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United States in 1831, being then about eleven years old, and received his education in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa .; his wife is a native of that city, her father being for many years foreman of the Philadelphia Ledger. The subject of this sketch removed in 1855, with his parents, to Scott County, Iowa, thence in 1858, to Rock Island, Ill., remaining there one year, and, after residing one year in Monroe ,County, Ill., settled in Staunton, Macoupin County, Ill., in 1861, where he received both a good English and German education. At the age of fifteen he entered his father's drug store in Staunton, Ill., remaining there till 1873, when he moved to Bethalto, Ill., and opened a drug store there on his own account, con- ducting business there until 1879, when he sold out and began the study of medicine with his father. In September, 1879, he en- tered the Jefferson Medical College, at Phila- delphia, Pa., from which he graduated March 12, 1881; came to Beardstown in May, that year, and began the practice of his profes- sion, and now enjoys a large practice. In 1872, he married Mary E., daughter of Green B. Hill, of Christian County, Ill.
JAMES BUCK, gardner and farmer, P. O. Beardstown; was born in Newark, Licking County, O., July 3, 1817. He followed farming in his native State till 1839, when he married Susan Daugherdy, and in the spring of the same year settled at Bluff Springs, in this coun- ty, where he first entered forty acres, where the Poor Farm now is. He farmed there until 1855, raising grain, hogs and sheep, and ac- cumulated a good property. He was super- intendent of the county farm from 1851 to 1855. In the latter year he moved to a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, in the San- gamon bottoms, where he remained a year, then came to Beardstown, and, with the ex- ception of five years (1873-78), during which he farmed in Atchison County, Mo., has lived
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in the vicinity of Beardstown ever since. He has owned a large number of farms, and is at present engaged in raising vegetables and small fruits, at Ravenswood. His wife died in 1818. They had eig.t children: Eliza J., Mrs. John Nicholson, of Beardstown; Mary F., Mrs. William Heminghouse, of Pekin, Ill .; Julia A., Mrs. George S. Kuhl; Harvey, died aged two years; John H., of Beardstown; Edgar J., engineer on the Chicago, Burling- ton and Quincy Railroad; Louisa, died aged twenty-three years, and Samuel O., of Beards- town. Mr. Buck is a Republican. In Janu- ary, 1876, James and John II. Buck bought of F. A. Hammer, their present stables, on Main street, Beardstown, where they conduct a livery and feed business, and also an agency for the sale of buggies and carriages. Their stables contain stall room for one hundred horses.
CHARLES E. BURNS, carpenter; P. O. Beardstown; was born in Springfield, Ill., July 25, 1842; son of T. J. and Eleanor (Craig) Burns. T. J. Burns, who was a car- penter, architect and builder, was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1811, and died in May, 1868; his wife, who was a native of New York City, died Nov. 1, 1866. They had a family of eleven children. Charles E. receiv- ed a fair education, attending the Beards- town school, the brick school house, five miles east of that town, and also the brick school house in Beardstown Precinct. He began the business of life as a carpenter, in Chica- go, Ill .; engaged in farming for a time; trav- eled several years on account of ill-health, and for the last five years has been contract- ing and building in Beardstown. He was in the army three years, serving in Co. C., Third Ill. Cav., under Capt. Dunbar; in Co. A. 14th Ill. Infty., under Captains Thompson and Nolton, and also in the 47th Ill. Infty., under Capt. Licks. In Beardstown, July 25, 1869, he married Caroline Brown, a native of Man-
chester, England, born Sept. 15, 1846, daugh- ter of Samuel and Elizabeth Brown, and by this union they have been blessed with four children: Eleanor E., Lida M. (deceased), Benjamin F., Russell C. (deceased). Mr. Burns is a Democrat; is a member of Protec- tion Lodge No. 22, A. O. U. W., in Beards- town, and is connected with the Congrega- tional Church.
C. A. BUSSMANN, contractor and builder; Beardstown; was born in Osnabruck, Han- over, May 18, 1822, and at sixteen years of age began learning the manufacture of spin- ning wheels, gears and reeds, at which he worked till he was twenty years of age. In 1842, he emigrated to this country, and came rid Baltimore and Pittsburg to Cincin- nati, O., where he worked a short time on the National road, and late in the same year moved to St. Louis, Mo. He then worked on farms in different places till February, 1843, when he came to Beardstown, where he worked at various employments, and about the year 1845 apprenticed to the carpenter's trade, with a Mr. Cassau, and served three years. He has since been a contractor and builder, em- ploving from five to eighteen workmen on his contracts, and has built many of the principal public and private buildings of Beardstown, and the county generally. In 1860, he built a two-story brick planing mill, on the corner of Monroe and Sixth streets, where he dresses the lumber and mouldings used in his con- traets. In 1848 he married Mary Hackmann a native of this county, and by this union they have seven children living. Mr. Buss- mann is a member of the German Methodist Church.
GEORGE H. BROWN, farmer; P. O. Beardstown; was born in Brattleboro, Vt., April 1, 1829; son of George W. and Xylphia (Chase) Brown; parents of five children; he, a weaver by trade, but chiefly engaged in farm- ing; she died in 1851. Mr. Brown attended
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school in Vermont, Fulton Co., Ills., for a time, but received only a limited education. He learned the blacksmith's trade in Vermont, Fulton Co., Ill., and followed it until 1858, since which time he has engaged in farming. He married here, Aug. 5, 1855, Sarah J. Hager, born in this precinct, May 20, 1840, who has borne him three children: Charles L., Henri- etta, and Laura B. Mr. Brown is a Democrat. His wife is a member of the M. E. Church.
SAMUEL L. CALIF, farmer ; P. O., Beardstown; was born in Sullivan County, N. H., June 25, 1820; son of Nathaniel and Sarah Pettingill, both of whom had been married before and had children. His father, who was a farmer, was born in Salisbury, N. H., Oet. 26, 1768. Samuel L. attend- ed school in Plainfield, formerly Grant- ham, N. H., then at Canaan, N. H., and af- terward at Lebanon, N. H. He hired out and worked on a farm for a while, near Plain- field, N. H., and in September, 1844, came to this county, where he taught school for a time, and afterward engaged in his present occupation, farming. He married in this county, April 22, 1854, Lucy A. Main, a na- tive of Ohio; born Oct. 15, 1828; daughter of Loderick L. and Sarah Main; he, born in Connectient, March 24, 1796; she, a native of New Hampshire. Mrs. Calif is a member of the M. E. Church; Mr. Calif was Township Trustee for some time, and School Director for many years. He met with an accident shortly after he came to this county. He was out on the Sangamon Bottom, hunting deer, when the horse he was riding became scared at some object; he threw his gun from him, which exploded, the shot striking him in the face, inflicting a bad wound.
THOMAS H. CARTER, attorney-at-law, Beardstown; was born in Little York, York Co., Penn., Oct. 11, 1823, and his parents dying when he was quite young, he was taken by an uncle to Connectient, where he
remained till he was twenty years of age. He then commenced teaching school, which, in addition to his attending school himself, in the summer season, occupied his time till 1844, still continuing his classical studies till 1847, at which time he went to Ohio and read law at Canfield, with Judge Newton, and was admitted to practice in 1851. He then went to Ballston Springs, N. Y., and entered the law school, from which institution he graduated in 1832. In September, 1852, he married Miss Marcia L. Peck, and the next month moved to Beardstown, where he has since remained in the practice of the law. Mr. Carter was Postmaster at Beardstown from 1858 to 1861. He was originally a Whig, but since 1856 has been a Democrat. Has been City Attorney and Alderman. He has one son, Augustine P., in the Master Mechanics' office of the C., B. & Q. R. R. Ilis father was named Bushnel, and his mother's maiden name was Julia Laub; they had three sons. Father and mother are both dead. The father was an able lawyer.
ANTONIO CASANOVA, bar- tender, Beardstown; is a native of Switzerland, born July 15, 1845; son of Balzer and Margarite (Herman) Casanova, natives of Switzerland. Balzer Casanova, who is still living, was born in 1810, and was for many years a member of the Swiss Legislative Department; his wife, who is still living, was born in 1812; they are the parents of ten children. Antonio at- tended school several years, in Ober Saxon, Switzerland, where he was afterward em- ployed as a letter-carrier, for three years and three months. He then engaged in the coffee house business, for ten years, and March 4, 1869, landed in New Orleans, La., and has since followed the saloon business in this country. Mr. Casanova has spent a great deal of time in traveling, and has visited all the principal cities of this country, as well as those of Germany and France. For the past
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year he has been tending bar in the Park Ilotel saloon, in Beardstown. In New Or- leans, La., Feb. 3, 1876, he married Julia Frederick, a native of Germany, born in 1853, who died of yellow fever, in Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 2, 1879; she was a daughter of George and Katie Frederick. His second wife, Effa Frederick, sister of his first wife, has borne him two childron; by his first marriage, he had three children; of the five children, three are deceased: Julia (deceased), Antonio (1) (deceased), Antonio (2) (deceased), Julia and George. Mr. Casanova is a member, in good standing, of Germania Lodge, No. 369, Knights of Honor, of Memphis Tenn.
THOMAS J. CHALFANT, wagon maker, Beardstown; was born in Wheeling, W. Va., March 5, 1823, and came with the family of Lawrence Clark, who had adopted him, to this county, then Morgan County, and settled three miles south of Virginia, in December, 1835. Mr. Chalfant received such an education as the schools of that day afforded, and remained with Mr. Clark until he was eighteen years old; then worked in the plow shops of William and John Clark, completing his trade with John Whiteside. He then run a shop for himself a year; afterward made wood work for porta- ble saw mills, for about a year, for John Webb, with whom he came to Beardstown, in 1848 + remaining with him about twelve years, and after that, in 1849 or 1850, became pattern- maker, and took charge of the wood-work de- partment, till 1859. He then carried on a jobbing shop till 1862, when he became fore- man ship carpenter for Capt. Ebangh, assist- ing in the building of the " Farragut," the first steamboat built here; worked on river boats two seasons, and was then employed as fore- man in John Webb's wagon and plow shop for two years. In 1867, he opened his pres- ent shop, and has since made wood work for plows and wagons, James Hood making the iron work. In November, 1848, Mr. Chalfant
married Anne E., daughter of Thomas P. Norton, of Beardstown, a native of W. Vir- ginia; they have had six children, five of whom are living.
JULIUS CIRE, farmer; P. O. Beardstown; is a native of this county; born in Arenzville, March 13, 1846; son of John L. and Catherina (Hamm) Cire; natives of Prussia, and parents of nine children. His father was born May 4, 1806. Mr. Cire received his education in Arenzville, where he attended school several years, and began life as a farmer, in this county, where he has since pursned that occupation. He was also engaged in the sewing machine business for about four years. In Arenzville, Oct. 27, 1869, he married Car- oline C. Durham, who was born Nov. 6, 1844, They have had one child-May. Mrs. Cire is a daughter of Ezra J. and Sophia Durham; the latter, born in 18II, died Dec. 3, 1867. Mr. Cire has been Deputy Assessor for seven years. He is a Republican, and a member of German Lodge A. O. U. W., in Beards- town. His wife is a member of the Congre- gational Church.
CHARLES CLARK, restaurateur; Beards- town; is a native of Beardstown; born May 1, 1835; is a son of Charles and Catha- rine (Schaffer) Clark, and is probably the old- est native resident now living in Beardstown. His father, Charles Clark, a native of London, England, when a young man, came to this county, where he married Catharine, daugh- ter of John Schaffer, of Monroe Precinct. He was book-keeper for Knapp & Pogue, of Beardstown. He died about the year 1836, leaving four children, of whom our subject, and Mrs. Sockmann, of Peoria, are living. Mr. Clark worked on boats on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers as cabin boy for about four years, and at the age of eighteen began learning the cooper's trade, serving his ap- prenticeship with his step-father, Thomas Elam. After working at his trade with dif-
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ferent persons till 1861, he was employed during the war as cook and steward on vari- ous steamboats; afterward engaged in various pursuits till 1877, when he opened a restau- rant on Main street, Beardstown, where he has since carried on that business, and also a confectionery, with good success. In 1857, he married Miss Staten, who has borne him four children, of whom one is living. In 1876, he married Mary McKnight, of Beards- town.
J. K. CLARK, farmer; P. O. Bluff Springs; was born in Monroe Precinct, this county, then Morgan County, May 14, 1828, and is a son of Thomas C. and Julia Ann (King) Clark. Thomas C. Clark was born in Penn- sylvania, Feb. 24, 1785; was married in Bar- ren County, Ky., April 23, 1807, to Julia Ann King, who was born in Green County, Tenn., Oct. 15, 1790. They moved to Tennessee, where they lived seventeen years, then came to Illinois, and, after several changes of loca- tion, located, in 1846, at Bluff Springs, where they died; he, Aug. 16, 1852; she, Aug. 2, 1866; of their thirteen children, four sons and five daughters grew to maturity, of whom three sons and three daughters are liv- ing, all in this county. The subject of this sketch attended school near Mount Pleasant, Ia., for about four years, afterward attending the schools of this county some time. He first taught school for some time, and then de- voted his attention to farming, which occupa- tion he has since pursued. Mr. Clark was, for many years, Road Supervisor, and School Director; he is a Democrat.
J. H. CRAMER, grocer, Beardstown; was born in Beardstown, March 29, 1859; son of Jacob H. and Charlotte (Trampe) Cramer. Jacob H. Cramer, subject's father, was born in Germany, Oct. 5, 1823; he was a carpenter by trade. In St. Louis, Mo., March 8, 1851, he married Charlotte Trampe; he died in Beards- town, May 7, 1872; he had nine children.
J. Edward, at Portland, Oregon; Engelbert, a farmer, in this county; Amelia M. M. (deceas- ed), Julius Henry (subject), Adelia M., Charles William, Henry (deceased), Katie, and Ber- tha (deceased). The subject of this sketch received his education in Beardstown, and at the age of 14 years began learning the cigar- maker's trade with Henry Dettmer, serving one and one-half years in Beardstown, and one year in Meredosia; then worked as jour- neyman at various places for one and one-half years; also engaged in farming with his brother, in this county, for a short time. He then worked in a flouring mill at River Falls, Wis., sixteen months, and in the fall of 1880, returned to Beardstown, where he worked as core-maker in a foundry, until the fall of 1881, when he built his present store, at the corner of Fourth and State streets, on a part of his father's estate, where he has since carried on the grocery and provision business.
CHARLES H. CUMMINGS, photographer and real estate agent, Beardstown; was born in Scott County, Ill., Dec. 6, 1842 ; son of Henry B., and Ruth Anna ( Freeborn ) Cum- mings. Henry B. Cummings, was born in Maysville, Ky., and moved to Exeter, Scott Co., Ill., in 1840, where he engaged in mer- cantile business until his death, which occur- red in the spring of 1850; he left two chil- dren. Charles H. received his education at Exeter, Ill., and at the age of fourteen became a brakeman on the Great Western Railroad, and after a few months, was promoted to con- ductor, and ran a passenger train until 1862. He then began learning photography in Fair- field, Iowa, thence went to Des Moines, Iowa, where he remained until 1864, thence to In- dianapolis, Ind., working as an operator there until 1866 ; then operated in a gallery in St. Louis until 1870; then conducted a photo- graph gallery in Mattoon, Ill., two and a half years; and at Charleston, Ill., three years. After spending a year in Jacksonville, Ill.,
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and conducting a gallery in Virginia, this county, three years; he came to Beardstown in the fall of 1879, where he bought his pres- ent photograph gallery, which he has since conducted with good success, employing one operator, two assistants, and a clerk. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1880, re-elected in 1881, and resigned the office in the spring of 1882, and was elected Police Magistrate for four years ; he was also com- missioned a Notary Public in 1882. He car- ries on a large real estate and collecting busi- ness. At Charleston, Ill., in 1874, he mar- ried Carrie Poorman of that place. He is a Democrat.
THOMAS CLARK, deceased, was born in Franklin County, Tenn., Sept. 14, 1820. (For parents, see sketch of his brother, J. K. Clark, which appears elsewhere in this work.) He received his education partly in Iowa, and partly in Monroe Precinct, this county, and began life as a farmer, which occupation he followed until his death. He died from lockjaw, caused by a nail run- ning into his foot, Nov. 8, 1878. He was married in Beardstown, April 12, 1851, to Sarah E. Jumpp, born in Grant County, Ky., Nov. 25, 1826, daughter of Valentine and Mary Jumpp. By this union they were bless- ed with eleven children: George E., Alice A., Henry J., Sophronia, Adelaide ( deceased ), Delia, Marion M., Noah N., Mary M. (deceas- ed ), Barbara and Maud ( deccased ). Mr. Clark was a Democrat, and a member of the M. E. Church.
WILLIAM DUVAL, farmer; P. O., Ar- enzville; was born in Beardstown, Jan. 25, 1837, and is a son of William H. and Eliza- beth (Duvandach) Duval, natives of Ilanover, Germany. William H. Duval was born in 1806 ; was a shoemaker, carpenter, and farmer; he died in August, 1880. His wife was born in 1804; they had nine children. The subject of this sketch received his edu-
cation in Beardstown, worked at the printer's trade two years, and has since been a farmer in this county. He married April 1, 1859, Mary Meier, a native of Prussia ; and from this union the following children have been born : Hannah, William, John, Minnie, Ed- ward, Henry, Emma, Louis and Lucy. Mr. Duval has been School Director and Trustee for nine years ; is a member of the Lutheran Church, and an adherent of the Republican party.
EDWIN F. DERR, American Express Agent; Beardstown; was born in Lebanon Penn., March 8, 1844. He enlisted Feb. 28, 1862, for three years, in the Twelfth Penn- sylvania Volunteer Cavalry, re-enlisted in January, 1864, and was discharged July 20, 1865, at Philadelphia, Penn. During his term of service he participated in many im- portant engagements; he served under Gen. Pope in the second battle of Manassas, was in the battles of South Mountain, Harper's Ferry, and Antietam; was with General Sher- idan at Winchester, Fisher's Hill and New- town; was in the fight at McConnellsburg, Penn., and was with Gen. Milroy when he was driven out of Winchester, Va. He served two years in the ranks; was Orderly Sergeant and was tendered a commission as First Lieu- tenant, by the Governor of Pennsylvania, but declined. In March, 1866, he came West; stayed in St. Louis, Mo., for a time; engaged for one and a half years as a clerk in the Quarter-master's Department, at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory; was clerk for the Kansas Pacific Rail Road, at Kansas City, four years, and in 1874 came to Illinois. He was clerk in the Freight Department of the C., B. & Q. R. R., at Rock Island, Ill., for a year, then agent at Piasa, Ill., for same road; from July, 1877, to January, 1879, was agent for the C., B. & Q. R. R., at Beardstown, and has since been the agent of the American Express Company here. Mr. Derr married in Beards-
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town, Jan. 14, 1879, Statia Cornelius, of Peo- ria, Ill.
LUKE DUNN, farmer; P. O. Beardstown; is a native of Cornwall, England; was born May 20, 1824; son of Luke and Elizabeth (Bullen) Dunn; also natives of Cornwall. His father was a farmer by occupation; his mother died Dec. 11, 1831; they had eight children. Our subject received his education in the parish of Alternun, in England, and began farming in this county, where he has since followed that occupation. He married, March 24, 1846, in Cornwall, England, Elizabeth Jasper, a native of that country, and daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Jasper. By this union they have had eight children. Mr. Dunn is now serving his second term as County Commissioner; he is a member of Lodge No. 26, I. O. O. F., and of Lodge No. 726, Knights of Honor, in Beardstown.
ROBERT H. DUNN, hardware merchant, Beardstown; son of Luke Dunn, was born in Beardstown Precinct, April 2, 1852. In ad- dition to his common school education, he at- tended the Illinois College, at Jacksonville. In September, 1881, he, in conjunction with his cousin, William, purchased the old estab- lished hardware business of Abner Foster, and continued under the firm name of W. T. and A. H. Dunn, till -March 6, 1882, when Robert H. became sole proprietor. He is doing a very fair business, which is con- stantly growing. IIis father, Luke Dunn, was elected County Commissioner, at the last election, on the Republican ticket, receiving a majority in this Democratic county, of 216 over a very popular Democrat.
JOHN DUNN, farmer; P. O. Beards- town; was born in Cornwall, England, Aug. 1, 1812. (For parents see sketch of his brother, Luke Dunn, which appears in this work.) Mr. Dunn received his education in the Parish of Alternun in England, and began farming in this county, where he fol-
lowed that occupation until his death, which occurred Oct. 4, 1875. He was married in this precinct, July 20, 1840, to Caroline Treadway, a native of Harford County, Md .; born May 13, 1817; still living. By this union they were blessed with nine children: Elizabeth (deceased), Mary A., Martha J. (de- ceased), John G. (deceased), Emeline (do- ceased), Sarah E., William T., Charles N. and an infant (deceased). Mrs. Dunn is a daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Treadway. Mr. Dunn was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he was a Republican.
DUCHARDT BROS., butchers and cattle dealers, Beardstown; George and William M. Duchardt, the members of this firm, are the sons of John and Frederiecke (Krohe) Du- chardt. George, the elder brother, was born in Beardstown, Feb. 22, 1849; William M. was born Sept. 20, 1850; they both early on- gaged in the butcher business with their fath- er, who was a butcher by trade. In 1869, the brothers formed a partnership, and purchased their father's slaughter houses, butcher shop, and dwelling house, and under the firm name of Duchardt Bros., have since carried on a prosperous business. They have a good meat market on State street; for some years they packed pork and handled all kinds of meats, tallow, and lard; they buy and ship all kinds of live stock. Their father, John Duchardt, . was born in 1795, in Hesse Darmstadt, Ger- many, where he learned the butcher's trade. At twenty years of age, he emigrated to America, landing in Baltimore, Md., thence went to Cincinnati, O., where he remained until 1832 or 1833; he then went to St. Louis, which was at that time but a small French village; then came to Beardstown about 1833, where he opened a butcher shop, sup- plying meat to the river steamboats, and do- ing a general trade. He took real estate in payment for some of his meat bills, and a farm, which he got for one of these bills, he after-
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ward sold for $5,000. He engaged in the butchering and pork packing business in Beardstown, till 1869, when he retired, his sons taking the management of the business. He built a slaughter house on the west side of Second street, and for several years butchered for a Chicago beef packer, killing as high as seventy beeves per day. He is now residing on his farm in Beardstown Precinct. He married a daughter of Fred Krohe, of Beards_ town; he had six children, five of whom are living: Louise, wife of George Volkmar, of Beardstown, Henry, George, William, and Louis.
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