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equal to that he supposed his hat would have lasted The English settlers of Albion were frequently the sub jects of his cruel jokes.
He was sought for one time by George Flower, who desired to purchase some cattle of him, and meeting him on the way asked the supposed personification where Stillwell the cattle man might be found. He gave the dignified Englishman the desired information, and then successfully plied him for a "quarter," the supposed price of services rendered. Playing the itinerant or tramp in quest of work among the Johnnies was a favorite sport. About 1820 he moved to Bellmont pre- cinct, and settled on the S. E. } of section 21. Jere- miah Selby, of Bourbon county, Ky., arrived in 1807, and moved into Jordan's cabin on the Wabash, the Castle Garden for the northeastern part of the county. He had a family of five children, Lingard, Samuel, Thomas, Betsy, and Drusilla. After a short residence in the Jordan cabin, he settled on the S. E. } of section 23. Lingard was the first Methodist to hold meetings and preach in this part of the country. In the year 1811 came William B. Smith and Spencer Wood, the former from Hamilton county, Ohio. In 1816 he mar- ried Elizabeth Jordan, and settled on the N. E. } of sec- tion 14, where he resided till his death, in 1863, at the age of seventy-six. He officiated as justice of the peace at the marriage of Jeremiah Wood and Jane Philpott, in January, 1815. He had a family of ten children, four of whom are yet living. Wood settled on the S. E. { of section 1. He had three sons, Wesley, Washing- ton, and Ira, and three daughters. On his farm was a large apple orchard and a distillery for making apple brandy. His sons married and settled in the precinct, but subsequently moved away. The Banks'a were set- tlers about this time, 1810 or '11. Thomas, Alexander, and James, were three brothers of this family. The three Pollard brothers, Elijah, Dudley, and Absalom, who lived in the vicinity of the "Timber settlement," may also receive mention in this place. A man named Cross settled about two miles due north of Allendale, and there had a horse-mill, that had rotted and gone to decay, in 1820. Francis Valley, of French descent, from the neighborhood of St. Francisville, had a ferry on Location No. 2, Range 11. In 1815 it was taxed three dollars, and had probably been in operation as early as 1810. The boat was sufficient to carry two teams each trip, and was operated by means of oars and poles At low water the river was forded at this point. Valley remained the owner of the ferry till his death, about 1840. His three sons, Charles, Russell, and Alexander, married and settled in Lawrence county. Philip Plough and Thomas Trulock were early settlers near the site of old Timberville.
John O. McIntosh, of Scotch descent, was a native of Virginia. His wife, Sarah Bennet, was the daughter of a ship carpenter. In 1784 or 1785 he went to Kentucky, where he remained till 1814, when he came to Wabash county with a family of six children, Samuel, Daniel,
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William, Lavinia, Lucinda and Sarah, and moved into Compton's Fort. After four months' stay he settled on the west half of the southeast quarter of section 23, and lived there about one year. He then moved to the southeast quarter of section 35, township 2 south, range 14 west, Coffee precinct, where he remained about three years, and then returned to Wabash and settled perma- nently on the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 23. He was naturally a leader, and took an active interest in the movement that resulted in the creation of Edwards county, having been selected for the arduous and dangerous task of bearing the citizens' petition to Gov. Ninian Edwards at Kaskaskia. The county formed, he became the judge of its court and busied himself in the matter of organization and the es- tablishment of police regulations. He was a minister of the Baptist denomination, and preached at private houses in the neighborhood where he resided. He died on the old McIntosh place in 1829, and was buried in the Comp- ton graveyard, near the site of the fort, but his remains were subsequently removed to Mt. Carmel. Samuel, in 1821, married Eleanor Mathews, and bought sixty acres of the Charles Gardner entry, the northeast quarter of section 23, and made this his permanent place of resi- dence. He reared a family of eight children, three of whom are yet living. Dr. A. J. in Allendale. He was the last survivor of those who pursued the Indian mas- sacres of the Canons, and died 1879, at the age of eighty- seven years. Daniel is living in Crawford county, Ind. William, because of an identity in names attracted the attention of William McIntosh, the English trader and speculator in land, who, though not his kinsman, edu- cated him at Vincennes at his own expense. The elder William built a fine frame house in Wabash county at the Grand Rapids. He figured conspicuously at one time as an opponent of Gov. Harrison's peace policy toward the Indians, and for his insubordination was condem ned to pay a heavy fine. Charles Garner, son- in-law of John O. McIntosh, came from Kentucky in 1814, and settled on the northeast of section 23, which he made his permanent home. He brought with him a son John, who married and settled near Lawrence- ville. The family, which was quite a large one, married and scattered to other parts. Benjamin Hulbert was from New York, arriving in 1815, with a family of three sons, William, Henry and Benjamin, and several daughters. He settled on section 13, and became a per- manent resident of the precinct. Henry was one of the early teachers, and was noted for the severity of his dis- cipline. One of his pupils, now a well known citizen, carried a bowie-knife in self-protection. The sons all moved away. With Hulbert came his son-in-law, Henry Leek, who was a great hunter, and a skillful and in- genious mechanic. After a sojourn of about ten years he moved away. Samuel Simcoe came to what is now Wabash precinct about 1815. He had a family of six sons, John, David, Robert, Joseph, Thomas and Joab, and a daughter, Nancy. John Armstrong, who came from
Tennessee in 1815, had six children, Abner, Levi, Louis, Thomas J, and James. He settled on the southwest of the northeast quarter of section 15, and there lived and died. Abner was the first sheriff of Edwards county, and held the office for a number of years. Thomas J. was a member of the legislature, and was also a judge of the county court. Joseph Gardner settled on the west half of the northwest quarter of section 9, in 1815 or 1816, and there made his permanent home. Peter Keen came to the county for the purpose of prospecting in 1814. In the spring of 1815 he brought his family from Hamilton county, Ohio, which consisted of a wife and eight children, namely, Angeline, Daniel. Hannah, Dennis, Ira, Shulamite, Edwin and Asenath. They came in a keel, boat and had great difficulty in ascend- ing the swollen Wabash. They were met at its mouth by a number of settlers, who knew of their coming to act as a guard against Indian outrage. They debarked at McBride's landing, following the example of the first settler, Levi Compton, and moved into the little cabin that stood by the river side, and there remained about one year. Keen then settled on the northwest quarter of section 26. This place had first been settled by William H. Ramsey, whose improvement Keen pur- chased. He remained here a number of years and then moved to the northeast of the southeast of section 14, township 1 north, range 13 west, where he and his wife died, the former about 1844, aged eighty-four years; the latter six years later, at the age of eighty-six. He helped build the first cabin put up on the site of Cincin- nati, and he and his wife Jemima Gard, sister of Seth, were the first pair married between the two Miamies. Their daughter Angeline was the first child born within those limits. Two members of that pionecr family, Shulamite and Ira, are yet living, the latter in Friends- ville, hale and well preserved at the age of eighty-two. He has been a very active man, and in his earlier days, boated the year's products of his farm down the Wabash every spring, and then disposed of boat and cargo. In 1822 he made his return trip from New Orleans to Evansville in a little stern-wheel steamboat. The time required between the two points was about twenty days. Daniel Keen married and settled in Coffee precinct, and Dennis located in Wabash. McBride's Landing was on the southeast part of southwest quarter of section 27. John McBride and Anna, his wife, were of Irish descent, and were early settlers. John and Henry McGregor, brothers of Mrs. McBride, were also early settlers.
Cornelius Vanderhoof, in 1816 or '17 brought into the precinct a family of five children, viz .: Cornelius, Jr., Louis, Harvey, Anna and Caroline, and after a residence of some years, died within its limits. B. S E. Goff settled on the S W. } of section 14 in 1816. About this time, John W. Buchanan, a single man, came from Kentucky. He married and settled on the E. } of section 23. Some of his descendants are living in the county. William Johnson brought three sons,
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Jacob, John and Thomas, from Indiana, in 1816 or '17. and settled two miles north of Allendale. The family are all dead. Johnson's sister, Mrs. Margaret Philpott, and her daughter, now Mrs. Leek, of Allendale, came about the same time. The former became the wife of John Anthis. Thomas Gould came to the county in 1816, and settled in Wabash precinct. In 1823 he be- came a member of the church that was organized in the Danforth school-house, Friendsville . precinct. Hugh Calhoun, in 1817, settled on the W. } of the S. E. } of section 5. Jolin Andrew was a native of Virginia, whence he went to Ohio, and entered the army of 1812. In 1817, he came and settled on the N. E. } of section 11. He was a very respectable man, and always lived in the precinct. His brother-in-law, Joseph Wright, came with him and settled on the S. E. } of section 14. He was chief carpenter in Buchanan's mill on Raccoon creek. John Buchanan came from Ohio in 1817. He brought a family of five children, John, Joseph, Jane, Rohamey and Anna, and settled on the N. W. } of section 36, T. 2 N., R 12 W. He was quite well off and built the water mill referred to shortly after his coming. John Snider arrived in 1817 with a family of three sons, Peter, James and Daniel, and two daughters. He settled on the N. E. { of section 25, and there fol- lowed the occupation of a farmer, and accumulated a considerable amount of property. Thomas Cisel came from Ohio in 1820, bringing three sons, Richard, Thomas, Jr., and William. He settled on the N. W. } of section 12, where he lived until his death in 1832. Richard and Thomas married and settled in the vicinity of Allendale. The latter is now living on Location No. 1, T. 1 W., R. 11 W. William settled in Knox county, Ohio. With Cisel came his son-in-law, Isaac Smith, with a wife and three children, Priscilla, James and another, and settled on the same place. He was justice of the peace for several terms. William Crane, also from Ohio in 1820, settled on the S. E } of section 12. He was an influential man on matters of religion and possessed a fine voice. James Payne came from Ten- nessee in 1823 and brought to the precinct five children, Ruth, Henry, Thomas, Rachel and Campbell. His brother John came about the same time, married and settled on the S E. } of section 23, at old Timberville.
The following are the earliest land entries of the pre- cinct in T. 1 N., R. 12 W .: January 12, 1814, John Wood entered the N. E. } of section 32; May 14, 1814, Peter Keen the S. E. } of section 28; June 20, 1814, the same, the S. W. + of section 22; May 8, 1814, Levi Compton, section 13; November 12, 1814, John O. McIntosh, the S. E. { of section 23; January 17, 1815, Joseph Wright, the S. E. } of section 14; March 16, 1815, James M. Armstrong, the N. W. } of section 23; March 5, 1816, Charles Garner the N. E. one-quar- ter of section 23; March 26, 1816, William Smith, the N. E. one quarter, and George Anthis, the N. W. one- quarter of section 14; June 6, 1816, G. Hazelton, the S. E. one-quarter of section 32; September 30, 1816, Jo-
seph Gardner, the W. one-half of the N. W. one-quarter of section 9; December 13, 1816, B. S. E. Goff, the S. E. one-quarter of section 14; April 3, 1817, Samuel Stillwell, the S. E. one quarter of section 21; June 2, 1817, Toussaint Dubois, the N one-half of section 12; June 4, 1817, Sarah Arnold, the N. E. one-quarter of section 24; September 27, 1817, Hugh Calhoun, the W. one-half of the N. E. one-quarter, and Cornelius Vander- hoof, the W. one-half of the S. E. one-quarter of section 5; October 18, 1817, John Snider, the N. E. one quarter of section 25; June 7, 1818, Spencer Wood, the S. E. one-quarter of section 1; October 2, 1818, William Prole, the E. one-half of the S. W. one-quarter of sec- tion 1; February 15, 1817, John Buchanan entered the S. W. one-quarter of section 36, T. 2 N., R. 12 W. There are three four-hundred-acre improvement claims in the precinct, and each in favor of Ambrois Degenet and Jean C Thiriot in T. 1 N., R 11 W., and one in favor of Christian Wyatt in T. 1 N., R. 12 W. These claims were allowed in behalf of heads of families who actually s ttled and improved them prior to 1783. Degenet, Thiriot and Wyatt must therefore be regarded as the first settlers of Wabash precinct and probably of the county. Gabriel Boulon, Jr., and Pierre Levrie each located militia rights in T. 1 N, R 11 W., under an act of Congress, approved March 3, 1791. Those whose names appear below represented the precinct in the Black Hawk war: James Garner, Henry Hulbert, Philip and Cornelius Vanderhoof, John W. and Joseph (). Buchanan, Wesley Wood, Dennis Keen, Solomon Freer, Abner Besley and Robert E. Wright. Here are some of the early burial places: The Fox grave yard, on section 26, no longer kept up, contains the ashes of Jarvis Dale, who built the first house in old Palmyra. The Armstrong yard is on the N. E. one-quarter of sec- tion 13. Here lie Joseph Haniford, an early teacher, and Abner Armstrong, first sheriff of Edwards county. The Jordan yard holds the remains of Dr. Joseph Fudge, and of Jonathan O. Haver, who was shot by Milton Bergstresser. The Adams yard is on the S. E one- quarter of section 16. William Johnson, said to have been the first white child born in Vincennes, lies buried here. The Compton yard is near the site of the old . fort. The first burial was that of Levi Compton, Jr., in 1823. The remains of Joshua Jordan are buried here.
Bedell's Mill, on the Wabash, was built in 1829 by Moses Bedell on the N. W. one-quarter of section 30. It was a log structure, containing two run of burrs, and in its day was the principal mill in its range of country. It continued in operation about sixteen years. Bedell and his nephew, Moses Biddle, Jr., of Mt. Carmel, did quite an extensive business in merchandising at this point.
Mr. Reuben Fox taught a school in the Compton Fort about 1815. Robert Gibson, of Warren county, Kentucky, taught school in the precinct between 1815 and 1818.
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TIMBERVILLE.
THIS town was located on the N. E. quarter of the N. E. quarter of section 23, township 1 north, range 12 west. It was surveyed and platted by Robert Buchanan, county surveyor, for the proprietors, William Higgins and Joseph Alburtz. The plat was recorded March 17, 1866. The first building was a dwelling, moved from Bedell's mill by Anthony Alburtz, in one part of which he began selling goods about 1853. Two stores and a blacksmith and wagon shop were afterward built, and a considerable amount of business done. The Methodist church of Allendale was built here in 1865, at a cost of about $1,500. Here also once stood the school-house used in that village till the present one was built, When the Railroad was projected through, the principal buildings of the town were moved to
ALLENDALE.
So named in honor of Col. C. M. Allen, the contractor for building the railroad from Vincennes to Carmi. It is pleasantly located on the S. E. quarter of section 11, and is a station of some importance. Its population census of 1880 numbered 274 individuals. The pro- prietors were W. W. McDowell, J. W. Price, Hiram Fox, E. Fox, by his conservator, Hiram Fox and Theodore McClain. It was. surveyed and platted by Robert Buchanan, county surveyor, and the plat was filed for record, May 17, 1869. The first building was a little frame dwelling with vertical siding. The first store building was moved from Timberville, by. J. W. Price in 1871. Allendale Flouring Mills were built in 1874-5 by H. Hines and Theodore McClain, at a cost of about $8,000. The building is a frame, three- story, with two runs of burrs, purifier, elevators, etc., and a capacity of fifty barrels a day It is owned and op- erated by F. H. and Harmon Holsen. The church was moved from Timberville in 1876. The Allendale Steam Saw Mill was built by H. Naylor in 1877. It operates five saws, and does general merchant sawing. The school house, a brick, two-story, three-room building was put up in 1879, at a cost, including furniture, of about $4,000. J. S. Lewis' Steam Saw Mill, which operates three circular saws, was built in 1881. The Post Office, at first called the Armstrong Post Office,
was established as early as 1824 and was first kept by Abner Armstrong. At this time there were but three other post-offices in the county, the Mt. Carmel, the Centerville, and the " Coffeeton." The name and lo- cation of the office were changed to Allendale eleven years ago. The following directory will show the
PRESENT BUSINESS.
Physicians .- A. J. McIntosh, Harry Leeds, J. E. Smith.
Druggists .- A. J. McIntosh, J. E. Smith.
General Merchants .- J. W. Price, D. G. Price, F. M. Leek.
Grocer .- Franklin De Witt.
Postmaster .- G. W. Crane.
Grain Dealers -J. W. Price, D. G. Price.
Hotel-keepers .- James Payne, John J. Williamson.
Blacksmith .- A. J. Shaw.
Carpenter .- Samuel Smith.
Painter .- A. R. Cusick.
Wagon Maker .- J. N. Williams, John E. Hensley.
Undertaker .- John E. Hensley.
Shoemaker .- Jacob Copeland.
Milliners .- Mrs. Ella Hines, Mrs. John Capoot.
Justice and Notary .- Franklin De Witt.
Sorghum Mill .- John Rosenberg & B. B. Hill. Teacher .- O. H. P. Grunden.
PATTON
Is situated on the N. W. quarter of section 33, and was surveyed and platted by Robert Buchanan for Albert B. Keen. The plat was recorded in the office of the circuit Clerk, Feb. 5, 1877. It was named after Dr. Patton, of Vincennes. The first building was a warehouse put up by Joshua Buchanan in 1872-3. It was sold to William R. Wilkinson, through whose in- fluence largely, Patton became a station. The post office was established in 1874, and first kept by Joshua Buchanan, the present incumbent. The first goods were 'sold by George Collins, in the fall of 1877. In this year Joseph Kepley opened a shoemaker's shop and is still keeping it. A log school-house was built in 1876, Clara Moyer taught the first school. Parkinson Bros., built a grain house in the spring of 1882. The town numbers about thirty-five inhabitants.
BIOGRAPHIES.
DR. ANDREW J. McINTOSH
THE McIntosh family, of Wabash county, are de- scended from pioneer stock. John Og McIntosh, the grandfather of Andrew J., was born near the old castle of Inverness, in Invernesshire, Scotland, March 6th, 1753. He was the son of John and Margaret (Og) McIntosh. His maternal uncle, John Og, was a physi- cian and surgeon in the army of King George the III,
and John Og McIntosh was named for him. The McIntosh family were small farmers and shepherds. The uncle of John Og McIntosh placed him in school, and subsequently sent him to the University in Edin- burg, and he was there pursuing his studies when the war of the revolution broke out. It was the will of his uncle that he should accompany him to America, where he had been ordered with the King's troops, in the capacity of assistant surgeon, though without pay or commission. He came, assisted his uncle, and remained with him until the battle of Germantown, where Dr. Og was killed. Young McIntosh was then left to shift for himself. Soon after his fine appearance and physique attracted the attention of Tarleton, a famous cavalry leader, and one of Cornwallis's trusted lieutenants. He joined that command and participated with it until the battle of the Cowpens, where he was taken prisoner by General Morgan. The general made him his per- sonal prisoner. He refused to accept the exchange, and remained with General Morgan, and after the war be- came an inmate of his family, at Winchester, Virginia. After the war he dropped the profession of medicine and took up the trade of wheelwright. He remained in Virginia until 1784, when he removed with several families to Kentucky. They passed over the same road that Braddock's army traveled when on the disastrous campaign against Fort Duquesne, thirty years before. From Pittsburg they went down the river to Limestone Landing, Kentucky, where Maysville now stands, and from there to Kenton's Point. At the latter place Mr. McIntosh remained several years, then went to Bourbon county and settled on the present site of Paris. He subsequently removed to Montgomery county, then to Warren, from there to Logan county, where he remained until 1814, when he came to the territory of Illinois via Red Bank, through Indiana, to what is now Wabash county. When he came here he lived in Compton's Fort, then purchased land in the timber settlement, and lived there some time, then went out on the Bonpas creek, in . Edwards county, and lived there for some time, then ex-
changed and came to his former farm, and there died in 1829.
When he came here this part of Illinois was a part of Gallatin county. The distance to Shawneetown, the county seat, was too great, and therefore a move was made to erect another county further north. A petition was drawn up and signed by the requisite number of citizens, and Mr. McIntosh was the bearer of it to Gov. Edwards, at Kaskaskia. He traveled the entire distance on horseback aud met the governor, whom he had per- sonally known in Kentucky, presented him the petition, and the prayer of the people of this section was granted. The county was formed and named Edwards, in honor of the governor. The new county then included all the territory on the east side of the state, and north to Fort Dearborn, now Chicago. The governor appointed Mr. McIntosh county judge, a position he held until the territory was admitted as a state. Mr. McIntosh had been, while a resident of Kentucky, ordained a minister in the Baptist church, and was among the first, if not the first minister of that religious denomination in Wabash county. In 1782 he married Sarah Benne t, whose acquaintance he made during the time the British army was stationed at Germantown. She was born in New Jersey, Jauuary 17th, 1758. Her father was a ship carpenter, and in one of his voyages was lost at sea. Mrs. McIntosh died in Wabash county, Illinois, August 5, 1831. By that union there were ten children. Samuel, the father of Andrew J., was the fifth in the family. He was born at Paris, Bourbon county, Kentucky, December 25th, 1791. He grew to manhood in his native state, and obtained a limited education, which was mainly re- ceived from such books as fell in his way. He learned the trade of wheelwright with his father, and followed the trade until the increasing factories drove out in. dividual business. In 1813 he, and his brother John McIntosh, at the call of Gov. Shelby, enlisted in the Northwestern army, and was in the division under Gen. Lewis Cass, and in the detachment that invaded Canada. He was aboard the American and British ship the morning after the battle known as Perry's victory. While on one of the Three Sister Islands, he witnessed the execution of Daniel Literal, who was condemned by court martial for treason and shot by a squad of twelve men. After his discharge he returned to Kentucky, and in 1814 came to Wabash county, Illinois, and with others went into Compton's Fort, which stood near where Allen- dale now stands. He was the last survivor of the party
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of nine, who went from this place in pursuit of the In- dians that massacred the Cannon family at the old Painter Grave-yard, near Rosedale. He remained a citizen of Wabash county from 1814 until his death, which occurred June 16th, 1879, in his eighty-eighth year. He married Eleanor Mathews, who was born in Tennessee. She was the daughter of Samuel Mathews, and was living in Crawford county, Illinois, at the time of her marriage. She died Dec. 28th, 1876. There were eight children by that union. Three of them have sur- vived the parents. Benjamin Franklin, the youngest son, was a soldier during the late war. He is now a resident of Texas. Sophia is the only daughter living, and is a resident of Mt. Carmel. Andrew Jackson McIntosh was born near Allend le, Wabash county, Illinois, June 12th, 1834. He was reared on the farm, and received a limited education in schools. The schools in his youth were few, and the methods of instruction crude and imperfect as compared with the present. His education is therefore more of self-culture, and know- ledge obtained from books later in life, for he has been an extensive reader upon a variety of subjects. He commenced teaching school in his twentieth year, and taught four terms. In 1857, he determined to study medicine. He purchased books and pursued the study, a part of the time in the office of E. V. Mitchell, of Grayville, Illinois. In 1860 he commenced the practice in Allendale, and there he has continued to the present. In the fall of 1868, he entered the College of Medicine and Surgery at Cincinnati, and graduated from that in- stitution in the spring of 1869, with the degree of M. D. The doctor belongs to the progressive order of men. He is a member of the Wabash Medical Society, which has for its object the discussion of the latest methods and discoveries in Materia Medica, and the mutual advance- ment of its members. He is also a member of the State Pharmaceutical Association. On the 6th of March, 1862, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of Napoleon and Sophia (McFarland) Grayson, a native of Wabash county, Illinois. She died July 7th, 1876, leaving two daughters, named Jennie and Sarah, McIntosh. On the 14th August, 1880, he was united in wedlock to Mrs. Jane Fox nee McFarland, also a native of Wabash county. By the latter union there is one child, named John Jerome McIntosh. Mrs. McIntosh has one child living by the former marriage, named Hiram Fox. Both the doctor and his amiable wife are members of the Christian church. Politically he comes from Democratic stock, and he uniformly votes that ticket.
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