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The Bonds are related directly to Gov. Walton, of Georgia, who was one of the signers of the Declara- tion of Independence, and also to Shadrach Bond, the first Governor of Illinois.
apt. John M. Turnbull, Postmaster at Monmouth, this State, is a son of David and Nancy (Mitchell) Turnbull, natives of Green Co., Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pa., respec- tively, and bearing through their veins the blood of various Celtic races, with an odd mixture of the Scandinavian, was born in Ohio, July 23, 1833. His parents were married in Xenia, Ohio, in 1831 ; came to Illinois in 1833, and settled upon a tract of land purchased the year before by Mr. Turnbull's father, the land being now occupied by A. W. Spicer, and lying about one mile northwest from Monmouth. At the end of the following year they removed into Hale Township, six miles north- west from Monmouth, at a place afterwards known as "Turnbull's Point." Here for many years his house formed a kind of relay for emigrants and pi- oneers, passing and repassing between the great river
and interior points. In 1850, he removed to the vicinity of Sugar Tree Grove, and there spent the rest of his life, dying, however, at the home of his son, in Monmouth, in 1871, aged about 63 years. His wife had died a few years before, it is believed in 1866, aged about 62 years. They were the parents of 12 children, only eight of whom-John M., Ann E., Sarah I., Mary A., William W., David A., Thomas B. and Nannie J., grew to the estate of men and women. Three of his sons, John M., William W. and David A. were in the Union army during the late war, and he for two years, 1863-4, held the po- sition of Deputy United States Marshal. Mr. Turn- bull was all his life an active citizen, a zealous work- er, both in Church and State, and while no office seeker, held almost continuously some useful, al- though unprofitable office. He served two terms as Sheriff of Warren County ; was several years Chair- man of the Board of Supervisors, and altogether was one of the most useful men in the community.
Capt. John M. Turnbull, whose name heads this biographical sketch, was brought up to farming, and was about 28 years of age when he abandoned it. His education was the bestto be had at the common schools. When the war broke out he was farming. In August, 1861, he enrolled at Kirkwood, this county, in Co. C, 36th Ill. Vol. Inf. as Second Lieu- tenant; was promoted the following spring at Mur- freesboro to the rank of First Lieutenant, and served until May 24, 1864. In February or March of 1863, he was detailed for staff duty, and was in that position as long as he was in the service. He participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Perryville, Stone River, Chicamauga, Missionary Ridge, in Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, and near Dallas on the night of May 24, 1864, while acting as Brigade In- spector, and in preparing to relieve Gen. Hooker's command, received a gun shot wound in the left knee which cost him the loss of that limb.
His regiment formed a part of the First Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Army Corps, commanded by Gen. Sheridan, serving on the staff of Gen. T. F. Sherman and W. H. Lytle, and last on Gen. Nathan Kimball's staff, and was staff officer at the time he was wounded.
He returned to Warren County, and in January, 1865, removed into Monmouth ; his name was pre- . sented by Mr. Lincoln for Postmaster at this place,
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but the President's death occurring in the meantime, his commission was signed by Andrew Johnson, and he took charge of the office in May, 1865. In the fall of 1866 Johnson removed him and appointed Dr. Griffith as his successor, but the Senate refused confirmation of the action, and Capt. Turnbull was, at the end of six months, reinstated. His last com- mission will end January 16, 1887.
He was married at Washington, Iowa, Nov. 7, 1854, to Anna P. Orr, native of Baltimore, Md., and their six children are mentioned as follows : Ralph, who died in infancy; Mary, Emma, Clara O., Nannie A., Jennie R., and an infant deceased. The four daughters were all educated at Monmouth College.
The family are members of the U. P. Church.
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oseph W. Adcock, an agriculturist of Kelly Township, is of ancestry and ante- cedents of Southern origin. Edmund Ad- cock, his father, was a pioneer of Warren County of 1833. The latter was born Nov. 23, 1800, in Buckingham Co., Va., and was the son of Joseph and Susan (Cason) Adcock. His par- ents were both members of families of Virginia origin and he was reared to the age of manhood in his native county and in Kanawha County, whither his parents removed when he was in his youth. In the county last named he was married to Cynthia Chris- tian. She was a native of Kanawha County, and her father, Robert Christian, had a record as a brave soldier in the war of the Revolution. The marriage referred to took place March 13, 1823. The newly married people settled in the same county and were there resident until 1828. In that year they removed to Indiana and located in Crawford County, where they remained two years. In the fall of 1830 they set out for Illinois. The family then included the father, mother and three children. A neighbor of theirs in Indiana had made a prospecting tour to Knox County, and on his return the Adcock family resolved to come to Illinois with him. He had a
team and they made the trip together. It was fall when they arrived, and Mr. Adcock secured a claim on section 3 in what is now Henderson Township, Knox County. He obtained an entire quarter-sec- tion and built a house for the temporary accommo- dation of his family. It was the most primitive kind of a structure and covered with clapboards obtained from trees by a process called " riving," a term which - has the same significance at present though the ap- plication in this locality is considerably different. The floor was made of puncheon. In this the house- hold lived through the Black Hawk War. It was located within a mile of the fort. There were then only a few families in the neighborhood, and the people would frequently become alarmed at the sight of a stray Indian, or rumors of their depreda- tions would put them in such a state of fright that, in the early times preceding the contest referred to, they would repair to the fort for protection. On one occasion, Wm. McMurtry and Edmund Adcock, who were in the block-house with their families, went out to attend to their stock and agreed not to remain longer than to perform the service which took them out. They also promised not to discharge their fire-arms unless they saw Indians, but the sight of a quantity of squirrels put the last stipulation out of their re- membrances, and they fired at the little animals. The shooting was rapid and alarmed their friends at the fort. The men remaining there hastily gathered their arms and ammunition and started out one by one, without order or system, to the rescue, leaving not a gun in the fort for the defense of the women and children. Happily their fears proved ground- less.
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In the spring of 1833, Mr. Adcock sold his prop- erty and came to Warren County. He located on the northwest quarter of section 27 in town- ship 12, range r. His brother Henry had previously purchased the land and the tenant lived on the place two years. He then made a claim on the southeast quarter of the same section and removed to a s.nall log cabin which had already been erected on the place. A few years later it was abandoned for a new dwelling of rather aristocratic pretentions for that period. The latter was a double hewed-log house and was their residence for some years, or until improved circumstances enabled them to build a frame house. This was the home as long as the father lived. His death occurred May 7, 1859. At
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the time he was the owner of the south half of sec- tion 27, about 50 acres of which were in tillage. The wife died Oct. 26, 1865. They had only the three children, with whom they removed to Illinois. The oldest was a daughter, named Cynthia Elizabeth. She married John McMullen, and survived her mar- riage only a few weeks. Joseph and Robert J. are twins. They were born Jan. 23, 1826, in Kanawha Co., Va. They were but four years old when they removed with their parents to Illinois. The brother of Mr. Adcock is a resident of Tompkins Township. The latter was 7 years old when his father and mother took up their residence in Warren County. Every- thing was in its primitive condition and there were no schools, consequently the parents gave their sons such education as they 'could within the home. Af- ter Mr. Adcock had grown to be quite a youth, there was a school established about three miles distant, which he attended, but it was not of the character of the free schools of to-day, as it was instituted by the pioneers to secure a little instruction for their chil- dren, and they willingly bore all the expense them- selves.
Mr. Adcock was married Aug. 30, 1849, to Mary Elizabeth McMurtry. She was born in Crawford Co., Ind .. Sept. 26, 1827, and is the daughter of Hon, William and Ruth (Champion) McMurtry. Her father was a native of Kentucky and settled in Knox Co., Ill., in 1829. He rose to distinction in State affairs, and was elected Lieutenant-Governor with Augustus French, in the second term which was served by that gentleman, in November, 1848. He was a candidate at the time of the first election of Gov. French, when the successful nominee was Mr. Wells. Hon. William McMurtry died at his home in Knox County, in 1875.
After the date of his marriage, Mr. Adcock located on a part of the homestead of his father, a portion of which he had given to him. During the first year, he lived with the family, and then removed to a log cabin and commenced the life of the true pioneer. This was the home of himself and his wife for sev- eral years, when they removed to the frame' house which his family have since occupied. He is now the owner of 459 acres. Eight of the children born to himself and wife are still living. William resides on section 35 in Kelly Township; Edmund follows the legal profession in Chicago; Cynthia married E. E. Terpenning, who is a farmer on section 3 in Cold
Brook Township; Robert J., an attorney-at-law, lives in Monmouth; Ruth F. married C. F. Barnett, a farmer on section 18, Sparta Township, Knox Co., Ill. Lucy and Mary live at home with their par- ents.
In political faith and connection, Mr. Adcock is a Democrat.
em M. Lusk, senior member of the mer- cantile firm of Lusk Bros., of Monmouth, was born at Newburg, Cumberland Co., Pa., Dec. 19, 1843. His parents, Wilson and Mary Jane (McCoy) Lusk, were natives of the States of Pennsylvania and Maryland respectively. The former was of German and the latter of Scotch ancestry. They reared four sons and two daughters, our subject being the eldest of the six. The family came West as early as 1846, and located in Iowa. and two years later came to Monmouth. Here Mr. Lusk was reared and received his education, and in the office of the Monmouth Review learned the printer's trade.
Mr. Lusk had worked on the above named paper only about six years, when he determined to enlist in the services of his country to defend the flag that had been assaulted the previous year. Accordingly, on July 17, 1862, he enlisted in Co. C, 83d Ill. Vol. Inf., and for three years did faithful and commenda- ble service. In the summer of 1863, while at Clarksville, Tenn., he was detailed as printer at Post Headquarters, which duty he performed during the remainder of his term of service. He had, however, previous to that time seen some active service on the field. He was at Fort Donelson, and participated in about twenty skirmishes. He was never off duty either as a soldier of the ranks, or when assigned to the printing department, and it may be said to his credit as a brave and devoted patriot, that he did not seek the latter position as the safer one. He was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., and dis- charged at Chicago, Ill. His parchment, bearing all the credits of an honorable soldier, is dated July 5, 1865.
He then returned home and resumed the quiet pursuits of life, and has become one of the highly
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respected and influential citizens of Monmouth. The firm of Lusk Bros. does a large and lucrative busi- ness in the grocery line, having one of the largest stocks and best assortments carried by any house in the county.
September 13, 1866, Mr. Lusk was married at Monmouth, to Miss Mary E. Riggs, who has borne to him six children-Minnie, Jessie H., Adda, Mamie, Fred W. and Jean E.
Mr. Lusk is a member of the A. O. U. W., and Quartermaster of the G. A. R. Post; Treasurer or Engine Company No. 1, and politically he is a Democrat.
ames C. Hogue, a farmer of Tompkins Township, owning 80 acres of land on sec- tion 26, is a native of Indiana, having been born in that State Feb. 23, 1840. His parents were P. F. and Elizabeth A. (Stormout) Hogue, natives of Indiana and Tennessee re- spectively. The parents of the subject of this notice emigrated to this State in 1841, and purchased land in Walnut Hill Township, Jefferson County. On this land the father moved his family and was there engaged in farming for six years, when he sold the same and came to Warren County, buying 160 acres on section 23, Tompkins Township, and on which he resided until 1868. During that year he sold his land and moved to Cutler, Perry County, in the neighborhood of which place he purchased 240 acres and where he is at present residing, following the vocation of an agriculturist.
James C. Hogue was an inmate of the home circle until he attained the age of 27 years, during the meantime having received the advantages afforded by the common schools. After leaving home, he purchased the farm of 80 acres on which he is at present living, moved on the same with his family and has there been continuously occupied in its cul- tivation and improvement until the present time.
In 1868, Miss Margery J. Stewart became the wife of the subject of this notice and has borne him six children -- Amelia H., Robert E., Anna E., Mary B., Edna S., Norma A. In politics Mr. Hogue votes with the Republican party. His religious views,
as likewise those of his wife, coincide with the tenets of the United Presbyterian Church.
By economy and energetic effort, Mr. Hogue has succeeded in accumulating sufficient to enable him to add 40 acres to his original purchase and at pres- ent he has a clear title to 120 acres of good farm land, and in the vocation which he has chosen for a life pursuit, he is meeting with that success which energy and perseverance are sure to bring.
In the early history of the War for the Union, and at a time when strong arms and brave hearts were necessary to fight in defense of the flag, Mr. Hogue was one of the first to enlist in the cause, which he did by joining Co. K, 36th Ill. Vol. Inf., as a private, and for four years stood the brunt of battle. He participated in the engagements of Pea Ridge, Per- ryville, Murphysboro, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, Franklin and Nashville, and was twice wounded, which necessitated his confine- ment in the hospital for 13 months. He enlisted as private, was promoted Sergeant in August, 1862. He re-enlisted with his regiment as a veteran volunteer, Jan. 1, 1863, and was promoted to Captain of his Company in June, 1865, receiving an honorable dis- charge Oct. 9, 1865, by reason of services no longer required.
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oshua W. Coates, Jr. The writers of the biographical sketches of this book, in their travels throughout this county, very rarely met an active business man, one who had for sometime been engaged in his vocation, who was a native of the county. It will be remembered that the earliest pioneers, those who came between the '30's and '40's, were few in number, and were only found here and there settled on some neck of timber, or had grubbed out a little farm on the bank of some small stream. But it was not until after 1850, that any one ventured out upon the broad and fertile prairies. It was about this period that the old Oquawka Railroad was projected, and settlers began to pour in rapidly, and from 1850 to 1856 there were doubtless more settlers came in than all the years previous from the day Daniel McNeil made his lo- cation where the city of Monmouth now stands.
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Rober. Holloway
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Prominent among the few of this class intervieved, is Joshua W. Coates, Jr., who is one of the leading farmers of Roseville Township, where he has resided all his life, having been born here Sept. 17, 1859. He is a son of Joshua W. and Eletha (Ray) Coates, natives of Kentucky and Illinois, respectively. The father, Joshua, Sr., was one of the earliest settlers of the county, having located on section 8, of Rose- ville Township, at a very early period. He pur- chased 240 acres of land there, which he made his home until his death, which occurred in 1862. His wife, who had journeyed with him through so many years of his life, died the same year. Their family consisted of two children, one of whom, William, having died when in the third year of his life.
Joshua, Jr., as will be noticed, lost his parents when an infant. He was taken in charge by his mother's sister, now Mrs. Clarinda Talbert, with whom he remained until he began business for him- self. On becoming of age, he went to Iowa and at- tended Howe's Academy for two years, at the end of which time he returned to the farm left by his parents, and where he is now living. His other landed pos- sessions are 120 acres on section 9, and about 160 acres located on sections 8 and 9. He owned a farm in Henderson County, which he left in 1883, and went to Eureka Springs, Ark., for the benefit of his health. He then returned to his home in Warren Co., and in the spring of 1885, to the place where he is now residing. A view of his residence and accom- panying farm buildings are given on page 416.
Mr. Coates is a member of the Union Baptist Church, and in political matters casts his influence and vote with the Democratic party.
on. Robert Holloway, formerly a promi- nent member of the Bar of Warren County, in 1881 removed from Monmouth to his farmin Suez Township, Mercer County. He was a resident of Monmouth for 30 years, and during that period was extensively identified with its varied interests and its development. He is a native of Kentucky and was born in Bourbon County, Sept. 26, 1829. His father, George Hollo-
way, was a native of Virginia, and there remained until he grew to manhood. While still a young man he emigrated to Kentucky and was a member of the pioneer element of that State. He located in Bour- bon County, and was there married to Mary McClan- ahan. She was a native of Kentucky, although her parents were front the State of Virginia.
The father of Mr. Holloway having died when he was quite young, his mother devoted much pains- taking care to the education of her son, who was for some time a pupil in St. Mary's College in Washing- County, Ky. He afterwards graduated fromn the Kentucky Military Institute, in 1849, of which he was one of the most proficient of its students, his grade in conduct and every class being 500, the maximum. A. M. Garland, now United States At- torney-General under President Cleveland, and his brother, Rufus Garland, were members of the same class with hint at St. Mary's College. The elder Garland, Rufus, and Mr. H. being the best students of the smaller dormitory, Mr. H. was awarded the first and Mr. Garland the second prize of merit. During his course of study at the Kentucky Military Insti- tute, Mr. Holloway received the appointment of Assistant Professor of Mathematics and filled the Chair throughout the remainder of the time he passed at the Institute. He was also elected to the po- sition of Captain of the First Corps of Cadets, and after taking his degree he was elected to the Chair of Mathematics and accepted the honor. Soon after, a change became necessary in order to allow of his fulfillment of his determination to enter upon the study of law, and he resigned his position in the Institute.
He proceeded to Lexington, in the State of his nativity, where he entered the law office of the Hon. George Robinson, then of the Supreme Bench of Kentucky, and read there under the preceptorship of that gentleman until 185 1. He also attended Tran- sylvania University at that place during the fall and winter of 1849-50 and 1850-51, and graduated from that institution during the latter term with honors ._ Judge George Robinson, Judge Thomas A. Mar- shall, both of the Supreme Court of Kentucky, and Madison C. Johnson, a distinguished lawyer of Lex- ington, were professors and law lecturers in the in- stitution.
In April, 1851, he came to Monmouth. Soon after
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his arrival he was admitted to the privileges of the Bar of Illinois, and at once entered upon the duties of a law practitioner at that place. He also became interested in the purchase of real-estate and was soon the owner of large tracts of land in Warren and adjoining counties. At one time he owned more than 7,000 acres of land, including some fine farms. He thus grew into an interest in the various avenues open to the agriculturist and was soon deeply in- volved in growing stock. He was the first importer af thorough-bred Short-horn cattle in Warren Coun- ty. In 1876 he held a sale at Dexter Park, Chicago, at which he disposed of 71 head of blooded cattle, which brought an average price of $1, 100 a head, a sale at that time without a parallel.
In 1881, Mr. Holloway removed to the farm on which he has since resided. He is still carrying on his plans for the improvement of the stock in his own and adjacent counties, and is now more especially interested in the breeding of thorough-bred Clydes- dale horses. He has journeyed to Scotland several times for the purpose of personally selecting his breeding-stock. His stables contain 150 horses of the best accredited type.
He became interested in Clydesdale or draft horses, which he has become so largely identified with since, in the following way : While attending a sale of noted Short-horns in Canada, in 1873, he saw a magnificeut Clydesdale stallion, named Jonnie Coope, which he purchased. Two years later, desiring another horse for breeding purposes, to take the place of the one mentioned above, he purchased Donald Dinnie. He has also imported from Scot- land many of the finest Clydesdales that country has produced. Among these was Druid, the best Clydes- dale horse ever seen in Scotland ; also Pointsman, the largest draft horse living. Among other importa- tions were Prnice George Frederick, Cairn Broggie Kier, King Edward, Simple Jainmie and Prince of Wales Yet. Mr. Holloway has on his farm near Alexis, the largest breeding stud of Clydesdale mares in the world. His purpose and ambition is to show that in America draft horses may be grown not in- ferior to those imported from Great Britan, and soon to supply the market with such without further im- portation.
Mr. H. came to Illinois with Whig proclivities, but shortly afterward hearing Douglas speak, was con-
vinced that his views were correct, and has since continued a Democrat in his political belief. When James Buchannan was elected President, Mr. Hol- loway was Presidential Elector for the Congressional District of which Warren County formed a part. From the time he began political speaking he has borne a conspicuous and distinguished part in advo- cating the principles of his party in this portion of the State; and the writer of this sketch was told by some of his friends that Douglas, in speaking of Mr. Holloway remarked, that "he was one of the best stump orators in Illinois." He was a delegate to the National Convention at Charleston in 1860 and sup- ported Douglas for President. He has always been prominent in his devotion to the interest of his party, and has on two occasions refused the nomination for Congress in his district. In 1880 he consented to the use of his name and scored a home triumph by polling 1,300 more votes than the Presidential candi- date of his party.
Mr. Holloway was joined in marriage to Catherine E. Thompson, Oct. 24, 1853. Mrs. Holloway is the daughter of Judge James and Elizabeth (Ewing) Thompson, who were pioneers of Monmouth. She was born in Sidney, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Holloway have four children. They are named Edmunds B., George, Elizabeth Ellen and Mary Belle. The eldest son married Belle Lafferty, of Mercer County. The eldest daughter is the wife of M. M. McClana- han, a practicing physician at Woodhull, Henry Co., Ill. The others reside at home.
When Mr. H. was married his wife was a member of the Presbyterian Church. About the year 1858, he was converted under the preaching of Rcv. R. C. Mathews, and united with the same Church. Some time afterward he was elected an Elder, and con- tinued to fill that position so long as he remained in Monmouth. After his removal to the country, he transferred his membership to the Church at Nor- wood and thence to Alexis and has since held the position of Elder in those congregations During almost all of the time Mr. Holloway has been con- nected with the Church he has been a teacher of the Bible class in the Sunday-school, a regular attendant upon the services of the Church, and an interested an active worker in all its labors at home and a will- ing contributor of his means to all its agencies for the spreading of the gospel abroad. He has a profound and unshaken conviction in the truth of God's Word
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