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Mr. Epperson was a man of integrity of character, industrious and economical in his habits, and possessed of the requisite qualifications of success, and, had he lived, would undoubtedly have become one of the wealthiest citizens of the county ; he died Jan. 29, 1850, leaving a wife, who still resides on the old homestead. Of a family of eleven children, nine are living, as follows : Brutus C., was born Oct. 27, 1830, in Estill Co., Ky., and is now a farmer in Bear Valley, Cal., to which State he removed in 1852; Cassius C., was born in Clark Co., Ky., June 24, 1834, and also removed to California in 1852, and is now a farmer in Sutter Co .; Sidney K., was born in Coles Co., Ill., Jan. 28, 1836, served in the late war, en- listing in Co. H, 59th I. V. I., was pro- moted to Quartermaster, and is now a Gov- ernment Inspector at Omaha, Neb .; Rhodes was born April 4, 1838, was a member of Co. A, 123d I. V. I., was wounded in the battle of Selma, Ala, and is now a farmer in Edgar Co., Ill .; Green was born May 2, 1840, removed to Cali- fornia in 1877, and is now engaged in farming in Bear Valley ; Mattie was born Jan. 25, 1842, and is now wife of J. F. Lawson, of Mattoon, Ill .; Joseph was born Oct. 8, 1844, married Sept. 2, 1869, to Miss Mattie Morris, a daughter of William Morris, of Edgar Co .; she was born in Kentucky Dec. 26, 1851, and died Dec. 3, 1875, leaving three children -John F., Thurza I. and Alvy G .; Mr. Epperson resides on the homestead ; Kate was born April 6, 1848, and resides at home ; John C. was born in 1849, studied medicine, and went to California in 1875, graduated from the National Surgical In- stitute, in San Francisco, and is now a practicing physician in Weston, Oregon.
B. J. FARRIS, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Westfield; was born in Edgar Co., Ill., March 24, 1831, being a son of James and Nancy Farris, who were among the earliest pioneers of that county. His father was born in Virginia, in the year 1785; received a liberal education, being designed for the Presbyterian ministry, and leaving home at the age of 18, he went to Warren Co., Ohio, where he mar- ried Miss Nancy Downs, a native of South Carolina, born in 1799, and lived there till he came to Edgar Co. He
was a soldier of the war of 1812; fought at Lundy's Lane and Chippewa, and was a witness of Perry's victory on Lake Erie. Arriving in Illinois he took up 640 acres of land in Edgar, Coles and Clark Coun- ties. He was a man of the strictest integ- rity, and dealt honestly with every man. He had a powerful constitution and was a hard worker. Although the son of a wealthy Virginia family, he never owned slaves ; was a Whig in politics and joined the Republican party on its organization. He was a stanch Union man during our late war, and the defeat of the Union army at the battle of Bull Run, which occurred during his last illness, greatly affected him. He died Sept. 27, 1861, leaving eight children ; his widow died Dec. 9, 1877. The subject of this sketch continued to re- side in Edgar Co. until he was married, Aug. 12, 1852, to Miss Mary J. Bishop, a daughter of John W. Bishop; she was born in Rush Co., Ind., Sept. 18, 1832, and first came to Clark Co., Ill., when 5 years of age. They have eight chil- dren : James, Sarah A., John W., Florence, George Grant, Albert, Benjamin F. and Ida. The year of his marriage, Mr. Farris removed to Coles Co., where he lived till March, 1876, and then removed to Nebraska. At the end of three months, however, he returned to Coles Co., and in 1877, purchased the farm of 120 acres where he now resides.
ISAAC FLENNER, farmer and stock- raiser; P. O. Kansas ; was born in Butler Co., Ohio, Feb. 25, 1825; his father, Daniel Flenner, was among the pioneers of that State, coming from Maryland in 1809. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was a prominent citizen, holding many of- fices of trust in his county. His mother, Hannah (Andrews) Flenner, was a native of Ohio, and a descendant of an old Penn- sylvania family. Mr. Flenner removed to Coles Co., in 1856; his father remov- ing to Clark Co., Ill., at the same time ; he purchased 200 acres of land and en- gaged in farming and stock-raising, and during the past five years has devoted his attention to fine stock, having, at present writing, thirty-nine head of thorough-bred short-horn cattle. He also makes a spe- cialty of the breeding of Berkshire hogs, of which he has seventy-five now on hand. He is one of the most thorough and suc-
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cessful farmers in the township. From the railroad, which passes a short distance in front of his residence, the view is most beautiful. His fine buildings, with the large yard set to evergreens and shrub- bery, the orchards of fruit of all kinds, the rolling prairie " Stretching in billowy undulations far away," present a sight not surpassed in this part of the country. Mr. Flenner was married Sept. 30, 1847. to Miss Rachel A. Hughes, who was a na- tive of Maryland, but removed in early childhood to Butler Co., Ohio. She died in 1852, leaving two children, one of whom is living-Albert W. Flenner. Mr. Flenner was married a second time Jan. 12, 1858, to Miss Hopy A. Hollingsworth, a daughter of Jacob Hollingsworth. Her father came to Illinois in 1830 and resided in Coles Co. till his death in 1875. They have one son living-Martin Flen- ner.
ALBERT W. FLENNER, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Kansas ; was born in Butler Co .. Ohio, March 17, 1850, being a son of Isaac and Rachel A. (Hughes) Flenner; in 1856, he came with his fa- ther's family to Coles Co., his mother having died in 1852. He was raised on the farm, and on arriving at his majority, he purchased the farm of his uncle, M. B. Flenner, adjoining his father's place, and containing 160 acres of land, and he still resides there. He was married Jan. 17, 1871, to Miss O'Kalla Breeding, the fifth daughter of Hutchinson and Elizabeth M. Breeding ; she was born in Edgar Co., Ill., March 16, 1850; her parents came to Edgar Co. about thirty-six years ago ; her father died there in 1866, and after his death her mother removed with her fam- ily to Ashmore, and there lived till 1876, when she returned to Edgar Co. where she now resides. They have two chil- dren-Rachel Annie and Isaac B. Mr. Flenner has been a member and Clerk of the Board of School Directors for the past three years.
J. H. GREEN, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Ashmore ; was born in Miami Co., Ohio, Oct. 27, 1826 ; he is a son of James and Elizabeth (Heminway) Green, both of whom were natives of King and Queen Co., Va .; both removed to Kentucky when young, married and moved to Ohio; in 1840, his parents removed to Coles Co.,
but returned in a few years to Ohio; Mr. Green removed permanently to the county in the fall of 1855, and settled on his present farm ; he purchased 120 acres of land, paying therefor $18 an acre ; he owed on this place, $1,500; he now owns 513 acres of land, well improved, and is out of debt ; he keeps usually about 100 head of cattle; he owes his success in life to the fact that he has always been a tem- perance man, never drinking a glass of whisky or beer ; has always kept his agreements ; and when he promised to pay a man money, has paid it on the very day agreed upon. He was married on the 12th of October, 1851, to Miss Mary F. Pottenger, a daughter of Dennis R. Pot- tenger, of Preble Co., Ohio; she was born there Aug. 1, 1834; they have had twelve children, eleven of whom are liv- ing-Alice E. (wife of Lafayette Bates, of Hutton Tp.), William S., Granville D., Commodore D., Hester S., Seymore, Sher- man, May, Norman, Ettie and Ernest. Mr. Green has served several terms as School Director.
W. P. GREEN, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Ashmore; was born in Miami Co., Ohio, Sept. 8, 1827, being a son of James and Elizabeth (Heminway) Green; when he was about 10 years old, his parents re- moved to Randolph Co., Ind., and, in 1840, to Coles Co., returning a few years later to Ohio, and lived awhile in Darke Co., from which county they removed again to Randolph Co., Ind., and thence to Grant Co .; his father opened no less than seven farms in Ohio and Indiana ; the year the family returned to Ohio, Mr. Green made four trips between the two States; on becoming of age, he went to Preble Co., Ohio. He was married Nov. 2, 1851, to Miss Elizabeth Wilkinson, a daughter of Charles Wilkinson, of Preble Co., Ohio ; she died Feb. 20, 1862, leav- ing three children, two of whom are liv- ing-Charles E. and James O. In the spring of 1863, Mr. Green came again to Coles Co., making seven trips during the summer. He was married Aug. 20, 1863, to Miss Eliza J. Brown, a daughter of J. W. and Martha R. Brown, of Ash- more ; she was born at the Walnut Grove, in Edgar Co., Sept. 20, 1836; they have six children-Leona, Clarence E., Miner E., Jennie, Thomas L. and Nora. Mr.
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Green owns a farm of 160 acres, on which he settled in 1864.
NELSON R. GREEN, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. - -; was born in Miami Co., Ohio, Dee. 25, 1830 ; he is a son of James and Elizabeth (Heminway) Green, and accompanied his parents in their various removals given above, and in 1850, came permanently to Coles Co .; he worked at various employments until 1854, when he was married on the 19th of January, to Miss Mary E. Brown, the eldest daughter of Jobe W. and Martha R. Brown, of Ashmore ; she was born at the Walnut Grove, in Edgar Co., Sept. 7, 1834; they have nine children-Jona- than W., George A .. Letitia M., Willie A., Leonard W., Caroline A., Claude O., Charlie and Eugene D. Mr. Green set- tled on his present farm in 1865, where he owns 163 acres of land.
ELDER PETER K. HONN, retired; P. O. Ashmore; was born in Nich- olas Co., Ky., July 22, 1814; he is a son of Daniel and Anna Honn ; he passed his early years upon a farm, and at the age of 18 years, began the trade of a blacksmith ; in 1835, he decided to follow Horace Greeley's advice, " Go West, young man, go West," and accordingly joined the family of Jeremiah Powell, and with them made the journey to Illinois, with a horse-team and two ox-teams ; they stopped in Edgar Co., where Mr. Powell settled, and where many of his descend- ants still reside; after spending a short time in Edgar Co., and about six months in Sangamon Co., working at his trade, he came in 1836 to Hitesville, and opened a blacksmith-shop; about five years later, he purchased a quarter-section of land, which he began to improve in connection with his trade; after a number of years, he abandoned his shop and devoted his entire attention to farming ; he continued on the farm until 1875, when, having accumu- lated a comfortable competence, he retired to his present home where he enjoys the harvest gathered in the summer of life. During his whole life, Mr. Honn has al- ways been ready to assist in carrying for- ward any public enterprise ; he has served the publie in various offices of trust-hav- ing held four commissions as Justice of the Peace, covering a period of sixteen years ; he was Postmaster for three years,
and has served one term as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors ; he takes an active interest in educational matters, and has been School Director most of the time since the organization of the public-school system in the county. He has never failed to meet an obligation as agreed upon, and was never before a court as plaintiff or defendant in a suit at law ; it has been a rule of his life not to become security for any one, a course which has proved beneficial not only to himself but to others. About five years after coming to the county, he was ordained a minister of the Christian Church, and has devoted himself more or less to the work of the ministry ever since. He was married June 22, 1837, to Miss Matilda Woods, who was born in Madison Co., Ky., April 19, 1817, and came to Coles Co. with her mother's family in 1835. They have raised a family of six children-William S., now occupying the old homestead in Ash- more Tp .; Martha A., wife of D. R. Bain, of Edgar Co ..; Peter K., who died in 1872 ; Sarah E., wife of F. M. Shaver, of Monroe Co., Ind .; Samuel H., a practi- cing physician in Ashmore, and Mary E., wife of R. L. Tremble, of Coles Co.
THOMAS W. HALLOCK, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Ashmore; was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., Jan. 20, 1811; he was raised on a farm until he was 15 years old, and then went to Troy, N. Y., where he learned the trade of a coachmaker ; he worked for Eaton & Gilbert, at that time one of the largest coachmaking firms in the country ; he helped to build the first railway-coach in this country, in 1829 ; this coach was run on the Amboy & Bur- tontown R. R., and was drawn by horses. Going to New York City in 1833, he en- tered the employ of John Stephenson, then located on Bleecker St., near the Bowery, and continued with him after he went to Harlem, and put up his large manufactory there; he remained in New York, and Newark, N. J., until 1837, when he came to Coles Co., and entered 400 acres of land on the Embarrass ; he then rented a farm of H. J. Ashmore for five years, but ow- ing to a lack of rain his farming venture proved an unfortunate one, and at the end of three years he abandoned it, and removing to Charleston, engaged in carpentering, wagon-making and blacksmithing. On the
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restarting of the Terre Haute, Alton & St. Louis Railroad, he returned to Ash- more Tp., and settled on his present farm ; at that time it was all Government land to the east, except around the groves ; there was but one house on the prairie, that be- ing on Wolf Hill; he could see, any day, from 20 to 30 deer in the vicinity ; not- withstanding his first failure in farming, he has since been, and is now one of the most successful farmers in the county. He owns 340 acres of land, well improved, with a large, fine house, seven acres of orchard and shrubbery, etc .; he has made a specialty of raising and shipping hay- shipping a few years ago about 400 tons, annually. Like most other successful farm- ers, he has attended strictly to his farm, leaving public offices to those having more leisure and inclination to attend to them. His first marriage was in May, 1840, to Miss Jane Johnson, of Coles Co .; she died a few years later, leaving one daughter- Alice, wife of Benjamin Honold, of Edgar Co. Mr. Hallock was married again Nov. 19, 1846, to Mrs. Elizabeth Tuttle ; her maiden name was Elizabeth Clark; she was born in Pulaski Co., Ky., May 14, 1820; her father, James Clark, was one of the pioneers of Coles Co., coming with his family in 1829; they have five chil- dren living-George R., James H., Aldora A., wife of R. M. Childress, Thomas L., and William H .; Mrs. Hallock has one daughter of her former marriage-Marga- ret T. Tuttle, wife of Charles S. Olmsted, of Charleston.
O. D. HAWKINS, farmer and stock- raiser, Ashmore ; was born in Fleming Co., Ky., Feb. 28, 1822 ; he is a son of Gregory R. and Elizabeth (Ballard) Haw- kins, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Kentucky ; when he was about 8 years old, his parents removed to Scott Co., Ind., and. in 1841, to Coles Co., settling about two and one-half miles west of Ashmore ; they landed here on the 4th of March, the day on which Geu. Har- rison was inaugurated President of the United States ; his father died here in 1868, and his mother in 1873. They had a family of fifteen children, twelve of whom grew to adult age, and five of whom are now living. Oliver D., the subject of this sketch, started in life for himself at 13 years of age, working out by the
month and by the day; he is now one of the most substantial citizens of the town- ship ; his farm of 287 acres, adjoining the village of Ashmore, is one of the best im- proved in the vicinity. In 1852, Mr. Hawkins contracted to clear about ten miles of the Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad, and, also, for several years, was engaged in supplying ties and wood for the road, clearing for that purpose some 150 acres of land. He served nine years as Constable. In 1860, he removed to the village of Ashmore, and in April, the same year, was elected Justice of the Peace ; he still holds the office, having been re-elected every four years to the present time ; he was the first Police Mag- istrate in Ashmore, serving several years ; he was also Postmaster from 1861 to 1866, when he resigned; he has served one term on the Board of Supervisors, and one term as Coroner of the county ; in 1870, he became Superintendent of the County Alms-house and Poor-farm, re- maining in charge of that institution until 1873, when he removed to his present farm ; he also held the office of Township School Treasurer a short time. He was married March 21, 1844, to Miss Mary Laffler, a daughter of John and Mary (Hurd) Laffler ; she was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, Jan. 6, 1823, and came with her parents to Coles Co. in 1837 ; her father died in 1843, and her mother in 1853. Mr. Hawkins has four children, all living in Ashmore, viz., William, John, Albert aud Ellen, wife of William N. Austin.
WM. C. KIMBALL, of the firm of Austin, Brown & Kimball, dealers in hard- ware, lumber, furniture and undertaking, Ashmore ; has been a resident of Ashmore since 1867 ; he was born in Cambridge, Guernsey Co., Ohio, June 14, 1838; was educated at the Cambridge Union Schools, and, in 1857, began teaching school ; he continued in that profession in Ohio till March, 1863, when he enlisted in Co. H, 122d O. V. I., and served in the 6th Army Corps in the Army of the Potomac until Jan. 1, 1864; he was then detailed as a clerk in the office of the Provost Marshal General of Ohio, at Columbus, and served in that capacity till the elose of the war ; he was mustered out July 1, 1865. After the war, he came to Illinois and taught
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school one winter in Monticello, Madison Co .; in March, 1867, he took charge of the publie schools in Ashmore, and remained in charge most of the time until the spring of 1876. In 1875, he became a partner in the firm of Austin, Brown & Kimball. Mr. Kimball was Village Clerk from April, 1875, to April, 1878, and has been School Director for the past
three years. He was married April 10, 1860, to Miss Lizzie Speers, of Guernsey Co., Ohio; she died March 16, 1866. Mr. Kimball was married again Sept. 20, 1868, to Miss Rowena A. Gra- ham, of Ashmore; she died Sept. 30, 1877, leaving three children-Clarence O. L., Mary C. and Gertie R.
JEREMIAH LANE, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Ashmore ; was born in Muskingum Co., Ohio, Jan. 17, 1844; his father, George W. Lane, was a pioneer, coming from his native State, Maryland, at the age of 13; his mother, Sarah Lane, was a native of Ohio, and a descendant of a Maryland family ; his parents both died in Ohio; Mr. Lane was raised on the farm, and has followed that avocation all his life; he came to Coles Co. in 1873, and settled on his present farm, one mile east of the village of Ashmore, where he owns 134 acres of land, with good brick house, commodious barn, outbuildings, etc .; he makes a specialty of breeding fine horses, having ten now on hand; also has 160 hogs. He was married March 10, 1870, to Miss Cornelia Swartz, who was born in Campbell Co., Ky., July 12, 1854; they have two children living-Minnie L. and Henry L.
WILLIAM H. MACK, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Ashmore; was born in Kentneky April 11, 1828, and came to Illinois when he was 5 years old, with the family of his father, William Mack; after spending one winter in Coles Co., his father settled in Clark Co., where he died about eight years ago; Mr. Mack lived in Clark Co. until he became of age, and then came to Coles Co .; he began life by working out by the month, and, after accumulating some money, he purchased 120 acres of land, on which he settled in the fall of 1853; he now owns 790 acres in his home farm, and 100 acres in Clark Co .; his farm is one of the best in the county, is well
fenced, under good cultivation, and im- proved with a fine two-story dwelling, barns, outbuildings, etc., costing not less than $6,000; his residence occupies a beautiful eminence, and from it can be plainly seen the village of Kansas, in Ed- gar Co., while the church-spires of West- field, in Clark Co., and of Ashmore, in Coles Co., are visible. Mr. Mack has given considerable attention to the raising of stoek, keeping from 50 to 150 head of cat- tle ; having no leisure nor inclination for official life, he has never sought nor held public office, but has devoted himself ex- elusively to the management of his large farm. He was married Dec. 19, 1850, to Miss Elvira Anderson, a daughter of Rob- ert Anderson, one of the carly settlers of Edgar Co .; she was born in that county Feb. 25, 1832, and removed with her parents to Coles Co. when about 8 years old ; they have five children-Joseph A., William A., Catherine P., Oscar A. and Charles A.
ELIAS MONROE, Postmaster and dealer in dry goods, notions, boots, shoes, etc. (firm of Zimmerman & Monroe), Ash- more ; was born in Shelby Co., Ill., Feb. 7, 1842, but removed in childhood to Moultrie Co., where he lived until 1861 ; his mother then removed with her family (the father having died years before) to Hitesville, Coles Co. In December, 1863, he entered the Union army as a member of Co. H, 59th I. V. I .; he participated, among other engagements, in the battles of Look- out Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Re- saca (where he received a slight wound), Peach-Tree Creek, Marietta, siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy Station, Big Shanty, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nash- ville, where he was severely wounded in the right leg during the first day's fight, Dec. 15, 1864, necessitating the amputa- tion of his leg in the field hospital ; he was mustered out in June, 1865; re- covering from his wound, in 1867, he entered the Soldiers' College, in Fulton, Ill., where he remained two years, and then came to Ashmore, and was appointed Postmaster in August, 1869. In Octo- ber, 1877, he became a member of the firm of Zimmerman & Monroe.
J. B. MOORE, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Ashmore; was born in Butler Co., Ohio, July 22, 1836 ; he is a son of Will-
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iam S. and Julia A. (Eddingfield ) Moore ; his father, an early settler of Butler Co., having come from his native State, New Jersey, at the age of 4 years; his mother was born in Ohio, her parents being from Pennsylvania. In 1862, his father removed West with his family, spending the summer in Vigo Co., Ind., and coming to Coles County in the fall ; he resided in Ashmore until his death, Feb. 8, 1875 ; his father was a Universalist, and his mother a Baptist, and both led blame- less Christian lives, and were highly re- spected by all who knew them ; his father was especially noted for his generous, char- itable course toward the poor, and all in distress ; his mother now lives in Ohio, to which State she returned two years ago. There are four of the family living, viz., Lucinda C. (wife of A. K. Miner, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa), James B., Martha J. (wife of John Mell, of Ashmore), and William T. James B. Moore, the subject of this sketch, was married Nov. 4, 1869, to Miss Martha J. Lane, a daughter of George W. and Sarah Lane ; she was born in Mus- kingum Co., Ohio, Oct. 1, 1842 ; they five children, as follows : Della May, Mary Lela, Ora Leslie, Halla Florence and Francis Burrell. Mr. Moore owns a farm of 130 acres, located one mile east of Ash- more village.
THOMAS O'BRIEN, farmer and stock raiser ; P. O. Ashmore; was born in the city of Philadelphia Feb. 18, 1830; he is a son of John and Mary O'Brien ; his father was born in Mt. Maleck, Queens Co., Ireland, in February, 1801 ; up to the age of 18 years, he worked in his father's tailor-shop; he then went to London, Eng., and afterward to Leeds, spending seven years in the two cities ; after paying a brief visit to his native place, he came to America at the age of 25; his first settle- ment was in Pluladelphia, where he was married March 18, 1828, to Miss Sarah Campbell a native of Philadelphia; she was born May 1, 1808 ; he worked as a journeyman in Philadelphia until 1832, when he removed to Cincinnati, and there followed his trade five years ; he then re- moved to Terre Haute, Ind., where he be- gan business for himself; in 1849, he came to Ashmore and settled on a farm, con- taining 435 acres of wild land which he had purchased the year before. About
twenty years ago, he removed to the village of Ashmore, where he resided till his death, Sept. 26, 1873, and where his widow still resides. He was a man of the strictest commercial integrity, and highly respected as a citizen ; he left seven chil- dren, five of whom are living; the eldest son, Thomas, was employed in his father's shop in Terre Haute for about three years before the family removed to Coles Co .; he remained on the farm until 1855, when he came to the village and engaged in mer- chandising, in which he continued till 1873, since which time he has devoted his attention to stock business ; he owns a farm of 130 acres in the corporation and forty- three aeres in another part of the township. He has been a member of the Town Board of Trustees or Board of Education most of the time during his residence here. He was married Jan. 10, 1855, to Miss Amanda Wells, a daughter of James Wells, of Ashmore; they have two chil- dren-Capitola and Grace.
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