Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

684 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
in. It mas also ~vell ft~niishecl, ancl under the superintenclencv of Mr.
Morrison, well managed. There J\~;LS $5,000 ins~wance on the building
$2,500 in the Btna, and the same mnount in the Pl~mnix, of Hartford,
Connecticut. There mas no insurance on tlle contlents, ancl Mr. Morrison,
having his private apartments well furnished, suffered heavy loss.
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IIIOC~RAYITY AND RER[INISCl~:NCI~~S.
&~diisy~korn in Somerset county, N. J.., November 26, 1804,
is a \son of Daniel ant1 &l&rgaret(Van Dvke) Acldis, granclson of Simon,
whose father, Ricllarcl A tldis, cnlrle from Great Bri tam ancl settled
near the em Brunsmick line, where he ll~arrietl a Miss WyBoff.
Moving to Philaclelpl~ia, he purcliased 300 acres, where the Centennial
buildings stoocl in '76, :md 500 acres fifteen miles distant, wllere is
now the town of Aclclis~~ille. Daniel, Siin011 ;mil Ricllnrd. were ~vellknown
citizens of New Jersey and Pennsj~lvania. Daniel serreil in
the war of 1812, and cliecl at the age of fifty-five, the victim of prufessional
malpractice. Simon served seven gears in tlie Revoltltion against
the oppressor who woulcl stmngle a liberty-loving people. S. V. Addis'
brothers ancl sisters were Eleanor ancl Peter, tlece:~sed ; John and
Ephraiin. S. V. Adclis received :L common' si1:ilool educktion in his
native county, worlied on his father's farm some rears, and in '51
moved westward to this township. In 1830 he mari*iecl Miss Elizabeth
A., claughter of John R. ancl Mary (Beavas) Little, natives of IIunterdon
county, N. J. Her father mas Billed in Canacla during the of
1832. IIis father, Jm~ies Little, was a native of Irelnncl-one of the
many polished revolutionists -rvl~icll that unfortunate little island sent
to America to aid in founding liberty here. To this marriage nine
children were born : Mary E., in Nebnrslra ; John L., in Iowa ; Daniel
ancl James, in this county ; Slzrail hI., in Io\va, and Irv~ne, in Rnox
county. Caroline, Catherine and Gideon are nuinberetl with the
dead. Mr. ancl Mrs. ncldis are nze~nbers of tile M E. churcl~ since
their marriage. Mrs. Acldis was born in Ilonterdon county, hi. J.,
February 7, 1810. Her husband cast his first rote for A ndrerv Jitclcson;
but in 1860 votecl for Lincoln, and has since been a firm Itepublican.
Daniel 0. AcIdi.~, son of 8. V. and Elizabeth Ann Addis, was
born in New Jersey, in 1839. In his twelfth year he came with
parents to Starlr county ancl remainecl with thein u"nti1 his twenty-third
year. In his twenty-fourth year he married Miss Nancy M., cl;~~~ghter
of Sallus ancl Elizabeth CasBey, who was born in 0dio in 1843. In
1860 her parents came to St1:~rk county, here a few years
when they sold their property and removed to Missouri, where they
still reside. Her grandfatl~er, a, native of Ohio, enlisted to serve in
the war of 1812. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Atltlis began
farming in West Jersey township. Two years later they p~~ichasetl a
farm on section 10, where the-y still reside. Their union l~ns been
blessed by seven cl~ilclren, five 6f whom st ill iive : F&ilin V., Williain
A., Laura E. (deceased), C+race E. (tlecea.secl), Floren-cZ- 0.. Eva U.
and Pearl H. Mr. and Mrs. Atldis are both ~aespecterl members of the
M. E. church, and are jnterestecl in all worlrs of benevolence. They