History of Wayne and Clay counties, Illinois, Part 79

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Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : Globe Pub. Co.
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MATTHEW H. DAVIS, farmer, P. O Iola. Among the prominent and best farmers of Clay County is the jovial, hospitable gentle- man whose name heads this memoir. He is a native of Wilson County Tenn .. and was born March 27, 1819. His father, Basil Davis (deceased), was a native of Carolina, and removed with his family to Clay County in 1834. Mr. Davis did not enjoy the advan- tages of edneational facilities, as do his chil- dren and his neighbors' children at pres- ent. His term of school consisted of just 21 days. This school was taught by Judge Will- iam Erwin, in a log cabin in the Judge's own door-yard, and the seats consisted of split poles with pins in them for legs; the floor was of puneheon, and the window was simply a log ent ont of one side of the cabin, with nothing over the aperture. They however kept a plank with which they covered this craek when the weather was too cold. The room was warmed by a huge fire-place, and the chimney was made of stieks and mud. Mr. Davis killed many a deer and other wild animals. He saw at one time sixty-three deer in one herd. When the Davis family settled here, there were fifty-two voters in Clay County. Mr. Davis was all over the ground where Flora now stands, when there was not a rail or a house in sight. They ground their corn in a horse mill, and drove their stock to St. Louis and 'Evansville to market. Our subject began life poor, with no capital save willing hands and an iron constitution, and as a result has provided a


competent fortune for his family. Although he has passed through many trials and troub- les, yet he is jovial and witty as a person of twenty-five years. He owns over 300 acres of valnable land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has been married four times, and is the father of twelve children, seven living-Sarah J. (Armstrong). Peter, Stephen A. D., William S., Charley, Vietoria and Nevada. The names of the deceased were Mary E. (Patrick), John J. and Robert, besides two that died in infancy. Mr. Davis was Deputy Sheriff and Constable for Clay County many years.


SAMUEL ENYART, Cireuit Clerk, Louis- ville, is a native of Lieking County, Ohio, and was born March 14, 1838. His father, Jabez T. Enyart, deceased, was born in New Jersey in 1801, and was brought by his par- ents to Licking County in 1805. Our sub- ject has spent his life on the farm. or until his election, which occurred in 1877. He eame to Maeoupin County, Ill., in 1864, and to Clay County in 1870. He was re-elected to the office of Cirenit Clerk in 1880. In 1860. he married Maria Vail, daughter of Moses Vail (deceased), a native of Cinein- nati. Ohio. Mrs. Envart was born in Butler County, Ohio. They have had six children, five of whom are living, viz .: Mary (Moore), Edward, Myrtle, Cora and Elizabeth. Mr. Enyart owns a farm of 226 acres of valuable land in Stanford Township, his old home, and still carries on farming, stock-raising and fruit-growing. He is a member of the Masonie fraternity, and holds the offi o of W. M. of his lodge. Mr. Enyart is a genial, energetie man, and one whose example is worthy of imitation.


JOHN ERWIN, hardware merchant and dealer in farm machinery, Louisville, was born in Hoosier Township, Clay County, No- vember 7, 1841, and is a son of Crawford


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Erwin, of Hoosier Township. Mr. Erwin spent all his life, up to 1876, on the farm. Ho received his education in the common schools and at McKendree College, Illinois. He served in the late war in Company D, Eleventh Missouri Volunteer Infantry; en- listed June 15, 1861, and was discharged in October, 1862, on account of disability, but after recruiting in health he again enlisted in 1861; this time in Company B, Forty. eiglith Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He par- ticipated in the battles of Fredericktown, Mo., New Madrid, Island No. 10, Point Pleasant, Fort Pillow, Farmington and Corinth during his first term of enlistment. and Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, New Hope Church, Big Shanty. Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta, Jonesboro, East Point, Atlanta Fort McAllister, Pocataligo, Duck Creek, Columbia, Camden and others during his last term. At Fort McAllister, Mr. Erwin was blown up some distance by an exploding torpedo, but not seriously injured. At the battle of Duck Creek, on the 4th day of Feb- ruary, 1865, his regiment charged the rebels through a swamp of mud and water waist deep. In 1876, Mr. Erwin moved to Lonis- ville and engaged in his present business in


. January following, at which he has been very successful, keeping a full line of heavy and shelf hardware, farm implements, stoves, tinware, blacksmith coal, lime, hair, saddles, harness, chain and wood pumps, and is alsc agent for the Buckeye Reaper. He was mar- ried in 1867 to Amelia A., daughter of Henry Conley, deceased. They have had six chil- dren, viz .: Lewella. Vernon, Troy (deceased), Keturah, Mabel and an infant son. Mr. Erwin is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Masonic fraternity and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.


NICHOLAS G. GIBSON, grocer and prod- uce merchant, Louisville. This enterpris-


ing young man was born in this county April 1, 1859. He was brought up and edu- cated in Louisville. In March, 1881, he engaged in the mercantile business in Noble, Ill., and in March, 1883, he sold his entire stock of goods and returned to Louisville, and brought on a new stock of goods and en- gaged in business here. He also carries a line of hardware, having a capital stock in all of about $4,000, and is doing an extensive business. He is the most extensive produce dealer and shipper in Louisville. He was married, July 31, 1880, to Miss Lizzie B. Ellis, daughter of George Ellis, of Noble, Ill. They had one child, deceased. Mr. Gibson is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. James M. Gibson, the father of the above, was born in Braxton County, Va., August 31, 1833, and is a son of Jacob Gibson, deceased, born near Wheeling, Va. He was brought to this county by his parents in 1848, and has since resided here. Jacob Gibson died in this county in August, 1879. James M. married Elizabeth Engledow in 1854. By her he had four children-Jacob H., William D., Nicholas G. and Alpharetta. His present wife was Miss Alice A. Pierson.


MATTHEW GRIFFIN, deceased, late of Louisville, was born September 29, 1828. He was brought up on the farm, and educated at Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, Ill. He taught school a few years, then read law, and was admitted to practice in the Supreme and lower courts of Illinois. He was married first to Adaline, daughter of Hon. Dr. P. Green. deceased. They had two children, one living-Martha (Olmsted). Mrs. Griffin died, and Mr. Griffin married Mrs. Mary Finch, by whom he had one child-Effie May (Watson). Mrs. Griffin's first husband, Dr. James A. Finch, was a graduate of Rush Medical College, Chicago. By him she had two children-Emily and James A., both de-


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ceased. The latter was an attorney in Louis- ville. Dr. Finch was born in Indiana Sep- tember 20, 1826. Mrs. Griffin's father, Rev. John M. Griffith, deceased. settled in Oska- loosa Township, this county, in 1830. He was a local Methodist preacher, and nearly all the old pioneers of Clay and Wayne Coun- ties have heard him preach.


HON. DIOS C. HAGLE, attorney, Louis- ville, is a native of Brown County, Ohio, and was born September 11, 1839. His parents, Abraham and Mary (Williams) Hagle, were natives of Virginia, who emigrated from Brown County, Ohio, to Jefferson County, Ill., in 1841. Mr. Hagle was brought up on his father's farm, and attended the common schools. Upon the breaking-out of the re- bellion, he endeavored to join an Illinois regiment, but finding that the quota for this State was complete, he enlisted in Company D of the Eleventh Regiment Missouri Vol. unteer Infantry, and participated in the bat- tles of Corinth. Iuka, siege of Vicksburg. through the Red River campaign and others. After the war, he farmned for two years, when he came (in 1867) to Louisville and began the study of law, being admitted to the bar in 1868. During the time from 1874 to 1877, Mr. Hagle practiced law in and near Yankton, Dakota Territory. While there he was a member of the Dakota Legislature, and was Speaker of the House during the twelfth session of that assembly. He is now State's Attorney for Clay County, and enjoys a large practice outside of his official work. Mr. Hagle is a member of the Masonie fra ternity.


EDWARD H. HAWKINS, real estate and abstract office, Louisville, was born in Canada East August 21, 1839, and is a son of Henry Hawkins (deceased), a native of Yorkshire, England, born May 26, 1801, who came to Canada in 1819, and wlio


brought his family to Kane County, Ill., in 1844, and to Clay County in 1857, where he died Juno 6, 1874. Our subject farmed for the most part until 1878, when he was elected to fill a vacancy in the County Treas- urer's office, and was re-elected to the same office in 1879, serving until the fall of ISS2. While residing in Harter Township, Mr. Hawkins held various offices of trust in that township. He is now engaged in the ab- stract and real estate business with R. J. Burns in Louisville. He was married, April 30, 1871, to Miss Sarah 1., daughter of Solo- mon Chambliss (deceased). They have had three children-Ida M. (deceased), Edna, and Henry T. Mr. Hawkins' mother is still living, and is eighty-one years old. Her maiden name was Sarah Shields, who is a cousin to Gen. Shields. Mr. Hawkins is a member in good standing of the Masonie fraternity, and of the Christian Church.


GEORGE A. HENRY, attorney, Louis- ville, was born in Madison County, Ohio, August 21, 1853. His father, Rolla B. Henry, was born in Clark County, Ohio, emigrated to Clay County in September, 1862, and now resides in Harter Township. George A. spent his boyhood days on the farm. At the age of eighteen, he entered the Butler Uni- versity (then the North-Western Christian University) of Indianapolis, where ho re- ceived an education. In 1874, he began the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in Grant County, Ind., in the fall of 1876, and practiced in Marion, Ind., until the fall of 1878, when ho located in Louisville, this county, and the following spring formed a partnership with F. G. Cockrell, which was dissolved in ISSO. He then practiced alone until the spring of 1883, when he formed a copartnership with Judge Hoff, of Flora, Ill. Mr. Henry bought the Louisville Ledger in January, 1SS1, and still owns and edits this


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spicy little sheet. In 1880, he was appointed Public Administrator, by Gov. Cullom, for Clay County. He was married in May. 1880, to Lillian Whedon, a daughter of C. N. Whedon, of St. Louis. They have one child -Frank. Mr. Henry is a Royal Arch Mason.


STEPHEN R. JONES, contractor and builder, Louisville, was born July 7, 1841, in Ripley County, Ind. His father, Samuel S. Jones (deceased), was a native of Sussex County, N. Y. Mr. Jones was brought up partially on a farm, and educated at Belle- fontaine, Ohio. He came with his parents to Clay County in 1859, where he has since resided. For the past sixteen years he has worked at the carpenter trade. He built the Griffin Hotel, the Excelsior Flonring Mills, and some of the best dwellings in Louisville. He was married in 1867 to Mary E. Martin, daughter of John A. Martiu, of Burt County, Neb. They have had six children, four liv- ing-Oliver M., Curtis C., Zimenia D. and Charles F. Mr. Jones was Constable one term, Deputy Sheriff three terms, and at present Highway Commissioner for Lonis- ville Township. He is a member of the Baptist Church.


SOLOMON KUMRE, miller at the Excel- sior Mills, Louisville, was born in Edwards County, Ill., September 6, 1851, and is a son of Jeremiah Kumre, a miller at Fair- field, Ill. Our subject was "raised in a mill," and attended the common schools. He came to Louisville in the fall of 1878, and ran the Snow Flake Mill (which was a small mill at this point then), until the pres- ent one was built. He was married in 1876 to Elizabeth Pendleton, danghter of Jonathan Pendleton. She is a native of Massac County, Ill.


ROBERT MCCOLLUM, Sheriff, Louis- ville, was born in Washington County, Ind., November 17, 1830, and is a son of James


McCollum (deceased), a native of Crab Or- chard. Ky., and born in the year 1801. James McCollum's father was a soldier in the war of 1812. Our subject was brought to Clay County by his parents in 1833. He was brought up on the farm and attended the common schools. In March, 1853, he married Mary E., daughter of Joseph Rader, a native of Virginia. Mrs. McCollum was born in East Tennessee. They have eight children -- Jonathan T., Thomas J., Frances C., America, Gladys, Minnesota, George B. and Tennessee Ann. Mr. McCollum held the office of Supervisor for Hoosier Township for four years, and was elected Sheriff of Clay County in November, 1882. He owns a farm of 250 acres in Hoosier Township, and is a farmer by profession. When the McCollums came to this county, there were no mills here, and they were obliged to go to Vincennes, Ind., to obtain their grinding, a distance of sixty miles. Our subject well remembers many pioneer incidents. His father took him when a boy to the Circuit Court, both riding the same horse. They rode up to the door of the court house and sat there on the horse and witnessed the proceedings, the house being too small to admit any specta- tors. He also well remembers the first bridge built across the Little Wabash at Lonisville. Mr. McCollum is a member of the Baptist Church.


JAMES C. McCOLLUM, Supervisor for Lonisville Township, furniture dealer and undertaker, Louisville, was born in Clay County August 9, 1844, and is a son of James McCollum (deceased). He spent his life on the farm until 1867, when he came to Louisville and engaged in business. He was married, in 1875, to Mary F. Long, daughter of Darling Long (deceased). They had two children, one living, Harvey, born March 13, 1879. Mr. McCollum owns a farm of 120


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acres in Hoosier Township. He is a member of the Odd Fellow and Masonic fraternities.


WILLIAM A. MeNOWN. physician and druggist. Louisville, was born in Brown County, Ohio, November 1, 1852, and is a son of Robert J. MeNown, of Dexter, Iowa, also a native of Brown County, Ohio. Our subject was brought up on the farm and re- ceived a common school education. He taught school for two years, when he began the study of medicine, graduating with high honors from the American Medical College at St. Louis in 1879, and at once began the practice of his chosen profession in Lonis- ville, he already, in 1877, having established a drug store here. The Doctor is a straight. forward, energetic' man, and has built up a large practice. His drug trade is also very good. his time being about equally divided between that business and his practice. He was married, April 11, 1880, to Miss Mattie E. Mahaney, daughter of Stephen Mahaney, of this place. Mr. MeNown has held the office of School Director for the town of Lon- isville since 1878, and was Supervisor for this township in ISS2.


PROF. CLEVELAND W. MILLS, Su- perintendent of Schools for Clay County, and Principal of the Louisville Schools, was born in Youngstown. Mahoning County. Ohio, December 22, 1842, and is a son of Simeon H. Mills, of New London, Ohio. He was brought up in Painesville, Ohio, and edu. cated in the Lake County Academy at that town. As an educator, the Professor has been eminently successful. He uses the most approved normal methods in his work. The writer had the honor of visiting his well- regulated and orderly schools.while in Louis- ville. In 1882. he was elected to the office of County Superintendent of Schools for Clay County, and has discharged his duties faithfully and with entire satisfaction to the


people of the county. On the 19th day of October, 1867, he married Miss Arena Oliver, of Mt. Vernon, Ind., a daughter of William Oliver. This union has been blessed with two children, one living, William H. Mr. Mills taught eight years in the district schools of Posey County, Ind. He then took charge of the New Harmony Schools, Ind., and in 1875 came to Mt. Carmel, Ill., where he was Principal of the schools for three years. In 1878, he took charge of the Louisville Schools, in which capacity he is still em ployed. He was a soldier for three years in the late war, in Company K, Tenth Indiana Cavalry. and participated in the battles of Pulaski, Tenn., Franklin, Nashville and others. He was taken prisoner at Nashville, and confined at Andersonville three and one- half months, when he was paroled. He re- turned on the steamer Sultana, which ex- ploded near Memphis, at which time over 1,300 lives were lost. Our subjeet clung to an empty barrel, on which he floated for four hours, when he was picked up thirteen miles below where the disaster occurred. He is a member of the G. A. R. and of the Masonic fraternity at Louisville, and of the Chapter at Mt. Carmel. Ill.


COL. HENRY R. NEFF, farmer, P. O. Louisville, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio. March 31, 1812, and is a son of Adam and Elizabeth (Reel) Neff, natives of Vir- ginia, who were both brought to Ohio when quite small. Henry R. went into a saw and flouring mill when fifteen years old, in Put- nam County, Ind., his parents having lo- cated there in 1826. He followed this busi- ners for seven years, when he returned to the farm. He came to Clay County in 1848, and lived one year in Blair Township. He then located near Louisville, and engaged in the mercantile business for several years. He also engaged in the milling business here a


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few years. He entered his present farm in 1849, but did not locate apon it until 1873. He was married. September 26, 1863, to Mary A. Monical, daughter of George Moni- cal (deceased). They had fourteen children, viz .: John, killed at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, while fighting for his country dur- ing the rebellion, and a member of the Fif- ty-first Illinois Regiment Volunteer Infantry; Hannah; Simeon, killed at Columbia, S. C., also while in defense of his country (he was Lieutenant of Company B, Forty-eighth Regi- ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry); Adam, who was also a soldier for the Union during the late war (he died January 23, 1883); Eliza- beth. George, Mary, Martha, Henry C. (de- ceased), Benjamin, Sarah, David, Christopher and Peter. Mrs. Neff died January 4, 1873. Mr. Neff was Sheriff of Clay County from 1855 to 1857, and has also held the offices of Supervisor, School Trustee and Collecter for several years. In religious views, he is a Cumberland Presbyterian. At one time he was Colonel of a militia regiment, hence his title.


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JOHN J. PHILLIPS, Deputy Sheriff of Clay County, Louisville, was born in Davie County, N. C., August 31, 1831, and is a son of James Phillips, of Oskaloosa Township, this county, and also a native of North Car- olina. Our subject has spent most of his life on the farm, and received a common school education. He came to Marion County, Ill., in 1859, and to Clay County in 1861, not lo- cating here permanently, however, until 1865; and from 1873 to 1876 he again re- sided in Marion County. He also owns a farm there of 200 acres. He also owns a farm of eighty five acres in Clay County, situated in Oskaloosa Township. He was married, March 1, 1863, to Nancy Bouseman, a daughter of Andrew J. Bouseman, deceased. They have four children-Benjamin, Amanda. Charley


and James. Mr. Phillips was appointed Deputy Sheriff in 1878, which position he still holds. He is also Constable. He is a member in good standing of the Masonic fraternity.


WILLIAM B. PIERSON, farmer, P. O. Iola, was born, April 7., 1842, in Orange County, Ind., and is a son of Benjamin Pierson (deceased). also 4 native of Orange County. Mr. Pierson came to this county in 1858, which has since been his home. He was brought up on the farm, and attended the common schools. Upon the breaking-out of the great rebellion, Mr. Pierson felt that his country needed his services, and be enlisted in Company B, Thirty-eighth Regiment Illi- nois Infantry, and while in the service par- ticipated in the battles of Fredericktown, Mo., Stone River, Liberty Gap, Perryville, Chickamauga and others. He was wounded and taken prisoner at Chickamauga, but was exchanged two weeks later. He came near dying from the effects of his wound, but par- tially recovered, and on the 25th day of Feb- ruary, 1864, was honorably discharged at Quincy, Ill., on which occasion Dr. M. Nicholson said his descriptive roll was the best among 10,000 that had been given at Quincy, which is a very great honor. He now draws a pension of $12 per month. Mr. Pierson was married, October 9, 1864, to Nancy A. Roberts, daughter of John Rob- erts (deceased). an early settler of Clay Coun- ty. They have had eleven children, of whom seven are living. viz., Lou, John H., Mahul- da J., David M. C., Mary A., Isaac E. and Charles F. Mr. Pierson is a member in good standing of the Odd Fellows society. He owns ninety acres of land in Sections 5 and 6.


CLOVER O. REYNOLDS, Postmaster and merchant, Louisville, was born in Louis- ville, Ill., March 16, 1854, and is a son of Benjamin Reynolds, of this place. Our sub


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ject was appointed Postmaster in ISS1. In 1879, he engaged in the grocery and provis ion business, and in May, 1883, took a part- ner in the person of John W. Wheeler. They also keep a full line of glass and queens ware, notions, stationery and school books, and are doing a thriving business. On the 10th day of May, 1883. Mr. Reynolds took another partner in the person of Miss Anna Burton, daughter of Anderson Burton. This partner is for life.


GEORGE W. ROUSH, merchant, Louis- ville, was born in Richland County, Ohio, July 4, 1838, and is a son of Henry Roush (deceased), a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Roush was brought up on the farm, and ed- ucated in a subscription school in a small log cabin, and sat upon a split pole and wrote on a board supported on pins in the wall. He came with his parents to Richland County, Ill., in 1845, where he farmed until the breaking out of the war, and for some time after its close. He was a soldier for Unele Sam in the late war in Company E. Eleventh Regiment Missouri Volunteers for over three years, and participated in the bat- tles of Iuka, Corinth, siege and capture of Vicksburg, Jackson and others. He came to Louisville in 1874, and engaged in gen- eral merchandising, and is doing a good bus- iness. Mr. Roush was married, September 14, 1865, to Eliza Ratcliff, a daughter of John Ratcliff, of Texas, and a native of Eng- land. They have had three children, two living, Lizzie and Ida E.


JAMES J. SPRIGGS, farmer, P. O. Louis- , ville, was born in Pendleton District, S. C., April 6, 1818, and is a son of Elijah Spriggs, who died in the regular army when the sub- ject of this sketch was an infant. His mother, Lucy (Sullivan) Spriggs, removed with her family to. Warren County, Tenn., when James J. was a small child. She there


married, and James went to live with his grandmother. Elizabeth Sullivan, who re- moved with him to Warrick County, Ind., in 1828, and to Clay County, Ill., in 1829. His mother and step-father came to Wayne County about the year 1830, where the lat- ter died about 1832. His mother then re- sided with him and grandmother until her death, which occurred September 11, 1834. She lies buried near Larkinsburg in this county. Mr. Spriggs attended school in a round-log cabin, 16x14 feet, with dirt floor, clapboard roof, split-pole seats, and greased paper over a crack in the wall for a window. His first teacher was Mr. Wylie Walker, who taught a subscription school in 1831. Mr. Spriggs has killed many a deer, wild cat, wolf, and other wild animals. At one time he stood in his door and shot a deer. He frequently hunted with the Kaskaskia Indi- ans, who painted him before engaging in the exciting pastime. He was married, Novem- ber 12, 1844, to Aly Evans, by whom he had five children, two living-Augustus C. F., and Martha E. (now Mrs. M. C. Wilson). Mrs. Spriggs died October 5, 1853, and he again married, April 23, 1858, this time to Miss Lucinda Worthy, by whom he had seven children; of this number four are liv- ing, viz .: James, Mary E., Ulyssus and William T. Mrs. Spriggs No. 2 died March 4, 1872, and he married the third time, November 4, 1873, Miss Nancy Warren; by her he has three children-Ora, John and Orlando. Mr. Spriggs owns 400 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock- raising. He is a natural genius, and makes most all his household furniture, and many other useful things about the farm and home. In religion, he is a Baptist.


CHRISTIAN A. STEINBRUCK. farmer, P. O. Lonisville, was born in Saxony, Ger many, September 26. 1840, and is a son


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of John H. C. Steinbruck, also a native of Saxony, and the second son of John Christopher Steinbruck. Our subject's mother's maiden name was Louise Henrietta Christiane Schauroth. She was born in Saxony, and is a daughter of Henry Freder- ick William Von Schauroth. Mr. Steinbruck emigrated to Marion County, Ill., in 1860, and in the spring of 1861 he went to Mis- sonri. In 1869, he went to Wisconsin, and in 1870 he returned to Indiana, and to Clay County the same year. In the fall of 1874, he went to California, but returned after a stay of four months. He is a saddle and harness maker by trade, but is now engaged in farming and stock-raising and fruit-grow- ing on Section 22, and owns 215 acres of land. He was married, August 12, 1864, to Mary Bogard, a danghter of David Bogard. They had three children, two living -- Sarah L. and Laura J. Mrs. Steinbruck died No. vember 10, 1872, and on the 30th day of January, 1873, he married Mrs. Eunice M. Thaker, a daughter of James Bilyen. Mr. Steinbruck held the offices of Collector and Assessor one term each. He is a inember of the Masonic fraternity.




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