History of Mercer and Henderson Counties : together with biographical matter, statistics, etc, Part 100

Author: Mercer County Historical Society (Ill.); Henderson County Historical Society (Ill.)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : H.H. Hill and Co.
Number of Pages: 1424

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justice of the peace. He has had a hard task to subdue the wilderness in which he settled, but lives to enjoy his labors in his old age.

WILLIAM STUART BAILEY, M.D., was born at Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio, November 24, 1849, the first of the five children of Benjamin S. Bailey and Dorothy Patterson, the former of Scotch, the latter of Irish lineage. Both parents are now dead, and are buried at Wayland (formerly Marshall), Henry county, Iowa, whither they had removed some years before. The father died September 20, 1873 ; the mother, November 13, 1861. William S. Bailey was reared to his father's occupation, farming, but received the best educa- tion the public schools at Washington, Iowa, could give. About 1866 or 1867 he came to Olena to read medicine under Dr. Maxwell. February 18, 1873, he completed the prescribed course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons (allopathic), Keokuk, Iowa. After his marriage, June 8, 1876, to Anna, daughter of G. H. and Mary Mosher, he settled first at Wayland, Iowa, his father's home ; but in 1878, returned to Olena, where he has succeeded in building up a lucrative practice. Dr. and Mrs. Bailey have one child, Gideon Stuart, born April 16, 1877.

IRA PUTNEY, Jr., adopted son of Ira Putney, Sr., and Sarah Copp, was born at Steansted, Province of Quebec, June 16, 1840. When he was four years of age his father removed to Bloomington, MeLean county, Illinois. During the residence of the family at this place and at Burlington, Iowa, whither they had moved, Ira passed his time at school, completing the high school course of the Burlington school at the age of thirteen. A year later the family removed to Olena, Hen- derson county, where the father bought the business of Marks & Por- ter, general merchants. Father and son continued together until Octo- ber, 1861, when the son enlisted at Cairo, in Co. E, 10th Ill. Inf., Capt. C. F. Cowan. He was assigned duty in the quartermaster's de- partment, under Quartermaster J. Pyatt, now of Jacksonville, Illinois. He followed the fortunes of the army in its course through Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, and Alabama, until after the capture of Atlanta. He was mustered out, October, 1864, at East Point, Georgia. Although in the quartermaster's department, Mr. Putney did not escape hard service, remembering very vividly serving rations under severe fire before Atlanta. Returning to Olena, he re-entered business with his father. In 1865 the firm of Putney & Son was followed by Putney & Curry, the elder Putney retiring and giving place to George Curry. Mr. Putney and Mr. Curry were associated in business most of the time until 1876, when Mr. Curry retired, leaving the entire business in Mr. Putney's hands. In 1877 an unfortunate investment

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forced Mr. Putney to the wall, being followed by Mr. J. H. Stevens. After farming for five years he again opened a store, where he still offers for sale a general stock of groceries, dry goods, and boots and shoes. Two years previous to entering the army, in June, 1859, Mr. Putney was united in marriage to Azubah A. Haislett. Of their six children, they have buried one, the eldest. Mr. Putney belongs to the Freemasons fraternity. He is a zealous republican, and has done his party yeoman's service in the community where he lives. He has at various times been postmaster, which position he now holds.

ISAAC B. COWDEN, M.D., born in 1879, is the son of Alexander Cowden and Margaret Maganghy. His parents were among the early settlers of Mercer county, Illinois, and the first couple married there. A few years after their marriage they removed to Louisa county, Iowa, where their son Isaac was born. The father died in this county in 1856 ; the mother still lives, residing at Crawfordsville, Iowa. The public schools of this place gave the subject of this sketch his general education. He began the study of medicine under Dr. J. D. Miles, state senator, residing now at Washington, Iowa. Mr. Cowden attended his first course of lectures at Iowa City, in the winter of 1872-3 ; a year later he received a diploma from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk, Iowa. He settled first in Henry county, but re- moved soon after to Olena, Henderson county. During his eight years' residence here since his settlement in 1874, his practice has constantly increased. December 1, 1876, he married Lilian M., daughter of Thomas J. Richey, one of the earliest settlers of this county. Of the four children born to them the eldest two are dead. The remaining two were born : Nellie Grant, in 1879, and Thomas Russel, in 1881.

JAMES POLLOCK, son of John Pollock and Elizabeth Stewart, was born in Harrison county, Kentucky, March 22, 1816. His mother died while he was a babe, leaving a family of eight children, of whom James was the youngest. In 1837 his father fell a victim to cholera, and was buried at his old home. When but fifteen years old James was apprenticed to a blacksmith, near his home; but he became dis- satisfied here, and a year later went to Clermont county, Ohio, where he finished his apprenticeship and wrought at his trade. In 1836 he married Hettie Smith, daughter of John Smith and Ellen McIntosh. Hettie Smith was born in the year 1818, in Clermont county, Ohio, but was reared by her grandparents in Brown county. Here she was the schoolmate and playmate of Gen. U. S. Grant, and spent many hours playing with the embryo president about his father's tanyard. By her grandparents she was instructed in the old-time duties of card- ing, spinning and weaving, and still recalls those as among her

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happiest days. In 1837 Mr. and Mrs. Pollock came to Henderson county, Illinois, settling at the village of Terre Haute. They afterward went to Indiana, and lived in Jefferson county until 1856. Again coming to Henderson county, Illinois, Mr. Pollock worked at his trade, first at Terre Haute six years ; then one year at Olena. In 1862 his eldest son (William) had enlisted in the 91st reg. Ill. Vol. Inf., and the next spring the two remaining sons in the 84th. Then his heroic wife sent him, also, "to look after the boys." Enlisting in Co. K. 84th reg. Ill. Vol. Inf., he joined the main army at Nashville. He saw almost continuous fighting, until, at Jonesboro, a ball shattered his leg. A surgeon with a rude bandage stayed the flow of blood ; but he lay there on the field, faint and feverish, his limb, now greatly swollen on account of the tightly-drawn ligature, giving unutterable pain, from three P.M. of September 2 until nine A.M. of the 3d, twelve weary hours of constant agony. When finally he was taken to the hospital, so extensively had mortification set in, that the leg, shot off below the knee, had to be amputated half way from the knee to the hip. After several months spent in hospital, he was discharged, May, 1864, at Quincy, where he had spent the days of his convalescence. His sons passed unscathed through many of the severest battles of the war, and, honorably discharged, now live, William and Henton in Ringgold county, Iowa, and John in the Far West. After his discharge from the army Mr. Pollock again engaged in blacksmithing; but an unlucky stroke of the hammer broke a finger of his left hand, and rendered the hand stiff and useless for work. Through the beneficence of the govern- ment to which he so nearly gave his life, Mr. Pollock is spending his last years in modest, but assured comfort-comfort richly earned, both by him and his worthy wife, now no less heroie and honorable, though less honored than the highly exalted playmate of her youth.

JAMES HENRY DEAN was born in Greene county, Ohio, April 28, 1831. His father, Robert Dean, was originally from Kentucky ; his mother, Elizabeth Campbell, from Tennessee. Robert Dean was twice married. By his first wife he had eleven children, of whom James H. is the eighth. At the age of twenty-five the last-named left home, shortly after his father's death in 1854. He came to Olena, Hender- son county, and in 1856 bought the farm upon which he now resides, a part of the N. W. { of Sec. 11. In November of the same year he married Elizabeth, daughter of John Gibson, the first settler of this township, and Ann McNary. Mrs. Dean has given birth to five chil- dren. Of these the first-born, William Harvey, was buried at the age of seventeen, and the third died in infancy. There remain to them John Albert (born June 16, 1861), Willis Elmer (born October 15,

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1868), and Mattie Florence (born August 21, 1874). Mr. Dean enlisted in Co. A, 30th reg. Ill. Vol. Inf., October, 1864. He joined Sher- man's army at Pochetaligo, South Carolina, and continued .in active duty until March 30, 1865, when he was sent to the hospital sick. Ile was honorably discharged May 26, 1865, at Madison, Indiana.

JOHN H. STEVENS came to Henderson county in 1863, as a teacher at the South Prairie school. The following spring he entered the army at Mattoon, and was sent into Missouri. Here he was engaged chiefly in garrison duty along the line of the Iron Mountain railroad, especially at Pilot Knob and Ironton. By a singular train of circumstances, Mr. Stevens was absent from all the severe engagements in which his com- mand were concerned ; for instance: he was one of the force detailed to convey arms to Pilot Knob, but was sent back just before the battle. Hardly had he turned over his arms at the expiration of his term of service, when Price made his so nearly successful invasion. He was a member of Co. A, 135th reg. Ill. Vol. Inf. Returning from the army, he taught in Henderson and Warren counties till 1868, when he returned to his native state (Ohio), to teach in the graded schools there. After some years he again came to Henderson county, taught for a time, and then, in 1878, bought his present business (dry goods and groceries), a business which he is now closing out in order to remove to Dakota Territory. His parents, Lewis A. Stevens and Sarah A. Sperry, were, respectively, of Scotch and German descent. The family was large, consisting of fourteen children, of whom twelve came to adult age. The family is one of rather remarkable longevity, several of Mr. Stevens' ancestors lacking but little of reaching four score and ten. Born October 31, 1841, he spent his early years in the county and normal schools of Muskingum and Licking counties, Ohio. The profession of his choice was the law; his prospects for pursuing his studies successfully were very bright, but his entrance into the army changed his whole course of life. In 1865 he married Isabel, daughter of William and Elizabeth Black. They have five children living, and buried one in infancy. Successful in his teaching and in his business, Mr. Stevens goes to his new home with good reason to expect success.

NATHANIEL MARSTON, born at Enfield, Grafton county, New Hamp- shire, May 2, 1810, is the son of Nathaniel Marston and Rhoda Saw- yer, and of pure New England stock. His father died before the sub- ject of this sketchi was a year old. His mother was married again to David Choate, but continued to live on the old homestead until her death, Jannary 14, 1869, at the advanced age of eighty-five. Of the elder Marston's four children, but two grew to mature year.

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buried in 1859, and Nathaniel, of whom we now write. The latter left home at the age of sixteen and went to Lebanon, New Hampshire, to learn cabinet-making. Here he worked until 1831, when he removed to Kingsville, Ashtabula county, Ohio. At this place he continued at his trade till 1837, when the wonderful reports of the success of the Illinois farmers drew him hither. Coming directly to Henderson county, he entered the N. W. } of Sec. 12, T. 9 N., R. 5 W. Here he built his log cabin, and installed therein his wife, whom he had married in Ohio, Lois Barton, daughter of Nathan Barton and Sarah Burroughs. Mrs. Marston was born and reared at Plainfield, Massa- chusetts, the eleventh of thirteen children. All grew to manhood and womanlood, but eight have since been buried. Of the five now living Mrs. Watson is the youngest. Of her own ten children, three are dead, and the others scattered through this state, Iowa, and Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Marston are persons of intense moral and religious con- victions, and consistent lives. They have ever been among the most earnest workers and generous givers toward the support of a church here in the community. They have been connected with the Meth- odist Episcopal church, of Olena, since its first organization. Mr. M. has been an uncompromising opponent of slavery and intemperance, fearless in his opposition to what he considered wholly at variance witlı principles of right. He lives to enjoy the fruits of his sacrifices and labors, and to rejoice in the triumph of the right as he saw the right.

ANDREW CAROTHERS, Sr., came to Illinois from Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, where, with his brother John, he had been reared under guardians. He bought, in 1840. the N. E. ¿ of Sec. 2, T. 9, R. 5, Hen- derson county, and afterward the S. E. ¿ also. He built his residence on the former, and lived there until his death, in 1848. He was twice married, first to Mary Hays, afterward to Mary Robison. He entered the army in the war of 1812. In religion he held to the creed of the Seceder church.

ANDREW CAROTHERS, Jr., elder son of the preceding by his first wife, was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. After his father's removal to Illinois, he occupied the home farm, having been married the preceding year (1840) to Lydia Fickes, daughter of Jacob and Lydia Fickes, of his native county. In 1851 he came to Olena, and settled on the farm held by him at his death.

JACOB CAROTHERS, son of the preceding, was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1842. He remained with his father during the latter's life. He now owns a splendid prairie farm, well improved. He was married first in 1871, to a daughter of Thomas Richey, from whom he was divorced. In 1877 he married Angie, daughter of

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Tobias and Phobe Carter, of Henderson county. They have two chil- dren, Junia Myrtle, born January 1, 1878, and Izetia, born June 1, 1880.

ALEXANDER MARSHALL was born in Fairfield District, near Winns- boro, South Carolina, in the year 1787. He entered the army in the war of 1812, and was stationed at Charleston. In 1816 he married Mary McMillan, of Kershaw, South Carolina. In 1836 he visited the west, and purchased the S. E. ¿ of Sec. 16, T. 9, R. 5, Henderson county, whither he brought his family the next year, and where he departed this life April 22, 1864. He was a man of much worth, 'and was almost continuously in offices of trust. Both he and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian church.

ROBERT MARSHALL, eldest son of the preceding, was born March 1, 1817. He came to Illinois with his parents, and in 1841 bought the "eighty" on which his residence stands. He first married Susan, daughter of John Andrew, in 1842. Five years after her death he was again married (in 1852) to Rebecca Graham.

JOHN MARSHALL, brother of the preceding, was born in South Caro- lina, October 23, 1822. After he became of age, he worked for him- self, farming and teaching, alternately. October 26, 1848, he was married to Ann Maria, daughter of R. W. and Ann Maria Richey, of Washington county, New York, and settled where he now lives. Both he and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian church of Olena. They have had nine children, of whom they buried the sixth, John W., at the age of four, and the Seventh, Charles, in infancy. Of the living, William Thomas, resides in Montgomery county, Iowa ; Helen Mary, now Mrs. A. W. Coppage, at Emerson county, Iowa ; Richard W., and Alexander are at home ; Ann Maria, now Mrs. Ed- ward Fort, in Henderson county ; Jane Eliza, and Emma Rozella, at home.

JAMES A. MARSHALL, born June 8, 1825. In 1850 he bought his home, and in 1851 brought thither Jennette H., daughter of R. W. and Ellen Richey, of Washington county, New York. He and his wife and daughter are all members of the Olena United Presbyterian church.

WILLIAM MARSHALL, youngest son of Alexander Marshall, was born in South Carolina, July 19, 1828. At the age of nine he came to Illi- nois with his parents. He remembered vividly the two months' over- land journey to his prairie home. He became independent at the age of eighteen, but worked with his father until he purchased his present home in 1857. In 1860 he built his residence, and two years later brought into it his wife. Josephine B., daughter of Isaac and Jane

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Hopkins, then living near Biggsville, but both since deceased. Mrs. M. is the last of a family of twelve children. Mr. Marshall was brought up a democrat in politics, and is earnest in behalf of the doc- trines of this party.

JOHN HENRY HUGENSCHUTZ was born in Hanover, Germany, Jan- uary 29, 1821. His father died when he was but seven years of age. At fifteen he left home and for three years worked on a farm. He then went to learn the carpenters' trade, at which he worked in the old country and in New York State until 1855. The winter of 1855-6 he spent in his native land. Returning to America in the spring of 1856, he came to Henderson county. Here he resumed his trade and con- tinued at it until his brother's death, in 1860, when he turned to farm- ing. After renting land for two years he purchased the eighty on which he now lives. Starting with a very meager outfit of stock, and $800 in debt, he has increased his farm to 234 acres, well stocked, and has a comfortable balance on the credit side of the account. Has been twice married. His first wife was Margaret, daughter of H. G. Anne- gers, Sr. She died in September, 1854, leaving no issue. In 1857 he married Margaret Gurgens. Her death occurred in 1864. By her he had one daughter, Mary, the wife of Isaac F. Harter, M.D., of Carman, Illinois.

WILLIAM BLACK was born in Virginia, near Lexington, April 28, 1798. From Virginia he removed to Greene county, Ohio, and thence in 1839 to Warren county, Illinois. After two years' residence here he removed to Henderson county, settling on the N. E. ¿ of Sec. 3, T. 9 N., R. 5 W., but the next year removed again to the farm now occupied by John Marshall. He lived here till 1849 when he bought the S. E. ¿ of Sec. 15, which place he held till his death, December 15, 1859. His wife, Eliza George, whom he married in Ohio in 1820, was born October 23, 1800, of Irish parents. Mr. and Mrs. Black have had nine children, all of whom grew to adult age; five are still living. Both were originally members of the Seceder church, and became connected with the United Presbyterian church upon its formation.

SAMUEL WILSON BLACK, born in Greene county, Ohio, November, S, 1835, was but a babe when his parents came to Henderson county. Ile continued with his father during the latter's life, and then came into possession of the homestead. In 1862, September 4, he was united in marriage to Catharine Z., daughter of Eli and Ann Hinman, Mr. and Mrs. Black have had nine children, two of whom they have buried. Mr. B. is a member of the masonic fraternity, Carman lodge.

ALBERT BLACK, older brother of the preceding, was born in Greene county, Ohio, November 8, 1833. He remained at home until the

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spring of 1859, when he went to California and Oregon. After five years in these states he returned to Henderson county and went to farming. This he followed until 1870, from which year to 1877 he removed successively to Licking county, Ohio, Jo Daviss county, and Fulton county, Illinois, Keokuk, Iowa, and to his present home in Henderson county. He was married May 25, 1865, to Mary E., daughter of Joseph and 'Ann Forquer, of T. 9, R. 6 W., Henderson county. They have one child, Anna M., born March 16, 1866. Mr. Black is a member of the Eagle Lodge (masonic), No. 12, Keokuk, Iowa. His wife is connected with the Olena United Presbyterian church.

HERMAN G. ANNEGERS, Sr., was formerly a citizen of Hanover, Germany, a substantial farmer and a man of influence in his village. In 1855, however, against the urgent advice of his neighbors, he emi- grated to the United States, to give his children the advantages of its institutions. He came directly to Henderson county, and purchased the S. E. } of See. 29, T. 9 N., R. 5 W., .paying therefor $1,405 in gold. He buried his wife not long afterward, in the fall of 1857. He himself is still living at the age of seventy-eight. He has three chil- dren living, two sons, whose biographies follow, and one daughter, the wife of H. H. D. Thesing, York county, Nebraska.

HIERMAN G. ANNEGERS, Jr .. born in Hanover, June 1, 1834, came to America four years earlier than his father's family, landing in New York city in the spring of 1851. Ile found work in the city as a elerk and for five months worked steadily from four A.M. until ten p.M., and at the end of his time found his wealth increased by one pair of boots and two eaps worth fifty cents each. He did better after this, his wages ranging from $5 to $12 a month and his board. In 1855 he removed to Henderson county, in company with his father. With the exception of the first winter, spent in Burlington, he has lived on a farm, assisting his father, renting of his father and others, and after- ward buying the fine farms he now owns. September 4, 1875, he married Julia II. Taylor, of Burlington, Iowa. They have two children : Mary Jennette, born October 24, 1876, and Dora Elimina, December 2, 1881.

G. HENRY ANNEGERS, younger brother of Herman G., was born September 22, 1840. He came to America with his parents and a year or two later began farming for himself, and in 1864 purchased a part interest in his father's estate in company with his brother. He afterward sold his interest here, and in 1873 bought the S. E. } of Sec. 22, T. 9 N., R. 5. W. To this he has since added the S. W. } of the same section, buying the west half in 1875, and the east half in

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1878. His wife, Anna H. M. Pahlmann, whom he married in 1867, came to Henderson county from Hanover, Germany, in company with her sister in 1866. They have five children : Emma Mary, George H., Fannie Bertha, Ida Amelia, and William. Both Mr. and Mrs. Anne- gers were brought up in the Lutheran faith, to which they still adhere.

JOHN EVANS, Jr., was born in Crawford county, Ohio, June 13, 1830. His father, John Evans, Sr., is one of the earliest settlers of the county, and will be spoken of fully under the township in which he resides. John Evans, Jr., early left home, and his nineteenth birthday was spent on the plains while he was en route for California. Here he was fairly successful, and returned three years later, in 1852, and bought the place now owned by his brother, Mr. Hamilton Evans. April 23, 1857, he married Sarah Y., daughter of Abner and Lucy Davis. Mrs. Evans was born at Balston Spa, Saratoga county, New York, March 13, 1829. With the exception of the first six years of her life spent in her native town, she has lived in Henderson county. After her marriage to Mr. Evans they lived one year on the farm mentioned above, and then removed to the place now occupied by them. Their present residence, one of the very finest in the county, was completed in April, 1870. Their only child, Marion L., now liv- ing in Mills county, Iowa, was born June 30, 1858. Mr. Evans is a member of the Baptist church, at Malvern, Iowa, while his wife main- tains her adherence to the teachings of the United Presbyterian church.

WILLIAM H. RODMAN was born and reared in Lexington county, Kentucky. From this place he removed successively to Shelby and Jefferson counties, Kentucky, and, in 1833, to Peoria county, Illinois, stopping on the way with Abraham Lincoln, whom he had known well in Kentucky. Four years later, in 1837, he removed to Henderson county, and lived two years in township 9, range 4. Thence he re- moved to the S. W. ¿ of Sec. 13, T. 9 N., 5 W., his home till his deatlı in May, 1861. He was married, prior to leaving Kentucky, to Sarah Saulter, by whom he had twelve children, eight of whom are living.

ROBERT RODMAN, second child of the preceding, was born in Jef- ferson county, Kentucky, March 2. 1823. Leaving home at the age of nineteen he worked on a farm and at Ward's mill, near Biggsville, for two years. In August, 1843, he married Rachel, daughter of Nathan and Mary Powell, then of Dearborn county, Indiana. He then turned his efforts to farming, renting various farms, for about ten years ; he then bought of Mr. J. B. Fort, but soon sold again and rented one season ; then bought in township 9, range 4. Here he remained another space of ten years, and in 1864 removed to Lucas county,

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Iowa. Returning to Henderson county after five years, he bought his present property, and in 1881 began the erection upon it of an excel- lent residence now in course of completion. He is one of the charter members of the Olena Lodge, No. 662, I.O.O.F., and is a sincere believer in the democratic party principles.

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History of Mercer and Henderson Counties : together with biographical matter, statistics, etc, Part 100

Author: Mercer County Historical Society (Ill.); Henderson County Historical Society (Ill.) Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Chicago : H.H. Hill and Co. Number of Pages: 1424

Author: Mercer County Historical Society (Ill.); Henderson County Historical Society (Ill.)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : H.H. Hill and Co.
Number of Pages: 1424