Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

520 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES
' (Galbmith) Winn, born -in 1843, to whose family full references are
macle in the histories of Goshen ant1 To~~loli and in the general llistory.
To this marriage t tm oliilclren \rere born : Iiobert :~nd Maggie R. 111
religious matters Mr. Ogle is ;I, inember of the Metllodist Episcopal
Church, in society 1nat8tel1s a rnelnl~e~ of the Blue Lodge at Toulon, ;~utl
in all torvnship ant1 county ;l.ffairs an interested :tnd just es1)onent of
the canse of right. IIis I:~~bnl of 611. acres, in Esses, is consideretl vela\.
va1ual)le and ~vell inll)rovecl-all the ~vorl; of Iris own l~unds.
Flkn.~y 1l.I. BO~BI:~~ son o"FVil1 ianl ant1 Elua,noi* Rogers, was bovn in
Westcllester connty, N. Y., &lay 9, 1816. llis ft~t l~er, a i)l;~cksllli tll,
\vas born there in 1775, tlietl in 1842, ;~nd llis inotl~er born in New
York in 177s: tlietl May 4, 1$62. Henry 11. in ea1.1~ life \\.as engrgecl
at severid trades, nmorig tl~e~n n lake 'sailor. At the age of t~ven tythree
he uli~ratetl to Peoria conn ty, pu~*chasetl land there ;mci was a
day laborer tor some time, in ortler to raise money to alaBe a pilyluent
on this lsntl, but with all his labor 11e was coll~pelletl to borrow, 1)ajring
fifty per cent interest. In IS41 lle married Miss Amelia, tlaugllter1 ok
,JO~I~ and Frances Evans, estahlislletl their. home in I'eori:~ county, anti
resiclecl there until 1S5'7, when they inovetl to Starlc ant1 built 1114 so to
speak, the Eoger*s farm, one of the finest in the connty. After a inost
useful life he nrovetl to the oltl settlers' higher l~ome in 187s. Icor sixteen
years he \\.as superrisor of his township, antl a most able lueniber
of tlre county board. A iaeference to the townsllip historv, ;~ntl to tile
society history of Wvoininy, will convey a11 ides of the 'i~art he took
in public :iffairs. since 111s tleatli his mitlow, assisted bv Jaines T.
Rogers, has had cllnrgbc of tile estate, antl resides tl~ere wit11 three of
her chiltlren - the s~~r\ivors of a f;imily of six. The latly is ;I nlernl~er
of the Methotlist Episcopal cllnrch, of 'the Eastern Star Ch;q)ter, atld
prominent in all benevolent or charital~le associations wllere \voln;~n's
work is needed. Jaines T. Itogers has taken tlhe active management
of the esta,te since his f;~tiler's death. 1,ike liini, lle is tlenlocri~tic in
politics, and in other respects follows closely in tllc hotsteps of that
excellent old settler \vllo left the connty forever in 187s. Jol111 Evans
and wife were natives of Maryl;tncl, but old residents of Jri rgilzia,
where he died in 1850. Two ye"~l*s later his ~viclow inoved to I'eoria
oountv, where she (lied Septeinber 12, 1Yti-l. Of their. eleven clliltlren
only four are living, Mrs. Ilogers being tl~e 0111,~ one in this county.
She carr~e to Peori:~, countv in I)eceil~l)er, 1840, with her sister's fa~n ily,
engaged in weaving tl~ere until 1844, when she nlarried Mr. Ilogers.
Joh,n k3coit diet1 at his ilolne, five miles south of Toulon, August 20,
1582. IIe was born in New Jersey Marc11 17, 1821; ~narr~etl Miss
Pircebe Ann Trowbridge in 1848, and in 1863 moved to Stark county.
Benson ~\iT,et~7,1a7, S(wtt, of Dunc;~n, an earnest S:bl)l)atll scllool
worker. cliecl l\Iarch 2, 1882, agetl fifty-tl~ree vears.
1'eie~ ~Sheetfi, one of the first settlers of ise ex to~~nsllip a,ntl tl~e son
of Henrv t~ntl i