Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties, Illinois . With illustrations descriptive of their scenery and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 98

Author: McDonough, J.L., & Co., Philadelphia
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.L. McDonough & Co
Number of Pages: 578


USA > Illinois > Perry County > Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties, Illinois . With illustrations descriptive of their scenery and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers > Part 98
USA > Illinois > Randolph County > Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties, Illinois . With illustrations descriptive of their scenery and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers > Part 98
USA > Illinois > Monroe County > Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties, Illinois . With illustrations descriptive of their scenery and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers > Part 98


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WILLIAM H. GRANT.


AMONG the pushing, energetic young men of Evansville none possess more merit or are more deserving of mention than William II. Grant. IIe was born in Richview, Wash- ington county, Illinois, April 8th, 1854. His father, Robert H. Grant, a millwright by trade, was a native of Scotland where he was born January 22d, 1823. He prosecuted his business in Randolph county for some years, during which time he erected the Sparta and Union mills at Sparta and the mill at Steelesville. He was considered an adept in his line of work. He died October 23d. 1870. The mother of William H. whose maiden name was Sarah J. Allen, was born October 22d, 1833, and died February 21st, 1861. The subject of this sketch obtained most of his education at Sparta, under the present Superinten- dent of schools of the county, S. B. Hood. His first experience in business was as a clerk. In 1879 he set up for himself in prosecuting the drug business in Evansville.


In this he has been quite successful, a careful prescriptionist, a skilled pharmacist, he secures such encouragement as such care and skill command. In 1883 he was appointed post- master for Evansville. Prior to this, in fact ever since 1879 wben he opened his store he had been discharging the dutics of such official, being a deputy to his predecessor. He was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Wehrheim, daughter of John and Elizabeth Wehrheim, November 29th, 1881. The Wehrheims are among the best citizens of the county. John was a man of great activity and business tact.


Politically Mr. Grant is a strong and active Republican, outspoken and earnest in maintaining his position. Socially he is a clever gentleman.


NICHOLAS SAUER


NICHOLAS SAUER is not only one of the leading business men of Evansville, but of the Kaskaskia Valley. His name betrays his Teutonic origin. His father, Philip Sauer, was a native of Germany, from which country he come first to Pennsylvania, in 1833. He was one of


patriotic, energetic characters, so common among German immigrants. He married Elizabeth Scorel, a woman worthy of such a husband.


Nicholas Sauer was born in Monroe county, Illinois, March 21, 1×41. He obtained a fair education, such as fall to the lot of farmers' sons in rural districts. In 1866, he commenced merchandising in Mascoutah, St. Clair county, Illinois. This he followed but a short time, leaving that point for his present home, where he has ever since been en- gaged in milling. By the exercise of sound judgment in its management, the introduction of new and approved machinery in its make-up, he has made the reputation of his mill second to none.


He was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Gerlach, daughter of John Gerlach, a citizen of Monroe county, July 21, 1>66. Five children have been born to them, namely : John William, Philip Edward, Magdalena Eliza- beth, Philip Emil and George Philip.


Mr. Sauer is one of the representative Republicans in his section of the county. He is proud of the fact that his first presidential ballot was cast for the martyr President, Abra- ham Lincoln.


As a citizen no one is more patriotic, or contributes more to enhance the prosperity of his adopted village, than Mr. Sauer. A thorough-going business man, a genial gentleman, success smiles upon him.


CENTRAL.


RANDOLPH CO.


ENTRAL precinct, from its location in the county, doubtless takes its name ; it is loca- ted mostly in L. 5, R. 6 W. It contains thirty-six sections of land. About one-fourth of the area is prairie, and the remainder is slightly broken and hilly and covered in places with timber; this is the character more especially of the northern and western portions. The head waters of the Little Plum creek have their origin in the north. A branch of Pillars creek waters the southeast. Baldwin and Tilden bound Central on the north, Sparta on the east, Blair bounds it on the south, and Evansville on the west side.


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John Lively, whose name will be immortalized by the prairie called after him, was undoubtedly the pioneer of this precinct, and first settler on it in 1805; section 4 was the locality of the old home, and it has ever since been the home of some of the name. John Lively die I in 1826; he was a brother of Joseph Lively who came from Abbeville, South Carolina, and settled three miles north of Kaskaskia. John, as was also his brother, was a rather notable man ; he exhibited some noble traits of character, and his memory is yet held in veneration by his descendants. He was originally from South Carolina. He took part in the war of 1812, and when he came to Illinois engaged in the ranging service ; he also served in the Black Hawk war He was also in the war of the Revolution. He was a soldier by nature, and engaged in service of some kind from his youth. A splendid marksman, he used to supply his table with the wild game of the forest ; his latch string always hung out, and many a traveler could testify to his bountiful hospitality, and many a sufferer on a sick-bed received a deli- cate morsel from his unerring rifle. His residence was ex- tensively known.


Samuel A. Mann, now living on section 14, T. 5, R. 7, came to Randolph county with his father, Robert M. Mann, in 1817. His ancestors were from the Abbeville district in South Carolina. His father, Robert M., was born there in 1771, and was there married in 1795 to Mary Houston. About 1807 Robert M. Mann left South Carolina with his family, intending to settle in Illinois ; when he got as far as Kentucky, the tidings received of the Indian depredations deterred him from proceeding further, and he settled in Logan county, Kentucky, and remained there until 1817, when he came to Randolph county. He had at that time eight children ; Samuel Alexander Mann was the youngest son, and was about three years old when his father arrived in Randolph county. Robert M. Mann died on the land


where he first located in the year 1855, at the great age of eighty four Samuel Alexander Mann was born in Logan county, Kentucky, on February 28th, 1815.


John M. Beaty, living on section 12, is the son of John Beaty, whose father, John, came from South Carolina in 1808. The father of John M. was a participant in the war of 1812. His grandfather was a retired and quiet man, yet esteemed a valuable citizen, and a man of considerable force of character ; he left three sons, some of whom are living.


John Beaty, the father of John M, was born in South Carolina, and came to Illinois with his father; he married Elizabeth Mann, by whom he had eight children-four sons and four daughters; John M., on section 12, and Charles, living on section 17, are two of the sons; Robert T. Beaty was the name of another son; the name is often spelled Beattie. He built the first house on section 17, and opened the first farm.


Robert N. Bratney is the son of Joseph Bratney, who came to Randolph county in 1820, along with his father, Robert Bratney. Joseph Bratney was a soldier under Gen- eral Jackson in the war of 1812. Robert N. was the second son and third child of Joseph Bratney and his wife Eleanor (Beaty), and was born in 1829. Charles Beattie, an uncle, raised him on the place where he now lives, which formerly was called the ' old Beaty farm."


William Weir is the son of Robert Weir, who came to this country from Ireland and first settled in South Carolina, from whence he removed to Randolph county, Illinois, in the year 1821, and settled on section 17. He raised six sons and two daughters, all of whom settled in the same locality. His sons were James N., Samuel T., William, Samuel, James B. and John.


John B. Wilson came from Scotland in 1854, and first located in Maryland, where he resided until 1857, when he came to Sparta, Randolph county, Illinois. He opened a coal mine the same year on section 17, and after a short time took charge of the Rozier mine, formerly known as the Ritchey mine, located in section 16. At this place he has since resided, superintending the mine.


The Rozier mine is of the same vein as the Belleville, in St. Clair county. It runs about six feet in thickness, and is covered by a limestone roof of four feet in thickness. It is well adapted for fuel or coke. The capacity of the mine is 25,000 bushels yearly, all of which finds a home market. The coal is brought to the surface through a shaft by horse- power. It was opened in the year 1840.


Among others worthy of mention as old settlers is Daniel Gerlach, ex-sheriff of Randolph county. He was born in


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Bavaria, Germany, September 9, 1835, he came to Illinois in the spring of 1853.


James D. Thompson, living on section 14, is the son of James Thompson, who came from Abbeville district, South Carolina, about 1814, and settled first at Kaskaskia and afterwards in Evansville precinct, where he died in the eighty-fourth year of his age. He was a surveyor, and was the first county surveyor of Randolph county after its or- ganization ; he was also probate judge and captain in the Black Hawk war, under Col. Gabriel Jones. He had five sons : John P., Archibald C., James D., Samuel H. and Robert P., all of whom but John P. are living in Randolph county. James D. has been county surveyor for three terms.


Major Andrew Borders, from South Carolina, came to Randolph county in 1816, and settled on a farm in section 3, township 5, range 6. He had several children born here; he died in 1864. For a more extended sketch of this prominent man see Sparta precinct. Major Borders and Joseph Weir, the father of William Weir's wife, made up the first school ever taught in this portion of the precinct. The building was log, very small, and James Borders, now living in Sparta, a son of the Major, well recollects going to the school in or about the year 1834. It was taught by a man named Armour.


The following land entries were made, viz. : January 10, 1818, Andrew Borders entered the N. E. qr. sec. 4, 134x88 acres. March 7, 1817, Larkin Doyle entered the W. half N. W. qr. sec. 4, 6522% acres. July 12, 1816, John Lively entered the S. W. qr. sec 4, 160 acres.


The population of the precinct are generally descendants of the Scotch and Irish pioneers from South Carolina ; and belong to some branch of the Presbyterian Church. There are a few German families settled along the western boun- dary of the precinct, who are industrious and thrifty.


The old settlers have nearly all passed away, and much that might have been of interest to their descendants has been lost to the memory of some now living.


The first burial-place was on the farm of John Lively. The only church in the precinct is located on section 5. It belongs to the Baptists, and is called " Fairview." There are now four school-houses in the precinct.


The first grist-mill was built by Major Borders on section 4, on land now owned by Silas M. Lott. Thomas Weir also built a mill shortly afterward on section 21. These mills were run by horse-power. The farmers bringing grain fur- nished the horses and awaited their turn, the rule being, " first come, first served." Those who came from a distance and were compelled, sometimes brought with them blankets and provisions. Time passed pleasantly, and the oppor- tunity for social greeting and an interchange of neighbor- hood news was not to be forgotten.


The Cairo and St. Louis R. R. passes diagonally across the northeast corner of the township.


HOUSTON STATION.


This is a small hamlet containing a dozen families and a population of perhaps 50 individuals, situated on the Cairo and St. Louis Narrow Gauge Railroad, before mentioned. It is located on the east half of the northeast quarter of section 29, township 4, range 6 west, according to survey. It can boa-t of a grain elevator, with a capacity for storing ten thousand bushels of grain.


Store-By W. C. McKee.


Post office .- Post-master, W. C. McKee.


Elevator .- W. C. McKee. Blacksmith Shop .-- R. C. Temple.


Physician. - Dr. Hugh C. Galt.


Millinery .- Mrs. Ellen McCandless.


The commissioners for Central precinct are : James J. Borders, Martin Ireland and John B. Frank.


BLUFF.


MONROE COUNTY.


N the limits of the present Bluff precinct the earliest settlement was made in the year 1796 by several families by the name of Short, Griffins, Gibbons, Roberts, and Valentine. This colony remained only a few years, and its members then scattered to other localities. It must have been quite numerons at one time, for years afterward could be seen a large graveyard in which the early pioneers were buried, on the creek, between Mon- roe city and the bottom, which by the early settlers was called Ryan's creek, from the fact that Josiah Ryan had


settled on it in the bottom under the bluff. Daniel Shultz, also made an early settlement here. Where Monroe City now stands Andrew Kinney built a water mill, and this vicinity, at an early time, became one of the im- portant business points of the county. From this mill flour was shipped to St. Louis and to New Orleans before the war of 1812. Kinney was one of the sons of Joseph Kinney, who settled east of New Design, and there built one of the earliest water mills in the county. In building the mill, Kinney was seriously injured by a piece of timber falling on his breast. Ile was confined to his house for many years. In 1818 he became a candidate for delegate to the conven-


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tion which framed the original constitution of the State of Illinois. He subsequently died in Missouri. His brother, Wm. Kinney, settled near Belleville, and became Lieuten- ant-Governor of the State. On Ryan's creek, below Mon- roe city, Josiah Ryan built a mill in 1798. The Kinney farm, where Andrew Kinney lived, was on Ryan's creek, below Monroe city. On the site of Kinney's mill, in the year 1827, another mill was subsequently built by Gen. Thomas James. A post-office was established there called James' Mills. The mill afterward passed into the hands of Lewis James. It was run as a water mill until 1851 ; it was then changed to a steam mill. The scarcity »of water occa- sioned tbe suspension of the mill in dry seasons, and its in- creasing trade made the introduction of steam a necessity. The mill was afterward owned by James L. Garretson, Uriah Harlow, and James Harlow. Wm. H. Bissell, after- wards Governor of Illinois, began his distinguished career at James' Mills, where he settled and for a time followed his profession as a physician. He subsequently became a law- yer. (See article on Bench and Bar for sketch of Geo. Bissell).


About a mile sonth of Madonnaville was formerly an old ox mill built by Thomas Harrison, of Belleville. Isaac J. Bailey, and a Mr. Jarrot, operated this mill for a time for Harrison. Settlers came from a distance to this mill. The mill was located on what was known as the old tan yard farm, on section 17, township 2, range 10. George Biggs, one of the pioneer citizens of the county, resided on claim 777, survey 643, in township 3, range 10. At an early day a family named Great lived in the hollow a mile below Monroe city. They came from Maryland. John Great, one of the sons, was a stonemason, and did the stone work of the mill at Monroe city. He died at Prairie Du Pont. Arnold Livers, of Frederick county, Maryland, came with the Great family. He was about sixteen years of age when he arrived in Illinois. He subsequently married and settled on the northwest quarter of section 7, township 3, range 10. Joseph Livers came out from Maryland some years afterward, and located on the American Bottom, four miles north of Har- risonville on the Nagel place in section 18. The Bryant family settled at an early date. Prince Bryant lived on this place in 1824; an old graveyard a short distance north of Madonnaville was used as a burial place by the Bryants. Elias Bryant lived on section 18. Wm Bryant's farm was on section 11, and is now owned by William Pryor.


Orlando Mattingly lived on Section 32, T. 2, R. 10. The farm was entered by his father. His widow married a man named Foster, and the pond on the land was given the name of Foster pond, which it has since retained.


Among the later population of the precinct were a large number of German families, who settled here after the year 1840. In the vicinity of Madonnaville lived the Berger family on the Kraft place in section 18. Matthias, John, Sebastian, and Joseph Berger were the sons, only the last of whom is now residing in the county. John P. Hoffman has been living a mile east of Madonnaville since 1844. Other early settlers were Francis Adelsberger, Michael Mentel, Louis Gerster. Adam Andreas settled prior to 1845, on


section 18. Nicholas and Sebastian Andreas were his sons, the former of whom is still living. Other early German residents were Jacob Coerver, Francis Coerver, Henry Mueller. The latter settled on section 5 in 1844. Peter, George, John, and Henry Mueller were his sons. John Harbaugh, a Pennsylvanian, came in 1845. Soon after came Philip Knisler. John Christian Wilsenborn, has lived in the neighborhood of Monroe city since 1846. He served in Co. H. 2d Regiment, commanded by Col. Bissell, in the Mexican war.


MONROE CITY.


A store was opened at this place (formerly called James' Mill) in the year 1851. In the building now occupied as a store by David Schein, a large mercantile business was here carried on at one time, four clerks being occupied in the sale of goods. About the time the store was started the place came to be called Monroe city. In 1864 the stock of goods was destroyed by fire. It then belonged to the Garret- son heirs. The town now contains twenty dwelling-houses. The mill, which has two run of burrs, is owned by Gottlieb Ziebold, and is leased by Valentine Lupfer. David Schein is proprietor of the store and postmaster. Adam Keiser, blacksmith and wagon maker. Michael Eschman and Adam Seipel are carpenters. There is a public school and tri- weekly mail.


MADONNAVILLE


was laid out by Joseph W. Ruebsam. He erected the first building ; it is now used as a store. Ruebsam started a store shortly after the town was laid out. A man named Helmich was also the proprietor of a store for some time. John Eichenseer built the second dwelling. It is the stone honse now occupied by John Harbaugh. Ruebsam's stock of goods was purchased in 1868 by George W. Harbaugh, who kept the store until the spring of 1882. St. Mary's Catholic Church was built in 1857. With the church is connected a parochial school. The village is now composed of nine dwelling-honses, a church, a school-house, and a store. There is a tri-weekly mail. The business men are John Weiler, merchant and postmaster ; Nicholas Schroeder, carpenter ; and Michael Eichenseer, shoemaker.


WARTBURG


is the name of a new village that has lately sprung up four or five miles southwest of Waterloo, on the road from that place to Monroe city. July 1st, 1881, a post-office was es- tablished, with Louis P. Buettner, postmaster. He still retains the position. He is also the proprietor of a store. The village contains half a dozen dwellings, a carpenter shop, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Cross, with which a school is connected. The church is a large stone building. The school has sixty or sixty-five pnpils. An extensive pond near the town is known by the name of Beaver Pond. It was at first the intention to call the post-office by that name, but on account of its prevalence as a title for post-office, the name of Wartburg was substi- tuted in commemoration of the castle in Germany, where Lnther for some time resided, and translated the Bible. Nearly all the members of the village are Lutherans.


STEELE'S MILLS.


RANDOLPH COUNTY.


HIS precinct is in the eastern part of the county, and ex- cepting sections 31, 32, 33, 34 and portions of 35 and 36, comprises the whole of Township six south, range five west, and also the south- ern tier of sections of town- ship five south, range five west. The surface is divided between prairie and timber land. The precinct is supplied with excellent roads, the priueipal being the Shawneetown and Kaskaskia, which was an old Indian trail, and the Sparta and Chester. The Cairo and St. Louis and the Wabash, Chester and Western pass through it interseeting at Percy. It derived its name from Steele's mills of which George Steele was the proprietor at Georgetown, now "Steelesville, at an early day. In 1880 it had a population of 1,059. The number and character of its sebool buildings testify in favor of a due application of educational advan- tages. Coal in great abundance underlies the surface and is mined quite extensively. The first vein lies from thirty to eighty feet below the surface, and has a thickness of about seven feet, the second abont twenty feet below the first, with a thiekness varying from four and a half to five feet, and the third fifteen feet lower varies from two and a half to three feet in thickness. The first two are covered with limestone, the third with sandstone. The Barnard Coal Mining and Transportation Company's mine is located half a mile east of l'ercy, on land of R. J. Short. The company was organized in 1871 or '72. The shaft, which is one hun- dred and twenty five feet deep, passes through two workable veins. The coal is blasted out of the solid, and 7,000 to 8,000 bushels are daily raised. The mine is almost free from water, and has a fine natural roof of bituminous shale and limestone forty feet thick. David Brown sunk two shafts on his Jand respectively on the N. W. } and the S. W. ₮ of section 11. The mines were in operation about eight years, and together had a capacity varying from five hun- dred to a thousand bushels a day. Gen. Madison Miller's mine, on the S. W. { of sec. 14, is operated by Isaae Rury. About two hundred bushels of coal are raised daily by horse power. Henry Bierman's mine is on the S. } of section 25. It is now under lease to B. F. Soper. The coal is dug and raised by gin. Henry Weberling's mine on the N. E. } of


section 36, is leased and worked by Theodore Hart; the coal is mined by horse power. These coal interests together with a variety of soil consisting of prairie and up-land, make this one of the most important precincts in the county.


The pioneer settler was John Steele. lle was a native of Summer county, Tennessee, and came to this county in 1798. He was a man of self-reliance and courage and pushed his way beyond the settlements already made, and in that year located on the S. W. } of seetion 28. He came with wagons and horses, and brought with him to the county his family, consisting of his wife and seven children, viz., Archibald, George, James, John, Thomas, Elizabeth and Catharine. Ile made some improvements on section 28, where he remained till 1807, when he moved to the W. } of section 16, where he improved a good farm and lived until his death, which occurred September 11th, 1820. Archibald was born July 24th, 1798. In 1812 he married Elizabeth Flack and settled on his father's place in section 16. His children were Anthony, Jefferson, Ryland, Merritt, Jasper, Mahala, Delila, Lueinda, Harriett, Minerva and Lindsay. He died April 9th, 1859. George, the original proprietor of Steeles- ville, settled near the center of seetion 16, where this village now stands, in 1810. He married Nancy Steele by whom he had five children, James, Thomas, Melinda, Mariah and Re- nia. James, brother of George, married Matilda White some time prior to 1812. By her he had seven children, viz. Sidney, Lafayette, Araminta, Martha, Margaret, Sarah and Mary. Mr. Steele settled on the N. W. # of section 28, where he remained till the year 1848, when he went to Wisconsin, where he died about 1864. John, brother of James, about 1818, married Elizabeth Davis, by whom he had eight children, Alfred, Matthew, Martin, M. E., now living in Steelsville, Elvira, Huldah, Cynthia, and Margaret E. Two other children died in infaney. About 1818 Mr. Steele entered the S. E } of section 28 where he lived till his death, which occurred in 1872. Thomas, brother of the above, married Nancy Holloman, by whom he had six children, Wilson, Carl, Romina, Rosalvey, Fidelia, and Emily. He settled on the S. W. } of seetion 28, where his home was for life. Elizabeth, sister of Thomas, came with her father as the widow of John McCallaster. She afterward married George Creth, and Catherine her sister married a Steele in Tennessee, and with her husband and two children came in company with her father. Her husband settled on section 22 at an early day.


The next settler in the year 1808, was Jacob Bowerman.


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He was a man of marked decision and force of character, and he was possessed of a fertile mechanical genius. He was the pioneer blacksmith of the settlement, and possessed great skill in the manipulation of metals. He was an expert gun- smith. He was born in 1773 and died in 1847. James White, from South Carolina, made a settlement about 1808 in the W. } of section 17 about half a mile north of the point where the road leading from Steelesville to Chester crosses Mary's river. About this date, Augustus Davis, who settled first at Kaskaskia, came to the vicinity of Steeles- ville. The Robbison family were from South Carolina They settled first at Kaskaskia about the year 1808. Not long after this they came to township six, range five The original ancestor was Richard. He had eight sons, John, Joseph, Richard Jr., James, Shadrach, William, Thomas and Jefferson. John came to the county a single man. At Kaskaskia he married Barbara Synot. His two sons, John S. and Richard, were born there. He settled on section 34, and Richard occupied the old homestead from about 1832 till his death. His wife was Betsy, daughter of John Thomason. John S. now lives on section 34, where he settled in 1834. His wife was Pariza Axum, by whom he had eight children. William settled near his brother John. Their descendants are quite numerous in the county.




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