Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

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.