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1882 .-- Number of males over twenty-one, 428; females, 297; total, 725; total number over six years of age, 464; number of un- graded schools, 8; total number of months of school, 48; average number of months of school, 18; total number of pupils enrolled, 67; number between twelve and twenty-one unable to read and write, 16; number of male teachers, 9; female, 2; total number of days' attendance of pupils, 16,674; number of frame school- houses, 7; log, 1; highest monthly wages paid to male teachers, $40; female, $30; lowest monthly wages paid any male teacher, $25; female, $30; amount of district tax levied for support of schools, $1,344; estimated value of school property, $3,075; in- come of township fund received during the year, $436.59; inci- dental expenses of treasurers and trustees, $32.25; paid for publishing annual statement, $7.30; compensation of treasurers,
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$180.18; total amount received by township treasurers during the year ending June 30, 1882, $3,080.53; total expenditures during the year, $2,486.00.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS SINCE 1872.
Supervisors-Alexander Williams, 1873-'4-'5; Win. John Smith, 1876; Alex. Williams, 1877-'8; James M. Jackson, 1879; Alex- ander Williams, 1880; Wesley McCallister, 1881; John Epley, 1882.
Clerks -- R. A. Mayhew, 1873; Geo. W. Gaddy, 1874; James A. Clark, 1875; Charles Whittlesey, 1876; 'B. B. York, 1877-'S; Jarrett McCallister, 1879; Wm. H. Gray, 1SS0-'1; William C. Absher, 1882.
Assessors-A. L. Garrison, 1973; John B. Graw, 1874; Daniel M. Absher, 1875; Joseph Garrison, 1876-'7-'8-'9-'80; Wyatt Williams, Jr., 1881; Joseph Garrison, 1882.
Collectors-James A. Miller, 1873; John S. Brumblay, 1874; Alex. S. Garrison, 1875; James M. Jackson, 1876-'7; G. W. Clark, 1878-'9; Joseph Ward, 1880; Wm. P. McMurtry, 1881; Robert R. Logan, 1882.
Commissioners of Highways-William Hall and Charles N. Skinner, 1873; James ()'Neal, 1874; Wm. Hall, 1875; Martin Richter and J. B. Bennett, 1876; Samuel Chastain and Solomon Bryant, 1877; R. E. Seals and J. F. McIIenry, 1878; G. W. Chas- tain, 1879; Joseph Tugle and George W. Clark, 1SS0; J. W. Gilbert, 1881; Joel M. Abshier, 1882.
Justices of the Peace-Wesley McCallister and J. M. Campbell. 1873; Wesley McCallister and Daniel M. Absher, 1877; James M. Absher and James Edwards, 1881; Jaines O'Neal, 1882.
Constables-R. W. Munsey and Jarrett McCallister, 1873 ; James M. Williams and James Edwards, 1875; James Edwards and Wyett Williams, 1877; James Edwards and Barney B. York. 1881.
BIOGRAPHICAL ..
Daniel Absher was born Sept. 5, 1841, in Emma Township, about a mile from where he still resides. He is a son of John and Sarah (Lowe) Absher, natives of Kentucky. He remained on S father's farm till he was nineteen years of age, when he married and went to farming for himself. He now owns 240 acres of land in this township; part of it is the old homestead. His wife,
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Mrs. Sarah Absher, is a native of Posey County, Ind., and a daughter of Jesse Wells. They have four children-Eher R .. Anna C., John and a baby boy not named. Politically he was brought up a Democrat, but since the war has voted the Republ can ticket. He was Assessor in 1875, and was appointed Com missioner of IIighways to fill vacancy; served eight months He has been Justice of the Peace since April, 1877. He enlisted in February, 1862, in Company D, Fifty-sixth Illinois Infan- try. In the course of a year the company was disbanded on account of sickness and he was transferred to Company K; he served through the war and returned home in August, 1865. He was in the siege and battle of Corinth, siege of Vicksburg, Mis- sion Ridge, under General Sherman and several small skir- mishes. He went through the war without a wound.
Henry F. Absher was born Jan. 20, 1850, near Concord, Emma Township, White Co., Ill. He is a sou of John and Maria (Don- thart) Absher. He lived with his father till he was twenty-one years of age, and then began life for himself. He was married Aug. 31, 1876, to Lucy E. Wilson, daughter of Nathaniel and Nancy Wilson, both natives of this county, who died when heir daughter Lucy was about five years old. They have one daugh- ter-Emma Prudence, born March 17, 1878. Mr. Absher has 160 acres that he rents under a good state of cultivation: fifty of it is in corn and seventy-five wheat. Politically he is a Democrat, though not always strictly adhering to the principles of that party.
Joel. M. Abshier, born April 7, 1838, on the place where he now lives, is a son of Joel and Margaret (Miller) Abshier, both natives of Kentucky. His father was born in March, 1801, and came to this county when a boy. He entered eighty acres on section 1, in 1838. IIe died in December. 1852. His mother was born in 1806, and came to this county when young. She died in February, 1853. Joel M. was brought up on the farm, and after his parents' death purchased it. He subsequently purchased more land adjoin- ing, and now has 160 acres in a square, the most of it finely culti- vated. lle was married March 12, 1857, to Hannah J. Stevens, born in this township Jan. 6, 1841. They have had eleven chil- dren, six living-Harriet A., Thomas F., Emma J., Charles M. Rosella and Lillie R., all living at home. Politically Mr. Abshier is a Republican; cast his first vote for Fillmore in 1856. He en- listed Aug. 2, 1862, in Company C. Eighty-seventh Illinois Infan- try, and served three years; was afterward mounted. He was
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with his regiment all through the Southern States; skirmished and scouted a great deal; was in some very close places; was in the battle of Sabin Cross-roads under General Banks.
John Absher was born in Allen County, Ky., Jan. 16, 1806, and came to White County about 1835. June 30, 1831, he married Sarah, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Lowe, natives of Ken- tucky, but residents of White County. Mrs. Absher was born May 14, 1808. She died Oct. 10, 1844. Mr. Absher married, Oct. 13, 1846, Ann Maria (Douthart) Goodwin. She was born Feb. 7, 1817, and died March 20, 1852. June 13, 1852, he married Mah ala Hood, who was born Aug. 24, 1817. She died Sept. 12, 1870. Jan. 19, 1872, he married Elizabeth Kittle. Mr. Absher died Feb. 6, 1876. Mrs. Absher died in 1879.
Hieronimus Aman, son of Adolphus and Sarah (Rupert) Aman, was born in Herald Prairie, White County, Ill., Feb. 18, 1828. His father was a native of Germany, and came to this country in 1818, and shortly after located in this county, where he died in 1841. His mother was a native of Kentucky. They were mar- ried in 1821, and were the parents of seven children, five of whom lived to man and womanhood. Three are still living. Mrs. Aman died in 1839. Mr. Aman lived on the farm with his parents till their death. He was married in 1858 to Mrs. Malinda (Thomp- son) Culbreth, a native of Indiana. They have six children- John D., Nancy Ann, William S., Ellen Elizabeth, Sarah Jane and Ida Bell, all living at home. Mr. Aman settled on his present home of 120 acres in 1867. He also has forty acres two miles southeast of home. He is a good farmer, and has 100 acres under a good state of cultivation. Politically he was a Whig, but since the war has voted the Democratic ticket.
Robert W. Boyd, born near Bellefontaine, Logan County, O., Nov. 20, 1833, is a son of Archibald and Mary (Wilson) Boyd. His father was a native of Mason County, Ky., and his mother of Fayette County, O. His mother died leaving two sons-Thomp- son and Robert W. His father married a second wife, Miss Mof- fatt, and the family moved to Coles County, Ill., where they reside:l till his father's death in 1847. Robert W. then came to Gallatin County to live with his uncle, John W. With the ex- ception of six years, spent in Ohio, he has been a resident of Illi- nois since first coming to the State. He married Mary, daughter of Georg and Martha Bailey. They have had seven children- Erskin, Ida, May Lulu, Florence, Geo. L., Martha L. and Thomp-
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son Archibald. Mr. Boyd's paternal grandmother's maiden name was Margaret Thompson. He has been a citizen of White County twenty-three years. In 1863 he enlisted in Company H, Four- teenth Illinois Cavalry; was in the Army of the Cumberland. His was the first company in the capture of Morgan. His com- pany did scouting, patroling and raiding work. They were sur- rounded by the rebels several times, and had to cut their way out to avoid being captured. Mr. Boyd has captured many rebels himself; captured one man who was armed to the teeth. He was discharged at Pulaski, Tenn., and paid off at Nashville.
John S. Brumblay, born in Dearborn County, Ind., Dec. 18, 1844, is a son of John and Andesiah (Truit) Brumblay, natives of Maryland, who both removed to Dearborn County, Ind., when they were young, and remained there. His mother died in Indi- ana in 1865. Soon after his father went to Cincinnati, where he still resides. They reared nine children out of a family of twelve. John S. is their fifth child. He was brought up on his father's farm, and had the advantage of a good education; attended the Morris Hill College. April 6, 1868, he came to this county, locat- ing on his present farm, on section 18, town 6, Emma Township, where he owns fifty-six acres. When he came here there was scarcely a tree cut on his place, but by his own labor he now has it under a good state of cultivation. He was married Oct. 30, 1868, to Sarah E., daughter of Maxfield and Electa Huston, who was born in Ohio County, Ind., Dec. 31, 1847. They have one son, Walter W., born Sept. 26, 1870. Politically Mr. Brumblay has always been a Democrat, although he cast his first Presiden- tial vote in 1865 for Abraham Lincoln. In 1864 he was Township Collector. He stands high in this community. Mrs. Brumblay's father, Maxfield Huston, was a native of Rising Sun, Ind., and lived there till December, 1865, when he came to this county, and purchased a large tract of land. He laid out a town, which he named after his native place; it is now a village of a dozen houses. Mr. Huston took an active interest in the building of his native town, contributing as much as any other citizen, and leav. ing many houses as monuments of his enterprise, among them the chapel of the Christian church in the construction of which he took an active part. He united with the Christian church in 1834. He was a quiet, unassuming, charitable man, and will be pleasantly remembered by all who knew him. He died Aug. 1, 1873, aged seventy years. His wife was a native of Canada, and died Feb. 9, 1865, aged sixty three years.
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Solomon Bryant was born in Knox County, Tenn., May 1, 1810. His parents came to this county in 1818. His father died in Mis- souri, in 1863, and his mother in Effingham County, in 1872. He was married in 1830 to Nancy Lanford, a native of Kentucky. She died in 1836, leaving four children-Alvira, Margaret, Mary and Benjamin. In 1840 he married Martha, widow of Benjamin Stephens. Of their eight children, only six are living-Thomas. Martha, James, John, Lucinda and Susan. Benjamin and Peter both enlisted in Company II, Forty-eighth Illinois Volunteers. Benjamin died at Camp Butler, and Peter was killed at the battle of Shiloh. Politically Mr. Bryant was a Whig, but has affiliated with the Republican party since its organization. IIe was School Director one term.
George W. Clark, born Nov. 24, 1845, in Emma Township, White Co., Ill .; son of Joseph M. and Caroline L. (Taylor) Clark, natives of Kentucky and Virginia. IIis father came to this county with his parents when he was a small boy. His mother came shortly after with her parents. They were inarried in this township. His mother died March 7, 1866; his father is still liv- ing in Carmi Township. George W. learned the blacksmith's trade of his father, and worked with him till after he was of age. He was married in 1866 to Margaret A. Walker, a native of Posey County, Ind. He then ran a blacksmith shop for three years. when he sold out and went to farming, and has been farming since. IIe bought 173g acres on section 21. IIe lives on section 17, where he rents 130 acres. Ile is farming as extensively as any man in the township. His father and mother had nine children, three sons and six daughters. IIe is the oldest one living. There are four danghters dead out of his father's family. IIe has always voted the Republican ticket. Has been Collector of this town- ship two years, and is now serving his third year as Commissioner. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have one daughter-Cornelia, residing at home.
James A. Clark, son of Joseph M. and Louisa C. (Taylor) Clark. was born Jan. 19, 1848, near the place where he now resides. He was brought up on the old homestead till he was twenty-one years of age, when he married and rented a farm just east of his home. He was married Ang. 5, 1869, to Sarah J. Miller, a native of this county, born June 30, 1849. She died Jan. 13, 1871, leaving one daughter, now dead. June 22, 1871, he married Mary Kellow, a native of this county, born Feb. 21, 1851. She died Jan. 7, 1874. leaving two children. The daughter died soon after her mother
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The son, Edward O., was born June 16, 1872. Dec. 7, 1876, he married his present wife, Martha A. Rudolph, also a native of this county, and a daughter of Andrew J. Rudolph, born Dec. 31, 1847. They have two children-Bertha A., born Dec. 30, 1878, and Lucy P., born Nov. 22, 1880. In December, 1881, he bought the home- stead farm and moved on it about the 10th of the month. It is a fine farm, being well under cultivation. In 1868 Mr. Clark united with the Methodist church, and is very much devoted to the church of his choice. Mrs. Clark has been a member of the same church since she was fourteen years old.
Joel Clark was born about five miles south of where he now re- sides, July 5, 1832. His father, Parson Clark, was a native of New York City, and moved to Mt. Vernon, Posey County, Ind., with his parents when eleven years old. His mother was a native of Tennessee and moved to Indiana with her parents when quite small. They were married in Posey County in 1831. They had a family of three sons and one daughter. They came to White County in 1832, and located in Emma Township. His mother died in the spring of 1838, aged twenty-eight years. His father died in 1868, aged sixty-seven years. Jocl remained on the home- stead till he was twenty-two years old. During this time he worked two years at the saddler's trade but it did not agree with him, 80 he returned home. In 1856-'7 he kept a livery stable in Carmi. In January, 1856, he married Mary Shipley, a native of this county and a daughter of John Shipley. She died in 1863, leaving one daughter, Affir, born in 1858, and now the wife of William Dietz, residing at Carmi. In the spring of 1870 he married IIarriet Al- dridge, a daughter of Russel Aldridge, born in this county, Dec. 15, 1849. They have four children-John, born Nov. 11, 1873; George, Nov. 19, 1875; Henry, Nov. 26, 1878; Elmer, Sept. 14, 1882. Mr. Clark enlisted in the late war in 1862, in Company I, Eighty-seventh Illinois Infantry; was with the regiment in all its numerous battles, skirmishes, etc .; was at Vicksburg, under Grant; from there to Natchez; was on the Red River expedition under Banks; went through the war without a wound. He drove an ambulance awhile and then was Forage-Master; was Wagon- Master three months previous to his discharge. He was mustered out July 3, 1865. Politically he is a Democrat. In 1874 he was Com- missioner of Highways of this Township.
James J. Corcoran was born in 1836 in Monneygall, King's County, Ireland; was a son of Patrick and Mary (Kingshella) Cor-
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coran. In 1846 his father came to America, settling in Montreal, Canada, where his family followed soon after. He died in 1847. His mother died in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1869. Mr. Corcoran has earned his own living since he was thirteen years of age. He went to Cincinnati in 1857, and remained till the commencement of the war, when he enlisted in Company E, Third Virginia Cav- alry, and served two years; was then appointed Brigade Wagon- Master in Hunter's raid to Lynchburg, and served till the close of the war; was under different commanders while serving as Wagon- Master; was at the first battle of Rich Mountain, Cheat Mountain, Laurel Hill and Greenbriar. After the close of the war he re- turned to Cincinnati and remained till June, 1868, when he came to White County, Ill., and bought 160 acres, but now owns 180 acres of fine land, well cultivated. He was married in 1866 to Kate Liston, a native of Ireland. Of their seven children, six are living-Thomas, John, Maggie, Mollie, Edward, and Kate. One died in infancy. olitically Mr. Corcoran is a Democrat. His farm shows that it has the oversight of an intelligent, efficient farmer, one who has made he occupation a study with the pur- pose of excelling.
James Dawsey, born in 1814, in Emma, where Major Williams's property now is, is a son of Halyard and Polly (Kiger) Dawsey, bo h natives of Franklin County, N. C. They came here with their parents at the same time, at a very early date. His father died when he was five years old, and his mother when he was fifteen, when he was left to care for himself. When he was twen ty-five years old he went to work on a flat-boat on the Mississippi, and ten years after went as second pilot on a steamboat, and was afterward first pilot. He remained on this boat ten years. He was married in 1843 to Mary Van Winkle, a native of this county, and went to housekeeping on the place where he still rosides. His wife died in 1847, leaving four children, all now dead. He was married in 1849 to Mary Miers, a native of this county. They have four children-Andrew, Abraham, Halyard and Eli. Mr. Dawsey enlisted in 1861, in Company D, Fifty-sixth Illinois In- fantry, and served two years, lacking three days. He was in Gen- eral Grant's Division. Ile was wounded at Corinth, and was taken to Grant's headquarters, where he remained nearly eight weeks, and was then sent to the hospital at Louisville. IIe did not re- ceive proper treatment there, and was sent to Mound City; was there only a weck or two, when he was taken to the hospital in
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St. Louis, where he stayed nearly eleven months, and was then sent home on crutches. He has never recovered from his injuries, and receives a pension of $14 a month. IIe has never been able to do a day's work. Politically he is a Democrat. He has been School Director of his township, and takes a great interest in edu- cational matters.
John Eply was born Nov. 12, 135'), about four miles southeast of where he now resides. ITis father, George W. Eply, was born in Shawneetown, Ill., Nov. 29, 1826. His mother, Nancy (Mc- Callister) Eply, was born in this county, Feb. 27, 1827. They were married April 27, 1846, in McLoansboro, Hamilton Co .. Ill. In 1852 Mr. Eply, Sr., purchased 160 acres on section 4, and located his family on their own home. Oct. 5, 1866, he bought 200 acres adjoining; Nov. 25, 1856, he entered 200 acres on sec- tion 3, and Sept. 5, 1860, bought 160 acres in the bottoms on sec- tion 15, having in all, at the time of his death, 720 acres. In October, 1861, he entered the army, enlisting in Company G, Sev. enth Illinois Cavalry, and served fourteen months; was discharged at Corinth, in December, 1862, on account of dropsy. Ile died Oct. 14, 1867, aged forty-one years. Mrs. Eply was a daughter of James and Sarah McCallister, who came to this county in 1811, with other members of the McCallister family. She died in 1876. They had a family of seven children, three living. John has 240 acres of the homestead, lying on sections 3 and 4. It is a fine farm, well cultivated. He was married Jan. 1, 1871, to Eveline Tuggle, daughter of Joseph Tuggle, born Oct. 9, 1854. They have had three children; two died in infancy. George was born July 30, 1875. Politically he is a Democrat. In the spring of 1882 he tras elected a member of the Board of Supervisors of Emma Township.
Joseph Garrison was born March 21, 1819, on the place where Geo. W. Clark now lives, near Elm Grove. His father, James Garrison, was married in North Carolina to Rachel Luper. They were both natives of Wilford County, N. C. They came here in 1809 and settled in Emm Township, on the place where Geo. W. Clark now lives, section 17, town 6, range 10. When he first came he got a pre-emption on eighty acres, and at his death he had 800 acres. He died March 22, 1845. ITis mother died when he was ten months old, in 1S19. There were seven children in his father's family, five sons and two daughters, three sons and one daughter now living. Mr. Garrison is the youngest of the family. At his
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father's death Mr. G. got eighty acres of the homestead, and by hard work and toil has increased his farm to 150 acres. Ile spent all his time at farming and received what little education the country afforded in those early days. IIe was married May 3, 1843, to Mary Jane Harvey, a native of Carmi Township. She died Oct. 29, 1847, leaving one son -- James W. Mr. Garrison was married again June 6, 1849, to Sarah Seal, who died Dec. 22, 1874, leaving seven children-Rachel, John, Joel, Robert, Catharine, Solomon and Hettie. Politically he was a Whig; cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison for President. Since the organ- ization of the Greenback party he has been one of its ardent sup- porters. He was Justice of the Peace for Emma twelve years, being elected three successive terms. He has acted as Assessor for the past seven years. When his father first came here he found two families of white people from Vincennes to Jonestown, the only two white families to be found in this country.
William Hill was born in East Tennessee, Feb. 28, 1821. At the age of ten he went to Posey County, Ind., and remained until he was twenty-one, when he came to White County. He resided on a farın in Little Prairie for about ten years, and in 1852 bought the place where he now lives on section 6, Emma Township. He has eighty-three acres in this and twenty in Carmi Township. He had 303 acres, but has divided it between the children, reserving only the 108 for himself. He was married Sept. 17, 1851, to Mary Bryant, a native of White County, born Jan. 17, 1835. She died May 18, 1864, leaving five children-Solomon, born Sept. 24, 1852; John, Oct. 26, 1854; Abram, Jan. 29, 1857; Laura, now Mrs. Enoch Sams, born Nov. 15, 1860; Margaret, now Mrs. John W. Harvey, born Jan. 21, 1862. In October, 1864, Mr. Hall married Malinda Miller, but she lived only thirty days. March 31, 1865, he married Mrs. Rebecca Anderson, a native of White County. They have two children-Enoch, born Oct. 15, 1867, and Char- lotte, born Oct. 28, 1872. He is a member of the Methodist church. Mrs. Hall was the widow of John Anderson and had five children when she married Mr. Hall. They are all married. Politically Mr. Hall is a Republican.
Benjamin Land was born Nov. 8, 1839, in what is now Haw- thorne Township, White Co., Ill. His father was Lemuel Land and his mother was Mary Dockery, who were early settlers in the county; their sketch appears elsewhere in this work. He was raised on the farm and attended the district schools of his neigh
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borhood. ILis father went to California in spring, 1851, and died on the way back in fall, 1832. Hejremained on the farm with his widowed mother until he married and started life for himself. He was married April 1, 1861, to Frances I. Phipps, a native of Carmi, who died Dec. 2, 1876. They had six children, four of whom are dead. The children living are-Mary Ellen, wife of J. J. Talbott, born Feb. 8, 1862, residing in the county; and William M., born Oct. 19, 1867, residing at home. ITis wife, Frances I. Land, daughter of John and Eleanor Phipps, was born June 18, 18+2. Mr. Land was married again Oct. 22, 1878, to Lizzie Welch, daughter of Andrew and Sarah Welch, was born June 6, 1851. She died June 4, 1879. MIe married for his third wife Laura Storms, July 20, 1SS0; she is a daughter of John and Lucy T. Storms, born June 7, 1850. When the war broke out, Mr. Land enlisted, September, 1861, in Company H, Forty-eighth Regiment Illinois Infantry, and served six months, when he was discharged on account of his health being broken down. He never recovered his health again and has always been more or less affected with disease of the lungs. To try and regain his lost health, Mr. Land is about leaving for the Southwest part of Texas or Southern Cali- fornia, where he will locate with his wife and family. Mr. Land owns about 600 acres of land, lying in Emma and Hawthorne townships. He has been an extensive farmer in this part of the county, and has reaped the benefit of careful management and con- stant attention to his business. He has always been a devoted Christian, and member of the Methodist church, and for several years has been an ordained minister of that denomination. On account of his poor health he has not been able to fill the pulpit for some time.
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