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workman. Mr. Immke is deserving of great commendation for the excellency of his work, but more for the enterprise and generous public spirit with which he performed this difficult un- dertaking. He has taken an active interest in educational affairs, and is now serving his ninth year as school director. Both himself and wife are earnest members of the Presbyterian church.
On the 29th of May, 1864, Mr. Immke wedded Miss Mary R. Steinbrook, who was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, July 13, 1843, and to them have been born four children: Henry William, a business man of Chicago, who mar- ried Martha S. Slavens, of Kansas City, Mis- souri, daughter of Judge L. C. Slavens, and had two children, William Luther and Martha, who died at the age of four months; Minnetta, wife of Fred H. Bacon, of Canton, South Dakota, by whom she has one child, Neva; Pansy M., who graduated at the Princeton high school in 1896; and Leroy S., who was born April 2, 1884, and died Marclı 6, 1892.
Henry Steinbrook, the father of Mrs. Immke, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Oc- tober 1, 1796, but when young was taken by his parents to Muskingum county, Ohio, where he engaged in farming and later in the manufacture of salt and in coal mining. By trade he was a wheelwright. In 1821 he married Sarah Lef- fler, who was born January 28, 1806, and died April, 1892. His death occurred May 4, 1873. Fourteen children were born to them, three of whom died in infancy. The others were Samuel, a resident of Raysville, Vinton county, Ohio, who wedded Mary Shago, of Zanesville, that state; Henry, who married Mary Seright, and died at the age of sixty-two years; Sarah, who married Joseph Garrett and lives on the old home place in Ohio; Catherine, who died a year after her marriage to Bruce Crauslin; Peter, who mar- ried Emma Sheldon and lives on a farm near Taylorsville, Ohio; Caroline, who married Absa- lom Miller, and died in 1874, at the age of thirty- five; Margaret, wife of Mahlon Miller, of Cleve- land, Ohio; Anna, who married George Leffler, and died July 4, 1876; Elizabeth, who died at the
age of nine months; Mary R., now Mrs. Immke; George, who married Melissa Cameron, and lives on a farm in Cherokee county, Kansas; Matilda, who married J. L. Gurrad, of Petersburg, Illinois, and died July 27, 1876.
JAMES C. SPANGLER, a leading agricultur-
ist of Belle Plain township, residing on sec- tion 14, was born in Richland township, Mar- shall county, November 5, 1847. Thirteen years previous his parents had taken up their residence in the latter township, and the name of the family is therefore engraved on the rolls of Marshall county's pioneers. The father, William Spangler, was born in Franklin county, Ohio, July 13, 18II, and in 1834 started for Illinois. At that time the Indians still inhabited this region and wild ani- mals were frequently seen, while various kinds of wild game was plentiful. At one time, Mr. Spangler was compelled to climb a tree and re- main there for several hours through the night to save himself from wild hogs. He hauled wheat to Chicago and with the proceeds derived from his crops purchased the necessary dry goods and groceries for his family. Many were the hardships and privations to be endured, but at length a comfortable home was established here on the frontier. William Spangler married Emily McCune, who was born in Pennsylvania, June 16, 1818. Of their twelve children seven are living, namely: William, John B., Charles C. and James C., twins; Mary L., wife of James O. Ramp; Carrie, wife of H. T. Foster, and Belle, wife of William T. Iliff.
James C. Spangler spent his boyhood days in the usual manner of farmer lads and was early inured to the arduous labors incident to frontier life. The common schools of the neighborhood afforded him his educational privileges. After arriving at years of maturity he was married January 18, 1872, to Amanda Carruthers, who was born in Richland township, Marshall coun- ty, February 3, 1851. Her father, William B. Carruthers, was born near Terre Haute, Indiana, January 22, 1826, came to Marshall county in 1844, and was married September 14, 1846, to
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Minerva Owen, by whom he had two children: Charles E., born June 16, 1848, and Mrs. Spang- ler. The grandfather, Timothy Owen, removed from Mansfield, Connecticut, in 1819, to Sciota county, Ohio, where on the 25th of March, 1823, he wedded Jane Dever. In 1832 he came to Mar- shall county, and spent his remaining days in Richland township. In his family were ten children, five of whom are living: Minerva, David D., Ruth O., wife of William Kunkle; Samuel H., and Jane, wife of George Kunkle. Mr. Owen located here immediately after the Black Hawk war, entered one hundred and sixty acres of land on Round Prairie, and afterward purchased other lands from the government. He killed as many as three deer in one day, for those animals were very numerous at that time. He followed farming, carpentering and wagon making and for many years manufactured all the coffins needed in the settlement. He also made many barrels and invented the first corn-planter drawn by horses in the United States. He pos- sessed much mechanical genius, and with tools could produce almost anything that was needed. In 1833, on Crow Creek he built the first saw- mill in Marshall county, and in 1836, he began operating the first gristmill in the county, the same being patronized by people who came for thirty miles. This mill was destroyed by fire about 1853, the day after the insurance had ex- pired, and thus vanished one of the old land- marks of the county. Mr. Owen died on the old homestead May 3, 1885, aged eighty-six years, and his wife died March 5, 1883, at the age of eighty years. Mrs. Spangler's father served in the union army as a member of Company C, Sixty-fifth Illinois Infantry, was for a time with General Sigel's command, and afterward went with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea. At the time of his discharge he was in the com- pany commanded by Captain Henry Fisher, of Lacon, Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. Spangler had nine children, eight of whom are living, as follows: Hattie B., wife of William McCulloch, of Varna, Illinois, by whom she has one child, Nita; Emily J., wife
of Warner Broaddus, of Varna, by whom she has one son, Lynn S .; Charles E., Fred, Walter R., Calla E., Anna V., and J. Cliff.
Mr. Spangler removed to his present farm in 1870, and here owns and operates three hundred and forty acres of valuable land, which is under a high state of cultivation and well improved. He follows farming and stockraising and his syste- matic methods, industry and honorable dealing have brought to him a handsome competence. He has served as school director and road com- missioner and is deeply interested in all that per- tains to the welfare and advancement of the coun- ty, where his entire life has been passed.
C HARLES H. JUSTIS, a leading and en- terprising business man of La Rose, and the present efficient supervisor of Belle Plain township, Marshall county, was born on the 4th of July, 1859, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Charles H. Justis, an engraver. His mother died when he was but three years of age, and after his father's second marriage he was taken to New York city and placed in the New York Juvenile asylum. A few months later he was sent west, and was taken by Lewis Lime- barger, a farmer of Wilmington, Will county, Illinois. In 1869, Mr. Limebarger removed to Stanford, where he engaged in the grain business until 1871, and then came to La Rose, where he erected an elevator.
Mr. Justis remained on the farm until 1873, when he also came to La Rose, where he has since made his home with the exception of two years, one spent in buying grain in Lacon, and the other in Munster, La Salle county. For some time he was employed in the elevator in La Rose, which he ran for one year on his own account, but it was then sold, and he has since been con- nected with the Santa Fe elevator at the same place. He was also agent for the Chicago & Alton railroad at La Rose from the spring of 1879 until the spring of 1882.
On the 13th of March, 1879, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Justis and Miss Belle Rains, a daughter of Robert W. Rains, now a resident of
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Fairfield, Iowa. Her father was a pioneer of Woodford county, Illinois, but at an early day came to Marshall county, where he experienced all the trials and difficulties of frontier life. In 1882 he removed to Jefferson county, Iowa, and is now living a retired life in Fairfield. In his family were several children, one of whom died when small and three after they had attained adult age. Those living are Lavina, Thomas, Robert, Caroline, William, Belle, Columbia and Charles. To our subject and his wife has been born a daughter: Carrie E., whose birth oc- curred December 10, 1880.
Politically, Mr. Justis is identified with the republican party, and has served as a member of both the township and county central commit- tees, being chairman of the former. For five years he was president of the village board, is at present clerk, and was village trustee for some time. For one year he filled the office of justice of the peace, and is now serving his third year as supervisor. He is one of the prominent and in- fluential men of the community, widely and favorably known, and has materially aided in ad- vancing the welfare and in promoting the in- terests of La Rose. Both as a business man and true citizen he is held in high esteem, and he certainly deserves much credit for the success which he has achieved. Socially, he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias fraternities, while his estimable wife and daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
J AMES FOSTER is a representative of the agricultural interests of Marshall county and also one of its native sons, his parents hav- ing located here in pioneer days, from which time the name of Foster has figured conspicu- ously in the annals of Marshall county. The father of our subject, Joshua Foster, was born in Ohio, in 1821, and about the time he attained his majority came to this county. He was mar- ried in Hopewell township to Betsey Brumsey, a sister of Nathan Brumsey, and they began their domestic life on Sandy creek, afterward remov-
ing to a farm at the head of that stream. Sub- sequently they made a permanent location on section 25, Roberts township, where the father brought the land under cultivation, transforin- ing it into a highly improved farm. He began life poor, but his industry and well-managed busi- ness interests brought to him prosperity. His political support was given the democracy, and he served as township trustee and school di- rector. The cause of education found in him a warm friend, and his children were provided with good advantages in that direction. His death occurred in April, 1895, and his wife passed away in about 1885. Their surviving children are: Benjamin, Louis, Albert and George, all o. Evans township; James and Walter in Mar- shall county, and Wilber, of Livingston county. Illinois.
Mr. Foster of this review was born December 15, 1858, on section 25, Roberts township, and on the homestead farm grew to manhood, early becoming familiar with all the duties that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. His life has been given to general farming, and he is today the owner of eighty acres of improved land, which is now rented. In politics he is a democrat, but has had no desire or inclination for public office. In business he is straightforward and honorable. and as one of the early settlers of the county well deserves representation in this volume.
EORGE L. GOLLIVER, one of the enter- G I prising and prosperous citizens of La Rose, was born in Wells county, Indiana, on the 28th of February, 1859, and is a son of James M. Golliver, a native of Miami county, Ohio. Upon the home farm he was reared and in the common schools of the locality acquired his ed- ucation. On coming to Illinois in 1879, he first located in Washburn, Woodford county, where for three years he engaged in farming, and for the same length of time followed the blacksmith's trade.
It was in the spring of 1885 that Mr. Golliver became a resident of La Rose, and here also worked at the blacksmith's trade for about seven
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years. Subsequently he was engaged in mercan- tile pursuits, but now owns and operates a steam thresher, using the Nichols & Shepard separator and engine. He is a very active, energetic man, and an excellent workman.
On the 13th of September, 1883, Mr. Golliver was joined in wedlock with Miss Margaret Whit- ton, daughter of Thomas Whitton, now deceased, who was a native of Scotland, and an early set- tler of Marshall county, where Mrs. Golliver's birth occurred. Four children have been born of this union, but James M., the oldest, died when in his ninth year. Those living are Harry S., George L., and W. A.
Although never an office-seeker, Mr. Golliver has most creditably served as justice of the peace. He is deeply interested in civic societies, affiliat- ing with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, the Knights of Pythias, and the Modern Woodmen of America. He holds membership in the Christian church, while his wife is a Presby- terian in religious belief. They are held in high regard by all who know them and have a host of warm friends throughout the community.
L OUIS STUEBING, a prominent represen- tative of the commercial interests of Mar- shall county, is successfully engaged in general merchandising in La Rose. He is a German by birth and training, but possesses the true Ameri- can spirit of progress, which together with the habits of industry and economy learned in the fatherland, has enabled him to become a well- to-do and prosperous citizen.
Our subject was born near Berlin, Germany, September 27, 1849, and is a son of Gotleib and Marie (Binn) Stuebing, the former born in Gor- litz, Schlesien, and the latter near Berlin, where the father's death occurred. Louis obtained a good common school education in his native place, and in October, 1871, sailed for the new world. Landing at New Orleans, he remained in that city until the following spring, when he came to Plano, Illinois, where he was employed in the Plano binder works until 1877. In that year he came to La Rose and opened a small
stock of general merchandise, but as his trade constantly increased he added to it until he now carries a stock valued at five thousand dollars, consisting of dry goods, groceries, hats, caps, boots and shoes, clothing, notions, paints, oils, crockery, queensware and glassware. He re- ceives a liberal share of the public patronage, which his courteous treatment of customers and well selected goods justly merits.
Mr. Stuebing was married October 17, 1876, to Marie Zilm, daughter of William Zilm, of Belle Plain township, and they now have seven children: Ernest, Alma, Wanda, Herbert, Doris, Louis and Verner. Ernest is now clerking in a store in Chicago, but the others are still at home. In 1873, the mother of our subject came to the United States, and now makes her home with her son Leopold, in West Pullman, Illinois. For seven years, Mr. Stuebing has served as school treasurer in La Rose, and has ever taken a deep interest in all enterprises which will in any way benefit the community. He and his family are communicants of the Lutheran church, and are highly respected by all who know them.
D ANIEL D. DOW, one of the most trusted employes of the Rock Island Railroad com- pany, now serving as agent for the same at Bureau, Illinois, and as express agent, is a na- tive of this state, his birth having occurred in Cook county, January 29, 1841. His father, John Dow, was born in New York, and about the close of the Black Hawk war came to Illi- nois, locating on the swampy tract where Chi- cago now stands. He was a painter by trade, making a specialty of ornamental work and sign painting, and did much of the lettering on the lake steamers. Later he removed to Hinsdale, west of Chicago, where his death occurred in the fall of 1894. He married Margaret Kelly, and to them were born four children, two of whom are still living-Daniel D., of this review, and Josephine, wife of John Englehardt of Blue Island, Illinois, by whom she has one son, Harry.
Our subject acquired his education in the pub-
D. D. Dow.
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lic schools of Blue Island and Chicago, and at the age of eighteen learned telegraphy. During the civil war he served for one year in the military telegraph service of the United States govern- ment, and on the close of the war became opera- tor and clerk in the freight office of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad, in whose em- ploy he has since remained. In November, 1866, he came to Bureau, Illinois, to take charge of the office at this place. He has witnessed al- most the entire growth and development of the village, as at the time of his arrival it contained but one store. For a time the train dispatch- er's office was located here, and Mr. Dow served as chief train dispatcher for the Illinois division of the road for ten years. His long re- tention plainly indicates his faithful discharge of duty and the confidence and trust the company repose in him.
In November, 1868, was celebrated the mar- riage of Mr. Dow and Miss Mary Moore, daugh- ter of Nicholas Moore, now deceased, who lo- cated at Peru, Illinois, over thirty-five years ago. Four children were born of this union, three of whom still survive, namely, De Witt C., Maggie and Ollie, all at home. Socially, Mr. Dow is a Royal Arch Mason, and in religious belief is a Presbyterian. His gentlemanly deportment and genial manners have gained him hosts of warm friends, and he is numbered among the most highly respected, prominent and influential citi- zens of Bureau, with whose interests he has now been closely identified for over thirty years.
J OHN D. BALL, an enterprising farmer re-
siding on section 12, Belle Plain township, Marshall county, was born in Lacon, Illinois, Feb- ruary 24, 1855. His father, Jonas L. Ball, a native of Massachusetts, located in Lacon in 1841, traveling from Hamilton, Ohio, on horseback. He had lived in the latter place from boyhood, and for a number of years served as foreman in the packing house of Jabez Fisher. In the em- ploy of that gentleman he came to Lacon, where he had charge of a packing house for four years. He then turned his attention to general mer-
chandising and also bought potatoes, shipping them to St. Louis by boat. In 1855 he removed to a farm and after two years located on section I, Belle Plain township. He hauled wheat to Chicago, and on the return trip brought the lum- ber with which to build his house. His wife, Elizabeth C. Ball, was a daughter of Dr. Fetter, who in 1845 removed from Uniontown, Pennsyl- vania, to Caledonia, Putnam county, Illinois, where his death occurred about 1850. He had an extensive practice, and was a prominent and highly respected citizen.
Jonas and Elizabeth Ball were parents of seven children, three of whom are living: John D., Jonas T. and Gertrude, wife of Sain Welty, an attorney of Bloomington, Illinois. The father of this family was a member of the Christian church, and a valued and influential citizen, high- ly esteemed by all. His wife is still living at the age of seventy years and makes her home with her daughter in Bloomington.
Under the parental roof John D. Ball was reared to manhood, no event of special import- ance occurring in his boyhood days, which were passed midst play and work on the home farm. He was married February 24, 1876, to Anna M. Griffin, daughter of Hamilton R. Griffin, de- ceased, who came to Marshall county from Smithville, Pennsylvania, in 1848. After con- ducting a hotel for a year in Henry he located in Evans township, Marshall county, where he made his home until 1892, removing then to Wenona, where his death occurred in 1894. To Mr. and Mrs. Ball have been born six children, four of whom are living, namely: Electa L., Ella G., and Jonas H. and Josie L., twins. One died in infancy, and Charles L. died at the age of near two years.
Mr. Ball gives his attention to agricultural pur- suits and his energy, close application and sound judgment have brought to him a handsome com- petence. His home farm comprises four hundred and forty-five acres of valuable land, and he also owns two hundred and forty acres in Ford coun- ty. All the improvements and conveniences known to the model farm of the nineteenth cen-
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tury are found on his place and indicate the thrift and enterprise of the owner. His home is one of the finest in the county, a two story frame residence, heated by a hot air furnace, and sup- plied with water which is piped into the house. The furnishings are tasteful, and in this desirable home hospitality reigns supreme. In 1895 Mr. Ball erected a large barn. He is very progres- sive and follows the most advanced methods in all things. His sterling worth has occasioned his selection to public office, he having served as school director several years, as school trustee, assessor for five years and supervisor for three years. He is United States reporter for this township, to obtain statistics of the agricultural products. Religiously he is connected with the Christian church, and socially is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen of America. His life has been well spent and he well deserves mention among the leading citi- zens of Marshall county.
W ILLIAM V. MORROW, who is engaged in the transfer business and carrying the mail at La Rose, Illinois, is a native of the buck- eye state, his birth occurring in Jackson county, July 28, 1847. His father, Abraham Morrow, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, the great-grandfather of our subject coming over to this country from the north of Ireland at an early day and settling in Pennsylvania, of which state John Morrow, the grandfather, was a native. The mother of our subject, who bore the maiden name of Mary Meredith, was a native of Guernsey county, Ohio, and a daughter of George Meredith, whose father had come to the new world from Wales in colonial days, and was an officer in the American army in both the Revolution and the war of 1812. The maternal grandmother of our subject was also of Irish parentage.
When a small boy, William V. Morrow was taken by his parents to Guernsey county, Ohio, and in August, 1863, accompanied them to Rich- land county, Illinois. During the dark days of the rebellion he manifested his loyalty and pa-
triotism by three times enlisting in the union army, but was twice rejected on account of his age. He was finally accepted, but the war ended before his company was fully made up. In No- vember, 1864, he came to Marshall county, lo- cating in Belle Plain township, where he en- gaged in farming until 1892, when he came to La Rose, and has since engaged in his present business.
On the 18th of July, 1866, Mr. Morrow led to the marriage altar Miss Martha A. Perry, a daughter of William Perry, of Washburn, Illi- nois, who at an early day came from Kentucky and settled in Marshall county, Illinois. Four children have been born of this union, namely: Frank, who died at the age of twenty years; Fred; Minnie, now the wife of John Kerrick, of Libertyville, Iowa, and Elta, wife of Ora Spang- ler, of Belle Plain township, by whom she has one son, Ray Lester.
Mr. Morrow has served his fellow citizens in various official positions, including those of school director and highway commissioner, which he filled for several years; for sixteen years has been justice of the peace, and county coroner since 1892. He is prompt and faithful in the discharge of every duty whether public or private, and has proved a most popular and capable officer. Fraternally he affiliates with the Modern Woodmen of America and Knights of Pythias, and religiously he and his excellent wife are earnest members of the Presbyterian church. They are widely and favorably known through- out this section of the county, and enjoy the friendship of a wide circle of acquaintances.
J JEREMIAH R. ILIFF, who is residing on section 18, Belle Plain township, is num- bered among the pioneers of Marshall county. He came to the county in 1857, and made a per- manent location in 1861, since which time his identification with its interests has been continu- ous. His career is that of a man who has been loyal and true to all the duties that devolve upon him, and in his business undertakings he has won
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a success resulting from honorable dealing and indefatigable industry.
Mr. Iliff was born in Perry county, Ohio, No- vember 3, 1833. His grandfather, John Iliff, was a soldier in the war of 1812. His father, Thomas Iliff, now deceased, was a native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and when twelve years of age re- moved to Ohio, where he followed farming as a life work. Jeremiah R. Iliff was reared on his father's farm, and his district school education was supplemented by study in the Wesleyan uni- versity of Delaware, Ohio. He then left the school room to learn the more difficult lessons taught by experience in the practical affairs of life. When a young man of twenty-four he left home to seek his fortune in the west, and after one year spent in Marshall county, Illinois, re- moved to Kansas. In 1859, however, he returned to this county, and made his home with his broth- er-in-law, William Watt, who had taken up his residence here in 1857. Mr. Iliff did not make a permanent location until 1861. In the spring of 1862 he removed to his present home and has since engaged in general farming and stock rais- ing, having here a well developed farm of three hundred and thirty acres, whose richly cultivated fields attest his supervision, while the excellent improvements upon the place indicate his thrift and enterprise.
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