Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

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Landkg kt N& ~ork he worked there .at his trde abdut a year, wheh -*.I
he went to Buffqlo and remainbd a short time. While there he sent
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I , to Eng1a;hd for Miss Elizabeth Bisco, met her at New York, where thev
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.. . were married in Trinity.church,'June 5, 1851.- ' Retursing to ~uffal6,
they remained a few months, and the same fatll removed to Peoria, Ill.
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Elizabeth Bisco js a cli~uahter of John and Elizabeth (Arnold) Bisco, -'
born in Gloucest~rshire, Eng., June 4, 1820. Her fi~th~r was proprie- -.
' . tor of- n, large linen manufactory, until l~is death in 1857 at the ilge of .
, eighty;three, being precedeil by his wife tlrree years, vrho died in her .- .
eighty-first year. After the arrival of the Stoniers in Peoria, Mr.
: :Stonier followed his trirtle about sixteen years. Tiley then purchased
- 4 .I a fillin in West Jersey township, where they still reside. At the time a '
, of their settlement here Stud; coi~nty was witl~ont ;L ~'i~il~~itd, ilntl the
; ' peo 3le hauled their produce to i'eorit~. Seven chiltllaen have been i~oian .
- . to t \]em, only t \\TO of whorrl are living : ,lohn J. (duceitseil), itobctrat A.
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* ' (de~eit~setl), Artllur F. .(tleceascd), Ollarles E. (deceased), 1I;tiary 1'.,
fi~rruer of West Jerse,y townslril); All)clat It., ;it iloil~o, nrltl I~Y~L 1':. ' b ,
. (tlccc:~sctl). &I la. ant1 Mrs. Stou ion wtl8u folnt~lc~aly inuilrbclas of tlro 1'1~~'s-
' , I).y torinn cl~urclr. 'l'lluil* two sorrs iu1u ~llc~nl)ei*s ol' tilt1 111. E. olluiaoh.
3) la. Storliola \\'~Ls IL 1nor111~c1~ tl~o 1. 0. 0. I , i IIIL(I ti~lcon tl~o lilt11
cl(!glaoo. In l~olitias ilu wi~s I'o~a~no~~ly IG i:)elno~lailt, l~tt is uow 11 supporbtur
ol' ttllo ltul,d.dio;,,~l ~ ~ i W ~ llilu ~ ~ li\ril~g ~ t ill ~ I'tbotaic~ ~ . hll*. Stloll io18
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\VILE4 0110 of ti10 Ii~ast to SIKII ti10 lirst pt.itio~~ I'or t1hu i~I)oIition oP
. SI~LVUI~Y. 110 IIOW o\trns 240 ;Lalacs of choiou lt~l~clu, 11. littlo ovul* two il~ilcs
* from tluo villr~~y of West J orsoy.
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CNccvk8 1K f my, son of Tl~o~nas ui~l IIarriet Ann (E-Iopper) Terry,
. 'was born st Wood Cluurch, Et~st Kent, England, April 25, 1849. In
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1853 he citllie wit11 his parents to Americi~, the oceiin journey litsting .
thirteen weeks. IIiv pitrents fi~st settled in New Yoi*k for two yeikis,
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then removed to I.>edriit ooanty, Ill., settlecl near Elmwoocl ; four yci~~s
later ~novecl to Knox coiln ty and pnrch:~secl l:~nd, il id for severi~l
, years followotl fiir~ning. 111 1888 they inovetl to Yrites City ~vliere
-they still reside. Wllen MI*. Terry first i*e;lclletl Illinois he'llatl but
, . fifty cents in his pocliet, but bv inclustr~y and econoi~l~ lle 11us alllibssetl
a a, fortut~e and can now enjoy life to its fullest exteld. 3Ci~. Teiary cultivated
corn where the city of Elrn\\roocl now stands. IIe ;rlso 11'el~)cti
to build tllc! first railroad in Ilii~rois, and hits seen rn~~clr of pioneer life
, in tluis state. Uotll he and wife nIae members of the Metllodist Episcopal
church, and are at present strong ant1 active. Mr. Te~alay is now
sixty-five and Mrs. Tera~*y seven ty-three years of age. Chtz~ales IV.
Terry is the oldest of their fi~~rlily of two cllilclren. *His enial y life was
s ent at hard 1iJ)or. At twclie years of. ag,e ire began scl~ool for
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t e first time. Tlie sclloolhouse 1)eing built ok logs, ;mi the benclles
of plunlts. On Supteml3er 23, 1873, he nla.rried 31iss Mary ISlizitbet h,
.. daughter of Eccless 13. ;~trcl Je~~uslr;~ (Snlitllj West, born 'in Ti/m~vell
cour~ty, Ill., Septelllber 29, 1850. IIeia fatlre~ wits it nitti\:c of Ohio,
sntl ilcr ~rlotl~ern's lfiol~lc coll~e to Cl I ic:~go f 1*0111
. N~LSSIC~IUSU~-~S, jo~i1~1rcyllrg
0~(1*1~tld \lritll OXCII, the trij) Ii\~ti~lg tl~l't'~ nlotrtlls. 110 pl~~*clli\setI
forty acws wlrcrit Oliicugo 110 w st,:~~rds, but ierlrovetl to Ti~xe\rell county
when Jeru~lli~ wiu but u cllild, lluving been born in Chiciigo. ILer
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