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DALTON, MARION; a well-known farmer and blacksmith at Smithshire, Ellison Town- ship, was born in Ashland County, Olio, Sep- tember 30, 1844, and is a son of William and Jane (McQuillin) Dalton. His father was born in 1821 in Westmoreland County, Penn., and his mother was also a native of that county. Edward, his paternal grandfather, was born in England; and John McQuillin, his maternal grandfather was a native of Pennsylvania. William Dalton came to Ohio in 1836, and fol- lowed the occupation of a stone and brick ma- son, devoting some attention to farming, and going to California in 1848. He made the out- ward trip by way of New York and the Isth- mus, remained on the Pacific shore a year and then came back to his Ohio home by the same route. In 1866 he came into Illinois, and bought a farm in Henderson County, where he died. Mrs. Jane Dalton died July 3, 1900.
Marion Dalton entered the Union army in 1862, becoming a member of Company C, One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Volunteer In- fantry. His regiment was under the command of General Sherman, and the young soldier shared in some of the most stirring experiences of the War in the West, until his health broke down and he was compelled to retire from ac- tive service. After being mustered out, Mr. Dalton returned home, married and began work for himself as a blacksmith. This was his occupation for some fifteen years. In 1866 he came with his parents into Illinois. At the 893-1
present time he owns a 100-acre farm in Sec- tions 31 and 32 in Ellison Township, and de- votes his attention principally to his land, . though he does some blacksmithing. He be- longs to the Roseville Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and has been School Director. Mr. Dalton was married September 10, 1863, to Eliza J. Finely, in Ashland County, Ohio, and to this union were born the following child- ren: James G., Willie H., Mime B., Arthur J., Sarah, Jennie and Jasper-the last three de- ceased. Willie is living at Burlington, Ia., where h'e is engaged in the extract business. Mrs. Eliza Dalton was born in Wooster, Ohio, in 1847, and is a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Nailes) Finely. Her father was born in Ohio, and died in Indiana; her mother was a native of Baltimore, and passed away in Ohio. The Daltons are among the solid and substantial people of Ellison Township, and possess a host of friends, who esteem them for their many good qualities, kind disposition and industri- ous ways.
DANIEL L. GALBREATH, who holds an hon- orable and creditable position among the farmers and stockraisers of Warren Coun- ty, Ill., was born in Henderson County, February 14, 1856, and is a son of Will- iam and Sarah Ann (Harton) Galbreath, natives of Tennessee and Maryland respec- tively. They were also the parents of New- ton Galbreath, of Smithshire, and their history more fully appears under the name of that gentleman.
Daniel Galbreath remained at home with his parents until the time of his marriage, when he bought a farm for himself. He has worked hard, been careful and saving, and now owns a fine farm of 220 acres in Ellison Township. In the community where he lives his good character has made him many warm friends, and he has been elected School Director. His own education was secured in the public schools and he is much interested in the cause of public education.
Mr. Galbreath was married in Henderson County, Ill., December 20, 1885, to Miss Alice Correll, by whom he has had the following chil- dren: Pearl L., Harriet C .; Clarence L .; Ivan E .; Linn C., who died at the age of sixteen months; Opal V., and Lewis A.
Mrs. Galbreath was born in Henderson County, Ill., August 20, 1859, the daughter of
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Addison and Cordelia (Moore) Correll. Her father was born in North Carolina, and her mother in Northumberland County, Virginia. They were married in Illinois, both coming to this State in 1837. They lived at first in War- ren County, but moved into Henderson County, where Mr. Correll engaged in farming, and where he died in 1864. His widow is still liv- ing and is making her home with Mr. and Mrs. Galbreath.
Mr. Galbreath is a Democrat, and with no ambition for political honors devotes himself to his farm and home. .
GALBREATH, NEWTON, one of the esteem- ed and venerable citizens of Smithshire, War- ren County, was born in Media, Henderson County, Ill., March 12, 1837, a son of William and Sarah A. (Harland) Galbreath. His father, who was born in Rowe County, Tenn., in 1814, died in 1880; his mother, born in Maryland in 1818, died October 16, 1900. His paternal grandparents were Thomas and (White) Galbreath; his maternal grandfather was Eli- jah Harland. William Galbreath came into Illinois with his parents when only fourteen years old, and made his home with them in Morgan County. Later on they sold out and came to Henderson County, where William Galbreath purchased a farm. This he sold, after which he spent some time in Iowa. Re- turning to Illinois he bought a home near Glad- stone, where he continued farming. In 1858 he disposed of this property and bought some 400 acres of land, on part of which Smithshire has since been established. Both the father and mother of Newton Galbreath were members of the Christian church, and were highly es- teemed in their day. Newton Galbreath was married March 17, 1861, in Cameron, Ill., to
Mary June Sipe, who was born in Cumberland . Houlton was married September 7, 1887, in
County, Penn., July 10, 1837, a daughter of John and Mary (Wise) Sipe. Peter Sipe, her grandfather, came from Germany, and her maternal grandfather, John Wise, was a nat- ive of Cumberland County, Penn. Her parents, who were farming people, are both dead. Mr. and Mrs. Galbreath are devoted to a farming life, and are much respected in the community where their quiet and useful lives are passing. Their only child, Sarah Ellen, who was born in 1862, died the following year; and they are bringing up a little girl, Nettie, whom they took to their hearts and home, when very
young. Mr. Galbreath owns a small but com- pact place of some forty acres, and has devoted his active years to farming and stock-raising. He has been School Director several terms, and is an enlightened and public-spirited citi- zen. Mr. Galbreath is a member of the Chris- tian church, and, in his political affiliations, a Democrat.
HOULTON, JOSEPH, a notable representa- tive of the farming and stock-raising interests of Warren County, who occupies a handsome and well-appointed residence on his farm in Ellison Township, was born in Aroostook County, Maine, August 11, 1831, a son of Jos- eph and Almira (Ray) Houlton. His father was born near Salem, Massachusetts, in 1799, and his mother near Manchester, N. H., in 1805. His paternal grandparents were Joseph and Sarah (Putnam) Houlton, both natives of Mas- sachusetts. Edward Ray was his mother's father. The Houlton family is of English des- cent; the elder Joseph Houlton came from Maine to Illinois in 1852, buying a farm in Sec- tion 32, Ellison Township, Warren County, where he engaged in farming and stock-raising on a very extensive scale. At the time of his death in 1883, he had divided his estate of 530 acres among his children. His widow died in 1894. They had five sons and one daughter: Fred R., of Kirkwood, Ill .; Edward R., of Flor- ida; Charles A., of Delmont, S. D .; Frances, Mrs. F. L. Pierson, of Yankton, S. D .; and J. Franklin, of Monmouth, Ill. Joseph Houlton, whose name appears above, remained at the homestead until he was thirty years of age, when he engaged in farming for himself. His efforts in this line have been very successful, and he now owns a fine farm of 210 acres con- tained in Section 32, Ellison Township. Mr.
Conway, Iowa, to Mary L. Kimball, by whom he has the following children: Phoebe Almira, Joseph Samuel, Ina May and Charles Franklin. Mrs. Houlton was born in Ellison Township, September 18, 1860, and is the daughter of Sam- uel and Phoebe (Rider) Kimball, the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of New York. Phoebe (Rider) Kimball was the daughter of Jacob Rider, who came from New York and settled in Ellison Township in 1839 and engag- ed quite extensively in farming. He was a prominent man and died at Oquawka, in 1879, aged eighty-seven years. Samuel Kimball was
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a tinner by trade, but later bought the old Rider homestead. His death occurred in Elli- son, in 1895. Phoebe (Rider) Kimball died in Ellison in 1886, at the age of fifty-three years. They had thirteen children, of whom those now living are: William H., Charles, Edward, Phoebe R., Lettie G. and Lowe F., all of whom are now living in Kansas, and Elizabeth R., Abbie J. and Carrie, who are living in Mon- mouth, Ill. Mr. Houlton is a member of the Methodist church, and in politics is a Republi- can. He has been an extensive traveler through the Western States, and is a man of much in- telligence and good judgment.
IRVING, ALFRED M., a substantial citizen and a reliable man, long identified with the best interests of Ellison Township, Warren County, was born in Sumerset County, N. J., March 16, 1834, a son of Daniel and Nancy (Mills) Irving, his father being a native of Sumerset County, and his mother of Morris County, N. J. His grandparents, James and (Castner) Irving, and Jediah and Phoebe (Goble) Mills, were all born in New Jersey, the Mills being of English descent. The Ir- vings were originally from Scotland. Daniel was a farmer and cooper, and always lived in New Jersey, though he came west to visit his children. He lived to be ninety-four years of age, and died in his native state, in the house where he had lived for fifty years; the mother also lived in Sumerset County. Alfred M. Ir- ving learned the carpenter's trade in New Jer- sey, and in August, 1855, started west, stopping on his way to build a house in New York. He arrived in Berwick Township, Warren County, in October, 1855, and resumed his trade. In 1861 he bought a quarter-section of land in Elli- son Township, on which he at once engaged in general farming and stock-raising. In the in- tervening years he has been industrious and thrifty, making fortunate investments, and is now the owner of 915 acres, which is said to be one of the very finest farms in this section of the state. The buildings are fine and all im- provements are thoroughly up-to-date. In 1865 he set out in his front door yard four pine trees, one of which has grown to six feet in circumference; also an osage orange tree that measured five feet around it. His dwelling is on a rising piece of land with a sloping yard on either side, and a noble view. On this farm fre- quently may be found two hundred head of
cattle, and annually from four to five hundred acres of corn. Mr. Irving is one of the Direc- tors of the Roseville National Bank. He is a member of the Congregational church, and, in politics, is a Democrat. Mr. Irving was mar- ried, December 14, 1858, in the town of Ber- wick, to Mary E. McClure, who was born in Mc- Donough County, Ill., in 1837, the daughter of John and Mary McClure. They had the fol- lowing children: Mary Ida; Margaret J .; Mrs. J H., who lives in Kansas City; Emma L., who lives in Suisun, Cal .; Nancy A. is at home; Alfred M., farmer, who lives in Ellison Town- ship; Amanda E .; Elizabeth, who made an ex- tended visit in 1901 to California and other re- gions of interest in the far west; Arthur D., Who is at home. Mr. Irving's parents were born in Kentucky, and came to Illinois at an early day, settling at first in Morgan County, and then in McDonough
County, after- ward moving to Mahaska County, Iowa, where the husband died. The widowed wife and mother came to visit her daughter, Mrs. Irving, and while there, was taken suddenly and severely ill, dying in her daughter's arms.
JONES, JOHN B., a successful farmer and stock-raiser of Ellison Township, has dem- onstrated, in his own creditable career, the pos- sibilities of Illinois farming for men of indus- trious habits and temperate ways. Mr. Jones was born in Washington County, Va., March 5, 1841, and was educated in the district school. He was a son of Calvin and Rebecca (Mc- Downs) Jones. His father, who was born in Washington County, Va., in 1819, died in 1886, his mother, born in the same County ir 1821, passed away in the same year as her husband. Her parents, Isaac and Polly McQuown, were both natives of Pennsylvania. Calvin Jones came west in 1853, and after spending a year in Missouri, in December, 1854, came to Illi- nois, locating near Walnut Grove, in Hender- son County. He lived in Henderson County four years, and then bought the northwest quarter of Section 35 (his farm being the east cighty), in Tompkins Township, Warren County, where he made his home the rest of his days, dying there. Soon after reaching man- hood John B. Jones was a soldier, enlisting in Company K, Eighty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in August, 1862, serving through the war, principally in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, and being mustered. out at Springfield,
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Ill., June 17, 1865, with a most honorable rec- ord. Mr. Jones came back from the scenes of war and carnage to become a farmer, begin- ning with a farm of eighty acres on Section 1, of Ellison Township, which has been doubled in area and highly improved by him in the years that followed his entrance upon its culti- vation. He is giving much attention to cattle- raising, and every year puts about a hundred head on the market. His success is marked, and his standing high in his community. Mr. Jones was married in Ellison Township, March 27, 1873, to Miss Phoebe Martin, who was born in Iroquois County, Ill., January 29, 1853, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Roberts) Mar- tin. They were farming people from Indiana. In 1854 they located on an Illinois farm, where Mrs. Jones was born. Her father died in 1856, and her mother the following year. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have had the following children: Ida Elizabeth, Naomi Rebecca, Harry L., Katie Mae, Bertha June, Orville Glen and Mabel Marie. Naomi is the wife of William Stoner, of Tompkins Township. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Methodist Protestant church, and, in his political affiliations, he is a Republican. For more than a quarter of a century he has been a School Director, and for the last four years has been Commissioner of Highways.
LENTZ, JOHN W., farmer and manager of the Gibson farm in Ellison Township, has a commendable record, not only as a public-spir- ited citizen, but as a soldier of the civil war. He is of old Pennsylvania stock and was born in Lycoming County, that State, October 13, 1848, a son of J. W. and Melissa (Ashley) Lentz. His father who was a millwright by trade, removed early in 1863 from Pennsyl- vania to Ottumwa, Iowa, where he engaged in the construction of mills. In the year last mentioned the subject of this sketch enlisted in Company H, Thirty-second Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, for three years or during the war. He was mustered into service in Davenport, Iowa, and his regiment was at- tached to one of the divisions of the Western Department. He took part in the fights at Mark's Mills, Ark., Sabine River, Cross Roads and in other engagements, one of the most memorable of which was that near Brownville, Ark. He served continuously from April, 1863, to October, 1865, when he was honorably dis-
charged at Davenport Iowa. After the war he returned to Pennsylvania, whence eventually he went again to Ottumwa, Iowa, where he re- mained until 1870, when he removed to Tomp- kins Township, Warren County, Ill. He is one of the best known and most prosperous farmers in Ellison Township and is an honored and in- fluential member of George A. Crook Post No. 81, Grand Army of the Republic, at Kirkwood. He married in 1881, in Warren County, Jennie Goodwin, who was born in Ohio, a daughter of David Goodwin, a Virginian, who was an early settler in Warren County, near Kirkwood, where he died, and where his widow still lives. Mrs. Lentz has borne her husband three child- ren named John W., Mary E., and Benjamin. Mr. Lentz's postoffice address is Pomenah.
MITCHELL, ELIPHALET, farmer, Ellison Township, Warren County, (postoffice, Rose- ville), was born at South Easton, Mass., Nov- ember 29, 1817, a son of Eliphalet and Hannah (Howard) Mitchell. He was educated in a pri- vate school at Brockton, at Andover Seminary and the Wesleyan University at Kent's Hill, Maine, and began his business life by teaching school at Brockton and Easton. In the spring of 1841 he removed to Warren County, Ill., and the year following bought a soldier's claim on Section 25, Ellison Township, where he has since resided with the exception of the years 1844 and 1845, when he was employed in the United States Mint at New Orleans. He is the owner of three farns with a total area of 450 acres. He also has eighteen city lots in Chi- cago, at Windsor Park, and a farm located at Humeston, Iowa. Deacon Mitchell was a charter member of the First Baptist church, organized at Roseville in 1852; was elected dea- con in that year, and has served continuously in that office for half a century. For eighteen years he served as School Trustee, and has been School Director for several years; served as Supervisor fifteen years, including three years during the early days of imperfect township organization. He was the first clerk of Elli- son Township, and took an important part in the early development of the county, assisting in the organization of its civil government, laying out roads, etc. He was one of the organ- izers of the Roseville State Bank in 1892, and has since served as its President. His first vote was cast for the nominees of the old Jeffer- sonian party, but he has since been a
Supt Parish
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strong Republican. His interest in the wel- fare of the party is illustrated by the fact that in 1880, he served consecutively as a delegate from Ellison Township to the Warren County Republican Convention, as a delegate from the county to the Congressional district conven- tion at Bushnell, as a delegate to the State Con- vention at Springfield, and, finally, as a dele- gate to the National Convention at Chicago which nominated Garfield for the Presidency -though it should be stated in this connection that he was one of the delegates who fought to the end to swing that convention in line for Grant. Deacon Mitchell was married, June 20, 1845, to Martha Jane Sovereign, who died June 14, 1872, leaving seven children. Of these, five are living: Howard A., of Jackson County, Mo .; O. K., of Chicago; Morton, of Des Moines, Iowa; Frank J., of Point Pleasant Township; and A. Warren, of Humeston, Iowa. October 15, 1873, he married Mrs. Mary J. (Cox) Lus- tor, who died in March, 1898, leaving a daugh- ter by her first marriage, now the wife of Geo. W. Rayburn, of Roseville.
GUSS ALVIN PARRISH, a representative farmer of Ellison Township, was born in White County, Ind., July 6, 1858, a son of Parker R. and Ann (Godfrey) Parrish. His father, who was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., January 30, 1831, is a son of Henry Parrish, a native of Ohio. He married Ann Retta Godfrey, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Elijah Godfrey, a na- tive of Maryland. Parker R. Parrish came to Illinois in 1862 and located on the farm in Ellison Township he now owns. He is now liv- ing in retirement in Monmouth.
Guss A. Parrish attended the common schools of Ellison Township. Upon becoming of age he was engaged as bookkeeper with a grain firm at Brockston, Ind. When his grandfather Godfrey died in 1877 he became heir to one- eighteenth of the estate, and subsequently bought the interests of the remaining heirs. He now owns a very complete and finely equip- ped farm of 240 acres in Section 27, and he and his wife own and operate 347 acres addi- tional in Ellison Township. He removed to Roseville in 1893, and during his residence of six years there he served three years on the Board of Aldermen, being its President dur- ing his last term. In politics he is a Dem- ocrat, but is liberal i nhis views, especially in local affairs. He is affiliated with the Ma-
sonic fraternity, and he and his family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Parrish was married in Roseville, Feb- ruary 16, 1882, to Florence M. Livermore. To this union have been born five children, three of whom are living-Fred O., Jessie L. and Florence Mae. Two have died: Clifford and Edith. Mrs. Parrish was born in Point Pleas- ant Township, July 14, 1865, the daughter of Andrew Parker and Mary (Correll) Livermore, pioneers of Ellison Township.
ROSS, JOHN H., one of the venerable resi- dents of Ellison Township, whose long resi- dence and industrious habits command the res- pect which his character for integrity is cal- culated to retain, was born in Sussex County, Del., February 4, 1833, the son of Charles and Persila (Jones) Ross, both born and reared in Delaware. Charles Ross moved from Delaware to Ohio in 1834, shortly after finding a home for a time in Indiana; and, in 1850, locating on Section 29, in Ellison Township, Warren County, Ill. Here he presently came to own 320 acres, dying there in 1865, followed by his widow in 1874. John H. Ross received his edu- cation in the district school, and remained un- der the parental roof until he attained his ma- jority, when he began farming on his own ac- count. From his father he secured a forty. acre tract on very favorable terms. To this he has added from time to time until he owns a fine Illinois farm of 183 1-2 acres, which he has highly improved and made one of the choice farms of this section. Here he has reared his family, and accumulated a very handsome com- petence. His worth in the community is rec- ognized, and he has been School Director sev- eral terms. In religion he is a member of the United Brethren church, and in politics a Re- publican. Mr. Ross was married in Ellison Township, January 5, 1855, to Nancy Webb, daughter of Jehu Webb, who came from Ohio to Illinois in 1846, and to Ellison Township in 1849, and died here in 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Ross have had nine children, four of whom are dead : Mary Allis, married Elias Rambo; Flora, married William Wolf; Bell, married James Reasoner, and is dead. Ina, Sada and Fannie (who married Samuel Youngs) are all three dead. Ethel married Robert Hamlin. Roscoe Conkling, married and lives at home; his wife was Minnie, daughter of James Hall, of Roseville. Eliza, married Sherman Romine.
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CALVIN R. THOMPSON, whose venerable fig- ure is familiar to the people of Smithshire and Ellison Township, and of Warren, Henderson and adjoining counties, was born in Clark County, Ind., February 10, 1826, a son of Joshua N. C. and Chloe (Redman) Thompson, natives of North Carolina and of Maryland, respectively.
Joshua Thompson came to Ohio in his early manhood, and moved on still farther west, after spending some time in Ohio. In 1808 he set. tled in Indiana, where he married, and where for years they lived in serious apprehension of trouble from the Indians, Mr. Thompson serv- ing in the Indian war of 1811. Having sur vived all the manifold perils of those early days, he died there in the fullness of years, being over ninety-three years of age. His wife was killed by being thrown from a horse.
Calvin R. Thompson when a young man en- listed for service in the Mexican War, serving about a year, when he returned home. He is now a member of the Mexican War Veterans Association. After his return he was married, and in 1848, affected a location in Henderson County, Illinois, where he at first managed a rented farm, afterwards buying and improving a farm in Henderson County. This was not long retained by him, however, having been sold on satisfactory terms, Mr. Thompson bought a second farm in Section 30, Ellison Township, where he resides at the present time. by hard work, economy and business sagacity he and his good wife became the owners of 500 acres of land, and now own 420 acres. Mr. Thompson gave Rella A. Anderson, who was a niece of his wife, eighty-four acres on the oc- casion of her marriage.
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Mr. Thompson was married in Clark County, Ind., February 3, 1848, to Margaret S. Green- lee. They have reared two children: Mrs. Rella Anderson, noted above, and a young man, Emil C. Anderson, her son. Mr. Thompson has always been a Democrat. He was first elected school director some fifty years ago and has served numerous terms since that time. Mrs. Thompson died July 24, 1900, since which time Mr. Thompson has lived on the old home- stead.
TINSMAN, LEWIS L., physician, Smith- shire, Warren County, at the present time President of the Bank of Smithshire, of which he was one of the organizers, was born in Bel- mont County, Ohio, March 25, 1857, and is a son of George W. and Mary (Moreland) Tins- man. His father, who was born in Loudoun County in 1806, died in 1881; his mother, born in the same county in 1807, died in 1886. George W. Tinsman removed from Virginia to Ohio, and, in 1859, settled in Grundy County, Ill., where he engaged in farming. He bought a farm and made it his life-long home. There his wife also lived and died. Lewis L. Tinsman was reared on the home farm, and attended the Normal School at Morris. Completing its course of study with credit, he engaged for a time in teaching, and then entered upon the study of medicine in the famous Rush Medical in Chicago. At Hammond, Ind., he was for a time engaged in the practice of his profession; but he saw an opportunity in Warren County, and established himself at Smithshire in 1889. Here he still devotes himself to his profession, as well as officiates as the President of the Bank. Dr. Tinsman has been School Trustee for three years and is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He owns 125 acres of land in Henderson County, and has a very at- tractive home in Smithshire. In politics he is a Democrat. Dr. Tinsman was married in Grundy County, Ill., July 9, 1891, to Miss Cath- erine Bedford. Of this union has been born one child, Lawrence Otho, born November 5, 1892. Mrs. Catherine Tinsman was born in Kendall County, Ill., November 28, 1867, a daughter of James R. and Mary (Heilman) Bedford. Her father was born in England, and her mother in Wabash, Ind. I. R. Bedford is a practicing physician in Verona, Ill., having graduated in 1881, when thirty-five years old. He is four years older than his wife. Mrs. Tinsman has two sisters and a brother living: Bertha married Melville Stitt; Cora is unmar- ried; and Richard James Bedford is a doctor at Delinsbee, Ill. Her grandparents are as fol- lows: William and Sarah (Wood) Bedford, live in England; Jacob and Catherine (Page) Heilman were born in Pennsylvania.
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