Portrait and biographical album of Warren County, Illinois : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, Part 38

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J. D. Stewart

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he had pre-empted. He placed in order for success- ful farming about too acres of the tract that he at first pre-empted and from time to time continued his purchases of real estate until he was at the time of his death the possessor of upwards of 1,000 acres. He had at various times visited Nebraska and Iowa and made large purchases of land in both States.

Mr. Parker was a man of zeal, energy and indus- try and was prominent in his method of pushing such projects as he was interested in to a successful termination.

Politically, he was a Republican in later days. In the early times, when he was first interested in poli- itics, he was a Whig. He joined the ranks of the "Grand Old Party " when it was organized.

He was twice married. Ellen D. Pease became his wife in 1843. She was born near Rockland, Maine, and her parents were pioneers in Mercer Co , Ill. To Mr. and Mrs. Parker there were five chil- dren born. Henry C. is a citizen of Monmouth [ Township. Adda P. is married to Phelps Paine, a resident of Lincoln, Neb. Rhoda H. is the wife of George Herbert, of Spring Grove Township. Barzil- lai is the next in order of birth. Sarah is deceased. Mrs. Parker, the mother of the children just enumer- ated, died in 1851. In 1854 Mr. Parker formed a second matrimonial relation with Mrs. Zoa Ulmer. There were two children from this union. Mary W. is married to George F. Miner, of Monmouth. Eva is deceased. Mr. Parker died May 19, 1884.

on. James H. Stewart, Judge- of War- ren County Court, was born Jan. 5, 1818, at Elkton, Todd Co., Ky., and is the son of Rev. Wmn. K. and Lucretia P. (Moore) Stewart, natives of North and South Carolina respectively, and descended from Scotch and Scotch-Irish ancestry. They were married in Chris- tian Co., Ky., April 1, 1817, and at once repaired to Elkton, where their three sons and two daughters were born.

The Rev. Mr. Stewart was of the Presbyterian Church; came to Illinois in 1830; had charge of a congregation at Vandalia five years ; there buried his wife.in 1831 : removed to Macomb in 1836, where

he preached to his people as long as health per- mitted, and died April 15, 1852, in the 62d year of his life. He was a ripe scholar, a graduate of Hamp- den-Sidney College, of Virginia, and was a preacher of recognized force and merit from the time he was 21 years of age.

Judge James H. Stewart was the eldest son and was educated at Hanover College, Ind., from whence he graduated in 1836, and at once began the study of law, under James Allen, and completing his course of reading in the office of Cyrus Walker, of Macomb, Ill. He was admitted to the Bar at Spring- field, Jan. 1, 1840, and immediately commenced to practice at Lewistown, Fulton County, this State. From there, at the end of a year, he removed to Mil- lersburg, Mercer County, where he remained in close practice four and a half years. He then hung out his shingle at Oquawka, and there added 15 years to his life and much to his knowledge of the law. He was then at Knoxville about a year and first came to Monmouth in the spring of 1861. Here he has spent the matured years of his life. Judge Stewart, the Nestor of the Warren County Bar, has a reputation as wide as the borders of the State in which he re- sides. His name will be transmitted with the his- tory of the community with whose interests he has been so long identified, and the posterity of those whose lives we chronicle to-day, will know him as a man honored among men and worthy of their emula- tion.

Judge Stewart's official career began at Oquawka, in 1851, when he was elected State's Attorney, for the 15th Judicial Circuit. In 1856, after a division of the district, he was twice re-elected to the same position for the tenth circuit. In 1881 he was chosen County Judge of Warren, to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Willets, deceased, and in 1882, regularly elected for the ensuing term of four years. The Judge is a Democrat in whom there is no guile, and that he is fully appreciated by his party is attested by his record. He has twice been its candidate for Representative from this county, but that body being notorious as a Senatorial Manufac- turing Machine, the good people usually select men especially gified (?) for that important duty rather than men possessed of knowledge as law-makers. The Judge was alternate delegate to the St. Louis National Democratic Convention of 1876, and dele- gate to that body at Cincinnati, in 1880.

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Beginning as a poor boy, Judge Stewart rounds life at a ripe age possessed of a handsome competency. He is largely interested in agriculture and banking, which receives much of his personal attention. He was married in McDonough County, this State, June 30, 1842, to Isabella C. McKamy, who was born in Roane Co., Tenn., Jan. 22, 1824, and has borne to him ten children, only three of whom are living- William K., whose biography appears in this volume ; Isabella, wife of D. M. Hammack, an attorney at Burlington, Iowa, and Mary M. Lucretia P. was born Aug. 18, 1862, and died Nov. 24, 1878; the rest of his children died in infancy. We felicitate our- selves on being enabled to add to this biographical notice, as well as to the portrait feature of our work, a reproduction of a life-like photograph of Judge Stewart, which was recently taken.

Bennett, owning 67 acres of good tillable land in Tompkins Township, and also 480 acres in Boone Co., Neb., and residing upon section 19, of the township named, where he is engaged in the pursuits of an agriculturist, was born in Madison Co., N. Y., April 8, 1829, his parents being Jacob and Elizabeth (Coss) Ben- nett, natives of Montgomery Co., N. Y.

The gentleman whose name heads this biographi- cal notice, lived with his parents until he was eight years of age, at which time his father died. He was then absent from his mother until he was 14 years old, when he returned and resided with her for four years, receiving at her hands a good common school education. He then left home and worked out for five years by the month. In 1854 he came to this State, and became a citizen of this county, where he was engaged in the occupation of a farmer, working for others and doing odd jobs for one season. Dur- ing that year he purchased the 80-acre tract of land on which he is at present residing, moved upon it with his family and at once engaged in the vocation which he had followed more or less all his life. He erected a fine residence upon his farm, together with a good barn and necessary outbuildings and set out trees, ornamental and fruit, and cultivated and im-

proved the place, until it presents a fine appearance to the passer-by of to-day. In his chosen vocation, Mr. Bennett is meeting with that success, which push, perseverance and energy are sure to bring.

In 1857, Mr. Bennett was united in marriage with Miss Liza Thorp, a native of New York, and a daugh- ter of John Thorp. Her father came to this State in 1854, settling in this county, where, with his wife, he lived until their death. In politics, Mr. B. votes with the Republican party, and is regarded as one of the leading, representatives of his vocation in his township.

savid Allard is a farmer in the township of. Point Pleasant and is the owner of 240 acres of land situated on section 8. He was born April 6, 1824, in the town of Eaton, Carroll Co., N. H., of which State his father, Jacob Allard, was also a native. Job Allard, his grandfather, was one of the earliest settlers in the " Granite State," where he took up a tract of land all in timber, which was located 18 miles from any set- tlement of whites. It was in Carroll County, and he cleared a farm, on which' he resided until his death. - His son Jacob was born on the same farm, and was the heir to the estate of the father who had done the work of the pioneer on it. Sally (Thurs- ton) Allard, the wife and mother, was also a native of Eaton in the same county. To her and her hus- band ten children were born, of whom six are now living : David is the eldest; Jane is the wife of Daniel Young, and they are living in Freedom, Car- roll Co., N. H .; Joseph S. is married to Miss Fannie Wornom and is a farmer in this county ; Eliza is Mrs. Bradley Davis, and, with her husband, resides in Stockton, Cal .; Martha is the wife of Charles Davis and lives in Iowa; Rose A. is the youngest member of the family living, and is married to F. H. Baldwin. They live in Oregon.

Mr. Allard was reared and educated in the town where he was born. At the age of 20 he went to Belfast, Maine, and there passed two years in ac- quiring a knowledge of blacksmithing He returned to his native State and operated as a "jour " one

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year. July 2, 1846, Mr. Allard was married to Miss Harriet Patch. "She was born in Eaton, N. H., and is the daughter of Dennis and Susan (Drew) Patch. He then purchased a farm in the vicinity of the old homestead, and there opened a shop in his own inter- est. He managed the farm and the shop together until 1855, when he sold both, preparatory to moving to Illinois. He settled in Warren County and bought a farm near Jackson Corners, in the township of Ellison. On this he resided until 1864, when he re- moved to Monmouth, to secure for his children the advantages of the schools of that place. He was engaged in the pursuit of his trade in the Carr Plow, Shops there two years, and at the expiration of that time he purchased a farm in Point Pleasant Town- ship, on which he has since resided. It has the usual complement of trees and farm buildings. It has also a grove of forest trees, including white ash, wal- nut, butternut, ash-leaved maple, white maple, cot- fonwood, willow and chestnut. These cover six acres, and are situated on a mound which is said by survey- ors to be the highest point between the two rivers east and west.

To Mr. and Mrs. Allard were born ten children, eight of whom are now living: Frank, Vina, Rose, Josephine, Orrin, Charles, William and Elgena.

ohn Jewell, an energetic and industrious farmer, residing on section 33, of Lenox Township, is a son of Lemuel and Jane (Cole) Jewell, natives of York State, and who settled there until 185 1, when they came West- ward, located in Lenox Township, Warren County, this State. At the latter place they made their permanent abiding place until taken to their eternal homes. Of their union were born seven chil- dren-Abel, Jacob, Halsey T., Harriet, Henry, Tra and John being their names.

John Jewell, of whom we write, was born in Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y., June 4, 1830, and in 1851 came to Warren County, this State. While residing under the parental roof. tree he attended the district schools in the acquisition of an English education and as- sisted his parents in the duties of the farm. After

his departure from home in the year above men- tioned, he bought 80 acres of land on section 33, his present site, which he has made his home ever since. His farm has been put under excellent improvement and cultivation and he has erected suitable buildings thereon.

Mr. Jewell and Miss Juliet A. Smith were united in marriage in Warren County, Sept. 30, 1852. She was born in Virginia, Sept. 10, 1820, and bore her husband one child, who died in infancy. She died April 15, 1880, and he was again married, Feb. 24, 1881, to Flora L. Crosier, a native of Ellison Town- ship, Warren County, where she was born March 3, 1859. She has become the mother of two children by Mr. Jewell-Rodney C. and Rosa. Mr. and Mrs. Jewell are members of the United Brethren Church. In politics, Mr. J. is identified with the principles of the Democratic party.

illiam F. Smith, retired merchant at Mon- mouth, was born Feb. 22, 1815, in Louisa Co., Va. His parents, Barnett and Mary (Grayson) Smith, were of Virginia and de- scended from English ancestors. Of their five sons and four daughters, five of whom are still living, William F. was fourth in order of birth. At the age of 15 years, Mr. Smith began clerking in a store at Glasgow, Ky., the family having removed into Barren County, that State, in 1820. The Ken- tucky farm upon which the old people spent their lives is yet owned by the subject of this sketch. The father died in 1847, in his 69th year, and the mother in 1884, aged 95. Both died in Kentucky.

William F. Smith came to Monmouth in Noven- ber, 1835, and opened a variety store. He had only $1,000 in money, but he was well backed by a Louisville, Ky., firm, for whom he had clerked some time, and after realizing upon his first cargo of goods he had cleared about $1,500. With this he re- turned to Louisville, as the weather promised to be too cold for him up here, but his old backers induced him to return. He next embarked in the dry-goods business with an employe named B. C. Hord as his partner. In 1838, the Louisville firm took an inter-

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est. In. 1844, having sold out to the firm, Mr. Smith opened a drug store and continued in that line of business until 1868.

Politically, Mr. Smith was originally a Democrat, and as such was elected Probate Justice in 1844-5. Mr. Polk appointed him Postmaster to fill out an unexpired term of a predecessor, but Zachary Tay- lor, though Mr. Smith had 500 signers to his peti- tion while his competitor had only 13, ousted him. In 1849, however, the citizens of the county felt out- raged, and though the Democrats to whom he had belonged were greatly in the minority, he was elected to the County Clerkship by a large majority, and held the office four years, ending in 1853. In 1856, he became a Republican, and has affiliated with that party to the present.

The marriage of Mr. Smith took place April 12, 1838, at which time Miss Margaret Bell, the ac- complished daughter of Rev. L. G. and Margaret (Beard) Bell, of the Presbyterian Church, became his wife. She was born in Leesburg, Va., April 18, 1817. She bore him ten children -- Charles (de- ceased), Edwin R. (deceased), Mary, Inez B., Will- iam B., Lancelot G., Carrie K., Lizzie A., Ella and Harry B. All are grown, and the boys are in busi-' ness.

ohn Barnes, owning 200 acres of good farm land on section 24, Tompkins Town- ship, where he lives and is engaged in its cultivation, was born in West Virginia, Jan. 10, 1820. His father, Henry Barnes, was a native of the same State, and the mother of Mr. Barnes, of this notice, Catherine Barnes, whose maiden name was Cunningham, was also a native of Virginia.

Mr. Barnes resided with his parents until he at- tained his majority, when he moved to Indiana, and having been brought up on a farm and becoming familiar with agricultural pursuits, he purchased land in the latter State, and followed the vocation which he had chosen in early manhood, at that place, until 1856. During the year last named, Mr. Barnes came to this State, and purchased the farm on which he is at present residing, His farm comprises 200

acres of land under an advanced state of cultivation, and its appearance is indicative of the push and energy which Mr. B. possesses.

Mr. Barnes become the husband of Miss Elvira Love, in 1843, and by her has had four children, as follows: George, Ansell, Cynthia J. and Charles W. The wife. and mother died in 1857, and Miss Elizabeth Monroe became his wife. Of the latter union, three children-John F., Alice and Eddy, have been born. Mr. Barnes votes with the Repub- lican party and he and his wife and five children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Soci- ally, Mr. Barnes is a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the Order of Masonry, and is one of the pushing, go-ahead representatives of his vocation in Tomp- kins Township.

enry F. Trulock, one of Warren County's energetic and successful farmers and large land-owners, and who has been closely identified with the development of the county since 1850, resides on section 36, Berwick Township. He was born in Scot Co., Ind., in December, 1815, and is a son of Parker Trulock, a native of Maryland. The father moved to Indiana in 1815, and there resided, engaged in the occupa- tion of a farmer until his death, which occurred about 1854. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Terrel, in Virginia, and by her had 11,children, as follows: John, William, Isaac, Mary, Sarah, Char- lotte, Esther, Samuel M., James W., Parker L. and Henry.

Henry F. Trulock has passed the years of his life until the present in agricultural pursuits. Reared on the parental homestead, he there first learned the lessons of an agriculturist and in the schools of his native county acquired his education, and there lived and developed into manhood.

The marriage of Mr. Trulock took place Jan. 30, 1845, at which time Miss Margaret Peacock became his wife. She was born in Devonshire, Eng., Jan. 28, 1818, and has borne him six children -- Sarah E, and Catherine, twins, born May 10 , 1847 ; Nancy A., July 8, 1849; James M., Jan. 21,. 1852; Frances

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"THORNDALE FARM" RES. OF J. F. OWENS, SEC. 2., MONMOUTH TOWNSHIP.

RESIDENCE OF HENRY L. JEWELL, SEC. 24. LENOX TOWNSHIP.

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RES. OF WILLIAM EDWARDS, SEC. 35. HALETOWNSHIP.

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M., March 1, 1853; W. H., Oct. 28, 1854; and Harriet J., April 28, 1856.

The father of Mrs. Trulock, Wm. Peacock, was born in England, from which country he emigrated to the United States and located in Indiana, in 1819. In England, he married Nancy Davidson, and of their union six children were born, namely: Mar- garet, William, Robert, Frances, Mary and John.

Mr. Trulock, on coming to this county, at once engaged in agricultural pursuits. He came here in 1850, and located in Berwick Township, -and has. here resided until the present time. Considering that on his arrival in Warren County, he was only the possessor of a span of horses and $250 in money, and has since accumulated his handsome property, he certainly deserves mention in this work, at least as a man of energy, pluck and perseverance. That he has done a large amount of hard work and a good deal of thinking, and passed through many trials, cannot be denied, and his accumulations are but the outgrowth of the same, for he was never the recipient of any legacy, and what he has he has made for himself. His landed interests in the county. are upwards of 800 acres, on which he has five farm houses, and in the vocation which he is following and has followed for so many years, he is meeting with that success which energy and 'good judgment are sure to bring. In politics, he votes with and en- dorses the principles advocated by the Republican party. In this the sunset of his life, he is living in the enjoyment of that competency obtained through years of honest and laborious toil.

ames F. Owens, is of more than ordinary reputation as a farmer and stock raiser, and is a resident on section 2, Monmouth Town- ship. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 8, 1829. His father, John Owens, was born in Conway Castle, Wales, March 18, 1793, and in his early life was a shoemaker, and later a merchant at Davenport, Iowa. He was only six weeks old when his parents emigrated to the United States and located in New York City. His father and mother lived in that city for some years, when

they moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and there resided until their deaths. John Owens, when a young man, engaged to learn the trade of a shoemaker, which. , after having mastered it, he continued to follow until his enlistment as private in the War of 1812. At the close of that war, John, being yet a single man and having no means, set out alone and on foot, to cross the Alleghany Mountains, and then returned to Cincinnati, Ohio. He arrived in the Queen City in 1816, when that now populous and busy city had but 8,000 inhabitants. On arriving in that city he engaged in working at his trade, which he followed until his marriage to Mrs. Eunice Meeker, nee Kent, a native of New Jersey. She was a descend- ant of Anneke Jans, of the famous estate of that name, and of whom Rev. Bogardus, whose history was closely connected with that of New York, was a member, who was followed by a Spears, then an Ed- .ward, and finally a Kent, of whom Mrs. Owens, the mother of the subject of this notice, was descended: The parents were married in Cincinnati, Ohio, and there the father followed his trade until 1838. At that time eight children had been born to them, four sons and four daughters, of whom James Owens, the subject of this notice, was fifth in order of birth The parents then came to Davenport, Iowa, where the father engaged in the mercantile business, and in which he met with financial success. He was the . first Director of the first State bank of that city. After the law was changed and State banks went out of existence, national banks taking their place, Mr. Owens became Director of the First National Bank of Davenport, it being known at the present as the Davenport National Bank. He was a man of great foresight, sound business judgment and possessed of that indomitable energy and perseverance that is so necessary to success in life. In addition to his banking business at Davenport, he continued his mercantile pursuits and became one of the prosper- ous and well-to-do citizens of that city, in which he continued to reside until his death, which occurred Sept. 24, 1876, aged 84 years. His wife, the mother of the subject of this notice, died in July, 1884, aged 91 years.

The gentleman whose name heads this notice, was ten years of age when his parents came from Cincin- nati, Ohio, to Davenport, Iowa. He resided at home, attending the public schools at Davenport and act- ing as clerk in his father's store, until.1855. August

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22, of that year, he was united in marriage, at the residence of the bride's parents in Monmouth Town- ship, with Mary T. Hopper, daughter of William and Edith (Harrison) Hopper, the latter being a cousin of the hero of Tippecanoe, William Henry Harrison. Her father was a native of Bourbon Co., Ky., her mother of Rockingham Co., Va. They were married in Todd Co., Ky., Aug. 27, 1818. The wife of the subject of this notice was born July 20, 1834. She was only an infant when her parents came to this State, the date thereof being 1837. Her parents located on land which was in its natural condition, in Monmouth Township, few families having located there at that time. They brought with them a cooking-stove, which was the first ever brought into the county. They located on their land, and her father engaged actively and ener- getically in its cultivation, and by laborious toil be- came a well-to-do farmer of that township. While a resident of Kentucky he followed the occupation of a tanner and was the owner of slaves, but his con- science taught him that to deal in human flesh was wrong. He consequently liberated his slaves and came to this county, determined to rear and educate his children in a State where the doctrine of slavery did not exist. He and his wife continued to reside on the original homestead upon which they first lo- .cated in this county until their deaths, that of the mother occurring Dec. 11, 1865, and the father May 10, 1877.

Mrs. Owens, wife of the subject of this notice, re- mained under parental influence until her marriage, her education having been acquired in the schools of Galesburg, Knox County, this State. She is a lady of more than ordinary intelligence and is re- spected and honored in the community in which she resides. Mr. and Mrs. Owens are the parents of six children, viz .: Maria F., who became the wife of H. M. Chamberlain, a resident of Greeley, Col. ; Anna B., who resides at home; Eunice, a teacher by profession, and who is at present in Atchison Co., Mo .; Edith, wife of T. B. Rankin, who resides on a farm in Atchison Co., Mo .; Maggie B. and Charles O. reside at home.

Since the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Owens, they have, with the exception of two years, 1859-60, when Mr. O. was in the " Rockies," made their home in Monmouth Township. Mr. Owens is at present the proprietor of 260 acres of good farm land

in that township, which is finely improved. A view of his premises is given on page 404. In addition to the cultivation of his land, he is to a considerable extent engaged in stock-raising of a general charac- ter. Religiously, he and his wife are members of the Christian Church, located at Monmouth.

Politically, Mr. Owens is a believer in and a sup- porter of the principles of the Republican party. He has held the office of Supervisor of his township for some years, and has also been the incumbent of the office of Road Commissioner.

illiam Edwards. Many of the most thrifty and intelligent agriculturists of this section of Illinois, were born and reared upon the other side of the Atlantic, and to England especially is Warren County indebted for some of her most enterprising and prosperous citizens. Prominent among the latter class is Wil- liam Edwards, who is residing upon his splendid farm on section 34, of Hale Township. He is the son of William and Mary (Williams) Edwards, and was born in England about 1830, where he was reared and lived until May, 1849. There were five chil- dren in his father's family, of whom the following is a record : George, Eliza, Fannie, William and Jane. George and Fannie are deceased. Eliza married Richard Morgan, and lives in Monmouthshire, Eng- land. There were born of this marriage six chil- dren, two of whom are deceased. Jane, the youngest, is living with her brother, the subject of this sketch. The demise of his parents occurred in England.

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Portrait and biographical album of Warren County, Illinois : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, Part 38

Author: Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Chicago : Chapman Bros. Number of Pages: 794

Author:
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Chicago : Chapman Bros.
Number of Pages: 794