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ROBERT L., born April 29, 1819, in Campbell county, Tenn., married March 11, 1841, in Menard county, to Harriet E. Bone, who was born Sept. 10, 1819, near Petersburg. They had five children, two of whom died in infancy. Of the other three-CHARLES R. lives in Curran township, near his father. FRANCES JENNIE, born March 7, 1844, married, Feb. 8, 1866, to John F. Purvines. See his name. THOMAS M. lives in Cur- ran township, near his father. Mrs. Har- riet E. Pirkins died Sept. 22, 1851, and R. L. Pirkins was married, Nov. 3, 1853, to Emma M. Dorand, who was born July 15, 1825, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y.
They had one child, HARRIET E., who died, Nov. 16, 1860, in her seventh year. R. L. Pirkins and wife reside in Curran township, seven miles southwest of Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois.
EDWARD RILEY, born Sept. 25, 1821, in Sangamon county, married June 16, 1846, to Rachel R. Butler. They had six children in Sangamon county. WIL- LIAM EDWARD, born March 21, 1849, married, Dec. 16, 1869, to Rose H. Cooper, who was born April 19, 1849. They have two children, ROSE BELLE and NELLIE, and reside five miles southeast of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illi- nois. CORDELIA E., born May 23, 1851, married, Oct. 31, 1871, to Wm. H. Little. See his name. He died at Chi- cago, Aug. 17, 1873, from an accident on the Chicago & Alton railroad, the night before. EMMA L., FANNIE M. and
SALLIE B. reside with their parents. JULIA died in her fourth year. E. R. Pirkins lived in Cartwright township, three and one-half miles southwest of Richland station, until he was elected treasurer of Sangamon county, Oct., 1873, for two years, and now-1876-resides in Springfield, Illinois.
JOSEPH B .. born May 15, 1824, in Sangamon county, married Aug. 29, 1849, to Melinda A. Ilcs. They had four children, one died in infancy. The other three-ANNIE C. P. married, October 20, 1869, to William E. Morrison. They had one child, JAMES DON, and Mrs. Mor- rison died, in 1874, at Morrisonville, Christian county, Illinois. JULIA R. and LOUISA M. reside with their father. Mrs. M. A. Pirkins died, Jan. 12, 1857, and J. B. Pirkins was married June S, 1864, at Nicholasville, Ky., to Ann Mary Price, who was born Jan. 17, 1842, in Woodford county, Ky. They had three children, one of whom died in infancy. JOSEPH B., Jun., and ROBERT L. live with their parents. J. B. Pirkins re- sides near Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois. He was a member of Co. A, 4th Ill. Inf., and served one year in the war with Mexico, under Col. E. D. Baker. He was elected, in Nov., 1858, sheriff of Sangamon county, for two years, and was President of the Sanga- mon county Agricultural Society, in 1872. He was the first President of the Society as now organized.
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WILLIAM F., born Feb. 18, 1827, in Sangamon county, married, April 5, 1860, to Mary Sayre. They had three children, viz: CLARENCE F., the second one, died in his second year. AN- NIE L. and JENNIE E. reside with their parents, four miles northeast of Richland station, Sangamon county, Illi- nois.
RACHEL L., born Jan. 7, 1830, in Sangamon county, died March 9, 1853.
FRANCIS M., born Nov. 19, 1832, in Sangamon county, went, in the sum- mer of 1862, to California and Ore- gon, and from there to Idaho. He left Fort Berthold, on the Missouri river, for home, with about twenty others in a boat, and all of them were massacred by Sioux Indians, below that Fort, August 3, IS63.
JAMES M., born Sept. 5, 1835, in Sangamon county, died unmarried, Sept. 27, 1869, at the family homestead.
REBECCA E., born Jan. 24, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 15. 1857, to William H. Wilton, who was born March 31, 1827, at Carlisle, Clinton county, Illinois. They had nine children. ANNA and EMMA, twins, FRANK, NED and HARRY, twins, WILLIE, LIZZIE and ELLA. They reside two and one-half miles north of Richland sta- tion, Sangamon county, Illinois, on the farm where her father settled in 1820.
Mrs. Anna Pirkins died Nov. 1, 1854, and Mr. Edward Pirkins, now in his S4th year, resides with his children, principally at the farm where he settled in IS20.
ROBERT PIERCE, the father-in-law of Edward Pirkins, was an early settler of Sangamon county.
Edward Pirkins remembers that when himself and his father-in-law, Mr. Pierce, were looking at the country they were at Island Grove, and Mr. Pierce thought it ought to be called lost grove because there was not more than enough timber for one family, and as ,one family could not live alone, it would be lost. They went to Richland creek because there was more timber there. Claims were laid to it all before it came into market, and when it was ready for entry the timber land was all taken very soon. It had been a source of great anxiety because there were no pre-emption laws to protect the settlers, and they felt very much relieved when
they had generally secured their homes. This happiness did not last long, for they soon began to worry about how long the timber would last. Mr. Pirkins remem- bers meeting four or five of his neighbors when the timber question came up. He gave it as his opinion, that he would cut the last stick of his timber in twenty years, and he would have to leave the country. One man who had read some- thing about "Peat" or turf, tried to con- sole those present with the thought that before the timber was exhausted a plan would be invented to break the prairie, and they could dry the sod, call it peat and burn it. There is more wood on his land now than when he en- tered it.
Edward Pirkins took the premium of a gold headed cane, at the Sangamon coun- ty Fair, Sept., 1875, for the best eques- trianism by aged gentlemen. There were eleven entries, all over sixty years of age. Rev. A. Gross, on behalf of the society, said: "Mr. Pirkins, the commit- tee chosen by the Sangamon county Fair, consider you the most graceful rider, and on behalf of the Society, I present you with this beautiful cane, to which we feel you are justly entitled."
PLAIN, DAVID S., born Feb. 27, 1824, near Greenville, Mechlenburg county, Ky. His mother died when he was two weeks old, and in IS35 he was brought to what is now Auburn township, by Samuel Short, who brought him up. David S. Plain was married Sept. 4, 1845, to Eliza Roach, who was born April 14, 1823, in Christian county, Ky. They have ten children-
EMILY f., born Feb. 9, 1847, was married Feb. 26, 1873, to W. A. Lowder- milk, of Auburn township. They have one child, CHARLES O., and reside in Cass county, Missouri.
MIRANDA, born June 12, 1848, in Sangamon county, Ill., was married May 11, 1870, to Thomas R. Stroud. They moved to the vicinity of south Carrolton, Ky., but returned August 16, 1875. They have two children, ELIZA M. and ED- GAR L., and reside in Auburn township, Sangamon county, Illinois.
GESSE S., born Feb. 20, 1850, in Sangamon county, was married Sept. 16, 1873, to Fannie Briant, who was born in
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McLean county, Ky. They live in Mechlenburg county, Ky.
SAMUEL S., born Dec. 17, 1851, was married Sept. 3, 1872, to Mattie Jer- ingan. They live in Radford, Christian county, Illinois.
AMERICA R., born Feb. 24, 1854, was married Dec. 24, 1873, to W. C. Mc- Glothlin, who was born in Green county, Ill. They reside in Auburn township, Sangamon county, Illinois.
DAVID E., born Nov. 20, 1855, lives with his parents.
CHARLES, born Oct. 1, 1857, died Oct. 7, 1875.
ELIZA Y., born Nov. 5, 1859,
MARY C., born Dec. 26, 1861, and
MARGARET M., born May 4, 1864, all in Sangamon county, and the unmar . ried children reside with their parents, five miles southeast of Auburn, Sanga- mon county, Illinois.
PLANCK, JACOB C .. born Jan. 27, 1804, in Maryland, went, when a boy, to Kentucky, and was married in Flemingsburg, Fleming county, Ky., about 1826, to Mary M. Rogers, who was born there, April 4, 1806. They moved to Springfield, Ill., in the autumn of IS26, where they had nine children, one of whom died in infancy, and one aged seven years, Of the other seven-
EMILY R., born Jan., IS2S, in Springfield, Ill., was married there, Feb., 1845, to Benjamin A. Watson. Sec his name.
EMELINE, born Dec. 4, 1829, in Springfield, was married Dec., 1848, to Walter Davis. a native of Richmond, Virginia. They had four children, three of whom died young. Mr. Davis died Jan. 6. 1861, and Mrs. Davis died Oct. 4, 1863, both in Springfield, Illinois, leaving one child, CLARA, born May 21, 1854. She was married March 25, 1875, to James Hoyt, a native of Williamsburg, New York. They live in Springfield, Illinois.
JULIA f., born July 24, 1832, in Springfield, was married there, Oct. 6, 1852, to Joseph B. Fosselman, who was born March 4, 1830, in Perry county, Penn. They have two living children, ANNA M. was married Feb. 23, 1876, to Emery Wolgamot. See his name. EDWARD lives with his parents. J. B. Fosselman came to Springfield in 1850,
and being an experienced druggist, he en- gaged in that business, and prosecuted it for ten years, when he changed to the wholesale grocery trade, which he con- tinued thirteen years. He is now in the drug business in Springfield, Ill.
WILLIAM H., born Oct. 16, 1835, in Springfield, was married there in 1863, to Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, whose maiden name was Abrams. They have one child, KATIE, and live in St. Louis, Missouri.
AMELIA R, born May 25, 1839, in Springfield, was married Dec. 24, 1860, to Alexander R. Dodds. See his name. They had one child, EVA MAY, and Mr. Dodds died Jan., 1864. Mrs. Amelia R. Dodds and her daughter live in Spring- field, Illinois.
CHARLES, born Dec. 10, 1842, in Springfield, was married Dec. 1, IS6S, to Mrs. Hattie Bailey, whose maiden name was Stevens, a native of Rochester, New York. They live in Holland, Ottawa county, Michigan.
MARY E., born Sept. 13, 1849, in Springfield, was married there, Feb. IS, 1865, to James Smith, who was born May 20, 1841, in Vermont. They had one child, LILLIE MAY, and Mr. Smith died No v., 1874, in Sandusky, O. Mrs. Smith and her daughter live in Hol- land, Ottawa county, Michigan.
Mrs. Mary Planck died Jan. 14, 1867, and Jacob C. Planck died August 3, 1867, both in Springfield, Illinois.
PLUNKETT, JOHN H., was born Oct. 3, 1782, in Cabarras county, N. C. Elizabeth Purviance was horn March 17, 1785, in the same county. They were married Feb. 19, 1So4, and had seven children there. The family then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in May, IS23, at the north side of Rich- land creek, in what is now Cartwright township, where, two children were born. Of their nine children-
NANCY, born June 15, 1806, in North Carolina, married Maxwell Camp- bell. Sce his name.
ROBERT S., born June 15, 1SOS, in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county, Nov. 5, 1829, to Ruth Combs, who was born in Green county, Ky. They had six living children. MAR- THA A., born July 4, 1832, married Wm. Bumgardner, and both died in Ef-
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fingham county, leaving five children. ASA W., born April 3, 1834, married Jan. 12, 1853, to Nancy J. Willis, who was born July 21, 1831, in Kentucky. They had seven children; two died in in- fancy, and MARY ETHEL died in her ninth year. ROBERT S., EMMA J., JOHN w. and LILLIE MAY live with their par- ents, near Pleasant Plains, Ill. JASON D., born Jan. 1, 1836, was married Mar. 5, IS57, to Catharine Dunkel. They have four living children, HARLEM O., WIL- LIAM H., HATTIE C. and RUTH C., and live four miles east of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Ill. RICHARD M., born Dec. 13, 1838, died April 28, IS52. JOHN N., born Sept. 30, 1840, enlisted on the first call for seventy-five thousand men, April, 1861, for three months, in Co. E, 7th Ill. Inf., and served full term. He enlisted August 11, 1862, in Co. F, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years, served until Oct. 18, 1864, when he was discharged on ac- count of physical disability, by the special order of Abraham Lincoln, on the per- sonal application of his father, who was a soldier in Capt. Lincoln's company, in the Black Hawk war. John N. Plunkett was married August 24, 1865, to Mary C. Sutton, who was born Oct. 22, 1843, They have four children, ITHA E., MIN- NIE E., MELINDA J and JOHN C., and live one mile west of Salisbury, Sangamon county, Ill. REBECCA J., born Oct. 15, IS41, married March 13, 1862, to Amos D. Irwin. See his name. Mrs. Ruth Plunkett died Feb. 23, IS44, and Robert S. Plunkett married Anna Alex- ander, who died without children, and Mr. Plunkett was married Nov. 11, 1850, to Mrs. Marilda Gateley, whose maiden name was Hind. They have two children, LAURA N. and RUTH D., and reside three and a half miles east of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illinois.
ELLEN married Zachariah Wilbourn. They had six children, and moved to the vicinity of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, where Mrs. Wilbourn died. Her children are all married, and live in Iowa. Mr. Wil- bourn resides near Mt. Pleasant, Henry county, Iowa.
ELIZABETH MATILDA, born in Cabarras county, North Carolina, mar- ried in Sangamon county to William C. Irwin. See his name.
JOHN B., born in IS18, in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Mary Conner. They have six. children. Their son, WILLIAM, is married and lives two and a half miles south of Pleasant Plains, Ill. John B. Plunkett and family moved to the vicinity of Edina, Sullivan county, Missouri, where they now reside.
JOSEPH M .. born Sept. 6, 1820, in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Lucy Cone. He died May, 1873, in Petersburg, Ill., leaving a widow and three children.
JAMES L., born Sept. 16, 1822, in North Carolina, married June 15, 1848, in Sangamon county, to Martha A. King. They had five children. MARTHA A., the third child, died in infancy. LUCET- TA married William R. Strode. See his name. They live near Bluff City, Nodaway county, Mo. JULIA A., born March 5, 1852, married James R, Light- foot. See his name. They moved to the vicinity of Marysville, Nodaway county, Mo., and returned to Sangamon county in 1876. LUCY E. and CHAR- LES live with their parents, near Chink- apin Hill, four miles northwest of Spring- field, Ill. James L. Plunkett accompanied his father to North Carolina in 1839 or 40, when they brought with them his grandfather, James Plunkett.
BENGAMIN H., born June 15, 1825, in Sangamon county, married Eliza Cone, had eight children, and he died, in Petersburg, in 186S. His widow married Thomas Hobbs. He died, and she lives near Petersburg, Illinois.
SILAS PINKNEY, born June 15, 1828, in Sangamon county, married, Feb. 26, 1851, in Menard county, to Salina Keltner, who was born May 14, 1833, in Cass county, Ill. They have four living children, CORNELIUS A., JAMES H., EMMA E. and NANCY E., and live three miles east of Pleasant Plains, Ill. It is on the farm where he was born.
John H. Plunkett died Feb. 13, 1849, and his widow died May S, 1858, and both are buried in Cartwright township. He was the eldest son of James Plunkett, who was born Feb. 4, 1767, and his wife, Agnes Huston, born Sept. 19, 1765. She died in North Carolina, Feb. 26. 183S, and her husband came to Sangamon
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county, in company with their son, John H., whose name heads this sketch, on his return from a visit to North Carolina. James Plunkett died in Sangamon coun- ty, in 1841, aged seventy-three years.
POFFENBERGER, CHRIS- TIAN, was born in Washington coun- ty, Md., and was there married to Mary Brantner. They had seven children in Maryland, and moved, in 1826, to Frank- lin county, near Columbus, O., where four children were born. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct., 1839, in Round Prairie, five. miles east of Springfield. Of their children-
LAVINA, born in Maryland, died in Ohio, aged fourteen years.
BARBARA, and a twin that died in infancy, were born in Maryland. She married in Sangamon county to Daniel Price. They have two children, and live in Abingdon, Iowa.
GEORGE W., born Oct. 16, 1817, in Washington county, Md., married in Sangamon county, Feb. 9, 1811, to Rachel Jones. They have six children born in Sangamon county. JOHN A., born March 4, 1843, married Feb. 4, 1869, to Mary E. Kcys. She died March 7, 1871, and he lives with his parents. DANIEL, born July 19, 1846, married Jan. 4, 1870, to Rebecca J. Matthews. They have two children, and live in Cotton Hill town- ship. MARY E., born July 30, 1848, lives with her parents. GEORGE W., Jun., born Feb. 15, 1852, married in 1874 to Belle Fairchild, daughter of Charles Fairchild. See his name. They have one child, and live at the old George Brunk homestead, in the northwest cor- ner of Cotton Hill township. ELIZA A., born April 1, 1854, married Sept. 4, 1873, to Luther Oshorn Meredith. See his name .. EDWIN, born May 22, 1857, lives with his parents. George W. Pof- fenberger and wife reside two and a half miles west of Rochester, Sangamon coun- ty, Illinois.
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SAMUEL, born in 1819, in Mary- land, married in Sangamon county to Louisa Dockum, moved to lowa in 1846, had one child, and Mrs. P. died. He married Hannah Smith, had two children, and she died. Mr. Poffenberger is mar- ried again, and resides near Winterset, Iowa.
SARAH A., born August 20, 1821, in Maryland, married in Sangamon county, Dec. 24, 1840, to Adam Unclebee. They had two children. CHARLES served three years in the 3d Ill. Cav .; married Agnes C. Lake, and she died March 16, 1871. See Lake family. Charles Un- clebee is married again, and lives in Cot- ton Hill township. Adam Unclebee died March 20, 1842, and his widow married John S. Hillman. See his name.
EMANUEL, born and died in Mary- land, aged eleven years.
MARY A., born in Maryland, married in Sangamon county to Joseph Price, have a large family, and live in Missouri.
JOHN, born in Ohio, raised in Sanga- mon county, has a family, and lives in Keokuk county, Iowa.
JANE, born in Ohio, brought up in Sangamon county, was married in Jeffer- son county, Iowa, to John Carson, and lives near Winterset, Iowa.
WILLIAM C., born March 22, 1834, in Columbus, Ohio, was married Oct. 29, 1858, in Sangamon county, Ill., to Lucin- da Safley. They have five children, GEORGE W., MARY ANN, JOHN McC., MAY and WILLIAM D., who live with their parents in Springfield, Illi- nois.
ANDREW, born in Ohio, died, aged ten years, in Iowa.
Christian Poffenberger moved his fam- ily to Jefferson county, near Fairfield, Iowa, in 1846. His wife died Febru- ary, 1853, and he died October, IS57, aged seventy-one years. They both died in Iowa.
POFFENBERGER, WIL- LIAM, a brother to Christian, was born in Washington county. Md., mar- ried there to Elizabeth Harris, moved to Ohio, and to Sangamon county, with his brother in 1839. Their daughter-
MATILDA, was married in Sangamon county, to Archibald Turner. See his name. They live in Springfield.
ANDREW f., born in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1864, in Co. A, 145th Ill. Inf., for one hundred days, served one hundred and sixty days, and was honor- ably discharged. He was married Oct. 21, 186S, to Phebe Robb. They have two children, WILLIAM and PAR- SETTA, and live one mile west of
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Breckenridge, Sangamon county, Illi- nois .- 1874.
POLEY, JOSEPH, was born Feb. 1, 1So2, in Logan county, Ky. His father, Charles Poley, or Pouley, was a native of Paris, France, and was educated there with the view of his becoming a preacher in the Lutheran church. When he came to America he abandoned the ministry, married, moved to Logan coun- ty, Ky., and brought up a family there. He then moved to Muhlenburgh county, in the same State, where his daughter, Pau- line, married John Jacob Rauch. See his name. Joseph Poley, whose name heads this sketch, was married there, Nov. 20, IS25, to Hannah Gossett, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of IS29 in what is now Auburn township. They had four children-
ELISHA, born Sept. 20, 1826, in Muhlenburgh county, Ky., and married in Sangamon county to Sally Shaver, who died, and he married Mary E. Thrasher. They moved overland, in company with his brother-in-law, Abram Gamble, arriv- ing with their families in Solano county, California, in Sept., 1860. In November, Mr. Poley and Mr. Gamble rode five miles on horseback, without saddles, to vote for Abraham Lincoln. A few years later, Mr. Poley moved back to Auburn, . Sangamon county. They have three children-JOSEPH G. and ELBERT, born in California, and HARRY, born in Sangamon county. Elisha Poley is a member of the firm of Poley & Butler, commission merchants, Chicago, Illinois, and now-August, 1876-expects to move his family there, from Auburn, soon.
NANCY C., born March 24, 1828, in Muhlenburgh county, Ky., was married at the homestead in Sangamon county, Oct. 23, 1851, to Thomas S. Parks. See his name.
LIZZIE and WILLIE both died young.
Mrs. Hannah Poley died in 1832, in Sangamon county, and Joseph Poley was married, Nov. 6, 1834, in the same county, to Frances Gates. See Gates family. They had ten children in Sangamon county.
ALONZO G., the youngest, died in infancy ..
Of the other nine-
BENJAMIN F., born Aug. S, 1835, in Sangamon county, married, Dec. 30, 1863, to Nancy E. Groves, who was born April 1, 1843, in Macoupin county, Ill. They have three living children, FLORA, ANSON and ORVILLE, and reside four and one-half miles southeast of Au- burn, Sangamon county, Illinois.
PETER Y., born in 1836, and died Nov. 15, 1859.
MARY C., born May 5, 1838 in San- gamon county, was married, June 4, 1857, to Abram Gamble, who was born Dec. 25, 1825, in Carroll county, Ohio. They have three living children, CHARLES E., FANNIE L. and GEORGE A. In 1859 Mr. and Mrs. Gamble moved to Kansas, and in the spring of 1860 they were joined by Elisha Poley with his family and Benjamin F. Poley, and mov- ed overland to California. Mr. and Mrs. Gamble returned to Auburn in IS66. Not enjoying good health here, they started, in the spring of 1867, and crossed the plains to California. They now-1876- reside in Napa City, Napa county, Cali- fornia.
CAROLINE, born Dec. 16, 1839, in Sangamon county, married, March 9, 1864, to B. O. Foster. They have three children, FLORENCE P., CARRIE A. and FRANK L. Mr. and Mrs. Fos- ter lived several years in California, but now-1876-they reside in Auburn, San- gamon county, Illinois.
ISAAC Y., born April 14, 1842, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 31, IS65, in Adams county, Illinois, to Mary C. Wolf, a native of that county. They had four children-LORENA died in infancy. LENA A., GENEVRA and LEWIS ELMORE live with their pa- rents. Isaac J. Poley is a banker in Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois, and resides there.
MATILDA F., born Jan. 10, 1844, in Sangamon county, was married, Nov. 20, IS62, to G. W. Barnett. They have three living children, ADAH F., FRED- DIE C. and ARTHUR, and reside near Carlinville, Illinois.
JOSEPH, Fun., born May 13, 1846, in Sangamon county, was married April 15, 1873, at Liberty, Adams county, Illinois, to Josephine Collins, who was born June 28, 1852, in that county. They have one child, WILMER M., and reside
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on his farm, near Auburn, Illinois.
LOUISA E., born July 4, 1848, in Sangamon county, married, April 1, 1868, to J. K. Reeder, and reside near Auburn, Illinois.
CHARLES MI., born Nov. 30, 1850, in Sangamon county, is not yet married --- August, 1876-and resides with his mother.
Joseph Poley died Aug. 17, 1866, and his widow, Mrs. Frances Poley, resides at the family homestead, two and a half miles southeast of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois. Joseph Poley acted as justice of the peace for many years; he was a man whose counsels were often sought by his neighbors. His advice, when followed, always led to the settle- ment of difficulties without litigation, and in a peaceful and friendly manner. His five sons and five sons-in-law are all, with perhaps one exception, free from the use of tobacco, and all avoid intoxicating drinks. Neither of them was ever charged with an act in violation of law; and it is averred by one of the sons-in- law, that, as a logical sequence, they all invariably vote the Republican ticket.
Mr. Poley brought some money with him to the county, but his greatest suc- cess was after coming here. He left his heirs the title to three thousand acres of land, two thousand five hundred of it was in one body.
POLLOCK, THOMAS, born April 15, 1812, near Brownsville, Penn. He came to Sangamon county about 1837, and was one of the engineering corps that surveyed and located the Northern Cross railroad, now the Toledo, Wabash and Western railroad. He was married Dec. 5, 1839, to Elizabeth A. Foutch. They had ten children in San- gamon county, three of whom died under seven years-
THOMAS, Fun., born Sept. 22, 1840, in Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 106th Ill. Inf. He was appointed Corporal, promoted to Orderly Sergeant, 2d Lieuten- ant, and was commissioned ist Lieuten- ant on his birth day, in 1864. He served to the end of the rebellion, and was hon- orably discharged, August, 1865. He re- sides with his mother, (1876), near Ber- lin, Illinois.
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