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MCGINNIS JAMES, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 6, P.O. Pisgah. James is the youngest of the family of seven children;
his father was a farmer in the county of Clare, Ireland, where the subject of this sketch was born, in 1829; in 1853, he emi- grated to America; after a short residence in New York, thence to Jacksonville, Ill., and there first worked by the month, for Colonel Dunlap and others; in 1857, he marricd Miss Johannah Leahy, daughter of Thomas and Catherine Leahy; by great energy and economy he accumulated fine property; when the war came on, he did his part financially; owns 250 acres of well improved land; eleven children, nine of whom are living: Michael, Thomas, James, Cornelius, John, Mary K., Margaret, Anna, and Joliannah
McKee Hugh, farm hand, P.O. Franklin
MEREDITH JOHN, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 29, P.O. Pisgah. The subject of this sketch was born in Stewart County, Middle Tennessee, on the 26th of January, 1845; shortly before this date his father died; at the breaking out of the rebellion, being then only fifteen years of age, but thoroughly imbued with the war spirit, he enlisted in Co. A, 6th Regt. Mis- souri Infantry, for three years' service; mustered in at Jefferson Barracks, Mo .; he shortly after went to the front; from the . time Sherman took command at Pittsburg Landing, until he reached the sea shore, Mr. Meredith served under him; became a participant in the siege of Vicksburg, siege of Atlanta, Arkansas Post, Black Bayou, Chattanooga, Dallas, Resaca, Dalton, and many other engagements of the war; during the Autumn of 1863, he became a scout under General John A. Logan, but during a regular engagement he became employed as a messenger; at Resaca he received a wound in the head, and on a scouting . x- pedition was wounded in the arm; for three months after the main army disband- ed he served as a soldier at Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was honorably dis- charged, in the latter part of October, 1865; for some time after he wandered through the Southern States; before the war he had visited Illinois; in 1870, he became a per- manent resident; in 1872, he married Mrs. Hannah Dunston, daughter of Jesse Jones, of Morgan County; two children; Freddie, and Alonzo; by first marriage three chil- dren; Geo. W., Elizabeth, and Esther H.
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Miers Jolın, renter, Sec. 21, P.O. Pisgah Miller Thomas, laborer, Franklin
Miller Thomas, renter, Sec. 17, P.O. Pisgah Montgomery Robert, farm hand, Sec. 16, P.O. Pisgah
Moore David, farmer, Sec. 8, P.O. Pisgah Murphy John, renter, Sec. 31, P.O. Frank- lin
Myer William farmer, Sec. 12, P.O. Alex- ander
XLEY JAMES, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 20, P.O. Pisgah. Mr. Oxley was born in Carlton, Yorkshire, England, in 1837; when old enougli he became em- ployed on a farm; at the early age of eighteen he emigrated to America; the passage over was made on the William Tapscott; afrer a long and tedious voyage they arrived in New York; remaining there a short time, he wended his way to Mary- land; thence to Morgan County, where he first hired out by the month; after the lapse of a few years he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Smith, a native of Yorkshire, England; since coming to the township of Franklin Mr. Oxley has held several town- ship offices; owns 120 acres of valuable farm property; six children: William A., George W., Thomas, Sarah A., James E., and John W.
PALMER RICHARD, farmer, Sec. 25, P.O. Franklin
PEAK JACOB H. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 23. P.O. Franklin; oldest son of Absalom and Rebecca Peak, natives of Tennessee, where Jacob was born, May 26, 1829; the following autumn the Peak family, then consisting of husband, wife, and three children, set out in a covered wagon for the far West, settling in Morgan County; purchasing a farm of 80 acres, the head of the family built a log cabin of the usual description, no floor, rough logs, etc .; Absalom Peak lived in Scott County from . the time of his settlement until he died, May 23, 1867; it should be stated the farm property settled on first was afterward merged into Scott County; he became a succes ful farmer, an energetic man, who contributed very materially to the present prosperity of the county in which he lived; the wife, aged seventy-three, is living on
the old estate in Scott County; when quite young, Jacob attended school in a log cabin that stood near where the town of Exeter is now located; at Exeter also attended school; in 1852, purchased a farm of 119 acres, in the vicinity of the old homestead; two years later married Miss Matilda Campbell, daughter of John B. and Cynthia Campbell, who settled in Scott County prior to the deep snow; in 1857, Mr. P. moved from Scott County to Morgan, and there purchased part of the farm he now owns, comprising then 160 acres; now owns 400 acres; in 1862, enlisted in Co. F, 129th Regt. Ill. Vol., in Scott County; was in the battles of Peach Tree Creek, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Dalton, siege of Atlanta; with Sherman in his famous march to the sea; he attained to the rank of third ser- geant; honorably discharged at the close of the war; has six children now living: Scott, Alice May, Mary L., Kate L., Dora, and Lulu; John C., deceased
Peak Willard S. farmer, Sec. 23,P.O. Franklin POE B. W. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 30, P.O. Jacksonville; Mr. Poe was born in Cincinnati, Ohio; at the age of eight years his parents moved to Gales- burg, and located near the farm now owned by Judge Wood; on the farm then pur- chased the father passed the remainder of his days; five children survived him, of whom are now living: C. T. Poe, Thos. B., Mary Ann, and B. W., now a resident of Morgan County, who married Miss Sarah A. Wood, daughter of Thomas Wood; one child, died in infancy; when the war came on lie enlisted in the First Missouri Cavalry, for three years' service; partici- pated in the battle of Sugar Creek, there twice wounded, also in the battle of Pea Ridge; honorably discharged; since the war lias been a resident of Morgan County Pothaust Frank, farmer, Sec. II, P.O. Pisgah
R ANNELLS SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 5, P.O. Pisgah
Ransdell Wm. L. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 28, P.O. Franklin Rawlings David, farmer, Sec. 29, P.O. Pisgah
Rawlings James, farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Jacksonville
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Rawlings Henry Mrs. farming, P.O. Jack- sonville
Reed Isaac, farmer, Sec. 28, P.O. Franklin REED J. H. residence Franklin; Mr. Reed was born on his father's farm, in Morgan County; parents are Martin and Sallie Reed, who settled in the county prior to the deep snow, and at this writing are residents of township 13-9: Mr. R. in early life became a farmer; in the late war, although he did not rise to distinguished rank, he took an active part; was elected duty sergeant; subsequently he became second sergeant; he acquitted himself very creditably during the war; became a par- ticipant in the battles of Wahatchie Val- ley, Mission Ridge, Snake Creek Gap, Buzzard Roost, Peach Tree Creek; on the forced march to Knoxville, Tenn., and all through the Atlanta and Savannah cam- paigns, and many other engagements of the war; was honorably discharged May 15, 1865, and returned to Morgan County; prior to entering the army, in 1854, married Miss Juda Seymour, of Morgan County; three children; Jennie, Julia, and Belle; in 1867, Mrs. R. died; the following year was married to Mrs. M. E. Duncan, of Franklin; since the close of the war Mr. Reed's principal occupation has been that of miller, and was at one time a member of the firm of Mansfield Bros., millers, of Franklin; was engaged as a carpenter and engineer; at this writing connected with Mccullough & Co's upper mills, Franklin Reed John, farmer, Sec. 28, P.O. Franklin Reed James L. farmer and stock raiser
REES E. M. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 27, P.O. Franklin; the subject of this sketch, one of the most enterprising citi- zens of Illinois, was born in Virginia, where his parents settled nearly a century ago; emigrating from Wales, in 1793, the Rees family floated down the Ohio River to what is now Kentucky, then known as New Virginia; on the passage down several times they narrowly escaped destruction by the Indians; they settled in Kentucky during the spring of the year; here the subject of this sketch was born, Feb. 23, 1817; in 1839, he moved to Illinois, and here for a time he settled down to a quiet life; but his restless disposition could not long confine him to one spot, and the fol-
lowing year found him overseeing a sugar and cotton plantation in the South; here he remained nine years, and accumulated a nice fortune; returned to Morgan County, in 1847; he purchased part of the farm where he now resides; in 1849, he joined a party of gold hunters, en route for the gold mines of California, leaving J. cksonville on the 10th of April; at the end of nine months the party reached San Francisco, then a city of tents, with here and there an old ancient Spanish adobe house; on first arriving, Mr. Rees became a drayman, and subsequently became a miner, staking out innumerable claims, at times meeting with good success; for nearly ten years he roughed it in the mines of California; un- like the majority, he returned from there with a goodly amount of the shining metal; the year 1859 found him again a resident of Morgan County; on the 18th of Novem- ber, of this year, he married Miss Julia Snow, of Ohio; Mr. Rees has in all proba- bility to-day the finest farm property in the State for its size; it now comprises nearly 450 acres; twenty acres of this is planted with trees, making a beautiful grove, which, in addition to the handsome residence, is pointed out to strangers and tourists; for the benefit conferred on pos- terity Mr. Rees will be remembered long after the soul has taken its flight; thus by reading the life of the subject of this sketch, we realize how truly the hand of the dili- gent maketh rich
Reinbach Clarence, school teacher, Franklin Reinbach Edward, retired, Franklin
REINBACH HARRY. During the greater part of his life was a dry goods merchant; for over thirty-five years trans- acted a general dry goods business, in Franklin, Morgan County; he was born in Altona, Germany, Dec. 20, 1812; he was the second son of Mendel and Esther Reinbach; he received a very liberal educa- tion in the mother country; he was pos- sessed of an aspiring, ambitious disposition, that in after years counted and made him what he was, a representative business man; he left Europe for the new world in 1837; in due time he landed in New York city, and made his way to the State of Pennsylvania, where he remained for the space of three years, entering into a gen-
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eral merchandise business; from there he came to the fertile prairies of Illinois; in 1840, settled in Franklin, Morgan County; entered into a co-partnership busin ss with E. S. Hinrichsen, a former partner in Pennsylvania, whose name is found else- where in this work; they erected the first business building in Franklin; both mem- bers were men of enterprise and sagacity, and sprang at once into a successful business career; in April, 1850, Mr. Rein- bach returned to Europe, and there formed the acquaintance of Miss Sophia Dessau, teacher of a select school in the city of Hamburg; they were married on the 4th of September, 1850, and immediately there- after started for America; arrived at Frank- lin in due time; one year from date of arri- val dissolved partnership with Mr. Hinrich- sen, and immediately formed a co-partner- ship with Hiram Van Winkle; they carried on a successful business for two years; the firm then dissolved, and Mr. Reinbach thereupon conducted the business up to the time of his decease, which occurred February 6, 1878; in his death Morgan County lost one of its most successful business men, noted for his enterprise and liberality; he left a large family in Frank- lin, consisting of wife and nine children: David' E., Clarence, Gussie, Newton Z., . Mendel, Anna H., Carrie,Ollie, and Bruck; three children deceased: Frederica, Dessau B., and Lena
REYNOLDS THOMAS J. farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Pisgah; Mr. R. was born in Scott County, near the town of Winchester, April 7, 1847; here the old folks lived and died; for the past eleven years Mr. Reynolds has been a resident of Morgan County, first settling near the Mauvaisterre; March 22, 1864, he enlisted in Co. F, 33d Regt. Ill. Vol, for three years' service; at the siege of Mobile, un- der the command of General Canby; on the close of the war honorably discharged at Vicksburg, Miss .; returned to Morgan County, and shortly after married Miss Anna M. McCausland; three children Rice Clayburn, teamster, Franklin
RIGG A. P. justice of the peace, Franklin; Mr. Rigg was born in Kentucky, Dec. 13, 1813; parents were George and Sarah; in 1829, the family, then consisting
of the husband, wife, and children, moved from Kentucky to Morgan County, Illinois, and settled near what is now Waverly; the father by occupation was a miller and mill- wright, in which he took a leading position, which proved fairly remunerative; in the latter years of his life he became a miller. At twenty, A P. Rigg became apprenticed to the carpenter trade; in 1834, married Elizabeth McLain, who . died in 1855; eight children blessed this union: James, Mary, Jane, Thomas, Samuel, Charles, Sarah, and William; following year mar- ried Mrs. Nancy Wood; three children by second marriage: George, Stephen, and John; in 1862, his wife departed this life; in 1863, again married, in Jacksonville, to Mrs. Mary Winters; was then a resident of Greene County,and there owned a saw mill; Spring of '69, moved to Franklin, and was elected justice of the peace; twice re- elected; last marriage one child: Anna E .; for nearly fifty years Mr. R. has lived in Morgan County, and has indeed seen the past of the county, and now lives to enjoy its present
ROBERTS G. D. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 35, P.O. Franklin; the gentle- man whose name stands at the head of this sketch is the second son of Peter and Emeline Roberts, whose names will be found recorded elsewhere in this work; Mr. R. was born in Morgan County, May 19, 1845; during the Autumn of 1873, he united his fortunes to Miss L. M. Dickin- son, daughter of Jacob Dickinson, post- master of Franklin; two children: Ralph, born July 31, 1875; Lulu, September, 1876 ROBERTS PETER, farmer, Sec. 2, P.O. Franklin; the subject of this sketch was born in Washington County, Tenn., Jan. 12, 1812; his parents were William and Eve, natives of Tennessee, who moved to Illinois as early as 1833, settling in Morgan County, near the present farm resi- dence of the subject of this notice; Mr. R. was then of age, and possessed of a force of character and energy that in after years counted and made him what he is to-day, a representative farmer; his education he received in schools supported by subscrip- tion, held in log cabins; in 1848, he married Miss Emeline McGinnis, of Tenn .; when Mr. Roberts, now known far and near as
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Colonel Roberts, decided to come to Illi- nois, he worked thirteen days in the harvest field to pay the expense of his passage; on arrival, he hired out to a brick making firm at Jacksonville, for $9 per month, and thought Illinois a famous State to grow rich in; the first pair of trowsers he bought in the State cost him seventy-five cents, getting a liberal discount off on account of a tear in them; in those good old days Mr. R. states the boys did not wear picadilly collars, with nobby neck-ties, their time usually being spent following the plow, from the time they could reach the handles; as time passed on, Mr. R. accumulated property, owning at one time some 900 acres; at the present owns 670 acres; when quite a young man he was unanimously elected Colonel of State militia, commis- sioned by Governor Ford, for the prevention of local disturbances; in 1846, he organ- ized a company for the Mexican service, but having the misfortune to receive a stroke of lightning, did not enter upon active field duties; Mr. Roberts is now en- joying the fruits of his early labors; his family consists of wife and five children, whose names are: Thomas Benton, George Douglas, James Polk, Hardin Wallace, and Florence; in an early day Colonel R. was county deputy sheriff
Robson Thomas, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 32, P.O. Pisgah
Rood Samuel, brickmaker, Franklin
Runnells Thomas, renter, Sec. 16, P.O. Pisgah
Ryan Martin, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. IS, P.O. Franklin
RYAN PATRICK, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Franklin. Was born in the County Limerick, Ireland, about the year 1838; when very young left the beautiful "isle of the sea," to cast his lot with the people of the new world, and landed at New York city, thence to Mor- gan County, where he first worked by the month; in 1860, he united his fortunes to Miss Winifred Doyle, by whom he has had eight children, all living: Thomas, Jer- emiah, Mary, Kate, Lawrence, Onie, Anna, and Martin; when Mr. Ryan arrived in America he had no capital, but had willing hands, and a brave, manly heart, that car- ried him successfully through life, laying
the foundation for a future success; now owns 305 acres of good land; for the past six years has been school director; there are, perhaps, but few men now living in old Morgan, who have done more to develop and enhance the business interests of the county, than the worthy gentleman whose history is herein sketched
S AMPLE RICHARD, farmer, Sec. 10, P.O. Jacksonville
SAMPLE SAMUEL, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. II, P.O. Pisgah. Mr. Sample was born in Morgan County, prior to 1830; the Sample family, consisting of husband, wife, and three children, moved from Kentucky in a covered wagon, and settled in Illinois, on what is now called "Apple Creek," this county; they also settled in Henderson County, where they remained but a short time, eventually returning to Morgan; in 1860, the subject of this notice married Miss Lizzie Morris, daughter of Edmund and Sarah Morris; four children blessed this union, whose names are in order of birth: Lucinda, born 1861; George, 1867; Hubert, 1875, and Nellie, 1877
Samples Robert, farmer, Sec. II, P.O. Pisgah
Sargeant Newton, renter, Franklin
Sargeant W. R. carpenter, Franklin
SCOTT ENOS, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 28, P.O. Franklin. Mr. Scott was born in Somersetshire, England, June 25, 1813. His father, by occupation was a butcher, in comfortable circumstances, who, accompanied by his family, in 1816, emigrated to America, the passage over oc- cupying some six weeks. Remaining in the vicinity of New York through the winter, the spring of the year found them settled on farm property in New Jersey, where the old people passed the remainder of their days. On coming of age, the subject of this sketch married Miss Ann Garrison, a native of New Jersey ; two children blessed this union, George and Enos G., who are now residents of Illinois. Mrs. Scott died in 1840. The following year Mr. Scott married Miss Louise Hand, a daughter of Ira Hand, an old resident of New Jersey. In 1855 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where for ten years he was foreman for a
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large manufacturing firm; in 1865 he set- tled in Illinois, where he now has a valua- ble farm property, and as an agriculturist he takes a front rank. Children by second marriage : Sylvanus, Annie, John, Eveline, and Ensign
Scott Ezra, farmer, Sec. 20, P.O. Pisgah SCOTT FRANCIS M. farmer, Frank-
in, son of Jas. and Mary; James was a na- tive of Virginia, Mary, his wife, was born in Kentucky; Francis who heads this notice, was born in Colwell Co., Kentucky, in 1823. His father was by occupation a farmer, who hearing the many glowing accounts of Illinois, in the year 1830 set- tled in Morgan Co., in the neighborhood of Franklin. When James Scott first ar- rived in the county his capital consisted of a team of horses, willing hands and great force of character, the prospect before him was anything but flattering. Jacksonville then had but seven small buildings, and Franklin comprised about the same. The following winter the deep snow set in which will ever be remembered years to come; as the struggles and triumphs of the pioneers of Morgan Co. are fully de- scribed in the historical portion of this volume, we now follow the fortunes of Francis Scott. His preliminary education was received in log cabins and afterward completed in subscription schools. In 1847, he married Mrs. Burch, daughter of John Wyatt: five children blessed this union : Minerva E., Geo. M., Martha L., Wm. H., and Sarah F. Mr. Scott is one of Franklin's representative men ; his prop- erty he acquired by great industry and judgment ; having no capital to commence on, a self-made man, he has risen from the ranks to a leading position, and is well and favorably known, whose enter- prise is seen in everything worthy of patron- age
SCOTT GEO. M. farmer, P.O. Frank- lin. Son of Francis M. and Sarah Scott, who were among the early pioneers of Mor- gan Co., where George was born July, 1850, on the old homestead. The children were early instructed in the rudiments of hard work, and when old enough attended the neighborhood school. At twenty years of age Mr. Scott married Miss Martha Easley, of Auburn, Sangamon Co., Ill. By this
marriage three children : Adella P., born March 30, 1872 ; Curtis E., Dec. 7, 1874; Flossa. M., Nov. 10, 1876. For the past twelve years Mr. Scott has been a resident of Franklin, where he owns a comfortable property
Scott Henry, farmer Franklin
Scott Jonve. farmer, P.O. Franklin
Scott Sylvanus, farmer, Sec. 33, P.O. Franklin Seymour Francis M. farmer, Sec. 37, P.O. Franklin
Sharon Joseph, farm hand, works E. M. Rees SHEPPARD WM. W. farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 3, P. O. Orleans, is the oldest son of Wm. S. and Jane L. Sheppard. William was born in Kentucky, and Jane, his wife, was born in East Tennessee ; they were married in Ohio, where their parents had removed before they came of age. From his father William inherited a moderate estate; he became a farmer in the vicinity of Winchester, and here the subject of this sketch was born May 5, 1827; at the age of 13, in the year 1842, the family moved to the West and settled first in Livingston Co., became residents of LaSalle Co. one year, and from there made their way to Morgan Co. and settled on a farm of eighty acres ; here William W. grew to manhood, receiving a liberal education. In 1852 he marred Miss S. M. Simpson. who was a daughter of Samuel Simpson, a native of Southampton, Eng- land, a watchmaker and jeweler by pro- fession, who afterward followed the same occupation on his arrival in America ; in his vocation he had but few equals and perhaps no superior in America. From his boyhood Mr. Sheppard followed the occupation in which he is quite successful ; for many years · has been extensively en- gaged as a cattle dealer in the St. Louis market; is now living on his farm, com- prising 230 acres of well drained land, on which he has a beautiful farm residence. His fat! er, now upward of seventy-four years, resides with him. George, a younger brother of Mr. Sheppard, enlisted in Mont- gomery Co. in th . Fall of 1862 for three years service, until the close of the war ; was in many important battles ; honorably discharged at its close. The union of Mr. Sheppard to Miss Simpson was blessed with five children, two of whom are living.
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Six Wm. P. farmer, Sec. 2, P.O. Franklin SLACK WM. A. farmer and stock- raiser, Sec. 24, P.O. Franklin, was born in Renthem Mass., Aug. II, 1833, where the family for three generations had settled. It is supposed the grandmother of the sub- ject of this notice wove the first cotton cloth on a power loom in Massachusetts. In the Spring of 1857 the family moved to Chicago, Ill., with the exception of Wil- liam, who came the following summer, and there worked at his trade-carpenter and joiner-securing employment on Mc Vicker's Theater. The following year he located at Jacksonville, Ill., and worked on the Illi- nois Hospital for the Insane. On the 8th of September, 1859, he was united in mar- riage to Mary S. E. Clayton, daughter of Wm. C. Clayton, one of the earliest settlers of Morgan Co., whose name appears in the . historical portion of this work; three chil- dren blessed the union, two of whom are living, Mary Belle and William Henry ; Hiram, deceased. The writer was shown a mortar, probably used for medicinal pur- poses, and made of lignum vitæ, that came over in the Mayflower, and has been handed down from generation to genera- tion. Charles Thompson, the great grand- father of William A. was chaplain in Wash- ington's army during the Revolution, where Gen. Washington frequently attended the services held on the field ; both husband and wife formed a cordial friendship with Gen. Washington, who was a frequent visitor at their fireside. Two mirrors and two large high-backed old-fashioned chairs were given by Mrs. Washington to Mrs. Thompson ; they are still in possession of relatives who reside in the East
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