History of Effingham county, Illinois, Part 41

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892? ed
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago, O. L. Baskin & co.
Number of Pages: 650

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Vleck) Hasbrouck, he, born in New Paltz, now Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1797; she, born in the same place and year as her hus- band. Our subject has six children living and two deceased. Those living are Lou- ise, Mary, Josephine, Frank Calvin, Louis and Viola. Mary is a teacher on the west side school of Effingham. Mr. Hasbrouck came to Effingham in 1870, and has since resided here. He had previously filled a number of offices in Mattoon, Coles County, this State, being at one time Mayor of that city and President of four societies, and also Superintendent of Sabbath school. He takes great interest in educational matters. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is also an I. O. O. F. He has been in the employ of the Vandalia Railroad Com- pany for most of the past eleven years. 'In religion, he is a Presbyterian, and in politics a Republican.

CHARLES G. HARTMANN, wool dealer and merchant, Effingham, was born in the city of Neustadt, near Stolpen, Saxony, Germany, March 10,1824. His father was a weaver in Neustadt, and subject learned the trade with him when a boy and traveled six years as a journeyman in Germany. He came to the United States in 1856, and first settled in South Bend, Ind., where he lived two years, when he removed to Shelby County, Ill., and established himself in the weaving business in Shelbyville, and, in May, 1864, he came to Effingham, where he engaged in buying wool, weaving and dealing in woolen goods. | He carries a full line of woolen fabrics of all kinds and deals in wool generally, handling the bulk of the wool produced in the county. He is a member of the School Board and is serving his second year. His father, John G. Hartmann, married Julia Kretschmar, by which marriage there were ten children, of whom our subject is the seventh child; six of

the family are yet living. Our subject was married, in 1817, to Paulina Grabmann. They have five children-Matilda, married Jolın Simow, of Effingham; Bertha, married to Henry Rawe, of Christian County, Ill. ; Emma, at home; Charles A. and Henry, both in Chicago.

ANTON J. HENNING, butcher, Effing- ham, was born on the Atlantic Ocean, October 8, 1854, son of Charlie and Theresa (Vogt) Henning, natives of Germany; he, a miller, came to the United States in 1854, was a farmer in this country, and died near St. Louis; she died in Effingham June 29, 1880. They were the parents of seven children, five sons and two daughters. Our subjeet's schooling consisted of four winters' attend- ance at school in Monroe County, this State, and six months' study at Teutopolis, this county. He was engaged in farming till seventeen years of age, afterward working some in the employ of the Vandalia Railroad Company. He opened a butcher shop in 1876, which was destroyed by fire on March 5, 1879, after which he rebuilt on the same place. He was married, in Effingham, July 2, 1878, to Miss Anna Ungrum, born in Cin- cinnati, Ohio, July 2, 1855, daughter of George and Marguerita (Tiepen) Ungrum, natives of Germany; he died in this county, and she is still living here. Mr. and Mrs. Henning have two children-Rosa and Liz- zie. Our subject has lived in Effingham for the past twelve years. He is a member of the Catholic Church and in politics a Dem- ocrat.

LOUIS HILL, retired, P. O. Effingham, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. March 4, 1817; came to the United States in 1829. His parents first stopped in New York City about two years, when they moved to Pittsburgh, Penn, and our subject learned the trade of tinner in Denisonstown, Westmore-

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land Co., Penn., where he served three years' apprenticeship. He then started a tinshop for himself in Allegheny County, Penn., which he ran about three years, and after- ward ran a shop in Cambridge, Guernsey Co., Ohio, about four years, when he sold out and came to Illinois, in 1851, and bought prairie farm in Jackson Township, this county, entering 240 acres of it, and remained on the farm till the spring of 1881; he had ac- quired a half-section of land, which he placed in a good state of cultivation and kept up good buildings. Mr. Hill came to Effing- ham in the spring of 1881, to enjoy the rest which his toils have richly earned him. He was married, the first time, in March, 1840, to Miss Amanda Whiteman; five children 'were born of this marriage, all of whom are dead, except one daughter-Geomima, wife of Lorenzo Ward, of Cumberland County, Ill .; she was born May 18. 1855. Our sub. ject's first wife died in January, 1874. His second marriage occurred June 15, 1874. when he wedded Miss Catharine Wade, of Perry County. Ohio. Three of Mr. Hill's children died young-one daughter, Sarah Jane. died in 1877; she was born in 1841, and married John Corral, and left six children, five of whom are still living.

JOHN HOENY, SR., editor and publisher Effingham Times, was born in the town of Ruehnda, District Melsungen, Hesse-Cassel, Aug. 27, 1824. He received his education in the parochial school of his native place, and in the village of Waldau. His father was a damask weaver, and after leaving school sub- ject worked at that for a few years. He also received lessons from a private teacher, and prosecuted his studies until the age of eight- een. February 2, 1842, he landed at New Orleans, La., and from there came to Leitch- field. Ky. He engaged in farming and in the meantime pursued the study of English with

the closest application. He took private les- sons of Volentine Yates, and in three years taught English himself. He was married, April 2, 1846, to Miss Aldegundis Bozarth. of Grayson County, Ky. After being en- gaged in agricultural pursuits for three years, he began teaching English schools, both pub- lic and private, and that was his almost ex- clusive work until the spring of 1861. In the winter of 1851, he came to Illinois, locat- ing at Old Ewington, and first taught a school in Sprinkle neighborhood, near Wat- son, then went to Teutopolis, where he taught in a Catholic parish school for three years. when he came to Effingham and clerked in the first general store in Effingham, and afterward kept a boarding-house here and was also the first Postmaster. In the fall of 1855 or 1856, he moved to Waterloo, Ill., where he remained one year, then went to St. Clair County, where he taught for six years; then returned, in 1861, and bought the Effing- ham Gazette, of Mr. Rose. and ran this and its successor, the Democrat, continuously un- til October, 1881, with the exception of the year 1869. February, 1882, he started the Effingham Times, which now enjoys a large circulation. Since coming to this country Mr. Hoeny has acted with the Democracy in political affairs. He served on the old Vil- lage Board of Trustees of Effingham, and served as Mayor of Effingham for two years, 1879 and 1881. Mr. Hoeny is the father of twelve children, six sons and six daughters; six are living, as follows: Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. H. C. Nolte); Anna T., wife of J. B. Costigan; John, Jr .; Archihald A., Eugene F. G. and Rose F. Of those deceased, all died young, except the oldest son-Martin W., who served in the Sixty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in the regimental band. during the war, and died April 8, 1872, of consumption, which he

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contracted in the army. He was a partner in the publication of the Democrat and a writer of much promise.

NATHANIEL B. HODSDON, Superin- tendent of Schools, Effingham, was born in Bethel. Oxford Co., Me., August 26, 1833; he received his education in the common schools of Maine, and in Gould's Academy, at Bethel, Me., and began teaching at the age of twenty- two in his native State, and in 1856 entered the Bridgewater State Normal School, Massa- chusetts, and spent two years there, graduat- ing in February, 1858. In August, 1558, ho camo to Carmi, White Co., Ill., where he had charge of the schools four years. In August, 1862, he resigned his position to enlist in the Eighty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served three years in Company F. He entered as Second Lieutenant and during the last years had command of Company F as First Lieutenant. He was in the siege and capture of Vicksburg and the Red River ex- pedition and other engagements on the Mis- sissippi River; was mustered out at Spring- field, Ill., in July, 1865. His health was so impaired that Mr. Hodsdon did not resume teaching until 1874, when he became Princi- pal of the schools at Carmi. Ill., and re- mained as Superintendent there four years. and next became Principal of the public schools at Metropolis, Ill., for two years, and, September, 1881, he was made Professor of English literature in the Christian Collegiate Institute at Metropolis, III., where he taught one year, when he resigned to accept the Superintendency of the Effingham schools in June, 1882, and is now filling that position. He was married. in 1861, to Miss Mary F. Chaplin, of Maine, who died in 1874, when he married. December 30, 1875, Miss Flora Pol- lard, of Evansville, Ind., daughter of the late Dr. William Pollard, of Cynthiana, Ind. The father of our subject was James Hodsdon, who

served as private in the war of 1812 and who was a farmer. He resided at Bethel, Me., until his death. The mother of our subject was Esther Bartlett, who had eight children, of which subject is the youngest and the only survivor.

JOHN F. HOMANN, lock and gun smith, Effingham, was born in Hanover, Germany, Oct. 7, 1805, son of Johan F. and Henriette (Neavohner) Homann, he, a wagon and pump maker, born in 1768, in Germany, where he died in 1836; she was born and died in Ger- many also. They were the parents of three children-one son and two daughters. Our subject received his schooling in his native country, where he also learned his trade, in which he was engaged in various places in Germany and Switzerland. He was married, in Neukirchen, Hanover, Germany, December 31, 1836, to Anna Maria Vallers, born in Bremen, Germany, December 28, 1809, daugh- ter of Henry and Marguerita (Delves) Vallers. natives of Bremen, Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Homann have three children - Friederich Adolph, Wilhelm Henry and Dena. The two sons are married and have farms in Moccasin Township, this county. The daughter is liv- ing at home. Our subject came to the Unit- ed States in 1845, and lived six years in St. Louis, Mo., twelve years in Washington County, this State, and in 1865 came to Effingham, where he has since worked at his trade of loek and gun smith. He is an excel- lent mechanic and a fine old gentleman, re- spected by all who know him. He is a mem- ber of the Lutheran Church and in politics a Republican.

U. M. HUTCHINS, farmer, P. O. Effing- ham, was born in Shelby County, Ill., June 9, 1855, son of M. and Susan (Carter) Hutch- ins, natives of Tennessee; he, born May 1, 1816, is a farmer in Douglas Township; she, born August 13, 1816, and died in Donglas

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Township June 20, 1881. They had twelve children, four of whom are living. Our sub- ject received bis education in his native county, and made a start in life as a farmer. He came to this county in 1872, at which time his father purchased 213 acres of land, at $10 per acre, which is now owned by our subject, who engages in general farming. He was married, in Douglas Township, Au- gust 19, 1881, to Tomana Rose Clark, born March 11, 1861, in this State. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins have one child -- Michael, born September 5, 1882. In religion, our subject is a Baptist, and in politics, a Democrat.

CAPT. WILLIAM H. HYDEN, merchant, Effingham, was born in Vigo County, Ind., near the State line, March 10, 1831. At the age of fourteen, he was bound out to learn the tanner's trade, in Vigo County, and served three years, and at nineteen he went to Indianapolis, Ind., and for two years was in the employ of the Madison Railroad Com- pany, as brakeman on a passenger traiu. He worked in a saw-mill in Marion County for three years, and farmed one year, when he began the manufacture of brick near Indian- apolis, in which he continued till the war broke out. He enlisted in Company F, of the First Indiana Cavalry, in June, 1861, for three years, or during the war. Company F was transferred in the spring of 1862 to the Third Indiana Cavalry. He was in the Army of the Potomac for two and one- half years, under command of Gen. Pleason- ton. He served two years and seven months as Second Sergeant of Company F, Third In- diana Cavalry, and, including skirmishes, took part in thirty-nine engagements, the most important of which were Poolsville. Frederick City, Middletown, South Mountain, Antietam, mouth of the Monocacy, Charleston and Barnsville Ford. He fought twelve days in Amosville, Fredericksburg, in January, 1863,

Beverly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Dumfries, Warrenton, Spottsylvania, Aldie, Middle- bury, Snicker's Gap and Upperville. He was wounded three times, first at Beverly's Ford, by a saber. His horse was shot in the fall of 1864, below Pulaski, Tenn., and our subject was crippled by the fall of the animal. He received a gunshot wound at Aldie, through the right foot, in 1863, just before the battle of Gettysburg. He came home on a leave of absence and was commissioned Second Lieu- tenant of the Ninth Indiana Cavalry, by Gov. Morton, and January 1, 1864, he was com- missioned Captain of Company H. Ninth Cavalry, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regi- ment, having raised and drilled the majority of the men in the Ninth Cavalry. He went out and served till the close of the war as Captain of Company H, being assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. After the war, Capt. Hyden resumed the manufacture of brick, at Indianapolis, until the winter of 1867, when he removed to Effingham County and farmed here until 1874. In that year, he engaged in the merchandising, and kept a general stock for seven years at Elliottstown, Ill. August, 1881, he came to Effingham, and was em- ployed until March, 1882, as a salesman by Col. Funkhouser. March 8, 1882, he opened a general store on the north side of the pub- lic square, which he has since conducted with good success. He was first married, June 16, 1854, to Miss Margaret A. Leeper, of Acton, Marion Co., Ind. They had three children. His wife died in August, 1872. He remar- ried, Miss Sarah Creech, of this county, Jan- uary 12, 1874. They have three children by this marriage.

JOHN GEORGE HYNEMAN, baker and confectioner, Effingham, was born in Baden- Baden, Germany, August 11, 1850. He left school at the age of seventeen, having complet- ed a college course at the city of Constanz. He

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learned the confectionery trade with an uncle in the city of Reichstadt, serving three years, when at the age of twenty, he enlisted in the German Army as volunteer in the Sanitary Corps, remaining until February 1, 1871, when he was excused from service for disa- bility, and he came to the United States, leaving May 16, 1871, landing at New York City, where he was pastry cook and confec- tioner for a year and six months; then he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he followed the same occupation for three years. In No- vember. 1876, he came to Effingham, and was afterward, for a few months, at St. Louis, Mo. July 1, 1877, he opened his present establishment on Jefferson street, conducting a restaurant, confectionery and bakery with good success, the different branches of the business employing from five to six persons. He was married, in 1877, to Miss Louisa Heer, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Three children were born of this marriage, and two of our subject's last marriage. His father, Joseph George Hyneman was born in Baden, Germany, and graduated from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He joined the Revo- lution of 1848, and espoused the cause of the people, and wascaptured and cast into prison in Reichstadt, but was afterward pardoned by the Duke and restored to the office of At- torney and rose to the rank of a Judge.

WILLIAM H. JACKSON, grocer, Effing- ham, was born in Marion County, Ky., April 5, 1844. He was raised in Lebanon, where he served an apprenticeship at blacksmithing. He enlisted at eighteen in Morgan's Cavalry and served until 1863, when he was captured at Buffington, Ohio, and was held as prisoner of war at Camp Morton and Camp Douglas, from which he escaped in November, 1863. He located in Wisconsin at the close of the war and came to Effingham in 1869. He was

hotel clerk in the old Moore House for some years, and engaged in the retail grocery busi- ness here about 1872, and has been in that business ever since, except three years, which he spent in different parts of Texas to recuper- ate his health. His location is on Jefferson street, where he does a prosperous business in groceries and queensware. He served as City Clerk of Effingham for three terms. In poli- tics, he is a Democrat. He was married, Oc- tober 8, 1873, to Miss Amanda Myers, dangh- ter of W. T. Myers, of this county.

ANTHONY BERNARD JANSEN, farmer. P. O. Effingham, was born in Oldenburg. Germany, February 20, 1822. He was twelve years old when he came to America. He lived two years in Schuylkill County, Penn .; at the age of fourteen, was appren- ticed to learn the carpenter's trade, in Cin- einnati, Ohio, where he served five years, and afterward working as a journeyman for a short time, he came here in 1840 on a visit to his parents, then went back to complete his term of service with a contractor named Baldwin. Subject came in 1841 to stay, and went to work on a farm for John B. Brum- mer, on Green Creek, and in April, 1842, he married Elizabeth, the only daughter of his employer, and farmed with his father-in-law for about ten years. In about 1850, he bought 160 acres in two tracts of well-im- proved land here; about three years later moved here, and has lived on it ever since. At the time he came here, there was consider- able Congress land, which afterward became railroad lands. Of this land Mr. Jansen bought several tracts. He has 227 acres here, besides the 160 acres formerly belong- ing to the estate of Brummer. He has been very successful in raising both grain and stock. He bas eight children living and three deceased-John Bernard, died when young, Anthony Bernard, died when four-

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teen years and seven months old; Henry Jo- seph, farmer in Cumberland County, Ill .; Mary Margaret, died after marriage to Fer- dinand Kaufmann; John William, living in .Clinton County, Ill .; John Henry, farmer in this county; Elizabeth, wife of Bernard Husmann, of Shelby County, Ill .; Margaret Malama, wife of Clemens Kaufmann; Anna Helena; Catharine Philomina; Francis An- thony, who is at home. The father of Mrs. Jansen was born in the Kingdom of Hanover, July 28. 1796. He learned the trade of weaving and worked at it. He married Mar- garet Suer, and had but one child. He came to America in 1839, and settled here on Christmas of that year. Our subject's father was Francis Anthony Jansen, born in Olden- burg, Germany, where he learned the carpen- ter's trade, but followed farming and also herring fishing in the North Sea for many years and was ship carpenter on sailing ves- sels bound for distant ports, and sometimes worked at his trade in shipyards in Holland. In 1834, he came to the United States on the same vessel with Clemens Uptmore, and brought his wife and family of three chil- dren, one having come to this country two years previous. He worked in the coal mines of Pennsylvania, and at his trade in Cincin- nati, Ohio, until 1839, when he came to Illi- nios and settled near Teutopolis, adjoining the place where H. H. Huels now lives. He lived there for some years with his son-in- law, where his wife died in 1841. He after- ward made his home with his son-in-law, H. H. Wempe, who moved to St. Clair County, Ill., where the father died in 1862, in his eighty-eighth year. He was the father of four children, who grew to maturity -- Ber- nard Henry, who is a lawyer in Cincinnati, Ohio; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Buckmann, dead; Catharine Alexandrina, wife of Henry Wempe, dead; subject and one who was the

youngest of the family. Mr. Jansen is a Democrat and has served as Supervisor of the township.

BERNARD JANSON, wagon manufact- urer, Effingham, was born in Schleswig- Holstein, Germany, February 14, 1843, and was educated in his native country. He learned the trade of wagon and carriage making in his native town, at, which he worked for six years. March 8, 1863, he reached the United States, landing at New York; he went direct to Chicago, Ill., where he worked in the large wagon factory of Peter Schuttler, one year, when he entered the employ of the Government as blacksmith and horseshoer, at Nashville and Chattanoo- ga, until September, 1865, when he came to Effingham, and in October, 1865, located here permanently. He bought the present lot, then covered with hazel-brush, and built a small shop on the old National road, and for about two years conducted a general blacksmthing business in a small shop, and, in 1867, built his present wagon shop, which he has enlarged by several additional build- ings until the present shop and factory are 100x34, a two-story frame, with three floors, with large sheds, 100x16 for storing and sea- soning lumber. Since 1867, he has turned his entire attention to the manufacture of wagons, and employs six hands in the various departments of the business, with an average, during the last five years, of 100 wagons per year. These vehicles find a market princi- pally in Effingham and adjoining counties. He has also manufactured spring wagons and buggies. His vehicles are constructed of the best material and workmanship, and com- pares favorably with the best. His machinery is propelled by a twelve-horse engine. He was married, in 1875, to Catharine Bremer, of Sigel, Ill., and has two daughters living and one dead.

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JAMES H. JOHNSTON, dealer in books and stationery, Effingham, was born in Effing- ham County, Ill., in the town of Freeman- ton December 8, 1843, only son of William and Meleenia E. (Saslay) Johnston. The father was born in Scotland and came to the United States when thirty years old and lo- cated at Gallipolis, Ohio, about 1835, and farmed in Gallia County, Ohio, for about five years, and came to Freemanton about 1841 or 1842, where he opened a store, beginning on about $50. He was one of the first Post- masters of Freemanton and kept a hotel known as the "Travelers' Rest," for many years. He was a strong temperance man, and never drank or kept bar, and was one of the three men of his township who voted for Gen. Fremont in 1856. He was a Mission- ary Baptist, but his house was the home of ministers of all denominations. About 1858, he sold out his store and property, and re- moved to Cumberland County, Ill., where he resided until his death, in 1863. He married in Ohio, and had seven children, all living- Margaret A, wife of William C. Wright, of Effingham; James H., subject; Ellen B., wife of George Phipps, of Cumberland Coun- ty; Melcenia M., wife of J. A. MeCandlish, Sheriff of Cumberland County, Ill .; Lucy V., wife of Mr. N. B. Hollsapple, of Cumberland County, Ill .; Sophrona, wife of William Wharf, insurance agent at Olney, Ill. ; Rose, wife of James Reed, Jamesville, Ill. The mother remarried L. D. Gloyd, of Summit Township, still living. Subject was educated in the schools of this and Cumberland Coun- ties. Subject enlisted in December, 1861, and was discharged in October, 1862, on account of disability. He belonged to Company K, Sixty-third Volunteer Infantry, and was taken ill soon after enlistment. He was married, in 1871, to Miss Fannie Hawley, daughter of Rev. N. Hawley, of the M. E. Church. Wife

died in 1873 at Olney, Ill. At the close of the war, he went into business at Charleston, Ill., where he remained for eighteen months. In 1873, he went into the insurance and real estate business at Olney, Ill., for a few months. In 1877, he became Deputy Post- master under W. C. Wright for four years. In June, 1881, he engaged in the book and fancy goods trade in Effingham, and has since conducted a prosperous business on Jefferson street.

JUDGE JOSEPHI B. JONES, County Judge, Effingham, was born in Coshoeton County, Ohio, April 22, 1835; he was raised on a farm and came to Illinois in 1856, on foot and alone, locating in Crawford County, where he taught school in the winter of 1856-57, and in the spring of 1857, came to Effingham County, where he farmed during the summer and taught a winter school in Crawford County, Ill., and returned, in 1858, to Ohio, for eight months, and, in February, 1850, returned to this county and located at Freemanton, where he engaged in farming and trading in stock until 1860, when he was appointed Deputy Sheriff of this county and acted nearly four years, and during that time helped to move the county's books to the new county seat, during the holidays of 1860 -- 61. He next engaged his services to C. H. McCormick & Bro., of Chicago, and sold reapers and mowers here for about five years. In April, 1869, he was elected Justice of the Peace, or Police Magistrate of the city of Effingham and served four years. November 4, 1873, he was elected County Judge of Effing- ham, and re-elected in November, 1877. for a term of four years, and, under an amendment of the constitution, his term of office was extended to December, 1882, and at that time he will have served nine years.

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History of Effingham county, Illinois, Part 41

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892? ed Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Chicago, O. L. Baskin & co. Number of Pages: 650

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892? ed
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago, O. L. Baskin & co.
Number of Pages: 650