin Butler for
Alfred H. Castle in June, 1870. Monroe, Adnms nncl Jefferson streets
running north and south ; Main, Washington and Galena streets running
east and west, were represented ; but block one forming the extreme
northwestern part of the village and all Galena street wit11
northern extensions of Monroe ancl Adams, have been vacated. The
first purchasers of lots at Duncan were the Scotts, of Wyoming, in IS71 ;
Davis Lowman, Albert D. White, F. F. Broclrway, z. Berg, John T.
Fox, in block one, W. 0. Cox, Joseph Buck, J. I-I. Francis, Joab Graves,
Rebecca Alforcl, Nancy Barber, Alex Ivens, Ernmett Illingworth,
Samuel M. Aclams, Benj. F. Gharrett, John H. Slr~ter, W. S. Brocliway,
and others in blocks two, three, four and five ; Geo. Fautz, Peter
Olson, Olof Bergguist, Geo. Golwell, Louisa Plu~umer, S. N. IT.
Westerfield in blocks four and five ; C. M. Jacques, W. J. Alforcl, Wm.
Hobbs, Chris. Gingrich, Jos. P. Paul, Day Bros. & CCJ , W. H. Nickerson,
the Dixons, Slaters, Gharretts, Scotts i~nd Scott & Wwey,
Artemus W. Wheeler, in block six. Duncan business cimle colriprlses
F. F. Brookaway and John H. Slater, merchants; A. J. Scott, grain
and lumber ; Geo. Fautz QIT CO., harclrvare; Win. Heath, grocer ancl
hotel ; T. C. Thomas, physician ; E. L. Ikilarvin, R. E. agent; John
Barker, blacksmith, with H. G. Slater, postmaster, W. 11. Miller was
postmaster at Duncan in 1870.
The Essex Ilorse Company was organized in April, 1558, on cavalry
plan, but not for military purposes. It was to compete with the other
townships for the agricultural ~ociet~y's premium for the best twentysix
horses. 13. Shivvers presided, with J. W. Drummond, secretary.
The Essex Township Association mas perinanently orpnizecl in September,
1884, with Mr. Chase, of Duncan. president ; Atkinson, vicepresident;
Mrs. Wm. Smith, secretary, and E. L. Marvin, treasurer.
The pensioners resicling at or near Duncan in 1883, were Andrew
S. Scott, receiving eighteen dollars, ancl W. A. Ellis six dollars per
month.
In 1834-5 the Indians cultivatecl their corn-fields along Ca~nping
creek and near its inouth ; but their old village on the borders of the
Josiah Moffitt farm mas then deserted, and them council-house in ruins.
Even the mimic fortress built at the close of 1832, to corn~nemora~te
the war, was then going to decay. A new era was introducing itself.

ESSEX TOWNSHIP. 507
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which, within fifty-four years effected a total change in the customs
and manners of the people, as well as in the country which the pioneers
found a wilderness. Throughout this State there cannot be
found a inore beautifully located township than this of Essex. Within
its limits many of the ea.rly settlers made their homes ; there also, that
natural locater, the Indian, built his wigwam, ancl squatted, so to
speak, in the midst of plenty. The streams of the to~vnship offered
the lazy red men their wealth of fish, the forest its game, and the soil
its ~vill fruits, herbs, and in some cases corn.
So many references have been made to the township in the general
history of the county, as well as in that of the townships, and so complete
are the biograpllical sketches of its citizens that little remained
to be written here, beyond the special items pertaining directly to the
township.
BIOGRAPHY AND RERIINISCENCES.
/ I;: El B~ockw~cq, the son of J. H. and Harriet (Fuller) Broclimay,
was born in Broome county, N. IT., in the year 1833. His
i~aiernal grandparents were natives of Scotlancl who emigrated to
America ancl settled in the state of New York about the year 1800,
and there reared a farnily of six children. J. H. Brockway, their only
son. was born in Scotland. and with parents came to Xew York at six
yeirs of age, remaining at home u&il about seventeen years of age,
and then spent some three years in Illinois, nrospecting, with the
object of obtaining land. He entered 6,000 aires near J acksonville.
Returning to his father's home, he, at the age of twenty-three years,
was married to Miss I-Iarriet Fuller. They resided in Broome county
until 1544, when they removed to Illinois and settled in Boone county,
where he purchased land and remained some seven years. The death
of his faithful wife, n7hom he followed to the grave some years litter,
took place there. ' He had been a man promillent wherever he had
. , resided, having held the ofice of sheriff of Broome county, N. Y ., ei~ht
- '
years. His family comprised six children, three of whom are still living.
F. F. Brock~vav, the second chilcl of the family, remained in
Broome county, N. P., until about thirteen years of age, when with
his parents he made the journey in Tvczgons across the prairie to Boone
county, Ill. Until about the age of eighteen he remained in that
county, and then ment as an apprentice to learn the trade of a mason,
and after two years began work for himself; but desiring to know his
business thoroughly, he ment to St. Louis ancl servecl asain his time,
thus showin0 a determination that but few possess. Aiter two years
of hard wo&, having become proficient in his bnsiness, he obtained
important contracts for work on public boilclings, as the jail, cottage
female seminary, and o thela buildings at Davenport, Iowa. Thus t mo
years were passed, when he turned his steps to~vard Stark county,
where his home has since been made. For one year here he devoted
his whole time to his trade. In the winter of 1856 he was marriecl to
Miss Catherine Trickle, of Stark county, daughter of Jefferson Trickle.
After their marriage they settled upon a, farm in the southern part of
Essex township, where for fourteen years they resided, when they
moved to Wyoming, Mr. Brockway engaging in mercantile business
7

508 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
there. He continued in business five years, returned to the farin and
erected the finest farm house in the county, which was unfortunately
burned owing to a defective flue in the sprin$ of 1884. Some nine years
after returning to the far111 they again left ~ t, aucl moving to Duncan
village, reengagecl in inercant ile business, and built up b )~ all otlds the
largest and most progressive house of the place. In the s'pring- of IS86
Mr. Brocl;\vay tturnetl the business over to his sons, ailtl since 11;~s given
his attention to stocl: buying ant1 feeding. Five children liave blessed
their home, of whom cleat11 11:~s elailnet1 one. M. J. I:~ocl

OF ESSEX TOWXSHIP. 509
Johrt C70ZweZl, son of Henry sncl Elizabeth Colwell, was born in
Stark county in 1S37, where his parents settled at an early date, as related
in their history in this chapter. At the age of t~~entg-four
years he married Miss Elinira Fast, daughter of Philip and Mary
Fi~st, mllo was born in Ohio in 1845, and caine with her parents to
this county in 1849, ~vhere her father died in 1855. After Mr. Coln~ell:s
marriage he entered on fanning for Ilimself, ancl now owns 754
acres of cllo~ce land on section IS. They are the parents of four
children, Mary B., Charlie O., Marvin 13. and Mirn J. In politics Mr.
Col\rell is Dernocratic. 13y incluetry he has built up round llim a
111 ea.san t I loine: ancl bv example a good family.
A,sq~l, Cox, one of the pioneers of Essex tb~~~nship, still resides here,
linking the present wit11 t,he past of this division of the county. A
~.efe~*ellce to the original entries of lnncls in this tSo\vnsllil) points out the
settlement of the ftm~ily of Nathan Cos here in 1836 ; :I ~eference to
the slretcll of the cemeteries also w ill give the names of inany nlernbers
of this large fttinily.
Thl,owrc(s ilidter Cyo.x, son of Josepll ant1 Catherine (Etlwartls) Cox,
was !,oran in Stnrli connty, Ills., in the year 1847. I-Iis parent)s, natives
of Vilginin, rernovetl to Ollie a.ntl t11el;ce to Illinois, settling in Starli
co~~uty, wllere they still 1-eside. Tllomas W. Cos ~emainetl with his
parents until his 90th year, when he married Miss Clara 1)eWolf.
daughter of Captain David ar~d Mstilda (Greenwood) DeWolf. This
ladv nrns ho~n Marc11 23, 154'7 ; her father was of French descent, born
in Nora Scot in Dilarcli 30, 1822 ; her mother mas born in Clark county,
Ohio, February 22,1823. The military reCorcl of Capt. DeWolf is ~vorthy
of his ancestrj~, ant1 is on record in the inilitary chapter and historv of
Toulorl county. After his n~wriage Mva. Cox began farming in ~ssex
to\vnship on his first farm, where 11e resided about five years. He solcl
this p~operty and porchased 193 acres on see. 24,. Essex tonrnsl~ip,
where he still resides. MY. ant1 Mrs. Cox are the parents of seven
cl~ilclren, six of wl~oln are living-Etl~vin E., born March 23, 1S6S ;
Alice, horn Sel~tember 1, IS71 ; Stella, boril &lay 28: 1874; Joseph,
bolail dime 22, 1876; IIattie, born August 16, ISSO, and Cora, born
Xoreniber 27, 1SS3. An infant, born in the yeala 1883, died July 11
silirle year. On Novenlber 4, ISSG, Mrs. (>ox passeil to her last Iong
sleep. 1-1e~ illness mas of sl~ort duration. TJ p to the morning of her
death slle seeined as well as usual. She was buried at Wj~olnilig, and
the co~tege which followecl tlie remains to the gr:Lre was the largest
seen at Wyorning, there being eighty-six vehicles. She IVRS a faithful,
loving wife, and her tleath was lno~lrnecl by n large circle of friends.
Politically Mr. Cox is a republican, and is a rnember of the Masonic
order.
IT: Cox, son of Enoch and Sarah (Druinmond) Cox, was born in
Ross county, O., August 20, 1832. His fatller and mother were natives
of Ohio, the forlner a miller by trade, married :it the age of tn~entytwo,
in 1829. I11 IS37 tl~ev lnorecl to this county, and here he erected
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510 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENUES
Camp run, on Spoon river, where his desire to do what was right
brought him hosts of customers and won him many friends. In 1858
Mrs. Cox died. Of her eight children, seven are living and four residents
of this county. A few years !ater Mr. Cox transferred the mill
to W. K., the present operator. The olcl gentleman married a second
time, his wife dying in 1880. For eight years his own health has
shon7n si ns of failure, so that now the great olcl pioneer miller of Indian
Cree % is only a shaclom of the strong Inan whom the pioneers and
old settlers line~v so well. W. K. Cox 'esiclecl with his parents until
1850, when he became a cattle-buyer. Some yeays later he resumed
farming, and prior to the war took charge of his father's mill. In
I860 lle married Miss J. E. Miller, born in 1842 in Hocking county,
O., and came to this count,y with her parents in 1844. For twelve
years after this marriage Mr. Cox continued milling, but owing to the
radical change in machinery he discontinued this industry, and has
since devoted his attention to stock growing and agriculture. Of six
children born to Mr. ancl Mrs. Cox, five are 11ving-Mrs. Broclrmay, of
Duncan; Orrin W., deceased; Plessie E., Mrs. E. Miller, of Essex;
Nettie M., Mrs. I,. Brockway ; Harley G. and Herman C. In politics
Mr. Cox is Republican, and liberal in all ideas.
Nalon Cog died at his home, near Spoon river, July, 1883. IIe
was born in 1826 ; married Ruth Ratcliff in 1854; moved to Indiana in
1~67, and to Starlr county in 1S71.
Xrs. May E. (Graves) Cbx, born in Essex township in 1845, died
June 24, 1881. She married Simon Cox in March, 1865.
I. P. C'aTpenter, who died here December 1, 1879, came from East
Newfield, Me., in 1856.
Mks. flannah Dizon, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Rains) Cox,
was born in Ross county, O., in 1535. Her parents clied there, and
soon after she accompanied her brother to this county, where she marriect
Samuel Dixon, in 1852, and took up her residence on section 24,
Essex.
Sar~~uel Dixon was born in Jackson county, O., in 1830. IIe was
the son of Lernuel and Itosanna (Graves) Dixon, with whom he resided
until twenty-one years of age, when the family came to dtarlr county.
Here he marriecl Miss Cox, ancl at once entered on farm life for himself,
in which he was industriously engaged until February 16, 1865,
when he enlisted at Peoria, and at once went into the field. While in
the service he contractecl such diseases-from hardship anct fatigue as to
warrant him a furlough. While en route home he sank to rest at BIic11-
igan City, Indiana. His remains were taken home, and as related in
the history of Wyoming cemetery, rest in this county. Of their three
children, Maria is Mrs. J. I\IcCorkle. of Wyoming; Martha J. is cleceased,
ancl Lemuel is a resident of Essex. This family has played an
excellent part in the progress of Essex for over thirty years.
"Aunt" Rosw12~~a Dixon, one of the pioneers of the Wyoming district,
died at Peoria in September, 1885.
Philip li: Eurhnrt, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Ritz) Earhart,
was born in Lancaster county, Pa., November 18, 1830. Elis parents
were natives of Pennsylvania, where his father was engaged in farm-

OF ESSEX TOWNSHIP. 511
ing and at times worked at the cooper's trade. In 1831 he moved to
Ohio, and settling near Columbus, followed farming. Here, in 1844,
he passecl to his last long sleep, ancl in 1850 mas followed by his wife.
Philip is the sixth chilcl of their family of nine children. After hismother's
death lle ~vorlied by the month for his brother for about a year. He
then being twenty -one years of age, came to Illinois in 1851. He came
to Stark county and began as a hand for his brother-in-law in the
stunliner and attended school in the minter. On February 21, 1853, he
married Amanda F. Sheets, da~ugliter of Peter and Elizabeth (Weigal)
Sheets. This lady was born Apr.11 11,1834. Her parents were natives
of Virginia, ~vllo removecl to Tncliana, ancl thence, in 1836, to Illinois,
settling in Essex tomnsl~ip, where they remained until death, Mr.
Sl~eets (lying in 1880 ancl Mrs. Sheets in 1674. After his marriage Mr.
Eal>hnl-t began farming. In 1868 he purchased eighty acres on section
17, wliere he still resicles. Three children came to his home, all of
nrllonl still live-Larina S., Eilllna S., nncl Alva 31. On July 9, 1864,
Hrs. Ear21i~i't, having been in poor health for a number of years, passed
awav, being then ill her thirty-first year. On September 7, 1865, Mr.
~arf~nrt m;rrrietl Miss ~ucret'i:~ J. Dolison, a daughter of Andrew and
DOL'C~LS (Long) Doilison, born Wovelnber 3, 1843. Her parents were
natives of l'ennsylrnnia, who remofecl to Ohio, ancl in 1856 to Illinois,
~vl~en t'liey settlecl in Starli county. Later they purchased a farm in
Peoria, county, ~vhere her father diecl in 1811, being then fifty-fire years
of age. IIer niother now inakes her home ~vith Mr. and Mrs. Earhart,
and although now nearly seventy-one years of age, is quite active. Two
cl~ilclren liave been born to them- George F. and Jay &I. Politicdly ,
Mr. Earhart is a Republican. He has held the offices of supervisor,
assessor, collector. ancl school trustee, which he has filled with credit
to l~iluself and profit to the townsllip.
iMrs. E7Zizn Eclzullrd8, wife of E. J. Eclwards, born in Pennsylvania
in 1S31, died in Essex township, June 18, 1880.
hal~c 12. Esscx, the pioneer of Starlc county, mas born in Vir inia
in 1500, movecl to Ohio, ancl thence to Peoria, Ill., under Rev. f esse
Walker, the Metl~oclist itinerant. In lb28 lie selectecl his home in this
township, nncl settlecl here permanently in 1899 with his family. In
IS31 liis parents, Thomas ancl Elizabeth Essex, their four sons, their
clwugliter, Mrs. Dnvicl Cooper, ancl her husband. arrived. The father,
Thomas, died at David Cooper's house on sec. 10, hlay 15, 1853, and
the mother, Elizabeth, January 26, 1853. Thomas Essex was born in
Virginia January 13, 1711, ancl Elizabeth, his wife, in 1773. Joseph,
brother of Isaac B., died in 1876, as related in the history of Toulon;
Tholnas resides in Peoria county, David is in California, Isaac B.
lnovecl to Dongola, Ill., John ren~ainecl in tlze district, also Mrs. Cooper,
while William lnovecl to Knox county. Whether to credit the statement
that Isaac B. Essex joined the ilfonnons to Mr. Baldwin, of
Peoria, Capt. EIaaclie, of Peoria, Hartin Shallenberger, of Toulon, or
an olcl record of i\for~non circuits in Illinois, the writer cannot determine.
It i:: certain, however, that the statement vas made on what
appeared to be good authority. At the close of this volume a complete
sketch of the Essex family and of their settlement in Illinois is given.

512 BIOGRAYHY AND REMINISCENCES
Thomas Essex, born in Virginia in i803, is the son of Tlionlas and
Elizabeth (Bowen) Essex, natives of n/Iaryla;llcl, canle with the family
to Spoon River in 1831, and settled near Wyoming. In 1834 Tllornas
Essex bought his present home in Rich~voocl's to\vnsh ip. IIe served
in the Black Hawk War, being the only one of the family nailled in
that connection. Mrs. E. Essex resides at n/iluscatine, Iowa.
Philip Pcbst, who cliecl in 1856, had one son, Daniel, who served in
Capt. Brown's Co~npany I

OF ESSEX TOWNSHIP.
5p3
republican, a strong temperance ~vo~lcer and a man very much respectecl.
EIe came here when he 11ad to drive his cattle ancl haul his grain to
Chica~o to find a market; and remembers driving his bogs to Peoria
receiv~ng $1.25 per 100 pountls, foi* hogs that weighed 800 pounds ancl
up~v\.artls 150 pountls aiitl npr~~\-arils, serenty-five cents per 100 pounds,
;~nd under 150 ~,ooncls $9 per dozen. ilt ~ilicag-o the butchers reserved
the hide ant1 t;illo\v for their pay, .wllile 11e sold tqlle Ineat at $1.50 per
I00 pou~~ds. Lette~ rate at that time was twenty-fire cents. With all
the 11:wtlsllips and small re\ra~*ds attentling tllk e;~r.iy labors here, he
~t~ised an(\ ecluc~~tecl large fa111 ily, and tool< a full part in ej7ery movement
t1enclillg to improve tlle i~~oral ant1 connnerci:d conditlion of' his
county.
Josq)l~ F)aietlmajt, son of Ignatz and Theresa (Geotz) Fried man, was
born at Ih~clei~, Gcrillany, in ISID, where his parents died a, few years
later. At the age of t\\renty-t~ro years Joseph came to the linited
States, :~nd for three years labored at Pittsburgl~, Pa. ; there be married
Miss Cz~roline lirisenger, daughter of John ant1 Clara Icrisenger ;
she was also born at BatLen, anc~ came ill IS47 with her parents to
Pittsburgh. Some t i~ne after their ~~la~bringe they settled within fifteen
miles of Buffi~lo, N. Y., ancl ivorked bv the inol~tlr there until 1562, .
wllen they came t40 Valley to~vnship, ~tn~li county, Ill., and purehasect
n fan11 on see. 31. At this time there \rere not over twenty fanlilies
in Valley; ~volves ;lIncl deer jvere nulnerous. I11 IS57'he purchased
160 ncibes in Essex, built his hoine there, ancl h;~s bee11 iclentifiecl with
the progress of Esses fo~
thirty years. Elis first tax payment ~~21s 95
cents, now increasecl to over $GOO annuallv. Of their family, John is
in Yeoria county, Joseph C. at home, ~iliialn C. also here, Sopllia ancl
Lizzie are numbered alllong the dead, Caroline resides here. The
fanlily are oltl members of the Catholic churcll. In politics Mr. Friedman
is decidedly independent, voting al\vays folb the best inail and best
nleasures. Ire was s ~nelnber of the ant]-horse-thief association and
lentls his id to every project for the adri~ncenlent of virtue antl the
detection and l)nnisl~nient of vice.
171~s. L~tr&~(la Cfiq~~r'ich, witlow of Daniel, is the daughter of Daniel
and cathepine (CTi1)t lln ey ) I'orter. She mas born in Westmorelnnd
county, Pa., in 1822; in 1823 moved to Iiicllla~ld countiT, O., when
nine nlonths oltl ; her father was enpgecl in the irlanuf,zct~

514 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
Coleman. died December 16,1849, leaving. four chilclren, three of whom
are li~in, as previously notkd in this chapter. In political life he was
an ardent Democrat. For vears he was co~mnissioner of high~vavs
here. A reference to the t&vnship history mill point out thekari&s
parts taken by this familp in the boilding up of Essex.
A. E. Gingrich, son of Daniel and Polly (Coleman) Gingrich,
mas born in Stark county May l.4, 1840. In early years he uvorkecl
on the home farm, attended the primitive schools, and studied at
home. At the age of twenty-nine years, he married Miss I-Iarriett,
daughter of Silas ancl Elizabeth (Brock) Caskey, of Ohio, who lnovecl
to Illinois about 1863 ; mas married in 1869 ; remainecl on home fann
one year; then the young couple removed to their present holile near
Duncan, where their five children, Florence M., Allan A,, Violla D.:
John .J., and William W., were born. His brother, D. I-I. Gingrich, is
interested with A. E., and resides in the same house. The family, in
all its parts, have been prominent in everything contributing td the
agricultural interests of Essex, ancl indeed of the county. In politics,
democratic; yet party considerations generally give maby to the claims
of candidates whose characters are irreproachable.
Xrs. Nancy Graves, the widow of Thomas Gmves, and the daug11-
ter of Nathan and Ann (Dixon) Cox, was born in Eoss county, 01110,
in the year 1826. Her parents were respectively from Virginia and
North ~arolina. Their respective parents removing to Ohio, they
became acquainted and were married. Some t~venty-five years after
their marriage they removed to Stark county, Ill., in 1836, and started
to build the first mill in Stark coi~nty. It mas on Inclian creek, ancl
was used for many years. In 1840, Mr. Cox, after a brief illness of
but two weeks, passed from earth in his fifty-sixth year. For three
years after her husband's death, Mrs. Cox remainecl i~the old home,
and there followed her husband to the last sleep, in her sixty-fourth
year. They were both prominent among the pikneers of the-county,
and highly esteemed. Their fainilv consisted of ten chilclren, five still
living, four of whom are in ~tak county. Mrs. Graves remained
with her father and mother until her father's death. In 1841 she vas
united in marriage to Thomas Graves, the son of John ancl Elizabeth
Graves. He mas born in Chatham county, N. C., in 1816. When
eight years of age, his parents removed to Ohio, where he receivecl a
common school education, ancl in 1840 came to Stark county, where
he met and married Miss Nancy Cox. Some eight yeam after their
marriage they remained upon the farm of her father until 1850, when
they removed to section 23, Essex township, where since then the
family has resided. On the 12th of December, 1876, after several
years of failing health, and but nine weeks confined to his bed, he
died. He was a man prominent among the progressive and enter rising
farmers of the township, and one rvho was known only to be geld
in high esteem by all, and it is to such men that the real progression
of Stark county is owing. Since her hus6and's death, Mrs. Graves has
remained on the homestead, where she still resides with five of her
children. Her family consisted of ten children, William H., in Essex
township ; Martha L. (Mrs. Riner Duncan) ; Lorenzo D., Armourdale,

OP ESSEX TOWNSHIP.
Xan.; James H., in Essex; Mary A. (Mrs. J. H. Moran), widow at
home; Franklin J., in Essex ; Harriet E. (Mrs. A. J. Smith), Essex;
Forney L., Essex ; Herlnie Augusts, Essex ; ancl Archie L , Essex.
Mrs. Graves has rearecl a family of useful citizens, and is considered
one of the county's foremost women.
James G'rcbveC~, one of the oldest settlers of the county, mas born at
Chathain, N. C., January 6, 1818, his parents, John ancl Elizabeth
(Freeman) Graves, being natives of North Carolina ancl Virginia respectively,
and their ancestors natives of Ireland. John was born in
1'789, was married in 1813, moved to Ohio in 1821, died there in 1844.
His wiclo~\r came with her son James to this county soon after, where
Mrs. Graves died in 1875, in her eighty-first year. Of her twelve children,
nine *rew to manhood and womanhood, six are living and fire
reside in t 7 lis county. Jaines Graves mas married in 1!42 to fiIiss
Maria, daughter of John and Mary (Waters) Fi.ancis, who was born in
Ross countv, O., in 1820, her par&ts being of Gennan ancl Irish origin.
She ieillt~inetl at her father's home, but being a good spinner was
alrvays a 117elcome guest and helper at the wheel througliout the neighborhood.
While 11~1th Mrs. Graves, Sr., the friendship which led to her
marriage waIs formed. In settling in Essex, Mr. Graves and his brother
purchased fifty acres on credit. This s111all beginning has grown into
an excellent fan11 of three hundred acres, fully improvecl anti equip ed.
Of- his cllildren, Mary, inarriecl S. Cox, is deceasecl; B. F. Graves; %atilcla
is now Mrs. G. &%. Thomas, of Chicago; Frances, now Mrs. M. R.
Cox ; ik1alintla A., now Mrs. H. L. Crone ; Amanda, Austin and John,
deceased. This family has been closely identified wit11 the county for
over fort years, and has always been on the side of progress.
J ~ ~ ~ Graucs, X N son of John II. and Amy (Willrinson) Grares,
was born in Vinton county, O., in 1833. Until twenty-three years of
age he assisted on his father's farm ancl attenclecl school. At this age
he mas appointed teacher in charge of the district school, and for three
winters mas engaged in teaching. In 1856 he accompanied his father
to Stark county, located, and purchased the one hundred and sixty
acres on mllich he now resides, and in the course of a few weeks returned
to Ol~io. In 1861 he revisited this township, but did not come
to reside here until 1863. In 1865 he began to imbrove this farin, ancl
has since made his lloine here, transforlrlincr the mill land into one of
the most fertile tracts in the county. On beceinber 12, 1867, he married
Miss Mary J., daughter of Theodore ancl Elizabeth Whitten, a
native of Licking county, 0. This lacly came to Stark county with
her parents in 1855, and was one of the earlv teachers in our schools.
A few months after this marriage they itssGmed the work of housekeeping
on their farin in the same house ~vllich has been recently rebuilt.
Their children are : Carrie E., John W., Amy E., Theodore,
Alva L. (deceasetl), l\ilarion R. and Alice M. The mother, when a
young woman, united with the 31. E. ch~~rch of West Jersey, while
Mr. Graves united with the Christian church in Ohio. EIe is decidedly
Republican, mas a member of the Union Lea ue in the time of tlie
Rebellion, ancl always foremost in supporting TV % at seems just as well
as what promises the greatest good to the greatest number.

516 BIOGRAPHY AND BF,I\IIINISCENCES
Jacob .Graves, born in Vinton county, O., in 1834, is the son of John
(zncl Amy (Wilkinson) Graves. John Graves ~vas born in Ohio, of
North Carol~na settlers. Ilis \\rife mas cla~lghter of Jacob and Anlp
(Bmcly) Wilkinson, also Kortli Caroliua settlers of Ohio. Tlle Gravis
Fanlily residecl in Ohio nn t il lS(i4, wllen they cnlne to Essex, a,ncl pnrchasecl
a farill of 160 acres, ,but some time 1)rior to this Jell11 purchased
lancls here for his sons. 311.s. Alnv Grt~ves clietl here in 18'78.
Of their chiltlren, Mrs. Alinie I

OF ESSEX TOWNSHIP. 517
ceeded is shown in the fine fanu he left his falnily at his death in 1871.
Of liis chilclren, Ed~vin resides ia Esses; ~ a r f A., now Mrs. John
Duckworth, of Vnllej~ ; 1Villi;nn EI., Walter J:, nncl Clara, residing
at home. Sarah J. and Eliza 13. ;we numbered alllong the dead. In
e;wly gears Mr. I-Iartley becalne a member of the Yrot estan t Episco11;tl
church, and died in col~nnuyion with that society.
iThas. Ann /hc~tlc!/, \r itlour of James Hnrtley. \\-nu born in Itovton,
E~~glantl, in 1 S37, \~llere lrer iriother ~I;LI:\- (1Ioll;~utl) BIiller tlied ~n
1 S:%). Her f:~tlr el*, Josel~ll Jl ill eta, nTas :I. \\ren\Tela and in t lre cotton
f;~ctories m;ule the ;\cqn;tintance of Miss &I:lry IiIatltlen, wllonl he waribietl.
About 1846 thc Yaw il y i~lllnig~a;~ted, settling ;it (Jlbool;r-ille, Pa.,
but within eicllteen ~nontlls ~bet~a~t~etl to Englantl. Soon after the
pare11 ts of ~oyepll and i\l;~r\i (filittltlr~~) ~i 11; (lied, anid gain they
sougllt Aluericn for a lronle ; col~ring in 1151, tllev obtni~~etl \\~urlc in
the \voolen lnills at Croolc~~ille. ca.mc to Peori;\. in'l852, tlrellce inouecl
to Trivoli, ant1 ult1ilnately settletl ;it Wyo~ning. l\llas. E1;rrtley nccompanietl
]lev parents in tllei~ t~;lvels nu bil tile age of seven teen, \\rllen
shc began work for herself, ant1 at Trivoli \vo~~l;etl fo~ a cousin of
J;~ines JIart'ley, where slre met her 11usl);xntl. anti wrs inawietl in 1S56.
Since his death she 11ss not only tna.u;tgetl the farm, but also increased
t 11 e origi n;~l pr013el~t.v to ne;ubl y (i( 10 acres, itnrl is today consi t le~etl one
of tlre most enterprising anti successf~~l business \yomen in the whole
V
Cong~essional tlishict.
I/; I;,yi~o~i~ was boim in Ken tsl~ire, Eng1;~ntL. in IS%. His fi~tller,
Willi:~ln, antl ~r~otller, RIarg;wet, diet1 there. At the age of tlen years
Mr. Ingiaibtl~ lrirctl out us ;I b~~tcllera's i)o,v. Eleven years latela lie tnliicyratecl
to tlre Unitetl States, st;ry ing a, s11ort time in Ne\v Yo1.B and ;it
h
C'lricago, tmtl settled i ~t Peoria, iv1rel.e Ile fount1 worl< at $3 per ltlonth.
Some years litter he came to tlris to\\-lislrip in compally \rit!l James
I-Iartley, he purchaseti ltiO acres, on ~~hicll he \rorkecl with a, \\-ill
antl soon acltletl a house to the few tllen in t1llis section of St;~rli. Two
vears l;!.ter 1le nlarrietl Miss Jxne, tl;~rlgll t,er of Etllnund W rigley, and
sister of the banker, John 'W~~igley. This 1;ldy ~vns born in Engl;il~cl.
but came to America \\-it11 1 ~ 1 . latl~er ant1 F;~~nil,v as relatetl in their
fa111il.y llistol-.y. &'or three years tlre vowng people liretl i tl a small llouse
on section 19, then ~~loretl to
\~llere Mr. Ingl*;~nl estnblisl~ecl
tlie fi~st rnwt malal;ct. Tlre ve;tia tlre C. E. c!k iJ. \r;ls conq~letetl
to Wro~ning 11le ~*ei;lu~letl f;~rln li F; 011 section 12. where X1.s. Ingratl
tlietl 'in 1878. OF their sis clliltliaelr. E~llln;~ is 111s. C. ;\lcAIillen,
(:hi~l*le~, II~LPYJT, F~aetl, Jesse ; r tl ~ Kell ie i8esi tlt in the townsllip. 111
Xovenlbel*, 1889, &ha. Ingrain il~;t~*ried kI iss T,;~r~rn St~*;tnge, of l'roria.
horn ;at Fishkill, PI'. IT., in IS44 ; liretl in Ohio i t Ilei* g:.l*antll~~other
until 1860, when slre joinetl ller p;~i*ents ili l'eol-i;~ coi~n ty. I11 ;tgricalt-
11~11 irntl fine stock ;rtf;~irs MI.. Ingrim is trnly ;I ~*cj~wsel~t;~tive man.
IIe is one of tlle loo Inen \rllo own t!le i ecolatls of tlre Tlevon C;~t,tle
ilssociation, imtl in 1oc;~l matters takes a lentli ng 1 )I act: ililto ng the
stock-gl~owers of the district. His ilolne is eritle~~cd of all \\-Ilicll thrift
antl labor may :~cco~nplisll. 111 pc )lit ics he is I'Le11rll)licail.
&-wed Jones, son of Heul-y nutl Sancy (Moss) dooes. \\-as born in
Jackson county, Ohio, in ISIT. His father. a Yirginian, lliored

51 8 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
to Ohio at the age of sixteen years with his grandfather, and served in
the war, ancl soon after inarriecl Nancy Moss, of Pennsylvania, who
settled in Jackson county, Ohio, with her family. Henry and Nancy
Jones made that State their hoine until their death. Jarecl Jones
married BiIiss Catherine, (laughter of Michael and Hozanna (Wnlclron)
Sollars, in 1836. This ladv was born in Jackson county, Ohio, in ISIS,
where her parents, Virginians, hi~d settled* AfLer this marriage they
settlecl on a farm which they purchased. In 1838 the farm was sold
ancl the young people coming to this township, purchasecl their first
homeste~cl in the west, where they have since resided. While in Ohio
Mr. Jones joinecl a volunteer coinpany enlisted to protect the frontier
from Indians, and on coming here was ever reacly to become a lkleinber
of protective organizations against the white savages engaged in horsestealing
and clai111-jumping; but notwithstanding all his vigilance he
had to pav for his land three times to meet the demands of the olcl
claim sharks. Of the twelve children born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones, ten
are livinw. David, John, Nancy, Ann, I-Iozannah, William, Sylvester,
Michael %I., Sarah, Jan~es A., Christopher (deceased), Lydia J., Laura.
(deceased). The father of this large fainily was for years a Democrat,
but recently gives his support to the prohibitionist cause. His wife
ancl he are members of the Unitec~ Brethren church, opposed to secret
organizations, hut always ready to aicl any object of a beneficial ancl
l~rogressive character.
Abne~ li'enzs, son of Willia,m ancl Mary (Drumnmoncl) Kerns, mas
born in Ross countv, O., in 1824. His father was born December 25,
1800, of ~enns~lvania settlers in Ohio. About 1823 he married Miss
Druminond, a daughter of Benjamin and Anna (Kerns) Dru~nmoncl,
born in 1807. In 1855 this family came here, purchased a farm ant1
resided until the cleath of William, on September 13, 1813. Ilis widow
is still anlong the olcl settlers. Abner Kerns shared his l~arents7 labors
ancl fortunes until his twenty-eighth year when he nlarriecl Miss America,
daughter of Daniel Watts, born in 1828 of ICentucky settlers of.
Ohio. l'rior to this marriage Mr. Kerns often drove cattle across the
~nountains to Baltimore and New York cities ancl after me~rrit~ge
engaged in stoclr-growing, his wife superintending the farm. In 1871
they rnorecl on their farm of 160 acres, one mile south of Wyoming.
Of their. seven cilildren six are living: Mary J., Einmna, Frank A.,
Fred, Harris ant1 Hattie. Alice is deceasecl. Mr. and Mrs. Kerns
have always suppol*tecl the Methoclist church of which his awed mother
is a respected member. Himself and hoys are decidedly &epoblican.
His fidrin of 560 acres he has t~ansformed into a garden-spot, ancl there
erected R c~inmo(lious honse, the center of much that is 1)lensnti t and
instructive in that neigh horhoocl.
John L~fler, son of John ancl Frances (Wilkinson) Leffler, was born
in Stark county, Reptember (, 1850. His father was a native of Ohio,
where the Pennsylvania Lefflers settlecl at an early clay, came to Tllinois
in 1849 and here married Miss Wilkinson. Six weeks later, January
1, 1850, he died. His wiclo~v, daughter of Solomon and Elizabeth
Wilkinson, whose history is given in this chapter, still resides here.
John Leffler, jr., married in his twenty-ninth year, Miss Anna,

OF ESSEX TOWNSHIP. 519
daughter of Jesse and Lutitia Boblet. This lady died March 12, 1881,
leaving one chilcl, Nora Leffler. IIis second marriage with Miss Ella,
d:~~lghter of Isaac and Martha Nicholas, was celebrated
z
March 3, 1886.
Her parents, natives of Ohio, came here wit11 their arents, were married
here ancl made their holne here since. I effler has built up
here one of the best farm honses in the county, ancl around it a fertile
larln of 175 acres. In politics he is Democratic. His public sympathy
centers ill school matters ancl at present he is clerk of the school board
of! liis district.
Je~c L. Mqfiit, son of Josiah and Jane (Stuart) MofEtt, was born
in this county in 1844. Josiah Mofkitt was born in Ross county, O., in
1808 where his parents, John ancl Lyclia (Cox) Moffitt, natives of North
Carolina, hacl settled. Up to his twenty-first yexr Josiah Moffitt's
educational aclvantages were very linlited. In is29 he niarried Miss
Jnne, a, daughter of John and Ann (Carnev) Stuart, \vho was born in
Derry'countv, Ireland, in 1813. She cam; with her parents to New
York in 1~17. and in 1820 nlovecl with them to Ross county, O., where
her mother djetl shortlv after. Her father inovecl to Stark county,
~)urchaseil :b f'arm ancl 'resitlecl here until his cleath in 1865. Josiah
BilofEtt and wife \\.ere engaged on their Ohio farm until 1836, when
they tool; up 160 acres in Essex ancl r~lade their home in the west-the
log cabin being without doors anct n~inclo\vs, Indians prowling around,
ancl in tlie absence of the disagreeable but then innocuous savage,
\valves presentecl tllemselves. The nearest market was Peoria. Here
the young :.wife was often left to protoct her four children. Josial~
cliecl'in lSS5, but this pioneer laclv still lives with her son (Jesse), now
in her seventy-third year. At ohe ti~ne she, with lier sister, were lost
on the prairies, ancl tlicl not fincl a lanclmark until tlie folloiving day.
Jesse niLoffitt remaineel on the lioinesteacl wliicll he arclecl in improving.
In 1819 he married Miss Sarah Arpnbright, born in Ohio in 1860,
where her father still resicles. Their chilclren are Freed, Ada B. and
Harley $1. In society matters Mr. RIofitt is a,n Odcl Fellow, in politics
cleinocratic, ancl in all public enterprises enterprising and liberal.
JOJL'IL 11 Ogle, son of William and Lucretia (Butler) Ogle. was born
in Stark county in 1840. His father was born in Ohio in 1810. His
mother was born in Vermont the same year, and with lier parents einigratecl
from Vermont. They were married in 1835 tmcl shortly after
cuine to the \vililerness of Spoon river, engaged in agriculture until
1856 when they ~novecl to Toulon. where Mrs. Ogle is today a ine~nber
of the DiIethoclist Episcopal church, ancl Willianl one of the leading citizens,
as related in the llistorv of Toulon and in the general history.
John H. spent his youth as"ot1ier pioneer boys. In his eighteenth
.! veilr he entered Rocli River Seminary, anti, after a Full course engaged
In school teaching in Starl; county. In his twenty-third year he marriecl
Miss Diantha W., daughter of Job and Diana Shinn, the father
being a Virginian and the lnother a native of Kew Hampshire. Of
seven children born to this marriage, six are living: MTilliam S.,
Lucretia D., Mary E., Laura, Diantha, John C. ancl Marcia (cleceased).
Mrs. Ogle, the lnother of this excellent family, cliecl September 7, 1880,
In 1882 the tt-iclower married Miss Anna, daughter of Hugh and Ann

520 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
' (Galbmith) Winn, born -in 1843, to whose family full references are
macle in the histories of Goshen ant1 To~~loli and in the general llistory.
To this marriage t tm oliilclren \rere born : Iiobert :~nd Maggie R. 111
religious matters Mr. Ogle is ;I, inember of the Metllodist Episcopal
Church, in society 1nat8tel1s a rnelnl~e~ of the Blue Lodge at Toulon, ;~utl
in all torvnship ant1 county ;l.ffairs an interested :tnd just es1)onent of
the canse of right. IIis I:~~bnl of 611. acres, in Esses, is consideretl vela\.
va1ual)le and ~vell inll)rovecl-all the ~vorl; of Iris own l~unds.
Flkn.~y 1l.I. BO~BI:~~ son o"FVil1 ianl ant1 Elua,noi* Rogers, was bovn in
Westcllester connty, N. Y., &lay 9, 1816. llis ft~t l~er, a i)l;~cksllli tll,
\vas born there in 1775, tlietl in 1842, ;~nd llis inotl~er born in New
York in 177s: tlietl May 4, 1$62. Henry 11. in ea1.1~ life \\.as engrgecl
at severid trades, nmorig tl~e~n n lake 'sailor. At the age of t~ven tythree
he uli~ratetl to Peoria conn ty, pu~*chasetl land there ;mci was a
day laborer tor some time, in ortler to raise money to alaBe a pilyluent
on this lsntl, but with all his labor 11e was coll~pelletl to borrow, 1)ajring
fifty per cent interest. In IS41 lle married Miss Amelia, tlaugllter1 ok
,JO~I~ and Frances Evans, estahlislletl their. home in I'eori:~ county, anti
resiclecl there until 1S5'7, when they inovetl to Starlc ant1 built 1114 so to
speak, the Eoger*s farm, one of the finest in the connty. After a inost
useful life he nrovetl to the oltl settlers' higher l~ome in 187s. Icor sixteen
years he \\.as superrisor of his township, antl a most able lueniber
of tlre county board. A iaeference to the townsllip historv, ;~ntl to tile
society history of Wvoininy, will convey a11 ides of the 'i~art he took
in public :iffairs. since 111s tleatli his mitlow, assisted bv Jaines T.
Rogers, has had cllnrgbc of tile estate, antl resides tl~ere wit11 three of
her chiltlren - the s~~r\ivors of a f;imily of six. The latly is ;I nlernl~er
of the Methotlist Episcopal cllnrch, of 'the Eastern Star Ch;q)ter, atld
prominent in all benevolent or charital~le associations wllere \voln;~n's
work is needed. Jaines T. Itogers has taken tlhe active management
of the esta,te since his f;~tiler's death. 1,ike liini, lle is tlenlocri~tic in
politics, and in other respects follows closely in tllc hotsteps of that
excellent old settler \vllo left the connty forever in 187s. Jol111 Evans
and wife were natives of Maryl;tncl, but old residents of Jri rgilzia,
where he died in 1850. Two ye"~l*s later his ~viclow inoved to I'eoria
oountv, where she (lied Septeinber 12, 1Yti-l. Of their. eleven clliltlren
only four are living, Mrs. Ilogers being tl~e 0111,~ one in this county.
She carr~e to Peori:~, countv in I)eceil~l)er, 1840, with her sister's fa~n ily,
engaged in weaving tl~ere until 1844, when she nlarried Mr. Ilogers.
Joh,n k3coit diet1 at his ilolne, five miles south of Toulon, August 20,
1582. IIe was born in New Jersey Marc11 17, 1821; ~narr~etl Miss
Pircebe Ann Trowbridge in 1848, and in 1863 moved to Stark county.
Benson ~\iT,et~7,1a7, S(wtt, of Dunc;~n, an earnest S:bl)l)atll scllool
worker. cliecl l\Iarch 2, 1882, agetl fifty-tl~ree vears.
1'eie~ ~Sheetfi, one of the first settlers of ise ex to~~nsllip a,ntl tl~e son
of Henrv t~ntl i

OF ESSEX TOWNSHIP. 521
Weigal, a native of Pennsyl~~ania, her parents being Germans. For
twenty-three gears after their mi~~ariage he lnacle his home in Virginia
;md Iizciiana, starting - in tlle latter state on a new l~lace which he im-
11roved and but in a, flonrislling condition. In 1836 they turned their
steps to\v;l.rtl t lle uenT West, and llaving l~urcllnsed a tmct of nearly new
li~lld, he began at once tlo malie inlprorements. 1,iving in an old logllouse
for seven~l years, he in ISYS erectetl t~ sclnnre-topl~etl barn, \vhich
still stands in a goocl state of preserva~tioa and is yet one of the best
I,a.~ans in tlle viciuit,\r. In 1849, Mr. Sheets, ent101ve;l with the spirit of
en ter1wise \~lli~'11 a1 ;\'~L\Ts ~lli~~i~tiel 11 iln, erectetl the first and onl~r
na.tiue stone ]louse i; the; co~unty. Tbe pine for the finishing wds
tli*a.wn I,\. \\rirgom fmn Chicago. Tl~e house is yet a good house antl
long \will stm~tl ;IS ;I ilion~unento its ~rortlly builder. Ever p~aonlinent
in CI~CP~ nlnhtor \rllicll ~~ronrisetl to ittlvance tlre interests of his county,
lentlini a llelping hand \\here\~eia lie coultl, he and his faithful wife
sl~en t nmnv 11;) l)py years togetl~er until 1 S74, hen death called Mrs.
Sheets to i;er re\\artl, in her elgllty-tl~irtl gear. In t1lle spying of ISSO Mr.
Slleets: in his ninetv-fifth year follo\ved his wife to the last sleep. The
-joys i~:l(l sorro~\~s 6f sixtj-t\~o years of marrietl life they l~ad spent together,
rearing ill falllily o fourteen children. Six still lire, and three in
Stark conn tly. Mr. ~LII;~ Mrs. S. \\rere prominent membel*s of the Baptist
clrurclr antl i3eol)le \vllo~n it was only necessary to icno\\~ to llighly esteem.
1:~ tllri Et an tl gooti nlanage~llen t ile 11ad i~lcrensetl his possessions to
nine lluntl~*ecl ;Lcyes of gootl land. Ile was a self-nlacle inun. ~Villinm
Slreets, the t\relftll clliltl. re~llirinetl in the llome of his father until his
t \verity-second ye:us, obtaining iL ])r;~~ti~i$l etlr~cation at the comlnon
scl~ools of tllat t i , i~ntl at eighteen I~egnn teaching a geography
school," \rljich 11e continued some three winters, meeting with good
success. W lien he first left !lome he prvceeclecl to S\ri tzerlnnd cot~nt-y,
Intl., a,ntl here iae~~~;~,inetl tlrvo years. Wll ile in 1ndi:~na he made the
:~cc~uaintnnce of Miss M;~llal;~ 1 louze, who, in 1554, became his wife.
Silo was 1)orn in lS:

522 BIOGRAP'I-IY AND REMINISCENCES
Henry Springe~a, the third surviving child of George and Christina
(Fautz) Springer, ' was born on the old homestead Decernber 5, 1847.
At the age of twenty-two he married Miss Araminta M. Miller, clnughter
of I-lenry and ~~icind;~ (Mills) Miller. This lildv was i~orn May 27,
1550, in Princeville township, Peoria county. 13e; f;ttl~er 1~;~s n Carolinian,
mllo in his youth movetl ~vitll his (fer~nan palbents to lientucky,
and thence to ~e&ia county in 1837, \rllere 11e ]net aml 1n;lrrietl bliss
BIills, a native of ~ennessek, where lier mother died wllei~ she was t\iro
years old. She was taken care of :mtl raised by :I, relative at Princevile,
. From the age of thirteen to the oE t wen ty-two, when
she was innrrietl, she lnboretl for herself. After her intrrriage wit11
Mr. Miller they settletl 011 the oici fi~r111, \rllere their thirteen cl~iltlren,
nine of \\~llom are liring, \~.ei*e iai~isecl ant1 educated. Mrs. Springer remained
with tllein until her inarriage, when she, wi tll her JIIIsI);~II~I,
took up her residence on section 34, i~llcl built a sillall 11oosc tllere.
Their 11ome is said to be one of the ilal~piest in tile co~mty. Of tlle~r
four children two are living-- ilolln 11. ant1 Nellie E. M;. S1)ringeib is
republican in politics. For five years lle 11;~ served as coillmissioner
of 1-~igl~ways, ;~nd still fi 11s tl~at office.
ars. lh2eti~6 171. (&n.elay) AYtco~.tk~rtl, (1 aughter of 1 lel ry ant1 ()li ve
(Jacobs) Emery, Irir's born in Asllli~nd, O., August 15, 1S27. Iler father,
t~ native of Pennsylvania, was born 1801, and c:me with his p;\,rents to
Ohio when but a boy. I-Ier mother, a native of New York, ~vas born
about 1805, and when she was a child came with her parents to Ollio,
where, in IS22, she mariaied Mr. Emery. Renlnining in ()l~io, during
~vhich time Mia. Einery was engaged in farnling, ant1 (luring the ~vinter
he ~vorlied at the cooier's trade. In 1834 he calne to Illinois, and settled
in Fulton county, where he followed fanning and also followetl
his tmde, shipping tlk barrels t11:tt he made down the Illinois river to
St. Louis. In 1857 he removed to Henry county, ant1 settletl in (2alva.
Remaining here t\\~o years, he purchasetl a far111 in Weller tc,\rnsllip,
then movetl ul3on it, beqan its iml,ro-ven~ent, ancl remni n etl 11et-e
until about two years betore his tleatll, wllen he returned to Galv;~,
where, ~ovembe; 17, 1875, lle passed nnTay in the seventv-fifth year of
his age ; his wife having prececled llinl to the grave some fifteen yeanas.
Amella, 1~11ose name lleatls this sltetcll is the seconcl clliltl of i~ family
of eleven chiltlren. Her eitrlv life was spent at ho111e with hela parents,
until November 29, IY46, she nmrried John P. Stk~ndartl. I-Iis
parents were natives of Nolath (Jarolina, re111ovetl to lientucl

OF ESSEX TOWNSHIP. 523
cliecl, October 23, 1856. I-Ie 117as n member of tlie Methodist Episcopal
churclr. Five children blessed their union : Eri~lintr, now Mrs. Gus.
Hulsiaer, of Toulon; Olive M., now MYS. Willianl Barton, of Iowa;
Naycia A., now Mrs. Milo Griffin, of Io~vn ; IJyiu;~n E., now at home ;
r
1 llomas II., in Io\\-a. In ISiiO Mrs. Stnutlarcl m:wried T,ymnn E. Standaid,
;L blaotller 01 Ilel* f'or1nc.1~ llusbancl. \\rl~o was l)or11 in 1830. In IS62
they caulc to West Jersey to~rnsl~il, ant1 began f;tl*~ning. Again, in
1665, shc ~vits left 2% \\-itlow; JIr. Stnntl;~~ld's cleat11 occu~*ring Fel~~anarv
5, ISG, his Ilcaltll 11nving Iwen failing sso~ne time. By "her secontl
ln;lrl*i:~ge hlrs. Stil~~(li~~il 1s the lnotllela of two chiltlren : Jennie M.,
TV. 13. TVllitle, of ISssrs to\\rnsl:ip, ;ind Alva A., at home. Mr.
St ~LII~I;LIYI. as is Mrs. Sti~ntl;~~r~l, IVitS iL ~neinl~er of the Met tlodist Episco-
L
1XLl cir11rcl1.
In 1 ST5 3l1~s. St;~ntlartl pril*cl~;tsetl lo8 acres in Esses township, and
rnovetl upon it,, wllere she 11;~s ci*ectetl it, fine resitlenee, allout four miles
from Duncan. The latlv is now in her sixtieth rear, and until recently
11as been yui te \r ell a.nd act ire lol1 a, person of illat age.
~ ~ Z ~ WTrb:X4lc, C L ~ ST., one anlong the few pioneers of the county now
~aesitling here, was born in IIo\v;~rd coon tv, Ih[cl., in 1807. Ilis firther,
Cl~ristopl~el~, died in Tvtb~~ne countv, O., in'] 514, ~vhile in a fort seeliing
refuge iron1 the fury of 13ritish Indians. His mother was Mary Wil- -
son, dlo, lilie lrer i~usbantl, wa.s a native of Maryland, ancl moved wit11
hitn to Ollie tbl~out 1Sll. E:tlw;~r.cluarried Niss Rebecca nilliller in
1 S33, ant1 their family of two clliltlren came to this to\\rnship in 1536.
Stepl~en, 11 is bvotl~er, c;rnie from Intliana in 1836 with his wife, Jemi-
Init Kinser, and five cl~ildr*en : Adam, Tholnas, John, Harriet and
12ebecca. This Stepl~en set out for California during the nlining
st:~n~l~ette \rii~ Pl~nain:~, but ~ 1~;~s l~uriecl in the ocean. Thomas, another
brotl~er, settled in Rocli Islilnd county in 1836, but movecl to Missouri
;L few yews later, \vllel*e he was billecl during the political troubles
l'laecetlin~ tlle late JV~W. EtI~vard Trickle has serveel his township as
justice of the pence antl in ~nrions to\~nsllip offices. Of his children,
hmice. Wilson, Iteheccn, Mnrtlla, Milton, Eliza, Eclwarcl 11. nntl N;~ncp
;use living. Miltoll served in Conqjany F, One I-IundrecI and Twelfth
Infl~ntrv for three pays, nr~tl ~d \\7;1,rci 11.. in Company P,, Seventh Illinois
~dl~~nteer InKalltly tiuring the 117ala until discharged in 1865. A
reference to the general an tl to\\~nsliip llistories will point OLI t nlol-e
folly the i~rq)ortamt pilrts taken by the falllily in the settlelnent anti
l)laogiaess of the coouty.
.L~,~LYxoL +alci:Ifi. w110 tlietl No\~en~ber 25, 1883, \\-as the son of Christopller
and Mary (Wilson) Tlaiclile. IIe ~vas 11orn in l\ilarrlancl, February
1, ISO5 ; in 1811 moved wit11 parents to Ashland coi~utj-, O., ancl in
199- , t, r settled in Ksses to~rnsl~il~. \ritjll llis ivife. Nancy JIasnn, to \vhom
he was mn.rriet1 at the age of t\vent,v-seven Yea1.s. :~.ntl two children,
.Jackson antl Catl~erine Trlclile. In I 871 l ~e movetl to llTpoming, where
his wife clietl, in August, 1sS 1. Of their four chiltlren, twb reside here-
Mason ;~ntl C;~tllernle ; the 1;ltte~ is the 117ife of F. F. J:rockwar. On
conling lrere he p~u*ch:~setl 4O!j :xcres, ~rllich he increased to nearly 1,000
acres before l: is cleath.
ilhrson B. T~ick/e. son of Jefferson ancl Nancy (Mason) Trickle, was

524 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES.
born in this county in 1849. EIis father was born in Marylancl, in
1805; inovecl wit11 his parents to Ohio in 1811 ; married Miss Nancy
BIason in his twenty-seventh year ; came to Rochester, Ill., in 1832, and
after a short time set~tled on sec. 21, Esses. Miss Mason was born in
Ohio, in 1812, of Pennsyl~anin settlers in that state. 111 1862 tl~ese
pioneers moved to ~ ~oinin~; thel~ce, in 1875, to see. 7, Esses, where
Mrs. Jefferson Trjclile (lied in 1881 ancl her ilnsb:~ntl in 1SS3, as slro\vn
in the cemetery recortls of this wo~li.
Mason Tric1;le assisted on the 110111e far111 or :~ttencled scllool un ti1
the age of t \r en by-one years, ~vllel~
mnrrietl- Miss Sarali, tlaugl i tel* of
Henrv ancl Clurincla ~hl\vel~. referred to in this clrapter. 1Ie i~eca~l life
for hhsell' then, on section bl, wl~ere ire resitletl nilti1 IS75, \drc311 tlrc
family i~lovetl to their present llo~lle, on section 7. The first section or1
~vhicli they resided tlcnoting the age of thc owner at liis ularri;igc; the
second, the numbera of his clliltlren. Politically 11e is intlepe~ltlc~lt. In
townsl~ip m;~tters lle lras been lionoretl with illany offices ancl is now
r 1
highway coimnissioner. l he fairlily, on botlr sit~ks, co111e of rellresuntatlve
pioneers, and lilie .t11e1n have cont~*il)utetl in every for111 to tlre
wealth of the county 117l1ile 1x1 ildiug up their o\lTn interest,^.
2yZvetster WrilX:i~sol, \v110 settled in this colunty in 1S4!), \tT;~.s bol~~
October 11, 1542. His father, Solomon, was a ndtive of Nol8tll Carolina,,
to which state his people for generations belongetl. llis ~r~ot~llera,
Elizabeth, dnugllter of Willia~ri Ray. was botb11 ill 01110. In 1S4!) tllcty
came here ~vitll their clliltlraen, ~naliing the journey in \vagons. ()If
their chiltlren, born in tlris townsl~il), P"ances is tlie wit lo\\. o E .To1111
Leffler ; Raellel 1n;~rried Aaron Curflnan, now of Nemi~ha cunn tg,
Iian. ; Cllarity is tlie \rife of Levi Francis, of t,lra,t coontv ; N;~ncy is also
~nnrrieil; Sylvester, ntmetl ;~l)ove; Alonzo and ~e\\:t~o~i. Sylrestcr
was married here to Miss Eunice, tlangl~ter of .Jesse 12oblett, of hIoultrie
county, Ill., n.110, lilie her f~usband, \\.as 1)olan in Jacliso~l county, 0.
They are he ptrlaen ti; of t \\-o sons an tl three tlauglltc~as, nanlely : 131 izabeth,
Everett, Cora, nntl (:l;~,ra(t~rins).
ant1 Jessie. Ah. Williinsoll has
filled several towns111p and sclrool olfices, anti is 21, sulq,ortcla of the
Metl~oclist Episcopal cllurch. Ilis fmn of 360 acres is ;l.lrlong the best
in tlie eount,y, :and lr is s tock-breetli ng esta blisllillent a1 1var.s marlied by
a full line of fine cattle, lrol*ses anti hogs.
Alo~~zo T1~ili~i~,sola, son of Solomon ancl Elizi~l~eth (12ay) W ill; irrson,
mas born in Ohio, in 1844, as stated in the farnilv history in this elrn.1)-
ter. I-Ie came here n-itfl his parents, ;uld for tlr&ty years rrsitled with
them, assisting in malting antl iinlwov~ng the old holneste;~tl. In IS74
he married Miss Esther F., daughter of Owen and Sara11 (Pierce)
. Thomas, whose history appealas in the cllal)ter on Toulon. This 1;dy
was born here in 1855, two years after her fatl~er's settlenient in the
county. 0-f five clllltlrcn i1o1.n to tllcnl, tllere are living - Elnrnit Ti.,
Cordia N., Jaines P. and Alonzo; tlle eltlest, Solomon O., is n~unhcl*ed
alnong tlre tlentl. Mr. \Vrilliinson 11:~s al~vays been a son of intlustry,
ancl has socceetled in inalcinq :L fully improvetl ;~ntl fertile farin of three
hundred ant1 fo13tg acres in hssex. In reli.;.jous affairs the family belong
to the hIetlioclist cl~urch, ancl in polltical life he is a Delnoc~*at.
His neiglhors linow him as genial, intelligent citizen.

GOSHEN TOWNSHIP. 525
Xolomon WiZk:i~,so~z, born in North Ca~olina in 1S01, inovecl to Ohio
in ISOG, m,zrried Miss Ray in 1S2S, moved to Essex to\\-nship in 1849,
where he died April 2, 1885. His grandfather was a native of Ireland.
Tlto/us Ilj'1~72, born in Virginia in 1801, married in IS%, and the
stnne year settled at Peoria, came to Stark county in 1834, ailcl clied at
his son's home (Perry Winn), October 12, 1879.
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CI-IAPTEZX SIX.
(;OSITEX- 'l'O\VNSFlTl'.
EIoR to t lie org~nih,t1ion of Stark conn ty, to\r~nsllip 13
nort1ll, wnge 5 c;~st, mas a part of Lynn tu~~~nsilip, linos
county, anti up to IS53 as lino\~-n as districtt No. 4, of
St;lrl< county, or i,afavetltc p~ecinct. to clistingt~isll it f~om
&I:~ssilon preci net, or' West Jersey. IJnl~ke the greater
!)art of the mi1it;~ry tract, it was not estel~sirely entered
by soldiers ; so that \rl~en the ;rctual settler arrived lle was
not snrroun(led IN the unceltainties of title attacllecl to
other to\\~nsllips. &en in this county. With the esception
of the eastern sections, broken by Indian wee!;, the surface
is just sofiicjently ~*olling to meet the deslres of the
;~gricalturalist.. Coal of superior tloality underlies the
tlo\vnsl~ip, hut the industry has not been ~lerelopecl to any
extent. Tllere are n few prairie tracts, and in the neighborlioocl
of Walnut creek, a fertile v;~llejr. The streams
lino\~~n as Indian creelr uncl W;~ln~it creelr, with numerous
rivulets, course throug11 the to\\.nsliip ; the Rock Islancl L!
Paci fic r;~ilroatl runs allnost enst antl \vest througll its center
; the farms and Earn)-l~ousesl)eal< of taste ancl thrift, and altogether
the 11ul)py name of Goshen is traly aplrlicable. Lafayette, the only
village in the to~r~nship, is a thri~ing business place, with a pol~ulntion
1,oi~tlering on 350. In 1880 its population was 265, and that of the
to\lrnsll ill, including the village, 1.198. Tile school, the cll~wcll and
tein perance liave for gears clanned inuch at tention froin this people,
and the result manifests itself in :I thoustbud conciliatory evidences of
intelligence an i prosperity.
Tlle original entries of Goshen, or to~msl~ip 13 north, range 5 east,
with the names of present lancl-o~vners, are given as follo~vs :
E. B. Ware, n. e. clr. sec. 1; XIarch 9, 1518. Abel :\rnlstmng, c. 40, 3. IIi~rtin, 130.
.J:tmes W:m, n. w. qr. sec. 1; 3I:~rch 9, 1518. Jolln Jlitrtin, n. m. qr.
.Jacob Annstrony, e. hf. s. w. qr. sec. 1; Sept . 20, lri.52. Jollil A. JInsfield, 11.
Ilf. s. w. tyr.
Sidney T. ~lnmick, n. w. Ilf. s. w. qr. sec. 1; Marc11 2'7, 1851. D. K. Fell, S.
hf. s. w. clr.
Jacob Armstrong, s. w. hf. s. w. yr. scc. 1; Scpt. 20, 1832.
Daniel Shattuck, s. e. qr. sec. 1; April 7,1818. Abel Ar~nstrong, s. e. qr.

clr..
526 HIS'I'OHY OF STARK COUNTY.
Rubull Purrish, n. e. yr. sec. 2: Jun. 1, 1835. J. A. 3Iaxficld, c. hf'.; Ruluff
Pnrrish, mT. llf .
Rubull Pnrrish, e. hf . 11. ur . qr. sec. 2; J:m. 1, 1838. Ruluff Parrish, e. llf . '73:t;
J. Fuller, 52 ilcres; U . C . Brown, 10; Fuller's Iicii.s, I1 ilcres.
Harris &Iilzor, IV. hf. n. w. ryr. sec. 2; ,June 6, 1836.
Elisha Courtney, s. w. clr. sec. 2; Jan. 7, lS18. Ainos Bennett, s. IV. clr.
Isaac Ring11nnl, s. e. qr. sec. 2; Mi~rch G, ISIS. A. Bellnett, 25 acres; J. ,I. 3Ia.ufield,
13' :l,crcs.
E-It~rris Minor, e. Ilf. n. e. (yr. sec. 3: Fcb. 1, 1836.
T-It~rris W. Minor, n . w. Iif . n. c. cyr. scc:. 3; May 26, 1836. flnrrison AIillor, n.
e. qr.
Harris Jlinor, s. w. 11f. 11. c. cyr. sec. 3; Dec. 5, 1837.
Harris W. Minor, 11. e. hf. n. w. qr. sec. 3; M:ty 26, 1836. Laura Dcxter, n. c.
qr.; G. F. Dexter, n. lv. qr. ; Laura lkster, s. IV. qr., and 1l;trrisoii JIinor, s. e. (1".
of the 11. uT. qr.
H. Jollnson, n. w. 1lf. 11. W. qr. sec. 3; July 21, 1836.
Harris Minor, s. Ilf. n. tv. qr. scc. 3; Dc~c. .5, 1837'.
Harris JV. Minor, 11. e. 11f. s. w. qr. sec. 3; Fel). 13, 1S;iO.
I-Inrry Hays, m. hf. s. w. qr. sec. 3; Jlll~e 1'7, 1839. 1Ia1-rison Itinor, s. (l. qr.
IInrry IIt~ys, s. e. llf. s. w. clr. sec. 3; June 10, 1845.
11. Jollllson tincl C. I

GOSHEN TOWNSHIP. 597
Jereiniall Bennett, s. e. hf. s. e. qr., see. 10; Jan. 6, 1849.
Ales. Frazier, n. e. qr., see. 11; Oct. 6,1817. D. K. Fell, n. e. 40; J. 31. Flint,
s. e. 40; Bethuel Parrish, w. SO of n. c. clr. ; Betliuel Parrish, n. m, qr. and s. w. clr. :
D. Ii. Fell, e. hf. ;&I. 31. and S. blclieighun, w.llf. of s. e. qr., see. 11.
Cyrns W. BIinor, c. hf. 11. \I-. qr ., see. 11 ; hug. 24, 1836.
11. Johnson and C. T

528 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.'
Joshua Gear, s. e. qr. and n. e. qr., sec. 1'7; Jl111c 6, 1836. Peter ICecBler, c.
104; W. Anderson, TV. 59 in 11. e. (p., 13. 31. Jnclrsoii, 33; A. 11. ,J:~clrsoii 108. ~11~1 J .
Inwel's est. 13 in n. w. cyr. ; A. 31. Snyder, 981d; S. 31. \Vllite, 10; .Jolin il. Wliite, YO,
an8 H. R. Wilson, 20% acres on s. IV. qr; A. I3. 11. Snyilcr, 75; EI. It. TVilsoll, 27;
A. 31. Snyder, 956; .John S. IYllite, 19%; A. FI. TVllitc. 18% 011 s. (A. qr.
Heman Iiuos, :I. nT. qr., see. 17: May 11, 1836,
Jolin Charles, s. w. qr., sec. 17; Alny 11, 1836.
Jonathan IIodgeson, c. hf. n. e. qr., sec. IS; Sov. 13, IS3.5. ,J:IIIIC#\ 11igeI

GOSETEN TOWNSHIP. 531
Harris VT. Atinor, 11. e. qr., sec. 24; June 25, 1835. Pleasant Follett, n. e. qr.
.John Foster, s. e. clr., sec. 24; July 2, 1815. P. Follett, 11. e. 40; 31artlla Culbertsou,
11. w . 35; P. P. .Jollnsoii, 5; 31. Silliman, 30; P. Follett, 313 j; Emily Culbertson, 9;
P:itrick Snlitll, 2; J. Fornn, 31,'; Tim. Foran, 31,', in n. nr. clr. ; \V. IVilliams, 20; John
EIooli, 20: J. F. fClioclcs, 40; Hug11 ltlloclcs' estate, 40; Thom,zs Gemniell, 40, in s. TV.
(1'. ; i~~illi:~m Ogle, Ilopkins Shivvel-s, E. H. Cull)ertson, 31. E. Tc~npleton, J. D.
llhoclcs' estate, S. L. .Johrison, Si~illnel Burge, D. G. Stoutller, Jlargaret F. Flint, Margitret
Fell, Cynthia St icl;ncy, Frank Foglesong, 21. M. Rouncls, TV . A. Sweet, Eliza
Iillocles. S. I)c:L\-er, C. 31. S. Lyon. 13ilrgc c! Dewey, Pllwbe liounds, :ilid Patrick
Slliitli iXre lot O~Vllc~l'S 011 S. e. clr. , sec. 24.
Millot Sillinlati, c. hf ., 11. . clr. , sec . 24: July 3, IS%.
AIillot Sillii11:11l~ IT. lif., 11. uT. clr., set. 24; 3l:iy 26, 18%.
Ali~iot Silliri~:ili, 11. c. (lr., S. w. clr., SCC. 24; 3I:~y 26, 1836.
.Joli1i C'ulbcrtsoii, 11 .w. clr., s. nr. cyr., sec. 24; Sept. 1, 1541.
S:~~ilncl Sll:~1\7, s. w. clr., s. w. qr., see. 24; .Jnne 2'7, 183'3.
\
Edley 13ro1\~11, s. e. clr., S. IV . clr., sec. 24; NOV. 20, 1840.
I I~rllli~~l .Joli11soi~, 11 . e. ancl 11. . cjrs. , sec . 23; Feh. 20, 1818. Burge LC- Dewey,
\v. lif. : J . I". l

532 HISTORY O$ STARK COONTT.
Jacob Emory, e. hf. s. w. clr., sec. 32; Rug. 17, 1835.
Joseph Emory, w. hf. s. e. qr., sec. 32; Aug. 17, 1835.
David Bowen, Jr., II . e. cyr., see. 3%; hug. 1, 1836. S. S. Clayberg, 11. e. 160;
James Ingels, n . 63; J . Shockley, s . 100, n . w . qr . ; Eli Emery, e . 80; .Johanna Potter,
w. SO, s. w. qr.; Eli Enwry, s. e. qr., sec. 33.
Edwt~rcl C. Delavan, n. IV. qr., see. 33; hug. 12, 1836.
Her111:~n I

GOSHEN TOWNSHIP. 533
ined and rece~ved teachers' certificates. Henrr T. Ives was appointed
treasurer. In September, 1843, there were 68children in the Fahrenheit;
187 in the Lafavette, a.nd 47 in the Indian Creek district. In the
f;d1 of IS43 a la1;ge riuiuber of tllle pupils attended school at Lafayette
und LL Ingen Creel;." Miss B~satlle-y, John Y c31 urphy, Elizn Rhocles,
John W. IIentle~sol~, J. B. Lewis antl P. L. I-Iilliartl were teachers here
in ld44. In April, IS-I.5, the quest,io,l of tas for repairin08 scliooll~ol~ses
was \-oted on. 111 1843-44 &Iinott Silliman, W. M. ~K1Piner and
Is~*nel Stotltlartl were trostees; in 1S44, C. 11. Miner, H. Rhodes and
IT. T. Ires. In this year Win. Dl. Miner was teacher of the Fahrenhei
t ;ir~d A l)bv A. ~tilters during tlle snlnnler, wllile Abigail A. Lewis
presicled at the " Ingeen Creek " scl~ool. George Jacltson was chosen
trustee in 1844. In IS45 II. J. Rhocles, Joseph Wilbur, George W.
Jackson, J ol~n White and IIai*rv IIwes were elected. In Nore~nber,
1845, 1,afi~yette district ur:ts tliv~tled;'and in IS46 the serer;cl districts
rot,etl iL tik of 15 cent's pel* centunl of r;dmltion for school purposes.
In Octol~er, 1847, tlle~*e were 4-30 lrllite children ~eported in the towns
. ilhoot this time the scllools ltnci\r~~ as Kortll\~rest, Lafayette,
Fall~*enlr ei t, Toolon, Union ail tl Emelav's I\.ere chtlngecl in naille to
Sos. 3,2,:2,4, 5, (i tmd 7, respectivelv. fn 1848 Daniel D. Driscoll, B. L.
II i llizrtl, II;~1~re\r J. Ibllocles, ti*nstee

534 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
Isaac L. I-Tart ims trustee in 1858, ancl in '59, J. W. Rodgers,
James Ing!is, W. MJ. \Vrigllt anrl Uim111 Nnnce served up to Jnls 1860,
when I)an~el J. IIurtl was appointecl treasurer. In 1562, John Emery
was elected trustee: in '64, Elijall Eltzrrorth nncl Jol~n il. White; ih
'66, JVilliam Ogle ancl MTilliam Ko\rlali ; in '68, TVillium NowIan ; in
'6!1, 13. 1,. EIilliai.

GOSFIXN TOWNSHIP. 535
western tomns of Stark, were thrown into great excitemelit, ancl settlers
rushed to ancl fro between EIenderson Fort and Esses Fort. bat
troubles settling do~~rn, all returned to their hoiiles except Ainelia
Vmker (afterwarcls Alrs. James Jaclcson, of Lz~fayette) who remained
with frientls at tl~e l'o1.t.
The settlement of 1,vun tcs~vnsllip. ]

536 IIISTORY OF STARIC COUNTY,
'53; Harris W. Miner, '58; Susanna11 Miner, '81 ; Nancy G. Il"enc11,
'70 ; Stephen D. Easton, '52 ; Jonat11;~n Ogden, '55; John White, '52;
Amelia White, '68 ; Charlotte Miner, '70 ; C1lrist1oldler II. Miner, '52 ;
Walter Scott, '77; Theo. U. Itidge~vzy, '76; Tllomi~s It. IZitlgeira.\~,
'50 ; Jo~ias Eltxroth, '66 ; T. I. Joe, ' ; 1sa.bclla Jones, ' 72 : ~lt~Gi11
1,. Jones, '7s ; Moses S. ,Jones, '(is ; Ann ,J-ones,"73; Slle~itl;~ir .T( ,nos,
'60 ; Jacoh Jones, '56 ; ,Jolln Sllol*e, '61; Sarah Shore, ' i(i ; ,Ji~.ne
Snyder, '56 ; Elizabeth Scllolze, '70 ; Jtnnes Ollixpnlan, '63; N;~th:~,n
Bratlley, '49 ; Joseph Potter., '62 ; Stlrali Potter, '74 ; (+clorge I. Hill,
'78 ; Martha C. IIill, '82 ; C;~tllsrine El*icsoll, 'TO; Willi:1~111 ily~~~s, 'KI. ;
George Alnerine, '(is; i i l A. Walter, '54; Malay ilnshnt,~. '37;
Rev. IJntber llrisoo11, '58 ; (:atl~eri~lc D~iscoll, '53; &a L)1aiscoll, '51;
Q. Yale, 'Sa; Abby lyi~le, '49 ; Sinieon L. Will ian~s, 'S 1 ; rh~y
liettcl,
7sTT ; Willialn A. Reetl, '73; Eliz;~ S. Cllarles, '73; Jhaotlic! eli ion, '73;
Elizt~betll Sellon, ' 73 ; St&r;~ll \voot lcock, '70 ; IJ(>LI~H:L Nicl~ols. '74 ;
Stephen A. I)otlley, '78 ; Salollie A. Duclley, '$1 ; Jauc lr.;~il, '82; Letitia
Polhamnnse, '46 ; Ztosi~nna Stephens, '37; John T,uncly, '64 ; l\.I;~~*garet
Ross, '60 ; IJytli;t Calhoon, '57; Swan W;%tron, 'GI ; Iialpll .Jones, '70 ;
Williatrl T. Diclrenson, '59 ; Tllol~lns SIcNaugll tl, '57 ; Eliz:~ McX::au~)~llt,
yw - '73 ; Isaac Cllntfielcl, 'tiS; Si~b~aa C11;~tfieltl. '54; Willia~n 1'. 1 1 n r ,
Stillma11 C. IJee, '76 ; J~LIIICS Ingels, '53; hli~ry E. J nckson, 'S4 ; 1Ch-
7 -,>
lincla Carvel*, '85 ; Charles W. Schult,~, ' 72 ; lti~th 13. (bee, i ., ; i\l;wy
A. Albro, 'a5 ; Sta'niev Di~n l);~t~, '62 ; Eliza C:lllison. 'So ; IJevi Stel)lle~rs,
'37; IIitrriet Ilayes, '75 ; II;~i*riet W. IIturl, 'ti8 ; 13. F. Sll~ith, 'ti5 ;
Erastus El*o\\rn, '72. Tlle soltiiells burietl 1-rel.e aibe Wi1li:w Scott, OIIC-
Ilnndred-nricl-thi~v-secoutl Illinois In f~xntrv, in '64; S. 1.V. Gillett, Onchundred-anti-ti
fty-sistll Kcw lForB infnntiy, '63; :~ntl Ttol,el*t ('. lieetl,
Thirty-seven ti1 ~llinois In ft~ntry, '61. l'hb figures tlenote the yew of'
(1e;~tll.
The h1ulcCleni~han fi~lllily celneter3y in this townsllip is all ;i,ncient
burial grolnltl. There are a fern interinents hcre, outside of ~lle~tlhe~*s
of the family, wllicl~ are noticed in other pages.
IAA.IJAY I+Yl''l'l+; V 1 I.IAA(
The cxaiginal town of TJafayette, bloclcs I to 10, of eiollt lots eac.11.
extentling tram Frnnltlin nortll to h[onl*oa, ancl froill ~Knher east tc,
IIoggins, was surre~ctl ,July '7, 18:%. by Geo1.o.e Q A. C11:1rles, fola Tlrilljam
Dunbar. ~ain' street li)i*irletl the center of the to\r~r, wit 11 i:r;~nl;-
lin. ;IHC~SOII. lV.~itsi I iilgton, rJ;tf;~yet te, Jefferson, an tl Monroe ~ L1111 I i 11g
east ant1 west. The 1 )l:~.t was ;lokno\\~Iedgecl by Justice .losi:~l~
IVitclle~~. of ]

GOSFIEN TOWNSHIP. 53'7
'41; Hiram Nance, Benj. Brooks, '49 ; James J. Wilson, '42 ; Willianl
C+. Thompson, '4s ; Robert E. Morrison, '51; William L. &larshall,'51 ;
TT. B. Todd, '52; Eunice Minel; '50; H. R. tInlsey. '47; Daniel 31.
ICelly, '54 ; William and Cl~nrles Pnlhnmus, '53; Jolln Shore. Marcillar
Todd, I. C. Reed, James F. Bonllam, '40; John Tllompson, '42;
1,. Collinson, '49 ; dolln Iletlien, '50; Gilbert MTard, '45 : Etlward
. ill, '0; John F~yberger, '41 : Elijt~l~ Eltz\\~ortl~. '45; (+. TIT. Jackson,
'40 ; Petel. I". ~iher, '37; ~illialn' Icerby. '47; dames Carson, '39;
.I. U. Wilber, '40; John 11'. Thounpson, '47; Lntl~et. I)riscoll, '50; John
Augur, 4 ; school trustees (1)lock 12, 4 Szlmuel Mutheny. '52;
Perry Slni tll, '51; Tl~olnns I\'. Fitc.11, '48 : Iiuliff Pawisll, '3s; John
(juntliff, 4 8 Metlllotlist Episcopal clln~cll trustees. '2; Tl~om;ts Mc-
Ni~ngl~ t , $loses J ;twecl. '47; Gi tleon I1 uglles, '43 ; 1s;~ac Chat field, '40 ;
'I'vr.11~ I-Iinles, '49: Willi;~m 13owtlen, '54: Iiaeue 2:radleg, '40; John
l t e 'I; A. C. Jfessenger, '47; .Jol~ll Cull)ei*tson. '53; A. Lacy, '45;
United Methodist I'rot. clln~*cll society, '31; IIala~ais IV Miner., '52 ;
Ai)bev A. Dudlev, '45 ; Peter Jollnson. '51 ; Fi~st Universitlist parish,
l,:~fqktte, '76 ; ;\l,i;~h M;~nning, '37; Josllua Woodbt~rl;, '43; Enos
Pomeroy, '36; Jel~ial Eouton, '35: It. I,. Scott,. '55 ; alter Ilocli,
43 ; F. 81. Spring. '53 ; S;,IIILI~~ Cln.yco~~~l), '4%; Peter ilnde~son, '51;
TV. W. I)i*ummontl, '51 ; John %inn, '55 ; 1). 11. I'ottel*, '31; Willinn]
Wllecler. '41 ; I. . e 4 ; iingelet Cht~rles, '86; dlmontl \)'alter;
'41 ; illf led Walker. '45.
r
1 lle vote on inco~aporating t11 e ri1l;lge in IS(!) was f arty-one for,
t81 lipteen contra. In Septem l)ela, 1S72. a cllange in cll:~~~ter was desired,
and on this cluestlon t \rent!-four ~~ffirmative ant1 eigl~teen negative
votes weiae recordetl. The trustees elected annually are 11:tineti as
f 01 lo \vs:
1869-Tllonlas JV . Ixoss, .J . 1-1. Nicllols, I)cnnis Lee, .Jan~cs S[:tstiu, D. J. EEurd .
1870-E . G . 1-Iill, TI. Lee, .J:~lnes SItlrtin, 7' . Tticlg:.cwt~y, I). .J'. Hurd .
1871-.J. H. Nicllols, J;~nles >L':~rtin, T. \V. Ross, T 1). I

538 ' I.IISTORY OF STARK C~UNTY.
The village clerks are named in follon~ing list : T. J. EIurcl, clerl;
in 1869 ; E. G. Hill, "70; T. J. I-Iurtl, '71 ; E. G. Hill, '72 ; in '73, the
election was cleclarecl illegal; in '74, C. P. Jaclcson .ijras clerk; in
5-77, W. I . ill; F. A. Jaclrson, '77; . I. 1 7 It. S. Jones,
'80; W. Douglass, '81; J. 31. Jones, '52; G. K. Boggs. 93; 1,. IT.
Snyder, '84 ; F. W. Eltzwortll, '85-ST. N. R. Ralsey mas police illi1.gistrate
in 1876, nntl Charles W. Totltl in 1880.
The first store was built bv Jesse C. Ware, on the site of the 1,yntl
House. In 1838, store builtliGg-s were erected by 13:~rnabas M. ,J:lclcson
and Theoclore IIu rd. Ira, (2. lleetl :~lso estal)lishetl his slloe-sllc ilcre
that year, ancl these, with Wi1li:~m Dnnbsr, illntle up tl~e fiilst 1)usiness
circle of the town. In 1841 the first schoolhouse was crcctctl, tl~c
hsrtl-\vootl lunl ber being sawed at Leek's mi 11 near Cen tre\'illc. Tl~e
Lafa~ette c:brding antl woolen mill was estal)lished irere, i~i~t~, a,ftela
running a short t~me, it closetl tlown, entibilinq hetcvy loss on :L few of
the enterprising Inen ivlm byought it into existence. 1'. W. Itoss was
postmaster at Lafi~yette froin 1852 to 1860. L;cfayette bosiness circle
conlprises J. S. At herton, lmrd \\~a~*c and post,otfice ; Ceecllela ~k 13ai ley,
W. Simpson, J. F. Thomson, merc1la.n ts ; J. M. Jones, 11a~ness ; I:urns
$ IIaptonstall, meat 1tlarl;et; A. Bevier, wagons; T. W. Eoss, bl:r,cl

GOSHEN TOWNSHIP. 539
J. F. Smith, W. A. Brown, John D. Bro~vn,~~ R. C. Baker., Per. See.;
E. 15. Redfield, J. I-I. Bnlcer," ant1 Deputy; C. E. IIo~vell, P. Van Bus-
, . C. Uroolis, C. 11. Eeecher, James Ingals (tle~ea~secl), A. S.
Duffurn," John Wj1li;~nls. George E. Tr;~cy, Joshua Grant," W. J.
Williams, J;nues I

540 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTS.
Lafayette Loclge, 421, I. 0. G. T., was chartered July 36, 1883,
with the follo~ving namecl members: A. S. Atherton, F. S. Jones, H.
W. Manley, W. 3. Smith, S. A. Miller, V. J. Smith, John Williams,
Elmer Beecher, A. M. Jaclison, Ella &IiI. IVilliall~s, Milla White, Corn
Gillette, J. A. Willimns, J. M. Jones, Kate Morris, &I;I:LI'JT A. Baker.
Fred Shore, Maqy J. Atl~erton, 1,ylnan Willial~is, Harriet Williams,
Mary R. Redlielcl, Kate Jones, George Williail~s, C. It. Wick, It. C.
Baker, C. P. JacBson, h1r.s. 11. 31anley. Nellie Jones antl Kate E. Driscoll,
W. C. T. and Mrs. Lynlau ~illiluus, W. V. T. Worlc untler this
charter is sleeping, owing to the f;~ct tll~~t there ;we not over four
clrinlters in the coninlunity and not ovep one " llnrtl citizen."
Goshen Townsl~ip Farmel*s7 Union was organized in the spring of
1863, wit11 Jacob Fall, president, and tJa~.ules Nolrlan, secreti~ry.
Tl~e Union Le~tgue \iTas establi sllecl ;~t TAttf'i~\ret te cluriilg tlic \V:LY.
The records ~vere ultiina.tely left wit11 J. M. ones, ant1 vrere i~urnetl in
the fire which clestroyecl his llar~~ess sllol,. Anlono the inelnbers were
J. S. Atherton, J. $1. Jones, D. J. I-I~wtl, Squire %elly, J. I-I. TVillJer,
ancl J. Lundy.
C'hz~rc7~es.-The Baptist cllnrch of 1,:lfayyette had its beginning in the
olcl " Fahrenheit Church," the iristorj7 of \\.hiell is given in the sketch of
the Toulon society ancl inuch o-E its l~ersol~al llistolay carrietl into the
chapter on ina,rriages, as Elder Jonathan Miner jolnetl inany of its
members in the bonds of wedlock. The society JV~S organized June
1.5, 1837, ancl over it he presicled until his tle;~tll in 4 TIe also
preachecl at Fralter's ant1 at the Franklin chiuacl~, better known as
" Wall's Schoolhouse." Meetings were l~eltl at Witlow Miner's llouse
until April, 1850, \\.hen the cllu~*ch builtling at Lafabyette ~vas completed
by Mrs. Miner and opened for the society. This building is
now the planing nlill of E. (+. Ilill. In IS47 Eltler Sticliney 1we;~clled
at the "Fahrenlieit" and at that time the falllilies belonging :'vere the
IIaytts, William antl Mrs. Miner, Charles 1-1. Miner anti \vlfe, Mrs. Pi~rrish,
Elisha Gill and wife 'enncl J. 31. SticBney ant1 wife. In 1845 the
church at Toulon was organized, a nu111be~ of meulbers withdrew, ant1
the change in location of place of \17orsllil) becaule a necessity. A few
of the old meinl~ers, like 1;. C. I>a.lrer, reside llere antl generally attend
the churcll at Ga]lva or Toulon.
The Methodist Episcopal cliurch of JAaf;~yette dates 1);~clin the
forties. In IS42 the second camp-meeting ever l~eltl in the county
asseml~led here, antl in 1846 tllere was a. " Nineteen Dt~ys' Iievival."
In that yeax a cil~u~ch was built here. A. E. I'helps was Eltleia, John
G. Whitcomb, P. E.; and Gee. C. IIolirles, circuit preacller, with W.
C. Cumrnings, assistant, he being then on the sn1,ernnuatetl list. The
first names on record of cli~ss 1. w l1ic11 met at Sheritlan Jones' 11onse
at 1,af;~yette in the winter of 1S5l-2 are as follows: ,Joseph IT. Wilher,
Win. M. Pratt, stew;~nls; I'hilip ,I. t2nsliutx, loct~l l)re;\cl~el*; Jonatlian
and 1)aniel Ilotlgson, Sl~eritlan Jones, I,\rlllnn 0. Ititltlle, Henry
Dunl)n,r, John Auger*, ~ J~LII~CS li. Wilson, ~,e\r;s Pelaly, Wln. L\rm;~n,
I-Ienderson Sin~i~lons, am1 tl~eila wires, anti Malay Snytler*, Einily i~l~ite,
8 Eliza Bonllam Itel,ecca I'rnl;er, Eliz:t I'olhamns. J;L~& Jz~ckson, C'l~i~~alotte
Miner, all in class 1. In class 2, John Cuncliff, Theo. F. I-Iurd, John Lun-

GOSHEN TOWNSHIP. 541
dy, Elijah Ponieroy, Wm. Stiles, Levi Ilodgson, Sil Armstrong, Jas
Halstecl, Jns. 11. Elorton, and their \\-ires, Sarah Nance, Abby Waiters.
Elnilene Clarke. EI~~rriet Trecl \\ray, IZebecc~ Iii nby, ' ~m6lia Jack-.
son, IAytl ia C hurcl~, Itebeccn F~LYY: Elizn Kenlball or Iiemball, Nancy
Steplrens, 1,ytlii~ C;ilhoon i ~ Jemi~ui~ ~ d Gaddis. Among the preachers
\dro servetl on this circuit prior to IS73 \\.ere many of those inentioned
in tile lristorv of Esses to\rnsllip. In 1855, Alnos Morey ; 1 SGO,
.J;rcol, i\iI;~ttlie\rs ; 1962, Jolin Chantller ; 18G4, IIeni:\r Somnlels ; 1865,
Wm. T,el~e~: 1 S J. 1 . i t 1 and 11. Tiffanr ; 1S69, IVm. Untler-
\~ootl, i~ntl 1873,

,542 BIOGRAPHY AND REMTSISCENCES
year induced thirty-eight persons to pledge tliemselves to temperance.
1n January, 1842, twenty-four nlore signed, ancl thus temperance and
reli$!on Irere prenclletl there until 1846, wllell some members ~vithdre1\7
to join the newly org~nizetl Cong~egit~tioniil Ch~~rch at Toulon, the first
being Jonatllitn il1ncl Ilannall ltl~ocles ant1 Hug11 and Jnlii~ Itliodes.
In Marcll, 1S47, Mrs. Mntiltla 11:111, Eliza :mtl J-~L~Z
11:~11, Oren and Sarali
Rhodes, Robert a,~~tl Sarah Nicholson anti John ;~nd Miwy Pollok witht
lre w. Fro111 t 11 is (late fo~\\nrd tlllc meinbelbship d eclaeasetl, nil til, like
the Baptist Cl1urc11, it ceased to be an institution in this t30\\-nsllil,.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter D;by Saints fo~lntl a footing
on Walnut Creeli in IS40-7, antl gainecl i~ fc\v converts in this county.
A111ong th(tm \\.as De:tcon hlott, t'lje i~nilder of the oltl court house.
Tile IT. M. Y. (:lrurch was .sst:J~lishetl here in lS.i:-;, but of it there
is nothing on recorcl.
Tlle U~live~s;clist Cl~urch \vas ore;~nizetl Kovemhe~ 29,173. by Eev.
John IInglls, with the follo\ring nZ11lct1 inembers : MY. tent1 Mrs. (4.
H. Retllieltl, J. A. White, 31r. and Bhs. A. 13. 11. Snyder, MI.. and Mrs.
A. M. Snycler, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Cllnrcll, Mi3s. N. Lafli~rty, Mrs. A.
E. Parker, MY. and Mrs. Sninoel White, Mr. ant1 31i1s. CIri~s. 1;. Smitll,
Mr. P. 1-1. Smith, Julia Lake, 3l1.s. Sar;~ll Ch~wcll, Mrs. An11 Dun l~i~r.
The names of p;~sto~*s a~ltl date of pasto~i~te ;u3e 21s follo\vs : Rev.
J-olln Iruglls, Is73 ; Iiev. T. 11. Tabor, 1874 i~ncl '75 : Ilev. John IIugl~s,
1876, '77 and '7s ; I tev. Wiles, IS79 :~ntl'S( 1. Deceasetl that ye;w, Kev.
C. I%. Gibson, lSSl and '82; Iter. IIeietlle, 1853 ; Iiev. Geo. Crlll~l, ISS4,
'S5 and '86. Tl~e names of secretn~ies are S;~nli~el V711ite, Bliss >1/1aqv
J. Willi:ims, '79 ; Mrs. 11. 13. IVllittt, '81, ant1 Mrs. M. E. Snytlela. The
trustees were, 1873, tJolln A. White, A. 8. 11. Snytier, I). A. M. Snyder,
:mtl in ISSR, J. A. Wl~ite, Austin Grant anel A. M. Snytlcr weye
elected. The cl~urch \r;ls i~niit in 1575 at ;L cost of' over $:

OF GOSIIEN TOWNSHIP. 543
well as of those wile now constitute the bone ancl sinew and brain of
the tomnsllip, a're referred to in the following paragraphs :
Ekic Afi,cZe~s.o2, deceased, born in S meden in 1810, ~vas nlarriecl
there, ancl with his \rife and five cllildren came to the Unitecl States,
locating in this co~ui~ty. During his earl7 years here he worliecl bv the
month, and by llis industry ancl econom~, saved enough froin his 'earnings
to purcl~t~se land in Goshen To\rnsllip. I-Ie died April 26, 1S76,
leaving for the use of his family 160 acres: His \rife is also tleceasecl.
Of llis ten cllildren, A~~drew, lhry, Elixa1l)eth, Charlotte nn tl Sarah J.,
are numbered ;mong the dead. Christina 111a~riecI Joi~as Jollnsol~,
nonT of Minnesota ; Catl~erine :md William are at home, Isaac at Wro-
~ning, :~~ncl Albert 11. at Toolon. Sayall jr:ls born llew in 1S57, dTed
May 6, IS&.
Josq~l~ Athev.ton, deceased, son of Israel Atllerton, of i

544 BIOGRAPEIP AND REMINTSCENCES
Methoclist Churcii. Alnos Bennett was born in Neiv Tork state ill
1832, and at the age of five years came w it11 his parents to this Stir te.
In 1860 lle marlaiecl Miss Hann;Lli, il tla~~gllter of Josiah I>r~nton. They
are the parents of nine chiltlren : Sarah W., Walte~, Ella, Belatie, Amos,
Thomas, Lizzie, Laura and Elnl~la. Ile is the owner of 225 acres, \\-ell
improvecl. I-Iis fixther mas an oltl line Whig until IS55, wllen 11e joined
tlie new party. of which the son is :L stI;l~uncll sul)polate~.
A. IZ. It. 2i'evie.r.. born in Ulster county, N. 17., iu IS%), and Ads.1111e
(Misner) Bevier, his wife, born in Sullivan county, N. IT. were early
settlers here.
[L i.L i~owlc, born at E;~ltinlore, Md., in 1823, is a son of Yacl~el
and Sarah (O'Rngaan) Ijro~rn, natives of Calt imore and Itichmon (1, Va.,
respectively. 130th tl iecl in Carroll county, i\f'tl., where for yei2.rs t11 ty
resicled. The Crowns were originally -fro111 England iin tl the 07ZIilJg~l I s
froin Ireland, coming out in colonial (lays. I J. 11. was nlnrriecl in M;t.ryland,
in 1844, to Miss Ellen B~anngle. In 1557 moved with his wife
ancl five children to Knos county, Ill., imtl in 1866 into Gosllen to\rnship,
Starl; county, 111. To them twelve chi ltlren irai~e i,eerl i)olali. seven
of whom are living,. one of whom served in Comp:~ny E', One IIuntliaetl
and T welftl~ Illinols Volunteer I~nf~~ntry, ;IS related in military c11al)-
hers. Mrs. Brown is a men~l~er of the Metl~odist Episcopal (JI~i~rcli of
Lafayette. Blr. Brown, to whom initny references are 1n;~tLe in tile
history o-t' the to\~~nshjp and village, is x inember ol' the I. 0. 0. I. antl
of the Gdra Enca~l~pment.
i4'1nol3y 8. S:,uf~m. a soldier of the late war, en lister1 in Company I:,
Thirty-seventh Infantry, as related in the military chapter, antl \I~;~S in
active service with that commar~cl for nineteen inontlls, when his
wounds rentleretl him inca.11nble of further service in the army. 1Ie
-was born at Roclr Island, Ill., in 1841, but resided in Knox connty frc~lrl
theageo' seven to the age of twenty, when he enlisted. 111 1864 lie
settled in Sti~rk. R reference to the political cllapter will point out
his services to the repul)lican pa,rtly since that time ; tlie scllool history
credits liil-r~ with being tlirector. 01' liis district for :I, numl,er* of years,
~vl~ile that of tlie I. 0. 0. I. at L;bfavette, points 11iin out. ;L nienll)o~..
I1:~cl be been a member. of the county hosts of the C;. A. 11. instead of
t11:~t at C+alv:~, his milit:~ry recortl woultl be fount1 there as well :IS in
the inilitary chapter. The year of his settlenlent 11el.e he niari-ietl Miss
Anna I,., dnugl~t~er of Charles I-Iilrles,. of whom a coml)lete fmnily
history appears in this chapter. Of thew eleven cl~iltllen, nine are 1 ir-
ing, namely : 1,nnnl L., Charles it., Ed~rin E., ('1al.a L., Elnier 11..
George N., Perry II., Roycl L., ancl Anna bl MY. 1:nff'unn is one of
tl~ose citizens 01 modern tl;~,ys w\.llose histolay is so closely identified
with the last two tlecntles of this coumty, tl~t
inucll of it belongs tlo the
county nncl necessalail y fintls a place there.
~~OY~,CL~T &~tle~, 1)01~11 in 13etwer county, Pa., in IS 15, lllovecl to Ohio
with prtre~its in his \.out11; to Fi~lton county, Ill., in IS37 ; to IIenry
county in 1855, ant1 to I,a fayette a sliort tilrie pi*ior to his t1e;lth in Jr~ly,
1881.
&s. 1'. Cy~ouunc~uqh,, of S:LSOII, (lied in August IYSC,. She 11;~tl been
long and favorably known, tl~e fi~l~lil~ being one of the first to settle

OF' GOSHEN TOTVNSHIP. 545
in that vicinity. Her husband, colnrnonlv lrnomn as " Old Pat "at all
the neigkboring fairs, who died about t&o years ago, mas about the
first to ~nclulge in high-pricetl thoroughbrecl ~hort~l~orn cattle, and to
him maly be trncetl much of the in~provement of the stlock of Starlc as
well as IIenry county. She was buried in the ceinetev \vl~ich the
fanlily donated for tiie uses of a Catholic burying ground.
i!i~il~tkc (Nel.son) Cc~~ver, born at Augusta Me., in 1810, moved to
Ohio in 1817, thence to Indlana, where she marrietl Jonathan Carver
in 1830, ancl both moved to their 11ome. just north of Lnfayette, in
1867. Mrs. Carver died there February 15, 1SS5.
DT. J. B. C$a(bwfo~~l, physician ancf snqeoll, a. ~mti~~e of Washington
county, Iowa, obtained an elementary education in the scllools of
tlli~t county, and conlpleted a litemlay coarse at .t

546 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
M. E. church. Miss Elvira Delnuth is a teacher in the district scllool.
This is her thirteenth year in the profession, during which she missed
but three tenns, presicling fro111 four to six terms over one scl~ool.
Lotc-fi. Dt:t:te~, cleceasecl, wllo settled at Toulon in ISS, wit$h his
brother-in-law, 0. &Iasfielcl, in 1855 in Goshcm, and ~vllo in 1856 establislled
his permanent llonie at Tonlon, JI~:LS bola11 in Iienn el~ecounty,
Me., J;knui~ry 30, 1S01. IIe mi~rrietl Miss Enbv Fish there. antl in 1$$3.
with fire children lnovecl westw;rrtl. Those klliltlren welae l :ethana, of
Newton, lcsn.; Marsllall, oE IIenr~ county, Ill.; (+eo~age F., of (4osl1en;
El enry, deceased, and Jarnes W., oi' G;L~~;L. The lather tlietl in IS 73, 1e:~ring
a wit low and large i~i-nily, the former still resitling at C+nl\7;~. Henry
served in the ~hirt~-seren'th Illinois Infantry, was ~roantled at Pea
Ricl,ge, from which wouncl he died in 1873, in his thirty-seventh ycn18.
( l e t .. James W. enlistetl i n Iiyslop's I

OF GOSFIEK TOWNSHIP. 547
county. Of tbeir nine cl~ildren, sis are liring, i~n~llely : ~ ann~, Forrest,
Arthur, C'li~rik, George ancl Elwood. He and Mrs. Eltzrotll were ori~inallv
lnen~bers of the Congregat.ioni\l church of IAafwette, but since its .
disdr8;lnizi~tion they Iiave not united wit11 any otl'ier denomination.
IJp to 18% Mr. Eltzrotl~ voted wit11 the denlocrscy, but since tllnt
time 1l;ls slq~portetl the republicans in all national affairs. Connected
\r i ti1 this family there is the name of one other pioneer of the county----
1L~chel $3ltzrotll) Coburn, \~-llo setlt let1 here in 1S30, and in 1 SlO locitecl
at l'ri~~ce~~ille.
C'o,c~(c(l Ehe~ay, deceasetl, who settled here August 7, 1535, was born
in New Jerse~. Was reared priucil3ally ill Pemlsylvania, \vllere lle
\Y as 1rl:lrried to S;~rall Fisher before they re~novecl to EIolmes coun tg,
Ollio. where tllev lived urn ti1 1833, the the of settlexnent here. The
/
,journey \vest lnntle wit11 ox temns and ~~~agons. the party colnprising
four fmnilies, viz.: Ji~cois Emel:). and wife. Debodotn, Joseph
Elllery ant1 wi fe, Ilannall, Jesse and wife, &Inrg:.aret, and Conratl, the
R~tller of' tl~ laee sons. Conrad purcllnsetl 24(! acres of n7iltl lands at
congress prices, ;xnd on this li~ntl he settletl i~nc! livetl t1urin.g his life.
IIe was a soltliel* of the vrar of 1812, and tlitl tluty on the irontier in
tlefe~~sc of the i~ol~zes t~nclives of the border settlers. To them weye
holm tlli~teen chi lclren, eleven of whom came to Starb cot1ntj7 with
their ljalael~ts, viz. : Jacob (Galva.j, Catllellne (cleceasecl), Joseph (dece:tsecl),
Edith Itussell, Jesse (Princeville, Ill.), Sa~aa.ll AtcClennehan
(deceased), Conmd (cleceased), Milly (10 wa), Day id (Iowa), Mary
(IoIv~), a'nd John, \vho ~esiiles on the old holnestead.
.h)hn Ek~ely is the youngest son of the family of Con~act Emery,
and the oi~ly representative of the family in Stxrl; county. IIe was
born in ilohnes county, Ohio, in Is97, was eight years oltl when his
p:trents settled on tIhe prairies of Illinois; received a coinlllon scllool
etluci~tion ; was married to Sarah, daughter of Jose1111 Potter, an early
settler, now deceasetl, in the year 1849, who llas bo~ne him six cl~ilclren,
fire living, viz. : Estella O., Cl~arles A., Everett (deceased), Luellen A.,
C4ill)ert C. 1Ie owns a far111 of 267 acres of goocl land, which coin-
1"-ises the oltl l~omestentl ; is a member of tlle I. 0. 0. F.. Lafngette
lodge, ;tntl votes tile Rel)ublican ticket upon all questions at issue.
pJkcob Full, born a.t Eaton, Ohio, in 1510; settletl wit11 his fanlily in
(+ashen township, this county, in 1857. In 1869 11e lllovecl to Abingdon,
where he died April 19, 1885.
L V $ 2 . On October 2, 1S65, four sisters. Mrs. Farr, of Lafayette;
Mrs. I

548 BIUGRAPHP AND REMINISCENCES
Winn or Wing, Ira Ward, John ancl Borclen Dodge, William BIahany ,
hilajor McClenahan, ancl perl~aps a few others. Mr. Frail was born in
Donepl county, Ireland. After a voyage of seven ~veeks he and his
brother lancled in New ITork, he being then nineteen years old. Fola
some time they ~rorliecl on the Erie cri,nal and other public \\-o~lis, ant1
in IS35 cmne to this county, each bringing n wife anel cllilcl. In 1837
Barnabas moved to what is now Goshen township, squatted on a piece
of land and next purchasing 160 acres. His brother nloved to i.inox
county, \vhere he (lied in 1543, ancl was the -second body interred ill
the &metery at Lahyette. Mr. Frail marriecl Jane Fairchiltls in
Pennsylvania. 01 tlieir ten chilclren eight are living, namely : Ja~nes,
John, Susan, Thomas, Elizabeth, Sarah, Margaret ancl Kate, all resitling
in this county except Sarah, wllo lives at Curlington Jumction,
Mo.; Lydia ancl Ilugll are cleceased. Mrs. Frail died ill 1882, aged 111)-
marcls of sixty-nine years, in full conimuninn with the Catllolic churcli,
which is also the church of the family. Prior to settleinent here Mr. F.
belonged to the Pennsylvania citizen volunteers. Polit icadl y he is ;I
democrat. He started farlning in this county over fifty years ago,
with some means, ancl now ov7ns 160 acres of fine fanning lancl.
D. K Fell, son of James ancl Isabella (Kyle) Fell; as born ill
Roxburghsl~ire, Scotland, November 22, 1842. Some years later the
father cliecl there, ancl in the summer of IS52 the ~viclo~v (now eightyone
pears olcl) and chilclren came to Ainerica and settled in El~nim.
She now lives with her children. The eldest son, William, emig~n~tetl
from Scotlancl to tlle Fal1;land Islands, and thence to South Anlerica
in 1854, ancl has resided there since ; James is in Henry county, Margaret
and Isabella in Toulon, Elizabeth in I-Iarrison county, Mo., Eohert in
Toulon township, Elliot in Clay county, Neb., Aclam, cleceased ; D. K. in
this county, Walter at Cl~icago, ancl Jemillln in Erie county, 0. Aclam
G. Fell served with Company I3, Nineteenth Illinois Infantry, and Coinpany
I

the eldest daughter, now the wife of C. EX. Fuller, of Galesburg; Ill.,
master tri~iu-dispatcher in the eillploy of the Chicago, Bul*lington ct;
Qnincy R~ilr~i~d Colnl)any, the!. ]laving one son, Fred. C., married to
Nellie Ilill, also of C+alesl)~~rg, they res~cling in Blooluington, Ill. he
being in tlre elnploy of the ~liici~o, Btifington L! Qulncy Railroad
Coinlmny at that ilace. Abbie, secollcl dnagliter of Gicleon B. and
Sam11 A. Gillette, wife of F. J. Eosh, banker at Clear Lalie, Ia.., hare
two children, Mabel and Grant A,, Bf;~bel heing the wife of A. D. Daris,
with Perry C! Go., Cliicago, Ill., the\. llaving one little claagllter, Maud
E. Grant A. is all attorney at law, Cincoln, Neb., a menlber of the firin
of I>alanes C ! ELIS~I, married Mabel A. Ihrnes, of Lincoln, Keb. AIary
J une, tllirtl dangliter of Gitleoi~ 13. alrtl Salsa11 A. Gillette, married
James Ijalen tine, of Toulon, Ill. Alary Jane. now tleceasecl, leaving
two clliltlren, Charles iintl Blanche. It is said of (+ideon C. Gillette
by tlrose to 1~110111 he mas best known, that an eneln! \vas unltno\vn to
him. On the contiaary, lie was blessed mitlr tlie lral'l~y faculty of il1nl;ing
many friends ; the poor always fount1 in lliin ib ~villing. helper. . He
was public spirited anti successful in 11 is business 11 ntlertaliings, ant1
llatl he lived ~\-o~~ld have been, no doubt, iis lle inteutletl, an extensire
lanil ownela. IIe tlietl as he had always liveti, a t~ue Christian.
J. T. .(:cw(ln,e,~ settlecl on the west line of Toulon in 1SG6, porclrasing
i~t this time seventysix acres there. In ISSO he sold tllis falam and purcllnsed
his present eighty acres in Goshen. He ~vas born in Atlains
county, Pa., Marc11 27, 1S33, of ~vhich county his parents, Bnrn11a~rl.t
; L I ~ Mary Gardne~ (~vhose lnaiclen nnllie was l\i[ary Trostle) \\-ere
nat i ires. T. J. Gsrdner le;~,rned tlie nliller's trade fro111 his father, and
ivorkecl with lliln in his 111ill until 1854, v-llen lie came to Fulton
county, Ill. He \~~\.ns engaged in agriculture there nntil 1862, when he
moved to the Pacific coast, and there, in Oregon and Idaho, nT\.;ts enc)*ao.etl
in inining. until 1865, when he mounted an Indian pony and
b h
made the return journey to Fulton countr in safety. In IS55 Ile married
Miss Pllilura Bliss, to \vlioin four children \\-ere born, three of
whonl are living, namely : Alice, Ecldy and George. His wife and
two cl~ildren are ~nernbers of the IkIetl1ot2ist churcll of Toulon. I'oliticr~lly
Mr. (hrtlnela is a, Eepublican, and 1~11ile voting \\.it1111is pi~rty on
all questio~zs, never fails to recognize \\-hat is just in the principies or
l~latfolal of his opponents.
XA:,ryi, Grtlbtaaith, son of Ji~,mes and Jane jblcCsslan) Gal brai t h,
natives of Donegal coonty, Ireli~ncl, was bonl in IS1 1. His parents
catme to Plliladelpliia in 1829, where they died. Hugh Galbrait11 was
mma~aietl to Miss Anne Wolson, (laughter of Tlloinns and Ann Wolson
(also natives of Donegal), July 3,1533. Of their eleven clliltlren seven
a,lle living, nninely : dames, born in April. 1S36, now at hon~e ; Annie,
no\\. Mrs. John Ogle, of Essex township. l)o1~11 ixl IS43 ; Xntlre~r. exslrerifl'
o!' tlre county ; 1111g11, born in 1846 ; Elizi~ .Jane. born in 1849,
llow Mrs. Salnuel T,o\oll~an ; Rebecca, now Mrs. Moore, of I'rculiar, Mo.,
bolan in 1851 ; Rol)ert, born in February, 1857. Ancllcu- enlisted in
tlre Maiaine Artillery and re-enlistecl in the Illinois T'olnnteers oncl
served nntil the close of the war. Mr. Galbl*,zitl~ owns 260 aciaes of
the finest lands in the county, and is engaged in stock-raising. MI:

550 BIOGQAPHP AND R~MINISCENCES
Ga.lbYaith has been a Republican all the time. In 1858 he uloved with
his family to St& county and has resiclacl here since that time.
A~IIL. G'c~rrison, a, native of Clinton county, O., diecl July 2,1SSS, in
Goshen, after seventeen years resiclence here. IIe married a, claughter
of Jonatl~an Pratz, of West Jersey.
Zutheqa Geer, one of the olcl settlers of Goshen, died Mond:ry, June
27, 18S1. I3e was born in New London, Colin., in 1817, inarriecl Ahby
Hempsteacl, ancl came to Illinois in 1840, settling in this county.
A7clsogr GTCML~, son of JOS~ILIB and Thalia Grant, natives of Connecticut,
was born in Brown county, N. Y., February 16, 1810. lIis
parents movecl from Connecticut to New York ancl thence to Illinois,
both ending their days in Knox county. Nelson received s 1)ractical
education in the district schools here, but the greater part of his time
was devoted to farin work. On Septeillber 12: 1834, he il~arrieil Miss
Polly, daughter of Isaac ancl Sabra Chatfielcl, pioneers of Peoria county,
Ill. In 1835 he and his wife inovecl into the original veste ern lmrt uf
put nail^, then a part of ICnox coonty and now Starb, settled near
Lafityette, where he pnrchased eighty acres of prairie and erected :L
bass-wood log cabin. Here the young couple began li Fe iri its real
form nncl resltlecl for about forti years. In IS35 deer, wolves ancl
ma8ny other animals of the chase were natives or visitants of these
prairies, but like the wild grass and flowers, and even the lazy retl
man, they disappearecl before civilization. 31r. and Mrs. Grant mere
the parents of eight chilclren, seven of whom are now living, i~amclly :
I-Io~varcl P., Isaac, Lois, wife of J. S. Atherton ; Nelson, Jr., Julia,
wife of William Gibbs ; Orsin, cleceased ; Caroline, wife of A. D. Scott, -
and Joshua. Mrs. Grant mas born in New Torl; state, November 10,
1814. Mr. Grant is one of the few pioneers left us, if not one of a trio
of the first settlers now in the county. For years he was a devoted
Republican until the newly-organized goddess of l'roll ibi tion won his
allegiance. IIis connee tion with pioneer times and the official 1listor.y
of his township and county is related in other pages.
O~aor~ G~ccnt, of 1,afagette diecl June 14, 1SS3. IIe was born here
in 1847 ; lnarriecl Miss D. C. Sherman in 1866. IIis father, Nelson
Grant, settlecl here in 1855.
Bq~th, G'mves, claug1:hter of Joseph Graves, was accic1ent;~ll-y shot by
her cousin on August 11, 1869. She cliecl within thirty minutes.
Thoqnns Ge~~2mell was born in Ayreshire, Scotland, in the year
1837. Ile is a son of Thomas, Sr., ancl Elizabeth Geminell, natives
of Scotland, the foriner of whom diecl in his native land. Our.
subject mas raised in the village of Maypole, where he received the
rudiments of his education. In 1851, at the age of fourteen years,
he emigratecl to America, coming with John A. Itegan, present editor
of the Elmwood 06se~ve~, who was his guardian. Landing in this
country he secured employment with a William Leightner, of linox
co~~nty. with mhoin he resided tire years, after which he learned the
wagon making trade with Bassett c% Booth, of Knoxville, staying nine
months. Disl~lring the trade he returned to his previous employer. In
1861 he enlisted, in Mercer county, Ill., in Co~npany A, Tllirtietll Illinois
Volunteer Infantry. IIe served during the war. Veteranizetl in

552 BIOGRAYFIY AND REMINISCF:NCP:S
until 1873, when she inovecl to Io\va. Mrs. Nelson Grant, of Lafayette
is her sister.
Amo II;illicc~~cl was born in Vermont. December S. 1813. IIe is a,
son of nev. John ant1 31ilary (Telly) ~illi;

OF GOSIIEN TOWNSHIP. 553
party, when he joined it and mas a warm supporter of its principles.
All of his chilclren, save Jennie, reside in Starlc county, she in Icansas.
Austin C. was born in Bradforcl county, Pa.. in 1S4O. Re was six
years olcl 1~11en his parents settletl on the prairies of Illinois, ~vss reared
on the farm land ; in the district scllools obtainetl practical eclucation.
Ile was luanaied to Miss Looisa, bl., daughter of A. 11.Starr, in ISIB,
1\~11o Bas borne 1lin1 seven chilclren, five l~rring, viz.: Clinrles il.. Mary E.,
Xalph J., llnby, ant1 one tleceasecl, unnsl~lecl. EIe and rrife and fan~lily
are members ot' the Baptist cliurclr. Foliticdlv, he votes the ~e~ublici

554 IZIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
a
Mary E., who is gone with the majority. Mr. Jackson cutl his first
vote for "Oltl I-Iickory," ;Lntt 1 ~ been ~ s an advancetl Democr:~t ilo\vn to
our olvn tinles. 11e' lli~~ never been LL member of secret or i*eligious
societies, i~nd revels in the itleas of free citizensliil~. IIis \\rife is ;In
eseinpli~ry (:llristian lntl y of the Metllotl ist Ifilitl~, i~nill is son is ;L inelrl-
I~er of the Masonic soci6ty of Lalayette.
I3nl~~~ trfins ill p~6/icc:~4q~07J (t lece;~setl), born i~t Gosh en, ()l*iwge county,
N. Y., ill IYOT, was il son of Jo11:itlran ant1 i\Iaiy (I'ellington) ducltson,
wllose parents welbe natives ol' Irelt~ntl i~ntl Englautl reslwctively. Tlle
tanlily lnovetl to Goslle~l, Ollio, wlren Mr. I:. M. J:lcl

OF GOSHEN TOWNSHIP. 555
principally his arocntion. Afa~ried Miss E. 13. Tocltl in 1% 7, Deceinber
24, \vllo bore him one chiltl. viz.: E, 13. Mrs. J:icl;son (lied June 2,
1 S;i!j, a'geced :about eig11 tccn y ealas. IIi s second in aminge .e\r;ts celebrated
Mnrcll 15, lS(i4. \\-it11 M:rl*v T,;~c\r. \rho has 1)oiwe him one cllild, riz. :
Etlclis L. MYS. Jackson tli;tl ~a;~uar.r 1. IS(i5. C'a11t;tin Jackson votes
the dc~r~oclb;\tic t icltet ul,oil a1 1 tr nesti'bns' a.t issue.
J L ./o)ics, son of hsl)ur\: ancl Ilann;~ll ,Tones, natives of Se\v
,Jelbse~,\Tits i~o~~n ill (4uernse1: cou~rt~, O., in IS36. T1lel.e his palbents
sett lctl at ;ti1 e;~l*lv {late.; t~~tl illere i~otll (lied. The bovl~oocl (1;tvs of
estt;lblisllctl his lli~i~ubss ;~ilcl satlt llel*y Ilorlse, \\-llich 11;~s since' bee11 sueccssfully
c3011tluctctl 1 I . s ; o ~ t~ntl n st13uigllt tlealer
lie is Gnecluirlctl, :~s tii'ose long )-cars of 1,nsiness tesbify. He was a
cll:t~terb 131(31111)~1' () f t lit! hlnson ic i3l ue 1 ,edge, of Lttfayette, fro111 \rl~iclr
lie \\.as tkl~iittecl. f;or yealas lle 11;ls I~een p~olllinent in Otld Fellow
circles as t'oltl in the llisior\r of 1,:lf;tyette ~,c;tl,~e, a~ld is also ;L member
of the (4i~lva ~nealnl~men t." IJl) to ISS4 lle ;tfil~:ttetl wi th the i

55fi
13IOGI-RAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
Jones was born in Clernlont county. Ohio, in 1829; \~~:cs tell years oltl
~vhen his parents settled in Starlc iountv, ~vhere he received :L limited
etluct~tion in the common scl~ools. IIe ;\-as ma~ried to Nartlla R. Eetlfielcl,
who was born in West Jersey. He has resided in tllc to~\rnsllil)
continuously since IS39, and ci~rl~ies on a inial of 355 ilcres ol wellinlproved
land. To then1 lrare lwen born a f;~lnil y of four clliltlren,
nalliely: Della A., wife of Joim A. TVliite ; Fmnk 's., I':nlnl;~ A., wife
of 13. F. Jackson, in Io\ra., ant1 Itl:~ $lay. bh.. Jones votes the Liepublican
ticliet. F~aanlc S. ~narlaied Miss Emmn:~ Manley.
Ctqt. I A. Jones, seconci son of Sherit1;~tl Jones (decensetl), was bor~~
in Clerinont co~untv, Ol~io, August 13. lS31. IIe \\.;IF; indlis inintlll year
when the falllily settletl in the \rilcls of Sta1.k county. I-lel~e lle ol~tained
the edncntior: \vllicll the district scllools ofFerecl, ;mtl tl~c lllola(: l)lwtical
one ~rlricll 1;d)or on the f:r~anl gwe. Al~o~tt IS52 he enteretl li l'c Sor
hiinself' ant1 \\-as engaged in ;igr~ci~ltulbe until the i)lae;tk~~ly out of the
u7ar of the rebellion. I\-hen 11e enlistetl in Oonq~any B, T1111ty-se1-entl1
Illinois Volunteer I nfitntlay, anti was elected Seco11 ti-1,icuten;mt on the
o~aganizl~tion of tilo conlp;mv. 1 Ie was o11tleiaetl to Can111 IVel~b, (%icatgo,
ant1 tllel~ce to d1isso~u:i. wl~ere for t*\\-( 1 yearas 1 is conlln;\ncl was
enwc~.ed in ncti1.e service :kt I'ea Eitlg~ ant1 otllcla pI;~ccs. In 1SG3 tllc
b.
reg~lrlcn t \t72ts oatleretl to t;llce part 111 the Vicl

OF GOSMEN TOWNSHIP. 557
*
Ma~ks joined the I'resbyterian cllnrch in Ohio long yeam ago, and has
since been a, consistent member. Mr. 3Carlcs was a Whig ,:"I' to IS%,
wl~en he joined the Rep~~blican p;~rt~p, of whicl~ he continues to be ,z
st;lunch sapporter.
p/;o~ms ;Ilu/afi~j, son of TVillialn ;mtl Jane AIwtin, was born in England
Octol )er 22, 1 S3i-L Ahont 1 S3'i llis parents migrated to Canada
and settletl ileitlla l'itri~, \rherc Jallles resi tletl un til lS54, when he c;unle
t,o i,ikfnret te. IIe lea~netl the carpenter's tra tle flaonl his 1)rotller-in-
1 ,. 4. i l l ; subseclnentlr i~ttentietl the So~tlle~an Illinois Institute
at Ilenl:\r. ant1 1-eturllillg to I,:~fnvette has fullo\reti lris t~~acle do\\-n to
tlre 1 wesent tinltt, I,c:in~ counted '.;~mong tlre sltilled mechanics of the
com;ty. In 15G1 11c ;'lrnl*rietl Miss l11;;,v7 t1;luglrter of Zeba iUicholls,
of Susses county, Sr\v Jersey, and sister of Dl1. Sicholls. of Lafayet
te. l'lrel- :ire tllre 1):~rents of foul* ctlilcliaen : iltt'ie 13.. 'CVillia~~. Ecl-
~~~aril C+. a.ntl 1:ol~ert j. Effie A[. tlietl hI:k,v 30, 1886, aged twenty-two
ve;iys. Mr. t~lrtl Mrs. 1l;lrtin are ~lze~nl)eras of tlle 3let4lloclisi; cll~irch.
IIe is an official of tl~~t clnuacl~ ; has ser\*etl us tlanstee of the village
serer;~l ternrs, antl also as coustal~le nut1 collector. For years he roted
\ritll the 1tel)ublic;~n p;wtjr, hot since the organization of the Prohibition
1);~~ty has plaoren one of its warmest. supl)o~ters.
Ifri/lito)c. iIfas07~, i~olan in 1hrette county, Pa., 1806,. moved wit11 his
parents to Ollio in 1814 antl to'11linois in lS37, \\-llere his father (lied
in 1S511. Ire settletl two antl one-half miles south of Lafayette, until
11e movetl so~~tll of Toulon in later years. IIis \rife, JIsttie 31cWill- -
i;~,ms, diet1 Augnst 10, 1854.
./n/~z il . iIl;l,~;fil>Z(l. ( Vile ge~~eonZ tc71 d toul, shill h istolay.)
t!h2t2i i~~(r.1;f'~~l~7, I)orn in Sew I1t~111l)shi re, moved \r i tll parents to i\laine
ill inf;~ncv. alltl tllere in li~ter vews bought the sontheast cru;~~~tel* of section
30, &tnrlr countly, \\.Irere ile settlecl911 18:30. ( Ti'([& !-e;ic.r[l histo~y.)
I/w/~!/ Jlr*C'le~rc~hc~/r. so11 of' Eli jall and Elizabeth (C'mnp) BIcClenahnn,
natli ires of l'ennsy I ran ia, \\-as i)orn in Pentlieton county, liy., in
IT!)S. Ilis 1~~1~c~nts lnoretl to lientr~cliy at an early tl;lIy, thence to Ohio.
In IS31 settletl in T;izemell county, Ill.. anti ;I \-ear or so later
~noretl into the Spoon Iiirer neigllborllootl. settling in \drat is 11ow
Esses to\rnsl~ i 1). Cotl~ were ei~rly ~netllbers of the Cll nlscll of (-'llrist,
Ire~e. E:lij;~,lr (lied in Esses, 111 1851. Eollo\vi~lg his wife to the grave,
wllo tlietl there in IS+. Of tlrei r cll i ltlren-John, lIenlar. Sarah. Anna,
Elizal~etli, J;~,rle, Jemil~l:~, Maria, Elsie, Jatlies. PLobt311t :

558 RIOGRAPI-IY AND REMINISCENCES
v
came to Illinois witll his parents, ancl has a clistinct recollection of the
pioneer days of Goshen. He received i~ l)r;~cticnl etl~icat ion on tlle farin
and in the district schools, and resided on the oltl homestead until 1874,
when he located on his p~esent fa1*1u of 416 acres of fine land. This
tract extends into Knox county. IIe is also the ocvner of large plaolrerties
in IO\V:L ant1 Minnesota. In IS73 he ina~rietl Miss AIarga~et,
clangllter of W. M. Tlloinas, of linos county. They are tl~e pnrents of
five childi*en : Eclna D., L);~niel II., Carl L)., Frank C. ant1 1:~u.t C.
Mr. 3IcClenallnn is n meinbela of ilotlge 50 1, Lalayette, mtl in l~oliticiil
affairs entirely in dependent, voting for inen ~zethei* tll;~n for party.
Thong11 not seven ye;uas old when lle settled in (+oslren to\rnsllip he
must be consitleretl tlle only li~rino- pioneer of \rll;lt is called
" Tlie McC1enall;~n ~el~llborhootln' ( v5'r7e gle~,e,~(~l histo~y.)
JLII~CB ilJC~!%i~~~p,so~,
110~11 in illlega~~y county, S. 'I-., in IS%, is
the so11 of Lutller and A111 jr (L);~nev) hIcStin~psol~, nati \7es o f i\[ass;lchnsetts,
wllo movetl to ~ k i v 170ri; sti~te, where 110th tlictl. J~LIII~S
was raised on tlle fi~1'111 tllere until seventeen yeays of age, wl~en 11e
migrated mestwartl i~ntl settled for :I, time in this township ; moving to
St. Louis, Mo., in IS44 ; retornet1 to Stwl; in 1846, and wit11 the excelltion
of two ge;clas in 1Ienr.y coull tv, has resitlet1 11el.e erey since. Tn
1855 11e purcl1;~setl eight acres of his present farm. Ire un;~r~-ietl Miss
Sawlr, da.ugh te~
of Squire Parrisl~, as re1;~tetl in this c1ral)ter ant1 1rl;~rriage
recorcl. Tllisli~tly is a.n oltl irre~nber of tlle Ei~llti~t C1111iach-it is
thought, of tllc oltl Ft~,hrcnllei t Cllr~rcll. I'oli tically, ller 1lusb;mtl helongs
to the Grecnb;tck 1,:ebor lla~~t~~.
s 117; i7Eih.c.r, deceased, ~vllo is said to 11;~velTectetl a settle- .
ment in Essex To\\~nsll ip so early as 1839, as tlic son of 1I;erris Miner,
:L native of Verlr~ont, wlro in ISST 1n:ule :t. t>oui* of inspection tl~l~oagh
this tlistrict, ant1 selectutl 1:intl lor futrlre loclrtion in this co~ui ty. In
lSS!) this esplo~aei*, ;en tl soil, II;~,rlais. C~LIIW llerae. In 1854, t be fi~tlier
moved to Kentr~cl~y, to enter tlle soldiers' lloine there, ;ts ilc sei*retl from
IS12 to 181.5, in tile Union army n~xinsthe F:nglisli aid Intli;~ns, anil
died in Kerituclq in 1 S57. His \vi te, Cl~;crlot,ta Itevnoltls, who is bu~~ietl
at Cat';~yette, bore hiun a hc~nily of wllom IInlat*is 'r., now livine ;ct L~Lfayettee;
Peter, Jesse ;~nt 1 (I1 ~~aistopher, tleceasetl, calnc to I,at;eyctte,
arid sul)secluen tly rn;lile settlenleli ts l~ere, figr~ri ng fola yealas annong tilo
lestlirlg citizens. 1I:wris JV. nl:l.~i*ietl Miss Susannl~11 Slrlitll, as notctl in
the cllapte~* on 1n;~rri;lge records, ;~ntl;ct once er~telaetl on the earnest
working life of' tile pioneer. \\~l~etherb iiring on t11c i);bnks of Spoon
ri ver, in the Intl ia11 \vig\raln 11oar Toulon, in t1he soltlier's cienlp of 1832,
or on the (4osllen fill'l~l \v11 eilc lie m;rcle his l)erlt~ancn t 110111e, ant1 acco-
~nulated ;I, l;t~*ge l)laol)ert y. 'l'o lris second \ T i fe row* clr ildron \relae born.
nimiel y : I,;LuI~~\, 110 ~nkrl*ietl Geolagt I".' Dexter ; Atlt lison, clecensecl ;
Ci~rlos, of Intlepentlence, ]

OF GOSIIEN TOWNSHIP. 559
I~~LI'~~s
W. Miner in the coont~r, \\-as born on the place where lle nomT
resides, in 1840. 1Ie married IL daughter of Ruloff I'arrish. an olcl
settler of Gosl~en. often referred to nl this \rorl

560 'RIOGRAPE-IY ANT) REMTNTSCRNC'ES
Jnmes Nicl~olson, a native of Scotlancl. caune to the United Stt~tes
in 1819, locating in St. Ti~wrence co~ul~ty, r\:. Y., where 11e resitletl iultil
1838, cvhen lie migrated to Sangamon ceanty, Ill. In IS42 Ire settlecl
in this township ancl diecl here in 1856, agecl'sistv-six years. llis \\rife
died prior t'o the re~noual of the fanlily d30i~l l'ork sti~te. Six of his
chilclren settlecl in Stark county, na111elj : David, Jane, \rite of Ja,mes
Johnson, Toulon ; James, cit'izen of California, Elizabetl~ (dece:lsed),
Peter, in Nebmska, and William, of Compt~ny 13, Tliilat \r-sevezlt8h Illinois
Volunteer Int;znti~y, 11711o tlietl in ilospital at St,. LO&, Mo., in IM2.
Davicl Nicholson was born in Scotlland, irl 1 SIS, ncco~npanietl his palaents
in all their travels, but precetlecl liis 1;r.tller in settleil~ent heiae,
having located one-half mile west of llis present llollie in 18-4-1, ant1
entered the eighty acres on which his house norv stantls. 111 F~~I-LI:IIB>T,
1843, lie marned Jane, daughter of Thonlns Jollnson, tlle~l resitling
near Springfieltl, Ill. After the cerenloll )r 11e 11;d oilly t\rcnt~-!-ivc
cents left to begin life on, and this inrestrnent is now i.epresetlt&1 by
485 acres of well i~npi-ovetlantl - all the iaesult of his own thrift aa;l
enter~~rise. Of the eleven children bovn to Mr. Niclioison ten ;we li\ri
n e l : Louisa, &Iiurgaret, Janles an tl Tlioml~s, t\r ins, &[ill'\.,
Eobert Daricl J., Carrie, Williain F., Francis l:., ant1 Nancy (tlecenseti).
Mr. an tl DiZrs. Nicl~olson iit~ve been ine~nbers of tlie Coi@reg;.at i O1l:ill
chnrcl~ at Totllon for over thirty years. Poli tici~lly 11c is :L Ltel~oblici~it.
Eric Ci. fIro745a~*g, JI~;LS born in W;LSIIO C O L ty, ~ in tlie Uisti*ict of Westel*-
o.otlancl, S~vetlen, June 22, 1813. There his' fatller tlietl in Marcll, the
b
tollowing year, ant1 with his inother, Eric ~vorlted on tl~c fi~rnl ant1
attendecl school. S~tbsequentlg he cle~ked in n factory for one \TeiLy,
then \vas appointed an officer of the gorerllrrlent in one of the counties,
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which position he filled up to May, 1342, wllen lle eltlig~aatetl to Ainericn.
On his iinmigration lie settled near &lilwaukee, Wis. 111 1 S44 11e
moved to Luclington, Miell., n-l~ere he \vns the first settler. In 1S4S
he joined the Bishop Hill colony, at~cl in 1863 settletl in Goshen township.
I-Ie was married at 13ishop Hill to Miss 13ritta .lol~nson'in 1S4S.
Of their tlrree chiltl~aen, two are living : Calaoline, wife of Jolln A.
Jones, nrltl C+ustavus, an attorney of Iloldrege, Neb. 311. Norbe~g is,
in religious life, :L S\~-etlenbo~*gian ; in politics Ile is very 1 il)e1*:~1, a1 \v;i~s
votino- for men rat her than for party.
~ichael i\TOflI~1), one of the old settlers of Stark county, was 1jo1an
in Carlow county, Ireland, in IS00 ; emig~aatetl to Ne\vfonntllmltl in
yo~lth, ant1 there, lor se~era~l years, ~vas engagetl in tile Hsl~eries. &Ita.
&owlan was m:~rried in Newf'oon tllantl. Moving in to the IJni tetl
States tire family made a holrle at Boston for soltle time, ;nu1 nest settled
at ~orcester, PliIass., the fa tllel3 being eng;r,geetl in the construction
of America's first r;lilro;~d. In IS40 he sougllt the westen) paairies as
a home for llis Iaxge fa~rlily, ant1 came to this county oi(h the Atlantic,
Gulf of Mexico, JIississippi antl Illinois rivers - he t~~ip, even fortvseven
years ago, being a long ;~ntl\wary one. IIe settletl on the w&t
half, soutl~ruest quaiatel*, section 22, Goshen, \\;~llting to Rock Isl;~ntl PIL
. roqcte to C+alena, to 1n:rke tlre entrv. Subsecluently he entered the
north half, nortlieast cln;~rtel*, section 28, but lllatle liis home 011
the honleste;ul of 1840, \rl~ei*e liis witlow still resitles. IIis sons. Patrick,

OF GOSHEN TOWNSHIP. 561
of IInstings, Nebraslm ; Jaliies, of Tonlon ; William, of Goshen ; and
John, deceased, came wit11 tlle family in IS&@. There Irere born here
-Edwartl, of Goshen; Dnvitl, of kauelock, IR.; &Iichnel, cleceasetl;
Mary, a sisteia of the orcler of tlie I-Ioly Cross, Baltimore, Ntl.; IIenry,
of Ciosllen; (ieorge, casllie~. of the Escl~nnge B~ink, Toulon, and JOS~~J~~,
n~ho for some years \rorketl on the L\ie~c~s, IIO\V jlz Peo~ia ; Da~~itl served
in Co~~lpany 13, Tl~irty-serentll~ Illinois jTolunteer In-fantry, snbsequentlv
transferred to Davidson's Battery, ~aetmnsferred to Thi~tv-seven t11 n11;l
muste~etl out after three ye;ws' service. The father of t'llis 1mg-e nncl
populal* fa~nilv tlied M:~~acil 5, ISSI.
Ili'llin71~ jh~07al~. son of JIicllnel Nowlan, an oltl settler of this
count 5 ~: wllose histori is given above, J\~;LS horn at. Worcester, Mass.,
hug:.ust 4, 1837. 1Ie came to Illinois \\ritll his fatlle~ wllen three years
oltl, attentlet1 the coinlnon scllools 11ere, eu tered t11e ihi \-elai ty of
I\'otlae Dime at Soutli Bentl, Inti.. :ultl retl~rning, tool; all tllosc p;i~ts
in builtling up the scllool system antl te;icbinq, crctlittvl to 11im in the
chapter. on scllools, and the scl~ool historv of \Vro~ning, Toulon and
'1,:~fayette. In IS(i2 his nlarrii~ge ~vitll Miis ~lleu' B. I.,~nch. of Peoria
co~u~ty, Ill., was solellrnizetl. To the111 Francis E. ant1 ~;lln \\.ere borntlle
1;~tte~tlecensecl. He nraselected snnrejrol*of Stb;lrlco~untvin ISGO. as
s11o\s11 ill the political ilistory, :~ntl fillctl all these I)ositions"creditetl to
him in the l~isto~y of (+oslien townsllip. Ile ou-us 1G0 acres of L~nd
southeast of ~ula:ette, ~vhicll is fullv ilnl~roretl. His llome is always
open to teml~er;tnce, intelligence, their &rent associate, virtne. XO-
\vllert can genuine llospi tnlity tlispl~~y itself in a lr igller tleg~ee tllnll iu
liis fanlily clrcle.
1'1.i/to~tk~b (Ei.ur70,~) I'o~IL~I~o!~.
bo~n in F~ytnlrlin count\., Vt., in 1814;
dieti at Lafayette, Marc11 19, lSS4. She settletl in illinciia ill 1847.
/fI{jc'~7~ I'omei*oy, who tlietl at the close of the war, settled here
about 1S40. One of his so11s laesitles at West Jersey ancl t11c other in
l

entered in Goshen townshil). One year Inter he, 11;s wife, one son and
three daughters embmced the Morinon flii t 11, nloretl to h'a.n\~oo, \rliere
the parents resided until their cle;ttll, while tl~eiia c11 iltlren follo\ve(l the
fortunes of tllat churoll to Gitlt Lake, where, totlay. one of tlreir sons
-Joel Pa~lrish -is n celebrated IYIonllon pre;lcl~er. Of his elerer~
children, wllo accompanied lriin f roln Cynn:tcla to S t;u.l< county, T,vtlia is
wife of Jacol) Emery of Galva, antl Sulfilla is the widow of Ril\~alatl
Mott, also a ~orrnoli (\\rho built the oltl cou~*t-house), :we living. ItulofT'
I'arrisll, aged seventy-eight lTears, tlietl ill 1882.
'iSyt ivr I'tov4~l,, son of '~l~mnel Par)aisIl, it11 tl 11 is wife, Sol,lr ia A1 t-
I~ouse, came fl*oin Canadi~ ~ vi th their family to Goshen to\f~~slr il) in
I 837, inaking their \\-:l.gon a sleeping-l*ooiu, and eighty ;Lclaes tl~ci la li \.-
ing-room for t \\TO weeks, until tllei~ basswootl log house \r;ts coinpletetl
r 1
-the pioneelas nitling in its bailtling. 111e logs \reiacA first g;~t~l~ertltl,
then sk)lit in llalves, the b;lt*li 1)eelctl ofl' :tntl usetl for ~aoofing but, to
lieel' this " species" of ibooF ill pl;lcc, poles llntl to he lnitl o\Tclb it. It is
relatetl that wllile Sqail*c l':~wislr s " To III ill at ITtlica.," 11 is \\ri Fc
two clriitlren and a \~isito~ 1iel)t house tlulling tllat \\rintcib 01' IS::;-S.
One night a sto1.111 caine on, the efforts of tlic wife :mcl visitor to keep
the roof on failed. The snow began to pourb in, so tl~;~t some otl~ei~
plan hat1 to be ;tdopted. This was siinply to t:ll;c tlo~rn the cl~iltli*e~~'s
trundle-bed, and, wi tll the ropes i~clonging to it, tic tlo\\rii the ~*ebcllio.us
I):n*k. Tl~e 1)1;u11 \v:ls atloptetl, the end of the laope tied to tl~e store ant1
the lan~ily slept out tlle stont~ witl~out fultl~ei* ir~telalaul)tion. 011 tlle
rctt1u3n of' the fatlier the laoof was t lro~*ouglr ly lael):l iretl. Soinc tinle
latela Mr. Parrislr a.dtlecl another e~gh ty :I cr.c:s to 11 is li last pu~~cl we, ;~n t 1
resitletl in C+osllen until 1850, \\'hen he llrovctl to 'l'oulon, wllel*e he tlietl in
1877. &IPS. Snpllis I'arrisl~ is still ;I, ilesitlent of the count\ se:].:.. Theill
children \Irere: I:ethuel, of Goshen ; S;wall, rife of J:IIII~~' ~c~tim~)son ;
Hiram, of IJnivn county, In. ; IIappy, wife of George Dugan. of Ta~ylo~a
county, la. ; Cyntl~i;~, wife of C-eorge &la stielcl, 9F Kebraska ; I,ucy
Cooley, tleceasktl ; Sold~ia, wi fe of D. M:\xfieltl, ol' 3ebrasl;;i ; Ituloff,
residing I\- i tlr his mot irela. ;~ntl one son n;nnetl 1'etc.r. tleceitsetl, \rllo was
:L blacksi~l i t11 at Tou Ion. 'Squire P:11>11isl1 ~vas not ;t 111ei11l)ell o-f any
church, though raised a (cJualtela. IIis \\life 1):~ i)eeil a hletllodist for
years.
I;'etl,7wl I'a~~isl,, eldest son of 'Stpi lac I'al2r.isll, 1v;t s bo1.n in Can:\ (la,
Septeinber 15, 1532. Ilc \vns cclr~cated ill this county, i~ecei~~illg iL libem1
edoc;ttion in the high scl~ools of l'ouloir :~,ntl Ga,lra. lwr tiyo
yea!rs after coining of ;r ge he \~ui*ketl on 111s Fathe~a's S;lrln. 14 e i~~;~r~ai;:(l
fifiss Elizal~eth, claughter of John Strayer, l)ol*n in 183!) ant1 1tla.ri~ietl in
1856, as tolcl in the n~~nl~*l*iage recortl. To tl~eirl one son ~vi.as born, February
16, 1S5i- W illianl II., now 21, fa.rnler of this township. Sincc
this time Mr. I'arrisl~ has been etlgagcd in agriculture ant1 stocB gt8o\ring.
IIe first 1)urclrasetl oigllty acres of the 11oineste:rtl farn~ on sectiu~l
I I, thrsee ye;ilBs later lie :~cclnirecl the otl~er eight aeiacs. To this hc
has since tl.~ltlecl 240 aclWes, or the '' I:o\ren F:um ;" :~lso PO on section
10, 1vhicl1 Samuel 1'alarisll entered ; also SO acres oil section 11. prcllasecl
froin Samuel Ijurge ; I 11e l,~u~cllased 200 itcres fro111 A. K.
Harris, on sections 9 ancl 10 -- aggregating 'iGO acres hilly iinprorecl.

OF (+OSfEN TOWhTSHfP. 563
After the cleat11 of Iris wife, ancl on Fel~rua~v 4, 1561, he illnrriecl Miss
Celestia (born June 24, 1842), claugllter ofv ~ ljail i and TArclia Ferris,
hot11 natives of C;mnda. To tllerli tell chiltlren \\.ere bony : Lillie &I.,
born Ilecember 14. 1862, clietl in 1877, :mtl Oeo1ag-e F., born October 7,
ISM deceased in lSS3; Ijertha A.. born Septenil~er 2s. 1866; I-Ier~llnn A.,
I~orn Angust 22, 1S6S ; Blanclle S., born ALI~LIS~ 11, IS73 ; Lizzie E. and
Lucy 31. (t\~ins). ho1a11 September 18, IS77 : Sara11 P., bonl Xovember
S, I SS( 1 ; Jessie I,. aucl Bessie 1,. (twins). born Octlober 16, 1583. Mr.
PHL'I'~S~I is not a politician, nltliongll ~vhen a boy he ~eineiubei*~ the
~~oters taking a " jug " of \rllisltv wit11 then1 to the polls; he also
re, nen1 hers t lle corn inort ar :mcl 111111, an tl f nlly appreciates the im p~ore-
~nents in voting and n1illing. In scllool inatteils l ~e is ea~uest, and has
for eighteen years been ;L tl~rector ; in agriculture 11e ranlis aunong the
first F;\m~ers in the state, and ils a citize~~ among the niost useful and
excellent. ( l:itle h/istol y c!fb Joe/ ccn tl 1Allofi' I'll ivaish .)
.h~/ I'rr,wsh, iaeferrecl to in the slretci; of Utlrid W. Brown, came
to this county in 1838 ~vith llis wife and cliiltlren. In 1843, he anti
11 is wife cliecl in Io\ra, imd were i~uried in the cenretery at Montrose.
Susannall, \rife of Enloff Pwrish, resides on tlie old homestead. 1,yclia
P:lrrish ~narried Asa Driscoll, and secontlly Jacob Emery; Aurelia,
wi(lo~r of' John Sturnl, marrietl Isaac Ste\v:.art ; Sylvani;~ dso 111;~rriecl
n secontl ti~ue, her husbnntl being Etlwa~d Matt ; Electit mari*ied Lyman
Matt ; Zerinall also uiarrietl ; Ol~re, wife of &ha. Brown. anti ~nc< mar-
11ietl one 1Tasl;ins. Tl~ose, 117i t.11 Samuel: 'Sq oire, Euloff and ~asd.n constituted
the fanlily. Ruloff Parrisll ~vas born in Canada in 1804. I11
1827 he inar~ietl Miss S~lsannall Morris, in New Yorl; state, and entered
llalf section in Goshen towns11 ill, \r here his \vicIo~v now resides,
c1laecti ng a sm;~ll i~oard slltruty L I ti1 ~ a better lrouse cooltl be colnpletecl.
Here he lived until his decease, March 12. 1888. Of his familjr, Aris is
wife of IIa~lrison Miner; Eurani;~ a,llcl Pllcebe both irlarrieil ant1 raised
families, but are now (lead. Iiuloff Paiarish was one of the 111ost esteellletl
citizens of the county and one of Stark's wealtll iest farmers.
J. II. Qtciljn, to whom so irrang references ;&re made in the gener:~l
and to\rilshil) l~istory, was born in Preble co~unty, Ohio, in IS%. When
;~bonten years oltl Iris fatllera (lied, mitL soon after he n-elit to live with
a, neigllbo; fn~amela, ~ritll wl~om he lived until eighteen years of age,
wl~en ire learned tlre shoen~;rker's t~aacle and ~rorketl at illat trade lor
some venrs. In tlre ye;w IS49 ire, in conlpanv with nnotl~er young
111a11, opened iL boot, shoe, 11i~t and cap store in his native town ot
t o 1 In July, ISM, he n~;vriecl Miss hIitr~, (laughter of Jacob
F;~11, of Preble county. Ohio. to ~rl~oln seven c&iltll*en \re]-e born, of
wliom six are living, nmnely : Ann Elizn, Ida I:elle, Williani D.,
Fmnlc 17.. Elor:.ace (+. tmd Jaliles A. In tlie \-ear IS55 he sold his interest
in the stlore and took n trip to the tllen west anti i~ougl~ t
240 acres of unilrlprovetl ~wairie land in Goslien to\rnsl~ip. On liis ret111.n
l~ome Ire enc:~ge(l as a salesman in a illeraintile l~ouse, in wllicll
position lie reinained until tire beginning of the rear 1S55, ~rlten iic
gain went west, tlriring tl~rough wit11 n team, tln;*ing \rhiclr ve;w he
built a house on his PI-eriouslx bougllt land, ant1 in Marcl~, ib5r;, he
iuored his fiunilp from Eaton, Olr~o, into it, where 11e still resides.

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Mr. Quinn has talten all the parts attributed to him as inember OF the
County Boaord, of the Agricultural Society, of the Township EoarcI, of
the I. 0. 0. F. at Toulon, of the Christian cliurcli at Laf;favett.e, and of
other local organizations. His farin of 480 acres is consicleretl one of
the most productlive and best improved in this section of Illinois. Ilis
Durhain or shorthorn herd of f arty cattle, his Poland Cllin:~ liogs,
and large herds of other graded stock have, for solne years, been celebrated
throughout the country. The beginnings of the (Juinn falnil y
date back to Ireland. Robert Qninn, n native of M;~ryla~itl. married
Elizabeth Lacer. and they v7ere the parents of .Tames Qoinn, who settled
with thein in Preble county, Ohio, in 1805, and there married Sarah,
daughter of John and Ann Glines, of Massachusetts, ea.rly settlers of
Ohlo, ~vho were the piwents of J. 13. Quinn.
Jim. EtecZ, i\ritlom of W. B. Reecl, came from Connecticut in 1S40,
to Coshen, and cliecl here April 12, IS'7.7, in her eighty-second year.
TV912. A. 1M, or " Boss Reed," born in New London county, Conn.,
in 1815, came to CTosllen township in 1840 and resided in this mitl linos
county up to February 16, 1882, when he tlietl.
Isaac C. Ecec7, born in Litchfield county, Conn., in 1829, came with
his parents, William A. ancl Amy Reed, to L,zfayettJe in 1840, was
innrriecl there to Miss Lunn A., daughter of Elijah I'omeroy, antl
moved to Missouri with his family 111 May, ISTI. Ernest A. ant1
11. L., sons of this pioneer, are regular visitors to this county.
1Tlz~yh Ellodes. ( Vide ,fofollo~uin.g sketch,.)
Johu Flavilke Rl~ocles, son of Hugh and Julia (Icingsly) lthodcs,
was born in Knox countv, Ill., April 11, 1841. EIis ftxther was born
near Sacket's Harbor, N. y., and 14s mother a native of Massnchusetts.
In their early married life they moved froin Pennsylvnl~in to Trn~~lbull
county, Ohio, returned to Pennsylvania, and in 1839 moved to Iinos
county, Ill., locating near where tlie village of Iiermon 1 1 0 stantls, ~ ~
In 1844 he solcl his improved farin in Knox county and opened one in
Goshen township, this county, which he solti in 1554, then moved
nearer Toulon, ancl improved another fann. Here, December 3, 1861,
his wife Julia died, ancl Novelilber 26, 1864, he maiarietl Mrs. IJnunah
Beatty, who still survives him. I-Ie cliecl July 14, 1888. This old settler
was county juclge for eight years, township supervisor, ete., :md
among the earliest and best supporters of the Congregational churcll
at Toulon, as related in tlle history of that cllurch. His reinains lie
in the private cemetery on the first farm he improved in Goshen township,
where his first wife, his parents, J~nat~han ancl Hannah I-tliodes,
and his son, Fmnklin, are interred. The family of Hugh I

OF GOSHEN TOWNSHIP. 565
l~unclred-and-t~j~elfth Illinois Volunteer Infantrv. At Resaca 11e ulas
wonndetl in both anns, recorered at the ~adne IIospital, C1rica.g-o,
antl received 1ionor:lble clischarge in 1864. On arriving l~ollle lle
awaited the total recolTery of liis 'igllt arm, ant1 in 1568 resu~ned the
active li Ee of the ;\.g~icnltur;tlist ant1 stoclc-grow e ~. In IS70 he embal*ked
in the hart! \yare and agricultun~l implement t'racle at Toulon,
\rllicll he cm*ried on successfully for fifteen years, retaming to the
F;tnrl in 1884. Ile m:~rriecl AIiss (Ilarissa ~ol;inson. a native of Ohio,
to \rlloir~ were born Tl~ntlius 11.. I-tt~br C+. nut1 B~LJ~~LP~ C. Xlrodes.
Ijotll Mrs. ancl Mr. I'll~ocles are lue~llbe~as'of the Congregat'ionnl churcli,
tlle latter being sul~erintentleli t of Sabbath Scl~ool tile lt~st sere11 years;
IIe servetl as sul~e~visor of C+oshen to~rnsllip two tenns, serrecl as
county coroner six years, is a11 olcl me111l)er of \IT. W. Wright Post,
G. A. R., and of the (!ounty hgricn1tur;ll Society. ( li'tle cilso ffikto~y
oJi' Uosho~, Tocrlo~~ nittl Coz~i~ty.)
7'. TI I:os,*, son of Jalnes S. ancl 31a~tha A. (Wattson) Iloss, n7as
born in Phil;~(lelullic~. Pa. in 1827. His ~):xrents weTe nati~es of New
.Jersev, now bot.1; decensetl. Mr. lloss pi;ssed his e;i,~l years in New
~ersey or attentling scllool at IItead ing, Pa.. 111 IS42 Ile ~llorecl to Belmont
co~~nty, Ollio, ant1 in tlie rillage of Plcitsnnt G~aore, lenrnecl his
trade of blncl

566 BIOGGAPKY AND RT4MTNfSCENCES.
(Coleman) Silliinan, born. August 16, 1787, were natives of Connecticut.
Ninott Sillilnan's father served in the War of 1512 to its close.
He settled in Ohio ill 1815, and continued to reside there until September
1, 1828, i~llen he lnovecl to Peoria county wit11 his f:~~nily.
There he died Dece~nber 2, 1556. His wife, Polly, tlietl Decenlber 24,
1864. C$ershorn mas one of the pioneer Baptists of Peoria cou~ntg,
and the same Elder Silliman who assistecl or accoml~ai~ied Esses to
his first location in this county. Minott moved to Toulon in 1834,
and settled there until lS36, when he opened a farm, afterwards known
as the C~~lbertson farm. In 1837 he irloved to Goshen toi1~11~11ip and
opened the lands which he entered in 1835-ti, builcling a cabin nmr
the creek on section 24, moved to section 33, in 1840. In August,
1839 he nTas elected the first treasurer of the county and served until
1854. In 1850 he \\.as elected coroner. I3e served as justice of the
peace for some years. In 18 TO he ~ ~ Unite(! n s States Marsl~a~l for
census. Mr. Silli~na~n voted the Democratic ticket uy to 1856, \rllen
he voted for the Republican candiclates. He has bee11 :z Rel)d~licau
since that time. In 1861 he ancl Oliver Whitaker uTere chosen to ti~lie
charge of the sustenance fund until the Toulon colnyan y was muste~aetl
in with the One-hnnclrecl-and-twelfth. E-Iis son Levi entered the Onehundred-ancl-twelfth
Regiment, where he was wounclecl, but served
out his term. Mr. Sillirnan was inarriecl in Essex township in IS33 to
Miss Rhoda, claugl~ter of Ben j. Smith, one of the first settlers. This
lady clied Nav 9, 1841. Ire married Miss Henrietta Eethen for second
wife, who cliecl November 6, 1846. He married his present wife,
Lntitin Oziah, daughter of Anthony Oziah and Anne (Li~yne) Ozi;~h,
November 4, 1847. Elis children now living are Clarissa, now Mrs.
Wilcox of Blair, Neb.; Levi, born 8eptelnber 17, 1843, noiv a resident
of Toulon ; Sarah, resicling at home, and Mary, born 3Iarch 32, 1553,
now Mrs. A. I. Stickney, of Toulon. He owns 110 acres of his entry
in 1836, ancl thirty of his entry of 1S35. IIis present residence nT:.as
erected in 1864-5.
6'. 3: Spillman, born January 31, 1800, in Ck~mpbell county, Ii y.,
moved to Znclisna with his mother in his youtll, inarriecl ~atllerihe
i\iIcCa.nce in 1829, and in 1855 came with his fanlily to Stt~rk county.
In 1864 this lady clietl, when he ancl the children ~novetl to Franlclin
countv, Ill.
Vi~imn S'ny(Zer, cleceasecl, born in Berkeley county, Va., in 1802,
settled in this township in 1540. In his youth he crdssed the mountains
to Cireene county, Pa., where he resicletl ten years; thence to
Richland county, 0 , in 1829, and next to this county in 1840, where
he rented land and resided until his removal to Knox county, where he
died in IS81 in his eightieth year. I-le was married in Penns~lvl~nia
to Miss Mary, a (laughter of Davicl Weiss, in 1831. They ~Gerc the
parents of ten children, namely : Lucinda, John, Alfrecl M., Sarah J.,
Eliei~betll (deceased), Mary, Delila, Minerva, Maria an tl David. Mrs.
Snyder was born at Greensburg, Pa., in 1802, ancl her four eldest
chilclren were born in that state. This lady, now over eighty years,
is mentally and physically well preserved, and ranks among the oldest
Methodist members in the county.

OF GOSHEN TOWNSHIP. 567
A$f~wd fK S,ycIe72 son of Williain and Malay Snyder, as born in
Greene county, Pa., in 1827. Ere came to Stark county with his
parents, and, with the exception of the years from 1853 to IS57 spent
in Crdifornia, has been a permanent resident of the connty since 1840.
In 1850 he purcliasecl 160 acres where he live& t wenty-five yeam ; then
lrrovecl to sect1011 seventeen, where he improred a farm of 150 acres,
w\.llere he now resides. On March 10, 1558. he married Miss &Iztry E.
IIayes, born here in 1S-40, a daughter of Harry Hayes, a settler of
7 Tllep are the l~ar,.nts of five children : I3~aclforcl IT., Charles A.,
I1 erl~ert E., 1Ial.r~ A. ancl George A. In his time he 11as esperiencetl
all the oicissi tudes of pioneer life in Central Illinois, and of the 91'gonnuts
of 1853-7. Mr. Snyder is a illelnl~er of the Blue 1,odg-e of IAaftq
ette, and t~t ant1 wife belong to tlre Universalist churcll there.
A. B. IL S)~y(le~ settled at 1,afayette in the spring of 1855, was
I~c~rn in New Yorl;, Ulster count,v, in the gear 1SBti. April 7, ant1 is tit
son of John A. antl Jane (Beuier) Sn,vtler, natives of the same state,
~vllo eallle to Gosf;en township in the year 13%. Mr. Snyder. Sr., resi
tled in 1,afayette fourteen years, raetnrrlecl to Xe\v York, \~llere he
(lied in ISS2, agetl sisty-eight years. 3Ii11.s. Snrder died in 1,afttrette
in 1S5G aged sixty-t wo yews. Three children cn~ne \\~it.h their l~ui;ents7
via.: Ijerier. Jane, ~vife of J. Tyrel, and A. I:. 11. The elder Snyclers
were ~nerrlbers of the Congregational cl~urcb. Our subject, alone, of the
Yamil\~, resicles in Stark county, others in Texas. JIP. Snvder engaged in
stocl

568 BIOGRAPIIY AND REMINISCENCES
ancl in 1885 elected collector of the township. After the \\as he
, established his g-rocery business at Lzufayette, 6hich he now carries on.
Tocld, of ~a~lifornia. formerlv resided at I,af;~vette.
-./,frs. A b6ifi A7212. (J~cA*so~~ ir~d;~, \rhp died ; ~t Lafkyette, M~LI'CII 16,
1SS5, \\-as born in Orange COL-I~~~,
N. Y.,. 3I;larch 12, ISU!). Slle~rrarried
Geo. W. I)udley, in Ohio, l~lored to Illlnois in 1809 or 1840, ~vllere
her Eusb;\ntl died. She t~larrietl (1. W. Totltl, April+, 1847.
~%,;th, Y'uitle, a n;~tire of (-)range connty, N. y., inoretl to Pennsylvztnia
on attaining his luajofity, ancl there illarrietl Miss Itebecca Wort.
Before leaving for Oliio two of tl~eir clliltlren, William and IIt~ry, \rcibe
burned to tleatll. The f;i'amily moved to Stark county, fro111 Ol~io, in
1846, resitletl in Osceol:~ toivnsl~i~) that year ;~n tl the nest inoretl to
Elnii rt~ to\r~nship. Got11 oltl settlers are buried in A pl,i~noose coon tg,
Io\ra. Of their nine cl~ildren two dietl, as relatetl l~bove. Sarall, Slnitli,
Ira, Israel and T11om;~s are also tleatl. Eosalie resides in Davis county.
Ia., \\rllile John W. is the onlv rel)i*esentative of the f;mlily here. Ile
was born in iAuzerne county, Pa., in 1833, came to Illinois \vith l~is 1);~ents,
ant1 here, in 1857, inarried Miss 3lilal~ia J., daughte~wf Sainuel ;~ntl
ltebecca (L3onsall) Fleming. I11 IS52 he joined the ,4rbgon;~uts in the
Californ i& stmnpede: c~~ossed the plains in seven mon tlls ;\.n tl iaet~n~netl
in 1856 with a pac1ctr;iin. Since that time lle llas in;& Stark cor~nty
his llome, resitlil~gon his ,)resent place since 1883. MI*. antl Mrs. 'l'nttle
are the parents of twelve cl~iltlren itntl two nu~~lberetl anlong the
dead, namely: &I;~rv ant1 Emma. The others ;\.re Cl~alales, hI;~~aion,
Anna, Aba, Alice, tleebecca, Etl win, IIarry, Lot tsn, \Vi llie, Si\n~oel itlu tl
Mttutle I

OF GOSHXN TOWNSHIP. 569
where the Wiclow Mary J. white now resides, purchtising 160 acres of
congressional land at tile prices 11~11 ich then ruled. In religious affairs
Mr. White was a Universalist, while his wife a,lw;~ys ~vas identified
with JkZethodism. Of their children, Samuel M.; Mary, wife of G. H.
Eetlfielcl ; Sartth, wife of T. D. Cllurch, and John A. tnae residents of
this county. The father diecl October 29. 1852, in his fiftyfourth yeur,
ant1 the mbther September 25, 1S68, in her sixtj~-fou~~th pear.
John A. 1IThite, the second child of John above named, v-as born in
Coyt~hoga county, O., October 10, 1801, came to Stark countv with his
parents ; receiretl ;L good coininon scliool education here; m;tri.ied A1wil
26,1854, Miss 3Ia1*v J. Antlerson ; tool; up his i*esidence in the olcl ho~nesteatl
ant1 ~aesitletl "tl~ere nntil his cleatlli, May 8. 1886. For over thirty
years 11 is eneygy and in tlnstly r\-c-,n success for all his enterprises, and
intcgri~y 1nnrl;etl all his tlealings. For a nuinher of vews he was trustee
OF t11e t~\\-nsllip scl~oo~s, one of tile leatling supl>brters of t11e Univers:rlist
Cllurcll, a stt~uncll rne111l)er of the Rep~tblican party, and
active in ail those i~ff;~ir~ ivitll \vllic11 liis 11anle is c;onnectetl in the local
anti generi~l history of tlie count. In IS55 he co~~m~encetl buying
stjock, ;L business he continuetl unintewoptedIr until his tleath. In
atlclition to this i ~estal)lisI~ecI a, heavy gr;~in trktle ;~t L;~fayetto, \vhich
11e c:~r*rietl on for II~~LZ~V vest's. 01' his tl-lirteen children twelve are IIVing.
11i~rnely : John IX dr I-I:mson, Sarah E., Minnie E., RIarv V., Anna
A., Clkarles F., LIII~L J., C+eor.ge A., Phebe P.. AS;L G., I,UC; I:., Fr:tnI<
L., Ilawiet E. tlietl :it tlle age of twenty-two inonti-1s. Mr. White \~\'as
a ~wwtical ten] perallce w orkeia a'nd nilnet1 to reform by esalnple rather
tlli~11 i)y force. His \vide acquaintance and the eqaally \\~iclesteem in
which he \\.as held tendecl 111~11 to make his influehce felt in social,
political ant1 i~nsiness matters, so that tocla,v not n few remember him
iLs the one to \\7llo1n tllecy loolied foi* esannl~le, ;mcl following t 11is esainple
prosperecl.
rA)h,l~ I[. Tl%.ite, eltiest son of Jolln A. ThTliite, \vus born in Goshen
to\vnshil), July 9, IS 55. Ile was ~niu*~*ietl Kovelnber 19, IS 79. to Miss
Dclln F:., (laughter of S. Bl. ,Jones. Tliey ;\re tile parents of two chiltlren,
Bessie M. and Lloytl. Mr. Wllite owns a f:~rin of eighty acres,
but cultivates ;~I)out t\\w Buz~tlred acres. 1Ie is ;L ~nelliber ot Stark
&hson ic i,otlcl*e, KO. 5( )I, ant1 pol i t ic;t,lly a 1tel)~llrlican.
irol .if Tl'h ill was horn at Provitlence, It. I., August ci, IS%,
moretl \ritll his parents to Ol~io in iiilwlcy, nntl in 18:l(i c;nne with
their1 to C-osl~en towns11 ip. IIe was ecl~c:

5'70 UIOGRAPIIY AND RE%~INISCENCES.
Bev. John Ze~ter IIT;iZlicbma, born in Washington county, Pa., in
IsOS, died :kt L~~fayette December 16, ISSI. In 1853 he became a
l~reacher of the ikllethotlist Episcopal church ; in 1849 \vent 011 the Wisconsin
mission : in 1865 was sul~el*m~nuated, antl about this time settletl
L
at 1,afa.yette.
Jo~L~ TITill,icb)~.~, located in 1,aFayette in 1564, ant1 establisl~etl 1lii11-
self in the business in whicll he is now en@ngetl. Ile clrrries 11 f~~ll
stool; in rently matle gootls, and does custolll worli. 111 ISSB he eibectetl
a new store builtling. Ile 1l7as 1)orn in Scotlalit1 (Glasgo\u) in the YUiLr
1831. Ca~ine to Aluerica ia 1S48, settling in Aubnr~i, N. Y.; followed
his triule there eighteen nlontlls. Tllence ~~emoretl to Ovi (I, N. Y.,
where he pliecl his tratle t\velve yeam. Marrietl 11el.e Nary 11;unlon
subsequently he ~novetl to Ollie, living there a short ti~nc, ant1
then con tintled his jo:uanev to I,nf:~vrtte, wllelac he 11;~s since resitlet1
antl prospered. IIe irn tl \\rife are illkllll~ers of the Metllotl ist Episcopal
chuwh, wit11 which they have been connectetl twenty-one yea1.s. I1 e is
one of tile present trustees, sntl lli~~
been ste\\rartl ancl class teacllei*, always
taking an active p;wt in it11 C~ILIL'C~ ~vork. IS a, illelllber of tile
1. 0. 0. F.. of the Lafavette Lotlpe. IIe is the fatl~er of ele\-en cllil-
/ u
tlren, nine living. viz.: Jennie, Mary, Katie (dcceasetl), antl Cieolge,
minors ; Maggie, Ella, Lena,, Jolrnnv, Etl., tos. The .eltlcr cl~iltlraen are Nathan icl TV.: born
June 9, lS41 ; Willialn W.. Septenlber 10, 1542 ; Curtis, &Ial*ch(i,
IS44 ; A~uelr:~ A. (now Ahas. It. 11. i\Iclieigll;~n, of Toulon Townslii I)),
Sel~tenll~er 2, 1845 ; It. Claeigllton, Februa,l*y 15, 1552. T ~ cl~il(lren ~ ~ o
died here it] inf;ulc,v. Abollt l 8% Mr. Creigl~ton ant1 fulnilv ci~tne
from Ca.v;i.n Cuunty, Irelancl. to Cl~illicotl~e, Ol~io, ancl the follolvin y
year took his place ainong the early settlers of Canton, Fulton County,

OSCEQLA TOWNSHIP. 571
Ill. Mr. Wrigl~t came with his parents to Canton, Ill., in 1832, and
resitlect there until 1851, when the fanlily moved to Goshen Township,
and settled on the fa~in whicll he purcl~ased, being the northeast uarbey,
sectlion 13. This p~operty is still in the family, and rented to aokson
Andei;on ;tlntl Wi1li;rln Marsllall, both Scotchmen. At the time of
his e~~listnlellt he \~~:rs deacon, tl~nstee and Sunday-school superintendent
of thc Cong~egat ioual chu~ch i~t Toulon. Fola years he mas station
;\gent 011 tlre ILH~~~Y~I~OIIII
railroad near Cautlonl ancl orie of the
tr~~sticst contluctors on the roatl ; the loco~~lotire-a roan pony, mas
called Oltl hlor.." :~fter\rnrds owned b\- Owen Lovejoy.
G,r,l. L. KrL, 1,ori1 in C:ounecticnt in ISlO, settlecl at Lafayette in
4 0 Ire lost 11;s first ~ri fe prior to settlement here, but in 1539, married
3l;~l.y 11. Wilseo of IIenry county. In 1865 he received a sunstrol

5'72 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
other mines in the neighborhood of Spoon river, and;She Lombardville
shafts are the principal centers of the coal supply here. In 1862 a gas
well was tamed. on A. J. Nevitt's farm, four miles east of Bradforcl.
In 1883, i< 'the same neighborhood, &LS and oil n~ells were tapped.
Gas mas found in Milo township and a company was organized in Marshall
county to work the wells, but dicl not find oil or gas in paying
quantities.
The original entries of lands in township 14 north, mnge 7 east,
and names of present owners, are as follows :
Richard Lloycl, n. e. fr. clr., sec. 1; 3I.ltty 12, 1859. 1,. D. ~hitini, 118.
Ricliard Lloyd, e. hf. and w. hf. z. w. fr. qr., sec. I. lMny 12, 1852. L. D. Whiting,
108.
John Wingfielcl, s. W. qr,, sec. 1; Nov. 11, 1817. 31. Callill, 118; J. O'Rrien, 32.
Daniel Prestman, s. e. qr., sec. 1; Nov. 11, 18'17. 31. Callill, 160.
Thomas S. Cook, e. ancl wT. llf. u. w. fr. qr. mcl 11. e. fr. qr., sec. 2; April 18, 1851.
T. Mellor, 90; W. M. Pilgrim, 29. n. e. qr. ; W. M. Pilgrim, 44; C. F. Ware, '74, n. w. qr.
John Cochran, s. w. qr. ; sec. 2 ; Oct. 6. 1817. Mrs. Latimer, 32$ ; C. F. Ware,
121%, s. w. qr.
Richard Narshall, s. e. qr. sec. 2 ; Oct. 6, 1817. C. and Mrs. Lntimer, 131;5i ; F.
Dtwies, 8, s. e.
Thomas S. Cook, e. 11. n. e. qr., sec. 3 ; April 18, 1851. Chm. F. Ware, c. llf.
n. e. qr.
Joseph Wilson, n. w. qr. and w. hf. n. e. qr., sec. 3; Narcll 12, 1850. Geo. Stedham,
w. Ilf. n. e. qr.; F. P. ICapp, n. w. 119.
Levi Spnulding, s. w. qr., sec. 3; Jan. 23, 1818. Charles Stewart, 160.
John Spencer, s. e. qr. sec. 3; Jan. 23, 1818. Charles Stewart, 160.
Amy Voorhees, lot 1, 11. e. qr., sec. 4; March 22, 1852. C. Gilfillnn, e. 62 ; C. R.
Townsend, w. 62.
John Masters, lot 2 and lot 2, n. e. qr., sec. 4; 31,zrcll 22, 1852.
John Stidham, n. w. qr., sec. 4; Nov. 22, 1836. Edward Seecls, n. w. 121.
Isaac Irvine, s. w. qr., sec. 4; Feb. 1'7, 1818. Romulus Riggs, s. w. 160.
Geo. Rowland, s. e. qr., sec. 4; Nov. 11, 1817. Mrs. Black, n. SO ; J . Black, s.
80 s. e.
H. J. Balcli, n. e. qr., sec. 5; Nov. 19, 1817. Jacob Icopp. 125.
Nathan Webster, n. w. qr., sec. 5, Sept. 10, 1836. Daniel Whislrcr, 122.
Jacob Seeders, s. w. qr., sec. 5; Nov. 20, 1817. Charles Girvin, 160.
John Stidham, s. e. qr., sec. 5; Nov. 22, 1836. E. P. Wright, 160.
John Lyle, e. Ilf. n. e. qr., scc. 6; Scpt. 10, 1836.
Myrtle G. Brse, w. hf. n. e. qr., sec. 6; Jan. 23, 1831. Joni~tllan F. Currier,
n. 248.
Robert Hall, n. w. qr., sec. 6; July 21, 1836.
Wm. Hall, s. w. qr., sec. 6; Jnly 21, 1836. C. A. Garclner, s. w. 154.
Jolln Swisson, s. e. qr., sec, 6 ; Jan. 14, 1818. C. Girvin, Jr., e. 80 ; D. Whisker,
w. 80.
Timotlly Carter, n . e. qr ., sec. 7; March 9, 1818. D. Wllislrer, 160.
John Armstrony, 11. w. qr. sec. 7; May 31, 1830. W. W. Buswell, 80; D. Whisker,
s. 76.
James Buswell, s. w . qr ., sec . 7; May 5, 1836. John Lnclrie, 156.
Timothy Carter, s. e. qr., sec. 7; March 9, 1818. Janles T. House, 160.
Margaret Smith, n. e. qr., sec. 8; Jnne 8, 1818. Joseph Fleming, 160.
John Pilsbury, n. w . qr ., sec. 8; June 8, 1818. F. P. Wrigllt, 80; E. P. Wright, 80.
Samuel Adnms, s. w. qr., sec. 8; Oct. 6, 1517. James FIo~ise, I60
Alanson Adams, s. e. qr., sec. 8; Oct. 6, 1817. A. H. Brock, 80; C. Wilson, 40;
J. 5. Secly, 40.
Stephen Whipple, n . e . qr . , sec . 9; net. 27, 1817. S . Seeds, 40; .James Black. 40;
Sam~lel Seeds, s. 80, n. e.; Mrs. Jol~n Black, 40; John Blncb, Jr., 120, 11. w.
Julncs C. Angell, 11. W. qr., scc. $1: Dec. 27, 1817.
John T. Sworcls, s. w. qr., sec. 9; duly 16, 1819. Geo. Sturtev:tnt, 82; I. Seely,
35; J. N. Seely, 40.
Alcs. McConliey, s. c. qr., sec. 9; May 15, 1819. Silas Seely, s. e. 160.
Samuel Sll:lnnon, n. e. qr., sec. 10; Dec. 15, 181'7. Cllt~rlcs Stuart, 160.
William Weaver, n. w. qr., sec. 10; Dec. 15, 1817. Charles Stuart, 160

574 HISTORY OF STARE COUNTY.
James Bush, Jr. ,'n. e., and n. w. qr., sec. 20; Feb. 20, 1818. William Leet, 320.
William Pratt, s. w . qr ., sec. 20; May 17, 1836. W . Liggett, 40; Alex Liggett,
120, s. w . qr. ; H. S. Sturm, 36; Cllnmpion, 4; William Liggelt, 120. s. e. qr.
Mathias Sturm, s. e. qr., sec. 20; May 5, 183G.
Eli Brady, n. e. yr., sec. 21; May 1, 1818. James Hall, 85; Jane A. Phenix, 43.
Andrew Groynne,, n. w. qr., sec. 21; May 1, 1818. J. M. Liggett, 156; C. W.
Woodward, 4.
John Lyle, n. hf. s. e. qr. and s. w, qr., sec. 21; Sept. 10, 1536. Jane A. Phcnix,
60; Liggett, 60; Champion, 40.
Matllias Sturm, s. hf . s. e. qr . , scc. 21 ; May 5, 1836. Jane A. Pllenis, 110; Jonathan
Hall, 40; J. Hall, 10.
Jabez Graves, n. e. qr., sec. 22; Jan. 23, 1818. Amelia fInll, 80; Wm. Hall, 80.
William Graham, n. w . qr . , sec . 22; Jan. 23, 1815. Jamcs I-Iull, 160 :
William Crowson, s. w. and s. e. qr., sec. 22; Feb. 10, lSl8. D. Fulk, s. w. qr.;
J. D . Hatfield, s. e. qr .
James Taylor, n. e. qr, sec. 23; June 5, 1818. J. E. Vail, n. 80; S. A. Fostcr,
s. 79, n. e. qr.
Isaac RIcCarter, n. w. qr., - sec. 23; June 5, 1818. Jonatllan, William itn~l 3Iartlla
Hall, n. w. 160.
Samuel Allen, s. w. qr., sec. 23; Nov. 29, 1817. F. J. Liggett, e. 80; L. L.
Foster, W. 80.
Philip Andrews, s. e. qr., sec. 23; Nov. 29, 1817. 1). G. Pluumcr, 44; 31. Fowler,
76% and 14 town lots, s. e. qr.
Elijah Nickerson, n. e . qr ., sec . 24; Nov. 29, 1817. Nritliauiel Coleman, n . e. 160.
Samuel Neal, n. w. qr., sec. 24; Nov. 29, 1817. Wm. Leet, n. w. 155.
Fred. Honn, s. w. qr., sec. 24; Nov. 50, 1815. Wm. Leet, e. 103, tmnd town
lots, s. w.
George Stall, s. e. qr., sec. 24; Nov. 30, 1818. Maria Owens, s. e. 160.
F. K. Robinson, n. e. and n. w. qr., sec. 25; March 4, 1818. Norclecai Bcvier, GO;
II. Wliitley, 100 in n. e. qr.; B. M. Thompson, 64; J. V. Bevier, 38; 13. J. Wilcox, 38,
and town lots in n. w. qr.
Job Haskell, s. w. qr., sec. 25; Dee. 10, 1817. Mordecai Bevier, n. 80; B. G.
Howes, s. 80, s. w. qr.
Hudson Knight, s. e. qr., sec. 25; Dec 10, 1811. William Blake, s. e. 160.
John Coon, n. e. clr., sec. 26; Nov. 7, 1817. J. E. Noyes, 40; Decker S; Co., 40;
H. Phenix, 17, and town lots in n. e. qr.
J. C. Parker, n. w. qr., sec. 26; Aug. 14, 1818. h. J. Sturm, 150in n. w.
Orason Menard, s. w. qr., see. 26; April 33, 1818. I-I. J. Wilcos, 36; F. Leggitt,
40; A. E. TVhitcher, 78.
Josiah Brantley, s. e. qr., sec. 26; Aug. 14, 1818. John Whitcher, s. 80; I-I. J.
Wilcox, n. 80.
R. Hardy, n. e. qr., sec. 27; .Jan. 31, 1818. Sturm, 2; N. Sturm, 78; J. E. Noyes,
16 %, and A. A. Seely, 73,16 n. e.
Amos Small, n. w. qr., sec. 27; Oct. 6, 1818. N. Sturm, 11. 80; A. A. Seely, s. 80.
E. F. Nicholls, s. w. qr., scc. 27; Feb. 18, 1818. John Seely, 80; S. Montooth,
60; J. A. Phenix, 20.
IV. F. Reed, s. e. qr., sec. 37, Dec. 15, 1817. N. W. Fostcr, 1; H. C. Sturm, 78; F.
Prat.t, 80, sec . 27.
H. Seely and L. Sturm, n. e. qr., sec. 28; July 3,1835. Doyle & Dnmon, 40; B. F.
Newton, 40; Israel Seely, 40; Nathan Downing, 40.
Jos. Newton, n. e. qr. n. w. qr., sec. 28; May 2, 1836. Napoleon Enos, 120; John
Milkey, 40; Jane A. Phenix, 40; Wm. Moore, 115, are the large lots on sec. 28, the otllers
being in town.
John Stedham, n. w. qr., sec. 28; Nov. 22, 1836.
Joseph Newton, s. w. qr., sec. 28; Jan. 14, 1836.
Henry Breese, s. e. qr., sec. 28: Jan. 14, 1836.
Willianl Eaton, s. w. qr., sec. 28; Dec. 31, 1817.
George Stanton, s. e. clr. sec. 28; Feb. 18, 1818.
Alfred Foster, n. hf . n . e. qr ., sec. 29; Sept . 24, 1852. W. I .eggctt, 40, in n. c. cyr.
Nicholas Stur~n, s. w. qr. and s. c . qr. n. e. qr , scc. 39; Oct . 3, 1849.
David Corier, n. hf. of n. w. qr., sec. 29; July 14, 1887. 0. Golder, 110, W.
Moore, 40, in n. ~v. qr.
Wm. Moore, s. w. yr. of n. w . qr., sec. 29; Dec. 5, 1833. W. J. Eagelston, 140,
ins. w. qr.
Nicholas Sturm, s, e, qr. of n. w. qr. and n. e. qr. of s. w. qr., sec. 29, Oct. 3, 1844.

John F. Phenis, n. w. qr. of s. \v. qr., sec. 29; Dec. 5, 1853.
Wm. Gray, s. w. qr. of s. w. qr., sec. 29; Sept. I, 1835.
Sylvanus Moore, s. e. qr. of s. w. qr., sec. 29; July 3, 1835. W. Moore, 100; W.
& B. Phenix, 40; Elijall Stevens, 40, in s. e. qr., are the only large tracts in this section,
the remainder being town lots.
Moses Vansickle, s. e. qr., sec. 29; Sept. 1, 1835.
Isaac Spencer, e. hf. n . e. qr., sec. 30; July 14, 1837. E. Stevens, 120; &I. H.
Weaver, 5, and Otis Gnrdner, 35, in 11. e. qr.
J. and W. Gray, n. w. qr. and w. hf. n. e. qr., sec. 30; May 2, 1836. Levi Fulk,
75; Geo. Currier, 38, and Elijah Stevens, 38, in n. w. qr.
W. EI. Boardman, e. hf. s. w. qr., sec. 30; March 6, 1837.
Dexter Hall, w. hf. s. w. qr., sec. 30; May 23, 1836. R. C. Briggs, 76% on the
s. w. qr.
Nenlennall Merritt, n. e qr. s. e. qr., sec. 30; July 14, 1837. H. H. Drawyer, 60,
and Doyle L! Dnmon, 50, on s. e. yr ., wit11 tourn lots.
John T. Pllenix, s. e. qr. s. e. qr., sec. 30; Dec. 5, 1853.
Nemennah brerritt, w. hf . s. e. qr., sec. 30; July 14, 1837.
W. 13. Boarcln~an, e. hf. n. e. qr., sec. 31; July 14, 183'7. Elijah Stevens' 70, H.
Brown's 80, J. Funk's 80, E. IIarty's 40, D. IIi~rty's 20, T. IT. Harmon's 30, and Doyle
'Si Darrion's 10 constitute the n. hf. of this section.
Daniel Woodworth, w. hf. n. e. qr., sec. 31; July 14,1837.
Nemennah BIerritt, n. w. qr., sec. 31; July 14, 1837.
Zach Gray, s. w. qr., sec. 31; Jan. 1, 1819. T. TV. Harmon, s. w. 160.
Calvin Davidson, n. e. qr. s. e. qr., sec. 31; Dec. 5, 1837. Byron Smith, s. e.
156, and E. Stevens, 3.
J. S; W. Gray, w . hf. of s. e. qr., sec. 31; May 2, 1856.
Asher 31. Smith, s. e. qr. of s. e. clr., sec. 31; Feb. 1, 1856.
Zebulon Avery, n. e. qr., sec. 32; Feb. I, 1856. J. Harmon, 26; John Harmon,
134, n. e.
William Gray, n. w. qr., sec. 83; Sept. 1, 1835. A. Gilmore, 134%; W. J.
Eagleston, 25$g, n. w. qr.
Henry Seeley, e. hf. of s. w. qr., sec. 32; 3larcli 22, 1836. Samuel G. Breese,
s. w. qr.
Joseph S; Wm. Gray, w. llf. of S. W. qr., sec. 32; May 2, 1836. Hosea Ha.rmon,
60; J. I-Iarmon, 60; A. 31. I-Iarmon, 40, in s. e. qr.
Grandeson B. Cooper, s. e. qr., sec. 32; Feb. 7, 1818.
Henry Taylor, n . e . qr . , sec . 33; Nov . 29, 181'7. C . W . Phenix, 40; N . Enos, 40;
FI . Phenix, SO.
John Rocktvell, n. ~ v . qr., sec. 33; Nov. 29, 1817.
W. Moore, 80; 3ohn
Meilkcy, SO.
Lawrence Hoots, s. u7. qr., sec. 33; Dec. 4, ISIS. Daniel Phenis, s. w. 160.
Winsllil:, Gordon, s. e. qr., sec. 83; Dcc. 4, 1818. H. H. Drawyer, n. 180; Ann
Clark, 40.
Samuel Moulton, n. e. qr., sec. 34; Jan. 4, 1819. Eliza Sturm, e. 58; J. FI. Drawyer,
94.
John Lennon, n. w. qr., sec. 34; Feb. 27, ISIS. C. W, Phenix, n. 119; H.
Phenix, 40.
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576 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
to the trustees of school lands. On the same day the township was
divided into school districts, No. 1 comprising the north llalf of the
township clistrict No. 2, commencing at north-west corner of sectaioll
19, thence to the center of the township, thence south to south-east
corner of section 21 ; thence west to the south-east of section 20 ; thence
south to the south-east of section 29 : thence west to the soutll-west
corner of section SO ; thence north to place of l~eginuing. District KO.
3 comprised the reinaincler of the township. In January, 1850, Messrs.
Stone, Searl ancl Henry Seely were electecl trustees. In April, Riley
Chainberlain was appointed treasurer. In 1851 there were 228 perso&
under twenty-one years of age. In IS53 there were 43 scholars in district
1 ; 48 in clistrict 2 ; 95 in district No. 3, nncl 25 in the new clistrict
No. 4, giving a total of 211. This clistrict was set off April 25, 1551.
On January 17, '52, J. E. Jones, Josllun Gillfillnn, now of liewanee, nnil
Henry Seely mere elected trustees, and I. W. Sesrl was cllosen treasurer.
The name of Morgan Wever al3lIenrs on the record. as selling
coal to clistrict No. i. Mr. A. J. Stunn states that tliis Werer Ilatl
coal-bank in Elmira township at this time. District No. 5 was 0l.g.mizecl
out of district No. 1, July 30, '53. In Milarch, '54, Otis Garclner,
Peter Sturm, now of Cambridge, Ill., and Alfred Freenlan \irere
electled trustees. In '56 A. M. Smith and J. E. Jones took the places
of Messrs. Sturin and Freeman, I. W. Searl being continued as treasurer.
The number of pupils enrolled was 320. In '58 John Snethen
was elected trustee, vice J. E. Jones, deceased, and district No. t; uTas
establishecl. In '59, district No. 7 u7as set off, and John Laclcie, John
Snethen and A. M. Sinith mere elected trustees. In '63 the name of
John Winslow appears as trustee, ~vi t h Smith i~nd Laclcie. Williain
Moore, C. Wilson and A. Foster were elected trustees in '65,' Mr.
Searl still serving as treasu~er. This bosrcl was continued until October,
'68, when A. PI. Abbott ancl E. P. Wright were electecl, with
Charles Wilson holding over. In '70, Philip Munson was elected ; in
'71, Charles Foster served on the boclrd : in '72, W. W. Winslow mas
elected trustee, ancl in '$3, he, with E. P. Wright ant1 Charles Foster
formed the i~oarcl. In '75, Isaac Sturm, W. P. Dator, anti E. P. Wright
formed the board. W. Winslow mas elected in '77, and in '78, he
with E. P. Wrig11t ancl C. 13. Foster were electecl. Israel Seely was
chosen trustee in 'SO, but cleclining to serve, Charles Weir was electecl.
I. W. Sear1 served as treasurer ant1 clerk up to April, '80, when John
Hall, Jr., was ap1)ointed. In '82, the names of John II. Drawger and
Henry W. ~re\r& appear as trustees. In April of this vear a, motion
was made to appoint 11. J. Baldwin treasurer. his" motion was
carried in May, '82. In April, '83, the names of W. C. Decker, J. H.
Drawyer ancl John IIall, Jr., appear as trustees, with 11. J. Ik~ltlwin,
clerlr ; all holcling office at the close of '86.
The records of clistrict No. 1 show the following names of teachers
since '7-7: Joseplline Dyer, Judson Wo~~se, Hattie Abl~ott, Broolts W.
Crurn, Miss E. Gardner, Miss A. E. Eicl~ols, Paul Ne~vton, Etta Gharret,
Wilna Snare, Emma Prosser, Jn~nes E. Brown, Elmer Brjggs,
Lewis A. Miller. In '86 there mere 309 males and 297. fema!es under
twenty-one years, one graded and eight ungraded schools, attended

OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP. 5'71
bv 356 pupils, and presiclecl over by four male ancl twelve female
t6achers-the forines earning $1,309 and the latter $2,409, The total
receipts were $6,74468, total expencliture $4,786 ; clistrict tax, $5,004.
11. J. Bczlcl~vin served as treasurer ancl clerk.
O#ciccls.- The first supervisor of Osceola township is namecl in
the organic cl~apter. Since IS54 the following namecl llave held t.he
ofice: 1854, B. S. Foster; 1855-9, IV. W. Winslow; 1859, I. W.
Searl ; 1860, John Winslow ; 1861-5, John Lackie ; 1865, John Lackie ;
1866, Braclforcl F. Thompson ; 1867, John TAacBie ; ISGS, Charles Wilson
; 1869, Augustus I,. Thonlpson ; ISTO-2, John Lackie ; 1872-4, Philip
Munson ; 1874432, John Lackie ; 18824, John D. I-Iatfielcl ; 1884-7,
B1ordec;~i Bevier.
The justices of the peace since 1853 are n;~inecl as follows : 1853,
Alfred Freeman and Jacob Jones; 1855, G. W. Longmire ; 1856, Win.
Whitten ; 1857, W. 11. Whitten ancl John Snethen; 1860, J. B. Russell;
1861, W. W. Winslom ancl J. B. Russell; 1865, James B. Russell and I.
W. Searl ; 1867, B. F. Thompson ; 1868, A. B. Abbott, John Laclrie ;
1869, Thompson, Alonzo B. Abbott; 1870, Isaac W. Searl; 1873,
Joseph Flelning ancl I. W. Searl ; H. B. E70ung (June); 1877,
Joseph Fleming and I. W. Searl ; 1880, J. C. Blaisclell; 1882, Gilinan G.
Shaw ; 1885, C-. G. Sllam ancl J. C. Blaisclell.
In May, 1169, the to~vnship votecl $25,000 additional aicl to the D.,
P, & H. sailsoacl.
BRADFOECD VILLAGE.
The tou7n of Braclforcl from South street north to tlie alley north
of Main street, ancl froin Ehn street to Peoria street, with the public
square, marliet square, private groun CIS and nursery, and containing
thirtv seven lots, was surveyed by S. F. Otinan for Bradford S. Foster,
~ ~ r27, i 1854. r The location lying north of the center of Main street
is on the east l~alf of south-east quarter of section twenty-three, and
south of the center of Main street on the east half of the north-east
quarter of section twenty-SIX. The streets nTere 100 links mitle, anct
the principal lots 1+x3 chains. Foster's aclclition to Bradford is the
only one on record. The first purchasers of lots at Braclforcl were
Benjamin Thompson, '56 ; B. S. Foster, '58 ; Chas. A. Meilllister, J. C.
Dickerson, S. A. Young, '62; J. G. Lainpher, '56; Mary J. Russell,
'62 ; Thos. A. Foster, '63 ; A. 13. Spinney, '57; Beneclict Heller, '58 ;
John Winslow, '55.
The actual ere of settlement may Be credited to 1866-70, when
alnost all the men to whom the progress of the village is clue, came
here and built their homes. The public square was vacated by the
citizens September 22, 1869. November 17, 1870, a. lot mas cleeded to
the Universalist society; in June, 1882, tlie deed or will by John
Houghton to the Methoclist society was made; in November, 1869, the
lots were deeded to the D., P. St 13. Railroacl Company ; in December,
1876, the Blaisclell lots were deeded to the villalge ; in March, 1884,
Timothv Owens' deed to Bishop Spaulcling of lots for the Catholic
church kas signed.
The business circle of Bradford is made up as follows: J. S. Botham

578 HISTORY .OF STASK COUNTY.
and C. D. Marsl~, flour clealers ; Willi;~in Leet, Exchange bank ; C. W.
& H. Phenix, bankers; W. P. Dato~, John Flootl, Pllglai111 L! Washburn,
Reecl & Scholes, 13. F. Eockholtl, grocers anti genet*a.l traders ;
A. S. &- C. R. Thompson, hardware tle;blelas ; Abkdanu Phenis, IIar\vootl
& Parsons, clothiers ; Deys Bros. and E. S. Iloot, fal.111 ill~ple~nents ;
John McIntee, boots ant1 slloes ; I). G. Plunime~, C. l'i*outy, W illi;n~l
I-Iarvey, druggists ; J. G. I30a~dllla1l~ 0. C. I)arling, S. A. Davisou,
physicians; W. H. I-Ioover, clentist; J. F. I-Invtlen l~l:~lli~~g-~nill; 13.
W. Houghton & Co., lnmbe~ ; Decker LC. May l;e~v, ant1 J. . Fonts,
meat marlrets; Mr. Frye, proprietor Bradfort1 I-Iouse; 11. J. Sturm,
livery stable; E. 11. Cl;;rlc, C. 3. ~'k W. I. Fostel.. 11~1 k'. II;~yden, (1. C.
Squires and T. EI. Wooclruff, masons ; S. P. : i 1 1 , I~a~*~loss slrop ;
Herbert R. Molcler, J. E. Weetl, Irving Lattin, blacksnl it 11s ; 31 uc11-
more & Phenix, magon \\rorks; Pllenis ljros., funnitolae; ,l olnl C;rlarol I,
Jacob Hoffman, inasons ; M. . l e s , 1 J . I3;l.ltl1v in nlusic
teachers ; Mary R. Ilobinson, milliner ; Mrs. 11:. S. Root. artist ; I). 1,.
Reed & Mary A. Squires, restaurant; D. Iietitling, sewing ~l~acJ~ines ;
W. N. Ringlancl, Fred. Rantlall, barbers ; Dersher C ! E\vi llg, 'l'11ol11l)soo"
& Alpaugh, painters : T. D. Atkins, coal miner, t\vo miles \\rest; iler.
J. H. De~arre, of the Catllolic church, ancl Rev. J. I,. Mattlre\vs, of the
Baptist, with Rev. Wassen, of the DiIetl~otlist ; Prilicipal Wilso~l, of tl~e
school ; C. F. Hainilton & Son, of the 12~Zq)t.l2dent, :~lrd Mr. l'ln~nlner,
postmaster, successor of C. 1%. Thoinpson.
Braclford commercial circle in 1874 was represented by the -following
members: C. W. Pl~enix, D. G. Pluinnier L! Son, I'att li~aos..
Foster, Pilgrim, White I-Ioplrins, Miss Bruce, Miss Alf opt 1, ;mil Mrs.
Robinson, milliners ; White, clruggist ; Byad ck Busll, la\\.rers ; IIrs.
Davison, IIall, liiljbie. Sollis, and Corbett ; Young, tl~e batlab& ; Greene,
Holman, Wilson, Morse, and Jiilllnr Saunclers.
Bra4forcl Sc1~ool.- School district No. 4, or lhtl t'ortl, nTas est alllishecl
in 1851, as shown in the tomnsllip llistory. The first l*ecortl in
possession of Mordecai Bevier, w11o has served as clerk since Noveinber,
1880, is clatecl August 5, 1861. At that tilnc E. 1". Tllo~~lpson \Y:LS
elected director and clerl;. A. E. 1'erl;v was aJso a director in tliis
year; also J. 13. Russel! in IS(%, jritl; the latter :~scle~ali. 111 I8M
Methuselah Eevier was elected. In 1864 Ji~llles 1:. 110 y le was chosen
a director ; in 1565 Cllarles 13. Moon, in 1 S(i6 Alonzo 13. ill)botrt nntl
B. I. Thompson, with the latter clerk ; in 1867, J. E. Doyle ill 1868, J. 0.
11. Spinney, now of Io~vn, ant1 Sil;ls Mootly, tieceased ; in 1 S69, Rlf~aetl
Barnes, in 1870, W. P. Dator JjTils elected a director. In Septernl)er
there were twen ty-seren votes for an d four aga.inst l)o1~1~o\\7i ng money
for school builtling lmrlloses, and tllc tl i iaectors urerae o~btlered to 1 ~urchase
the John W ~nslon lot nncl built1 thewon. 113. I. Tllonlpson imtl
E. H. Ed wards were chosen tlii*ectors in 1 SiO ; I. E'. Tl~olnl~son ant1 iZ.
B. Abbott in 1871 ; in 187%. A. B. Al)l)ott, W. 1'. I):rtola (ITT. I:. Silntlham
was principal, with Miss 31ar.v I,. Smith ant1 IIatt,ie ,Jonrs assistants)
; 1873, Harmon Pllen ix, ant1 W. L. Pi~tt in I S.74 ; A1ortlec;li Ile\.ier
was elected director in 1875, ant1 st111 serves in tlrat office ; E. IT.
Thompson was cllosen in 1875 ; X7. F. Patt and Willia~n Leet in 3 877 ;
A. B. Abbott (at this the J. Williams nTas principal, with Miss Iiste

OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP. 581
H. Candee as assistant) in 1878 ; Mordecai Bevier in 1879 ; 3Rarlnon
Wilcox in ISSO (A. B. Abbott was principal, with Miss S. A. Little as
irssist;~nt) ; W. B. Foster Frank J. Leggett in ISSI (J. I-I. Boggess
t
was principal) ; A!!. Eevier in 1882 ; l1. P. Ilopkins in IS53 ; John
Rockhold and F. J. Leg~ett in 1884; M. Bevier and Robert Hay in
1885 ; IIo\~arcl 311aAan 111 1S8t;. The teachers at present are F. C.
Wilson, principal; Alice lceller and Sarah A. Little. In this district
there are 186 lnale and 127 fe~llale pupils.
01*qt42ic a1~d Qflciab.-The act incorporating the town of Bmclforcl
was approvecl Marc11 27, lS(i9, sealed by Ed~vartl Ruminel, secretary of
state, August 13, that year ; and the first election ordered to be held in
Al~ril. On ~oveinber 4, 1873, the question of orpnizing uncler t-he
wenera1 lam of 187% T ~ L S
a.
voted upoil. The affirn~atlve rote n7as fortyelgllt
i~nd the neeatire vote nothing. In Jnnuay, 1X70, an orclinance
was passed clli~~bg~ng $300 license for each of the two si~loons. At this
time the sicle~~~:~ll;s were built.
The lwesitlents of the council from 1869 to 1575, are named as follows:
M. S. Curtiss, John Winslow, W. P. Dator, one vear; W. P.
Dstor, t~vo Sears ; Joshua Proutg, W. P. Dator, Willialll u~eet, and J.
M. Morris, one year. In IS69 W. B. Foster was elected clerk; H. B.
Young served from 18'70 to 1673, A. B. Abbotlt in 1874, F. S. White in
1875, L. TiV. Ewing in 18'76, H. J. Balcl~vin in 1875 ancl T. E. Moore in
187s. The police inagistrates from 1873 to ll.79, were : B. F. Thompson,
James E. Noyes, L. W. Ewing, I. W. Searl, Alonzo B. Abbott (two
years), William A. Holman. The council of Bradford for 1879, colnprisetl
John D. I-Iatfielcl, presiclent; J. M. Morris, A. J. Thompson. Cyrus
Avery, A. J. Green and W. T. Foster. J. P. Saunders was elected
clerli. The elections of 1880 ~*esulted in the choice of J. D. Hatfield,
11. J. Wilcox, 11. J. Baldwin, trustees; W. 1J. Pilgrim, A. S. Crawford,
John Botham, tr~~st~ees. W. F. Patt was elected clerli. The .
trustees of Bradford, elected in 1881 were : H. J. P;alclwjn, C. L. Wilcox,
S. P. Fairl)aulis, Cornelius Squires ; l. S. White, clerli; W. P. Dator,
police magistmte, reelected in 188%. In 1882, A. S. Cra~vforcl, W.
M. I'ilgrim, 11. J. Wilcox and John Botlisin were elected trustees ;
and A. N. Har~vooil, clerk. In IS83 Walter Scholes, W. C. Decker,
Willia~n 1;. 1,eet and W. T. Fostey, anti-license men, were elected, with
W. A. Washburn, clerli. In 1884, Walter Scholes, A. S. Crawford and
I-I. R. Mahew, were elected, with Eclmund Ewing, clerk. The trustees
of Bratlfortl in 1SS5, were : W. Sclloles, W. C. Decker, A. M. Ring-
Iantl, 11. E. Mayhew ancl A. S. Crawforcl, with Ed. E~ving, clerk. The
Braclforcl village election of April, 1886, resulted in a victory for the
tmti-license cantljtlates, with one exception, E. S. Root defeated by J.
W. Deisher. 11. J. I

582 IST TORY OP STARX COUNTY.
urer ; John Winslow Tyler, P. T. Brethren present : M. S. Cartiss,
Binghainpton Lodge, No. 177, N. P.; David G. Plummer, Ancient
Landinarlc Lodge, No. 17, Portland, Me. The masters of the lodge
are nainecl as follows : Jaines B. Doyle, 1867; B. F. Thompson, 186$-
'70 ; Harmon Phenix, 1870-'72 ; Jalnks B. Doyle, 1872 ; Alvin Abhott,
1873 ; I-Iarnlon Phenix, 1874-7 ; A. B. Abbott, 1877-84 ; A. M. Mutchmore,
1884-6. The secretaries have been A. B. Abbott, A. S. Tl~ompson,
L. A. Bla.kslee, W. B. Foster, W. S. El\vell, A. B. Abbott, John
Lacltie ancl W. A. Washburn.
Braclforcl Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., No. 579 mas chartered June 4,1875.
The members were Cyrus Bocock, EI. J. Cosgrove, Edmuncl Eming,
W. A. Holman, W. 11. Hall, E. F. Lyman, A. &I. Hutchinson, Joshua
Prouty, A. J. Sturms, J. D. Woocls. The past grancls of this lodge are
named as follows : J. G. Boardman, 1882 ; B. H. Clark, 1880; W. P.
Dator, 1878 ; J. H. Elliott, 1879 ; S. Fairbanks, 1385 ; W. A. Holman,
1878 ; W. 1 . 1 1 1877; D. Jaclrson, 1883 ; A. M. Hutchinson, 1876 ;
Joshua Prouty, 18'75, ancl D. D. G. M. in 1876; T. S. Saunclers, 1815;
Walter Scholes, 1885 ; A. J. Sturms, 1877 ; A. Sturms, 1884 ; C. Squires,
1886 ; George Sykes (V. G.), 1886 ; J. D. Woocls, 1876. In Kovember,
1886, Edmund Ewing resigned his position as representative to Grancl
Lodge, when Joshua Prouty was elected. The secretaries were, J. M.
Callenclar, 1877 ; A. S. Crawford, 1882 ; W. P. Dator, 1882 ; E. Ewing,
187'7 ; S. Fairbanks, 1881 ; T. E. Moon, 1877 ; B. F. Rockhold, 1884 ;
W. Scholes, 1883 ; and E. Ewing, 1885 ; A. S. Thompson, 1886, present
secretary. The total membership is forty-nine.
The I. 0. G. T. Lodge, organized at Bradford in 1886, elected the
following officers in March of that year : E. S. Root, W. C. T.; Mrs.
R. Thompson, V. T.; J. E. Wasson, chaplain; Miss Annie Foster, secretary
; Mrs. E. S. Root, F. S.; A. M. Ringland, treasurer ; Miss Ada
Eckman, D. M.; Miss Mary Winters, I. G.; George Hay, 0. G.; Miss
Itussell, R. H. S.; May Foster, L. 11. 8.; D. V. Redding, P. W. C. T.;
and Robert Thompson, L. D.
Dickinson Post, G. A. R., No. 90, claims the following past commanders
: Mordecai Bevier, James M. Morris, Edmund E wing, 1886.
This post was .organized February 9, 1881. Following is the present
roster taken from Adjutant Harvev's records of the post :
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Chas. B. Foster, Me., 112 Ill. Inf., 35 mos.
H. A. Barden, N. H., 12 Ia. Inf. 6 mos.
H. J. Wilcox, N. Y., 86 Ill. Inf., 6 mos.
Morris Fowler, Pa., 112 Ill. Inf., 24 mos.
A. G. Spellman, O., 93 Ill. Inf., 34% mos.
Albert Gilmore, Pa., 198 Pa. Inf., 9 mos.
A. J. Thompson, Ill., 146 Ill. Inf., 104
mos.
Cicero Phelps, jr., O., I1 Ill. Cav.
Geo. P. Ricker, O., 19 Ill. Inf., 37 mos.
Joshua Howaitll, Eng., 42 Ill. Inf., 4 mos.
J. 11. Webster, Can., 102 Ill. Inf., 29 mos.
Festus Bentley, Ind., 47 Ill. Inf., 36 mos.
J. E. Weed, Conn., 33 Ill. Inf., 21 mos.
Jas. A. Long, O., 112 Ill. Inf ., 36 mos.
W. A. Driver, Ind., 47 111. Inf., 36 mos.
Ira C. Reed, Ill., 37 111. Inf., 57 mos.
Bushrod Tapp, Va., 112 Ill. Inf., 35 mos. .
Rev. W. H. Jordan, Eng. ,150 Ill. Inf. ,7 mos.
Thos. W. Cade, O., 139 Ill. Inf ., 6 mos.
I. Sturm, Stark Co., 112 Ill. Inf., 36 mos.
David Jackson, Pa., 47 Ill. Inf . , 36 mos.
R. W. Phelps, O., 93 Ill. Inf ., 29 mos.
Melvin Gage, N . Y . , 112 Ill. Inf . , 16 nlos.
C. P. Sutphen, N. J., 85 Ind. Inf., 36mos.
Hiram Thurston, Ill., 42 111. Inf ., 9 mos.
W. Malone, Ireland, 11 Ill. /lav., 36 mos.
E. P. Wright, Ill., 112 Ill. Inf., 35 mos.
Geo. Whitworth, Eng., 57 Ill. Inf., 8 mos.
A. Hart , Ireland, 112 111. Inf., 34 mos.
wm. d Haskins, K. Y., 157 N. Y. Inf.,
35 mos,

A
A. J. Opdycke, I. Y., "i5 N. J. Inf., 34
mos.
R. Whitaker, Ind., 37 Incl. Inf ., 52 nlos.
Jas. Sherlock, Irelaucl, 9 111. Cav., 40 mos.
Elliott Driver, In(l., 5 Ind. Cav., 12 xuos.
Nyrou ET, Pardue, Incl., S Ill. Cav., 10 nos.
llobert Spencer, Scotlnncl, Florida, U . S .
Navy, 18 1110s.
J. C. Clark. N. J., 36 Ill. Inf., 24 nlos.
Chtls. T. \TTilcox, N. T., 139 Ill. Inf., 4 nos.
6. IV, Fryc, Ne., '7 Jle. Inf., 19 inos.
A. S Thompson, Me., I12 Ill. Inf., 36 mos.
Asbury Eckm:tu, Pa., 93 Pa. Inf ,42 mos.
Anthony Sturm, Ill., 51 Ill. Inf ., 42 mos.
G. L. I-I:%skins, N.Y., 34 N.Y. Inf., 27 ~uos.
G. W. Irleecl, Incl., 112 Ill. Inf., 36 inos.
C. 12. Tllompsou, Me., 112 111. Tnf., 3G mos.
J. G. Boardmnn, 1%. , 19 111. Inf., 3'1 1110s.
Wm Harvey, Ill., ;i7 Ill. Inf ., 19 ~uos.
IV. T. Foster, Me., 9 111. Cav., 25% rnos.
IV. 31. Pilgrim, Eug., 3'7 Ill. Inf., 36 mos.
B. F. 1EocBl1olcl, Ill., 8 Ill. Inf., 3G mos.
T. IVallace, N.Y., 20 N.Y. Inf., 21 mos.
EI. Wilcos, N. Y., 86 Ill. Inf., 36 mos.
Mordecai Bevier, N. Y., 42 Ill. Inf ., 9
mos.
J. D. EIatfield, Ind., 53 Ill. Inf., 45 mos.
James bIorris, Pa., 8 Ill. Cnv., 36 mos.
F. .J. Leggett, O., 112 Ill. Inf., 36 mos.
James Lannon, Ill., 51; 111. Inf., 43 mos.
C: . L. TVilcos, N .y., 139 111. Inf ., 14 mos.
ITT. 0. Dalryn~ple, 0., 2 $10. CRV., 36 nlos.
Cllas. Rfontooth, P~L., 9 111. C~ZV.,
S$d rims.
J. X. Kitterman. Ill., 93 Ill. Inf ., 12 nlos.
Gilbert Garwood, Ill., 31 Iud. Inf., 52 mos.
VCT. H. Sterling, O., ,57 Ill. Inf ., 38 mos.
Ira F. Mayden, Me., 112 111. Inf., 16 mos.
N. H. Johnson, Pa., 112 111. Inf., 34 mos.
N. D. Stewal.cl, Jte., 112 111. Inf.. 30 mos.
John I-Iall, Eng . , 112 Ill. Inf . , 34 nlos .
Ed. Eiving, O., 97 0 . Inf., 2'3 1x10s.
Gilman J. Sllaw, Me., 1 Me. Art., 29 mos.
E. B. Re~~lingtori, X.T., 75 N. T. Inf.,
45 IllOS.
VV. S. Snlitll, Pa., 52 Ill. Inf., 36 mos.
Cyrus Avery, Ill., 42 Ill. Inf ., 9 mos.
It. Miller, Scotland, 42 Ill. Inf . , 9 rlios.
James Hall, Eug., 42 Ill. I~if ., 9 mos.
Clorr.ckes.-The first Uilirersalist society of Bradford was organized
November 16, 1S67, with Francis anti il-a.ncr Davis, I-Iannali Scribner,
Braclforcl S. Foster, William M. and Mary E. Pilgrim, Annie F. Davis,
A. B. Abbott, M. 6. Curtiss, Sara F. Abbott, Williard 13. Foster, John
S. I-Iayclen, E. A. Tlloulpson. Orpha Davison, Sara11 Foster, W. T.
Foster, Lydia I(. Abbott, A. Abbott, Alfred Barnes, Mary E. Moody,
Julia 11. Spinney, J. 0. 11. Spinney. Mary C. Foster, Melvin Gage,
'CVealtlry Gage, Alfred Foster, R. B. Curtiss, Fanny 13. Foster, James
B. Doyle, B. F. Thompson, Mrs. S. M. Barnes, ancl Mary S. Curtiss.
The trustees were E. F. Tho~npson, J. 0. H. Spinney, and Williaixl B.
Foster. The act of incorporation mas acknowledged before Isaac W.
Searle, J. P. In 1871-74, AIorcl. Berier and wife, N. W., B. J. and
C. B. Foster, ancl BIorris and Elizubet1h Fowler joined the society.
Alonzo B. Abbott nTas chosen first clerk ancl treasurela. Shortly after,
the society pnrchstsed the old sch ooll~ouse, which then stood one hunclretl
feet north on tlie common, ant1 moved it to its present site on a
lot donated by It. S. Foster. In 1871, the laclies held a fair and festival,
which realized a large sum of money. From 1854 to ISSO Rev. Alvin
Abbott was p13eaccl~er to all ~rotestgnt deno~ninations around Bradford.
In 1874, Eer. T. H. Tabor cnnle to relieve Mr. Abbott, antl remained
two years. I'rior to this time, Rev. Alfred Barnes preucheil here. In
1875, Mrs. Mary E. Mootly was seclwetary, antl in 1876, Mary E. Pilgrim
was secretary a.nd treasurer. In 1874, Silas hIoodv, i\Ielvin
Gage, ant1 Morcl. Ijevier were elected trustees, who are inwfact now
trustees.
The sewing circle, comprising the ladies of tlie society and others,
raised over $1,000 for C~IIII'C~I pI1rposes. Mrs. A lviu Abbott and Nrs.
Alfred Foster being the leatling worlters. The tleatll or rel~loval of
members resultetl in the fallof this useful part of tllecl~urch. For
* Also 7 Co1. Inf. .t. Also 9 Ind. Cav,

fifteen years, Alonzo B. Abbott mas superintendent of the Sundav
school, and Mrs. BIary E. Moody for one year.
Methodist E$iscopaZ chur.c7~, the records of which are not among
the best, dates back to the clays of Seeley's Point ancl Wall's schoolhouse.
The trustees of the church, as nainecl in "Churcl~ Iiecord,"
mere Henry Seeley, Allen Spelhnan, James Woods, C. &I. Teeter,"
Dan. Drawyer," George W. Iteed," W. P. Dntor, Robert Uo:zrdmnnall
prior to 1878. IJncler date 1878, the follo~ving are named: E. J.
Griffin, George Shalv, H. B. Harris, C. I-I. Scllermerltorn," J. 13.
Smith,* T. F. Fate, J. Boardman," D. V. Redcling," J. Wolfe,{+ Ilen1.y
Kellogg," and Carl Stagg. . The names marlted tllus ]>are alsh
served as ste~varcls fro111 1871 to close of 1578. The class-lenders were
J. B. Robertson, Allen Spellman, E. J. Griffin, J. Cl~ilds, J. 13oardrna11,
John H. Elliott, Peter Stunns, a local preacher, ant1 Jaines Wootls
exhorter. The Sunclay school superintendents in 1571 were I,. A.
Foster, E. J. Griffin, E. IJ. Norris. Subsequent appointlnents were J.
B. Smith, N. Coleman, Joseph Wolfe, ancl George H. Tllo~npson. In
1877, Pa,ul Newton and Helen Young were nppolntecl, ant1 J. B. Smith
in 1878. The pastors are named as follows: L. Webber, ISTO; 3:.
Eansom (three years), 1871 ; J. M. Murphy (t\vo years), 1574; 11. C.
Birch, 1876 to October 14, IS78 ; Jacob Dilatthews, 1878 ; W. A. Cummings,
1883; ancl J. E. Wasson, the present pastor in October, 1585.
Dr. IIunter, W. J. Minium, G. E. Wooclruff, anti T. J. Woocl officiated
at baptisms here.
The membership is fifty-five ; value of propeiaty, $4,700 ; Snndav
school scholars, ninety-eight ; voluines in library, 118. 1111875-76, tlce
present house of worship was erected at a cost of $3,500. In lS86, the
building was extensively repaired, and re-openecl August 22d by Rev.
G. W. Gue, of Peoria.
The Bajtist chtbrch dates its organization to Deceniber 12, 186'3, '
when the adjourned meeting, referred to in the sketch of the Congregational
church, was held at Braclforcl. Elder Sticlcney presented the
following articles of association : " We, tlie undersi~ned, clo inutnally
agree to form ourselves into a Baptist conference, tor the purpose of
maintaining the worship of Gocl with a view of being ~r~nizecl into a
regular Baptist church, as soon as providen tin1 circumsta~~ces shall
seem to justify its existence. J. 31. Stickney, Andrew Eritton, Eunice
Britton, Annie Prout, Christianna Ulshceffer, William F. Patt, Mrs.
Madge J. Patt, Sarah Hatch, John 11. I-Iatch, EIannah S. F~~lkerson,
John M. Jacques, C. M. Jacques, Mary Winslow, and John Winslow.
William F. Patt was chosen clerk of the conference. On January 23,
1870, Elder dtickney held the first services here. On May 1,1870, the
conference members organized the First Regular Baptist Cnurch of
Bradford,." The members, who were united immediately after organization,
were A. Blake, who died in 1875; Sister I-I. Wilcos, now at
Adele, Ia.; Washington Fullrerson ancl daughter Eunice; Olive A.
Richards ancl Mrs. Blake. J. Winslow ancl A. Eritton were elected
deacons on May 1, 18'70. The council to recognize the organization
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* Deceased.

OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP. 585
was held on &lay 4t,h. On &lay 2Sth, Elcler Stickney retired, a,nd
Rev. F. B. Iws preached occasion all^. On May 89tl1, $1,250 were
pleclgecl tomarcl buiiding a church, ~vluch st1111 was increased to $2,200
by ~iule dth.
On Jnne S tlie trustees, John Wi~zslow, W. F. Patt and John M.
Jaqnes nrere ellosen s boilding colnlnittee ; ilieantime meetings were held
in ole's Ill. On Decelz~ber 10: Rev. Q. D. Kent was called as first
regular pastel-, and came in Februai3y, 1871. In April tlie church mas
connectecl with the Ottawa Baptist Association wit11 11Iessl.s. Winslow,
Eritton ant1 Icent, delegates. On Jnly 21, ISTI, a con tract for building
the cl~urcl~ Ivas solcl to Alzc11.eiv I,eslie for $2;725, to be colnpletecl in
Octobcl., that year. 011 Dece~rlber 24 the first services were held,
$1,700 being still clue at tl~at (late. Tlle delay in coinpleting the edifice
\\as due in lmrt to t,lie fact that the sashes were sent to Chicago to
have colorecl glass put 111 and were rlestroyetl in the great fire of October
9. Ili January, 1872, an ttnnnal grant of $150 was offered by the
11. M. S. C11ai.les C~.o\vn, John Winslo~v ancl W. I. Patt were elected
trnstees. Itc\r. 111.. Kent 1.esignec1 in July, IS72 ancl as the Baptists
f'or.111erlj wo~sllipecl in the same 11all with the Congregationalists, the
latter now askecl lenre to \rorsl~ip in tlie foriner's new cliurcll. The
pulpit was snl'l~liecl r:~riously, among the preacllers being the Rev. Mr.
1I:~zen. Dr. Tl~omas Sollis was elected clerl; in Januasy, 1875. Rev.
S. Fulton, the seconcl regnlsr preacher was orclained here at this tirne.
In 1877 Messrs. Eritton, Fullcerson and Patt were eiected trnstees. In
&lay, 1877, Rev. Fulton resignecl and the pulpit mas supplied variously
until Nove~nl)er, 1S77, when Rev. ' CJ. EL Dennis preached. He was
orclainecl pastor here 3I:~jr 5, 1878. In IS78 Angllst Thompson, with
llessrs. Patt and Eritton, !vetme trnstees. In November, 1878, Mr.
Ijennis closctl his la,bors here ant1 Rev. Borclen was calleel in December.
In 1S80 August 8. Thompso~z was chosen clerk. In Januarv of that
vear Deacon Eritton tlorinted $303.86, a debt due by the cliu

586 HISTORY OF S T ~ K COUNTY.
Mrs. Carrie Nelligczn, August, 1886. The lnembership at present is
sixty-six; value of property, $5,500. \JT. F. Patt, Dr. Boitrclinan and
A. 8. Thompson, the present superintendent, have had charge of the
Sunclay-school. The class numbers 120. Another class of the Free
Will Baptists was fountled at Seeley's Point, where they built :t church.
This class inclucled the Whittens, Geers, Mrs. Al>mrn Phenis, Mrs.
Avery, Mrs. Risedoi.ph, Yeter Risetlorpll and his brother. The ch~u.cl~
bililtling was 1110 vecl to Uoytl's Grove bv the Campbellite society, who
pi~rchased it from the 13aptists. The 0sceol;t Sunclay-school C'onvention
TVRS organized in November, 1869, wit11 Mr. IAomman, president,
anct Dr. W. I. Hall, secretary.
The Con,g)*egntion~~d CYhwch dates back to November 38, 1869.
Elder J. $1. Sticlcney hacl nri appointment to preach at 13raclforc1, but
oivlng to a Congregat.ionallst preacher's appoint~nent of salne date,
Bapt~st services were acljourned, lea,ving the Congregation:~1 ~nelllbers
to organize a churcll uncler Rev. 13. M. Roy. This is the fii-st mention
of the organization of a society of this denomination at I3r;~clforcl.
Meetings were held at intervals up to 18'74.
St. JOILIL'S Catholic CYILLCPCI~ of Br~dforcl was detlicatecl Jannary 8,
1876. The bnilcling coinnlittee comprisecl 0 wen Sharl;ey Micllitel
Real, John I-Iickev, Tllo~nas Powers, Eclwa,rcl IIarty ancl Wrtlter
Hennebury. The bld members cornprisetl the fi~nlilies of above naulecl
together with the BIcSherrys, the Rathges, Patrick Colforcl, Michael
I-Ierron, the 0 wens, James Casey, several IIartys, J nmes Gor~vnn,
Florence Driscoll, W. Mowberry, Jnrnes &Ii1r1)Iiy. John Carroll,
Thoin;~s Keating John McIntee, Tlloinas Fox, John O'Urien, Jaloes
O'Brien, Frecl, Dlcliman, the Smiths, Jos. Hennessy, James NcNi~lty,
Patrjck Finnigan, C. I\Ic&Ia.nus. Jolin Mahony, William Mahany,
Ed~varcl Walsll, Micht~el Dunn, .James Sl~erlocli, 11). Russell, the
Floods, T holnas Ilickey, Tl~olnas Cooney, Luke Clocle, I'atrick Fapn,
John Cleary, John McKeighan sncl nilichael Malone. Father
O'Gara McShane canle here in 1875, and lait1 the founclt~t,ions of the
church. I'ather Swift was also here as a visitor. Father &loore came
in 187'3, ancl was succeerled by Rev. Canon J. Moynillan, who coniillencetl
the parish records in April, 18'79. Father Cullen was a visiting
priest here (luring Father I\ilovnihan's visit to Europe. The latter
wiks succeeded Auwst 1, I)y key. 11. Uelbnere of the tlioccse of
Peoria, i~ native of Vest l~lanclers. There itre sixty hmilies or over
300 persons belonging to the congregation. T1.1e cllurch building is
40x80, with steeple, alicl well finished througE~out at a cost of nbo~lt
$6,000. Tlle St. John's Temperance Society is proverbial for strict
adherence to tile principles of the first great apostle of total abstinence
- Father Theobaltl Mattthem.
Protestccl~t hj,iscoy~al (~~I,zLI~cJI.- On July 17, 1883, Rev. George
Moore, then at \Vyoming, gttve evening services in 13ratlford as iLn esperiinent
-the house was \yell fillet1 sncl twenty-six 1neml)ers were
found in ant1 ;r,bout the toivn. July 25, a business meeting :.lT;-bs held
at William Harvey's, ancl papers were drt~~rn up and signed to send
Bishop Burgess at Quincy requesting his aid ant1 spprov:~l in 0rg.mizing
as a lnisclion station uncler the name of St. James. Both being

OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP. 587
granted ancl certain preliminaries settled December 9, 1883, Rev. R.
C. Wall, of Tiskilwa, took charge of the mission,. giving services every
seconcl and fourth Sundays in the month. Irvlng Barton and B. G.
Holves mere elected wardens ; Mrs. Robert Hdl, clerk, and Mrs.
William Harvey, treasurer. The same rector allid the same officers
have been retained from year to year. Since services began the little
congregntion has lost by death and removal seven and received an
acldition of six members, so that at the present tiine twenty-five Inembers
keep up the expenses, assisted by a sinall number who have shown
a friendly interest, though not inernbers. A roo111 has been rented in
which to holcl services, and no property is owned except an organ
valued at sixty d$lars. As there mere few chilclren a regularly orn
oanized Sunday-school has not been kept up.
LOMBARDVI TALE.
Lombardville was surveyecl for Julia A. Lombard and Alfred H.
Castle by Edw~n Butler, and the plat acl~no~oleclgecl July 8, 1870.
State, Franklin, Lombard ant1 Duncan streets west to alley are shown,
while Howard, Main and Washington run east and west. There were
six full blocks with twenty feet alleys and two half blocks in the
original' town. The purchasers of lots at Lombarclville. were : John
Yorde L! Co., IS71 ; F. W. Aubrey, 1872 ; Leslie Robison, 1874 ; C.
Schmeitzer, 1873; F. W. Bachman, D. Mosselman, Geo. H. Hurst,
1574 ; Julia A. Lombarcl, C. T,atimer, 1875 ; John M. Brown, F. and
W. F. IIorton, 1877; F. I3lumb, 1876, and in later years the Thurms,
BlacBs, Swans, Wares, Arnolcls, McNetts, B1a,isclells, Codes, Planks,
Zoola, Josiah Cratty, C. N. Miller, Brewer, Davies & Go., Jarnes Hall,
Lawrence ancl Jaines O'Brien, Abigail Mnnclel, Mary H. Walker, the
Haskins, G. Churchill, 2. B. Haven, John Rinzenberg, Daries ~k Fleming,
Hattie Westcott, F. E. ant1 Thomas Abbott ant1 Jaines P. Saunders.
The Loinbardville Improvement Association mas organized in
April, 1870, with F. Horton, president ; Thonlas Doe, secretary ; James
Hall, treasurer ; E. 1'. Wright, Chas. Lntimer, ancl T. Doe, a committee
on constitution, and I-Iorton, Latimer nncl Harsh, colnlnittee on buildings.
The Lo~nbarcL Elevator Conlpnny filed articles of incorporation
May 6, 1870, signed by Ferclinancl Horton, James Hall, Francis Davis,
Robert Hall, Charles Latimer, the first trustees. The hotel ant1 elerator
at Lombardville were colripletecl in the fall of 1S70, just after the
Lombardville Mining Company d i sco verecl coal.
It is alleged that during the sulnmer of 1886 a saloon mas carried
on at Lombard under Unitecl States license, but in direct opposition to
local li~ms. To escape penalty the institution would Lb close up" before
the period for serving legal procees ant1 open after the term of Court
was ended.
B~~nclford Cem,etery.-There are many of the olcl settlers of this
township tenanting the Braclfortl cemetery. Among them, so far as
monuments tell the story of death, are the following na~necl : Benj.
Brewer died in '77 ; James B. Russell, '67: Zac11. Bevier, '73; Zacll.
Bevier, '69 ; Rebecca Keely, '77 ; Dr. Davicl R. Little, '64 ; Susan 13.

588 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
(Little) Wilson, '69 ; Sophia Thurm, '67 ; Christina Thurm, '63 ; Gottfried
Thurm, '78 ; John V. Bevier, '86 ; Anne Berier, '79 ; Mary Bevier, '65 ;
E. R. Coe, '63; Lyman G. Bellamy, '61; P~zuline Bodley, '76 ; Itev.
Thomas Boclley, '79 ; S~lsanna Simmons, 'G2; Katie Liggitt, ' f 5 ; I-lannah
McLauahljn, '68 ; Hor2~tio (4. Scribner, '77; Jalnes Scholes, '59 ;
Mary A. scxoles, '79 ; David L. Sterling, '82 ; Sarah Howe, '75 ; Mary
M. Winslow, '73 ; John S. Bayclen, "73; Jnlnes I-Zayclen, '73 ; Mary S.
Fowler, '60 ; Eliza, Fowler, '68'; A. E. Fowler, '67 ; Eliza F. Eevier, 'GI ;
Mariah J. Foster, '60: Maggie, wife of B. Foster, '80 ; 13. S. Foster,
'78 ; Amelia. 13. Doyle, '68 ; Josephine (Moody) Foster, '68 ; Martlla,
wife of Dr. Young, '62 ; Eliza, Woodruff, '73; Alfred Foster, '71 9
Alvin Abbott, '84; Dr. S. T. C. Wasllburn, '62 ; M. Lizxie Pilorum, '77 ;
Elizn L. Jortlnn, '76 ; Elizabeth Williams, '64 ; ~i1Yiarn S. %illiams,
'64; Matilda Blalie, 'S1 ; Mary Blalre, '85 ; Annie M. Lonnan, '73;
John Lonnan, '77; Marv Jane Morse, '77; Hattie Foster, '74 ; Mwy C.;
Foster, '71 ; James Caiipbell, '79 ; Davicl Adalns, '82 ; Esther M. Donner,
'82 ; Solornon Pork, '54 ; John Mathewson, '83 ; Anclrew Walker,
'83; Dorcas T. Cushing, '86.
Franklin cemetery, though in this township, is incorport~~ted
the
chapter on Penn townshil~, tor the reason that it is more closely connected
with Penn township. The new Catholic cemetery at Brdford
claims only a fern interments up to this date.
BIOGEAPHY AND REMINISCENCES.
Apart froin the inention made in other pages of families now Ibel)-
resented in the torvnshi p, the following summarv of person;tl 11 istor!,
basecl on sundry recorcls, is given, so as to securk as far as possible all
that is extant relating to the people of this township:
AZvi] ilhhott, born at Paris, Me., in 1813 ; rnarriecl Miss Lytli;~
Cushing in 1538 ; ordained a minister of Universalist chn~*cll in 1840 ;
came to Stark conntv in 185.5, nncl was closely identified with that
church here until his tleath, June 20, 1854.
atry 2'. dd~6o)os, born in Massachusetts in 1800 ; nlarriecl Sum. 11.
Darnon in 1818. He died in 1845, when the \vidom came to Illinois,
where she resided until her cleath, at John Damon's house, i3nul fortl,
November 8, 1845.
Nqjor 11. Ames, son of Elislla and Elizabeth (C!ooli) Rules, wits
born in Luzerne co~ulty, P~L., in 1809. The ancestors of the Ames came
from Ireland at an early clay, settletl in Yorli state, where Elislia was
born. The Cooks are of English origin in Connecticut, ~vhere Elizabeth
was born. Elisha Alnes served seventy-four months in Washington's
own co~n~nancl during the Itevolution, afterwards settletl in Delaware
on a farm, moved thence to Pennsylvania, where he carried on
lumber yard with his farm, and clietl there in 1846. They \were the
parents of thirteen children, of whoin M. A. Ames and his sister Polly,
non7 Mrs. Svlrester So~~~n~ers, are the only survivors. fir. A. AI&S
remained wiih his father for two wars after arriving of age. In IS31
he came to Peru, Ill., in 1832 moved to Pam Paw Grove, entered
eighty acres there for the present occupier, Mr. Price, ancl in 1846
came here and purchased 160 acres, which he has cultivatecl up to the

OF OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP. 589
present time. In 1849 he lnarried Miss Maria Barbara, a native of
New Yorl;, of \vhich state he13 pa,rents \\-ere also natives. To this mrtrriage
ten chilcl~en \\rere born, of 1\~1101n seven are living : Alvcz, Louisa,
Eclwarcl, Mine~~va, \vlio married D. Sturln; Frank. \\rho lnamiecl 31.
Ifi~rmon ; all of tliis county; Sophia,, now Mrs. L. L. Liggett, of Johnson
county, Neb., and Ilennn. of' this county. Tlie mother of this large
familr died in 1863, as related in the Ilistory. In politics he is Democrixtic,
Iia\rilig rotetl fo~
Andren~ Jackson in 1S20. He llns, for ahnost
sisty years, stootl by the old General's party. In religious matters lie
is not a chnroli ale,;~be~; but is said to $re hearty support to all
C,'hristia>n societies. For several years he has servecl as school director,
ant1 for over forty years has talcell a. fall p:trt in the development of
his ;~,doptccl home.
Zehfdo~ ilce,*y, brotller of C'olonel Miles Arery, \\as born Nay 12,
1193 ; came to this county about 183.5, and locateel on tlie north-east
quarter of section 32, Osceol:~ t~\~nsllil). ivliich he entered as s110wn ill
tlie Ilistory of that to~vnslli~). Piior to this Ile built a, flatboat at
Tunkllannhcl;, Pa., 1i.i t11 deck ancl roof, wlr icli Ile bronght down the
Susquelianna to the Jnniat:~, tl~erice up the Juniatn canal, c~c~oss the
mountains to ITittsbu~*g, tl~ence (101~-n tlie Oliio, up the 3Iississippi anci
Illinois rivers to Henry. 3~i~rsi1all county, bringing nrith him the family
of John T. Phenis, together wit11 his o ~\~n faii~ily, all nuinbering about
a, tlozen 1)ersons. Ile tliecl on lris oi~iginal farm Julv 1, 1854.
Ilia. JLunes Coblc Bncs~atZwnn, born in ~ortllnkbei*land township,
I,uzel*iie county, Pa., Julie 7, ISM, is n son of Orlando antl Ann Goble
l3oardm:~n, the foiwler a mill-\[right, nat'ive of Springfield, Mass., of
I3~itisli ancestry; tlle latter a, 11ative of Pennsylvania, of Gerl~lati and
Irish ant,ecetlents With his wife ancl four chilclren he came to this
county in 1840, reniovecl to Lee county in the same year, where he
tliecl liis wife l~recetling l~ilii tto the grave in IStjC,. Dr. Boarclman's
k)oylioocl clays were 1)assetl in lee connty. IIc was eclucatetl in the
district scllools and at tl~e ;~cacleiu>r ;kt I'aw PLLN-, Ill. At the aKe of
ti\-ent\r-three years Ile began the stutl\~ of metlicine untler. Dr. h. R.
~oarciniiln, of Eln~irn. Two years late; lle enteiqed Com1)nny B, Nineteerltl~
Illinois Vol~mteer Infanty, \\-as \\-onncled at Cllicl

590 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENUES
JoAn IJ. Boyd, the son of Charles S. Boyd, first settler at the
Grove, died on one of the Society Islands in 1SS5.
Alex. (I: BrocX:, born in Cayuga county, N. T., in 1805, came to
Pekin, Ill., in 183'7, and to Stark county in ISGO. IIis sons, Orson P.
and Floyil A. served in the Iorty-seventh Illinois and Second IOIJT~ Inf
antry, Gesl)ectirely. The forin& was Billed in Mississippi during the
mar, and the Ii~tter ~vonntled. Agnes Brocb, his daughter, died here
December 30, 1881, wlleu Doctors IIwll, Boartlman ant1 Davison examined
into the cause of cleath.
~1fi.s. T: B. (ilk: Gilt nis) CYcyyn*17te, born in Cllester connty, PIL., in
1810, moved ~ritl~ parents to Ohio, \\rlrelae, ill 1832, she \\.as 11i:~i~ried to
1. Co~~bin, \rl~o died in Knox COLIII~Y Ill., ill 1839. In IS3i the fi~tllil~
came to Knos county. 111 IS42 she in;~n~ietl to 7'. It. (lapelaunc,
nncl with him n ~o~~ed to ijojd's C+lao\yc in 1.SN. Slle tiled :~t Rlilo in
N:l,zy, 1885.
i1fi.s. C:eo~y/e Otahin!/, ruother of 31. P. Ilanlon, of Wyoining, (lied
i~t B~adford in &1!I;~rcil, 1SSfi.
Jkwes B. Doyle, one of the I nen connectetl \vith tho bontl forgeries,
was sentenced to tell yeam in the pei~itentialy, by Jutlge Uloclgctt, in
June, 1 SSI. Judge Ijangs, General IIendelason and $Itlaitin Sll;~llenberger
clef ended the p~isoner.
If< 1'. Dlito~, born :~t Clave~aack, Co111nil)ia connt v, N. Ti., December
5, 1822, is the son of Pllilip aucl Elizabetl~ (IC~\&) Dator, \\-llose
al~cestors tlnte their setflenlei~t on the: IIt~tlson to the fillst _T)utc;l~ col9-
nies there. I-Iis g~~;mtlfutlrcl*, also I'llilip, servetl tl~rougl~out tho War
of tbe Revolntion, :~ntl was clischargetl as a coininissionetl oKcei8. 111
1539 P. Dator entered lucrcantile life in Kc\\- 1'0rlc Citv ; ~~ct~~rnetl
home i~fter sonle ti me, hut in I 844 resulnetl nlercant ile 1 if6 ill Wayne
county, N. Y. In 78-49 he ~ni~.~~aiecl Miss Elnin;~ T,ol*ct,t;~, So~rt~l*hill, ;~ntl
subsecluently was enpgetl in fkr~ning :~nd store-lteel~i~ig in tll;~t stake
until IS57, \rhen hc sold his interests tllere, c;me \rest, amtl settled in
Marsllall coiln t y, Ill., \\.here 11c \I~;LS an agricu 1 tlula:l,list For sol tic yezL1.s.
In 18G5 11e 13cil;ovetl to Tisliil\\ra,, 1:ore:~u co~unty, :mtl in IS(;!) to k12a.tlford,
\~rllere Ile ll;~,sincc c;wrietl on a large gcnelan.1 store :mcl in Is73
est:~.blisl~etl his luml)er vards. As slrown 111 the ofici;~l histolay of
Claittlforci and in the slieicll of tllc schools, ilc: 11:~s taliell a full sl~arc of
the honors of official life. Also in the Masonic ant1 Odtl Fellows' history
his name fintls ;I. ~)l;~ce, while in that of the lkq~tist cl~ul~cll Mrs.
Dater is n~entioliecl. Of their children, Anna is the \\rife of William
P. Pl~uniner, postmaster at Brad fort1 ; El iz;il~eth inarrietl L~~rnan Allen,
of Johnson county, Neb.; IL~ttie J. ~narrietl F. P. Wright, now of
Furnits county, Neb.; Sarah is the wife of A. J. Green, a jeweler of
Oxford, in tlmt county, while Jennie resides wit11 her parents.
~Tfirs. Ti71,oth;y (Gi~viqz) DriscoU, ivllile proceeding wit11 her fmnily
to visit friends in Curet~u countv, ~vas thrown from the wagon and reu
ceived such injuries as to c;Luse &th, ;Tnnn;rry 15, 1582.
7 s . I , A. 1 , L I te of Abraln and Estllcr Phenix ;
born in 1364 ; diet1 in Octol)cr 18S5.
l'a2,.ic7~ Fimniqan, an old settler, died January 29, ISSU, aged 92
years.

OF OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP. 591
TTedey T. fiste~, born in SIaine, March 31, 1844, is the son of
Alfred xncl Fanny (Wiggins) Foster, both natives of thttt state. In
1853 the falllily came to Bratiford. The father engaged in fitrming,
on 1:~iitls wllicll lie punacll:~setl, in connection witll hls trade of shoelnalcer,
ant1 so continued nntil liis tleath in ISTI. Of their five children,
there are lirlug : CIi:l~ales 8.. carpenter, of Bureau cot~nty ; Stephen, of
Osceol;~ ; Wesley T., of J3~a.dfortl; and hTatllnn, a, farmer of this township.
Wesley 'i'. mav be said to have been 13aisetl ant1 educated in
Sti~rB count,^. In l~the entered in the r'ihth Illinois Cavalry, regnlisted
in 1Sti4 ant1 served Hftr-one n~onths, until nlnsteiaetl out as sergeant
in Decei~ll~c~*, lS(i5. Ietarr~iu~ to I:~i~tlf~~tl he engaged at the
carpenter's trade, nut1 11;~s ileen so enstget1 t1o1vi-n to the present time.
In 1 Scifi lie n~:~rlaietl Miss Sitri~I1, di~~lgl~ ter of Si~lll~el ~LII~ Ann E. Sl~tw
--the fol*nle~ :I nati re of Englantl-the latte~ of itllode Isli~ntl-who
settled in I llinois ill 15-44, \\rilelac tlreir tlit8ughte~ \lT;i,s born. Ill politics
MI*. Foster is Rept~blicitn. . I-Ie has held the office o-t' village ttrustee for
eight yeillas, ant1 collector. For one ge;na. In ~elig.i(~ns aff ail s he supports
tlre l'rotestant El)iscol)al cli~wch, of url~ich Iiis \\TI fe is a, inell~ber, and in
societv mattelas is a ine~~lber of the Blue Lotlge anti Grant1 Ariny Republic
Post.
Otis G'tc~(79~e)a tlied Febru;~~>y 22, ISSO, aged 72 years.
CYh,lc~lrs $7 IA~712iJto~7. etlltor Br.ccdfbrtJ hrclel~e~icZe~z.t, mas born in
1
Arl~~strong cotunty, I'enn:, 31irib\7 16, IS$. 13s great grnnclfather left
I~elaintl at tlie ilge of sist8eeii re:ws. nut1 cnlllle tlo Sew Jersey before
CJ
tllc Ilevolat ionmay war. IZe rai'setl a'colillx~ly of scouts ant1 &rvecl as
captJain tlnring tlie entit~e \V;LI* of the re~~olotion. IIis granclfatlier was
I~or~r in New Jersev in the year 17S7, \rlle~le aljout the year 1809 he
~llar~aietl iL Miss ~iliis. IIis father. was bo1.n in Esses coni~t~-, PI'. J., in
the vear 1811. lIis gri~ntlft~ther moved fro111 New Jersey to Armstrorig
corun ty , PIL., 1 I his Fi~luily, and tl~enoc to Marsllall county,
Ills., in IS%, wlrere 11e tliecl in IS7fi. Mr. ij. I.'. Il;nniltou's father
ini~rrietl Miss Snrnli Callen, of Ar~nsti-ong conntv, Pa., in 1 S3A. Movecl
with llis Fi~ll~ily to 3[alas11:lll col~nty, Ill., in 1 S ~H, but retarnecl to his
Penns~lraniir i~ollle in tlre spring of 1S49. In 1837 Ire and liis famil
y inacle :I, pe~lnallent sottleinent i~t Sparli~ntl, N:~rsball county, Ill.,
:kc1 tllere his \\rife tlietl th;it year. (J. F. EIainilton \\.as eclucatetl in
Pennsv1r;~nia. On coming to Illinois lle engagetl in scl~tsol teaching,
;mtl in 1StB cnteretl the anuy, as relatetl in the militizlay ch;t,l)ter ant1 nl
the iristolay of 1)eWolf Post, KO. 371, C+laalld ATI~IV Rep~~blic. After
receiving 'llollorable t1isch;~rg-e he resuinetl scI1oo1 tehcl~ili~ :bt SparIi~ntl,
Ill., xnl)&cl1~en tly \ms in 1,usiness there. (Ittine to Wvoming in 1880,
ancl here w;l.s engagetl irl the hoot ;lJntl sl~oe t mtle for fifteen vews. In
1885 he establisl~etl iL boot and shoe stow a,t I:r;~tlfo~tl, ark1 in June,
1583, fountletl the i,,~!cy~e~t~k~~/f, of whicl~ Iic is o\vner ant1 editor. In
1858 he nianaietl Miss i\nl~a. dnugliter of 3Iarti11 ;~ntl blttrgaret IIarlilon,
of Sp,rlantl, ~Iai~sllall corm tv. 111. Mr. 1I;~lnlon c:ljr lie f 1 .01~ CTe~aii~an y
. to Lacon. 3lnrshall countv, Ill., in lS55, ant1 to Sparlat~d in ISST. To
this marriage ten ch iltlren nTelae 1,orn. of who111 nine are living ; three
are married. namely : C. II., iv11o marrietl Xiss Etlith, daug,hter of the
\sirlorn ClarGe, of Er;ttlford ; George E. marrietl Miss Della Aldrich,

592 BIOGRAPIIY AND REMINISCENCES
of Ingersoll, Canacla ; and Miss Lillian inarried Walter A. Washhurn,
of Bradford. A reference to the political and press chapters, as well
as to the history of Toulon ancl Essex townships, and Wyoming vlllage,
will point out the part Mr. I-Ismilton has talien here.
i i s s Jennie Hartley mas accidentnlly killed by f;~lling fro111 :L buggv
in February, 1879. Pu'othing created such sorrow since the death of
Geo. Petti t, under similar circumstances.
17Lon~ns Wesley imrmol~, born in Starli county, December 10,1S5l,
is the soil of John and MCtrpret (Dilnn) Hannon. John was the son
of Nathaniel ancl Ann (Bennett) IIarinon, natives of New YorB, where
he was also born. Mmagaret as the claughter of T%Tilliam and
Barbara Dunn, both natives of IIentocky. Mr. ITa~lnon received his
eclucation in .the district sellools of this county, ant1 Junui~1.y 12, 1872,
int~rrierl Miss Cnlista, O., born here Dece~nber 23, 1853, (laughter of Stephen
D. and Julia (Dra~vyer) Breese, and graudclaughter ot Henry and
Sarah (Johnson) Breese, of Pennsylvani:~, ant1 of Jolln ant1 Eacllel
(EIall) Dra~vyer, of New York, pioneers of 8ti~l.k county. In 1Y 75 lle
purch~~sed SO acres on section 30, wl~ich he sold in 1876, ant1 purcllasetl
160 acres on section 31, where lie has lnacle Iris Ilome since. Al\\-a~s a
fanner, this tract sho~~~s the results of his taste and skill. For the
last nineteen years he has also been interested in the sale of threshin6
machines and corn shellers. Mr. ancl Mlas. I-Ti~rrrlon :we the parents 01
six children- May, bo1.n October 14, 1572; Earl, born December
31, IS73 ; Hays, born October 16, 1875 ; Clcz~~de, bonl Marc11 25, IS7S ;
Julia, born July 8, 1SS3, and lVesle,v, born July 13,1886, fotu* of whom
are attencling scl~ool, Mr. IIarmon llas served as school clirector For
V
five years. I11 politics he is a Eepublicnn; in relig.io~~s matters, nondenominational,
but an earnest sual)orter of all C'111'1stian and benevolent
associations. ( J7cle ffi,~to~!, Gf Tot072di:Lp.)
TVillicw~. Ili~vey, son of Aaron and. Elizabeth ( I-r:~ll) 1-1 arvey, mas
born in the township of Elmira, one mile north of Osceola ~~illa~ge, Kovember
16, 1840. His parents were both iintives of England, the fi~tller
being a grocer ancl tea clealer of Derby, ;~nd the inother one of the
Halls nalneti in the llistory of Elinira township. In Octobel*, 1861
William enlistetl in Company F, Fifty-serenth Illinois Volunteer
Infantr,~; was moundetl at Corintll, 0ctober 4: 1862, and received honorable
discha.rge. Ile relni~ined in the South after the war; as in the
United States mail seiavice from 1869 to 1576, when lle returned to
Stark county and established his drug store at Bradfortl. He inarried
Miss Mary, daughter of Franlc W. ant1 Samh Jane (Harris) Anthony,
of Jacltson county, Mich., to ~vho~n three childllen were born - Josepll
H., Frank A. and William C. She is a consistent member of the
Protestant Episcopal cl~urch. Mr. Harvey is a ~neinber of the Fifty.
seventh Regimental Association ancl Diclierson Post, G. A. E. ( Vide
Chcptcr 092. Elnzira.)
Geoeorge L. fi~akiras, born at I-Iarfortl, Cortlantl county, N. Y.,
March 26, 1841, is the son of George and Ruby (Ethninster) Haskins,
both natives of New L'orlc. George Hasltins was the son of Anthony
an tl Jerushn (Dai@er) IIasliins, both natives of ~Iilassacl~usetts. Anthorly
came to America ~n 1758, with two brothers, Clifforcl and Paul, and

OP OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP. 593
establishetl an optician's store at Springfield, Mass., now conducted bv
Smith & Lesqeureaux. Anthony had a family of eight children, threk
of whom still live, namely : William, of Potter county, Pa.; George, of
Milo, Ill.; Washington, of Potter county, Pa. George Hasliins has been
er~~gecl in farining since his boyhood. He was married in New lPork
in Fehuarv, 1838. Of his nine .children, four are living, as follows :
George L., bf Lornbardville ; William W., of Milo, a solcller of the late
mar ; Mary J., wile of James F. Malette, of Boyd's Grove, Ill., a0nd
Norton B., residing at Adele, Iol~ra. George Haskins relnorecl from
Nelv Pork, in 1865, to Milo, 111. Here his mlfe died in 1879. Anthony
1Iasl;ins' wife was born at Tsunton, Mass., died in Yen~lsvloa~rlia at the
age of ninety-six years. Ruby, &ife oi Geor~e askin ins, \\-as the
daughter of I-Ienry ancl Mary E. (Barnes) Edmlnster, of French nncl
English extraction. George L. Hnslcins, at the age of nineteen yeam,
enl~stecl in the Tl~irtv-fourth New York Infa1ntr.v ancl. selavecl l~is full
term, from Ball's ~liffs to the close of the lwr. u~fter being mustered
out he iheturned to Illinois, and locating at Milo engaged in fanning.
He was i~larried in Colatli~nd county, N. IT., September 19, 1864, to
Miss E. J. Shapley, a nati~e of New Yorli, daughter of 0. and Phelindn
(Phelps) Sh~~pley, bcitli natives of Palnlyra, N. T., the children of
soldiers of the ~evolutlion. IIe removed to this conntv in 1890, and
now resides at Lornb;~rdville. In politics he has erer 'been a Republican.
tIe lln's held the office of constable for sixteen years, was also
scllool director at BIilo. Of Mr. 1Iasl;ins' t \lro chilclren, one is living-
Willianl F. I-Ie is a charter ineullber of Dickerson Post, G. A. R., at
Eraclforcl .
~lhas. Tl~o71~es ~/orcuz cliecl at her home, near Loinbsrclville, September
19, 1886, leaving five small cllildren-one an infant but a few
days old. She was bunecl in the Bradfor(1 Catholic cemetery.
,lohr~ Lacpie, born at Barnett, TTt., December 6, 1823, is the son
of Alnbrose and Betsy (Wndell) Lackie. both natives of Vennont, the
ancesto~s of whom were of Scotch origin, collling to America at an
early clay. John Lnc1:ie spent his younger years on the farin wit11 his
f,zt.her. In 1844 he came to this coul~tv, l~u~cliased land in Osceoia
& ' A
soon after his arrival and was engaged in Fanuing he~e until IS%,
~\rhen he visited C~~lifornia, where he remained three years: a part of
the time engaged in injning and also was eml~loj~ed in running saw
mills. On returning he settled 611 the land he had 1,urchased before
going to C'alifornia, and resumed fi~rining nntl stocl\--growing. IIe was
inarriecl in 1855, to bliss Sarah Fall, n native of Ollio, mllose parents
were natives of Ne~v YorB. To this marriage three cllilclren, two
bogs ant1 one girl were born, of 11~110111 Lizzie is tlle \rife of W. I-Iouse.
a farmer ol' Curem county. In politics lle has ever been a 1iel)ublican.
As a marlred appreciation of tlie respect and confidence in ~~llich he is
held, he has helcl the following (Bees: supervisor, jnstice of the pealce
and school director for years. In the fall of 18SB he \\-as elected representative
of this district. tle is a member of the Masonic society,
b11 t in churcll affairs non-clenominational. ( Vide yenernr! low)zsh2>
history .)
Emily i!. Zewis, ~~~iclow of R. B. Lewis, of Lomb,zrdville, and

594 BIOGRAPIIY AND REMINISCli!NCES
daughter of the late E. H. Lombard, died near Pliilaclelpllia, Pa., July
24, 188.5.
Francis J: Liygett, son of William and Ann (Bk~(leriaj Liggett, was
born in Warren county, Ohio, May 30, 1854. This William, a native
of Virginia, c:~211e wit11 his t~al~ents to Ollie \\.lien lle \~:l,s but little over
u
one year of age. His (~iilimn's) parents were engtzgetl in fi~~l~ril~g
in Ohio, where his fatlle~ cliecl very sutldenly, leizvlng tile irlotller to
raise the family. Willii~ln n7as the clliltl of :L fa~zlllily of six
children ; was born in 1-Iawison conntr, Va., J~uie 25, l80t;. After Ilia
marriage to Miss Ann Maderia, ~ovelubel* 15, 1S42, the\. rem:~inetl on
the old homesteatl in Ohio until tlre fall of 1S54, when hey sold their
in tcrests the~ae, an cl proceeding to Stnrlr county ,'111., l~urchased a, fan11
ot' 200 acres in Osceol:~ townslrip, upon \rllicll tiler settled. Tlrc
countrv at this time uras iL wilde~wess, but wit11 the \\~&lves znntl (leer as
their iGost numerous neiglibors, tlie~r ' b e tlr e tlange1.s of a, pi011 eer
life ancl built themselves up a horn& Mia. Liggett died April 23, 1875.
Mrs. Liggett still resides on tlre ho~neste:ul. She was Lorn Fel)ru;~ry
3, 1822: and although she is now in her sixty-fifth yeala, is stlaong ant1
active. Of the nine chilclren living at %[r. 1,igyett's tleatll, one has
since (lied. Francis, wlrose name lleads this sketch, is the oltlest child.
In his eighteenth year he joined Coinpang7 T,, of the One-lruncli~etl-andt
melfth Illinois volunteer Inhntyy. autl proceedetl \vi t 11 the co~lll,;~n~~
to Peoria, September IS, IS 62. I I e par*t ici p:l,tetl in tlr ilateeli enqagements,
muong them being Frsnlclin, Nasl~ ville, Atlanta, Clevelail tl.
Ft. Anderson, and Golclsborougl~. At Cle~~elnnd, Tenn., Septelnber
18, 1863 he was talcen prisoner and s~lfferecl all tlre l~on.oi*s of Belle
Isle ancl Andewonville. In the summer of 1864 11e rnac1.e his esc;q)e
from Anclersonvile, and after inany weary \~~eeks of travel by night
and hiding in the forests ant1 swamps by- day, he entered the Cn~on
lines in Georgia, during the Atlanta ci~mpsign, antl joined Iris oltl comrades.
Nearly starvecl, ire was in no condition to perfor~n inilitnry
duty, ancl nTes sent home on a, fu~alo~~g!~. During this visit home lle
married Miss Xati e TAong, daughter ot A1ex:~nder ant1 Nanc o Long,
born at Zanesville, Olrio, Januiwy 27, 1843. Her fiztl~er, ;I 1'ennsylvanian,
came to Ohio at an early day, later to Intliani~, ;l.ntl t'l~ence to
Illinois. Remaining here soilre t inle, they inoued to ieb~*;~skil, where
they still reside. At tl~e close of the war, Mr. IAiggett i)urcl~nsetl
far111 near Grcztl fo13cl ct11 cl e~aected a fine residence \\-here he still resides.
On December 28, 1875, Mrs. Liegett prtssetl away in the thirty-third
year of her age, being an invalid for several years. " She ~ \~i~s a iiember
of the Eastern Star Chapter, of 1-hntlford. Ma~c11 11, 1880, Mr. I,iggett
marrietl Miss Millie, tlauglr ter o F Tl~omns ancl >[;LI*~ (Biddle)
I-Iamilton : \\.as born near Pll ilatlelpl~ ia, June 24, ls45. 11Y.r pare11 ts,
natives of Pennsyl\r;~nia, came to Illinois irl 1845 antl settled ;~t
Osceola, in Ell!ljlai~ tomnsh ip, w11el.e Mr. II;i,milton (1 ied August 17,
1870, in his sixtj-fouiatlr year. Mrs. 1Ia1nil ton now lrli~kes her 11ome
with her daugl~ter, Mrs. Liggctt, ;~ntl is now in 11er eiglrtietlr year.
Mr. Liqgett still resides on 111s fa.~inear 12iaatlfortl. \vlrcre he owns 12(1
acres of choice l;~ntls, and formerly owned real estate in Iowa. Socially,
he is n member of the DiIasonic Lotlge at BradIorcl; politically, he

OF GOSHEN TOWNSHIP. 595
has always been a Republican, and has held several to~vnship offices,
among them being t11a.t of collector ancl assessor, the latter he helcl for
ten years. IIe is a 111xn ~vho is interestecl in all works of a p~ogressive
nature, and his l~onle is a model one.
Georye 11: Lowjmi/~e, son of George and Si~rah (Haines) Longmire,
mas born in Indiana, Septenlbe~. 19, 1524. Elis parents were natives
of North Carolina, mllere lris $laan tlparents, Joseljll Longmire, a. native
of t11e north of England or Scotlantl, and Narr, his wfe, a. native of
Scotland, llad settled wit11 his grent-grni~tll~are

596 BIOGRAPEIP AND REMINISCENCES
one year of age, caille with parents to Alr~erici~ amd settled in Ross
county, Ohio. In 1835 Mr. V:mscopk was fo~~lly murclered by one of
his n6ig1lbors. Tliis mas in Mossville, Peoria countv, \\-here he settlecl
some four years befofore. IIe left six chilcli*en, of d~oln Elizabetll was
the third. At the age of sixteen years she inarriecl Mr. Siineon Sprague,
with ~vhoin she livecl ten years, ~vhen dent11 parted them. Ijy her first
marriage she is tl~e motller of three cl~ilclren. Kine vears later she
married John A. Mielkey, as before stated. After this '~narriag-e they
f;~rmecl in Peoria county for six years, when they removed to Osceola
township, where they purchaseti a. farill ancl began its iinprovement.
Four children have blessed their union : Julius A.. Jol111 A., 1,illie M.
and William E. They have always been lli~rtl n.orlrers; ZLIICI as a ~'eiv;~~tl
of their labors they now own 1%) acres of the clloicest lnntls in Osceola,
about three iniles froin I3radfortl. In politi~a~l matters 31ia. Neilkey is
bound by no party ties.
IL 12. ilfokelel~ was born at Wilmir\gton, Will county, Ill., M:~rcl~
27, 1861 is the son of J. F. ant1 his \rl te Elvin;~ ~ol;el&, the former
a native of Boston, Mass., the latter. a nati~~e of Pl~il;~tlelpllia, 1%. J.
F. Mokeler mas a gr;&~hate of a college iin the East, but subseclnently
learned the blncksmith's ti-acle, at ~vhich he has been eml~loyetl do\\rn
to the present time. He came to Illinois at an eai.1~ tl;ty, \\'as n~asried
atb Naperville, ancl had a family of ten childreli, all of wl~om ;Lye
living. $1. E. Dilokeler receiretl a common scllool education, learned
blaclrsinithing in his youth, and has follotved the tracle since lle was
able to labor. He nlovecl to Braclt'or~l in ISSO. In 1885 lle coii~i~~encetl.
business for himself. He was iniwried April 22, 1886, to Miss Lytlix
Foster, daughter of C11;~rles Foster. Politically he is a Democrat,
socially, a inember of Eraclfniad Loclge, Pu'o. 517 I. 0. 0. IT., hut is not
a ~neinber of any cllurcll.
James 17L Jdbwis, son of James antl %atla (Grimes) BIorris, was
born in Greene county, Pa., March 24,1837. Ilis parentiweye fanners
of that state, ~vho ill 1845 moved to Guenlsey county, i~ut in 1853
moved to Ross county, Ol~io, \vllere they \rere engaged- in agriculture
until retiring fro111 active life. Of tileila cllilclren, J ol~n resides in &Inlashall
county, Ill. ; Jaines M., 11ere ; William, in 11 a111 l,urg,, Iowa ; Margaret,
wife of Eli Wilson, also of Io\\T~L ; Maria, \\rife of Willli~,~~~ &lorgall,
of Ross county, Ol~io. The motller of this fai~~ily tlietl in August,
1851, and a pear later the father remnrrietl. To tlAs second marriaqe
six children mere born, five of wbo~n are livin~. Jn.mes &I. passecl 111s
early years with his father. At the age of fifteen ile left lloine to
learn the bl,zcksmitli8s trade, wl~icll he 11as ever since follo\retl successf~~lly.
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of her marriage Miss Little was a school teacher. In 1882 she attenclecl
Bennett's ~clzctic Medical College, Cllicago, gracluatecl in March, 1SS4,
and is now one of the leacling physicians of that school in Chicago.
Their chilclren are John L., a painter ancl mnsicii~n, of Chi~ago, and
Jnlnes C.. attencling scllool at B~atlforcl. Mr. >!orris -visitetl Kansas in
IS7 1, l~ol~~esteatled~lt~~ acres anti resided there until 1874, engaged in
-k~rming. Fro111 I875 to 1885 11o carlaled on his sllops at Bradford.
Itenting them that vear he movecl to Chici~go, but returning in the
spring of 1886. resuined ellarge of thenl, where l ~e is eng~gecl in blacksruitl~ilig
ant1 n~annfacturing. In politics he is clecicletlly Republican,
a member of tlle Blue Zoclg-e7 ancl of the Gmnd Army Republic Post
at Bratlfo~~cl, ;~ntl althougl~ not iL c111wch nlenlber, is a friencl of all
ell urcll es. ( S7.itZe histo jay of Ura~lJbwZ~ fog. qft;c%ub n 22 (7 socicd ~aeco~~cl.)
11. B. LILOI~P, who carried the ~liail i)et1ween Braclfortl nncl TisB ilma,,
and subsequently to Senachwine, lk10~ed to Gage county, Keb., in 1SS1.
It is alleged he mas found guilty of murtlering his wife in 1Stc5.
17toa9,roqit I'IL~JIL~z, banlcer of Bmdforcl, nTas born near Wilkesbarre,
Luzerne county, Pa., Ji~nual:y 80, 1S34. His parents-John T., born in
1792, and ~,~di,z (D;iniels) Phenix- were natives of Delaware county,
N. '. Tlle foriller was a captain of militia in his native county and
\ras tlle son of Peter, one of two brothers who einigratecl from Scotland.
Jo1111 T. Pllenix i~~loretl with his wife and family to this county
in 1035, his cllildren being Daniel B., :L farmer of Yenn township ;
Elizabeth, wife of Salnuel Stnnn, of Osceoln; Nn.ncv, mife of Solomon
Geer, of Boulder county, Col.; Mary C. ~narried" 11. 13. Dra~vyer; ,
Abrani Pllenix, of J3radford, and IIannon Phenix. The father of this
large family died in 1867, and was interred in Franlclin Cemetery, Osce-
01% township. Up to his death he held inenlbership with the Methodist
Episcopal cl~urcl~, with ~vhicli he was connected since his marriage.
The first home of the falllily here was in Toolon to~\rnshiy, on what is
now the " James &Iontooth Farrtl."
IImnon Phenix was little over one year old when llis parents
moved here, so that he mar be considered as one \\rho grew up with
the county. Bpa~at from 1;is acadeinical course, at Paw Paw, Ill., his
educittion was received here, and all those practical lessons inculcated,
ml~icll have borne to 11im such rich fruit. At the age of t~venty-four
gears lle entered nlercantile life; in 1862 establishetl his store, ancl in
1869 mored to l3raclfortl, where, with C. W. Phenix, he has built up a
large and increasing business. In lSSl tlle banking llouse of Hannon
Pllenis & Co. was foundecl here. In 1864 he maln.ied Miss Emeline
IAi bbv, horn near Stanstead I'lz~in, Sherbroolie, Quebec province, Canada.
" Of their children, Oscar is a student at Chicago; Lillian C.,
Nancy L., Daniel J. antl Elbert reside at home. Mrs. Pllenix is a
member of the 13al)t,ist cllurch, as sl~own in the history of that society.
In the pioneer ;incl political chapters of the general history, ancl in the
sL:etcl~es of To~~lon ant1 Osceoln townsllips, the intimate i*elat.ion of tlle
Pl~enis fanlily to Stark co~mt~y and her townships is fully related.
(;eos*yr 1V. IRrml w;is born in Indiana, in March, J 824. Ile is the
son of Cha~les and Cllloe (Roby) lteetl, both natives of this country
who were inamiecl in Virginia. Charles was the son of Patrick Xeed,
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598 BIOGRAPHY AND RERIINISCENCES
who was a native of Ireland. When the War of 1812 broke out,
Charles enlisted ancl served through the whole campaign. After tlie
war he engaged in farming and stoclr growing in Ohio and Incliana,
until 1830. ~vhen he re~novecl to Illinois and settled at what is. known
&s"~eecl'B Grove," in Will countv, taking up :L claim of 160 acres on
what is now Joliet. EIe built thg first house ever built in that city,
U'
and erected the first house at tlie Grove, in 1835. When tlie i3lnck
kIamb war broke out he relnovecl his fmmily to Pnrl; coontp, lndinn;~.
After the Indian troubles he returned to his claim ant1 engaged in
fanning. lie built a flouring Inill in Joliet in the year 1834, nncl as,
in fact, the lnnn who laid out ancl started tlie town where he inatle the
cli~im, ancl intencled to purchase tlhe smne when it came into nl;wlret,
but lost it through the act of a so-called friend. Chi~rles Iteetl built
the lo fort i~t Reed's Grove for a protection against the Indit~us, itnd
when % e had it re:tdy to raise the prominent men of Chicago came out
to assist in the work. While he lived in Will county he took a prominent
part in politics. Being a strong anti-slavery man, he was llonoretl
with state and county offices. In the course of time lle reulovetl to
. . Winnebago county, ancl laid out the town of Winnebago, and remainecl
in that county uhtil his death, ~vhich occurred about 1864. George
W. Reed spent his younger years in ancl near Joliet; attended scllool
in the old fort there. When the Mexican v7ar bdie out, i~ company
was formed at Joliet, of which he was a member, but their services
mere not accepted. He was married in 1849 to Mary Strader, claagllter
of John ancl Marv (Longmire) Stracler, by wllonl he hatl two children.
' After his marriige he removed to Mercer county, Ill., ant1 purchased
160 acres of lmcl, built a house and iinprovecl his farm. IIis wife,.~v\.ho
was afflictecl with consumption, becoming worse, requestecl that she be
taben back to her home in Incliima. Tit70 years after his aiariv:tl in
Mercer county he returned with his sick wife to her llome, ~vl~ere she
died the clay ifter. her arrival. After her death he solcl his interests in
Mercer county, removed to Starlr county in 1853, located in Osceola
township, and was engtgecl in farming until ISSO, when he enp~ged in
the mercantile business at 13raclfortl. In 1851 he married MISS Phila
Webster, who clietl in 1862, and in 1865 llis marriage wit11 Nrs. Jane
(Montooth) Hunter took place.
George Ieevas, the ontlalv of Senachrvine, moved to the eastern
borders of Stark county in 1833. Such desl~eracloes as I3urcl1, Fox,
Long, Cameron Reeves, Allison, Preston lleeres made the neighborliootl
their ho~ne, ancl brought thither their stolen l~orses ant1 gootls.
After the robbery of Rheinbeck at Wliitefieltl, the people turnetl out
en mass&, and sent them out of the countrv. Sopllronia Ileeves, wife
of A. D. J'ones, the founder of Omaha, m&es in the best s~ciety of
that town.
Be$a.min 3'. lockI~oid, son of E. M. and Je~nima (Turner) Rockhold,
was born in Fulton county, Ill., May 27, 1840. Benjamin F.
Rockl~olcl was educated in Fulton county. On July 27, 1861, he
enlisted in Colnpany E, Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantrv, and served
with thqt command until mustered out, with rank of sergkant, in July,
1864. After the war, he and Jonn F. embarked in business at St.

David ; again estnblishecl n house at Milo ; two years later established
their 11o~lse at Wyoming arlcl built a store tlleie, and in IS78 opened a
llouse at Bradfol*d. Mr. Eoclthold \vns ~narrietl to Miss Jennie Hey-
~vood, of Wyonling, as related ill the slretcll of the lat,e Tllo~nss Hey-
~vootl. Tlrei I* cli iltlren are Norlnn B., Bonnie, and T'eri~. Mrs. Rock-
11oltl is a ~llelnl)er of the 13nlntist church. Mr. R. is a, men beia of Dickelason
Post ant1 of the ~nde~;entie~~ t Orcler of Otl d Fello\rs7 lodge, and,
;IS sllo\m iu the histoiay of these associst,ions, and offici:~l s1;etch of the
village, lias not escapetl the onus of attencling to public aff;~irs. Elis
l~usiness at i:rntlfo~d is extensive, and always mcreasing.
B~TOA r5i1l,ii/L, son of Asller and Pllcebe (Stark) 61111 tll, nnrl grandson
u E Jon;~tll;tn, bolbli April1 S, 171i4, anti Ann;% Smith, bo~n Ja8num*y 7,
was born ill Stark countv, July 2s. 1851. His father was born
in Luxerne roanty, Penn., October $8, 180'7, and his mother. cla~~gllter
of Jolln Starlr, a, native of Connecticut, born also in Luzeldne count!jT.
July 20, 1811. They were inarrietl in 1S32. They came to this county
-in 1S:35. ant1 1\11..Smith walked to Galena to enter his first forty
&yes in Osceol;~. IIe was n tanner by trade, ant1 in connection with
his fam~ calaried on a. tannery here. Of his fire clliltlren, there are
living Oliver, of Sedg~viclr conn ty , linn. ; Eliza, \\rife of D< Miner, of
Decatur county, lian.. ant1 Byron. Up to 1860. Asher Smith was a
Democrat, but then voted lor Lincoln, ant1 so continued ilepnhlican
tlo~vn to his tlel~th, Mag 3, 1869.
For se~~e1-1 terms he \ras assessor,
an tl ser recl as collector ;~,nd scllool director for sereri~l terms. During
the war he was a inelnber of the Union League, and in all respects n
model citizen. I-lis wife, n true daughter of 3lolly Sti~l*k, diecl June 7,
1881, and, as related in the history of Franklin celnetery, in Osceola,
near Penn tou~nship, ~vas laid to Cest beside her llosbantl. She uTas a
descendant of Gen. Starlr, a teachel* in Luzerne cotunty, a ~nell~ber of
tile Methotl i st Episcopal cl~urcl~, and an escellen t oman an. Byron
Slnith received his early etlncatiou here, ancl alttendecl the scl~ools of
Ann Arbor, Mich., for seven nlontl~s. Like his father, he is a Republican,
and not a mernl)el* of :my religious society, tllough supporting the
Methotlist Episc.ol)i~l clr u rch. IIe purcllased his t':tther's homestead of
l7fi acres, of \vliich he sold t \renty-t wo acres, and adtlecl by purchase
eighty, malring :I, fine farm oE 237 acres on section 31. Mr. S~ziith is
st111 a young 1u;n11, one of escellent parts. and r:rnks rmiong the filast
citizens of tile to\vnsllip. ( Vi.i't7e 7, Isto~y qf I(. Ave~y.)
Liberty Stone, i)olall at Shrewsbu~y, &lass., Mi~y 15, IS13, son of
Daniel and Alin;t ((4il1so11) Stone, c;nne to Peolai;~, Mar 6, 1533, ant1 in
September of that yeala settled in Osceola to~rnsilii~. one half ~r~ile
soutlr of the no~atll li~ie. I~ut iriored to Uuda in 1SE. In 1S36, he
~na~riecl M13s. Ma,rtlra (Fisher) TVinslo\v, \\.]lo tlietl here Julv 15, 1853.
In Octol,er of that yema he innlarietl Miss Tl~anltful 11. ~esan, tlaugl~ter
of John ant1 F,liz;\.betll (1:rooks) T,es:cn, nittires of Maine, \rllo.in I S3O
morecl to Ollie; tl~eiice to JJo~~ci~o cor~nty, Ill., ill IS36 ; tlle~ice to
linos co~~ntj~ ; ant1 in 1838 to Osctolir townsllip. Ilcla ~notlle~ tlietl in
Illinois. her E;l.tllela in Jo\r:~. 311.. Sto.ne \\Tils:tn active ;~lrolltionist, ;mtl
iL contluctor on the 1Tndergroi1ntl ri~ilroatl. Of his many cllilclren,
Miss Louisa, born in 1843, married Col. IV. Jackson in 186'3.

600 BIOGRAPRY AND ~EM~NISCENCE$
Mrs. He~bert Searh diecl at her home, southeast of Braclford, September
7, 1886, and was buried in the olcl' Sturm cemetery.
Nich,oZcbs Xturm, who settled two miles west of Bradforcl in 1835,
died March 21, 1886, aged seventy-nine years.
Chzcrch Sttcrtevnnt, son of Hosea, who served in the war of the
revolution, and as nlacle prisoner at Stony Point, settlecl in Osceoln.
to~vnship in ISM. In 1827, he married Hannah B~OJTT~, of Centre
Harbor. N. I-I. ; moved to Peacham, Vt., in 1831, and to Stal-lc in
July, 184.4.
Imac Shm, son of Henry alnd Catherine (Dalrymple) Stunn,
whose history is given in this chapter, ancl in that on Elmira, Township,
was born in Ohio, November 13, 1824. His grantlfnther Sturin
mils a soldier of 1812, ancl his father a solclier of the Revolution, said
to have served in one of the Pennsylvania co~~~mancls under Steuben.
The fainilv settled at Osceola Grove in 1836, ancl Isaac resiclecl there
with them until 1849, on Bfarch 11, of which vear he married Miss
Jane Steclhain-Joshua Gilfinnan, j nstice of the i)eace, officiating. This
lady is a daughter of John and Maria (Robinson) Steclham, natives
of Delaware, who came here in 1836, entered lancls on sectlions 3 and
4, Osceola, ancl resiclecl here a short time, mhen they revisitetl Delsware.
Subsequently this fainily settled in Peoria county, Ill., returned
ancl resicled in Osceola for some years, then moved to Iowa, where
the father died in 1882. Isaac Sturin purchased eighty acres on section
16, in 1850, ancl with his young wife and family, took up his residence
there in 1852. He has addecl 120 acres to his original purchase,
together wit11 many Inore acres bought Roin time to time, allottecl to .
several of his chilclren. Of their eleven children eight are living :
Willard, who married Luella Whitcher, of Rice county, Kan.; Charles
D. ancl wife, in this township ; Josephine, wife of James EI. White,
and Emma G., wife of W. S. White, of Osage county, Iian.; Lizzie,
wife of Itobert Black, of Bureau county, Ill.; 3Iay D., wife of Major Anclrew
Ames, cf Osceola ; Jennie ancl Icla M., residing art home. In
politics he was democratic, but now looks favorably on the Greenbaclc
party. He has filled all township offices except that of supervisor,
and in scllool matters has been a director or trustee for over twenty
years. In society affairshe is a Mason and a member of the Osceola
grange or fanners' association. I-Ie is not connected with any religious
clenomina.tion, but gives to all inaterial recognition and support.
A. J. Sturm, who was born 'Dilay 21, 1830, in Shelby county, Ohio, is
the son of Henry ancl Catherine (Dalrymple) Sturm, the former born
in Mason county, Ky., January 2-09, 1'791, the latter in South Carolina,
February 5, 1795, where her people were among the Quaker fariners.
The Sturins were of Dutch origin. I-Ienry and his family of five sous
and six daughters settlecl in Elmira ~ o~vishi~ in 1838, on lalnds which
he located in 1835. There his wife died in 1M2, and himself in 1864.
Of their five sons and six dauahters, all the sons and five claugliters
survive. A. J. Sturrn, the eiggth child and youngest son, grew to
manhood here, followecl farming successfullv until 1875, mhen he engaged
in other business. On February 25, 1856, he marrietl Miss I-Jarriet
Leason, who died February 7, 1868. Their children were, Will-

OF OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP. 601
lam H., Mary E., Eliza H., Ella A., Curtiss A., Charles Oscar, and an
adopted son of grandmother Leason. On September 26, 1863, he married
Miss Flora A. Mix, who passed away in February, 1879, leaving
two sons ancl one claughter-Hubert E., Bessie I., and *Wilbur L. 'Che
Sturin family, of which he has been and is a useful member, occ~lpy a
large place in the econoiny of the countv. A. J. in earlier years was
ofiiallv connected with Elunira Township, and later mi th Osceola, as
related *in the slcetclles of these divisions of the county. He joined the
Odtl Fellolvs in ISGO, ancl since has been a member of the lodge.
( Fide Etn,il.cc mzd Toulon IJkto~y.)
Seth Stz~cwt, bo~n in Vennont, is the c:on of John and Wealthy
(Wills) Stnart. John Stuart was born in Glasgo\v, Scotland, cou~ing
to Aunerica when he uras but seven years old; here learned, the caypenter's
trade, and mas engased in this tratlr: the greater part of his
life. Seth learned the tmde o t carpenter wit11 his father, but when he
had grown to inanhood he engaged in fanning. I-Ie m,zrriecl Bliss
Sallv Ilarvev. to whoin ten cl2ilclren \Irere born. six of ivho~n still lire.
n;Ln;ely : h'bbey, wife of John Jaclison ; ~~lithia, lnarrietl, living id
Neponset, in ijureau county ; Laura A., unmarriecl, liring with parents
in Osceoln ; David, inarriect, living in Brown county, Neb.; Solon, married,
living in Oskaloosa, Iowa ; Williain H., liring with pare~ts in 0sceola
Township.
A~cyrcstcts h'tilhlzalr Tlto)pson was born st Montville, Penobscot Co.,
Xe., 9p8il 8, 1839. I-Iis father, Benjamin M. Thompson, servetl with
the Maine militia cluring the frontier troubles. His mother mas Miss
Ann McLanghlin, of old Irish Revolutiona.ry stock in that State. The
fmnilv came from Freedom, Me., in 1856, to Stnrlr county. I3ri~dfor~l
F., referred to fully in the history of Tonlon ; August'us S., Charles R.,
n grain mercllant, and George H., on the home farin, wcolnpaniecl their
father. The second son, Augustus, was engaged in farming here until
1562, when he enlisted in Co~npanv B, One-hnnilred-and-Twelfth Infantrv.
FIe served in all the battles of this commnancl until its muster
out. ' ( VicJE Bib. ch.) After the war he resumed farnling, and continued
thereat until 1874, when he established his present business. In
1859 he married Miss Samll, rl;tughter of Alex. Fowler. of this to\v11-
ship. Their cllilclren are : lXa.ll)l~, a student of the Polytechnic school of
Terre I-Iante, Incl.; Corn and Albert, attending the Eratlford schools ;
Isadora, the first-born, died in 1862, and rests in the cemetery here. A
reference to the history of the Baptist church, township ant1 village
official history nncl sketches of the Masonic, Otlcl Fello\r ant1 (+. A. It.
associations, mill 11101'e clearly point out the relations of this family to
the conntv than nnytl~ing wllich might be wrj tten here.
rJO~cph, 3. I7c'r(7, born 'at Stainford, Conn., in 1846, is the son of
John 0. and Sarah M. (Gill) Weecl, the former :I native of Connecticut,
the latter a native of Chautauqua county, New Irorl;. Jol~n 0. mas the
son of Josepll ancl Mary Weed, both natives of Connecticut, the
former a tailor, whose ancestors came from France. John 0, was :a
blacltsmith. He was marriecl in 1842, removed to this state in 1853,
located' in Toulon anti engaged in blacltsmithing. In 1X8:3 he removed
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602 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES.
until IS!, when he came to Bradford. In 1852 he settled at Riverside,
Calitornia. I-Ie had a fi~l~ily of nine cliildren, six of ~rllom are
living, nirznely : Mary, wife of Otis Dyer, of Rirersicle, Cal.; Joseph E.,
Frank L., Juclson, Nellie E., awl Bayard, of T,os ~lngeles, Cnl. Joseph
E. Weecl spent his younger years attencling school and ~vorking in the
shop with his father. In the spring of 1864 Ile enlisted in Company E,
33d Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was mustelaed oat its corpora1 at
dpringfielcl in Decenlbei*, 1Sf;tj. Returning to Neponset 11e learned the
blacksmith trade. IIe urns ~narriecl in September, 1874, to Mary Catea,
n ntitjve of Illinois, whose parents enme froni Englancl. After his
marriage lle was engagecl in tlie sewing inacliine 1)usiness. In IS79
moved to Bratlfortl tint1 enpgetl in the blncltsniitll tmcle. To Mr. ;mtl
Mrs. Weed four cllilcll.en were born, Tl~omas, Emm;~ G., Nelson G. ant1
George E.. the three first ~l;,,lnerl attencllng suhool. IIe is 2~ uleuil)er of
Diclierson Post. In politics 11e is 1Cepal)l~can ; is not a lnelllber of' itny
cllurcl~, bat lends his support to the Baptist c21urch. r\iIrs. TYeecl is ;L
nleniber of the 3letliod ist society.
I'TTu.sh,iryto~~ IT'hite, \rho openetl n clothing house i~t Braclforcl in
1371, ancl sold to 11. P. IIopltins L! Co. in 18'72, is now a resiclent of
13ushforcl N. Y.
ATcno~ai IlYlcos, holm in Vermont in I S13, ~~l:wriecl W111. TViicos in
1836, cliecl near L;r.aclfc~rcl, April IS, lSS3. 11er 1lnsb;mti (lied here, agecl
74 yeaias, April 22, 1883.
phI~ri T.l'insZou, :~11 old settler of U1*atlf'orcl. clietl in &lay, 1882, awcl
73gears. IIe was anative of Maine, c;laile to Blndfonl about 1&i,
ancl inovetl to Geneva, Ill., in IS'75.
C'c~lvin I,fi7~slo~o, 1)ol.n February 21, 1SO, was the son of Shnljel TV.,
born Septeniber 20. 1755, wl~o (lied in 1831, and l)~*othe~ of Lntller W.,
born February 98, 1782, wllo tliecl in 1753. The fi~~llily is traced 1):~ck
to Kenehn, born at Droitoitch, Englancl, in 1399, wlio clietl in 167'3, to
his son lienelli~, born al)otlt 1637, cliecl in 1115, to his gr:~n(lson Sainuel
IV., born about 1674, and to T1101~ias W., born .Tune '7, 1711, \I-110 cliecl
in 1782 - tl~e ftttl~er of Dl.. Sl~ubel W. \Vinslo\\~. The nmlie is on the
roll of ~bioneers uE this county, and meets ivith ve1.y ft~ir tl.e:~tlllent in
the general as \re11 as in the to~rnsl~ip llistory.

CHAPTER XYI.
PENN TOWNSIIIP,
HE commissioners appointed under tllle act of 1851 to
tlicitle the county into townships gallre the present ]lame
to tomnsliil) 13, north, wnge 7, east, in 1S53. Prior to this
time it nT:ts 1ino11.n as Spoon river precinct, and soiletimes
given the name of some 1e:ztling old settler, or cnlle i
accortl~ng to the nnml~er of assessors' district. The townsl~il)
is r~ch in its fertile lantls. 3l;lnp large f;i~ms are
foantl here, and all -large nntl suli:~ll- teli of the hus-
L4:~ntlman's cn1.e and toil. Coal fields underlie the tomsl~ip,
and a goocl tluality of fire-cl~~y is founcl in some
places. The streams and yirulets, cominon to the other
to~vnships, m;iy be said to be wanting here, although Cooper's
Defe;~t cyeel;. iL moclost stream, courses through its llortllern sections.
Tlle fact of good water being found a few feet helom the surface more
than coinl,ensates for the absence of strealus. Except in dry seasons,
such as tlli~t of last gear, artificial wells p~.otluce an ;~bunrl an t supply.
The villages of the to\~~iisllil) are Castleton, Wnlclen ant1 Camp Grove.
Tlie pol~ulation in ISSO was 1,216, now estimated at 1.300. In this
tolvrlsllip is foullcl the only Gemla11 Evi~:elicdL~wan cl~arch in
the county. I-Iere also IS the center of the Heasant Vie\]- circuit of the
Ikletllodist Protestalit cilurch. The origin of the name "Coopex's
Defeat Creek," :IS rleterminetl by the pioneer of Peoria, Tuptain
I-Glee (Ricltey), is as follo\\rs: " The winter of 1531-33 was the
winter of the (lee11 snow, the \ve;~ther i~efoiae Cllristlllas being pleasant,
when a 1mrty of four men were equil~petl bv :I, twtler by the name of
John I-Ianll~n, then of Peoria, \vlio was buy;ng furs for the American
- Fur Company. Fitting the~ri out with an ox team of two yoke ant1
1)rovisions for their journey from Peoria to the Winnebago sn-amps,
nritll provisions to trade with the Winnebagos and Potta\vatoinies, they
proceetled on their journey. Snow commenced to fall, the air grew
colder, antl continued to &ow more so as t1ie.y journeyed along, until
they mere compelletl by the fierce cold and driving snow to abanclon
their team. The snow was so tleep the cattle got swamped, and they
were left to their fate. With Boyd's Grove in view, the men started,
b
0-uiclecl by a large tree ant1 a lid] t at the grove. Ei tlgeway was the only
one wl~o'succeetled in 1nal;ing his way to the grove. The otlier three,
two of 1\~110171 mere 1311 and Jerry c'ooper (tlre other name forgotten),
perished on the prairie near a streal11 soutll-west of Eoycl's Grove. The
bones of the men and cattle were seen in the spring follo~ving, also the
sled, as the solcliers of the Black Hawk war were marching. all
mounted, 260 strong, to make battle with the Sac and Fox Indians."
603

604 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
The original entries of lancls in townsl~ip 13 north, range 7 east, or
Penn township, with the names of present owners, are thus given:
Elizabeth Leonard, n. c. qr., sec. 1 ; Jan. 3, 1818. E. Fewis, n. 80 ; C. Dickenson,
s. 80.
Wm. Y. ICnnyp, n. IV. qr., sec. 1 ; ,Jan. 8, 1818. E. Ferris, 78 ; .John I-Iickey, 63;
W . fiiicCorlnicli, 16.
dames Rogers, s. IV. c lr and s. e. qr., scc. 1; Sept. 1, 1818. E. Fenis, YO; J. hIc-
Nulty, SO ; ancl E. Ferris, s. e. 160.
L)cxter Wall, e. llf.. lot 1, n. e. qr. ; sec. 2. W. bEcC'ormick, '78 ; T. 011-ens,
w. 76.
John D. Pllilips, e. llf., lot 2, 11. e. fr. cjr., sec. 2.
I1or:ttio 31. James, w. l~f., lot 2, n. e. fr. qr., scc. 2.
I-Ioratio 31. ,James, e . llf . 11. IV. CIS., sec. 2. Tinlotliy Owens, e. $5.
Wnl. C. Wllite, w. hf., lot 8, 11. w. cyr., sec. 2. Win. Ctlstner, w. 76.
Wm. C. White, lv. 1lf ., lot 1, 11. w. clr., scc. 2. Josepll 3IcNulty, e. 80 s. e. cjr.
1)auiel l%obertson, s. w. and s. e. qr., sec. 2 ; Jan. 15, 1818. Timotlly Owens, s.
w. 160 t~11dtjO of s. e. yr.
Wnl. C. '\\Tllitc, e. lot 2 :b11(1 e. lot 1, 11. e. clr., see. 3 ; Feb. 8, 1849. A1)r:~i~
Plleuis, 36 TV . llf .
Thomas C. Wllite, kt-. lot 2, w. lot 1, n. e. cyr., ancl e. lot 2 and c. lot 1, 11. w. cyr.;
sec. 3; Feb. 8, 1849. Whitten, 39, itnd L. A. Foster, 63.
Charles Bolt, n. w. qr., u. w. qr., scc. 8 ; April 20, 1848. L. A. Foster, 8S ; E.
Champion, '72.
Clllarles Bolt, w. llf., lot 1, 11. w. qr., sec. 3; 3l:ircll 6, 1841.
Francis Cook, s. w. qr., scc. 3; May 8, 1818. I-iiley IIarwootl, s. \v. 134.
Jacob Scnndling, s. e. qr.; sec. 3; M:%y 8, 1818. W. H. Wliittell, 80; L. A. Foster,
w. 80.
Jolln Drawyer, 11. e. clr., 11. e. (lr., sec. 4; M:iy 20, 1846. Ann Cl:uk, 33; 11.
Drmvyer, 32; It. E-I:trwood, 72.
Hiram H. Dsmvyer, 11. w. clr., 11. e. clr., sec. 4; Nay 20, 1846.
James Tickenor, s. llf., 11. e. qr., sec. 4; M:ty 13, 1848.
Jol~n T. Phenis, n. e. clr., n. mr. clr., sec. 4; July 15, 184'7. L. il. Foster, '70; I).
Pilenix, 70 n . w. cyr.
Elisha C. Merritt, w. hf. n. w. cyr., sec. 4; Aug. 12, 183'7.
Thomas Lyle, s. c. tyr. 11. w. qr., sec. 4; Jan. 14, 1851.
John Owen, s. w. qr., see. 4; Dcc. 13, 1817. Nathan I)owuing, s. w. 160.
Wm. Owen, s e. qr., sec. 4; Dec. 18, 3817. Ales. ICissingcr, s. c. 160.
Benj. Newton, e. Ilf. 11. c. qr., sec. 5 ; Jim. 14, 1836. Britlpt Harty, 36; 1.V.
J. EIt~rmon, 1C6.
Dsvicl new tot^, ur. Id. 11. e. clr., sec. 5; liC1:iy 16, 1836.
John P. Plltrnis, c. lif. 11. w. clr., sec. 5, Bug. 2, 1836. I-Inrlo~v Brown, u.
w. 144.
Benj. Newtou, w. llf. n. IV. qr., scc. 5; ,Jan. 14, 1836.
Wm. A. i\1(*llane. s. IV. clr., sec. 5; Fcb. 18, 1813. Goo. D. E:~pelst~on, 80; D.
H:trt,y, 80 s . w . cyr .
Sanlucl Tyler, s. c. qr., scc. 5; Fell. 18, 1818. 'E. II;il.t,y, 143; G. I). Eagclston,
11; and B. H:irty, 4 s. e. (11,.
Dexter Wall, n. e. qr., sec. 6; Dec. 7, 183-5. S:tniuel 3I:klone.
Wm. Grity, 11. IV. qr., sec. 6; Sept. 1, 1835. S:tnlllel M:llo~~c.
Henry Breese, rl. c. qr. s. \jr. qr., see. 6; May 86, 1836. i\lex. McClinly, '78.
IIonsy Breese, w. hf. s. w. qr., scc. 6; ,J:kn. 14, 1836. James S~~arc, 78.
Nehemiah Mcrritt, s. e. clr. s. w. (IS., sec. 6; July 14, 1837.
Henjwmin Rorviircl, s. c. qr., sec. 6; Oct. 6, 181'7. Ales. McC'urcly, 360.
Job Price, n. e. yr., scc '7; Fell. 2, 1818. IIlun~pllrey hvery, c. 80; G. R. hIc-
Clynient, w. 7'7.
1stl:tc Leon;t~*d, e. 111. n. w. clr., sec. '7; July 12, 1836.
Samuel 1,. Dorr;lncc, w . Ilf . 11. w . clr., scc. 7; May 11, 1833. Jntnes ant1 Jolln
Snare, 2'75-,!b :~cr(:s.
S;lmnel L. I)orrance, n. e. qr. s. 11~. (1'. . scc. '7; May 11, 1836.
Snmr~el 1,. I)ormtlcc, w . Iif. s. w . qr., sec. '7; Jllly 3, l83*5. 8m;lll lots.
Nellenliah Merritt, s. e. qr. s. iv. qr., sec. 17; July 11, 183'7.
Peter Icearns, s. e. qr., sec. 7; Feb. 3, 1818. X. E. Bunnell, n. 80: .J. ii. Eonnell,
s. 80.
Cllnrles Brewster, n. e. qr., sec. 8; April 23, 1818. Edward Harty, n. e. 160.

PENN TOWNSHIP. 605
J. Hoagden, n. m. qr. sec. 8; April 23, 1818. Harlow Brown, n. w. 160.
J. Hoagclen, s. w. qr., sec. S; no record. Harlow Brown, s. e. 160.
William I-!. Fann, s. e. clr., sec. 8; March 20, ISIS. G. W. Wright., SO; Harlow
Brown, 80, s. w. qr.
S:unuel Earle, n. e. cyr., sec. 9; Oct,. 6, 1817. A. Icissinger, SO; IT. Hudson, s. SO.
Stmuel Ellis, 11. w. qr., sec. 9; Oct. 6, 1817. E. Harty, n. 80; Michael Harty,
s. so.
William Kelly, s. m. qr., see. 9; Jan. 14, 1S19. E. B. Petit, n. SO; J. S. Wilson,
40; J. R. Holgate, 40.
Levi Prait, s. e. cyr., scc. 9; Jan. 4, ISIS. E. J. Edwards, 100: G. W. Newton,
40.
George Coats, n. e. qr., see. 10; Jnue 4, 181s. J . iCIcSherry, SO; J. BIcI

606 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
Sylvanus Moore, n. w. qr. of n. w. qr., sec. 18; July 3, 1835.
Oliver Moore, s. w. qr. of n. w. qr., sec. 18; June 8, 1836.
SylvanusMoore, e. hf. of s. w. qr., sec. 18; June 8,1836. Robert E. Bunnell, s. w.
Sylvanus Moore, \I. ]If. of s. w. qr., sec. 18; July 3, 1835.
Nathan Convers, s. e. qr., sec. 18; Jan. 31, 1818.
Robert E. Bunnell, s. e. qr.
hsa Winslow, n. e. qr., sec . 19; Oct . 6, 1817. Robert E . Bunnell all of sec. 10,
cept 137 acres in s. e . qr . of Henry Norse.
James IIolgate, e. hf. of n. w. qr., sec. 19; Dec. 17, 1836.
James IIolgate, w. hf. of n. w. qr., sec. 19; Jnly 8, 1836.
James Holgate, n . hf . of s. w . qr . , sec. 19; .June 25, 1836.
Wm. D. Grant, s. llf. of s. w. qr., sec. 19; June 25, 1836.
Abiezer Washburn, s. e . qr., sec . 19; Oct. 6, 1817.
Jonathan Drake, n. e. qr., sec. 20; April 1, 1818. J. F. Icessinger, 147; C.
Brown, 10.
Nathan Shepherd, n. w. qr., sec. 20; April I, 1818. F. Tcss, 30; Henry ahore, 4'7
Crum, 78.
Ricl~urd Bsyard, s. nr. qr., sec. 20; Dec. 2, 1817. Fritz Tess, s. w. 152; 11. &loore, 5.
Shelby E-IoM)s, s. e. qr., sec. 20; kc. 2, 1817. Wm. Taylor, s. c. 160.
Alvin Mllinghtim, n. e. qr., sec. 21; Nov. 29, 1817. It. A. Adams, 80; J. Tush, 40; J.
Rewarts, 40.
JosephNcFarlin, n. w. qr., sec. 21; Nov. 29, 1817. J. ildams, 80; FritzTnsh, 80.
Samuel Lane, s. w. qr., sec. 21; June 10, 1818. John Leadley, s. w. 160.
Jaines Parks, s. e. qr., see. 21; June 10, 181s. J. Nemarts, SO; J. Tasll, w. 80.
William Stewart, n. e. qr., sec. 22; Oct. 31, 1817. J. T. Eagelston, n. 80; W. En@-
ston, s. 80.
Benj. Brown, n. m. qr., sec. 22 ; Mar. 19, 1818. E. Acltley , n. 80; Jol~l Ackley, s. 80.
Samuel Lewis, s. w. qr., sec. 22; Nov. 29, 1817. Thomas Bissett, s. m. 160.
Joseph Windell, s. e. qr., sec. 22; Nov. 29, 1817. J. T. Engelston, n. 80; C. S.
~a~elstob, s. 80.
Moses Heath, n. e. qr., sec. 23; May 15, 1818. Henry 31ahler, n. e. qr.
Arch McCrary, n. w. qr., sec. 23, Nov. 19, 1817. Wm. Campbell, n. w. qr.
Christiizn Right, s. e. qr., ancl s. w . qr., sec. 23; Oct . 6, 1817. Mary 3IcClymcnt,
40; W. Etqelston, 120, in s. w. qr.; Henry RIahler, 120; M. McClyment, 40; s. e. clr.
Bmos C. Babcock, n. e. qr., sec. 24; Sept. 11, 1850. Levi Fouts, n. e. 160.
Bernard McMahon, u. w. qr., sec. 24; Oct. 6, 1817. Wash. Corrington, n. w. 160.
John IVlason, s. w. qr., sec. 24; Oct. 6, 1817. John Dexter, s. w. 160.
John W. Ingersoll, s. e. qr., sec. 24; Sept. 11, 1850. R. McBocock est., s. e. 160.
Amos C . Babcock, s. e. qr., sec. 36; Sept. 11. 1850. It. 3IcBocock est., n. e. 160.
John Norfleet, n. m. qr., sec. 25; July 18, 1818. H. Otmau, e. 80; I-I. Mahler, w. 80.
Jacob Skinner, s. w. qr., sec. 25; July 18, 1818. 11. McBocock est., s. w. 160.
Amos C . Babcock, s. e. qr ., scc. 25; Sept . 11, 18.50. Lcwis Fouts, n. 80; H . Mahler,
40; McBocock est ., 37; Mary Ewen, 3, s. e. qr .
Josllni~ Register, n . e. qr., sec. 26; Mar. 11, 1818. H . Blahler, 80; Harvey Petit, 80.
Thomas McCoy, n. w. qr., sec 26: Marcll 11, 1818. H. Petit, e. 80; H. Schwart~z, 80.
Jarnes Gilcs, s. w. qr., sec. 26: Oct. 6, 1817. W. W. .Jarman, s. w. qr.
Paul Green, s. e. qr., sec. 26; Oct. 6, 1817. C. W. I3rown, s. e. yr.
Joseph Morse, 11. e. clr., scc. 27; Dec. 27, 1817. W. Leet, n. e. 160.
Warren Sartwcll, 11. w. qr . , sec. 27; Dec. 27, 1817. Susan Philips, e. SO; T. IIey-
-
wood, w. SO.
Tilnothy Dixon, s. w. qr., sec. 27; Nov. 29, 1817. Wm. Flook, c. 82%; .J. Rewarts,
w. 779~.
ltichizrd Enlblcy, s. e. qr., see. 27; Nov. 29, 1517. 31. C . Swiger, s. e. 160.
Richard Edmunds, n. e. qr., sec. 28; Sept . 29, 1818. Ann Heywoocl, n. 80; J .
Tasll, s. 80.
Thomas Dennis, n . w . qr . , sec . 28; Sept . 29, 1818. Robert ancl James Parker,
11. TV. 160.
-William Brigs, s. w. qr., scc. 28; Jnly 30, 1818. Geo. Mcrna, n. 80; Geo.
Grecn, s. 80.
John Adams, s. e. qr., scc. 28; July 30, 1818. .Jolrn Rcwarts, n. 80; W. H. Jor-
clan, s. 80.
'
John Nichols, n. c. qr., sec. 29; Dec. 24, 1817. Geo. BIerna, c. 80; W. Scott,
w. 80.
Giles C . Dana, n. w . qr . , sec. 29; Oct. 27, 1836. Winfield Scott, n . w . yr.
Joseph Dockham, s. w . qr., sec. 29; Jan. 1, 1818. Winficld Scott, s . w . qr.
George Decker, s. e. qr., sec. 29; Jan. 1, 1818. Geo. Scott, e. 80; W. Scott, w. 80.

PENN TOWNSHIP. 601
Horace Clark, n. e. qr., sec. 30; Dec. 27, 1817. King, n. 100; W. Reagon,
s. 60.
E. iVlcClentthan, Jr., ,e. Ilf. n. w. qr., sec. 30; Aug. 17, 1835. Wesley King,
n. w. cyr.
E. &lcClenah:tn, Jr., w. hf. n. nr. qr., sec. 30; Jane 25, 1835.
Isaac Leonard, e. llf. s. w. clr., sec. 30; July 12, 1836. Wesley King, n. hf.
s. w. qr.
Geo. W. Osterhout, w. hf. s. nr. qr., sec. 30; Aug. 17, 1835. Slbert Icing, s. hf.
s. w. qr.
Harvey Gaylorcl, s. e. qr., see. 30; Dec. 27, 1817. W. Reagon, 120; Ezra P. Ewers,
40 s. e. qr.
Ac1onij:th Ball, n. e. qr., sec. 31; Oct. i2, 1817. TVeldon Reagon, n. e. qr.
Wm. Prtttt, n. 1. qr., sec. 31; May 1'7, 1836. J. Colgan, n. w. 155.
Eclwin E-Ii~tclienson, s. w . yr. , sec . 31 ; June 8, 1836. J. Colgan, s . w . 153.
Peter Riclier, s. e. clr., sec. 31; Oct. 22, 181'7. Itichard Hight, s. e. 1'60.
Edwin EIutcheuson, 11. e. cyr., see. 32; Feb. 15, 1837. Elizu Willi:tmson, $8; Lydia
Hume, 80.
Jacob Trisllour, n. w. qr., sec. 32; Oct. 31, 181'7. W. W. Corco~an, 11. w. 160:
Jolln Brandon, s. w, clr., sec. 32; M;uch 17, 1818. Bet~y Eagelston, s. w. SO and
small lots.
C. Brockett, s. e. cyr., sec. 32; 3larcli 17, 1818. W. H. \Teller, e. 80, also 40; and
W. Jarman, 40.
Peter Brown, n. e. qr., see. 33; Feb. 17, 1818. D. S. Tllurston, 160.
Jeremiah Gillttn, n. w. qr., see. 33; Feb. 18, 1818. Cllarles Weston, 160.
Robert Devine, s. w. qr., sec. 33; Oct. 6, 1817. R. and J. Barker, n. 80; T. J.
Bocock, s. 80.
Wnl. &Iatthews, s. e. clr., sec. 33; Oct. 6, 181'7. R. and J. Barker, s. SO; D. Thurston,
n. 80.
Natlinnicl Vnrnulu, n. e . clr., sec. 34; Jan. 3, 1815. James Owens, 160.
Thomas XTalden, 11. w. qr., sec. 54; J:tn. 3, 1-18. W. B. Pettie, 80; W. H. Pettie,
80.
Horttce TVithevill, s. w. clr., sec. 34; May 8, 1818. Thomas Steer, Sr., 160.
Atlam Sufford, s. e. clr., sec. 34; Dec. 2, 1818. Elon Steer, 160.
Jenks Wait, n. e. ancl n . w . clr., sec. 35; Oct. 6, 151'7. T. Ryan, e. 80; W. Ryan,
w. 80 n. e. clr.; Wnl. (:onmcl, n. W. 160.
Moses Aldricll, s. w . qr., sec. 35; March 16, 1515. Thomas Beall, s. w . 160.
John Nessing, s. e. clr., scc. 35; March 16, 1818. Joseph Hennessy, s. e. 160.
John W. Ingersoll, n . e. qr. , sec. 36; Sept . 11, 1850. Jacob Stoves, e. 79; Mc-
Bocock est ., w . 80.
Thomas Lee, n. w. and s. w. yr., sec. 36; Nov. 11, 1818. He~~ry Mtthler, e. SO;
T. Ityun, w. 80, and Anthony Ryan, s. w. 160.
John TV. Ingersoll, s. e. qr., sec. 36; Sept. 11, 1850. Henry Wingert, s. e. 160.
The School,s of Penn date back to 1536, when Wall's schoolllouse
was the resort of scholars, preachers ant1 \vorsllipers. In 1845
the township was orgenizecl for school purposes. The earliest record
in possession of Broolcs W. Crunl, present school treasurer, clates back
to June, 1846, Salnuel Cmnp being treasurer, when :L notice of the tax
levy for 1945 is given. Prior to this. the same year, Leinuel S. Dorranee,
Henry Breese, Nehenliall Merritt ancl John Toclcl were elected
trustees. The tax levy was $85.89 In 1846 the tax was $6 heavier.
In June, 1846, I,. P. Bates received $2S for teaching the Franklin district
scliool. In November, '47, Lucinda Buswell received $17 for
teaching in District No. 3. At this time there were 114 children of
school age here. In '45 Joseph Newton was treasurer for district No.
1 ; James I-Iolga'te for No. 2 ; John Dodd for No. 3 ; ant1 later, Elisha
Greenfield. In '49 thirtv-three voters petitioned for the sale of school
lands. Dexter Wall and Jos. Newton mere clirectors of clistrict No. 1;
in '50 P. S. Fl~aver ancl Virgil Pike were directors. In this year the
tax levy lvas $83 for Penn schools. In '48 Carnp res~gnecl the office,

608 HISTORY OF STaRR COUNTY.
and is supposecl to have been succeecled by Franlrlin Pratt, whose name,
however, is not signed as treasurer. In '51 the balance clue James Baswell,
for builcling sc).loolhouse in clistrict 3, was paid. In March, '62,
there were nine school clbtricts. The teachers were. respectively :
Davicl Redding, R. McAllister, Miss E. Smith, J. E. Gliarrett, A. %I.
Bassett, J. 13. Kent, B. DriLke, ancl J. R. 13olland. In clistrict No. 8
there mas neither schoolhouse nor school. Sal;~r,y ranged from $16 to
$28. T IVO hundred and twen ty-three pupils \vverlae en~ollecl. The first
regular recorcl of board of trustees is dated April ti, '63, wllen the nine
districts were fully orgznized with 353 scholars. E. J. (+riffin mas
treasurer in '65. In October of this year the election of trustees under
the new law resulted in the choice of J. W. Earllart, Benj. Ennnell ant1
James Snare. They also servecl up to '70, when the following nalnecl
teachers, appointecl in '67, were here : Mary IIay, Andrew Turnbull,
A. W. King, A. Hemment, G. W. McClyment, Simeon 13el1, Itl~amer
Duybault, A. J. Dyer, Ira Stockner and J. L. D. Long. In '71 the
name of Samuel Cruni appears as trustee. In '72 Messrs. Snl~re, Cruai
a8nd James Woods formed the bonrcl. In '76 Jaines A. Uunnell, James
Snare, Jalnes Woods ancl E. J. Griffin, treasurer, formecl the board.
In this year also the boundaries of districts mere changed tllroughont.
In '77 the olcl schoolhouse and lot of district 5 were ordered to be sold.
This house mas solcl to J. T. Eagelston for $69. In '78 Messrs. Crt~m,
Snare and Bunnell formed the board, ancl in September the lot of djstrict
No. 5 mas solcl to Elixa McLaughlan for $10. In '79 C. BocooB,
Alex. Kessinger a.nd Samuel Cruln were the trustees. In 'SO 13. W.
Crum sncceedecl Mr. Griffin as clerk. In '81 Jonathan Gleeson was
elected a trustee; in '83, George Wright ; in '83 Jonatlian Gleeson ;
G. M. Wright and Cyrus BococB formed the board, ~vith the first
named, pres~clent, and they, with B. W. Crlnn, have fornletl the board
down to the present time. The election held in district No. 2 on the
question of building a new schoolhouse, July 17, '80, resulted in nine
votes for ancl two aeainst the project. William Whitten ancl L. A.
Foster mere judges ot election, with Nathan Downing, clerl;. In '86
there were 249 males and 231 feinales under 21 years ; one gratletl and
eight ungraded schools, attended by 256 pupils ant1 presidecl over by
seven male and seven female teachers, the former earning $1,4ti0.90,
and the latter, $1,862.54. The total receipts were $6,608..63 ; expenditures,
$4,963.78.
O$cicilg~.-The supervisors of the tommship, other than the first n a~ned
in organic chapter, were : 185460: Nathan Snare ; '56, EIenry Breese ;
'57, Milan 13. Little ; '58-60, Benjamin Bunne11 ; '60-2: flatl~an Snare;
$2, Samuel Crum ; '63, Samuel G. Averv ; '64, Nnt.han Downing; '65,
John Snare; '66, John Ackley ;'67, ~olln"~cl

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Snare ancl W. B. Payne ; 'Sl, Pu';&thm Downing and James Snare; '85,
Benj. F. Gllarrett and J. Snare.
L:c~stleto2. was surveyecl by Edwin Butler for Alfrecl K. Castle, and
the plat acknowlectgect April 7, 1870, before Isaac Thomas, J. P. The
original town consists of seven Mocks, northwest of the old D. P. $ H.
R. R., 160 feet south of the northeast corner of north~vest quarter, seetion
16, to~vnsl~ip 13, range I east. Zincoln, Washington and Main
streets are shon-n running north and south, and Smith, Sherinan and
State, east ancl west. Kissln er's addition was acknomledged October
11, 1870, extencling froin the Y ine between sections nine ant1 sixteen to
Alesander street, showing Concorcl depot and Leon streets running
north and soutl~. The early purchasers of lots in b1ocl;s one and two
at Castleton were G. W. Scott, Cyrus Bocock, Scott C% Wdgley, 13. G.
I-Iall, Winfieltl Scott, in 1871 ; Emily A. Gnnn. in IS72 ; John Mc-
Xenzie, E. 13. Morris, 1874; John 'DiIurchison, Franz Booch, 1S875; Phcebe
Reardon, 1877; Louisa S. Sl~er~nan, W. E. Edgar, 187s; A. Rouse,
ISSO ; Ilorace 1,. Browrl, Sarah J. Jones, 1881. The Methodist Episcopal
Church Society of Castleton secured lot 12, and part of 11, from
Scott, Wrigley dk 8cott, in November, 1871. In block three a
few of the above named invested, wit11 others, nt~rnetl as follows: &ila.rcia
E. White, 1869 ; IIarty L% A~rcry, C. Davitlson, 1870; 0. R. Newton,
Jerry D. Wooclset, li. A. Sham, Henry C. Griffin, 1871 ; Abbie I-I.
Newton, Jmnes & J. D. Woods, 18'73; jalnes W. Fleming, E. Chamion,
Ernestine Julg, 1815 ; McClure, Cutler & Co.. D. Frey, IS76 ; C.
!I!'. Kellogg C! Co., IS77 ; IIenry (larse, William Holgate. W. Frey, T.
11. Doan, 1877, and others. In September, IS8 1, the German Lutheran
Societv purchased lots 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12. In bloclts four ancl five
~lricl; Swartz bought in ISTI and 1876, and John Tess, in 1883. Heppe
Scllwarts hougllt lots one to six, in block five, in Apr~l, 1880, the ~cdtts,
of Wyoming, Emily A. Gunn, and E. I3. Norris, b.aing the principal
buyers in all the blocks. In May, 1S77, the Methodist Episcopal
Society purchaserl on block seven, ancl froin IS71 to 19S5 a nuinber of
lots were sold and resolcl. Iiissinger's ncldition mas sold off between
1875 ancl 1885.
The business circle of Castleton coinprises Ackley C% Sopcr, and C.
Bococl;, general ilierchants ; D. W. Cruul, druggist ; Dr. J. R. Holgdte;
(7. E. Jordan, principal ; Leo Julg, boots and shoes ; J. A. Klock &
Fleming, grain elevator ; Gilman, carpenter ; L. F. Moran, milliner ;
13. D. Martin, painter and wagon-indlter ; Ettn Sha.rrett, Paul Newton,
teachers ; W. S. Smith, blacksmith ; G. Wright, farm iinpleinents and
insurance : Patrick Sullivari, (now of Wyoming) B. F. Gharrett, justice
; Rev. W. 1-1. Jordan, P. M. church ; Rev. C. Prohl, Lutheran
church ; Mrs. D. Stewart, postmistress and hotel, succeeding D. W.
Crum in the postoffice; Ackley L! Co. ancl Fuller LC Co.
In IS75 the bill for the establishment of a Konnal School
ivas passed. Prof. J. D. Woods mas na~netl as principai, with C.
Bocock, G. W. Scott, 13. J. Cosgrove ancl F. M. Earhart, directors. A
Normal institute continues to be held there still, some of the meetings
eclualing in interest and n~~nlber in attenclance the most successful of

610 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
the old-time annual reunions of teachers. Paul Newton for inany years
has iven much attention to the institute.
Churches.-The $
Nethodist Episcopal church of Penn township,
is contemporary with thatq at Wyoming, but the early records of it
were imperfect. From '36 to '46 William Hall, of Osceola Grove, mas
leader at Wall's. The class which met at Wall's schooll~ouse in '51-2
corn risecl John Drawyer, leader ; Rachel, IIiram ancl Mary Dramyer,
Sara Y 1 Wall, Ph~be
Smith, Mary Stairbook, John T. Phenix, ~ i d ~ a
Phcenix, Martha ICarman, Nimcy Geer, Barbara Dunn, ~hcebe A.
Mason (who diecl in '53), Henry Seeley, Daniel Drslvyer, Esther Ticknor,
William Shurtleff, ~ i~~or;il~ Warren. In '52 this class llTas divitlecl,
Drarvyer taking charge of the class at Seeley's Point. Seth Davison
was a'Ppointecl leader, and ~vith hiin were Sarah Wall, Phcebe Smith,
Zipporah Warren, Catherine Merritt and Daniel Prunclc.
Holrrate's class met at I-Iol~ate's sclloolhouse in '51-2 with John
Pryor, Teader. , The member re : John and Mary Pryor. Clarissa
Rickey, Sylvania Rolgate, Timothy antl liexiah Hollister, Dan ant1
Mary Burnell, Draper Hitchcock, ~erinelia Winter, Lydia Snare ancl
Temperance .Briggs.
The class-book of the church at Castleton gives the following names of
members in January, '71: J. B. Robertson. ~arbara ~obertsog, Th0111its
ancl Emma Robertson, Dr. Selclon Minor, Eliza Minor, Elizabeth Brorvn,
Hattie Shoemaker, E. B. Norris, Lizzie Norris, John McFatlclen and
wife, Jose h McFadclen, Thomas ancl Sarah Starli, James ancl Perlnelja
Woods, El P en Griffin, Jane Ackley, Elizabeth Payne. William Unclerwood
was presiding elder, with E. Ransom, Gjssionary. In '73, C.
Springer was presiding elder, E. Eansom, P. C., and Ezra Griffin, C. L.
with o111.y twelve members in class. In November, '74, the names of
Sarah Westfall, Emma 13. McKinstry, Matilcla Wilson, Calvin Davison,
Nettie Kohn, Temperance Bacon, and other inembers of the families
named in '71 appear on the list. In '76 there were Inany aclditions,
including the Bunnells, Fosters, Sini ths, Birds, Gleason s, Douglass,
Martins. Clarks a.ncl E. B. Drawyer. In '82 H. D. D. Martin was
class leader, with Rev. G. C. Wooclruff, preacher. In '84 the naines of
Amanda Wright, Jennie McMillen, four ineinbers of the Drawy er
family and members of other families named above appear on the list.
Methodist Protestant church of Castleton antl circoi t dates back to
the year '49, when Moses Jared, of Canton, pastor of Lafayette circuit,
being informed that a party of Methodist Protestants had removed from
Pennsylvania to the neighborhood in the eastern part of Stark county,
now known as Snarerille, visited them and organized "Snare's class "
of three members, as a part of the Lafayette circuit. From various
causes the circuit weakened at Zafayette, and wa.s changed between '53
and '56 to Spoon River Circuit. Subsequently the work extended eastwarcl
and, to satisfy the neitT classes. another change to " Pleasant View
circuit " was tsuthorixecl in '64. Eev. Mr. Jared served his fill1 terin on
the Lafayette circuit and was followed by others whose names are not
given in the recorcl. In '58 Spoon River circuit advanced, ancl, down
to the present time, there is an unbroken history. In '59, or early in
'60 the parsonage at Snareville was purchased, during the pastorate of

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Rev. J. L. Scott, who came here in '58. In '60 Rev. Robert Rice took
charge, followed by Daniel Woods, S. P. Huntin~clon, J. M. Ford,
Eclm,zrd Sellon, each of ~~~hom served one year; #. E. Martin, two
years; G. L. Taylor, three years. W. W. Williams came in '70, Isaac
Woocl in 'TI, Robert Burns, in '72 ; William Ross, in '73; L. S.
Hitchins, '74 ;*E. J. Wynans, .'75 ; J. L. Scott, '76 ; F. Stringer, '79 ;
J. L. Kiclcl, 'SO, ancl Rev. W. I-I. Jordan, 'Sl. In June, '52, the trustees,
John Snare, Richard IIigllt ancl Henry B. Ackley mere instructed to
sell the property at Snareville, ant1 purchase parsonage grounds at
Castleton. This llTas sold to Albert Snare for $415, ancl the present
property purchasecl froin Mrs. E. G. Gharrett for $7 50, and was
cleeded to the trustees of the Pleasant View circuit. Among the naines
of the first lnembers of the church at Castleton are: Jaines Snare,
Eli jah EIolmes, EIarriet Holmes, Mary Gleason, Clara Fleming, Jane
Aclams, Mrs. Earhart, John ancl Eliza Loper, Henry and Lottie Ackley,
Mrs. Morris, Mary E. Adarns, Mary William, William and ~lizabeih
Smith.
Among the inembers supposed to be old members of the M. P.
church at Snareville were: Samuel ancl Lue Fulton, James Fulton,
Marga~et F~~lton, Samuel and Elizabeth Crum, ~rs.'~. A. Coghlan,
Mrs. James Snare, John Snare, Mrs. White, Rachel White, Georae and
Mary Talbert, Mrs. Harclen, John M. ancl Sirella Maderis, %av,
Henry and Cynthia Newton, William ancl Emily Curfman, Auslnan and
Laura D ixon, Jiunes D. and Rhoda Ballentine, Alexander Ballentine,
Daniel Coghlan, L. Templeton, Ella Dixon, Joseph and Mary Vernon.
The German Evanwelical Lutheran St. Timothy church at Castleton
was organized by %ev. F. R. Bess, of Peoria, in "78. The f~llonring
members signed the constitution at that time : Jasper Sch~vartz,
Wilheln~ Conracl, Johann Tess, Himaich Dunlte1mann;Friedrich Brinlimann,
Hibbe Schwartz, T. Rahineyer, Fritz Tess, Johann Wi~gner,
Carl Burmeister, Jacob Zirnmennann. The congregation built a
chnrcll the same year for $1,500, which was dedicated December 8,
'78. The first pastor who lived with the congres%tion was Rev. Carl
Proehl, until thrtt time assistant pastor of the German EY. Lutheran
St. Paul's church in Peoria, 111. Rev. Carl Proel11 was called in '78,
and is yet there. He has charge *of two other congreg,zt.ions which
belong to the Castleton parisl~, one near Iielvanee, Henry county, the
other near Dunlap, Peoria county, Ill. The congregation is growing
very slowly, but continually, and llas been increased inainly by iininigration
from Germany, to twenty-three families, wit11 twenty-one
voting members and 102 souls. The property of the congregation consists
of the church, with a fine bell, for $280, the parsonage, a schoolhouse
ancl nine lots, representing a value of $5,500. No debts.
The parochial school, which is held by the pastor dur~ng nine months
in the year, is visited by 15-20 children. The congregation raises
for her own purposes about $350, and for home ancl foreign missions
about $80 every year. The trustees are at present: Fr. Urinkmann,
W. Conrad and Fr. Tess. The storin of July, '79, damaged the German
church at Ca.stleton, and did much clamage through the county.
Societies.-The Penn Farmer's Club mas organized in February,

612 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
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1873, with C. W. Brown, -president:- Wm. Holgate, vice-111-esiclent ;
E. J. Griffin, secretary ; and E. C. hrorris, treasurer.
Penn Gmnge, No. 814, \vas presiclecl over by Eclmin Farris in 1575,
with C. W. Bro~vn, secretary.
The Union Literary sdciety of Castleton, a consolidation of tl~e
two olcl societies, was organized in JYIarch: 1583, ~vitll E. E. Ackley,
presiclent ; W. N. Jordan, secretary ; Jennie Ghs~rett, treasure^ ; a,nd
B. W. Crum, by. 1'. Snare, Lizzie Mol-an, ni~d D. W. Cruiu, executive
committee.
The Castleton Loclge of Good Teinplars, organizetl some time ago,
claims a large membership, and is prolific in good results. A reasonable
effort failed to secure a summary of recorcls.
Edmarcl Somers, of Castleton, receiving $8 per month, was the only
pensioner there in 1883.
Cbmp G~ove, partly in this township and in Marsllall conn ty, is one
of the ancient settlements of the Spoon river clistrict. There is the old
Catholic church and cemetery, wit11 ~vhicll the names of allnost a11 the
Catholic settlers of this section have been iclentifietl. The I~usiness
circle of Camp Grove comprises, G. A. Blanvet, blacl

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615
lene Dicl~erson! '68 ; John Pllenis, '67 ; Mary Russell, '46 ; Nancy Whitten.
'6s ; I-lirnin Emmanuel, '50; Malay ~rmin, '81 ; John Earhart,
'74 ; Sarah Spencer, '65 ; Henry Brees, '73: John Sniith, '64 ; Margaret
I-Ianl~on, '77 ; Nnllcy Shu11, '55 ; Mary Harris, 'TI ; Lydia Snare, '65;
Teml~erarlce Bacon, '81 ; Abigail ~a~~i'son, '45 ; and 1-1ahna~h Miller, '61.
Tlle cllilclren buried there include Ira Drawy er, Lincoln Aclaills, John
McMull en, IIarla Col iins, Gertrude Stewart, E~~dori~ Stewart, Fred
Stewart, Sam11 Seeleg, Della Elston, Cvrus Elston, John Phenis,
J:~lues, Williarn ant1 Mary T1101ni\~, poi and Sherman Avery, Joll n
Taylor, Lil ly Reardon, L. EIt~arwood, Jolln, Emiua, Lucinda ant1 Nancy
Geela, Melissa, Wllitten, IIira~ll Drawyer and infant sister, Einilv Scherme~horn,
Seltlon Stark, TVnnaen Smith, Annie and Jennie "Atlams,
Ilenry Davison, Charles Dnvison, TV. Eriggs, S. Miller, Clam. Applegate,
IInnniill Marl~lnnd and Clnrintla E:mn~a.nuel.
Tl~e Fran Glin Cemetery Association, (lastleton, elected E. D. Dri~l\-
yer, Byron Slnitll ancl Paul r\'e~\~tot! tlirectors in 1886, \\-it11 the latter
secr.et;try and treasurer.
S~lic613evi/ie Cye)~ietei3y appears to have been fi~st tenanted in 1535,
\\~11en Onir~ge Fuller nras burietl there. The ~ecortl of in ter~nents
taken froin monulnents is as follows : S~rlrinn IIolgate, '72 ; Hannah
I)o\vn ing, '86 ; George R. McClymentI, '84 ; Ales liissi~~ger '50 ; Daniel
Coglrlan, '79 ; Jasper M. Morris, '82; Henry B. Dolaranee, '85 ;
Frank White, '86 ; J. I,. liennetly, 19th Illinois Infantry ; Kaoil~i
(Argnn bright) Millel., '63; Julia A. Ritar, '6 1 ; Henry Springer, '77 ;
Itebeccn OslIorn, '55 ; Jasper Scll\rart, 'SO ; Elizabeth Tess, '78 ; Chas.
&I. Sclaanton, '64 ; Virgil Pike. '79 ; Mary Vernon, '81 ; Isaac Pt~tch,
'56 ; Barbara Dunn, 'ti1; Unn~el %uill\\~;~lt, '54 ; Zebulon Avery, '54 ;
Mary Avery, '75 ; Phmbe Newton, '49 ; Benj. Nenrton, '51 ; Phineas
Gleason, '74 ; Lydia Snell, '78; Hannah A. Drawger, '48 ; Lydia
White, 'SO ; Orange Fuller, '38 ; Hel~sebah Fuller, '48 ; Sarah Fuller,
'56 ; Ni~n~v (Akerly) Griffin, '77 ; Jalnes (+riffin, '65 ; Clarindn P.
Rickey, '58; John kiclcey, '61 ; Sarah Bunnell, 'St; ; John 11. Bunnell,
One-hnntlretl-and-t welf tll Infantrv; '64 ; (+;win L. Een wiclr, '74.
In the Catllolic cemetery a( Camp Cfrove many of the Cntllolic
pioneel*s of this to\~nship are at rest.
In the foregoing list of tenanted graves man1 a well-ltnown nanle
appears, and slloulcl the rezrtler look t hroi~g!~ sii~iil ar lists in the other
c11~~pter.s cle17otetl to townsl~il~ history, fa~ll~liirr names will be brought
up :LS reminders of tllose whose early toils here itre forever ended.
With all this tl~e following lmention of persons connected \\-it11 the
tonnsl~ip i~t one time or another, will be found a valual~le :tcldition.
13IOC~IZhl'IIY ANT) KEMINISCEXC1E:S.
IIewry B. A t.Xa/ey, son of John and Jane (Sison) i1cLley \vns born
:~t Iiicltapoo, I'eoriu coumty , Septe11ll)er 15, '50. IIis father mas n
i~ative of Pen~lsylv;~~~ia, and inother an Ol~ioan. IIis paternal grand-
~xtrents being Urial~ ant1 Lytlia (Sawers) :lcliley, natives of New
Jersey, of (German ancestry. Jolln A~liley caine to Peoria county
in '38 ; was married there August 19, '49, to Miss Jane, tlaugllter
of Williain Nison and M~F Nixon, both natives of Yirginia, and

616 qIOGkAPHY AND REiIfINISCGNCES
to this marriage three chiltlren were born, of m2ioln Henry I3.
and Edirarcl E., both of this tomnslrip, aye living. TIenrv B. Ackley
received a practical education in the district scllools knd on 11;s
father's farin. On January 1: IS74 he nrarrietl Miss Clrarlotte,
daughter of John and Elizabeth I,oper, of 0 llio mcl Intlil~nn, i2espectively.
To this marriage one son was horn, Jal~uitr~r S, '81, Charles
E., who cliecl October 25, '85. After his marriag6 he eng,age.etl in
farming, nncl coiltlilluecl so engaged until "is, when ire rented 11is
far111 and attended the Nortl~ern Incliana Normal Scllool, nncl ~vl~en,
after completing a course of stutly, he passed one sunnrler in Kansas ;
then purclrasetl IIuinphlae~~ Avery's business at Castleton, and lras
carried on a general trade clo~vn to the present tiine. I11 ljolitics he is
decicleclly Rept~hlican. I-re has served as tomnsllip clerli and tlirectou
of the castleton schools. In re1ig;ous life be is a ~lleirhe~ of the
Methodist Protestant church, ant1 in society affairs, W. C. T. of the
Good Templars of Castleton.
Ihcmph~ey cmtl S. 0. ilvely, two old settlers of- Stark county, are
the sons of Colonel &liles Avery, mlro ~vas the son of Cyrns, son of
Solomon, son of I-Iuinphrey, son of EIumphrey, son of Samuel, son of
James, son of James; who mas the son of Christopher Arery, ~vl~o
came from England in the seventeeth century and settled at Glo~lcester,
Mass. He was s select~nt~n there i~etween 1646 ancl 1664. In
1665 he inovecl to New Lonclon, Conn. ; bought the lmne lot of Eobert
Burrows; mas macle freeman in 1669; diecl and was buried March 12,
1679. His only child, Jaines, born in 1620, in Englnntl, was lnarried
in England, November 10, 7 643, to Joanna Grumedade, imtl to thein .
nine children were born, their second clrild being James Ave1.y ~vhose
father settled at New Lonclon prior to tlre settlelllent of Christopher
there ; was cllosen selectman in l(i60, an cl held the office Went y-three
years. ISe was an ensign, lieutenant: :~nd captain of the only';zrmed
company in the town ; se~retl in and comm;l.ntiocl a troop of I'equots
during King Pllilip's war ; was at the fo~~t fight in 1675, and stomlet1
the fort at the head of his co~~mlnncl; for twelve !rcalbs he was tltlputp
to the gland court; was in the co~~nl~ission u.f tl~c peace f~onl 16;s
to 165 and was assistant ,judgeof t11ecount\~ co~u~t. Ileillo~ed to
Pequonoc, next to New Lontlo~i, and t lrence t; G~oton, nrl~ei.c ire cliecl
at am olcl age.
E1li~clr',~tk (Sinitlb) ilve,:~, tlaugl~ ter oE Jon;~tl~:~n Siui tll \vI 10 1110ved
from Connecticut to I'lymoutl I, Luzerne county: Pa ., opposite the Sll:tjvnee
flats. A company, wit11 his brotlrer, were c;~jtured by the Indians
near the Nanticolte (lam. l I is brotlrel*, ireing Jalue, urns lii llecl and
scnlpecl before his eyes, ivllile he was bound out to a squaw, to fill the
place of a lost son. IIe IVU fillally laanso~ned by a British officer, ancl
settled on 560 acres two miles south of the confluence of the Tunkhannock
and Susqnehanna on the east bank of the latter. Here his eight
c hilclren were bo~n, nainely : William, born March 19. 1788 ; Elizabeth,
Febri~ary 17, 1790; Susannn, Septelrlber 22, 1791; Zura, December
15, 1795 ; Ziba, January I'l,l'iQS ; Polly, Wovenlber 24,1799 ; Whitney,
July 14, lr304, ancl Asher M., October 28, 1SO7. Whitney and ~lsller
were pioneers of this county, as noticed in the chapter on Toulon.

OF PEKN TOWNSHIP. 61.7
3Iibes Avery was born Deceill ber 25, 1 791, alt Tunl~llannock, Pa.
IIe ~vas the eldest son of Cyrus Avery, who calne from Kor~~~icll,
Conn., to Pennsyl~~nnia al~out 1700, ancl there married Lydia Marcy, a
daugll ter of Colollel Zebulon Ma~cy, wllose father caa~t f roll1 Dover,
Dutchess countr. K. IT., as et~vly as i;i@, wit11 the Connecticut colonr,
and is said tlo iln~~e built the first cabin at Pittston, near Old ~or$e,
in 1779. This clnliin lle sold to Ehenezer, his brother, wl~o came the
same war to Tul~lth;~nnc;ck, an (1 aided in oiaganizing Putnaln tou~nship
antl :I:;I:IV 17. 'IS, tlietl July 30,
'83, at South Enton, Pa.; i\Iiijor Qros, Mar*cl; S, '91; Miles, ~ rhe 3,
'23, died October 10, '84; Humphrey, July 4, '25, a ~aesitlent of Penn

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township; Elizabeth, May 15, '27, clied July 24, '29 ; Samuel G., May
3, '29 ; Hannah, November 4, '33, died h'ovember 14, '32, ancl ~our'tney,
July 18, '34, died &Say'13, '36.
Ifi~nzph~ey Avey, fourth son of Col. Miles and Elizc~beth (Sinith)
Avery, was born July 4, '25, in Wyoining county, Pa.; received his
primary education there and coml~letecl his studies at Madison Academy,
Abingclon Centre, Luzerne county, Pa. After his father's failure
in '43, Mr. Avery was thrown upon his own resources. At this time
he was afflicted with the old-fashioned ague, mhich kept his purse down
at low water-marl

620 BIOGICAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
shoulct bring. Of the ten children born to 3Ir. and Nrs. &IcBocock, six
u
are living, nainely : Tllolnns J., Willialn C., Abig~ii J., wido~; of
Jefferson Francis, SLLTILI~ M., wife of Fretlerick Deit wlg, Jn~nes S., and
Alvn E., a11 residents of tile to\vnsllil) ~vhere their fntller settled in '54,
and where tlre~r plaev\. to 111 :mhootl :~11;l ~voma~~hoocl. The -hther of this
large fi~irlilv \;;as, in po1itic;rl life, an uncontlitioonl Repnbliciln. For
sixteen vegrs he llelrl tlre office of i~stice of the pence, ant1 for thirteen
pears, sGccessi vel, a in em be^ of the superr isor's board. F~*oln '61 to
, -a 3-
btt he was n melnbera of tlle TTnion League, and by his ~visdon~ and
V '
prutlence aicletl in averting mob ~ ~LIIT i~l~d in subduin the tlevices of nntllinltina
inen. w110 woulclul~lacken a paoud ~aecolatl Gy resort to capital
punisl~ment for Illere svnrl)atliy IV i tll the i*ebellior;. Thougll unconnected
wit1ll allv ~~eli~io~~s botly, he was a, f~iencl to all Cllristian forl~ls,
ant1 in his life IG~LS stlblctl \r irlorill. His wid0\\7. Mrs. Eliznl)etl~ McBocock.
resides on tlre ilo~lreste;~;I, i~lltl li Ite her ir nsl;and, is -possessetl of tl~ose
A
qualities wlr iclr \r in success ;mtl esteem.
Bbij(th Bococ~X~, a native of Tri~ginia, move(] to Ilighlz~ntl connty, 0.,
with his ~~r-i~~ents in llis voutlr. On July 18. '22. he nr:ttrrietl Niss 13s~bara
~ cinnev. k \\rllosew'narell ts catme frh111 krelancl earlv in the Ilistorv
.,I J
of this co~nltry. To tlds ini~la~*iage were born seven clGlclren, nan1elf:
IIannnlr M., who nlarrietl Sale111 I~oiits, now of ir i~ colmnon co~int~~~~'sclrool education ;
\\rolaking(311 the f;in~r tl~~l~ing, the s11111111e~ illld attending scliool tlaring
the \r inter. In '5 T 11c III:LI~I~IC(~ E:ler-ino~* Ill., daugllter of I>ougun ant1
8arttl1 (I I utcllisoli) 1:ou ts, ;I ncl o*~antltlaaghter of Jacob anti Ele:r.nor
Fo~ts of N(-,rtlr

OF PENN TOWR'SHIP.
hr
state legislature, serving there tvo years ; has fillecl nlany township
offices, assessor, road commissioner, scllool trustee, and at firesent is a
nie~l~ber of the County md Congressional Eepublican Centrd Co~nnitt
tees ; is a great lover of his to\~~nsliip and county and their institutions,
botfild to them by lnany ties. In social matters al\~\.ays ready
to assist). Is it hfilson itntl one of tlre charter lneil~be~s of the UratlforcI
Lodge of I. 0. 0. F. Ilas a ft~mily of seven cllildren, naniely : Cllnrles
W., wllo in:~rrietl Xiss Laura Marl;limd ; 1:rancis N.: \\-llo mirrried Miss
Anna Ahl~ler ; Eobert I,., Ellurna I,., Snrall 8.) Cyrns O., and C'larence
E., vrlio reside at 11olnc. Is not :L luen~ber of any CIIUI~CII but is ever
ready to give 1lei~~'t~ sllpl)o~t to all.
YXorrcccs J .13oc.o(.i~. lionl in Fulton county, Ill., July 13, '50. is t.lle son
of Itobert llc. all tl ICli;..;~.betll (Ctll ton) I!crcocl;. \rl~osc i~istoib,v is gi ven
in this clrt~pter. Mr. 1:oco~li laeceirctl a yam lilse~sal etlncatlon in the
tlistricl; sclluols ;~ntl;~t
tl~u Soi.ln;tl I' lli verii t)-, l:looll~ingt on, Ill. In
'54 1le r~ccounl~anictl his i);~~~e~~ts to this corunty, resitlet1 at holne until
of age aln(1 ill '73 illi\lal*ie;l Miss Fri~nces, tl;i~~g:.l~ter of doll11 JV. and U1.y
(Uirtl) I'~*octoih. ]la t i yes of Illinois ant1 Ken tncly, resl~ect.i\-ely, Iler .
lu;ltelan;ll gt*:~ntlp;rl~cn ts being ITirgillianls. During the vear ' 73-2,
Illla. -130~0cli engag*etl i 11 falam lng I~ere. lrluretl to i\la~slldl coun tjT in
7 - 44, resided t11el.c 1'01~ two vetlrs, ~rllen he l~ulacllasetl eig11tr acres on
section 33, Pcnn, ~vlle~e ire has rcsicietl ul) to bile p~esell t tnttk, co~q>lii~g
wit11 his Falwi ant1 stock g:.,.on~i 11g ill tdrests tire opc~a;~t.ion of fa.1-111
L C e l 1)11ring the wi ntor of' 'Sii-'i Eorinetl l~a~tnelasllil, \ri th W.
Scott c!k (10. in i)uymg and slr ipping of sto~k. Mr. ant1 i\llls. Bococli
are the parents of foo~ clliltlren : Cora l~st~ella born December 19,
'75, tlietl C)ctober 31, '78; Otis Lester born Septeillber S, '79; Icloytl G.,
1)ecember 5, 'SI; Fatillla, bo1.n May 31, '$5. (Cora ant1 Otis are known
by midtlle names). Politic;~lly, Itepublici~n. IIe has talten niuch interest
in all :~ffaiis rc1a.ting to his to~rllsllip. For niue p u s he has
served as scllool tlilaector and is sewing ;ts roatl coltrnlissioner in sixth
year, is :L st~ckllol(ler in the Sta1.1; Cloun tv ('en t13;il ~Igl~icul t~trill Society
antl has 11~lcl inlljol*tirnt ofices in t1~1.t i;otly, ~vllile in societv nlatters
is a meulbei* of 3. 1". anti A. 31. ~,otlgi, 30. 479, ~volilin~, 111.
Wllile tlloronglllg Christian like, Ile is not bout~d by any dkno~ninat~ion,
his name inny 11; fou~lcl i1ial1)~ t1ilnos ;mlong t tlle sul)l)orters of a11 our
cllurches :I 11 tl l)el~evolent soeiet ics.
IITilli(cj~~ C,)L/,S UOCOI;~, born in l:~llton t*ixlnt\r, Ili., &[i~y 4. 1S54, is
the son of ilobert Mc. anti Eliz;~l~etll (Colto~l) ~dcock, :mci glt~ntlson of
Eli jah antl 1:a.rl)ixn~ (Jlcl

622 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
added to his agricultural duty that of stock-growing and clealing in
stocli of all Bintls in which his father \ms extensively engaged up to
his death. In political life he is tllorooghly Republican, in cllurch
matlters, Christian, but not denominational. ~hon@ a. yoyng man lie
has fillecl several townsllip offices creditably, and is now director of
the Castleton grlldecl school district.
John Bentley BYO~U~, deceixsed, was born in Augusta county, Va.
in 1806. When of age he inarrietl Miss Betsy, tlaugllter of Tllomas ancl
, Jane Johnson, 1111 natives of Virginia, ancl in '37 inigrnted 1vesti\7artl
with his f;~inily, settling in Peoria county, Ill., near what is no\\. Bno\vn
as Ed\r;~rtls Stlation. In '53 he re~no~etl to TVyorning, enstgeed in
nlercantile business antl so continuetl in tracle until his death, May 83,
'80. His \riclow diecl there J ~une 30, '81. Of their eight clliltlren, five
are living : U. W., of Penn, the senior ; John M., whose histo~y appears
in tlre chapter on Toulon, Newton G., murrieil, resicling in Allen
county, Kan., Martllr~, wife of C. G. Colburn of Wyoming, ancl ISMbella,
a teacher in the public scllools. John B. Brown was recognized
as a man of zeal ancl earnestness in religious, temperance and political
affi~irs, \\.as a st.;loncll member of tlie M. E. Church fo~
fiftv years preceding
his death.
C'mnr~x~r. IK Brotun, born in I-Inmpshire county, Va., July 31, 1834,
is the eldest son of ,John Gentley Grocvn wllo settled in Peoria
county in '37, and came to Stark county in 1853. EIe shared all Iris
father's travels anct pioneer labors in Peoria county ancl Wyoming,
ancl in the latter dace was connectetl ~vitll his father's business for
J
some years - thus obtaining a, very practical eclucation in the scliool,
on the fnnn, ant1 in the store. In Novernl~er, '56 he married Miss
Elizabeth C., clauo.hter ol' Jalmes fi'. and Elizabeth I-Ienclerson, natives
U
of ~enns~lvan kt, but pioneers of Tazewell county, Ill., where Mrs.
Brown was born March 5, '36.
In '61 he enetgetl in a.gricolttum1
work, south of Wvoming, ;md in August, 'cia, enlisted in Company E,
~ne-hunclred-and-~~~~elfl;il Iiepiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was
chosen first lieutenant and nlatle the record credited to him in
the military clr;~yter of this work. On the close of the War, ire purchasetl
a fam~ on section 14, Penn township, antl has since been prominent
in adding to the live-stock ancl agricultural wealth of the county.
In politics he is Iiel)ul)lican, ant1 in religion i~supporterof the
Methoclist Church of n.hich Mrs. J3rown is a member. In public affairs
he has always ~r~anifestetl nntl felt a cleep interest in advancing whatever
apl)earetl to be for the best interests of the people, has repeateclly
been c;~lletl upon to fill ofices of public trust antl responsibility,. ant1
has al\~~ays performet1 the duties of sucll offices with creclit to
hin~self ;~rr tl sat is-f;rction to his constituents. 02 his three clliltlren,
Will ia.m is ~r~arrietl ;mtl ;L resiclen t of Nebmska ; James, unmarrietl,
and George, ~ni~rrietl, are farmers of this to~vnsllip.
Erast tie Bro.co9, an tl his wife, hilmnda (Sta,fford) Bvown, natives of
Vermont, rernovetl in IS43 to Del(i~11) county, Ill., where they re- .
~nainetl onlv 51. short time, \vhen thev removetl to Peoria county.
There Mr. Brown purcl~asetl a farm "and began its improvement ;
there Mrs. Brown psssecl to her last sleep. about a year later Mr.

OF PENN TOWNSHIP. 623
Brown lnnrriecl Miss NcCumpsey; immediately after came to Stark
county, anti settled in To~~lon to~;nship. but after a fern years relnoved
to Lafa,yette. where he clied, October 18, ISTO, being then in his
seventy-fonrth year. He was a, sol die^ of the war of 1812.
Ihfi~lvw B~otun, SOIL of Erastus Brown, mas born in Vermont, in
1S21, remained ~~ith his parents until he was twentv years of age,
when he c:Lme to Peoria, \vhere Ile \\.as engaged in varco~~s occ~~patlons
for seven years. On August 1, 1847, Ile inarriecl IIni-riet Stoffer, a
(laughter of Jacob nncl Ma,:' (Tyson) Stoffer, who was born October
6, 15'26. IIey parents \rere natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in
Ohio, ant1 in IS44 settled in Peori;~ county, Ill. Soiue !ears later tl~ev
o:me to Starlc county, w1iel.e her inotlie~* tliecl in 1383, being then
eiglitj-nine !-ears of age, tl~us sur\riring her husband some years.
About a year aftell their ~n:~rriage, Mr. ant1 Mrs. Cronn came to Penn
townsl~~p, where tltey ~)urch:ist~tl land nncl begf~n its improvement,
amicl all the privations of pioneel. life. Tlieir nnlon has been blessed
by twelve children, seven of' rnl~oin are still livillg: Effie J. (deceased);
Anlanela P., now Mrs. Willial~i CI*OSS, of Iiansas; Nellie J., no\v Mrs.
Ed\\rin Bnl~re, of Valley to\vnshil-, ; Eliza, now Mrs. N. Foster, of Osccola
; Shernlau (cl eceasetl) ; Sainuel (tleceased); Lemnel (tleceased);
J:~nl~li~ C. (tieceaseel); Don~ E., no\v Mrs. E. Pettit, of Penn townsllil);
I-I. 13., nonT engagecl in tlie i~czrclmare trade in Castleton, Ill.;
Franklil~ JY.. a~zd IIerhert D. Politically, Mr. Brown is a Republican,
having votetl that ticket since tlie 1Suchnnai-t campaign. He now owns
640 acres of tlie choicest lands in Stnl;l; county. the greater part being
in Penn torv~isllil), on ~vhich is situatecl liis large pleasant residence.
Bhs. Erow11 has been an invalid for the last five years. In speaking
of pioneer life, hlr. anil Mrs. I>ro~viz relate inanp events, among others
being kept aivalie by the I~o\\-lii~g of the wolves, which surrounded the
cabin as soon :I,S cluk came on. Thei~ cabin \vas 12x12, and on one
c~ccasion MI'S. P;ro\vn 11elcl n "cyuilting," ancl, on ~iccount of 1;~cl; of
room in the l~onse, they cynilted out doors, with no cover but a slndl
sl~ed.
Bewjaw~ir~, B. Brlnnell, son of Joll~i Uunnell, mas born in Pike
county, Pa., 1811. His early life nras spent 117ith his parents, assisting
in the duties of tlie hem, or attellcling scllool. On January 7,
1833, 11e nlarriecl Miss S. A. Little, a, tltlltghter of Robert ancl Elizabeth
(L4rnist~'ong) Little. Iler parents \\-ere natives of New .Jprsey, where
r1
she was born in 1811. llle paternal grant1l)arents of James A. ancl
Robert E. were ,Johtl E~lnnell, l10r11 Angust 13, 1790. ~-11o died August
11, IS72 ;~nd N~IT Place, born September '7,1793, ~vho tliecl Kovember
3, lS51, 13en,jttlnin being one of a family of fourteen cllilclren, twelve
of \vhon~ reached mnnllood and r~omanhood. After this lnarriage,
Mr. ant1 Mrs. l3nnnt.11 began farming in Perms-lvania. \~~liicl~ occupation
tliey followecl tivent. .chars. 111 1854, he soltl I~is faun, and with
his E;~mily renioved to Illinois. ~,un.cllased :L section in Penn toi~~nship,
ant1 there resiclecl ilntil \vhen 11e went to Sashville, Tenn., to
nurse his son John, \v11o \Y;LS lying in tlie llospltal, and t1-11o never
recovered. Returning, 11e sold 1;s f;~r~n to his son Itobert. aacl removed
to Keponset, Ill., wilere lle resitletl ten years; then returned to Penn
37

624 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
township, making their home with their son. Here Mrs. Bunnell died
August 16, 1876. Mr. Bunnell is still living,, and, at present writing,
although now in his seventy-sixth year, is qwte active. The first recorcl
of the ancestors comes froin London, Eng., colning to America
about the year 1600. Mr. Bunnell is an uncle of Senator I. C. Bun-
. nell, of Pennsylvania. He is the f ntller of sis children, four of n~holll
are still living: Ji~ines A., now of Pe11n township; Inis IN., now Mrs.
J. S. Moffit, of NebrasBa ; John H., who diecl of Iris ~vounds at Nasllville
; Robert E., of Penn townsllip ; Mayy (deceased); and Amandi~ E.,
now Mrs. G. &I. Wright, of this to\~~nshil).
Ji~7i~~8 A. B/mneU, son of T:enj;nnin i~nd S. il. (Little) Runnell, 11~:~s
born in Pennsylvania in 1834. I-Ie pn.ssetl his ybntll at the l~oine of
his parents. In his fifteentl~ year he en teretl W:yoming k3emint~ry,
studying there about thee yeiws, when he returned to 111s llome ant1
begin teaching in the pnblic schools. This profession lle followed
several years. In his twenty-sisth year he 1u:~rrietl Miss Irene
Chalnberlin, a daughter of John F. itnil Susan (Terw) Chmnberlin, wllo
was born in Bradford county, Pa,., in 1838, rnl~&e she n7as married
September 25, 1860. Her parents were natives of Pennsvlvania,
where her mother still resides, her father having died in 18th in his
sixty-sixth year. After their mn~riage Mr. z~ncl Mrs. Bunnell returned
to Illinois and settled on an unimprovetl quarter on section 17, Penn
to\r~nshil~, on which he had previously built a housc which, on account
of its height, was the \\7oncler of tlie countrv, people coirling from far and
near to see the building, and a:l propllesTed that it \voulcl st~relv blow
away. It still renlains and is toclay one of the firlest far~n residences
in Stad< county. Four cllildren 'have blessed their nnion, three of
~vholn are living : Ida &I., Snsie E., Jennie A.. and Rena C. (cleceasetl).
Mrs. Bunnell is a, member of the M. E. church and is interested in all
works of benevolence. MY. Bunnell has never voted any but the Republican
ticket, ancl has lleltl sevelaal of the townsllip offices. EIe has
been a hard worber, and as the result of labor, now ol~~ns 500 acres of
the clloicest lands in Peun townsliip, about one and one-fourth mile
from Castleton. In connection with his linage farm is his stocligrowing
cstablisl~~nen t, wh icll 1 ilre the farm, is f ~~lly equippecl and well
managetl.
$ober.$ R. Btmw~iell, son of 13enjamin and Sally Ann (Littlej Eunnell,
mas born in Wyoming county, Pa,., ~e~tembkr 25, 1839, and is the
fourtll child of a family of six children. In his fifteenth year he entered
the Wvoming Acnclemv, reniaiued there x short time, when he
returned to "his home. In his twenty-seventh year he purchased
the farm of his father ancl assullied control at once. Four years
latev, September 15, 1670, he married Miss Matilcla N. Jackson, a
daugl~ter of George W. and IIarriet (Jackson) Jackson, who was born
Junel5,1847. IIer~~arentswe~en;~tivesofPennsylvania, wlloremoved
to Illinois. Here Iler ~nother died in 1S49. Mr. J;lclison having married
again, the F:~lnily settled at Clayton, Atlains county, where her
fi~tlrer engaged as superintentlent of the fountlry. ancl nTas also a
~~~'"i~clle~. He is tlle in ren tor nncl patentee of the *' Jackson " scales.
In 1 St; l lle organized Comps~ny A, of the 0 ne-hundred-and-forty-first

OF PENN TOWNSHIP. 625
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and mas elected Captain. In a
sllor*t time, on ac'count of failing heaitl~, he mas compelled to return
home. In IS70 the faulilv removed to Burlington, Iowa*, where he ena.3
m,oetl in the inanuk~ct~ured his scales. Two years later Mr. Jaclison
clletL, his ~vidou~ being now a resident of Peoria. Mi%. Bunnell, until her
~narriage, hat1 been engaged in teaching in the graded schools. Since
lrlarriaye Mr. and Mrs. Unnnell hare resitletl in Penn to\rnship, where
five chlldlaen halve been born to them, nainely : Nellie E., John C.,
13enl;~11 C., Fred. J. and Beynice &I. Mr. Bnnnell now oms 1,240
acres of the cl~oicest lantls in Penn ttomnship on which is situate oneg
of the finest Fa~~ln resiclenees in Starli county. He itlso owns a la,rge
amount of iae:~l estt~te in Nebrasl~a. MY. Bun~lell has always been a
Iiepublicxn. I-Iis \\rife is :L illeniber of the M. E. church.
D~u~.ii.Z G'r)yXI(m. born in 1-3ro\cn county, Ohio, in 1811, caine to Illinois
in pioneer times, anti to the Snareville neighborhood about 1858,
(Lietl tl~ere in October, IS79.
S'cun.tcel C'IYL~, bokn in IIuntingdon county, Pa., April 6, 1825, is
the son of Fretleric and Ca'tllerine (Snare) Cru&, both Pennsylvanians ;
the fol-iner born in 1794, was the son of a German settler, the latter,
claugllter of a (ier~nan settler ;llso. To tllern nine cllilclren were born,
eigll t of whom are still living, namely : Sr~l~iuel: of Penn township ;
Di~niel, of Elnntingclon county, Pa. ; Rancy, \\rife of Byron IIa,aclr, of
that county ; Ellen, Mrs. Josepll T. Fisher, of Johnson county,
Mo.; Eeuben I-I., a resitlent of Pennsylvania ; Margaret, Mrs. John
1 of l Iul~tingtlon county, Pa.; ~eirge W., also ~aesiciin,q there, and
81111, MYS. Jolln C. I,ytle, iaesiclinv in that count\.. The tather clied
there in 1876, send the mother in 1&7. Both were"of the Pennsylvania
agricultural class. Sarnnel Crunl in early years was a ~voodchopper,
schoolboy, iniller and farnler - al~or~t all i~ ' pioneer boy could be. In
1848 he it~t~riaied Miss Elizabetl~, tlaughter of Henry and Marpet
('Wise) EIess and paternal grantldaughter of ~aco6 and Elizabeth
(Zirnrnerman) IIess, Germans. Ji~co being l)o~n in IiSl died in 1869,
and Elizabeth, born in 1,789, died in 1859. Iler mother mas born in
1768, cliecl April S, 1857, antl her faxther, Henry, born in 1758, died
January 27, 1S37. After Mr. C~atun's ~rlarrjage he became a fariner,
came to this townslrip in 1S59, elgagecl in grain and stock-growing,
11~1~*chasetl eightjr acres on section 20 in 1869, came to reside on it in
1873, added e~gl~ty ikcres on section 17, erect.etl a fine fanu-house, and
11t~s resitlecl here clown to the present time. Their children are : Marwret,
\rift: of E. s. Gnaw ; Winfield l',., married, residing in this town-
D .
ship, and John TV., a tl13uggist at Castleton. Mr. Crum and his two
sons control 263 acres here. Ile has served as supervisor one year,
assessor three years, school director a~itl in lrlinor offices. Both 11e and
wife are me111be1.s of the Snareville BIethodist church. TV. B. Cr~~in is
the genial clerb of the to\rnsl~ip scl~ool board, and like his father, one
of the ,nost popular nlen in tl~e to\vnshil,. The frt~~~is :~ncl homes
which this ftl~nilv made 11el.e are the results of their own labors since
1859.. Theii~ repnta.tlion rests on indnstiy and intevrity.
Cyhrcrq,cey TI . Dnviso~,, wl~o married Eliza, E. $heeler, was born in
Wyoming county, Pa., December 12,1S19, son of James and Catherine
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BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
i
I
(Stark) Darison. He moved wlth his parents to Lortiin county, Ohio,
In 1834, where he married Miss Wheeler, in 1840. In 1851 they moved
to Stark county, Ill., ancl thence in February, 1875, to Wayne county,
Iowa, where they now reside. Archibnlcl Wheeler, born in England,
in 1800, emigrated to St. T,awence county, N. P., where he married
N;trcissas Gardner, a, native of that co~tntv, of Scotch descent. She
mas living fifteen miles sontll of ~~densburk when tllat settlement was
burned bv the British in 1512. W-lleelev nncl family i~lovecl to Lorain
county; Ol~io, in 1334, cleared 100 acres, a.ncl livetl iil the log cabin he
Dhen built until 1850, when n tlu~elling house was claected in ~vl~ich
residecl until their death they
a, few vetL1.s txo.
Gco~p D. lkyelsfon, son 'of 1~iYlilinm and Enlelinc S. (Falago)
Eagelston, nTas born in ICicl

OP PENN TDIVNSHIP. 627-
ent time. He has also given attention to agriculture ancl stock-growing
during these years. In political and religious affairs he has always
been liberal ancl tolerant,giring his supl)ortato what appears to hiin
just rather than follo~\r~ng party or sect lines. In society matters
he is a membel. of the Blue Loclge at Tonlon. The two cliilclre~i born
to Mr. ancl Alrs. Fleining: Everett J., born February 7, 1874, ancl Gertrucle
M., January 22, 1877, are pupils in the Castleton schools.
Levi Yozlts, born in TITagne county, Ind., June 2,1S27, is the son of
Jacob ancl Eleanor (Dougzn) Fouts, 110th nati.cres of Korth Carolina
nncl of German descent. In IS31 the family nlovecl to Fnlton county,
Ill., near Canton, ~vhere Jacob died October 9, 1874, after forty-three
lrettrs of ngl~icnlturalife in that county. Ilis wife clied Xorenlber
17, 1868. Of their eleven children seJTen are living: Jacob, a ~viclo\~er;
Salem, at the; lleacl of' ;L fi~lllilv, hot11 residing in hansas, near Ottawa ;
Elianbetl~, in Fulton county, near Cantpn; Leri i~nrl I,ewis in this count^^,
near Bradford ; Francis, near Seclan, IKan., and Alalcoin, near Canton,
Ill., on tlle old home place. Levi Fouts married, in 1851, Miss Kancy,
tlaugl~ter of Elijali and Crirbara (McICinney) Bococli, of Virginia ancl
Pennsylvailia, respccti vely . To them sis cliildren were born, namely :
B:~rbara Eleanor, wife of Sirneon 13ell; resbling near lceota, IOILT\'R ; Alice
Jane, wife of John S. Hoof, near Viola, Ill.; Jacob C., married &la1*-
garet Ann Eagelston, resicling near Canlp Grove ; I-Innnah Alaricz, wife
of John MahleY, near Camp Grove ; Eiijah A. and Cyrus E. are at
ho~ne. I11 1864 Mr. Fouts solcl 111s eighty-acre farm in Fulton county
and coltling here purchased 160 acres on section 13, to it-hich he has
aclcled 220 acres. For thirty-three gears he 1x1s been engagecl in agriculture
ant1 stock-growing here with inarlted success. In political life
he mas a Rel)ul)licnn, but has changed to nn earnest Greenbaclier. In
chumh affairs he is undeaonlinationd but a supporter of all Cllristian
societies.
%urn E'l(lle~; son of Cliauncy I).ancl Lydia (Avesv) Fuller, was born
in Toulon to\vnship, Starl; county, December 91, 18a_ as related in the
lzistory of the Fuller f'a~nilg of Toulon. IIe received a liberal education
i 11 the scliools here, i~the commerciul college, D;ivenport, Iowa, and
at Peoria, coml,leting i~the latter l~l;~ce, and returning, engageit in
mercantile \vorl< at RIotlena. After seine sI~ort time he 1no1-ec1 to
Texas, en aaobecl in the cattle tr;tde tend became one of tlie illost popular
b ,
'' CO\T~-~O~S In tliat state. With tl~c honolas of one season's Texan life
he returned to 11is native col~nty, alicl was engagetl in mercantile business
at Modena until 3Ia~cli, 1 SSC;, \\.hen lie purchased the business
interests of Cyrus Bocucli at Castleton, ~~rliere he is now residing. IIis
inarriz~ge with Miss Fannie 1\11. Cllarli \\as celeb~satecl September 16,
1886. This latly is n daugl~ter of William F. an11 Iia.na C:larl;, of
Pennsy1v;tnin. She came to llodentt in lSS3, took a position in a
mercantile I~ouse there until 1SS5, wl~en she retunled to her Pennsylvania
home, but in 1SSf retnrnetl and iiiarried Air. Fuller. In religion
air. Fuller is a nieniber of tlie M. P. cllurch, in society affairs belongs
to the Masonic Lotlge; mas clirector of the Jloclena district scl~ools for
some time, and a1 ways a quiet but earnest supporter cf ~rliatevet* enterprise
promised public benefit. A letter froin C. D. Fuller, El Doraclo

OF IWNN TOWNSHIP. 639
George Green's earlier years were passed at school, later he worked
in the coal mines for seven years, when in '55 he ~novecl to McLean
county, Ill., and engaged in farining. On March 1, 5S, he marriecl
Bliss Keta A. Bro~vn, born in tl~at county, August 19, '41, wllose parents
were natives of Tennessee ancl Indiana, yespectively. In '84 tlie
family moved to this to\vnship, where Nr. Green purchaseil eighty
acres in section 28. Their four children are among the dead : ~enizett,
born &larch 24, '59, died September 12, '64; Alfred, born September
12, 'GO, cliecl November 5, '13; William O., born April 28, '68, died July
22, '63 ; and Lucv Y., born Decelnber 6, '63, died Febr~~ary 25, '78.
Ah. and Mrs. ~rekn are members of the M. P. clinrcl~ of this township.
In earlier years he was a Republican, but changecl llis political
faith in favor of the Democracy. In aclclition to his property here he
is t,lle owner of forty acres of land in BIcl,eall connty, Ill.
AlzcZ~ew Ihcrty, born Novelnber 27, '33, in Tipperary county. Ireland,
is the son of John ancl ~arali (O'l3rien) IIarty, and granclson of
John and &Ittry (McCormick) EIarty, ~vllose ancestors for generations
were known in Ireland. On tlie motller's anct gmnilmother's side the
clescent is clearly l'lilesian, rvllile on the paternal side it is Pictish or
Scotch. The children of his gri~ndyarents mere Dominic, wl~o came
to the Unitecl States and settled at Ken7 Orleans ; Andrew, Patrick and
Julia, clie~l in Irelancl, Mary enligr:~teci to Cllicago; John, father of
Anclrew, died in Irelancl, December 18, '66. IIe was born in 179'7, a
year before the great rebellion, marriecl in '23 to niIiss Sarah O'Brien,
who was born in 1'798. Of their eight children, John caine to the TJnitecl
States in '50, diet1 here in '79 ; Eclwarcl came ill '48, died June 30,
' 76 ; Yatricl; clied in Australia in '83 ; Andrew settlecl in Penn township
; Sarah, 1~110 marrietl Patriclc AIcGiiire, came in '63, tliecl here in
'68 ; Dominic caiiie in '67, married here, and is a resident of Penn ;
Michael cai-ne in '63, lllarriecl here ancl resicles liere. Jan~es clied in
Ireland in '48. Alldrew Harty received a liberal educat~on in his native
parish. as tile penal 1x1~s were relaxed a few years before his birth.
In '52 lle came to ltaltimo~e, &It[., two years later canle to Illinois, engagecl
as a fun1 hand in this toivnshil>. an:l in '60 1)ul~cllasecl eighty
acres here, improving it the szme year. On August 15, '62, he enl~sted
in Conlpany F, One-linntlrecl-nntl-t n-elftli Illillo~s Volunteer Infan try,
l>romoted cor~oml and sergeant, and at Decatur, Ga., irm elected first
lieutenant. He participatecl in all the batteles creclitecl to the regiment
in tlie military cl~apter, until lionorably tlisch;~,rgecl ttt Greensboro, N.
C., ~ une 20, '65. While tlle regilllent was at Raleigh, N. C.. he visited
Caltimore, there iiiet Niss Sara11 Marie Il\r;~n, claiigl~ ter of TITilliailr ancl
Ann Ryan, of Tipgernry County, Ireland, ancl this 1;tcly he mariaied at
Baltimore in September, '65. Returning 11e resmmed worli on his
farm, purchaseci 160 acres acltlitional, to ~vliicll Ilc has since :iclcled 320
acres in this township. and 260 in AI:~i~sliall County. or Y2o acres clevoted
to grain, farming a,nd stoc!

BIOGRAPEIP AND REMINISCENCES
their twelve chilclren five are living-Sarah A., Ada M., Mary E.,
Nora, Laura M., all residing at home. Mr. IIartv's ~vl~ole life here,
and the success attencling it, is such 21, commentari on his native coantry's
government as any silne Inan can nnclerstantl and appreciate. It
is the victor,y of honest labor uncliainetl by ;xnv species of tyrant.
James IIoZgcite, cleceased, n7as born :at PI ;ilatlcll~hi;~, Pa., J-ulv 2 ti,
1804, where his parents, Jaco1.1 ancl Elizabeth (~11e;ts) l-lolgate; tlren
resided. EIis grandfather came fro111 England arid carried on n fnllillg
mill, which the son, Jacob, converted into a p:llper mill arid finall y into
a cotton factory. I-Iis mother, Elizabetli, yv-ns i~orn in ~enns~lh~ni:~,
of Gerinan pirents. In 1820 James Holeate inoved to Luze~ne count^^,
Pa., learnecl milling there, but. turned 111s atten tion to woolen inarmfacture,
and in 1829 esta.blis11ed a store at liingston. I11 A pril, 1327,
he married DiIiss Gyl rina Trux, of Trov. I,uze~.ne county, Pa. In lti33
he solcl his ~17oolen inill ancl store, can;e t'o this county, and purcllnsing
a claim of eighty acres, settled tllree miles ~lortlleast of Wyon~ing, in
Penn townsllip, 'and there resicled until 1875, when 11e lrrovecl in to t lle
town. %'For eight years lie wits co~inty judge ; for sixteen years, assessor
of Penn township ; serl~ed as justice of the peace, mern6er of the legislature,
ancl in other ofices of trust. EIe voted for Jilckson, in 182S,
and continued Democratic to his death. Of his twelve chilth*en, ten
are living. Jacob ancl Erastus are in Oregon ; Maria inarrietl Jolin
Snare, of Penn township ; Elizabeth lnarrietl William P. Buswell, of
Neponset ; Charles is in Wasl~ington territory ; M:LY~ Ann married
Calvin Hart, of Nebraska ; Harriet is tlie wife of E. Gharrett, of Jbl ontana
; James is a physician at Castleton ; William resides at Wyoming,
l~nd Reuben at Osceola. The ~notlle~ of this Saillily dieci in Kovember,
1872, and the father has only just crossetl the rivela wllicll olcl time
brid es.
jr. Jilnres R. fIolyaia, son of Jii~nes and Sylvina (Trux) ilolgilte,
was born September 94, 1841. IIjs early years were passet1 in attending
sol1001 or assisting- in the home-fann \\.o~.li ; but in IS66 lie a.bnndoned
the iclea of agrlcnltural 1 e, I the same yema bec:~mc a stuclerlt
of Rush Med~cal College, Clliciig~, f laonl wl~ic h i~ist~i t8n t ion he
graclurttetl in Februa.r:\. 1869 ; the saine year establisl~etl his olfice at
Castleton, ancl built up ,z reputw.tion that is no disgrace to his iinnily.
On April 26, 1876, 11e ma'rrietl Miss Ellnna @., tla~~gl~teia of Davitl :~ntl
Harriet (Biglolv) Stinlpson, both natives of Canatla, ant1 ,rr~~anddaugllter
of Joseph and Nancy Stinll~son, natives of England, oi Scotcii ancestry.
Harriet 13iglom is the daughter ol Abei ant1 A~r~elia Biglow;
tlie former of Massacl~usetts, the latter of New ITalnl~sl~ ire, wlr o set-
. tled in Canada. Mrs. IIolgate, however, was holm in Ragor, K. T., to
which state her parents lnovetl flaom CYnn;ltla . Dla. 1Iolg;ite nn tl wife
are the parents of five clliltlren, naniely : Winser It., Leslie &I.. Jane,
Reha and lIliss B. In politics he is Itepublican ; in social matters, a,
member of the Masonic society ant1 I. 0. C+. T.; and in religions inaftters,
while conser~r,ztirely cl~ristian, like his people, is not a rrlel~il)er of
any one denomination, but a supporter of all.
Edwin FIolnms, born April 9, 1S32. :~t IIyde, near M:tncliester, England,
is the son of Eli and Maria. (Er~ily) IIolnies, both natives of that

OF PENN TOWNSHIP. 633
countrv. At the age of fifteen years he bonnd himself apprentice to
captain Jacob Gillis, of the ship " Queen," bound for Mobile, ancl
serbecl on the ocean until March, 1849, when he bid farewell to the sea
at New O~.leans, ;~nd by April \\.as at Ginton, Ill. There lle engaged
in ~lzining for eight years. I-Ie marriecl Miss Salina, dz~ughter of
Abraiiz arlcl Ann Savill, all iiatisres of England. In 1860 he purchased
lantl in this county, on which they residetl until August 13, 1862, when
he enlisted in Conl1)any B. One-llanclrecl-and-t ~velftli Illinois Infantry,
and ;xiclecl to illalte tl~e recortl credited to that cominnncl as given in
the military clinl~ter, in whicll also his own lnilitaly record IS given.
ll e was \voundeil at Clevelan~l, Tenn., made l~risone~., l~aulecl to Dalton,
Ga., 1~0111 Ihlton to Cass\~ille, tllence to Atlanta in Janunyv, 1b63, sufferecl
all tile I~orrors of rehel t~eatnienthere, aiicl the even Jrorse horro~s
of Anclerson\~ilIe, to \vllich lie was t~~nsferrecl in April. On Septei~ll~er
BStli, tlle third rel~ort of esc11nng.e of y~.isoners \vas circulateel,
iincl this time tliere was solne founclation, for lie, with othe~s, \\'as removed
to Cl~~rleston ; but tlle rehel sco~llge \\-as crnel. There the
IJnion prisc~ners \vere kept uncler fire of tl~e L~nion guns, anil ultiniately
niorecl l)acl< into t11e colu~tiy to experience the terrors of Florence.
After fourteen lnontlls ancl t welre clays of the vilest treatment 1~11icll
men could inflict on n wonnclecl i~n~l sick man, 11e was ~eleasecl November
30, IhCY4. The forty acres n~hicli he purchasecl in 1860 non- clajmecl
111s attention. Tl~js tract he maliagetl so well that he has since added
sixty acres to it, ant1 erected a substantial resiclence together \\-it11
otlner b~~ilclings. In 1)olities he is Reprtblicau ; in religjon, non-denoniination;~l,
bnt :I sul~porter of chl.istinn chaiches ; in soclety nff;lir*s he is
;L melnber* of Jsnles J~~ckson Post, G. A. It., ailel for three gears past
bas served as Post Surgeon. In to\vnship affairs he has lleld several
offices, ancl servecl as tlwector of his school clistrict. Of four children
born to Mr. and Nrs. IIolnies, three are living, namely : Maria A., wife
of W. C. Bocock; $11-s. TValter Slvetts, of &farshall county ; and Al-
Eyed E., resltling at hollie. ( Vitle nil.itc~/-:(l chcptu..)
Lco Jdq, son of Anclrew ancl Ros~nna Julg, both natives of Baclen,
C;elnranyv, \\.as bur11 tl~ei~e Illiarcll 30, 1835. In 1852 lle came to the
IIuitecl 8t:~tes. l~~nclecl at New Orleans, proceeded to Peoria, Ill., and
there learnetl the slloe~nal;er's tracle. In 1856 he inoved to Woodford
county, fi~rlnetl there one season, resn~netl his trade at Penola, in that
county, \\-here 11e resitletl until 1859, when lle returned to Peoria,
\~ol.liecl tliere a few ~iiontl~s, when he ~novecl to Minonli, Ill. ancl establisl~i~lg
a, shop re~iiained there until August, 1S62, when he enlisted in
Comlx~ny 11, Seventy-seventl~ Illinois Yolunteer Infantry. IIe 1vit11
seven otile1.s were captured at M;~nsfielcl, La.. ancl sliaretl the terrible
ordeal of life ill rebel plaisons for t11ii.teen ~nonths and nineteen clays,
being esc11:tn~ed May 29. 1M35. Tliere is one l)~-igllt memory connectetl
wit11 111s imprisonment. It was tlie celebration of July 4, 1864,
by 3,500 Union nlen in prison. One of tlienl reat1 tlie Dei+laration,
~vliile n~iotl~er 1)rougllt fort11 a Union flag, fastenetl it to i~ pole, ancl
raisecl it ()\.el+ tlie bl.usll ~v:ikinp, ~vl~ich they built for silatle. Tl~e prisotlers
cl~eereclustilg, rvhile the guards loolietl sullenly at the old flag
as it floated above a rebel strongholcl. I11 June, 1865, he was mustered

634 B3t0GkAPII'Jt AND RBMf NISCXNCXS
out, hurried to Minonk to meet his wife - Miss Ernestina Happert, a
native of Oldenburg, Germany, to whom he mas marriecl in IS61 -
and resided there until 1874 when he came to Castleton, where he has
since followed his trade. In 'society matters he is a member of James
Jackson Post, G. A. R., and of the Odd Fellolvs' society. To Mr. and
Mrs. Julg two children were born, both of whom are numbered among
the dead.
Dlichael Kitternnun, born In Virginia in 1800, calne to Illinois in
1 S30 t~~nd squatted on the site of the Cyrus Brant home, built a cabin,
returned to Indiana for his family, but on coming back founcl his claim
jumped. EIe then located where he residecl up to his death, in August,
1885.
Alexan~h ICiisJnger, cleceased, son of David and Mary (Marks)
Kissinger, was born at Martinsburg, Pa., in 1821. His father was a
native of Rending, Pa., but moved to Martinsburg in 1819, ~vllere he
carriecl on a tailoring house until his death, in 1878, in his seventy-ninth
year. His mother, like his father, was of German nncgstry. Alexander
Kissinger's youth was devotecl to school and in learning the tailor's
trade; again, he taught school near Martinsburg, and later engaged in
the tailoring business there. On February 23, 1845, he married Miss
Nancy, daughter of John P. and Esther (Ualier) Snare, and two years
after settled in this township, but in 1848 purchased property at Henry,
Marshall county, Ill., where he follo~r~ed his trade and clealt in real
estate for six years. Returning to tlhis township, he purchased 160
acres on section 20; on which he residecl sorne yews, when he acldecl
eighty ancl moved thereon, where he made his home until his death,
October 18, 1880. Of his twelve children, eleven are living : Luema,
who married Robert Woods, deceased ; Charlotte, wife of William Holgate
; Arthur S., residing in Osceola ; Josephine A., Mrs. John Dmwyer,
of Osceola; Fmnli ; Ella V. ; James E. ; William A., all of this
county ; Icla B., wife of Leslie Foster, of Osceola : Jennie L. ; Albert
D., and Lena L. residing at home. Mr. Kissinger was a Democrat, but
in later years accepted the principles of Greenbackism. In church
affairs he wa s untlenoil~inational yet very liberal, antl in to\vnship
matters always earnest, filling several offices as well as being identified
with sol1001 interests here. His widow resides on the old homestead
with three of her daughters and two of her sons.
Thomas Leadley, who came to the United States in IS35 and to
Illinois a few years later, moved to Iowa in 1852; diecl June 1, 1883,
agecl sixty-nine years. He came here to find his brother ancl sister.
The former died in 1878, the latter in the spring of IS82 ; not finding
them he clied himself, in Penn township.
"Auntie McZaughlin " clied at Elnl wood, September 21, 1886, seed
eighty-three pears, ancl was buriecl at Camp Grove. Her husband checl
near Castleton, some years ago, when she moved to Wyoming, and
thence to Elmwood in 1883.
James iVcA5blty died at his home, three miles south of Braclforcl,
June 29, 1886.
George IK miller diecl at Peahoclyy, Kan., March 29, 1885.
moved to Kansas in 1880.
He

NG-wren Pettit, died Maty 4, 1886, aged seventy-four years.
J%y"i i'/iIie, \\rho died May 28, 1879; aged seventy-eight years, calne
.from Pennsylvimia in 1837 ind locatecl on ~vllat mas afterwards the
village of Dorrance, where he resided until his removal to Bra.dford,
shortly prio18 to his clei~th.
Cilc~r/es Ileqrqy I'erX:i~s, born at Otta~va, Ill., August 4, 1851, is the
son 0-t' William (+. and Elizabeth (Lyle) Per!r_ins, both natives of Vei-
~non t, laeeferences to wllom are inatle in this volume. Charles TI. spent
11 is ho\7hood ili~ys nssistlillg on his fat her's f;~rnl, attending school, or
worlting in the Perkins coal miile at Osceola. In March, 1872, he
v isi tetl California, re1 nainecl one year there freigllting and operating a,
tllresl~ing l la chine. Itetun~iug, he 11~as inarriecl February 21, 1S73, to
Miss hlu.iy J., daughter of Samuel and Julia A. (Dra1\vy er) B~ees,
\\~Ilose 1listo~'y ;~pl)ears in the cllapter on Toulon to\vnshil~. After this
nlaiariage lie engaged in agriculture, nncl tlnring the minters carried on
co:~l nllnmg. 1'lao~n his boyllood he has been engqed in operating
tll~esl~ing :.maellines,:uld for the last five yeiws has o~vnecl ancl operatecl
a, steam tllresher, tlle first introtluced into Penn to\\rnship. To Mr.
and Mrs. Perlcins four cl~ilclren were boy11 : Sarah J., December 26,
1874 ; Lulo J., November 3, 1877 ; Effie E., July 28, 1882, and Henry
C., the youngest. In politics he is tlecitletllv kepoblican, and in religious
;~ff ;i,i~s as clecided ly tolerant. ~11~sical@, 1le is above the average
ni;Ln, ant1 his powers of endurance ancl ability to ~vork have suggesterl
tile new piaowrh. " IIe kcls done tr6oc~t c ~s m,ccI~ cas I'erkins."
IIG1l;. &y(~n, born in Tippelaary county, Irelancl, in 1818; canie to the
United States in 1847; settled near Camp Grove i11 1854; (lied June
113, 1580.
' IIen ry mrl Eliwbeth (,Shcire~a) SepZy, the f orlrier born in Porl: State,
the latter* a native of Indiana. were married in Incliana. Thev were
the parents of selTen chiltlren; two of wl~om are living: ~ohn~ Seely,
born in Sttirk county, Ill., March 1, 1836, ant1 Lvcliu A., wife of Zara
hwnett, now of Bebraska. On the death of "this lady, he married
Ilalariet A. Boartiman, and on her death inalariecl Allnira C. Smith, by
IIT~OII~ he llad bllree children, namely : Willialn H., a, resident of Eraclford;
Rose E., ancl Sol~hia, living with i~lot~ller at 13radforcl. I-lenl-y
Seely was ene~.ged as n farmer in Indiana until his removal to this
State, as told 111 the gene~a~l history. fIe entered 320 acres of land on
sections twen ty-seven antl twenty-eight, I%iln. When he first comnmenced
farming his nearest neigllbors were eight lriiles away, he being
the first settler in Osceola township. He at one time mas tlie only
stoclr cleatler in the townsl~il). 1Ie o wnecl the land on wl~icll the grove
stantls, known as " Seely's Point." In political lilatters he was a Itepublican,
antl held several offices ; was a meml)er of t'l~e Methodist church
until lle diet1 in March, 1876.
IlLiia71. S. S~S,,%~A. born in Pennsvlvania, Februttry I!), IS29, is the
son of Peter antl Ni~igaret (Searls) "~initll. natives of that State, of
G I o r . Tllev were the parents of eight cllildren, of w t1o111
;we living : ~iltl~elaine,*l\lrs. Antliae~v Atla~ns, of this: townsl~ip ; BIarv 11 .,
w itlow of Silas Ijunnell, of J3urenu county ; Charity, 31rs. &orge
Albright, of Livingston county; Wm. S. of this township, and Joseph,

636 BIOGRAPHY AND RXMTNISCENCGS
married, residing in Bureau county, all in Illinois today. The father
of this family moved to Bureau county, Ill., April 10, 1859 ; purchasecl
land there, and uTas engaged in agriculture until his cleath in 1860.
Williain S. 'Smith receivecl a practical eclucation on the farin and in
the schools of liis clistrict. From the age of eighteen to the close of
his twenty-first gear he servecl an ayprenticesh~p to the blacksmith's
trade but on moving with his father in 1852 he aicletl hiin in improving
his Bureau county fnrin; subsequently he worked at his trade
there until September 17, 1861, ~vllen he enlisted in Company 13,
Fifty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving steaclily with tl~nt
coinma.ncl until September, 1861. In the spring of 1865 he nlarriecl
Miss Elizabeth D., claophter of Thomas ancl Elvina, Cole, natives of
Virginia, but early settlers of Illinois, where their daugl~ter mas born.
After this marriage he llioved to Wisconsin ; in two years returned to
Bureau county, ancl four pears after settled at Castleton, being engaged
at his tracle all the time, ancl since coining here in blacksmitl~ing and
manufacturing. Their cliiltlren are : Wiliiaiil S., a telegraph operator
on C. I. R. R. in Knox county; Edith M., Mrs. Walter Eagelston,
Keokul;, Ia. ; Lillian IN., Rose E., Katie S., and Lawrence E., pupils of
the Castleton schools. Mr. Smith is a member of Diclcerson Yost, KO.
90, G. A. R. ; a illember of the I. 0. G. T. Lodge at Castleton, md
both he and Mrs. Smith are members of the 31. 1'. church.
Jo'n Sncwe, son of John P. ancl Estiier (Bnlcer) Snare, was born at
the old home in Pennsylrania, January 5, 1828, in IS47 canie to Illinois
and locatecl in Penn township. Elis first land purchase was nlacle
on section 12, Toulon, of 200 acres. On March 4, 1554, he inarriecl
Miss Maria, T. I-Iolgate, daughter of Judge IIolgate, (whose history is
given in this chapter), and to them five children mere born, of whom
three are living, Wilclen P., mayried, residino in Toulon t~wnship;
Wilna P.. wife of Watt P. MansBer. now of Yiansas, imcl Wilb~~r l'..
married, iesicling in Penn to1~~ns1~i-p~ Since his marriage Mr. snare
has aclcled 400 acres to his origirlal purchase, aggregating 600 acres in
Toulon ancl Penn townships. I-Ie llas al~vays been a t~ue Republican,
a part of the tii~ie an unconditional Abolitionist. IIe was elected
justice of the peace for Penn township. but uioving to Toulon, dicl not
hold this ofice, and as supervisor of Penn. Religiously, he is one of
the old lneinbers of the Methoclist Protestant c.hurch, ancl in scl~ool
work, an earnest friend of the system nntl conscientious official of his
district for years. A reference to the history of Nathan Snare,,given
in the chapter on Tonlon, contains much of the history of the ta~nily
in this count,y.
James S'rknre, son of John P. mtl Esther (13al;es) Snare, was'born in
EIuntingclon county, Pa., July 7, 3827. I-Ie attended school and
~vorlred on the home farm until thirteen years of age, wlien he v7as
inclentured to a tailor, who did not at all suit the young aspirant for
this trade, so that he was transferred to the shop of J. 31. Cline, also a
tailor combined witli the calling of a Dutch Winebrenarian preacher.
For two years he labored with this man, when he entered the employ
of John P. Gable, a tailor and Methodist class leacler. ~ubse~uenti~
he worked at his tracle at Newburg, purchased an interest in the Kis-

OF PENN TOWNSHIP. 637
singer tailor shop, which he held about four years. He married Miss
Rebecca, claughter of Amos and Alley (Baker) Clark, November 13,
1845. Her parents welbe natives of Pennsylvania. Her mother was
daughter of Captain John Baker of the War of 1812, who as n private
solclier lecl a forlorn hope against the English, which resulted in the
victory for the patriots. For this deed of valor he ur\.as colllmissioned
on the field. Mr. Snare continnecl at the trade after marriage, ant1
also sold .goods on commissio~l. For years he was connectecl \\TI th the
state militia, held t 1\70 comnlissions as First Lieutenant froin Governor
Johnson of '~ennsvlvania.. Resigning his lieutenancv in the fall of
1852 and selling hys business interests, lle migrated t'o this township,
purchnsed sixty acres on section 18, wilere ire resitlecl five years whei~
he traded his honie :~ntl tract for his brother's p~ope~tp, ancl in IS60
moved to his .ne\v fhrm of 118 acres on section 7, to ~vllich he lias since
atlcled 197 acres, giving a tlotal acreage of 315. In conneetick wit11 his
large ffal.111 :~ntl stock interests lle also carries on tlle nuction,eer's business.
Of eight children born to Mr. ant1 Mrs. Snare, six are living :
Millie ,T., ~~~ldow of George hIcClymeut, now residing at Wyoming ;
Martha I,., Mrs. Tl~olnas ~ r~clei, of West Jersey ; John Charles
Fremon t, msrried, resident of Buffalo co~u~t~v, Neb.; 1,incoln C., Jesse
and Jnmn'es, residing with parents. Mr. ~na+e's first vote was cast for
Fre~nont. In IS59 he was electecl justlice of the peace and holcls the
office clown to t'he present. In 1886 lle nras elected supervisor, has
served 21,s school trustee of Penn, also collector. For over forty-six
years he has been a, rnelllber of the Methodist Protestant church, of
~vhich his wife is ;d;o a inember. During the war he belongetl to the
Union League. At the breaking (out of the rebellion he helped to
raise a company and mas elected Captain. But as inore companies
were offered tlran coultl be received, the members of this company
went off and joinecl other companies tlut were received. For over
thirty-four years he has playecl a complete part in the tl~*ama of Starlr's
progress.
IZ. 8. Snu~e, born in Runtingclon countv, Pa., January 87, '47, is the
son of John 1'. ant1 Mrs. Nancy (Gharrett-i

638 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
'
-Roclrlanci-to district t wenty-three of Jefferson county. In this
township he has also served as director of scllools. ~olollticall~ 11e llas
always been n Republican, ant1 in religious affairs a supl,orte'h of the
Methodist Protestant Churcll at Sni~reville.
&7d~arcl Somt.i.s, son of Ed \\~i~l'cl and Msrgi~l'et (Stsntlring) SOII~~YS,
was born st Philadelpl~ia, August 19,1334. IIis fi~ther was German antl
his lliotl~er English. The -Fol.rner nT\.;rs ;I, tlyer itnd follo\recl his tratle at
Philaclell~l~ilia until his de;~tl~, \vherae his wife ;~lso tlietl a few vears
after him, having fillet1 the position of 11e;~tl-matron irr a, hospital tll&*e for
a number of years. Eel wa~il, jr., passed 11 is ea~*ly years in a facto~y, when
not attencling school. Froill '3; to '58 lle mas engageetl in ;tghcnltu~e
in Clearfielcl count\., 1% , ant1 in August, '58 he iuoved to Illinois, settled
in this to\~~nsll'i~, anti engjtgecl in fitlrming;~nd stock-gro~ving.. On
Septem her 6, 'Gl, 11e en listed In (!olllpang I

OF PENN TOWNSHIP. 639
of Midclletown, Delaware county, N. P., to learn the art, trade and
mystery of a farmer. At the age of eighteen his inaster died, and he
still reniained with the family until Much, 1841, ancl got an honorable
discharge. I11 1544 he married Miss Nancy, claughter of Peter and
Sarah Wea~er, 01 Delaware county, N. Y., engaged in farming there
~~ntil 1854, tvlien lie settled at pleasant Grove, Osceola to\~~nshlp, pnrchasing
eighty acres on section 34, where he enpgcd in grain and
stoclc-grojving. In tlie spring of 1860 lle joined the Piltes' Peal;
staml'ecle, traveling from Alarch 22 to Mag 7 over1;~ncl. Thepe he
worlcecl in the golcl mines, also prospectetl, all with such success that
the $23 lle started out with increased to $97 on liis retnrn home in
Novelnl~er, ISGO. In IS63 Ile soltl 111s Osceuln far111 nncl purchased 160
acres 011 section 3, Yenn. In l'ebrua~y, ISfiS, liis first wife died and in
No\reliiber of that year, lie marriecl hlrs. Ellen Philhower, clt~nghter of
Williani :~nd Barall Sciluyler, natives of Ke~v Jersey. To tl~e~n four
cllilclren were !)ern : Ira J., Cllarles JV., John H., antl Fred. A., all
residing liere or in attenclance on school at 13rt~clford. In politics Mr.
Wl~itten is Republican. For six years lie has serveti as justice of peace,
TV:LS road irllnissioner for a number of years ant1 also school director.
Ile IV~S fork erly a lllenlber of the old Free Will Baptist church, but
now sul~ports the &lethorlist church of \vhicll llis wife and some of his
children are members. The five cllildren of A11.s. Pllilho\ver are : Ann,
wife of Reuben Reclcling, of fl'ebrasl;a, ; George, of Springfield, Ill.;
Sarah, wife of Illenry Win. B~lcline, of Henry, Ill. ; Jennie, residing
here, and Peter, a resiclent of Bureau county, 111.
Cy- IVilso~, father of Rev. G. T. Wilson, of tlie M. E. church, died
in April, 188:3, aged seventy years. He came to Illinois froin Ohio
over sixty eight years ago.
Lydiu .LV/~iit, wife of Henry White, clietl at Snareville, January 30,
ISSO, agecl sixty-four ancl one-half years. She was born in Pennsylvt~nia
in 181.5, ~narried in 1838; ancl came with her. liilsbancl to Stark
county in 1836.
ilbrcrnl, ZImnz, aged seventy-eight years, died October 20, 187s.
In the pages clevoted to ~)ersonal reitliriiscences antl l~iogral)lly,
nluch of tlle un~vritten history of the to\\rnship finds a place ancl also
illany of the leading k~alriilies an ituthent'ic recortl.

VALI. 1d;Y
'rOl\TNSIIJl'.
I-IE township received its name in IS53 From the collilrr issioners
appointed to tliride tile coul~tv into to\\~11sllq)s, LIIIC~~Y
the law of ISEiI. The p~aairie cllaraEtel* of tlre soil, i~ntl it's
location, at the foot of the l~igllest divide in the State, suggested
the nallle " iT:dlc\~." 'I'he stren~ns cretl i ted to t 111s
township in the t0130g~i~l1hg of the conntv for111 at once a
\vitter-supply ant1 tl~rlni~ge syste~n. ~11fi l~e a reg:.nl;~t ion
prairie tract, deep wells ;~ffol*cl :L never-failing sul1y1~ of' escellent
water, anti this, in connection 1vit1i :I, most fertile
soil, tend to rencler Valley one of the finest ;igricalt~u~~l
to\vns in Illinois. Tll ronghout tlre to\vnship evltlences of
thrift and industrj~ ;rIae manifest, ant1 it is said tlxlt of the
I 986 ~~emonsclain~etl by the census of the township in ISW,
not over fortsy hat1 the time or inclinatioi~ to intlulge in
those criinos rv hi c11 lend the evil-doers before t lle police justice, justice
of the peace, or circuit judge, and this in a township inllabitetl by people
of several nationalities.
The original entries of lands in township 12, i~urth, mnge 7, east,
with the names of the present onrners, are given as follon~s :
Cllt~rles C;-ibh;lrd, 11. e. qr., sec. 1 ; June 3, 1818. Davicl I-Iickey .
Linus Gilbert, 11.w. cyr., sec. 1; Aug. 12, 1850. Ilnlllony Idyan.
Samuel D. Sterlis, s. w. cyr. ancl s. e. qr., sec. 1 ; Llec. 6, 1817.
Jrlliris B:irues,
s. 80, W. 21cConnel1, n. 80, s. w. cyr., Astihe1 Willnot, s. e. qr., sec. 1.
.John T . Engelston, n . e. qr., sec. 2; Jlule 21, 1551. Bernartl Colgi~n.
L:~urence I-I:lrlu;tn, 11. w. clr . , sec. 2; Nov. 21, 1850. .John ICclly , 11. YO; I. Beall, s. 80,
n. ktT. qr.
Thonlas Etlwartls, s. w . tlr., sec. 2 ; Nov. 5, 1817. Thomas Bcz~ll.
Jrlstus Cobb, s. e. clr sec., 2 ; Nov. 5, 1817. Jol~n ICclly.
.John T. Eagelston, e. llf. n. c. clr., sec. 3: June 21, 1851. IV. .\tlst.
Cllarles Young, s. w. qr. , scc. 4; Oct. 6, 1817. Jolm Bateman.
.John Vincllt~ue, s. e. qr., scc. 4: Oct. 6, 1517. ~lntllony Ijyan, c. 11f.; 1'. Ity:tn,
IV . 11f. , s. e . clr.
Wm. C. Camn~ings, 11. e. (lr., scc. 5; Scpt. 12, 1836. W. IV. Jarnenu, n. 85; d.
31. Rogers, s . 77.
A. Itilssell :lnd I). Saf'fortl, 11. w . clr., sec 5. ; .June 4, 1836. Gliarret 11. Voorhees.
Welcome Butterivortli, s. c. clr. :~nd s. iv. cyr., sec. 5; Jitn. 25, 1818. S. Wriglcy, s. IV.
80; J . NcGinn, 80, s. w . cyr . ; J . T . Rogers, 156 acres; .J . $1. Rogers, 4, s. e. clr .
A. Rrlsscll and I). SaRord, n . e. qr., sec. 6; June 4, 1836. Ghawct 11. Voorhees.
Titus IIutchinson, Jr., n . w . qr., sec. 6; Bug. 12, 1836. Andrew Slienrer.
640

-.
VALLEY TOWNSHIP.
Jalnes Sawyer, s. w. cyr., sec. 6; June 10, ISIS. Samuel Wrigley, s. SO ; A.
Shearer, n. SO.
John Surgent, s. e. qr., sec. 6; June 10, ISIS. Samuel MTrigley .
Isaac Pczulding, 11. e. cyr., sec. 7; Jlay 9, ISIS. R. A. Crone.
Charles Pope, Jr., s. nr. and n. m-. qr., sec. '7 ; Nov. 4, 1836. Richard Kerns, 40;
B . ;I . Crone, 82; ancl Geo . Pail, 8S in n . I\--. qr .
Sanl~zel P. Stegner, s. e. cyr., sec. 7; 31ay 9, 181s. Michael Colgan, s. ur. and
s. e. qr.
~el1emall Wood, 11. e. qr., sec. 8; h[:rrcll 3, ISIS. Edn~in Snare, n . e. qr.
1-Iug-11 Robb, 11. w. qr., sec. S; JInrch 3, 1818. B. A. Crone, 120; ITT. Saston, 40,
n. w. qr.
.Joll~lErskine, s. w. clr., scc. S: Dec. 27, 1817. 31. Colgan, s. w. cyr.
1sa:lc Childs, s. e. clr., sec. 8; Dec. 2'7, 181'7. I-Iarlow Bro~c.11, e. 80; 31. Duffy, w.
SO, s. c. clr.
TVilliaiu EIerralcl, 11. e. cyr., sec. 9 ; Oct. 18, 1817. Perry Stancliff, e. SO ; H. 31.
Itogers, TIT. SO.
Willit~m \V. Sicliles, n. nr. (11'., sec. 9 ; Oct. 6, 111'7. A. J. Traphiigan, 150; T. Colgun,
10 n. uT. clr.
Iticllard Ellortoll, s. TV. qr., sec. 0 ; Jan. 5, ISIS. Tllomas Colgan.
Nicholas Val1 Steyke, s. c. clr., sec. 9 ; ,Jan. 15, 1818. Patrick Norr~n, n. 80; John
Ityan, s. SO.
.loll11 Vanderbeck, n. e. qr., scc. 10 ; Nov. 10, 181'7. Philip TVelsh, n. 60; Thomas
Gerry, s. 100.
Benj:~min Fall, n. IV. clr., scc. 10 ; Nov. 10, 1817. Jollil Dexter.
Culeb Jollnso~l, s. w. qr., sec. 10 ; Dec. 3, 1817. P. Colpn, 11. SO; J. A. Colgan,
s. 80.
Levcrett Ricllardson, s. e. qr., see. 10 ; Dec. 3, 181'7. John ,4. Colgan.
Jolln Green. rl. IV. ancl 11. e. (11's.. SCC. I1 ; May 6, ISlS. Carl Stagg, n. e. qr. and
Henry \lTingcrt, a. TV. qr.
David Pt~gc, s. m. qr., scc. 11 : Nov. 23, ISIS. J. il, Colgnn, e. SO; John Kelly,
w. 80.
Edward Wyninn, s. e. qr., aec. I1 ; Nov. 83, 1818. Julius Barnes.
Jollil Pritchartl, n. e. clr., sec. 12 ; Rug. 18, lSlS. Andrew Cuin, e. 80; Thos. Ryan,
w. so.
William IIent1h, n. IV. qr., sec. 12 ; Dee. 22, 1818. Jlilius Barnes,
Thomas H. Pt~rker, s. e. aiid s. w. qrs., sec. 12 ; Oct. 6, 1817. Robert Fennell,
s. m. :ind s. e. cyrs.
Tht-nlpson White, n. e. cjr., scc. 13 ; July 11, 1SlS. David Sllearer.
Robert Brown, 11. TV. cyr., sec. 13 ; Jllly 11, 1518. Patrick C:tin.
Pllilip Clarke, s TV. qr., sec. I3 ; Oct. 6, 1817. P:tt,rick Cain.
Robert Cockles, s. e. qr., sec. 13 ; Oct. 6, 1S17, Dellis Ryan, e. SO; R. 0. Caldmell, .
TV. so.
John Cof'fey, n. e. qr., sec. 14 ; Dec. 8, 181'7. TYiIliam Gill, e. 80; Mrs. Green, w. 80.
Cllarles Icitcllen, n. w. qr., sec. 14 ; Dec. 8, 1817. Johu A. Colgan, n. SO; Thomas
Fox, s. SO.
Olipliant Colenlan, s. w. qr., sec. 14; Oct. 6, 1817 .J:~mes 1,. Dawson.
Zerah Cd1, s. e. qr., scc. 14 ; Oct. 6, 1817. P. Colgt~n, e. SO; T. Colgun, m. SO.
.John O'Neil, n. e. qr., sec. 15 ; April 9, 1818. Eclward Weston.
.Jollu O'Keil, n. TY, clr., sec. 1.5 ; April 9, ISIS. Jol111 Dcster.
.Jaiues Briggs, s. w. qr., sec. 15 ; Oct. 6, 181'7. Tlionlas Benll.
Loclowick Blncliley, s. e. clr., sec, 15 ; Oct. 6, 1817. Tllonlas Wickllam.
Iticharcl Scllofield, lot 1, c. hf. 11. e. qr., sec. I6 ; Kov. 3, 1851. Mr. Dwyer, Edward
Colgm, John Dncliu-orth, Eclward G;~ffency, Daniel Stancliff and Tliomns Mernan are
the present owners of school section ; E. Colgaii 1l:tving 841 acres, the ot,hcrs 80-acre
tracts on scc. 16
Jacob Scliofielcl, lot 2, w. 11f. n. e. cyr., sec. 16 ; Nov. 3, 1551.
Jolin \Vl~olenstenholme, lot 3, c. hf. n. IV. cjr., sec. 16; Nov. 3, 1851.
Andrew Dawso~i, lot 4, TV. hf. n. w. clr., sec. 16 ; Nov. 3, 18.51.
Janles .Jackson, lot 6, e. hf. s. w. qr., see. 16 ; Kov. 3, 18.51.
Andrew D,z\vson, lot 5, TV. hf. s. w. cyr., sec. 16 ; Nov. 3, lS51.
Iceller Strass and Peter Fries, lot 8, e. 11f. s. e. clr., sec. 16 : Xov. 3, 1831.
.James ,Jackson, lot '7, w. llf. s. e. clr., sec. 16 ; Sov. 3, 1851.
George Armstrong, n. e. qr., sec. I'; Dec. 9. 1817. John Duckwortll, 60; Pat.
Cain, 140; John Jordan, 250; I-lo~uer Marlatt, 80; IVm. brnrlatt, 80, on sec. 17.
Nnmpton Owens, 11. I ~ qr., . sec. 1'7; Dec. 9, 1817.
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9

642 IIISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
John Tholnpson, s. w. qr., sec. 17; Jan. 24, 1818.
John Concannon, s. e. qr., sec. 17; Jan. 24, 1818.
Pleasant Meredith, n. e. qr., sec. 18; Nov. 29, 181'7. Ann Gorlnau and Andrew
Simmerman, on n. e. qr . ; Tllomns Fmllconer, n . m . qr . ; A. Simmerman, 28jJ' ; Alfred
Castle, 133%, on s. w . cjr . , and Andrew Simmerman, s. e. qr . . sec. 18.
James Bet~rdwine, n. w. qr., sec. IS; Nov. 29, 1517.
Peter Rotis, s. w . qr . , sec . 18; Jan. 29, 1818.
lsonc Ackernlim, s. e. qr., sec. 18; J:m. 29, 1818.
John Ringllt~m, n. e. and n. w . cp. , see. 19; May 16, 1818. illouzo II:%rlntt, SO,
11. e. qr.; Jolln Jordan, 80; El. Hulnpson est., SO, n. w. qr.; 11. I-Iampsou, s. w. clr.;
Thoinas Heagney, s. e. qr., sec. 20.
Wm. Dillon, n. w. qr., sec. 20; Aug. 20, 181s.
Philip Kiniston, s. w. qr., sec. 20; March 24, 1818.
Nathaniel White, s. e. qr., sec. 20; M2~rch 24, 1818.
William Walker, n . e . qr . , sec . 21 ; April 25, 1851 . John itytlu and Peter Carroll,
n. e. qr.
John Booth, n . w . qr . , sec . 81 ; Nov. 29, 1817. Ellen Welsh, J. Wall, E. Gaffeny,
n. w. qr.
Gerard Gibson, s. w. qr., sec. 21; Nov. 29, 1817. Wm. Down est.
John L. Griswold, s. c. qr., see. 21; Ang. 27, 1851. John Dexter.
David Durand, n. e. qr., sec. 22; Oct. 6, 1817. Jacob Shldaw, n. e. qr.
John L. Griswold, s. w. qr. and n . w. qr., sec. 22; Bug. 27, 1851. IVIicllael lZyan,
n. w. qr.; J. L. Griswold, s. w. qr.
Thomas Guerin, s. e. qr., see. 32; Oct. 6, 1817. Tllomns Benll, n. 80; E. 8. Mnl-
-
lory, s. 80.
Charles Tabour, n. e. qr., sec. 23; Mnrcll 24, 1818. C. P. Stisser, 160; P. Cartney,
80; Thomas Wickham, 80; J. L. Dawson, SO; John Melcrist, 80; C. P. Stisser, s.
e. 160, sec. 23.
Johil Andrews, n. w. qr., sec. 23; Marc11 24, 1818.
Isaac Gnrritt, s. w. qr., sec. 23; Nov. 29, 1817.
Nathan Hall, s. e. qr., sec. 23; Nov. 20, 1817.
Win. McGlynn, n. e. qr., see. 24; Nov. 25, 1817.
Dawson, n. 80; T. Butler, s. 80; John Heinz, s. w. cyr
Flynn, n. e. clr. ,; J. L.
Leibelle, e. 80; Charles
Bagger, w. 80, s. e. qr., sec. 24.
Wm. T. Graves, n. w. qr., sec. 24; Nov. 25, 181'7.
Owen Riley, s. w. qr., sec. 24; July 13, 1818.
Charles Currn, s. e. qr . , sec. 24; July 13, 1818.
Joseph Yntes, n . e. qr., sec. 25; Nov. 29, 1817. A. J. Syeers, 120; John Speers,
355; A. Ghert, 5; M. Hinmitn, 80: S. Pinkney, 80.
Tlionlas Carty, n. w. qr., sec. 25; Nov. 29, 1817.
James Sprout, s. w. qr., sec. 25; April 13, 1818.
Samuel Adams, s. e. qr., sec. 25; April 13, 1818.
Frederick Cook, n . e . qr., sec . 26; Nov. 29,1817. George Groner.
Benjamin Tnrr, n. w. qr., sec. 26; Nov. 29, 1817. *Jacob Wilson.
Frank Lowder, s. w . qr., sec. 26; Jan. 5, 1818. Jolln Schanck.
John McCormack, s. e. qr., sec. 26; Jan. 19,1818. -4mbrose Ghert.
Ichitl~od Colby, n. e. clr., sec. 27; Feb. 4, 1818. D. Job est. 80; J. Wilson, 80,
n. e. yr.
John L. Griswold, n. hf. n. TIT. qr., sec. 27; Aog. 27, 18.51. T. Heagtluy, n. 80
of n. w. qr . ; George .Jackson, John Powers, Jemes I,. Dawson (go), John Powers and
Willinn1 Petersen (loo), owners lots 1.to 7 inolusive, of remainder of section.
James Jackson, s. hf. n. w. clr.; sec. 27; hug. 10,1850.
Thomas Harris, s. w. qr., sec. 2'7; Sept. 9, 1818.
Conrad Mnndnll, s. e. qr . , sec . 27; September 9,1818.
John 1,. Griswold, n. hf. n. e. qr., sec. 28; Aug. 27, 1851. John Dexter.
James Jackson, s. hf. n . e. qr. , scc. 28; hug. 10, 1850. William B1:tckwell.
John S. Peterson, n. w. qr., sec, 28; Sept. 7, 1849. C. and H. Blood, e. 80. A.
W. IIenclricks, w. '70.
Clement C. Ninor, s. w. qr, ! sec, 28; May 8, 1818, Charles Blood, e. 80; Henry
Blood, w. 80.

VALLEY TOWNSHIP. 643
Curlton A. Fox, s. e. qr., see. 28; Feb. 24,1S49. Willianl Blackwell, e. 100; Eliza
Ferbrache, w . 60.
Davicl Gntlirie, n. e. qr., sec. 29; Feb. 25, 181s. I-I. Blood, e. SO; C. I-Iampson,
w. SO.
David Bringru:tn, n. tv. clr ., sec . 29: Jan. 30, ISIS. W. N. Dewhurst, s. 60; Hanuttll
ICingsley, 11. 100.
Fraucis Dudley, s. w. cyr., scc. 29; Nov. 29, 181'7. W. X. Den~hurst, 40; A.
ICingsley, 40, ancl Jolm JIorrissy, IV. SO, s. w. qr.
Noses ITaznpliill, s. e. clis., scc. 29; Oct. 25, 1817. George 1%. J;~clrson, s. e. qr..
A. TVaistcoat, n. e. cyr., sec. 30; Dec. 27, 1Y1i'. Percy Jt~ckson, SO; J. TA. Dawson,
1831i; Hull est., 29; C. N. IIu11, D. Martin, E~.;tstus JIorrow, George 1,. Jackson,
J. I,. D:~wson, C. T. Nc~vell, J. N. Bro~vrj, Joe ,inclersun, Jolin X. Berg, C. P. Stisser,
Natbulltlnd George Eby, llTilliau~ I~u~~son, Sr.; 31. Smitli, TV. F. Speers, t~nd Percy
.Jacltsoa, are also tlie owllers of lots on scc. 30, a11 on this section.
J. ~ircllil):~ld, 11. vr. (IT., sec. 30; Dec. 37, 1817.
.Joscpll Sulliulttn, e. hf. s. \v. (11'., sec. 30; Nor. 38, 1836.
.Joseph S~zllim:tn, w. id. s. \I-. cjr., sec. 30; April 19, 1537.
l3. 8. Suycler, s. c. clr., scc. 30, .ipril 23, .l8lS.
Dwniel P;~lrrler, 11. e. qr., sec 31, J;m. 1, 1818.
BIiclltlel G:tl)lle:trt, n. w. qr., scc. 31; .Jtxn. 7, 1818.
I-Tenry Eruer~, s. w . clr., sec. 31; JIt~rcli 31, 1849. P. Cllt~se cst., 139; C. P. Stisser,
160; 13. Germain, 79; J. Frieclman, 82; Arint~ I

644 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
In district No 1, Ithalner Dayba,nlt taught.. At this time the house in
district No. 3 was erectecl, ancl in April the house in district No. 2 removecl.
In August, 1856, James M. Rowers was appointed treasurer.
In April, 1555, John Schanclr succeetled e. S. Payne as president, J. 11.
Rogers was continued as treasurer, and J. IIopkins, iuelnber of the
board. In October, 1859, the nn~nes of John Speers, John Scllanck,
and S. Dixon. In April, 1862, Messrs. Schanck, Ben1 aucl Nicl~olas
f orined the boarcl, the first.niuned being st ill l~residen t, J;~mes &I. Rogers
acting as treasurer ancl clerlr. In April, 1864, R. S. I

VALLEY TOWNSHIP. 645
The justices of peace electecl in Valley are namecl as follon~s : '54,
D. D. Furbracile and J. M. Rogers ; '58, Joseph WOOC~TQ~~~, Jacob
Spears ancl J. M. Rogers ; '60, Simon Dixon ; '61, Joseph Woodivarcl,
T. Beall ;'65, Joseph TVooclwarcl, George Wier; '69, George TV. Nison,
Joseph Wolf, Tllolllas Beall, Edivarcl Colgan ; '73, Ecli~a~cl Cola-czn ancl
Eli H. Yallary ; '77, C. F. Newel1 and E. Oolgan; '81. Jacob ~%ullow,
CI. T. Neivell; 'S3, Morris Smith; '83, TIT. I;'. Speers ; '85, llIichae1
Ryan, Eli 11. Mczllary ; 'SG, Emstus Morro\v.
Williwn T. Ditinon was electecl clerk in 1879, ;tnd still contin~~es to
fill tl~t
office most acceptably.
On 3ilarcll 26, 1869, Valley to~\rnsbip votecl $20,000 aicl to the D.,
P. i% EI. R. 12.
~Yiiyhbo~i~zg Setile117ents.-Lawn Riclge clates its set tlenlent back to
1845, when Cllarles Stone lnncle his home there. IIe ~vas follo\vecl b
" Deacon " Snlitli ancl Joshua Powell, the deacon being the first black-
smith. Alden 1[~111 settled in the toivnship about 1845, ancl shortly
a,fte~ tlie United Presbyterian Church mas organized there. In IS46
the Congrey.;~tionnl Church of Blue Ridge was fountled, and in 1850
the &iIetllocllsts organizecl at the Cent're. On October 5, 1864, La~vn
Iticlge Loclge, No. 4 15, was chnrterecl. Close by, the lost towns of
Chnmbersbnrg and Trog City were laid out in 1836,-the former by
John T. Sllepliertl anti Jesse J. Cox, ancl the latter by Sanford lilock.
The wolf hunt of IS30 was organizecl December 25, 1830, with
the Roots, Sillimans, Reclclicks, Clevelancls, Coopers, Holines, Miners
ancl Reecls leacling hunters. In 1845 the great hunt ~vss organized:
Alcron Toi\rnshil~, of Peoria county, i~as first settlecl by Hugh
$Iontgomeqr, in 1831. Tlle same year D. Prince, James Morroi~ ancl
Thomas l\forro\v settlecl there. In 1832 Rev. I-Iill, of the Methodist
I&iscopd circuit, preachecl at Jalnes &Ior~*om's house, ancl four years
later Mrs. Elester StoddiLrd taught in the first sclloolhouse. In 1871
the first house of ~vorship was erected by Seventh Day Baptists.
Valley C7e7)~ete~:j/.-In Valley cemetery are interred the foilowing .
~vell-known residents: TV. Down died in 1878 ; Jnlnes Jacltson, '71 ;
Jane Iioclges, '59; Margaret Jacl;son, '8%; Lovina. Ann Eby, 'TO;
Harry IIu11, '78 ; Sally 11~111, '62; Carlton A. Fox, '72 ; Willianl &farlatt,
'86. A number of young people are interrecl, alnor~g whoin are
George 0. Marlatt, Company E, One-hunclrecl-zincl-twelfth Illinois Volunteer
Inf;~nt.ry, cliecl April 8, 1864, in Libby prison; Joseph &I. Marlatt,
cliecl in 1873; Lizzie Down, cliecl in 188%; and Willianl Down, Jr.,
in 1883. At Cimp Grove, La\\~n Iticlge, Wyoming, and other restingplaces
for the clencl in the vicinity, Inany old settlers are at home,
while th~~ougl~oot the \vest others have found the end of life's journey.
Xtcl7.X: nllc~ye was never platted. It grew up spontaneonsly, so
soon as tlle rail ro;~cl mas opene(1, as the coinpetitor of' Wacly l'etra for
tlie tlaacle of the township. The business circle is ~nade up as fol10~1-s:
Joseph Anderson grain and tile ; Simpson $ Smith, geaelaal store ;
TVillialn Speers, l~re stock ancl insurance; Nrs. Rotli\i-ell, 1ni1linel.y ;
Erastus Morro w, creanlery ; Cllczrles 3T. IInll, merchant ; Joseph Brown
and D. Martin, blacksn~i tlls ; John Burr, shoemalcer ; John Brool;s, restaurant
; Eric Weberg, railroacl agent ; E. Morrow, postmaster. Nr.

646 HISTORY OF STARK COUNT^.
Anderson built the first residence there some years ago. Many cottages
have since been erected, and with the stores, depot grain marehouse,
and stores and shops named, give tile llczi11let n bus~ness-like appearance.
The pensioners residing at Stni-lwille in IS83 were William Peterson,
receiving $10 per month ; Erastus Morrow :anti Aionzo Kingsley,
$8 each ; antl David Martin, $4.
The new depot at Stt~~k, built to rep1;rce the one recently burned,
was completed in October, ISSG.
The Stark Congregatiol~al Aid society, organizeti March 3, 1885, at
the little village of Stark, collected $309.50, anti expentled $982 the
first vear. Mrs. C. T. Newell is secretal*~.
cLngrePtion:~1 church originated il; a selaies ol nl eetings wll i c11
from 1880 to IS85 were llelcl in various places in the vicin~tv. Tlre
first effort to olp,njee a, illeeting ~vas inad6 by lilolcling service; in tile
warehouse of Simpson c! Smith, but s~lbsequeiitly lleld in an unused
cheese factory. Elere a Snntlay-school was started in l8S3, ~vllicll, ill
connection vith regular services, continued until it was plaoposed to
build a church. This enterprise ' was to be kno\rn as the Union
church. Accorclir~gly, on the evening of Feb~uary 19, 1585, inanv
citizens of' Starli: ancl vicinity met to counplete a~~rangelnents.
M. 6. Smith presitled, with W. F. Speers, secretary. A colllinittee
of five, consisting of M. S. Stnith, 11. Blood, W. F. Speers, Cllarles
Hampson and L. Dixon, were elected as a fin:~ncii~l collimittee. 011
Febr~~ary 21st, this couilnittee met ant1 elected M. S. Smith treasurer.
By Februzwy 26t11, $620 mas subscribed, ~~ntl April 19th a ineeting
was calletl to consitler the question of orgnnization, at ~vllicll meeting
M. S. Slnith presided. A coininittee to call a council to organize a
Congregational ch~mll, coinprising II. F. I3lood, 31. S. Smith ant1 L. E.
Brown, was appointed April 2Stl1, ~rith &I. S. Smith, cllairlnan, and
William Simpson, secretary, ant1 a. Cong~aegational cllulcll was organizecl
wit11 the following ~nernbers I~olciing letters Rao1n otller cliurches :
I-I. F. Bloocl, Morris S. Smith, Susan Antierson, Albert Jortlan, E~biltla
Jordan, Louisa Dewey, Willinn1 Peterson. Mary I'eterson, Eunice
Blood, Kate Eloocl, J. M. I:rown, 1,. E. ~ro~vn, Eliznbetlr Sl~eelas, 7,ie
McCowen, ancl Prescott Itloocl, SL'. 011 April 21)tll, 11. F. 13100(1 ;mtl
Morris 8. Smith were electccl tiencons ; Williarrl Siuil~son, clerk ; Sister.
L. E. Brown, treasurer; and Albert Jo~.clan, trustee for one year, 1jresc0t.t
Blood, Sr., for two years, antl J. Antlerson for three years. 011
May 31st, Rev. J. Mitcl~ell, of Wyoming, was called as ])astor to
reach once each Sunday for the con~itlerat~lon of $300 per annum, and
PI. F. Blood, Wi1li;rni Peterson, and Wi1li;tin Sill~lison appointed n
committee to solicit subscriptions. 011 September 20, 1 Y 85, tlre cl~urcll,
mllich in the ~neantime lrad been erected anti finished a,t a cost of
about $2000, was cletiicated, the ser~llo~l being preczcl~ed by Rev. J. R.
Tolnkins of Cllicago. On the day of the detlication, $334.78 w;~s collected
to litpiclate all the inclebtetlness of the cllurcl~. From its
foundation the cllurc11 11as continuetl to grow.
The nalnes of adclitional nle~ubers of St;~~.lc Cllurcll are as foilows :
Prescott Blood, Jr., Olive Blood, Arthur Hull, Geo. Thoinas Garside,

VALLEY TOWNSHIP.
James 1-1. Garside, Fred Blood, Albert Peterson, Emory Peterson,
Thomas Jacl

648 BIOGRAPHY AND RERTINISCENCES
tory of Toulon township, which embr,zces the history of the town of
Wyoming, very many pages are devoted to former ant1 pioneers
of Valley township.
Joseyh Anclerson, son of John and Iiannal~ (Davis) Anderson, mas
born in Butler county, 0.: March IS, 1827, to whicl~ state his fi~ther
relnorecl from his native Pennsylvania. Aboat 1821 John ina~rietl
Miss Davis, of Ohio, and for the ten follo~ving years made his l~onle
there. The family lnovecl to Tazeiyell county, Ill., in 1831, and there
were known among the leading farmers until 1851, wl~en John Anclerson
retired, selling the fa;l111. Sixteen years later Mr. Anderson, Sr.,
died in Incliana in his eighty-second year ; his ~ vido~~~ resicling wit1h the
children until her cleatb, in 1880, at her son's home in hey eighty-tllircl
year. Of their thirteen children seven are living. Joseph Antlerson,
the fiftli child in orcler of seniority, resided ~vit~ll his p;wents on the
farm until twenty-one years of age. At this time he iuxrrietl Miss
Susanna McGinness, of Peoria county, remained t~vo years ill Tazen~ell
county, then moved to the fi~rm in Peoria county, \17llere for twentvfire
years they made their home, prior to their removal to Stark count$.
Here he built a lnodern residence for his ho111e and an elevator For tile
a wain trade which he established, together with other buildings, accorndishing
as much to bnild up Stark village as any other one man.
kolitically he is Repn blican, in society matters, holds ;L high place in
Ocld Fellows circles. His wife is a &ember of the Congregational
church and prominent wherever woman's ~vorlr is called for. Of their
eleven children, George W. is cleceasecl ; Jarnes W., conductor on
C. I. R. R.; Mary J., in Kansas ; E'ranli M., in Starli ; Sarah E., deceasetl ;
John H., engineer at Rocli Island ; Lewis W., Robert C., antl Ulvssus
L., in Iowa ; Nathan A., here ; and Ed 117arcl E., deceasetl. U. L. ~Yltlerson
is yircl-master of the Centml Iowa Railroutl at Keithsburg, Ill.
Mr. Anderson is now about sixty years old. IIe was an infant pioneer
of Ohio and came to the military tract of Illinois ~7l1ile it was a \vili(erness,
so that in two states he has passed throng11 the pioneer period,
and appears today to be a Inan of forty rather than sixty sunmlelas.
Idleness has not brought him this loolc of yout1-1, for in every part he has
talien, whether on the farm, in the grain ivarel~ouse, oia 1uml)er yard. he
has been a worker. Wit11 Mrs. Antlerson his 11oine at Stark is
zt model one.
Marynret ( CyowleZl) Brctilt. ( I~istow~ of I% Ck c~se.)
William Atkhlson, son of Williann and Jane (T,am beltl) Atk inson,
mas born in England, BIarch 14, 18.35. IIis father mas born there,
May 24, 1796. On February 4, 1826, ire \\-as united in marriage wit11
Miss Jane, daughter of James and Mary Lanr bert, the latter born July
23, -1804. Several years after their ~nnrriage they emigrated to
America and settlccl at Philaclelphia, Pa., ~vl~ere 31;. Atltinson was
booklieeper for a large wool purchasing firnl. Several years were
spent in various parts of the East and in 1853, l ~e and two of his sons
came to Illinois to prepare a home for the family, ~vllo followed them
hither in 1854, nlaking a ho~ne in RIars11:~Il county for tl~ree years.
Having purchasetl eighty acres on section three, Valley township, they
came while the place was mild, unbroken p~airie. On February of

OP VALLEY TOWNSHIP. 651
1866, Mr. Atkinson, after an illness of three weel~s, slept his last sleep
in his seventy-first year. I-Iis rnidolv reuiainecl mi th her children until
IS84 1~711e11 the last suminons came to her also, in her eightieth year.
Of tlleir ten children five are still li ring, four of .~~hom are in Stark
countjr nncl one in England.
TVilL;icu).,c A tl:i~~son and his sister Af~.lariah J., ~vitli filial affection
clung to their pa~ents and their olcl home, ancl since the death of their
~x~~ents they have together talcen the managelllent of the fann. The
original farm has been considerably increased, as sl~o\~rii in the list of
presell t lan d~r\~ners.
I'my C. Bz~vclicA:, son of Clark ancl Peri-nelia (Coon) Burcliclc, mas
born in Otsego county, P;. Y., March 26, 1634. His father vTas born
in Vermont, December 1, 1798, and his lllotller in .Ne\v Torlc, Deceinher
31, ISOO. Tlie Burcliclis were l

I 652
BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
Mrs. Brajn died at Wady Petra in July, 1886. Slle married Geo. Brain
in 1854, six years after her emigration from tlie Isle of Man, ant1 eight
years preceding the cleat11 of her husbsncl. To Mr. im~l Mrs. Chase
four children mere born, of mho~n Virginius I-I. and Victor P., are at
home. In politics he is Republican, and in all local antl county affairs
liberal and enterprising.
Ber~~.nrcl CoZynn, one o-f! the ~ilost prolilinentl fasn~ers of Valley
township, mas born in Ilomn county, Ireland, ill 1836. IIe ilemainecl
in his native land until twenty years of age,-nntl then started to nlake
n home in the new world, lantiing at Ne\v 1 orl;. IIe crr'lne at orice to
Stark county, Ill., antl been working as low \.as t welre tlollars per
month. After several years he rentetl 1 i l 11e \~orlretl until
1865 when he purchased an eighty tract on section 16. In ,Jan., 1567,
he married DiIiss Ann Slogan, m7ho is also a, native of I~elnntl. After
their marriage they rema~ned some seven years upon this place ancl
then removecl to a farin on section 2, ~vhicll he had purchasecl. llere
they have since residecl, and built up their p~esent 1)eau t i f ul llome.
Eight chilclren have blessed their marriage, all 0-1 wllo~n make their
home wit11 their parents. Mary, Francis, Edwarcl, James, John,
Bernard, Margaret, Rose. Thoinas is nuinberecl anlong tll e dei~d.
Mr. Colgan is a ineinber of the Catholic church, of whicll 11is fa111ily
- are all members. In politics he is decidedly Deniocrntic. IIe has now
240 acres of choice fi~rining land, ancl is ~vell Bno~vn as one of our best
farmers.
'Johr~ A. CoZgnn, born at Greencastle, Down county, Ireland, February
14, 1886, is the son of Ecl ward ancl Sarah (Jbennan) Colpn, and
grandson of Patrick and Catherine (Fitzpatrick) Colg111, of L~snacree,
in that co~~ntv, who nTere the cllildren of Ed~vartl Colgan, of Augliioguhill,
ancl ~ e d Fitzpatrick, s of Bally macclurph y, of Down county, the
former a wearer, ancl the latter a. farmer ancl blaclrsmith. The inaternal
granclparents of John A. were Jaules and Rose (Li~l~ds) Erennan,
of Ballamena, and on both sicles the family history call be tracecl hack
to the Irish Erians and to the illnstrious 'Colgan family, one of ~rl~om
was the celebrated historian. To Patri.clc ancl his wife Catherme nlne
chilclren were born, one of whom came to the United States. Ed warcl
Colgan was ~rlarriecl in 1834 ; niovecl to Greencastle, wllere he died in
1848. His wiclolv came to America in 1865, and now resides with her
son, John A. Iler children are John A. Colgan, James, who was
drowned at St. John's, Patriclz, Mary, Kate, now hlrs. Win. Gill,
Peter, clrownecl near Liverpool, and Thomas, all survivors of the family
residing in this township. John A. Colgarl was talien by his pater-
, nal grandparents in 1837, ant1 lived with them eigl2teen years. He
then moved to Liverpool to learn the ship-carpenter's trade, but returnecl
in a short time and remained at llome until 1856, when lle
came to Illinois, resideg near Briinfielcl for three years. Subse nently
he freiglitetl between Kansas City and Ft. Learen~vorth and Ft.%nion,
N. M., but after seven months, returned to Peoria count^^. In the
spring of 1.563 he purchased eighty acres in Valley. In "~ebrunry,
186'7, he married Miss Sarah Colgan, a very clistant relative, ~vllo
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OF VALLEY TOWNSHIP. 653
August 16, 1886, he married Miss Eltima Williams, of JTalley. Of
se~~en cllildren born to the first marriage, Mary M., Sarah A,, Patrick
E., Jolln, Ilosa and Peter V. reside here ; Katie died. Mr. Colgan .has
increased his acreage to 400, all excellent linld, ancl well improvecl.
Politically, he is inclepenclent, ant1 as a citizen, ranBs with the best in
Stark coun tp.
Tho~n cu 1h1 q~y Crone, son of Ben jamin and Nary (JIcDonald)
Crone. was born in Fayette county, Ohio, January 20, 1829. His
grandfatller, Henry Crone, went to Canada to learn the caq3enter
tratle, from Pennsylvania, of ml~icli state he mas it native like his wife,
and tluring the y&r the fanlily spent there, Benjaniin vTi&s bola. In
1812 Ileury returned to the Unitetl States ant1 was 2% soldier in the
Union service, even as his lather was a soldier of the Revolution
12enjamin Crone married Knncy McDonkrld in lh28. Her parents were
natives of New Jersey. Tlley were tlle parents of seven children:
Tllonlas E-I., Albert W., Jolln, Henrietta, James F. (cleceasecl), Wm. A.
apt1 Do~~glas IT. Thoinas 11. learned the carpenter's trade at an early
day, and at the age of twenty years married Miss Eliza J., daughter
of Ananias ;~ncl Elizabeth Allen, a native of Madison county, Ohio.
Six years later this lady cliecl, leaving two chilclren : Willia~ll, now of
Nocli~way county, hIo., and Alnlnin E., now of Crawford county, Io\va.
After tlye cleat11 of llis wife lie came to Starli county, Ill.,'worl~ed at
11 is trade until 1854, lien he settled on his present fann, and in 1856
revisited Ohio, wllere he malaried Miss Catherine, daughter of Dr. ancl
An11 (WcClean) Eobinson. They are the parents of seven children:
John B., married, BIay, ~narriecl, both of Criwforil county, low a ;
James F., of Vitlley township, married ; IIen ry L., of Essex to\vllshil.,
inarrietl; Rosella, n~arriecl, resitling here ; Thomas 6. and Nancy A.
wit11 parents. Like both his gr;lntlfathers, Tl~omas 11. also n7as in the
Union service, having enlisted in the Seventh Illinois Volunteer
M. Infantry in Febroarv, 1865, ancl served until the close of the
war. For thirty years he has filled the office of school director, is a
melnber of the Central Agricultun~l Society, a supporter 01 the Methodist
cllurcll, a.nd in political life, a Eepublicnn.
IJTiUiaw~ BLLW~O~~, born in I~OSS county, Ohio, in 1809, moved wit11
his parents to IIar\~ltins eorullty, Ohio, where he passed his youth and
receivecl his education. About 1831 he inarrietl Miss Amelia Dorman,
~vi tll ~vho~n lie w;ts a l~layniate froin cl~ilc1l~oocl. For nine years after
this marriage they matte their hoine in Hocking county, engaged on
their fitrm, and there four cl~ildren were born to th'em. In 1839-40
the family moved to IIenry county, Ill., and t\vo years later settled in
Stark county, where Mr. Dawson 11ad purchased lands. Here nine
cllildren were born to thein, fire of wlloinare living, and two, John L.
a~ltl Minerra. resitlents of this county. The father of this large family,
a pioneer of Henry, a pioneer 01 Valley nncl an olcl settler of Stark
county, mas c:llletl away by cleat11 September lo, 1SS.5. Forty clays
prior to this event lle fell, receiving such injuries as would cause the
death of a ~nucl~ younger inan. Mrs. Williain Dnwson nras born in
Ross county, Ollio, January 1, 1805, but in her routh accompanied her
parents to Hocking county, Ohio, where she bas also educated and
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854 BIOGRAPHY AND l,EMINISCENCES
where she . met ancl marriecl her late husband. She was among
the very earliest settlers of Valley, coming here when Peoria liacl onlv
one store, while yet it mas a clay's journey to a neigl~bor's house. ~l;e
is considered one of the foreinothers of the townshi p, for, wit11 her husband,
she participated in the clraina of settleinent ancl progress, aricl
has even clistancecl old Time. Since her husba,ncl's cleat11 she has residecl
on the ho~nesteacl rvith her daughter Mi nerva.
John I;. DCC~U.VOL, son of Willia~~ and Amelia (Dorman) Damson,
was born in Essex, Stark county, Sel~tember 9,1842. Here he was
etlncatecl ancl continuecl to resicle ~111til Augfist, '62, ~vllen he
enlisted in Company E, One-hundrecl-ancl-ti\~elPth Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, and for three yerlrs participatetl in. the fortunes of that command
as related in the military chapter. I-Ie received llonorable clischarge
June 20, '65, ret~~rnecl to his father's house ancl resicletl there
until February 2, 'TI, when he married T\iIiss Elizal)etll, cla~lghter of
Jacob and Alice (Howart) Taylor, ancl took up .their residence on section
thirty, Valley. where he was owlley of 124 acres. OC three childrei~
born to them, William A. and Jacob S. are living. Mrs. Damson was
born in Lancashire, Englancl, January 5, '50. I11 her ninth year she
accompaniecl her parents to America, and settled u-it11 thein i< Valley,
was educatecl here and remajnecl with them until lier marriage in '71.
Mr. Daivson iS a republican in political life, in social matters a menlber
of the I. 0. 0. I'., has served one year as collector, ancl since '62 hr~s
proven a most creditable citizen, whether in war or peace.
James L. Dnw~on, son of Anclreiv ancl Nary (Little) Dawson, uTas
born in Ross county, O., in 1826. His father rv:~ born near Pittsbnrg.
Pa., where he marriecl Miss Little, of the same county. In the fall of
'43 the family nioved to Chillicothe, Ill., ancl the~ce to Starlc county
in '47-8. Here both of them cliecl as recoycled in the sketch of the
cemeteries-Mr. Dawson dying in '64. Of their nine cllilclren, three
are living. James L. resiclecl with his parents-working on the farin
or attending school in his youth. In '47 he came to th~s county, and
two years later purchasecl his far~n here. Owing to the fact that the
notes on his family history were returnecl without corrections ancl with
complaint of inaccuracies, the greater part is omittecl rather t'han
knowing1 publish what is alle ed to be incorrect.
Mm. i$lizokth Bou~n, (laug a ter of Jaines and Elizabeth (I-Iamrnot)
Cutler,mas born in Suffollcshire, Englancl, in 1832, came to Buffalo, N. IT.,
via Quebec, with her parents in '36, and after tivo years remored 1~1th
them to Batsvia, N. Y., where they reared a family of cigllt children
of whom five are living. In '57 Mrs. Down, ac~oi

OF VALLEY TOWNSHIP. 655
Down resides upon the homestead, surrouncled by her familr of six
cllildren : John, Mmy, Thomas, Samuel, Cora ancl Bertha. he eldest
son, William, is deceased. He lnarriecl Miss Lizzie Torrington in '82,
who cliecl the same -ye:Lr, he following her to the grave in September,
'83. Bot'h lie in the Fox cemeterv.
i7/1;~s. fifcnry 2. Dewhrrast born" near Hey n7ooc1, Engl:~ncl, (lied near
Stark rillage Bpril2, 1880, aged fifty-eight years. She came. to Peoria
coonty in '50, ancl for years resided in or near T\'yorning.
Lnw~rnce D.IGCX:WOY~A. 8ia., born in 1800, came to the united States
in '49, i*esi:led in ~eoria'couhtv for thirteen years, 1vhe11 he morei! to
Valley to~vnsllip, thence to his ion's home at Shenancloah, Page countj~,
Io\i~a~, died near Yntes City, Ill., April 6, 'SO.
G. If': Dl,yec~, son of Weslev and Elizabeth (Barnum) Dnryea, \\-as
born at Mt. Stelaling, E~oivn cdnnty, Ill., in 1835. His prehts were
natives of lientucl;y, 1~7110 after marriage, removed to Brown county,
Ill., about the year '33, where lie continuecl his profession of lt~v, at
~vhjc he labored so earnestly that he became totally blind: mhen our
subject mas but six years of age. A few months later he passed to
the "better land." During h~s illness his property had been about
consuinecl, a.ncl sf ter his cleath Mrs. D~uryes laborecl hard to keep her
family of four chiltlrel~ together. Since thev ]lave gl*onTn up she has
matle' lier home wit11 her claugtiter near ~~ibi~, Ill. G. W. Duryea,
when but nine gears of age, left llome and went to live with :t, mercllant
of Mt. Sterling, ~vorBing in the store there for five years, when
he removetl to Canton where lie was a clerk until '61, mhen hemarriecl .
Miss T,ouisn M., claoghter of James ancL Sarah A. (Carver) Turner, who
was born in December, '41. I-ler pnrents n7ere both natives of Mercer
county, Ky., who in '31 and '33 reinored to Menarcl county,
Ill., '32 to Falton county, where they mere married April 25, '37. Of
their thirteen cllildren. nine are living, three of them in Stark county.
( 'liitle j~tcgc 475, Fklton coozclfiy Zl,iitory.) Mr. and Mis. Duryea began
fu.rming in Wood ford county, Ill.: where they re~nainetl for eight. years,
~rl~erl they ~aemoved to their farm in Valley township about the year
'72. In '83 Mr. Uuryea., after several months' illness, resolvecl to go
to the Straits of ~ickin:~lv for his health, and, being taken soclde~lly
worse. d ied at Eerrien Sprin os, June 4 '83. His re~na.ins now ~est in
Pleasant Valley cenleterv. fie mas an active member ol the &Iiletliodist
Protestant cl~urch, and in politics n republican, having held vi%rious
offices of trust in his toirnship. About twoyears prior to his death he
rented the farm and remoretl to La Harpe to etlucate his children,
but being restless for some occupation he retu~ned to worlc 21,s partner
in a store at St, Daricl. The year following her husb;~nd's tleatll Mrs.
Duryea returned to their beautiful hoi~ie on the farm ~vhere she still
resides. Of her seven cl~ilclren, two clied in infancy. Cllarles E.
resides at Washington, L). C., Minnie Blanche, James, Frank, Otto C.,
Atina, B. C. reside at l~ome. In the history of Fulton county, brief
notices of the Turner and Carver families appear.
Josep/i, B6y, who resided in TTallev townsl~ip for over thirty years,
clied a.t Starli in February, 1882, in liis eighty-fourth year.
Andmu J. Fclclkne~, son of Thomas J. and 1,ucy (Arthington)

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656 BIOGRAPHY AJYD REMINISCENCES
Faulkner: was born in Peoria county, Ill., March 10, 1857. His father,
a Virginian, moved to Ross county; Ohio, when but seventeen years of
age, where he engaged in the merc:~ntile tracle and also tenclecl the
loclcs on the canal. At the age of twenty he mai-ried Miss Ellen Ditmon,
who cliecl about fourteen veers later. To his first marriage five
children were born, only two d whom are now living. About three
years after the death of llis first wife, he nlarriecl Miss Lucy Artllington.
Immediately after their nlarriage they came to Illinois in 1852, al~tl settlino
in Peoria county, began fanning. Six years ;~fter the\. removed
to alley t,ornnship, \~hore they ~~urchasetl a farm, antl wheie, in 1863,
Mrs. Faulkner cliecl, leaving five chiltlren, all of ~~holli are living. On
March 19, 1885, Mr. Faullcner was called to his rewarcl, in his seventythird
year. Antlre\v J. Frzulkner is tlln tl~ircl cl~ilcl of u family of five
children. Flis early life ~v\.ibs spent at lmne w it11 his parents, assisting iii
the duties of the fanm. In 1 880 he married Miss Minnie I., daughter of
William and Elizabeth (Iiillinger) Retlcling. S11e mas born 111 Uoone
cotulty, Incl., December 30, 1860. IIer parents, natives of Ohio,
removed to Tnclianil at an early (la,~, where they enpged in farnling.
In 1864. they came to Illinois ancl settled in Penn to~vnshlp, Stnrlc county,
where, one ye; tr later, April 24, .IS65, Mr. Redcling's death occurrecl,
in his fifty-sixth year. IIe \vas the father of nine children, six of
whoin weie living :.at his death. After her ilusbantl's dent11 Mrs. Redding
relnoved to Wyoming ~vith her family. She mas married, in
1868 to Mr. Charles Andress, witlr ~vllom she lived until lier death,
April 13, 1876. I

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657
65 acres to 325, a11 inlplaovecl. In religiot~s life he is a inenlber of the
Lutherkn cl~urch ; in politics, n. Republican, and in society, a member of
the Grand Anny, and altogether a most useful citizen.
A. TI ITenrlricks, son of Jonatllnn and Luranae (Morey) Henclriclrs,
mas born in Rensselt~er countv, K. I-., in 1812, of ~vhich state
his parents \Irere also natives. In is75 his father moved to Illinois,
a,nd In 1817 died in Livingston county in the eighty-seventh year of
his aye. EIis wife, the mother of A. W. EIendriclcs, (lied in New Tork
~tntcin 1327. Up to this time and for seven gears after, the son resicled
at lionle. .At the age of twenty-two pears he married Miss
Betsy Itecotd, also native of his cotui~tv, ant1 for tell venrs after this
~n:~rringe he was engaged in a variety of \rod

658 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
*
David H., of Massachusetts ; Emma M., of New Porli, all cleceasecl.
Bdr. Hampson, Sr., was deniocratic in politics, as his son is toclay. During
life he was a most inclustrious worker ancl good citizen, ancl gave
to this county a family who have airlecl in its b~lilding LIP as they
shared in its prosperity.
Tl~,om.as Heayhney, son of Cllarles ancl Rosa (McGurk) EIenghn ey,
was born in Tyrone County, Ireland, in 1834. Twenty yews later he
movecl to New Torlc State, where he labored as a farm hand For two
years, mhen he came to Illinois ancl mor.ked on a farm here until 1861.
In this year he mi~rriecl Miss Margaret Icinsley, af Stark County,
rented ahiece of land which' now forins a part of his estate, ant1 other
tracts until 1864, mhen he purchased eighty acres, resicling there in ;I
12x16 house until his lands were paid for, ~vhen lle built* his present
residence. Mr. Iieaglrney has now a tract of 240 acres of excellent
farm land, together with several quarter sections in the west. Of their
eight children six are living. He has in little over t \ye11 ty pears wrnng
from labor a just reward, and todav holds an enviable place in the esteem
of his neighbors. In religious life he is Catholic, in political life
Democrat, ancl in agricultural affairs a hard worker ant1 close calculator.
David Badges, born in Kentshire, England, February 5, 1822, is
the son of Thomas and Mary I-Ioclges, natives of Englancl. As near
as can now be ascertained Thornas was married in 181s or '19, and in
1834 he came to America, and settled at Saratoga Springs, N. T.; but
after a short time moved six miles north of the springs, pulacl~ased a,
farin i~nd engaged in ftlrirling. Of their eight olliltlren slx are livin~ :
Matilcla, of Worcester, Mass.; Harriet, of Washington county, N. I .;
Edwin, of Saratog:~ county, N. Y.; Arnos, of Page county, Iowa,;
George H., of Greenfield, Saratoga county, N. Y.; and Davicl, of this
countv ; all the heads of families. Thomas IIoclges remained where
he la& settlecl, 'engaged in farming, until his tleatll, in 1853. I-Iis wife
survivecl him until the year of 1850. Davicl Iloclges was thirteen years
old when he left ~n~lind. In America he renlained wit11 llis father,
helping to clear the fa,r~n: until 1851, when lie cnine to Illinois, pup
chasecl lancl in this coanty. Returning hoine he was married in 1852,
to Miss Jane Stanclish, a, native of New Pork, to ~vhorn were born
Harry, residin 0- with parents, ancl Joseph, married, of Iii ngsbury
county, Dak. %he vear follo\ving h his ma.rriaqe Davicl settled on tlqe
land he had purch:&%l in this county in 1851, building a fiouse thereon.
On Marc11 23, 1860: his wife died, and on February 1,1861, he innrrietl
Miss Mary Hutchison, at native of Ohio, ~rhose parents removed from
Ohio to illinois about 1851, and settled in Peoria county, where they
remained until their death. They are the parents of five children,
namely : Otis, Clark, Fred, Frank, ant1 one clecessed. The first purchase
of land Nr. I-lodges lnacle mas the southeast quarter of section
33, and since that time he has aclcled 540 acres to this, all of which is
wcll iinproveci. He is not a member of any church, but is a liberal
supporter of the Methodist church. In politics he is a Republic:~n,
takes a great interest in schools, ancl in all matters pertaining to the
public benefit. He has held several township offices. ancl is at present
commissioner of highways.

OF VALLEY TOWNSHIP. 659
C/~arZes 3L Ehdl, son of Harry and Sarah (Sham) Hull, was born
in St. Lawrence county, N. 'I.'., in 1836. His father, a native of Vermont,
v7as born near the New I-Iampshire line in 1799, and his grandfather
in New 13ampshire in 1758. This latter man served through
the Revolution, soon after mas rnarried antl settled in the village of
Kane, Essex county, N. Y., where lle was an algricultnmlist until his
death, in '41, his' wife cly ing about '51. Of their nine cliildren all
lived over sixty years. ancl four are still liring. He with five of his
sons served in the War of '18. Hwrv Hull was married about '24,
moved to St. La.\~7rence county about 'g6, aucl twenty years later to
Wisconsin. In '47 he came to Peoria county ; in January, '50, settled
in Stark, purchased one hunclretl nncl sixty acres on section 30, VaJley,
nncl cliecl here in '79. IIis first wife cliecl here in '62. In '64 he married
Mrs. Alice Snrnberger, of Victo~ia, Ill., 11~110 survives him ancl resicles
on the homestead. To his -first mamiage twelve children were
born, ancl to his last, two chilclren. Of the first, six are living : Silas,
Chrles N., Nathan HE, John D., Mrs. R. E. Diclrenson, and Mrs.
Sarah A. Bontnn, of whom Charles N. resides in Valley with Euphmsia
ancl Catherine, children of the second ma.rriage.' Charles Hull
sharecl in the travels anci fortunes of the family until '52, when he
went to Princeville to learn the blacltsllzith's tracle. In '60 he moved
to Osceola ancl followecl his tracle there. In '61 he married Niss Calista
E. Bales, of Orange county, (I., then visiting her sister at Princeville.
On September 20, '68, he enlisted in Company A, Second Illinois Light
Artillery, and was in ir.ctive service with the battery for thirty-four
months without iaeceiving a woond. On returning he morltecl at his
tracle until '70, when he removed to his Valley farm, which he hacl
purchased prior to the mar. In "76 he establishecl a general store at .
Stark village, the first business there. In '82 Mr. Speers and he built
the grain elevator there ; in '84 he purcl~nsecl his partner's interest
therein, and since has carried on his large interests alone. In politics
he has always been a Republican, avoiding office, and ever attentive to
his own business and the clevelopment of his district. ( Vide milita~y
cmcl Vcdle y i,istoories.)
George L. Jnck8ol2, son of R. and Jane (Lonsley) Jackson, mas
born at Mnrrick, Eng., in ISIS. His father was born ancl lived there
forty-four years. I-Iis inother was born at I-Ieley, in 17.38, married at
nineteen years of age, and fifty-two years later her husband clied, she
following hiin to tile gmre in a few years. They came to Orange, O.,
in '35 with their eleven children, l~urcl~asecl two farms there, and there
diecl, as noted. George I,. came with his parents to Ohio, and enmao-ecl
in fanning there un ti1 '47, when he revisited his native country ,
Q 3
tor ten months, married Rciss Margpret Carse there at Eichrnond, returned
in '48, and after spending the ~vintel*
Ol~io, moved to Brimfield,
Ill., where he was engaged in agriculture for eight years, a0nd
then purcl~asecl one hundred ant\ sixty acres on section 2S, Valley. In
'$2 his wife cliecl here. One of her cl~ildren cliecl in '59, but three still
reside here : Tho~nas C. and George R. on the homestead, and Percy
near Stark station. In June, '82, Mr. Jackson deeded his lands to his
boys, livecl with them until '85, when he b~~ilt a residence near Stark
39

660 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
station, and on December 1, that year, married Miss Lydia Danley, of
Peoria county. In olitics he has always been Democratic.
~Nm. Judith S. 1 oh, claughter of ~e'ter and Elizabeth (Fruin) Furbrushe,
was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1820. IIer father mas
born on the Island of Guernsey, a French possession, in 1797. Caine
with the Guernsey colony to Ohio, and here in 1818 marrierl Miss
Frum, a native of Virginia. A number of. years later the faf~nily
moved to Preble county, Ohio, and lnovecl thence in 1854 to this
county. Peter Furbrushe diecl here in 1855, and twenty years later
his ~viclo~~~ follo\ved hi111 to the pave. Of their seven children four are
living; Mrs. Joh, ho\~~ever, being the only one resicling here. Mrs.
Joh remained with her parents until 1841; when she manaied David
Joh. Davicl Joh was born in Virginia about 1816. In 1833 he mpved
with his parents to Preble county, Ohio, where lle met and married
Miss Furbrushe. After four rears they inovecl to Butler county, ancl
eight years later settled on a farm in Valley township, of this county,
where, after a long. illness, he passed to rest in August, 1979. Of the'ir
seven children, Elizabeth A. is deceased, John A. resides in Kansas,
Mar,y E. is Mrs. 11. Martin, of Castleton ; Emina S., Mrs. A. Schl~ncB,
resides here ; C-eorge L., in Colora~clo ; Clara L., engaged in school
teaching in this county, and Nellie E., resicling at holl~e. Mrs. Joh
has been for years a lnernber of the Methodist Episcopal church, of
which her husband was also a member up to the period of his cleath.
She resides on the olcl homestead in Valley mith two of her cllilclren.
Thor~zns filly iliecl at his home in Valley June, 1884. He leaves a
wife and four children. Was buriecl in the Camp Grove Catholic
burying gro~~nd.
Gotlie6 Klqjfer's body was found in the creek near Stark by his
son ancl Miellael fleggenberger May 23, 1881. I-Ie was one of the old
German residents of the county, wealthy, but the cleath of four of his
chilclren within a few months preyed so heavily on his mind, he was
driven to commit the rash act.
Alonso A';i~~gsZey, son of John and Hannah (Russell) Kingsley, nTas
born in Peoria county in 1839. I-Iis father mas born at Brattleboro',
Vt., in 1815, learned the mason's trade there, and at the age of tmentvone
yearhnmniecl Miss Russell, and both clzne to the wilds of ~eo4a
county, where their f:n-ni ly was raised ancl educated, and tllemselves
have resitled. Of their four cllililren three are among the best citizens
of the state, ant1 one crossed over the river of time. John Kingsley,
the father, was an artlent politician until his sudden cleath in November,
1878. His widow resides on the old home. In 1861 Alonzo mnrried
Miss EIannnh, claughter of James ancl Mary A. Demhurst, native
of Heywood, Eng. This 1;~d.y was born there in 1841, and followecl
her father, ~ ~ came h o in 1848. In l%0, mith other members of the
family, a11 settled at Peoria, ancl fire or six years later settled in
Valley, section 29. There the Demhursts resided for sixteen years,
when they moved to TVyo~ning. ikIi11.s. Deivhurst, tvhile visiting Mrs.
Kingsley in ISSO, (lied. Her husband movetl to Oswell, 13urtJon
county, Inti., rv11ere he died, in 18%. He was a soldier of the late
mar. Alonzo Ki ngsley enlisted in Colnpan . y . K, Sev~n t-y-seventh Illi-

OF VALLEY TOWNSHIP.
nois Infantry August 6, 1862, but snifered so terribly on the inarch
that his weigl~t redwed to ninety pouncls, so that he n7as left sick at
Ft. Pickering ;. was honorably discharged, and is now s United States
pensioner. 1x1s son, James L. Iiiugsley, resides st home. Two pears
after his return from the war the family moved to the De~vllurst home.
In politics 11e is Republican, and in morl

663) BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
grown to manhood here, and like their father, fill a place in the
economy of the county completely. Myron Y., who resides on the
homestead with his mother, was born July 90,1860, in the present home.
On September 15, 1884, he marriecl 3i'iss Kate, claughter of James
and Mary (Aly~vvard) Walsh, of Peoria. To them a little girl, Malincla
N., has been. born. Thus runs the history of a fam~ly who for
almost fortv years hare adclecl largely to the ~vealtli of this district,
while aiding themselves.
Willia~n, ZcConzelJ, son of Robert and Martha (Scott) McConnell,
was born in Down county, Ireland, in the year 1814. At the age of
twenty-five years he ma~riecl Miss Susanna Jelly, daughter of Jol~n
and Margaret (McBride) Jelly. In 1854 they came to America ancl
settled with the son of olcl Bishop Chase, at Jubilee, Peoria county, Ill.
Here they spent nine years, then re~novecl to Valley township, Stark
county, and purchased a farm of eighty acres on sect~on I. Three
children have come to their home, namely: M~~gii'et (Mrs. S. Malone,
of Stark county); Mary Ann (Mrs. J. Kelly, of Valley township), and
Martha, residing at home. Mr. McConnell and his family are members
of the old Presbyterian church, in which faith he and his wife were
both reared. He has always been a Democrat.
Sarah McGinnis, born September 20, 1812, is the daughter of John
and Elizabeth (Harris) Montgolnery. The former,'born in North Carolina
in 1'764, at the age of sixteen enlisted as a solclier in the .Revolutionary
War, and served until liberty was secured. At the close of
the war he movecl to Russell county, Va., ancl taking from the government
a title to a piece of land-, called a "corn right," began its improvement.
His first wife, to whom he was marriecl at the close of
the Revolution. removed with him to Virginia. where after several
years she died,'leaving him a family of eigG uthficlren, four boys and
four girls. He was again married to Miss Elizabeth FIarris, of Virginia,
with ' whom and his family he moved to Russell county, Va.,
where he purchasecl lancl and continued farming for a time. when once
more he removed with his family to Floycl county, 1i.y. At the
end of three years he took his family in wagons, and, carefully avoiding
the I'ndians, arrived safely in Frnnlrlin county, Ind. There he remained
for seven years, when he ancl his faithful wife removed with
the subject of this sketch, who in the meantime hacl married, to Peoria
county, Ill., in 1835, where he died in 1845 in his eighty-second year;
some ei hteen months later his wife follo'c~~ed him. This union IV~S
blessed % y four children (the first two boys diecl in infancy), and two
girls, Sarah ancl Susanna, the latter deceased, leaving Mrs. McGinnis,
the sole representative of the family. At the aFe of eighteen she mas
married to Geo. I. McGinnis, settled on a farm in Park county,
Ind., where she remained some nine vears, and then with her husband
and two chilclren moved to where ~;i'inceville now stands. There Mr.
McGinnis died at the age of seventy-two years. Mrs. McGinnis still
resides upon the farm, one and a hilf miles north of Princeville. Of
their twelve children nine are still living, namely : Susanna, Sarah Ann
(deceased), John, James, Nmcy, Mary, Elizabeth, Temperance (deceased),
Jane, William (deceased), George I., Charles H. Susanna,

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the wife of J. Anderson, resides in Stark county, Ill. John and James
are at Rochester ; Nancv resides on homestead; Nary resides at
Wyoming; Elizabeth is p6st.mistress at Stark ; Jane is in the Indian
Territory ; George I. at Princeville, and Charles H. in Peoria county.
The father of the subject of this sketch was for a time a friend and
companion of Daniel Boone, being mith him at Fort Boone when it
was besieged by the Indians.
John Morrimy, son of John and Margaret (Knox) Morrissy, was
born in Iiilkenny county, Ireland, in 1520, and there he resided for
twenty-eight pears, when he moved to Boston, Mass. Later he worked
on ra.ilroac1 in Nen7 I-Iampshire as section hand, but after one year
engaged in farin work in Vir einia, where he remained eighteen
months. then lnovecl to Peoria. 111.. where he relnainecl three veazs.
While there he lnarriecl Miss ~dannn Prendergast, who in IS56 kttled
with l~inl in Valley on 160 acres which he purchased on section thirtytwo,
an area since increased to 400 acres. Mrs. Morrissy cliecl here in
May, 1875, following three of her children to the arare and leaving
five, namely : John, James, Robert, Kate, ancl Bri get. In IS50 his
parents came to the United States, settled in Peoria county, where
the father (lied in his eiglltv-fourth vear, and the mother in her
eigl~ty-second year. MY. &orAssY has i1rnGs been a Democrat: and
prominent in national election matters. His inclustrv has won for him
in excellent social position, and, what is next best, good estate - a
soaething which neither manliness, honor, nor industry could accomplish
under British laws in his native land.
WiZIiam Peterson, born in Franklin county, Ind., August 23, 1842,
is the son of Henry ancl Ziporah (Halberstadt) Peterson, and grandson
of John Peterson, of Trenton, N. J., who settled in Indiana in 1823,
eight years after his marriage with Niss Edit.h Gaines. Afte~ spending
thirty-four years in Indiana the family movecl to 1,aSalle count ,
Ill., where they resided nine years, when they removed to Philo, 111,
where parents cliecl, each in the eightieth year. Of their fourteen children
thirteen becazne heacls of families, of whom seven are still living.
John Peterson held a claim to a tract of land on which the Union
depot ant1 other valuable builclings of Philtldelphia now stand,-but this
claim was set asicle by sharpers, who prscluced false titles. Being a
man wlio desired peace he submitted to this robbery, but his heirs contemplate
taking steps to recover the millions of which Mr. Peterson
was defrauded. Henry Peterson mas born at Trenton, N. J., where
his twin brother cliecl at the age of one year. He shared his parents'
labors ancl travels until the age of twenty-one years, when he married
Miss Halberstadt. In 1850 he inoved to Lee county, Iowa, where he
remained until 1862, when he reniovecl mith his family to the Missouri
boundary. His sons, Samuel and William, m!lo enlisted, did not join
in this migration. Later the family reinoved to Philo, Ill., ~vhere, on
Xarch 14, 1873, lle bid farewell to his church brethren, stating that he
moulcl never meet them +pin. On the succeeding~clay, while drawing
corn across his meadow---the slry showing but a s~ngle cloucl-he was
struclr by lightning ailrl instantli killecl. Elis widow resides upon the
homestead at Philo. Of their fainily of ten cllildren : Samuel G. is in

BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
Nissouri ; William resides here ; Nelson, cleceasecl ; Mary E. is in Missouri;
B. F. in Iowa; C. W. in ICansas; IkIilargwet A. at Philo ; Jol~n
in Missouri ; Thoinas IPlilo, and Clx~~lotte ill IoIJ.,~. Sainuel ~vas
one of the first to respond to the call for troops in 1861, then entering
the Twenty-first Missonri Infantry, served ninety clays and enlisted in
the Fourth Iowa Cavalry, serving to the close of the mar; IY~S proinotecl
several times for bravery in clifferent battlles. Willimll Petelason
removed to Lee county, Io~vs, wit11 Iiis parents when eight years oltl,
and at the age of eighteen ei~listetl in the Fifteenth Ieuia Infantry,
participated In the battles of Shiloll. Bolivar, Ida ant1 Corintll ; was
ciischargecl for wouud received at Corintll, Miss., in October, 1869. 011
returning he .inarrietl M1.s. Bla1.y Wootlin, tlanghter of Jumies and
Elizabeth (Town) Jnclison. ~fter his marriage tlley settled on tlleir
mesent Valley fi~rin, wllere a1 l their ch ildrelz were 1)om : Flo~ence,
barY, ~arnes &w., ~elle, Albert M., I-Ienrv A., Orion E., all residin~ a,i
home, and one, I-Ienry, tleceased. In politics he is tlecidetlly Repnblkan,
but takes no active uart in uolitical contests-his fiL1*1n i~ntl stock claiming
the attention of hll his business 11oul.s. Ililnself and f:uuily are a11
members of the Congregational church, inlcl pronli nent in all matters
relating to the welfare of the county. In Masonic circles he belongs
to the Chapter. James Jackson, liis fatlier-in-law, was born in Yorkshire,
Eng., in 1796 ; married Miss Town, of Lontlon, when twentj7-
five years olcl ; six years later ccwe to America antl settled in Dntoiless
county, N. P., nntl in 1841 illovecl to Peoria county, 111., and to Stai.1~
county in 1852. Here James Jaoksorl (lied in 1870 i'n his seventy-fifth
year, &nd his wife in 18'76 in lier eighty-seconcl year, learing seLTeu children,
of whom four are living-Mrs. Peterson 1-)ei11 the youngest
member of the family.
John Skhcmck, who died at Watly Petm April 27, ISSO, agetl fiftyeight
years, was born in Preble county, Ohio, January 16, IS23 ;
movecl wit11 his family to Valley tbwnsl~ip in 1854. 111 1875 11e 11~1rchased
the Chase store ant1 was in business there until his tlerztll.
A. J. Sir)~nze,*i),ayh, soil of Jacob an tl Malint la (Slleets) Sirnlnerinan,
was born in West Jersey, October 11, 1846. llis fatllei* \vas a native
of Wythe county, V;L.; born in 1815. Came with liis lx~l*ents to IIancock
county, Ill., in 1833, overland, allcl in 1835 to Stark county. 1-le
morlred on the father's eighty acre farin until 1838, ~vhen ile irlelaried
Miss Sheets, and tooli up tlleir resitlence on a. larrn ~vllich lle purchasecl
near the David Sirnlneri~lan far111 in West Jersey. Eig!rt years after
his young wife died here, Ieavin$ three boys. Sorne few pears later
Jacob traded lris far111 For snotlier in that township ant1 resided on his
new farm until 1860, 1v11en 11e ntovecl to iris father's i~olnesteacl, relnaining
there until his migration to Linn county, Iowa, in the spriilg of
lrj84. In 1848 he inarrled, for second wife, $lias. Perrnelia Lane. To
the first marriage mere born : James 13.. deceasecl ; George I-I., now in
Filhnore county, Ku'eb.; and A. J., the subject of this sl~etcll. To the
second marriage ~vel'e born : 4Ialinda,, Sara11 A,, Albert and Lyclia, all
of whom are mt~rriecl and'resiclents of Linn coan ty, Iowa. I< politics
he was a Democrat; in religion a illetl~odist, antl in bile social and business
circle one of the county's first and most useful pioneers. A. J, ,

OF VALLEY TOWNSHIP. 665
Simmerman passecl all his earlier years on his grandfather's (Peter
Sheets) lands or attending school in the district. He mas but six
months olcl when his motller died. He residecl mith grandfather
Sheets tn-enty-one years, and in 1868 movecl to his fann of ninety acres
on section 18, Valley, with his young wife-Miss Susan M., daughter of
Jonathan and Loraney (Fowler) Luce, of Indiana,, to whom he hacl
been married only a short 'time. To them six children mere born:
l\iIary L., Isailora M., Ada J., Daisy B. Ernest M., and Roy, all laesiding
her& His wife was born near Indiannpolis in 184s. In 1852 inoved
wit11 her parents to Folton county, and in 1855 came to Essex, reinaining
wit 11 Jefferson Triclcle's family until her marriage. Nr. Simmerinan
has now 270 acres of prime land, ancl since 1867 has taken all the
l'art's credited to lliin in history.
Eilwin to hare, son of John P. ancl Nancy (Ii~~f~~lan) Snare, mas born
in Penn tolvnship, Ill., April 24, 1849. Iris fasther was a native of
Pennsylvania of Ueri~lan descent. Edwin received a practical education
on the farm ancl in the clistrict schools. In 1872 he married Miss Nellie
J., daughter of Harlo\v and Harriet (Stouffer) Brown, of Penn township,
and soon after purchased a farin there, on mhich he resided until
1879, when he sold his interests there, and removing to Valley, purchasecl
his present brm. Of three children born to Mr. and Mrs.
Snare, only one - an infant, is living. This little one with an aclopted
daughter constitute their family. He is a supporter of the M. P.
church, in political life a Republican, and in everyday affairs a liberal
he1 per of every enterprise which gives promise of public benefits.
( vide also sketcl~ Byown c6nd 8nnre family, perm township.)
C'aptain Jo7m Speers, son of Henry and Esther (McCreary) Speers,
mas born in Washington co~~nty, Pa., January 13, 1822. His grandfather,
of German descent, mas a Baptist preacher of Pennsylvania,
and clied there in 1540. His motller ~vtls of Scotch-Irish ori$in. Of
her nine chilclren, three are now living : William, in California ; Plessy,
wife of E. Baker, of Springfielcl, Mo., uilcl John, of Valley township.
Samuel Speers, uncle of John, served in the Revolution, and was
~vounded - remaining a cripplecl victim of Britisll tyranny up to the
period of his death. Abraham, a brother of our subject, servecl in the
Mexican war. His father was a soldier of 1818, and mas present at
the capture of New Orleans by ;' Old IIickory." IIe avenged there
the rno~~nds i~lflictecl on his older brother by the British during the
Revolution. Captain Gpeers passed his early years on the farm or
attent1 ing school. At the age of fifteen he entered a lnaclline shop,
re11:nlained five years there, ancl then tool< the position of engjneer on a,
western river steamboat. For thirteen years 11c nTns in th~service,
being captain of the vessel for tv70 gears. Early in IS55 he came to Valley
torvnship, purchased a, quarter section to which he has since added
360 acres together* with presenting eiglrllty acres to one son, 120 acres
to another and the cash equivalent of eiglltr acres to a. third son. He
also owns a section in Washington county, Kan., half of ~vhicll is fenced
ancl stocked. In 1844 he ~narried Miss Sarah Cart~vrigl~t, a native of
England, who came to the United States mith her aunt, Nrs. Sarah,
wife of George Price, a machinist, who settled at Bromnsville, Pa.,

666 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
moved to Jackson county, Ohio, in 1852, where he cliecl, and where
Mrs. Price still 'esides, in the eighty-sixth year of her age. Both of
Mrs. Speers' parents died in England, but a brother and sister reside
there still. Captain Speers and wife were the parents of eleven chilclren.
two of ~vhom cliecl in inp~tncv : William F., the eldest, who served
three years m Coinpany E, ~ig-l;t~-sixth ~llinois ~oluntekr Infantry,
lost his wife in 1882. leaving three chilcl~en. He inarriecl Mrs. Elizabeth
(McCowan) ~&~htonrfor second wife and resides at Starlr Station.
Henry C., who-served one year in the mar, married Miss Mary
Nixon, resides in Kansas. Albert J. is a farmer of Valley township ;
Mary R. mas a school teacher until her marrinee ~vith Williain Gray,
of Chillicothe, Novelnber 25,1886 ; Tlloi~las M. cliecl in his twenty-ninth
year, February 21,1886 ; Oliver C. died Marc11 #t, 1868, in his eighteenth
year; Esther C., Ella M. and Jailies A. resicle with their p;~rents. The
father of this large family is a staqnch Republican, and cleclares his
boys ancl girls to be also of that political faith. Is a, meinber and
stocliholder of the Central Agrict~ltural Society, liberal in religious
matters, and equally liberal in his financial support of all Christian
churches. IIe has been school director '01. twenty-three years; has
served as supervisor, road commissioner, justice, cbllector, and fillecl
other township offices, and during his resiclence here of over thirty-one
years has never been plaintiff or defendant, but served as juryman several
times in a court of justice. Many of his cllilclren attend the Congregational
church, ancl some of thein are ~neinbers thereof. At the
date of his marriage he had eighteen dollars capital.
Carle Xzc~gy, son of Isaac and Mi~ry (Carle) Stagg, was born in
Montgomery county, N. Y., in 1840. I-lis paternal ancestors were
French, who came to America at a very early date ancl settled in New .
York. Ilis father when a young inan learned the tracle of a carpenter,
and at the age of twenty mas married to Miss Mary, daughter of Jolln
and Lt~cretia Carle, also natives of New Tor.!

county, Ill., whose parents mere natives respectively of Pennsylvania
and Marylancl, and settlers of Peoria county since 1846, mhere they
still reside. Some three years after their marriage, they removed to
their present farin in Valley tolvnsbip, which was then but little and
verv poorly improvecl, now, however, one of the finest and most proclu6ti.i.e
farlns in the county. In 1850, Mr. Stagg built his present
su bst'nntial home, together with barns ancl out-buildings. Their fanlily
consists of three children, Mary: Fred, and Everett, all at home. Mr.
and Mrs. Stagg are members of the Methoclist Episcopal church of La
Prairie. Mr. 6. is a, Republican in sentiment, although not tied to
party, but uses his judgment to support those ~~110111 he considers the
best sui tecl for public position.
Cl~c~rles D. S'tisser, son of Solomon and Catherine (Bane) Stisser,
mas born at Lenos, Madison county, N. Y., March l5,1~28. Solomon
was born in Seneca, coulity, N. T., where his father, Dr. Stisser, and
wife, both natives of Gel-many, settled after the Revolution. During
the Revolution he was surgeon, aantl won a national reputation. After
the war he settled in Seneca county, ant1 practiced ~netlicine there until
llis death. Sololnon received ;I fair education, ancl selected the blacks!nitll's
trade, which lle follow-ed until the war of IS12 broke out. IIe
served throughout this last str~~ggle of the British to strangle freecloln
in her home. After peace was tleclared he ma~rietl Miss Kate Bane,
to whom was born three children, the subject of this slietch being the
only survivor. This 1acI.y died at Lenox, N. Y.. in 1830. A year later
Solornon marriecl his late wife's sister, ino17ecl to Orleans county, and
resicled there until his death in 1875. Charles D. passecl his boyhood
years in kTorlr State. In 1852 he inovecl to Chicago, and was in the
. river and canal marine for a number of years, being the owner of
seven canal boats, ancl of the steamer IVenorra, which he sold at St.
Louis, Mo., in 1863. While there he purchasecl a farm in Stark county,
and in 1866 purchased n second farm in Peoria county, on u~hich he
resided two years. In 1868 he acltled to his acres in Valley township,
sold his Peoria farm, came to reside here, and has since made it his
home, owning 48s acres in Valley ant1 80 in Goshen. In 1863 he marriecl
Miss Carrie F., daughter of Sy1v:lnus and Permelia. Mallory, the
former a native of Vermont, who, inoving to Yorl; State, was m&rried
there, and with his family came to Marshall county, Ill. In 1852 he
lnovecl to Adair county, In., returned to Marsilrtll county after the war,
ancl died there in 1882. To Mrs. Stisser five children were born, Four
of whoin are living: Etlgar E., Alida B., Atta W., Charles I,. and
. Nettie D. . Nrs. S. 1s a member of the Congregational church, of which
her husbancl is a supporter. Politically, he is Republica.n, ancl in school
matters zealous and earnest. Being of a clolnestic nature, he refrains
from active participation in local or state affairs, but w11at is worthy of
moral or financial aid finds al\vays in him a patron.
Geoyr. C. Vcm OscZet!, son of James M. a.nd 3fa.rgaret (Bates) Van
Ostlel, was born in Fisl~Bill, Dutchess county, N. T.. December 13, 1842.
Ilis ancestors migrated froin IIollafnd to New Torlc at an early clay;
his parents were natives of Pie117 Pork, who re~noved to Illinois in
1854 ; settled in Iienclitlll county, where his father engaged at his trade
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BIOGRAPHY MD REMINISCENCES
of blacksmith, and continued so engaged at Millington until his death,
January 16, 1884. IIe mas a member of the DiIethoclist Episcopal
church, ancl always held the position of class-leader. IIis mother, now
aged sixty-f our years, resides at irorl~ville, Kenclall coon ty . George
C. Van Osdel is the second child of a family of tell. children, of 137110111
seven are still living; one brother being engaged in the ministry. IIe
s~ent his easlv life at home, assisting In the cluties of the far111. 13s
ehucationrtl aiiGantages were'limited G the colnnlon scllools, but applying
himself cliligently to study he accluiretl n practical education. At
the age of twenty-one he entered Bryant L! Stratton's college, at Chicago,
and, completing his studies theke, in 1864, retunaned to liendall
. county, where, at Ne\\-i~rlc, he engaged in clerlting. After a, sllolat time
h.e joined Company F, One-huntlretl-ancI-foi~tj~-fi~*s t Ill ino is Trolunteer
Infantry, mas promotecl cur.pornl, an tl at tlr e close of 11 is tern1 ol' enlistment
returned to his clnties at the store. In IS65 he went to Aurora,
where he engaged as clerlr for a short time, when ile ura,s attacked by
sciatic rheumat~sin, froin ~vhicllle suff eretl izbont ;L year. Recovering
from this attack sufficiently to iaesu1ne business, lle mrs engaged as
instructor in the public scl~hols of T,a Sr~lle and Kendall counties. In
1867 he was granted a licerise to preacll in the Methodist Episcopal
church. In 1s68 he married Miss Clara A., a, daughter of Etlwarcl P.
and Hannah (Gridley) Eibbins, born in Kenctall county, Ill., December
13, 11347. In 1871 Mr. Van Osdel became a Inember of the Baptist
church, ancl was engaged in the ministry at Newark, Somonauk, Wyoming
ancl Toulon, Ill. In 1876. he came to Wyoming anct assmned
charge of the Baptist church there, for one year; he nlovecl to Toulon,
where he was engatgecl as pastor of tlie Second 13a11tist church. I-Ie
was instrulnentul in uniting the two churches. EIe was also engaged
in photography, which he still follo\vs, being t11 e on lev l)l~otographer
at Toulon. On February 10, 1883, 5I1.s. Van Ostlel (lied. Of the four
chilclren who blessed this union, one tliecl clnlaing infancy. In 18S4 he
married Miss Isabel Stuclcey , of Washington Court house, O., ~vllo ~vas
born in Fayette connty, O., in 1543. Politically, Mr. Van Ostlel is a
Republican. In 1SS1 he mas elected justice of the peace, ~vllich office
he st111 holds. IIe has been quite ixctive tn political affi~irs, a,nd l~as
held the ofice of village clerk. I-lis penchant bl- Ilolne studies 11:~
accompaniecl him in hislater years ancl he is now reading la\v, with a
view of becorninp a, member of the bar of illinois.
fIarrie8 A ~ijil~)~ot, daughter of. William ancl EI;~rriet PIT. (BIorrill)
Ricker, was born in Topsl~am, Me., November 17, 1345. I-Ier father
was born in Maine, Augiist 12, 1813, receirecl a liberal education, and
from the age of eigliteen to thirty-three was engaged in school teaching
every winter. At the age of twenty-one lle moved to Topsham,
ancl was identified wit11 mercantile interests there until 1851, when he
moved to Marshall county, Ill., ~~urchased land, ant1 in 1855 was joined
there by his wife and chilclren. He married Miss Morrill October 1,
1840. at Tonsham. Eleven chilchen blessed this union, seven of whom
are living :' Mary E. L., Lyman J., I-larrjet N. ~amukl M., Willie C.,
Annje E., Susannah I., R. A., Ti~ninicus, Lucv 0. ancl Fredclie 0. In
1867 the family moved to Peoria county, where Mr. Ricker was engaged

OF VAL I. G s TOWNSI L IP. 611
in inercantile life until his cleath, in 1578. His midolv resides at Champaign,
Ill., since 1880. Mrs. Willuot shared the travels ancl fortur e3
of the fi~inily until 1863, w\.]len she m:trried Asahel Wilmot, of Steuben
county, N. ky. lIe u7as the son of Stephen I3. and Eetsy (Clawson)
Wilmot. At the age of tllirteen years Ile came to IUarshall county, Ill.,
wit11 his parents. In IS52 his brother, brother-in-law ;and hiinself
clbossed the plains to Californi:~, inet ~vitli disal~pointments, and turned
his steps to~varcl the sil\~~r iilines of Mexico, but 11-ou1d not be allowed
entrance with firearms. Returning on foot to Chlifonlin. raisecl.a crop
of wheat whicll was rnstetl so badly that lle tnrnetl in a drove of hogs
to fatten, but bears cnlne ancl carried the llogs off. He then engaged
in sl~litting rails, ailti in IS57 left bl~e " gplden land," coming.ho~ne via
the istlullus, the Mississippi antl Illinois rivers. Ile rellltl~necl on a
farm in La Prairie until 1861, when lle enlisted in Co. G, Forty-seventh
Illinois In fantry, and serretl at 611 iloh ant1 in all subseqneut actions
for fourteen inontlls, receiving llonorable clischar~e October 15, 1S62.
In the fall of 1NiB he purcllxsecl eighty acres in 1 alley, and after his
inariainge nri tll Miss Iliclrer, in Kovember, 1SIi3, set tletl here. After
nine years he relnoved to iiis Chillicothe farin, but in IS78 returi~ed to
~a.ll;~, ant1 died Ja.nuary 19, 1SS1, at his home, where the faillily still
reside. Of eight children born t,o the~n, Asahel C., Lillie B., Anlbrosia
I)., Fred L., Royal W., Cla~vson BI., Ethan A., are at home ; Willie R.
is nnmbe~ecl with the clead. This large faillily has held an important
cllace in the history of Stark for allnost a quarter of a century, and
since its youtll the Wihnots ancl nickers were known here.
Srcm~cel TfTG~iyley, son of Edalund ancl Alice (IIo\\rarth) Wrigley, was
born at Hooleybriclge, England, in 1830. There he first ~vorlted in the
cotton factories: antl aftarwarcl learned the blaclismith ant1 nlachinjst's
t~acle. In 1853 he came to the Ui~itecl States, ancl settling at Wyoming,
followecl for five years his trade. In 1$5S he moved to his farm
on section 6, Valley to~~nsh ip, TI-\-here his home has since been made.
Before leaving Englal~tl he was marriecl to Miss Eetsy, clnughter of
JOS. Gamed. Two years later she joined her hnsbancl in America ; to
hcr five children were born here and here s11e died, in 1868, as related
in other pages. Mr. Wrigley,~~~\-as lunrrietl to Miss Joanna E.
Amstrong. They are the palaents of six children. Politically, he is a
Re~uls1ic:~n. In tovvnsnil) matters lle has for about thirty years been
prom inen t, having held the posi ti ous of assessola an tl treasurer of tlhe
township, and scllool treasurer, filling all mi t 11 credit to hinlself a.nd
the townsllil.. He is a member of the M;tsonic fraternity. For fifteen
years he has been ellgagetl in stoclc-g~aowing, ant1 has converted his farm
of 320 acres from the milcl prairie which it was w\-hen 11e nlovetl upon
it, into one of the finest antl lllost protluctive tracts of which his
township can boast. . IIis llo~ne is modern in style and conveniences.

CHAPTER XXIII.
r+)r
WEST JEXSET TOWNSIIIY.
I
.ns hip called- West Jersev -. uw since 1553, the
-C-- .. - date - its of
organization, was formerly lcnomn as l!lilnss~llo~n~l'react.
Unlike the other townships of the county, the end
trv of its lands mas not made under the soldier's lloinestead
the advisors of the men of 1812, to m
Y
sion was granted to locate "floats" in Illinois. did not
look favorably on this portion of Walnut Creeli Valley, ancl
accordingly .their selections of quarter sections here mere
very few. In 1836 the speculator as well as the settler
came, ancl before IS52 almost every acre had passed into
their hands. With the exception of the "Barrens " a
small tract oT sand, the township presents one of the
finest agricultural districts in the whole Walnut Creelr region. Spring
wells, such as are on the Mahany farin, ancl spring creeks are common,
and in minerals, such as coal and fire-clay, it is not wanting. The
population in ISSO was 1,207, including ninety-four
-- - .in -West Jersey
village. The chur5lr~ni't-mbool have been institutions li6FeLiiXnost -
from the beginnings of settlement, ancl for years the village of West
Jersey ancl hamlet of Star~rwano have been centers for ~nntual benefit
and literary associations.
The original entries of lands in township 18 north, range 5 east,
and the names of the present owners of each tract are given as follo~vs:
Solomon Marshall, n. e. qr., sec. 1, April 6, 1818. John Ham.
Herman ICnox, n. w. qr.,*sec. 1, July 19, 1836. Jolin E-'am.
Robert P. Coates, s. w. qr., sec. 1; Nov. 7, 1536. J. V. B. and J. W. Milhany.
Herman Knox, s. e. qr., sec. 1; July 19, 1886. J. V. B. Mahany.
Herman Knox, n. e. qr., sec. 2; July 19, 1836. John Ham, e. hf ; John Jackson,
w. hf.
David Barber, n. w. qr., sec. 2; Aug. 13, 1836.
Charles Potter, west side; John
Jackson, e. side.
Robert B. Coates, s. w . qr. sec. 2; Nov. 8, 1836. Charles Potter.
Orville 13. Browning, s. e . qr . , sec. 2; Sept . 5, 1836; Carlon Rice, east side; Clizlrles
Potter, w . side.
Orville H. Browning, n. e. qr., sec. 3; Sept . 7, 1836. Thomas Terry.
Orville H. Browning, n. w. qr., sec. 3; Sept. 7,1836. Tilomas Pyle, n. e. cjr. of;
B. R. Brown, n. w. qr. of, and s. hf. of.
David Barber, s. a. yr., sec. 3 ; Aug. 13, 1836. Philip ICnoff, n. hf. of; George
Leigh, s. hf . of.
David Barber, s. e. qr., sec. 3; Aug. 13,1836. Daniel D. Adclis, e. hf. ; R. A. Boyd,
w. hf.
Andrew Johnson, n. e. qr., sec. 4.; Aug. 13, 1836. B. R. Brown.
George A. Charles, e. hf. n. w. qr., sec. 4; May 10, 1836. B. R. Brown.
David Simmerman, w. hf ., n. TV. qr., sec. 4; Feb. 29, 1836. George Simmerman.
Daniel Trash, s. w. qr., sec. 4; Nov. 29, 1817. J. C. Atherton, n. hf.; J. L.
Young, s . hf .
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WEST JERSEY TOWNSHIP. 673
Andrew Johnson, s. e. qr., sec. 4; Aug. 13, 1836. George Simmerman, n. hf. ; J.
L. Young, s. hf.
Silas Richards, e. hf ., n. e. qr ., sec. 5; Feb. 29, 1836. George Simmerman, e. hf.
and s. w. qr. of.
Silas Richards, w. hf., n. e. qr., sec. 5; Nov. 2, 1835. J. H. Emery, n. w. qr.,
and part of e . hf.
Jcsse Emmery, n. e., n. w. qr., sec. 5; Aug. 13, 1836. Hannah J. Emmery, e.
hf. of
Isaiah Berry, w. hf., n. w. qr., sec. 5; Nay 26, 1836. James $1. Emery, w. hf. of.
Silas Ricliads, n. e., s. w. qr.,sec. 5; Nov. 2, 1835. Sarah J. Wilson.
Samuel Moore, w. hf. s. w. clr., sec. 5; June 16, 1836. Swah J. Wilson.
Jesse Emmery, s. e., s. w. qr., sec. 5; Oct. 19, 1836. Ssrall J. Wilson.
George Simmerman, n. e., s. e. qr., see. 5; July 19, 1836. G. Simmerman, e.
side of n. e. qr. of.
Francis C. Moore, s. e., s. e. qr.. sec. 5; July 7, 1851. J. C. Atherton, w. side of
n. e. qr. of, andalso w. hf.
David Sirnmerman, w. hf ., s. e. qr., sec. 5; Feb. 29, 1836. Jaines Addis, s. e.
qr. of.
Joseph Morton, e. hf. and w. hf., n. e. qr., sec. 6; Juue 2.5, 1835. Joseph Palmer,
n. e. qr.
Joseph Morton, e. hf. and w. 11f. n. w. qr., sec 6; June 25, 1835. Willard Palmer,
part n. w. qr.; H. C. Cree, part n. m. qr.
Conrad Emmery, e. 11f . s. w. qr., see. 6; July 25, 1885. Town lots.
Samuel Moore, w. lif., s. w. qr., sec. 6; Jrlne 6, 1Y86. Town lots.
Joseph Emmery, n. e. qr. s. e. qr., sec. 6; hug. 3, 1835. Town lots.
Jacob Emmery, w. Ilf. s. e. qr., sec. 6; July 26, 1835. Town lots.
David Simmknn:tn, s. e. qr. s. e. qr., sec. 6; Fell. 29, 1836. Town lots.
Isaiah Berry, e. lif. n. e, qr., scc. 7; May 26, 1836. Philip Cromicr.
David Simmerman, TV. hf. n. e. cyr., sec. 7; Feb. 29, 1836. Syl. Orwig and P. Cromier.
l\Tilliam Cue, e. 11f. n. TV. qr., sec. 7; May 9, 1836. Irvin ,irldis, n. e. yr. of; Jacob
3L. Jones, w. lif. of s. e. qr., of; S. F. Smith, e. hf. of s. e. qr. of; i'lcldis S.
Jones, parts of nT. Iif. of; J. M. Jones.
William Kent, w. lif. n w. hf., sec. 7; dug. 3, 1836.
William Kent, s. w. qr., sec. 7; Aug. 3, 1886.
Alexander Nosher, s. c. qr., sec. 7; Bug. 20, 1853. A. B. Smith, e. hf. of; S. Orwig,
n. w. q ~. of; 0. B. Smith, s. w. qr. of; J . L. Young; G. Simmerman, Shadrach
Morris, I. L . Newman.
R. R. tind Arch. Williams, n. e. qr., scc. 8; Aug . 15, 1836.
R. R. and Arch. Williams, n. w. clr., sec. 8; Aug. 15, 1536. W. E. Cook.
Ebenezer Bacon, s. w. qr., sec. 8; Nov. 5,1836. Elizabeth Newmi~n.
Stepllen Criggs, e. lif. s. e. qr., sec. 8; July 27, 1885. Isaac L. Xewman.
Ebenezer Bacon, w hf. s. e. qr., sec. 8; Nov. 5, 1836. Isaac L. Newman.
Andrew .Johnson, 11. e. clr., sec. 9; hug. 13,1536. Jtimes Acldis.
niIilcon Ricliarcls, e. hf. n. w. qr., sec. 9; hog. 13, 1836. Eli Emery.
John Field, w. 11f. n. w . cyr., sec. 9; Nov. 9, 1836. Eli Emery.
Anclrcw Joh~lson, s. w. qr., sec. 9; Bug. 15, 1836. I. L. Newman, Xargaret Simmerman.
Andrew Johnson, s. e. qr., see. 9; Aug. 13, 1836. S. V. Addis, 3largaret Simmerman,
Isaac 1,. Newman.
Jolin B. Burlingam, n. e. qr., sec. 10; Oct. 5, 1836. R. A. Boyd, C. L Hazen.
Davicl Barber, 11. w. clr., sec. 10; Aug. 13, 1836. D. 0. Addis.
Robert E. Little, s. w. qr. and s. e. qr., sec. 10; Oct. 5, 1836. E. Newman, S. W.
qr.; J. R. Henry, s. w. qr.; C'. L. i~nd S. R. IIazen, s. e. qr.
Eclward C. Delavan, all sec. 11; Oct. 5, 1836. I. V. B. and J. W. BIahan; It.
Stonier, John and 11. M. Hazeu .
Herman Knox, 11. e. gr., sec. 12; July 19, 1836. Poor farm.
David Barber, n. w. qr., sec. 12; Aug. 13, 1836. Sam Cree.
David Barber, s. e. qr., sec. 12; i'lng. IS, 1836. J. IV. Cole.
Henry Emmery, s. w. qr., see. 12; March 30, lb49. S. Cree iiud J. W. CoIe,
s. w. qr.
Howard Ogle, n. e. and s. e. qr., sec. 13; Sept. 22, 1836. Theo. Whitten, D. Addis,
J. J. Spencer.
Jonah Lewis, n. w. and s. w. qr., sec. 13; July 31, 1838. W. A. Currie, B. I-I.
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614 HISTORY OF STARK .COUNTY.
Jonah Lewis, n. e. qr. and s. e. qr., see. 14; July 30, 1838. J. Hazen, J. W. Cole
and S. W. Newton, 11. e. qr.
Jonali Lewis, e. hf. of ti. w. qr., e. Ilf. of s. w. qr., see. 14; Nov. 2. 1841.
John B. Bnrlingtlme, w. M. of n. \v. qr., sec. 14; Oct. 5, 1H36. John IV. Cole, R.
Stonier, 11. w. qr.
Royal ,krnold, TV. 11f. of S. TV. qr., SCC. 14; Nay 6, 1839. Levi Sillirnan, TV.
Newton, Jolll~ hIcIiinstry, s. e. qr.
Charles Altin. 11. e. or.. see. 15: Oct. 5. 1836. J. E. Snlitll. A. ICnmercr.
A ,
Charles Akin, n. m. qr., sec. 15; Oct. :5, 1836. I. L . Newton, John H . Anthoiiy .
Philzincler Lkr~iolcl, s. IV. clr., see. 15; July 31, 1838. Francis Authony i111d W.
H. Givitts.
Pllilanrler Arnold, s: e. qr., sec. 15; July 31, 1CI38. Andrew Iirimerer.
Pliilip Hnoff, pt. lots 1 r~ncl 2, sec. 1G; J~uw 2.3, 1847. l'liilip 1

WEST JERSEY TOWNSHIP. 615
hf. of JV. hf. qr. of n. e. qr. In t.his section also are H. R. Swank, W. Jolinson, C. W.
Yo-tiug, Brown & Aclnms and A. Vtlnsickle.
Heary R. Swank, n. e. 11f. n. JV. qr., sec. 21; April 18, 1850.
Nathaniel McClure, nr. hf. n. TY. clr., sec. 21; April 26, 1537.
Ezr:i Witter, s. e. llf. 11. w. qr. sec. 21; hEal-cll 5, 1852.
Benj. Shewrman, s. w. qr., see. 21; Oct. 6, 1817.
Willitxnl Itiggin, c. hf. s. e. cyr., sec. 21; 3IarcL 24, 1837.
John Riggin, w. Ilf., s. e. qr. sec. 21; JIay 13, 1837.
N:ith:lniel AIcClure, n. e. qr., sec. 22; April 26, 1837. S. H. Huffrnan, TV. Egbert.
John Sulitll, Jr , n. JV. qr., scc. 22; July 20, 1837. 11. A. Swank, S. J. Fox, Catherine
Saunders iind A. D. Pcrrine, in 11. w. cjr.
Win. I

\
676 HISTORY OF STBRK COUNTY.
Charles Hoover, s. e. qr., sec. 29; Nov. 29, 1817.
Nathaniel McClure, n. e. hf. n. e. yr., sec. 30; July 20, 1837. On sec. 30 are the
following nimed landholders: D. P. Smith, John Caton, John Ingle, E. 11. Gale,
James A. Stargell, G. W. Elliott, Dfivid Stnrgell, Sylvester Cravens, Samuel W. Smith,
A. Vansickle.
Nathaniel McClure, n. w. hf. 11. e. cyr., sec. 30; hug. 3, 1836.
Tllerrygoocl Smith, s. 11f. n. e. cyr., sec. 30; Jttn. 6, 1536.
James W. Slocnnl, n. w. yr. n. e. qr., sec. 36; Dec. 25, 1835.
Almond Soule, Jr., n. e. hf. s. IV. clr., sec. 30; April 26, 1837.
Lewis D. T7SThite, s. e. hf., s. w. qr., sec. 30; Nay 3, 1855.
Washington Trickle, w. hf. s. w. qr., sec. YO; Nov. 5, 1836.
Nathaniel McClure, s. q. clr., sec. 30; July 20, 1837.
John Smith, n. e. clr. , sec. 31 ; May 23, 1836. On sec. 31 are: S. TV. Snlitli, John
Wiley, John W. Gross, Syl~est~er Cravens, I. I-I. Schricler, John lIrtrt, IVilliam Gross
and Bernarcl Whitmore.
Lewis D. White, n. e. hf., 11. w. qr., sec. 31; May 3, 1855.
Robert Armstrong, w. hf ., 11. sub., sec. 31; Sept. 28, 1844.
Gilbert Arnol(1, s. hf. n. sub., sec. 31; hug. 30, 1837.
Gilbert Arnold, e. hf. s. w. cyr., sec. 31; June 14, 1837.
John Smith, n. w. llf. s. w. clr., sec. 31; May 23, 1836.
John Lesley, s. w. hf . s. w . yr., sec. 31; June 14, 1837.
Enos Hollues, s. e. clr., sec, 31; Aug. 12, 1836.
Elijah Smith, n. e. clr., scc. 32; Nov. 24, 1818. The tax payers on lands in sec.
32 are : Aaron Vansickle, Joseph Bodine, Vincent D:tncer, .John Wiley, S . W . Smith,
Watson Egbert, Jnu~es &IcGianiss, Tl~ornas Riggin, F. M. Hazen, J. W. Cole, John
Hazen, Williani Tlillitten, Samuel Leigh, J. D . Webster, Yliilip Beamer, Elenry Webster,
J. D. Webster.
John Riggin, e. llf. n. tv. qr., sec. 32; Jan. 26, 1536.
Washingtou Trickle, n. w. hf. n. w. qr., sec. 32; Dec. 25, 1835.
John Riggin, s. m . hf . , n. w . qr . ,., sec . 32: Jan. 86. 1886.
William W. Webster, s. a-. qr., sec. 32; Oct. 22, 1835.
Ebcnezer Nichols, s. e. qr.. sec. 32; Nov. 23, 1818.
:William W . IVebster, n . c . qr ., sec . 33; Oct . 22, 1835. On sec. 83 :Ire: Henry
Webster, J. D. -Webster, A. B. Jones, Jcziues Webster, I-Ienry Sweet, Carl Ricli ancl -
Bernard Winter.
Peleg Tupper, n . w . qr ., sec . 33; July 30, 1818.
John Scott, s. w. clr., sec. 33; July 30, 1818.
Oliver Whit taker, e. hf . s. e. clr., sec. 33; May 12,1855.
Patrick Butler, w. hf. s. c. clr., sec. 33; Dec. 20, 1851.
Edward Stewart, n . e. qr.. sec. 33; April 17, 1818. 011 sec. 34 are: bI:~ry J.
Young, Sarah E . Coleman, Daniel Leigh's heirs, J . H . McIntosh, 1). 12. Gilvin, Solonlon
Johnson, John Silrgent, A. J. .Johnson.
Joseph Wriglit, e. 1lf. n. w. qr., sec. 34; February 11, 1836.
Augustus Moore, w. Ilf. n. w. qr., sec. 34; May 7, 1836.
Augllstus Moore, s. w . qr ., sec . 34; May 7, 1836.
Robert C. Jaclrson, s. e. qr., sec. 34; April 1'7, 1818.
Cromwell Bullock. n. e. qr., scc 35; April 14, 1518. On sec. 35 are: A. -J.
Finley, Eliza A. Lorance, John E. Pratz, Jackson Lorancc, S:~r:d IT. Gtimmell, Visgennie
Bracly, F: L. Stimmell, blissouri Griffin, Sari111 H. Stimmell, 1s:la.c L. Stimmell,
and Jonathan Prtttz .
Cnto Bunnell, n. w. yr., sec. 35; April 9, 1818.
Henry S. Hunt, s. lv. qr., scc. 35; Jan. 3, 1818.
Jacob Smith, s. e. qr., sec. 35; February 11,1836.
John Phillips. n . e. qr., sec. 36; Dec. 4, 1817. Tlie owners of sec. 36 are: Isaac
Addis, M. P. Giuyrich, Levi Ecklcy, .John Adams, Edward Trickle, I)an Gingrich, and
C. L. Gingricli.
David Bowen, n. w. ir. ,.see. 36; Marc11 18. 1818.
George R. Eckley, e. hf. s. tv. qr., sec. 36; April 20, 1836.
Ephraim Barnett, w. Ilf. s. w. qr., sec. 36; .June 4,1836.
Edward Trickle, e. lif. s. e. c-r., sec. 36; Oct. 14, 1836.
George Weaver, W. hf. s. e. qr., sec. 36; Nay 23, 1536.
Schools.-West Jersey wa-s oren jzecl for school purposes A pril ~51
when twenty-tu7o voters assemblecl a.t Phil. Arnolcl's house and
voted for incorporation. The township Jvas ,cIividecl into two districts

WEST JERSEY TOWNSHIP. 617
in April, 1845, by the trustees. In 1845 there mere 106 pupils in the
township. In 1S46, Wash. Trickle, C. 31. S. Lyon,ancl A. G. Dunn mere
trustees, with the latte~ treasurer. D. V. Frazer taught in district No.
6. A. C. Colmell was also a teacher. John Bei-field was appointed -
treasurer in 1847, a11d Phi lander Arnoltl and John Berfield, trustees.
Miss S. E. Ibllodes titught in district 4. In 1848, John Emerv, 0. 31. S.
Lyon and TT. IV. Webster trustees. In '49, C. M. S. Lyonwapyointecl
treasurer. In '50, Carson Uerfieltl, Isaac Reinel. and Sylvester H. Sanders,
were trustees. In '52 W. W. Webster was trustee. In '54, John
Wolf, William M. Pratt and Aaron Aten. were elected trustees. The
teacllers \\.ere E. C. Dyer, 31. Dwire, J. C. B~lcltanan, J. E. Hitchcock,
and Eliza Yoc~~ln. 111 '54, Jalnes C. Egbe1.t u7ns appointed treasurer.
In '3.4 Ji~cob Young ~vras elected trustee. BI. D~~ire, Sarah J. Lamper,
S. M. WincJlester, E. 31. Cooper, E. 11. Bo~ver, Lucy JV. Norton, Justin
Denis were teitclters. In '6% Eph Arl:nrlrleg, S. A. h1~1nson and Lewis
Olmste;~d, nrelae trustees, wit11 Jalues C. Egbert, treasurer, succeedecl in
'63 .by C. W. Young. In '64, Jeff. Ravnloncl, I. L. Ne~vman and S. A.
Munson, mere trustees, nrho served undl October, '68, when Norman E.
Po~nroy, I. L. Newinan and Jefferson Eaymond, mere elected, (there
was no election lleltl in 'R.7), mlio serred 6ntlil '73, when James McGinnis
took Mr. Newman's lace, C!. W. Young still acting as treasurer.
In '74, Robe~t. Stonier mis electecl trustee, and Jesse MilcXinstry, treasurer.
In '75, I. L. Newins-n mas chosen tlaustee ; A. J. Johnson, in
"76, John W. Cole in '77 ; in '78, G. M. IIazen ; in '79; D. B. Shultz ;
in '80, (4. &I. IIazen and Frank Berfield ; in 'SI R. R. Worley and
Thoinas Dry den, and Joseph S \17\.:~nl;, appointed tleputv treasurer.
In '89, Thomas Dryclen, Jalues McGinnis and John I-Iazen, mere
electecl trustees, and Joseph S~vanB nras cllosen treasurer ancl
clerk ; Janles R. EIenry, trustee in '85, and Henrv Sweet in '86.
In Dece~ll~er, '55, Ilen ry Sey inore tmgh t a scllool df eighteen pupils
near Jacob Smith's, West Jersey, for $20 per mouth and board. Like
other schools of the county at that time, there \\.ere no remular books
in use. In June, '56, Miss S. J. Lamper was teacher, at 84 per meek
ttnd bosrct ; tl~irteen pupils attended. A scllool near W. Trickle's
house, West Jersey, nras ol~enetl Kovember 1, '55, by S. Law, teacher,
with fifteen or twenty pupils. On June 4, '56, M~SS'M. E. Cooper presiclecl
over t hirty-fi re pupils, altl~ougl~ t11 ere were fifty enrolled. She
receiretl $4 per \\reel< ant1 board. In '57, C. M. S. Lyon, Jacob Young
and S. 11. Santlers. \vere elected trustees. Anlong the teacllers were :
S. Law, U. 12. Gelvin, Cfeorge 13. Cmnming, F. Gonldin, E. J. Creighton.
M. E. 31. Cooper, ant1 J. J. Clark. In '5S, John I-I. Anthony,
Jackson Lornnce ancl W. M. Pratt, were trustees. The naines of Sarah
I3altlwin, MJilson Sl)ence~*, R. B. Xobinson, Julia E. Pratt and James E.
Squi ers, appear among the tea>cllers. 111 '60, Dalliel Olinstead, E. Marlcey
antl W. W. Iiiggen, were trustees. 5. (7. Egbert still holcling the
treasurer's office. The tlotal 1111mbe~ of chiltlren in the twelve districts
in762, was 638. In '86, there \yere 253 males ant1 2.38 females under
t\venty-one years, nine ~~ngladecl schools a ttendecl by 219 males and
182 females. 1)resitled over. hy eight male ant1 sixteen 'female teachers,
the former receiving $1393.67, and the latter $981.50. The tax levy
40

678 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
was $2,820, value of property, $6,050 ; total receipts, $4,214.64 ; expended,
$3,101.15. Joseph Swanlr servecl as treasurer and cle~k.
0ficials.-The supervisors, other than the one referred to in o~ganic
chapter, are named as follows: '53-6, W. W. Webster ; '56-8, C. M.
S. Lyon ; '58, S. 11. Sanders ; '59, Epllrailn BIila~*l

WEST JERSEY TOWNSHIP. 679
school ; J. L. Jamaghan mas the first supervisor in '53 ; Rev. 8. G.
Wright organized the first churcll in '51 ; the Swede Methoclist church
was built in '54 ; the Methodist Episcopal, Free ikIetlioclist church, Mormon
cllurcll, and Seconcl Aclventists all follometl.
P/iolc.ee~ dfeizoi.ie~.-West Jersey torvnship, or Prairie cle Fan, owes
its name to the k~t~ncy of Xem Jersey settlers, who c:L~ne after the organization
of the county ant1 settled around the village of tl~xt name. So
late as 1550 it mas allnost an nnhrolten prairie from Ecl \varcl Triclrle's,
on tlie east, to Washington Tri~lile's, on the \vest. In IS35 Jacob B.
Smi tl~, the first act~~nl settler, came to Fult on corm ty f roln Ashland
county, O., ;~ntl in the spring of 1536 settled on the soothe;~st quarter
of section thirty-five, \vI~ere 1le put up a log cabin. George Ecliley
CrLnie fro111 Se~leca, COIIII~~\-, 0.. the same year to Fnlton. aildl with hls
fmuily--Mrs. Ecltl ey, r,tii, ~ &r~e, ~anie'l, Joll n ancl ~@er~--movecl
into west Jersev in 1536. :mtl settled on section thirtv-SIX. Though
Smith was tlledfirst settler, tlie Ec1;leys \\.ere the first improveys.
Later, in I8 36, Philip Ice11 er, Jacoh (~fi~~bu~g, Michael Jones, John
Brown, Wasllington :~ncl Stelhen Trickle, Ephrw,im 13amett ancl the
Widow Donn c;nne in. Ea1.1~ in IS37 cmzie Jollll Pratz, Newton
Matthems, Neheu1i;1~11 Wy Boff &tl Wnl. Webster, while just near the
line the Rigeu falllily ma.tle their home.
At this t1111e the women 1vor11d become entanglet1 in the weed known
as the tievil's darning,-needle, ~vllenever they ventured out, or if escaping
this, llatl to fly kro111 the snakes, which were found everywhere.
Tlie men had thei;n~illin~ done at Ellisville, Bernadotte or Peoria for
some time, and there, also, was their ~uarlieting done. Twenty-five
cents a bushel was the price of tlle best wheat, ~vllile calico sold for
tlhirt\~-t:igllt cents pera pard. To escape the trials of going to mill, the
oltl iorn-mortar was b;aonght into use. In 1830 Daniel Prince erected
21, log mill, 14x16 feet, at Slacli~vater, with a capacity of five bushels
cracked corn per tlieln. Later, a. clistillerv ~vas connectecl with this
concern. Some Spoon ~irev men, enraged at the poor q~~ality of the
wl~isky produced, a, tti~clted the cli st i ller y part of the bnild ing one night,
arltl ~ uan t end to the enterprise of prince in this direction. The Barnett*,'
Jones nllcl Trickle mill, 011 W;dnnt creek, i~egun in 1838, was
completetl in 1S3!). 1Ii~l'\rb~ Bi~rnett he\\-ed the timbers ; his brother
Ephl-aim, Micllael Jones and Stel~hen Tricl~le helped to erect it.
Stephen Trickle becal11e o n7ner of this concern, ~vl~ich in later gears
was lcnomn RS " Round's hIill." In lS3S-9 Stanton's mill, at
Rochester, was erected ant1 entei-etl into fair competition with " Trickle's
mill," doing :~\\~a,y forever ~ritll the prospect of long jou~neys, delays,
etc., attending the olcl-time going to mill.'' Tile first ~'eo.~&r baa in
'\Vest, Jersey was :~t Josepll Palmer's, on ~ ~ ; ~ l n4, 1838. r w ~ l ~
Pal~ner contractetl to give rlinnel- to twenty-one couples for forty-two
tlollars, proriclecl tl~a~t n urn l~er presentetl themsel yes. Forty-six persons
were present. Ca,leh Sort11 tleliveretl tlle oration. Wm. Mason,
then residing near Toulou, ~rils the orcllestra, for which he was paid
nine tlollars, " the first illonev," says G. il. Cliffortl, " he ever took in
for mnsic."
The first school in the townshi11 was taught by Miss Colunibia Ann

680 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
Dunn, a sister of Rev. R. C. Dunn. The schoolhouse mas erected in
W~-QK,U~ 8.
Regarcling the first white child born in the cour~ty : Wilson Slnith
was born two miles south of West Jersey in 1829, ancl is now a resident
of Eola, Pottawattamie county, Ia. Washington Srnitll was born
two miles south of West Jersey in 1832, now resicling at Le~vis, Cass
county, 1%. They are the sons of Jacob Smith, who died in IPS5 at
Ga1.c.a. Bert Sinith, now with C. W. Brown, of Penn, states positively
that his grandfather settled in West Jersey in 1827.
The first postoffice was kept by Silas lticharcls where Wm. Pratt
resided in 1862. In the summer of 1838 Washington Trickle erected
the first frame house, which in later years stoocl sooth of his illoclenl
buildings. W. Tricltle and Charles Yoc~ull erected a carding nlill 011
Walnut creek in 1842. This was in the extreme soutln~est corner of
the township. The undergronncl railroad passed by Nigger Point, near
where Nehemiah Wylroff settled in 1837, ancl thence vla ,the Webster
settlement towarcl the northeast, as laelated in the general history.
Pioneer Ce9~sus.-The census of pioneers or persons here ~vllen the
county was organized and residing here in the spring of 1866, was
taken by W. Trlckle-the committee appointed by the old Old Settlers'
Ssciety. The names are as follows : Suniner Sllaw and .rvi fe, Enrlice
Nelson, Anclrew McClure, Francis Webster, Whitfielcl i\ilattllews and
wife, Oliver Smith and wife, George Albrigl~t, Hiram Albright and
wife, Davicl Gelvin ancl wife, Jonathan Pratz and wife, A. J. Findley
and wife, Levi Eckley and wife, Daniel Eckley and wife, Jol~n ~cklek
ancl wife, James B. Witter ancl wife, Wni. White ancl wife, Antlrerv -
Full and wife, Washington Smith and mife, Berry S~nitll and mife,
Joseph Sinith and wife, George Sheets tmd mife, John Rounds, James
Rounds ancl wife, John Shoclcley ancl wife, George Simmerrnan ancl
wife, David Simmerman, Davicl Simmerman ancl mife, Georgc Simmerman,
Jacob Simmerman, John Simmerman, Reinsley Richaid ancl wife,
Williartl Palmer ancl mife, Joseph De Wolf and wife, Ilannah Emery,
Jacob Wiley ancl wife, W. Triclrle and wife.
West Jersey Cemetery.-Interred in the cemetery near the village
are the remains of the following-named oltl residents, the name and
year of death being given: John Riggen, 1854; Eliza Eiggen, '54;
Davicl Cumming, '76 ; Jesse Cooper, '70 ; hlitchell Tull, '70 ; Jane Tull,
'53; Mary Stetzler, '77; Tlmimas Price, '74; Phcebe Price, '75 ; Kmanda
Albertson, '53; Lucinda Dancer, '82; Jennie D. Srnsl~l;, '81; Susan
Smith, '85 ; W. B. Masters, '71 ; L~~cius I-Iotchkiss, '49 ; W. 6. Hotcllkiss,
'56; Stephen A. Mnnson, '76 ; Ji~mes C. Egbert, '63; William W.
Shannon, '59 ; Jacob Hazen, '47 ; Jane I-Iszen, '69 ; EIenry S~vank, '- ;
Eliza Sanders, '69 ; William Ba~r, '51; Arcl~i bald Ayers, '80 ; Barbara
Kane, '81 ; Charlotte Coleman, '79 ; Mar,y L. llorseley, '71 ; John Mc-
Intosh, '82; Alex nilclntosll, '58; Peter I-Iuber, '81; John Pere, '62;
Charlotte Laing, '67; Sn~nuel W. Laing, '67; Ni~tl~an 13. Daniel, '68;
Sarah Dugan, '82 ; Grace W. Eentley, '68 ; John McDaniel, '56 ; A\~~m
Young, '65 ; Ann DiIcIntosh, '62 ; Maria, Riggen, '54 ; John Wetzell,
'54 ; Elizabeth Wetzell, '57 ; John IkIcKinstry, '72 ; Daniel Leigh, '85 ;
Elizabeth Forge, '68; Edward Forge, '62; ~ k nSwank, r ~ '61; Rebecca

WEST JERSEY TOWNSHIP. 681
*
Swanlc, '73 ; Aaron Vansicble, '74 ; Mary TTansickle, '75 ; Eunice Wiley,
'65 ; Euphenlia Denis, 'GO ; Martha Denis, '57 ; Gertrucle Groff, '57;
Mary Trickle, '56 ; Oliver B. Webster; '70 ; Anna Iiirl;lluff, '68 ; Matthias
I

682 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY.
Joseph E. Dyer, Claleb Eaton, &Iartlm IIotchliiss, Jaines F. Bunch, and
Prudence Dyer. This was pr.actical1.y the West Jersey class.
The Metl~odist Episcopal class at 17incll's schoolhouse, on the east
line of West Jersej~ township, in 1851-52, cornprisetl James 1%. Witter,
leacler ; Margery, Ezra, Evisson, Isaac &I., ;lnd Loru, 31. Witter ; I-Ienry
and Catherine Williams, Catherine Moffitt, Clarlssa Z'omell, C'lnrissa
Porter, George 13. and 8nra.h Uerger, Esther A. Ecltley, Conlaat1
Schwalihamer, Susan Upclgke, IIen r y ancl Ann Ei~rtshe, John :md
Sarah Adnms. Isaac 31. Wi tte~ was ioci~l preacller. In 1558, all tile
classes mere reor,rrnnixed, and in t l~is uTe find the lliLllleS of 1201111e11 ctnd
Martha Swank, William Price, Nelsons and the Coopers, in 185 :)-ti( ).
Jalnes B. Witter was class-leacler there for over a clua~~ter of n
century.
Trickle's Methodist Episcopal class was presicletl uiTela by Mi tcllell
Tull ~n IS52, it being. formed May 30th. The menlbei~s 1rei.e Mitellell
and Jane Tull, Waslnn~ton and Xleanor Trickle, Aaron and Dorcas
Eaton, Mary J. Eagon, %illiain antl Harriet Metc;~,lf, J tlcol, :~nd EI;lnnah
Wiley, Wiclow Mary C~unmings, Sarah Harriet, Mary, antl Ilnvicl
Cummings, Eliza A. Sanders, Mahala Metcalf, ant1 Celia TLIII. J:me Tull
died in 1852 ; $LylJ,,-..Eagon joined the Calnpbellites, a~ld Mallaln
Metcalf married one Pierce, antl i~loverl ~vitllout a letter. 3leetings
were helcl for many years at the Trickle schoolhouse, prior to the
transfer of the class to West Jersev in 1868-69. The membership of
the West Jersey class is 101 of the' 177 receiretl. Rev. Mr. Adams is
preacher in charge: with Watson IIenrv, clerk.
The l'~*e~hyie.r.inn cl~zcrch is snit1 to date haclc to 1839, but there are -
no records. Prior to 1841, a Presl~yterian society esisted at West
Jersev. am one the ~nelnbers of ~vllich were Elder &I cIn tosll, Mc-
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WEST JERSEY TOWNSHIP. 683
built thereon opposite the present Fox store in 1855, where it stood
until removed this year.
In November, 1849, Jacob ancl Anna Young " donated to the
trustees of the Presb yteriarl church at West Jersey - Milton Eckley,
Sarnuel Leigh and pliilip ICnoff - one acre ancl thirty-two perches near
the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of southeast half of seetion
1'7, tomnsllip 12, range 5. This was clevoted to cemetery purposes.
Mrs. Egbe~t was tlle first buried in the cemetery, Mrs. John
Anthony, Mr. Barr Miss PIIary Hulsizer, ancl others shortly after. The
names of the oltl settlers and soltliers interred herein are given on a
for~ner page. ( Fide also sketch of Rev. A. Gy. ~Tiilbe~a.)
The officers of theWest Jersey Sunday-school for IF57 are Superintendent.
W. 11. Johnson : assistant suuerintenclent, TV. C. IIenrv; secibetalay,
Azora Icing; tregsurer, ~jharles Swank ; libkrians, Iredb'wyerman
and A. F. Girvits. In March, 1868, the S. S. was organized with
nine tencllers and seventy-two members. ' During the first 'five months
of its existence, there was an arerage attentlance of forty-five scholars.
17fisceZltcneozcs.-The pensioners residing in West jersey in 1853
mere Catllerine Porter, receiving $5; nncl Thomas E. Horseley, $6 per
month. '
The Farnlers' ancl Mecha1nics7 club of West Jersey disbanded in
Januarv, 1875, and the money in treasury ($16.15) was aonatecl to the
Kansas Relief f untl.
West Jerse,y ILodge of Odd Fellows, No. 234, mas instituted Nnrch
29, 1886, by D. CS. BI. Hemitt, of Stark Lodge, Toulon. It was organized
on the 22~1, nri th the follo~~ring-natmecl members : Alex. Ingles,
J. TI. Emery, S. J. Fox, W. M. Grey, G. E. Vansickle, N. E. Porneroy,
anci J. W. Wick. Since that time the following have joined the loclge:
A. J. Johnson, J. D. Webster, Joseph S~vank, E. B. Swank, 0. J.
Jolinson, Ed. 1,. Johnson, Omar Cummings, W. $1. Bell, John R.
Quicli, Dr. W. S. McClenaha~~, C. 31. I\Ianley, and J. M. Dougherty.
Alex. Ingles v7as h'. G., with S. J. Fox, R. S., and G. B. Vansickle,
P. 8. The first hall of the lodge is on the secontl floor of Dr. Perry's
building, now owned by Mrs. C. Srtnders. The first meeting to organize
was ci~llecl hy S. J. Fox in December, 1885, aft,er conwlting ~vlth
the cllarter inenibers.
8tn~~~uccno is the new name of an old settlement near the eastern
line of the to~vnship. For years the little place has been the headquarters
of a Methodist class, and even in '40-7 the %Iorinons came
hither to inculcate tlre faith of their new church and succeeded in winning
some new members.
The new &I. E. church bnilcling was coml~letecl in '68, at a cost of
$2,200, and was cleclicatecl July 26, that year. The olcl nleinbers of
this class find mention on a fernier page.
The D. B. Shnlts sorghum nlolasses factory at Starwano was an
important industry in '85.
The destmction by fire of the county infirmary bnilcling took place
December 5 '86. ~l;e building was sold by contract- to Win. P. Caverly
for $16,000 in the fall of '68, ant1 was built just about eighteen pears
ago. It was always well kept in repair, and recently a steam heater put

684 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
in. It mas also ~vell ft~niishecl, ancl under the superintenclencv of Mr.
Morrison, well managed. There J\~;LS $5,000 ins~wance on the building
$2,500 in the Btna, and the same mnount in the Pl~mnix, of Hartford,
Connecticut. There mas no insurance on tlle contlents, ancl Mr. Morrison,
having his private apartments well furnished, suffered heavy loss.
d
IIIOC~RAYITY AND RER[INISCl~:NCI~~S.
&~diisy~korn in Somerset county, N. J.., November 26, 1804,
is a \son of Daniel ant1 &l&rgaret(Van Dvke) Acldis, granclson of Simon,
whose father, Ricllarcl A tldis, cnlrle from Great Bri tam ancl settled
near the em Brunsmick line, where he ll~arrietl a Miss WyBoff.
Moving to Philaclelpl~ia, he purcliased 300 acres, where the Centennial
buildings stoocl in '76, :md 500 acres fifteen miles distant, wllere is
now the town of Aclclis~~ille. Daniel, Siin011 ;mil Ricllnrd. were ~vellknown
citizens of New Jersey and Pennsj~lvania. Daniel serreil in
the war of 1812, and cliecl at the age of fifty-five, the victim of prufessional
malpractice. Simon served seven gears in tlie Revoltltion against
the oppressor who woulcl stmngle a liberty-loving people. S. V. Addis'
brothers ancl sisters were Eleanor ancl Peter, tlece:~sed ; John and
Ephraiin. S. V. Adclis received :L common' si1:ilool educktion in his
native county, worlied on his father's farm some rears, and in '51
moved westward to this township. In 1830 he mari*iecl Miss Elizabeth
A., claughter of John R. ancl Mary (Beavas) Little, natives of IIunterdon
county, N. J. Her father mas Billed in Canacla during the of
1832. IIis father, Jm~ies Little, was a native of Irelnncl-one of the
many polished revolutionists -rvl~icll that unfortunate little island sent
to America to aid in founding liberty here. To this marriage nine
children were born : Mary E., in Nebnrslra ; John L., in Iowa ; Daniel
ancl James, in this county ; Slzrail hI., in Io\va, and Irv~ne, in Rnox
county. Caroline, Catherine and Gideon are nuinberetl with the
dead. Mr. ancl Mrs. ncldis are nze~nbers of tile M E. churcl~ since
their marriage. Mrs. Acldis was born in Ilonterdon county, hi. J.,
February 7, 1810. Her husband cast his first rote for A ndrerv Jitclcson;
but in 1860 votecl for Lincoln, and has since been a firm Itepublican.
Daniel 0. AcIdi.~, son of 8. V. and Elizabeth Ann Addis, was
born in New Jersey, in 1839. In his twelfth year he came with
parents to Starlr county ancl remainecl with thein u"nti1 his twenty-third
year. In his twenty-fourth year he married Miss Nancy M., cl;~~~ghter
of Sallus ancl Elizabeth CasBey, who was born in 0dio in 1843. In
1860 her parents came to St1:~rk county, here a few years
when they sold their property and removed to Missouri, where they
still reside. Her grandfatl~er, a, native of Ohio, enlisted to serve in
the war of 1812. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Atltlis began
farming in West Jersey township. Two years later they p~~ichasetl a
farm on section 10, where the-y still reside. Their union l~ns been
blessed by seven cl~ilclren, five 6f whom st ill iive : F&ilin V., Williain
A., Laura E. (deceased), C+race E. (tlecea.secl), Floren-cZ- 0.. Eva U.
and Pearl H. Mr. and Mrs. Atldis are both ~aespecterl members of the
M. E. church, and are jnterestecl in all worlrs of benevolence. They

OF WEST JERSEY TOWNS~IP. ,685
]lave been hard workers, and, as a reward of their labors, now own
340 acres of the choicest lancl, ancl one of the finest farm residences
in Stark county. Mr. Acldis has never votecl any but the Republican
ticliet.
Jccq~zes P. Atl~Zi, son of S. V. ancl Elizabeth Addis, was born in
NeFJersey, in the rear 1846. and five years later caine with his
parents to. this count-. Jaines remained mi t11 his parents until his
twenty-fifth year, when he ma,rried Miss Mary E., dnugl~ter of Benjalnin
iLntl Louisa F. (Stodclartl) C4ooclheart. She was born at Polmd,
O., in 1849. EIer 1);~ternal ancestors conling to America from Ger-
Innn y, her father a Pennsylvni~inn, mas bonl there Septelllber 21,
ISIS. Her ilot1ller was born in New Tori

686 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
Jersey in 1839. In 1886 he mas candidate for juclge of the twentyninth
judicial circuit of l\1issouri, comprising the counties of Anclre~v,
Atchison, Holt and Nodawap, getting a nlajority in every county.
His majority over Juclge Kelle~ (who carrietl the district six years ago
by 1,700) is 9,772. John H. ~nthonv was raised on his fa,tller7s farm in
New Jersey, was educated in the uschools there until December 10,
1848, when he married Miss Elrnir:~ Dmlce, to urhom t\vo cllildren melae
born, na~nely : Acleline and Francis E. This lady died August 6, 1853,
and t~vu years later he marrietl Miss Frances h. Egbert, ulotller of
Harriet, Isabella and Grace Anthonv. Atleline, \rho accompanied her
father to this township in 1851, is "now Mrs. lVillia,n~ 0. Leigh. Mr.
Anthony was electecl justice of the peace in IS57 and has been reelectecl
four terms since that tizxe. 111 the fall of IS85 Ile was COIIZmissioned
notary public by Governor Oglesby . Apart entirely fro111
his official life in the tomnsllip, be has been a most nsefnl cit'izen in
every sphere. His residence ancl grouncls near West Jersey, forin an
index to his cllaracter ancl point out forcibly ~vllat he cah te:ich by
example. Mrs. Anthony, Sr., con1 nlonly Bnolvn as " Gi~~~nclma
Anthonv " born in Warren county, N. J., in 1798, cliecl January 10,
1887, h&ng survivecl her husband ahout eleven years.
Mi.$. AZlen Bennett, a resident for upwarcls of thirty vears, for the
first time visited the village of West Jersey in Au~ust, ISSB.
WiZZiam Bish,op, one of the oldest sgttlers ol- Brinl field, cliecl at
Shelby, August 8, 1S86, at the age of ninety.
John Y. Bodine, son of Joseph ancl Rebecca M. (Painter) Botline,
was born in New Jersey, October 26, 1541. In 1846 his l~a~euts calne
to this township, where thev purcllased a hnn, ancl where they remained
until 1858, when they removed to Rocllester, Peoria county,
where the father enggecl in his trade of carriage-bnilcling. After
some years he retired from active lif'e ancl is now enjoying the fruits of
their successful labors he in his seventy-fonrtlr year and she in her
seventy-second year. Mrs. Bocline, Sr., is n, respected rne~nber of the
Presbyterian church. John P. I3odine is the third child ol their family
of four chilclren. His early life mas spent i~~~i~til~g his parents
on the farm. His eclucation was lil~iitecl to n tlistrict school with
the exception of one vear spent at Lolnbarcl University. On Septemb8r
11, 1867, he inarrikd Miss Rachel D., daughte~a of John and Kezia
(Davis) Keller, who was horn in West Virginia, of wl~ich state her psrents
were natives, March 19, 1849. In 1866 her people settled in
Peoria county, Ill., ancl purchasecl a farm in B1illl)rooli township. In
1857 a hurricane completelv destroyed their house, the family escaping
injury. Mr. Keller was bdrn ~ctdber 16, 1817, Mrs. lieller, January
12, 1882. Mrs. 12achel Bocline is the tl~ird clliltl of their faillily of six
children. She remained with her parents until her marriage. After
their marriage they moved to Victoria, Xnox county, Ill., ~vl~ere Mr.
Rodineengagecl in milling. l~avingan interest in asiealn mill. Three
years later he traded this interest for a fai~nin West Jersey township,
ancl here he remained eight vears, when he sold that place ant7 pnrchased
land on section 29, &ere he now resides. Their union has
been blessed by two children : Acldie H., born July 28, 1868, and Don

02' WEST JERSEY TOWNSHIP. 687 ,
I,., born March 11, 1881. Politically, Mr. Bocline is a Greenbacker,
antl has been active in political matters, and has filled several of the
to~vnship offices creditably. He mTns 173 acres of clloice lancls in this
to~vi~sllil), ~ith B home considetaed one of the finest in tile county.
Dmitl J. BocZine, son of Josepll and Rebecci~ M. (Painter) Bodine,
was born in Warren county, N. J., in 1845. A conlplete sketch of his
parents' lives is given in this IVOY~;. In 1846 he cnlne to Illinois with
his ~~a~ents and lived for the 1170st of the time in West Jersev townshi
$. When about ei~htoen y ears of age he entered Lo~nb;~lul 'university,
antl t \~o years after went to &It. Ple;ls;~ut, IR., wllere he remained
11ema1y two !;ears ; then retu~netl to his 11onle i ~t Rochester, Peoria
coonty, nntl engaged in stock-buving \vhich he followed for eleven
years. On Dece~nbe~ I, 1875. he" married Miss Mary Ann, dau~llter
of Alesai~tler and Susi~nnall (Ilue)&IcCc)y. She nrns born in lCLyne
county, near Woostel*, 0.. in 1847, ~vhere her parents, Pennsylvanians,
had settlecl. Some years later they relnovetl to Auglaize county, Ohio.
where September, 1859, lier f;~ther (lied. After her husbancl's death
Mrs. McCoy remained on the farm about two gears, when she relnovecl
to Knox county, Ill., whel*e she remainecl tell years, then settled at
French G~ove, Peoria county, \\-here she purclli~sed a farm. After
nine years she solcl this far111 and inatle l1er horue with her daughter,
Mrs. I

688 BIoG~APHY ARD kEhf~lIsc~NcES
was reared and educated there, and there also married Miss Olive,
daughter of Joel ancl Sarah (DeWolf) Parrish. In 1838, with his wife
ancl three children, he came here by wagon roacl and Iocatecl in the
northeast quarter of section 2, Goshen, where he residecl six years. In
1844 the family movecl to DuPage county, Ill., ~v11e~e his wife cliecl in
1548. he subsequently went to &1ichi6aa.n, where he clietl in ISAI.
Thew children are 13. R. Brown, of Stnrlr county ; Lucy, Snrall ancl
Alva W., the latter born here in October, 1839. Alva voted for
Lincoln in 1860, ancl in 1861 enlisted in Coml)any B, Thirty-serenth
Illinois Infantry, servecl over his three years' ter.111, ~aeCnlistecl and was
honorably dischargecl after the war. lie was slightly n~ounclecl at Pea
Ridge. On his ret.urn he nlarriecl Miss Sarah F. I-loclson, :L native of
Goshen township. Removecl to IIarrison connty, Iowa, some years
ago, where his wife diecl June 23, 1886. Thefatiler of this f;~mily~~~as
an old member of the 3!Iet.hoclist church and a zealous worker. IIis
wife mas daughter of Joel Panaish, a Pennsylvanian, resident of Canada,
who came to Stark county in January 1838, died in Io\va in IS43
or 1844, followed in a few clays by his wile. B. R. Brown was born in
Canada in 1835, came with his parents to this county ancl has resicled
here almost continuously for the past half century. In January, 185.8,
he 1oca.tecl permanently his present honie, and for ten years has servecl
as comn~issioner of high\mys. In 1557 he miwried Miss Maria J.,
daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Ilecliert) Cain. They are the parents
of six children, viz.: C. Morrow, Lucy E., Charley E., Alva C., Joseph
W. and Olive 13.
zuci9%dc6 Banter, who died February 2, 1852, was born in Beaver
county, Pa., in 18J6; rnarriecl Vincent Dancer in 1832 in Iticl~mond
county, Ohio ; mol~ecl to Fulton county, Ill., in 1556, and in 1867 calne
to Stark.
John Bryden, son of Thomas and Margaret Drytlen, was born in
Northumberlandshire, Eng., April 25,1821, where his father's cleath occurred
September 6, 1874, at the a e of eighty-six, and his inotl~er's in
18'76, in her eighty-fourth gear. fohn Dryden is the foul*tli child of a
family of nineteen children. His early life ~j7as spent at farin labor
until his twenty-first year, when he began mining. In IS47 he married
Miss Margaret, daughter of George and Mary Itenwick, born in
Cumberlandshire, Eng., June 22, 1820. In 1554 he came to America;
proceecling at once to Stark county, Ill., and pnrchasecl a piece of land
near Wyoming, remaining there three years, during which time he nTas
engaged at mining. He revisited Englancl 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 iniles of
the village. Five children have blessed their union, three of whom are
still living : Thomas J., George (cleceaseil), Mary J. (deceasecl), Blaggie
A. ancl John G. Politically Mr. Dryclen is a Greenbaclier, and has held
several township offices. 1111873 Mr. Dryclen was called bncli to England
on account of the illness of his father, ancl at his death was
engaged in the settlement of the estate, he being the eldest son.
Re6ecca (Moore'' Dunz, a native of Augusta, Ga., where she married

OF WEST JERSEY TOWNSHIP. 689
Dr. Cl~nrles A. Dnnn, and where her husband died, inoved to Cincinnati,
O., in IS31 with her family, ancl five years later, in September,
1836, settled in West Jersey toivnship of this county, where her son,
Augustus A., hacl built a cabin early that year, ancl ivhere he remained
to ~velcome his motller, brothers and sisters to their new home in the
~vililerness. Mrs. Dorm was accompanied by her children : Columbia
A,, mllo inarrled XP. Tillson ; Richard C., noticed in the history of
Toulon ; Willia~n E. and Caroline E., who married 0. 11. Slilith. In
1847 this pioneer molnan lnovecl to Galesburg, ancl died there, May 10,
that gear.
ilrq-tcstrts A. D247~z, son of Dr. Charles A. ancl Rebecca (Moore)
Dunn, was born in Georgia, inoved wit11 his 7~~idowecl nlother to Ohio
in 1531, ant1 early in IS36 settled in what is now West Jersey tomnship,
er,.ctecl n log cabin, in which the lnother and hmily-who came
in Se1)tei~iber of that year - took up their residence. Be wi~s elected
first slleriff of this co&~tv, in 1839, subsequently graduated in medicine
and practiced at (!alnbr!clge, Ill., until 1862, ~vhen he enlisted in Company
I), One-lluntlred-and-t.rvelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. His
left hand mas shot wrap at Icelly's Ford, Tenn., and wain wounded
at Fra.nklin ; the results of the latter leading to his death, March 2,
1869, in his fifty first year, he then residinq at Chlcago.
G'eorve Ei%%ey, \ride generiil and tomnsh~p history.
Ifi~nlztc7~ C(if~efney &~ze~y, one of the pioneers of Stark county, cliecl
at Galva, October 18, LS84, as related in the history of the f;bmily
given in other pages.
John Pifiley, who settled on section 19: Essex, in 1839, was born in
Fayette county, O., in 1802. His parents, Robert and Mary (Craig)
Finley. natives of Indiana, settled in what is now Ashland county,
O., prior to the War of 1813, nrliere they resiclecl until their cleath.
John Fii1le.y imi~rried Miss Rebecca Gaffney in Ohio, canle with her in
IS34 to Fulton county, Ill., ancl five years inter settled here. ,4s shown
in the ofganic and political cllapters, he was a ~ne~nber of the first
commissioners' court nncl seconcl sheriff. was county judge, justice of
the peace, and in a11 points :L most excellent citizen. Of their eleven
chiltlren nine are li ving : Anclrew J., William P., \1711o was 1;illed before
Iinoxville, November IS, 1863, aged thirty-three years, wliile
serving with the One-hundred and-t ~velfth Regiment ; '~riscilla J.,
John L., Mary E., Albert E., Robert M., Jklnes E., Caroline fi. and
Willis 0. JO~III I,. went to Caiifornia in lS52, enlisted in Thircl &I.assachuset
ts Cavalry in 1 S63, was made prisoner. escaped froin Dmrille,
ant1 was cornnlissiol~ecl seconcl lieutenant for bravery ; Albert P. served
with the Third Illinois Caralrr from 1861 to 1864; Janres E., of the
One-hundretl-ancl-t n-elftb was" wonntlecl before Atlanta, Ga., all of
~~rhicl~ is told in the nlilitillly chapter. The father of this great family
died at Toulon, February 28, 1SS3. His first wife died in 1856, aged
forty-nine gears ; brlt his second wife, Miss Sarah D. Adains, survlves
him. Andrew J. Finley was I~orn in Ohio, in 1628, came westwarcl
rvith his parents, marriecl Miss Marpret J. Carter, October 6, IP.iO,
and has been a perm:tlnent resirlent oi this county for about fifty years.
Their children are: Arabella, John L., William J., Mary A., Ella B.,

690 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
Walter B., Oscar E., Margaret C., Daisy N., ancl two, an infant and
Lenora, deceased. Mr. Finley has served liis tomnsliip as justice of
the peace ant1 assessor, and was collector of Essex. I-Ie has been a,
member of the Agricultural Society since its beginning. His farm of
460 acres is among the best in ~ta~k county.
Xamtcei J. Ebz. son of Julius VT. land Mav E. (Johnston) Fox, was
born in Ricl~land county, O., January 28, 1 S35. His father was u
native of New Ivork, where he urns born in 1796. I-lis motlrer, a nntire
of Pennsylvania, was born 1804. They re~noirecl to Ohio from New
at in early day, and again in 184s to Wisconsin, settled in Richland
county, thus passing tl~rongh the pioneer period of t \\TO States.
There, in ISBO, Mr. Fox., Sr., passed being lwecetletl to the gralce
two vears bv his wife. Saniuel J. Fox assisted his parents on tlre
fanli:or i~tte~ydin~ the pioneer district scllool in his earl< yews. In 11 is
twenty-second year he marrietl Miss Mary E., tlaIug~ltkr of J-olln antl
Ithotla Myers, kllo was born in Ohio, December 31, 1840. Her parents
removed to Iniliant~, where her f a.tlier tl ied. 1Ier. lnotller relliarlaied,
ant1 in a. sllort time w;~s apiu a \\ridow. She removetl with her fi~rnilv
to Wisconsin, and settled 11 Riclilancl county, Wis., in 18.50, i~ntl tllete
Mary met Mr. Fox, to ~vllom she was mnrr~etl April 2, 1857. Mr. Fox
followed farming one !Tear after this event, then joined iL 1)1'0specting
party, and went to Coloraclo ; engaged in mining for one year, when
he returned to his honc at Richlantl Centre, WE., ancl tlle same -fall
movecl to Princeville, I11 ., ant1 engaged in the lnerct~nti le business.
Remaining there a short time, he iriovetl t'o W \;oming, Ill., ~vllere lle
remained about two years. lIe then purcllased :L store at West ,Jersey,
where he is no\\. proprietor of a general store in tlle villalse ant1 of a.
stock -farm close by. Mr. ant1 Mrs. Fox ;Ire the parents of seven cllildren,
namely : William W., Cllnrles L., Fr:lJnB A., Rollin S.. Gilbert T.,
Ernest A., and Ettie M., a11 at home. They are muinbers of tlie
Presbyterian cllurch, ant1 are interested in all qnovemen ts of :I, chittitable
or progressive nature. &[I*. Fox is t~lso a inember of the I. 0. 0.
F., and in politics n 1tel)ublican. 1Ie served as post~~r;~ster at West
Jersey t\velre years ; lras also been electecl and reiilectetl to\rnsl~ip
clerl;, ancl has been vice-prcsitlent of the Agricultural Society of Stark
county.
Sarctl,. Gcovye, wll o mals1*ietl Fran 1; Ung;rn, IVRS born i n West Vi r-
b
minia in 1935, and (lied in West ,Jel.sey, July 2G, '88.
Juco6 N. ~ l u , m a t , lecea setl, was born in New Jersey in 1804 ; married
Miss Jane B. Mitcllell tllerae, ant1 with her and tlieir five chiltlren
movetl to Fulton county, Ill., in July, 1839, antl to section twenty-seven,
West Jersey, in the spEing of 1S42. I-Iere he purchasetl 120 ;Icl8es of
wild lantl at $2.50 per il,ure, erected ;I, frit111e house, mllial~ \\.as the
family home, scliool, Metllotlist class-room, ant1 generd ineeting-house
of the to\lrn for many y the Ilnzens making every one \velconle.
0nl.v fire years tlitl this stro~~g ]wan stantl the wear anti tear of pioneer
times here, for he tlietl in Mi~cl~, 1847. Iris partner in all the toils
and troubles of e;~rly gear:; outliveti hiln twenty s~~~~~iners, (lying 1867,
as shown in the cemeter-y record in history of West ,Tersey.
John Ha~en,, the second son, was born in New Jersey, December 1,

OF WEST JERSEY TOWNSHIP.
1831, and has almost as distinct a recollection of pioneer days in F~~lton
and Stark as if he 11a.d been of age when he shared in them. In 1857
1le married Miss Elizabeth, daugllter of Francis Anthony, and the
following rear set1tled where he now resides, on his fine farill of 206+
acres. ~i shown in the official and school history of the to\vnship, he
llas servetl as trustee anti superviso~. In l~olitics he is, like his father
was, always De~noci*atic in national concerns, but independent in loca!
affairs. I1 is wife and chiltlren, Franli M. and Eclna V., are associated
with tlle Presbyte~ian cilurcli. Mr. I-Ia.zen is one of tlrose i~ioneer Inen
whose wort1 is his bond and \\.hose o~)inions are consideretl:
8tdywic7;: 12. Ifililzen, soil of ~acob'~. E-Iazen, wl~ose llistory is given
in this clltn~t~er. was born in n'ew Jeiasev in 1533. He was one of
twins, the Gster tlg ing in infancy. I-Ie iccompanied his pt~ren ts to
Illinois in 1839 ant1 llere his voutlr was 11;tssecl in the manney comnon
to boys of the pioneer i~sving to'\\~i~llc two 111i1es to attencl tlle
winter school of l~is tlistrict. In October, 1856, he married Miss Mary
Isabelle, tl;tuglr ter o' \\Tillitu~l and Am;~nda Barr, \vho in 1851 came
fro111 Ohio to this county. After his nlawiag-e he settletl on the I-Iazen
far111 ~vlrere he resicletl until 1575, when he establishecl a inerealltile
house at West Jersey, \vbich he carried on fo~
eighteen months, when
%
fir'iling llrealth comiielletl ;L cllange. Disposing of his stocl;, he resiuned
t~gricultnml life, ant1 in the fall of 1876 took u y his present
residence, owning one Ilundretl acres of the best improved land in the
to\rnsllip. In otfic,ial life he 11as been assessor, ~uad commissioner and
school diiaecto~a for a number of years. Mrs. nntl Mr. Hazen are meinhers
of the ilIetllotlist Episcopal Cl~nrch, a, reorganization of the old
class of ;' Ha.zen's Schoollrouse." Their son, l,e\vis J ., born here
December 16, 1857, is also a resident of this township. In political
life Mr. llazen votes tlie i~rohi bition tic1iet.- his strong ideas on ternperanct:
questions urging him to break away from the dcl line politics.
J&,tes A'. Ilewy, son of John and Martlla Henry, was born in
I-Iunterdon county, X'ew Jersev, Blal*cll 1, lS22. Ilis fittller iv2'as born
in Ii*elantl in 1786, callla to ~lllericand settletl in New Jersey,. lnarried
M;~,rtt~a S~vears, \~llo\\.;IS
horn in Ne\r .Jersey ill 1802. Ills father
diet1 in 1852 at the age of sixty ant1 his mother in May 25, 1555, in
her eigl~ ty-fo~irtl~ ye;rr. Jnnles R. Henry is the second of their seven
cl~iltl~aen. lIis ea;aly life as spent on the 11olne ft~rln, up to the age
of t~venty-two yeillas, wllen lle nlarriecl Miss Eliza Po,yshur. Iler pilrents,
nnti\7es of C4ermnn . y, tl . ying in Ke\v Jersey wllen sl~e uTas but a
cllild. Aftell their nlarriilg-e Mr. I-Ienrv followed ;wining in New
Jersey sis gears. Ile came to Illinois in 1851, journeying overlantl by
wagon, tlie trip lasting SIX \\-eelts. They purcliascd lantid'in this toivnsl~il),
ant1 t11e1.e 1>1*;xretl t

692 . BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
farm. and has since made his home with his son Watson in West Jersey
village. Mr. IIenr.y, as was also his mife, is a, member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He has always been n Republic:~n, and has
helcl se;eral io\vnship offices, although he has never so~1~11t them. IIe
has spent some time visiting tlie scenes of his cllilclhootl, from ~vhich
he has recently returned. IIe is i11 his sixty-fifth year, ant1 although
his locl~sho\v the inroads of time, he is quite active.
31~s. Boone h~geZ8, who died at El Paso, Tes., in July, 1583, ~esiclecl
near the south line of West Jersey.
me oh Jc~ckson born in Fayette county, O., in the year 1832, is a son
of John ancl Elizabeth (Rouse) Jnclcsou, natives of Pennsylvania, who
settlecl in Ohio, where 31r. Jackson died in 1846. Mrs. Jacltson is living
at the age of ninety years. Our subject mas reared on the far111
and in IS54 caine to Illinois mcl settled in Tonlon, where he laesidecl till
the f ollom ing spring,.\vhen he secured worlr 011 a farm near Tuulon, as a,
hand, where 11e has slnce residecl. In IS61 he purchased 136 acres in
West Jersev tor~rnshi13. In 1857 lle ~narriect Miss Paulina Ann. a
(laughter of"~i1liam &!ah;my. They were the parents of five children :
1,vclia E.. Laura B.. William A.. 1Jrsul;~ ancl John. This laclv cliecl in
I 675, ageh thirtyeight years. 1; IS76 he lllarriecl Miss Susan, :laughter
of Barnabas Frail, to whom t\vo chilclren were horn: James T. and
Jennie E. This lady is a mernber of the Catholic church, while Mr.
Jackson is liberal in religious matters. Politically he is a Democrat.
( Vide sketc7~ of F~c6iZ tfczrn.ily.)
Levi Johnson, a, native of New Yorlc, was boim October 13, 1769.
He followed the occupation of a mill\vri~l~t. Ile married IIannail -
Buss, who was born December IS, 1770. l er father, Abra,li:~,n~ Ttuss,
was murderecl by the Intlians on the Allegheny river, Maarch 2, 1790.
IIe (Levi ~ohnsoh) was tile fa'ther of five children, three boys and two
girls. Henry, the eldest of these, was born January 9, 1793. He
learned his fiither7s tracle. When he was about seventeen pears of age
he reinovecl to Kentucky with his parents. enlisted (luring the mar of
1812, but on account of a wouncl on his arm caused by the slipping of
a hand ax, he was rejected. On Marc11 28, 1810, he married BLilary,
daughter of A~naziah Davitlson, born in Kentucky, Septenlber 14,1799.
Her parents were Scotcl~ who came to ~inerick and settled in Kentucky,
as companions of Daniel Boone. In 1827, Mr. Johnson wit11 his
mife settled in Pike county, Ill., but on account of the troul~leso~~le
Indians they were conlpelled to return to KentucBy. In 1830 they
braved the "clangers of a Frontier life and returned tlo Pike county,
where he followetl his trade of millwright. Here on September 11,
1546, Mrs. Johnson died in her forty-seventh year. In 1851 Mr. Johnson
settlecl near the 1 )lace where the' village of Sparland, Marshall
county, now stands. In IS65 he came to Stark county, where 11e (lied
September 17, 1878, in the eighty-sixth pear of his age.
A. J. fi~hi,hlisoqz, son of Henry and Mary (Daridson) Johnson, was
born in Cham bersburgh township, Pike county, Ill., October 23, 1833.
He is of Irish descent, his paternal ancestors coming to America priola
to the time of the Revoiution ancl settling in New Tork. Andrew J. is
the eighth child of their family of eleven children. In 1854 he married

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Miss Margmet, daughter of William and Marga~et (Bunn) Campbell,
born in Pennsylvania, December :6,1S33. Her iather, a Pennsylvanian,
clied in 1835. In 1848 she cnine with 'her 1nother*, who had nla.rried a
Mr. Placher, to Peoria, nrhere she inet Mr. Johnson, 'as before stated, and
married hiiu in 1854. After this marriage lle follo~vecl farming in
Marshall connty several venrs. I11 April, lSti5, they came to Stark
connty ~vliere they hacl fireviouslv ptu.cl1asec1 one hundred acres in
West Jersey townshil~ \vhere they still 1-esicle. Kine children have
blessed tl~eil* union, eight of ~v11om are still living : Cllarles W.
(clecensecl), William H., Oscar J., Edgar I,., Fl;znl< C., Le~vis O., Robert
B., Itla A. ancl Fannie 31. MY. nncl 31~s. Johnson are members of the
31. E. churcll, as are also a1 1 of their children. Politically Mr. Johnson
is a, Rep~lblican, and has held several offices of tlrust, among them,
iustice of the uetlce. nncl sn~)errisor fo~ several terms. That he honor-
Lbly disclrarge;l his 'duties io the ~nt~isfaction of tile people is signified
bv his n~~lnerous reirlections. He 1i:ts increased his original farm of
one irnnclretl acres to 240 acres of clloice lands, locntict within two
miles of the village. Mr. Johnson lins for several years been an officer
ancl member of the agricultural society of this connty.
WiiZ.iccqn IZ. Jok~~~soson, son of Andrew J-. and Mi~r~ret
J. (Campbell)
Johnson was bc~r~i in Marshall county, Ill., August 6, 1859. In '65 he
with his parents settled in West Jersey township. In '76 he entered
IIedding College, Rbingclon, Ill., and after a stuclv there of four years
he returned to his home on ~LCCOLI~I~ of ill health, 'and at various times
was engaged in teacl~ing school. On December 5: '83, he married Miss
Flora, a claughter of itenben ancl Martha (Heaton) Su~ank, born in
Stark county, September 22, '60. Previous to his marriage Mr. Johnson
had purcllased a store at West Jersey village, which he now owns.
Mr. Swanlr was a native ol Pennsylvania, born November 14, '30, and
died April 14, '72. Mrs. Bv~unB ~vas born in New Jersey. November
23, '33. They came to Illinois at an early day, and after their marriage
settled near West Jersey, where Nr. swank died. At the age of
fonrt.een Miss Flom en te~ecl IIedding College, where she studied for
about three years, when she entered the Wesleyau University at
Eloomington, Ill. S~~bseclue~~tly she spent some time at Chicago in
the stucly of the fine arts, ant1 f13 '83 she married Mr. Jolinson, as before
stated. Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have resicled
at West Jersey. They are both respected ~neinbers of the Methodist
Episcopal church, interested in all worlcs of a prog~essive nature, and
are lleltl in high esteeni. In l~olitics Mr. Jollnson, like his father, is a
Rept~blican, ancl has 11onoral)ly filled tlre office of town clerk.
E. K liingl,il.1; U., one of the old physicians of the county, was
born in Colu~ribiana county, O., in ISI!,. Ilis parents, William and
Elizabeth (Ware) Icing, were Vilaginians. who settled in Ohio about 1810,
where both diecl. The father serretl in the War of '12, which resulted
in the total banishinent of th;: British fiaom our coasts. Dr. King mas
educatetl in the early subso*iption schools of his district. In '45 he
entered the study of 'metlicine at Akron, O., under Dr. Bartges. IIe
practiced in that citv for eleven yenibs, until coming to Peoria county
in '56, where he prLcticecl two years; residecl at Brimfield t\\ro years,
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and in '60 established an office at West Jersey. In adclition to his
professional duties he served as school clirector for sixteen years, collector
one year, and in '85 was appointed postmaster. I-Ie is also engaqged
in the drug trade there, his son, now of Toulon, assisting in the
store. Dr. King mas marriecl in '39 to Miss Sarah Bartges, to rnlloli~
six children were born, of ~110111 two are living -Catherine E., now
Mrs. James Jones, of Omaha, Xeb., ancl Elizabeth, Mrs. George Slocum,
of Forcl county, Kan. A son, John w., enlisted in '69, but died
at Port Hudson before muster-in. The mother of this fanlily died in
May, '56, ancl three years later tlle doctor married Miss Fannie E.
Hunt. They are the parents of five children : Fmnie R., deceased,
Frank, Allen, Bert and Azora M. In political life Dr. Icing. 11~8,s decidedly
Democratic up to a few years ago, when the fascinating goddess
of Greenbacliisul won his allegiance.
Jacob Kissel, who settled in West Jersey about 1862. removed to
Nebraska, and after a residence of nine years there returned to this
county. Nr. Kissel was born in Laneaster county, Pa., in 1808, moved
to Ohio, ancl subsequently resiclecl in Incli:zna, Wisconsin and Nebraslra,
settling down here. In 1833 he married Miss EIester Clouser jn
Pennsylvania. Of their children, Reuben, Nathaniel, Mary, Emanuel,
Sarah, Arabella, I-Ienrietta, James (cleceasecl), George and Jehial liissel,
are names well known. E~nanuel served three years wit11 a Peoria
battery, escaped ~vounrls, ancl is noFIT a, useful citizen of Dodge City,
Kan.
Phil@ linof, cleceasecl, mas born in New Jersey, February 7, 1505,
where his ~arents. Peter and Susan {Simmons) Kuoff. then resided. In .
1832 he ribrried '~iliss Sarah young, in 1845 moved to Ohio, ancl the
following year set out for this county by 1Fragon. On the journey
hither, and after traveling forty miles, one of his holases diecl, when he
returned to Ohio ; but in the next spring made the journey ancl here
purchased eightv acres of congressional land, built a log cabin, and
entered on p~onker life. Here he resided until his death: October 11,
1876. He saw his original farin increased to 160 acres, ancl two surof
his five children; settled in life-Mrs. Kate Cross, of Toulon,
and Mrs. Margaret Shorn, of West Jersey. In politics lie was democratic.
Jacob Young, brother of Mrs. ICnoff, settled in West Jersey
in 1846. For thirty years he was a pioneer here, sncl then became a
pioneer of Iowa, where he now resides. Mrs. TCnoff was born in New
. Jersey in.1809. Her parents, John ancl Susan (Dally) Young, died in
that state about 1824. She has been connected with the Presbyterian
Church of West Jersey since her settlernent here, and has always been
looked upon as a most exem~lary member of the community.
bf~iZZiam ikh6han y, cleceaskd, settlecl 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 married Miss Lyclia McMullen.
The farm which he purchasecl on coming here mas improvacl by his
own hands, ancl on it he resiclecl until his death, in 1875. 1Iis wife
died in 1866, at a time when her husband's success in life mas assured
and her young family provided for. Their children were: Paulina A.
(deceased), James V. B., John W., residents here; Baxter M., died

OF WEST JER4EY TOWNSHIP.
while in the arn1jT; Marshall, resicling here, and Oliver, deceased. J.
V. R. Mahany married Miss Belle C. Gain, of this county. He is the
owner of 350 acres of fertile land in West Jersey township, all well
improved ancl thoroug1;llly cultivated. Like his fat her, he is democratic
in ~oliticalife, but liberal arlcl enterprising as a citizen. ( Ede ge~teral
history cm d sXvtch 01' To,uJolon tozo~a~JI.@~)
ITr: LY. i7lc CYlcc~cc7t cua, physician and suiageon, a native of Monmouth,
Ill., is the so11 of T. S. ant1 Nary J. (h1artin) hIcCl&nahan, natives of
Ol~io, but old settlers of Wa,rren county, Ill., of ~~rhich T. S. McCla,nallan
was surreyor for many years. The doctor completed his literary .
eclucation dnriag a two years' cowse at Monmonth College. He tauglit
school, principally ;~t Ber wick, for three years; rend med~cine under his
brother, Dr. J. M. McClanahea, of l

wee taken to Tonlon to rest. Of his three sons, two axe leading
laave~s of Stal.l; countr, and the ~onngest lies buried beside his
pa,&nts in the cen~etey 'at Totllon.
I: L. Akrn;nn. born in I'-arren countr, X. J.. J n i 7. ~ lS37, is ia.
son of Ab~aham and El wnor c'Lanning) ' S~\YIII~-~II
nitives of that,
state. ad still resitlents there. His glandparents were Abraham and
31nr~ (Hankinsonj Semnan. whose ancestors were British. Grandfather
Abraham entered the serrice of the Continental Congress when
fourteen realas old and serred thronghout the g ~a nd st niggle for freedonl.
9t one time his brother and a man named TIT\-koff rere captnred
br Indians who tomahn~ked one. n-hile ~'h-ko~ essaped.
This mi~rder Abraham Tell a~enge0. 11ot'h on r he ~ndians and their
teachers of England. After the war he settled in Xew Jel~er, beca'me
a preacher of the 31. E. church, and died there in 11is seventieth year.
Isaac L, Ken-man vas eriucated in the scl~ools of Warren count\-. In
1851 he left his home in a one-llorse bugg~-. and in fortl---two dhj-s arrived
at West Jeme~ Center with a capital of $300. and begpu life on
tlhe prairies. He purchased a tr-nct of forty acres on section 15, at $3
per acre. and this small tract has grown, so to slx:~k. into a magnificent
farm of 600 acres. On September 12. 1S55. he ~nawied Niss
Elkibeth, daughter of James It. and Anna (Tuttle) MTaibasse, whose
brother Joseph came fro111 Gernlan-. aucl in 1SSS settled here. Her
father was the first to break sod in Sasses count^^, X. J. To this
marriage there \rere born : Jerome, September 2) 1 is9 : Anna. Felt
roary 11. 1868 ; Melden A. and Selden A. it--ins), llalrh 24. IS66 all
of khom are living. ,Is relat]ed in the t1o~~-~-nshil~ history, he has been -
supervisor of West Jersey for fire years : is n member of the Blue
Lodge at Toulon, and politicallr n member of the Eel~ublican
-. pa-. In lSSl 1111. Sewman ma~aried Miss Pennelia. cfnughter of
John and Lydia (3laines) Perev. who came from Sew Je~ser to the
township about 1SN. Here hei father died in 1563. ngecl a61t fiftrsix
years: and here her mother still resides in her serentj--sixth .en'r.
They vi-ere bhe parents of ten children. name1)-: Rachel, Josepll,
Henrv, Jol-nn. C'atheri ne. Permelia. William. Artllur, Jane. Aaron,
~iizabeth ancl Clarrissa. -h.thur resides in Peoria cou2tr. Aaron in
Fulton count>-, Ill.. and Elizabeth in Kansas. The otller d~iltlren are
residents of Stark count r. ( fil7e GPIPTU~ H;*dot-y. j
Jo-wph P(r!~lreja Iras horn at Brattleboro. Tt., in 1YO2. In 1537 he
morecl to Aehlantl count\-. 0.. and ten -ears after came here, setltling
on the faun now in possession of his son. He 11-as married in Ashlancl
co~mt~. to Nary. a, dangl~ter of Elias Slocum. On col-nling here in 1837
he purchased 310 acres ancl made this to11-11ship his home until after the
\Tar. when he moved to Galesbul-g.. He was one of the old Board of
County Comluissione~s. and for years the postmaster at Walnut Creek.
Of his children: Willard resides here. James lire at Galesburg. Anna
is wife of James E. White. of C-arnett, Kan.: Arerella and Rose (the
latter known as 311-s. ~IcC'hesner'i are deceased. 3Ir. Pal~ner still survires
pioneer hardships. ancl is i3esitlent of Galesbu~g. 111.
TiTrla~c Pnlme~a was born in dshlancl count- in 18.37. and when
seven months old was brought into t.he wilds of Spoon river. He

eceived a ul-acticitl ecluc:litlion Ilo~*c, a11d llerle in 1861 marrictl Miss
Elsie, cl;u~~l;ter of Wilso~~ iGnrnu, ofi RIicl~i~n, who subscquentlv settled
in th~s coun tr. Mr. Palmer c;i.rricls on a lnr~e fnnn and cl&ot~s
, mucll attention to stock-grbo\~i llg. While nlqw&iut inG the value of
good Inen in oilicial positions, ant1 like his father, unpart~san in politicttl
affairs, he votes with the Deinoc18atic party on a11 state and national
I issues.
John 1'~t6t,z (tlecensed m;ts bollll near Carl is1 c, Pa.., April 17, 1708.
11 is marriage wi tlh Miss It 'ancv r~y~n&i~ took place there :ti)ou t 1819,
and thc follo\\ring year this l;icly tfiecl tllere. Subseqoen tly he nl;~rriecL
BIiss Sa,rall Wetzcll. uncl in IS37 movetl to n ~>oint near what is no\v
Ashllmtl City, 0. 1n 1837, ~vjt~ll their eight cl;iltlmn, ant1 in colnpimy
, with the Fi~.~nilies of Elias Wycoff, Eliits, Jr., h'ehemiall Wycoff ant1
Newton 31:l;lttl~c~vs, they came to Illinois. Each family had turO ox
. tenhls, n span of horses alnd ;L light wagon, with \yhictr they m;btlo the
: journey overlnud, Mr. Pmtz settlctl on the east half of sontl~east
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, Cy i~rter of section twenty-eightl, ant1 also cnte18etl :I, second eigllty on
', . , t le'si~mc soction, i~l~ilt~ a log cabin, the c1liiil;s of which were filletl with
clay annd choppetl pnuirie grtl;,ss. For n clunrtter of a century he lived
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here, movetl to Ilochcstcr, ~vherc he clict l L)ccem ber 2.7, 1862, ancl Mrs.
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i: .. Pr;~,tx Scptmnber 19, 1 Sti5. They were oltl 11lc11ll)crs of the Congrega-
':, tional cl~urch, hut 1:tter connected themselves with the Christian cllurch,
i of wl~icl~ they were members at the period of death.
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Jonathan. I'~rct2, their only surviving son residing here, was born in
, Pennsylvania, Fc'el~rn;~ry 14, 1820, came with his parents here when
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seventeen years old, was married here E'el)n~ary 8, 1844 to Miss Elize
': .' J., clnughter of James ant1 Maria (Trickle) 31urphy; began farm life for
& : himself, and in 1846 settled on his present farm. Of their eight chili
dren, five are livinm: Anna M., in Iowa ; Rosetta L., Sarah C., Jolln
is, E. ancl Hi~bln K. %he deceased wre: &[my F., Iloyal L. and Ora E.,
; 4 . who died in August, 1883. For thirty-five years they have been members
of the Christian church, but vrior to tl~ntime were Congregation-
!, alists. IIe owns 220 acres, apart-froin the broad acres which he gave
" to his children. He has been successf~~l in all his dealings, strlctly
; upri 41 t, and now lives in the midst of pea,ce and plenty.
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Jylvester Ii; 8civtders, born in Mowis county, N. J., December Id,
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p, 1512, is a son of Darius and Merp (Lochman) Sanders, natives of New
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Jersey, where both died. At about the age of seventeen years he
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, lealnled the carpenter trade, which Ile follo~ved until 1545, when, with
b:" his wife, Miss Eliza Ann Bryan, to whom he was married October 8,
1836, and three children, he made the journey to Illinois by wn.gon,
and located a farm of 160 acres in West .Jersey, on the not*thwest quar- '
ter of section t wenty-eight, where he resided' for a number of years.
On this journey he was accompanied by Thomas For, his brother-in-
-, law, and family. Here his wife died August 17, 1869, in her fifty- ,
. fourth year. Of the three children mllo came with them, and dx
.. born here, Rev. Jacob H. is a, Methodist minister, Peter K. is dead,
- ' Mar J. is wife of- Rev. A. Atherton, Susan E. is deceased, Sophronia
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. . is Ids, Wm. Sterler, Susan A. deceased, Fred E., Darius E. and Lucy
M., wife of Rev. R. A. Brown. In 1819 Mr. Sanders and wife moved
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into. West ~ersei village, .where their ,re;idbnce was then erected.
Mr. Sanders owns 160 acres, tooether with village property, all the
savings of years of labor. In r3igious matters he is a Methodist of
oi7er thirty years' standing. His secbncl marriuve was solemnized
April 13, 1871, with Miss Catherine Egbelat, wllo, Illre her l~usbni~tl, is
a devout church member. Prioim to 18.56 Mr. Sanders was a Democrat.
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but since that time has been filitllf ul to ilepublican doctrine and party.
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Darius 8unders, born in Mor1.i~ county, N. J., in 1816, diet1 3lnrcll
27, 1884. In 1888 he settled in West Jerse,y township.
Eldw Jolm Slt~yent: born in i\larylund, October, 1793, served t \\ro
. ' campaigns in the W~LI' of 1819, after inoving to Ohio with his parents ;
. came to Henry county in 1850, to Stark county in 1853, latter to Mis-
, I - souri, from which he was tlriven by the Jay-11nwlcers in IsGI. He re- ,
' . turned and settling at Millbrook, Peoria county, died there Julv 14, -
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I 1882.
BeUe (F~imme~*) $Slfer, born in West Jersey township in 1863 ;
t married Peter Shafer in 1854 ; died hiIarcli 15, 1885.
icfavy J;. Swank (Shannon), died at Grimes, lo\\-it, Febroary 1, 1885,
s '( ' aged t wen ty-eight years,
I 'ete~&/ieets, deceased, son of Michael and Elizabeth (Wy ~aell)
, . Sheets, was born in IIt~~llpsl~ire county, Va. His parents \vere of Pterman
origin and were marriecl in West Virginill in the spring of 1836 ;
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. , : removed to what is now Essex townsllip; purchased 280 i~cres on seer
. tion It3 for $1,000, including sm:kll llouse and thirty acres broken.
, Seven children accompanietl thein hither, namely : Mtllindn (tlecot~setl), .
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Irene, Mrs. Alexan tler Cllristy ; Georc)*e, Valon tlne (deceasecl), ilosi~nnai,
' . Ben ton county, lo wa ; W il liarn M., %loriclu (tlecciksed), A ntlrew J., of
a. Noclaw ay county, Mo., uT:~s born here. Jacob Wygell, iwot.her of
Mrs. Sheets, came with then], renlained two 01. three years and retumetl
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to Virginia. Peter Slleots i~nd wife .have p~ssed auTny fi80m tlloir
I pioneer labors herbe as stated in the history of Essex townsllip. Geo~ge
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1 Sheets \r:ts born in Switzel*lt~~rtl uourr ty, neiLr I'i~triot, in 1825, ant1 wils
twelve years oltl when he settlctl wit11 1):~rents in Essex to\\rllsllip. IIc
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was iniirrietl, Uece~llber 24, 1844, by Justice Etl wn18tl T~.icl;le, to Cl~iwlottc,
daughter, of 1)avitl Silrllncri~~an, wlrosu llistory is given in this
worlc. 111 1848 he locatctl ill West Jcrsey to\vilsl~ip, anti O\\~IIS t~dt~y
an eighty-ilcr.e ftrrn~ well jnq)~ovetl. Their clliltlrea arc Elim A., 3li.s.
J. 11. Emery, Silri~ll E., Mrs. (i. 1:. Varsitle, Einli~a J., Mrs. E. I

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son A., Algc~non, now in Iolva. ; Wn,sl~ington T. nncl Oliver J. in Iowa; . , A
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welSe bmn, the tn70 1a.st natives of Sti~l*l:bvis) Stonicr, wils horn
in I J C I ~ i , S 11111, I 1 x 11 I M y 2, I 1 Iris icnaostors
worc of oltl 'ICnglish tlcs~cnt~. Iris fa,tl~or (lint1 Al)I*il 10, ln4!1, in
his aikl~ty-t11ird yc:l,r, sncl ~nothur in 1851, heing aa;lw)ut tllc sn~no age its
her l~usl~antl. At tho ;tgc of fourteen Ilol~crt w:is a qwen ticcd to til c:m
pcnter, rccaiving for his Jn.t)tsr one nl~illi~lg .z weck, t \]is boing inclc;lsed
;~s 110 ~rogrcssccl. I1 is fntllor piitl $30 to sccuro him this position
with I 'r onry i lninos, of Chol tonl~nm,

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Landkg kt N& ~ork he worked there .at his trde abdut a year, wheh -*.I
he went to Buffqlo and remainbd a short time. While there he sent
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I , to Eng1a;hd for Miss Elizabeth Bisco, met her at New York, where thev
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.. . were married in Trinity.church,'June 5, 1851.- ' Retursing to ~uffal6,
they remained a few months, and the same fatll removed to Peoria, Ill.
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Elizabeth Bisco js a cli~uahter of John and Elizabeth (Arnold) Bisco, -'
born in Gloucest~rshire, Eng., June 4, 1820. Her fi~th~r was proprie- -.
' . tor of- n, large linen manufactory, until l~is death in 1857 at the ilge of .
, eighty;three, being precedeil by his wife tlrree years, vrho died in her .- .
eighty-first year. After the arrival of the Stoniers in Peoria, Mr.
: :Stonier followed his trirtle about sixteen years. Tiley then purchased
- 4 .I a fillin in West Jersey township, where they still reside. At the time a '
, of their settlement here Stud; coi~nty was witl~ont ;L ~'i~il~~itd, ilntl the
; ' peo 3le hauled their produce to i'eorit~. Seven chiltllaen have been i~oian .
- . to t \]em, only t \\TO of whorrl are living : ,lohn J. (duceitseil), itobctrat A.
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* ' (de~eit~setl), Artllur F. .(tleceascd), Ollarles E. (deceased), 1I;tiary 1'.,
fi~rruer of West Jerse,y townslril); All)clat It., ;it iloil~o, nrltl I~Y~L 1':. ' b ,
. (tlccc:~sctl). &I la. ant1 Mrs. Stou ion wtl8u folnt~lc~aly inuilrbclas of tlro 1'1~~'s-
' , I).y torinn cl~urclr. 'l'lluil* two sorrs iu1u ~llc~nl)ei*s ol' tilt1 111. E. olluiaoh.
3) la. Storliola \\'~Ls IL 1nor111~c1~ tl~o 1. 0. 0. I , i IIIL(I ti~lcon tl~o lilt11
cl(!glaoo. In l~olitias ilu wi~s I'o~a~no~~ly IG i:)elno~lailt, l~tt is uow 11 supporbtur
ol' ttllo ltul,d.dio;,,~l ~ ~ i W ~ llilu ~ ~ li\ril~g ~ t ill ~ I'tbotaic~ ~ . hll*. Stloll io18
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. SI~LVUI~Y. 110 IIOW o\trns 240 ;Lalacs of choiou lt~l~clu, 11. littlo ovul* two il~ilcs
* from tluo villr~~y of West J orsoy.
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CNccvk8 1K f my, son of Tl~o~nas ui~l IIarriet Ann (E-Iopper) Terry,
. 'was born st Wood Cluurch, Et~st Kent, England, April 25, 1849. In
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1853 he citllie wit11 his parents to Americi~, the oceiin journey litsting .
thirteen weeks. IIiv pitrents fi~st settled in New Yoi*k for two yeikis,
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then removed to I.>edriit ooanty, Ill., settlecl near Elmwoocl ; four yci~~s
later ~novecl to Knox coiln ty and pnrch:~secl l:~nd, il id for severi~l
, years followotl fiir~ning. 111 1888 they inovetl to Yrites City ~vliere
-they still reside. Wllen MI*. Terry first i*e;lclletl Illinois he'llatl but
, . fifty cents in his pocliet, but bv inclustr~y and econoi~l~ lle 11us alllibssetl
a a, fortut~e and can now enjoy life to its fullest exteld. 3Ci~. Teiary cultivated
corn where the city of Elrn\\roocl now stands. IIe ;rlso 11'el~)cti
to build tllc! first railroad in Ilii~rois, and hits seen rn~~clr of pioneer life
, in tluis state. Uotll he and wife nIae members of the Metllodist Episcopal
church, and are at present strong ant1 active. Mr. Te~alay is now
sixty-five and Mrs. Tera~*y seven ty-three years of age. Chtz~ales IV.
Terry is the oldest of their fi~~rlily of two cllilclren. *His enial y life was
s ent at hard 1iJ)or. At twclie years of. ag,e ire began scl~ool for
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t e first time. Tlie sclloolhouse 1)eing built ok logs, ;mi the benclles
of plunlts. On Supteml3er 23, 1873, he nla.rried 31iss Mary ISlizitbet h,
.. daughter of Eccless 13. ;~trcl Je~~uslr;~ (Snlitllj West, born 'in Ti/m~vell
cour~ty, Ill., Septelllber 29, 1850. IIeia fatlre~ wits it nitti\:c of Ohio,
sntl ilcr ~rlotl~ern's lfiol~lc coll~e to Cl I ic:~go f 1*0111
. N~LSSIC~IUSU~-~S, jo~i1~1rcyllrg
0~(1*1~tld \lritll OXCII, the trij) Ii\~ti~lg tl~l't'~ nlotrtlls. 110 pl~~*clli\setI
forty acws wlrcrit Oliicugo 110 w st,:~~rds, but ierlrovetl to Ti~xe\rell county
when Jeru~lli~ wiu but u cllild, lluving been born in Chiciigo. ILer
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father cmlie to Putnnin county, ~ ~~l~ere he first inet Miss Smith. ITe
nftel~~\-a~*tls came to T:~zemell county where tl~c,y were inar~~ied. When
3fal.y was hut seven. years old they came to Starl~ county, and settled
in Esscs townsllili,p.nd later c:me to West ,Jersey township ~vliere
they ~~cinninetl until l S86, when they removed to Missouri. Mr. and
~ r s West . are membcl~s of the ~lliaistinn cl~umli. hi^^. West is now
sixty-eight n.nd Mrs. West sistv vems of age. Of t1lleir ten nlliltlren
five tlict 1 ill infancy. Ik1ar-y. 11o;v hr1.s. 'J'erry, is the eldest child. IIer
early life was spent at home assistling l~ei* p;vents. IIer advantages
also \\.ere only those or the pioneer periocl. Since -their marriage in
- 1873 Mr. and Mrs. Terry i~a,ue resitletl on their farm in \Irest Jersey
tow nsll ip, w llich MI*. ~ eir 11;d pl*criousl\ pnrcll;tsetl. Three chilclrck
have 1)lessctl their union. ' 3fs1.y I,., 11arGet J. and William 0. I'olitiallly
&II~. l'e~mry is n iiepul)l ican, ant1 is ol)ljoscd to secret orpniz;~tions.
Mr. nntl 311~s. ' Terry are descent1;lnts of i llinois' earliest pioneers, as
this slcctcl~ ~vill show. They llnve n pIe:ts:\~it home' four miles from
Tonlon, ~~11el.e they own 145 acres (if woll-imp~aovcd limtls.
IlTazhi9tgrlton YiicAal;.lc.- Mrs. W i ley's fat her is the son of Christopher
and Mary Trickle. Ire was born near I!nltlimore, Mtl., i7ebrn;~ry 1,
1805. &hy 11, 1828, he mnrriecl Miss Elearlor Smith, who was born in
Dela~vnre in 1507. In 1835 he c;tnle to Izr~lton county, Ill., and one
war later to Stadi county, ant1 llejian farming. On July 15, 1883,
brs. T~*iclile died at their l~orne inaBm~rood, Ill. Since her death Mr.
Trickle has ~natle his home with his son-in-law, Mr. Wiley. He is now
eighty-two gears of age, strong and active. In 1811 MI*. Trickle re-
~novecl to Ohio from Maryland, wl~ere on account bf the Indians he
was qllartered in the fort. Almost n quazter of a century later he
came to Illinois.
Anmn D. Vim Sickle, son of Aaron and Nomey (Decker) Van
Sickle, was born in Warren county, N. J., March 24, 1831. His
parents, New Jerseyinns, came to West Jersey township, wl~ere his
father diet1 June 1, 1874, Iris ~nbther is still livina, and is seventye~glit
years of age. Aaron D. is thesecondchildof t eirfamil rof ten
children. In 1860 he married DIiis Mary ICelly, a native of Leland.
After their ma.rriage, Mr. Van Sicltle was employed as a farm hand,
he working for $90 per year, tvliich occupation he followed six years.
. In 1856 lie came to Stark county, and in 3863 he urchasecl a farm
and began its iml~rovement. Ia 1815 Mrs. Van Sick Y e died, her health
having been failing for some time. She 1eft.five kl~iltlren, one of whom
died in infancy.; IIarriet, no\$ MISS. Barr, of ,.Rutla, Ill. ; George, a'
farmer of West. Jersey; Jose ~hine, Mrs. Lain of hIissouri, and
Willie, at hoine. In 1877 Mr. $an Siclile milrrie %' Miss Martha Ann
Wiley, a clan41ter of Jacob ant1 Julia Ann Wiley, born in Starlc countv,.1il.,
~a.rcg 26, 1860. lIer fictl~er, a native of New .Jersey. bein
hrn in Morris connty, April 27, 1802, removed to Illinois in 1853, an §
settled in Stark county. Here, in 1854 Mrs. Wiley died. In 1855
Mr. Wiley married Mrs. Julia Ann White. She ww *born in Ohio,
27, 1872. A in Mi=. Wiley was left a widower, Mrs. Wile 's
death occurring Each, 16, 1872. She left five children, Mrs. dn
Sickle being the .third- child. Since his wife's dath, Mr. Wiley has for
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the most of the, time made his home with, his children, recently at Mr.
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' , . b,Van Sickle's. He is now in his eightyfifth year, and for so old rr, win is -
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.,.- : strong and aotive. Since Mr. Van Sickle's marriage with Miss Wiley ,
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in 1877, he has iresided on his farm, about-two' and a half miles from
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, ,' .-, the illa age of West Jersey. This marriage was blessed by two cllil-
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. . dren, Bertha A. and Charles E. He has always been a Republican,
.. -. and has held several township offices. Ile has increased his original'
I . , farm of I00 acres to 500 acres of choice lands in West Jersev.
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John JViley, son of Jacob md Anna (Sanders) Wiley, was b&*n in New '
Jersey in 1854. His parents, both born in New Jersey, callie to Illinois in
-. . 1852. They settled in MTest Jersey township where, in '54, llis mother
died. His father is still living, being now eighty-five gears of age.
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. Jol~n Wiley is the third child of a family of seven #chi1 ren. In '52,
' . when he was eighteen years of age, he came with his arents to +
Stark
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by the month. In '65 he married Miss Eunice, daughter of Waslring-
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ton and Eleanor Trickle, born in 1838. After their marriage Mr. '
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Wiley began far~ning in West Jersey township, where lle TIOW resides, .
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, , ' ing : Astllur J;, Ella. I,;LuI#~ A. George W. is nulliberccl with tile
dead. In '65 Mrs. Wiley died in mu~l~bcrsllip with tllc (!l~~.istian
' , ; Cl~u~*ch. III '66 &[I*. Wilcy 111i~141ai~tl Miss S:LI*~L~ (j., (ti~ttg11 tcla of AIL~OII
1~11cl i)ol.cas A tun, h)lalit1 lcultori cou~lty, I II., ill 1837. 111 'SO tl~is liitly
' , (lit!tl, luiivi~rr fivu cllilel~acrli : A1111i1 A:, 1 I#II I,., 111011111s
It:., I':III IIIIL 'I1. 11~1;l
I I l l i i l l I i l a I lo IIII..~ inc:l*t~n1scv l his oraig:i~tr~.l
11'. 11'. "ll't~l,r/i~rl, I,(, \\*ltc,ltr' nulny ~acd'cr~acrllc'cw ILI.~ nlculp in t.llo ~ ~ , t.it!~~.l l i
c111tl ~)io~lc~lv, ~!IIIL~B~~OI~H, \~11.r( o y a I I o i t i o t '
, , ~i llor (:~IIIII.~ 1\11 \YLIII (11. S~~II~~~IC.
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tl~~ittt*, I ~XN Ma 11;. hlulll t.0~11, t~ J'laittlltl, id1 ol' \\'(MI ,lt~lasog, wt)lQt9
n~l*ic:li~~l \\ri~Il tlis(brtau, wll ic:lr untlucl in tlur~tl~. \Va \Y. Wul~stt~ib wacl oi~o
of tho li ~UIII ~J(!I'I&IIL'O WOI'ICUL'S ill Stdi UOUII~Y, 1111tI ~~l't~i~illly 0110 of
the 111ost curllust abolitionists in the St:~tu. ( I "itle gatertcal itdstol. .)
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JluI~ult~ I'~)uPL~, tliutl June 1, 1883, ugecl fif ty-four ye;~rs. 8 t c 1~21s
born in Mi~~.yland in 182'3 ; lnovetl wit11 &rents to 01do in '31, i~nd to
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=. ' Illinois in '44. ln '4(i sl~t n~ilrrietl Mr. 1 oung.
C. 1IT. Ywgu , retired ~liercltant, was born in Wnsllington county,
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Md., in 1825, o 1 wllicll sttltu his puibcnts, W illialu and Malr;~ln (ltoby)
- Young, wciae illso natives, wlrcre tlra latter cliecl about 1833. In 1538,
., beforeStrkwaso~*g~~~izod,Mr.Young,:,vitll llisfivecl~ilil~~en,locuted
in I'eoriu county, Ill., anti tliecl there in 1844 irl his fit t y-first year. Of
. his citiltlren who uccoln ~i~nied him to Illinois, H. S. 'is in- Minnesota,
Dorcus is deceased, C. d . resides here, Nary in Missonri, iknd Ainandil,
of I'rinccville, lllli~~ois. W illialn, Nelson and C11i~~lottc remi~i ncd in
Murylil~~d for sonlt time, but ul tilni~tely ciLlne lre18e. W illii~ll~ now
rcsiclns in lowu, wllilc Nelson ancl Cllulalotto are i~111011g the de;~d. 0.
W. You~lg wus in Iris tltirtcelltli yciir \\rlre~lle ciuue to Illinois. IIe
II~SSC~L tll~aougll all t l J)~OIIOCP ~ vicissl tdes of tl~ose times. I11 1 S51 or
,
1852 ito engaged in business at liick~~~oo town, Ill., and in 1853 opened

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.z geiieral stlore at, West Jersey, \vl~crc 11;s family settled in 1554. For
t;j7ent,v ye;irs he ci~rrietl on large trade here and w:m succcssfl~l in o~~ery
enterlwise he touclletl. Tn I S.55 lle \iT:ls il.ppointed postmnstel;~rl~icl~ office
he l~eltl until 1872. For twelve years he was justice of the peace ant1
scl~ool tre;tsurer here, also served as :tssessor, ant! a, member of the
Republican Oentrni Conl~nit tee of St~li county. IIc owns two hrlntlred
ncj8es on section 16, all well iml)rovetl i111tl high1 y cul tivi~tecl. Since
1572 11e 11:ts alxkncloned ~rlni~y business cillrs, now devoting llimself to
the care of his lnndeil property. Mrs. lFoangr, an old membei. of the
31. E. cl~urclr, (lied here in 1883, aged fifty-tour years. In IS55 he
1n;lrlaietl Mrs. Martha A. (I-Iei~ton) Swank, who is zlso a nlernl~er of the
M. E. cllnrcl~. Mr. Young's life hd.s been eminently active snci successf
ul.
&. T70uny, born in Warren county, N. ,J., in 1820, is a son of'
Silns and Sarah young, natives otb that state. IIis parents died there.
In 1852 Mr. J. &. 170nng visited T

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. land&, who resided in Stn.rk nAlrnt rr 11
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' tor of St. ~uke's chu~lch': but' earlv in
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J u bilce, preached in Fultono andu Iroquois counties until 1868. Early
in 1869 he returned to - - V:I.IIPI~ . .V*."
tfilrm~lr;; and resjtlecl on his farm:
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*until his death, 'Apdl 23, 1872. $1~ xxrd
.,, as rnnrriecl to Miss Anna
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CONCLUSION.
The expentlitnres of the county froin IS39 to the close of the fiscal
year 1885, are given as follows :
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1839-40. ...... $ 566 59 / 1S059.......... 5,841 11
1841.. ......... 1,298 02 ; 18G0.. ......... 3,010 52
1842.. ......... 1,020 S5 1861.. ......... 8,128 9s
1843.. ......... 1 3 I 1862.. ......... 9,691 78
1844.. ......... 1,200 41 1 1863.. ......... 11,914 86
1845.. ......... 760 00 1 1864.. ......... 15,037 5S
1846.. ......... 685 00 1 1865.. ........ 17,149 70
1847.. ........ 934 76 1866.. ......... 14,6SO Gt5
1848.. ......... 1,438 OS / 1867.. ......... 35,665 $0
1849.. ......... ,106 85 1868.. ......... 10,131 19
1850.. ......... 1,701 01 1869. .......... 9,416 90
1851, ....... 1 4 3 1370.. ......... 8,867 77
1852 ........... 4,921 32 1871 .......... 19,26091
1853.. ........ 3 17 1872.. ......... 9,474 72
1854. .......... 4,603 64 1573. .......... 7,117 73
1855.. ........ 4,418 b; lS74. .......... 4,585 20
1856. .......... 13,OtiS 60 1875. .......... 18,SOg 6.5
1867 ........... 13,01666 1876 ........... 10,98224
1858 .......... 8,56267 1877 ........... 12,58528
187s. .......... 1'7,334 03
IS79.. ........ 12.135 41
1880.. ......... 10,035 57
1881.. ......... 9,309 97
1882.. ......... 9,821 62
1883. .......... 10,952 05
1884.. ......... 11.723 58
1885.. ......... 17,841 72
The co~~~nlittee on equalization
of lands of the state
lard of e q ~ ~ l i ~ ~ ~ t i o n ,
~lacesi~e\~~llleofl~nclsin
St:uk county at $14.54 per
acre- This is really : of
the tloc value or only 20 per .
cent of tile present average
m"arlqetvalue-
STATISTICS OF TIIE CENSKS ILE'PURNS FROM IS40 TO 1880, AlZE GIVEN AS
FOLIAOWS :
Oseeolu.. ...............
Elmirti. ..........................
Penn... ............ ..........
Tollion. ............
Goshen.. .......... .......
Valley.
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IVest .Jersey.. ..... ..... ....
Stark County..
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In 1860 there were 8,037 native and !)6i foreign i1or11 citizens.
In 1SiO the nationality of our foreign population was as follows :
British, 308 ; Canadian, 107 ; Trisll, 3 ); c o t . 147 ; German, 138 ;
Scandinavian, 178 ; French, 9. In 1SSo there were IO.O()'i native ant1
1,200 foreign born residents. These numbers are made up as fvllo\t-s:
1 Bohemian, 145 Dutch, 359 Irish, 267 English and Welsh, 142 Scotch,
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108 Canaclinns, 7 French, 151 S~vedes and Norwegians, and 4 Swiss.
The native population comprises Ci, 11, Illinois ; 16'7, Indiana ; 531,
New Yorli; 868, Ohio: 628, Pennsyl\.ania ; 40, Xentucliy ; 63, Missouri
; 23, Tennessee ; 116, Virginia ; and 29, Wisconsin. In ISSO the
population of the county seat ant1 to\rnship was only 377.
The population of the to\\-us in IS To \r;ts ;\s Follo~\~s : Toulon, 004 ;
Wvoming, 640 ; L;rR~\.ette, 284; IImtifor(l, OSO. In 1855, To111011 had
355, a.nd 1,;rfayette $50. In ISSO the pol)nl;ltion of Wvoming mas
1086 ; of Toolon, !)(ii ; of I:r;~,d forcl, 506 ; of TA;ifilyette, 26; ; of Castleton,
149 ; of Loml)nrtl\rille, I( )4; of West J ersey, 94 ; of Elnlirw , 84, of
Moclena, 76, ancl of Osceola, 69. Tlre l)ol)ul~rtion of 1880 as macle
up of 5,854 ~nales ancl 5353 females ; 17.51 males ancl 1645 females
being between the ages of 5 nntl 15 years inclusive. :
ET,i\.IIRA.
A son of Itev. Mr. McDe~lnott, of the ICuos Presbyterian chtwch,
E11nir:i. was acciclent;rll v sliot by anotl~er bov, Walter. Stevenson, in
April, 1SS5. There w\.as no coroner's jwy, :IS Dr. I:oarclman, the
examining physician, clitl not (leein tlre c;ko as one requiring official
examination. ' The matter \ras subsec-uently broughtl before the grand
jury, that body tliscllarged the case, c~aetiitin~ the death of young
McDitirinicl to bovisl~ ~*eclilessness rather tllikn to intent. In 21, statement
made before :Judge Wrigllt August 12,1885, by Mrs. Mary MoDairmicl,
the Pollo\ving esplnn:~t~on of this sac1 affair is given : ' When
John &ilcWilliams first sajr Nelson (BTcL)airniid) and Walter Stevenson)
they were sl~ooting in the po~icl, then they lay down on the grass,
Walter having Nelson's gull; he gnve it to ~olin '~c~jlliams, s~~ying,
&' Tliere are three balls in ~t." Jolin sa\jT the balls hilnsell. IIe shot; once
at the fence, w\\.llen Walter tool< the gun and pointetl it at Nelson, when
Nelson said, Lb Don't you point tllat gun at me; I tlon't want any one
to point a g11n i~t me like tllat." Wi~ltela snapped, the cl~amb& was
empty. Walter continuetl pointing the gun a.t Nelson, when the latter
moved i)nclr, bent his 1ie;itl near1 r to tllle ground, heltl up his arm over
llis lleatl. Walter follo\red, pin ting, snappetl the secancl time, the
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0-un was t~iscliatgecl, the ball entering Nelson's head. John 8IcWilllams
went for \v:~ter, b*ol~yl~t some in ;L hat and bathed Nelson's head,
when Nelson saitl, bL 'l'llat is nice." Bringing ~~~ater tr second time, he
asked Walter if ha s!lo~~ltl go and tell t11;at Xelson jras sl~t. Walter
said, "Yes." .Jolrnnv s;ritl that on(' of the Arnlstrongs dated it IV~S
a
play the boys \relae i;~;~Jvjng out of a hook ; but as he saw no booli, he
did not believe it m;~; pl:t,y." As st;lJted in the history of the
township, tlie g,.ener:~l I 1elic.f was tl-~:l,t 116 aff aila 11~;~s nccitlentd.