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BOTTOMLEY, Edward, superintendent of the C. & E. I. Coal Company properties, including mines Nos. 10, 12 and 14, located in Montgomery County, Ill., at Nokomis and at Witt, Ill., is an expert and experienced man in his line of busi- ness. He was born at Oglesby, Ill., November
MRS. JAMES A. TARRO
JAMES A. TARRO (When a Sergeant in the Italian Army-Age nineteen )
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26, 1871, a son of John and Ellen (Brindle) Bottomley, natives of Lancashire, England, where they were reared and married, and in 1868 they came to the United States, bringing. with them their son and daughter. John Bot- tomley had been a miner in England, and when he arrived in this country he sought the coal fields of Illinois, locating at Oglesby, La Salle County, and there he died. His widow survives and makes her home at La Salle, Ill. They had seven children, namely: Elizabeth, who is the widow ot James Ross, of La Salle, Ill .; Wil- liam, who is a mine owner of Lowell, Ill .; John, who is at Nokomis, Ill .; Edward ; Frank, who lives at Oglesby, Ill .; and Robert and James, who live at Witt, Ill. The father was a strong Republican in his political views, but did not desire any public office.
Edward Bottomley was reared at Oglesby where he attended school until he was fourteen years old, and then began working in the mines at that point, commencing at the bottom of the ladder, and finally he became a mine owner at Oglesby. Realizing the need of further educa- tional advantages, he attended a night school, and particularly studied mining and to such good advantage that he secured when but twenty-one years old a certificate as mine fore- man. When he was twenty-seven years old he was made a mine foreman at Witt, and was there for four years when he was transferred to Springfield, Ill., where he held a similar posi- tion for a year. He then went to Lovington, Ill., and for a year was employed in shaft sinking, and on returning to Witt he was a mine tore- man until he was made superintendent of con- struction of what are known as the North Mines at Witt, and held that position until 1906. A few months later he was made super- intendent of all the mines at Witt, to which was added the North mine at Nokomis, in March, 1915, he having held the position of superin- tendent continuously since 1906.
On March 16, 1895, Mr. Bottomley was mar- ried to Maude Nagus, born at La Salle, Ill., a daughter of Joshua and Margaret (Thompson) Nagus, the former coming of French-Canadian and Scotch ancestry, and she of Scotch stock. Mr. and Mrs. Bottomley became the parents of six children, as follows: Raymond Mckinley. who is assistant engineer for the Keeler Coal Company, is a graduate of the Witt High school, and also attended the La Salle High school for a year and then took a one-year course in mathematics at the Wesleyan Uni- versity ; Margaret R., who is at home; Alice P., who is attending high school : Edward J., Jr. ; Joseph K., and Dorothy Mae. Mr. Bot- tomley is a member of Irving Lodge No. 455, A. F. & A. M., and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a Republican in politics, and was president of the school board for a number of years at Witt, and has been on the school board and a member of the city council at Nokomis. He is a stockholder and director of the Witt National Bank, and is one of the sound, reliable and responsible men of the
county, and one who stands deservedly high in public esteem.
BOWLES, Edward F., assessor of Raymond Township, and one of the substantial men of the city of Raymond, was born in Greene Coun- ty, Ill., October 26, 1852, a son of William and Susan (Huffman) Bowles. The father was born in Kentucky and the mother in Greene County, Ill. They were married in Greene County, and in 1857 came to Raymond Township, Mont- gomery County, and located on a farm. Here he died in 1884 and she in 1906. He was a Republican and was elected sheriff of Mont- gomery County about 1870, and again in 1872, and was the first Republican to hold that of- fice. His party elected him supervisor of Ray- mond Township, and he was a member of the school board for years, and very active in educational affairs. He was a member of the Raymond Masonic lodge. Eight children were born to him and his wife, namely: Edward; August, who is an engineer on a railroad in Kansas; W. A., who is a farmer of Sullivan County, Mo .; Susan, who is the wife of W. A. Parrott of Raymond ; and four who are deceased.
Edward F. Bowles was reared on a farm near Raymond, and he attended the public schools and Hillsboro Academy. When he finished school he began farming for himself. On Feb- ruary 23, 1876, Mr. Bowles was married to Margaret C. Bray, who was born at Jackson- ville, Ill., but when sixteen years old came to Montgomery County. Mr. and Mrs. Bowles have two children, namely: Susie, who is a graduate of the Raymond public schools, is the wife of Dr. H. G. Powell, of Chicago. Ill .; and Mabel, who is a graduate of the same schools as her sister, is the wife of H. S. Currie, city salesman for the Pillsbury Company, of Chi- cago, Ill. Mr. Bowles belongs to Raymond Lodge No. 692. A. F. & A. M. In politics he is a Republican. He was elected assessor of Raymond Township in April, 1916, and his choice is a proof of his popularity as he was elected on the Republican ticket in a district that is normally Democratic by about sixty votes, with a majority of 185 votes. For some time Mr. Bowles has been engaged as salesman and expert on farm implements, and is a man who is very popular with all classes and de- serving of further honors.
BOWLES, William, whose death occurred at Hillsboro, had lived in Montgomery County for seventy-six years and was one of the oldest re- maining early settlers, and one of the most highly respected residents of Hillsboro. He was born in Iredell County, N. C., June 22, 1828, a son of John and Elizabeth (George) Bowles, natives of North Carolina. Their children were as follows: William, Adeline, John S .. Mary Jane, Benjamin B., Lucinda, Luvisa B., who married a Mr. Morrison. all of whom are now deceased, and several who died in infancy. The father of these children grew to manhood in his native state, where he was married. In 1830 he came to Illinois, and
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spent eleven years in Madison County where he was engaged in farming. In February, 1841, he came to Montgomery County, and located south of Litchfield on the township line, where he entered a farm of 100 acres, of which he later sold eighty acres. IIe improved his pro- perty and reared his family upon this farm, where his wife died. He then moved to Coles County. Ill., and there he passed away in old age. The paternal grandfather was Benjamin Bowles who died in North Carolina, having had the following children : Stephen, John, Barnett, Austin, Lewis, Thomas, Delpha, Barthena, who married Sam Whitlock. Mrs. Denny, and Nancy. The maternal grandfather was Isaac George. and both he and his wife were natives of North Carolina, where they died. Their chil- dren were many, among them being the follow- ing: Enoch, Elizabeth, Wesley, Reuben, and Mary.
William Bowles was thirteen years old when he came to this county, and as he was almost eighty-nine years of age at his death he had been a resident of it for seventy-six years. Reared on the farm of his father, he attended subscription schools, held in log cabins, the teachers being boarded around. When he was sixteen years old he started out to earn his own living, and worked for farmers by the month. Later he entered land at Litchfield to the extent of eighty-three acres, and improved his farm and lived on it from March 1851 to 1862. when he sold and went to Irving Town- ship, there buying 120 acres near the village of Irving. This continued his home until No- vember 5. 1878, when he came to IIillsboro, and built his house in which he afterward resided. He worked for a salary for two years, and then was appointed street commissioner and held that position for three years. For some years after that he was on the road as a commercial traveler selling pumps, - windmills, lightning rods and similar appliances. Until his retire- ment. he kept cows and did market gardening, but had enjoyed entire leisure for some years prior to his death.
On October 19, 1850, Mr. Bowles was married to Mary Kirkpatrick, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Street) Kirkpatrick, and they had eight children. of whom seven died in infancy, the sole survivor being Miss Laura. Mr. Bowles was reared a Lutheran. He belonged to Mount Moriah Lodge No. 51. A. F. & A. M., and was made a Mason at Irving during the Civil War. In politics he was a Democrat and served one term as highway commissioner.
Mrs. Bowles was born in Hillsboro Township, November 25. 1827. Her parents were natives of Kentucky who became pioneers of Mont- gomery County. Among their children were the following : William, Mary, Emily, Nancy, Eliza, Samuel. John, James and Unity. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. William Bowles were Hugh and Mary Kirkpatrick, who came here from Kentucky. Their children were as fol- lows: William. Thomas, John. Samuel, Nancy and Mary. The maternal grandparents were Rev. James and Mary, called Polly (Newton)
Street. He was a primitive Baptist preacher, who, with his wife came from Kentucky, and died in Montgomery County at an advanced age. He preached the first sermon in Mont- gomery County. Their children were as fol- lows : Elizabeth, Jane, John, Anthony, James, Newton, Eli, Mary and Martha. Mrs. Bowles was reared in the Primitive Baptist Church.
BOWMAN, C. E., one of the leading farmers of Pitman Township, residing on Section 29, stands very high with his neighbors, and is rec- ognized as a man of intelligence and efficiency. He was born on the farm he now owns. June 17, 1874, a son of D. W. and Mary M. (Mc- Kinley) Bowman. D. W. Bowman was a re- lative of President Lincoln, and was a son of David Bowman, one of the pioneers of Pitman Township. His farm was entered May 11, 1836, and on this farm David Bowman died, and his son. D. W. Bowman, inherited it on April 16, 1873, and died on it September 24, 1915, and his wife died February 3, 1909. Their only child was C. E. Bowman.
C. E. Bowman was reared on this farm, and he was sent to the common schools of the dis- trict. He learned telegraphy and worked for the Illinois Central Railroad for ten years. but on January 10. 1913, he came to the farm, which comprises 100 acres and is located one and one- half miles west of Waggoner, it being known as the Mammoth Maple Farm. Mr. Bowman is a breeder of Brown-Swiss cattle of registered stock.
On November 18, 1903, Mr. Bowman was married to Amanda Whitworth, who was born in Bond County, Ill., April 9, 1881, a daughter of M. L. Whitworth. They have had four chil- dren, namely : Lois, who was born August 4. 1904; Dayton K., who was born August 15, 1908 ; Neta, who was born June 6, 1910; and Vallee, who was born July 14, 1912, died June 13. 1916, aged three years, eleven months and 30 days. Mrs. Bowman is a graduate of the public school, eighth grade, and is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Bowman belongs to the Waggoner Lodge No. 404. I. O. O. F. In politics he is a Democrat, and served for two terms as township clerk. He is a live, ener- getic man and one who understands farming and stock breeding in all its details.
BRAY, Martin, who is one of the most success- ful farmers of Zanesville Township, is living on his farm on Section 4, and in business and pub- lic affairs is rated as one of the sound and rep- resentative men of Montgomery County. He was born at Jacksonville, Ill .. June 23. 1862. a son of Michael and Cenna (Gleason) Bray, both natives of County Cork, Ireland.
When Michael Bray was thirteen years old he became an orphan but found an opportunity to come to the United States. While he re- mained in New York City for a time he attended the public schools when he had a chance and bound himself out to learn the trade of a car- penter. Later he came to Jacksonville. Ill .. having in the meanwhile married. He worked
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at his trade on the state buildings at Jackson- ville, and gradnally developed a contracting business which he followed for a number of years. Still later he bought a farm north of Raymond, in Harvel Township, and lived on it for two years, when he moved to Raymond, and there he died in 1903, his wife having died in 1874. They had eight children, namely : Wil- liam, who is a contractor of Litchfield, Ill .; Helen, who is the wife of Michael Hayes of Decatur, Ill .; Margaret, who is the wife of E. F. Bowles of Raymond, Ill .; John, who lives at Farmersville, Ill .; Martin; Anna, who is the wife of Joseph Hetley of Raymond; Michael E., who lives at Litchfield, Ill .; and Mrs. Emma Scott, a widow, of Decatnr, Ill.
Martin Bray was reared and educated at Raymond, Ill., and after leaving school began working ou a farm in Zanesville Township, being then seventeen years old. After two years of work by the month, he started farming on his own account, and he has been located on his present place ever since. In Jannary, 1886, he was married to Emma Fite, a daughter of Wil- liam Fite, of Zanesville Township, born in North Carolina, and a man of prominence in lis community. Mr. and Mrs. Bray have six children : Willis J., who was gradnated from the Litchfield High school and the college of dentistry of the University of St. Louis, is prac- ticing at Chicago; Nellie R., who is teaching in the public schools of this county ; Ruth E., who is assistant county superintendent of schools, is a graduate of the Hillsboro High school; Mable, who is at home; and Harold and Fred, who are attending school. Mr. Bray belongs to the Raymond Lodge No. 692, A. F. & A. M., and the Modern Woodmen of America at Wag- goner, Ill. He is a Democrat, and served for two years as township clerk, two years as asses- sor, eight years as a school trustee, and for six years as a school director, and is now supervisor of his township. He has served as president of the Montgomery County Farmers' Institute. and for four years as secretary, and ten years as a director, which office he still retains. For some years Mr. Bray has been specializing on corn growing and has bronght his average crop np to a high yield per acre.
BRAY, Michael E., district manager of the Pan- American Insurance Company, with jurisdiction over central and southern Illinois, and south- eastern Missouri, is one of the substantial men of Litchfield, and one whose name is a well known one in Montgomery County, where he has been honored with several important public offices. He was born at Jacksonville, Ill., July 12, 1868, a son of Michael and Anna Bray, na- tives of Ireland who, upon coming to this country, after a time spent in New York state, came from there to Jacksonville. Ill. The father was a contractor and builder, and in 1872 traded a business interest for a farm in Montgomery County, and in 1873 moved to Raymond, where he engaged in a livery busi- ness and also dealt in horses. His death oc- curred in 1904. The mother died in 1894.
During boyhood, Michael E. Bray worked on his father's farm, and attended the local public schools. When he completed his own educa- tional course, he began teaching and also served as town clerk of Raymond for a season. For two years he was an instructor in the schools of Farmersville, and he also served as assessor of his township for six terms, and he was also a member of the village board of Farmersville. In 1896 he was appointed depnty circuit clerk, and in 1898 came to Litchfield and was head salesman for the Union Clothing Company, and also for the Bell Clothing Company. In 1902 he was appointed deputy sheriff, and made snch an excellent official that he was the logical can- didate for the office of sheriff to which he was elected in 1906, and served as such until 1910. Returning to Litchfield he bought property in this city, and assumed the duties of district manager of his present company, and has writ- ten an immense amount of insurance.
In 1893 Mr. Bray was married to Elizabeth B. Graham, born at Girard, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Bray became the parents of the following chil- dren : Archibold T., who is a railroad fireman; Harold Bryan, who is with the Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago; and Ralph E. Mrs. Bray belongs to the Christian Church. In politics Mr. Bray is a Democrat. Enthusiastic as a fraternity man, he has been exalted ruler of the local order of Elks, and served as vice president of the State Sheriffs' Association of Illinois, and was on the exe- cutive committee of that organization; is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and of the Protective Leagne, and was repre- sentative to the Denver Grand Lodge of Elks in 1914. Few men stand any higher in public esteem in this county, or take a more active part in local affairs at Litchfield.
BROCKSMITH, Leo F., the efficient representa- tive at Litchfield of the Jewel Tea Company, and an experienced man in the grocery trade, is one of the favorably known residents of Montgomery County. He was born at Vin- cennes, Ind., March 15, 1886, a son of C. H. and Henrietta (Baker) Brocksmith, natives oť Ger- many. The father is engaged in the grocery business at Vincennes.
Leo F. Brocksmith attended the grade and high schools of his native city until he was sixteen years old, at which time he went to St. Louis, Mo., to engage with John N. Boy & Company, wholesale grocers, and was there for eight months. He then enlisted in the Twelfth Cavalry, United States Regulars, but nine months later was discharged on account of dis- ability. He returned then to St. Louis, where he worked for the A. Moll Grocery Company for five years, then engaged with the J. F. Conrad Grocery Company for three years, and then became the representative of the Jewel Tea Company, now having charge of the business of this concern at both Litchfield and Hillsboro, with headquarters at Litchfield.
On December 26, 1907, Mr. Brocksmith was married to Effie M. Loehring, born at St. Louis,
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Mo., a daughter of William and Isabell Loeh- ring. Mr. and Mrs. Brocksmith have one daugh- ter, Henrietta. In politics he is a Democrat, and the German Evangelical Church holds his membership. A man of sterling traits of char- acter, he has steadily risen and holds the cou- fidence of his company as well as that of the public he serves.
BROKAW, Abram, the oldest living settler of South Litchfield Township, was born February 18, 1842, one mile south of Bound Brook, Som- erset County, N. J., in the old colonial mansion erected about 1747 by Bourgoyne Brokaw II, who was born September 13, 1671. The ancient house is still standing, and in it the father of Abram Brokaw, Daniel P. Brokaw, was born January 6, 1818, as was his grandfather. Abram I. Brokaw, October 18, 1787. The first Brokaw to settle in America was Bourgoyne (Broucard) Brokaw, born in France, in 1645, and he immi- grated to America in 1665, settling on a farm near Brooklyn, N. Y. The mother of Abram Bro- kaw, Caroline (Turner) Brokaw, was born at Hull, England, in April, 1820.
During the summer of 1842, Abram Brokaw, then only a few months old, was brought by his parents to Illinois. The journey was begun with a two-horse wagon. At Pittsburgh, Pa., the famn- ily went aboard a boat, and arrived at St. Louis, Mo .. July 4, 1842, and two days later they reached the home of William Kelley, a former neighbor in New Jersey, who had preceded the Brokaws by a few years and had settled in Jer- sey County, Ill. After residing in Jersey County for ten years, Daniel P. Brokaw moved to the northeast quarter, Section 29, South Litchfield Township, Montgomery County, having pur- chased a Mexican War soldier's land warrant for $120, the patent for which was signed by President Fillmore, January 3. 1851. On this farm Abram Brokaw was reared to manhood, he being the eldest of a family of ten children. As his services were needed in improving and operating the farm, he did not attend school until 1856. when the free school law became ef- fective in Illinois, and a schoolhouse was built near his father's house, and there he attended school for a few months each winter until the outbreak of the Civil War.
On July 25. 1861, Abram Brokaw enlisted for service in defense of his country in a company organized at Litchfield, but owing to the Illi- nois state quota being already filled, this com- pany later became Company C, First Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and his company was must- ered into the United States service, August 6. 1861. at Jefferson Barracks, twelve miles south of St. Louis, for three years, or during the war. The regiment took part in the celebrated Zygonia cavalry charge at Springfield, Mo., Octo- ber 9, 1861. routing the enemy and taking pos- session of the city in advance of Fremont who occupied Springfield and southwestern Missouri a few days later. It also participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, and the cap- ture of Little Rock, Ark., September 10. 1863, also was in the campaign during the spring of
1864 with General Steele when he failed to form a junction with General Banks from New Or- leans, for the capture of Shrevesport, La. The subject of this sketeli was in battles and skirm- ishes in that campaign for forty-one days. On July 11, 1862, while engaged with his company near Pleasant Hill, Mo., with the guerilla, Quan- trell. Abram Brokaw was severely wounded in the throat and left clavicle, and the bullet is still in the tissues. Mr. Brokaw was honorably dis- charged at St. Louis, Mo., September 17, 1864, after a service of three years and two months.
On December 7, 1865, Mr. Brokaw was mar- ried to Miss Ruth E. Gibbs, born July 4, 1842, near Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N. J. She was brought to Bunker Hill, Ill., in the spring of 1858, by her parents, who located on a farm two miles southwest of Litchfield. After a happy married life of twenty-six and one-half years, Mrs. Brokaw died March 16, 1892, of pneumonia, leaving her husband with seven children, namely : Ida J., who was born April 3, 1868; Isaac F., who was born September 28, 1870; Charles H., who was born April 5, 1875; Grace Anna, who was born April 3, 1877; and Frank M. and Fanny M., twins, who were born May 12, 1885, all of whom are living, are mar- ried and in comfortable homes. On December 16. 1893, Mr. Brokaw was married (second) at Williamson. N. Y., to Miss Lillie A. Huggins, born February 12, 1859, at Woodburn, Macoupin County, Ill., the youngest daughter of Jonathan Huggins, nurseryman and horticulturist. For twelve years prior to her marriage, Mrs. Bro- kaw was a teacher in the Macoupin County schools. Mr. Brokaw has two children by his second marriage, namely: Earl H., who was born September 21, 1894; and Ophelia H., who was born January 21. 1900.
In April. 1866, Mr. Brokaw began farming on eighty acres of land nine miles northwest of Litchfield, and six years later removed to his present farm where he has resided for more than forty-six years. Mr. Brokaw cast his first presidential vote in November, 1864, and he cast it for Abraham Lincoln. He has filled various township offices, including that of school director, which he held for nine years, two terms as highway commissioner, and county supervisor, which he held for four terms, In 1884, he was the Republican nominee for sher- iff, and in 1896, was the nominee of his party for the lower house of the Illinois General As- sembly, but owing to the fact that the county was largely Democratic, he was both times de- feated. The Brokaws have for many years been Presbyterians, and Mr. Brokaw's paternal grand- father sang in the choir of the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church for forty years. Daniel B. Brokaw and his wife were two of the nine charter members of the Presbyterian Church at Litchfield, of which all of their children, includ- ing Abram Brokaw, in due time became mem- bers.
BROPHY, Nat B., secretary of the Nokomis Building Association of Nokomis, Ill., for twen- ty-three years, is well versed in the law, a
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pharmacist by profession, and was one of the leading men of this city. He was born at No- komis, Ill., November 15, 1869, a son of Dennis P. and Susan (Battles) Brophy. Dennis P. Brophy was born in New York City, March 3, 1832, a son of Dennis and Mary Brophy, both of , whom were born in the United States.
Dennis Brophy, the grandfather of N. B. Brophy, was one of eight sons born to Dennis Brophy, who came with these sons in 1762 to New York City, where the family resided until 1856. In that year, Dennis P. Brophy, father of N. B. Brophy, came to Nokomis, Ill., being then a young man of twenty-four years. He was a type-molder by trade, and his health became impaired by the acids he had to use in his work, so he went to farming tor Edwin C. Read, near Rosemond, Ill., in the hope of recovery. Later he worked for Leonard Lease on a farm one-halt a mile east of Nokomis, and while living there he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Illinois Vol- unteer Infantry, which was recruited at Hills- boro, Ill., for service during the Civil War. He was mustered out at Washington, D. C., in June, 1865, and returned to Nokomis. On Au- gust 25, 1865, President Andrew Johnson ap- pointed him postmaster ot Nokomis, and he held that office until November 1, 1886. Later he became secretary of the Farmers' Insurance Company, and held that position for a few years, when he retired from active life, and died September 14, 1898.
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