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Andrew Beard, the son of William and the father of our subject, was born January 30, 1291. and was a life-long resident of New Hampshire. He also devoted his energies to farming and blacksmithing. working at his trade when the smith had to make his own nails and do all work by hand. He lived an active, useful and honorable life and became the owner of a good farm in his native state. He taught school for a time and was a mem- ber of the New Hampshire legislature. I 1816 he married Elizabeth Cochran. a daughter of Deacon Cochran, and to them were born two children. John And Margret. John married Emily Mar-hall. of Unity. New Hampshire. to whom were born two sons. George and Clar- once. Margret married Hiram Angell and they had one child. Emily. For her second husband she married John Gilmore, but both Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore are now deceased. Mrs. Eliza- beth Board died January 11. 1826. and her husband subsequently married Rachel Marshall and removed to Newport. New Hampshire. Her death occurred March 30. 1860. and he
passed away March 31. 1861. By the second union there were two children: Augustus F., of this review : and Ann Elizabeth, who died in infancy.
Augustus F. Beard is indebted to the schools of Newport. New Hampshire, for the educa- tional privileges he enjoyed in youth. His training at farm labor was also ample. for at an early age he began assisting his father in the development of the fields. After attain- ing man's estate he followed the occupation to which he had been reared and became the owner of seventy-five acres of land in New Hampshire, which he afterward sold prior to his removal to the Mississippi valley. During the Civil war he enlisted at Newport as a mu- vician in the Sixteenth New Hampshire Voluin- teer Infantry but was soon discharged on ac- count of illness. He came to Menard county. Illinois, in 1862, and here he resimmed farm- ing operations on a tract of land west of Petersburg. He purchased his first land here in 1892 and is now the owner of a good farm of three hundred and fifty acres, which he has placed under a high state of cultivation. adding to it many modern equipments and in- provements.
At Sunapee. New Hampshire. November 6. 1851. Mr. Beard was united in marriage to Miss Nyrha Hurd, a daughter of Hiram and Esther ( Patien) Hurd. Her father was born in Newport. New Hampshire. June 3, 1800. and was of English lineage, and her mother, who was born in Deering, that state. Decem- bor 22. 1804, was also of English descent. Mrs. Beard was born June 8. 1833, and pursued her education in New Hampshire. Her father came to Illinois in 1854. journeying by rail to Springfield and thence coming to Petersburg ty stage. le purchased land here and at the time of his death was the owner of between six and seven hundred acres. He prospered in his undertakings in the west and developed an excellent farm, which made him one of the substantial agriculturists of his community. He died May 26. 1886. and if he had lived seven days longer he would have affained the age of eighty-six years. His wife died Febru- ary 14. 1892. at the age of eighty-seven years.
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two sons, both of whom are living. Hiram, who is now forty-eight years of age, married Miss Lillie Simons, and they reside two miles southwest of Petersburg. They have one son. Leon, who is now twenty-one years of age. Irvin H .. forty-four years of age. married Etlio Lewis, and they reside a quarter of a mile west of Petersburg. Their children are three in number: Mabel. eleven years of age; Willis, aged eight ; and Marshall. six years old. Irvin H. Board obtained a first grade cer- tificate and taught school in De Witt county. was also a teacher for several years in the country schools of Menard county and later engaged in teaching in the city schools of this county. His attention, however, is now given to agricultural pursuits.
Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Beard has supported the Demo- cratie party. He and his wife are members of the Christian church and are a well known old couple of this portion of the state. \]- though Mr. Beard has advanced far on life's journey, in spirit and interests he seems yet in his prime. still superintending his business affairs and taking an active interest in all that pertains to the progress, improvement and up- building of this locality. In all the relations of life he has been honorable and upright and he is now spending his declining years in peace and quiet, enjoying the confidence and friend- ship of many with whom he has been asso- ciated.
WILLIAM W. STONE.
It is always of interest to examine into the history of a self-made man and note the quali- ties in his character that have brought him sile- cess, William W. Stone deserves to be ranked among this class and after many years active identification with agricultural interests he is now living a retired life in Greenview, Ho was born at Irish Grove. Menard county, on the 4th day of May. 1833, representing one of the old pioneer families of this state. Ilis parents were Ambrose Lee and Catherine ( Walker) Stone, the former a native of Vir- ginia and the latter of Kentucky. The father
came to Menard county in 1828, casting in his lot among the frontier settlers, and here he turned his attention to farming, which he car- ried on continuously until his death. which oc- curred on the 24th of May. 1865. He had long survived his wife, who had passed away in 1813.
William W. Stone acquired his early educa- tion in the public schools and afterward spent six months a> a student in lowa. His training at farm labor was not meager for in his youth he was instructed in the best methods of cul- tivating the fields and caring for the stock. To his father he gave the benefit of his service until he was about thirty years of age. after which he engaged in farming for himself. car- rying on agricultural pursuits uninterruptedly until about fifteen years ago, when he put aside the more arduous cares of an active business life and removed to Greenview. He still. how- ever. owns the farm which his father entered from the government on coming to Illinois more than six decades ago. This is a good prop- orty well improved and he also has some real --- tate in Greenview. That he has prospered in his undertakings is due to his careful manage- ment, persisteney of purpose and laudable ambition and he is now the owner of realty in- terests that return to him a good income and enable him to enjoy a well merited rest.
Mr. Stone has been twice married. In Sep- tember, 1863, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Frances Harding, a native of Ken- tueky, and they became the parents of three children: Charles, who is conducting a drug store in Greenview: Kittie J., the wife of Dwight Smith. also of Greenview : and Emma F .. the widow of Varon Hatfield. Mrs. Stone departed this life in 1876 and in 1828 Mr. Stone was again married. his second union be- ing with Eliza J. Stone, a native of Illinois. who died in Esso.
Mr. Stone has spent his entire life in Me- nar county, covering a period of seventy-one years, and has therefore been a witness of the greater part of its growth and development. In his boyhood day- there was much land that was still uncultivated and the homes of the settlers were very primitive as compared with the line residences which are now seen through-
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out Menard county. He assisted materially in the substantial upbuilding of this portion of the state, especially along agricultural lines. and has ever manifested a keen interest in the general work of improvement.
BERTON W. HOLE. M. D.
Dr. Borton W. Hole, who is engaged in prac- tice in Tallula, where his ability has found recognition in a large and growing patronage, was born in Mason county near Havana, Illi- nois. October 11. 1820. his parents being Wil- liam HI. and Rebecca Susan ( Dieffonbacher) Hole. The father was of English lineage. while the mother was of German descent. llis birth occurred near Salem in Washington coun- ty. Indiana, and his father was a native of Ohio. The paternal great-grandfather, Daniel Hole, came From England to America and was the founder of the family in the new world. At the time of the Civil war William 11. Hole espoused the cause of the Union and enlisted in the Eighty-Fifth Hlinois Volunteer Infantry. lle served under Sherman, participated in the battles of Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge. Buzzard's Roost. Ringgold. Kenesaw. Resaca. Atlanta, the march to the sea and the Carolina campaign, after which he participated in the grand review at Washing- ton. D. (. He was a brave and loyal soldier. doing his full duty as a defender of the I'nion cause and he is now an honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He still resides near Mason City in Mason county. He has always followed farming and now owns a good tract of land in that locality. He lost his first wife in Havana, Ilinois, in 1822. and has since married again. He has one brother and one sister living: Thomas A .. who is a retired farmer residing in Havana; and Mrs. Maria Lafton, also living in Havana. Berton W. Hole is the second in a family of three children, but Edgar. the oldest, died at the age of eighteen months. His sister, Garnet. is the wife of W. S. Chestnut, who is a farmer but resides in the town. They have two chil- dren. a son and daughter.
Berton W. Hole was educated in the coun- try schools and at the high school of Hlavana.
in which he was graduated in the class of 1889. He then entered the medical depart- ment of the Northwestern University. where he completed a course by graduation in 1892. the degree of Medical Doctor being then con- ferred upon him. Having thus qualified for practice he opened an office in Virginia. Hli- nois, in the summer of 1892, but remained there only until September of that year, when he came to Tallula and entered into partnership with Dr. C. M. Robertson. This relation was maintained until 1892, when Dr. Robertson retired and Dr. Hole has since been alone in business, enjoying a large and lucrative prac- tice. Ile is very careful in the diagnosis of a case, is seldom at fault in his judgment, and in his practice has displayed a thorough knowl- edge of the science of medicine with correct application of its principles to the needs of suffering humanity. He belongs to the Me- nard County Medical Society, to the Sangamon County Medical Society, the Brainard District Medical Society. the Illinois State Medical So- ciety and the American Medical Association. and through the interchange of thought and ex- perience in these organizations he keeps in touch with the advancement which is being continually made by the medical fraternity. He has further prepared for his professional duties by post-graduate work in the Post-Grad- uate Medical College of Chicago, which he at- tended in 1899. Ile is now secretary of the pension board of Petersburg, Ilinois, and he has a large general practice in Tallula and the surrounding district.
In June. 1894. Dr. Hole was united in mar- riage to Miss Sarah I. Robertson. a daughter of Dr. C. M. Robertson. She acquired her early education in Tallula and afterward at- tended the Female Seminary at Jacksonville. Illinois. Both the Doctor and Mrs. Hole are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and they are prominent socially, the cordial hospitality of the best homes of this part of the county being freely extended to them. In his political views the Doctor is a stalwart Republican, ever supporting the party since attaining his majority and although he has never sought office he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day. He has
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been a school director and he is a member of ing. Grand Baron fell dead on the track from the Knights of Pythias and the Masonic fra- ternities, the latter at Pleasant Plains. He was made a Mason at that place in April. 1903. In a profession where advancement depends solely upon individual merit he has steadily worked his way upward and in the enjoyment of a large practice is now daily demonstrating his ability to successfully solve the intricate problems which continually meet the physician.
HARMON AL. MARBOLD.
Harmon JJohn Marboll was born in Green- view. Illinois, on the 17th of April. 1865, and is a son of Henry Harmon and Margaret ( Hackman ) Marbold, who were both born in Germany but came to America when quite young and were married in this country. Ex- tended mention is made of the family on an- other page of this volume. The early life of Harmon J. Marbold was that of the average farmer boy, spending his summers on the farm and attending the common schools in winter until fifteen years of age. He then entered the Wesleyan I'niversity at Bloomington. Ili- nois, where he spent three years. Soon after this he took a six months course in a business college at Lexington. Kentucky. Later he spent a year in Bremen, Germany. under the instruction of a private tutor.
From boyhood Mr. Marbold has been a lover and admirer of horses, especially of trotting horses, and early began training the horses on the farm in this admired accomplishment. Later he became a driver of no mean ability. having driven on the same track with Bad Doble. Ed Ger- and other noted drivers. Some years ago he opened the trotting stable on the Marbold stock farm at Greenview. Illi- nois, and subsequently Grand Baron became the head of a stable of well bred trotting horses. Grand Baron, whose breeding is of the very best, had a record of 2:12}}. In the summer of Iso8 he was on the grand circuit pitted against The Monk. Dare Devil and others. and at tilen- Falls. New York, they were to trut for a purse of two thousand dollars. Two days before the race was to come off. While exercise
heart disease. Mr. Marbold had been offered twelve thousand dollars for him a few days before he died. Mr. Marbold still raises trut- ting horses and trains but does not follow the races. He is extensively engaged in farm- ing and stock-raising. operating a farm of our seven hundred acres. His home is one of the most beautiful places in central Illinois and is finished in the latest and most approved style.
On the 21th of June. 1891. Mr. Marbold was united in marriage to Miss Ennna I. Miller. the third daughter of R. D. and C. A. Miller. of Petersburg. Illinois. They were married in Ouray. Colorado, and to them have been horn the following children : Margaret Ann. born March 22. 1892: Pauline Miller. horn March 26, 1891: Anna Marie, who was born October 12. 1896, and died May 8. 1897 : Char- lotte Riche, born October 12. 1898; and Helen Agnes, born November 22. 1899.
Mr. Marbold was elected a member of the board of supervisors of Menard county in 1900 and re-elected to the same office in 1903. Ile is an active and successful business man, ener- getic and public spirited. and honorable in all his dealings with men. He is modest and un- assuming in manner, but firm and self-assert- ing when necessary. His character is best sell in the family circle, where he exhibits the traits of a faithful husband and father. He is highly respected in the community where he has lived all his life, having a host of friends and but few enemies.
0. D. MeDOU GALL. D. D. S.
Dr. V. D. MeDougall, engaged in the prac- tier of dentistry in Petersburg, was born in Oneida county. New York. January 25. 1869. He is descended from Scotch ancestry and is a representative of one of the old families of the Empire state. His grandfather. John Mc- Dougall. resided there and Isaac and Hannah (.Jones) MeDougall, parents of Dr. M. Dougall. were natives of Oneida county In the year 1823 they removed to Petersburg, where they bave since resided, and for the past few years
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the father has lived retired from business burg and also of the Alumni Association of cares.
In the family were nine children, of whom Dr. MeDougall is the youngest. Three of the number are now deceased. The Doctor was only about four years of age at the time of the roval of the family from New York to Illi- nois and in the public schools of Petersburg he acquired his literary education, completing his course by graduation from the high school with the class of 1890. Hle afterward engaged in teaching school for two years, but regarding this merely as an initial step to other profes- sjonal labors, he matriculated in the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, where he completed the regular course and was graduated in 1895. Returning to Petersburg he opened an office on the west side of the square, where he re- mained for four years and then removed to his present suite of rooms on the south side of the square. His office is well equipped with the latest improved appliances known to the science of dentistry and in his practice he mani- fesis the two qualities which are absolutely essential to success-mechanical ingenuity and thorough understanding of the principles of dentistry.
On the 29th of October. 1896. in Petersburg. Dr. MeDougall was married to Miss Bertha Hutcherson, a daughter of William and Emma llutcherson. Her father died a number of years ago, but her mother is still living. Mrs. MeDougall was educated in the Petersburg high school. completing her course in the same class of which her husband was a member, and then both took up the work of teaching, which she followed until her marriage. She was a lady of natural refinement and culture, as well as intellectual force, which endeared her to a large circle of friends, and caused her loss to Im deeply felt. when on the 16th of September. 1892. she was called from this life. She left one daughter. Bertha Galie, born September 11. 189%.
Dr. MeDougall is a prominent Mason, hav- ing attained the Knight Templar degree of the York rite, the thirty-second degree of the Scottish rite. and is also a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is an active member of the High School Alumni Association of Peters-
the Chicago Dental College, which meets cach year in Chicago. His attention is largely de- voted to his professional duties, and laudable ambition, thorough collegiate preparation and earnest devotion to his chosen calling have secured to him gratifying success and conser- utive advancement.
ALONZO L. STURGIS.
Alonzo L. Sturgis. a representative farmer of township 19, was born in Caldwell county. Missouri, November 17, 1856, but in early boy- hood days was brought to Menard county by his parents. Daniel and Sarah ( Brooks) Stur- gis. The father was a native of Pennsylvania and in early life removed to the west. After residing for some time in Missouri he brought his family to Menard county in the fall of 1861 and continued in active business here as a farmer and stock-raiser until called to his final rest in the year 1875. This widow still survives him and is now living in Greenview. having passed the seventieth milestone on life's journey on the 9th of May. 1901. In their family were five children : Alonzo L .: Eliza- beth, the wife of Johann Pierce, of this county : William B .. who is married and resides in Menard county: Nancy J., who died May 30. 1838: and Susan, the wife of Morris Stone, of this county. The parents were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and were people of genuine worth and of the highest respectability.
The boyhood days of Alonzo L. Sturgis were quietly passed in Menard county. there being no event of special importance. Ile worked in the fields upon the home farm and acquired his education in the public schools. Under his father's direction he learned the best methods of caring for the stock and of cultivating his crops and after his father's death he continued upon the old homestead place with his mother uniil twenty-four years of age, at which time he was married and went to a home of his own. He resided in Greenview for one year and on the 5th of November. 1882. removed to trish Grove on the old Sturgis homestead.
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Subsequently he took up his abode upon the of November, following; Loren E .. born April nome farm and since the first of March, 1896, 18. 1886 : and Raymond S., born July 14, 1889. ha- there carried on general agricultural pur- -uits and the raising of stock. For thirty-two years he operated a threshing machine cach season, but during the past two years has not engaged in that business.
On the 24th of December. 1880, Mr. Sturgis was united in marriage to Miss Mary M. Cleve- land, a daughter of William IT. and Hannah H. (Trumbo) Cleveland. Her father was born August 13, 1838, in New York, and after his removal to the west established his home in Menard county, Illinois, where he carried on agricultural pursuits for a number of years. After the inauguration of the Civil war. aroused by a spirit of patriotism, he offered his services to the Union and on the 11th of Sep- tember. 1861. became a member of Company E. Twenty-seventh Ilinois Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Belmont, Missouri, in November. 1861. The regiment received its first baptism of fire under General McClernand, forming the right wing of the attacking force, and inspired by its brave colonel it drove against the enemy in the midst of a perfect hail of bullets and canister. Mr. Cleveland was honorably discharged February 18, 1862. but he re-enlisted as a member of Company F .. Twenty-eighth Volunteer Infantry at Peters- burg. JJune 18. 1864. Later he was with Com- pany C. there having been a consolidation of- ferted on the 24th of June. 1861. Ile then served with Company (' until mustered out aft- er the close of the war, on the 15th of March. 1866. at Brownsville. Texas. He arrived at Camp Butler May 13. 1866, and was there paid off. Ile is now living at Guthrie Center. Guthrie county. lowa. During the interval be- tween his first and second periods in military servier he lost his wife, who died July 19. 1863. and he afterward married again and is now living with his second wife in lowa. The chil- dren of the first marriage are Alonzo, who was born August 1. 1861, and died November 21. 1>>1: and Mrs. Sturgis.
Mr. and Mr- Sturgis are the parents of four children: Lawrence E .. who was born Max 6. 1882, and is at home: Rolland E., who was Torn October 2. 1881, and died on the 3rd
In his political views Mr. Sturgis is a stal- wart Republican, unfaltering in his advocacy of the party, and he is now serving as one of the school directors and also as road commis- sioner of his township. He is a member of Myrtle lodge. No. 420. 1. O. O. F., at Middle- town. has filled all of its chairs and has been a delegate to the state lodge. His wife is con- nected with the Rebekah degree, the woman's auxiliary of the Odd Fellows society, has held all of the offices therein and she. too. has been a delegate to the state lodge. Mr. Sturgis be- longs to the Modern Woodman camp. No. 128, of Greenview; the Farmers Mutual Protective Association. No. 202. at Greenview, and both he and his wife are members of the Court of Honor, connected with Pleasant Valley lodge. No. 59, at Middletown. They have many warld friends in fraternal circles and are held in high esteem throughout the county where Mr. Sturgis has spent almost his entire life, while Mrs. Sturgis has been a life-long resident of this portion of the state.
ANDREW GADDIE.
Andrew Gaddie is a self-made man. whose life history can not fail to prove of interest, as it indicates what may be accomplished through strong and determined purpose, guided by honorable effort. Long a resident of Me- nard county. he is now largely living retired from active business cares, although he is yet to some extent engaged in buying and shipping stock. In community interest- he has been an active factor and the trust which his fellow townsmen have in him has been indicated by his election on various occasions to county offices.
Mr. Gaddio was born on the Orkney islands of Scotland. on the 31st of May. 1837, and when but thirteen years of age he went to sca with his maternal unele. David Spence as a cabin boy. He followed the sea until nineteen years of age. after which he returned home and attended school for two years. On the expi- ration of that period he came to the United
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States in company with his sister Jane, cross- ing the Atlantic in 1859, and since the time he has continuously made his home in Menard county-one of its respected and worthy citi- zens. en-operating in many measures for the general good. He filed his paper, indicating his intention of becoming an American citizen, August 23. 1862. A few days before this he had manifested his loyalty to the government by joining the Union Army, enlisting on the 14th of August, 1862. as a private under Cap- tain John A. Hurt. of Company K. Ono Hun- dred and Sixth Illinois Infantry. He partici- pated in the siege of Vicksburg. the capture of Little Rock, Arkansas, and other engage- ments and was discharged at Little Rock. Oe- tober 11, 1861. after more than two years of active service. on account of disability. In the meantime he had been detailed as a re- cruiting officer under Captain Christie with of- fices at Atlanta, Illinois, and he thus sent many soldiers to the front.
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