Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

OF OSOEOLA TOWNSHIP. 597
of her marriage Miss Little was a school teacher. In 1882 she attenclecl
Bennett's ~clzctic Medical College, Cllicago, gracluatecl in March, 1SS4,
and is now one of the leacling physicians of that school in Chicago.
Their chilclren are John L., a painter ancl mnsicii~n, of Chi~ago, and
Jnlnes C.. attencling scllool at B~atlforcl. Mr. >!orris -visitetl Kansas in
IS7 1, l~ol~~esteatled~lt~~ acres anti resided there until 1874, engaged in
-k~rming. Fro111 I875 to 1885 11o carlaled on his sllops at Bradford.
Itenting them that vear he movecl to Chici~go, but returning in the
spring of 1886. resuined ellarge of thenl, where l ~e is eng~gecl in blacksruitl~ilig
ant1 n~annfacturing. In politics he is clecicletlly Republican,
a member of tlle Blue Zoclg-e7 ancl of the Gmnd Army Republic Post
at Bratlfo~~cl, ;~ntl althougl~ not iL c111wch nlenlber, is a friencl of all
ell urcll es. ( S7.itZe histo jay of Ura~lJbwZ~ fog. qft;c%ub n 22 (7 socicd ~aeco~~cl.)
11. B. LILOI~P, who carried the ~liail i)et1ween Braclfortl nncl TisB ilma,,
and subsequently to Senachwine, lk10~ed to Gage county, Keb., in 1SS1.
It is alleged he mas found guilty of murtlering his wife in 1Stc5.
17toa9,roqit I'IL~JIL~z, banlcer of Bmdforcl, nTas born near Wilkesbarre,
Luzerne county, Pa., Ji~nual:y 80, 1S34. His parents-John T., born in
1792, and ~,~di,z (D;iniels) Phenix- were natives of Delaware county,
N. '. Tlle foriller was a captain of militia in his native county and
\ras tlle son of Peter, one of two brothers who einigratecl from Scotland.
Jo1111 T. Pllenix i~~loretl with his wife and family to this county
in 1035, his cllildren being Daniel B., :L farmer of Yenn township ;
Elizabeth, wife of Salnuel Stnnn, of Osceoln; Nn.ncv, mife of Solomon
Geer, of Boulder county, Col.; Mary C. ~narried" 11. 13. Dra~vyer; ,
Abrani Pllenix, of J3radford, and IIannon Phenix. The father of this
large family died in 1867, and was interred in Franlclin Cemetery, Osce-
01% township. Up to his death he held inenlbership with the Methodist
Episcopal cl~urcl~, with ~vhicli he was connected since his marriage.
The first home of the falllily here was in Toolon to~\rnshiy, on what is
now the " James &Iontooth Farrtl."
IImnon Phenix was little over one year old when llis parents
moved here, so that he mar be considered as one \\rho grew up with
the county. Bpa~at from 1;is acadeinical course, at Paw Paw, Ill., his
educittion was received here, and all those practical lessons inculcated,
ml~icll have borne to 11im such rich fruit. At the age of t~venty-four
gears lle entered nlercantile life; in 1862 establishetl his store, ancl in
1869 mored to l3raclfortl, where, with C. W. Phenix, he has built up a
large and increasing business. In lSSl tlle banking llouse of Hannon
Pllenis & Co. was foundecl here. In 1864 he maln.ied Miss Emeline
IAi bbv, horn near Stanstead I'lz~in, Sherbroolie, Quebec province, Canada.
" Of their children, Oscar is a student at Chicago; Lillian C.,
Nancy L., Daniel J. antl Elbert reside at home. Mrs. Pllenix is a
member of the 13al)t,ist cllurch, as sl~own in the history of that society.
In the pioneer ;incl political chapters of the general history, ancl in the
sL:etcl~es of To~~lon ant1 Osceoln townsllips, the intimate i*elat.ion of tlle
Pl~enis fanlily to Stark co~mt~y and her townships is fully related.
(;eos*yr 1V. IRrml w;is born in Indiana, in March, J 824. Ile is the
son of Cha~les and Cllloe (Roby) lteetl, both natives of this country
who were inamiecl in Virginia. Charles was the son of Patrick Xeed,
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