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he acquired a good business education. He remained in the store with his father till twenty-five years of age, when he turned his at- tention to agricultural pursuits. He now has a fine farm of 300 acres, and runs a dairy of seventy cows. He has never aspired to official honors, but has been one of the foremost to assist every laudable enterprise. In politics he is a Republican. He was married December, 1859, to Mary E., daughter of John Smith. Slie died May 31, 1879, leaving four children-William, born Aug. 27, 1863; Susan, Feb. 26, 1865; Frank, Aug. 13, 1867, and Flora, Jan. 24, 1869. March 28, 1880, Mr. Jackman married Amanda, daughter of Amos and Lucy Rowley.
R. D. Jackman was born in Genesee County, N. Y., June 10, 1821. The first of his ancestors to come to America was James Jackman, who came in 1635, from Essex, England, and located in Newbury- port, Mass. The youngest of his six sons, Richard, was born Feb. 6, 1659. The youngest of the latter's three sons, James, was born Sept. 5, 1686. James had a family of four children, the third of whom, Daniel, was born Jan. 9, 1725. Moses F., the fifth of seven children of Daniel, was born June 16, 1759. Moses had a family of five sons; the fourth, Williamn, was born Jan. 23, 1795; married Jan. 6, 1820, and died June 23, 1871. His family consisted of seven children- R. D., born June 10, 1821; Polly, April 25, 1823. Lucinda, Jan. 15, 1825; Tryphena, Feb. 7, 1826; William, Dec' 13, 1828; James R., Oct. 1, 1839, and Susan, July 30, 1841. Be. ing the eldest son, our subject received but a limited education. In 1826 his parents moved to Java Corners, N. Y., and in 1828 to Warren County, Pa. He came alone to Illinois; in 1843 settled in Crystal Lake. He owned a fine farm of 168 acres, and carried on a large dairy. Mr. Jackman was married March 16, 1848, to Eliz- abeth, daughter of Amos and Lucy A. Rowley, of New York. To them were born four children-Amelia, wife of A. Spencer; Kate, wife of Thomas Ford; Ezra R. and Charles F. Five children died in infancy. Politically Mr. Jackman was originally a Whig, as was also his father, but later affiliated with the Republican party. He was a member of the Methodist church. His wife is a member of the Baptist church .. R. D. Jackman died Nov. 3, 1884.
Henry Keller .- One of the leading and most enterprising farm_ ers of Nnnda Township is Mr. Henry Keller. Although quiet and unassuming in manner, he possesses a distinctness of character, seldom found in men who reside in rural districts. His home is one of the neatest and most comfortable in the neighborhood, and
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music, books, pietures and all the things which delight the eye and refresli the mind are found in their eosily furnished parlors. Their children have enjoyed excellent educational advantages, and the parents take great pains to keep the family library well sup- plied with standard literary works of the most popular authors. Mr. Keller is of German origin, his father, Joseph Keller, being what is known as Pennsylvania German, and was born in Straus- burg, Strausburg Co., Pa. Henry was born in Luzerne County, Pa., Sept. 6, 1821. His life until he reached the age of twenty- one was spent upon his father's farm. Of course he attended school during the winter, but labored hard during the spring and summer months. When he arrived at man's estate he began boating on the eanal, whieli oceupation was followed for sixteen years. April 3, 1854, he was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of Chester Shales. The next year the young couple eame West, and settled in Nunda Township, upon a quarter-seetion of land, which he yet owns. This has been added to until lie now owns a half section of splendid agricultural land. Mr. and Mrs. Keller have been the parents of seven children, four only of whom are living, viz .: William, Carrie, Chas. H. and Cora B. Their danghter Mary (deceased) was the wife of Milton Hubbard, a gentleman well known and possessed of sterling qualities. There are inany pleas- ant homes in MeHenry County, but in none has the historian noted more evidences of taste and culture. Never was a wife more devoted or a mother more solieitous regarding the welfare and edueation of her children. The air of contentment that pervades their household shows elearly that the influence of home has shed its full luster upon this household. Who has ever visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keller ean not forget with what old-time cordiality they were greeted, be they strangers or old-time friends. Withi heart and hand open to the distressed and needy, as well as to all features that tend to the advancement and best interest of their neighbors, they can not fail to be held in the highest esteem by them, and none will be missed more from their immediate neighborhood than they, when they leave for their village home in Nnnda. Mr. Keller is one of the stauneh Democrats of this eounty, and has never faltered in his allegiance to that faith, although so many defeats have been experieneed. Since victory has perched upon the banners of his party, he feels that the reward for which he has so long looked for has arrived. When twenty-three years of age he became a member of Shawnee Lodge, I. O. O. F., in
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Pennsylvania, and has always been a consistent member of that fraternity since his identification with that order. Since coming to Nunda, he has passed the highest official chair, and has served his brethren of the order as delegate to the Grand Lodge. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is withal just such a man as a representative of one of the best and noblest callings on earth, an honest, industrious, obliging and thrifty fariner.
Edward Knox was born on the ocean, June 10, 1851. His parents, Edmond and Mary (Dougherty) Knox, were natives of Ireland, and were married in their native country in 1834. In 1851 they came to America and settled in McHenry County, Ill. They had a family of twelve children-Mary, Thomas, Ellen, James, Patrick, Annie, William, John, Lizzie, Bridget, Edward and Maggie. Edward was reared and educated in McHenry County, and since reaching manhood has followed agricultural pursuits. He now owns a fine farm of 120 acres, well improved. He was married Oct. 19, 1881, to Johanna M. Walch. They have two children-Mary Ellen and Martin William. Politically Mr. Knox is a Democrat. The entire family are members of St. Patrick's Church.
Eugene F. Matthews was born in Nunda Township, Oct. 13, 1848, a son of Nathan E. and Elizabeth (West) Matthews, and grandson of Henry Matthews and Jerrod West. His father was born in New York, Feb. 6, 1825, and was married Feb. 26, 1845. He came West in an early day and located in McHenry Township, where he died Oct. 14, 1869. He reared a family of three children -Edgar, Eugene F. and - Eugene F. was reared and educated in his native county, remaining on the farm till 1881, when he 'moved to Barreville and built the cheese and butter factory. He was married in 1868 to Mary A., daughter of William Talbott. To them have been born eight children-Walter, Carrie, Charles, Fred, Raymond, Eugene, Robert and Florence. Mr. Matthews is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has passed all the chairs of his lodge. Politically he is a Republican.
Andrew J. McMillan was born in Schenectady County, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1818, a son of Ebenczer and Elizabeth (McDonnell) Mc- Millan, his father a native of New York, born in 1787, and his mother of Scotland, born in 1790 and came to America in 1802. His grandfather, Andrew McMillan, was a native of Scotland and in early life came to America. He died in Princeton, N. Y., in 1834, aged eighty-nine years. Ebenezer McMillan was a mill-
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wright by trade and also carried on a farm. He died in New York, Oct. 14, 1833, aged forty-five years. He left a family of six children-Mary A., born July 24, 1813, married John Robinson, of Kansas; Andrew J .; Elizabeth, born Dec. 27, 1821, married J. A. Robinson; Ebenezer J., born Dec. 2, 1824; Walter M., born April 18, 1827, and Nancy, born March 24, 1833. Andrew J. McMillan was the eldest son and after the death of his father, although only fifteen years of age, assumed the care of his mother and family. In 1850 he came to Illinois and located in McHenry County, where he now owns 145 acres of good land. A few years later his mother and the rest of the family followed him to Illinois. His mother died in Nunda, June 12, 1869. Sept. 13, 1848, Mr. M3Millan married Mary A., daughter of John and Nancy Robinson, of New York, of Scotch descent. Mrs. McMillan was born March 29, 1819, and died April 17, 1884. Politically Mr. McMillan is a Republican. He has held several offices of trust in the township.
Webster P. Morse was born in Nunda, Ill., March 26, 1844, a son of Linus and Jane Morse, natives of New York. They came to Illinois about 1838, and in 1871 moved to Nebraska, where the father died in June, 1883, aged seventy-three years. He received a good education, attending school till 1862, when on his eight- eenth birthday he enlisted in Company E, Fifth Iowa Infantry, as a private, under Captain D. S. Lee. He participated in the battles of Iuka, Corinth, Jackson, Champion Hills (where he was wounded), Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and Mission Ridge, where he was taken prisoner and was taken to Belle Isle. While there he suffered untold agonies from cold and hunger, but was subsequently removed to Andersonville, where for eight months his sufferings were even more intense, and had it not been for friends, who were stronger than he and divided their portion with him, would have starved to death. As it was he became reduced to seventy-five pounds and for three months prior to his release was unable to walk. Jan. 1, 1865, he was exchanged, and went to Annapolis, where he received a furlough. He afterward returned to the regiment at Nashville, where he received orders to report at Clin- ton, Iowa, and was discharged July 5, 1865. After his return home he worked on the farm two years, and then went to Mich- igan and engaged in the mercantile business seven years. In 1874 he was employed as messenger in the United States mail service, a year later was promoted to route agent, then to postal clerk, and
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then to clerk in charge, at a salary of $1,300 a year, which position he still holds. April 25, 1867, Mr. Morse was married to Ellen M., daughter of George Stickney. They have two children-Fred L. and Ida A. Politically Mr. Morse is a Republican. While in Mich- igan he was Collector of taxes in his town for four years.
John H. Mudgett, deceased, was born in Fletcher, Vt., in 1806, a son of John and Lorinda (Hill) Mudgett. His father was a native of Vermont, of Scotch descent, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. His mother was the only child of Isaac Hill, a native of Vermont, and a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. They had three children-Jason, John H. and Polly. He was married in Ver- mont, to Polly --- , and in 1836 came West and settled in Kane County, Ill. In 1838 he came to McHenry County and settled in Nunda Township, where he died in the spring of 1881. He had a family of six children-Elizabeth, wife of William Hill; Charles H., deceased, enlisted in Company C, Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and died when on his way home; John H., of Mason City, Iowa; Olive, wife of G. B. Combs, of Volo, Ill., and W. H., of Nunda. Politically Mr. Mudgett was originally a Whig, but at the time of his death was a Republican. He held several offices of trust in the county and township.
W. H. Mudgett was born in Nunda Township, on the farm he now owns, May 17, 1844, a son of J. H. and Polly Mudgett. He attended school till the breaking out of the war, and in the spring of 1861 enlisted in Company C, Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, as a private; was afterward promoted to Corporal. He partici- pated in the battles of Sugar Creek, Prairie Grove, Pea Ridge, Vicksburg, Red River campaign, Mobile. He was mnstered out June 20, 1866, having served five years and fifteen days. Since his return home he has followed farming, and now owns 190 acres of land. He was married Oct. 28, 1867, to Emma, daughter of John and Maria Claxton. They have three children-Earl, Min- nie and Victor. Politically Mr. Mudgett is a National Green- backer. He is a member of Wauconda Post, G A. R.
Charles C. Patterson, son of Charles and Orrinda Patterson, was born in Ohio, Dec. 6, 1836. His parents were natives of New York, his father born in 1798, of Scotch-Irish descent, and his mother of German descent. In 1837 his parents moved to Illi- nois and settled near Silver Lake, in Nunda Township, McHenry County, where his father died in 1860. When a boy, Charles C. had but limited educational advantages, but by close attention to
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his studies and diligent reading of good books he acquired a fair education. When but a child he was obliged to do chores on the farm, and at one time wlien sent for the cows he lost his way and was in the woods two days and nights, without anything to eat. After he grew to manliood he gave his attention to farming, and with the exception of one year in the Sheriff's office, has always followed that vocation. He now owns 100 acres of fine land. He is an enterprising man, and although afflicted with deafness is one of the best farmers of the township. He drove the first seed drill in the county. He was married in 1863 to Eva A. Williams, who died Oct. 6, 1881, aged thirty-seven years and ten months. To them were born three children-M. F., of Nebraska; Cornie E. and Neva A., at home. Politically Mr. Patterson is a Republican. He is a member of Nunda Lodge, No. 169, F. & A. M. July 29, 1881, while attempting to cross Fox River in a buggy, accom- panied by a lady, they had a narrow escape for their lives, the river being higher than Mr. Patterson anticipated.
J. W. Salisbury was born in Galway, Saratoga Co., N. Y., July 25, 1803, a son of John and Mary A. (Mead) Salisbury, na- tives of Connecticut. His great-grandfather and three sons came to the United States with Sir Walter Raleigh, and located in North Carolina, but being opposed to slavery removed to Rhode Island. The sons were all in the Revolutionary war. After the war John, the grandfather of J. W., settled in Columbia County, N. Y., and the other sons in Vermont. John subsequently moved to Sara- toga County, and then to Montgomery County, where he died in March, 1810, aged seventy-two years. His wife, Elizabetlı, died in 1807. John, the father of J. W., died in January, 1839, aged fifty-one years. His mother died in 1844, aged fifty-five years. They had a family of seven children-J. W., Ezekiel, Philip, Ne- hemiah, Ann, wife of Hilo Byam; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Adams, and Diadama, wife of Charles Haynes. J. W. Salisbury attended school till twelve years of age, and then went into the blacksmith's shop with his father and remained seven years. He then began working on the farm and has since followed agricultural pursuits. He came West in 1841 and settled in Crystal Lake, Ill., where he now resides. He was married May 16, 1827, to Eliza, daughter of David and Maria (Conrad) Cropsey, natives of New York. Her father died in 1859, aged seventy-three years, and her mother in January, 1865, aged seventy-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Salisbury have had nine children; eight are living-John G., born Nov. 25,
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1828, now a builder in Omaha, Neb .; Esther, now the wife of Dr. Beers; Eliza, born March 31, 1833, now the wife of Daniel Pond, of St. Paul, Minn .; Hattie, born Nov. 6, 1836, wife of Charles Shepherd; Mary, born Jan. 26, 1840, wife of George Beers, of El- gin, Ill .; James H., born Dec. 22, 1843; William, born April 14, 1847; and Emma, born Feb. 27, 1856, wife of Hart. Wolaver. Politically Mr. Salisbury is a Democrat. He has served as Justice of the Peace four years. He is a member of the Congregational church, and has been a Deacon twenty years.
William Salisbury was born in Bennington, V t., Oct. 3, 1815, a son of William and Huldah (Thomas) Salisbury, his father a native of Rhode Island of English descent, and his mother of Con- necticut of Welsh descent. His grandfather, William Thomas, came from Wales with the British soldiers, and after reaching America deserted them and joined the American forces. After the war he settled in Connecticut. William and Huldah Salisbury had a family of seven children, four of whom are living, viz. : William; Arthur, of Dodge County, Wis .; Ambrose, of Chenango County, N. Y .; and Harriet, wife of Samuel Beardsley. Will- iam, Jr., received a good education, attending school when not needed on the farm till twenty years of age. He has always fol- lowed agricultural pursuits, and now owns a fine farm of 353 acres. He has one of the best farms in the township. It is well located, and his farin buildings are large and comfortable. He has a good dairy, milking eighteen cows. He was married in 1844 to E. J., daughter of Samuel and Laura Terwilliger, of Nunda Township. To them were born four children; but three are living-Charles A .; Laura, widow of Henry Salisbury, and Bertha. Emma J. is deceased. Mrs. Salisbury died June 3, 1877. Politically Mr. Salisbury was originally a Whig, but is now a Republican. He was the first Supervisor of the township, and was afterward elected to tlie same office, and assisted in the initial measures for build- ing the court-house. He was several times Highway Commis- sioner and helped locate some important thoroughfares .. He was the first Treasurer to the Trustees of Schools, and as the law then was, ex officio Inspector of the teachers of the township. He is said to have been the first male school teacher in the town, having taught in district No. 2 in the winter of 1842. He afterward taught in the same district in 1845. Always taking a deep inter- est in schools, he was for many years a Director in the district in which he lived.
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C. Shales was born in Luzerne County, Pa., Dec. 7, 1809, a son of John and Mary Shales, his father a native of Germany and his mother of Pennsylvania, of French descent. His father died in 1857, aged eiglity-three years, and his mother in 1847, aged sixty-five years. His ancestors were brave soldiers, and the heroes of many hard-fought battles. When fifteen years of age he went into the woolen mills and served as an apprentice six years. He then worked at his trade till 1846, when he came West and landed in McHenry County, Ill., Oct. 22. He has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits, owning a fine farm of eighty acres. He helped to build the first railroad in the United States. He was married in 1837 to Eliza Goodwin. They have ten children-Sa- rah, wife of Henry Keller; Monroe, William, David, John, Victor F., Emma and Henry. Politically Mr. Shales is a Democrat. He has held several offices of trust, among them Postmaster, Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of Highways, Trustee and School Di- rector.
Prof. J. A. Sheldon was born near Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 26, 1849, a son of Henry S. and Achsah (Hicks) Sheldon, his father a na- tive of Connecticut, and his mother of Massachusetts. His parents moved to Lake County, Ill., in 1854, and to McHenry County in 1860. His father died in Kansas in 1872, aged fifty-six years. He attended the public schools till twenty years of age, and then entered Beloit College, and remained a year. In 1870 he began teaching in the graded schools, and in 1873 was appointed Princi- pal of the Nunda schools. He held this position three years, and then taught in Ridgefield four years. In 1880 again took charge of the Nunda schools; in 1882 was appointed to the same position in McHenry. He was married Oct. 30, 1873, to Effa, daughter of John and Mary Nelson. She was born in Pennsylvania, June 25, 1854, and came with her parents to Illinois in 1856. Politically Mr. Sheldon is a Republican. He has been President of the Vil- lage Board several years. He is a member of Nunda Lodge, No. 169, F. & A. M., and Woodstock Chapter, No. 36, R. A. M.
S. S. Shepard was born in Mercer County, Pa., Ang. 7, 1837, a son of Lyman W. and Mary (Rowley) Shepard, natives of Catta- rangus County, N. Y. His grandfather, Aaron Rowley, served in the Revolution under General Sullivan. After the war he moved to Fulton County. Ill., where he died aged nearly 100 years. Lymon Shepard was born July 21, 1796, and was married Feb. 26, 1820, to Mary Rowley. They had a family of ten children-Sarah
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M., born Feb. 17, 1821, died Oct. 18, 1856; Phoebe P., born March 26, 1823, died in July, 1823; Edward B., born March 27, 1824, died March 4, 1834; Elizabeth, born Aug. 4, 1826, now Mrs. R. Bonner; Cinderella, born Ang. 27, 1828, died Sept. 9, 1829; Susannah, born Oct. 15, 1830, now Mrs. G. H. Lively; Juliet, born Aug. 8, 1833, died April 3, 1834; Wm. W., born Aug. 14, 1835, died March 24, 1843; Sullivan S., born Aug. 7, 1837; Phœbe P. (2d), born Sept. 28, 1840, died May 23, 1841. The family came West in the spring of 1840, and settled in Fulton County, Ill., where the father died July 29, 1840. The mother afterward married J. H. Lively, who died April 25, 1869. She died at Barreville, Ill., Oct. 28, 1883, aged eighty-one years. S. S. Shepard has always followed agricult- ural pursuits. He was married Jan. 3, 1860, to Abbie C. Wild. To them have been born seven children-Hershel V., born Oct. 8, 1860; Lottie A., born June 30, 1866; Frank L., Dec. 26, 1867; Mary A., Feb. 12, 1870; Walter E., Nov. 2, 1871; Ella M., June 29, 1879; Olive W., Sept. 19, 1882. In August, 1862, Mr. Shepard enlisted in the Ninety-fifth Illinois Infantry, as a private, and par- ticipated in all the battles of the regiment except Guntown, when he was in the hospital, suffering from the effects of an insect in his ear. Politically he is a Republican. He is a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity, and Grand Army of the Republic.
James Smith was born in Northern Vermont, Jan. 22, 1813, and when seven years of age went with his father to Canada, remaining there till nineteen years of age. He then went to Franklin County, N. Y., and five years later to Upper Canada. In 1846 he came to Illinois, and located near Crystal Lake, where he lived until 1878, when he moved to Nunda, and has since lived a retired life. He owns a fine farm of 240 acres, in Algonquin Township. His par ents, David and Phema (Sherman) Smith, were natives of Vermont. His mother died in 1819, and his father in 1835. He was married in December, 1842, to Cynthia, daughter of Henry and Permelia Edict, natives of Mexico, Oswego Co., N. Y. They came to Illi- nois in 1848, and settled in Algonquin Township, where the mother died in 1877, and the father is living, aged ninety-one years. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had but one child, a son, who died in infancy. In politics Mr. Smith is liberal in his views.
Prof. L. L. Smith was born in the village of Brookfield, in the county of Orange, in the State of New York, on the 22d day of May, A. D. 1809. He was the son of Joseph and Sarah (Hallock) Smith, and grandson of Moses and Mary (Vail) Smith and Deacon
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John and Mahetable ( Aldridge) Hallock. His father was born May 17 1776, and died Nov. 14, 1846. His mother was born Feb. 22, 1779, and died Feb. 18, 1841. He (the Professor) had the ad- vantages of a fair education in early life, both at home and at the University of Mendham, Norris Co., N. J. He commenced the study of medicine under the instructions of Dr. Wm. Newkirk, of Unionville, Orange Co., N. Y., and remained with him nearly one year, after which he engaged his services as druggist's clerk to Dr. Lewis Dunning Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., at the same time continuing to prosecute the study of medicine. From this place he went to the city of New York, where he continued the study as above under the supervision of Dr. Hiram Upson, for some eighteen months. Suffering from weak eyes, he left the study of medicine and turned his attention to teaching. Having pursued this business, also that of supervising schools for some thirty years, and having suc- ceeded in securing a fair reputation as an educator of some note,ad- vancing from $10 to $80 per month, he exchanged thie pedagogical rostrum for a more quiet position in his advanced years. In Sep- tember, 1851, he came to Illinois; settled at Crystal Lake, subse- quently residing at Chicago, Ravenswood and Englewood. He was married Aug. 27, 1835, to Mary F. Bartlit, daughter of Timothy and Hnldah (Flower) Bartlit. She was born June 5, 1817, and died Jan. 4, 1847. To them were born four children; all died in infancy or quite young. Names-Dorliska Coralinn, Frances Eudora, Clarence Jerome and Geo. Mortine. July 15, 1847, Prof. Smith married Harriet, daughter of Thomas and Deborah (Smith) Buck, natives of Pennsylvania. She was the granddaughter of Judge Elijah Buck, an eminent jurist in the early days of Pennsylvania. Prof. and Mrs. Smith have had seven children. Only three are living-Tlios. B., born May 29, 1848, an engineer in Ohio; Henry C., born March 16, 1851, buyer for Marshall Field & Co., and res- ident of New York City, married April 5, 1884, to Miss Edith Lowell, daughter of Dr. L. D. Lowell, of Crystal Lake, Ill .; Ella, born Dec. 12, 1863. Irene, born Aug. 23, 1853, died Aug. 1, 1854; Gabriella, born Aug. 16, 1855, died March 13, 1856; Myrta May, born Jan. 17, 1857, died Sept. 7, 1860; Adoniram J., born June 13, 1860, died March 3, 1861. Prof. Smith has been a member of the Baptist church over forty years, and has held all the church offices, from Clerk to Deacon. Politically he is a Republican.
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