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The boyhood and youth of Henry C. Heinz were largely devoted to the ac- quirement of an education, in pursuit of which he attended the parochial school for six years and subsequently the public and high schools, while later he pur- sued his studies at Blackburn University. After the completion of his educa- tion he entered his father's store, which he and his brother Charles subsequently purchased, Gustav also having an interest in the business.
On the 12th of November, 1892, Mr. Heinz married Miss Matilda Heine- meyer, a daughter of Christopher and Carolina (Volger) Heinemeyer. She is also a native of Carlinville, but her parents were born in Braunschweig, Ger- many, emigrating to the United States and locating in Carlinville in 1856. Here both passed away. Eight children were born of their marriage who attained ma- turity : Minnie; Caroline; Matilda, now Mrs. Heinz; Louis; Henry; Lucy ; Walter; and Flora. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Heinz was Henry Heine- meyer, and he was the father of three sons and two daughters. Her maternal grandfather, Anton Ludwig Volger, was a miller by trade. Together with his wife and family he emigrated to the United States locating in Madison county, Illinois. His family numbered five daughters and one son. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Heinz there has been born one son, Peter Henry.
The family belong to the Lutheran church, and fraternally Mr. Heinz is affiliated with the Mount Nebo Lodge, No. 76, A. F. & A. M. Politically he is a democrat and has been a member of the school board. Although he is public- spirited and takes an earnest interest in all municipal affairs, he has never born
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as prominent a factor in civic life as his father, who was many times called to positions of trust in the township and county. Peter Heinz was held in high esteem as a public official and gave most efficient service as county coroner and treasurer, while he was several times elected mayor of Carlinville and also filled some of the minor offices. The family and its various members have always been held in the highest esteem in Macoupin county, their honorable and upright bus- iness methods as well as their earnest and conscientious fulfillment of all re- sponsibilities, both public and private, having won them the respect of all with whom they come in contact.
THOMAS BARNETT REAMES.
The late Thomas Barnett Reames, although a native of the Blue Grass state, had been a resident of Macoupin county from his boyhood. His birth occurred in Grayson county, Kentucky, on the 12th of February, 1838, his parents being Jesse and Cynthia (Peebles) Reames, who were also natives of Kentucky and were of Irish extraction. The father was a son of the Rev. Robert Reames, a noted divine. In the early '40s Jesse Reames removed with his family to Illinois. settling in the vicinity of Carlinville, where he engaged in farming. To him anc his wife were born nine children: Martha, the wife of Hardin Weatherford of Litchfield, Illinois; Viann, who became the wife of David Creamer, of Carlin- ville, Illinois, but both are now deceased, she having passed away in July, 1911 ; Jonathan, who died at the age of two years; William, who was drowned at the age of twenty-one years; Emily, who became the wife of M. F. Wagner, of Moultrie county, Illinois; Thomas, of this review; Mary, who became the wife of David Ashbaugh, both deceased; Lucinda, the wife of David Hyler, of Moultrie county, Illinois; and Elizabeth, who married John Cleaver, also of Moultrie county. The father died in September, 1879, and the mother April II, 1896.
Thomas Barnett Reames was reared and educated in Macoupin county, where he practically spent his entire life. When the call came for volunteers, in the early days of the Civil war, he responded enlisting and going to the front as a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Illinois Infantry. He spent three years in the service of his country, participating in a number of important battles, and was mustered out at Springfield. When he returned home he de- voted his attention to painting, which trade he continued to follow for a few years. He afterward took up the occupation of farming, devoting his energies thereto until 1901, when he retired from active life and removed to Virden, where he resided until his death.
Mr. Reames was twice married, his first wife having been Miss Elizabeth Wagoner, who became the mother of two children: Annie, who first married J. S. Tucker and for her second husband married Jesse Durham and is living in Virden ; and one who died in infancy. Mr. Reames' second wife was Miss Nancy J. Wright, whom he married on the 5th of September, 1869. She was a daughter of Preston and Susan (Dawson) Wright, who were natives of Kentucky. She
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was a lineal descendant of Thomas Dawson, a gunsmith and carpenter, who had the first plank floor in Winchester, Virginia. Their famous ancestor is the Dawson of Normandy, who followed the standard of William the Conqueror to England in 1066 as one of his companions in arms. Thomas Dawson's father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war under General Greene and held high office in the army. He settled in Bedford county, Virginia. He married Nancy Fitzhugh, a representative of the Fitzhugh family of English ancestry. She was born August 4, 1794, and was a daughter of Peter Fitzhugh, who was a soldier under General Greene in the war for independence. Several of the Fitzhugh family have been officers in the Mexican and Civil wars. It was in Hart county, Kentucky, that Preston Wright and Susan Dawson were married, where Mr. Wright engaged in farming until 1849. He then removed with his family to the vicinity of Virden, Illinois, and, entering land from the government, again concentrated his time and attention upon the work of tilling the soil, in which he was very successful, becoming the owner of over six hundred acres of valuable land, from which he derived a substantial and gratifying income. In 1882 he retired from active life and removed to Virden, where he spent his remaining days in the enjoyment of well earned rest, his death occurring in 1888. He had long survived his first wife, Mrs. Susan Wright, who had passed away in October, 1865. Two years afterward, in 1867, he had married Mrs. Louisa Rhodes, a widow who died in 1893. Preston Wright was a democrat in his political views but never cared for office. Fraternally he was connected with the Masons and his religious faith was that of the Methodist church, in which he held membership. To Preston and Susan (Dawson) Wright were born thirteen children: Nancy J., now the widow of Thomas B. Reames; David A., deceased, who was a banker of Louisburg, Kansas; Sarah F., the wife of James Walden, of Oklahoma; Carter, who has passed away; Mary M., who is the widow of James Gibson and lives in Des Moines, Iowa; a daughter who died in infancy ; Malinda, the wife of Benjamin Atterbury, of Missouri; Phoebe, who has also passed away; Thomas B., a minister of Rochester, Illinois; Almira, de- ceased ; a son who died in infancy ; Fana A., deceased ; and Carrie, also deceased. Of this family Thomas B. Wright was the father of Mary Wright Pease, the wife of Kingsley Pease, who went as a foreign missionary to Singapore, Malayasia, in 1901. She died eighteen months later but her life while there was a most wonderful success, winning hundreds of boys and girls to Christ. The natives still worship at her tomb because of their great love for her.
Mr. and Mrs. Reames were the parents of six children; only one of them is now living, Stella M., who for five years was a teacher in the public schools. Those deceased are: Granville P .; Preston Allen; William A .; Louisa Jane (Dolly ), who became the wife of John Wiley, Jr., of Girard, August 29, 1900, and died June 16, 1909, at Fort Collins, Colorado, leaving one daughter, Mary Eliza- beth, born March 20, 1906; and Leona. The surviving daughter, Stella, became the wife of Amos Shutt, of Virden, who was born in Sangamon county, Illinois, June 20, 1868, and is a son of Jacob W. and Susan (Gates) Shutt, both of whom were natives of Kentucky, but at an early day became residents of Sangamon county, where they resided until their deaths. Amos Shutt attended school in that county and there engaged in farming for about fifteen years, but in 1901 removed to Virden, where he clerked in a grocery store for several years. Vol. II-32
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He is now employed by the Darlington Lumber Company of Virden. On the 27th of December, 1893, he married Stella Reames and to them have been born two children : Adra Lillian, born November 9, 1896; and Viva Gladys, November 7, 1903.
The death of Mr. Reames occurred on the Ist of September, 1906, and he was laid to rest in the cemetery at Virden. He was a member of the Methodist church, to which his widow belongs, and fraternally he was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His political support was given to the democratic party, until the prohibition party was organized, when he became one of its stanch advocates, and, although he was never an office seeker. he met the requirements of good citizenship by casting his ballot at the elections in support of the principles in which he believed. He was loyal to every move- ment which he regarded as of benefit to the community and his aid and co- operation could ever he counted upon to further any project for the public good. His life was, indeed, honorable and upright in all of its connections and during the long period of his residence in Macoupin county he not only won the high regard of those with whom he came in closer contact but also the warm friend- ship and affection of many fellow citizens.
DAVID E. WHEAT.
David E. Wheat, who has been representing the Union Dairy Company, of St. Louis in Medora for the past nine years, belongs to one of Indiana's pioneer families. His birth occurred in the vicinity of Shelbyville, that state, on the 3d of December, 1869, his parents being Richard and Rachel (Markley) Wheat.
The paternal great-grandfather, a farmer, emigrated from Germany about 1800 and located near Shelbyville, where he died. There the grandfather, James Wheat, was born in ISIo. Reared on a farm he was early trained in agricultural pursuits with which he was identified all of his life. In 1871 he removed to Mis- souri and filed on some government land in Gasconade county, near Hermann, where he spent his latter years. His family numbered eight children, the second in order of birth having been the son Richard, who was born in 1839. The others are: Rebecca, the widow of James Larimore, of Jake Prairie, Gasconade county, Missouri; Martin, who is a resident of St. Louis, Missouri; Elizabeth, the widow of a Mr. Montgomery, living near Hermann, Missouri; Isaac, who is also living in the vicinity of Hermann; Eli, who is a resident of Gasconade county ; Martha, now Mrs. Tackett, of Gasconade county; and David, who lives near Shelbyville, Indiana. Reared on his father's farm near Shelbyville, Richard Wheat was educated in the district schools of the vicinity. He remained under the parental roof until close before the war when he was married to Miss Mark- ley, who was born in Germany about 1842. She emigrated to the United States in the early '50s with her father, who took up some government land near Shelbyville, that he cultivated until his death. When the Civil war broke out, Richard Wheat enlisted as a private in Company A. Indiana Volunteer Infantry and went to the front where he remained until the close of hostilities. He took part in many of the most notable battles and was with Grant at Fort Donelson,
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Shiloh and Vicksburg. After receiving his discharge he removed to Missouri, first locating in Gasconade county, but subsequently went to Oregon county, where he took up government land about 1882, and there the mother passed away some three years later. To Mr. and Mrs. Wheat were born twelve chil- dren : Marion, a farmer in Gasconade county; Samantha, the widow of John Pliler, of Joplin, Missouri: Andrew, who died in infancy; Rebecca Jane, the wife of James McCoy, of Piasa, Illinois; David E., our subject ; Thomas, who died at the age of five years; Louisa, who was four years old at the time of her demise ; Mary, who is married and resides in southern Missouri; Albert Lee, who is living in Belgium, Missouri; Relda, the wife of James Laramore, of Jake Prairie, Missouri ; Columbus, a veteran of the Spanish-American and Philippine wars ; and Anna, the wife of Ed. Walter, of St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Wheat again married and went to Thayer, Missouri, where he conducted a meat market for a time, but later settled on a farm in that vicinity. and there be passed away in 1909.
The common schools of Missouri educationally equipped David E. Wheat for the responsibilities of life. He remained on his father's homestead until he was fourteen years of age, when he became self-supporting and for a time there . after worked out by the month, but subsequently apprenticed himself to the car- penter's trade, which he followed for five years. In 1894 he entered the employ- ment of the Union Dairy Company, of St. Louis, Missouri, with which concern he has ever since been identified. On the 22d of August, 1902, he was sent by the firm to Medora to take charge of their interests here. An energetic man of thrifty and steady habits, Mr. Wheat in 1910 was able to purchase the hotel and restaurant business of J. R. Richardson, which he has ever since success- fully conducted. He owns the building and also a comfortable cottage in Me- dora that he rents.
St. Louis was the scene of Mr. Wheat's marriage on the 8th of March, 1893, to Miss Minerva Souders, who was born in Crawford county, Missouri, on the 25th of November, 1877. Mrs. Wheat is a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Woodruff) Souders, the father being of German and the mother of Scotch ex- traction. Mr. Souders was born and reared in Crawford county where he en- gaged in farming until 1884, when he removed to St. Louis. He is now engaged in cement construction work. Mrs. Souders' people, the Woodruffs, have also long been residents of Crawford county. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Souders, Mrs. Wheat being the second in order of birth. The others are Mollie, the deceased wife of George Markley, of Crawford county ; Susan, who died in infancy ; John, who is a resident of St. Louis; Frank, who is also living in St. Louis; Grace, the wife of Thomas Rhyner, of St. Louis; and Ruth, who married William Muschamp, of the same city. Mr. and Mrs. David E. Wheat are the proud parents of three children; Walter, who is assisting his father in the dairy; and Ruby and Fay. They are all living at home.
The family adhere to the Baptist faith and fraternally Mr. Wheat is a mem- ber of the Masonic order and the Modern Woodmen of America. Politically he is a republican, but never having been an aspirant to public honors does not actively participate in municipal affairs. His modest estimate of his own abil-
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ities, unassuming manner, reliability and high sense of honor in all of his rela- tions of life have won Mr. Wheat the general respect of the community and he has many stanch friends.
CLAUDE ALLEN MOORE, D. V. M.
Dr. Claude Allen Moore, who is now engaged in the practice of veterinary surgery in Carlinville, was born in Morgan county, Illinois, on the 6th of July, 1885. He is the second son of Haden and Charlotte (Large) Moore, natives of Illinois. His paternal grandfather was William Moore, a native of Fincastle, Botetourt county, Virginia, and a son of John and Katie (Wyman) Moore, also Virginians, though the father was of Irish and German extraction. William Moore married Miss Sarah Gish, who was born in the Old Dominion, a daugh- ter of George Gish, a Virginian of German descent, whose wife was a Miss Wrightsman, likewise of Virginia, in which state both spent their entire lives, the father engaging in agricultural pursuits. William Moore removed with his wife to Illinois during pioneer days and located on a farm in Sangamon county. He passed away at Auburn at the age of seventy-two years, but his wife is still living at the age of eighty-one years. They were the parents of six children, three of whom attained maturity: Haden, the father of our subject; Nannie. the widow of Samuel Leonard, of Decatur, Illinois; and Daisy, the wife of Madison Hurley, of Auburn, Illinois. The maternal grandfather of our sub- pect was John Large, a native of Tennessee and a son of John and Mary (Kingery) Large, of Scotch descent. The grandfather was a soldier in the Civil war and died while in service. His wife bore the maiden name of Gevina Tipton and was also a native of Tennessee, her parents being William and Re- becca (Jones) Tipton, of German descent. She died at middle age. She was the mother of four children, namely : Mary; Charlotte, now Mrs. Moore; Annie ; and Nannie.
To Mr. and Mrs. Haden Moore were also born four children, as follows: William G., who is proprietor of a restaurant and café at 314 Monroe street, New York city ; Della, a stenographer of Springfield, Illinois ; Claude Allen, our subject ; and Abner Augustus, who is engaged in the practice of veterinary med- icine at Girard, Illinois. During the greater part of his life the father has been identified with agricultural pursuits in Macoupin and Sangamon counties, cul- tivating a farm in the vicinity of Auburn during early manhood. From there he removed to Macoupin county and located near Womac, where he resided until 1908, and then came to Carlinville. Here he purchased a pleasant residence, now occupied by himself and family, and is successfully engaged in both the dairy and real-estate business. He and his wife are faithful members of the Christian church and are highly esteemed wherever known.
Dr. Moore was a small boy on the removal of the family to this county and in its public schools he acquired his early education. At the age of eighteen years he went to New York city and was engaged in business at 314 Monroe street
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for two years, but at the end of that time returned to Illinois, as his father was in poor health, and for three years thereafter he engaged in farming. At the end of that time he entered the Grand Rapids Veterinary College at Grand Rapids, Michigan, from which institution he was graduated in 1911. Upon his return to Carlinville he established an office and is now successfully engaged in the practice of his chosen profession. As he is unmarried Dr. Moore continues to make his home with his parents at No. 613 East Elm street. He holds mem- bership in the Christian church and fraternally is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America.
LILIAN O. HAYWARD.
Lilian O. Hayward, a leading merchant and farmer of Medora, was born in Chesterfield township December 9, 1860, and has spent his entire life in Ma- coupin county. He is a son of Cyrus Tolman and Mary Ann (Johnson) Hay- ward and is a member of one of the old families of America. Thomas and Sus- anna Hayward came to this country from Kent county, England, in the ship Hercules, in 1635. They landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, and were among the settlers of Duxbury and Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Mr. Hayward of this review is eighth in direct line of descent from this worthy couple and has just cause to be proud of his ancestry. Cyrus T. Hayward was born in Massa- chusetts, June 14, 1819. He came with his parents to Macoupin county, Illi- nois, in 1838, and the family settled on a farm in section 18, Chesterfield town- ship. On Christmas day, 1840, Mr. Hayward was married to Elizabeth Maria Olmstead and they became the parents of eight children, namely: Cyrus W., who is now living at Parsons, Kansas; Caroline Matilda, who is the wife of Frank Silsby; Jane, who married Leonard Ketchum, record of whom appears elsewhere in this work; William Oscar, also living at Parsons; Lucinda Cornelia, who became the wife of Melvin Loper, of Chesterfield township, and is now deceased; Eva Josephine, who married Emmons Loper, of Chesterfield town- ship, and is also deceased; Eldon O., who died at the age of three years; and Eldon Augustus, who died in infancy. The mother of these children passed away on the 8th of July, 1856. On the 21st of September, 1859, Mr. Hayward was married to Mrs. Mary Ann (Perry) Johnson, who was born near Memphis, Tennessee, September 22, 1832, and removed to Carrollton, Illinois, in 1844 with her parents, James and Nancy (Obenshin) Perry. She was one of a family of nine children, five sons and four daughters, namely: John, George, 'Andrew, Monroe and Frank, all deceased; Mary Ann; Mrs. Mary A. Sleight, a resident of Denver, Colorado; Mrs. Carrie Kelly, also of Denver; and Mrs. Sarah Bow- man, of Carrollton, Illinois. By his second marriage Mr. Hayward had five children : Lilian O., of this review; Herbert M., who is now living on the old home place in Chesterfield township; Mary E., who married William Simpson, of Marion, Indiana; Horace L., who lives in Chicago, Illinois; and Ida K., who died in infancy. Mr. Hayward engaged in cabinet-making and also in farming for many years. He became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land
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in Macoupin county and was recognized as one of its substantial citizens. He died June II, 1904, his wife having passed away August 22, 1898.
In the public schools Lilian O. Hayward gained his early education and sub- sequently attended Blackburn University at Carlinville and Brown's Business College of Jacksonville, Illinois. He engaged in farming on the home place for two years and then purchased one hundred and sixty acres southeast of Medora, which he cultivated for seven years, paying special attention to raising and feed- ing stock and dairying. At the end of the time named he took up his residence on the F. B. Simpson farm, near Medora, still retaining the place which he had purchased. In 1904 he traded for a stock of merchandise at Chesterfield but two years later moved the stock to Medora and added implements, hardware, buggies and many articles and commodities called for in a farming community. The establishment now ranks as one of the most flourishing of the kind in the county. He has not given up his interest in farming and has purchased a second farm and now owns two hundred and forty acres of valuable land in Illinois and one hundred and sixty acres in Kansas. He is a man of fine business judgment and has met with marked success in his undertakings.
On December 22, 1888, Mr. Hayward was married to Miss Kitty Lena Parker, who was born March 17, 1866, a daughter of Benjamin E. Parker. To this union one child, Reta Love has been born, who resides with her parents. Benjamin E. Parker was born in Shipman township October 9, 1839, and is a son of Joel and Miriam (Haycraft) Parker, the former of whom was born near Lynchburg, Virginia, October 10, 1805, and the latter at Stevensburg, Hardin county, Ken- tucky, December 22, 1809. David Parker, the grandfather on the paternal side, belonged to a family of planters and spent his life in Virginia. Joel Parker grew to manhood in his native state and in the '20s emigrated to Kentucky. In 1835 he drove overland to Illinois with his wife and four children and entered government land in Shipman township, Macoupin county, southeast of Medora. Here he spent the remainder of his days, being called away November 28, 1843. The ancestors of Mr. Parker on the maternal side were also Virginians and the grandfather came to Illinois from Kentucky with a grown son about 1836. Seven children were born to Joel and Miriam Parker, namely: Elizabeth, of Medora; who is the widow of John L. Rhoads; Mary E., also of Medora, the widow of F. B. Simpson ; Sarah, of Creston, Colorado, who is the widow of A. J. Calverd ; Frances, who is the wife of Rev. J. W. Rice, of Medora; Palmyra, who lives at Pasadena, California, and is the widow of J. L. Sherman; Benjamin E .; and Luvenia M., the wife of T. B. Forwood, of Medora. The father of these chil- dren died about 1853 and later the mother was married to Henry Jolly, of Ma- coupin county. One child, Emma, was born to this union. She married H. W. Denny and they are now living at Medora.
Benjamin E. Parker received his education in the public schools and con- tinued under the parental roof, three miles southeast of Medora, until after ar- riving at maturity. He then purchased a part of the home place, consisting of one hundred and fifty acres, which he cultivated to excellent advantage until 1901. He then retired from active labors and has since made his home at Medora. He was for sixty years actively identified with the agricultural interests of the county and engaged extensively in raising the cereals and also in raising and
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