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James M., now a resident of Pitman Town- ship, Montgomery County; Jane Elizabeth, at home; Henry Cory, at home; Oswald Jo- seph, at home. Mr. Burnet has held office of School Commissioner. Mr. Burnet and fam- ily are religiously connected with the M. E. Church, he having joined the church in 1828; politically, is identified with the Republican party.
REV. JOHN R. BARBEE, clergyman, Girard, son of John and Mary (Ray) Barbee, was born in Green County, Ky., December 26, 1828, where also he was raised, educated and married. His marriage to Miss Nannie, daughter of John and Hila (Rogers) Bottom, was celebrated November 24, 1552, in Taylor County, Ky. In the fall of 1864, Mr. Bar- bee moved into Pitman Township, Montgom- ery Co., Ill., where, about the same time, he bought a farm, comprising 103 acres of very rich land, well drained, and containing an abundant supply of stock water; he has quite recently erected on these premises a fine two- story frame dwelling house. Mr. Barbee has a family of six children -- Mary Ray, the wife of William Howland, residents of Montgom- ery County; Hila, the wife of Faris Howland, residents of Pike County; Joseph Eller, John Waller, Elias William and Lilla May. Mr. Barbee was ordained to the ministry of the Baptist Church about 1858, while residing in Kentucky; he is regarded by the public as devoted, talented and pious; to this senti- ment we give approbation, and add, as an opinion of our own, that he is one of the most industrious workers to be found in his de- nomination. Mr. Barbee has a family record
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of which he has a right to feel proud; the re- lationship has been patriotically represented in every war of the nation from the Revolu- tion to the late civil war of the great rebell- ion; his grandfather, Elias Barbee, a seventh son, and six of his brothers, were soldiers in the war which gave independence to the American colonies and freedom to the world .; Joshua and Thomas are the only names of these brothers handed down. Elias raised four sons-John, Elias, William and Thomas. Of these, John, Mr. Barbee's father, with his uncle, Col. Joshua Barbee, were soldiers in the war of 1812; John was in the engage- ment in which the celebrated Indian chief, Tecumseh, fell. John Barbee, Mr. Barbee's immediate ancestor, raised a family of nine children -Mrs. Lucy (Benjamin) Thurman, of La Rue County, Ky .; Catharine; Mrs. Elizabeth (David) Mears, of Green County, Ky .; Mrs. Julia (Thomas) Lendrum, of Mc- Lean County, Ky .; Mary; Mrs. Lydia (John) Robinson, of Taylor County, Ky. ; Elias, de- ceased; Joseph, of California; and John R., of this sketch. Elias was a soldier in the Mexican war, and was wounded in the battle of Buena Vista, in the same charge in which the brave Col. John J. Hardin was killed. Mr. Barbee himself was a Chaplain during our late civil strife, for the Thirteenth Ken- tucky Infantry, and was in the siege of Knox- ville. The writer of this history has known this family for a number of years, and takes pleasure here to testify to their excellent standing and character, and heartily wishes that the old friendship and strong ties of sympathy may continue.
CHARLES H. BURTON, farmer, P. O. Mc Vey, was born in Greene County, Ill., near Greenfield, to William L. and Rachael (Dav- idson) Burton, July 25. 1833; he was born in Virginia July 3, 1797; emigrated to Ken- tucky, and subsequently removed to Illinois
about the year 1825, and settled in Greene County, Ill., near White Hall, in 1829 or 1830; here he remained until about 1858, when he removed to Montgomery County and resided with his son, our subject, to the time of his death, which occurred October 5, 1862; dur- ing his life, followed the occupation of a farmer; it is supposed he was of German de- scent; his wife, and mother of our subject, was born in Maryland January 9, 1798, and died January 21, 1852; they were the parents of ten children -- five boys and five girls, viz .: Henry James D. (dead), Mary Jane (widow of Nathan T. Maxfield), Elizabeth C. (wife of William F. Carrico, of Kansas), David Par- ker (dead), Martha A. (first wife of William Carrico-dead), Margaret K. (second wife of Volentine Caswell; she is now dead), John F. (dead), Charles H. (our subject), Sarah M. (dead), William A. (dead). Charles H. Burton received his education at Greenfield. from the common schools and the Greenfield Academy; heremained with his parents to the age of twenty-one, assisting in tilling the soil of his father's farm; he then embarked on his career in life as a school-teacher, in Mont- gomery County, where he removed when he left his home; he taught during the winters of 1855 and 1856; in the summer of 1857, bought a farm of eighty acres and began farming; his farm was located in Section 16 of Pitman Township: here he remained until February, 1859, when he bought a farm ad- joining his present residence, where he re- sided until the spring of 1863, when he re- moved to his present place, where he has since remained, engaged in agricultural pur- suits: he is now the owner of 100 acres of well-improved land, and under a high state of cultivation. On October 15, 1856, in Mont- gomery, he married Samantha Rogers; she was born in Macoupin County, Ill., April 15, 1835, to Benjamin and Lydia (Snow) Rogers,
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who were natives of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Burton have had seven children, six of whom are now living: James O., born November 5, 1857; Lydia Estella, December 9, 1858; Rosa, July 9, 1860; George E., January 26, 1862; John A., April 6, 1863, died September 10, 1864; William W., October 25, 1867; Benja- min R., June 28, 1872. Self and family are re- ligiously connected with the M. E. Church. Mr. Burton was elected County Supervisor in 1877, and served three years; School Treas- urer since 1869, and still holds office; High- way Commissioner at present; politically, a Republican; he is a member of Grange Lodge, No. 970, in Pitman Township, and called Washington Lodge. But three of Mr. Burton's children are at home.
CHARLES GILLMAN, farmer and stock- raiser. P. O. Girard, was born in Ger- many, July 17, 1835, to Charles and Han- nah Gillman. His early life was spent in receiving a common-school education; at the age of fourteen, he was hired out to work on a farm by his father, as a shepherd, tending sheep; at the age of twenty-one, he bade his home farewell and emigrated to America; he made his first settlement in San- gamon County, Ill., and was under the em- ploy of Charles Hoppin for over five years; by his close attention to business and his economy, he was able, at the end of that time, to buy 360 acres of land in Pitman Town- ship, Montgomery County; here he com- menced farming in 1863 on his own account; by his energy and business habits, he has succeeded in accumulating about nine hun- dred and thirty acres of land, all lying in one tract in Pitman Township, with the ex- ception of ten acres of timber; he is now principally engaged in stock-raising, making cattle and hogs a specialty, although he raises large quantities of all other kinds of stock; he is now the owner of over two hundred head
of cattle; in about 1872, he enlarged his residence making it very large and com- modious. In 1862, in Sangamon County, III., he married Miss Anna Hantla; she was born in 1846 in Germany; she is the mother of nine children, eight of whom are now living -Frank, Willie, Anna, Henry, Carrie, George Emma and John. He has served the people as School Director. Himself and wife are religiously connected with the Lutheran Church. Mr. Gillman is strongly in favor of the Republican party.
WILLIAM R. HOUCK, farmer, P. O. Ray- mond. The father of this gentleman was Ross Houck; he was born March 4, 1804. in Pennsylvania; here he received a limited common-school education; he remained with his parents to the age of sixteen, assisting in tilling the soil of his father's farm. At the age of sixteen, he left his home, with a pack on his back, with only 25 cents in his pocket, to embark on his career in life, it being his intention to settle in the far West; he first stopped at Cincinnati, Ohio, and worked at the trade of a carpenter, which he had par- tially learned before he left his home; here he remained for one year, when he engaged with Virgil Hickox, at a salary of $50 per month and expenses paid, selling books; he remained in the employ of this gentleman for about two years, during the time, by his econ- omy and business habits, succeeding in accu- mulating enough funds to enable him to start in the same business on his own account, which he did in the State of Illinois, where he continued successfully for a term of five years; during the time, he had accumulated about $5,000. with which he entered land in Madison County, improved land, bought stock, and also opened a general merchandising store; he remained in Madison County for several years, but finally removed to Alton, where he filled official offices, which took the
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most of his time; in 1843, he entered 160 acres in Macoupin County, which he improved, and removed his family to the same in 1845; he added to this tract until he owned 380 acres in that county; in about 1850, he en- tered 840 acres in Montgomery, which he had improved, but at the time made his home in Maconpin County; at the time of his death, he had accumulated 1,140 acres of land; his death occurred December 24, 1868; he was one of Macoupin County's most successful farmers and business men. His wife, and mother of our subject, was Lucinda Ann (Gunterman) Houck; she was a native of Kentucky, born November 27, 1811, and is now residing in Macoupin County npon the homestead farm: she is the mother of seven children, all of whom are alive, William R. being the oldest child; he was born in Ed- wardsville, Madison Co., Ill., January 21. 1833; he received his education from the common schools of Alton, Woodburn, and the McKendree College at Lebanon. At the age of nineteen, he left his home, went to Bun- ker Hill, Ill., and embarked on his career in life as a clerk in a store; he remained here until 1854, when he started a general mer- chandising store at Edwardsville, Ill., on his own account, in partnership with Mr. John Prickett; in 1856, he sold his interest to his partner, when he returned to Bunker Hill, and. with Mr. James Rider, bought ont the interest of his old employer, T. J. Van Dorn; here he remained for a period of twelve years, during which time he had purchased the in- terest of his partner; in 1862, he purchased a flouring-mill, which he ran in partnership with P. C. Huggins until about the close of the war, when he took an interest in a store at Vicksburg; he remained here about one year, when he returned to Bunker Hill and engaged in farming on the old homestead; in 1870, he removed to Montgomery County
and settled on a farm of eighty acres, where he has since remained, engaged in agricult- nral pursuits; by his energy and business, he has succeeded in accumulating 200 acres of land, all of which is under a high state of cultivation. In Macoupin County, October 8, 1855, he married Miss Lucinda A. Allard, a native of Cape Cod, she born June 3, 1836; she is the mother of nine children, seven of whom are living-Carrie L., July 18, 1856: Edward R., March 28, 1858; William A., July 8, 1859; Elmira L., November 4, 1861: Mary E., February 24, 1861; Henrietta V. D. and Thomas V. D. (twins). April 17, 1866: Ross, July 4, 1868; Jessie M., May 12, 1870; Elmira L. and Jessie M. are dead. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M. Lodge, No. 151, at Bunker Hill; in politics, is identified with the Democratic party; self and family are connected with the Methodist Church.
JOHN HAYNES, retired farmer, Atwater, was born in Harrison County, Ind., May 6, 1816, to William and Ann (Toty) Haynes; he was born in Person County, N. C., July 28, 1790; he was a farmer by occupation; from North Carolina he went to Kentucky, where he remained until after he was married, and then removed to Indiana, where he re- mained about three years, at the end of which time he returned to Kentucky, remaining only about three years, when he again returned West, and located in a portion of Morgan County which is now Cass County, Ill., where his death occurred the following year, May 25, 1830; his wife was also a native of North Carolina, born in 1791, November 27; died May 4, 1868; she was the mother of twelve children, all of whom, with one exception. grew to manhood and womanhood, and of whom John, the subject of this sketch, was the fifth child. His early boyhood was spent in assisting his father in his agricultural pur- snits; owing to the limited school privileges
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at that early day, his education was necessar- ily limited; but he has succeeded, by obser- vation and by contact with the world, in re- ceiving more than an ordinary practical edu- cation. At the death of his father, he assisted his mother in the management of the property and in the support of the family; he remained with mother about three years, at the end of which time he apprenticed himself to learn the brick-maker's and brick-mason's trade, which he followed about twenty-two years; he eventually entered land in Morgan County, which he sold a few years later, and, in 1855, purchased 120 acres of the land upon which he has since resided, and to which he has continually added, until he now has the sat- isfaction of managing a farm consisting of 276 acres of fine farm land, which will com- pare with any of the best regulated farms of the township, and places Mr. Haynes in the list of practical farmers; at present, he is re- tired from active labor, but still remains upon the homestead, overseeing the cultivation of his land and enjoying the fruits of a well- regulated life and successful career. He was married, in Morgan County, October 18, 1842. to Miss Harriet Seymour. who was born in North Carolina October 7, 1819; she is the mother of nine children, viz .: James, born September 25, 1843: Sarah Ann, born De- cember 8, 1814, deceased; Green, born Sep- tember 7, 1846; Mary Jane, born September 28, 1848 ; Alexander, born September 28, 1850; Charles, born November 28, 1852; an in- fant, born November 9, 1854, deceased; Henry, born July 12, 1857; John, born November 28, 1859-the latter of whom is now at home with bis parents. Mrs. Haynes was the daugh- ter of James P. and Levina (Long) Seymour, natives of North Carolina, both deceased. Mr. Haynes is not much interested in politics, and may be said to be independent in politics, and, as he says, votes for men and principles.
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WILLIAM HACKNEY, retired farmer, Atwater, born in New York City June 30. 1820, to William and Margaret (Kegler) Hackney; he was born in Schenectady, N. Y .. July 23, 1789; was a blacksmith by trade, but, during his life in the East, worked in a foundry, and was the man who first burned coal upon a steamboat for making steam; he emigrated to Delhi, Jersey Co., Ill., in 1836, where he followed the occupation of a black- smith; he died November 9, 1875, at Brigh- ton; his wife, and mother of our subject, was born in Albany, N. Y., March 22. 1794, and died December 7, 1879; they were the par- ents of nine children, of whom William was the second child, of whom six are now living. William Hackney was removed to Troy, N. Y., by his parents in 1828, where he received his education from the high schools of Troy; at the age of thirteen, he began his career in life by working as a cabin boy, and afterward acted as cook, upon the Hudson River; in 1836, with his parents, removed to Illinois and settled in Jersey County, and again fol- lowed life on the river as deck hand and watchman for about nine years; he then com- menced farming in Jersey County, on a farm of eighty acres; here he remained until 1863, when he removed to his present residence and bought 250 acres, a part of which was in timber and part prairie, lying in Macoupin and Montgomery Counties; by his energy and business habits, succeeded in accumulating a good property, name and reputation which stands beyond reproach; he is now the owner of about three hundred and twenty-five acres of land, all of which is under a high state of cultivation, and has all the necessary im- provements; upon his place he makes grain and stock a specialty. In 1842, December 1. in Jersey County, he married Caroline M. Wilkins, a native of Greene County, III., born February 8, 1824; she is a daughter of John
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and Elizabeth (Lurton) Wilkins, who were natives of Kentucky, and among the first set- tlers of Greene County. Mr. and Mrs. Hack- ney were the parents of nine children, two of whom are dead-Margaret E., Sarah T., Jo- seph, Matthew, John W., Carey O., Henry D., Udolpho and Katie G. Mr. Hackney is an active member of the fraternity of A., F. & A. M., No. 692, at Raymond. In politics, his sympathies are with the Democratic party.
JEDUTHUN B. NEWELL, retired farmer, P. O. Girard, son of Asahel and Elizabeth (Bushnell) Newell, was born in Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y., April 13, 1811; the family came to Greene County, III., in 1832; they moved to Calhoun in 1834, where they remained about ten years, during which time the mother died; after the death of his wife, Mr. Newell's fa- ther lived among his children during the re- mainder of his life; he died December 8, 1877; they both lived to a good old age, he dying in his eighty-fourth year, and she in her sixty-fifth; they were members of the church, and each had the reputation of being a devoted Christian. Mr. Newell bought his first land in Calhoun County, a tract of ninety-eight acres, lying on the banks of the Illinois River. November 27, 1834, he mar- ried Miss Eunice, daughter of Chuza and Sarah (Bacon) Bushnell, by whom he had four children -- William and Sarah, died in infancy; Ira B., died at forty years of age; and Alonzo C. His second wife, Lucinda Underwood, was born in Harrison County, Ky., February 5, 1817, daughter of Francis and Margaret (Jarvis) Underwood, he a na- tive of Shropshire, England, died in 1853: she, born in Fayette County, Ky., in 1784, died in 1857; from this second marriage, four JOSEPH H. PITMAN, retired farmer, Raymond, was born in New Jersey in 1822, October 19, to Samuel and Fannie (Phillips) ! Pitman; he was born in New Jersey in 1795; children have been born to them-Moses A., a teacher by profession; and Mrs. Mary A. Hoovebeck, both of Harvel Township, Mont .- gomery County; Lucy E. and William R. ' during his former life, followed the trade of
died in infancy. In 1844, Mr. Newell sold his farm in Calhoun County, and bought an- other farm in Greene County about five miles southwest of Carrollton, on which he moved, and where he resided till 1852, at which time he came to Montgomery County, Pitman Township, buying a farm of 280 acres of land where he now lives; this farm is well improved, and has a fine, rich, productive soil. Mr. Newell and wife are both members of the Methodist Church, in which denomi- nation they have good standing; as citizens, they rank high. Mr. Newell has been, and is yet, rather a prominent man in society, and whose judgment is revered; he served three terms as Justice of the Peace while in Calhoun County, and three terms since in Montgomery County; in fact, he held the office as long as he would have it at all; his judgments were generally sustained in higher courts. The Newells are supposed to be of English origin; it is not now definitely known when they came to this country; they were here, however, before our independence as a nation. Mr. Newell's grandfather, Solomon Newell, lived and died in the State of Con- necticut. March 4, 1784, Asahel, Mr. New- ell's father, emigrated, after his marriage, to Oneida County, N. Y., about 1807; he raised a family of seven children-Isaac, Jeduthun, Mrs. Elizabeth (Alonson) Twitchell, Asahel, Mrs. Clarissa (Thomas) Reynolds, Mrs. Louisa (Charles) Thurp and Mrs. Ruth (Solomon) Despain; Isaac died when about twenty-three years old; three of these children are now living-Jeduthun, Mrs. Reynolds, of Macou- pin County, and Mrs. Despain, of Granite City, U. T.
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a weaver, but, during the latter years of his life, followed farming; he removed to the State of Illinois in 1839, and settled in Jer- sey County, which was at that time Greene County; here he remained to the time of his death, which occurred in 1855; she was born in New Jersey in about 1797, and died in her native State in 1829; she was the mother of seven children, Joseph H. being the fourth child; his school education was very limited, and only such as the common schools afforded; he has received the most of his learning by observation and study by himself; he remained with his father, assisting in managing the farm, to the time of his death, and remained upon the farm ten years after his father's death, supporting and caring for his father's family. In the spring of 1866, he removed to Montgomery County and set- tled upon his tract of 160 acres of unculti- vated prairie land, which he had bought sev- eral years previous; here he has since re- mained, and made all necessary improvements upon his farm, until now it is in a high state of cultivation; in 1879, he rented liis land, it being his desire to retire from active labor, having, by his energy and business, accumu- lated a good property, and a name and repu- tation which stand beyond reproach. Mr. Pitman has filled many township offices, and has been serving the people as County Su- pervisor for eight years, to the entire satis- faction of all well-disposed citizens. In pol- ities, his sympathies are with the Republican party. The township of Pitman, of which he is a resident, was named from Mr. Joseph H. Pitman.
DANIEL C. RICHARDS, farmer, P. O. Raymond. The father of this gentleman was Samuel S. Richards; he was born in Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y., February 22, 1818, where he was educated and brought up on a farm. In 1836, he removed to Illinois, set-
tled at Rockford, Winnebago County, where he has been engaged in farming and mer- chandising, giving his attention principally to the former; he is the owner of 160 acres of land at the present time, he having accu- mulated, during his life, a large tract of land, all of which he improved; he is a son of Daniel Richards, a native of New York. The mother of our subject was Sarah Brown, who was born in North Carolina February 19, 1818; she was brought to Illinois by her un- cle, Aaron Felts, in 1836, and settled in Win- nebago County, Ill .; she remained with her uncle, Aaron Felts, and her brother, William Brown, to the time of her marriage, which occurred in 1837; she is the mother of four- teen children, three of whom are now living Daniel C., our subject; Oscar L., of Rock- ford, a farmer; Clara M .. now at home. Mrs. Richards, the mother of our subject, is the daughter of Daniel Brown, who was a native of North Carolina, and was of German de- scent. D. C. Richards was born in Harrison Township, Winnebago Co., Ill., August 11, 1838; his early life was spent in receiving such education as the common schools of his native county afforded, and assisting in till- ing the soil of his father's farm, which at that time was very wild and unimproved. At the age of twenty-one, he left home and moved to Michigan. where he embarked on his ca- reer in life as a farin hand, and, during the two years' stay in Michigan, his time was divided in farming, teaching school and at- tending a select school taught by a Miss Brown ; the opportunity afforded him a chance to complete his education, which he improved. In the summer of 1861, he re- turned to his home, and taught school the following winter. when he entered the Du- rand Academy, at Durand, in his native county, for a period of four months, and, on the 5th of July, in 1862, he enlisted in the
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Seventy-first Illinois Infantry, under com- mand of Col. Gilbert; he served in this reg- iment for three months, at the expiration of which time he returned home. After the battle of Stony River, he was engaged as clerk in the Quartermaster's Department, and remained in the employ of Quartermas- ter's Department at Murfreesboro, Nashville and Clarksville, Tenn., until about the 1st of April, 1865; he then returned to St. Louis, and subsequently to Pitman Township, Mont- gomery County, and settled on his present residence June 1, 1865; he remained here for about one month, and returned to his home in Winnebago County, where he remained until fall of the same year, when he located permanently on his place, October 3, 1865; here he has since remained, engaged in stock- raising and farming; in stock-raising he has been engaged quite extensively, at times keep-
with the Baptist Church; he has been Clerk of the Baptist Church for about nine years, since its organization. Mr. Richards has been actively engaged in Sunday school work and temperance work.
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