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Thomas H. Keeney, Catlin, section 32, farmer, was born in what was then known as Greenbrier county, Virginia, on the 12th of March, 1803, and came to Vermilion county, Illinois, in 1831. He is now living close to where he settled when he first came to the county. Mrs. Elizabeth Keeney, wife of Thomas H. Keeney, was a native of Greenbrier county, Virginia. She was born on the 31st of March, 1810, and died on the 8th of August, 1868. Mr. Keeney is the father of six sons and three daughters by his first wife, of whom four are liv- ing : Hamilton F .; Lucretia ; William F .; and Amanda. The names of the deceased are: John A .; David; Mary E .; James T .; and Joseph S. Mr. Keeney has been a constant member of the M. E. church for thirty-five years.
John Thompson, deceased, was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, on the 21st of May, 1797. He was a youth of spirit and adventure, and though only sixteen years of age, served as a courier in the war of 1812. When the Americans crossed into Canada at Niagara, on the night of the 12th of October, 1812, and seized the heights of Queens. town, he volunteered to go with the assaulting column, and as the fruit of his daring, ever after bore on his left arm an ugly saber scar. He taught school, and traveled extensively in the United States, passing over thirteen of them and the upper British provinces before he was twenty-seven years old. About this time (1824) he was married to Ester Payne, in Dearborn county, Indiana, where he had located the
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year before. In the fall of 1831 he removed to Vermilion county, Illi- nois, and settled two miles north of Catlin, where he died, on the 13th September, 1861. He was an early assessor and county commissioner ; farmed, taught school, and always in business, - a man of sound judg- ment, large experience and practical talents. His sons were Lonis M., Sylvester D., Philander (dead), John P. (dead). Daughters: Melissa, wife of Sale S. Ray ; Martha J., wife of Maj. Wilson Burroughs ; Mary H., wife of Rev. Isaiah Villars; and Harriet, wife of Dr. John J. Mc- Elroy.
Dennis Rouse, Catlin, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Scioto county, Ohio, on the 14th of February, 1828, and came to Vermilion county in 1832 with his parents, and first settled two and one-half miles east of Danville, his parents dying when he was quite young. He started without anything, and at the present is the owner of a fine farm of seven hundred and twenty acres, within eight miles of Dan- ville, which is the result of his own labor. On the 29th of October, 1850, Mr. Rouse was married to Miss Louisa Olehy, a native of Scioto county, Ohio, born on the 20th of December, 1834. By their marriage they have three children : Reazon, Lillie J. and Dennis A. One child died - Emma.
Thomas Brady, farmer and stock-raiser, section 2, Catlin township, is the son of John and Rosanna Brady. He was born in what is now Catlin township, on the 8th of October, 1832. His father was a native of Virginia, but removed to Brown county, Ohio, as early as the year 1825. In 1832 he again moved, this time locating in Vermilion coun- ty, Illinois. Being one of the early pioneers, he had the choice of loca- tion, and being from a timbered country, he located in the timber near where the county farm now is. Here he improved a large farm, and raised a family of fourteen children, five sons and nine daughters, of whom there are now only seven daughters and three sons living: Han- nah A., who has been an invalid since four years old. She resided in this county until 1876, and then moved to Kansas and began farming on her own account on quite an extensive scale. Sarah, wife of the deceased M. Oakwood; Ailcy, wife of the deceased J. Burroughs, and now wife of J. Wherry; Johnathan T. ; Lidy, wife of J. W. Acree; Thomas, the subject of our sketch ; Marsala, formerly wife of Wm. McCoy, deceased, and now wife of H. Leonard ; Rosanah, wife of Wm. Finley during his life, and now wife of Wm. Gerling, who is exten- sively engaged in gold mining in California ; John, now on the old home farm; Jane, wife of L. Burroughs till his death, and now wife of N. R. Mills. The names of the deceased are: Nancy, Joseph, Mary and Ennis. Thomas Brady, the subject of our sketch, was united in
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marriage to Miss America Finley, daughter of Maholon and Margaret Finley, on the 1st of March, 1855. She also is a native of Vermilion county, Illinois. She was born on the 4th of May, 1833, and is a woman seldom eqnaled in her taste of decorating and making a home pleasant. Until 1874 he had resided three miles west of Danville. He then removed to his present home in Catlin township, where he owns a fine farm of one hundred and sixty-five aeres, beautifully lo- cated, within one mile of the village of Catlin, this being his home farm. He also owns one hundred and sixty aeres where he formerly resided, west of Danville. This fine property has been the result of his own energy, industry and economy.
B. C. Pate, Catlin, seetion 21, son of Adam and Elizabeth Pate, was born in Catlin, Vermilion county, Illinois, on the 12th of July, 1832. His father was one of the early settlers of the county, coming in 1829, and settling where B. C. Pate now resides. He was a native of Mont- gomery county, Virginia, born on the 19th of December, 1791, and died on the 8th of February, 1867. His wife, Elizabeth, was a native of Virginia, born on the 12th of December, 1794, and died on the 8th of October, 1874. They both remained at the old homestead until their death. B. C. Pate was nnited in marriage on the 22d of Deeem- ber, 1857, to Miss Rebecca Tanner. She was born in Vermilion county, Illinois, in 1839. They have been blessed with five children : Lafay- ette P., Horace M., Asa Clay, Oiver C. and George W. Mrs. P. is a member of the M. E. church. Mr. P. is a member of the A.F. & A.M., Catlin Lodge, No. 285.
Reece Cook, Catlin, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Ripley county, Indiana, on the 25th of April, 1817, and came to Vermilion county in 1831. He first settled at Grape Creek, and in 1834 removed five miles southwest of Danville, where his mother now resides. His father died in 1846. On the 30th of January, 1845, Mr. Cook married Miss A. J. Hartley. She is a native of what was then Monongalia county, Virginia, and was born on the 19th of June, 1821. She came to Vermilion county in 1830. Mr. and Mrs. Cook are pioneers of this county, and are respected by the citizens of the county. They are members of the C. P. church.
W. A. Church, Catlin, farmer, was born in Catlin township, Ver- milion county, Illinois, on the 13th of July, 1833, and has never been ont of the county over a month at a time. He was married in 1853 to Miss Hester A. Douglass, who was born on the 7th of October, 1834, in Vermilion county. They have three sons and two daughters: Sarah D., wife of J. Acree; William JJ., Laura A., wife of L. Busby ; Thos. W. and Charles S. Mr. Church owns a fine farm of three hundred
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and thirty-five acres, with good improvements, most of which he has made himself.
Hon. Jacob H. Oakwood, Catlin, was born in Brown county, Ohio, on the 18th of November, 1828. In 1833 his parents and family arrived in Vermilion county, Illinois, and made a settlement in what is now Oakwood township, near the present little town of Oakwood, both named in memory of this family. Here Mr. Oakwood's father continned to reside till removed by death in 1855, and his remains now repose in the Mount Vernon Church cemetery, of Catlin township. a congregation that he was largely instrumental in building up, and of which he became a member about the time of its organization, and where he continued to worship up to the time of his decease. His wife, still living, now in the eighty-sixth year of her life, has also been for many years a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and is now one of the venerable pioneer ladies of the county. They raised a family of nine children, four of whom are yet living : Henry, Michael, a Methodist clergyman, and Mrs. Margaret (George A.) Fox, residents of Oakwood township, and Jacob, of Catlin. The others, Mrs. Amanda (Rev. Eli) Helmick, Samuel, Mrs. Matilda (Henry) Sallie, Martin R. and Morgan H., all died in this county, and near the old homestead. Those living are well-to-do in life, respected and well known through- out the county. Their opportunities of a literary character were rather limited, as was commonly the case in the first settlement of the country ; nevertheless, by a diligent use of the means afforded, they each became very fair scholars for the times, and five of the brothers became teachers, including the subject of this sketch, who commenced the business when only about twenty years old, and continued it some four years, during the winter seasons. On the 14th of February, 1851, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary I. Caraway, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (McCorkle) Caraway, old settlers of this county and of Catlin town- ship. This marriage has been productive of eight children, four living : Charles H., George W., Miss Emma J. and Annie. Three died in infancy, and Mary E., the eldest, a bright, promising daughter. Aster his marriage Mr. Oakwood settled down upon a farm, and turned his attention to agriculture, and has given it that scientific consideration now regarded as essential to this all-important industry. In a short time his knowledge and proficiency became such that he was elected to the presidency of the Vermilion County Agricultural Society, which he has served, either in the capacity of president or secretary, excepting a few intervals, for the last twenty years. With other leading agricul- tural gentlemen of his county, he has used his best influences to secure the introduction of suitable and improved farming implements and
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thorough-bred stock, and has had the satisfaction of seeing a vast im- provement in the mechanical tillage of the soil, and in the quality of the different breeds of live-stock. He has not only been actively en- gaged in furthering the material developments of the country, but has given a large share of his attention to political questions and publie measures. His first presidential vote was given for Gen. Winfield Scott, the last but unsuccessful whig nominee. Upon the dissolution of this organization, he went, with the great majority of the whigs of the north, into the republican party, the organization of which was completed in 1856, and he has acted in conjunction with this party ever since. In 1872 he was elected to the state legislature, as one of the representatives on the republican ticket, for the thirty-first sena- torial district, including Vermilion and Edgar counties. While in the legislature he proved himself active, capable and efficient, and secured the passage of several important bills, among which are the present road law, the modification of the school law in such a manner as to grant certificates of second grade to teachers qualified in what is com- monly known as the seven branches, the original criterion of qualifica- tion ; and the cutting down of the homestead and exemption law to a definite sum, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars-a thousand dollars of real estate, and five hundred, personal property. He served on the committees of public charities, civil service and retrenchment, and while engaged in these duties, visited the publie charitable institutions of the state, in order to perfectly acquaint himself with their actual condition and wants, and to render himself better qualified to assist in necessary appropriations, without voting away the people's money in response to unnecessary demands, which are more or less made upon every legis- lature. During his entire inenmbency his official action compares well with that of other capable gentlemen who have heretofore represented the people of his district, and as he is yet young, we confidently expect that his name will again appear in connection with some of the honor- able positions within the gift of the people. Mr. Oakwood's family are ofGerman deseent through both lines. His father, Henry, was born in East Tennessee; moved early to Kentucky, where he married Miss Margaret Remley, a native of Pennsylvania, whose parents were also early settlers of Kentucky, coming down the Ohio River in a flat-boat when hostile bands of savages menaced the emigrant from either shore. A short time after their marriage they moved to Brown county, Ohio, the native county of General Grant, with whose parents they were well acquainted and npon intimate terms of friendship. Mrs. Sarah Hickman, deceased, of Vermilion county, is the only sister of his father that Mr. Oakwood recollects, and the presumption is the family was
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composed of only the brother and sister. Owing to the loss of early records, the origin of the family cannot be definitely traced in its more early settlement in this country farther than is already given in the preceding sketeh.
Jesse Davis, Catlin, farmer, section 36, was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, on the 24th of October, 1832. He came with his parents to Vermilion county in 1833, and settled where Mr. Davis now resides. His parents were natives of Virginia, and removed to Ohio in an early day; thence to this county, where they remained until their death. Mr. Davis died in 1834, and Mrs. Davis in 1870. Jesse Davis was united in marriage to Miss M. E. Hyett, a native of Davis county, Kentucky, born on the 24th of November, 1838. They have two sons and two daughters: Clara J., Van C., Scott G. and Minnie L. Mr. Davis is member of A.F. & A.M., Catlin Lodge, No. 285.
Samnel Cook, Westville, farmer, Catlin, was born in Clermont county, Ohio, on the 4th of October, 1825. He came west and settled in Vermilion county, on the 4th of October, 1834. He remained with his parents in Georgetown township for some time. He has been twice married : first, to Amanda M. Graves. She was born in this county on the 18th of August, 1833, and departed this life on the 19th of Angust, 1866. The second time he married to Martha E. Citizen, on the 14th of April, 1870, a native of Warren county, Indiana, born on the 25th of July, 1839. He had six children by his former wife : Georg W., James P., Mary E. (now wife of J. A. Wherry), Charles, and two deceased : Margaret, Ellen. By his present wife he is the father of three children: Freddie, Bertie J. and John F. Mr. Cook owns a fine farm of two hundred and eighty acres, with good improve- ments. He has been an industrious and public-spirited man, and is respected by all who know him.
G. W. Wolfe, Catlin, farmer and stock-raiser, section 33, is a son of Henry an Ann Wolfe, and was born in Sullivan county, Tennessee, on the 22d of February, 1832. At two and a half years of age he came, with his parents, to Illinois, and settled within four miles of where Mr. Wolfe now resides. They first located on what is now known as the J. H. Oakwood farm, where they remained until their death. G. W. Wolfe, who is the subject of our sketch, was united in marriage on the 22d of October, 1854, to Miss Ann Caraway, a daughter of Charles and Elisabeth Caraway, who were among the early settlers of the county. They are blessed with a family of five children, three sons and two daughters : Charles H., John M., Abraham L., Martha B., Bertha. One child died in infancy. Mr. Wolfe has held the office of supervisor for seven years, and other local offices of the township. He is a member
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of the A.F. & A.M., of Catlin Lodge, No. 285, and politically is a stannch republiean. He and his wife are regular members of the C. P. church. Mr. Wolfe owns a fine farm of one hundred and eighty acres, on which he has made most of the improvements.
John W. Newlon, Catlin, section 12, is a son of Thomas B. and Angeline Newlon. She was the daughter of S. Griffith, who was one of the pioneers of the county, coming in 1822. Thomas B. Newlon, John W. Newlon's father, was a native of Virginia, and removed to Champaign county, Ohio, at an early day ; thence to Vermilion county in the fall of 1835. J. W. Newlon, the subject of our sketch, was born in Vermilion county, Illinois, on the 13th of June, 1840. He took an active part in the late rebellion. He enlisted in Co. I, 35th Reg. Ill. Vol. Inf., on the 3d of July, 1861, and was at the battles of Pea Ridge, Stone River, Chiekamanga, Mission Ridge, and all the battles attending Sherman's campaign to Atlanta. He was at the siege of Atlanta, and was mustered out on the 19th of September, 1864. He returned to Vermilion county, and was nnited in marriage on the 19th of September, 1865, to Miss Elizabeth Taylor, who is the danghter of Thomas B. and Ivea Taylor. She was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, on the 2d of February, 1845. They have five ehil- dren - one son and four daughters: Tempie I., Norah, Mildred A., Evaline and Lowell T. Mr. Newlon is now township supervisor. He has served as assessor and township collector. He also is a member of the A.F. & A.M., Catlin Lodge, No. 285.
Charles T. Caraway, Catlin, seetion 29, was born in Catlin town- ship, Vermilion county, Illinois, on the 22d of October, 1838. His parents came to the county in 1829-30. His father was born in Green- brier county, Virginia, in 1787, and died in 1838. His mother was also a native of Virginia, and died in 1848. Mr. Caraway was united in marriage, in 1865, to Miss Jennie Dougherty, a native of Ohio county, Indiana. She was born on the 20th of October, 1844. They have three children : Warren E., Charles H., Nellie B. Mr. Caraway is a member of the A.F. & A.M., Catlin Lodge, 285. He served in the late rebellion, in Co. I, 35th Reg. Ill. Vol. Inf., and was in the battles of Pea Ridge, Stone River, Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, where he was wounded, and was at the siege of Corinth.
A. G. Payne, Catlin, son of John and Verlitta Payne, was born in Danville township, Vermilion county, Illinois, on the 20th of May, 1838. On the 2d of January, 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda Green, a native of Jefferson county, Indiana, born on the 13th of Jannary, 1840. By this union they have been blessed with five children, of whom three are living: Charles W., John H. and Udocia
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V. The names of the deceased are Margaret M. and Hettie H. Mr. Payne is a chapter member of the Masonic lodge, No. 82, Danville, and also a member of Catlin lodge, No. 285. Mr. Payne took an active part in the rebellion. He enlisted on the 14th of September, 1861, as private in Co. C, 5th Ill. Cav. On the 21st of August, 1862, he was appointed corporal, and, on the 13th of March, 1863, sergeant. He reënlisted on the 1st of January, 1864, in the same regiment and in the same company, and was appointed quartermaster-sergeant on the 1st of September, 1864. On the 17th of February of that year he was made first sergeant, and first lieutenant on the 19th of May, 1865. He was promoted to brigade provost-marshal on the 25th of August, 1865, and to captain of Co. D on the 4th of October, 1865. Mr. Payne was at the siege of Vicksburg and Champion Hill, Yazoo City, Jackson, Mississippi, Grand Gulf, and others. He was mustered out on the 27th of October, 1865, and returned to Vermilion county, where he engaged in farming until 1871, and since then he has been in the mer- cantile business, the firm being now known as Payne & Crutchley.
S. T. Ellsworth, Westville, farmer, was born in Shelby county, Ohio, on the 11th of October, 1817, and came to Vermilion county in 1838. He then went to Springfield, Illinois, and there remained for a while, and then returned to Ohio in 1839. He came back to this county in 1840, and purchased his present farm in 1853, where he has been a prominent resident ever since. On the 17th of August, 1841, he was married to Miss A. Graves, a native of Bourbon county, Kentucky. She was born on the 15th of October, 1822, and came to this county in about 1828. They have had a family of seven children : Mary E., wife of I. Burroughs ; Margaret M., wife of W. W. Current during her life ; Jacob P. : Sarah M., wife of W. D. Parker; Evaline M., wife of G. H. Watson; Levi L. and Catharine. Mr. Ellsworth owns one hundred and sixty-five acres of land, on which he has made the improvements. His political views are republican.
C. F. Pillars, Oakwood, farmer, section 25, son of Samnel and Icy Pillars, was born in Kosciusko county, Indiana, on the 16th of Decem- ber, 1836. He came to Vermilion county with his parents in 1842, and settled near Danville. Here he remained two years, and then went to Oakwood township, and from there to where he now resides. He served in the rebellion, in the 35th Ill. Vol. Inf. He was married to Miss Ann E. Seymore, on the 14th of May, 1862. She is a native of Mont- gomery county, Indiana, and was born on the 23d of December, 1837. They are the parents of five children : Eva M., Alvina, Martha, Cor- nelia, and Emma, deceased. Mr. Pillars is a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge. He owns one hundred and ninety-six acres of land.
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John Parker, Catlin, farmer, was born in Bourbon county, Ken- tueky, on the 19th of March, 1819, and removed to Marion county, Indiana, in 1836, where his parents were among the early settlers. His father died in 1842. Mr. Parker came to Vermilion county in 1844, and settled at Brooks Point, where he remained eight years. He then removed to where he now resides. He was married on the 23d of November, 1821, to Hannah Clark, and they have eleven children : Drusilla, Sarah, Mary E., William D., John M., Ann E., James W., Oscar F., George W., Henry P., and Clinton W.
J. Col. Vance, Oakwood, section 20, was born in Vermilion county, Illinois, on the 2d of June, 1844. His father, John W., came to Ver- milion county in about 1823 or 1824, where he was one of the first set- tlers of the county. He was born in Champaign county, Ohio, on the 18th of March, 1782, and died where his son now resides, on the 6th of May, 1857. He was elected representative two terms in an early day. His wife, Deziah Rathburn, was born in Meigs county, Ohio, on the 2d of September, 1813, and died on the 23d of November, 1865. Their family consisted of two sons and four daughters: Horace W. ; Helen, wife of J. Wilson, and Bridget A .; J. Col., the subject of our sketch; Lura G., wife of S. R. Tilton, and Josephine L., wife of L. Steele, and three deceased : Marion W., Marialı C. and Joseph C. J. Col. Vance took an active part in the rebellion. He enlisted in 1862, in Co. A, 71st III. Vol. Inf., and served his time out, and enlisted in 1864 in Co. F, 26th Reg. Ill. Vol. Inf., and served until the close of the war. He was engaged in the battles of Resaca, Atlanta and others. He was with Sherman on the march to the sea; at the battle of Savan- nah city, Columbia, South Carolina, Fayetteville, Goldsborough, and was at the general review at Washington, District of Columbia. He returned home in July, 1865, and was united in marriage on the 19th of November, 1868, to Miss Lydia E. Mathewman, born in Jefferson county, Iowa, on the 18th of July, 1851. By their union they have been blessed with four children : Alta D., John F., Alice A., Clara J., and one deceased, - Frank. Mr. Vance is a member of the A.F. & A. M., Catlin Lodge, No. 285.
A. A. Taylor, Catlin, farmer, was born in Tippecanoe county, Indi- ana, on the 9th of December, 1832, and came to Vermilion county with his parents in 1845. Mr. Taylor served in the army, enlisting in Co. I, 35th Ill. Vol. Inf., in 1861, and served three years. He was in the battles of Stone River and Chickamauga,- in which he was severely wounded,- Mission Ridge and Atlanta. Soon after the war he came home, and was married to Miss Anna Mevill. They have one son and one daughter: Jennie M. and George A.
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H. H. Catlett, Fairmount, farmer, was born in Albemarle county, Vir- ginia, on the 21st of October, 1823, and in 1828 went with his parents to Alabama. He went to Tennessee in 1830, and to Fayette county, Ohio, in 1835. In 1846 he came to Vermilion county, and soon after purchased the farm where his brother now resides. Mr. Catlett was united in marriage in 1858 to Miss Lucinda Rondebush, a native of Clermont county, Ohio, born in 1838. By this union they have four children : Nellie T., George R., Percy L., Corinne C. . Mr. and Mrs. Catlett are members of the Baptist church, and Mr. C. is a member of A.F. & A.M.
W. T. Sandusky, Fairmount, farmer and stock-raiser, is the son of William and Julia Sandusky, who were natives of Kentucky and Vir- ginia, and resided in Bourbon county, Kentucky, at the time of the birth of W. T. Sandusky, on the 11th of March, 1829, but removed, however, to Shelby county, Illinois, the same year, where his father died, 1830, and his mother in 1839, leaving Mr. Sandusky to act for himself. Mr. Sandusky came to Vermilion county having only a horse and sixteen dollars in money. He followed herding cattle and driving them to the eastern market, working five years for ten and thirteen dollars per month. In 1853 he went to California where he followed mining and superintending a farm. He then returned to this county in 1856, and hence to Putnam county, Indiana, where he en- gaged in the hotel business until 1866. He then again returned to Ver- milion county and purchased his present farm of five hundred acres, which is adapted to his business of stock-raising. On the 1st of De- cember, 1859, he was married to Miss Emily Clements, a native of Ohio, born in 1839. They have two daughters : Maggie and Katie.
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