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Prough John H. farm hand, Sec. 14, P.O. Kane
R ANES D. Sec. 36, P.O. Kane
Ranes Mrs. farming, Sec. 36, P.O. Kane Ranes Richard, renter, P.O. Kane Reidling C. renter, Sec. 14, P.O. Kane Reynolds Jesse, renter, P.O. Carrollton
REYNOLDS JOSEPH, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 7, P.O. Carrollton. Joseph Reynolds was born in Roan County, Tenn., in 1825, second child of John H. Reynolds, who was a native Virginian, born in Wash- ington County in 1804. In his 19th year he was married to Miss Catherine Klepper. During the Winter of 1829, John Reynolds settled in Greene County, where he erected a cabin, and remained until Spring, on the property now owned by C. Kelley; locating one mile south of Greenfield, he there purchased a tract of forty acres. One in- cident in the life of Mr. R. is worthy of note, as an incident of frontier life. When he landed in Greene County, he was the possessor of $125, two horses. and a wagon. One horse and the wagon were sacrificed for the forty acres mentioned. He now
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purchased a couple of wild, young steers, which he broke to plow. He was now in want of a wagon or cart, and proceeding to the timber he constructed a wagon in a rather primitive manner, the wheels of which were solid, being constructed after the manner of a Chinese cart ; while he still remained on his little farm, a number of new settlers, Dr. Culver, the Heatons, and others, settled in his neighborhood, and for some time he done a thriving busi- ness at his calling. In time he became enabled to purchase considerable more land, and became exceedingly prosperous for the period of time in which he lived. He died on the farm homstead, where he afterwards removed, in township 9, range 12, in 1859. The survivors of this family are five in number. Joseph, whose name heads this biography, grew to vigorous manhood upon the farm homestead. In 1851, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Hall, a daughter of Thomas Hall, by whom he has six children living : Oscar P., May, Samuel, George, William, and Jennie; Marie, not living. Mr. Reynolds is the owner of eighty acres of land, a thorough- going farmer, and a liberal citizen
Reynolds John, renter, Sec. 14, P.O. Kane
Reynoles W. C. farmer, Sec. 17, P.O. Car- rollton
Rice Charles, miller, Sec. II, P.O. Carrollton Richey William, farmer, Sec. 33, P.O. Kane
Roberts John R. farmer, Sec. 8, P.O. Car- rollton
Roberts Josiah, farmer, Sec. 8, P.O. Carroll- ton
Robinson Wilson, renter, Sec. II, P.O. Kane
Ross James, cooper, old Kane, P.O. Kane
Rountree V. K, farmer, Sec. 31, P.O. Kane
SAMUELS JOHN, renter, P.O. Carroll- ton
Schueler Nancy Mrs. Sec. 32, P.O. Kane
Schueler Sarah Mrs. Sec. 32, P.O. Kane
Scoggins C. J. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 8, P.O. Carrollton
Scoggins George L. renter, Sec. 2, P.O. Car- rollton
SCOGGINS J. H. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 18, P.O. Carrollton. Was born in Greene County, on the 15th of Nov. 1838; only son of C. J. Scoggins, who ranks among the early settlers of
Greene County, where he was born, and where he married Miss Mahala Brown, a daughter of John Brown; two children blessed this union : Elizabeth, who mar- ried John Short, died on the eighth of May, 1859, and was laid at rest in the Hutchens Cemetery ; John, from whom our narrative is obtained, grew to manhood in Greene County. In 1859, he was married to Miss Nancy E. Thomasson, a daughter of Spencer and Polly Thomasson ; by whom he has eight children : Mary, who married Jacob Varble; Perry C., Hester E., John R., Alice M., Sarah E., Sophia E., and Joseph S. Mr. C., is the owner of 80 acres, and a wide-awake progressive farmer
Scoggins R. H. renter, P.O. Kane Shank Charles, farmer, Sec. 33, P.O. Kane Shank Henry, cooper, old Kane, P.O. Kane Shank James, farmer, Sec. 27, P.O. Kane Shank Jane Mrs. Sec. 34, P.O. Kane
SHORT JAMES, agriculturist, was a native of Kentucky, where he was born in 1809. But little pertaining to his early life can now be gleaned. Raised upon a farm, where he toiled early and late, his life the every day routine of the farm,he obtain- ed but a limited education, such as the common schools of the day afforded. He married in 1830, Miss Eliza Self, and one year later, during the Autumn, he made his way to Greene County, and settled on the property now known as the Steve Taylor place. Financially, none were in a worse predicament than he, but he had an unlim- ited stock of energy to draw from, and it was not long before his prospects began to brighten, and the purchase of farm prop- erty feasible. The following Spring from the date of his arrival, Mrs. Short sickened and died, leaving to his ; care one child, Eliza Jane. His second wife was Miss Millie Stone, a daughter of Thomas Stone ; by whom he had five children : John, William, Henry, Ann and George. In 1844, occurred the death of his second wife, and during the Winter of this year, Mr. Short was married to Mrs. Cynthia Rice, relict of Wm. R. Rice, and a daugh- ter of Haman and Sarah Wood. Of this marriage five children were born : Benj. F., Perry, Joseph, Mary and Jasper. After a life of almost unexampled and very unusual activity, Mr. Short died suddenly
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at his home, July 8, 1871. He had become an opulent farmer, had added largely year by year to his possessions, and owned at the time of his death, some 400 acres of valuable land
Short Franklin, renter, Sec. 6, P.O. Carroll- ton
Short Joseph, farmer, Sec. 6, P.O. Carroll- ton
Short Perry, renter, Sec. 7, P.O. Carrollton Simonds John R. farmer, Sec. 20, P.O. Kane Simonds O. L. farmer, Sec. 20, P.O. Kane Sisney R. N. farm hand, Sec. 18, P.O. Car- rollton
SNELSON JOSEPH, renter, Sec. 36, P.O. Kane. In relating the life history of Joseph Snelson, it will be well to enter in- to as full a description as possible of the ancestry of our subject. His grandfather, L. L. Snelson, was a native of Pennsyl- vania, of German origin ; a farmer during the early years of his life. He married in Pennsylvania, Miss Mary McLoughlin. In 1820, he moved to Bond County, Illinois, where he became a prominent stock dealer and farmer ; afterwards a resident of Mis- souri, where he was elected to the House of Representatives ; he died in Missouri in 1858, after a long, honorable and energetic life. To the care of his wife he left a large family of nine children, although fourteen were born of the marriage. John C. Snel- ton was the second child ; who passed his boyhood in Bond County, where he married Miss Ann Craig, of Bond, a daughter of Andrew Craig, of Alabama, who emigrat- ed to the West in an early day. John Snelton became a prosperous farmer, who died in Missouri, where he afterwards re- moved. None of his success was due to chance, or what is called good fortune, but was the result of wise forethought, and prudent management. He left to the care of his wife, who died in 1865, a family of twelve children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the third child, who passed the greater portion of his life in Missouri, removing to Greene County in 1873, where he has since followed farming. He was married in 1876, to Miss Susan White, a daughter of James and Mary White Stamps Samuel, renter, P.O. Kane Stamps Thomas, renter, P.O. Kane STANTON W. H. farmer and stock
raiser, Sec. 2, P.O. Carrollton. William Stanton is a native of Garrett County, Ky., where he was born on the 27th of September, 1839; the youngest son of Reuben and Cynthia Stanton ; he spent the days of his boyhood upon the old farm homestead ; in his eighteenth year he made his way to Greene County, where he has since been identified with agricultural pursuits, and where he married, in 1863, Miss Susan A. Gaffney, a daughter of Jas. Gaffney, of Kentucky; of this marriage six children were born : John, James, Wil- liam, Samuel, Jennie, and Claude J .; Mr. Stanton ranks among our more energetic farmers, and through indomitable will has succeeded well in the battle of life, and is the owner, at the present writing, of 130 acres in township 9, range 12
Stinnett Reuben, farmer, Sec. 7, P.O. Carroll- ton
Stoeckel Daniel, renter, Sec. 35, P. O. Kane STONE JAMES, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 6, P.O, Carrollton. James Stone is a native of Greene County, where he was born in 1826; son of John and Anna Stone, who become cotemporary with the early settlers of Greene County, the date of their arrival being sometime between the years 1818 and 1820. Many of our readers will, no doubt, look for some notice of John Stone in these columns, and I will here append a short notice of him. He was born in North Carolina, it is sup- posed, and during the early settlement moved to Tennessee, and probably married there, although nothing definite can now be obtained ; from Tennessee he eventu- ally made his way to Greene County, Ill., at the date given above, where he had, so to speak, a hard row to hoe; but he subsequently became successful in life, and died in October, 1853, having acquired a comfortable competence ; his wife sur- vived him many years, and died in 1873 ; eleven children blessed this union, of whom James, the third, passed his early life upon the old farm homestead, and re- ceived a common school education; in 1858, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Allen, a daughter of William Allen, an early settler of Greene County; of this marriage seven children were born, of whom six are living: Viola, Luela,
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Orville, Marietta, Ozias and Charles O. Mr. Stone is the owner of 173 acres of valua- ble land, and is a thorough-going, reliable farmer. Mrs. Stone died on the 6th of Jannary, 1878
STONE MARTIN, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 17, P.O. Carrollton. Martin Stone was born in Greene County, April 10, 1832; second child of William and Lu- cinda Stone, who accompanied their par- ents to Greene County in an early day; among the associations of pioneer life young Stone passed his boyhood, and grew to a vigorous manhood; Feb. 13, 1856, he was united in marriage to Miss Amanda Pond, by whom he had seven children, six of whom are living: Herbert, Alvin, Frank, Nellie A., Josephine and Laura L. Mr. Stone is the owner of 80 acres, and is a thorough-going, prosperous farmer
Streetmaker Edward, renter, Sec. 27, P.O. Kane
Sturmon William, renter, Sec. 2, P. O. Car- rollton
TALLY WILLIAM, renter, P. O. Carroll- ton
Terrell James, laborer, P.O. Kane Terrell Margaret Mrs. Rivesville
Thomas Samuel, farmer, P.O. Carrollton THOMASSON JOHN, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 18, P.O. Carrollton. The above named gentleman is a native of Greene County, where he was born in 1833; second child of William and Sarah Thom- asson ; his boyhood was spent amid pio- neer associations, and from early to mature years he has followed agricultural pursuits; when the war broke out he became en- rolled in Uncle Sam's troops, and remain- ing a short time, he subsequently returned to the duties of the farm ; in 1868, he was married to Miss Sarah C. Varble, a daugh- ter of George Varble, by whom he has five children : S. Pasey Elizabeth, Sophia J., George T., John N., and infant child. Mr. Thomasson is the owner of 120 acres, and is a thorough-going, hard working farmer Thomason William, farmer, Sec, 7, P.O. Car- rollton
TRIMBLE HARVEY, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 6, P. O. Carrollton. Not many of the veteran pioneers of Greene County are left to tell the story of frontier
hardships, but among those whose settle- ment in Greene County occurred in an early day, we mention with more than ordinary notice the name of Harvey Trimble, born in Nicholasville, Kentucky, on the 17th of November, IS10. His father John Trimble a native Virginian who moved to Kentucky in an early day, from his earliest years he followed agricultural pursuits; he married in Kentucky Miss Polly Guy also of Virginia, of this marriage eleven children were born, of whom our subject was the fifth, and of whom we have only space to say that he grew up amid pioneer associa- tions. In 1832 he moved to Missouri, and thence to Greene County in 1834 as a permanent resident, but the year 1833 had witnessed his marriage in Greene County to Miss Margaret A. Rice, a daughter of Jefferson and Nancy Rice. In his own language there was plenty of hard work to be done and he had little capital, but strong will and some little energy, and he now set resolutely to work to obtain a liveli- hood in Illinois; for several years he lived in a rough round log cabin, and necessarily lived an economical life; the regular bill of fare, except on Sunday, was principally corn dodgers or corn bread ; when Sunday came, warm biscuit, a rare treat for old and young ; oftimes it happened when the wheat became more generally grown young Trimble put in considerable time hanging to the end of a sheet, and kept in rapid motion for the purpose of winnowing or separating wheat from chaff ; to be more particular, two men holding a sheet kept it in rapid motion while a third held aloft an old sieve, the contents of which were chaff and wheat violently shaken in the hands of the operative, in its fall the sheet kept in constant motion served as a separa- tor of the chaff from the grain; in after years horse mills came into vogue for the grinding of grain and vast numbers con- gregated awaiting their turn, and enjoying themselves meanwhile; we have related the above in order to show what industry and economy will accomplish from poverty. Mr. T. has become comfortably situ- ated in life, and is now the owner of 240 acres of valuable farm property; elsewhere we have spoken of Mr. Trimble's marriage, his wife Miss Margaret H. Rice, was born
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in Kentucky; of this marriage twelve children were born, of whom eight are living : Georgianna, Jane, Aggie, Napo- leon Bonaparte, Susan, Ellen, Lafayette and Augusta; deceased, John R., Jefferson R., Thomas P. and James H. (twins). For ten years Mr. T. worked as a tanner at which he served four years apprentice- ship
TRIMBLE N. B. farm hand, Sec. I, P.O. Carrollton Tyler John, renter, Sec. 32, P. O. Kane
[ TPDIKE J. W. farmer, Sec. 27, P. O. Kane
VARBLE GEORGE, farmer and
stock raiser, Sec. 17, P. O. Carrollton. George Varble was born in Oldham County, Kentucky, on the 15th of March, 1822. His father George Varble was a native of North Carolina, by occupation an agri- culturist; in an early day he became a resident of Kentucky, and there formed the acquaintance of, and married Miss Sarah Cravens, a daughter of Annan Cravens and Abigail Hathaway; by whom he had nine children; John, who died in infancy; Charles, who grew to maturity, moved to Greene County, where he died ; William, who died in Jersey County, Illinois; Bourbon, who died in Kentucky; Lewis, who also passed the remainder of life in Kentucky ; Anderson, who also lies at rest in the same cemetery; Elizabeth, who died in Greene County ; Melinda A., who was laid at rest in Greene County, and George, the last of his race, who became a resident of Greene County ; permanently located during the Spring of 1849; prior to his arrival Mr. V. had purchased a tract of land comprising 280 acres, on which he now bent all the energies of his nature to bring to a proper degree of cultivation. March, 1843, in Kentucky, Mr. Varble was married to Miss Hannah Admayer, a daughter of Henry, who died on the 28th of September, 1878, and was laid at rest in the Hutchens Cemetery; to the care of her husband she left a family of six chil- dren : Nancy Jane, who married John Barrett and resides in Greene County; Sarah, who married John Thomasson ; Elizabeth, who married James Pope;
George S., who married Miss Martha Heron; James B., who married Louisa Stone; Lafayette and James A. who reside on the old homestead. George Varble is well known in Greene County as an hon - est upright citizen and of generous im- pulses, that a detailed statement of his life would be superfluous, and it is only sufficient to say that he has become an exceedingly prosperous farmer, the owner of 355 acres of valuable land in Greene County, and merits the respect and confidence of his many friends
Varble James B. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 17, P. O. Carrollton
Varble Samuel, renter, Sec. 10, P. O. Carroll- ton
WARE JAMES, renter, Sec. 18, P. O. Carrollton
Ware John, farmer, Sec. 18, P.O. Carrollton Ware J. L. farmer, Sec. 18, P.O. Carrollton
Ware William, farmer, Sec. 18, P.O. Carroll- ton
West C. farmer, Sec. 33, P.O. Kane Weller George, farmer, Sec. 35. P.O. Kane Weller Gottlieb, farmer and stock raiser Sec. 35, P.O. Kane
White Baalam, farmer, Sec. 35, P.O. Kane Wellhausen Fritz, renter, P.O. Kane
WHITE IRA, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 35, P.O. Kane. The above named gen- tleman was born in Greene County, Febru- ary 24, 1837, on the old homestead of his pa- rents Jesse and Tabitha White, whose maid- en name was Carrico. As Jesse White rank- ed among the more prominent farmers and early residents of Greene County, we here append more than a passing notice. He was born in Madison County, Ill., in 1807 and was, in all probability, one of the first white children born in the State. We can not enter, owing to limited space, into de- tails of his career from boyhood to man- hood. Necessarily his boyhood's days were spent amid pioneer associations. Very few then dwelt in Illinois save wandering par- ties in search of new scenes and incidents. It was during his early years that he moved to Greene County, where he subsequently became so successful in life. At an early age, 1827, he was united in marriage to Tabitha Carrico. For many years after his marriage he worked as a blacksmith and
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wagon maker, probably becoming the manu- facturer of more wagons than any other one mechanic in Greene County. At one time he was a large property owner, and died February 14, 1872, leaving a large property to his pioneer wife, who is still living, a resident of this township. Ira, from whom this sketch is obtained, grew up a vigorous youth, with a fondness for field sports that made him a skillful marksman in after years. In 1858, he was married to Miss Fan- ny Close, a daughter of William Close a native of Wayne County, Illinois, by whom he had two children, Jesse and Oscar, de- ceased. Mrs. White died in 1869, and was laid at rest in the Thompson cemetery. In 1870 Mr. White was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Close, a sister of his former wife, by whom he has one child, Thirsa. Mr. White is the owner of 135 acres of val- uable land, in township 9, range 12. Few are better lovers of nature than he, and few are better known for generous acts
WILLIAMS DAVID J. farmer and strock raiser, Sec. 24, P.O. Kane. In en- tering into a description of men and early times in Illinois, it will be well to give a description of the ancestry of many of those whose names head our biographical sketch- es. The father of our subject, David Wil- liams, was a native of Virginia, and removed to Ohio in an early day, where he married Miss Sarah Mckinsey. Eventually he made his way to Missouri and thence to Illinois, settling in Greene County, that part now known as township 9, range 12, in 1821, where he erected a cabin and be- gan to make other preparations incident to pioneer life. A blacksmith by trade, he never turned his attention to it in Illinois, but followed agriculture, and became mod- erately successful in this vocation. Of the first marriage three children were born : Matilda, Lewis and John. Lewis, the only survivor, resides at Rockbridge. The sec- ond wife of Mr. Williams was Miss Marga- ret Stout, a daughter of John Stout, of Vir- ginia, who was of German origin. There were born of the second marriage, three children : Clarissa, who married Joshua Clark, and subsequently, on his decease, married,Aaron Flatt ; Sarah Ann, deceased, who married Ambrose Griswold and David j., who was destined to become K2
one of the most successful agriculturists in Greene County, where he was born, in the year 1829, and where he grew to manhood, surrounded by such influences as have made many of our more opulent western men. In 1856 he was united in marriage to Miss Adeline Witt, a daughter of Franklin Witt, a prominent farmer of Greene County. At this date he was more comfortably situated in life than many, and now set about adding to his possessions; how he has succeeded is well known to the residents of this county, and it would perhaps be superfluous to follow his career in Greene County, step by step. He is the owner of nearly 1,000 acres of valuable land, but his habits of life, marked by extreme simplicity, leave no room for the extravagance or pomp of fashion that follows this nineteenth cen- tury. Of this marriage eight children were born, of whom five are living : Emma, George C., Lewis F., William H., and Walter S.
Williams Marion, renter, Sec. 35, P.O. Kane Wilson Thomas, farm hand, Sec. 27, P.O.
Kane
WITT GEORGE W. farmer, stock raiser and trader. Among the more pros- perous farmers of Greene County, the name of George W. Witt is worthy of more than a passing notice. Many of the old pioneers who yet remain among us, remember with warm admiration, Franklin Witt, a leader among men in earlier times, and who after- ward became noted in the annals of the State and the nation. He was a native of Tennessee, where he was born in the year 1804. His parents gained a livelihood by the products of the farm, and in 1814, to better their finances, perhaps, moved west- ward and settled in Polk County, in the ex- treme southern portion of Illinois. We have only space to say that Franklin Witt passed his boyhood among pioneer associa- tions; imbibed there that spirit of self-re- liance that led to successful results. He married in his nineteenth year Miss Me- linda Perry, a daughter of Captain Frank- lin Perry. In 1826 he sought broader fields, and packing his household goods upon the two horses he owned, after some days spent in travel he landed in Greene County with scarcely a dollar. He now began in an humble way to gain a footing in Illinois,
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at a time when horse-mills were the fashion, and rough round log cabins the only habi- tations in the pioneer settlements. His was an energetic nature, and he accumula- ted property rapidly. In subsequent years he became a justice of the peace, and about 1835 he became the regular nominee of the Democratic party, and received the elec- tion of legislator, serving through this session. Probably no man in his day swer- ved the popular heart more than he, and on three subsequent occasions he received the election to represent this county in the Legislature, and presided as a member when Springfield became the capital. As a rep- resentative he had proved so efficient that he now received the nomination for State Senator. Serving through one session and receiving a re-election he was a member of that body when he died at his home in Greene County in 1846. For that time and day he was a wealthy man, owning the mlll property and some two thousand acres of land. To the care of his wife he left a family of four children : Ellinor, who mar- ried Harrison Reno, and on his decease, became the wife of William Elmore ; Ade- line, who married David J. Williams ; Eliz- abeth, who married Richard Brown, and George W., who heads this sketch, who was married in 1866 to Miss Eliza Moore, a daughter of Carter Moore, by whom he has one child, Toinette. Mrs. Witt died in 1873, and the following year Mr. Witt was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Gardiner, a daughter of the late Rev. C. J. Gardiner, of whom mention is made else- where. Of this marriage three children were born, two of whom are living : Fred- die T. and an infant child. For eight years Mr. Witt presided as a justice of the peace, and two years ago was a candidate for sheriff. He is the owner of some 600 acres of valuable land, ranks among our more opulent farmers, and has, in all prob- ability, the finest farm residence in Greene County
WITT RANDOLPH, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 10, P.O. Carrollton. Ran- dolph Witt, a well-known resident and early settler of Greene County, is a native of Jefferson County, Tenn., where he was born on the 3d of Dec., 1810, third child of Ely and Nancy Witt. He raised a
family of twelve children, two having died before arriving at mature years. It was during the year 1829 that the Witt family took up the line of departure for the West, landing in Greene County on the 6th of December of this year. Ely Witt rented the first year of his settlement. Randolph well remembers the deep snow, and relates that it began falling toward the latter part of December, and continued to do so at intervals during the Winter, at the time the weather continued mild, causing a crust to form on the top of the snow, causing many wild animals to perish, and so emboldened did they become that it was no uncommon occurrence for the early set- tler to frequently find them at the thresh- old of his cabin. Ely Witt died during the Autumn of 1851, and nine years later his wife was laid at rest amid the scenes of her early labors. Randolph received a round log cabin education, and early learned the energetic ways of his ancestry. On the 18th of August, 1836, he was married to Miss Polly Tunnell, oldest daughter now living of the late Hon. Calvin Tunnell, one of the best men who bore a prominent part in the development of Greene County. Mr. Witt, in his own language, put in many years of his time in a log cabin, a rough box taking the place of a table the first Winter. He is now one of the leading ag- riculturists and the owner of 790 acres of valuable land in the counties of Montgom- ery, Macoupin, and Greene. Not only does Mr. Witt rank among our more opulent farmers, but his kindness of heart and gen- erosity is unbounded. Of the marriage four children were born : Andrew J., Will- iam T., Jane E., and Elzina
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