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BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
GEORGE W. KINKADE.
George W. Kinkade has at different times been closely associated with mer- cantile, industrial and agricultural inter- ests in Hancock county but is now living retired in Hamilton. He was born in Adams county, Illinois, September 21. 1847, and attended the district schools of both Adams and Hancock counties. while spending his boyhood days under the parental roof. He is a son of Lo- renzo D. and Harriett (Stewart) Kinkade, the former born in Hardin county, Kentucky, near Elizabeth, and the latter near Evansville, Indiana. George WV. Kinkade, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was born near Lynchburg, Virginia, while his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kinkade, settled in the Old Do- minion at a very early day and later went to Kentucky. They had been married in Ireland prior to their emigration to the new world. There were two brothers who came together from the Emerald Isle to the United States, one of these be- ing James Kinkade, who died in Kentucky.
Accompanying his parents on their re- moval from Virginia to Kentucky, George W. Kinkade, grandfather of our subject, was married in Hardin county to Miss Sarah Trainer, also a native of Virginia. Leaving Kentucky, he settled upon a farm in Clay county, Illinois, casting in his lot with its pioneer residents, and eventually he removed from Clay county to Pike county, Illinois, in 1844. A year later he took up his abode in Adams comty and two years afterward settled at War- saw. Hancock county. In 1853 he went
to Calhoun county, where he died in De- cember, 1854. His wife had passed away during their residence in Clay county, Illinois.
Lorenzo D. Kinkade, father of our sub- ject, was the second in order of birth in a family of nine children, seven sons and two daughters. He accompanied his par- ents on their removal from Kentucky to Illinois and having arrived at years of maturity was married in Richland county, this state, to Miss Harriet Stewart, a daughter of Cornelius and Sarah (Bul- lard) Stewart, both of whom were natives of South Carolina. Soon after their mar- riage Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo D. Kinkade removed to Pike county, Illinois, where he operated a rented farm for a year and in 1846 he removed to the northeastern part of Adams county, where he engaged in farming until 1852. In that year he came to Hancock county, settling in Wythe township. where he farmed through one summer and later he removed to Clarksville. Adair county, Missouri. There he purchased eighty acres of farm land which was all wild prairie, but with characteristic energy he began its cultiva- tion and development and improved the place, living thereon for three years, when he sold out and returned to Hancock county, Illinois. This time he setteled near West Point and bought forty acres of unimproved land, where he trans- formed into a richly cultivated tract, mak- ing his home thereon until 1871, when he soll the place to his son, George W. He then took up his abode in Keene township. Adams county, where he rented land and made his home until his death, which oc- curred January 16. 1876. His widow
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still survives him and makes her home among her children, three sons and three daughters, all of whom are living in this vicinity. She is a member of the Chris- tian church, to which Mr. Kinkade also belonged.
George W. Kinkade was the second in order of birth in a family of eleven chil- dren, six sons and five daughters. He was reared to farm life. was educated in the public schools and lived with his par- ents until twenty years of age. In the meantime, in February, 1865. when only seventeen years of age, he enlisted in de- tense of his country, becoming a member of Company B. Thirty-fourth linois In- fautry. He joined the Second Brigade of the Second Division of the Fourteenth Army Corps at Quincy, Illinois, and was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, first doing duty at Camp Butler and later at Wilmington, North Carolina. where he was taken ill with smallpox. He was then sent to the hospital at Cleveland. Ohio, where he was honorably discharged June 9. 1865. Mr. Kinkade returned to his father's home, where he remained until twenty years of age. after which he worked on a farm in Hancock county for two years. Ile then purchased forty acres of land from his father and operated that place until i8;o. when he sold out and removed to Breckenridge, where he purchased a drug store, which he con- ducted for five years. He then disposed of his store and turned his attention to the operation of a saw mill and the timber business, in which he was associated with his two brothers. J. A. and H. B. Kinkade. In 1898 he and his brother. H. B .. sold their interest to J. A. Kinkade and the
subject of this review then rented a farm near Bentley, where, with his brother, 1} B. Kinkade, carried on general agricul tural pursuits for three years. The latter then removed to Hamilton, after which George W. Kinkade continued farming umtil 1904. when he let his son-in-law. R. G. Crume, have the place. Mr. Kin- kade then came to Hamilton and pur- chased the Houston property, since which time he has made his home in this city. On the 20th of June, 1800. Mr. Km- kade was married to Miss Nancy A. Lockwood, who was born in Aurora, In- diana, in February. 1852, a daughter of Dr. I. F. Lockwood, whose birth oc- curred near Rochester, New York, while her mother, Annie M. ( Riggin ) Lock- wood, was a native of Aurora. Indiana. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kinkade were born three children : Orlena E., who was born September 20, 1870, and is the wife of J. W. Dunsworth, a farmer near Bentley. Illinois : Harry L., who was born Octo- ber 17, 1876. and died in March, 1878; Cordelia 1 .. who was born September 15. 1879, and is the wife of Ralph G. Crume. a resident farmer of Hancock county. The wife and mother died July 23. 1881. and her remains were interred in the cemetery in Walker township. Mr. Kin- kade now makes his home in Ham- ilton, where he is pleasantly situated. ITis life has been one of activity and he has been thorough in all that he has un- dertaken, believing that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well. His diligence and business capacity have en abled him to steadily advance and he is pow enjoying a well merited rest, sur- founded by many comforts ci hic
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DON C. S. MILLIKIN.
Don C. S. Millikin a resident farmer of Montebello township, was born in Saco. Yorkshire county. North Carolina. October 13. 1843. His parents were Ar- thur and Lucy ( Smith) Millikin, the lat- ter a native of Vermont, while the for- mer was born in the same building in which the birth of his son Don occurred. The maternal grandparents were Joseph and Lucy ( Mack) Smith, natives of the Green Mountain state, and it was their son, Joseph Smith, who became the dis- tinguished leader of the church of the Latter Day Saints. and was killed to- gether with his brother Hiram at Car- thage. Illinois, in the war against the Mormons in 1844. Arthur Millikin joined the Mormon church and at the age of fourteen years left home, going to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and on to Mis- souri. He was married, however, at Nau- voo, Illinois, to Miss Lucy Smith and they were visiting in Maine at the time of the birth of their son Don. They made their home in Nauvoo, being residents there at the time that the Mormon temple was burned. Subsequently they removed to Fountain Green, where they lived for some time, and later they took up their abode in Colchester, Illinois, where the father owned coal lands. There both he and his wife passed away.
Don C. S. Millikin is the eldest of nine children, four sons and five daughters. who attended the common schools of Fountain Green until the removal of the family to Colchester, McDonough county. Illinois, whence he continued his educa- tion there. He remained under the pa-
rental roof until February, 1865. when, in response to the country's call for aid he enlisted as a member of Company H, One Hundred and Fifty-first Illinois Volun- teer Infantry. The regiment was as- signed to the Army of the Cumberland and he did duty in Georgia and other places in the south until honorably dis- charged after the close of the war. He re- turned to Colchester, where he worked in the coal mines until 1873. when he came to Montebello township. Hancock county. He lived upon a rented farm for three years and then with the capital which he had acquired through his economy and industry he made purchase of eighty acres of land on section II, Montebello town- ship. This was in 1876 and he has since made his home thereon, carrying on gen- eral farming and stock-raising.
Mr. Millikin has been married three times. He first wedded Sophia Gridley. a native of Montebello township, and a daughter of Timothy and Roxanna ( Es- terbrook) Gridley. By this union there were four children : Clara A., the wife of Caleb Smith, of McLean. Texas: Ar- thur, who died at the age of fifteen months: George, who died in infancy: and Mary F., the wife of John Pitts, of Keokuk. The wife and mother passed away April 17, 1881, and Mr. Millikin afterward wedded Mary Elvie Durfee. who was born at Good Hope, McDon- ough county, Illinois, a daughter of Jo- seph and Sarah ( McGee) Durfee. The second marriage was celebrated in 1886, and in 1899 Mrs. Millikin passed away. In September, 1900, Mr. Millikin was mar- ried to Miss Emma Smith, a native of Rock Creek township. but a resident of
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Montebello township, this county, and a the former a native of South Carolina daughter of James 11. and Nancy ( Som- mers) Smith, the former a native of Han- cock county and the latter of Adams conn ty, Illinois.
In his political views Mr. Millikin is a stalwart republican and is now serving as justice of the peace for the third term. while since 1886 he has been postmaster at Millikin postoffice. He belongs to the church of the Latter Day Saints and fra- ternally is connected with Montebello lodge. No. 697. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Hamilton, and the Re- bekah lodge there, and also with Russell post. Grand Army of the Republic, at Hamilton. He is now accounted one of the enterprising and leading agricultur- ists and citizens of Montebello township and is a representative of one of the most historic and prominent families of Han- cock county.
JOHN MCCRORY.
John MCrory, now living retired upon a farm in Montebello township, has de- voted the greater part of his life to the plastering trade, but since 1905 has rele- gated all active labor to others and is now enjoying a well-earned rest. For eighty-four years he has traveled life's journey. his birth having occurred in Washington county, Pennsylvania, July 20, 1822. On the paternal side he is of Scotch-Irish descent. His parents were Samuel and Hannah ( Martin ) MeCrory.
and the latter of Ohio James Met rory. the grandfather on the paternal sale, was a soldier of the Revolutionary was in seven years, valiantly adding in the strug gle for independence. Following the ces sition of hostilities he always lived in Washington county, Pennsylvania, until called to his final rest His son, Samuel MeCrory, was born in South Carolina. but in early hie accompanied his parents on their removal to Washington county. Pennsylvania. There he was married to Miss Hannah Martin, a native of Ohio and of English descent. Following then marriage the young couple established their home in Washington county, where they resided continuously umtil 1851. when they made their way westward In boat down the Ohio and up the Visste. sippi rives to Quincy. Illmon There they spent their remaining days with one of their children, passing away in Adams county.
In his youth John Metrory of this re- view learned the plasterer's trade and con- ducted a large business in Pennsylvania His education was obtained in the sub scription schools and when his text-lansky were put aside he concentrated Ins ener gies entirely upon his business affairs In the year 1847, attracted In the opportu nities of the new and growing west. he started by steamer down the Ohio and i] the Mississippi rivers to Qumey While on the boat he became ilf with measles and almost died He was sent wesh when he arrived in Quincy. but after about three weeks he was able to resume work at his trade He continued to en- gage in plastering for a year and then
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went to Wheeling, Virginia, traveling in that vicinity for about three years. In 1851 he located in Hancock county and bought land near Elvaston. This he con- tinued to cultivate and improve for a time, but eventually he sold out and in- vested in one hundred and sixty acres, constituting the northeast quarter of sec- tion 3. also ten acres of timber in Sonora township. He resided in Hamil- ton in 1857 and in 1858 he was elected as one of the first alderman but would not qualify for that position. When he bought a farm on section 3 it was all wild prairie land. on which no improvements had been made. There he began the cul- tivation of the fields, turning the first furrows on many an acre. He built the first house on this place in 1854, planted hedge fences and erected all of the build- ings. He now lives to enjoy his de- clining years upon this farm amid the comforts and luxuries which go to make life worth living. He has always fol- lowed the plasterer's trade as the years have gone by, renting his farm to others and thus he was closely associated with business affairs until 1905.
On the Ist of January, 1851, Mr. Mc- Crory was married to Miss Joanna Pease, who was born in Washington county, l'ennsylvania, and came to Illinois with Mr. McCrory. A year later she died, leaving a young child, who was reared by our subject and to whom he gave the name of Joanna P. She married Emile Colino and had a son. John, who lived with his grandfather, John McCrory, until his death, which occurred when he was nineteen years of age. His mother died when he was two years of age.
On the 27th of February, 1855, Mr. McCrory was again married, his second union being with Miss Emeline Carson, a native of Blount county, Tennessee, and a daughter of Alexander and Jane (Weir) Carson, who were likewise na- tives of Tennessee. The children of Mr. and Mrs. McCrory are: Alexander, now. living in Montebello township; Alfonso, who is upon the home place ; James, living in Sonora township; Helen, the wife of Oscar Duncan, of Columbus Junction, Iowa; John H., who died at the age of eighteen years; Edith, the wife of Jacob Smith, whose home is in Sonora town- ship; and Lottie, at home.
Mr. McCrory has long since passed the psalmist's span of three score years and ten and at an advanced age is now living retired, but for many years was an active factor in industrial life, gaining through his persistency of purpose and his dili- gence the competence which now enables him to live retired. He is a member of the Christian church and his political views accord with democratic principles. He is today one of the most venerable citizens of the county and a life of activity and integrity well entitle him to repre- sentation in this volume.
JOHN W. MARSH, D. M. D.
One of the leaders among the young professional men of Warsaw is Dr. John W. Marsh, engaged actively and success-
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fully in the practice of dentistry. He was and Susan A. (Shall) Chemill, we born in this city July 23, 1872, a son of known residents of Carthage Dr. al Judge John W. Marsh. His education was acquired in the public schools of this city and in St. John's Military Academy at Delafield, Wisconsin, from which he was graduated in the class of 18go. He then entered upon preparation for a pro fessional career by matriculation m the dental department of Washington Uni versity at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1802, and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1805, on which occasion the de- gree of . D. M. D. was conferred upon him. He was then connected with the college for one year as an instructor and this gave him marked advantage as a training for his later practical experience in the profession. In the spring of 1890 he opened an office in Warsaw and is now splendidly established in his chosen field of labor, being numbered among the leading dentists of the county. He has elegantly equipped offices in the Winnard Building, supplied with all of the mod ern appliances that facilitate the work and promote the efficiency of the dentist. He is thoroughly conversant with the Since the above was written Dr. March has moved to Keokuk, Jawa, where he is secretary of the dental department . i ile Keokuk Medical Department most modern methods of practice and has kept in touch with the trend of thought and progress made by the dental frater- nity. He belongs to Adams and Hancock Counties Dental Society, and is president of the First District Dental Society, and is recognized as one of the able repre semtatives of the profession, the callsen sus of public opinion being indicated by JE DICKSON the large patronage extended to him.
On the 12th of June, 1902. Dr. Marsh was married to Miss Lucy Schel Cher rill, of Carthage, a daughter of Edward
Mrs Marsh have two ch ldie . J Cherrill and Susan Shoot The parent are members of the Protestant Epte pal church, of which Dr. Marsh 1 10M mor warden. He has a so been a melli- ber of the library board of War us 1 nine years, and during this time has acted as secretary. A life long republican le has kept well informed of the questi is of the day and has represented In- world in the city council but has never Inen in aspirant for office He belongs to War saw lodge, No. 257. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and is its present wor- -hipful master, and on a number of de- casions he has attended the sessions of the grand lodge. The fact that he has been continuously chosen to official prei- erment in the various organizations with which he is connected indicates his stand ing in the regard of those with whom he is associated and his professional and cial prominence are both widely rexg- nized in the city where his entire hic his been passed.
JE Dikson, of Durten tremolop bear an enviable reparatie if the pom munity m which he lives his time stand
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ing for unquestionable honesty, integrity. and firmness of purpose. He is the son of Daniel and Mary ( Shutwell) Dickson. his birth occurring in Durham township. Hancock county, December 28, 1855. His father was born in East Tennessee, May 18, 1817, and the mother in England.
Daniel Dickson was the son of Hugh and Margaret (Leib) Dickson, both na- tives of Pennsylvania, who came to Han- cock county in 1843, settling in La Harpe tonwship, where Mr. Dickson carried on the industry of farming for many years. He served in the Black Hawk war and he and his wife died at the advanced ages of seventy-four and seventy-five years re- spectively. The Dickson family is of Irish extraction, and was probably found- ed in the United States in the early colo- nial period. Daniel Dickson, the father of our sketch, came to Hancock county in 1838 where he purchased one hun- (red and sixty acres of land in La Harpe township, which he farmed for some time. later selling it and buying a quarter sec- tion in Durham township. He kept add- ing to this as he could until he owned one thousand acres of fine farming land. Hle was always a successful farmer, which vocation he followed until 1883, when he sold part of his land and purchased a handsome residence on Third street in Dallas City, which is now a hotel known as "Park House," and also bought the entire block of land on which that hostelry now stands. He was united. in marriage to Miss May Shutwell, of Mor- gan county, Illinois, in 1837. To this union were born nine children, four of whom are now living: 11. S. lives in Waco, Texas: J. E., our subject : D. D.,
now living in Fair Oaks, California : and Fred J., of Dallas City. The mother died in 1867, and later the father married Miss Lucinda Adams, who still resides in Dallas City. Daniel Dickson was one of the first prairie settlers in Hancock county and during his life he saw the wild lands transformed into beautiful farms and homes, and its hamlets develop into thriv- ing cities, and progress and civilization carried on so rapidly that the county at his death on February 17. 1895, bore little resemblance to the county of fifty years before. He was an enterprising man, en- tirely self-made, and at the time of his death was a very wealthy man, his pos- sessions being monuments of his thrift and energy.
J. E. Dickson received his early educa- tion in the district school. On October 19. 1880, Mr. Dickson was united in mar- riage to Miss Sarah L. Bellew, from near Adrian, Illinois. Her birth occurred on April 11, 1862, and she was the daughter of Jadiah and Nancy (Grant) Bellew. both parents were born near Camp Point. Illinois, coming to Hancock county at an early day, where the father was a pros- perous farmer. They were the parents of seven children, three of whom are still living: Alice, wife of W. A. Davis, of Des Moines, Iowa : Cora, wife of Everett Turney, of Chapman, Nebraska; and Eliner, living in Des Moines, Iowa.
To Mr. and Mrs. Dickson were born ten children, eight of whom are now liv- ing: Rolla, born September 3. 1881. married Forrest Kimmler, of Durham township: Vinnie A., born March 17. 1884, and keeps house for her father: Lloyd, born January 26, 1886, at home:
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Harry, born September to. 1887 ; Clar- ence, born March 17. 1889: Ruby, born November 10, 1890, died April 4. 1803: Ernest, born September 20, 1802: Ruth, born November 11. 1894: and Mildred and Merlyn, twins, born April 11. 1900, Mildred dying October 3. 1900. On the 15th of April, 1900, the unrelenting hand of death for the second time entered the home of Mr. Dickson and claimed the faithful wife and mother. This was a great blow to the husband and children as well as to her many friends and neigh- bors. Mrs. Dickson was a model mother, a kind and loving wife and a gentle woman well beloved by all who knew her. Her earthly remains were sorrow - fully laid to rest in the La Harpe cenie- tery to await the call of the last day. She was a devoted member of the Chris- tian church. After his marriage Mr. Dickson bought a farm of one hundred and twenty acres on section 10. Durham township, upon which he has built a good house, and has added to his possessions until he now has two hundred and forty acres on section 10 and sixty acres of good land in Texas. Besides general farming, at which he has been very sie- cessiul. Mr. Dickson carries on stock- raising quite extensively and handles grain. He is a man that is interested in local affairs of his county and township. doing everything in his power to advance the cause of education and the well-being of the community at large. The conti- dence which his contemporaries place in his ability and judgment is evidenced by the position of trust and responsibility which they bestow upon him. He is an ardent member of the Democratic party.
taking quite an active interest in the wel fare of that party, especially in this e - ty. He has served as assessor, collector. and justice of the peace, being elected on the democratic ticket to these offices and rendered uprigin, conscientious and high- ly satisfactory service in these capacities He has repeatedly served as school di- rector in his dietrich, and fraternally is connected with the Modern Woodmen vi America.
He believes in giving hus children and- vantage of such facilities as the time affords, his oldest son being educated m the Carthage College, m the La Harpe Academy, and in the school at Urbana. Illinois. His daughter also attends the La Harpe seminary. Mr. Dickson 15 considered one of the foremost men in Durham township, has a very quiet and kind disposition and yet is firm, everd. ingly energetic, and above all truly honest, and the kind of man that gives strength and high standing to any community
EDWIN BROWN
Edwin Brown, occupying a ruth Ap panouse township, where en que in general farming and stock money was day bằng October S. 10. vid and Martha Rudlisi Bpmc Hp mother was born in Olde bato wa 00 low on the 8th of July. I'M de she gave her hand in mange bet Brown Here the fat er carrelage
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eral agricultural pursuits until 1850, when he removed to Dallas, Illinois, where his death occurred February 23, 1856. The mother still survives and makes her home in Niota. She has now reached an ad- vanced age and is a sufferer from paralysis.
Edwin Brown is the younger of two children born unto his parents, his sister being Helen, who was born June 21, 1848, and is now the wife of George Skyles, and resides in the western part of Ne- braska. Mr. Brown attended the com- mon schools of Iowa in his youth, and during the periods of vacation and in the summer months aided his father in the work of the home farm, receiving prac- tical training which later enabled him to carry on work of this character on his own account. He is now operating one hundred and twenty acres situated in Ap- panoose township, of which fifty acres is pasture land, while the balance is de- voted to the raising of grain. In addi- tion to his farming pursuits he raises stock to quite an extent, and both branches of his business are proving a profitable source of revenue.
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