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ALEXANDER S. BOWEN, physician, Sailor Springs, is a native of Shakertown, Knox Co., Ind., and was born July 12, 1849. His father, William R. Bowen (deceased), was a native of Middle Tennessee, and settled in Shakertown in 1848. Our subject was educated in the University at Vincennes, Ind. He obtained his
medical education at Bellevue Medical Col- lege, graduating from that place in 1877. He came to Clark County, Ill., the same year, and in 1880 came to Sailor Springs, where he prac- tices successfully in the summer seasons, spend-, ing his winters as Assistant Physician in Charity Hospital, New Orleans. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
WILLIAM P. BYRNE, farmer, P. O. Ingra- ham, was born in Braxton County, W. Va., March 16, 1838, and is the son of Samuel Byrne (deceased), a native of Virginia also. Mr. Byrne has spent the most of his life on the farm. In his boyhood he had no educational advantages, save those afforded by a subscrip- tion school. He went to Kentucky with his widowed mother about the year 1850, where he remained until 1852, and came to Clay Connty and has since made this his home, except five years in Missouri and one year in Kansas. He was a soldier for the Union in the late war, in Company E, Sixth Regiment III- nois Cavalry. He resides on Section 1, where
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he now owns 96 acres of valuable land. In 1854, he married Eveline Burns, by whom he had eleven children, ten living, viz., James Mac, Samuel P., David W., Miranda J., Ada E., Olive E., Mollie, Sarah O., William H. and Joseph B. Mrs. Byrne died in 1877, and he again married in 1881; this time to Mrs. Han- nah Jenner, by whom he has one child, viz., Rolla. Mrs. Byrne had five children by her first husband, viz., Lula, Effie, Herbert, Allen and Harry Jenner.
ALFRED CAMBRON, farmer, P. O. Ingra- ham, is a native of Lawrence County, Ind., and was born in May, 1842. His father, Charles Cambron (deceased ), was a native of Kentucky. Mr. Cambron spent his early life on the farm, and attended the common schools. At the breaking-out of the late war, he felt that his country needed his services, and he therefore enlisted May 13, 1861, in Company A, Twenty- fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served through the entire struggle, not hav- ing been discharged until the 15th day of No- vember, 1865. He was on detached duty all the time, serving most of the time as wagon master. The Government officers were loath to let him go when discharged, and he served in that capacity for four months as an employe after receiving his discharge. Mr. Cambron is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was married, May 20, 1873, to Mary Neugent. a daughter of Benedict Neugent. They have four children-Laura, Charley, Lula and John.
ALFRED CONLEY, farmer, P. O. Hoosier Prairie, was born in Hoosier Township, this county, April 23, 1841, and is a son of Henry Conley (deceased), a native of Ashe County, N. C., who came to Clay Connty as early as 1837. Mr. Conley was brought up on the old home- stead, and attended the common schools and the Mitchell (Ind.) Seminary. He was a soldier for Uncle Sam in the late war, in Company A, Ninety-eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteer In- fantry ; was a member of the noted Gen.
Wilder's brigade, and participated in the bat- tles of Buzzard Roost, Chickamauga, all of the Atlanta campaign, and even on Wilson's raid through Alabama and Georgia. It was a part of his division that captured Jeff Davis, and Mr. Conley was present at Macon, Ga., when the rebel chieftain was brought in. Our sub- ject owns 160 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He also owns and runs successfully a steam-power vibrator thresher. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and of the Baptist Church. He was married, December 26, 1865, to Mary A., daughter of Isom Toliver (de- ceased). She is a native of Lawrence County, Ind.
ELI G. EDWARDS, farmer, P. O. Louis- ville, was born in Lawrence County, Ind., December 26, 1842. His father, William Edwards, of Lawrence County, Ind., is a native of Kentucky. Our subject was brought up on his father's farm, and attended the common schools of his native county. He was a soldier for Uncle Sam in the late war, in Company H, Sixty seventh Regiment In- diana Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Mumfordsville, Ky., Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, Champion Hill and others. He received a gun- shot wound in the arm and one in the neck at Champion Hill, Miss., for which he now draws a pension. He came to this county in Septem. ber, 1864. He was married March 7, 1865, to Emma, daughter of Alexander Wilson (de- ceased). They had two children-Melodia (deceased) and Lottie. Mr. Edwards held the office of Township Collector for Hoosier Town- ship for one term. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
CRAWFORD ERWIN, farmer, P. O. Louis- ville. The subject of this memoir is one of Hoosier Township's best and most prominent farmers. He is a native of Lawrence County, Ind., and was born, April 19, 1818. llis father,
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William Erwin (deceased), was a native of North Carolina, and brought his family to Clay County in October, 1832, where he died Au- gust 4, 1837, and was the first person buried in the Erwin Cemetery. The land occupied by this cemetery was once selected by him for a building site, but he afterward changed his mind in regard to it, and upon his death his friends buried him there. Mr. Erwin was brought up among the deer and other wild animals, and hence early learned the use of fire-arms. He has killed many a deer and other wild game. At one time, upon returning home from taking his grandmother to his aunt's, he saw a herd of seven deer. He at once brought his gun to his shoulder (for they always carried guns then), and fired without getting off the horse. The ball passed entirely through the deer he had shot at, and entered another one just in the rear, killing both of them. This was a wonder- ful feat for a boy. In 1837, Mr. Erwin married Eliza A. Craig, daughter of Adam Craig (de- ceased), an early settler of this county. They had seven children, of whom but three are liv- ing, viz., John, Lafayette and Elizabeth A. Their eldest son, Capt. William Erwin, Captain of Company D, Eleventh Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, during the war, was killed in front of Spanish Fort, Ala., while heroically leading his men on to victory. Mrs. Erwin died in February. 1855, and Mr. Erwin again married, July 3 of the same year ; this time to Mrs. Rachel Milligan. By her he lias had five children, two of whom are living-Ange- line and Edward Everett. Mr. Erwin owns 347 acres of land and resides on Section 4. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, and of the Masonic order. For ten years he held the office of Justice of the Peace, and also has held other offices of trust.
ELIJAH P. GIBSON, physician, Hoosier Prairie, was born in Floyd County, Ind., June 10, 1850. His father, Jesse Gibson (deceased), was also a native of Floyd County. Ile was brought up on the farm, and educated in the
graded schools of Mitchell, Ind. In 1878, he graduated from the Louisville Hospital Medical College, at Louisville, Ky. Ile was Assistant Surgeon in the Indiana State Hospital at Jef- fersonville, Ind., for one year, when he re- moved to Mitchell, Ind., and practiced there two years, and in the spring of 1881 came to Hoosier Prairie, where he has built up a large practice. Ile has built a neat briek office, and also has been appointed Postmaster and keeps the post office in this office. The Doctor is a member of the Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky Tri-State Medieal Society, of the Indiana State Medical Society. and of the Lawrence (Ind.) District Medical Society.
DEMPSY HARRISON, farmer, P. O. Clay City, was born in North Carolina, March 26, 1826, and is a son of John G. Harrison (deceased), who removed with his family to East Tennessee when our subject was an in- fant. They afterward resided in West Tennes- see, Kentucky, and in Illinois, near Shawnee- town. While residing at the latter place, the mother died, and the family returned to Ken- tucky, where the father died, near Paducah, about the year 1835. Dempsy then went to live with his half-brother, Henry Hill, in Da- viess County, Ind. He had but limited educa- tional advantages, which consisted of a few terms taught by subscription in a rude log house with split pole seats, and a chimney built (from the joists to the roof) of sticks and clay. The fire-place consisted of a square place cut in the floor and filled with dirt, on which a heap of logs were piled, and the ur- chins stood all round it to warm themselves. Mr. Harrison has been successful as a farmer and stoek-raiser, and now owns 240 acres of land. He was married, November 13, 1845, to Elizabeth Megehee, by whom he has had seven children, five living-John G., Martha A., Mary E., William H. and James M. Mr. Harrison came to this county in 1872. He is a member of the Baptist Church.
JOHN M. JONES, farmer, stock-raiser and
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sorghum manufacturer, Sec. 21, P. O. Iloosier Prairie, was born in Clinton County, Ky., No- vember 22, 1832. His father, Wilson L. Jones, resides in Clinton County, Ky. Mr. Jones at- tended a subscription school a short time, but received his early education mostly between the plow handles. He was for the Union dur- ing the war, and a member of the Kentucky Home Guards, but was compelled to leave his home. The United States Government gave him a free pass to Gosport, Ind., in Angust, 1864. He there made a crop in 1865, and the following fall came to Christian County, III., where he farmed until October, 1878, when he came to this township, and settled on the old Henry Conley place, where he is paying con- siderable attention to raising good hogs, gen- eral farming, and the manufacture of sorghum molasses. His molasses is pronounced extra good by competent judges. He is also a black- smith by trade, and still does something in that line. He has built a nice new house, and is making other substantial improvements, which speak well for his enterprise. He owns 128 aeres of land. Mr. Jones is a Deacon in the Baptist Church. He was married, Decem- ber 9, 1855, to Nancy J. Kelsey, a daughter of William Kelsey. They have had fourteen chil- dren, eleven living-William W., Ollie A., John G., Abner W., Bennett N., Exonea B., Minnie M., Charley M., Lillie J., Della M. and Ida A.
JOHN C. LOUGH, farmer, P. O. Sailor Springs, was born in Braxton County, Va., May 8, 1836, and is a son of Peter Lough (deceased), a native of Virginia, who brought his family to Clay County in 1839, and settled in Pixley Township, where he died in 1860. Our sub- jeet was a soldier in the late war, in Company H, Twenty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Savannah, Atlanta, Island No. 10, Corinth, Vicksburg, Jackson, and was with "Sherman to the sea." He was taken prisoner at Col- liersville, Tenn., while on picket duty. In
1872, Mr. Lough went to Jewell County, Kan., and returned in 1876 ; and since that time has resided in Hoosier Township, having lived prior to that in Pixley. Ile owns 120 acres of land, and is engaged in farming, carpentering and bridge-building. lle is a member of the Methodist Church. Ile married Elizabeth West in September, 1856. They have had five children, two living, Ezra and Edward. A daughter and son, Alice and Andrew, died at the ages of twenty and thirteen years respect- ively.
WILSON H. MAHON, physician, Sailor Springs, was born in Fayette County, III., June 26, 1853. and is a son of Jeduthan Mahon, of Fayette County, and a native of Virginia. Our subject spent his boyhood days on the farm, and received an education at the towns of Westfield and Carthage, Ill. He graduated from the American Medical College at St. Louis, Mo., in the spring of 1880. He practiced one year in St. Louis, then went to New Mexico and practiced a year, when he came to Kin- mundy, Ill., and formed a partnership with Dr. W. O. Smith in the practice of medicine, re- maining there until the spring of 1883. He then located permanently at Sailor Springs (by request of the proprietors of the Springs), where he is building up a good practice. He built a large drug store and hall at this place in the fall of 1883.
CALVIN MOORE, fariner, P. O. Hoosier Prairie, was born in Hawkins County, Tenn., September 12, 1821, and is a son of William Moore (deceased), a native of Botetourt County, Va. Our subject has spent his life on the farm. Ilis education was obtained in a sub- scription school, taught in a log cabin, with split pole seats, puncheon floor, clapboard roof, and a stick and clay chimney at each end. In 1864, he came to Clay County, where he has since resided. He owns 275 acres of land, re- sides on Section 14, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Moore has filled the
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offices of Collector, Assessor and School Trus- tee to the satisfaction of the people. In relig- ion, he is a Methodist. He was married in 1847 to Catharine Jenkins, a daughter of Matthew Jenkins (deceased). They have had twelve children born to them, eight of whom are living-William H., Mary E., Louisa M., Sarah J., James A., John C., Andrew A. and Rosella S. One son, Elbert M., died at the age of twenty-six years, leaving a wife and one child.
WILLIAM NICHOLS, farmer, P. O. Ingra- ham, was born in Posey County, Ind., October 7, 1827, and is a son of William Nichols (de- ceased), a native of Bristol, England, who came with a colony that located in Edwards County, Ill., about the year 1820. He afterward re- moved to Posey County, Ind. Mr. Nichols came to this county in 1866, where he now lives; owns 140 acres of land. and is engaged in gen- eral farming. He was married, January 25, 1857, to Miss Sarah Byrne, a daughter of Sam- uel Byrne (deceased), and a sister of William P. Byrne, of this township, of whom we make further mention elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Nichols is a faithful housewife and true help- meet to her husband. She has done her part in securing and beautifying their neat home. They have two children-Alfred L. and Will- iam A. Alfred is a prominent school teacher in northern Clay County, and resides on a part of the homestead.
CALEB ODELL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Hoosier Prairie, was born September 29, 1827, in Lawrence County, Ind. His father, Joseph Odell (deceased), was a native of Ran- dolph County, N. C. Mr. Odell was brought up on the farm, and attended a subscription school. In the fall of 1852, he came to this county to improve his 200 acres of land, which he had previously entered. This constitutes a portion of his present beautiful farm on Le- vitt's Prairie, in Hoosier Township. He did not settle on his land, however, until early in
1853, when he built a rude log hut and began making other improvements. Like other pio- neers, Mr. Odell became much disheartened by sickness, and used every possible effort to sell his possessions and leave the country; at one time he proposed to Henry Conley to trade him his 200 acres of land for a team and wagon and $200 in money, but it seemed out of the question to sell, and as he had nothing with which to go away he was compelled to re- main. When he began life, he had a wagon and two ponies, and $115 in money. He has been eminently successful, and now owns 340 acres of valuable land, well stocked and improved, and has the finest brick residence in Hoosier Township. He had three brothers, all of whom were soldiers for the Union in the late war, In 1862, he hield the office of Assessor for Hoosier Township. In religion, he is a Bap- tist. Mr. Odell was married the first time on the 9th of November, 1848, to Nancy J. Hig- ginbotham, by whom he had ten children; of these eight are living, viz., Joseph, Rebecca, Martha J., Sidney, Hugh, Caleb, Elizabeth and Frederick. Mrs. Odell died March 2, 1877, and on the 2d day of the following June he mar- ried Mrs. Nancy A. Maxwell, who had been twice married before. By her he has had four children, three of whom are living, viz., Valentine, Perley and Bertha. This last wife had two children by her first husband, viz., Lurinda and Ella Herley. We should have mentioned that Mr. Odell owns a very fine traction engine and thresher, which he oper- ates each season.
DANIEL RODGERS, farmer, P. O. Clay City, was born in this county December 11, 1831, and is one of Hoosier Township's best farmers. His father, Thomas Rodgers (de- ccased), was a native of Nelson County. Ky., who came to Indiana when a young man, and soon after to White County, Ill., and in 1822 to Clay County. Daniel was brought up on the farm and educated in the pioneer log cabin
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schoolhouse. Mr. Rodgers has killed many a deer and other wild animals. He still has in his possession the gun that his grandfather, Joseph Rodgers. used in hunting many years ago in the Carolinas. This gun was manufact- ured. it is supposed, by one A. MeBride, but the place or date are not given on the gun, just the name above mentioned is engraved on the barrel. It was formerly an old-fashioned flint- lock gun, with a walnut stoek; but Mr. Rod- gers has had it restocked witlı maple, and changed to a cap-lock. Mr. Rodgers was mar- ried, March 26, 1857, to Mary C., daughter of John Nelson (deceased). They have had seven children, four of whom are living, viz., Alice (Williams), James A., Margaret A. (Renfro), and Joseph M. One son, John D., was killed by the ears at Clay City October 15, 1880, at the age of nineteen years. Mr. Rodgers is a member of the Baptist Church.
THOMAS M. SAILOR, of Sailor Springs Hoosier Township, was born in Clark County, Ohio, November 1, 1825, and is a son of Will- iam Sailor (deceased), a native of Virginia. His mother, Hannah (Sewell) Sailor, was born on the farm famous for the site of the hanging of John Brown, near Harper's Ferry, Va. Mr. Sailor's father was a tanner and currier by trade, and he also worked at that business until he was twenty-six years old. He then engaged in the stock trade in Central Ohio, and did much business there for twenty-two years. During six weeks one season he shipped 20,000 head of hogs. Then, in 1866, he engaged very extensively in the lumbering and building business in Michigan and Ohio, which he fol- lowed successfully until 1869. He lost all by the great forest fires. He then came to Clay County, and carried on farming a few years with but small returns. But he has spent his time for the most part in developing the merits of the wonderful medical springs situated on Mrs. Sailor's land on Section 25. At first, and for several years, he met with the
sternest opposition. The people laughed him to scorn, and some thought he was insane. But among all the jeers and scoffs of his neigh- bors, he toiled on. as also did his noble wife, faithfully, until the fact had been demonstrated beyond a doubt that these springs are magnet- ie and wonderful in their healing virtues (see the chapter on Sailor Springs). The springs were opened to the public in 1877, and Mr. Sailor with his family, in 1878, removed from the farm on the prairie to the beautiful site of these springs. On the 3d day of June, 1850, Mr. Sailor married Miss Rebecca J. Wilson, daughter of John Wilson, deceased. She was born, April 23, 1832, in Champaign County, Ohio. The fruits of this union are four chil- dren-William W., the enterprising liveryman of Sailor Springs ; Maria B., now Mrs. Manliff M. Coggan, residing on the homestead ; Sarah J. and Eva D.
DANIEL T. SHORT, proprietor of the Glen House, Sailor Springs, Hoosier Township, is a native of Middle Tennessee, and was born April 2, 1828. His father, Alexander Short (deceased), was born in Franklin County, Va., in the year 1800. Mr. Short was brought up on the farm, and received a liberal education. He graduated from the Arcadia College at Area- dia, Mo., with high honors in 1852; and in 1863 he graduated from the Great Western Business College at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. He engaged in the drug business in Nashville, Ill., in 1867, and followed it for six years. He then ran a hotel in the same town for three years. He then went to Ashley, Ill., and ran a hotel three years ; then went to Fairfield, Ill., and ran a hotel there for the same period. In 1879, he came to Sailor Springs as a patient, and was so readily healed by the wonderful magnetic waters that he saw at once the necessity for a first-class hotel at this place. He at once en- tered into negotiations with the proprietors, who built another large hotel, and leased it (the Glen House) to him for ten years. He keeps a
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first-class house in every respect, and is doing a large business. He is a member of the Ma- sonic order, having passed the seventh degree, which makes him a Knight of Honor. Mr. Short was married, Jannary 22, 1857, to Mag- gie Garvin, daughter of William A. Garvin, of Topeka, Kan. They have four children-Al- lie E. (now Mrs. William M. Folger, an attorney of Vandalia, Ill.), John A., Maggie E. and Della B. Mrs. Short is the proprietress of the East Lynn Hotel, at Sailor Springs, which is open only in summer.
FRANK SMITH, Postmaster, Sailor Springs, was born in Lewis County, N. Y., Decem- ber 14, 1822, and is a son of John Smith, a native of the same county. He received his ed- ncation in Lowville, the county-seat of his native county. At the age of eighteen, he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he followed a few years. In 1845, he came to Sandusky County, Ohio, and kept hotel for eighteen months ; he then came to Paris, Ill., and kept the old Paris Hotel for two years. From there he went to Galena, Ill., where he engaged in the mercantile business for twenty years. In 1876, be removed to Clark County, Ill., where he built a store, which he ran until 1880. He then came to Sailor Springs, where be established a general store. He keeps a full line of everything usnally kept in a first-class general store, and does an annual business of $11,000. It was through his efforts that the post office and mail ronte were established at this place. They now have a daily mail. In 1843, Mr. Smith married Jane Kirby, by whom he has four children-Helen M. (now Mrs. M. M. Wheeler, of Galena, Ill.), Mary (now Mrs. Charley Link, formerly of Paris, Ill., now of Denver, Colo.), Charles E. (married to Mary A.
Worshing, and resides in Denver, Colo.), and Belle (at home).
WILLIAM E. SMITH, farmer and stock- raiser, P. O. Ingraham. The subject of this sketch-commonly known as Uncle Eddie-is a native of Winchester, Frederick County, Va., and was born March 7, 1823. His father, James E. Smith, was a native of the same county, and brought his family to Clay County in October, 1838, settling in Hoosier Township, where he died on the 5th day of February, 1843. When the Smith family located here, the wild animals were running at large through the woods and across the prairies of Hoosier Township. Mr. Smith attended the old-fash- ioned subscription school, and sat on a slab or split-pole bench. He has always resided in Hoosier Township, and now resides on the northeast quarter of Section 1. As a farmer and stock-raiser, he has been very successful, and now owns 320 acres in his own right. He knows all about pioneer life, and has grated corn many a time for meal to make bread, and gone forty miles to mill. He has always been an esteemed citizen, and many persons, both old and young, frequently go to him for coun- sel and advice. Uncle Eddie's advice on all moral and financial questions is considered the standard for his neighborhood. For twelve years he was Justice of the Peace, and eight years of this time before the township organiza- tion. Mr. Smith is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married, March 1, 1846, to Clarinda, daughter of Robert Bene- field, who settled in Clay County in 1837, This union has been blessed with nine children, viz., George W., John W., James R., David D., Catharine E., Josiah L., Finley H., Amanda E. and Marietta.
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THOMAS BLANCHARD. The ancestors of Thomas Blanchard came from Kentucky to Illinois, and settled in what was then Lawrence County, in 1825. Willis Blanch- ard. the grandfather of Thomas, was a na- tive of North Carolina, and resided in Ken- tucky several years previous to coming to Illinois, as above indicated. He had a fam- ily of four children-Thomas, Mary, Eliza- beth and Henry Blanchard. The latter was Thomas Blanchard's father, and was born in Kentucky in 1814, and was consequently eleven years old when his parents removed to Illinois. He attained to manhood in Rich- land County, and there was married to Martha A. Bunch, a native of Kentucky. Their union was blessed with four children, Thomas being the eldest; Sarah J. is the wife of P. J. Jenkins, of Richland County; Huldah E. died unmarried, and Josiah W. Blanchard is a farmer of Richland County. The parents died in that county, the mother in September, 1851, and the father in Sep- tember, 1876. Thomas was born in Rich- land County, Ill., October 21, 1837, and was reared on the farm, attending the public schools of the county. He prepared himself for teaching, in which he engaged for a time. In June, 1861, he enlisted in Com- pany K, of the One Hundred and Twenty- first Illinois Regiment, and went forth to bear his part in the struggle for national freedom. During the early part of his mili- tary service, he participated in some warmly contested engagements, among which were Fredericktown, Mo., Perryville, Ky., and Stone River, where he received a gunshot wound. Later he participated in the battle
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