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The present Dr. J. H. Wallace, who was born in Juniata Co., Pa., Nov. 16, 1834, spent the first 19 years of his life upon the farm and at the common schools, completing his literary education at Ver- million Institute, Hayesville, Ohio. In 1857, he be- gan reading medicine at Wooster, Ohio, with Dr. T. H. Baker; attended lectures at Buffalo University (medical department) in 1861, and graduated from the Ohio College of Medicine, Cincinnati, in 1862. Directly after receiving his diploma he began prac- tice at Lakeville, Ohio, in partnership with a Dr. McKee, and at the end of 15 months removed to Canaan, that State, where he practiced with much /success for about 11 years, in the meantime taking a post-graduate course at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He went next to Smithville, Ohio, where he remained till his removal to Monmouth in April, 1876. Here he was associated with Dr. S. K. Crawford about one year and has since been, for the greater part of the time, without a partner. At the present time, however, Dr. John Troutman is associated with him.
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After the battle of Pittsburg Landing, in 1862, the Doctor was there as a volunteer surgeon, and as-
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sisted with his skill in caring for the sick, wounded and dying, so, also, at Vicksburg, from which place he brought home his invalid brother, who was a sol- dier in Co. H, 120th Regt. Ohio Vol. Inf. Dr. Wal- lace is devoted to the profession he so aptly adorns, and the good people of Monmouth amply attest their appreciation of his skill as a physician, and of his high merit as a citizen.
Dr. Wallace was married at Wooster, Ohio, Oct. 16, 1862, to Miss Sarah J. Troutman, daughter of J. G. and Caroline (Frybarger) Troutman. Of their children, we make the following mention : George E., druggist at Monmouth; Charles R., born in November, 1865, died at the age of five years and five months; Franklin E., student; Carrie L., student; Anna May and Lewis E., at home; and LeRoy, born in 1875, died in 1877.
Both the Doctor and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church and active workers in various benevolent organizations. He is a member of the Independent Order of Mutual Aid, and also a member of the Knights of Honor, a charter mem- ber of the Order of the "Golden Rule," and a Di- rector in the Monmouth Loan and Homestead Association. Republican'in politics, he cast his first vote for John C. Fremont in 1856, and from . that tinie to the present has remained firmn to his first convictions, but takes no active part in politics.
ev. Robert Clayton Matthews, D. D., late Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Mon- mouth, and son of the Rev. John Mat- thews, was born at Shepherdstown, Va., April r, 1822, and died at Monmouth, Nov. 15, 188r. He graduated with honors from Han- over (Va.) College in 1839; studied law, and after emigrating to Iowa practiced awhile at Fairfield. From Iowa he removed to Mississippi, and was there for some years engaged in teaching.
Returning North, probably for that purpose, he was, on the r2th of February, 1846, married near Lavonia, Ind., to Miss Louisa M. Martin, who ac- companied him again to the South, where she died in January, 1849. While at the South, he became
converted to the Christian religion, and soon after the death of his wife, entered the New Albany (Ind.) Theological Seminary, from which institution he was licensed to preach the following year. He preached his first sermon at Monmouth, Dec. 20, 1851, and in March, 1852, was regularly ordained and installed by the Presbytery ; and he held the Monmouth charge until the day of his death. He was the eld- est settled Presbyterian Pastor in Illinois when he died, and not one stood higher in the estimation of the people. He was in every particular the true, straightforward, consistent gentleman and most richly honored and adorned his profession and the cause of the Master. During the years of his ministry at this point, and they numbered nearly a third of a cen- tury, his reputation far outstretched the petty limits of a diocese, and he was several times offered in- ducenients to accept a different charge, but he steadily stood by the congregation that first received him as their Pastor.
At one time, the fact of his receiving from a for- eign Church an offer amounting to something nearly commensurate with his worth as a Pastor, reached the ears of the late Ivory Quinby. Though not a member of Mr. Matthews' Church at all, Mr. Quinby at once proclaimed against the people tolerating such a step, and declared "that sooner than Dr. Matthews should leave the town, he would personally pay his salary for the sake of seeing him walk the streets ; that his daily life in Monmouth had done more to elevate the youth and advance morality than all the other preachers of the place combined."
Dr. Matthews was a preacher of remarkable unc- tion and power, and possessed the great faculty of winning the respect and admiration of even the un- godly. He was connected with Monmouth College from its foundation ap to 1870, as a Director, and afterward as a Trustee.
The new Presbyterian Church begun by him, and under his eye grew almost to completion, but he was never allowed to occupy it. He preached two elo- quent sermons the Sunday before his death, and in speaking of the anticipated removal at an early day from the old into the new edifice, he said, as if in- spired unto prophecy, " the old church and its old Pastor will pass away together."
Dr. Matthews was married again to Miss Isabella M. Ickes, of Bloomfield, Pa., Aug. 16, 1852, and their
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children are mentioned as follows : Mary (Mrs. Rob- ert Woods); Susan H. (Mrs. William Vaughn), de- ceased; Ida C. Ruth, deceased; Henry, deceased ; Robert, deceased; Abner, Edward and Charlie. By his first wife he had two children-John W., whose biography appears in this work; and Betty Louisa, a missionary of the Presbyterian Church, at Sitka, Alaska.
lark M. Young, a general farmer, and also engaged in fish culture, on section 5, Cold Brook Township, was born in Medina Co., Ohio, June 7, 1850. The father of Mr. Young of this sketch, Lyman H. Young, was a native of Connecticut, in which State he re- sided until he developed into manhood. He was [married to Emeline A. Cole in Ohio, and is at pres- ent residing in Cold Brook Township, where he is engaged in the occupation of farming.
Clark M. Young was next to the eldest in order of birth of seven children, all sons. Three of them were born in Ohio and four in this county. Clark M. was only four years of age when his parents came to this county and located on the farin on which they are at present residing. He continued to re- side on the parental homestead, assisting in the la- bors thereon, until he attained his majority, having received his education in the district schools and at Monmouth College. On becoming his own man, he began teaching in the district schools, and followed that vocation for about ten years. While thus en- gaged, he formed the acquaintance of Miss Annetta Wallace, to whom he was married March 27, 1877. She is the daughter of John and Sarah (McFarland) Wallace, who at present reside on a farm in Mon- mouth Township and rank among the respected and well-to-do citizens. Mrs. Young was born in Mon- mouth Township, Nov. 5, 1854. She received a good education in the public schools and resided under the care of her parents until her marriage with Mr. Young. Of their union one child has been born -Lena M., Jan. 9, 1880.
In 1875, Mr. Young, in company with his brother, purchased 101 acres of land, six acres of which they afterward sold, and Mr. Young, of this notice, is at
present the proprietor of the balance, which is im- proved, and also ten acres of timber. The farm on which he resides and which he owns is under an advanced state of cultivation, with good residence, barn, etc., and Mr. Young is meeting with success in his chosen vocation.
In 1884, in addition to the cultivation of his land, he engaged in Pisciculture and has since con- tinued the same. He is raising German carp, and his success in his new venture at this writing seems to be assured.
He and his wife are members of the Christian Church at Talbot Creek, of which denomination Mr. Young is one of the Elders. He has held the office of Assessor of his township, and at present is Road Commissioner and School Trustee. In politics, he votes with the Republican party.
The Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company was organized in March, 1875, and to Mr. Young is at- tributed the honor of aiding in its formation. It was their idea that the company should embrace six town- ships only, but it finally embraced the entire county. Upon the organization of the company, Mr. Young was made Secretary and has continued to hold that office to the present time. The company consists of nine Directors, elected annually by those insured, and their policies are out for nearly a million dollars. Lyman H. Young is the President of the Company, and since its organization it has met with continued success.
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illiam McCoy, a retired farmer, stock buy- er and shipper, residing at Kirkwood, is a native of Ohio, having been born in the Buckeye State Dec. 10, 1836. The parents of Mr. McCoy, James and Mary (Creswell) McCoy, were natives of Pennsylvania, in which State the father followed the occupation of a farmer.
. The gentleman whose name we place at the head of this biography, was an inmate of the parental household until 1859. His years prior to that date were passed in the common schools and in assisting his father on the farm. After acquiring an educa- tion, he continued to work on the farm summers, and during the winter of 1856-7 taught school.
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In the fall of 1858 Mr. McCoy came to this State and taught school that winter, and the next spring again returning East. In 1859, he again returned to this State and stopped with an uncle in Henry County, Henry Creswell by name. He remained with his uncle for seven years, engaged in working on his farm and a part of the time in managing the same. In 1867, he rented a farm in Warren County, three miles west of Kirkwood, and for seven years was occupied in its cultivation, at the expiration of which time he purchased a farm of 240 acres in Henderson County, on which he resided for a time and then moved into the village of Kirkwood. Pre- vious to this, however, Mr. McCoy had purchased 130 acres of land in this county, the date of his pur- chase being in the fall of 1874. He has a fine resi- dence and three-quarters of an acre of land where he is at present residing. In politics, he is inde- pendent. He is one of the Highway Commissioners and a gentleman possessed of far more than ordinary business ability.
The marriage of Mr. McCoy to Miss Samantha S. Hutchison, a native of this State, took place in 1868, and to them have been born two children-Lora E. and Martha A.
gr. Norwood S. Woodward, the represen- tative Doctor of Dental Surgery at Mon- mouth, was born in Arnistrong Co., Pa., May 3, 1842. His parents, John S. C. and Caroline (Barclay) Woodward, natives of Penn- sylvania and Maryland, and of Scotch and Irish extraction, reared seven sons and four daughters, and the subject of our sketch was next to the last born.
Dr. Norwood S. Woodward is the only son living. His father was a merchant and stock dealer and while absent from home with one of his sons, in 1847, they were both taken ill and died suddenly, at Un- ionville, Pa., After a pretty thorough education, he began at the age of 17 years to study dentistry with Doctor Barcroft, at Elderton, and came to Monmouth in 1863. Here he at once took rank as one of the most skillful and successful operators in the city, and, as time has increased his experience in this delicate and
useful profession, he has found no difficulty in hold- ing his position well, if not entirely, to the front."
Jan. 1, 1868, he was married, at Monmouth, to Miss Maria Crawford, native of Warren County, and daughter of James C. and Esther (Sloan) Crawford, Esq., now of Henry Co., Mo. Their two sons are named respectively Charles N. and Clifford C
In politics, Dr. W. is a Democrat, in whom there is no guile, and that his friends, regardless of party, appreciate him as a citizen, is attested by the record. He has represented his ward in the city council four consecutive years and has served the city one year as its Treasurer. He has been several times the delegate of his party to State conventions, and has been prominently identified with the Warren County Central Committee for years.
He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, is an active member of the Fire Company, and holds an official position in the County Agricultural Society.
S. Holliday, M. D., physician and sur- geon, at Monmouth, son of Alexander and Nancy (Mitchell) Holliday, natives of County Antrim, Ireland, was born in Lucas- ville, Ohio, Dec. 4, 1850. His parents were married in the Green Isle, in 1838, came to America two years later, resided five years in Pitts- burgh, Pa., removed thence to Lucasville, Ohio, where the senior Mr. Holliday died in 1855, at the age of 46 years. The widow, and children consisting of seven sons (a daughter having died in infancy), re- mained in Ohio several years, William S. coming to Monmouth in 1867, where his two brothers, Mathew and John had preceded him, the first arriving here in 1861, and the latter in 1865. (John, James and Daniel were soldiers in the late war. The first and the latter were members of Co. C, g1st Regt. Ohio Vol. Inf., and James enlisted in Co. F, 56th Ohio Vol. Inf. James and Daniel enlisted when they were but 13 years of age.) The balance of the family came in 1875.
The subject of this sketch was pretty thoroughly trained in the common schools of Ohio; pursued his studies after coming to Monmouth; entered the academic department of Monmouth College and
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spent one year in the College proper ; began reading medicine with Doctors Webster and Crawford when about 21 years of age, and, in 1872, entered Louis- ville, (Ky.) Medical College, from which institution he graduated in February, 1874, with the degree of M. D., taking two prizes, and the clinics, surgery and anatomy medal. He began practice in May following at Monmouth, and though among the very youngest of his profession in the place, he has long enjoyed a reputation that might be justly envied by many much older.
Dr. Holliday was some time associated with Dr. Crawford, six years with Doctors Hamilton and Mar- shall, and since 1884 with Dr. Linn. Dr. Holliday has held the offices of Alderman, County Physicianl and Coroner, his choice for the latter office devolving finally upon the unusual method of "drawing straws" with his opponent." It was in 1882, the opposing candidate was a physician in the city, and when the votes were counted they were found to be evenly divided. This led to the drawing of straws and re- sulted in favor of Dr. Holliday.
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The Doctor is a member of the State Medical Society, Military Tract Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He is also a mem- ber of the Order of Modern Woodmen of America; a Mason of high rank ; a Democrat politically, and prominently identified with the Baptist Church. He is a member of Galesburg Commandery, No.8, K. T., and has been for the last two years a member of the City Council, representing the First Ward.
On April 29, 1875, the Doctor was married, at Monmouth, to Miss Emma Jewell, a native of War- ren County, daughter of Jacob Jewell, Esq., and his three children are named respectively, Jessie Mabel, Alexander Gaillard and Charles Jewell.
imothy P. Perry, Junior, retired farmer at Monmouth, son of Timothy P. and Mary (Clark) Perry, natives of Connecticut, and of English descent, was born in Windham Co., Conn., Jan. 19, 1826. T. P. Perry, senior, reared three sons and five daughters, viz. : Ol- iver H., who lives in South Windham, Conn .; Mary Ann, who married Asa Burgess, and is now deceas-
ed ; Elizabeth L. married Joseph Lillie and now re- sides in Lebanon, Conn .; Susan -married Henry Loomis and is deceased ; Timothy P. is our subject ; Silas C. now lives in Almakee Co., Iowa; Eunice married William Huntington, and she is now num- bered with the dead ; and one child died in infancy. Mr. Perry, Sr., was in the war of 1812, and related to Commodore Perry.
Mr. Perry of this sketch was the second son and fifth child. The old gentleman was a farmer in his native State, where he died, in 1839, aged 48 years. His widow survived him until 1884, and to the 89th year of her age.
The subject of this notice was brought up a farm- er and in youth acquired at the common schools a fair education. At the age of 19 years he began the machinist's trade at South Windham, and followed it about 14 years. The year 1856 brought him to Warren County, and he lived awhile in Tompkins Township, removing thence to Lenox Township, where he secured a fine farm, upon which he resided until 1878. By this time he had accumulated suffi- cient property to enable him to retire to a life of ease, and he forthwith came to Monmouth. Such is the compass in outline of one of Warren County's most solid and respected citizens. Not a soldier, not a statesman; not great in the eyes of the hero and mammon-worshiping people of the world, but as a factor in the substructure of a republic that makes it possible to be great. They subdue the forest, till the soil, build the homes, and around their unpreten- tious hearthstones kindle not only a love of home, but a love of country that warms and develops into patriotism, and in the multiplicity of its increase be- comes so great that the superstructure is wholly de- pendent upon it in times of imminent danger. When a nation becomes imperiled, then the common peo- ple are great, and the Shylocks and the money king and the railroad princes flee from the presence of those that have served as lackeys, and cry out to the factors of the substructure, the yeomanry, to arise and save the country. Thus it is, of a citizen, plain and unpretentious, that we write.
Mr. Perry was married in Connecticut, May 13, 1856, to Miss Ellen A. Armstrong, daughter of John and Lucinda (Tenney) Armstrong. She was the 12th in order of birth of a family of 13 children. The father was of English descent and the mother Scotch. The father was born in Franklin, New London Co.,
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Conn , in the year 1775, and died in 1839. The mother was born in the above place in the year 1793 and died in South Windham, Conn., in 1876. Out of the family of thirteen, seven are now living and the balance are deceased. The names of those living are Wolcott, and he lives in Milford, Oakland Co., Mich .; Zacheus lives in Franklin, Conn .; Jackson lives in the same place; Martin lives in Petaluma, Cal .; Alma married Jonathan Hutch and resides in South Windham, Conn .; Cornelia married Charles Smith and resides at Ellington, Conn. ; Ellen is the wife of Mr. Perry, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Armstrong served in the war of 1812. They have one child, Kate.
Mr. Perry is a Republican, but such for “ revenue only." He is one from principle, and asks no fat of- fice to preserve his loyalty. The only office he ever held was that of Township Assessor of Lenox Town- ship.
Ifred Lewey is a settler of 1857, in the county of which he is still a resident. He is an agriculturist on section 25, Kelly Township. He was born Aug. 9, 1826, in Guilford Co., N. C. John Lewey, his father, was a native of the same State and was born in Orange County, of German parentage. He married Phebe Clap, of the same county and nativity ; they had 12 children, all of whom lived to rear families. They located after their marriage in Guilford County, on a farm situated eight miles east of Greensborough, which was their home as long as they survived.
Mr. Lewey was reared to manhood on the home estate, and was educated in the subscription school, which was the only means of education then availa- ble. In the fall of 1846, he came from his native State to Illinois. He found a place to locate in Montgomery County, where he operated as a farm assistant four years. He then returned to North Carolina and fulfilled a long cherished purpose to connect himself in marriage with Sarah Forbis. She was born in the county where her husband was brought up, July 20, 1829. Mr. Lewey had invested his earnings in land in Montgomery County, and he returned to it and with his bride prepared to enter
upon life in earnest. He built a house and pro- ceeded with the work of improvement, breaking the soil and enclosing his fields with suitable fences. In January, 1855, his wife died, and Mr. Lewey put an end to housekeeping temporarily. He then went back to North Carolina and passed the ensuing sum- mer. In the autumn he returned to Montgomery Co., Ill., and was there a resident until 1857, when he came to Warren County as has been stated.
In March of that year he was married to Janiza (Brown) McDavid. She was the widow of Jesse McDavid and is the daughter of James Brown, a pioneer of Warren County. She was born in Indi- ana. In the fall of 1857 Mr. and Mrs. Lewey set- tled on the homstead farm of her father, on section 25 of Kelly Township, which is now their property and which they still occupy.
William R. and Elizabeth, the children of the first marriage of Mr. Lewey, are both deceased. They died in infancy. The children of the second mar- riage are two in number. Eva E. is the wife of George Gregg, of Knox County. Florence L. is the younger. Mr. Lewey is a Republican in political belief and connections.
Mrs. Lewey had one child by her former marriage, named James T. McDavid, who married Ella Pugh; they have three children. He is a resident of Gales- burg.
Mrs. Lewey was born Jan. 7, 1830. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania and her mother of Kentucky. They were married in Kentucky, moved to Indiana and then to Illinois. They came to this point at an early date and were among the first set- tlers here. Isaac, the third son, was a soldier in the Mexican War; William A., the youngest brother, served for three years in the late war.
amuel Diffenbaugh, retired citizen of Mon- mouth, where for many years he was en- gaged in active business, was born in Lancaster Co., Pa .. March 12, 1828, and was the second in order of birth of a family of six sons and one daughter, the progeny of Chris- tian and Nancy (Doner) Diffenbaugh, who were also natives of Lancaster County and descended from the
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German. The senior Mr. Diffenbaugh was a farmer, distiller and tanner, and brought his sons up to a thorough acquaintance with these various industries.
Mr. Diffenbaugh of this notice received a fair English education through the common schools, and when about 18 years of age began clerking in a store at New Providence, Lancaster Co., Pa., and followed the same for eight years. He then removed to York Furnace and there farmed, kept hotel and carried on a foundry, and was general manager at iron works and all kinds of business for about 20 years. In 1863 he came to Monmouth and engaged in the res- taurant, confectionary and notions business, which received his attention up to the year 1881. In 1882 he built the Diffenbaugh Block, corner of Main and We. t Streets, now occupied by the Monmouth Daily Gazette, a restaurant and the Hayden gun store. Mr. Diffenbaugh inherited probably $1,500. The rest of his valuable property has been acquired by his individual efforts and industry. He is a stock- holder in the Monmouth National Bank and owns land in the West.
Mr. Diffenbaugh was married in Lancaster Co., Pa., to Miss Fanny Groff, who died at Monmouth, June 1, 1876, at the age of 37 years, leaving five children-Annie (Mrs. J. R. Hickman), born Feb. 26, 1857 ; Robert B., born Oct. 16, 1859, died May 3, 1861 ; Naomi (Mrs. Harry Hodgins), born March 26, 1862 ; John D., a job printer, born Nov. 8, 1865; Harry R., student, born Oct. 14, 1869; and Lillie, born Sept. 11, 1871, died Nov. 3, 1878.
Mr. Diffenbaugh has long been a consistent mem- ber of the United Presbyterian Church. Two of his brothers were in the Union Army and one of them was killed at Gettysburg.
oseph B. Malony, manufacturer of har- ness and dealer in harness and saddlery goods at Roseville, is a son of James and Margaret (Cairnes) Malony, and was born in Cumberland Co., Pa., Dec. 16, 1818. His parents were natives of Ireland and came to America about the year 1810, locating in the Key- stone State where the father was engaged as contrac-
tor for stone work. In 1824 he removed into Ohio and there engaged in farming, also following his trade at stone work, and laid the foundation for the first flouring mill on the Maumee River. He made the Buckeye State his permanent home and died there about 1826-7, his wife's demise occurring in 1846.
Joseph B., the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this biographical notice, went to learn the trade of saddle-maker at the age of 16, at which he served an apprenticeship of three and a half years, and again ten months under the instruction of another firm. He followed the same in the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and finally settled down in Canton, Fulton County, this State, and opened a shop, which he carred on for 12 years. At the ex- piration of that time he reinoved to Vermont, same county, but remained only a year, when he again re- turned to Canton and embarked in the same busi- ness for four years. His next move was to Prairie City, McDonough Co., Ill., where he engaged in business and remained until the year 1861.
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