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wells, and at times doing odd jobs of carpenter work; met the lady who was to be his bosom companion, and was married in the Fall of 1857, to Mrs. Mary Clay, daughter of James Taylor, at Naples, by 'Squire Keener; have had five children: John, Emma, Samuel, Sarah, and Anna, the last named child, died in infancy; in 187I became an agriculturist, purchased a neat farm of 80 acres of fertile land, from Phillip Day, and during the years since he became a farmer, he has improved the lit- tle farm, until it is a model home, having many adornments, such as money and good taste could devise, is a good citizen, enjoys many friends and no enemies
Wyatt Edward, farmer, Sec. 12 Wyatt E. W. jr. farmer, Murrayville
Wyatt James L. farmer, Sec. 24, P.O. Mur- rayville Wyatt M. V. farmer, Sec. I
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A DAMS JAS. farmer, Sec. 10, P.O. Wa- verly
ADAMS LITTLETON, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. Io, P.O. Waverly. The gentleman who heads this sketch was born in Rowan County, North Carolina, as near as can be ascertained, in 1818; when quite small his parents moved to Kentucky where the head of the family purchased 200 acres of land; for sixteen years John Adams remained in that State, and then moved to Illinois, crossing the river at Ford's Ferry, and shortly after settled in Morgan County, nine miles west of Jack- sonville; he rented land here until he was able to buy; these early years spent on the farm, subduing the stubborn prairie, are vividly impressed on the memory of the sub- ject of this sketch; in 1853, John Adams died; his pioneer wife survived him many years, departing this life in 1864; but one of the children reside in Morgan County, Littleton Adams, who married Miss Elizabeth Cris- mond, in 1848; he was then the owner of a small piece of land; having the natural skill of a farmer he became very successful, and now owns a tract of over 700 acres of land, rising to his present position through will and energy; Mr. Adams raised a family of nine children: Bertha, Mary, James, Nancy, Ida Lena, Lee, Freddie, Lucinda, and Georgiana
Anderson Christian, renter, Sec. 32, P.O. Waverly
BAPTIST DANIEL, farmer, Sec. 32, P.O. Waverly
Baptist Samuel, renter, Sec. 32, P.O. Wa- verly
Baxter Henry, renter, Sec. 28, P.O.Waverly Bechold Andrew, farm hand, P.O. Waverly Beggerly Thos. farm hand, P.O. Waverly Belk Chamberlain, farm hand, P.O. Frank- lin
Bergschneider Anton, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 4, P.O. New Berlin, Sangamon Co.
BERGSCHNEIDER HENRY B.
farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 4. Mr. B.
was born in Prussia, Sept. 19, 1833; on the farm of his father were passed the days of his youth; at the age of seventeen he left the scenes of his young days, and emigrated to America; he first landed in New Or- leans, thence to Morgan County, where he worked first by the month; Feb. 19, 1860, he was united in marriage to Miss Magda- lena Reichley; first purchased 80 acres of land at Sulphur Springs; for the past seven- teen years Mr. Bergschneider has resided in township 14-8, and during that time, having the confidence of the people, has held the office of highway commissioner, etc .; eight children, seven living: Elizabeth, Joseph, Henry, Theodore, Mary, Stephen, and Magdalena; Mr. B. owns 243 acres of well improved land, and takes a leading position as a farmer
Bergschneider Joseph, farmer, Sec. 4, P.O. New Berlin, Sangamon Co.
BONDS JOHN.R. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 30, P.O. Franklin. The parents of Mr. Bonds were natives of Tennessee, where John was born, on Oct. 10, 1848; the head of the family was engaged in the lum- ber regions of Tennessee for many years; when John was yet a child he moved to Kentucky; four years from that time found the family en route for the Western State of Illinois, in a two-horse covered wagon; this was in 1858, when the tide of emigration was great; they settled in the vicinity of Franklin, Morgan County, where Mr. Bonds sr. turned his attention to agricul- tural pursuits, which he has followed from the date of his settlement; himself and wife are still living, now well along in years, but still hearty and vigorous; they raised a family of six children; Frank and James responded to Uncle Sam's call for volunteers, and entered the army, falling victims to camp fever; Ira married Jane Smith; Mary C. married Eli N. Goddard, and on his death married Duane Nicholas; George, who married Miss Minerva Whit- lock, and John, whose name heads this sketch, who united his fortunes to Miss
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Mary Briggs; in 1872, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Temperance Wheeler, daughter of Chaney Wheeler, an old resi- dent of Morgan County, and native of Indiana
BOULWARE GEO. N. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 31, P.O. Franklin; Mr. Boulware was the seventh child of Philip P. and Nancy Boulware, wh se maiden name was Wyatt; his father was a native of South Carolina, his mother was born in Kentucky; they became residents of the State of Missouri, and from there wended their way to Illinois, in the year 1828; the trip was made by wagon, drawn by an ox team, Mrs. B. riding the entire distance on horseback; on arrival they settled on farm property in the vicinity of Franklin, the land now owned by the subject of this sketch; in many respects Philip P. was a remarkable man, possessed of strong energy and great force of character; during the War of 1812 he became engaged as a scout and ranger, distinguishing himself in that capacity, and remaining in the service one year; many incidents of his early career could be related of Mr. Boulware, did space permit; in a rude log ca' in he pro- cured his first start in life, enduring many hardships; in order to show the privation endured by the early settler, it may be well to state here that the logs entering into the construction of the cabin were sawed by Mr. B. with a whip-saw. on the homestead; George, who heads this sketch, at the age of twenty-five . was united in marriage to Miss Parmelia A. Wright, daughter of Jas. and Sarah Wright; George had a fair start in life from his father; he was deeded a small farm, which decided his future success; by dint of hard work and skillful management he now owns 220 acres of valuable property; six children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. B., four of whom are living: May R., Sallie W., George P., and Maggie O.
Brown Charles W. farmer, Sec. 26, P.O. Franklin
Brown Ross, renter, Sec. 28, P.O. Franklin BURNETT GEORGE, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 27, P.O. Waverly. Mr. Burnett was born in Morgan County in 1831; during the winter season he attended school in a log cabin, where the scholars
were instructed in arithmetic, geography, and spelling; Joel Heddington was the first teacher that Mr. Burnett remembers; at twenty-seven he married Miss Mary J. McCormick, a daughter of John McCor- mick; at this time Mr. Burnett owned an estate of 160 acres; by shrewd manage- ment he now owns an estate of 406 acres; there are six children living: Marshall, born March 5, 1859; Everett, born Sept. 14, 1860; Oscar, born Feb 17, 1862; Fred- erick, born May, 1863; John, born Dec. I, 1865; Emma, born April 2, 1867; Anna, deceased
BURNETT ISHAM, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 29, P.O. Franklin. In recount- ing the early experiences of the pioneers who hewed their way through to the far West, may well be mentioned, cotemporary with the early settlers, the gentleman who stands at the head of this page. He was the oldest son of Rolland and Polly Bur- nett, natives of Virginia, who settled in Kentucky in an early day. In Virginia Rolland Burnett was a planter, at one time quite wealthy ; on arriving in Kentucky he became a farmer and trader ; on the home- stead two of his children were born, Isham and Richard; Isham, at nineteen, mar- ried Miss Lucinda Van Winkle ; in his 25th year, date July 14, 1831, in company with James B., a brother, Jason Van Winkle, and others lie followed the trail of the old pio- neers, westward ; at the end of twenty-seven days travel, he located in Morgan County. Following the fortunes of Mr. Burnett, we find that he entered a tract of 182 acres ; the first year he built a log cabin of the usual description, where one window graced the rude dwelling place; taking it all in all, it was a fair sample of settlers' early habita- tion ; the prospect was rather discouraging, and many turned backward to the comfort- able homes in the South and East ; at times it became a difficult matter to keep from freezing ; on awakening in the morning, it often became necessary to clear away the snow that had gathered on the bed ; as the bed usually lay on the floor, the covering frequently beame frozen to the puncheon. Never, perhaps, was game more abundant; as far as the eye could reach was a broad expanse of prairie, over which bounded the deer and other wild animals. During the
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winter of the deep snow, small parties would start out in pursuit of them, which, on breaking through the crust, would fall easy victims to the hunter. Despite the hardships incident to pioneer life, the people enjoyed themselves fully ; their wants were few, and easily satisfied ; their kindness of heart and generosity un- bounded. Money was an unknown com- modity, generally speaking; coon-skins were frequently bartered in trade, and often fell to the lot of the pioneer minister, who often wanted for the necessaries of life. From the small acreage came an estate of over a thousand acres, acquired by an in- dustry and perseverance that would have discouraged ninety-nine persons in a hun- dred. Witnessing the growth of the coun- ty year by year, few have contributed more to its present prosperity ; during his early settlement he came in contact with such early settlers as James Langley, Joel Gil- ledand, J. T. Holmes, Newton Cloud, Judge Samuel Wood, and others, now prominent in the offices of the county. Mr. Burnett raised a family of nine children ; there are now living : Moses, James, George, Joseph, Micajah, Rolland, and Charity. Having lost his first wife he was married the second time on January 27, 1866, to Mrs. Patrick, whose husband had died in the service of the United States, leaving to her care two children -one now living, Sarah, Ewho married James G. England
Burnett Isham, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 32, P.O. Franklin
Burnett James, farmer, Sec. 29, P.O. Franklin Burnett Jesse, farm hand, P.O. Franklin
BURNETT JOSEPH, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 22, P.O. Waverly. The gentleman who heads this sketch was born in Morgan County, on the 9th of July, 1838 ; he received the usual education of the pio- neer boy, in an old log cabin, long since gone to decay; here he perused the few simple studies that started the boys on the pathway of knowledge. When the nation witnessed the downfall of Fort Sumter, Mr. Burnet enlisted in Company I, 14th Illinois Infantry, for three years service ; mustered at Jacksonville; became a participant in the battle of Shiloh, and also many other smaller engagements of the war; at the ex- piration of twelve months he was honor-
ably discharged; returning to Morgan County, he then turned his attention to farming. In 1863, he married Miss Jennie Massie ; two children, Lillie and Willie ; in 1876 Mrs. Burnet passed off the stage of life ; on 5th April, 1867, he married Miss Ellen Hamilton, daughter of James Ham- ilton ; one child, Elsie ; Mr. Burnet owns 160 acres land, formerly owned 240.
BURNETT MICAJAH, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 29, P.O. Waverly. To trace the successive improvements of a county, to follow the fortunes of hundreds in a biographical sketch, is at times a per- plexing task. Mr. Burnett was born in Mor- gan Co., on the old homestead of his father, Isham Burnett. On this farm he performed a great deal of hard work; he received his education at district school. When the Stars and Stripes were flung to the breeze, and the call came for troops, at the early age of nineteen Mr. Burnett enlisted at Jackson- sonville, in 1861, in the first regiment or- ganized, being the 14th Ill. Vols., Co. I. mustered into the service at Jacksonville ; shortly afterward went to the front ; took an active part in the battles of Fort Henry, Pittsburg Landing, Vicksburg, Wahachee, and some smaller engagements ; honorably discharged at Huntsville, Ala. ; mustered out at Springfield, Ill .; returned to Mor- gan Co. Shortly after married Miss Sarah M. Marston, daughter of Jefferson Marston, an early settler of Morgan Co .; four chil- dren, Isham S., Ida L., Felix E., and Edith D. Mr. Burnett owns an estate of 70 acres of well-improved land
BURNETT MOSES, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 29, P.O. Waverly. The subject of this sketch is the ninth child of Isham Burnett, whose name is elsewhere recorded. He was born in Morgan Co., Nov. 25, 1838, on the old homestead, where he passed many years of his life. Those born amid the surroundings of pioneer life necessarily imbibe that spirit of independence peculiar to the western pioneer. In the stirring scenes of early life he formed the acquaint- ance of some of the most energetic western people, and it is not surprising that the associations thus formed led to success. During the Spring of 1864 he married Miss Mathilda Drew ; seven children-six now living : Charles L., Lee, Lena, Laura,
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Lulu, and an infant child. In 1861, Mr. Burnett enlisted in the 14th Regt. Ill. Vols .; In the Spring of 1862, on account of ill health, was honorably discharged, and re- turned to Morgan Co .; is now living on his farm comprising 70 acres
BURNETT RICHARD B. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 32, P.O. Waverly. Fifty years ago but few improvements were manifest in the State of Illinois. Among the early settlers came Roland Burnett, a native of Kentucky, who raised a family of nine children. Richard B., whose name heads this sketch, when old enough, attended the subscription schools when the duties of the farm would permit. He was endowed with a strong, energetic disposition that made the quiet home life irksome to the young man, and accordingly, at the early age of nineteen,his thoughts turned from the scenes of his youth, and with a light heart and lighter pockets, in the Winter of 1848, he set out for Missouri. On his arrival, he turned his attention to farming; the same year he married Miss Polly Brammer. For years he remained in Missouri, and then, accompanied by his family, he set out for Illinois, where he remained five years ; moving back to Missouri, he remained ten years ; once again he moved to Illinois, settling in the vicinity of Waverly, Morgan Co. He purchased 120 acres, and at one time owned 280 acres ; five children living : Lucy, Nancy, Lucinda, Lizzie, Isham, and Martha
CARPENTER JAMES F. farmer
and stock raiser, Sec. 28, P.O. Waverly. Was born in Wayne Co., Ky., July 14, 1829. His father was engaged in farming, and in 1839 concluded to try his fortunes in the West ; reaching the Ohio, they crossed it in a horse-boat, a craft something over 100 feet in length, constructed very much like the ferry-boats of to-day, the principal dif- ference being the modern boat propelled by steam were then driven by mules, who kept the paddles in motion by means of machinery. The family settled in Gallatin Co., Ill., where William Carpenter, the head of the family, shortly afterward died. James F. was then but eleven years old, but at this early age he had to perform the the hard labor of the farm, the support of
the family devolving principally upon him. For twelve years he hired out to neighbor- ing farmers ; he has worked for five dollars per month many a day, and split rails at twenty-five cents per day, and at night carded wool for his mother to spin. At twenty-seven years of age, James united his fortunes with Lucy A. Wright, who died about one year afterward, leaving one child, which died in early infancy. In 1859 he married Ann E. Florence ; three children blessed this union: Mary Ann, James M., and Martha ; none of the chil- dren are now living. During the Spring of 1864, Mrs. Carpenter died ; the following year he married Miss Nancy E. Elliot ; five children, four living : James A., John W., Charles E., and Lewis H.
Carroll Edward, farm hand, P.O. Franklin Carroll James, renter, Sec. 16, P.O. Franklin Carrigan James, farm hand, P.O. Franklin Carrigan Patrick, farm hand, P.O. Franklin Chambers James, farm hand, P.O. Waverly COCKIN GEORGE, farmer and stock . raiser, Sec. 6, P.O. Alexander. The sub- ject of this sketch was born in Yorkshire, England, about 1815. The head of the family, by trade, was a shipcarpenter. At the age of twenty-six, George crossed the ocean for the shores of America ; he landed in New Orleans, from which place he made his way into Morgan Co., settling in the vicinity of Jacksonville, hiring out the first year. On the expiration of this time, he engaged in farming on his own account ; about the year 1858, he was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Clayborough, a native of Yorkshire, Eng- land. Mr. Cockin now owns 200 acres of choice land, and as a farmer is a success. Seven children blessed this union : Sarah, Mary, William, George, John, Emma, and Thomas
Collins Homer C. farm hand, Sec. 28, P.O. Waverly
Copley Napoleon, farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. Wav- erly
CORBETT DENNIS, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 5, P.O. Alexander. Mr. Corbett was born in the County of Limer- ick, Ireland, March 2, 1829. In the above county young Corbett passed many years of his life, and received a very liberal edu- cation ; at the age of twenty he bid fare-
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well to Erin's Green Isle ; during the Win- ter of 1850 he sailed for America, on board the Otomoco, arriving in New Orleans after a voyage of seven weeks. From there he made his way to St. Louis ; shortly after he moved to Scott Co., Ill., where he first worked by the month. He married, about 1857, Miss Sarah Marley, a daughter of Patrick Marley, a native of Donnegal, Ire- land ; in 1866 he made a purchase of 80 acres of land, the property he now owns. During the war, he contributed liberally of his means. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Corbett was blessed with five children, four living : Catherine, Mary Ann, Patrick, and Sarah. For several years Mr. Corbett was a resident of Logan Co.
Cox Samuel, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 28, P.O. Waverly
Crabtree John C. farmer, Sec. 18, P.O. Franklin
Cummings James, farm hand, P.O. Franklin CUNNINGHAM WILLIAM D. Sec. 30, P.O. Franklin. Looking far back in the past to those who were born in the county, or who first sought a home on the prairies of Illinois, seems but a short time ; a little over half a century ago the red man held possession of the land now settled by schools and churches. As early as 1826, Peyton Cunningham set out for the unde- veloped West, in a covered wagon drawn by the usual slow ox-team. He was born in Virginia ; his wife was a native of North Carolina, and they were married in the eastern part of this State; settled in Mor- gan Co., in the vicinity of Jacksonville ; buying an unimproved claim, the head of the family set about making a home in the sparsely-settled prairie ; here they roughed it in common with their neighbors. In the Spring of 1859, he passed off the stage of life, and left a family of three children : Diana, W. D., and J. H. The wife, a true specimen of the pioneer woman, has passed three-quarters of a century in Illinois ; is now a resident of Decatur, aged eighty- four years ; her general health is still very good, and her memory is comparatively unimpaired. W. D. Cunningham, pos- sessed of the spirit of enterprise, has gotten together a fine estate
D ARLEY BENJAMIN, renter, P.O. Franklin
Deakman Casper, farmer, Sec. 23, P.O. Wa- verly
Dewell James, farmer, Sec. 28, P.O. Franklin Donahue Wm. farm hand, P.O. Franklin Dougherty Harvey, farm hand, P.O. Wa- verly
Dueer Wm. renter, Sec. 8, P. O. Alexander Dunham Hiram, farm hand, P.O. Franklin Dyke Edward, renter, Sec. 10, P.O. Waverly
FADOR WILLIAM, farmer and stock raiser, Franklin, Illinois. Born in Cass County, Illinois, May, 1848, where his parents moved to that year ; a year later they settled on the Mauvaisterre, in Mor- gan County ; in 1868, Mr. Eador married Miss Lizzie Scott, daughter of F. M. Scott; one child, Edith M., born October 22, 1869; at this writing resides on his farm in the vicinity of Franklin
EDMONDSON ROBERT (de- ceased) was born in County Tyrone, Ire- land, in 1809; his father by occupation a farmer, who died in the early infancy of Robert ; like most of the Irish people in the neighborhood, it is probable the land he worked was held by lease ; to his family'he left but little property ; when old enough, the care of a widowed mother de- volved upon Robert, jr .; the mother dying in his early youth, he now had no other ties to bind him to the beautiful Isle of the Sea, and accordingly, in the Spring of 1833, accompanied by his wife, having united his fortunes to Miss Margaret Allen, he emi- grated to America; in New York City and New Jersey he lived about twenty years; in New Jersey all of his chil- dren were born; in 1853, he left the Eastern States, where he had passed many years of his life as a business man, and traveled westward, and settled in Mor- gan County, on farm property ; in time came an estate of 150 acres in the vicinity of Jacksonville ; in 1865, his wife, in whose society he passed many happy years, died ; five years later the aged husband also passed away, leaving a family of eight children : William, who married Miss Ann Blake; Amanda, who married John Mc- Kean, who died in the army; John, who married Miss Padgett; Robert jr., who still lives in single blessedness; Matilda, who married Judge Henderson of Winchester
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Scott County; Henry, who married Nancy Baltimore; Sandyman, who married Miss Nancy Wright, and Joseph, who married Miss Sarah Dalrymple
EVANS GABRIEL, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 7, P.O. Franklin ; Mr. Evans was the oldest of four children ; the father, Wm. H. Evans, married Miss Elizabeth Thomas; on the homestead of his father, Gabriel was born, April 30, 1817 ; in early youth he attended a subscription school, where the lessons were taught in a log cabin ; the furniture, as described by Mr. Evans, consisted of rude wooden benches that required considerable agility on the part of the scholars to sit upright on them ; logs were taken out the entire length of the building, admitting plenty of light, and making ventilation abundant ; at the early age of fifteen, his mother moved to an ad- joining county ; he remembers many scenes of his early youth ; for seven years he was employed on a farm, his sole pay being his board and six dollars in money ; at twen- ty-two married Miss Elizabeth Kirby ; for two years he rented property in Kentucky, and then moved to Ohio; worked his first month for thirteen dollars a month, then for several years he rented property, and then set out for Illinois in a covered wagon ; after a month's travel, he settled four miles south of Franklin, Mor- gan County, and wintered in a log cabin belonging to Sam Warner; the following spring he rented a farm of 80 acres, of Mrs. Governor Duncan, remaining two years ; he then rented property of William Stevenson ; two years he rented of Wis- dom Wilburn ; in the Autumn of 1850, he moved on to the property he purchased shortly after his arrival, from Dr. Moore ; he bought an old log house and moved it from Mauvaisterre on to his farm ; for five years he lived in this cabin, and then came frame houses. Mr. Evans being a very energetic man, became the owner of an es- tate comprising 480 acres, brought to a high state of cultivation. There are ten children, five living - James William, Sarah M., Virginia M., George W. and Mary
Evans George W. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 7, P.O. Franklin
FARNOW CHARLES, renter, Sec. 17, P.O. Franklin
FEORE JAMES, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 17, P.O. Franklin. The gentle- man who heads this sketch was born in Limerick County, Ireland, as near as can be ascertained, in 1846; in early infancy his father died, and his mother, left to the care of a growing family, concluded to emigrate from the Old World to the New, crossing the broad Atlantic in a sailing vessel, bound for the southern port of New Orleans ; shortly after arrival, Mrs. F., attacked with yellow fever, succumbed to that fatal disease, finding a last resting- place in Southern soil; the oldest of the children was John, then in his twentieth year, took charge of the family of seven children ; at St. Louis, his means limited, he was compelled to transfer the children to an orphan asylum ; James, the younger, remained two years, and then entered the employ of Patrick Crotick, of Missouri, two years, and then moved to Bunker Hill, Macoupin County, Illinois, where he first worked for John Kane, five years; for neighboring farmers he worked by the month, until he married, in 1876, Mrs. Jane Feore, relict of Martin Feore, his brother ; parents of Mrs. F. were Michael and Cath- erine Kane, natives of Ireland, who after- ward removed to America, first settling in the city of New Orleans, where Mrs. Feore was born, in 1850. The estate comprises 160 acres of valuable land.
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