Illinois, Crawford County historical and biographical, Part 140

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913. cn
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1058

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In 1879 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Dunlap came from Mercer County, Pa., to Robinsou Township, Crawford County, where Mr. Dunlap had pur- chased 120 acres of land. Later he added to this uutil he owned 160 acres. He died Septem- ber 9, 1897. His widow lives with her daughter, Mrs. Buchanan.

Mrs. Buchanan was educated in the district schools of Crawford County, and later attended the Robinson High School and, after obtaining her certificate, taught in the country schools of Crawford County for three years. Her girl- hood was spent on her father's farm and she early learned the details of farm work. After marriage Mr. Buchanan engaged in a mercan- tile business at Duucauville, but later became a farmer upon the excelleut 155-acre farm owned by his father. This property has a com- fortable modern residence aud ample outbuild- ings upon it, and is in every way a thoroughly up-to-date farm in all its appointments. For the past twenty years Mrs. Buchanan has been a member of the United Presbyterian Church of Duucanville, and it was the pastor of this church, the Rev. W. H. Hemphill, who held the fuueral services of the late Mr. Buchanan, at the church. A large number of friends at- tended these services. and many were moved to tears at the touching address delivered by the pastor, extolling the virtues of one who had

been so prominent in church work for so many years.

BURNER, Henry .- Crawford County, with its many interests and rich lands that are yield- ing up fortunes to its owners, is almost a gar- den spot of the world. Among the men who · have made it their home for many years is Henry Burner, born in Licking County, Ohio, September 3, 1835, a son of Abraham and Bar- bara (Stover) Burner. Abraham Burner was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., and died thirty years ago, aged seventy-eight years. He was a son of Henry Burner, while the great- grandfather of Henry Burner the younger, was Airhart Burner, who with two brothers came from Germany and settled in Virginia at an early period. The mother was a daughter of Samuel Stover, a farmer of Licking County, Ohio.

Reared to farm life and educated in the dis- trict schools, Henry Burner naturally became a farmer and has made Crawford County his home since he was brought here by his parents when he was ten years old. Later he became the first president of the co-operative store of Robinson, organized under the Patrons of Husbandry, and was also the first president of the Farmer's Equitable Co-operative Com- pany, in Crawford County. The religious affilia- tions of Mr. Burner are with the Methodist Church, with which he has been connected for fifty-three years, and in which he has held all the offices and is now a trustee. For many years he has been an active Prohibitionist, and was much interested in the crusade of 1908.

On October 8, 1857, Mr. Burner married in Robinson Township, Crawford County, Mary Kirk, daughter of William Kirk, a farmer of Licking County, Ohio, who died July 16, 1861, at the home place in Robinson Township. The children born of this marriage were: Orlando A., born November 16, 1858, and Ida Ideal, born November 7, 1860. On March 24, 1864, Mr. Burner was married in Effingham County, Ill., to Almeda (Beem) Gillenwaters, daughter of Michael and Catherine (Randall) Beem. Michael Beem was a local Methodist preacher of Effingham County. Mr. and Mrs. Burner had children as follows : Mertie May, born in Robin- son Township, near Robinson, March 8, 1876; Dora Barbara, born March 11, 1865, died Jan- uary 11, 1877; Everie G., born December 12, 1866; Nettie Catherine, born October 5, 1868; Ella I., born October 26, 1870; Edgar E., born April 7, 1872; Frank M., born February 20, 1874; Charley Ross, born April 5, 1878, died January 25, 1908, and Cora Grace, born Feb- ruary 18, 1881.

Mrs. Burner died November 18, 1901, at the home place in Robinson Township, and the funeral services were conducted at Kirk Chapel by the Rev. Neal, her pastor, and her remains were tenderly interred in the adjacent ceme- tery. Mrs. Burner was born in Licking County, Ohio, February 15, 1839, and married George

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Gillenwaters June 15, 1856. By this marriage she had one daughter, Mrs, Alice Wilson, who survives her. Mr. Gillenwaters died May 3, 1859. A Methodist from youth, Mrs. Burner was an earnest, devout Christian, and lived out in her life the faith which was hers. She left at her death, eight children by her second mar- riage, in addition to the one by her first mar- riage, two stepchildren, eleven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild; a sister, Marita Beem, a half brother, Charles Beem, and her husband, as well as a large circle of friends to mourn her loss.

On January 25, 1908, death once more entered the Burner family, the son, Charley Ross, be- ing this time the victim. He was a most ex- emplary young man, who, after the ordinary farmer boy life, attended normal school at Normal, Ill., and when nineteen years old en- gaged in teaching for two years, when he en- tered upon the study of medicine. In Septem- ber, 1900, he entered the Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis, from which he was graduated with honors, April 22, 1904. In the following July, he settled in South Bend, Ind., but within five months he was obliged to aban- don his practice on account of failing health. He joined Kirk Chapel in his youth, and was faithful to its teachings all his life. During his college life and afterwards, he was promi- nent in the work of the Y. M. C. A. Fraternally he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Court of Honor. His fu- neral was conducted in Kirk Chapel, and he lies by the side of his mother in Kirk Cemetery. The Odd Fellows had charge of the obsequies, and the ceremony was very imposing.

BUSER, Finley L .- Successful among the en- terprising young farmers of Martin Township, energetic in his work, and knowing every detail of farm life, Finley L. Buser, is naturally re- garded as one of the representative farmers of Crawford County. He was born on the farm which he now occupies, on Section 35, Martin Township, January 29, 1877, a son of David Buser, a retired farmer of Newton, Ill., who was a pioneer of the county having been born in Coshocton County, Ohio, March 14, 1836. Tbere David Buser was reared and, after attaining his majority, moved to Indiana and was there married in 1860 to Susan Holler. They became the parents of eight children, of whom Finley L. Buser was the youngest. Their children were all born on the present farm of Mr. Buser ex- cept the eldest, who was born in Indiana. David Buser came to Crawford County soon after his marriage, located on the farm that became the homestead. He improved it and brought the land into a good state of cultivation. His first purchase consisted of 40 acres, but he kept adding to it until he owned 300 acres. In 1903 he retired from farming, locating at Newton, Jasper County, Ill., where he is enjoying the results of his labors. A Democrat in politics

and a member of the First Christian Church, he has plenty to interest him.

Finley L. Buser was brought up in the usual way, alternating between the district school and hard work on the farm. On September 28, 1902, he married Ada Sheets, who was born In Oblong Township, a daughter of Henry Sheets, of the same Township, a successful farmer and one of the pioneers of that part of Crawford County. Mr. Bnser owns 50 acres of the home- stead, which he has improved and has developed into a very valuable property. Mr. and Mrs. Buser have two daughters,-Dorothy and Doris, both born at their present home. Mr. Buser is a Democrat. Both he and his wife are members of the First Christian Church, and they have many friends in the locality where they reside.

CALLAHAN, Ethelbert, attorney-at-law .and the oldest of the Bar of Crawford County, was born in Licking County, Ohio, December 17. 1829. His father was of Irish and his mother of English descent, and his father's father, the Rev. George Callahan, was a soldier of the Revolution, and a pioneer Methodist preacher in Obio. In 1849 Ethelbert Callahan came to Crawford County, and during the following winter taught a three-months' school for fifteen dollars a month. In 1853-54 he edited the "Wabash Sentinel," and then went to Marshall and edited the "Telegraph" during the Know Nothing campaign of 1854.

On June 27, 1854, he married Mrs. Mary Bar- low Jones and has since resided in Crawford County. When a boy he was present at a trial in which Thomas Ewing and Henry Staus- bury were the opposing counsel and was so much interested that he determined to become a lawyer, but this ambition did not seem on the way to be gratified. In 1857 he was elected Justice of the Peace and began to read law. In 1859 he was admitted to the Bar. In 1861 be opened an office at Robinson. the county- seat of Crawford County, and began an active practice, which he still continues. His career as a lawyer has been eminently successful in every way. Mr. Callahan has a profound knowl- edge of law; he gives each case patient study thus gaining complete mastery of every detail, and he has that rare ability to seize upon op- portunities during a trial and making the most of them. An eloquent man, he has always had a great power over juries, and yet he has at the same time always maintained a high standard of honor and courtesy to friend and foe alike.

The general practice of a conntry lawyer necessarily includes every branch of the law and all classes of cases, from the most trivial to those of the most serions character involving life, liberty, reputation and the numerous rights of property arising out of diversified pur- suits and commerce of the country. This kind of practice enlarges the knowledge, and broadens the mind of the lawyer who keeps up with its demands. It is enough to say that such a prac- tice was Mr. Callahan's and that he has kept

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fully abreast of it. As a recognition of his character, ability and standing as a lawyer, the honorary degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him in June, 1898, by McKendree College.

Mr. Callahan claims the distinction of having made the first speech in the county in favor of the Republican party. As a member of the Republican party he has served in the Twenty- ninth, Thirty-seventh, Thirty-eighth and Thirty- ninth General Assemblies of the State. As Presidential Elector in 1880 and 1888, he as- sisted in casting the vote of Illinois for Garfield and Harrison. He was a member of the first Stae Board of Equalization. He was one of the organizers of the Illinois State Bar Association, was its President in 1889, and has contributed several valuable papers, among which was "The Lawyers of the Bible," which has been ex- tensively copied. One of the largest farmers in the county, his farm on the banks of the Wabash is an exponent of the best methods of cultivating the soil, and his great success as an agriculturist proves that brains are needed in the growing of corn and the system of drainage, just as they are at the Bench or the Bar. He is a member of the Methodist Church and was in 1874 a delegate from the Southern Illinois Conference of that church to the General Con- ference held in Brooklyn. Mr. Callahan has been largely instrumental in securing many im- provements throughout the county, and is often- times called the Father of Hard Roads in Craw- ford County.

CARLISLE, Jonas W., M. D .- The profession of medicine is one that demands much of its fol- lowers, and never receives enough of their time or energy, for the education of a good physician is never completed as long as he lives. No other calling demands so much constant study and re- search, but none is so exalted or so satisfying in results, for the issues of life and death are within the control of the doctor, and unless he is competent death ensues. Among the leading physicans of Crawford County, one of whom there should be special mention is Jonas W. Carlisle, who is engaged in active practice in Robinson. He was born near Hardinville, Craw- ford County. Ill., August 30. 1868. a son of James and Sallie ( Allsup) Carlisle. James Car- lisle, the father, was born in Ohio in 1841, while his wife was born in Indiana in 1840. The father was a merchant and served during the Civil War as a soldier in the Sixty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. At the close of the war, James Carlisle, in 1865, came to Martin Town- ship, Crawford County and engaged in farming, which he continued until three years prior to his death, when he became a merchant of Har- dinville. He died in March, 1875, but his widow still survives, living in Robinson.

After finishing a common school course Dr. Carlisle went to Merom College and the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso, and then for five years taught school in Crawford County, after which he began the study of medicine in

the Chicago Physio-Medical College, from which he was graduated in the Class of 1897. After his graduation he at once located in Robinson where he has since resided, firmly establishing himself in the confidence of the community and building up a large and remunerative practice. Dr. Carlisle is fortunate in having as his partner his wife, who was a classmate of his and who graduated with him and then took a course in training as a nurse at the Willie Hipp Hospital at Chicago, The firm does business under the name of Drs. Carlisle. Mrs. Carlisle was a Miss Bessie Ross, born in Sterling, Whiteside County, Ill., in 1873. Her parents were from New Eng- land.

Dr. Carlisle has always been a Republican and in religious affiliations is a Methodist, having joined that church when fourteen years of age. Fraternally he belongs to these orders: Loyal Americans, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen, Improved Order of Red Men. Royal Arcanum, Court of Honor, Tribe of Ben Hur, Modern American, and Sons of Veterans.

Dr. and Mrs. Carlisle were married June 30, 1897, and four children have been born to them : Vera and Vivian, twin girls, born June 16, 1900; Iris, born October 3, 1905. and Irma, born Jan- uary 13, 1908. In addition to owning valuable oil property, which yields a comfortable income, the Carlisles own their beautiful home on the corner of West Main Street. They are not only among, the best physicians in the county, but are very popular socially and enjoy a wide repu- tation for their delightful hospitality.

COLLIFLOWER, Capt. W. J., a farmer of Hut- sonville Township for many years, was born in Washington County, Md., September 18, 1833, the eldest of six children born to his parents, Peter and Mary (Markett) Colliflower, born in 1780, and 1802. respectively, "in Washington County, Md .. the former of whom died when W. J. Colliflower was only thirteen. The lad began working for $3 per month, and in 1847 he ac- companied his brother-in-law. Samuel Sowders, to Columbus, Ohio, and in the following spring to Dayton, in that State. In 1851 he engaged as huckster for Levi Lemon, and a year later carried on this line of business' for himself. Later he became clerk in a dry-goods store, and in the spring of 1853 made an overland trip to California and remained there until July, 1854. when he returned home. In September, 1854, he returned to California by water, and from there went to Vancouver's Island with several prospectors. They built a boat proposing to investigate the Frazer River and ascended the stream for 200 miles, but met with no success with their mining ventures. In 1859 once more he returned home, and a year later went to southwestern Missouri where he engaged in the fruit-tree business. He also bought furs of the Indians and sold them. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the Sixty-third Ohio Infantry, Com- pany I. going out as captain, and participat- ing in all of the engagements of his regiment,

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and being mustered out in August, 1864, after which he came to Crawford County, Ill., and bought a farm in Hutsonville Township, which he has increased until he became the owner of 265 acres. In politics Mr. Colliflower is a Re- publican, and has always supported his party. Mr. Colliflower was married near Dayton, Ohio, in June, 1861, to Sarah A. Horning, who was born May 19, 1838, and they became the parents of these children : Minnie H., John S., William P., Lawrence G., Estella M., Myrtle M., Roscoe and Ralph.

CORRELL, Thomas (deceased), formerly farmer of Hutsonville Township, was born in the county, July 30, 1830, a son of Hiram and Rebecca (Newlin) Correll. Hiram was born August 12, 1807, in North Carolina, and died September 7, 1873, his wife born in Randolph County, N. C., July 1, 1810, and they had these children : Thomas, Sophia, Alfred, John Matthew, Margaret, Mary, Irene, Jane, Lucretia and Winfield S., who lived to maturity. Thomas Correll's educational advantages were limited, but he attended district school, and when old enough became a farmer. At the time of his marriage he owned 80 acres of land, and later increased this to 345 acres, which he devoted to farming and stock-raising, and also engaged in grain threshing and manufacturing tile. He belonged to the Patrons of Husbandry, Science Lodge, No. 1161, and with his wife was a mem- ber of the Christian Church. In politics he was a Republican. On May 23, 1850, Mr. Correll was married in Crawford County to Susannah York, born July 28, 1828, in that county, a daughter of John and Martha (Eaton) York, natives of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Correll had children as follows : Albert N., Orlan N., Ma- tilda E., Sophia I., Celestia J., Charles M., Min- nie B., Ira H., John A. and William W.

CORTELYOU, John .- The farming interests of Crawford County certainly vie with the oil in- terests since the discovery of oil in this locality, and many of those who, prior to that discovery, devoted all of their attention to agricultural matters, are engaged in the production of oil, or associated with kindred lines. John Cortelyou, of Robinson Township, who is one of the most prosperous farmers and oil men of the county, was born in Warren County, Ohio, near the town of Mason, December 28, 1838, a son of Peter and Catherine Cortelyou, natives of New Jersey. They had children as follows: Abraham, born October 1, 1825; William, born December 19, 1826; Aletta, born January 15. 1829; Rebecca, born March 9, 1831; Jacob, born January 24, 1834; Peter, born August 28, 1836; and John, born December 28, 1838, the last named being the only surviving member of this family.

John Cortelyou was educated in the district school of his neighborhood, and remained on the farm with his father until he was married on May 23, 1865, at Lebanon. Ohio, by Rev. Lucien Clark, a Methodist minister, to Mary A. Maud,

born November 27, 1838, a daughter of John and Hannah Maud, both from Yorkshire, England. In 1868 he removed from Ohio to Illinois, and located in Robinson Township, Crawford County, where he rented a farm of 120 acres for eight years. He then bought 136 acres from William Updike, and six producing wells have been drilled on it. In addition to this farm, which is an ex- cellent one, he has given each of his four sons a farm.

The Maud family came to America about 1834 on a sailing vessel, being six months on the ocean before their arrival at New York City. The journey was a very trying one, especially for young children. There were eight children in the Maud family,-four born in England and four in America, and being evenly divided as to sex. The father worked in Cincinnati at various kinds of work for two years, when he commenced farming, renting 160 acres on shares. His sons grew to be wealthy men, owning between them at one time some 600 acres about eighteen miles outside of Cincinnati.

Mr. and Mrs. Cortelyou have had children as follows : William M., born October 30, 1866, died November 8. 1896-had married Grace Carlton, daughter of John and Martha Carlton, and they had one daughter, Dorothy ; Arthur Elmer, born February 15, 1868, married Cora Miller, daughter of Israel and Lydia Miller, and they have six children : Allen, born November 15, 1869, married Ella Dees, daughter of Daniel Dees of Craw- ford County, and they have one son. Chester ; Herbert Preston, born January 25, 1876, married Melissa Connett, daughter of Isaac and Rebecca Connett, and they have one child, Willard ; Francis M., born October 3, 1879, married Dale Henderson, daughter of Joseph and Melissa Henderson, and they have four daughters and one son.

Mr. Cortelyou is a Republican in politics. and belongs to the United Brethren church of which he has been a member for forty-five years, his wife having joined the church at the same time.

COULTER, Charles V .- Farming and stock- raising have become very profitable. especially in Crawford County where there are so many favorable conditions relating to agricultural life. Charles V. Coulter, although one of the young farmers of Martin Township, is one of its most progressive citizens. He is a native of Craw- ford County. having been born in Robinson Town- ship, November 27, 1882, a son of Henry Coulter, a retired farmer and carpenter of Martin Town- ship, who came to this township from Robinson Township. The father is of German descent, a son of Valentine Coulter (now deceased), who was a pioneer of Robinson Township, clearing off there a fine farm. The mother of Charles V. Coulter was Katherine (Culp) Coulter, also of German descent. She bore her husband chil- dren as follows: James L. (deccascd), Ida, Russell, Mary, and Charles V .. all born in Robin- son Township.

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Coulter married Myrtle Boyd, who was born in Robinson Township, a daughter of Noah Boyd, a pioneer of Robinson Township. There Mr. Coulter began farming and now has a fine farm of 60 acres of land on which are located two wells of oil. Mr. Coulter is a life-long Democrat but as yet has not aspired to public office. His success in farming is such as to encourage him to continue, although he has seen considerable of the outside world, for in 1898 he became a mem- ber of Company D, Fourth Illinois Infantry, with which he was connected for three years. Prior to his marriage he spent two years in the West engaged in farming. He is a young man who is not backward in taking advantage of any opportunity offered, and is bright. keen, a good business man, and a hard worker, and one who makes friends wherever he goes.

COX, Bryant (deceased), who at one time was a successful farmer of Hutsonville Township, was born in Wayne County, N. C., October 21, 1804, a son of Thomas and Winney ( Harrol) Cox, who died, the former in 1809 and the lat- ter between 1850 and 1860. Bryant Cox was the fourth in a family of seven children, losing his father when five years old. As his widowed mother had to bring up her children on scanty means, his only educational advantages consisted of seventeen days at school, but he was ener- getic and ambitious, and soon was helping his mother. When he was over twenty he married and began farming for himself, paying more than half he made for rent. In 1830 he came to Illi- nois, reaching Crawford County, June 1, having made the journey on foot, his wife and children coming on in a cart drawn by two horses, only one of which was his own. Here he rented land in Hutsonville Township, about a quarter of a mile from what became his farm. The family endured all kinds of hardships, sleeping on the floor in their log cabin, but they finally prospered and he entered land in 1833 to the amount of 70 acres. To this he added until at one time he owned 611 acres, which he later divided among his children, retiring from active life. On February 5, 1824, he married Martha Bradbury in North Carolina, who died February 5, 1842, leaving five children. July 15, 1842, he married in Crawford County, Candace Harrison. who died March 1, 1879. On August 14, 1881, he married Sarah Miller of Crawford County. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cox were members of the Christian Church.

COX, Rev. John L., born in Crawford County, . December 10, 1840, whose father was born in Wayne County, N. C., September 25, 1804, and came to Union County. Ill., with his parents in 1823, and to Crawford County in 1825. He married in 1828 Deborah Lindley, born in North Carolina, April 5. 1811, and who died Novem- bei 24, 1878, while he died January 22. 1868. They had ten children, of whom John L. was the sixth. After growing up on the farm, John L. Cox married at the age of twenty-five.

and leaving home engaged in farming. He lost his wife the first year of their married life, and the next summer returned to the homestead. In January, 1867, he became a preacher of the Missionary Baptist Church in his vicinity, and finally divided his time between the Mount Zion and Liberty churches. His farm of 145 acres was made valuable through his efforts, and he was as good a preacher as farmer, being elo- quent and a man of deep piety. His first mar. riage occurred January 25, 1866, when he mar- ried Augusta Rains, who died November 21. 1866. November 25, 1875, he married Lucinda Mickey, a native of Crawford County, born February 8, 1856, and they had three children : Ernest, Eunice and Almie.

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Illinois, Crawford County historical and biographical, Part 140

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913. cn Publication date: 1909 Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1058

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913. cn
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1058