03' ELMIRA ToWNsBlP. 461 fntller as born in Scotland, in March, 1809, cane to the United States in his youth, learned the stone-cutter's tnile in TTeriliontf, and there 111~13rietl 31iss Mary J., daughter of Jaiues ancl Mkrgaret Craignilti~es of Venuont-in February, 1837. They came to Osceola Chbove that year, and were engaged in agricnlt are on the old homestead nnDil their i.emora1 to Ke~ranee, in 1677. Of their ten chilclren, I leleu L. is married, resitli~ig in Yaie county, Ia. ; Mary L. ~ilarried &[I*. Ennton : Lucv C. ~llanaietl. yesicling at Iie~vnilee. 111;. : Carlos U. ma~ariecl a resitlent of tlli s township ; ~gines B. and an'infaiit, tleceasecl ; Elllily, nni~~lawiecl, residing wit11 her fn.tlier at Icelrnnee ; I-Iorace E., I uar r ietl, residing on old l~onlestencl, and t ~ ro goungela ch ilclren deceased. T1ionl;is _Iljrle, nrllile a su~~l~orter of ,211 cl~nrclles, is not a il~ell~ber of d / ;Ln v re1 igious society. 1n iioli tics he is clecitleclly '~e~~nl~lican. ~ s 1:nnton a continnetl fa~aming, afte~ his m;lrringe. until iineust 0, 1862, wllel~ Ile enlisted in Company A, One-h~undrec-l-sncl-t\~e~1t1~-tot1rt11 <strong>Illinois</strong> lrolnllteer InS;rntry, witll ~~11ich col~i~nand 1le served 1161lorabl~ ulr ti1 August, 1865. 01 his three cllildren, Ckoige Cnrtlett, malaried, resides in this to\\.nshil); Mabel J. died June 7, ISSi;, and Fred. L. resides at llome. In polit7ics lle T ~ Ee~~ul)lica.l~. S bat not nggi*essive ; in religi on a. lneinber of tll le Congreg!~tional churcl~ of ICewanee, and in social matters n so~uld, honest citizen. He helcl tlie office of scllool director for years. Jc~/;lj,es &cs~oe76, born a.t Peacl~aw, Trt., in 1793, came to <strong>Illinois</strong> in lSX3, I~rougllt his family in 1834, ancl in 1S35 came to Elmi~n townsllil~, rrith ten friends Itno~rn as the " Peoria, Party," where each entered a quarter section. Early in IS37 he came here witll his family, bo~~gllt a second quarter section from Gorerno~ Duncan, ~vllere he bnilt a house in 1845, dr;i\ring the lumber hiinself Iron1 Chicago. He sei-recl as Justice of tlie Peace for many years, as related in other pages, llatl seen the pra,irie turned into cultivated fields, and the m~teni~ntecl wig\~7ai11s of the Indiana give place to pleasant, well ordered rillajges. One of his sons, Nicllolas C. Eusmell, of Princeton, was Lieutenant ('olonel of the Kinety-tllird <strong>Illinois</strong> Tnfantry. J~~/;os C'i72~ cc~jlo~a, son of John ant1 Sarah (McGinnis) Cinnalnon, was born in Down county, Ireland, in JXnrch, 182G. I-Iis ancestors are s:kl to 1l;lr~e settletl tlllere duiaing the inrasion of Englancl by '; William tlr e Conqueror," and today several representati~es of the family may be found there. Janies left Ireland in 1847, imcL coming to Canada, settletl at liingston. Eighteen niontl~s later \re find 1lim at Chicago, and J;unun~ay 1, 1849, at Lncon, Ill., engaged as liouse carpenter. On May S, lS51, he marriecl Miss Florn A., tlsu~llter of Robert and Pl~mhe (Ne\vton j Shiver, the f:rtller a native of- New l70rl< ant1 the mother of Luzerne county, Pa. I-lobert Sl~:~rel~, soil of Samuel and Elizabeth ('l'avlol*) ~l~a~rei, was 1)orn April 13, 1SO3. Salnnel was a native of 1raeltirltl ;rnd his wife of Enqlantl. Of their chiltlren, Robert, TVil lii~111 ant1 .T;m~es\ve13e born in Tolak state, un~cl =Joseph, David, Samuel, Tl~o~nas, El ills ;tntl Snr:~li il. after their reinort\l into T,nzerne county, Fa. Itobert Sharer married Phcebe Se~rton July 5, 1530; to ~rlloni fire children, Mrs. Flora A. Cinnamon being the only one now living. He and family lnorecl to Wyoming, this county, in 1535 ; es-
469 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENC'ES t'ablished a shoernnl~er's shop here, but after a sllort time took up a, clalirn of 160 acres iu Elmira to~rnsllip, or1 Section 36 ; renl;~ined there for elevt.11 year~,~\rllen he purcllasecl SO acres on Seetioil 34, wlleic he resiclecl until his tleatll, Feb~aoa.ry :-I, 1873. Ilis \vile died Aug~~st 4, 1878. EIer father was :L soltlier of 1812 Jmlnes Cinnanloiln, alter 1-1 is marriage, ~eln:~illetl at J,,zcon n le\r yeiLrs, illovctd in Apiail, 1857. to El- 111ira towns11 ip, lju~*cllnsecl So acres on Section 33, anti far~ned up to 1861, 1v1lc.n he, being a lue~rlber of the (' E1lnir:t Rifles," was ~uilsteretl into the Unitetl States service on June 17, wit11 Coll~pmy C, Nineteentll <strong>Illinois</strong> \'olunteer infantry, seri-etl ~lntil ulrrsteretl out JLII~ 9, 4 IIe resumled Fn~ming here that \re;lia, and 11o\\~ owns 463 acres of land in this to\vnsliip. MY. C. is al iloyul Albcll hlason, snplmrts the I'resbg terian cl~urcll, a1 t houglr not a helnbe~, 11 as se~retl seve~*al tc~~n~s as school cliiaector, T\~:IS Col~m~n~ntler of James pT:tcl
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CONCLUSION. The expentlitnres of th