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Wobbe Henry, farmer, Sec. 23, P.O. Concord Wobbe Henry William, farmer, Sec. 26, P.O. Concord
Wolfe George, farmer, Concord
WOOD WILLIAM, farmer, P.O. Con- cord; born Lancashire, Eng., March 14, 1840; married Sept. 4, 1866, to Miss Mar- garet J. Sims, born Morgan County, Jan. 29, 1843; have five children ; James Cor- nelius, born June 23, 1867; Lucy Ann, March 31, 1869; Arthur, Dec. 6, 1872 ; Harry Clifford, Feb. 17, 1873 ; Robert Vivian, Sept. 6, 1875. His parents came to this country in 1842, settling in Cass County; he was raised on the line of Cass and Morgan. In 1858, he left his parents, coming to this county; buying and selling horses till the war broke out; he enlisted, Aug. 1, 1861, in the Ist Regt. Mo. Cavalry, Co. I .; was private in his company six months, then was detailed as battalion wagonmaster; was also detailed in the U.S. detective service ; he remained in the army till the war closed, and since which time has been living in Concord
Woodward A. farmer, Sec. 33, P.O. Jackson- ville
VAKE LEWIS, farmer, Sec. 15, P.O. Con- cord
ZERBY JARED, station agent and telegraph operator, Concord ; was born in Mifflin Co., Pa., Oct 15, 1847 ; came to this county in 1852; in 1866 he went into partnership with his brothers John and A. H., in the nursery business ; he also had an interest in a store in Concord the same time ; one year, when the nursery business was at its height, they sold $16,000 of hedge plants in a radius of two hundred · miles ; John's death and the panic forced him out of business. In 1869, he learned telegraphing, and four months from that time he got charge of Browning, Ill, his first station ; since then he has held sta-
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tions between St. Louis and Browning, on the St. Louis division of the C., B. & Q. R.R .; on the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis road and on the Iron Mountain, he was
stationed at Poplar Bluffs, Butler Co., Mo .; he was transferred to his present station here December, 1877
CONCORD BUSINESS CARD.
SHREWSBURY HOTEL, George Shrewsbury, proprietor. The only hotel in Concord ; has been lately newly refitted
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A NDRE MATHIAS FRANK-
LIN, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 9, P.O. Meredosia; Dem .; Meth. Episcopal ; born in France, province of Mon Saint Martin, Feb. 13, 1833; left France at the age of sixteen, in 1849; coming to this country, he engaged to work for Mr. Blakely, in Erie County ; the first year he received $7 a month, and the second year $10; this included board and lodging ; he then went to Wisconsin, and engaged to work in the Menomonee River pineries, receiving a salary of $24 a month, includ- ing board and lodging ; here he remained six months ; he left this work in 1852; on his way to this county he stopped in Chi- cago a little over one month ; finally made his home in Morgan County; engaged to work by the month for Mr. Dempsey, for whom he worked nine months; then worked or Mr. David Geiger three months; then worked two years for Mr. L. D. Graham, an old settler; married Dec. 8; 1858, to Elizabeth Amanda, daughter of Mr. Gra- ham; his present farm contains 18112 acres-75 acres he received from his father- in-law - purchasing the balance from time to time ; one-half of his land is improved, and his house, a fine two-story frame, was built in 1877. They have five chil- dren living: Linda Florence, born Dec. 21, 1859; Roland Lee, born Feb. 5, 1861 ; Milton Henry, born June 20, 1867; Harriet Virginia, born Aug. 26, 1873 ; George Ber- tram, born May 18, 1876. Lost six chil- dren : Charles Franklin, born Aug. 13, 1862, died June 15, 1870; William Eddie, born July 30, 1864, died June 17, 1870; Martha Elizabeth, born Dec. 7, 1865, died Sept. 15, 1866; Albert Mathias and John Aldon, twins, born Sept. 21, 1869; Albert Mathias died Aug. 10, 1870, John Aldon died June 2, 1870; Lizzie Bell, born Dec. . 7, 1865, died Oct. 3. 1873; his wife was born at the residence of her father, now standing at the foot of the bluffs on Sec. 8. His children were all born at his present
house. Mr. A.'s father, John, was born about 1796, and served twelve or thirteen years under Napoleon, the great French emperor ; he first served as drummer boy ; his wife was Susan Waltsin
Anke Charles, farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Mere- dosia
Arlis John, farmer, Sec. 3, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
Aufdemkamp Henry, farmer, Sec. 14, P.O. Bethel
BAILEY ELIZABETH, widow Abraham, Sec. 2, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
Baker Joseph W. farmer, Sec. 34, P.O. Bethel Bayless John E. farmer, Sec. 16, P.O. Concord Berghaus J. W. farmer, Sec. 17, P.O. Mere- dosia
Berkhiser William H. farmer, Sec. 13, P.O. Concord
Berry Charles, coal miner, Sec. 33, P.O. Bethel Blauford James C. farmer, Sec. 30, P.O. Mere- dosia
Bonnett Samuel, farmer, Sec. 4, P.O. Arenz- ville, Cass Co.
Brazil David, farmer, Sec. I, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
Breidersein Andrew, farmer, Sec. 6, P.O. Meredosia
Breneng John H., farmer, Sec. 16, P.O. Mere- dosia
BRIDGEMAN WILLIAM H.,
farmer, Sec. 12, P.O. Arenzville; dem .; lib .; born in Morgan Co., Sept. 15, 1852; mar- ried Feb. 11, 1874, to Louisa Dunn, born iff Cass Co., Ill., March 6, 1854. They have two children : Ida Matilda, born May 18, 1876; Laura, Aug. 24, 1877. His father, Franklin B., was born in Virginia. His grandfather, Hezekiah B., is now living in the Village of Concord, Ill. Mr. W. H. B. is now starting into farming on the primitive plan, having a cabin in the woods, and living in the good old plan of early beginners. At present he farms only 20 acres. His cabin is in what is termed The Bluffs in this township
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Brockhaus Harmon G., farmer, Sec. 25, P.O. Concord
Brockhaus Henry, farmer, Sec. 34, P.O. Bethel Brockhaus John H., farmer, Sec. 16, P.O. Meredosia
Brockhaus John W., farmer, Sec. 24, P.O. Concord
Brockhaus Sophia, widow Barney, Sec. 34, P.O. Bethel
Brockhaus William H., farmer, Sec. 34, P.O. Bethel
"Brockhaus William H., farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. Concord
Brown George, farmer, Sec. 17, P.O. Mere- dosia
BRYANT ALPHEUS, farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Meredosia ; greenback party, formerly republican ; liberal in religion. Born April II, 1812, in Middlebury, Addi- son Co., Vt .; left there about 1847; occu- pation at this time farming; then went to Worcester, Mass., and engaged, in the trade of making iron work on cotton machines; after eighteen months' service he got $2.25 a day. It was always sup- posed he had worked at this trade before, he succeeded so well. Worked here five years. In 1852 he farmed in different counties in New York; then went to Wis- consin, and then, in 1860, came to this county; married, May 26, 1861, Hannah Weeks, widow of Washington Weeks, born at Laurel Hill (place of Braddock's defeat), Pennsylvania. Her family name is Mans- field; first married to Orvil Bushnel, then to Washington Weeks; at the age of two years she went to Ohio with her parents; left there at nineteen years of age, coming to Indiana, thence to this county in 1831, summer after " big snow;" has five children living: William Weeks, born Feb. 4, 1842; Orvil Bushnel, born in 1837, died in the war of the Rebellion, from wounds re- ceived during service; John L. Weeks, born Dec. I, 1847; George W. Weeks, Nov. 4, 1850; Thomas J. Weeks, Jan. 14, 1853; Benj. Franklin Weeks, Nov. 8, 1853. Mr. B. owns 120 acres, value $50 an acre, and 40 acres in Cass Co., swamp land
Burrus Benjamin, farmer, Sec. II, P.O. Arenz- ville, Cass Co.
Burrus Thomas, farmer, Sec. 2, P.O. Arenz- ville, Cass Co.
Burrus William, farmer, Sec. 2, P.O. Arenz- ville, Cass Co.
Busher Henry, farmer, Sec. 5, P.O. Meredosia
C ARTER JOHN T., farmer, Sec. 17, P.O. Meredosia
Chamberlain Albert, farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Meredosia
Chamberlain George, farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Meredosia
Chamberlain Phoebe, widow Samuel. Sec. 19, P.O. Meredosia
COMER ANGENORA, wife of James Comer, farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Meredosia ; she was born in Pike Co., Ohio, June IO, 1820 ; married in 1834 to David Hodges, by whom she has four children living : Elizabeth E. born in 1839, in Pike Co., Ohio ; Sarah J. married Harrison Lake, in this county; William Harrison (see biog- raphy in this township) ; Rebecca L. mar- ried Hobert Coborn, living in Jackson Co., Mo .; married James Comer, in 1850, by whom she has one child, Franklin P. born Sept. 28, 1852, who was married Novem- ber, 1872, to Ella C. Knight, living in Can- ton, Mo .; Mrs. Comer was raised in Pike Co., Ohio, and was married at the age of fourteen years. She came to this county in 1839. Her first husband died in 1848. Mrs. Comer's maiden name was Angenora Mc- Corkle; she first settled in a log cabin on her son's present farm on Illinois river bot- tom, in 1839. Mrs. Comer has charge of bringing up two children : Susan F. Sent- ney, born Jan. 18, 1864, and Charles Hard- in, born March 22, 1866. The girl was three years old when she was placed with Mrs. Comer, and the boy one and a half years old ; when she came to the Illinois Bottom, the country was very wild indeed ; brush and prairie grass was horse-head higlı ; fruit was a very scarce article ; from Bluffs to Meredosia, there was only a cabin on the Concord road
Commer Frank, farmer, Sec. 20, P.O. Mere- dosia
Commer James, farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Mere- dosia
COOK JAMES ROBERT, farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Meredosia ; born in South Carolina, Dec. 10, 1848 ; left there in 1858, going to Atlanta, Ga .; lived here until
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1860, then went to Mississippi, lived there one year; then to Cairo, Ill., and there en- listed April 3, 1861, in a Morgan Co. Reg- iment, Co. H, 32d Illinois Infantry ; was engaged in the following battles : Shiloh, Tennessee, Hatche's Bridge, Tennessee, where a charge was made by his company on a battery, Vicksburg, Mission Ridge, Ga., Lookout Mountain, Nick-a-jack Creek, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, and Columbus, Ga., Goldsboro, S. C .; then went to Wash- ington, D. C., Louisville, Ky., St. Louis, Mo., Fort Leavenworth, Ark., Omaha, Salt Lake City, Utah, then back to Fort Leav- enworth, Ark., St. Joseph, Mo., Quincy, Ill., discharged at Springfield, Ill., Nov. 30, 1865 ; his father Cyrus was born in London, England, in 1796, died in Missis- sippi in 1861; his mother was Elizabeth DeJentry before her marriage; born in Paris, France, died in Mississippi in 1848; seven children in his father's family ; Alsey, aged 49 years, married George W. Collier; John Jorden, aged 37; William, aged 35 ; Frank, aged 33; Nancy, aged 32, married William Stanton
Cox Manton, farmer, Sec. 33, P.O. Bethel Crawford David, farmer, Sec. 34, P.O. Bethel Crawford Thomas, farmer, Sec. 2, P.O. Arenz- ville
Cundiff Alexander B. farmer, Sec. II, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
Cundiff Frances, wid. George, Sec. II, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
Cundiff George A. C. farmer, Sec. II, P.O. Concord
D ETERDING WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. IO, P.O. Meredosia
DeVries Klass A. shoemaker, Sec. 16, P.O. Meredosia
Durandack Adam, farmer, Sec. 15, P.O. Mer- dosia
Dyche Eliza Jane, Sec. 12, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co
E CKHOFF HENRY, farmer, Sec. 21, P. O. Meredosia
Edelbrock John A. farmer, Sec. 35, P.O. Bethel
Egleston Eliphalet, farmer, Sec. 25, P.O. Con- cord
Eilers George B. farmer, Sec. 36, P.O. Bethel
Engelbach Herman, farmer, Sec. I, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
Engelbaum Henry, farmer, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
F TEE ALEXANDER C. farmer, Sec. 31, P.O. Meredosia
Fee Edward, farmer, Sec. 31, P.O. Meredosia FOREAKER JOHN JUSTICE,
farmer and constable, Sec. 15, P.O. Meredosia; Greenback party; Christian church; born in Marion Co., Ohio, Oct. 19,. 1848; left in 1859, going to Cumberland Co. with his parents. In this county he enlisted in Co. K, 143d Ill. Infantry, May 16, 1864; discharged Sept. 26, 1864; en- gaged in a skirmish at Memphis, Tenn., while guarding a provision train. At Helena, Arkansas, he and his company passed most of their time while in service. From here he returned home. Married Oct. 14, 1874, to Louisa Friday, or in Ger- man Freitag, born in Germany, Aug. 18, 1853; have one child-Ellen, born Jan. 17, 1875. His father, Joseph, was born in Hocking Co., Ohio, Jan. 29, 1820; his mother was Mary Ann Burgoon, born in Hocking Co., Ohio, Jan. 26, 1820; his grandfather, Joshua Foreaker, born in Pennsylvania; died in Cumberland Co., Ill. His grandmother, Elizabeth Foreaker, died 1840. Father and mother now living at Mound Station, Brown Co., Ill. Louisa, wife of J. J. Foreaker, was raised by Mr. William Post, justice of the peace of Sec. 15, and owing to this she speaks English only, although her parents speak German and very little English. His grandfather, James Burgoon, died in Hocking County, Ohio, in 1860. His grandmother. Mrs. James Burgoon, died in 1877
Foreaker John, farmer, Sec. 13, PO. Con- cord
Fox Hugh, coal miner, Sec. 33, P.O. Bethel Frock John, farmer, Sec. II, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
Frohutter Charles, farmer, Sec. 29, P.O. Meredosia
Fricke William, farmer, Sec. 6, P.O. Mere- dosia
G AEBEL HENRY, farmer, Sec. 17, P.O. Meredosia
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Gelbert Henry, farmer, Sec. 25, P.O. Con- cord
Gelbert James, farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. Concord Goffinet Matthias F. farmer, Sec. 16, P.O. Meredosia
GRAHAM LORENZO D. farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 8, P.O. Meredosia; Dem .; Meth. Episcopal; born in Sussex County, Maryland, Oct. 2, 1806; at the age of six years he went to Ohio with his parents, remaining until about 1830, when he came to this county. making one crop the summer before the deep snow, a time he well remembers; settled on his present farm the spring after the deep snow, making him one of the early settlers of this county; he is one of the wealthiest farmers in the county; married Oct. 25, 1827, to Elizabeth Newman; second wife is Caroline Newman, whom he married April 17, 1873; has five children by his first wife: Laurana, born Aug. 15, 1828, married to Philip Corcorn, farmer, living on Indian Creek, Cass County, Ill .; Nancy Ann, born July 28, 1833, died June 20, 1853; was then wife of Mr. VanPool; George W., born July 18, 1837, married Elizabeth Lusk; Elizabeth Amanda, wife of M. F. Andre (see his record); Martha Jane, born June 29, 1846, married Henry Hysinger, merchant at St. Louis, Mo .; have one child: Albert, born Oct., 1875; William L., born Sept. 6, 1849, died in infancy; has two children by his second wife: Benjamin L., born Sept. 23, 1874, and an infant girl, born Jan. 10, 1878; his father, George, was born in Maryland; his mother was Henrietta Willis, also born in Maryland; Mr. Graham has held the offices of road master and school director
H ACKMAN WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 3, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
HALE ISAAC, farmer. Sec. 31, P.O. Meredosia; Dem .; Baptist; born in Han- cock County, Ky., Aug. 24, 1823; was there until 1845, farming; came to Cass County, Ill., in 1845; engaged in farming; lived one year in Schuyler County-in 1846; in 1847, · he returned to Cass County, staying there until the Spring of 1859; then went to Saline County, Mo .; stayed there until Oct., 1861, when lie settled in Morgan County, and has lived here ever since; enlisted March, 1865, in Co. K, 28th Regt.
Ill. Inft .; was ordered to Cairo, and went down the Mississippi River to Mobile, Ala., thence to the border of Mexico, as a troop of observatio 1 on the Rio Grande; they started by gulf steamer from Mobile, July 2, 1865, going across the Gulf of Mexico; Christmas day he started, having obtained permission to return home, going down the Rio Grande; married January 9, 1845, to Lurissa Jane Lake, in Hancock County, Ky .; she was born Nov. 21, 1821, in Perry County, Indiana; is a member of the M. E. Church; they have seven children living: Minor P, born July 28, 1846, married Fannie Kessler; Mary C .. born Sept. 7, 1849, married Dec. 23, 1872, to C. W. Hyde; Martha J., born June 10, 1853, married Aug. 6, 1873, to Milton Sibert; William J., born Sept. 12, 1855; Israel L., born Oct. 7, 1857; Charles T., born Dec. 13 1859; Harriet Ann, born Sept. 16, 1862; David H., born Oct. 14, 1851, died July 6, 1852; holds the office of school director
Hale Minor P. farmer, Sec. 31, P.O. Mer- edosia
Ham Andrew M. farmer, Sec. 13, P.O. Con- cord
Ham John A. farmer, Sec. 26, P.O. Bethel Ham Milton, farmer, Sec. 12, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
Hamilton William, farmer, Sec. 32, P.O. Meredosia
Harris Samuel, farmer, Sec. 20, P.O. Mer- edosia
Heffner Joseph, farmer, Sec. 2, P.O. Arenz- ville, Cass Co.
Heintz Frank, farmer, Sec. 13, P.O Concord Hemminghaus John F. farmer, Sec. 28, P.O. Meredosia
Hemminghaus John H. farmer, Sec. 28, P.O. Meredosia
Henderson Francis M. farmer, Sec. 23, P.O. Concord
Hewlitt Kit, farmer, Sec. 33, P.O. Bethe!
HODGES WILLIAM HARRI-
SON, farmer, Sec. 18, P.O. Meredosia ; liberal; born in this section on farm now owned by Jeremiah Seibert, Nov. 15, 1844 ; lived in this county all his life with the exception of living in Lewis Co., Missouri, where he was in 1870-71-72, returning in 1873. Married Oct. 8, 1865, to Annie M., Sawrey, born in Fayette Co., Illinois, June 4, 1848 ; have one child, William Franklin,
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born July 24, 1866, and have a boy whom they raised, Jacob Sentney, now eighteen years of age, seven years old when taken by them. David, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Pennsylvania, Nov. 15, 1810 ; his wife was Angenora Mc- Corkle, born in Pike Co., Ohio, June 10, 1822. They were married in 1834. She is now the wife of James Comer, living in this township. She came here in 1839, and is one of the early settlers; she remem- bers when the beautiful Illinois bottom was one unbroken prairie, covered with wild growth of prairie grass. The father of Angenora McCorkle, William, born in Vir- ginia, Feb. 4, 1771, died Oct. 22, 1852. His wife was Dorcas M. Hubs, born in Maryland. Mrs. William H. Hodges' parents ar- Arthur L. Sawrey, born in Tennessee ; his wife, Lucinda C. Andrews, born in Tennessee; her grand-parents are Henry Sawrey, his wife, Mary Sher- rod ; her grand-parents on her mother's side are Samuel Andrews, and his wife, Kitturiah Dunigan. Arthur L. Sawrey's family consisted of the following children : William H., living at Canton, Mo .; Lewis S., dead ; Ollie G., living at Canton, Mo .; Thomas, dead; Annie, wife of W. H. Hodges
Hofstetter Daniel, farmer, Sec. 17, P.O. Meredosia
Holscher August K. farmer, Sec. 10, P.O. Meredosia
Holscher William L. farmer, Sec. 10, P.O. Meredosia
Hoover John, farmer, Sec. 14, P.O. Concord
Huddleson Francis, farmer, Sec. 30, P.O. Meredosia
Huddleson John, farmer, Sec. 30. P.O. Mere- dosia
Huddleson Osero, farmer, Sec. 30, P.O. Meredosia
Huddleson Sylvester, farmer, Sec. 30, P.O. Meredosia
JOHNSON ALEXANDER, farmer
and stock raiser, Sec. 15, P.O. Meredosia; also director of Farmers Mutual Fire and Lightning Ins. Co. of Jacksonville, member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, of which he was ruling elder for a number of years; born in Barren Co. Ky., Oct. 24, 1819; married Feb. 24, 1842, to Ann Long, born in Knox Co., Tenn., June 23, 1824;
have three children living: Thomas W., farmer and stock raiser, Jefferson County, Iowa, P.O. Fairfield; born March 27, 1843, married Oct. 27, 1867, to Mary E. Harris; enlisted Aug. 1862, in Co. B, IoIst Illinois Infantry; has three children; Finas M., born March 26, 1845, married Thanksgiv- ing day, 1875, to Mary E. Gatewood; have one child, Orange W., born June 19, 1877; he is an ordained minister, and pastor of two congregations in Story County, Iowa; resides at Nevada, the county seat; Elbert H., born Aug. 6, 1847, married Ann Leeper, of Brown Co., Ill .; have four chil- dren: Clara, Amanda, John A., and Joseph H., all living in this township; William A., born Dec. 24, 1859, died July 14, 1873; was drowned while fishing on Indian Creek; Mr. Johnson was living at that time in Arenzville, Cass Co., Ill .; this boy was at the time of his death an universal favorite, because of his good character and disposition, and his death was mourned by all, being one of the saddest accidents on record; Mr. A. Johnson was engaged in farming all his life; at the age of ten years, his parents left Kentucky, and settled in this county; he commenced tending his father's farm in 1842, and had the care until 1847; then he purchased a farm, on which he. broke up, having all kinds of ill luck; his best horse was gored to death by a bull, and all his cattle and horses died, leaving only one two-year-old colt; this he traded off for a work horse, and borrowed another from his parents, having sold all his land which he had only partly paid for; he started in the world with only a team left; sickness in the family added its share at the time; now he is a well-to- do farmer, and all his children married and doing well; he owns 202 acres of land, and is worth about $20,000; his father, Reuben Johnson, was born in Virginia, March 25, 1778; his wife was Martha Hall, born in Virginia, Feb. 1, 1787; they went to Chris- tian Co., Kentucky, where thev were mar- ried, then to Barren Co., Ky., and in November, 1829, settled in Morgan Co, Ill., one and one-half miles north of the present village of Concord; here he made the first entry of land made in T. 16 N, R. 12 West; and died there in February, 1856; his wife, after his death, went to Jef-
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ferson Co., Iowa, to live with her daughter, Sarah A. Smith, and one Sunday, while she, her daughter, and son-in-law, were driving to church, the team ran away, kill- ing both Mrs. Johnson and her daughter; she died inside of three days, and her daugliter in half an hour after the accident; Mr. Smith himself badly injured; this hap- pened in June, 1870; Mrs. Alexander Johnson's father, Henry Long, born in Knox Co., Tenn., Sept. 24, 1794, died April 20, 1877; his wife, Nancy Gadberry, born in Kentucky, July 11, 1801; their children are: Mary, born July II, 1822. married John F. Long, deceased; Ann, wife of A. Johnson; Jane, born Dec. 7, I826, now Mrs. Washington Filey, P.O. Desire, Reno Co., Kansas; John D., born Jan. 10, 1828; killed by accidentally shoot- ing himself, Aug. 1856; Emarine, born March 26, 1831, wife of Frank Raybon, living in this township; Christena, born Aug. 24, 1833, wife of L. J. Wallick, living at Arenzville, Cass Co, Ill .; Nancy, born Dec. 24. 1835, widow of John Raybon, liv- ing at Concord, Ill .; Melinda E., born Sept. 5, 1838, wife of Dr. W. B. Wriggler, of Arenzville, Cass Co., Ill .; Tabitha, born Nov. 2, 1842, wife of E. P. Naylor, living in this township
· Johnson Alexander, farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. Concord
Johnson Elbert H. farmer, Sec. 14, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
Johnson Frank, farmer, Sec. 31, P.O. Mere- dosia
Johnson John W. farmer, Sec. 25, P.O. Con- cord
KEISER HENRY, farmer, Sec. 11, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
L AKE AARON, farmer and black- smith, Sec. 30, P.O. Meredosia ; born in Cass County, Ill., Aug. 29, 1835, six miles northeast of Meredosia, where he lived until his twentieth year; came to this county in 1855; has lived here since. He follows farming and blacksmithing for a living; runs a corn sheller and wood saw. He was married 1857 to Sarah Bosseck, who was born in Montgomery County, Ind., April 15, 1840; have six children living : Nellie, born Jan. 5, 1859; Elizabeth, born
Feb. 11, 1861; Hattie, born May 31, 1863; Laura, born Sept. 21, 1865; Effie, born April 27, 1867; George, born April 17, 1877. They lost three children: Hannah, born Oct. 9, 1870, died in infancy; Mary, born Sept. 8, 1872, died Oct. 27, 1874; Artist, born Feb. 8, 1875, died Feb. 8, 1876. His father, Lindsay Lake, was married seven times : Milly Carter, first wife ; sec- ond wife, Jane Langdon, widow; third wife, Caroline Evans; fourth wife, Dorothy Hat- field, widow; fifth wife, Sarah Bruce, widow; sixth wife, Lizzie Bigelow; seventh wife, Susan Bond, widow
Lake Jesse, farmer, Sec. 32, P.O. Meredosia Lamb John, farmer, Sec. 4, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
Langford Lewis, farmer, Sec. 33, P.O. Bethel Long Anna, widow Nicholas, Sec. II, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
Long Conrad, farmer, Sec. 2, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
Long David, farmer, Sec. 13, P.O. Concord Long George, farmer, Sec. 12, P.O. Arenz- ville, Cass Co.
Long Milton, farmer, Sec. II, P.O. Arenzville, Cass Co.
Long Nancy, widow Henry, Sec. 13, P.O, Arenzville, Cass Co.
Long Peru, widow John, Sec. 13, P.O. Con- cord
Long William R. farmer, Sec. 13, P.O. Con- cord
M ADDOX GEORGE S. farmer, Sec. 29, P.O. Meredosia ; born in Ma- dison County, Ohio, April 1, 1852; married Aug. 1875, to Gabraellen Lake, born Jan. 5, 1859, in this county; have one child, born Jan. 16, 1878, named William Aaron. Mr. Maddox came to this State when one year old, and to this county 1876; he was raised in Scott Co. His father, William, was born in Ohio, and came to this county in 1853; his wife was Nancy J. Webb, born in Ohio. Mrs. Maddox's father and mother are Aaron Lake and Sarah Bosseck ; he was born in Illinois, she in Indiana. Mr. Maddox had two brothers in the army dur- ing the rebellion, David and Lewis ; they enlisted in Co. F, 129th Ill. Inf. Owns 60 acres land, value, $30 an acre
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