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EDWARDS, Frederick Marshall, representing the National Re- fining Company for the counties of Jersey, Greene and Calhoun, with headquarters at Jerseyville, is one of the prominent men of .Jersey County, and comes of an old and honored family of this section. Ile was born at Delhi, Ill., August 25, 1873, a son of Henry D. and Mary T. (IToweller) Edwards, and grandson of Andrew and Mary (Dar-
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lington) Edwards. A sketch of the Edwards family appears else- where in this work.
After attending the district schools, Frederick Marshall Edwards took a course at Shurtleff College at Upper Alton, Ill., and in the Gem City Business College at Quincy, Ill., and then entered Washington University at St. Louis, Mo., where he remained two years, and then began teaching school. A year later, in 1898, he embarked in a mercantile business at Delhi, and was appointed postmaster, holding that office for eight years. In February, 1903, he moved to Sapulpa, Okla., where he was clerk for the 'Frisco Railroad in the master mechanic's office until 1909, at which time he removed to Delhi, Ill., and in 1914 bought the interest of the other heirs in the Edwards homestead in Piasa Township. This property comprises 200 acres of very valuable land, and he conducted it until 1915, when he rented his farm and moved to Jerseyville. For the subsequent year he was con- nected with the English Station Hardware Company, and then on November 1, 1916, he assumed the duties pertaining to his present position, and is proving his ability in this direction.
On July 14, 1898, Mr. Edwards was married to Lora F. Terry, born at Otterville, Ill., a daughter of Henry C. and Mary A. (Cadwall- ader) Terry. She attended the Hamilton primary school at Otterville, and the Jerseyville High school, and also took private music lessons. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have two sons, namely : Terry Warren, who was born December 13, 1899, who was graduated from the Jerseyville High school as president of his class when only sixteen years old, is now taking a course in mechanical engineering in the University of Illinois, at Urbana, Ill .; and Marshall Henry, who was born June 27, 1902, is a graduate of the Jerseyville High school. Mr. Edwards is a Republican. Ile belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church and is a teacher in the Sunday school. While living at Delhi, he was superintendent of the Sunday school for several years. Fraternally he is a Mason and belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America. A native son of the county, Mr. Edwards has never ceased to take a deep interest in the progress of this section. and has aided materially to its development.
EDWARDS, Henry D., now deceased, but for many years a sub- stantial business man of Delhi, is remembered for his many excellent traits of character. He was born in Ohio, February 24, 1837, a son of Andrew and Mary (Darlington) Edwards, the former of whom was born in Mercer County, Pa., May 11, 1808, a son of David and Catherine Edwards, also natives of Pennsylvania. In 1849 Andrew Edwards brought his family to Jersey County, Ill., and raised a crop that same summer. In October of that same year he bought 120 acres of land in Piasa Township, on which he lived until his death on June 4, 1867.
Ilenry D. Edwards was better educated than the majority of farmer's sons of his day. attending McKendrec College for two years,
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after which he taught school and was engaged in surveying for a number of years. On November 9, 1872, he was married to Mary T. Howeller, who was born at Louisville, Ky., April 20, 1850, a daughter of Fred Howeller, who died and she was reared by Thomas Marshall of Delhi. After his marriage, Henry D. Edwards bought a store and the building in which the business was located at Delhi. A year later he formed a partnership with M. V. Hamilton, and this eonnee- tion continued until 1882, when Mr. Edwards sold his interests to Mr. Hamilton. In the meanwhile he had, in 1872, been appointed agent for the Chieago & Alton Railroad at Delhi, and the inereasing volume of his business had necessitated his retiring from his mereantile busi- ness. In October, 1902, he resigned his ageney on account of ill health, and went to Sapulpa, Okla., where he remained until 1911, when he went to Ellensburg, Wash., where he died April 7, 1912. His wife survives and now lives in Ellensburg with her sons, Jerome Y .. who was born May 20, 1875 ; and Andrew J., who was born October 5, 1891. All his life Henry D. Edwards was a man of determination and when in his vigor he accomplished whatever he set out to do, and when he died, he left behind him a record for honesty of purpose and uprightness of living many would do well to emulate.
EGELHOFF, Charles, enjoys the privilege of living on the farm in English Township, Jersey County, Ill., where he was born June 21, 1881. He is a son of John and Maria (Arkerbaur) Egelhoff, natives of Germany. These parents eame to the United States at different times and were married in Jersey County, after which they located for a time at Jerseyville, and the father was employed in teaming between Jerseyville and Alton. In 1877 he bought 200 aeres of land in English Township, which was then covered with timber, and he worked hard to elear and improve his land. His death oe- curred in February, 1914, and the mother died in December, 1916. Eight of their ten children survive, and of them all, Charles is the youngest.
Remaining at home, Charles Egelhoff attended the distriet sehools and learned how to farm from his father, and was taught lessons of thrift and industry by both of his exeellent parents. When only twenty-two years old, he assumed charge of the homestead, which he still operates, and bought it in 1908, and is a very successful man.
On January 20, 1904, Mr. Egelhoff was married to Minnie May French, born in Jersey County, Ill., a daughter of William and Cath- erine Freneh. Mr. and Mrs. Egelhoff have no children. He was confirmed in the German Lutheran Church. In politics he is a Demo- erat, but he has not cared to hold office, his time and attention being absorbed by his farm industries.
ELY, Archibald Foreman, a prosperous general farmer of Fidelity Township, was born in Jersey Township June 28, 1849, a son of Isaac R. and Mary Ann (Christopher) Ely, he born near Hightstown, N. J.,
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and she in Preble County, Ohio. The Ely family is of English descent, three brothers having come to Massachusetts at a very early day. The paternal grandparents were Richard R. and Amy (Foreman) Ely, and the maternal grandparents were John and Jennie (Hollinshade) Chris- topher, natives of Pennsylvania. They all came to Jersey County some time between 1837 nd 1839, bought land and lived on it for many years. Richard R. Ely was the founder of the Baptist Church at Jerseyville. After the parents of Archibald F. Ely were married they located near Jerseyville, and in the spring of 1850 bought land in the Paradise neighborhood in Fidelity Township, where they lived until 1890, when they retired to Jerseyville. There the father died in 1904, aged eighty years, and the mother in 1911, aged eighty-four years. Their children were as follows: John C., who died in 1900, aged fifty-three years ; Archibald F .; and George I., who died in 1912, aged fifty-seven Years.
Archibald F. Ely attended the Prairie Union district school, and learned farming from his father. On October 3, 1872 he was married to Adelia E. Miner, and after his marriage he lived for one year on his father's farm, and then came to his present farm of 100 acres in Fidel- ity Township. In 1890, he returned to the homestead and remained on it until 1900, when he came back to his own farm, where he is still carrying on general farming, which has always claimed his attention.
Mr. and Mrs. Ely have had the following children born to them : Arthur Leroy, who is at home ; Alma E., who is Mrs. William Porter of Fidelity Township; Miner I., who lives in Wisconsin : and Richard F., who lives in Macoupin County, Ill. Mr. Ely is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Democrat and he served two terms as township collector, and was a school director for twenty-six years. Fidelity Camp, M. W. A. holds his membership.
ENOS, Joseph W., M. D., one of the most progressive physicians of Jersey County, is successfully engaged in practice at Jerseyville. He was born at Marine, Ill., March 30, 1858, a son of Charles R. and Eliza Ann (Thorp) Enos, he born March 12, 1815, at West Eaton, N. Y., and she born at Boston, England, March 11, 1825. They were married February 2, 1845. He died May 12, 1910, and she died May 18, 1897. The paternal grandfather, Joseph Enos, was born in Rhode Island, January 7, 1783, and died October 21, 1866, and his wife, Hannah (Patterson) Enos was born at Weatherford, Conn., June 21, 1786, and died August 27, 1841. The great-grandfather, Joseph Enos, was born in Rhode Island, August 2, 1758, and was a soldier in the American Revolution being one of six of the Enos family to serve in this war. IIe was married at Hopkinson, R. I., January 5, 1780, to Thankful Coon, born September 16, 1763. She died April 5, 1858, and he died at Nassau, N. J., June 12, 1835.
Charles R. Enos and his wife were married at St. Louis, Mo. He was a mechanic, farmer and physician, and about 1848 moved to Madison County, Ill., where he remained until 1883, when he came to Jerseyville, and practiced medicine as long as his health permitted.
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Dr. Joseph W. Enos attended the public schools of Madison County, and in 1879 matriculated at the Cincinnati (Ohio) Medical College, a vear later entering Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, from which he was graduated in 1881. Immediately thereafter he entered upon a general practice at Jerseyville, but only remained there for three months, and then moved to Edwardsville, Ill., and after six years went to Alton, Ill., where he conducted a sanitarium for five years. On account of ill health, he sought outdoor life for a time and began con- ducting a farm in Jersey County, and after two years was sufficiently recovered to resume practice at Jerseyville, where he has since remained with the exception of three years spent in practice at Boulder, Colo., and three years spent at Denver, Colo. Of late years Dr. Enos has specialized in chronic diseases, and has been very successful in his treatment of them. Professionaly he belongs to the American Associa- tion of Progressive Medicine, American Institute of Homeopathy and the Illinois Homeopathic State Association.
On February 9, 1882, Dr. Enos was married to Eva J. Cory at Jer- seyville. She was a daughter of Abner and Margaret (Shellman) Cory, born at Jerseyville. Dr. and Mrs. Enos had the following children : Helen Augusta, who is Mrs. Albert Harral of East St. Louis, Ill .; Margaret Leone, who is Mrs. Loren Oscar Lendon of Alton, Ill. ; Joseph Dudley, who lives at Bald Mountain, Colo., married Marian Viola Rich- ards ; Florence Elizabeth who is Mrs. George Albert Works of Vernon, Tex .; Edna Corey, who died at the age of six years, and Edith C., who died at the age of a few months. Mrs. Enos died July 7, 1900. On March 3, 1903, Dr. Enos was married (second )to Margaret J. Taylor, born August 28, 1874, at Topeka, Kas., a daughter of Joseph and Mar- garet (Yerkes) Taylor of Illinois. Dr. Enos is independent in his political views. Fraternally he is a Chapter Mason, belonging to the Jerseyville lodge, and he is also a member of Jerseyville Lodge No. 954, B. P. O. E.
EWIN, Charles William, one of the native sons of Jersey County, and an enterprising young agriculturalist of Fidelity Township, was born in Mississippi Township, December 16, 1892, a son of Edward and Clara (Bohn) Ewin, natives of England and Brighton, Macoupin Coun- ty, Ill., respectively. The maternal grandparents were William and Ellen (Hurley ) Bohn, she born in Kentucky and he in Illinois. William Bohn was a son of Henry Bohn, born in Germany. The Bohn fam- ily early settled in Macoupin County, Ill., and after their mar- riage, Edward and Clara (Bohn) Ewin settled on a farm in Fidelity Township, but later moved to Mississippi Township, where he engaged in farming for some years. He then bought 240 acres of land in Mis- sissippi Township, and sixty in Fidelity Township, selling farm south of town in 1902, to move to Jerseyville, where he lived for seven years. When he sold his homestead in 1903, he invested in 240 acres in Fidelity Township, and 160 acres in Macoupin County, just across the county line from Fidelity Township. In 1910 he moved to Piasa, Ill .. where
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he is now living in retirement. He and his wife had the following children : Ralph Edward, who lives in Fidelity Township; Charles Wil- liam who is now in France, in the Marine Aviation service; and Mabel Ellen who is with her parents.
Charles William Ewin attended the grammar and high schools of Jerseyville, and lived at home until he attained his majority, at which time he began farming for himself on the 240-acre farm in Fidelity Township farm owned by his father. He is not married, and a man and his wife attend to his housekeeping affairs for him. His political faith is that of the Republican party. Fraternally he belongs to the Masonic lodge at Shipman, and has attained the Thirty-second degree, and the Modern Woodmen of America, at Piasa.
EWIN, John, president of the Bank of Fidelity, which lie assisted in organizing, and one of the heavy landowners of Jersey County, has long been accounted one of the leading men of Fidelity. He was born in Westmoreland, England, February 28, 1862, a son of William and Elizabeth (Harrison) Ewin who died in England.
On March 21, 1886, John Ewin and his brother Edward arrived at Jerseyville, and they immediately secured work in the American bot- toms on a farm located in Madison County, being employed by Hampton Montgomery. A year later, John Ewin returned to Jersey County and for a year was engaged in farming on a Jersey Township farm, and then for the following two years he and his brother Edward were en- gaged in an agricultural venture on that same farm. John Ewin then took charge of the Daniel Still farm and conducted it for four years. In 1891 he rented a farm between Bunker Hill and Carlinville, in Macoupin County, and conducted it until he bought a farm of eighty acres in Fidelity Township, located one-half mile from Fidelity, on which he erected a residence and made other improvements, and has since conducted it, still making it his home. Mr. Ewin now owns 400 acres in Macoupin County, and about 560 in Jersey County, rent- ing all but his homestead. He has been a large raiser of cattle and mules, and he is now selling his product to the French government. When the Bank of Fidelity was organized he took a prominent part, and continues its president. A Republican, he has served in public office, has been a justice of the peace many years, and has also been a school director and assistant postmaster of Fidelity. His fraternal connections are with Fidelity Lodge A. F. & A. M., and the Modern Woodmen of America, and he has served the latter order as advisor and watchman.
On August 26, 1891, Mr. Ewin was married to Annie L. Carter born in Fidelity Township, August 8, 1868, a daughter of William H. and Lucy (Brown) Carter, natives of Madison County. Mr. and Mrs. Ewin have had the following children born to them: Eva E., who is Mrs. IIarold Kirchner, of Fidelity Township, has one son, Earl H .; Rose L., who is at home; William Paul, who was married to Myrl
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Moore, has one child, Kathyrn L .; and Lucy Myrtle; Isabel B .; Ruth A .; John C. and Glen Edward who are all at home.
FAHEY, David D., one of the prosperous and well known business men of Jerseyville, has built up a very fine trade in groceries, and his store commands some of the best patronage of the county seat and the surrounding country. He was born at Jerseyville, July 10, 1877, a son of David and Hannah (Hayes) Fahey. Growing up at Jersey- ville, David D. Fahey attended both the public and parochial schools, and was at the Christian Brothers College at St. Louis, Mo., for two years, after which he returned to Jerseyville, being then twenty-one years of age, and began clerking. Until 1909, he was engaged as a clerk by several employers, and having by then acquired a valuable experience and knowledge of the trade, he established himself in a general grocery business, at the corner of Archi Street and the Chicago and Alton Railroad, and has built up a very desirable trade.
On June 22, 1910, Mr. Fahey was married to Julia I. Bane, born in Jersey County, May 5, 1881, a daughter of William and Sarah Mary (Bane) Bane, natives of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Fahey became the parents of the following children: Mary Margaret, who was born November 3, 1915; and David, who was born February 2, 1917. Mr. Fahey and his family belong to the Catholic Church. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Western Catholic Union. In politics, he is a Democrat.
FAHEY, William F., one of the leading retail merchants of Jersey- ville, doing a very satisfactory trade in coal and ice, was born in Jerseyville. Ill., November 27, 1870. His parents were David and Hannah (Hayes) Fahey, who were married in Jerseyville. Both were born in Ireland, the mother in County Limerick and the father in County Kilkenny. He was a railroad man and was well known through this section. His death occurred in 1877 and that of the mother in January, 1897.
William F. Fahey attended the public schools of his native city and after his graduation from high school attended the Bryant & Stratton college in Chicago. When he started into business he made so favorable an impression that he was able to secure the position of corporation clerk at Springfield, under Secretary of State Henderson, with whom he remained for four and one-half years, and again came in touch with political affairs at the capital when he was made ser- geant of arms of the senate, in the session of 1915. Mr. Fahey has been one of the strong men of the Democratic party here for many years and served continuously for eight years as alderman of the Third Ward, and two years as mayor of Jerseyville.
Mr. Fahey was married on June 15, 1905, to Miss Rosalie Laurent, who was born at Jerseyville and is a daughter of Ludwig and Emma (Wagner) Laurent. The mother of Mrs. Fahey was born in this city, but the father was born in Nancy, France. He was a representative
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1 citizen of Jersey County and served as circuit clerk for forty years. Mrs. Fahey died March 8, 1914, and is survived by two children, Newell and Catherine. Mr. Fahey is a member of the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus, the Modern Woodmen of America and the order of Elks. His name is very apt to be found on committees of leading public men when measures of relief for the unfortunate are under consideration, and his judgment is consulted when matters of civic importance are un- dertaken.
FALES, Charles Francis, now deceased, was for many years one of the leading business men of Jersey County, and one widely known and unusually beloved and respected. He was born near Carrollton, Ill., October 15, 1854, a son of Warren and Elizabeth (Barber) Fales, natives of Massachusetts and New Jersey respectively, and early settlers of Greene County, Ill. He was one of a large family, in which there were four daughters and seven sons, but he was the only one of the sons to reach the age of twenty-one years.
At the age of twenty-three years Charles Francis Fales came to Jerseyville and entered into business with William Keith in his under- taking establishment. From then until his death, with the exception of just one year, Jerseyville continued his home. Here, in 1875. he mar- ried Ada Katherine Hess, a daughter of George W. and Hannah (Whit- lock) Hess, natives of Jersey and Greene counties. Her grandparents on the paternal side were also pioneers of Jersey County, Samuel and Catherine (Ladley) Hess. To Mr. and Mrs. Fales were born two daughters, Maude, now Mrs. L. M. Jenney of Oberlin, Ohio, and Frances, now living with her mother in their home on West Arch street, Jerseyville.
In 1880 Mr. Fales bought Mr. Perrine's share of their establishment and became the leading undertaker of Jerseyville. Perhaps because ministers, doctors and undertakers come to people in the time of their deepest pain and trial, they gain an intimate knowledge of people such as no other class can approach. This was especially true of Mr. Fales. No one knew more people; no one had more friends than he. This was not dne to his profession alone, but because he was a man of great sensitiveness and sympathy for those in trouble. ITis heart was bound up in his work all his life, and those that he served need not be reminded of his cheerful, encouraging kindliness or of his eager willing- uess to prove of use. His desire was to wear out, not rust out, and in spite of a frail physique he went bravely on with his life work, which would have been continued, even though he had been granted three score years and ten.
At the age of eighteen years Mr. Fales became identified with the church, and for years he was an active member of the Jerseyville Pres- byterian Church, to which Mrs. Fales also belongs. Fraternally Mr. Fales was connected with the Odd Fellows, Masons, Woodmen, Elks, Protective League, Rebekahs, and public and purely benevolent asso-
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ciations. In short, he was a man of great activity, wide acquaintance and generous heart. In spite of his varied outside interests, Mr. Fales was intensely devoted to his home life. He was always a lover of little children, and found great joy in his own and later in his two grandchildren Warren Fales and Frances Elizabeth Jenney. In all things Mrs. Fales was his inspiration and partner.
On July 25, 1917, at 5:30 A. M., after a short illness, the end came. He died in the arms of his wife, whose devotion and courage through- out the forty-two years of their happiness together had ever been his stay and comfort. Such was the life of Mr. Fales-happy because he loved and lived for others ; successful, for his ardent, industrious inter- est meant that life was always squarely met.
"A spirit goes out of the man who means execution which outlives the most untimely ending. All those who have meant good work with their whole hearts, have done good work; and every heart that has beat strong and cheerfully had left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world.''
FANNING, Rev. Charles J., priest-in-charge of St. Patrick's Cath- olic Church of Grafton, is one of the learned and scholarly men of Jersey County, and one who is held in affectionate reverence by his people. Ile was born in Ireland, in October, 1883, and he was educated at St. Peter's College at Wexford, Ireland. Father Fanning was ordained in June, 1909, and came to the United States in October of that same ycar to be assistant priest at Carrollton, Ill., for six months. IIc was then assistant priest at Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Ill., until the fall of 1913, when he came to his present charge.
St. Patrick's Catholic Church of Grafton was established in 1871. with Father B. N. Bourke as pastor during its first year, he being succeeded in 1872 by Father Edward McGowan, who remained until 1875. During the succeeding vear Father Thomas Cusack was the priest-in-charge, and then in 1876 Father D. J. Ryan assumed the duties and discharged them until 1878. The next priest was Father Winterhalter who remained a year, when he was succeeded by Father Rosmeller, who was in charge until 1884, when Father Marks was - placed in charge and he remained until July, 1885. Father Thomas Masterson was the priest from 1885 until 1892, when he was succeeded by Father Terrence O'Brian, who remained until the fall of 1894. Father Joseph Finnegan had charge nntil 1898, when he was succeeded by Father C. S. Bell, and in 1903 he was succeeded by Father C. E. Snyder, who remained until 1907. Father A. Schockart took charge in 1912, then Father August C. VanRie was the priest for six months. Father D. J. Doyle had charge from the spring of 1913 until the fall of that year, when Father Fanning came to the parish, where he has since remained.
FERNS, John, now deccased, was one of the respected men of Jersey County for a number of years. He was born in Canada in 1835.
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but came to Alton, Ill., at an early day, and there carried on black- smithing. Still later he moved to Jersey County, where he continued working at his trade until his death which occurred in 1866. John Ferns was married to Hannah Hayes at Alton, Ill. She was born in County Limerick, Ireland, a daughter of Michael and Bridget Hayes, who crossed the ocean on a sailing vessel, landing at New Orleans, La., from whence they made their way to Alton, Ill., and there Mr. IIayes engaged in farming.
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