Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

OF WEST JERSEY TOWNSHIP.
1831, and has almost as distinct a recollection of pioneer days in F~~lton
and Stark as if he 11a.d been of age when he shared in them. In 1857
1le married Miss Elizabeth, daugllter of Francis Anthony, and the
following rear set1tled where he now resides, on his fine farill of 206+
acres. ~i shown in the official and school history of the to\vnship, he
llas servetl as trustee anti superviso~. In l~olitics he is, like his father
was, always De~noci*atic in national concerns, but independent in loca!
affairs. I1 is wife and chiltlren, Franli M. and Eclna V., are associated
with tlle Presbyte~ian cilurcli. Mr. I-Ia.zen is one of tlrose i~ioneer Inen
whose wort1 is his bond and \\.hose o~)inions are consideretl:
8tdywic7;: 12. Ifililzen, soil of ~acob'~. E-Iazen, wl~ose llistory is given
in this clltn~t~er. was born in n'ew Jeiasev in 1533. He was one of
twins, the Gster tlg ing in infancy. I-Ie iccompanied his pt~ren ts to
Illinois in 1839 ant1 llere his voutlr was 11;tssecl in the manney comnon
to boys of the pioneer i~sving to'\\~i~llc two 111i1es to attencl tlle
winter school of l~is tlistrict. In October, 1856, he married Miss Mary
Isabelle, tl;tuglr ter o' \\Tillitu~l and Am;~nda Barr, \vho in 1851 came
fro111 Ohio to this county. After his nlawiag-e he settletl on the I-Iazen
far111 ~vlrere he resicletl until 1575, when he establishecl a inerealltile
house at West Jersey, \vbich he carried on fo~
eighteen months, when
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fir'iling llrealth comiielletl ;L cllange. Disposing of his stocl;, he resiuned
t~gricultnml life, ant1 in the fall of 1876 took u y his present
residence, owning one Ilundretl acres of the best improved land in the
to\rnsllip. In otfic,ial life he 11as been assessor, ~uad commissioner and
school diiaecto~a for a number of years. Mrs. nntl Mr. Hazen are meinhers
of the ilIetllotlist Episcopal Cl~nrch, a, reorganization of the old
class of ;' Ha.zen's Schoollrouse." Their son, l,e\vis J ., born here
December 16, 1857, is also a resident of this township. In political
life Mr. llazen votes tlie i~rohi bition tic1iet.- his strong ideas on ternperanct:
questions urging him to break away from the dcl line politics.
J&,tes A'. Ilewy, son of John and Martlla Henry, was born in
I-Iunterdon county, X'ew Jersev, Blal*cll 1, lS22. Ilis fittller iv2'as born
in Ii*elantl in 1786, callla to ~lllericand settletl in New Jersey,. lnarried
M;~,rtt~a S~vears, \~llo\\.;IS
horn in Ne\r .Jersey ill 1802. Ills father
diet1 in 1852 at the age of sixty ant1 his mother in May 25, 1555, in
her eigl~ ty-fo~irtl~ ye;rr. Jnnles R. Henry is the second of their seven
cl~iltl~aen. lIis ea;aly life as spent on the 11olne ft~rln, up to the age
of t~venty-two yeillas, wllen lle nlarriecl Miss Eliza Po,yshur. Iler pilrents,
nnti\7es of C4ermnn . y, tl . ying in Ke\v Jersey wllen sl~e uTas but a
cllild. Aftell their nlarriilg-e Mr. I-Ienrv followed ;wining in New
Jersey sis gears. Ile came to Illinois in 1851, journeying overlantl by
wagon, tlie trip lasting SIX \\-eelts. They purcliascd lantid'in this toivnsl~il),
ant1 t11e1.e 1>1*;xretl t