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on section 34,Tennessee township. Dur- ing his residence in Edgar county he was married, April 25, 1832, to Permelia Driscoll, a native of Mercer county, Ken- tucky, but reared in Anderson county, of that state. Her parents were Joseph M. and Nancy Ann (Riley) Driscoll, the former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of North Carolina. They were married in Mercer county, where . they lived 10 years, then removed to Breckenridge county. The father was an experienced boatman, and on a trip to New Orleans in 1819, was taken sick and died. Her mother, Mrs. Driscoll, died in McDonough county in 1850. Mr. and Mrs. James Jarvis are the parents of four living children: John M., married to Nancy M. Roberts, and living in Cowley, Kansas, where he is engaged in farming; Henry M., an enter- prising farmer of Tennessee township, now married to Sarah Ann Weir; James E., married to Nancy A. Fugate, living in Winfield, Kansas, and Samuel M., married to Priscilla Weir, living at Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis have lost five children: Joseph M. and Nancy A. died in infancy in I833; Isaac S. died August 6, 1846; William H. died at Perryville, Ken- tucky, in 1863, while in the service of his country, having been wounded at the battle of Perryville, from the effects of which he died; Garrett J. D. died May 13, 1865, at Fort Blakely, killed by a rebel bullet, about the last one fired in that fight. Two other sons of Mr. and Mrs. Jarvins were in the service during the war. William was a member of company C, the 15th Illinois infantry regiment, enlisting in 1861. John and
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Garrett enlisted in company C, of the 72d Illinois infantry regiment, the former did gallant service through the war and returned safely home; the latter was killed, as before stated. Henry enlisted toward the close of the year ·1863, in company D, of the 124th regi- ment, and served till the end of the war. Mr. James Jarvis himself, patri- otically enlisted in May 1861, in com- pany C, of the 16th Illinois infantry, and served till August 7, 1861. He was on duty guarding railroad bridges, etc. He was honorably discharged and re- turned to the care of his family. Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis have been for many years identified with the county and have contributed full their share to its present prosprous condition.
Ephraim Jarvis was born in Madison county, Kentucky, October 14, 1827, and is a son of William and Mary (Hale) Jarvis. He came with them to Mc- Donough county, in 1836. May 1st, 1851, he was married to Catherine Law- yer, who was born in Fayette county, Ohio, a daughter of William and Cath- erine (Emerick) Lawyer. Mr. and Mrs. Lawyer settled in this county in 1836, locating in section 27, Tennessee town- ship, where Mrs. Jarvis now lives. Her parents removed to' Appanoose county, Iowa, in 1856, and there her mother died November 2: 1874, aged 74 years. She was buried at Seymour, Iowa. Her father died, April 8, 1883, at Orient, Iowa, where he is buried. He was 87 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis have a good farm, containing 200 acres, 150 un- der cultivation. All of the land is rented out, except a small tract at the home place.
Patrick Erwin, who was one of the prominent men of this township, was born in the county of Limerick, Ireland, on the 3d day of March, 1827. He left Ireland for America in the year 1846. In the year 1855, he removed from New York to La Salle county, Illinois, where he remained but a short time, and came to McDonough county. He contracted for the construction of a section of the Northern Cross railroad, now the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. After finishing that contract, he decided to make a permanent residence in this county. He purchased over 1,000 acres of land, lying in McDonough and Han- cock counties, and at the time of his death, was one of the largest landhold- ers in this part of the township. He erected a large saw mill on his place in 1864, and carried on the lumber business until the time of his death, which oc- curred August 13, 1878. Mr. Erwin moved to Macomb city in March, 1876, where he continued to reside during the remainder of his life. Mr. Erwin was married in New York, in 1848, to Mag- gie Noonan, who died in this county on the 6th day of June, 1872. She was a lady universally esteemed for her noble qualities. She left six children, five of whom are now living. Mary, John, Maggie, Ella and Josie. The three latter are graduates of St. Mary's institute, Quincy. John Erwin, his son, now con- ducts the business, and is making it very successful. The mill is of frame struc- ture, having an engine of 40 horse power, which was brought from Quincy. It is now the only mill in this part of the township. Patrick Erwin was known as one of the most liberal and public spir-
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ited citizens. Being blessed with con- siderable means, he was a friend of the poor and needy at all times, and under all circumstances. He was an active business man, a prominent and active worker in the democratic party, and one of the most noble and generous citizens of the county.
George Harrison Ruddell, is a native of Bourbon county, Kentucky, born the 26th day of December, 1821, his parents being William and Armenas (Phelan) Ruddell. About the year 1829, his parents removed to Sangamon county, Illinois, where his father took charge of Clark's mill. There they remained until 1835, when they decided to make their future home in McDonough county. On arriving in this county, they located on section 6, in what is now Hire town- ship. There Mrs. Ruddell died, in 1838, and the father, in 1840, removed to Iowa, and settled in Van Buren county, where he was an early settler. He there died, in 1871. George H. Ruddell removed to his present location in March, 1864, and is now located on section 17, Tennessee township. He was married on the 1st day of November, 1849, to Mary Dorothy, a native of Washington county, Kentucky, and a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Sissel) Dorothy. They came' to McDonough county in 1834, and settled in Blandinsville town- ship, where they remained about a year, and went to Hancock county, where Mr. Dorothy died, in 1855, and in 1876, Mrs. Dorothy died in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Ruddell have had eight children: William T., married Mary Ellen Rig- gins, living now in Hancock county; George H., married Susan Badger, now
living in Tennessee township; Robert Marion, married Sarah J. Wixon, March 19, 1885, now residing in Tennessee township; Emily, wife of George Tow- ers, now a resident of this township; Mary; Andrew Jackson; Elizabeth and John Wesley. Mr. Ruddle owns 118 acres of land, about 70 acres of which are under cultivation. He enlisted for the Mexican war in August, 1847, in Wiatt B. Stapp's independent company, from Monmouth. They marched to Quincy, where they took a boat, and embarked for New Orleans. From there they sailed to Vera Cruz, where they arrived about November, of that year. They were stationed near Jalapa. in the vicinity of which place they were en- gaged in guarding supply trains, and in other services for the government. After the successful termination of the war, and the signing of the treaty of peace with Mexico, embarked for home again, returning the same way they had gone down. They were discharged at Alton, on the 26th day of July, 1848, and then returned to Warsaw, where they remained but a short time, and started to their homes. Mr. Ruddell arrived at his home in the latter part of July, and has since been a resident of this town- ship. He has the honor of being one of the few veterans of the Mexican war, now residing in McDonough county.
Nathaniel Post was born in Ross county, Ohio, in 1829, and is the son of Abraham and Jemima (Keller) Post, both natives of West Virginia. When Nathaniel was a mere child, the family removed to Highland county, Ohio, where our subject was raised on a farm; and there remained until coming to Mc-
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Donough county, Illinois, which was in the fall of 1855. His parents still re- main in Ohio, where they reside on the old homestead. Nathaniel first located on Spring creek, in Emmet township, and in the following spring he removed to Hire township, and there remained a number of years. He then removed to his present location on section 33, Ten- nessee township. He is the owner of 185 acres of good land, the larger part of which is under cultivation, and 25 acres of. uncultivated land on section 28. Mr. Post was married in Highland county, Ohio, on the 22d of March, 1848, to Ann Griffith, a native of Buckingham county, Virginia, and a daughter of Benjamin and Juda (Kidd) Griffith. Mr. and Mrs. Post are the parents of eight children-John A., married Minerva Jarvis, now living in Lamoine township; Nicholas, married Amanda Breeden, now living in Tennessee township; Mary Jane; James, residing in Kansas; Wil- liam, a resident of Kansas City, Mis- souri; Laura, Frank and Ira.
On the 3d day of August, 1814, in Amherst county, Virginia, Wiatt L. Burford was born. His father, William Burford, was of Scotch decent, and his mother of German. When Wiatt was about two years of age, the family re- moved to Anderson county, Kentucky, where his father farmed within four miles of Lawrenceburg, the county seat, and where Wiatt L., was reared. Wiatt lived on the farm with his parents until 1832, when he started for Illinois, with · a party who were bound for Fort Ed- wards, now Warsaw. While near Grand Prairie, they were encamped on that memorable night in November, when the
great meteoric display occurred. They crossed the Illinois river at Meredosia, and from that place went to the present site of Warsaw. He saw but one house while coming to this county, this being made of poles and was as yet unoccupied. In the fall of that year, he came to Ma- comb, on business, and liking the county very much, concluded that in some future day he would make that his home. In the summers of 1832, '33 and '34, he was engaged in trading with the Indians, and was so employed when Black Hawk returned to his tribe, after being taken by the government on his trip through the civilized portion of the country. Af- ter retiring from the trading operation, Mr. Burford went back to Kentucky, and while there he was married to Priscilla M. Driskell, a daughter of Dennis and Mary (Griffin) Driskell, on the 9th day of March, 1837. They then returned to Hancock county, and located on Saint Mary's prairie, and here Mr. Burford farmed for 20 years. In 1857 he came to the village of Tennessee, where he car- ried on a carpenter and cabinet shop for two years, and then concluded to retire to farm life again. He then bought 107 acres of land on section 17, where he has lived ever since. Mr. and Mrs. Burford are the parents of 10 children-Dennis, married Martha Ferris, living in Ten- nessee township; Louisa, died in 1844, aged four years ; Mary Jane, married Henry Canote, now residing in Colches- ter township; William, married to Lu- cinda Hainline, of Tennessee township: Caroline; Susan, wife of Samuel White, who was killed by a runaway, on the 2d of August, 1880 ; Lucy, married John McClure, who now is dead. She now re-
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sides in this township ; John, married Alice Magee, now living in Tennessee township. The other two children died in infancy.
Benjamin Boyd,a prominent citizen and wealthy farmer of Tennessee township, is a son of William and Elizabeth (Stevens) Boyd. He was born in Fay- ette county, Pennsylvania, April 14, 1821, and was reared and educated in his native state. In the spring of 1843, he removed with his parents, to Fayette county, Ohio, where he followed farming until he came to McDonough county, Illinois, in the fall of 1868. He pur- chased then, a farm on section 26, Ten- nessee township, on which he has since resided. He was united in marriage in Fayette county, Ohio, September 5, 1844, with Mary Lowderman, a native of Ohio, and daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Lawderman. Mrs. Lowderman died in Ohio, July 1, 1880. In 1882, Mr. Low- derman came to this county to reside with his children, and died here Decem- ber 28, 1884. His remains were taken back to Ohio for burial. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd are the parents of six children: Kate, married to J. F. Waddill, of Ten- nessee township; Mary Ann; Samuel W., married to Eva White, living in Colches- ter township; Wm. T., married to Hat- tie Gumwalt, also living in this town- ship; Elizabeth . Ellen Boyd, wife of Joseph King, lives in the same town, and John. Mr. Boyd owns 240 acres of land and carries on farming and stock raising. He has been township trustee four terms, and is one of the directors of the Industrial Home insurance com- pany, of Industry. Mr. Boyd's father, William Boyd, died in 1872, in Pick-
away county, Ohio. His mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd, died in the same place, May 7, 1864.
William Tallis is a native of county Kilkenny, Ireland, and was born in 1819, his parents being John and Mary (Burns) Tallis. William was reared in his native country, and there learned the shoemaker's trade. He came to America in 1857, and went directly to Ulster county, New York, where he was engaged as quarryman for a little more than a year. From there he went to St. Louis, but after remaining there a short time he went to work on the construction of the Alton and Springfield railroad. He was with this company about six months, and from there had charge of a construc- tion party on the Great Western rail- road, taking up the tramway slabs and laying rails. He worked in that capa- city some 15 months, when he changed his services to the Northern Cross rail- road, carrying out the contract of Silas Roe, in which occupation he was engaged about 11 years. By this time he had accumulated enough to purchase a farm so came to McDonough county, Illinois, and purchased 176 acres of land on sec- tion 4, Lamoine township. He has since that time added to his possessions, until he now owns 267 acres, 58 acres being in Lamoine township, and the balance in Tennessee. Mr. Tallis was married in October, 1846, to Catharine Ford, a daughter of Robert and Catharine (Ward) Ford, both of whom died in Ire- land. Mr. and Mrs. Tallis have been the parents of eight children, but in 1855 were unfortunate enough to lose five of them-Charles, William, Bridget, Ann and Jane; Thomas died in Quincy, in
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1860; Joseph H. is now engaged in rail- road operation on the Pacific slope; and Maria, wife of William Hardy, is now living in Fountain Green, Hancock county.
B. D. Reynolds was born in Washing- ton county, Ohio, December 25, 1813, his parents being Thomas and Elizabeth (Wilson) Reynolds. The former died in Washington county, in 1850, and the latter at the same place in 1884. B. D. remained in his old Ohio home until 14 years of age, when he went to New Or- leans and engaged with a shipping mas- ter. From there he went to Norfolk, and remaining there a short time, he put to sea. His first cruise was through the Mediterranean sea, landing at Alexandria, Smyrna and Gibraltar, and stayed at the latter about three weeks. They sailed around Cape Horn and touched at many South American points, including Val- paraiso, Montevideo, and other impor- tant ports. The trip ended at Balti- more, after three years of travel. This trip was made while in the service of the American government, as a seaman, on the old Delaware, the largest ship then in the American navy. During the Mex- ican war he was mate on a ship which carried supplies and soldiers to the aid of the government service. After closing this work, he retired from sea life, during the progress of which he had visited nearly every port of any prominence in the world. On leaving the sea he was engaged as mate or pilot on the river boats, and for 20 years he did service on the Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri and Ohio rivers. He became mate on the Lady of Lyons, when she was first built, taking her from Pittsburg. He re-
mained on this boat until she was unfit for further use, and in 1848 he retired permanently from life on the water. He had previously come to McDonough county, and took up a location, and built a house in the year 1844, in what is now Tennessee township. The Mormon war had just begun, and thinking that it would make some difficulty in money matters, he sold his farm and went with a party under Frank Warrell to Warsaw, and while there Warrell was killed by the Mormons. In 1848 Mr. Reynolds came to McDonough county, and in 1856 he removed to his farm in McDonough county, on section 30, Tennessee town- ship, where he has improved a fine place. He was married in September, 1848, to Amelia O. Thompson, a native of Ken- tucky, and who died on the 2d of July, 1864, leaving one daughter, Louisa, who married W. H. Window, residing now on the Reynolds place. Mr. Reynolds was again married on the 20th day of September, 1865, to Sophronia V. Free- land, a daughter of Francis and Julia Freeland. They settled in the county in 1834, and located in what is now Bland- insville. Her father now resides in Shelby county, Missouri, her mother having died in April, 1873, at their Mis- souri home. Mrs. Reynolds is of a lit- erary turn of character, and furnishes many valuable essays for literary meet- ings.
Addison B. Roberts, the son of James and Sallie (Cox) Roberts, was born in Kentucky, January 29, 1835. When but a small child, Addison came with his parents to Illinois, and located in Han- cock county, one mile east of Fountain Green, where his father still resides.
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Addison received his education in the common schools of Hancock county, and went to the same school with his brothers and sisters, whose names are Elbridge, Bainbridge, Adeline, Yelver- ton, Chauncey, Elmer. Addison left Hancock in the fall of 1859, and came to Tennessee township, McDonough county, and has since remained a resi- dent of the county. He now owns 160 acres of good land, 125 acres of which are under a state of cultivation, and be- sides his farming he pays attention to the raising of live stock. He was mar- ried on the 19th of November, 1857; to Nancy Jane Mourning, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Lyons) Mourn- They have six children-Alice, married Arthur Chipman, residing now in Ten- nessee township; Miller, Willis, Oscar, Mattie and Ivy. Mr. Roberts is a mem- ber of Tennessee lodge, No. 496, A. F. and A. M., and has held every office except the two highest. -
Thomas James, the son of Joseph and Margaret (White) James, was born in Ohio, on the 9th day of April, 1819. He remained in Pickaway county until 10 years of age, when he removed to Fay- ette county, Ohio, and was in that vicin- ity, reared to manhood, and his parents there remained until the time of their death. Thomas was engaged in farming in that.location, until 1846, when he came to McDonough county, and located in what is now Tennessee township, and has lived in that neighborhood ever since. He has now in his possession, 500 acres of highly cultivated land, and divides his attention between farming and stock . raising. Mr. James was united in mar- riage in May, 1848, with Emily Bean, a
native of Tennessee, but was reared in this county. Her parents, Robert and Margaret (Crouch) Bean, came to this county in 1832, and settled in Tennes- see township. Mrs. James died in July, 1882, leaving nine children to mourn the loss of a kind and loving mother. Their names are, Robert, married Arabella Moon, living in Hire township; Edmund, keeping an Indian trading post in Alaska; George, Douglas, Allen, Henry, married Margaret Summons, living in this township; Marion, Emma and Addie.
Stephen A. White, an old settler of this township, was born in Highland county, Ohio, on the 29th of April, 1821, and the son of Thomas and Mary ( Hicks) White. He spent his boyhood days in his native place, and in 1839, came to McDonough county and settled in Tennessee township. He has 160 acres of land, all under cultivation, and raises cattle and other stock in large. numbers, Mr. White was married in November, 1841, to Elizabeth. McGee, a daughter of Samuel McGee, one of the pioneers of this township. They have seven children living, and one dead: Marion, died in September, 1878; Henry, married Clara Young, and now lives in Blandinsville: Isabel, married Frank Eakel, now residing in Hire township; Samuel, married Fannie Mort, now liv- ing in this township; Frank, now a res- ident . of Colchester; Douglas, living in this township; Elizabeth, married El- wood Owen, and now lives in Tennessee township; James, married Lawrence Owen, also a resident of Tennessee township.
Franklin F. Meyers, a son of Chris- tian and Catharine (Fike) Meyers, was
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born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, on the 7th day of January, 1832. When 23 years of age, Franklin started west with the intention of making his home and seeking his fortune in a newer coun- try. At first he went to Nebraska, where he worked at his trade of plaster- ing and bricklaying for two years. From Nebraska he went to Memphis, Tennessee, and was there engaged in working at his trade until 1864, when he came to McDonough county, with the intention of engaging in agricultural pursuits. He purchased 78 acres of good, improved land in Hire township, and there made many improvements and there resided until 1882, when he pur- chased 120 acres of land in Tennessee
township, residing on section 16, and where he has many valuable improve- ments. He was united with Mary Ann Fandon, on the 30th of November, 1861, in Memphis, Tennessee. Mrs. Meyers died in 1874, leaving four children; Ida F., Leah, Marcus, and Aquilla. Mr. Meyers was again married on the 24th of October, 1878, to Charlotte Hunn, a native of McDonough county, and a daughter of Joshua and Mary(Jackson) Davids. Mr. Meyers was collector of taxes one term in Hire township, and made a trusty and respected officer. He and his family are all members of the Methodist church at Tennessee, of which Mr. Meyers is steward.
CHAPTER XXIII.
COLCHESTER TOWNSHIP.
This sub-division of McDonough occu- pies an interior portion of the county, being created from Tennessee and Chal- mers townships, in 1880, as is more mi- nutely shown further on in a review of the organization of the same. A large portion of timber is found within its borders. Crooked creek enters on the northeast quarter of section 5, and flow- ing in a southwesterly direction, leaves the township at the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of section 11. The Quincy branch of the Chicago Burling-
ton and Quincy railroad also passes through the township, affording an out- let for the shipment of the soil's pro- ducts to eastern and southern markets. The coal interests of this township is its principal feature. It is nearly, if not quite, co-extensive with its entire sur- face, having been found in all parts of the township. There are.a large num- ber of shafts and banks in active opera- tion, affording employment to hundreds of men, some of whom work in the banks, while others are constantly en-
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gaged in hauling to home markets and the surrounding towns. The coal is re- garded among the best in the state, and is used extensively in the manufacture of gas in several of the large western cities.
A man by the name of Smitherman came to what is now Colchester town- ship, in the fall of 1829 or spring of 1830, locating on the northeast quarter of section 19, where he resided until the summer of 1831, when he removed to Morgan county.
David Troxwell settled on the south- east quarter of section 17, in the early part of 1829. He remained until the fall of 1830, when he removed to Spring- field.
John D. Barber, a native of Kentucky, came to what is now Colchester town- ship, in August, 1830, and settled upon the northwest quarter of section 27. Here he resided for two years, when he re- moved to a farm on section 19, where he lived until 1874, when death overtook him. His family are still residents of the county, one son, Robert, living in Lamoine township.
John D. Barber, (deceased), was born in South Carolina, August 11, 1797, and was a son of Robert and Priscilla (Lee) Barber. When he was nine years old, his parents moved to Lincoln county, North Carolina, where they remained nine years, then removed to Pulaski county, Kentucky. While they were liv- ing there, John D., returned to North Carolina, where he was married to Mary Davis, daughter of John B. and Esther (Mattocks) Davis, and a native of North Carolina. They were married in Decem- ber, 1818. In 1830 they came to Mc-
Donough county and located on section 27, Chalmers township, where he at once built a house, probably the first in the township, and proceeded to improve a. farm. Their first winter, 1830, was the one of the great snows, during which they endured fully their share of hard- ships and privations. Like many others they had to subsist through the winter upon dry hominy. In 1832 they moved to section 19, Colchester township. Mr. Barber died March 16, 1874, and was laid to rest in the Barber cemetery. Mrs. Barber died November 26, 1861. They were the parents of 10 children-Esther M., Robert, Edward D., Priscilla Lee, Rachel Catharine, Mary Carr, Charles, Nancy Jane, Sarah Elizabeth and John James. Esther M., now resides on the place where her father located in 1832, and the house which he then built, is still standing on the premises, though unused; Robert, is married to Mary Stephens, and living in this county; Ed- ward D., is married to Elizabeth Rip- petoe and also living in this county; Rachel C., is the wife of James O. Tay- lor, of Kansas; Mary Carr, is married to Caleb H. Rippetoe; Charles was born, and died, in this county; Nancy Jane married William A. Carson, and lives at Chester; Sarah Elizabeth is the wife of E. H. Hamilton; John James is married to Elizabeth Barrett, and resides in this county. John D. Barber hauled the clapboards to cover the first house built in Macomb, and hewed some of the logs and worked on the building of the first court house in McDonough county.
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