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DR. AUGUSTIN SMITH was born in Clinton county, New York, June 13, 1800. He attended lectures at the University of Vermont in 1823, in connec- tion with his other medical studies, and was licensed to practice medicine by the Clinton County (N. Y.) Medical Society, July 14, 1824. He practiced med- icine in New York nine years, and in 1833 came to Ottawa, Illinois, and after- wards went to Hennepin, on the Illinois river. In 1836 he came to Lyndon, and built the first frame house in the town, being the one occupied by John Roy in 1839 as a store and dwelling. Dr. Smith married Miss Mary A. Beck- with on the 6th day of June, 1824. The children by this marriage were : Lucy B., born February 23, 1825, and one child who died in infancy. Mrs. Smith died July 16, 1837. He afterwards married Mrs. Sarah B. Ware. Their chil- dren were : Mary Alice and Sarah Minerva, twins, born January 25, 1842; John Augustin and Jane Augusta, twins, boru April 14, 1846. Of these John Augustin died September 12, 1846; Jane Augusta, February 9, 1848; and Sarah Minerva, January 27. 1866. Lucy B. married William W. Howard, Sep- tember 11, 1844, and died at Lyndon, April 17, 1847; Mary Alice married Frank Clendenin, March 14, 1866, and lives in Morrison. The children of Mrs. Sarah B. Ware, previous to her marriage with Dr. A. Smith, were Lucy Anu, born December 10, 1829, and Joseph, born June 16, 1832. Lucy Ann was married at Lyndon to Rev. Edwin G. Smith-now Superintendent of the Amer- ican Bible Society for Illinois and part of Indiana-of Dover, Illinois, by Rev. Owen Lovejoy, January 29, 1851, and died at Tremont, Illinois, November 5, 1864; one child, Edwin James, who resides at the house of his father in Mor- rison. Joseph married Miss Martha E. Roy, July 22, 1858, and died at Morri- son, November 7, 1862; children, Fred and Joseph E .; Mr. Ware was in the practice of law at Morrison, and stood at the front rank of the profession; he was just upon the threshold of life, with a prosperous and brilliant career be- fore him, when Death, the leveler of all, claimed him. Dr. Smith practiced
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medicine at Lyndon until 1851, when he embarked in mercantile pursuits, and continued in that business for several years. He was appointed Postmaster at Lyndon in October, 1840, Hon. John M. Niles being then the Postmaster Gen- eral. In 1840 he was Deputy Clerk of the County Commissioners' Court. On the 24th of February, 1843, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and was suc- cessively re-elected until he had served for a period of eleven years. In 1860 he moved to Morrison, and engaged in the mercantile business for several years. Dr. Smith died November 3, 1871, at Morrison, of heart disease, with which he had been troubled for many years. He was a highly educated gentleman, and a deacon of the Congregational Church for years, being specially noted for his many Christian virtues.
WILLIAM W. GILBERT was a native of Worcester county, Massachusetts, and married Miss Mary Melinda Smith, daughter of Capt. Harry Smith. Their children were : Charles S., Gilbert, Eunice Melinda, and two who died in in- fancy. Charles S. enlisted in Company C, Sth Illinois cavalry, and was killed in the army. Eunice Melinda married Restore C. Sperry. Mr. Gilbert first moved from his native State to the State of New York, where he engaged in the mercantile business, and in 1836 came to Lyndon. Here he commenced farming, but not being inured to the hardships of prairie life, did not succeed according to his anticipations. In 1839 he was elected Recorder of Whiteside county, and continued to hold that office until 1848, when it was abolished by the adoption of the constitution of 1848, and its duties merged with those of the Clerk of the Circuit Court. He performed the duties of the office to the entire satisfaction of all. It was a pleasure to him to impart information to any one having business with him in his public capacity. In his intercourse he was genial, whole-souled and manly to a fault, never letting an opportunity of doing a kind act pass unimproved. In 1855 he was taken as a partner in the firm of J. D. Odell & Co., at Lyndon, without capital, as his ability as a sales- man was of a high order, and continued with that firm until it dissolved, when he became a partner in the firm of White, Anderson & Co., at the same place, and remained in business several years. He died in August, 1860. Mrs. Gil- bert died July 19, 1858.
CHARLES S. DEMING was a native of Pennsylvania, and born February 15, 1796. Ile came to Whiteside county in 1839, and made his claim two miles northeast of Lyndon. Upon this farm he resided until the time of his death. He married Miss Elizabeth Corbett, July 19, 1816. The children of this mar- riage were : Charles W., born May 1, 1817; Asaph C., born July 24, 1819; George A., born October 22, 1821; Louisa M., born March 26, 1824; Myron A., born March 22, 1826, and Hiram D., born April 18, 1827. Mrs. Deming died April 25, 1827, and on the 21st of February, 1828, Mr. Deming mar- ried Miss Hannah A. Smith. Their children were : Elizabeth M., born Oc- tober 24, 1829; Samuel A., born June 28, 1831; Delia S., born July 6, 1833; Har- riet E., born April 6, 1835; Lucy Ann, born August 25, 1840; Hannah MI., born April 8, 1842; Martha E .. born March 22, 1845; Seth L., born March 16, 1847. The following are the children who have died : Myron A. died March 31, 1826; Luey Ann, August 9, 1841; Seth L., July 31, 1847; Louisa M., October 24, 1847; Samuel A., February 1, 1849; Harriet E., December 15, 1863; Martha E., Deeem- ber 2, 1872. George A. enlisted in Company C., 75th Illinois Volunteers, and died while in the service at Grand Gulf, Mississippi, May 7, 1863. Asaph C. enlisted in the same Company and Regiment as George A., and also died in the ser- vice, his death taking place at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, June 20, 1863. Charles W. married Miss Sabrina Chamberlain; children, Louisa, Gaylord, Anna, Helen A., Jason, Carrie and Olin. Asaph C. married Miss Harriet Barlow; children,
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Henry, Ann, and three dead. Louisa M. married John Smith; children, Henry, and one dead. Hiram D. married twice, several children. Elizabeth M. married Henry H. Smith; children, Katie, Nellie, Charlie, Frank, Bessie, and one who died in infancy. Delia S. married William Burkett; children, Delia and Nellie -- twins, Willie D., John M., and Arthur. Martha E. married Andrew Wilkinson; children, Charles-now dead, and Sarah; Mrs. Wilkinson died December 2, 1872. Mr. Deming was an earnest friend of popular education, and served as County Superintendent of Schools for twelve years to the entire satisfaction of the people. He died at his home in Lyndon, February 21, 1862, and with his death a good man passed away.
BRAINARD ORTON was born in Oneida county, New York, July 21, 1803, and came to Illinois in 1835, and settled in Knox county. In 1837 he came to Lyndon. Mr. Orton married Miss Hannah Smith, September 15, 1828. Their children were: Brainard E., born October 23, 1833; Henry E., born July 16, 1835; Larue P., born May 23, 1839; Albert E., born November 3, 1840; Math- ew C., born August 10, 1843, and Hannah N., born February 1, 1845. Of these Henry E. died June 2, 1841; Larue P., February, 1859; Albert E., August, 1846; Hannah N., July, 1845; Brainard E., April 22, 1877. The latter died at Boulder City, Colorado, with that terrible scourge, consumption. He was one of the first manufacturers of Sterling for many years, being an active member of the Williams and Orton Manufacturing Company, and was a thorough em- chanic and business man. He carried with him as he went on his search for health in the pure air of the Rocky Mountain country, the kind wishes of his large circle of acquaintances, all hoping that he would return with health per- fectly restored; but the destroyer had too firm a hold, and he had to yield; his family went with him, and remained in Colorado until his death; he married Miss Julia A. Mann; children, Larue, Ralph, Miles, Grace, and Robert. Math- ew C. married Miss Alice Clifford; children, Mary, Alice, and Jennie C. When Deacon Orton came to Lyndon he secured a large farm, and for that period, en- gaged extensively in the dairy business. He sold his farm a number of years ago, and moved to Sterling where he still resides. With his two sons, Brainard E. and Mathew, he has contributed greatly toward developing the manufactur- ing capacities of Sterling.
JOHN ROY is a native of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and was born July 31, 1798. He went to Knox county, Ohio, in 1824, and came to Lyndon in October 1839. On the 5th day of January 1826, he married Miss Elmira Davis. The children of this marriage have been : Joseph Edwin, born February 7, 1827; Ann E., born November 29, 1828; Peter P., born May 20, 1830; Martha E., born April 5, 1833; Aaron D., born March 26, 1836. Mrs. Roy died March 20, 1838, and Mr. Roy married Miss Martha J. Foster, September 26, 1839. Their children were: John F., born August 18, 1840; Charles A., born February 8, 1842, and Katie, born November 2, 1848. John F. died October 4, 1841. Aaron D. died August 18, 1857, at Lawrence, Kansas, and Peter P., August 3, 1877, at Denver, Colorado. Joseph Edwin married Miss Emily Hatch, June 21, 1853; he is a minister of the Congregational church, though now District Superinten- dent of the Home Missionary Society of the United States, with his field the Northwest, and resides in Chicago. Ann E. married Thomas Fearnside, Janu- ary 2, 1849, and resides at Rockford, Illinois. Peter P. married Miss Sarah Keim, in September, 1855. Martha E. married Joseph Ware, July 22, 1858; resides in Morrison. Charles A. married Miss Francis Lathe, November, 1865; resides at LeRoy, Minnesota. Katie lives with her parents, at Morrison. Mr. Roy opened the first store in Lyndon, keeping an assorted stock, and had the trade of all the surrounding country. He also kept the second hotel opened at
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Lyndon, and as it was the stage stand, a good business was done. The house was small, but everything was in the best shape, Mrs. Roy doing her part well and faithfully. The hotel was kept on strictly temperance principles. From 1841 to 1848 Mr. Roy was Clerk of the County Commissioners' Court, and re- ceived the highest commendation for the able and faithful manner in which he discharged the duties of his office. After he retired from the mercantile busi- ness at Lyndon, he became a farmer, and was very successful. In March, 1869, he moved his family to Morrison, where he has since resided. He has always been a devoted christian, and for many years a deacon of the Congregational church, a position he now holds in that church at Morrison. He is over seven- ty-nine years of age.
JOHN M. SCOTT was born in Greensboro, Vermont, in 1798, and came to Lyndon in the summer of 1838. In 1819 he married Miss Chloe Wood, who was born in 1796, in Orleans county, Vermont. The following have been their children: Elizabeth, Edward Payson, Finette, and Mary T. Elizabeth married Gaius Howard, June 3, 1846, and died at La Salle, Illinois, in 1856. Her re- mains were interred at Lyndon. Finette graduated at Dr. Thrall's Medical Col- lege, in New York, and practiced medicine at Waterbury, Connecticut, for a time, and about 1858 married Dr. Thomas T. Seeyle, brother of Prof. Seeyle, formerly member of Congress from Massachusetts. They have since resided at Cleveland, Ohio, and conduct a large water cure establishment at that city. Mary T. has been a successful teacher at Fulton, Sterling, and other points in this county, and for the past six years has been a teacher in the Morrison pub- lic schools. Edward P. became a thoroughly educated gentleman, graduating with high honors at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, and at the Hamilton Theological Seminary, New York. Upon leaving the latter institution he was ordained as a minister in the Baptist denomination, and sent as a missionary to Assam, India, where he remained six years. At the end of that time, owing to the failing health of his wife, he got leave of absence and returned home, stay- ing, however, only a year, and then went back, and died at his post, May 18, 1869, of Asiatic cholera. John M. Scott has resided with his daughter, Mrs. Seeyle, at Cleveland, Ohio, for a number of years. Mrs. Scott died in Septem- ber, 1850.
AUGUSTUS RICE was born in Rockfield, Worcester county, Massachusetts, August 25, 1800. He early studied navigation, and went to sea, spending four consecutive years on board a vessel, and visiting nearly all the seaport towns of Europe and America. In 1825 he married Miss Esther Brooks, a sister of Par- don A. Brooks, of Rockfield, Massachusetts. He emigrated West, with his family and goods in wagons, making the overland route to Illinois, and arrived at Lyndon on Christmas day, 1836. He first rented apartments in a log house now in the township of Fenton, from John Freck, where he remained during the winter. He made a claim adjoining, which he afterwards sold, and bought the claim of William Farrington, in Lyndon township, where he continued to live until his death, which occurred November 24, 1864, in the sixty-fifth year of his age. He was County Commissioner for several years before the county was organized into townships. Mr. Rice became a member of the Baptist Church, at Lyndon, May 19, 1839, and was chosen Deacon February 9, 1850. His family consisted of four sons and one daughter. John B. is a well known and eminent lawyer of Ottawa, Illinois. F. A., a farmer, died September 5, 1854, aged twenty-four years. Lucius E. lives on the old homestead, and is a prominent and esteemed citizen. F. H. practices law in Boston, residing at Watertown, Massachusetts. Esther D. married H. G. Putnam, of Lyndon, and resides in that place.
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BENJAMIN COBURN, SR., with his wife, sons, daughters and grandchildren, emigrated from New York State to Lyndon in 1837. The family, besides Mr. and Mrs. Coburn, consisted of Charles R. Coburn, wife and four children; Ben- jamin Coburn, Jr., wife and several children; James Coburn, wife and two chil- dren; John Coburn, wife and four children; Mrs. Stephen Jeffers, and Mrs. Elisha Hubbard. Mrs. Benjamin Coburn, Sr., died July 31, 1837, shortly after the arrival of the family at their Western home, and was the first person bur- ied in the Lyndon cemetery. Mr. Coburn died about twenty-eight years ago, at an advanced age, and rests by the side of the wife of his youth. James Coburn resided at the homestead surrounded by an interesting family, until July 25, 1862, when he fell dead while making a stack of hay; his son, George L., con- tiuued to reside upon the homestead until 1875, when he sold the farm, and is now a resident of Chicago. Mary J., daughter of James Coburn, married Jehiel B. Smith-she is now a resident of Lyndon. Mrs. James Coburn died in Lyn- don September 2, 1877. John Coburn had four children, and has been living in California for the past twenty-five years; he keeps a hotel and ranch in the mining regions, in a narrow valley of the Sierra Nevada mountains; he has one son in California, and one is dead; one daughter, Mrs. Addison Farrington, lives in Morrison, and another, Mrs. J. C. Teats, lives in Sterling. Benjamin Co- burn, Jr., went to California, and died there in 1877. Charles R. Coburn had eight children; he lived in Fenton, and died about eight eight years ago.
PARDON A. BROOKS was born at Rockfield, Worcester county, Massachu- setts, May 20, 1806, and came to Lyndon in 1837. He married Miss Olive M. Dean, September 12, 1833. Their children have been: Hiram P., born July 18, 1834; William H., born June 30. 1837; Isabella, born November 10, 1839; Su- san L., born February 26, 1843; Lucien B., born June 27, 1848; Samuel P., born June 17, 1850, and Rufus F., born April 5, 1852. Isabella and Lucien B. died in infancy. Mrs. Brooks died August 4, 1857, and on the 5th of Septem- ber, 1859, Mr. Brooks married Miss Julia Reynolds. The children by this mar- riage were: Horace M., born August 16, 1860; George E., born December 12, 1862, died in infancy; Esther M., born July 18, 1865. Susan L. married Frank J. Cole, October 30, 1862; one child, Frank B. Mr. Brooks brought the first separating threshing machine into this State from Maine, by way of New Or- leans to Alton, where he commenced running it with good success.
AMOS CADY came to Lyndon from New York in 1837. His first wife was Miss Cynthia Smith, whom he married in New York State. The children were: Henry, John, Sarah, Leonard, Lemuel, Alonzo, and Amos, Jr. Mrs. Cady died, and Mr. Cady married Miss Charity Crippen. The children by this marriage were: William, George R., Eliza, Cynthia, Orlando, Elsie, Adelbert, and Ira, who died in infancy. George R. married Miss Nettie V. Parshall: Children: Walter D., Alice E., Zella M., Lelia I. and De Witt R. Orlando lives with George R. Amos, Jr., married Miss Lucretia Haskins: Children: Martha and George. Adelbert A. is a telegraph operator, and lives in Chicago. The re- mainder are in the West. Mr. Cady was constable and deputy sheriff for a number of years; he was a very efficient officer, aud was always detailed by the Court to do such service as required energy and pluck.
ERASTUS FITCH came from Portage county, Ohio, to Whiteside county, and settled in Lyndon in 1836. He married Miss Harriet E. Wells. The chil- dren were : Dudley R., born November 20, 1820; George W., born February 21, 1822; Lois Philena, born November 25, 1823; Chauncey E., born Novem- ber 23, 1825; and one child who died in infancy. Dudley R. married Zelinda Merrill; children, Harriet C., Abby, Ida, Mary and Ernestine. George W. mar- ried Miss Ellen Millikan; children, Robert, Charles, Emily, Frank, Flora, and
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Nellie, and one other who died in infancy. Chauncey E. married Miss Henri- etta Pike; children, Jophanett, Ilerbert and George C. Mr. Erastus Fitch and his wife both died at the home of their son George W., in Lyndon, a few years since. George W., Chauncey E. and Dudley R. are well-known, enterprising business men.
CAPT. HARRY SMITH was a native of New York State, and born October 13, 1779. Capt. Smith came to Lyndon in 1837, and made a claim and built a cabin just east of the creek, one mile east of the present village of Lyndon, on the Sterling road. He had been for a number of years prior to his coming West Sheriff of Steuben county, New York, and was a soldier in the War of 1812 and fought under Gen. Scott at the battle of Lundy's Lane. He was a short, thick-set, dark-complexioned man, generous, impulsive, wide-awake, self-reliant and manly to a fault. He married Miss Melinda Warner, May 8, 1806. Their children were : Hannah A., born April 10, 1807; Harriet L., born September 6, 1808; William H., born May 7, 1813; Charlotte M., born April 7, 1815; Harry R., born February 20, 1817; Melinda, born August 26, 1821; Jabez S., born March 8, 1824; and Hiram D., born July 17, 1826. One child died in infancy. Hannah A. married C. S. Deming. Harriet L. married Draper B. Reynolds. Charlotte M. married John Aljoe; Mr. Aljoe died in 1864; Mrs. Aljoe is living in Lyndon. Melinda married W. W. Gilbert, November 14, 1839. Jabez S. married Miss Adeline Tingley, February 27, 1851; children, Louisa M., Harry E., Eleanor A .. and Martha A .; Lonisa M., and Harry E., are dead; Eleanor A. married John A. Slater. Hiram D. married Elizabeth J. James; children, George O., Melinda A., and Margaret; he died February 10, 1876. Harry R. married Miss Mary A. Hurd; children, Caleb B., Sarah M., Olive E., Frank A., and Harry L. Capt. Harry Smith died October 21, 1858, aged nearly eighty years. Mrs. Smith died January 27, 1854.
PERRY L. JEFFERS came to Lyndon in 1836, and worked for C. G. Wood- ruff that season. He afterwards made a claim southwest of W. O. Dudley's, and sold it to John M. Scott, and then settled in Delhi, where he secured a farm of four hundred acres. Mr. Jeffers was elected Sheriff of Whiteside county in 1850, and made a capable and thorough going officer. He married Julia, eldest daugh- ter of Chauncy G. Woodruff, in 1838; she dying, he married Miss Ann Bidwell, and after her death married Miss Philena L. Fitch. He died of cholera at Lyn- don in August, 1854. Children, John and Charles.
DRAPER B. REYNOLDS came from New York State in 1837, made his elaim, and went back in the fall. In the spring of 1838 he returned with his family and goods, taking the water route by the way of the Alleghany, Ohio, and Miss- issippi rivers, landing at Fulton, from which place he came to Lyndon by wagon. He remained a number of years, and then moved to Iowa, where he now resides. Hle married Harriet L. Smith; children, Julia, Anna, Harrison, Warren, Jasper, Leonora, and Lotta.
THOMAS C. GOULD was a native of Massachusetts, and first came to White- side county in 1837, and soon afterwards located on the bluff with Deacon Hamilton, in Lyndon, and worked at his trade, that of blacksmithing. In 1841 his wife and family came, and he then moved into the village of Lyndon, where he continued to work at his trade until his eyesight failed him. Ile then pur- chased a farm two miles north of Lyndon, and resided upon it until his death, December 26, 1876. Mr. Gould was married to Miss Sarah Rock, in 1832. Their children have been : Thomas C., Jr., born October 5, 1833: Sarah L., born March 19, 1836; Lney N., born March 3, 1838, and Nahum Harvey, born January 7, 1847. The latter died January 15, 1849. Thomas C., Jr. married Martha Pierce. Sarah L. married John W. Hazard, and Lucy N. married Henry
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E. Helms. They are all living in Lyndon township, Thomas C. occupying the old farm.
WILLIAM FARRINGTON came to Lyndon from New York in 1836, being in- duced to emigrate by John C. Pratt who desired him to break land on a claim in Lyndon township, and to assist in holding the same until Mr. Pratt arrived from the East. He first settled where the Rice farm now is, which he sold to Au- gustus Rice in 1837. Mr. Farrington married Miss Emma Brooks, in New York State. The children of this marriage were: Addison, born January 18, 1823; Mercy L .. born March 14, 1825; Eunice E., born in 1827; Joseph A., born January 2, 1829. Mrs. Farrington died, and he afterwards married Miss Sarah Teats. Their children were: Jesse T., Martin V. B., Francis M. Addison mar- ried Miss Jeanette P. Coburn, March 25, 1849; children Laura R., Mary Stella, Bertha E. and Eunice T. Merey L. married O. W. Gage, and lives in Proph - etstown. Eunice E. married Cyrus W. Spaulding, and lives in New York. Joseph A. died in California. Francis M. married Miss Griffin, and lives in Whiteside county. Jesse T. died in boyhood.
ALPHEUS CLARK was born in Seneca county, Ohio, April 30, 1823, and came to Lyndon, Whiteside county, with his father, in 1837. In December, 1849, he started for California by the ocean route, arriving there in the month of March following. He remained in the Golden State until the spring of 1853, when he returned home, and on the 5th of March, 1854, was married to Miss Angusta P. Gibbs, of Lyndon. The children of this marriage have been: Carrie E., born April 23, 1856, and Minnie B. born February 6, 1859. Carrie E. married Frank H. Robinson, December 23, 1873; one child, Frank, born January 5, 1877. Mr. Clark remained in Lyndon after his marriage until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he decided to devote his services to his country. He was Postmaster at Lyndon at the time of leaving for the seat of war. In August, 1861, Mr. Clark, in connection with Capt. D. R. Clendenin, and others, raised a Company in Whiteside county, for the 8th Illinois Cavalry. It was mustered in as Company C. of the Regiment, and Mr. Clark elected First Lieutenant, and soon after when the Regiment was in camp at St. Charles, Illinois, elected Captain to fill the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Capt. Clendenin to the Majorship of the Regiment. This position Capt. Clark re- tained to the day of his death, with great satisfaction to the men of his Company and Regiment. During his military career Capt. Clark was engaged in forty battles and skirmishes. He was an efficient and active officer, and during the brilliant campaign of the 8th Illinois Cavalry, was always at his post, and only once absent from his Regiment on furlough. A few days prior to his death the Governor of the State had issued his commission as Major, but death claimed him before the document could be placed in his hands. His death occurred at Seminary Hospital, Georgetown, D. C., July 5, 1863, and was occasioned by a wound received at Beverly Ford, Virginia, on the 9th of June previous. His remains were brought to Morrison on the 10th of July, 1863, and were buried on the 12th beside those of his father, in the Lyndon Cemetery, the funeral service being attended by a large concourse of friends, and citizens generally of the county, and by a squad of mounted soldiers belonging to his Company and Regiment. Capt Clark was forty years of age.
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