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disease similar to the cholera: The mother and wife, thus bereft of her husband and in a strange land, after many hardships made her way to Andover village. It was a terrible hardship to the family to be pioneers in a new country and in a foreign land without a husband or father, but a month after the death of the father the children were completely be- reft of all natural watch-care and support by the death of their mother, which occurred in November, 1849, from typhoid fever, occasioned by her hus- band's decease. She had been the mother of six children, five of whom were with her on the journey to America, and of whom the following is a record : Mrs. Christina Ward, who died in Hutchinson, Kan., in December, 1880, leaving seven children ; the sec- ond was Andrew, who married and resides at Viola, Mercer Co., Ill., and has retired from farm labors; the third is our subject ; the next, Abraham, who mar- ried and resides at Galesburg; next, Mrs. Regina Woodward, who resides in Steward.
Our subject, after the death of his parents, lived with Mr. H. G. Griffin, of Andover Township (see sketch), until the fall of 1855, when he began to farm on his own account. In 1856 he purchased 160 acres on section 27, of Cambridge Township, where he lived for one year. He then purchased a quarter of a section in Andover Township, and worked it from 1858 to 1867, when he came to his present home, consisting of 196 acres, all well improved, and upon which he has a fine residence and splendid farm buildings. He niakes a specialty of Short-horn cattle.
During these years of hard labor and accumula- tion, Mr. A. did not forget the need of his adopted country. During the time of her peril he enlisted in its defense. On Sept. 1, 1861, he joined Co. B, Capt. J. H. Humphrey, of the Ninth Ill. Vol. Cav. He participated in several battles, but only as a skirmisher. He was honorably discharged at Jef- ferson Barracks, Mo., Feb. 27, 1863, on account of disability. After his return home, as soon as his re- covery was accomplished, he again resumed work on his farm.
Mr. Anderson was married Feb. 16, 1865, at the residence of the bride's parents, Saybrook, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, to Miss Mary E. Wright, daughter of Cyrus and Mary E. (Smith) Wright. The former was a native of Connecticut, and the latter of New York, and by occupation were farmers. Both came
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to Ohio when young, and were married in Ashtabula County, where Mr. Anderson of this notice was born, Dec. 11, 1842. She was the eldest but one of a family of four children, all of whom are living and married. Mrs. Gertrude Anderson resides at Viola, Mercer Co., Ill .; Cassius E. was married to Emma Shepard, and resides at Austin, Minn .; Arthur mar- ried Miss Agnes E. Clark, and resides at the same place ; the second member of the family was Mrs. Anderson. The family first came West in the spring of 1856, and located in Andover Township, and the parents now live in Cambridge. Mrs. Anderson was educated at the academy of Kingsville, Ohio, and taught school a short time previous to her marriage. Four of her five children are deceased. Grace M. was born Dec. 7, 1880; Ernest S., Carrie E., Herbert and an infant are deceased.
The family are members of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, of which Mr. A. has been Trustee for 25 years. He has also served as Road Commissioner, and has been an earnest worker in his school dis- trict, and Clerk of the School Board for many years. He is a valuable worker in the interests of the Re publican party of his township and county.
The public will doubtless be pleased to see a por- trait of Mr. Anderson in this work. Accordingly, it is given, in proximity to the above sketch.
ndrew Chinburg, mason, residing at Orion, was born in Ostergotland, Sweden, May no II, 1847. He was brought to the United States by his parents when three years of age. His father, Nelson T., was a farmer in his na- tive country, and for two years after he came to this county lived at Andover. From there the family, then consisting of five children, went to Galesburg. In that city the father, who now resides with his son in Orion, followed the trade of wagon- making for 16 years. His mother, Carrie, died while the family were living at Galesburg, at about the age of 40 years. Andrew received his education in the common schools of Galesburg, at which city he learned his trade.
Mr. Chinburg was married at Orion on the 30th of May, 1874, to Miss Louisa C. Johnson, who is a native of Sweden. She was brought to this country
by her parents, who now reside at Orion, when a girl of three years of age. Her family first settled at Andover, but subsequently came to Orion. After the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. C. they settled on a farm of 120 acres, which Mr. C. had purchased prior to that event. This land was located on sections 16 and 17, Western Township. He now, however, owns 160 acres on section 33 of the same township, having sold his first farm.
Four children have been born to bless the home of Andrew Chinburg and his wife. These they have given the following names : Anna C., Tilda H., Arthur and Frank J. Mrs. C. is a member of the Lutheran Church, and Mr. C. is a Republican.
iram J. Cady, a retired agriculturist, resi- dent at Geneseo, is a pioneer of Henry 00 County of 1837. His father, John Cady, in 1836, located 560 acres of land in the town- ship of Geneseo, or rather in that portion of Henry County which was named so. The son came here to settle on the property, and located on the southeast quarter of section 15.
He is a native of Alexander, Genesee Co., N. Y., and was born Nov. 15, 1814. The maiden name of his mother was Anna Johns. The farm still owned by Mr. Cady contains 245 acres. It is a valuable place, and is in excellent condition for profitable farming. It is conducted by one of the sons of Mr. Cady. He remained the occupant of the place until March, 1881, when he removed to Geneseo, to pass the sunset of his life in the quiet enjoyment of the results of his years of effort. He has been an adhe- rent of the Republican party since the days of its organization.
Mr. Cady was united in marriage with Mary Bart- lett, Aug. 19, 1841. Her father, Cromwell K. Bart- lett, was a member of the Geneseo Colony, and one of the committee that entered the land in behalf of that organization. (An account of the operations of that body is presented in another portion of this work.) Mrs. Cady was born in Ames, Montgomery Co., N. Y., and is the mother of three children, two sons and a daughter : Allen married Ella French, and resides at Geneseo; Carl M. married Clara Heffel- finger, and they reside on the homestead ; and Nellie C. is the wife of M. A. Greene, of Colorado; the old
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est child of Mr. and Mrs. Cady died Dec. 16, 1843 ; she was born March 14, preceding. The parents are members of the Congregational Church. The oldest son and the daughter belong to the same communion, and the younger son is connected with the Methodist Church.
ohn Anderson is one of the citizens of Geneseo who are included in the term " prominent." He is a man of little pre- tensions, quiet and unassuming. His judg- ment is considered sound and reliable, and in all his relations to the community of which he has been a member since 1851, he has manifested the same unwavering spirit of uprightness and in- tegrity.
He was born in Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 17, 1811, and is the son of William and Rebecca (Walker) Ander- son. His father was a descendant of the people known as Scotch-Irish, and his mother was of un- mixed Scottish descent. His father transferred his family to a farm when the son was a lad of five years. There, in the vicinity of Pittsburg, the latter grew to manhood. At 20 he left the farm to learn the trade of a tinner. He remained in the State of his nativity, engaged in the business, of which he acquired a thoroughly practical knowledge, until 1846, when he went to Bucyrus, Ohio. There he became interested in the hardware, stove and tin- ner's trade; and, not long after his becoming settled, he established a hotel, which he managed on tem- perance principles. He entered into the promul- gation of the general interests of the place and the surrounding country, and was one of the first to agitate the feasibility of a railroad from Bucyrus to Fort Wayne via Crestline, and he advocated the scheme for the purpose of obtaining the passage of a through line thence to Chicago via Fort Wayne. Mr. A. appropriated much time and money to the furtherance of the project, and was one of the Board of Directors. He was a resident of Bucyrus 15 years, and while there was considered one of the leading and one of the most public-spirited of its citizens. He officiated in the leading positions of honor and trust, and was active in the promotion of
all schemes that seemed to bear a promise of being of general benefit.
He finally became restless under the prolonged delay of the plans he had cherished, and he resolved to seek a new field of operation in the farther West. In the spring of 1851 he set out with a horse and buggy for a trip of observation, in which he was ac- companied by his wife. They set out for Galesburg, Ill., as the first objective point, and came thence to Geneseo. They were pleased with the appearance of the country through which they passed, and all things, so far as they were able to judge, promised well for railroads eventually. In order to make what seemed assurance doubly sure, they continued to push on, and turning northward they traversed the southern portion of Wisconsin. They decided in favor of Geneseo, and Mr. Anderson drove to Michigan City. There they separated-Mrs. Ander- son to return to their home to make all things ready for a transfer of their interests to Henry County, and Mr. Anderson to retrace his steps to Geneseo.
He opened a hardware store, and spent some time in the prosecution of that line of business. At that time there were but few settlers in Geneseo, and the price of land was but nominal. The termina- tion of the construction of the railroad changed the state of affairs in both these particulars, and the business of the place and the surrounding country took what would be called in these days of concen- trated expression a "boom." The pioneer squatters who had known the pangs of hope deferred were surprised and delighted, as the boon which they had hoped would follow close on their coming, and which had proved as delusory as the will-o'-the-wisp, seemed at last to have become an established fact. Their crops were no longer worthless because there was no transportation, and they took hold anew of the plans and projects which they had suffered to fall somewhat into arrears. Mr. Anderson continued the transaction of business at Geneseo four years. He had became largely interested in traffic in real estate, and was the owner of several farms. In the spring of 1855 he moved from the city to a farm which he owned in the township of Geneseo, and he passed the years until 1874 there, engaged in farm- ing. He then returned to Geneseo, and has sold all the real estate of which he had become the owner, except the farm on which he was so many years a
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practical agriculturist in the township of Geneseo. It contains 560 acres.
On taking leave of the East Mr. Anderson re- solved to devote his time and energies to the benefit of his private affairs, and he did so with the most satisfactory results. He adhered to this resolve, with the single exception of serving one term as Supervisor of the township of Geneseo, and he also discharged the duties of some of the minor school offices. In his political proclivities Mr. Anderson has passed the grades from Whig to Abolitionist and to Republican.
The first marriage of Mr. Anderson occurred in the State of Ohio. He was married in Fayette County, Aug. 31, 1835, to Sarah Redburn. They had two children : Mary is the wife of J. V. Thomp- son, of Uniontown, Pa .; James married Mary Car- ter, and is a farmer of the township of Geneseo. The wife and mother died in June, 1844. In the summer of 1845 Mr. Anderson was again married to Mary, daughter of Alanson and Sally (Gates) An- drews. She was born in Ashland, Ohio. Their children numbered five: L. Duval is a dealer in pumps and windmills at Geneseo; he was a soldier in the Union service, and enlisted in November, 1864, in Co. B, 9th Ill. Cav., and served until the fall of 1865 ; Sarah F. is the book-keeper and financial agent of the Female Seminary at Rockford, Ill. ; Emily is the wife of W. A. Bickel, a merchant of Geneseo; David P. married Julia C. Day, and lives in Iowa; Frank L. married Stella Goff, and is a resident of Palo Alto, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are members of the Con- gregational Church.
0 gilliam L. Robinson, of Alba Township, is a pioneer in Western Illinois, whither he came in 1840. He located in the county of Whiteside and there he became a land-holder by the purchase of 100 acres of land, on which he was a resident about 12 years. Selling out at the expiration of that time, he came to Henry County. In the same year (1854), bought 240 acres of land in Alba Township, and he is now the owner of 280 acres, which is in the best condition for profitable farming, and has all suitable
farm buildings and fixtures. Mr. Robinson is inter- ested in the breeding of fine horses for draught pur- poses, including Normans and Clydesdales. He owns valuable droves of Poland-China swine. In his political connection he is a Republican. He is a prominent Mason in his local relations, and was a charter member of the Annawan Lodge, No. 433.
Mr. Robinson was born July 5, 1826, in Gallia Co., Ohio. He continued under the care and au- thority of his parents until the period of his majority, Oct. 25, 1848, when he was married to Eliza Mc- Neill, who is a native of County Monahan, Ireland, and was born April 11, 1828. John L. and Sanford E. are the only survivors of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson.
W. Reese, druggist at Colona, was born in Leyden, Lewis Co., N. Y., July 19, 1833. He was the son of John and Rachel (Mat- thews) Reese, and his parents were both na- tives of Wales. They came to America after their marriage and located in Lewis County, where many of their countrymen found a home. The father was a brick and stone mason by vocation, and he made Lewis County his home, and there followed the business to which he had been trained, as long as he lived.
Mr. Reese is the only child of his parents, and he was an inmate of the paternal home until the death of his father. He left his mother in the care of a half-brother and started to find his fortune, as there seemed little prospect of its coming to find him. He made his way to Jo Daviess Co., Ill., and there he made his good education available in teaching. He passed the first winter in that capacity and in the spring of 1858 he came to Henry County. He ob- tained employment on the farm of George Pomeroy, in the township of Western, and passed the summer of that year in farm labor. He spent the next win- ter in teaching in the township of Osco.
In the ensuing spring (1859) he was married to Lavina A. Pomeroy, the daughter of George and Nellie (Blanchard) Pomeroy, of whom a sketch ap- pears elsewhere in this volume. Mrs. Reese was born in Canada. After he was married, Mr. Reese rented a farm and operated as an agriculturist three
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years. In 1862 he went to the State of New York and remained there one year. In 1863 he came back to Henry County and engaged in the vocation of a butcher in the vicinity of Orion one year. At the expiration of that time he came to Colona and became interested in the sale of provisions, in which line of business he was engaged until 1870. In that year he established the business in which he is at present interested and which he at first carried on in connection with his former calling of a provision merchant.
In 1877 he bought a tract of land on section 10 in Colona Township, and he has since become the owner of another farm on section 2, in the same township. The two estates monopolize nearly all his time in their management, and Mrs. Reese at- tends to the mercantile portion of their interests. The farms of Mr. Reese contain 293 acres.
The children of the family are three in number -- George B., Thomas W. and Nellie R.
ol. Anthony R. Mock, attorney at Cam- bridge, has been a resident of Henry County 30 years, having removed hither in 1855. He was then 19 years of age, and he has since been identified with the general interests of this section of the State of Illinois. His birth occurred June 5, 1836, in Randolph Co. Ind.
In May, 1855, he set out for Henry County, ar- rived at Cambridge, and soon obtained employment on the farm of Dr. Norton. _ During the ensuing winter he attended the public school at Cambridge. He was variously occupied through the next year, and also assisted his father in his business as a blacksmith. He attended school through the sum- mer and winter of 1857, and in the winter of 1858 he taught a term of school, He next obtained the position of Deputy Sheriff, under P. H. Sniff, and began the study of law, which he prosecuted until the advent of of the Southern Rebellion, meanwhile teaching at intervals.
In the fall of 1859, he went to Indiana to com- plete the study of law under the supervision of Gen. T. M. Browne and E. L. Watson, and in the autumn of 1860 he went to Cooper Co., Mo., where he en-
gaged in teaching. His location was within the echo of the guns of the contending forces at Boone- ville, in the same State. The defeated rebels swarmed into the country, which became decidedly uncomfortable for a Northern man, and Colonel Mock, with difficulty, made his way into Union ter- ritory. By the time he reached his home, his fervor to enter the military service of his country was at fever heat.
Sept. 19, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. C, Ninth Ill. Cav. Oct. I, he was made Orderly Ser- geant, and subsequently Second Lieutenant of Co. H. Oct. 1, 1862, he was transferred back to Co. C, and promoted First Lieutenant. Seven days later (Oct. 8) he was ordered to assume charge of the Quartermaster's Department of the regiment, which position he held until Jan. I following. Jan. 5, he was ordered to take command of Co. B, and he was made its Captain May 11, 1863. He held that rank until March, 1864, when he veteranized with his company, and on the re-organization he was elected its Captain. Afterwards, he received a commission as Major; and, still later, he was promoted Lieuten- ant-Colonel of the regiment. At the battle of Nash- ville he commanded his regiment, his ranking officer being wounded early in the engagement; and he acted chiefly in the same capacity until the termin- ation of the war. He received his discharge and was mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865, at Selma, Ala.
Col. Mock resumed his connection with legal studies on his return from the war, and in 1866 he was admitted to the privileges of the Bar of Illinois, and established his practice at Cambridge. His election as State's Attorney for Rock Island and Henry Counties occurred in 1868. His term of ser- vice continued four years, since which he has given his whole attention to his professional duties at Cambridge. Colonel Mock has been prominent in political affairs, and is a Republican of most pro- nounced type. He was for many years Chairman of Henry County Republican Committee. In 1876 he represented his Congressional District as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention at Cincin- nati. In 1879 he was elected to the State Legisla- ture from his district. In 1881, he was re-nominated by acclamation, and re-elected.
His marriage to Mary J. Vestal took place Dec. 7, 1865. She was born Feb. 10, 1839, in Putnam
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Co., Ind., and is the daughter of William Vestal, of Logansport, Ind. Two sons and a daughter have been born to them, as follows : Horace J., Sept. 19, 1866 ; ]Ruth, Jan. 12, 1868; Edward A., June 2, 1871.
Colonel Mock is a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 49, A. F. & A. M. He also belongs to Post A. A. Dunn, G. A. R., and to the A. O. U. W.
eorge McHenry, a pioneer of Henry County, was born Sept. 26, 1799, in War- ren Co., Ky. His father, Wm. McHenry, was a soldier, and was engaged in the last campaign under Anthony Wayne against the Indians. During the War of 1812 he was a " Ranger " and was at the head of a command in that conflict. The maiden name of his mother was Hannah Blackford.
The family removed to the Territory of Illinois in 1810, when Mr. McHenry was a child of 11 years. In 1808 they had taken up a residence in Hender- son County, in Kentucky, and they came thence to what is now the State of Illinois. The journey was made here with teams. They first located in White County, and there were but five white families in ad- vance of them in that county. The father took up a claim and became prominent in the affairs of the public welfare. He was a member of the State Con- stitutional Convention and served one term in the Senate. He was a Representative in the Assembly several terms. He died at Vandalia in 1834, while there in attendance at the last term of the Legisla- ture that was held there. His wife died about ten years later. They were the parents of nine children, and the son who is the subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth. He was a member of the paternal home throughout his minority, and as soon as he was of sufficient age and size he assisted his father in clearing the homestead.
He was married April 25, 1825, to Lucinda Coun- cil. She was born in Kentucky, Feb. 7, 1808. At the time of that event he settled in the timber, as was the custom with the earliest settlers, as the prai- ries looked so far-reaching as to be forbidding to such as had been reared in a timber country. He built a double log house of hewn logs with a chimney of
clay and sticks. In 1835 he sold the place and re- moved to Sangamon County. He there bought 80 acres of prairie and at the same time 40 acres of timber. This remained in his possession until 1837, when he sold out and came to Henry County, locat- ing in the township now called Phenix. He bought a claim and as soon as the land came into market in 1839 he secured 40 acres on section 14. His first house was built of logs, and soon after he had set- tled to the business of improving his place he pur- chased a soldier's warrant and laid it on 160 acres on the same section where he had already fixed his home. Some years later he built the frame house in which he has since lived. The estate now contains 400 acres and the greater part of it is in advanced cultivation. When he came to the county he brought with him eight horses, eight head of cattle and 12 hogs. This constituted the stock with which he commenced farming in this county. To him and his wife II children were born, only five of whom are now living. They are named Thomas J., Margaret, Charles, Celia and George W. (For the detailed history of the oldest son, see sketch of T. J. Mc- Henry.) Margaret is the wife of George R. Chis- holm, and they life in Phillips Co., Kan. Charles entered the military service of his country during the Civil War, enlisting in Co. H, 5Ist Ill. Vol. Inf. He afterwards veteranized and was in the service until after the termination of the war. His home is in Farmington, New Mexico. Celia is the wife of Tal- bot Andrews, a resident of Warren Co., Ill. The youngest is in St. Joseph. Mo.
A F. Shattuck is a farmer residing on sec- tion 15, Clover Township, and was born in Ohio, April 26, 1830. The parents of Mr. Shattuck, Samuel and Mary (Foutz) Shattuck, were natives of Massachusetts and Virginia respectively, and his father followed the occu- pation of a farmer, which vocation he continued un- til his death in 1877, his wife having preceded him to the realm of the unknown 26 years before, in 185 1. A. F. Shattuck, of whom we write, was an inmate of his parent's family until he attained the age of 21 years, having received an education in the common schools, and assisted his father on the farm until that period in his life's history.
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On becoming his "own man " Mr. Shattuck left the parental roof-tree and went forth upon the sea of life to battle against adversity and secure a com- petency. After leaving home he rented a farm in Ohio, which he cultivated for two years. He then came to Knox County, this State, and rented a farm in Sparta Township, which he cultivated for ten years. At the expiration of that time he purchased a farm in Clover Township, this county, consisting of 96 acres, located on section 15. He moved on his land and at once entered actively and energeti- cally upon the task of its cultivation and improve- ment. He has since added 80 acres on section 16 to his original purchase, and is at present the pro- prietor of 176 acres. Mr. Shattuck has continued to reside on his farm on section 15 ever since he first settled there, and has improved the place by the erection of a fine residence, good barn, and the set- ting out of trees, etc. ; and the condition that his farm presents to-day is truly indicative of good manage- ment and energetic labor.
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