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