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LIBERTY STONE, Buda. The subject of this sketch was born in Shrewsbury, Worces- ter Co., Mass., May 15, 1813. He is the son of Daniel and Anna (Gibson) Stone, both na- tives of Massachusetts, where they lived and died. Mr. Stone was reared on a farm till he was fifteen years of age, when he went into a currier's shop, and then learned the trade of shoe-making. For two years he was in partnership with his brother in manufac- turing boots and shoes; at the end of that time he retired from the business and came West, landing in Peoria, Ill., May 6, 1838. In coming to Peoria he had traveled most of the distance by water, having gone by steam- er from Providence, R. I., to New York City; then after reaching Philadelphia, Penn., he took canal and railroad to Pittsburgh, and
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from there to Peoria he made the trip by steamboats on the rivers. He brought a stock of goods with him to this State, but sold the goods out as soon as possible, and for some months worked at a brick yard in Peoria, but during the season purchased land at Osceola, Stark Co., and removed to it in September, 1838, and began its improvement. A few years later he settled on Section 5, Range 14, Township 7, and within one-half mile of the Bureau County line, but in the fall of 1873 came to Buda. He was married March 31, 1836, in Westboro, Mass., to Julia M. Wins- low, who was born in Worcester County, Au- gust 17, 1811, and was the danghter of Ezra and Martha (Fisher) Winslow, both natives of Massachusetts. Mrs. Stone died July 15, 1853. October 5, 1853, Mr. Stone was uni- ted in marriage in Stark County, Ill., to Thankful B. Lesan, who was born in Mont- ville, Me., May 14, 1821, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Brooks) Lesan, both natives of Maine, who in 1830 had removed to Ohio, and six years later, in 1836, came to Bureau County, Ill. They remained here but a short time, when they settled in Knox County, but in 1838 removed to Osceola, Stark County. The mother died in Illinois, but the father in Iowa. They came to Illinois across the country in a "prairie schooner " drawn by four yoke of oxen. Mr. and Mrs. Stone are members of the Congregational Church. In politics he is Republican, but his first vote for President was for James G. Birney, the Abolition candidate. Mr. Stone was an act- ive anti-slavery man, and was associated with Owen Lovejoy and others on the "underground railroad." By his first wife Mr. Stone has the following children: Henry S., born in Westboro, Mass., April 5, 1837 (he went into the service in Company F, One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Col. Thomas J. Henderson, and at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., he lost his right arm; he was married November 2, 1857, to Martha L. Stacy, and now resides in Republic City, Kan.); the second child, Almira L., was born July 27, 1840, in Osceola, Ill., and died March 27, 1841; Louisa A. was born Febru- ary 11, 1843, married February 3, 1869, to William Jackson, and now resides at Elmira, Stark Co., Ill .; Celia L., born January 23,
1844, married December 23, 1868, to George S. Emerson, now of Havana, Mason Co., Ill .; George G., born April 4, 1846, served in Company F, One Hundred and Twelfth Illi- nois Volunteer Infantry, and was wounded at Resaca, Ga. (he was married June 2, 1868, to Hannah Mooney, and now lives at Plain- view, Pierce Co., Neb.); Oscar T., born Octo- ber 15, 1847, died February 15, 1848; Ellen F., born September 11, 1848, married October 14, 1867. to Newell H. Blanchard, now of : Creston, Iowa. By the second wife he is the father of the following-named children: Otto A., born August 18, 1854, married January 17, 1881, to Lizzie Floyd, and now lives in Buda; Julia W., born August 6, 1856, mar- ried March 11, 1880, to Edmund J. Swope, of Macon Township; Millie B., born April 7, 1839, died October 4, 1859; Chester M., born March 13, 1861, died December 27, 1865; El- bert S., born Angust 6, 1864, died February 27, 1865.
L. H. STREETER, Princeton, was born January 7, 1827, in Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y. He is a son of Simeon D. and Aborene S. (Danielson) Streeter. The former was a native of New Hampshire, but reared in New York, where he was a broadcloth manufactur- er. He died in Phelps, N. Y., aged sixty- three years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. The mother of our subject was a na- tive of Cooperstown, N. Y. Her parents, Frederick and Fanny (Huntington) Daniel- son, were of English extraction. Mrs. Ab- orene S. Streeter was the mother of twelve children. Our subject was educated princi- pally in his native town. At the age of eighteen he was appointed Deputy Clerk of the United States District Court at Key West, Fla. In early life he was a clerk and book- keeper for many years. He has also been collecting and general agent for several of our large reaper manufactories in different States. Eventually he located in Chicago, where, in the spring of 1862, he was appoint- ed United States Assistant Assessor for the first division of that city. In 1866 he re- moved his family to Waukegan, and for ten years traveled between that city and Chicago, at which latter place he did business. First he started the United States Revenue Agency, for which business he was well qualified, owing
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to his large acquaintance among business men, but as the 'revenue laws were continu- ally changing he closed the office after one year and engaged in the insurance and real estate business. In June, 1877, he came to Princeton, and the following March was appointed Deputy County Treasurer by E. A. Washburn, and has filled that office ever since to the entire satisfaction of Mr. Wash- burn and the people of Bureau County. Mr. Streeter was married in Beloit, Wis., to So- phronia Ames, a native of St. Lawrence County, N. Y. She is the mother of Mary A. and Margaret N. Streeter. Our subject is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the A. F. & A. M. fraternity. His knowl- edge of business laws and contact with busi- ness men have qualified him for any position of public trust.
THEODORE P. STREETER, Princeton, was born in Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., Jan- uary 14,1842. He is the son of Simeon D. and Aborene (Danielson) Streeter. The father died in Phelps, N. Y., but the mother in Chi- cago, Ill. In 1851 our subject removed with his mother to Racine, Wis., and at a later date to Beloit, Wis. At the age of twelve years he went into a printing office, and has almost constantly followed the same occupa- tion since. In 1856 he came to Bureau County, Ill., but after a short stay at Dover he went to Iowa, but returned to this county in 1859. September 16, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Fifty-seventh Illinois Volun- teer Infantry, and served till July 7, 1865, when he received his discharge. During the first part of his service Mr. Streeter partici- pated in many severe engagements, among which were the battle of Fort Donelson, the siege and battle of Corinth, the fall of Re- saca, Ga. For about eighteen months he had charge of a Government printing office at Rome, Ga., and published a paper called Our Flag, at Rome. During this time he was on detached service, and so continued until his discharge. During the march to the sea, and till the close of the war, he was on duty at the headquarters of Gen. J. M. Corse, Fourth Division Fifteenth Army Corps. At the close of the war he again returned to Princeton, and has been in a printing office most of the time since, and since 1873 has
been the lessee of the job department of the Republican printing office. September 4, 1865, he was married in this county to Miss Harriet E. Triplett, who was born here, and is the daughter of McCayga and Emily (Wis- wall) Triplett. Mr. and Mrs. Triplett came to Bureau County, Ill., in about 1834, and Mrs. Triplett died here, but he is now a resi- dent of California. Mr. and Mrs. Streeter have two children, viz. : George M. and Hen- ry C. He is a member of Princeton Lodge A. F. & A. M., No. 587; Princeton Chapter, No. 28; Orion Council, No. 8, R. & S. M .; Temple Commandery, No. 20, K. T .; Princeton Lodge of Perfection, A. & S. R .; Princeton Council, P. of J., A. A. S. R .; Princeton Chapter, Rose Croix, A. A. S. R .; Princeton Consistory, A. A. S. R. He is a member of the Beauseant Lodge, No. 19, K. of P .; Princeton Division, No. S, U. R. K. of P. He is First Assistant Grand Com- mander of the First Grand Division of the Uniform Knights of Illinois K. of P. He is also Commander of the Ferris Post, No. 309, G. A. R., and is First Lieutenant Company E, Sixth Regiment Illinois National Guards.
THOMAS STUDLEY, Neponset, was born April 23,1832, in Yorkshire, England; son of William and Ann (Chapman) Studloy, the pioneers of Neponset Township. Our sub- ject was reared and educated in Bureau County, where he has made farming his oc- cupation, and for the last twenty years been engaged in the stock business. He has now about 600 acres of land in Neponset and Min- eral Townships. He was married here to Han- nah Dunn, a native of Michigan. She is the mother six children, viz .: Mrs. Minerva J. Motheral, a resident of Iowa; Mrs. Eva Mar- ton, of Vermont; Elma, Mary, Victor and Emma. Politically Mr. Studley is identi- fied with the Democratic party.
JOSEPH SUTHERLAND, Milo, was born February 16, 1824, in Washington County, Ind. His great-grandfather was a native of Scotland. His grandfather, Roger Suther- land, was a native of New York; he died in Missouri. The latter's son, Isaac Sutherland, who is the father of our subject, was born in 1804 in New York State. At the age of sev- enteen he went to Indiana, where he farmed till November, 1839, when he came to Milo
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Township in Bureau County, but soon after- ward went to Fulton County, where he lived five years and then returned to this county. Here he resided till August, 1876, when he went to Iowa, where he died two years after- ward. He was married twice. His first wife, Sylvia Hackett, was born in Ohio. She died in 1835. She was the mother of eight children of whom four are yet living, viz .: Joseph, Sylvester, Mrs. Philena Whipple and Darius. His second wife, Mrs. Margaret Keerns (nee McKeaig), was the mother of three chil- dren by her first marriage and six by her last. Of these, Harrison and Harvey, who are twins, Lemuel aud Charley, are yet living in Iowa. Our subject is principally self edu- cated. He was married January 13. 1850, to Matilda Weidman, born November 18, 1830, in Champaign County, Ohio. She is a daughter of J. W. Weidman, and is the mother of the following children: Edwin, Clara E., Elzora (deceased, aged sixteen years), Mrs. Emma Kelso, Mrs. Hulda Shim- mel, Frank (deceased), Nettie, Sylva and Walter Sutherland. Joseph Sutherland is a Republican, and is one of the most intelli- gent and leading men in Milo Township. He has been Constable six years, Commis- sioner twelve years, Treasurer six years and filled school offices. He has been a success- ful farmer and owns 300 acres of land in this county and 3,360 acres in Nebraska.
FERDINAND SUTTON, Malden, was born in St. Clairsville, Belmont, Co., Ohio, September 30, 1823. His father, Manoah Sutton, was born September 15, 1791, at Dover, N. J. He was a bricklayer and plasterer by trade, but also engaged in farm- ing; he died in York, Penn., October, 1855. He was married November 16, 1820, at Flushing, Ohio, to Elizabeth Frazier, born in Culpepper, Va., February 14, 1798, and now residing in Malden. They were the parents of eight children, four of whom are now liv- ing, viz. : Alice Ann, born August 11, 1821, wife of Joseph Morrison; Ferdinand, born September 30, 1823; William, born June 12, 1828, of Malden; Phebe E., born January 10, 1832, wife of Freeman Rackley, of Mal- den. In 1852 the family came to Bureau County, settling first in Dover Township and afterward in Berlin. Ferdinand Sutton has
made this county his home since 1852, being engaged in farming and in the grain and stock business. For some time he lived on the farm, also three years in Princeton, but for several years past has resided in Malden, and carried on the grain and stock business, though he and wife still own a farm of 526 acres in Selby Township. Mr. Sutton's opportunity for gaining an education was so limited that he only attended school fourteen days; nevertheless, through his own energy he has overcome all difficulties and made life a success. He was married in this county, April 1, 1858, to Nancy J. Field. She was born in Harrison County, Ohio, February 10, 1838, aud died April 9, 1865, in Berlin Township, Ill. She was the mother of three children: Charles, born January 16, 1859, married to Lena Callinan, October 11, 1882; Frank, born February 20, 1861, a merchant of Cheney, Neb .; Mary, born Feb- ruary 22, 1863. Mr. Sutton was married September 25, 1867, to Angelia (Adams) Pierce. Her father, William B. Adams, was born in Otsego, Otsego Co., N. Y., February 11, 1806, and his wife Priscilla was born at the same place February 16, 1806. Their children were also born in Otsego County, N. Y. Lyman B. was born January 27, 1833; Angelia A., born June 22, 1835. Lyman B. Adams was married to Rebecca Burnham, September 20, 1853, at Fredonia, N. Y. Their son, Charley B., was born November 27, 1855, in Selby, Ill., and died December 16, 1882, at Malden. Rebecca Adams died March 19, 1882, at Malden, Ill. Angelia A. Adams was married to Rhodolphus F. Pierce, June 22, 1851, at Hartwick, Otsego Co., N. Y. He was born September 10, 1830, in Otsego County, N. Y., and died May 2, 1861, in Selby, Ill. William B. Adams and all of his family came to Selby, Bureau Co., Ill., May 5, 1854, and settled on the old John Hall farm. William B. Adams died August 18, 1869, at Malden. His widow, Priscilla, is still living at Malden, Ill.
NEWTON B. SWAN, Hall. William Swan, grandfather of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, came from Morgan County, Ill., in the fall of 1833, and settled on land now owned by H. W. Munson, in Hall Township, known as the McNamara
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farm, the McNamaras having come here about 1836. William Swan was the father of the following children: James G., John W., Mrs. Mary Hall, wife of John W. Hall, who escaped from the Indian Creek massacre, William, Wilson, Mrs. Jane Combs, George, Franklin, Martha and Mrs. Sarah A. Melick. The Swan family all came here together, but there are no descendants here now except the family of James G. Four of William Swan's sons removed to Nebraska. James G. Swan was born October 30,1808, near Murfreesboro, Tenn. He came to Illinois in 1831, and to Bureau County in 1833. He made a claim and entered eighty acres of land, and after- ward fifty-two acres in Hall Township, where his son, Newton B., now resides. In 1870 he removed to Peru, where he died. His quiet and good-humored jokes are still fresh in the memories of all Peruvians. He was a man who made no enemies, and dur- ing his long residence in the county he built up a character that will preserve his memory green in the hearts of hundreds of warm friends, and cause the exclamation "another good man has passed away." James G. Swan was married in Tazewell County, Ill., to Susan Larimore, a native of Virginia. She died in Harmon, Lee County, in 1876, at the age of sixty-one years. They were the par- ents of nine children, viz .: Mrs. Sarah E. McKenney, Mrs. Nancy J. Berlin, William G., George W., Mrs. Martha A. Graver, New- ton B., James M., John T. and Mary C. Smedley. Newton B. Swan was born Febru- ary 4, 1846, in Hall Township. He was married in this county July 3, 1866, to Samantha Miller, born February 2, 1851, in Hall Township. She is the daughter of Edward H. and Matilda E. (Munson) Miller, now living near Princeton. Mr. and Mrs. Swan have two children: Edith M. and Vernie M. Politically he is a Democrat, as was also his father. He owns 170 acres in Hall Township.
JACOB L. SWEET, Concord, was born in Richland County, Ohio, October 10, 1818. He is the son of Barton and Sarah (Van Wormer) Sweet. The father was born in Rutland, Vt., but the mother was a native of New York State. They both died in Ohio, to which State they had removed in 1816.
They were the parents of ten children, only four of whom yet survive. The eldest, Na- than Sweet, was born in 1797, and is now an active old man, living in this connty. The others now living, are Jacob L., Cyrus, and Mrs. Elizabeth Welsh, who now lives in At- lantic, Iowa. The three brothers are all in Bureau County. Our subject was reared in Ohio, and in early manhood learned the car- penter's and joiner's trade, and followed it for many years. April 23, 1842, he landed in Burean County, having traveled the dis- tance from his old home on horse-back, and most of the time alone, and when there was but one house between Urbana, Ill., and Leroy, near Bloomington, Ill. In 1843 he returned to Ohio, and remained there till the spring of 1844, when, in company with his brother Cyrus, he again came to Bureau County. He first settled in Macon Township, on Section 5, when there was but one other family living in the township, that of Thomas Motherell. Mr. Sweet remained in Macon till 1848, when he removed to Section 32, in Concord Township, and in 1864 to his present farm in Section 33, which was first settled by Joseph Foster, who kept what is known as the French Grove Hotel. For many years after coming to this county Mr. Sweet hired men to work the farm, and he gave his atten- tion to carpenter work, and he finished the work on the first frame house ever built in Toulon, Ill. Mr. Sweet has experienced the hardships of a pioneer, but his labors have not been without their reward. He now owns in Concord and Macon Townships about 600 acres of land besides lands elsewhere. In po- litical views he is Republican, but in early life was a Whig. For several years he was Supervisor of Concord Township, and now holds his sixth commission as Justice of the Peace. He and wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. June 25, 1844, he was united in marriage in this county to Florenda T. Stevens, who was born in Mas- sachusetts, and was a daughter of Benjamin Stevens, one of the early settlers in this coun- ty. She was the mother of four children, viz .: Sarah M., born September 19, 1845, died in Iowa, November 8, 1866-she was the wife of Wesley D. Barnes; Arvilla A., born March 7, 1848, wife of Charles W. Ellis, of Dallas
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County, Iowa; Henry L. Sweet, born May 3, 1849, now of Kent, Loup Co., Neb .; John B. Sweet, born May 17, 1851, resides at Aurora, Neb. Mrs. Sweet, died in 1853. Mr. Sweet was married April 10, 1854, in this county, to Emiline Newbaker, who was born in Perry County, Penn., September 21, 1828. She is the daughter of George W. and Ann (Buchanan) Newbaker, both natives of Penn- sylvania. The father died in Pennsylvania, but the mother came to Bureau County and died here. She was the mother of two chil- dren now living, viz .: Amos B. Newbaker, on Section 16, Concord Township, and Mrs. Sweet. Mrs. Sweet is the mother of the fol- lowing named children: Orrie E., born May 24, 1858, wife of Frank D. White, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa; Alfred G., born May 17, 1862, and Effie A., born February 14, 1871. The two younger live in this county.
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JAMES W. TEMPLETON, Princeton, The gentleman whose name heads this para- graph is a native of St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., Ohio. Since 1863 Mr. Templeton has been closely identified with the history of Bureau County, Ill., as he settled permanent- ly in Princeton that year, and the following spring was appointed Deputy County Clerk. He served in that capacity till the fall of 1869, when he was elected County Clerk, which office he filled till 1873. In April, 1875, he was appointed Postmaster of Prince- ton, which position he still occupies. De- cember 21, 1870, Mr. Templeton was united in marriage to Miss Mandana M. Stevens, a daughter of Justus Stevens, of Princeton. Mr. and Mrs. Templeton are the parents of one son and one daughter.
MARCUS THACKABERRY, Fairfield, was born April 25, 1817, in Queens County, Ireland. His grandfather, William Thacka- berry, was a native of Palatine, Germany. from whence he and bis two brothers emi- grated to Ireland when young men. The parents of our subject were William and Elizabeth (Christian) Thackaberry, natives of Ireland, where they died. The former died May 15, 1833, aged fifty-two years; the latter died many years afterward, aged seventy-five years. She was the mother of six children, viz .: Mary A., deceased; Rich- ard; Mrs. Deborah Lawler. of Hartford,
Conn .; Marcus, our subject; Jane and Henry. Marcus Thackaberry came to the United States in 1846. He landed in New York, where he worked in the forge till 1850; from there he went to Pennsylvania, where he lived till 1852, and then he came to Bureau County, Ill., and rented a farm four miles north of Princeton, where he resided till the fall of 1857, when he bonght eighty acres of land in Fairfield Township, where he now resides and owns 520 acres. He came to Bureau County a poor man; $13 was the extent of his wealth, with which he bought a cow. To-day he is one of the richest men in the township. He was married, in Dublin, Ireland, to Mary Gray, who was born there. She is the mother of nine children, viz. : Mary J., died in infancy ; Mrs. Anna E. Rowe, William H., Israel C., Marcella R., Milton L., Marcus, Mary A. and Mrs. Alverette Berry. Of these only the last named, Marcus, Mrs. Anna E. Rowe and Mil- ton L., an attorney at law in Chicago, are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Thackaberry are mem- bers of the United Brethren Church; they were formerly Episcopalians. He is a Dem- ocrat, and a member of the A. F. & A. M. fraternity.
ALEXANDER H. THOMPSON, M. D., Princeton. Among those of the medical fraternity of Bureau County who have be- come eminent in the profession is the gen- tleman whose name heads this sketch. The parents of Dr. Alexander H. Thompson were Henry and Sarah ( Grant) Thompson, both natives of New York. The former was born 1798, and died 1845; be was a builder and contractor by occupation. He was a gallant soldier in the war of 1812, participating in many thrilling scenes and skirmishes with the Indians, by whom he was taken prisoner, but eventually gained his freedom, after many months of captivity. The mother was born 1803, and died December 31, 1SS3. Her parents were Peter and Hannah (Banker) Grant, of Scotch extraction. She was the mother of seven children, of whom four are now living, viz .: John W . Peter G., Byron S. and our subject. John W. is a Lieutenant on the flag ship "Trenton," of the European squadron. Peter G. is Superintendent of a powder-mill in Schaghticoke, N. Y., of which his brother, Byron S., is Assistant Superin-
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tendent. Our subject was born November 12, 1825, in Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. He attended the common schools of Pittstown, N. Y., till he was sixteen years old, and then became a student in the Troy Conference Academy, at West Poultney, Vt. At the end of three years of close application to study he became a teacher, following this profes- sion for three years, after which he com- menced the study of medicine in Troy, N. Y., with Simeon A. Cook as preceptor, graduat- ing at Castleton, Vt., in 1851. He com- menced to practice medicine in Walden, Orange Co., N. Y., where he remained till 1856, when he came West, locating in Kenosha, Wis. During the war he was appointed Surgeon of the Twenty-first Regi- ment of Wisconsin Volunteers, but was pre- vented from accepting the position on account of the ill health of his wife. After the bat- tles of Shiloh and Perryville he was appointed by the Governor as a member of the Sanitary Committee, which repaired to the seat of war and looked after the health of the Wisconsin troops. In 1864 he removed to Chicago, where he remained one year, and during that time built up a large and lucrative practice, which he was compelled to leave on account of the failing health of his wife, and in 1865 we find Dr. Thompson in Princeton, Bureau Co., Ill. He has followed his profession here ever since, and soon gained an enviable repu- tation as a physician, his services being often requested in consultations. He is a member of the Military Tract State Medical Society, and has twice been a delegate to the Ameri- can Medical Association. The Doctor is an A. F. & A. M., Princeton Lodge, No. 587, also member of the Princeton Chapter, No. 28, and received the thirty-second degree of Scottish Rite. He is a member of I. O. O. F., and Director of the I. M. B. S. For three years he has been President of the Town Council, and in 1878 he was a candidate for the Senatorship of this district, being identi- fied with the Democratic party. Dr. Thomp- son was married, October 28, 1856, in Wal- den, Orange Co., N. Y., to Miss Mary Louisa Capron, born May 27, 1829, in Walden, N. Y. She is a member of the Episcopal Church. Her parents were Seth M. and Caroline (Sco- field) Capron, both natives of New York. He
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