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James Robbins was born in Oswego County, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1829, a son of John and Polly Robbins. His parents were natives of New York, and in 1844 came to Illinois and located in Solon, McHenry County, where the mother died April 18, 1857, aged
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fifty-nine years, and the father, June 16, 1869, aged seventy-nine years. They had a family of three sons and four daughters; three daughters are deceased. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Ebenezer Robbins, came from England to America before the Revolutionary war and settled in Keene, N. H., where he died in 1840. His wife, Ruth, was of Irish descent and died in the fall of 1840. They had a family of four daughters and one son. The maternal grandfather of our subject, James Ferguson. came fromn Scotland in an early day and died in Oswego County, N. Y., about 1848. His wife was a native of Germany. They had a family of four sons and five daughters. James Robbins received a good education and after leaving school followed agricultural pursuits several years, and then sold his farm and opened an agricultural implement store in Solon, where he is doing a good business. Nov. 11, 1856, Mr. Robbins was married to Mary, danghter of Sylvanns Aldrich. She died April 15, 1874, leaving seven chil- dren-Hattie, wife of E. R. Young, of Eagan, Moody Co., Dak .; Sylva, wife of William F. Huntington, of Howard, Dak .; James, of Austin, Texas; Edward, of Williamson County, Texas; Lena C., in Osage, Iowa; John, at home; Albert E., in Dakota. Dec. 10, 1877, Mr. Robbins married Sarah, daughter of George and Saralı Turner, natives of England. They have two children-George T., born Dec. 18, 1879; and Walter, born Dec. 11, 1883. Mr. Rob- bins is politically a Republican. He has served as Justice of the Peace fifteen years, and has held many other offices of trust. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities, and of the Good Templars order, but still stands by the Republican party.
Thomas Ryder Sheldon was born at Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., N. Y., Oct. 20, 1818, allied by direct descent to the first families wlio settled in Rhode Island of English extraction. He was the second son of Timothy and Sarah (Jenkins) Sheldon. His father's grandfather, Jonathan Sheldon, was kidnapped from his home in Rhode Island in the night and pressed into the British service and taken to England. After a long series of hardships he made his escape and returned to his home. His mother's grand- father, Captain Christopher Jenkins, was one of the earliest settlers of Long Island. The family were Baptists. His paternal ances- tors were Friends, or the sect more commonly known as Quakers, and in these earlier times suffered heavy persecutions. The ances- tors on both sides were men of strict integrity, did not bow down to public opinion, but held that the eternal principles of immuta-
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ble justice must be maintained. The subject of this sketch, Thomas R. Sheldon, remained with his parents until 1837, thien entered the commercial world of New York City. These years were filled with religious thought and observation. At the age of twenty-three he became a member of the Fourth Congregational Church, under the charge of the Rev. Dr. Noble; was an active member in the service of the church and an earnest worker in the Sabbath-school. March 2, 1843, he married Mary, eldest daughter of John and Barbary Ulbrich, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Sheldon is a devoted member of the Baptist church. In the spring of 1844, his health failing, he came West and settled in Wisconsin, while yet.a Territory, three miles north of his present home, which he purchased in 1854. He owns one of the best and most valuable farms in McHenry County, containing 300 acres of choice land, well improved. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon have four children-Sarah E. (Sheldon) Wilson, of Norwood Park, Ill. ; John Chancey, of Newport, Iowa, a farmer; Fred, attorney at law, Osage, Iowa; Mary B., who resides with her parents at Richmond. He has twelve grandchildren.
C. F. Stewart was born in Madison County, N. Y., May 24, 1819, a son of John and Martha Stewart, the former a native of New York and the latter of Vermont. His grandfather, John Stewart, was a soldier in the Revolution, and died in 1846, aged ninety years. When sixteen years of age C. F., in company with three older brothers, H. A., H. C. and H. J., came West. The first day they walked sixty-two miles, and at Buffalo took a boat for Toledo. From thcie they walked to Michigan City, Ind., in abont two weeks. C. F. and H. A. then walked around the lake to Chicago in a night and part of two days, and went to Geneva and worked in a mill two months, and then came to McHenry County and worked for Abijah Barnum on his saw-mill. They built a boat for him, and with it brought a load of provisions to McHenry. In the latter part of 1836 they came to Richmond and bought a half-section of land from the "Jack-knifers ;" paid them $25 for the privilege of locating. They erected a small cabin, which is yet standing, and while one worked at improving the land the other worked on the public works to furnish the means of livelihood. They continued in this way three years, when they had saved enough to allow thein both to remain on the land. C. F. has made this township his home, with thic exception of three years, since his first arrival. In 1843 his parents came West and
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lived in Illinois five years. They then went to Fond du Lac County, Wis., where the father died in 1854, aged seventy years, and the mother in 1860, aged seventy-seven years. They had a family of eight sons-H. A., H. C., David C., H. J., C. F., F. R., Lewis C. and E. C. Politically they were all Republicans. H. J. Stewart was married in 1839 to Margaret D. Smith, of Lock- port, Ill., and she was the first white woman resident in the dis- trict now known as Keystone.
J. B. Stone was born in Norwich, N. Y., March 19, 1827, a son of Silas B. and Marita (York) Stone. His father was born in Whiting, Vt., Aug. 30, 1800, and died in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1862. His mother was born in Brookfield, N. Y., June 27, 1803, and in 1862 came to McHenry County, Ill., where she died March 28, 1884. His grandfather, Josialı Stone, was a native of Rhode Island, and died in New York about 1837, aged eighty years. His grandmother, Lois (Bennett) Stone, died in 1851, aged 100 years. J. B. Stone received a good education in his native county. He then engaged in farming several years. In -- he came to Illinois and located in Richmond, but his wife's health failing he returned East and worked at wagon and carriage making. He afterward canre again to McHenry County and bought a farmi of 200 acres in Hebron Township, where he lived till 1883, when he moved to Richmond. He was married Sept. 6, 1847, to Ellen C., daugliter of George and Maria (Street) Myers, natives of New York. To them have been born three children; two are living-Mattie, wife of W. H. Rotnour, and Mark M. The latter married Loma Watkins, who died in 1882; and in 1884 he married Mary Greely. Acta M. was born Dec. 5, 1851, and died Sept. 9, 1853. Mr. Stone is a member of Richmond Lodge, No. 143, F. & A. M. Politically he is a Republican.
C. H. Tefft was born in Providence, R. I., Feb. 4, 1831, a son of Jesse and Dency Tefft, natives of Rhode Island. When he was an infant, in 1831, his parents moved to Allegany County, N. Y., where the father died in December, 1859, aged sixty years, and the mother is still living, aged eiglity-one years. His grandfather, Jesse Tefft, died in 1840, aged seventy years. He received a good education, attending school till twenty years of age. He was mar- ried Jan. 1, 1854, to Mary E., daughter of Ira and Cynthia Churchill, natives of New York. Her father died in 1850, aged forty years, and her mother is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Tefft have two chil- dren-Charles B., born Oct. 27, 1854, was married July 4, 1878,
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to Flora, daughter of W. H. Ballard. Ada, born Dec. 25, 1868. Politically Mr. Tefft is a Republican. He has served his town- ship in several of its offices.
Briggs Thomas was born in German Flats, Herkimer Co., N. Y., and died in McHenry County, Ill., Sept. 10, 1881. He followed the vocation of a farmer till 1830, when, on account of his health, he took a sea voyage. Returning six months later he engaged in the mercantile business and canal-boating five years. In 1836 he started for the West, stopping first in Marshall, Mich., thence to Chicago, and Milwaukee, Wis. In 1837 he returned to New York for his family, and came again to Illinois, and took up a claim in Richmond Township, McHenry County. He became one of the most prominent men of the county, and held several offices of trust in his township. He was married Dec. 10, 1820, to Amy Mason, who died Nov. 23, 1870. They had a family of seven children, six born in Herkimer County, N. Y .- Hannah, deceased; Mary, wife of Abel Noyes; Abijah and Electa, deceased; Jane, wife of Rufus Randall; Clarissa, wife of Isaac M. Reed, and M. B. Sept. 10, 1872, Mr. Thomas married Mrs. Maria Mason. He was a member of the Baptist church.
Homer E. Thomas, youngest son of John and Rosina (Tiffany) Thomas, was born in Alden Township, McHenry Co., Ill., Feb. 1, 1846. His parents were native of New York, his father born in Dutchess County, May 19, 1814, and his mother in Chenango County, May 11, 1813. His parents were married in 1840, and the same year moved to McHenry County, Ill., and settled in Algonquin Township. Two years later they moved to Alden Town- ship, and in 1853 to Richmond, and settled on a farmn just south of town, where the father died in June, 1881. He was a genial, so- ciable man, a good citizen, and an honored member of society. But two of a family of four children are living-Fayette A. and Eugene I. enlisted in the war of the Rebellion in the Ninety-fifth Illinois Infantry. The former died while in the service, the latter came home but died from the effects of disease contracted while in the army. Leverett W. is a physician of Eden, Marshall Co., Iowa. Homer E., the youngest, lives on the old homestead with his mother. He was married in 1881 to Amelia F. Stevens, of Richmond, and has two children.
M. B. Thomas, a son of Briggs and Amy Thomas, was born Dec. 13, 1842, in Richmond Township. He received a good edu- cation, attending the public schools in the winter till seventeen
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years of age. He has always followed agricultural pursuits, and now owns 180 acres of fine land. He was married Dec. 16, 1860, to Katic Rowe, daughter of Hiram and Susan Rowe, natives of New York. They have five children-Hattie, wife of Harry Stewart, has one child-Bessie M .; Myrtle, Laura, Ethel and Oscar. Politically Mr. Thomas is a Republican.
G. W. Truesdell was born in Greene County, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1808, a son of Stephen and Catherine (Storm) Truesdell. His father died in 1859, aged eighty-three years, and his mother in 1876, aged ninety-two years. His youth was spent in assisting his father on the farm in the summer and in the carding-mill in the winter. In 1842 he came to Illinois, and in 1843 went to his native county, and on his return brought his carding-machine with him. It was the first one in the county. He set it up in McHenry but two years later moved it to Solon, where he ran it a few years. He then sold it and bought the farm of 160 acres on sections 25 and 26, where he now resides. Mr. Trnesdell was mar- ried in 1837, to Margaret Simpson, a native of Greene County, N. Y. Of their five children but one is living-Adelaide, wife of George Coates. Caroline, Mary, John and an infant are deceased. Politically Mr. Truesdell is liberal in his views.
George E. Turner, deceased, was a native of Yorkshire, England, born Jan. 3, 1817. In 1834 he came with his parents to America and settled in Detroit, Mich. He moved to McHenry County, Ill., in 1840, and located on the farm now owned by Mrs. Turner, where he died Dec. 9, 1872. He was an energetic, intelligent farmer, and one of the most esteemed and influential men of the township. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and one of its most liberal supporters. He was a Class-Leader in the church several years. He was married in 1844, to Sarah A. Reed, who died leaving five children. He afterward married Jannette Adams, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, who came to America with her parents when five years of age. To them were born five children -James H .; Clara E., wife of R. Johonnott; Edward, who has charge of his mother's farm; Cora B. and Ida I. Mrs. Turner is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and one of its most active workers.
Daniel Weeks is a native of Boston, Mass., born Aug. 18, 1813, a son of Daniel and Hannah (Gale) Weeks. His grandfather, Benjamin Weeks, was born in New Hampshire in 1746; was mar- ried May 26, 1774, to Sarah Weed, and died in 1828. His father
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was born Dec. 28, 1775, and died Dec. 27, 1853. His mother died July 9, 1852. His father was in the mercantile and lumber busi- ness, but he preferred the life of a farmer and since reaching his seventeenth year has followed that vocation. He came to Illinois in 1856 and now owns a large tract of land in Beadle County, Dak. He is an extensive stock-raiser, dealing in the finest blooded grades. Mr. Weeks was married Aug. 20, 1835, to Anna Elkins, who was born May 5, 1815, in New Hampshire, a daughter of Jolın and Sarah (Sibley) Elkins. They have had seven children- Anna M., born Jan. 1, 1837, died in 1854; Sarah R., born July 11, 1838, died July 19, 1870; Mary S., born April 30, 1840, now Mrs. Russel Fuller; John B., born Feb. 5, 1842, resides in Dakota; William S., born Oct. 20, 1844, and died in October, 1883; Eben, born April 1, 1846; Ocker, born Nov. 11, 1848, died in 1868. John and William were in the war of the Rebellion, and partic- ipated in the siege of Vicksburg. Politically Mr. Weeks was first a Whig but now affiliates with the Republican party. Mrs. Weeks's father was born in 1790, and died in 1841. Her mother was born in 1792 and died in 1871. Her paternal grandfather, -Elkins, was born Dec. 29, 1760, and died in 1850. His wife, Hannah (Heynes) Elkins, was born in 1760, and died in 1838. Her maternal grand- father, William Sibley was born July 16, 1768, and died June 22, 1828. His father, William Sibley was born in 1738 and died in 1789.
Eben B. Weeks is a native of Belknap County, N. H., born April 1, 1846, a son of Daniel and Ann (Elkins) Weeks. In 1856 his parents moved to McHenry County, Ill., and here he grew to manhood. He taught school one year and then settled down to the life of a farmer. He owns a fine farm of 220 acres in Richmond Township. He has a good two-story frame residence and commodious farm-buildings. He pays special attention to raising Poland-China hogs and merino sheep, having some of the finest animals in the county. He is also a partner in the Genoa Mill Company at Genoa, Ill. He was married in 1868 to Bell Parmalee, daughter of L. B. and Mary ( Alexander) Parmalee. Mrs. Weeks is a member of the Congregational church in Rich- mond. Mr. Weeks is a member of Richmond Lodge, No. 143, F. & A. M.
Christopher White, a son of Robert and Mary White, was born in Yorkshire, England, March 23, 1810. He never had any edu- cational advantages, the Sunday-school being the only school he
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ever attended. In 1830 he came to America and lived in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., two years; then came to Illinois with William B. Ogden, and drove a team in Chicago fourteen years. In 1846 he moved to McHenry County, and settled in Richmond Township, where he now lives. He has a fine farm of 200 acres. He was married March 15, 1845, to Mehitable Cowling, a native of New Hampshire, born March 30, 1827, a daughter of David and Pollie Cowling, of English and Scotch descent. Her parents moved to Cook County, Ill., in 1843, where the father died in 1846, aged fifty-two years, and the mother in March, 1849, aged fifty- three years. Mr. and Mrs. White have had eleven children; four sons died in infancy ; seven are living-Julia, born July 1, 1847, is the wife of William Toyenton and has five children-Mahlon, Willis, Frank, Lulu and James; Frank, born June 16, 1849, mar- ried and has one son-John; Sarah, born Sept. 18, 1852, married Thomas Madden and has three children-Daniel, Cora, and Fred- erick; Josephine, born Oct. 12, 1856, married William Seaton, and has had two children-William (deceased) and Harry; Cora, born Oct. 9, 1858, married Joseph West, and has one son; James, born Aug. 10, 1859, married and has one daughter-Clara; Kittie, born April 13, 1868. Politically Mr. White is a Republican.
Richard Wray was born in Yorkshire, England, March 2, 1814, the eldest of ten children of Thomas and Alice (Midgeley) Wray. His father was born March 2, 1790, and died in Richmond, Ill., in 1866. His mother died in White Pigeon, Mich., in 1834. He was endowed by nature with a quick, inquiring mind, and although his school-days ended when he was fourteen years of age, he had acquired a good education, which was the foundation of his success in life. In 1833 he came with his father's family to America and lived in Michigan three years. In June, 1836, he came to Mc_ Henry County, and made a claim near English Prairie, which he bought as soon as the land came into market. He has been a useful man in the township and has been chosen by his fellow townsmen, who recognized his executive ability, to many official positions. He has given agriculture much thought and attention and has held the office of Vice-President of the County Associ- ation several years. Prior to the Kansas trouble Mr. Wray was a Democrat; later he affiliated with the Republican party, but now is independent in his views. He was married in 1841 to Jane Arch- dale, a native of Yorkshire, England. They have had six children; but four are living.
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John Winthrop Sanborn, farmer, postoffice, English Prairie, was born on his father's farm, on this prairie, in December, 1842. His father, John Sanborn, was a native of Salisbury, N. H., and came West in 1837, and located in McHenry County, on English Prairie, remaining here till 1840 when he returned East, and July 5 was married. In 1842 he brought his wife to his prairie home, where they passed the rest of their lives. Jolin Sanborn died Feb. 26, 1866. His wife, Mehitable, died Aug. 16, 1883. They had a family of five children-Levina, born in Salisbury, N. H., resides on the old homestead; John Winthrop; Clarinda, died at the age of eighteen years; Benjamin Franklin, and Minerva, who died at the age of twelve years. John and Mehitable Sanborn possessed strong, upright characters, which nothing could daunt. His cour- age and bravery were subjected to severe tests in the early settle- ment of the county by the constant assaults made upon him by the English, who tried to make the prairie a purely English settle- ment. He was once attacked by twenty English, but he met them coolly with his old musket which he often carried into the field with him, and ordered them to leave, saying: "Start your boots, or by the gods I will make this prairie smell of British worse than hell does of brimstone." This unexpected reception caused a panic and his enemies fled in dismay. At another time Mr. Sanborn had been ill and several English attacked and pounded him severely and took away his hat and he was obliged to go bareheaded the rest of the summer, as the market was so far away that they could go to it only once or twice a year. Many instances of a similar nature rendered Mr. Sanborn's early life on his claim one of almost con- stant warfare. John Winthrop Sanborn spent his early life on his father's farm, receiving his education in the district schools. Aug. 10, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Ninety-fifth Illinois Infantry, and served till Aug. 17, 1865. He participated in the battles of Champion Hills, Vicksburg, Red River expedition, Fort De Rus- sey, Old River, Clauterville, Yellow Bayou, Guntown, Nashville, and others. Since his return home he has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits and is now located on a portion of the old homestead. He was married in Geneva, Ill., in May, 1869, to Olive Walker, of Forest Port, N. Y. They have six children- Clyde Walker, Harry Winthrop, Flora Mabel, Guy Chelsea, Edith Lillian and Wade Hampton. Mr. Sanborn is a member of Rich- mond Post, No. 286, G. A. R.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
RILEY TOWNSHIP.
SETTLEMENT .- WHITMAN COBB, FIRST SETTLER .- OTHER EARLY SET- TLERS .- FIRST EVENTS. - SCHOOL STATISTICS .- FIRST PHYSICIANS .- CEMETERIES .- TOWNSHIP HOUSE .- LOCATION OF TOWNSHIP .- DESCRIPTION. - COON CREEK .- STOCK AND DAIRY BUSINESS .- TOWNSHIP OFFICERS. - BIOGRAPHICAL.
The first settler of this township was Whitman Cobb, who came from New York and located here in 1836, where he remained till about the year 1874, when he moved to Warren and engaged in the grain business. At the expiration of three years he returned to Riley Township, where he died soon afterward. In 1837 Charles Knapp settled in Riley. He came from Pennsylvania, and after making his home in this township moved to Wisconsin, where he died in 1882. An old gentleman by the name of Sam- uel Smith settled in this township in 1837. In 1838 Russel Bailey came from New York and settled in Riley. About the same time came Roswell Bates, N. E. Barnes, Jenkins and Osborn Under- wood.
LOCATION.
This is the extreme southwestern township in the county, being joined on the west by Boone County, on the south by Kane County, on the east by Coral Township, and on the north by Marengo. Itis township 43, range 6.
DESCRIPTION.
This township is almost exclusively prairie land, which renders it one the finest agricultural towns in the county. Here you will find some of the finest residences in the county. The farms are large and under a high state of cultivation. The township is with- out a village, but it is situated so near Marengo that a trading point within the limits of the township is not at all necessary. In early times a store was kept in the township for a short time, which was its first and last public trading point.
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and its two branches are the only water courses in the township, which render this one of the most sparsely watered townships of the county. The two branches of this stream unite near the town house, on section 22, and flowing in a northwest direction, passes out of the township into Boone County, on section 5.
FIRST EVENTS.
The first white child born in the township was Ezra O. Knapp, son of Charles Knapp, in 1838.
The first person who died in the township was Samuel Smith, in 1837.
The first marriage ceremony in the township was performed Aug. 19, 1841, by Ward Burley, a Justice of the Peace, uniting Spencer Flanders and Caroline E. Cobb.
The first school house was a frame building, erected in the north side of the township, in 1845.
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
The following statistics show that the educational interests of Riley have advanced with her other interests in a degree highly creditable to her citizens. The township contains eight school-houses, whose value is estimated at $4,300. One thousand six hundred and eighty-four dollars is annually paid her teachers, and there are in the township 225 children of a school age.
PHYSICIANS.
The first man who ever located in this township for the purpose of caring for the sick was Dr. Albert E. Smith, who came in 1837 and remained several years. He was followed by Dr. John Wood- worth, who came in 1865, and practiced till his death, which oc- curred in 1878.
CEMETERIES.
The first cemetery in the township was laid out in an early day, near the center of the township. After the Methodist church was built, near the line, a small burying ground was laid out adjacent to it.
TOWNSHIP HOUSE.
This is the only township in the county that has erected a build- ing for the exclusive purpose of holding elections, meetings, etc.
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This is more a matter of necessity than otherwise, the township being void of a village or any public house where meetings can be held.
STOCK AND DAIRY BUSINESS.
These industries, of late years, have attracted not only the at - tention of the farmers in Riley, but their capital as well. While many cattle are raised and fattened for the market, the dairy busi- ness is carried on quite extensively and successfully.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
The first township election was held in a school-house in District No. 5, the second day of April, 1850. The Moderator of this meeting was W. O. Nichols, and the Clerk was Enoch Babcock. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Ira E. Searles, Supervisor; E. Babcock, Town Clerk; N. E. Barnes, As- sessor; A. P. Smith, Collector; J. L. Jenkins, Overseer of the Poor; Jesse Fellows and F. C. Griffith, Justices of the Peace; A. P. Smith and Daniel Richardson, Constables; King Henry and T. J. Dewey and Joseph Patterson, Commissioners of Highways. At this election a tax of only $50 was voted for school purposes.
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