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1860, E. S. Colcord; 1861, John Yager; 1862, J. D. Lineroad; 1863, John Tumbleson; 1864, O. C. Sheldon; 1865, J. D. Lineroad; 1866, P. Hurless; 1867, Fra Scoville; 1868-'70, John Tumbleson; 1871, Cephas Hurless; 1872-773, John Tumbleson; 1874, Wm. H. Coleord; 1875, John Tumbleson; 1876, Wm. H. Colcord; 1877, John Tumbleson.
Collectors :- 1852, William Crum; 1853-'55, Darius Gould; 1856, Charles W. Smith; 1857, Darius Gould; 1858, J. T. Crum; 1859, Darius Gould; 1860, Pleasant Stanley; 1861, H. C. Parish; 1862, A. R. Hurless; 1863, J. N. Springer; 1864, Isaac Lineroad; 1865, C. Overholser; 1866, J. D. Lineroad; 1867, William N. Haney; 1868, B. F. St. John; 1869, H. C. Ulmer; 1870, James W. Fraser; 1871, E. J. Ferguson; 1872, Ephraim Brookfield; 1873, D. C. Overholser; 1874, D. G. Proctor; 1875, Alfred Barnes; 1876-'77, Abram Calkins.
Justices of the Peace :- 1852, John W. Lowery, James D. Law; 1855, Thomas J. Stanley; 1856, Charles Sherwood, Abram H. Law; 1860, Abram H. Law, Ephraim Brookfield; 1864, William Taylor, Ephraim Brookfield; 1866, S. H. Kingery; 1868, C. Overholser, William Taylor; 1873, Cephas Hurless, W. M. Law; 1877, R. T. St. John, Cephas Hurless.
Genesee township contains 18,683 acres of improved land, and 4,267 of un- improved. The Assessor's book shows that the number of horses in the town in 1877 was 525; the number of cattle, 970; mules and asses, 10; sheep, 11; hogs, 3,364; carriages and wagons, 234; sewing and knitting machines, 129; watches and clocks, 253; melodeons and organs, 37. Total assessed value of lands, lots and personal property, $396,330.
The population of the township in 1870, as appears by the United States census reports of that year, was 1,271, of which 1,081 were of native birth, and 190 of foreign birth. The population in 1860 was 1,157. The estimated pop- ulation in 1877, is 1,500.
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JESSE HILL, SR., and family, originally came from North Carolina, and set- tled on the north side of Genesee Grove in the summer of 1835. Previous to his coming he had lived a number of years in Indiana, but at the death of his wife, desiring to have all his children settle about him, he sought a home in the far West. When they came to the grove they could not cross Rock creek, as the water was very high, so they stopped until the water had fallen. In the meantime they reconnoitered the timber and the adjacent prairie, and concluded that there was enough to supply the " Hill family," so they built themselves a cabin. One day a party of Indians came to the cabin and told them that there was a "smoky woman," meaning a white woman, on the south side of the grove. A messenger was immediately dispatched, and he found the James family. A treaty, offensive and defensive, was at one entered into, by the families stipu- lating that the James family should own the south half of the grove, and the contiguous prairie, while the Hill family should occupy the north half, and the adjoining prairie. They were to repel all who intended to "jump claims," and all new settlers were compelled to purchase a timber and prairie lot from one of the families, or their assignees, for the first few years. The Hill family con- sisted of Jesse Hill, Sr., and nine children, viz: John, Daniel, William, Zach., Jesse, Jr., and four girls. One of the girls married Nathaniel Moxley, one, Samuel Seer, one, James Walker, and one, Ebenezer Huffman, now in Oregon, as far as their whereabouts can be learned. Jesse Hill, Sr., died a number of years ago at the Grove. John had six children; two are dead, one lives in Nebraska, one in Michigan, one in Towa, one in Wisconsin, and one, Jesse, in Illinois.
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John Hill died in Hardin county, Iowa, in 1852; his wife died in Wisconsin, in 1859. Jesse Hill, Jr., lives in Oregon; Daniel in Kansas; William went to Texas before the war and has not been heard from since. Zach. died at the Grove in 1854, after his return from California. His wife and four children are now in Oregon. Not having any teams, in the winter of 1835-'36, they went to work and cleared up a field in the timber. The boys split the rails, and the girls carried them on their shoulders to the place where the fence was to be built. Shoes, boots, broadcloths, silks, worsted goods and calicoes were not in the market, and if they had been there was no money to purchase them. So they had to be contented with buckskin moccasins as substitutes for boots and shoes. The women made linsey from the wool of the sheep, and dyed it with bark. The fabric was called butternut. The girls also made a coarse fabric from cotton by spinning and weaving. This was worn in the summer, the lin- sey in the winter. The dresses were cut, fitted and made at home, the fashions being entirely ignored. An incident is related of a gentleman going to the Hill cabin one day about noon, and finding the father, three sons, and three daugh- ters at their dinner, which consisted of potatoes boiled with the skins on. There being no chairs nor any table in the cabin, the potatoes were turned out on the puncheon floor, and the family were seated, tailor fashion, eating their frugal meal. As soon as they saw company. the girls ran and hid, but when the sur- prise wore off they returned and finished their meal.
RILEY HILL was a Methodist preacher, who remained in Genesee Grove two years, 1838-'39, and then went to Warren county; after a time he returned, but soon died.
LESTER HILL lived in Genesee Grove about twenty-five years. He moved to Minnesota, where he still resides.
JAMES FAMILY :- Adam and John James came to Genesee Grove in 1835, and settled on the south side of the Grove. The mother of the James brothers died in 1838; this was the first death in the Grove. Several Indians-Winne- bagoes-came to the James cabin one day while the men were from home. Be- ing unaccustomed to Indians, the two women fled, leaving them in peaceable pos- session of the premises, and went across the country to Union Grove, which was then the nearest settlement. Night overtaking them, they slept in the high grass. One of the women had an infant, and carried it in her arms all the way. Neither mother nor child suffered any injury from the journey or the ex- posure of lying on the ground during the night. They reached Union Grove the next day, very much pleased with the success of the adventure, and fully determined not to be surprised again by the Indians. There was, however, no mischief done during their absence. Adam James sold his claim to Wm. Wick and others, and returned to Morgan county, Illinois.
JOHN WICK was born January 26, 1793, in Fayette county, Kentucky; at the age of five his family emigrated to Ross county, Ohio, where he spent his boyhood. He married Elizabeth King, of London county, Virginia, on the 14th of April, 1814. Children : Margaret was born January 14, 1815; Eunice, March 8, 1816; Azariah and Absalom-twins-April 16, 1818; John K., July 28, 1820, and Moses, September 8, 1822. Mrs. Wick died February 1823. John K. and Moses are living, one in Genesee Grove the other in California; Mar- garet, the wife of Harmon Hopkins, is living in Iowa. Eunice the wife of- Howard, also lives in Iowa. Mr. Wick had been a farmer all his life. He came from Ohio directly to Illinois, and settled in Genesee Grove in October, 1836. He was a soldier in the war of 1812; he was drafted, and immediately mustered into the service, and rendezvoused at Columbus, Ohio. His regiment was at once ordered to upper Sandusky, to re-enforce General Scott, who was threatened with
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an attack by the British army. They reached headquarters just the night before the battle-near enough to hear the cannon, but not to engage in the encoun- ter. General Scott won the battle, and Mr. Wick's regiment was detailed to guard the prisoners.
WILLIAM WICK was born in Fayette county, Kentucky. He was about two years younger than his brother John and also went with the family to Ross county, Ohio. He married Margaret Redman, a sister of Eli Redman, in Ohio. He came to Illinois and settled in Genesee Grove in June, 1836. Children : Nancy, Emeline, Charlotte, Louisa, an infant that died, Eli, and William. Eli lives in Missouri and William in Iowa; Nancy married Wm. P. Hiddleson, and now lives in Kansas; Emeline married William Crum, and died in about a year; Louisa married John Moxley, and now lives in Missouri; Charlotte married Har- vey Summers, and also lives in Missouri. Mr. Wiek died in 1858, and is buried in Genesee Grove. He was drafted during the war of 1812, and served in the same regiment as his brother John. He was an honest, unsuspecting man, and often became the victim of designing persons; he was a member of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church. The pioneer ministers of that, and all denominations as well, and indeed everybody found a cordial welcome at his house. No member of his family now resides in this county. Mrs. Wiek is still living, at a ripe old age, with her daughter, Mrs. Moxley.
ELI REDMAN was born December 22, 1794, in Greenbrier county, Va. When young his family removed to Ohio, from thence to Tazewell county, Illi- nois, in 1827. He enlisted as a private in the war of 1812, in a Virginia regi- ment. He was afterwards Second Lieutenant in a company of Illinois Militia. He came to Whiteside county with William Wick. He married Catherine Owen, September 29, 1833, in Indiana. Children : W. H., born March 5, 1840; Phebe J., January 5, 1842; Sarah E., born February 17, 1844; Nelson L., born No- vember 16, 1847; Eli M., born November 22, 1849; Margaret L., born May, 1854; Samuel C., born March 13, 1856, and Frank O., August 10, 1861. Mr. Redman died October 29, 1862, and is buried in the Genesee Grove cemetery. Sarah E., died February 21, 1874. Wm. Il. enlisted in Company C, 12th Illin- ois Volunteer Cavalry; he served from January 1, 1862 to June 18, 1866. For meritorious services, he was promoted Captain of his company; he was cap- tured once, and escaped from the enemy in Virginia; was in every battle in which his regiment took part. He is now living at Montezuma, Poweshiek county, Iowa. After farming two years, he studied law at the University at Iowa City; since then he has been practicing his profession successfully at Montezuma, Iowa. Nelson L. and Eli M. are farmers; Phebe J. married Ed- ward F. Seoville. The family now reside in Poweshiek county, lowa. Sarah E. was married and resided at the same place until her death. Eli Redman was familiarly known in Whiteside and Carroll counties. from the very earliest set- tlement of the county up to the time of his death, as " Uncle Eli Redman." He was liberal to a fault, as every one would testify. No man ever asked a fa- vor of him in vain. Mrs. Eli Redman is now living with her children in Iowa. JAMES SCOVILLE was born February 21, 1810, in Washington county, New York. He traveled on foot from home to Erie, Pennsylvania, then again on foot across Michigan to Chicago, and then to Milwaukee in November, 1834. At that time there were no bridges, and he was compelled to wade or swim all the streams. He had left his family in New York while he was seeking work. He was employed by Junot & Rogers, at Milwaukee, in the lumber business, at $25 per month. When he was through with his work at this place, he walked all the way back to New York. Mr. Scovile was married November 15, 1832. Children: Ira, born May 24, 1834; Mattie, born March 12, 1836; Amelia, born
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March 12, 1838; Mary E., born December 17, 1841; Sarah, born November 29, 1843; Paulina, born January 20, 1845; James, born March 30, 1848; Ettie, born April 12, 1850; Emma, born January 17, 1852, and Ella, born December 12, 1855. Mr. Scoville made no claim on Government lands, but bought a tim- ber lot from Wm. Wick, built a cabin on a prairie lot in October, 1839, and moved his family into it in November. He also held the claim of the grove northeast of Genesee, which was then called Sight Grove, afterwards Prospect Grove. When he settled in Genesee Grove his entire worldly possessions con- sisted of a span of horses and a wagon. The provisions for his family and the feed for his horses had to be brought from Warren county, one hundred miles south, for the first year's supply. In the second year the products of the farm were sufficient. His first house was a log cabin 18 by 20 feet, all in one room, and was used as a kitchen, dining room, parlor, sleeping room, granary, harness room and wood house. In addition to all this, his cabin was the stopping place for all strangers who passed that way. Mr. Scoville and his wife are now far down the sunset side of life, and have secured not only the necessaries, but also many of the luxuries of life. They are among the solid people of Whiteside county.
EDWARD SCOVILLE the father of James, came to Genesee Grove in 1843. His wife's maiden name was Susan Case. Children: Paulina, Augustine, Hiram, Sanford, James, Stephen, Susan, Edward, Alexander, Sprague, and Jane. All the sons are dead except James and Alexander. The daughters are all living. The father and mother both died in Illinois. Sanford Scoville settled in Genesee Grove in 1844, and died in 1874, from injuries received by being thrown from a wagon. He left a wife and one child; his daughter married Alexander Calkins. Steven Scoville died about twenty years ago, leaving a wife and six children. Alexander Scoville is now living at Rock Falls. Sprague Scoville died about thirty years ago at Genesee Grove; he was not married.
IVORY COLCORD was born July 20, 1799, in New Hampshire, in which State his wife was also born, June 27, 1805. They came to Genesee Grove ou the 13th of October, 1837. On his route to the West Mr. Colcord shipped his family and goods at Olean Point, New York, on a flat boat, and went down the Alleghany river to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he took a steamer descend- ing the Ohio river, and thence up the Mississippi river to Fulton. At Fulton he loaded his goods in a wagon, John Baker, Fulton's pioneer, furnishing the team and acting as driver and guide. The family also took passage in the same wagon, and the convoy crossed the sloughs and prairie to Genesee Grove. The whole trip consumed six weeks. Mr. Colcord purchased a timber and prairie claim of William Wick, paying for it $150 in gold. The claim consisted of two hundred acres of timber land, and three hundred acres of prairie. Upon this he built a cabin 12 by 12 feet in size, in the winter of 1837-'38. In this cabin the family cooked, ate, washed, slept and kept hotel. A large part of their goods was kept in the wagon, which stood in the door yard all winter. In the summer of 1838, a house large enough to accommodate the family, and store away all the goods, was erected. Mr. Colcord was a farmer, and an educated man. After the labors of the day were over, he devoted his time in the even- ing to teaching a school at the house of William Wick, and afterwards one in his own house. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and at the organization of the Society in Genesee Grove, was chosen the first class- leader. He was also elected the first Justice of the Peace in Genesee township. Mr. Colcord died January 25, 1865. His children were as follows: Ethan S., born April 18, 1822; Abigail, born March 21, 1826; Ralph B., born June 8, 1828; Lorena D., born October 5, 1830; John, born June 24, 1832; Rose Ann, born
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April 5, 1835; Ivory, Jr., born February 22, 1837; William H., born July 29, 1839; Elvira, born July 25, 1841; George W., born May 12, 1843; Mary Angel- ine, born November 22, 1847. Ethan S. married Miss Eliza Jane Law in September, 1843, and died in August, 1863; children, Albert, Arthur, Royal, and Artie. Abigail married Washington Law in 1844, and died in 1864; children, Taylor, Joshua, Orland, Wright, and Hunter. Ralph B. married Miss Mary A. Shirley, March 8, 1854; children, Emma L., Luella M., and Nora B. Lorena D. married John Cummings in 1856, who died in 1864; children Emma and May. Mrs. Cummings afterward married Washington Law. Rose Ann married Caleb Burgess in 1855; children, Ophelia T., Florence V., Warner, and Frederick. Ivory, Jr., married Miss Charlotte Frazer; children, Willard, Irena, Celine, Bertha, and Angeline. William H. married Miss Phianna Lineroad; children, Alice C., Eustatia, Nettie A., Edith B., Ernest S., Clayton E., Nellie L., and Elbertie E. Elvira married James A. DeGroff; children, Raymond, Lettie, LeRoy, who died in infancy, and Herbert. George W. married Miss Lucretia Lineroad; no children. Mary Angeline married O. Terpenning; children, Frank J., Harry, and Olia V. Besides the township and other local offices held by Ivory Coleord, he was Coroner of the county from 1839 to 1844, and again from 1848 to 1854. He was an active, energetic man, and took a prominent part in helping to shape the affairs of the county in early days.
R. TILTON HUGHES was born in Kentucky, June 17, 1812. When he was twelve years old his father and family emigrated to Shawneetown, Illinois. After remaining there a few years, they went to Jacksonville, Illinois. At that time there was but one house where Jacksonville now stands. They remained there until 1834, when they went north, and settled in Elkhorn Grove, which was then in Jo Daviess county, but is now in Carroll county. They finally set- tled in Genesee Grove in 1839. After remaining a number of years, Mr. Hughes sold out and bought Jonathan Haines' farm just west of the Jacobstown mill, and two miles northwest of Morrison, where he still lives. By unremitting labor he has laid up enough of this world's goods to make himself comfortable, besides making provision for all his children, who have settled in his immediate neighborhood. Mr. Hughes was married to Mary Jane Seoville, March 13, 1841, children: James F., born February 1, 1845; John N., born August 24. 1846; Caroline F., born February 18, 1849; Oletha, born March 19, 1859. All are now living except James F., who was accidentally drowned in Rock creek, aged ten years. Mr. Hughes was in this county nine years before the lands were brought into market by the government.
JAMES A. L. BUNCE was born in Rensselaer county, New York. He mar- ried Hester Lewis. Children: Delos, Delaney, Deborah, Demott, Delia Ann, Darwin, Dunmore, Danforth, Delight, David, and Dewitt. All are now living, except Darwin. Three are living in Illinois, one in Missouri, and one in Kansas, and the others in Iowa. Mr. Bunce died in 1860, and Mrs. Bunce in 1876.
MARK HARRISON was born in Yorkshire, England, Mny 6, 1804. He was put on board a vessel, and became a sailor when quite young. He emigrated to the United States in 1826, and remained in New York and Rhode Island until 1832, employed as a sailor. He afterwards went to Chicago, and was engaged on a steamer in the Lake trade. In the spring of 1836 he settled in Whiteside county, and worked for Mr. Brink in digging out the mill pit at Empire. He made the claim of the Twin Grove property and the adjoining prairie, in part- nership with Joe. Mush, in 1837. He married Mrs. Mary Taylor. Children: Elizabeth, born October 18, 1840; James H., born November 23, 1842; Sarah Ann, born March 31, 1847; Joshua K., born September 3, 1846; Joseph E., born September 25, 1849. Joshua K., is dead; the others are living near their
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parents. The grand children number twenty-seven. Mrs. Harrison was born in North Carolina, September 10, 1803. She lost both her parents, and lived with her brother, keeping house for him after the death of his wife. The brother sold his property in North Carolina, and sent his two children, one nine, and the other five years old to Illinois, under the care of their aunt. They walked the whole distance-fifteen hundred miles. Her brother, remaining to dispose of the rest of his property, died suddenly with the cholera, and so the children were raised by their aunt. The niece became the wife of Edward Harris, and died in Sterling several years ago; the nephew went to Oregon, and was killed by the Indians. When Mr. and Mrs. Harrison were married, they cooked and ate their wedding dinner at their own cabin. They had no table, bed, or chairs; a board, laid on two pins driven in auger holes in one of the logs of their cabin, was their table, the seats were three-legged stools; the bed was straw which was covered with a sheet. Several years intervened before the luxuries of a table and chairs could be indulged in. The party with which Mrs. Harrison came from North Carolina carried all their goods on pack horses. The pack saddle was made of wood, and fitted the back of the horse. When Mr. Harrison was married he had just fifty cents, and his wife had fifteen dollars, all of which was invested, on joint account, in the purchase of wheat, oats, and corn for seeding purposes. Mr. Harrison once took two fat cows to Galena to sell. He sold one for $5, and invested the whole amount in the pur- chase of two five-pound bunches of cotton yarn. Mrs. Harrison wove this into cloth, which constituted the only fabric worn by the family. Mr. Harrison sold Mr. Brink wheat at twenty-five cents and took as pay a three year old colt valued at thirty dollars.
JOE MUSH was also an Englishman. He came West with Mark Harrison, and as partners they made the claim of the Twin Grove and the adjoining prairie. He had some prairie broken, in 1837, by James D. Bingham. He left and went East, and has not been heard from for many years.
WILLIAM STANLEY was born in Montgomery, now Grayson county, Vir- ginia, August 7, 1819. When he was ten years old his father emigrated from Virginia to Ohio, a distance of over five hundred miles. All walked but the mother, who rode on the pack-horse, carrying the baby. They came to Illinois, and settled at Union Grove in 1837; came to Genesee Grove in 1850. He married Delia Ann Bunce, November 30, 1843. Children : Rachael, born No- vember 29, 1845; Abram, born September 24, 1847; Melina, born November 12, 1849; Thomas, born November 3, 1851; Esther, born December 26, 1853; Andrew, born December 6, 1855; Mary, born September 6, 1858; Isabella, born February 18, 1861; Rebecca, born December 10, 1863; and William, born July 11, 1866.
THOMAS STANLEY lived in Genesee Grove thirty-five years. All of his fifteen children were born there. He left the Grove a number of years ago, and now lives in Iowa.
PLEASANT STANLEY came to Genesee Grove in 1837, and lived in the fam- ily of William Wick for three years. He worked for Jonathan Haines cight years. Married Sarah Jane Crum. Children: one son and five daughters. Mr. Stanley lived in Whiteside county twenty-seven years, but in 1864 went to Tama county, Iowa, where he now resides.
ISAAC BROOKFIELD was born in the State of New York, July 9, 1791. He came and settled in Genesee Grove in July, 1837, building a log cabin. After six years he moved to Indiana, but returned in 1858 and settled in Sterling, and worked at his trade as shoemaker until 1874. Since then he was an inva- lid. He died January 23, 1877, at the ripe age of eighty-six.
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EPHRAIM BROOKFIELD was born in Genesee county. New York. He went to California in 1849; when he returned he attended school at Knox College, Galesburg. He afterwards taught school several years. He married Harriet Yager in September, 1859. Children : Louis E., born June 6, 1860; Fannie M., born December 29, 1863; Ellen T., born November 17, 1872; and Dora, born September 12, 1874. Fannie M. died March 22, 1875. Mr. Brookfield was elerk in the store of J. T. Crum at Genesee Grove. He afterwards became a partner, and finally bought out Crum, carrying on the business in his own name at Coleta for fourteen years. During all this time he labored with an energy and tact that but few men possess. In 1874 he sold the stock and buildings to H. S. Wickey, and commeneed banking in Roek Falls on his own capital. His health failing, he was compelled to seek a warmer climate. He went to Florida, but died January 10, 1876, and was buried in the Sterling cemetery. .
MARTIN D. McCREA was born in Kentucky, May 31, 1806. His father died when he was but ten years old, and Martin was brought up in the family of an unele in Indiana. He married Margaret Ann Crum, January 1, 1835. He had three sons and three daughters. He was a peculiar man. Brought up on the extreme Western frontier, he was deprived of almost all the advantages of common schools. His associations were with the dwellers in the log cabins; he hated intensely what he understood to be a mean act. If he made up his mind to be a man's friend, he would stand by him until the death. On the other hand, if he became possessed with the idea that a man was dishonest, he would say so fearlessly. He often indulged in veins of wit and sareasm, and was incapable of revenge. During a cold winter he was making his way on foot to Harvey's store, at Empire, to purchase a pair of winter boots. His feet being very large, he had spoken to Mr. Harvey to bring on some extra sizes. On his way he met a neighbor, who had just come from the store. He hastily inquired if the Bush family had been at the store since the boots had come, and, being told that they had, he turned around at once and started for home, remarking that if the Bush family had been there, there would be none left for him.
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