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MATTHIAS BEAVERS, farmer ; P. O. Hutton ; was born in Meade Co., Ky.,
June 6, 1823 ; his parents, William and Nancy, came to Clay Co., Ind., while he was an infant, and settled near Bowling Green, and after remaining there some six or seven years, came to Clark Co., and lived in the " Rich Woods," near West- field, and about the year 1833, came to Coles Co. Mr. Beavers remained with his parents up to the age of 21, when he mar- ried Miss Elizabeth Endsley, daughter of Andrew Endsley, of Hutton Tp., on Jan. 2, 1845 ; shortly after, he came to his pres- ent farm on Sec. 13, where he at present resides ; he owns 180 acres, mostly im- proved. Mr. Beavers remembers well when the Indians were encamped near the cabins of the settlers, and was present when they took up their march at the call of Black Hawk. His wife was born Oct. 8, 1820 ; they had nine children, six living-Albert, born Oct. 15, 1845 ; Matilda J. (now Mrs. R. Bennett, of Clark Co.), born Sept. 7, 1848; Isabel (now Mrs. Andrew Lee, of Clark Co.), born Aug. 28, 1850; Nancy E., born April 24, 1854; Sarah C. (now Mrs. Owen Lee, of Hutton Tp.), born Oct. 15, 1856, and Louis R., born May 1, 1860, and three boys, who died in infancy. His son Albert enlisted in the 54th Regt. Ill. Vols., aud was discharged on account of disability.
WILLIAM BEAVERS, farmer; P. O. Hutton ; is one of the pioneers of this county, and was born in Loudoun Co., Va., on 23d day of July, 1797 ; at the age of 17, he left home, driving a team to Barren Co., Ky., remaining there for four or five years. In the year 1818, he married Miss Nancy Bradenburg (daughter of Henry Bradenburg), and after remaining at the home of her parents one year, rented a farm for one year, and, in 1820, went to Clay Co., Ind., remaining there for seven years ; in 1827, he came to Clark Co., Ill., near Westfield, and lived there for three years, and, in the year 1830, entered and moved upon the land upon which he now resides, on Sec. 10, near the village of Salisbury ; he owns eighty acres. Mr. Beavers first built a log cabin, with a " puncheon floor." The Kickapoo Indians at that time owned this land and lived all around him; while cutting some " bee- trees " in Long Point, this county, he saw the "runners" that had been sent by Black Hawk calling the Indians together.
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Mr. Beavers is remarkably active at his time of life, now being in his 82d year ; his mother died in Virginia while he was an infant, and his father in Locust Grove, Adams Co., Ohio, where he had moved some years before. His wife was born in the year 1803; they had seventeen chil- dren, seven boys living-Matthias, Henry, Solomon, William, Barnett, John and Jo- seph ; three girls-Sallie Ann (now Mrs. William Ashby), Nancy (now Mrs. Joseph Dyer) and Martha J. (now Mrs. Andrew Strader) ; seven deceased-Rebecca M., J. Calvin, Polly, Elizabeth and Fannie, and two who died in infancy.
HENRY BELL, farmer; P. O. Hutton; was born in Randolph Co., N. C., in the year 1819; his parents Pierce and Re- becca moved to Preble Co., Ohio., in the year 1820, and after remaining about fifteen years, moved to Rush Co., Ind., where they lived for about fifteen or twenty years ; in 1850, they came to Coles Co. and settled on Sec: 16, where his father died at the age of 88, his mother dying the year afterward. Mr. Bell moved to his present farm on Sec. 15 Feb. 14, 1856, containing 80 acres. In 1843, he married in Indiana Miss Sarah Cox (daughter of Isaac Cox, of North Carolina) ; she died in the year 1853 ; they had five children ; one living, Mary (now Mrs. N. Dunbar, of Charleston), born March, 1866; and four died-Jane E., Sarah E., Eli and one that died in infancy. He married his second wife Mrs. Nancy Brewer (widow of Jesse Bell), Feb. 12, 1853 ; she died Aug. 5, 1875 ; they had eleven children, all living- Jonas V., born Nov. 10, 1854; Jesse B., Nov. 19, 1856 ; Lucretia, March 17, 1858; William H., June 10, 1859 ; Alman, Oct. 14, 1860 ; Louisa, June 23, 1862; John, Oct. 22, 1863; Margaret D., May 14, 1865; Charles M., Oet. 28, 1866; Susanna, August 23, 1868, and James E., born March 4, 1871.
JAMES BRANDENBURG, farmer ; P. O. Diona; was born in Hardin Co., Ky., April 20, 1820 ; when he was about 3 years of age, his parents moved to Clay Co., Ind., and from there, in the year 1829, came to this county. Mr. Branden- burg lived at home, working in the neigh- borhood, until he was 18 years of age, when he went to Wisconsin and was en- gaged in teaming for two years ; in 1844,
he settled southeast of Salisbury, in this township, and lived there for twelve or thirteen years, when he purchased a farm on Sec. 32, and after being there thirteen years, moved to his present farm on Sec. 7, where he has resided ever sinee. Mr. Brandenburg is the eldest son of Solomon Brandenburg. He married Jan. 29, 1843, Miss Neety Cooper, daughter of Jeremiah Cooper, a native of North Carolina, who settled in Coles Co. in the year 1839 ; they had seven children ; four living-William, born'Jan. 22, 1847, who married Miss Ange- line Buley in 1865 ; Lucinda (now Mrs. Isaiah Murphy), born June 19, 1849; Henry L., born Nov. 13, 1854, who mar- ried Miss Amanda Gilbert July, 1877 ; Neety (now Mrs. Wm. H. Goodman), born Sept. 26, 1857; three deceased- Milton, born Dec. 2, 1844, died Jan. 8, 1848; Nancy, born Oct. 10, 1851, died April 2, 1852, and Amanda, born Feb. 9, 1853, died March 2, 1853.
WILLIAM H. BRANDENBURG, farmer ; P. O. Hutton ; was born in Clay Co., Ind., Oct. 19, 1824, and came to this county with his parents at 4 years of age, and remained with them up to the age of 17, when he went to Wisconsin, working upon a farm for two years, then returned to his parents' home, and, making up a team, returned to Wisconsin, and was en- gaged in hauling lead for nine years; in 1852, he returned to Hutton Tp. and worked out for two years, when he settled upon the farm on Sec. 13, which he had purchased ; he owns 150 acres of land. He enlisted in Co. H, 10th I. V. C., and served until the close of our late civil war, being mustered out at San Antonio, Tex. He married Miss Elizabeth J. Tucker, of Indiana, in July, 1849 ; she was born in 1828; they had nine children, six living -Sarah J. (now Mrs. John Jenkins, of Hutton Tp.); Mary Ann (now Mrs. Irvin Morris, of Cumberland Co., Ill.), born June 14, 1850; Zobeda A. (now Mrs. Charles Franklin, of Cumberland Co., Ill.), born March 10, 1853; Wil- liard A., July 12, 1858 ; Amanda M., Aug. 30, 1861; Almorinda, April 7, 1868 ; three dead-Lydia E., John W. and Alazan.
SOLOMON BRANDENBURG, farmer ; P. O. Hutton ; is the fifth son of Solomon B. Brandenburg, one of the
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early settlers of this county, and was born in Hutton Tp. Sept. 3, 1830; at the age of 19 he went to Wisconsin and engaged in hauling lead with his brothers C. P. and Wm. H., during the summer, for nine years ; in the year 1858, he purchased the farm upon which he now resides, on Sec. 13. He married Mrs. Sallie Smith (daughter of James Cox and widow of George Smith), Feb. 5, 1850; they had seven children, five living-Ford, born Dec. 27, 1850; Polly, June 23, 1855 ; Hester A., Aug. 26, 1860; Ulysses G., Nov. 2, 1863, and Rose, born June 30, 1866, and two deceased-James and Bar- thena. His son Ford married Miss Louisa A. Cooper Nov. 17, 1873; he has two children-Marion O., born Oct. 11, 1874, and Sallie M., born Jan. 4, 1876.
C. P. BRANDENBURG, farmer ; P. (. Hutton ; was born in Clay Co., Ind., Aug. 24, 1828; his parents, Solomon O. and Alezan, were among the first settlers of this county, having settled in the year 1829, on See. 14 of Hutton Tp .; his father died in 1861, and his mother went to reside with his brother William H., and died in May, 1875 ; Mr. Brandenburg lived with his parents up to the age of 17, when he went to Wisconsin and engaged in hauling lead during the summer for eleven seasons, returning to his father's during the winter months ; his journey back and forth was through a total wilder- ness, where for miles not a farmhouse was to be seen, encamping at night; in 1856, he settled on Sec. 14, in this township, having purchased a farm and improved it, there being only a log cabin upon it, which is still standing, now occupied by John Jenkins, on Sec. 14; he owns 210 acres of land. He married his first wife, Miss Mary Cox, of Hutton Tp., on Feb. 28, 1850; she died July 5, 1875; they had twelve children, seven living-Almorinda, born Sept. 11, 1856; Charles P., born Jan. 13, 1858 ; Theodore, Nov. 25, 1860; William N., Aug. 25, 1862; George E., Jan. 11, 1864 ; Clayborn, Dec. 13, 1866, and Edward, born Oct. 13, 1872, and five deceased-John, born July 18, 1855, died Oct. 16, 1855 ; Thomas J., born July 29, 1852, died Oct. 8, 1870, and three died in infancy. He married his second wife, Miss Nancy J. Baker, of Hutton Tp., July 22, 1877 ; she was born in April,
1845 ; they have one child-Henry, born Feb. 18, 1878.
ABRAHAM BENNETT, minister of United Brethren Church, Westfield ; was born in Meade Co. Ky., Nov. 15, 1828; after remaining at home until the age of 18, he started out in life for himself, flat- boating on the Ohio and Mississippi Riv- ers for some five or six years ; in the year 1852, he commenced traveling in the min- istry of the United Brethren Church, hay- ing from his youth been connected with that Church; in the same year, leaving his family in Kentucky, he traveled cir- cuit for some six years in Indiana, when, having returned to Kentucky, was engaged in missionary work through that State for three successive years ; having sold his farm, he moved his family to Harrison Co., Ind., in what is widely known as the " Rippidan Valley," and continued travel- ing circuit up to the fall of 1864, when he moved to Hutton Tp., Coles Co., and settled upon his present farm when it was a dense wood; at first, before the estab- lishment of a cirenit in Hutton Tp., Mr. Bennett engaged in missionary work until it became a circuit, when he filled the po- sition of a local minister, and was greatly instrumental in building the " West Lib- erty Chapel " of the U. B. Church, and also " Weaver Chapel" on the edge of " Park Prairie." He married Miss Martha Jane Chism (daughter of John Chism, of Meade Co., Ky.), on July 4, 1850 ; she was born Jan. 5, 1831; they had eight children, four boys, three living-John J., James Hand, David S. ; one died-George W .; and four girls, two living-Laura A. and Martha J., and two died-Mary E. and Purva C.
GEORGE BIDLE, farmer and stock- raiser ; P. O. Westfield ; was born in Wurt- emberg, Germany, Sept. 25, 1833; he remained there until he was 17 years of age ; his parents having died in Germany Mr. Bidle emigrated to the United States, landing in New York City in April, 1852, and first went to New Jersey, remaining there four months working upon a farm, after which he went to Louisville, Ky., and worked at the wagon-maker's trade for two years, when he came to Westfield. Clark Co., Ill., and from there, in the fall of 1865, moved to Coles Co., and settled upon the farm upon which he now resides, farming
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250 acres, all but twenty acres inclosed ; has been Justice of the Peace for nine years, and at present School Director. He married Christiana Airey, of Perry Co., Ohio, in Hutton Tp. of this county, Jan. 17, 1856; they have three children- Henry, born April 22, 1857 ; Richard A., Sept. 2, 1858 ; and Charles, Oct, 20, 1860.
MRS. SARAH ANN BRYANT ; P.O. Westfield, Clark Co .; was the daughter of Samuel Jack, of Ohio, who was a native of Virginia ; she came to Coles Co. with her parents when she was 19 years of age, where they both died. She married James Parker May 26, 1842 ; he was the son of George Parker, and died May 7, 1864; they had ten children, two only living- Matilda J., now Mrs. John Anderson, of Hutton Tp. ; Harriet R., now Mrs. Wm. Mars, of Johnson Co., Mo .; eight de- ceased-Jonathan, who enlisted in Co. "F," 123d Regt. Ill. Vols., was killed at the battle of Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862; William J., Jeptha, Samuel, Emcline, Sa- rah (who married Ashbury Lemaster, of Jasper Co., Ill., January, 1869), Melissa A., and one that died in infancy. She married her second husband, Mr. John Bryant, of Indiana, August, 1866 ; he died Dec. 9, 1869. Mr. Parker was a Deacon of Good Hope Baptist Church for many years ; Mr. Bryant was a Methodist and Mrs. Bryant a Baptist.
E. R. CONNELY, farmer ; P. O. West- field; was born in Lawrence Co., Ind., March 6, 1829 ; his parents, Joel and Ef- fie Connely, came to this county in the spring of 1832, and were among its earliest pioneers ; having raised one crop, they re- turned to Indiana, and, in the fall of same year, brought out their family, consisting of six boys and five girls accompanied also by their grandfather and grandmother Pennington ; they made the journey the whole distance in wagons, driving their stock, composed both of sheep and cattle, with them. IIis grandfather Pennington was a Baptist minister, and among the first in this township. The subject of this sketch was the youngest of the boys, be- ing only 4 years of age at the time of their removal to this county ; he continued to reside with his parents up to the time of their death, his father dying June 8, 1853, and his mother, Oct. 14, 1875, at the ripe old age of 88 ; Mr. Connely has resided
upon the homestead ever since, containing at the present time 380 acres; his father's estate consisted of 1,500 acres, and was divided among his children prior to his decease. Mr. Connely has held the posi- tion of Supervisor of this county and is at the present time School Director, and has been such since 1856. He has been mar- ried twice, his first wife being Miss Rebecca Platt, daughter of John Platt ; they were married near Salisbury (now Hutton P. O.), Hutton Tp., Oct. 24, 1850; she died Sept. 29, 1875 ; they had eleven children, six boys, all living-Emory P., Malden T., Oscar V., Ellis J. and Willis J. (twins) and Eddie A., and five girls, four living -Addie B. (now Mrs. W. Pentzer, of Iroquois Co., Ill.), Ollie M., Iona and Bep- pie; his second wife was Miss Susan Re- becca McConnell, daughter of Michael McConnell, of Harrison Co., Ohio ; they were married at Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio, Aug. 24. 1876 ; they have one child- Sarah. His parents were both zealous members of the Baptist Church, having connected themselves with that Church shortly after their marriage ; his mother, however, embraced religion at the early age of 11, and lived the exemplary life of a Christian to the day of her death. His father held the office of Justice of the Peace for many years, in Lawrence Co., Ind., and continued the same in Coles Co. for a number of years after his removal here.
JEREMIAH C. COOPER, farmer ; P. O. Hutton ; was born in Franklin Co., N. C., April 25, 1786, being now 93 years of age, hale and hearty ; he re- mained with his parents up to the age of 21, working upon farms in the neighbor- hood, when he purchased a farm in Ran- dolph Co., N. C., and lived there until 1841, when he came to Coles Co., and on April 22 of same year purchased the farm on Sec. 24, upon which he has ever since resided. While living in Randolph Co. he was elected Sergeant of the 1st Regt. of North Carolina Militia, and was pro- moted to Orderly Sergeant of the regi- ment, then Ensign or 2d Lieutenant, and then elected Captain, and from that to Colonel, which position he however would not accept on account of the expense attached to it; he was Justice of the Peace for fifteen years (appointed by both
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branches of the State Legislature), and retained the same up to his removal to Coles Co. in 1841. He has been married three times ; his first wife was Miss McDe- laney Wakehaster, whom he married April 15, 1809 ; she died in May, 1846; they had ten children; five boys-Jesse, born April 23, 1813; John, Sept. 6, 1818; Larkin, June 3, 1820; Frank, June 11, 1826 ; Henry L., Dec. 25, 1828; and five girls, four living-Fanny, born Feb. 7, 1810; Neety, Dee. 18, 1823; Mary, Aug. 30, 1831; Susan, born in 1816, and one that died in infancy ; he married his second wife, Miss Tabitha IIulen (widow of Darius Whipple), Feb- ruary, 1847 ; she died Dec. 16, 1853 ; they had four children, three living-Eveline, born Dec. 20, 1847; Bird M., June 6, 1851; Alexander, June 22, 1853; one died, Jeremiah T., born May 15, 1849, died Aug. 21, 1878 ; he married his third wife, Miss Mary M. Marrs (widow of Isaac Flinn,) Sept. 1, 1857 ; she died Feb. 5, 1875; they had one child, Hezekiah, born June 17, 1858, died March 30, 1871.
F. E. COTTINGHAM, farmer ; P. O. Hutton ; was born in this township March 17, 1849 ; his father, John J., was born in Kentucky Nov. 23, 1816, and his mother, Sarah J., in Harrison Co., Ind., in 1821; his father first went to New Albany, Ind., and Louisville, Ky., working at brickmaking and as a brickmason, and, in the year 1836, came to this county and first settled near Westfield, Clark Co., and from there to this township; in the year 1859, he moved to Charleston, Coles Co., and died on Oct. 9, 1863; his mother is still living, and is at the present time married to John Moore; the subject of this sketch lived with his parents, and at present re- sides upon the homestead. He married Miss Emza H. Cox (daughter of Wm. R. Cox, of Hutton Tp.) March 27, 1873; they have three children-Emma E., born June 2, 1874 ; Hannah O., Sept. 24, 1875, and Elzada, born Dec. 17, 1877. Mr. Cottingham learned the trade of a brick- mason with his father, and works at that trade in connection with his farming; he has held the office of Town Clerk for four consecutive years, and is such at the pres- ent time ; he also taught school for five terms, three in Hutton Tp., and two in Union Tp., Cumberland Co., Ill. His
paternal grandparents lived with his par- ents until their death, his grandfather dying August, 1859, and his grandmother May 16, 1867, and his grandfather on his mother's side died Nov. 9, 1863 ; a erip- pled uncle, Anthony, lived also with the parents of Mr. Cottingham, and still resides with their sons.
JAMES A. COX, farmer ; P. O. West- field, Clark Co .; was born in Hutton Tp. Oct. 26, 1846; his parents came to this county about the year 1829, and were among the first settlers ; his mother died Feb. 2, 1877; his father is still living in Cumberland Co., Ill. ; the subject of this sketch remained with his parents until he was 25 years of age, when he married Miss Lucinda R. Morris (daughter of James Morris, of Clark Co.) March 21, 1872 ; shortly after his marriage, he moved to a farm on Sec. 11, remaining there until the fall of 1872, when he moved from there, in the month of March, 1877, and came to where he now resides, on Sec. 12, farming seventy acres. His wife was born Oct. 1, 1855; they had three children, two living-Lillie M. (born May, 15, 1873), Eva J. (born Aug. 16, 1877), and one deceased-Ella (born Jan. 31, 1875 ; died June 27, 1876). His brother Anthony, was born in August, 1837, and lived with his parents up to 1862, when he enlisted in Co. K. 123d I. V. I., and was killed at the battle of Per- ryville, Oct. 8, 1862, and lies buried in Parker Grave-yard, Hutton Tp. Mr. Cox's father was a native of Kentucky, and his mother of Alabama; his father settled on Sec. 1 of this township, and, after his mar- riage, moved to Sec. 2, and from there to Cumberland Co., in 1878, near Prairie City, and is still living at the age of 65. His family consisted of six girls-Mar- tha J. (now Mrs. J. Strader), Lucinda (now Mrs. William Rhoden), Phœbe (now Mrs. Wm. L. Lenan), Jemima (now Mrs. Daniel Lee), Ella and Dovey, and three boys, one living, the subject of this sketch, as above.
ADAM COX, farmer; P. O. West- field ; was born in Hutton Tp. July 26, 1840. His father, Anthony, was one of the first settlers of this county, a native of Virginia ; he was married twice, his first wife being Miss Gilbert, and his second wife Miss Eliza Fuqua ; his father died
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when the subject of this sketch was quite an infant; his mother still lives near her son, between 65 and 70 years old; at the age of 21, Mr. Cox married Miss Mary Garrison (daughter of Peter Garrison, an- other of the early settlers), on Dec. 5, 1861, and soon after moved upon a farm, on Sec. 2, and, two years afterward, moved on to Sec. 1, and in March, 1878, came to where he now resides, on same section ; he owns 294 acres, 224 of which is im- proved. His wife was born Dec. 26, 1842; they had seven children, six living- Charles W., born Sept. 28, 1862 ; Orval, April 3, 1867 ; Luella M., Sept. 16, 1868; Claudius C., Nov. 4, 1871; Azaro, Oct. 28, 1872, and Almorinda, Nov. 10, 1875, and one deceased, Barthena, born Feb. 12, 1864; died, June 28, 1864.
WM. R. COX, farmer ; P. O. Hutton; was born in Bedford Co., Virginia, Feb. 25, 1832 ; when he was 16 years of age, his parents, Joel and Margaret Cox, moved to Ross Co., Ohio, living there eight years ; they came to Coles Co. in 1856, and, three years afterward moved to Independence, Warren Co., where they died, his mother in 1874, and his father in March, 1876. While living in Ohio, Mr. Cox married Miss Hannah C. Thompson, April 28, 1853; she was a daughter of Nathan Thompson, who was a native of Virginia, and moved to Ross Co., Ohio, at an early day ; he remained there three years ; en- gaged in farming and milling, and in the year 1856, moved to Coles Co., Hutton Tp., and in September, 1870, purchased and moved upon his present farm on Secs. 22 and 23, containing 129 acres. For twelve years, before coming to his present home, he carried on the " Blakeman Flouring- Mill," three and one-half miles southeast of Charleston in this county. Soon after the organization of the townships, he was elected Commissioner of Highways, serving three years ; he was elected Supervisor in 1877,-for two terms. His wife was born Oct. 19, 1834 ; they had six children, five living-Emza H. (now Mrs. Fred. Cot- tingham), born June 28, 1854; Mary C. (now Mrs. Daniel Pipher), born March 9, 1856; Joel F., born Feb. 25, 1858; Elizabeth T. (now Mrs. Flavius Boyd), born April 26, 1860, William A., born Aug. 14, 1872, and one deceased, Emma H., born July 14, 1862, died April 17, 1868.
C. P. DAVIS, farmer ; P. O. Hutton ; was the eldest of nine boys, and was born in Lawrence Co., Ind., Sept. 13, 1829. In 1829, while he was still an infant, his parents, John C. and Elizabeth Davis, moved to what was then Clark Co., and settled in what is now Hutton Tp., of Coles Co., and first having lived in differ- ent localities in the township, about the year 1840, settled on Sec. 34, where they lived up to the time of their death, Mr. Davis dying Nov. 30, 1871, Mrs. Davis' death having occurred January, 1862. Mr. Davis was among the first settlers of this county, at that time an unbroken wilderness inhabited by the red man. He entered 80 acres of land, and made a farm, improving the same, and en- during all the hardships and privations in- cident to the pioneers of this Western wild. The subject of this sketch lived with his parents up to the time of his marriage with Miss Elizabeth Conley, Dec. 28, 1850; in the spring of 1852, Mr. Davis moved to his farm, on Sec. 27, where he has ever since resided. His wife was a daughter of John Conley, of Hutton Tp., now residing in Butler Co., Mo .; she was born Dec. 15, 1832; they had seven children, five boys, all living-John W., Henry, James N., Charles N., and David E .; two girls- Nancy, living, and one that died in infancy.
J. W. DALLAS, farmer ; P. O. West- field ; was born in Hutton Tp., Coles Co., Jan. 16, 1849; his parents, Hiram and Sarah, were natives of Ohio, and, in the year 1839, came to Coles Co .; in the spring of 1840, they moved to Clark Co., where, after remaining five years, again re- turned to Hutton Tp., of this county, and settled on Sec. 35, where they lived up to the time of the death of Mr. Dallas, which occurred March 5, 1878; the subject of this sketch was born on the homestead, where he still resides, containing 120 acres, his mother living with him. He married Miss Elizabeth J. Bishop (daughter of Amos Bishop, of Hutton Tp.) June 6, 1867; she was born Feb. 26, 1851; they had four children-three boys, one living -William E. ; two deceased-Charles and Joseph, and one girl-Rosella, living.
T. L. ENDSLEY, merchant, Salisbury ; was born in Coshocton Co., Ohio, Nov. 21, 1842 ; his parents, Thomas and Ma- tilda, were natives of Harrison Co., Ohio ;
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his father was born in August, 1801, and is still living in Coshocton Co., Ohio, hav- ing lost his eyesight in the year 1876; his mother died about the year 1854; the subject of this sketch remained with his parents until he was 25 years of age, when he came to Hutton Tp. in the fall of 1866, and, the first winter, taught school ; in the spring of 1867, he went to Westfield, Clark Co., Ill., and carried on a general merchandise business until late in the fall. He then married Miss Mary J. Endsley (daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Ends- ley, of Hutton Tp.) Oct. 24, 1867; di- reetly after his marriage, he came to Salis- bury, in this township, and lived upon his farm for three years, when he moved to Charleston, and for nearly five years clerked for Frommel & Weiss and J. F. Neal ; in the year 1875, he came back to Salisbury and opened a general merchan- dise store, in which he is still engaged ; his wife was born Oct. 20, 1844, and died Jan. 31, 1876, leaving two children- Elizabeth (born Oct. 16, 1868) and Clar- ence (born Nov. 25, 1870), both residing with their grandparents, Endsley.
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