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E. G. Ketchum had only limited educational advantages. At the age of twenty-two years he married Betsey E. Hayden, who was a native of the same town and county. In 1848 together they came to Cook County, Ill., and settled on a farm,
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which they improved and had in very complete condition when they sold the place. In 1869 they removed to Dundee, to their present home, an unusually fine residence for a farm improvement, being a large, handsome brick building, surrounded with carefully arranged grounds. The farm con- sists of 270 acres of choice land, and Mr. Ketchum also owns another farm in McHenry County. Six children have been born into his family: Gaylord D. (deceased); Everett E., of Kane County; Clara (married to B. C. Moorse); Myron H. (deceased); Alfred H. (married, and at home); Frank (also living at home). Mr. and Mrs. Ketchum are mem- bers of the Universalist society of Elgin. He is a Republican, having formerly been a Whig and abolitionist, and he has filled various official positions in his county. At one time he was a director and stockholder in the First National Bank of Elgin. Mr. Ketchum investigates and keeps himself well informed on the topics of the day, and believes in thorough education for the young. He is a truly self-made man, one who, by industry, economy and perseverance, has made his own success in life. The family are held in the highest repute by all who know them.
OHN CAMPBELL, one of Dundee's young and respected farmers, was born in Scotland, April 2, 1848. When but three years of age he came with his parents to America, and, proceeding around the lakes, Mr. Daniel Campbell, the father, worn out from caring for his sick chil- dren, fell asleep on the upper deck of the boat and fell overboard, being drowned before a boat conld reach him; his body was recovered. The mother, Margaret Campbell, came with her chil- dren to Kane County, and in 1851 purchased the farm on which her two sons, John and James, now reside. Several times she made visits to her native land. In 1882 she died, aged seventy years. She was a woman of bright intellect and great energy, and was noted for her business fore- sight. She was the mother of twelve children, all of whom were born in Scotland; only eight, however, now survive-four in Kane County. She was a member of the Scotch Presbyterian Church.
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When John Campbell was a young man he had the advantage of a good education, and when twenty years of age he began working in the watch factory at Elgin, and continued there eight years. He then returned to the farm, and has since continued to make this his home. October 2, 1883, he married May Scott, a daughter of William and Sarah Scott, of Dundee. Her father died May 30, 1872. One child has been born to them-John Leroy. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Masonic fraternity and also of the Modern Woodmen of America. The farm consists of 265 acres of good land, and the house is elegant and commodious.
M ARSHALL SHERMAN, who is widely known as one of Kane County's promi- nent farmers, was born in New Berlin, N. Y., June 7, 1841. His father, Buel Sherman, a native of New Milford, Conn., where he was born August 3, 1794, removed from there when a young man to Franklin County, Vt., and later to New Berlin, N. Y., where he met and mar- ried Sally A. Brown, who was born October 29, 1796, and died August 15, 1826. September 30, 1827, he married Nancy Brown, a sister of his foriner wife, who was born August 15, 1801. In the fall of 1848 he came with his family to Illi- nois, and settled in Kane County, on a farm, now owned by Marshall Sherman, and there died Marclı 27, 1873, aged seventy-nine years, just one week after his faithful wife had passed away. Mr. Butel Sherman was a cloth dresser, but abandoned that trade for the farm. He and his wife belonged to the Episcopal Church, and were highly respectable people. He had a family of seven children, two by his first marriage, Julia and Arnold, and five by his second, Ruth A., William H., Edward L., Oscar and Marshall.
When Marshall Sherman was but seven years of age, he came to Illinois with his parents, and August 23, 1871, he was united in marriage witlı Eleanor Mason, daughter of John and Diantha (Kel- sey) Mason, and born in Dundee Township, Janu- ary 29, 1849. John and Diantha Mason came to Dundee Township at an early date, and took up a farm of Government land, which they improved.
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In 1860 Mrs. Mason passed to the last sleep, and in 1876 Mr. Mason followed her to the grave. They were the parents of four children. For some time Mr. Mason owned and operated a blacksmith shop in Dundee Village.
One child, Ruth Mary, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Sherman, but lived only three months. Mrs. Sherman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Sherman is a Republican, a man of progressive ideas, and his farm is one of the best in the county, containing over eight miles of tile draining. He is a man of whom all speak in just terms of praise.
M RS. RUTH E. DALTON. One of the well- known families of Dundee is that of Will- iam Dalton. He is a native of Rochester, N. Y., born November 17, 1841. When twenty-two years of age he came to Illinois, and was married to Ruth E. Shepherd, daughter of Thomas J. and Rachel (Sherman) Shepherd. Thomas J. Shepherd came to Kane County in 1854, and purchased land. He was a man of en- terprise and business tact, and was very successful in life. At the time of his death, March 3, 1879, he owned nearly 700 acres of choice land, the whole of which has since remained in the posses- sion of the family. He also was part owner of a gristmill in Elgin City. In 1839, in the State of New York, he was married to Rachel Sherman, who came with him to the West, they bringing with them their children. Mr. Shepherd was a inan who loved his family and friends, and will long be remembered with respect. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Shepherd has made her home with her children in Kane County.
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Ruth E. Shepherd was born February 26, 1841. March 19, 1864, she was married to Will- iam Dalton, and for thirteen years they have re- sided upon their present farm, which is one given Mrs. Dalton by her father at his death. She is the mother of nine children, of whom eight are living: Edward L., William J., Clara M., Ella M., Albert T., Ida M., Alta M., Charles L .; Francis B. is deceased. Mr. Dalton is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the G. A. R., having
served his country several years. He is at the present time a brakeman on passenger train. This large family is highly respected, and greatly esteemed by friends and associates.
AMES BINNIE, a prominent citizen and farmer of Kane County, proprietor of a fine stock, grain and dairy farm of 138 acres, lo- cated on Section S, in Dundee Township, is a native of Stirlingshire, Scotland, born in 1839. He came with his parents, Robert and Agnes (Mc- Laren) Binnie, to America, in the year 1849. The family came directly to Kane County, Ill., and lo- cated on a farm in Dundee Township. James, who is fourth in a family of seven children, remained at home with his parents, and in time assumed con- trol of the homestead, where he now resides. He is a Republican in politics, and has served on the school board. In April, 1862, he was married to Miss Christina Mitchell, who was born in Aber- deen, Scotland, in the year 1838. She came to America in 1855, with her parents, James and Christina (Dempster) Mitchell, who settled in Dun- dee Township. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mr. Binnie, viz. : Robert, born July 11, 1863; Christina, born February 18, 1866; Agnes May, born August 5, 1867; Isabelle G., born No- vember 14, 1872; John A., born May 9, 1874; Ka- tie L., born July 1, 1876; Edith J., born May 29, 1SS2, and James (deceased), born June 24, 1SS4. The family attend worship at the Congregational Church, and stand well with all people in their section.
R EV. E. F. CLEVELAND, M. D., was born near Malone, N. Y., September 29, 1841. His parents moved to Port Henry, N. Y., where they remained for several years, and where the subject of this sketch received his pri- mary education in the public and private schools of the place. When fourteen years of age he was sent to Canada to continue his studies, especially in the French language. His school days lasted until 1862, when in the month of June of that year he left Canada, and enlisted in Company A, Ninth Regiment Vermont Volunteers, serving his
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country until the end of the war, and returning home with the rank of first lieutenant.
Immediately upon his return home he com- inenced the study of medicine, under Dr. Charles Browne, of Cowansville, Province of Quebec, as preceptor, graduated from the medical department of the University of Michigan in the class of 1868, and at once came to Dundee where he settled. September 22, 1870, he married Ella L. Edwards, youngest daughter of Alfred and Lucinda (Bos- worth) Edwards, and three children have been born to them: Anabel, in 1871, Mary E., in 1876, and Grace F., in 1881.
The Doctor has been closely identified with the history of. Dundee since he came to it. He was the father of the "Dundee Literary Society," the public library, and one of the workers that brought about the union of the three school districts, the building of the union schoolhouse, the fencing and beautifying the public square, and "ousting " the saloons from the corporation. In 1877 he fitted up a very complete printing office, and issued the Dundee Record, a paper that it was hoped would live, but the town was not large enough to support the undertaking, and the presses, etc., were sold to the present editor of the Rooks County Record. Kansas.
In April, 1877, the Doctor was made a deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church by the Rev. W. E. McLaren, bishop of the diocese, and took charge of St. James' parish, Dundee, giving to the work such care and services as his many duties would permit. In 1886 the parish elected him rector, and in September of that year he was or- dained to the order of priesthood by the Bishop, assisted by the Rev. J. Stewart Smith, of Elgin, and he assumed full charge of the spiritual affairs of the parish. The Doctor has been an exceed- ingly busy man, working very hard, so much so that occasional vacations have been necessary. These breathing spells he has utilized in forming one of the most interesting private collections of sea, fresh-water and land shells, fossils, minerals, etc., in the State, and an ample library on the sub- jects these collections illustrate. The collection is valuable from a scientific standpoint.
When the G. A. R. Post was organized here he
was elected its first commander; and we find him a member of the American Medical Association, Illinois State Medical Society, Fox River Valley Medical Society, Elgin Scientific Society, corres- ponding member of the Buffalo Society of Nat- ural Sciences, American Public Health Association, . and for the second time he holds the position of commander of the G. A. R. Post, of Dundee. The Doctor's practice has always been quite extensive, but he manages to find time to serve as one of the directors of the Illinois Iron and Bolt Company, oversee the workings of a dairy farm, and attend to' his real estate interests in town. He may justly be styled the general utility man of his locality, not neglecting, however, the broader helps that come from associations that have for their objects the welfare of our nation.
H N. MARKS, son of James W. and Harriet (Hill) Marks, was born in Kane County, Ill., in the year 1848. His parents were both natives of New York State, his father being of Scotch-Welsh extraction, and his mother of French-English, both sides being truly Ameri- canized, as the ancestry came to this country at an early date.
The paternal great-grandfather of Mr. H. N. Marks was one of the "Green Mountain Boys" of Revolutionary fame, and gave his life to establish the liberty which we now enjoy. He was frozen to death in the Green Mountains, leaving a son who distinguished himself in the War of 1812, and took an active part in Perry's victory on Lake Erie; he was fortunate enough to escape wounds, and lived to the advanced age of ninety-eight years. The paternal grandmother of H. N. was a relative of Gen. Scott. His maternal great-grand- father, Daniel Mason, was a major during the War of 1812, and afterward for several years held a position similar to that of the legislator of to-day. In 1836 he came to Kane County, and for two years remained in St. Charles, whence he removed to Dundee Prairie, where he remained until 1864, in which year he passed from earth at the age of eighty-nine, leaving a family of three sons, one of whom still resides in Huntley, Ill. The maternal
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grandmother of our subject, Rebecca Mason, was married to Samuel Hill, with whom she came to Kane County in 1836, and remained until 1867, when she removed to Monroe County, Wis., where she died, aged eighty years. She was the mother of three daughters and five sons. One of the lat- ter enlisted in 1862, and took part in the Red River expedition, but lost his health, died on the Mississippi River, and was buried at Cairo, Ill. He was a member of the Ninety-fifth Illinois Vol- unteer Infantry, Company K. Another son has resided in Colorado for many years.
James W. Marks, the father of H. N., was born at Syracuse, Onondaga Co., N. Y., March 29, 1812. His early life he spent on a farm, having the edu- cational advantages of the common schools, and in 1838 he came to Kane County, Ill. The same year he married Harriet Hill, with whom he be- came acquainted in the East. They settled first in Rutland Township, but later removed to another farm on Dundee Prairie, which place he also left, and then resided thirteen years in the village of Hampshire. this county; then purchased the farm now owned by his son, H. N.,'and thereon spent the remainder of his life. In 1873 he was killed by a kick from a playful colt, being found dead in the pasture by a neighbor. Ten years later, while on a visit to an aunt at Ottawa, Ill., Mrs. Marks was stricken with paralysis, and died. Her remains were brought to her home, and now rest in Hunt- ley (McHenry County) Cemetery. Four children were born to them: Emeline A. (now Mrs. F. A. Johnson, living in Huntley, Ill.), Sarah Pauline (deceased). James R. (of whom mention is made hereafter) and Henry N.
The subject of this memoir spent his early years in various employments, receiving a practical education at the Elgin Academy, and afterward for five years clerked in a store at Huntley, Ill. In 1874 he was united in marriage with Mary P., daughter of Charles A. and Anna (Hildebrand) Brookman, natives of Berlin and Mecklenburg. Germany, respectively. They had a family of eight children, of whom Mrs. Marks is the eldest, and she remained with her parents until her mar- riage. For five years after their marriage Mr. Marks was engaged in general merchandise busi-
ness in Huntley, Ill., and then came to his present home. The fruit of their union has been five children: James W., Fred A., Charles R., Ethel M. and Arthur N., all at home. Politically Mr. Marks is independent in party lines, and has held the offices of town clerk in McHenry County; school director, several terms; highway commis- sioner, one term (still in office). He is a member of the Society of Modern Woodmen of America. His farm consists of 227 acres of choice land.
James R. Marks enlisted in Company K, Ninety-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in 1863, and served his country two years, taking part in the Red River expedition. Broken in health, he received an honorable discharge, and returned to Kane County, where he remained until 1866, and then proceeded by the overland route to Montana, where, having regained his health, he still resides, engaged in cattle raising and managing a stage route.
OHN B. SHEDDEN is a native of Ayrshire, Scotland, born in 1828. His parents, Rob- ert and Margaret (Young) Shedden, were also natives of Scotland, where they followed farming. Robert Shedden was a highly educated man, having graduated with honors at Glasgow University. For some twenty years after his mar- riage he remained in his native land, and then came with his family to America, having been pre- ceded by his son, William, several years. Will- iam accompanied Gen. Taylor to Florida during the Seminole War, in which he received sev- eral wounds. From there he went to Mexico with the command of Gen. Taylor, and was in the United States army until the close of the Mexican War, when he chose to remain in Mexico, and soon after commenced the practice of medicine in Sanjago, near Monterey, where he still resides.
Robert Shedden, with his family, settled in Plato Township, Kane Co., Ill., in July, 1842, and here he purchased a farm and made his home. He had a family of nine children, all of whom are still living. In 1871 the father passed from earth, at the age of eighty years, suffering over a year from a fractured limb. He was a highly respect- ed member of the Presbyterian Church, The
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Earl of Glasgow offered him a grant of land in Canada, but desiring a change of government he came to Illinois, where he was known as an up- right and intelligent citizen. Since his death his widow has continued to reside on the old home- stead. She is now past eighty six years of age, and is quite strong and active. Of her children, Robert, Agnes, Mary, Andrew and John B. re- side in Kane County.
John B. was fourteen years of age when he landed in America, and remained closely at home until his twenty-ninth year, when he married Mar- garet A. Rosborough, daughter of Samuel and Sa- rah (Caldwell) Rosborough, of Scotch ancestry, and who lived and died in the north of Ireland. Margaret immigrated to America when twenty-two years of age, locating in Philadelphia, and one year later came to Elgin, Ill., whence she moved to Plato Township. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Shed- den engaged in agricultural pursuits. In May, 1882, they came to their present home at Pingree Grove, Rutland Township, where Mr. Shedden purchased a store, and is engaged in general mer- cantile business. He is also postmaster here, a position he has held since 1882. Their family consists of five children: Sarah (now Mrs. Muir- head, in Plato Township), Robert, Samuel, Mag- gie and John. Politically, Mr. Shedden is a Re- publican, but is not bound by party ties. The entire family are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which they are held in high esteem, and in which he is an elder. Mr. Shedden is an energetic, public-spirited citizen, interested in all movements contributing to the advancement of the county.
S AMUEL C. ROWELL. This gentleman, who is eminent among the early settlers of Kane County, is a native of Plainfield, Sullivan Co., N. H., born April 13, 1819. His grandfather, Euoch Rowell, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War; his parents, Jacob and Mary (Currier) Rowell, farmers, were natives of same State. Samuel C. was reared on a farm, and at the age of seventeen years entered Kimball Union Academy, where he remained three years. Leaving college he taught school for a short time in his
native county, then in 1840 went to Mason County, Ky., where he remained a few years.
Next he started northward on horseback, travel- ing thus some 800 miles, and settled in Hampshire, Ill., in 1844, where he carried on farming until 1850, in which year he entered mercantile business in the old town of Hampshire. Mr. Rowell built the first "frame house in Hampshire Township. In 1875 he moved to the new village of Hampshire, and was one of the incorporators of the place, being elected president of its first board of trustees: he also held the position of supervisor from 1858 to 1861, and from 1864 to 1867; was also postmaster twenty years, and during his incumbency he changed the location of the postoffice from the old town to the new; is at present time justice of the peace. He is now engaged in general merchandis- ing, the firm name being Rowell & York, who are doing a thriving business of $15,000 per year.
Mr. Rowell married Elizabeth Ball, of Fair View, Ky., daughter of Silas and Christina (Brown) Ball. Six children were born to them as follows: Elizabeth (deceased in early life), an infant, unnamed (deceased), Mary, Fremont, Jes- sie C. and Olivia. In politics, Mr. Rowell is a Republican. He is a member of Hampshire Lodge No. 443, A. F. & A. M.
HOMAS MOORE. Some time during the seventeenth century the paternal ancestors of the subject of this sketch left England to make a home in the "Emerald Isle," and thenceforth became identified with the affairs of their chosen country, rejoicing with it in its pros- perity, or sharing its sorrows and adversities. At the siege of Londonderry the family was abun- dantly represented, and since then to the present time many of their descendants have there resid- ed, where Thomas was born in the year 1826.
His father, James Moore, was born November 27, 1796, and when about twenty-nine years of age, in 1825, was united in marriage with Jane Har- per, daugliter of Thomas and Mary (Cowan) Har- per. She was also a native of Londonderry, born in the year 1800. Some five years after his mar- riage James Moore made a prospecting tour to
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America; then after one summer returned and spent seventeen years in his native land; and then with his family once more crossed the ocean and settled in Rutland Township, Kane Co., Ill., where he remained until his death, which occurred January 29, 1885, in his eighty-ninth year. He was twenty-one years of age when he identified himself with the cause of Christ, joining the Pres- byterian Church, of which he continued a member ever after. Less than two years after her hus- band's decease Mrs. Moore followed him to her last home. Eight children were born to them while in their native land, and seven came with them to America. But the silent reaper has gathered four of them in the universal harvest, the remaining four residing in Kane County: Thomas (the only son living), Margaret (Mrs. George Atchison), Eliza (Mrs. James McArthur) and Annie (unmarried).
Thomas Moore was twenty years old when he came to America, and for a few years remained with his parents. In 1863 he married Lavina J. Eakin, daughter of Samuel and Jane (Christie) Eakin, whose sketch appears elsewhere. Imme- diately after their marriage they settled on the farm where their home has since been made, in Rutland Township, and which was then in a wild, uncultivated state. Together they labored and kept pace with the growth of their county, until to-day they possess a convenient and pleasant home, where, surrounded by their seven children, they enjoy life, respected by all who know them. Their children in order of birth are Estella M., Etta J., Sherwood R., T. Howard, S. J. Scott, H. Lavina and Spencer B. The entire family be- long to the Presbyterian Church, and the second daughter is one of Kane County's teachers.
D ANIEL D. BUZZELL, one of the wealthy and respected farmers of the county, is a native of Strafford, Orange Co., Vt., born November 14, 1832, a son of Aaron D. and Mary (Dow) Buzzell, of the same place, the father born July 4, 1806, and the mother June 30, 1810. His grandfather was Elder Aaron Buzzell, of Maine, who went to New Hampshire early in life, and spent the greater portion of his days in that
State in the capacity of a Free-Will Baptist min- ister; he died October 21, 1854, at the age of ninety years; his wife, Mariam, died March 24, 1850.
In 1855 Aaron D. Buzzell came to Illinois and settled in Hampshire Township, on Section 16, where he still lives with his son, Daniel D. His wife died January 27, 1885. Daniel D. spent his early life on the farm, where he received the rudi- ments of a fair education. When twenty years of age he started in life for himself, chopping cord- wood at fifty cents per cord, and boarding himself. He was twenty-two years of age when he came to Illinois, and, with his father, purchased the farm he now has, comprising 275 acres of excellent land, his fine residence, which he built in 1868, being located on Section 16. The farm is under good cultivation, being naturally well drained and watered, and is stocked with horses and cattle.
December 2, 1867, Mr. Buzzell married Mary Dow, daughter of Charles and Phœbe V. (Ham- mond) Dow, and they have two children: Mary Olive, born June 29, 1877; and Anna Loise, born March 30, 1879. Mr. Buzzell is a man of good intelligence, liberal views and genial disposition, and takes an active interest in general affairs.
A BRAHAM MAYNARD was born in Che- nango County, N. Y., April 24, 1817, son of Isaiah and Esther (Travis) Maynard, who were natives of the same State. From early childhood he has worked on a farm, and his education was limited to a few months' attendance at school in the year. January 12, 1841, he mar- ried Ann Terwilliger, daughter of Phillip and Mary (Low) Terwilliger, and in 1845 they came west and settled in Hampshire, where he bought forty acres of land, and worked three years before he could buy a cow. All the money they had was what Mrs. Maynard could earn sewing for the farm hands; and thus working together they built them- selves a fine home, and to-day Mr. Maynard owns one of the finest farms in Kane County.
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