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WILLIAM MCCRACKEN, merchant, general stock, Selma ; born in Franklin Co., Ohio, July 28, 1828, where he resided until 1852, removing to Illinois in the fall of that year, locating at Pleasant Hill, this county. His business during the first nine years of his residence here was in running saw-mills. In 1861, he enlisted in Company G, 33d Ill. Inf., and remained with the regiment till Feb., 1862, when he was transferred to the navy, being assigned to duty on board gunboat Pittsburg; was discharged on account of disability off Fort Pillow, in April, 1862. In 1864, he engaged in the mercantile business at Pleasant Hill, where he has since resided. He was married in 1864, to Miss Nancy J. McKee, who was born in Adams Co., Ohio ; four children by this union-Maggie E., James HI., George W. and Nellie M.
ISAAC S. MAHAN, SR., attorney and Notary Public, Lexington. Born in Highland Co., Ohio, Jan. 2, 1831, but removed in early childhood to Brown Co., with his father's family, and.
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in 1846, to Illinois. locating at Lexington, his present home, where for several years he worked at the carpenters trade and clerked in stores. In 1857, he was elected Justice of the Peace, which office he held until 1877, a period of twenty years. He commenced the study of law in: 1854, but discontinued until 1865, when he again resumed, being admitted to the bar of the State in July, 1867 ; has served as member of the Town Council several terms, and also held other minor offices. Married in Jan., 1857, to Miss Frances S., sister of Dr. Luce; she was born in Erie Co., Penn., Aug. 2, 1835 ; died Oct. 9, 1869. lle was again married, in 1870, to Miss Margaret J. Shephard ( Kennedy), who was born in Sardinia, Brown Co., Ohio, Sept. 13, 1833 ; two children by this union-Isaac S., Jr., and Reba L. Mr. M. claims to have had quite an extended experience in railroading, but in view of the many dangers to life and limb, he abandoned it many years ago. lle is a member of MeLean Lodge, No. 206, 1. O. O. F.
JACOB C. MAHAN, flour, feed and grain, Lexington ; born in Highland Co., Ohio, July 21, 1826, where he resided till the fall of 1842, then removing with his father's family to Illinois, locating near Lexington, wnich at that time was a town of rather small proportions- three or four dwellings and a blacksmith shop. In 1847, he engaged in merchandising at Lex- ington, which he followed for several years, and, in 1865, with others, established the banking firm of J. C. Mahan & Co., which is still operated under the same firm name. In 1867, he built the first brick block erected in the town of Lexington ; he has served as Supervisor, mem- ber of the Town Council and Justice of the Peace. In 1849, he was married to Miss Ann E. Brown, who was born in Frankfort, Ky .; she died in Sept., 1872; by this union there were seven children, six of whom are living-George S., William R., Francis E., Ella G. (wife of N. K. Jones), Permelia C. and Mand P .; { harles K. died in 1866. He was again married, in 1873, to Susie F. Poor, who is a native of Massachusetts ; of the two children by this union but one is living-Melville P .; Herbert B. died in 1875. Mr. M. is a member of McLean Lodge, No 206, I. O. O. F. ; owns 400 acres of farm lands, valued at $12,000, and city property, valned at $15,000.
STEPHEN MERRILL, photographer, Lexington ; born in Alleghany Co., Md., Oct. 11, 1830, where he resided until 1864, removing to Illinois in the fall of that year; his first location was Lexington, his present home, where he has since followed his present occupation. He has. served as a member of the Town Council three terms. In 1860, he was married to Miss Rachel R. Rohrbough, who was born in Upshur Co., Va .; they have two children-Swayze B. L. and William B. Mr. Merrill has followed his present business for something over seventeen years ; all work warranted and children's pictn es a specialty.
ALMARON J. MOON (Smith & Moon), general stock, Lexington ; born in Fayette Co., Ohio, Dec. 19, 1837 ; removing, at the age of 22, to this State, locating in Lawndale Township, McLean Co., where, for several years, he followed farming and stock-raising; in 1863, he: removed to Lexington Township, and to his present home in 1870, and engaged in the mercantile business, under the firm name of Smith & Moon; he still owns 285 acres of farm land, valned at $11,400. Married in 1861, to Miss Zerelda J. Batterton, who was born in Lawn- dale Township, this county, her father having settled in the county at an early day ; they have two children-Irena and Martha. Mr. M. is a member of Lexington Lodge, No. 482, A., F. & A. M.
DAVID PARKIIILL, farmer, carpenter and builder, Sec. 2; P. O. Lexington ; born im Fayette Co., Penn., Dec. 29, 1811, where he resided until 1845, then moved to Pittsburgh, that. State, where he worked at his trade, mostly in connection with steamboat building; in 1854, he removed to Illinois, loeating at Bloomington in March of that year, and two years later removed to his present home ; owns eighty-two acres of land in Lexington Township. Married, in 1838, to Miss Mary Reeves, who was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn , in May, 1806; one child by this union-Margaret Jane, wife of F. B Luecock.
JOHN W. POWLEY, dealer in stoves, tinware, etc., Lexington ; born in Shippens- burg, Cumberland Co., Penn., April 29, 1837, where he resided until his removal to Illinois, in the spring of 1855; he located at Lexington, his present home, at the above date, and engaged in his present business, manufacturing, in May of that year, the first tinware made in Lexing- ton. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the 33d I. V. I. as musician, and remained with the regiment until mustered out at Old Town Landing, Ark., by order of the War Department, in August, 1862; in 1863, he crossed the plains, and after a short stay in Colorado, returned to Lexington, and resumed his former occupation ; he has served as member of the Town Council two years, and t'onstable six years. Married in 1867, to Miss Maggie K Bricker, who was born in Franklin Co., Penn .; five children by this union-Recse B., Mabel E, Anna G., John W., Jr. and Emma K.
CHARLES HI. PREBLE, st ck-dealer and shipper, Lexington ; born in Erie Co .. l'enn., Feb. 25, 1832, where he resided until 1854, removing to Illinois in the fall of that year, locaring at Lexington his present home; he was engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1872, when he engaged in his present business, which he has since followed ; he has served as member of the Town Council three terms, and is a member of the present board. In January, 1856. he married Miss Martha Kent, who was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y .; five children by this union-Edith M., Nettie, Lillian, Grant and Nannie.
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THOMAS E. SCRIMGER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 23; P. O. Selma; born in Rich- mond Co., Va., July 1, 1818, but removed to Ohio with his father's family in 1835, locating near Columbus, that State ; in September, 1852, he came to Illinois, stopping at Pleasant Hill, this county, the first winter, and removing to the farm where he now resides the following spring. Mr. S. was among the first to settle on a prairie farm in this vicinity ; owns 200 acres of land ; he was the first Assessor of Lexington Township, after township organization. Married Sept. 24, 1840, to Miss Margaret MeCracken, who was born in Ohio Jan. 1, 1817; died Jan. 28, 1862; four children by this union-two living-George E. and Mary R., wife of S. H. Palmer. Henry A. enlisted in Co. G, 33d [. V. I., in 1961; discharged Dec. 20, 1862; died Jan. 18, 1863. James W., enlisted in Co. C, 94th I. V. 1. in 1862; mustered out July 17, 1865; died July 14, 1866. Was again married Nov. 8, 1862, to Julia A. Parker, who was born in Steuben Co., N. Y .; four children by this union-three living-Ella C., Josie E. and Schuyler E .; one died ininfancy. JAMES N. SMAIL, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 34; P. O. Lexington ; born in Morrow Co , Ohio, March 15, 1850, where he resided until II years of age; in 1861, he removed to Iowa, thence to Indiana the following year; in the fall of 1866, he removed to Illinois, locating in Coles Co., returning to Indiana two years later ; since the spring of 1874, his home has been in Lexington Township, this county ; owns forty-six acres of land. Married, in 1873, to Mar- garet A., daughter of Milton Bull; she was born in this county ; children by this union- Cora A, James A. Mr. S. resided in Kansas during the fall and winter of 1871 and spring of 1872, where he was engaged in teaching.
RICHARD STEVENSON, Postmaster, Lexington ; born in Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Penn., Dec. 28, 1828, where he resided until 1850; then removing to Lexington, Va., where he worked at carriage-making. In 1853, he was married to Miss Mary E. Buchanan, who was born in Virginia ; by this union there were seven children, five of whom are living-Alice, Amelia, Fan- nie, Nellie and Cora; lost two-Eddie died in 1865, Sallie in 1855 ; in May, 1857, he removed to his present home, where he followed wagon and carriage manufacturing for some ten years ; after- ward engaging in other business, and is now a member of the firm of Edwards & Stevenson. Mr. S. has served as Assessor, and for several years a member of the Town Council ; he was appointed to his present position in 1878. Member of Lexington Lodge No. 482, A., F. & A. M., and McLean Lodge No. 206, I. O. O. F.
JESSE TRIMMER, deceased, Lexington ; Mr. Trimmer was born in Hunterdon Co., N. J., March 14, 1818 : in the summer of 1826, he moved with his father's family to Illinois ; first stopping at Smith's Grove, this county, and soon after locating in what is now Money Creek Township ; in the following October his father, John Trimmer, died, leaving to the care of his widow a family of eight children. The subject of this sketch was married in 1839, to Miss Amanda Gilmore, who was born in Fayette Co., Ohio; her father's family having settled in Money Creek Township, in 1837 ; Mr. Trimmer's death occurred Aug. 27, 1876, his wife surviv- ing him until Jan. 30, 1878; they had ten children. six of whom are still living-Eliza A., wife of John T. McNaught ; John F., who enlisted in the 94th Illinois Infantry in 1864, was trans- ferred to the 37th Illinois Infantry in 1865, and mustered out in May, 1866; Sarah E., wife of Joseph A. Scott; David F., whose sketch is given below : Mary and Enos A. William, the eldest of the family, enlisted in the 33d Illinois Infantry in 1861, and served till November, 1862, when he was discharged on account of sickness, and died soon after of disease contracted in the army.
DAVID F. TRIMMER, loans, and dealer in live stock, Lexington; Mr. Trimmer, who is a son of Jesse and Amanda Trimmer, was born in Money Creek Township, this county, July 27, 1851 ; until 19 years of age, he worked on his father's farm; then attended the State Normal University at Bloomington two years, afterward being engaged in teaching. In 1874, he located at Lexington, his present home, and, during the same year, he was married to Miss Josephine McCafferty, who was born in Money Creek Township ; they have two children-Floy and Myrtle. Mr. Trimmer owns 240 acres of land in Money Creek Township, and a half interest in 200 acres in Gridley Township.
DAVID H. VANDOLAH, stock-raiser and shipper ; P. O. Lexington : born in Money Creek Township, this county, Nov. 8. 1841 ; his father, James Vandolah, having settled in the town- ship in the fall of 1835. The subject of this sketch worked on his father's farm until 1855, when he came to Lexington, his present home, and attended school, soon after engaging in livery and stock business, the latter having been his principal business for a period of over twenty years. Mr. V., with others, established the Bank of Lexington, Dec 16, 1868, under the firm name of Harness, Vandolah & Co. He has served as member of the Town Council several terms. Mar- ried in 1864, to Miss Britiana Bray, who was born in Owen Co., Ind. ; two children by this union-James and Sheridan. Mr. Vandolah has a fine stock-farm of 500 acres four miles west of Lexington, well-watered, having several good springs which furnish pure water for stock throughout the entire year.
JOHN W. WATERS, M. D., physician, (office in People's Drug Store,) Lexington ; born in Montgomery Co., Md., Dec. 16, 1828, but removed in childhood with his father's family to Cen- tral Ohio; he received his early education at West Bedford Academy, and, at the age of 20, commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Henry Waters, of Elizabethtown, Ohio, graduating
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at Sterling Medical College, at Columbus, in March, 1855, having commenced the practice of medicine at Dallas, Darke Co., some three years prior to the above date. In the spring of 1855, he removed to Illinois, locating at Selma, this county, where he resumed the practice of his pro- fession ; during the winter of 1860-61, he attended lectures at Rush Medical College, at Chicago, and again in 1864-65 ; he is also a member of the Illinois State Medical Society ; in 1868, he removed to his present home and became a partner with Mr. Reynolds in the drug business, whose entire interest he purchased in 1871. What is known as the " Smith Block," was built by Dr. Waters, Milton and William M. Smith in 1868, and, in 1876, he sold his drug stock to Grier & Poor. His first wife, to whom he was married in 1853, died the following year; her place of nativity was Darke Co., Ohio ; his second marriage was in 1857, to Miss Nannie C. Park, who was born in Washington Co., Penn. ; they have one son-Frank P., now 21 years of age, and a resident of Barbour Co , Kan., where he is engaged in the stock business. Although the Doctor has had some business interests to look after, he has been in the constant practice of his profession in this vicinity for the past twenty-four years. Owns 440 acres of farm lands, valued at $30 per acre, and city property, valned at $12,000.
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S. C. ALLEN, general merchant ; Chenoa ; was born in York Co., Maine, March 2, 1826 ; when he was about 10 years old, he went to sea as cabin-boy on board his uncle's ship, and fol- lowed the sea for seven years, during which time he made two voyages around the world and one trip to Africa ; he visited China, Sumatra, all of the West India Islands, and all the points on the Atlantic coast from Greenland, to New Orleans. After leaving the sea, he learned the hide and leather trade and settled in Peabody, Mass., and engaged in the manufacture of leather, in which he was very successful ; he also afterward entered the wholesale hide and leather busi- ness in Boston, and continued that with good success until 1857, when he removed to Illinois ; he followed farming in New Rutland for several years, and then built a store in that place and engaged in general merchandising ; he came to Chenoa in 1869 and continued merchandising until 1875 when he was obliged to succumb to the pressure of the times, and suspend business ; he shortly settled up his affairs, however, and resumed trade, and is now doing a successful busi- ness, having one of the largest stocks in town of such goods as suit the demand. He was mar- ried March 4, 1856, to Mrs. M. J. Mover, of Kensington, N. II.
JAMES BRADY, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Chenoa; was born in County Dublin, Ireland, Feb. 2, 1837; he came to America at the age of 11 years, and lived two years in Toronto, C. W .; in 1853, he came to Putnam Co., Ill., where he lived till 1862; he then came to Yates Township, McLean Co., when that township was very new ; the deer were so plentiful they had to be driven away from the corn ; he lived there two years, and, in 1864, settled on his pres- ent home, one mile south of Chenoa. Mr. Brady is a self-made man, a most successful farmer and a prominent stock-dealer, having made some of the largest shipments of stock from McLean Co .; he owns a well-improved farm of 156 acres. Ile was married August 25, 1858, to Miss Jane Boyd, who was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in July, 1839 ; they have eight children- Lawrence H., Edwin M., Samuel T., Louis R., Mary E., Jennie A., Roscoc J. and Gracie H. Mr. Brady was a member of the first Board of School Directors in his district, both in Yates and Chenoa Townships, and helped build the schoolhouses in both districts. He has served as Director seven years, and been Treasurer of the Board of Highway Commissioners three years.
BESLEY & WIGHTMAN, dealers in hardware, stoves, tinware, farm machinery, etc , Chenoa. This firm was established in 1866, and has had a steadily increasing trade in every- thing that pertains to their line of business ; among the goods handled by them may be men- tioned the following: The Harrison wagon, Nichols, Shepard & Co.'s threshing machines and the Sweepstake threshing machine, Buckeye reaper and mower, Furst & Bradley sulky plow and rake, etc., Marseilles corn-sheller and Keystone and Barlow rotary corn-planters ; in cooking stoves they represent the Challenge Stove Works, of Peoria, and the Bloomington Stove Company ; their leading base-burner is the "Climax," manufactured by Tapplin & Rice, Akron, Ohio ; besides these, they carry a complete line of heavy and shelf hardware, tinware and general house-furnishing goods. G. W. Besley, the senior partner, was born in Oakland Co., Mich , May 19, 1841; came with his parents to Waukegan, Ill., in 1853: in 1861, he left home, going to Oquawka, Peoria and Clinton, Ill., learning the tinner's trade in the last-named place. In September, 1864, he enlisted in Co. D, 146th I. V. I., was promoted to Sergeant and served ten months, doing provost duty at Quincy, Springfield and Mount Sterling; returned to Waukegan and remained till his removal to Chenoa in 1866. He was married Feb. 3, 1869, to Miss Sarah M. Bacom, of Chenoa, and has two children-Winnie A. and Flora J. J. E. Wightman was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., June 10, 1837; in 1838, his parents removed to McHenry Co., Ill., where he remained till 1852, when he went to Chicago and learned the tinner's trade ; he first. started in business in McHenry, Ill., in 1857; two years later he removed to Waukegan, and
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thence, three years afterward to Clinton, Ill., where he followed the hardware and stove business until 1866, when he came to Chenon; he has served six years as Alderman, and is the present Mayor of the city, to which office he was elected in the spring of 1877 ; he has been President of the Board of Education for the past ten years. He was married Dec. 31, 1857, to Miss Isabella M. Atkinson, of St. Charles, Ill., and has three children living-Henrietta E., Hattie B. and John E , Jr.
A. H. COPELAND, ticket agent for the Chicago, Alton & St. Lonis Railroad Co., and man- ager of the Western Union Telegraph Office, Chenoa ; was born in Middlebury, Vt., June 7, 1830 ; after receiving an academic education, he learned the printer's trade, which, owing to ill- health, he abandoned, after following it five years, and entered the Middlebury po-t office as Assistant Po-tmaster, and, at the same time, manager of the American Telegraph Office : after about a year, he left the post office, and engaged in the book, news and publishing business, con- tinuing, however, in charge of the telegraph office, and also agent for the National and Fiske & Co.'s Express for several years ; in 1868, he came to Chenoa, and assumed charge of the C., A. & St. L., ticket office. Mr. Copeland was married Nov. 12, 1855, to Miss Frances L. Copeland, of Granville, Ohio, and has two children-George E., now clerk in the Internal Revenue Office, in Springfield, and Hattie A. Mr. Copeland is eminent in the Masonic fraternity ; he was made a Mason in Lodge, No. 2, at Middlebury, Vt .: exalted to Royal Arch degree in Jerusalem Chapter, No. 3, Vergennes, Vt .; received the degree of Royal and Select Ma-ter in Vergennes Council ; was charter member of Potter Chapter, R. A. M., and Middlebury Council, R. & S: M .. at Middlebury, Vt .; he is Secretary of Chenon Lodge, No. 292, A., F. & A. M., and is also Past High Priest and charter member of Chenoa Chapter, No. 143, R. A. M. Ile has also been a prominent Odd Fellow ; was Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Vermont, and, since coming to Chenoa, has represented the Lodge in the Grand Lodge of Illinois ; he has held all the offices in the Lodge, both here and in the East, and is Past D. D. G. M., of Chenoa Lodge, No. 387, and is also Encampment member.
C. J. CHISAM, freight agent of the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad Company, Chenoa ; is a native of New York ; he was born in Taberg, Oneida Co., March 13, 1856; when abont 14 years old, he entered a dry-goods store, in Ilolland Patent, in his native county, and continned clerking until 1872; he then came West, and entered the service of the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad Company as cashier of the freight department at Springfield, Ill., where he remained until his appointment as freight agent at Chenoa; he is careful and punctual in the discharge of the duties of the position, and all having freight business to transact with the road are always sure of a prompt and gentlemanly attention, while the company are equally certain that their interests will be gnarded with the same promptness and vigilance.
HENRY CRABB, blacksmith and manufacturer of wagons, buggies, etc., Chenoa; was born in Forfarshire on the eastern coast of Scotland, fifty miles from Edinburgh and the same dis- tance from Aberdeen, on the 15th of November, 1830; at 15 years of age, he learned the trade of a blacksmith, and afterward worked in large machine-shops in Arbroath, a large manufactur- ing town in his native county, where he became familiar with all branches of the machinist's trade ; in August, 1854, he left home and came to America ; he came direct to Tazewell Co., Ill., and worked two years in Washington and awhile in Morton ; he came to Chenoa in 1866, and started his blacksmith and wagon shop, which he still continues ; he manufactures wagons and buggies, does horse-shoeing and a general repairing of plows, farm machinery, etc. He was married Jan. 29, 1866, to Miss Margaret S. Guthrie, of Peoria, a native of Glasgow, Scotland ; they have four children-Jennie M., Annie C., Harry G. and Grace G. Mr. Crabb has served one term as member of the Chenoa Board of Aldermen.
FRANK A. DUNN, traveling anditor of the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad ; P. O. Chenoa ; was born in Androscoggin Co., Me., Sept. 9, 1850; in 1864, his parents removed West, settling in Richmond, Ind., where they still reside ; in 1867, he entered the office of the Pitts- burg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad as message-boy to learn telegraphing, and, in 1868, was appointed operator at Bradford Junction, Ohio, and continued in the employ of that road at different points until 1871 ; he then went to St. Louis as train-dispatcher for the St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad Co., which position he held until 1873, when he went to Peoria and took a like position with the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Company ; in 1874, he took the Chenoa Station as agent for the same road, and continued as such one year, when he was appointed traveling auditor of the road ; he is one of the most faithful and efficient officials in the employ of that company. lle was married Sept. 19, 1875, to Miss Addie W. Payne, a daughter of J. D. Payne, of Chenoa, and has two children.
EVAN DAVIES, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Chenoa; came to McLean Co. in 1858- twenty-one years ago; he was born in Merionethshire, Wales, April 10, 1826, and developed those hardy traits of character, for which the people of that country are noted ; and these habits of industry, frugality and integrity have been of inestimable value to him, in the more fertile valley of the Mississippi ; he was raised on a farm, and came to the United States in 1856, and after living two years in Oneida Co., N. Y., removed to Illinois, locating in Chenoa Township, McLean Co., and is therefore one of the earliest settlers in the township ; he owns a good farm of 160 acres. the result of his own efforts. He was married April 9, 1852, to Miss Ellen Evans,
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who was born in Merionethshire, Wales, in May, 1823 ; they have had three children, two of whom are living -- Jennie E. and Charles II .; one son, David E., died Oct. 24, 1873, at the age of 19. Mr. Davies held the office of School Director for six years in succession.
G. V. EWING, M. D., physician and surgeon, Chenoa; has been a practicing physician in this county for the past ten years; he was born in Ashland Co., Ohio, Feb. 12, 1831 ; his gen- eral education was obtained at the Vermilion Collegiate Institute in his native town-llayesville. Ohio; in 1849, he began the study of medicine, and after reading one year, he entered the Cleveland Medical College, where he graduated and received the degree of M. D. in 1852 ; returning to Hayesville, he practiced medicine there two years, removing thence to Stephenson Co., Ill., in 1854, and was engaged in practicing his profession there for fifteen years, coming to Chenoa in 1869. Dr. Ewing has never dabbled in politics, but has devoted all his energies to the study of medical science, and the duties of his extended and successful practice. He is a member of the Stephenson and Woodford County Medical Societies. Ile was married March 22, 1852, to Miss Martha Kuhn, a daughter of Rev. Jacob Kuhn, professor of languages in the Vermilion Collegiate Institute. She died in 1866, leaving five children, four of whom are living -Frank C. (now of Wheatland, Cal.), Mary V .. Florence N. and Granville R. He was married again April 28, 1870, to Miss E. S. Wilson, of Lexington, Ohio.
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