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CAPTAIN A. C. HULSE
WAS born in East Tennessee, September 23, 1835. His father, W. K. Hulse, was a native of Tennessee, and a carpenter by trade. At the age of eighteen Mr. Hulse turned his face westward and after travelling around some time located in Palmyra, and went into the blacksmith trade; a vocation he has since followed at that place. October 2, 1856, he was united in marriage to Miss Martha A. Ross, daughter of Robert Ross, of Macoupin county. They have raised a family of four children. In 1862, when this country was at fever heat in consequence of the late civil war, Mr. Hulse turned the key on his blacksmith shop, bid his family farewell, and enlisted in the 122d regi- ment, under Col. Rinaker. He was elected second lieutenant of company E, a position he held until April 3, 1863, when he was promoted captain of his company. He received this promotion over the first lieutenant of his com- pany, which position he held until the close of the war. He was in all the hard-fought battles incident to this regiment's campaign through the war. He was never wounded, under arrest or reprimanded while he was in the service. At the close of the war he returned to his home, in Palmyra, where he has since resided. Captain Hulse has always adhered to the principles of democracy ; he cast his first vote for James Buchanan, and has ever since voted the democratic ticket. He went into the war believing that "the first principle of democracy was to sustain the government." He is highly re- spected as an energetic and honest man, a good neighbor, and a worthy and patriotic citizen.
B. P. SEARCY,-(DECEASED),
WAS a native of Boone county, Missouri. His birth dates November 26th, 1825. He was the son of Lemuel B., and Millie A. Searcy. Lemuel B. Searcy was a native of Kentucky, as was also his father, Charles Searcy. Lemuel B. Searcy was a soldier in the war of 1812, and participated in many hard-fought battles, and was one of the few that made his escape in Col. Dudley's defeat. He emigrated to Boone county, Missouri, from Ken- tucky, at a very early date, where he lived the life of a farmer. He accu- mulated considerable property, and died in that county November 13th, 1862. Mr. Searcy assisted his father on the farm during his minority, and attended the common schools and academy, whereby he received a liberal education. After he became of age he followed teaching and merchandizing until 1860. November 16th, 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Nancy E. Ridgway. They raised a family of three children, namely, James B., Sarah F., and William N. Mrs. Searcy was a daughter of John D. Ridgway, a native of Clark county, Kentucky. He emigrated to Boone county, Missouri, in 1823, and was one of the pioneer settlers in that county. He raised a family of eight children, and followed the life of a farmer and stock-raiser. He came to Macoupin county, Illinois, in 1861, where he has since resided. Mr. Searcy's health being poor, in 1860 he went into the territory of New Mexico with his family, where he lived until his death in
1868. He followed the vocation of farming and handling stock, in which he was very successful. As a public-spirited citizen he was ever ready to assist in forwarding all enterprises calculated to benefit his community. He died as he had lived, a Christian, in the full confidence of a blissful here- after. His widow, the partner of his early joys and sorrows, still survives him, and is doing all that a mother can to educate and take care of her chil- dren. Upon the death of Mr. Searcy she immediately came to Macoupin county with her family. She purchased a farm in South Palmyra township, where she has since resided and carried on the farm. Her three children are still living with her, and also her father and mother.
W. A. ALLEN, M. D.,
WAS born near White Hall, Greene county, Illinois, October 28, 1848; he was the son of Jesse and Mary B. Allen ; his father was a farmer. Dr. Allen received all the educational advantages afforded by the schools of his native place, and when qualified entered the Blackburn College, in Carlin- ville, where he remained two years; subsequently he taught a district school two terms, and at the same time he was reading medicine. At the age of twenty-three years he entered as a student of medicine the office of Dr. R. M. Wilson, of Palmyra, where he remained one and a half years. He then entered Rush Medical College of Chicago, where he graduated and received his diploma in the spring of 1874. He immediately began practice with Dr. Wilson in Palmyra, where he remained until the following fall. He then opened an office near Decatur, Illinois, where he practiced eighteen months. In 1876 he bought out the practice of Dr. Wilson, and located permanently in Palmyra, and almost immediately entered upon a lucrative practice. December 19th, 1878, he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Corn, daughter of A. M. Corn of Friends' Creek, near Decatur, Macon county, Illinois. Dr. Allen is as yet upon the threshold of his professional life, but he bids fair to attain to prominence in his profession. He is a stu- dent yet : although his training in one of the best medical schools in the country has been thorough, he, unlike many others, realizes that the profes- sion of medicine is a life-long study.
JAMES S. DUNCAN,
THE present county coroner of Macoupin county was born in Palmyra township, near where he now resides, May 16th, 1836. He was the son of William T., and Clemmentina Duncan, both natives of Cumberland county, Kentucky. William Duncan emigrated to this state in about 1830. The following year he married, and began farming in Palmyra township, an avocation he followed until his death in 1861. He served as a soldier in the Black Hawk war. His aged wife still survives him, and lives with her children. They raised a family of eleven children, eight now living. The subject of our sketch was the second child. During his boyhood and youth he assisted his father on the farm, and as he was one of the oldest children, much hard labor devolved upon him in the work of opening up a farm in this, then new country. During the winter months he attended the sub- scription schools that were occasionally organized, and by hard study and close application, he acquired the rudiments of an education. He lived with his father until his death. In 1861 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Weller, a daughter of T. J. Weller, and a native of the same township. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan were raised within a half mile of each other, conse- quently they were acquainted from childhood. They have had a family of eight children, seven of whom are living, five boys and two girls ; namely, William T., Thomas J., Lillie B., Robert P., James S., David D., and Rosie E. They are all living at home. As Mr. Duncan was raised on a farm, and educated to farm work, he has made that his life occupation ; he now lives on the place he was born-the old Duncan homestead, situated on the Carlinville and Palmyra road ; the land was entered from the govern- ment by his father, near a half century ago. In politics Mr. Duncan is & staunch democrat, and takes quite an interest in the success of the party. In 1878 he was nominated on the democratic ticket for county coroner, and elected by a large majority. He filled the office of Justice of the peace in his township for six years, to the entire satisfaction of the people.
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HELLIER, SEC. 23. SHIPMAN TP., MACOUPIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS .
SHIPMAN TOWNSHIP.
HE boundaries of Shipman township are Chesterfield on the north, Jersey county on the west, Brighton on the south, and Hilyard on the east. The surface is mostly rich prairie land, and the township is among the best and finest improved in the county. The excellent railroad facilities give it an advantage in the way of accessible markets, and makes the township especially desirable as a place of residence. Drainage. Piasa creek takes its rise in the township, and Coop's creek flows through the north-eastern part, and empties into the Macoupin, two miles north of the township line. These creeks with their several tributaries, give an ample supply of water for stock purposes, and drainage .*
In the year 1830, the Rev. William Peter, began the first improvements in the township, on section 31; he soon after died, and his family moved to Upper Alton ; where they remained untill the following spring. Then Mrs. Peter returned, and had a cabin erected, which was the first in the township.
In 1831, Benjamin Stedman came from Edwardsville, Illinois, and en- tered land in section 23, where he afterwards settled.
James Honchance, built the second cabin in the township, on section 15, in the year 1833. The same year, Aaron Arnold, his sons Smith, and Ed- win Arnold ; George D. Randle, and a Mr. Houston, settled near Coop's creek. About the same time James Haycraft, Samuel Haycraft, Joel Parker, and Mrs. Cleaver, commenced the Haycraft settlement. In the same year, came also George D. Arnold, Nimrod Dorsey, William P. McKee, and Dr. B. F. Edwards, from Madison county, Illinois. Silas Crane and James Haley, settled on sections 29 and 30, during the year 1833.
In 1835, George Parker began improvements, where he now resides.
Thomas H. Wilson, Sr., and R. Meatyard, settled near the Piasa creek, in the spring of 1836; and soon after Thos. B. Rice, settled where he now lives.
In 1836, George D. Randle laid out twenty acres on section 24, in town lots, and called it Brooklyn. He built a store, and offered for sale the first stock of goods in the township. The same year the Methodists built a church in Brooklyn, (which is now owned by Peter Schneider, and occupied as a dwelling.) The first school in the township, was taught in this church, by Miss Maria Arnold.
The Brooklyn election precinct was organized in 1837. George D. Randel was elected first Justice of the Peace.
About the year 1844, Horace Mead, John R. Denny, William Prosser, and John Richardson settled in the township; and it was about this time that the first school-house was built. It was a log building, known as the Prosser school-house. This was also used for church purposes, and Sunday- school. R. Meatyard was the first superintendant.
The first frame school-house erected in the township, was at Piasa, in 1849. The first preaching in the township, was by Rev. Otwell, at the residence of Mrs. Keziah Peter.
Religious services were held at private houses, for several years before the first church was built.
Dr. John Ash located at Piasa, about the year 1850, and was the first physician in the township. The following are the first land entries; Wm. Peter, May 26, 1830, 80 acres in section 30; Thomas Love, May 21, 1831, 80 acres in section 30; Robert Hargraves, July 18, 1832, 40 acres in section 31.
We mention below a few of the older settlers of the county, now residing in this township: R. Meatyard, nativity, England, settled in 1831; W. T. Peter, a Kentuckian, came in 1831; Samuel Trible, an Englishman by birth, located in the county in 1829; C. C. Rhoads, native of Kentucky, came in 1831; John T. Jolley, Kentuckian, located in 1834; Thomas B. Rice, of Virginia, settled in 1835; T. H. Stratton, native of Tennessee, settled
* We are particularly indebted to Mr. R. Meatyard for information furnished relative to the his- tory of this township.
in' 1836; B. E. Parker, born in Macoupin county, 1839. The late B. C. Rhoads, a native of Kentucky, settled in the county in 1829.
The following are a few of the many well improved farms in the township, views of which may be seen in this work :- C. C. Rhoads, T. B. Rice, C. B. Wilson, Samuel Trible, M. Swank, Frank Fisk, residence of the late B. C. Rhoads, R. H. Miller, E. B. Clark, E. L. Hupp, J. M. Wilson, and Henry Law.
The statistics of the township, taken from the Assessor's book in 1879, are as follows :- Number of acres improved lands, 16,773, value 8154,892 ; acres unimproved lands 600, value $12,867 ; total value of lands $167,759; value of lots $24,380. Horses 690, value 812,234 ; cattle 1322, value $9060; mules 59, value $1025; sheep 1162, value $1082; hogs 1467, value 81103; car- riages and wagons 302, value $3290; 286 watches and clocks, 165 sewing machines, 13 pianos, 53 organs. Total value of personal property $54,376.
Below is a list of the township officers, since township organization.
Supervisors .- R. F. Rambo, elected in 1871 ; Edward C. Wales, elected in 1872, re-elected in 1873 ; Samuel Williams, elected in 1874: J. W. Darlington, elected in 1875 ;. T. N. Marsh, elected in 1876, re-elected in 1877; C. E. Wales, elected in 1878, re-elected in 1879.
Town Clerks .- Thos. N. Marsh, elected in'1871 ; J. R. Denny, elected in 1872; R. Meatyard, elected in 1873, by re-election, held the office until 1877; P. Riley, elected in 1877 ; H. R. Talley, elected in 1878, and re- elected in 1879.
Assessor8 .- Jno. W. Darlington, elected in 1871 ; J. T. Jolley, elected in 1872; Wm. Simpson, elected in 1873; E. P. Ford, elected in 1874, and re- elected in 1875, and 1876; W. W. Reynolds, elected in 1877 ; J. T. Jolley, elected in 1878, and re-elected in 1879.
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Collectors .- Thos. G. Coffy, elected in 1871, and re-elected in 1872; Wm. H. Miles, elected in 1873, and re-elected in 1874; J. Wildman, elected in 1875, and re-elected in 1876; J. T. Grubb, elected in 1877; T. G. Coffy, elected in 1878 and 1879.
The following are the justices of the peace since township organization : D. S. Fergerson and Jas. Wm. McClarin, elected in 1871; R. F. Rambo and G. S. Nutter, elected 1873; T. G. Coffy, elected in 1874; R. F. Rambo, and J. J. Green, elected in 1877.
Constables since township organization-Walter Elwarthy and Harman W. Denny, elected in 1871 ; H. W. Denny and W. Brown, elected in 1873; J. M. Kight, elected in 1874; H. W. Denny and L. Newcomb, elected in 1877.
Commissioners of Highways .- 1871, John T. Jolley, Charles Peck, L. P. Armstrong ; 1872, Charles O. Matlack ; 1873, Thomas B. Harker, 1874, Charles Peck ; 1875, Charles O. Matlack ; 1876, Thomas B. Harker ; 1877 James W. Christopher; 1878, C. O. Matlack, B. E. Parker, Samuel Slade ; 1879, B. E. Parker.
TOWN OF SHIPMAN.
The village of Shipman, was named in honor of John H. Shipman, one of the original proprietors. It is located on section 24, and was laid out by John H. Shipman and John L. Roberts, and surveyed and platted by George H. Holliday in the year 1852.
Leonard Loveland, jr., erected the first building, and opened a stock of groceries for sale, and a Mr. Phillips built the first dwelling-house. In 1853 Messrs. Denny and Meatyard erected the second business house, and began general merchandizing. Dr. M. W. Seaman located at Shipman, in the autumn of 1854, and Dr. J. W. Trabue in the spring of 1855. The same year I. and E. Green, opened a store, and continued merchandizing for several years.
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church in the village, in the year 1858. There are now four churches in the village, viz. : Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and Catholic. The Chicago and Alton R. R., was built through the village in 1852. Shipman was incorporated in 1867, and on the first Monday in April of the same year the following board of trustees were elected : Dr. M. W. Seaman, president ; T. G. Coffy, Dr. J. W. Trabue, J. H. Smalley and Felix Rey- nolds, trustees; Newcomb, constable; Samuel S. Green, treasurer ; E. P. Ford, town clerk.
The village has been fortunate in having for its business men, gen- tlemen of enterprise, and they have made Shipman one of the most thriving and handsome villages in the county. It has at present between five and six hundred inhabitants.
BUSINESS HOUSES.
General stores-R. Meatyard, I. E. and F. M. Dodson. M. R. Steward. Hardware and Agricultural Implements-J. M. Wilcox. Lumber and Agri- cultural Implements-Frank Fisk. Furniture and Undertaking-E. G. Ran- dle. Harness store-J. A. Quick. Drug Store-Marshall and Kendall. Barber Shop-Daniel Baker. Groceries, &c .- T. G. Coffy. Bakery and Confectionery-Sarah Ford, John Heiser. Jewelry store-H. Nelson. Butcher shop-J. B. Miller. Wagon and Carriage shop-W. G. Wallace. Millinery and Dressmaking-Mrs. Mary Quick, M. L. Culbertson and sister, Mrs. Sarah Taylor. Miller-P. J. Stern. Grain dealer-Joseph Dodson. Cattle dealer-R. P. Miller. Hotels-H. Langmyer, John Fischer .- Physicians- M. W. Seaman, G. W. Gilson, J. W. Trabue. Blacksmith shop-F. Markle, Wm. Wynkoop. Builders-W. W. Reynolds, S. S. Webster, F. Gorman. Painter-Frank Wallace. Saloons-P. Curran, H. O'Neil, James Powers.
PIASA.
This village is situated on the line of the Rock Island division of the C. B. & Q R. R., five miles north of Brighton, where the corners of sec- tions 19-20 and 30-29 join. It took its name from the Piasa creek, which runs through the place.
The first person to locate where Piasa now is, was George Parker, who erected a log-cabin in the spring of 1836. In 1837 Robert Meatyard, lo- cated where Mrs. Kendall now lives.
In November, 1849, Wm. Baily opened a store with a young man, by the name of Smith as manager, which was the first in the village. It was sub- sequently kept by J. W. Warren.
In 1849 a school-house was erected at a cost of 8250. The first post-office was established in 1850. Charles Tally was post-master. The same year H. G. Tally, opened a blacksmith shop. The first person buried in the Piasa cemetery was Charles Justison, in March, 1850.
There are two churches in the village, Baptist. and Methodist.
J. R. Denny, post-master.
BUSINESS HOUSES OF PIASA.
Drugs and Hardware-C. B. Wilson. General storex-J. R. Denny and W. F. Bateman. Blacksmith shop-Edward Goodall. Wagon shop-H. M. Kendall. Store Maker-Aaron Hiscott.
The village has about two hundred population.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
EDWARD B. CLARK
WAS born in Logan county, Kentucky, Oct. 25, 1824. Howard Clark, his father, was a native of Warren county. The family were originally from Virginia. His great-grandfather was born in England. There were two brothers who came over to America, one of whom married, and from him have sprung the present Clark family. They settled in Virginia prior to the revolutionary war, and subsequently removed to Kentucky. Howard Clark married Eliza J. Wilson. She was born in Kentucky. There were five boys born to them, and one girl, who, however, died at an early age. Mr. Clark removed to Illinois in 1831, and settled in Edwardsville, Madi- son county, and in 1835 removed to Macoupin county, two and a half miles west of Brighton, now known as part of Jersey county, where he remained for twenty-five years, when he removed to the village of Brighton, where he remained until his death in 1866. The mother died in 1858. The subject of our sketch went to school in the winter season and worked upon the farm in the summer months. He received a good education. He remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age, after which he worked on a farm, for which he received $12 per month. In 1848 he purchased land and built a small cabin on it, and commenced cultivating the soil.
In the spring of 1851 he was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Parker, who is a native of Kentucky. Her parents removed to Illinois while she was yet in her infancy. Nine children have been born to them, eight of whom are living. Charles M., the second son, died August 27, 1878, in his twenty-fifth year. Two daughters are married. One resides in the village of Piasa, and the other is a resident of Eldorado, Kansas. Isaac W. Clark, a younger brother of the present sketch, enlisted in the 27th regiment Illinois volunteers, and was wounded at Atlanta, and it is supposed was taken pris- oner on the field of battle, and taken to Andersonville, where he died from the effect of the wounds soon after. Both Mr. Clark and his wife are mem-
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bers of the Baptist Church. He is republican, but takes no active part in politics except to vote his sentiments. He has been successful in life, and is one of the prominent and substantial farmers of Macoupin county. He is much respected for his worth as a man and citizen.
ROBERT MEATYARD
MAY be regarded as one of the pioneers of Macoupin county. He was born in Dorsetshire, England, December 8th, 1812. In 1831 he left his native land and emigrated to America and settled in New York, where he remained until November, 1835, when he came west and stopped at Alton, Illinois. In the spring of 1836 he came to Piasa, in Macoupin county, where he en- tered land and commenced farming. The town of Piasa was afterward laid out and built upon a portion of the land originally entered by him. He remained there until 1853, when he removed to Shipman, where he built a store-house and engaged in general merchandizing. He at the same time was appointed agent for the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis railroad, which position he held for sixteen years. In 1853 he was appointed post- master, and has held that office up to the present time, with the exception of four years, from 1857 until 1861. At present he is still engaged in general merchandizing, in which he has been more than ordinarily successful. In politics Mr. Meatyard is a republican. In former years he was one of those who believed that the system of slavery was wrong. At the forma- tion of the republican party he joined its ranks and has been a firm sup- porter of its tenets ever since. He has been for a number of years a consis- tent member of the M. E. church. As a man he is universally respected for his probity of character and honorable dealings among his fellow-citizens.
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he pioneers of Macoupin county. Hewas ember 8th, 1812. In 1831 he left his back ra and settled in New York, where he remaster he came west and stopped at Alton, Ilas te to Piasa, in Macoupin county, where be et- rming. The town of Pissa was afterward : , of the land originally entered by him. E. hen he removed to Shipman, where he be" in general merchandizing. He at the site r the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis raitu! ixteen years. In 1853 he was appointed pr- up to the present time, with the exception 461. At present he is still engaged in ges has been more than ordinarily sucored. 1 republican. In former years he was ystem of slavery was wrong. At the fuck he joined its ranks and has been a firms . He has been for a number of years se reh. As a man he is universally respected se onorable dealings among his fellow-cities
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ROBERT P. MILLER
WAS born in Greenup county, Kentucky, on December 4th, 1836, and is therefore just in the prime of life and the full enjoyment of physical and mental vigor. His father, Erastus Miller, was a native of the same state. The Miller family on the paternal side were of German ancestry. He mar- ried Mary A. Gibbs, who was a native of the same state. Her mother was a Ratcliffe. They were originally from Virginia. There were four children born to Erastus and Mary Miller, of whom the subject of our sketch is the eldest. The father died while he was yet comparatively young, and not being a man possessed of much property, Mr. Miller was forced to begin life for himself when only thirteen years of age; owing to the early demise of his father, he did not have the advantages of such an education as was afforded the youth of his day. At the age of thirteen years he went to work upon a farm for his support, and continued so engaged until 1857, when on the 13th of January of the same year he was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Slone, who is a native of Kentucky. Her parents were originally from North Carolina.
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