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William Mckenzie, pioneer of Norris, was born in Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 22, 1814, and came with his parents, through Indians and wild animals, to this county, in December, 1816. He was reared in the woods and educated in the log cabins of the early days. He has cleared and hired over 300 acres of land. He has been engaged in farming till the last ten years, and now resides in Norris. He was married Aug. 16, 1836, to Mary Hardester. They were the parents of fourteen children, nine living-Sarah, Aaron S., Elizabeth, John P., Nancy, Indiana, William T., Mar- tha and Lucinda. He has sixty-five children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. He was in the late war eleven months; was First Lieu- tenant of Company B, Fifty-sixth Illinois Infantry; was in the battle of Corinth; resigned on account of disability. He had two sons and five son-in-laws in the army, and lost three of the latter. Politically he is a Republican.
Michael Miller, section 18, Indian Creek Township, was born in Bavaria, Germany, Aug. 8, 1832. His father, George A.,
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came to America with his family in 1846 and located in Evans- ville, Ind. Michael learned the trade of a millwright and followed it in Indiana till 1876, when he came to this county. Jan. 7, 1852, he married Anna Krapf. They are the parents of six children, five living-Michael, Joseph and Christina (twins), Katie and John. The deceased was a twin of Katie. The family are mein- bers of the Catholic church of Ridgeway. During the late war he served three years and a half in the Sixth Indiana Battery. He was appointed Captain for his bravery at Shiloh. He was in the battles of Shiloh, Holly Springs, Corinth, Vicksburg, Sturges's raid, Gun-Town raid, Tupelo and others.
Michael Millspaugh, born in Hamilton County, Ill., April 17, 1841, is a son of William Millspaugh, who came to White County with his parents in 1830, and several years later went to Hamilton County, returning to this county in 1848. Michael received a common-school education and lived on the farm till the war, when he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry. He was in the battle of Fort Donelson; was on detached service over a year, and in the postal service at Vicksburg. After the war he learned the blacksmith's trade, at which he is still working in Sac- ramento. He was married March 16, 1865, to Mary P., daughter of James Black, of this township. Of their four children only three are living-William J., Laura R. and Abby L.
James A. Morris, section 29, Indian Creek Township, was born in Murray County, Tenn., May 30, 1818. He is a son of Edward Morris, a native of Virginia, who came to Illinois in 1829 and set- tled in Hamilton County. In 1841 he came to Gallatin County and settled on the place where Texas City now is; went back to Hamilton County in 1845, and in 1848 came to White County. He had no school advantages when young and did not learn to read and write till after his marriage. He was married Feb. 17, 1841, to Rebecca J., daughter of Solomon and sister of Captain S. S. Brill. They were the parents of nine children, only six living-John F., Nancy C., Josephine, Edmond S., Benjamin C. and Maria J. Mary C. and James M. are dead. Mary C. was married and left a family of five children. The family are members of the Baptist church. Politi- cally he is a Democrat. He enlisted in the late war in Company G, Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry; was in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson and Shiloh. He was wounded at the latter place and sent to the hospital and from there home. After being home five weeks he started back and was captured, but was paroled in five
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days and joined his regiment; he was discharged in May, 1863, for disability.
Miles T. Nation, section 17, Indian Creek Township, was born in Spring Hill Township, White County, Feb. 11, 1837. His father, William Nation, of North Carolina, settled where Spring Hill Vil- lage now stands, in 1823. Miles T. received his early education in a log-cabin subscription school. Dec. 19, 1858, he married Eliza J. Meelar. They had three children, two living -- William A. and Mary E. Mrs. Nation died Nov. 20, 1863, and May 19, 1864, he married Frances L. Groves. Of their five children but three are living-Lucinda A., Julia O. and Izra S. His wife died April 14, 1875. July 23, 1875, Mr. Nation married Eliza J. Jacobs. They had one child (deceased). Mrs. Nation died July 16, 1879. Sept. 7, 1879, he married Susannah, daughter of Elisha Barnett. They have had two children, one living-David M. Mr. Nation enlisted in the late war, in Company E, One Hundred and Twentieth Illinois Infantry. After two months' faithful service he was dis- charged for disability. He has served three years as School Di- rector.
William Oliver, attorney, Norris City, was born in Jackson County, O., Sept. 12, 1836. His father, Charles Oliver, was a na - tive of Mason County, Va., and moved to Ohio in 1832. He was reared on a farm and educated himself by studying at home. He attended school only thirty-two days. He worked in the day and studied at night. He came to this county in 1854, where he has since lived. He resides on section 27, Indian Creek Township, where he has 135 acres. He read law and has practiced for the last ten years. He has a good practice; is also Notary Public. He was Justice of the Peace fourteen years. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. He was married Nov. 19, 1859, to Sarah A., daughter of Thomas M. Vineyard, an old settler of this county. They are the parents of ten children, eight living-Arnold P., Angelo P., Clement E., Ida S., William R., Ella C., Darwin C. and Frenchie.
John H. Orr, born in Pennsylvania, Washington County, Aug. 7, 1826, was a son of James and Elizabeth (Grant) Orr, natives of Pennsylvania. The father's sire was from Ireland, and settled, on landing in New York, in Lancaster, Pa., and the mother's parents were from Germany, and moved to Pennsylvania, the border of civilization at that time. Jaines and Elizabeth Orr's family con- sisted of eight children-John H., Sarah (deceased in Pennsylvania), Margaret (Mrs. John DeNormandy, Washington County, Pa.), 57
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Nancy (Mrs. Absalom B. Snyder, Washington County, Pa.), Elizabeth (Mrs. Joseph S. Martin, of Allen County, Kan.), William (living at Hot Springs, Ark.), Samuel H., of Kansas City. Mr. Orr came to New Haven in the spring of 1851, where he remained some eight years. His trade being that of a joiner and carpenter, he found ready work when that place had one of its periodical times of activity. He moved to White County in 1860, into Indian Creek Precinct, where he has since resided. He mar- ried, March, 1856, Mary M. Acord, daughter of Volentine and Elizabeth (Oliver) Acord, both natives of Virginia. Their chil- dren are -- an infant, born May 13, 1857, died before named; an- other infant, unnamed (deceased), [born June 17, 1859; John F. and Mary E., born June 18, 1860; James P., born June 29, 1862; Martha C., Jan. 15, 1864; Ruth A., Nov. 4, 1866; Joseph H., March 21, 1868 (deceased); Orpha H., Ang 4, 1870; Florence B., born Aug. 16, 1872; Emma C., Dec. 1, 1874; Sarah E., July 2, 1877. Mr. Orr, by strict attention to business, good calculation, and honest frugality, has won for himself and family a good home and a fine farm, of which he can well be proud.
Capt. Alfred Pearce, of Middlepoint, Indian Creek Township, was born in Middlepoint, June 18, 1818. His father, James Pearce, came to Middlepoint from North Carolina in 1817, and cleared the farm where Alfred now lives. Hedied in 1836. Captain Alfred Pearce owns 160 acres of good land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married in 1845 to Mary A., daughter of Richard Langford (deceased). They are the parents of ten children, seven living-Rebecca E. Mexico, Mary C., Mar- tha W., Louisa K., James C., Alfred P., and Laura A. One daugh- ter, Julia A., died in July, 1822, aged twenty-six years. Mrs. Pearce died in March, 1865. Mr. Pearce is Township Super- visor, but is not an office-seeker. He was Captain of a mili- tary company when a young man, hence his title. He is a mem- ber of the A. F. & A. M.
Captain David M. Porter, Roland, was born nine miles from Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Ill., Dec. 7, 1826, and came with his parents to White County in 1832, and settled where Ro- land now is. It was then woods and the place where they located was a grapevine thicket. David M. and his brothers cleared the land where the village now stands. His father, John Porter, was a saddler and Presbyterian minister. Captain Porter was reared here. The first school he attended was in an old log cabin that
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had been built for a stable. When he was seventeen he went to school in Equality nineteen months, driving a stage every alter- nate night to Shawneetown and back to obtain money to defray his expenses. He continued to drive the stage for seven years. He was married in the fall of 1849, to Barbara Slater. They were the parents of three children, all dead. One daughter Laura was a young lady. Mrs. Porter died in 1856, and Captain Porter was married again to Mary E. Riley. Of their four children only one is living-John L., fourteen years old and in school at Enfield. His wife died in 1874, and in June, 1878, he married Laura A. Mount. They have one child-Fred. Captain Porter kept a grocery in New Haven, Gallatin County, a year, and then, in 1852, came back to this county and engaged in the mercantile business with M. J. Pearce, on section 12, Indian Creek Township. In 1854 he came to Roland and went into business alone. During the late war he served three years as Captain of Company H, One Hundred and Twentieth Illinois Infantry; was in the battles of Vicksburg, and Lake Providence; was taken prisoner while on Sturges' raid and was in Andersonville, Macon, Ga., Columbia, Charlotte, N. C., and Raleigh prisons; was exchanged in March, 1865. His store was closed during the war, but after his return he resumed business. He has a general store and carries a stock of $12,000, doing an annual business of $40,000. He also owns and runs the Excelsior steam flouring mills, at Roland. They have three run of stones and make a fine grade of flour. He took his son-in-law, R. G. Rice, as a partner in 1875, and he is still a partner. Captain Porter is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church in the village. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Thomas I. Porter, born in Roland, Indian Creek Township, May 19, 1846, was a son of Samuel Porter, a native of the South, who came to this county from Kentucky, and died here in 1851. He received his education in the schools of this vicinity. He enlisted in the Rebellion, in Company G, Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry, when only sixteen years old. He was in the battles of Mobile, Fort Blakely, Spanish Fort; was taken prisoner at Holly Springs, Miss .; was taken to St. Louis, and exchanged; was on detached ser- vice in the Commissary Department, on the Red River, during the latter part of the war. He returned home in 1865; worked for his board and went to school during the winter, and in the summer worked on a farm and studied every day. He took his books into the field and studied while resting. He then taught the next win-
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ter, and studied when he had time. He taught six years, and painted during vacations. He became a good house painter. He then had charge of a store in Sacramento for Barnes, four years. In 1874 he was elected Sheriff, and re-elected in 1876. He arrested John Aikin, the murderer of Augustus Steward, fourteen years after the murder. An injured cousin of Aikin's wrote to Mr. Por- ter, telling him of his whereabouts. He was in Colorado near Greenwood, on Hard Scrabble Creek. Mr. Porter went to Green- wood, twenty-five miles from Canon City, and made the postmas- ter tell him where Aikin lived. He took two men from there and went to his house, pretended they were of a party from Chicago on a fishing excursion, and offered Aikin $5 to show them the way back to Greenwood, it being midnight. When they got to a level place, full of rocks, the deputy, who was a few feet behind, called, " Halt. " Mr. Porter then leveled his gun at Aikin's breast, and made him throw up his hands. Mr. Porter arrested and handcuffed three negroes who had escaped from the Henderson (Ky.) jail. He followed a forger to California and brought him back; followed two murderers, Thomas Pickering and his son William, to Texas, and arrested them; followed a criminal to Washington Territory and arrested him. He has made more arrests than any other man in Southern Illinois, and has had many narrow escapes. Some burglars tried to get into Barnes's store one night in June, 1882. He was a partner in the store. He was lying awake, and heard two men talk- ing under the window. He got up and dressed, and watched them; soon they went to a blacksmith's shop, and brought some tools to the back door of the store and began work. Mr. Porter then wak- ened Barnes and his son and went around to the back of the store, while Barnes was to make a a noise at the front door. As he came near the back of the house, one in ambush shot him, but a small book in his side pocket saved him. The villain ran, and Mr. Porter shot him, for traces of blood were found the next morning. He was married in 1867, to Mollie Pearce. They had one child- Maud. Mrs. Porter died in 1870, and in 1872 he married Mattie Pierce. Of their three children, two are living-Daisy and May. Mr. Porter is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Samuel N. Ramsey, born in Columbiana County, O., Nov. 5, 1832, is a son of Samuel Ramsey, a native of Pennsylvania. He lived on a farm till he was twenty-four years old, when he learned the carpenter's trade. He came to this county in 1865. He was married April 14, 1854, to Mrs. Emily Douglass, daughter of
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William Vaughn, and a native of Columbiana County, O. They are the parents of three children, two living-Eli W. and Jacob E .; Uzzial W. died in July, 1880, at the age of eighteen years. The sons work with their father at the carpenter's trade. Mrs. Ramsey had two children by her former marriage-Jasper N. and John Douglass. The family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church of Norris City.
Roland G. Rice was born in this township, Ang. 11, 1847. His father, Archibald B. Rice, a native of East Tennessee, came to this county when he was a boy, and settled in the woods. He is blacksmith by trade and also a merchant, of Harrisburg, Saline County. Roland G. is the second of six children. He was edu- cated in the common schools and the Commercial College of Evans- ville, Ind., graduating from the latter in 1874. He engaged in the mercantile business with his father-in-law, Captain D. M. Porter, in 1875. He was married in the spring of 1873 to Laura Porter, who died in the spring of 1874. June 23, 1881, he married Dora A. McCollough, of Owensboro, Ky. They have one child-Pearl. He is Postmaster and express agent at Roland, and railroad agent at Roland station, a mile and a half distant, on the O. & M. R. R. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and A. O. U. W.
Nephry J. Sallee, son of Oliver P. Sallee, was born in Ohio County, Ky., Feb. 4, 1816. He was reared on a farm. His edu- cation was limited, being received in the subscription schools. He moved with his parents to Spencer County, Ind., in 1832, and in 1839 came to this county, and settled in the woods in Indian Creek Township, where he still resides. He has always been a hard- working farmer. He was married Dec. 18, 1841, to Satira J. Mea- dor. They are the parents of nine children, seven living-Robert G., Newton J., Mary L., Martha A., Mary M., Emily J. and Eliz- abeth J. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Sallee's father was in the Mexican war, in the battle of New Orleans, under General Jackson.
John H. Sterling, Sacramento, was born in Blount County, Tenn., July 2, 1849. His father, Thomas Sterling, a native of Knox County, Tenn., brought his family to this county in 1851. John H. was educated in the common-schools, and worked at farming till 1873, except two seasons when he was selling fruit trees. In 1874-'75 he clerked in a store in Sacramento a year and a half; then returned to the farm and remained till 1880, since which time he has been clerking for F: M. Dehymer. His father was a soldier
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in the late war, in the Fifty-sixth Illinois Infantry, and died May 2, 1862, from disease contracted there.
William H. Stokes, section 12, Stokes Station, Indian Creek Township, was born in New York City, Sept. 30, 1820. His father, Thomas Stokes, was a native of England, and came to America in 1813. In 1830 the family moved to Greene County, N. Y. William II. was educated by a private tutor, Prof. Nichols. He taught school three years. In 1841 he went to Rappahannock County, Va .; in 1848 to Memphis, Tenn., and in 1850 came to this county, where he has since resided, engaged in farming. He has also kept a general store for the past seven years (with the exception of one year) at Stokes Station. He was married in December, 1843, to Mary M. Cheek, of Virginia. To them have been born thirteen children, eight living-William, John, Eliza, Laura, Mary, Anna, Ella and Mertice, One son, Charles O., died in September, 1880, at the age of twenty. His son William is a graduate of Nashville Medical College, and is practicing in Stokes Station. Mr. Stokes is a member of the Missionary Baptist church. He is Postmaster at Stokes Station. In the late war he was Commissary Sergeant of the Eighty-seventh Illinois Mounted Infantry three years.
Marion N. Thompson, Norris, was born in Franklin County, Ill., June 9, 1849. His father, Wm. Thompson, was a native of the Southern States. Marion N. came with his parents to Gallatin County when a child, and in 1868 came to this county, where he has since resided. He was engaged in farming till 1874, when he carne to Norris and carried on the hardware business a year; since then he has superintended farming for himself and others. He buys more or less stock to stock his farms. He was married March 23, 1870, to Mary C. Powell. They have had four children, but only two are living-Daniel P. and George W. One son, Thos. Frank- lin, died at the age of six years. Mr. Thompson was Trustee of Norris two years; is now Commissioner of Highways. His father died in 1858.
Isaac W. Towell was born in Indian Creek Township, April 21, 1827. His father, Henry Towell, a native of Tennessee, came to this county in 1825 and settled on the Johnson farm, near Norris City, in the woods, and died when Isaac was thirteen years of age. Isaac being the eldest of six children had to work hard and re- ceived very little schooling. He was married Feb. 25, 1847, to Virginia Walters. They are the parents of thirteen children, ten living-Sarah J., Daniel T., Martha E., Eliza P., Sophronia A., Hen-
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ry A., Artie W., Zora H., Flora B. and Cora V. Mr. Towell owns 180 acres of land and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He be- longs to the I. O. O. F. His father was a soldier in the Black Hawk war. Mr. Towell is the champion turkey shooter in the county. He at one time killed thirteen turkeys without missing a single shot, with his rifle in the night.
Abel Varney, born near Steubenville, Jefferson Co., O., Oct. 27, 1819, is a son of Abel and Hannah (Willon) Varney, the former a native of New Hampshire, of Scotch descent, and the latter of English descent. Abel was educated in the subscription schools of Cuyahoga County, O., where his widowed mother moved when he was an infant. Abel had his skull broken by the wagon being turned over when they were moving. He got well, and when eleven years old he was caught by a log carriage and his skull cracked again, also breaking his jaw bone. He enlisted in the late war, in Company C, Fifty-sixth Illinois Infantry. He was taken prisoner at Holly Springs and was taken to Benton Barracks, St. Louis, and paroled. He was disabled in the army and draws a pension. He was married March 9, 1843, to Huldah Rice. They are the parents of twelve children, six living-Nathaniel A., John A., Joel E., Sidney L., Saul R., and Zarildah M., now Mrs. Mod- lin. Mr. Varney is a farmer, and resides on section 11.
Allen P. Veatch, farmer and stock-raiser, section 33, Enfield Township, was born in this township, April 13, 1843. His father, John M. Veatch (deceased), was also born and reared in this county. Allen P. was reared on a farm and educated in the com- mon schools. He ran a flouring mill in Enfield two years. He was married Nov. 8, 1871, to Emily J., daughter of Samnel Elliott (deceased). They have two children-Coro O., and Ralph R. He has served his township as Assessor one year. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist church. He owns 115 acres of good land. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity.
John M. Veatch, born in Enfield Township, Jan. 27, 1819, was a son of Isaac Veatch, an early pioneer of White County. His education was limited to the subscription schools. He was mar- ried Nov. 12, 1840, to Sarah M., daughter of Abel Rice. To them were born nine children, five still living-Allen P., Vibert W., Gamaliel A., Elgelitha A., and Iva R. One daughter, Harriet D., died at the age of twenty-four years. Mr. Veatch died Feb.
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19, 1861. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Gamaliel runs the home farm.
Vibert W. Veatch, son of John W. Veatch (deceased), was born in Enfield Township, White County, March 28, 1847. He was reared on a farm. His education was limited. He worked in a flouring mill in Enfield two years. He owns a farm of 238 acres, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has been thresh- ing for nine years. Oct. 7, 1868, he married Ellen Elliott. They are the parents of seven children, six living-Orval, Ollie, Deras- cus, Mary, Ellen and Luella. He is a member of the Baptist church. He is a very liberal man and subscribed largely for the Enfield College, the new Baptist church at Sacramento and other benevolent enterprises.
William A. Vineyard, farmer and stock-raiser, Indian Creek Township, was born in Norris City, Jan. 18, 1838. His father, Thomas M. Vineyard, a native of Kentucky, came to this county about sixty-five years ago, when a boy. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk war. He cleared a great deal of land in this county. He died in June, 1874. Wm. A. was reared on a farm and edu- cated in this county. Nov. 14, 1861, he married Patsey Caroline Garrison. Of their seven children five are living-Lewis M., Ophelia L., Mattie M., Thomas E. and George C. Mr. Vineyard is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church of Mt. Oval. He owns 138 acres of fine land.
Henry Wakeford, son of William Wakeford, was born in Hamp- shire, England, April 9, 1829, and came to America in 1848. His father was a railroad contractor and builder in England and Wales. He died in the island of Anglesea, North Wales, May 17, 1847. Of five brothers and five sisters, Henry was the first to leave his native country. Two of his brothers are now in Austra- lia, one in New Zealand, and one in the Sandwich Islands. The first two years in this country he built railroads in Ohio, Tennes- see and Indiana. In 1850 he came to Shawneetown and traded in stock in Gallatin County till 1856; then went to Hamilton County, Ill., and continued in trade till 1861, when he assisted in raising Company G, Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry, and was elected its First Lieutenant. He was in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Corinth. From injuries received at Fort Donelson, he resigned after the battle of Corinth. He was then employed to drill the Eighty-seventh Regiment at Shawneetown for two months. He was then sent to Memphis and drilled the One
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Hundred and Twentieth Illinois a few weeks; then returned and engaged in the mercantile business with A. K. Lowe, of Shawnee- town, purchasing the stock of Peopler and Ridgeway, and carrying on business under the firm name of Lowe, Wakeford & Co. He sold out his interest in 1864 and returned to Hamilton County. While making up a company for the war he was waylaid and shot in the throat, jaws and breast. He was engaged in the mercantile business in Shadville about a year. He built the first store in Norris in 1870, before the town was platted; removed here in 1874 and took charge of the store for four years; then engaged in the grain business. He buys all kinds of grain. From July 6 to Sept. 20, 1882, he had sold a half a million bushels of grain in Bal- timore. He owns a large grain warehouse and tobacco warehouse here, besides other property. He was Justice of the Peace in Hamilton County two years. He was married in England to Maggie E. Jenkins. Of their three children only one is living- - E. Roschelle (Davis). His first wife died and he married Rhoda J. Gott, granddaughter of Major Powell, of this county. They are the parents of five children-Maggie J., Henrietta M., Margie L., Mary L. and May, the four eldest married and living near home. Mrs. Wakeford died and he married Sue E. White, of Bowling Green, Ky. Of their four children two are living-Henry and Charles. Two daughters are deceased. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He visited England in 1858 and again in 1880. The last time he sold 40,000 bushels of wheat in London. He saw President Hayes and shook hands with him.
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