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SOUTH HENDERSON TOWNSHIP.
In descent he was of Irish-German blood, though his parents were natives of the State of Virginia. Mr. Tweed's father, Abram Tweed, removed to Ohio, and after a short residence there again removed, this time to Indiana, where he resided up to 1835, when Mr. Tweed went to Henderson county to look at the country, and after making prepara- tions to bring his family on he returned for them in the spring of 1836. Mr. Tweed settled on section 28, where he resided up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1845, his excellent wife having died four years before. The subject of this sketch, Hiram, received his education in the common school in the vicinity of his home, though the educational advantages of that time were of a primitive nature. On January 7, 1862, Mr. Tweed was united in marriage with Miss Lucy Ellen Sage, daughter of Gideon and Mary Ellen Sage, her father being the founder of Sagetown. She was born on January 4, 1843. To them have been born seven children, three of whom are dead. The eldest, Hiram Leander. died in 1878, aged thirteen. Two, Gideon Abram and Charlie Emerson, died in June, 1881, the former being ten and the latter twelve years of age. The names of the four living are : John W., James T., Eddie Ray and Katie May. Mr. Tweed now resides on his farm half a mile south of Gladstone, where he gives his attention to farming and stock raising.
The name of JAMES RYASON, of Gladstone township, will be recog- nized by all as the oldest living settler in Henderson county. More than fifty-four years have passed away since first his feet stepped upon the soil of Henderson county, and he has lived to see the four or five men who preceded him here carried to their tombs. Mr. Ryason was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, on December 14, 1803, his father's name being John Ryason, who was a native of New Jersey. He resided in his native county until he was twenty-one years old, obtain- ing his education in the common schools. After going to Louisville he went on foot to Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1824 Mr. Ryason emi- grated again, this time to Edgar county, Illinois, where he worked as a tanner in the employ of Isaac Sanford. Here he was married to Sarah Lasswell, daughter of John L. Lasswell, a native of Virginia. This was in February, 1827. One year after his marriage he emigrated to Henderson county and settled about three miles south of Oquawka. After completing preparations for his family he returned for them, and the next year, the fall of 1829, he brought his family to his new home. During the time of the Black Hawk war Mr. Ryason was a member of the Rangers, and in this company did good service in protecting the homes of the then scattered people. At the time of the organization of the county Mr. Ryason served as deputy sheriff, Mr. S. S. Philps,
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who was sheriff, having thrown all the duties of that office upon him. Mr. Ryason is the father of eight children, six of whom are living. His wife died in February, 1844. In March, 1845, Mr. Ryason mar- ried Miss Nancy Webb, who lived but three years. In 1849 he married Mrs. K. Howard, who, with her children, lived with him up to 1867. One of his sons, Jasper M., was a member of the 16th Ill. Vols. About six months after he volunteered he lost one of his eyes. After his recovery he volunteered a second time, and was captured by Col. Morgan, in Kentucky. Four of Mr. Ryason's sons are in the west, one in Mexico, a second in California and two in the Black Hills. During the early days of the history of Henderson county Mr. Ryason was one of the staunch men of the county. In every public enterprise he did his part, and did it willingly and well. Though a republican in politics, he votes for the best man, permitting no narrow party lines to hem him in. Some fifty-three years ago he united with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which denomination he is still a member. Further reference to Mr. Ryason's early days may be found by turning to another page.
CHARLES A. MARTIN, fourth son of Judge Martin, whose sketch appears elsewhere, was born on February 13, 1833, in Morgan county. Illinois. He was married on February 25, 1857, to Miss Mary M. Russell, daughter of Thomas and Melinda (Winters) Russell, who came to Henderson county in 1831. Both of Mrs. Martin's parents were natives of Roan county, Tennessee. Her father, who was born November 11, 1810, died September 29, 1881, and her mother, born August 19, 1810, died on June 11, 1881. Mr. Russell was an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian church for thirty-seven years prior to his death, having been made elder in 1844, a year after joining that denomination. To Mr. and Mrs. Martin have been born two children, Edwin Russell, born November 15, 1858, and Alvah Winters, born in August, 1872, now at home with his parents. The elder son, Edwin Russell, died on April 12, 1882, at the Electric Springs, Arkansas, whither he had gone in search of health and vigor. After three years' attendance upon the Lincoln University, when a member of the junior class, he was compelled to give up his studies on account of his eyes, and returned home. During the two years after his leaving college and previous to his death he was able to use his eyes but little. To his superior ability and attainments he added a lofty ambition and noble purpose, and now "though dead still speaketh." Mr. Martin and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, of which their son Edwin was also a member. They now reside on Sec. 24, T. 10, R. 5, and here Mr. Martin engages in farming and stock raising.
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SOUTII HENDERSON TOWNSHIP.
ALONZO WOODARD, butcher, Gladstone, was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, January 14, 1840. His parents, who were natives of Pennsylvania, emigrated to Henderson county in 1855, coming down the Ohio river on steamer. Mr. Woodard's grandfather was in the war of 1812, and fought for our second independence. In 1861 Mr. Woodard enlisted in the 1st Iowa Battery, commanded by Capt. Fletcher, and was attached to Gen. Sigel's brigade. During his ser- vice he was in the battle of Pea Ridge, against Gen. Price, who cap- tured the battery to which Mr. Woodard belonged, but it was recap- tured. After a year's service Mr. Woodard was discharged on account of disability, and at once, in 1862, went to Idaho, where he remained for seven years. In 1869 he returned to Gladstone, where he opened a meat market, which he is now running. He has been twice married, once in 1858, to Miss Elizabeth Miller, who died in 1863. In 1879 he was again married, to Miss Marietti Miller. Of this marriage three children have been born, all of whom are still living: Oscar A., Florence May and Alice Bell. Mr. Woodard is a member of the masonic fraternity, and also belongs to Chapter 17, at Keithsburg.
WILLIAM H. HAMMOCK, superintendent of the manufacturing depart- ment of the Gladstone Refining Company, was born July 2, 1849, in Abington township, Mercer county. His father, who is a native of Indiana, was one of the earliest settlers of Henderson county, having married his wife in Mercer county at an early day. In the common schools, then not in their present state of perfection, Mr. Hammock received his education. On September 2, 1869, he was married to Miss R. I. Wiley, daughter of Samuel Wiley, of Warren county. Of this union seven children were born : of these, two died in infancy ; the remaining five, Minnie E., Ephraim C., Claude, Mary and Daniel M., are at home with their parents. Mr. Hammock has spent most of his life in Henderson county, having commenced with nothing. He began as night watchman for the company by whom he is now employed as superintendent of the manufacturing department.
GIDEON SAGE, Gladstone, for whom the town of Sagetown was originally named, was born September 2, 1797, in the State of New York. His parents, who were natives of Connecticut, were of Scottish descent. After a residence of some years near Caledonia Springs, Mr. Sage, when twenty-one years of age, removed to Dearborn county, Indiana. Here he remained for nearly thirty years. On July 18, 1818, he was married to Miss Mary Clark, daughter of Eli Clark, who had emigrated from Vermont. Of this marriage have been born fourteen children. Eight of them, five boys and three girls, are still living and engaged in business in different states. In 1874 Mr. Sage
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was bereft of his wife, she dying at her residence in Sagetown, aged about seventy-two years. Although Mr. Sage began life a poor boy, he has become the possessor of much property, which he has now (1882) distributed among his children. He is now eighty-five years of age and is still hale and hearty. (A further account of Mr. Sage may be found by turning to the general history of Sagetown, which was named for him.
ALBERT M. GRAHAM, son of Joseph C. and Sarah (Garber) Graham, was born near Oquawka, Illinois, on March 18, 1842. So far as his ancestry can be traced, he is of Scotch extraction on his father's side ; of German on his mother's. In 1847, when our subject was but five years of age, his father died, leaving a family of five children, of which Albert M. was the youngest. Cast thus early upon his own resources, adversity early developed those ideas and habits that make him a leader among men. After beginning life for himself Mr. Graham united with the Presbyterian church at Oquawka in 1858, and in 1878 he was made elder of the Presbyterian church of Glad- stone. In April, 1863, Mr. Graham was united in marriage with Miss Martha J. White, daughter of Stephen and Martha White, who were natives of Ohio. Mr. Graham joined the masonic lodge at Gladstone in 1872, and for the three years past (1882) he has been master of this lodge.
JAMES CARY TOLMAN, son of James W. and Lucretia Tolman, was born near Randolph, Massachusetts, on September 7, 1846. On the maternal side of his grandparentage he is a direct descendant from John Alden, of the immortal Mayflower. As the name indicates, he is also descended from Thomas Tolman, who settled in Massachusetts in 1630, some ten years after the coming of the Mayflower. Mr. Tolman received his education in the common schools of Winnebago county, Illinois, to which state his parents removed at an early day. In 1871 they removed to Oquawka, Henderson county, where they now reside. In the fall of the same year Mr. Tolman began business in Gladstone as an apothecary and druggist. On August 26, 1878, he was commissioned postmaster of Gladstone, which position he now holds, having been reappointed June 16, 1881. Mr. Tolman was united in marriage with Miss A. French on October 22, 1874. Mrs. Tolman is the daughter of Benjamin French, one of the oldest citizens of Gladstone, whose biography appears elsewhere.
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TERRE HAUTE TOWNSHIP.
TERRE HAUTE TOWNSHIP.
It seems strange, when one looks at the fine farms and beautiful homes that are now so numerous in the beautiful spot of earth of which we are now writing, that but a few years ago, seemingly, the naked savage, the howling wolf and the red deer roamed over it almost unknown to the "palefaces." What wonderful strides have been made in the sunlit road of progress in this part of the beautiful west within less than half a century ! Upon the summit that has been so soon reached one can but stand and gaze upon the past in astonish- ment and bewilderment. Instead of the dusky warrior there is now the peaceful husbandman ; instead of the tall prairie-grass is the golden grain that springs from the earth at the white man's call ; instead of the rude tent is the handsome cottage and stately mansion.
Just the period at which the township or precinct of Terre Haute was first settled by the white man is a matter somewhat involved in uncertainty, but it was as early as 1835, and possibly earlier. One of the oldest settlers that is now living in Terre Haute is Mr. Steven Genung, who came to the country in 1842 with his father's family. They came from near Terre Haute, Indiana, and the village and precinet of Terre Haute, Illinois, was named for the well known city of the same name in the Hoosier State, at the request of the Genung family. Mr. Steven Genung, to whom we are indebted for information, was a soldier during the Mormon trouble, and represents that that was a time which tried men's souls who were for peace and good order.
Mr. Simeon Averett, who is also yet residing in Terre Haute, and who has reached a very ripe age, was also a soldier in the ranks of the law-abiding citizens against the fanatical horde who, in the name of a religion, was indulging in rapine, theft and murder, and spreading fear and discontent throughout the sparsely settled country. Mr. Averett was on guard at the Carthage jail the night before the notorious Joe Smith was sent to the "happy hunting grounds."
After the Mormon war was over and the law-abiding citizens of the country could again breathe the air of peace and slumber peacefully in their newly chosen homes, when the red hand of persecution had been paralyzed by the strong arm of law and justice, the new county com- menced to settle rapidly. The few who were already making for themselves fine homes in this "new world" served as a guiding star for others, and ere long the busy hammer could be heard in every quarter, the wild grass fell in the furrows of the brave and industrious frontiers- man's plow and the vast desert smiled with teeming. Terre Haute is
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a beautiful spot of earth. Land commands a high price and the farmers are generally disinclined to change. The soil is a rich black loam and the surface is just undulating enough to give the land good drainage. Corn is the principal crop, and many of the farmers are paying a great deal of attention to high-bred stock culture. There are many fine horses and cattle as well as hogs to be found on the farms throughout the township or precinct.
The village of Terre Haute was surveyed and plotted March 22, 1854, by Wm. C. Rice, deputy county surveyor of Henderson county, and the document was filed by John L. Pollock, county clerk, March 25, 1854. This original plot covered a little more than 13 acres in the corners of sections 20, 21, 28 and 29. There have been some additions to the town. Wm. Archer was the first postmaster. The first house built on the present site of Terre Haute was erected by Wm. Reynolds in 1848, and soon afterward Joseph Genung built the second. The first store-room was built by Alexander Bushnell, and is at present used for a wareroom by J. J. Bryan. Dr. Nelson was the first physician, and went to the village on foot. Keokuk, chief of the Sacs and Foxes, then had his headquarters at Burlington, and was quite a frequent visitor to the Terre Haute neighborhood. Dr. Smith remem- bers of often sitting on the knee of the old warrior.
There are in the town several dry-goods, grocery and notion stores, as well as a drug store, restaurant, wagon and blacksmith shops and other general business found in a thriving country village. Dr. E. H. Trask, Dr. B. F. Hamilton and Dr. W. K. Smith are the physicians of the place. Among the gentlemen who have held the scales of the fair goddess of justice are J. Davis, Wm. Hartford, A. Bushnell, W. C. Reynolds and A. H. Magie. The present incumbents are Geo. J. Morgan and C. R. Gittings.
SECRET ORDERS.
There is a flourishing lodge of the Independent Order of Odd- Fellows in the village. It was organized October 11, 1876, at Raritan. M. M. Field, J. C. Coulson, C. W. Hardisty, A. E. Stanley and L. W. Calhoun were the charter members. The lodge was transferred from Raritan to Terre Haute in 1879 and the name changed accord- ingly. Many of the most prominent citizens of the village and vicinity are members of the lodge.
A REMARKABLE FAMILY.
A family remarkable for longevity is the Allen family. Mr. and Mrs. Amasa Allen have been married seventy-six years. Mr. Allen is
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ninety-five years of age and Mrs. Allen is ninety-one. The ages of their children now living are as follows : Martin, now living in New York, is seventy years old ; Hannah, sixty-seven ; Mary, sixty-four, Joseph, sixty-one ; A. F. 57; A. T. 52. The father, Mr. Amasa Allen, is yet quite a sprightly old gentleman. The first fourth of July cele- bration at Terre Haute was in 1856, and was held in Edmond Genung's grove. The dinner was free and about six hundred persons partook of it. Mr. M. C. Paul was marshal and a Mr. Reed, or Reid, of Oquawka, delivered the oration. The old settlers yet living, who had the pleasure of attending that celebration, join in saying that there was never a better one and they love to call it to mind, and they feel young again in talking over the occasion. It is indeed a blessed thing, when age puts its mark upon us, to call to mind the many joyous days we had when we basked in the sunlight of strength and vigorous manhood.
CHURCHES.
The first church was the Methodist Episcopal. The first society of this denomination was organized in a class in the Genung school-house near where the village of Terre Haute now stands. In August, 1850, the La Harpe circuit was organized and Charles Genung was class- leader of this society, which was the northeast appointment of the La Harpe circuit. This society stands ahead of all others in the La Harpe circuit in their reports to the quarterly conference. In their support of preaching and benevolent work their report excels, per number, all other societies.
The society has a good substantial brick church building, which was dedicated in the summer of 1854. The first quarterly meeting was held in the new church on August 12 and 13 of the same year. Rev. M. J. Geddings and Joseph Milsap were the preachers in charge, and Rev. Milton Bourne was presiding elder. Charles Genung and Win. F. Archer, stewards, and Mr. Archer and Joseph Allen class-leaders. Rev. Wm. F. Archer was a local elder, but was two years on the La Harpe circuit as a supply. In the fall of 1860 Terre Haute was sepa- rated from La Harpe circuit by the annual conference, but at the first quarterly meeting of the La Harpe circuit a class-leader from Terre Haute, Mr. Joseph Allen, representing the church at Terre Haute, asked that it be continued with the La Harpe circuit, and the prayer of the petitioner was granted. F. M. Chaffee was the preacher in charge of La Harpe circuit, and Rev. A. Magee presiding elder. In the year 1865-6 Joseph Allen, E. Genung and J. Snick were official mem- bers of notoriety. . In 1866 Terre Haute was permanently separated from La Harpe. The house of worship owned by the Terre Haute
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society is a fine brick structure 40×50, with a good basement. The roof has been blown off twice by severe wind-storms. Rev. P. S. Gar- retson is the present pastor of the society, and has been for near three years. They have preaching every alternate Sunday evening and Sunday school every Sunday at ten o'clock A.M. Class leader and superintendent, Joseph Allen; recording steward, C. R. Gittings; stewards, Chas. Curry, T. W. Jenkins, Steven Genung and Wm. Rob- inson ; trustees, George Morgan, Joseph Allen, Wm. Rogers, Jacob Snick and Steven Genung.
The Baptist Church-was built in 1866 and dedicated in June, 1867. The society was organized in the Genung school-house in 1851, by father Sewell. At that time preaching was not always the most pleasant task. The preacher was often called on to use his fists as well as his voice to bring sinners to a realization of their wickedness, and many a man had to have a pounding before he got religion.
The number of adherents at the organization of the society were perhaps not more than half a dozen, but the society grew and flourished until 1866, when they spent nearly three thousand dollars in a church building. They now have from forty to fifty members. The society is of the Free-Will denomination. The Rev. F. W. Westfall is their present pastor.
EDUCATIONAL.
The school-house in the village is very commodious, and the school buildings throughout the township about the same as in other parts of the country.
The town of Terre Haute is a very temperate place, the majority of the citizens frowning down drunkenness and rowdyism of every sort.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
MOSES PEASLEY was born in Ware, New Hampshire, September 17, 1773. His father, Jonathan Peasley, was a native of New Hamp- shire, and his mother, Sarah (Carr) Peasley, was a daughter of a sea captain. Moses Peasley early engaged in agriculture. He was mar- ried June 5. 1799, to Miss Lydia Evans, who was born in New Hamp- shire, July 25, 1773. A few years after marriage Moses Peasley and wife settled in the Province of Quebec, then Canada East. One child, Lydia, was born February 20, 1800, and Moses O. E., born March 9, 1802. Mrs. Lydia (Evans) Peasley died February 9, 1804. Mr. Peasley next married October 16. 1806, Miss Polly Ayer, whose father, Joseph Ayer, was born May 19, 1755, and whose mother, Sally Ayer, was born November 27, 1758, in New Hampshire. The former
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died December 25, 1815, and the latter April 18, 1817. Polly was born in New Hampshire, March 25, 1789, and was taken by her par- ents to Canada, in an early day, when the lands were covered with thick wood, which required genuine labor to remove that erops might be raised. After a life of toil Moses Peasley died October 16, 1851, followed by his wife August 15, 1855. They were the parents of ten children : John G., born August 18, 1808, and died February 7, 1814; Sally H., born April 10, 1812 ; John S., born July 8, 1814 ; James, born April 7, 1817, died May 22, 1817 ; Polly, born April 23, 1818 ; Betsey, born April 29, 1820; James F., born January 15, 1822; Harriet, born July 3, 1824 ; Francis A., born July 22, 1829 ; and Helen A., born October 10, 1831. John S., Francis A., James F., Polly and Helen emigrated to the United States, the three boys mentioned settling in Henderson county, Illinois, John S. in 1836 and Francis in about 1852.
JAMES F. PEASLEY, to whose memory these lines are especially written, was born in Canada. His life has been spent on the farm, where many acres have gradually clustered around him, giving pasture to fine herds of stock as results of labor well economized. His school advantages were very limited, yet self perusal of books and practical everyday thought has made him a good business man. When twenty- one years of age he purchased 100 acres of the home farm, which he controlled, and also managed the rest. He was married January 30, 1853, to Sarah Tarleton, daughter of Stillman and Harriet (Webster) Tarleton, both natives of New Hampshire. The former is buried at Hartford, Connecticut, and the latter at Tamworth, New Hampshire. Mrs. Peasley was born June 12, 1835, in Piermont, New Hamp- shire. Mr. Peasley resided in Canada till 1855. He was school com- missioner and a member of the council of Stanstead county. He was one of a number of men appointed by the people to examine the titles of the lands of that section and to secure evidence for the purpose of defeating the effort of Sir Stewart to deprive the settlers of their homes. The lawyer employed secured the passage of a bill in par- liament which resulted in a government grant elsewhere to satisfy Sir Stewart's claim. In 1855 Mr. Peasley came to Henderson county, Illinois, where he bought the S. ¿ of Sec. 10, T. S N., R. 5 W. In the following fall le built a small one-and-a-half story frame house, which he occupied till 1858, when it was destroyed by storm while the family were within it. The house was rebuilt with the assistance of neighbors, ever at hand at such needy times. Mr. Peasley built his present, substantial residence in 1875. He has improved his farm and has added till he has 720 acres in his home farm and 270 elsewhere.
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He takes great pride in his stock and gives this department of his busi- ness considerable attention. In polities Mr. Peasley holds republican doctrines. Mr. and Mrs. Peasley are parents of an interesting family of six children : Helen M., Alfred E., Harriet A., James O., Bertha A. and Sewell H.
JOSEPH ALLEN was born in New York in 1821. His parents were Amasa and Susanna Allen ; his father, of Connecticut, his mother, of New York, where they were married. In 1855 they came to Hender- son county, and now live with their son, Joseph. They raised a family of twelve children, seven of whom are now living. Mary, Rodger and Joseph live in Henderson county. He and wife are members of the Free-Will Baptist church, at Terre Haute. He is now ninety-five, his wife ninety-one years old. Joseph Allen was reared on the farm, his education was that of the common school. He resided in his native state till 1854, when he came to Henderson county, Illinois, and located where he now resides. In 1848 he was married to Miss Amy C. Wescott, a native of New York, born in 1823, and daughter of Henry and Amy D. Wescott, both of Massachusetts, and emigrated to New York when young. In 1854 they, her parents, came to Hen- derson county, where her father died shortly after his arrival, in the seventy-seventh year of his age. Her mother lived thirteen years after her emigration to this county, and died at eighty-four years of age. She was a member of the Close-Communion Baptist church. The last nine years of her life she was blind. but bore patiently her loss and was never heard to complain. Joseph Allen and wife have one adopted son, Willie J. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, at Terre Haute. He has held most of the offices in the church. He was county commissioner five years, and held the office of school treasurer twenty-five years. He has a well improved farm of 80 acres, located one mile north of Terre Haute.
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