Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

OF VALLEY TOWNSHIP. 653
August 16, 1886, he married Miss Eltima Williams, of JTalley. Of
se~~en cllildren born to the first marriage, Mary M., Sarah A,, Patrick
E., Jolln, Ilosa and Peter V. reside here ; Katie died. Mr. Colgan .has
increased his acreage to 400, all excellent linld, ancl well improvecl.
Politically, he is inclepenclent, ant1 as a citizen, ranBs with the best in
Stark coun tp.
Tho~n cu 1h1 q~y Crone, son of Ben jamin and Nary (JIcDonald)
Crone. was born in Fayette county, Ohio, January 20, 1829. His
grandfatller, Henry Crone, went to Canada to learn the caq3enter
tratle, from Pennsylvania, of ml~icli state he mas it native like his wife,
and tluring the y&r the fanlily spent there, Benjaniin vTi&s bola. In
1812 Ileury returned to the Unitetl States ant1 was 2% soldier in the
Union service, even as his lather was a soldier of the Revolution
12enjamin Crone married Knncy McDonkrld in lh28. Her parents were
natives of New Jersey. Tlley were tlle parents of seven children:
Tllonlas E-I., Albert W., Jolln, Henrietta, James F. (cleceasecl), Wm. A.
apt1 Do~~glas IT. Thoinas 11. learned the carpenter's trade at an early
day, and at the age of twenty years married Miss Eliza J., daughter
of Ananias ;~ncl Elizabeth Allen, a native of Madison county, Ohio.
Six years later this lady cliecl, leaving two chilclren : Willia~ll, now of
Nocli~way county, hIo., and Alnlnin E., now of Crawford county, Io\va.
After tlye cleat11 of llis wife lie came to Starli county, Ill.,'worl~ed at
11 is trade until 1854, lien he settled on his present fann, and in 1856
revisited Ohio, wllere he malaried Miss Catherine, daughter of Dr. ancl
An11 (WcClean) Eobinson. They are the parents of seven children:
John B., married, BIay, ~narriecl, both of Criwforil county, low a ;
James F., of Vitlley township, married ; IIen ry L., of Essex to\vllshil.,
inarrietl; Rosella, n~arriecl, resitling here ; Thomas 6. and Nancy A.
wit11 parents. Like both his gr;lntlfathers, Tl~omas 11. also n7as in the
Union service, having enlisted in the Seventh Illinois Volunteer
M. Infantry in Febroarv, 1865, ancl served until the close of the
war. For thirty years he has filled the office of school director, is a
melnber of the Central Agricultun~l Society, a supporter 01 the Methodist
cllurcll, a.nd in political life, a Eepublicnn.
IJTiUiaw~ BLLW~O~~, born in I~OSS county, Ohio, in 1809, moved wit11
his parents to IIar\~ltins eorullty, Ohio, where he passed his youth and
receivecl his education. About 1831 he inarrietl Miss Amelia Dorman,
~vi tll ~vho~n lie w;ts a l~layniate froin cl~ilc1l~oocl. For nine years after
this marriage they matte their hoine in Hocking county, engaged on
their fitrm, and there four cl~ildren were born to th'em. In 1839-40
the family moved to IIenry county, Ill., and t\vo years later settled in
Stark county, where Mr. Dawson 11ad purchased lands. Here nine
cllildren were born to thein, fire of wlloinare living, and two, John L.
a~ltl Minerra. resitlents of this county. The father of this large family,
a pioneer of Henry, a pioneer 01 Valley nncl an olcl settler of Stark
county, mas c:llletl away by cleat11 September lo, 1SS.5. Forty clays
prior to this event lle fell, receiving such injuries as would cause the
death of a ~nucl~ younger inan. Mrs. Williain Dnwson nras born in
Ross county, Ollio, January 1, 1805, but in her routh accompanied her
parents to Hocking county, Ohio, where she bas also educated and
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