History of Crawford and Clark counties, Illinois, Part 66

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago : O.L. Baskin & Co.
Number of Pages: 826

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MARSHALL TOWNSHIP.

trade-firm name, Husted & Son; location, on Hamilton street. Subject was married, October 16, 1862, at Paris, Ill., to Miss Mar- tha A. English, daughter of Rev. Abel Eng- lish, of Marshall, Ill. She was born in New Jersey April 9, 1835. They have a family of two children, both born in Clark County -Mary W., born November 12, 1864; William A., born August 11, 1867. Mr. Twilley, wife and daughter, are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Marshall. Mr. Twilley is also a member of the Masonic fraternity and Knights of Honor.

WILLIAM WASHBURN, farmer, P. O. Marshall, a son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Washburn, was born in Marshall Township, on the 24th of July. 1849. His father was a native of Manchester, Ohio, where he lived until nine years old, when his parents re- moved to Southern Illinois. They made a residence of a few years in the locality of Shawneetown, and came from there to Clark County, locating where the city of Marshall now stands. At that time there was but one other family within the present limits of Marshall. Here Nathaniel Washburn mar- ried Miss Mary Polly, to whom four children were born, of whom three-Abram, Mary and James-are now living. Mrs. Mary Wash- ' burn died about 1846, in Marshall Township, and in September of 1848, Nathaniel mar- ried Elizabeth A. McNary, daughter of Will- iam McNary. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, November 18, 1824. As a result of this union, seven children were born, of whom subject is the eldest, and of whom three are deceased. William was reared in Clark County, and obtained a common school education. He was married December 2, 1872, in Casey, to Miss Viola D. Beau- champ, daughter of William and Margaret Beauchamp. She was born June 5, 1854, in Casey Township, of Clark County, her par-

ents being among the pioneers of that part of the county. Mr. Washburn's family con- sists of five children; viz .: Rosa B., born September 3, 1873; Nathaniel, born April 24, 1871, and died November 1, 1877; Will- iam H., born December 30, 1871; Gracie, born February 15, 1880, died December 29, 1882, and Clifford Washburn, born October 30, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. W. are mem- bers of the United Brethren Church. They own a farm of fifty-eight acres in Sections 20 and 29 of Marshall Township, with a sub- stantial residence three and one-half miles west from the city of Marshall. Nathaniel Washburn, father of William, died at his residence in Marshall Township, on the 17th day of June, 1874. The mother is still liv- ing on the homestead, is a faithful member of the church, and beloved by all for her many virtues.

SILAS S. WHITEHEAD, Jawyer, Mar- shall, is a native of Putnam County, Ind., born June 18, 1829. His father, Silas White- head, Sr., is remembered by all as one of the pioneers of Clark County, who, while of lim- ited education, wielded an extensive influence, and always for good. He was a man of un- bounded will power and incorruptible hon- esty. He was born in Chatham County, N. C., near Pittsboro, May 25, 1785, and came to Clark County in the year 1830. He was for many years a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics an old-time Democrat; however, never allow- ing his party zeal to overcome his sense of right. He died in Marshall September 25, 1855, having earned an enviable reputation as a model citizen. During the construction of the National road he was appointed by the Government as an overseer of a portion of that work. His son, Silas S. Whitehead, was educated in the common schools of Clark County, and having decided upon the pro-

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fession of law entered the office of Judge Scholfield, under whom he read. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1862, since which time he has been in active practice. Previous to his admission (in 1853) he was elected to the office of School Commissioner, which he held for five successive terms. In 1864, he was elected to the office of State's Attorney in the counties of Clark, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby, Coles and Edgar, and was re-elected in 1868 for the counties of Clark, Crawford, Jasper, Cumberland and Effingham. This office was accepted by Mr. Whitehead, feel- ing it a duty which he owed the community, to use his ability in the suppression of the general outlawry that existed in those turbu- lent times of our country's history. His pol- itics is Democratic and he is a member of the I. O. O. F. Emily Young, mother of subject, descended from a Welsh family. She was born in Kentucky March 26, 1807, and was married to Silas Whitehead February 15, 1823. She died in Clark County in May, 1870. Mr. Whitehead was married in Mar- shall, February 12, 1857, to Miss Theresa Wood, daughter of William and Mary (Gor- don) Wood, who came from Indiana to Clark County, Ill., in 1844. Mrs. Whitehead was born in Hancock County, Ind., September 26, 1835. Their family consists of eight chil- dren, two of whom died in infancy; the names of the surviving ones are as follows: Frank E., born April 1, 1858; Margaret E., born April 13, 1860, married to M. Ambler; George W. Whitehead, born September 25, 1863, married to Miss Lulu Milburn; Benjamin G., born November 15, 1869; Mary E., born April 11, 1871; Richard J., born June 1, 1874.

JACOB W. WILKIN, Circuit Judge, Mar- shall. Among the men who have made an enviable record in Clark County is the sub- ject of these lines. Jacob W. Wilkin is a

native of Licking County, Ohio, born near Newark June 7, 1837. He is the son of Isaac and Sarah Wilkin, who moved to Crawford County, Ill., from Ohio, in 1845. He grew to manhood in Crawford County, where he re- ceived the elements of an English education. In the fall of 1856, he entered the McKendree College and took the classical course in that institution. Having decided upon the pro- fession of law, he entered the office of Judge Constable as a student in 1860, but conse- quent to the election of Mr. Constable to the Judgeship, he entered the law office of John Scholfield. In 1862, however, he abandoned his law studies to discharge what he felt to be his duty in bearing his part in the main- tenance of the Federal Union. He was mus- tered in a Captain of Company K, of the One Hundred and Thirtieth Illinois Regi- ment, and was mustered out as Major of the same regiment in September of 1865. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg, Fort Blakely, and Spanish Fort. After returning home, he was married in Marshall, September 21, 1865, to Miss Alice E. Constable, daugh- ter of Charles and Martha Constable. She was born at Mount Carmel, Wabash Co. Ill., August 6, 1844. They have three children- Henry O., John B. and Jessie Bell Wilkin. Both Mrs. and Mr, Wilkin are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Wil- kin was admitted to practice law in January, 1866, and began his practice in Marshall where he has since practiced when his official employment left him free to do so. He was one of the Presidential electors from this State in 1872. In June, 1879, he was elected to the office of Judge of the Fourth Judicial District, which he has thus far filled to great acceptance. He is a member of the Masonic order, I. O. O. F., Knights of Honor and Knights of Pythias.

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JOHN CASTEEL, farmer, P. O. Marshall, is a native of Bedford County, Penn. He was born on the 25th of August, 1804. His father was named Archibald. and grandfather was of English birth and named Shadrack Casteel. He came from England accompanied by two brothers named Meshack and Abedne- go Casteel, and from these three brothers have sprung the families bearing their names. Archibald Casteel was born in Pennsylvania, and was married to Rebecca Dew, of Mary- land. They had a family of eleven children, John being the tenth and the only one known to be living. He came to Muskingum Coun- ty, Ohio, with his parents when four years oid. Here he grew to manhood. He became the principal of a fur company, and was sent among the Wyandot Indians when only six- teen years old. Soon after this, he learned the trade of potter, at which he worked for several years in Ohio, and afterward in Indi- ana and Illinois. He was married in Musk- ingum County, Ohio, on the 2d of December, 1824, to Miss Dorcas German, daughter of William and Sarah German. She was born on the 22d of January, 1801, and died Octo- ber 30, 1869, having raised a family of six children, of whom four are living, two of them in this county. Mr. Casteel eame to Clark County, Ill., in 1850, and settled in Living- ston, near which place he bought land upon which his son lives. He was formerly a mer- ehant in Brownsville, Ohio, and afterward in this county. On the 9th of January, 1871, he was married to his present wife, Mrs. Mary F. Rolison, widow of Owen C. Rolison and daughter of Dr. Nathan Spencer. She was

born in Muskingum County, Ohio, on the 14th of October, 1826, and began teaching at the age of fourteen, and continuing until she was married in 1847, to Mr. O. C. Rolison, who died in the fall of 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Cas- teel are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Marshall.

JOSIAH CHRISTINE, farmer, P. O. Macksville, Ind., son of David and Hannah Christine, who were natives of Pennsylvania, where they grew to maturity and married. soon after which they emigrated to Indiana, from whenee they came to Clark County, Ill., in 1842. They first seitled at Livingston, but soon after bought a tract of land of Al- exander MeGregor, in the center of Wabash Township, where David Christine died April 6, 1879. He was of German parentage, and was a great hunter, on one occasion killing a stag with no other weapons than a club and his pocket-knife. Mrs. Christine, mother of Josiah, is still living, and resides in Kan- sas City, with a daughter. They had a fam- ily of eleven children, Josiah being the sec- ond. He was born June 14, 1843, in Wabash Township, in which he remained until 1861, when, in May, he enlisted in Company H, Twenty-first Illinois Regiment, in which he served about four years. He participated in the battles of Liberty and Hoover's Gap, Stone River and Chickamauga, and at the latter engagement was made a prisoner and held in various prison pens, including Bell Isle, Danville and Andersonville, witness- ing and experiencing many of the horrors of those dens. He was released in December, 1864, and afterward joined the Thirty-third

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Indiana, in which he served until the close of the war. He was married, December 31, 1867, to Miss Martha J. Brown, daughter of John and Rachel Brown, and was born Feb- ruary 18, 1848, in Wabash Township. Her father was a native of Maryland, where he was born August 3, 1806. The mother was born May 1, 1806, in Virginia. They came from Ohio to Crawford County, Ill., where they made a short residence, coming thence to Clark County about 1845. The father died September 25. 1875, and the mother Septem- ber 25, 1878. Mr. Christine has a family of four children, viz : John E., born October 9, 1868; Arthur E., October 29, 1872; Charles. May 7, 1875, and Myrtie M., October 30, 1877. They own the old Brown homestead, consisting of eighty-three acres.

EDWARD N. COOPER, farmer, P. O. Marshall, was born in York Township, of Clark County, January 5, 1832. His parents were Abner and Rebecca Cooper, the former a native of South Carolina and the latter of North Carolina. His parents were married in Butler County, Ky., and came to Clark County, Ill., in 1828. They made a residence of several years in Walnut Prairie. About 1840, they bought eighty acres of land of Cyrus Sharp in Section 31. They entered 124 acres in Section 32, and on the farm thus acquired they spent the last years of their lives. They raised a family of five children, of whom Edward N. is the younger, and of whom but two are living. Although raised in the days of primitive schools, E. N. suc- ceeded in gaining a fair business education, mainly under the instruction of his mother, who, though she never attended school but three days, had a very analytical and power- ful mind. She was born October 11, 1796, and died June 24, 1879. The father was born in 1792. Mr. Cooper was married, January 17, 1865, to Miss Mary Stephens, daughter of

Elijah Stephens and Ann Smith. She was born in Des Moines County, Iowa, August 9, 1843. Their family consists of three children all of whom were born in Wabash Township. Sheridan Cooper, born October 8, 1865; Min- nie Cooper, born July 30, 1867; Robert Coop- er, born February 23, 1870. Mr. Cooper has a farming interest of 323 acres of land in Wabash Township and 114 acres in Darwin Township. Residence, eight miles east from Marshall. He is one of the most extensive and prosperous farmers in the county.

ANDREW CORK, farmer, P. O. Living- ston, was born in Berkeley County, W. Va., on the 8th of July, 1802. He is a son of George and Susan Cork. The father was born in Maryland; the mother was born in Virginia, in which State they were married. They made their residence for several years in Vir- ginia, on the east side of the mountains, where five of their family of ten children were born, the subject of this sketch being the fifth. In 1804, the family removed to Harrison County, W. Va., where the other members of the family were born. They moved from West Virginia to Ross County, Ohio, in 1822. There Andrew was married, in 1834, to Miss Nancy Storm, of Ross County, Ohio. She died in Ross County in 1845, leaving a family of four children, besides two who died previous to the death of their mother. Their names are John, Jane, Eliza, Martha, Harrison and Nancy Cork. The oldest of this family, John Cork, was killed in Ross County. Ohio, by a thunder- bolt. Mr. Andrew Cork was married to Miss Frances J. Clark, his present wife, in 1849 (April 2). She is a daughter of Joseph and Sarah Clark, and was born in Highland County, Ohio, on the 10th of January, 1821. They have one son, Andrew Cork, Jr. He was born in Ross County, Ohio, on the 20th of December, 1854. He was married in Clark

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County, Ill., February 10. 1875, to Miss Zetta Ball, daughter of Morton and Elizabeth (Leach) Ball. Zetta Ball was born in Frank- lin County, Ohio, April 10, 1858. Andrew and Zetta Cork have four children-Frances J., born November 20, 1875; William M., born May 16. 1877; Charles A., born Novem- ber 2, 1879, and Elizabeth A , born January 29, 1882. Mr. Andrew Cork came to this county in 1855, and settled where his brother, Joseph Cork, now lives. He now owns 337 acres of land in Sections 5 and 6 of Wabash Township. The family are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Livingston.

WILLIAM DEMPSTER, farmer, P. O. Marshall, is a native of Virginia, and was born on the 18th of December, 1817. His father's name was William Dempster and the maiden name of his mother was Mary Par- sons. Our subject was abont two years old when his parents removed from Virginia to Morgan County, Ohio, and it was here he grew to maturity. Early in life, he mani- fested a disposition to travel, and when yet a young man, had visited the larger part of the United States, besides making a trip to South America and Australia. He came to Illinois and Clark County in the year 1856, and lo- cated where he now lives, on land bought of Henry Taylor, in Section 35. He now has a farm of 207 acres. Mr. Dempster 'was' married in Wabash Township, on the 24th of June, 1857, to Miss Adaline Mc- Guire, daughter of William and Susan Mc- Guire. Her father, William McGuire, was born in Pennsylvania Angust 18, 1798, and her mother, Susan Linch, was born in the same State on August 30 of 1798. They grew to maturity and were married in their native State, but afterward became pioneers in Butler County, Ohio, where Mrs. Demp- ster was born June 5, 1835. She is the

ninth of a family of twelve children. The McGuire family came from Ohio to Illinois in 1857 and settled in the southern part of Wabash Township, where the mother died November 7, 1859, and the father died on the 7th of January, 1867. Both are buried at the Livingston Cemetery. The McGuire family is somewhat noted for the assistance rendered in the struggle for national Union. Besides the sons of William, Peter McGuire had eight sons, all in the war, some of whom lost their lives, others receiving serious wounds, and still others were confined in Southern prisons.

JACOB FISHBACK, farmer, P. O. Mar- shall, who has for many years been a resi- dent of Wabash Township and is extensively and favorably known, was born in Virginia on the 29th of December, 1816. He is a son of Jacob T. Fishback and Sarah Wyrick. His father was a native of Virginia, and served in the Revolutionary war with com- mission of Captain, soon after which service he was married to Miss Sarah Wyrick, of Virginia. Their family consisted of but one son, the subject of these lines. In his child- hood, Jacob was adopted by his grandfather Wyrick, and with him came to Clark County, Ill., in 1830. They settled on Section 9 of Wabash Township, where his grandparents died a few years later. Here Mr. Fishback grew to manhood, having obtained the ele- ments of an English education before leaving Virginia. On the 18th of August, 1839, he was married to Miss Rachel W. Johnson, daughter of James W. Johnson, of Kentucky. She was born in Logan County, Ky., Octo- ber 30, 1817, and came to Clark County in 1835, where she died, December 16, 1872, having raised a family of eight children. Mr. Fishback in early life learned the trade of stone-cutter and worked at this business rather extensively in the construction of the

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Cumberland road, and afterward on various public works. He settled where he now lives, in Section 26, in 1840. Mr. Fishback was formerly a Whig, and since their day has been a Democrat. He has served his town- ship in the official capacity of Justice of the Peace for over twenty years, so long, in fact, that few remember when the title of Squire did not apply. He has been for many years a member of the Masonic fraternity. His present wife is Martha E. Pitman, to whom he was married September 4, 1878. She is a daughter of Amos Pitman and Sarah Barr. She was born in Frederick County, Va., July 25, 1840, and came with her mother to this county in 1854, her father having died in Virginia. The mother died in Wabash Township. The record of the Fishback fam- ' ily is as follows: Sarah J, born October 19, 1840, and married to W. W. Wyrick; Joseph S., born October 30, 1842, married to Susan Fletcher; Jacob P., born January 1, 1845. married Sarah C. Orndorff; James M., born April 10, 1847, married Orrel V. Adams; Elizabeth, born September 7, 1850, married to Thomas L. Orndorff; Eliza C., born Jan- nary 28, 1853, married to Milton Orndorff: Mary L., born September 4, 1855, married W. W. Purcell; Alice R., born March 30, 1858, and died December 2, 1876.

HUGH FORBES, retired, Cohn, was born in East Tennessee, 1804 (April 3), where he graw to maturity and married Miss Eliza- beth Brown, who was born June 8, 1804, soon after which he removed to Virginia, where they made a residence of five years, coming from thence to Illinois and to Edgar Coun ty in the year 1827. He settled in or near Livingston., Clark County, in 1834, and has been a resident of the township of Wabash since. He served as a soldier in the Black Hawk war. Mr. Forbes raised one son, Dr. William R. Forbes, who was born

in Virginia on the 10th of September. 1828, who for several years was a practicing physician located at Livingston. He died February 13, 1859, in Marshall. Mr. Forbes is now raising a great-grandchild, and both he and his aged companion maintain their youthful vigor to a remarkable degree.

W. C. FORSYTHE, farmer, P. O. McKeen, is a son of William and Esther Forsythe. The father, a native of Butler County, Ky., was born in the year 1800, raised to manhood in his native State and married Miss Esther Ash- more. She is a native of East Tennessee, and is still living. The father died in 186S. They came to Clark County from Kentucky about 1823, and first made settlement on Big Creek, but soon after removed to land which they entered in the northeastern part of Douglas Township. Upon this old Forsythe farm it is said that no one has ever died an ordinary death from sickness, owing, probably. to the healthy property of the spring water which abounds. The Forsythe family con- sists of ten children, of whom none died under the age of forty-five years, and of whom eight are still living. When W. C. Forsythe was fifteen years old, he, in company with his brother Samuel H., crossed the plains to California. He remained in California from 1854 to 1865, when he went to Montana and made a residence of eight years ; he was then two years in Texas, after which he returned home to remain, having been absent from the scenes of his boyhood for twenty-one years. He was married, December 26, 1877, to Miss Darthulia Nicholas, widow of James Nicholas, and daughter of Peter Snedeker. She was born in Ohio January 20, 1854; has one child as result of first marriage, Fairy Nich- olas, born October 25, 1872. As the result of present union there are two children- Oro Forsythe, born October 26, 1878; Ophia Forsythe, born July 12. 1880. Mr. Forsythe

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is engaged in mixed husbandry, and owns a farm of 160 acres five miles northeast from Marshall.

JACOB FRAKER, farmer, P. O. Mar- shall, is one of the thorough and systematic farmers of Wabash Township. He is a native of Switzerland, born in the canton of Basle on the 1st of January, 1836. His parents are natives of Switzerland. The father, Jacob Fraker, Sr., was born in 1808, and was a soldier in the French Army. He died in Marshall, III., September 7, 1868. Eliza- beth Schauble, mother of Jacob Fraker, Jr., was born in 1810, and died in Marshall, Ill., October 5, 1863. Both are buried in the Marshall Cemetery. In 1844, they set sail for the United States, and were forty-two days on the ocean. They settled in Wyan- dot County, Ohio, where they resided ten years, and where the two younger of the three children were born-John Fraker, on the 10th of August, 1846, and Emil Fraker, on 24th of November, 1848. In 1854, they removed to Illinois and made a residence of two years in the country near Marshall, and in 1856 came to Marshall, where the parents died as above stated. In September, 1861, Jacob Fraker became a member of Company F, of Thirtieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in at Cairo, Ill. At the ex- piration of three years, he re-enlisted and served until the close of the war, and was mustered out in July, 1865. From the 15th of June, 1864, until he was mustered out, he held the commission of First Lieutenant of the company. He was in hospital only about two days during his service, and con- sequently took part in all the engagements of his command, including the battles of Belmont, Forts Henry and Donelson, the sieges of Corinth, Vicksburg and Atlanta, and accompanied Gen. Sherman on his mem- orable march to the sea. He was married in

Wabash Township, April 19, 1866, to Miss Phobe Hann, daughter of Daniel and Susan Hann. She was born in Washington County, Tenn .. on the 26th of February, 1842, and came to Clark County, Ill., with her parents, in 1856. Her father was born in Virginia in 1808, August 17, and her mother is a native of Tennessee, born February 26, 1810. The father, Daniel Hann, died in Wabash Town- ship February 20, 1878. The mother is still living on the old homestead in this county. Mr. Fraker has a family of four children, one being deceased. Ogden Fraker was born June 23, 1868; Alvin Fraker was born November 23, 1871; William Fraker was born July 22, 1877; Susan E. was born October 18, 1870, and died November 23, of same year. Mr. Fraker's farm consists of 140 acres of land with good improvements; the land is in Sections 16 and 17 of Wabash Township. Resides two and one-half miles east from Marshall. He is a member of the G. A. R. and K. of H., and his wife of Lutheran Church.

VALENTINE H. HAUN, farmer, P. O. Mar- shall, was born in Washington County, Tenn., on the 11th of November, 1856. He is a son of Daniel and Susan Haun, whose record in this county for several years render them so well and favorably known that no especial word in this sketch would seem necessary. Daniel Haun was born August 17, 1808, in Virginia; came to Clark County, Ill., with his family, in 1856, and settled in the west central part of Wabash Township, where his death occurred February 20, 1878. The mother, Susan Haun, was born in Tennessee, on the 26th of February, 1810. She is still living, and resides with the subject of this sketch and a daughter, on the Haun estate, consisting of 175 acres in Sections 21 and 28. Valentine Haun was educated in the common schools, and on the 5th of November, 1874, at Terre

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Haute, Ind., he was married to Miss Rachel Belser, daughter of William and Elizabeth Belser. She was born in Ohio, July 1, 1847, and died on the 8th of July, 1879, in Wa- bash Township, leaving two sons, whose names and ages are as follows: William Daniel Haun, born September 13, 1875; Jacob B. Haun, born May 20, 1877. The family are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. V. Haun is a member of the I. O. O. F.

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History of Crawford and Clark counties, Illinois, Part 66

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892? Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Chicago : O.L. Baskin & Co. Number of Pages: 826

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago : O.L. Baskin & Co.
Number of Pages: 826