Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

OF OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP. 601
lam H., Mary E., Eliza H., Ella A., Curtiss A., Charles Oscar, and an
adopted son of grandmother Leason. On September 26, 1863, he married
Miss Flora A. Mix, who passed away in February, 1879, leaving
two sons ancl one claughter-Hubert E., Bessie I., and *Wilbur L. 'Che
Sturin family, of which he has been and is a useful member, occ~lpy a
large place in the econoiny of the countv. A. J. in earlier years was
ofiiallv connected with Elunira Township, and later mi th Osceola, as
related *in the slcetclles of these divisions of the county. He joined the
Odtl Fellolvs in ISGO, ancl since has been a member of the lodge.
( Fide Etn,il.cc mzd Toulon IJkto~y.)
Seth Stz~cwt, bo~n in Vennont, is the c:on of John and Wealthy
(Wills) Stnart. John Stuart was born in Glasgo\v, Scotland, cou~ing
to Aunerica when he uras but seven years old; here learned, the caypenter's
trade, and mas engased in this tratlr: the greater part of his
life. Seth learned the tmde o t carpenter wit11 his father, but when he
had grown to inanhood he engaged in fanning. I-Ie m,zrriecl Bliss
Sallv Ilarvev. to whoin ten cl2ilclren \Irere born. six of ivho~n still lire.
n;Ln;ely : h'bbey, wife of John Jaclison ; ~~lithia, lnarrietl, living id
Neponset, in ijureau county ; Laura A., unmarriecl, liring with parents
in Osceoln ; David, inarriect, living in Brown county, Neb.; Solon, married,
living in Oskaloosa, Iowa ; Williain H., liring with pare~ts in 0sceola
Township.
A~cyrcstcts h'tilhlzalr Tlto)pson was born st Montville, Penobscot Co.,
Xe., 9p8il 8, 1839. I-Iis father, Benjamin M. Thompson, servetl with
the Maine militia cluring the frontier troubles. His mother mas Miss
Ann McLanghlin, of old Irish Revolutiona.ry stock in that State. The
fmnilv came from Freedom, Me., in 1856, to Stnrlr county. I3ri~dfor~l
F., referred to fully in the history of Tonlon ; August'us S., Charles R.,
n grain mercllant, and George H., on the home farin, wcolnpaniecl their
father. The second son, Augustus, was engaged in farming here until
1562, when he enlisted in Co~npanv B, One-hnnilred-and-Twelfth Infantrv.
FIe served in all the battles of this commnancl until its muster
out. ' ( VicJE Bib. ch.) After the war he resumed farnling, and continued
thereat until 1874, when he established his present business. In
1859 he married Miss Samll, rl;tughter of Alex. Fowler. of this to\v11-
ship. Their cllilclren are : lXa.ll)l~, a student of the Polytechnic school of
Terre I-Iante, Incl.; Corn and Albert, attending the Eratlford schools ;
Isadora, the first-born, died in 1862, and rests in the cemetery here. A
reference to the history of the Baptist church, township ant1 village
official history nncl sketches of the Masonic, Otlcl Fello\r ant1 (+. A. It.
associations, mill 11101'e clearly point out the relations of this family to
the conntv than nnytl~ing wllich might be wrj tten here.
rJO~cph, 3. I7c'r(7, born 'at Stainford, Conn., in 1846, is the son of
John 0. and Sarah M. (Gill) Weecl, the former :I native of Connecticut,
the latter a native of Chautauqua county, New Irorl;. Jol~n 0. mas the
son of Josepll ancl Mary Weed, both natives of Connecticut, the
former a tailor, whose ancestors came from France. John 0, was :a
blacltsmith. He was marriecl in 1842, removed to this state in 1853,
located' in Toulon anti engaged in blacltsmithing. In 1X8:3 he removed
to Neponset, and engaged in blacltsmithing and farming there