History of Greene county, Illinois: its past and present, Part 51

Author: Clapp, Clement L., 1852- [from old catalog] comp
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago, Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd
Number of Pages: 790

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Orleans with stock, he was nominated by the Democrats and elected in December, 1849, entering upon his official duties at Carrollton. He passed away on the 20th of April, 1850, No man perhaps in the county was more universally liked than he, and his death was universally regretted by a large circle of acquaintances. His widow is still liv- ing, a resident of Carrollton. Thomas J. Carlin, while a boy, attended the common schools of Greene County. Shortly after the death of his father, he was appointed by Judge Woodson Circuit Clerk, to fill the unexpired term of his father. When the duties of this office came to a close he was appointed Deputy Sheriff under Will- iam Halbrit, and acted in that capacity two years. He married Miss Jane Kelly, a daughter of Andrew Kelly, of Carrollton, by whom he has three children. Their eldest daughter, Louisa, is the wife of William L. Robards. After the expiration of his term as Deputy Sheriff, Mr. Carlin settled on the old homestead, and soon after purchased a portion of the estate. In November, 1864, he was elected to the office of Circuit Clerk, and by re-election officiated in this capacity until December, 1876. Since this date he has followed agricultural pursuits. Viewing his past life, that has been characterized by ability in office and a spirit of generosity, few have contributed more toward the prosperity of the county than Thomas J. Carlin

Carmody Conner, grocer

Carmody John, laborer

Carmody Mrs.

Carmody Patrick, laborer

Carrahar M. A. Mrs. boarding house

Carraher Thomas, brick molder

CARROLLTON BANK, Benj.

Roodhouse, pres; J. M. Roodhouse, cashier; E. B. Hobson, asst. cashier

Carrollton Gazette, Price & Son, publishers

Carrollton Mills, D. Pierson, prop.

CARROLLTON PATRIOT

PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, Clem- ent L. Clapp, proprietor. Publishes the Carrollton Patriot, Clement L. Clapp, editor and proprietor; the White Hall Republican, Pearce & Clapp, proprietors ; the Scott County Arrow, Pearce & Clapp, proprietors. Mr. Clapp, the proprietor of this flourishing printing establishment, was

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born in Ohio in 1852, spent his boyhood in Connecticut ; removed to Iowa, where he graduated from College in 1871. Taught three years, spent two years at Yale College as a post graduate student, was for two years a member of the edito- rial staff of the New Haven Conn., daily Fournal and Courier, was for one year a tutor in Illinois College, Jacksonville, and in 1875 bought the Carrollton Patriot. This establishment employs eight men and its four presses are constantly in motion, turning out commercial printing, legal printing, pamphlets, etc., for a wide sec- tion of country. Its customer; are scat- tered from Jacksonville to Alton, on the C. & A. R.R., and from Winchester to Medora on the C. B. & Q. R.R. There is no country office in central Illinois that executes a greater variety or amount of printing

CARROLLTON TILE WORKS,

near the C. & A. passenger depot, was con- structed last Spring by that enterprising gentleman, W. L. Barnett, whose genial face, for the past ten years, has been fre- quently seen at the window of the C. & A. passenger depot, at Carrollton, where he officiates as agent and telegraph operator. To his practical mind it became evident that what the farmers of Illinois were in need of was more tile and less wet land. With his usual zeal he set to work, and the result is, that we to-day have tile works that will bear comparison with any other similar establishment. The clay used is of a very superior quality, and thoroughly ground before entering into the manufac- ture of tiling. This tile is manufactured from three to eight inches, is of very supe- rior quality, and finds a ready sale. Mr. Barnett, senior member of this firm, was born in Indiana, November 1I, 1846. When but eleven years old his parents moved to Mattoon, Ill., where young Bar- nett received a liberal education ; attaining the age of fifteen he entered the employ of the Terre Haute R.R. Co., becoming a tel- egraph operator in the city of Mattoon, Ill. When the Jacksonville division of the St. L., J.& C.Ry. was constructed, he went to Murrayville, Morgan county, III., where he officiated in his foriner capacity, and was probably the first operator on that line ;

proceeding from here to Jacksonville, thence to Mason City, remaining here thir- teen months; he came to Carrollton. At Mattoon Mr. Barnett was married to Miss Amelia Allen, daughter of H. A. Allen, of Mattoon, row of Geneva Lake, Wis.

Caswell J. dyer

Clapp Clement L. editor and pub. Patriot Clark Charles, laborer

CLARK JOSEPH A. farmer and stock raiser, res. Second st., Carrollton ; farm property situated in township 9, range 13, and township 8, range 13, and consist- ing of 720 acres. Joseph A. Clark is a native of Iowa, was born in 1839, the second child of Joshua and Paulina Clark, whose maiden name was Hoffman. The family moved from Iowa when our subject was a child, and settled on land at a point familiarly known as the Bluffs, where the head of the family followed agricultural pursuits, until his entree into the hotel business at Carroll- ton. He officiated in this capacity for six years, when he again took up the life of a farmer, and here young Clark passed his early years, and first embarked in business on Macoupin Creek; at a point now kn wn as Clark's Landing ; here he kept a groce- ry, and attended to the duties pertaining to his farm, and also rafted logs down the river to St. Louis and Alton, during the greater part of ten years. Mr. Clark ener- getically pursued the calling of rafting logs down the river, and on which transaction he realized a handsome profit, and in due time he accumulated a handsome property, and now owns as above stated, 720 acres. In Fuldom, Jersey Co., Mr. Clark trans- acted a general merchan lise business, and held the position of postmaster when he moved to Carrollto., where he purchased a residence and town property. In 1861, Mr. C. was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Fulks, a daughter of John Fulks, by whom he has six children : Clara B., Mary. Jennie, Cyrilda. Rosa and Zana Clark Rev. Robt. pastor M. E. Church

CLEMMONS DR. C. P. physician and surgeon, for the past twenty years in practice at Carrollton, was born in David- son Co., North Carolina. January, IS17; at twenty-one he became a resident of Louis- ville, Ky., where he enterel the medical university, remaining three years, graduat-

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ing as an M.D. in 1848. It may be here stated, that Dr. C. is, in every sense of the word, a self-made man, whose studies in the medical profession were made under difficulties that many would have given way under, and never have risen to any worthy position in life. From this institu- tion he graduated with high honors. In 1841 he took up the practice of medicine. For eighteen years, he was a resident of Pike Co., Ill., where he obtained a large and lucrative practice. In 1858 the Doctor moved to Carrollton, where his skill as a physician soon becoming known, he secured a very liberal patronage. In 1862 he erected the large brick building east of court-house, where, from '62 un il '76, he transacted a large drug business. In ad- dition to this Dr. Clemmons owns some four or five other substantial dwellings in the city, and a country property, consisting of 227 acres of land, within a short dis- tance of the city. In Nebraska he also owns two sections of valuable land. For three terms has been alderman of Carroll- ton. In 1851 he was married to Miss Matilda Thomas, daughter of the Hon. Samuel Thomas, by whom he has four children : Emma, who married Dr. Lind- say, of Carrollton ; Thomas, a farmer ; Charles, a graduate of St. Louis Medical College, and Eliza, now attending Godfrey College, at Monticello Ill.

Clothier Thomas, carpenter

CLOUGH JOHN, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 23, P.O. Carrollton. The whole-souled gentleman, whose name ap- pears at the head of this biography, is a native of Yorkshire, England, where he was born on the eighth day of October, 1821 ; the youngest child of Robert and Elizabeth Clough. The days of his child- hood and early youth were spent upon European shores, where he followed agri- cultural pursuits and received a liberal education in the subscription schools of his native place. In 1850 he crossed the Atlantic for the new world ; landing in New York City on the 5th of April of the year above given. Remaining in New York but a short time he came direct to the West, locating at Carrollton where he subsequently found employment as a butcher, and for twenty years was asso-

ciated in business with W. O. Greaves, whose biography appears elsewhere, in a city meat market at Carrollton. Some eight years since Mr. Clough retired from the above business, turning his attention to farming, and now resides at his farm residence in Township 10, R. 12. In 1855 Mr. Clough was married to Miss Emma Greaves, a daughter of W. O. and Harriet Greaves. Seven children were born of this marriage, four of whom are living, and whose names are in order of birth, John, Robert, George, and Hattie. Mr. Clough has been twice mayor of Carrollton, and was first elected to this prominent position in 1873, and subsequently received a re- election to the same office in 1875

Cohen William, stone mason

Colby Sophronia

Coke Woodson, magistrate

Coleman L. G. prop. Coleman House

CONNOLE ANTHONY, Deputy County Clerk, r cor. W. 9th st. and Maple Av. Anthony Connole is a native of County Clare, Ireland. Born July 3d, 1842, crossing the Atlantic in his 17th year he landed in the city of New Orleans ; from the "Crescent City " he made his way to Carrollton, where he first worked as a farm-hand for David Black and attended school during the winter, having previously received a liberal education in his native land. When the war broke out Mr. Con- nole enlisted in Co. F., Ist Mo. Cav., and subsequently re-enlisted as a veteran in Co. A., 53d Ill. Infantry ; detailed as a sergeant, he became a participant in many noted battles ; honorably discharged when the war closed, he proceeded to Kentucky where he became employed as clerk for a railroad contractor ; afterwards proceeding to Springfield, he officiated as clerk for the U.S. Marshal; from here he went to Berdan, in Greene County, where he entered into the mercantile business, and was elected justice of the peace, and during the present year was appointed deputy clerk under the Hon. L. R. Lakin, County Clerk. In 1869 Mr. Connole was married to Miss Mary Markham, by whom he has five children

Corrington S. F. Master in Chancery and Public Administrator

CROW DR. J. T. physician and sur-

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geon. The above gentleman was born in Pike County, Mo., on the 14th of April, 1827, where he remained until he had at- tained his 17th year, date 1846, when he proceeded to Danville, Kentucky, where he entered upon a literary course of study, graduating with the honorary degree of Bachelor of Arts, with Dr. Geo. B. Wilcox, who was among the first families of Vir- ginia, an eminent surgeon and a participant during his younger days, in the war of 1812. After remaining with Dr. Wilcox for a period of one year, the youthful student attended a course of lectures at the medical department of the St. Louis University, now the St. Louis Medical College. Graduating at this school in 1854, he first entered upon the practice of his profession in Scotland Co., Mo .; while here he mar- ried, in 1855, Miss Martha E. Gorin, a daughter of H. M. Gorin, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Decatur, Macon Co., for many years. In 1862 Dr. Crow became a resident of Greene County ; the following year proceeding to Quincy, where he re- sided one year ; then to Carrollton, and thence to the golden shores of the Pacific coast in 1865 ; here, for a short time, practicing as a physician, when he again turned his footsteps towards Illinois, loca- ting in due time at Carrollton, where he has since became a permanent resident; where his skill as a physician is recognized and where he has a large and constantly growing practice. Of the marriage above referred to seven children were born, two only of whom are living, Charles C. and Albert S.

CULLIMORE JAMES, retired hard- ware merchant. For a number of years transacted a successful business under the firm name of Cullimore Brothers. Was born in the city of Baltimore in 1842, where he resided until his parents re- moved to Greene County, in 1851; in the city of Carrollton passed his early years and became apprenticed to the trade of a carriage-maker and subsequently that of a tinsmith. A tinner when the war came on, he enlisted in Co. I, 9Ist Illinois Infantry for three years ; served and became a participant in the battle of Elizabethtown and others of less note. When the war closed Mr. C. returned to Carrollton, where

he, shortly after, formed a co-partnership business with his brother, John W. Culli- more, in the hardware, tin store and furni- ture trade. Both were men of enterprise and soon established a good trade ; con- tinuing in business for a period of ten years ; at the expiration of this time the firm was dissolved by mutual consent. In 1874 Mr. Cullimore was united in marriage to Miss Alice E. Black, a daughter of William Black, by whom he has two chil- dren ; Eddie and Gracie, Mr. Cullimore, Sen., first settled in Greene Co. in 1847 Cunningham A. M. farmer

D ACUS JANE MRS. Daiger Patrick, wagon maker

Davis Anna Mrs.

Davis Edgar, clerk Davis Frank, clerk

Davis George W. grocer

DAVIS JAMES M. prominent among the leading physicians of Greene County; was born in Boyle County, Ky., in 1828. His father, Cyrus A. Davis, was a prominent physician in Kentucky, who there married Miss Anna R. Montague, by whom he had eleven children, and of whom James was the fourth. He was in his fourth year when his parents settled at Carrollton, Greene County, Ill., then a village com- posed of a few rough stores and dwellings. Purchasing a farm, the head of the family followed agricultural pursuits, when he moved to Carrollton and began the prac- tice of his profession. At first he gained but little practice, but as the town grew quite rapidly, his practice increased in proportion to the growth. Above the average in education and natural intel- ligence, in 1836 he received the nomination and was elected to the House of Repre- sentatives. When the Legislature was in session at Vandalia, then the capital of the State, Dr. Davis bade his family fare- well and set out on horseback to attend to his new duties. On reaching the scene of his labors he remained until his term ex- pired, when he once more entered upon the duties of his profession at Carrollton, and where he held many responsible of- fices. He died in 1852, universally regret- ted for his sterling qualities. At the early age of 19, James M. Davis began the

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study of medicine under his father. At the end of one year of unremitting study, he proceeded to St. Louis, where he at- tended the medical department of the Missouri State University, graduating as an M. D. March, 1852. Digressing a little it will be well to state that at 17 Dr, Davis entered the Mexican war, enlist- ing in Co. H, 2d Reg. Kentucky In- fantry; honorably discharged on account of general disability. he resumed his studies. Dr. Davis, now a prominent physician of Carrollton, has held numerous responsible positions, but a short time ago becoming the regular Republican nominee for State Senator. In 1857 Dr. Davis was married to Sarah A. Vedder, a daughter of E. P. Vedder, by whom he has five chil- dren: Francis A., Edgar L., Nellie, Nettie, and Belle

DAVIS R. H. grain dealer, near C.& A. passenger depot, Carrollton, 1Il .; successor of Davis & Nelton; began in the grain trade in 1868. The present large building for the storage of grain was erected in IS67. Ilere are stored thousands of bushels of grain, ready for transportation to points north and south. Mr. Davis, who is sole proprietor of this extensive establishment, was born in Kentucky. His father is Dr. C. A. Davis. R. H. Davis moved to St. Louis, Mo., in an early day, entering into a successful grain trade. In 1867 he came to Carrollton, Greene Co., his former home, and in company with his brother entered upon a successful business career as a grain buyer. In 1372 he was elected Mayor of Carrollton. On retirement from office he attended quietly to his large interests in the grain trade, until called upon again to serve as Mayor in 1877, receiving a large major- ity of the votes cast. Mr. Davis was mar- ried to Miss Cornelia Newson, of Peters- burg, Virginia, by whom he has four children: Anna, Daisy, Lizzie, and Robbie. In 1872 Mrs. Davis was laid at rest in the Cemetery of Carrollton

Day Arthur, laborer

Day Harrison, clerk

Day Henry, laborer

Day Martha Mrs. .

DeBolt George, barber

DEE JOHN V. retired farmer, a resident

of Carrollton, and one whose name will go

down to posterity as one of the pioneers of the Northwest; was born in Vermont Feb. 15, 1804, the fifth child of John and Elizabeth Dee, who died during the early infancy of the subject of this sketch. During the Summer of 1821, John Dee and John, Jr., father and son, settled in Greene County, within eight miles of what is now Carrollton. Will game of every description, peculiar to the Northwest, abounded, and here and there nestling among the tall native grass might have been seen the frontiersman's cabin. The father entered 160 acres of land, but tilled the soil but little, as he was a carpenter by oc- cupation ; a man who knew no idleness, he became moderately successful in life. He died in 1858. John, Jr., grew to manhood in Greene County, having for his associates some of the best men who trod the prairies of Illinois. When the first war with Black- hawk occurred, in 1830, he enlisted in Cap- tain Fry's company. Mr. Dee recollects well the signing of the treaty of peace at the old fort on Rock Island. But little more remains to be told ; but to such men as John Dee, who pave the way for a high grade of civilization, we owe our national prosperity. From boyhood to manhood, from middle age to old age, Mr. Dee has followed farming with a success, brought about by no lucky accident, but by system- atic and well laid plans. For the past few years, a resident of Carrollton, he lives in the enjoyment of the comforts of our mod- ern day. In ISI4 Mr. Dee was witness, among others, of the passage on the Ohio River of the first steamboat

Derr Margaret Mrs.

Devine C. S. cigars and tobacco

Devine C. S. Mrs. milliner

Dick John Y. carpenter

Dixon A. M. carpenter

DODGSON CHRISTOPHER,

who bore no secondary part in the growth and development of the flourishing County of Greene, was a native of Yorkshire, England, and was born in 1802. In his 18th year, date 1820, he looked about him for a new field of labor, and accord- ingly embarked on board a sailing vessel for America, landing in the City of Bal- timore, thence to Madison County, Ill., where he first worked as a farm hand. Two

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years later, he became a resident of Greene County, locating near the present City of Carrollton, on the farm now owned by Benjamin Roodhouse. As this date, 1822, was an early one even the history of the great Northwest, we here append a few facts relative to an early settlement in a new country. There was but one building then in Carrollton, a rough dwelling com- posed of logs, which was used as an inn, and known as the Jack Traveler. It stood for many years on the site now covered by the dry goods establishment of McFarland & Weagley. On the old farm homestead of his parents, John and Elizabeth Dodg- son, our subject passed his earlier years, and subsequently became a distiller. In 1843 he united his fortunes to Miss Mary Morfoot, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Morfoot. During this term of years Mr. Dodgson had become exceedingly prosper- ous, and began to take a leading position as an agriculturist, having purchased the property formerly owned by John Dodg- son, his father. He continued on the home place many years, and some 13 years ago moved to Carrollton, where he built one of the most substantial and handsome residences that the city affords; and here, while enjoying the fruits of his early labors, he passed quietly away to that world of spirits to which we all are tend- ing, on the 4th of April, 1878. None of his great success in life was due to accident or fortunate circumstances, but lay in his own indomitable will and an energy that never flagged. And to such men, who made a home in the wilderness, do we owe the comforts that we to-day enjoy. Mrs. Dodgson, from whom this narrative is ob- tained, resides on the home property, in Carrollton, is a native of England; born in ISIO, the second child of John Morfoot, whose name is mentioned elsewhere, who settled in Greene County in 1820, who was the first among the early settlers who were attacked by the cholera then prevalent, and died some 45 years ago

Doolittle Edwin A. principal public schools Doyle Christopher, horsedealer Doughty A. H. shoemaker Dougherty John, laborer Drennan John, molder Drum Eugene, printer R

Dulaney M. magistrate Dulaney William, laborer

FDMONDS E. farmer Edwards Oscar B. pump agent

Edwards Sarah Mrs.

Egelhoff William, carriage mnfr, Eldred J. T. livery

ELDRED L. S. merchant, firm of Eldred & Hardcastle, Sec. 21, P.O. Carrollton. Mr. Eldred is the third child of Elon and Jane Eldred, of whom a full ac- count is given elsewhere in the histori- cal portion of this volume. The subject of this sketch, who is well and favor- ably known in Greene County, was born in April, 1834, on the old homestead of his parents, within the borders of Greene County. Growing to manhood when times were very different to what they are at the present time, he obtained a hardy vigor that led to a future success. In 1855 he was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Cav- anaugh, a daughter of Dr. T. H. Cavan- augh, who held the position of colonel in the late war, by whom he had ten children : Carrie R., Fannie J., Belle M., Edward, Louise, Julia, Elon, Charles H., David P., and Philo C. and Albert G., deceased. At the present writing, Mr. E. resides in town- ship 10, range 12. In 1874 Mr. Eldred served in the capacity of president of the agricultural board. During Black Hawk's raid on the white settlers Elon Eldred took an active part ; and also witnessed many stirring events in his sojourn in California as a gold miner

ELDRED SILAS. In noting the life history of men and early times in Greene County, none are more worthy of note than Silas Eldred, whose daring nature inured him to the stirring scenes of Western life. He was a native of New York State. Of his parents but little can now be learned, save that they moved to Greene County in an early day, probably about the year 1820. Amid pioneer asso- ciations young Silas passed his boyhood, and grew to vigorous manhood. Ile proved a sterling actor in the battle of life, and was destined to play no secondary part in the growth and development of Greene Coun- ty. When Black Hawk made war on the white settlers, in IS32, he joined the

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forces that were organized to protect the frontier. Many anecdotes are told of Silas Eldred; one will be worthy of espec- ial notice here, to show the daring nature of the man; on one occasion a man by the name of Roveley, a high tempered and somewhat quarrelsome man, drew a bead upon him with a shot gun, the old veteran silently advanced and wrenched the gun from the hands of the bully, completely sub- duing him. He became a farmer of promi- nence in Greene, and passed away in 1873, at the village of Roodhouse. The survivors of the family are seven children : Elisha, who married Carrie Taylor; Mary, who married James Wood; Jehosaphat, who married Carrie Eldred; Ward, who married Lottie Lane; Silas, jr., who mar- ried Miss Augusta Trimble, a daughter of Harvey Trimble, one of the first settlers of Greene County; Lucy, who married first Archie Anderson afterward Rice Trimble, and on his decease Presley Rice; William, who married Margaret Kelley; Calvin and Rufus not living

Eldred & Furgeson, livery stable

ELDRED HARDCASTLE,

dealers in hardware, furniture, stoves and tinware, n.e. cor. Square, the only house carrying this line of goods, and one of the best and favorably known houses in Greene Co. The present members of the firm are Messrs. L. S. Eldred and O. B. Hardcastle. Of the former gentleman notice will be given elsewhere ; of the lat- ter it may be said, that he is a native of Carlinville, Macoupin Co., born in 1853, where he grew to manhood. Obtaining a liberal education at Chillicothe, Ohio, one year later, he emharked in the above business

Ellis L. A. Mrs.

ENGLISH JAMES W., prominent among the attorneys of Greene County ; was born in Mason County, Va., March II, 1829. His father, Nathaniel English, was a prominent physician, who married Miss Hannah Worth, a daughter of John Worth, a scout during the war of 1812. James was but eight years old when his parents moved from West Virginia to St. Louis, from which point they made their way to Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., in 1836. In 1844 Mr. English entered upon a class-

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History of Greene county, Illinois: its past and present, Part 51

Author: Clapp, Clement L., 1852- [from old catalog] comp Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Chicago, Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd Number of Pages: 790

Author: Clapp, Clement L., 1852- [from old catalog] comp
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago, Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd
Number of Pages: 790