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Peter Craigmiles, salesman and clerk in a general store at Pleasant Hill, was born in 1838, in this county, and is the son of James and Margaret Craigmiles; in 1863 he married Sarah Emert, who was born in Pike county, Mo., and they have had 6 children, 5 of whom are living. Mr. C. is well known in the vicinity of Pleasant Hill, as he has been clerking in one store for 17 years, although the establishment has changed hands two or three times; he has also been Town Clerk, Collector and Township Treasurer.
Ingham Doman, deceased, was born May 31, 1813, in Hamp- shire county, Va., where he was reared on a farm and educated in a subscription school; in 1839 he married Miss Eve Kurtz, daugh- ter of Martin and Mary Kurtz; she was born Aug. 24, 1823; of their 10 children these 8 are living,-Mary J., Sarah C., Jeremiah, Thomas B., Margaret C., Rachel M., Benjamin F. and Delilah A. A son named John W. lost his life from a wound received while fighting for the stars and stripes in the war. Mr. Doman emi- grated with his family to Illinois in 1845, settling in Madison county, and in 1857 he came to this county, where he died Nov. 17, 1872, his death being a great loss to his family and to the com- munity. He was a farmer during life. His father also was a patriot, being a soldier in the war of 1812.
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Thomas O. Eddins, farmer, sec. 5; P. O., Pleasant Hill; was born in Albemarle county, Va., in 1838, and is a son of B. R. and Eliza Eddins, also natives of Virginia; receiving a common-school education and growing to manhood, he emigrated, in 1860, to this tp .; in 1865 he married Eliz beth Furguson, who was born in this county in 1845, the daughter of Edward and Catharine Furguson, and they have had 6 children. Mr. Eddins served 3 years in Co. A, 8th Mo. Inf., and fought in the battles of Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh, Haines' Bluff, Arkansas Post, siege of Vicks- burg, Champion Hills, Corinth, Miss., and Kenesaw Mountain, in all of which he did not receive a scratch. He now owns 120 acres of land, worth $50 per acre, having been successful as a farmer. He is a member of the K. of H. Society, and his wife is a member of the M. E. Church.
Mrs. Patience W. McElfresh, sec. 18; P. O., Pleasant Hill; was born in 1821 in Pike county, Mo., and is a daughter of Rich- ard and Ruth Keer, both natives of Kentucky. She came to this county when 14 years of age, and was married first in 1837 to Mr. James Wells, the second time in 1846 to Job Smith, and the third and last time to Aquila B. McElfresh. Altogether she has had S children. Her first and second husbands were farmers, and the last a Methodist preacher. She is a member of the Baptist Church. She has now been conducting the farm for 17 years, with a family of 3 children. IIer only son is still living with her.
Dr. H. D. Fortune was born in 1841 in Pike county, Mo., and is a son of R. C. and Mary Fortune, natives of Virginia ; he received a common-school education; at the age of 19 began the study of medicine under Dr. C. R. Bankhead, at Painesville, Mo .; attended the St. Louis Medical College, where he graduated March 1, 1865; practiced his profession at Painesville 18 months; then went to Prairieville, Pike Co., Mo., where he practiced 72 years, and in 1874 came to Pleasant Hill, where he has been enjoying a growing practice. In September, 1865, he married Miss E. I. Dougherty, who was born in Pike county, Mo., about 1842, and they have had 4 children. The Doctor is a member of the M. E. Church, and his wife of the Baptist Church. He is also a Free Mason, and a member of the Town Board.
William S. Freeman was born in Pulaski county, Ky., in 1851, and is a son of Stephen F. Freeman, now of Martinsburg, where he was reared from the age of 4 years; April 8, 1874, he married Harriet A. Barton, daughter of Uriah Barton, and their two children are Ida A. and Flora M. Mr. Freeman has taught school during the winter season mostly for 12 years, with great success. He now follows farming during the summer seasons.
Joseph B. Galloway, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 10; was born in Lincoln county, Mo., April 28, 1826, and is a son of James Gal- loway, deceased, so well known in the early settlement of this county. Joseph B. was brought up on a farm and educated in a subscription school. The family removed to this county in 1832,
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and have therefore experienced the scenes of pioneer life in this wild West. One day Mr. Galloway witnessed the capture of a fox by the school boys and their dogs. So many dogs caught the ani- mal at once that they held him stretched out at full length above the ground for some time, which was a rather comical situation,- that is, to the boys, not to the fox. Mr. G. remembers when the only wagons used here were of the old Virginia style, and there were but few of them. The plows consisted of a piece of iron for a point, and a wooden moldboard. Mr. Galloway has pounded corn in a "masher mill," which consisted of a wooden mortar and a pounder attached to a spring-pole. He once went to where Eldara now stands, a distance of 15 or 16 miles, to a horse-mill there to get some corn ground. In a few years after this Mr. Zumwalt erected a water mill on Bay creek. James Galloway was a very strong man. Even at the age of 60 years he could in a wrestle throw men of 24 years of age, and at the age of 72 he made a full hand in the harvest field. He was an industrious farmer, and also worked more or less in wood work. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk war, as also were his two elder brothers, William and Sam- uel. He died Nov. 17, 1872, at the age of 76 years. He leaves one brother, Zorobabel, and many other friends to mourn his loss. He was a public-spirited man, and did much for the improvement of this county. Joseph B. was married Sept. 30, 1847, to Miss Sarah Jennings, and their 12 children are: Mary E., Tabitha E., dec., Thomas S., James D., Lydia A., S. Margaret, Bales H., Wil- liam H., Sarah A., Ida E., Joseph F. and Nellie Grant.
J. B. Harl, miller, merchant, grain-dealer, etc .; was born in Mason county, Ky., in 1841, the son of John and Mary Harl, na- tives also of the same State, who emigrated to Saline county, Mo., when their son was 12 years old; in 1863 he came to this county, where in 1865 he married Miss Nancy C. Grimes, who was born in 1845 in this county. They have had three children. Soon after Mr. Harl settled here he erected a mill 36 by 68 feet, and 4 stories high, with a capacity of 50 barrels of flour per day; the machinery is driven by a 40-horse power engine, and he is able to make the highest grade of flour. His miller, Mr. T. J. Mitchell, has been superintending the mill ever since it was erected. Mr. H. is also engaged in the mercantile business, carrying a larger assortment than any other house in town, selling goods at the lowest cash price. He also buys and ships large quantities of grain; in fact, he is the most enterprising business man in the place. He is a noble-hearted man, and well liked by all who know him.
Alexander Hemphill, farmer, sec. 27; P. O., Pleasant Hill. This man was born in Calhoun county, Ill., in 1847, and is a' son of A. F. and Jennie A. Hemphill; when he was quite young his parents came with him into this county, where he received a com- mon-school education and grew to manhood ; in 1877 he married Eliza J. Turnbaugh, who was born in this county in 1852. They have one child. Mr. H. has had ordinary success as a farmer,
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owning now 40 acres of land, worth $40 an acre. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.
S. W. Her phill, deceased, was born in Pike county, Oct. 9, 1826, and was a son of Alex. and Margaret Ilemphill, deceased; brought up at farming, he has pursued the occupation through life. He went overland to California when a young man, and returned the following year. Oct. 26, 1854, he married Sarah Sapp, daugh- ter of Jacob and Nancy Sapp, deceased; she was born Oct. 3, 1833, in this county. Mr. and Mrs. H. have had 8 children, of whom 4 are living, namely, Nancy M., Robert M., Louisa C. and Austin E. The deceased were John F., Jacob A., Mary L. and Sarah L. Mr. H. died Jan. 13, 1871, a great loss to his family and the com- munity in which he had lived. Mrs. H. resides on the homestead, sec. 16.
Mrs. Cynthia Huber, daughter of George and Rose Ann Sitton, was born in this county in 1844; she received a common-school education, and in 1860 married Jacob Huber, who was born in this county in 1838, and they had 7 children, 3 of whom are living. Mr. Huber during his life followed the cattle trade, and died in 1876, a member of the Masonic order. Mrs. Huber's father was born in 1811 in Virginia, and her mother was a native of Ohio. P. O., Pleasant Hill.
Roswell Ladow, carpenter, is the son of Charles F. and Mary Ladow, father a native of New Jersey and mother of East Virginia; he was born in 1831 in Athens county, O., where he received his education, and in 1852 married Maria Green, a native of Meigs county, (). They had two children. Mrs. L. died May 18, 1877. Mr. Ladow tried milling a while, but not with signal success; he does much better at carpentering. He owns a farm of 45 acres of good land near Rockport. While he lived in Atlas tp. he was for a time Constable. He now resides on sec. 17, this tp. P. O., Pleasant Hill.
T. J. Mitchell was born in 1835 in this county, and is the son of William and Susan (Craigmiles) Mitchell, natives of Tennessee; he was reared on a farm, and at the age of 21 he learned the mill- ing business, in which capacity he worked a while for Brown, Harl & Co. Mr. Mitchell married Miss A. Huber, who was born in this county in 1836. They had 3 children. She died in 1870, and in 1875 Mr. M. married Miss M. E. Waugh, who was born in 1845 in this county, and they have one child. Mr. Mitchell has held the office of Township Clerk, Assessor, Constable and Trustee. He is a Freemason. P. O., Pleasant Hill.
George W. Moore, teacher, was born in Lincoln county, Mo., April 5, 1840, and is a son of Wm. Moore, whose sketch is next given and who now lives in Pleasant Hill. Geo. W. has tanght school ever since he was 16 years of age, except four years during the war. He was a member of the Missouri State militia for 9 months. Has also been Riding Constable 9 or 10 years in this township, and was Town Clerk here also for 3 years. Ang. 29, 1860, he
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married Miss Sarah J. Allen, daughter of Cary Allen, deceased, and they have had 3 children, of whom 2 are living,-Charles H. and Noble. Mr. Moore resides in Pleasant Hill, and is teaching his third term at Jacobsville school-house, and has taught 8 terms in the Dodge district, near Pleasant Hill.
William Moore, the son of Benjamin and Frances Moore, was born in Madison county, Ky., Feb. 10, 1814. In 1828 Mr. Moore emigrated to Missouri, and in Lincoln county, that State, Sept. 1, 1833, he married Miss Margaret Gilliland, who was born in Simp- son county, Ky., July 12, 1815, and was taken to Missouri when a babe; in 1861 they came to this tp. Their 11 children are, John, De Francis, Geo. W., Wmn. R., James W., Benjamin F., Margaret A., Henry Clay, Amy June, Mary Louisa and Stephen A. Doug- las. Mrs. M. is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mr. M. is a member of the Masonic order. He has been Justice of the Peace: was also Orderly Sergeant in the Black Hawk War. He is a blacksmith by trade, and is doing a good business. His father was at Yorktown, Va., at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis.
W. R. Moore, wagon and buggy manufacturer and undertaker, Pleasant Hill, is the son of William and Margaret Moore, natives of Kentucky, and was born in Lincoln county, Mo., in 1841; at the age of 20 he emigrated to this county, where in 1863 he married Miss Nancy M. Mitchell, who was born in Tennessee in 1846; of their 5 children 4 are living. Mr. Moore has followed his present business in Pleasant Hill since 1862. He served 6 months in Co. G, 5th Mo .; has been a member of the Town Board four times, and at present is a School Trustee. His wife died in 1872, and in 1875 he married Miss Olivia Carver, who was born in 1844 in this county, and of their 4 children 2 are living. Mr. and Mrs. M. are members of the Church.
N. L. Page, Principal of the Pleasant Hill school, was born in Menard county, Ill., Jan. 23, 1848, and is the son of E. L. Page; he was reared on the farm, received a good education, began teach- ing at the age of 21, and has taught school 11 years-4 years in Missouri, and 7 in this county. In Shelby county, Mo., June 19, 1869, he married Anna E. Confry, and their 4 children are Freder- ick L., Esther A., Carrie V. and Arthur I. Mr. Page is now teaching his second year in Pleasant Hill, and well exemplifies the principles of the eminent professor of the same name, the author' of the "Theory and Practice of Teaching."
Albert Pearson, farmer, sec. 22; P. O., Pleasant Hill; was born in Brunswick county, Va., in 1821, and is the son of John and Mida Pearson, natives also of the Old Dominion; when he was 12 years of age his parents moved with him to Ohio, and at the age of 25 he moved to Missouri; after living there 14 years he came to this county. In 1852 he married Elizabeth Ralston, a native of Kentucky, and they had 3 children; she died, and he subsequently married Elizabeth Murray, who was born in Kentucky in 1824.
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and of their 8 children 4 are living. Mr. P. has been reasonably successful as a farmer, and now owns 74 acres of good land.
Ira Roberts, farmer, sec. 5; son of David and Lovina Roberts, was born in Ohio in 1837; his father was a native of Vermont and his mother of New York State, and they moved with him to this county when he was 2 years old; here he grew to manhood, re- ceiving a common-school education; in 1867 he married Elizabeth Jeans, who was born in 1844 in this county, and they have had 4 children. Mr. R. spent one year in California, to examine the country. He has good success in farming here, now owning 122} acres of good land, mostly under cultivation, and he has good farm buildings. He and Mrs. R. are members of the Christian Church. Mr. R.'s father was a prominent preacher from 1839 to his death in 1855.
Isaac Shelby, deceased, son of Samnel Shelby, was born in East Tennessee Feb. 12, 1826; was reared on a farm and educated in the common school; Feb. 17, 1846, he married Miss Leah Capps, daughter of John and Elizabeth Capps, dec., who was also born in East Tennessee, Jan. 11, 1830; in the spring of 1847 they emi- grated to this tp., where 10 children were born to them, namely, Sarah E., James, Samuel O., Orlando C., Isaac M., Martin II., William M., Walter S., Cynthia L. and Frank L., all of whom are living,-a rare incident indeed. Mr. Shelby was a hard-working man, following farming and stock-raising, in which he was suc- cessful. He was a merchant in Martinsburg 3 years. He was a worthy member of the Baptist Church for 30 years prior to his death, which occurred Oct. 25, 1874. In his death the commn- nity lost a valuable citizen and the family a kind father. Mrs. S. resides on sec. 11.
Solomon Shultz, deceased, was born Sept. 1, 1808, in Pennsyl- vania; reared on a farm and received a common-school education ; Jan. 16, 1830, he married Lovina Taylor, who was born in Frank- lin county, O., Oct. 29, 1809, and they had 9 children, 5 of whom are living, to wit: Sarah J., Margaret, Eliza, Thomas J. and Nathan R. Mr. S. was a member of the Presbyterian Church, a gener- ous man, aiding all charitable institutions and the prosperity of schools.
James A. Sitton, farmer, sec. 11; P. O., Pleasant Hill; was born in 1837 in this tp., and is a son of J. G. and Mary A. Sitton, his father a native of Tennessee, and his mother of Kentucky; he was educated in the common schools; in 1859 he married Christina Huber, who was born in 1839 in this county, and of their S chil- dren the following 6 are living: Anna L., W. R., Frankie G., Min- nie S., John F. and Jesse P. Mr. Sitton's father came to this county in 1×36, and is the oldest settler in this tp. now living here. James A. is a successful farmer, now owning 212 acres of land, well improved. He is a Freemason, and both he and Mrs. S. are members of the Baptist Church.
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Thaddeus Smith, farmer, sec. 13; P. O., Pleasant Hill; was born in 1850 in Jefferson county, Ind., and is a son of Barton and Eliza- beth Smith, the former a native of Indiana, and the latter of Ohio; in 1874 the family settled near New Salem, thiscounty. In 1877 the subject of this notice married Mary E. Dodge, a native of this county, and they have one child. Mr. Smith has followed farming most of his life, though he has clerked in a dry-goods and grocery store and followed the agency business to some extent.
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S. F. Sutton, farmer, sec. 9; P. O., Pleasant Hill; was born in 1834 in Barren county, Ky., and is a son of James and Elizabeth A. Sutton, the former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of Ver- mont; parents moved to Boone county, Mo., when our subject was 3 years old, and when he was 17 they returned to Kentucky, and in 1853 they emigrated to Pike county, Ill., locating in this tp. In 1856 Mr. S. F. Sutton married Martha J. Cruise, who was born in 1834 in Kentucky, and of their 9 children 8 are living. Mr. S. has followed agriculture through life, and by hard work has ob- tained a comfortable home of 100 acres of land, with the stock and buildings.
John A. Thomas, M. D. The ancestors of Dr. Thomas were natives of Wales who emigrated to the United States about 40 years previous to the Revolution, settling in Buckingham county, Va. Charles Thomas, a grandfather of the subject of this sketch, served under Gen. Washington during the war, and was one of the army which secured the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at York- town; after the close of the war he returned to his farm in Virginia, and a short time afterward he removed with his family to Patrick county in that State, where he followed farming; he also acted as Justice for many years, and was high Sheriff of the county two terms; he died abont 1836, at the advanced age of 93 years. Dur- ing his life he killed 300 deer, 65 bears and 44 panthers-in Pat- rick county. IIe left a family of 8 children, the next oldest being Cornelius Thomas, the father of John A .; he was born Oct. 16, 1778; followed farming in his native county until 1831, when he moved to Pike county, Mo., with his wife (whose maiden name was Elizabeth Slaughter) and 8 children,-Anna, Susannah, Joab, John A., Martin, Constantinc, Smith S. and Francis Marion, the latter two being twins. In 1840 he moved into Lincoln county, and in 1860 came into Pike county, Ill., and lived with his son, Dr. John A., where he died in 1860, aged about 83. His wife died in Lincoln county, Mo., in 1857.
Dr. John A. Thomas was born in Patrick county, Va., April 8. 1818; his early years were employed on his father's farm, attend- ing subscription school during the winter. The school-house was a common log building daubed with mud, having a dirt floor, greased paper for windows, benches made of split logs, and desks of the same material. At the age of 15 years he commenced the study of medicine, and not being with any regular physician he borrowed all the works he could ; at the age of 17 he commenced
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teaching school in the winter, and taught four successive winters, in the meantime continuing his medical studies, and taking lec- tures from Dr. Ballard, of Louisiana, Mo. In 1843 he married Sarah Griffith near Louisiana, who was a native of Bourbon county, Ky., born in 1824; he then moved to the spot where Pleasant Hill now stands, where only three families were then living, and from that time, and in this place, the Doctor has continued the practice of medicine. He is a self-educated man, but the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis granted him a diploma on examination in 1859, and he has also been granted a certificate by the Illinois State Board of Health. He has one of the finest medical libraries in the county, and has done as much riding and gratuitous practice as any physician in Pike county. He spent several years in lecturing or. the physiology of the brain, moral philosophy, etc. He has also been an ardent and zeal- ous advocate of the temperance cause, and a devout Sunday- school man, often lecturing on both topics. He had the honor in 1879 of being President of the Pike County Sunday-School Con- vention. The Doctor owns 840 acres of land under cultivation, and 200 acres of timber, and is largely interested in the farming interests of the county. His residence cost $6,000. His first wife died in 1860, who had 6 children, 4 now living. The Doctor's second wife was Sophia Blair, who was born May 3, 1836, in this county, and they have had 5 children, 4 of whom are living. His present wife is a graduate of the Methodist Female College, Jack- sonville, and was at the time they were married filling the Chair of Mathematics in that institution, although she was then a mem- ber of the Baptist church, and the only Baptist connected with the college. The names of his children by his former marriage are Joel Smith, who graduated at the Ohio Medical College in 1872, and married Mollie Wells; Melissa Margaret, married T. J. Shultz; Mary Jane C. married H. C. Moore, and Cornelius John A., who married Miss Dille Bower. The names of his children by his pres- ent wife are Albert Joab, William Sherman, and Clarence Critten- den. Dr. Thomas is a Freemason, and both himself and wife are members of the Baptist Church. The Doctor's portrait will be found in this book.
Edward B. Venable, deceased, was born in Pike county, Mo., in 1827, and was the son of John and Rachel Venable, natives of South Carolina; when he was 16 years of age his parents moved with him to this county; in 1848 he married Eliza Gresham, who was born in 1828 in Christian county, Ky .; and of their 8 children only Louisa is living. Mr. Venable followed farming the most of his life; was in other occupations some. He died Dec. 19, 1879, a member of the Masonic order. During life he was a Constable and Justice of the Peace, two terms each. Mrs. V. has a very nice res- idence in Pleasant Hill, and she and her daughter are members of the Baptist Church.
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Harmon Weuver, farmer, sec. 1; P. O., Martinsburg; was born in 1816 in Franklin county, O., and is a son of Asa and Lucretia Weaver, father a native of Connecticut, and mother of Pennsyl- vania; when Harmon was 16 years of age his parents moved with him to Delaware, county. O., and in 1839 they came to this county; they settled in this township in 1851 or 1852. In 1838 Mr. Weaver married Sarah Roberts, who was born in 1820 in Delaware county, O., and 9 of their 10 children are living. Mr. Weaver has been School Director, and has followed farming with good success, now owning 280 acres of valuable land. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church.
Z. T. Webster, farmer, sec. 19; P. O., Pleasant Hill; was born in 1827 in Washington county, Ky., the son of James and Ada Webster, also natives of Kentucky; when he was 8 years old his parents moved with him to Mc Donough county, Ill., and in 1842 to this county, locating on the present homestead. In 1851 he married Margaret Briscoe, who was born in 1826 in Kentucky, and they had one child, who is now dead. Mrs. B. died in 1852, and Mr. W. married again, in 1854, Margaret J. Davis, who was born in this county in 1830, and they have had 4 children, all now living. Mr. Webster commenced in life without anything, and by honest industry he has now a comfortable home with 575 acres of good land, 455 of which are on the Mississippi bottom.
G. W. Wells, farmer, sec. 18; P. O., Pleasant Hill; was born in 1855 in this county, and is a son of Perry and Elizabeth Wells, father a native of Kentucky and mother of Missouri. G. W. re- ceived a common-school education, and in 1876 he married Miss Miriam Webster, daughter of Henry and Ellen Webster, who was born in 1858 in this county. Of their 5 children 2 are deceased. As a fariner Mr. Wells has had fair success, now owning 93 acres of bottom land.
Perry Wells, farmer, sec. 7; P. O., Pleasant Hill. This gentle- man was born in 1814 in Madison county, Ky., the son of Richard and Mary Wells, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Kentucky. When Perry was young his parents moved with him to Missouri; in 1837 he came into this county. In 1840 he married his first wife, Miss Elizabeth J. Kerr, a native of Missouri. They had 6 children. Mrs. W. died in 1862, and he was again married in 1863 (May 5) to Miss Kate Tisler, who was born in 1836 in this county, and they have had 2 children. Mr. Wells commenced in life in very limited circumstances, but he now has 1,200 acres of land. The family are all members of the M. E. church at Stockland.
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