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John Provine Henderson, whose name introduces this sketch, received his preliminary education in the country schools of Greene county and early became familiar with all classes of farm work. At the age of twenty years he took up his residence in Macoupin county and in 1856 engaged in the mercantile business at Virden, which he conducted successfully for four years. In 1863 he joined a company of sixteen adventurous young men, organized in this section to seek gold in California, and in the month of April they started westward with a com- plete outfit of horses, mules and wagons. A description of their trip up the val- ley of the Platte and through Salt Lake City and Nevada over the Sierras would make an interesting volume. They arrived safe at Marysville, California, in Au- gust, and, having disposed of their stock, began prospecting and mining. Mr. Henderson soon came to the conclusion that gold hunting is an uncertain vocation, one of excitement, but often lacking in financial returns. Accordingly, in De- Vol. II-25
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cember of the same year he started for home by way of the Isthmus of Panama, arriving in Macoupin county one month later. . He secured a clerical position in the office of the county tax collector under Sheriff Wills, which position he re- tained for two years and then began to improve a farm west of Virden. In 1873 he sold his place and purchased from Dr. Orange B. Heaton the farm on which he now resides, upon which he has made every improvement necessary for the successful conduct of an extensive agricultural and stock-raising business. Here he has built a beautiful home which is noted for its hospitality. He is the owner of eight hundred and ten acres of valuable land and also of several acres of town lots in Virden. In 1887 Mr. Henderson became a partner in the Bank of Virden, now a state bank, and is now serving as president of that institution, which is one of the well established financial concerns of the county.
On January 15, 1867, Mr. Henderson was married to Miss Maxie Z. Bron- augh, a daughter of J. M. and Louise ( Poindexter) Bronaugh. The an- cestral history shows Mr. Henderson's connection with the Woods family. Burke's General Armory, page 136 of the MS. Vol. F, 225, library of Trinity College, Dublin, says: "John Woods, of the County Meath, married Elizabeth, born 15th day and baptized 17th November, 1656, daughter of Thomas War- sop, of Dunshaulin, County Meath, by his wife, Elizabeth, who was daughter of Richard, son of William Parsons, of Birr, or Parsontown, by said Richard's wife, Letitia, who was the daughter of Sir Adam Loftus, miles, who married Jane, daughter of Walter Vaughn, of Coldengrove; was son of Sir Dudley Loftus. miles, by his wife, Anne, daughter of Henry Bagnall, of Newry, miles, and said Sir Dudley was the son of Adam Loftus, Lord Bishop of Dublin and Lord Chan- cellor of Ireland, who married Jane, daughter of T. Purdon.
"John Woods, above mentioned, who married Elizabeth Warsop, had issue, sons and daughters (2)-Michael, Andrew, William, James and Elizabeth, wife of Peter Wallace, all of whom emigrated to America in the early part of the eighteenth century with the three sons of Michael-William, John and Archi- bald."
O'Hart also gives Woods arms and crest. Michael Woods' will is on record in Albemarle county, Virginia, bearing date November 24,, 1761 ; probated June term of court. 1762. The Woodses, so tradition tells us, landed in the Delaware and spent some time in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, before ascending the val- ley of Virginia, where they were probably the first settlers in the section known as Hudson's Grant. They entered the valley by Woods Gap, 1734, now Jarmen's Gap. The original home, now known as Blair Park, is the site of the Woods burial ground, in which both Michael Woods and son, Colonel John Woods, are at Braddock's defeat, July 9, 1755, is in the possession of Charles A. P. Woods, son of Michael Woods and Mary Campbell, who was born February 18, 1712. and departed this life October 14, 1791." Colonel John Woods' military com- pany was called the Rangers. A rapier carried by Lieutenant Colonel John Woods at Braddock's defeat, July 9, 1755, is in the possession of Charles A. P. Woods, of 1925 Washington avenue, Parsons, Kansas. Mr. Woods also has the original wills of both Michael and Colonel John Woods and several deeds witnessed by Colonel Peter Jefferson, surveyor and lieutenant, of Albemarle county, father of Thomas Jefferson. Another is signed by Thomas Jefferson, another by General
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Lewis and another by James Monroe. The original land grant signed "the 4th June, 1737, to Michael Woods under the seal of the Colony of Virginia and do- minion at Williamsburg, William Gooch" gave to said Michael Woods and heirs four hundred acres in the county of Goochland, on both sides of Licking Hole creek, a branch of Meechum's river. Michael Woods, Sr., and his son-in-law had grants covering thirteen hundred acres. Michael Woods, Sr., purchased two thousand acres patent of Charles Hudson on Ivy creek.
The first Presbyterian church was Mountain Plains, on the estate of Woods known as Blair Park, now converted into a Baptist church. A communion cloth and napkins made for this church by Hannah Woods, daughter of Michael Woods, Sr., and sister of Colonel John Woods, is still used. She was born in 1710. The cloth is now in use at the Presbyterian church near Greenwood, Vir- ginia.
On November 27, 1766, John Woods was commissioned a major by Governor Fauquier, June II, 1770, Lord Boutetourt, His Majesty's Lieutenant and Gov- ernor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Vir- ginia, granted to him a commission as lieutenant colonel of the militia of Albe- marle, Thomas Jefferson being the colonel of same. He held a like commission from Governor Nelson, bearing date December 10, 1770. These original docu- ments, when last heard of, were in the hands of William Woods, grandson of Colonel Michael Woods, of Lombard Park, Nelson county, Virginia. Lieutenant Colonel John Woods fell in love as a child with Susannah Anderson, daughter of Rev. James Anderson, a Presbyterian preacher in Pennsylvania, at whose home the family were entertained while enroute to the Virginia valley. John prom- ised her he would return to wed her, which he did about 1742. In 1745 he was sent as a messenger from Mountain Plains church to the Presbyterians of Done- gal, in Pennsylvania, to call Rev. Hindman to serve Mountain Plains and Rock- fish, near Ivy Station. Rev. James Anderson, his father-in-law, also often preached for them.
The children of Colonel John Woods and Susannah Anderson were as fol- lows. James Woods (1743-1822), married Mary Garland. Mary Woods, born December 2, 1746, died October 19, 1848, married John Reid, born August 25, 1750, died June 29, 1816. Michael Woods (1748-1826), married Hettie Caruth- ers. Suity Woods, great-grandmother of Mr. Henderson on his mother's line, was born February 29, 1752, died March 26, 1823, married Samuel Reid. Sarah Woods, born 1757, died 1770. Anna Woods, born 1760, died August 9, 1805, married John N. Reid. John Woods, Jr., born 1763, died 1764. Susan- nah Woods, born September 21, 1768, died August 13, 1832, married Daniel Miller November 28, 1793.
The son James, mentioned above, served as a colonel in the Revolution, his commission bearing date November 12, 1776; regiment known as the Fourth and Eighth Virginia. He left Albermarle in 1795 and went to Paint Lick Creek. Garrard county, Kentucky, where he died.
John Reid, who married Mary Woods, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence in Albermarle. He was a brother of Samuel Reid. John Reid and wife are buried near Richmond, Kentucky. Inscription upon tombstone at Paint Lick Creek cemetery, Garrard county, Kentucky, reads: "Suity Woods
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Reid, born February 29, 1752, died March 26, 1823." Her father was Colonel John Woods, of Blair Park, near Crozet, Albermarle county, Virginia. Suity Woods Reid and husband, Samuel Reid, he originally of Nelson county, Vir- ginia, removed to Garrard county, Kentucky, about 1782 and lived and died there. Suity and Samuel Reid had four children so far as can be found- James, known as Dr. James Reid, who married Betsey Murell, and had Susan, Mary, George, James and Bell.
John W. Reid married Jennie Murell, sister of Betsey, from Barren county, Kentucky, and lived and died near Hustonville, Lincoln county, Kentucky.
The grandparents of Mr. Henderson were Alexander Reid, who married Polly Morrison Blaine, December 30, 1806. Children were: Naomi Harrison, born October 20, 1807; Jane Morrison, born January 28, 1809; Almira Blaine, born March 18, 1810, married James Harvey Henderson. Second wife of Alexander Reid was Maria Thompson, born April 30, 1788. Children were: Nelson Thompson, born June 29, 1818; Sally Ann, December 23, 1819; Samuel, December 3, 1821 ; Alexander R., Jr., April 28, 1823; James, July 13, 1825; John A., February 9, 1827; Maria B., October 22, 1829.
The tombstone of Polly Morrison Reid is beside that of her mother-in- law at Paint Lick cemetery. The inscription thereon reads: "Polly M. Reid died September 25, 1864, in the eightieth year of her age."
Mary Reid, the fourth child of Samuel Reid and Suity Woods, married William Woods, her cousin. Their children were William, Angeline, Rice, Mary and Cabell. William Woods, her husband, represented Garrard county, Kentucky, in the legislature in 1857-59.
It is said Samuel Reid came from Scotland and settled in Pennsylvania and served in the Revolution to its close, later coming to Virginia, first to Amherst, later Nelson county, Virginia. Nathan Reid, called a brother of Samuel Reid, was captain of a company of the Fourteenth Virginia Regiment in the Revolu- tion. In 1778 it was designated as Captain N. Reid's company of the Tenth Virginia Regiment, whose colonel was William Davies.
Among the names of men who were banished from Edinburgh after being held prisoners some time after the battle of Bothwell Bridge, the old Scotch book called "A Cloud of Witnesses," Anno 1678, gives "Anderson, Brown, Campbell, Miller, Reid, Walker." Many by these names later settled in Augusta, formerly Orange county, Virginia.
In connection with Woods and Reids the following Henderson notes may be interesting: Robert Henderson (bachelor) to Frankey Savage (spinster). Note-James Henderson was surety on this bond. Frankey Savage herself wrote the request to the clerk to issue the license, with James Henderson and Andrew Henderson, witnesses. Alexander Henderson, with same witnesses, wrote on the back of the same paper his permission and request to the clerk to issue the license to his son Robert.
Alexander Henderson married Sarah Wallace, daughter of Andrew Wallace and Margaret Woods, in Virginia. The Hendersons emigrated to Kentucky about 1787 or 1790 and settled at Paint Lick Creek, Garrard county, Kentucky. On May 3, 1794, Alexander Henderson and Sarah, his wife, conveyed to Rob- ert Henderson, of same county, two hundred acres; witnesses: Bazil Maxwell,
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Edward Russell, James Henderson. On November 3, 1795, same court records show John Reid, Lincoln county, Kentucky, executed deed conveying certain lands to Alexander Henderson. In 1790 court records show one Michael Wal- lace, son of William Wallace and Hannah Woods, acquired some four hundred acres on Paint Lick Creek, Madison county, Kentucky. by deeds from Stephen Merrit, Robert Henderson and William Miller.
Said Robert Henderson was the father of John Henderson, who married Anny Provine. They were residents of Virginia at the time of their marriage, December 1, 1803. Their first child was James Harvey, father of the subject of this sketch, who was born September 26, 1804. It is said he was four years old when his parents took him to Kentucky, where they, too, settled upon Paint Lick Creek, where so many Reids, Wallaces, Woods and Hendersons had pre- ceded them. John Henderson was an ordained minister in the Christian church in 1821 in Bloomington, Indiana, where he moved from Kentucky while his family were yet young. After some years he again moved to Greene county, Illinois, where he farmed and preached. James Harvey meantime returned to Kentucky, where he married Almira Blaine Reid and lived some years before again returning to Illinois via Indiana. He, too, lived in Bloomington, Indiana, later Greene county, Illinois, and about 1850 removed with his family to Vir- den, Macoupin county, Illinois, where he purchased two sections of government land and began to till the virgin prairie soil.
The children of Robert Henderson-Frankey Savage, married 1779, June 12, were as follows. John, born May 31, 1780; married Anny Provine, December 1, 1803; died August 24, 1851, leaving seven sons and one daughter. James, married Nancy ; one child, Robert, married; never had an heir; died November 29, 1833. Alexander, married Susan Woods; children, James, John ; married ; moved to Texas after war of 1812; heard of in New York city and then lost trace of entirely; Emily married Mr. J. Doty; daughter Alice; now living in Kentucky ; Susan William, married in Garrard county, Kentucky ; left children; died January 20, 1831. Carey, died a bachelor in Terre Haute, Indiana, November 27, 1839. Eliza Ann, married Frank Sand- ers in Wayne county, Kentucky, near Monticello; died July 18, 1842, leaving children, three sons and five daughters. Sally, born February 4, 1787; married April 14, 1808, John Terrill, in Kentucky ; moved to Maryland, near Palmyra, Marion county ; left eleven children. Margaret, married William D. Mccullough, Bloomington, Indiana; left five children, the fifth of whom, Ann, first married Mr. Bean, then Mr. James Crum, near Virginia, Illinois.
The children of John Henderson, Sr., and Anny Provine were as follows. James Harvey, born September 26, 1804; married three times; died August 8, 1883. Children by Almira Blaine Reid, his first wife, were John P., Sam B. and Mary. His second wife, Elizabeth E. Davis, he married September 9, 1844. Their children were Leslie D., born October 24, 1845, never married and died November 21, 1876; and Robert A., born February 23, 1849, died August 31, 1858. His third marriage was to Nancy Ann Wells, born April 8, 1818, mar- ried May 18, 1851, and died February 21, 1906. Their children were Lillian W., born December 4, 1852, never married and died January 15, 1893, and James H., born October 9, 1854, never married and died September 13, 1884.
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The other children of John Henderson, Sr., and Anny Provine were John Pro- vine, born May 24, 1807 ; married Susan Green; died March 29, 1897; left three sons, four daughters-all living. Robert Mitchell, born December 18, 1808, died March 23, 1810. Carey Alen, born May 4, 1810; married Martha Peters in Greene county, Illinois ; died November 27, 1839, left two children. William, born August 25, 1813; never married; died October 2, 1840. Alexander, born September 9. 1815; married Mary Ann Collier, February 13, 1840. David Max- well, born November 15, 1820; married three times; Eliza Ann, born July 13, 1822; married Cary Henderson, a cousin, July 16, 1840; died July 12, 1842.
John Provine Henderson, born January 15, 1833, married Maxie Zidania Bronaugh, January 15, 1867. Maxie Z. Bronaugh is a daughter of John Mar- tin Bronaugh and Louise Poindexter, who were married in 1837 in Kentucky. John Martin Bronaugh is a son of George Bronaugh and Sarah Martin, born October 22, 1814, in Culpeper county, Virginia; moved later to Jessamine county, Kentucky. Sarah Martin was a daughter of John Martin, born about 1723, in Spotsylvania county, Virginia. She died in Danville, Kentucky, in 1865. George Bronaugh removed from Virginia to Kentucky in 1818, making the journey by wagon in which he carried his household goods. He settled in Jessamine county, six miles east of Nicholasville, where he bought a tract of forest land. continuing on this place until his death in 1832.
Children of George and Sarah (Martin) Bronaugh: John Martin, born October 22, 1814, married 1837; Lucy Ann, married Mr. Hunter, of Kentucky, dead; James H., married Susan Mitchell, dead; Eliza J., married Mr. Shirley, three children ; Addison, married Nancy Jane Stafford, lives in Carroll county, Kentucky, two children living. John M. Bronaugh was four years of age when he accompanied his parents to Kentucky and there he grew to maturity, re- ceiving such education as was afforded by the subscription schools of the period. He remained at home until twenty-one years of age and then set out to seek his fortune, arriving in Greene county, Illinois, on horseback, in 1835. He carried with him one thousand dollars in cash, which he invested in a tract of fifty acres of improved land in South Richwoods township, six miles from Carroll- ton. He established a tanyard which he operated for five years, but he pre- ferred farming and, having disposed of his tanyard, he bought more land and devoted his efforts exclusively to his farm for the next seven years. He then engaged in the mercantile business at Woodville, transporting his goods from Columbiana, Alton or St. Louis, as there were no railroads through this region at that time. He eventually disposed of his business and in the spring of 1855 engaged in the grain business at Virden, which he followed for thirteen years. In 1868 he took charge of a large tract of farming land that he had bought in Lafayette county, Missouri, but two years later turned over the management to his sons and returned to Virden, where he resumed the grain business. In 1889 he retired after transferring his grain business to his son Perry. He died in 1892 and the community recognized that it had lost one of its most valued citizens. He was a consistent member of the Christian church and one of its most liberal supporters. In politics he affiliated with the democratic party.
Louise Poindexter, who married John M. Bronaugh, was a daughter of Thomas Poindexter and Mackey Wood, of Virginia, married in Kentucky, re-
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moved to Greene county, Illinois, where she is buried. The children were as follows: Ambrose, had one son; John, who lives at Mount Vernon, Missouri. Harris had three children, one of whom was a physician by profession and an- other of whom was Sarah Ann, who wedded Mr. Robinet of Kentucky. Law- rence was married and made his home in Oregon. Louise gave her hand in marriage to John M. Bronaugh. Simpson, who resided in Oregon, had one son, Thomas, who is now married and makes his home in Washington. Benjamin was also married and lived in Oregon. Newton, who likewise resided in Oregon, had two children. Martha married G. Maupin of Missouri and now lives in Oregon. Unto John M. Bronaugh and Louise Poindexter were born ten chil- dren, three of whom grew to maturity, namely: Perry S., who is now a resi- dent of Auburn, Illinois ; Maxie Z., now Mrs. John P. Henderson ; and James A., who is deceased. Two daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Henderson ; Almira Louise, who married Howard T. Wilson and they reside in Virden ; Mary Amelia, who died at the age of eighteen months, in July, 1876.
The history of the Bronaughs has always been that three brothers came to this country, William, John and Jeremiah, whose father is thought to have been one William. The tradition is that one settled in Stafford county, Virginia, one in Loudoun and a third in Spotsylvania. The last named was William, the an- cestor of George Bronaugh, who married Sarah Martin. The original spelling of the name was Brenau, so the family are of French ancestry. The history of Captain Jeremiah B. is quite fully known. He was born February 15, 1702, died . November 21. 1749, buried near Turo Parish, County Fairfax, Virginia. His tombstone has now been removed to Pohick churchyard, near Alexandria. His son, William, was prominent in the French and Indian wars. There are records of his marriages and those of his children.
John P. Henderson is a stanch believer in the Bible and is an elder in the Christian church at Virden. He is firm in his convictions as to what is right and wrong and his friends and neighbors know on which side he may be found on any important question. At the same time he tempers justice with charity and is recognized as a man whose heart is open to the call of need and who never fails to respond in case of emergency.
GEORGE LEE.
George Lee, who owns and conducts a livery stable in Bunker Hill, was born in Northampton, England, on the 16th of August, 1870, a son of George and Hannah (King) Lee. The parents were also natives of Northampton from where they emigrated to the United States in 1876, locating in Bunker Hill, where the father passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Lee were the parents of two children, a son and a daughter : Deborah, the wife of W. W. Wood, of Jerseyville : and George, our subject.
As he was only a lad of six years when his parents emigrated to the United States. George Lee obtained his education in the common schools of Bunker Hill. He remained at home until after his marriage, following which he proceeded to
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Chicago, where he was employed as driver for about four years in an under- taker's establishment. At the expiration of that time he returned to Bunker Hill and engaged in the livery business with which he has ever since been identified. He owns a fine stable well equipped with good vehicles and furnishings and well kept horses, in addition to which he maintains a garage. His enterprise has proven a success because of the capable and efficient manner in which it is conducted. In addition to his business establishment Mr. Lee owns a pleasant and comfortable residence in Bunker Hill.
In 1896, Mr. Lee was united in marriage to Miss Zella H. Hupp, a native of Macoupin county, of German extraction. To them have been born three children : Buzetta Colesta Nettie, Donald Hupp and George Thornton.
The family attends the Methodist Episcopal church of which the parents are members ; fraternally Mr. Lee is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica. His ballot he casts in support of the democratic candidates, but he has never been an aspirant to public office, giving his entire attention to the conduct of his business in which he is meeting with such gratifying results.
JESSE I. GROVE.
Jesse I. Grove, who has been engaged in the restaurant business in Carlinville for several years, is a native of Pennsylvania, having been born in Philadelphia on the 18th of September, 1854. His parents were Jesse E. and Susan (Muss) Grove, who were natives of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. The father was engaged in the commission business in Philadelphia for many years, but in the early '6os he came to Carlinville. Here he bought and sold live stock until 1890, when he removed to a farm in Bird township owned by his brother, H. H. Grove. After cultivating this farm for nine years he disposed of his interests and re- turned to Carlinville, making his home with his son Jesse I. until his death in 1908, at the age of eighty-two years. His wife, who passed away the year pre- viously was also eighty-two at the time of her demise.
The education of Jesse I. Grove was pursued in the schools of Philadelphia until he was thirteen years of age, when he removed with his parents to Macoupin county. Upon his arrival here he entered the old seminary, continuing his studies under F. H. Chapman until the new seminary was opened when he became a pupil of that institution, completing his education in the high school. Laying aside his text-books he then began his wage-earning career, his first position being with an implement and seed house. He later withdrew from this house to enter the em- ployment of Jonas H. Grove, who owned and operated a grist mill, with whom he remained for three years. At the expiration of that period he accepted a clerkship in the grocery store of William H. Hoehn, where he remained for eight- een months. He was then married and removed to Hannibal. Missouri, very soon thereafter. Eighteen months later he returned to Carlinville and went into the produce business, continuing to be identified with this line for four or five years. Having been elected constable he disposed of his business interests and for eight years thereafter devoted his undivided attention to his official duties. He subse-
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quently served as special deputy sheriff and later established a general collection agency, withdrawing from this, to engage in the restaurant business, with which he has ever since been identified. His business is located at No. 202 West Main street, where he has an attractive establishment and enjoys an excellent patronage.
Mr. Grove was married on the 18th of October, 1873, to Miss Ella Rusher, a daughter of Jackson and Sarah (Shuey) Rusher, natives of Rockville, Indiana. There the father engaged in farming for many years ; afterwards he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Bird township, Macoupin county, that he cul- tivated until his retirement in 1870. For a year thereafter he resided in Carlin- ville, but was living at Taylorville, this state, at the time of his death in 1888. The
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