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Martin Plock was born in Hessendstadt, Germany, June 7, 1856. His parents were Henry and Margareta (Schneider) Plock. His father was a miller and also owned a farm. He and wife were
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members of the Lutheran church. They had eight children, six living-Mary, wife of Geo. Killion, resides on the old homestead farm in Germany; Kate, married Geo. T. Williams, and resides in Burnt Prairie Township; Elizabeth, married John Fisher, and re- sides near Wadesville, Posey Co., Ind .; Henry, married Marga- retta Weber, and resides in St. Phillips, White Co., Ill., where he owns a wagon shop; Caroline and Martin, unmarried. Mr. Martin Plock in 1873 came to America alone; landed in New York City and came to White County. He soon went to Evansville, where he clerked in the Hotel Karne five years. He then came to White County and bought his present farm of forty acres. He is a shoe- maker by trade, and learned his trade in Germany. In politics he is a Republican.
Pleasant J. Puckett, M. D., was born in Manry County, Tenn., Sept. 26, 1816. His parents were Edward and Rebecca (West- moreland) Puckett, natives of Virginia. He was a member of the Free-Will Baptist church, and she of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. They had a family of ten children; five sons and two daughters lived to be men and women. Pleasant J. was the sev- enth son. He remained on the farm with his father attending school and reading medicine until his marriage to Catherine Vaughan, Nov. 13, 1835. She was born in Maury County, Tenn., and was a daughter of Hartwell and Elizabeth (Walker) Vaughan. After his marriage Dr. Puckett farmed in Tennessee two years, then came to Turney's Prairie, Barn Hill Township, Wayne Co., Ill., and farmed and read medicine until 1852, when he began the practice of medicine. In 1855 he attended the medical college at Cincinnati, O., one term, and received a diploma in 1872. In 1866 Dr. Puckett located in Liberty, where he has since been en- gaged in the practice of his profession; also in farming. He was Elder in the Christian church for twenty-four years, and was or- dained minister of this church; has been a member for the past forty-four years. Dr. Puckett is a self-made man, and is thoroughly practical and liberal in his views. He and wife have nine chil- dren-B. F., born March 22, 1837, is a farmer and carpenter. He married Margie Haynes, who died, and he then married Julia Send- der. Elijah H., was born July 26, 1839; enlisted in the Fifty-sixth Illinois Infantry, and died from the effects of exposure during the war; Moses G., born July 15, 1841, married Christina Cates, who died, and he afterward married Lucretia Richards; John T., born Jan. 29, 1843, married Jane Felix; Mary L., born June 2, 1846,
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married William S. Boze, of Texas; Martin L., born April 9, 1848, married Sarah Palmer; Martha J., born March 9, 1850, died, aged four months; Alva C., born Sept. 25, 1852, married Lucinda F. Stuart, and practices medicine with his father; Edward N., born Jan. 30, 1855, married Mary Upton. All the children except Mary and Alva are residents of Barn Hill Township, Ill. Mrs. Puck- ett died April, 1857. Dr. Puckett in the fall of 1857, married Mrs. Boze, whose maiden name was Eliza J. Hare. She was born in Kentucky, and was a daughter of Courtney Hare, and Dr. Puckett and wife have had three children-Anderson A., born March 22, 1860; he married Angie Hunsinger; Joseph O., born Jan. 19, 1863, Charley E., born Dec. 10, 1866. Mrs. Puckett is a member of the Christian church. Dr. Puckett owns a farm of 258 acres in Barn Hill Township, Wayne County. He also owns eighty acres in Burnt Prairie Township, White County, and ten lots and two dwellings and office in Liberty. Politically he is a Republican. IIe is of Scotch, English, Irish and Welsh descent. His mother's father, Robert Westmoreland, was an early settler of East Virginia, for whom the county of Westmoreland was named.
James A. Puntney, one of the oldest settlers of Burnt Prairie Township, and in fact one of the very oldest in the county, was born in Byron County, Ky., June 3, 1826. His parents were Mitchell M. and Margaret (Ewing) Puntney; he was born in Ken- tucky and she in Virginia. They were members of the Regular Baptist church, and had a family of ten children, four sons and six daughters; all lived to be men and women and had families. James A. was the third son and fourth child. When some eight months of age he came with his parents to the then wild country of White County. Wolves and deer were plenty, and his boyhood days were spent on a timbered farm. Neighbors were few and far between. He began school in a log school-house, about five miles from his home. Young Puntney remained with his father on the farm and helped clear 100 acres of heavy t.mber land, and was married here to Elizabeth Hunsinger, Dec. 30, 1847. She was born on her father's farm, Ang. 24, 1830. She was a daughter of John and Nancy (Crowder) Hunsinger, he a native of Kentucky and she of North Carolina. After his marriage Mr. Puntney set- tled on his farm in Burnt Prairie Township. He now owns 120 acres on section 28, where he and family reside. He and wife are members of the Old School Baptist church. Mr. Puntney is of the old Kentucky and Virginia and of Dutch and Irish descent. His
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great-grandmother lived to be 107 and his great-grandfather 109; his father lived to be eighty-one. He is not only one of the oldest settlers, but one of the enterprising, representative men of the county, where he has been identified for the past fifty-six years. He has seen this country change from its wild state to its present prosperous condition.
Elijah W. Randolph was born in Burnt Prairie Township within a mile of where he now lives, March 7, 1847. His parents were Thomas and Mary A. (Pace) Randolph. He lived on his father's farm until twenty-two, when he began to farm for himself in Burnt Prairie Township. He was married to Catherine Williams Nov. 18, 1877. She was born in Burnt Prairie Township, and was a daughter of Charles and Mary (Hunsinger) Williams. After his marriage Mr. Randolph settled on his present farm on sections 35 and 36, Burnt Prairie Township. Mrs. Hunsinger is a member of the Old School Baptist church. They have two children- Charles T., born Dec. 13, 1879, and a daughter. Mr. Randolph owns a farm of 260 acres, 160 under cultivation. In politics he is a Democrat.
Richard Randolph was born in Burnt Prairie Township, within a mile or two of where he now resides, Oct. 14, 1845. His parents were Thomas and Mary (Pace) Randolph. Richard was the second son and child. He remained on the old homestead with his par- ents, until his marriage to Margaret Taylor, Jan. 10, 1869. She was born in Tennessee, and came with her parents to White County in 1860. She was a daughter of James and Katherine (May) Taylor. After his marriage, Mr. Randolph settled on his present farm on sections 1 and 2. He owns a fine farm of 120 acres, eighty acres under cultivation. He and wife have had six children-James, born Nov. 20, 1870, and died in December, 1870; Thomas W., born Jan. 10, 1872; George, born March 24, 1874; Luke, born Sept. 25, 1875; Willie, born Aug. 1, 1879; Mary A., born June 7, 1882. In politics Mr. Randolph is a Democrat.
Thomas Randolph was born in Big Prairie, Hawthorne Town- ship, White Co., Ill., Jan. 27, 1814. His parents were Thomas and Mary (Bland) Randolph, natives of Virginia, where they were married. They moved to Kentucky, and in 1808 or 1809 came to White County, Ill. He first settled in Bowman's Bend, on the Big Wabash, two and a half miles southwest of Harmony, and afterward in Big Prairie, Hawthorne Township, where he died in 1816. He bronght the first seed corn to Big Prairie. He had a
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family of nine children-Elijah, Katy, Prudence, Isaac, William B., Robert, John, Lucinda and Thomas. Thomas was only two years old when his father died. He then lived with his mother and brothers and sisters until eight years of age, when his mother died. He then lived with his brothers and sisters until sixteen or seventeen, when he struck out for himself. He worked for differ- ent parties until eighteen, when he hired out to a man named John Brown for $7.00 a month, to take a load of cattle down the river to New Orleans on a flat-boat. Owing to ice in the river he was two months making the trip. His brother loaned him $30, and in five weeks he made $90 trading in chickens, and returned to Mt. Ver- non, Ind., and from there to New Harmony. He then hired on a farm, and making rails at 374 cents a hundred, until his marriage to Mary Pace, Jan. 18, 1837. She was born in Virginia, June 12, 1816, and was a daughter of William and Philadelphia (De Fodge) Pace, natives of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph are now living within a half mile of where they were married. They reside on a part of the old homestead on section 1, Burnt Prairie Township. He and wife are members of the Old School Baptist church. They have had six children; all lived to be men and women-William, born June 11, 1840, married Sarah Williams, and resides in Carmi, engaged in the lumber, coal, wagon, carriage and machinery trade; Richard, born Oct. 14, 1843, married Margaret Taylor; Elijah W., born March 7, 1847, married Katherine Williams; Susannah, born Aug. 12, 1850, died Oct. 14, 1868; Thomas W., born March 28, 1854, married Hattie Du Mond; Lucy S., married John Appel. Politically Mr. Randolph is a Democrat; cast his first vote for Old Hickory Jackson.
Thomas W. Randolph was born in Burnt Prairie Township, on section 1, in the same house where he now resides, March 28, 1854. He attended school and worked on the farm with his father until twenty-five years of age, when he went to Moultrie County, Ill., and was married here to Hattie Du Mond, Oct. 12, 1879. She was born in Moultrie County, Sept. 5, 1860, and was a daughter of Ja- cob and Elizabeth (Kerns) Du Mond. After his marriage Mr. Ran- dolph came back to White County and settled on his farm where he now resides and where he owns a farm of 240 acres, 190 under cultivation. Mrs. Randolph is a member of the Baptist church. In politics he is a Republican.
John Rebstock was born in Baden, Germany, January, 1828. His parents were John and Catherine (Siefried) Rebstock. They
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were members of the Catholic church. John was the youngest of their five children. He attended school until fourteen when he farmed with his father until eighteen. He then came with his parents to America; was twenty-eight days at sea; landed in New York and came to White County, Ill., and settled in Burnt Prairie Township. John remained on his father's farm until his marriage to Sallie Short, Dec. 25, 1851. She was born in Phillips Township, White County, and was a daughter of R. Short. After his marriage he resided on his father's farm one year, then built a house on his own farm, where he still resides. Mr. and Mrs. Rebstock have had three children-Catherine, born Dec. 25, 1852; Louisa, born in 1853, and Mary, born in 1854, died at the same time with cholera. Mrs. Rebstock died in 1860. Mr. Rebstock married Elizabeth Siefried. She was born in Baden, Germany, and was a daughter of John and Rosalia Siefried. Mr. and Mrs. Rebstock had four children-Caroline, Frank (died, aged ten years), Elizabeth and Edward. Mrs. Rebstock died in 1873. In December, 1874, Mr. Rebstock married Mrs. Mary Fechtic, nes Beckel, a native of Byron, Germany. They have three children-Joseph, Willie and Margaret. Mrs. Rebstock is a member of the Lutheran church, and he of the Catholic church. Mr. Rebstock owns a farm of 160 acres in Burnt Prairie Township, and 120 acres in Phillips Township, most all under cul- tivation. He has held various local offices of trust in his town- ship, where he has been identified for the past thirty-five years.
A. R. Redman, born in Gibson County, Ind., July 17, 1835, is a son of Wesley Redman, a native of Adair County, Ky., born in 1810, who, upon becoming of age, went to Indiana and settled four- teen miles south of Princeton. He returned to Kentucky, and married Susan Harris, a native of Warren County, Ky. She died in 1844, leaving three children-W. L., A. R., and James A. W. L. was Deputy Clerk of Wabash County in 1881. A. R. came to White County in 1874, and settled on section 31, Burnt Prairie Township, where he has since lived. He was married Nov. 6, 1856, to Sarah E. Gudgel, of Gibson County, Ind. They have ten chil- dren-Nancy I., Lucy E., Susan M., W. W., H. A .. Caroline F., George M., James O., Thomas E. and Ida B. Mr. Redman's family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Shiloh, En- field circuit. He is a Steward and Class-Leader and exhorter in that church. Politically he is a Republican. He served three years in the late war, in Company A, Fifty-eighth Indiana Infantry,
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Twenty-first Army Corps, enlisting in October, 1861, and served till 1864. He was in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. He was wounded on the second day of the battle of Mission Ridge; was shot through the right arm, above the elbow, making his arı stiff, for which the Government pays him a pension of $8 a month.
David Emmanuel Rhein, one of the old settlers and leading farmers of Burnt Prairie Township, was born in Alsoz, France, (now a part of Germany), Jan. 26, 1809. His parents were Law- rence and Magdalena (Heintz) Rhein. He was a merchant, and also followed farming. They had a family of eight sons and three daughters, David being the fifth son. He attended school until fourteen, and when fifteen learned the cooper's trade, which he followed. He was married in Germany to Henrietta Fisher, Sept. 15, 1831. She was born in Alsoz, France, and was a daughter of Frederick and Louisa Fisher. He was a 'Squire. In 1833 Mr. Rhein, with his wife and one child came to America; was fifty days at sea; landed in New York and went from there to Philadelphia, Pa., where he remained one month; then went to Lancaster and worked at the cooper's trade one year; then to Myerstown, Leba- non County, where, three months after, his wife died, in the fall of 1834. She was the mother of two children. one living-Harriet, wife of Adam Schmidt, residing in New Orleans, La. Mr. Rhein married Catherine Burkhart in September, 1835, at Lancaster, Pa. HIe remained in Pennsylvania, working at his trade until 1839, when he went to Indiana and worked at his trade until 1858, when he came to White County, Ill., and bought his present farm, on section 35, Burnt Prairie Township. Of Mr. and Mrs. Rhein's ten children, seven are living-Theodore, who married Elizabeth Mil- ler, and resides on a farm in Carmi Township; Mary, wife of Henry Stein, and resides in Indiana; Margaret, wife of Conrad Young; David Emmanuel, Jr., who married Julia Teller, and resides in Carmi; Sarah, wife of William Kimball, and resides at Grayville, White County, Ill .; Susan, wife of Philip Downer, and resides at Grayville, also; Charlie, unmarried, residing with his father on the old homestead. Mr. Rhein owns a fine farm of 120 acres, ninety acres under cultivation. Mr. Rhein is one the old settlers and representative men of White County, where he has been identified since 1858. In politics he is a Democrat. He has lived to see this county change to its preseut prosperity. Is a member of the Evangelischen Gememschaft church.
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Francis Rosselot, retired farmer, of Burnt Prairie Township, was born in Belfore, France, May 4, 1800. His parents were James and Susan (White) Rosselot. They had a family of fourteen. Francis, when twenty-six years of age, came to America, landed in New York, and went to Philadelphia, Pa., where he learned the hair-dresser's trade, and he afterward opened a large store. He was married here to Miss Lucy A. Anderson, June 15, 1831. She was born in New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Rosselot have two chil- dren-Annastasia, now the wife of Alexander Faulkner, and resides in Carmi; Leopole L., who married Jennie Hutton, and resides in Shawneetown. The mother died in March, 1839, in Cin- cinnati, Ohio. From Philadelphia Mr. Rosselot moved to St. Louis, where he engaged in the hair-maker's trade. Afterward moved to Boston, Ohio. He married Miss Nancy P. South, in Cincinnati, Oct. 5, 1843. She was born in Ohio, March 11, 1820, and was a daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Rutter) South. They were natives of North Carolina and Kentucky, and mem- bers of the Methodist church. After Mr. and Mrs. Rosselot were married, he farmed near Boston, Ohio, four years; then moved to Jamestown, Ky., and opened a hotel, where they remained five years; then, in 1855, they came to Illinois, and bought their pres- ent farm in Burnt Prairie Township, White County, where they own a fine farm of 200 acres, 160 under cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Rosselot are both church members, he of the Catholic and she of the Christian church. They have had a family of ten children, nine living-Frederick L., born July 13, 1844, married Sarah Redrow, and resides in Cincinnati, Ohio (he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry Volunteers, and was wounded at the battle of Shiloh); Frances E., born Dec. 18, 1845, married Ome Hardin, and resides on the old homestead with his parents (he also enlisted in the Eighty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and re- mained until of war); Einma L., born April 13, 1848, and died Oct. 2, 184., Mary B., born Jan. 31, 1850, married Gordon La Rue (they reside in Carmi); Washington L., born Feb. 22, 1852, married Laura Berry, and resides on their farm in Jackson County, Ark .; William L., born Dec. 16, 1854, married Lizzie Lewis, and resides on the old homestead with their parents; John A., born Dec. 16, 1856, resides on the old homestead; Jen. nie S., born Aug. 12, 1858; Alpharetta, born Sept. 29, 1860; Amanda A., born Nov. 12, 1863, all reside with their parents. Mr. Rosselot is now in his eighty-third year and enjoys good
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health. Jennie Rosselot is a member of the Methodist church, and Alpharetta and Amanda are members of the Christian church.
Hugh Smith was born on the farm where he now resides Feb. 5, 1844. His parents were Andrew and Martha (Stuart) Smith. His father was born in Perthshire, Scotland, April 14, 1796. He came with his parents to Belmont County, Ohio. He came to White County in 1818, and settled in Carmi and opened a blacksmith shop; remained a year, then returned to Ohio. He built a mill in Pittsburg, Penn .; was flooded out, and then returned to White County and settled on a farm on section 24 in Mill Shoals Town- ship, where he died Sept. 10, 1876. He was married to Martha Stuart, April 30, 1833. She was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in October, 1812. She came to America in 1827, her father, mother and brother having come to White County in 1817, and settled in Burnt Prairie. Mrs. Smith came with her sisters and joined their parents and brothers. Mrs. Smith is still living in Liberty. She is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had eleven children, seven now living in this vicinity-Andrew, married Anna Curtis; Joseph, who married Maria Curd; Mary, wife of Peter Morrison, who died in 1877; Hugh, subject of this sketch; Margaret, wife of Benjamin Reeves; Isabell, wife of John Hutchens; Charott D., married George R. Williams. Hugh Smith remained on the old homestead with his parents until eighteen, when he enlisted, August, 1862, in Company K, Eighty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and was in all the battles of the regiment, first at the surrender of Vicksburg, battle of Jack- son, Miss., Sabine Cross Roads, La., etc .; was taken prisoner at Williamsport, La., in the fall of 1864, along with thirty-four others of his company, including the Captain, and remained in the rebel prison at Tyler, Tex., undergoing many hardships, at one time living five days on raw pumpkins; remained in the prison at Tyler until the close of the war, when he returned home to his present farm in Mill Shoals Township. He was married to Sumia Mus- grave, Feb. 5, 1866. She was born four miles northwest of Liberty, in Wayne County, Ill., Dec. 17, 1840, and was a daughter of Moses and Margaret (Simpson) Musgrave. He and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. They have had seven chil- dren-Henrietta, born Dec. 31, 1866; Charles, born Aug. 17, 1868, died in 1868; Mary B., born Nov. 12, 1869; Joseph A., born April 19, 1872; Margaret M., born Aug. 17, 1875; Hugh C., born May 1, 1878, and Walter G., born Jan. 22, 1882. Mr. Smith owns 196 acres of good land. Politically he is a Republican.
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George W. Staley, proprietor of the Centerville Mills, is one of the pioneer children of White County, and was born in Burnt Prairie Township, Oct. 11, 1833. His parents, Noah and Louise (Majors) Staley, are still living on their old homestead farm in Burnt Prai- rie Township, where they have resided for the past fifty-four or fifty-five years. George is their oldest child. He attended school and worked on his father's farm until his marriage to Miss Han- nah P. Calkin, Oct. 22, 1852. She was born in Burnt Prairie Township, Oct. 15, 1831, and was a daughter of Joel S. and Nancy (Stanley) Calkin, natives of New York and [North Carolina re- spectively. They had a family of eleven children. After his mar- riage Mr. Staley settled in the woods and cleared a farm where he remained until Sept. 10, 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Forty-eighth Illinois Infantry Volunteers; served four years, then returned home and re-enlisted in the same company, and remained in the service until July, 1865, when he received an honorable discharge, being pronounced by surgeons untit for service; he at the same time received a commission as First Lieutenant of his company, but was not able to be mustered in ; came home but was unable to work for some three years; as soon as able he began farming, which he continued until 1879, when he rented his farm and went to Carmi, and some three months later rented a mill at New Haven, sixteen miles below Carmi, on the Little Wabash, where he remained twelve months, and then returned to his farm, and soon after purchased his present mill at Centerville, which he still owns and runs. This mill has two sets of burrs, and complete machinery throughout, as he has re-fitted it since his purchase. Mr. and Mrs. Staley have been members of the Methodist Episco- pal church for the past thirty years. He is a Stevard f the church. They have had a family of eight children-Noah, born Feb. 7, 1854; Sarah, born March 15, 1856; George W., born April 24, 1858, die July 26, 1860; Susan M., born July 7, 1860; Sam- uel S., born Nov. 30, 1866; Nancy, born Oct. 16, 1868; Clinton, born Jan. 1, 1871; Mathias, born Jan. 16; 1873. Mr. Staley has held various local offices of trust in his township. He is at pres- ent School Director. Politically he is a Republican and has been since the breaking out of the Rebellion.
Noah Staley, one of the pioneers of White County, and also an old Black Hawk soldier, and at the capture of old Black Hawk him- self, is a native of Tennessee, and was born in Montgomery County, Jan. 27, 1811. His parents were Frederick and Mary ( Krk)
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Staley. His father was with Jackson in the war of 1812, and after the battle of New Orleans was taken down with the fever. He was bled by a physician and left in care of a soldier who neglected to watch him, and being very crazy with the fever he tore open the orifice in his arm and bled to death. He and wife were natives of Virginia and they emigrated to Tennessee in 1811. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. They had a family of eight children, Noah being third son and seventh child. In the fall of 1827 his mother came to White County, and Noah re- mained in Tennessee until the spring of 1828 to take care of a tobacco crop. In the spring of 1828 he joined his mother and brothers in White County, where he has remained ever since. He was married here to Miss Louisa Majors, Jan. 11, 1833. She was born in East Tennessee in December, 1804, and was a daughter of William and Rachel (McGee) Majors. They had eleven children. He afterward married Miss Susan Wolf. Mrs. Staley is a member of the Missionary Baptist and Mr. Staley of the Methodist Episco- pal church. She has been a member fourteen years and he has been a member for the past fifty-four years. Mr. and Mrs. Staley are the parents of eight children, three sons and five daughters- George, who married Miss Anna Pines Calkin and resides in Cen- terville, where he owns a grist-mill; Mary A., who married Sam Burrell (died in April, 1877); Emeline, who married Elijah Hutchcraft (died in January, 1879); Margaret, the wife of Charles Barker, and resides on their farm in Wayne County, Ill .; Rachel, wife of William Myers, a merchant in Centerville, Burnt Prairie Township; David, who married Miss Martha Williams, and re- sides on their farm in Burnt Prairie Township; Samuel, married Miss Susan Hunsinger, who died in April, 1878, and he married Mrs. Jane Burrows, nee Cherry; Harriet, married John Stein, and resides on their farm in Burnt Prairie Township. Mr. Noah Staley and wife still live on the old homestead where they own 153 acres, 113 acres under cultivation. In politics he is a Republican, and one of the strong supporters of that party. When he began lite he built a cabin on his farm in the timber. It was well made, a little better than common in those days, and it had a plank floor made by a whip-saw.
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