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Witt William, farmer, Sec. 10, P.O. Carrollton Wolsey Daniel, renter, Sec. II, P.O. Kane
WOOD GEORGE T. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 10, P.O. Carrollton. The above named gentleman is the second child of Allen B. and Tryphena Wood. Allen B. Wood was a native of Kentucky, and early becam identified in agricultural pur- suits. He accompanied his parents to Greene County in an early day, the exact date can not now be ascertained, where many of the name in subsequent years bore a prominent part in the growth and development of the county. Allen B. Wood
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became more fortunately situated in life than many in the West in an early day, although for some little time he worked as a farm hand. In 1850 he was united in marriage to Miss Tryphena Mulberry, by whom he had eight children, four of whom are living: John P., Addie, George, and Judy Ethel. Not long after his marriage, Mr. W. embarked in the grocery and dry goods trade in a small building in what is familiarly known as Upper Woodville, com- mencing his business on a light capital, save wit and energy, he sprang at once into a successful business career, and in after years became the owner of valuable farm property. He died during the Autumn of 1873, after a long and eventful life, and was laid at rest in the Maberry Cemetery. Mrs. Wood, who was born in Kentucky on the
26th of August, 1827, passed away March 18, 1871. As some notice of the sur- vivors of the family will be given, we enter into a short description of George Wood. He was born in Greene County in 1833 ; received a liberal education. From his earliest years he has followed farming, and latterly has become somewhat extensively engaged as a stock buyer and dealer. In October, 1874, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Robinson, a daughter of Nathaniel Robinson, of Kentucky. Two children blessed this union : Allen E., de- ceased, and Claudius E. Mr. W. is the owner of 40 acres of valuable land in town 9, range 12
Woods Daniel, renter, Sec. 14, P.O. Kane Woods Henry, farm hand, P.O. Kane
TOWN 9, NORTH RANGE 13, WEST.
A DMIRE JOHN, farmer Sec. II, P.O. Carrollton
Admire John jr., farmer, Sec. II, P.O. Car- rollton
Admire Henry C. farmer, Sec. II, P.O. Car- rollton
Admire William, renter, Sec. II, P.O. Car- rollton
Allen A. renter, Sec. 16, P.O. Carrollton
Ambrose D. J. farmer, Sec. 27, P.O. Carroll- ton
Anderson E. renter, Sec. 31, P.O. Carrollton Anderson James, farmer, Sec. 36, P.O. Field- en, Jersey County
Anderson Thomas K. farmer, Sec. I, P.O. Fielden, Jersey County
Armstrong Henry, farmer, Sec. 9, P.O. Car- rollt
BRANNON JASPER, farmer, Sec. II, P.O. Carrollton
Borman J. farmer, Sec. 32, P.O. Carrollton BUCK FRED L. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 36, P.O. Fielden, Jersey County, was born in Hanover, Germany, 1822, liv- ing in his mother country till he was 15 years of age, which was in 1837; at so young an age he was determined to go West, where there was a better chance for a young man. Getting permission of his parents, he came across the ocean, landing at Baltimore, and made his way to St. Louis, and hired as waiter boy in the Mis- souri hotel, remaining for six months; the man he hired to ran off and did not pay him. He was left with nothing ; some one stealing his shoes and coat. He then worked for twenty-five cents per hour on the water docks till he had money enough to buy a pair of shoes. He then received the position of cabin boy on a steamboat ; followed the river for nine years as cabin boy and second cook. Leav- ing the river he engaged in keeping a saloon in partnership with another man ;
sold out in a short time, and clerked in the saloon, and working in a distillery, which he followed for four years. He then, in 1850, went with a party to California, going by overland route, which took them one one hundred and forty days. When he ar- rived at his destination he had the small sum of fifty cents ; having no rations, and meals were one dollar, three of them to- gether bought one pound of cheese for one dollar and ten cents, and one loaf of bread for fifty cents ; that was the way he got his first meal in California. He sold one of his shirts to get some money to buy provis- ions. His partner had an old pick and spade to go to work with, and a friend that came over with him bought him a rocker to clean the gold. They made one thousand dollars in the next five months. Staying in California for two years, he returned to St. Louis with $1,400, and clerked with the same man that he did before, staying two years. Then bought land in Jersey County and farmed. Sold out and bought in Greene County, where he now lives, farm contains 345 acres, he purchased in 1865. He was married in 1856 to Caroline Horseman, who was born in 1835. Their union was blessedį with sixteen children, eight of which are living : Matilda, Rich- ard, Nettie, Seagle, Henry, Frederic, Lula, and Mary
C AMPBELL R. farmer, Sec. 31, P.O. Carrollton
Campbell R. renter, Sec. 32, P.O. Carrollton Christian C. farmer, Sec. 25, P.O. Carrollton Clark George, farmer, Sec. 16, P.O. Carrollton CLENDENEN H. P. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 21, P. O. Carrollton, is one among the oldest settlers now living in Greene County ; was born in Bourbon Co., Kentucky, Oct. 12, 1812; he was the son of George W. and Mary Clendenen, de- ceased, who emigrated from Kentucky to
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St. Charles County, Missouri, in 1817, liv- ing there till 1820, then moved to Greene County, Ills., where they entered a small tract of land ; they lived in the county for a number of years and passed from this world to a better, leaving many friends to mourn their death. Their son, who heads this sketch, was but eight years of age when he came to Greene County, in 1820, and received his preliminary education in the old-time log school house, with punch- eon floor and slab benches, with the door swinging too and fro on wooden hinges ; he commenced life by working on a farm for eight and nine dollars per month till he accumulated enough money to enter 320 acres of land from the government, which was in 1835, and owns the same land now that he entered ; as he accumulated, bought land till he now owns 1,700 acres, which lays in the Illinois Bottom ; he followed flat-boating in his younger days, making his own boats and filling them with produce that he raised on his farm, making from one to three trips a year, for fourteen years, and can tell some of those old flat-boat stories when steamboats and railroads were comparatively few. He worked hard in his younger days, starting with nothing but a determined will, to make something in the world for himself. Was married in 1843, to Mariah Clark, who was born in Greene County, in 1832, was the daughter of Absalom and Lydia Clark, who emi- grated from Ohio in 1815 to the American Bottom, and to Greene County in 1817. Mr. Clendenen's union was blessed with six children, three living : Mary, married to Robert King ; Orson, married to Ella Flatt, and Jennie, married James Ellis. Mrs. C. died in 1863, at the age of 37
Clenn Samuel, farm renter, Sec. 16, P.O. Car- rollton
Clendenen O. farmer, Sec. 21, P.O. Carroll- ton
Cummings Marion, farmer, Sec. 15, P.O. Car- rollton
Cummings Nelson, farmer, Sec. 14, P.O. Car- rollton
Cummings Williams, farmer, Sec. 15, P.O. Carrollton
DAVIDSON A. J. farmer, Sec. 15, P.O. Carrollton
Davidson K. farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. Carrollton Davidson M. farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. Carrollton Davidson William, farm renter, Sec. 28, P.O. Carrollton
F LLIS JAMES, farmer, Sec. 21, P.O. Car- rollton
FRY N. farmer, Sec. 31, P.O. Carrollton 4 Fry U. farm renter, Sec. 24, P.O. Car- rollton
Fry Martha Mrs. farmer, Sec. 12, P.O. Car- rollton
GASH GEORGE, farm renter, Sec. 24, P.O. Carrollton
Gillelen Ann L. Mrs. farmer, Sec. 23, P.O. Carrollton
Goedda L. Mrs. farmer, Sec. I, P.O. Fielden, Jersey County
Goedda Mary Mrs. farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. Car- rollton
H ARDWICK G. W. farmer, Sec. Io, P.O. Carrollton
Hardwick George, farm renter, P.O. Carroll- ton
Heron A. farmer, Sec. 24, P.O. Carrollton Heron James A. farmer, Sec. 24, P.O. Car- rollton
HERON J. G. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 24, P.O. Carrollton, was born in Erie County, Pennsylvania, in 1827, living in his native State till 1830, then moved with his parents to Louisville, Kentucky, where he was reared, living there till he was 14 years of age, which was in 1841; hearing of this fine country he was determined to try his fortune in Illinois. Came on horse- back, with another young man, landing in Macoupin County, Illinois, and hired out on a farm for $10 per month, remaining there till the Mexican war, when he en- listed as private in what was called the First Illinois Regiment, in Company I, re- maining in the service for eighteen months, was honorably discharged in July, 1849, and in August received his warrant for 160 acres of land, which he laid in Macoupin county. Was married in 1849, to Martha Clark, who was born in Owens County, Kentucky, in 1833; she came to Illinois in 1844, with her parents; their union was blessed with ten children ; Mary E., de-
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ceased ; James A., Sarah E., Martha G., Ada I., Henry I., Gorden F., Julia R., Agnes L., Carroll C. Mr. Heron remained in Macoupin County till 1850, then moved to Greene County, where he has remained and owns eighty acres of land
Houdashelt H. M. farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. Car- rollton
TONES J. farm renter, Sec. 28, P.O. Car- rollton
K ELLY JAMES, farm hand, Sec. 21, P.O. Carrollton
King Robert, farm renter, Sec. 17, P.O. Car- rollton
Kenekgal Anton, farmer, Sec. 25, P.O. Car- rollton
KING CHARLES, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 2, P.O. Carrollton, was born in Sheffield, England, in 1821, living in his mother country till 1842, he then left his native home for this western country with his parents, landing in New Orleans, came up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, then made their way to Greene County. His father, Thomas King, bought forty acres of land and farmed till his death in 1862. His wife, Lydia, died in 1863. The sub- ject of this sketch was a cutler by trade, which he learned in his native home, from his father, but has not worked at his trade since he came to America only to handle the knives and forks that he now has, from the horns of a deer killed in Greene Coun- ty. He was married in 1845, to Nancy Crotchett, who was born in Pope County, Illinois, 1830; her parents were among the old settlers of Illinois. Mr. King's family was blessed with six children, four living : Martha E., born Nov. 13, 1846 ; William A., born Feb. 1, 1849, deceased ; Paulina, born Feb. 14, 1851 ; Mary L., born May 15, 1853 ; Lydia A., born Aug. 5, 1856 ; Esther, born May 12, 1860, deceased. Mr. King owns 520 acres of land
M cCORMIC A. farmer, P.O. Carrollton McCormic E. farmer, Sec. 26, P.O. Carrollton
McCormic George, farmer, P.O. Carrollton
McLangin H. farmer, Sec. 15, P. O. Carroll- ton
MABEARRY WILLIAM M.
farmer and stock raiser, Sec. I, P.O. Car-
rollton, was born in Sumner County, Tenn., in 1833; is the son of William B. and Martha Mabearry, who were natives of Tennessee, living there till 1837, when they emigrated to Greene County; the family had no means and hired a wagon to bring them, not having one of their own; the father rented land till 1846, then bought 160 acres, and as he accumulated means bought more land, till at his death, in 1858, he owned 320 acres. His wife still lives, at the age of 68, on the old home- stead. The subject of this sketch was married in 1856, to Georgianna E. Trim- ble, who was born in Pike County, Mo., in 1834, but reared in Greene County; their union was blessed with five children : El- vira, who married J. P. Wood; Agnes, William A., Susan M., and George A. Mr. Mabearry owns 350 acres; has followed the occupation of a farmer all his life ; has been township treasurer eight years ; was elected to the office of county commis- sioner at the last election in 1878, which he still fills
Miller Jackson, farmer, Sec. 13, PO. Carroll- ton
Miller John, farmer, Sec. 13, P. O. Carroll- ton
Miller L. farmer, Sec. 13, PO. Carrollton
Miller Thomas, farm renter, Sec. 24, P.O. Carrollton
Muligan R. farmer, Sec. 26, P.O. Carrollton Murphy L. farmer, Sec. 16, P.O. Carrollton
R ICKER G. farmer, Sec. 25, P.O. Car- rollton
Rice John, farmer, Sec. 27, P.O. Carrollton Robinson Wilson, renter, P.O. Kane
Rountree Anna Mrs. farmer, Sec. 25, P.O. Carrollton
SAGER H. farm renter, Sec. 28, P.O. Car- rollton
Sellhorse H. farmer, Sec. 22, P. O. Carroll- ton
Sherfy A. farm renter, Sec. 31, P. O. Carroll- ton
Sheuten J. farmer, Sec. 16, P.O. Carrollton Shilt Frank, farmer, Sec. 16, P. O. Carroll- ton
Short G. M. farmer, Sec. I, P.O. Carrollton Smith M. farm renter, Sec. 12, P.O. Carroll-
ton
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Starman George, farm renter, Sec. 12, P.O. Carrollton
Stevans R. farm renter, Sec. 12, P. O. Car- rollton
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RIMBLE N. B. farm renter, Sec. I, P. O. Carrollton
VARBLE C. H. farmer, Sec, 2, P.O. Car- rollton
Varble H. farmer, P.O. Carrollton
Varble J. farm renter, Sec. 16, P.O Carroll- ton
Varble John D. farmer, Sec. 23, P.O. Carroll- ton
Varble P. farmer, Sec. II, P.O. Carrollton Varble W. farmer, Sec. 3, P.O. Carrollton
Vandersand W. farmer, Sec. 24, P.O. Carroll- ton
WITASCHEK ANDREW, farm-
er and stock raiser, Sec. I, P.O. Car- rollton, was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1815, living in his mother country till 1850, then came to America, and made his way to Greene County, Ill .; having but small means he rented land for ten years, then, in 1868, bought 80 acres, and as he accu- mulated, bought land till he now owns 200 acres ; his farm is well improved and well stocked ; he was married in 1856, to Mrs. Christine Grollmas, who has two children by her first marriage, Joseph and Amy; one by her last union, John
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