Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

BIOGRAPEIP AND REMINISCENCES
their twelve chilclren five are living-Sarah A., Ada M., Mary E.,
Nora, Laura M., all residing at home. Mr. IIartv's ~vl~ole life here,
and the success attencling it, is such 21, commentari on his native coantry's
government as any silne Inan can nnclerstantl and appreciate. It
is the victor,y of honest labor uncliainetl by ;xnv species of tyrant.
James IIoZgcite, cleceased, n7as born :at PI ;ilatlcll~hi;~, Pa., J-ulv 2 ti,
1804, where his parents, Jaco1.1 ancl Elizabeth (~11e;ts) l-lolgate; tlren
resided. EIis grandfather came fro111 England arid carried on n fnllillg
mill, which the son, Jacob, converted into a p:llper mill arid finall y into
a cotton factory. I-Iis mother, Elizabetli, yv-ns i~orn in ~enns~lh~ni:~,
of Gerinan pirents. In 1820 James Holeate inoved to Luze~ne count^^,
Pa., learnecl milling there, but. turned 111s atten tion to woolen inarmfacture,
and in 1829 esta.blis11ed a store at liingston. I11 A pril, 1327,
he married DiIiss Gyl rina Trux, of Trov. I,uze~.ne county, Pa. In lti33
he solcl his ~17oolen inill ancl store, can;e t'o this county, and purcllnsing
a claim of eighty acres, settled tllree miles ~lortlleast of Wyon~ing, in
Penn townsllip, 'and there resicled until 1875, when 11e lrrovecl in to t lle
town. %'For eight years lie wits co~inty judge ; for sixteen years, assessor
of Penn township ; serl~ed as justice of the peace, mern6er of the legislature,
ancl in other ofices of trust. EIe voted for Jilckson, in 182S,
and continued Democratic to his death. Of his twelve chilth*en, ten
are living. Jacob ancl Erastus are in Oregon ; Maria inarrietl Jolin
Snare, of Penn township ; Elizabeth lnarrietl William P. Buswell, of
Neponset ; Charles is in Wasl~ington territory ; M:LY~ Ann married
Calvin Hart, of Nebraska ; Harriet is tlie wife of E. Gharrett, of Jbl ontana
; James is a physician at Castleton ; William resides at Wyoming,
l~nd Reuben at Osceola. The ~notlle~ of this Saillily dieci in Kovember,
1872, and the father has only just crossetl the rivela wllicll olcl time
brid es.
jr. Jilnres R. fIolyaia, son of Jii~nes and Sylvina (Trux) ilolgilte,
was born September 94, 1841. IIjs early years were passet1 in attending
sol1001 or assisting- in the home-fann \\.o~.li ; but in IS66 lie a.bnndoned
the iclea of agrlcnltural 1 e, I the same yema bec:~mc a stuclerlt
of Rush Med~cal College, Clliciig~, f laonl wl~ic h i~ist~i t8n t ion he
graclurttetl in Februa.r:\. 1869 ; the saine year establisl~etl his olfice at
Castleton, ancl built up ,z reputw.tion that is no disgrace to his iinnily.
On April 26, 1876, 11e ma'rrietl Miss Ellnna @., tla~~gl~teia of Davitl :~ntl
Harriet (Biglolv) Stinlpson, both natives of Canatla, ant1 ,rr~~anddaugllter
of Joseph and Nancy Stinll~son, natives of England, oi Scotcii ancestry.
Harriet 13iglom is the daughter ol Abei ant1 A~r~elia Biglow;
tlie former of Massacl~usetts, the latter of New ITalnl~sl~ ire, wlr o set-
. tled in Canada. Mrs. IIolgate, however, was holm in Ragor, K. T., to
which state her parents lnovetl flaom CYnn;ltla . Dla. 1Iolg;ite nn tl wife
are the parents of five clliltlren, naniely : Winser It., Leslie &I.. Jane,
Reha and lIliss B. In politics he is Itepublican ; in social matters, a,
member of the Masonic society ant1 I. 0. C+. T.; and in religions inaftters,
while conser~r,ztirely cl~ristian, like his people, is not a rrlel~il)er of
any one denomination, but a supporter of all.
Edwin FIolnms, born April 9, 1S32. :~t IIyde, near M:tncliester, England,
is the son of Eli and Maria. (Er~ily) IIolnies, both natives of that