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FOREST CITY TOWNSHIP.
W. F. BRUNING, farmer; P. O. Forest City ; was born near Bremen, Germany, Feb. 5, 1822; when about 18 years of age, he shipped on board the German whale- ship Izaria, bound for Greenland, where the crew engaged in catching whales and seals ; the Izaria sailed within a very short distance of the most northern point known at that time. Mr. Bruning followed the sea for several years, visiting many different parts of the world, and seeing many curious sights. In 1848, he came to Hlinois, and, in the following year, located on the farm where he now resides. June 18, 1841, he mar- ried Miss Magdelain Allebrand in New York City; they have seven children, six of them boys-Elizabeth J., Fred L .. Harman G., Ira W., Henry T., William A. and George A. Mr. Bruning assisted in organizing the first Sunday school in this part of the country, and is a consistent member of the Baptist Church. He owns a fine farm of 160 acres situated near Forest City, Ill.
GEORGE W. DUNN, physician, Forest City; son of Richard and Ann ( Wil- kinson . Dunn. His father was born at Gales, Yorkshire, England, in 1806 and died in : 875; he was a shoemaker. His mother was a daughter of James and Letitia Wil- kiuson, of England, was born in 1809 and is still living, in England. They had four children, all of whom survive, viz., James, living at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, who is general freight agent of the Trafalgar Street Station ; Jane, living in Richmond. England ; Ann, married and living in Edinburgh, Scotland; and the subject of our sketch, who was born June 29. 1841, in Richmond, Yorkshire, England ; he carly attended school at the national and corporation schools in Richmond; in 1854, he was appointed as pupil teacher in the national school, in which he served five years. He passed a yearly examination ; in 1860, he came to Massachusetts and engaged for six months in a woolen mill ; leaving there, he assisted in the office of the American Tem- perance Union, at New York, for some time, and afterward engaged in charge of the M. E. Church, at Milburn, N. J .; in September, 1861, he was received into the North Ohio Conference of the M. E. Church, and, in 1863, was ordained Deacon and, in 1865, Elder. He was married, Sept. 10, 1863, to Kate Shaffner, daughter of Martin and Susannah Shaffner, of Pennsylvania; her father was born in 1787 and died in 1870 ; her mother was born in 1809 and died in 1850; both were members of the M. E. Church, he for sixty-five years. Mrs. Dunn was born April 4, 1841. In 1865, the Doctor moved to Missouri and settled in Knox Co., engaging in the ministry and practicing medicine; in 1869, he moved to Barton C'o., Mo., and continued in the ministry and practicing, afterward moving to Jasper Co., Mo, continuing the same avocations; in 1871-72, he attended the Eclectic Medical College, at Cincinnati, Ohio, was valedic- torian of the class and graduated in the spring of 1872; he returned and continued his practice at Georgia City, Jasper Co., Mo .; he afterward moved to Newton Co., Mo., practicing there some time, and thence to Barton Co., in 1876; he still continued his professions, and, while there, was made President of Barton County Sabbath School Association for two terms; they then located at Forest City, Ill., July 12, 1877, where they have been ever since ; he still continues his practice and is doing a lucra- tive business. He not only devotes his time to his profession but throws his soul into the duties of the Sabbath school, church and temperance movement, which should be the effort of every physician who expects the smile of Providence on his labors. He is now Vice President of the Sabbath School Association of Forest City Township and was chosen lay delegate to the Illinois Conference of the M. E. Church for 1879; he and his wife retain their membership in the M. E. Church at Forest City; he has been a member of the Missouri State Eclectic Medical Society and is at present a mem- ber of the Illinois Eclectic Medical Society ; he was also Corresponding Secretary of the Missouri Medical Association. They have five children-Harry W., A. Lincoln, Kingsley G , Anna K., and Richard Martin-deceased in February, 1879.
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FOREST CITY TOWNSHIP.
GEORGE HIMMEL, farmer ; P. O. Bishop's Station ; is a brother of J. W. C. and T. F. Himmel, whose sketches appear elsewhere in this work ; he was born Dec. 11, 1835, in Germany, and in 1846 he came with the family to Mason Co., Ill., making their first settlement in Quiver Township, on the farm now occupied by T. F. Himmel ; he remained there until married Sept. 14, 1859, to Elizabeth Haas, daughter of Carl Gumbel, of Germany, a blacksmith. They soon settled on her farm of 200 acres in Spring Lake Township, remaining there eleven years, and then moved to Forest City Township, and settled there on 160 acres, partly inherited by his father; they have in all 520 acres, probably worth $50 per acre. In 1864, he was licensed as a local preacher of the Evangelical Association ; he has had nine children-Elmira, Katie E., Charles E., Annie, George A., Henry, Mary, Frank and an infant deceased ; all belong to Church. Mr. Himmel has been connected with the school offices, and has been Super- intendent of Sabbath schools. Though his sun is now declining in the western horizon, he enjoys good health, and is quite active for his years. Faithful and reliable in all his relations of life, he bids fair for more extended usefulness in the country where he resides.
MRS. LOIS A. INGERSOLL. farmer ; P. O. Forest City ; widow of the late Sam- uel Hinkley Ingersoll, who was born in Hinckley, Medina Co., Ohio, Dec. 20, 1828. At the age of 21, he went with the rush of emigration that swept westward to California in 1849, and there remained until 1855 ; upon his return, he went into the commission business in Chicago, Ill., where he remained for about a year. In 1856, he moved to a farm about five miles south of Forest City, Mason Co. He was united in marriage with Miss Lois A. Van Orman, Dec. 13, 1858; Mrs. Ingersoll is a native of Medina Co., Ohio. They had ten children, seven of whom are living, three boys and four girls. When Mason Co. was first organized, under township organization, Mr. Ingersoll was elected the first Supervisor of what was then Mason Plains Township, now Forest City Township, and was re-elected, year after year, with a few exceptions, during the remain- der of his life; he died in the prime of life, deeply mourned by all who knew him, Nuv. 30, 1877. The estate comprises 1,060 acres of as fine farming land as ean be found in Mason Co. Mrs. Ingersoll has, with rare business taet, succeeded in managing her large farms admirably well.
JOSIAHI JACKSON, carpenter and builder, Forest City ; was born in Seneca Co., Ohio, May 8, 1834, where he remained until he arrived at manhood. He married Miss Mary A. Beard Jan. 6, 1856. In the spring of 1857, they left their home in Ohio and came to Illinois, locating in Vandalia, where he worked at his trade as carpen- ter for four years. He then removed to the place where Forest City now stands. and immediately went to work at his trade. Mr. Jackson built the first two dwelling houses in Forest City. He continued to work at his trade here for a year and a half, when he returned with his family to his oldl home in Ohio, and resumed his accustomed occupa- tion. May 2, 1864, he enlisted in Co. B, 169th Ohio V. I., and was mustered out of the service in the following September ; he then returned to his family in Ohio. Again the little family took their way to Illinois, where he found employment as a school teacher, immediately after his arrival. Mr. Jackson entered into the mercantile business, but met with reverses that caused him to abandon it, and resume his old occupation of carpenter and builder, in which he is still engaged. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1866, and again in 1874 ; he has held a commission as Notary Public for twelve years in Forest City ; for the last ten years, he has devoted all his spare time to the study of the law, aud is occasionally engaged in the practice of that profession, with a fair degree of success. With the usual amount of study and practice, he is bound to succeed in this profe-sion. Mr. Jackson has just been awarded the contract for building the schoolhouse at Manito, which is a capital indorsement of his capacity and energy as a business man. They have been blessed with four children-Eva D., born May 28, 1857 ; B. Fuller, Aug. 28, 1860; Sherman G., Jan. 22, 1865; Rutherford, Oct. 3, 1876.
HELENE KREILING, farmer ; P. O. Bishop's Station; was born September 25, 1821, in Germany ; her father's name was Harman Witte; she came to Illinoi- in
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1849, and, in 1852, was married to B. H. Kreiling, who was born in Germany and came to Illinois about 1850; they settled for some time on a farm near Havana; in 1551, they bought and settled on the present farm of 180 acres, which they have improved and made of fine quality. Mr. Kreiling held offices connected with the schools, and was a member of the Lutheran Church; he died April 1, 1879, leaving a wife and nine children-Harman, Anna, Henry, Maggie, Mary, Liddie, John, August and George. They are all members of the Lutheran Church.
ZACHARIAH MILLER, farmer ; P. O. Forest City ; like many other citizens of Mason Co., Mr. Miller was born in the adjoining territory, which is now Menard C'o; he was born Aug. 21, 1823, near where Athens now stands. He married Miss Nancy Cogdall, a native of Kentucky, Sept. 5. 1845; they have eight boys and two girls, all living except the eldest son, Nult, who died in 1872; their births were as fol- lows: Minerva, Aug. 3, 1846 ; Nult, Oct. 5, 1848 ; Hardin, March 13, 1851 ; Sidney, Nov. 7, 1852; Mahala, Jan. 19, 1854; Simeon, Dec. 25, 1856; Clinton, Feb. 25, 1859; Austin, Dec. 27, 1860 ; Terry, Aug. 14, 1863; Holley, Sept. 3, 1865. . When Mr. Miller, with his wife and one baby, came to Mason Co., in 1846, his worldly pos- sessions consisted of a horse and cow. Mr. Miller now owns 200 acres of good farm land in the vicinity of Forest City, Masor Co., Ill .; he now resides in the village of Forest City.
ELI T. NIKIRK, station agent, Forest City; born in Washington Co., Md., Sept. 6. 1828 ; moved to the present site of Forest City in 1953; his wife's maiden name was Olivia G. Beard ; they have had four children-Clyde G. (who is now sta- tion agent on the P., P. & J. R. R., at Pekin, Ill.), Charles Otho (telegraph operator and railroad book-keeper, at Forest City, Ill. ), and the two younger children, Laura D. and Don Juan. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1857, and served four years. He enlisted as a private in Co. K, 85th I. V. I., and was commissioned Second Lieu- tenant by Gov. Yates May 26, 1863; the regiment was engaged in many severe battles, and closed their military career with the memorable march to the sea under Gen. Sher- man ; he was mustered out in 1865. having served nearly three years. On his return to Forest City, he opened a grocery store and restaurant, which he conducted for nine years ; he was appointed station agent on the P., P. & J. R. R., at Forest City. which position he now holds ; he owns 240 acres of fine land in the vicinity of Forest City.
T. G. ONSTOT, merchant, Forest City : was born in Sugar Grove, in what is now Menard Co. His father settled in that section in 1824, being one of the very first set- thers of Sangamon Co. The Onstot family moved to New Salem, on the Sangamon River, in 1831. At this time, the timber-lands along the Sangamon and Salt Creek were full of roving Indians. The family remained at New Salem, where the elder Mr. Onstot kept the village tavern, until 1840. Abraham Lincoln boarded at this house when he began his first law studies with Squire Green, and made his home with the Onstot family for two years, during which time young Lincoln practiced surveying in the surrounding country. Mr. Lincoln and the elder Mr. Onstot were warm friends as long as they lived. In 1810, the town of New Salem was moved bodily two miles north, to the present site of the city of Petersburg, which was made the county seat of Menard Co. The Onstot family moved their buildings with the rest to the new town, where they resided until 1847, when they went to Havana, where they remained until 1852. Mr. Onstot, the subject of this sketch, was married to Miss Sarah L. Ellsworth March 18, 1852. Immediately after their marriage, they moved upon a piece of raw prairie, three miles from the nearest house, where, by hard work and frugal habits, they contrived to improve their farm and make some advance in prosperity. Mr. Onstot lived on this farm for thirteen years, when he moved to Forest City, and engaged in the lum- ber business, and still continues in this line of trade. In the spring of 1879, he formed a partnership with George W. Pemberton, under the firm name of Geo. W. Pemberton & Co, and engaged in a general merchandise business. Mr. and Mrs. Onstot have had six children, three of whom are living-Ella C., born May 6, 1859, died Der. 20, 1875; Mary E., Susan E. and Lulu C. They also have an adopted son. Mr. Onstot has
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served the people of Forest City Township as Tax-Collector for four years, and Justice of the Peace four years.
SAMUEL T. WALKER; P. O. Forest City ; was born in Adair Co., Ky., Jan. 30, 1830. At the age of 23, he left his native State, coming directly to Mason Co., where he worked on a farm one year. The next few months were passed in a cabinet shop in Havana. In 1855, Mr. Walker removed to Spring Lake, where he assisted his brother John, who was engaged in a general merchandise business, for about three years. In 1858, Mr. Walker, in company with his brother and three other young men, made the memorable trip to Pike's Peak, with the usual degree of suece-s, being absent about six months. Upon his return, in 1860, Mr. Walker went into partnership with Mr. A. Cross, in the grain, lumber and general merchandise business, at Forest City, Ill., which business was continned for several years. Mr. Walker was united in marriage with Miss Julia A. Fosket April 13, 1863. They have had eight children, one boy and seven girls, three of whom are still living, as follows : Esther E., born Sept. 12, 1864 ; Polly S., April 1, 1874; Patsey Y., April 7, 1878. Mr. Walker owns a fine residence in Forest City, and about one hundred acres of good farming land in the vicinity of the village. He has been Clerk of Forest City Township for twelve years, and was elected Supervisor in 1878, and re-elected in 1879.
JAS. S. WALKER, physician and surgeon. Forest City. Dr. Walker was born at Walker's Grove, in what was then Sangamon County, My 4, 1339, being one of the first white children born in that part of the country. At the age of 19, he began the study of medicine with Dr. Dieffenbacber, at Havana, and in the fall of 1860, entered Lind Medical College, now the Chicago Medical College, anI gradunited in 1863; he then' began practice in the same neighborhood where he was born and raised -- at Walker's Grove; he practiced there for .three years, with very flattering success. In 1865, he formed a partnership with Dr. Hall, an I engaged in practice in Mason City. This partnership lasted for two years, when he became a partner with Dr. J. C. Patterson ; this lasted until 1869, when Dr. W. removed to Forest City, where he now resides. He was married to Miss Sarah E. Updike, a nitive of Tremont, Tazewell Co., Ill., Aug. 16, 1864. They have had four children, three of whom are living-Alma, March 12, 1866; Ella, Jan. 4, 1868; Frank U., D .c. 22, 1869; Artie, March 16, 1874, die l when a little more than a year old. The Doctor enjoys a large and lucrative practice in Forest City and the surrounding country.
MRS. L. C. WHITAKER, farmer ; P. O. Forest City ; was born in Adair Co., Ky., Feb. 22, 1836, her maiden name being L. C. Cheek. She was married to Mr. John B. Whitaker Sept. 22, 1857. Mr. Whitaker was born May 13, 1826, in Mus- kingum Co., Ohio, and removed to Winchester, Ill., in 1849 ; he removed to Mason Co., upon the farm now occupied by Mrs. W., in 1852. She has five children living- Henry, born Oct. 27, 1858; Mary, Oet. 15, 18;1; James and William, twins, born July 16, 1864; Reuben, Aug. 23, 1871. Mr. Whitaker died in 1872. Since her husband's death, Mrs. Whitaker has carried on her farm, with the help of her children, with good success. They own about 200 acres, situated one and a half miles south of Forest City.
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DAVID E. CRUSE, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Teheran ; was born in IIun- tingdon Co., Penn., Nov. 1, 1833; his father. Augustus, was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., and married Eliz beth Rench ; they reside in Miami Co , Ohio, and have eight chil- drei living-Joseph R., Lena M., David E., Luther C., Cinderella, George W., Demetrius A. and Roxanna N. In 1839, the family moved to Ohio ; Divid E. Cruse moved to Mason Co., where they now resi le, in September. 1855, and married Hannah Tomlin Nov. 30, 1856; she was born in Cumberland Co., N. J., Dec. 21, 1838, and came to Mason Co. with her parents in 1854. Mr. C. his been School Director most of the time, the last seventeen years, in Pennsylvania Township. They have had ten children
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-Cinderella, born July 27, 1857, died Oct. 5, following ; Caroline W., born Oct. 3, 1858; Matthew A., Feb. 11, 1860 ; Hannah E., June 29, 1863; Margaret M., May 1, 1865 ; Roxanna B., July 4, 1867; David S., Feb. 1, 1869 ; John S., Jan. 7, 1871; Oracl'a, Jan. 18, 1873, and George I., Jan. 21, 1878. Mrs. Cruse's father, Matthew Tomlin, was born in Cumberland Co., N. J., May 30, 1803, and married Hannah Horner, of the same place; he died in Mason Co. Feb. 22, 1873; she died Dec; 1, 1878, in the same place. Mr. Cruse owns a well-improved farm of 160 acres. In politics, he is a Demurat.
ANDREW J. CATES, grain merchant, farmer and stock-raiser, Teheran ; was born near Hillsboro, Coffee Co., Tenn., Sept. 28, 1833; came to Jefferson Co., Ill., with his parents, in 1834 ; they moved to Greene Co., Mo., the same year, remaining two years, then moved Hamilton Co., Ill., where his parents remained ; his father, James L., was born in Alabama Aug. 14, 1809, and married Nancy Shelton Jan. 7, 1831 ; she was born in Virginia Jan. 9, 1808. He died Aug. 10, 1846 ; she. Oct. 3, 1876. A. J. Cares, the subject of this sketch, came to Mason Co. Oct. 16, 1854. but spent the next winter in Fulton Co .; the next fall, commenced farming, and has followed the business ever since ; he bought land in Pennsylvania Township, where he now resides. in 1858, near Teheran. In 1874, was elected Justice of the Peace ; still officiates. August 21, 1855, he married Emily O. Scovil, daughter of Pulaski Scovil, of Salt Creek Township ; she was born in Havana, Mason Co., Nov. 26, 1838. They have had twelve children- Clara I., bern Sept. 9, 1956; Anna A., Nov. 6, 1858; Mary E., Nov. 24, 1800 ; Lilie E., Nov. 14, 1862; William S., Feb. 10, 1865, died Nov. 21, 1866; Joseph A., born Feb. 8, 1867 ; Charles I., Feb. 17, 1869 ; Walter J., Feb. 13, 1871 ; Effie May, April 19, 1873; Olive A., April 3, 1875; Ada J .. May 3, 1877, and Jessie M., Jan. 20, 1879. He owns 249 acres of land, and a fine home and outbuildings in Teheran. In politics, he is a Republican.
MRS. MARY ANN DOLCATER, farming; P. O. Easton ; widow of Henry E. Doleater, deceased ; he was born in Bielefield, Germany, Sept. 23, 1832, and came to this county in September, 1856, and settled in Mason Co., and followed farming and stock-raising until his de crase, which occurred April 12, 1879. He married Mrs. Mary A. Samuch Ang. 23, 1859; she was born in Sangamon Co., Ill., Feb. 13, 1833; her father, Wi liam Pelham, was born in Connecticut Nov. 27, 1797, and married Almira Phelps, of the same State; she was born Sept. 3, 1803; they moved to Illinois in 1821; she died Dec. 6, 1864; he died Nov. 13, 1863. Mary Ann, the subject of this sketch, married (first husband) Thomas A. Samuell Aug. 23, 1856; he was born in Caroline Co., Va., March 1, 1807, and came to Illinois in 1835, from Kentucky ; by this marriage was one boy-William Thomas; he was born Oct. 1, 1857, and died Jan. 20, 1860. Henry E. D dleater was elected in April, 1874, Supervisor, and served two years. Mr. and Mrs. Doleater have five boys-Henry C., born Aug. 23, 1861; William C., Dec. 6, 1863 ; Franklin J., Ang. 25, 1865 ; Edward H., Oct. 11, 1867 ; Charles F., March 24, 1870. The owns 164 acres of fine prairie, and a beautiful house in Pennsylvania Township, where she resides.
HULDAH DORRELL. farming; P. O. Easton; widow of Francis Dorrell, deceased ; he was born in MeKeysport, Penn., Feb. 1. 1808. and moved to Hamilton Co., Ohio, with his parents, in 1-22, and married Huldah Denman Feb. 23, 1832; she was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Sept. 30, 1806 ; her father, Nathaniel Denman, was born in New Jersey Aug. 29, 1780, anl married Susanna Crow in June, 1802; she was born in Pennsylvania in 1782, and died Feb. 11, 1811 ; he died March 16, 1836, in Hamilton Co., Ohio. Mr. Dorcell was subject to heart disease and consump- tion, but was called to the sick bed of his son, who was in the U. S. Army Hospital, at Bolivar, Tem; he arrived there only in time to close his eyes in death ; attended his funeral, and on his return, himself worn by excitement and overcome by grief, suc- embed to the inevitable, in Havana, even before he reached his home; they have had eight children-Susanna C., born Nov. 20, 1832; Sarah II., Aug. 18, 1835; Mary A., Aug. 26, 1837 ; John M., Sept. 22, 1839-enlisted in the Federal army, in 1861, and died of camp disease, at Bolivar, Tenu., Dec. 6, 1862; Charles C., born Oct. 30, 1841 ;
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David D., Sept. 27, 1844 ; Rebecca, April 11, 1847, died April 5, following ; Lauretta, born March 24, 1848, died July 5, following. Susanna C. married William C. Thomp- son in December, 1860; he was born in England Aug. 10, 1821, died July 29, 1873, in Wyoming Territory; they had four children-Francis D., born Oct. 13, 1861; Car- oline, Jan. 16, 1865, died Ang. 4, following ; Andrew, born Aug. 23, 1867, died at the age of 3 weeks and 3 days; and Richard, born Aug. 15, 1872. Mrs. Dorrell owns 160 acres of excellent prairie land, of which she has been sole and successful manager since her husband's decease -- now at the age of 73, in the possession of good health and remarkable vigor and wonderful memory of every event in her eventful life.
JOSEPH FINK, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Teheran ; was born in Luzerne Co., Penn., June 13, 1832; except two years that he was employed clerking in a store, has followed farming; he came to Pennsylvania Township, where he now resides, in 1856. Ile married Angeline Benscoter Dec. 2, 1855, in Luzerne Co., Penn., where she was born Aug. 4, 1836; her father, Jacob Benscoter, was born July 7, 1804, and married Jane Moss, in March, 1826; she was born April 2, 1807, and died July 1, 1866, in Mason City, where Mr. B. now resides. Mr. and Mrs. Fiuk have had nine children-Walker B., born Dec. 7, 1856, and married Fannie Johnson Dec. 22, 1877, and moved to Kansas City July 15 , 1879; Emma L. J., born Sept. 22, 1858; Denie R., March 18, 1860 ; Porter II., Sept. 19, 1861; Lot, Nov. 22, 1863, died March 23, 1867; Harvey D., born Sept. 15, 1865; Jacob B., April 6, 1873; Arthur S., March 17, 1875, and Joseph M., Sept. 29, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Fink are members of the M. E. Church, and the four cidest children of the Society of United Brethren. IIe owns a good farm of 125 acres-good house and outbuildings.
ANDREAS FURRER, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Easton ; was born in Baden, Germany, Oct. 24, 1839; he landed in New Orleans in June, and in Havana, Mason Co., July 3, 1853, with His parents ; he has made farming his business; in 1863, bought cighty acres in Pennsylvania Township, where he now resides. Dec. 30, 1860, he married Mary Ann Dorrell ; she was born in Sangamon Co., Ill., Aug. 26, 1837; she is a daughter of Francis and Huldah Dorrell (sce biography of Huldah Dorrell, widow). In June, 1876, Mr. Furrer concluded to take a vacation, by a grand excursion to the Centennial Exposition, in Philadelphia, and a visit to his old home in Germany, visiting all the principal cities on the route, including Paris, the capital of France. On his return, Mrs. Furrer meeting him at Philadelphia, they visited points of interest on their return to the West; they have six children-Huldah D., born Dec. 11, 1861 ; John D., March 13, 1865; Nathaniel D., June 10, 1867; Sarah E., Dec. 5, 1869; Susanna C., June 22, 1872, and Francis D., Feb. 5, 1875. He owns 440 acres of land, and a fine house, barn and outbuildings.
JAMES I. HURLEY, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Teheran ; was born in Ocean Co., N. J., June 11, 1836 ; there he followed the business of burning charcoal ; they moved to Mason Co., Ill., in the fall of 1852; his father, Aaron Hurley, died on board a boat, on their way West, with the cholera, and was buried on Liberty Island, just below St. Louis. (See biography of Christopher Titus.) After they came to Mason Co., Mr. James I. Hurley worked nt farming by the month or day, until March 1861, when he purchased eighty acres of improved land, where he now resides, in Pennsylvania Township. He married Emma J. Riggs March 11, 1869 ; she was born in Orange Co., N. C., May 30, 1850, and came to Mason Co. Oct. 28, 1868; they have had seven children-Maggie E., born Feb. 17, 1870; Sybil P., March 18, 1871 ; Olive M., May 29, 1872 (died July 18 following) ; Petro N., Oct. 25, 1873; Lena F'., Sept. 12, 1874; Bertha V., Jan. 5, 1877 ; Royal E., June 8, 1878. He owns 140 acres of land, a good house and barn, and outbuildings, which he has erected since 1867.
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