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F. L. Zerenberg, farmer, sec. 14; P. O., Pleasant Hill. This man was born in 1837 in this county, and is the son of Charles and Christina Zerenberg, natives of Germany, who came to the United States in 1832, first settling in Pennsylvania, afterward (1834) in Pike county, Ill. The subject of this notice obtained a common- school education, and in 1858 he was married to Eliza Venable,
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who was born in 1838 in Pike county, Mo. They have had two children, but one has died. Mr. Z. has lived on the present farm since 1862; has followed farming all his life; he now owns 225 acres of good high land. In respect to public office Mr. Z. has been School Director, Road Commissioner, Supervisor, Collector and Assessor. He is a member of the Masonic order.
William Zerenberg, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 14; was born in this county Feb. 27, 1843, and is a son of Charles Zerenberg, deceased, who was well known as an early settler in Pike county. Wm. was reared on a farm. At the age of 18 he enlisted in Co. C, 10th Mo. Inf., and took part in the battles of Champion Hills, siege of Vicksburg, Mission Ridge, siege of Corinth, etc. He was hon - orably discharged Aug. 31, 1864. In 1866 he married Mary E. Galloway, daughter of J. B. Galloway, of Pleasant Hill tp. Their two children are Laura A. and Francis B.
HADLEY TOWNSHIP.
This is a magnificent township, and for agricultural purposes is surpassed by few in the Military Tract. It is what may be properly termed a, prairie township. The sight presented to the early settler must have been pleasant as he viewed this beautiful nature's lawn, now thickly studded with houses, orchards, hedges and all the insignia. of healthy cultivation, before a furrow was struck or anything to disturb the eye nearer than the curling smoke of three or four cabins along the edges of the timber.
The first settler in this township after the Indians had been driven Westward, was not a white man, but a colored one. He was known as " Free Frank," and came with his wife and three chil- dren to this township, and located on sec. 22, in 1829. He was from Kentucky, and had spent the preceding winter in Greene county, Ill. He had purchased his freedom and that of his family. To conform to the custom of the age the Legislature gave Free Frank a surname, viz: McWorter, and he was always afterward known as Frank Mc Worter.
After Mr. McWorter had been recognized by the Legislature, in order to conform to the law he must be re-married. Accordingly he and his wife presented themselves for that purpose before Esq. Neeley. When Mc Worter was asked if he would live with, cherish and support, etc., his wife, he replied, " Why, God bless your soul! I've done that thing for the last 40 years."
Mr. McWorter was a live, enterprising man, a reputable, worthy citizen, kind, benevolent and honest. He labored hard to free his posterity from the galling yoke of Southern slavery. He not only purchased his own freedom and that of his wife and children, but left provision in his will to buy grandchildren, which was done by his son. He died in 1857 at the ripe old age of 77. His wife died in 1871, at the very advanced age of 99. Many of their descend- ants are still living in the township.
The first white settler to locate in Hadley was Joshua Woosley. This veteran still resides here, living on his farm, on sec. 19, in the suburbs of Barry. He came in 1830, cut logs, and built the second house in the township, the first being erected by McWorter. Then came Charles Hazelrigg, who settled on sec. 33. Dean Peterson located on sec. 36. Then followed Daniel Clingensmith, Renben Shipman, Anson Gray, Isaac Moore, James Dutton, William
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Wilkinson, Stephen R. Watson, Joseph Shelley and William Farmer. These pioneers were all Southerners, mostly from Kentucky and Tennessee.
These early pil, rims often had their ingenuity taxed to its utmost in order to perform needed labor with the existing tools. Neces- sity being the mother of invention, they generally found some practical way to do their work. What if it did take more time to perform the labor? That was of but little consequence, as time in those early days was abundant. The pioneers did not rush along over prairies, through dale and woodland at the rate of 40 miles an hour, as is done at present. Nor could they cut eight and ten acres of wheat in a day; indeed, they did not have any of the labor-saving implements so common now. Joshua Woosley relates that in the spring of 1831 he and Mr. Bradshaw broke some prairie together. They tied up a yoke of oxen to a big bar-share plow with hickory bark, not having chains sufficient or any other better article. The plow needing sharpening, he was compelled to go to Atlas, a dis- tance of 20 miles, to have it done. The charge for this work was not large, however, as he tells us his total bill for the work, dinner, drinks, etc., was only " nine-pence " (12} cents).
Mr. Woosley used the first grain cradle in the township, charging a bushel of wheat per acre for cutting. This new method of cutting wheat was a great curiosity to the settlers, many of whom came from far and near to see it.
The pioneers did not have a well-stocked store of provisions always at hand. No, often the last particle of corn meal was used up before another supply was obtained. Mills were then far away, and so crowded that often customers had to wait for days before their turn would come. Mr. Woosley tells us that on one occasion some men came to stay over night with him. It happened that they had no meal prepared, but the block was handy, and while his wife was busying herself in the house. he went out and pounded up some corn with an iron wedge. These we give as illustrations of the many privations and inconveniences under which these pioneers were compelled to live. They were sturdy, brave-hearted people though, and conquered all of these obstacles and brought a wild country under the very highest state of cultivation.
The first child born in the township was Jane, daughter of Joshua Woosley. She was born in 1834, and married Milton Deran. Mrs. Jane Gray, wife of Anson Gray, was the first person to die. The first marriage ceremony was performed in uniting A. M. Robinson and Miss Mary Gray in wedlock. The ceremony was performed by Esq. Woosley at the house of Anson Gray in 1844.
The first school building erected in the township was on sec. 19, in 1836. The first teacher was James Frier.
The Wabash railroad passes through the township and has a station on sec. 22, or on the line of secs. 21 and 22.
The town of Philadelphia was laid out by the elder McWorter in 1836, on the northeast quarter of sec. 27. At one time it
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had great promise, but the railroad passing it a mile distant, and other towns springing up, has killed it. At present there is not even a postoffice at the place.
The township is well supplied with churches and schools, which indicate the high moral and intellectual standard of the people.
PERSONAL SKETCHES.
In connection with and as a part of the history of the township, we will give personal sketches of the leading and representative people who reside here.
Barton W. Alkire, whose portrait we present in this volume, was born in Pickaway county, O., March 4, 1823. His parents were Geo. and Catharine (Rush) Alkire, natives of Virginia, and of German descent. George Alkire was left an orphan at 10 years of age, and he then found his way to Fleming county, Ky., where he remained until he was 17, and he then went to Ross county, O:, and thence to Pickaway county; here, at the age of 23, he married Miss Catharine Rush, aged 16; in 1841 they emigrated to this tp., settling on sec. 31, and bringing with them four children,-Mary, Rebecca, Barton W. and Abner, now deceased. They left four children in Ohio,-Wesley J., Lydia, Gideon and Josiah,-who came out the next year. During his life-time Mr. Geo. Alkire owned and lived on his farm in Hadley, but left the charge of it to his sons. He had been a member of the Christian Church ever since he was 17 years old, and for a long period before his death he was a minister of the gospel. He died July 21, 1868, and his sur- viving widow died April 9, 1873. Barton W .. Alkire, the subject of this sketch, is a farmer and stock-raiser by occupation, his resi- dence and farin of 140 acres being on sec. 31, Hadley tp. He passed his early years on his father's farm in Ohio, and in this county, obtaining his education mostly in the schools of Ohio. He has lived on his present place since 1841, except 1849-50 he was in California, gold-mining, in which he was quite successful. Mr. A. is one of the solid, substantial and representative farmers of Pike county; in politics is a Republican, and has served his town- ship as Collector several terms. He is still a bachelor, his two sisters, Mary and Rebecca, keeping house for him. They are very pleasantly situated.
James W. Bower, farmer, sec. 27; P. O., Cool Bank; is a native of Ohio and was born Jan. 25, 1836; was the eldest child of Joseph Bower, who came to this county in 1838 and died in the spring of 1844, He was educated in the common schools of this county, and in the spring of 1857 married Rebecca Ann Coshon, a native of Indiana, born June 6, 1839, Three of their five children are living: Rebecca E., born Dec. 18, 1860, Sarah Olive, born Aug. 30, 1855, and George Washington, born July 10, 1869. Mr.
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Bower moved to Bourbon county, Kan., in the fall of 1858 and re- turned in 1863. He is Director of the district in which he lives, and is a Republican.
Orin Campbell is a farmer, and resides on sec 21.
J. S. Carson is following the vocation of agriculture on sec. 29. P. H. Cleveland is also a farmer, and lives on sec. 9, this town- ship.
Marion Clingensmith, farmer, sec. 19; P. O., Barry; was born Dec. 20, 1848, on the farm where he now lives. His collegiate course was taken at Lombard University, Knox county, Ill. June 5, 1873, he married Lucinda E. Graybael, a native of Monroe Co., Ind .; they have had 3 children, 2 of whom are living: Marcia B., born May 30, 1875, and Anna M., born May 27, 1878. Mr. C. has been a School Director at different times. Is a Republican, and in religion a Universalist.
George Conrad, farmer, sec. 14; P. O., Baylis; was born in 1820 in Wayne county, Mo., and is a son of Peter and Sarah Con- rad, natives of North Carolina, who emigrated to Missouri the spring before George's birth, and are now both deceased. Besides attending the public schools of Missouri the subject of this notice also attended for 7 years the Mission Institute at Quincy, Ill. He came to this county in 1851, and in 1857 he went to Blue Earth county, Minn., and in 1869 returned to this county, settling on sec. 14, this tp. In 1851 he married Miss M. L. Shipman, who was born in 1821 in Hartford county, Conn. They have had 5 children, 4 of whom are living, to wit : David C., C. J., Jesse B. and A. G. At the time of the outbreak of the Sioux in Minnesota Mr. C. and many of his neighbors left their homes until danger was over, and in their absence large quantities of grain and other perishable property was destroyed. Mr. Conrad has held the office of Road Commissioner and Justice of the Peace, has taught school some, but his occupation has principally been farming. Mr. and Mrs. C. are members of the Congregational Church.
Orange Cram, farmer, sec, 16, of Hadley; P. O., Barry : was born in Ackworth, Sullivan county, N. H., Feb. 16, 1803, and is the sec- ond son of Jesse and Lydia Cram. In 1823 he moved to Concord, Lake county, O., where he was married in 1825 to Susan Carroll, a native of that county; they have 6 living children. In 1866, Mr. C. settled in this tp .; has been a Republican, but is now identified with the Greenback party. He owns 40 acres of valuable land in a good state of cultivation.
George Cunningham, farmer, sec. 8; P. O., Barry; was born in Fayette county, Penn., Aug. 9, 1809. In 1826 he began learning the tanner's trade, and in 1830 moved to Harrison county, O., where he started a tannery of his own and continued the business for 12 years. His grandfather, Barnett Cunningham, came from Scotland at a very early day. His father, Joseph H. Cunningham, was born in the house where the subject of this sketchi was reared. In 1831 he married Mary Ann Humphrey, who died March 3,
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1851, leaving 7 children. In April 30, 1878, he married Mrs. Elizabeth Hoyle, a native of Warren county, O., born Feb. 16, 1836. Mr. C. has been School Director 9 years. In 1866 he came to this county and purchased the farm where he now resides. He is a member of the I. O. of O. F., and is the oldest member in the county. Politically, he is a staunch Democrat.
Jasper Davis, farmer, sec. 18; P. O., Barry; was born on his present farm, July 19, 1843. His parents, Wm. and Mary E. Davis were among the earliest settlers of Pike county. Mr. W. Davis was born in Union county, Ill., Oct. 25, 1813, and Mrs. D. was born in Erie county, O., Oct. 1, 1820; her maiden name was Bushnell. Her family emigrated to Fulton county, Ill., and the town in McDonough county that bears the family naine was named after her uncle. Dec. 25, 1876, Mr. J. Davis married Margaret Broady, a native of Adams county, Ill., born April 15, 1846; they have one child, Win. Calvin, born Nov. 25, 1877. Mr. D. is Com- missioner of Public Highways, and politically a Republican.
John H. Davis, farmer, sec. 20; P. O., Barry; was born in Fay- eett county, Penn., June 1, 1835; he assisted his father during summer and attended district school during winter, until he was 16 years old; he then came, with his father's family, to this town. John H. is the 9th of 11 children. . In 1859 he married Miss Em- ma Ward, who died 4 years after, leaving 2 sons. In Dec., 1865, he married Elizabeth E., daughter of E. D. Rose, of Pittsfield, born Feb. 4, 1839. They have 2 children. Mr. Davis owns 143 acres of valuable land, and it is well improved. He is a Republican. and a Methodist.'
Anthony Dell, farmer, sec. 22; P. O., Cool. Bank; was born in Madison Co., Ill., Nov. 23, 1841; came with his father to Pitts- field when but 8 years of age; in 1867 married Miss Jane Crone, and they have 3 children. In 1861 he enlisted in the 2d Ill. Cav- alry, and served to the close of the war. He is a Republican.
Benjamin Dulan, farmer, sec. 23; P. O., Baylis; was born in Ralls county, Mo., in March, 1828; was married in 1848, and has 7 children; in 1863 moved to Adams Co., and to Pike Co. the fol- lowing March. He is a Republican, and member of the Baptist Church.
Squire Dutcher was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1806. His father, Gideon Dutcher, was a farmer, and Squire as- sisted him in the summer and went to district school in the winter. At the age of 11 his father moved to Chatham Co., N. Y., where he died, leaving a widow and 10 children, of whom our subject is the 7th. In 1823 or 1824 he moved with his mother's family to Rensel- laer county, where he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner. In 1827 he married Charlotte Winchell, who died in 1837. They had 2 children. In the fall of the same year he married Eliza A. Townsend, and they had 3 living children. Mrs. Dutcher died July 29, 1879. Mr. D.'s oldest son, Charles H., is professor at the South Normal School at Cape Girardeau, Mo. His second son, Al-
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bert, is in the jewelry business at Kirksville, Mo. One, Edgar, went to California in 1849, and has not been heard from in a num- ber of years. Mr. Dutcher came to this Co. in 1839, owns a beauti- ful farm of 66 acres adjoining the city of Barry; is a Republican, and Adventist ; has been Township Collector of Hadley.
Stephen M. Dutcher, farmer, sec. 28; P. O., Barry; was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., April 5, 1810. When he was quite young his parents moved to Columbia county, N. Y., where he received his education during the winter months in a district school. During summer he assisted his mother in the cultivation of the farm until he was 16 years of age. He then learned the carpenter and joiner trade. In 1834 he removed to Chenango county, N. Y., where he was married in 1835 to Miss Mary Hunt, a native of that county, born May 6, 1808. He worked at his trade until 1845, and then came to this county and purchased his pres- ent farm, where he has since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Dutcher have 5 living children,-3 sons and 2 daughters. His son Henry enlisted in 1861 in the 99th Reg. I. V., and served to the close of the war. He is a Greenbacker, and member of the Christian Church.
Charles J. Ford was born on sec. 16, Hadley tp., Sept. 7, 1843; educated in the district school; Dec. 23, 1869, he married Miss Keziah Cunningham, daughter of George Cunningham, of this tp., and they have 3 children. He owns 80 acres of land in a good state of cultivation; he is School Director of this district.
Jerry Gelvin, farmer, sec. 21; P. O., Cool Bank; was born in Washington Co., Va., June 27, 1818; educated in the same county, in the district schools; in 1838 he moved to Wayne Co., Ky., and in 1841 was married in Pulaski Co., Ky., to Miss Harriet Qualls. daughter of Judge Tunstall Qualls, who was a member of the 25th Congress, and Judge of his Cirenit up to the time of his death. Six of their 9 children are now living. In 1852 he moved to Pike county, where he has since lived, and is at present agent of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad at Hadley Station; is Post- master of Cool Bank postoffice, and largely engaged in buying grain. He owns 160 acres of very valuable land. Politically he is a Democrat.
William A. Gordon, deceased, was born in Ohio, Feb. 15, 1817. In early life he assisted his parents on the farm ; in 1838 he came to Pike county, where he was married in 1844 to Sophia R., daugh- ter of James and Elizabeth Burbridge, a native of Pickaway Co., O .; was born Jan. 1, 1827. They have one son, James D., born Oct. 21, 1853, and now married to Mary E. Wike, and who have one child, Gertrude. Mr. Gordon died Sept. 26, 1874, a man of ster- ling worth.
William Grammer, farmer, sec. 30; P. O .. Barry; born in Boston, Mass .. Jan. 8, 1822; educated in Malden, Mass .; in 1840 he moved to this township, settling on sec. 2, where he has lived up to 4 years ago. In 1846 he married Eliza Philpot, a native of England, but
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a resident of Perry, Ill. She died in 1866, leaving one child, Maria B., now Mrs. Blake. In January, 1874, he married Mrs. McTucker, widow of John McT. In 1851 he was elected Supervisor of Hadley and held the office 24 years. In 1867 he married his second wife, Miss Lucy H. Smith, who died in 1872. He is a Republican.
Benj. F. Gray, blacksmith and wagon and buggy manufacturer, Philadelphia; P. O., Cool Bank; was born in 1840 in this county, and is a son of Anson and Jane Gray, who came from Ohio to this place in early day. After receiving a fair public school education and growing to manhood, Benj. F. in 1868 married Mary Ann Hall, and by her had one child, Sophia A. Mrs. Gray died in 1869, and Mr. Gray in 1870 married Elizabeth Ann Mellon, who was born in 1848 in Washington county, Pa., and they have had 3 children, Lena May, Gertrude and Nina A. Mr. Gray has followed farming, but by trade is a blacksmith and manufacturer of wagons and buggies, which business he has followed for a number of years. He was 3 years in the war, in Co. K, 99th Ill. Int. Politically he is a Republican.
Howard A. Graybael, farmer, sec. 31; P. O., Barry; was born in Monroe Co., Ind., June 22, 1842; received a common-school edu- cation; in 1864 removed to this tp .; in 1870, in St. Charles Co., Mo., married Miss Mary A. Miller, a native of that county; they have 2 children, Adella, born Aug. 27, 1872, and Lloyd, Aug. 25, 1879. He owns 80 acres of very valuable land, as fertile as this county affords. In politics he is a Democrat.
James M. Green, farmer, sec. 31; P. O., Barry; was born in Barry tp., June 13, 1845, the 3d son of 9 children of P. D. S. Green, of Barry tp., and a native of Rensellaer Co., N. Y., who came to this county in early day. James M. took two courses in Lombard University at Galesburg, Ill. In 1866 he married Addie M. Hol- lenbeck, who died Sept. 14, 1870, leaving one child, Nora. In 1874 he married Hannah Tilden, a native of Franklin Co., N. Y., born Sept. 23, 1848. He owns 120 acres of good land, and is a Republican.
D. P. Guss, farmer, sec. 6; P. O., Barry; was born in 1841 in Pennsylvania, and is the son of William and Eliza Guss, natives also of the Keystone State, who emigrated to this county when their son was 7 years old, and are still living in this county. D. P. was educated in the common schools here. In 1860 he married Miss Mary J. Lawton, who was born in 1845 in this county, and they have 2 children, Charlie E. and Ollie M. From poverty Mr. Guss has risen to become the owner of a nice home of 160 acres of land worth $35 an acre. He is a Freemason, and in politics is a Demócrat.
H. L. Hadsell, farmer, sec. 15; P. O., Barry. This gentleman was born in 1842, in this county, and is a son of N. V. and Eliza- beth J. Hadsell, both natives of New York, who came to this county in 1834, thus being early pioneers here. H. L. obtained a public-school education, and when 19 years of age he enlisted in
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Co. I, 28th Ill. Inf., as private, Ang. 3, 1861, and was promoted 2d Lieutenant in October, 1862; in 1863 he was again promoted 1st Lientenant, and in 1864 he was promoted Captain of Co. F, 28th Ill. Inf., under Gen. Grant. His first engagement was at Belmont, Mo .; he then went to Paducah, then to Fort Henry, Pittsburg Land- ing, Corinth, Holly Springs, Vicksburg during the siege, Jack. son (where he engaged in a hard-fought battle), Natchez, to do provost duty on account of meritorions conduct, where he remained one year; then to New Orleans, then Mobile. While on the way to Mobile the troops were shipwrecked, bnt no one was lost; took a well fortified fort at Mobile Point; then was engaged in the siege of Spanish Fort, Ala., which place surrendered after a month's siege; then he was in the siege of Fort Blakely, which also surren- dered in 1864, these places being the key to Mobile, already taken. Gen. Canby took Mobile, under whose command Capt. Hadsell was at the time; then the Captain with his force was ordered to Browns- ville, Texas, where he remained until his discharge, April 6, 1866. He then returned home and engaged in farming, which he has fol- lowed ever since with success, now owning 200 acres of land worth $60 per acre. In 1866 he married Miss Adda Baker, who was born in 1843 in Hamilton county, O., and they have had 2 children, to wit: Laura M. and Leon V. The Captain and his wife are mem- bers of the Free-will Baptist Church.
John D. Hamilton, farmer, see. 34; P. O .. Barry; was born in Ayrshire. Scotland, Sept. 29, 1836. In 1845 his father died, and in 1850 his mother, with a family of 4 children, emigrated to this country and settled in St. Louis, Mo. In the fall of 1854 John D. moved to Quincy, Ill., and in 1861, to Pike Co., and set- tled on his present farm, which he had purchased some time pre- vionsly. In 1870 he married Annie Shaw, a native of this county, and they have 3 children, -Thomas, Ida and Alexander. He is a member of the M. E. Church and a Republican.
Albert E. Hays, farmer, see. 16; P. O., Cool Bank ; was born in Franklin county, O., Oct. 27, 1832. In 1846 he came with his parents to this county, and in 1864 was married to Margaret Pierce, who died in the fall of 1867, leaving one child, Wm. In 1870 he married Mabel Norris, and their children are : Lillian, May, Oscar N., Kate and Bertie E. Mr. H. owns 80 acres of land, and is a Greenbacker.
Pulaski Hays, farmer, sec. 9; P. O., Barry; was born in Frank- lin county, O., April 13, 1845. While yet in his infancy his parents, Richard and Catharine Hays came to this county and set- tled in Hadley tp. In 1868 he married Nannie Quarles, and their 2 children are Harry and Clarence. He owns 120 acres of land, and is a Republican.
Theodore Hays, farmer, sec. 16; P. O., Barry; was born in Franklin county, O., in 1836; came West in 1846, and with his parents settled in this county, where his early education was ob- tained. In 1862 he married Miss Mary Johnson and they have 6
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children. He is a Republican and owns 120 acres of first-rate land. J. B. Hill is a farmer, residing on sec. 28.
Harlow Huntley, farmer, sec. 10; P. O., Cool Bank; was born in Oneida county, N. Y., July 19, 1806; is the eldest of 6 children of Ainos and Addie Huntley, early settlers of that county. His grandfather, Amnos Huntley, sen., was a revolutionary soldier. Mr. H. emigrated with his parents to Alleghany county, N. Y., when he was 3 years old. Here he was raised and educated. He assist- ed on the farm, and at the age of 20, married Elmira Partridge, a native of Hampshire county, Mass., who died Sept. 19, 1877, leav- ing 10 children. He has been a resident of this county since 1843; in 1850 was elected Justice of the Peace and held the office till 1877, and is at the present time Treasurer of this tp. During his residence here he has accumulated 1,000 acres of land, which he has divided among his 3 sons. He was raised a Jackson Demo- crat, but at the breaking out of the Rebellion he aided largely in the organization of the Republican party, in whose ranks he was found till 1878, since which time he has been a zealous Greenbacker.
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