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Cox Jacob D. farmer, P.O. White Hall Cox Joseph, farmer, P.O. White Hall
DUGDELL JOSEPH, farmer, Sec. 4, P.O. White Hall
Dyinger John, renter, P.O. White Hall
F "ABURN GEORGE, farmer, P.O. White Hall
Field H. L. farmer, Sec. 25, P.O. White Hall Fillager W. farmer, P.O. White Hall
G ILLINGHAM B. farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. White Hall
Graham William, farmer, P.O. White Hall
H ASSELTON GEORGE, farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. White Hall
Hazlewood Jacob, renter, P.O. White Hall Hazlewood John, renter, Sec. 2, P.O. White Hall
Hazlewood Luke, renter, P.O. White Hall Hazlewood Mary Mrs. P.O. White Hall
Hazlewood William W. renter, Sec. 2, P.O. White Hall
HENSON ELIJAH, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 9, P.O. White Hall. Elijah Henson was born in Greene County on the 12th of August, 1847. While still a youth he accompanied his father Solomon Hen-
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son to Pike's Peak, and in subsequent years traveled extensively. When the war broke out he enlisted in Co. G., 59th Ill. Inf. for three years or during the war, and became a participant in many hard-fought battles, as Nashville (both engagements), Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Pilot Knob, Poplar Bluff, Perrysville, siege of Atlanta, and other engagements of note; wounded at Poplar Bluff, Perryville, Look- out Mountain, and Nashville. When the war closed he returned to Greene County. On the 8th of August, 1865, he was married to Miss Angeline Smiley, a daughter of Aaron and Nancy Smiley. There were born of this marriage eight children, of whom three are living: Rhoda E., Eliza- beth, and King Solomon. Mr. H. is the owner of 20 acres in this township
Henson E, renter, Sec. 9. P.O. White Hall Henson Solomon, farmer. Sec. 9, P.O. White Hall
Henson William, renter, Sec. 9, P.O. White Hall
Hill John R. farm hand, P.O. White Hall Hisket C. farmer, Sec. II, P.O. White Hall Hoffman B. farmer, Sec. 24, P.O. White Hall Holmes John, renter, P.O. White Hall
Holmes Thomas, renter, Sec. I, P.O. White Hall
Hubbard L. renter, P.O. White Hall
Hudspeth A. farmer, Sec. I. P.O. White Hall Hudspeth Stewart, renter, P.O. White Hall Hudson Drury, farmer, Sec. 24, P.O. White Hall.
Hunnicutt George P. farmer, Sec. 20, P. O. White Hall.
HUNNICUTT H. T. farmer, Sec. 17, P.O. Walkerville, was born in Greene County in 1834, married Miss Sarah Butler, and on her decease, E. Purnell, his present wife. Of the first marriage four children, were born, Oscar, Mary, William and Julia. Mr. H. owns 160 acres
HUNNICUTT ROWELL, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 16, P.O. White Hall. Few in western life have endured more of its trials and its hardships, than the whole- souled gentleman whose name heads this sketch. Rowell Hunnicutt is a native of South Carolina, where he was born on the fifteenth of June, 1807. Of the parents we have only space to say, that his father, Hartwell T. Hunnicutt, was born in South
Carolina in 1781, and a millwright by occu- pation, and he married in South Carolina Miss Margaret Cunningham, who bore him fifteen children, fourteen of whom grew to mature years. He left the South for the far west Dec. 25, 1816, and after a most harass- ing journey overland in a covered wagon, he first landed at the mouth of Wood River, a short distance below the city of Alton, in Madison County. He remained here some four years, when he set out for Greene County, where he settled on the first of May, 1820, in what is familiarly known as the Bluff Region, where he remained until his removal to township II, range 13, where he became a school teacher, the first who taught in this part of the county. He was a self-made man, and displayed consider- able ability for the period of time in which he lived. He died in 1832, after a long life of usefulness and honor, and his ashes repose within the borders of Greene County. Mrs. H. survived her husband some eight years. and was laid to rest in the Hunnicutt cemetery. Rowell, passing his boyhood in/ Greene County, grew to a vigorous man- hood among the pioneers of the west, and there learned that sturdy spirit of self-reli- ance that led to successful results in subse- quent years. He acquired a good common school education solely by individual efforts, and became familiar with mathematics by means of problems worked in the ashes in a broad open fireplace, under the instruc- tion of William Craten, In 1826 Mr. H. made his way to Galena, where he went for the purpose of seeking employment in the lead mines. The season had been unusu- ally wet, and accordingly he voyaged down the Mississippi on a flatboat to New Or- leans, where he became employed on the wharf, where vessels were moored and where freight was unloaded at all hours of the day and night. From the Crescent City he took passage on the steamer Lib- erator for St. Louis, the scene of many a stir- ring event in early western days, and where our subject for a period of three years had officiated as the commander of a small keel boat, which he would load with honey, bees- wax, deer hides and furs, such as coonskins, mink and otter, and from the mouth of Ap- ple Creek, where the town of Newport now stands, he would ply the little craft to St.
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Louis, where he would lay in a supply of dry goods, groceries and whisky, the latter a highly prized article, for the return voyage. From St. Louis he returned to Greene County. where he married on the 14th of Feb- ruary, 1827, Miss Mary Pruitt, a daughter of James Pruitt, who settled in Greene County in 1820. After his marriage he built a common round log cabin and fol- lowed farming to a limited extent. When the Blackhawk war broke out he volun- teered as a soldier, under the command of Captain Fay, and witnessed the skirmish at the mouth of Bad Ax Creek, and was also an eye-witness of the peace treaty subse- quently made at Rock Island. When the Indian troubles no longer agitated the Northwest he returned to his home, and there followed farming until 1834, when he moved north. He settled at Peru, where he purchased property at the land sale, and built the first house in the village for L. D. Brewster, and while residing here he had the pleasure of seeing the Hall girls, who, captured by the Indians in 1832, had but a short time previous to Mr. H.'s arrival been released from captivity. This event occa- sioned considerable excitement at the time, and we find frequent mention made of this incident in early histories of Illinois and the Northwest. In 1836 he returned to Greene County, where he resided until 1856, when he moved to Calhoun County, where he : established a ferry and a commission busi- ness, and also transacted a remunerative business in the shipment of wood to St. Louis. After a successful business extend- ing over ten years, he became a forwarding and commission merchant at the town of Newport. During the Spring of 1860 he plunged still farther westward, and eventu- ally landed in Nevada, where he established a quartz mill in connection with Lewis W. Sink and a party by the name of Lorelen, given name unknown. In what is now Nevada City our subject built the first cabin. While the new firm were transacting a most successful business, with twelve stamps in running operation, the war broke out, and with its attendant consequences shattered the hopes of its enterprising projectors. Mr. Hunnicutt once again turned his face toward his old home in Greene County, where he now resides in comfortable cir-
cumstances, on a farm of eighty acres, after a life fraught with interest and very unusual activity. Mrs. Hunnicutt died on the first of April, 1877, and was laid at rest within a short distance of the home that knew her presence for so many years. There were born of this marriage ten children, nine of whom are living : Jane, who married Geo. Hostelton ; Hartwell S., who married Sarah Butler, and on her decease was married to Elizabeth Purnell ; Catherine, who married James Cade ; Julia Ann, who married Shan- non E. Collins ; Diana, who married Joshua T. Crow ; George, who married Miss Emma Young, and Laura, who married Abraham Young. In the above sketch of Rowell Hunnicutt, we have mentioned his trip to Galena in search of employment, and it will be well to mention in this connection, that the date given, 1826, offered no railroad facilities, and accordingly Mr. Hunnicutt, starting from the mouth of Apple Creek, where the village of Newport now stands, in company, with Davis Carter, William Beman, John Beman, Jonathan Hill and John Daniel, voyaged down the Illinois to its mouth on the Mississippi, when the little party of explorers paddled up the Father of Waters to what is now Quincy, by canoe. Here they remained for a short time, and camped out on the site of what is now the city of Quincy, then not platted as a town, and even unknown as a village, for it contained but one log cabin partially built. Resuming their voyage, at the end of thirty-four days from their original start- ing point, this band of enterprising pioneers landed in Galena, a small hamlet contain- ing one grocery store, one double log cabin used as a tavern, and a blacksmith's shop Jaquies G. W. farmer, P.O. White Hall
K ELLER JACOB, farmer, Sec. 25, P.O. White Hall
Keach H. farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. White Hall Kinser Mrs. J. M. P.O. White Hall
L AWSON S. farmer, Sec. 24, P.O. White Hall
LEONARD SAMUEL B. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 9, P. O. Whitehall. Samuel Leonard was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, on the IIth of September, 1838, the fifth child of Jeremiah and Jane
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Leonard ; at the age of seven years, his parents moved to Guernsey Co., where the family remained until 1851, when they moved still farther westward, locating in Jersey Co. three miles northwest of Jersey- ville, on rented property. One year later, the head of the family passed away to that world of Spirits to which we all are tend- ing, finding a last resting place in Jer- sey Co .; to the care of his wife who died in 1870, he left a large family of seven children : Hiram, who married Miss Amanda Powell; Thomas, who was killed in the battle during the late Rebellion ; Mar- garet J, who married Dr. E. A. Casey of Jerseyville; Lee K, who died in 1847 ; Mary Ann, who married Martin Pruitt ; John L., and Caroline, who married Albert Taxboy; Mattie, deceased, who died in 1866; Samuel passed his youth in Jersey county, where he followed agricultural pursuits until the war broke out, when he enlisted in Co. F. 14th Ill. Inf. at Jerseyville, for three years ; a participant in the battles of Shiloh, Hatchie, Mississippi, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, etc. When the war closed he returned to Jersey Co., where he followed farming, until his location in Greene Co., in 1871. The year of his mar- riage to Miss Henrietta Deeds, a daughter of Henry and Sarah Jane Deeds. Mr. L. now resides in Tp. II, R. 13, where he is the owner of forty acres, and ranks among our most industrious citizens. Of this mar- riage five children were born, three of whom are living, and whose names are in order of birth, Clara B. Jennette and Samuel B. LIKELY SAMUEL C. Sr., farmer, and stock raiser, Sec. Io. P. O. White Hall. Samuel C. Likely is a native of Pennsyl- vania, born on the 7th of April, 1808. Third child of Wm. and Agnes Likely, whose maiden name was Taylor. The days of his youth were spent upon the old farm homestead, and at seventeen he became apprenticed to the trade of blacksmithing, and subsequently became a journeymen workman, and applied himself diligently to to his calling. On the IIth of April, 1836, he was united in marriage by the Rev. Mr. Marshall, to Miss Rachel Clark, a daughter of Alexander Clark,a native of Pennsylvania During the year mentioned, Mr. L. con- cluded to cast his fortunes in the West, and
accordingly removed to Griggsville, Pike Co., III., where he followed his vocation until 1849. Mrs. Likely did not long sur- vive her journey to Illinois and passed away some three years from the date of the fam- ily's location at Griggsville. On the 2nd of January, 1845, he was united in mar- riage to Miss Catherine T. Pastors, a daugh- ter of Wesley and Mary Pastors, who were natives of Baltimore, Maryland, and Jeffer- son, Ohio. In 1849, Mr L. made an over- land trip to Oregon, in search of the shin- ing metal, and subsequently made his way to the Pacific Slope. Landing at San Fran- cisco when it consisted principally of the long wharf and a few scattered buildings erected after the Spanish mode, he found the few inhabitants stirred to an intense pitch of excitement, as the State had then gained its admission into the Union. Re- mained in Oregon and California some two years where he conducted the blacksmith shop for Messrs. Slofoot & Pierce, receiving one-half the earnings of the establishment. At the expiration of this time, he shipped on board the ocean steamer Northerner, at San Francisco. After the usual voyage the vessel landed at Chagres where the passen- gers were transferred to the U. S. mail steamer Georgia, which conveyed them to the city of Havanna, where during this time it will be borne in mind that Lopez had created considerable disturbance, and the Spanish Government, on the alert for the Fillibusters, captured both crew and passen- gers, imprisoning them for a short time, but by the intercession of the American Consul, the Americans were released. Re- turning eventually to Griggsville, Ill., he resided until his removal to Greene Co., in 1852, when he purchased the farm proper- ty owned by Jos. Phillips, which consisted of 360 acres, and now comprising 240 acres of valuable land. Mr. L. ranks among our most progressive liberal farmers, and few are better known for their liberality and kindly acts. Of the second marriage ten children were born, of whom only three are living : SamuelC., William W., and Luther M. (Note.) One incident in the voyage of the Northerner is worthy of note : As the vessel plowed its way over the waters, a sudden squall struck the vessel with force and the good ship careening, carried the
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yard-arms far into the water, and created considerable alarm among its passengers Likely W. W. farmer, P.O. White Hall
Linfoot Henry, school teacher, P.O. White Hall
M ANGER ANDREW, farmer and and blacksmith. Andrew Manger is a native of Germany, where he was born on the 19th of March, 1833. At an early age he became apprenticed to the trade of a blacksmith, in due course of time becom- ing a skillful journeyman workman. In 1854 he crossed the Atlantic for the new world, and after the usual voyage landed in the City of New York, where he remained but a short time, when he directed his foot- steps to Illinois, and first located at LaSalle, La Salle Co., subsequently making his home at Peoria, and other points. In 1856, he came to Greene Co., where he first worked as a journeyman,and afterward as proprietor of a shop. In 1857, he was married to Miss Nancy Wood, by whom he had four children. Mrs. M. died in 1864, and was laid at rest in Greene Co. The following year Mr. Manger was married to Mrs. Emily Martin, by whom he has five children. Mr. Manger is the owner of eighty-nine acres of land in this township, and is well known as a skillful workman
Manly Thomas, renter, P.O. White Hall
Maupin Mrs. Sec. 15, P.O. White Hall
McAdams America, farmer, Sec. 23, P.O. White Hall
McAdams J. G. farmer, Sec. 23, P.O. White Hall
McLellan N. renter, P.O. White Hall
McLellan Thomas, renter, P.O. White Hall
Morrison H. farmer, P.O. White Hall
Mountz Lawrence, farmer, Sec. 25, P.O White Hall
N EECE ALFRED, renter, P.O. White Hall
Neece William, renter, P.O. White Hall
Neeley Wm. G. renter, P.O, White Hall
PAINE GEORGE, farm hand, P.O. White Hall
Painter John Jr. farmer, Sec. 23, P.O. White Hall
Pastures Mrs. C., P.O. White Hall
Pie Mrs. Sarah, P.O. White Hall
PRICE HENRY, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 14, P.O. White Hall. Henry Price is a native of Germany, where he was born on the 4th of July, 1821. In early life he became employed as a farm hand, and spent the usual six years in the Ger- man army. Emigrating to America in 1848, after the usual voyage, he landed at New Orleans, thence to St. Louis, where he resided four years, and where he was married to Miss Mary Suitts. In 1852 he emigrated to Iowa. Remaining but a short time he returned to St. Louis, where he found employment in a large manufac- turing establishment. During the year mentioned above Mr. Price located in Greene County, where he met with many discouragements but ultimately triumphed, through the well-known industry peculiar to all of his race, and at the present writ- ing is the owner of 240 acres situated with- in the borders of Greene County, where he now lives in the enjoyment of honestly ac- quired wealth. Nine children blessed this union, eight of whom are living and whose names are, in order of birth, John H., H. C., Conrad, Dora, Frank, Willie, Mary, George and Albert
Price John C. farmer, Sec. 14, P.O. White Hall
Pruitt A. farmer, Sec. 2, P. O. White Hall
Pruitt Robert, farmer, Sec. 25, P.O. White Hall
R BERTSON ROBERT, farmer, Sec. 22 P.O. White Hall
Rodgers James, farm hand, P.O. White Hall Rollins Harry, farmer, Sec. 23, P.O. White Hall
Rome W. D. farmer, Sec. 25, P.O. White Hall
Rowell Robert, renter, Sec. 2. P.O. White Hall
S CHIERER NICHOLAS, farmer, Sec. 2, P.O. White Hall
Scritchfield George W. farmer, P.O. White Hall
Scritchfield William, farmer, Sec. 9. P.O. White Hall
Schurz Mat, farmer Sec. 2, P.O. White Hall SEELY AMERICUS, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. White Hall. The sub- ject of this biography is the fifth child of
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Hon. Judge Stewart Seely, and was born on the farm homestead in Greene County, the 9th of November, 1849. March 15, 1877, he was united in marriage, at Warrensburg, Johnson County, Mo., to Miss Dora Shackleford, a daughter of Benjamin F. Shackleford of Kentucky and Mary Frances Shackleford of Tennessee. One child, Claude E., blessed this union, born on the 4th of February, 1878. Mr. Seely is the owner of 160 acres of valuable land, and is an honorable man and a pro- gressive, wide-awake farmer
Semon John, farmer, Sec. 2, P.O. White Hall Sheff Joseph, renter, P.O. White Hall
Sheff Riley, renter, P.O. White Hall
Silkwood Mrs. Cynthia, Sec. 4, P.O. White Hall
Silkwood Obadiah, renter, P.O. White Hall Strawmuth Martin, farm hand, P.O. White Hall
Summers Nicholas, renter, P.O. White Hall SUTTLES DAVID, farmer, Sec. 29, P.O. White Hall
Suttles Ephraim, farmer, P.O. White Hall SUTTLES JESSE, Sec. 10, P. O. Walkerville, was born in Greene County, Jan. 28, 1837. His father was John Suttles, who was born in 1810 and came with his father's family to Illinois, in 1821, settling in Madison County. In 1831 he moved to Greene County, and in 1835 married Mrs. Elizabeth Powell. By this marriage five chil- dren, of whom two are living: Jesse, whose name heads this sketch, and William, who also lives in Greene County, Sarah J., Su- sannah, and Lucinda, deceased. In 1863 Jesse married Letitia, daughter of Ashley and Eliza Mcclellan of Greene County, who are since deceased. The father of Mr. S. died in 1863; his mother in 1849. Four children living : William A., born Dec. 26, 1867; Eliza J., born Aug. 2, 1869; Mary C., born Dec. 28, 1871; John H., born May 2, 1874; George L., born Oct. 15, 1865, died Dec. 24, 1865; James A., born Dec. 21, 1871, died in Oct., 1872
Suttles John C. farmer, Sec. 14, P.O. White Hall
Suttles L. R. farmer, P.O. White Hall
Suttles W. J. farmer, P.O. White Hall
Sweetin W. L. farmer, Sec. 20, P.O. White Hall
THOMAS JOHN H. farmer and stock
raiser, Sec. 3, P.O. White Hall. The gen- ial and liberal gentleman whose name heads this biography is a native of Germany, where he was born on the 25th of April, 1835. In early youth he became appren- ticed to the trade of a weaver, and at 17 concluded to cast his fortunes in America, and accordingly during the Autumn of 1852 he embarked on board the sailing vessel Georgia at Liverpool; shipwrecked off the coast of Long Island Sound ; after the usual delay incident to a shipwreck our subject landed in New York City. Until the Spring opened he lay ill at the hospital at Ward's Island, and on recovering re- mained in New York City a short time. He afterwards hired as a farm hand. Leaving Albany in the Winter of 1854 Mr. Thomas directed his footsteps westward, and first located in what is now termed East St. Louis. When the Spring opened he sought employment on the Mississippi, as a fire- man on the Adriatic, one of the largest boats on the river. In 1856 Mr. Thomas located permanently in Greene county, in Tp. II, R. 13, where he first worked for George Schutz. In 1858 he united his for- tunes to Miss Nancy Paire, a daughter of Hiram Paire, one of the first settlers of Greene County. Mr. Thomas possessed no capital at this date, financially speaking, but he had an unlimited fund of energy that laid the foundation for the success that greeted his efforts in after years. Step by step he accumulated his present farm property of 240 acres of well-cultivated land, which will compare favorably with other tracts of similar size in Greene County. Mr. Thomas has never aspired to office, yet has ever taken a deep interest in the advancement of education. Of the marriage, ten children, four only of whom are living and whose names in order of birth are Sophia Jane, John H., Martha A., and Ortey M.
Thomas Theodore, blacksmith, P.O. White Hall
Tolbert J. renter, Sec. 2, P.O. White Hall Trippen Peter, farmer, P.O. White Hall
VINYARD J. W. farmer, Sec. 24, P.O. White Hall
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Vinyard George W. farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. White Hall
WALKER JEPTHA, farmer, Sec. 22, P. O. White Hall
WELLS JOHN C. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 10, P.O. White Hall. The above named gentleman was born in Greene Co. on the 7th of August, 1841, the oldest son of John C. and Hannah Wells, who were natives of Tennessee and Illinois, respectively. As the head of the family became a contemporary settler with many who first founded homes in the West, we shall here append more than a passing description. The exact date of his arrival can not now be ascertained, but sufficient is known for the statement to be made that the county bore but little existence of civilization when he first set foot in the southern portion of Illinois, where he was destined to witness many stirring events in the pioneer days of Greene Co. On attain- ing his majority he proceeded to Alton, in Madison Co., where he became identified with the butchering business, remaining some six years. While a resident of Alton, a party by the name of Lovejoy introduced one of the first printing presses in Alton, and probably published the first Abolition sheet in Illinois ; this attempt aronsed the ill will of many, among whom was Mr. Wells, who, in company with others, bore a hand in the destruction of the press. On his return to Greene Co. he was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Garrison, a daughter of Jesse B. Garrison, of Ken- tucky. Not long after his marriage, Mr. Wells emigrated to Jefferson Co., where he purchased a farm of 80 acres. Three years later he concluded to push farther west- ward, and accordingly set out for Iowa. On reaching Scott Co., the partner of his joys and sorrows was taken suddenly ill ; the disease, in the nature of paralysis, proved fatal, a sad calamity to the enter- prising pioneer, who found his plans mate- rially changed, and accordingly he now located in Scott Co. In 1853 he once again became a resident of Greene Co., where he purchased 80 acres in township II, range 13, where in subsequent years he became a successful farmer and trader. When the war broke out he enlisted in
Co. H, 9Ist Illinois Infantry, and proceeded to the front from White Hall. He became a participant in many important battles noted in history. After the exchange of prison- ers, and while encamped at the city of St. Louis, he was taken suddenly ill, and died in Uncle Sam's service, July 10, 1863. The remains subsequently found a last resting place in Greene Co. Mrs. Wells survived her husband but two years, dying April 10, 1865, and her ashes now repose in the family cemetery. The survivors of the family are four : George W., Lucinda, Mahuldah, and John C., whose career we now follow. Passing his early years upon the farm homestead, when the war broke out he enlisted in Co. G, 9th Missouri Infantry, in 1862. Through changes made in the regiment it became the 59th Illinois. Serving for four and a half years, a veteran toward the close of the Rebellion, he be- came a participant in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Wild Cat Mountain, Lookout Mountain, Missouri Ridge, Ringgold, Rocky Faced Ridge, Re- saca, Cassville, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta, Atlanta, Lovejoy Station, Frank- lin, Nashville, Overton Hills, etc. When the war closed. Mr. W. returned to Greene Co., where he married, in 1866, Miss Sarah E. Vinyard, a daughter of Joseph Vinyard, by which marriage he has five children Elmer V., John C., Jennie S., Sarah E., Rosa H., and David C., deceased. Mr. Wells is the owner of 80 acres of valuable land in this township
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