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George Stickney was born in the town of Jaffrey, Cheshire County, and State of New Hampshire, June 26, 1809, and moved with his
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parents to Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y., in the fall of 1817. Was brought up on a farm until he was nineteen years of age, when he bought his time for $100. He then worked on a farm one season for $10 per month, finishing his schooling the following winter, and the next spring went to Binghamton and engaged in the lum- bering business. He continued in that business until 1835, then made up his mind to make for himself a home in the Western coun- try. He made a small round trunk (yet in his possession) in which he packed his clothes, and in June of the same year started for Buffalo on the Erie Canal. At that point he took the steamer Daniel Webster, for Detroit. He then strapped his trunk to his back and started on foot to prospect in Michigan for a farm, the oldest settlement having been commenced about three years before. Failing to suit himself after traveling two weeks in that country, he took a schooner at the mouth of the St. Joe River for Chicago, where he landed June 25, 1835, which was then a very small town, and from which there were no roads visible except Indian trails. He bought a pocket compass and was shown a point of timber nine miles distant, called Berry's Point, and was told that he would find a track that would lead to Brush Hill, and from there to Na- perville, two small settlements two and three years old. After viewing the country in the vicinity of Fox River was well pleased, and made up his mind to stop in this paradise of the West. He was at the "raising" of the first log house in Elgin, built by its founder, James Gifford, who surveyed a line from Chicago to Ga- lena and located Elgin where the line crossed Fox River. He made a claim three miles east of Elgin, on which he built a cabin, fenced in twenty acres, and leased ten acres to be broken and put into wheat that fall. He remained here until December, then went up Fox River prospecting, and stopped in what is now the town of Nunda, in McHenry County, Ill., then occupied by Indi- ans, in which township he was the first white settler, having made his claim and settlement on the 10th day of December, 1835, this being three years before the northern counties of Illinois were sur- veyed by the Government.
In 1836, with Samuel Terwilliger, he broke ten acres on section 7 and built a house on section 6 (afterward occupied by Benjamin McOmber). This was the first ground broken and the first house built in township 44, north of range 8, east of the third principal meridian, in the State of Illinois-now the town of Nunda. Hav- ing disposed of his first claim, he has since made Nunda his per-
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manent home. When the town was first organized he had the honor of being appointed by the court its first Supervisor. He also served as Road Commissioner three years, and as School Director sixteen years, and the trust imposed in him was satisfactorily per- formed. He, witli G. L. Beckley and William Holcombe, as School Directors, built the first log school-house in that township on section 18, in 1838, Armenda McOmber being the first teacher. He was married, Oct. 27, 1839, to Miss Sylvea M. Beckley, who was born in Granby, Conn., Feb. 24, 1819, and died Sept. 21, 1879. She, with a resolution born of her ancestors, helped her husband beard the lion in his den in their pioneer settlement, and lived to enjoy some of the fruits of her labor. Their union continued some forty years in which ten loving children were born, of which only three remain to bless his declining years. His second marriage was with Miss Lavina Congdon, Sept. 30, 1881. She was born in Rutland, Vt., March 12, 1812. Whilst yet an infant her parents moved to Broome County, N. Y., where she remained until Janu- ary, 1854, when she came to Illinois to live with her brother Elias. Then, with him, moved to Bremer County, Iowa, in 1861, and nineteen years later came back to Nunda, Ill., where her name was changed to Mrs. Lavina Stickney. Here they now both reside in their pleasant home, with health and freshiness in their green old age, surrounded by relatives and friends on this 13th day of Novem- ber, 1884. Mr. Stickney tells of early experiences in the following:
AN OLD PIONEER'S BIOGRAPHICAL ROMANCE.
I in the year eighteen-nine in New Hampshire was born, In seventeen, with my parents, to York State did come; My noble, brave father, with honors was seen As Captain of cavalry, in the war of thirteen.
I was brought up on a farm, though the farm now is small, There were only five girls and six boys of us all;
My schooling was limited for the country was new, And to keep the wolf from the door was about all we could do.
Years back in my youth very tardy did seem, I bought my time of my father when I was nineteen; One season with a farmer I labored with fame, Then for the purpose of lumbering to Binghamton came.
What beautiful scenery for an artist to sketch Are those grand crested hills around Binghamton stretched, With their valleys between and the rivers that flow, The grand Susquehanna and the bold Chenango.
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Some folks called this town Chenangpoint at that time, Long back in the ages, in the year twenty-nine, When telephones and railroads were not in our history, And the "raging canal" somewhat of a mystery.
When I was nineteen, perhaps a little older, I came to this town somewhat of a rover; The town was then new and the maidens were fair, A good place to stop at I thought would be there.
There six years I tarried with varied success, Then a yearning there came for a home in the West; Then farewells were exchanged with friends that were dear, Then away, far away, to the Western frontier.
With the Indians I squatted and their camp-fires did share, And their true, noble bearing in my heart did inspire A love for their virtues, a curse on their foes, For their inhuman trea ment which the world ready knows.
Three years d d I rough it in this fair Illinois Before it was surveyed by Uncle Sam's boys; My object accomplished, once more must I roam For my Binghamton lassie to share my new home.
Nine years had now passed since our first happy meeting, And naught had transpired to mar our kind greeting ; She was a star in my sky, that dark clouds now obscured, And a sad disappointment I then there endured.
Far be it from me to cast any reflections On her dear loving friends for their timely suggestions; It was: " Better stop here with kind sis ers and brothers Than risk the savage frontiers with fever, famine and robbers."
Their counsel prevailed, with her firm resolution, That no other man should receive her devotion; The sequel doth show how either waking or sleeping For forty-two years her resolve she's been keeping.
When efforts are futile, disappointment the end, Let fate solve the problem and harmony blend; When the future looks dark, go ahead, never fear, You will surely succeed if you but persevere.
To home friends I came without counting my losses; I bought a new wagon and a fine span of horses; For the West then I started, all troubles did wave, For a soil that was free and a home for to save.
Once more at my home 'neath the shade of my dwelling With such beautiful scenery, good folks there's no telling;
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View those grand, shady burr oaks, those old pioneers; Here was the grandest of prospects for all c ming years.
In the arcana of nature there is nothing too late, For a family arrived in the year thirty- ight; A relative and friend soon gave them good quarters, Father, mother, three sons and two lovely daughters.
To the eldest fair daughter my love was soon plighted, In the year thirty-nine our bonds were united; Through sunshine and shade, through storms and fine weather, Forty years in our life-boat sailed we faithful together.
She was a worthy companion, a dutiful wife, The kindest of mothers, the pride of my life: There were ten loving children to our fireside came, Seven have passed and the mother, but three yet remain.
They have passed from my sight to that flower fadeless land, Where the powers of the mind shall progress and expand; Where wisdom eternal shall hold full control, And love that's supernal shall enter the soul.
With a lingering disease three years she did suffer, Whilst help by kind friends oft to us was proffered ; Four decades had passed since our hearts were united, Now fate had decreed for a time we be parted.
O'er life's retrospect view many land-marks were noted, And I resolved that one year to reflection be devoted ; Part of that time was spent with my Eastern relations, And part was spent West to gain information.
Of years past and gone my reflections remind me That a change has occurred with the girt left behind me; New marital relations with brother John, the pious, Caused her to come to Illinois to stop with brother Elias.
Now in a negotiation that he thought would well pay His effects were exchanged for a home in Iowa; Brother Elias deceased and her nephew got married, In her sixty-eighth year here this lady now tarried.
In visiting fr ends East I learned her location, I wrote her a line and to call asked permission; She said she was surprised to receive such a token, For had thought that long since she by me was forgotten.
She said if permitted by the powers that be She would like very much my person to see; And her health being spared would her influence lend In making things pleasant to meet with a friend.
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In the fore part of June, I think 'twas in eighty, Among Iowa friends visited was this elderly lady ; Our meeting was mutual, there was no regret, It being forty-two years since together we'd met.
You would have smiled to have seen two grey heads together Conversing of friends and the change in the weather; I said : " In three States you now have resided, And your preference to one I wish now decided."
Then asking her kindly how she liked Illinois, She frankly acknowledged that would be her choice;
. Now to make a short story that we all may remember, Our bonds were un ted on the thirtieth of September.
Four years have now passed, with all grades of weather, Since we entered our boat on life's ocean together;
Though the waves have been angry, and the sun failed to shine, Yet she has sailed like a feather o'er the billows of time.
Now we've an old-fashioned home in a pleasant location,
And lots of kind friends and honored relation ;
We've a park, which an evergreen grove doth incumber,
With our rose, mountain ash, and one big oleander;
And a three-foot trunk cottonwood with a swing to its branches, How its wide-spreading foliage our admiration enhances ; Croquet ground, stave hammock and an arbor, rustic-seated, Where we cherish our friends, who with welcome are greeted.
To our relatives East, in the year eighty-four,
We have paid our last visit and viewed past scenes o'er ;
And those grand, crested hills, and their val eys between, No more with these eyes will their beauty be seen.
Old age is creeping on, and our shadows are lengthening, Whilst the beauty of earth our hopes ever strengthening; We cherish kind friends and our children who love us, With thanks ever due to kind angels above us.
G. S.
Samuel Terwilliger was born in Broome County, N. Y., June 25, 1788, the second of five sons of Barney and Dolly Terwilliger natives of Holland. He was married Aug. 29, 1823, to Laura Chamberlain, who was born March 9, 1805, a daughter of Joseph and Abigail Chamberlain. To them were born seven children-Sarah, born Jan. 7, 1824, died the age of six years; William, born Nov. 18, 1825; Eliza, born Jan. 7, 1827, died in childhood; Lorenzo, born Dec. 1, 1831; Jerome, born June 30, 1837, died April 12, 1876; Louise Catherine, now Mrs. Marshall Merriman, born April 24, 1839; Elizabeth, now
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Mrs. Clark Jacobs, born Aug. 17, 1841. Mrs. Terwilliger died Nov. 4, 1869. Sept. 18, 1879, Mr. Terwilliger married Maggie, daughter of William and Anna Conley. Mr. Terwilliger is one of the oldest pioneers of the county, and has lived on his present farm about a half a century. His son Jerome was the first white child born in Nanda Township. He is a Republican in politics. Has been a member of the School Board many years.
Anson Thompson was born in Allegany County, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1825, a son of George and Elizabeth (Gearhart) Thompson, his father a native of Vermont and his mother of New York. His grandfather, Aaron Thompson, was of Welsh descent and moved to Western New York in an early day, where he died about 1829. He reared a family of seven children-Susan, Elizabeth, Jemima, Schnyler, George, Aaron and Moses. The maternal grandfather of our subject, George Gearhart, was a native of the Mohawk Valley, N. Y., and afterward moved to Western New York, where he died in 1846, aged nearly ninety years. He reared a family of twelve children-Diantha, Annie, Betsey E., Polly, Margaret, Sally, Henrietta, Harriet, Emeline, John, Frederick and George. Our subject's parents came West in 1841 and settled near Crystal Lake, Ill., where the father died in 1876, aged eighty-two years. His mother is living, aged eighty-five years. They reared a family of nine children-Anson, Edwin, George; William, died in 1871; Adoniram J .; Frederick; Lodema, wife of Franklin Griffing; Martha, wife of Wm. St. Clair; Mary E., wife of Moses Batter- shall, of Nebraska. Edwin, George, Adoniram J., and Frederick were heroes of the Rebellion and participated in many of the most prominent battles. Anson Thompson received a fair educa- tion and then taught school two winters. In the spring of 1841 he, with three others, drove a team from Pennsylvania to Crystal Lake. He worked with his father till 1845, and then began farm- ing for himself. He now owns 160 acres of fine land. He was married Oct. 13, 1847, to Henrietta, daughter of Phineas and Anna Palmer, her father a native of New York and her mother of Massachusetts. They came to Crystal Lake in 1843. The father died in 1875, aged seventy-four years, and the mother Aug. 6, 1884, aged eighty-five years. Mrs. Thompson was born March 18, 1829. Politically Mr. Thompson is a National Greenbacker. He has served as Highway Commissioner five years. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church.
John B. Walkup was born in Greenbrier County, Va., Aug. 11,
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1811, a son of Christopher and Sabrina Walkup. He was reared and educated in his native county, and after reaching maturity came West as far as La Porte, Ind., where he taught school two years. He then, in company with several others, came to Illinois and laid a claim in Algonquin Township, but subsequently settled on the farm in the town of Nunda where the family now reside and where he died June 9, 1856. When he first came to the county he boarded with Mrs. Gilliland, now the oldest settler in the county. He was married Oct. 20, 1840, to Mary J., daughter of Robert G. and Esther White. To them were born three children- Leonidas W., born May 16, 1842; Eva M., Nov. 17, 1844; and Alfred C., May 18, 1849. Alfred has been for four years a mis- sionary of the Congregational church to the South Sea Islands. Politically Mr. Walkup was a Republican. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Walkup's grandfather, Isaac White, was born in Pennsylvania, Oct. 1, 1757, and Jan. 17, 1782, married Jane Givens, a native of North Carolina, born Jan. 17, 1762. They had a family of seven children-Robert G., born Dec. 29, 1782; Peggie, Oct. 15, 1784; Lucy, Oct. 23, 1786; Sarah, April 2, 1789; Polly, Oct. 30, 1791; John, Feb. 19, 1794; Re- becca, July 19, 1796. Robert G. went to Indiana, and thence, in 1818, to Illinois and located in Bond County. In 1836 he came to McHenry County and settled near Marengo, where he died in 1871. Of his six children, four are living-Mary J., born Oct. 18, 1815; Jolin, now in Minnesota; Alfred, of Marengo, and Esther L., wife of William P. Walkup. Isaac and Benjamin are deceased.
Charles E. Warner was born in Cheshire County, N. H .. Feb. 4, 1812, a son of Jerry and Phoebe (How) Warner, his father a native of New Hampshire born Sept. 22, 1786, and his mother of Vermont, born Feb. 19, 1788. His parents were married in Ver- mont, and in 1808 moved to Cheshire County, N. H .; from there in 1818 to Washington County, N. Y., and in 1831 to Erie County, N. Y. In 1836 they moved to Cattaraugus County, N. Y., where the father carried on the wool-carding and cloth-dressing business eleven years. In 1867 they moved to McHenry County, Ill., where his mother died May 4, 1868, and his father Jan. 16, 1873. His paternal grandfather, John Warner, was a native of New Hamp- shire, of English descent. His maternal grandfather, Nehemiah How, was a veteran of the Revolution, and died in 1829, aged seventy years. When sixteen years of age our subject began working at the clothier's trade with his father. In 1855 lic came
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to Illinois and located in McHenry County, where he has since re- sided. In 1869 he built the Hyatt House, Nunda, and ran it four years. He then sold it and bought a farm on which he lived till the spring of 1882, when he moved to the village and retired from the arduous duties of farm life. Mr. Warner was married April 25, 1841, to Martha Jolinson, who was born in Utica, N. Y., March 24, 1816, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Whitcomb) Johnson. They have three sons-Dwight B., born Aug. 30, 1842; Luzern E., born March 7, 1846, and Clarence B., born Oct. 5, 1852. Politically Mr. Warner is a Republican. Mrs. Warner's grandfather, Christopher Johnson, was a hero of the Revolution and died in 1828, aged sixty years. Her parents moved to Illinois, but subsequently went to Rhode Island where her father died in 1860, aged seventy-two years. Her mother died in the fall of 1840.
Dwight B. Warner was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1842, the eldest son of Charles E. Warner, of Nunda Township. His boyhood days were spent on the farm, where he assisted in the work in summer and attended school in the winter. When thirteen years of age his father moved to Illinois and settled two miles east of Nunda. Here he lived till 1862, when, Aug. 14, he enlisted in Company D, Ninety-fifth Illinois Infantry, under Captain Beckley. They first went to Camp Fuller, Rockford, where they were mustered in Sept. 4. From there they went to Cairo, Columbus, Ky., Grand Junction, Tenn., Oxford, Miss., back to Memphis, Tenn., thence down the Mississippi to the mouth of the Yazoo. From there to Lake Providence where they had their first skirmish with the enemy. Here he was detailed with a band of sixty men, thirty in wagons and thirty on mules, to reconnoitre. When they came to the point of action every fourth man was detailed to guard the mules and wagons. He was one of four who ran their horses within reach of the enemy's guns before they understood the situation. It was miracle that they were not instantly killed as there were 300 of the enemy. Their companions soon came to the front and the engagement resulted in the capture of twenty-six rebels. Eleven Union men were killed and wounded, and four horses wounded. The Captain, who was known as a Kansas Jayhawker, was killed. From Lake Providence the regi- ment went to Grand Gulf, Miss .; from there to Jackson and Cham- pion Hills, reaching the latter place just as the battle was over. They then went to Black River, which they were obliged to bridge
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over; this they did in one night and the next morning proceeded to within three miles of Vicksburg. On the 19th of May they made a charge on Vicksburg, but were repulsed. On the 22d they made another charge and were again repulsed. He was detailed as sharpshooter at Vicksburg and was thus engaged twenty-five days. On the 4th of July Vicksburg was surrendered to the Union forces, and on the 5th the regiment marched into the city with flying colors. From there they went to Natchez, and Oct. 11 returned to Vicksburg, where they camped till the spring of 1864, when they joined the Red River expedition; thence to Memphis; then down White River, and return, and tlience across the coun- try to Cape Girardeau, Mo. On the march through the Iron Mountains they were short of rations and lived on pumpkins and popcorn, which made their mouths sore and they could not eat food when able to get it. Rations were bountifully supplied one morning while on the road, and the result was that many fell out of ranks and were four days in completing a journey of seventeen miles. They proceeded to Jefferson City, thence to Sedalia, and from there by rail and boats to Nashville, where they went into camp and built the fortification, and Dec. 15, 16, and 17, par- ticipated in the battle. From there they went to Eastport, Miss., where they went into winter quarters and for three weeks lived on corn, and little of that, as a guard was placed to prevent the soldiers from stealing the corn from the mules. From Eastport they again went to Vicksburg; from there to New Orleans, and then to Spanish Fort, where Mr. Warner was again detailed sharpshooter twenty-five days. Thence to Fort Blakely, and on the 25th of April to Greenville. Here the Nincty-fifth took pos- Session of a printing office and published the first paper in the South advocating Northern sentiments. From here they went to Mont- gomery; tlience to Opelika where they celebrated the 4th of July. Then returned to Montgomery, and from there to Vicksburg, St. Louis and Springfield where they were mustered out. After his return home Mr. Warner engaged in farming till October, 1875, when he moved to Nunda and with F. E. Young purchased a stock of hardware. Six months later W. T. Hamilton bought Mr. Young's interest and the firm remained Warner & Hamilton till 1880. Oct. 11, 1875, he was commissioned Postmaster of Nunda and held the office till 1880. In September, 1880, he united his interests with William Butler in the dry-goods business. They carry a stock of from $6,000 to $8,000, and are the leading mer-
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chants of the place. Oct. 1, 1865, Mr. Warner was married to Mary Eliza, daughter of John and Lydia (Butler) Armstrong, who came from Vermont in 1840, and located in Nunda Township. Her father died Oct. 23, 1879, aged sixty-three years. Her mother lives in Nunda, aged sixty-five years. Mr. Warner has four children-Charles E., born Dec. 16, 1867; Olive M., June 30, 1871; Nellie B., Oct. 11, 1875; Lilla B., Oct. 23, 1879, the day Mrs. Warner's father died.
J. S. Watrous was born in Broome County, N. Y., May 4, 1826, a son of William and Eliza (Smith) Watrons, his father a native of Connecticut, born Dec. 31, 1798. His grandfather, James S. Watrous, was of English descent, a native of Connecticut. He died in 1852 aged eighty years. The name was originally spelled Waterhouse. His grandfather, Miles Smith, died in 1851 aged eighty years. William and Eliza Watrous had a family of eight children-Amanda, wife of Franklin Doolittle, of Lincoln County, Kas. ; J. S .; Eliza, wife of Doctor Doolittle, of Woodstock; William M., of Prince William County, Va. ; Sarah C., wife of D. K. Marsh of Marshfield, Pa .; Charles B., of Marshfield; Emma, died in 1864, aged twenty-four years; Marion, wife of Walter E. Marsh, of Lincoln County, Kas. The father died March 19, 1883, age, eighty-four. The mother is living in Pennsylvania, aged about eighty-three years. J. S. Watrous rceived a good education. After leaving school he followed lumbering fifteen years. In 1869 he came to Illinois and bought 200 acres of land in McHenry County. He was married in 1859 to Kate, daugliter of Hiram K. and Sarah (Lewis) Hill. The father died in Minnesota in 1867; the motlier in Nunda in 1877, aged seventy-seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Watrous have two children-Kate, born Nov. 14, 1860, married Edward A. Murphy, and Sarah E., born Aug. 7, 1864. In his political views Mr Watrous is a Republican. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Watrous's parents had a family of seven children-Sarah, died in infancy; Henry, lives in Dunreith; Horace Abner, in Minnesota; Bayard, died at the age of four years; Kate; Foster L., a member of Company F, Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry, was killed near Jackson, Miss .; Lonisa, wife of James Wilson.
Amos D. Whiting was born in Jolinson, Lamoille Co., Vt., July 27, 1824, a son of Zachariah and Lucinda (Dodge) Whiting, his father a native of Connecticut, and his mother of Vermont. His father died in 1862, aged seventy-two years. He was a veteran of
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the war of 1812. His mother died in 1872, aged seventy-two years. His grandfather, Nathan Whiting, was a native of Connec- ticut, of Scotch descent. His maternal grandfather was a native of New Hampshire, of English descent, and the father of seven children-Daniel, Amos, Jonathan, Solomon, Lucinda, Sarah and -. In the spring of 1847 Mr. Whiting came to Illinois, and worked by the month for J. W. Smith a year and a half. He then ran a peddler's wagon till the spring of 1850, when, in company with J. W. Smith, Joshua Chase and Thomas Heath, he started for California, reaching the end of their journey the first of August. Mr. Whiting remained in California nearly ten years, working in the mines, running a hotel, and carrying on a mercantile busi- ness. He finally lost his hotel, which cost him $8,000, and then returned to Illinois, and settled in McHenry, remaining there four or five years, when he bought the farm of 280 acres where he now lives. Mr. Whiting was married March 21, 1860, to Lois, daugh- ter of George and Achsah Bassett, natives of Lamoille County, Vt., where the mother died in 1871, aged fifty years, and the father in 1877, aged sixty-two years. Mrs. Whiting was born Nov. 10, 1843. To Mr. and Mrs. Whiting have been born five children- Cynthia, William E., Belle, Lois and Lizzie. Politically Mr. Whiting is a Democrat. He has been an influential man in the township, and has held several of its offices.
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