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Joseph E. Lord, the only one now sur- viving, was reared in Augusta and ac- quired his early education in the village schools. He removed with his parents to Quincy, where he continued his studies and after putting aside his text-books he began learning the tinner's trade, which he followed until after the outbreak of the Civil war. when, in 1864. in response to his country's need. he joined the boys in blue of Company C. Forty-seventh Illi- mois Volunteer Infantry, with which reg-
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ment he served until the close of hostili- ties. He participated in a number of im portant battles and skirmishes and was discharged and mustered out at Mobile. Alabama. He still maintains pleasant re- lations with his old army comrades through his membership in Augusta post, No. 302. Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is now chaplain.
When the war was over Mr. Lord re- turned to Quincy, where he engaged in the manufacture of a patent spring bed. of which he was the inventor. In 1879 he removed his business to Augusta and continued the operation of his factory at this point until it was destroyed by fire. Later he embarked in the hardware trade. conducting a store in Augusta for four years, when he sold out and turned his attention to farming, having a good prop- erty of seventy-two acres adjoining the village of Augusta on the west. He is also connected with the business con- ducted under the firm name of J. E. Lord & Company, manufacturers of Lord's Im- proved United States Metallic Steel Spring Bed, which was made at Quincy. The business was established in 1867 and has become an important industry of this city in which it is located. Mr. Lord re- ceived a medal from the Centennial Ex- position at Philadelphia in 1876 for his bed.
Mr. Lord was married on the 20th of May, 1874. to Miss Anna Augusta Mead. a daughter of Horace and Mary B. ( Mead) Mead, both of whom were na- tives of Greenwich. Connecticut, and there resided until after their marriage coming to Ilinois on their wedding trip. They located in Augusta, where they re-
sided until called to their final rest. the home being the house which is now occu pied by Mr. and Mrs. Lord and which was built by Mr. Mead. He was a farm er by occupation and also engaged in the real estate business. He filled the 11-1 tion of justice of the peace for many years, his decisions being strictly fur and impartial, and his death occurred in \u gusta at the age of fifty-nine years, whil his wife passed away at the very ad- vanced age of ninety-four years, being one of the oldest and most highly c- teemed citizens of the county. Both were members of the Presbyterian church and their lives were in harmony with their professions. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Meld were born three children : William 11. an attorney of Augusta ; Silas K, who died at the age of fifteen years ; and AAlis. Lord. Five children graced the union of our subject and his wife, all of whom were born in Augusta, namely : Mary E .. who died at the age of twenty years : \ thur R .. a farmer living in Augusta town- ship, who married Myrta Allen and has three children, Dorothy. Ethel Dal lene and Donald: Frederick 11. who is operating the home farm, belonging to his father: and William and Augusta. twins, who died in infancy.
In his political views Mr. L.on its always been an earnest republican .In fraternally he is connected with the Mod ern Widmen of America, while he th his wife hold membership in the Press terian church. These associations meli cate something of the character of the man, who has been an advocate of all that tends to benefit humanity and pa møte the general welfare. His imfluence
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is ever given on the side of right, justice and truth and he stands as a representa- tive of a high type of American man- hood and chivalry. He has spent his en- tire life in this part of the county and his history is an open book which all may read. He is a witness of many changes that have occurred here and in so far as possible has given active co-operation to measures and movements for public progress and improvement.
AMOS DAVIS. JR.
Amos Davis. a prominent and progress- ive farmer and stock-raiser residing in Appanoose township, was born in this township on section 25. on the 21st of January. 1867. a son of Amos and Mary Jane (Isenberger) Davis, natives of Ver- mont and Ohio respectively. the latter a daughter of Jacob and Rachel Isenber- ger. The father on leaving the Green Mountain state located in Nanvoo, Illi- nois, where he was engaged in merchan- dising during the time the Mormons lived in this section of the state. He pur- chased land in Appanoose and Pontoosue townships and made his home in the for- mer township, being located on section 25. Here he engaged quite extensively in the raising of stock, including horses. cattle, hogy and sheep. He was a very prosperous man and at the time of his death was the owner of fourteen hundred acres of very valuable land. He was three times married. By the first mar-
riage there were two children, of whom one daughter survives, Bell, the wife of Gus Alley, of Fort Madison, lowa. By the second marriage there were three sons and one daughter, of whom the eldest, Ethan, died several years ago. The surviving members are: George Edmund, of Rock Creek township ; Rich- ard. of Appanoose township: and Chloe, the wife of Frank Weber, of Fort Madi- son, Iowa. By the third marriage there are three sons and a daughter, of whom our subject is the eldest, the others being : Jacob Wells, of Coffey county, Kansas ; Mary J., the wife of George Ellison, of Prairie township, Hancock county : and Guy, who occupies a part of the old home- stead in Appanoose township. The father of these children died March 22. 1872. at the age of fifty-six years, six months and twenty-two days, and was laid to rest in the family cemetery on the home farm. After his death the widow was again married. her second union being with Robert Hulen, and they now reside at Rush Springs, Oklahoma. She has be- come the mother of four children. Roy. Grace. William and Sherley, all yet under the parental roof.
Amos Davis, whose name introduces this record was reared to farm life and acquired his early education in the district schools near his father's home, which was supplemented by a course of study in the high school at Carthage. He remained at home until twenty years of age, and at that time went to live with his brother George, with whom he remained for two years. Ile then started out in life on his own account, locating on one hundred and twelve acres of the old family homestead.
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which was inherited from his father's estate. Here he has resided continuously since and is engaged in general agricul- tural pursuits, and also raises a large amount of stock, including Percheron horses. Durham cattle, hogs and Shrop- shire sheep. He also owns two registered Percheron stallions which he uses for breeding purposes, and he also has two full-blooded Percheron mares.
On the 25th anniversary of his birth Mr. Davis was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Rose Schilson, a native of So- nora township, and a daughter of John and Angeline ( Laufer) Schilson, natives of Germany, the place of their nativity being Hesse Darmstadt. They were married in that country, and on their emigration to America located on land in Sonora townhsip. Hancock county, but they now make their home in Nauvoo. where the father owns ten acres of land and is engaged in the raising of fruit. In their family are the following named : Angeline, the wife of John Rose, of Con- nellsville, Pennsylvania: George, a resi- dent of Montebello township, near Hamil- ton : Mrs. Davis: John, of Prairie town- ship: Joseph, of Nauvoo; and Ernest, at home. Pauline, the sixth in order of birth died at the age of twelve years.
U'nto our subject and his wife have been born two daughters: Leah, born July 12. 1804. and Ada May, born February 8. 1807. In his political views Mr. Davis is a democrat, and has taken an active in terest in the local ranks of his party, hav- ing served as assessor four years and as school director from 1902 to 1905. Fraternally he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. During his early
youth Mr. Davis suffered from a severe spell of illness, which rendered hun a crip ple, although he is active in the pursuits of his farm, giving careful supervision to his farming and stock-raising interests. Hle inherited a good tract of land from his father's estate and on this are found good improvements, his builling's and iences being kept in an excellent state of repair. He is prospering in his business interests and is today numbered among the alert and enterprising agriculturists of Hancock county, where he has a wide and favorable acquaintance, having spent his entire life here.
JOSEPH M. MILLER.
At the time of the Civil war Ilinois sent its full quota of soldiers to the front. They were brave men, who made splendid records upon the battle-fields of the south and among this number was Joseph M. Miller, who now resides upon a farm near Augusta, and who is classed with the honored veterans of the war. He was born in Miami county, Ohio, in 1838. : son of Nathan and Elemor ( Engart ) Miller. The family has at most creditable military record. Joseph Miller, the grand- father, was one of the heroes of the Revo lution as was Joseph Engart, the maternal grandfather, while Daniel and Will un. brothers of our subject, were soldiers of the Civil war, the former bemg in the One Hundred and Thirty seventh Himes Regiment, and the other no the Fitty-
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second Illinois Infantry. The father was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1813. and devoted his life to general agri- cultural pursuits. In the spring of 1855 he removed to Adams county, Illinois, where he spent his remaining days, pass- ing away in 1876. while his wife, who was born in Pennsylvania. in 1817. died in 1889. and was laid to rest by his side in Adams county. She was a member of the Methodist church, while the father's christian belief was indicated by his identi- fication with the United Brethren church. They had ten children, of whom five are now living: Joseph M. : Daniel, a resi- dlent of Colwell county, Missouri; Mar- garet, the wife of Frank Potter, of Bates county. Missouri: Nancy E., the wife of Edward Maryin. of Tyler, Texas; and Leander J .. who resides in Kansas City, Missouri.
Joseph M. Miller was educated in the public schools and assisted his father in the work of the home farm until he had attained his majority, when he started out in life on his own account. In August, 1862. he responded to the country's call for aid. enlisting in the Seventy-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until the close of the war. He was in Franklin, Tennessee, and Chicka- manga, two of the hotly contested battles of the war, and was with Sherman on the march to the sea. He also partici- pated in the grand review in Washington. the culminating event of a war which meant the perservation of the Union and the establishment of the republic on a more solid basis than ever before.
In the fall of 1865. Mr. Miller was married to Miss Elizabeth Kelly, who
was born in Kentucky. December 28. 1844. Her grandfather. Samuel Kelly, was a soldier of the war of 1812 and she had one brother who was in the Civil war, together with an uncle. James Allen Sea- ton, and several cousins, Samuel Lewis being in the Sixteenth Illinois Regiment. Mrs. Miller is a daughter of Joseph and Jane (Seaton) Kelly, who were natives of Kentucky. The latter was born in March. 1827. and is now living in Okla- homa, to which territory she recently removed, having up to that time made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Miller. Mr. Kelly, who was born in 1816, and was a farmer by occupation, came to Illinois in 1845, settling in Adams county, where he followed farming up to the time of his death, which occurred in November. 1855. Mrs. Kelly is a devoted member of the Christian church. In their family were six children, all of whom are now living : Mrs. Miller ; Samuel, of Hancock county ; Mrs. Sarah L. Davis, who is living in Rice county, Kansas : Charles H .. of Sax- mon, Kansas : George W .. of Custer, Ok- lahoma : and Johanna. the wife of Lewis Steinbeck, of Hutchinson, Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller began their do- mestic life upon a farm in Adams county. Illinois, where they lived until 1881, when they came to Hancock county. Here Mr. Miller purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 19. Augusta township, on which he has placed many modern improvements. His time and energies have been given to the tilling of the soil and the raising of stock, and he also owns eighty acres on section 29. Augusta township, whereon a good resi- dence has been erected. The home of
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Mr. and Mrs. Miller has been blessed with eight children, all of whom were born in Adams county with the exception of the youngest two, and six of the number are yet living : Nathan E., the eklest, died when nine months old and was buried in Adams county. Elmora J. is the wife of John T. Robertson, and resides in Chili township, and they have three children, Lola E., Roy M., and Juanita. James P .. who marreid Martha Pierce and lives in Macomb, Illinois, has tive children. Ruby 1., Alma, May, Nina and Joseph. Lillie Ellen died at the age of three years. Samuel L. married Ethel Davis, by whom he has a son, Joseph L .. and follows farm- ing on his father's farm of eighty acres . in Augusta township. Vanette Irene is a trained nurse who was graduated in September, 1905. from the Chicago Hahnemann Hospital at Chicago, after three years devoted to study, whereby she became very proficient in her chosen life work. Albert L. and Ernest Sid- ney are both at home and assist their father in the operation of the farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have worked earn- estly and harmoniously together in the establishment of a home and the rearing of their family and are now comfortably situated in life. Both are worthy and pleasant people and are much esteemed by all who know them. Mrs. Miller is of a family of which there are four living generations, while twelve years ago there were five generations represented. The four now living are Mrs. Jane Kelly, the mother of Mrs. Miller: Mrs. Elenora Robertson, the daughter of the latter: and Lola Robertson, the granddaughter of Mrs. Miller. In matters of citizen
ship Mr. Miller has ever ben public spirited and progressive, stanchly sup porting the interests and measures which are calculated to prove of benefit to the community, and manifesting the same loyalty which he displayed upon southern battle-fields. In his business career he has made steady advancement and Is now holding large landed interests in this county.
MICHAEL BAUMERT. SR.
Michael Baumert, Sr., an honored vet cran of the Civil war, engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Nau- voo, is numbered among the worthy resi- dents of Hancock county who claim the fatherland as the place of their nativity. Born in Baden, Germany, October 1, 1833. he is a son of Michael Baumert. while his father also bore the same name. The latter married Magdalena Schut- terle, who was also born in Baden and was a daughter of George Schutterle.
Michael Baumert, of this review, ac- quired his education largely in the com- mon schools of his native country and when eighteen years of age came to America on a sailing vessel, the Arcadia. which dropped anchor in the harbor vi New Orleans. Two days later he startul on a trip up the Mississippi river to St Louis, Missouri, where He arrived on the 220 of April. 1852. Later he attended night schools in this country Heel his father worked at the stone m . 's trade in St Louis for more than the
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years and in June, 1854, the son came to Nauvoo on a steamer and here began business as a mason contractor, building the foundation for the Lutheran church. Believing that the town afforded good business opportunities he sent for his fa- ther who came with the family in July and he remained a resident of this place until his death, which occurred in July, 1886, when he was seventy-eight years of age. The mother died at the age of sixty-three years in August. 1868.
Following the removal of the family to Nauvoo Michael Baumert, Sr., whose name introduces this record, lived with his parents until his marriage, which was celebrated on the 15th of March, 1857. Miss Mary Schini becoming his wife. She was born in Alsace, France, a daugh- ter of Michael and Annie (Israel) Schini, who were likewise natives of Alsace, and made the voyage to America in 1854. In the fall of 1854 they, too, became resi- cents of Nauvoo. After his marriage Mr. Baumert rented a home in Nauvoo, which he occupied until 1858, after which he spent a year in his father-in-law's home and then removed to the home of his parents. In 1860 he purchased a lot at the corner of Mulholland and Fif- teenth street, on which there was a brick residence and he has since added to it a frame addition. He followed the mason's trade, doing work as a contractor and builder until after the outbreak of the Civil war and he had at that time a fam- ily of four children and he felt that his first duty was to provide for their sup- port. so that he could not enter the sery- ice until the 22d of March, 1865.
It that date, however, he enlisted in
Chicago as a member of Company G, Twenty-third Illinois Volunteer Infan- try, which was a part of Mulligan's bri- gade. The regiment was divided and a portion participated in the battle of Pe- tersburg, Virginia, while Mr. Baumert with his company went to Richmond, Virginia, where they were on detailed service doing guard duty most of the time until mustered out on the 24th of July, 1865. They arrived at Chicago on the 3d of August following, and were there honorably discharged. Company G on the return trip was the only Ger- man company in the crowd of soldiers. the remainder being Irish, and these with all of their officers became intoxicated so that Company G had to guard them all and prevent the fights which were con- tinually breaking out. In passing through Pittsburg a fine supper was served to all of the troops by the ladies of that city, who thus provided for the soldiers at all times by day and by night. Mr. Baumert well remembers the return trip. on which all of the veterans had small flags pinned on their coats together with Confederate bills sometimes of one hundred and some- times of five hundred dollars but which had become worthless currency.
When mustered out of the army Mr. Baumert returned to Nauvoo and was ill until the fall, when he went into the saloon business, which he followed until 1871. He then sold out and again worked at his trade until 1895, when he turned his attention to the real estate busi- ness and also became a notary public. He has since dealt in property, negotiating many important realty transfers, and since the fall of 1005 he has conducted an in-
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surance business as agent for the fier mania Fire. Cyclone and Tornado In- Surance Company of New York.
U'nto Mr. and Mrs. Baumert have been born nine children: Charles, who died July 4. 1865. at the age of six months : John F., who died in 1872, at the age of six years; Jacob, who died in 18;3. at the age of twenty months: George, who conducts an independent newspaper in Nauvoo; Mary, at home; Julia, the wife of Louis Boquet, of Keokuk, lowa: Michael, who is connected with the pub- lication of an independent newspaper at Nauvoo: Annie, of Keokuk, Iowa; and Emma, the wife of Alfred Haganer, of Keokuk. Mr. Baumert is well known in Nauvoo, where for many years he has made his home. He has taken an active and prominent part in community affairs and his fellow townsmen recognizing his worth and ability have frequently called him to public office. He served for three years as alderman of the city, for one year as city treasurer and for four years as township school treasurer, while for six years he was township tax collector. In 1800 he was made census enumerator and since that year has also been notary public. All of the duties devolving upon him in that connection have been dis- charged with promptness and fidelity.
ship living in Howen. The aplicat lo business and private lite those that of character which ever communal respes. good will and confidence He was boll in Clermont county, Ohne. August 20. 1837. a son of Mathias and Elizabet ( Brown) MeNeall. This paternal grand parents were A. and Elizabeth & Bever MeNeall, the former born in Pennsyl vania, and the latter a native of Mary land. The Boyer family is of Germm lineage. while the Mexcalls come of Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Mathias MeNeall was born in Clermont county, Ohio, January 24. 1812, and dur- ing the greater part of his life carried on general farming. He also worked at the carpenter's trade when not Imss with the duties of the fields. He went to Adam- county, Illinois, in 1847, and in 1804. Net- tled in Chili township. Hancock county He was a democrat in his political views and served as justice of the peace for a number of years. He was well posted on current topies and was a public-spirited and progressive citizen. He was also a Methodist preacher and was known as the railroad preacher from the fact that he was railroad agent at Bowen for thirteen years. He married Miss Elizabeth Brown, and they became the parents of seven children : These living are Elizabeth, the wife of Joseph Dalton, of Missouri: Letitia, the wife of Jesse fal mer, a resident of Minnesota Matilda, thực wife of Milton Kist, of Morgan. Mine Nota: Permelia, who is the widow .i ARTHUR MOVEALI .. George Butler and lives at Camp Prot. Illinois : and Arthur, of this review The Arthur MeNeall, one of the worthy mother of these children died in Adim- and prominent residents of Chili town- county in 1855 and lies burned there
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After her death Mr. McNeall wedded her sister, Letitia Brown, who is also de- ceased. There were no children by that marriage. Mathias McNeall passed away December 7. 1900. in Bowen, where he was laid to rest. Dr. McNeall, an uncle of our subject, enlisted from Pike county. Illinois, for service in the Civil war. He was senior assistant surgeon of the Nine- ty-ninth Regiment of Illinois Infantry, and died in 1904. In 1864 he was nom- inated for the legislature from the dis- trict comprising Pike and Green counties and was defeated by a very small majority.
In the public schools of Ohio, Arthur McNeall acquired his early education. which was supplemented by study in Adams county. He was married in 1862 to Miss Mary Shepherd, a daughter of Austin and Rebecca Shepherd, who were natives of West Virginia, in which state Mrs. McNeall was born. There was one child by that marriage, Ida Belle, the wife of William T. Gillis, who resides in Bowen, and they have three children, Everett Mack. Ruth Letitia and Leah Gertrude Gillis. Mrs. MeNeall died in 1864 and was laid to rest at Columbus, Adams county. Illinois. On the roth of April, 1866, Mr. MeNeall was again mar- ried. his second union being with Mar- garet S. Livingood, who was born in Missouri in 1843. a daughter of Andrew and Mary ( Taggart) Livingood, both of whom were natives of North Carolina, the former born November 6, 1810, and the latter May 22, 1816. Mr. Livingood was a cabinet-maker and lived in Missouri until after the outbreak of the Civil war, when he removed to Hancock county, Illi-
nois. Of the seven children of that mar- riage four are now living: Martitia Jane. the widow of William Rowe, of Kansas City, Missouri: Sarah Rebecca, the widow of Melvin Davis, of Idaho; Mrs. McNeall; and Rachel E., the wife of Dr. Thomas Whray, of Golden, Illinois. The eldest member of the family, John M. Livingood, died October 1, 1903, and was buried at Cordor, Missouri. The father of Mrs. McNeall passed away No- vember 15, 1902, and the mother's death occurred on the 23d of August of the same year, the remains being interred in Bowen cemetery. They were members of the Congregational church, in which Mr. Livingood served as deacon for many years and they were most worthy chris- tian people, devoted to the upbuilding of the cause with which they were connected.
Mr. McNeall, following his marriage. settled on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Chili township, owned by his father. In after years, he and his father entered into a partnership, the son managing the farm and the father carry- ing on business in Bowen. In 1888 he built on the farm a nice home and also crected good barns and made other sub- stantial improvements. He carried on general farm work and stock-raising and in his business affairs has met with a goodly measure of success, for his strong determination and resolute will has en- abled him to carry forward to a success- ful completion, much that he has under- taken. At the dissolution of the partner- ship, caused by the death of his father, he is the owner of two hundred and five acres of land on section 26, but at this time has retired from active farm work.
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