History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois, Part 90

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

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Connovar, native of New Jersey, deceased, in August, 1835. She is the mother of three children, viz .: Mary, wife of Frank MeNorton, living in Rountree Township ; Emma, wife of John MeCallum, living near the homestead ;

Hattie, single, living at home. Mr. Walers is identified with the Democratic party, and is al- ways interested in the political issues of the times.

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SAMUEL T. BARTLETT, dry goods, drug store and farmer, P. O. Irving ; born in Henry County, Ky., in 1819. He is the second son of a family of eight, born to Samuel and Elizabeth (Owens) Bartlett, natives of Virginia. Samuel was born about the year 1777; came to Ken- tucky when a young man, and settled in Henry County, where he farmed and taught school. In 1833, came to Illinois, where he died April 29, 1835. His wife Elizabeth was born about the year 1786, and died in Illinois in 1858. Sub- ject received his education principally in Illi- nois in the common schools. In Montgomery County, October 2, 1838, he married Martha Maxey, who was born in Warren County, Ky., about the year 1820. She is the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Berry) Maxey. He was a Virginian by birth, removed to Kentucky, then came to Illinois, where he died in 1860. Ilis wife was a native of Kentucky, and also died in Illlinois in 1837. To Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett have been born nine children, seven now living-John, Charles L., Edward, llenry, Hiram, Douglas and Mary ; George and Jane, deceased. Mr. Bartlett still carries on farming, in connection with his other business of dry goods, drugs, etc., in which he has been engaged since 1869. He has held the offices of Town- ship Treasurer and Deputy Sheriff for eight years. Mr. Bartlett and wife are Methodists. He is a Democrat, and a member of the I. O. O. F. He owns about seven hundred acres of good prairie land, nearly all of which is under cultivation, besides town property, consisting of five dwellings and one business house. His son Henry assists him in the dry goods depart- ment, and his son Douglas in the drug depart- ment of his business.

THOMAS G. BLACK, farmer and grain dealer, P. O. Irving, was born in Kentucky February 21, 1828, son of James B. and Mary G. (MeCaslin) Black, he, a farmer, born in Kentucky October 7, 1799, died about the year 1876 ; she, born July 3, 1793, died September 14, 1836. Subject, the second child of a family of four children, came to Illinois with his parents when three years of age, and stayed one year in Bond County ; then moved to Mont- gomery County, where he received his education in the common schools. He assisted his father on the farm till he was twenty-one years of age, then engaged in the tanning business, which, not proving satisfactory, he abandoned, and began farming. He bought a farm in 1853, but sold it in 1854, and moved to the town of Irving, where he and James N. Berry built the first business house in the place in 1855, and engaged in the mercantile and grain trade, which he followed for twenty years, when he bought the place where he now lives, about a half mile from Irving, and engaged in his present occupation of farming and stock trading, which he carries on successfully. In 1852, he married Nancy A. Whitlidge, a native of Illinois, who died February 21, 1857 ; her parents were natives of Kentucky. From this union three children were born, one only now living, viz., Mary M. His second wife, Sarah E. Berry, was born February 18, 1838 ; her parents were natives of Kentucky. She has borne him ten children, of whom eight are liv- ing. Mr. Black served in the army three months in 1862, as Lieutenant of Company C, Seven- tieth Illinois Volunteers, principally on guard duty ; has been Supervisor of Irving Township for two terms, was Chairman of the Committee

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of the Poor Farm, and has done much toward the improvement of the town. He is a Repub- lican, and a member of the Masonic fraternity.

W. MILTON BERRY, of the firm of Kelly & Berry, dealers in general merchandise, was born in Woodford County, Ill., in 1850. and came to this place in 1870. His father, Will- iam S. Berry, Sr., was born in Virginia in 1807, but was raised in Kentucky. Came to Illinois when a young man, and settled first in this county, afterward in Woodford County, thence to Wisconsin, whence he returned to this place, where he now resides. The maiden name of his wife. the mother of our subject, was Cath- arine Johnson, born in Ohio in 1808; both parents are still living and in good health. They had four sons and three daughters. Our subject studied at Eureka, Ill., taking a clas- sical course at Christian College, though leav- inga year before the time for graduation. He followed teaching for seven years, five years being spent at Irving. He was married in this place, May 9, 1876, to Kausie L. Kelly, who was born in this county in 1856. His wife's father was James Kelly, a native of Kentucky, who came to this State when a young man. Mr. Berry began at his present business of general merchandising in 1876, and now has a fine trade, carrying a large stock of goods for a small town. He has been Treasurer of the town for the past three years. He owns a good two-story frame residence, one of the prettiest in town, recently built, and has a farm two miles south of town, containing 136 acres of good land, with a hedge fence around nearly the whole of it, and has a half-interest in the stock and business of the firm of Kelly & Berry. Hle has one daughter, Eunice Ray. Himself and wife are members of the Christian Church, and he is a Republican.

MONROE BOST was born in North Caro- lina in 1833, and came to Macoupin County, Ill., when twenty-seven years of age, and re- mained one year; he then moved to Mont-

gomery County and bought the place he now owns, in Irving Township, his first purchase being sixty acres, and has added to that until he now owns 140 acres of good tillable land, on which he has erected a good dwelling and barn, and all necessary outbuildings, and was married, in this State, the 20th of December, 1860, to Miss Rebecca Lipe, she being the mother of eight children, and died December 3, 1877; Wilson Lipe, her father, was born in North Carolina; occupation, farmer; and died in 1881; Nancy Lipe, her mother, was also a native of North Carolina, and still liv- ing in this county. Levi Bost, his father, was born in North Carolina about 1806 occu- pation, farmer; Catharine Raymer Bost, his mother, was also born in same State, about 1812; she was the mother of ten children, the subject being the third child. His second wife, Elizabeth Easterdy, was born in this State April 27, 1852; wife is a member of Lutheran Church, and he is a member of Presbyterian Church; he is a Republican.

ATHAN CANNON was born in North Car- olina in the year 1815, and worked on the farm during his minority, following that oc- cupation eight years, when he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed in con- nection with farming, and sold out his place in North Carolina and moved to Alabama, where he remained a number of years engaged in farming, and moved from there to Arkan- sas, and was engaged in cotton speculation and farming; he remained a few years, and came to Hillsboro, Montgomery County, and was a grain and stock dealer, and moved to the town of Butler in 1865, and engaged in lumber and carpenter business, where he re- mained four years, and was also in mercantile business one year; in 1870, moved to the town of Irving; went into the mercantile, lumber and grain business with his sons; they carried on the business for six years, and has been in

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the grain and farming business up to the present time, and has bought several tracts, until he has reached the handsome estate of 239 acres, all in Section 15, Irving Township, and has it all in a good state of cultivation. He was married, in North Carolina, in 1834, to Miss Anna M. Slough; she was a native of North Carolina, born in the year 1819; her parents were natives of the same State. William Cannon, the father of subject, was born in North Carolina in 1783; his occupa- tion was farming: died in 1819; Keziah L. Cannon was born in Virginia in 1785, and was the mother of seven children, the subject being the sixth child, and he has a family of eight children, four of whom are dead; those living are as follows: Marquis De L., Rob- ert E., William S., Louisana. Ife and fam- ily are members of the M. E. Church; he has been Deacon since 1855: politically, conser- vative; he is a Mason, belonging to Irving Lodge, No. 455; he has always been prom- inent in the advancement of public improve- ments and agricultural interests, and has been moderately successful in all of his business transactions.

JULIUS CARRIKER was born in this county in 1856, August 8, and assisted his father on the farm until twenty-one years of age; was educated in common schools of coun- try, and entered on his business career as a farmer and running a threshing machine; has always remained on the old homestead, and is now in full possession, having bought out his father: he has a beautiful home, with all necessary buildings and modern improvements to make agriculture a success; he has the name of being an energetic and enterprising young farmer; married, in this county, in 1877, to Miss Lizzie Moraine; she was born in this county in 1858, and is the mother of two children, Pearla and Stella; James Mor- aine, her father, was born in Madison County,

Ohio, February 24, 1828, and is a farmer by occupation; was brought to this State at ten years of age by his parents, and has been a very successful farmer, accumulating a large tract of land; her mother, Sarah (Lipe) Mor- aine, was born in this county January 10, 1832; her parents were natives of North Car- olina, and are all large land-owners. His father. John Carriker, was born in North Carolina, and has accumulated a large landed estate, which he has divided among his chil- dren, and retired to a comfortable home in the town of Irving, and is doing a small nur- sery business; his mother is also a native of North Carolina, and is the mother of nine children, the subject being the sixth child. They are blessed with a beautiful home and two lovely children; are members of Lutheran Church; he is a Democrat.

DOLPHAS CARR, farmer, P. O. Irving, was born in North Carolina February 9, 1852, and came to this State when fifteen years of age; was partially educated in North Caro- lina; finished in this State, in common school of country, and worked on the farm by day labor until he bought the place on which he now resides, containing 100 acres of well-im- proved land, with good, comfortable build- ings: married, September 19, 1878, to Miss Alice Cline; she was born in this county Sep- tember 9, 1862; Nelson Cline, her father, was born in North Carolina; her mother was also a native of same State, born about 1815, still living. John Carr, his father, and also his mother, were born in North Carolina: she was the mother of the one child, and he has only one child, Charlie Carr; are members of Lutheran Church; politically, Republican.

GEORGE H. FILE was born in North Carolina June 12, 1828; was brought to this county when three years old, by his parents, and worked on the farm until he became of age, and bought a piece of land near his fa-

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ther's, containing 190 acres; he made the first payment by raising castor beans, which he sold for $1.25 per bushel, hanled to St. Louis, seventy-five miles, which was the only market at that day; the yield was about eight bushels per acre, the most paying crop at that time-in fact, the only crop at that early day that brought the cash. Mr. File was mar- ried, in Montgomery County, in 1852, to Miss Susanna L. Cress, danghter of Absalom Cress. At the time of his marriage, he had improved about thirty acres and built a small frame house, which he occupied the first year with- ont plastering; in one year after, he sold that place for $7.50 per acre, and purchased his present home, containing 180 acres of land, with sixty acres improved, and the only build- ing being a log cabin, and afterward added to his first purchase seventy-six acres, on which he has built all necessary improvements, at considerable cost, and has his place under fine cultivation; he has turned his attention to fine cattle, and is making his preparations to go into the stock business. Jacob File was born in North Carolina, Cabarrus County; Caroline Cress, his mother, was also born in same State and county; she was the mother of nine children, our subject being the second child; his wife's father was born in North Carolina; also mother. The subject has had nine children, five of whom are living -- Mary Frances Drew, Clara M., Lawrence A., Will- iam H., Francis L .; members of Lutheran Church, which they joined while quite yonng; he has always been identified with the Dem- ocratic party.

THOMAS GRANTHAM, restaurant, born in Montgomery County, Ill., April 12, 1841, son of Ezekiel and Eleanor (Wiley) Gran- tham, he a native of Kentucky, she the mother of fourteen children, Thomas the twelfth child. Onr subject was educated in the com- mon schools of Montgomery County, and

worked on his father's farm till he arrived at the years of manhood, when he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Infantry, under Capt. J. H. Cabrick; was de- tailed on the bakery department, and on guard duty; served three years, and was honorably discharged. Returning to Irving, he engaged in the grocery business about a year, then ran a threshing-mill, and worked out by the day: engaged in the dairy business about thirteen months, and then in the bakery business, and now owns an interest in a restaurant in Ir- ving, doing a good business. In Montgomery County, Ill., October 11, 1866, he married Miss A. L. Saylor, born in Ohio in 1847, who has borne him six children, viz .: Jay V., Lola V., Laura J., Alvee C., Theresa M. and Harry V. The parents of Mrs. Grantham were na- tives of Ohio, and died in Marion County. Ill. Mr. Grantham and wife are members of the M. E. Church; he is a Republican.

I. L. GREGORY, farmer, P. O. Irving, was born in Montgomery County, Ill., April 22, 1851, son of David E. and Rebecca (Cress) Gregory, natives of North Carolina, he, a farmer and wheelwright, born December 1, 1809; she, born February 12, 1812; they are now residents of the town of Irving, are hale and hearty, and enjoying the comforts of their snng home, having retired from active life, leaving their son on the farm; of their six children, Irvin, our subject, is the fifth child; he received a rudimentary education in the common schools of the county; afterward at- tended Carthage College a year, and finished at Hillsboro, Ill .; he assisted his father on the farm until twenty-six years of age, when he began farming on his own account, on the homestead place, where he is doing well. In Montgomery County, he married Helen Thumb, a native of that county, born in 1859, who has borne him five interesting children, viz. : Ethel, Marvin, Iva, Rolland and Rosa.

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The parents of Mrs. Gregory were born in New York; her father, Marion Thumb, was a farmer by occupation. Mr. Gregory is a Democrat; his wife is a member of the Lu- theran Church.

SAMUEL F. KING, farmer and lawyer, Irving, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1825, son of Andrew and Hannah (Guttis) King; he, a farmer by occupation, born in North Carolina, died in 1856; she, born in Orange County, N. C., died in 1853; she was the mother of eleven children, subject being the tenth child. He came to Illinois with his parents when six years old, and settled near Irving; received a rudimentary educa- tion in the common schools of Montgomery County; also attended the high school at Hillsboro, Ill .; after finishing at Hillsboro, he taught school and devoted himself to the study of law; in 1866, he returned to Irving, where he carries on farming in addition to the practice of the legal profession; he was also engaged in the produce business, but sold out quite recently. In Shelby County, Ill., in 1951, he married Narcissus E. Bivins, who died of cholera in 1855; of her two chil- dren, one is living. His second wife. Zeno- bia Kershner, has born him six children, of whom one died. Mr. King served in the Mexican war five months in 1846; he is a . Democrat, and a member of the Free M. E. Church.

ISAAC LEWEY, farmer, P. O. Irving, was born in North Carolina November 5, 1822, and came to Montgomery County in June, 1843, and was in the Mexican war in 1846 and 1847; was discharged on account of ill health; came back to Irving Township, and commenced farming on land he received for his services in the war, and has added to that until he now owns 400 acres of good tillable land, on which he has erected a very good in dwelling and very fine barn, and everything

in proportion. He married Miss Brown in 1847, in this county, her parents being natives of Tennessee; three children were the result of this union; she, the mother, died March 12, 1855, and his second wife, Miss Elizabeth Griffith, was born in this State in 1831; John Griffith, her father, was born in Tennessee in March, 1808; occupation, farming; Harriet (Pyatt) Griffith, her mother, was born in 1811, in Tennessee, and she was the mother of ten children. The father of our subject. John Lewey, was born in North Carolina; occupation, farming; and died about 1863; and his mother was also born in same State November 5, 1842, and she was the mother of fourteen children, the subject being the eighth child. He has a family of four chil- dren, and owns a nice home in the town of Irving, where he now resides, and has it handsomely improved; members of Lutheran Church: politically, a Republican.

GEORGE W. LEWEY, farmer, P. O. Irv- ing, was born in Montgomery County De- cember 23, 1853, son of Isaac Lewey, a na- tive of North Carolina, Subject received his early education in the common schools of Montgomery County, and finished at Carthage College; he also took a business course at the commercial College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. : from Poughkeepsie he returned home and re- mained till he was twenty-one years old, as- sisting his father on the farm; he then began his business career as a merchant in Nokomis, Ill., in partnership with T. H. Lane; at the end of a year, they moved their business to Witt, where they stayed nine months; then removed to Raymond, where they carried on their business successfully for three years; Mr. Lewey then sold out his share in the bus- iness, and bought a livery stable in Raymond: but, after being in the livery business nine months, he sold out and returned to the home- stead farm, of which he has full charge and

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control, his father having retired from active life and moved to the town of Irving; the farm, which is an excellent one, has all the modern improvements. In Montgomery Coun- ty, in October, 1877, he married Augusta F. Lane, a native of that county, born in March, 1857, daughter of J. B. and Susan (Bost) Lane, natives of North Carolina. Mr. Lewey is a Republican; his wife is a member of the Old Presbyterian Church.

JOHN T. McDAVID, SR., farmer, P. O. Irving, born in Montgomery County, Ill., February 8, 182.4, son of William McDavid, a native of Virginia, whose wife's maiden name was Johnson, she having been born in Tennessee September 20, 1800. Our subject was raised on a farm; received such an edu- cation as was afforded by the common schools of that early day, and began life for himself as a farmer in East Fork Township, his first purchase being eighty acres of land, which he traded for horses, on which he realized such a profit as to enable him to buy 123 acres in the year 1850, on which he resided for seven years; he then sold out and bought an adjoining farm of 155 acres, where he lived several years, also buying sixty acres near Hillsboro, on which he realized a handsome profit in a short time; he next sold his farm and bought 560 acres of good tillable land, and erected a fine dwelling, barn and other buildings; in 1881, he again sold out, and bought, in Shelby County, 475 acres of good farm land, north of Shelbyville, and he also has 266 acres in Irving Township, as well as eighty acres in East Fork; he has also helped all his six sons to start well in life. Mr. Mc- David was married, in Montgomery County, in 1845, to Edna J. Knight, who was born in this county July 26, 1826, daughter of Will- iam Knight, of Kentucky, who was born in 1708, and died December 6, 1862; her moth- er's maiden name was Barsheba Bostick, born

in Kentucky in 1800, and died February 9, 1860; Mrs. McDavid became the mother of six children, and died March 6, 1870. On August 6, 1871, he was married to Linda Snell, who was born and grew up in Macou- pin County, Ill .. where she received a good education; they have one son by this mar- riage, Frank Lee, born August 20, 1877. In addition to his other property, Mr. McDavid owns a house and lot in the town of Irving. where he resides, comfortably situated, and highly esteemed for his social worth and pub- lic enterprise; the children by his first mar- riage were Albin B., William J., John T., Jr .. Joel K., Augustus B. and James L. Mr. Mc- David was elected Sheriff in 1868, and served two years; he was also Deputy Sheriff four or five years; also Assessor; his family are members of the Presbyterian Church.

JAMES McDOWELL, merchant, Irving, was born in Adair County, Ky., February 14, 1842; came to Illinois in 1860 and settled in Montgomery County; his parents, John and Lucinda (Rippetoe) McDowell, were natives of Adair County, Ky., he, a farmer, was born in 1809, and died about the year 1850; she, born in 1811, died at her son's (subject's) residence in 1878; of their four sons, James is the youngest; he received his education in the common schools of Kentucky, and began life as a teacher, and taught eighteen terms; he followed the trade of a house painter for a few years, and, in 1873, began mercantile business in Irving: he carries a good stock of goods, does an extensive trade, and is one of the leading merchants of Irving; he was Town Clerk of Irving Township for twelve months. At Beardstown, Cass Co., Ill., April 5, 1865, he married Caroline Wubker, born at Jack- sonville, Morgan Co., Ill., March 20, 1848, . who has borne him five children, viz .: Wal- ter H., Lena L .. Edward H., Albert L. and Clarence M .; her father, William Wubker,

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born in Minden, Prussia, February 10, 1816, came to the United States when but a small boy; her mother, Helena Maas, still living, was born in Hanover City, Hanover, Ger- many, August 21, 1818. Mr. McDowell owns a residence and business honse in Irving; he is a Democrat; his wife is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

ALEXANDER B. ROSS, farmer, P. O. Irving, was born in Center County, Penn., September 4, 1837, and was educated in the common schools of country, and was thrown on his own resources at the early age of four- teen years; his father sold him half-interest in stock and farm, and charged him 6 per cent interest on the investment; he went to work with energy, and, in the short space of three years, he was sole owner of the stock, and in six years he owned the entire inter- est. He went into the army in 1862, in Com- pany G, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Reg- iment Ohio Volunteers, and was at the battle of Chancellorsville, where he received a flesh wound in the neck, and was in several battles afterward, and received a wound 'n the shoul- der, which d'sabled him for a short time; he served in the Commissary Department; greatly to his chagrin, they would not let him go into active service again; he was mustered out, and went to his old home, and married, January 6, 1866, in Pennsylvania, Miss Anna M. Rhinehart; she was born in Pennsylvania February 23, 1841; her father, John Rhine- hart, was also a native of Pennsylvania. Robert Ross was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1813, a farmer by occupation, and died July 6, 1863; Sarah McMitt Ross was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1820, and was the mother of eleven children, the subject being the eldest; he has a family of eight children, named as follows: Agnes was born June 10, 1867; Minerva B. was born July 25, 1868; Sarah J was born May 2, 1870; Harriet E.

was born December 6, 1871; Thomas was born May 27, 1873; John Alfred was born June 4, 1875; Robert was born June 18, 1878; Penelope Frank, born December 3, 1881. He came to Montgomery County in 1875 and located in the town of Irving, where he remained only one year; in 1866, he bought his present home, and deserves great credit for the manner in which he has suc- ceeded in getting his place in such fine state of cultivation; is a Republican politically: he sold a farm of 175 acres, when he emigrated to this place, at $60 per acre.

A. A. RHINEHART, farmer, P. O Irving. was born in Pennsylvania in 1839, April 10; raised in town, and educated at Potter's Bank, Penn .; remained with his father until eight- een years of age, when he commenced busi- ness for himself as a carpenter, which trade he followed two years; enlisted, in 1862, in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; was in several hard-fought battles: was wounded twice at the battle of Chancellors- ville, only flesh wounds, however, which dis- abled him only a short time; at Five Forks he received a wound in the foot which dis- abled him for several months, and which gives him trouble at the present time if he does much walking on uneven ground; he went out as Sergeant; was promoted to Second Lieutenant in six months, and afterward to Captain of a company, which rank he held during the remainder of the service. He came to Illinois in 1866, and bought sixty acres of land, to which he has since added sixty acres more, making 120 acres of good farm land. He was married, in Pennsylva- nia, in 1862, to Miss Penelope McAlister, who was born in Bellefonte, Penn., in 1838; John McAlister, her father, was born about the year 1817, and died about the year 1859; Hannah (Thomas) McAlister, her mother, was

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History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois, Part 90

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