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raised families Emily deceased, aged twen ty-two years, unmarried; Mary (deceased), married William Walker, now deceased. Those living now are Susan, wife of John McHanna, of Seward, Kendall Co., Ill., and Maria, in same county, wifo of Peter Davis; William, residing in this township, and Sar- ah, resides seven miles south of Chatsworth. Ill., married Henry Netherton. February 6, 1851, Mr. Walley married Mrs. Eunico Kol- logg, born in Madison County, town of Nel- son, June 3, 1814, danghter of Daniel War- ren and! Sarah Lord, both of the Stato of Maine and who finally settled in New York. By this marriage three children have been born-Le Roy A., Catharine A., Antis Z. Le Roy died young; Antis Z. died, aged sixteen years nine months, and Catharine. at homestead, wife of Thomas Hague; they have two children-Ira Z. and an infant. un- named. Mr. Walley has poen identified with the M. E. Church sinco 1842; he was originally a Democrat, and first voted for Gen. Jackson, but since Buchanan's term has been a Republican. Mrs. Walley came to this State in 1830; settled first on the Ver- million, and came to this county and town- ship in 1851; she has only one brother living -- Nathan Warren, who lives in LaSalle County; her father died in LaSalle County, in September, 1831; her mother died Septem- ber 20, 1834. Mrs. Walley has been a mem- ber of the M. E. Church since 1834.
WILLIAM A. WALLEY, farmer, P. O. -, is the only son of Zachariah Wal- ley, ono of the pioneers of the county, and was born May 3, 1842, on the homestead, where he was raised to the years of manhood. February 23, 1868, he married Louisa Pyle, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, daughter of Enos and Matilda C. (Harry) Pyle. Enos Pyle was born October 10, 1815, and, Novem- ber 8, 1838, he married Miss Harry, who was
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born in Harrison County, Penn., June 28, 1816. The Pyle family came West in 1844, and settled in this county. Enos Pyle died May 9, 1877; his wife died September 4, 1859; they had seven children, among whom was one son who was a member of Company D, Thirty-sixth Regiment, of Illinois Volun- teer Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Perryville. After Mr. Walley's marriage, he located in Saratoga Township, this county, where he purchased land and remained until the spring of 1882, when he purchased the Urich farm; he has three children-Bertha E., William Cryder and a babe unnamed. They lost Freddie November 7, 1877, five years and ten months old, and a promising child. Mr. Walley is a member of the M. E. Church, and is one of the Trustees and presi- dent of the board; is also a member of the prohibition society of this township. He is a Republican.
W. A. WORTHING, banking, Minooka, the proprietor and founder of the Exchange Bank at Minooka, was born in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in 1842, and removed with his parents to Kendall County, Ill., the year of his birth, and remained there until his location in Mi- nooka, in the spring of 1866, where he has since resided. His father was Solon Worth- ing, whose father was a minister. The Worthing family trace their ancestry to En- gland, from which place their progenitors emigrated at an early day, locating in the Eastern States. Solon Worthing, the father of our subject, was a native of New Hamp- shire and a farmer by occupation, to which vocation our subject was raised; he received the advantages afforded at the common dis- trict schools, and took a course at Oberlin College, where he graduated in the Commer- cial Department. Soon after his coming to Minooka, he engaged in the hardware busi- ness, and continued that business for fourteen
years, and during this time was associated with several different parties in the business; he has 160 acres of land in Kendall County, and sixty-five acres in the. corporation of Minoo- ka. In the spring of 1880, he started the Exchange Bank at this place, and has since given it his especial attention, and is doing a good business, the bank being a great ac- commodation to the business men and farm- ers of the surrounding country, collections being attended to and remittances made promptly. In connection with his bank, he deals in agricultural implements, and does a good insurance business, representing some of the best companies, such as the Ætna, Hartford, Phoenix, Springfield, Mass., etc. He is also identified with the M. E. Church at this place; has been a member twenty-five years; also a Sunday school worker, and has been Superintendent of the school here sev- eral years. In the fall of 1864, he married Mary E. Avery, of Pittsfield, Lorain Co., Ohio, daughter of Carlos Avery.
E. N. WEES, blacksmith, Minooka. Among the representative business men of the town of Minooka, and who were among the first to become established in business here, is E. N. Wees, who came here in February, 1862, and immediately began the completion of his trade, which he had begun prior to his com- ing here. He was born May 9, 1843, in Up- per Canada, son of John M. and Laura M. (Howell) Wees, both natives of Canada. His paternal grandsire was William Wees, who was of German stock; at the age of nine- teen, Mr. Wees left Canada for the United States; he had been reared upon a farm, but had commenced learning the blacksmith trade prior to his leaving Canada; he arrived at Minooka in February, 1862, and worked in Wilmington and Platteville until the final completion of his trade, and, in the fall of 1865, he came to this town and set up in
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business on his own account, and has since continued, removing to his present place of business in 1868. In connection with his shop, he carries on the wagon-making busi- ness, and also a paint shop, and, being a thorough mechanic, he has been well patron - ized and has been successful in business. His inclinations toward stock-raising, farm- ing and its attendant minutiæ, and he con- templates in the near future to give his at- tention to this enterprise. In April, 1864, he married Eliza Andrews, a native of Ken- dall County, Ill., daughter of Ambrose and Sarah A. (Wire) Andrews; they have had four children-Charles, Fred, Lottie and Allie. He is a member of the several Ma- sonic organizations from the Blue Lodge to the Commandery, Minooka Lodge, No. 528, Orient Chapter and Blaney Commandery.
S. S. WATSON, merchant, Minooka, is located on the corner that was formerly occu- pied by Daniel Ferguson, a former business man of this place, now deceased. The sub- ject of these lines was born January 25, 1848, in Ottawa, Canada; he is the third son of Southwell Watson, who was a native of County Down, Ireland, and who emigrated to Canada when a young man; he married Jane Strong, and by her raised a family of children, but two of whom are residents of Grundy County-Dr. I. S. and S. S. In 1866, Mr. Watson came to Chicago from Canada, and, three years later, to Minooka, where he engaged in business for a time, then returned to Chicago and engaged in the drug business with his brother. In 1878, he came back to Minocka and associated in business with H. T. Wheeler, under the firm name of Wheeler & Watson. This copartnership lasted but six months, when he purchased his partner's interest and has since conducted the business himself; he keeps a good stock of groceries, canned fruits, boots and shoes,
ready-made clothing and furnishing goods, and is doing a successful business, being well patronized. July 28, 1880, he married Mrs. Libbie Ferguson, daughter of A. C. Worth . ing; she was the relict of Daniel Ferguson, ono time a prominent business man of this place. Mr. Watson and wife are members of the M. E. Church. He is a member of Mi- nooka Lodge, No. 528, A., F. & A. M.
H. T. WHEELER, merchant, Minooka, is the senior member of the firm of Wheeler & Sadler, the leading business firm of the town, and is one of the self made young men of tho county; he was born in Wiltshire, England, Jan. 13, 1852, son of Thomas and Ann (Dyer) Wheeler, both natives of the same place. Mr. Wheeler came to this country in the spring of 1870; came the same year to this county and located in this town. He worked for his uncle, John Dyer, on the farm in this county for two years; then engaged as clerk with D. Ferguson, with whom he stayed until Mr. Ferguson's death. Mr. Wheeler and Alex Ferguson bought this stock and carried on business under the firm name of Ferguson & Wheeler, about three years, when Mr. Wheeler bought out Mr. Ferguson's interest and carried on the business himself, for about one year, when, on account of ill health, he sold out and retired from business for a year. In September, 1881, he entered into partnership with Oliver B. Saddler, with whom, under the firm name of Wheeler & Saddler, he has since carried on business, and doing a good trade in dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, hats, caps, clothing, notions, glassware and crockery, their business, which is the best in the town, having in- creased fully 50 per cent since they began business in 1881. Mr. Wheeler married Ar- tio Greonly, a native of Will County, Ill., who has borne him two children -Elsie and Jessie.
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JOHN ANTIS, physician and surgeon, Ma- zon, was born in Montgomery County, N. Y., in 1817, and early in life commenced the study of medicine, graduating from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Western Uni- versity of New York, in the year 1838. He practiced his profession in North Brookfield, Madison County, N. Y., four years, and during that time, in 1840, married Miss Nancy A. Sweet, youngest daughter of Samuel G. Sweet. In 1841, they had born to them their eldest daughter, Eudora A. The same year (1841), Dr. Antis moved to Mixville, Allegany Coun- ty, N. Y., and lived there four years, during which time his youngest daughter, Mary L., was born. In 1845, the Doctor moved to Mor- ris, where he resided until 1879, when he moved out to his farm in Mazon Township, where he has enjoyed the full possession of health and happiness, and a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Thus have been chronicled the dates of the births and marriage of the Doctor and his estimable wife, whose lives have been intimately blended and moulded into the inter- ests of the county and city of their adoption. They have lived to see their daughters married to cherished husbands, and they, surrounded by children, the pride of their parents. The lives of this aged pair have been a series of ex- periences from which they have learned to judge wisely and live properly, and are now looking forward to that great change when the man proper will separate from the man physi- cal, and stand out in its own pristine worth, untrammeled by matter and its laws.
ABBOTT BARKER, farmer, P. O. Mazon, is a native of Washington County, N. Y., born January 12, 1823, son of Leonard and Han- nab Barker, of New Hampshire. He was
raised and educated in the common schools of his native State, came to Illinois and settled in Putnam County, about 1857. Here he lived until 1861, when he moved to his present resi- dence in Mazon Township, Grundy Co. He took the trade of carpenter and joiner after coming to Illinois. He was married on March 5, 1856, to Miss Malinda Hopkins, of Putnam County, Ill. She was born May 1, 1830, and died in Mazon Township May 22, 1865. They had two children-Joel H., born January 31, 1860, and H. J., born January 16, 1857, and married, December 28, 1876, to Rev. A. D. Beckhart. April 17, 1866, Mr. Barker mar- ried the second time. They own a farm of 235 acres of improved land in Sections 5 and 8, of Mazon Township, land worth $50 per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Barker are members of Wauponsee Grove Congregational Church.
J. F. BURLEIGH, farmer, P. O. Mazon, was born in Livingston County, N. Y., March 24, 1824, and took an academic course of study in his native State. He is a son of John and Sarah E. Burleigh, of New Hampshire. He was married in the State of New York, Octo- ber 28, 1847, to Miss Hannah J. Maynard of Wayne County, N. Y. She was born February 5, 1826, and died August 9, 1854. They had two children-Willis C., born July 29, 1848, died February 28, 1850 ; and Ella, born June 26, 1854. August 27, 1856, our subject mar- ried Miss Susan D. Underwood, who was born March 27, 1831 ; by this union there were born four children-Arthur, born July 24, 1860 ; Alice G., June 4, 1862 ; Ida J., December 6, 1863 ; and Irving C., April 22, 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Burleigh and the two older children are members of the Congregational Church of Wauponsee Grove. Our subject owns a farm
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of 240 acres of improved land in Seetion 4, Mazon Township, worth $60 per acre. Ile is a Republican, and has been repeatedly elected to the offices of his township. IIe is a mem- ber of the Masonie fraternity. The two elder children were educated at the Cook County Normal Institute. John and Sarah (Fellows) Burleigh, parents of J. F., were married at Salisbury, N. H., December 14, 1810 ; he was born in New Hampshire April 26, 1789, and died in the State of New York May 27, 1866 ; she was born in New Hampshire December 4, 1794, and died in the State of New York July 18, 1865. They raised a family of five chil- dren-John L., Catherine, IIarriet, Joseph F. and Elizabeth A.
ISAAC N. CLITHERO, farmer, Mazon, was born in Monroe County, Ohio, January 13, 1833, and was raised and educated in his native State ; he is a son of John D. and Jemima Clithero. He was first married, March 5, 1856, to Miss Sarah Taylor, who was born in Ohio September 24, 1835, and died April 2, 185S. They had one daughter-Mary V., born July 27, 1857, and died June 14, 1858. Mr. Clithero came to Illinois, and settled in Mazon Town- ship, Grundy County, in December, 1862. Hle now has a farm of 140 aeres of improved land, worth $60 per acre, in Sections 28 and 29. Jan- uary 28, 1869, Mr. Clithero married Miss Jane E., daughter of William and Jane Pool, of Ohio. She was born December 23, 1843, in Monroe County, Ohio ; the result of this union was three children-William T., born April 16, 1872; Addie V., born February 5, 1876, and an infant, born August 8. 1882. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mazon. Mr. Clithero is a Republican. John D. Clithero, father of our subject, was born November 25, 1803, and died March 9, 1880 ; Jemima Clithero, mother of our subject, was born March 6, 1806, and died June 14, 1881.
MELVIN CARTER, farmer, P. O. Mazon. The family of Abraham C. and Margaret A.
Carter came to Illinois from Ohio in June, 1851, and settled in Mazon Township, Grundy County. The family consists of ten children- Abraham Carter, born in Belmont County, Ohio, October 17, 1818, and died in Mazon Township, March 2, 1876; his wife, Margaret Ann (Preston) Carter, a native of Tusearawas County, Ohio, born June 14, 1826, is now liv- ing with her sons on the old homestead, which is controlled by the eldest son, Melvin, who was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, November 17, 1845 ; Sarah M., was born March 27, 1849, married to Alex Lee, November 11, 1867 ; Martha A., born October 21, 1851, died Deeem- ber 24, 1854 ; Lora and Flora were born March 29, 1854-Lora E. was married, June 27, 1876, to George W. Satterlee. Flora B. married Sep- tember 1, 1879, to Marion Mecham ; Amanda J., born Angust 27, 1857, married to Elwood Randal, October 9, 1880 ; Douglas P., born June 29, 1860 ; William HI., born February 6, 1863 ; Amos A., born March 11, 1865 ; Frank B., born August 17, 1867. The Carter estate consists of 354 acres of valuable land in Sec- tions 26, 27, 34 and 35, of Mazon Township, luis residence being situated two and a half miles southeast of Mazon. Melvin Carter owns a farm consisting of a quarter section, in Sec- tions 22 and 27, including dwelling house and other improvements, the land being valued at $60 per acre. He is among the solid farm- ers of Grundy County, and is engaged in stock- raising.
JOHN DRESSER, farmer, P. O. Mazon, was born in Stockbridge, Mass., December 12. 1813. While he was quite young, his parents, Samuel and Naney Dresser, removed to Port- age County, Ohio, where John was raised and received a common school education. At an early age he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, at which he worked for several years. Ile was married in February, 1841, to Miss Betsey Morse ; she was born in Massachusetts March 16, 1816, and died in Mazon Township
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September 28, 1854. Soon after they were married, Mr. and Mrs. Dresser moved to Mil- ler County, Mo., where they lived till 1851, when they came to Illinois, and located in Ma- zon Township, Grundy Co .; there in Section 4, Mr. Dresser owns eighty acres of improved land valued at $50 an acre. Mr. Dresser's second marriage occurred May 6, 1855, when he married Mrs. Betsey Jones, of Missouri, formerly of Ohio. She was born March 13, 1829. Mr. Dresser had by his first wife two children-Jacob, born in October, 1843, died in September, 1848 ; Mary, born May 7, 1849, died in October, 1871. By his second wife
Mr. Dresser had the following children-Isaac M., born May 13, 1857; Martha E., born Au- gust 20, 1860 (married in November, 1877, to William Holmes); John E., born April 30, 1865, and Alma B., born September 5, 1867, dlied March 10, 1882. John Dresser cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson and has adherred to the same prineiples sinee.
S. H. DEWEY, farmer, P. O. Mazon Center, was boru in Lewis County, N. Y., August 21, 1821 ; was raised and educated in New York, from whence, in 1855, he came to Illinois, and settled on the present site of the village of Verona, Grundy Co. In May, 1851, he married Miss Malissa Fisk, of Booneville, Oneida Co., N. Y. She was born November 24, 1828. At Verona Mr. Dewey bought a farm of eighty acres to which he added extensively in after years, owning at the present time 485 acres of farm land, worth $50 an acres in the townships of Mazon and Goodfarm of this county. Mr. Dewey is now a resident of the thriving village of Mazon Center, where he has lately erected a substantial dwelling. From 1872 to 1877, he was a resident of Morris, and being an ardent advocate of temperance, he was run for Mayor on the temperance ticket. In politics, he is a Republican, and has taken an active part in the business of the county. He served from 1873 to 1877, on the State Board of Equaliza-
tion ; also served several terms as Supervisor, and is now Justice of the Peace. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey have a family of six children- Ellen N., born in New York, (married to Hor- ace H. Overocker); Alice E., born in New York, (married to Rev. D. W. Frances, of Pennsyl- vania) ; Milton S., born in New York (married to Miss Maggie Dewey, of Grundy County) ; Mary J., born in Grundy County ; Lester S., born in Grundy County (married to Miss Dora Smith), and Flora born in Grundy County.
G. W. DANIELS (deceased) was born in Vermont Jnne 8, 1818, and was married in New York January 9, 1843, to Miss Fidelia Belding, a native of Vermont, born August 17, 1816. By this union five children were born- Charles E., born November 6, 1846, married January 1, 1873 ; Sarah A., born April 20, 1849 (married June 10, 1873, to James Foster, of Indiana); L. E., born March 4, 1851 ; Ellen A., born December 1, 1854 (married February 8, 1875, to DeWitt Hinkle, of Iroquois County, Ills.), and William A., born March 5, 1856. The second son, L. E., has a farm in Section 16, Mazon Township. Mr. Daniels died October 20, 1882, from paralysis of the heart ; he was a man highly esteemed in the community in which he resided, and figured prominently in the enterprises of his county. At the time of his death he owned a farm in Section 16, Mazon Township, worth $75 an acre, a portion of the village of Mazon Center being on his land. Mr. Daniels taught school for some time, and held the office of School Treasurer. He was a Democrat and a member of the Masonic fraterni- ty, Blue Lodge and Knights Templar.
J. K. ELY, farmer, P. O. Mazon, son of James G. and Rebecca E. Ely, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., December 2, 1837. He was educated in Rock River Seminary, became qualified for teaching, which he followed in LaSalle and Grundy Counties for seven years. He enlisted at Chicago on the 12th of August, 1862, in Company H, Eighty-eighth Illinois
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Volunteer Infantry, with which he continued until discharged at the close of the war. Took part in the battles of Stone River, Chickamau- gua, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge and Dalton, and marched with Sherman to Atlanta, Ga., where he was wounded July 20, 1864, after which he saw no more field service. September 5, 1864, he married Miss Lovina J. Mossman, daughter of William and Mary Mossman, of Iowa. She was born April 12, 1845. They have a family of two sons and four daughters-Rubie M., Lena G., May R., Nellie V., John M. and Will- iam Ray. Mr. Ely owns 320 acres of valuable land in Sections 4 and 5, of Mazon Township. Ilis father, James Ely, died in 1844, his mother, Rebecea, is now living with our subject. He is a Republican and Justice of the Peace of Ma- zon Township. Mrs. Ely is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Ely first settled in Nettle Creek Township in 1847.
OWEN H. FULLER, grain and lumber, Ma- zon Center, is a native of Onondaga County, N. Y., born January 19, 1834, and came to the town of Mazon with his parents in 1839, they being among the first settlers of the county. His father, Hiram Fuller, took an active part in the early history of this county. He died at the home of O. II. Fuller, in Mazon Township, April 13, 1872. Our subject was married, July 31, 1853, to Miss Weltha Isham, danghter of G. Isham. Mrs. Fuller was born in Vermont October 23, 1836, and has borne five children- Olney B., born December 18, 1860 ; Alta A., born November 1, 1863 ; R. Dale, born Decem- ber 10, 1865; Olin M., born December 30, 1867 ; and Erlan G., boru December 25, 1875. Alta A. was married June 11, 1882, to O. S. Viner of Mazon Township. Mr. Fuller is asso- ciated with A. O. Murray in the grain and lum- ber trade at Mazon Center ; they own an eleva- tor near the Chicago, Peru & South Western Railroad. Mr. Fuller is a Democrat, and has been repeatedly elected to the offices of the township. He is now Notary Publie.
V. L. FULLER, farmer, P. O. Mazon, was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., May 10, 1836. His parents, Hiram and Mary Ann Fuller, set- tled in Mazon Township, Grundy County, when our subjeet was but three years old, and three years before the organization of the county ; at that time there were but three or four families in the township. Mr. V. L. Fuller was raised a farmer, and now owns a farm of eighty acres of improved land in Section 17, of Mazon Township, the land being worth $55 per acre. Mr. Fuller was married, February 13, 1859, to Miss Sofrona, daughter of Josiah and Lavina Tuck, of Maine. She was born February 13, 1830, and is the mother of five children-Will C., born January 11, 1860 ; Cora L., March 23, 1862 ; George W., April 26, 1865 ; Frank E., June 20, 1867 ; and Mary A., May 2, 1872. Mr. Fuller is a Republican ; is Deputy Sheriff of the county, and has served the county as Constable for seventeen years. Josiah Tuck, father of Mrs. (Tuck) Fuller, was born in Maine June 19, 1799, and died in Grundy County February 6, 1875 ; his wife, Lavina Tuck, was born in Maine April 19, 1807, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fuller, November 25,1881.
PERLEY E. FULLER, farmer, P. O. Mazon, was born in Grundy County January 6, 1847, and was raised and educated in this county. He is a son of Richard and Cornelia Fuller, natives of Ohio ; the father died in Mazon Township in November, 1880 ; the mother was born in September, 1824, and is now living in Mazon Township, with her daughter, Mrs. Hough. Our subject was married September 24, 1871, to Miss Mary A., daughter of John and Margaret Hough. She was born in New- port, R. I., July 6, 1852, and is the mother of two daughters-Mabel A., born August 18, 1872, and Valley V., born January 20, 1879. Mr. Fuller has a farm of eighty acres of im- proved land, in Section 22, of Mazon Township, worth $65 per acre. Both Mr. and Mrs. Fuller
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are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mazon. He is a Republican and an ultra temperance advocate.
SILAS W. GIBSON, farmer, P. O. Mazon. S. W. Gibson was born in Saratoga County, N. Y., February 24, 1842, and came to Grundy County, Ill., with his parents when less than one year old. He attended the first school or- ganized in Mazon Township, in the old Fuller Schoolhouse, Constance Hulse and Lafayette Doud being among his first teachers. He is the second of a family of four children of Robert C. and Elizabeth (Largent) Gibson. His father was born in the Green Mountains of Vermont, in 1811, and died in Morris May 10, 1882. The mother was a native of Ohio, and died in Grundy County March 29, 1867. Our subject was married, October 2, 1866, to Miss Clarissa C. Lattimer, daughter of Silas and Mary Lattimer. She was born in Indianapolis, Ind., November 22, 1848. They have a family of four children -Orrel B., born November 27, 1867 ; Robert S. G., December 20, 1869 ; Burton I .; Clara E .; Mr. Gibson enlisted in Company I, Sixty-ninth Illinois, and served three months, then enlisted in 100-day service in Company H. One Hun- dred and Thirty-eighth Illinois Regiment ; was detailed on garrison duty, principally in Mis- souri and Kansas. He is a Republican, a member of the 1. O. O. F. and one of the lead- ing farmers of Grundy County. He owns the old Robert Gibson farm, consisting of 300 acres in Sections 10 and 11 ; his residence is three and a half miles northeast from Mazon. He is en- gaged in stock-raising and general husbandry. Mrs. Gibson's parents are living in Felix Town- ship, Grundy County.
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