History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 81

Author: Power, John Carroll, 1819-1894; Power, S. A. (Sarah A.), 1824-; Old Settlers' Society of Sangamon County (Ill.)
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : E.A. Wilson & Co.
Number of Pages: 824


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William McNabb died, early in 1831, near Springfield, and his widow died about 1836, in Petersburg, Menard county, Illinois.


McNEILL .- The origin of this family in America was with two brothers, . John and Archibald MeNeill, who emi- grated from Scotland in 1770. Archi- bald was a physician, and settled in Georgia. John was a General in the British army. He took leave of absence, and settled in Kent county, Maryland. When the war began, which ended in the American Revolution, General McNeill was ordered home to duty, but refused to go, his sympathies being with the colonists. He aided them all he could without en- tering the army. At one time some


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American officers were at his house in consultation. Gen. McNeill discovered a man at the window eavesdropping. He walked back and forth by the window, and at a favorable moment plunged a cane through the glass into the face of the eavesdropper, who escaped with the loss of an eye. Gen. John McNeill had two sons, Archibald and John, the latter of whom had two sons, who were among the early settlers of Sangamon county, and are the subjects of the following sketches :--


McNEILL, FRANCIS A., born Jan. 1, ISog, in Allegheny county, M.d. He was baptized in infancy by Rev. Francis Asbury, the first Bishop of the M. E. church in America. He was converted in early life, and at twenty years of age was in the ministry and sta- tioned at Frederick City, Md. His health failing, he commenced the study of medi- cine, and in 1834 graduated at the Univer- sity of Maryland, in Baltimore, and locat- ed at Shepherdstown, Va. He was mar- ried Feb. 1, 1830, in Frederick City, Md., to Mary E. Cronise, who was born there, March 4, 1812. Dr. McNeill and wife moved from Shepherdstown, Va., to Springfield, Ill., in the spring of 1835. He practiced medicine in Springfield twelve years, and at the same time re- tained his ministerial connection. He was ordained deacon in 1833, at Balti- more, by Bishop Hedding, and ordained Elder in 1837, at Jacksonville, Ill., by Bishop Soule. In iS47 Dr. McNeill moved to Peoria, and became pastor of the Methodist church at that place. From there he was appointed to Racine, Wis- consin, and from there to Mt. Morris, Ogle county, Ill., October, 1852. Ilis labors in the ministry had again impaired his health, and at Mt Morris he resumed the practice of Medicine. Dr. McNiell had ten children, five of whom died young, and


MARY F. died, aged eleven years. Of the other four-


ANN NORVELLA, born June 26, 1835, in Shepherdstown, Va., partially" brought up in Springfield, was married at Mt. Morris, Ill., Feb. 1, 1854, to flenry 1. Little, who was born Nov. 25, 1826, in Washington county, Md. They have nine children, WILLIAM F., CHAR- LEY F., ELDRIDGE H., MARY E.,


ARTHUR B., ELLEN L., WILLIAM McN., NORVELLA L. and KITTIE L. Mr. Little is a dry goods merchant, and resides at Mt. Morris, Ogle county, Illinois.


FAMES F., born Oct. 15, 1841, in Springfield, Ill., enlisted August 12, 1862, for three years, in Co. G, 14th Ill. Inf. He was promoted to Sergeant-Major, served to the close of the rebellion, was honorably discharged, August 15, 1865, and was afterwards clerk in the Adjutant- General's office until that office was abol- ished. He was married Nov. IS, 1872, to. Julia E. Hibbs, a native of New York City. They have two children, WAL- TER F. and MABEL. James F. Mc- Neal is corresponding clerk in the first National Bank, of Springfield, Ill., and resides in the city .- 1876.


WILBUR A., born June 12, 1843, in Springfield, Ill., resides at Machachinock, Mahaska county, łowa.


HOBART W., born June IS, IS47, in Peoria, Ill., was married May 15, 1869, at Eldora, Iowa, to Lizzie Phillips. They have one living child, ANNA M., and reside at Oscaloosa, lowa.


While Dr. F. A. McNeill was living in Peoria, his wife, Mrs. Mary E. McNeill visited friends in Springfield, and died there Nov. 24, IS49. Dr. McNeill was married Feb. 2, 1857, at Mt. Morris, Ill., to Barbara E. Wagner, who was born Oct. 6, 1834, in Washington county, Maryland. They had four children, two of whom only are living, namely-


KITTIE M. and


FRANK S .. , who reside with their mother.


Rev. Francis A. McNeill, M. D., died Feb. 3, 1872, at Mt. Morris, Ogle county, Ill., and his widow resides there. Dr. McNeill was a man of much more than ordinary ability, and of untiring industry. In addition to the labors of two profes- sions, he found time to devote to political matters. Having from childhood wit- nessed the pernicious influence of slavery, he very early in life became an opponent of its extension. It was partly to avoid its influence that he moved West. While practicing medicine in Springfield, he took an active part in the politics of the day. As a public speaker, he advocated the election of Harrison for President in 1840, and in 1844 was a delegate to the


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convention that nominated Clay for Pres- ident. He was one of the delegates from Ogle county to the convention that as- sembled in Bloomington in 1856, which gave birth to the Republican party. Being a warm friend of Mr. Lincoln, while living' in Springfield, when the latter became a candidate for President, he had not a more ardent supporter than Dr. McNeill.


Before the convention assembled that nominated Mr. Lincoln, Dr. McNeill was editing a paper at Mount Morris, and was among the first to hoist the name of Abraham Lincoln for President. In 1860 he was elected Representative from Ogle county, for two years, in the State Legis- lature; and was, consequently, in that body when the rebellion broke out. He was appointed Oct. 12, 1861, by Governor Yates, army surgeon, and was with the 34th Ill. Inf. about six months, when he resigned on account of impaired health. He was commissioned July 18, 1862, hos- pital chaplain, and assigned to the post at Paducah, Ky., where he remained until 1864, when he was transferred to Lonis- ville, as chaplain of the post there. He resigned August, 1865, returned home, and resumed the practice of medicine, which he continued until stricken down with paralysis, which, after a year's suffer- ing, terminated in death-as previously stated-thus closing a well-spent life.


McNEILL, WILLIAM, born Aug. 15, ISII, in Cumberland, Allegheny county, Maryland. Rev. F. A. McNeill, M. D., was his brother. William Mc- Neill studied medicine in his native town, and graduated at Jefferson Medical Col- lege, Philadelphia, in Feb., 1835. Hc was married Aug. 1, 1837, in Cumber- land, to Civilia McNamee, who was born July 6, 1817, in . Hagerstown, Maryland. They had one child in Cumberland. and in the spring of 1839 moved to Peters- burg, Illinois. In the autumn of that year he moved to Mechanicsburg, Sanga- mon county. They had eight living children in Illinois. Of their nine child- ren-


THOMAS II., born May 17, 1838, in Maryland, is unmarried, and is farming near Cornland, Logan county, Illinois.


RICHARD f., born Dec. 23, 1840, in Mechanicsburg, Ill., graduated Feb., 1863, at the Eclectic Medical College, of


Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. R. J. McNeill was married Dec. 18, 1873, near Roches- ter, Ill., to Eliza Taft. They have one child, WILLIAM T., and live in Roch- ester.


LAURA, born December 12, 1842, at Bolivia, Christian county, Ill., was mar- ried in Mechanicsburg to George W. Hall. See his name. He died, and she lives at Illiopolis.


ROBERT B., born April 28, 1846, in Mechanicsburg, is a druggist, in Pana, Illinois.


FRANCIS A., horn Oct. 23, 1849, near Rochester, graduated at the Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, Feb., 1874, and is practicing medicine at Pana, Illi- nois.


MARY F., born Oct. 19, 1853, and


CHARLES, born Jan. 3, 1855, both near Rochester.


NELLIE, born July 17, 1858, and


LUTIE, born Jan. 27, 1864, both in Mechanicsburg. The four latter reside with their parents in Taylorville, Ill. Dr. William McNeill is practicing his profes- sion there .- Aug., 1876.


MATHER .- The origin of the Mather family in America was with REV. (1) RICHARD MATHER, who was born in 1596, at Lowton, Lancashire, England. He came to America, landing in Boston, Aug. 17, 1635, and the next year became pastor of a church, at Dorchester, Mass., where he remained until his death, April 22, 1669. His son, (2) INCREASE MATH- ER, born June 21, 1639, at Dorcester, Mass., became pastor of North street church, Boston, in 1664, and continued in charge of that church until the day of his death, Aug. 23, 1723. He was President of Harvard College, from 1685 to 1701, and received the degree of Doctor of Di- vinity from its board of trustees in 1692, the first title of the kind ever conferred in America. His son, (3) COTTON MATHER, born Feb. 12, 1663, in Boston, became the colleague of his father in the pastorate in 1684. He was elected in 1713 a member · of the Royal Society of London, being the first American ever thus honored. Rev. Cotton Mather died Feb. 13, 1728, and in 1729 his life was written by his son, (4) SAMUEL MATHER. His son, Dr. (5) THOMAS MATHER, had a son, (6), WILLIAM MATHER, who was a soldier


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from Conneetieut in the Revolution.


His son-


MATHER, (7) THOMAS, was born April 24, 1795, in Simsbury, Hart- ford county, Conn. Inheriting much of the intellectual ability and integrity of character of his ancestors, and impelled by the New England spirit of enterprise, on arriving at the age of manhood, he left his native State and engaged in busi- ness in New York city, where he re- mained but a short time. In the spring of ISIS, he went to Kaskaskia, the capital of the Territory of Illinois. There he sub- sequently became associated in business with Edmund Roberts, James L. Lamb and Stacy B. Opdyeke. Some years later they laid out the town of Chester, Randolph county, Ill,, and engaged in business there also. Thomas Mather was married Dec. 5, 1825, in Kaskaskia, to Hannah G. Lamb, who was born March 23, 1798, in Connellsville, Fayette county, Penn. She was a sister to George and James L. Lamb. In addition to his mercantile pursuits, Mr. Mather found time to look after the interests of the government. He served a number of times in both branches of the Legislature, was a member of the lower house during the session of IS22-3, when the resolution was adopted to submit to the people a proposition for a convention, to be called for the purpose of amending the constitu- tion, with the view of admitting slavery into the State. He opposed the resolution submitting it, and when it was before the people he bore a conspienous part in the public discussion against adopting the measure. It was through the persist- ent opposition of Mr. Mather and kindred spirits, that Illinois was saved by the small majority of 1,Soo votes from be- coming a slave State. In 1825 he was ap- pointed by President, John Quincy Adams, one of the commissioners to locate a mili- tary road from Independence, Mo., to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and to negotiate treaties with the Indian tribes along the line. He acquired the title of Colonel during the administration of Governor Coles-1822- 26-by being assigned an honorary posi- tion on his staff, and wore the title ever after. He once declined an appointment to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. When Col. Mather moved to Springfield in 1835, the mercantile firm


with which he was associated was reor- ganized, and opened under the firm name of Mather, Lamb & Co., and thus it con- tinued for many years. The State Bank of Illinois was chartered by the Legisla- ture, at Vandalia, during the session of IS34-5. The bank was organized at Springfield May 11, 1835, with Thomas Mather President, and N. H. Ridgely Cashier. They continued in office the whole time the bank was in existence- about seven years. The Northern Cross Railroad, from Meredosia, through Jack- sonville, to Springfield, having run down so as to be practically useless, it was pur- chased of the State by Thomas Mather, N. H. Ridgely, James Duncan and others. They put it in good running order, and extended it to the Indiana State line. It is now part of the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad. He was afterwards connected with the organiza- tion of the Illinois Central and Galena Union Railroad Companies, and induced eastern capitalists to furnish the means for building the former. Col. Mather was a true friend of education, which he mani- fested by serving a number of years as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois College, at Jacksonville, and con- tributing liberally toward the endowment of that and other institutions of learning. His parents were Congregationalists, and he never forgot his New England train- ing; but on coming to Illinois, he identi- fied himself with the Presbyterian church, differing from that of his father's not in doctrine, but in government only. His religious principles were not the result of education alone, but originated in a pro- found conviction of the divine claims of christianity. His benefactions to the church were large and judiciously be- stowed. He retired from active business in consequence of impaired health ; but con- tinued to reside in Springfield, and died March 28, 1853, in the city of Philadel- phia. His remains lie buried in the place of his nativity, surrounded by gen- erations of his ancestors. His widow lived in Springfield until 1866, when she moved to Chicago, where she now-1876 -resides, in the seventy-eigth year of her age, and in the full possession of her men- tal and physical powers, venerated and loved not only by those to whom she has so long been a mother, but by their child-


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ren also. Their house was truly the home of the orphan. More than one bereaved of natural protectors was fondly and lov- ingly cherished beneath their roof. There are those yet living in whose memories Col. Mather is enshrined as a true friend and a second father. Not having any children of his own, he adopted the fol- lowing :


R. PENNELL LAMB, son of Dr. Thos. G. Lamb, of Favette county, Penn., was born in IS22. He studied medicine, and graduated at the University of P'enn- sylvania, in 1849. In 1852 he was married to Mary Johnson, of Springfield, and re- moved the same year to Butler county, Ohio, where he died in 1866, leaving no children.


SUSAN R. LAMB, born in Kaskas- kia, Ill., was married in 1855 to Dr. C. Perry Slater, of Springfield, who died in IS5S. See his name. She was married in 1870 to James H. Roberts. See nis name.


THOMAS C. MATHER was born in Illinois in 1839. He studied law and graduated from Ann Arbor University, Michigan. In (Szi he was married to Mary Horine, of Missouri. They have three children, THOMAS, Jun., LINA and MAY. Mr. Mather is practicing his profession and resides in Springfield.


Gen. THOMAS S. MATHER, of Springfield, was not adopted, but is a son of William Mather, a younger brother of Col. Thomas Mather.


MEADER, TIMOTHY E., was born Nov. 25, 1Soo, in Rochester, N. H. When a young man he spent several years in Maine, part of the time in teach- ing, and part of the time in the tanning and currying business. In 1834 he set out for a visit to the west. He traveled by stage and canal to Buffalo, and from there to Chicago by sailing vessel, and was seven weeks traveling from Maine to Chicago. He went down DesPlaines river in a canoe, and found a tribe of In- dians camped at the mouth of the river. He went from Hennepin to Beardstown by steamboat, and walked from the latter place to Springfield, arriving in June. He next went to St. Louis, thence to New Orleans, and embarked on a sailing vessel for Boston, arriving in that city in Jan .. IS35. He returned to Springfield in 1836, and remained until 1839, during which time he bought and improved a piece of


land in what is now Pawnee township. In the fall of 1839 he returned cast, and was married Nov. 9, 1839, at Dover, N. H., to Miriam Il. Trickey. She was born Feb. S, 1802, at Brookfield, N. H. They went the same fall they were mar- ried to Plattville, Wis,, and in the winter of [S40 '41 started for Sangamon county in a sleigh, and came the whole distance that way, although they had to wait sev- eral times for snow, but they arrived safely at their home in Pawnee township. They have only one child-


TIENNA, born April 21, 1843, in Sangamon county, married George P. Weber. Sce his name.


Timothy Meader and wife are both living on Brush creek, between Pawnee and Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois. -1876.


MEADER, WILLIAM W., born April 22, 1820, in New Hampshire, came to Springfield in 1839, resided two years at Springfield and Pawnee, returned east, and was married at Dover, N. H., in IS45, to Lavina Trickey. He brought his family to Sangamon county in 1866, engaged in farming and selling dry goods, moved to Christian county in 1868, and Mrs. M. died, Nov., 1872, at Clarksdale. Their only child-


EDWARD F., is now of the firm of Brock & Meader, Clarksdale, Christian county, Illinois. Wm. W. Meader lives in Clarksdale also.


Mrs. Vienna Bodge, widow of James Bodge, late a merchant of Pawnee, is a sister to Timothy E. and Wm. W. Meader.


L. M. Babb, who lives three miles north- east of Pawnee, is a nephew of the Meaders.


MEACHAM, ADIN E., was born March 10, 1789, at Benson, Rutland county, Vermont. Ilis father started with his family to move west, July 30, 1S12, and halted at Chillicothe, Ohio., Sept. 24. They resumed their journey May 20, 1813, passing through Cincin- nati, Ohio, Lexington, Ky., thence to Shawneetown, Ill .. from there to Kaskas- kia, thence up the Mississippi river to the American bottom, about ten miles above St. Louis, arriving July 26, 1813, and on the 12th day of September, the father died. The family remained there until the close of the war with Great Britain. Adin E., with his mother, moved to the


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vicinity of the present town of Loami, Sangamon county, Ill., in 1819. He was married there to Isabel Colburn, and had six children-


FIDELIA, born Aug. 1, 1820, mar- ried James D. Weir. They had seven living children-OLIVER B. was mal - ried in Missouri to Martha Blackwell. They had two children, JOHN and LAURA. At the breaking out of the rebellion, he left Missouri, brought his family to San- gamon county, and enlisted in the 73d Ill. Inf., for three years. He was wound- ed at the battle of Chattanooga, Sept. 19, 1863, and died seven days later. His children reside with their mother, who is married to Charles Preddy. They have four children, and live in Green county, Missouri. MARY J. married John Hun- ter. They have five children, and live at MAR- Plattville, Taylor county, Iowa.


THA E. married John Frank. They have two children, and live in Carthage, Missouri. HENRY is unmarried, and lives at Carthage. ISABEL married Mr. McMaster. They have two children, and live in Springfield, Missouri. MA- RION and AGNES live with their pa- rents at Carthage, Missouri.


EUNICE MI., born Oct. 13, 1822, married Isaac R. Mengel. See his name. JANE L., born Oct. 12, 1824, mar- ried Levi B. Mengel. See his name.


Mrs. Jane L. Mengel has a commission held by her father, Adin E. Meacham, as Lieutenant in the 7th Reg. Ill. Militia, dated at Kaskaskia, Aug. 17, 1817, and signed by Ninian Edwards, Governor. On the back of the same is the endorse- ment that Adin E. Meacham has taken the oath of fidelity and of office, as pre- scribed by "An act to suppress dueling," dated Sept. 1, 1817, attested by John H. Randle, District Clerk. A. E. Meacham served sixty days in a company of Indian Rangers, and received for that service $40 371/2 .


JULIA A., born Dec. 16, 1827, mar- ried May 23, 1844, to Charles H. Dawson, who was born Feb. 26, 1820, in Vermont. They had eight children, two of whom died in infancy. RICHARD H., born March 14, 1845, married Lizzie C. Ruckle. They have two children, KATIE and ALICE, and live in Springfield, Illi- nois. GEORGE E., born June 23, 1847, graduated at Ann Arbor, Michigan


University, was Professor of Languages, in the High School, at Buffalo, N. Y., for some time, and is now-1875-leaving for a two years' tour of Europe, studying and perfecting himself in the law. LYDIA I., was born May 12, 1847, and married Joseph E. Coleman. See his name. OLIVE A., born Sept. 2, 1853, married, Oct. 7, 1873, to Robert E. Short. See his name. They have one child, OLIVE IRENE, and live near Loami. ANDREW L. and WALTER L. live with their mother. Charles H. Dawson died July 22, 1820, and his widow lives near Lo- ami, Sangamon county, Illinois.


ADIN E. A., born July 16, 1831,, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 1, 1852, in Stoughton, Wisconsin, to Martha Renshaw, who was born April 22, 1836, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. They have six living children, CHARLES W., AUSTIN S., ADA BELLE, MAGGIE E., MARIETTA and ORRIN R., and live at Loami, Sangamon county, III. Adin E. A. Meacham has in his posses- sion a powder horn that has been in the family three generations before it came into his hands. It bears the follow- ing inscription, elaborately carved : " Fohn Herolt's Horn, 1756." The only other letters on it are "A Muscovy Cat," over a figure supposed to represent an animal known by that appellation. It also con- tains figures of other animals, ships, and various hieroglyphics, and must have oc- cupied many leisure hours of some sol- dier engaged in the French and English wars on this continent before our nation was born. A. E. A. Meacham has also a gourd raised by his father in 1826, near where he now resides; it holds an even half bushel. How a Yankee came to grow a gourd, such as our early education led us to believe could only be done by some person with southern blood in their veins, is a mystery.


HARRIET I., born Oct. 3, 1834, was married Oct. 7, 1857, to Andrew J. Par- ker. They have two children, DORA I. and IRA M., and live in Loami.


Mrs. Isabel Meacham died Nov. 25, 1864, and her husband, A. E. Meacham, died March 9, 1866, both near Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.


MEACHAM, EDOM, was horn in Kentucky, and married there to Nancy Cavenah. They had three children, and


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moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Dec., 1830, just in time for the "deep snow," on Lick Creek, in what is now Loami township, where they had three children. Of their six childien-


MARTHA E., born Jan. 27, 1827, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county Jan. 23, 1846, to Jonathan Morris. Sce his name.


WILLIS, born in Kentucky, and married in Sangamon county to Rachel C. S. Hudson. They have two children, ADALINE and MARGARET, and re- side in. Waverly, Ill.


M. MARGARET, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Peter L. Jarrett. See his name.


FRANKLIN, born in Sangamon county, married Mary Hutchinson, has one child, and lives in Waverly, Illinois.


LUCINDA, born July 29, 1838, in Sangamon county, married Aug. 12, 1853, to Wellington B. Huffaker, who was born Oct. 22, 1829, in Morgan county, and came to Sangamon county in I851. They had seven children. JESSIE B., the second child, died when she was seven years old. WELLINGTON L., the fourth child, died in his third year. GEORGE G. was married June 2, 1875, in New Berlin, to Clara J. Manson, and lives near New Berlin, 111. LIZZIE


M., JENNIE, FRANCIS M. and LOULU A. live with their mother. Wellington B. Huffaker died March 3, IS73. His widow and children reside four miles south of New Berlin, Sanga- mon county, Ill. Mr. Huffaker was a successful farmer and stock raiser, and had just completed the finest private resi- dence in Sangamon county, outside of Springfield.


ADALINE, born Oct. 4, 1844, in Sangamon county, married March 27, 1860, to George Madison Maxwell. Sce his name.


Mrs. Nancy Meacham died Sept. 11, IS53, and Edom Meacham was married in 1855 to Margaret McCormick. They have nine children, and reside in Waver- ly, Morgan county, Illinois.


Willis L. Meacham, the father of Edom, was a native of North Carolina. He moved from Kentucky to Sangamon county with his son, Edom, both families arriving just as the deep snow commenced falling in Dec., 1830. He brought several


other children with him. His daughter Annis, married Dr. West, who died, leaving three children; and she married William Sims, and lives in Jacksonville, Ill. His son, Tandy, married Julia Lit- trall, and lives in Waverly, Ill. Willis L. Meacham and wife both died in San- gamon county.


MEACHAM, JOSEPH K., was born in Kentucky, came to Sanga- mon county among the earliest settlers, and married Ann Hodgerson. They had four children in Sangamon county, name- ly --


WILLIAM C., born Jan. S, 1833, married Narcissa Parsley. They have five children, and reside near Maroa, Macon county, Illinois.


JOHN H., born Feb. 12, 1834, mar- ried Jan. 4, 1861, to Leah Jarrett. They had six children; two died in infancy. JOSEPH K. died in his eighth year. JAMES W., LUANNA J. and ADA E. live with their parents, three miles south of New Berlin, Illinois.


WILLIS died at ten years of age.


REBECCA E., born April S, 183S, married Rowan Morris, Jun., and live in Ray county, Missouri.


Joseph K. Meacham died July 2S, IS3S, and his widow died April 12, 1867, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.




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