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JOHN FURRER, farmer ; P. O.Manito; was born June 9, 1838, on a farin in Ger- many, where he remained until 14 years old, when he came with his parents to Illinois, and settled in Mason Co., and has been here ever since. He first engaged in farming for Mr. Akers, near Topeka ; after hird working three years, for $10 a month, he worked for himself, on what is the Kidman farm, for three years. In 1864, he was married to Lidda Singley, of Pennsylvania ; after marriage they settled on Mr. Starrett's farm, and remained two years, after which he moved to Mr. Schrink's farm, and has been there ever since-a period of twelve years. They have four children-Sarah, William, Lindy and Melia, decensed. They are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Furrer takes quite an interest in educating his children, furnishing them excellent literature.
REV. W. B. GILMORE, clergyman, Manito; was born April 4, 1836, in Mechanicsville, N. J., remained there until 13 years old, when his parents moved to
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Springfield, Ill., and remained a year ; they then moved to Fairview, Fulton Co., where his father now lives; his mother's maiden name was Vanordstrand. He attended school while he was with his parents, and at length studied Latin and Greek, under Rev. Mr. Jerolmon ; during 1859 and 1860, he taught school at Fairview. In September, 1861, he went to Holland, Mich., and attended the Hope College, at that place, where he graduated in 1866; he then commenced his course in the Faith Seminary, at Fair- view, in which he graduated in 1869. He then went to Amelia Court House, Va., and engaged in the Amelia Institute, remaining four years. During this time, he married Christine C. Van Ralte, daughter of Rev. A. C. Van Ralte, founder of the colony of Holland, Mich. ; they moved to Holland, Mich., where he engaged as Principal of the Female Academy for a year. Owing to ill health, he abandoned teaching, and came to Spring Lake, Tazewell Co., and took charge of the Reform Church there. In 1876, he began his labors at Manito, where he now resides ; has held almost all offices connected with the Church. All through life, he has depended upon his own resources ; he gave instruction in music while in the Institute at Michigan. He has had four children-A. C. V. R., Willie B. S., died June 25, 1871 ; Margaret A., died Feb. 21, 1879; Frank E., died Feb. 13, 1879.
GEORGE HECKMANN, blacksmith and carriage-maker, Manito ; was born Aug. 24, 1831, in Baden, Germany, and remained there until August, 1853, when he came to New York and engaged in his trade, blacksmithing and wagon-making, for two years, after which he came to Pekin, Ill., and worked for T. & H. Smith at smithing for eleven years. In 1866, he was in business for himself in Pekin for a year. In Sep- tember, he moved to Manito, Ill., settling in partnership with N. Weber until Dec. 13, 1871, when the firm of Heckmann & Weber moved to Pekin and remained there in business until 1874, when Mr. Heckmann sold to Fry & Weber, and returned to Manito, July 24, and engaged in the present business. Mr. Heckmann has accumulated a little fortune ; has a shop, house and three lots in Manito and 106 acres of land in Tazewell Co., under fine improvement, earned entirely by his careful management. He has been a member of the M. E. Church twenty-three years; his wife and two children are also members. He was married, Jan. 24, 1856, to Mary F. Weber, of Pekin; they have had ten children-Lizzie (dead), George, Freddie (dead), Philip, Arthur, Anna, Lewis, Liddie, Ida, and Frankie. George is working at wagon-making in Kansas City. Mr. Heckmann has held the office of Town Trustee.
THOMAS HILL, farmer; P. O. Manito; was born in England in 1825, on a farm, and remained there until 1851, engaged in farming with his father. He came to New York ; remained but a short time; then came to Illinois, settling at Knoxville for six months; making brick ; he then worked on a farm in Knox Co. for Bainbridge, for one winter, when he hired out to Squire Marks for a year, and afterward went to Peoria and engaged in working in a tavern for Prince, where he remained some four years ; he theu worked at farming at Princeville for three years for himself; from there he came to Mason Co. and engaged in farming for himself, renting of B. Prettyman ; he then went to what is called Egypt and engaged on E. Alwood's farm for two years. Nov. 22, 1862, he was married to Nancy C. Charlton, of Clark Co., Ill .; some time after marriage, they bought land and settled ou it and rented; he sold out in a year and rented a farm of George Alf's for three years; from there they came to the present farm of 240 acres, 160 of which they inherited and the rest they have obtained by their own labor ; the land is worth probably $50 per acre. Ilis wife had the following children before marrying Mr. Hill-James B., A. Lincoln, William 11 .; after this marriage- John T., George W., Annie, Mary (died Oct. 14, 1864, Sargent M., Cornelius E., Columbus, Sarah A. (dead), Charlie.
MATTHEW LANGSTON, farmer; P. O. Manito; was born June 4, 1824, in Rutherford Co., Tenn., on a farm, and remained there some time ; when quite young, he went to Missouri, and his father there engaged in farming and as a wheelwright for some two years; they came, in the fall of 1828, to Illinois, and settled in Morgan C.). (now Scott ), on a farm ; Mr. Langston remained at home until 1843, at which time he went into partnership with his brother and bought a saw-mill of their father, owning
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and running it until the spring of 1850, when he sold out and moved to Mason Co. and improved a farm, which he sold in 1873; he was engaged in mercantile business at Manito from 1865 until 1873. in which year he went to Kansas and farmed a year, returning and settling in Manito, Ill., on some property which they now own ; he is now managing and farming a piece of land owned by Peter W. Gay, of Manito Township ; he was engaged one year in the war with Mexico, and, in the late war, was Captain of a company in the 85th I. V. I .; he has held various offices in the township and district, such as Justice of the Peace in Manito, one of the first Commissioners who laid off the township. Supervisor of Manito Township six years, School Trustee and Treasurer. Road Commissioner. Collector one term ; elected County Judge, served two veurs and then resigned, and, in the fall of 1870, was elected Representative from the Sixty . First District of Illinois, which position he filled with honor ; he is a member of Lodge No. 476, A .. F. & A. M., of Manito ; his education was very limited ; he studied arithmetic but eleven days; by securing all kinds of valuable literature, he has made himself both useful and beneficial. Mr. Langston's father was a minister and early educated his son. Was married, in 1848, to Elizabeth Havens, of Illinois; she died in February. 1850; in January. 1851. he was married to Sarah Havens, a sister of his first wife ; they have five children-William M .. Elizabeth. Rebecca. Ellen, Edward.
J. R. MOCLUGGAGE, physician and surgeon, Manito; was born in Holines C'o .. Ohio, June 13, 1814, on a farm: when 16 years old, he went to Southern Ohio, and engaged in farming with his father, until 1865, when he came to Illinois, settling in Mason Co., working on a farm by the month, going to school in winter ; in the fall of 1867, he commenced teaching school at the Walker district ; he continued teaching in Illinois until 1871, when he went to Nebraska and engaged in teaching and laboring ; he taught there in the summer of 1871, and winter of 1872 and spring of 1873, after which he returned to Mason Co., Ill., and read medicine at Mason City, with Dr. I. N. Ellsbury, until the fall of 1875, when he began attending Rush Medical College at Chicago, graduating in 1877. when he returned home and began practicing medicine at Manito and has met with good success ; during the win- ter of 1878, his office burned up in connection with Dr. Walker's, and consumed every medical book in town ; he is at present Highway Commissioner. He was married, in April, 1877. to Clara Todd, of Topeka, Ill .; they have one child-Thomas T.
BENJAMIN RUTHENBURG. merchant. Manito ; was born in 1819 in Prussia : remained there until 21, when he went into the army for two years; in 1843, he came to Baltimore and from there to Philadelphia, thence to Nashville, Tenn., where he began merchandising, afterward moving to New Orleans and engaging in selling goods, he then moved to St. Louis, in 1845, and, in partnership with his brother, dealt in dry goods for six years, when he sold out and next engaged as clerk in merchandising for a firm in Agency City, Iowa, which he afterward bought and continued in until 1859, in which year he married Mrs. Dolinda Sparks. ( Witherforth ; she had two sons-Edgar and Hubbard Sparks ; Edgar owns a farm of 200 acres which he and his brother man - age. In 1861. Mr. Rothenburg engaged in merchandising in Spring Lake Town until 1863. when he came to Manita and engaged in merchandising; in 1877, he transferred his business to his step-son. He was a Justice of the Peace at Spring Lake and also member of the first Town Board of Manito; he owns property worth $2.000. carned entirely by his own labor and management.
M. W. ROGERS, farmer ; P. O. Manito ; was born Oct. 14, 1825, in Clark Co., Ky., on a farm and remained there until fi years old, when he went with John C. Rogers to Old Virginia ; Mr. John C. Rogers was a Baptist minister, who married W. Boni- field, of Virginia; they moved to Illinois in 1831, and settled in Morgan Co., on a farm, where Mr. Rogers lived until 1850. In 1918, he was married to Rebecca Lang- ston, of Tennessee ; they settled, some time after, on Hugh Davis' farm for a year, afterward renting for a year ; he then moved to a farm owned by Livingston, in Taze- well Co .. for a year: in 1951. he settled the present farm of 160 acres, then a raw prairie, but now, by improvement, is one of the finest farms in the country ; Mr. Rogers made his happy home by his own labor and management; he takes an interest in all
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modern improvements, having on his farm utensils worth laboring with ; in an early day, he took quite an interest in starting hedges ; he has taken much care in selecting and cultivating fine fruits for home use ; has held offices of Supervisor, Road Commissioner and Pathmaster. Has five children-Lucinda S., John W., Mary E., Rhoda R. and Nellie E. ; John has taught school and is now attending the institute at Mason City. Mrs. Rogers is a member of the Lutheran Church.
W. B. ROBINSON, builder and contractor, Manito; was born Sept. 15, 1836, in Union Co., Penn., and remained there until 14 years old. His father was a tailor by trade and also followed piloting on the Susquehanna River. When Mr. Robinson was 10 years old his father died, leaving him an entire orphan, his mother having died when he was 6 months old ; he came to Tazewell Co., Ill., when about 10 years old, in company with his brother-in-law, Mr. Boone, and settled at Pekin for some three years ; when about 17, began to work at carpentering, and has been at it ever since ; after leaving Pekin, they went to what is called Egypt, Tazewell Co., and settled on a farm for some five years; Mr. Robinson then came to Egypt Sta- tion (now Manito) ; in 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, 28th I. V. I., and remained in the service until April 6, 1866 ; he went out as a drummer, in which capacity he served two years, and was then appointed by the Colonel Regimental Postmaster and afterward Brigade Postmaster ; on his return from the war, he settled in Manito and soon married, Aug. 3, 1866, Mrs. Martha Boone, daughter of George Black ; she had one child- Ella A. Boone ; by their marriage they had two children-Drusilla R. and W. W. Mr. Robinson has held the office of President of Board of Trustees three years and is such at present ; Village Trustee six terms ; Justice of the Peace three years and still holds the office; Town Clerk, Collector, and is now collector and insurance agent for the Phe- nix, American Central, at St. Louis, Rockford, of Rockford, and Home, of New York ; he also belongs to Lodge No. 476, A., F. & A. M., of Manito ; he has held office of Secre- tary in the Lodge seven years ; is now S. W.
JOHN O. RANDOLPH, farmer; P. O. Manito; was born Dec. 9, 1816, in Virginia ; son of Philip Randolph, who died before J. O. Randolph was born; when Mr. Randolph was 6 weeks old, his mother moved with him to Tennessee, where she supported herself and children ; when Mr. Randolph was 12 years old, he worked out for his board ; at 13, he hired out at $3 per month, and was to go to school in winter; when he was 15, he was bound out to A. Blackburn, with whom he went from Sullivan Co., Ind., to La Porte Co., Ind., and engaged working on a farm for five years, when he began business for himself on a farm near Terre Haute, where his mother was living. In 1837, he married Elizabeth Best, of Harrison Co., Ind .; they lived in Vigo, Ind., six years. In 1843, he moved to Clark Co., Ill., and engaged in farming and keeping woodyard, running a saw-mill and building boats; he remained until 1851, when he moved to Manito, Ill., and settled on a farm, renting of Thomas Landrith; in 1853, they bought a farm of 100 acres in Manito Township, paying for it by their own labors; in 1856, he went into mercantile business at Spring Lake, Ill., and continued it until 1859, when he returned to farming until 1871; in that year, he opened a grain busi- ness in Forest City, and continued it until 1876, when he moved to Manito; he sold his farm in 1877 to P. W. Thomas; he has a house and two lots in Forest City and a house and three lots in Manito. Has held office of Justice of the Peace, Clark ('o .. Ill .; Constable, Vigo Co., Ind .; Assessor, Manito Township; School Treasurer and Director, Clerk of Board of Trustees and has taught school. Has had seven children -Mary L., Susan E., Mary P. (dead), John E. (dead), William C. (dead ), Margaret A. (dead), Nancy J. ( dead ).
E. A. ROSHER, Postmaster and dealer in dry goods and notions, Manito ; was born April 27, 1827, in Germany, and remained there until 1849, when he came to New York, staying there a short time, and then went to Milwaukee, Wis., where he engaged in the grocery business for three years; afterward, going to Peoria. Ill., and engaged in dry goods for eight years; he then moved to Manito, Ill., and engaged in his present business, managing it ever since. In 1869, he was made Postmaster at this place and still holds that position ; some time after he became Postmaster, he took it
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upon himself to procure the establishment here of a money-order office. He was mar- ried. in 1850, to Caroline Darris, by whom he had eleven children-Dora, William, Gustus, Eda, Charlie, Otto, Mena, Ida, John. Emma (died July 4. 1853), Matilda died Dec. 20, 1859); his wife died in 1874. In 1875, he married a second time. Mr. Rosher is doing a first-class business and is using his means with frugality ; his home is under fine improvement.
RICHARD SAUTER, boots and shoes, Manito; was born in Wittemburg April 3. 1831, and remained there until 21, engaged in the boot and shoe business; in May. 1852, he emigrated to New York, and soon went to Reading, Penn., and was engaged in shoemaking for four years ; he next went to Steubenville and worked for Kent six years ; from there he moved to Pekin, Ill., and worked at shoemaking for John Velde one year ; moving from there to Mclean Co., he settled at Danvers and engaged in the boot and shoe business for himself for two years. Nov. 25, 1857. he was married to Elizabeth Hotz, of Pekin. They shortly afterward moved to Havana, where he opened in the same business, remaining until he came to Manito : he now has a happy home with two lots and a good boot and shoe shop. Has held office of Trustee of Manito two terms; is a Freemason ; he was Vice President of the German Free School of Havana, Ill. Names of his children-Philip, Matilda ( deceased), Emma (deceased , Carl ( deceased ), Bertha, Margaret, Elizabeth, Sabina. Philip makes harness in connee- tion with his father's business.
REV. A. SIEVING, minister, Manito ; was born Sept. 9, 1847, in District of Melle, Hanover, Germany ; at the age of 7, he came with his parents to St. Louis, Mo., where his father was in the boot and shoe business for seven years; here he attended school; in his 15th year, he began attending the Gymnasium College at Ft. Wayne. Ind., and remained six years; after graduating, he went to St. Louis, Mo., and attended the Concordia College for four years ; he graduated there and soon after engaged in the ministry at Lincoln, Benton Co., Mo., in the Lutheran Church ; remained there about five years ; he then came in 1876 to the Egypt Lutheran Chu ch in Mason Co. and is still rendering services at that place; he has another appointment at Sand Prairie, Tazewell Co., which he founded ; he has taught school ; was Secretary of the Western District of the Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States. Was married May 12, 1872. to Mary Querl ; has three children-Charlie, Theodore. Augustus, besides Annie, an orphan girl, whom they are raising. Mr. Sieving devotes his entire attention to the ministry.
PETER SINGLEY, farmer ; P. O. Manito : was born in 1817. in Pennsylvania. on a farm, and remained until 1861; was engaged in farming until 21 ; when he was 25 years old, he began coal mining in Pennsylvania, and followed it for twenty-five years, part of which time he was under a boss, and afterward was foreman, the boss having been killed ; in 1950, he came to Illinois, and bought 160 acres, which he paid for by his own labor; his improvement on the same has made it one of the finest farmi- in the county. He was married, first, in 1844, to Catharine Boyer, by whom he had three children-Emma, Elizabeth A. and Henry; his wife died in 1849. In 1850, he was married again to Josephine Huntzsinger, of Pennsylvania ; they have had cleven chil- dren ; deceased-Margaret, Josiah, Eliza, Christiana, Walter ; living-Jeremiah, Han- nah, George, Ida. Peter and Sarah J. He has been no office-seeker, but has been connected with schools. Mr. Singley settled on his present farm in 1861, and has been here ever since. When he was married the first time, he was $5 in debt, and had no resources.
BENJAMIN SINGLEY, farmer: P. O. Manito ; was born in 1832, in Schuyl kill Co., Penn., on a farm, and remained there until 1863 ; was engaged in farming and handling timbers, when, in 1963, he came to Illinois, settled and engaged in working for farmers by the day, 81 to $2, cutting edge: in 1969, he began farming on the present farm of forty acres ; he has improved this little firm, and made it one very desirable. He was married, in June, 1560, to S. Zimmerman ; they were blessed with five children -David R., Rebecca deceased). Annie. Jacob and Lindy ; he has been no office serker, but has held office of Pathmaster. Mr. Singley and wife belong to the
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Egypt Church, Lutheran, and have been members ever since the organization of the same.
J. N. SHANHOLTZER, miller, Manito; was born in Hampshire Co., Va., in 1841, and remained there, farming for his father, until 18 years old, when he moved to Licking Co., Ohio, and commenced farming; here he remained five years, when he went West, and finally settled in Tazewell Co., Ill .; he farmed for two years, afterward engaging in milling, at Dillon, Ill., for four years ; he then moved his machinery to Manito, Ill., in 1870, and has been here ever since. This is the first and only mill in the township. Mr. Shanholtzer manages his own business, and is doing splendid work for the public ; he is an active worker in the temperance movement ; has held office of Trustee of Manito. He owns a beautiful lot and house, in addition to his mill. In 1868, he was married to Marinda Rector, of Dillon, Tazewell Co., Ill .; she died April 29, 1873. By her he had two children, Minnie Belle (deceased), and Miranda E. He was married, Jan. 23, 1879, to Mrs. S. C. Rector (Dean). She had one child-Nellie Rector.
HENRY A. SWEET, retired farmer ; P. O. Manito; was born July 12, 1818, on a farm near Mendon, Worcester Co., Mass .; when about a year old, he went with his parents to Connecticut, and lived in that State until 21; when old enough, he began clerking in a dry-goods store for Joseph W. Turpin, at Warehouse Point, Conn., after which he went to New York, and worked at carpentering for three years. In 1842, he came to Ohio, and engaged in wagon-making and merchandising until 1849. In 1852, he sold out and came to Green Valley, Ill., and farmed until 1860, then engaging in grain business in Pekin, Ill., for two years; he then moved back to his farm in Tazewell Co., and stayed there until the spring of 1867, when he came to Manito, and engaged in grain and lumber for one year. In 1868, he went into mercantile business, and was burned out; was also express agent for three years. In 1870, he moved again to his farm in Tazewell Co., and remained until 1875, when he returned to Manito, and became station agent for one year. In 1.876, he entirely lost his eyesight, which has but slightly returned. Was married, in 1840, to Mary Weber, of Massachusetts, and has eight children-Henry, Mary, George W., Annette, Rowena, Fannie, Carrie, Eva, and Leroy. He has held office in Ohio; was Town Clerk and Trustee three years in Tazewell Co., Ill .; was Supervisor, Assessor, Collector, Commissioner of Highways, Poormaster and Justice of the Peace fourteen years. In 1864, he took the census of Tazewell Co .; was President of the Board of Trustees of Manito one year ; he taught school eleven months ; he has 90 acres, well improved, also a house and four lots in Manito.
F. SCHOENEMAN, saddler and harness-maker, Manito ; was born in Germany in 1833 ; he remained there, engaged in harness-making, until 24, when he came to Peoria, Ill., and engaged in business until 1861, when he enlisted in Co. A, 2d Artillery, for three years, returning in 1864 to Peoria, and remaining a short time, and then moved to New Orleans, where he was in the harness business for a year and a half. He was married, while there, to Rosena Ruth, of New Orleans; in the latter part of 1865, they moved to Peoria, and shortly afterward to Manito, where he engaged in the harness business, which he still continues. He owns 160 acres in Arkansas, three houses and lots in Manito, and the property in which he carries on his business, all of which they have earned by their own labor and management. He has held the office of Town Trustee for two terms ; has been no office-seeker ; has given strict attention to business by doing his own work, thus acquiring the confidence of the people.
FREDERICK SCHNELLE, farmer ; P. O. Manito; was born in 1836 in Ger- many ; when 15 years old, he came with his parents to New York, and worked with them on a farm ; in 1854, he moved to Havana, Ill., and worked at farming for H. H. Marbold, in Menard Co., afterward working for Fred Looks in Mason Co., and next for John and James Wilson, of Tazewell Co. In 1860, he began working on his present farm of 240 aeres, attained entirely by his own labor and management; he has made good improvements. Was married, in 1860, to Elizabeth Bahrens, of Germany, and by her he had nine children-George, Henry, Ettie, Fred, Katie, Willie and Catherine ( deceased). Mr. Schnelle makes a specialty of threshing wheat. He is Collector, and
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has held the office three years ; he has been School Director twelve years, and Commis- sioner three years.
JOHN THOMAS, farmer ; P. O. Forest City ; was born Sept. 19, 1815, in New York, and remained there until his parents moved to Trumbull Co., Ohio, settling on a farm, where he remained some ten years farming, on his grandfather's farm ; his father died when he was very young; in 1832, Mr. Thomas moved to Western Ohio and set- tled in Sen ea Co., remaining there, farming, with his unele; from Ohio he moved to Monroe Co., Mo., and engaged in farming for himself on some land which he had bought. In 1536, he was married to Elizabeth Painter, of Mo .; by her he had four children-Eliza E., Perry W., Samuel R., John W .; Dec. 25, 1856, some time after the death of his wife, he was married to Parthena F. Cogdale, of Illinois, by her he had three children-William, Edgar, Charles; his second wife died Aug. 7, 1876; April 15, 1877, he was married to Miss Sutton. Mr. Thomas settled in Mason Co. in 1853, on what is now the Caldwell farm; in April, 1877, he bought the present farm of twenty-one acres, and owns in all 140 acres ; he has held the offices of School Trustee and Director ; he has been a member of the M. E. Church thirty-four years; his wife is also a member of same church.
R. A. WHITEFORD, farmer; P. O. Manito; was born in 1842, in Medina Co., Ohio, on a farm, and remained there until he was 14 years old, at which time he came, with his parents, to Illinois, and settled in Mason Co. on a farm which his father bought ; he remained there with his father until he began working in a machine shop at Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio, and remained there engaged for three years. He mar- ried Julia Blanchard, of Gifford, Ohio, whose parents were from Connecticut ; in 1871, they settled on the present farm of 160 acres, half' of which they inherited, and half they have obtained by their own management ; with the improvements they have made this farm presents a fine appearance. They have one child-Flutie.
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