Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume II, part 2, Part 117

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago, Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 774

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Sylvester Pangle first attended school at Al- tamont, Effingham County, and finished his education in that place. During the life of his parents Mr. Pangle devoted himself to their care, his father surviving until he was seventy-six years of age, passing away in 1892. The mother survived him until 1905, when she died, being then also seventy-six. This good son, dur- ing all these years, did some farming and gar- dening, and clerked in a store for a time. His knowledge of his work was thorough, and he felt that in gardening he could obtain the best resuits. In 1904, he came to Woodside Town- ship, where he bought his present home, and proceeded to develop it until ile now has an estate of which he may well he proud. . It has been his practice to work along scientific lincs, using improved machinery, and enrich- ing his land so as to produce the best results. His products are of so superior a class that he sccures the highest prices for them, shipping to distant markets.

The marriage of Mr. Pangle occurred in Springfield April 9, 1902, when he was united with Mrs. Susie (Childers) Hughey born in Auburn Township, Sangamon County. Later her folks moved to Curran Township, where she resided until her marriage. She was a daughter of William and Mirilda (Deper) Childers. They were natives of Tennessee and Chatham Township, Sangamon County. They resided in Chatham Township where he farmed until his death June 11, 1910. Mrs. Childers is now living with her daughter, Mrs. Pangle. Her parents were settlers of that locality, and highly respected in their neighborhood. No children have been born of this marriage.

Mrs. Pangle is a consistent member of the Seventh Day Adventists Church and a most charitable lady, who presides with diguity aud housewifely skiil over her household. Mr. Pangle is a Democrat, but has never been will- ing to give his name for use on the party ticket. Absorbed in his work, he has no time for public matters, aside from voting for the men he believes will produce the best results. He and his wife have many fricuds in their neighborhood, and his business associates es- teem Mr. Pangle highly because of his hon- orable dealings and strict adherence to the iet- ter of auy agreemeut into which he may enter.

PAPE, Charles Henry, a highly esteemed farmer of Cottou Hill Township, Sangamou County, Ill., is a self-made man and has been very suc- cessful in his operations. He was horn in the Province of Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, Feb- ruary 2, 1840, sou of Charles H. aud Caroline Pape, both natives of that country, who came to the United States In 1848 and subsequently settled in Monroe County, Ill., where both died. The grandparents all died in Germany. Charles Henry Pape was eight years of age when his parents came to America and he was reared by his mother's hrother in Germany, where he re- ceived his education. At the age of eighteen years he came to America and spent three years with his parents In Monroe County, then re- inoved to St. Louis, where he obtained employ- ment as fireman for a railroad company. He spent twenty-two years in this line, being pro- moted to the position of eugiueer. About 1883 he came to Saugamon Couuty and engaged in farming and later came to his present home. He was always fond of outdoor life and has been successful as a farmer. . He owns eighty- three acres of land, which he has brought to a high state of cultivation, and still is ac- tive in carrying on his farm, although he has . reached the age where many men retire.

Mr. Pape has been twice married, (first) in St. Louis, to Lizzie White, who died in that city in 1865, having had three children : Charles, married Rose Rape, and they have three chil- dren-Lena, August and Adda ; William, mar- ried Pet Barker and they have seven children -Earl, Harry, Jessie, Virgil, Dec, Harley and Annie ; Lizzie, married John Haines and they have five children-Verne. Goldie, Grace, Viola, Clara and Virgil. Mr. Pape's second marriage took place August 30, 1874, when he was united with Antoinette Theresa Vogel, a native of St. Louis, and they hecame parents of children as follows: Louisa, born June 7, 1875, mar- ried Tom Funderburk, and they have four children-Ray, Carrie, Glenn and Wiley ; Henry, born April 26, 1877, married Kate Jones and they have three children-Lewis, George and May; Emma, born September 4, 1879, married Bert Delay, and they have three children- Cecil, Gladys and Ross; Cleminon O., born May 21, 1882, at home; Otto. horn October 18. 1885, married Bertha Boardman, and they have one child, Gordon; Clara, born February

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28, 1891, at home; three children died in in- fancy. The oldest sou, Charles, is a grand- father, as his daughter Lena is married and has three children, making Charles H. Pape a great-grandfather, in which fact he takes great pride. He and his wife have given their children the best educational advantages within their power.

Mr. Pape and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church but most of the children have joined the Methodist Church. He is a Democrat in generai politics, but votes for the principle rather than for party. While liv- ing In Montgomery County he served as Road Commissioner, otherwise he has taken little part in public affairs. He is a member of the Masonle Order aud of the Botherhood of En- gineers. He is genial and pleasant in man- ner and has formed many warm friendships since coming to Sangamon County, being rec- ognlzed as a man of upright character and true worth.

PARK, George W .- Sangamon County is noted for its men who have a thorough knowledge of agricultural methods and the science of breeding stock. Probably the conditions in this part of the State are as nearly ideal as any- where to be found for the successful raisiug of great crops of grain, and the fertile pasture land is especially adapted to the needs of the stockraiser. George W. Park, a leading agri- culturist and stockman of Sangamon County, who is carrying on . operations on Section S, Maxwell Township, was born August 4, 1873, a son of Thomas N. and Sarah E. (Franklin) Park.

Thomas N. Park was born in Sangaiuon County, Iii., February 16, 1831, on the farm of his father, James Park, on Lick Creek, where the iatter had settled on coming from Kentucky. and entered a large tract of land. Thomas N. Park was a member of a family of fourteen children, of whom Sarah J., born July 21, 1821, married D. Gibson, and died August 8, 1889 ; John G., born July 7, 1822, is a farmer in Maxwell Township; Harriet A., born Septem- ber 12, 1823, married Alien Short, and died June 6, 1900; Robert M., born December 13, 1824, resides with his daughter near Decatur, Ill .; Mary L., born December 25, 1825, mar- ried Frank George, deceased, and now resides in Edinburg, Christian County ; Elizabeth H., born February 10, 1827, is the widow of Will- iam Morris and resides in Loami, and Julia A., born April 17, 1829, married Joseph Riggs (now deceased), and muoved to McDonough County, where she reared a large family and died February 2, 1900.

Thomas N. Park started out on his own ac- couut early in life, engaging as clerk in a store at Loami, and later in Iowa, In fact turning his hand to any honest labor that presented itseif. Finally, he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, in which almost all of his life was spent, and liis perseverance, his hard, unremitting toil and his thorough knowl-

edge of agricultural conditions enabled him to acquire a tract of 500 acres of some of the finest farming iand in Sangamon County. Prior to his death, which occurred July 6, 1910, Mr. Park gave to each of his children a comfortable home and provided for their welfare.

Thomas N. Park was married three times, his first wife being Margaret Fowler, whom he. married March 17, 1855, and who died No- vember 20, 1859. She was born May 3, 1836, and bore her husband two children: James and Alice, both of whom died in infancy. On De- cember 26, 1861, Mr. Park was united in mar- riage, with Miss Sarah Y. Hudson, who was born February 9, 1844, and who died Janu- ary 23, 1869, having been the mother of two children, namely : Luvena, born April 1, 1864, who married D. C. Franklin, a farmer of Max- weli Township, and Mary, born February 13, 1867, who died during July of the same year. The third marriage of Thomas N. Park was to Sarah E. Franklin, who was born near Edin- burg, Christian County, Iil., November 4, 1848, a daughter of William Franklin. She was married to Mr. Park in October, 1871, and was the mother of two children: George W. and Thomas Elmer, and died July 30, 1900. In early life she was a member of the Christian Church, but on coming to this location there being no church of that denomination, she united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and died in that faith.

Thomas N. Park was a man of the highest . integrity and the strictest honesty. Piain and outspoken and well versed In the topics and happenings of hls day, he was fair in all mat- ters and was ever ready to hear another's side of an argument. These characteristics were recognized by his fellow-townsmen as just the sort of attributes needed In the man to rep- · resent them as Justice of the Peace, and dur- ing his twelve years in that office no decision handed down by him was ever reversed by the. hlgher courts. In addition he served as Su- pervisor of the township for many years as weli as Assessor until he refused to accept another nomination, and in every office In which he served he showed that he was there in the interests of the people and not trying to fur- ther his own politicai aspirations. His po- liticai faith was that of the Republican party. Mr. Park was a devout member of the Cum- berland Presbyterian Church, and when it came to the unlon between the Cumberiand and the Presbyterian Church he was outspoken in hls arguments against such a movement, the idea being repuisive to him that the church in which he had been haptized and in whose service he had spent a long life should be taken over by another body. His death was a severe loss to the community in which he had resided so long, and it will he a long time before an- other can he found to take his piace.

George W. Park was born on the farin and hls youth was spent there, his education being secured in the district schools and the Spring-

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field Commercial College, where he took a commercial course. With the exception of these three months spent In Springfield, Mr. Park has always lived on the farm, and - his occupations of stockraising and agriculture have been uniformly successful. Like his father he has been a stanch Republican, and has served creditably as Justice of the Peace. He is socially connected with the Odd Fellows, Lodge No. SS1 of New Berlin, and the Loami Lodge No. S48, Modern Woodmen of America. With his wife he attends the Cumberland Church.

On October 17, 1894, Mr. Park was married to Josie E. Brockelsby, who dled February 22, 1898, having had one daughter, Lutie Merle, born January 14, 1896, residing at home. Mr. Park was married (second) October 11, 1900, to Miss Amy E. Reynolds, who was born in Sangamon County, Ill., a daughter of Edward and Harriet (Brewer) Reynolds, farming peo- ple of Sangamon County, who went to Cotton- wood County, Minn., and in 1899 to Douglas County, Ill., where he now resides. To this union there has been born one son, Lester W., borr September 6, 1901.

PARKER, Charles Allen .- Among the pioneers of 1852 will be found the name of Charles Al- len Parker, now a resident of Section 35, Cart- wright Township, whose efforts in behalf of Sangamon County entitle him to a record in a work of this character. Mr. Parker was born in Robinson County, Tenn .. November 13, 1847, he being a son of Jesse S. and Ellzabeth (Clinard) Parker. Both parents were prob- ably born in Robinson County, Tenn. In 1852, they came to Sangamon County, renting land from Peter Cartwright, in the township of that name. After several changes, these parents finally bought land about 1860, near Tallula, in Menard County, there developing eighty acres. Several years later this was sold, and Mr. Parker bought the farm now owned by Frank Scott in Cartwright Township. About 1870 he settled upon it, and made it his home until his death in 1SS4. His widow survived him until 1SS7, when she. too, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George M. Renshaw. Mrs. Parker was a member of the Presbyterian Church, but her husband was not connected with any rellgious denomination. In polltles he was a Whig, and later a Republican. They had eleven children, six sons and five daugh- ters, five now survive. Those deceased are : George. Susan, Mary Jane, William, and Ma- tilda F. Those living are: Rosa Catherine, Sarah T., Richard and Charles Allen.

Charles Allen was but five years old when the family came to Sangamon County and he grew up in this locality and in Menard County, remaining with his father until he was twenty-eight years old. On May 7, 1876, he was unlted in marrlage with Sarah E. Batterton, born in Sangamon County, March 14, 1850, daughter of William and Eliza (Gaines) Batterton. The father was born in

Adair County, Va., but was brought to this county by his parents during pioneer days. His wife was born iu Kentucky. The death of Mr. Batterton occurred about 1895, when he was eighty-nine years old, while his wife passed away about 1900, aged eighty-nine years. They had ten children, eight of whom survive : Madison, Richard, Amy, Robert, Henry Clay, Mildred, Maria, Sarah E., Charlotte and George William.

After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Parker spent a year on the family homestead, then went to Salisbury Township. In 1SS2, they moved onto a farm in Menard County. In 1SS6, he bought thirty-five acres on Section 35, Cartwright Township. After improving this property, he added to his holdings until he now owns ninety acres, all in good condition, and here the two children have been born. These children are: Grace, boru March 1, 1SS3, a young lady of remarkable musical tal- ent, which has been carefully cultivated until she is now one of the most successful teachers of lustrumental music in this township; and Perry Noel, born August 12, 1885, assisting his father In the farm work.

the Au enthusiastic member of Baptist Church, Mr. Parker is appreciated in his con- gregation. Always a strong Republican, he sup- ports the candidates of his party without ever devlating from the straight ticket. Frater- nally he belongs to the Court of Honor. A good business man and farmer, Mr. Parker has steadily forged ahead, gradually better- ing his condition through hard work, and bis success is certainly well merited.

PARKER, James .- The Irish possess so many excellent qualities that they are welcomed when- ever they leave their native land for ours. Here they find ample opportunity for develop- ment, and the records show that more of them occupy positions of trust and responsibility, in proportion to their numbers, than people from any other country. One of the men who has prospered in Sangamon County, who was born on the Emerald Isle, is James Parker, now liv- ing retired in Willlamsville. He was born In Belfast. Ireland, June 4, 1845, a son of John and Eliza (Miller) Parker, natives of Ireland. John Parker was a stone cutter and contractor, who spent his life in Ireland, hut his widow came to America with her son and daughter, locating In Geneseo, N. Y., where she spent the remainder of her life. The paternal grand- father was a ship carpenter of Belfast, who worked In the ship yards of Ireland and Scot- land, having the distinction of working on the first propeller that was ever launched from Belfast.

Coming to this country in boyhood, James Parker grew up in Geneseo, where he was edu- cated. While attending school he also worked on a farm to assist his mother, spending In all some fifteen years in that vlelnlty. Then, desiring better opportunities, he came west to

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Chicago, where he lived for a year, then joined his sister, who resided at Virden. This con- tinued his home for a year more, when he located in Williamsville, beginning to farm and continuing thus for some years. Hle has also been engaged in teaming, but when hls cir- cumstances warranted he retired, and is now Ilviug iu comfort in his home in Williamsville.

While residing In Virden, Ill., Mr. Parker was married in 1873, to Lulu Orr, born in Scotts- ville, Ill., where her parents had early settled, and her father followed his trade of black- smithing for many years. Later Mr. Orr re- moved to Kansas, took up a claim, and there he and hls excellent wife passed away, highly esteemed by all who knew them. Mr. and Mrs. Parker became the parents of a son, Herbert, now a resident of Muskogee, Okla., where he owns and conducts a barber shop. He is mar- ried and has one child, Chauncey. Mr. Parker's home is presided over by a nlece, Mrs. Nellie Cruse. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Parker has conscientiously supported the candidates of hls party and is Influential in its ranks. Hls re- ligious home is in the Episcopal Church, of Wil- liamsville, of which he is a member. Keen, shrewd, a good business man, and possessed of a kindly disposition and genlal manner, Mr. Parker succeeded In business as well as ac- cumulating friends, and is proud of what he has accomplished.

PARKES, James, farmer and stock-man on Sections 7 and 18 Gardner Townshlp, was born in Cooper Township, near Berry Station, April 2, 1851, a son of William and Polly or Mary (North) Parkes. The father was born Jail- uary 29, 1807, at Jonesboro, Washington County, Tenn., going later to Jefferson County, Tenn., where he married, April, 14 1830. His wife was born in 1810, In Buckingham County, Va. Their two children born in Tennessee died in Infancy. Later they moved to Posey County, Ind., where another child was born aud died. In 1836, they came to Illinois, settling in what is now Cooper Townshlp, but in 1838 moved to Mechanicsburg, where they lived uutil 1848, In this year they returned to Cooper Town- ship, where his wife died September 12, 1873. He was there married June 7, 1875, to Mrs. Mary (Enyart) McMurray. He dled Decem- ber 28, 1890, and both he and his first wife now lie at rest , In Oak Hill Cemetery, Cooper Township. They were of English and Irish ancestry, and representatives of their families took part in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Parkes was a Whig, then a Republican and was very active in his party. A strong admirer of Mr. Lincoln, he was proud to follow in his footsteps. Both he and his first excellent wife were members of the Christlan Church. Both :a farmer and blacksmith, Mr. Parkes was al- ways a hard working man, and, dying, left a comfortable estate. Their children were as follows : Caroline, born January 12, 1839, mar- ried September 24, 1857, Charles Boslime;

Eveliue, born January 4, 1841, married Jan- uary 8, 1863, J. South, and died January 15, 1SS0; Henry, born January 15, 1843, enlisted in August, 1862, in Company C, Que Hundred aud Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, dyiug while in service at Chickasaw Landing, June 29, 1863; Minerva, born April 6, 1845, married August 14, 1867, Charles Roberts; Elizabeth, born January 3, 1847, married Jan- uary 14, 1869, Edgar Eckel; and James Hiralu, born April S, 1854. The other children died young, under six years. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Parkes married Mrs. Sarah Mc- Murray, whose maiden name was Enyart. She died in 1SSS.

James Parkes was reared ou the farm now owned by his brother, and was educated iu the district schools, remaining at home until about twenty-four years old when he married. This occurred February 11, 1875, to Hannah Boehme, born near Arenzville, Cass County, Ill., April 13, 1852, a daughter of Henry and Augusta (Polletts) Boehine. Her parents were natives of Hanover, Germany, and her mater- nal grandfather was for forty-five years pas- tor of the Lutheran Church at Hanover, Ger- many. About 1850, the Boehme family came to America, settling in Cass County, Ill., but in 1856, moved to Cartwright Township, this county, where the father dled in 1873, and the mother in 1880. Parkes was the only child of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Parkes had children as follows : William H., born March 12, . 1876, a merchant of Jefferson City, Mo., mar- ried Cora Anderson; Robert Edgar, born Sep- tember 1, 1877, a farmer near Pawnee, Ill., married December 12, 1904, Louise Foster ; Ella Belle, born January 22, 1880, married September 28, 1903, W. J. Ross, and they have one child, Ralph Parkes; Bertha Augusta, born November 28, 1883. marrled Sidney Maxcy of Springfield, one child, Algernon G .; Hiram Ar- thur, born September 19, 1SS7, married Mary Noble, on October 11. 1910, and he is operat- ing a portion of the home farm; Mauile Grace, born July 10, 1891; and Lillian aud James Russell, twins, born January 20, 1895.

After their marrlage, Mr. and Mrs. Parkes began farming her parents' homestead, but iu 1SS2, they moved to their present farm, onl Sections 7 and 18, Gardner Township. Here they have made many improvements. In ad- ditlon to his homestead, he owns sixty acres in Cooper Township, making a total of 274 acres in Sangamon County. Mr. Parkes raises horses, cattle, hogs and sheep, specializing on Duroc-Jersey hogs and Shropshire sheep. In all of his operations he is very successful, and is regarded as one of the most progressive farmers of the county. A stanch Republican, he supports the party, but has never desired of- fice. He and his family belong to the Meth- odist Church. Fraternally he belongs to M. W. of A. of Pleasant Plains. The pleasant home of the Parkes family is a delightful place to visit, for here Is found true hospitallty.

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PASSENT, John H., a prosperous miner of Springfield who has devoted many years to his work, was born in Debois, Pa., May 22, 1SS0, a son of Joseph T. and Lucy Jane ( Harris) Passent, both born In Staffordshire, England, the former on September 27, 1860, and the latter, September 17, 1860. The father was a mluer who came to Peunsylvania at au early age, with his father Thomas Passent. After a number of years spent in Pennsylvania, Jo- seph Passent went to Missouri, but after spend- ing a short time there he and his wife and son went to England for a visit, and upon their return, in 1889, they located in Christian County where they remained eighteen months when they removed to Sangamon County, Mr. Passent dying in the city of Springfield, June 13, 1907, his wife having passed away on May 21st of the same year. At one time Mr. Passent was manager of the Jones and Adams Coal Compauy, and was a responsible inan. In politics he was a Republican. His religious connections were with the Third Presbyterian Church, of which he died a con- sistent member. John H. Passent is the only child born to his parents.

The education of John H. Passent was se- cured in English schools and those of Cbris- tian County, Ill., followed by one term in the Springfield schools and business college. When only eleven years old he began working in the mines, thus continuing for eleven years, but when twenty-two years of age, he embarked in the grocery trade at the corner of Fonr- teenth and Enterprise Streets, conducting this business for five years, when he sold out to re- sume coal-mining.

Mr. Passent was married in Springfield, February 17, 1900, by the Rev. Dr. Rogers, in the Third Presbyterian Church, to Eva Haynes, born in Girard, Maconpin County, III., August 13, 1883, a daughter of John H. and Julianna (Canancy) Haynes, the former born in Logan County, III., in 1849, and the latter also born in Illinois. The parents came of English, Welsh and German ancestry. There were six chil- dren in the Haynes family: Lncy, wife of Newton Fordness of Springfield; Joseph; Sadie, wife of Demetrius Hoose, of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Mrs. Passent, the youngest, with two who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Passent had two children who died in infancy and one son still living. Mr. Passent belongs to the U. M. W. A., and in politics is independent. He belongs to the United Brethren Church. Mr. Passent owns five valuable properties. three of which are on North Fifteenth Street, and two on East Grand avenue. He has al- ways striven to make the most of every op- portunity, and is a man highly respected by all who know him.

PATTERSON, Frank U .- The Patterson family here described originated in Ireland and emi- grated to the United States before the mid- dle of the eighteenth century. The ancestors

of Frank U. Patterson participated in the Revolutionary War aud the members of the family have always been identified with the progress and improvement of every community where they have lived. Frank U. Patterson is known throughout the State of Illlnols as State President of the Master Plumbers' As- sociation. He is Secretary and Treasurer of the firm of Patterson & Stewart, of Springfield, Ill., and an able and energetic business man. Mr. Patterson was born in Springfield, Octo- ber 14, 1862, son of Isaac D. and Sarah (Hall) Patterson, and grandson of William aud Ma- rilda (Denman) Patterson. The family set- tled at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., before the Revo- lutionary War and William Patterson was born in that city. He emigrated to Ports- mouth, Ohio, where he lived many years, then coming to Masou County, Ill., where he died about 1842. His children were: Ira, who be- came a wealthy resident of Portiand, Ore .; Samuel, a farmer of Masou County, III., died there; Julietta, married Samuel Ryan, and died at Danville, III .; and Isaac D.

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume II, part 2, Part 117

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913 Publication date: 1912 Publisher: Chicago, Munsell Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 774

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago, Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 774