Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

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