The History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, Part 103

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SALT CREEK TOWNSHIP.

1850, at Bath, Mason Co., Ill .; she was born in Cape May Co., N. J., Jan. 12, 1828 ; her father, James Moslander, and her mother, Elizabeth, were born in Cape May Co., N. J., he in 1795, she in 1806; they moved to Sangamnon Co., Ill., in 1840, and to Mason Co. in 1845 ; he died in April, 1849 ; she died Nov. 24, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Roll have had seven children-L. G., born Sept. 24, 1850, died Aug. 28, 1851; James M., born Oet. 7, 1851, died Aug. 24, 1853; John E. and Mary E., born Sept. 14, 1853 ; Rosa R., April 26, 1859, died Nov. 15, 1862; Charles H., born Sept. 13, 1863 ; Sidney R., March 19, 1866. John E. married Phoebe D. Roll ; they reside near his father. Mary E. married William Peterson and resides in Cass Co., Iowa. Mr. Roll owns. 360 aeres and a very fine home and surroundings complete, also a house and lot in Mason City.

JOHN Y. SWAAR, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Mason City; was born in Seioto Co., Ohio, March 17, 1816 ; from 1829 to 1836, he was engaged in boating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers ; moved to Illinois in 1837 ; although he has ever sinee lived within five miles of his present residence in Salt Creek Township, has lived in Sangamon, Menard and Mason Cos. He married Sarah R. Powell, of Menard Co., Aug. 20, 1840 ; she was born in Ross Co., Ohio, June 4, 1822; her father and mother moved from Kentucky to Ohio, and from there to Indiana, and to Menard Co. in 1825 ; they have had twelve children-Henry M., born Aug. 9, 1841 ; Harriet E., Aug. 27, 1843 (married Edward S. Hibbard and lives in Kansas); William M., Nov. 3, 1845; George H., Oet. 6, 1847 (married Mary E. Engel (deceased June 10, 1879, aged 19 years 4 months and 3 days); Sarah K., born April 6, 1850 (married William Mark- well); Aley J., born Feb. 20, 1852; Samuel P., Sept. 1, 1854, died Sept. 14, same year ; Amanda I., born Nov. 26, 1855 ; John C., Dec. 21, 1857; Oratia N. and Letitia A., Sept. 12, 1859 ; Abigail, Oet. 4; 1863. Mr. Swaar and his sons own 640 aeres of fine land in Salt Creek Township.

PULASKI SCOVIL, farmer; P. O. Teheran; was born in Litehfield Co., Coun., January 28, 1808; in 1826, he went to Livingston Co., N. Y., bought a saw- mill and 300 aeres of timber, which he soon sold at an advance, and went to Broekport, in company with a silversmith and jeweler ; but he soon had the business alone, and manufactured silverware and sent out peddlers of his wares and jewelry until 1831, when he moved to Geneva, N. Y., continuing in the same business, with. the addition of dry goods and notions. In July, 1831, he married Sarah Jerome; she was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1813, and deceased in 1840. In the fall of 1832, he took his broken stocks to Buffalo, N. Y., and opened an auction store; it took three months to dispose of all the goods ; he then went to Cineinnati, Ohio, and commeneed the manu- facturing of silverware and the jewelry business in general, which he continued success- fully five years : in the spring of 1837, he moved to Havana, in this county, where he owned an interest in a steam saw-mill, bought the balance of the mill, and went to lum- bering generally ; this mill burned down in 1841 ; he then went to Waterford, Fulton Co., Ill., and bought an old mill and fitted it up, and, in 1845, he built another ; both of these were destroyed by fire in 1850-uninsured ; he then went to Salt Creek Township, where he now resides, and has since followed farming ; the first year, with the help of one man, he broke 120 acres of prairie, from which he got his first erop of fall wheat- 3,500 bushels, which may be considered a good yield. The issue, living, of his union with Sarah Jerome are Louisa, Ellen, George W. and Emily. His second marriage was with Olive Cross, of Havana, Ill., in the fall of 1842; she died in 1845 ; he then married for his third wife Anna Bordwine, of. Fulton Co., Ill., in 1847 ; by this union, they have one son living-Benjamin F. His fourth marriage was with Caroline N. Button, of Connecticut, in 1855 ; she died in 1860 ; he then married Mrs. Hannah Jones June 23, 1862; she was born in Washington Co., Ohio, Dee. 29, 1832; they have, by this issue, five children living-Katie S., Pulaski J., Oliver H., Martha L. and Arthur A. By her marriage with Greenberry Jones, she has four children living-William E., Abner, Mary E. and Cornelia Jones. Mr. Seovil owns 565 aeres of splendid land in Salt Creek Township, and a fine home and surroundings, and 400 aeres in Missouri.

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FOREST CITY TOWNSHIP.

W. F. BRUNING, farmer; P. O. Forest City ; was born near Bremen, Germany, Feb. 5, 1822; when about 18 years of age, he shipped on board the German whale- ship Izaria, bound for Greenland, where the crew engaged in catching whales and scals ; the Izaria sailed within a very short distance of the most northern point known at that time. Mr. Bruning followed the sca for several years, visiting many different parts of the world, and sceing many curious sights. In 1848, he came to Illinois, and, in the following year, located on the farm where he now resides. June 18, 1841, he mar- ried Miss Magdclain Allebrand in New York City ; they have seven children, six of them boys-Elizabeth J., Fred L., Harman G., Ira W., Henry T., William A. and George A. Mr. Bruning assisted in organizing the first Sunday school in this part of the country, and is a consistent member of the Baptist Church. He owns a fine farm of 160 acres situated near Forest City, Ill.

GEORGE W. DUNN, physician, Forest City ; son of Richard and Ann (Wil- kinson) Dunn. His father was born at Gales, Yorkshire, England, in 1806 and died in 1875 ; he was a shoemaker. His mother was a daughter of James and Letitia Wil- kinson, of England, was born in 1809 and is still living, in England. They had four children, all of whom survive, viz., James, living at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, who is general freight agent of the Trafalgar Street Station; Jane, living in Richmond, England ; Ann, married and living in Edinburgh, Scotland ; and the subject of our sketch, who was born June 29, 1841, in Richmond, Yorkshire, England ; he early attended school at the national and corporation schools in Richmond ; in 1854, he was appointed as pupil teacher in the national school, in which he served five years. He passed a yearly examination ; in 1860, he came to Massachusetts and engaged for six months in a woolen mill ; leaving there, he assisted in the office of the American Tem- perance Union, at New York, for some time, and afterward engaged in charge of the M. E. Church, at Milburn, N. J .; in September, 1861, he was received into the North Ohio Conference of the M. E. Church, and, in 1863, was ordained Deacon and, in 1865, Elder. He was married, Sept. 10, 1863, to Kate Shaffner, daughter of Martin and Susannah Shaffner, of Pennsylvania; her father was born in 1787 and dicd in 1870; her mother was born in 1809 and died in 1850; both were members of the M. E. Church, he for sixty-five years. Mrs. Dunn was born April 4, 1841. In 1865, the Doctor moved to Missouri and settled in Knox Co., engaging in the ministry and practicing medicine ; in 1869, he moved to Barton Co., Mo., and continued in the ministry and practicing, afterward moving to Jasper Co., Mo., continuing the same avocations ; in 1871-72, he attended the Eclectie Medical College, at Cincinnati, Ohio, was valedic- torian of the class and graduated in the spring of 1872; he returned and continued his practice at Georgia City, Jasper Co., Mo .; he afterward moved to Newton Co., Mo., practicing there some time, and thence to Barton Co., in 1876; he still continued his professions, and; while there, was made President of Barton County Sabbath School Association for two terms; they then located at Forest City, Ill., July 12, 1877, where they have been ever since; he still continues his practice and is doing a lucra- tive business. He not only devotes his time to his profession but throws his soul into the duties of the Sabbath school, church and temporanee movement, which should be the effort of every physician who expects the smile of Providence on his labors. He is now Vice President of the Sabbath School Association of Forest City Township and was chosen lay delegate to the Illinois Conference of the M. E. Church for 1879 ; he and his wife retain their membership in the M. E. Church at Forest City ; he has been a member of the Missouri State Eclectic Medical Society and is at present a mem- ber of the Illinois Eclectic Medical Society ; he was also Corresponding Secretary of the Missouri Medical Association. They have five children-Harry W., A. Lineolu, Kingsley G , Anna K., and Richard Martin-deceased in February, 1879.

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FOREST CITY TOWNSHIP.

GEORGE HIMMEL, farmer ; P. O. Bishop's Station ; is a brother of J. W. C. and T. F. Himmel, whose sketches appear elsewhere in this work ; he was born Dee. 11, 1835, in Germany, and in 1846 he came with the family to Mason Co., Ill., making their first settlement in Quiver Township, on the farm now occupied by T. F. Himmel ; he remained there until married Sept. 14, 1859, to Elizabeth Haas, daughter of Carl Gumbel, of Germany, a blacksmith. They soon settled on her farm of 200 acres in Spring Lake Township, remaining there eleven years, and then moved to Forest City Township, and settled there on 160 aeres, partly inherited by his father; they have in all 520 acres, probably worth $50 per acre. In 1864, he was licensed as a local preacher of the Evangelical Association ; he has had nine children-Elmira, Katie E., Charles E., Annie, George A., Henry, Mary, Frank and an infant deceased ; all belong to Church. Mr. Himmel has been connected with the school offices, and has been Super- intendent of Sabbath schools. Though his sun is now declining in the western horizon, he enjoys good health, and is quite active for his years. Faithful and reliable in all his relations of life, he bids fair for more extended uscfulness in the country where he resides.

MRS. LOIS A. INGERSOLL, farmer ; P. O. Forest City ; widow of the late Sam- uel Hinkley Ingersoll, who was born in Hinekley, Medina Co., Ohio, Dec. 20, 1828. At the age of 21, he went with the rush of emigration that swept westward to California in 1849, and there remained until 1855; upon his return, he went into the commission business in Chicago, Ill., where he remained for about a year. In 1856, he moved to a farm about five miles south of Forest City, Mason Co. He was united in marriage with Miss Lois A. Van Orman, Dee. 13, 1858; Mrs. Ingersoll is a native of Medina Co., Ohio. They had ten children, seven of whom are living, three boys and four girls. When Mason Co. was first organized, under township organization, Mr. Ingersoll was elected the first Supervisor of what was then Mason Plains Township, now Forest City Township, and was re-elected, year after year, with a few exceptions, during the remain- der of his life ; he died in the prime of life, decply mourned by all who knew him, Nov. 30, 1877. The estate comprises 1,060 acres of as fine farming land as can be found in Mason Co. Mrs. Ingersoll has, with rare business tact, succeeded in managing her large farms admirably well.

JOSIAH JACKSON, carpenter and builder, Forest City ; was born in Seneca Co., Ohio, May 8, 1834, where he remained until he arrived at manhood. He married Miss Mary A. Beard Jan. 6, 1856. In the spring of 1857, they left their home in Ohio and eame to Illinois, locating in Vandalia, where he worked at his trade as carpen- ter for four years. He then removed to the place where Forest City now stands, and immediately went to work at his trade. Mr. Jackson built the first two dwelling- houses in Forest City. He continued to work at his trade here for a year and a half, when he. returned with his family to his old home in Ohio, and resumed his accustomed oecupa- tion. May 2, 1864, he enlisted in Co. B, 169th Ohio V. I., and was mustered out of the service in the following September ; he then returned to his family in Ohio. Again the little family took their way to Illinois, where he found employment as a school teacher, immediately after his arrival. Mr. Jackson entered into the mercantile business, but met with reverses that caused him to abandon it, and resume his old occupation of carpenter and builder, in which he is still engaged. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1866, and again in 1874 ; he has held a commission as Notary Public for twelve years in Forest City ; for the last ten years, he has devoted all his spare time to the study of the law, and is occasionally engaged in the practice of that profession, with a fair degrec of success. With the usual amount of study and practice, he is bound to succeed in this profession. Mr. Jackson has just been awarded the contract for building the schoolhouse at Manito, which is a capital indorsement of his capacity and energy as a business man. They have been blessed with four children-Eva D., born May 28, 1857 ; B. Fuller, Aug. 28, 1860; Sherman G., Jan. 22, 1865; Rutherford, Oct. 3, 1876.

HELENE KREILING, farmer; P. O. Bishop's Station ; was born September 25, 1821, in Germany ; her father's name was Harman Witte; she came to Illinois in

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1849, and, in 1852, was married to B. H. Kreiling, who was born in Germany and came to Illinois about 1850; they settled for some time on a farm near Havana; in 1854, they bought and settled on the present farm of 180 acres, which they have improved and made of fine quality. Mr. Kreiling held offiees connected with the schools, and was a member of the Lutheran Church; he died April 1, 1879, leaving a wife and nine children-Harman, Anna, Henry, Maggie, Mary, Liddie, John, August and George. They are all members of the Lutheran Church.

ZACHARIAH MILLER, farmer ; P. O. Forest City ; like many other citizens of Mason Co., Mr. Miller was born in the adjoining territory, which is now Menard Co .; he was born Aug. 24, 1823, near where Athens now stands. . He married Miss Nancy Cogdall, a native of Kentucky, Sept. 5, 1845 ; they have eight boys and two girls, all living except the eldest son, Nult, who died in 1872; their births were as fol- lows : Minerva, Aug. 3, 1846 ; Nult, Oet. 5, 1848 ; Hardin, March 13, 1851 ; Sidney, Nov. 7, 1852; Mahala, Jan. 19, 1854; Simeon, Dee. 25, 1856; Clinton, Feb. 25, 1859 ; Austin, Dec. 27, 1860 ; Terry, Aug. 14, 1863; Holley, Sept. 3, 1865. When Mr. Miller, with his wife and one baby, came to Mason Co., in 1846, his worldly pos- sessions consisted of a horse and eow. Mr. Miller now owns 200 aeres of good farm land in the vicinity of Forest City, Masor. Co., Ill .; he now resides in the village of Forest City.

ELI T. NIKIRK, station agent, Forest City; born in Washington Co., Md., Sept. 6, 1828 ; moved to the present site of Forest City in 1853; his wife's maiden name was Olivia G. Beard ; they have had four children-Clyde G. (who is now stå- tion agent on the P., P. & J. R. R., at Pekin, Ill.), Charles Otho (telegraph operator and railroad book-keeper, at Forest City, Ill.), and the two younger children, Laura D. and Don Juan. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1857, and served four years. He enlisted as a private in Co. K, 85th I. V. I., and was commissioned Second Lieu- tenant by Gov. Yates May 26, 1863; the regiment was engaged in many severe battles, and closed their military career with the memorable march to the sea under Gen. Sher- man ; he was mustered out in 1865, having served nearly three years. On his return to Forest City, he opened a grocery store and restaurant, which he condueted for nine years ; he was appointed station agent on the P., P. & J. R. R., at Forest City, which position he now holds; he owns 240 aeres of fine land in the vicinity of Forest City.

T. G. ONSTOT, merchant; Forest City ; was born in Sugar Grove, in what is now Menard Co. His father settled in that section in 1824, being one of the very first set- tlers of Sangamon Co. The Onstot family moved to New Salem, on the Sangamon River, in 1831. At this time, the timber-lands along the Sangamon and Salt Creek were full of roving Indians. The family remained at New Salem, where the elder Mr. Onstot kept the village tavern, until 1840. Abraham Lincoln boarded at this house when he began his first law studies with Squire Green, and made his home with the Onstot family for two years, during which time young Lineoln practiced surveying in the surrounding country. Mr. Lineoln and the elder Mr. Onstot were warm friends as long as they lived. In 1840, the town of New Salem was moved bodily two miles north, to the present site of the city of Petersburg, which was made the county seat of Menard Cò. The Onstot family moved their buildings with the rest to the new town, where they resided until 1847, when they went to Havana, where they remained until 1852. Mr. Onstot, the subject of this sketch, was married to Miss Sarah L. Ellsworth March 18, 1852. Immediately after their marriage, they moved upon a piece of raw prairie, three miles from the nearest house, where, by hard work and frugal habits, they contrived to improve their farm and make some advanee in prosperity. Mr. Onstot lived on this farm for thirteen years, when he inoved to Forest City, and engaged in the lum- ber business, and still continues in this line of trade. In the spring of 1879, he formed a partnership with George W. Pemberton, under the firm name of Geo. W. Pemberton & Co , and engaged in a general merchandise business. Mr. and Mrs. Onstot have had six children, three of whom are living-Ella C., born May 6, 1859, died Dee. 20, 1878; Mary E., Susan E. and Lulu C. They also have an adopted son. - Mr. Onstot has

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served the people of Forest City Township as Tax-Collector for four years, and Justice of the Peace four years.

. SAMUEL T. WALKER; P. O. Forest City ; was born in Adair Co., Ky., Jan. 30, 1830. At the age of 23, he left his native State, coming directly to Mason Co., where he worked on a farm one year. The next few months were passed in a cabinet shop in Havana. In 1855, Mr. Walker removed to Spring Lake, where he assisted his brother John, who was engaged in a general merchandise business, for about three years. In 1858, Mr. Walker, in company with his brother and three other young men, made the memorable trip to Pike's Peak, with the usual degree of success, being absent about six months. Upon his return, in 1860, Mr. Walker went into partnership with Mr. A. Cross, in the grain, lumber and general merchandise business, at Forest City, Ill., which business was continued for several years. Mr. Walker was united in marriage with Miss Julia A. Fosket April 13, 1863. They have had eight children, one boy and seven girls, three of whom are still living, as follows : Esther E., born Sept. 12, 1864 ; Polly S., April 1, 1874; Patsey Y., April 7, 1878. Mr. Walker owns a fine residenee in Forest City, and about one hundred aeres of good farming land in the vicinity of the village. He has been Clerk of Forest City Township for twelve years, and was eleeted Supervisor in 1878, and re-elected in 1879.

JAS. S. WALKER, physician and surgeon. Forest City. Dr. Walker was born at Walker's Grove, in what was then Sangamon County, May 4, 1839, being one of the first white children born in that part of the country. At the age of 19, he began the study of medieine with Dr. Dieffenbaeher, at Havana, and in the fall of 1860, entered Lind Medieal College, now the Chicago Medical College, and graduated in 1863; he then began practice in the same neighborhood where he was born and raised -- at Walker's Grove; he praetieed there for three years, with very flattering suceess. In 1865, he formed a partnership with Dr. Hall, and engaged in praetiee in Mason City. This partnership lasted for two years, when he became a partner with Dr. J. C. Patterson ; this lasted until 1869, when Dr. W. removed to Forest City, where he now resides. He was married to Miss Sarah E. Updike, a native of Tremont, Tazewell Co .; Ill., Aug. 16, 1864. They have had four children, three of whom are living-Alma, March 12, 1866; Ella, Jan. 4, 1868; Frank U., Dee. 22, 1869; Artie, March 16, 1874, died when a little more than a year old. The Doetor enjoys a large and lucrative praetiee in Forest City and the surrounding country.

MRS. L. C. WHITAKER, farmer ; P. O. Forest City ; was born in Adair Co., Ky., Feb. 22, 1836, hier maiden name being L. C. Cheek. She was married to Mr. John B. Whitaker Sept. 22, 1857. Mr. Whitaker was born May 13, 1826, in Mus- kingum Co., Ohio, and removed to Winehester, Ill., in 1849 ; he removed to Mason Co., upon the farm now oeeupied by Mrs. W., in 1852. She has five children living- Henry, born Oet. 27, 1858; Mary, Oct. 15, 1861; James and William, twins, born July 16, 1864; Reuben, Aug. 23, 1871. Mr. Whitaker died in 1872. Since her husband's death, Mrs. Whitaker has earried on her farm, with the help of her children, with good sueeess. They own about 200 aeres, situated one and a half miles south of Forest City.

PENNSYLVANIA TOWNSHIP.

DAVID E. CRUSE, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. O. Teheran ; was born in Hun- tingdon Co., Penn., Nov. 1, 1833 ; his father, Augustus, was born in Cumberland Co. Penn., and married Elizabeth Reneh ; they reside in Miami Co., Ohio, and have eight ehil- dren living-Joseph R., Lena M., David E., Luther C., Cinderella, George W., Demetrius A. and Roxanna N. In 1839, the family moved to Ohio; David E. Cruse moved to Mason Co., where they now reside, in September, 1855, and married Hannah Tomlin Nov. 30, 1856; she was born in Cumberland Co., N. J., Dee. 21, 1838, and came to Mason Co. with her parents in 1854. Mr. C. has been Sehool Director most of the time, the last seventeen years, in Pennsylvania Township. They have had ten children

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-Cinderella, born July 27, 1857, died Oct. 5, following; Caroline W., born Oct. 3, 1858; Matthew A., Feb. 11, 1860; Hannah E., June 29, 1863; Margaret M., May 1, 1865; Roxanna B., July 4. 1867 ; David S., Feb. 1, 1869 ; John S., Jan. 7, 1871; Oraella, Jan. 18, 1873, and George I., Jan. 21, 1878. Mrs. Cruse's father, Matthew Tomlin, was born in Cumberland Co., N. J., May 30, 1803, and married Hannah Horner, of the same place; he died in Mason Co. Feb. 22, 1873; she died Dec; 1, 1878, in the same place. Mr. Cruse owns a well-improved farm of 160 acres. In politics, he is a Democrat.

ANDREW J. CATES, grain merchant, farmer and stock-raiser, Teheran ; was born near Hillsboro, Coffee Co., Tenn., Sept. 28, 1833; came to Jefferson Co., Ill., with his parents, in 1834 ; they moved to Greene Co., Mo., the same year, remaining two years, then moved Hamilton Co., Ill., where his parents remained ; his father, James L., was. born in Alabama Aug. 14, 1809, and married Nancy Shelton Jan. 7, 1831 ; she was born in Virginia Jan. 9, 1808. He died Aug. 10, 1846 ; she, Oct. 3, 1876. A. J. Cates, the subject of this sketch, came to Mason Co. Oct. 16, 1854. but spent the next winter in Fulton Co .; the next fall, commenced farming, and has followed the business ever since; he bought land in Pennsylvania Township, where he now resides, in 1858, near Teheran. In 1874, was elected Justice of the Peace ; still officiates. August 24, 1855, he married Emily O. Scovil, daughter of Pulaski Scovil, of Salt Creek Township; she was born in Havana, Mason Co., Nov. 26, 1838. They have had twelve children- Clara I., born Sept. 9, 1856; Anna A., Nov. 6, 1858; Mary E., Nov. 24, 1860; Lillie E., Nov. 14, 1862; William S., Feb. 10, 1865, died Nov. 21, 1866 ; Joseph A., born Feb. 8, 1867 ; Charles I., Feb. 17, 1869 ; Walter J., Feb. 13, 1871 ; Effie May, April 19, 1873; Olive A., April 3, 1875; Ada J .. May 3, 1877, and Jessie M., Jan. 20, 1879. He owns 249 acres of land, and a fine home and outbuildings in Teheran. In politics, he is a Republican.

MRS. MARY ANN DOLCATER, farming; P. O. Easton ; widow of Henry E. Dolcater, deceased ; he was born in Bielsfield, Germany, Sept. 23, 1832, and came to this county in September, 1856, and settled in Mason Co., and followed farming and stock-raising until his decease, which occurred April 12, 1879. He married Mrs. Mary A. Samuell Aug. 23, 1859: she was born in Sangamon Co., Ill., Feb. 13, 1833; her father, William Pelham, was born in Connecticut Nov. 27, 1797, and married Almira Phelps, of the same State ; she was born Sept. 3, 1803; they moved to Illinois in 1824; she died Dec. 6, 1864; he died Nov. 13, 1863. Mary Ann, the subject of this sketch, married (first husband) Thomas A. Samuell Aug. 23, 1856; he was born in Caroline Co., Va., March 1, 1807, and came to Illinois in 1835, from Kentucky; by this marriage was one boy-William Thomas; he was born Oct. 1, 1857, and died Jan. 20, 1860. Henry E. Dolcater was elected in April, 1874, Supervisor, and served two years. Mr. and Mrs. Dolcater have five boys-Henry C., born Aug. 23, 1861; William C., Dec. 6, 1863 ; Franklin J., Aug. 25, 1865 ; Edward H., Oct. 11, 1867 ; Charles F., March 24, 1870. She owns 164 acres of fine prairie, and a beautiful home in Pennsylvania Township, where she resides.

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The History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, Part 103

Author: Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Chicago : O.L. Baskin & Co. Number of Pages: 848

Author:
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : O.L. Baskin & Co.
Number of Pages: 848