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Stout P. D. farmer, Sec. 13, P.O. Jackson- ville
TAYLOR J. C. farmer and . stock
raiser, Sec. 36, P.O Jacksonville, son of John and Nancy Taylor, whose · maiden name was Conahan. The head of the fam- ily was a man in good circumstances in Penn, Ohio, where young Taylor grew to mature years ; when old enough, attended a subscription school ; his preliminary ed- ucation was derived from the common spelling book, and completed in the New Testament ; at twenty-five he married Miss Isabel Gilleland. For thirty years Mr. Taylor resided in Ohio ; in 1863, he moved to Morgan Co., where he bought 320 acres of land, some four miles southeast of Jack- sonville. Mr. Taylor owns a fine property, and his enterprise and liberality are well known
Thiese Wm. renter, Sec. 31, P.O. Jackson- ville
Tinsley Walter, farm hand, Sec. 5, P.O. Jack- sonville
Tunnell S. S. farmer, Sec. 29, P.O. Jackson- ville
VERRY L. W. MRS. Sec. 32, P.O.
Jacksonville, widow of the late W. C. Verry, who first settled in this county 1822, and entered the land where the subject of
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§, this sketch still resides, when it was first offered in market by the government ; he was one of the first settlers in this neigh- borhood, and prominently identified with its growth and improvements; he died March 10, 1877, at the advanced age of 82 years. Mrs. Verry was the daughter of Silas Massey, also one of the earliest settlers, having removed west in 1819, from his na- tive State, New Hampshire, where he was born April 1, 1786. Mrs. Verry was born in Vermont, Sept. 24, 1809 ; was thus only ten years of age when coming to this State. Was married 1828, to Stephen Holmes, and lived three years in Jo Daviess Co., re- moving to Jacksonville 1831, where Mr. Holmes died, April 17, 1833, leaving three daughters. Mrs. Holmes became the wife of W. C. Verry, Jan. 21, 1837 ; there were three children by this marriage, one only of whom survives, viz .: Augusta, now Mrs. Milton Seibert. Mrs. V. still resides at the old homestead, and recalls with vivid rec- ollections the many incidents o their early settlement ; she is a lady of raie colloquial powers and refined tastes, and is a sister of
H. H. and S. S. Massey, of "Mound Ridge "
WARD JAMES H. farmer, Sec. I, P.O. Jacksonville
WILKINSON R. M. farmer, Sec. 4, P.O. Jacksonville, born in Morgan Co., in 1846; married in 1864, to Miss Louise Gibbons, born in this county. Have four children : Mary F., William, Ardena, and Anna
WILLSON NANCY MRS. farmer, Sec. 6, wife of S. M. Wilson (deceased), born in Kentucky, 1834 ; married in 1856; Mr. Willson was born in Maryland, 1826; settled in Morgan Co. in 1851. Have two children : Sarah Ann, and Lewis N .; owns 40 acres, valued at $2,500
Wilson Henry, farmer, Sec. 24, P.O. Jack- sonville
Wilson John, farmer, Sec. 28, P.O. Jackson- ville
Wood J., farmer, Sec. 34, P.O. Jacksonville Wood Richard S. farmer, Sec. 26, P.O. Jack- sonville
Woods S. A. renter, Sec. 4, P.O. Jacksonville
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A LLINSON ADAM, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 32, P.O. Lynnville. Son of Adam Allinson, of Yorkshire, England ; born Sept. 12, 1801 ; came to this county at the age of 20 years, with his father; re- maining in Indiana one year, during which time his father died after a short illness," then removed ,to this place, which subse- quently became Morgan County. Married 1829 to Miss Mary Norwood, of Yorkshire, Eng .; born 1809; by this union there has been six children, four of whom are living, viz .: Sarah, born Dec. 29, 1830, now Mrs. Hills, of Morgan Co .; Mary, born Sept. 23, 1832, now Mrs. Bramham, of Morgan Co .; Adam, June 20, 1834, of Morgan Co. Mr. Allinson may be rated as one of the oldest living settlers, having owned considerable lands prior to the county's organization, and lived here ever since; the homestead comprises about 640 acres of highly im- proved and beautifully located land, and he owns various other lands in Morgan Co., amounting in all to near 1,000 acres
Alves J. farmer, Sec. 2, P.O. Jacksonville Anderson Charles, lab. Sec. 19, P.O. Jackson- ville
BAILEY J. R. farmer, Sec. 2, P.O. Jacksonville, the founder of the Jack- sonville Sentinel, and its editor and pub- lisher from January, 1855, to January, 1872-seventeen years-is a native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He is of Protestant Irish descent ; his ancestors emigrated from the north of Ireland during an early period in the first settlement of the colony of Pennsylvania. They bought a tract of land on the banks of the Dela- ware river, some thirty miles above Phila- delphia, of the London Land Company, on which they settled, and on part of which some of their descendents yet reside. Here the subject of this sketch was born. In 1824, his father sold his farm and removed with his family to the city of Philadelphia. At the age of fourteen years he found it
necessary to quit school and engage in the active business of life. He first served two years at the printing business in a small German and English office. At this time buckskin balls were in use for inking the type. and he remembers working at one time on the old wooden press used by Benjamin Franklin during his publishing career in Philadelphia, since on exhibition at the Patent Office at Washington. It came about in this way: The Franklin press had fallen into the hands of Mr. Ramage, the veteran Philadelphia press maker, who had it stored away. The Ramage press in the office needed repairing, and while this was being done, the old wooden Franklin press was loaned to the office as a substi- tute. The frame was like that of an ordi- nary country loom; the bed of stone and the platen a block of wood, just half the size of the bed, requiring two impressions to a full form. Tiring of the printing office, young Bailey, at the age of sixteen years, commenced to learn the carpenter trade, and, in company with his brother, Judge J. S. Bailey, of Macomb, Ill., he worked at that business two more years. Desiring, however, a vocation giving him more out-door exercise, and seeing an op- portunity to better his condition by remov- ing farther west, Mr. Bailey made up his mind to such a move. After his marriage to Miss Ann Henderson, a young lady from New Jersey, removed to Iowa, and com- menced the work of building up a home on his claim, the land not yet being in market. At that day the country was very new, the entire territory being in possession of the Indians, with the exception of a narrow strip along the Mississippi river, known as the Black Hawk Purchase. All supplies had to come from the east side of the Mis- sissippi, and the first settlers underwent many hardships, Mr. Bailey having to shoulder his full share of the exposure and toil of a frontier life. Not yet twenty- ¿three years old, and unaccustomed to the
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use of the pioneer's ax and maul, he found making rails and building log cabins heavy work ; but he persevered until his farm was fenced and broke and the land paid for. During the first year of his settlement, Mr. Bailey began to take an active part in politics ; was elected a justice of the peace, and in 1844 he received the Democratic nomination for representative in the terri- torial legislature. In the meantime the In- dian title to the lands west to the Missouri river had been extinguished by purchase, and a number of new counties had been laid out and settled. Wapello, the new county west of Jefferson, became attached for legislative purposes, the district thus formed to be represented by one member of the council and one representative. The Democrats of Wapello claimed the repre- sentative, and Mr. Bailey voluntarily re- tired from the canvass to give place. During the next two years a State constitu- tion was formed, and Iowa became a State, In the Fall of 1846, Mr. Bailey was nomi- nated by the Democrats of Jefferson County -again a district by itself-for representa- tive to the first State legislature. He was elected, and thus participated in setting the wheels of the new State government in motion, serving during the sessions of 1847-'48. Both those sessions were char- acterized by stormy excitement over the election of the first United States senators, and the legislature failed to elect until the session of 1849. During this period he be- gan to exercise his talents as a writer, con- tributing articles of a political character to the local press, and hence his attention be- came directed to the publishing business. In 1852, Mr. Bailey sold his farm and re- moved to Mt. Sterling, Brown Co., Ill. Here he commenced his career as editor and publisher, by investing in a newspaper office that had been established by John Bigler, who went to California in 1849, and afterward became governor of that State. The paper was called the Prairie Pioneer, but the name was afterward changed to Chronotype. While publishing this sheet, Mr. Bailey was appointed postmaster at Mt. Sterling under Mr. Pierce's administra- tion, and held the office three years, resign- ing when he removed to Jacksonville in the Winter of 1855. Since that time the his-
tory of J. R. Bailey has been intimately blended with the history of Morgan Coun- ty, there having been few matters of public interest in which, as a journalist, he has not taken an active part. He was an active member of the Illinois Press Association ; was one of the committee that drafted its constitution, and was twice elected treas- urer of the association. During 1854 he suffered domestic misfortune in the loss of his wife and two of his children. During the Fall of 186r he was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Williams, a lady of some local literary reputation. About this time, the long agitation of the slavery question culminated in the southern rebellion, and during the continuance of that war, Mr. Bailey was of the class of Democratic edi- tors who advocated a vigorous prosecution of the war for the purpose of crushing out the rebellion, and in this he was sus- tained by the leading men of his party in the county. As before stated, Mr. Bailey established the Jacksonville Sentinel in 1855. and published it as editor and pro- prietor for seventeen years-embracing a period of long continued high political ex- citement and full of historical incidents. Such long continued active labors began to impair his health, and in 1872 his eyesight so far failed that he was unable to read or write, even with the aid of the strongest glasses. Having no sons of an age to assist him, he disposed of the Sentinel establish- ment to other parties, and has since resided on his farm near Jacksonville, living a re- tired and quiet life
Baptista Jos. farmer, Sec. 3, P.O. Jackson- ville
BATEMAN SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 8, P.O. Jacksonville. The subject of this sketch was born in Yorkshire, Eng., 1804, and came to this country in 1829 and set- tled in this county, where he has resided ever since. Married in England, Feb, 22, 1829, to Sarah Lee, of Yorkshire, born April, 1797, who shared with her husband the perils of a sea voyage and the many hardships incident to the emigrant's life. This lady died Sept. 10, 1877. Their fam- ily has consisted of six children, three of whom, however, only survive : William, born June 27, 1831; Ann Elizabeth, Dec. 3, 1832, now Mrs. S. Saunderson, of Mor-
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gan Co .; Thomas, Dec. 4, 1833. Mr. Bate- man arrived here the fall prior to the " deep snow," many incidents of which he relates; he has devoted his long life of in- dustry strictly to agricultural pursuits
Bateman Thomas, farmer, Sec. 8, P.O. Jack- sonville
Bevers George, farmer, Sec. 9, P.O. Jackson- ville
Blackburn Geo. D. farmer, Sec. 2, P.O. Jack- sonville
Blodgett W. farmer, Sec. 6, P.O. Jackson- ville
BOBBITT JOHN G. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 7, P.O. Chapin. The subject of this sketch was born in Missouri, Nov. 6, 1824, and removed to this county with his parents at the early age of five years, thus having grown up as it were with the county, and one whose interests are closely identified with its growth and im- provements. Married Dec. 14, 1848, to Martha J., daughter of Henry and Martha Newton, of McLean Co., Ill., born Oct. 21, 1827. This union has been blessed by three children : Lewis M., born Jan. 27, 1850; Mary L., born Aug. 3, 1852, now Mrs. Holliday, of Morgan Co .; Hattie E., born Jan. 15, 1864. Mr. Bobbitt's descrip- tion of his hunting excursions and the many events incident to the early settler's life is highly amusing. In the fall pre- vious to the " deep snow " his father erect- ed a grist mill on Big Branch, now known as Willow Branch, which proved of im- mense service to the neighbors. Mr. B. had brought the burr stones from Missouri ; the noticeable features of the mill were, it was only three weeks in course of erection, the running wheel and burr stones turned on the same shaft, and during the winter a young deer was caught in the mill, on which occasion Mr. B. facetiously remarked that his mill supplied his family table with meat as well as flour and meal. Mr. Bobbitt has devoted his industries chiefly to agricultur- al pursuits; the homestead consists of 300 acres beautifully located, showing the able management of its owner on every hand Bobbitt Elzerah, farmer, Sec. 7, P.O. Chapin Bobbitt L. M. farmer, Sec. 7, P.O. Chapin BODDY MICHAEL, farmer and hor- ticulturist, Sec. 18, P.O. Chapin; born in Yorkshire, England, Feb. 20, 1829, and
came to this country and Morgan County, in 1851; returned to England, 1854, antici- pating engaging in the Crimean War, but the war soon closing, engaged in mercantile pursuits, and remained about four yea s, again returning to this country, and settled in Morgan County; was married Dec. 31, 1854, to Ann, daughter of John and Mary Harrison, of Thornton, Yorks, England; born Jan. 22, 1834; this union has been blessed by nine children, viz .: Mary Jane, born Nov. II, 1856, died in early infancy; Robert, May 29, 1858, died Sept. 14, 1859; Mary, Oct. II, 1863, died Sept. 11, 1864; Annie, May 24, 1865; Sarah H., March 23, 1868, and John R., Nov. 20, 1870; Mr. Boddy has occupied his present farm about eleven years; it was then in timber, but is now in a high state of cultivation, wrought by the industry and able management of its owner; he gives special attention to horticulture and vine growing, having several thousand of Concord and other choice varieties, from which he manufactures a very superior wine; he has also an orchard of considerable extent; Mr. Boddy was correspondent for the Jacksonville Sentinel, from Chapin, for several years, and has written many valuable contributions for the press, in prose and poetry
Bond Thomas, renter, P.O. Lynnville Boyle John, laborer, Sec. 19, P.O. Lynnville Branham George, renter, Sec. 2, P.O. Jack- sonville
Bridgman Henry, farmer, Sec. I, P.O. Jack- sonville
Bridgman Martin, farmer, Sec. 2, P.O. Jack- sonville
BUCK THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 9, P.O. Jacksonville; born March 14, 1846, in Greene County; removed to this county 1874; married March, 1865, to Matilda Jane, daughter of James and Betsy Young, of Greene County; four children were born of this union: first one died in early in- fancy; Charles L., born Jan. 14, 1867; William Jasper, Feb. II, 1871, and Julia May, Nov., 1873, died Dec. 18, 1876; Mrs. Buck died March 15, 1876; Mr. B. married again, Feb. 13, 1877, to Elizabeth Brayes, widow of William Brayes; was born March 10, 1846, and has one daughter, Annie, born June 23, 1872; the result of the present union is two children (twins), born Feb. 13.
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1878; Mrs. Buck's grandmother, Mrs. Milly Holliday, is one of the oldest living settlers in this neighborhood, having come here in 1823; she relates many interesting incidents of the early settlement
CALDWELL D. A. farmer, Sec. 3, P.O. Jacksonville
Caldwell R. L. farmer, Sec. 3, P.O. Jackson- ville
Campbell Clinton S. farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Jacksonville
Campbell James H. farmer, Sec. 30, P.O. Lynnville
Campbell S. F. farmer, Sec. 31, P.O. Lynn- ville
Clarey John, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 21, P.O. Jacksonville
COLLINS JEREMIAH, farmer, Sec. 8, P.O. Jacksonville; was born in Ireland, May I, 1831, and came to this country at the age of fourteen years, landing in New York, where he remained until 1852, when he removed to Sangamon County, and has lived there and in Morgan County ever since; was married June 18, 1858, to Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary Collins, born in Ireland, 1833, who died Sept. 12, 1864; two children were the fruits of this union: Mary Ellen, born May 1, 1859, and John, Nov. 8, 1862; Mr. Collins was married again, Feb. 16, 1865, to Hanora, daughter of Ben and Johanna Stokes, born in Ire- land, May, 1842; this union has been blessed by eleven children: Johanna, born Dec. 3, 1865; Margaret, Feb. 16, 1867; Jeremiah, April 21, 1868; Catherine, Oct. 2, 1869; Benjamin, Jan. 21, 1871; Bernard and William (twins), July 6, 1873; Teddie, May II, 1874; David and Dennis (twins), July 18, 1875; Mark, Aug. 18, 1877; the homestead consists of 40 acres
Cox Lafayette, laborer, Sec. 5, P.O. Jack- · sonville
COWDIN J. F. farmer, Sec. 3, P.O. Jacksonville; married April II, 1867, to Miss Fannie Blodgett; has two children: Willard Truman, and Georgie Belle; these are the facts in the case, and he has no de- sire to spread on a biography
Cridland Joseph, farmer, Sec. 10, P.O. Jack- sonville
D ANIELS GEORGE, farmer, Sec. 5, P.O. Jacksonville
Daniels Samuel, sr., farmer, Sec. 5, P.O. Jack- sonville
Dayton John, farmer, Sec. 9, P.O. Jackson- ville
Deaton Thomas, farmer, Sec. II, P.O. Jack- sonville
DENBY THOMAS, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 21, P.O. Jacksonville; only son of Thomas Denby, of Yorkshire, England; born July 17, 1823, and came to this coun- try with his parents at the age of nine years, landing in New York, and came di- rectly to Morgan County, where he has resided ever since, thus growing up as it were with the county, and one whose interests are closely identified with its growth and improvements; was first mar- ried, Jan. 4, 1845, to Martha Sparks, of Glasgow, Scotland; by this union one child was born; George Thomas, March 5, 1846; Mrs. Denby died in childbirth; the son died Jan. 4, 1848; Mr. Denby married again Dec. 17, 1846, to Mary Jane, daughter of Alexander and Mary Wells, of Scott County; born Sept. 16, 1822; this union has been blessed by five children, four of whom are living: William Alexander, born Sept. 19, 1847, died April 16, 1850; Mary E., born Feb. 27, 1849, now Mrs. George B. Ransom, of Morgan County; Sarah E., born Feb. 9, 1852, now Mrs. George W. Killam, of Morgan County; Hannah M., born Oct. 8, 1856, living with her parents; Ann Ella, born April 24, 1860, also living with her parents; the homestead consists of 200 acres of beautifully located and highly improved land
Dewey C. M. farmer, Sec. II, P.O. Jackson- ville
DeLapp John M. farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. Jack- sonville
FADES W. O. farmer, Sec. 9, P.O. Jack- sonville
EDSON MILO L. and A. F. renters, Sec. 12, P.O. Jacksonville, sons of Ely Edson, of Stowe, Lemoyle County, Vermont, a native of Vermont, born Dec. 10, 1812, and has resided in that State all his life; was married in 1836, to Celestia Luce, of Vermont, six children being the fruits of this union, viz .: Susan, Weltha, Walter, Mark, who died in Morgan County, Ill., May 4, 1876, Caroline, died Aug., 1853,
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and Alvaro; Mrs. Edson died 1851; Mr. Edson married again, Aug. 12, 1853, to Mary Pain, of Lemoyle County, Vermont; this union has been blessed by three sons, viz .: Milo L., born Sept. 15, 1854; A. F. and A. D. (twins), born Nov. 20, 1856; Mr. Edson has devoted his industries solely to agricultural pursuits during his whole life; homestead consists of 175 acres; Milo L. and A. F. Edson are now residents of this county, where they in company rent a farm, on the Meredosia road
EDSON WALTER A. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 13, P.O. Jacksonville; born in Vermont Feb. 13, 1843; son of Ely and Selectra Edson, of Vermont; came to Morgan County in 1871, and has resided here since that time; married Nov.14, 1873, to Lizzie, daughter of William and Jane Needham, of this county, formerly of Eng- land; born in this county June 25, 1852; this union has been blessed by one child: Allie C., born Nov. 28, 1874; rents 120 acres of land, and makes a specialty of the breeding of fine hogs of the Poland-China variety, of which he raises a large number, and has been quite successful
Eyre Benjamin E. farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Lynnville
EYRE JOHN, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 19, P.O. Lynnville; the subject of this sketch was born in Yorkshire, England, March 14, 1803, and came to this country in 1843, landing in New York, and settled in this county the same year; thus may be considered an old settler of the county, and one whose interests are closely identified with its growth and improvements; married in Sheffield, Yorks, England, Feb. 15, 1835, to Ann Elliott, of Sheffield, who shared with her husband the perils and discomforts of a sea voyage, and the hard- ships incident to making a home in this new country, and died Aug. 23, 1875, aged 68 years; this union was blessed by four children, two of whom only survive: Alfred, born Dec. 13, 1836, died Sept. 30, 1839; Mary Ann, Nov. 4, 1840, now Mrs. C. S. Campbell, of Morgan County; Elizabeth, May 3, 1843, died July 8 of the same year, one day after arrival at New York; Benja- min E., July 3, 1844, now living in Morgan County; the homestead consists of 340 acres, beautifully located and highly im-
proved, wrought by the able management and industry of its owner, from the wild timber and brush land; owns considerable other land in this and Scott counties
F "REDLANDER LOUIS, supt. County Poor House, Sec. I, P.O. Jacksonville
G ILLAM JAMES, laborer, Sec. 4, P.O. Jacksonville .
GRAVES N. DWIGHT, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 14, P.O. Jacksonville; the subject of this sketch was born in Hartford, Conn., Feb. 10. 1825, and re- moved with his parents to Morgan County, in 1831; he may thus be considered one of its early settlers; was married Oct. 5, 1848, to Ruth, daughter of Thomas and Mary O'Neill, of Morgan County; born Dec. 14, 1827; this union has been blessed by three sons: Thomas O'Neill, born Feb. II, 1850; William S., Sept. 28, 1853, and Charles H., Sept. 25, 1856; Mr. Graves' life has been one of industry in the advancement of agricultural pursuits; his homestead con- sists of 480 acres of highly improved land, showing on every hand the able manage- ment of its owner
Greatton Jefferson H. farmer, Sec. 26, P.O. Jacksonville
Grogan John, tobacconist, Sec. 14, P.O. Jack- sonville
Grossman Edward, farmer, Sec. I0, P.O. Jacksonville
H ALL GEORGE H. farmer, Sec. 21, P.O. Jacksonville
Hall John. farmer, Sec. 4, P.O. Jacksonville HALL RICHARD, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. II, P.O. Jacksonville; the sub- ject of this sketch was born in Yorkshire, England, May II, 1803, and came to this country in 1831, landing at Baltimore on April 23; from thence to Wheeling, Va., where he remained nearly one year, when he removed to Illinois, and settled at the spot where he still resides; he may thus be rated as one of the oldest settlers in this neighborhood, and closely identified with its growth and improvements; was married before leaving the old country, Dec. 1831, to Sarah, daughter of William and Bessie Hall, of Yorkshire, England, born 1801, who shared the hardships of the emigrant's life many years, and is still living: the fruits
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of this union were four children, none of whom, however, survive: Jane, born Oct., 1832, died in early infancy; Eliza, Oct. 7, 1835, died July 25, 1871, leaving three sons, viz .: William Thomas, George Ed- ward, and John Lincoln, all of Morgan County; John Richard, born July 7, 1838, died April 16, 1850; Thomas. W., born July 26, 1842, died Feb. 7, 1859; the homestead consists of 60 acres of highly improved land, wrought by industry from the wild prairie; Mr. Hall recalls with vivid recol- lections the many incidents of his early settlement
HARVEY EDWARD, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 32, P.O. Lynnville. The subject of this sketch was born at Kings Cliff, Northamptonshire, England, 1817; came to this country in 1831, landing in Quebec; removed to Illinois in 1836, and settled in Morgan Co. in 1838. Married March, 1841, to Miss Amanda M. Cad- well, daughter of Dr. Geo. Cadwell, born 1818. Dr. Cadwell, first physician of Mor- gan Co., settled the boundaries of township 15-II, and the first court of the county was held at his house ; for many years a promi- nent citizen, serving the people in various public offices ; he was for many years county judge of St. Clair and Madison Counties ; after the establishment of the State government was elected to the Gen- eral Assembly. The doctor was elected State Senator in 1818, and served four years ; in the Fall of 1820 he removed into the territory subsequently included in Mor- gan Co., and settled in a piece of timber land known as Swinerton's Point, east of the Allinson Mound. The fruits of this marriage were six children, two of whom only are living: Mary A., Dec., 1841, de- ceased ; William F., 1844, enlisted in the Twenty-sixth I. V. I., in 1861, and died Aug. 26, 1867; Helen A., June 23, 1846, now Mrs. Joseph Blackburn, of Morgan Co .; John M., April 27, 1850, died in early childhood ; Ann E., Dec. 25, 1852, now Mrs. Rev. Tindall; Edward E., Feb. I, 1855, drowned Aug. 17, 1869. Mr. Harvey is one of the old settlers, and his interests are closely allied with the growth of this county ; he has always been an exemplary and zealous man. The homestead consists of eighty acres
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