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ty-five dollars freight to Beardstown. After a month's delay, he succeeded in bringing all his goods to Springfield, and opened the first store in town, July, 1821. The Indians were about as numerous as the whites, and his sales were about equal. Everyone seemed honest, and he often left his store open. The Indians paid him in furs and undressed deerskins. The whites in silver coin, homemade jeans, and cotton and linen cloth, beeswax, honey, butter, etc. His trips to St. Louis were made on horseback. Silver was the only currency. This he carried in saddlebags, thrown over the saddle, and when he stopped at a house on the way, took them in, dropping them behind the door of the room he entered, without fear of their being molested. Indeed, any one travel- ing with money in those days rather made a show of it, to impress the early settlers with their importance. When Mr. Iles' first stock was reduced, he locked the store, leaving the key with Mr. Matheny, and left for St. Louis, in perfect confidence that all would be safe; but on his return found the store had been robbed of nearly everything. About a month afterwards he heard of a man by the name of Cotteral, who had been living with two families by the name of Percifield, on the bluffs, not far from where Naples now stands, travel- ing with a two-horse wagon, and ped- dling such goods as were stolen from him. Mr. Iles took an officer and searched the Percifields, finding goods like his, but could not identify them, as the marks were removed, so he abandoned the search. Several persons were robbed about this time, and his searching the Percifields led to the belief that they were the thieves, and a regulating company, headed by Murray McConnell, drove them from the country. Mr. Iles heard afterwards that one was hung and the other sent to the penitentiary. Aside from this, Mr. Iles be- lieves no country was ever settled by a more honest and industrious people. He invested in land as soon as it came into mar- ket, and among his entries was the south- west quarter of section twenty-seven, town sixteen north, range five west, being the northeast part of the present city of Spring- field. This entry was made in 1823, at one dollar and a quarter per acre. P. P. Enos, D. P. Cook and Thomas Cox entered the other three-quarters of the section joining
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his on the southwest corner. This is near the intersection of Washington and Second streets. These four laid off the original town plat, the title being, by agreement, in the names of P. P. Enos and Elijah Iles. The legislature of 1825, then meet- ing in Vandalia, appointed three Commis- sioners to locate the county seat of Sanga- mon. The competing points were Spring- field, Sangamo, about seven miles north- west, on the Sangamon river; a point near the mouth of Spring creek, and one on Prairie creek, near Salisbury. The Commissioners had visited, on horseback, all the competing points except Spring- field and the one near the mouth of Spring creek. A strong opposition had sprung up between the two latter points, owing to the efforts of a land company, which had bought up the Spring creek site for a spceulation. But Messrs. Enos and Iles were too shrewd for them, and they employed Andrew Elliott to pilot the Commissioners to the Spring creek sitc. He was, of course, a Springfield man, so he coneluded to take them the longest and roughest route he knew of. There were neither bridges or roads, so he had it all his own way, and they swam several crecks, waded through marshes and almost impenetrable thickets, but finally arrived at the place, and pronounced it a fine site for a city, but suggested that the people who were to fill it might never find it. And they directed Mr. Elliott to take them by a more direct route, but the return route was even more perilous than the other. By this time the Commis- sioners were convinced that the Spring creek site was inaccessable, and, on a pro- mise from Messrs. Enos and Iles that they would give the county forty-five acres of land, and what was of more conse- quenee to the Commissioners, namely, eashing their warrants issued at a dollar a day for their services, they decided to locate the county seat permanently at Springfield. This forty-five aeres in- clude the old State house square. A court house was built on Jefferson street, between First and Second, of rough logs, and the space between them filled with hlack mud. It consisted of one room, thirty fect square, without a floor, a small platform was erected for the Judge, and the jury on retiring had all out-doors for their deliberations. When court was not in
session, which was the greater part of the time, the room was used as a refuge for emigrants until more permanent quarters could be provided. In 1826, Elijah Iles was elected a State Senator, and again in IS30.
In 1827, the Winnebago Indians became troublesome. Troops were called for, and Mr. Iles was elected Major of the regi- ment commanded by Col. Tom M. Neal. On arriving at Galena, they found the Indians suing for peace; a treaty was made, and the troops disbanded. This was the Winnebago war. The Black Hawk war occurred in 1831, and a regi- ment was raised in this part of the State. Major Iles was a private in one of the companies from Springfield. Sec sketch of the Black Hawk war, page 54. In this expedition were-Gen. Stillman, commanding; Zachary Taylor, afterwards President; Lieut. Jeff. Davis, afterwards President of the Confederaey; Abraham Lincoln, Hon. John T. Stuart, Gen. Har- ney, William S. Hamilton, son of Alex- ander Hamilton ; Lieut. Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter fame; Major Fry, and many others, who afterwards became distinguished. They had some skirmishes with the Indians, and were discharged. Volunteers were called for to protect the frontier, until new recruits could be brought forward. A battallion was formed, and Mr. Iles was elected Captain of a company. He insists that he was the least qualified of any of them for the of- fice, and he was chosen because the as- piring members were envious of each other. But it is more than probable that his qualifications were as good as any of them. The title of Major still elings to Mr. Iles, and has become almost part of his name. In 1838 and '9, he built the American House (now the Central Hotel), located on the southeast corner of Sixth and Adams streets. This was the largest hotel at the time in Illinois, and created a greater sensation while building than the Leland, which was built in 1866, at a cost of $350,000.
In the carly settlement of Illinois, Ma- jor Iles invested largely in land, that became valuable in after years, placing him in independent circumstances. Hc has reached a ripe old age, and enjoys the respect and confidence of ALL WHO KNOW HIM. He was a member of the commit-
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tee to secure the removal of the State capital from Vandalia to Springfield.
In 1824 Elijah Iles was married, in Springfield, to Melinda Benjamin, a na- tive of Lima, Livingston county, N. Y. They had two children, namely :
LOUISA ELIZABETH, born in 1825, in Springfield, married in 1856, to T. J. Carter. Mrs. Carter died in 1857, without children. Mr. Carter was horn Sept. 15, 1817, at Wilmington, Middlesex county, Mass. ; his ancestors were among the earliest settlers of New England. Rev. Thomas Carter was edu- cated at Exeter, England, emigrated to Boston, in 1630, and finally settled in Charlestown, then a portion of the town where T. J. Carter was born. It was from him that the Carter family in Amer- ica descended. One of the fifth or sixth generation from Rev. Thos. Carter was Timothy Carter, who married Sabra Jaquess. They were the parents of Thos. J. Carter. The first fifteen years of his life was spent with his parents on a large dairy farm, and attending a distriet school. In 1832 he entered Phillip's Academy, at Andover, Mass. Failing health, caused hy too close application to study, caused him to abandon a collegiate course, and devote himself to civil engineering. His carliest labors in this profession were in conncetion with some of the most distin- guished civil engineers of his time, who were in charge of the public works then in progress in the eastern part of the United States and in Canada. In 1850 Mr. Carter was solieited by Boston capi- talists to accompany them on a western tour. During that trip they devised plans out of which grew the great lake rail- road route, connecting Boston with Chi- cago and the west. In 1852 Mr. Carter was appointed Viee President and Gen- eral Superintendent of Engineers for the construction of the Wabash line from To- ledo to St. Louis. He was engaged on this work four years, with residence in Springfield.
During that time he was married, and so soon lost his wife. In 1857 he left for Kansas, and in 1859 for Texas, where he built a short railroad. He obtained a charter from the State of Kansas for a railroad from the Missouri river to the Pacific, now known as the Kansas Pacific route, and commenced building it in 1863.
In that year he was appointed by Presi- dent Lincoln, U. S. Government Director for the Union Pacific Railroad, the duties of which he discharged for five years. In 186S he was requested to report on a braneh road from the Union Pacific to the Colorado mines, which was the origin of the narrow guage system in that section of the country. In 1869 Mr. Carter visited portions of Europe, intending a more extended tour at some future time, which he took in 1875, accompanied by his bride, formerly Miss Allic S. Hoge, of Brooklyn, N. Y. They spent six months in visiting Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey and Greece. The title of Colonel was confered on Mr. Carter in civil life, as a compliment for the aid he rendered during the eanvass and election of the first Whig Governor of New Hampshire. He has worn it to the present time. He is now, while this is in press, on a visit to the Centennial Exhibition .- June, 1876.
IRA THOMAS, born in 1830, in Springfield, resides with his father, Major Iles, who is now in his eighty-first year. While Springfield continues to be his home, he spends much of his time travel- ing, and with relatives in other parts of the country.
ILES, WASHINGTON, was born July 18, 1800, in Bath county, Ky. At eighteen years of age, he visited Illinois on business for another man, traveled over the country along the San- ga-ma river, and found that the land was very rich. A wealthy man from Ken- tucky had brought out a drove of horses, sold them on credit, and when the money was due, came to colleet it, but found his customers unprepared to pay. It was then lawful to imprison men for debt, and he threatened to collect his money in that way. His ereditors combined and con- vineed him that it would not be very pleasant to attempt it, and he left the country in haste. On reaching home he offered Mr. Iles one-half the amount of the claims if he would colleet them. The offer was accepted He found the men were honest, and by kind treatment he sueeeeded in eolleeting every dollar. Mr. Iles returned to Kentucky, and Was married in Flemingsburg, May 21, 1822, to Ann Foster, who was
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born there Dec. 3, 1804. They lived near Owensville, Bath county, Ky., for some time, and then, with two children, moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, ar- riving at Springfield in the year 1825. Nine children were born in Sangamon county. Of their children-
MARTHA H., born June 14, 1823, in Kentucky, died Aug. 26, 1827, in San- gamon county, Illinois.
MARY E., born Aug. 4, 1825, in Bath county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county to Jacob G. Loose. See his name.
CORDELIA M., born May 25, 1827, in Sangamon county, Ill., married Obed Lewis. See his name.
MELINDA A., born April 23, 1829, in Sangamon county, married Joseph B. Pirkins. See his name.
ANN E., born May 27, 1831, in San- gamon county, was married there to William H. Bourne. They have five children, namely: CARRIE, ANNIE, KITTIE, VIRGINIA and BENJA- MIN. W. H. Bourne and family till re- cently lived near Sharpsburg, Bath county, Ky. Removed in 1876 to Spring- field, Illinois, and reside one mile south.
WASHINGTON T., born April 6, IS33, in Springfield, Ill., was married in Bath county, Ky., Dec. 6, 1864, to Emily Jones, who was born in that county April 4, 1844. They have three children-JU- LIA J., LINNA L., and BENJAMIN, and live four and one-half miles southeast of Springfield.
NANCY V., born July 23, 1835, in Sangamon county, was married there Nov. 1856, to Norman M. Broadwell, who was born Aug. 1, 1825, in Morgan county, Ill. Of their seven children- Two died young. ANNA, LOUIE, LUCY, STUART and VIRGINIA live with their parents in Springfield. N. M. Broadwell served one term in the State Legislature of Illinois. In the spring of 1862, he was elected County Judge, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge William D. Power, and served until Dec., 1865. He was mayor of the city in 1867, and again in 1869, and is a practicing attorney in Springfield.
ELIJAH F., born Feb. IS, IS38, in Springfield, was married, Oct. 6, 1863, in Lincoln county, Mo., to Mildred Steelc, who was born in that county, Feb. 16,
1844. They have four children born in Sangamon county, LEWIS W., DA- VID S., ELIJAH F., jun., FRANK B. and a boy, and live two and one-fourth miles south of Springfield, Illinois.
EDWARD, born Oct. 1, 1841, in Sangamon county, is an extensive im- porter and breeder of thoroughbred cat- tle. He is unmarried, and resides two miles south of Springfield, on the farm where his father settled in 1826.
JULIA E., born Feb. 9, 1843, died in IS57.
MARIA, born Nov. 11, 1845, died in her third year.
Mrs. Ann Iles died Aug. 25, 1866, and Washington Iles died July 4, 1871, both near Springfield, Illinois.
Washington Iles was a soldier in the Winnebago and Black Hawk wars. He aided in bringing the steamboat, Talis- man, up the Sangamon river, opposite Springfield-the only steamboat that ever ascended that stream so high.
INGELS, JAMES V., was born April 5, 1815, in Fayette county, Ky. His father, Thomas Ingels, was born April 20, 1789, in Penn., was taken by his parents to Bourbon county, Ky., and was married in Fayette county to Judith Haley. They had six children, and moved to Jacksonville, Ill., thence to that part of Schuyler which is now Brown county, where they had three children, and Mrs. Judith Ingels died. Thomas Ingels mar- ried again, his wife died, and he moved, with part of his children, to Gentry county, Mo., and died there. Two of his sons came to Sangamon county, James V. and John. The former, whose name heads this sketch, came in Oct., 1837, and was married March 22, 1838, to Henrietta Earnest. They had four living children, namely-
SARAH G., born Feb. 13, 1840, mar- ried Jan. 31, 1867, to Charles WV. Hall. They live in Piatt county, near Weldon, De Witt county.
JACOB E., born June 25, IS41, in Sangamon county, went to Idaho Terri- tory in 1862, married there July 14, 1867, to Augusta Thompson; moved to Cali- fornia, where she died. He returned to Sangamon county, and was married Jan. 25, 1871, to Salome O. Turner. They have two children, EDWARD E. and
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JAMES T., and live six miles west of Springfield, Illinois.
S. GERARD, born Aug. 22, 1848, and
HENRIETTA E., born Feb. 14, IS5S, live with their parents.
James V. Ingels resides in Island Grove township, four miles east of Berlin -- IS74. .
INGELS, JOHN, was born Sept. 2, 1819, in Fayette county, Ky. He is a brother of James V. John Ingels was married in Sangamon county, March 14, 1843, to Elizabeth King. They have eight children born in Sangamon county, namely-
JOHN T., born Sept. 12, IS45, mar- ried Dee. 29, 1870, to Martha J. Morri- son, a daughter of John B. Morrison. She was born March 5, IS52, in Island Grove township. They resi le near Berlin.
MARIA A., born Nov. 1, 1847, lives with her parents.
CHARLES K., born June 3, IS50, married, Nov. 5, 1873, to Nannie Reed, daughter of Calvin Reed. They live near Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois.
SOPHIA F., born May 7, 1852, mar- ried Nov. 6, 1873, to John Bates, and live near Virginia, Cass county, Ill.
JOANNA B., born Nov. 1, 1856.
WILLIAM W., born- Jan. 27, 1859. GAMES V., Jun., born May 31, 1 863, and
ELIZABETH, born July 14, 1865; the four latter reside with their parents, near Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois.
INNIS, ALEXANDER, was born Nov. 26, 17So, in Bellarona, county Down, Ireland. Ann Wilson was born March 16, 1794, in Drumlee, in the same county. They were married in Drumlee, in Aug., IS12, had one child, and emigra- ted to America, settling in St. Lawrence county, New York, in 1826. Their only child-
ELIZABETH, born Dec. 13, 1813, in Backaderry, county Down, Ireland, married in St. Lawrence county, New York, to Charles Watts. Scc his name.
Mr. and Mrs. Innis moved from New York to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of 1835 at the house of their daughter, Mrs. Charles Watts. They purchased a farm one mile southwest of the present Farmingdale station. Alex-
ander Innis died Nov. 27, 1854, and his widow died Sept. 16, 1869, both in Gard- ner township, Sangamon county, Illi- nois.
IRWIN, SAMUEL L., born June 6, 1779, in Cabarras county, N. C. Rachel Hudson was born Oct. 15, 1785, in Rockingham county, Va. She was taken by an uncle to Cabarras county, N. C., where she was married Sept. 23, ISO2, to Samuel L. Irwin. They had ten living children born in North Carolina, and in the fall of ISIS the family moved to that part of Tennessee then called the Cherokee purchase, where one child was born. The family moved to what became Sangamon county, Ill., arriving April 20, IS20, and first pitched their tents in what is now the northeast part of Pleasant Plains. After a few months' stav, they moved about two miles down Riehland creek, at the south side, where four children were born. Of their fifteen children-
HANNAH, born July 11, ISO3, in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to William Miller. They had eight children; three died young. Four of the living are married, namely : FRAN- CIS, VIRGIL, JANE and SARAH. Hugh is unmarried, and lives with his mother. Mr. Miller died in Feb., IS70, and his widow resides in Morgan county.
JEARY, born Jan. 10, 1So5, in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Samuel Purvines. Scc his namc.
GANE, born June 26, 1806, in North Carolina, died in Sangamon county Jan. 15, IS32.
DEBORAH, born Nov. 7, 1So7, in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Miles Stevenson. See his name.
WILLIAM C., born Feb. 7, ISog, in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Matilda Plunkett. They had eight children. NANCY J., born Sept. 13, 1833, married Daniel Penny, and died Jan. 19, 1863. CHRISTOPHER C., born Sept. 4, 1835, married Jan. 25, 1858, to Lucinda C. Capps, who was born April 1, IS41, in Hardin county, Ky. They have three living children, WILLIAM C., ELMER E. and EVA MAY, and live two miles east of Pleasant Plains. MARTHA married Elder C. C. Purvines. See his
name. RUFUS R. and ELIZABETH
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J. live with their mother. SAMUEL G., born Feb. 20, 1844, enlisted in 1862 for three years, in Co. F, 114tb Ill. Inf. He was captured June 10, 1864, at the battle of Guntown; was starved three months in Andersonville prison pens; es- caped; served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged in 1865. He was married Aug. 27, 1867, to Martha C. Davis, who was born Nov. 19, 1848. They have three children, OLLA B., MARY J., and SUSIE E., and live near Bates, San- gamon county, Ill. JULIUS H., born March 28, 1846, enlisted Feb. 6, 1865, in Co. A, 152d Ill. Inf., served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably dis- charged Sept. 11, 1865; married Feb. 27, 1870, at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, to Har- riet I. Cassiday, who was born in Jeffer- son county, Iowa. Iler mother was a daughter of Shadrach Scott, brother of Dallas Scott. They live three miles northeast of Pleasant Plains. JAMES M. and William H. live with their moth- er. William C. Irwin died in 1852, and his widow resides in Menard county, eight miles north of Pleasant Plains.
NANCY, born Oct. 2, 1810, died in IS24.
HUGH B., born Aug. 30, 1812, in North Carolina, married in 1836 in San- gamon county, to Priscilla Kyle. They had five children, and he died Oct. IS, 1852, and his widow resides in Menard county. THOMAS, the eldest, and CHARLES, the youngest, live in Mis- souri. Their son, HENRY, was a sol- dier in Co. F, 114th Ill. Inf., from Aug., 1862, to the end of the rebellion. He was married, had one child, and his wife died Oct., 1873. He resides in Menard county, and is married again. JANE is dead, and CYNTHIA lives in Menard county, Illinois.
ALEXANDER B., born Feb. 7, 1814, in Cabarras county, N. C., married in Sangamon county Oct. 18, 1838, to Cynthelia Broadwell. They had four living children. AMOS D., born Oct. 12, 1839, married Rebecca J. Plunkett; have two children, ROBERT A. and ADOL- PHUS J., and live at Pleasant Plains. JOHN B., born March 27, 1841, enlisted Sept., 1861, for three years, in Co. C, 64th Ill. Inf. He was wounded Oet. 4, 1862, at the battle of Corinth, Miss., and died of his wounds at Jackson, Tenn.,
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March 20, 1863. BETSY J., born April 1, 1843, married William Huber; have one child, and live near Medina, Jefferson county, Kansas. SAMUEL P., born Feb. 22, 1845, enlisted Jan., 1862, in Co. C, 64th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was wounded in June, 1864, at Kenne- saw mountain, Ga., by a musket ball en- tering the left side of his face and coming out of the back of his neck. Ile recov- ered, and went with Sherman in his "march to the sea;" served to the end of his term, and was honorably discharged. He was married Feb. 21, 1867, to Almeda Howard, who was born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. They have three children, JOIIN A., SAMUEL and CYNTHELIA, and live three miles east of Pleasant Plains. Mrs. Cynthelia Irwin died Aug. 10, 1847, and Alexander B. Irwin was married Feb. 28, 1855, to Mrs. Jane S. Seaman, whose maiden name was Broadwell. They have four children, namely : JAMES H., ARABEL A., RACIIEL A., and MAGGIE S., and reside in Cartwright township, two miles east of Pleasant Plains. Mr. Irwin has served a number of years as a Justice of the Peace, also as a member of the Board of Supervisors of Sangamon county. On the seventh day of Feb., 1874, Alex. B. Irwin gave a fes- tival commemorating the sixtieth anniver- sary of his birth. The invitations were to relations, only, with, perhaps, the sin- gle exception of the writer of this sketch and his wife, which they were very reluctantly compelled to decline. There were two hundred and sixty-four guests present. By way of recognizing the fact that they were all descendants of a family of the earliest settlers in the county, no meat except that of wild game was served-buffalo and venison, from the western plains, and wild turkeys from Wisconsin, with prairie chickens, quails, etc., taken nearer home. Four States were represented by the different branches of the family, and if all had been present it would have included half a dozen more States. The host was not in good health at the time, but still enjoyed the company of so many of his relatives. He was the recipient of a number of presents; among others, a fine gold-headed cane, and a beautiful silver watch, the two latter ac- companied by some cheering words from a niece, appropriate to the occasion.
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RACHEL, born March 26, 1816, died in I852. .
MATILDA B., born Feb. 13, ISIS, married William Conner, and lives in Cartwright township.
ROBERT T., born March 7, 1820, in that part of Tennessee then called the Cherokee purchase, married in Sangamon county Jan. 14, 1847, to Mary E. Day, who was born March 20, 1820, at Ogdens- burg, N. Y. They had twins. SOPHIA J. married Joseph J. Dillon. See his name. FRANCES MARIA married Peter S . Cartwright. See his name. Robert T. Irwin resides near Pleasant Plains, in Sangamon county, Illinois.
BENGAMIN F., born May 18, 1822, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 11, 1844, to Jane Combs, of Menard county. They had one child, MARY T., born March 28, 1816, married Aug. 5, 1869, to John W. Whitcomb, who was born Dec. 6, 1842, in Owen county, Ky .; went to Missouri in 1859, and when the rebellion broke out, he entered the enrolled State militia (loyal); served nine months; came to Sangamon county in June, 1863, and enlisted in Feb., 1864, for three years, in Co. C, 64th Ill. Inf. He was with Sher- man on his "march to the sea;" was in North Carolina when the rebellion ended, and was present at the great review in Washington, D. C., in May, 1865: was honorably discharged at Chicago July IS, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Whitcomb have two children, LIZZIE ETHIEL and CHARLES FRANKLIN. They live one and one-half miles south of Farmingdale, in Sangamon county. Mrs. Jane Irwin died March 7, 1848, in Sangamon county, and, B. F. Ir- win was married Jan. 16, 1870, at Mount Florence, Kansas, to Mattie Huber. Her mother resides there. They had two children. ETHEL died in infancy, and EDWARD F. lives with his parents, at Pleasant Plains, Illinois. B. F. Irwin has served several years as Justice of the Peace and Police Magristrate.
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