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Anderson John S. farm hand, Sec. 21, P.O. Carrollton
Annderson Samuel V. farmer, Sec. 21, P.O. Carrollton
Angle David, farmer, Sec. 7, P.O. Carroll- ton
Ashford Hiram, farm hand, P.O. Carrollton Ashlock William, renter, Sec. 14, P.O. Kane Austin Mitchel, renter, Sec. 3, P.O. Carroll- ton
B ALLAU NOAH, farm hand, Sec. 36, P.O. Kane
Barrett John W. renter, Sec. 18, P.O. Car- rollton
Baugh Wm. H. farm hand, Sec. 8, P.O. Car- rollton
Baumgartner Jacob, renter, Sec. 27, P.O. Kane
Bolt Jefferson, miller, P.O. Kane
Borer G. farmer, Sec. 32, P.O. Kane Bradley Rube, renter, P.O. Carrollton Bray Lenley, renter, Sec. 33, P.O. Kane Bridges Burton, renter, Sec. 27, P.O. Kane Bridges James, renter, Sec. 26, P.O. Kane Britton Nancy Mrs. Sec. 26, P.O. Kane Brockus John, old Kane, P.O. Kane Brooks Jas. W. laborer, old Kane, P.O. Kane Brooks Perry, farm hand, Sec. 33, P.O. Kane
BROOKS WILLIS, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 8, P.O. Carrollton. Willis Brooks is a native of Greene County, and was born near the city of Carrollton, on the 18th of July, 1830 ; the third child of Henry and Elizabeth Brooks; the former was born in the old Dominion State, and the latter in Kentucky. Henry Brooks was a farmer from his earliest years, and married in Kentucky ; the date of his com- ing to Greene County cannot now be as- certained, but in all probability he became a cotemporary with many of the early set- tlers; during the latter years of his life he became moderately successful as an agri- culturist, and died in Kansas, where he afterwards removed, and where his wife also passed the remainder of her days. Willis whose name heads this sketch, grew to manhood in Greene County. During his boyhood, he worked as a farm hand, and from the wages thus obtained, he re- ceived a liberal education in the district schools in his native place. In 1851, he was united in marriage to Miss Cassa A. Thomasson, a daughter of Spencer Thom- asson, by whom he has seven children : Virginia A., born Jan. 24, 1861; Nancy E., born Dec. 14, 1862 ; William Preston, March 31, 1864 ; Fanny E., June 10, 1867; Josephine, Oct. 24, 1869
BROWN LOUISA MRS. Sec. 18, P.O. Carrollton. The above named lady, by whom this narrative is kindly furnished, is the oldest daughter of James Ware, one
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of the original pioneers of Greene County, and relict of William Brown, deceased, who became a prominent agriculturist of Greene County, and who was in all proba- bilities born in the county, as his parents Jackson and Elizabeth Brown, settled in Illinois when it bore little evidence of civi- lization. From his boyhood young Brown be- came identified with the farming interest and upon the old farm homestead; he de- veloped an energy of character that led to successful results in subsequent years, although it must have been that educational advantages were limited, still he received a good common school education. Aug. 7, 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Ware, whose name heads this bio- graphy. Of this marriage four children were born : Martha A., Mary S, Cora A., and William. After a long and honorable career William Brown was laid at rest in the Mount Gilead Cemetery, a handsome monument marking the spot. Mr. Brown died in affluent circumstances ; his estate comprising 240 acres, will compare favor- ably with any of like number in the county. The handsome farm residence was erected during the Autumn of 1867
Brown Samuel, farm hand, P.O. Kane
BROWNING JOHN P. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 6, P. O. Carrollton. John P. Browning was born in Greene, on the 29th of March, 1833. His father was Meshac Browning, a native of Kentucky, and there married Miss Maxie Wood ; in 1831, during the Autumn of the year, he wended his way to Greene County, and first settled in Carrollton, where he found employment at his trade that of a brick- mason ; subsequently he became a farmer, and gained some distinction as a minister of the Baptist Denomination, and as the gray light of morning beamed upon his pathway beckoning him onward to that brighter and better land, he quietly awaited the summons to a home not made with hands; to the care of his wife he left a family of nine children, of whom our sub- ject was the third child. In 1864, he was married to Miss Ellen Trimble, a daughter of Harvey Trimble, by whom he has six children : Henry O., Mettie A., Pleasant H., Thomas O., Dean and Norman. Mr. Browning is the owner of 77 acres, and a
consistent member of the Baptist Church Browning William, renter, Sec. 9, P.O. Car- rollton
BRUNER A. J. DR. physician and surgeon. The above named gentleman is a native of Tennessee, where he was born in the year 1835, the fourth child of Daniel and Marena Bruner. Daniel Bruner was a farmer in limited circumstances. Hav- ing married in Tennessee Miss Marena McCoblum, he worked early and late, but never became more than ordinarily success- ful. He passed away in Tennessee, and not many years after his wife was laid at rest in the village cemetery. Our subject received a preliminary education in the district schools of his native place. Re- moving to Kentucky, he entered upon a literary course of study at the Hiawatha College. Proceeding to Keokuk, Iowa, he entered the College of Physicians, graduat- ing from this institution with honor on the 17th of February, 1875, and since this date has secured a large practice in Greene County ; a resident near Woodville, where he has become the owner of a valuable property. In 1869 he was married to Mrs. Mary A. Slater, a daughter of Richard and Sarah J. Spalding
Burch David, farm hand, P.O. Kane Burch Elijah, renter, Sec. 13, P.O. Kane Burch Terry, renter, Sec. 27, P.O. Kane Burgess William, renter, Sec. 35, P.O. Kane Burlison David, farmer, Sec. 27, P.O. Kane Bushel George, farmer, Sec. 17, P.O. Car- rollton
C AMPBELL DANIEL, school-teacher Sec. 16, P.O. Carrollton
Campbell Daniel, farmer, Sec. 10, P.O. Car- rollton
Carman William, farm hand, Sec. 24, P.O. Kane
Carmine Samuel, laborer, P.O. Kane
Carmine Thomas, laborer, Sec. 36, P.O. Kane CARRICO LAFAYETTE T. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 33, P.O. Kane. La- fayette Carrico was born in Jersey County in 1843, and is the oldest child of John C. and Winnie Ann Carrico. In entering into a description of life and times in Greene County, and of the men who are actors therein, of those born in the State, it can only be said of those who followed
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agriculture for a livelihood, that little of the hardships of frontier life fell to their lot, and necessarily some of our sketches occupy more space than others. Lafayette Carrico passed his boyhood upon a farm, and received the usual district school edu- cation. In 1864, he was married to Miss Rosann Shanks, by whom he had two chil- dren : Clara, born in 1868, and Anna, born Dec. 8, 1864, died Jan. 13, 1866. Mr. Carrico is the owner of 100 acres of land, and is a thorough-going, successful farmer Carrico Marion, renter, P.O. Kane
Carstens C. farmer, Sec. 17, P.O. Carrollton Clark Alfred, farmer, Sec. 9, P.O. Carrollton CLARK ESTHER MRS. relict of Israel Clark, Sec. 9, P.O. Carrollton. In tracing the life history of families, we neces- sarily follow the varying fortunes of the head of the family. Israel Clark was a native of Ohio, where he was born in 1814. Early in life he became apprentieed to the trade of a carpenter, continuing in this occupation after his marriage, which oc- curred on the 3d of October, 1839, to Miss Esther Demeen, in Ohio. In 1848, Israel Clark moved to Greene County, where he purchased a farm of 160 acres, east of Car- rollton, and subsequently became the owner of 250 acres. In 1864, he purchased the property known as the Clark estate, con- sisting at one time of 240 acres ; at present comprising 160 acres. In 1868, Mr. Clark was laid at rest in the beautiful cemetery south of the city of Carrollton. The sur- vivors of the family are Mrs. Clark, who was born in Butler County, O., and seven children : John, Susan, Isaac, William, Alfred, Jennie L., and Charles
C LARK JOHN, farmer, Sec. 9, P.O. Car- rollton
Clark William B. farmer, Sec. 9, P. O. Car- rollton
CLOSE LUCINDA MRS. Sec. 17, P. O. Carrollton. Mrs. Close is a native of Kentucky, where she was born in 18II, and accompanied her parents Samuel and Elizabeth Martin in the year 1827 to Greene County
Close Newton, renter, Sec. 35, P. O. Kane Cockrell George C. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 36, P.O. Kane
Cockrell Bysha, renter, Sec. 35, P. O. Kane
Coonts Jefferson, farmer and stock raiser, Sec 34, P. O. Kane
Craven James, farm hand, Sec. 6, P. O. Car- rollton
Crawford I, D. minister of the Gospel, Sec. 34, P. O. Kane
Crone David, farmer, Sec. 34, P.O. Kane
Cummings Hezekiah, renter, Sec. 21, P. O. Carrollton
D AVIS SAMUEL, farm hand, Sec. 2, P. O. Carrollton
Diamond William, renter, Sec. 34, P.O. Kane DODSON JAMES T. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 27, P.O. Kane. Tracing back to some extent, the early history of the Dodson family, we find that the grand- father of our subject, Major Dodson, was a native of Virginia, and a farmer and hat- ter by occupation ; but little can be gleaned relative to him ; early in life, he learned to rely upon Him who maketh all things well, and in the maturer years of manhood, the pioneer minister, Father Clark, frequently made a stopping point at his cabin, and other pioneer ministers of note. He mar- ried Miss Amy Alderson, of Fairfax Coun- ty, Virginia, by whom he had a family of thirteen children ; Ely was a successful physician; Elijah, the second child, became a prominent minister; Enoch became a successful practicing physician; Ezekiel also turned his attention to the ministerial pro- fession; Levy, entered the Mexican service of 1846, and was killed in action while a soldier under General Taylor, while Thom- as, the father of him whose name heads this column, became a school teacher, and owing to limited space we now follow his fortunes to Greene County, where he be- came a resident in 1810. He was a pio- neer of considerable learning for the period of time in which he lived, devoting much of his time to school teaching and farming; he became a consistent member of the Metho- dist Church, and was identified with many public orders, as the Sons of Temperance, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Masonic. He was married to Miss Sarah Taylor, a daughter of Tubba Taylor, who became one of the pioneers of Greene Co., and probably established the first black- smith shop in this portion of the West. Going back to the thread of our narrative,
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this marriage occurred in 1833, and was blessed with three children. The eventful life of Thomas Dodson ended on the 25th of November, 1855, and he was laid at rest in the cemetery of old Kane, and where the ashes of his wife now repose, Mrs. D. having passed away, August 21, 1878. James T. passed his boyhood in Greene County, upon the old farm homestead. When the war broke out, he enlisted in Company C, 122d Ill. Infantry, for three years service, as private. Subsequently he entered the Provost Marshal's office, assum- ing the duties of deputy, afterwards in the service of the Treasury Department in Ken- tucky, and received an appointment in the Quarter Master General's office in the city of Washington. Since the war he has resided in Greene County, where he married Miss Addie Petit, in 1867 ; this lady is a daugh- ter of Dr. A. S. Petit and Julia, and niece of the late Gov. Reynolds. Of this mar- riage, three children were born : Ella, Charles and Harriet. Mr. D. is the owner of 160 acres jointly with others, and is now a resident of township 9, range 12
Doxie Mary Mrs. Sec. 18, P.O. Carrollton
ENGLISH WHARTON F. trader, res. old Kane, P.O. Kane
Enslow Jerome, farmer, Sec. 24, P.O. Kane ERISMAN JACOB, proprietor of the United States Flouring Mills, originally an old landmark on the banks of the Macou- pin, but rebuilt in 1865. Jacob Erisman was born in the year 1833 ; he had attained his fourth year when his parents, Christo- pher and Catherine Erisman, emigrated to Ohio, where young Erisman grew to matu- rity, and became apprenticed to the trade of a miller, and subsequently became a journeyman workman, and in 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Crom- well. In 1865 he came to Greene County, where he has principally resided, and where he has for the past ten years assumed the proprietorship of the mills above mentioned, which are fitted up with all modern ma- chinery, and where he is fully prepared to do custom work; owing to his superior brand of flour, Mr. Erisman receives many orders in Greene and adjoining counties. Mr. E. is a shrewd business man, and what is still better, a liberal whole-souled gen-
tleman, whose enterprise crops out on many occasions. Mr. E. has but one child, Katy A. now living. Mary F. the youngest child, died on the 22d of February, 1878. NOTE .- The U. S. Mills are owned jointly by Mr. E., Mrs. Charlotte King and heirs FELTER PETER, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 28, P.O.Kane, who ranks among the more prominent citizens of Greene County, was born in the State of New York, October 19th, 1819. In his fifteenth year his parents emigrated to the west and settled in Greene County, not far distant from the village of Kane. During his youth our subject proceeded to Carrollton, where he became apprenticed to the trade of a tailor, subsequently completing his trade in the city of St. Louis. Removing to Jersey County he engaged in boating, merchan- dising and farming, and there developed that force of character that laid the found- ation for future success. In 1844 he was uni- ted in marriage to Miss Harriet Brambetta, a daughter of Elkanah Brambetta. Here were passed many years of his life, the lat- ter were principally passed in farming. In 1866 he became a resident of Greene County, where he has since resided. After a life of almost unexampled activity, he has now reached that pinnacle of success open to all who display the same amount of energy that has marked Mr. Felter's career from boyhood. In the counties of Jersey and Greene he is the owner of some five hun- dred acres of valuable land, and also a val- uable tract in Kansas. There were born of this marriage thirteen children, ten of whom are living : George, Josephine, Frank L., Mary, Cornelia, Flora, Della, William, Blanche and Charles
Finney John, engineer, residence old Kane, P.O. Kane
Fesler Thomas, engineer, residence old Kane, P.O. Kane
Frances Julius, farm hand, Sec. 36, P.O. Kane
FRY GENERAL JACOB, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 24, P.O. Kane. As the career of General Fry is well known to the citizens of the State of Illinois and of Greene County, where he has borne so prominent a part, we will enter into no de- tails, but merely relate facts, hoping thus to
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perpetuate the memory of one whose ability became recognized in the stirring scenes of western life. General Fry was born in Fayette County, Kentucky, on the 20th day of September, 1799. His father was Barn- hardt Fry, a revolutionary soldier, and a na- tive of Maryland. He was of German ori- gin, a farmer by occupation, and served five years in the continental war. He was mar- ried to a Miss Swigart, who bore him six chil- dren, of whom the subject of this sketch was the youngest. In his own language : "I ac- quired a round log-cabin education." In his youth he worked at the carpenter tiade. At the early age of twenty he became a resident of Greene County, his total possessions foot- ing up to thirty-seven and a-half cents. He it was who built the first house in Carrollton. On the 25th of May, 1826, he was married at Carrollton, to Miss Emily Turney, a daughter of the late General James Tur- ney, formerly of Tennessee. At the first County Court ever held in Greene County he was appointed constable and subse- quently became deputy sheriff. Holding this position six years, he became sheriff of the county, and his efficiency was so appar- ent, that for five terms of two years dura- tion, he held the position to the general satisfaction of all. In 1831 occurred the Black Hawk war, and Governor Reynolds, with his usual promptness, ordered out a brigade of mounted volunteers to the dis- puted territory, to repel the Indians. In this brigade Colonel Fry received the ap- pointment of Lieutenant Colonel, in the regiment of which Henry was Colonel. This body of troops soon received march- ing orders, and subsequently were disband- ed at Rock Island. In 1832, Colonel Fry was again called upon to take the field, and commanded a regiment of Gen- eral Samuel Whiteside's brigade. The army was soon in motion, and proceeded to within a short distance of Rock Island,
and up the river to Dixon where they en- camped for several days, thence to Ottawa, where the troops were disbanded; and now, at the request of the Governor, he raised one regiment of the disbanded troops for twenty days service, to guard the fron- tier. At the expiration of this time the vol- unteers forming this regiment were dis- banded. Colonel Fry proceeded to La- Salle, where he was elected colonel of a regiment of new levies, and subsequently formed a part of General Henry's brigade. Shortly after the regiment received march- ing orders, their first objective point be- ing Mud Lake, near Rock River, whence they joined the regular troops under Gen- eral Atkinson. Provisions were now scarce, and Henry was ordered by his superior officer to Fort Winnebago to get rations and return. Obtaining their supplies, the troops, after consultation between General Henry and Colonel Fry, hearing of the close proximity of the Indians, moved up the river, where they found trace of the marauders. On pursuing the trail they overtook the enemy at the Wisconsin Riv- er, where a sharp conflict of short dura- tion took place, and late in the afternoon the enemy escaped across the river. The following morning General Atkinson came up with the main body, and joining Gen- eral Henry's forces, were soon in hot pur- suit of the enemy, bringing them to bay below the mouth of Bad Ax Creek. This fight ended the Black Hawk war, and for a time the Indian troubles in the northwest. Colonel Fry then took charge of the brigade and proceeded to Dixon, where they were mustered out of the service, to follow more peaceful pursuits. He was soon after made Brigadier General and subsequently Major General of the militia of Illinois. He was elected by the State legislature, during the sessions of 1836-7, as acting canal commis- sioner, and accordingly removed to Lock-
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port during the winter of 1837. He served until 1846-a period of nine years, in this capacity, displaying marked ability. Re- maining in Lockport, he entered upon a mercantile career, and in 1850 organized a party for the gold mines of California, and after an overland trip of some months dura- tion, starting from Lockport on the first of April, he reached Sacramento on the second day of August. He was destined to remain for a period of three years, entering into mercantile pursuits, and turning his atten- tion to mining, he became quite successful. His experience of former years had enabled him to grasp many difficult State problems, and on the golden coast he displayed an ex- ecutive capacity that caused him to be- come the nominee of the Democratic party for the State Senate, receiving the election by an overwhelming majority. Serving in this honorable body through one session he then returned to Illinois, locating at Ottawa. By James Buchanan, and through the direct influence of his old friend, Judge Douglas, he received the appointment of the respon- sible position of collector of customs, at Chicago, and received, while the holder of this important position, the first unbroken cargo that entered that port. The tide in governmental affairs now began to turn, and the political excitement in many in- stances ran high ; General Fry was out- spoken in favor of his old friend, Stephen A. Douglas, then a member of the United States Senate, and was accordingly super- seded by a more pliable successor. This removal as stated by the Secretary of the Treasury, to General Fry, in conversation at the city of Washington, was caused solely through his friendship for and warm ad- miration of the Little Giant. Event- ually he returned to his old home in Greene County, where he was quietly pursuing the duties appertaining to his farm, when the war of rebellion came. He was well ad- vanced in years, but he had a reverence for the old flag that had floated over many a bat- tle field in the revolutionary struggle, and
now when the tramp of armed feet resound- ed through many of our cities and towns, through the solicitation of Governor Yates, he organized the 61st Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and received from him the appointment of Colonel. Proceed- ing to the front from Carrollton, he bore a prominent part in the rebellion, where he became a participant in many important battles, especially that of Pittsburgh Landing. Resigning his commission through disability, since the war he has resided at his beautiful farm residence. For twelve years he has been deprived of sight through the exposures of war, but through well-directed efforts the declining years of his life are blessed with plenty, and no one in State or county evinces a more liberal disposition toward all things worthy, than the honored gentleman whose name heads this sketch. General Fry is the owner of 640 acres. His marriage to Miss Turney was blessed with five children : James, a graduate of West Point, holds the position of Adjutant General in the regular army ; Sarah, now the wife of Douglas Fry, a wealthy Californian ; William M., a captain in the late war, and proprietor of the Arcadia Mills at Carroll- ton ; Edward M., a broker at San Fran- cisco, and Julia, A., now the wife of George W. Ware, a merchant andbanker of Jersey- ville
GARR JOHN, renter, Sec. 33, P. O. Kane
Gernigin Jesse, farmer, Sec. 20, P.O. Kane
Gernigin William, renter, Sec. 28, P. O. Kane
Gilliland Samuel A. renter, Sec. 26, P. O. Kane
Givens Henry, farm hand, Sec. 24, P. O. Kane
Gorham John G. farmer, Sec. 35, P. O. Kane
Grandstaff William, renter, Sec. 32, P. O. Kane
GREENE NELSON, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 24, P. O. Kane. Time has wrought many changes in the great and growing West, and few have been more stir- ring actors on the scene of action than the Greene family. Foremost among the lead- ing spirits of pioneer days, we mention
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with more than a passing notice, William Greene, father of our subject ; he was born in the State of Kentucky, of an extremely daring disposition ; in his youth he wended his way to the State of Illinois, settling in Bond Co., thence to Madison Co., at a time when few then traversed Illinois, save the harbingers of advancing civilization, the hunters and trappers, who ever move on- ward at the advance of civilization. We do not know the motive that inspired Wil- liam Greene to become a resident of this State at this early date, and eventually a leader among men, whose daring nature overcame all obstacles; doubtless the West, where game abounded in the forest, and the finny tribe that swam our Western waters, had claims for him ; his martial spirit made him a leader among men, and shortly after his arrival in the West, we find him a soldier among other troops for the protection of the frontier ; he was destined to witness many stirring events during these Indian expeditions ; in 1819, he be- came a resident of Greene County, where he was destined to play so prominent a part, and where himself, John Greene and Thomas Carlin were instructed as to the laying out of the county seat ; as we have seen, he was a man of no ordinary courage, and evinced so much reckless daring as the leader of parties known as the Macoupinites, equally as daring as himself, that when it became necessary for the erection of a court house in Carrollton, in after years, it is safe to assume that he bore no secondary part in the payment of money toward its erection. In early days, Carrollton was a central point for the mili- tia drills, over which Mr. Greene was the presiding officer; in many ways he will long be remembered as one who helped materially toward making Greene County, named in honor of William and John Greene, one of the most flourishing coun- ties in the State ; he died in 1828; his esti- mable wife, who bore him five children, is still living, a resident of this township, a lady of sturdy independence and will, that distinguished many of the pioneer women, who spent no time in idleness. Nelson was the fourth child, and as our narrative is obtained from him, we here append a short biography. He was born in Greene
County, in the year 1822, and grew up a stout, vigorous boy, early becoming inured to the hard work of a farm, and receiving such education as he obtained in a subscrip- tion school; in 1847, he was married to Elizabeth Ann Gano, a daughter of John S. Gano, a Virginian ; in his own language -" I borrowed the clothes which I wore to the marriage," and subsequently borrowed many of the household utensils that formed the simple furniture of his cabin ; but he worked hard, and this paved the way for future success ; he is the owner of 120 acres of land in one of the best townships of Greene County ; is a whole-souled, lib- eral gentleman, and enjoys the confidence of his many friends ; he was twice elected justice of the peace, serving eight years, and has probably married more happy couples than any other man in the county. Mr. G. is the father of eight children : John, Emily, Mary, Sarah, Lucy, Herschel, Robert and Clarence
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