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seventeen months. Warren Winfield married Charlotte Watkins and died at the age of thirty-three years. Mrs. Brown was born in Medina County, Ohio, June 27, 1839, a daugh- ter of Nathan and Priscilla R. (Halliwill) Bunker. Her father was born in Armstrong County, Penn., May 11, 1812, and came of Welsh ancestry. He went early to Ohio, whence he removed to Illinois in 1865. His grand- father, who was a Revolutionary soldier, once owned the land on which the battle of Bunker Hill was fought, and on which Bunker Hill monument now stands. Priscilla Halliwill, who married Nathan Bunker, at Richfield, Me- dina County, Ohio, March 23, 1837, was born in Stark County, Ohio, November 1, 1816. Mr. Bunker died April 27, 1885, his widow, August 18, 1896. Mr. Brown is a Democrat in politics, and is a member of the church of Latter Day Saints. He has served his fellow-townsmen in the office of School Director and in other im- portant capacities.
BRUINGTON, GUSTAVUS; farmer and stock-raiser; Alexis, Kelly Township; is a de- scendent of old Eastern and Southern families whose representatives in different generations have been useful and prominent citizens of Maryland, Kentucky and Virginia. Mr. Bruing- ton was born in Breckinridge County, Ky., Sep- tember 22, 1846, a son of Alfred and Adaline (Douglass) Bruington, who were natives of that county, the former born in 1823 and the latter in 1827. The father died in May, 1891. George Bruington, Mr. Bruington's grandfather in the paternal line, was born in Baltimore, Md., and married Mary Ann Brown, a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Bruington's grandmother in the maternal line was Nancy Sharp, of Virginia. Alfred Bruington came from Kentucky to Illi- nois by wagon in 1851, and bought a farm in Section 24 in Suez Township, Mercer County, where he lived until his death. He was a promi- nent man in his community, was elected Road Commissioner and five times filled the office of Supervisor. He added to his landed possessions until he owned 640 acres. Gustavus Bruington remained at the paternal home until he was twenty-five years old, then bought a farm in Section 25 in the same township, which he sold after three years to buy another in Sec- tion 14. He now owns 660 acres of land, on a farm of one hundred acres of which, in. Kelly Township, a quarter of a mile from the Alexis
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Postoffice, he has erected fine farm buildings of all kinds, and is feeding stock quite ex- tensively. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and, politically is a Democrat, but is not an active politician or an aspirant for public office. He was married in Mercer County, Ill., February 21, 1871, to Miss Anna Laffity, who was born in that county, January, 1846, a daughter of William and Louisa (Gra- ham) Laffity, who came to Suez Township, Mercer County, from Ohio, in 1836. Mr Laffity was a pioneer in that locality and pros- pered as a farmer. He and his wife both died in their home there. Mr. and Mrs. Bruington have, from time to time, traveled quite extens- ively having wintered at different points in California and in the Southern States. They passed the winter of 1901 and 1502 in Cali- fornia and are planning other delightful trips for future years.
BULLMAN, THEODORE FRELINGHUY- SEN; farmer, Kelly Township, Warren County, was born near Lacon, Marshall County, Ill., December 9, 1836, a son of Joshua Doty and Catherine F. (Hall) Bullman. His father was born near Morristown, Morris County, N. J., February 21, 1806; his mother near Basking Ridge, Somerset County, N. J., May 30, 1808, and were married June 30, 1830. Joshua D. Bullman was a son of Joseph and Maria Bullman; Joseph was a lineal
descendant of Edward Doty who came over in the Mayflower in 1620. The history of the Doty (Doten) family in America has been well and ably compiled by Ethan Allen Doty, Brooklyn, N. Y. Joshua Bullman read in a Newark paper glowing accounts of the West by Rev. Bergren, of Springfield, Ill., and resolved to try his fortune there and with his wife and relatives started September 1, 1830, in covered wagons, drawn by ox teams, for Illinois. After a tedious and tiresome journey over the moun- tains of Pennsylvania and through Ohio, they arrived at Lafayette, Ind., September 30, of the same year. They remained there a season, raising a crop near the Tippecanoe battle ground. In June, 1831, he came to Lacon, Ill., and with Col. John Strawn went to Springfield, Ill., where he entered 160 acres of land, then returned to Indiana. In the spring of 1832 he yoked his oxen and moved to his land near Lacon, Ill. The remainder of his life was spent on the farm which he developed there. He
served in the Black Hawk war under Col. Strawn and received a warrant for a quarter section of land. He and his faithful wife early - united with the Presbyterian Church, lived con- scientious and useful lives, were kind to the wayfarer, and never charged for food or shel- ter beneath their roof. Joshua Bullman died March 14, 1888; his wife March 11, 1877. Their children were Hetty Maria, Thaddeus (deceas- ed), Theodore F., Mortimer C., Clementine D. and Theresa B. Theodore, the immediate sub- ject of this sketch, was reared on the farm, born in a log cabin, where puncheon floors, mud. and stick chimneys were the main fea- tures of the pioneer's cabin; he naturally saw the country in its wild and primitive state, and experienced many of the hardships of fron- tier life. The cabins and homes, few and far between, were sheltered by the woodland groves, while the boundless prairies had scarcely an inhabitant. He received his early education in the old log school house, later in the high school at Lacon. February 3, 1869, he married Sarah J. Miles, daughter of John and Sarah (Froman) 'Miles, pioneers of War- ren County, Ill. He resided on his farm in Marshall County six years, then moved to War- ren County in the spring of 1875, having pur- chased his wife's old home and birthplace. In his religious views he is liberal. During the Civil War he was a member of the Union League, and has always been a consistent Re- publican, and remembers with pride hearing Abraham Lincoln plead in the courts of Mar- shall County, when Judges Caton and Dickey presided at the bar of justice. He has filled the offices of School Director and Commissioner of Highways. His wife is a member of the Uni- versalist Church and graduated at Lombard College, Galesburg, Ill., 1863, and taught school several years in Marshall and Warren Counties. Mr. and Mrs. Bullman have had two children Joshua Jay, and a daughter, who died in in- fancy. The latter was born February 14, 1883, the former December 27, 1876, graduated at Lombard College in 1898, and on March 28, 1901, married to Mary S. Adcock (a graduate of Knox College, Galesburg, 1898), the only daughter of William Adcock of Kelly Township. They now operate the home farm. Their son, Theodore Adcock, was born January 20, 1902.
CALDER, JOHN; retired farmer and stock- raiser, Warren County, has a most interesting
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personal history. Born in Somersetshire, Eng- land, January 12, 1819, a son of William and Elizabeth (Lockyer) Calder, he obtained a meager education in private schools and, at fourteen years of age was apprenticed to learn the butcher's trade. After working for about seven years as a butcher in Bridgewater, he went to London, and, in April, 1840, shipped on board of a vessel to South Australia, whence he went to China where he remained several months, going thence to Bombay, India, and after spending six months there returned to England. Six months later he embarked for Van Dieman's Land, whence he went up the Persian Gulf enroute to India where he re- mained six months. Returning to England he stopped at various points in Uruguay and the Argentine Republic a little more than two years, then going to Brazil, whence, after about six months stay, he returned to England, ar- riving March, 1848. The same year he joined Sir James Ross's expedition to the Arctic re- gions in search of Sir John Franklin, shipping in the "Investigator," under command of Cap- tain Bird. After a memorable voyage which has taken its place in history, he returned to England in November, 1849. In January, 1850, the "Investigator," under command of Captain McClure, and the "Enterprise," under com- mand of Captain Collinson, set sail for the Arctic region and parted company after pass- ing the Straits of Magellan. Mr. Calder sailed on board of the "Investigator" as captain of the forecastle. The vessel passed the winter of 1850-51 on Princess Isles, in Prince of Wales Straits, Arctic Ocean, where the thermometer went down to sixty-six degrees below zero. In the spring of 1851 Captain McClure sailed his vessel around the southern extremity of Beh- ring Island, and began to force a passage to the northward but the "Investigator" was soon hedged in by icebergs, never to move again. In the summer of 1852 Commander McClure with Captain Calder and others of his crew crossed the ice to Melville Island, and there deposited some papers which were later in- strumental in giving a relief party a clew to their whereabouts. From the winter of 1851- 52 to the winter of 1852-53 McClure's supply of provisions ran low and all hands were re- stricted to short rations, and they were able to procure water only by melting snow. Dur- ing that winter the thermometer ranged from sixty to sixty-six degrees below zero. In the
spring of 1853, when McClure and his men had arranged to abandon the "Investigator," they were rescued by the "Resolute," Capt. Kellet, and the "Intrepid." Leaving the "In- vestigator," June 4, 1853, they embarked on the "Resolute," but had sailed only about fifty miles in Melville Sound when both vessels were caught in the ice. It was their home during the winter of 1853-54, and April 14, 1854, they abandoned the vessels and walked down along Beachey Island to a point where they found the North Star awaiting them. They arrived in England after an absence of four years, nine months and fifteen days, having made one of the most remarkable voyages recorded in the history of exploration, and having left in the Arctic ice three sailing vessels and two steam- ships. With fifty-nine others, Captain Calder participated in the distribution of five thousand pounds sterling which was voted by the Britisht parliament in recognition of their bravery and the hardships which they had endured, and, in addition, he was personally presented with two medals for meritorious service. In 1855 he came to America and, until 1863, was en- gaged in the butcher and cattle business at Chicago. Then, because of failing health, he sought the country and bought a farm in Sec- tion 8, in Kelly Township, where he has since given his attention successfully to farming and stock-raising. He has gradually increased his holdings until he owns six hundred and forty acres and his operations in live-stock have been quite extensive. He is a member of the Church of England and of the Republi- can party. February 20, 1855, he was married in England to Fannie Eliza Cattle, who was born in Somerset, June 22, 1829, a daughter of William and Esther (Tilley) Cattle both of whom lived out their days in England. Mrs. Calder has borne her husband children as fol- lows: John, October 9, 1858; Katie May 6, 1864; Elizabeth E., July 4, 1866; Frederick, January 28, 1870; and three others who died young. Katie died at the age of twenty-six years. Elizabeth E. married J. B. Porter, a popular hardware merchant at Alexis.
DUNN, JAMES WILLIAM; farmer and stockraiser; Kelly Township (postoffice ad- dress North Henderson); is one of the suc- cessful and prosperous men of his vicinity, a helpful member of the Adventist Church and locally influential as a Republican. He was
Fred U. Glass
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born on the farm where he now resides July 21, 1847, and was educated in the common schools near his boyhood home. Richardson Dunn, his grandfather, a son of Rev. James Dunn, was a native of Scotland. James Dunn, his father, was born at Baltimore, Md., in 1810, and died in Warren County, Ill., in 1876. His great-grandfather in the maternal line, Jona- than Paddock, married Keziah Smith. Their son Col. Joseph Paddock, who was born in In- diana August 15, 1779, died January 25, 1865. He married Mary Gilliand, born in Indiana, May 9, 1781, and died June 10, 1847. Their daughter, Ledocia Paddock, who was born at Georgetown, Ind., in 1812, and died February 13, 1889, became the wife of James Dunn and the mother of James William Dunn. Colonel Paddock commanded a regiment in the War of 1812, and was a man of ability who was long Justice of the Peace and filled other im- portant offices and trusts. He was a civil en- gineer and helped to survey Warren County, and made many surveys in Iowa. James Dunn was a member of the Adventist Church and his wife was identified with the Christian Church. Emigrating to Indiana, he married there and farmed and operated a carding machine until 1836, when he bought a farm in Kelly Town- ship, Warren County, on which he lived out his days. James William Dunn was reared to the work of the farm and soon after he was twenty-one years old bought forty acres of land in Section 11 in Kelly Township. He prospered so well that he is now the owner of 460 acres, is an extensive general farmer and raises many cattle, horses and hogs. He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Alexis and of the Chapter at Rio, and, for many years, has filled the office of School Director. July 4, 1869, in Mercer County, Ill., he married Eliza- beth M. Nelson, who was born in Madison County, Ind., October 20, 1849, a daughter of William A. and Mary (Hagey) Nelson, who had removed to Indiana from Ohio and who came from Indiana to Wataga, Knox County, whence they removed to Mercer County, where they farmed until Mr. Nelson went to Madison County, Iowa, and bought a farm there, on which he is yet living. Mrs. Nelson died April 27, 1888. James William and Elizabeth M. (Nelson) Dunn have three sons named Frank, Sherman and Benjamin, and they had a daugh- ter named Lura D., who was born in July, * 1870, and died April 1, 1893. Their son Frank
Dunn, who was born June 22, 1878, graduated from the Galesburg Business College in 1899, and is now filling the office of clerk of Kelly Township.
GLASS, FRED U., farmer and stock-raiser, Kelly Township, Warren County, Ill. ( postoffice address, Soperville, Knox County), is a des- cendant of Captain Calvin Glass of historic memory, who was born in Vermont and who married Lura Cone. Seymour Glass, son of Calvin and Lura (Cone) Glass, and father of Fred U. Glass, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, May 4, 1828, and married Isabel Black, who was born in Indiana, February 27, 1827, and died February 26, 1899. Miss Black was a daughter of Samuel and Phoebe (Paddock) Black, the former a native of Tennessee, the latter of Indiana. In 1830, when Seymour Glass was about two years old, Calvin Glass brought his family to Henderson, Knox County, Ill. Indian depredations were frequent and the Black Hawk War followed soon afterward. Mr. Glass and his family found safety in a fort three miles northwest of the present site of Galesburg, for that flourishing city had not yet been laid out, and it was Captain Glass who owned the property about Henderson and plat- ted that town. He was a carpenter and mill- wright, and, in 1833, helped to build the first mill in Knox County, of which he was the first operator, and in running which he was as- sisted by Seymour Glass and his brother, then mere lads. The bolts of this mill were operated by hand power, and it was in every sense a primitive affair, but it filled a want of the time and locality, and was patronized by the settlers round about, and by a good many from near-by points in Iowa, who crossed the river with their grain and grist. Captain Glass owned land on the county line, located part in Knox County and part in Warren, and passed his declining years in Kelly Township. He saw service as a soldier in the War of 1812 and was Captain of a militia company that trained at Henderson. He died at his home in Section 12, Kelly Town- ship, March, 1878.
Seymour Glass and Isabel Black were mar- ried at Knoxville, Knox County, September, 1850, and Mr. Glass began farming on Section 12. He filled the offices of Township Assessor and School Director and was elected a Justice of the Peace, but refused to serve in that ca- pacity. His bodily and intellectual vigor have
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been preserved in a remarkable degree. His wife bore him the following named children, all of whom are living: Marshall H., Lura M., Phoebe, Charles F., Fred U., Cora May and Roy T. Fred U., who was born January 23, 1865, gives his entire attention to farming and stock-raising, and has become known as an extensive feeder of cattle and hogs. In poli- tics he is an active Republican and as such he was elected Collector of Taxes for the town- ship of Kelly, and, in 1894, to the responsible office of Sheriff of Warren County, in which he served with much ability for four years, enjoy- ing the distinction of being at the time the youngest Sheriff in Illinois. He was married in Cold Brook Township, in January, 1893, to Miss Jessamine Terpening, who was born there March 11, 1869, a daughter of Smith and Isa- bel (Armstrong) Terpening. John P. Terpen- ing, Mrs. Glass's grandfather, came from near Watertown, New York, to Kelly Township, in 1835, and died there in 1892. Smith Terpening died in 1887; his widow is still living. To Mr. and Mrs. Glass have been born two sons, named Glenn Lawrence and Loren Kyle Glass.
JACKSON, WILLIAM ATHEL; farmer and stock-raiser; North Henderson, Kelly Town- ship; is a man of much force of character and excellent natural ability, who, by reading, travel and observation, has acquired compre- hensive information which entitles him to rank among the well posted citizens of his county. He is of Kentucky and Virginia ancestry and was born in Knox County, Ill., November 1, 1846, and acquired the nucleus of his educa- tion in the common schools near his boyhood home. His grandparents in the paternal line were Ebenezer and Amanda (Chambers) Jack- son, who were married near Georgetown, Ky., the former born August 22, 1786, and died July 12, 1825; his wife, born October 12, 1788, and died October 25, 1859. Their son Harrison Jackson, father the subject of this sketch, was born in Wayne County, Ind., Sep- tember 27, 1820, and died in Kelly Township, May 21, 1899. He married Rosena Jane (Hol- comb) Norman, who was born at Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, February 8, 1821, and died in Kelly Township November 25, 1894. Stephen Holcomb, Mr. Jackson's great grandfather in the maternal line, was born in Greenbrier County, Va. (now W. Va.), as was also his wife Susannah. Their son, Zephaniah Holcomb,
who was born in Ohio, married Mary Collins, a native of Virginia, and they were the par- ents of Mr. Jackson's mother. Coming in childhood with her parents to Illinois, she married John Norman, who died a few months after their wedding. She had a daughter, Mary Ann, born July 19, 1833, who died November 5. 1854. After the death of her first husband, she went with her father-in-law to Indiana where she met and married Harrison Jackson. In 1841-42 Mr. and Mrs. Jackson lived in a rent- ed one-room house near Crawfordsville, Ind., where they farmed under primitive conditions on rented land. They left Indiana in 1843, making a fifteen days journey to Van Buren County, Iowa, whence they came to Illinois. After staying for a time at the house of C. Miller, in Warren County, they went to Rio Township, Knox County, where they remained two years, when they returned to Warren County. Their golden wedding was celebrated October 29, 1890, about two hundred guests bringing them numerous valuable presents. They were old school Baptists and in politics Mr. Jackson was a stanch Democrat. His father, Ebenezer Jackson, saw service in the War of 1812 in guarding the New York frontier against the English and Indians, and, in 1823, he took up 160 acres of land in Montgomery County, Ind., on which he built a log house. He was a devout member of the Baptist church and was a man of influence in his community. His wife bore him eight children. William A. Jackson began life for himself at the age of eighteen years. In 1882 he bought forty acres of land in Section 2, Kelly Township, finally increasing his holding to 175 acres. He now gives his attention principally to general farming but formerly shipped a good deal of stock. As a Democrat he is influential in local political affairs, has filled the office of School Director seventeen years and that of School Treasurer six years, and was elected Assessor in 1872. He is one of the charter members of Alexandria Lodge, No. 702, A. F. and A. M., of Alexis, and of Horeb Chapter, No 4, of Rio, Knox County. As a farmer and a citizen he is progressive and up-to-date. He has made many improvements on his place and in 1875 he built his present house and barns. Mr. Jackson mar- ried, in Kelly Township, March 3, 1868, Miss Charity E. Aldrich, who was born in Clay County, Mo., October 3, 1836, a daughter of John and Eveline (Ewing) Aldrich. Mr. Al-
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drich was a native of Maryland, who emigrated to Indiana, whence after his marriage he went to Missouri. Later he settled in Vermillion County, Ill., where he died in 1895; his wife died near Portland, Oregon, in 1861. Mrs. Jackson has borne her husband daughters named Nora Mag and Nettie Aldora. The latter married Ivan Hall and lives in Mercer County.
JOHNSON, MAJ. CHARLES E., retired, vice-president of the First National Bank of Alexis, residing in Kelly Township, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., June 28, 1835, a son of John and Betsy Johnson. Both his parents died during his boyhood, and he was left to begin the battle of life for himself at an early age. In 1849, at the age of fourteen years, he left his home and went to New York City, where he secured employment as a clerk and bookkeeper. Two years later he removed to Albany, N. Y., where, for a similar period, he was engaged as clerk and bookkeeper in the office of a river transportation company. In 1854 he decided to endeavor to better his for- tunes in the West. Removing in that year to Galesburg, Ill., he went to work on a farm, and was thus employed until the outbreak of the Rebellion. As soon as he became convinced that the Union needed his services, he enlist- ed as a private, October 8, 1861, in Company C, Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, with which he continued in active service for three years and four months or until the closing days of the great struggle. In December, 1861, he was promoted to a first-lieutenancy; in April, 1862, to the captaincy of his company, and in the spring of 1863 was commissioned major of his regiment, in which office he served until mustered out. Major Johnson saw a great deal of hard fighting during the campaigns in Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama, partici- pating in the engagements at Shiloh and Cor- inth, as well as in many other battles not quite so noted in history. At the close of the war Major Johnson returned to his home and re- engaged in farming until 1867, when he re- moved to Alexis and engaged in the lumber and furniture business. Subsequently, for about five years he traveled extensively through the west for a Chicago lumber house. He then returned to Alexis and in 1888 President Harri- son commissioned him postmaster at Alexis, which office he administered for four years. Upon the organization of the Farmers' Bank
of Alexis, he became its bookkeeper, and was also one of the original stockholders. When that institution was merged into the First Na- tional Bank he became assistant cashier, occu- pying that position four years, and since re- linquishing that position has served as Vice- President and Director. With the exception of six years spent in traveling through the West and Northwest for a Minnesota lumber concern, Major Johnson has resided in Alexis or Kelly Township. In 1901 he removed to his farm of 160 acres about two and a half miles east of the village. During his residence in town he took an active interest in all matters pertain- ing to the material welfare of the community. He was the leading spirit in the organization March 6, 1890, of Talbot Post, No. 694, G. A. R., of which he served as Commander the first four years, and of which he has since been Quartermaster. He is also identified with the I. O. O. F. In Kelly Township he served as Supervisor for one term and as Assessor and Collector for several years. For seven consec- utive terms he was elected president of the Alexis village board, a record equalled by no other incumbent of that office. While at the head of the village government he inaugurated the present excellent system of waterworks in Alexis, a plant probably unsurpassed in any Illinois town of like proportions. The first well was driven in 1895, but the depth was subse- quently increased to 1,202 feet, the water now flowing from beneath the stratum of St. Peter's sandstone. He was likewise chiefly instrument- al in the organization of the electric light com- pany of Alexis and the establishment of its plant. Major Johnson was reared in the faith of the Democratic party, and cast his first pres- idential vote for Buchanan. Since the out- break of the Civil War, however, he has been a Republican, and is a stanch advocate of its principles. He was married March 1, 1865, to Louisa J. McGlothlan, of Kelly Township. They are the parents of one son, Edward D. Johnson, who is operating the home farm. It is but just to add to this brief record that no resident of the northern section of Warren County has exhibited a more commendable public spirit than the subject of this sketch. Through his individual efforts numerous im- provements of a public nature have been made in Alexis, all of which have contributed toward making it a most desirable place of residence. He will take rank in the history of the county
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