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McGrath Sam'l, Sec. 9; P. O. Derinda Centre McGratlı T. D. Sec. 8; P. O. Derinda Centre. McGrath Wm. farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Derinda Centre.
McGrath W. A. Sec. 8; P. O. Derinda Centre. McIntire J. Sec. 31 : P. O. Derinda Centre. Maas Jno. laborer; Derinda.
Madke Wm. farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Derinda. Mahood Wm. farm; S. 36; P. O. Savanna. Miller J. G. farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Derinda Centre.
Minges P. farmer ; Sec. 33; P. O. Savanna.
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Moffett Jas. farm ; Secs. 25 and 26; P. O. Sa- vanna.
Moffett John, Sec. 25; P. O. Savanna.
Moffett Thos. farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Derinda Centre.
Mollison J. Sec. 17; P. O. Derinda Centre. Morrison John, farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. De- rinda Centre.
LIVER RICHARD A. Farmer; Sec. 20; P.O. Hanover; he was born on the same farm he now occupies Jan. 15, 1843; he was married in 1863 to Miss F. J. Evans from East Galena Tp .; they have six children : Susie E., born Nov. 29, 1863; Florence G., Sept. 10, 1865; William T., Nov. 28, 1866; Katie H., May 24, 1871; Fannie J., Nov. 13, 1872; R. Leyle, Sept. 4, 1875; Mr. O. has 320 acres of land in Secs. 19, 20, and 22; he held the office of Tp. Clerk six years, Collector one year; Mr. Oliver's father, Thomas Oliver, was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1805; he served five years in the British army; he came to this country and Co. in 1833; he purchased the estate from government in 1844; he died in 1871.
Owens Thos. laborer; Derinda.
PAISLEY JOHN, laborer; Derinda.
Plush Valentine, farmer ; Sec. 16; P. O. De- rinda Centre.
Preiger L. renter; Sec. 10; P. O. Derinda Centre.
R ADKEY JNO. farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Derinda Centre.
Kadkey M. laborer; Derinda.
Radkey Wm. laborer; Derinda.
Randecker Chris. farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. De- rinda Centre.
Randecker J. C. farmer; Sec. 4; P.O. De- rinda Centre.
Randecker J., Sr., farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Hanover.
Randecker John, Jr., farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Hanover.
Randecker Peter, farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Derinda Centre.
Roberts Absalom, farmer; Sec. 3; P. O. De- rinda Centre.
Robert Alfred, farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Derin- da Centre.
Rodgers John D. farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. De- rinda Centre.
Rodgers Henry, laborer; Derinda.
S CHAIBLE GOTTLEIB, farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Derinda Centre.
Schaible J. farmer ; Sec. 6; P. O. Elizabeth. Schaible Jno. farmer ; Sec. 6; P.O. Hanover. Schaerer Gottleib, farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. De- rinda Centre.
Schueler Geo. farm; Sec. 13; P. O. Derinda. SEYLER REV. THEODORE,
Clergyman German Lutheran Church; Sec. 16; P. O. Derinda Centre; born in Bavaria, Germany, June 6, 1839; came to this country and Dubuque in 1854; he pursued his studies for the ministry in the Whatburg German Seminary, Clayton Co., Iowa, until 1859; he spent three years among the Indians as a missionary; he returned and finished his course in 1864; he commenced his minis- try at Newbern, Jasper Co., Iowa, in 1865, where he remained three years; he spent three years and six months in Wis .; set- tled over his present parish in 1871; he . was married in 1865 to Miss Mary Mance, from DesMoines, Ia .; they have had seven children; two died; names of living: Charlotte, Magdalena, Gotthold,Theodore, Jr., and Frederick; Mr. Seyler has two appointments besides the two regular ; Rev. A. Myers assists him; the two churches in Derinda Tp., over which he is pastor, were organized as one in 1855, under the ministry of Rev. S. Fritschel; in 1849 there was a division made through the forms of holding worship; a part withdrew and built a church, in 1859, in Sec. 27; they now have a membership of 20 families; the church in Sec. 16 has a fine church built in 1872, with a membership of 28 families.
Shubert Fred. farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. De- rinda Centre.
Skeem Wm., Jr., farmer; Sec. 2; P. O. De- rinda Centre.
Speer Wm. farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Savanna. T HEIN JOHN, farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Derinda Centre.
Thein Lawrence, farm; S. 24; P.O. Derinda. Thein Nichols, laborer ; Derinda.
W ETZEL S. farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Sa- vanna.
Wever John, farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Derinda. Williamson Adam, Sec. 34; P. O. Savanna.
WILLIAMSON DAVID, Farmer; Sec. 55; P. O. Savanna; born in Cavan Co., Ireland, in 1835; came to this Co. and Hanover Tp. in 1856; settled on his pres- ent farm in 1866; he was married in 1867 to Miss Letitia White, from Pleasant Val- ley Tp .; they have five children : John W., born April 8, 1869; James, Dec. 4, 1870; Elizabeth J., Aug. 20, 1872; Margaret B., July 5, 1874; Susan E., Feb. 16, 1876; he has 160 acres of land in Secs. 35 and 36 val- ued at $3,000.
Williamson David, laborer; Derinda.
Williamson Ritchie, farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Savanna.
Williamson Robert, Sec. 34; P. O. Savanna. Williamson Wm. Sec. 34; P. O. Savanna.
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Wirbley Geo. laborer; Derinda.
Wouster Andrew, Sec. 16; P. O. Derinda Centre.
Wouster C. farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Savanna. Wouster Samuel, farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Derinda Centre.
Wright Robert, farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. De- rinda Centre.
INK BASSIE, farmer; Sec. 26; P. O.
Z Derinda.
Zink B. farm; S. 23; P. O. Derinda Centre.
ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP.
A DAMS SAMUEL, miner ; Elizabeth.
Adams Wm. J. laborer; Elizabeth. Aiken A. farmer; Scc. 5; P. O. Galena.
ALLEN JOHN, Retired Farmer; Eliz- abeth; born in Derbyshire, Eng., March 25, 1811; came to Springfield, Ill., in 1840 and to this Co. in 1842; owns a farm on Sec. 7, Woodbine Township; married Miss Elizabeth A. Clark, in 1851; she was born in Jo Daviess Co. in 1830; they have nine children living: Sarah Ann, now Mrs. Gosnay, William, John, Charles, Alfonzo, Samuel Robert, Joseph Wilber; Mr. A. owns 330 acres of land; was one of the Co. in the Wishorn Diggings; he has now left his farm to be carried on by his sons and is now living in the retirement of his village home where he can enjoy the product of his energy and toil during the remainder of his declining years.
Armytage Benj. painter; Elizabeth. Ashmore Bowman, printer; Elizabeth.
ASHMORE CHARLES, Farmer ; Sec. 25; P. O. Elizabeth; born in Derbyshire, Eng., June 15, 1829; came with his mother to America in 1836, his father having come two years previous ; lias 186 acres of land; oldest settlers nearly all gone; very few here now that were in this section when they came; the Old Fort and a few cabins were all the marks of the settler's axe where now the village of Elizabeth is; John Flack built the first business shop and in that he sold whisky to the miners ; his father bought the claim for the land where they now live, from Valentine Brazzel.
ASHMORE HENRY, Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Elizabeth ; born in Jo Daviess Co. July 2, 1842; his father moved to the Co. from England in 1833; a great many Indians passed through the county after his family came, committing some depre- dations, marauding, and stealing from the white settlers; one day, while his father was mowing, a party of Indians came along; the one that seemed to be the chief rode up to Mr. A., and drawing out a long knife and brandishing it over his head, demanded a whetstone; Mr. A. being a
stranger to their customs, hardly knew what was best to do, but not wishing to let them know that he felt any fear, gave lıim the whetstone; the Indian whet his knife, and then rode away, beckoning Mr. A. to follow, but he chose to remain and let Mr. Indian pass on; soon after a bee-tree was found a little way from the spot, and Mr. Ashmore always supposed the Indian wanted to show it to him. Henry Ash- more, the subject of this sketch, married Belle Claypool, Oct. 20, 1867; they have @three children: Cora B., Jos. Sherman, and Nonie Elizabeth; Mr. A. has a farm of 160 acres of land.
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AVERY WILLIAM, Retired; Sec. 5; P. O. Avery; born in Chenango Co., N. Y., Aug. 15, 1807; his father moved to Olean Point, Pa., by wagon ; from there on a raft of pine lumber to Cincinnati; rented a piece of land near there, and raised a crop of corn ; sold it in the Fall and started for the Wabash, but falling in company with Mr. Linsey, who told him of the transcendant beauties of the prairies of Illinois, lie decided to abandon the trip to the woody banks of the Wabash, and, in company with his new friend, purchased a flatboat which had come from Pittsburg with iron, embarked upon it with their families, and floated down the Ohio to its mouth ; there procured passage on a keel- boat, which was officered by Spaniards and negroes, to St. Louis, Mo. The two families remained at St. Louis almost three years, with the exception of a six months' trip up to the Illinois River, but owing to disappointments by their em- ployer, they were compelled to make their way back ; they constructed a rude canoe,on each side of which they fastened a cotton- wood log, to give the craft sufficient weight to withstand the surging waves of the Mississippi and rough Missouri; upon this the two families again embarked for St. Louis; to lessen the freight Mr. A., the subject of this sketch, was allowed to get into a canoe with some U. S. soldiers ; soon a furious storm came up, and it was feared that the fceble barks would go down in the tempest's billows, and all be lost; but imagine the joy of the anxious mother and the little boy when.
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they met again, safe, on the landing at St. Louis; they started late in the Fall for Peoria on a keel-boat; when about half way up the Illinois River, cold weather came on, and they found their boat fast in the ice, away from communication or civ- ilization, but having sufficient provisions, they remained in their ice-bound vessel till navigation opened in Spring, and they sailed up to Peoria. Mr. A. came to Jo Daviess Co. in 1828, at the age of 21. He served as Captain of the U. S. troops dur- ing the Black Hawk War; he saw the council fires which glared on the wise and daring warriors go out, their arrows bro- ken, their springs dried up, their cabins fall to ruins; the echoing whoop, the bloody grapple, the defying death song, all gave way to the onward march of civ- ilization. Mr. A. was one of the very few settlers who beheld the remnant of Black Hawk's warriors take up their line of march toward the setting sun; after he had served his time, and peace spread her protecting wings over this part of the land, Mr. A. returned to Peoria and married Phœbe Reed, in March, 1834; she was born in Delaware Co., N. Y .; have five chil. dren: Col. Geo. S. Avery, at present Co. Clerk of Jo Daviess; Sarah M. Hallett, of Galena: Amos W., of Virginia City, Nev .; Cyrus R., of Virginia City, Nev., now at home taking care of his father; Alonzo M., M.D., of Iowa; Mr. A. is suffering at the present time with general paralysis, which has confined him to the house for many a year.
B AINBRIDGE JAS. miner ; Elizabeth.
Barker Robt. farm; S. 22; P. O. Elizabeth. Barnes J. farmer; Sec. 16; P.O. Elizabeth. Barrett Herbert, merchant; Elizabeth. Barrett Michael, retired; Elizabeth.
BARTON JAMES, Farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Elizabeth; born in Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, in June, 1818; his father moved to this country and settled in Philadelphia in 1826; Mr. B. came to Galena and re- mained during the Summer of 1835; took a claim near where he now resides and had a cabin erected ; returned to Philadelphia ; the following year his father moved to this Co .; lived in the cabin upon the claim ; in 1838 took a trip down the river; spent the Winter in New Orleans: worked two years for Wm. Goldthoy, near Galena, smelting ; married Miss Elizabeth Tonkin in 1864; she was born in Jo Daviess Co .; have three children : George A., James W., Emma; owns 340 acres of land.
BARTON JEREMIAH, Farmer; Sec. 16; P.O. Elizabeth ; born in the City of Philadelphia Jan. 27, 1828; came to Jo Daviess Co. in 1838; Mr. B. lias 160 acres of good land and a fine residence, but the charms of the fair have never been
sufficiently seductive, and he remains a single man; Mr. B. had a brother, John, wounded at the battle of Chicamauga and died from the wound, leaving a widow and five children; they have lived with him; the children are: Annie E., Samuel, Alice, Henry and William.
Bateman George, retired farmer; Elizabeth. Bateman Jas. H. constable ; Elizabeth.
Banwarth Charles, blacksmith; Elizabeth. Bawden Richard, Sr., farm; P. O. Elizabeth. BEEBE E. W. Physician and Surgern; Elizabeth ; born in Livingston Co., N. Y., Jan. 26, 1828; at the age of 24, having completed his course in medicine, he left his native state and commenced the practice of his profession in Michigan in 1852; during his residence there he re- turned to N. Y. and married Lucy Bud- row, Jan. 2, 1860; came to Jo Daviess Co. in 1862; moved to Iowa in 1867; re- mained there nine years and returned to Jo Daviess Co .; they have four children living: Livingston, Edith, Gertrude, and Constance; Dr. Beebe is a gentleman of quick perceptive faculties and literary taste; is engaged in an extensive practice, takes a lively interest in the prosperity and progress of schools and churches, lending his influence to every enterprise calculated to encourage the young.
Bennett John, miner; P. O. Elizabeth. Binns Abel, farmer; Sec. 3; P. O. Elizabeth. Binns Mathew, Sec. 3; P. O. Elizabeth. Black Daniel, farm ; Sec. 29; P. O. Hanover. Black Samuel, farm; S. 29; P. O. Hanover.
BLEYER JOSEPH, Farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Elizabeth; born in Elcass, Ger- many, Feb. 13, 1836; came to America in 1866; lived in Rochester till the next Spring; went to Chicago, Bloomington and St. Louis; spent the next Winter in Louisiana; returned to St. Louis ; went to Macon, Ga .; had ague; was advised to go north; returned to Burlington and St. Paul; returned south again and worked on Texas landing; came to this Co. in 1871; went south the third time to Natchez; came back by Port Byron ; went to Fort Dodge, Iowa; then, returning to this Co., bought the farm of 40 acres where he now lives.
Blewett John, farmer; P. O. Elizabeth.
Blewctt Thomas, farmer; P. O. Elizabeth. Blower Ralph, laborer; Elizabeth. Bowden George, miner; Elizabeth.
BOWDEN CHARLES, Farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Elizabeth: born in Corn- wall, England, May 16, 1829; came to this country by way of Quebec, direct to Jo Daviess Co .; married Miss Ellen Shim- min in 1851; she was born on the Isle of Man in 1837; came to America in 1845; Mr. B. has worked in the mines of Can-
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ada, Lake Superior mineral regions, and has traveled through nearly all the states and territories of the Union; visited California in the Summer of 1877; have ten children; Thomas P., now in Cal., John H., Eleanor A., Margaret J., Charles R., William C., George E., Joseph I., Clara A., Alice Mabel; owns 114 acres of land.
Bowden John.
Bowlesby James, stonemason; Elizabeth. Boyle M. farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Galena. Bray Thomas B., Elizabeth. Breed Nelson, Elizabeth.
BREED O. Farmer; P. O. Avery; born in Butternut, Otsego Co., N. Y .; came to Jo Daviess Co. May 12, 1835; started with a team, traveling through Canada, around Lake Michigan and crossed Rock River where now the beautiful City of Rockford is situated; at that time the only sign of a settlement was the cabin erected by Ger- manicus Kent, on the banks of Rock River; the cabin of James Flack, in Jo Daviess Co. was the next mark of a settler's axe on his route; disposed of his team and came on foot from Rockford to the mineral regions; Mr. B. followed mining for about seven years ; now owns 240 acres of land, a part of which he pre-empted ; married Mary A. Cook, July 23, 1844; she was born in Sheffield, England, Feb. 26, 1826, and came to Jo Daviess Co. with her parents at the age of six; they have had thirteen children: Lovisa, Melinda, Ann, Harriet Vesta, William, Nelson, Lucy, Mary, Lincoln H., Florence J., Olive and Ansel ; Mr. B. is one of the Co.'s practical men; is extensively engaged in growing fine stock; has in his house one of those home comforts, an old fashioned fire place, almost a novelty now-a-days.
Breed Wm., Avery.
Bromley Albert, Sec. 12; P. O. Elizabeth.
BROMLEY RICHARD, Farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Elizabeth; born in Mon- treal, Canada, April 11, 1823; his parents emigrated from the north of England. in 1815; he settled in this Co. in the Spring of 1844; came on the lakes to Chicago; from there on foot: would occasionally get a ride with teamsters ; married Miss Harriet' Williams; they had three children, Albert and Walter G. are living; lost the other child and his wife; married Mrs. Moyle; her maiden name was Miss Elizabeth Kemp; she was born in England, Co. Cornwall; came to this Co. in 1849; she had five children : Thomas Moyle, Eliza- beth, Jane, Harriet and Mary; their home exhibits the evidence of a charitable and hospitable one as they now have two or- phan girls for whom they care with all the fondness of a parent's relation. Brown Samuel, Elizabeth.
Bryant Richard, farmer ; P. O. Elizabeth,
BYERS GEORGE. Retired Farmer ; Secs. 5 and 6; Derinda Tp .; resides in vil- lage of Elizabeth ; born in Huntingdon Co., . Pa., May 29, 1806; came to Jo Daviess in in 1838; followed mining in this and ad- joining Cos. till 1852 when he went to the gold regions of California; returned in 1855; lived on his farm in Derinda till the close of the war; married the widow of Wm. Wayman May 20, 1856; her maid- en name was Miss M. Price; born in Bucks Co., Pa., Jan. 16, 1811; came to this Co. in 1840; lost her husband in 1847; she has six children living: Thomas, Marga- ret G., Mrs. Ester Shipton ; William, Mrs. Caroline Gable and Henry; have two grandchildren living with them: George Shipton and John Edwin Shipton.
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ALVIN MICHAEL, farmer; P. O. Elizabeth.
Champlin Wm. laborer; Elizabeth. Clark Felix, laborer; Elizabeth. Clark Samuel, miner; Elizabeth.
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CLEGG WILLIAM T., Agent; Elizabeth; born at Weston, Jo Daviess Co., . April 16, 1856; his father came to the Co. in 1845 ; Mr. C. has resided in Jo Daviess since his birth except about six years, which he spent in the copper regions of Lake Superior; attended the High School in Galena; learned the trade of cigar maker; has a fine collection of specimens of copper, silver, crystals, English agates, Brazilian agates, etc., which show much care and taste in their selection.
Clegg Wm. miner ; Elizabeth.
Cochrane Samuel, carpenter; Elizabeth. Connor P. farmer ; Sec. 6; P. O. Galena. Cook Henry, farmer; P. O. Avery. Cook Jas. farmer ; P. O. Avery. Cook John, Avery.
Cook Wm., Avery.
Corkery J. farmer; Sec. 2; P. O. Elizabeth. Cornman G. miner; Sec. 10; P. O. Elizabeth.
CRUMMER JAMES, Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Elizabeth; born in the State of Delaware. July 24, 1824; his father and mother came from Ireland and settled on the Brandywine in 1818; Mr. C. came to Jo Daviess Co. with his mother in 1835, and his father came in 1834; first settlers in that section of county ; has 240 acres of land; served as School Director for many years; married Miss Araminta Tart Oct. 7, 1847; has seven children living: B. F. Crummer, M.D., of Warren, Edwin M., Willis, Fremont, Lillis M., Schuyler Col- fax and Joseph; lost his wife and one child, Horace; married Miss Sarah Wright July 1, 1865; she was born at Yellow Springs, Ohio; she went from Ohio to New York City, where she resided with an elder brother for eight years; lived in
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Chicago for four years; came to Daviess Co. in 1865.
Jo Crummer Wm.
Cubbon T. farmer; Sec. 15; P. O. Elizabeth.
D ANIEL WILLIAM, farmer; P. O." Elizabeth.
Davy W. J. miner; Elizabeth.
Doane Wm. stage driver; Elizabeth.
Draper William, retired ; Elizabeth.
E ADE JOSEPH, miner; Elizabeth.
Eade Samuel, miner ; Elizabeth.
EADIE JOHN, Farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Hanover; born in Renfrew, Scotland; came to America in 1842; remained a short time in Fulton Co., and came to mining district of this Co. same year; married Mary Statham Aug. 8, 1845; she was born in Derbyshire, Eng .; she came to America in 1828; remained at Albany, N. Y., till 1842, when she came to this Co .; Mr. E. was engaged in mining during the early times; spent eighteen months in California; visited Scotland in 1871: they have nine children : Benjamin, Elizabeth, Thomas, Hannah, John, Margaret A., Robert, Catharine S., Wm. Wallace; Mr. E. has a farm of 290 acres; fine residence and good stock buildings.
Eadie Thomas, Sec. 33; P. O. Hanover. Etling George, saloon keeper; Elizabeth. Eustice D. L. farmer ; Elizabeth. Eustice Jas. P. O. Elizabeth. Eustice John G. P. O. Elizabeth.
EUSTICE RICHARD, Teamster; Sec. 22; P. O. Elizabeth ; born in Corn- wall, Eng., July 15, 1840; his parents came to America in 1841, when the subject of this sketch was quite young; they came dircct to Jo Daviess Co .; Mr. E. has teamed from Hon. H. Green's smelting furnace, near Elizabeth for 16 years; mar- ried Miss Mary Tippett, Jan. 1, 1865; she was born in Weston, near where they now reside; Mr. E. has served for two terms as School Director, and five years as Com- missioner of Highways; has five chil- dren: Edith A., William M., James E., Richard J., Charles R.
Eustice Richard W. retired; P. O. Elizabeth. Eustice Samuel, P. O. Elizabeth.
EUSTICE THOS. W. Harness Shop; Elizabeth ; born in Jo Daviess Co. Jan. 4, 1850; has lived in the Co. since, except three years spent in the copper regions of Lake Superior and Michigan; was there from 1872 to 1875; married Kitty Toben April 2, 1877; she was born in Galena July 14, 1849; they now reside in the vil- lage of Elizabeth, Jo Daviess Co., where Mr. Eustice is doing an extensive business in the line of harnesses, saddles, etc.
Eustice W. H. retired ; P. O. Elizabeth.
ARRELL JAMES; laborer; Elizabeth. F
Flemming Patrick, farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Hanover.
Flemming Wm. P. O. Hanover.
FRASIER JAMES, Merchant; Elizabeth; born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, Sept. 24, 1822; came to America in 1842, landing at New York; went to Canada and lived there two years; came on to Apple River, in Jo Daviess Co. in 1844; during the gold excitement of 1850 went to that country across the plains; returned in 1852, and has since resided in Elizabeth ; was employed as clerk in the store of Richard Brown for seven years; in partner- ship with Mr. D. Robinson-purchased Brown's stock; remained in the firm two years, and then purchased the store and stock from Mr. Barker, and has since been in business by himself-doing an exten- sive business; during an interval of two years that he was out of busi- ness visited New York; was in the city during the great riots; in 1845 mar- ried Miss Jane Pringle; she was born in Roxburyshire, Scotland, in 1826; she came to America in 1838; have ten children : Mrs. Sidney Marshall, John, Mrs. Mar- garet Crummer, James, Nettie, Fred, Frank, Wallace, Grant, Mable; Mr. F.'s father is still living in Canada, at the age of eighty-three.
Fraser Jas. A., P. O. Elizabeth. Fraser John P. merchant; Elizabeth.
G ALE WILLIAM, farmer; P. O. Eliza- beth.
Gates Edmund, shoemaker; Elizabeth. Gill W., Sr., farm; Sec. 22; P. O. Elizabeth. Glessner H. retired; S. 24; P. O. Elizabeth. Goble Jno. G. carpenter; Elizabeth.
GOARD JAMES H. Blacksmith; Elizabeth; born in Cornwall, Eng., Nov. 19, 1839; his father came to Galena with his family in 1841; Mr. G. has called Jo Davicss Co. his home ever since; served in the War of the Rebellion, 140th Regt. I. V. I., first corporal. of Co. C; was in Memphis at the time of Gen. Forest's famous raid; married Margaret Z. Linsey ; she was born in Jo Daviess Co .; they have six children: Cora A., Helen J., Fred, Maggie, Jenny and Harry; Mr. G. has an enviable reputation as a horse trainer and teacher; has two fine horses, and for him to command is for them to obey without halter-strap or bridle; has been in blacksmith business for fourteen years; is also the inventor of the Jim Goard Patent Harness Oil, which is known throughout the country as the best in the market.
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Merchant; Elizabeth; born in Cornwall, Eng., June 12, 1831; came to ¡this Co. in 1845; remaincd in Penn. one year ; went to California in Fall of 1855; lived there thirteen years; once during the time visited the Eastern States; returned to this Co. in 1868; married Miss Mary Eustice March 11, 1869; she was born in Wales April 6, 1844; they have three children living: Adella May, William A. and Thomas Eustice; lost two children : Nellie, died Feb. 16, 1870; Joseph Henry, June 5, 1877; his sickness was lingering disease of the spine; but a short time before he died there were some signs of improve- ment, and it was fondly hoped that he miglit recover; he was the delight of his friends young and old; his manly bearing and maturc mind made him a companion of the old as well as the young; about a week previous to his death he told his father and inother that they must give him up, he could not live ; he knew that thesilver cord was almost loosened and the golden bowl was breaking at the fountain, but he was resigned, for he knew he had a friend in the great beyond who had said : "Suffer little children to come unto Me, and for- bid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven."
" Put away the little garments, Harry needs them now no more; Jesus watches safely o'er him On that bright and happy shore."
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