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John C. Scott is a native of Scott Co., where he was born Dec. 22, 1823, being the first white child born in that county; was brought up on a farm; came to this county in 1836, in 1843 re- turned to Scott Co., where he married, in Jan. 1845, Mary A. Hob- son, who died the next year; then Mr. S. returned to this county, where, in 1850, he married Martha Wilson, and of their 11 children the following 9 are living: Charles W., James M., Leonard G., Da- vid W., Frank W., Joseph L., Benjamin E., Margaret J. and George E. Mr. Scott is a farmer on sec. 7. His father,, John Scott, was the first settler in Scott county, and for him that county was named. Having been a soldier in the war of 1312 he was a pen- sioner until his death in Jan., 1856. He was a noble-hearted man.
John G. Sleight, sr., was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., Oct. 5, 1805; in 1827 he married Rebecca Walker, and their 8 children are: Betsy G., Sally G., Ann G., Walker G., Eliza G., Mary G., John G. and Rebecca G., deceased. They came to America in 1857, stopping at Griggsville until the following spring, when they set- tled on sec. 6, where Mr. S. still resides. Mrs. S. died June 19, 1862, and Mr. Sleight's son-in-law, Joseph Wilson, resides with him and conducts the farm. Mr. Wilson was born in 1838 in Griggs-
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ville tp., and is the father of 4 children, of whom but one, Elizabeth F., is living.
Walker G. Sleight was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., Ang. 29, 1833; came to Pike county in 1856, where he still resides, a farmer, on sec. 7; P. O., Griggsville.
Samuel Thackwray, farmer, sec. 32; P. O., Griggsville. He was born March 25, 1837. in Pike county, and is a son of Wm. Thack- wray, deceased; his mother, Hannah T., is now in her 80th year, re- siding on the old homestead, sec. 31, with her son James. Mr. T. is a successful farmer and stock-raiser. Nov. 9, 1865, he married Mary A. Lynde, daughter of Henry Lynde, of Griggsville. She was born Nov. 10, 1843, in this county. Of their 4 children, these 3 are living: Annie, Cassie and Melva.
James L. Thompson, farmer, sec. 18; P. O., Griggsville. This early settler of Pike county was born in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Mass., Sept. 11, 1812, and is the son of Dr .. Abraham R. Thompson, a native of the same place and a college class-mate of Daniel Webster; they were intimate friends all through life. Dr. T. died in Charlestown in 1870. James L. was educated in Boston in the school of Willard Parker, now a noted physician of New York city. Ile was commission merchant in the city of Boston, 4 or 5 years, when he suffered a severe loss by the crisis of 1836; in the fall of 1837 he emigrated West and settled on sec. 18, this tp., where he now resides, on a farm of 160 acres of well-improved land. When but 19 years of age Mr. T. went to sea, taking a cargo of ice from Boston to New Orleans, where he loaded his ship with staves, cotton and coffee, which he carried to Tarragona, Spain; there lie loaded with a cargo of wine and dried fruits, and shipped for Buenos Ayres, S. A .; at this place he took on a cargo of jerked beef, which he brought to Havana, Cuba, whence he took a load of coffee and sugar to Boston. Fifteen months were consumed in this round trip, which was full of interest and had its frightful scenes. In 1850 Mr. T. went overland to California, suffering untold priva- tions on the way. En route he met with Col. Robert Anderson, afterward of Fort Sumter notoriety, and had a conversation with him. In California Mr. T. met with Admiral James Alden, who procured for him a situation as Purser on the U. S. Surveying Steamer "Active." He was on the survey of the northwestern boundary, the report of which was accepted by Emperor William. This report, requiring about a quire of foolseap, was all written by Mr. T. It toof two seasons to complete the survey. After being absent about 5 years he returned to his family here in 1856, where he has since resided. He has been married four times, and is the father of seven children,-James L., J. B., Henry, Frederick W., Katie, Charlie and Benj. F.
Austin Wade, farmer, sec. 6; P. O., Griggsville. The birth of this gentleman took place July 23, 1832, in this county; he is the son of Josias Wade, of Griggsville; Sept. 27, 1855, he married Mary A., daughter of Joseph Pyle, of Naples, Ill., and of their 8
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children 6 are living,-Willard, Elizabeth, Arthur, Luranie, Ferber and Homer. Mr. Wade resided 7 years in Morgan county, Ill., and two years on the Pacific coast.
Coleman Wade, farmer, sec. 19; P. O .. Valley City; a native of Pike county, and was born July 7, 1837. the son of Josias Wade, of Griggsville, and brother of the preceding; was educated in Griggs- ville; has been very successful in farming and stock-raising. Jan. 20, 1859, he married Rachel, daughter of Joseph Pyle, of Naples, and they have had 6 children, of whom 5 are living: Lillian, Ernest, Raymond, Clifford and Irene. The four youngest are attending the Middle Flint school, where Lillian is engaged as assistant teacher. John Wade, farmer, sec. 30; P. O., Griggsville; born Jan. 12, 1822, in Blyth, Nottinghamshire, Eng., and is the son of Francis Wade, deceased. All the school education he has had he received before he was 8 years old. The family emigrated to America in 1834, locating in Trenton, N. J., thence to Pennsylvania, and in July, 1838, landed at Phillips' Ferry, in this county; May 18. 1866, he married Ann Stoner. Their 7 children are: Maria, Mary J., Arthur, Francis. Fred, John and George. Mr. W. now owns 370 acres of land, and is a successful farmer and stock-raiser.
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DETROIT TOWNSHIP.
Detroit township is situated on the Illinois river and consists for the most of broken land. To Lewis Allen belongs the honor of being the first settler in the township. Ile came in 1823 and erected a cabin on section 31. He was a native of Warren county, Ky., and was born Nov. 11, 1794. Garrett Van Deusen. Wmn. Meredith and a Mr. Morgan, also, were very early settlers in this township. The first birth in the township was a daughter of David and Hannah Mize, who died in infancy, which was also the first death to occur. The first marriage was Robert Cooper to Nancy Rice in 1826, at the residence of Wm. Meredith. The first sermon was preached by Rev. Elijah Garrison, a Christian minister, at the house of David Mize in 1826. The early pioneers were industrious people and were not neglectful of the education of their children; for as early as 1827, David Mize, Ezekiel Clemmons, Wm. Meredith, Joseph Neeley and others banded together and erected a school-house on section 16, and employed a teacher, placing their children in their charge for instruction and intellectual improvement. The first teacher was Abraham Jones.
The next great question which occupied the minds of these noble fathers and mothers was the preparations for public worship. They accordingly organized themselves into a body, or rather each person considered himself one of the building committee, and as early as 1834 there was a church building erected by the Baptists at Blue river graveyard. Previous to this meetings were held in school- houses and private dwellings.
Garrett Van Deusen was the first Justice of the Peace, and Isaac Teniff the first Supervisor. The township received its name from the postoffice which had been established several years previously, and named by Col. Daniel Bush at Pittsfield and Wm. Johnson, the first postmaster at Detroit.
The pioneers had many encounters with wild animals during the early settlement of the county, two or three of which, related by Mrs. Dinsmore, who is still residing in this township, we will place on record in this connection. On one occasion, while she and her husband were passing through the woods, a huge lynx came bound- ing up behind her and grabbed her dress with .his claws. She hastily called the dogs and they quickly came to her side. The wild
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animal loosened his hold and gazed upon the dogs. They were greatly frightened and did not attempt an attack upon the lynx, but ran to the house. The lynx, too, concluded to leave and took to the forest.
This same lady tells of another time when she was attacked or abont to be attacked by one of these fierce creatures. She was en- gaged in the woods making sugar, with her camp fire near a large log. She heard a noise upon the opposite side, which was made by the lynx just in the act of preparing to make a leap, as she sup- posed. She set the dog upon it, and as it sprang over the log he alighted upon a large, powerful lynx. The fierce contest that ensued was a short one, for the dog was completely overpowered; and as soon as he could release himself from the clutches of his antagonist he " run home a-howlin' with his tail between his legs, and run under the house," where he remained for some time.
We will give Mrs. Dinsmore's panther story in her own language as nearly as we can. "One day when I was a-comin' thro' the woods I seen a large painter come out of the brush and begin to drink out of a puddle of water in the path; and I shooed at him, and he paid no attention to me, and I took off my bonnet and shooed and shooed at him; but he wouldn't shoo; he jist staid there and lapped away till he got done and then went off."
Mrs. Dinsmore also relates that she was once standing in the door when she saw her father stab and kill an Indian.
Big Blue Hollow .- This is quite an historical locality. In 1842 it ranked as the second place in the county in the amount of busi- ness transacted. There were then three flouring mills, a saw-mill, and a store in this mountainous-looking region; these mills were known by the name of Providence Mills, and were owned by Jonathan Frye. In 1835 he erected there a two-story frame house and sided it with shaved clapboards; this house is still standing there, with the old siding upon it, and is occupied by Mr. Wm. Reynolds and family.
FLORENCE.
This is the oldest town in Detroit township, and was founded in 1836 by the Florence Company; this company was composed principally of Pittsfield business men, among whom were Austin Barber, Robert R. Greene, Win. Ross, Thos. Worthington and James Davis. The town is located on the Illinois river, and was intended for river transportation for the town of Pittsfield, and a gravel road was constructed from Pittsfield to this place. The land was first settled by John Roberts. Col. Wm. Ross and Stephen Gay kept the first store in the place. A saw-mill was erected here in 1836, by the Florence Company, which was converted into a steam flouring mill in 1842. During the early pioneer days Florence was known by the name of Augusta.
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DETROIT.
This lively little business village was founded in 1837 by Peter H. Lucas, and named by him after the postoffice which had been established at this point some years previous. Soon after Henry Neeley added to the town plat what is known as Neeley's addition, and consists of all that part of town north of Main street.
Detroit contains 2 general stores, 1 drug store, 2 blacksmith shops, 1 wagon manufactory, 1 shoemaker's shop, a millinery store, and a broom factory. Three physicians reside in the place. There are in the town 3 church edifices and 4 church organizations. The citi- zens have erected a fine two-story brick school-house and employ two teachers.
CHURCHES.
Detroit Christian Church .- This church was organized Feb. 25, 1876, by Elders Rufus Moss and J. W. Miller, with a membership of 33. The first deacons were Nathaniel Smith and John Turner. C. L. Hall was appointed Elder and afterward elected to that office, in company with his brother, W. C. Hall. The present Deacons are Albert Field and John Turner. The congregation sustains a large and interesting Sunday-school, which was organized the first Lord's day in 1876, with 25 members. It now has an attendance of about 85, with W. C. Hall as superintendent. The congregation at pres- ent worship in the house belonging to the Predestinarian Baptists. The present membership is 140. Elder Thomas Weaver is Pastor.
Detroit M. E. Church, South .- This society was organized in 1861, and consisted of parties who left the Methodist Episcopal Church on account of the political excitement that then pervaded all of the Churches. They erected a meeting-house in 1870, and sustain a Sabbath-school : membership 30. Services are held each alternate Sabbath morning and evening by Rev. J. Metealf, Pastor.
Detroit M. E. Church .- The Methodists had an organization in this township at an early day. As early as 1528 this people held a camp-meeting on the Meredith farm, sec. 16. The exact date, how- ever, of the first organization of this society is not certainly known. The congregation erected a brick house, 36 by 48 feet in size, in the town of Detroit, in 1857, at a cost of $1,500. The Church now sustains a good Sunday-school, has preaching each Sunday evening and each alternate Sunday morning, by Rev. James A. Wills, Pas- tor. The number of communicants at present is 75.
Detroit Predestinarian Baptist Church .- In the year 1828 the Baptists began holding services in the Blue River school- house, and in 1834 they erected a church edifice. Soon after this the question of missions divided them, and the Missionary Baptists retained this house, and in 1840 the Predestinarians formed another organization. The former society is now extinet, and the latter, by the help of others, in 1857 erected a house of worship in De- troit. They have no regular services, the society being very weak.
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PERSONAL SKETCHES.
Below are personal sketches of many of the old settlers and lead- ing citizens of this township.
Wm. Anthony, a native of this county, was born Dec. 9, 1833. His father, Martin Anthony, came to this county about the year 1831. William was reared on a farm and had limited school advan- tages. He attended school a mile and a half from home, in an old log cabin with no ceiling, and a fire-place across one end of the house. His books consisted of a testament and spelling-book. July 17, 1867, he married Orle A., daughter of the late Leander Jeffers, of the vicinity of Hannibal, Mo. Mrs. Anthony was born Aug. 22, 1847, in Cincinnati, O. They have had six children, of whom three are living,-Ida, Mattie and Nellie. Mr. A is engaged in general farming on sec. 6, this township. P. O., Griggsville.
D. J. Aldrich was born in Worcester county, Mass., Oct. 3, 1802, and is the son of Jesse Aldrich, deceased. He was educated in the academy at Uxbridge, and after leaving school engaged in teaching at $8.50 per month in winter, and worked on a farm by the month in summer, receiving $40 per month. For two and a half years he traveled throughout the Middle and Western States, a distance of 13,000 miles, visiting many points of interest. In 1825 he visited Ann Arbor, Mich., and while there entered 160 acres of land eight miles north, in Dexter township. May 8, 1837, he married Eliza A. Taft and they had two children,-Adaline, deceased, and Augusta. Mr. A. came to Pike county in 1838 and settled on sec. 18, this township. Mrs. Aldrich died April 30, 1871. She was a woman of fine education and a worthy member of the M. E. Church.
Sarah Allen was born in Yorkshire, Eng., Jan. 21, 1828, and is the daughter of John Burlend, deceased, who brought his family to America in 1831, and, like all pioneers, endured many hardships. He died April 4, 1871, aged 88 years. Mrs. Allen was married May 4, 1852, to Francis Allen, and they had + children,-Charlotte M., John W., deceased, Francis E. and David Franklin. Charlotte is married to Sylvester Thompson, and resides near Pittsfield. Mr. Allen was a farmer on sec. 16 until his death, which occurred July 23, 1874. He belonged to the Episcopal Church, and was a promi- nent and worthy citizen.
George P. Bechdoldt was born in Germany March 28, 1828, the son of Jacob P., who came to America with his family in 1837, and settled in Little York, Pa., where he remained until 1839, when he removed to Calhoun county, Ill., and died the same year, leaving a widow and S children, who had to endure many hardships and privations. Two of the children had married and remained in the East. Geo. P. is the 9th of 11 children; his education was principally in German, before he came to America. April 10, 1851, he married Frances S. Price, daughter of Robert Price, well known in the early settlement of Scott and McDonough counties.
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She was born May 29, 1834, in MeDonough Co., Ill. They have had 11 children, of whom 9 are living-Julia, Helen, Theodore, Maria, Anna, Esther. Ettie, Edith and Frederick. Mr. B. is a prominent farmer and stock-raiser on the north & of S. E. } of sec. 32. P. O., Milton.
Dr. Win. Cobel was born in Middle Tennessee May 30, 1826, the son of Geo. A. and Mary Cobel, who emigrated with their family to Hendricks county, Ind., in 1833. The doctor is a graduate of both the Keokuk (regular) Medical College and of the Eclectic Medical College, of Cincinnati, O., and began practice in 1859. He has lost but one case out of 300 in the last 12 months, and that was a chronic case of heart-disease. IIe settled in the town of Detroit, this county, in 1873; in 1878 he met withi an accident, dislocating his hip joint, but he still continues to ride day and night. Nov. 21, 1851, he married Elizabeth J. McClure, and of their 5 children only 2 are living, Wm. M. and Fannie A. Mrs. Cobel died Nov. 12, 1878, aftering a lingering illness of 22 years' standing. She was a member of the M. E. Church, and a faithful and respected worker in the moral interests of society. Wm. M. Cobel is now teaching school near Detroit.
John L. Cravens was born Jan. 1, 1844, in Jefferson Co., Ind., the son of John C. Cravens, of the same State; was educated at Hanover College, Ind .; he chose the profession of teaching, enter- ing upon this work in 1866; he taught three terms in Boone county, Mo., when he went to college until 1870, and then to Wa- pello Co., Iowa, where he raised a crop, and in September he returned to Boone county, Mo .; taught school until 1875, when he came to Pike Co., and now has charge of the Toll-Gate school, dis- trict 4, in this township. In the late war he served 4 months in Co. K, 137th Ill. Vol. Inf., and was honorably discharged. In 1873 he married Elizabeth D. Snyder, of Boone county, Mo., and their two children are Lillian B. and W. Guy.
Thomas Dalby, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 5, was born in England in 1853, the son of David and Sarah Dalby, deceased. His brother James was in the 73d Reg., I. V. I., under Capt. Davidson, of Griggsville; was taken prisoner and confined in the pen at An- dersonville, where he died from starvation. He lost another brother, Joseph, who died from a wound received by a saw-log rolling off a wagon and catching him ; so that Mr. D. now has no brother in Amer- ica. Ang. 27, 1849, Mr. D. married Hannah Burland, who was born in Yorkshire, Eng., in 1853. Mr. Dalby is the owner of 400 acres of land.
James W. Dempsey was born in Chillicothe, O., Aug. 20, 1834, the son of Coleman Dempsey, who emigrated to Missouri in 1854. After spending two years in Texas, erecting telegraph wire from Galveston to Houston, and thence to Shreveport on Red river, James W. returned to Missouri. By .profession he is a civil engi- neer, and by trade a gunsmith. He is a "natural genius." He came to Pike county in 1856, where he followed engineering mostly
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for 14 years. In 1870 he began trading in guns, ammunition, etc., in Detroit, and also dealt in sporting goods, cigars, tobacco and con- feetionery: he now has a full supply of dry goods, groceries, hardware and confectionery, the stock being about 83,000 in value. His trade is increasing. Aug. 22, 1856, he married Minerva, daugh- ter of Jesse Sinff, deceased, of Detroit. They had four children, of whom but one, Harry, is living, who was born Dec. 11, 1868. Mrs. D. died May 20, 1879, mourned by all who knew her.
Miss Virginie Dinsmore, teacher, was born Dec. 26, 1853, in Hardin township. Her father, John C. Dinsmore, deceased, was Cap- tain of Co. E, 99th I. V. I., in the Rebellion, and was also an of- ficer in the Mexican war, participating in the battles of Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo and others, and saw Col. Hardin fall. He died in February, 1874, on the old homestead near Time, this county. Miss Dinsmore has been a teacher for 7 years, and now has charge of the primary department of the Detroit schools. She is well liked as an instructor and disciplinarian.
William Douglas was born March 9, 1817, in New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, where he received a common-school education, and came to America in 1836, stopping in the East for several years. Dec. 19, 1841, he married Permelia, daughter of Edmund Strawn, who came to this county in 1830, just in time to suf- fer the privations of the severe winter of the deep snow. Mrs. Doug- las was born in Guilford Co., N. C., Aug. 25, 1823. Mr. and Mrs. D. have had 12 children, of whom 7 are living, -Andrew, Mary, Edmund, John T., Churchwell, William W. and James S. The 4 eldest are married. Mr. Douglas is a mechanic by trade, in which capacity he wrought during the earlier portion of his life, but is now a prominent farmer and stock-raiser on sec. 33. He spent one year in Canada and 6 years in Missouri. He helped erect the State University in the latter State, and also assisted in the erection of the first mill in Pittsfield in 1849.
John W. Dunniway was born in Gallatin county, Ky., Jan. 17, 1834, the son of David and Annie (Crow) Dunniway. They came to Pike county in 1836, settling on sec. 18, enduring the usual hard- ships of that day, their houses consisting of little log cabins, etc. They came by boat, having sent their teams through by land, and when the teams arrived the hair was all worn off the horses' legs, so terrible were the roads and swamps through which they passed. Mr. D. died March 5, 1869, at the age of 69 years, and Mrs. D. re- sides with her son on the old home place, at the age of 77. She was born in Clark county, Ky. John W. was married Nov. 29. 1855, to Julia A., daughter of David Rupart, who came to Pike county in 1840. They have 4 children, viz: Mary E., William A., David F. and Frederick A. Mr. D. is a farmer and stock-raiser.
James W. Ellis, a native of this tp., was born Oct. 10, 1838, and is the son of Thomas Ellis, deceased, and brother of John and T. B. Ellis. He received his education in a log cabin known as "mud college," raised a farmer, and knows all about heavy work in pio-
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neer times. Dec. 28. 1869, he married Miss C. J. Phillips, daughter of James Phillips, of this tp., and they have had 2 children, Charlie, deceased, and Lillian. Mr. Ellis is a farmer on sec. 16.
John B Elis was born Oct. 17, 1834, in Lockport, N. Y., the son of Thomas Ellis, deceased, who brought his family to this county in 1836. John B's mother, Elizabeth Ellis, still resides on the old homestead, at the age of 74. Nov. 6, 1862, Mr. E. married Ellen Croft, daughter of George Croft, of Montezuma tp., and their 7 children are, Ellen E., Thomas G., John W ., Peter J., David C., Annie S. and Mary E. Mr. Ellis is a farmer and stock-raiser on sec. 16.
Thomas Ellis, deceased, was born in the village of Milton, Oxford- shire, Eng., Dec. 18, 1808; educated in the village school, and March 16, 1832, married Elizabeth Brooks, and they have had 7 children: Thomas B., John B., Peter, James W., Elizabeth A., Harriott and Ellen J., deceased. Mrs Ellis was born July 15, 1804, in Shipton, Ox- fordshire, Eng. ; they came to America in 1832, locating at Lock- port, N. Y., where they remained until 1835, when they removed to this county; resided on a rented farm one year; then purchased 80 acres at a sale of school land in Detroit tp., where Mrs. Ellis still resides. Mr. E. died March 21, 1868.
Thomas B. Ellis was born in Lockport, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1832, son of the preceding; is a farmer on sec. 15. Oct. 9, 1873, he married Fannie Allen, daughter of J. W. Allen, of Milton. Their 4 chil- dren are Thomas II., John A., Charles I. and Elizabeth. Mr. Ellis served 3 years in the late war in Co. C, 99th I. V. I., participating in the siege of Vicksburg and in other engagements; he was taken prisoner while on a scouting expedition in Texas near Victoria; he was held in camp in Camp Ford, Texas, for 6 months and then ex- changed. He was discharged in 1865.
Bernard W. Flinn, farmer, sec. 5, and the present County Treas- urer, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 29, 1814, the son of John Flinn, deceased, who was a native of Ireland; he was brought by his parents to Morgan county, O'., in 1819, where they remained until 1826, and then were in Zanesville, O., until 1839; a portion of this time he engaged in wholesale dry goods, and afterward in the mercantile business in Coshocton Co., O. In 1841 he moved to Cincinnati, O., and became proprietor of the St. Charles House: in 1852 he removed to St. Louis, Mo., and to Pike county in October, 1856, settling on sec. 5, this tp., where he still resides, owning 335 acres of land. In February, 1841, he married Sarah Brownell,, and they have had 8 children, of whom 5 are living, namely: James, who married Charlotte Stephens and resides at Pana, Ill .; Esley, now Mrs. James Dimmitt, of Detroit tp. ; Cornelia, Lewis H. and Charles. Mr. Flinn was elected Treasurer at the November election in 1879 by a majority of 323 votes.
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