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By political persuasion, Mr. VanRiper is a Demo- crat, and with his wife and two daughters belongs to the Presbyterian Church. He has been elected to, office on the Village Board as one of the "City Fathers." He also filled the position of Captain of the police force in Jersey city. He is one among the leading, most thoughtful and substantial men of Kirkwood.
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ohn Lorimer, auctioneer and dealer in car- riages, buggies, etc., at Monmouth, as well as one of Warren County's prominent bus- iness men, was born in Muskingum Co. Ohio, March 26, 1831. His parents were Dr. Sam- uel and Mary (Few) Lorimer, natives respect- ively of old Ireland and the State of Ohio. They both died before John was three years old, and at this writing, he and his sister older, are the only survivors of his father's family.
His youth was spent principally at school, supple- menting a pretty thorough common school training by a course at New Concord (Ohio) College. Leaving College he taught school about four years in Ken- tucky, Ohio and Illinois and then after a year or two spent at farming, settled down at Monmouth. He came here in 1856, since which time he has been one of the busiest men in Warren County. He be- gan auctioneering in 1861 and has kept it up stead- ily, notwithstanding a multiplicy of duties of various
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kinds have necessarily demanded much of his atten- tion. He was elected Constable in 1861 and held the office 19 years. Was elected City Marshal, in 1864, and held the office about three years. Was Deputy Sheriff of Warren County several years. He ran an auction store eight years in Monmouth and has been engaged in the buggy and carriage business about eight years, two years of the time on the road carrying with him a full line of vehicles.
September 13, 1853, he was married at New Con- cord, Ohio, to Miss I. M. Russell, a native of the Keystone State, and daughter of Thomas Russell, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Lorimer have had born to them five children, as follows : Rachel N., wife of J. M. Harvey, of Buena Vista, Colorado; Samuel B., interested with his father, in the carriage and buggy business ; John, now a resident of Colorado; Thomas and Minnie, in Monmouth. Mr. Lorimer is identi- fied with no Church or secret order, and through life he has depended upon his own individual effort and industry for such of this world's goods as he pos- sesses and enjoys. He is a good liver and a man that enjoys life wherever he is.
avid Tuttle. Prominent among the num- erous retired farmers of Roseville, ranks the subject of this personal sketch, who is spending the evening of an active and use- ful life in the enjoyment of the fruits of his toil. David Tuttle was born in Greene Co. Pa., Oct. 13, 1800, and is consequently 85 years of age. His parents Israel and Mary (Martin) Tuttle, were natives of New Jersey, but at a very early day moved into Pennsylvania and secured farming property. He had a family of ten children, four sons and six daughters. The wife, Mrs. Mary Tuttle, died in Pennsylvania in February, 1824, and Israel Tuttle in January, 1842.
David was a member of the home family until a young man of 24. years of age. Of course during these years he assisted his parents on the farm and attended such schools as the neighborhood afforded. His first venture after leaving home was to purchase a farm of 120 acres. Here he lived for several years, when he sold out and purchased his father's farm, where he lived until 1850. Feeling that the West
offered superior advantages, he sold out and came to Illinois, finding a desirable home in Warren County. Here on section 28, of Roseville Township, he se- cured a valuable 80 acre tract of land, where he lived and farmed until 1880. He then sold out and moved into Roseville, buying eight acres where he now resides. Politically Mr. Tuttle is a Prohibition- ist, and together with his wife belongs to the United Brethren Church.
In 1854, January 24, Mr. Tuttle and Mrs. Philena E. Young, a native of Ashtabula Co. Ohio, were united in marriage. Mrs. Tuttle was born Dec. 13, 1821, and was a daughter of Samuel and Philena (Ward) Overbaugh. They were natives of New York and Connecticut respectively and had a family of two daughters. Mr. O. died in 1822, the year following the death of his wife.
F. Loudon, whose hair is silvered by the lapse of time, is passing the sunset of his life in peace and quiet at his residence in Kirkwood. He is a native of South Caro- lina, having been born in that State in 1812. The parents of Mr. Loudon, George and Mary (Ferris) Loudon, were natives of Ireland and South Carolina respectively. They moved to Indiana in 1816, where the father purchased 80 acres of land, on which he moved with his family and there re- sided until the death of both heads of the house- hold.
W. F. Loudon, the subject of this notice, received an education in the common schools and from about the age of 12 years until he was 25, he worked at various occupations, assisting in the maintenance of his father's family. In 185 1, he came to Henderson County, this State, and there purchased 40 acres of land. On this land he located and entered vigor- ously and energetically upon the vocation of an ag- riculturist and was there occupied for two years. He then came to this county and for two years followed farming on rented land, when he purchased 160 acres on section 8, Tompkins Township, and there, for 25 years, was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has lived in Kirkwood Village for the past four years where he has 12 acres of land and a good res-
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idence, and is passing the evening of his life in quiet retirement.
The marriage of Mr.' Loudon with Miss Jane Mar- tin was solemnized in 1836, and their union has been blessed by the birth of five children, Margaret, Nancy, George, Mary A., and James H. After 40 years of married life, during which the wife had shared the toils and trials, the successes and re- verses, of her husband, she passed to the better land, the date of her death being 1876. Mr. Lou- don in his political belief endorses the principles of the Democratic party and religiously is a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church.
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oseph Pine located in Warren County in 1844. He is now a resident of Galesburg, Ill. He was 16 years of age when his par- ents started from Ohio for Illinois. They came over the intervening country with their own conveyance, and reached Warren , County after a slow, but, in some respects, pleasant and profitable journey.
Mr. Pine is a native of Somersetshire, England. He was born May 2, 1828, and is the son of Rob- ert and Elizabeth (Morris) Pine. His father emi- grated with his family from England to Amer- ica, sometime in the year 1840. Mr. Pine was then 12 years old, and has a distinct remembrance of the incidents of the voyage from Liverpool to Philadel- phia, as the time passed on the ocean was six entire weeks. They went to Lake County, in the Buckeye State, and were there resident until their removal at the time stated to Illinois. They started on their overland trip with three horses and a pair of oxen. The members of the household and the domestic belongings were accommodated in two large wagons. In the vicinity of Cleveland the father exchanged the oxen for horses, and the distance between them and their destination seemed to diminish with pro- portionate rapidity.
The senior Pine bought a claim on section 14, in the part of Warren County then designated on the government charts as township 12, and which on its organization as a municipality was named Kelly Township. There were 20 acres of the property in tillage, and a log house had been erected. The lat-
ter was of the style of architecture which pointed out a most primitive condition of things, and the roof was made of "shakes," which were kept in their places with poles. The usual improvements were afterward made on the place by the owner, who lived there until the close of his life. His death trans- pired about 1870. The family included six chil- dren, and the subject of this sketch was the fifth in order of birth.
Mr. Pine remained a member of his father's house- hold until his marriage to Letitia Watson, which event took place in 1853 .. His wife was born in Ken- tucky, and is the daughter of Basil and Matilda Wat- son, who were members of the pioneer element of Kelly Township. At the time of his marriage Mr. Pine located on section 9, in the same township where his father had settled, and improved the farm on which he fixed his permanent residence, and which is still in his possession.
In March, 1876, he rented his farm and went to Galesburg, where he is now living. He is manu- facturing brick and terra cotta articles of merchan- dise, and is a member of the Stock Company in that place which was incorporated in 1885. He is the Superintendent and one of the Directors of the Works.
His son, Edwin A., lives in Kelly Township, and is officiating as Assessor. Frank J. is a hardware dealer at Alexis, and is represented in this work. Janet and Linnie May are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Pine.
Mr. Pine is a member of the denomination known as Second Adventists.
ohn Tucker, owning the undivided half interest to 450 acres of land in Swan Township, and residing upon section 20 of the same, was born in the township where he at present resides, Nov. 21, 1846, his parents both being natives of Washington Co., Pa. Mr. Tucker formed a matrimonial alliance with Miss Ida F. Bostwick, Oct. 11, 1871. She was born July I, 1852, in Roseville Township, this county, her father's name being Alanson Bostwick. He was born in Connecticut, in 1814, and married Jane A. Jones, in 1848. She was born in 1818, and bore her husband
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three children - Ida F., Ozro P. and Ora A. Her father died Dec. 23, 1876.
The father of Mr. Tucker, of this notice, James Tucker, was born May 15, 1807, in Washington Co., Pa., came to Illinois in 1834 and located in Swan Township, this county ; removed from there to Rose- ville, where he is at present residing. He was mar- ried to Miss Caroline Johnson, April 27, 1840. She was born July 9, 1809, in Washington Co., Pa. They were married in the Keystone State, and of their un- ion four children were born-Daniel J., Aug. 201 1841; . James M., Feb. 24, 1844; John, Nov. 21, 1846, and George, Feb. 22, 1849. Daniel J. died in the army, Sept. 20, 1861, at Lexington, Mo., of ty- phoid fever, after an illness of eight days. He par- ticipated in the battle of Lexington, on the 20th of September, that year, and died on the 28th of the same month.
Mr. and Mrs. Tucker of this sketch are the happy parents of two children-Carrie J., born Sept. 9, 1873, and Ora A., January II, 1877. Mr. Tucker has a good residence on the place, two stories in height, and is there passing his life in the prosecu- tion of a vocation which he has followed since he was old enough. In politics he is a believer in and a supporter of the principles advocated by the Re- publican party, which ticket he has always voted.
oshua C. Ray, a successful farmer owning 150 acres of land located on section 4, Greenbush Township, where he resides and is actively engaged in the prosecution of the labors of an agriculturist, was born in Lenox Township, this county, in 1852, and is a son of Woodford Ray, a native of Kentucky, where he was born in 1824. The latter followed the voca- tion of a farmer and died in September, 1865, at the age of 45 years, in Missouri. The father formed a matrimonial alliance with Miss Nancy Simons in 1850. She was born in Kentucky in 1831, and died in May, 1852. Of their union two children were born,-James G. and Joshua C., our subject. After their mother's death, the father was a second time married, and by this wife had five children, namely : Ida J., Charles C., Lewis R., Harriet and Delos.
Joshua Ray, subject of this biographical notice, was married April 2, 1874, to Eliza Morris. She was born Jan. 25, 1855, and has borne her husband three children, one of whom, Mary E., died July 12, 1880. Marshal B. was born Jan. 2, 1875, and Wal- ter, Oct. 29, 1880. Mr. Ray and his family are pleasantly situated on their fine farm in Greenbush Township, and in addition to their acreage in this county, Mr. Ray is the owner of 12 acres in Mc- Donough County, this State. In politics, he votes with the Democratic party.
The father of Mrs. Ray, Bethuel Morris, was born in Ohio, in 1826, and married Miss Mary Crawford in 1847. She was born in Ohio and bore her hus- band six children, as follows: Merribah, John B., Almira, Flora, Eliza E. and Melissa. Mr. Morris and his wife are members of the Christian Church, and, in politics, he votes the same ticket as his son- in-law, Mr. Ray.
ev. George W. Hamilton, pastor of Little York United Presbyterian Church, was born in New Wilmington, Mercer Co., Pa., March 1, 1848, and was the son of George Hamilton, also a native of Pennsylvania, and the grandson of Thomas Hamilton, whose birthplace was Ulster, County Tyrone, Ireland, and the date of his birth 1763. In belief this latter gen- tleman was a staunch Presbyterian of the Old School, and came of a direct line of Scotch ancestry. He emigrated to the United States in 1784, locating in Eastern Pennsylvania, where he lived for some time, then removed to Beaver County, of that State, where he died. He had all his life engaged in agricultural pursuits. Early in life he married Miss Agnes Mitchell, who was likewise born in County Tyrone, March 2, 1773, and like her husband was of Scotch descent. They had 13 children, all of whom reached maturity. The father of the subject was the 11th in order of birth and in his native county grew to man- hood, being reared on his father's farm, and in early life married Rebecca Strain, a native of Beaver County, who was born in 1819. Shortly after mar- riage they removed to Mercer County, where he took up land, which he worked until 1855, and in that year he moved into Iowa, settling near Dubuque. Here he bought a farm, upon which his wife died, in
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the year 1861, he surviving her until 1876, when he followed her to their long home.
Rev. G. W. Hamilton, our subject, and the ninth · child in the large circle of brothers and sisters, was seven years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Iowa. Here he grew to the years of maturity, receiving his early education in the district schools, and in 1872 graduated from college, having taken a full classical course. Subsequently he entered the Theological Seminary of Xenia, Ohio, in which he continued two years, and leaving this he became a student under Dr. Patton, of Chicago, with whom he remained one year. He commenced his ministra- tion in 1875, in the States of Michigan, Iowa and Missouri, laboring two years before receiving ordina- tion. This event took place at Elvira, Clinton Co., Iowa, March 27, 1877, and at this time he was in- stalled pastor of the Church there, the pulpit of which he occupied until August, 1880. Receiving a call to the United Presbyterian Church of Little York, he took up his abode in that town, in October of that year, which pastorate he holds at the present time. His marriage occurred Sept. 5, 1878, to Anna C. Young, native of Michigan. Mr. Hamilton is a man of large usefulness and adorns the position he occupies, and is, heart and mind, enlisted in the work of " bringing in the sheaves."
B. Holeman. One of the energetic and successful farmers of Warren County is Jo Mr. D. B. Holeman, who resides upon section 35, Roseville Township, having been born in this township Nov. 20, 1850. He is a son of Reuben and Susannah (Crab) Holeman, who are natives of Indiana, and whose biography appears elsewhere in this book.
D. B. Holeman, the gentleman whose name heads this personal narrative, remained at home until he attained his 20th year, in the meantime receiving a common-school education and assisting his parents with the labors on the farm. He afterward farmed with his father on shares for two years, and in 1872 thinking he could better himself considerably, he went to Kansas, and located in Linn County. Here he made a purchase of 80 acres of land and engaged tock-raising, continuing the same for two years,
when he exchanged his property for some land situ- ated about three miles distant and entered upon the latter tract, of 80 acres, where he engaged in mixed husbandry for three years. He again returned to Illinois, and in 1881 purchased 1467% acres of land, 80 of which is in Roseville Township and is in ex- cellent cultivation; 37 acres are prairie land and 2972 good timber.
Mr. D. B. Holeman was married in 1870 to Miss Harriet Smith, a native of Warren County and daughter of Allen and Susan (Miller) Smith, natives of Indiana, who came to Illinois in 1848 and settled in Warren County. Mr. and Mrs. Holeman have had their home brightened and blessed with the birth of two children-Susannah, born Oct. 12, 1871 ; and William B., Aug. 29, 1875.
Mr. Holeman affiliates with the Democratic party, and is one of the representative and solid men of Warren County. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, and he fills the position of School Director.
rederick Heinzman, an agriculturist, re- siding upon section 33, Greenbush Town- ship, where, on his fine farm of 240 acres, he is prosecuting his vocation, was born in Baden, Germany, Oct. 11, 1827, and emigrated to this country in 1851, landing at New York, from whence he proceeded to St. Louis, Mo., where he remained one year and worked at the mason's trade, which he had learned in the fatherland.
At the end of the time stated, Mr. Heinzman came to Springfield, this State, and resided at that place for two years, engaged in working at his trade, when he went to Decatur, and, after remaining there a year, moved to Prairie City. In the latter place he worked at his trade until 1874, when he came to_ this township and located on section 33, Greenbush Township, where he purchased 80 acres of land. He at once located on his land and engaged actively and energetically in its improvement and cultivation, and by economy and perseverance has, by subse- quent purchases, increased his landed interests in Warren County to 240 acres, and is also the owner of 80 acres in McDonough County. Mr. H. has a good residence upon his place, 35 x 45 feet in dimen-
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sions, with a good cellar, the walls of which are of his own work. His barn is 30 x 40 feet with a good basement.
Mr. Heinzman was united in marriage with Fred- rica Behler, March 6, 1855. She was born March 5, 1828, in Wurtemberg, Germany, and came to America in 1854, landing at New Orleans. From there she proceeded to Decatur, Ill., where she re- mained one year, at the expiration of which time she married Mr. Heinzman. Of their union ten chil- dren have been born, namely: May E., Jan. 16, 1856; Frederick, May 25, 1857; Frank, Aug. II, 1858; Louisa F., Dec. 2, 1859; Rudolph, May 5, 1861; John, Oct. 27, '1862; Charles Oct. 14, 1864; Minnie, born March 30, 1866, died July 25, 1881 ; Albert, born May 14, 1868, died April 29, 1870; and Lillian, born July 10, 1871.
In religion, Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Lutheran Church. In politics, Mr. H. votes with the Democratic party. His father, Jacob, was born in 1802, in Germany, and married Miss Mudinger. who was born in that country in 1800. The father died in Nebraska. in 1881, and the mother in this county in 1875. They had nine children, five of whom are deceased. The living are Frederick, Mary, Jacob and Charles.
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ambert Lester, a prominent farmer on sec- tion 13 of Point Pleasant Township, was born in Greene Co., Ind., Jan. 11, 1839. Thomas C. Lester, his father, was a native of South Carolina, where he was born Aug. 3, 1816. The latter was a son of Peter R. and Haney (O'Neil) Lester. The families of both his parents were South Carolinians. His great-grand- father, James Lester, was an Englishman. His wife a Deneford; her given name is not recollected by her descendants of this generation. She was reared in Ireland, came to America at an early day and was united in marriage to the above named James. They had eight children, seven of whom were boys : John, Isaac, James, Peter, Charles, Abner, Samuel and the daughter, Joicey. All except Abner and Samuel lived to raise families of their own. The parents, with their children, moved to South Caro- lina before the Revolutionary War, and about the
year 1787, Peter, the fourth son, married Jane Ru- ble, who was born in Newbury, S. C. To them were born II children, five boys and six girls, as follows : Patty, Sally, Peter, James, Mary, Willis, Rhoda, Vincent, Simpson, Cinderella and Jane. They all grew to maturity and reared families of their own; only three of the number are now living, namely : Peter, the grandfather of our subject; Vincent, who lives in Greene Co., Ind .; and Simpson, who resides at Batesville, Mississippi. Peter Lester re- moved with his family to Indiana when his son Thomas was but five years of age. He was one of the earliest of the pioneer settlers in the county of Greene, and is still living there at the age of 96 years. The son just referred to-Thomas C .- grew to manhood in Greene County, where he was mar- ried to Eliza Hughen, who was born in South Caro- lina, Dec. 31, 1815. His father presented him with 80 acres of land on his marriage, which was situated in the township of Plummer, on White River, in the same county in which the father resided. As it was all in heavy timber, there was a vast amount of hard work before him to make a suitable home for the new-made wife. But he built a log house on a small clearing, in which they took up their residence, and the work of reclamation from the original forest went vigorously on. The husband was a man of energy and industry, and in a very short time placed 40 acres under good culture. He was enabled to make a further purchase of land, which he thor- oughly improved, and remained the occupant of the farm as long as he lived. His death transpired in May, 1851. His widow lives at present in Clay Co., Neb. There were five children in the family of Thomas Lester, but none now living save the sub- ject of this sketch and Mary, the wife of Walter Paine, of Edgar, Clay Co., Neb.
Mr. Lester was 12 years old when his father was removed by death. He continued to live in his na- tive county until October, 1856. The homestead was then rented, his mother having remarried, to a man named William R. Hindman. The latter removed the family to Warren County, in the year named, and located in Point Pleasant Township. The son accompanied the family and was married to Mary E. Dixon Oct. 19, 1869. His wife is the daughter of Eli and Jemima (Boyd) Dixon, of whom a sketch is given elsewhere in this book.
Previous to his marriage he became the owner of
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40 acres of land, which he had purchased in 1863, and which constituted the nucleus of the splendid farm upon which he now resides. His mother re- sided with him on the 40-acre tract until he married. He has been prosperous and has added to his estate until he is the owner of 400 acres of excellent land, all in á good state of cultivation. It includes 30 acres of timber land, whose value is appreciated in a prairie country.
Mr. Lester is a Democrat in political views. Mrs. Lester belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Minnie J. Lester, the sole daughter of the parents' home and hearts, was born Feb. 7, 1876.
Among the views of farm residences given in the pictorial department of this ALBUM, may be found that of Mr. Lester's, on page 380.
ohn S. Whelan, a well-to-do, sturdy tiller of the soil, resides in this county, on his farm of 160 acres, located on section 18, Hale Township. He is a son of James and Margaret (Moore) Whelan, natives of Ireland. They were the parents of seven children, of whom John S. is the third in order of birth.
He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1853. When John S. was but two years of age his parents brought him to Illinois. They located in this county in August, 1861, in Swan Township, where his fa- ther died. His mother still survives.
The subject of this notice received a good common school education in the district schools of this county, and continued to reside here, engaged in the occupa- tion of farming, until.1876, when he removed to Hen- derson County, and there lived for five years following the same occupation. At the expiration of this time he came to Hale Township, and purchased the land which he still owns and occupies. This land is all under an advanced state of cultivation, and in the vo- cation which he has followed the major portion of his life he is meeting with success.
The ceremony which united the lives of Mr. Whe- lan and Miss Kate Mason, the accomplished daugh- ter of Michael and Johanna (Shaw) Mason, natives of Ireland, was solemnized February r, 1876, in Henderson County. Miss Mason was the fourth in order of birth of a family of nine children. She
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