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Mr. Dick has made many friends, and is widely known as, morally and socially, an ·estimable man.
THEODORE FRANKENFIELD, farmer; P. O., Chandlerville; was born in Germany Dec. 20, 1830, to Franklin and Hannah (Mul- len) Frankenfield. They were both natives of Germany. He died in 1833, aged sixty- seven years. She died in 1871, aged seventy- nine years. They were the parents of five children, four boys and one girl, Theodore, our subject, being the third child. His early life was spent in receiving a common school edu- eation. When quite young was apprenticed to the blacksmith's trade, and followed the same until he was twenty-four years old, when he entered the army and served four years. In 1858 he left home and emigrated to America- landing in New York. The first four years of his life in America was spent in the West, roaming from place to place. In 1862 he came to Cass County, where he was employed as a farm hand, but soon after began farming on his own account; he is now the owner of 300 acres of well improved land. In Cass County, in 1859, he married Miss Susan K., daughter of Joshua Morris (deceased). She was born in Cass County, in 1859. Mr. and Mrs. Frank- enfield are the parents of five children: Josh- ua, Willie, Matilda, Frank and Henry. He and his wife are connected with the Metho- dist church. Politically, his sympathies are with the Democratic party.
HAMILTON HALL, farmer; P. O. Chand- lerville; was born in East Tennessee, Nov. 23, 1823, to Squire and Lair (Lane) Hall. He was born in Wilkes County, N. C. March 6, 1791. He brought his family to Illinois in 1828, and settled in Menard County, and
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moved to Cass County in 1844. He was a farmer; he died June 11, 1871. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was a son of Martin Hall, a native of North Carolina, of French and Irish descent. The great- grandfather of our subject was transported to America for taking three cherries. The mother of our subject was born in East Ten- nessee, Dec. 9, 1779, and died Aug. 19, 1861. She was the mother of eight children, of whom our subject was the fourth child. Ile was educated from the common schools of Me- nard County. He remained with his parents until he was twenty-seven years old, assisting his father at farming. At the age of twenty- seven he began farming on his own account, on forty acres of land. He is the owner of 167 1-6 acres of good land now; le met with good success. He commenced life poor and made all he has got. In Nov. 3, 1870, in Cass County, he married Parthenia E. Kee, who has borne him nine children, six living, viz .: George, Caroline, Jefferson D., Benja- min, Robert Lee, and Samuel. Politically, he is a Greenbacker; formerly a Democrat.
WILLIAM LYNN, deceased, was one of the oldest settlers of Cass County, and one who lived to see it come up from a wilderness state to its present condition of advanced civilization and whose portrait appears in this work, was born Nov. 17, 1800, in the north- ern part of Pennsylvania. He was the sec- ond son of William and Elizabeth (Laird) Lynn. His father was a Pennsylvania Ger- man, a miller by trade, also owning a farm. He served his country in the war of 1812 as one of the " minute men," and was pres- ent at the celebrated victory of Commodore Perry, on Lake Erie. At the close of the war he removed with his family to Fleming County, Ky., afterward to Nicholas County, where he remained until his death. Wm. Lynn left home at the age of fourteen, and was apprenticed to a millwright, serving four
years and seven months. Ile followed his trade and milling for about twenty years, working in Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. In 1825 he came to Richland, Sangamon Coun- ty, Ill., and built a flour and grist mill, and run it for four years for the Broadwell Bros. In the spring of 1830, memorable as the year of the "deep snow," he came to the Sanga- mon Bottom, and entered 160 acres of land five miles northeast of the present site of Chandlerville. This was the second piece of land entered in this valley. In 1831 he moved on the land and began improvements. He remained eighteen months, and then returned to Richland, and run the mill four years longer. It was claimed that the first barrel of superfine flour ever sold in the city of Springfield was made by Mr. Lynn in this mill. In 1837 he returned to the farm, and quit the milling business for life. In 1846 he sold his first land, and purchased land further up the valley, where he remained to his death, which occurred Oct. 24, 1875. He first intro- duced the short horned Durham cattle into this part of the country, greatly improving the stock of the community. At his death lie was the owner of about 1,000 acres of land. His marriage occurred on the 12th of June, 1823, to Miss Sarah Huse, in Brown County, Ohio. She was the mother of nine children. She was born in Brown County, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1806, and died March 28, 1877. For more that forty years these old veterans served as faithful soldiers of the cross in the Methodist Church. A consistent walk, and a faithful training in the fear of God, has not been with- out its fruit in the lives of their children. Two daughters and one son are members of the Baptist Church, and two sons are Methodists.
JOHN A. LINN, farmer; P. O. Chandler- ville ; is a native of Sangamon County, Ill. He was born June 16, 1828. The early life of John A. was spent in receiving such an education as the common schools of Cass
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County afforded in his day. He remained with his parents until he was twenty-one years old, and then began work for himself by farming on his own account. In Cass County, on Dec. 19, 1850, he married Miss Eliza Hickey, who bore him the following children: Matilda, Charles, Martha, James, and Frank. His wife was born in Cass County, on Nov. 28, 1834, and died June 25, 1868. In 1869, he was married to Cynthia E. Williams. Of this union three children are now living, viz .: Ida, Claude E., and Harry. Mrs. Linn is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Linn is the owner of 524 acres of well improved land, and is an honest, upright citizen.
T. T. LYNN, farmer; P. O., Chandler- ville ; was born in Sangamon County, Dec. 15, 1830. He was educated in the common schools of Cass County. His early life, was spent at home upon the home farm; when he was twenty-two years old he left home and began farming on his own account. Dec. 16, 1852, in Cass County, he married Miss Letitia Hickey, a native of Menard County ; born April 7, 1832. Mr. Lynn and wife are the parents of the following children : John C., Letitia, Sarah A., James W., Timothy T., jr., Mary B., Joseph C., and Francis L., who died Sept. 18, 1862. Mr. Lynn, politically, holds to the principles of the Republican party. He has never aspired to official promotion, believing it more becoming and more con- sistent to attend to the duties of his farm and family than to enter the political ring and clamor for office. He commenced life with no capital, but a strong body and a willing mind. He is now the proprietor of over 800 acres of the best land of Cass County. Of pleasant, affable address, liberal in his views, genial and gentlemanly in his social relations, high-minded and public-spirited, Mr. Lynn wields a large influence in the community in which he lives, and deserves a place high on the roll of the substantial men of Cass County.
WILLIAM P. LYNN was born in Sanga- mon County, Ill., Feb. 17, 1835, to William and Sarah Lynn. He remained with his parents until he was twenty-two years old, attending the common schools of Cass County, and assisting in tilling the soil of his father's farm. At the age of twenty-two years, he left home, and commenced farming on his own account, upon a farm he rented of his father, who left him at his death, ninety-three acres of land. He has added to this, until he is now the owner of 166 acres. On Feb. 25, 1858, he married, in Cass County, Nancy Clark, a native of Ross County, Ohio. She died on Feb. 3, 1879, leaving four children, viz .: William, Curtis, Olletha, Robert, and Perry. On April 25, 1882, he married Maria Worthington, a native of Ohio, near Chilli- cothe. He is an active member of the A. F. & A. M., at Chandlerville. Politically, he is a Republican.
JAMES S. LYNN, farmer; P. O., Mason City; was born in Cass County, Sept 18, 1839. He received his education from the common schools of Cass County. His early life was spent at home, helping his father till the farm. He remained at home until 1862, when he enlisted in Company E. 85th Illinois, un- der command of Captain Scott; was in battle of Perryville, Boyle County, Ky .; was shot through left hip. In 1861, in Cass County, he married Anna M. Trumbull, who died in 1862. In August, 1865, he married Mrs. Ma- tilda J. Turner, who has borne him eight chil- dren, five living, viz .: Ada J., Addison J., Ella M., Emerson, Leonard. He carried on farming in Cass County until 1871, when he removed to Mason County, where he is still engaged in farming. He is now the owner of about 300 acres of land. Self and wife are members of the Baptist Church; he is also a member of the Order of Knights of Honor, and the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Chandlerville; son of Benjamin and Eliza- beth (Robe) Sutton; was born Jan. 22, 1819, in the State of New Jersey. When four years old his parents emigrated to Michigan, and settled within five miles of where the city of Ann Arbor now stands. Here the family resided some ten years, and then emi- grated to Cass County, Ill. They located on Pecan Bottom, about six miles above the present neat and flourishing town of Chand- lerville. Here the parents died-Mrs. Sutton about 1837, and her husband about 1839. They were exemplary Christians, and repose in hope of better resurrection. They left behind them a family of six children: Sylves- ter, Nathan, Nelson, George, Mrs. Sarah A. (Isaac) White, and Mrs. Eliza (Charles) Co- rey. Mr. Sutton, probably has had as varied an experience as any man of his age resident of the county. Born in the cultivated society of the East, he was taken into a new State when quite young, spent some ten years among the Indians, where white men were so seldom seen that he was actually afraid of them when he chanced to meet thein. Cass County was but sparsely settled when he first came into it. Aug. 4, 1842, Mr. Sutton married Miss Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Merrill) Mamar, formerly of the State of Maryland. This union has been blessed with the following children: William S., Alonzo, John H., David L., Winfield S., Mrs. Clara (Joshua) Conger, Benjamin R., Charry E. Personally, it is not necessary to say one word of Mr. S. and lady, as they are well known in their part of the county as be- ing among the best of our citizens. They are bothi members in good standing in the Baptist Church, he being a deacon among this people.
HENRY TAYLOR, farmer. Among the names of the old settlers of Cass Coun- ty, none is more deserving of passing in- to history than that of Henry B. Taylor, de-
ceased, the father of our subject, and the son of John and Barbara (Beason) Taylor. He was born Jannary 24, 1814, near the city of Nashville, Tenn., and when he was abont sixteen years old, he came with his father and family to Pecan Bottom, Cass Co., Ill., and settled with them about six miles above the city of Chandlerville, where he continued to reside until removed by death, Feb. 5, 1864. His parents were natives of North Carolina, and were both members of the regular Bap- tist Church. They raised five children: Rob- ert, Mrs. Nancy (William) MeCauley, Mrs. Rebecca ( William ) Morgan, Mrs. Matilda (James) Samuels, and Henry B., who married Mary P., daughter of John and Catharine (Graves) Hawthorne. This union was blessed with the following children, all living: Mrs. Mary E. (Charles) Anderson, Mrs. Mary C. (Peter) Rickard, Mrs. Barbara M. J. (William) Weaver, John, and Henry, our subject. Henry Taylor was born in Cass County, Aug. 17, 1852. His early life was spent at home on the homestead farm, and receiving such an education as the common schools af- forded. Arriving at manhood, he embarked on his career as a farmer, and is at the present time the owner of one hundred and fourteen acres of good land. He was married Dec. 27, 1870, to Miss Matilda Linn. Mrs. Taylor was born in Cass County, Nov. 2, 1852. They are the parents of five children: Jennie B., John R., Hattie E., Lulu and Jesse. The Taylor family is of English descent, and came to this country before its independence from the mother country; and the ancestry living at the time, were patriots in the cause of free- dom, and some of them served as soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Robert, the great- great-grandfather, was alive at this time; his sons, Daniel, William, and Henry, did service for their country in the Continental Army. Mr. Taylor's great-grandfather, who was also named Robert, raised the following children:
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Herron, Manoah, Robert, Benjamin, John, Mrs. Betsey (Leonard) Dugger, Mrs. Lucy (Whitehead) Janner, Mrs. Keziah (Jesse) Ske- han, Mrs. Nancy (David) Bradley, and Polly, who first married William West, and after- ward Joseph McGlothling. John, Mr. Taylor's grandfather, was born Sept. 13, 1782, and died in Pecan Bottom, Sept. 3, 1842. His wife, and grandmother of our subject, was born March 7, 1788, and died in Mason County, June 13, 1871. Mr. Taylor's father was bap- tized into the fellowship of the Baptist Church by Elder M. Hartley, in the spring of 1859, and continued his membership in the Mount Olive Church, which he was largely instrument-
al in building up, till his death. He was an active member, and rose to the office of dea- con, which position he held at the time of his death. For a number of years he held the of- fice of Justice of the Peace, and his judgments were always characterized with equity and legal precision, and seldom failed to give satisfaction, and always were sustained in the higher courts. Though his chances of educa- tion were very unfavorable, still, by his own exertion, he attained more than a common ed- ucation. He delighted especially in the study of astronomy, and in the reading of the " old family Bible," the precepts of which were beautifully illustrated in his private life.
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JOHN L. BUCKLEY, retired farmer; P. O. Philadelphia; was born in England, Jan. 14, 1812. In 1837 he emigrated to America, and located in Cass County, and followed the occupation of a carpenter. About 1849 he went to California, where he remained about three years. After his return from California he commenced farming, which he carried on, more or less extensively, until 1869, when he sold his property and retired from active la- bor. At this date he is hale and hearty, and bids fair to live still many years. He was married in Cass County, June 2, 1844, to Miss Mary A. Lindsley, who was born in Ontario County, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1815. Martin L. Lindsley, the father of Mrs. Buckley, was cdu- cated for a physician, and was of a very roving disposition. He was killed in 1830, while dig- ging a well. His wife, Orilla Bordman, was born in Vermont in Rutland, Co., Aug. 31, 1788; died May 1, 1877. She was the mother of eight children. Mrs. Buckley's parents were both well educated, and taught school at one time. John Buckley, the father of our subject, was a native of England, a merchant by occupation. His wife, Elizabeth Lees, was also of England; she was the mother of ten children, of whom John L., our subject, was the sixth child. Politically, Mr. Buckley was originally an old line Whig, but since its day has been identified with the Republi- can party. Religiously, himself and wife are connected with the Christian Church.
MARK BUCKLEY, farmer; P. O. Virginia; is a native of Lancashire, England; was born May 15, 1815, son of J. L. Buckley (see his- tory). In 1837, our subject came to America, located in this county, and soon after, in com- pany with his brother, opened a cabinet shop
at Virginia. In 1848, he removed to his present place of residence, and has since been engaged more or less extensively in farming. He erected a fine farm residence in 1869, and has the place in first-class order. At present he has retired from active labor, his son now having charge of the farm. He married in this county, March 26, 1850, Cornelia Job, a native of this county, born Dec. 30, 1823, who has borne him five children, viz .: Elizabeth, wife of Charles Black, of Virginia, Alice, wife of H. Turner, also of Virginia, Archibald J., Franklin, and Adeline, at home. Mrs. Buck- ley is a daughter of Hon. A. and Jane Job. He came from Pittsburg, Pa., to Beardstown, by boat, in 1820. He was the first represent- ative in the Legislature from Morgan County, which at that time included what is now Cass, Morgan and Scott Counties. Mr. Buckley is a member of the Christian Church; he is a Republican.
ABRAHAM BAILEY, Philadelphia; was born in Virginia, April 13, 1825; son of Rob- ert and Charlotte (Snyder) Bliley, natives of Virginia; he, a farmer by occupation, died in 1847, aged about forty-nine years; she died in 18SI, aged about eighty years. Subject, the eldest of a family of ten children, received a common school education, and began the business of life as a farmer. In 1857 he came to Illinois, and settled in this county, where he has since been engaged in farming, and where he now owns a farm of 150 acres of choice farming land. In Virginia, Oct. 1, 1849, he married Sarah, daughter of Joel and Mildred Snyder, and a native of that State; born Aug. 10, 1830, who has borne him ten children, of whom eight are living, viz .: Mary, wife of Charles I .. Bailey, Martha, wife of
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Wm. S. Little, now in California, David, a farmer, Fanny, Ada and Charles, at home, George and Frank. Mr. Bailey is now serv- ing his third term as Justice of the Peace; is also a Township Trustee; he is a Democrat, and a member of the Christian Church.
WILLIAM BARKLEY, farmer; P.O. Vir- ginia; was born in Portage County, Ohio, April 14, 1846; youngest of a family of five chil- dren, born to Christopher and Christina (Waukmiller) Barkley, natives of Germany; he born in 1806, now a retired farmer, living in Missouri; she died in 1848. William, at the age of ten years, was taken by his father to Missouri, where he received an ordinary education; left home, and for a time followed freighting on the plains near Salt Lake. In 1864, he came to this county, where he has since lived, engaged in farming, and the hand- ling and raising of stock of all kinds. In this county, Aug. 7, 1871, he married Nancy Me- Donald; born in this county Aug. 27, 1849; daughter of John T. and Mary A. (Thomas) McDonald; he, born July 2, 1812, died in 1866; she died Oct. 28, 1850. From this marriage one child was born, on Aug. 18, 1880. Mr. Barkley is a Democrat, and a member of the A. F. & A. M. and A. O. U. W.
JAMES CUNNINGIIAM, farmer; P. O. Virginia; was born May 10, 1825, in Scotland, of which country his parents John and Ellen (Taylor) Cunningham were natives. John, a millwright and farmer, died in 1838, aged about 43 years; his wife died in 1833, aged about 40 years; they were the parents of eight children, of whom our subjeet was the third. James received an ordinary education in the schools of Scotland, and in this country, where he came with his parents when eleven years of age. He began life as a farmer in this county, and ran a saw and grist mill for a few years, one mile west of his present place of residence. In this county, Oct. 1, 1856, he
married Sarah E. Hopkins; born in Indiana, Dec. 19, 1824; daughter of Henry and Eliza- beth (Begg) Hopkins; he, a native of Dela- ware (deceased); she, still living; born June 15, 1797; from this nnion two children have been born, viz .: Henry, born July 24, 1857, and Dorotha E., Oct. 16, 1858; both at home. Mr. Cunningham was formerly a Whig, but is now a Republican; his wife is a member of the Methodist Church; he has been Township Trustee for fifteen years.
JOHN J. HIGGINSON, station agent, Phil- adelphia; was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 14, 1844, and is the next to the youngest child in a family of five; he received a com- mon-school education, and came to Illinois when ten years of age, and located in Cass County. In 1878 he went to merchandising at Philadelphia, where he continued in busi- ness until 1882, when he accepted a position on the O. & M. Railroad, as station agent at Philadelphia. During the Rebellion he en- tered the service in Co. C, Sd Ill. Cav., with Capt. Schellenberger, under command of Col. McCrellis, and remained in the service three years. He was married in Cass County, Dec. 25, 1879, to Miss Ophelia Flinn, who was born in November, 1860, to John and Hannah Flinn. By her he has one child, Everett. Edward Higginson, the father of John, was born in Ireland; was a weaver by trade. He died in 1854, aged about sixty years. His wife, Mary Ellen Taggert, was also a native of Ireland; died in 1853, aged about fifty-seven years. Mr. Higginson has an unsullied reputation, and is considered a thorough business man. Politically, he is a Republican. His wife is a member of the Christian Church.
JAMES M. HINCHEE, merchant, Phila- delphia; was born in Sangamon Co., Ill., March 11, 1843. William W. Hinchee, the father of onr subject, a farmer by occu- pation, was born in Kentucky, Feb. 22,
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1818; and died Feb. 14, 1880; his wife, Margaret Ray, a native of Sangamon Coun- ty Ill., is still living, being now about sixty years of age; of their eight children, our subject is the eldest. James M. received an ordinary education in the schools of his native county, and on the breaking out of the late war, enlisted in Co. K, 33d Ill. Volunteer Infantry Capt. C. E. Lippincott under Col. C. E. Havey, remaining in service four years and three months, during which time he par- ticipated in the siege of Vicksburg, and the battles of Raymond and Champion Hill. Af- ter leaving the army he engaged in farming; in 1870 engaged in bridge building in con- nection with farming, and in 1874 came to Philadelphia, where he followed carpentering till July, 1881, when he entered the mercan- tile business in partnership with J. J. Higgin- son, whose interest he bought out in March, the following year, and has since conducted the business on his own account. In Cass County, Ill., Nov. 21, 1867, he married Mary E. Clark, a native of that county, born Ang. 29, 1846, who has borne hin six children: Ada V., Norval, William E., Alice, Martha, and an infant unnamed. Mrs. Hinchee is a daugh- ter of Rev. William and Elizabeth (Warnack) Clark, the latter deceased. Mr. Hinchee is a Republican.
CHARLES C. ROBINSON, deceased; was born in Menard County, Ill., Nov. 25, 1834, and died Jan. 19, 1881. He was the second child of a family of seven, born to James M. and Mary (Jay) Robinson, natives of New York, who carne West in 1832, and were early settlers of Menard County, Ill. Our subject received a common school education, spent several years mining in California, then ran a mitl for a short time, but eventually engaged in farming, which occupation he followed until his death.
On his farm he raised the usual crops, and also handled stock quite extensively. He took a deep interest in all things tending to the growth and prosperity of the county. Since his death the farm has been managed by Mrs. Robinson and her children. He married, in this county, Oct. 9, 1860, to Julia Pathicary, born Jan. 16, 1841. From this union nine children have been born, viz .: Charles M., Mary, Emma, Thomas, Addie, Seth, Jay, Jean, and Clara. Mrs. Robinson is a daughter of Dr. Thomas and Betsy (Pierce) Pathicary; he, born April 21, 1799, died July 21, 1878; she, still living, born July 24, 1806. Dr. Thomas Pathicary, Mrs. Robinson's father, was a native of England, and came to Virginia, this county, July 4, 1832, having previously spent several years in Pennsylvania, New York, and Ken- tucky. He kept a hotel in Virginia, this county, several years, and then engaged in farming. Mr. Robinson was a Republican, and a member of the A. F. & A. M., and A. O. U. W.
WILLIAM ROSS, farmer, P. O. Philadel- phia; was born in Ireland, Nov. 12, 1839; son of Samuel and Margaret (Bailey) Ross, na- tives of Ireland; he, a farmer by occupation, died in 1839 ; she, in 1854. William, the youngest of a family of six children, was edu- cated in the parish schools of Ireland, and at the age of eighteen, came to America. In 1855, he came to this county, where he has since followed farming. In Beardstown, this county, in 1864, he married Maggie All- itt, born in Ireland, in 1842, daughter of John and Nancy (Bailey) Allitt, natives of Ireland; he, still living; she, deceased. From this union eight children have been born, viz .: Mary, John, Nancy, William, Walter, Ethel, Nellie, and Royal. Mr. Ross is an adherent of the Republican party.
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