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Mr. Wilson was born in Franklin county in 1826, and came west in 1836 and located with his parents in Cherry Grove. Belle Plain township, Marshall county. Here his father purchased a farm upon which there was an old Jog hut with the roof partially off and grass growing on the floor. They lived in it ten years. His father loaned out money to his neighbors that year, and the hard times of 1837 coming on. he could not get it back, to build. Ben- jamin married Margaret A. Onnningham in 1855, a native of Fayette county, Ohio. They have three children. S. Thomas. George E. and William II. They are consistent members of the M. E. church. Mr. Wilson was justice of the peace 20 years in Belle Blain, also school director and trustee several years, He owns 320 acres of land in Ford county and 150 acres in Vermillion county, all in a good state of cultivation. He is a pleasant, sociable gentleman, and a good friend and neighbor.
REV. JARVICE G. EVANS, A. M.
Mr. Evans, pastor of the M. E. church at Wenona, was born in Evans township, Marshall county, Dec. 19. 1833. and received his education at the Peoria Wesleyan Seminary, Jndson College, Mt. Palatine, and at the Obio Wes- leyan University, and received his degree of A. M. from Quincy College in 1870. He commenced preaching in 1854. Continued in the pastorate nntil 1872, and was then elected president of Hedding College. at Abingdon, Ill., and in
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1878 was elected president of Chaddock College, Quincy. He resigned during the year and returned to the pastorate. He married Nettie Gardner June 14 1857, born in Delaware county, Ohio. The have one child living. Ida. and one son deceased. Miss Evans is now a teacher of Latin in the Streator high school. She is a graduate of Hedding College. He has published a number of lectures and sermons in pamphlet form, including . Pulpit and Politics," "Tobacco." "Thanksgiving Discourse," "Funeral Sermon of Lincoln," and several others. He has served as secre- tary of Central Ill. annual Conference for several years, and was, in 1876, a delegate to the General Conference, Baltimore.
AUGUST APPLETON.
Mr. Appleton is a farmer living in Evans township, section 35, and was born in Sweden in 1846, came to the United States in 1868. and located in Putnam county, where he marriedMatilda Colson in 1879. She was born in t veden, He rents 160 acres. Like most of his countrymen Mr. Appleton is a good farmer, industrious and hard working. These are the elements of success and lead to riches and honor.
PORTER MOORE.
Mr. Moore was born in Brown county. Ohio, 1846 and came to La Salle county in 1856 with his parents. Married Marth & Grimes in 1867, born in Indiana. They have six children-Bessie L., Maud May, Kittie, Fletcher P., Mat- tie and Edna. Are members of the M. E. church. He is a member of the Grange. He has been in the short horn cattle business for the last ten years, and is now engaged in raising Holstein stock, the only one in this section of the country. He also carries on a meat market in Wenona. The Holstein ¿breed have many points of excellence and are destined to become great favorites and in corresponding demand.
FRANCIS H. BOND.
Mr. Bond was born in Worcester connty, Mass,. in 1821 and came west in 1846 where he became a very success - ful teacher. Choosing law as a profession he qualified himself for its practice, and was admitted to the bar in 1861, and has followed it successfully ever since. He married Lucy Broaddus in 1848, born in Virginia. They have bad one child which no longer survives, Mr. Bond has been city attorney, town clerk, and served as justice of the peace for many years. He is likewise real estate agent and can give valuable information to buyers or sellers.
HENRY WINTER.
Mr. Winter is a farmer living on section 17, Evans township, and was born in Ottawa. La;Salle connty, Ill., in 1856. Moved to this county in 1877 and married Florenee Wilson Feb. 9. 1879. She was born in 1858 on the farm she is now occupying with her husband, He is a very industrious young man, possessed of all the vim and go-ahead- ativeness required to make him a successful man of the world. Commencing early in lite, he and his young wife have bright prospects before them. May they continue to brighten. While providing for the wants of the body he does not neglect the mind,
ROBERT MANN.
Mr. Mann Iwas born lin Roxburyshire, Scotland. in 1846, and came to the United States when 20 years old and located in this township. He married Anna Alexander in 1870, born in the house she is now living in. They have two children - Wilburand Isabella, He is a member of the Masonic order. He is engaged in breeding short horn cattle of superior grades, and fine horses. He owns the celebrated horse, Silver Wave, bred in Kentucky and said to be the finest roadster in Marshall county. He runs his farm exclusively as a stock farm, known as the "old Fort stock farm " His cattle are all sired by thoroughbred bulls. His farm is the site of the old fort.
AUSTIN C. GARVIN.
Mr. Garvin was born in Monroe county. Indiana, October 4, 1815, and moved to Putnam county in 1849, with his mother. He married Eliza Simmons in 1868, born in Maryland. They have three children-Clara E., Bertha and Austin C. He is school director, and owns 1 7 acres of land which be cultivates in good style. Mr. Garvin is a gentleman whom it is a pleasure to meet. He is kind, hospitable and courteous.
DAVID M. HALL.
Mr.Hall is a farmer living on sections 2 aad 11,Evans township. Postoffice. Wenona, Ill. He was born in Fayette county, Pa., in 1837, and located in this county in 1861. Married Elizabeth Smith in 1965, born in the same county. She died in 1868 leaving two children-Robert and Will Emmett. He married his present wife, Angusta Jones, In 1869, born in this connty. Four children have been born to them-Susie, Kittie, Josie and Rubby. He owns 248 acres, all under cultivation. His wife's father, Mr. D. Jones, is one of the oldest settlers of this county.
G. W. GRAY.
Mr. Gray was born in Muskingum county, near Zanesville, Ohio, in 1817, and came to Illinois and located in Putnam county, near Magnolia, in 1845, where he engaged in farming. He married Miss Juliann Wilber, Feb. 4, 1837. She was born in Connecticut, and died Jnly 12, 1877. They had five children- Thomas Ligget, dicd in the army from disease contracted there, Ageline, George W. Jr., William H. Charles, Wesley and Mary R. His present wife, Elizabeth Conard, was born in Licking county, Ohio, in 1833. They were married in May, 1878. Are mem- bers of the M. E. church. He was assessor in Groveland township, LaSalle county, the first time it was assessed;
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was school director and trustee several terms. He issteward of his church, and has been a member some 40 years, Mrs. Gray has also been a member of the M. E. church since childhood.
A. BECKWORTH.
Mr. Beckworth was born in Onondaga county, New York, in 1812, He came west with his parents and located in Dearborn county, Indiana. in 1816. and came to this county in 1835. He learned the trade of bricklaying and plastering in Cincinnati in 1832, and worked at it up to 1859, when he engaged in farming in Stephens township. He married Miss Margaret Gilmore in 1861, born in Fayette county, Pa., in 1840. They have three children living- Otto Q., Orson E. and Omar S. Are members of the Christian church. They moved into Wenons in 1869. He owns 400 acres of land in Livingston county. under good cultivation, and has a residence in Wenona.
THOMAS REILLY.
Mr. Reilly was born in County Cavan, Ireland, in 1827. He removed to England in 1847, and came to the United States in 1852, settling in this county. In 1861 he married Marv Martin, from his native placc, who died in 1869, leaving him three children In 1870 he married Miss Maggic Breese. She was born in County Kerry, Ire- land. They have four children-Annie, Thomas, Henry and Maggie, and by his first wife-Katie, John and Mattie. Are members of the Catholic church. He has been school director for the last ten years, and owns 240 acres, all under cultivation.
EDWARD S. GOULD.
Mr. Gould was born in the State of New York in 1832. bis parents moving to Detroit when he was five years old, where he obtained an education, and he became a bricklayer. In 1852 he wedded Lotta Castello, also born in New York, who bore him one child-Ella E., born December 5, 1853. This daughter grew up and wedded William H. Parrett They have one child and its name is Bessie. Mr. Gould is a member of the Masonic order.
CHARLES H. TURNER.
Mr. Turner was born in Fayette county, Pa., and came west in 1858. He first located in Clay county, Ill., and moved to LaSalle county in 1859. He married Sarah J. Quaintance in 1869. She was born in Pennsylvania. They have three children-John W., Hattie aud Irene. Are members of the M. E. church. He is a good and industrious farmer working on rented land.
ALFRED JUDD.
Mr. Judd is a farmer (bachelor), living on section 6. Postoffice, Wenona. He was born in North Carolina in 1822. He came to this county (then Putnam) in 1831, with his parents. After his father's death, his devotion to his widowed mother bonnd him to her whilst she lived, to whom he gave his urdivided attention up to the time of her death, a few months ago. Hence he has never married. He owns 725 acres of land in a prosperous state of cultiva- tion. He is a pleasant, social gentleman.
MRS. GILLEY COWEN.
Mrs. Cowen is widow of William Cowen, who was born near Hagerstown, Md., in 1798, and emigrated to Ohio at an early day. He died in 1863 She was born in Monongahela county, Va., in 1805, moved with her parents to Ohio in 1808, and married in 1824. She has had seven children-Hermil, Cynthia (Mrs. Letts), Minerva (deceased), Lucinda (Mrs. Morse), Robert A., Isabella (deceased), Theresa and Zilpha, Malvina (Mrs. Stevenson), William, Delbert and John (deceased). They are members of the M. E. church. Mrs. Cowen comes from the Dents, and is a cousin of John O. Dent. They moved to Putnam county in 1831. During the Black Hawk war Mr. Cowen was a soldier nnder Colonel Strawn.
F. A. PACKINGHAM.
Mr. Packingham was born in Wayne county, Pa., in 1888, and began business as a merchant at Evans in 1876. He married Nancy Burgess in 1877, born in Connecticut. They attend the M. E. church. He was appointed post- master in 1876, express agent in 1877, and station agent in 1879. He enlisted in company F. 53d Ill. Volunteers in 1862 and served until mnstered out at Springfield, Ill., in 1865, He was detailed in the Military Telegraph Corps as mounted orderly during 1864.5.
DAVID MOORE.
Mr. Moore was born in New Jersey in 1813, and came to Ohio with his parents when two years old. He niar- ricd Anna Borradail in 1836, born near Bennington. N. J. They had five children-Rebecca B. (deceased), Arthur, (deceased), Mary, Elizabeth (McAdams), Martha T. (deceased), and Anna. Arthur was a member of Capt. Vaughn's company and died at Bolivar, Tenn,, in 1863. He was a good soldier and much respected. Mr. Moore owns 206 acres of well improved land.
MRS. LUCY GIBSON, (widow.)
Mrs. Gibson (Gaylord) was born in Bradford county, Pa., in 1803 and came to this township, then a part of LA Salle county, in 1831, removing to her present homestead in 1833 or 1834. She married George Martin in 1833, a na- tive of Connecticut, who located in this neighborhood in 1830. He died in 1838 leaving two children-Jaron G. and
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Sylvia A. (Kirkpatrick). She married her second husband, James Gibson, in 1842. He was born in Fifshire, Scot- land, He died in 1855 leaving two children-Isabel and James. Mrs. Kirkpatrick's husband died in 1862 in the army, of disease contracted there. Mrs. Gibson has 200 acres of land, all under cultivation. She is believed to be the oldest settler in Evans township. She remembers when the family were notified to pack up and get away from the Indians during the Black Hawk war. Lemuel Gaylord, her father, was one of the Revolutionary soldiers, and was at the surrender of Cornwallis. He was retained in the service for a year after the close of the Revolution. He helped to haul away the cannon captured from the British army. He died at the age of 89 years and was buried in the Cumberland cemetery near the house of Mrs. Gibson in this township.
C. P. MORGAN.
Mr. Morgan was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 183], and removed west in 1853. and located in La Salle county where he lived until 1866 and then came to Evans township. He married America Dillman in 1855. She was born in in Gallia county, Ohio, and they have eight children- Mary E., Adeline, Mattie, Jesse, Frank Marcus P., America and Clara. He is a member of the Masonic order and of the Grange. He has been school director six years snd owns 160 acres of land, all under cultivaion, with good buildings.
WILLIAM T. HAMILTON.
Mr. Hamilton was born in Union county, O., in 1840. and came to Marshall county in 1854, residing in Roberts . township with his parents on the Burns farm and in Evans township until 1867. He married Susan Clifford in 1862. She was born in Harrison county. Ohio. They have four children-Luetta, John F., James E. and Samuel O. Aro members of the Presbyterian church. He is an elder in the church. He served two years as sheriff pro tem, fill- ign the place with entire acceptability. He is directing his attention to raising graded cattle, Cotswold sheep and hne horses.
BENJAMIN F. TURNER.
Mr. Turner lives on section 21, Evans township, and was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1825. He came to Magnolia in the spring of 1845 and purchased his present farm in 1856. He married Hannah L. Miller in 1850, born in Stuben ville, Ohio, 1830. They have six children-William E., born Sept. 1, 1851, Martin M. Dec. 8. 1853, Ar- thur L., March 22, 1856, Charles M., Oct, 27, 1860, Huldah J., July 6, 1863. Estella M., Mav 17, 1870. Are members of the M. E. church, He has 240 acres in a high state of cultivation, with very pleasant residerice and tasty sur- roundings.
CHARLES CUSAC.
Mr. Cusac was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1838, and came to Illinois in 1858, finding a home in this county, and lived three years, and then returned to Ohio. He came back to Marshall county in 1865, returned to Ohio in again in 1866, and once more came to Illinois in 1874. He married Miss L. J. Smith in 1861-born in Ohio, same county. Ile has seven children,-William H., Charles A., Louis S., U. S. Grant, James J., Minnie E. and Es- tella. He cultivates 160 acres of land. In 1863 made a trip to California, returning the following year.
JAMES JENKINS.
Mr. Jenkins was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1824, and came to Marshall county in 1855. He married Eliz- abeth Reeves in 1847 in Indiana. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1828. They have six children-Albert W., Clara B., Lilly M., Rosland, Frank E. and E. O., and thrce deceased. Mrs. Jenkins is a member of the Baptist church . He owns 208 acres of land in Evans and 170 acres in Roberts township, all in cultivation. He is one of the best of farmers, and respected by all who know him.
A. G. EVERLEY.
Mr. Everley was born in Mongahela county, Va., in 1837. Came west in 1868, and located in Wenona. He en- listed in the 3d West Virginia cavalry in August, 1862, and served until 1865, when he was mustered out at Wheeling. West Virginia. Married Miss Carrie Dilliner in 1860. She was born in Queen county, Pa. They have four children,- Wordan D., Mary F., Reason A. and Sarah Ann. He is a member of the M. E. church. Ile cultivates 160 acres of land.
AARON AXLINE.
Mr. Axline was born in Loudon county, Va., in 1813. His father removed to Muskingum county. O., in 1826, When he was only 13 years old. Came to this county in 1854. In 1812 he married Miss Ann Street, who was born in Muskingum county, O. They have seven children,-John W., Catherine S., Theodore, Clara A., Daniel, Mary E. and Clarence A. Are members of the M. E. church. He has been school director six years. He and his whole family are members of the temperance society. Ile owns 336 acres of land, all improved, with good buildings. Few old families show a fairer record. Mr. E. is deservedly proud of his intelligent sons and daughters.
ABRAM ALLEN.
Mr. Allen was born in New York City in 1823. Came west with his uncle, and landed at Quincy in 1835, living in Adams county until 1850, when he went to California and remained about two years. He came where he now re- sides in 1853. He married Miss Cecilia M Cross in 1867. She was born in Pennsylvania, and when two years old
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came to Dixon. having made the trip from Pennsylvania in a one-horse wagon, Her father was a minister in the Baptist church. They moved to Rutland in 1860, They have three children,-Charles A., Grace M. and Mary E . Are members of the M. E. church. He has been school director several years, is clerk of the board, and trustee of the M. E. church. Miss Amelia Allen is residing with her brother. He owns 360 acres of land, all improved. He was in Evans before the [. C. R. R. was in operation. There were no houses in Wenona when he came there-only the railroad company houses. His farm was run for several years without fences.
ELIZABETH EVANS.
Mrs. Evans was born in Granville county, North Carolina, in 1810. Removed to Illinois in 1843, and to this county in 1846. She married Mr. Justus Jones in that year, who died in 1849, leaving one child, Angusta. She mar- ried Mr. Joshua Evans in 1852, who died in January, 1868. leaving her with one child, Frances. She has been a mem- ber of the M. E church for over 52 years. Mrs. Evaas is now 69 years of age. yet is smart and active, and in the possession of all her faculties. A lengthy biography of her husband is given else where.
S. C. GRIFFIN.
Mr. Griffin was born in Fayette county, Pa .. in 1853 and came to this state in 1865. He married Miss Isabella Cusac in 1877-born in this county. They have one child. Lena May. Are members of the M. E. church. He is a member of the patrons of husbandry and of the temperance society. He cultivates 50 acres of land. Comes from a family noted for their ability to make money, and is bound to get along.
T. D. QUAINTANCE.
Mr. Quaintance is a farmer, living on section 10. He was born in Chester county, Pa., in 1846, and came west with his parents in 1855, first locating in Putnam county (Magnolia), and in this county in 1831. He married Anna Mc Adams in 1874. She was born in Harrison county, Ohio. They have two children -Jessie and Edna, and are members of the M. E. church. Mr. Q. is a member of the temperance society. IIe cultivates 216 acres of land.
AARON G. MARTIN.
Mr. Martin was born in Caledonia, Putnam county, Ill .. in December, 1835. and came on to the farm he at present occupies when but a child. He married Sarah Parkinson in February, 1863. She was born in Licking county, Ohio, and has brought him three children living-Harry G., Edwin P. and Helen S., and one child de- eased. He is a member of the Masonic order. Mr. Martin is school director of district No. 3, and is secretary of the board. He owns 360 acres of well improved land.
PUTNAM BECKWITH.
Mr. Beckwith was born in Marshall county, Ill., in 1842. He married Miss Francis Dagan in 1869. She was born in Franklin connty, Ohio. They have four children-Bertha M., Herbert H., Charles P, and Mary. He is first Jientenant of Co. B. 10th Bat'l I. N. G. Enlisted in the 1st Ill. Cavalry July 3, 1861. and was discharged July 14, 1862. Re-enliste i in 14th Cavalry, September 4, 1862; discharged July 30, 1865., He was wounded at Lexington, Mo., twice, in a charge to recover a cannon that was captured by the enemy, and at West Pleins, Mo., in Way, 1862. He still carries the ball in his body. He was on the Morgan and Stonem in raids, and in many other engagements. He also assisted at the capture of Indians who were in the rebel army-when they release i the chief and medicine man and sent them back only to return and fight us again.
ALBERT EVANS.
Mr. Evans was born in Licking connty. O'tio, Dec. 21, 1827, and came to Putnam county in the fall of 1830 with his parents. The township was named after his father. He married Miss Harriet Springer in 1855. She was born in Putnam county. They have six children living,-Winslow, Ella, Lincoln P., Charles E., Charlotte Bell and Ada. They are members of the M. E. church, He was justice of the peace ten years, assessor seven years, and has been township treasurer twenty-six years. He owns 223 acres of land, all improved. He was in the lumber business for awhile in Wenona.
H. R. GRIFFIN.
Mr. Griffin was born in Fayette connty, Pa., in 1823, and came west and located in this county in 1865. He married Nancy Cassady in 1851. She was born in the same neighborhood in Pennsylvania as himself, in 1822. They have six children,-Mary E., Ann M., George W., Rebecca S., James L. and John D., and are members of the Cum- berhand. Presbyterian church. He owns 320 acres of land, all under cultivation. Miss Sally Moats, who has been in his father's family since a girl, is now 75 years old, and is kindly provided for by him, in compliance with his father's will.
DR. CORNELIUS PERRY.
Dr. Perry was horn in Connecticut in 1823. He studied medicine in Litchfield, and graduated from the New York Medical University in 1846, and settled in Hope, New Jersey, where he practiced medicine for some seven years, and married Lncy M. Swayze, a native of New Jersey in 1848. Two children have been born to them-Frances and Evelyn. When he first came west he settled in Lacon, where he lived three years, and then moved to Evans township, where he had made extensive purchases of real estate. His wife disliking the prairie, he removed to Chicago, where he remained until 1869, their home being shared this time by the parents of Mrs. P., she being their
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only child. After going on to the prairie the Doctor gradnally relinquished his profession, and devoted himself to the care of his large real estate interests. Besides valnable property in this state, he owns some 2,000 acres in Kan- sas. Mr, Swayze was a graduate ot Princeton College, and for years practiced law in New Jersey, until he lost his voice and then learned surgery. He owns 500 acres of valuable land in this state. Dr. Perry has been largely identified with the Wenona Fair, and is an active, well informed, substantial citizen. . In his house are four generations.
BENJAMIN JUDD.
Mr. Judd was born in North Carolina in 1829, and moved with his parents to Illinois in 1831 and located in this township. He married Francis Talbot in 1851. She was born in Chester county, Pa , in 1834. They have seven children- Elizabeth, (Mrs. Kemp), Nelson P., James A .. Thomas B,, Clara J,, Mary F. and Julia Dell. He is & mem- ber of the Masonic order and the Star Chapter. He is secretary of the Local Protection society and member of the Grange, He owns 160 acres of land, all nnder excellent cultivation.
MRS. R. M. CAHOON, Dress and Cloak-maker, Wenona.
Mrs. Cahoon was born in Barnstable county, Mass., in 1828. She married Mr. L. Cahoon in 1847. He was born in New York state. Moved west in 1860, and located in Osage township, LaSalle county, Ill, They came to Wenona in 1871. They have three children living-Sarah J .. George W. and Charles. She has been engaged in the dress- making business since 1846, and lived in Wenona since 1862. She keeps on hand a full stock of all kinds of fancy trimmings, and is an accomplished and competent dressmaker.
N. F. BROWN.
Mr. Brown is a farmer, and was born in Fayette connty, Pa .. in 1531, He located in LaSalle county with his parents when quite yonng, and married Miss Matilda Judd in 1855. She was born in Evans township, Marshall connty. Illinois. She is the youngest child of Thomas and Elizabeth Judd, two of the oldest settlers of Marshall county. They have three children- Almeda E., May A. and S, Benton. They own 160 acres of land. They have two children deceased-Alice A. and Fany-the former died when between five and six years old, and the latter between two and a half and three years old.
ADAM BRUNNER.
Mr. Brunner is a shoemaker. engaged in business in Wenona. He was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1850, and came to the United States in the fall of 1870, locating in Dwight. Livingston connty, where he lived nntil he came to Wenona, in the spring of 1873. He commenced business at his trade, which he learned in the old country, and has been working at it since 1865. He owns a house and lot in Wenona, and is well to do. He is mas- ter of his profession, and enjoys the repntation of a first-class shoemaker.
PETER G. DEFENBAUGH.
Mr. Defenbaugh lives on his farm in Evans township, but his postoffice is Magnolia. He was born in Fairfield county, Ohio. in 1821, and moved to Marshall county in 1851, and married Sarah A.L, Walter, born in Penn- sylvania. They have nine children-Zachariach, Eluchie, Allan, Dnrriah, Mary, Emma. Francis, William C., Ed- win and Lonisa (deceased). They are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He has been school di- lector several times and is trustee now. He owns 139 acres of land in Marshall connty, and 80 acres in La Salle county. He is a kind, generous hearted man, and a good citizen and neighbor.
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