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tions from the gentlemanly proprietors. Wil- son M. Maxey, the father of our subject, was born in Kentucky, and was one of the early settlers of Montgomery County; is a farmer by occupation, and still living upon the place of his original purchase; his wife, Eliza New- comb, was a native of Virginia; she died in about 1864; was the mother of seven children, of whom William was the third child. Po- litically, his sympathies are with the Demo- cratic party; he was elected by the people of Raymond, in the spring of 1882, to fill the office of City Clerk, which office he still holds; he also holds the office of Secretary in the I. O. O. F. order at Raymond, of which he has been an active member for about two years.
J. G. MOORE, farmer, P. O. Raymond, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1828, the son of a farmer, who moved to Missouri in an early day (1842), when there were no railroads, but when land could be bought for $1.25 per acre; they settled in Gasconade County, and began operations in true pioneer style, making their own plows and living in the simplest manner; they broke the land up, however, burned timber out for a clearing, and finally had excellent farms; the neces- saries of life were hard to get hold of, and all groceries had to be obtained in St. Louis, a hundred miles away. Mr. Moore married in 1852. During the war, he was engaged buy- ing horses and mules for the Government, but lost a good deal of property in conse- quence of military raids through the section where he resided. In 1865, he moved to Montgomery, where he has since followed farming; he has had quite an eventful life; has seen many ups and downs; has made and lost a great deal of money, but, thanks to his energy and economy, is now comfortable in this world's goods.
HEZEKIAH MOORE, farmer, P. O. Ray- mond, born in Holmes County, Ohio, Novem-
ber 7, 1833; son of Thomas Moore, born in Ohio, a stone-mason by trade, who moved to Missouri in 1840, and was one of the first settlers of Gasconade County; his death oc- curred in July, 1852. Catharine Best, wife of Thomas and mother of subject, born in Ohio, died in March. 1872; she was the moth- er of twelve children, of whom Hezekiah was the sixth. His education was limited to such as could be obtained in the common schools in the country at that day. He com- menced his career in life as a farmer, remain- ing in Missouri until 1868, when he removed to Montgomery County and purchased the farm on which he now lives, and made all the improvements; the surroundings and state of cultivation show Mr. Moore to be a practical farmer; since his advent into the county, he has been identified with its growth and pros- perity, particularly with its agricultural in- terests. He was married, in Missouri, May 9, 1860, to Rose Ann Coleman, who was born in Missouri January 9, 1841; they have four children, viz .: John, Emma, Thomas and Lillie; and have lost three, viz .: Hattie, Nettie and Willie, all of whom died in in- fancy. Mrs. Moore is a daughter of Eph- raim Coleman, a native of Ohio, a farmer by occupation, and now living with the subject of this sketch. Nancy Best, a native of Ohio, died in December, 1879. Mr. Moore has served the people as Road Commissioner sev- eral years; entered the service in Company M, Fifty Iowa Cavalry, with Capt. D. A. Waters, regiment commanded by Col. W. W. Lowe; remained in the service three years. Politically, his sympathies are with the Re- publican party ; he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for several years; before the war, he was connected with the I. O. O. F. at Linn, Mo., but, during the war, the or- der gave up its charter. He owns 280 acres of choice farm land, on which he raises con-
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siderable stock, besides the usual crops; has also 150 acres of land southeast of Raymond, and twenty-eight acres of improved town property in Raymond. He and his wife are connected with the Methodist Church.
MILLARD F. MAY, Clerk of township and village, and carpenter and joiner by oc- cupation, Raymond, was born at Girard, Macoupin Co., Ill., March 15, 1860, son of Jesse W. and Mary (Kitzmiller) May, he a prominent stock-dealer, born in Tennessee in 1830, who came to Illinois in 1855; she, also of Tennessee, born in 1835; they had five children-Florence, wife of J. A. Bradley; Millard F., Mary, Dora and Jessie; the lat- ter died when four years of age. Our sub- ject, after receiving an education in the schools of his native county, learned the car- penter and joiner's trade, and has assisted in building some of the principal business blocks of Raymond; he is at present (1882) engaged in building a residence for himself on one of the principal streets of Raymond. October 31, 1881, he married Miss Belle Miller, born in Montgomery County April 21, 1862, daugh- ter of Lemuel G. and Lucinda (Lee) Miller, both of Greene County, Ill. Mr. May is a Freemason and a Democrat.
JOSEPH W. POTTS. Joseph W. Potts, the subject of this sketch, was born on a farm near Chapman's Point, in the north part of Macoupin County, Ill., on the 19th of Sep- tember, A. D. 1841, where his parents re- mained until the year 1852, when they moved to near the head of Bear Creek, in same county, where they carried on the business of agriculture for five years, at the end of which time his father purchased a large tract of land at and near Pleasant Hill. Montgomery Co., Ill., to which place they moved in the fall of 1857. Joseph W. remained on the farm working with his parents until his mar- riage, on the 12th day of March, A. D. 1862, . taken to Boonesboro, where he was kindly
with Miss Mary J. Miller, daughter of Lem- uel G. Miller, one of the then leading farm- ers and stock-raisers of Montgomery County, Ill. William B. Potts, father of Joseph W. Potts, was born in Frankfort, Ky., on the 22d day of February, A. D. 1814, where he re- sided until the year A. D. 1829, when he em- igrated to Illinois with his father, Richard F. Potts, and his brother and sister, Jessie Potts and Millie Potts, and settled in Mor- gan County, near Old Berlin. After his fa- ther was comfortably situated, he hired him- self as a farm hand to Jacob Strawn, the great cattle king of Illinois, for whom he worked constantly until his marriage with Miss Rhoda A Richards, of Maconpin County, Ill .; the issue of this marriage was twelve children-six boys and six girls. Jo- seph W., the subject of this article, was the fifth in order of birth. Richard F. Potts, . grandfather of Joseph W., was born on the 4th day of July, 1776, near the present site of Bentonville, N. C., where he resided until he was four years old, when his father, Washington A. Potts, moved to Kentucky, near Munfordsville, where he erected a wa- ter-mill on one of the tributaries of Green River; after many days of arduous labor and great privation, having to work by day and watch the prowling red man by night, the mill was built; but the thinly settled country necessarily brought him poor returns for the money and labor invested; finally, on Christ- mas night, in the year 1786, a prowling band of Indians burned the mill and tomahawked the whole family, consisting of sixteen, with the exception of Richard F., who made his escape across the hills to the celebrated Mam- moth Cave, where he subsisted for several days on the blind fish that inhabit its waters; he was finally rescued by a party of hunters, consisting of Daniel Boone and others, and
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cared for in the family of Boone until his uncle, Christopher A. Potts, commander of a British man-of-war cruising off the coast of Sonth Carolina, was notified of his safety and whereabouts, ordered him to be sent to Charleston, S. C., where he met him and took him on board his ship, where he served in the capacity of midshipman for several years in Her Majesty's service. At the age of eighteen, he returned to Owensboro. Ky., where he resided until his marriage with Miss Elizabeth Cummings, when he located on a farm near what is known as the Yellow Banks, on the Kentucky River, where he remained until he emigrated to Illinois. Washington A. Potts, commander of the British man-of- war, as before mentioned, received orders from Commodore Downie, commander of the British fleet near Quebec, to proceed to Que- bee, near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River; his ship was eanght in a storm and wrecked, with the loss of the entire crew, and among them Washington A. Potts perished, in the year A. D. 1814. Ezekiel E. Potts, brother of the deceased, ordered the remains to be returned to North Hampton, England, the home of the family, where they were sepultured in the family cemetery; a beauti- ful monument marks the family resting-place; he who passes that way can read the monn- mental inscription; it is as follows: "Here resteth Solomon Q. Potts, father of Ezekiel and Washington A. Potts; also his son Eze- kiel, who lost his life in Her Majesty's serv- ice (Queen Anne) in foreign lands. May they rest in the hope of a glorious resurrec- tion." We will deal no more with the an- eestors of the subject of our sketch; suffice it to say they are of pure Norman origin. We will now return to Joseph W. Potts. After his marriage, in 1862, he settled on a farm near Pleasant Hill, in Montgomery County, where he resided for eleven years, at the ex-
piration of which time, he, becoming wearied with farm life, entered into the mercantile business in Raymond, Ill., a town which sprang up as if by magic on the Wabash Railroad in the year 1871, where he has sinee constantly resided. During his residence in Raymond, Ill., he has been engaged in var- ious pursuits of life, filling many offices of trust, and is now editor and proprietor of the Raymond Independent, a weekly newspaper of large eireulation and unlimited influence wherever circulated. Joseph W. Potts is now forty-one years old, hale and hearty, and bids fair to live long and enjoy the rewards of a well-regulated life, and the blessings of his wife and their two sons, Lemuel L. Potts and Roy A. Potts.
JOHN C. REBHAN, farmer, P. O. Ray- mond, was born in Germany December 6, 1843, and brought to New Orleans by his parents when he was quite young; his father is living in St. Clair County. this State, where he owns and cultivates a fine farm. Our sub- ject was educated partly in New Orleans and partly in St. Clair County, and, when, a youth, learned the saddle and harness mak- ing business, but eventually became a farmer. May 10, 1870, in St. Clair County, he mar- ried Miss Emma E. Sandick, a native of that county, born April 2, 1847, and from which nnion has resulted four children-James L., William Charles, Edward A and Emma Vir- ginia. Mr. Rebhan held a position in the railway postal service for ten years, after which he came to Raymond and purchased the farm ou which he now lives, a fine tract. highly improved, of 160 acres of land; is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Bhie Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, and is a Repub- lican.
WILLIAM SCHMIDT, farmer, P. O. Ray- mond, was born in Germany August 21, 1834, where he received his education in his mother
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tongue, and assisted his father upon the old homestead farm until he was fifteen years of age, when he engaged as a farm hand, receiv- ing but a very small compensation for his la- bor; he followed this occupation for about three years, when he concluded to try his fort- unes in the New World, and emigrated to America, where he found himself a stranger in a strange land; but, being possessed with a stout heart and the energy necessary to make his own way in a strange country, he set to work with a will, and rented a farm in Morgan County, Ill., where he remained eight years, and. by his energy and industry, suc- ceeded in laying up enough funds to enable him to make a purchase of land for himself; he purchased a part of the property he now owns, and removed with his family to Mont- gomery County, where he has continued to add to his possessions until he now owns 200 acres of as fine land as can be found in Ray- mond Township, and which he has improved by way of buildings, orchards, fences, etc., until it will compare with any of the well- improved farms of the county, and places Mr. Schmidt in the list of practical farmers. His father, Henrick Schmidt, was a native of Ger- many, and was a farmer by occupation; he died in 1862, leaving. his wife and five chil- dren to mourn his loss; his wife, Louisa Pas- cher, survived him two years. William was the youngest child. He was married, in Mor- gan County, March 15, 1858, to Hannah Schelp, who was born in Germany in Novem- ber, 1843, and brought to America when but eleven years of age; she is the mother of six boys and six girls, viz .: Jennettie, wife of Henry Weber; Christ William, George Henry, Louisa Rachel, wife of Aug Beder; Emma Anna, Carolina Louisa, John Henry, Harmon, Minnie Anna, Dora Gusta, Edward Martin, Henry Phillip -all of whom are still living. Mrs. Schmidt is a daughter of Philip Schelp,
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a native of Germany and a prominent farmer of Morgan County, where his death occurred November 29, 1863; his wife, Rachael Lak- ers, was also a native of Germany, and is still living in Morgan County, and is the mother of five children, three of whom are still liv- ing, viz .: William, a wagon-maker in Mor- gan County; George, a farmer in same county ; and Hannah, the wife of Mr. Schmidt. Mr. Schmidt has a brother and sister living in this county, viz. : Chris. and Henrietta, widow of W. Ganoeft. Politically, Mr. Schmidt is a Democrat, and religiously, himself and wife are connected with the Lutheran Church.
D. WILL STARR, merchant, Raymond, of the firm of Maxey & Starr, was born in Greensboro, Guilford Co., N. C., November 17. 1853, where his early childhood was spent in assisting his father upon the homestead farm and in attending the common schools of his native county. At the age of ten years, he left home and attended an academic school two years, at the end of which time he began learning the painter's trade, and followed in that occupation about fourteen years in differ- ent localities; he then purchased a livery sta- ble at Raymond, Ill., but sold his interest in a few months, aud, on March 15, 1882, be- came one of the firm of Maxey & Starr, deal- ers in groceries, at which business they have become more than ordinarily successful, ow- ing to their strict attention to business and the pleasing manner in which they attend to the wants of their many customers; in busi- ness, they are energetic and enterprising, and socially, enjoy the highest esteem of the community at large. Mr. Starr, the junior member of the firm, sought a home in the North when he was about twenty-two years of age, and eventually located at Raymond. He was married, at Palmer, Christian County, December 25, 1881, to Miss Maggie Lee, who was born December 25, 1857, daughter of
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Capt. E. T. and Mary A. (Hill) Lee, he a na- tive of Virginia, one of the early settlers of Bear Creek, Christian County, a very promi- nent farmer and stock-dealer, at which busi- ness he has become very wealthy; his wife. Mary, is a native of Kentucky, and still liv- ing. Daniel M. Starr, the father of our sub- ject, is a native of North Carolina, and still living in his native State, engaged in farm- ing and fruit-raising; his wife, Sarah M. Low, is also a native of North Carolina, and is still living; she is the mother of eleven children, of whom D. Will is the fourth ehild. Although he does not take much interest in politics, he is identified with the Republican party.
DAVID Y. SCHERER, farmer, P. O. Raymond, was born in Montgomery County February 3, 1842; received a common-sehool education and entered upon his career as a farmer, and the land he first owned is still in the possession of the family: purchased his present property in 1869, and has made all of the improvements himself, and the sur- roundings show him to be an energetie and enterprising man and a practical farmer; his farm consists of 160 acres of choice farm land, which he keeps in a high state of eultivation; he devotes his time to growing the usual farm erops and raising stock of all kinds; he has taken an active part in public improvements, and in the advancement of agricultural in- terests in his neighborhood, and in the edu- cational privileges he also takes a leading part. He was married, in Montgomery County, December 11, 1862, to Louisa Mor- rell, who was born in Ohio; they have six GILBERT H. WHITEHEAD, farmer, P. O. Raymond, is a native of Louisiana, hav- ing been born in that State December 18, 1846, and came to Illinois in 1867. first set- tling in Jersey County, whence he came to Montgomery County one year later. His fa- children, viz. : Mary E., William J., Robert A., Oliver F., Alice R. and May L. Mrs. Scherer was a daughter of Robert and Re- becca (Spangler) Morrell. David Scherer, the father of the subject, was a native of North Carolina, a farmer by occupation; he died in | ther, Wyatt J. Whitehead, was a native of
1860; his wife. Mary Elizabeth Waggoner, is also a native of North Carolina, still liv- ing, in Butler Township; she was the mother of fourteen children, of whom David is the eleventh; has been School Director; is a Re- publican; himself and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.
SCOTT S. TILDEN, druggist, Raymond, was born in Montgomery County, Ill., Octo- ber 18. 1853, son of Dr. Joseph G. and Ann W. (Hill) Tilden; he born in Vermont and came to Illinois in 1837, settling in Mont- gomery County, and still living, in Raymond; she born in Kentucky, still living, and the mother of nine children; those living are Joseph, Jr., living in Alabama; John H., physician at Litchfield; Scott S., our subject; Emeline, wife of H. C. Coleman, of St Louis; Seth H., living in Raymond; and George A., at home. Our subjeet, after receiving an edneation in the common schools, entered a drug store at Nokomis as clerk, where he re- mained one and a half years, then moved to Kansas City, where he remained two years, and then returned to Raymond and worked for his father eight years, and entered into business for himself in September, 1880, in Raymond, where he conducts the drug, oil, paint, lead. wall paper and fancy goods bus- iness; he has lately moved into a new and commodious room, fitted up especially for his business. In Montgomery County, January 1, 1879, he married Mary A. Neal. born Mareh 4, 1862, and one child has blessed the union, Anna May, born March 4, 1881: his wife is a member of the Methodist Church.
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South Carolina, a farmer by occupation, who married Miss Adeline Zeigler, of Mississippi, and who was the mother of five children, Gilbert H. being the second; the father died in 1873, and the mother followed her hus- band the next year. Mr. Whitehead, our subject, married, in Montgomery County, in 1875, March 11, Miss Fanny Devasier, a na- tive of Montgomery County, born March 26, 1853; four children have been born of this marriage-Rosa Lee, Samuel, Nancy and Zenora. He owns 131 acres of choice land, and affiliates with the Democratic party.
SAMUEL H. YOUNG, farmer, P. O. Ray- mond. was born in Clermont County. Ohio, December 12, 1852, son of Orson and Sarah
(Hall) Young, he a farmer and mechanic, born in New York State; she a native of Ire- land -- both of whom are living, in the town- ship of Harvel, Montgomery County, this State; they are the parents of six children, Samuel H. being the second, who, like his father, is a farmer. Our subject married, in Montgomery County, December 31, 1871, Mary Amanda Grummon, born in Madison County May 29, 1857, daughter of John L. Grummon. of St. Clair County, Ill., from which union have been born four children- John O., Samuel L., S. Catharine and Irene; Minnie died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Young are members of the Methodist Church, and he is a Greenbacker in politics.
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WILLIAM A. BEATTY, farmer, P. O. Raymond, born in Grayson County, Ky., Jan- uary 29. 1847; received his education from the common schools of his native county. He remained with his parents in Kentucky until 1864, when he enlisted in the Federal army, Twenty-sixth Kentucky Volunteers, commanded by Burbridge, afterward by Max- well, last by Col. Farley; served about thir- teen months: mustered out in July, 1865; in 1866, removed to Montgomery County, where he commenced by working as a farm hand, continuing the same until 1872, when he rented a farm of 160 acres and worked it un- til 1876, when he bought 100 acres, and has since added 100 to it, now having 200 acres. In 1876. January 27, in Montgomery County, he married Sarah A. Bowles, a native of Greene County, Ill., born in 1857. When he commenced on his farm, there were no im- provements: upon his farm he has a good residence; wheat, corn, oats, cattle and hogs of good stock; father was Joseph Beatty, born in Grayson County, Ky., in 1823; now lives near Raymond; mother, Sarah Akres, born in Kentucky; she died in 1847, aged about twenty-one years; parents had one child, our subject. Subject has had four children, three living-Oliver M., William A. (dead), Orrie, Bessie. Politically, Re- publican.
R. B. BOWSHER, farming and livery sta- ble, P. O. Barrett. Jesse, the father of this gentleman, was born in Wyandot County, Ohio. in 1812: during his life, followed the occupation of a farmer, and died February 20, 1856. His wife, and mother of our sub-
ject; was Elizabeth Clayton; she was born in Wyandot County in 1814, and died in Feb- ruary, 1850; they were blessed with five chil- dren, R. B. Bowsher being the second child. He was born in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co., Ohio, May 19, 1837; his early life was spent in receiving such an education as the common schools of his native county afforded, and assisted his father in tilling the soil of his farm until 1856, when he removed to Ma- coupin County, Ill., where he engaged in ag- ricultural pursuits on his own account; he remained in Macoupin County until the spring of 1882, when he removed to Montgomery County, where, in connection with his farm- ing, he is engaged in the livery business, and has a good stable, well stocked with fine horses, buggies, etc., and, in fact, everything to complete a first-class livery stable. He was married, in Macoupin County, in 1861, to Miss Mary Range, a native of Macoupin County, Ill., and the daughter of Allen and Agnes (Crouch) Range; they have five chil- dren-Columbus, Baker, Leon, Nellie and Maud. Mr. Bowsher is a progressive and energetic business man, a kind neighbor and a good citizen; he is one of those men who add to the prosperity of the county; he is an active member of the order of A .. F. & A. M .. Lodge No. 171, at Girard; in politics, is- identified with the Democratic party.
JAMES W. CLINE, farmer, P. O. Ray- mond, was born in Montgomery County Feb- ruary 27, 1837, to Reuben H. and Nellie (Smith) Cline. Mr. Cline's early days were spent in receiving an education and assisting in tilling the soil of his father's farm; he re-
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mained with his father to the time of his death, and for a few years previous to his death, took the entire management of the same: in 1859, removed to Bond County and hired out as a farm hand, and continued working by the month until 1862, and mar- ried and removed to the southwest corner of Montgomery County, where he rented a farm of eighty acres, and, in 1863, returned to Bond County, and in 1865 removed to Mad- ison County, where he bought a farm, in 1867, of 120 acres, and remained until 1869, when he sold it and moved to the Bluffs, near St. Louis, and again rented, and in 1870 again removed to Madison County, and bought a farm in Rountree Township of 165 acres, and continued on that farm and added to it until he had 220 acres; he remained there until the fall of 1879, when he removed to his pres- ent residence, and has now 410 acres of land, and one of the best farms of Montgomery County, upon which he has a fine residence, barns, with wind-mill and everything for use on a good farm: makes stock raising and trad- ing in stock a specialty. In October. 1862, in Montgomery County, he married Miss Mary E. Thompson, a native of Licking County, Ohio, born in 1844; they have had four children, all of whom are living -- Leigh- ton W., Susan C., Alex C., James S. In 1861, he enlisted in the Federal army. under Col. Marshall, and was taken prisoner by Gen. Price, and was discharged in October, and was again discharged in July, 1862. Himself and family are members of M. E. Church; Republican in politics; member of A., F. & A. M., No. 692, at Raymond. Commenced life a poor man; has now a good property; parents had eleven children, subject being the oldest child.
WILLIAM COLEMAN, farmer, P. O. Raymond, was born in Crawford County, Mo., August 25, 1842, to Ephraim Coleman and
Nancy (Best); father was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1812; during his life, fol- lowed farming, and now resides in Montgom- ery County, Ill., with his children; mother was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1813; she died in 1877, in Missouri; parents had eleven children, eight of whom are living -- four boys and four girls; subject was third child. He received his education from the neighborhood schools of Fayette County, Ind., at the time living with his uncle, Thomas Coleman: commenced life by trading in stock in Missouri in 1863, and continued until 1870; shipped to St. Louis, where he engaged as brakeman on the Missouri & Pacific, and, at the end of a year, was given a train, and acted as conductor until 1875, when he com- menced farming in Osage County. Mo .. by renting; in 1877. he bought a farm of 105 acres in same county, where he continued until 1881, when he sold out and removed to his present residence, and is now the owner of eighty acres of well-improved land, upon which he has a good residence, good barns, etc. : he intends to make stock-raising a spe- cialty. In 1878, he married, in Missouri, Miss Susan Phelps, a native of Osage County, Mo., born in 1842, daughter of Charles Phelps, of Missouri; they have no children; wife is a member of Christian Church; in politics, is a Democrat; he gave up railroading because he disliked it.
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