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JOHN R. SHAW, farmer, of Honey Creek, Crawford County, Ill., was born in Henry County, Ky., July 3, 1832. His father, Ste-
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phen Shaw, was born in Virginia in 1810. He removed from that State to Kentucky in 1824, where he followed farming until the time of his death in 1837. His remains re- pose in Shelby County, that State. He was a man of widespread influence amongst the people of his State, having been once ap- pointed Paymaster of Pensions for the South- ern District of Kentucky, and prominent in Masonic circles of that State. He was a farmer by occupation, and on his farm our subject was reared and educated. His mother, formerly Miss Mileah Nutall, was born in the same State about the year 1812. After her husband's death, in 1837. she came to Illinois in 1846, and made her home with her son John R. She is now deceased, and her re- mains are deposited in the Jones Cemetery, in this township. Seven children constituted this family. Mr. Shaw received his educa- tion at the seminary at Newcastle, Ky., and in late years has been dealing in live stock, in connection with farming. He is a man of sterling integrity, and is widely known and respected. In addition to the above, it is but justice to add that his success in life is owing to his extreme energy. He was mar- ried in Crawford County. Ill., October, 1850, to Miss Rosana Parker, youngest daughter of Jonathan Parker. She was born in this county in 1835. Eleven children was the re- sult of this happy union, as follows: Cass- andra, Elvessa M., Stephen B., Mary F., William D., Lawretta, Martha E., Deborah, Scilman P., John L., and Morris. Mr. Shaw is of Irish extraction. His great-grandfather, James Shaw, came to America at an early period, and settled in Virginia. He served as a soldier under Washington, and was with him at Valley Forge, and lost an arm in the service of his country. Mr. Shaw's own grandsire was born, reared and died in Vir- ginia His great-grandfather, on his mother's
side, was of Welsh extraction, and a seafar- ing man. His grandson, John Mone, served during the Revolutionary war, and was capt- ured by the Indians. Price Nutall, grand- father of our subject, on his mother's side, was a Major in the war of 1812, and his son, Elijah F., was a noted criminal lawyer, and was twice elected to the Legislature of that State (Kentucky).
WILLIAM THOMPSON, farmer, Honey Creek Township, Crawford County, Ill., was born in Blount County, East Tenn., October 28, 1816. His father Alexander Thompson, a fuller by trade and later a farmer, was a native of Pennsylvania. He removed from that State to Indiana about the year 1831, here he bought some improved land and re- mained until the death of his wife, formally Mrs. Elizabeth Neal. Five years later or, about 1836 he came to Illinois and lived amongst his children until the time of his death. Mrs. Thompson was born in East Tennessee. Eight children were born to them as follows: Sarah, wife of Arch- ibald McCalie, John, Margarett, Rachel, Polie Ann, Alexander, William and Rachel. Mr. Thompson was married in Crawford County, Ill., January 1, 1839, to Miss Mar- garet Walace, who was born in Blount County, Tenn., December 8, 1816. Her parents were Benjamin and Rachael (Neal) Wallace, nine children was the result of this union, as named-Elizabeth, Joseph, Alexander, Rach- el, Newton, John C., James R., George A. and Cyrus B., George A. is deceased. When the war of the rebellion broke out in 1861, Mr. Thompson furnished two sons, who served from the beginning to the end of the great struggle, viz .: Joseph and Alexander, they were members of the twenty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Thompson received an education such as the common schools of Indiana afforded, after which he learned tho
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shoe-making trale, at which he worked for many years after he came to Illinois in connec- tion with farming. Since his settlement in Honey Creek Township, he has filled many of the town offices from the office of Justice of the Peace down. His popularity as an officer has made for him friends in the town- ship and widely and favorably known. He traces his ancestral lineage to Scotland and Ireland. His great-grandfather on his father's side was Scotch, while on his great- grandmother's side they were Irish, her name before coming to this country was O'Neal, but since their advent to America the O has been dropped. The same extrac- tion prevails on Mrs. Thompson's side. Ben- jamin Wallace, her father, enlisted as a sol- dier for the Black Hawk war and started to join his regiment, but after five days re- turned, his services not being needed. He removed to Ohio in an early day, but came to Crawford County, 1838, where he entered land and where he died.
LOUIS TOHILL, farmer. Honey Creek Township, Crawford County, Ill., was born in this county in 1830. His father, John Tohill, a farmer also, was a native of Penn- sylvania, where he was born in 1816. He removed from that State to Ohio with his parents at the age of seven years. Here he
spent his youth. He was educated in the neighborhood school, and subsequently mar- ried Miss Maith Springer, in 1838, after which he removed to Crawford County, Ill., where, soon after his arrival, he entered a piece of land two miles east of Flat Rock. After selling which, a few years later, he removed to Macon County in 1863. Mrs. Tohill, formerly Miss Maith Springer, was born in Ohio in 1818. In her father's fam- ily there were thirteen children, named in the order of their births as follows: Lewis, Noah, John, Mary, Jonah, Lawrence, Mar- tha, George, Andrew, Sarah, Eli, Ella and Clara. Our subject spent his youth assisting his father to improve and make a farm, and was educated at a subscription school, in this county. He was twice married, first to Miss Cynthia Ann Jones, in 1867. Seven children was the result of the union, as fol- lows: William, Noah, Ira, Henry, Lillian and Elizabeth. His second marriage, with Mise Amanda Fisher, occurred in 1875, by which they have had born to them three chil- dren, viz .: Dora, and two not named. Mrs. Tohill was born in Crawford County in 1853. Her father was George Fisher, and her mother formerly Miss Elizabeth Hickey, was born in Pennsylvania. His first wife was born in Ohio. Her father was John Jones.
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JAMES T. ATHEY, farmer and stock- raiser of Licking Township, Crawford County, Ill., and son of Robert and Miss Louisa Smith (Athey); was born in Frederick County, Md., 1831. His father and mother were both born in Virginia. The former in Prince William County, 1801, and the latter it is supposed in the same county, 1810. They removed to Licking County, Ohio,
where she died 1835; by this union they had three children, namely, James T., William (a resident of Hutsonville Township), and Mil- ton, a resident of Ohio. His father married again, 1838, to Miss Mary Roberts. By this union they reared four girls and three sons. He came to Illinois, 1850, and settled in the southwestern part of Hutsonville Township, where he bought a farm of 200 acres. Our
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subject was educated in the common schools of Ohio, and came with bis parents to this county when a young man. He was married, 1855, to Miss Uretta S. Baker, the result of which union was six children-George, de- ceased, Henry, Clarissa, Mary, and one who died in infancy. Lorenus Baker, father of Mrs. Athey, was born in Vermont, 1810. He removed to Ohio in an early day, where he married Miss Clarissa Wilson, some three years after which they removed to Edgar County, Ill., and from there to Clark and Crawford Counties, 1850. Mrs. Athey having died, Mr. Athey was married a second time, in July, 1882, to Miss Elvina Simms, daugh- ter of Conrad and Charity Shook Simms, of this county; she was one of the early settlers who took refuge from the Indians in the fort at Palestine. It is supposed that Mr. Simms was one of the number also. In this family there were eight children, four boys and four girls, who are living in the neigh- borhood. Mr. Athey's business qualities, to- getber with his affable nature, has made him widely and favorably known. He owns 220 acres of choice land in this county, which is the result of his own efforts.
ROBERT R. LINCOLN, farmer, Licking Township, Crawford County, Ill., was born in Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio, Decem- ber 19, 1822. His father, Leonard Lincoln, was a machinist and nailer, who removed to Zanesville in an early day, where he worked in the first nail factory in Ohio. He was born in Massachusetts about 1800 and died at Zanesville in 1836. He was married soon after his arrival in Muskingum County, to Miss Nancy Dick, daughter of Esquire Dick, who was the first blacksmith of Falls Town- ship. She was born in Pennsylvania about 1802. Seven sous were born to them, as fol- lows: Robert R., John, Dudley, George, Abraham, Elijah and one not named, who
died in infancy. Of this family two only survive, the oldest and youngest, namely, Robert R. and Elijah. After the death of Mr. Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln married William Baker, who was the first to keep a tavern in Falls Township. In 1852, she died. Our subject received a fair common school educa- tion in Ohio, where he afterward worked in a machine shop, and for two years ran a steamboat on the river. In 1842, he came to Crawford County, Ill., where for the first. few years he worked at anything he could find to do, until he had accumulated enough with which to make a start in life. In 1848, he entered 160 acres of land on Sections 29 and 31, and subsequently bought 400 acres adjoining, in different sections. He was joined in marriage with Miss Mary Lamb, daughter of William Lamb, of Ohio, Janua- ry 5, 1850. This union was blessed by the births of the following children: Charles B., Henry C., Emma J., Araminta and one that died in infancy. William and Isabell (Lam- berson) Lamb, parents of Mrs. Lincoln, were natives of Virginia. Their children were Isaac, John, Samuel, Mary, Ann, Sophia, Alexander, Eliza and Margaret. Mr. Lin- coln is a great nephew of ex-Gov. Lin- coln of Massachusetts, and perhaps a distant relative to Abraham Lincoln. One tradition affirms that the Lincoln family originated at Hingham, Mass., and was derived from a common stock, with Gen. Benjamin Lin- coln, of Revolutionary fame, and this is doubtless a branch of the same family.
M. T. VANCE, farmer, Licking Township, Crawford County, Ill., was born in Licking County, Ohio, February 9, 1834. His father, John E. Vance, also a farmer, was born in Shenandoah County, Va., August 18, 1797. He removed from that State to Ohio about 1815, where he bought land, and subsequent- ly married Miss Maria Holden, daughter of
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Alexander Holden, who was born in Virginia, and removed to Ohio in 1804, where he died. Of our subject's father's family there were the following children: Alice, Riley, Mary Jane, Ruth, John A. and Louis. Mrs. Vance's mother was Isabell Lamberson. She was born in Pennsylvania. Her father was William Lamb, and in this family there were nine children. Our subject was reared on a farm, and educated in the common schools of Ohio. In 1847, he came to Crawford County. at which time he was fourteen years old. His father bought 120 acres of land soon after their arrival, on Section 33, and 120 acres after. His father died in 1855 and his mother in 1857. Our subject was mar- ried in 1859, to Miss Margaret Lamberson. They have had nine children, as follows: John A., Almenia A., Louis Clay, Ira Lincoln, Louisa, Margaret, and Malone (twins) and Emma M. One died in infancy.
G. H. WIMAN, farmer, Licking Town- ship, Crawford County, Ill., was born in the same county in 1847. His father, James Wiman, was among the first early settlers of Crawford County. He came to the county about 1816. He was born in Kentucky about 1812; and is still living in this county. He began life empty handed, and through in- dustry and economy acquired some 1,100 acres of land, which he divided among his children, except 500 acres which he still owns. His children are all living, among whom are Jacob, Elizabeth, Margaret. Sarah, Emily, G. H., Albert, Lucie A. and Rebecca. Our subject was educated in the common schools of the county, and reared a farmer. He was married, in 1872, to Miss Jane Barr, daughter of Dr. Frank Barr. Three chil- dren was the result of the union, as follows: Edgar, Louis and Martha.
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