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James P. Strode, sec. 25, Farmers' tp .; P. O., Bernadotte. In 1835, James Strode, sr., loaded his family and effects in a four- horse wagon in Freeport, Harrison Co., O., and came and settled on sec. 25, this township. His father, Richard Strode, was a Captain in the Revolutionary war. Heimproved 160 acres of land, and endured many hardships and privations in assisting to pave the way for the prosperity of the future generations. He died in Jan., 1871, respected by all who knew him. Our subject was born June 9, 1836, in this township; he received an academical education, was reared on a farm, and is now engaged in general farming on the old home place. He was in "bleeding Kansas" in 1857, and also served 3 years in the late war in Co. G, 50th Ill. V. I., and was promoted to 2d Lientenant. He participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth Oct. 3 and 4, 1863, Resaca, Rome Cross Roads and others, and was discharged Sept. 1, 1864. He was married, Oct. 28, 1865, to Hannah Clemans, daugh- ter of Samuel Clemans, an early settler in Farmers' tp. They have 3 children, viz : Imogene, Edmund C. and Robert.
Thomas Strode, sec. 23, Farmers' tp .; P. O., Bernadotte; was born near Philadelphia in 1814, and is the son of James Strode, who settled in this county in 1835, and of whom we speak further in the last sketch. He was reared on a farm, and knows all about working in the brush, etc. ; what little schooling he received was in a little log cabin with a rail for a seat. He has labored hard, used economy, and now possesses 320 acres of well improved land; he has also given each of his 4 married children a farm. He has never had a lawsuit, never paid any costs, and never had a fight in his life, nor does he owe any man a dollar. Few men can say as much. He has contributed largely to the support of churches, the preaching of the Gospel and other charitable enterprises. He takes newspapers constantly, and hence is well versed in the political issues of the day. He is a Republican, but he patronizes the papers of the three leading political parties. He was married, Oct. 4, 1842, to Catharine Smith, by whom he had 6 children; of these 5 are living, viz : Albert H., William S., Curtis J., Melinda A. and Jesse. Mrs. Strode died July 3, 1857. Mr. Strode married again in May, 1858, this time Sarah Sexton. She was born in Lewis Co., Ky., Jan. 7, 1817.
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Enos Tarter, farmer and horticulturist, was born in Clay Co., Ill., Jan. 31, 1832, son of Frederick, a native of Va., who emigrated to this Territory in an early day, married Christina Whitly, also a Virginian ; and their offspring were 7 boys and 4 girls, Enos being the 4th child. Mr. Fred. Tarter was a soldier in the Black Hawk war under Gen. Atkinson; was in the fort at Canton, and was one of the company that captured Black Hawk. He died Oct. 17, 1869, in Marion Co., Iowa, where he had resided about 4 years. Four of the sons were in the late war, enlisting in Missouri, and all returned unhurt. John was Captain of a company of Missouri cavalry, and Fred., who now resides in Ipava, participated in. every battle fought in Missouri. Enos, Oct. 20, 1851, married Sarah Hoyle, sister of John and Lawrence Hoyle, two prominent citizens of this tp. They have had 9 children, of whom 8 are living, viz : Peter S., Mary P., Abbie A., Ida M., Sarah, Lovina, Lydia A. and Harry E. The deceased child's name was Frocinia. Mr. Tarter's horticultural business is extensive. This year he shipped more strawberries than any other man in the county. His apples took the premium at the Macomb fairs of the years 1877-8. Has also a good nursery. Practices law to some extent. P. O., Bernadotte ; res., sec. 11.
P. S. Tarter, sr., was born in Washington Co., Ind., Dec. 18, 1827, and is the son of Frederick M. Tarter, a pioncer of Fulton county, and who was born Jan. 22, 1800, near Richmond, Va. His father, Peter Tarter, served in the Revolution under Washington for 7 years, having enlisted when but 16 years old. During this time he lost an eye. He became a pioneer of Ky. on the Cumber- land river, in what afterwards became Pulaski Co. He also fought through the Indian wars of Kentucky, and was an intimate friend of Daniel Boone. While engaged in the last Indian war of Ky. he lost his other eye, and was blind for 30 years previous to his death. Frederick Tarter settled in Clay Co., Ill., in 1829, and in this county in 1834. Mr. and Mrs. Tarter lived to see all their children grown and settled in life, a very rare incident indeed. Our subject, Peter S. Tarter, sr., is a prominent farmer and breeder of fine stoek in Farmers' township, and owns about 600 acres of land in this county, besides large tracts of land in Texas and Missouri. He is a successful attorney at law, which profession he has not had the time to attend to for the past few years.
Peter S. Tarter, jr., was born in Fulton county, Oct. 17, 1853, the son of Enos Tarter, of Farmers' tp. His grandfather, Frederick Tarter, was one of the pioneers of Fulton county ; was educated in Abingdon College, and is a prominent teacher of Western Fulton ; is at present teaching in the Hickory Grove school-house, Farmers' tp. He married Harriet O. Rine, daughter of Isaac Rine, of Farmers' tp.
Charles L. Thomson ; P. O., Adair, McDonough Co .; residence, sec. 18, Farmers' tp. This man was born in Augusta Co., Va.,
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March 10, 1831. His father, Matthew Thompson, was born in Va., where he engaged in farming for several years. He came to Fulton county in 1837, bringing his family and all his earthly possessions with him. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died in 1844. Our subject received his education in an old log house, with slab benches, and a fire-place nearly the entire width of the house. He is now a farmer in comfortable circumstances and owns three differ- ent traets of land. He was married Sept. 20, 1858, to Lucinda Feagans, by whom he had 10 children : 9 are living, viz: Wm., Emzey B., Warren, Samuel, Effa, Abner, Emeline and Evaline, twins, and Ella.
Daniel Walters ; P. O., Ipava ; see. 36. William Walters in 1822 loaded his wife and two children into a keel-boat in Alabama, and made his way to Illinois by way of the rivers, and landed in Sanga- mon Co., where he remained one year, and then removed to Fulton Co. We frequently speak of old settlers being well known in the early history of this county, but Mr. W. was known nearly all over the State, and none knew him but to love him. When he first landed in Ill. he had one bed (straw), a rifle, and 25 cents in money. The first horse he owned he mauled rails to pay for, and this pony was killed by over-riding by a negro who took it without the knowledge of Mr. Walters. Before his death his property was valued at $10,000. He was a very strong man both mentally and physically. He was born in May, 1788, in Jefferson Co., Tenn. ; was a soldier in the war of 1812, serving under Gen. Jackson ; and consequently was a pensioner up to his death, which occurred Sept. 16, 1877. He also fought in the Black Hawk war. Our subjeet, Daniel Walters, was born in Bernadotte tp., Oct. 14, 1827, and ex- cept 4 years has always resided in Fulton county. He has ridden over the prairies when there was not a spear of grass amiss. The first school he attended was when he was 13 years old, in a round- log house, fully described elsewhere in this volume. His father had ten children, our subject being the 6th. He was married, April 5, 1850, to Sarah H. Dobbins, by whom he had 9 children. Mrs. Walters died March 17, 1874. Mr. Walters again married, March 12, 1876, Mary A. Carrison, a sister of Robert Carrison of this tp. As before stated, he is the father of 9 children, 2 boys and 7 girls, viz : Charles R., Jane A., Ellen E., James E., M. Cornelia, Louisa H., Laura V., Sarah E. and M. Ida.
Hiram Walters was born in Sangamon Co., Ill., Jan. 23, 1825, son of Wm. Walters, and was brought here by his parents when but 3 weeks old. At that time there were but 12 men in the county over 21 years of age, including himself. He resided on the Gus Stewart farm near Lewistown for 10 years, when he settled in Farmers' tp. Here he erected a double log barn, and to proeure hands to raise this barn he actually went to Canton and Copperas creek. He mauled rails all day for a half bushel of corn, carried it to the mill on his back, and there paid 10 cents for grinding on a
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horse mill. He was a great hunter, always keeping his family sup- plied with fresh meat from the forests. He was captain of the little band of 12 settlers who routed a band of the Pottawatomie and Cherokee Indians, for plundering, and for abusing the white women, during the pioneer days of Fulton county. He died, Sept. 23, '77, loved and respected by all who knew him. Our subject was mar- ried, April 23, 1846, to Mary A. Hoyle, by whom he had 8 chil- dren : of these 5 are living, viz : Geo. Washington, Andrew Jackson, Olive, Cora Ann and Eva. Olive is married to Franklin Waid, a school-teacher of Birdolph, Ill. George W. and Andrew J. are both married, and are also farmers.
John Walters deceased, was born in East Tennessee, Oet. 13, 1810, and was reared on a farm. He was one of the pioneers of Fulton county, having settled here in 1829. He was energetic in improving the country, and thus lending a helping hand to the progress of civilization. He was married in 1836 to Freelove Whitley, by whom he had 13 children ; 8 are living, viz: Martha, Wm., Eli, Peter, Thomas, Bailey, Isaac and Lydia. Mr. Walters died Oct. 14, 1850. His son Eli J. resides with his mother on the old home place.
Thomas J. Walters, was born in Sangamon Co., Ill., near Sugar Grove, June 12, 1820, and is the son of Wm. and Elizabeth Walters, deceased. His father, a soldier of 1812, under Gen. Jackson, settled in Sangamon Co. the same year. The Indians were their nearest neighbors, and in faet were very good neighbors. Mr. Walters (W'm.) was in the Black Hawk war under Gen. Stillman, and was at his defeat. He related a laughable incident occurring at that battle : After the battle was over he found one Mr. - with his head and upper part of his trunk in a flour barrel, while his hind quarters loomed up exposed to the fire of the enemy and to the laughing gaze of the soldiers. This man's sons are still living in this county. Mr. Walters died Sept. 19, 1877. Our subject was brought by his father to Fulton Co. in 1821, to Pleasant tp., where they remained until 1830, when they settled in Farmers' tp. on section 9. When quite small he had no other playmates than the Indian boys, for whom he had as much respect as if they were white boys. He was married Aug. 6, 1840, to Jane MeCaughey, by whom he had 8 children ; 7 are living. Their names are, Win. H. H., Milton, Elizabeth J., Josephine, Franklin P., Mortimer and Sarah E.
Wm. G. Walters, sec. 5; P. O., Table Grove ; was born and raised in this township, where he now resides, a prominent farmer and stock-raiser in this part of the county. He was born Aug. 8, 1838, and was raised a farmer's boy. His educational advantages were very limited, as his father died when he was but 12 years old, leaving a family of 13 children ; our subject being the eldest. His grand- father, AAbsalom Walters, settled in this township in 1829, and endured the hardships and privations that early settlers are heir to. Our subject was married Aug. 20, 1862, to Ellen Carrison, daughter of Robert Carrison, of Farmers' tp. They have 7 children, viz :
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Mary E., Alice F., Emma C., Wm. A., Lydia and Ann (twins) and Marion F. His father, John A., was born in Alabama, and came with his father, Absalom, to this county. Mr. Wm. G. Walters served in Co. F, 103d I. V. I., in the late war and participated in the battles at Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, and others, and was with Sherman on his noted march to the sea. He was discharged July 7, 1865.
George Wisler, sec. 17; P. O., Table Grove. His father, Henry Wisler, settled in Ohio in 1806, when George was a little boy, giv- ing him all the opportunities necessary for developing his muscular power. He purchased 1,120 acres of timber land in Pickaway Co., O., where our subject lived until Sept., 1851, when he came to Ful- ton county, settling on sec. 17, Farmers' township, where he still resides, a prominent farmer. No man has performed more physical labor in his day than has Mr. Wisler. He made a good farm in Ohio in the timber, hence he knows all about log-rolling and pull- ing dogwoods, etc. These jolly old fellows had their fun as well as hard labor. He was invariably chosen captain of one of the con- tending parties at the log-rollings and corn-huskings. Mr. Wisler was married in 1823 to Sally Throckmorton, by whom he had 8 children : of these 5 are living. Mrs. Wisler died July 10, 1834. He again married in 1835, this time to Maria Bunn, by whom he has one child. His second wife died in 1868.
Theodore Wright, merchant, Table Grove; is a native of this county. His father, Granville Wright, one of the pioneers of Ver- mont township, came to Illinois in Sept., 1836, and settled on sec. 8 in that township; he is a prominent farmer and stock-raiser. He is the father of 5 children, of whom our subject is second. Mr. Wright was educated in Abingdon College, and after leaving in June, 1871, he engaged in the hardware business in Table Grove, which he still continues ; in the meantime he has added a full line of drugs and groceries, carrying in all a stock of $4,000. He has been very successful in the business. He was appointed Postmaster in 1871, in which capacity he still remains. He was married, Oet. 29, 1875, to Miss Ida B. Raby, daughter of Simon Raby, of Pen- nington's Point, Ill. They have 2 children, viz : Nellie and Clar- ence A.
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS.
The following is a full and complete list of the Supervisors, Clerks, Assessors and Collectors serving in this township since its organization :
SUPERVISORS.
J. H. Kinne. 1S50
J. L. Epperson. 1868-70
N. W. Perry
1851
Henry Smither. 1871-72
John Price.
1852-54
T. L. Frazier. 1873-76
Asaph Perry
1855-59
Joseph Barker 1877-78
J. H. Kinne.
1860-66
Welford Boyer
1879
Asaph Perry
1867
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TOWN CLERKS.
John C. Ross
1850
William Carithers 1873
Abram Jarvis
1851
Theodore Wright ..
1874
James McCall
1852
S. W. Durham.
1875-77
J. S. Rees.
1853-56
LaFayette Barker 1878
Jacob Bossort.
1857-69
S. W. Durham
1879
Chas. V. Haskin
1870-72
ASSESSORS.
Frank Andrews
1850
A. McCaley 1864
John A. Harland.
1851
A. Abernathy
1865-71
James McCall
1852-53
Samuel Wister 1872
J. H. Kinne.
1854
Addison Abernathy 1873
A. Perry
1855
J. P. Strode
1874
J. H. Kinne
1856-57
Addison Abernathy 1875
J. C. Ross.
1858-59
Robert Bailey
1876
Jacob Bossort.
1860
Eli Walter ..
1877
Joseph Barker
1861-62
William Hammond 1878
Jacob Bossort
1863
James P. Strode.
1879
COLLECTORS.
W. A. Perry
1850-51
Samuel Stewart
1867
Robert Andrews
1852
Warren Baker.
1868
J. H. Kinne.
1853-54
Thomas Carlin 1869
D. A. Connell 1855
G. D. Casey.
1870
James Barker.
1856-58
Eli J. Walters.
1871
J. H. Kinne. 1859
Samuel Baughman 1872
Enos Tarter 1860
Robert Bailey 1873
Jacob Bossort. 1861
Wilson McDaniels.
1874-75
John W. Barker
1862-63
Samuel Wisler
1876
Stephen Carlin
1864
C. E. Barker.
1877
Nelson Wheedon 1865
James Colville
1878
Elisha Lindsey
1866
George R. Barker
1879
FARMINGTON TOWNSHIP.
This beautiful township will compare favorably with any tract of land six miles square in the Northwest. Sunshine and dew never fell upon a fairer land. It is under the best of cultivation, and the farms are unsurpassed in point of modern improvements and an advanced and perfect state of cultivation. Jonah Marchant, with his wife and four children, was the first that lived through a winter in this township. Mr. Marchant came in October, 1827, and passed the following winter in a small cabin 12x14 feet in size. He knew. this was a fair land and concluded to remain here. Accordingly he set about in the spring to build a more pretentious dwelling. He erected a hewn-log cabin. In this he lived for seven years.
Seth Littler, a brother-in-law of the Marchants, lived in the township a few months in the spring and summer of the year 1827. He then left in company with some of his relatives for the Galena lead mines, which just at that time were causing such excitement. Mr. Littler, however, returned the same year and located near Can- ton, which at that time was a very small beginning for a town. He died that fall about the time Jonah Marchant settled in Farming- ton. The creek that heads south of Farmington was named in honor of Mr. Littler.
In the spring of 1828 Charles and Theodore Sargeant, the gen- tlemen so often spoken about in the first chapter of this book, located in this township. The former settled upon the southeast quarter of sec. 12. He remained here a few years, when he moved upon the land he received as bounty land for his services in the war of 1812. He is living yet, so far as we can learn. Theodore Sar- geant settled the place where Kidder brothers now live, on the southeast quarter of sec. 2. Some years later he settled what was known as the Mound Quarter, being the southeast quarter of sec. 1, where he lived until he died, which occurred suddenly July 15, 1871. He was 76 years of age at the time; was a member of the M. E. Church and a man highly respected.
Abraham Marchant was the next pioneer to venture so far from civilization. He arrived June 27, 1828, and had to build a small house, one suitable for a smoke-house, before he could have a place to unload his goods from the wagon. He built a better cabin in the fall of the same year, in which he lived until 1835, when he and his brother Jonah each erected a one-story brick dwelling upon the northwest quarter of sec. 13. This property, with several other
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pieces of land they owned, has passed into other hands. This was called the Marchant settlement for many years, until it was super- ceded by the village of Farmington, which was started in the year 1836 or 1837.
Among other prominent first settlers were Ahira Jones, who settled upon the first section of the township-on the N. E. } of sec. 1-in 1829. Mr. Abraham Marchant tells us that he helped him to raise his cabin on Saturday, and upon Sunday they put the clapboard roof on. He lived in this rude cabin for several years and then built a good hewed-log house, and during the decade be- tween 1850 and 1860 he erected a brick dwelling, in which he lived until his death. That occurred in 1874.
Of those early pilgrims who came into the township prior to to 1840 many are dead, some have moved to other parts of the country and a few still reside here. Among these now called to mind are A. G. Gridley, Spencer Cone, J. N. Harkin, Israel Scales, Furman Brown, now 88 years old, M. B. Chapin, who died in 1872, James Armstrong, died in 1879, John T. Dunn, Henry Cone, Luther Birge, 83 years old, Daniel Tanner, Russell Stone, died in 1872, Joel Brown, who came to this county with his father in 1824, Seth Bristol, died in 1877, Daniel Brohard, died in 1879, Abines White, died in 1879, A. G. Pinegar, and a few others of the old settlers who are yet upon the stage of action.
Abraham Marchant, son of Jonah Marchant, was the first white child born in the township. He is at present fifty years old. The first sermon was delivered by Rev. Asa D. West, a local M. E. preacher, in Jonah Marchant's cabin in 1828. In 1832 or 1833 the first school-house was built in the center of what is now the city of Farmington. The first school was taught by Isaac Cutter in one of Ahiras Jones's cabins.
FARMINGTON.
This is one of the most beautifully situated towns throughout this part of the State. It is built upon an eminence which overlooks one of the most fertile sections of the Northwest. A better site could not have been selected, even in this fair country. Farmington was laid out by JJoseph Cone, George W. Little and Hiram Palmer, Oct. 9, 1834, upon section 1. Mr. Cone came to the township in 1833 and settled upon the southwest quarter of section 1. He first lived in a log cabin which had been erected upon this place some time before. In 1836 he erected a house upon the same site, which has withstood the storms of many winters. Mr. Cone was a liberal, enterprising and highly esteemed citizen. He and his wife were members of the first Church organized in Farmington, which was the Congregational Church. When they first settled here Indians often visited them at their cabin home and wild animals were nul- merous. Mr. Little still lives where he erected his first residence in the infant village. He was a merchant and opened the first dry-
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goods store in the town, and was also the first Postmaster. Mr. Hea- ton was the next one to come in with a stock of goods. He is still living here, and has as great love for a good gun as when wild animals and game were abundant, although he does not hunt so much as in former years.
The town grew rapidly for a time, when it suffered like most places, on account of not being on the first railroad in this section, and for some years was at a stand-still. The class of resi- dents indicate a wealthy and cultured people. The fine church edi- fices, than which no town of its size can boast of better, shows the community to be religions, devotional and liberal in sentiment. The magnificent school building which stands in the city is a sure index to the interest the people take in educational matters. This is a large three-story brick structure, surmounted by a well-proportioned belfry, and was erected in 1866. It is suppled with all of the mod- ern school conveniences and helps, and an efficient corps of instruct- ors are training the young.
Many additions have been made to the town since its was first platted. East of the original town are Cone's addition and Henry Cone's addition. In the former is located a beautiful com- mon, which is an attractive feature of the town. Upon the north is the Palmer & Cone addition. Upon the west are Cone's, Little's, Smith's 'and Gregory's additions, Palmer's first, second, third addi- tions. South of the south line of the original town are Collins' ad- dition, Chapman & Reed's addition, Nelson's addition, Fawcett's addition and Brown's sub-division. In Chapman & Reed's addi- tion is located the school-house square.
One of the most exciting periods of the history of the town was the time when the women of the place made war upon the saloons. The whisky war, as we will term it, was an event which at the time caused so great excitement (and is one of the important items in the history of the place) that we will recount it :
For some time previous the town had been infested with a number of drinking saloons. A number of the wives of the unfortunate men who spent their hard-earned cash and were made crazy at the places, had from time to time waited upon all the grocery-keepers and re- quested them to desist from selling their husbands liquor. Their requests were unheeded, and in some instances they were treated with outrageous contempt. This state of affairs aroused the ladies of the town to concerted action to free the community of these resorts. They held several meetings, and Saturday, March 15, 1856, about 19 of the respectable ladies of the town marched into the streets armed with axes, hoes, clubs, etc. They were amply protected by about a hundred men and boys. It is said to have been a grand sight to see this determined band filing down the street. The first saloon attacked suffered the worst. The window was demolished ; the decanters swept from the shelves; all the barrels containing liquor were burst open and their contents spilled upon the floor. A num-
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ber of barrels were branded " cider vinegar," and they also suffered, for it was feared they too contained liquor.
One of the grocery-keepers, after witnessing in silence the destrue- tion of his property, as soon as the work was completed jumped upon the counter and proposed three cheers to the ladies, to which the crowd heartily responded. After this he made a speech in which he frankly acquitted the ladies of all blame and pledged his honor as a man never to deal in the destructive fluid again. Another of the saloon- keepers asked the brave lady Captain during the excitement if she was not afraid. She replied, "No, sir; I am not afraid of any man who ever walked God's earth,-much less a contemptible doggery- keeper." This short, pointed speech, coming from a resolute woman, quieted the gentleman. After having accomplished their object the ladies retired to their respective homes and soon quiet was restored in the town. One or two of the saloon-keepers counseled a lawyer for the purpose of prosecuting these daring females. He was ad- vised to " let the women alone."
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