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William De Hart came with his parents to the United States in 1838, landing at Toledo, Ohio, from whence they made their way westward, passing near the then little village of Chicago to Quincy, Ill. There they crossed the Missis- sippi River into Missouri and spent the winter of 1838-9 in the vicinity of St. Louis. In 1839 they retraced their steps as far as Hancock County, and then settled on section 25 in Pilot Grove Township. At that time the owners of
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the land were unknown and the settlers merely "squatted" on whatever best suited them, wait- ing the subsequent appearance of the holder of the patent title from whom purchase was made.
Here in the early part of 1840, his father, in partnership with another relative, erected on Crooked Creek a saw-mill operated by water power, the saw for which they had purchased at Toledo. It was perhaps the first circular saw brought into Hancock County. At this mill was sawed much of the lumber used in the construc- tion of the then newly organized town of Nau- voo. This tract of land is still in the family, and logs of the dam are still to be seen in the bed of the creek. There are still standing on this farm sugar maple trees which were tapped by the Indians, roving bands of whom were occasionally seen for a time after the De Harts came to the county.
In 1850 William De Hart's father crossed the plains in the gold rush to California, dying shortly after his arrival there. Thus thrown upon his own resources at an early age, William De Hart was forced to be industrious and thrifty, and he worked so well, and displayed such good judgment, assisted as he was by his wife, that he became one of the leading land- owners and cattle raisers of Hancock County. In 1868 he moved to his farm about three miles northeast of Carthage where he resided until 1888, at which date he retired from active busi- ness and located at Carthage, erected a resi- dence on West Main street, and occupied it until his death.
On November 22, 1856, William De Hart was married to Miss Mary Hillegas of Pilot Grove Township, formerly of Henry County, Mo. They became the parents of nine children, of whom two died in infancy, and a third, George, in 1885, after reaching manhood. At his death Mr. De Hart left surviving him his widow and six children, namely : Charles S., who lives at Carthage; Emma J. Hughes, who lives at Se- attle, Wash .; Mattie A. Buckey, who lives at Spencer, Iowa; Ella R. McNeill, who lives at Evanston, Ill .; Will W., who lives at Redlands, Cal., and Caroline D. Ownsley, who lives at Carthage.
Mr. De Hart was a man of rare business fore- sight, the very soul of honor and was univer- sally loved and respected for the many traits of his noble manhood. His death came at his home on Wednesday, March 7, 1917, when he was eighty-eight years, nine months and five days old, and was caused by heart failure as a result of a throat epidemic then raging in Han- cock County. He was an honored member of the Presbyterian Church of which he and his wife had been communicants since 1890.
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DE HAVEN, Fred Elliott, one of the success- ful farmers of Hancock County, owns and op- erates 231 acres in Prairie Township. He was born in Pilot Grove Township, December 18, 1889, a son of Thomas and Ettie (Alton) De Haven, natives of Fountain Green Township, and a grandson of Robert and Martha
(Wright) De Haven, early settlers of Foun- tain Green Township. The Alton family was also numbered among the early settlers of this township. After their marriage, Thomas De Haven and his wife located in Pilot Grove Township, where they lived until 1918, when they moved to Dallas, this county, where they still live. They became the parents of the fol- lowing chidlren : Harvey, who is deceased ; Ed- ward, who lives in Pilot Grove Township; Vin- nie, who is Mrs. Mahlon Crabill of Fountain Green Township; Earl, who lives in Pilot Grove Township; Fred Elliott ; Iva, who is Mrs. Ralph Williams of Carthadge, Ill .; Eula and Bessie, who are at home.
Fred Elliott De Haven attended the Liberty District public school, and learned practical farming from his father. On November 30, 1912, he was married to Ethel Swain, born in Carthage Township, a daughter of David and Mary (Grotts) Swain, natives of Pilot Grove Township, and a granddaughter of David Swain and of Frank Grotts. Following his marriage Mr. De Haven moved to his present farm of 240 acres of land in Pilot Grove Town- ship, where he is engaged in general farming and raising stock and thoroughbred Plymouth Rock chickens. He has been very successful in his ventures, and his farm is a valuable one.
Mr. and Mrs. De Haven have two children, namely : David Swain, who was born October 20, 1913; and Dortha Etta, who was born July 6, 1918. Mrs. De Haven attended the public schools and Carthage Academy, and is a well educated lady. Both Mr. and Mrs. De Haven belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. De Haven is a Democrat and has served as a school director. His fraternal rela- tions are with the Carthage Lodge, No. 420, I. O. O. F.
DEHAVEN, Thomas, one of the highly esteemed residents of Dallas City, has been a general farmer and stockraiser of Hancock County since he attained to mature years. He was born in Hire Township, McDonough County, Ill., Febru- ary 2, 1856, a son of Robert and Martha M. (Wright) De Haven, natives of Tennessee. The grandparents, Othias De Haven, and Baswell Wright, were early settlers of McDonough Coun- ty, where they entered government land, and be- came prominent residents there. After their marriage, Robert De Haven and his wife lived for a time in McDonough County, but when Thomas De Haven was still an infant, they came to Hancock County, first living in Fountain Green Township, and later settling in Pilot Grove Township. Robert De Haven was born August 15, 1834, and died December 31, 1917, and his wife died October 12, 1908, having been born April 5, 1830. Their two children were: Wil- liam A .. who was born December 21, 1857, died April 17, 1912; and Thomas.
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Green Township, a daughter of N. Alva and Malvina (Parcus) Alton, natives of New York. Mr. De Haven and his wife first rented land in Fountain Green Township, staying there for three years, then went to Rock Creek Town- ship and remained five years. They then went to Walla Walla, Wash., but nine months later returned to Hancock County, and bought forty acres of improved land in Pilot Grove Township, which Mr. De Haven farmed for five years, when he bought sixty-one and one-half acres in another part of the same township. In 190S he bought 108 acres of valuable land on section 9, Pilot Grove Township, which he is now operat- ing.
Mr. and Mrs. De Haven became the parents of the following children: udward, who lives in Pilot, Grove Township; Martha M., who is Mrs. Maland Crabill, of Fountain Green Town- ship; Earl A. and Fred E., both of whom live in Pilot Grove Township; Iva G., who is Mrs. William Williams, of Carthage Township; Eula- lia, who is a public school teacher, resides at home, as does Bessie B., who is the youngest. The family all belong to the Christian Church. Mr. De Haven is a Democrat, and he served two terms as road commissioner. He is a very substantial man and is held in high respect by all who know him because of his excellent quali- ties.
DEITRICH, Grover Cleveland, one of the lead- ing business men of Dallas City, is the founder of the Dallas City Garage. He was born in Hancock County, December 4, 1884, one of ten children born to his parents, Joseph F. and Sarah E. (Wolfe) Deitrich. Joseph F. Deitrich was a farmer and prosperous landowner, and his death occurred December 18, 1901. His widow survived him.
Grover Cleveland Deitrich attended the com- mon and high schools of his native county, and was reared on a farm, his first efforts at self- support being as a farmer. In 1913 he became a bookkeeper for the Lomax Banking Company, at Lomax, Ill., leaving this concern to go with the Commercial Trust & Savings Bank. Subse- quently he went to California and spent a year, but returned to Hancock County and founded the Dallas City Garage, which he conducted un- til October, 1917, when he sold it to E. T. Lion- berger. Mr. Deitrich belongs to the Masons and Knights of Pythias. He is a Democrat, and has served as township clerk of Dallas Township. A young man of energy and perse- verance, he is making a success of his life, and stands very well in his community.
DENTON, Albert C., rural free delivery carrier on Route No. 1 out of Hamilton, one of the best known and most reliable men in the county, has held his present position for eighteen years. He was born July 4. 1872, in Wythe Township, a son of E. P. and Jemima Ellen (Whitney) Den- ton. E. P. Denton was born April 2, 1832, and died July 10, 1889, and his wife was born De- cember 29, 1835 and died July 10, 1889, both of them being natives of Kentucky. They were
married December 5, 1853, and came to Illinois from Tennessee in 1854, by boat, and located in Wythe Township, where they bought 160 acres of land. This farm they later sold, and bought eighty acres in Montebello Township, near Ham- ilton. He was supervisor of the township, and for several years was one of the promoters of the Hancock County Fair Association. For a number of years he was postmaster of Ham- ilton, and was a very active man in local af- fairs. He and his wife had the following chil- dren : Albert C .; Charles A., who lives at Butte, Mont .; Henry K. and Edwin G., who live at Hamilton, Ill .; Jemima, who is Mrs. Charles D. Cole of Valley, Wash .; Blanche, who is Mrs. John Guy of Hamilton ; Lizzie, who is Mrs. R. R. Wallace of Hamilton ; and Ellen, who is Mrs. Harry Rentchler of Chicago.
Albert C. Denton attended the Walnut Grove school in Wythe Township, and took a one-year course at Butler, Mo., and a one-year course in the Hamilton schools. He left home in 1893, and went to La Harpe, Ill., and for a year worked on a stock farm in that vicinity, but then came to Hamilton, and went into a livery busi- ness with his brother H. K. Denton, this asso- ciation lasting for four years. For the subse- quent two years he conducted the Hotel Ham- ilton, and then was appointed rural free de- livery mail carrier over Route No. 1, and for the eighteen years he has had this position, he has proved his fidelity to duty, and reliability in every way.
On January 7, 1900, Mr. Denton was married to Helen Brehm, a daughter of Philip and Henrietta (Kreippe) Brehm, and they have two children, namely; Alberta May, who was born April 18, 1904; and Dorothy, who was born May 24, 1917. The family belongs to the Presby- terian Church. Mr. Denton is a member of Keokuk Lodge No. 106. B. P. O. E. In politics he is a Republican. 1
DENTON, Edwin G., local representative for the Richardson Oil Company of Quincy, Ill., is one of the busines men of Hamilton. He was born in Wythe Township, February 21, 1869, a son of Edwin Parker and Jeminna Ellen (Whit- ney) Denton, both natives of Kentucky, who came to Illinois in 1854, making the trip by way of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and after a stop in Adams County, came to Wythe Township, Hancock County, where they bought eighty acres of land near Hamilton. They also own 160 acres of land in Wythe Township. The father was born April 2, 1832, and died May 5, 1911, while the mother, born December 29, 1835, died July 10, 1889. They were married December 5, 1853. Their children were as fol- lows: H. K .; A. C .; E. G .; Blanche, who is Mrs. J. T. Guy ; Lizzie, who is Mrs. R. R. Wal- lace; C. A., who is a judge at Butler, Mo., Ellen, who is Mrs. Harry Rentchler. of Omaha, Neb. ; and Jennie, who is Mrs. Charles Cole, of Valley, Wash., all of whom still survive. For a number of years, the father of these children served as postmaster at Hamilton.
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Edwin G. Denton attended the common schools of Hamilton, and was reared on the family homestead, where he remained until 1912, but in that year he came to Hamilton, and for three years engaged in handling farm implements. He then became the local represen- tative for the Richardson Oil Company, and is now wholesaling oil and gasoline for his company,
On October 27, 1892, Mr. Denton was married to Lydia M. Hardy, a daughter of D. W. and Frances M. Hardy, who had nine children, namely : Charles, who lives at Winnebago, Minn .; Alvin, who lives at Kremlin, Okla .; Harvey, who lives on a farm in Montebello Township; Thomas, who lives at Carthage, Ill .; Bertha, who is Mrs. W. S. White of Keokuk, Iowa; Lorena, who is Mrs. James Robinson of Bushnell, Ill .; Pearl, who is Mrs. Clem Grindle. of McCall, Ill., and Mrs. Denton, all living, and Florence Eva, who is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Denton have two daughters, Neta Frances, who was born March 13, 1896, and Pearl Allen, who was born April 12, 1898. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Denton be- longs to Hamilton Lodge No. 238, A. F. and A. M., and in politics he is a Republican.
DENTON, Henry Kent, one of the prosperous business men of Hamilton, is a native son of Hancock County, having been born in Wythe Township, December 7, 1861, his parents being E. P. and Jemima Ellen (Whitney) Denton. E. P. Denton and his wife were both born in Ken- tucky, and their parents were also natives of that state. In 1853, E. P. Denton brought his family to Illinois, and bought a farm near Co- lumbus, in Adams County, where they lived for five years, and then came to Hancock County, buying 160 acres in Wythe Township. He made a specialty of stock, breeding and raising road horses, Durham cattle and Poland-China swine, of registered stock, holding semi-annual sales, and gaining and holding a wide-spread reputa- tion throughout this state as well as in adjoin- ing ones. He was a charter member of Black Hawk Lodge No. 238, A. F. & A. M. The children in his family, in addition to Henry Kent. were as follows : Charles, who lives at Butler, Mo .; served eight years as district judge, and then was appointed for a four-year term as pardon- ing attorney by Governor Hadley; Edwin G., who was for years a farmer, is now in the oil business at Hamilton, Ill .; and Albert C., who is a grocer at Hamilton, has also been a rural mail carrier on Route No. 1 for eighteen years.
Henry Kent Denton attended the country schools, and assisted his father on the farm until he attained his majority, at which time he went into the stock business and was a horse trainer for several years. Following that he established a livery business at Hamilton, and still owns it, although in recent years he has confined his activities to buying and selling and shipping stock upon an extensive scale.
In 1887 Mr. Denton was married to Mary J. Young, a daughter of Absalom and Emily
(Palmer) Young. Mr. and Mrs. Denton have two children, namely: Orion Kent, who was born in 1892, married Sylvia Gibson, a daughter of Cromwell Gibson of Burnside, Ill., the cere- mony taking place in 1913, and the children of this marriage are, Morrill, born in 1914; Emily, born in 1916, and Mary Belt, born in 1917; and Herschel Palmer, who was born in 1896, is at home. Mrs. Denton has three sisters and one brother, namely : Alice, who is Mrs. John Fer- guson, lives at Hamilton; and her twin sister, Ida, who is Mrs. Benjamin Smith, lives at Mor- row, Ohio; Rosa, who became the wife of Dr. Patrick Hession, lives at Guttinger, Iowa; and Hamilton Young, who lives at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The family are Unitarians. Mr. Denton is a Republican. He belongs to Black Hawk Lodge No. 238, A. F. & A. M., and both of his sons are members of the same order.
DEWITT, Aaron, now deceased, was formerly one of the substantial farmers of Hancock County, and his widow now lives in La Harpe. He was born in Taylor County, Ky., November 9, 1832, a son of parents who died in Kentucky many years ago. When he was twenty years old, Mr. DeWitt came to Illinois, buying a farm of eighty acres in McDonough County, where he lived for a time. There he was married to Mary Hungate, born near Blandinsville, Ill., who died in 1SS0. She was a daughter of Charles and Catherine Hungate. They had the following children : Clinton, Luella, Alice, Ef- fie, and Clara, all of whom are deceased.
In 1882 Mr. DeWitt was married (second) to Sarah Coffman, born in' McDonough County, Ill. There were no children born to this mar- riage. Mrs. DeWitt is a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Wilson) Coffman, born in Ken- tucky, who came when children with their parents to Illinois at so early a day that In- dians were still plentiful in the state. The grandparents of Mrs. DeWitt, Jacob and Ezra (Fowler) Coffman, were born in Kentucky, and he was a son of Jacob Coffman, a native of Germany. When Jacob Coffman, Mrs. De- Witt's grandfather, was three years old, the family started for Illinois, and when they reached the Illinois side of the Ohio River they were attacked by the Indians and the old grand- father was killed. His wife, two sons and a negro servant escaped. fled to the woods and kept on traveling until the crow of a rooster told them they had reached a white settlement. They finally made their way to McDonough County, where they entered land from the gov- ernment, but none of the survivors ever forgot their terrible experience with the hostile Red Men.
Mr. Dewitt died November 11, 1SSS, and after his demise Mrs. DeWitt lived on the farm until 1893, when she bought a modern residence at La Harpe. She owns it and eighty acres of fine pasture land in Fountain Green Township, which she rents. Mrs. DeWitt be- longs to the Blandinsville Baptist Church.
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DEWITT, Edmund, a prosperous farmer of St. Mary's Township, own with his mother and brothers 206 acres of valuable land on section 35 of this township. He was born in Schuyler County, June 6, 1877, a son of Edmund and Rebecca E. (Snyder) DeWitt, natives of Schuy- ler County, farming people. The father died April 3, 1906, but the mother survives and lives with her sons and daughters on the home place.
Edmund DeWitt attended the common and a high school of Hancock County, and has lived at home all his life. Mr. DeWitt is very proud of his father's war record for he served during the Civil War, in the Tenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry. After receiving his honorable dis- charge he moved to Hancock County, where he accumulated 206 acres of land. During his later years he was an honored member of the G. A. R. The Methodist Episcopal Church held his membership. He was a Republican, as are his sons, and he held township offices. Edmund DeWitt, Jr., not only operates the homestead of 206 acres, but rents 100 acres of land ad- joining it, and carries on general farming and stockraising extensively for the market. He is one of the highly esteemed men of his neigh- borhood, where his family is so well and favor- ably known.
DICKERSON, John Hammond, one of the sub- stantial men of St. Albans Township, is engaged in farming, he and his brothers and sisters con- ducting the old homestead in partnership. He was born at Snowhill, Md., November 4, 1869, a son of David Hunt and Nancy (Owen) Dicker- son, natives of Maryland and Adams County, Illinois, respectively. The paternal grandfather was Peter Dickerson and he married Ann B. Victor, both being natives of Maryland. They had the following children: Mary, who is the wife of Ephraim K. Wilson, United States sen- ator from Maryland, had two children, Sidney, who is deceased, and Ella, who is Mrs. Marion T. Hargus, of Snowhill, Md. The second child of Peter Dickerson and and his wife was Al- fred T., who died at Chili, Ill., and David Hunt Dickerson was the youngest. The maternal grandparents were John Owen and his wife, Caroline Horton, who came soon after 1830 to Adams County, Ill., from New York. David Hunt Dickerson and his wife were married by Rev. Wm. B. Finlay of Hancock County, May 8, 1862, and lived at Woodville, this county, for a time, and then returned to Maryland to take care of his parents. Eight years later, in 1872, they came back to Illinois, spending six months in Adams County. They then located in Chili Township and spent four years there, leaving it for St. Albans Township, where they bought land on February 14, 1881, and lived there until his death on May 9, 1906. There are 200 acres in Chili Township and 200 acres in St. Albans Township. His widow, who was born Janu- ary 8, 1841, still lives on the homestead. They had the following children: Anna O., who is deceased, and Charles E., Henry V., John H.,
Mary W., Clara, Maggie L., and Alice G., all of whom are at home and conduct the farms. The daughters belong to the Presbyterian Church of Chili. Mr. Dickerson was a Democrat. John belongs to West Point Lodge No. 295, A. F. & A. M. The family is an old and honored one in Hancock County, and prior to the war between the states Peter Dickerson was a heavy land- owner and owned and sold slaves to work his plantation, as was the custom in those days.
DICKINSON, Charles O., a prosperous farmer of Wilcox Township, owns and operates 280 acres of land in this township, and is one of the representative men of Hancock County. He was born at Hamilton, Ill., March 19, 1852, a son of Henry R. and Agnes (Decker) Dickinson, the former of whom was born in Keene County, N. H., and the latter, who came of Holland descent, in Greene County, Ill. In about 1848, Henry R. Dickinson came to Illinois, and after a year spent in Greene County, came to Han- cock County and helped to lay out the town of Hamilton. He was a carpenter and took the contract for the building of the city hall that is still standing. He served Hamilton as a mem- ber of the city council, and his partner, H. J. Mack, was its mayor. At one time Henry R. Dickinson owned 2,300 acres of land in Monte- bello, Wythe and Wilcox townships, and in Iowa and Missouri.
Charles O. Dickinson was in a lumber busi- ness until he moved to Iowa, where for fifteen years he conducted a ranch of 1,380 acres of land owned by his father in Lee County. He then came to Hancock County, and has since been engaged in conducting his farm of 280 acres in Wilcox Township. A part of this land was swampy, the balance bottom and hilly, and he has a portion of it improved, and specializes on stockraising.
In 1873, Mr. Dickinson was married to Adella A. Hustis, a daughter of F. A. and Eliza Hustis. She died in Kansas in 1882, leaving no children. On November 30, 1893, Mr. Dickinson was mar- ried (second) to Addie May Castle, a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Towler) Castle, and they have one daughter, Hazel B., who was born April 14, 1896, now Mrs. Alva J. Gibson. Mrs. Gibson has an adopted son, Charles Francis Gibson, who was born February 7, 1913. A sister of Mr. Dickinson, Joan, who is Mrs. Henry T. Markellie, adopted a baby boy. When the United States entered the World War, he responded to its call, and went to France, and after his departure, his foster mother died. John Murphy Kilpatrick and Albert Dickinson Markellie, nephews of Mr. Dickinson, were also in the service of the United States. The Dick- inson family is one of the intensely patriotic ones of Hancock County, and its members have done their full part, both as soldiers and private citizens, in bringing about present conditions.
DODGE, James B., president of The Hill-Dodge Banking Company of Warsaw, was born at Wa- tertown, N. Y., May 11, 1837, a son of John and
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Lucreta Dodge. The father was a farmer and he and the mother died before James B. Dodge was ten years old.
James B. Dodge attended the county schools of his native state, and, when nineteen years old, came West with a railroad surveying outfit working out of Madison, Wis. In 1859 Mr. Dodge came to Warsaw, Ill., and was associated with the company which built the railroad be- tween Warsaw and Carthage and also the west- ern end of what is now the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad. During 1867 and 1868 Mr. Dodge was engaged in the banking business at La Harpe, Ill. In 1869 he returned to War- saw and became identified with the First Na- tional Bank as a director and cashier. The Hill-Dodge Banking Company of which he is the executive head is its successor.
On May 1, 1866, Mr. Dodge was married at Warsaw, to Anna H. Hinch, born September 17, 1846, at Mt. Vernon, Ind., and they have one son : William A., born March 19, 1867. Mr. Dodge is a Mason, a Republican and a mem- ber of the Episcopal Church at Warsaw. He has been closely identified with the advance- ment of his community and with the develop- ment of the Southwestern part of Hancock County for over half a century.
DOWD, Nathan H., was one of the enterprising farmers of Durham Township, and owned a large and very valuable farm. He was born in North Madison, Conn., on March 28, 1841, and died November 1, 1918. He was a son of James Harvey and Alpha ( Hill) Dowd, natives of Madison, New Haven County, Conn. The grandparents, David and Sarah Bishop Dowd, and Nathaniel Hill, were all born in Connecti- cut. The Dowd family was founded in America by. Henry Dowd in 1639, who came in that year from England to Guilford, New Haven County, Conn. Later the town was divided, a portion of it being called Madison. James Harvey Dowd, father of Nathan H. Dowd, was a farmer in Connecticut, and the latter was reared on the homestead and received his early education in the public schools and later in the subscription schools of his day.
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