Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

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.