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2, 1856, Miss Nancy A. Barr, daughter of John and Mary (Stephenson) Barr. Her parents were natives of Washington County, Penn., who located early in Ohio, where her father died, her mother surviving until June, 1855, when she died in Sumner Township. Mrs. Brownlee has borne her husband eleven children, named as follows: Edwin C., Orville C., Elmer C., John W., Fred H., Willis B., Maud, Robert L., War- ren, Gertrude and Catharine. Edwin C., Elmer C. and Maud live at Omaha, Neb .; Willis B. at Sacramento, California; Orville C. at Chey- enne, Wyoming; Fred H. at Ogden, Utah; and Warren is obtaining a collegiate education. The remaining members of the family are na- tives of Sumner Township.
CLARK, JOHN, farmer and stock-raiser, Lit- tle York, a well known citizen and prosperous agriculturist, was born in Ulster County, N. Y., December 10, 1846, a son of Patrick and Mar- garet (Jones) Clark, the former a native of Ire- land, the latter of New York. Patrick Clark came with his family to Illinois in 1856 and settled on Section 7, Sumner Township, where he owned between three and four hundred acres of land. He acquired also a large farm in Hen- derson County, on which he died in March, 1866. His wife died when their son John was yet in childhood. They had six sons named as follows: James, John, Thomas, Francis, Ed- ward and David. Thomas lives in Sumner Township, Francis in Mercer County, David in Colorado, and Edward is dead. James and John own seven hundred and seventy acres of good land in Sumner Township, all well improved and provided with good buildings and all ap- pliances necessary to success in farming and stock-raising. James, who was born in Ulster County, N. Y., in 1850, was married in Sumner Township in 1873 to Martha Isabel Patterson, who was born at Little York, October 14, 1855, a daughter of John and Jane (Clement) Pat- terson. Mr. Patterson, who was a native of Pennsylvania, settled early at Little York, where he became well known as a hotel-keeper and farmer. He removed tnence to Aledo, where he died. His wife died when Mrs. Clark was an infant. James and Martha Isabel (Pat- terson) Clark have a son named John Lewis Clark. The Clark brothers are widely known as cattle raisers, and are men of influence in the affairs of their township, where John has filled the office of Road Commissioner. Thomas
and Francis Clark were soldiers in the civil war and the latter was wounded at Fort Donelson.
GABBY, JOHN C .; farmer and stock-raiser; Little York, Sumner Township, is of that vir- ile and progressive Scotch stock which has left its impress upon civilization and education gen- erally throughout the country. His great- grandfather came from the "land of the this- tle" to Maryland at an early date, locating in Washington County. Later he removed to Penn- sylvania, and his son, Archibald Gabby, was born and passed his life on a farm near Cham- bersburg. Archibald Gabby married Agnes Brownlee, a native of Scotland, and their son, Archibald C. Gabby, was born near Chambers- burg, Penn. The latter married Jane Giles, a native of Preble County, Ohio, whose grand- father, James Giles, was born in South Caro- lina. John C. Gabby, the immediate subject of this sketch, was born in Sumner Township, April 21, 1857, where his father, who was born November 3, 1816, died February 8, 1864, and where his mother passed away in 1875. Archi- bald C. Gabby settled in Sangamon County, Ill., in 1837 or 1838, and improved a farm there, which he eventually sold, removing to Sum- ner Township, Warren County, where he be- came the owner of two hundred and forty acres of land in Section 10. Mr. Gabby was only seven years old when his father died, and his mother having died when he was eighteen, he was obliged at an early age to assume all the re- sponsibilities of life. He has one brother and one sister. The former, James Gabby, is Post- master at Little York, and the latter, Mrs. Amanda McConnell, lives near Dubuque, Iowa. He bought the interest of the other heirs in his father's estate, and is now the owner of two hundred and fifty acres of land, well improved and well equipped for successful farming and stock-raising, and he deals extensively in cat- tle and hogs. In politics he is a Republican, . and he has served his fellow-citizens long as school director, and is now filling the office of Supervisor of his township. He was married March 17, 1881, to Miss Mary Moore, of Sum- ner Township, who was born November 17, 1859, a daughter of John G. and Nancy J. ( Donnell) Moore. Mrs. Gabby's father was born in Ohio, her mother in Westmoreland County, Penn., They came early in life to Sumner Township, where they were married February 3, 1858. Mr. Moore, who was long a farmer, is now in the
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live-stock commission business in Chicago. Mrs. Moore, who was born April 16, 1837, died in that city, February 24, 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Gabby, who have children named Louis G. and Maud S., are members of the United Presbyter- ian church.
GRAHAM, ALERI ROGERS, physician and surgeon, Little York, is a son of John Ryan and Mary T. (Rogers) Graham. John Ryan Gra- ham was born at Yellow Springs, Greene Coun- ty, Ohio, January 31, 1817; Mary T. Rogers was born in Missouri, October 8, 1823. Mr. Graham came, a young man, to Hale Township, in 1836, and worked by the month for a farmer until his marriage. After that he gave most of his time to farming, but did considerable work as a cooper. He acquired a fine farm of 240 acres and is now living in well-earned retirement. During his active life he was prominent in township affairs, and served his fellow-citizens as Supervisor and in other important local of- fices. Dr. A. R. Graham was born in Hale Town- ship, August 24, 1854, and, after graduating from Monmouth Academy, farmed until he was twenty-five years old, studying medicine in the meantime under a competent preceptor. Be- tween 1879 and 1881 he pursued a medical course at the Rush Medical College at Chicago, from which he was duly graduated, February 22, 1881. He entered upon his profession at Cameron, Warren County, and, after two years of successful practice there, located at Little York, where he has risen to prominence, not only in his profession, but as a citizen, having been four times elected to the office of Village Trustee and served as a School Director and Health Officer. Politically he is a Democrat. He is a member of the United Presbyterian church and affiliated with Little York Lodge, No. 927, of the Modern Woodmen of America. Dr. Graham was married February 14, 1880, to Miss Emma Alecock, who has borne him two children named: John Frederick and Nellie May. Mrs. Graham was born at Euston, Suffolk, England, January 2, 1861, a daughter of George and Maria (Tuddham) Alecock. The family came to the United States in 1875 and settled in Sumner Township, where Mr. Ale- cock, who, in England, had been a carpenter and cabinet maker, became a farmer. Later Mr. and Mrs. Alecock removed to York County, Neb., where Mr. Alecock farmed until he died at the age of seventy-five years. Mrs. Alecock,
who was born in 1823, died in the fifty-first year of her age.
JEWELL, MERETT S., physician and sur- geon, Little York, Sumner Township; descended from two old families of the State of New York, was born at Monmouth, Ill., October 14, 1873. His parents were Charles and Anna (Townson) Jewell. Charles Jewell, who was born in Len- ox Township, Warren County, Ill., was a son of Jacob' and Julia (Brooks) Jewell. Anna Townson was a daughter af Aaron and Frances (Schofield) Townson. Jacob Jewell, Doctor Jewell's grandfather in the paternal line, came west in 1834, and settled in Berwick, where he prospered as a farmer, and whence he removed, late in life, to Monmouth, where he died. Charles Jewell was reared to the life of a farmer and acquired a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in his native township of Len- ox, where he died at the age of thirty-six years. His widow is living at Monmouth. Doctor Jewell obtained his English and classical edu- cation at Burlington Institute, Burlington, Iowa, and, after reading medicine, took the pre- scribed course in medicine at the Louisville Medical College, Louisville, Ky. After taking a post-graduate course at Bellevue Hospital Med- ical College, N. Y., he was for some time en- gaged in hospital work in that city. He began his career as a family physician at Olena, Hen- derson County, in 1898, remaining there about a year and a haif. After that (1900) he lo- cated at Little York, where he entered upon a very successful practice and where he is now (1902) performing the duties of village health officer. He was married October 10, 1900, at Burlington, Iowa, to Miss Minnie Blake, who was born at Iowa City, February 8, 1876, a daughter of Melville and Nancy (Graham) Blake. Mrs. Jewell's father, who is a lawyer and a member of the firm of Blake & Blake, of Burlington, is a son of Henry Blake, a Scotch- man, who settled at Morning Sun, lowa, and be- came a prosperous farmer there. Doctor Jewell is an accomplished, up-to-date physician and surgeon, who keeps abreast of the times and is regarded as one of the most progressive medi- cal men in his part of the State.
MALEY, WASHINGTON, farmer and stock- raiser, Little York, Sumner Township, Warren County, Ill., is of Irish and Virginian ancestry and from forefathers in both lines of descent
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has inherited those characteristics which make for creditable success in life. Fletcher Maley, his grandfather in the paternal line, was born in Ireland, and Thomas Maley, his father, was born in Pennsylvania in 1783, and died May 19, 1860. His grandfather in the maternal line was Benjamin Star, and Elizabeth Star, who be- came his mother, was born in Harrison County, Va., March, 1793, and died in 1860. Thomas Maley came to Illinois in September, 1834, and bought 178 acres of land in Section 30, Sumner Township, where he lived out his days. On that farm the subject of this sketch was born February 2, 1835, when there were in Little York but two or three houses. He has lived his entire life thus far in Sumner Township, where he has become prominent not only as a farmer and stockman, but in public affairs. In politics he is a Republican, and he has filled the office of School Director, the only one which he would accept, in which he has had much to do with advancing the status of the schools in his town- ship. Mr. Maley married Mary Ann Fisher, January 19, 1860. Mrs. Maley is a native of Mercer County, Ill., and was born October 16, 1836, a daughter of John and Rachel (Sibart) Fisher. Her father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother in Virginia, and they were mar- ried in Indiana, and in 1834 located in Mercer County, where Mr. Fisher bought land and be- came a prominent and successful farmer, and where they both died. Washington and Mary Ann (Fisher) Maley have three sons, John Thomas, Charles Elmer and Willard F. Maley. The latter married Minnie Dentor and lives in Henderson County, Ill. John T. and Charles E. are members of their parents' household. Mr. Maley owns 354 acres of good land, which is well improved and provided with ample buildings and all facilities for its successful cul- tivation. He has long given special attention to stock-raising and is, all in all, one of the prominent and successful men of his township.
MATSON, W. H .; farmer and stock-raiser; Little York, Sumner Township, Warren County, Ill .; is descended from two old and honored American families. George Matson, his grand- father, married Jane Barr, May 16, 1822. She died, and August 11, 1835, he married Dorcas Gabriel. George Matson's son, William St. Clair Matson, was born in Guernsey County, N. J., August 31, 1823, and died March 17, 1894. He married Myra L. Chandler, who was born
August 10, 1824, and died January 24, 1889. Miss Chandler was a daughter of Seth and Fan- nie Chandler, who were married February, 1806, and her marriage to Mr. Matson was celebrated May 13, 1847, in Muskingum County, Ohio, where W. H. Matson was born June 3, 1863. W. St. Clair Matson was a merchant tailor dur- ing a portion of the period of his residence in Ohio, though, from time to time, he devoted himself to speculation in different lines. He frequently bought car-loads of horses and took them East and sold them, buying with the pro- ceeds stocks of merchant tailor's materials of wholesale dealers in Baltimore and New York. After a time he turned his attention to farming, but sold his farm in 1865 to remove to Sunbeam, Mercer County, Ill., where he lived until 1866, when he bought a farm in Sumner Township, which he managed successfully until about two years before his death, when he sold it in or- der to retire from active life. W. H. Matson re- mained with his father until he was about twenty-three years old, when he took up farm- ing for himself. He owns two hundred acres in Section 20, Sumner Township, and is an ex- tensive raiser of blooded cattle, giving special attention to Aberdeens and Polled Anguses. September 20, 1887, Mr. Matson was married at Monmouth to Adell J. McIntire, who was born in Mercer County, Ill., August 25, 1864, a daughter of Moses and Matilda ( Watts) McIn- tire. Moses McIntire, a native of Ireland, came to New York City about 1850 and for a time was employed there in a lead factory. Then, remov- ing to Warren County, Ill., he bought a farm which he eventually sold to go to Mercer Coun- ty, where he is an extensive farmer and stock- man. Mrs. McIntire was born in Mifflin Coun- ty, Penn., January 11, 1842. Mrs. Matson's grandfather in the paternal line was James Mc- Intire, a millwright. Her grandmother's name was Sarah. His family is an old one in Ire- land, and one of its representatives is the owner of a silk dress that is more than three hundred years old. W. H. and Adell J. (McIntire) Matson have children as follows: Ethel B., born December 24, 1889; Gladys Ruth, born Dec- ember 22, 1891; Opal Valita, born June 29, 1894; Nira Grace, born August 21, 1897. Mr. Matson is a Democrat, and he and members of his fam- ily are communicants of the United Presbyter- ian church.
McBRIDE, HUGH WILSON, farmer and
N.v. McBride
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stock dealer, Little York, Sumner Township, Warren County, Ill., is of Irish blood, his grand- father and father in the paternal line having both been born in Ireland. The former, Wil- liam McBride, married Margery McNeal. Their son, Alexander McBride, came to the United States in 1837 and located in Ohio, where he married Sarah J. Wilson, a native of Westmore- land County, Penn., and a daughter of Hugh and Mary (Nichol) Wilson, who were born in the same county. He farmed in Ohio until the beginning of the Civil War, during the entire period of which he did gallant service as a soldier for the preservation of the Union. After the war he returned to Ohio, but in a few years sold out his interests there and removed to Norwood, Mercer County, ill., where he bought a farm on which he lived until 1899, when he retired from active life, removing to Monmouth, where he died May 9, 1902. The son, Hugh Wilson Mc- Bride, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, September 27, 1857, and was educated in the common schools. When he attained his major- ity he engaged in farming on his own account, and he is now the owner of about eighty acres of fine land, and is well known as a breeder of fancy cattle. As a farmer he gives his attention to general crops, and his shipments of cattle are quite extensive. As a Republican he wields considerable influence in local politics, has been a school director seventeen years and, for the past six years, has served ably in the office of Highway Commissioner. He was married December 15, 1879, at Monmouth, to Teresa Brownlee, who was born in Sumner Township, April, 1854, a daughter of French and Joanna Brownlee, who came to Sumner Township at an early day from Washington County, Penn., locating on a farm in Section 16, which Mr. Brownlee operated until the beginning of the Civil War, when he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infan-
try, with which he served as First Sergeant un- . where been a factor in our national progress
til his death in the service. His widow is liv- ing in Little York. Mrs. McBride bore her hus- band a daughter whom they named Mabel L., and who died at the age of fifteen years. Mr. and Mrs. McBride are active and helpful mem- bers of the United Presbyterian church.
NICOL, WILLIAM J .; farmer and stock- raiser; Little York; is a man of sterling char- after who has made a notable success as a far-
mer and who is the owner of 410 acres of as good land as is to be found in his vicinity. He is a grandson of John Nicol and a son of James Nicol. The latter married Susan Giles, a na- tive of Preble County, Ohio, and a daughter of John Giles. Their son, the immediate subject of this sketch, was born at Rock Island, Ill., September 18, 1847, and received his education in district schools. His father moved early from Preble County, Ohio, to Rock Island, Ill., and, after farming there for some time disposed of his property and came to Sumner Township, Warren County, in 1858, and bought a farm in Section 18, which he operated with consider- able success until his death, which occurred March 4, 1861. His wife died in 1869. They had three sons, one of whom, Drenan Nicol. was drowned in the Mississippi River; another, David Nicol, was a
member of Company B, Eighty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served in the civil war under Captain Turnbull, with whom and others he was surprised by guerrillas and killed. The remaining son, William J., has prospered as a farmer, and his property two miles northwest of Little York, is one of the best in the town- ship. He was married February, 1882, at Oquawka, Ill., to Sarah Ann McCracken, who was born in Warren County, January 21, 1859, a daughter of Frederick and Mary Jane (Os- born) McCracken. The McCrackens came to Illinois from Indiana, and the Osborns were from Georgia. Mrs. Osborn remembers living in a blockhouse about 1832, when she saw a man named Martin shot by Indians. William J. and Sarah Ann (McCracken) Nicol are mem- bers of the United Presbyterian church. They have two sons, William Ira and George Leonard Nicol.
PAINE, JOHN EDWARD; farmer and stock- raiser; Eleanor, Sumner Township; comes of such sturdy New England lineage as has every-
and prosperity and in the intellectual and spir- itual development of our people. In successive generations patriotism has been a predominat- ing trait in the family character. General Ed- ward Paine, Mr. Paine's grandfather, fought gallantly for American independence in the Rev- olutionary War. Charles H. Paine, Mr. Paine's father, did soldier's duty under the stars and stripes in the war of 1812, and Mr. Paine him- self served three years as a soldier in the Union
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army in the war of 1861-65. July 26, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, served for a long time in the occupation of Fort Donelson and was mustered out of the service in June, 1865. Charles H. Paine, who was born in the State of New York, married Parthenia Mason, a sister of the mother of Mrs. James A. Garfield. Miss Mason, who was born in Connecticut, was a daughter of Elijah and Lucretia (Green) Ma- son. Painesville, Ohio, received its name in honor of a member of Mr. Paine's family, and there he was born October 2, 1834. Two years later Charles H. Paine, his father, moved with his family from Painesville, Ohio, to Warren County, Ill., and the farm on which they set- tled, in Sumner Township, has been Mr. Paine's home ever since. May 17, 1860, Mr. Paine was married in Hale Township, Warren County, Ill., to Miss Ann E. Turnbull, who died April 13, 1896, after having borne her husband children as follows: Olive P., John M., Mary E., Wil- liam T., Nancy M., Charles H., David (who is dead), Anna Belle, Frederick C. and Frank M. Mr. Paine is a Republican in politics, and he and members of his family are communicants of the United Presbyterian church of Hender- son.
REYNOLDS, JAMES BLACKBURN; farmer and stock-raiser; Little York, Sumner Town- ship; is of Scotch-Irish ancestry and comes of families long well known in North Carolina, where members of them have been prosperous farmers and business men and patriotic citi- zens. He was born at Sugartree Grove, War- ren County, February 18, 1838, and was edu- cated at Monmouth College. His parents were Thomas and Eleanor B. (McClahan) Reynolds, natives of Iredell County, North Carolina. His father was born October 15, 1782, and died June 12, 1869, and his mother, born March 10, 1803, died August 5, 1881. His grandfather in the paternal line was Hugh Reynolds. Thomas Reynolds came to Illinois with his brother John in 1836. His first land purchase was in Henderson County; thence he removed to War- ren County and bought a farm in Section 24, Sumner Township. He was a man of high character and of much influence in local af- fairs. James Blackburn Reynolds began farm- ing for himself as soon as he had completed his education, and he has prospered so well that he is now the owner of one of the finest 180-acre
farms in Warren County. He has long been identified with the United Presbyterian Church, in which he has held the offices of clerk and trustee. A Prohibitionist in politics as well as in principle and in practice, he is active in township affairs and has been elected school director and to other public offices. February 18, 1868, Mr. Reynolds was married in Sumner township to Miss Araminta McCrery, who was born there June 25, 1849, a daughter of John C. and Jane (Fosts) McCrery, natives ,of South Carolina. John C. McCrery, who for a time was Justice of the Peace, was born September 26, 1808, and died May 3, 1855; his wife was born September 9, 1809, and died September 17, 1896. David McCrery, father of John C. McCrery, brought his family to Illinois in 1835 and settled on Section 14 in Sumner Township, where he lived out his days. He was born June 17, 1777, and died February 8, 1862. James Blackburn and Araminta (McCrery) Reynolds have had six children as follows: Mabel, born January 22, 1869; Maud E., born January 1, 1874, died March 27, following; Jennie F., born May 30, 1875, died February 18, 1876; an infant, who died May 8, 1879; Pearl E. Grace, born January 11, 1881, died Septem- ber 21, 1882; Bertha A., born June 19, 1885. Mabel married John F. McCrery, June 1, 1887, and lives near Greeley, Colo.
THOMSON, STEPHEN L .; Banker; Little York, Sumner Township, is a good represen- tative of that small but conspicuous class of Canadians who have won distinguished success in "the States." Of Irish descent, he was born near London, Canada, June 24, 1858, a son of William A. and Martha (Lynn) Thomson. Will- iam A. and Martha (Lynn) Thomson. William A. Thomson was born at Belfast, Ireland, in 1820, and died in 1898; Martha Lynn was born at Belfast, Ireland, in 1825, and died in 1899. The parents of William A. Thomson were An- drew and Annie (Hemming) Thomson, and they were born in Ireland of Scotch-Irish par- ents. Miss Lynn was a daughter of William and Agnes (Lamont) Lynn, the former of Scotch-Irish, and the latter, of Scotch parent- age. William A. Thomson came to America in 1834 and lived near London, Canada, until 1870, when he removed to Missouri, where he was a farmer until his retirement from active life. He and his good wife both died at Tarkio, in that State. Stephen L. Thomson gained a pri-
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mary education in schools in Canada and was graduated from the high school at Rockport, Mo. After leaving school he farmed until he was twenty-four years old. In 1883 he enter- ed the banking business at Tarkio, where he remained until 1890, since which time he has been a banker at Little York. Since coming to Illinois he has taken a responsible position as a citizen and, as a Republican, is influential in local politics. He is a member of the Pres- byterian church. Mrs. Thomson was Miss Lill- ian Hanna and they were married in Sumner Township, September 26, 1895. She was born there December 12, 1862, a daughter of O. L. and Sarah (Curtis) Hanna.
WILEY, REUBEN W .; farmer and stock- raiser; Little York, Sumner Township; is a pro- gressive, well-to-do citizen who is honored not alone for his upright character and just busi- ness methods, but for the innate patriotism which at the time of our Civil war impelled him to risk his life in defence of the Union. In the paternal line of descent Mr. Wiley comes of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His grandfather was of mixed Scotch and Irish blood and Ellen Wiley, his grandmother, was born of Irish par- ents. Thomas Wiley, his father, was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., March 23, 1810, and died in 1887. His grandfather Wyckoff, in the maternal line, was of Dutch blood, and was a member of an old and honored New York family. Ephana Wyckoff, who mar- ried Thomas Wiley, and was the mother of the subject of this sketch, was born in Shelby County, Ohio, in 1809, and died in 1867. Reuben W. Wiley, born in Shelby County, Ohio, December 28, 1837, came with his father's fam- ily to Spring Grove Township, Warren County, Ill., in 1851. Thomas Wiley purchased a farm there which he eventually sold to remove to Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa, where he bought another farm which he managed successfully until his death. His wife died while the fam- ily yet lived in Warren County. Reuben W. Wiley was a member of his father's household until he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Second Regiment Illinois Volunteer In- fantry, Colonel McMurtry, with which he served about three years, participating in many hard- fought battles and in numerous smaller en- gagements, and receiving a Confederate bullet in his shoulder which he carries to this day. After the war he devoted himself to farming
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