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In 1831, Samuel Gordon was brought to Han- cock County by his parents, there being another brother in the family at that time. Arriving in the fall of the year, the family spent the suc- ceeding year at Montebello, and then, in the fall of 1832, John Gordon purchased the southwest quarter of section 29, upon which the central part of Hamilton has since been built. Here a log cabin was erected to which later an addition was made of lumber sawed from the surround- ing timber. In this primitive shelter the father passed away in 1839, and the mother in 1845, To this home in 1851 Samuel Gordon brought his bride, Permelia Adaline, a daughter of Samuel and Ursula Alvord, and here the first three children of the couple were born. Closely adjacent to this pioneer home, in 1858, was built the residence which still remains the family home.
Mr. Gordon was closely identified with local public affairs, holding at times many of the township, city and school offices. During the Civil War, he served as a soldier in Company G, One Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois Volun- teer Infantry. The death of this excellent man and good citizen occurred October 6, 1901, but his memory is still cherished by those who knew and venerated him.
GRAHAM, Albert Townsend, owner of the Edge- wood Stock Farm, was born December 19, 1844 in Bear Creek Township, a son of Thomas Graham, born at Pleasant Hills, Del., March 3, 1816, and Mary Jane (Fleming) Graham, born June 9, 1819, at Westchester, Pa. Robert Graham, the paternal grandfather, was born in the north of Ireland in 1775, and was married to Mrs. Catherine Russell, a widow, February 8, 180S, she having been born in October, 1776, in the north of Ireland. The maternal grand- father, Thomas Fleming, was born in Ireland, November 11, 1785, and died November 13, 1835, and his wife, Anna (Carlisle) Fleming, was born at Westchester, Pa., September 3, 1790, and died September 7, 1848.
In 1836 Robert Graham brought his family to Hancock County and settled in Bear Creek Township. The first winter was spent in a shanty built of poles, without any floor, which was heated by live coals in an iron kettle bor- rowed from a neighbor. The kettle, set in the room would give forth a little heat. The fol- lowing year removal was made to a two-room, two-story log cabin, built by Mr. Graham, with puncheon floors, all of which was cut from his land. Robert Graham died November 27, 1862, and his wife died January 25, 1852.
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On February 18, 1841, Thomas Graham and Mary Jane Fleming were married, and moved to section 36, Bear Creek Township, where at that time he owned 160 acres, on which he built a two-story hewed-log house. He improved the place and added to it until he owned 296 acres. During the Civil War he was an en- rolling officer, and was a brave and loyal man, ever ready to defend his rights. He had some exciting experiences with "Copperheads." At one time he took his buggy to Basco for re- pairs, and during the night his and his coun- try's enemies filled the buggy with hay and set fire to it. The next morning when he came tor his buggy he had difficulty in recognizing in the charred tongue and driving gear, all that remained of the vehicle he had left the night before. During the draft, which in Civil War times was unpopular, as all conscription is apt to be, a committee was appointed to raise funds for substitutes, and came to Thomas Graham for a subscription. Nothing having been done to reimburse him for the above loss, his an- swer, in reply to a threat to burn him out, was characteristic of the fearless man. He said : "You may credit me with $150 worth of buggy." He and his wife had the following children : Amanda, who was born May 29, 1842, died Au- gust 23, 1886; Albert T. ; Thomas Augustus, who was born July 27, 1853, died September 6, 1854; and Charles Homer, who was born July 31, 1858, lives in St. Albans Township. The father of these children died June 28, 1894, and his wife died February 13, 1876.
Albert T. Graham attended the district school held in a log house, and for six seasons was a student of the Prairie City Academy. Until he was twenty-two years old, he remained with his parents, when he became associated with his father, they remaining together until the latter's death. Then he bought fifty-six acres of land and always has lived here. He began raising corn, and at the same time began buy- ing cattle for increase. From time to time he kept on adding to his holdings until he had 240 acres in his homestead, 100 acres on sec- tion 25, Bear Creek Township, 215 acres in St. Albans Township, where his brother now lives, and 105 acres in Chili Township. At present he and his sons own 940 acres of land in Bear Creek, Chili, St. Albans and Harmony town- ships. He has deeded 220 acres to his son Harry, 184 to Irving M., and 160 of the home- stead to Arthur, retaining the balance himself. He was at one time a heavy raiser of road horses and during twenty-two years carried on fifteen sales of blooded road horses. He has also carried on general farming on a large scale. His farm is known far and near as the Edge- wood Stock Farm.
On September 28, 1882, Mr. Graham was mar- ried to Jane Copeland, born in Allegheny County, Pa., November 11, 1849, a daughter of Hugh and Eliza (Knight) Copeland, born in Banbridge, Ireland, January 31, 1823, and Jan- uary 14, 1825, respectively. He died Septem- ber 18, 1899, and she died July 20, 1878. They
came to Pennsylvania in 1848, and he was in business in that state as an architect and builder, later moving to Keokuk, Iowa. Still later he moved to Chicago and was engaged in the same line until his death. Mrs. Graham attended the Keokuk public schools and Mon- mouth College. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Graham were as follows: Harry T., who was born July 6, 1883, married Edith Wiggle, October 15, 1918, she having been born Decem- ber 14, 1890, and they live in Bear Creek Town- ship with father; Arthur H., who was born De- cember 12, 1884, was married March 2, 1915, to Mara Cone, born August 10, 1888, and they have one son, Arthur Hugh, born November 29, 1917, and live in Bear Creek Township; and Irving M., who was born July 21, 1887, is at home. He was attached to the Fifty-fourth Ammunition Train, serving in France in the World War from April 3, 1918 to March, 1919. For many years Mr. Graham has been a deacon of the Congregational Church. Mrs. Graham has been a teacher of the primary class in the Sunday school since 188S. Politically Mr. Gra- ham is a Republican. In June, 1901, the State Bank of West Point, Ill., was established, Mr. Graham being one of its organizers, and he has served it as president ever since.
GRAHAM, Charles H., one of the modern farm- ers of Hancock County, is operating his fine farm in St. Albans Township according to scientific methods, and is recognized as one of the leading agriculturists of this part of the state. He was born in Bear Creek Township, July 31, 1858, a son of Thomas and Mary Jane (Fleming) Graham, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work.
Charles H. Graham attended the district schools of Bear Creek Township, a private school of Macomb, and Carthage College for a year, and for an additional year was a student at Hillsdale, Mich. He then completed his training with a course at the Gem City Busi- ness College at Quincy, Ill.
On October 20, 1880, he was married to Ma- tilda Boesking, born in Cahill Township, a daughter of Mathias and Magdalena (Joerger) Boesking, natives of Alsace-Lorraine, France. They were married in Illinois, after which they settled in Peoria, where for a few years he car- ried on blacksmithing, and then came to Chili Township, and continued to work at his trade until his death, in February, 1893. His wife died in November, 1892. Atter his marriage, Charles H. Graham lived in the southwest cor- ner of section 6, Chili Township, on a farm of 105 acres until April 1, 1881, when he bought, in partnership with his brother A. T., and his father, 210 acres on section 1, St. Albans Town- ship, 160 acres of which was under cultivation, the balance being in timber and pasture. On this farm is a fine residence of ten rooms, built' in 1872, and then considered the finest in this section. The farm in Chili Township was known as the A. Payne farm, and William Pike, who was the earliest settler in this locality, en-
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tered the land from the government. Twenty- seven acres more were added at one time, and forty acres at another, and is known now as the South Edgewood Farm. Mr. Graham has always been a general farmer and extensive stockraiser. Since 1917 he has rented some of his land. He is now specializing on Jersey cows and Poland-China hogs. Mr. Graham has done much to improve his farms, and his residence is thoroughly modern, heated by a furnace, has artificial light, and hot and cold water systems.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham became the parents of the following children: Hamill R., who was born April 9, 1883, is conducting the Chili home- stead; Katherine E., who was born November 23, 1886, is the wife of Rev. H. Carroll White- ner, a Presbyterian missionary to Japan; and Helen B., who was born September 20, 1897, was graduated from Knox College of Gales- burg in 1919, having taken the regular course in voice culture. Mr. Graham belongs to the Presbyterian Church, which he has served as elder since 1912. He is a Republican and has been on the school board.
GRAUF, Fred C., one of the prosperous general farmers and stockraisers of Hancock County, owns and operates 240 acres of valuable land in Prairie Township. He was born in Woodford County, Ill., in October, 1865, a son of Gotlieb and Rosa Grauf, natives of Germany, who came to the United States, and located on a farm in Woodford County, where he died in 1875 and she died in 1876, after which Fred C. Grauf was taken by John Bohlander, a farmer, and reared by him.
When he was twenty-one years old, Fred C. Grauf began working for neighboring farmers by the month, and so continued until his mar- riage which occurred in January, 1892, when he was united with Catherine Wagner, born in Woodford County, Ill., a daughter of Jacob and Lena Wagner, natives of Germany. After his marriage, Mr. Grauf lived on a farm near Washburn, but rented land in Marshall County, Ill., for two years, then returned to Woodford County, and lived there until February, 1909, when he moved to Prairie Township, Hancock County, and bought 240 acres of improved land on sections 29, 31 and 32, where he carries on the raising of Duroc-Jersey hogs, cattle and horses upon an extensive scale, and does general farming.
Mr. and Mrs. Grauf have the following chil- dren : Clifford R., who lives in Prairie Town- ship; is married to Gretta Rose; Percy, who lives in this county married Laura Campbell ; Earl, who has served as a soldier during the Great War and May and Emma, who are at home. Mr. Grauf attended the schools of his native district, but has added much to his store of knowledge by observation. He is a member of the Baptist Church. A Republican in politics, he served as road commissioner of Woodford County. Fraternaly, he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of Elvaston, Ill. An excel- lent farmer, Mr. Grauf, is doing very well, and he stands well in his neighborhood.
GREGG, Thomas, long one of the leading men of .Hamilton, and closely identified with the newspaper history of Illinois, was born near the village of Belmont, Ohio, December 14, 1808, a son of Jacob and Mary (Sinclair) Gregg, of Loudon County, Va., members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers. The parents migrated to the wilderness of Ohio in 1804. The educa- tional training of Thomas Gregg was obtained in his native village through attendance on the common schools, and in the local printing office he learned the printing trade.
In the fall of 1835 Thomas Gregg left his native county to work at Cincinnati, and from that city traveled further West to take charge of the Carthagenian at Carthage, Ill. From this city he went to Fort Des Moines, now Montrose, Iowa, but then in Wisconsin Terri- tory, where he published the Western Adven- turer. In 1839 Mr. Gregg returned to Hancock County, and during the time of the Mormon War was engaged occasionally on the Warsaw Signal under Thomas C. Sharp. When Prophet Smith was killed, however, Mr. Gregg was working on a paper at Rock Island, Ill., and was consequently not in the county.
In 1857 Mr. Gregg edited a paper at Ply- mouth, Ill., and in 1858 published the Hamilton Representative, which died in the early days of the Rebellion, and later, from 1873 to 1877, the Dollar Monthly, or Rural Messenger. As a publisher, he was a financial failure. As an editor, he conducted his papers conscientiously, and always claimed that he had issued no sheet that he could wish to recall.
As long as the Whig party was in existence, he espoused its principles, and after that be- came a Republican, and stood firmly with the party until his death. The two things he most hated as national evils were slavery and the liquor traffic.
On November 10, 1836, mr. Gregg was married at Carthage to Miss Sarah D. Lawton, oldest daughter of Rev. John Lawton, a Congrega- tional minister from New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Gregg were the parents of three daugh- ters, namely : Mary Sinclair, who died at Rock Island, in 1843, aged two years; Eva Lawton, who died at Hamilton ,in 1872, aged twenty- eight years; and Stella D. Gregg.
Thomas Gregg died at his home in Hamilton, Ill., from the effect of Grippe, just at sunrise, February 11, 1892, at the age of eighty-three years and two months. He left surviving him his aged widow and his daughter, Stella. Dur- ing the many years he was active in the news- paper field Mr. Gregg played an important part in moulding public sentiment, and was always interested in current affairs.
GRIFFIN, Thomas Addison, one of the best known men of Hancock County, has turned his natural talents to practical use and for a num- ber of years has been an auctioneer, and he is also engaged in conducting his fine farm of 165 acres of land in Durham Township. He was born in Ohio, June S, 1872, a son of Mathew M.
Louisa Shields
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and Margaret A. (McCleary) Griffin, also born in Ohio. In 1873 they went to Smith County, Kans., where Mathew M. Griffin homesteaded, but on account of the grasshoppers and crop failures, he was driven out, and came as far east as La Harpe Township, Hancock County, where he worked by the month on farms for several years, until he was able to go into farm- ing for himself. He lived in La Harpe Town- ship for many years, and died May 3, 1917, having been born March 20, 1849. His wife died February 23, 1900, having been born July 4, 1852.
On December 11, 1895, Thomas Addison Grif- fin was married to Nancy E. Cassingham, born in Durham Township. a daughter of Alexander and Frances (Wheeler) Cassingham, the former born April 4, 1839, died September 16, 1906, and the latter, who was born January 25, 1838. died February 6, 1909. They were natives oť Ohio. After his marriage, Mr. Griffin lived on William Pettitt's farm, one-half a mile west of Burnside, Ill., in Pilot Grove Township, for a time, and he rented other farms until 1910 when he bought his present farm of 165 acres in Durham Township, which was partly im- proved. Since then he rebuilt the house and erected other buildings. and has added forty acres of land to his farm, which is known as the Maplehurst Farm. He carries on general farming and stockraising. From boyhood he had a natural inclination toward auctioneering. and in 1908 he went to the Jones National School of Auctioneering and Oratory, and since that time his services have been in great de- mand as an auctioneer in Hancock County and vicinity, and even in states west of the Mis- sissippi River.
Mr. and Mrs. Griffin became the parents of the following children: Arthur Harold, who was born October 7, 1896. died November 26. 1896: Merlin Irving, who was born February 28. 1899. is at home; Edith A., who was born September 30. 1901. is at home: and Louise Es- tella. who was born April 13. 1905. Both Mr. and Mrs. Griffin attended the district schools. He belongs to the Durham Methodist Episcopal Church. of which he is steward and trustee. A Republican. he has been on the school board of his district .. In Masonry he belongs to La Harpe Lodge No. 195. A. F. & A. M .. and La Harne Chapter. R. A. M .. and he is a member of Durham Camp No. 134, M. W. A.
GRIFFITHS. John. now deceased, but for many years one of the leading men and wealthy farm- ers of Appanoose Township, bore his part in the development of the county. He was born in Shropshire. England, April 27. 1812. and had the misfortune to lose his father when he was but a child. In 1842 John Griffiths was mar- ried in England. to Margaret March, who was born in England. September 21, 1816, and im- mediately thereafter they came to the United States and by way of New Orleans, up the Mississippi River to Nauvoo. He was a brewer and not finding any employment at Nauvoo,
walked to Quincy to work at his trade. As soon as he saved sufficient money, he bought 240 acres of land in Appanoose Township, opposite Davis Mound, that was partly improved, but later sold eighty acres of it. Of the remaining land, he made a fine farm, putting in numer- ous improvements and lived there until his death, which occurred in April, 1886.
About 1852, John Griffiths lost his first wife, and he was married (second) to Drucilla Grif- fin, who was born in Ohio, about 1830, their marriage occurring about 1854. By his first wife he had the following children: Harriett, who was born January 13, 1844; Joseph, who was born December 25, 1845; John, who was born March 30, 1848; and Mary, who was born August S, 1850, all of whom were born after their parents came to the United States. They are all now deceased. By his second marriage, John Griffiths had the following children: Wil- liam, who was born June 29, 1856, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work; Emily, who was born March 23, 1858, is deceased; Al- mira, who was born February 28, 1860. is de- ceased ; Henry A., who was born May 5. 1862, lives at Caldwell, Idaho; an unnamed son, who was born September 3, 1864; Walter, who was born June 3, 1866, lives at Caldwell, Idaho. The second Mrs. Griffiths died in the fall of 1871. Mr. Griffiths was reared in the faith of the Church of England, but after coming to this country became a Presbyterian, and he was one of the founders of the Jackson Presbyterian Church of Appanoose Township, which he con- tinued to support until his death in 1886.
GRIFFITHS, William, one of the leading farm- ers of Rock Creek Township, is held in the highest esteem by all who know him, not only on his own account, but because of his family connections, he belonging to one of the old established and honored families of the county. He was born in Appanoose Township, June 29, 1856, a son of John and Drucilla (Griffin) Grif- fiths, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work.
William Griffiths was reared on his father's farm, and attended the district schools until he was nineteen years old, at which time he began farming for himself. His father gave him $2,000, with which he bought 160 acres of land on section 29, Rock Creek Township, about two-thirds of which was broken. On this farm was an old house, in which he lived for about a year. On account of ill health, he then went to Kansas and remained for a year. Return- ing home he took care of his father until his death. In 1886, Mr. Griffiths went back to Kansas, and bought a timber claim in Thomas County. After he proved up on his land, he rented it, and returned once more to Hancock County, and to his farm which during his ab- sence had been occupied by a tenant. Mr. Griffiths owns his present farm of 240 acres in Rock Creek Township, and 180 acres of land in Appanoose Township, which is his father's old homestead, he buying out his brother's
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share. On it his son Walter is now living. Mr. Griffiths built on the old homestead one of the finest, modern farmhouses in the town- ship, and has made many valuable improve- ments on both of his farms. He has always carried on general farming and stockraising. He organized the McCall Farmers Telephone Company and the Farmers Elevator Company of Ferris, Ill., and was one of the organizers of the State Bank of Ferris, and president of the Telephone and Elevator companies.
On October 23, 1887, Mr. Griffiths was mar- ried to Cecelia A. Mckellips, born in Rock Creek Township, August 2, 1864, a daughter of George and Ellen (Gill) Mckellips, natives of New York state and New York City, respectively. In 1889 Mr. and Mrs. Mckellips sold their Han- cock County land, and bought a section near Ritzville in Adams County, Wash., to which they moved, and there they later died. Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths became the parents of the follow- ing children : Walter B., who was born August 22, 1SSS; George W., who was born November 28, 1890; an unnamed son, who was born Sep- tember 28, 1892; Edna E., who was born June 21. 1894, is Mrs. Ernest Cower of Sonora Town. ship; Floyd H., who was born October 1, 1897; and Cecelia, who was born July 5, 1899. On April 13, 1901, Mrs. Griffiths died, her loss be- ing felt not only by her family, but the neigh- borhood. Miss Cecelia is her father's house- keeper, and a charming young lady. All of the members of the family are highly esteemed, and Mr. Griffiths has every reason to be proud of his children. Mr. Griffiths is a Republican, and has served as a school director for thirty years, and has also been road commissioner. He belongs to Ferris Lodge No. 654, I. O. O. F.
GRINDLE, Jacob Polk, one of the progressive farmers of Hancock County, owns and oper- ates a fine farm of 160 acres on section 32 Rock Creek Township. He was born in Knox Coun- ty, Ohio, March S, 1842, a son of Daniel and Hannah (Zarley) Grindle, natives of Pennsyl- vania. The mother of Mrs. Grindle died when she was an infant, and she was taken by her grandparents to Ohio. When Daniel Grindle was twenty-one years old, he went to Ohio, where he was engaged in coal mining until November, 1846, when he bought land in Davis County, Iowa, near Bloomfield, and farmed un- til 1852. In that year he moved to Schuyler County, Mo., where he was engaged in farm- ing until he retired. Lis eath occurred in 1867. His widow survived him many years, dy- ing in 1911 at the age of ninety-three years. Their children were as follows : Henry J., who lives in the state of Washington; Jacob l'olk; Lydia, who is Mrs. Oliver Fulton, lives in Sonora Townhip; Susan, who is Mrs. Pink- ney Maze, lives at Kirskville, Mo .; Alva, who lives in Oklahoma; James L., who lives in St. Clair County, Mo .; Margaret, who is Mrs. Lewis D. Fulton, lives in Arkansas; and Han- nah Maria, who is Mrs. John Shaw, lives at Canton, Ill.
Jacob Polk Grindle only received three months of schooling, and that was when he attended a subscription school. On March 10, 1862, he enlisted for service during the Civil War in the Second Missouri Cavalry, which regiment was sent against the bushwhackers in Missouri and Arkansas. He was dis- charged March 22, 1865, and returned home. When his father died in 1867, he took charge of affairs and remained with the family until 1871, when he came to Hancock County, and in 1882 bought a farm in Montebello Town- ship. After four years, he went to Sonora Township, and rented land until the spring of 1895, when he moved on his farm on section 32 Rock Creek Township, which he had previ- ously bought. Since then he has tilled the land and put in many other improvements, having now a valuable property.
On February 1, 1872, Mr. Grindle was mar- ried to Octavia Secricia Fulton, born in the southern part of Hancock County, a daughter of William and Mary (Smith ) Fulton, natives of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Grindle became the parents of the following children : Burleigh William, who died when eighteen years of age; Daniel Merritt and clement Polk, both of whom live in Rock Creek Township; Warren Melburn, who lives in Arkansas; and Mary, who is at home. Mrs. Grindle attended the dis- trict schools. In politics a Republican, Mr. Grindle has served as assessor for two years and also as a school director, and is a repre- sentative man in every respect.
GROSS, John G., now deceased, for many years engaged in conducting his fine farm in Appa- noose Township, so that he is rightly numbered among those men who laid on a sound founda- tion the agricultural development of Hancock County. He was born at Sheboygan, Wis., Sep- teniber 11, 1856, a son of John and Catherine (Hauptman) Gross, born in Alsace, France. They came to the United States, and after stopping for a time in Wisconsin, in 1866 they came to Nauvoo, and embarked in the cultiva- tion of grapes. It was on the little place at Nauvoo the parents had selected as a home, that John G. Gross was reared, and while he was learning to be useful in the vineyard, he at- tended the local schools.
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