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Infantry, and was promoted to Surgeon with rank of Major, in June, 1863. He served with this body until the close of the war; was with Gen. Sherman in his march to the sea, and at Washington, D. C., where he was mustered out of the service, June 5, 1865, and received final pay and discharge at Camp Butler, Ill., on the 11th of the same month. He then returned to Havana, where he has since resided, constantly occupied in the duties connected with his profession, in which he makes surgery a specialty. He performed the operation of resection of the shoulder-joint, for a gun-shot wound, suc- cessfully in 1860, just before the war. In 1874, he was married to Martha M. Mitchell, who was born in Cass Co., Ill. ; they have two children-Mattic M. and Edith L. Mrs. Dieffenbacher's parents were natives of Virginia, and came from Kentucky to Cass Co., Ill., at an early day, and to Mason Co. in 1846. The Doctor is a member of the Illinois State Medical Society, President of Mason County Medical Society, and U. S. Pension Examiner. He is also a member of the following Orders : Prosperity Lodge, No. 114, A. O. U. W .; I. O. M. A. and Pioneer Relief Association. He became a member of Humane Lodge, I. O. O. F., at York, Penn., in 1854. He has filled all the chairs in both the subordinate Lodge and Encampment.
DANIEL DIEFFENBACHER, retired farmer ; P. O. Havana; was born in Columbia Co., Penn., Aug. 7, 1803, and is a son of Jacob and Christiana (Cotner) Dieffenbacher ; the former was born in Columbia Co., Penn., Nov. 17, 1775, died Oct. 30, 1840 ; the latter was born in Lycoming Co., Penn., Feb. 14, 1784, died Dec. 21, 1858. The subject of this sketch resided in the place of his nativity till the spring of 1827, when he moved to an adjoining county (Northumberland). He was married Jan. 18, 1827, to Miss Catharine Long, who was born in Columbia Co., Penn., Sept. 3, 1808. In 1833, he returned to the county of his nativity, and in the fall of 1837, removed to Illinois, locating in Havana Township, this county, where he engaged in farming the following spring. He served on the first grand jury after the organization of Mason Co., in 1841 ; was also School Director at an early date. He became iden- tified with the Methodist Episcopal Church in the fall of 1839, at which time services were held in a log cabin. Their first preacher was the Rev. Michael Shunk. Mr. Dieffenbacher's wife died Nov. 4, 1860; they had nine children, six of whom are still living-Christiana, wife of Thomas Covington, born Dec. 16, 1827, and resides in Havana ; Dr. Philip L. (see sketch) ; Joseph M., born Jan. 25, 1836, resides at Ipava, Fulton Co., Ill .; Mary E., born Dec. 27, 1838, wife of Dr. Willing, lives at Bath ; Sarah C., born Nov. 11, 1844, wife of Rufus Smith, resides in Kansas ; Lorinda J., born March 4, 1848, wife of Cotner Weaver, resides in Pennsylvania. The following are the names of deceased : John F., born June 3, 1833, died Oct. 7, 1834 ; Susan R., born Aug. 16, 1841, died April 11, 1877 ; Alice A., born July 9, 1851, died May 20, 1860. Mr. Dieffenbacher has disposed of his lands in Mason Co., but still owns a farm of 165 acres in Miami Co., Kansas.
JOSEPH DEIIM, grocer (firm of J. Dehm & Bro.), Havana; was born in Bavaria, Germany. Jan. 5, 1837, and came to the United States in 1851, locating in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and in October, 1854, emigrated to Illinois. He located in Tazewell Co., and engaged in farming, where he remained until 1864, when he removed to Woodford Co., remaining there four years, at the end of which time he came to Havana and engaged in mercantile business ; he erected the building containing groceries in 1874, and the building containing dry goods was erceted by his brother two years ago. He is a member of the firm of Dehm & Bro., and of George Dehm & Co. He was married, in 1869, to Miss Sarah L. Barringer, a native of Dayton, Ohio. They have three children-Martha J., Jacob B. and Maggie. Mr. D. is a member of the Lutheran Church.
HON. LUTHER DEARBORN, attorney (Dearborn & Campbell); Havana ; was born in Plymouth, Grafton Co., N. H., March 24, 1820, and is a son of Jonathan and Nancy ( Walker) Dearborn ; he received his early education at the Newhampton Academical and Theological Institution, where he spent about five years; at an early age, lie began teaching, and during the winter months followed this vocation, until his removal, with his father's family, to Dearborn Co., Ind., in 1841. His first
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employment in his new home was in the office of the Circuit Clerk. where he also commenced the study of law. In April, 1844, he came to Havana, but after a res- idence here of about one year, removed to St. Charles, Kane Co., this State, and the following year located at Elgin, in the same county ; he was here employed as book-keeper for W. C. Kimball, and afterward engaged in mercantile business on his own account. In 1850 he was elected Sheriff of Kane Co., having for his deputy the well-known Allan Pinkerton. At the expiration of his first term of office as Sheriff, Mr. Dearborn was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court of Kane Co .; during his term of office, he was admitted to the bar, and soon after commenced the practice of law. In the fall of 1858, he removed to his present home and became a law partner of William Walker. For the benefit of his wife's health, Mr. Dearborn, in 1862, removed to St. Paul, Minn., where he resided for two years, after which, attracted by the educational advantages of Faribault, that State, he went to that beautiful city ; while a resident there, he became interested in the schools, which have. under the able and successful management of Bishop Whipple, acquired such a rep- utation at home and abroad, and was soon after elected one of the Trustees, which position he has since held ; he was also nominated by Gov. Marshall, and twice confirmed by the Senate of that State, as a Trustee of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum, located at Faribault, and, as Chairman of the Building Committee, superin- tended the commencement of that elegant structure, now completed, which beautifies the city and honors the State, and which, in connection with the schools, gives the place such a reputation abroad. In 1867, he was elected by the Grand Chapter of the State as Grand High Priest, and in that capacity visited most of the Chapters in the State, delivering lectures and exemplifying the work of the Order. While on a visit to Illinois, in the spring of 1865, Mr. Dearborn was nominated, unexpectedly to himself, by the Democratic Convention, assembled in St. Paul, as one of the Electors at Large, and made the canvass of the State for Gov. Horatio Seymour, of New York, as their candi- date for President of the United States. In 1869, Mr. Dearborn returned to Havana, which has since been his home. In 1876, he was elected, by the Democratic party. State Senator, for the term of four years. He was married, in March, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of James and Elizabeth Walker. Mrs. Dearborn's father bought several thousand acres of land in Mason County, in 1836, and located at Walker's Grove the following year. She was born in Aurora, Dearborn Co., Ind., Jan. 3, 1829. Mr. and Mrs. Dearborn's family consisted of nine children, three of whom are living-Luther M., Frank A and James H. Mr. Dearborn has been a member of the Masonie Fra- turnity since 1846; he is a member of Havana Lodge No. 88, Havana Chapter No. 86. and Damascus No. 42, and has served as the First Commander of the latter body.
JABEZ DUNBAR. saloon-keeper, Havana; was born in Northampton Co., Penn., Oct. 25, 1826, where he resided until his removal to Illinois in 1951 ; he first located in Havana in September of that year, and, about eighteen months later, removed to the State of Wisconsin, where he resided about six years, and then returned to Havana, his present home ; he has been engaged in the manufacture of cigars, farm- ing and grocery trade since his residence here, and, in 1877. engaged in his present business. By his first wife, Elizabeth Keller, there were four children, only one of whom is now living-Edward J .; his second wife was Margaret Keller, by whom he had one child. His present wife was Mrs. Mary E. Thompson (Griffith ; she was born in Tennessee; they have two children-Omer and Preston. Mr. Dunbar is a member of Mason Lodge No. 113. 1. 0 0. F.
ISAAC W. ENGLAND, dealer in candies, confecti mery, etc., Havana; born in Ha- vana Township, this county. Anz. 11, 1850, where he has since resided ; engaged in his present business in August, 1876. He was married, in 1872, to Miss Anni Elkin, who was born in the State of Kentucky, but came to Illinois in early childhood. Their only child, Kyle, died in 1875.
OLIVER C. EASTON, Postmaster, Havana ; was born in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, Aug. 17, 1829, where he resided until 1856; in July of that year, he came West and located at Keokuk, Iowa, which city, at that time, owing to financial depression
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and other causes, was practically bankrupt; after a residence of about two years, he found himself in about the same condition ; he left Keokuk in the spring of 1858, with a sum total to defray traveling expenses of 5 cents ; he reached Havana, his pres- ent home, soon after, in a somewhat depressed financial condition ; here he worked for a time at the carpenter's trade, and, on the 1st of March, 1865, he received the apppointment of l'ostmaster, which position he has since held, with the exception of a period of seven months ; he has served one year as Town Clerk. In 1852, he was married to Miss Angeline, daughter of Spoom R. and Mary Pierce. Mrs. Easton was born in Norwalk, Ohio, May 25, 1832 ; two children by this union, one living-Cora ; Belle died in 1857.
GEORGE S. EMERSON, agent of P., P. & J. R. R., Havana ; was born in Essex Co., Mass., May 13. 1833, but removed in early childhood to Illinois, locating in Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., with his father's family ; he remained in the county from 1836 until 1871, with the exception of a residence of about six years in De Kalb Co .; for about fifteen years, he was engaged in mercantile business at Buda, in Bureau Co .; in 1871, he removed to Whiteside Co., and was employed as agent of the C., B. & Q. R. R., at Prophetstown ; in November, 1875, he located in Hlavana and assumed his pres- ent position. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Catharine L. Holton ; born in Catta- raugus Co., N. Y., and died in 1867 ; they have had four children, three of whom are living-Wilmot H. Fannie P. and Georgiana. He was married, in December, 1867. to Celia L. Stone, born in Stark Co., Ill .; had one child by second marriage-Roy W., who died in 1873. Mr. E. is a member of Buda Lodge, No. 399, A., F. & A. M.
ELI C. FISK, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Havana; was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ang. 22, 1825, but removed with his father's family to Illinois in August. 1835, arriv- ing at Havana, this county, the 6th of that month, where they resided until August, 1837, when they removed to the farm where he now resides. His father, Eli Fisk, was born in Stafford, Windham Co., Conn., April 9, 1781; his death occurred Feb. 27, 1861 ; his mother, Margaret ( Moore) Fisk, was born in Union, Windham Co., Conn., May 16, 1788 ; she died in February, 1858. The subject of this sketch worked on his father's farm till October, 1847, when he entered the Illinois College at Jacksonville, graduating at that institution in 1853, receiving the A. B. degree; and, three years later, the A. M. degree was conferred ; he was licensed to preach about 1856, and, on the 19th of February, 1858, ordained Pastor of the Mason Congregational Church ; among other literary pursuits, he has studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1869; has served as Notary Public since that date, and School Trustee several terms. On the 23d of June, 1867. he was married to Miss Rose A. Wagoner, who was born in Knox Co., Ohio, Oct. 19, 1840; six children by this union-Margaret M., Lucy A. O., Eli C., John W., Frank F. aud Rose M. Mr. Fisk has resided in his present home forty- two years, having located there in August, 1837. He owns 380 acres of land in Havana Township. The elin, a large and beautiful tree, a few rods southwest of Mr. Fisk's residence, grew from the seed which he planted in May, 1839. It now measures 10 feet 1 inch in circumference.
JUDSON R. FOSTER (Low & Foster), grain and commission, Havana ; was born in Canada West Sept. 14, 1835, but removed in early childhood, with his father's family, to Havana, Ill., which has since been his home, with the exception of a resid- ence in St. Louis of about two years. His father, Orren E. Foster, was born in the State of Vermont, in 1812, and removed to the West in 1835; he first stopped at Davenport, lowa, and while there repaired guns for Black Hawk's son; Mr. Foster removed to Havana that fall, or in the spring of 1836, anl engaged in hotel business ; he subsequently bought a farm, about three miles northeast of Havana, which was his home until the time of his death, Dec. 17, 1843. The subject of this sketch remained on the farm till 1856, then removed to Havana, his present home ; here he was first employed as clerk. and, in 1858, engaged in business on his own account; in the fall of the following year, he engaged in general merchandise, under the firm name of Low & Foster (E. Low), and continued in that till 1863. Since the above date, he has been engaged in lumber and grain trade. In 1876, the present firm of Low &
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Foster was established. Mr. Foster served as Town Trustee in 1871, Supervisor in 1872, and, during the last seven years, has been a member of the School Board, during which time the present fine school edifice was erected. In 1859, he was married to Miss Melloria E. Rupert, who was born in Wisconsin ; they have three children- Orren W., Anson J. and Luther. Mr. Foster is a member of Mason Lodge, No. 143, I. O. O F .; also of the Encampment.
SIMON FRANKINFIELD, retired. Havana ; was born in Lehigh Co., Penn., July 224, 1823, but removed to Clarion Co .. that State, when about 14 years of age. In 1841, he came West, and on May 5, of that year, located in Havana Township, Mason Co, where he engaged in farming, which occupation he followed about four years ; he then removed to Havana, and worked at tailoring, having learned the trade before coming West. He subsequently followed farming, but since 1964 has resided at Havana, and, from 1866 to 1876, was engaged in the dry-goods business. He was married Sept. 3, 1346, to Miss Angeline. daughter of Rouben Henninger ; she was born in Pennsylvania. Mr. F. is a member of the following Masonie bodies : Havana Lodge, No. 83; Havana Chapter, No. 86, and Damascus Commandery, No. 42.
JOHN A. GRAY, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Havana ; was born in Sullivan Co., N. Y., June 26, 1838, but removed, when about 4 years of age, to Illinois, locating in Havana Township, this county, about 1842. His father, Alexander Gray, was born in Scotland; he came to America when young, and, for some years, followed the occupa- tion of a sailor ; his mother, Sarah G. (Tempest , Gray, was born in Philadelphia, Penn. Mr. Gray has served as Commissioner of Highways and School Director. He was married, Sept. 24, 1867, to Miss Sarah J. Henninger, who was born in Northumberland Co. Penn. ; they have had four children, two of whom are living-William F. and John ; Arthur A., died in 1868. Mr. Gray owns 280 acres of land in Havana Township and 2440 aeres in Sherman.
EDWIN B. HARPHAM, physician and druggist, Havana ; was born in Phila- delphia April 11. 1814, but, when about 5 years old, removed, with his father's family, to what was then Dearborn Co. (now Ohio Co.), Ind. ; here he commeneed the study of medicine with Dr. William Cruikshank, in 1812, and, in 1842 and 1843, attended the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati. After graduating, he practiced one year with Dr. Cruikshank, and, in 1844, removed to Illinois, and located in Havana, where he followed the practice of his profession for more than twenty years. His father, Jonathan Harpham, came to Illinois, and to Maison Co., in 1850, and died in 1852 ; his wife was Mary Bates, and seven children were born to them, of whom E. B., is the eldest ; James A., lives in Havana ; Silas G , near Havana ; Mary A., widow of G. W. Squibb, lives near Salem. Ill. ; Levi, on a farm near Havana ; Louisa, the wife of W. Hoffner, died at Muscatine, Iowa, in 1861 ; John lives in Wright Co., lowa. Dr. H. served as County Superintendent of Schools. He was married, in 1844, to Miss Laura Holliday, who was born in Ohio Co . Ind. They have three children, Oscar HI., who is in the hardware trade, in Havana ; Lucy E, wife of J. B. Browning, M. D., of Havana, and Corinne, who died in 1860.
JACOB HENNINGER, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Havana ; was born in Columbia Co., Penn., Sept. 5, 1828, but removed, in childhood, with his father's family. to Nor- thumberland, and thence to Clinton Co., Penn .; in 1867, he came to Illinois, and located in Havana Township, where he has since resided. In May, 1851, he was married to Miss Lueretia Quizle, who was born in Clinton Co., Penn .; they have had ten children, six of whom are living-William, John, George, Isaac, Samuel and Dora; the four deceased are Eli, McClelland, Ada and Etta.
BARTLEY F. HOWELL, farmer, See. 6 ; P. O. Havana; was born in Lyco- ming Co., Penn., April 29, 1523, and is a son of Nathan and Anna (Richart ) Howell -the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of New Jersey (near Mt. Bethel); the family came to Illinois in 1840, locating in Havana Township. this county, in April of that year ; Mr. Howell worked on his father's farm till about 21 years of age, when he became a tiller of the soil on his own account : he made his first purchase of land, when about 16 years old On the 15th of November, 1849, he married Miss Amanda,
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daughter of Reuben and Susanna (Boyer) Henninger; she was born in Dauphin Co, Peun .; they have had six children, five of whom are living-John W., Mary M., Susan E., Lovina I. and Charles C .; Frances L., died Aug. S, 1858. Mr. Ilowell, by nature well endowed, by habits well preserved, shows a record of health and physical force rarely met ; he has, during the last thirty-nine years, worked in every harvest and plowed every season, without the loss of a week by sickness; he owns 170 aeres of land in Havana Township.
LOUIS HAHN, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Havana; was born in llanover, Ger- many, July 11, 1836, where he resided till about 15 years of age, when his father's family emigrated to America, and located in Havana Township, this county ; his father. Louis Hahn, and his mother, Fredrica (Cella) Hahn, were born in Hanover, Germany. The subject of these lines was married, Nov. 5, 1858, to Miss Mary, daughter of John HI. Dierker ; she was born in Havana Township Feb. 22, 1840, and died March 6, 1859 ; their only child, Lucy, died Aug. 15, of the same year. On the 17th of April, 1860, he married Miss Maggie Dierker (sister of his first wife); she was born in Havana Township, this county, April 24, 1842 ; they have seven children-Harman L., Hanna F., Henry F., Louis H., Gusta C., Regena L. and Anna M. Mr. Hahn owns 600 acres of land in Havana Township, and 573 aeres in Logan Co., Ill.
JOHN HENNINGER, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Havana ; he is a son of Reuben and Susanna ( Boyer) Henninger ; was born in Berks Co., Penn., May 28, 1829; in the fall of 1842, he came with his father's family to Illinois, locating in Havana Town- ship, this county ; Mr. Henninger worked on his father's farm till 23 years of age, when he began farming on his own account. He was married, Oct. 16, 1851, to Miss Altha J. Faulkner, who was born in Madison Co., Ind., Feb. 25, 1835; six children by this union, five now living-Charles A., born Dec. 18, 1852; James S., May 18, 1856; Ora A., Feb. 24, 1866 ; Ada J., May 21, 1871. and John M., April 19, 1875; William P. was born Nov. 1, 1860, and died March 30, 1861. Mr. Henninger owns 320 aeres of farm land in See. 1, and eighty acres of timber in Sec. 12, Havana Township.
JOHN W. HEINRICH, manager for the Singer Manufacturing Co. for the counties of Mason and Fulton, Havana ; was born in Baden, Germany, March 10, 1851; in the spring of 1853, his father's family emigrated to America, and located at Henry, Marshall Co., Ill ; he worked on his father's farm till past 21 years of age; since 1873, he has been in the employ of the Singer Manufacturing Co .; he located in Havana, his present home, Jan. 26, 1876, and now has charge of the business of the Company for Mason and Fulton Cos. He was married, Jan. 6, 1876, to Miss Carrie Ward, who, though born in Woodford Co., Ill., is of English descent; they have one child- Charles A.
REUBEN HENNINGER, retired farmer; P. O. Havana; was born in Nor- thumberland Co., Penn., Sept. 13, 1801, but removed with his father's family to Columbia Co. in April, 1802, where he resided till about 17 years of age, when the family removed to Berks Co., and, some ten years later, to Dauphin Co .; in 1832, they removed to Trumbull Co., Ohio; the subject of these lines came to Illinois in 1842, and located in Havana Township, this county, on the 20th of October, of that year ; he has followed farming since his arrival until about 1866, when he removed to Havana, his present home; he still owns a large tract of land in Mason Co., some 1,200 aeres, and about 200 acres of land in Kansas. On the 22d of June, 1823, he was married to Miss Susanna Boyer, who was born in Berks Co., Penn, March 8, 1804 ; her death occurred Nov. 1, 1847 ; eleven children by this union, eight of whom are now living-William, Angeline ( wife of S. . Frankinfield), John. Amanda ( wife of B. F. Howell). Reuben, Daniel, Susan ( wife of Charles Fager ) and Sarah (wife of George Shaneberg), Margaret J. died in 1847 ; Cyrus, Oct. 16, 1872; Franklin, in July, 1879. He was married to his present wife, Mrs. Catharine (Bell) Fager, Oct. S, 1848; she was born in Union Co., Penn., April 6, 1803, and had three sons by a former marriage-John F., Harry A. and Charles C. Fager.
ALEXANDER D. HOPPING, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Havana; was born in the Province of Lower Canada Dec. 4, 1809, and is a son of Ephraim and Mary
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(Young) Hopping, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Maine; the subject of these notes resided in his place of nativity till 6 years of age, when the family removed to Dearborn Co .. Ind .: Mr. Hopping removed to his present home in 1851. He has served as Justice of the Peace since 1869, School Treasurer since 1873, School Trustee and Director several years. On the 2d of May, 1839, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Covington, who was born in Dearborn Co., Ind., Dec. 6, 1816 ; nine children by this union. four of whom are living-George N., Alice A., Charles E. and Miltou G .; the names of the deceased are Mary J., Thomas E., Susanna N., James C. and Harvey P. Mr. Hopping owns 345 acres of land. including five acres in the city of Havana.
HENRY H. HAVIGHORST, hardware, Havana ; was born in Mason Co. June 13, 1844, and is the eldest son of John H. Havighorst, Sr., who settled in the county as early as 1837 ; Henry worked on his father's farm until the fall of 1858, when, with his father's family, he removed to Havana, which has since been his home ; he received his education at the Northwestern University at Naperville, III; in 1867, he went to Colorado and spent the greater portion of that and the following year in the mountain and mining districts of Colorado and Wyoming, serving for a time as agent for Wells, Fargo & Co. and also operating a branch store for John Wanless & Co., post Antlers at Ft. Sauders ; he returned to Havana in the fall of 1865, and, on the 22d of December following, was married to Miss Harriett A. Howell, who was born in Mason Co., Ill. ; two children by this union-Bertha L. and Flora A. In the spring of 1869. he engaged in the hardware business in this city under the firm name of Bennett & Havighorst, and, in 1872, sold his interest to his partner and served as Deputy Sheriff under L. M. Hillyer for nearly one year, and then purchased the hardware stock of his former partner, since which he has continued in the same line of trade.
JOSIAH HARTSELL, Sheriff of Mason Co., Havana ; was born in Washington Co., Penn., June 6. 1536, where he resided until his removal to Illinois in April, 1858, locating in Mason Co .; he followed farming in Sherman Township from 1863 to 1872. and served as the first Collector of that town after township organization ; he was Deputy Sheriff from 1872 to 1876, and, in the latter year, elected Sheriff of Mason Co. and re-elected in 1878, which position he at present occupies; has also served as City Mar- shal. Mr. Hartsell was married, in 1861, to Miss Maria K. Walter ; she was born in the same county and State as himself.
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