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RICHARD O. WELLS, farmer; P. O. Westfield ; was born in Bourbon Co., Ky.,
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Dec. 29, 1809 ; he remained there with his parents until he was 25 years of age assisting on the farm ; his father died there in the year 1835 ; his mother surviving him until the year 1860. Mr. Wells, while at home in Kentucky was married August, 1831, to Miss Jenette Boston (daughter of William Boston of Kentucky) ; she was born July 15, 1815 ; shortly after his marriage, he moved upon a farm near that of his father's, where he lived until his removal to Clark Co., in 1837; the next year he moved to Coles Co. and set- tled on Sec. 6, where he lived three years, and then returned to Clark Co. and from there, in 1843, moved back to Kentucky and after remaining ten years, in the year 1853, came to Coles Co. and settled upon Sec. 7, where he has since resided. He owns 111 acres ; has been School Director one term. They had twelve children, seven boys, three living-Richard J., born May 29, 1849; Robert L., August 11, 1853, and Charles M., born Jan. 22, 1856, and four deceased-Preston, born Oct. 22, 1832, died in 1842; James F. M., born April 1, 1836, died in 1865 ; William H., born July 17, 1840, died in 1850; and Leroy B., born April 6, 1851, died in Feb- ruary, 1852 ; five girls, two living-Leah, (now Mrs. Reily Lee), born Feb. 10, 1838; Leomia (now Mrs. M. Connely), born Sept. 15, 1842; and three deceased-Mary
E., born Nov. 29, 1844, died in 1850; Louisa A., born March 6, 1846, died also in 1850; one died in infancy. His son, James F. M., enlisted in Co. "H," 21st Regt. Ill. Vols., and was taken prisoner at the battle of Chickamauga, and confined in Libby and Andersonville Prisons for nineteen months and died at Annapolis, Md., in 1865 on his way home, from dis- ease contracted while a prisoner. Mr. and Mrs. Wells are members of the Baptist Church and have been connected with it for a number of years.
MRS. JOSEPH WALTRIP; P. O. Westfield ; is a daughter of Daniel Goble of Hutton Tp. She was first married to Nathaniel Lee Aug. 14, 1853, who died in the year 1856; they had one child, Cynthia (now Mrs. Reason Wiley, of Hut- ton Tp.) ; she was again married July 18, 1858, to Joseph Waltrip, who was born in Kentucky in 1819, and after remaining there until the age of 16, moved to Coles Co., and settled in Charleston Tp. on See. 25, engaged in farming ; he had been pre- viously married to Miss Eliza Jane Hall, daughter of Michael Hall ; she died in No- vember, 1857. Mrs. Waltrip had four children-two girls, Cynthia J. and Eliza, and two boys, one living, Wm. J., and one deceased-Daniel. She at present farms 70 acres, part of her husband's estate of 250 acres. Mr. Waltrip died Feb. 16, 1872.
MORGAN TOWNSHIP.
JAMES H. BUSBEY, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. O. Oakland; one of the pioneers of Coles Co; born in Clark Co., Ohio, April 22, 1823, where he attended school and en- gaged in farming, until 16 years of age, when he emigrated to Coles Co., Ill., and located in what is now the south part of Douglas Co., in the fall of 1839. He is son of Hamilton Busbey, who was born July 5, 1792, in Virginia; he emigrated to Ohio about the year 1815, where he lived until he emigrated to Illinois, where he died Dee. 16, 1847 ; Mrs. Busbey, whose maiden name was Sophia Lewis, was born in Virginia, March 31, 1796 ; she died April 1, 1855, leaving eleven children now living-Thomas C., Susan
M., Elmira M., William D., James H., Harriet E., Ann L., John H., Maria, George W., Henry C. The subject of this sketch remained with his parents until their decease, which occurred as stated above; he remained upon the old farm until 1856, when he rented land, and en- gaged in farming until 1861, when he purchased his present place, where he has since continued to live ; he owns upward of eighty acres of prairie and timber lands. He married, Oct. 12, 1856, to Sarah J. Naphew; she was born in Ohio Oct. 19, 1831 ; they have six children now living by this union, viz. : Nancy E., born June 29, 1858; Sophia R., born Jan. 21, 1860; Orrin U., born Nov. 16, 1861;
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James M., born Aug. 13, 1864; William H. H., born Dee. 25, 1866; Charles A., ยท Aug. 11, 1870.
A. J. CLARK, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. O. Charleston; born in Coles Co., Ill., April 22, 1834, within one-half a mile of where he has since lived ; he is the youngest son of Benjamin and Sarah Clark, who emigrated from Kentucky and located in Coles Co., Ill., about the year 1829, where his father lived until his death, which occurred April 18, 1856, while on a visit to In- diana ; he was born in Kentucky in the year 1798; his mother, who still lives within one-half mile of where she has lived for nearly one-half of a century, was born Jan. 1, 1800. Mr. Clark remained with his father until 1856, when he commenced farming for himself, upon the old home- stead, where he has since continued to live, and where he owns 120 acres of land, mostly under cultivation, and 90 acres mostly timber, in Secs. 16 and 21. His marriage with Christina V. Robinson was celebrated June 1, 1865 ; she was born in Clark Co., Ind., Jan. 11, 1850; her parents located in Illinois when she was 2 years of age ; five children were the fruit of this union, two of whom are deceased ; the names of the living are-Lillie May, born Jan. 24, 1867 ; Willis P., born Dec. 9, 1868; Clarence V., born July 17, 1875. Mr. Clark met with a severe loss by the failure of the proposed Charleston & Danville R. R., having contracted to furnish 5,000 ties, and the failure to com- plete the railroad left the ties upon his hands, by which he suffered to the extent of $1,500.
WATSON COLLINS, farmer deceased ; one of the early pioneers of Coles Co .; born in North Carolina May 12, 1813, where he was raised to farming until 1831, when he emigrated with his father, Aaron Collins, and located upon Greasy Creek, Morgan Tp .; like most pioneers, the family were poor, and the subject of this sketch turned his attention to do what was in his power to the support of his father's family ; one oeeupation was getting out fence-rails at 25 cents per hundred ; one season he worked at Vincennes, Ind., at $6 per month, the earnings being used for the support of the family and to procure stock; breaking prairie with five or six yoke of oxen was another occupation ; his milling
was done at Terre Haute, Freeport, Eugene and Palestine, this trip consuming from four to eight days, made with three or four yoke of oxen; his furniture was home- made ; for chairs he made stools, and bed- steads were made by boring a hole in the side and end logs of his house, in which poles were inserted, entering a post where the ends met ; this was known as the rac- coon bedstead ; there is now in the family a cupboard made by Mr. Collins, which is put together by wooden pins, not a nail be- ing in use-a relic valued highly ; he com- menced the stock business by first buying a single calf, which business he increased un- til he became a large stock-dealer, feeding from 150 to 200 head of cattle for several years previous to his death, at which time he owned upward of 500 acres of land, and had 500 rented for his stock, ete. His marriage with Minerva McAlister was celebrated in 1836; she was born in Ala- bama April 13, 1815 ; she died March 21, 1857, leaving four children now living, viz., Mary Jane (born March 24, 1841), Margaret E. (born March 6, 1845-now Mrs. William Reynolds), Martha V. (born Oet. 26, 1850-now Mrs. W. E. Worsh- am), and Eliza A. (born June 29, 1856- now Mrs. Andrew Walton.) Mr. Collins died March 25, 1877, mourned and re- spected by all who knew him.
SOLOMON COLLINS, farmer, deceased ; the subject of this sketch was one of the early pioneers of Morgan Tp .; he was a native of North Carolina, and emi- grated to Illinois with his father, Aaron Collins, and located upon Greasy Creek, Morgan Tp., about the year 1831 ; he suf- fered all the hardships and privations of frontier life, but was known as a hard-work- ing, industrious and successful farmer, and at the time of his death was held in high esteem in the township in which he lived. He married Theney Carter ; she was born in Kentucky, and, at the time of her death was the mother of three children, viz., John J., William A. and Elizabeth B. His second wife was Mary Taylor, by whom he had two children-Hiram and Thomas. John J. Collins, the oldest son, was born in Morgan Tp., Feb. 7, 1850, where he attended the common schools and assisted his father in farming until 12 years of age, since which time he has made his home with Joseph Carter, whom he
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assisted in farming in summer and attended the common school in the winter, until 1871, when he entered the Westfield Col- lege, where he attended two years, since which time he has been engaged in school- teaching during the fall and winter and farming in summer.
LAFAYETTE CRAIG, farmer, Sec. 18; P.O.Charleston ; born in Clark Co., Ill., Mar. 27, 1832 ; he emigrated with his parents when 3 years of age, and located in what is now known as Morgan Tp., in December, 1835, in which township he has since con- tinued to live for a period of upward of forty-three years ; he is a son of Isaac N. Craig, and with his father is one of the earliest pioneers of Morgan Tp .; the sub- ject of this sketch was employed in his early days in watching sheep during the day to protect them from the wolves, and at night would drive the sheep in close pens near the house, for safety during the night ; there were no roads in those. days, and to go to Charleston and other points, they would follow by-paths, taking a direct line to whatever point they wished to go; he remained with his father and assisted him in farming until 21 years of age, when he was employed by his father for two years, at $100 per year, when he, with his brother farmed upon the old farm for six years, receiving half of the crops for their labor ; he then continued farming alone on the same conditions, for a period of three years longer ; he removed upon his pres- ent place in the spring of 1864, where he has since continued to live ; he owns 161 acres of land in his home farm, and 110 in other parts of the county. He married Jan. 3, 1856, to Jemima Fowler ; she was born in Coles Co., Oct. 14, 1836 ; she died March 26, 1862, leaving no children ; his mar- riage with Margaret J. Woodfull was cel- ebrated Feb. 12, 1863; they have six children now living by this union-Willis N. Ida May, Alma L .. Robert H., Oscar A., and Thomas D. Mr. Craig was the first Collector of Morgan Tp., which office he held for two years, when he was elected Supervisor for ten years in succession ; took the census in 1865, and served for two years as School Director.
THOMAS H. CRISPIN, farmer; P. O. Rardin; born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, May 5, 1833, where he attended school and assisted his father in the mason trade
until 14 years of age, when he went to Bellefontaine, Logan Co., Ohio, where he learned and worked at the trade of mason and plasterer until 1852, when he emi- grated to Carlinville, Ill., and followed his trade for six years ; he located in Coles Co. in the spring of 1859, on Sec. 30, Morgan Tp., where he engaged in farming one year, then six years upon Sec 9; he located upon his present place in 1864, where he has since continued to live, and where he owns 110 acres of prairie and timber land. His marriage with Susannah J. Painter was celebrated in 1852; she was born in Macoupin Co., Ill., Nov. 15, 1833 ; they have seven children now liv- ing, having lost one by death ; the names of the living are Nancy C., born Jan. 19, 1853: Isabel J., born July 27, 1854; Jacob J., May 2, 1856; Thomas J., Feb. 16, 1858; William H,, Dec. 15, 1860; Geo. B. MeClellan, Oct. 1, 1863; Mary H., Dec. 16, 1868 ; Jesse, March 21, 1875 ; the deceased is Alonzo G., born Sept. 10, 1866, died April 19, 1868; Mrs. Crispin died Aug. 18, 1871. He married for his second wife Agnes McKiney Aug. 24, 1873 ; she was born June 7. 1855.
WESLEY DAUGHERTY, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Charleston ; born in Coles Co., Ill., Jan. 18, 1834; he is the youngest son of John B. Daugherty, who emigrated with his family from Indiana and located in Coles Co., Ill., about the year 1833, where he lived until his decease, which occurred July 10, 1857, being then 60 years of age. The subject of this sketeh remained with his father and assisted in farming until 19 years of age, when he was employed as farm laborer for about four years, when he engaged in farming upon rented land, which he followed two years ; he located upon his present place in the spring of 1857, where he has since continued to live during a period of upward of 22 years ; he owns 120 aeres in his home farm, upon which he has good buildings and about 20 acres of timber upon the Embarrass River. His marriage with Phobe Clark was cele- brated Feb. 18, 1856; she was born in Coles Co. May 25, 1836. They have five children now living, viz. : Paulina, Albert, Joseph, Charles W. and Hetta J. Mrs. Daugherty was the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Clark, who emigrated from Kentucky, and located in Coles Co., Ill.,
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about the year 1828 or 1829; Mr. Clark lived here until the spring of 1856, when he went to Indiana upon a visit, where he died April 18, 1856 ; his birth occurred in Kentucky, in the year 1798. Mrs. Clark now makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Daugherty, within one-half mile of where she first located, and where she has continued to reside for nearly half a cent- ury ; she was born Jan. 1, 1800, and al- though now in her 80th year, is in posses- sion of all her faculties, and voluntarily devotes a large part of her time to sewing and knitting. Mr. Daugherty has filled the office of School Director several years during his residence here, and which office he now holds.
SHEP FLORER, farmer ; P. O. Oak- land ; born in Newport, Vermilion Co., Ind., March 29, 1839 ; he was the son of Alexander B. Florer, of the early pioneers of that county, and who was elected Second County Clerk, which office he held fourteen years ; was elected Recorder of the county several times, which office he held for many years ; he was also an eminent lawyer of that part of the State of Indiana until his death, which occurred Aug. 9, 1863; Shep Florer was raised in the above county. at the age of 14, he commenced clerking for Jones, Culbertson & Co., and at 17 he was appointed Deputy Auditor of the county under Henry D. Washburn, and afterward as Deputy Clerk and Recorder at 20 years of age; he did a heavy grocery trade in that town ; at the begin- ning of the war, he enlisted in Co. C. 18th Ind. Vols., and served his country three years as private messenger for Col. Tom Patter- son and Gen. H. D. Washburn. On Sept. 23, 1864, he located with his mother, A. A. Florer, at Milton Station, Coles Co., Ill., where he sold general merchandise for five years, and on the 11th day of October, 1870, he moved to his mother's farm of 529 acres, situated in Morgan Tp., Coles Co., where he now resides. He married June 24, 1866, to Louisa A. Hawkins; she was born in Rush Co., Ind., March 7, 1846; she removed with her parents to Coles Co., Ill., in 1850, where her father and stepmother now reside; five children were the fruit of this union, two of whom are deceased, the names of the living are Mary Elizabeth, born May 13, 1876, and Katie and Clara, twins, born June 11, 1878.
ARIS GALBREATH, farmer ; P. O. Rardin ; was born in Nicholas Co., Ky., Jan. 20, 1812. His parents removed to Scott Co., Ind., when he was 2 years of age, where he lived until 18 years of age, when he emigrated with his mother to Illinois and located in Edgar Co., in the Fall of 1830, where he engaged as farm laborer for two years at $8 per month ; in 1832, he located in Ashmore Tp., Coles Co., Ill., working one year for $100, out of which he saved money to enter 40 acres of land, which he improved one year, when he sold out and purchased 240 acres, which he improved for ten years, which he then sold and entered 160 acres of prairie and purchased 40 acres of timber in Morgan Tp., upon which he lived until 1875, when he removed upon his present place, after renting his old homestead; he now owns 300 acres of land with three sets of build- ings. When Mr. G. located here, wolves and Indians were plenty, and to obtain quail, prairie chickens or other game, was only necessary to shoot from your door or window. He married Dec. 8, 1835, to Jane Reed ; she was born in Spencer Co., Ky., Oct. 9, 1817 ; they have three chil- dren, now living by this union-James T., born Oct. 9, 1836; William R., Nov. 4, 1838 ; Ann Eliza, born Jan. 5, 1841, Mrs. G. was a daughter of Thos. Reed. who emigrated from Kentucky and located in Illinois in 1829; he died in Ashmore Tp., in the winter of 1845. Mr. Gal- breath has taken a deep interest in the cause of religion and education, having been a member of the C. P. Church for fifteen years ; his wife having been a mem- ber for twenty-five years. He has held the offices of Assessor, Town Clerk and School Director ; the latter office he now holds.
JACKSON GERARD, farmer ; P. O. Hinesborough ; was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, June 28, 1828; his grandfather was one of the carly settlers of Ohio, loca- ting in the above county about the year 1784, where he lived until his decease, which occurred about the year 1838. The father of the subject of this sketch, Will- iam Gerard, was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, in the year 1785, and lived there until his death, which occurred in the year 1836 ; he served through the war of 1812, with the Frontier Rangers, being stationed
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during the winter of 1813 near Vincennes, | for the use of the land; the following Ind., guarding the frontier from the at- year he farmed upon rented land, and in 1864, he removed to Morgan Tp., where he rented land four years, and, in 1868, purchased his present place, where he has since continued to live; he first purchased eighty acres of land, mostly upon time, giving his notes for $2,180, which he met promptly, and has since added, by pur- chase, forty aeres more, for which he paid $1,200 cash ; he built a briek addition to his house in 1872, and, in 1877, erected the finest barn in Morgan Tp. The above property he has accumulated by his own hard labor, energy and good business man- agement, in which he has been nobly as- sisted by his wife, to whom he was married Oct. 10, 1861; her maiden name was Harriet Stark; she was born in Indiana Nov. 15, 1842; they have two children now living, viz., Laura B., born Dec. 12, 1869, and Emma May, born Nov. 8, 1871. Mr. Hudson has held different township offices, and has been elected to the office of Justice of the Peace for the second term, which office he now holds. tacks of the Indians. His mother was born in New Jersey, July, 1792, and emi- grated with her parents to Ohio, in the year 1794; they did their trading in Cincinnati, when the building occupied as the P. O. was the only frame building there; Mrs Gerard died July 7, 1874, in Butler Co., Ohio. The subject of this sketch lived with his parents until 7 years of age, when he made his home with an older brother until 21 years of age, when he located upon a farm in Butler Co., Ohio, where he lived twenty-four years ; he emi- grated to Illinois in 1874, and located up- on Sec. 30, Morgan Tp., where he now resides ; he owns 102 aeres in his home farm, upon which he has erected good buildings ; he also owns 140 acres in other parts of the county. He married Nov. 3, 1850, to Emily Stites; she was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Jan. 20, 1834 ; they have four children now living, having lost two by death. The names of the living are: Eli, born July 4, 1854; Mary A., now wife of Dr. J. T. Montgomery, Feb. 18, 1856; Charles W., born April 11, 1859; Anna M., born Oct. 15, 1861.
ELI GERRARD, farmer; P.O. Charles- ton ; born in Butler Co., Ohio, July 4, 1854, where he attended school and en- gaged in farming until he emigrated West and located in Coles Co., in the fall of 1874; here he engaged in farming with his father until the spring of 1876, when he removed upon his present place, where he has since lived. He is the oldest son of Jackson Gerard, whose biography ap- pears in this work. His marriage with Laura B. Smith was celebrated Aug. 31, 1875; she was born in Ohio Oct. 10, 1856 ; they have two children now living by this union, viz., Clara L., born June 8, 1876, and Elizabeth A., born Dec. 29, 1877.
JESSE HUDSON, farmer and Justice of the Peace; P. O. Charleston ; born in Jessamine Co., Ky., June 27, 1840, where he attended school until 11 years of age, when he emigrated to Illinois and located in East Oakland Tp. in October, 1851; here he remained and assisted his father in farming until upward of 20 years of age, when he raised one erop upon his father's farm, of which he gave one-third
JOHN H. JOHNSON (deceased ), farmer and minister ; born in Washington Co., Penn., Dec. 12, 1812, where he at- tended school in his youth-the last few years at the college at Waynesburg, Penn .; after which he was licensed as a minister of the C. P. Church, officiating as circuit preacher until his removal to Ohio, where he was settled as local preacher for three years, until his removal to Coles Co., Ill., about the year 1854, where he first settled as Pastor of the C. P. Church in Ashmore Tp. for several years ; then in Morgan Tp. until 1868 ; at the above date, he emigrated to Jasper Co., Mo., where he purchased ninety acres of land, upon which he labored while not engaged in his ministerial labors, until the fall of 1877, when he removed to Carthage, Mo., after renting his farm, that he might have better facilities for the edu- eation of his daughter ; here he lived until his decease, which occurred Jan. 31, 1878, after an illness of ten days; his remains were brought back to Coles Co., Ill., and buried in the beautiful cemetery near St. Omer, Ashmore Tp., by the side of his first wife, to whom he was married in Penn- sylvania ; her maiden name was Lueinda Hamson ; she emigrated to Illinois with him, and died during his ministerial labors
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in Ashmore Tp; his marriage with Nancy (Rardin) Gollady was celebrated Feb. 13, 1856 ; she was a sister of John and Jacob L. Rardin ; born in Campbell Co., Ky., April 22, 1824, and emigrated with her parents, Samuel and Catharine Rardin, to Morgan Tp. in the fall of 1842 ; her first marriage with George Gollady was celebrated April 22, 1852; he was born April 23, 1819, and emigrated from Virginia about the year 1836, and located in Morgan Tp., where he lived until his decease, which occurred Feb. 3, 1854; Mrs. Jolinson has one daughter by her last marriage, viz., Teresa C., born in Coles Co., Ill., March 13, 1859 ; Mrs. Johnson, with her daughter, returned in the fall of 1878, and again located upon her farm in Morgan Tp., where she resided previous to her removal to Missouri.
JOHN B. JONES, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Rardin ; born in Franklin Co., N. Y., Sept. 1, 1829; he removed with his par- ents when quite young to Whitehall, Wash- ington Co., where he attended school and engaged in farming until 15 years of age, when he learned and worked at the ship- carpenter's trade for three years ; then for two years followed sailing on the lakes, and his trade ; after which time he located at Astoria, L. I., where he engaged at his trade until 1857, when he emigrated to Illinois, and located in Ashmore Tp., Coles Co., March 1, of the same year ; here he purchased land and engaged in farming until 1870, when he located upon his pres- ent place, where he has since continued to live, and where he has eighty-nine acres, upon which he erected his residence in 1871; here he located in the timber and has, during the last eight years, cleared and placed under cultivation upward of fifty acres of land by his own hard labor. His marriage with Sarah Smith was celebrated Dec. 24, 1856; she was born in Queens Co., N. Y., May 13, 1839; they have three children now living by this union, viz., John Paul, born Nov. 8, 1857 ; Stephen B., born Feb. 8, 1865, and Isaac P., born May 11, 1868; the names of the deceased are George W. and William H.
W. C. McLAIN, farmer ; P. O. Charles- ton; one of the very oldest settlers of Coles Co., Ill., being born in Ashmore Tp., Coles Co., Jan. 12, 1829 ; his father, Matthew McLain, emigrated from Indiana in the year 1828, and located in the above
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township, at the above date, where he lived until 1846, when he removed to Wisconsin, and the year following both he and his wife died. The subject of this sketch emigrated to Wisconsin with his parents, and after their decease returned to Coles Co. and was employed as farm laborer until 1851, when he rented land and farmed one year, and on March 28, 1852, started with three other ox-teams overland to California, going via St. Joe, Mo., Fort Kearney and Fort Laramie, crossing the Rocky Mountains via the Sweetwater Gap, arriving at Placerville, Cal., Aug. 16, of the same year, being nearly five months upon the road ; here he engaged in freighting for several months from Sacramento City to Placerville, a distance of forty-five miles, and late in the fall engaged in mining upon Weber Creek until the spring of 1853, when he went to the North Yuba River, and engaged in mining during the summer of 1853, when he and his company, among which were two of his brothers, opened a mine, sink- ing a shaft 140 feet, which they named Galena IIill, and which has since proved to be one of the best deep diggings in California ; working this mine until the dry season set in, when they worked seven months and flumed the North Yuba River, after taking the water out of the river and working one-half day in the bed of the river, in which they obtained $2,800, the flume burst in, and their seven months' labor was lost ; he then returned to Galena Hill where he engaged in mining until March 15, 1855, when he sailed from San Fran- cisco, via Panama and New York, arriving in Ashmore Tp. April 11 following ; he then rented and engaged in farming one year, when he removed to Morgan Tp., where he has since engaged in farming ; he located upon his present place in Feb- ruary 1866, where he has since continued to live ; he owns sixty acres in his home farm, upon which he has good improvements, mostly made by his own labor. He mar- ried Aug. 8, 1850, to Mary A. Galbreath ; she was born in Coles Co., Ill., Oct. 18, 1834; she died April 11, 1866, leaving two children-Philena and Mary A. His marriage with Mahala Mitchell, daughter of John Galbreath, was celebrated April 14, 1867 ; she was born in Coles Co., Ill., Feb. 18, 1840 ; her parents were among
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