History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois, Part 81

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

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make his own way in the world, and he de- termined to try his fortunes in tho then far West, and distant wilds of Illinois. He lo- cated in Morgan County in 1836, and during the following year went to Greene County, in what is now called Roodhouse Township, where he remained until the spring of 1952, when he removed to his present place of res- idence, one and a half miles north of Ray- mond, where he has since remained, engaged more or less extensively in farming and stock- raising. He was married in Greene County, Ill .. September 15, 1542, to Miss Ann Maria Alverson, who was born in Kentucky to Ben- jamin and Mary (Je fries) Alverson, natives of Kentucky, February 25, 1826. She has borne him eleven children, viz. : Joseph R., born Angust 1. 1543. a prominent young farmer living near the homestead. (Seo history.) Benjamin H., born October 25, 1546 gradu- ate of Iowa and Chicago Law Universities, practicing law at Vandalia, Ill .; William L .. born March 3, 1853, also a lawyer, graduate of Ann Arbor, Mich., Law College now re- siding in Houston. Tex .; Adlom M., born February 7, 1955, now engaged in dealing in stock in Washington Territory: Ulysses G .. born January 20, 1564. living at home: Mary Ann, born November IS, 1818, widow of T. Berry, living with her parents; Emma. horn March 27. 1861. also at home: Amanda J .. died at the age of four yours; Xenophon, born October 13, 1544, a gradnat > of the Chi- cago Medical College, died in Leadville, Col .. May 17 1850; two infants deceased, not named. Realizing from his own meager op- portunities the value of a good education, Mr. Chapman has spared no means to pro- vide his children with advantages, and four of whom have received a thorough collegiate education. During the rebellion he took no active part other than to assist the Union soldiers, by caring for their families at home.

He has served the people of the county as Associato Judge four years, the duties of which office he performed with marked zeal and integrity. He has also been Township Tre: surer over twenty years, and has served as one of the Board of Supervisors. Being a progressive man himself, Mr. Chapman is fully alive to every progressive movement fa- voring the growth and prosperity of the county and for the advancoment of religious and educational privileges. The state of cul tivation under which Mr. Chapman keeps his farm, consisting of about six hundred acres of choice farm land near Raymond, denotes lim to be a practical farmer, and one of those men who add to the prosperity of the county.

NEEDHAM CRANE, farmer, P. O. Ray- mond, was born in Hamilton, Butler Co, Ohio, November 14. 1829, to Norris and Eliz- abeth (Stanley) Crane. He was a native of New Jersey, born March 10, 1799, and dur- ing his early life worked at the trade of a stone mason, and later followed the occupa- tion of a farmer. His death occurred in Montgomery County Angust 19, 1552. She was born at Hamilton. Ohio, December 30. IS03. and died in Montgomery County March 10, 1554. The result of their union was eleven children, of whom Needham was the fourth child. He was educated in the high schools of Hamilton, Ohio, and when fifteen years of age was brought to Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Ill., by his parents. where he remained two years, and then was removed to Montgomery County, and settled in Butler Grove Township, in 1816, his parents being among the first settlers of the county. He assisted upon the homestead until the death of his father, when he took upon himself the management of the farm, and remained with his mother until 1556, when they removed from the homestead, and he joined the fir-t surveying party of Kansas, where he ro-

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mained six months, and then returned to Montgomery County, and followed hunting until 1863, when he married, purchased the farm he now resides upon, and spent the winter in getting out rails for fencing, and in the spring of 1864, moved upon the farm where he has since remained, engaged in ag- ricultural pursuits. He is now the owner of 120 acres of prairie land, under cultivation, and twenty acres of timber land. November 12. 1863, he was married to Miss Cordelia Cass, a native of Montgomery County, born December 25, 1832, and died November 24, 1868. She was the mother of three children, one of whom is living. viz., Abbie, born Sep- tember 22. 1864. Politically, Mr. Crane is a Republican. His brother, Norris, was the sixth child of Norris and Elizabeth Crane, and was born at Hamilton, Ohio, October 2, 1834. He received the principal part of his education in his native county. His early life was spent in assisting his father upon the farm, and his first business for himself was teaming upon the Quincy & St. Louis Railroad, where he remained one year. He then engaged as a farm hand and followed in that occupation several years. He was elected by the people as Constable, the duties of which office he performed about fifteen years. He clerked in a merchandising store at Butler one year, and was the first person to sell goods at Raymond, where he was en- gaged with Van Ever & Van Darren as clerk. He remained with them something over a year, since which time he has been engaged in farming, in connection with his brother. He has served the people as Deputy Sheriff one term, and has been an active member of the I. O. O. F. order for a number of years. Politically, his sympathies are with the Dem- ocratic party.

MORGAN COSTLEY. farmer, P. O. Ray- mond, was born in Greene County, Ill., July

31, 1836, and received his education in his native county, where his early life was spent upon the homestead farm. He came to Mont- gomery County in 1856, and purchased 144 acres of wild prairie land, which he improved, and upon which he remained until 1873, when he removed to his present place of residence, where he has 200 acres of as well culti- vated land as can be found in Raymond Town- ship. He has accumulated a large amount of this world's goods, and has at one time had in his possession about five hundred acres of land. The high state of cultivation under which he keeps his farm shows him to be a practical farmer, and well worthy of the high esteem in which he is held by the community. He has also been a prominent dealer in and feeder of stock, chiefly cattle and hogs. Al- though he grows all the crops usually raised upon a well-regulated farm, he makes a spe- ciaity of grain. He was married in Mont- gomery County in 1859, to Miss Melvina Mc- Gown, who was born in Greene County to Al- exander and Louisa (McNeal) McGown. She has borne him six children, viz., William A., John P., Della, Charles, Alta L. and Perry, the latter of whom died in infancy. William Costley, the father of Morgan, was a native of Kentucky, a farmer by occupation, and died in 1869. His wife, Elizabeth Mathis, was a native of Illinois; she died at Raymond in 1875. She was the mother of thirteen children, of whom Morgan was the fifth child. Politically, he is identified with the Demo- cratic party. His wife is a member of the Baptist Church.

EDWIN R. CARTER, grain and coal dealer, Raymond, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, December 2, 1842; son of Daniel W. Carter, a native of Maryland, born in 1811; a farmer; died in the spring of 1865. Jane Tinkler, his wife, was born in New York in 1819, and is still living with

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subject, who left Ohio wlien ten years of age, and lived in Indiana until the fall of 1869, when he removed to Pana, Ill., and event- ually to Raymond. His first enterprise for himself was farming. On his arrival at Ray- mond he engaged in the coal and grain busi- ness, at which he still continues; built his elevator in the fall of 1879; commenced with- out any available means, and is a self-made man, and his business ability and enterprise have added largely to the growth and pros- perity of Raymond. He was married at Reynolds, White Co., Ind., February 25, 1866, to Miss Mary Cartmell, who was born in Clark County, Ohio, April 3. 1845. They have four boys and two girls living, viz .: Bruce, Charles, Benjamin F., Asbury L., Ruth and Naomi; two boys died in infancy. He has served as Township Clerk, Collector, Assessor, and Police Justice, or Magistrate, for several years: was Sergeant in Company K. Eighty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with Capt. J. Southard, regiment commanded by Col. Hamilton; in service three years; is a Republican; has been a member of 1. O. O. F. several years. Himself and family are Methodists. His father's family consisted of four children, viz. : Jesse, died in 1864, aged twenty-eight years; William, of Logansport, Ind .; Ferguson, in San Francisco, clerk in State House, and Edwin R., subject of sketch.

PROF. CHARLES E. COOK, Principal of schools, Raymond, was born in Fillmore, Putnam Co., Ind., July 12. 1857; son of William H. and Elizabeth (Robinson) Cook, he born in Kentucky March 27. 1833, a physi- cian by profession, and practicing at East Fork, Montgomery County; she, born in Indi- ana October 1, 1835, the mother of four chil- dren, still living, viz. : Ella, Melville and Charles, William R. having died in infancy. The education of our subject was commenced in the common schools, from which he ad-

vanced to the academy at Hillsboro, where he remained several terms, teaching part of the time. He entered the Normal School at Val- paraiso, Ind., in the fall of 1878, where he graduated the following year, his academic education having fitted him for the advanced classes, which he entered. After receiving his diploma, he entered upon the duties of his profession at Fillmore, but eventually be- came Principal of the public schools of Ray- mond, where he is still engaged, and in con- nection with those duties is engaged in the study of the law with the intention of fitting himself for and entering upon the practice of that profession. In Hillsboro, September 14. 1SS1, he was married to Miss Jennie B. Shimer, born April 10, 1860, daughter of Isaac and Jane ((tunning) Shimer, natives of Ohio. Mr. Cook has served as County Asses- sor one year, and is a Democrat.

JOSEPH R. CHAPMAN, farmer, P. O. Raymond, was born August 1, 1843; son of William Chapman (see history), and was raised to a life of farming. April 25, 1867, he married Miss Catharine Hendrickson, born May 18. 1844, who died July 22. 1878, leav- ing three children-Robert, Gideon P. and Samuel Byron. July 29, 1880, he married Miss Isabel Rogers, born April 18, 1856, daughter of William Rogers, of Macoupin County. By this union Mr. Chapman has one child, Grace Reynolds. Mr. Chapman served during the late war as a member of Company H, One Hundred and Forty-third Illinois Infantry, under Capt. James F. Stew- art. He is a Methodist, and a Republican. His wife is a member of the Christian Church.

ALBERT ESTABROOK, farmer, P. O. Raymond, was born in Madison County, III., September 13, 1830. The father of this gentleman, John Estabrook, was born in Bos- ton, Mass., in March, 1799, and in 1818 set- tled in Madison County, where he engaged

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in farming up to the time of his death, which occurred May 2, 1881. His wife, Nancy White, was born in North Carolina in August, 1795, aud died in December, 1881. She was the mother of ten children, five boys and five girls, viz. : John, Edward, Lucy, deceased, Emeline, James W., Albert, Harriet, William, Clara and Sarah J., all of whom grew to man and womanhood, and all of whom, with one exception, are still living, and at the death of their parents the youngest was forty-two years o age. The subject of this sketch spent his early childhood in attending the common schools of the county, to which his educational privileges were limited. and in assisting his parents upon the homestead farm. 'At the age of eighteen years, he en- tered upon his career in life for himself, and concluded to try his fortune in the gold regions of California. where he remained about four years, at the end of which time he returned home and entered a grist-mill, owned by his father, at which occupation he continued until the sale of the mill required him to look for a new occupation, and caused him to engage in a saw-mill, in Iowa. He soon tired of this work, and engaged in mer- chandising business in Wisconsin, where he remained about ten years, and then took a like position in a merchandising store in Ne- braska. In the spring of 1872, he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, and purchased a tract of land in Washington County. Kan., where he remained about two years, and he says it is his opinion that Kan- sas is just the place for a poor man to live if he wishes always to remain poor all his life; but if he wishes to get rich, go to Illinois, to which State he returned in 1874, and set- tled upon the place upon which he now ro- sides, and where he has since been engaged in farming. His farm consists of 360 acres. which may be termed as three improved farms,

each of which is well fitted up with all the buildings and other improvements necessary for comfort and convenience. Mr. Estabrook is considered one of the most practical farmers in the township, and, being a progressive man himself, he is always fully alive to all enterprises favoring the growth and prosperity of the county, and for the advancement of re- ligious and educational privileges. He was married January 15, 1957, to Sarah Jane Bromley, who was born May 13, 1839. and died September 2, 1866. She was the mother of two children, viz .: Julia Nannie. born Jan nary 30. 1859, wife of Henry Newman, liv- ing in Madison County: Sarah Minnie, born April 20, 1565. Mr. Estabrook's second mar- riage occurred November 25, 1869. to Miss ('rara King, who was born November 12, 1550, to Hillcary T. and Louisa (Dorsey ) King, na tives of Calvert County, Md., he born Novem- ber 10, 1815. and is still living in Davis County, Iowa, a farmer by occupation: she, born June 9, 1818. and died June 19, 1860. Mr. Esta- brook took no active part in the rebellion other than to assist the Union soldiers by car- ing for their families at home. He has been a member of the order of I. O. O. F. for a number of years. He has been termed a black Republican, and says he is proud of the name.

WILLIAM FITZJARRELL, retired far- mer, Raymond, was born in Warren County, Ohio, October 3, 1815. He received a limited education, and at fifteen years of age he was brought to Macoupin County, Ill., by his parents, but permanently located in Jersey County. In 1549, he bought land and moved where Plainview now is, in Macoupin County, where he remained seven years. He then moved to Montgomery County, and settled 200 acres of land, on which he was the first settler. He erected a farm residence, and made all other improvements, and by his en-

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ergy and industry he soon added to the above property. which numbered at one time nearly four hundred acres. He devoted his time to growing the usual farm crops and raising stock, and, perhaps, no man has ever done more for the advancement, growth and pros- perity of the agricultural interests of Mont- gomery County. He was noted for his hos- pitality, and his house was made the stopping place of all travelers. He was regularly ordained as a Baptist minister on Christmas Day, 1542, but previous to this had received a license and had been preaching in the neighboring towns and villages. For some- thing over twenty years he filled the pulpit at Little Flock Church, at Honey Bend; has served the people of the county as Associate Judge four years. He was married in Greene County. November 10, 1836. to Miss Eliza beth Courtney. born in Madison County February 20, 1517. They have six children, viz .: William R., Tabitha A .. Cyrus, Naomi. Harriet and Meredith. All his sons are farm ers, and his daughters are all married-Tab- itha, wife of J. W. Ash; Naomi, wife of Isaac F. Lawler; Harriet A., wife of James F. Thomas. Mrs. Fitzjarrell was a daughter of William Courtney, a native of Kentucky, and one of the early settlers of Illinois. He set- tled in Madison County in 1809; his death occurred in May, 1835. His wife, Margaret Barnett, was also a native of Kentucky; she died in 1843. The father of William, the subject of this sketch, Eli Fitzjarrell, was a native of New Jersey, and one of the early settlers of Macoupin County; was a farmer and stock-raiser by occupation in Warren County. Ohio, but had in an early day taught school in New Jersey. He died December 13, 1854. The mother of William, Tabitha Kelsey, was also a native of New Jersey. She was the mother of sixteen children, of whom William was the second. She died

October 24, 1856. In early life, Mr. F. was identified with the old Whig party, but since its day his sympathies have been with the Democratic party. He has always been an energetie worker in the cause of temperance.

CYRUS FITZJARRELL, farmer, P. O. Raymond, son of William and Elizabeth (Courtney ) Fitzjarroll, he born in Ohio in IS15; she born in Madison County. They have six children, Cyrus being the third child. Our subject received his education in the common schools of Macoapin and Montgomery Coun ties, and came to Montgomery County in February, 1857; remained with his parents until he was twenty-one years of age. In September, 1567. he was married to Miss Eliza A. Greenwood a native of Kentucky, born in 1543, who removed with her parents to Ma- coupin County when but two years of age. In 1567, he, our subject, commenced farming on his own account by renting a farm and working the same, and continued on the same farm as a renter until 1876, when he bought 165 acres, and in 1881 bought eighty acres : more and added to it; now is the owner of 245 acres of choice land, upon which he makes the raising of wheat, osts and corn; also stock of good grades -- munles, horses, hogs and cat- tle. Upon his farm stands a fine residence, erected from his own design in 1878. Upon his place he has a wind-mill, scales, etc. Everything about his farm denotes his ability as a farmer. His farm is a portion of the same tract settled by his father when he first came to the county, valued at that time at $5 or 86 per acre, and is now worth $50 per acre. When our subject's father came to the county there were no neighbors inside of two miles, and now houses dot the county as far as the eye can see. Plenty of deer, wolves, etc., were here when his father came; farul is inclosed with hedge fence, probably five miles of hedging. Five children, three

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living -- Etta. Harry and William Ross; all at home. He is a Democrat.

JOHN GREENE. banker, Raymond. The grandfather of our subject was a native of Kentucky. In 1819, he sought a home in the then far West, and became a resident of Greene County, Ill. In many ways he will be long remembered as one who helped ma- terially toward making Greene County one of the most flourishing counties in the State, and which was named in honor of himself and his brother John. His death occurred in 1828. He was the father of five children, of whom Nelson, the father of our subject, was the fourth child. He was born in the year 1822, and grew up to be a stout and vigorous boy, early becoming inured to the hard work of a farm. He was married in 1847, to Ann E. Gano, a daughter of John S. Gano. a Virginian. In his own language -" I borrowed the clothes I wore to the mar- riage"-and subsequently borrowed many of the household utensils that formed the simple furniture of his cabin; but he worked hard, and thus paved the way for future success. He is the owner of 120 acres of land in one of the best townships of Greene County; is a whole-souled, liberal gentleman, and enjoys the confidence of his many friends. He was twice elected Justice of the Peace, serving eight years. He is the father of eight chil- dren, namely: Emily, wife of N. M. Perry, Jr., at Olathe, Kan .; Mary, wife of Luther Snell. of Carlinville, Ill. ; Sarah, wife of Scott Greene, of Tallula, Ill., a prominent farmer and stock-raiser ; Lucy, Herschel, Robert, Clarence, and John, the subject of this sketch, who was born on the old farm homestead April 15, 1847, receiving a liberal education from the common schools of his native place His first venture in business was made with Mr. N. M. Perry, in the town designated as Old Kane, where a general merchandising

business was done. Subsequently, Mr. Greene purchased the interest of Mr. Perry, and con- ducted a successful business for a number of years. In September, 1SSO, he opened a gen- eral banking business at Raymond, and, in addition to the duties of this business. he is Township Collector, elected by the Demo- cratic ticket. He was married August 31, 1870, to Miss Emma E. Perry, who was born in Greene County December 26, 1846. They have two children-Mabel, born August 18, 1871, and Morrison, born December 26, 1877. Mrs. Greene was a daughter of Col. N. M. and Eliza (Hill) Perry. He was born in Orange County, Va .. November 30. 1806, and was the sixth child of James and Ann Perry, who were of English descent. In 1864, he was nominated and elected as a can- didate of the Democratic party to a seat in the Legislature of Illinois, and in that re- sponsible position acquitted himself with honor. His death occurred in 1875, and that of his wife in 1861. Mr. Greene is a prom- inent member of the Masonic fraternity, Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. He is a man of unsullied reputation, and well worthy of the high esteem in which he is held by the community at large.

GEORGE W. GREENAWALT, farmer, P. O. Raymond, was born in Sangamon County, Ill .. February 24, 1831. As educa- tional privileges were limited in the county at that early day, his education was also lim- ited to such as could be obtained in the com- mon schools. He remained upon the home- stead, assisting his father upon the farm, until he reached the age of twenty-one years, when he entered on the battle of life in reality, rented a farm, and continued in the occupation of a farmer; at the end of three years, he had accumulated enough funds to enable him to purchase land, which he did, in his native county, the farm consisting of

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148 acres of unimproved prairie land, upon which he erected a residence and all other buildings necessary for comfort and conven- ience, and also placed his farm in a high . state of cultivation. At the end of sixteen years, he disposed of the property and re- moved to Macoupin County, where he re- mained five or six years, but, during two years of the time, carried on farming in Montgom- ery County. In March, 1874, he removed to Raymond and retired from active labor, but, being of an energetic nature, he is continu- ally adding improvements to his already beautiful place. He was married, at Spring- field, Ill., February 2, 1854, to Miss Lemira Holloway, who was born in Kentucky Novem- ber 3, 1832, to George W. and Harriet (Tade) Holloway, natives of Kentucky, he living, she deceased. Jacob Greenawalt, the father of George, was born in Kentucky; was a farmer by occupation: he died February 24, 1863, aged fifty-nine years; his wife, Mary Brad- ner, was also a native of Kentucky, and is still living, at the age of seventy-two years; she is the mother of eight children, of whom George was the third child. He has now in his possession about four hundred acres of choice prairie land in Bois d'Arc Township, which is now rented, but all of which is under culti- vation. Mr. Greenawalt has been an active member of the order of A., F. & A. M. about sixteen years, and has attained the degree of Master Mason. Although possessing all the energy and enterprise of a thorough business man, his health has been impaired for a number of years, necessitating his retirement from active life. Politically, his sympathies are with the Democratic party.

EDWARD GRIMES, farmer, P. O. Ray- mond, born in Jersey County. Ill., May 24, 1843, son of Jarratt T. and Charity (Brown) Rogers. Jarratt, a native of Jersey County, was born January 29, 1820; he is a promi-

nent farmer and stock-raiser, and has been identified with the growth and prosperity of his native county; his wife was a danghter of Joseph Brown, who was a native of Virginia. and one of the early settlers of St. Charles, Mo., where she was born May 3, 1820; she died July 21, 1876, leaving nine children. of whom subject was the third. His educa- tion was commenced in his native county. and completed at Shurtleff College, Madison County, Ill. ; he began the business of life as a farmer, on the farm where he now lives. He came to Montgomery County in 1867, and, at Butler, in that county, October 7, 1868, married Emma E. Sammons, born in Lewis County, N. Y., January 4, 1850, dangh- ter of John C. and Elizabeth (Bedell) Sam- mons, natives of Lewis County, N. Y., he born August 18, 1821, follows the blacksmith's trade at Butler; she, born September 1, 1827, died January 19, 1882; of her six children, three are now living, viz .: Emma (Mrs. Grimes), Estella and Leonard E. Mr. and Mrs. Grimes are the parents of five children -Eugene E., born August 18. 1869; Charles E., born October 15, 1871; Frankie, born May 16, 1873, died September 3, 1873: Ern- est Robert, born August 17, 1874; and Leroy, born January 5, 1878. He owns 280 acres of fine farm land, which he keeps in a high state of cultivation; his house was built in the year that he came to Montgomery County; he is a Democrat; a prominent member of the Ma- sonic fraternity since 1868; has served as Township Supervisor for two terms; his wife has been for a number of years a member of the Presbyterian Church at Butler.

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History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois, Part 81

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