History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois, Part 57

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : O. L. Baskin
Number of Pages: 758

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REV. THOMAS W. HYNES, farmer and preacher, Old Ripley, was born at Bardstown, Nelson Co., Ky., October 5, 1815; was the son of William R. and Barbara (Chenault) Hynes. William R. was born in Washing- ton County Md., January 27, 1771; was a merchant and farmer in Kentucky, and died at Bardstown, Ky, April 10, 1837. Barbara, his wife, was born in Essex County, Va., March 13, 1793, and died at Greenville, Ill., June 1. 1856. Subject's father was married twice; by his first wife he had seven children, and by his last he had twelve, of which our subject is one. He first attended his uncle, Stephen Chenault's, school, at Bardstown;

then for two or three years attended a Roman Catholic college, called St. Joseph's College, at the same place: then entered the Hanover College, Indiana, and lastly the Theological Seminary at Hanover, Ind. He taught math- ematics six or seven years in Hanover College; then became a Presbyterian minister. At Hanover, Ind., October 1, 1839, he married his first wife, Nancy J. Dunn, born at Han- over, Ind., November 22, 1820. He married Elizabeth Wafer, who was born in Bond County, Ill., March 30, 1825. She was the daughter of James and Sarah (Elder) Wafer, he born in York County, N. C., September 28, 1775; she, born in Livingston County, Ky., May 22. 1795. Subject had a family of eleven, five of whom are still living-William D., who is route agent for the Vandalia Rail- road, living at Indianopolis, Ind .; Samuel B. is General Agent for A., T. & S. F. Rail- road at Chicago, Ill .; Ella M., Charles H. and Walter B. Mr. Hynes was County Su- perintendent of Schools in Bond County for nearly twenty years. He is a Republican.

W. H. HARRIS, physician, Old Ripley. was born in Fillmore Township, Montgom- ery County, Ill., September 10, 1858. He was the son of Samnel and Emma (Allen) Harris, both natives of England, he a black- smith, born February 4, 1834, and died July 26, 1867, and she, born January 23, 1836, and died May 1, 1870. Our subject was one of a family of seven. He was educated in the common schools of Fillmore Township. and attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, and the American Medical College at St. Louis, Mo. In Mont- gomery County, III., April 14, 1882, he mar ried Katie E. Moody, who was born in Fill- moro Township February 16, 1859. She was the daughter of James S. and Eliza (Bliss) Moody, he a native of Indiana, and she a native of Vermont. Dr. Harris is a practic-

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ing physician at present, and is doing well, and his efforts to assist and lighten the suffer- ings of humanity are being appreciated more and more every day. He is a Republican.

AUGUST HUHN, farmer, P. O. Greenville, was born in Prussia March 18, 1823; a son of C. C. and Mary (Thasler) Huhn, both na- tives of Prussia, he, a coal miner, died in 1865; she, in 1836. Our subject was of a family of three boys and two girls, and was educated in the land of his birth. In 1859, in Lake County. Ind., he married Sophia Riabe, also a native of Prussia. They had seven children-Otila, Amanda, Mary, Selma, Emma, and two died in infancy. Subject's second wife, Anna Mary Anders, is a native of Austria. Mr. Huhn was a coal miner in Prussia for twelve years, and came to this country when he was thirty years old. He is now a farmer, and owns 160 acres of land; is a Lutheran, a Republican, holds the office of School Director, and has been Road Su- pervisor several terms.

LEMUEL B. LONG. farmer, P. O. Old Ripley. was born in Ripley Precinct July 22, 1833. He is the son of Peter and Betsey S. (Vincent) Long. He was born in Washing- ton County Ky., August 9, 1804; was a far- mer, and is still living. His wife was born in North Carolina July 31, 1807, and died September 3. 1839. Subject was of a family of seven, four boys and three girls. What little education he got was in the common schools of Ripley Precinct, and a short time at Greenville, where, on January 16, 1862, he married Sarah G. Smith, born in this county October 17, 1831. She was the daughter of Aaron and Mary (Laughlin) Smith. Aaron was born February 4, 1789, in Spartansburg District. N. C .; died October 12, 1851, and his wife was born in Pendleton District, S. C., January 26, 1796, and died April 12. 1859. Subject had a family of six-James

E., Paul W., Peter L., Mary C., Sarah E. and Lemuel S. Mr. Long was a printer, farmer and merchant; was Postmaster in Old Ripley for twelve years, and Justice of the Peace at Ripley Precinct for some time. He has been engaged merchandising in New Ber- lin, Ill., for sixteen years. His religion is that of a Bapist, his politics Republican, and is a member of the Masonic and A. O. U. W. orders.

E. J. MUNSON, physician, Old Ripley, was born in Licking County, Ohio, March 24. 1834. He is the son of Dr. George and Emily (Bliss) Munson, he born in Ohio in 1808; was a physician, she, born in January, 1815, is still living. They had twelve chil- dren, three boys and nine girls. Subject first attended school in Jeffersonville, Ind .; then about six years at New London, Iowa, where he studied medicine with his father. He was married three times, and each time in Bond County. First time, February 5, 1863, to Adeline M. Watson, daughter of Wilson Watson; second time to Jeannette Gunn, daughter of Seal Gunn, an old resident here. and third time to Martha E. West, daughter of Thomas West, another old settler. Sub- ject had four children die in infancy, and has a son living. Lorenzo F., eight years old. Dr. Munson served ten months in Company I, Fifty-seventh Illinois, under Capt. W. B. Guthrie. The Doctor is a Republican, and commenced his professional career as a phy. sician in New London under his father's su- pervision. The Doctor is a writer of consider- able ability; has written several able lectures, and has now manuscript ready for publication of several important lectures.

JOSEPH J. MUELLER, blacksmith, Old Ripley, was born in Wabasha County, Minn .. July 7, 1858. His father, Anton J. Mueller, was a saddler and harness-maker. He died February 17. 1868. His mother. Magdalena

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(Betschart) Mueller, is still living. They had two sons and one daughter. Subject attended school about four years at Greenville. Here, on February 23, 1882, he married Frances E. Hunter. who was born in Bond County April 28, 1857, and daughter of Wm. McLin and Nancy (Glenn) Hunter. Mr. Mueller is a blacksmith, and has run a shop at New Ber- lin for two years, with his custom increasing every day. He is a member of the Cumber- land Presbyterian Church, and a Democrat.

JOSEPH NEATHAMMER, farmer, P. O. Pocahontas, was born in Bond County April 20, 1854, son of John Neathammer (whose biography appears in this work) and Catha- rine (Daudermann) Neathammer, born in Ger- many, and died November, 1878. They had a family of four girls and one boy. Subject was educated at Mt. Vernon School, Bond County, and two years at Highland, after which he went on the farm. He married October 19, 1876, in Greenville, Isabella Zel- ler, born in Madison County December 20, 1857, and a daughter of Sebastian and Mar- garet Zeller. They have four children- Catharine M., Isabella O., Joseph A. and Rosa E. Subject held the office of Road Su- pervisor in 1850, is a Republican, a member of the I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W. societies, and owns 138 acres of fine land.

JOHN H. PAINE, farmer, P. O. Green- ville, was born in Ripley Township, Bond County, January 12. 1836, son of Elisha and Nancy A. (Fenton) Paine, he a farmer, born in North Carolina; died July, 1871; she died in 1577. Subject is one of a family of twelve, and was educated in this county, where, June 3. 1858, he married Elizabeth Bean, born in Tennessee in 1840, and daughter of William and Margaret Bean. Subject had eight chil- dren, two of whom died in their infancy. Those living are Mary, Margaret A., John H .. Lewis A., George and Albert. At the

time of the war, Mr. Paine joined Company B, Sixty-second Illinois Regiment, under Capt. Jourdon. He is a Baptist, a Democrat, has always been a farmer, has held the offices of School Director and Road Supervisor, and owns ninety acres of land.

JAMES WHITE was born in Rutherford County, N. C., in the year 1794, and emi- grated to Illinois in company with his father, Thomas White, and family, in the fall of 1816. They came by wagon, the only means of transportation at that time, James being the driver of a five-horse team, carrying the household goods of the family over a route, the greater portion of which traversed as hilly, mountainous and rugged a country as can be found in the United States east of the Mississippi River. They crossed the Blue Ridge and the Cumberland Mountains over roads that would now be called impassable. In going down the steep, rocky mountain sides, in addition to having both the hind wheels of the wagon locked, it was often necessary to cut down small trees and fasten them by the top end to the hind part of the wagon, in order to prevent its going too fast and be- coming unmanagable. The crossings of the mountain creeks and rivers were equally haz- ardous; but in the face of every obstacle they persevered until, being ferried over the Ohio River in a flat-boat pushed along with poles, they landed in Illinois, the land of beautiful prairies, which, to mountaineers, as they were, appeared surprisingly level. Continu- ing their northwestern course from where they crossed the Ohio, near Golconda, they came to a halt, and settled in Section 9, Town 5 north, Range 3 west, one and a half miles west of where Greenville now stands. The country was then a wilderness, without roads, bridges, mills, schools, churches, or any other appurtenances of civilization. The wild beasts usually found in this region, and the

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Indians who hunted them, roamed at will over the vast domain. The forests were rich with the stores of the wild bee, and the streams abounded with fish. The prairies were covered with a rank growth of grass, as tall as a man, and in many places much tall- er, while the timbered lands, in many local- ities, produced a luxuriant growth called by the settlers " wild pea-vine," which was equal- ly as tall, and through which it was almost impossible to pass, either on foot or on horse- back. All this afforded ample pasturage for the few cattle and horses that were in the country. All supplies for the settlers had to be procured at St. Louis, then a small trading- post, and were exchanged mostly for furs, venison hams, honey, etc., and Mr. White, having had ample experience as a teamster, was engaged much of the time during the first years of his residence here in hauling to and from St. Louis, for the different traders scattered over a wide extent of country. The only means of crossing the Mississippi then was by what was called a horse-boat-that is, a boat propelled by horse power. When the people wished to go to mill, or when they needed a physician they had to go to Ed- wardsville, there being none nearer. The subject of this sketch was married in August, 1823, to Miss Mary Denny, whose family em- igrated to Bond County in 1819, from Lin- coln County, N. C. He settled on a tract of land in Section 9, above named, where he re- sided until the death of his wife, which oc- curred in 1852, she having been his faithful consort during twenty-nine years of the toils and hardships incident to frontier life. They raised a family of six children, five of whom are yet living. Since his wife's death, he has resided most of the time with his youngest son, near Jerseyville, Ill., and, although eighty-eight years of age, is in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits, and bids fair

to live many years longer. He has been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church for over sixty years, and has never been addicted to intemperate habits of any kind. His recollection of the scenes and incidents connected with the early history of this country is remarkably good, and he delights to tell of the ups and downs of frontier life in Illinois.

ROBERT WILLEFORD, farmer. P. O. Old Ripley, was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., June 6, 1818. His parents were James and Sallie (Price) Willeford. James was born in Southampton County, Va., in 1791; was a farmer, and died in 1862. His wife was born in Franklin County, Va., and died in 1824. They had a family of two boys and two girls. Our subject attended a subscription school in Tennessee about two months, and for a short time in Bond County, where, on January 3, 1849, he married Malinda E. File. who was born in this county in 1830. Her parents were Daniel and Martha (James) File. By this mar- riage they had one son, Edward L., who married Lucy Davenport in 1869, and has five chil- dren. Mr. Willeford served twelve months in the Mexican war under Capt. Benjamin Sellers and Col. Ferris Foreman. Subject has always been a farmer and stock-raiser; has held the offices of School Director. County Commissioner and Township Trustee. He is a Regular Baptist. his political views are Democratic, and he owns 515 acres of the best land in Ripley Precinct.

WILLIS WILLEFORD, farmer, P. O. Old Ripley, was born in Ripley Precinct Jan- uary 30, 1832; was the son of James and Nancy (Price) Willeford, natives of Virginia. James was born November 30, 1791; was a farmer by occupation, and died April 25, 1862. Nancy, his wife, was born February 6, 1801, and is still living with her son Willis, the subject of our sketch, who is one of her

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family of eight. He never went to school much; what little education he received was in subscription schools. He married in Bond County February 22, 1855, Polly A. Long, who was born in Madison May 15, 1836. She was the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Vincent) Long. Subject has six children- John, Elizabeth. James L., Martha E. (all married), William and Mary. Mr. Wil-

leford is a farmer and stock-raiser. He was Justice of the Peace in 1864, Road Su- pervisor in 1855 and is at the present time Township Trustee. He is a Regular Baptist and a Democrat. Mr. Willeford is one of the most thrifty and successful farmers in Bond County, and now owns nearly fourteen hun- dred acres of land.

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M. F. BOOK, farmer, P. O. Mulberry Grove, is a native of Lawrence County, Penn. ; was born January 21, 1841, the second son born to his parents, who were John C. and Mary W. (Dick) Book. She was born Feb- ruary 18, 1321, in Mercer County, Penn. He was born in the same county and State October 16, 1816, son of Michael Book, of Washington County, Penn., a soldier in the war of 1812, and died in Pennsylvania. John C. Book emigrated west to this State in 1874, and died August, 1878. Our subject was brought up to farm labor, working for his father on the home estate. August 27, 1861, he volunteered his services in the defense of his country, was enrolled with Company D, One Hundredth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He participated in many hard fought and bloody battles, some of which were James Island. N. C., Bull Run. Chantilly, South Mountain. Antietam, Fred- ericksburg, Jackson, Miss., siege of Knoxville, battle of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania. North Anna and Cold Harbor, where he was three times wounded and from the effects of said wounds he was discharged in February, 1865, and returned home to his family. May 16, 1861, he became the husband of Elizabeth A. Davis, born in Mercer County, Penn., daughter of Daniel and Sarah Davis. In November, 1871, he emigrated to this county and purchased land where he now resides, having about one hundred acres. He is a member of the M. E. Church, and a stanch Republican.

G. C. BRUNSON, farmer, P. O. Mulberry Grove, was born in the Empire State, in

Chautauqua County, December 15, 1818: is the sixth child and fourth son born to Abel Brunson, a native of Oneida County. The mother of our subject was Sallie Love, daughter of John Love. The subject of these lines was reared under the paternal roof until of age, and in fact he remained with him un- til he attained his thirty-fifth year, at which time he determined to cast his fortunes with the Buckeye State, locating in Ashtabula County, on the Western Reserve. Here he remained until the fall of 1863, when he came to this State, purchasing eighty acres in this township, and twenty acres in Fayette County. He has since been a constant resi- dent of this township and associated with its interests. He has now 190 acres of land, and has improved the same, and brought it to its present state of progress, having a new house, good fences, and the surroundings are in keeping with the average of improvements in the county. While in Ashtabula County, he married Mrs. Bugby, a native of that State. Her maiden name was Betsey Whittaker. By this marriage he has one child, Dwight W., who resides with his parents on the farm, and has the principal charge of the same. It may be said of Mr. Brunson that he is a self made man. He received nothing from his parents by way of legacy or endowment, and started out in the world upon his own foundation, and by close application to his business, he has at length secured a compe- tence for himself and family, having given his attention to farming as a business. He is a member of the Christian Church.

CHARLES E. DEE, miller, Mulberry

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Grove, is the pioneer miller in the town of Mulberry Grove, and a truly self made man. Hs is a native of Vermont, born in 1837, near the town of Georgia: son of Hiram and Mary (Walker) Dee. The Dee family are of Scotch and German ancestry. Hiram Dee was born in Vermont October 17, 1812; son of Wash- ington Dee and Lucy Cooley. Hiram Dee was married in Vermont May 7. 1835, to Mary Maria Walker, who was also a Vermonter, born July 12, 1813, daughter of Lewis Wal- ker and Mary Potter, who raised a family of ten children, Mary being the ninth in order of birth. Our subject removed in the fall of 1843 with his parents to Des Moines County, Iowa, within nine miles of Burlington. Here the family remained seven years. Then they moved to this State and located at St. Jacobs, in Madison County. While here Mr. Dee died March 5, 1863, from disease contracted while in the army. He was for many years a member of the Methodist Church, and was an old line Whig, and later a stanch Repub- lican. His wife yet survives him and resides with Charles E., who took his father's place as the head of the family, and had charge of the same. After coming to maturity he en- gaged in farming, and subsequently accumu- lated enough means to enable him to purchase a threshing machine, which he run for twelve years in connection with his farming. In 1869. he came to Mulberry Grove. His first enterprise was to build a saw-mill. In 1870, he built the flouring-mill, and for several years ran the saw machinery in connection with the grist part. He was first associated in partnership with E. W. Dee. This lasted until 1873, when our subject purchased his partner's interest, and since has run the same on his own account, and is doing an excellent business. August 4, 1870, he married Sarah B., daughter of William Riley, of this town- ship. He is a member of the M. E. Church,

and has two children-George E., born No- vember 7, 1873, and Charlie, born April 8, 1881.

CAPT. ISAAC N. ENLOE. farmer, P. O. Mulberry Grove, is a son of James Enloe, one of the old settlers in Bond County. He was born on the homestead on Section 3, March 7. 1836, the second son, and eldest one now living. Capt. Enloe has always been a resi- dent of the township where he was born, re. maining at home until he commenced doing business for himself. November 12, 1857. he married Sophronia V., daughter of Esq. Joseph Hensley, of Mercer County, whose wife was Elizabeth McGuire. The year fol- lowing his marriage, he located on the farm he now owns, consisting of 124 acres in Sec- tion 4, all of which he improved. August 13, 1861, he volunteered as private in Com- pany C, Twenty-sixth Illinois Volunteer In- fantry; first promoted to Fourth Corporal, then to First Duty Sergeant, afterward to Orderly Sergeant, and finally was commis- sioned Captain of the Company, which he had charge of until July 29, 1865. During his service he was engaged in New Madrid, the advance on Corinth, Jackson, Miss., Resaca and all the battles in which his command was engaged until August 15, 1864, when he was wounded, being shot by a sharp-shooter, and was disabled until January, 1865, when he joined his command, and remained in the service until discharged July 29, 1865, since which time he has been engaged in farming. In politics, a Republican of the stanchest sort; he cast the first Republican vote in Mulberry voting precinct. He is a member of the Chris- tian Church at Greenville. He has five chil- dren-Alice, wife of George Berryman, of Greenville; Solon A., James S., Lois and Joe Foy.

JAMES ENLOE, retired farmer, P. O. Mulberry Grove, has been a resident of the

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State since 1816, and of Bond County from 1818 to 1882. He was a son of Asahel Enloe, who was a native of York District of South Carolina, where our subject was born October 27, 1803. The grandsire was Isaac Enloe, of Scotch parentage, and served in the war of the revolution. Our subject came to Madison County, Ill., with his father in 1816, the next year making a crop there, and in 1818 came to what is now Bond County. Asahel (his father) purchased land where Greenville now stands. The cemetery now embraces a por- tion of said purchase. He was a scholarly man for his time, and taught school for many years, and was appointed Surveyor of the county by Gov. Bond, and held his office well on to forty years. He was for many years a member of the Presbyterian Church, being a Clerk and Chorister for years. He was a valued member of the community, es- teemed by all who knew him as an upright man and Christian gentleman. His remains now repose in the cemetery in Greenville on the grounds that he first purchased. His wife was Sarah Stewart, a native of Ireland. She bore him ten children, five sons and five daughters- Mary, Violet, Cynthia, Ezekial, James, Hannah, Louisa, Enoch, Nathaniel and Isaac. James, our subject, made his father's house his home in his early manhood, and in 1825, began for himself, and worked ont by the month and job. January 1, 1829, he married Sarah Bradford, sister of Judge Bradford, of Greenville. She was born in Kentucky March 19, 1816, and died Novem- ber 22, 1871, having born twelve children. Eleven of the number lived to be grown- Nancy Ann, Mary E., William B., Isaac N., Violet R., Samuel G., Emery L., Harriet N., Louisa I., James S., Cynthia E. and Zontonia E. In 1832, Mr Enloe located on the farm he now owns, and has since remained; has 300 acres of land. Since 1835, he has been

a member of the Presbyterian Church. He has always been a true Republican, and never missed an election.

SAMUEL G. ENLOE, farmer, P. O. Mul- berry Grove. One of the Commissioners of Bond County, elected November, 1SS1, is S. G. Enloe, who was born on the homestead March 30, 1840. He is the second son of James and Sarah (Bradford) Enloe. Samuel received the advantages afforded by the schools of his neighborhood. At the outbreak of the war, he donned the blue, enlisting as private in May, 1861, in Company D, Twenty- second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Soon after he was transferred to Company F, One Hundredth and Thirtieth Regiment, with which he served until April, 1865, when he was commissioned as First Lieutenant in Com- pany B, in the same Regiment, in which ca- pacity he served until the close of the war. He was mustered out in August, 1865, and returned home in September of the same year. During his association with the army, he par- ticipated in the following engagements: Fort Gibson, Miss., Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, Siege of Vicksburg, Siege of Mobile, and after his transfer to New Orleans he served in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged in Louisiana, and on Cane River. Upon his return home he began improving his farm, upon which he located after his marriage November 30, 1871, to Elizabeth V. Martin, born in Rockingham County, N. C., daughter of J. H. Martin and Rachel Proctor, now of Montgomery County, this State. In politics, Mr. Enloe is a Republican, and in November, 18SI, he was elected County Com- missioner. His farm consists of 115 acres. He has one child, Ernest R.

MOSES ELAM, farmer, P. O. Mulberry Grove. Among the substantial citizens of Bond County none are more highly respected than the above. He was born October 25,

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1821, in Rutherford County, N. C., and emi- grated to Fayette County with his parents when a mere lad. Here he remained about fif- teen years. December 23, 1841, he married Martha F. Elam, who was born Jan. 12, 1827, a native of Virginia, daughter of Daniel Elam and Mary Graves, who emigrated from Vir- ginia to Maury County, Tenn, about the year 1828, where they remained until the year 1831, when they removed to Bond County, stopping near Greenville, but remained a short time, and located permanently in Fayette County, where they remained until their death. Their deaths occurred in 1862 and 1854 respectively. They raised a family of six children, four of whom are now living, of whom Thomas resides in Arkansas: Mary J .. Mrs Elisha Matthews, of this county. Susan became the wife of William Cheese- man, of Henry County, Mo. After Mr. Elam's marriage he remained in Fayette County three years, and then moved across the line into Mulberry Grove, and engaged in merchandis- ing, continuing twelve years. October, 1856, he located on the farm he now owns, situated in Section 26, and has since been engaged in farming, and has been successful, having nearly six hundred acres of land, 320 here, and 212 in Fayette, and besides assisted his children in making a start in life. He has five children -- Moses, Thomas E., Melvina, Jenkins and Richard, all residents of this county. Melvina married Rev. Thomas Vance, of the Christian Church. The father of our subject was William Elam, born and married in Virginia, and son of Alexander Elam, a native of Virginia, and of English descent. The mother of our subject was Patience, danghter of Philip Hurt, who re- moved from Virginia to North Carolina, where they remained sixteen years. Mr Elam is a member of the Christian Church.

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History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois, Part 57

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892? Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Chicago : O. L. Baskin Number of Pages: 758

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : O. L. Baskin
Number of Pages: 758