Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

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
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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