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had nine children, four of whom are living: Isaac H., James H., Annie A. and David J. Mrs. Eastburn married Mr. Harrison Hedge Novem. ber 21, 1875. He was born in Massachusetts, February 2, 1813, and moved to New York wlien quite young, thence to Indiana, where, September 8, 1836, he married Miss Elizabeth Ewan, of New York. She died in Iroquois county, Illinois, in 1868. They had six children : Mercy H> Arthur S., Mary, Samuel, Amanda E. and Cordelia. In 1871 Mr. Hedge moved to Sheldon, and has lived there since. While in Indiana he learned tlie carpenter's trade, and followed it and farın- ing, but of late years he has lived retired. William Eastburn married Miss Julia A. Moore, a native of Kentucky. They were married in Tippecanoe county, Indiana. He first came to this county in 1833, then returned to Indiana and came with his family in 1835, and lived here until their deatlıs, March 11, 1870, and February 22, 1871, respect- ively. Of their ten children four are living : Henry H., George W., Montgomery and Sidney T.
Jesse R. Eastburn, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, was born in Adams county, Ohio, November 4, 1824, and came to this county with his parents in the spring of 1830, and in the latter part of the same year they settled on his present place. In 1832 his father died, and in 1833 he went among his relatives in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, and lived there until 1845, when he returned here and bought out the heirs, and lived on the old homestead since. November 6, 1848, he was married to Miss Tabitha Critchfield, of Ohio. She died November 9, 1854. They had two children : Ann and Ellen. May 1, 1856, he was married to Miss Margaret Howry. She was born in Warren county, Indiana. They had four children, three living: Sarah J., Mattie and Jesse. He owns 290 acres in this county, located three and and a half miles northwest of Sheldon. He has held the offices of school director, road commissioner and supervisor.
William L. Eastburn, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, is probably the first child born in Concord township, Iroquois county, Illinois. He was born February 22, 1834. May 12, 1854, he was married to Miss Massa Hougland. She was born in Coshocton county, Ohio. Of their eleven children nine are living : Charles, Joseph B., James, Minnie F., Ella J., Maggie, George, Cynthia and William P. Mr. Eastburn lived with his parents until one year after his marriage, wlien he moved to his present place. He owns 500 acres in this county, which he has earned mostly by his own labor. Two of his children are married : Charles and Joseph B. The latter was married, October 18, 1877, to Miss Sarah E. Gooding. Charles was married to Berthenia McKimson, February 14, 1877. His two children, George B. and Jesse, represent the fifth generation of the family in this county.
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Parker T. Eastburn, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, is a native of Sheldon township, Iroquois county, Illinois. He was born November 20, 1838, and is probably the second child born within the present limits of the township. He began farming for himself in 1858. August 9, 1871, he was married to Miss Julia A. Moore, who was born in Scioto county, Ohio, July 25, 1843. Of their four children three are living : Luther F., Clara, and an infant. He has held the offices of school director, trustee and township assessor, and has served as super- visor for three years. He owns 326 acres in this county, which he has earned by his own labor. The farm is located three miles east of the village of Sheldon, and is well adapted to stock-raising, in which he is extensively engaged.
A. M. Eastburn, farmer, Sheldon, was born on his present place August 29, 1842, and has always made this his home. In 1861 he began working on his own account, farming part of the present place, and improved an eiglity-acre farm about four miles southeast of here. In the fall of the same year he enlisted in Co. C, 51st reg. Ill. Vol. Inf., and remained in service four years and one month. From 1863 he was sergeant. He was in the battles of Island No. 10, Stone River, Chickamauga, Resaca, and Atlanta campaign. At Chickamauga he was wounded, and was in the hospital four months. With others he was captured at Stone River, but was recaptured in a few hours. From the army he returned home and bought out one of the heirs to the old homestead, and has lived on the place since. April 5, 1868, lie married Miss Sarah E. Pinneo, who was born in Clark county, Ohio. They had five children, three living : Grace, Nellie and Allen P. He owns 286 acres in this county, which he has earned mostly by his own labor.
David C. Eastburn, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, is a native of Sheldon township, this county. He was born August 12, 1845, and lived at home until 1862, when he enlisted in the 76th Ill. Vol., and remained in the service until the close of the war. He was in the battles of Sabine Cross Roads, siege of Vicksburg, Mobile, and the other engagements of the regiment. After the war he returned home and engaged in farming. April 21, 1866, he was married to Miss Annie: E. Webster, of England. They have five children, Francis H., Edith C., Barton T., John C. and William P. In 1868 he moved to his present place and has lived here since. He owns 200 acres of land, which he has earned mostly by his own labor and management.
Isaac H. Eastburn, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, was born in Lawrence county, Ohio, December 5, 1833, and with his parents settled in Iroquois county, Illinois, in 1835. He lived with his parents until he was twenty-four years of age. February 1, 1857, he was married to
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Miss Susannah Foy, of Coshocton county, Ohio. After their marriage they moved to their present place and lived there since. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the 76th Ill. Vol., and was in the service three years, serving first as corporal and then as sergeant. He was in the siege of Vicksburg, and the battles of Jackson, Mobile, and the other engagements of the regiment. After the war he returned home and resumed business on the farm which contains 253 acres, located two miles northeast of Sheldon.
James H. Eastburn, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, was born in Concord township, this county, January 2, 1838, and lived at home until August, 1862, when he enlisted in the 67th Ill. Vol. He was made second sergeant and was later promoted to first lieutenant. He was in the service three years and took part in the siege and cap- ture of Vicksburg, and of Mobile, also the other engagements of the regiment. He returned home after the war, and October 26, 1865, was married to Miss Mattie Watkins, of Montgomery county, Indiana. After his marriage he began farming on his own account. In 1866 he moved to his present place and has lived here since. He owns 300 acres of land in this county, located three miles northeast of the village of Shieldon.
Annie A. Eastburn was married to B. H. Thornton, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 21, 1834. He came to Iroquois county in 1854. The marriage took place November 29, 1857. After the marriage he bought and improved a piece of wild land, on which he lived until 1865, when they sold out and moved to Bates county, Missouri, where they lived until 1873, at which time they returned to Iroquois county, and in 1874 settled on the present place, which was the old homestead farm of Jesse Eastburn, Jr., settled in 1835. Mr. Thornton has lield the office of assessor, and also the school offices. Of their eleven children ten are. living : Ella, Benjamin, Minnie, Annie, Edward, Charles, Ross, Frank, Nettie and Albert.
D. J. Eastburn, editor and proprietor of the " Sheldon Enterprise," is a native of Iroquois county, Illinois. He was born in Concord township, May 10, 1845. His early life was spent on the farm and attending the district school until at the age of fifteen, when he attended school at Battle Ground, in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, remaining there during the winters and working on the farm during summers until he was nineteen years of age. He then attended the Asbury University at Greencastle, Indiana, at which place he re- mained for five years, graduating in 1869. He then returned home and engaged as teacher in the High School at Kentland, Indiana. In 1870 he formed a partnership with Dr. Brown, the firm being Brown
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& Eastburn. They conducted the drug business in Sheldon for four years, when he sold his interest and visited Kansas, returning in the fall of 1874, and soon after engaging as book-keeper with Daniel Fry, of Watseka. March 8, 1875, he bought an interest in the "Sheldon Enterprise," and June 1 of the same year became sole editor and pro- prietor, and with the exception of a few mnonthis has continued as the same since. February 12, 1873, he was married to Miss Caroline H. Lyon, who was born in Clearfield county, Pennsylvania. They have one child, Ethel C.
Henry H. Eastburn, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, January 31, 1839, and came to Iroquois county in 1843 with his parents, and with the exception of two years in Tippecanoe county, has lived here since. He lived twenty-one years with his parents. In 1862 he enlisted. in the 76th Ill. Vol., and served over three years. He was at the siege of Vicksburg, Fort Blakeley, and the other battles of the regiment .. After the war he returned home and went to farming on his father's farm. December 25, 1868, he was married to Miss Susie Hougland. She was born in this county. They have two children : Samuel and William A. In 1871 he came to his present place and has lived on the same since. His residence was burned January 23, 1879, and he at once built his present residence.
Geo. W. Eastburn, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, is a native of Iroquois county, Illinois. He was born, August 11, 1841, and lived. with his parents until 1862, when he enlisted in the 76th Ill. Vol., and was corporal of Co. A. He remained in the service three years. He was in the battles of Vicksburg, Fort Blakeley, Alabama, and the other engagements of the regiment. After the war he returned home and attended school and worked on the farm. March 22, 1870, he was married to Miss Mary E. Bussert, of Ohio. They have two children : Arthur W. B. and Zelda A. After his marriage Mr. Eastburn began farming in Sheldon township, and in the spring of 1872 he came to liis present place, and has lived here since. He has hield no office except connected with the school and road.
Sidney T. Eastburn, farmer, Sheldon, was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, in the year 1852, and came to Iroquois county, Illinois, in 1854. He lived with his parents for sixteen years, and then worked by the month until 1879. February 14 of that year he married Miss Ada Ray, who was born in Wisconsin, and came to this county with her mother when very young. After his marriage Mr. Eastburn settled on his present place and has lived here since. He owns 170 acres in this county, which he has principally earned by his own labor and management.
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S. D. Fry, fariner and stock-raiser, Watseka, is a native of Coshoc- ton county, Ohio. He was born January 16, 1832. In 1834 he came to Illinois with his parents, who settled near Bunkum, where lie lived until he was twenty-one. April 21, 1853, he was married to Miss Harriet Smith. She was born in Ohio, and died January 30, 1856. Soon after his marriage he moved to Belmont township and farmed until 1867. He then came to his present place and has lived here since. March 22, 1857, he was married to Miss Emily Moore, who was born in Belmont township, this county, November 24, 1837. They had five children, four living: Marion, Annie, Minor and Dicie. He owns 160 acres in this county. He has made many trips by team to Chicago. His first trip was about 1842 or 1843, and he has since made as many as nine trips in one fall. His parents, John and Sarah (Doran) Fry, were born in Virginia. They were married September 27, 1827, in Ohio, where they moved when young. They settled near Bunkum, in Iroquois county, Illinois, in the year 1834. In 1836 he served as a juryman on the trial of Thomason. He has delivered hogs in Chicago as early as 1834. Of his eight children seven are living. He has always lived in this county. February 12, 1879, his wife died in Watseka, since which time he has been living with his son.
James W. Murray, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, was born in Greene county, Ohio, August 14, 1832, and lived there four years, when with his parents lie came to Illinois and settled near Iroquois. He lived there until he was twenty years of age. He then moved two and a half miles to his brother-in-law's, and made his home with him for three years. July 23, 1855, he married Miss M. Johnson, who was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, and died November 25, 1871. They had eight children, four of whom are living : Mary A., Sarah E., Elva and Samuel. In the following December after his marriage he settled on his present place, which he entered in 1853, and has lived here since. He has not been an office seeker, his only office being con- nected with the school. He owns 129 acres in this county.
James Hougland, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, March 31, 1818. He was born on the farm and his education was limited to less than three months' schooling. At the age of twenty he began renting land of his father. December 25, 1837, he married Miss Hannah Fox, who was born in Muskingum county, Ohio. After his marriage he moved to a house on his father's farm and lived there three years, then went to his father-in-law's farm, where he lived until 1845. He subsequently came to Illinois and rented of Squire Courtright three years, and in 1848 came to his present place. He owns 1,161 acres in this county, which he has
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earned by his own labor. Of their ten children seven are living : Eli, Levina, Sarah, Ira, James, Nancy and Charles. His parents, Isaac and Polly (Carpenter) Hougland, were natives of Virginia. Her brother, Thomas Carpenter, is supposed to be the first white child born in Ohio. Eli and Levina (Andrews) Fox were natives of Connecticut, and moved to Olio at an early day.
Christian Zumwalt, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, was born in Harrison county, Kentucky, September 8, 1824. At the age of four years his parents moved to Fountain county, Indiana, and there con- ducted a saw and grist mill. In 1835 while there his father died. In 1842 with his mother he moved to Illinois and settled in Vermilion county, where he followed farming. In 1847 he moved to Belmont township in Iroquois county. In 1849 his mother died in Fountain county, Indiana, while on a visit. He then moved to Vermilion county, thence to Iowa, thence to Tazewell county, Illinois, living short periods at each place. He then came to hiis present place and has lived here since. He owns 180 acres in this county, which he has earned by his own labor and management. He has not been an office seeker, his only offices being connected with the school and roads. In February, 1847, he was married to Miss Salinda A. Oder, who was born in Kentucky, and moved to Vermilion county, Illinois, while young. They had eight children, seven living: Mary J., Martha, Sarah J., Adelia, Charles, George and Franklin.
O. P. Bookless, farmer, Sheldon, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, January 15, 1820. He was born on the farm and lived there about twenty years. He then took a trip, visiting Philadelphia, Balti- more, etc., and in 1842 traveled south, going by water to Helena, Ar- kansas, thence to White river, thence on foot two hundred miles up the river, and returned by canoe, thence to St. Louis via Helena, thence to Peoria, Illinois, tlience on foot to Middleport, the county-seat of Iroquois county, and worked through harvest. He then went east on horseback to his home in Ohio. In 1846 he went to Parke county, Indiana, and in the spring of 1848 came to Illinois and settled near Middleport. He engaged in farming and lived there until the fall of 1850, when he came to Concord (now Sheldon) township, and one year later settled on his present place. January 1, 1850, he was mar- ried to Miss Emily Lister, who was born in Fountain county, Indiana, April 18, 1830. They liad seven children, five living : Rebecca A., William, Emily J., Leonard and James. All but William, who is in Kansas, live in this county.
Robert Caldwell, farmer, insurance agent and notary public, Sheldon, is a native of Pickaway county, Ohio. He was born February 22, 1831.
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At the age of twenty-one he moved to Rensselaer, Indiana, and in July of the same year came to Illinois and settled on a farm located two miles southwest of the present village of Sheldon. He and his brother Isaac M. were in partnership. Both came and lived together until the war, when Isaac M. enlisted in the 76th Ill. Vol., and took sick and died at Memphis. Mr. Robert has always lived in this town- ship since his settlement liere in 1852. In October, 1878, he moved from his farm and occupied his present brick residence in Sheldon. In 1858 and 1859 he was assessor of Concord township. In 1860 he was elected justice of the peace and held the office until 1876. In 1878 he was appointed notary, and engaged in the insurance business, representing the Springfield Fire and Marine, and the New York Life. On August 12, 1856, he was joined in wedlock to Miss Cynthia Pinneo, who is a native of Springfield, Ohio. They have liad four children, three living : Orlando B., Leroy and Olive A.
J. R. Tyler, hardware dealer, Sheldon, was born in Waldo county, Maine, March 28, 1832, and lived there until he was eighteen years of age, when with his parents he moved to Shelby county, Ohio, and lived there two years. While there he finished his trade of a carpenter. In the fall of 1852 he came to Illinois, and settled in Texas, Iroquois county, and worked at his trade and carried on his farm for the follow- ing fifteen years. He then came to· Sheldon and worked at his trade two years, and then went to Gilman. The following year he returned to Sheldon, and worked one year at his trade. After this he engaged in the hardware business, and continued in the same two years. For awhile he worked at his trade again, until 1879, when he engaged in his present business. September 22, 1861, he was married to Miss C. V. Amos, who was born in Indiana, and died October 8, 1871. They had three children : Ora W., Sarah F. and Clara. July 22, 1873, he married Miss Kate Tullis, who was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana.
David D. Tullis, proprietor of livery and feed stables, Sheldon, was born in Wayne county, Indiana, December 4, 1822, and lived there six years, when with his parents he moved to Randolph county, Indi- ana; where he lived two years during, which time his father died. In company with his mother and family he then moved to Shelby county, where they lived until January, 1839. He afterward went to Tippe- canoe county, where, July 27, 1849, he was married to Miss Jane Murdock. She was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana. In 1850 his mother died at the residence of her daughter in Wayne county, Indi- ana. In January, 1853, he came to Illinois and settled in Belmont township, this county, and engaged in farming. In March, 1855, he
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moved to Middleport township, and in the winter of 1862 he came to what is now Sheldon township. March 1, 1859, he came to Sheldon and engaged in his present business. He has held the office of con- stable in Middleport township, and for twelve years in Slieldon town- ship. He has also served as deputy sheriff. He lias four children living : Charles E., George W., Francis F. and Eleanor J. In 1843 Mr. Tullis drove a family from near La Fayette, Indiana, to Yellowhead Point, in Kankakee county. He passed through here, but there were no settlements between Parrislı Grove and Iroquois (old Bunkum). His parents, John and Eleanor (Conwell) Tullis, were natives of Vir- ginia, where they were married. They moved from Virginia to Middletown, Olio, and thence, in 1816, to Wayne county, Indiana. They raised ten children, five boys and five girls, all of whom married and raised families. Mr. David D. is the youngest and only surviving one of the family.
Dr. Lucian B. Brown, physician and druggist, Sheldon, is a native of Jamaica, Vermont. He was born June 7, 1834, and lived there seventeen years. He then moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and the following year returned to Vermont. In 1853 he moved to Iro- quois (old Bunkum), Illinois, and began reading medicine under Dr. S. A. Barry, and continued the same four years. During the winter of 1855-6 he attended Ann Arbor, Michigan; and in 1857 lie graduated from the Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois. He began to practice regularly in 1856, in Bunkum, and resided there until 1862, when he was commissioned first assistant surgeon 113th Ill. Vol., 3d Board of Trade, and was in service until June 20, 1865. He was promoted to the rank of major-surgeon of the regulars in April, 1864, and March 8, 1865, he was detached and assigned as surgeon-in-chief of the post of Memphis and defenses, by an order of Maj .- Gen. C. C. Washburne. He was relieved June 19, 1865, by Brig .- Gen. A. L. Chetlain, and came to Sheldon, Illinois, where lie again resumed his practice, adding the drug business in 1870. He has been identified with that business since, with the exception of two years. Mr. Brown was elected the first supervisor of Sheldon town- ship, and has served as village trustee and president of the board of same. November 14, 1866, he was married to Miss Ella Soper, who was born in Maine. They had five children, three living: Nellie, Grace and Blanche.
A. C. Mantor, carpenter and builder, Sheldon, was born in Franklin county, Massachusetts, August 4, 1809, and lived there four years, wlien with his parents he moved to New York, where he lived until 1831, during which time his parents died. He then went to Cincinnati and
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engaged at his trade of carpenter and builder. He lived there until 1853, when he came to Illinois and settled in Iroquois county, living one year at Iroquois or old Bunkum. He then went on a farm he bought, and followed farming until 1875, when he sold out and built his present residence in Sheldon, occupying it in the spring of 1876. April 23, 1835, he was married to Miss Rebecca Wardall, who was born in England. They had eight children, five living: Lyman, Cor- nelia, Childs, Annie and Emma.
Dr. S. A. Barry (deceased), was born in Vermont, December 27, 1817. He became a physician, and removed to Anderson, Indiana, where, April 30, 1854, he was married to Miss Moriah Tharp. She was born in Madison county, Indiana. From Anderson they moved to Wabash county, Indiana, thence to Danville, Illinois, thence to Momence, and in about 1854 he came to Iroquois county, and settled in Iroquois. In 1860 he came to Sheldon. He was the first physician in Sheldon township. He continued his residence and practice here until his death, April 12. 1878. Mrs. Barry is living in the old home- stead here in Sheldon. Of the three children, two are living: Winnie B. and Birdie B.
Andrew M. Darrough, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, was born in Bracken county, Kentucky, October 23, 1847, and lived there four years, when with his parents he moved to Montgomery county, Indiana, and lived there until 1854, when they came to Illinois, and settled in Sheldon township, where he lived until he was twenty-two years of age. He then moved to Benton county, Indiana, and taught school in the winters, and improved a farm he had bought during summers, living there six years, except one year spent teaching in Parke county, Indiana. He subsequently came to his present place. October 23, 1873, he was married to Miss Matilda Camper, who was born in Parke county, Indiana. They have three children : Ethan, Ricey and Truman. He owns 240 acres of land, located five and a half miles southwest of Sheldon. His parents, Samuel V. and Ricey (Quaintance) Darrough, were natives of Kentucky. They were married in Maysville, and came here as stated.
J. W. Johnson, undertaker and dealer in furniture, Sheldon, was born in Sweden, November 13, 1847, and came to the United States with his parents in the spring of 1854. In the fall of the same year they settled in Beaver township, Iroquois county, Illinois. In the fall of 1855 his father died, and with his mother he went to Chicago, where they lived two years; when, upon the marriage of his mother, they moved back to the farm, and lived there until the fall of 1863, at which time he enlisted in Co. C, 51st reg. Ill. Inf., and served
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until October 21, 1865. He was in the battles of Rocky Face, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta campaign and Franklin, where he was twice wounded and carried from the field, and confined in the hospital until February, 1865. He soon after joined his regiment and remained with it until his discharge from the army. He returned home and bought out the other heirs to the farm, and conducted it until 1869. He then rented his farm, and visited his native country and the prin- cipal countries of Europe. He returned home and spent the summer of 1870 in a grocery store in Kentland, Indiana, and taught school in the following fall. In 1872 he engaged in buying grain at Donovan. He also acted as station-agent and built the first house of the place. He lived there until 1878, when he came to Sheldon and engaged in the hardware business, and in January, 1879, sold out and engaged in the real-estate business, the firm being Fields & Johnson. In July of the same year he added the furniture and undertaking business. March 16, 1873, he was married to Miss Emma C. Johnson, who was born in Sweden. They had three children, two living: Lillie G. and Helma May. In addition to his business interests Mr. Johnson retains his farm of 190 acres in Beaver township, which he has rented.
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