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when he engaged in the lumber and saw milling business in connection with his son-in-law, Mr. Chipman. In 1831, during the Black Hawk war he enlisted in Captain Jordan's company, served throughout, and was discharged at the close. During the late war he was chaplain of the 73d Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and served from February, 1864, until the close of the war. On the 20th of March, 1834, he married Miss Jane, daughter of John Tilton. She died July 1st, 1863. She was born in New Jersey, but came with her parents to Illinois, while young. There were ten children by that nniou, four of whom are living. The others died in infancy except Sarah, who was the wife of Wm. F. Chipman. She left one son named Paul. The names of the children living are, Laura, wife of Dr. T. J. Rigg, who have two children ; Ellen S., wife of Richard Weaver. They have two children ; Isaac W., married Mary Long. and have two children ; James Henry mar- ried Miss Dora Beachem. On the 13th of October, 1867, Mr. Jaquess married his present wife. She was Mrs. Catherine Mcclintock nee McGregor, and a native of Wabash county, Illinois. She had one child by her former marriage, named William T. McClintock, who married Miss Mildred Poole. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jaquess are members of the M. E. church. The former joined the church in his seventeenth year. Politically he was originally a Whig of the Emancipa- tion school, and always anti-slavery. In 1856, he was one of the few voters in the Wabash county, who cast their ballots for John C. Fremont. In 1860, he voted for Lincoln, and from that time voted the Republican ticket. In 1874, he was elected to represent this dis- trict in the General Assembly of the State, and in that capacity served his constituents well and honorably. He is an avowed outspoken advocate of the temperance cause. He joined the first temperance organization formed west of the Mississippi, and from that time to the present has not swerved from its principles and teach- ings.
EDWARD MILLER.
AMONG the old settlers and enterprising business men of Mt. Carmel is the subject of the following sketch. He is of German parentage. His father, Louis Miller, is a native of the province of Loraine, then a French prov- ince, now a part of Germany. He was born January 16, 1803. His father, Frederick Miller, was a native of the same county. Louis learned the carpenter trade in his youth and worked at it until twenty-one years of age, when under the laws of the French government, he was compelled to serve four years in the army doing military service. He performed that duty and then enlisted and served four years longer. After his discharge from the army he worked one year at his trade for his father-in- law, Daniel Wise, and then emigrated to America, ar- riving at New York in the early summer of 1833. He took up his residence at Allentown in Pennsylvania, and
remained there until the fall of 1834, when he came west to Illinois and settled in Mt Carmel. He was attracted to this place by his brother in-law, Daniel Wise, who had preceded him here a few years. Here he followed the carpenter trade and remained a resident until 1847, when he removed to Gibson county, Indiana, and a few years later moved to Stewartsville in Posey county, where he at present resides. Although over four-score years, he is still vigorous and gives evidence that there are a number of years of life and usefulness yet in store for him. On the 6th of September, 1832, while yet a resident of Loraine, he married Margaret, daughter of Daniel Wise, who was born in that province in April, 1813. She is also still living. There were nine chil- dren, the result of that marriage; four sons and one daughter are living. The daughter, Eliza, is the wife of Cyrus Worth, and a resident of Mt. Carmel. Henry, the third son, was a soldier during the late war. El- ward, the subject of this sketch, is the eldest son. He was born in Allentown, Lehigh county, Penn., August 26th, 1832, and was yet in his infancy when his parents moved west. Here in Mt. Carmel he grew to manhood, went to school and assisted his father as he grew older. After the family removed to Gibson county, Indiana, he worked on a farm until he was twenty-one years of age, then learned the carpenter trade and soon after married and removed to Evansville, and there followed his trade until he embarked in the manufacturing of sash, doors, etc. His business ventures in Evansville to some extent .proving a failure, he left there in 1875, and came back to Mt. Carmel, and here engaged in the manufacturing of sash, doors, blinds, and the general undertaking business, which he has by energy and a good man- agement, worked up to its present standard. On the 24th of June, 1857, he was united in marriage to Miss Caroline, daughter of Michael and Catherine Bur- rucker. She was born in Baltimore, Md., September 6th, 1837. Her parents were of German nativity, but were old settlers in the west. There have been born to Edward and Caroline Miller nine children, six of whom are living-five sons and one daughter. Their names in the order of their birth, ard George, Edward, Eli, Clara, Jacob, and Jesse, all of whom are yet beneath the parental roof. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller are mem- bers of the Evangelical church. Politically, Mr. Miller was originally a Democrat. In 1860, he voted for A. Lincoln, and since that time in all general elections he has voted the Republican ticket. He, however, is not partisan in his views, but conservative, and takes no fur- ther interest than to express his sentiments and choice through the right of ballot. Mr. Miller in life has been reasonably successful. He started in life poor, and what he has, has been the accumulation of his own toil (and the assistance of his wife) and the practice of rigid economy. He has raised and supported a large family, and at the same time maintained himself and added & little to his store while so doing. Mr. Miller may be regarded as one of the old settlers of Mt. Carmel. Fifty
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years has fled since he came here. . The place was then , a small struggling frontier village. The changes and growth have all been made since he first became a resi- dent here, then in his infancy, now in his mature age. In all these years, and among these people who knew him as boy and man, he has borne the name and charac- ter of an upright, honest man, and one who is of a generous just disposition, seeking to follow the golden rule of do- ing unto others as he would have others do unto him.
SAMUEL R. PUTNAM
Is a descendent of one of the pioneer families of Illinois and Wabash county. The family were originally from Massachusetts. Howard Putnam, the great-grandfather of Samuel R., was born in Worcester, that state, Febru- ary 11th, 1762. He was a young man when the war of the Revolution broke out, and too young to enter the service at that time. He, however, espoused the cause of the patriots, and was for two years a soldier under Washington at the latter end of the war. Hannah Put- nam, his wife, was born in the za ce state, Aug. 16, 1763. Howard moved to New Brighton in Columbia county, New York, and there his son, Samuel Putnam, the grand- father of the present family was born,-the date of which was Sept.11th, 1787. He married Relief Chaffey, who was of Puritan stock, born in Westminster, Vermont, Dec. 11th, 1796. She died in Wabash county, Illinois, Feb. 14th, 1859, having survived her husband thirteen years. Samuel Putnam emigrated to Indiana in 1817, about the time that state was admitted into the union. There bis eldest daughter, Tryphosia, was born, Septem- ber 2nd, 1817. The next year he came across the river into Illinois. His eldest son, Sylvester Putnam, was born in Wabash, then a part of Edwards county, Feb. 14th, 1819. Here Samuel Putnam remained until his death, which occurred March 10th, 1846. By the mar- riage of Samuel and Relief Putnam, there were five chil- dren, among whom was Chesterfield Putnam, the father of Samuel R. He was born in Wabash county, Illinois, Sept. 23rd, 1825 He in early life learned the trade of wagonmaker, which he followed for a number of years, then engaged in farming and subsequently returned to his trade again, and at present is engaged in that busi- ness, in Mt. Carmel. He lived for a few years in Lawrence county, but with that exception, his life has been passed in Wabash county. He married Miss Eliz- abeth Baird, a native of Wabash co., who was born Mar. 8, 1826, and married Sept. 3rd, 1843. Her parents, John W. and Rebecca (Stewart) Baird, were natives of Ken- tucky, and were also among the early settlers of Wabash county. The offspring of the marriage of Chesterfield and Elizabeth Putnam, were Gilbert La Fayette, who was a soldier during the late war, and a member of the 115th Regt. Ill. Vol. Infty. He contracted a disease while in the line of his duty during the war, and died, April 12th, 1868. Julia, the only daughter, is the wife of Seth Gard, and a resident of Wabash county. Edgar
Newton, youngest son, married Ellen Ayres. She died January 5th, 1882, having one son named Noble Putnam. Samuel R., the subject of this sketch, is the third in the family. He was born in Wabash county, Illinois, Oct. 19th, 1849. He was reared upon the farm, and received his education in the common schools of Wa- bash and Lawrence counties, and in the High School of Mt. Carmel. In the Spring of 1868 he commenced the study of law in the office, and under the directions of Bell & Green, prominent attorneys of the Wabash bar. He read the standard text books, and pursued his studies diligently until the Spring of 1870, when he was exam- ined as to his proficiency by a committee, upon whose recommendation the Supreme Court granted him a li- cense to practice law. Soon after his admission he went to Eureka, Kansas, opened an office and commenced the practice. He remained there two years, then returned to Mt Carmel and continued alone in the practice for one year, then formed a law partnership with Mathews & Greathouse, under the firm name of Mathews, Putnam & Greathouse, which continued five years. Upon its dissolution, the present firm of Putnam & Greathouse was formed. Mr. Putnam, while in the general practice, makes the probate business a specialty, and in the line of the practice has been more than ordinarily successful. He is a young man, possessing studious and good habits, industrious disposition and an earnest desire to excel in his chosen profession. Politically, he comes from an old line Whig and Republican stock, and since 1872, when he cast his first presidential vote, has uniformly voted the Republican ticket. On the 21st of April, 1878, he was united in marriage to Miss Agatha E. Wienbach, a native of Wabash county, Illinois. One child, a son named Karl, has been born to them.
VALENTINE SMITH
Is of German birth, born in Bavaria November 15, 1824. His parents, Adam and Ann (Full) Smith, were natives of the same place. The family emigrated to America in 1830, and settled near Strasburg, in Frank- lin county, Pennsylvania, and there lived until 1834, when they came west to Vanderberg county, in Indiana, and bought Congress land near Evansville. He pur- chased eighty acres and improved it, cleared it up, and there lived until 1844, when he removed to Vincennes, and died in August of the same year. His wife still survives her husband, and at present is a resident of Vincennes. There were eight children in the family, four sons and the same number of daughters. Of those three are yet living. Valentine Smith, the subject of this sketch, learned the trade of saddler and harness maker in Vincennes. In 1846 he moved over to Illinois, and settled in Grayville, in White county, and there opened a shop, and carried on the business, and continued in it until the war broke out. He then enlisted for three years under the first call of President Lincoln for
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300,000 troops. He became a member of Company E of the 7th Regt., Ills. Cavalry. He was detailed as regimental saddler, and veteranized with his regiment, and remained in the service until the close of the war, having been in the service for four years and three months. Ile entered September 17, 1861, and was mustered out and discharged in December, 1865. He returned home to Grayville, and on the 16th of January, 1866, came to Mt. Carmel and opened a saddlery aud harness shop, continuing in the business for fif- teen months, when he sold out, and in connection with Augustus Oldendorp, went into the saloon business. In that business Mr. Smith has continued to the present. Five years ago he added drugs and notions to his busi- ness. In 1846 he was united in marriage to Miss Eva- line, daughter of Robert Coulter. She was born in Grayville, and there died in 1853. By that marriage there were three children-two sons and one daughter. The latter died during the war. The sons are William Edward, who at present is a resident of Texas, and Charles, who is at Lome assisting his father. In 1868 he married .Miss Vina Hartmann, daughter of John and Mary Hartmann. She died October 18, 1868. There was one child by that marriage, named Laura Vina Smith.
Mr. Smith is an honored member of the ancient and honorable order of Free Masonry, and is a member of Mt. Carmel Lodge. Politically he votes the Demo- cratic ticket on State and National occasions. Hc however is not a partisan, but votes in local elections for the best men and best measures.
J. SCHNECK, M. D.
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THE Schneck family are of German parentage, and date their ancestry back to the sixteenth century. They originally lived in Westphalia, Germany, but were driven out by wars and persecutions, and took up their residence at Stuttgart. Many of the family in after years became learned men and able writers, particularly upon theological subjects. John F., the father of Dr. Schneck, was born in Germany, August 23d, 1812. In 1839 he emi- grated to America, and settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvan- ia, and there remained until 1843, when he removed west to Indiana, and settled at New Harmony, in Posey county, to which place he was attracted by relatives of his wife. He there followed the trade of carpenter for a number of years, but subsequently engaged in farming, in which he continued until his death in 1857. He married Miss Elizabeth Burkhart, of Lancaster, Pa, January 26, 1843. She was a native of Alsace, a province of France, born in 1823, but was only seven years of age when her parents emigrated to America, and settled near Millerstown in the above named county and State. She survived her husband many years, and died at New Harmony, Ind., in September, 1879. Jacob, the sub- ject of this sketch, is the eldest of the family of John F.
and Elizabeth Schneck. He was born near New Har- mony, Posey county, Indiana, December 11, 1843. He was reared upon the farm, and received a fair English education in the schools of his native county. He remained at home until soon after the breaking out of the late war, when on the 13th of November, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company E of the 60th Regt., Ind. Vol. Infantry. He was captured while on the skirmish line at the battle of Jackson, which occurred a few days after the fall of Vicksburg. He was paroled and sent north. Owing to some irregularity in the exchange, he failed to be exchanged regularly, therefore did not rejoin his command, but re-enlisted, entering the naval service at Brooklyn, New York. The date of the latter enlistment was May 18, 1864. He was assigned to duty on a vessel that had a roving commission, and whose chief duty it was to watch and capture blockade runners. He was subsequently assigned to duty on the Metacomet, and took part in the naval campaign off Mobile and at Fort Morgan and Spanish Fort. He was mustered out and discharged from the service at Philadelphia, May 31st, 1865. He returned home, and feeling the necessity of having a better education, went to school and spent some time in the academy at Owenville fitting himself for the profession of teaching. In 1867 he went to Olney in Richland county, Ill, and taught school, and while there concluded to enter the profession of Medicine. He commenced the study under the direction of Dr Gos- lin, of Olney. The next year he came to Mt. Carmel, taught school and continued his studies under Dr. Wm. Graham. In the winter of 1868-69, he took a course in the Chicago Medical College. His money being exhaust- ed, he was compelled to go back to teaching, by which means he secured sufficient funds to enable him to enter the Medical College for the second course. He gradua- ted in March, 1871, with the degree of M. D. He con- menced the practice in Mt. Carmel, which by close at- tention and uniform success, soon grew extensive and lucrative. Dr. Schneck belongs to the progressive order of physicians, and keeps fully posted in all the new meth- ods and latest discoveries in the science of medicine. He is president of the Wabash Medical Society, and a mem- ber of the State Medical and Natural History Societies. He is a member of A. F. and A. M., belongs to Mt. Car- mel Lodge No. 239, and Mt. Carmel Chapter No. 159. On the 28th of November, 1872, he was united in mar- riage to Miss Mary, daughter of John and Mary Hart- mann. One child, a son, has been born to them, named Sereno Schneck. Both Mr. and Mrs. Schneck are mem- bers of the M. E. Church. He is Republican in poli- tics, and an advocate of the Temperance cause.
ISAAC F. PRICE.
THE Price family is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. John C. Price, the grandfather of Isaac F., was a native of Delaware. He emigrated to Ohio as early as 1812 and settled in Muskingum county, near Zanesville, and there
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lived until 1837, when he came to Wabash county, Illi- nois, and here died in the summer of 1838. William Price, his son, and father of the present family, came to Illinois, Oct. 29th, 1839. He was born in Delaware, February 15th, 1805. He settled in Wabash county and engaged in farming. He, however, was a shoemaker by trade. In 1863 he removed to Lawrence county, Ill. and there continued his trade. He died Nov. 29th, 1880. In 1828 he married Elizabeth Walker. She died in June 1839. In 1841 he married Mrs. Sarah Hall nee Walker. She died in the fall of 1853, leaving four children, three of whom are yet living. Isaac Fletcher Price is the third in the family of the latter marriage. He was born in the northern part of Wabash county, Illinois, June 27th, 1848. He was reared upon his father's farm, and received a common school education in the public and subscription schools of his neighbor- hood, and remained at home until he reached his twenty- second year. During that time he learned the trade of shoemaking in his father's shop, and worked at it for three years. He then commenced clerking in a general store in Allendale, in this county, and continued in the business for eleven years, with the exception of a short time that he was compelled to abandon it on account of failing health. In 1882 he received the nomination for the office of County Clerk, at the hands of the Demo- cratic party in convention assembled, and in November following was elected. He then moved to Mt. Carmel and entered upon his duties as Clerk of the County, and at present is still acting in that capacity. His term will expire in 1886. Politically, Mr. Price is a member of the Democratic party, and a staunch and true adherent to the principles of that political organization, and uniformly votes that ticket. He is a member of the order of Free and Accepted Mssons and holds membership with Allendale Lodge, No. 752.
On the 26th of February, 1874, he was united in marriage to Miss Emma, daughter of William and Margaret (Crosin) McClane. Mrs. Price was born in Wabash county Illinois. Her parents are natives of Ohio. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Price. Their names are William Guy, and Floy Isabel Price. Mr. Price as a county official so far gives evi- dence of being very popular. He is possessed of good business qualifications, and an obliging disposition. He is industrious and active in acquiring a thorough know- ledge of the routine work and duties appertaining to his office, and meets all who come in contact with him, whether in his official capacity or otherwise, in an affable and pleasant manner.
ALFRED P. MANLEY.
THE present county superintendent of Schools is a na- tive of Wabash county, born May 3rd, 1853. His grand- father, Benjamin Manley, was a native of New Jersey, and at an early date emigrated to Ohio, and settled in Muskingum county, and there married Julia Ford, who
was also a native of New Jersey. In 1842, the Manley family came to Wabash county, Illinois, and here Mrs. Manley died. Mr. Manley soon after moved to Logan county, Illinois, and there died a few years later. Of the offspring of Benjamin and Julia Manley was Fran- cis Perry, the father of Alfred P. Manley. He was born in Muskingum county, Ohio. He came with the fami- ly to Illinois, and here studied medicine and practiced his profession, until his death, which occurred in 1862. He married Miss Maria Wiley, daughter of James Wi- ley, who was an old settler of Wabash county, and a veteran of the war of 1812. Mrs. Manley was born in this county, By the latter union there were seven chil- dren, four of whom have survived the father. Alfred P. is the third in the family now living. He received his primary education in the public schools of the coun- ty. Determining to adopt teaching as the business of his life, he commenced fitting himself for the profession by entering the National Normal School, at Lebonon, Ohio. Subsequently he attended the Normal School at Carmi, White county, Illinois, and at Mitchell, Indiana. At those schools he obtained special instruction and train- ing for the profession. He taught his first school in 1875, and from that time to the present has been en- gaged in teaching. For the last two years, he has had charge, as Principal, of the grammar department in the High School of Mt. Carmel. In 1882, his zeal in the cause of education, his worth as a man and citizen, re- ceived suitable and honorable recognition, by being elect- ed Superintendent of the Public Schools of Wabash coun- ty. His elevation to that office was the more flatter -- ing when it is remembered that he was elected as a Re- publican in a county that usually gives 200 majority for the Democratic ticket. His election may therefore be taken as an evidence of his efficiency and popularity. Mr. Manley is progressive in his ideas, and has already introduced wholesome and radical reforms in the school system of the county. Under his vigorous management, we hope soon to see the public schools of the county, second to none in the state. Politically he is a Repub- lican. He is an honored member of the A. F. & A. M. and holds membership with Mt. Carmel Lodge 239. He is a member of the Christian Church, temperate in his habits and an advocate of the cause.
SAMONIEL BROTHERS.
EDWARD and William Samoniel, the leading jewelers of Wabash county, were born in Louisville, Kentucky, but came to Mt. Carmel in 1857, and were here raised to habits of industry and business. They learned the jeweler's trade and worked at the business in different places. In 1876 they came back to Mt. Carmel, and opened a large stock of jewelry, musical instruments and fancy goods. In 1883 they commenced giving their entire time to the sale of all the different manufactures of watches and clocks, of the Seth Thomas, Elgin, Wal- tham, Springfield and others, and also put in a large stock of musical instruments. They are good business
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men, and the public have learned to know that their warranty upon their goods means all that the word im- plies. They, with few exceptions, conduct the largest business of the kind in Southern Illinois.
CAPTAIN G. M. KENIEPP.
CHRISTIAN KENIEPP, the founder of the family, living in Wabash and Lawrence counties, Illinois, was a Hessian soldier captured at Trenton. He joined the colonial army, and after the war married and located in Geauga county, Ohio. He had four sons and several daughters, the eldest being the first white female child born in that section in Ohio. Of these sons was Charles, the grand- father of G. M. Keniepp. He married Miss L. Clark, and had a family of three sons and one daughter. Of these sons was Silas Keniepp, born July 29th, 1811, on his father's farm on Johnny Cake ridge, near Winchester, Geauga county, Ohio. He came with his uncle's family to Mt. Carmel in 1827, and here learned the blacksmith trade, in the shop of Jas. H. Beall, afterwards buying the shop and following the business for a quarter of a century. He moved to his farm near the city in 1859, and there died, April 18th, 1883. He married Jane, eldest daughter of Beauchamp Harvey, deceased, Dec. 8th, 1836, by whom he had a family of five sons and three daughters. His wife died Nov. 19th, 1874. He subsequently married Elizabeth Sharp, Dec. 25th, 1876 who still survives.
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