History of La Salle County, Illinois, Part 30

Author: Hoffman, U. J. (Urias John), b. 1855
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1286

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Reeder Galloway, brother of James, married Rachel Stipes ; died long ago, leaving one son, John R.

Samuel R. Lewis was of Quaker parentage; his parents, Jehu Lewis and Rachel Mills, from Pennsylvania, settled in Putnam County in 1833. Samuel R., with his wife, Ann Harley, removed to section 21, in Fall River, in 1843. He held the office of County Treasurer two successive terms ; was Supervisor of the town several terms, and chairman of the County Board and State Sen- ator. His children are: William, who married Ellen Eichelberger, lives in Grand Rapids; Ed- ward C., educated for and admitted to the bar- he married Nellie Armstrong ; Charles, graduated

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from Oberlin College ; entered upon the practice of the law; S. Morris, lives on the old farm. Mrs. Lewis, mother of Samuel R., died in 1874; her son buried her beside her husband in the Quaker burying-ground at Clear Creek, Putnam County.

William Gentleman, from Vermont, settled in the town on section 18, in 1834. Children were Eliza ; William ; James.

Patrick Harrigan, from Ireland to Boston, and came here in 1836; died 1872.

A. M. Ebersol, son of Joseph Ebersol, came with his father's family in 1834. He was mar- ried to Miss C. C. Whittlesey, by the Rev. Owen Lovejoy, the renowned Abolitionist, in 1844, hav- ing made a journey to Princeton to have the ceremony performed by that distinguished man. Mr. Ebersol was an active citizen ; he was Super- intendent of a Sunday School twenty-three years; Justice of the Peace; Elder in the Pres- byterian Church; Town Clerk twelve years, and Secretary of the Old Settlers' Association. He had six chidren: Calistine and Elizabeth ; Lelia, married Lewis Hodgson, went west; James. married Miss Tryon; E. Corinne, married Mr. Coleman ; Alice, married Charles T. Ferrel.

FREEDOM.

William Hall. born in Georgia, was married to Mary J. R. Wilburs, in Kentucky; moved to Illinois ; from there to near Springfield, Illinois, in 1825: made a farm at Mackinaw, and then went to the lead mines, near Galena; followed mining three years, then moved to Bureau Creek, and near to La Moille, Bureau County. In the spring of 1832, sold his claim to Aaron Gunn, and moved to Indian Creek, where he, with his wife and one child, was killed by Indians, May 20, 1832. His eldest daughter, Temperance, mar- ried Peter Cartwright, nephew of Dr. Cartwright. Two daughters, Sylvia and Rachel, were spared by the Indians.

William Davis, from Kentucky; settled on Indian Creek, southwest quarter section 2, in 1830-the first in that region. His wife was daughter of John Hays, the first settler at Peru- they, with five children, were killed at the massacre. Their three oldest sons escaped.

William Petigrew, from Kentucky, wife and two children, were stopping with Davis at the time of the massacre, and all were killed. Mr. Petigrew came to Bailey's Grove at an early day, and was then single; he is said to have married a widow, with two children, and these

constituted his family when he went to Holder- man's Grove, and from there to Indian Creek, in 1832, where he proposed to settle.

John H. Henderson, and wife, Elizabeth Pow- ell, came from Tennessee in 1830; he located on section II. He was in the field on the south side of Indian Creek, planting corn, when the massacre took place by the Sauk Indians, May 20. 1832; he, with others, escaped to Ottawa. He was an active, enterprising citizen, and a leading Abolitionist. He died June 17, 1848, much regretted. The children were: Mary, married A. P. Devereau, of Freedom; George, in Iowa: Frances, married Richard Scott, in Cali- fornia ; Martha, married James Clark, of Syca- more ; Sarah, married George Martin; Erastus T., married Miss Norton; Annetta, married Charles Martin, of Vermont.

William Munson came from Indiana to Put- nam County, and from there here in 1833; he purchased the farm, owned by William Hall at the time he was killed by the Indians, on sec- tion I. He married Rachel Hall, who was taken away prisoner by the Sauk Indians, May 20, 1832. In 1837 he laid out the town of Munson, which has hardly realized the expectations of its founder. His wife died May 1, 1870. He had four daughters and three sons: Irena, mar- ried Dr. George Vance ; Miranda, married Sam- uel Dunnavan, of Adams : Fidelia, married George D. Shaver, of Rutland; Phebe, married John Reed, of Ottawa ; William, married Delia Shaver ; Lewis and Elliott.

David B. Martin, with his wife and one son, came from Ohio in 1833. and purchased the claim owned by Davis, where the massacre took place. Mrs. Martin returned to Ohio, and died there. Mr. Martin married the widow of Wil- liam Seabring ; moved to Wisconsin, joined the Fourierites, then to Sangamon County, where he died.

John W. Lyman, and wife, Jerusha New- comb, came from Charlotte, Vermont, in 1833 ; he settled on section 24. He had one child : John, married Emma Ford. second wife, Miss Williams.

Jonathan Root, and family, came from Ohio to the creek in the spring of 1834. He raised a family of eight children. His wife and two daughters died long since : one son. Rasina, was killed in the late war; the others are widely scattered.

William Barbour came from Evansville, Indi- ana. in 1834: he married Miss Hinkley; was an active democrattic politician : held the office of County Commissioner, and was a member of the Legislature. He died in 1876.

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Ethan Z. Allen, and v. fe, Lydia Marsh, came from Tinmouth, Rutland County, Vermont, in 1834; he settled on section 13. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for thirty-five years, when he resigned in 1875. He had six children : Eliza Ann, married Edward C. Hall, she died in 1867; George, married Martha Larkin, in Iowa; Milo; Minerva, married Richard Martin, of Freedom ; Lucetta, married Newton Davis, in Harding.

Samuel King, and wife, came in 1836; nativity not known. Mrs. King died at John Hender- son's soon after-the first natural death in town.

Benjamin Seabring, and wife, came from Pennsylvania, in 1834, and settled on section 3; moved to Wisconsin, and died there.

Thomas Seabring, and wife, came from Penn- sylvania, in 1834, and settled on section 3; moved to California in 1852.

William Seabring, and wife, came from Penn- sylvania, in 1834, and settled on section 3; died in Ottawa in 1850. His widow married David Martin.

Volney Beckwith, and wife, Mary A. Piper, came from Herkimer County, New York, in 1835 ; moved to Ottawa. He died in 1861, leav- ing three children : Edwin B., married Lizzie Hanfelt, lived in Seneca ; Daniel, married Joseph- ine B. Ford, lived at Ottawa : Mary P., married John Hoag, at Marysville, California.

Milton B. Ruperts, came in 1835, and settled on section I: he was the first Justice of the Peace in Indian Precinct. His wife died; he married a Miss Terry, and moved to McDonough County.

John Hubbard, and wife, from Homer, Cort- land County, New York, settled on section 14, in 1835. An industrious, worthy man ; an excel- lent teacher of sacred music. He lived several years with an adopted daughter who married the Hon. M. B. Castle, of Sandwich, but returned to his farm a few years before his death in 1875.

John H. Hosford, and wife, Margaret Myers, came from Orange County, Vermont, to Ohio, in 1833. and from Ohio here in 1837. His family came in the spring of 1838, and settled on section 23: removed to Ottawa in 1875. Had six chil- dren : Fear R., married Robert Rowe, lived on the old farm; Mary, married Hugh McClure : Arabella, married W. G. Brown; Sarah P., mar- ried Frank Condon; Josephine C., married George Lamb; Charles, married Sarah S. Brandon.

Rev. Wesley Batcheller, a Methodist clergy- man from Brimfield, Hampton County, Massa- chusetts, was for several years a resident of Homer. Cortland County, New York, and mem-

ber of the Oneida Conference. With his wife, Martha Hall, and nine children, he came by wagon from New York to Illinois in 1836, and settled on section II. They encamped with such shelter as could be made while building a house. Mr. Batcheller was endowed with a powerful, healthful physical organization and commanding voice, which enabled him to perform an amount of labor in his chosen field which few could endure. He commenced preaching in Indian Precinct in 1836, and labored in Washington Pre- cinct two years; in Ottawa in 1839; Hickory Creek in 1840; Princeton in 1842; Newark in 1843; and was Bible Agent for the county for two years. Manly T. Batcheller, his second son, died in April, 1852; Angeline, died November 4. 1854, and Mrs. Batcheller died February 17, 1868. Noah S., who married Lucy Hitchcock ; Charles ; Martha, married William Haskell ; Elijah, married Elizabeth Lawry; Mary, married John Stockton, in Kansas; Watson, married Elizabeth Baldwin; Joseph B., married Louisa Wright, in California. Mr. Batcheller's second wife was Ruhama Sampson.

John Miller, from Cumberland County, Penn- sylvania, to Dayton, in 1837. Married Rosanna Bradshaw; made a farm in town of Freedom, where he resided until his death in 1904; was Town Supervisor, and served one term in the Legislature. Rebecca, married Martin Domini ; Alice, married Ira Weaver; Jesse; Henry, and Dolly.

Reuben Miller, brother of John, from same place, to Dayton, in 1834; married a daughter of David Letts ; became a Mormon elder in Salt Lake.

Charles Miller, also brother of the above, came to Ottawa, in 1836: was Magistrate in Ottawa several years ; removed to Chicago.

Urial Miller, from Pennsylvania, 1837 ; mar- ried Rachel St. Clair ; settled in Freedom ; had three children.

Benjamin Becm, and wife, Sarah Hoffman, from Licking County, Ohio; came to La Salle County in 1837. and settled on section 12, on the right bank of Indian Creck. Mr. Beem dicd in 1871, aged eighty-seven. Mrs. Beem dicd July, 1877, aged eighty-three. Their children are : Mary, who married Levi Tucker, and lived in Freedom : Elizabeth, married John Hoxie, of Se- rena : Phebe, married Jacob Tucker, of Sheridan ; Sarah, married Elijah Knight, of Adams ; Rachel, married Charles Brown : Daniel, and Jackson.

Hugh M. Gregg, from New York : settled on section 3: died 1838.

Ezra Gregg, son of Hugh; studied law, and went to Ottawa.

Philip Wagy, from Newark, Ohio; father-in-

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law to Anthony Pitzer. Died in Ottawa, very aged. Ann, married Joel Fitch. The other daughter married a Mr. Randall.

Isaac Farwell, brother of S. B. Farwell, from New York to Ohio, and here 1835; moved to Winnebago County.

James Skelton ; tailor, by trade ; went to Ford County.

Enos Griggs, married Lovina Hall; killed by lightning.

George Scofield, from New York, in 1834; came through with an ox team ; stayed one year, and went back with the same team; stayed in New York a year, then returned to the creek, as it was then termed; found land all claimed, and went West.

Solomon Holden, from Plattsburg, New York, came to Buffalo; a brickmaker by trade; was some time in the employ of the noted builder and contractor, and finally forger, Rathbun. He came to Illinois and settled in Munsontown in 1836; his wife was Susan Allen, sister to Esquire Ethan Allen, of Freedom ; he removed to Ottawa in 1839, and died there, leaving four daughters : Sarah, married John Batcheller; Cornelia, mar- ried William Wiley; Mary Elizabeth, married Stephen Jennings, of Ottawa; Salome, married Henry King.

June Baxter came from New York in 1835; moved west.

Minter Baxter came from New York in 1835 ; died in 1840.

Samuel L. Cody, from Vernon, New York, settled on section 13, in 1835, and married Miss Baxter, second wife, Widow Kenyon, sister of his first. Children: Harriet, married George Fris- bin Busnell; Louisa, married Walter Colton; Ford C .; Joy, died in the army ; Frederick.

Alonzo Wilson, from Ohio, came in 1838; a stone mason. He was School Treasurer here ; went to Iowa, and there elected Judge.

Hiram Harding, and wife, from Wyoming, Pennsylvania, came in 1838, and settled on sec- tion 14. He and his wife are both dead. His children are: Mary, who married Mr. Rice, is now dead; Charles, died single; Ruth, married H. Worcester ; Park, died; John, lived at Paw Paw; Christine, married Mr: Goble, and was killed by the fall of the Dixon bridge.

William Williams, from Wales, came to New York, then to Licking County, Ohio, and here in 1840. He married Rachel Davis. He was a ship carpenter by trade; settled on section 8. Mrs. Williams died in 1870. Ellen, married John Lymer; John; Evan.

Charles Wiley, and wife, Seraphena Green- leaf, came from Maine, and settled on section IO. He died in 1875. Three children : Samuel, mar-

ried Mary Thompson, at Earl; Henry, married Rosa Thompson; Martha, married David Davis, of Freedom.

Patrick Ferguson, came from Ireland, and set- tled on section 9. He died in 1872. His chil- dren are : Charles A., who married Eliza Wiley, and his second wife was Kate Conden; Mary married James Leonard.

Rev. Charles Harding, from Lucas County, Pennsylvania, came in 1840. He was a Baptist clergyman, and organized the church at Harding, and preached, alternately, there and at Paw Paw. He died in 1843. His widow married Hiram Olmstead. He left one child, Almira, who mar- ried Ashbel Fuller.

TROY GROVE.

Hiram Thornton came from Virginia to Ohio, and to Troy Grove in 1831; was the first set- tler in this town; he settled on section 14, town- ship 35, range 1. He died in 1867. His wife was Robina Smith.

Warren Root, from Otis, Massachusetts, and wife, Rosanna Goddard, of Granby, Connecticut, came from Troy, New York, to Troy Grove in the spring of 1833. Mr. Root came in the fall of 1832 and made a location, and returned for his family. He located on section II. Sel- den, the eldest son, preceded the family a few days, to prepare for their reception, and died just before their arrival. Mr. Root died about 1848. Mrs. Root died in 1875, aged ninety-five years.

Nathan Wixom, brother to Justin D., from Tazewell County, came here in 1833, and set- tled on section 35; went to California in 1843.

Reuben Wixom, from Erie County, New York, and wife, Clarissa Atwater, from New Haven,- Connecticut, came to Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1827, to Tazewell County in 1829, and to Troy Grove in 1836, and settled on section IO. He was the father of the Wixom brothers who came with him, except the two eldest, Justin and Nathan, who preceded him. He died in 1847. His children were: Justin D. and Na- than, above named; Chauncy, who came with his father, married Miss Hawks, settled on sec- tion Io; Abram, married Miss Scott; Henry W., married Miss Tichnor, second wife Miss Eckert; Urbin, married ; and all the family settled in the vicinity of Troy Grove.

Justin Dewey came from Ohio in the fall of 1833, and settled on section 13. He died in 1849, aged seventy years.

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Thomas Welch, and wife, from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and from there here in 1834; settled on section 25. He died in 1862. He had a large family widely scattered, but noted for ability and prominence in their respective localities : Thomas, Jr., came with his father, he married Bethiah McLaughlin, and went to Iowa; John, was Chief Justice of Ohio; Belinda-then the widow Fairchild-came with the family, went to Rock River, then to Iowa, then to Oregon; one daughter, married William Winterton.

Jesse F. Wixom, brother of Reuben, came from the same place, in 1835, and settled on section 24. A local Methodist preacher; soon removed to Minnesota, and died there.

George S. Ransberger, and wife, came from Iowa in 1835, and settled on section 25. His son, David S., married Rebecca Evans, and set- tled on section 36; Catharine, married John S. Simpson.

William Winterton, from Virginia to Ohio, and here in 1834; married a daughter of Thomas Welch ; he died in 1855 ; his wife died before him, leaving three children, who have all left this county.

Welch, Ransberger, Simpson, Winterton, and Kelsey, all came from Sandy, now in Putnam County, to Troy Grove, having stopped there temporarily.

Zophar Holcomb, and wife, Lucy Goddard, from Maine, with Gillett, in 1833. Had five children : Harlan, married Miranda Brook; Warren, died; Flora, married Asahel Baldwin, her second husband was a Mr. Dutton, she moved to Iowa; Sophia, married Mr. Axtel, they lived in Kansas; Harriet, is deceased.

Riverius Goddard, and wife, Miss Buttles, from New York, in 1837 ; a blacksmith by trade ; moved to Michigan. The widow Arsenith Bellamy (who came in 1837 and died in 1848), Mrs. Root, Gillett, and Holcomb, were sisters.

John Taylor, and wife, Rebecca Hopkinson, from England, came in 1837; settled on section 35; died 1860; his wife died 1870.

Charles Stevens, a brother of Mrs. Levi Kel- sey, from Berlin, Connecticut, in 1837 ; his wife was Ann Hopkinson, the widow Melville, when she married him; they moved to Oregon in 1852.

Roswell Dewey, from Great Barrington, Berk- shire County, Massachusetts; settled here in 1838; died in fall of the same year. Had chil- dren : Sarah, married the Rev. Nahum Gould ; William R., married Paulina Pratt.

Richard Malony, from Ireland, in 1835; mar- ried Miss Gardner ; settled on section 33.

Hartley Setchel, from England, in 1837; he married Amanda Goddard, and settled on section 2.

John Ferguson came in 1838; had two sons:

James, married Miss Brown, lived in Mendota ; John, is a bachelor, has been Supervisor of Troy Grove.

David McLaughlin, and wife, Mary Winslow, came from New York to Troy Grove in 1834. Mrs. McLaughlin died in 1867, and Mr. Mc- Laughlin died in 1869. Their children were: David, who married Fanny Davis ; Edward, mar- ried Phebe Masterman, lived in Minnesota ; Wil- liam, married Miss Edwards; Augustus, married Amanda Stevenson, lived in Dimmick; Mary Jane, married O. J. Gibbs, both are dead ; Bethiah, married Thomas Welch, went to Iowa ; Sarah, married Samuel Wilson, of Rock Falls; Charles, married Melissa Wixom, daughter of Justin D. Wixom.

William Dunlap, from New York, came to Troy Grove in 1836, and remained here two or three years. He had three sons and two daugh- ters: Nathaniel, Minzo, and M. L. The last was a prominent horticulturist, and was for many years distinguished as the agricultural cor- respondent of the Chicago Tribune over the signature of "Rural."

Jason Gurley came from East Hartford, Con- necticut, to Ottawa in 1834, and to Troy Grove i11 1835. His children were: Jason, Jr., who came to Calumet in 1830, and to Troy Grove in 1835, and bought a claim of Welch; Julius, was killed at Ottawa by a fall from the bluff; Joel, died in 1848; John A., of Cincinnati, was a noted Universalist preacher, and editor-was ap- pointed Governor of Montana, but died before assuming the office; Delia, married Ralph Woodruff, of Ottawa; Sarah, married Joseph Hall.

William A. Hickok, from Grand Isle County, Vermont, to Union Grove, Putnam County, in 1833 ; June 16, 1834, to Bailey's Point with Rev. N. Gould and Isaac Fredenburgh, then to Gran- ville and Troy Grove in November, 1836; was Deacon of the Presbyterian Church ; opened the first store kept at Homer ; a worthy man. He · died May 5, 1852. Had three sons: Lorenzo B., of Troy Grove; Horace B., married Martha Edwards, and held the office of Justice of the Peace at Troy Grove ; James B., born and raised at Troy Grove, became notorious on the western frontier and earned the sobriquet of "Wild Bill"; a man of superior physical form, over six feet tall, lithe and active, he was more than a match for the roughs he met on debatable ground be- tween civilized and savage life, and is said to have often killed his man; at one time he is said to have killed four in sixty seconds-they were on his track seeking his life. He served with Jim Lane in the Kansas troubles. He was elected .Constable while a minor in Kansas; was for two years United States Marshall at Abilene,

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and was regarded as a very efficient and reliable officer. He was killed at Deadwood, Dakota, August 2, 1876. While playing cards his assail- ant came silently behind him and shot him through the head. His murderer was tried by a mob jury and acquitted, but subsequently arrested under forms of law, convicted and hanged.

William G. Shed, and wife, Lucy R. Noyes, from Massachusetts, came in 1835; died in 1851 or '52. His children are: Harriet, who mar- ried James Hastings : Clinton, married Emily Reed.

Joshua Brown, from Chester County, Penn- sylvania, to Erie County, New York, came here in 1835, and settled on section 10, at the head of the grove. He died in 1842. His widow kept a tavern, which all the old settlers will remember ; had a large family, none of whom remained here.

Levi Kelsey, and wife, Emma Stevens, came from Hartford, Connecticut, in 1833, first stopped on Sandy Creek, in the spring, and then went to Paw Paw Grove, where he built the first house in that locality. He settled in Troy Grove in the spring of 1834; his family came in Septem- ber of the same year. For the first three or four years he sold clocks and notions, and traded with the Indians; had a store on Sandy Creek ; here he cultivated a farm and loaned money ; was a Justice of the Peace and Notary for twenty years ; one of the oldest in the County, and Com- missioner to divide the county under the Town- ship Organization Act. In 1856 he moved to Mendota and soon after engaged in banking. He had two daughters: Lydia A., married James O. Cram, a Methodist preacher ; Myra, married George M. Price.

Charles B. Foster came from Massachusetts in 1835, married Nancy Wixom, and settled on section 34.

Rufus Shed, brother of William G., came from Massachusetts in 1836; married Martha Welch. Had one son, Zaccheus, at Fremont, Nebraska, and one daughter.

OPHIR.

The first one here was Joseph Reynolds, and with Elias Carey and Hiram Thornton, were the only families at this point at the breaking out of the Black Hawk war. They all left, and Rey- nolds did not return. After the war, settlers came in quite rapidly and were about equally di- vided between the towns of Ophir and Troy Grove, the grove of heavy timber being the cen- ter of the settlements.

Joseph Reynolds, brother of Martin Reynolds,

of Deer Park, came from Champaign County, Ohio, to Morgan County, Illinois, then to Taze- well County, and next to Deer Park, and to Troy Grove in the spring of 1830; was the first set- tler here. He settled on section 19, township 35, range 2; left at the breaking out of the Indian war in the spring of 1832, and in the following fall sold his claim to Asahel Baldwin; went to the Big Woods, and from there to Hickory Creek, now New Lenox, Will County, where he died, leaving three sons, Smith, Newton, and Milton.

Elias Carey, and wife, Margaret Collins, from Ohio, on to the Wabash, in 1829, or 1830, and to Troy Grove, in 1831. Settled on section 24, township 35, range 1. He left during the Black Hawk war, but returned at its close, and made a farm in Ophir. He died in Mendota in 1868. His children are: Nancy; Sally, married Wil- liam Thompson, went to Iowa: Minerva, mar- ried W. Pollins, in Mendota; Abijah, and John, went to Oregon; Calvin, to California; Wash- ington : Absalom, in Iowa.

Justin D. Wixom, from Erie County, New York, to Ohio, and, with his father's family, from Ohio to Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1827 ; from there to Tazewell County in 1829, and to Troy Grove in 1833, and settled on section 18. He married Wealthy Ann Johnston. He died in 1860, aged fifty-eight.

Asahel Baldwin, from Colebrook, Connecticut, in the fall of 1832; bought the claim of Rey- nolds, on section 19. Married Flora Holcomb, and in 1834 moved to Indian Creek; returned for a short time, and went to Iowa.

John Johnston, and wife, Delila McCarty, from Ohio, in the fall of 1832; he died in 1843. His children were: James; Cynthia, married James Hall, of Marshall County; Aurelia, married James N. Reader : Wealthy Ann, married Justin D. Wixom; George, married Mary Ann Beaver, settled on section 25, township 35, range I-he died in 1876.

Gideon Gillett, and wife, Ruth Goddard, from Granby, Connecticut, came in September, 1833. He died in 1866. His children were: Emeline, died single ; Almon, died-his widow married Levi Carter ; Luna, married Pliny Dewey ; Ruth, married Simon Cooley ; Dennis T., married Mary Smith ; Daniel S., married Susan Worsley ; Sam- uel N., married J. Weisman ; Simeon B., married Eliza Baker.

Leonard Towner, from New Jersey to Ohio, and from there to Ophir in 1833; he married Julia, daughter of Justin Dewey ; settled on sec- tion 18, township 35, range 2. Had seventeen children : Ezra, in Washington Territory ; Jane, married Joseph Billings, of Mendota ; Nathaniel, married C. Ormsby, in Missouri; Lorenzo, is dead; Matilda, married Eakin Smith, is in Iowa;

LINCOLN SCHOOL-OTTAWA.

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Hiram, is in Washington Territory ; Letitia, mar- ried Mr. McKim; Justin D., married Miss Gor- here in 1837, and left in 1839; removed to the don, second wife Miss Bugg; Daniel, married » Wabash. Flora Hoffman; John H., is in Kansas; James, Mendota; Katharine, is in Iowa; Mary, married Mr. Tobias, in El Paso; Horace E., is in Texas. MISSION.

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History of La Salle County, Illinois, Part 30

Author: Hoffman, U. J. (Urias John), b. 1855 Publication date: 1906 Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1286

Author: Hoffman, U. J. (Urias John), b. 1855
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1286