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GREENUP TOWNSHIP.
MRS. ROBERT ARTHUR, Greenup, was born March 4, 1816, in Baltimore, Md. She went with her parents to Jefferson County, Ohio, where she was raised in the ordinary routine work of a poor farmer's daughter, and received a good education. principally by home study. In 1841 she married Robert Arthur. Mr. A. soon after marriage rented a woolen factory in Jefferson County, but later bought a woolen factory in another part of the same county, which factory he ran until 1858, when he moved to Cumberland County, Illinois, having made several trips to the county prior to that time, and in 1853 bought land which he settled on in 1858. Here he interested himself in milling and farming, in which he was eminently successful. He occupied a leading position in society, and was known as a man of great determination and decision of charac- ter and highly respected. At his death ( when sixty-four years old) he left a large property, the result of industry and economy. Mrs Arthur is living on the home place adjoining Greenup, and conducts the business affairs of the farm. She stands high socially; noted for her generosity and her benevolent disposition. They had nine children, viz .: Eliza A. (deceased), Joshua W., Rebecca J., Margaret S., John F., Mary E., Hannah D., Robert G .. Effic B. (deceased ). Mrs. Arthur is a member of the Methodist Church.
JAMES W. ARTHUR, merchant, Greenup, was born February 10, 1843, near Steubenville, Ohio. His early life was spent in work- ing in his father's woolen factory and attending school until eighteen years of age, when he left school and took a position in the woolen factory, remaining there until 1872, when he opened a clothing and gents' furnishing goods store in Greenup. He started with but little capital, which was borrowed. He. however. success- fully conducted the business, and later, with the assistance of friends. who endorsed for him to the full amount. he bought a $2,500 stock of general merchandise, and has since carried on a mercantile busi- ness. He soon established a good business reputation, being con- sidered reliable and prompt in business matters and energetic and enterprising. He now does an annual business of $40.000, and ear- ries a stock of about $15.000. He is assisted in the store by his
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brothers. George and John. John is book-keeper, having graduated at the Terre Haute Commercial College. George oversees the advertising. He has a quantity of type and a press, from which he issues a monthly paper. advertising the store. Mr. A. is a stock- holder in the Greenup Bank. In 1866 he joined the I. O. O. F. and passed all the chairs, and has been a representative to the Grand Lodge of the State. IIe has contributed largely to all religious and public enterprises, and is an uncompromising temperance man, being a member of the various temperance organizations. Mr. Arthur has met with many losses in business. but the personal confidence re- posed in him enabled him to continue. He carries, at present, the largest and best-selected stock of general merchandise at Greenup, and is doing the most extensive business. On June 30. 1867, he married Mrs. Minerva Houghton, of Greenup, widow of R. W. Houghton, at one time a prominent eitizen and editor of a paper at Greenup.
JOSEPH BATTYE, farmer (post-office, Greenup), was born in Yorkshire, England, October 31, 1819. He was given a good educa- tion in England, but his occupation was raising market vegetables. When of age he emigrated to the United States, soon after his ar- rival settling in Hancock County, Indiana, and engaging in farming. Then he went to Indianapolis and opened a meat market, and con- ducted it for three years; then returned to Hancock County and resumed farming. He came to Cumberland County in 1850, bought forty acres, and now has eighty acres of well improved land, a good residence, a fine orchard of choice fruit-all the result of industry and economy. In 1868 he came to Greenup and embarked in the mercantile business. He continued in this seven years, and then re- turned to his farm. He has held various offices in the township; has been school director and Township Treasurer. He is a member of the Christian Church; also his wife.
JOSEPH D. BORDEN, poultry dealer, Greenup, was born March 17, 1843, in Benton County, Alabama. His father was a minister in the Christian Church, and died a short time before the birth of our subject. His mother died when he was but nine years old. He remained in Alabama until he was sixteen years old, and obtainel a fair education entirely by home study, at night, by the light of burning pine knots. At fifteen years old he taught school; when about seventeen he went to Louisiana, where he farmed; thence to Jackson County, Tennessee; thence to Cumberland County, Kentucky. At eighteen years of age he enlisted in Company I,
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First Kentucky Cavalry, and served in that regiment two years. He was then commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company G, Thirty-Seventh Kentucky (Mounted) Infantry, for gallant service at " Dutton Hill." At the battle of Lebanon, Tenn., he was taken prisoner, and while undler guard made his escape. He was several days without food, and had many narrow escapes from recapture before he succeeded in rejoining his company. Some time after the war he went to Coles County, Ill., and run a brickyard. Then he went to Effingham, Ill., manage'l a brickyard one year, and in 1872 came to Greenup. He first made brick, then farmed, and finally established himself in his present business of poultry and produce and commission merchant, in which he is now doing a thriving business. He also owns some valuable land near the mineral well. He is a radical Prohibitionist on the temperance question, and has several times been elected to the Town Board on the Anti-License ticket. He has always taken a very active, leading part in all tem- perance movements and organizations, and was a member of the Town Board when the saloons were abolishel, and to his efforts it is mainly attributable. On July 4, 1835, he married Fannie R. Wheat, of Adair County, Kentucky. She has borne her husband two children-Joseph D. and Robert.
H. BOWMAN, farmer (post-office Greenup), was born in Guil- ford County, North Carolina, March 15, 1815. At seventeen years of age, he began life for himself. Going to Morgan County, Ind., he first leased, then bought a farm. In 1851, he sold out and came to Cumberland County., Ill., and entered land. He now owns 160 acres of well imp: oved land, on which he now resides; also, a large farm, which has just been awarded him by the Court after a protracted lawsuit, growing out of a trade made upon fraudulent representa- tions. He has been married twice. His first marriage was to Lucinda Robinson, in 1838. They had ten children, only two of whom are living-Malina and James E. She died in 1859. His second mar- riage was to Miss Lucinda Dabnor, of Virginia. They have five children, viz .: Peter, William T., Matilda, Samuel and Thomas. Mr. B. is a man of fixed, honorable principles, just in business deal- ings, social and genial in his personal relations, and thus has the high regard and esteem of all his neighbors and acquaintances.
DR. RICHARD T. COLLIVER. Greenup, was born August 24, 1848. in Montgomery County, Ky., and went with his father, Sam- nel, to Indiana, in 1852, and settled in Putnam County. His father was a member of the legislature of that State, in 1862, and also taught
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school for ten years. He is now Justice of the Peace, a position he has held for twelve years. Our subject remained at home until he was twenty-four years of age. attending school and working on the farm, when he went to Kansas, and there engaged in the stock busi- ness: then returned to Indiana, and went into saw-mill and lumber business, in Putnam County. He then studied medicine in Cincin- nati, graduating from the Eclectic Medical College in that city. He came to Greenup on October 17. 1882, and now has a flourishing medical practice. He is a young man of good ability and fine address, and it is fair to predict for him a brilliant future. The Doc- tor secured a thorough literary education at Asbury University, Greencastle, Ind.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, retired farmer, Greenup, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, April 7. 1803. He remained at home until he was fourteen years old, then went to his Uncle Robert Campbell's, with whom he made his home until 1824. Prior to this time, he had worked clearing and opening a farm, and attending common school. On November 7, 1824, he married Lucinda Reed, of Frank- lin County. She was born April 21, 1807. Soon after his marriage, he rented a farm for two years; then bought fifty acres, on which he lived eight years. Selling this, he bought 129 acres near Central College, Franklin County, and lived on this farm eighteen years. He then sold this, and bought 320 acres in Paulding County, also still owning 112 acres in Franklin County. Then he traded a part of the Paulding County land for property close to Central College; then left farming, and kept hotel in Central College, remaining there ten years. He also was for a long time postmaster. Then he sold out and came to Cumberland County, Ill., and bought 235 acres of land on the Parker prairie, six miles from Greenup. This land he placed in cultivation, taking it when it was an unbroken prairie. He built a residence and barn, and set out a large orchard of all kinds of fruit. He now lives in town, and is worth $12,000, owning four town residences, after giving one to a married daughter-all made and saved by energy and industry. His wife is a member of the Baptist Church. His first vote for President was for Andrew Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. C. are parents of eight children, viz .: Nor- man, Almira, Philetus, Susan, George, Sarah, Orlena J., Mary, all married and living, and all exceptionally prosperous in life. Mr. and Mrs. C. are now living in a neat cottage residence, in Greenup, in good health and very active. They are good for another decade of happy life.
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WILLIAM H. CATEY, farmer, post-office Greenup, was born in Randolph County. Ind., January 28, 1847. His grandfather was kidnapped, when a boy, in Germany, and brought to New Jersey, in this country, and sold out three years to a hatter to pay his ship passage. He learned the trade with him, and remained in New Jersey until 1822, when he went to Wayne County. Ind., where he died in 1851. William, the third in a family of nine children, and father of our subject, remained on the farm until of age, then went to Kosciusko County, Ind., and farmed one year. He then mar- ried Sarah Davidson, of Randolph County, Ind. They were parents of six children. Our subject was the third child. He remained at home on the farm until he was twenty-two years old, and was given a common school education. At the early age of seventeen years, he enlisted in the army, and served out his term. He then enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Indiana Infantry, and remained in the service until the close of the war. His older brothers were all killed in the war. On his return home, he assumed the management of the home farm, and the support of the parents and the family until 1870. In 1872. he came to Cumberland County, Ill., buying a farm, where he now lives. On September 18. 1873, he married Sarah J. Williams. To them have been born five children, viz .: Infant, Eva, Cora A., Carrie Z., Jessie E. His farm consists of 160 acres of fertile bottom land. His residence, with surrounding conveniences. is located on a high knoll overlooking the farm and the river that runs by it, presenting a picturesque appearance. He has the finest barn in the township, and equal to any in the county. It cost $1,600, and has a capacity of one hundred tons of hay and 2.000 bushels of grain. It was built in accordance with regular architectural plans, and is perfect in its convenience and arrangement.
SAMUEL W. CLARK, dealer in grain and agricultural im- plements. Greenup, was born under the American colors on board the " Black Star." an old sailing vessel, coming into the harbor of New York on July 19, 1843. His parents were of Scotch-Irish lineage, and settled in New York City, the father being a contractor and builder. When fifteen years old our subject ran away from home, went to Ohio, and hired out by the month at farm work to Z. Hamma, with whom he remained until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, when he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He remained in the service one year, when he was discharged for disability. At the end of a year he again enlisted in the Army of the Potomac, and served until the close
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ot the war. He participated in most of the battles of the Eastern army, and at the battle of Chickamauga was severely wounded. After his discharge he returned to Ohio and to his former employer, with whom he remained until marriage. Mr. C. attributes his success in lite to the thorough business training received at the hands of Mr. H., who always took an interest in him and his future prospects. Energetic, self-reliant, and naturally a shrewd. keen trader, Mr. Clark has rapidly accumulated a large property, now owning 400 acres of well improved farm land. several pieces of valuable town property. an elegant residence in Greenup, besides having a large capital invested in the agricultural implement business and in building a patent hay press, for which he owns the exclusive right to the State of Illinois. On December 17. 1878, he married Rosanna Harner, of Ohio. They are the parents of two bright little girls- Mary E. and Ada M.
CHARLES CONZET, Sr., proprietor Conzet House, Greenup, is the only child of Peter Conzet, who was an officer in the Austrian army. He was born in Hanover, Germany, October 5. 1799, was given a very thorough literary education, completed a course of study in Materia Medica, and at the age of eighteen went to the Crimea. remaining two years in an apothecary establishment; thence to Odessa, in Beserabia, and engaged in the same business for two years; then returned to Hanover. Then with his father he went to Friesland, in the Hanovarian Kingdom, and assisted his father in the management of a theatre. Then he went alone to Amsterdam, Holland, and volunteered in the naval service for two years, doing duty along the coast of Africa, hunting down pirates. In 1825 he came to the United States, first landing in New York. He was there first employed as a barber; then as silversmith; then he taught school. He then went to Philadelphia, remaining there until 1828, when he went with a colony of seven young men to Holmes County, Ohio, and purchased 400 acres of land. He farmed there until 1848, when he came to Cumberland County. III. Here he bought two farms, which he tended four years; then bought the present loca- tion of the Conzet House, Greenup, and built the hotel which he has conducted, in connection with other business, ever since. Ile has also given attention to contracting and building, having con- structed thirteen of the best buildings in this town. In 1854 he went to Minnesota and entered land, but did not live on the claim long enough to hold it, owing to Indian troubles. He came home, but in 1863 returned and entered and improved a farm from the
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timber. He sold out in 1876 and returned to his family in Greenup, where he has since resided. On October 5, 1825. he married Mary Snearry. of Pennsylvania. They have eight children, all living save one ( William ).
JOHN CONZET, jeweler, Greenup, was born October 23, 1845. in Holmes County, Ohio. He remained at home until he was seventeen, when, July 10, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, One Hun- dred and Twenty-Third Illinois Infantry, and was discharged July 10, 1865. He participated in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Hoover's Gap, etc. At the close of the war he went to Minnesota and farmed, and in that State learned the jewelers' trade. Then he came to Greenup, and with some associates hired a teacher and gave some time to study and self-instruction. Then he assisted his parents in keeping a hotel, then farmed. and finally opened his present jewelry store. He now has a large stock and a neat place of business. and a flourishing trade. It is the only store of the kind in Greenup. Ilis store at one time was entered and $1,500 worth of goods stolen, and never recovered. As a Republican he has been elected three times as Township Collector. Mr. Conzet is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the G. A. R. On February 8. 1872, he married Miss Hannah H. Houghton. of Greenup. They have three children-Leonora B., Bertha (deceased), Jessie P.
JULIUS C. CONZET, confectioner, Greenup, was born April 26, 1849, in Greenup, Cumberland County, and is the youngest child of Charles Conzet, whose sketch is elsewhere given. In early life he was given a good education, and graduated from the Terre Haute. Ind .. Commercial College. He began life for himself at sixteen years of age as a clerk in a grocery store: then with a partner established a dry goods store; then a grocery and liquor store, after which he retired from active business for a time. He then started his present business of confectionery, groceries, and lunch-room. He carries a large stock, and his store is neat and tastily arranged, and presents an appearance creditable to any large commercial center. He was married in February, 1874, to Hannah D. Arthur, of Greenup. They have had two children, viz .. Duke and Freddie (deceased).
JOSEPH M. COOK, hardware store, Greenup, was born March 5, 1848. in Hocking County, Ohio. His father. James Cook, was a blacksmith by trade, coming to Cumberland County in 1857. He was a prominent citizen and temperance man. and took a deep interest in and devoted much of his time to the canse. Our subject
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was given a good education and learned the tinners' trade, at which he worked in various parts of Illinois and Missouri. While in the latter State he married Almira Smith on January 10, 1869, and the following year came to Greenup and started a hardware and tin store. He now has the only store exclusively given to that line of goods. The store is well stocked and has a good trade. Mr. Cook is a leading business man and has a high social standing. The parents have two children, viz .: Benjamin F. and Gladdy. They are bright children and well advanced in their studies, being regular attendants of the public school.
JOHN C. DEES, grocer. Greenup, was born in Randolph County, Ill., October 20, 1845, was reared on a farm, but went south, and at sixteen years of age enlisted in the Confederate army at the com- meneement of the war, and served until its close. He was in seven- teen general battles. and on two hundred and sixty-five days' skirmish duty, having been wounded three times. While in the service he took prisoner his present father-in-law, who was in the Federal army at the time, and for years after the service each was a stranger to the other. At the close of the war he worked on various railroads in Missouri and Illinois: then he went to Saint Louis, Mo., where he was a street car conductor for five years. He then came to Greenup and opened a grocery store, his present business, having a large stock and a good trade in that line. In 1872. Mr. Dees married Sarah E. Williams, of Greemup. To them have been born three children, viz .: Charles C. (deceased), Cora and Oma.
JOHN DUNN, farmer, was born August 17, 1822, in Carroll County, Ky., was reared on a farm, and had poor educational advan- tages. He left home to do for himself at eighteen years of age, earn- ing $10 per month. Then he went to Shelby County, Ind., where he was married, May 4, 1847, to Miss Susan Yelton, who has borne him six children, viz .: Cornelia, Robert, Louis J., Franklin, Jeremiah and William. All are married but Robert and William. Mr. D. is an old settler, and made his entire property here. He has a farm of 162 acres, well¿improved; he has also dealt largely in cattle. He has been a school director and supervisor; is a deacon in the Bap- tist Church.
WILLIAM EWART, retired farmer, Greenup, was born in Butler County, Ohio. June 29. 1814. He is the fourth in a family of eight children, seven of whom are still living-in very old age. James Ewart, grandfather of our subject, came to the United States from Ireland, and'settled in Pennsylvania. His son, and father of our
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subject. David, was born in Ireland, and was but six weeks old when brought to this country. The maternal grandfather of our subject came to America as a British soldier during the Revolutionary war, but deserted and served four years under General Washington. Our subject had poor educational advantages in early life. attending school a few months to an " old Revolutionary soldier, whose prin- cipal qualification was in applying the rod, and who required all reci- tations to be made in the loudest possible voice of the scholar." Mr. Ewart has always been a great reader, and is well versed in ancient history. When he was ten years old he moved with his parents to Franklin County, Ind. His father there leased a farm for eight years, and there died in 1830. Mr. E. assisted his brothers in working out the lease. In 1832 he learned the trade of black- smith at Fairfield, Ind .. with one JJohn Allen, and with him went to the Tippecanoe battle ground, near La Fayette, Ind. He worked for Allen awhile there, and then started for himself, at Newtown. Fountain Co .. Ind., where he remained until 1853, when he came to Cumberland County, Ill .. and bought a farm. In farming he has been principally engaged ever since, now owning a fine farm, and in good circumstances-the result of his own energy and industry. On March 5, 1837. he married Elizabeth Titus, who died in 1850. They had seven children. viz .: James A .. Judson. David A., John P., Mary N .. Catherine, and an infant. all now deceased but James. JJudson and JJohn P. March 13. 1851. he married, for his second wife, Sarah Kirkpatrick, who has borne him four children, viz .: Endora. Laura. William A. and Thomas K .. all living. This wife died JJanuary 12, 1877. On August 2. 1881. he next married Elmira Conner. who is still living. His children are all prosperous, financially. some having good farms, others in mercantile business, and one owning a livery stable in Greenup. Mr. E. in politics is a Republican. having been formerly a Whig. He is a strong advocate of Prohibition: was a member of the Sons of Temperance, held the position of Deputy Grand Patriarch, and has since been identified with all temperance work.
NEHEMIAHI FANCHIER. farmer (post-office Greenup), was born in Delaware County. Ohio, August 28. 1833, and when sixteen years old. came with his parents to Cumberland County. III. He was given a good education. and when he had attained his majority his father gave him eighty acres of unimproved land. which he placed under cultivation and improve l and attended until 1861. when he en- listed as a private in Company G. Tenth Ilinois Volunteer Infantry,
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and served forty months, and for merit was promoted to Corporal, and then to Sergeant. He participated in many of the hard-fought battles of the war. In November, 1864. he married Ellen LaDow, of Greenup. daughter of (now) Mrs. Chas. Nisewanger. At the close of the war he returned to Cumberland County, and re-engaged in farming. He now owns 250 acres of land in one farm, half a mile from Greenup, and all under cultivation. His improvements con ; sist of a large, fine brick residence, with yard decorated with shade and evergreen trees; two large barns; a grainery: a large cow and hog stable: tool and farm implement shed: four wells, a large orchard of three acres of select fruit. ete. He has shade trees set out along the lines of fences all over his farm. The farm is well stocked with the best breeds of cattle, horses. etc. Heowns a steam hay press, which he operates on the farm, buying and pressing hay for the market. In general he has perhaps the finest improved farm in the county, and is himself enterprising and prosperous. He was a member of the Good Templars organization, and is a strong temper- ance man. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and of the G. A. R. In all public improvements he takes an active part, and is a liberal contributor to all charitable and benevolent movements. and is highly respected by the community.
JOHN GREEN, farmer, post-office Toledo, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, January 15, 1832, and when eight years old came with his parents to Cumberland County, Illinois, his father having entered 200 acres of land near Toledo, which is still owned by his heirs. Our subject was raised to hard work on the home farm, shared the hardships of pioneer life, and had poor school advantages, but by home study during his leisure hours, he acquired a very fair education. On December 5, 1858, he married Ann M. Gardner, who has borne her husband four children. viz .: William, Alice F .. John D., and Lewis F. (deceased). After his marriage, he first rented a farm, then bought. forty acres of land. He has always been a farmer, and been very suc- cessful, now owning 400 acres of land. His prosperous condition is the result of his industry and strict economy. He is engaged in stock-raising, having every convenience for that purpose. His farms are well stocked with sheep, etc. Mr. Green has held vari- ous political positions, among which are Constable, Deputy Sheriff, Commissioner of Highways and School Trustee. He is public spir- ited. and contributes liberally to all religious matters and benevolent institutions.
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