Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

David ; again estnblishecl n house at Milo ; two years later established
their 11o~lse at Wyoming arlcl built a store tlleie, and in IS78 opened a
llouse at Bradfol*d. Mr. Eoclthold \vns ~narrietl to Miss Jennie Hey-
~vood, of Wyonling, as related ill the slretcll of the lat,e Tllo~nss Hey-
~vootl. Tlrei I* cli iltlren are Norlnn B., Bonnie, and T'eri~. Mrs. Rock-
11oltl is a ~llelnl)er of the 13nlntist church. Mr. R. is a, men beia of Dickelason
Post ant1 of the ~nde~;entie~~ t Orcler of Otl d Fello\rs7 lodge, and,
;IS sllo\m iu the histoiay of these associst,ions, and offici:~l s1;etch of the
village, lias not escapetl the onus of attencling to public aff;~irs. Elis
l~usiness at i:rntlfo~d is extensive, and always mcreasing.
B~TOA r5i1l,ii/L, son of Asller and Pllcebe (Stark) 61111 tll, nnrl grandson
u E Jon;~tll;tn, bolbli April1 S, 171i4, anti Ann;% Smith, bo~n Ja8num*y 7,
was born ill Stark countv, July 2s. 1851. His father was born
in Luxerne roanty, Penn., October $8, 180'7, and his mother. cla~~gllter
of Jolln Starlr, a, native of Connecticut, born also in Luzeldne count!jT.
July 20, 1811. They were inarrietl in 1S32. They came to this county
-in 1S:35. ant1 1\11..Smith walked to Galena to enter his first forty
&yes in Osceol;~. IIe was n tanner by trade, ant1 in connection with
his fam~ calaried on a. tannery here. Of his fire clliltlren, there are
living Oliver, of Sedg~viclr conn ty , linn. ; Eliza, \\rife of D< Miner, of
Decatur county, lian.. ant1 Byron. Up to 1860. Asher Smith was a
Democrat, but then voted lor Lincoln, ant1 so continued ilepnhlican
tlo~vn to his tlel~th, Mag 3, 1869.
For se~~e1-1 terms he \ras assessor,
an tl ser recl as collector ;~,nd scllool director for sereri~l terms. During
the war he was a inelnber of the Union League, and in all respects n
model citizen. I-lis wife, n true daughter of 3lolly Sti~l*k, diecl June 7,
1881, and, as related in the history of Franklin celnetery, in Osceola,
near Penn tou~nship, ~vas laid to Cest beside her llosbantl. She uTas a
descendant of Gen. Starlr, a teachel* in Luzerne cotunty, a ~nell~ber of
tile Methotl i st Episcopal cl~urcl~, and an escellen t oman an. Byron
Slnith received his early etlncatiou here, ancl alttendecl the scl~ools of
Ann Arbor, Mich., for seven nlontl~s. Like his father, he is a Republican,
and not a mernl)el* of :my religious society, tllough supporting the
Methotlist Episc.ol)i~l clr u rch. IIe purcllased his t':tther's homestead of
l7fi acres, of \vliich he sold t \renty-t wo acres, and adtlecl by purchase
eighty, malring :I, fine farm oE 237 acres on section 31. Mr. S~ziith is
st111 a young 1u;n11, one of escellent parts. and r:rnks rmiong the filast
citizens of tile to\vnsllip. ( Vi.i't7e 7, Isto~y qf I(. Ave~y.)
Liberty Stone, i)olall at Shrewsbu~y, &lass., Mi~y 15, IS13, son of
Daniel and Alin;t ((4il1so11) Stone, c;nne to Peolai;~, Mar 6, 1533, ant1 in
September of that yeala settled in Osceola to~rnsilii~. one half ~r~ile
soutlr of the no~atll li~ie. I~ut iriored to Uuda in 1SE. In 1S36, he
~na~riecl M13s. Ma,rtlra (Fisher) TVinslo\v, \\.]lo tlietl here Julv 15, 1853.
In Octol,er of that yema he innlarietl Miss Tl~anltful 11. ~esan, tlaugl~ter
of John ant1 F,liz;\.betll (1:rooks) T,es:cn, nittires of Maine, \rllo.in I S3O
morecl to Ollie; tl~eiice to JJo~~ci~o cor~nty, Ill., ill IS36 ; tlle~ice to
linos co~~ntj~ ; ant1 in 1838 to Osctolir townsllip. Ilcla ~notlle~ tlietl in
Illinois. her E;l.tllela in Jo\r:~. 311.. Sto.ne \\Tils:tn active ;~lrolltionist, ;mtl
iL contluctor on the 1Tndergroi1ntl ri~ilroatl. Of his many cllilclren,
Miss Louisa, born in 1843, married Col. IV. Jackson in 186'3.