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George Sharp, was born in Ogdensburg, New York, December 29, 1830. He remained here on his father's farm, and attended school until seventeen years of age, when he came with his parents to Illinois, and settled in Salisbury town- ship. He was married to Miss Ellen Duncan, December 9, 1854; she was born in Sangamon county, Illinois, and was a daughter of John Duncan, Sr., who was a farmer, and died in 1864 or '65. His wife, Sallie Miller, was born in Kentucky; she was a member of the Baptist Church, and the mother of twelve children; she died in 1850. In the spring of 1857, Mr. Sharp moved to California, where he remained until the fall of 1866, when he returned with his fam- ily to Salisbury. In April 17, 1874, he bought a farm of thirty acres in Salisbury township, west of the village, where he now resides; when he moved on this farm it was covered with timber; he selected a spot, built a house and moved his family into it; he now has it all cleared and under good cultivation and well stocked. His father, George Sharp, Sr., was born in Scotland, and was taken to Canada when small, where he remained until 1827, when he went to New York State; he settled in Sangamon county, in 1848, and died in 1852, with cholera, at Beardstown, Illinois, on his way from Cincinnati, Ohio; his wife, Mary A. Woods, was born in England, and was raised in Canada; she was a member of the Episcopal Church, and was the mother of eleven children, seven living. Mr. and Mrs. George Sharp, Jr, are members of the M. E. Church, and have had six children, four living, viz: Wm. A., George R., Kate and Daisy. In politics, he is a Republican.
Enoch Walker was born in Lowden, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1820. When twelve years of age moved with his parents on a farm in Wayne, (now Ashland county) Ohio, where he married Miss Elizabeth M. Wilson, June 22, 1847. She was born in Ashland county, Ohio, and was a daughter of Charles Wilson and Mary Anderson. In 1849, Mr. Walker moved on a farm in Indiana, where he remained ten months, when he came to Illinois and settled in Salisbury township, Sangamon county, the fall of 1850. Six months after he went to Gardner township and lived two years, when he bought and moved on the farm where he now lives, in section twenty- eight, Salisbury township. His wife, Elizabeth M. Walker died April, 1853. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the mother of three children, viz: Mrs. Mary E. Mock, Mrs. Sarah J. Campbell and Miss Harriet Walker. Mr. Walker was again married November 30,
1853, to Miss Jane Hall. She was born in Ohio, and was a daughter of Margaret Rawlston. Mrs. Walker was a member of the Presbyterian Church and died July 13, 1854. Mr. Walker was married to his present wife, Miss Caroline P. Craig, December 4, 1854. She was born in Franklin, county, Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of William Craig. His wife, Lillian S. Skinner, was born in Pennsylvania. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and has had six children-four living-viz: Lillian, John W., Annie E. and Enoch W. Walker. The father of Mr. Enoch Walker, John Walker, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a farmer, and by trade a tanner. He settled in Gardner township, San- gamon county, Illinois, in 1849. He died Sep- tember 21, 1859; he was a member of the Pres- byterian Church. His wife. Elizabeth Skinner, was born in Pennsylvania; she was also a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church and mother of ten children-eight living-six boys and two girls. Mr. Enoch Walker has a farm of one hundred and two acres in Salisbury township, under good cultivation.
James H. Wells was born on a farm in Clark country, Indiana, May 31, 1834. July 8, 1852, he was married near Salisbury, Sangamon coun- ty, to Miss Margaret J. Sackett, he lived on a farm in Menard county, until the spring of 1853, when he moved on a farm two miles south of Salisbury, where he lived four years then lived on a farm in the same neighborhood until 1860, when he bought a farm of eighty acres in sec- tions twenty-seven, thirty-three, thirty-four and thirty-five, where he still resides. He now owns a farm of one thousand acres of fine land under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Wells began a poor boy, but by hard work and close application to business has gained a position he may well be proud of. He and wife have had a family of six children, five living, viz. Levi M., Harriett E., Harry R., Lelia and Richard Wells. James H. died when seven years of age. Mrs. J. H. Wells was born in Illinois, she was a daughter of Thomas Sackett and Polly Sackett. J. H. Wells was a son of James Wells and Balinda (Owens) Wells, the former born in Kentucky, the latter in Indiana. They had a family of five children and both parents died when Mr. J. H. Wells was a child. In politics Mr. Wells is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for Buchanan for President of the United States.
George H. Yoakum was born on a farm three miles northwest of Salisbury in what is now Menard connty, then Sangamon county. June 27, 1829, when four years of age, he moved on
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the farm where he now resides. His parents were William Yoakum, born in Virginia, a farmer who died April, 1880, and Sallie (Simmons) Yoakum, born in North Carolina. She was the mother of ten children, seven living, viz. Mrs. Mary A. Penny, George HI. Yoakum, Martha Duncan, James C. Yoakum, Milton B., Isaac R. and Jesse J. Yoakum; she died on December 5, 1865. Mr. George Yoakum owns a fine farm of one hundred and five acres in section thirty, seventy acres of which is under good cultivation and valued at $40 an acre. He is a Republican.
Philo Beers was born in 1793, in Woodbury, Connecticut. When he was about fifteen years old he was put to live with an elder brother, probably on account of the death of his parents. They could not agree, and he ran away, and was gone twelve or thirteen years, without his rela- tives hearing from him. During his ramblings he become acquainted with Dr. Joseph Bennett Stillman, who introduced him to his mother and sisters, at Morganfield, Kentucky. Mr. Beers always said that he made up his mind, on their first acquaintance, to have Miss Martha Stillman for a wife. The Stillman family moved to San-
gamon county, Illinois, and Mr. Beers went to Carlyle, Clinton county, same State. He was first elected a justice of the peace, and after serving for a time, was elected to represent Clinton county in the legislature of Illinois, when it assembled in Vandalia. While residing at Carlyle he was married in Sangamon county, on the farm of John Poorman. In response to a letter of inquiry, the author of this book re- ceived from the clerk of Madison county, Illi- nois, a reply, in which it is stated that a license was issued at Edwardsville, October 27, 1820, for the marriage of Philo Beers and Martha Stillman; that it was returned, endorsed by Elder Stephen England, with the statement that he had solemnized the marriage, November 2, 1820. The clerk also stated that it was the two hundred and seventy-ninth license issued from that office. They are believed to have been the first couple married north of the Sangamon river in the State of Illinois; certainly the first in what is now Sangamon county. The first marriage under a license from Sangamon county was between Wm. Moss and Margaret Sims, April, 1821. .
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CHAPTER XLVII.
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.
The history of Springfield township is identi- fied with that of the city, so much so that a his- tory of the latter is virtually a history of the former, and the reader's attention is directed to the latter for many facts and incidents that might be related in this connection.
The township of Springfield comprises town- ship sixteen, range five west, with the exception of that part comprising the city of Springfield.
TOPOGRAPIIICAL.
Originally Springfield township, was about equally divided between timber and prairie. The surface of the county is rolling, especially where in close proximity to its principal streams of water. The soil is generally the same as in other parts of the county, and is particularly adapted to the raising of all kinds of cereals.
WATER COURSES.
Springfield township is well supplied with natural streams of water, the principal of which is the Sangamon river, which enters the town- ship on section one, and pursuing its usual tortu- ous course passes through the entire tier of sec- tions on the north, passing into Gardner town- ship from section six. Spring creek enters the township on section thirty, and running north- east empties into the Sangamon river on section three.
EARLY SETTLERS.
The early settlers of this township settled in what is now the city of Springfield, and in its immediate neighborhood. Among the early set- tlers in what is now Springfield township, out- side the city limits of Springfield, were Andrew Elliott, Arthur Watson, Elijah Dunn, Lewis Mc- Kinnie, William L. Fowkes, David Newsom, George Donner, Jacob Donner.
George Donner, was born about 1786, in Rowan county, North Carolina, came with his parents to Jessamine county, Kentucky, and from there to Decatur county, Indiana. He was there married and had five children. Mrs. Don- ner died there, and Mr. D., with his family, came to Sangamon county, Illinois, in the au- tumn of 1828, settling about three miles north- east of Springfield. George Donner was mar- ried in Sangamon county to Mary Blue. Mrs. Mary Donner died in Sangamon county. Mr. Donner's five eldest children married in the lat- ter county, and in 1838 he took his two children by the second marriage, and, in company with his son William and family, and his brother Jacob and family, moved to Texas. They raised one crop fifty miles south of Houston. Not lik- ing the country, they all returned in 1839, and George Donner moved on the farm he left. About two years afterwards he married Mrs. Tamsen Dozier, whose maiden name was Eus- tace. George Donner was a good man. It is said, by his former neighbors in Sangamon county, that it appeared to be a pleasure for him to do a kind act. For an account of the sad fate of himself and wife, see sketch of the Reed and Donner emigrant party.
Jacob Donner, about the year 1790, was born near Salem, Rowan county, N. C., accompa- nied the family to Jessamine county, Kentucky, thence to Decatur county, Indiana, and from there (in 1828) to Sangamon county, Illinois, where he was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Hook, whose maiden name was Blue, a sister of his brother George's second wife.
EDUCATIONAL.
The first schools of the township were in that part now comprising the city of Springfield.
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Since the era of free schools and the adoption of the present system of public schools by the State, much has been done by the citizens of the township to promote the interests of its schools. In 1881, there were five brick and three frame school-houses, valued at $14,000. Considering its proximity to the city of Springfield, and the advantages afforded for a common and high school education in that city, this may be re- garded as a splendid showing.
RELIGIOUS.
The people of Springfield township usually worship in the city. There is but one church, situated on section eighteen, the property of Pascal Enos.
ORGANIC.
The township was organized in 1861. Since that year annual elections have been held.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
George Bergen, born at Madison, Morris county, New Jersey, April 5, 1824, was reared in Springfield, Illinois; is unmarried, and resides one mile east of Springfield.
James W. Brooks was born in West Cam- bridge, now Islington county, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 26, 1822, the son of Ebenezer and Sarah M. Brooks, nee Dunklee, both natives of that State; father died in Massachusetts in 1848, and mother in 1869. James was brought up on a farm, and in 1843, he was married to Belvina Crosby, who was also born in the Bay State in 1818. The children in this family are Emma C., Ella M., (now Mrs. William B. Jones) Frank, Linda and Chiste. In 1856, Mr. Brooks moved to this county, locating in Woodside township, where he resided ten years. He lost his wife in 1858, and the next year he married Martha Ricker, who was born in 1825, and by this marriage the children are Freddie, Alletta, Elizabeth and Ida; Mattie is deceased. Mr. Brooks owns four hun- dred acres of land in this county, most of which is very valuable. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, and in politics, he is a Republican.
Henry Converse, retired farmer, Springfield, Illinois, was born in Lyme, Grafton county, New Hampshire, on June 7, 1806. Otis and Clarisa (Porter) Converse were his parents, and were natives of Connecticut. Henry enjoyed the district school advantages, common to the far- mers' boys of that day. Previous to his seven- teenth birthday, he moved with his parents to St. Lawrence county, New York, where his father died in 1828, at the age of forty-seven
years. In 1830, the subject of this article united in marriage with Nianna Priest, born in Pomfret, Vermont, November 27, 1810, and the daughter of Frank and Mary Priest, natives of Massachusetts. Three sons were born to them, two of whom still survive. Henry Franklin, the eldest, was born during their three years' residence in St. Lawrence county. In 1833, they moved to Montgomery, Alabama, con- suming seven weeks in the trip, and there Mr. Converse carried on the manufacture of tinware about four years. The climate not proving agreeable to his health, they removed to Paines- ville, Lake county, O. At the end of seven years of farmer life there, Mr. Converse decided to seek the broader and more fertile fields of the Prairie State, and landed in Springfield, Sangamon county, in June, 1846. He brought a quantity of flax seed with him, and induced the farmers to engage in the culture of flax, of whom he bought the seed, and for three years engaged in the manufacture of linseed oil from it, which business proved fairly remunerative. In 1849, Mr. Converse purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land in what is now the north part of Springfield, and a portion of which is now occupied by the Springfield Iron Works, the watch factory and the city water-works. A part of the tract was sold for $300, and a part for $500 per acre. He and his two sons still owns one hundred and seventy acres of it, on which the homestead stands. In March, 1850, he and Mr. Mace, Capt. Saunders and others organized the first school district in Springfield township, and erected a small frame school house near the site of the present brick one, near the fair grounds. Besides other local offices, Mr. Converse has served his township- Springfield-ten years on the county board of supervisors. Mr. and Mrs. Converse celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding-their golden wedding-on the 4th of February, 1880.
During the California gold excitement, in 1850, their eldest son, Henry F., sought that Eldorado in search of a fortune. In less than a year after his arrival on the Pacific Coast he was treacher- ously murdered by a pretended friendly Indian, being shot with his own gun while stooping to drink from a brook. William Otis and Albert Luther, the remaining sons, are married, and both reside in Springfield township. William O. married Miss Ellen Little, of Sangamon county; they have a family of three daughters: Nina, Elsie and Ellen; he has always devoted his life to agricultural pursuits. Dr. Albert L. Converse read medicine, graduated in the same,
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and for a time engaged actively in the practice of his profession, but has recently turned his attention chiefly to farming; he married IIenri- etta Thompson, of Louisville, Kentucky; they have three children alive, and two deceased- Florence, aged sixteen, died September 27, 1881, and Olive, February, 1872. All of the family are members of the Central Baptist Church, at Springfield, Illinois.
Mr. C. has raised several children, one from childhood, Charles H. Erickson, who is now lo- cated in Kansas, and married.
Thomas J. Curry was born in Springfield, Illinois, October 20, 1853, and is the son of Robert J. and Mary (Brooker) Curry, both of whom are deceased. He was brought up on a farm, and in 1876 married Ann S. Phillips, who also was born in Springfield, in 1856, and their children are Robert F. and Normand D., besides one deceased, Emma S. Mr. Curry now owns one hundred and two acres of land, northeast of Springfield. Politically, he is a Democrat.
John W. Dalby, was born in Frederick county, Virginia, January 14, 1826, the son of Joseph and Emeline E. (Keizer) Dalby, natives also of that State; father died September 4, 1877, and mother in January, 1874, in Kentucky. The sub- ject of this sketch was brought up on a farm and educated in the old-time schools. He came to this county, where he clerked several years in a store, and then engaged with his brother in the stock business. In 1863, he married Hannah E. Kincaid, who was born in Menard county, Illi- nois, December, 1840. The children now living are: James W., John E., Frank N., Joseph K. and Alice E; the deceased one was Ruth E. Mr. D. is now engaged in the stock business, on the old homestead, where he annually fattens about two hundred head of cattle, one hundred sheep and three hundred hogs. He also owns a fine farm in Logan and Menard counties. He is an elder in the First Presbyterian Church at Spring- field, and in politics, is a Republican.
John A. Doerfler was born in Germany, Feb- ruary 7, 1811, son of John A. and Cumgunda (nee Fuchs) Doerfler, both of whom are deceased. In 1852, the subject of this sketch arrived in this county, and has followed brick-making ever since, on his own account since 1867. In 1838, he married Cumgunda Fuchs, who was also born in Germany, February 17, 1817, and they have seven children, namely: John, Conrad, Fredrick, Edd, Katie, now Mrs. Ford; Maggie, now Mrs Becis. George, another child, died in 1873. He and his son Edd are now engaged in the brick business, under the name of John A. Doerfler &
Son. They are members of the German Luth- eran Church, and Democratic in politics.
Frederick Hockenjos was born in Baden, Ger- many, September 12, 1828, son of George H. and Lena (nee Ziph) Hockenjos, both of whom died in Germany. In 1853, he came to America, and located in Pennsylvania, where he worked on a farm. In the spring of 1854, he came to Springfield, where he continued to work on a farm. In 1855, he married Mrs. Kate Tresmann, who was born in Hesse, Germany, October 17, 1833, and was the mother of two children. Mr. and Mrs. Hockenjos have had six children, five of whom are living. They are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. II. owns twenty-seven acres of well-improved land, and is a Democrat.
Jonathan F. Jones, was born in Caroline county, Virginia, July 21, 1833, son of Henry and Mary F. (Childs) Jones. He remained with his father until twenty-five years of age. He then married Martha E. Marshall, who was born in Columbus, Ohio, November 12, 1842, and daughter of John and Jane (Wyatt) Mar- shall, who came to this country in 1860, where they resided until the father's death, in 1880; her mother still resides in Salisbury township. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have had four children: Charles H. and John Frederick are living; Jen- nie Bell and Herbert F. are deceased. In 1862, Mr. Jones purchased eighty-three acres of land, situated on the Sangamon river; this land he still owns. Politically, he is a Republican, and both are members of the Baptist Church at Bethel.
Joseph W. Jones, a brother of the preceding, was born in Virginia, September 14, 1825. He came to this county with his father when he was eleven years of age, and remained until he was twenty-one years of age, when he began to work for himself. October 26, 1854, he married Miss Ransdell, who was born in Kentucky July 17, 1827, and was the daughter of John and Mary (Lamly) Ransdell. They have had seven children, five of whom are living: Richard N., John H., Elijah A., William E. and George. The deceased were Augusta Ann and Joseph A. Mr. Jones owns thirty acres of land, which is a part of his father's old homestead. Polit- ically, he is a Republican.
William B. Jones, another brother of Jona- than F., was born in Caroline county, Virginia, July 4, 1821; he went with his parents to Ken- tucky, and in the fall of 1834, moved to this county, where they located and entered land in the northwest corner of Springfield township, and remained until their death; his father died
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January 1, 1848, and his mother in 1876. Wil- liam B. was thirteen years of age when he came to this county, and was principally self-educated. At the age of sixteen he united with the Baptist Church; he afterward began to preach, and has continued in that vocation up to the present time. For many years he was pastor of the Bethel Church, but on account of failing health has given up his labors, to some extent. In 1834, he was married to Elizabeth A. McKinnie, who was born in Kentucky, in 1823, and they had one child-Maria L .- born in December, 1846, and died December 12, 1850. April 12, 1875, Mrs. Jones died, and August 29, 1877, Mr. Jones mar- ried Ella M. Brooks, born March 19, 1849. He owns thirty-seven acres of land, which is a part of the land entered by his father in 1834. He is a Republican.
Mary W. Johnson was born in Boone county, Kentucky, April 27, 1825, and is the daughter of David and Sybilla (Allen) Johnson, who were natives of Kentucky, and both deceased. In 1851, she married William Carter, who was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky, in November, 1826, and died in October, 1853, leaving two children Elizabeth, now Mrs. Baxter, and William S. In 1860, Mrs. Carter married Mr. J. J. Johnson, who was also born in Boone county, Kentucky, in November, 1808. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had five children: Anna Eliza, Lincoln D., Sybilla S. and Benjamin (twins), and John Quincy. They came to this county in the spring of 1877, and Mr. Johnson died in April of the same year. Mrs. Johnson owns eighty acres of land west of Springfield, worth $60 an acre, and is a member of the Baptist Church, at Bethel.
James W. Keyes was born in Monroe county, Virginia, November 1, 1805, son of Humphrey and Sarah (Hanley) Keyes. His father came to this county November 10, 1830, and located east of Springfield on a farm, where he died in October, 1833, in his seventieth year. His mother started for California in 1846 with her daughter and son-in-law, James F. Reed, and died on the way. She was buried on the water of the Big Blue river. James W. received a common school education, and learned the tailor's trade, which occupation lie followed thirty years. He was married January 9, 1827, in Botetourt coun- ty, Vermont, to Lydia Spickard, who was born June 17, 1807, in the county. They have had nine children, namely: Charles A., Mary C., now Mrs. William H. Vandoren; Edward L., Henrietta M., now Mrs. Henson Robinson; Thomas R , Susan F., now Mrs. Silas W. Hickox; Margaret E., now Mrs. Willlam Day; Martha J.,
now Mrs. Douglas Hickox. The two deceased are James L., born May 10, 1829, and died No- vember 13, 1830, in Virginia, and Ellen, born August 5, 1844, and died May 10, 1846. Mr. Keyes moved to Springfield in April, 1831, where he continued to work at his trade, and in 1836, he entered his present farm, and in 1861 moved onto the same. He is now the owner of a nice farm situated north of Spring- field, consisting now of two hundred and thirty- four acres. In 1872, he was afflicted with a par- alytic stroke, which disabled him to such an ex- tent that he was obliged to retire from business. His first vote was cast in 1828, for Andrew Jack- son. He was postmaster in Springfield, first under Van Buren, and then under Buchanan; was justice of the peace in Springfield fourteen years, and was also supervisor. Politically, he is a Democrat.
Goodrich Lightfoot, was born April 19, 1817, in Adair county, Kentucky; son of Henry F., and Mary L. (Jones) Lightfoot, also born in Kentucky. They afterwards moved to Warren county, Kentucky, thence to this county, arriving October 23, 1830, and locating one and one-half miles west of Springfield, where his father com- menced farming, and in 1833 moved to his present farm, where he resided until his death, which occurred in Kentucky while on a visit to that State; his mother died November 2, 1857. The subject of this sketch was married Decem- ber 1, 1842, to Nancy Callerman, who was born in this county March 3, 1826. Children: Elizabeth I., now Mrs. Richard T. Lewis; James R, Susan M., now Mrs. John L. Callerman, Jr .; John L., Judith L., Alice B., and Julia Ann. Mary E., is deceased, and one died in infancy. Mr. L. has held the office of supervisor two years, and township trustee ten years. He owns one hundred and twenty acres of land worth $50 an acre. Mr. and Mrs. L. are members of the Methodist Church, and Mr. L. is a Republican.
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