History of Wayne and Clay counties, Illinois, Part 76

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Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : Globe Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 704

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JAMES ROCHELL, saw mill man, Jef- fersonville, was born in Franklin County, Ohio. February 4, 1840, and is a son of James Rochell (deceased), a native of New England. Our subject was brought up on the farm and attended the common schools. He came with his parents to this county in 1853, where he has resided, except from 1859 to 1864. which time he spent in the mines of California. Since that time he has engaged in various avocations; was for some

time section foreman on the O. & M. R. R. He now owns and runs a Brandy steam port- able saw mill, manufactured at Zanesville. He was married, May 14, 1871, to Sarah J., daughter of James Nelson (deceased), an early settler of this county. They have three children-John W., Clara N. and Ethel A. Mr. Rochell held the office of Township Clerk two terms, Village Clerk two years, and School Trustee one term. Mr. and Mrs. Rochell are members of the Christian Church, of which he is a Trustee.

WILLIAM SODDART, farmer, P. O. Fairfield, was born May 1, 1826, in Scotland. He is a son of Robert Soddart, of Scotland. Onr subject was educated in Scotland. He came to America August, 1852. He remained in New York for about six months; then he came to Wayne County, Ill., where he bought a farm, and left for the West to travel through California, Oregon and Montana; he then returned to Scotland on a visit of six months. He returned to Wayne County, Ill., in the spring of 1870, where he still resides. He was married, February 14, 1870, to Euphemia Tullis, of Wayne County, Ill., for- merly of Scotland, by whom he had two chil- dren, viz., Jessie and Robert. Jessie was born January 5, 1872. Robert was born May 23. 1874. Our subject owns 200 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Politics, Republican.

DANIEL N. ULM, stock and grain dealer, P. O. Jeffersonville, was born in Wabash County March 12, 1833, and is a son of Edward Ulm (deceased), a native of Mary- land, who came to Mt. Carmel, Ill., in 1818, and built the first mill in Wabash County. It was an ox tread mill, situated in Mt. Carmel; the building was a log structure, and stood until 1883. Our subject was brought up and educated in Mt. Carmel. During the late war, he raised Company E, Fortieth Illinois

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Volunteer Infantry, and served as Captain of that company until the fall of 1863. For gallantry, the Captain was recommended for Lieutenant Colonel. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, Jackson, Mis- sissippi, Chattanooga and others. He're. signed soon after the battle of Chattanooga, December 27, 1863. He settled in Jefferson- ville in 1860, and laid off Ulm's Addition to Jeffersonville, where he has since been exten- sively engaged in the grain and stock busi- ness. He has built up the grain trade in this locality, and shipped more grain last year than any other man in Southern Illinois, buying and shipping from seven different points, and shipped over 400 car-loads of wheat alone. In 1881, Mr. Ulm built a fine flouring mill in Jeffersonville, which is doing a large custom business. The Captain's grandfather, Matthias Ulm, was a native of Germany; came to America when young, and fought in the Revolutionary war. His grand- father, Nicholas Nathan, was a Hessian sol- dier, sold to the English Government for ten guineas, and was sent to fight in the Revolu tion for that Government, but deserted and settled in the Scioto Valley. Our subject was married, June 30, 1854, to Elizabeth J., daughter of John P'. W. Allen, of Hamilton County, Ill. They have four children- Matthias B., Clara J., Albion H. and Nathan A. Mr. Ulm owns much property in this village, besides his elevator and mill. He has held a United States Government com- mission ever since he entered the army, except about two years. He has held the office of Postmaster since 1865. He has been a mem- ber of the County Court for the past two years; the last time that he was elected there were but fourteen votes cast against him. He has been Police Magistrato for the past two years, and is Post Commander of the Martin Baker Post, No. 245, G. A. R.

EWING YOUNG, farmer, P. O. Fairfield, was born in the year 1820 in Wayne County, Ill. He was a son of John Young, of Wayne County, Ill., formerly of Kentucky. Our subject was educated in a Wayne County, Ill., pioneer schoolhouse. He is a member of the M. E. Church. He was married, De- cember: 16, 1841, to Miss Emily Craven, daughter of Robert Craven, of North Caro- lina, and by whom he has had ten children, seven living-Johnson, America, Sarah J., Robert, Pruda, Emily and Elmer. Our sub- ject owns 620 acres of land. and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. In politics he is Independent.

CEPHAS YOUNG, farmer, P. O. Fairfield, was born March 22, 1833, in Wayne County, Ill. He was a son of John Young, of Wayne County, Ill., formerly of Kentucky, where he was born August, 1789. He died March 26, 1878, in Wayne County, Ill., and was buried in the family cemetery. He was married, in the year 1808, to Susan Lock, who was born in the year 1789, and who died in the year 1835 in Wayne County, Ill., and was buried in the family cemetery. They had thirteen children, seven living-Malinda, Elizabeth, Ewing, Lucinda. Winnie, Francis M. and Cephas. After the death of Mrs. Susan Young, John Young was married the second time, in the year 1836, to Sarah Reed, of Tennessee, by whom he had four children, three living-Andrew J., Nancy Galbraith and Mariah Blague. Sarah, wife of John Young, died January 10, 1853. Our subject was educated in Wayne County, Ill., in a pioneer schoolhouse. He carried the United States mail in their neighborhood, when a young man, from 1847 to 1851. He is a member and a local preacher of the M. E. Church, and has been for the past twenty- two years. He is also a member of the United Workmen. He was married. July 1,

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1852, in Wayne County, Ill., to Nancy J. Stinson, of Illinois, who was born July 29, 1837, by whom the subject had ten children, five living-Richard B., Edwin M., Emma

J., Dora E. and Adolphus. Our subject owns 120 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. In politics he is Independent.

BRUSH CREEK TOWNSHIP.

DR. J. F. BOYLE, physician, Xenia, was born in Posey County, Ind., January 31, 1839, to L. H. and Augusta (Uhink) Boyle. The father was a native of Kentucky, the mother of Bremen, Germany. They are both residents of New Harmony, Ind., where he is engaged in farming. He has resided in Indiana since about 1821. They are the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters, all of whom yet survive. Our subject was reared on the farm, and received most of his education in Owensville, Ind. When starting in the study of his profession, it was with Dr. Stokes, of Grayville, Ill., in 1861. He afterward attended medical lect- ures at the Cincinnati College of Medicine und Surgery. In 1863, the Doctor located in Saline County, Ill., where he continued in the practice of medicine till 1871, when he removed to Jefferson County, Ill., where he remained till 1878, and then came to his present location, where he has had an exten- sive and successful practice. April 30, 1863, he was married, in Saline County, Ill., to Miss Mary E. Cox; she was born in Posey County, Ind., May 13, 1846, and is the daughter of John L. Cox. This union has been blessed with six children-Ida U., Iva A., Ina Lulu, Laura E., Inez Maud and Ju- lia Theresa. In spring of 1861, the Doctor volunteered in the Twenty-first Indiana Vol- unteer Infantry, as Assistant Surgeon, but on account of ill health he had to resign

after about six months. In fall of 1862, he again went ont as Assistant Surgeon in the Fifty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, but after a few months again had to resign. He is identified with the Demo- cratic party. Julius Uhink, the brother of Dr. Boyle's mother, was the Prussian Consul to Mexico during the war between the United States and Mexico, and is now a resident of the City of Mexico.

WILSON M. McKEE, farmer, P. O. Aid, was born in Adams County, Ohio, March 1, 1831, to Joseph and Mary (Akins) McKee. The father was a native of Mckeesport, Penn., a place which was named for the great- grandfather of our subject, who came across the water from Germany to America. with eighteen sons, and landed at the future town of Mckeesport. The father moved to Ken- tucky and was there married to the mother of our subject. He died February 17, 1880, at the age of ninety-one years. She died June 14, 1875, aged eighty-two years four months and six days. They were the parents of thirteen children, eight sons and five girls; ten of the family yet survive. Our subject's life has been spent in farming. In 1854, he emigrated to McLean County, Ill., but in 1861 sold his farm and settled his present farm of 120 acres. In 1853, he was mar- ried, in Ohio, to Miss Sarah J. Adams, born in Adams County, Ohio, and daughter of James W. and Millie (McCormack) Adams;

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she was the mother of five children; three died in infancy and two are living-John L., and Flora F., wife of James Seaman, of Coles County, Ill. Mr. McKee was married to Mrs. Caroline (Feather) Redburn, March 17, 1867; she was born in Orange County, Ind., August 24, 1840, to Jacob and Matilda Feather. The father; was a native of Vir- ginia, born September 12, '1800, died Au- gust 6, 1883. The mother was born Febru- ary 12, 1813, and still survives. Mrs. McKee was brought to this county when an infant; she was married, in 1857, to Ellis Redburn. He died August, 1864, in the army, having been in the Forty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry for nearly three years. By him she has one child, living-Richard U. S. G. Red. burn. By the present marriage there are four children-George W., Margaret M., Mary M. and Ida L. August 9, 1862, Mr. McKee enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Capt. T. O. Pierce, Col. James Martin, and served with his regiment till close of war, getting home July 4, 1865. He is member of G. A. R. In politics, he is identified with the Republican party. He has held various township offices. Mrs. McKee's father was , for over fifty years a local minister in the Methodist Church. First in the Methodist Episcopal, now of the Protestant Church. Of his family of nine children, seven yet survive, and all but one son are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ISAAC A. MORRIS, farmer, P. O. Xenia, was born in Wayne County, Ill., Angust 7, 1836, and is the son of Nathan A. and Sarah A. (Reid) Morris, both of whom were born in Grayson County, Ky., he September 25, 1812, sho March 10, 1816. Our subject is the great-grandson of Robert Morris, who signed the Declaration of Independence, and is the grandson of Isaac Morris, who died in Ken-

tucky, and his widow. Mary Morris, moved to Wayne County, Ill., November 10, 1817. She afterward married Benjamin Clark, who served as Sheriff of Wayne County, and also represented the districi in the State Legisla- ture. Our subject is one of a family of twelve children, six of whom yet survive. His par- ents died in this county. the father July 16, 1875, of small-pox: the mother February 26, 1881. Our subject was reared and educated in this county, and has made farming his principal occupation; but for about fifteen years he has been engaged every season in the manufacture of sorghum molasses. for which business he has a complete outfit of crushers, evaporating pans, etc., and has at tained a proficiency in his business not ex- celled by any. He manufactures annually about 2,000 gallons of the sirup. He also carries on his farm of 138 acres of land, most all of which is in cultivation. July 3, 1859, he was married in this county to Miss Ruth E. Lear. She was born in Ohio February 26, 1840, and was the daughter of Henry Lear, who came to Illinois in 1852, but died near Memphis, Tenn., while in the service of his country. Mrs. Morris died in Iowa August 26. 1866. April 2. 1868, Mr. Morris was again united in marriage, and to Miss Samantha E. Candle. She was born in Wayne County, Ill., February 22, 1849, and is the daughter of Samuel Caudle, who has resided in this county about forty years. By first marriage Mr. Morris has two children living -Joseph W., and Mary L., wife of Henry A. Huffhines; also two children dead. By the second marriage there are eight chil- dren, four of whom survive -- Lucretia A., Frances A., Agnes M. and Isaac S. Our subject has resided in Wayne County during his life, except three years in the West, nine months of that time being in Utah and the remainder in Iowa. He and wife are mem-

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bers of the Latter-Day Saints Church, and Mr. M. was ordained Elder in the church in 1862. He is now a local minister and pre- sides over a congregation of about seventy- five members. In political matters, he is associated with the Republican party, and has served as Supervisor of the township.

MARION SONGER, farmer, P. O. Xenia, was born in Clay County, Ill., October 23, 1845, to Jacob and Rebecca (McGrew) Song- er. (See sketch of Hiram Songer, Xenia Township, Clay County.) Our subject was reared and educated in Clay County. In 1872, he came to his present farm in Wayne

County, which contains 160 acres, 100 being in cultivation and well improved. March 28, 1872, he was married in Clay County to Miss E. C. Vickrey, who was born in Clay County, a daughter of Alex Vickrey. This union has been blessed with two children -Homer E., born September 10, 1875, and Minnie M., born February 23, 1879. He is a member of I. O. O. F. of Zenia, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and Mrs. Songer of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is Democratic. Mr. Songer has been quite successful in business, and entirely through his own energy.

FOUR MILE TOWNSHIP.

JOHN BOSWELL. miller, Wayne City, was born July 24, 1855, in Clay County, Ill .; his father, Matthew Boswell, is a native of North Carolina. He is yet living and farming in Clay County, to which he came in 1841. His father, the grandfather of our subject, Edward Boswell, was a native of Virginia, also a farmer by occupation, and died in Clay County. Lucy S. (Moore) Boswell is the mother of our subject; she is a native of North Carolina, and yet living in Clay County. She is a daughter of Joshua and Lucy (Algood) Moore, both natives of North Carolina. Our subject went to school in Clay County, Ill., where he farmed. On the 10th day of June, 1875, at the age of nine- teen. he was joined in matrimony to Miss Mary E. Ellis, a native of Missouri, born November 15, 1859. She is a daughter of Charles and Nancy (Carlisle) Ellis. Three children came to bless this happy union- William N., born March 2, 1876; he died of

pneumonia, February 24, 1883; Viola E., born January 15, 1878; and Charles M., born April 7, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Boswell are esteemed members of society, also of the Grange. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Viola Lodge, No. 691. In political mat- ters, Mr. Boswell is a Democrat.

DR. J. M. BRAMSON, physician, Wayne City, was born July 3, 1836, in Warren County, Ky. He is a son of Hezekiah Bram- son, a native of Virginia, and a farmer and shoe-maker by occupation. He came here in 1838, and settled in Marion County, Ill. He died at Tamaroa, Ill. His father was Briscoe D. Bramson, of Scotch descent. The mother of our subject was Emeline (Baily) Bramson, a native of Kentucky, where she died. She was a daughter of Da- vid and Martha (Baily) Baily, and is the mother of six children, two of whom are now living-Martha W. Walker and James M., our subject, who was educated in New York

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and Illinois, but who received his medical education in St. Louis, Mo., and Cincinnati, Ohio. The Doctor has traveled and followed his profession in different States, as Iowa, Kentucky and Illinois. He came to Wayne County, Ill., in 1876, aud practiced five years in Johnsonville, after which he went to Ken- tueky, but finally returned to this State, and in the spring of 1882 came to Wayne City, where he now resides and has succeeded in building up an extensive and lucrative prac- tice, enjoying the esteem and confidence of the people. Dr. Bramson was married, April 4, 1860, in Franklin County, Ill., to Miss Sarah A. Harper, born December 22, 18.12, in Tennessee. She is a daughter of Alfred and Mary A. Carter ( Harper). Mrs. Dr. Bram- son is the mother of six children-Marinda E., born May 11, 1861; Lilburn H., born September 12, 1865; Bertha S., born October 12, 1867; Laura A., born November 23, 1869; Martha L., born June 29, 1872; and Clyde M., deceased. Mrs. Dr. Bramson is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Bramson is a member of the I. O. O. F., the Grange and the G. A. R. The Doctor also served in our late war. He en- listed in the fall of 1861, and served thirteen months in the Sixth Illinois Volunteer Cav- alry, Company D; held the position of Ser- geant, and participated in different cavalry engagements.

DR. J. C. BRISTOW, physician, Wayne City. Among the experienced and trustworthy physicians of Wayne County is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He was born December 22, 1825, in Parke County, Ind. His parents, George and Elizabeth (Collings) Bristow, were natives of Shelby County, Ky., and were highly esemed members of society. George Bristow was a farmor by occupation and also an ordained minister of the old Regular Baptist Church; he died in Shelby

County, Ky. His father, Gideon Bristow, was a native of Virginia, but of Welsh de scent; he and three of his brothers fought in the Revolutionary war. Dr. Bristow's mother was a daughter of William Collings. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Indiana and Kentucky, and received his medical education in the Medical Department of the University of Louisville, Ky., where he received his diploma. In 1855, he com- menced to practice medicine in Keokuk County, Iowa, and after two years of suc. cessful labor went to Kansas Territory, where he practiced one year, and then returned to to Illinois, settling in Crawford County, where he followed his profession till June, 1879, when he came to Wayne City, where he now resides and where he has succeeded in establishing a fine practice. The Doctor votes the Republican ticket, and is considered one of the best read men in this part of Wayne County.

J. R. CHANDLER, merchant, Wayne City, was born Feburary 6, 1854, in Clay County. Ill., where he received such an education as his part of the county afforded, and here he was early in life imbued with a spirit for a mer- chantile career for which he is so well titted, and in which his many friends predict for him even greater success than the has thus far achieved. He commenced by clerking for his uncle, W. W. Browntield, of Xenia, acting as traveling salesman six years. In January, 1881, he came to Wayne City, Ill., where he opened a dry goods store, carrying also groceries, boots, shoes and clothing, and at present enjoys a very large trade, owing, his success no doubt, to his energy, and honesty in dealing with his customers. Mr. Chandler was married, March 7, 1878, in Xenia, Ill., to Miss Mollie Thing, born August 1. 1856, in Indiana, daughter of George and America (Rusher) Thing. He

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was a native of Pennsylvania, and she of Indiana. Three children, now living, blessed this happy union, viz. : Maudie, born Jan- uray 4, 1879; George, December 9, 1880; and an infant son, October 16, 1883. Mr. Chandler is an I. O. O. F., Wayne City Lodge, No. 228. He is a member of the Town Board, and in politics is a Republican. Mrs. Chandler is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The parents of our sub- ject were Reuben and Elizabeth (Brownfield) Chandler. He was a farmer by occupation, and died in Iuka, Ill. She, the mother of our subject, is yet living in Xenia. Ill. She is daughter of William and C. W. (Cheeley) Brownfield, and is the mother of four chil- dren now living, viz. : William W., Catharine Brownfield, Mary Jacobson, John R. and George M. Allen; the latter was a child from her third husband, James Allen.

CHARLES R. ELLIS, miller, Wayne City, was born Jaunary 21, 1832, in Wash- ington County, Ind. He is a son of Isaac Ellis, a native of Virginia, but reared in Kentucky. He farmed and merchandized in · Church. He is also an active member of the Indiana, where he died. His father, William " A. F. & A. M. fraternity. Johnsonville Lodge. Ellis, was a native of Virginia. The mother | No. 713. He has lost an arm while follow - ing his vocation.

of our subject was Jane (Radcliff) Ellis. She i is yet living, and is a daughter of David and Betsey (Brown) Radcliff. She, the mother of our subject, reared nine children, five of whom are now living -- William, Elizabeth Holaday, Catherine Tinsel, Mary Hulgin and Charles R., our subject, who was educated in Indiana, which State he left at the age of twenty-three and went to Missouri, in 1855, where he followed his trade, which he had learned in Indiana. He lived in Newton County, Mo., till 1861, when he came to Wayne County, Ill., where he milled till 1878, when he moved to Clay County, where he followed his trade, returning to this coun- ty in 1882. He is now residing in Wayne

City, where he built a flouring mill, which is operated by his children, he himself having reserved an interest in the mill. He has built two new mills and rebuilt several others in this county He has owned five different mills in this county. Such men as Mr. Ellis are a valuable acquisition to any neighbor - hood. He was joined in matrimony, August 8, 1854. in Orange County, Ind., to Miss Nancy Carlisle, born February 3, 1840, in Orange County, Ind. She is a daughter of John and Hannah (Smith) Carlisle. He is a native of Kentucky, and she a native of Indiana. John Carlisle was a Captain in the Black Hawk war. Six children now living have come to bless this happy union -Martha J., wife of John Close; Mary E., wife of John Boswell; John D., born No- vember 15, 1860; he married Emma J. War- sack; Anna B., born October 16, 1872; Jesse 'T., October 20, 1874; Francis M., born October 20, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis are highly respected members of the community in which they dwell, and also of the Christian

DR. B. E. GARRISON, physician, Wayne City, may justly be counted among Wayne County's rising young physicians. He was born August 11, 1859, in this county, in the same building in which his father, George Garrison, was born. The latter is a farmer in Hickory Hill Township, where he is one of the prominent and leading men. He was also a soldier in our late war, serving three years, and held the office of Orderly Ser. geant. His father, Samuel Garrison, was one of the first settlers in Wayne County. He was a native of Tennessee, but ended his days in this county, which he saw built up from a wilderness to a fertile and prospering

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country. The mother of our subject was Sarah (Wells) Garrison, a native of Jefferson County. Ill. She is a daughter of Barney E. Wells, an honored citizen and pioneer of Jefferson County. Ill. Her mother was Eliz abeth B. (Alvis) Wells. Mrs. S. Garrison is the mother of ten children, of whom six are now living-Barney E .. Malissa J. (wife of William Morrison), Gregg, Isaac L., Leota C., Minnie B. and Lilly S. Our subject was educated in Wayne County, Ill., but received his medical education in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa. where he graduated March 1, 1881. Dr. Garrison has practiced six months in Hamil- ton County, and since then in Wayne Coun- ty, locating in Wayne City March 1, 1882, where he has succeeded in building up an extensive practice.

P. C. GLASMAN, merchant, Long Prairie, was born September 22, 1841, in Louis- ville, Ky. His father. Peter Glasman, was a native of Germany. He was a merchant tailor by occupation, and died in Harrison County, Ind. The mother of our subject, Mary (Beam) Glasman, was born in Saxony, and died in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Glasman went to school in Clay and Jefferson Counties, Ill. At the age of nineteen, he enlisted in the Eleventh Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Company F, Capt. Singleton, on the 25th of July, 1861, and served till January 20. 1866; he filled the rank of Sergeant, and par- ticipated in the battles of Fredericktown, Island No. 10, Corinth and Vicksburg, and the battles of Inka. Nashville, Tenn .. and Spanish Fort. After the war, he re- turned to Xenia, where he farmed one year: then removed to Jefferson County, and after three years went to Mound City. where he worked six years in the ax-handle factory, and from there went to Thebes. Ill., where he worked one year in a factory, and was

married there to Mrs. S. E. Brown, a native of Louisville, Ky. Her maiden name was Crittenden. She was educated in St. Louis. and is now classed among Wayne Connty's most efficient teachers. Mr. Glasman is an I. O. O. F., Asbury Lodge, No. 248. From Thebes, where our subject got married, he removed to Mt. Vernon. After teaching school one year, he went to St. Louis, and attended the Mound City Commercial College, where he graduated, and then kopt books in the Tuscan Mills six months, and then went to Opdyke, where he clerked for J. C. Tucker four years, and then went to Belleville, where he clerked in the railroad office six months, and then returned to Opdyke, where he clerked for Tucker & Poole till May 24, 1883. when he came to Middletown, where he now keeps a general store.

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History of Wayne and Clay counties, Illinois, Part 76

Author: Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Chicago : Globe Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 704

Author:
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : Globe Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 704