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Our subject is a native of New York, and first opened his eyes to the light of day in Washington County Aug. 20, 1828. His father, Thomas Camp- bell, was born in Massachusetts, came to this coun- ty in 1868. following his son Daniel to this place, and died in 1879 at a ripe old age. The mother of our subject was Naby Swain, whose parents were of Scottish birth and ancestry. and they came to this country some time early in this century or in the latter part of the last one. and settled in Washing- ton County, N. Y., where she was born. She died in 1831, while yet a young woman. She bore to her husband five children, two of whom are living, Marvin S. and our subject. The former. who mar- ried a Miss Cole of New York. lives in Troy, that State, retired from active business.
Daniel Campbell passed his boyhood and the opening years of his manhood in the State of his nativity, gleaning such education as was afforded by the schools of the time. In 1856, being then twenty-eight years of age, and in the possession of a sound mind in a sound body. he determined to try life on the rich, virgin plains of the great West, and selecting this part of Illinois as having in all respects the characteristics of soil, climate, etc., most
desirable in the eyes of a young farmer and neces- sary to the successful prosecution of his calling. he came to Vermilion County and bought 240 acres prof improved land in Pilot Township. He imme- diately entered upon his task of bringing it to a high state of cultivation. erecting suitable build- ings as his means allowed, making the place in every way one of the most desirable farms in this part of Vermilion County. By well-directed toil. close economy and sagacious management he has become very prosperous, and now owns 500 acres of as well tilled and productive soil as is to be found in this fine agricultural region. and he has erected a comfortable. roomy set of buildings for all needful purposes. He is engaged extensively in mixed husbandry, raising grain, and other farm products common to the soil, and he bas his farm well sup- plied with stock of good grades. comprising sixty head of cattle. thirty horses. 160 sheep and forty- five hogs.
Mr. Campbell has had the effective aid of one of the most helpful of wives in his work, their mar- riage occurring in 1851. Mrs. Campbell's maiden name was Maggie Campbell, and she was of Irish birth and parentage, her parents being James and Naney (Pinkerton ) Campbell. She came to this country with two of her brothers. Seven children have come to our subject and his amiable wife in their pleasant wedded life, of whom the following are married and settled in life: Sarah JJ. is the wife of Marion Kirkpatrick, a tile maker, of Indiana, and they have one child, Pearl; Thomas. an agri- cultural implement dealer and grain buyer of Pen- field, Ill., married Dora Kirkpatrick of Indiana. and they have two children, Samuel and May: Mary F. is the wife of Fred Thomas, a farmer of Wis- consin, and they have two children, Otis and Reed; Rosetta is the wife of Henry Hibbler, a farmer of this county, and they have five children -- Logan. Earl, Lola, Amy. Ernest.
Mr. Campbell is gifted with keenness and tenacity of purpose, and a well-balanced mind. and these attributes have not only placed him with the solid. representative men of the township, but they have rendered his services as a civic official invaluable during his incumbeney of the various local offices that have been entrusted to him by the votes of
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his fellow townsmen, and as a juryman. In politics he is a firm believer in the Republican party. and advocates its policy on all proper times and occa- sions. Both he and his wife are devoted members of the Christian Church, and their children also belong.
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ACOB DAZEY. The present commercial importance and prosperity of Hoopestou is unquestionably traceable to the wisdom of her merchants, and it is a fitting tribute to those who have honorably distinguished themselves in the commercial arena that their names should be commemorated in history. It is a fact worthy of consideration that nearly all of our prominent busi- ness men have struggled up from obscurity to the foremost places in every branch of trade. As a representative of this class, the following is a brief outline of one who has attained the leading position he holds to-day among the merchants of Vermilion County.
Mr. Dazey is a prominent merchant of Hoopeston, where he carries on an extensive business in heavy and shelf hardware, agricultural implements and lumber. In 1855 he came from Indiana, his native State, having been born there on the 25th of March, 1831, near Attica. He remained with his father on the old homestead until ,he was married, which event occurred on Aug. 18, 1853. Ilis wife, Miss Sarah Whitlatch, died about one year after her marriage. When Mr. Dazey came to Illinois, he purchased a farm of 160 acres which he increased later on to 640. Upon this tract of land he erected the very best of buildings and the improvements . are of the very highest order. He continued the business of farming until Dee. 15, 1881 when he removed to Hoopeston and engaged in his present business.
On April 27, 1855, Mr. Dazey married the second time, taking for his wife, Miss Lorinda Wilkinson, who was born in Montgomery County, Ind .. May 1. 1838, where she resided until coming to Ilinois in 1851. She is the daughter of Abram Wilkinson. one of the early pioneers of Vermilion County, who married Mrs. Harriet Hawkins, They were the parents of two sons and two daughters, MIr. Haw-
kins came from Indiana to this county and entered land upon which he resided until about 1877. when he removed to Benton County. Ind., remaining there until 1881, when he finally came to Hoopeston, where he has lived with his wife a retired life. Mr. and Mrs. Dazey are the parents of six sons and one daughter, all of whom are still living :- Charles M., James H., John. William. Frank, George, and Elizabeth. The youngest son and daughter are at home. James II. is married and has three children; Charles M. married Miss Mary Fitzgib- bons: they are living on a farm near Milford, Ill., and have one child. John married Maggie Williamson and is residing on the old homestead; they have one child. William married Miss Smith; they are living on a farm and have two children. Frank married Miss Eva Dobe; he is engaged in the mercantile business at Hoopeston.
Mr. and Mrs. Dazey are members of the Metlio- dist Episcopal Church in which they take great interest. He is one of the trustees of that organi- zation and politically he is identified with the Re- publican party.
James Dazey, father of the subject of this sketeli, was born in Ohio, where he married Miss Mary Gobel and came from Montgomery County, Ind .. where he was engaged in farming. In his early days he was a shoemaker, a business he carried on with success, but latterly he was a farmer. Ile died at Tolona, Ill., his wife passing away at the same place in 1883.
REDERIC JONES is intimately connected with the material prosperity of Catlin Township as one of its enterprising, pro- gressive, business-like farmers and stock-raisers. and the farm that he possesses here, finely located on seetion 35, is in all respects a well-appointed. well-managed estate, comparing favorably with the best in this region of line farms.
Our subject is of English ancestry and birth. as were also his parents. Henry and Sarah (Ilough) Jones. He was their sixth child and was born in the city of London, England, May 28. 1814. In 1819 his parents brought him to America, and he
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was reared to manhood in Catlin Township. and can searcely remember any other home. lle was a qnick scholar and gleaned a very good education in the common schools. When about fourteen years old he entered upon a mercantile career, going into his father's employ at that age as a clerk. He was in the store about a year and a half when he went to Lafayette. Ind .. to learn the trade of a black- smith in the Lafayette and Indianapolis Railway shops. He served an apprenticeship of two years and two months, and at the expiration of that time returned to Catlin and building a blacksmith shop. formed a partnership with S. A. MeGregor. Sr., and carried on his trade, of which he had gained a thorough mastery, the ensuing two years. At the end of that time he dissolved his partnership with Mr. MeGregor and again became a clerk in his brother Richard's store. He remained with him sixteen years, and when his brother died he entered into partnership with his brother Arthur, and they conducted the business together about two years. Our subjeet then sold out his interest, baving decided to devote his attention to the more conge- nialcalling of a farmer, and at that time invested a part of his capital in his present farm, which he has owned since 1880. It comprises 171 acres, all under good cultivation and finely improved, having an excellent set of farm buildings and modern ma- chinery for conducting agriculture after the most approved methods.
The successful career of our subjeet is partly attributable to the fact that he is blessed with a wife who is in every sense a helpmate. Their mar- riage was solemnized Dee. 5. 1866. and to them have come ten children-James. Emma. Richard, Ilarriet A., Elizabeth, Sarah, Frederie, Arthur. Henry, Edward. Mrs. Jones' maiden name was Harriet Ann Dickinson, and she is like her husband a native of England, born in Boston, Lincolnshire. Dee. 28. 1817, to William and Emma (Barker) Dickinson. (For parental history see the sketch of William Dickinson that appears on another page of this work).
Mr. Jones is in all respects a manly. upright man, is well and favorably known here. and his in- fluence in the community is felt in everything that tends to promote its welfare. He takes an active
part in political matters, and in him the Republican party finds one of its truest and staunchest advo- cates. Religiously both he and his amiable wife sympathize with the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and carry its Christian spirit into their everyday lives. They are genial. court- cous people. and their attractive home is the center of perfect hospitality.
G EORGE M. EVANS. The Keystone State has contributed largely of her best elements to the development of the Great West, numbers of men coming thither at all ages and un- der all conditions. the greater majority, perhaps, those who were dependent upon their own resources and just starting out in life to carve their fortunes by the labor of their hands. The homes of these men are among the finest in Central Illinois. The farm of Mr. Evans, finely situated on the northern line of this county, invariably attracts the attention of the passing traveler, and gives ample evidence of being under the control of a man of more than ordinary ability. It will be acknowledged that he has the true conception of the manner in which to condnet agriculture. and he possesses the cultivated tastes which have enabled him to construct a home second to none in this region.
The property of Mr. Evans embraces 328 acres of land, lying on section 26, township 23, range 12, where he settled seven years ago, although he purchased it in 1879. He has effected a radical change in its condition, and purposes to still fur- ther augment its beauty and value. Ile came to Illinois when a young man, twenty-four years old, from Berks County, Pa., where he was born in 1832. He made his first trip West in 1876. and after so- journing in Grant Township one year he returned to Pennsylvania. where he spent the winter follow- ing and came back to this county in the spring of 1877, and two years later purchased his present homestead.
The subject of this sketch was married in Grant Township, to Miss Tillie Groom, the wedding tak- ing place at the bride's home. Sept. 22. 1885. This lady is a native of this county. ller father, Fred-
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eriek Groom, came to Illinois from England. car- ried on farming a number of years, and then retir- ing from aetive labor took up his abode in Rossville, where he now lives. John Evans, the father of our subject, was a native of Pennsylvania, where, upon reaching manhood, he married Miss Anna Miller. Ile settled on a farm in Berks County. and died when his son George M. was a bul of ten or twelve years. His widow survived him until about four years since, her death taking place in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Evans upon becoming a naturalized citizen allied himself with the Republican party. and still gives to it his unqualified support. Aside from serving as School Director in his district he has had very little to do with public affairs.
HILLIP CADLE, an extensive and well- known farmer of Vermilion County and one whose career has been marked by suc- cess, was born in England on the 22d of February, 1849. When four years of age he came to America with his parents and is practically an American bred man. His education was acquired in the common schools, and until he became of age, he worked for his father faithfully on the ok homestead.
Phillip Cadle is the son of George and Elizabeth (Saunders) Cadle, who were natives of England and were living in Bradfordshire at the time they concluded to better themselves by emigrating to America. They sailed from the old country in 1853 and after landing upon American soil. they immediately proceeded to Attica. Ind .. where for four years they were engaged in farming, at the expiration of which period they removed to Iro- quois County, III .. four miles north of Hoopeston. Ilere they remained for two years more, when they again removed to a farm situated one and a half miles southwest of Rossville, Ill., remaining there for three years. Their next removal was to Salt Fork, west of Danville, where they lived for thir- teen years, removing from that place to Homer. Ill., where the elder Cadle is living in retirement. with his wife, enjoying a well earned rest. They
are the parents of eight children : Emma was mar- ried in England to Thomas Edwards and they are now living near Armstrong. Ill .; Ann is the wife of D. Young and they are residing in Idaho; Jane married James Tolliver, both of whom are deceased; Rachael is the wife of C. Hayes. She died some years ago; Sidney G. is dead; Martha married John Mann; Phillip is the subject of this article. while Dora is at home with her father and mother at Homer. Ill. Mr. Cadle's first marriage occurred in Vermilion County. Ill .. May 30, 1871. his wife being Miss Emma Weaden. a native of Virginia. Of this union one child was born, Mary Anna, who died when four months of age. The wife died Oct. 23. 1872.
In 1875 Phillip Cadle married Miss America Seymour. She is a native of Virginia but eame here when a very small child with her parents, who are living at Oakwood. this county. She was the sixth child of a family of nine children. Mr. and Mrs. Cadle are the parents of four bright children: Lilian, Maud, George and Dode, all of whom are living at home and going to school. In addition to his general farming Mr. C'adle is engaged very extensively in the stock business. a combination which has been a success from a pecuniary point of view.
In 1876 he purchased 381 acres where he now lives, and at this time, really commenced his active career as a large dealer in hogs and cattle. In the aggregate he owns 915 aeres of the very choicest land that lies in Vermilion County, and the build- ing, that he has erected are nearly equal to that of a small village. consisting of barns, stables, gran- eries. an elevator. and in fact everything that goes to make up a well appointed farm. He has also a fine system of water-works that supplies his house, pastures and different barns with fresh, pure water. Mr. Cadle deals in grains of all kinds, but more especially in wheat.
Mr. Cadle is a consistent Republican and while he has never aspired to office, ha- held local posi- tions, filling them with the same fidelity which he has shown in his private affairs. Mr. Cadle's suc- cess in life can be directly traced to his prompt business habits, his integrity and his capacity for judging human nature, He is truly a self-made
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man and the fortune he now owns has been accu- mulated within the last eighteen years.
A view of the farm residence of Mr. Cadle is shown elsewhere in this volume.
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G EORGE ALLEN is the proprietor of Shrop- shire Park. His father. George Allen, was known to Europe and America as the lead- ing breeder of Bate Short-horn enttle and Shrop- hire sheep. The history of this extensive enter- prise of breeding, dates back to the early life of the father. While yet a young man he showed a desire and liking for the better grades of cattle and sheep and his son has inherited this disposition to an eminent degree.
George Allen, Sr., was born in Derbyshire, Eng- land, while the grandfather was a tenant farmer of the same place and was born there also. This family were all remarkable for their great stature, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch being a man of six feet five inches in height, and measured one yard from one shoulder point to an- nother. George Allen, Sr .. was a remarkably large and well-proportioned man and possessed great vigor and unusual activity. Ile served in the English cavalry for several years, and was dis- tinguished as one of the finest appearing soldiers in the British army. Ile married Elizabeth Tur- ner, who was a native of England and the daugh- ter of William and Sarah Turner, farmers. After their marriage, they settled at Knightly, England, and there began the breeding of Short-horn cattle, and for the long period of thirty-five years, Mr. Allen continued in this business on the same farm, gaining a wide-spread reputation as a most success- ful breeder of the best strains of cattle and sheep in England. Ile operated an extensive farm of 400 acres and here he reared a family of four chil- dren-George, Robert Il .. Mary Ann and Harry. Robert Il .. is residing at Darlington, Ind .. where he is engaged in the mercantile business. Mary Ann is residing at Stafford, England, where she married William Ebbern. who is an extensive man- ufacturer of ladies' fine shoes and operates a very : large business. They have four children, Harry,
is the executor of the Allen estate and the firm ac- cording to the father's will is to continue under the same management and retain the firm name of George Allen & Son.
The subject of this sketch and his father saw greater fields for operations in America than in England. They shipped several cargoes of sheep here, exhibiting them for the first time at St. Louis in 1871. This shipment proved profitable and fully exceeded their expectations. The entire management of this enterprise was under George. Jr. Hle exhibited his stock at Dayton, Ohio. also. in 1872. on the occasion of Goldsmith Maid's mak- ing her great record. The same year he also showed his stock at Indianapolis and St. Louis. This plan of business was followed for several years and so successfully that in 1879, George and his father -- including the entire family -- came to America. for the purpose of engaging in cattle and sheep raising, bringing 100 head of Shropshire sheep and twenty-two head of the Bate Short-horn cattle. After casting about for a suitable location they finally concluded that Vermilion County, met all the requirements they were seeking. Here they purchased 960 acres of land, and at once entered upon a career as breeders of cattle and sheep, which in many ways cannot be duplicated in America. The mother died March 6. 1881, at the age of fifty-six years. while the father met his death. March 16, 1889, at the age of sixty-two. And so passed away a couple whose reputation was of the very best and who made this workl the better for their living in it.
George Allen, of whom this is written, was born April 15. 1848 at Tean. Staffordshire, England. Ile was reared as a stock-raiser and farmer. an oc cupation which he has followed since he was twelve years of age. He received a common school education, which has been added to since by intelligent and careful reading. At the age of twenty-seven years he was married to Miss Ann Elizabeth Ellsmore, who is a daughter of John and Lucy Ellsmore. They were farmers in England and had two children that grew to maturity: Ann E .. and William T. The latter is residing at Staf. ford, England, and is a shoe manufacturer, Mr. and Mrs, Allen had two children born in England:
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George and Florence, who are now at home and attending school. Since coming to America the following children have been born-Frederick ('., William, Elizabeth and Harry.
It is unnecessary to state that perhaps there is no man in this country who has a better reputation as a breeder of Short-horn cattle and Shropshire sheep, than Mr. Allen, who has taken more prizes for the excellent qualities of sheep than any other man in the world, a record of which he feels. nat- urally. very proud. From a financial standpoint, he has been most eminently successful. and the pro- ceeds of the earnings of his great stock farm is in- .
vested in more lands and stock. Ile has become a naturalized citizen and is a Republican in politics. Mr. and Mrs. Allen worship at the Presbyterian Church.
Of the celebrated Bate Short-horn cattle. the Al- lens have on hand about 150 of the following fam- ilies: Airdrie Duchess, Grand Duchess, Oxfords. Barringtons, Wild Eyes, Waterloos, Kirk Leving- tons. Fletchers, Fennel Duchess. Acombs, Places, Darlingtons, Georgiannas, Eden Rose. Rose of Sharon and Surmises. The Duke of Vermilion No. 80413, stands at the head of the herd. The Grand Duke of Oxford holds the second place, and is the son of the Duke of Vermilion. He will some day take his place at the head of the herd. The 1 most valuable animals on the farm are the Duchess of Vermilion, Grand Duchess No. 28 and , the Duke of Vermilion, which in point of excel- lenee have never been surpassed inthe State of Illi- nois or perhaps in America. They have a flock of 500 sheep with three celebrated imported rams at the head. Goodsort No. 9901. won second prize at the Royal Agricultural Society in England in 1888, and cost $300 delivered at Boston. True- type, No. 5603. A. S. R. A., won first prize as a lamb at the Shropshire Agricultural Show, at Shrewsbury, England, in 1887. This animal was - imported the same year. T. & W. S. No. 13438. A. S. R. A. was the first prize winning lamb in England in 1888. Among the most valuable ewes on this farm may be mentioned Lady Bradburn second, and Jane L., who are great prize winners.
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horse Wymondham 2960 E. C. I. S. B. is considered to be as well bred a shire horse as can be found in America. There are also six registered Shire mares on this farm.
Shropshire Park is a most fitting name for this extensive farm, which is one of the most valuable in the State of Illinois It has more the appear- ance of a fair ground than a farm. It is well pro- vided with a multitude of houses, sheds, corn cribs and implement houses. There are five windmills on the farm which furnish water and grinding power. In concluding this sketch it would be proper to state that there are probably no more intelligent stock breeders than the gentlemen who compose the firm of George Allen & Son, of Aller- ton. III.
ESSE DAVIS. Although not a native of Vermilion County, this gentleman. the sou of pioneer parents. was reared within its limits, and has for many years occupied an important place among its enterprising, far-seeing, thrifty, well-to-do farmers and stock-raisers. On section 36. Catlin Township. he owns a large and valuable farm, cultivated by the best methods. so that it yields an extensive yearly income. Ile has erceted a fine residence and other substantial, well arranged buildings. while everything about the place shows every evidence of a master mind and skillful hand controlling affairs.
Our subjeet is of Southern antecedents, although a native of Ohio. Ilis parents, Joseph and Eliza- beth (George) Davis, are supposed to have been natives of Virginia. but after their marriage they settled in Pickaway County, Ohio, among its carly settlers. They remained there until 1833, when. hoping to better their pecuniary condition by going to a still newer country, they came with their family to Vermilion County to try farming on its virgin soil. They selected Catlin Township as a desirable location, and thus became pioneers of the township. The father's useful career was cut short however, in a few years. and while yet in life's prime it was closed in death August, 1839. He was a man of sound sense. a good farmer, and one whom all respected for his unswerving integrity
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