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G. C. BETZ, Lamoille, is a native of the Grand Duchy of Darmstadt, Germany, as were also his parents, Adam and Elizabeth Betz. Adam Betz was a soldier under Napo- leon Bonapart I, the great emperor and con- queror, and with him participated in the world-famed battles of Austerlitz and Jena and a number of other engagements. He was a farmer and came to the United States in 1844. He died in Peru, Ill., in March, 1864, aged 82 years. Our subject went to school in the old country and there learned the shoemaker trade. He immigrated to the United States in 1840, and followed his trade in Philadelphia till 1848, when he removed to Lamoille, Ill., where he worked at his trade till 1861, when he became a successful farmer. He yet owns a farm of ninety acres. Politically Mr. Betz has been a Republican and filled the office of Postmaster from 1858 to 1875; the office of Commissioner for six years; and Justice of the Peace and Police Magistrate almost from 1870 to the present time. Religiously he is an earnest member of the Congregational Church. He was mar- ried November 23, 1843, in Philadelphia, to Fredericka Steltz, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany. She died here February 3, 1876, aged fifty-five years. Her two children now living are Charles H., of York County, Neb. and Mrs Lillie I. Morrison, also a resident of Nebraska. She is the mother of Mr. Betz's two grandchildren, George and Herman Morrison.
PHILIP H. BETZ, Clarion, was born in this
county August 18, 1853. He is a son of Jacob Betz, who was born in 1813 in Germany. He came to New York in 1842. Two years afterward he came to Bureau County, where he bought a claim of Joseph Screach, in Clarion Township, where our subject now owns 390 acres. The grandfather of our sub- ject was Adam Betz (see preceeding sketch). The mother of our subject was Elizabeth (Fauble) Betz, who died in 1883. She was the mother of nine children, viz. : Jacob, George, Adam, Philip H., Mary. Sarah, Susan, Ruth and Lydia. Philip H. Betz was married here to Emma Eby, a daughter of Moses and Sarah Eby, natives of Pennsylva- nia. Mrs. Emma Betz was born August 26, 1854, in LaSalle County, Ill. She is the mother of Frankie A., who was born October 16, 1881, and Anna M., born April 26, 1883. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Betz are connected with the German Evangelical Church.
GEORGE M. BETZ, Clarion, was born November 4, 1845, in Clarion Township, south of Perkins Grove. He is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Fanble) Betz (see preceding sketch). Mr. Betz was reared here and has been engaged in farming and stock raising, which latter he follows mainly. On his farm of 311 acres he raises short- horn and Jersey cattle, Clydesdale horses (of which two are imported), Jersey Reds and Poland-China hogs, and also a drove of 300 head of pure bred "Cots wool " sheep, which are renowned for their wool as well as their mutton. Mr. Betz is a firm believer that it pays to raise different kinds of stock on a farm, and his excellent success proves the soundness of his theory. He pays, however, the most attention to the raising of short-horns, having a herd of 100 head of thoroughbred cattle. Mr. Betz was joined in matrimony July 13, 1871, in Men- dota, Ill., to Ann M. Eby, who was born July 13, 1851, in Mendota Township, La Salle Co., Ill., of which place her parents, Moses and Sarah (Hawk) Eby, were pioneers. To Mr. and Mrs. Betz six children were born: Sarah I., Lizzie E., William A., George M., Eddie E., and an infant son. Mr. Betz is a firm supporter of the Republican party, and of every enterprise which will be a benefit to the community wherein he resides.
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W. D. BILLHORN, Clarion, is a son of Sebastian and Elizabeth (Bauer) Billhorn, natives of Germany, where the family name was spelled Buehlhorn. The grandparents of our subject were Peter and Margaretha (Wagner) Buehlhorn, also natives of Ger- many, where the grandfather died February 13. 1849, aged fifty-one years. The grand- mother died June 28, 1883, aged seventy- eight years. They were the parents of seven children: Sebastian, John, Mrs. Catharine Trockenbrod, deceased; Mrs. Sophia Shaller, Veit; Mrs. Margaret Wilder and Frederick Buehlhorn.
SEBASTIAN BUEHLHORN was born Janu- ary 25, 1825, in Kueps, Ober Frankin, Ba- varia, Germany. He came to this country June 17, 1850. He was in debt $1.50 when he arrived in Clarion Township. Bureau Co., Ill., where he worked three years, then rented, and afterward bought 103 acres. He has now 262 acres, and has been a suc- cessful farmer. He was married here June 19, 1853. to Elizabeth Bauer, born January 1, 1829, in Baickheim, Germany. She is the mother of the following children: Mrs. Jane White, White D., whose name heads this biography, Mrs. Elizabeth Sark, John, Mar- garet and Henry Buehlhorn. The Buehlhorn family are members of the Lutheran Church.
JOHN BUEHLHORN was born September 25, 1829. He came to New York September 1, 1853, and the next day was married to Bar- bara Ullman, born July 21, 1832, in Thon- berg, Bavaria. She is the mother of ten children: Mrs. Katie Pohl, Mrs. Sophia Reck, Sebastian (deceased), Maggie, Henry, Thomas, Mrs. Louisa Ellenborne, Mary, Frederick and Lewis Buehlhorn.
GEORGE W. BLACK, Walnut, was born November 22, 1829, in Perry County, Ohio. He is the son of Samuel and Rebecca (Skin- ner) Black. The father was born in Penn- sylvania August 1, 1808. At an early day he removed to Ohio, and died in Sandusky County, Ohio, April 11, 1846. The mother was born in Perry County, Ohio, April 22, 1812. She now resides in Bureau County, Ill., wife of a Mr. Ferguson. George W. Black is the oldest, child and only son of a family of nine. The daughters are: Mary Black, who lives with her mother; Lucinda,
deceased; Emeline, wife of William Fergu- son of Walnut, Ill .; Elizabeth, wife of James Brown, of Whiting, Kan .; Rhoda, wife of Alonzo Rider, of Adel, Iowa; Sophia, wife of William Cronkwright, of Adel, Iowa; Eliza J., wife of George B. Jones, of Princeton; Re- becca, wifeof William Catherman, of Walnut Township. April 18, 1850, Mr. Black was married to Mary C. Paden, who was born in Middletown, Md., December 31, 1829, and is the daughter of Alexander and Mary (Rems- berg) Paden. The father was born June 8, 1806, in Funkstown, Washington Co., Md., and now resides in Bureau County, Ill. The mother was born August 10, 1810, in Middle- town, Frederick Co., Md., and died in Bu- reau County, Ill., December 9, 1875, whither she had come with her husband in 1860. She was the mother of six daughters and five sons. Mr. and Mrs. Black are the parents of two sons, viz .: George F. and George W. Jr., George F. was born July 7, 1853, in San- dusky County, Ohio; October 12, 1875, was married to Laura F. Remsburg, of this coun- ty. They are the parents of four children, viz. : Harvey O., born October 16, 1876; Charles W., born February 13, 1878; Edward V., born September 7, 1879; Morris F., born October 25, 1881. George W. Black, Jr., was born in Cass County, Mich., August 30, 1856. December 23, 1877, was married to Miss Em- ma Wymer, of this county. They are the parents of two children, viz: Foster, born July 7, 1881; and Mabel C., born June 26, 1883. George W. Black was reared on a farm in Sandusky County, Ohio, but in 1853 removed to Cass County, Mich., where he re- mained till 1865, when he came to Bureau County, Ill. Mr. Black's farm in Walnut Township contains 320 acres and is under a good state of cultivation.
ISAAC C. BLACK, Arlington, was born September 22, 1832, in Plumstead Township, Bucks Co., Penn. He is a son of Isaac and Cynthia (Carver) Black, who were natives of the same place and were the parents of nine children, viz .: Sophia, William, Catharine, Anna, Levi, Isaac C., Ezra, Abraham and Jesse Black. Of these Abraham was killed in the battle of the Wilderness. Only our subject and his brother William Black, who is a farmer in Ohio Township, came to Bureau
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County. Isaac C. Black was reared in his native county, where he worked at saw-milling and carpentering till August 3, 1854, when he came to Lost Grove, now Arlington, where he helped to build the first business place in the town. After following his trade several years he farmed about three years and then went into the grain business. In 1865 he com- menced business in the elevator built by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Com- pany. The next year he worked for S. C. Gray, in the new elevator and was there for fourteen years. In 1882, after working two years at his trade, he took an interest in the firm of J. H. Dole & Co., commission men, and now has charge of both elevators. Mr. Black was mar- ried July 8, 1858, to Mariah H. Simpson, a daughter of James and Lydia (Pickelheimer) Simpson. They are the parents of eleven children, who are all living. Mrs. Black is the mother of the following children: Anna, deceased; Mrs. Ada D. Miller ; Millie R., de- ceased; Louis I., deceased; Joseph R., and Bertha I., deceased. The grandparents of Mrs. Black were Joshua and Sarah (Rose) Simpson. Religionsly Mrs. Black is connect- ed with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Black is an Ancient I. O. O. F., politi- cally a Republican, and the oldest male resi- dent in Arlington.
WILLIAM H. BLOOM, Tiskilwa, was born October 10, 1833, in Eaton, Green Co., Ohio. His father, Peter Bloom, a native of New Jersey, was a farmer by occupation and settled on Section 12, near Tiskilwa, where he died May 17, 1867. William Bloom, the grandfather of our subject, came from Ger- many to America about the year 1800. He first settled in New Jersey, but removed to Ohio, where he died. He reared a family of six boys and two girls, and was a farmer and weaver by occupation. The mother of our subject, Jane Hankins, was born at the Blue Ridge in Virginia. Her parents, Thomas and Anna Hankins, were born in Virginia. The latter's mother was one of the many chil- dren captured in Ireland at an early day and sent to this country. Mrs. Jane (Hankins) Bloom died here December 12, 1870. She was the mother of the following children: Eliza A., Mary, Catharine, Elizabeth, Sarah, William H., Martha J., James and Francis
Bloom. Mr. Bloom's early life was spent on the farm He has been a grain and lumber merchant in Buda, Ill. After that he was a contractor on the Southwestern Railroad in Iowa one year. In 1855 he returned to Tis- kilwa, where he merchandized one year and then farmed. At present he resides in Tis- kilwa. He owns over 500 acres of land in this county. Mr. Bloom also owns a one- sixth interest in a large cattle ranch in Col- orado and Nebraska. The company is known as the " Putnam Live Stock Company," and has the brighest prospect of success. . Mr. Bloom was married December 16, 1856, in Clinton County, Ohio, to Eliza M. Hester, born December 16, 1834. Her parents, David and Mary (Vandervort) Hester, were natives of Ohio, and of German descent. To Mr. and Mrs. Bloom the following children were born: Emery C., David H., William C., Jen- nie, Cora May and Ida Bloom. Mr. and Mrs. Bloom are religiously connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. Bloom is Independent. In the stock business he is well posted and wide awake. He is an A. F. & A. M. and is also an I. O. O. F.
G. F. BLUST, Princeton, was born in Freeport, Ill., February 24, 1857. He is the son of George and Mary (Heck) Blust. Mr. Blust was reared and educated in Free- port. For seven years in early life he clerked for Best & Morgan, of Freeport, and there laid the foundation for his future success as a business man. In 1877, after having been absent from his native city for some time, he returned, and in partnership with Mr. R. Donaldson engaged in the dry goods and notion business. In 1880 Mr. BInst located at Princeton, where he has since done a suc- cessful business. He has increased his stock of goods year by year till he now has a very complete stock of dry goods, millinery, fancy goods and notions, most of which he pur- chases in the East for cash. When first en- gaging in business in Princeton it was in partnership with Mr. W. G. Flindt. They also had a branch store at Rockford, Ill. February 5, 1882, the firm dissolved partner- ship, Mr. Flindt continuing at Rockford and Mr. Blust at Princeton. February 24, 1881, at Freeport, Mr. Blust was united in mar-
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riage to Miss Ida A. Wade, a daughter of John and Agnes (Moore) Wade. Mr. and Mrs. Blust have one child, viz .: May Jo- sephine, born May 3, 1883.
DR. JAMES F. BOAL. Bnda, was born in Union County, Ohio, April 24, 1817. He is the son of James and Margaret (Mitchell) Boal. The father was born in Pennsylvania, but, in about the year 1800, removed to Green County, Ohio, and after marriage to Union County, and that State was his home till 1834, when he removed to Indiana. He and wife both died in Indiana, he in 1838, and she in 1839. His wife was born in Kentucky, and was the daughter of Judge David Mitchell, who removed from Penn- sylvania to Kentucky in 1796, but two years later-in 1798-settled in Union County, Ohio, and became a large land owner. One of his sons, Jesse Mitchell, was the first white child born in Union County. Dr. Boal's early life was spent in his native State, and in 1846 he began the practice of medicine, having attended lectures at Cleve- land, Ohio, but in 1849 he graduated from the Sterling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio. He continued his practice in Franklin County, Ohio, till in the spring of 1857, when he removed to Knox County, Ill., where he remained about seven years, and then located in Tipton, Iowa, where he re- mained till July, 1866, and then came to Buda, Ill., and continued in the practice of his profession for some years. However, in the spring of 1867 he opened a stock of drugs in Buda, and has continued the busi- ness since, the firm now being J. F. Boal & Son. They carry a stock of goods valued at about $5,000. In 1847 he was united in marriage in Columbus, Ohio, to Miss Lucinda Starr, by whom he has one son-Albert F .- and one daughter-Ella. Dr. Boal is a mem- ber of the A. F. & A. M. of Buda, and also of the Congregational Church. In politics he is a stanch Republican. Albert F. Boal was born November 12, 1848, in Franklin County, Ohio. He was united in marriage November, 1871, to Miss Elizabeth Murphey, who died Jannary, 1874, and left one son- Tracy E .- who was born October 10, 1872.
ROBERT BOARDMAN. The subject of the following biography was born December
15, 1810, in Lancastershire, England. His parents, Robert and Ann (Radcliff) Board- man, were both natives of England, where their ancestors had resided for many genera- tions. Our subject immigrated to the United States, April 13, 1849. He worked nearly one year in New York City, and then went back to his native country, where his family resided, but returned to New York in 1851. The following year he sent for his family. While in New York he followed the occupa- tion of an iron molder. In 1859 he removed to Bureau County, Ill., where he farmed seventeen years on Section 7, in Milo Town- ship. In April, 1876, he came to Mineral, where he at present resides. Mr. Board- man was married January 26, 1833, in En- gland, to Jane Chatterton, who is a native of England. She is the mother of ten chil- dren; of these four are now living, viz .: Joseph, Mrs. Mary A. Walker, Mrs. Jane Vantassell and Mrs. Amelia Conibear. Mr. and Mrs Boardman have been active mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church for forty-two years. They have celebrated their golden wedding, and their retrospective view of life is satisfactory. As a farmer Mr. Boardman has been fairly successful. He owns 160 acres in Shelby County, Iowa, besides property in this county. Politically he supports the Republican party.
A. C. BOGGS, Princeton, was born Feb- ruary 18, 1826, in Ohio County, W. Va. His father, William Boggs, was born in the same place, September 7, 1789, and died there, July 26, 1869. He followed farming as an occupation. His grandfather was Fran - cis Boggs. The mother of our subject, Lee- ann Carter, was born 1801, in Ohio County, W. Va., where she died in 1841. She was a daughter of Arthur and Bethann (Beal) Car- ter, natives of Maryland and of German de- sent. Mrs. Leeann Boggs was the mother of eight children, viz .: Bethann, Francis (de- ceased), Arthur C., William J., Mary J., David B., Margary, and Sarah, who died while young. Onr subject, A. C. Boggs, went to school in West Virginia; there he also farmed till June, 1867, when he came to Bureau County, Ill., and settled on the M. Triplett farm in Dover Township. After liv- ing nearly two years on that farm he sold it
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and bought the Henry Bacon farm in Prince- ton Township, where he lived till August, 1881, when he moved to town, where he now resides. While on the farm he dealt to a considerable extent in blooded stock. At present he is dealing in stock. Mr. Boggs was married September 11, 1854. in the place of his nativity to Miss Mary Milligan, who was born December 18, 1827, in Ohio County, W. Va. Her parents were Hugh and Ruth (Brown) Milligan. They were natives of Vir- ginia, near Harper's Ferry. Mrs. Mary Boggs is the mother of five children, viz .: Flora B., wife of J. W. Thompson, now a resident of Colorado, where he owns a sheep ranch; Willis A. is a merchant in Griswold, Cass Co., Iowa; Ida Lee, deceased; Mary E. and Sarah E. Mr. and Mrs. Boggs are mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church. He is a man interested in all public enterprises and ready to do his duty anywhere.
ALDEN BOOTH, Fairfield, was born Sep- tember 24, 1811, in Tompkins County, N. Y. He is a son of William and Sally (Ashley) Booth, natives of Massachusetts, as was also Grandfather Joseph Booth, who died in Tompkins County, N. Y. William Booth was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was a farmer and died in Cattaraugus County, N. Y. His widow, a native of Salem, Mass., survived him and drew his war pension. She died in Whiteside County, Ill., aged ninety- two years. She was the mother of seven children, viz .: Ashley, now a resident of Whiteside County; Phebe, deceased; Alden, our subject; William, deceased; Daniel, who remained in New York State; Lyman, of Adair County, Iowa; and George W., of Blue Earth, Minn. All came West except Dan- iel. Our subject was reared in New York State, where he was married to Eliza Whit- more, who died there. He was married in the same State a second time, December 1, 1836, to Mary A. Glazier, born July 21, 1817, in Spencer, Worcester Co., Mass., daughter of Jonas and Sally (Goodnow) Glazier, natives of the same place. The for- mer was a Baptist minister and the latter was a sister of Lyman Goodnow, the well known ex-Mayor of Boston. Mrs. Mary A. Booth is the mother of four children, viz .: Alden L., deceased, who was married to Emma A.
Hoge; Mary E., deceased, former wife of Levi Hopkins, she was the mother of Millie A. and Matie E. Hopkins; Flora, deceased, had been married to James Bonker; Horace, who was born May 19, 1845. The latter re- sides in Fairfield Township. He has been married three times. His first wife, Sarah J. Hunter, deceased, was the mother of Min- nie A. Booth; his second wife, Josephine Sheldon, deceased, was the mother of Grace D. Booth. His present wife is Lovina R. Bowdish. Allen Booth came to Bureau County in 1855 and bought 120 acres of land. He at one time owned 640 acres. At present he has 266 acres. He has taken a deep in- terest in educational matters and been one of the standbys in Fairfield Township. Po- litically he has been identified with the Dem- ocratic party.
IRWIN BORGER, Hall. The Borger family is of German descent, and for several generations lived in Pennsylvania. The great grandfather of our subject was captured by the Indians on the frontier in Corben County, Penn., while returning from his blacksmith shop. The Indians told him if he would go with thein quietly they would keep him five years, and then he might go home. At the end of the five years he volun- teered to stay another year, but finally re- turned to his family. His son, John Borger, had five children, of whom Theobald was our subject's father. He was a blacksmith, and lived in Pennsylvania, where he married Lydia Miller. Both are now dead. They had five children, viz .: Mrs. Mary A. McKee, of Selby Township; Ephraim, William, both of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Polly Wolle, deceased, and Irwin. Irwin Borger was born January 17, 1832, in Northampton County, Penn .. where he was reared and educated. He was married February 2, 1857, to Emma Faust, who was born April 18, 1836, in the same county as her husband. Her parents, Paul and Emelie (Breinig) Faust, were natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Borger is the mother of Mrs. Ida M. Combs, born March 22, 1860, widow of Oscar Combs. They had one child, Irwin W., born December 4, 1880. Mr. Borger has been married twice. His first wife, Sarah Bush, died in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Borger are members of the
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German Reformed Church. Politically he is Independent, but was formerly a Demo- crat. He has held various township offices- Commissioner, Assessor and School Trustee, which office he holds at present. He owns 175 acres of land, 120 of which was wild land, which he has improved.
THOMAS BOWEN, Bureau, was born at Woodchurch, Kent Co., England, August 13, 1831. He came to America with his parents, Thomas and Phebe (Markwick) Bowen, in 1838. They settled in New York; first in Monroe County, and then in Orleans County, where our subject's father died in 1850. The mother is still living at an ad- vanced age. Our subject was the second in a family of ten children, six of whom are now living, five in New York. Mr. Bowen was reared in New York, and there learned his trade of blacksmith. In 1851 he came to Bureau County, and for five years worked at his trade in Princeton. In 1857 he quit blacksmithing, and came to his present farm, which was then unimproved, paying $6.25 per acre for the first eighty. He now owns 332 acres in Bureau Township, one quarter section of which he purchased of William Cullen Bryant. In politics Mr. Bowen is identified with the Democratic party, and has held most of the offices of the township. He was married in Princeton, March 25, 1855, to Elvira Thomas. She was born near London February 21, 1829. Her parents, William and Mary (Gibbon) Thomas, both died in the old country when she was a child. She was the youngest of ten children, and has four brothers and one sister now living in Wales. Mrs. Bowen landed in America July 4, 1848, and lived in Peoria County, Ill., till 1853, when she came to Princeton. Mr. and Mrs. Bowen have had four children, two of whom are living: William, born August 17, 1856, died April 12, 1858; Thomas, born April 12, 1858, died October 17, 1876 ;. Mary, born February 15, 1860, wife of William H. John- son, of Princeton; Frank B., boru November 1, 1863.
WILLIAM BOWEN (deceased). The following biography is devoted to a man who is well remembered by our older settlers, and who distinguished himself as a soldier in our late war, and what is more, as a useful citizen
after the war, in all matters pertaining to the interest of the community. He was born October 19, 1836, in Scropton, Derbyshire, England. He was a son of George and Sarah (Moocroft) Bowen, who were uatives of Scropton, England, and the parents of six children, viz .: Hannah, William, John, Mary, George, and Sarah, who was born in Bureau County, Ill. They emigrated from England to the United States in 1846. It took them seven weeks and three days to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a sailing vessel. They landed at New Orleans, and the journey from there to Hennepin, Ill., was accomplished on a steamboat. They settled in Neponset Township, Bureau County, the same year, and here the parents died, George Bowen, Sr., December 15, 1879, and his wife June 27, 1881. William Bowen farmed in early life, and when his country called for volun - teers to protect the stars and stripes he en- listed August 5, 1861, in Company I of the Twenty-seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged September 20, 1864. He served with the rank of Sergeant, and participated in the battles of Belmont, where he was wounded in the arm, Stone River, Chickamauga, Union City, Islaud No. 10, Farmingtou, siege of Corinth and La- vergne. After the war he farmed till his de- mise, which occurred November 13, 1880. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and made himself useful in many ways to the community wherein he resided. William Bowen was married Octo- ber 5, 1864, to Miss Sarah J. Norton, who was boru October 5, 1842, in Pickering, Can- ada. She survived her husband, and resides on the farm of 400 acres which he had ac- cumulated by his industry. She is a daugh- ter of Thomas aud Frances (Walker) Norton, natives of England, who came here in 1854. He is yet living, but she died April 18, 1867. She was the mother of two children, viz .: Mrs. Mary A. Saddler and Mrs. Sarah J. Bowen, who is the mother of six children, viz .: George T., born July 18, 1865; Ada F., born July 18, 1867; Effie J., born January 11, 1869; Mary M., born September 6, 1871; Arthur J., born January 12, 1873, and Frank- lin, who was born January 9, 1875. Mrs. Bowen manages the large property left by
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