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JOHN T. LAND, son of William H. and Jance C. (Warren } Land, was born in Kentucky, January 15, 1832, and when four years of age was taken by his father to Decatur County, Ind., where he attended school and helped clear away the heavy timber until 1850, when his father sold the farm and entered land in this township. September 29, 1853, he married Nancy A., daughter of John and Sarah ( Admire) Ellis, and to their union have been born eight chil- dren-six now living: Francis M., Sarah J., Abraham J., Jennie B., William F. and Alfretta. After his marriage he lived on his fath- er's farm until 1855, when he moved to Missouri, where he was ap- pointed a Justice of the Peace, and afterward elected for four years, but at the breaking out of the war resigned and returned to this
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county, where he enlisted in August, 1862, in Company E. Ninety- Seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was in battle at Vicks- burg, Arkansas Post, Big Black River and Champion Hills. In 1863 he was transferred to Company E, Ninth United States Invalid Corps, and was mustered out June 27, 1865. He heard Lincoln make his last public speech and was in Washington when he was assassinated. In the spring of 1877 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and was re-elected in 1881. He is a Democrat, a member of Rose Hill Post, No. 158, G. A. R., and he and wife are members of the Universalist Church.
JOHN W. LEE, son of Abbott and Belinda ( Purcell ) Lee, was born in Crooked Creek Township, May 6, 1838. Abbott Lee was born in Butler County, Ohio, came to Illinois in 1818, located in Lawrence County, where he was married, and soon after came to this county and engaged in farming. John W. Lee attended school and assisted on the home farm until June, 1861, when he enlisted in Company K, Twenty-First Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was at the fight at Perryville, and at Stone River, in December, 186z, was wounded in the right leg, in consequence of which he received his dis- charge at Louisville in May, 1863. In October, 1864, he married Alice Stout, daughter of James Stout, of this county. Seven children have been born to him-Louisa, Laura, Perry, John W., Albert, Martha J. and an infant girl not named. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Lee, settled on a farm of 180 acres, on Section 30, this township: this he has increased to 200 acres, and furnished with fine improvements. He is a Master Mason and a member of the G. A. R., and in politics is a Democrat. His mother died about the year 1842. and his father December 15, 1863.
WILLIAM H. MCCOMAS was born January 3, 1842, and is the son of Henry C. and Mary (Kibler) MeComas, who were born in Virginia, were married in Rush County, Ind .. and who came to this township in 1837, entered land in Section 19, and there resided until their respective deaths in 1855 and 1873. William H. McComas was educated at a subscription school taught in a log house, and was reared a farmer, having begun at the age of six. May 30. 1869, he married Eliza E. Carr, born in Ohio, February 6, 1844, and the daughter of Reuben and Mary (Creamer) Carr, formerly of Vir- ginia but latterly of Ohio. Mr. McComas began housekeeping in a log house on part of his father's farm. but in 1875, put up a comforta- ble frame dwelling. He owns 108 acres of the old homestead and does general farming and deals in cattle. His children are three in
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number-Laura A .. Mary AA. and William E. In 1881, Mr. MeCo- mas was elected school trustee by the Republicans. He is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F., and the Methodist Episcopal Church; his wife is a member of the Christian Church. Mrs. McComas' father died in 1871, and her mother in 1875 -- both church members.
THOMAS McDANIEL was born in Johnson County, Ind., January 1, 1834, and is the son of John and Margaret (Freiks) McDaniel, natives of Kentucky and early settlers in the county named above. Thomas MeDaniel was reared on a farm, and in 1852 came to this county. August 30, 1856, he married Alice Z. Robin- son, daughter of William C. and Frances ( Walton) Robinson. and to his marriage were born six children-JJeremy E., Frances L., Henry, Zenetta (deceased), Minnie A. and an infant boy, deceased. Mr. McDaniel soon after marriage purchased a farm of nearly 200 acres, which he worked until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in Company HI, Thirty-Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga. Resaca, Atlanta. Nashville and all others in which his regiment was engaged, and served until August, 1864, when he resumed farming. Mr. MeD. lost his mother February 11, 1856, and his father died the day Grant was elected President, in 1868; Mrs. McD.'s father was accidentally killed in October, 1854, by a wagon upsetting and throwing a saw-log upon him, and her mother died in 1878.
JOHN M. MELTON, son of Thomas C. and Susannah (Birt) Melton, was born in Rush County, Ind., on August 6. 1836. He went to school in a log schoolhouse, and worked on a farm until the year 1851, when he came with his father to Crooked Creek Township, Jasper County, Ill., and where he worked on a farm and attended school, as before, until 1858, when his father was elected Sheriff of Jasper County, when he moved with his father to Newton, the county- seat. On December 1, 1859, he was married to Sarah, daughter of Judge James E. and Jane (Duck ) James. Six children, five of whom are living, were born to them. viz .: Ora J., Cyrus F., Susan L., Ira H. and Nona E. Soon after his marriage he settled in Crooked Creek Township, buying 120 acres of land, and improving the same. He now owns 160 acres of well improved land, with a fine house. Besides being a general farmer, he raises some stock. In politics he is a Democrat, and has held several offices of trust, viz .: Justice of the Peace, Township Assessor, Collector, and is now the Township Treasurer. He and his wife are both members of the Christian Church.
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ROBERT W. MOORE was born in Rush County, Ind., March 12, 1854, and is the son of Elijah T. and Mary E. Moore, natives respectively of Kentucky and Maryland, and carly settlers in Indiana. The parents came to this township when Robert was but eighteen months old, and the father startel a general store in Plain- field. Robert attended school until about fourteen. then learned harness making, and then worked at farming until he had saved money enough to farm on his own account. April 5, 1872, he mar- ried Sarah C., daughter of Ezekiel Everman, of Cumberland County, Ill., and to this union six children have been born, viz .: Lawrence (deceased), twin boys (deceased), Daisy, Elijah and Charles E. At the age of twenty-one he lost his father, and the support of his mother then devolved upon him. The father had served as post- -master at Rose Hill, and had been twice elected Justice of the Peace. in which office he died. In 1877, our subject purchased a blacksmith and wagon shop in Rose Hill, which he still continues to conduct, it being the only one in the village. He is a Master Mason and a mem- ber of the I. O. G. T .; his wife is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church.
CORNELIUS MURPHY, son of John and Judah (Sullivan) Murphy, was born in Ireland on September 8, 1826. He attended school until he was about fifteen years old, then worked on his father's farm until he attained his majority. He then worked for himself as a day laborer, saved his money, and in 1849 he set sail for America. After his arrival he located for a short time in the East, then came to Ohio, where he engaged in farming. On April 19, 1852, he married Elenora Curl, of Champaign County, Ohio, and two children have been born to them, viz .: Elva and Estella. In 1854, he came to Edgar County, III. Here he farmed until August, 1862, when he enlisted in the Eighteenth Indiana Battery. He was in seventy-two hard-fought battles, among which were Hoover's Gap, Tullahoma, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Knoxville and others. On January 25, 1865, while he was at the front, his wife died. In June, 1865, he was discharged, when he came home to his farm in Edgar County. Here he married, for his second wife, Nancy, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Brieley. One child has been born to them, viz .: Isaac C. In. 1871, Mr. Murphy sold his farm, and came to Crooked Creek Township, Jasper County. Here he purchased a farm, the house thereon being, it is said, the first one ever built on the prairie in this township. He now owns 237 acres of well-improved land, and besides being a general farmer, he deals in fine stock. In politics
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he is a Republican. He is a claim agent for the collection of sol- diers' pensions. He and his wife and son are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. Mr. Murphy was raised in the Roman Catholic faith, but was converted to Protestantism soon after he emigrated to America.
ENOCHI K. NELSON, son of William K. and Mary ( Edmonson) Nelson, was born in Grant County, Ky., on July 20, 1844. In 1855, he moved with his father to Acton, Marion County, Ind., and went to school and worked on a farm until July 22. 1862, when he enlisted in Company G, Seventieth Indiana Infantry. His regiment for some time was guarding a railroad, but was finally put into active service. He participated in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Chattanooga, Atlanta, with Sherman in his " March to the Sea," at Raleigh, N. C., at the grand review at Washington, D. C., and then, in June, 1865, received his honorable discharge. On arriving home he resumed farming. In 1866, he came to Jasper County, Ill., and engaged in farming. On August 20, 1868, he married Emily Harris (a widow ), daughter of William Helms. She has borne her husband six chil- dren, viz .: William H., Margaret L., Laura B., Emily JJ., James F. and Sarah J. Mr. Nelson is now living on eighty acres of land, leased, in Section 36, Crooked Creek Township, where he is engaged in general farming. He is a member of the G. A. R., Post No. 158. Department of Illinois. He and his wife are regular attendants at church.
DANIEL PERRINE was born January 22, 1813, and is the son of William and Catherine (Miller) Perrine, natives of New Jersey and Virginia, and early settlers in Butler County, Ohio. He was reared to farming and also learned shoe-making, and in December, 1832, married Mary, daughter of William Huls, of New Jersey. To this union were born ten children, of whom four are still living- Joseph, David, Lewis D. and Catherine. After marriage he started a shoe shop, and while conducting this educated himself. Under the administration of President Taylor he was appointed postmaster at Westchester, Ohio, and held the office for many years. In 1855 he moved to Crawford County, Ill., and in 1861 to Richland County, where he bought a farm. January 3. 1863, his wife died, and the same year he married Hannah Akers, a widow with two children; she died in Ohio, when he returned to Crawford County and married Mary C. Delzell, a widow with one child, and to this marriage were born two children-Daniel (deceased) and Louisa. After this mar- riage he came to this township and here lost his wife by death. He
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next married Isabel Benefield, who also died, and he then married Sarah A. Mckinney. While residing in Crawford County he was a postmaster under Grant; in 1860 he voted for Douglas and in 1864 for Lincoln; since then he has been a Democrat. He was a volun- teer nurse in the hospital at Camp Butler, IH., during the war; he is a Past Master Mason of Newton Lodge, No. 216, and was a char- ter member of Robinson Lodge of Crawford County, and filled the chairs of Senior Warden and Master. He resides in his own house in Rose Hill, and at the age of seventy-one is strong and active-giving daily attention to running a threshing machine. He attends the Methodist Episcopal Church.
WILLIAM A. POWELL, son of Hezekiah and Lucy ( Ealer) Powell, was born in Boone County. Ky., in 1827, and at the age of six lost his father. His mother then did the plowing while he rode the horse, until he became old enough to take the plow himself. At the age of fifteen his mother died; he then went to live on the farm of a cousin until twenty-one. He then went to Shelby County, Ind., where he was married, in 1849, to Julia A. Avey (a daughter of Peter Avey), who bore him nine children. of whom four are yet living-Abraham, Nicholas, Sarah and Edward. Soon after marriage he purchased forty acres of improved land. which he farmed until 1858, when he sold and bought 160 acres in this township. In 1861 he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and took part in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Resaca. Atlanta, Nashville and others, serving until 1864, when he re-enlisted in the same company and served until the close of the war. Mr. Powell is a charter member of the Rose Hill Post, G. A. R., No. 158, and in politics is a Republican.
GEORGE W. SUTTON is the son of Israel and Susannah (Spaulding) Sutton, and was born in Monroe County, Ohio, Octo- ber 28, 1844, and at the age of seven was taken to Bartholomew County by his father, who died two years later; George then came to this county, was bound out to a farmer but ran away and enlisted in September, 1861, in Company K, Thirty-Eighth Ilinois Volunteer Infantry. He fought at Frederickstown, Mo., Perryville. Ky., Stone River, Chickamauga and in other battles, but was taken sick and confined in hospital at Bridgeport, and was discharged at Quincy, Ill., in April, 1864, for total disability. He returned home, recov- ered, and again enlisted February 18. 1865-this time in Company D, Fourth United States Veteran Volunteer Infantry, and served on guard duty at various points until his discharge at Columbus, Ohio,
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February 19. 1866. November 16. 1871. he married Viola, daughter of Robert and Harriet Ross. He has had born to him six children, of whom five are now living-Hattie A .. Ida P .. Charles P., Flor- ence and Edgar Roscoe. In 1872 he purchase l his farm on Section 30, this township. and has put it under a fine state of cultivation. He is a charter member of Rose Hill Post, No. 158. G. A. R .. and in polities he is a Republican.
KINESON VANATTAA was born in Crooked Creek Township November 6, 1853. and is the son of Isaac and Amanda (Kellar) Vanatta. who came from Ohio to this township in 1835, and were here married. The father died in 1854 and the mother in 1877. August 5. 1875, Kineson Vanatta married Almira Cowger. daughter of William F. and America A. (Ward) Cowger, of this county. To this marriage have been born three children-William I., Charles M. and Levi C. Mr. Vanatta is a general farmer, rears some stock and has a fine farm on Section 18-a portion of it left him by his father and the balance purchased by himself-on which he built. in 1881. as comfortable a one-and-a-half-story frame house as there is in the township. Mr. V. and wife are members of the New Light Church.
JOHN VANATTA was born in JJasper County, III., October 9, 1846, and is the son of Aaron and Jane (Ray) Vanatta, whose grandparents were carly settlers in Lawrence County, where Aaron and Jane were born. John Vanatta was reared on the home farm, and was educated at the old-fashioned pioneer log schoolhouse. April 3, 1872, he married Jane Coad, the daughter of JJoseph and Mary A. (Reisner) Coad, and born September 6, 1848. After mar- riage he settled on his father's farm and became a general farmer and stock-dealer. In 1872 he purchased forty acres on Section 24, this township, with money saved by himself and wife; she had been granted a teacher's certificate and began teaching at the age of nineteen, and when she was married had accumulated $1,000; they have now a large farm with a good frame dwelling and outbuildings. There have been born to them three children-Florence, June 5, 1874, died September 25, 1875; Henry, born February 14, 1877. and Lizzie, December 29, 1881. Mr. V. is a Democrat of liberal views, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. V.'s father died February 21, 1881, and his mother July 4. 1871, members of the Christian Church.
JOSEPH E. VEST was born in Floyd County, Va., March 1, 1841, is the son of Rowland and Delilah Vest, and was taken, when quite an infant, to Ohio by his parents. His mother died shortly after her arrival, and his father moved to Indiana when Joseph was about thirteen. Our subject was educated in Ohio and at Indianap- olis, afterward learned shoemaking, worked at the trade until July,
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1861. and then enlisted in Company D, Eleventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was appointed Corporal and took part at Shiloh, Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Vicksburg. Harper's Ferry, Winchester. and at many other points, and was mustered ont at Indianapolis in 1864. He then started a boot and shoe store at Staunton, Ind. June 14, 1866, he married Laura Carter, daughter of Colin Carter, and to his union have been born five children-Flora (deceased), Cora, Alice, Louis (deceased ) and Audra. He next moved to Bra- zil, kept a shoe store about ten years, and then came to Rose Hill, established a general store and took charge of a stave factory in the interest of his mother-in-law .. This factory, the only one in the township, he subsequently purchased. and now employs about fifteen persons. Mr. Vest is a Mason. a member of the G. A. R .. and in pol- ities is independent.
ARMSTEAD WARD was born in Bourbon County, Ky., March 5. 1814, and is the son of John and Nancy ( Billington) Ward. His father was born in South Carolina, and his mother in 1796, in Losantville (now Cincinnati), Ohio; they were married in Bourbon County, Ky. When our subject was seven years of age 'he was sent to school in Ohio, at about twelve he returned to Kentucky and attended school and worked on a farm for a time, and then moved to Indiana, where he also engaged in farming. October 17. 1837, he married Celia A. Billington, who bore him nine children, of whom four are living-John William, Sarah A., James H. and Richard M. In 1851, Mr. Ward came to this township and settled on 500 acres he had entered the previous year, and subsequently dealt largely in stock. Of the 500 acres wild prairie land he has retained 200, which constitute as fine a farm as there is in the township. In 1852 his wife died a member of the Christian Church, and June 9, 1859, he married Malinda (daughter of Samuel and Mary ) Hendricks, who bore him eight children, four of whom are yet living -- Mary F., Judson K., Samuel A., and Lula. Mr. Ward has been a County Commissioner, and a Justice of the Peace; he is an Odd Fellow, a Democrat and a member of the Christian Church.
JOHN WILLIAM WARD, son of Armstead and Celia 1. (Billing- ton ) Ward, was born in Rush County, Ind., May 19, 1841. and came to this township with his father. He was here educated and reared to farming. In 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty -First Illinois Vol- unteer Infantry, Company I, and fought at Fredericktown, Mo., Corinth, Perryville, Stone River. Liberty Gap and Chickamauga. At the last named battle he was captured by the foe and im- prisoned in the Libby, at Danville, at Andersonville, at Charleston and at Goldsborough. February 27. 1865. he was exchanged, and in April, 1865, was honorably discharged from the service. Septem- ber 2, 1866, he married Lucinda Larrimer, of Richland County, Ill., who has borne him five children-Mary A., Sarah J., Dolly V., Myrtie (deceased) and Ada E. He has a neat farm on Section 14, and is a member of the Christian Church and of Post 158, G. A. R., Depart- ment of Illinois.
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REV. JOHN T. WARREN, son of John and Tabetha (Vin- cent) Warren, was born on May 7, 1817, in Madison County. Ky. The father settled in Madison County in 1800. Our subject attended school but little in the primitive schoolhouse, and labored on a farm in his early youth. In 1833, he came to Decatur County. Ind .. and on February 2, 1834. he married Mary, daughter of James Arsmith, of Kentucky. She died on May 13. 1834. On September 29, 1836, he married for his second wife, Lucinda, daughter of Pleasant Mar- tin, of Kentucky. Their children are, Pleasant W., Sarah C. (de- ceased), James P., Thomas J., Martha J. (deceased), and John (de- ceased). While Mr. Warren worked on a farm he studied for the Baptist ministry, and in 1840 was ordained as a preacher in the Mis- sionary Baptist Church, and assumed charge of the Rock Creek Baptist Church, until in 1850, he came to Crooked Creek Township, and entered 160 acres of land. In the meantime he. with others, organ- ized what is called the Bethany Church, of which he had charge for twenty-nine years. After a brief absence, he was re-called, and is now its pastor. On July 4, 1877. his second wife departed this life. On May 29. 1882, he married, for his third wife, Nancy J. Lipscomb (a widow), daughter of Jeremiah Jones. Mr. Warren now has charge of three churches-Bethany. Mount Gilead and Salem. His son, James P. Warren, was born in Indiana on September 25, 1842, and in 1850, came with the family to Jasper County. Il. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company D. Ninety-Seventh Illinois Infantry, and participated in the battles of Vicksburg, May 18 to July 4, 1862; Jackson, Miss .. July 10 to 20. 1862, Fort Blakely, and others. At the end of three years' service he was honorably discharged at Houston, Texas; came home, and went to farming. In October, 1867, he married Mary A., daughter of Robert and Ruth Chapman. Two children, both infants, deceased. were born to them. His wife died on July 5, 1869. On August 24, 1870, he was next married to Rebecca, daughter of Elias and Rebecca (Irons) Lefevre. Four chil- dren have been born to them, viz .: Clementine A., born April 30, 1871; Lucinda, May 16, 1872; JJohn, September 24, 1873, and Cyrus V., May 11, 1880. Our subject has a fine farm of 170 acres. In pol- itics he is a Democrat; has been a Constable and a Highway Com- missioner. The family are members of the Baptist Church.
SOLOMON S. WHITE, son of William and Amy ( Woods) White, was born'in Orange County, Ind., December 28, 1825, and was taken to Coles County in 1830, by his father, who was a farmer. He attended a pioneer subscription school, but was carly put to the plow, as his father was in feeble health. He continued to aid in the support of the family until his marriage, December 4, 1851. to Mary C. Kingery, daughter of John and Sophia ( Carter ) Kingery, and born in Ohio, November 5. 1832. To this marriage have been born nine children, of whom seven are living-Lillie E., William B., Samuel S., Lucinda G .. Virginia B .. Leonora O. and Charles W. Mr. White farmed in Coles County until 18443. when he sold his farm and came to this township and bought a place on Section 29. Ile and wife are
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members of the United Brethren Church, of which, for thirty years. past, he has been a class-leader, steward, trustee, etc. In politics he is a Democrat.
REZIN WILKINS, son of Ozian and Matilda ( Hines) Wilkins, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, on December 10, 1829. The father was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, on December 22, 1802, the mother in Pennsylvania, on December 24, 1805, they being mar- ried in Guernsey County in 1822. The father was a farmer and stone-mason. Our subject went to school in the pioneer schoolhouse and labored on a farm until he was eighteen years old, when he moved to Indiana, where he worked on a farm for different persons, some- times at a compensation of only ten cents per day. He saved some money, however, and when twenty-one he purchased eighty acres of land. Until he was twenty-five years of age he was an engineer in a saw-mill, after which he went to Hancock County, Ind., and worked there in a saw-mill. On June 17, 1855, he married Angeline, daugh- ter of Samuel and Mary (Taylor) Hendricks. Twelve children were born to them, eight of whom are living, viz .: Samuel L., Mary E., William E., Alice M., Emma J., Sarah C., Nettie and Frank. In 1857, he came to Crooked Creek Township, Jasper County, Ill., and bought 200 acres in Section 10, of wild land, which he has well improved, and on which he has built a fine house and commodious barn. After an illness of three years, his wife died on August 12, 1883. She was a consistent member of the Christian Church, as is also Mr. Wilkins. In politics he is a Democrat; has been a Town- ship Collector. He is a Master Mason of Hazel Dell Lodge, No. 580. ISAAC C. WORDEN, son of Andrew and Amanda (Timpany) Worden, was born in Connecticut on August 24, 1829. He went to school till he was nineteen years old, then worked at farming until his marriage, which occurred on December 26, 1852, to Sarah, daugh- ter of David and Harriet (Beach) Duryea, of Connecticut. Two children were born to them, viz .: David A. and William C. In 1856, he moved to Franklin County, Ind., where he engaged in farming till Angust 11, 1862, when he enlisted in Company C, Sixty-Eighth Indiana Infantry, as First Sergeant. He was captured at the battle of Munfordville, Ky., but was paroled, and soon after exchanged. He participated in the battles of Hoosier Gap, Chickamauga, Chat -. tanooga, Missionary Ridge, Dalton, Nashville, and others. He was discharged on June 20, 1865. Returning home he engaged in farm- ing until 1869, when he traded his farm for eighty-six acres of im- proved land in Crooked Creek Township, Jasper County, Ill., where he has been engaged in farming up to the present time. In politics he is an active Republican, and he and his wife are members of the. Presbyterian Church, he being an elder in the same. He is also a member of the Hazel Dell Masonic Lodge, No. 580.
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