History of Mercer County : together with biographical matter, statistics, etc., gathered from mattter furnished by the Mercer County Historical Society, interviews with old settlers, county, township and other records, and extracts from files of papers, pamphlets, and such other sources as have been available : containing also a short history of Henderson County, Part 44

Author: Mercer County Historical Society (Ill.)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : H.H. Hill and Co.
Number of Pages: 904

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THOMAS S. ROBB, farmer, is a son of William and Mary (Livingston) Robb, the former of whom was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, 1775, and emigrated to America when a young man ; and the latter a native of Pennsylvania, and whose parents were Scotch. Both died in Penn- sylvania in 1845. In their family were nine children, who are now widely scattered. James and Thomas became identified with Mercer county, Illinois, interests in 1851 and 1852 respectively, and are to-day among the well to do. Thomas S. was born in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1825, and there married Martha A. Campbell, daughter of James Campbell. She is also a native of Pennsylvania, the date of her birth being May 10, 1830. In 1851 Mr. Robb was appointed by Gov. Johnson, of Pennsylvania, as commissioner to the World's Fair, held in London, England, in the year 1851. Besides performing his duties in London, Mr. Robb visited the principal cities of England, Scotland and France, before returning to his own country. Mr. Robb has served Ohio Grove township, as supervisor, for four different terms.

JOHN MCCLELLAN was born December 20, 1826, in Washington county, Pennsylvania. His father was Francis Mcclellan, also a native of Washington county, but whose father came from Donegal county, Ireland, about 1813, and died in Pennsylvania at the age of ninety- eight years. Margaret Brownlee, the mother of John, was also a native of Pennsylvania, but her parents were from Scotland. In the family of Francis and Margaret MeClellan were eight children, all Pennsylvanians, of whom but three are living in Mercer county, viz. : Thomas, Francis and John. John emigrated to Illinois in 1850,

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buying 100 acres of the land on which he now lives, being in sections 33 and 34, Ohio Grove township, Mercer county, Illinois. Mr. McClel- lan has improved the farm mostly himself, and owns 150 acres of land. He was married January 12, 1854, to Miss Elizabeth Brownlee, daughter of William and Catharine (Hutchison) Brownlee, both Penn- sylvanians, but of Scotch descent. The Brownlees came to Mercer county in 1852. Mrs. McClellan was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, December 15, 1831. They have had five children : Francis, died August 22, 1866; Margaret, Renorick, Clara and Lawrence.

· WILLIAM McCREIGHT (deceased) was born November 27, 1818, in Adams county, Ohio, and was a son of Ephraim and Sarah (Cummins) McCreight, both from South Carolina. Mr. McCreight was raised on the farm. He acquired a very good education for his time and taught to some extent. He was somewhat a genius, able to use many tools and execute. In Ohio he was captain of a company of state militia. He drilled for the Mexican war, but was not called out. In the spring of 1851 he emigrated to Mercer county, Illinois, landing at Keiths- burg, April 1. He first rented from his brother-in-law, Judge William M. Hayes. About 1856 he purchased sixty acres of land which he improved. He afterward added another eighty acres. Mr. McCreight died July 11, 1869, and is buried in Candor graveyard. He had taught school here. He was a leading member of the United Presby- terian church from youth. In politics he was whig, abolitionist, and republican. He cast the only abolition vote cast in Ohio Grove town- ship at one election. He was honest, straightforward and of strong convictions. This made him perhaps second to none in influence among men. Mr. McCreight was married in 1843 to Polly Hayes, daughter of John and Martha Hayes, both natives of South Caro- lina. Mrs. McCreight was born in Adams county, Ohio, March 2, 1822. Three children were born in Ohio : Ira S., Leslie D., and Sel- don J. The family own the old homestead. Mr. McCreight's broth- ers, E. P. and Samuel, served in the civil war in company A, 30th Ill. Vol. John S. in company G, 30th Ill. Vol., and A. O. in company D, S3d Ill. Vol.

WILLIAM PEPPER is a son of Charles and Susan Pepper; was born in Cambridgeshire, England, May 2. 1822. His grandfather was butler to Pembrook College, Cambridge, and his father was also en- gaged in the same institution, and William Pepper spent many days with his father at the college. In 1832 the family set sail from St. Catharine docks, London, in the ship Thames, and after five weeks and three days, arrived in New York. They spent six weeks in New

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York city and six weeks in Utica, New York, then settled in Oswego county, New York, where they resided eighteen or nineteen years and cleared a farm of forty acres from the big timber. In 1849 William Pepper came West to Mercer county, Illinois, but spent the following year in Wisconsin. He then returned to Mercer county and worked for Samuel Cabeen. March 3, 1852, he was married to Jane Martin, daughter of William and Susan (Mcclellan) Martin. The Martins were very early settlers and are noticed elsewhere. Mrs. Pepper was born in Ohio, near Goshen, Indiana. After marriage Mr. Pepper lived one year in Keithsburg, then settled his present home farm of eighty-nine acres, March 1, 1853. He has improved his place, build- ing and re-building till he owns a pleasant place. Mr. and Mrs. Pep- per are members of the Presbyterian church. He is a free voter, voting for Lincoln's second term.

WILLIAM HENDERSON (deceased) was born in Greene county, Penn- sylvania, April 18, 1811. His parents, John and Margaret (Moore) Henderson, were natives of Pennsylvania. They moved to Guernsey county, Ohio, in the fall of 1811. John Henderson died about 1845, and his wife in 1859. They are buried in Pleasant Hill cemetery. Mr. H. was justice of the peace for twenty-one years, with the excep- tion of two odd years. He was in the war of 1812. William IIen- derson, the subject of these memoirs, was the third child in a family of seven. He was but a few months old when his parents settled in Ohio. Ile was educated in the common schools of his time, but the farm occupied largely his life. As' an additional means for gaining an honest and competent livelihood, he learned the shoemakers trade, which busied him when other labor was wanting. In 1834 he was married to Amelia M. Henderson. His wife died in 1840, leaving two children : Susannah C. and Margaret A. He was next married December 29, 1842, to Rose A. Dool, daughter of Robert and Mar-

garet Dool. Her parents were natives of county Antrim. Ireland. Mrs. Henderson's birth occurred on board vessel in Belfast Bay May 3, 1819, before the vessel set sail that was to bring the family to America. Robert Dool died in Harrison county, Ohio. His wife lives at the age of ninety years. Mr. Henderson emigrated to Mercer county, Illinois, in 1860, renting a farm between New Boston and Aledo. In March, 1862, he purchased the farm in Ohio Grove town- ship of 160 acres, being the S. W. } of Sec. 10. This he improved somewhat. He died March 20, 1877. He was buried in the United Presbyterian graveyard. Mr. Henderson was a man of life and good will to men. In politics he was whig, in whig times, then became a northern democrat. In Ohio he was several years deacon in the

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United Presbyterian church. In his second family are nine children : Robert enlisted in company A., 30th reg. Ill. Vol. Inf., and was trans- ferred to the engineer corps. He served the last sixteen months of the war. He was not nineteen years old when he enlisted. John and Jane received their educations at Monmouth Academy, and hold first grade certificates and command highest wages in teaching. William R. owns forty acres of the home farm. The other children are: Mattie, Bell (dead), Elizabeth, Henry and Mary.

WILLIAM DILLEY, farmer, is one of the very few pioneers left to tell the story of the county's young days. Mr. Dilley was born October 4, 1801, in Sussex county, New Jersey. He is the third in a family of nine children. His father and mother, Aaron and Jane (Storey) Dilley, were natives of New Jersey, and resided there till about 1818, when they removed to Trumbull county, Ohio, where they died. William Dilley worked on the farm till grown. He then worked in a woolen factory, carding, spinning, fulling, etc. May, of 1836, a desire for the west attracted him hither, and in that year he arrived in Mercer county, Illinois. He had shipped a carding machine to Oquawka via the river for his future use. He lived in Green town- ship till 1848, when he removed to his present home in Ohio Grove. Mr. Dilley was married in 1837 to Eliza Moorehead, daughter of John and Elenor Moorehead, early settlers of Mercer county. She was born November 24, 1816. Mr. Dilley owned 120 acres in Green township, which he sold. He bought 320 acres in Ohio Grove. He now owns 165 acres. Mrs. Dilley died April 18, 1877. She was the mother of nine children : Aaron S., John W. (dead), Celesia, Mary, Samtha, Cyrus, Seth, Nellie, (infant dead). Cyrus left home several years ago and has not been heard of since. Aaron S. enlisted in the 9th Ill. Vol., and John W. enlisted in the S4th Ill. Vol. Each served about three years in the civil war. Mr. Dilley has been whig, abolitionist, and republican in politics.

HAMMOND WEBSTER (deceased) was born, raised and married in Massachusetts. Both he and his wife, Louisa Richardson, also a native of Massachusetts, were engaged in the famous Girard factories of Massachusetts. They moved to New York state. In 1843 they emigrated to Ohio Grove township, Mercer county, Illinois, and pur- chased the S. E. } Sec. 28, and afterward added N. E. 4 Sec. 28. Mr. Webster died in 1845 and is buried in the Candor graveyard. His wife, at present writing (1882), survives him. He was justice of the peace several years. He was an old line whig. The children were : Albert, Theodore L., William, and Mariah (now Mrs. Robert Parkison). William Webster was born in New York, Alleghany county, June 1,

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1831, and came west with his people. His father dying, left William to work and do for himself at fourteen years of age. IIe spent till twenty-five years of age working round and renting a farm. He was married in 1858 to Julia A. Wing, daughter of Oliver and Julina (Harrington) Wing, both natives of Massachusetts but who died in Ohio. Mrs. Webster was born in Springfield, Pennsylvania, Novem- ber 29, 1821. When twelve years old moved to Ohio, then came west to Mercer county. ' After marriage Mr. Webster purchased his present farm, S. E. ¿ Sec. 30, which he has earned with toil and so well im- proved. He has two children : Edith and Harriet L. In politics he is democratic. He has been ten years a school director.

JAMES GRAHAM (deceased), was born in Washington county, Penn- sylvania, June 26, 1809, and was a son of John and Martha (Hutchi- son) Graham, both natives of Chester county, Pennsylvania. The Grahams were Pennsylvania frontier pioneers. James Graham was married Merch 4, 1835, to Mary Stewart, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Welsh) Stewart. She was born in Washington county, Penn- sylvania, May 10, 1814. Her father was born in county Armagh, Ireland, and emigrated when nine years old. He died in Virginia and is buried in Elizabethtown. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church. His wife died in Mercer county, and lies in Norwood ceme- tery. James Graham moved to Illinois in 1842, spending two years in Warren county. In 1845 he settled in Ohio Grove township, Mer- cer county, where he bought the N. W. } of Sec. 35. This he improved. He died November 25, 1879. He was an elder in the United Presby- terian church. In polities he had been free-soiler, whig and republi- can. HIe at one time cast the only free-soil vote cast in Ohio Grove township. He was foremost in temperance work. His education was good, having taught in Pennsylvania and in Mercer county. He left a wife and six children to mourn his loss. Mrs. Graham resides at Alexis. Her children are : Calvin W., of Kansas; Lenora J., now Mrs. A. L. Brownlee, of Iowa; Mary M. E., now Mrs. J. C. Graham, of Monmouth ; R. M., of Nebraska; Emmet S., at home ; and Eva A., with her mother. Emmet S. was married October 19, 1876, to Miss Ella C. Boggs ; she was born in Warren county, Illinois, April 25, 1856.

JOHN SEATON (deceased) was born in Perthshire, Scotland, March 15, 1795, and was a son of Duncan and Margaret (Cameron) Seaton. His birthplace is the country village of Killiekrankie, famous as a field of battle in times gone by, and made immortal by the lines of Walter Scott. Mr. Seaton's grandfather and his wife's grandfather fought in the battle of Culloden. Mr. Seaton spent about forty-five years in

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Scotland. He was educated in the common schools of his country. Ile learned the trade of carpentry and masonry, which he followed somewhat, as well as farming. He became anxious to try a new country ; hence in 1843 he left the land of Scott and Burns for Amer- ica. He sailed from Liverpool May 21 and landed in New York July 14. He settled first in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, where he farmed two years. In 1845 he determined to emigrate still westward; accord- ingly he started for Galena, Illinois, via the river, but being taken sick he concluded to land at Oquawka, which he did in November of . 1845. He spent the first winter in Mercer county ; then two years he farmed in Warren county. In 1848 he " squatted " on the N. W. ¿ of Sec. 19, T. 13 N., R. 3 W., Mercer county, which he bought when it came into market. This he improved, and here he lived till his death, July 21, 1881. Mr. Seaton was a quiet, honest, plodding farmer, friendly to all and esteemed by all. He was a Presbyterian in reli- gious faith. In politics he cast his first vote for Henry Clay, and later was a strong republican. The country needs more such men. Mr. Seaton was first married in 1821 to Isabell McDonald, who died in 1824, leaving two children: Margaret, born June 22, 1822; and Duncan, born October 27; 1823. Mr. Seaton next married (1826) Miss Christian Seaton, probably a very distant relative. She was born January 10, 1800. She shared the toils of emigration and life in the new country, dying in Mercer county, Illinois, December 20, 1878. She was a consistent Christian, and a queen in her own house. She was the mother of six children : Eliza, born October 4, 1828, died July, 1847 ; John, born February 6, 1831; Robert, born March 25, 1834, enlisted in company G, 102d reg. Ill. Vol. Inf., was second lieutenant, and died at Nashville, October 10, 1864, from a wound received July 22, 1864, at Atlanta ; he was a brave boy ; Daniel, born February 3, 1836, died May 14, 1866 ; George; Susan, died in infancy. George Seaton, son of Jolm Seaton, was born February 14, 1839, on the same farm as his father. He grew to be his father's constant help, as he took charge of his father's business for about twenty years. He was married February 26, 1874, to Miss Mary J. Brown, daughter of James Brown, of Warren county. She was born in Ireland, county Antrim, July 26, 1851, and is lineally descended from the Campbells, of Argyleshire, Scotland. They have four children. Mr. Seaton owns the old homestead and other land to the amount of about 500 acres. The new town of Seaton is laid out on his land, and he has built the first store.

SAMUEL M. CREIGHTON, farmer, was born January 18, 1831, in Ohio county, West Virginia. His father, John Creighton, was born in

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1767, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. While yet a boy he was a teamster in the revolution, and was drilled for a soldier. He was present at the battle of the Brandywine. He died in 1849, having buried his wife (Samnel's mother) in 1836. Both are buried at the church at the Forks of Wheeling. She was born about 1780. In the family were eleven children, of whom Samuel is the youngest. He. in company with his sister Elizabeth, emigrated to Brown county, Ohio; then to Warren county, Illinois ; and in the fall of 1853 settled on section 35, Ohio Grove township, Mercer county, Illinois, on the James Graham place, one year ; then in 1854 he bought the N. W. # of Sec. 33. This he has improved. In 1875 he built his present honse at an expense of $2,100. Mr. Creighton is a radical republican ; he cast his first vote for John P. Hale. He is a member of the United Presbyterian church.

WILLIAM C. BROWNLEE, farmer, is the namesake of his father, the Rev. W. C. Brownlee, D.D., of New York city. Dr. W. C. Brownlee was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was educated at the university of Glasgow, and was licensed to preach in Scotland in the faith of the covenanters. He was married in Scotland to Mariah McDongall, a native of Glasgow. He emigrated to America about 1804, and became a minister to a Seceder congregation in Washington county, Pennsyl- vania. He soon received a call to a Philadelphia Scotch-Presbyterian congregation, which he accepted about 1812. He afterward became Professor of Languages and Mathematics in Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Later he became collegiate pastor of the Dutch Reformed church, at the corner of Nassau and Liberty streets, New York city. He died in 1860. in his eighty-second year, having suffered many years from a stroke of the palsy. His wife died about 1850. In the family were nine children : Dr. J. J. Brownlee (dead) was surgeon in the late war; John A. (dead) was of the firm of Brownlee, Homer & Co., St. Louis; David, a merchant of St. Louis ; the girls, Mariah, Margaret, Jane, and Catharine, married prominent merchants in the east. William C. was born in Lancaster, Pennsyl- vania, September 3, 1815. and is the third child in the family. He was educated in the common schools of Pennsylvania and high school of New York city. In the spring of 1838 he left home and stayed with his relatives in Ohio a time, emigrating with them still westward. He came to Mercer county. Illinois, and settled near Viola, taking a claim of 160 acres. In 1840 he bought 240 acres in Ohio Grove town- ship, which he has improved. In that year he was married to Mary A. Brownlee. She was born in Richland county, Ohio. She died April 3, 1876, and is buried at Norwood. She was the mother of six chil-

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dren : William C., Jr., Francis, Mariah, Samuel, Alexander, and Harriet N. Mr. Brownlee was a whig, voted awhile for the democ- racy, but the war made him a republican.

JAMES CALHOUN (deceased) was a native of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. He made a trip to Muskingum county about 1814, pur- chasing, and in part clearing, a farm. About 1816 he settled with his wife, Elizabeth (Carnahan) on his Ohio farm. His father having been in the revolutionary war, he was not afraid of the frontier. There nine chidren were born to them : David, William, Jolm K., James H., Joseph C., Samuel C., Elizabeth, Franklin, and Alexander T. Mr. Calhoun, besides farming in Ohio, was proprietor of a store and a. steam mill. In 1843 the family emigrated via the Muskingum, Ohio and Mississippi rivers to Oquawka and thence to Mercer county, where he farmed a short time in Suez township, then removed to New Boston, where he kept hotel for a number of years. He died July 15, 1847. His wife lived till November 22, 1878. Both were mem- bers of the United Presbyterian church. Mr. Calhoun is a distant relative of the great John C. Calhoun. The children are scattered. David and William moved to Kansas ; the latter is dead. Joseph and Alexander live in Taylor county, Iowa ; James K., is of Aledo ; Sam- uel and James H., in Ohio Grove township. Samuel and Alexander served three years in company H., 84th Ill. Vol., in the civil war. James H. was born August 5. 1826 ; has spent a life on the farm, owning 80 acres in Ohio Grove township. The family are, and have been, warm republicans. John K. was born February 24, 1824; was raised on the farm and educated in the common schools of his day. IIe came to Mercer county in 1843, with the family. In 1846 he returned to Ohio, where he lived till the fall of 1854, when he was married to Miss - McClelland, native of Ohio ; and on the fol- lowing day started for his home in Mercer county, Illinois. He set- tled in section 5. Suez township, where he lived, raised his family and buried his wife, her death occurring in 1872. In spring of 1882 he retired from active labor and moved to Aledo, Illinois. He is owner of 500 acres of good land. His children are : Elizabeth J., Martha A. (now Mrs. Robert Hudleston), Mary B., William (deceased).

BARNET UNANGST (deceased) was born in Warren county, New Jersey, March 28, 1810. His father, Jacob Unangst, was a native of Northampton county, Pennsylvania, and his mother, Elizabeth (Wil- son), was born in New Jersey. The family is of German descent. June 15, 1833, Barnet Unganst was married to Charity Smith, daugh- ter of Isaac and Jemima (Wheaton) Smith. She was born in Hunt- ington county, New Jersey, August 30, 1815. An extract from a

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New Jersey paper is as follows : "The annual re-union of the great Smith family of New Jersey, held on Wednesday, in a beautiful grove of appletrees on the site of the old homestead of Zachariah Smith, of Peapack, was, perhaps, the biggest family gathering that has ever yet taken place. There were fully 3,000 persons present, all supposed to be lineally descended from, or connected with, the original John Schmidt, of Holland, who settled in Stanton, Huntington county, New Jersey, over 125 years ago, and changed his name to Smith, after he understood the ways of the country. He was a genial Dutch- man ; slow plodding, industrious, honest ; and the impress of his character is left on a good portion of his vast progeny to this day." After marriage Barnet and Charity Unangst lived in New Jersey till 1851, having eight children born to them : Pheby, born May 12, 1834, died April 19, 1836 ; John S., born September 12, 1836, died Angust 20, 1838 ; Godfrey H., born January 12, 1839 ; Ann E., born Novem- ber 21, 1840 ; Mary J., born November 30, 1842; Margaret, born July 13, 1845 ; Christiana, born September 3, 1847; Sarah C., born March 26, 1850. Two were born in Illinois : Jacob, born February 16, 1852, died December 14, 1854; and William H., born July 27, 1854. In 1851 the family sought a home in Illinois, and bought land in Ohio Grove township, Mercer county, coming overland 1,200 or 1,300 miles, occupying about seven weeks in the journey. Here the Unangsts made their farm. Mr. Unangst was a quiet, congenial citi- zen. He died November 23, 1876, leaving his wife to survive him till August 12, 1881. Both were members of the Presbyterian church, and are buried at Norwood. Godfrey II., the third child, enlisted in company E, 102d Ill., Vol., August 18, 1862. IIe was detached at Gallatin, Tennessee, for pioneer service, December 1, 1862, and trans- ferred to company K, 1st Reg. U. S. Vet. Eng. Vol., abont Septem- ber 1, 1864. He was through the campaign from Nashville to Mur- freesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and in front of Nashville. He was discharged June 30, 1865, and returned to his home, where he resumed farm labor. He became manager of the farm on his father's disability, and now owns the old homestead in section 13.

EBENEZER GRAHAM, farmer, was born May 12, 1816, in Washing- ton county, Pennsylvania. His parents, John and Martha (Hutchi- son) Graham, were natives of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but died in Washington county. John Graham emigrated from Ireland when a young man. He lived on the frontier of Pennsylvania, at night resting in a fort. He was in the Indian wars. Ebenezer, the tenth and youngest child, lived in Pennsylvania till 1857. He was raised on a farm. His schooling is limited, yet such as was common to his

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day. He was married to Sarah A. McDowell, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, December 21, 1837. In 1857 Mr. Graham sold his farm and moved west, settling in Ohio Grove town- ship, Mercer county, where he has improved a good farm. He and wife have been members of the United Presbyterian church over forty-five years. He is a strong republican. In the family are two children : J. L., born in Pennsylvania; and Martha J. S., now Mrs. Dr. J. T. McCutchan, of Norwood.

M. M. CROSS, farmer, was born in Adams county, Ohio, November 16, 1820, and is a son of William and Ann (Morrow) Cross. William Morrow was a native of Pennsylvania. He became a soldier in the war of 1812. In 1811 he moved to Adams county, Ohio. He was a farmer and miller and had learned the tanning business in his young days. He died in Ohio in 1848. His wife was a native of county Down, Ireland, and came when young to America; she died in Ohio in 1856. In the family were three girls and three boys. M. M. Cross was reared on the farm. He was married to Dorcas Finley, daughter of William Finley, in 1856. In that same year Mr. Cross came to Mercer county, Illinois, and settled in Ohio Grove township. He bought eighty acres of land; to this he added more, then sold, but now owns 160 acres of fine land, with good improvements. Mr. Cross was raised a democrat but has long been a good republican. He was assessor some time and was road commissioner about fifteen years. His wife died March 2, 1856, leaving a family of five children : Lewis A., McDill I., Emma A., Craton R., and Stewart E. Mr. Cross was next married to Paulina J. Walker, a native of Adams county, Ohio, and who came with her parents to Peoria county, Illinois, in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Cross are connected with the United Presbyterian church. McDill R., son of M. M. Cross, was born in Adams county, Ohio, February 25, 1856. He lived with his parents till marriage; he was married March 8, 1882, to Miss Abbie M. Kimel, daughter of J. W. and Mary (Burnet) Kimel. She was born in Mercer county, Ohio Grove township, March 12, 1863.

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Author: Mercer County Historical Society (Ill.) Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Chicago : H.H. Hill and Co. Number of Pages: 904

Author: Mercer County Historical Society (Ill.)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : H.H. Hill and Co.
Number of Pages: 904